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EUA", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "r,\\nw\\\\\\n^^^STO^i\\n-OF-\\nGENESEE COUNTY,\\nl^XC:E3:XC3rJ^l T.\\n(i\\nilll^\\ni(IIii*jlrations mnl ||iogra^hic\u00c2\u00bbil Slietdie^\\nOF ==5_\\nITS I=I?.01^IlTE3SrT Is^ElSr J^nSriD X=I02srEER.S.\\n|j -ij \\\\}(y(^/vJ^AA^j\\n^m^\\n1880\\nPHILADELPHIA:\\nEVERTS ABBOTT.\\n1879.\\n^i- f\\nVT\\nn\\nm\\ni:^ \u00c2\u00b1I^V.:\\n..^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^-o-f^.o; I) :i i.\\nPRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO., PHILADtLPHIA.", "height": "3319", "width": "2284", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "\\\\5M p r\\nG\\\\\\nb", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIt is chiefly for the sake of confoniiing to a custom wiiich is as old as tlie trade of book-making\\nthat these few prefatory lines are addressed to readers of the following pages.\\nPrefaces, although seldom read, contain, generally, some remarks which are pertinent and of value,\\nas well as many wliicli arc unimportant and nuTiecessary among the latter of wliich may be classed\\nthose insincere apologies which authors so frequently offer in advance, much the same as the skillful\\nhousewife of a quarter of a century ago used always to make pretended apologies to her guests when\\nsetting before them a repast which was really excellent, and wliich she herself knew to be so. It has\\nbeen told how, on one such occasion, when the good lady of the house had despairingly assured her favorite\\npastor that he would find the meats very badly cooked, and the bread really not fit to be eaten, the\\nreverend gentleman disappointed and mortified her by the inquiry, Then why, my dear madam, do you\\nplace them before me? The reply was most appropriate; and a similar one miglit well be addressed to\\nthose writers who, while acknowledging their works to be fiiulty and inferior, yet do not hesitate to offer\\nthem to readers who have the right to expect and demand that they shall be of an oj^posite character.\\nIn the preparation of this work, tiie object steadily kept in v.ew has been to furnish a reliable and\\nexhaustive history of Genesee County, in all its departments,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 pioneer, agricultural, manufacturing, civil,\\nmilitary, educational, and religious. To accomplish this object many months (equivalent to more than two\\nyears time of a single person) have been spent, and neither labor nor expense have been spared in any\\nparticular. Something has been gathered from published works; more from the State archives, the county\\nand township records, and the files of old newspapers; and still more (as it is designed to be especially a\\nhistory of pioneers and pioneer enterprise) from information furnished by the oldest residents and best\\ninformed people in the county. In Flint City, and in the eighteen townships, many such persons have been\\ncalled on, and all with a single exception have most obligingly imparted such information as they were\\nable to give. To all and each of these sincere thanks are returned for the assistance they have so kindly\\nand willingly contributed. The name of each would he given separately in acknowledgment, but on\\naccount of the great number (exceeding three hundred) who have rendered valuable aid, such separate\\nmention is impracticable.\\nEspecial acknowledgments are due to the editors and proprietors of the Several newspaiiers, the pastors\\nof the churches, and the ofiicers of the county, the townships, and the public institutions; all of whom\\nhave responded promptly and courteously to requests for assistance.\\nThe History of Genesee County is now presente l, without apology, to its patrons, and their verdict\\nis awaited, in full confidence that it will be a favorable one.\\nF. E.\\nPhiladelphia, Oct. 1, 187\\n3", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nmSTOK/IO^L.\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCHAPTER p^OE\\nI. Location anil Natural Features of Genesee County H\\nII. The White Man s Preilccessors in the Saginaw Valley II\\nIII. The Saginaw-Chippewas after the AVar of 1812 U\\nIV. Indian Treaties and Cessions of Land Indian Krai-\\ngratinn ]y\\nV. Indian Reservations on Flint River 24\\nVI. Settlement of the County 31\\nVII. Changes of Civil Jurisdiction\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Erection and Organi-\\nzation of Genesee County Courts and County\\nBuildings 35\\nVIII. Internal Improvements 39\\nIX. The Press The Professions Genesee Civil List The\\nPioneer .Association 51\\nX. Military Record of Genesee 02\\nXI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eighth Infantry 68\\nXII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tenth Infantry 78\\nXIII. Si.xteenth Infantry 85\\nXIV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Twenty-Third Infantry 92\\nXV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth Infantry, and First En-\\ngineers and Mechanics 100\\nXVI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Si.\\\\lli Cavalry, and\\nThirteenth Battery 104\\nCHAPTER p^oE\\nXVII. Other Genesee County Soldiers HQ\\nXVIII. .Agriculture Manufactures Population 113\\nFLINT CITY 119\\nHISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIPS.\\nTownship of Flint 133\\nFcnton 193\\nGranil Blanc 237\\nAtlas 251\\nFlushing 264\\nMundy 280\\nArgentine 303\\nMount Morris 312\\nGenesee 321\\nGaines 33.4\\nBurton 342\\nClayton 355\\nVienna 357\\nThetford 379\\nDavison 398\\nRichfield 4og\\nForest 423\\nMontrose 44j\\nBioa-i?.-A.:PH:io.A.Xj.\\nHon. Edward II. Thomson\\nChauncey S. Payne\\nGrant Decker\\nE. H. McQuigg\\nJames Van Vleet\\nElias J. Bump\\nGeorge Crocker\\nJeremy R. Chambers\\nGeorge E. Taylor\\nWm. M. Fcnton\\nGen. M. D. McAlester\\nGot. H. H. Crapo\\nHon. Alexander McFarlan\\nHon. Josiah W. Begole\\nGeorge M. Dewey\\nIra D. Wright\\nStewart H. Webster\\nAnson Gilbert\\nRobert P. Aitken\\nFrederick A. Begole\\nG. J. W. Hill\\nJerome Z. Fairbank\\nSeth C. Sadler\\nGeorge W. Berryman\\nCharles DeWitt Gibso\\nSilaa D. llalsey\\nSimeon M. Perry\\nGurdon G. Cook\\nMichael Ferguson\\nCaleb 8. Thompson\\nfacing\\nfacin\\nfacing\\nFAQE\\n1.30\\n140\\n144\\n152\\n156\\n160\\n168\\n172\\n176\\n178\\n179\\n17a\\n\\\\A0\\n181\\n182\\n181\\n186\\n18S\\n190\\n191\\n192\\n235\\n2;i6\\n236\\n238\\n240\\n247\\n248\\n249\\n219\\nLewis 0. Medbury\\nEdgar E. Stimson\\nStephen Jordan\\nThe McNeil Family\\nJonathan Frost\\nThe Carpenter Family\\nJeremiah Narrin\\nHenry French\\nEbenezcr French\\nDaniel Cotcher\\nJohn Paton\\nThomas H. Kelland\\n.Andrew F. Sullon\\nAlexander Barber\\nJosiah Alger and family\\njMorgan Raldwin\\nPeter Hempsted\\nEbcnezer Bishop\\nJohn L. Jennings\\nJohn Slaght\\nWilliam I. Williams\\nVolney Stiles\\nHenry II. Ilowland\\nSamuel W. Alger\\n.lohn Reid\\nNathan W. Soldcn\\nChauncey L. Badgley\\nJohn B. Cochran\\nLorenzo C. Fletcher\\nJohn Boyd\\nPAOE\\n259\\n260\\n260\\n261\\n262\\n263\\n263\\n276\\n277\\n277\\n278\\n278\\n279\\n279\\netween 282, 283\\n295\\n296\\n296\\n297\\n298\\n298\\n299\\n300\\n.101\\n301\\n301\\n302\\n309\\n310\\n311", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nBIOGE^-A^IPHIIO^L.\\nLewis Lahring\\nWilliam T. Jennings\\nDavid Brooks\\nRichard Johnson\\nWilliam S. Pieison\\nHenry D. Hunt\\nHenry B. Diller\\nGeorge W. Hovey\\nSimon King\\nJohn Woollitt\\nAValter Knickerbocker\\nHenry Knickerbocker\\nWhitman F. Clapp\\nHiram H. Bardwell, M.D.\\nThe Atherton Family\\nPliny A. Skinner\\nDaniel W. Richards\\nIra Chase\\nJohn C. Wolverton\\nPaul E. Traynor\\nPeter Lennon\\nCaleb Calkins\\nMichael McEnrue\\nJames Penoyer\\nPAGE\\n3U\\n311\\n311\\n320\\nbetween 322, 323\\n32S, 329\\n332\\n332\\n332\\n333\\n333\\n333\\n333\\n333\\n:il8\\n351\\n351\\n352\\n353\\n363\\n363\\n363\\n364\\n364\\nfacing\\nIsaac Lyons\\nMichael Donahoo\\nJames L. Curry\\nDavid S. Halsted\\nMilton B. Stage\\nCrawford Barkley\\nFrederick S. Taylor\\nNahum N. Wilson\\nCharles M. Bouttell\\nJacob W. Sharick\\nWilliam Green\\nFranklin E. Dodge\\nGeorge Geiger, Jr.\\nWilliam H. Long\\nDaniel F. Bennett\\nJacob Kurtz\\nHenry Drudge\\nAmasa Carrier\\nJacob AV. AVhite\\nSimeon R. Billings\\nFrederick Olds\\nCbauncey AV. Seeley\\nSevmour W, Ensign, Sr\\nPACE\\n365\\n366\\n377\\n377\\n378\\n390\\n391\\n.391\\n392\\n392\\n393\\n393\\n394\\n394\\n395\\n395\\n395\\n396\\n396\\n421\\n422\\n439\\n446\\nIXjIjTJSTI?/-A.TIOniTS.\\nOutline Map of Genesee County (colored)\\nCopy of the Surveyed Plat of Indian Reservations\\nFLINT CITY.\\nView of High -School Building\\nPortrait of John Todd\\nResidence of J. W. Begole (doublc-])agc view)\\nJ. B. Atwood\\nPortrait of Hon. E. H. Thomson\\nStone s Woolen Mills (double-page view)\\nPortrait of Cbauncey S. Payne\\nGrant Decker\\nPortraits of E. H. McQuigg and Wife\\nJames Van Vleet\\nElias J. Bump\\nPortrait of George Crocker\\nPortraits of J. R. Chambers and Wife\\nPortrait of George E. Taylor\\nHenry H. Crapo (steel)\\nAlexander McFarlan (steel)\\nJ. W. Begole\\nG. M. Dewey\\nFLINT TOWNSHIP\\nPortraits of Ira D. Wright and Wife\\nS. H. Webster and Wife\\nAnson Gilbert\\nRobert P. -A^itken\\nG. J. W. Hill\\nFENTON TOWNSHIP.\\nPortrait of Jerome Z. Fairbank\\nSeth C. Sadler\\nResidence of G. W. Berryman (with portraits)\\nPACK\\nfacing S\\n24\\nfacing 119\\n121\\ntwccn 122, 123\\nfacing 126\\n130\\nbetween 136, 137\\nfacing \u00c2\u00bb/i 40\\n/144\\n1^152\\n156\\n1./ 160\\nvl68\\n\\\\An\\n1^176\\n179\\nf 180\\n^181\\nV 182\\nfacing i/184\\nV 186\\n188\\n191\\n192\\nbetween 234.J!35\\n234, 235\\nResidence of David McNeil (with portraits)\\nJoseph P. Cook\\nthe late Michael Ferguson\\nPortraits of Simeon M. Perry and Wife\\nC. S. Thompson\\nATtAS TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of the late Jonathan Frost (with purtr\\nJohn L. McNeil (with portraits)\\nStephen Jordan\\nJ. Karrin\\nLewis 0. Medbury (double-page view) between 258, 259\\nE. E. Stimson, with portraits (double-page view)\\nbetween 260, 261\\nW. M. Cari enter (double-page view) 262, 263\\nPAGE\\nfacing 242\\n244\\n246\\n248\\n250\\ntniilf\\nfacing 251\\n252\\n254\\n256\\nGRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Hon. A. P. Davis\\nPortraits of Chas. D. Gibson and Wife\\nSilas D. Halsey\\n234, 235\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nfacing 237\\n238\\n/240\\nFLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\nExchange Hotel\\nResidence of W. D. Penoyer\\nJohn Paton (with portrait.s)\\nWilliam Schram\\nT. H. Kelland\\nA. F. Sutton\\nJames W. Graham (with portraits)\\nPortrait of Henry French\\nResidence of Daniel Cotcher (with portraits)\\nPortraits of Ebenezer French and Wife\\nResidence of the late Alex. Barber (with portraits)\\nMIJNDY TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of A. W. Alger\\nWm. R. Alger (with portraits)\\nPortraits of Josiah and Josiah H. Alger\\nResidence of Wm. I. Williams (with portraits)\\n.John L. Jennings\\nPeter Hcmpsted\\nC. L. Badgley (with portraits)\\nPortrait of Morgan Baldwin\\nEbenezer Bishop\\nfacing\\nfacing\\nfacing\\n264 j\\n264/^\\n266^\\n268.^\\n270^\\n272^,\\n274^\\n276\\n277.^.\\n277\\n278\\nfacing 280,\\nbetween 282, 283^\\n282^283\\nfacing 284-\\n286_\\nfacing\\n288U-VjV\\\\J\\n290-\\n295\\n297", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nZIjLTJSTI?.JLTI02 rS.\\nPAGE\\nPortraits of John Slaght ami Wife 298\\nPortrait of Volney Stiles 299\\nRes. of H. IF. Howlaml. with port s (double-page view) bet. ;iOO, ^^01\\nPortrait of John Reiil .3ul\\nPortraits of N. W. Scldon an.l Wife 302\\nARGENTINE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of the late John Boyd, Sr. facing .30:1\\nW. T. Jennings, with portraits (double-page view)\\nbetween .304, 305-\\nLewis Lahrinsj (double-page view)\\nbetween 306, 307-\\nI.. C. Fletcher facing .308--\\nPortraits nf John B. Cochran and Wife\\nDavid Brooks and Wife\\nysio\\n310\\nMOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Charles Johnson facing 312\\nGENESEE TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of J. W. Wilkcrsun\\nthe late W. S. Pierson (with portraits\\nWalter Knickerbocker\\nJohn Woolfitt\\nWm. F. Chipji (with portraits)\\nDr. H. H. Bardwell (with ]iortrait)\\nPortraits of H. D. Hunt and Wife\\nResidence of Henry B. Diller (with portraits)\\nof W. H. Hovcy\\nPortraits of G. W. Uovey and Wife\\nSimon King\\nHenry Knickerbocker and Wife\\nResidence of William Johnson\\nGAINES TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Putnam Burton\\nBURTON TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of P. A. Skinner (with portraits)\\nHenry Schram\\nJohn 0. Wolverton\\nRobert Chambers\\nfacing 321\\nbetween 322/323\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n324, 325-\\n324, 325\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nfacing 326\\nbetween 328, 329_ j\\n328, 329\\nfacing 330 -j\\nbetween 332, 333\\n332^33 I\\n332, 333 i\\nfacing /333 j\\n334\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPAGE\\nPortraits of P. Atherton, .1. C. Atherton, itinl S. R. Atherton\\nand Wife facing 1/54S\\nResidence of D. W. Richanls (with |iortniils) 350\\nPortraits of Ira Chase and \\\\Vife 353\\nfacing 334\\nfacing 342\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n344\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n3461\\n346,1\\nCLAYTON TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Miihael .McEnroe\\nMichael Donaboo\\nPeter Lennon (with portraits)\\nPaulE.Traynoi\\nJames Penoyer\\nPortraits of Caleb Calkins and ^Vifi-\\nPortrait of Isaac Lyons\\nVIENNA TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of D. S. Halstcd\\n.Tames L. Curry (with portraits)\\nPortraits of Milton B. Stage and Wife\\nTHETFORD TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of N. N. Wilson (with portraits)\\nC. M. Bouttcll\\nJ. W. White\\nD. F. Bennett (with i)ortraits\\nJacob W. .Sharick\\n.J. G. Geiger\\nCrawford Barkley\\nF. S. Taylor\\nPortraits of Wm. Green and Wife\\nResidence of Wm. H. Long\\nF. E. Dodge\\nHenry Drudge\\nPortraits of Amasa Carrier and Wife\\nResidence of .Jacob Kurtz (with portraits)\\nfacii\\n35*\\n356\\n358\\n3G0-\\n/363\\n365\\nfacing 367\\n377--\\n378\\nfacing 379*.\\n(double-page view)\\nbetween 380, 381\\nfacing 382-\\n384-\\n386\\n388-\\n4(\\n390\\nfacing\\n.392\\n393\\nfacing\\nit\\n394,-\\n394-\\nIt\\n395\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n396\\nfacing\\n396\\nRICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\nResidence of Hon. S. R. Billings\\nPortraits of Frederick Olds and Wife\\nFOREST TOWNSHIP.\\nPortraits of Chauncey W. Seeley and Wife\\nfacing\\n421\\n422\\n439", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "CO U N T Y\\nHANOE VIII CAST\\nM AP OF\\nRANGE V. EAST R^NSE VI. tAST\\nLIVINGSTON COUNXr\\nMichigan.-\\nENGRAVED EXPRESSLY TOR THIS WORK-", "height": "3299", "width": "2310", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nOP\\nGENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nBY FRANKLIN ELLIS.\\nCHAPTER L\\nLOCATION AND NATURAL PEATXTRES OF\\nGENESEE COUNTY.\\nGenksee is an interior county of Michigan, situated in\\nthe southeastern part of the lower peninsula of the State\\nits capital city, Flint, which is also nearly its territorial\\ncentre, being in latitude 4.3\u00c2\u00b0 1 north, and longitude 83\u00c2\u00b0\\n4 west distant sixty-four miles in a northwesterly direc-\\ntion from Detroit, fifty miles east-northeast from the State\\ncapital, and sixty-six miles west from the outlet of Lake\\nHuron, by the customary routes of travel. The counties\\nwhich join this and form its several boundaries are, Saginaw\\nand Tuscola on the north, Lapeer and Oakland on the east,\\nOakland and Livingston on the south, and Shiawassee and\\nSaginaw on the west.\\nThe limits of Genesee include eighteen townships of the\\nUnited States survey, sixteen of which (being Nos. 6, 7,\\n8, and 9 north, in ranges 5, 6, 7, and 8 east) lie together\\nin form of a square and the two remaining townships (5\\nnorth, of ranges 5 and G east) join the square, upon the\\nwest half of its south line. Thus the aggi-egate area is\\nnearly 415,000 acres. More than three-fourths of this\\narea, embracing all the central and western parts of the\\ncounty, is underlaid by the vast coal measures, which occupy\\na space of nearly seven thousand square miles in the centre\\nof the lower peninsula comprehending, besides Genesee,\\nthe counties of Saginaw, Shiawassee, Clinton, Ionia, Mont-\\ncalm, Gratiot, Isabella, and Midland, and the greater part of\\nTuscola, Ingham, Eaton, and Day, with considerable por-\\ntions of Livingston and Jaek.son. Over nearly the whole of\\nthis extent of country, the [coal] measures will be found\\nproductive. This is the prediction made by Dr. Alexander\\nWinchell, State Geologist, in his Report of the Progress\\nof the Geological Survey of Michigan, made to Governor\\nWisuer, in December, 1860 from which document is also\\nextracted the following, having reference to Genesee County\\nBetween Ingham and Genesee Counties the boundary of\\nthe coal formation has not been traced. In the southwest-\\nern part of the town.sliip of Mount Morris, and contiguous\\nportions of Flushing, in the latter county, according to the\\nobservations of Dr. Miles, the shales and sandstones of the\\ncoal measure. make numerous outcrops. On the south-\\neast quarter of section 2(J, Flushing, the following section\\nis observed iu the bank of the Flint River:\\n2\\n.Superficial materials 4 feet.\\nBlack shale, containing Linguia, Chroiietefi\\nS liithiij Proditclits Afiperu\u00c2\u00abf and Spirifer\\nCamerntns Z feer.\\nSandstone, tinged with iron 7 inches.\\nShale* 1 foot.\\nSandstone A inches.\\nShale to surface of water 10 inches.\\nA short distance west of here the section is seen to be\\nextended upwards by the superposition of seven inches of\\nsandstone and five feet of an overlying shale. The bed of\\nthe river here is covered by a somewhat undulating and\\nshattered gray sandstone, which is considerably quarried for\\nbuilding. At a point on the northeast (|uarter of section\\n35, Flushing, a sandstone was seen to attain a thickness of\\nabout twelve feet, in an excavation made by Mr. Miles.\\nOn the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 22, Flushing, a shaft was sunk on the farm of A. J.\\nBrown, of which the following account was obtaiued\\nSuperficial materials 14 feet.\\nSandstone, below, bluish, gritty 8\\nCoal 2i inches.\\nHorseback Claystone (lilackband) 2 feet.\\nSame with kidney iron-ore 2\\nShale 5\\nSandstone and i(!((fer 3\\nShale i\\nBlack hard stone, combustible 4\\nWhile fire-clay 2\\nHard white sandstone 2\\nDarker sandstone unknown.\\nStriped sandstone 3 feet.\\nShale unknown.\\nCoalblaze, with bands of iron-ore 11 feet.\\nA small hole was bored from this point to a depth of\\ntwelve feet in the last-named material, making the whole\\ndepth attained eighty-three feet. The work seems to have\\nbeen directed by Prof Challis. The shaft is now filled\\nwith salt water.\\nCoal crops out at numerous places in the vicinity. It\\nis said sometimes to show a thickness of two or three feet\\nat the outcrop, but soon thins out.\\nMr. Patton. on the cast side of the river, near the south\\nline of section 22, made an excavation for coal, and found\\na seam eighteen inches thick, which is tolerably hard. The\\nsandstone taken from the quarry above Flushing is a pale\\nbluish rock, abounding in scales of white mica, ferruginous\\nstreaks, pyrites, carbonaceous streaks and curls, and much\\noblique lamination. What is quite remarkable, I .saw in a\\nblock of this stone, in the vault of the bank, in Flint, a long\\nclub of fibrous talcosc slate, a mineral said to occur in con-\\nsiderable abundance. This rock does not answer to the\\n9", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncharacters of the Woodville sandstone at any point where its\\nidentity is undoubted, and I am induced to regard it as a\\nsandstone included in the coal measures. If it is so, this is\\nthe only instance within my knowledge where any of the\\nincluded sandstones have attained sufficient development to\\nbe worked. It is likely, liowevcr, that the gray, homo-\\ngeneous, fine, gritty, faintly-banded sandstone, found within\\na mile or two of the city of Lansing, will be found to hold\\nthe same position. Sandstone\u00e2\u0080\u0094 not unlikely the Woodville\\nsandstone\u00e2\u0080\u0094 is found outcropping in the township of Mont-\\nrose, on the borders of Saginaw County.\\nThe centre of the great coal measures of the lower penin-\\nsula falls nearly on the boundary between Gratiot and\\nSai;inaw Counties, and it is only their southeastern edge\\nwhich falls within the county of Genesee. Next east of\\nthese appears the belt of the Parma sandstone, which\\ntraverses the entire eastern side of the county from south\\nto north and nest is found the belt of carboniferous lime-\\nstone, which extends only a short distance into tw-o or three\\nof the townships in the southeastern corner. Very few geo-\\nlogical developments have been made in the county, and the\\nstudent of the science finds little here of sufficient interest\\nto reward research or exploration.\\nGenesee County lies entirely within the Saginaw Valley,\\nupon a slope which has a general inclination towards the\\nnorthwest. The greatest altitude is at the southeast corner\\nof the county, it being there about four hundred feet above\\nLake Huron, and about nine hundred and eighty feet above\\nthe sea. From that point the descent is gradual and regu-\\nlar (leaving out of account the surfoce undulations) to\\nthe extreme northwest corner, where the altitude is but\\nabout fifty feet above the lake. At the northeastern and\\nsouthwestern corners of the county the elevation is nearly\\nthe same, being about two hundred and fifty feet above\\nHuron.\\nAll the waters of the county find their outlet to the lake\\nthrough the channel of the Saginaw Kiver. The principal\\nstream of Genesee is the Flint River,* which, taking its\\nrise in the east and northeast, in the counties of Tuscola,\\nOakland, and Lapeer, comes from the last-named county\\ninto Genesee across its eastern boundary, north of the cen-\\ntre, and, flowing thence in a grand irregular sweep or\\ncurve for a distance of nearly fifty miles within the county,\\npasses out across its northern border, and then on through\\nSaginaw County to its junction with the Shiawassee. lu\\nits^course through Genesee the Flint River flows first in a\\ngeneral southwesterly course to a point near the geograph-\\nical centre of the county, where it turns abruptly towards\\nthe northwest, and continues in that general direction until\\nit has approached to within about three miles of the west\\nboundary then turns, and flows in a general course nearly\\ndue north to the place of its exit, which is about two and\\na half miles east of the northwest corner of the county.\\nOf the tributary streams which Genesee gives to the Flint,\\nThe Indian name of this stream was Pcicomymhik, or, as it\\nhas sometimes been written, I ,:mmn\u00e2\u0080\u009el-c\u00e2\u0080\u009ein,/. which, being translateil,\\nmeans River of the Flint (literally, River of the Fire St.me\\nfrom which came its name in English. Among the early French\\ntraders and courenr, (/c\u00c2\u00bb huU it was Ivnown as Riviere dala Pierre,\\nthis having nearly the same signification.\\nthe most important are Kearsley Creek and Thread River,\\nboth of which come from a number of small lakes in Oak-\\nland County both enter Genesee near its southeast corner,\\nand flow northwestwardly in very tortuous courses to near\\nits centre, where they unite with the main river; the\\nThread being augmented a short distance above its conflu-\\nence with the Flint by the waters of Swartz Creek, which\\nalso takes its rise in numerous lakes in Oakland and in the\\nsouthwest part of Genesee County, and flows north and\\nnortheast to its junction with the larger stream. The\\ntributaries above mentioned all enter the Flint through\\nits left bank. The principal of those entering from the\\nopposite side are Butternut Creek, which comes in from\\nthe northeast corner, and Armstrong Creek and Brent s\\nRun, which are wholly in Genesee, and enter the river in\\nthe northwesternmost township. Pine Run has its sources\\nin the northern part of this county, but enters the Flint\\nseveral miles below, in Saginaw.\\nA large number of lakes are found within the county,\\nchiefly in its southern and eastern parts. Among those\\nwhich lie in the two southernmost townships are Long,\\nSilver, Crooked, Pine, iMud, Lobdcll, Sciuaw, McKane,\\nBass, McCaslin, Hibbard s, Loon, White s, Byram, Murray,\\nDay s, Thompson s, Myers, Ball, and Openconic Lakes, with\\na large number of smaller ones, all beautiful sheets of pure,\\nlimprd water. Most of these contribute to swell the waters\\nof the main stream and several branches of the Shiawassee\\nRiver, which flows westwardly for several miles through\\nthis part of Genesee, then passes into and across Shiawassee\\nCounty on its way to join its current with those of the\\nFlint, the Cass, and the Tittabawassee.\\nIn the extreme northeast corner of Genesee (and extend-\\ning across the line into Lapeer County) is Otter Lake, which\\nis aie source of Butternut Creek. At more southerly points\\non the east line of the county are Potter and Hasler Lakes,\\nboth of which are also partly in Lapeer. The latter dis-\\ncharges its waters through Hasler Creek into the Flint,\\nand the former is the source of Black Crock, a tributary to\\nthe Kearsley, which is also partially supplied by Neshina-\\nguac Lake, near the southeast corner of the county. Buell s\\nLake, near the northern border, is the head of Perry s\\nCreek, which flows north and joins the Cass River in Tus-\\ncola County.\\nThe surface of Genesee can nowhere be termed hilly,\\nbut is generally undulating, though flattening- considerably\\ntowards the northwest. The parts which are most rolling\\nwere originally covered with open forests, principally of oak,\\nwhich w^ere (and still are, where they remain) called oak\\nopenings. The more level portions were generally covered\\nwith a denser and heavier forest, composed of oak, elm,\\nhickory, beech, maple, ash, and a variety of other woods,\\ninterspersed in many places with pine of large growth and\\nexcellent quality, which, by its manufacture into lumber,\\nhas added largely to the wealth of the county. The soil\\nof the rolling country is a sandy or gravelly loam that of\\nthe flatter lands is intermixed with clay and less friable,\\nbut in nearly every part very productive and well adapted\\nfor the requirements of the farmer. In agriculture Genesee\\nstands in the foremost rank among the counties of the\\nState.", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE WHITE MAN S PEEDECESSORS IN THE SAGINAW VALLEY.\\n11\\nCHAPTER IL\\nTHE WHITE MAN S PREDECESSORS IN THE\\nSAGINAW^ VALLEY.\\nAncient Mounds ami Relics The S.iuks. and their Expulsiou by the\\nChippcwas Early Indian Traders Jaeub Smith.\\nANCIENT MOUNDS AND RELICS.\\nIn luindrods of different localities in Micliigan, and, in-\\ndeed, through all or nearly all the States l3 iiig between the\\nAUeghanies and the Mississippi, there have been found in-\\ndisputable evidonce.s that, centuries before the advent of\\nthe white man into this western land, its vallej s and hills\\nand forests had been inhabited by tribes, or nations of\\npeople, who were either the remote ancestors of the later\\nIndians who were found in occupation, or, perhaps, of a\\nrace which is now extinct and unknown. Many such\\nevidences were found by the early settlers in Genesee\\nCounty (as in every other part of the Saginaw Valley),\\nchiefly in the form of ancient mounds of earth, which ap-\\npeared to have been constructed for purposes of sepulture,\\nas in nearly or quite every instance the} were found to eon-\\ntain human bones, sometimes sound and well preserved,\\nbut oftener in a condition of such friability that the lightest\\ntouch, or even exposure to the air, reduced them to fine\\npowder the latter circuiu.stance seeming to indicate a very\\nancient period of inhumation. And with these were some-\\ntimes found rude implements and parts of warlike weapons,\\nwhich may or may not have been significant of the rank or\\nconsequence of the person with whom they were buried.\\nInstances are mentioned as having been noticed in the\\ncounty, where the bones found were of unusually large\\nsize one of these ca.ses being that of a colossal skeleton,\\nwhich was discovered some two or three feet below the sur-\\nface, and was disinterred by workmen engaged in construct-\\ning a road across Crane s Cove, on the west side of Long\\nLake, in the fall of 1877, and another instance in the east\\npart of the county, where a number of skeletons (also of\\nvery large size) were found buried in a circle directly be-\\nneath the stuiup of a gigantic pine-tree of the oldest\\ngrowth but in both these cases the finding of the bones\\nwas wholly accidental, as there was no mound or other sur-\\nface-mark to indicate the places of burial.\\nMany of the ancient mounds discovered in Ohio, Illi-\\nnois, and other States seem to have been intended as de-\\nfensive works; and in their construction, as well as in the\\nmaterial and finish of the iniplemenls, pottery, and weapons\\niuund within them, there appears the work of a people\\nwho, in enlightenment, engineering, and mechanical skill,\\nmust have been very far in advance of the later Indians to\\nwhom we are accustomed to apply the name of aborigines.\\nIJut the pre-historic works found in Genesee County were\\nnot of this class; they were in every case (it is believed)\\nsimjily sepulchral mounds, inclosing the bones and relics of\\na race that may have been identical with that which the\\nfirst white settlers found in possession of the soil. There\\nappears to have been nothing in the construction of the\\nmounds, or in the mechanism or material of the implements\\ndiscovered here, to compel a belief that either were the\\nwork of a superior people. That any race of men different\\nfrom the Indian ever had a home in the valley of the\\nSaginaw is only rendered probable from the disclosure of\\nskeletons, represented to have been of unusual size and it\\nis not impo.ssible that even this peculiarity (in the absence\\nof actual measurement) may have been unintentionally ex-\\naggerated on account of the atmosphere of myster) and\\nromance which surrounded their discovery. They may\\nhave been the remains of ToUec or Aztec mound-builders,\\nor they may have been those of the ancestors of Pontiac\\nor Tecuniseh. It is a question which can never be satis-\\nfactorily settled, and which, beyond the facts of the dis-\\ncovery of the tumuli AixA^ their mysterious contents, is not\\nproperly within the scope of this history.\\nTHE SAUKS AND TUEIR EXPULSION BY THE CIIIPPEWAS.\\nWhen the first white explorers penetrated this wilderness\\nregion, they found it peopled by bands of both the Chip-\\npeica and Ottawa nations of Indians, though the former\\nwere by ftir the more numerous here, and have generally\\nbeen mentioned in Indian history, and recognized in all\\nsubsequent treaties as the original proprietors of the eoun-\\ntr} bordering on the Saginaw and its tributaries, and of the\\nvast territory stretching away from thence northwestwardly\\nto Lake Superior.\\nAccording to their own traditions, however (which, in this\\nparticular, are supported to some extent by authentic history),\\ntheir proprietorship was of but comparatively recent date.\\nThey said that, within the memory of some of their old men,\\nall these streams and woods and hunting-grounds, this Indian\\nparadise of fish and deer and beaver, was the home and pos-\\nsession of the Saitks and Onottoways (a kindred people),\\nwho lived near together in neighborly amity, and, both being\\nstrong and valiant tribes, and confederated for mutual de-\\nfense, they felt perfectly secure in their fancied ability to\\nhold their country against all invading enemies. The Sau/.s\\nwere the more numerous, and occupied the valleys of the\\nTittabawassee, the Flint, and the Shiawassee, their domain\\nextending as far south as the head-waters of the latter\\nstream, along the present southern boundaries of Shiawas-\\nsee and Genesee Counties. The Onottoioays lived in the\\nvalley of the Onottoway-Sebewing, or Ca.ss River, and had\\ntheir principal village a few miles above the mouth of that\\nstream, nearly where is now the village of Bridgeport Cen-\\ntre, and where, as late as 1840, a large earthen work was\\nstill visible, though whether built by these people or by\\ntheir successors, the Cltippewas, is, of course, a matter of\\ndoubt. The chief village of the SaiiLi was on the west\\nside of the Saginaw River, opposite where Portsmouth\\nnow .stands but they had other small villages or encamp-\\nments at different points on the rivers, and as far up as the\\nlakes of Genesee and Livingston Counties.\\nBoth these tribes appear to have possessed warlike traits,\\nand were not only disposed to hold and defend their own\\ncountry, but sometimes engaged in aggressive expeditions\\nagainst the tribes whose country adjoined theirs on the\\nnorth and south, which tribes, as a consequence, both\\nfeared and hated them. Particularly was this the case with\\nthe OJibways (C/iij/pewus), who then inhabited a region\\nfar away to the north, bordering on the lakes, Michigan,\\nHuron, and Superior. This nation had for years coveted\\nthe teeming hunting-grounds of the Sait/cs, and it had long", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "13\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbeen a cherished project with them to conquer and extermi-\\nnate the prosperous tribes who held the Saginaw Valley, and\\nthe country stretching thence, for many a league, towards\\nthe north and west. But they dreaded the power and\\nprowess of their enemies, and this consideration held them\\nin check until their ambitious desires could be controlled no\\nlonger, and, at last, they determined to attempt the execution\\nof the plan of invasion and conquest which they had so long\\nsecretly entertained. To this end they held council with the\\nOtidwas of the north (whose country was contiguous to\\ntheir own), and sent messengers to the southern Oltawiis\\n(whose domain lay along the northern border of that of\\nthe Pottawallamies), asking them to join in an expedition\\nfor the humiliation of the Sauks and Onottowai/s and the\\noccupation of their hunting-grounds. The proposition was\\nfavorably received, the league was formed, and the confed-\\nerated bands set out on the war-path with great secrecy,\\nhoping to take their enemies by surprise, a hope that was\\nfully realized.\\nAs to the manner in which the attack was made, the\\ntraditional accounts differed to some extent but that which\\nseems the most complete and reasonable was nearly as fol-\\nlows The invaders entered the country of the doomed\\ntribes in two columns, one, composed of the southern Olta-\\nwas, coming through the woods from the direction of De-\\ntroit, and the otlier, made up of the Chlppewas and north-\\nern Ot/dwas, setting out in canoes from Mackinaw, proceed-\\ning down along the western shores of Lake Huron and the\\nbay of Saginaw, paddling by night, and lying concealed in\\nthe woods by day. When the canoe fleet reached a point\\na few miles above the mouth of Saginaw River, half the\\nforce was landed; and the remainder, boldly striking across\\nthe bay in the night-time, disembarked at a place about the\\nsame distance below the mouth of the Saginaw. Then, in\\ndarkness and stealth, the two detachments glided up through\\nthe woods on both sides of the river, and fell upon the un-\\nsuspecting Suk/cs like panthers upon their prey. The\\nprincipal village situated on the west side of the river\\nwas first attacked many of its people were put to the tom-\\nahawk, and the remainder were driven across the river to\\nanother of their villages, which stood on the eastern bank.\\nHere they encountered the body of warriors who had\\nmoved up on that side of the river, and a desperate fight\\nensued; in which the Sauks were again routed, with great\\nloss. The survivors then fled to a small Lsland in the Sagi-\\nnaw, where they believed themselves safe, at least for the\\ntime, for their enemies had no canoes in the river. But\\nhere again they had deluded themselves, for in the follow-\\ning night ice was formed of sufficient strength to enable the\\nvictorious Chippetcas to cross to the island. This oppor-\\ntunity they were not slow to avail themselves of, and then\\nfollowed another massacre, in which, as one account says,\\nthe males were killed, to the last man, and only twelve\\nwomen were spared out of all who had fled there for safety.\\nSo thickly was the place strewn with bones and skulls of the\\nmassacred Sauks, that it became known as Skull Island.*\\nMr. Ephraim S. Williams, one of the oldest and most respected\\ncitizens of Flint, but formerly of Saginaw City, verifies this state-\\nment. He has often visited the island in earlier years, and has seen\\nnumbers of skulls exhumed from its soil.\\nAfter completing their bloody work on the Saginaw,\\nthe invading army was divided into detachments, which\\nseverally proceeded to carry destruction to the villages on\\nthe Shiawassee, Tittabawa.ssee, Cass, and Flint Rivers.\\nMeanwhile, the co-operating force of Ottawas, coming in\\nfrom the south, struck the Flint River near its southern-\\nmost bend, and a desperate battle was fought between them\\nand the Sauks, upon the blufl bank of the river, about a\\nhalf-mile below the present city of Flint. Here the Sauks\\n.suffered a severe defeat, and retreated down the river to\\na point about one mile above where the village of Flushing\\nnow is and there another battle was fought, as bloody\\nand disastrous as the first. Still another deadly struggle\\ntook place on the Flint, a little north of the present bound-\\nary between Genesee and Saginaw Counties and on this\\nfield, as on the others, the bones of the slain were found\\nmany years afterwards. Equally murderous work was done\\nby the bands which scoured the valleys of the Shiawassee\\nand the Cass, and everywhere the result was the same,\\nthe utter rout and overthrow of the Sauks, only a miser-\\nable remnant of whom made their e-scape, and, finally, by\\nsome means, succeeded in eluding their relentless foes, and\\ngained the shelter of the dense wilderness west of Lake\\nMichigan. J\\nAfter the Sanks had been thus utterly crushed, and\\ntheir villages destroyed, the victorious allies did not imme-\\ndiately settle in the conquered territory, but held it as a\\ncommon ground for the range of their hunting-parties.\\nAfter a time they found that some of the young men who\\nwent out with those parties did not return, and could never\\nbe heard of, and then it became their firm belief that the\\ndim recesses of these forests were haunted by the spirits of\\nthe murdered Sauks, who had come back to their former\\nhunting-grounds to take vengeance on their merciless de-\\nstroyers. And the result of the belief (so said the tradi-\\ntion) was that they abandoned this inviting region, and\\nfor years their hunters and fishermen avoided its haunted\\nwoods and streams, although the thickets swarmed with\\ngame and the waters were alive with fish.\\nNo one can say how long their superstitious terrors pre-\\nvailed, but it is certain that they were overcome at last, and\\nthe Cliippewii and ltaica tribes built their lodges in the\\nland which their bloody hands had wrenched from its\\nrightful possessors. Those who came to the valley of the\\nSaginaw, however, were principally CItippcwas, and from\\nthat time the Indian inhabitants of this region were known\\nas the Saginaw tribe of the Chippewa nation. They\\npossessed all the characteristics of the parent stock, and^\\nuntil they were overawed and cowed by the power of the\\nwhites, they showed a disposition as fierce and turbulent\\nas that of their kindred, the Ojlhways of Lake Superior,\\nf At both these places were found a number of mounds covering\\nhuman bones. These were visible within the past few years, and\\nhave been seen by many persons now living in the county.\\nX One of the Indinn accounts of this sanguinary campaign was to\\nthe ciTect that no Siiuh or Oitoitoicay warrior escaped; that of all the\\npeople of the Saginaw Valley not one was spared except the twelve\\nwomen before mentioned, and tliat these were sent we tward and\\nplaced among the tribes beyond the Mississippi. This, however, was\\nunquestionably an exaggeration made by the hoa tful Cfiippeirtie\\nand it is certain that a part of the Saiik\u00c2\u00ab escaped beyond the lake.", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE WHITE MAN S PEEDECESSOES IN THE SAGINAW VALLEY.\\n13\\nwho massacred the garrison of Fort Michiliniackinac, in\\n1763.\\nThe country of the Sayinaws was then an ahnost inac-\\ncessible fastness, and from this their warriors continually\\nforayed against tlie unprotected settlements on the Detroit,\\nSt. Clair, and Huron Rivers; and many were the scalps\\nand captives which they brought back from these hostile\\nexpeditions. They joined the Indian league which was\\nformed in 17SC in the interest of the British, for the\\npurpose of destroying the American settlements and driv-\\ning them beyond the Ohio River, and they took part with\\nthe other tribes in the ho.stilitics which continued untih\\nchecked by the victorious campaign of General Anthony\\nWayne. Again, when the Shaic aiese chieftain, Tecumseh,\\nand his brother, the Prophet Elkswatawa, instigated\\nby the British, sent forth their emissaries to a.sk the co-\\noperation of the northern and western tribes in a project to\\nexterminate the white settlements within the Northwest\\nTerritory, the Saginaw Cltippeu ns were found ready and\\nwilling to join the league and they continued among the\\nmost active of all the Indian allies of the English during\\nthe war of 1812-15.\\nEARLY INDIAN TRADERS JACOB SMITH.\\nUp to this time it is probable that not more than a dozen\\nwhite men had ever penetrated into the country of the Sog-\\niitaws. They may have been visited by the enterprising\\nand adventurous priests from the Recollet Mission at the\\nfoot of Lake Huron, but such is not known to be the fact.\\nIt is known, however, that, some time before the commence-\\nment of the present century, a French trader named Bolieu\\n(named, in Indian, Kasegans) came among them, and lived\\nat different points on the Flint and Saginaw Rivers; that\\nhe married a full- blood Chippewa woman, by whom he be-\\ncame the father of a Jiumber of half-breed children,* one of\\nwhom, in after-years, was a claimant to one of the Indian\\nreservations in Gene.see County. There is liltle doubt that\\n(with the possible exception of a priest or two, as above\\nmentioned) this trader, Bolieu, with perhaps two or three\\nas.sistants, or r.oiireiirs ilc Loisf (forest-runners), were the\\nfirst men of European descent who ever set foot upon the\\nwilderness domain of the Saginaw Chippncas. There was\\nanother French trader, however, named Tremble freciuently\\ncorrupted to Tiomblci/) who came to Saginaw very soon\\nafter Bolieu, but it is not shown that he was located any-\\nwhere else in the Indian country than at that point.\\nThe facts of BoHeu s residence among the Sngiuaira nt the time\\nmentioned, of his marringe with the Indian woman, who was a near\\nrelative of the Sur/iiiaic cliicf Neome, and of the rearing of iiis half-\\nbreed family, were afterwards shown in a noted case of litigation\\n(Dewey it. Canipau), involving the title to a part of the file of the\\neity of Flint.\\nt In mentioning this cla.^s of nun, Judge Camiibcll, in his Political\\nHistory of Michigan, says, Many of these were of the lower classes,\\nand dropped readily into the ways of the Indians, adopting their hab-\\nits, and becoming adherents to the triljes. But there were many also\\nof respectable conneitions, who betoul themselves to a wandering\\nlife of hunting and trading, partly from love of adventure and partly\\nbecause they could find no other means of livelihood. There is no\\nre.ison to regard tlicm as a despicable or essentially vicious race.\\nThey were generally employed by the early Indian traders to assist in\\nthe tmusporlatiun of tlicir merchandise through the wood. etc.\\nPerhaps the next (and certainly one among the earliest)\\nof the traders who came into these wilds was Jacob Smith,\\na man who should receive more than a cursory mention,\\nnot only because he was brave, true, and nobly generous in\\nall his impulses, honest and benevolent in his dealings with\\nthe Indians of this valley, to a degree which gave him a\\nfirmer hold on their esteem and confidence than has ever\\nbeen enjoyed by any other white man, but because, although\\nan alien by birth, he was warmly devoted to the cause of\\nAmerica, an officer uuder her banner, one who braved great\\npersonal peril in her service, and gave his property, as he\\nalso risked his life, to rescue prisoners from the hands of\\ntheir savage captors, and because his name is intimately\\nconnected with the early history of the region which is now\\npartially included in Genesee County. He was of German\\nparentage or descent, and a native of the city of Quebec,\\nCanada. His enterprising and adventurous spirit drew him\\nto the western frontier, and in the early years of the pres-\\nent century we find him, with a wife and .several children,\\nlocated in Detroit, as the base of his trading operations.\\nHe came among the Indians of the Saginaw before the be-\\nginning of the war of 1812, at a time when their hostile\\ndisposition had been wrought up to a high pitch by the\\nmachinations of Tecumseh. At this time, however, he was\\nnot permanently established among them, but merely made\\nperiodical visits to their countrj from his home at Detroit.\\nOn the breaking out of the war, iu 1812, it became a\\nmatter of importance to know what position the Suglmito\\ntribe would take in the contest, and Jacob Smith undertook\\nthe task of gaining such information by going to their vil-\\nlages, ostensibly on a trading expedition, but really with\\nthe object above named, though it was necessary to the\\nsuccess of his mission, as well as for his own safety, that\\nthis object should remain unknown and unsuspected by the\\nIndians. He arrived safely at their main settlement on the\\nSaginaw, but soon after reaching there the tongue of one of\\nhis two assistants became loosened by a too free use of the\\ntreacherous whisky, and while thus off his guard he in-\\ncautiously divulged the secret which should have been jeal-\\nously guarded. Upon learning that the trader, whom they\\nknew to be a British subject, had now come among them as\\na spy, in the interest of the Americans, they became so\\ngreatly infuriated that it was only by instant flight that\\nSmith and one of his assistants were finally enabled to es-\\ncape with their lives. Abandoning the merchandise, they\\nleaped on their horses and sped away with all possible\\nrapidity on the southern trail, up the valley of the Flint,\\nfording the river where Flint City now stands, and thence\\nflying on through the woods and openings towards Detroit.\\nAll this time the Indians were in pursuit and gradually\\ngaining ground. On reaching the Big Springs (in the\\npresent town of Groveland, Oakland County) the fugitives\\nfound themselves so hard pressed that, in order to embarra.ss\\ntheir fierce pursuers, they separated, one continuing on the\\ntrail to the Clinton River, the other striking more towards\\nthe south, and by this means they finally escaped unharmed,\\nexcept that Mr. Smith, in riding through a thicket, re-\\nceived a permanent injury to one of his eyes. The assist-\\nant whom they were compelled to leave behind lost his life,\\nand the goods were of course a total loss; but the main", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "u\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nobject of Mr. Sniith s mission was accomplished, for he had\\nascertained the disposition and intentions of the Sciffiiiaics\\nmost conclusively.\\nP]ither before, or imuiediately after, this expedition, he\\nwas made a captain in the United States service, and was\\npresent, under General Hull, at the disgraceful surrender\\nof Detroit. By reason of this surrender he experienced\\nheavy losses, for which he was never reimbursed by the\\ngovernment. During the war which succeeded, he on sev-\\neral occasions rendered admirable service by procuring the\\nliberation of prisoners who had been taken by the Indians.\\nOne of these cases was that of a family named Boyer,\\nwhose dwelling on Clinton River had been burned and\\nthemselves carried into captivity by the Saginmvs. To\\neffect their release, Jacob Smith proceeded into the Indian\\ncountry, taking with him (loaded upon pack-horses) a large\\nquantity of goods, such as delight the hearts of Indians, to\\nbe given as a ransom for the unfortunate prisoners. It was\\na bold movement for one who had once been compelled to\\nfly for his life from these same Indians whom he now went\\nto seek in their stronghold but it was just such an act as\\nmight have been expected from one of his brave and gen-\\nerous nature. The Indians admired his fearlessness and\\nrespected his mission, and the prisoners were released un-\\nharmed.\\nAfter the close of the war Mr. Smith continued to prose-\\ncute his traffic with the Indians, though be still had bis\\nresidence in Detroit. But after the death of his wife, in\\n1817, he became permanently established in the Sugiituw\\ncountry, and passed most of his time there during the re-\\nmainder of his life. In 1819 he located his store where\\nFlint City now stands, and died there a little less than six\\nyears afterwards.\\nBy the Indians he was known as Wahbesins (meaning\\nthe young swan and his popularity and influence with\\nthem was almost unbounded. He was kind and generous\\nto them he was unexcelled in bravery and was the pos-\\nsessor of physical qualities such as invariably elicit the red\\nman s admiration. No Indian hunter was more skilled in\\nwoodcraft than he. He had to a great extent adopted\\ntheir dress and mode of life, and by his long inteicourse\\nwith them had become so familiar with their language that\\nbe spoke it as fluently and perfectly as the Chippewus\\nthemselves. Among all the principal men of the tribe\\nthere were few, if any, who were not friends to Wahbe-\\nsins and especially strong was the bond of amity between\\nhim and old Neome, who was one of the most respected\\nand powerful of all the Saginaw chiefs, but an honest, sim-\\nple-minded, and peaceable man. The attachment which\\nexisted between him and Jacob Smith was so strong that\\nfor years after both were dead the Indians invariably spoke\\nof Neome and Wahbesins as biuthers, whose friendship had\\nnever been broken or clouded.\\nConrad Ten Eyck was trading among the Sa(/iiiaivsneaT]j\\nas early as Jacob Smith. Louis Campau established him-\\nself as a trader among them in 1815. His brother, Au-\\ntoine, came about the same time, and Baptiste Cochios had\\nhis trading-post on the Flint. General Riley, of Schenec-\\ntady, N. Y., commenced trading here soon after the close\\nof the war of 1812-15, and several other traders were in\\nthe Indian country as early as 1820, but among all these\\nthere were none who ever held the confidence and friend-\\nship of the natives to an equal degree with Jacob Smith.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nTHE SAGINAW-CHIPPE-WAS AFTER THE -WAK\\nOF 1812-15.\\nStory of the Chief Nawahgo Superstition of the Saginaws The\\nChief Neome, .aud the Powonigo band.\\nThe close of the war of 1812-15, which resulted in the\\ndiscomfiture of Britain and her Indian allies, seems to have\\nmarked the extinguishment of the fierce and warlike dis-\\nposition of the Saginaw tr ihe of Cliippncas, and from that\\ntime their progress was rapid towards that state of decay\\nand demoralization which is invariably the result of the\\nIndian s contact with the white race, and his access to the\\nwhite man s whisky. When they began to be well known\\nby the traders who followed Jacob Smith, and by the United\\nStates officers and agents whose duties called them to the\\nIndian country, they were found to be a dispirited and\\ncomparatively harmless people, who, realizing that their\\nformer power and prowess were broken, were little disposed\\nto take the war-path or wield the tomahawk for the enforce-\\nment of the aboriginal rights which they knew had been\\njustly forfeited by their acts of hostility against the gov-\\nernment during the then recent war.\\nMr. Ephruiin S. Williams, now of Flint, who passed\\nmany years among these Indians subsequently to 1820,\\nand who also knew the Chippewas of Lake Superior, says\\nof the fonuer that they were a people who possessed many\\ngood traits, but who, generally, were but degenerate repre-\\nsentatives of the northern nation from whom they sprung\\nthough he knew many instances of individuals to whom\\nthis criticism would not apply. One incident which he\\nrelates seems not inappropriate to mention here, as it oc-\\ncurred in the neighboring county of Saginaw, the actors in\\nit being members of the same tribe who peopled the valley\\nof the Flint, and Mr. Williams (who was an eye-witness of\\nthe scene) an old citizen of Genesee, personally known to\\na large portion of the people of this county, and recognized\\nas among the best of authorities in all matters pertaining\\nto early Indian history. He tells the story as follows\\nThere lived upon the Saginaw a young Chippewa war-\\nrior, a model of physical power and grace, named Na-\\nwahgo, who, in a quarrel, had killed a sou of the old chief\\nRed Bird (Wuzcobenasa), whose home was on the Tittaba-\\nwassee. By Indian law and usage the relatives of the\\nmurdered man might take the life of his slayer, in retaliation,\\nand in this case they demanded the forfeit. In response\\nto the summons, Nawahgo presented himself before the\\nwarrior relatives of his victim, and bared his breast to\\nreceive their blows. The avengers filed past him, and each\\nin turn delivered a blow at his heart but when all had\\nstruck, and Indian justice was sated, the young warrior\\nstill lived. Weak from his wounds and loss of blood, he\\nstarted to return to his wigwam, but on his way there was\\nmet by another Indian, who stabbed him in the back and", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE SAGINAW-CHIPPEWAS AFTER THE WAR OF 1812-15.\\n15\\nleft him there, believing that he had given a mortal wound.\\nThere he was found by his faithful wife, who had tracked\\nhim by the blood-marks. She succeeded in removing him\\nto their lodge, bathed and bound up hi.s wounds, and nursed\\nhim through weeks of prostration and suffering until at\\nlast he was completely restored to health. It was then\\nhis turn to demand and to take vengeance on the coward\\nwho had struck him in the back, and he did not long lack\\nan opportunity, for he soon met his enemy in the hunting-\\nground, and drove a knife with sure aim to his heart.\\nNot long after this, large numbers of Indians were assem-\\nbled at Saginaw to receive a payment from the agents of\\nthe government, and on this occasion Black Beaver (a\\nbrother of one of the principal chiefs) reviled Nawahgo as\\na murderer for killing the Indian who had struck him in\\nthe back. The latter retorted that the act was justifiable,\\nand that he had but killed a craven wretch who was unfit\\nto live. Black Beaver reiterated the accusation in still\\nmore insulting terms, and then Nawahgo, fierce with anger,\\nleaped upon him and slew him in his tracks. This took\\nplace upon the present site of East Saginaw. Nawahgo,\\nimmediately afler the homicide, crossed to the west side of\\nthe river, jvhere his own band were encamped, but here,\\nunder the white man s law, a warrant was issued for his\\narrest, and upon learning this he at once recrossed to the\\neast side. He sent word to two of his white friends, E.\\nS. Williams and Aiitoine Campau, de.siring them to cross\\nthe river and come to the woods in which he was secreted,\\nwhen, by their giving a signal, he would come to them.\\nThey did so, and he soon made his appearance. He in-\\nformed them that he had sent for them for advice that\\nthe white man s punishment, imprisonment, was only fit\\nfor cowards death by the hands of his own race was\\nglorious, in comparison, if any relative of Black Beaver\\nshould choose to make it a cause of vengeance. They\\nadvised him to cross back to his own camp, present himself\\nto his people, and let the affair take the course warranted\\nby Indian usage. The advice was taken, and he recrossed\\nto his own camp. The arrest was waived, and Nawahgo\\nawaited the summons to appear before those to whom his\\nlife was forfeit under the Cliippcwa law.\\nThe time came for the burial ceremonies of the dead\\nchief, Black Beaver. All the vast throng of Indians who\\nhad gathered for payment, and nearly or (piite all the white\\npeople living at the place (each one actjuainted with the\\ncircumstances of the homicide and each eager to know and\\nsee the sequel), were congregated in full view of the .spot\\nwhere lay the cofiined form of the Beaver, encircled by\\nmourning relatives and chiefs in black paint, among them\\nbeing some of the head men of the tribe. Suddenly, dur-\\ning an interval of silence which forms part of the Indian\\nburial ceremony, the stately form of Nawahgo entered the\\ngroup, and moved towards the centre with a mien and step\\nwhich might have befitted the great Pontiac, or Philip of\\nMount Hope. He was habited in costume such as an\\nIndian warrior would wish to die in, and his belt bore\\nknife and tomahawk. Advancing to the .side of the cofliu\\nhe laid his weapons upon it, then filled and lighted his pipe\\nwith great deliberation, drew a few wliifl s, and offered it\\nsuccessively to each of the scowling chiefs and warriors\\nwho surrounded him, but all declined it. Next he unslung\\nfrom his shoulder a small flask of whisky, drank, and\\noflFered it to each in the same manner, but again all declined\\nto partake.\\nYou refuse to .smoke with me, he said. You will\\nnot drink the fire-water with mo in token of peace. Y^ou\\ndemand my life, and I am here to give it Then he sat\\ndown on the foot of the coffin, loosed his hunting-shirt at\\nthe throat, bared his breast, and again addressed his ene-\\nmies You demand my life Here it is take it But\\nbeware how you strike Jlakc no mistake for if a war-\\nrior strikes and fails, or if he deals a foul blow, he shall\\nfeel my knife in his heart, as I have driven it to the hearts\\nof cowards before\\nThis speech was followed by a dead silence. Nawahgo\\ncast a proud and scornful glance around on the blackened\\nfaces of the hostile group, but there was not one among\\nthem who moved from his place to strike the waiting vic-\\ntim. A little longer he sat there, and then as none came\\nto claim the vengeance due under Indian usage he rose\\nwith deliberation, readjusted his hunting-shirt, resumed\\nhis belt and anus, and with the single withering epithet,\\nCowards! upon his lips, strode away, undaunted and\\nunharmed, to tlio camp of his own band. This, writes\\nMr. Williams, I was eye-witncs s to. It was at a payment\\nmade by government, and nearly three thousand Indians\\nwere present. I was Nawahgo s friend, and he was also\\nmine, and would and did stand by me in all dangerous\\ntimes. Immediately after the occurrence above mentioned,\\nNawahgo left the Saginaw, and removed to the shore of\\nLake Huron, where he lived during the remainder of his\\nlife. He finallj^ died a violent death, in an encounter\\nwith a relative of one of his early victims. They mot on\\nthe hunting-ground, and each knew that a death-struggle\\nwas to follow; but, before fighting, they sat down, and\\ndrank together from the same canteen. Having finished\\ntheir potations, they rose, and, like Fitz-James and Roderick\\nDhu,\\nE.Tch lookeJ to pun, and stream, and plain,\\nAs what he ne er might see again,\\nThen, foot, and point, and eye opposed,\\nIn diilpious strife they darkly closed.\\nAnd they fought on till both fell, mortally wounded. From\\nthis narrative it seems evident that, in Nawahgo at least,\\nthe warrior blood and spirit of the northern OJiLwaj/s had\\nsuS ered no degeneration.\\nSUPERSTITION OF THE SAGINAWS.\\nIt has been mentioned that the ancient Chippetons imag-\\nined the country which they had wrested from the con-\\nquered .S iikA-.s to be haunted by the spirits of those whom\\nthey had slain, and that it was only after the lapse of years\\nthat their terrors became allayed sufficiently to permit them\\nto occupy the haunted hunting-grounds. But the super-\\nstition still remained, and in fact it was never entirely dis-\\npelled. Long after the Saginaw valley was studded with\\nwhite settlements, the simple Indians still believed that\\nmysterious S iii/ck were lingering in their forests and along\\nthe margins of their streams fur purposes of vengeance\\nthat Miiiiesoiis, or bad spirits, in the form of Sunk warriors,", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "16\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwere hovering around tlieir villages and camps, and on the\\nflanks of their hunting-parties, preventing them from being\\nsuccessful in the chase, and bringing ill-fortune and discom-\\nfiture in a hundred ways. So great was their dread, that\\nwhen (as was frequently the case) they became possessed of\\nthe idea that the Munesoiis were in their immediate vicinity\\nthey would fly, as if for their lives, abandoning everything,\\nwigwams, fish, game, and peltry and no amount of ridicule\\nfrom the whites could convince them of their folly, or in-\\nduce them to stay and fiice the imaginary danger. Some\\nof the Indian bands whose country joined that of the Scg-\\nitiaws played upon their weak superstition and derived\\nprofit from it, by lurking around their villages or camps,\\nfrightening them into flight, and then appropriating the\\nproperty which they had abandoned. A few shreds of\\nwool from their blankets left sticking on thorns or dead\\nbrushwood, hideous figures drawn upon the trunks of trees\\nwith coal, or marked on the ground in the vicinity of their\\nlodges, was sure to produce this result, by indicating the\\npresence of the dreaded Mnnesous.\\nMr. Williams, whose authority has already been cited in\\nthe foregoing pages, writes of this matter as follows\\nThere was a time every spring when the Indians from\\nSaginaw and the interior would congregate in large parties\\nfor the purpose of putting up dried sturgeon, which made\\na very delicate dish when properly cooked, and was much\\nused in those days by the first families of Detroit. The\\nIndians would select the best, flay them, hang them across\\npoles in rows about four feet from the ground and two feet\\napart, then a gentle smoke was kept under tliem until per-\\nfectly dry. When this was nearly accomplished, poor, lazy,\\nworthless Indians from a distance, having an eye to supply-\\ning themselves with provisions which they never labored to\\nobtain, would commence, in difi erent ways, to excite their\\nfears that the Munesoiis were about their camps, until at\\nlast they would take to their canoes and flee, often leaving\\nalmost everything they possessed. Then the Miuiesous\\n(the thieving Indians from other bands who had cunningly\\nbrought about the stampede for the sake of plunder) would\\nrob the camps of what they wanted, and escape to their\\nhomes with, perhaps, their summer supplies of fish, and\\noften of sugar and dried veni.^on. I have often met them\\nfleeing as above sometimes twenty or more canoes have\\nstopped them, and tried to induce them to return, and we\\nwould go with them but no, it was the Mimesom, they\\nsaid, and nothing would convince them differently, and\\naway they would go, frightened nearly to death. I have\\nvisited their camps at such times, gathered up their eff ects\\nthat were left, and secured them in some one camp from\\ndestruction by wild animals. After a while they would\\nreturn and save what was left. During these times they\\nwere perfectly miserable, actually afraid of their own\\nshadow.\\nIt was not alone on their annual fishing expedition to the\\nlake that these things occurred similar scenes were enacted\\nby their hunting-parties in the forests of the Shiawassee\\nand Flint, and at their summer camps among the beautiful\\ninland lakes of their southern border. I have had them\\ncome fiom places miles distant, says Mr. Williams, bring-\\ning their rifles to me, asking me to examine and re-si ^ht\\nthem, declaring that the sights had been removed (and in\\nmost ca.ses they had, but it was by themselves in their\\nfright). I have often, and in fact always did when applied\\nto, re-sighted and tried them until they would .shoot cor-\\nrectly, and then they would go away cheerfully. I would\\ntell them they must keep their rifles where the Munesous\\ncould not find them. At other times, having a little\\nbad luck in trapping or hunting, they became excited, and\\nwould say that game had been over and in their traps, and\\nthat they could not catch anything have known them go so\\nfar as to insist that a beaver or an otter had been in their\\ntraps and gotten out that their traps were bewitched or\\nspell-bound, and their rifles charmed by the Munesoiis, so\\nthat they could not catch or kill anything. Then they must\\ngive a great feast, and have the medicine-man or conjuror,\\nand through his wise and dark performances the charm is\\nremoved and all is well, and traps and rifles do their duty\\nagain. These things have been handed down for genera-\\ntions. And so, through all the domain of the Soffinaws,\\ntheir lives were made miserable by these superstitious fears\\nand thus they expiated the crime committed by their an-\\ncestors against the unfortunate SauJ^s.\\nTHE CHIEF NEOME AND THE PEWONIQO BAND.\\nThe old chief Neome was, as has been mentioned, the\\nmost powerful and respected among the chiefs of the Sag-\\nI liaws, though it does not appear that he was or ever liad\\nbeen famed for skill or prowess in war. His power had\\nsomewhat decayed in the latter years of his life, but he\\nretained until the last the respect and confidence of his\\npeople. He was a man well advanced in years when the\\nwhite people first knew him, prior to 1819. Then, and\\nduring the remainder of his life, he held with his band\\nthe southern frontier of his nation, though the territory of\\nthe Sni/inaws extended southward many miles beyond his\\nvillage, which was named Pewonigowink, and located on\\nthe river of the same name (the Flint), near where it\\ncrosses the boundary between Genesee and Saginaw Coun-\\nties. Its site, however, was once or twice moved,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 being at\\none time in the present township of Montrose, in Genesee,\\nand at another, farther down the river, in Taymouth, Sag-\\ninaw Co. A large open tract of land, more than a hundred\\nacres in extent, situated about seven miles south of Bridge-\\nport Centre, is yet remembered by the oldest settlers as the\\nold Indian field. This had been used by the people of\\nNeome s band for their rude agriculture but, after years\\nof continuous planting, the corn was destroyed for two or\\nthree seasons by the grub-worms, which they believed to be\\nthe Great Spirit s curse upon the land, and they therefore\\nabandoned it, and planted in newer fields farther up the\\nriver. Neome died at his village in the year 1827, and\\nwas succeeded in the chiefship by Tonedogane, who had\\nbeen the principal war-chief of the band and second in\\ncommand during the life of his superior. Neome had a\\nbrother named Mixanene, and it does not seem clear why\\nhe was not made his brother s successor. lie appears to\\nhave been a fierce and bloodthirsty Indian, and it is related\\nof him that in the year 1813 Mr. Joseph Campau paid to\\nhim a large sum for the ransom of a white prisoner, Mr.\\nJames Hardan, whom IMixauenc had determined to torture", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "INDIAN TREATIES AND CESSIONS OP LAND.\\n17\\nto death. But perhaps at that early tiiue even the good\\nNeouie was less amiable than the whites found him to be\\nin later years after the Indian spirit had been cowed and\\nbroken.\\nTiie Indians living in the valley of the Flint were known\\nas the Peiconiyo tribe, or band, from the Indian name of\\nthe stream. The present county of Genesee was crossed\\nin various directions by their trails, which, by being trav-\\neled for years by themselves and their ponies, had become\\nhard-beaten paths, worn into the soft soil in some places to\\nthe depth of more than a foot. The principal of these was\\nthe Saginaw trail, which was the Indian road from the\\nSaginaw River to Detroit. Its route through Genesee\\nCounty was from Pewonigowink up the Flint River to its\\nsouthern bend, and thence south by way of Grand Blanc\\nand the Big Springs (Oakland County) to Detroit. The\\nplace where it crossed the Flint was known as the Grand\\nTraverse, or grenl crossing-place. a name probably given\\nto it by Bolieu the French trader. A beautiful open plain,\\nlying in the bend of the river, on the north side and con-\\ntiguous to the crossing, was named, in Indian, Museata-\\nwingh, meaning the plain burned over. This is now in\\nthe first ward of the city of Flint. A part of it had for-\\nmerly been used by the Indians as a corn-field, and it was\\nalways one of their favorite camping-grounds, as many as\\nfifteen hundred of them having been seen encamped on it\\nat one time by people who are still residing in Flint. Over\\nthis great trail, too, for years after the first settlers came to\\nGenesee County, thousands of Indians passed and repassed\\nannually, the throng always being particularly large at the\\ntime when they went down to receive their annuities.\\nThe.sc yearly payments were made in the early times by both\\nthe United States and the British governments the latter\\nusually paying them at Maiden. The amount paid there\\nwas fifty cents a head to Indians of all ages, from the red\\npatriarch of ninety years to the papoose upon its mother s\\nback. On these occasions, therefore, every member of the\\ntribe took the trail to be present at the muster for pay.\\nAfter a time the British payments ceased, and the United\\nStates adopted the plan of paying at inland points to avoid\\nthe demoralization which resulted from vast collections of\\nIndians at Detroit. These interior payments were oftenest\\nmade at Saginaw, but were on one or two occasions made\\nat Pewonigowink. The money u.sed was silver coin, and\\nthis was brought up from Detroit on pack-horses. Two\\nboxes of one thousand dollars each, weighing one hundred\\nand twenty pounds, slung on each side, were a load for a\\npack-horse. The party (generally con.sisting of an inter-\\npreter and sub-agent) made in this way twenty miles per\\nday, and slept out in the woods without fear, though with-\\nout firearms. The journey occupied four days from De-\\ntroit to Saginaw. The Indians were not given to plun-\\ndering on so grand a scale as the robbery of a pack-horse\\ntrain loaded with s])ecie, though they sometimes engaged in\\nsmall pilfering. Bc^yond this it does not appear that the\\nsettlers stood in much, if any, fear of them. They were\\ncomparatively harmless except when excited by liquor, and\\neven when, under that influence, they were disposed to be\\ndefiant, they were easily over.iwed by a firm and- deter-\\nmined course of treatment. At the commencement of\\n3\\nBlack Hawk s war, that chief sent his emissaries among\\nthese Indians to distribute his war-(|uills, inviting them\\nto take part against the whites, but the nies.sage failed to\\nbring the response he desired, for the warlike .spirit of the\\nSagiiiuics was dead, and they had buried the hatchet for-\\never.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nINDIAN TREATIES AND CESSIONS OP LAND-\\nINDIAN EMIGRATION.\\nTreaty of Greenville Treaties of Detroit ami Springwells Treaty\\nof Saginaw Pewonigowink Kcscrvatiou Plans for In iian Em-\\nigration\u00e2\u0080\u0094Treaties of Wasliington (1SX6), Detroit (IS37), Flint\\nRiver (1S37), and .Saginaw (183S).\\nThe United States government, from the time of its\\nformation, has recognized the possessory rights of the In-\\ndian tribes in the soil and the principle has been estab-\\nlished that these riglits can only be acquired by the\\ngovernment, or with its consent, and can only be alienated\\nfrom the native Indians by their own voluntary act, done\\nin public and open council, where the tribes are represented\\nby their chiefs and head men, and the government by its\\naccredited agent or commissioner. This principle has\\nalways been acted on, and this method observed, by the\\ngovernment in its treaties with Indians for the acquisition\\nof their possessory rights in the public domain.\\nTREATY OP GREENVILLE IN 1795.\\nThe first Indian treaty by which the aboriginal title to\\nlands now within the State of Michigan was extinguished\\nwas made on the 3d of August, 1795, at Greenville, Ohio,\\nby General Anthony Wayne, on behalf of the United\\nStates, with representatives of the Wj/cimiols, S/uiwaiicse,\\nOttawas, Chippvwas, I utfawaltamies, and several other\\ntribes. By the terms of that treaty the Indians ceded to\\nthe United States government the post of Detroit, and\\nall the lands to the north, the west, and the south of it, of\\nwhich the Indian title has been extinguished by gifts or\\ngrants to the French or English governments, and so much\\nmore land to be annexed to the district of Detroit as shall\\nbe comprehended between the river Rosine (Raisin) on the\\nsouth. Lake St. Clair on the north, and a line, the general\\ncourse whereof .shall be sis miles distant from the west end\\nof Lake Erie and Detroit River. Several other large\\ntracts were also ceded by tlie treaty among these being\\nthe post of Michilimackinac, all the island, and lands on\\nthe mainland adjacent, and the island of Bois Blanc,\\nmentioned as being an extra and voluntary gift of the\\nChippewa nation. Also among the lands ceded by this\\ntreaty was one piece of land six miles S(|uare at the mouth\\nof Chikago River emptying into the southwest end of Lake\\nMichigan. It was expressly stipulated in the treaty that,\\nin consideration of the peace then and there established,\\nand of the relin(|uishinent,s made by the Indians, as well as\\nto manifest the liberality of the United States as the means\\nof making the peace strong and perpetual, the United\\nStates rclin(|uish their claims to all other Indian lands\\nnorthward of the river Ohio, eastward of tlie Mississippi,", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "18\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand westward and southward of tlie great lakas and the\\nwatei-s uniting them,* according to the boundary line agreed\\non between the United States and the King of Great Brit-\\nain in the peace made between them in the year 1783.\\nAnd it was declared that the Indian tribes who have a\\nright to those lands are quietly to enjoy them, hunting,\\nplanting, and dwelling thereon so long as they please, with-\\nout any molestation from the United States but when\\nthose tribes, or any of them, shall be disposed to sell their\\nlands, or any part of them, they are to be sold only to the\\nUnited States and until such sale the United States will\\nprotect the said Indian tribes in the quiet enjoyment of\\ntheir lands against all citizens of the United States, and\\nagainst all other white persons who intrude upon the same\\nand if any citizen of the United States, or any other\\nwhite person or persons, shall presume to settle upon the\\nlands now relinquished by the United States, such citizen\\nor other person shall be out of the protection of the United\\nStates, and the Indian tribe on whose land such settlement\\nshall be made may drive off the settler, or punish him in\\nsuch manner as they shall think fit and because such set-\\ntlements, made without the consent of the United States,\\nwill be injurious to them as well as to the Indians, the\\nUnited States shall be at liberty to break them up, and\\nremove and punish the settlers as they shall think proper,\\nand so to eifect the protection of the Indian lands herein-\\nbefore stipulated. The Indians were also allowed, under\\nthe treaty, to have the privilege of hunting and fishing over\\nall the ceded territory during their good behavior.\\nTREATIES OP DETROIT (1807) AND SPKINGWELLS\\n(1815).\\nThe treaty by which the entire southeastern part of\\nMichigan (including more than nineteen-twentieths of the\\npresent county of Genesee) was ceded to the United States\\ngovernment was made and concluded at Detroit on the\\n17th of November, 1807, by William Hull, governor of\\nthe Territory of Michigan, Superintendent of Indian Affairs,\\nand sole commissioner of the United States to conclude and\\nsign a treaty or treaties with the several nations of Indians\\nnorthwest of the river Ohio, on the one part, and the sachems,\\nchiefs, and warriors of the Ollawny, W^ando/te, and Futta-\\nwaltamie nations of Indians on the other part. The terri-\\ntory here ceded by the Indians, in consideration of goods\\nand money paid and to be paid to them by the United\\nStates, was described in the treaty as beginning at the\\nmouth of the Miami River of the lakes [meaning the\\nMaumee], and running thence up the middle thereof to the\\nmouth of the great Auglaize River; thence running due\\nnorth until it intersects a parallel of latitude to be drawn\\nfrom the outlet of Lake Huron, which forms the river Sin-\\nclair thence running northeast on the course that may be\\nfound will lead in a direct line to White Rock, in Lake\\nHuron thence due east until it intersects the boundary line\\nbetween the United States and Upper Canada, in said lake\\nIn its relinqwishraent of these lands, however, the government\\nexcepted the post of Vincennes, on the AV abash, the po.\u00c2\u00abt of Fort\\nMarsac, towards the mouth of the Ohio, and lands at other jdaees,\\nactually in the oceupation of French or other white settlers, to which\\nthe Indian title had before been extinguished.\\nthen southwardly, following the said boundary line down\\nsaid lake, through the river Sinclair, Lake St. Clair, and the\\nriver Detroit into Lake Erie, to a point due east of the\\naforesaid Miami [Maumee] River thence west to the\\nplace of beginning. For this cession the government\\nstipulated to pay (in money, goods, agricultural imple-\\nments, or domestic animals, at the discretion of the su-\\nperintendent of Indian affairs) the sum of \u00c2\u00a73333.33 each,\\nto the Ottawa and Chippewa tribes, and one-half that\\namount each to the Pot tawatt amies and Wj/andots, with a\\nperpetual annuity of $2000 to each of the first-mentioned\\ntribes, and one-half that sum to each of the others all to\\nbe paid at Detroit. And it was further declared in the\\ntreaty, that the United States, to manifest their liberality\\nand disposition to encourage the said Indians in agriculture,\\nfurther stipulate to furnish the said Indians with two black-\\n.smiths one to reside with the Cltippewas at Saginaw, and\\nthe other with the Ottawas, at the Miami, during the term\\nof ten years said blacksmiths are to do such work for the\\nsaid nations as shall be most useful to them.\\nThe second line mentioned in the description of the tract\\nhere ceded that is, the line running due north from the\\nmouth of the Auglaize River, and a prolongation of it to\\nthe Straits of Mackinaw was afterwards adopted by the\\nUnited States surveyors as the principal meridian line of the\\nlower peninsula of Michigan. The territory ceded by the\\nIndians at the treaty of Detroit embraced all of Michigan\\nlying east of that line as far north as the centre of the\\npresent county of Shiawas.see, and extending from thence in\\na northeastwardly direction to the shore of Lake Huron, at\\na point a little above the northern boundary of the county\\nof Sanilac including all that is now in the county of Gen-\\nesee, except the northern and western part of the township\\nof Montrose and the northwestern corner of Vienna.\\nWithin this ceded territory the Indians reserved several\\ntracts for their own uses (none of them, however, being\\nwithin the present limits of Genesee County), and they were\\nalso to have the privilege of hunting and fishing, under\\nthe same conditions as stipulated in the treaty of Green-\\nville.\\nDuring the war of 1812-15, the Chippewa, Ottawa, and\\nPottawattamie tribes sided with the British, and by this\\nact, and their general conduct through that struggle, were\\nconsidered to have justly forfeited the lands reserved to them.\\nNevertheless, the government magnanimously determined\\nnot to enforce the forfeiture, but to adopt a conciliatory and\\nfriendly policy towards them and in September, 1815,\\nGen. Wm. H. Harrison, Gen. McArthur, and John Graham,\\nEsq., on the part of the government, held a council with\\nthem at Springwells, near Detroit, where, on the 8th of\\nthat month, a treaty was concluded, by which it was agreed\\nthat the United States give peace to the Chippetoa, Ottawa,\\nand Pottaicattamie tribes. They also agree to restore to\\nthe said Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawattamie tribes all\\nthe possessions, rights, and privileges which they enjoyed or\\nwere entitled to in the year 1811, prior to the commence-\\nment of the late war with Great Britain and the said tribes\\nupon their part agree to place themselves under the protec-\\ntion of the United States, and of no other power what-\\nsoever. And, at the .same time, the treaty made at Green-", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "INDIAN TREATIES AND CESSIONS OF LAND.\\n19\\nville in 1795, and subsei|uent treaties between these tribes\\nand the United States, were con6rmed and ratified.\\nTREATY OF SAQIN.WV 1819.\\nSoon after the close of the war witli Enghvnd, tlie atten-\\ntion of emigrating farmers from New Yoric and New Eng-\\nland began to be directed towards the newly-opened agri-\\ncultural regions of Micliigan, and it was not long before it\\nbecame evident to the comprehensive mind of Governor\\nCass the most able as well as the most influential man\\nin the Territory that broad as was the domain acquired\\nby the treaty of 1807, it would soon be found too narrow\\nto receive the immigration which had already begun to\\nspread westward and northward from Detroit. He at once\\nappliod his tireless energies to the ULsk of securing a fur-\\nther cession of lands from the Indians, and, being ex ojjicio\\nIndian commissioner for Michigan, he laid the matter be-\\nfore the President, and received authority and directions to\\nnegotiate a treaty for the extinguishment of the aboriginal\\ntitle to adjoining territory on the north and west.\\nThe result of his labors was the assembling of the sachems\\nand chiefs of the Saginaw Cliippewas, with a few of those\\nof the Ottawa nation, in council at the present site of\\nSaginaw City, in September, 1819. Early in that mouth,\\nGovernor Cass, accompanied by a cavalcade composed of\\nhis secretaries, interpreters, and other assistants, set out\\nfrom Detroit, and proceeded by way of Royal Oak, Pontiac,\\nand the Grand Traverse of the Flint, to Saginaw, where\\nthey arrived on the lOth, and there found the warriors and\\nchiefs already assembled, and assembling, for the conven-\\ntion. The attendance, however, was less numerous than\\nhad been expected and when it was found that some of\\nthe Indian bands and villages were unrepresented, runners\\nwere sent out in haste to such localities to give further\\nnotification, and to urge the absent chiefs to come in and\\njoin in the council.\\nUnder instructions from Gen. Cass, suitable preparations\\nhad been made for the occasion. Mr. Louis Campau, who\\nhad for three years been established at Saginaw as an In-\\ndian trader, had made an addition to his trading-house suf-\\nficient in .size to furnish quarters for the governor, and al.so\\na commodious mes.s-room for him and his retinue. Near\\nthe bank of the river had been erected the council-house.\\nIt was a rude structure, more a bower than a house, and\\ninadequate to afford shelter against inclement weather, but\\nsuflBcient to furnish a .shade for the general and the attend-\\nant chiefs, and to give some degree of diguity to their de-\\nliberations. Moored in the stream were two small vessels,\\na sloop and a schooner, which had come round from Detroit,\\nbringing subsistence stores, goods intended for Indian pres-\\nents, and a company of the Third United States Infantry,\\nunder command of Capt. C. L. Cass, a brother of the gov-\\nernor. The presence of these troops was considered neces-\\nsary, in view of the possibility of violence on the part of\\nthe a.s.sembled Indians.\\nWhen all preparations were complete, the white and red\\ndignitaries assembled in the council-house, near the centre\\nof which, upon a low platform of hewn logs, sat the com-\\nmissioner. Gen. Cass, accompanied by his .secretaries, 11. A.\\nForsyth, Jr. (who was also acting commissioner), John L.\\nLeib. and D. G. Whitney Capt. Cass Capt. Chester Root,\\nof the artillery; Lieut. John Peacock, of the 3d Infantry\\nWhitmore Knaggs, Indian trader and sub-agent, and, on\\nthis occasion, principal interpreter Archibald L3 ons, an\\nIndian trader; Henry Connor, interpreter (known among\\nthe Indians as W lhisIikiiideLay meaning White Hair\\nLouis Beaufait, William Tucky, and John Hurson, inter-\\npreters, and many others while all around were grouped\\nthe dark faces of the Chippewa and Ottawa chiefs.\\nThe council being opened with due formality, Gen. Ca.ss\\nproceeded to inform the Indians of the objects for which\\nthey had been assembled. He told them, through his in-\\nterpreters, that the Great Father at Washington was earn-\\nestly desirous of promoting the welfare of his red children,\\nand anxious to preserve and perpetuate the friendly and\\npeaceful relations which had existed between their tribes and\\nthe government since the close of the war that the tide\\nof white emigration was pressing irresistibly towards their\\ndomain that their streams were each year growing less\\nprolific; that the steady advance of civilization would drive\\nthe game to the remoter hunting-grounds and that for\\nthese and other weighty reasons it was manifestly the part\\nof wisdom for them, the chiefs and notables of the tribes,\\nto advise their people to abaudon, or at least to depend less\\non, precarious hunting and fishing as a moans of subsist-\\nence, and to give their attention to the pursuits of agricul-\\nture upon fertile and ample tracts of their own selection,\\nto be reserved for their perpetual use from the territory\\nwhich it was now the desire of the government to purchase\\nfrom them, at a fair and generous price, for the use of the\\nwhite emigrants who wished to come and settle among\\nthem as friends and neighbors.\\nThe opening address of the commissioner w;is replied to\\nby several of the chiefs those most conspicuous by their\\nspeeches being Ogemawkeketo, Mishenenanonequet, and\\nKishkawko the last named being an exceedingly wily and\\ntroublesome man, though really a Canadian Indian, an in-\\nterloper among the Chlppewas, with no proprietary interest\\nin their lands or right to a voice in the questions before the\\ncouncil. But he had managed by some means to obtain\\nconsiderable influence among the Saginaws, and his violent\\nspeech against the cession produced an efiect adverse to the\\ncherished objects of Gen. Cass. Here, however, his influ-\\nence against the proposed treaty ended, for at the close of\\nthis day s council he had fallen completely into the power\\nof John Barleycorn, and during eight or ten days following\\nremained in almost helpless intoxication.\\nThe mxstor-spirit among the Indians w;us Ogemawkeketo\\nchief speaker who, though at that time scarcely more\\nthan twenty-one years of age, was possessed of remarkable\\npowers of oratory and his speech on this occasion was an\\neloquent outburst of indignant remonstrance, which was\\nnever afterwards forgotten by those who he;ird it. Ad-\\ndressing Gen. Cass, he said, Our people wonder why our\\nwhite brethren have come so far from their homes. Our\\nEnglish Father never asked us for our lands. Our Amer-\\nican Father wanta them. Your people gather in our\\ncountry, and press in on our hunting-grounds. Our lands\\nare melting away like ice when the waters grow warm\\naround it. Our women rcproac us. Here are their", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhomes, and the homes of our children. Shall we sell the\\nground where they spread their blankets You do not\\nknow our wislies. We have not invited you here. Your\\nyoung men have called us to meet you and kindle the\\ncouncil-fire, and we have come; not to give you our lands,\\nbut only to smoke with you the pipe of peace.\\nTo counteract the effect of such a speech it was necessary\\nfor the commissioner to show firmness and self-possession.\\nIn his reply Gen. Cass said in effect that the Great Father\\nat Washington, in the then recent war, had inflicted chas-\\ntisement not only on the English king, but also on them,\\nhis Indian allies, and that they, the Chippcwas, by their\\nhostility to the United States during that war had justly\\nforfeited all their lands to the government, but that not-\\nwithstanding this tlie Great Father had no desire to take\\nthe lands from them without paying a proper and generous\\nequivalent and that, in case a treaty should bo made with\\nthem, it was not in contemplation to take tlie homes of their\\nwomen and children, but to secure to them ample tribal\\nreservations on which they could spread their blankets in\\npeace, and not only live without fear of molestation from\\nthe incoming whites, but receive valuable assistance and\\ninstruction in their agriculture. But when the day s de-\\nliberations closed the Indians still remained intractable and\\ndefiant and the commissioner, after having told them in a\\nfriendlj manner to go to their wigwams and smoke and\\ntalk over the matter together, withdrew with his company\\nto their quarters, in a state of anxiety and disappointment\\nin anticipation of a not improbable failure of the negotia-\\ntions.\\nThe council was not convened on the f )llo\\\\ving day, nor\\nfor several days thereafter. The Indians remained sullen\\nand unyielding, and the prospect was looking very unfavor-\\nable for the consummation of the treaty, when a powerful\\ninfluence, which had hitherto been quiescent, or adverse to\\nthe plans of the commissioner, began to be exerted in favor\\nof the treaty. This was the influence wielded by Jacob\\nSmith, the Indian trader. It is related that he had a per-\\nsonal acquaintance with every one of the pvineipal chiefs\\nwho were present at this council that there were few, if\\nany of them, to whom he had not at some time extended\\nsome favor or act of friendship, either in entertaining them\\nat his different places of business, or relieving their neces-\\nsities by advances of blankets and food. And among these\\nchiefs, too, sat old Neome, steadfast and unwavering in his\\nfriendship, and willing and anxious on this, as on every\\noccasion, to be guided by the wishes of his white brother,\\nWahbesins.\\nIn view of these facts, it is not hard to realize the extent\\nof the power which was held (and exercised) by Jacob Smith\\nto shape the action of the Indian council, a power far\\ngreater, in that direction, than that of the commissioner,\\nor of Kishkawko, or even of the chief orator, Ogemawko-\\nketo. It might have been supposed that Gen. Cass, who\\nwas personally acquainted with Smith, and well knew his\\npre-eminent qualifications as interpreter and negotiator with\\nthe Indians, would have selected and retained him in that\\ncapacity in this council, but such was not the fact, and his\\nneglect to do so is regarded as proof that tlie commissioner\\nregarded him with feelings of distrust. It was supposed\\nby many that tlie inflexible opposition manifested by Oge-\\nmawkcketo, Neome, and the other chiefs was incited by\\nhim, and this supposition does not seem entirely improbable.\\nBut however this may have been, it is certain that all the\\nefiorts of the authorized interpreters and agents of the gov-\\nernment, continued during several days succeeding the first\\ncouncil, were wholly unavailing, and no favorable word or\\nsign of yielding could be wrung from the chiefs, until old\\nNeome received through Mr. Knaggs, the interpreter, the\\npromise that the wishes of his friend, Wahbesins, should be\\nconsulted, and his demands acceded to, in regard to the res-\\nervations to be granted by the terms of the proposed treaty.\\nThis was agreed to by the interpreters (of course with\\nthe private assent of Gen. Cass), and the arrangement was\\ndefinitely made that, in addition to the reservation of ample\\ntracts for the use of the several Indian bands, there should\\nbe made eleven reservations of six hundred and forty acres\\neach, to be located at and near the trading-house of Jacob\\nSmith, at the Grand Traverse of the Flint River these\\nreservations to be granted to a corresponding number of\\nindividuals, under Indian names, which wore handed in,\\nwritten upon slips of paper, to Gen. Cass.*\\nSeveral days after the first meeting, the chiefs were again\\nconvened in the council-house, where a considerable amount\\nof discussion ensued but as a principal difficulty had been\\nsurmounted by the granting of Wahbesins demand, and\\nthe consequent propitiation of Neome and the chiefs, and\\nas Gen. Cass had ceased to press the original proposition\\nof the government to remove the Cliippewas beyond the\\nJlississippi, or at least to the westward of Lake Michigan\\n(finding that it was impossible of accomplishment, and that\\nto insist on it would be to endanger the success of the en-\\ntire negotiation), there was but comparatively feeble oppo-\\nsition to the treaty, which was finally agreed on and vir-\\ntually concluded at this sitting all that remained to be done\\nbeing to engross it in due form, and to affix to it the signa-\\ntures of the commissioner, the chiefs, and the witnesses.\\nFar the ceremonious signing of the treaty, the chiefs\\nwere convened in council for the third and last time.\\nAmong them appeared Kishkawko, who had now partially\\nrecovered from the debauch which from the close of the\\nfirst day until now had kept him confined to his wigwam,\\nand prevented his participation in the later deliberations.\\nThe attendance at this council was much greater than on\\neither of the previous occasions, being estimated at no less\\nthan two thousand chiefs, warriors, and braves, while a\\ngreat concourse of Indian women and children were crowded\\ntogether on the outskirts of the assemblage. The ceremony\\nof signing was conducted with decorum and dignity, and\\nwas made iis imposing as possible. The first name written\\nupon the instrument was, of course, that of Lewis Cass,\\nUnited States Indian Commissioner, and underneath were\\nIn a trial before ChaDcellor Manning, held in 1S43, touching the\\ntitle to one of the tracts reserved by this treaty, Robert A. Forsyth\\ntestified that upon this occasion he had been private secretary to\\n(!en. Cass, and, acting in that capacity, had copied the draft of the\\ntreaty that Jacob Smith handed to the commissioner the names of\\ncertain persons for whom reservations were to be m.ade j that he saw\\nbut two lists of the names; Jacob Smith handed in one, and Henry\\nCampau or Louis Beaufalt the other. ^Yulkt:i\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 ls Chanetry lifpoylg\\nSturhton C8. WiUiams, Fthniartf, 1S43.", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "INDIAN TREATIES AND CESSIONS OF LAND.\\n21\\nplaced the totcniic siLjnaturcs of one hundred and fourteen\\neliiefs and head men of the Cliippewits and Otlawas (though\\ntliere were very few of the latter, and the whole number\\nhave usually been mentioned as C/tippeicas^). The sub-\\nscribing; witnesses were the commissioner s secretaries, Leib\\nand Whitney; Acting Commissioner Forsyth; Capts. Cass\\nand Root Lieut. Peacock G. Godfroy, sub-agent Messrs.\\nKnaggs, Tucky, Beaufait, and Ilurson, interpreters; John\\nHill, army contractor Barney Campau, V. S. Ryley, J.\\nAVhipple, Henry I. Hunt, William Keith, A. E. Lacock,\\nRichard 8niytli, John Smyth, B. Head, Conrad Ten Eyck,\\nand Louis Dequindre. Thus the treaty was concluded and\\nexecuted Sept. 24, 1819.\\nWhen the ceremony of signing was over a large amount\\nof silver money was brought out and placed in huge piles\\non the table before the commissioner, to be by him dis-\\ntributed among the chiefs and representatives of the several\\nbands. Many of these chiefs were indebted in considerable\\nsums to the trader Louis Campau, who had received their\\npromise that when the payment was made to them his\\nclaim should be liquidated, at least to the amount of fifteen\\nhundred dollars. He had already notified Gen. Cass of\\nthis agreement, and was now anxiously waiting, hoping to\\nreceive the money from the commissioner without having\\nit pass through Indian hands at all. But there were also\\npresent three other traders, who were not pleased at the\\nprospect of having so considerable a part of the Indian.s\\nmoney appropriated to the payment of their old debts.\\nOne of these three was Jacob Smith, who at once set about\\nthe task of persuading the half-intoxicated Kishkawko and\\nsome of the other chiefs to demand that the entire sum due\\nthem should be paid to the Indians, to be applied by them\\nas they saw fit. His diplomacy was entirely successful,\\nand when the commissioner explained to the chiefs that\\nCampau was expecting to receive his dues, and asked if\\nthey consented to the arrangement, they rcjiliud that they\\nwore his children, under his protection, and expected that\\nhe would pay the money into their hands. The general\\ncould not disregard their expressed wishes in this particular,\\nand he therefore directed that the money be paid to them.\\nUpon this, Campau, seeing that his money was lo.st, and\\nbelieving Smith to be the cause of his discomfiture, leaped\\nfrom the platform where he had been standing, and struck\\nthe latter two .stunning blows in the face. Quick as light-\\nning Snnith turned on his as.sailant, but Henry Connor and\\nLouis Beaufait interposed between the belligerents and\\nstopped the fight, much to the di.sgust of Campau, who was\\nsmarting under a sense of what he believed to be gross\\ninjustice in tlie non-payment of his claims, and furious at\\nbeing denied the privilege of taking vengeance on the man\\nwho had circumvented him.\\nWhen all the business of tlie day was clo.scd, Gen. Ca.ss\\ndirected that the fire-water should be allowed to flow, and\\nunder this order five barrels of government whisky were\\nopened, and the liquor was dealt out to the Indians. Upon\\nseeing this, Campau, still filled with wrath at the treatment\\nhe had received, and blaming the general almost as much\\nas Smith for it, ordered up ten barrels of his own whisky,\\nknocked in the heads, and posted two men with dippers to\\nsupply the Indians as they came up. Of course the scene\\nof intoxication that ensued was indescribable. At about\\nten o clock, the governor, having become thoroughly alarmed\\nat the infernal orgies that surrounded the trading-house in\\nwhich he was quartered, sent his private secretary, Forsyth,\\nwith orders to Campau to shut off the supply of liquor\\nbut the trader only deigned the grim reply, You com-\\nmenced it, general 1 Then a platoon of the 3d Infantry\\nwas detailed to guard the store-house. Soon after they had\\nbeen posted, a new arrival of Indians demanded whisky,\\nand, upon being refused and held at bay, rushed on the\\nguard to force an entrance, during which attempt one of\\nthem received a bayonet wound in the leg. In an instant\\nthe war-whoop Wiis sounded, and in a few minutes more\\nswarms of savages, infuriated with liquor and tomahawk\\nin hand, came rushing towards the store. Stop the liquor,\\nLouis screamed the Governor of Michigan Territory, as he\\nstood in the door of his quarters with a night-cap on his head.\\nWe shall all be murdered Stop the liquor, I say I\\nCertainement, mon general, replied Campau, but you\\nbegun it, and you allowed Smith to rob nie. I ll keep you\\nsafe, but remember you commenced it, mon general. He\\nappeared to think that the satisfaction of thoroughly fright-\\nening Gen. Cass (who he said had allowed Jacob Smith\\nto rob him) was cheaply enough purchased by the expendi-\\nture of ten barrels of whisky.\\nBy the combined efforts of the interpreters and traders\\nthe Indians were at length pacified, and they retired to\\ntheir wigwams to sleep off the effects of their intoxication.\\nAfter they had entirely recovered from their debauch they\\nbecame perfectly friendly and tractable, and even after the\\ncommissioner and his staff of a.ssistants had departed for\\nDetroit, they sent the orator-chief, Washmenondequet, to\\novertake him, and exj)ress to him their pleasure and satis-\\nfaction at the result of the council.\\nThe area of the territory ceded by the treaty of Saginaw\\nwas estimated at about six millions of acres its boundaries,\\nas described in the treaty, being as follows Beginning at\\na point in the present Indian boundary line [identical with\\nthe principal meridian of the State] which runs due north\\nfrom the mouth of the gre;it Auglaize River, six miles south\\nof the place where the base line, so called, intersects the\\nsame thence west sixty miles [this corner being about three\\nmiles northca.st of the present village of Kalamazoo] thence\\nin a direct line to the head of Thunder Bay River; thence\\ndown the same, following the courses thereof, to the mouth\\nthence northeast to the boundary line between the United\\nStates and the British province of Upper Canada; thence\\nwith the same to the line established by the treaty of De-\\ntroit in the year 1807; and thence with said line to the\\nplace of beginning.\\nFrom this cession various tribal reservations were made\\nfor the u.se of the Cliippi iCdn, viz. on the cast side of the\\nAu Sable, a tract of 8(100 acres, including an Indian village;\\n2000 acres on the Mesaquisk GOOO acres, to include an\\nIndian village, on the north side of the Kawkawling G4II\\nacres on the same river, for the use of the children of\\nBokowtonden 9G40 acres, in three tracts, on the Huron\\n(Cass) River an island in Saginaw Bay a tract of 2000\\nacres where Nabobask formerly stood 1000 acres near\\nthe island in Saginaw River; 2000 acres -at the mouth", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "22\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof Point Augrais River 10,000 acres at Big Lick, on the\\nShiawassee, and HOOO acres on the same river at a place\\ncalled Ketchewandaugenink 6000 acres at Little Forks,\\non the Tetabawasink (Tittabawassce) River, and 6000 acres,\\nnear the same stream, at Blackbird s town 40,000 acres\\non the west side of the Saginaw River, to be hereafter lo-\\ncated and individual reservations of lands on the Saginaw\\nto John Riley, Peter Riley, James Riley, and to The\\nCrow, a Chippewa chief The tracts reserved on the\\nFlint River, were one tract of 5760 acres, to include\\nllcaum s [Neome s] village, and a place called Kishkawba-\\nwee, and the eleven reservations at the Grand Traverse of\\nthe Flint, granted as before mentioned to persons under\\nnames furnished by Jacob Smith and Louis Beaufait.\\nIt has been mentioned above that the cession made by\\nthe Indians in the treaty of Detroit, in the year 1807,\\ncovered all of the present county of Genesee, excepting a\\nsmall fraction in the northwestern corner, therefore in-\\ncluding, of course, all the lands at the Grand Traverse, and\\nfai to the northward of it so that these lands, having\\nalready been ceded to the United States, were really not\\nwithin the possible scope of the Saginaw treaty, nor within\\nthe power of the Cliippeivns to sell. But the Indians did\\nnot so understand it. They had no means of knowing\\nprecisely where the diagonal line terminating at White\\nRock (as named in the treaty of 1807}, would fall, and\\nthey believed that the northern boundary of that cession\\npassed considerably to the southward of the most southerly\\nbend of the Flint when, in reality, it crossed that stream\\nnearly ten miles by its course north of the present village\\nof Flushing, leaving all of the river which is south and\\neast of that point within the territory previously ceded to\\nthe United States. The fact, however, that they believed\\nthemselves to be still the sole pos.sessors of the beautiful\\nvalley of the Flint, is proof that tliey had never iiifeiuled\\nto include it in the cession of 1807. Whether Gen.\\nCass knew that this region was compreheudod within the\\nlimits of that cession or, indeed, whether the northern\\nboundary described by the treaty of Detroit was ever\\naccurately run docs not appear but if the commissioner\\nwas aware of the fact, he did not, and could not, insist on\\nthe right of the government to the lands at the Grand\\nTraverse. Only by tacitly admitting the Indian proprietor-\\nship in those lauds could he have secured Jacob Smith s\\nconsent to the treaty, and without that consent it is not\\nprobable that the treaty could have been concluded.\\nIn consideration of the cession made by the Sayiiiato\\ntreaty, the United States agreed to pay to the Chippewa\\nnation annually, forever, the sum of one thousand dollars,\\nin silver coin, and, also, that all annuities to be paid them\\nin pursuance of the stipulations of previous treaties should\\nthereafter be paid in silver. The terms of the treaty of\\nGreenville (in 1795), giving the Indians the right to hunt\\nand fish at will upon the ceded lands, so long as they re-\\nmained the property of the United States, were applied to\\nthis treaty. They were also to be permitted to make sugar\\nwherever they chose upon the same lands and during the\\nsame period, but without any unnecessary waste of the\\ntrees. And the government reserved the right to construct\\nnecessary roads through any part of the reservations. It\\nwas likewise stipulated in the treaty that The United\\nStates engage to provide and support a blacksmith for the\\nIndians at Saginaw, so long as the President of the United\\nStates may think proper, and to furnish such farming\\nutensils and cattle, and employ such persons to aid them\\nin their agriculture, as the President mny deem expedient.\\nPEVVONIGOWINK RESERVATION.\\nThe tribal reservation of five thousand seven hundred\\nand sixty acres on the Flint River, before mentioned as\\nincluding the village of the old chief Neome, and a place\\ncalled Kishkabawee, became known as the Pewonigowink\\nreservation, and embraced within its area all of section 4,\\nthe west half of section 3, the east half of section 5, the\\nnorth half of section 9, and the northeast and northwest\\nquarters, respectively, of sections 8 and 10 in the present\\ntownship of Jlontrose, in Genesee County, and something\\nmore than double that amount of land in Saginaw. In\\nthe latter portion was included the old Indian Field, so\\nwell known to the early travelers who passed down the\\nvalley of the Flint, and used its broad open .space as a\\ncamping-ground.\\nPLANS FOR INDIAN EMIGRATION TREATIES OF WASH-\\nINGTON (1836), DETROIT (1837), FLINT RIVER (1837),\\nAND SAGINAW (1838).\\nIt had been the intention of Gen. Cass to procure\\nfrom the Indians at Saginaw an agreement that they would\\ngradually emigrate from their old liunting-grounds in\\nMichigan and remove beyond the Mississippi River, or, at\\nleast, to the country lying to the westward of Lake Michi-\\ngan but in this the commissioner was disappointed, as we\\nhave seen. This repulse, however, did not cause the gov-\\nernment to abandon its cherished idea, and, finally, after\\nmany long years of persuasion, the minds of the red men\\nseemed to have become fully prepared to entertain the\\nproposition for ultimate removal to the new countries of\\nthe far West.\\nIn the year 1836 a council was held at Washington by\\nHenry R. Schoolcraft, United States Commissioner, with\\nthe principal chiefs of the Chippeica and Ottawa nations,\\nby which those nations ceded to the United States all the\\nremaining part of the lower peninsula to which the Indian\\ntitle had not before been extinguished, with the exception\\nof a few reservations. This treaty was concluded on the\\n28th of March, and proclaimed on the 27th of May, in the\\nyear named.\\nAt the commencement of 1837, Mr. Schoolcraft, as In-\\ndian commissioner, met the chiefs and delegates of the\\nSaffinaio tribe of Chippewas at Detroit, where, on the\\n14th of January, a treaty was concluded by which the\\ntribe ceded to the United States all the reservations, except\\nthose granted to individuals, under the Saginaw treaty of\\n1819, but retained the right to continue for five years in\\nundisturbed occupation of their tracts on the Augrais River,\\nand on the Mushowusk River west of the Saginaw no\\nwhite man to settle or encroach on those tracts under pen-\\nalty of five hundred dollars. The United States agreed to\\nfurnish a farmer and blacksmith for the tribe as before, and\\nto continue the donations of cattle and farming utensils.", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "INDIAN EMIGRATION.\\n23\\nThe lands embraced in tlie ceded reservations were to be\\nsurveyed by the United States and placed in the market\\nwith the other public lands as soon as practicable, and the\\namount due the Indians from this source to be invested by\\nthe President in some public stock, the interest to be paid\\nannually to the tribe in the same manner as their annuities\\nwere paid; and if, at the end of twenty years, the Indians\\nshould wish the said stock to be sold and the proceeds\\ndivided among the tribe it might be done with the consent\\nof the President and Senate.\\nBy the terms of the treaty the tribe agreed to remove\\nfrom the State of Michigan as .soon as a proper location\\ncould be obtained, and for this purpose it was stipulated\\nthat a deputation should be sent to view the country occu-\\njiied by their kindred tribes west of the most westerly point\\nof Lake Superior; and if an arrangement for their future\\nand permanent residence can be made there, which shall\\nbe satisfiictory to them and to the government, they shall\\nbe permitted to form a reunion with such tribes and remove\\nthereto. If such arrangement cannot be effected, the gov-\\nernment of the United States will use its influence to obtain\\nsuch location west of the Mississippi River as the legisla-\\ntion of Congress may indicate.\\nThe above was amended by a new treaty concluded on\\nthe 20th of December, 1837, at Flint River, between Henry\\nR. Schoolcraft, commissioner, and the Saginaw chiefs and\\ndelegates, by the terms of which tlie United States agreed\\nto reserve a location for the tribe on the head waters of\\nthe Osage River, in the country visited by a delegation of\\nthe said tribe during the present year to be of proper ex-\\ntent agreeably to their numbers, embracing a due proportion\\nof wood and water, and lying contiguous to tribes of kindred\\nlanguage; the meaning and intent of this being to nullify\\nand abrogate that article of the treaty of Jan. 14, 1837,\\nwhich entitled them to a location in the country lying west\\nof Lake Superior. It was provided by the treaty that the\\nsum of fifty cents for each acre of Indian land sold by the\\nUnited States should be reserved as an indemnification\\nfor the location to be furnished for their future permanent\\nresidence and to constitute a fund for emigrating thereto.\\nThe attesting witnesses to the treaty were John Garland,\\nmajor U. S. A. Henry Connor, sub-agent and interpreter\\nT. B. W. Stockton, Gardner D. Williams, Jonathan Beach\\nChas. C. Hascall, receiver in the land-office at Flint Albert\\nJ. Smith, Robert J. S. Page, Wait Beach, Rev. Luther D.\\nWhitney, T. R. Cummings. This treaty, although not of\\nvery great importance in its results, is mentioned here, more\\nespecially for the rea.son that it was held at the place where\\nnow stands the beautiful and prosperous city of Flint, at a\\ntime when the spot was marked only by the straggling\\ndwellings of a few pioneer settlers and becau.se, among\\nthose who were present at the deliberations, there were\\nmany whose names are well known in the annals of the city\\nand county; some of whom still live, and distinctly re-\\nmember the interesting occasion.\\nAbout a month after the conclusion of the treaty of Flint\\nRiver, the chiefs were again assembled in council with\\nCommissioner Schoolcraft. This time the council -fire was\\nkindled at Saginaw. The rea.sons for the calling of this\\nconvention, as set forth in the preamble to the treaty which\\nwas there concluded (Jan. 23, 1838 were, that the chiefs\\nof the bands have represented that combinations of pur-\\nchasers may^ be formed at the sale of their lands [meaning\\nthe reservation lands, relinquished by the treaty of Detroit,\\nJan. 14, 1837], for the purpose of keeping down the price\\nthereof, both at the public and private sales, whereby the\\nproceeds would be greatly diminished and such a pro-\\ncedure would defeat some of the primary objects of the\\ncession of the lands to the United States, and thereby origi-\\nnate difficulties to their early removal and expatriation to\\nthe country west of the Mississippi.\\nTo quiet these apprehensions, and to insure satisfaction\\nand justice to both parties, it was provided in the treaty\\nthere made tliat the reservation lands, ceded by the treaty\\nof Jan. 14, 1837, should be offered for sale by proclamation\\nof the President, and that the sales should be conducted in\\nthe same manner as the sales of other government lands\\nand that all lands brought into market under the provisions\\nof the treaty of 1837 should be put up and offered for sale\\nby the register and receiver of the respective land-offices, at\\nfive dollare per acre, which was declared as the minimum\\nprice and if that price was not bid, the sales should there-\\nupon be stopped and no reservation lands should be dis-\\nposed of, either at public or private sale, at a less price than\\nthe one mentioned, during a period of two years from the\\nconiniencemont of such offering for sale. But if, at the\\nexpiration of that period, any part of the reservation lands\\nshould remain unsold, then the minimum price should be\\ndiminished to two dollars and fifty cents per acre, at which\\nprice they should be subject to entry until all were sold. If\\nany of the lands should remain unsold at the end of five\\nyears from the ratification of this treaty, they were then to\\nbe sold at such price as they would command, provided that\\nno such sale should be made for a price less than seventy-\\nfive cents per acre. And finally, it was agreed that if the\\nIndians should consent to emigrate, and give up the tracts\\nat Augrais and Rifle River (the usufruct and occupancy of\\nwhich had been reserved to them for five years by the\\ntreaty of Detroit in 1837) at any time within two years,\\nthey should receive therefor, from the United States, the\\nminimum price of five dollars per acre and if they should\\nfail to so relinquish within that period, but should relin-\\nquish within the period for which the minimum price of\\ntwo dollars and fifty cents per acre was established, then\\nthey shouhl receive that minimum price per acre for the\\nlands so given up and vacated.\\nBut the plan of Indian emigration from Michigan,\\nformed and fostered by the government, and assented to by\\nthe tribes in the treaties of Detroit, Flint River, and Sagi-\\nnaw, was never carried into eflect for, long before the ex-\\npiration of the time named in the treaty for their departure,\\nthey had bitterly repented of their promise to remove to the\\nland of the .setting sun, and prayed the Great Father that\\nthey might be pcrniittcd to remain on the poor remnant of\\ntheir once broad hunting-grounds, and to be buried near the\\ngraves of their fathers. The government did not insist on\\nthe performance of their agreement, and no general Western\\nemigration took place; but eventually the bands became in\\na great measure broken up, atnl the individual members\\ngradually scattered away faithcr towards the north and", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "2i\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwest, some of tliem afterwards bocomiiis!; the owners of\\nsmall tracts by purchase (a course which was encouraged by\\nthe government), many removed to reservations in Isabella\\nCounty, where they or their children are still living, and\\nsome crossed the river and lake into Canada.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nINDIAN KESEKVATIONS ON FLINT RIVEB.\\nDescription of tlie Individual Reserv.itions at tlie Grand Traverse\\nTheir Location and Survey under authority of the Government\\nUnited States Patents issued to several of tlie Rcservees Long Liti-\\ngation between rival Claimants to tiie Lands.\\nThe Indian tract of Pewonigowink having been relin-\\nquished to the United States by the treaty of 1837,* the\\nonly reservations which then remained within the territory\\nnow comprised in the county of Genesee were the eleven\\ntracts granted to individuals named by Jacob Smith and\\nothers in the treaty of 1819. The article of that treaty\\nproviding for these individual reservations declares that\\nthere shall be reserved for the use of each of the\\npersons hereinafter mentioned, and their heirs, which\\npersons are all Indians by descent, the following tracts\\nof land, and after specifying the tracts of the llileys and\\nThe Crow, on Saginaw River, as before mentioned, pro-\\nceeds as follows: For the use of Nowokeshik, Metawa-\\nnene, Mokitchenoqua, Nondashemau, Petabonaqua, Mes-\\nsawwakut, Checbalk, Kitchegeequa, Sagosequa, Annoketo-\\nqua, and Tawcumegoqua, each six hundred and forty acres\\nof land, to be located at or near the Grand Traverse of the\\nFlint River, in such manner as the President of the United\\nStates may direct.\\nImmediately after tlie conclusion of the treaty Jacob\\nSmith removed to the Grand Traverse of the Flint, and\\nthere established his post. He had foreseen the future im-\\nportance of this point, and had acted accordingly in securing\\nthe reservations but he probably considered the lands on\\nthe north side of the river to bo more eligible than those\\nlying on the south .side, and he therefore located on the\\nformer, opening hi.s business in a log house, which stood\\nnear the river-bank, on the burnt plain of 3Iuscatawingh.\\nIn the year 1820, President Monroe, in pursuance of the\\nprovisions of the treaty, caused the eleven tracts to be sur-\\nveyed, and located on both sides of the Flint River, at its\\nsouthernmost bend that is, at and near the Indian crossing-\\nplace known as the Grand Traverse. Six of these tracts\\nwere laid out on the north side of the river and five on\\nthe south side. They were laid out in irregular forms, but\\ncacli contained an area equal to one mile square. They\\nwere numbered from one to eleven. Inclusive and their\\nrespective locations and allotment among the several reser-\\nvees was as indicated in the accompanying diagram, copied\\nfrom the plat of the survey.\\nThese tracts have frequently been mentioned and named\\nupon maps, collectively, as Smith s Reservation, and the\\nA remnant of the Peicvni;/u Indians, however, continued to live\\non this reservation for a number of years after it was furuially ceded\\nto the United States.\\ndesignation is perhaps not wholly incorrect for, although\\nJacob Smith never claimed more than five of them for the\\nreservees named by him, yet it seems clear that none of\\nthem could have been secured except through the exertion\\nof his powerful influence with the Indians at the treaty.\\nWithin the limits of these reservations was comprised\\nnearly all the area of the present city of Flint and the\\ngreat appreciation of the value of the lands, resulting from\\ntheir rapid settlement, led to much controversy and years\\nof obstinate litigation between different parties laying claim\\nto their ownership.\\nJacob Smith died at the Grand Traverse early in the\\nyear 1825, leaving as his legal heirs five children, one son\\nand four daughters, residing in Detroit. His location at\\nthe Traverse had been on the reservation numbered two,\\nwhere, besides his trading-house, he had a small tract under\\ncultivation. To what extent he had ever been in actutil\\npossession of any of the other reservations does not appear,\\nbut whatever his interest was, at this place, it was taken\\npossession of soon after his death, by Maj. (afterwards\\nGen.) John Garland, his son-in-law, in the name of the\\nheirs, for whom it was claimed that they were the true\\nowners of the Indian names Metawanene, Annoketoqua,\\nSagosequa, Nondashemau, and Messawwakut, to whom, re-\\nspectively, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and G were allotted on the plat\\nof the rcservationsmadeby direction of the President; these\\nnames, as was alleged, having been given them in infancy\\nby their father s Indian friends, who at that time frequently\\nvisited his house in Detroit. There would have been\\nnothing strange or unusual in their giving Indian names to\\nwhite children and adults, the same thing having been done\\nin the family of Maj. Oliver Williams, of Oakland County,\\nevery member of which received an Indian name from the.se\\nsame Chippewas, and many other similar instances are\\nmentioned. In this case, however, three of the five Indian\\nnames referred to were those of males, while four of the\\nchildren of Jacob Smith were daughters.\\nWhen the tide of immigration began to set strongly in\\nthis direction, and it became apparent not only that the\\nvalley of the Flint River must eventually take rank among\\nthe most favored and prosperous portions of Michigan, but\\nthat the Grand Traverse must become the most important\\npoint in all that fertile valley, the claimants to the five\\nreservations above mentioned very naturally felt desirous\\nof establishing an absolute title to the lands in question\\nand as an important preliminary step in that direction, all\\nof those tracts (which had in the mean time been partially\\noccupied by various lessees under Maj. Garland, the repre-\\nsentative of the heirs of Jacob Smith) were taken in actual\\nposse.ssion by Albert J. Smith, the claimant to the name\\nand lauds of Metawanene, he al.so acting on behalf of his\\nthree surviving sisters and of the heirs of their deceased\\nsister Caroline. This was in the year 1835. At the next\\nsucceeding session of Congress these claimants memorial-\\nized the Senate and House of Representatives of the\\nUnited Slates, praying for the passage of an act author-\\nizing the issuance of patents to them for the five reserva-\\ntions as sur\\\\oyed in 1820, and numbered two, three, four,\\nfive, and six on the plat filed in the land-office.\\nTheir petition after setting forth the well-known and", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "c\\n5?", "height": "3299", "width": "2253", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "INDIAN RESERVATIONS ON FLINT RIVER.\\n25\\nundisputed fact tliat their father, Jacob Smith, was present\\nat the Saj;inaw treaty of 1819, and was greatly instrumental\\nin bringing about a successful result to tiiat negotiation\\nproceeded as follows Although the reservations intended\\nfor your memorialists under the treaty of Saginaw have\\nbeen partially occupied under them, and always known and\\nacknowledged as being intended for them, yet they never\\nhave received or obtained sucli a title from Government as\\nwould authorize them to sell or convey any portion of the\\nsaid lands, in consequence of their having been embraced\\nunintentionally, as your memorialists believe among the\\nnumber of reservations intended for persons being Indians\\nby descent owing to which the General Land-Office has\\nnot felt authorized to issue patents for said land in the\\nnames of your memorialists. In support of their\\nprayer, your memorialists would respectfully refer you to\\nthe certificates of the chiefs and head men of the Chippeivu\\nnation, marked B, in which the claim of your memorialists\\nis fully acknowledged and proven also to the affidavits of\\nrespectable citizens of Michigan (numbered one, two, three,\\nand four), who possess a knowledge of the facts and un-\\nderstood the intentions of the Indians.\\nThe array of proof above alluded to as accompanying\\nthe memorial was, to say the least, exceedingly strong.\\nFirst, was a certificate or statement made by CItippewa\\nchiefs, signers of the treixly of 1819, fully recognizing the\\nrights and claims of the children of Jacob Smith. This\\ndocument, being an important one, is given here entire, as\\nfollows\\nThe subscribers, chiefs and head men of the Chijijiewa nation,\\nand subscribers to the treaty of Saj;!na\\\\v, hereby certify that the five\\nreservations at and near the Grand Traverse of the Flint River, made\\nby the treaty of 1819, were made and intended for the five following-\\nnanictl persons, viz.: Metawauene, alias Albert J. Smith; Mcssawwakut,\\nalias Harriet M.Smith: .Sagose |ua, alias Caroline Smith; Annoke-\\ntoqua, alias Louisa L. Smith and Nondnshcmau, alias Maria G. Smith\\n(each six hundred and forty acres) known to us and distinguished by\\nthe aforesaid names, as the children of the late Jacob Smith. M^c\\nfurther certify that the aforesaid donations to the children aforesaid\\nwore made in consideration of services rendered by said Smith {de-\\nceased) to the Vhippeicn nation, and the friendly intercourse that sub-\\nsisted between the parties for many years. Wc further certify that\\nMetawancne, alias Albert J. Smith, now present at the execution of\\nthis certificate, is the son of Jacob Smith, deceased, and that wo re-\\ncognize him as oneof the five children to whom the before-mentioned\\ndonations were made and intended.\\nSaoi.vaw, January 22, 18. !5.\\n[Signed by witnesses present] [Signed by]\\nThomas Simi-so.v, Ocemawkeketo, [totem]\\nK. S. Williams, No.n o.mi Enasee,\\nG. D. Williams, Waiihktoasce,\\nCharles II. RoDn. Saiiwabiio.v,\\nChixetosii,\\nSha.voe,\\nWa.shivin,\\nIvAWGAIlEfiO,\\nWaysiionoxo,\\nMoxewkg.\\nTEiiitiToiiV or Michigan, I\\nOaKLAMI Col STV. J\\nPersonally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the ])eaco\\nwithin and for the county of Oakland, Kphraim S. Williams, Esquire,\\nwho, being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he,\\nthis deponent, was present at the execution of tlic within certificate,\\nand saw the within-named chiefs and head men make their marks to\\nthe said certificate. Deponent further saith that the subscribers,\\nchiefs and head men as aforesaid, reside in the vicinity of Saginaw,\\nOakland County, ami Territory of Michigan. Deponent further saith\\nthat the contents of the certificate aforesaid were by him fully ex-\\nplained, and were cheerfully assented to by tlie aforesaid chiefs and\\nhead men.\\n[Signed] E. S. AVilliams.\\nSworn and sul)scribcd before me this twenty-second day of Janu-\\nary, 1S36.\\nThomas Simpson.\\nThis statement of the Chippewa chiefs was made at a\\ncouncil which had been called for the purpose at the place\\nand date mentioned, chiefly through the influence and in-\\nstruinontality of the brothers G. D. and E. S. Williams,\\nwho were then traders at Saginaw. The meeting (which\\nwas not a formal treaty-council) was held in a building\\nowned by the American Fur Company, and was presided\\nover by Thomas Simpson, known to the Indians as Lixa-\\nboga, who was residing among the Chippewas to instruct\\nthem in agriculture at the expense of the government.\\nThe chief interpreter on the occasion w;us Jacob Gravradt,\\nwho was assisted by Charles H. llodd (who was regularly\\nemployed in that capacity by the American Fur Company),\\nand also by Mr. Ephraim S. Williams, who spoke Cltip-\\npewa as well as the chiefs themselves. T. B. W. Stockton\\nand Albert J. Smith were present as representatives of the\\nSmith reservees, and the last named was at once and fully\\nrecognized by the chiefs as the Metawanene of the Saginaw\\ntreaty. The principal personage among the chiefs was\\nOgcmawkeketo, who had been recognized by Gen. Cass as\\nthe chief speaker of the Ghippawas, and who still wore\\nupon his breast the government medal of silver which had\\nbeen presented to him by the general in 1819. Here, as\\non the occasion of Cass treaty, this chief speaker opposed,\\nat first, the object for which the chiefs had been called to-\\ngether. He fully understood that the Grand Traverse res-\\nervations had by the terms of the old treaty been granted\\nto certain persons who were mentioned as all being of In-\\ndian descent, and seeing in this a circumstance which might\\ninure to the benefit of the tribe by causing the lands to\\nrevert to them, he made a strong speech to the eflfect that\\nas the lands had been granted to individuals of Indian\\ndescent, which these children of Jacob Smith were not,\\nand as during the sixteen years which had passed since the\\ngranting of the reservations no person bearing a trace of\\nIndian blood had ever laid claim to them, it was plain that\\nthey had never yet passed from the ownership of the Chip-\\npewiis therefore, the tribe should retain them until the\\ngovernment or individuals should be ready to purcha.se at\\na fair price. This seemed to be a rea.sonable argument, and\\nmight have been fatal to the claims of the white reservees\\nhad it been adhered to but the assembled chiefs had not\\nyet forgotten their good and steadfast friend Wahbesins,\\nand now they did not hesitate to declare that his white\\nchildren were the rightful owners of the reservations in the\\ntrue meaning and intent of the treaty. Even the astute\\nchief speaker receded from the position which he had\\nfirst taken, and the name of Ogcmawkeketo was placed at\\nthe head of all those of the chiefs who signed the instru-\\nment.\\nCertificates to the same effect declaring the white chil-\\ndren of Jacob Smith to be the persons to whom the Chip-\\npewas had intended to give the five sections of land in\\n(lucstion were procured from chiefs and head men at Big", "height": "3299", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "26\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nRock village on the Sliiawassee, Sept. 30, 1835 at Flint\\nRiver, September, 1835 and at Grand Saline, Oct. 31,\\n1835; these being made through Capt. Joseph F. Marsac,\\ninterpreter to the Indian department, and in the presence\\nof Stephen V. R. Trowbridge and Lieut. Alfred Brush, of\\nthe United States army. The depositions of Major Robert\\nA. Forsyth, who had drafted the treaty of 1819, and of\\nJames Connor, who also took part in the treaty (the former\\ntaken before Judge George Morell, and the latter before\\nJudge Solomon Sibley), were to the eflcct that it was under-\\nstood by them, at the time the treaty was made, that five or\\nsix reservations had been intended by the Indians for the\\nchildren of Jacob Smith, who was a great favorite among\\nthem.\\nAll of the above-mentioned documents were laid before\\nCongress in support of the petition of the Smith claimants,\\nas was also the following memorial from persons residing\\nprincipally at Flint River and in that vicinity, viz.\\nTu the Ifnimrahlc, llic Siiiitte of the United States\\nThe undersigned, citizens of the Territory of Michigan, residing\\nin the vicinity of certain lands reserved to the heirs of Jacob Smith,\\nunder the treaty of Saginaw, having understood that a certain bill is\\nnow pending before your honorable body for the relief of the heirs\\nof said Jacob Smith, have thought proper to represent that the con-\\nfirmatiou of the said grants to the said heirs would greatly advance\\nthe settlement and improvement of this part of the Territory, and that\\nthe delay in the perfecting of the title to said lands has already been\\nof serious injury to this iJorlion of the Territory. The undersigned\\nwould, therefore, respectfully petition that the above-mentioned bill\\nmay become a law, there being no doubt that the equitable title to\\nsaid lands is in the said heirs, and that strict justice requires of the\\ngeneral government a confirmation of the same:\\nLyman Stow,\\nMerkick Stow,\\nJames Patterson,\\nNahum N. AViLSOiV,\\nRichard J. Oilman,\\nJohn Clifford,\\nLewis Buckingham,\\nL. G. BlCKINGHAM,\\nA. U. Beach,\\nLemuel Johnson,\\nIsaac Brown,\\nMilton Morris,\\nJonathan Beach,\\nEuenezer S. Fish,\\nNathaniel Nelson,\\nJoseph Smith,\\nCaleb Berry,\\nLdman Beach,\\nRurcs Harrison,\\nA. B. Wilson,\\nThomas J. Drake,\\nE. Beach,\\nJohn Tonn,\\nE. R. EwiNGS,\\nAVait Beach,\\nRcFi s W. Stevens,\\nCharles McLean,\\nLcTHER King,\\nElijah Carman,\\nIsaac Miles,\\nJohn A. Hoyes,\\nAaron (i. Hoyes,\\nCaleb Buckner,\\nCharles C. Hascall,\\nCalvin C. Parke,\\nJ. M. Ccmmings,\\nJames W. Crooks,\\nJames McCormick,\\nVf. H. Nelson,\\nJoseph C. Winters,\\nLoRTON S. Mathewson, Luther Dickinson,\\nRobert McCormick, Charles ToogooI),\\nBEN.IAMIN Pearson, Abial L. Shaw,\\nAlanson Dickinso.v, Asa Davis,\\nThomas Nelson, John McCormick.\\nFlint River, Sept. 28, 1835.\\nThe result was the passage of an act To authorize the\\nPresident of the United States to cause to be issued to Al-\\nbert J. Smith and others patents for certain reservations\\nof land in Michigan Territory. This act (approved June\\n25, 1836) provided\\nThat the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, au-\\nthorized and required to issue or cause to be issued, to Metawaneno\\n(or Albert J. Smith), Messawwakul (or Harriet M. Smith), Annoke-\\ntoqua (or Louisa L. Smith), and Nondashemau (or Maria G. Smith),\\nbeing children of Jacob Smith, deceased (formerly a trader among\\nthe Chippewa Indians), jtatents for one section of land each also one\\nsection of land conjointly to the aforesaid Albert J. Smith, Harriet\\nM. Smith, Louisa L. Smith, and Maria G. Smith, being the only sur-\\nviving brother and sisters of Sagosequa (or Caroline Smith, deceased,\\nwho was also one of the children of Jacob Smith, deceased, at or near\\nthe Grand Traverse of the Flint River, in the Territory of Michigan,\\nwhich said sections of land were reserved to said children, by the\\nthird article of the treaty made and concluded at Saginaw, in the said\\nTerritory, between the United States of America and the Chipj/etra\\nnation of Indians, on the 24th day of September, in the year of our\\nLord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.\\nIn accordance with the provisions of this act, the five\\npatents were issued June 2, 1836. This was, at that time,\\nconsidered as a final settlement of the question of title to\\nthese reservations but it was not very long before the\\nopinion began to be entertained by some (an opinion which\\nwas afterwards sustained by the courts) that these patents\\ndid not and could not convey a title as against any person\\nor persons who could prove themselves to be the rightful\\nreservees in the true intent and meaning of the treaty. It\\nwould seem that the proofs adduced by the Smith heirs had\\nbeen ample for the establishment of their claims, but there\\nwere still doubts whether they could hold under the article\\nof the treaty which provided that the lands granted should\\nbe for the use of persons of Indian descent only. About\\nthis time it was discovered that a young Chippewa, whose\\nEnglish name was Jack, and who had been brought up and\\nprotected by Jacob Smith, claimed to be the real Mctawa-\\nnene, and consequently the owner of the reservation num-\\nbered two on the laiidofEce plat and also that some In-\\ndian women made the same claim to sections which had\\nbeen patented to the daughters of Mr. Smith.\\nIn March, 1842, the Indian claimant to reservation num-\\nbered two, deeded that tract to Gardner D. Williams, of\\nSaginaw, who in June, 1845, conveyed one moiety of the\\nsame to Daniel D. Dewey, of Genesee and by these a\\nsuit was commenced in the Circuit Court for the establish-\\nment of the claim of the alleged true Jletawanene, and the\\npossession of the lands. After many years of delay, this\\ncause came to final trial in 1856, at the March term, held\\nby Judge Sanford M. Green, in the city of Flint. Plain-\\ntiffs, Messrs. Williams and Dewey. Defendant, Chaunccy\\nS. Payne.* Attorneys for plaintiffs, Hon. Moses Wisner,\\nJames H. C. Blades. For the defendant, Messrs. E. C.\\nand C. I. Walker, of Detroit, John Moore, of Saginaw City,\\nand Charles P. Avery of Flint which last-named gentle-\\nman had then recently purchased an undivided half of Mr.\\nPayne s interest in the property, thus becoming equally in-\\nterested with him in the result of the suit.\\nIn support of the plaintiff^ s claim there were brought\\nforward four Indian witnesses, who testified through the\\nsworn interpreter to the court, the Rev. Henry P. Chase,\\nof Muncey Town, Canada West. These witnes.ses were\\nNahwahchegome, Kalikagezhick, Francis Roy, and Pero\\nRoy, of Saginaw the first two being full-blood Chippewas\\nand the others half-breeds. Their testimony was to the\\nefffect that the Indian, Jack, who was associated with the\\nAlbert J. Smith had, in 1836, deeded to Mr. Payne an undivided\\nthree-fourths, and to T. B. W. Stockton an undivided one-fourth, of\\nthe reservation. In 1S40, Mr. Stockton conveyed his interest to Mr.\\nPayne, who thus became sole owner.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "INDIAN RESERVATIONS ON FLINT RIVER.\\nplaintiffs upon iho record, was known by them to be the\\ntrue Metawaneiie for whom section two was reserved tliat\\nat the time of the treaty of 1819 he was about four or five\\nyears old, and that on that occasion he was brouj;ht into\\nthe council-house and placed before the commissioner, Gen.\\nCass. These witnesses (who are represented as having\\nbeen unenlightened paj;aus) did not sustain themselves\\nwell under cross-examination and a part of their testimony\\nwas directly contradicted by that of Gen. Cass, taken upon\\ncommission, which was to the effect that no children were\\nproduced before him at the treaty as the designated ros-\\nervees.\\nThe defense brought twelve Indian witnesses, among\\nwhom were several chiefs, who testified that the Indian\\nclaimant was not the true Metawanene of the treaty that\\nhe was the son of a Canada Indian whose name was Shayo-\\ngemaus, and that his own name, from the time of his\\nchristening, was Ahnemckecns, and that they had been in-\\ntimately acquainted with his personal history from the time\\nwhen he was first laid in his bark cradle. One of these\\nwitnes.ses, an old woman named Moosequay, said she was\\npresent at the birth of the claimant, the date of which she\\nplaced at about two years after the treaty of Saginaw. This\\nwoman w;is a Christianized Indian, as were also several\\nothers of the witnesses for the defense. They also testified\\nthat Albert J. Smith, son of Jacob, had been adopted, while\\nyet a small boy, by the old chief, Neomc, in the place of a\\ndeceased grandson, and that from that time he had uni-\\nformly been recognized by the Indians as Metawanene\\nthis adoption having taken place before the treaty, at Mr.\\nSmith s house in Detroit.\\nAmong the white witnesses were the Rev. D. C. Jacokes,\\nE. D. Young, Daniel S. Freeman, and P. 0. Johnson.\\nMr. Jacokes testified that he had made these Indian claims\\nthe subject of thorough and impartial examination at an\\nearly day, and at a time when it was his interest to estab-\\nlish them as rightful claims if it could be done, the result\\nof which investigation was that in no instance did a single\\nIndian allege that any one of those five sections had beeu\\nintended for any other than the white children of Jacob\\nSmith. Both he and Mr. Freeman also stated that in con-\\nversation with them, at various times, the Indian, Ahneme-\\nkeens (or Jack had told them that he had never\\nthought of his having a claim, or that his name was Meta-\\nwanene until it had been suggested to hiui by white men.\\nThe defense also embraced the evidence contained in the\\nverified statements of the Chippewa chiefs, which were\\nlaid before Congress, as before mentioned, as well as several\\nless interesting points. The jury after short deliberation\\nrendered a verdict in favor of the defendant, thus deciding\\na case which, during years of litigation, had caused much\\nexcitement and some bitter feeling, and which is a matter\\nof general historical interest in the annals of the county.\\nThe trial of a similar suit, involving tlie title to reserva-\\ntions numbers three and four, was also had before Judge\\nGreen, at Flint, in the December term in the same year,\\nresulting, as in the case of section 2, adversely to the In-\\ndian title. Tiie suit was brought in the names of two of\\nthe Indian women, before mentioned, who claimed to be\\nthe real Annoketoqua and Sago.sequa, and con-sequently\\nowners of the tracts which had been patented respectively\\nto Louisa L. Smith and to the heirs of Caroline Smith,\\ndeceased.\\nFor the plaintiff there appeared several Indians who\\nwere, or claimed to have been, at the treaty of 1819, and\\nwhose testimony was given to show that the reservations\\nwere not intended for the children of Jacob Smith, but for\\nthe daughters of Neome, and that the Indian claimants in\\nthis case were the daughters of that chief. The defense\\nbrought two Indians and throe white men who were present\\nat the treaty, whose testimony went to show the great in-\\nfluence exerted by Smith at the treaty, and that old Neome\\nfavored Smith s wishes, but desired no lands for his own\\nchildren. The testimony of General Cass for the defense\\nwas to the effect that he understood the reservations to\\nhave been intended for half-breeds, and not to full-blood\\nIndians, as the granting of reservations to the last-named\\nclass was contrary to the policy of the government. (Tlie\\nIndian claimants in this ease were full-blood Chippeicas.)\\nHe further testified that he did understand at the treaty\\nthat the design of Jacob Smith was to obtain reservations\\nfor his white children, and that to defeat that design he\\n(General Cass) had caused to be inserted in the treaty the\\nwords all of whom are Indians by descent. But it\\nwas held by the court that whatever the intention of Gen-\\neral Cass might have been, yet if it had been the intention\\nof the Indian grantors to give the lands for the use of the\\nwhite children of Jacob Smith, the fee was thus vested in\\nthem, notwithstanding the insertion of the descriptive\\nwords Indians by descent.\\nTiie same counsel who had conducted the case of section\\n2 appeared also in this. The trial occupied three days,\\nand at its conclusion the jury, after a retirement of less\\nthan an hour, returued a verdict for the defendant repre-\\nsenting the Smith interest.\\nBut the end was not yet. The case involving the title\\nto these two sections (Gregory vs. Frost, the defendant\\nAbout the time when the question first began to be agitated, in\\nreference to the validity of the title of the Smith children to the\\nreservations, General Cass, in response to a request for a statement\\nof the facts, wrote a letter, which was placed on file in the Indian\\nDepartment at Washington, of which the following is a copy:\\nDetroit, June 22, 18.31.\\nI have been requested to state the facts connected with the reser-\\nvation of eleven sections of land at Flint River, made under the\\ntreaty of Saginaw, so far as respects any interest held therein by the\\nchildren of Jacob Smith. At the time this reservation wa.s made, I\\nunderstood that the Indians intended that a number of the sections\\nI believe five or si.\\\\ should be granted to Iho children of Smith,\\nand the names given by them as the grantees of these sections wcro\\nsaid to be his children. From circumstances not necessary to detiiil\\nhere, I was led to suspect that Smith designed the land for hi white\\nchildren, and that most of the names purporting to be those of his\\nIndian children were, in fact, the names of his white children, which\\nthe Indians who wore in the habit of frequenting his house had\\ngiven to them. To guard against the consequences of this attempt,\\nI therefore inserted in the article providing for these reservations a\\nclause confining them to persons of Indian descent. I have an in-\\ndistinct recollection that one young girl was spoken of as the Indian\\ndaughter of Smith, hut cannot remember her name. I know Louis\\nBeaufait and Henry Connor well; they were both at the treaty of\\nSaginaw, and they arc very honest men, in whoso statements full\\nconfidence may be placed.\\n(Signed) Lkwis Cass.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "28\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICFIIGAN.\\nholding under the Smith heirs) was removed by ch:inge of\\nvenue to tlio Circuit Court of Oakland County, and came\\nto trial there in September, 1860. The testimony here\\nwas the same as at the trial of four years before in Genesee,\\nexcept that the defendant introduced, in addition, that of\\nMr. Le Parle, of Monroe, and Jean Baptists Trudell, of\\nBay County, which was very strong in confirmation of the\\nother evidence for the defense. Testimony for the plaintiff,\\ngiven by several Indian and half-breed witnesses, was suc-\\ncessfully impeached, and a verdict was rendered for the\\ndefendant.\\nThe plaintiff had urged, as a principal argument in favor\\nof the change of venue, that a fair trial could not be had\\nin Genesee County, fur the reason, not only, that many\\nindividuals there were interested in sustaining the Smith\\ntitle, becau.sc holding under it, but also that a large majority\\nof the people of Flint were favorable to it, in the belief\\nthat its overthrow would be detrimental to the interests of\\nthe city. The case, therefore, having been tried at a dis-\\ntance from all such alleged influences, was regarded as a\\ntest ease, and the verdict was a final decision in favor of\\nthe Smith title to the five reservations numbered from two\\nto six inclusive.\\nProtracted litigation resulted also from a controvcr,sy\\nconcerning the title to reservation eight, which was allotted\\nin the survey of 1820 to Mokitchenoqua. This Indian\\nname was claimed (justly, as it afterwards appeared) by\\nElizabeth Lyons, a half-breed daughter of Archibald\\nLyons,* an Indian trader. She was one of three girls, or\\nwomen, all half-breeds, who at different times laid claim to\\nthe reservation, and who received from the register and\\nreceiver of the land-ofiice at Detroit, certificates of iden-\\ntification, as Mokitchenoqua, the rightful rescrvee under\\nthe treaty. The certificate to Elizabeth was obtained Aug.\\n2, 1824. The nest claimant was Marie Lavoy, who ob-\\ntained a certificate of identity Feb. 7, 1827 :f and the last\\nwas Nancy Crane (wife of Alexander D. Crane), formerly\\nNancy Smith, a reputed daughter of Jacob Smith. She\\nreceived her certificate July 22, 1831. This was endorsed\\nand coDfirmed by the Commissioner of the General Land-\\nOffice at Washington, Aug. 5, 1835, and on the 7th of\\nMarch, 1840, a patent was issued for the section of land\\nto Mokitchenoqua, alias Nancy Crane, wife of Alexander\\ns Archie Lyons was a trustworthy agent of the Messrs. Williams\\n[Gardner D. and Ephraiiu S. Williams, traders at Saginaw, and on\\nthe Tiltabawasseo], whose history is identified with the Saginaw\\nValley prior to the treaty. He was a fine penman, well educated,\\nand a musician of no little skill. lie was located at the Little Forks\\nof the Tittabawassee (Midland City), and in coming down from that\\npoint on the ice upon skates for the purjiose of jdayiug the violin for\\na dancing-party at Saginaw ho was drowned. His track was found\\non the ice the nest day, to the edge of the hole into which he had\\nskated, leaving no doubt as to his fate. Hon. C. P. Accry.\\nt Soon after the issuance of this certificate to JIarie Lavoy, a\\ncouncil was held at Saginaw by Chippewa chiefs, who certified before\\nCol. Stanard (a justice of the peace), and in presence of Archibald\\nLyons, that they had, at the treaty, reserved a section of land at the\\nFlint River for Mokitchenonua, the daughter of Lyons. This was\\ntestified to by Antoinc Gampau at one of the trials which subsequently\\ngrew out of her claim. Not long .after this Lyons was drowned in the\\nTittabawassee, but the above-mcutioned fact proves that while living\\nhe recognized her claim to lands on the Flint (and not at l!ig Koctk\\non the Shiawassee), and that he took measures to establish it.\\nD. Crane, formerly Nancy Smith. In the mean time (June\\n30, 1835), she had united with her husband in a release of\\nall their interest in the lands to Maj. John Garland.\\nThe interest of Elizabeth Lyons was conveyed by her\\non the 4th of April, 1838, to Gardner D. Williams and\\nKintzing Pritchette, who, in February, 1840, brought an\\naction of ejectment against T. B. W. Stockton and Chauncey\\nS. Payne, occupants of the section under title conveyed to\\nthem from Maj. Garland. Four months later (June 11,\\n1840), Stockton and Payne filed a bill in chancery, praying\\nthat Williams and Pritchette be restrained from prosecuting\\ntheir action of ejectment, and decreed to release their claim\\nto the premises. Associated with these as defendants were\\nCalvin Smith, Thomas J. Drake, and Elizabeth Lyons;\\nNancy Crane having on the 10th of February, 1837,\\njoined with her husband in a conveyance of two-thirds of\\nher interest in the section to Messrs. Smith and Drake,\\nwho were charged with notice of the deed of the same\\ninterest to Maj. Garland, made twenty months before.\\nThis case was tried before Chancellor Manning in Feb-\\nruary, 1843. In the testiuion} as reviewed by the Chan-\\ncellor, there were but few points of general interest. Henry\\nConnor, the interpreter at the treaty, testified that he did\\nnot know of any reservation being made for Elizabeth\\nLyons. Robert A. For.syth, who drafted the treaty, said\\nhe thought that the name of Mokitchenoqua was among\\nthose handed in by Jacob Smith to be inserted as reservees.\\nLouis Beaufait, interpreter at the treaty, said that Jacob\\nSmith, a few months after the treaty, showed him a list of\\nnames of those for whom he had obtained each a section\\nof land, and he thought that among them was Mokitche-\\nweenoqua. Cecil Boyer (a woman) was at the treaty, and\\nheard there that a reservation had been made at the Grand\\nTraverse of the Flint for Mokitcheweenoqua, who, she\\nbelieved, was Jacob Smith s only child of Indian descent.\\nShe had also heard that Elizabeth Lyons had a tract reserved\\nfor her at Shiawassee. Eshtonaquot, alias IMacons, testified\\nstrongly in favor of the claim of Nancy Smith, but admitted\\nthat he did not know that Mr. Smith had ever claimed more\\nthan one section under the treaty.\\nThe testimony for the defense was much stronger. Rose\\nCampau said that Elizabeth Lyons had been brought up in\\nher family in Detroit, and had frequently been visited there\\nby her Indian relatives, who always called her Mokitcheno-\\nqua, and that she had often heard them say that a section\\nhad been reserved for Elizabeth by the treaty. Josette\\nKnaggs, widow of Whitmore Knaggs (who was chief in-\\nterpreter at the treaty), testified that her husband had told\\nher, on his return from the council at Saginaw, that a .sec-\\ntion of land had been given to Elizabeth Lyons. She had\\nalso heard the same from Indians of the tribe, and from the\\nhalf-breeds, Peter and James Riley.\\nAn important witness lor the defense was Rufus W.\\nStevens, a prominent and most respectable citizen of Gen-\\nesee County. He testified that he had been told by Jacob\\nSmith that section 7 hal been reserved for Edouard Cam-\\npau, section 8 for Archibald Lyons daughter, and others\\nfor his (Smith s) children, on the north side of the river,\\nbut that he made no claim for them to lands on the south\\nside of the river. Louis Moran testified that when, on one", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "INDIAN RESERVATIONS ON FLINT RIVER.\\n29\\noccasion, lie had inquired of Jacob Smith as to the owner-\\nship of certain lands at the Flint, the latter replied that it\\nwas a section wiuch had been reserved for Archibald Lyons\\ndaughter by the treaty.\\nJohn Baptist Trudell said lie was present at the treaty;\\nthat all the chiefs told him at the time that Lyons daugh-\\nter had land reserved for her; that Jacob Smith, while he\\nresided at the Flint, told him that Lyons daughter had a\\nsection of land there on the opposite side of the river that\\nhe (Smith) spoke of this a number of times, and only a\\nshort time before his death. Nearly the same facts were\\ntestified to by Peter Whitmore Knaggs (who was at the\\ntreaty) and by several others.\\nThe chancellor, in reviewing the testimony, said in effect\\nthat he did not consider that adduced by the complainants\\nto be entitled to much weight, and that the preponderance\\nof evidence was decidedly in favor of the defense.\\nThe facts testified to for the defense by Rufus W. Ste-\\nvens, Louis Moran, and J. B. Trudell, concerning Jacob\\nSmith s frequent admissions that his children claimed no\\nreservations on the south side of the river, were held by\\nthe chancellor to be most important. In reference to these\\nhe said: The repeated declarations of Smith after the\\ntreaty that there was a section reserved at the Flint for\\nLyons daughter is almost conclusive of itself He claimed\\nfive sections at that place, under the treaty, for himself or\\nchildren, and took possession of them, but he never claimed\\nsection 8. No one, perhaps, was more anxious to secure\\npersonal advantage by the treaty, or knew better for whom\\nreservations were made, than Smith himself\\nThe court, therefore, refused to decree the release of the\\ndefendants claims, and the bill was dismissed. The com-\\nplainants then appealed the case to the Supreme Court,\\nwhere it was tried at the January term in 1845, resulting\\nin a decision affirming the decree of the Court of Chancery.\\nUpon this decision, Williams and Fritchette proceeded with\\ntheir ejectment suit, and in due time it was brought to trial.\\nThe evidence adduced by them here was the same as in the\\nprevious trials, but it did not prove sufficiently strong and\\nconvincing to establish the claim of Elizabeth Lyons. The\\ndecision was in favor of Messrs. Stockton and Payne, and\\nthis was a final .settlement of the case.\\nReservation No. 1 has also been the subject of long and\\nvexatious controver.sy at law between opposing parties, each\\nof whom claimed to hold under the true Tawcumegoqua,\\nfor whom the section was reserved by the treaty, and to\\nwhom it was allotted in the survey of 1820.\\nOne of the persons for whom it was claimed that she\\nwas the true reservee of this section was a half-breed\\ndaughter of the before-mentioned French trader, Bolieu, by\\nhis full-blood Indian wife. This girl was named in French\\nAngeliquc, but in Cliippcioa Tawcumegoqua. At the age\\nof about twelve years she was sent to the white settlements\\nat or near Detroit, and there partially educated. Ou at-\\ntaining womanhood she married a Frenchman named Cou-\\ntant, and settled near Connor s Creek, in Uamtramck,\\nWayne Co., where she continued to reside (living after the\\nmanner of the French inhabitants of the in-ighborhood)\\nduring the remainder of her life. By her marriage with\\nCoutant she had two children, a son and dau ;hter.\\nAfter his death she married Jean Baptiste St. Aubin, but\\nby him had no children. At the time when the treaty of\\nSaginaw was made she was fully forty years of age, and\\nabout eight years later she died, leaving her two children,\\nSimon and Angeli(|ue Coutant, as her sole heirs-at-law.\\nBoth these children married, the husband of Angelique\\nbeing Nicholas Chauvin.\\nIt appears that IMadam Coutant (otherwise St. Aubin)\\nhad claimed to be the owner of the reservation in question,\\nand that after her death her heirs made the same claim,\\nthough neither had had actual possession or had taken any\\nlegal steps to secure it. But on the 17th of October, 1833,\\nSimon Coutant and his wife Marie conveyed all their in-\\nterest in the seclion, by deed, to Joseph Campau, of Detroit,\\nfor the consideration of four hundred and eiglity dollars\\nand on the 18th of the same month, Nicholas Chauvin and\\nhis wife (formerly Angelique Coutant) conveyed all their\\ninterest in the tract, by deed, to the same grantee. Subse-\\nquently (June 24, 1839) these transactions were confirmed\\nby a deed from the same parties to Campau, who, about the\\nsame time, took possession by the placing of one or more\\ntenants upon the tract. On the 2(jlh of February, 1845,\\na patent for the section was issued to Mr. Campau, in pur-\\nsuance of the authority conferred by act of Congress,\\napproved June 15, 1844.\\nThe other claimant to the reservation, under the name\\nof Tawcumegoqua, was a fuII-blood Chi ppewa woman, the\\ndaughter of Mixanene, brother of the old chief Neome.\\nShe was about six years of age at the time of the treaty,\\nand about the year 1830 she was married to Kahzheau-\\nzungh, a full-blood Indian, by whom she had three children.\\nOn the 13th of August, 1841, she joined with her husband\\nin a deed conveying the whole of Reservation No. 1 to John\\nBartow and Addison Stewart, the last named gentleman\\nhaving been for several years in possession of a small por-\\ntion of the tract, though claiming no title to the land on\\naccount of such occupation.\\nOn the Gth of April, 1855, Lucy Stewart, widow of\\nAddison Stewart (deceased), and his minor heirs, by their\\nguardian, conveyed their interest in tiie section to Daniel\\nD. Dewey, and John Bartow conveyed his interest in it to\\nWilliam Hamilton, by deed dated July 3d, in the same\\nyear. Thus, whatever title to the tract had originally\\nvested in the full-blood daughter of Mixanene was now\\nheld by Messrs. Dewey and Hamilton, while all the right\\nto the tract which had formerly been possessed by the\\nhalf-breed daughter of Boliou (Madame Coutant) was held\\nby Joseph Campau, who claimed to have been in actual\\npossession since the year 1838.\\nUnder these circumstances, Dewey and Hamilton ecun-\\nmenced a suit in ejectment against Campau in the Circuit\\nCourt of Genesee. The trial resulted adversely to the\\nplaintiffs, who thereupon carried the cause to the Supreme\\nCourt, where the judgment of the court below was affirmed.\\nThe loss of the case to the plaintiffs was on account of an\\ninformality in the acknowledgment of the deed from the\\nIndian claimant. Tliis defect was remedied by a new con-\\nveyance from her husband and children, she having died in\\nthe year 1848. On the 24th of November, 185G, Alvin T.\\nCrosman (who had acquired title by mean conveyances from", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY MICHIGAN.\\nthe heirs of Tiiwciiiiiegoquii) quit-claiiiiocl his interest in the\\nentire section to George M. Dewey ;ind Rufus J. Ham-\\nilton and on the 20th of July, 1857, Daniel D. Dewey\\nand William Hamilton quit-claimed to the same grantees,\\nwho, in August of that year, brought action of ejectment\\nin the Genesee County Court against Joseph Canipau\\nand Alexander McFarlan (the latter a lessee under Cam-\\npau). On the 29th of April, following, the venue was\\nremoved to Saginaw County, where the cause was finally\\ntried in the Circuit Court, before Judge W. F. Wood-\\nworth, at the January term in ISGO. At this trial,* evi-\\ndence was adduced on the part of the plaintiffs tending to\\nprove that at the time of the treaty of Saginaw, and for\\nmany years prior and subsequent thereto, a band of Chtp-\\nj)ewa Indians resided at the village of Pewonigowink, on\\nthe Flint River, and about ten miles below the Grand\\nTraverse of that river, at the place where the present city\\nof Flint is located. That during all the time referred to\\nNeome was the chief of this band that Tonedogane was\\nthe principal warrior or second chief of this band, and suc-\\nceeded Neome in the chieftainship on his decease. That\\none Mixanene was also a member of this band, a brother\\nof Neome, and that Blixanene had a daughter, named Taw-\\ncumegoqua, who was about six years of age at the time of the\\ntreaty, and was a member of Neome s fiimily. That Neome\\nalso had three children, two females, Sagosaqua and Owan-\\nona(|uat()qua, the former about ten or twelve years old at\\nthe time of the treaty, the latter a woman grown, and one\\nboy, Ogibwok [supposed by some to have been the real\\nCliecbalk, to whom section 9 should have been allotted],\\nwho was about fifteen years of age, and a grandson called\\nMetawaiiene; that all the children named were full-blood\\nIndian children. That Neome, his children, and said\\ngrandchild, and his band, including Tonedogane, and also\\nMixanene and his little daughter Tawcumegoqua, were\\npresent at the treaty. That Jacob Smith was there also.\\nThat on the night prior to the last council, at which the\\ntreaty was read over and agreed to, Jacob Smith came to\\nNeome s tent and advised him to get special reservations of\\nland for his children, and promised to assist him in doing\\nso. That at the grand council, held the next day between\\nthe Indians and Gen. Cass, Neome came forward before\\nGen. Cass with his three children and said grandchild, Me-\\ntawanene, and also bis niece, Tawcumego(jua, Jlixunene\\nbeing with him and Jacob Smith standing by his side, and\\nasked for r scrvations of land for these children that Gen.\\nCass assentcd;f and that the names of the children were\\nwritten down, and that it was talked of and understood at\\nthe treaty that these children got special reservations of\\nland. The testimony of the chief Nocchieame, and others\\nwas also introduced by the plaintiffs to show that Mixa-\\nnene s daughter, Tawcumegoqua, was married about 1830 to\\nKuhzheauzungh, and to identify her as the same person\\nwho joined with her husband in the deed to John Barton\\n*Mich. Reports, vol. v., Cooloy.\\nt This, however, was shown to be wholly in^orreet by the testimony\\nof Gen. Ciiss, giien in one of the trials involving the title to olher sec-\\ntions of the Smith reservation in which the general slateil positively\\nthat no such children were produced before him as reservces at tlie\\ntreaty.\\nand Addison Stewart, April 29. 184G that she died in the\\nfall of IS-tS, and that the persons who joined with her hus-\\nband in the deeds to John Moore and A. T. Crosman were\\nher children and heirs.\\nThe defendants introduced evidence showing that their\\nTawcumegoqua (alias Madame Coutant) was the daughter\\nof the trader Bolieu, and an Indian woman (his wife) who\\nwas related by blood to the chiefs Neome and Tonedogane,\\nand tending to prove that she (the daughter) was the true\\nreservee. Among this evidence was the deposition of Henry\\nConnor (then deceased) taken before David E. Harbaugh,\\na justice of the peace for Wayne County, Feb. 20, 1839,\\nas follows: I, Henry Connor, of Wayne County, State of\\nMichigan, do solemnly swear that I was an Indian inter-\\npreter at the treaty held with the Indians at Saginaw, in\\nthe year 1S19, and that Tawcumegoqua, a half-breed Indian\\nwoman, was present at said treaty that I acted as inter-\\npreter for her in the matter of her claim to a section of land\\nat or near the Grand Traverse on Flint River, in the then\\nTerritory of Michigan. I was well acquainted with said\\nTawcumegoqua during a period of more than thirty years,\\nand I know that she was the identical woman to whom the\\nIndians then granted and intended to grant a section of land\\nsituated near the Grand Traverse of the Flint River afore-\\nsaid. I do also know that she was married to a Frenchman\\nnamed Coutant, and was called by the French inhabitants\\nAngelique Coutant. That she had two children by said\\nCoutant, called Simon and Angelique Coutant, and that\\nthe.se two children are the only heirs of the said Tawcume-\\ngoqua. It was urged that this testimony was of great\\nweight and importance, from the fact that Connor (on ac-\\ncount of the position held by hiiu at the treaty) must of\\nnecessity have been fully acquainted with all the circum-\\nstances, and with the intentions of the Indians, and also\\nfrom the fact that his entire truthfulness and honesty were\\nvouched for by General Ca.ss, and others who had known\\nhim intimately for many years.\\nGeorge B. Knaggs testified for the defense that he knew\\nMadame Coutant, that he saw her at the treaty, that .she\\nwas the person to whom the Indians intended to give the\\nreserved tract, and this was understood by common conver-\\nsation among them afterwards. This witness, however, did\\nnot sustain himself well under cros.s-examination, and his\\nstatements appear to have been received with distrust by\\nthe court.\\nLouis Campau, the old trader (who, at the time of this\\ntrial, was living in retireiuent at Grand Rapids), testified for\\nthe defense. He was present at the treaty of 1819, and\\nhere gave a detailed account of the proceedings on that oc-\\ncasion. He said Jlrs. Coutant was present, and was then\\ncalled by her Indian name, which the Indians accepted\\nthat she was presented by that name to General Cass, and\\nthat after her interview with him in the presence of the\\nchiefs, he (Campau) asked her if she got the land, and she\\nreplied, Yes, my son, my relations have pitied me, and\\ngiven me a piece of land. He said that he met the chief,\\nTonedogane, who spoke of Mrs. Coutant by her Indian\\nname, and called her his aunt, and that not only this Indian,\\nbut also the chiefs, Neome, Kabamiscobe, and Podagnass,\\ntold him that they had given her lands. This witness also", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY.\\n31\\ntestified that although he had been well acquainted vilth\\nNeoiue since 1815, and knew all the hunters of his band,\\nhe had never known or heard that the old chief had any\\nchildren, as had been stated by the witnesses on the other\\nside. The trial, which was a long and interesting one,\\nterminated on the 15th of February by a verdict in favor of\\nthe plaintiffs. Upon this a writ of restitution was is.sucd,\\nand Messrs. Dewey and Hamilton were placed in possession\\nof the tract by Sheriff Lewis Buckingham on the 29th of\\nNovember, 18G0.\\nFrom the Circuit Court of Saginaw County the cause was\\ncarried by the defeated party to the Supreme Court, on a\\nwrit of error and bill of exceptions, and came to trial at the\\nOctober term in 18G1 resulting in an affirmation of the\\njudgment of the court below.\\nThe foregoing account of the principal suits, involving\\nthe original title to these reservations, m.iy be thought un-\\nnecciisarily extended but it has been made so not only\\nbecause of the great interest which was felt in them by the\\npeople of this vicinity, and on account of the singularly\\nconflicting nature of the evidence adduced, but also for the\\nreason that (as was remarked to the writer by one of the\\nmost prominent citizens of Flint, and one who is intimately\\nacquainted with the matter of which he speaks) the set-\\ntlement of the titles to the seveu thou.sand acres embraced\\nin the Smith reservations has caused twenty times more\\ntrouble, anxiety, and litigation than all the other land-titles\\nin the county of Genesee.\\nThis remark, however, does not properly apply to the\\nreservations on the south side of the river, excepting num-\\nber eight, which has been mentioned above at some length.\\nThe first of these (commencing at the lowest point on the\\nriver) was the one numbered eleven, of which the reservee\\nwas Kitchegeequa, a half-breed, otherwise known as Catha-\\nrine Mene, who died a few years after the treaty. On the\\n30th of May, 1830, a patent was issued to Charles Mene\\nand the other heirs of Catharine, and the title thus con-\\nfirmed, proved good and valid. The reservee of the adjoin-\\ning tract (number ten) was Pliillis Beaufait (otherwi.se Peta-\\nbonequa), a half-breed daughter of Colonel Louis Beaufait.\\nHolders of titles derived from her found thcm.selves secure;\\nand this was also the case on reservation nine, which was\\ngranted to the half-breed Checbalk, otherwise Jean Visger,\\nor John Fisher, a member of the Fisher tribe or band,\\nseveral of whom are still living in the county. Nowoke-\\nshik, to whom reservation number seven was allotted, was\\nFran9ois Edouard Campau, a half-breed son of Barney Cam-\\npau. A patent for this tract was issued to him June 12,\\n1825, and on the 1st of April, 1830, he conveyed it by\\ndeed to John Todd, the pioneer of the Flint lliver settle-\\nment. Within this reservation is now included all of the\\nsecond, and the greater part of the third ward of Flint,\\nembracing the mo.st populous and valuable portion of the\\ncity.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nSETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTT.\\nLow Estiiuato of tho Value of Michigan Laiiils by Travelers and\\nSurveyors Slow Progress of Settlement in eonscrjuencc Correc-\\ntion of tho Mistaken Opinion Settlement of the Territory now\\nGenesee County Regard of the Early Settlers for Education and\\nReligious Worship.\\nUntil after the close of the last war between the United\\nStates and Great Britain, so little of actual knowledge had\\nbeen gained concerning the Territory of Michigan that\\nwith the exception of a limited region lying along the\\nDetroit River, and contiguous to a few of the more im-\\nportant points on Lakes Huron, Jlichigan, and St. Clair\\nthe whole of the lower peninsula might properly have been\\ntermed an unexplored and unknown country. In the first\\nyear of that war, an act was passed by Congress requiring\\nthat two millions of acres of land, in each of the (then)\\nTerritories of Michigan, Illinois, and Louisiana, in all six\\nmillion acres, should be surveyed and set apart as military\\ntracts, out of which each soldier serving in the armies of\\nthe United States in the war with England should be en-\\ntitled to receive one hundred and sixty acres of land fit for\\ncultivation. Under the provisions of this act surveys were\\nmade but, while engaged in the work, the surveyors seem\\nto have formed an idea of the country here similar to that\\nexpressed by Ilonton, one of the early French travelers,\\nwho, having had a glimpse of some of the swampy regions\\nbordering the lakes and rivers, recorded as his opinion of\\nthe peninsula lying between the lakes, that it was in truth\\nthe fag-end of the world. Much the same was the esti-\\nmation in which these lands were held by the surveyor-\\ngeneral, as is secu by the following extract from his report,\\ndated Nov. 13, 1815, having reference to the Michigan\\nsurveys, viz. The country on the Indian boundary line\\nfrom the mouth of the Great Auglaize River [that is, the\\nline established by the treaty of Detroit, in 1807, and\\nidentical, or nearly so, with the principal meridian of the\\ngovernment surveys], and running thence for about fifty\\nmiles, is, with some few exceptions, low, wet land, with a\\nvery thick growth of underbrush, intermixed with very bad\\nmarshes, but generally very heavily timbered with beech,\\ncotton-wood, oak, etc. thence, continuing north, and ex-\\ntending from the Indian boundary eastward, the number\\nand extent of the swamps increases, with the addition of\\nnumbers of lakes from twenty chains to two and three miles\\nacross. Many of these lakes have extensive marshes ad-\\njoining their margins, sometimes thickly covered with a\\nspecies of pine called tamarack, and other places covered\\nwith a coarse, high grass, and uniformly covered from six\\ninches to three feet (and more at times) with water. The\\nmargins of these lakes are not the only places where swamps\\nare found, for they arc intersper.sed throughout the whole\\ncountry and filled with water, as above stated, and varying\\nin extent.\\nThe intermediate space between these swamps and lakes\\nwhich is probably near one-half of the country is, with\\nvery few exceptions, a poor, barren, .sandy land, on which\\nscarcely any vegetation grows, except very small, scrubby\\noaks. In many places, that part which may be called dry", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "32\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nland is composed of little, short sand-hills, forming a kind\\nof deep basins, the bottoms of many of which are composed\\nof marsh similar to the above described. The streams are\\ngenerally narrow, and very deep compared with their width,\\nthe shores and bottoms of which are, with very few excep-\\ntions, swampy beyond description and it is with the\\nutmost difficulty that a place can be found over which\\nhorses can be conveyed in safety.\\nA circumstance peculiar to that country is exhibited in\\nmany of the marshes, by their being thinly covered with a\\nsward of grass, by walking on which evinces the existence\\nof water, or a very thin mud, immediately under their cov-\\nering, which sinks from six to eighteen inches under the\\npressure of the foot at every step, and at the same time\\nrises before and behind the person passing over it. The\\nmargins of many of the lakes and streams are in similar\\nsituation, and in many places are literally afloat. On ap-\\nproaching the eastern part of the military land, towards the\\nprivate claims on the straits and lake, the country docs not\\ncontain so many swamps and lakes, but the extreme sterility\\nand barrenness of the soil continue the same. Taking the\\ncountry altogether, so far as it has been explored, and to\\nall appearances, together with information received concern\\nins the balance, it is so bad that there icould not he more\\ntluin one acre out of a hundred, if there icould be one out\\nof a thousand, that would in any case admit ofcidtivalinn.\\nProbably the above was an honest expression of opinion\\non the part of the surveyor-general, who, of course, based\\nhis report on the information furnished him by his subordi-\\nnates who performed the work in the field but how thei/\\ncould have been so deceived (if indeed they icere so far de-\\nceived as to believe the disparaging statements which they\\nmade) is certainly a mystery. However it may have been\\nbrought about, the result was that Congress passed a law\\n(April 29, ISIG) repealing so much of the act of 1812 as\\nauthorized the locating of soldiers lands in Michigan, and,\\nin lieu thereof, providing for the survey of one million five\\nhundred thousand acres in Missouri so that the brave men\\nwho had periled their lives for their country should not be\\nwronged and insulted bj the donation of lands of which,\\naccording to the surveyors reports, not one acre in a hun-\\ndred was fit for cultivation.\\nThe natural effect of all this was to bring the Territory\\nof Michigan into contempt as a country unfit for agriculture\\nand this belief was fostered by the Indian traders, who were\\nthorougiily acquainted with the interior country and its ca-\\npabilities, but were only too willing to assist in perpetua-\\nting the delusion, in order to postpone the evil day (as\\nthey regarded it) when their lucrative business should be\\nruined by the advance of white immigration and settlement.\\nAnd so there grew up a belief, which became well-nigh uni-\\nversal, that all this region, now so beautiful and productive,\\nwas a land of irreclaimable swamps and barren sand-knolis,\\nthe home of every species of malarial disease, which must\\nforever remain unfit for culture or white occupation and\\nthat its obvious destiny must be to continue in the posses-\\nsion of wild beasts and the aborigines.\\nThere were those, however, who believed that this judg-\\nment was a false, or at least a hasty one and chief among\\nthose who were skeptical as to the absolute worthlcssness\\nof Michigan lands was Governor Lewis Cass, who not only\\ndoubted, but resolved to test its truth, and to disprove or\\nprove it by the evidence of his own senses and to that\\nend he set out from Detroit, accompanied by Hon. Austin\\nE. Wing and two or three other friends, on a tour of ob-\\nservation and discovery. Through the first stage of their\\nNorthwestern journey, after leaving the town, the aspect\\nwas by no means reassuring, and as their horses sunk knee-\\ndeep in the sloughs or wallowed through the marshy places\\nalong that trail whose horrors and miseries afterwards be-\\ncame so well known to the pioneers, it really seemed as if\\nthe dismal tales of the surveyors and Indian traders would\\nbe more than verified. But at last, after having floundered\\nover a distance which seemed a hundred miles, but which\\nin reality was not more than one-eighth part of it, they\\nemerged upon higher ground and into a more open and de-\\nsii able country, which is now the southeastern part of the\\nsuperb county of Oakland. From that point their journey\\ncontinued easy and unobstructed towards the northwest,\\nover a dry and rolling country, through beautiful open\\ngroves of oak, and along the margins of pure and limpid\\nwaters. One of these latter they named Wing Lake, in\\nhonor of a member of the party another (the largest\\nsheet of water in Oakland) they called Cass Lake while a\\nlittle farther on (now in Waterford township) they named\\na lovely lake for Elizabeth, the governor s wife. During\\ntheir journey (^which was of about a week s duration) they\\npenetrated nearly to the southern boundary of Genesee\\nand when they returned thej carried back with them the\\nknowledge and proof that Jlichigan was not the worthless\\ndesert which it had been represented but, instead, a beau-\\ntiful and fertile land, awaiting only the touch of the .set-\\ntler s axe and plow, and ready to yield an abundant in-\\ncrease to reward his toil.\\nE.-VRLY SETTLERS IN GENESEE.\\nThe trader Bolieu, who has already been mentioned as\\nbeing in all probability the first white man who came into\\nthis Indian country, could hardly have been called a set-\\ntler under the common acceptation of the term, though it\\nis believed that he lived for a long time within the present\\nlimits of this county. His case seems to have been that\\nof a man who, for some cause which does not appear,\\nwhether for the sake of mere profit, or because of disap-\\npointment, disgust with the world, or from pure love of the\\nwild freedom of Indian life, came among them, married a\\nwoman of the tribe who was a relative of one of their prin-\\ncipal chiefs, raised a half-breed family, and adopted the\\nChippeioa mode of living; making no improvements that\\nare known of, and probably never expecting or wishing to\\nsee others of the white race make their homes near him.\\nBut it was under other circumstances and in an entirely\\ndifferent manner that Jacob Smith came to build his cabin\\non the Flint River and it was to him that the distinction\\nproperly belonged, of being the first white man who made\\na settlement within the region which is now embraced in\\nGenesee County. He came in the fall of 1819 to the\\nGrand Traverse of the Flint, and upon the right bank of\\nthe river, not far from the Indian crossing, he erected a log\\nhouse which was at once his trading-house and his dwelling.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY.\\n33\\nTlicre cull be no question that liis principal object in locat-\\niiiLT at this phice was to take possession of the reservations\\nwliich he liad caused to be granted in tiie treatj of Sagi-\\nnaw, and to hold them for himself and children. And\\n(with the exception of occasional absences at Detroit) he\\nremained in occupancy of his house and lands here for the\\nremainder of his life. It seems to be quite generally be-\\nlieved among those who have not examined into the facts\\nthat during this time Mr. Smith was entirely engaged in\\nIndian trade, and that he made no agricultural improve-\\nments here. That this is a mistake, and that a part of his\\nlands were cleared and cultivated by him or under his direc-\\ntion, is proved by papers to which access has been had in\\nthe preparation of this history. One of these papers is a\\nsealed instrument which is self-explanatory, and of which\\nthe following is a copy\\nWhereas I, David E. W. Corbin, have tliis day canceled and\\ngiven up to Jacob Smith a certain lease for a section of land on Flint\\nRiver, in the county of Oakland, dated the 21st day of December, in\\nthe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one\\n1 82 1), as by reference to said lease will more fully appear, and whereas\\nthe said Jacob Smith hath heretofore commenced a certain suit on a\\nbook account against me before John McDonald, Esq., a Justice of\\nthe Peace in and for the county of Wayne. Now, therefore, in con-\\nsideration of the said Jacob Smith having discontinued said suit, and\\nhaving given me a general release of all debts and demands what-\\nsoever, I do hereby give, grant, sell, and convey unto the said Jacob\\nSmith all my right, title, interest, and claim whatsoever to all the\\nwheat, corn, potatoes, barley, pea^, beans, and oats, and all other crops\\nwbatjioever, now growing on said section of land, or elsewhere in the\\ncounty of Oakland, and likewise all other property of every kind and\\ndescription which I now own in Ihe county of Oakland. In witness\\nwhereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fifth day of August,\\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.\\nWitness George A. tJ.VGE.\\nDavid E. W. Corbin. [skal]\\nIt is thus clearly shown that a part of the reservation\\nhad been cleared, and that crops were growing upon it, at\\nleast as early as 1822 that in that year it was occupied as\\na farm by Mr. Corbin, under lease from Jacob Smith and\\nthat the former, being for some reason unable to meet his\\npayments, rciiu((uished the lease to Mr. Smith in the year\\nnamed. This Mr. Corbin had been a soldier of the war of\\n1812. He was for some time employed on the farm of Maj.\\nWilliams, near Pontiac, and afterwards worked for G. D.\\nand E. S. Williams, at Saginaw. Still later, be was ap-\\npointed light-house keeper at Green Bay, Wis., and remained\\nin that position until his death.\\nThat the farm, after being given up by Corbin, was con-\\ntinued and carried on by Mr. Smith until the time of his\\ndeath, is shown by the tenor of auuther of the papers re-\\nferred to it being as follows\\nDetroit, April 4, 1825.\\nTo all tcfiom if tiiin/ ctnccni Mr. George Lyons is hereby author-\\nized to tiike possession, in the name of .Metawanenc, or Albert J. Smith,\\na minor, of the house and farm, situated on Flint River, lately occu-\\npieil by Jacob Smith, deceased, until some further definite arrange-\\nment. The horses, cattle, hogs, one wagon, three plows, and four sots\\nof harness belong to me, and .Mr. Lyons is hereby authorized to receive\\nthem in my name from any person now at the farm.\\n[Signed] JoilV (iARLANI).\\np. S. AH other jiropcrty on the premises belongs to the estate of\\nJacob Smith. It is my wish that an inventory be taken of them\\nby Mr. Lyons and Mr. E. Camjiau, and lilt with .Mr. Campau.\\n[Signed] Juiis Garland.\\n5\\nThe Mr. E. Campau above referred to was the half-\\nbreed otherwise known as Nowokeshik, the owner of reser-\\nvation No. 7. lie was frequently employed about the\\ntrading-house of Mr. Smith during the years in which the\\nlatter lived at the Grand Traverse, and at the time of the\\ndeath of Mr. Smith he (Campau) was living in a cabin on\\nhis own reservation on the south side of the river, but\\nwhether with or without his family is not known. There\\nis little doubt that he built and occupied the cabin on the\\nreservation fur the purpose of having the fact of his actual\\npossession assist him to obtain a patent of the tract from\\ngovernment and he did so obtain it soon after Mr. Smith s\\ndeath, viz., June 12, 1825. Not long after having secured\\nthe land by patent, he removed from it. Under these cir-\\ncumstances, therefore, it does not seem proper to class him\\nas a settler. The George Lyons to whom reference is made\\nwas for five j ears a resident of Flint River, in Michig-an\\nTerritory, as we learn from his testimony, given in connec-\\ntion with one of the Smith reservation trials. Neither the\\nexact place of his location on the river, nor the precise time\\nwhen he lived here, can be given but it appears more than\\nprobable, from the above, that ho w;is living somewhere in\\nthe vicinity of the Grand Traverse at the time when the\\nhouse, farm, and effects of Jacob Smith were turned over\\nto him by JIajor Garland.\\nIt was in the winter or early spring of 1825 that Mr.\\nSmith died (at the age of forty-five years) at his isolated\\nfarm on the Flint, and his was the first death of a white\\nperson which occurred in the present county. The second\\nis believed to have been that of Jlrs. Esther Green, who\\ndied in the year 1830 in the same house in which Mr.\\nSmith had died five years before. She was the daughter\\nof John Tupper, of Grand Blanc, and the wife of Archi-\\nbald Green, who (it may be inferred from this circuiustance)\\nwas then in occupation of the Smith house and property on\\nFlint River. Upon the death of his wife he became dis-\\ncouraged, and removed from the place. Whether any other\\ntenants had temporarily occupied the Smith premises before\\nMr. Green is not known.\\nThe next settlers (after Jacob Smith) within the boun-\\ndaries of the county were Jacob Stevens and his sons, Rufus\\nand Sherman, who came from Western New York in the\\nyear 1822, and settled in the following year at Grand Blanc,\\nwhere they remained without neighbors (other than Indians\\nand half-breeds) for three years. That they found some-\\nthing of contentment in their lonely wilderness home may\\nbe inferred from the tone of a letter written by Mr. Stevens\\nto friends in New York in July, 1825, from which is ex-\\ntracted the following We comforted ourselves in that we\\nhad a healthy country, as high and pleasant as we had ever\\nanticipated, and the garden of the Territory, and knowing\\nthat the time could not be long ere we should have neigh-\\nbors we sought contentment with our condition, and found\\nit. Our Indian neighbors, of whom we have plenty, we\\nfind docile, ho.spitable, and friendly. On this subject I am\\nat a loss how to write you, believing you will find it hard\\nto credit facts. They are very far from being the hideous\\ndionsters youthful fancy had pictured them. No person\\ncould be more timorous about them than Eunice ever was,\\nbut a short acquaintance with their ways and ctistoms abated", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "34\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthat fear. I state it in presence of the Amiily, without fear\\nof contradiction. Notwithstanding we living so near them\\nare under the necessity of having considerable intercourse\\nwitli tliem, and at some seasons of the year perhaps fifty\\nof them are camped in sight and likely enough half diunk,\\nEunice declares that they are less to be dreaded than the\\nsame number of whites in the same condition. Not a\\nmiuute s sleep, except in some of their frolics when they\\nwere too noisy, has been lost by any of the family on account\\nof them. It is a fact that within eighteen months from\\nthe time Sherman saw the first Indians he was almost mas-\\nter of their language, and they are much attached to him.\\nThey furnish us with all kinds of peltries, sugar, beeswax,\\nhoney, venison, fish, etc., in exchange for flour, meal, and\\nsalt, and we have found the exchange very beneficial to us,\\nthough on a small scale. In another part of the same\\nletter Mr. Stevens mentions that seven miles northwest of\\nhis place there were living some French people, who were\\nthe last inhabitants in that direction this side of Saginaw,\\ndoubtless having reference to Edouard Campau and perhaps\\ntwo or three other French half-breeds temporarily located on\\nthe Flint.\\nThe establishment of the post of Saginaw had had the\\neffect to encourage immigration towards it from the south-\\ncast. But when, after fourteen months occupation, it was\\nabandoned by the United States on account of the alarming\\nsickness and mortality among its garrison the eflfeet was\\ncorrespondingly depressing, and resulted in a sudden and\\nentire check of immigration in this direction and it was\\nnot until the year 182(5 that IMr. Stevens welcomed his first\\nneiglibors, Edmond Perry, Sr., and Rowland B. Perry (uncle\\nand nephew), from Livingston Co., N. Y. After them, in\\n1827, 1828, and 1829, came Edward Jl^ pencer, from\\nVermont, Wm. Roberts, George E. Perry (Connecticut),\\nJoseph McFarlan, Ezekicl R. Ewing, Jeremiah Riggs and\\nfamily, and a number of others (mostly from Western New\\nYork, but a few from New England), so that by the year\\nIB^^O (luite a settlement had formed in the southeast part\\nof the county. In that year Asa Farrar had made his\\nappearance in what is now Atlas, and some of the Tupper\\nfamily had come into the county. Benajah Topper,\\nPreston, and Archibald Green had already j)ushed north as\\nfar as the Flint River, but made only temporary settlement\\nthere, Mr. Green being driven away in discouragement at\\nthe death of his wife, as we have seen. But in the year\\nnamed (1830) came John Todd, from the neighborhood of\\nPontiac, Oakland Co., and began a settlement, which proved\\nto be a permanent one, and which has distinguished him as\\nthe pioneer settler in what is now the city of Flint. By\\n1833 a number of new-comers had clustered around him,\\nand in that year Benjamin Pearson and Addison Stewart\\nadvanced, and built their cabins near the north line of the\\npresent township of Flint. In that year, too, came Lewis\\nBuckingham, the first sheriff of the county of Genesee.\\nHe arrived at Flint River on the 1st day of May, and\\nafterwards, with several associates who came with him from\\nWestern New York, formed a settlement on the line between\\nthe present townships of Mount Morris and Genesee. Tlie^\\nwere all men who were opposed to the use of intoxicating\\ndrinks, and for this reason their neighborhood was (by a\\nfew) derisively termed the Cold- Water Settlement and\\nHungry Ilill, though the latter, in particular, appears to\\nhave been a misnomer, for, notwithstanding all which has\\nbeen said about the hardships endured by the first settlers\\n(and it cannot be denied that there u-cre many hardships\\ninseparable from their condition), there appears little evi-\\ndence tending to show that hunger was among the priva-\\ntions of the pioneers upon the fertile soil of Genesee.\\nREGARD OF THE SETTLERS FOR EDUCATION AND RE-\\nLIGIOUS WORSHIP.\\nAs nine-tenths of the earliest settlers of this county came\\nfrom New York State and New England, they brought with\\nthem (as it was natural they .should) the advanced ideas of\\nthe favored communities from which they came upon the\\nsubjects of education and religious observance. After they\\nhad secured for their families shelter, and the means of pres-\\nent subsistence, they allowed very little time to elapse before\\nthey also provided for the education of their children\\nthough as the means at their command were limited, so, of\\ncourse, the methods were far more rude, and the results\\nobtained wore more meagre than those of the present day\\nbut, though the schools were often taught in the cramped\\ncabin of the settler, and never in any edifice more preten-\\ntious than the single-roomed log school-house, reared in a\\nday by the combined labor of a few earnest heads of fam-\\nilies, yet in these rude in.stitutions of learning there have\\nbeen laid the foundations of many an honorable and useful\\ncareer.\\nThe case was the same, among these pioneers from New\\nEngland and New York, with regard to religious observance.\\nThey recognized it as being among the necessities of life,\\nequally with food, raiment, and shelter and so, Ss soon as\\nthey had secured these in the most primitive form (and\\nfiequently, indeed, before they had secured them at all\\nthey made haste to set up the altar of the Most High in\\nthis wilderness, and embraced every opportunity to enjoy\\nthe privilege of divine worship. There is now living in\\nthe city of Flint a lady who recollects that when she first\\ncame to the place with her husband, forty-six years ago,\\ntheir first inquiries were concerning religious services and\\nwhen informed that such were to be held in a barn at the\\nGrand Blanc settlement on the next succeeding Sabbath (it\\nwas then past the middle of tlte week), they prepared to\\nattend. The distance to the place of meeting was fully\\nseven miles over bad roads, and with streams to be forded,\\nso the journey could not be expected to be cither e;isy, rapid,\\nor pleasant, and, of course, could not be performed in one\\nday so they, with others, set out in an ox-wagon on Sat-\\nurday, reached their place of destination the same night,\\nattended services on Sunday, and arrived back at Flint\\nRiver on Monday afternoon, thus consuming three days in\\nthe expedition but this loss of time was not in the least\\nregretted, though not a tree had then been felled, or any\\nother preliminary steps taken towards the preparation of\\ntheir future home.\\nAmong the earliest of the pioneer preachers in Genesee\\nCounty were the Rev. W. H. Broekway, a Methodist and\\nan Indian missionary, Elders Frazee (Methodist), Benedict,\\nand Gambell (Baptists), the Rev. Isaac W. Ruggles (Con-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "CHANGES OF CIVIL JURISDICTIOX.\\n35\\ngrcgationalist), of Pontine, Rev. Oscar North (Mctliodist),\\nand others. The first religious meetings were held at the\\nStevens and Perry settlement (Grand Blanc), and from\\nthere they extended northward to Flint lliver and other\\npoints. The llev. Mr. North is mentioned as the first who\\nlield services in the Flint River settlomeut, and though\\ntliis priority has heen disputed hy some, there is no reason\\nto doubt that he was among the first who preaciied there.\\nThe Cold Water Settlement was a point where traveling\\npreachers almost invariably held services when passing\\nthrough this region. The people who formed this settle-\\nment were all Presbyterians or Congregationalists (these two\\nbeing nearly identical at that time), but here, as elsewhere\\nin the county at that early day, the opportunity of religious\\nworship was always gladly embraced, regardless of denom-\\ninational differences and whether a preacher was of the\\nPresbyterian, Jlethodist, Baptist, or other Christian form\\nof belief, his services were always welcomed by the pioneers,\\nwho fully appreciated the value of the church privileges\\nthey had left behind when they emigrated from their old\\nhomes in the East.\\nIn the above brief mention, it has not been the intention\\nto give more than a mere glance at a few of the very earliest\\nsettlers, and their first rude but earnest attempts at relig-\\nious and educational advancement. These subjects will be\\nresumed, and a more full account of the settlements and\\nsettlers, schools and churches will be given in the separate\\nhistories of the several townships of the county.\\nCHAPTER Vir.\\nCHANGES OP CIVIL JURISDICTION ERECTIOKT\\nAND ORGANIZATION OF GENESEE COUiSTTY\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\nAct Erecting the County .Subdivision into Townships Organization\\nof County First Election of County Officers First Board of Su-\\npervisors Early CourU in Genesee County Site, Court- Houses,\\nand Jails County Puor-House and Farm.\\nThe county of Wayne was erected by executive act,\\nNov. 1, 1815. This was the first county formed in the\\nTerritory of Michigan, and embraced all tiie lands within\\nit, to which the aboriginal title had been extinguished,\\nincluding, of course, the part of the present county of\\nGenesee lying southeast of the Indian line terminating at\\nWhite Rock, as established by the treaty of 1807.\\nBy executive proclamation, dated Jan. 15, 1818, all of\\nWayne County lying north of the ba.se line was erected\\ninto the new county of Macomb, embracing all of the pres-\\nent counties of Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, St. Clair,\\nand Lapeer, parts of Sanilac, Tuscola, and Shiawassee, the\\neast half of Ingham, and that portion of Genesee which\\nhad been included in Wayne; the boundaries of the newly-\\nerected county being described in tlie proclamation as be-\\nginning at the southwest corner of township number one,\\nnorth of the ba.sc-linc (so calledj and in the first range;\\nthence along the Indian boundary-line, north, to the angle\\nformed by the intersection of the lino running to White\\nRock, upon Lake Huron thence with the last-mentioned\\nline to the boundary-line between the United States and\\nthe British province of Upper Canada thence, with said\\nline, southwardly, to a point in Lake St. Clair due east\\nfrom the place of beginning; thence, due west, to the\\neastern extremity of said base-line, arid, with the same, to\\nthe place of beginning.\\nOakland was taken from IVIaeomb, and erected a county,\\nby proclamation of Governor Cass, dated Jan. 12, 18U(.\\nThat county then included, in addition to its present area,\\nall of Livingston County, the cast half of Ingham, the\\nsouthernmost tier of townships in Shiawassee, and the\\ntowns of Argentine and Fenton, in Genesee. It was not\\nuntil March 28, 1820, however, that the organization of\\nOakland as a county was effected under executive procla-\\nmatiiin.\\nThe other counties which formerly included parts of the\\npresent territory of Genesee arc Lapeer, Saginaw, and Shi-\\nawassee, which were all laid out as counties by Governor\\nCass proclamation of Sept. 10, 1822. Lapeer was de-\\nscribed as beginning at the northwest corner of the county\\nof St. Clair, and running tlience, west, to the line between\\nthe sixth and seventh ranges east of the principal meridian;\\nthence, south, to the line between the townships numbered\\n5 and C, north of the base-line thence, ea.st, to the line\\nbetween the twelfth and thirteenth ranges east of the prin-\\ncipal meridian thence, north, to the place of beginning.\\nThese boundaries covered all the territory now lying in\\nGenesee County east of its centre, and extended north to\\ninclude the southern half of the present townships of Ar-\\nbcla, 5Iillington, and Watertown, in Tuscola County.\\nSaginaw County as then laid out included that part of\\nGenesee which now forms the towushijis of Vienna and\\nMontrose and Shiawassee County, which then formed\\nthe entire southern boundary of Saginaw, embraced not\\nonly all its present territory but also the north half of\\nLivingston, the northeast quarter of Ingham, and the town-\\nships of Fenton, Argentine, Gaines, Mundy, Flint, Clayton,\\nFlushing, and Mount Morris, in the present county of\\nGenesee.\\nIn the proclamation erecting these counties it was de-\\nclared that they shall be organized whenever, hereafter,\\nthe competent authority for the time being shall so deter-\\nmine; but that until such time they, together with the\\nnewly-formed county of Sanilac, and all the other territory\\nto which the Indian title was extinguished by the Sagi-\\nnaw treaty of 1811), should be attached to and form a part\\nof the county of Oakland. In accordance with that pro-\\nvision, the county of Lapeer was organized by act of the\\nLegislative Council, approved Jan. 20, 1835 Saginaw was\\norganized January 28th of the same year, and Shiawassee\\non the 18th of March, 1837.\\nACT EBECTINO TUE COUNTY.\\nBy the terms of An act to set off the county of Gen-\\nesee, pa.ssed by the Legislative Council, and approved\\nMarch 28, 1835, it was provided that townships 5, C,\\n7, and 8 north, ranges 5 and G etist, being the eastern tiers\\nof townsiiips in the county of Shiawa.ssec al.so townships\\nThe uounty of Shiawassee had then been reduced in size by the\\nerection {March 21, 183.3) of the county of Livingston, which took\\nfrom Shiawassee two tiers of townships on its southern border.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "36\\nniSTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n6, 7, 8, and 9 north, vanpe 7 east, being the western tier of\\ntownships in the county of Lapeer also townships 9, ranges\\n5 and (i east, being the soutlieasi; corner of the county of\\nSaginaw, shall form a new county by the name of Genesee,\\nwhich shall remain for the present, for judicial purposes,\\nattached to the county of Oakland.\\nSUBDIVISION INTO TOWNSHIPS.\\nThe county of Genesee as thus laid out embraced all\\nof its present area except the eastern range of townships,\\nwliich tlien belonged to Lapeer. The oldest of the town-\\nships of Genesee is Grand Blanc, which was erected by act\\nof the Legislative Council of the Territory, approved March\\n9, 1833, which provided that all that district of country\\ncomprised in townships 5, G, 7, and 8 north, in range 6\\neast, and townships 6, 7, and 8 north, in range 7 east, and\\ntownships 6 and 7 north, in range 8 east shall form a town-\\nship by the name of Grand Blanc this including the\\npresent townships of Fenton, Miindy, Flint, Mount Morris,\\nGenesee, Burton, Atlas, Davison, and Grand Blanc, the\\nfirst four being then in Shiawassee County, and the last five\\nin Lapeer. The nest township erected was Flint, by act\\napproved March 2, 1836. This at its erection embraced not\\nonly its present area and that of the city of Flint, but also\\nthe present townships of Burton, Clayton, Flu.shing, Mount\\nMorris, Genesee, Thetford, A ^icnna, and Montrose. Ar-\\ngentine was erected by act of July 26, 1836, and then\\nincluded besides its present territory that of the township\\nof Fenton. Mundy (then including also the present town-\\nship of Gaines) was erected by act of Legislature, approved\\nMarch 11, 1837 and by the same act Vienna was erected\\nfrom the north part of Flint, to include the territory now\\ncomprised in Montrose, Vienna, and Thetford. So that at\\nthat time the county of Genesee contained the townships of\\nGrand Blanc, Flint, Argentine, Mundy, and Vienna, which\\ncovered all its territory. The eastern tier of townships\\nAtlas, Davison, Richfield, and Forest were detached from\\nLapeer County and annexed to Genesee by act approved\\nMarch 9, 1843, and taking effect on the 31st of the same\\nmouth. The later subdivisions of the county will be found\\nmentioned in the histories of the several townships.\\nORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.\\nGenesee was organized as a county under an act of the\\nLegislature, approved March 8, 1836, which provided\\nthat the county of Genesee shall be organized, and the\\ninhabitants thereof entitled to all the rights and privileges\\nto which, by law, the inhabitants of the other counties of\\nthis State are entitled. A section of the same act de-\\nclared that the county of Shiawassee be, and the same is,\\nhereby attached to the county of Genesee for judicial pur-\\nposes until otherwi.se directed by the Legislature. And\\nit remained so attached until the organization of that county\\nby act approved March 18, 1837.\\nFIRST ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS.\\nThe first election for county officers was held Aug. 22,\\n1836. The board of canva.s.sers (composed of Lyman Stow,\\nAlonzo Ferris, and Clark Dibble) met Thursday, August\\n25th, at the hall of Stage Wright, and declared the elec-\\ntion of the following persons to the county offices Jere-\\nmiah 11. Smith and Asa Bishop, Associate Judges Sam-\\nuel Rice, Judge of Probate; Lewis Buckingham, Sheriff;\\nRobert F. Stage, Clerk Charles D. W. Gibson, Treasurer\\nOliver Wesson, Register of Deeds; Chauncey Chapin and\\nRufus AV. Stevens, Coroners Ogden Clarke, County Sur-\\nveyor.\\nFIRST BOARD OP SUPERVISORS.\\nThe first meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held\\nin the tailor-shop of Daniel H. Seeley, in Flint, on the 4th\\nof October, 1836. The members of the board present\\nwere Samuel Rice, as supervisor of Grand Blanc Lyman\\nStow, of Flint and Samuel W. Pattison, of Argentine.\\nSamuel Rice was called to the chair, Robert F. Stage was\\nappointed clerk, and, the board being then ready for business,\\nit was ascertained that no books or stationery had been pre-\\npared for their use whereupon it was resolved that Sam-\\nuel Rice be a committee to procure such books, papers, etc.,\\nas may be necessary, and the board adjourned to the 17th\\nof the same month.\\nAt the adjourned meeting Supervisor Pattison was not\\npresent, and the board adjourned to the following day,\\nOctober 18th, when, all being present, Mr. Pattison was\\nappointed clerk, and the board proceeded to business. Mr.\\nRice, the committee charged with the procuring of articles\\nnecessary for the use of the board, reported his purchase of\\none blank-book and other articles which was accepted, and\\nhis bill for the same allowed at eleven dollars. It was by\\nthe board resolved to raise a tax of two thousand dollars,\\nagreeably to the following assessment* and apportionment,\\nviz.\\nTowns. Assessment. Connty. Town. Collector.\\nFlint $2li:i.97:( $12f)7.43 $2:{1.. 2 John ToiUl.\\n(Jiun.l Blanc... 117,896 732.57 146.20 Caleb S. Thompson.\\nThe assessment and apportionment of Argentine was\\nincluded with that of Grand Blanc. The board prepared a\\nreport for the Auditor-General, and appointed Mr. Stow to\\nforward the same. And a number of bills were allowed,\\namong which was one of one dollar to Daniel H. Seeloy,\\nfor use of room and fuel for the session, and three dollars\\nto Samuel Rice, for a trunk in which to keep and preserve\\nthe county records.\\nEARLY COURTS IN GENESEE.\\nThe act of Legislature under which Genesee County was\\norganized provided, in its second section, That all suits,\\nprosecutions, and other matters now pending before any of\\nthe courts of record of Oakland County, or before any\\njustice of the peace of said county, or that shall be pend-\\ning at the time of the taking effect of this act, shall be\\nprosecuted to final judgment and execution, and all taxes\\nheretofore levied and now due shall be collected in the\\nsame manner as though the county of Genesee had not\\nbeen organized and by the third section of the same it\\nwas provided, That the Circuit Court of the county of\\nGenesee shall be held, until public buildings shall be\\nerected, at such place as the sheriff of said county shall\\nThe first report of County Treasurer C. D. W. Gibson, dated J:in.\\n30, 1837, showed that the entire amount of taxes for 1S3G ($2377.72)\\nhad been promptly collected, and paid over by Messrs. Thompson\\nand Todd.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.\\n37\\nprovide, at the seat of justice in said county, on the Tues-\\nday next after the fourth Monday in June, and the Tuesday\\nnext after tlie fourth Monday in January in each year.\\nThe Prohate Court was tlie first, organized in the county.\\nThe first business done in this court was in the matter of\\nthe will of Schuyler V. Brown, deceased, dated Pontiac,\\nJuly 15, 183G. The witnesses were Jacob Thomas, P. G.\\nCochrane, and Thomas J. Drake, and the executors, Gould\\nDavison, of Genesee County, and Daniel Hartwell, of Cat-,\\ntaraugus Co., N. Y. The court convened at Flint, Oct.\\n21), 1836, received and filed the petition of Gould Davison,\\nexecutor, praying that the will be proved and allowed, and\\nthereupon ordered that a hearing be had in the case on the\\n2Gth of November following. Agreeably to that adjourn-\\nment the court opened, but on account of the absence of\\nthe witnesses adjourned to December 5th. At that time\\nthe witnesses, Drake and Thomas, appeared and testified,\\nand, there being no objections, the said will was allowed.\\nThis was the fir.st will proved in Genesee County.\\nThe first term of the Circuit Court of Genesee County\\nwas held at Flint in February, 1837, by the Hon. George\\nMorell, one of the justices of the Supreme Court, the\\ncases on the calendar being as follows\\nNo. 1. Chaunccy Bogue vs. Timothy J. Walling.\\nAction for attachment. Thomas J. Drake, attorney for\\nplaintiff.\\nNo. 2. Andrew Cox vs. Goshen Olmsted. An appeal\\nfrom Justice Lyman Stow s decision in Justice s Court.\\nThomas J. Drake, attorney for plaintiff. Bartow and\\nThomson, attorneys for defendant.\\nNo. 3. Jason L. Austin vs. Daniel R. Williams. Ac-\\ntion, an appeal. Attorney for plaintiff, P. H. McOmber.\\nAttorney for defendant, Thomas J. Drake.\\nNo. 4. Charles McLean t:s. Theodore P. Dean. Action,\\nan appeal. Attorney for plaintiff, T. J. Drake. Attorney\\nfor defendant, George Wisner.\\nThe second case on this calendar an appeal from the\\ndecision of Lyman Stow, Esq., J. P. appears, as origi-\\nnally brought before that justice, to have been the first\\ncase tried and decided in the county of Genesee. The\\ntranscript of Justice Stow s docket, as sent up to the Cir-\\ncuit Court in this case, was as follows\\nStATROF MiCHlR.W,\\nCor.NTV OF (Je.nkskk.\\nAnihikw Co.\\\\, Before Ljmun Stow, E.-^q., one of\\nr*r, the Jujiticcs of the I eace for\\nGOSIIKN Ol.MSTF,D. J 5111(1 Couilty.\\nSummons issued in the above suit June 4, 1836, und returnivbic\\non the 1 Ith of the same month at one o clock p.m., and was served by\\nJohn Todd, one of the constables of the town of Flint. Court opened\\non the return day, parties present, at which time the ])artics joined\\nissue. The piaintiti filed his declaration and the defendant his reply,\\nand the court adjourned by consent of parties to July 2, then ne.\\\\t,\\nat one o clock p.m. At which time the court again opened, and on\\nhearing and examining the testimony, judgment was rendered for\\nPl ff for the sum of five dollars and si.\\\\ty-threo cents, and his costs\\ntaxed at seven dollars and sixty-thrco cents.\\nJudgment. $5.63\\nCosts of suit 7.63\\nFees for this return 44\\n$13.70\\nWitnesses: Lemuel Johnson, Peter Stile..^, Eli Uishojt, Mr. Jone.-\\nRussell McManncrs, Elijah Smith, Keubcn Tui-pcr.\\nThe plaintiff gave notice of an appeal, and entered an appeal\\nbond, which is trnnsmitlcd herewith together with other papers be-\\nlonging to the suit.\\nI hereby certify the above to be a true copy of record from the\\ncause on my docket.\\nL. Stow, ./notice of the Pence,**\\nThe proceedings as entered in the Circuit Court calendar,\\nand relating to this case, were as follows\\nApril 20, 1837. Transcript tiled and case entered.\\nApril 19, 1838. Case continued.\\n.July 9, 1S39. Case entered, with leave to plead Ue vuvo.\\nFeb y 12, 1810,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Prff -s affidavit filed.\\nFeb y 13, 1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Case continued.\\nJuly 15, 1840. Pl ff enters a non-suit.\\nThe non-suit entered by the plaintiff was sot aside by the\\ncourt, and the case was brought to trial on the 10th of\\nFebruary, 1841.\\nAt which day, before the judges aforesaid, at the court-house in\\nthe village of Flint, in said county, came the parties aforesaid, by\\ntheir attorneys aforesaid, whereupon the return of the said Justice (d\\nthe Peace of the records and i)rococdings before him, and of the judg-\\nment rendered by him, the said justice, being seen and by the said\\nCircuit Court before the aforesaid judges thereof now here fully under-\\nstood, etc. A jury was called, who, being duly sworn to well and\\ntruly determine the said matter between the parties aforesaid, after\\nhearing the evidence, and upon mature deliberation, come into court\\nand find a verdict for the defendant of sixteen dollars dauiuges.\\nThereupon it is considered that the judgment of the said .Tustico\\nof the Peace, the errors aforesaid appearing before the said Circuit\\nCourt be wholly and in all things reversed, vacated, and annulled,\\nand altogether held for nothing, and that the said Goslicn Olmsted,\\ndefendant as aforesaid, do recover against the said plaintitf, Andrew\\nCox, the sum of sixteen dollars damages, and also eighty-eight dollars\\nand forty-two cents for his costs and charges, which the said defenil-\\nant, Goshen Olmsted, has sustained and expended in and about the\\ndefense of this said appeal.\\nRecorded March 4, 1841.\\n\\\\V. A. MounisoN, Clerh\\nFinal judgment, as above, was entered, Feb. 12, 1841,\\nand so the case was concluded, nearly five years after its\\ncomtuencemcnt.\\nThe two next judges who presided in the Circuit Court\\nof Genesee County, after Judge Morell, were Hon. Wil-\\nliam A. Fletcher, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (who\\nheld court in Flint in February, 183!)), and the Hon. Charles\\nW. Whipple, Associate Judge of the Supreme Court.\\nJudge Whipple was succeeded by the Hon. Sanford JI.\\nGreen, who was succeeded by Hon. Josiah Turner, the\\npresent judge.\\nCOUNTY SITE, COURT-IIOUSE.S AND JAILS.\\nThe county site of Genesee was located and established\\nunder an act passed by the Legislative Council of the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan (approved Aug. 25, 1835), which pro-\\nvided That the seat of justice for the county of Genesee\\nshall be located on the west side of the Saginaw turnpike,\\non lands recently deeded by John Todd and wife to one\\nWait Beach, known as the Todd farm, at Flint Kiver, at a\\npoint commencing at or within twenty rods of the centre of\\nsaid described land on said turnpike; Provided, the pro-\\nprietor or proprietors of said land shall, within six months\\nof the passage of this act, execute to the supervisors and\\ntheir successors iu ofiSce, for the use of said county, a good\\nand sufhcient deed of two acres of land for a courthouse\\nand ]iublic sipiare, one acre of ground for a burial-groutid,\\ntwo church and two school lots of common size. In com-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "38\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npliance with the requirements of this act, Wait Beach and\\nwife, proprietors of the tract selected, conveyed to the\\ncounty, by deed (dated Dec. 31, 1835), two acres of land\\non the west side of the Saginaw road, at Flint River, for a\\ncounty site. The tract so conveyed is the northeast corner\\nof the court-house square, which has been increased to its\\npi csent dimensions by subsequent conveyances of adjoining\\nlands to the county, as follows By H. M. Henderson and\\nwife, Jim. 10, 1856, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4; and by John H.\\nBrowning and wife, May 3, 1809, lots 5 and 6, all of the\\nsame block; thus extending the grounds, upon the southern\\nand western sides, of the tract conveyed by Beach.\\nThe places provided by the .sheriif for the holding of the\\nCircuit Court of Genesee during the years 1837 and 1838\\nwere, first, the upper story of Stage Wright s store, as\\nbefore mentioned, and afterwards the hall over Benjamin\\nPearson s store in Flint.* These places were, of course, in-\\ntended only to serve as temporary accommodations for the\\ncourt until the erection of a permanent building, the first\\nsteps towards which were taken in the spring of 1838. At\\nthe township elections in April of that year, a majority of\\nseven votes was given to authorize the Board of Supervisors\\nto erect a county jail the plan being to include also an\\nupper story, for use as a court-room. Under this authority\\nthe board voted the sum of four thousand dollars for the\\npurpose, which sum was borrowed from the State super-\\nintendent of public instruction. The persons appointed as\\na building committee to superintend the construction were\\nCharles Seymour, Robert F. Stage, and John Pratt.\\nThe building was commenced in the fall of 1838, and\\ncompleted in the fall of 1830, at a total cost of about five\\nthousand dollars. It was a solid rectangular building of\\noak logs, hewn twelve inches square, laid one upon another\\nto the requisite height. The lower and stronger part was\\nthe jail, the upper story being designed and used for a\\ncourt-room. The location of this building was on or near\\nthe site of the present jail and sheriff s residence.\\n3= The JnDunry term of 1838 was helil in that hall, as is shown by the\\nrecord of the Bo.ard of Supervisois, in which, under date of March 6,\\n1838, is an entry to the effect that The Board met at the hall of\\nBenjamin Pearson s store, being the place where the Circuit Court for\\nsaid county of Genesee was last held; and on the 23d of October, in\\nthe same year, the board allowed the bill of Benjamin Pearson\\n(twenty-fivo dollars) for the use of his hall as a court-room. At\\na meeting of the board in October, 1837, they allowed Thomas J.\\nDrake fur room for grand jury purposes, October term, $5.\\nf In a small pamphlet containing pioneer reminiscences of Genesee\\nCounty, Mr. Alvah Brainard, an old and respected citizen of Grand\\nBlanc, recently deceased, related the following, in reference to the first\\ncase tried in this old court-house: I was one of the jurors on the\\nfirst case tried in it. The difl erence bitwecn the parties was trifling.\\nOna of the parties hiid sbut up one of the other s hogs, and was going\\nto fat it. There was no place prepared for the jurors to deliberate in.\\nMr. Hascall was building a dwelling-house on the opposite side of\\nthe turnpike from the court-house, so the arrangements were made\\nfor the jurors to go over to this place in the cellar part. The house\\nwas set upon blocks about two feet from the ground, and the dirt\\nbeing thrown partially out, so that we had a shady, airy, and rustic\\nplace, with ]dcnty of shavings under foot which had fallen down\\nthrough the loose floor above, without any seats, but we could change\\npositions very readily, by lying down, or standing or sitting upon our\\nfeet. It being so ploa.sant and secluded a place, we could look out\\non all sides and sec what was going on upon the outside, and being so\\nopen the wind would blow through and fill our eyes with sawdust, and\\nit was a very warm day. So, under all circumstances, wc were uot in\\nFIRE-PROOF OFFICES.\\nFor more than fifteen years after the organization of the\\ncounty no suitable building was provided for the use of the\\nclerk and other county officers. At a meeting of the super-\\nvisors in January, 1847, the board took into consideration\\nthe question of erecting a fire-proof building for that use,\\nand William Patter.son, of Flint, E. Walkley, of Genesee,\\nand Jeremiah R. Smith, of Grand Blanc, were appointed a\\ncommittee to receive estimates for the construction of such\\na building. No results followed this action, but on the\\n10th of January, 1851, the board appointed Julian Bishop,\\nof Grand Blanc, 1). N. Montague, of Vicuna, and William\\nPatterson, of Flint, a building committee to receive pro-\\nposals, and cause to be erected a substantial fire-proof county\\nbuilding, for offices for the county clerk, treasurer, register\\nof deeds, and judge of probate; to be built on the court-\\nhouse square, at an expense not exceeding fifteen hundred\\ndollars. The building was completed during the same year,\\nby Enos and Reuben Goodrich, at a cost of about nine\\nhundred dollars. It was a brick structure, one story in\\nheiglit, and was occupied b} the county officers for about\\nfifteen years.\\nThe old court-house and jail building erected in 1839\\nwas destroyed by fire (the work of an incendiary), which\\nwas first discovered by Sheriff John A. Kline at about three\\no clock in the morning of Feb. 21, 18G6. The progress\\nalready made by the fire when discovered, and the scarcity\\nof water, rendered it impossible to save the building, but the\\nsheriff, with the aid of Mr. Howard, the prosecuting attorney,\\nsucceeded in saving all documents and official papers of\\nvalue. Six prisoners were confined in the jail at the time,\\nand these the sheriff placed under guard in the clerk s\\noffice until they could be otherwise secured. An insurance\\nof two thousand five hundred dollars was on the building\\nwhen destroyed.\\nOn the 1st of March, eight days after the fire, the Board\\nof Supervisors met, and resolved to submit to the people\\nof the county at the next annual township-meeting the\\nproposition to raise on the credit of the county the sum of\\ntwenty thousand dollars to build a new court-house and\\njail. S. N. Warren, David Schram, and David Smith,\\nmembers of the board, were appointed a committee to visit\\nPontiac and the county buildings of Oakland, and to\\nperfect plans for the immediate construction of a new\\ncourt-house and jail. And they were also authorized\\nand instructed to contract with the sheriff of Oakland for\\nthe keeping of the prisoners of Genesee County. Josiah\\nW. Begole and David Case were afterwards added to the\\ncommittee. Fenton Hall was hired by the county as a place\\nfor holding the courts, and for the meetings of the super-\\nvisors until new buildings should be completed.\\nAt its meeting, April 13, the Board of Supervisors ac-\\ncepted the plans for a court-house, jail, and sheriff s residence\\npresented by Pierce F. Cleveland and David Schram and\\non the following day a committee was appointed to super-\\na very urgent Iiurry, and we could not agree upon a verdict. The\\nconstable would look under often: Gentlemen, have you agreed?*\\nOur answer would be, M rc w.iter, more water.* So along towards\\nnight we ventured out of the den or pen, and went before the court\\nwithout having agreed on a. verdict, for or against.**", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n39\\nintend the erection of the buildings, and empowered to\\nlet the work by contract if in their opinion the interests of\\nthe county be best promoted thereby, or otiierwise, if for\\nthe benefit of the county. The persons composing this\\ncommittee were James E. Brown, Chiyton Samuel N.\\nWarren, Flint Chandler H. Rockwood, Genesee; David\\nSchram, Burton James B. Mosher, Fenton.\\nA strong effort was made to locate the new buildings on\\nthe north side of the river, but this did not prevail, and\\ntheir site was selected and established on the court-house\\nsquare. The wood-work of the court-house was let by\\ncontract to Pierce F. Cleveland and Reuben Van Tiiflin\\nthe wood-work of the jail and sheriff s residence to P. F.\\nCleveland and the mason-work of all to William Foule,\\nthe amount of all these contracts being $31,039. The iron-\\nwork of the jail was contracted to M. Clement, of Cincin-\\nnati, Ohio, for $10,107, making the total of the contracts\\n841,746. The jail and residence was completed in the\\nfall of 18GG, at a cost of $20,244.90. The court-house,\\nincluding the necessary rooms for the county officers, was\\nfinished in the summer of 18(57, its cost being $29,997.39,\\nmaking the total cost of the buildings \u00c2\u00a750,244.29, an\\nexcess of $8498.29 over the contracts caused by changes\\nfrom the original plans.\\nCOUNTY POOR-HOUSE AND FARM.\\nThe earliest official reference to the county poor is found\\nin the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors at a meeting\\nof that body held on the 5th of December, 1836, when\\nthe sum of seventy-two dollars and fifty cents was allowed\\nto Jason L. Austin for care of county paupers, and sixty-\\nthree dollars and fourteen cents to the township of Flint\\nfor care and removal of a family of county paupers. By a\\nresolution of the board of county commi. sioners, adopted\\nJan. 8, 1839, Benjamin Rockwell, of Flushing, Lyman\\nStow, of Flint, and John Pratt, of Genesee, were appointed\\nsuperintendents of the poor for the county of Genesee and\\nat a meeting of the same board, held January 9, the subject\\nof abolishing the distinction between town and county pau-\\npers was considered, and it was resolved, that this dis-\\ntinction be now abolished, and that hereafter all paupers in\\nGenesee County be considered a county charge.\\nIn the year 1845 the Board of Supervisors (having re-\\nsumed the functions which had been exercised by the\\ncounty commissioners during the years 1839, 1840, and\\n1841) met on the 17th of October, and resolved that a\\ncommittee of three be appointed to make inquiries regard-\\ning the purchase of a farm on which to keep the county\\npoor; and Jeremiah R. Smith, of Grand Blanc, William\\nPatterson, of Flint, and Reuben McCreery, of Genesee,\\nwere appointed such committee. Under authority after-\\nwards conferred, they purchased, Oct. 16, 184G, of Andrew\\nCox, for the sum of twelve hundred dollars, a farm of one\\nhundred and three acres, being part of the .southwest quar-\\nter of section 29, in the township of FJurton.\\nIn January, 1853, the board voted the sum of four hun-\\ndred and fifty dollars for the erection of a county poor-\\nhou.se, to be built under the direction of the superintend-\\nents of the poor. This was merely an addition to the old\\nfarm-house in which the poor were quartered. At the\\nmeeting of the board held Jan. 10, 1857, it was re-\\nsolved to sec about raising three thousand dollars for build-\\ning a county poor-house. The project, however, was not\\nimmediately carried into effect, but in 18G0 and 1861 the\\nnecessary sums were raised, and the present brick building\\noccupied as the poor-house of the county was completed in\\n1861, at a cost of five thousand dollars. The building\\ncommissioners under whose supervision it was erected\\nwere Josiah W. Begole, Lyman G. Buckingham, and Wil-\\nliam Patterson.\\nThe following items in reference to the county poor and\\npoor-house are from the report for 1878 of the superin-\\ntendents of the poor to the Board of Supervisors of Genesee\\nCounty\\nFor the year commencing the 14th day of October, 1S77, and end-\\ning Oct. 14, 1S7S, the whole number of persons who have received aid\\nfrom us are one thousand and five.\\nThe whole number of |)eisous entirely supported at the county poor-\\nhouse has been seventy-eight. Number of death.\u00c2\u00ab, two. Number of\\nbirths, two. Discharged at dilTerent intervals, forty-one, and still\\nnow remaining under our care, thirty-five.\\nCHAPTER VIIL\\nINTERNAL IMPHOVEMENTS.\\nEarly Roads Plank-Roads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Projects for the Navigation of Flint\\nRiver Northern Railroad and other Projects Northern ^V agon-\\nRoad Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad Flint and Perc Mar-\\nfiuette Railw.ay The Flint and Holly Link in the Flint and Pere\\nMarquette Line Completion and Consolidation of the Roads com-\\nposingthe Flintand I ero Marquetto^Port Huron and Lake Michi-\\ngan Railroad Chicago and Northeastern Railroad Chicago and\\nLake Huron Line.\\nIt is a rule, which may be regarded as of universal appli-\\ncation in all newly-settled regions, that the first public work\\nof improvement is the building of roads and to this gen-\\neral rule the region which is now Genesee County fur-\\nnished no exception. The first road which entered its limits\\nwas opened before any white man had built his cabiu\\nhere, with the exception of Jacob Smith, Corbin, and per-\\nhaps George Lyons. It was a track cut out from Saginaw\\nto the Grand Traverse of the Flint, by detachments of the\\nThird United States Infantry, under command of Lieuts.\\nBrooks and Bainbridge, in the winter of 1822-23. It was\\nsometimes called the Saginaw military road, though it\\nwas little more than a bridle-path, formed by cutting\\nthrough the thickets and windfalls sufficiently to allow\\nthe pa.ssage of horses to and from Saginaw. Southward\\nfrom the Grand Traverse, the old Indian trail, winding\\nthrough the openings, was in most places practicable for\\npack-horses until they reached the swampy lands between\\nRoyal Oak and Detroit and through these a road had\\npreviously been cut and partially corduroyed by soldiers\\nfrom the Detroit garrison, under command of Col. Leaven-\\nworth. So the clearing of the track through the woods\\nbetween the Grand Traverse of the Flint and Saginaw\\nopened a communication (such as it wa.s) between the last-\\nnamed point and Detroit.* But the part which was cut\\nIn the fall of IS22, Mr. E. Williams (now of Flint), Rufus W.\\nStevens, and Sdiuyler Hodges, of Ponliae, went through to Saginaw", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "40\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthrouj^h by the Saginaw troops was well-nigh impassable\\nfor a good part of the year, and after tlie abandonment of\\nthe military post of Saginaw by the government it became\\nonce more overgrown and nearly obliterated.\\nIn June, 1824, the Legislative Council of the Territory\\npassed an act authorizing the Governor to appoint three\\ncommissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial road\\nfrom Detroit, by way of Pontiao, to Saginaw, on the Sagi-\\nnaw River. This was surveyed and located in 182G by\\nGeorge W. Dole, but the construction of the road did not\\nreach as far northward as Genesee County until 1830,\\nthough the settlers who came to the county before that\\ntime passed over it as far as its northern terminus in Oak-\\nland, and from thence reached their journey s end by pick-\\ning their way through the oak openings, which interposed\\nbut few impediments to the passage of their teams. In\\n1832 the road was worked in an indifferent manner\\nnearly to the Flint River settlement, and by the first of\\nMay, 1833, it had reached as far as the present line of\\nKearsley Street, in the city of Flint. From that point to\\nthe place where the Saginaw Street bridge now crosses the\\nriver, was a swamp of alder and black ash, so that emigrants\\narriving about that time and wishing to pass on beyond the\\nriver (Addison Stewart, Lewis Buckingham, and Benjamin\\nPierson were among these) were obliged to pass to the left\\nof the morass, and cross the .stream a short distance below\\nthe pre.sent bridge (not using the ancient Indian crossing-\\nplace, which was above the bridge, and near the location of\\nthe old dam built by Stage Wright). The bridge across\\nthe river was built and the southern approach to it com-\\npleted (by filling the swamp above mentioned) in 1834,\\nand in the .same year, or in the spring of 1835, the road\\nvnxa finished to a point about five miles north of the river,\\nwhich was the end of the work ever done by government\\nupon it. It was afterwards completed to Saginaw, and\\nbecame the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike, over which\\nfor many years the travel was very great. When first laid\\nout as a Territorial road its width was ninety-nine feet (six\\nrods) through its entire length. The specified width of its\\ngraded part was eighty feet, but this requirement was not\\nrigidly enforced in the construction. But it was, for those\\ntimes, a noble and serviceable road, and over it a large pro-\\nportion of the earlier settlers came to their new homes in\\nGenesee County.\\nThe first Legislature of Michigan, at its session of 1835-\\n3G, authorized the laying out and ostabiislunent of a number\\nof State roads, among which were the following, viz. A\\nState road from the mouth of Black River, in the county\\nof St. Clair, on the most eligible route to the county site\\nof Lapeer County, and thence to Grand Blanc, in Genesee\\nCounty to be laid out by John Ryan, Joel M. Palmer,\\nand Ralph Wadhams, commissioners. Also a State road\\nfrom Mount Clemens, iMacomb County, by way of Romeo,\\non this route, but before the road was coin|))cto(l. And in tbe winter\\nof lS2:i-2J, Col. John Hamilton and llancy Williams contracted to\\ntr.Tnsport government stoves from Detroit to Saginaw, over the mili-\\ntary road. Their animal. being found to be overloaded, thoy secured\\nthe assistance of E. S. M illiams and Schuyler Hodges, who joined the\\ntrain at Maj. Oliver Williams farm near Pontiac, and accompanied\\nit from that point thn)Ugli to the ^nginavv post.\\nin said county thence to Lapeer, the county site of Lapeer\\nCounty thence by the most eligible route to the county\\nsite of Genesee County, to intersect the United States road\\nleading from Detroit to Saginaw. The commissioners ap-\\npointed to lay out and establish this road wore Silas D.\\nMcKeen, James Andrews, and Alexander Tacles. Both\\nthe above roads were authorized by act approved March\\n26, 1836.\\nIn 1837 an act of the Legislature (approved March 17th)\\nauthorized the laying out of a State road from the county\\nscat of Genesee to the county seat of Washtenaw County\\nIra D. Wright, Philip 11. McOmbcr, and Jesse Pinney being\\nappointed commissioners for the purpose. At the session\\nof 1839 a State road was authorized to be laid out by\\nNorman Davison, Charles C: Waldo, and Lemuel M. Part-\\nridge, commissioners, commencing at or near the county\\nseat of Genesee County, thence on the most direct and\\neligible route for a road through the townships of Atlas,\\nGroveland, Brandon, and Independence, to the village of\\nPontiac.\\nThe Northern Wagon-Road, for the construction of\\nwhich an appropriation of thirty thousand dollars was made\\nby the Legislature in 1841, will be found mentioned in the\\nsucceeding pages, in connection with tbe account of the old\\nNorthern Railroad.\\nFor several years after 1839 very little appears to have\\nbeen done in the laying out of State roads in Genesee\\nCounty. In 1844 the Legislature authorized Albert Stevens,\\nJohn Keinyan, Isaac Pennoyer, and James H. Murray,\\ncommissioners, to lay out and establish a road from Ann\\nArbor, by the way of the village of Brighton, Livingston\\nCo., Murray Mills, and the village of Flushing, in Genesee\\nCounty, to the Saginaw turnpike, at a point about fourteen\\nmiles north of the village of Flint. In 1845 a State road\\nwas authorized to run from Brighton, Livingston Co., to\\nFentonville, in Genesee, with Hervey T. Lee, Alonzo Slay-\\nton, and Elisha Holmes as commissioners to lay out and\\nestablish it. In 1848 acts were passed authorizing the es-\\ntablishment of State roads in this county as follows From\\nFlint, by way of Miller settlement, Shiawasseetown, and\\nHartwellville, to Michigan village, in Ingham County\\nfrom Fentonville to Byron, in Shiawassee County from\\nFlint, through the township of Gaines, to Byron from\\nFlint, by way of Coruniia, to the capital of the State from\\nCorunna, on the most eligible route, to the village of Flush-\\ning, in the county of Genesee and from the village of\\nFentonville, in Genesee County, to Springfield, in Oakland\\nCounty.\\nIt should be borne in mind, however, that to lay out\\nand establish a road particularly in earlier years was\\nnot equivalent to opening and making it ready for travel\\nbut that in many cases, j ears intervened between the time\\nwhen a highway was laid out by the commissioners and\\nthe time when it was made pas.sable for vehicles, and that\\nin some instances roads authorized and laid out were never\\nopened.\\nPLANK-llOADS.\\nAbout the year 1847 projects for the construction of\\nplank-roads began to come itito general favor in Jlichigan\\nand it was in that year that the first of tluse companies,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n41\\nwhose proposed route lay across any part of the territory of\\nGenesee County, was organized. This was the Pontiac\\nand Coruuna Plank- Road Company, incorporated by act\\napproved Marcli 17, 1817, with power to build a planic-\\nroad from Pontiac to Corunna, passing through the vilhigu\\nof Byron, in Shiawassee County, and crossing the soutli-\\nwcstern corner of Genesee. The cliarter commissioners\\nwere Horace C. Thurbcr, J. W. Crandall, Jairali Ililhnan,\\nGeorge C. Holiues, J. B. Bloss, Seth Beach, and William\\nAxford. The authorized capital was two hundred thousand\\ndollars. There is but little to be said of this project, beyond\\nthe fact of the incorporation.\\nThe Genesee County Plank-Road Company was in-\\ncorporated by act approved April 3, 1848, with power to\\nlay out, establish, and construct a plank-road and all neces-\\nsary buildings from the village of Flint to the south line of\\nthe township of Grand Blanc, on the Saginaw road, in the\\ncounty of Genesee, with the privilege of uniting at any\\npoint with the road of any other company. The capital\\nstock was placed at twenty-five thousand dollars, and the\\npowers of the company to continue for the term of sixty\\nyearS from the passage of the act. Jonathan Dayton,\\nCliarles D. W. Gibson, Charles C. Hascall, George H.\\nllazelton, and Henry M. Hender.son were appointed commis-\\nsioners to receive subscriptions to the stuck. This projected\\nroad was never put in operation under this name, though a\\nline was afterwards built through Grand Blane, connecting\\nFlint with the railroad line at Holly, Oakland Co.\\nThe Flint and Fentonville Plank-Road Company was\\nalso incorporated on the 3d of April, 18-18. The commis-\\nsioners were Charles C. Hascall, Benjamin Pearson, George\\nII. Hazelton, Robert Le Roy, and John Hamilton, who\\nwere empowered to receive subscriptions to the capital\\nstock, which was authorized to the amount of twenty-five\\nthousand dollars. Power was conferred on the company\\nto lay out, establish, and construct a plank-road and all\\nnecessary buildings from the village of Flint to the village\\nof Fentonville, on the line of the State road between the\\n.said villages; the act of incorporation to remain in force\\nfor the term of sixty years from the date of its passage.\\nThere was a considerable delay in the organization of the\\ncompany the subscriptions to the stock not being com-\\npleted until the year 1851 and a still further delay in the\\nconstruction of the road but it was finally completed, and\\njirovcd a great benefit to the public. Its charter was re-\\npealed by act of Legislature in 1871, and the taking of toll\\nw:us discontinued over its entire length in 1872. Since the\\ndecay and removal of the planking the road has been\\ngraveled over a good portion of its extent.\\nThe Saginaw and Genesee Plank-Road Company was\\nincorporated by act api)roved March 8, 1850, granting to\\nthat company the power to lay out, establish, and con-\\nstruct a plank-road, with all necessary buildings, from any\\npoint in the village of Flint, Genesee Co., on the most\\neligible route to the Saginaw River, with a branch to each\\ni crry in Saginaw City, in Saginaw County, with the privi-\\nlege of a branch to Cass River, in Tuscola County, the\\ncharter to continue and be in force for sixty years from the\\npassage of the act, but under the usual conditions. James\\nFrazicr and Nunnan Jjitlle, of Saginaw, and Ivlward II.\\nG\\nThomson, of Flint, were appointed commissioners to re-\\nceive sub.scriptions to the capital stock, which was author-\\nized to the amouut of one hundred thousand dollars.\\nWork was commenced on both ends of the route in No-\\nvember, 185t), and the road was completed in 1852. It\\nproved to be of immense advantage to the public, and a\\ngood investment for the stockholders, during the ten j cars\\nwhich elapsed before it was superseded by the opening of\\nthe Flint and P6rc Marquette Railroad, between Flint and\\nEast Saginaw.\\nThe Oakland and Genesee Plank-lload Company be-\\ncame incorporated (under the general plank-road law of\\n1851) in Januar} 1852. Its corporators and first board\\nof directors were Nelson W. Clark, Enos Goodrich, Amos\\nOrton, Elbridge G. Gale, William L. Norrin, D. C. Davi-\\nson, and William H. Putnam. Its object was to connect\\nthe village of Flint with Pontiac, by a plank-road to pju^s\\nthrough the townships of Grand Blanc and Atlas. A\\nmeeting to promote the objects of the company was held\\nat Goodricbville, Jan. 31, 1852, and it was reported that\\nat this meeting the whole amount of stock wa.s subscribed.\\nThis was at the time when the jilank-road fever was at its\\nheight throughout the State, as is shown by the following\\nextract from the Genesee Whi ff of February 28th, in that\\nyear We cannot take up a Michigan paper these days in\\nwhich the plank-roads do not form the subject of the lead-\\ning articles. While all are thus alive to the momentous\\ninterests involved in these projects, we must help to keep\\nthe ball moving, or else fall behind the times. But not-\\nwithstanding the general enthusiasm on the subject, and\\nthe prompt action of the people of the two southe;istern\\ntowns, they never realized the accomplishment of their\\nobject.\\nThe connection of Flint with the railway-station at\\nHolly, by plank-road, was accomplished by a company\\norganized, under the general law, Feb. 11, 1854, for the\\npurpo.se of building a plank-road from Grand Blanc to\\nAlgcrville [now Holly], to connect with the Oakland and\\nOttawa Railroad at that place. The road was built, and\\nresulted in great advantage to the county of Genesee,\\nthough not to the stockholders. The stage-coaches to and\\nfrom Flint, connecting with the Detroit and Milwaukee\\nRailroad, passed over this line, and a-s early as 1858 trans-\\nported more than fifteen thousand passengers in the year,\\nwhich was afterwards increa.scd to five times that number\\nin a single year. The usefulness of this line may be said\\nto have ended with the opening of the Flint and Holly\\nRailroad, in 1804.\\niniO,JECTS FOR THE NAVIGATION OF FLINT RIVEll.\\nThe question of the practicability of rendering the Flint\\nRiver navigable for boats of light draft of water began to\\nbe discu.?.sed at an early day, before any railroad company\\nhad been chartered in Michigan, and before the construc-\\ntion of jilank-roads had been commenced or thought of.\\nAt just how early a date this navigation project was first\\nconceived docs not appear, but that it had assumed definite\\nform as early as the year 183!) is shown by the fact that\\non the 2()th of Ajiril, in that year, the Governor of .Michi-\\n^an ajpiinivcd an act to incorjwratc the Genesee and Sagi-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nnaw Navigation Company, with a capital of one hundred\\nthousand dollars, and with power and authority to enter\\nujion the river Flint, and upon the lands upon either side,\\nand to form and make, erect and set up, any dams,\\nlocks, or any other device whatsoever, which they may\\nthink most fit and convenient to make a complete slack-\\nwater navigation between the points herein mentioned, to\\nwit from the village of Flint, situate on the river Flint,\\nin Genesee County, down said river to some point on sec-\\ntion No. 35 or 36, in township No. 11, north of range No.\\n4 east.* And also to survey, establish, and construct a\\ncanal from said last-mentioned point on the river Flint, on\\nthe most direct and eligible route to the river Cass, with all\\nthe locks, aqueducts, culverts, bridges, and embankments\\nwhich they may deem necessary or convenient. The locks\\nshall be of sufficient width and length to admit a safe and\\neasy passage for steamboats, barges, and other craft up, as\\nwell as down, said river and canal. The water-power cre-\\nated by the construction of the dams and canal was to bo\\nthe property of the company, but the right was reserved to\\nthe State to purchase at any time the canal between the\\nFlint and Cass Rivers, at a price not exceeding its cost,\\nwith an addition of ten per cent. The work was required\\nto be commenced within two years, and to be finished within\\nfive years of the passage of the act, under penalty of for-\\nfeiture by the company of the powers and privileges con-\\nI erred by the act of incorporation. The charter commis-\\nsioners named in the act were Gardner D. Williams,\\nEphraim S. Williams, Perry G. Gardner, James Frazier,\\nNorman Little, W. L P. Little, Thomas J. Drake, Benja-\\nmin Pearson, Robert F. Stage, Wait Beach, Charles C.\\nHascall, and Thomas L. L. Brent. Subscription books to\\nbe opened at Flint and Saginaw City for the space of three\\ndays, after thirty days notice.\\nThis work of improvement not having been completed, or\\neven commenced as required by the law, an act was passed\\nby the Legislature (approved March G, 1S44) appropriating\\nfive thousand acres of the internal improvement lands of the\\nState for the purpose of clearing the flood-wood from, and\\notherwise improving the navigation of the Flint lliver from\\nthe village of Flint to the Saginaw River, and authorizing\\nu canal to be cut around the drift-wood in case the commis-\\nsioner, upon examination, should consider such a plan to be\\nmost expedient.\\nWhat amount of work if any was done under this ap-\\npropriation does not appear, but it is evident that the river\\nwas not made navigable, for, in 184G, an act was passed\\n(approved May 15) incorporating The Flint and Sagi-\\nnaw Navigation Company, with an authorized capital of\\nfifty thousand dollars, and with powers nearly identical with\\nthose conferred on the old Genesee and Saginaw Navigation\\nCompany of 1839. The purposes for which this company\\nwas incorporated were, however, somewhat different, being\\nas set forth in the act to make a complete slack-water\\nnavigation from the village of Flint, in the county of Gen-\\nesee, to and down said river, to a point where the Flint\\nRiver intersects the Shiawassee River, with locks of suffi-\\ncient size to afford easy passage for steamboats, barges,\\nThis is tho present to\u00c2\u00abu.shi|i of Piauldng, iu Sagiuaw County.\\nand other craft up, as well as down, said river. The old\\nproject of the canal to connect the Flint with the Cass\\nRiver was not included in the plan of the new company.\\nOne-third part of the work was required to be completed\\nwithin three years, and the whole in ten years from the date\\nof incorporation. The commLssioneis to have charge of sub-\\nscriptions and organize the company were Chaunccy S.\\nS. Payne, George M. Dewey, Eugene Vandeventer, James\\nFraser, Henry M. Henderson, Porter Hazelton, Ezekiel R.\\nEwings, James B. Walker, Joseph K. Rugg, Elijah N. Da-\\nvenport, Nelson Smith, and William McDonald. In 1848\\nthe charter of the company was amended, to authorize the\\ncutting of a canal across from the Flint to the Cass River,\\nand also extending the time for the completion of the work\\nto the year 1859.\\nThe drift of public opinion about that time as to the\\nfeasibility of navigating the Flint River, by steam and\\notherwise, is shown by the following extract from the Flint\\nRrpuhlicaii newspaper of May 29, 1847\\nThe River. There seems to be a full determination\\non the part of our citizens to improve the navigation of the\\nFlint River, so as to make it safe and easy for the pas-^age\\nof boats of a moderate class. Negotiations are pending\\nlikely to result in the construction of a steamboat of light\\ndraught to ply between this place and Sagiuaw. All\\nclasses of our population, and particularly the lumbermen\\nand farmers, are greatly interested in the success of this\\nproject, and the local price of all marketable articles will\\nbe thereby greatly enhanced.\\nIn 1850 an act was passed by the Legislature (approved\\nApril 2) providing That the rates of tolls the Flint\\nand Saginaw Navigation Company are by law entitled to\\nreceive shall be as follows On flour, salted beef and pork,\\nbutter and cheese, whisky, beer, and cider per one thousand\\npounds per mile, eight mills on salt per one thousand\\npounds per mile, five mills on pot and pearl ashes per one\\nthousand pounds per mile, ten mills timber, squared and\\nround, if carried in boats, per one hundred cubic feet, two\\nmills per mile timber, squared, if carried in rafts, per one\\nhundred cubic feet, three mills per mile; timber, round, if\\ncarried in rafts, per one thousand cubic feet per mile, five\\nmills, etc. enumerating also the prices to be charged by\\nthe company on sawed lumber, in boats or rafts, staves and\\nheading, shingles, and other articles, and on boats used\\nchiefly for the transportation of persons, per mile, seven\\ncents and on boats used chiefly for the transportation of\\nproperty, per mile, three cents.\\nIn a file of the Genesee Whig is found the announce-\\nment of the departure of the First Scow on Flint River,\\nfrom Flint for Flushing, March 26, 1850; and the Wliij\\nthereupon indulges in a prophecy as to the favorable influ-\\nence this opening of navigation is to exert on the future of\\nFlint River and Flint village. And in its issue of March\\n27, 1852, the Whig, under the head of Port of Flint-\\nArrivals and Departures, notices the clearance of the\\nScow Kate Hayes, Capt. Charles Mather. The destina-\\ntion of the Kate Hayes is not mentioned, and as her\\nlog-book has not been found, no account of her voyage\\ndown the river can be given. These were the latest, or\\namong the latest, attempts to navigate the Flint River, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n43\\nthe company which had been incorporated for that purpose\\nnever accoinpHslied any of the objects for which it had been\\nvested with powers by the several legislative acts above\\nmentioned. Probably the completion of the planlc-rnad be-\\ntween Flint and East Sa:;ina\\\\v about that time tauglit the\\npeople that, after all, a smooth and solid road offered ad-\\nvantages for the transportation, either of pa.sscngcrs or\\nheavy merchandise, far preferable to boating through drift-\\nwood along the tortuous course of the Flint during a part\\nof the year, and subject to dangers from floods, as well as\\ninterruption and protracted delay in the sca.son of low\\nwater. But whatever may have been the cause, it is cer-\\ntain that the navigation project was abandoned definitely\\nand forever.\\nNORTHERN RAILROAD AND OTHER PROJECTS NORTH-\\nERN WAGON-ROAD.\\nIramediatel} after the organization of the State govern-\\nment of Michigan, and before her admi.ssioii into the Fed-\\neral Union, measures were originated looking to the adop-\\ntion, bj the State, of a comprehensive system of internal\\nimprovements; and, in pureuance of this plan, the Legis-\\nlature, at the session of 1837, pa.ssed an act (approved\\nMarch 20th in that year) to provide for the construction\\nof certain works of internal improvement, and fur other\\npurposes, by which tlie board of commissioners of internal\\nimprovements in the State were authorized and directed,\\nas soon as may be, to cause surveys to be made for three\\nseveral railroad routes across the peninsula of Michigan\\nthe first of said routes to commence at Detroit, in the\\ncounty of Wayne, and to terminate at the mouth of the\\nSt. Joseph River, in the county of Berrien, to be denomi-\\nnated the Central Railroad. The second of said routes to\\ncommence at the navigable waters of the river Raisin, pa-ss^\\ning through the village of Monroe, in the county of Mon-\\nroe, to terminate at New Buffalo, in Berrien County, and\\nto be denominated the Southern Railroad. The third of\\nsaid routes to commence at Palmer, or at or near the mouth\\nof Black River, in the county of St. Clair, and to terminate\\nat the navigable waters of tlie Grand River, in the county\\nof Kent, or on Lake Michigan, in the county of Ottawa,\\nto be denominated the Northern Railroad which roads\\nshall be located on the most eligible and direct routes\\nbetween the termini above mentioned.\\nThe fourth section of the act provided That the sum\\nof five hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same\\nis hereby appropriated, to be taken from any moneys which\\nshall hereafter come into the treasury of this State to the\\ncredit of the fund for internal ini])rovemeiit, for the survey\\nand making of the three railroads mentioned in the first\\nsection of this act^ as follows for the Southern Railroad,\\nthe sura of one hundred thousand dollars for the Central\\nRailroad, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars; and\\nfor the Northern Railroad, the sum of fifty thousand\\ndollars.\\nUnder the authority conferred by this act the commis-\\nsioners caused the surveys to be made without unnecessary\\ndelay. The routes thus surveyed for the Central Rail-\\nroad and the Southern Railroad were (excepting the\\nwestern portions) substantially the same as those of the\\nMichigan Central and Michigan Southern roads of the\\npresent. The Northern Railroad route was surveyed\\nand located to run from the St. Clair River, through the\\ncentre of GeiiRsoe County; thence to Lyons, in Ionia\\nCounty, and from there westward to Lake Michigan, at the\\nmouth of Grand River, a distance of two hundred and one\\nmiles. This was the first survey made for railroad purpo.ses\\nin the county of Genasee; though a preliminary survey\\nwas made very .soon after for The Saginaw and Genesee\\nRailroad Company, which was incorporated by act ap-\\nproved ^Llrc\u00e2\u0080\u00a2h 22, 1837, with authority to construct a rail-\\nroad with a single or double track from the Saginaw River\\nat Saginaw City, to intersect the Northern Railroad (from\\nthe St. Clair River to Grand River) at such point as they\\nmay deem practicable in the county of Genesee, with power\\nto transport, take and carry persons and property upon the\\nsame by the power and force of steam or animals, or of any\\nmechanical or other power or combination of them. For\\nthe prosecution of this last-named enterpri.se, Gardner D.\\nWilliams, Norman Little, Robert F. Stage, Perry G. Gard-\\nner, and Pjlijah N. Davenport were appointed by the act\\ncommissioners to receive sub.scriptions to the capital stock\\nof the corporation, which was to be four hundred thou.sand\\ndollars. The road was, by the terms of the act, required\\nto be commenced within one year, a section of twenty-five\\nmiles to be completed in two and a half years, and the\\nwhole line to be finished within si.^ years from the passage\\nof the act, under penalty of forfeiture of the privileges\\nand franchises granted by the charter. By an act amenda-\\ntory to the above, the time was extended to five years for\\nthe completion of the twenty-five miles, and to eight years\\nfor the completion of the whole road both these periods\\nto date from the passage of the amendatory act, which was\\napproved April 20, 1839. But notwithstanding this and\\nother extensions of the powers and privileges originally\\ngranted to the Saginaw and Genesee Railroad Company,\\nthey never completed their road, or carried the work beyond\\nthe preliminary surveys.\\nTo return to the State project of the Northern Rail-\\nroad, the prosecution of the work was placed by the board\\nin the hands of commis.sioner James B. Hunt, who eau.scd\\nthe survey to be made as we have seen, and under whom\\nestimates and specifications were made and other prelim-\\ninary steps were taken, and contracts were let at several\\npoints between the eastern terminus and Lyons, Ionia\\nCo. among these being a contract to the amount of\\ntwenty thousand dollars, made with Gen. Charles C. Ilas-\\ncall, of Flint River, for the construction of the road in\\nGenesee County, including the bridging of the Thread\\nRiver, near its junction with the Flint, and fur .some heavy\\nembankment work near the same point which work, or a\\ngreat part of it, was performed by the contractor, and paid\\nfor from the appropriation. This was done in 1838 and\\n1839.\\nAfter the first appropriation, others were made by the\\nState in aid of the Northern Railroad, amounting in all to\\nabout one hundred and thirty thousjind dollars the last of\\nthese being to the amount of forty thousand dollars, made\\nby act of liCgislaturo approved April 20, 1839. Soon after\\nthis the financial embarrassments of the State caused a", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "44\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nfeelinc: to spring up among the people and their representa-\\ntives that the adoption of so extensive a plan of internal\\nimprovements had been premature, to say the least, and the\\nresult of this growing sentiment was the restriction of ap-\\npropriations to such works as did, or could easily be made\\nto, return the interest on their cost. Accordingly, further\\naid was withheld, except to the central and southern lines\\n(then in partial operation), and finally, in 1841, all idea of\\nthe construction of the Northern Railroad as a State\\nwork was abandoned, and the Legislature passed an act\\nrelative to the appropriation upon the Northern Railroad\\n(approved April 2, 1841 which recited in its preamble\\nthat it is thought impolitic under tlie present embarrass-\\nments of the State to make, at present, further expenditures\\non said road for the purpose of a railroad that a large\\namount has been expended in chopping, grubbing, and\\nclearing said road, which, if left in its present condition,\\ncan be of no interest to the people of the north and that\\nit is the united wish and request of the people in the\\nvicinity of said road that the same should, for the present,\\nbe converted into a turnpike- or wagon-road, and thus open\\nan important thoroughfare through the centre of the tier\\nof counties through which the said road passes, and thereby\\nrender the money heretofore expended on said road availa-\\nble to the best interests (under existing circumstances) to\\nthe people in the northern section of the State. It was\\ntherefore enacted that the commissioners of internal im-\\nprovement be directed to expend thirty thousand dollars of\\nthe unexpended balance of the moneys which had been\\nappropriated for the Northern Railroad for bridging, clear-\\ning, and grading said road, or so much of it as the said\\ncommissioners shall judge will be most beneficial to the\\ninhabitants and public in the section of country through\\nwhich the same passes, so as to make a good passable\\nwagon-road.\\nIn 1843 the railroad project was formally razeed by\\nan act of Legislature (approved March 9tli in that year)\\nto authorize the construction of a Wagon-Road on the line\\nof the Northern Railroad, and ordering the application\\nand appropriation, for that purpose, of all the non-resident\\nhighway taxes for a distance of three miles on cither side\\nof the line, to be expended under the superintendence of a\\nspecial commi.ssioner to be appointed for each of the counties\\nof St. Clair, Lapeer, Genesee, Shiawas.see, Clinton, and Ionia.\\nThe commissioner appointed to carry into effect the provi-\\nsions of this act upon that part of the line lying within\\nGenesee County was Gen. Charles C. Hascall. The act\\nwas repealed in 184(3, but in the following year another act\\nwas passed (approved April 3, 1848) to provide for the\\nconstruction and improvement of the Northern Wagon-\\nRoad from Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair, through\\nthe counties of Lapeer and Genesee to Corunna, in the\\ncounty of Shiawassee, and appropriating twenty thousand\\nacres of internal improvement lands for the purpose. To\\ncarry its provisions into effect the Governor of the State\\nwas authorized to appoint a special commissioner, and he\\ndid so appoint to that position the Hon. Alvin N. Hart, of\\nLapeer, for that part of the work lying east of Shiawassee\\nCounty. Still another act was pa.s.sed in 1849 providing\\nfor a re-location of the road.\\nThe result of all the laws passed and appropriations made\\nfor the construction of the Northern Railroad and Northern\\nWagon-Road was (as concerning the county of Genesee)\\nthe cutting out and grubbing of the greater part of the line\\nbetween Flint River village and Lapeer County, and the\\nbuilding of an indifferent road over about one-third part of\\nthis distance, a result which never proved to be of much\\npractical advantfige to the county.\\nBut in the mean time a company (the Port Huron and\\nLake IMichigan Railroad Company, which will be men-\\ntioned more at length in its appropriate place in this his-\\ntory) had been formed and incorporated, having for its\\nobject the construction and completion of a railroad across\\nthe peninsula from the St. Clair River to Lake Michigan,\\nas originally contemplated and attempted by the State; an\\nobject which was only partially accomplished by the com-\\npany after nearly a quarter of a century of disheartening\\nvicissitude and discouragement.\\nDETROIT AND MILWAUKEE RAILROAD.\\nThe first railway line which was built and completed to\\nany point within the boundaries of the county of Genesee\\nwas the Detroit and Milwaukee, now the Detroit, Grand\\nHaven and Milwaukee Railroad and it was ahso over the\\neastern link of this line, which then terminated in Oak-\\nland, that the people of this county enjoyed their earliest\\nrailway facilities, by moans of the stage-lines running from\\nFlint, and connecting with it at its several termini, first at\\nRoyal Oak, and then succe.ssively at Birmingham and Pon-\\ntiac. For this reason it seems proper that the building and\\nopening of that part of the line should bo briefly mentioned\\nhere, though it was an Oakland and not a Genesee County\\nenterprise.\\nThe project of constructing a railroad from Detroit to\\nPontiac was agitated in Oakland as early as the spring of\\n1830, and an act incorporating the Pontiac and Detroit\\nRailway Company was passed by the Legislative Council\\nof the Territory, and approved by Governor Cass, on the\\n31st of July in the year named, this being the first railway\\ncompany ever chartered in Michigan. The corporators\\nwere John P. Helfenstein, Gideon 0. Whittemore, William\\nF. Mosely, William Thompson, Hervey Parke, and such\\nother persons as shall associate for the purpose of making a\\ngood and sufficient railway from Pontiac to the city of De-\\ntroit, the stock of the company to consist of one thousand\\nshares, at one hundred dollars each. This company, how-\\never, found the project to be too heavy for the means\\nwhich they could command, and their charter became void\\nby reason of their failure to comply with its conditions.\\nA second company was formed, and an act granting a\\nnew charter was passed by the Territorial Legislature, and\\napproved by the Governor, March 7, 1834. Under this\\nact, William Draper, Daniel Le Roy, David Stanard, John-\\nson Niles, Seneca Newberry, Elisha Beach, Benj. Phelps,\\nJoseph Niles, Jr., and Augustus C. Stephens were appointed\\ncommissioners to receive subscriptions to the stock of The\\nDetroit and Pontiac Railroad Company, the amount of\\nwhich was fixed at fifty thousand dollars. The work was\\nto be commenced within two years from the passage of the\\nact, and completed within six years, the charter to be for-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n45\\nfeited by failure to comply with these conditions. Tiie\\nprincipal stockholders were Alfred Williams and Sherman\\nStevens, of Pontiac, who were also managers of the aflFairs\\nof the company; but these \u00e2\u0096\u00a0gentlemen gave so much of\\ntheir attention to banking, and other financial operations,\\ntliat very slow progress was made in the construction of the\\nroad, and it was not until the fall of 1S38 or spring of\\n1839 that a track (which even then was composed of wooden\\nrails for a part of the distance) was completed as far as\\nRoyal Oak, and trains made up of cars of the most inferior\\ndescription were run from Detroit to that point by horse-\\npower. In the fall of 1839 the road was extended so that\\nthe trains ran to Birmingham, and steam was introduced as\\na motive-power for their propulsion. At that time (Sep-\\ntember, 1839) wo find in the Flint River Guzrlte the ad-\\nvertisement of Henry J. Buckley, agent and conductor,\\ninforming the public that the trains were then running two\\ntrips a day between Detroit and Birmingham, and making\\nconnection at the latter jilace with a daily lino of post-\\ncoaclW for Pontiac and Flint, and a semi-weekly line for\\nOrand River. In 1840, the company being heavily in\\ndebt and without means of payment, the road was sold at\\nsherifT s sale, and passed into the hands of Dean Richmond,\\nof Buffalo, and other capitalists of the State of New York.\\nThen followed another period of delay and di.scouragement,\\nbut finally, in the year 1843, the road was completed to\\nPontiac, which for more than ten years continued to be the\\nwestern terminus, and the point of connection with the stage-\\nlines running to Flint and Saginaw.\\nThis road, in the early years of its existence, was made\\nthe subject of unmeasured ridicule on account of tlie poverty\\nof the compan} the rough and superficial manner in which\\nthe line was constructed, the poor quality of its carriages\\nand machinery, and the exceedingly slow and irregular time\\nmade by the trains between Pontiac and Detroit. From\\nan article which appeared in the Detroit I ost a few years\\nsince, containing some reminiscences of pioneer railway\\ntravel, the following having reference to the Pontiac line\\nis extracted\\nTrains would frequently stop between way stations at a\\nsignal from some farmer who wished to ask a few questions,\\nor to take passage. An old lady denizen of a farmhouse,\\nwith spectacles of a primitive manufiicture placed high\\nupon her forehead, came running out to the train, waving\\nher bandanna. Her signal being heeded, the train was\\nbrought to a stop, and her inquiry of the conductor was, if\\na certain lawyer named Drake was on board. After re-\\nceiving a negative answer, a short conversation was kept up\\nbefore the train started on its journey. It was no uncom-\\nm(m occurrence for the engineer, who kept his shot-gun\\nwith him, to bring down game from his engine, shut oiF\\nsteam, and send his fireman after the fruits of his marks-\\nmanship. The road being laid with strap rail, one of the\\nduties of the conductor was to keep a liamnier for the pur-\\npose of spiking down snake-heads whenever they were\\nseen from the cab of the engineer. There are, doubtless,\\nmany citizens of Genesee County who will recollect their\\njourneyings from Pontiac to Detroit in tho.se days, and rec-\\nognize the above as a truthful dcscrijition.\\nSome time after the complclion of the line to Pontiac it\\nwas leased to Gurdon Williams for a period of ten years, at\\na graduated annual rental, averaging about ten thousand\\ndollars a year but the lease was purchased or relinquished\\nbefore its expiration, and the road came into the possession\\nof a company, of which II. N. Walker, Es(|., was made\\nthe president. Under his administration a sufficient amount\\nof money was raised on the bonds of the road to relay the\\ntrack and place it in a good condition for traffic.\\nFor the purpose of forming a railroad connection between\\nthe western terminus of the Detroit and Pontiac road and\\nLake Michigan at or near the mouth of Grand River, and\\nthence, by steamers with Milwaukee, the Oakland and Ot-\\ntawa Railroad Company was formed and incorporated by\\nact of Legislature approved April 3, 1848. The persons\\nappointed as commissioners to receive subscriptions to the\\ncapital stock (which was fixed at two million five hun-\\ndred thousand dollars) were Gurdon Williams, Edward A.\\nBrush, H. C. Thurber, Alfred Williams, Bowman W.\\nDennis, John Hamilton, C. P. Bush, W. A. Richmond,\\nand Charles Shepard. The company was empowered by\\nthe act to construct a railroad with a double ov single\\ntrack from the village of Pontiac, in the county of Oakland,\\nto Lake Michigan, in the county of Ottawa, passing through\\nthe most desirable and eligible route, by the way of Fen-\\ntonvillc, and was required to begin its construction within\\nfive years, and to complete it within fifteen years, from the\\npassage of the act.\\nWork was commenced on this line in the year 185:3, and\\nin the following year 11. N. Walker (who was a leading\\nspirit in this, as well as in the Pontiac road) purchased in\\nEngland twenty-six hundred tons of iron, which was esti-\\nmated to be sufficient to lay the track through to Fenton-\\nville. But further delays intervened, and it was not until\\nfour years after the commencement of work upon the line\\nthat the first locomotive rolled over the completed track\\ninto Genesee County.\\nOn the 13th of February, 1855, the Oakland and Ottawa\\nand the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad interests were consol-\\nidated, under the name of the Detroit and Milwaukee\\nRailway. During the same year the road was completed\\nfrom Pontiac to Holly, and the company s agents in Europe\\nnegotiated a loan of one and a quarter millions of dollars,\\nby the aid of which the work was pu.shcd forward with\\nvigor, and the road fini.shed to Fentonville in 1851). The\\ncounty now, for the first time, enjoyed the advant^ige of a\\nrailroad line within her own borders, but the expected\\nbranch from Fentonville to Flint was never built, and the\\npeople of the city and the northern parts of the county\\nhad still to depend on the stage-lines connecting with the\\nrailway.\\nIn September, 1857, the railroad was completed to Ionia,\\nand in one year from that time it was opened to Grand\\nHaven.\\nIn April, 1860, the foreclosure of the mortgage by the\\nbondholders placed the road in the hands of a receiver,\\nthe Hon. C. J. Brydges. Since that time its affairs\\nhave gradually become more prosperous, and it now ranks\\nwith the important railway lines of the State. The stations\\non this road within the county of Genesee are Feuton\\nliiiuloii, and Gaines.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nFLINT AND PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY.\\nThe .second line which was completed and put in opera-\\ntion in Genesee, and the first to enter the city of Flint, was\\nthe Flint and Pore Mar(|uette Railway. The company pro-\\nposing the construction of this road was organized at Flint\\non the 21st of January, 1857, under the provisions of the\\ngeneral railroad law of 1855. The capital stock of the\\ncompany was fixed at five million five hundred thousand\\ndollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, the\\ncorporation to continue for the period of five hundred\\nyears. The formation of the company was declared, in the\\narticles of association, to be for the purpose of construct-\\ning, operating, and maintaining a railroad within tlie State.\\nThe said railway is to be constructed from the city\\nof Flint, county of Genesee, passing northerly and westerly\\nthrough the counties of Genesee, Saginaw, Midland, Glad-\\nwin, Clare, Osceola, Lake, and Mason, to Pere Marquette\\n[now Ludington], on Lake Michigan, a distance of one\\nhundred and seventy miles, as nearly as we can now deter-\\nmine, which is to bo the length of said railway.\\nThe names of the original subscribers to the stock, and\\nwho were also signers of the articles of association, were\\nas follows George M. Dewey, Benjamin Pearson, Alvin\\nT. Crosman, Daniel D. Dewey, Josiah Pratt, Theodore G.\\nMills, C. Roosevelt, Artemas Thayer, H. W. Wood, James\\nHenderson, R. D. Lamond, Alexander McFarlan, E. N.\\nPettee, E. H. McQuigg, Charles B Higgins, R. Bishop,\\nE. F. Frary, M. Miles, Giles Bishop, A. B. Witherbee,\\nGeorge W. Fish, H. C. Walker, H. M. Henderson, T. C.\\nMeigs, Chauncey K. Williams, Charles E. Dewey, William\\nPatterson, G. R. Cummings.\\nThe first board of directors of the corporation were\\nPresident, George M. Dewey Henry M. Henderson, Ben-\\njamin Pearson, Artemas Thayer, Robert D. Lamond, Cor-\\nnelius Roosevelt, William Patterson, Alvin T. Crosman,\\nJosiah Pratt, all of Flint.\\nThe persons who were appointed commissioners to re-\\nceive subscriptions to the capital stock were Benjamin\\nPearson, Alvin T. Crosman, and Daniel D. Dewey, and to\\nthese tlie names of Robert D. Lamond and Josiah Pratt\\nwere afterwards added.\\nIn 185G the Congress of the United States had passed\\nan act (approved June 3d, in that year) providing that\\nthere be, and hereby is, granted to the State of Micliigan\\nto aid in the construction of railroads from Little Bay de\\nNoquet to Marquette, and thence to Ontonagon, and from\\nthe two last-named places to the Wisconsin State line;\\nalso from Aniboy, by Hillsdale and Lansing, and from\\nGrand Rapids to some point on or near Traverse Bay\\nalso from Grand Haven and Pere Marquette to Flint, and\\nthence to Port Huron ^every alternate section of land,\\ndesignated by odd numbers, for six sections in width, on\\neach side of each of said roads. Where such odd-num-\\nbered sections had already been sold by the United States,\\nor pre-empted, then the deficiency to be made good by\\nselections of a like number of alternate sections of land\\nowned by the government outside of the six tiers of sec-\\ntions but in no case to be farther than fifteen miles from\\nthe lines of the proposed roads.\\nBy an act of the liOgislature of Michigan, approved\\nFeb. 14, 1857, the State accepted the grant of lands from\\nthe United States, with the terms and conditions imposed\\nand by the same act the title to that portion of the lands\\nintended by Congress to be given in aid of the construction\\nof the Flint and P6re Marquette line was vested in that\\ncompany, under certain conditions, among which were\\nthese that the proceeds of the lands were to be exclu-\\nsively applied in the construction of the road, and to no\\nother purposes whatsoever; that the road, when completed,\\nshould, in all respects and all its parts, be a first-class\\nrailroad, and the rail thereof be the T or continuous\\nrail also that after the completion of twenty miles of its\\nrailroad, and after the Governor shall have certified to the\\nSecretary of tlie Interior that such twenty continuous\\nmiles of its road are so completed, then, and not before,\\nsaid company may sell sixty sections of land included\\nwithin any continuous twenty miles of its line of road\\nand, in like manner, upon the completion of each other\\ntwenty continuous miles, it may sell other sixty sections\\nand so on, ft-om time to time, until the whole of its road\\nis completed and after the full and final completion of the\\nentire length of its road, and the acceptance of the same\\nby the board of control* herein provided, then the com-\\npany may sell tlie remainder of the lands hereby invested\\nin accordance with the act of Congress, and not before.\\nThe company was also required by the act to survey\\nand locate its road on or before the first day of the (then)\\nnext December, and to complete and put in good running\\norder at least twenty continuous miles of road during each\\nyear from and after that time, and to finish the entire,\\nlength of the road within seven years from the 15th day\\nof November, 1857.\\nTiic lands thus donated to the company amounted to sis\\nhundred and sixty-two thousand four hundred acres, or one\\nhundred and twenty sections for each twenty-mile section\\nof road so that under the above condition they were pro-\\nhibited from selling more than one-half their lands until\\nthe whole line should be completed and accepted by the\\nboard of control. But in February, 1859, the Legislature\\npassed an act amending the above, by striking out the word\\nsixty, and inserting in its place the words one hundred\\nand twenty thus autliorizing the company, upon the com-\\npletion of each twenty-mile section of road, to sell the\\nentire amount of lands due upon such completed section.\\nAn amendatory act was also passed extending the time for\\nthe completion of the first twenty miles from Dec. 1, 1858,\\nto Dec. 1, 1859.\\nThe land-grant having been duly accepted by the com-\\npany on the terms and conditions imposed by the Legisla-\\nture, and local subscriptions to the stock having been\\nsecured to the amount required by law, the survey was\\ncommenced under direction of George T. Clark, chief\\nengineer of the road, at the opening of the spring of 1857,\\nand was pushed so vigorously that the location of the route\\nwas made and accepted by the board of directors in the\\nfollowing August. This location of the route dift ered\\nmaterially from tliat originally contemplated, as it passed\\nThe bjiirJ of control constituted by this act consisted of tlio\\nGovernor of the State (cj- nj^.riu) and six commissioners, to he nomi-\\nnated hy the Oovcrnor and confirmed by the Senate.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n47\\nentirely to the south of the county of Gladwin, but\\ntravoi-sod Isabella and Jlccosta, which were not touched-by\\nthe preliminary survey. Subsefjuently the route was a^ain\\nchanged so as to pass wholly to the north of these two\\ncounties.\\nOn account of the financial depression of 1857 nothing\\nwas done towards the construction of the road during that\\nj car, but in the fall of 1858 the contractors, Messrs. Paul\\nFarwell Co., commenced work near Bridgeport Centre,\\nand at the close of the year one-third of the line between\\nFlint and Saginaw had been cleared, and about three miles\\ngraded ready for ironing.\\nOn the 31st of March, 1859, resolutions were adopted\\nauthorizing the i.s.sue of the bonds of the company to the\\naggregate amount of five million five hundred thousand dol-\\nlars, for the purpose of raising funds from time to time\\nfor the construction and completion of the railway of this\\ncompany from Pere Marquette to Flint; the said bonds\\nto be secured by a trust deed to Myron H. Clark and Shep-\\nherd Knapp, of New York, and James M. Edmunds, of\\nDetroit, as trustees of the property of the company, includ-\\ning their interest, actual and prospective, in five hundred\\nand fifty thousand acres of the lands granted by Congress.\\nThe deed was executed by the president and secretary on\\nbehalf of the company, at the date above named. Under\\nthis mortgage, successive issues of the company s construc-\\ntion bonds were made on the several sections as the work\\nprogressed the first issue being made in April, ISUO.\\nIn October, 1859, thirteen miles of tlie road-bed was\\nfinished, and the remainder of the line between Flint and\\nSaginaw was nearly ready for the iron. Eight miles of the\\ncompleted grade south from East Saginaw had been laid\\nwith iron from the Wyandotte Rolling-Milis, and on this\\nportion a construction-train had been put in operation.\\nFrom this time until the following July operations were\\nsuspended. The time had expired (December 1st) in which\\nthe firet twenty-mile section was to be completed by the con-\\nditions of the act which conferred the lands, and apprehen-\\nsions were felt that a forfeiture would be declared by the\\nState. But on a.ssurances from the Governor and other\\ninfluential officers and citizens of the State that no advan-\\ntage would be taken of the company s misfortune, if the\\nenterprise was continued and prosecuted in good faith, the\\ncontractors were induced to resume operations in July,\\nIBljO, as above mentioned, though tiic work proceeded but\\nslowly.\\nThe completed track was extended soutliward into Gene-\\nsee County, and reached Pine Hun during ISlJl. On the\\n20th of January, 1862, the road was regularly opened for\\ntraffic to Mount Morris, where connection was made with\\nits trains by the stages of Boss, Burrcll Co. At this\\ntime the announcement was made that the company had a\\nsufficient amount of iron on hand to complete the line from\\nthis point to its southern terminus.\\nThe formal opening of the finished line from Saginaw to\\nFlint was celebrated on Monday, Dec. 8, 1802, and was the\\noccasion of unmeasured rejoicing in tiie city, terminating\\nin an entertainment at the Carlton House in honor of the\\nauspicious event.\\nThe officers of the company at that time (elected Dec. 5,\\n1862) were: Directors Eber B. Ward, of Detroit, Presi-\\ndent; Charles A. Trowbridge, Henry H. Fish, Palmer V.\\nKellogg, of Utica, N. Y. Henry Hobbs, Charles B. Mott,\\nEast Saginaw Benjamin Pierson, Alfred J. Boss, Flint\\nMorgan L. Drake, of Pontiac Treasurer, Wm. H. Bron-\\nson Secretar} Morgan L. Drake.\\nTHE FLINT A.ND HOLLY LI.NK IN TIIE FLINT AND PERE\\nMARQUETTE LINE.\\nFrom the time when the first train ran through to Pon-\\ntiac, projects had been in contemplation to extend the line\\nfrom that village to Flint, and eventually to make connec-\\ntion with Saginaw, either over the road proposed to be built\\nby the Saginaw and Gene.sce Railroad Company (before\\nmentioned as having been incorporated in 1837) or by\\nother means and, in 1846, the Legislature passed an act\\n(approved May 15th) to incorporate the Pontiac and Gene-\\nsee Railroad Company, with a capital .stock of five hundred\\nthou.sand dollars, and the privilege of increasing it to one\\nmillion dollars the charter commissioners appointed to re-\\nceive subscriptions to the stock being Horace C. Thurbcr,\\nSherman Stevens, Frederick A. Williams, Grant Decker,\\nCharles C. Hascall, Elkanah Parker, Robert Le Roy, Boor-\\nman Dennis, Wm. Axford, Enos Goodrich, Oliver Palmer,\\nGould Davison, and Benjamin Pearson. The company was\\nauthorized and empowered to construct a railroad, with\\ndouble or single track, from Pontiac, in the county of Oak-\\nland, running northwesterly through the village of Fenton-\\nville, to the village of Flint, in the county of Genesee, with\\na branch of the same running to some suitable point in the\\ncounty of Shiawassee; al.so a branch of the same from the\\nvillage of Genesee [Flint?] to Saginaw City, in the county\\nof Saginaw; the road to be commenced within three years,\\nand to be completed in ten years, from the passage of the\\nact, under penalty of forfeiture of charter. This was\\namended March 30, 1848, by extending the time for com-\\nmencement of work to five years, and the time for comple-\\ntion of road to fifteen years, and by authorizing an increase\\nof capital to one million five hundred thousand dollars\\nalso, by the addition of a clause providing that in case\\nan} annual meeting of the stockholders of .said company\\nshall not be, or shall not have been holden, the charter of\\nsaid company shall not thereby be forfeited.\\nThe Genesee and Oakland Railroad Company was incor-\\nporated by act approved April 3, 1848. Henry M. Hen-\\nderson, Addison Stewart, Jas. B. AValker, Enos Goodrich,\\nJas. Kipp, Elijah B. Clark, Horace C. Thurber, and John\\nS. Goodrich were appointed commissioners to receive sub-\\nscriptions to the stock, which was authorized to the amount\\nof two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The company\\nwas empowered to construct a railroad, with double or single\\ntrack, from Pontiac to Flint, passing through the most\\ndesirable and eligible route, through the counties of Oak-\\nland and Genesee, and was rc(|uired to commence the con-\\nstruction of its road within five years, and to finish it in\\nten years, from the passage of the act of incorporation.\\nNeither the Pontiac and Genesee, nor the Genesee\\nand Oakland companies ever made any progress worthy of\\nnotice towards the accomplishment of the object.s for which\\nthey were incorporated. An act to authorize the Flint", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "48\\nHISTORY OF GEiVESEE COUNTY MICHIGAN.\\nand Pere Marquette Ilailway Company to purchase the\\nrights and franchises of the Genesee and Oakland Ilaih-oad\\nCompany was passed by the Legislature, and approved\\nFeb. 15, 1839, and by the terms of the same act the latter\\ncompany was also authorized to purchase the rights and\\nfranchises of the former and it was further provided that\\nwhen said two companies are consolidated, in accordance\\nwith the provisions of this act, they may assume to them-\\nselves the name of The Michigan and Northwestern Rail-\\nway Company this consolidation arrangement to become\\nvalid and operative when accepted by said companies, by\\na vote of their respective boards of directors. To what\\nextent action was taken by the two companies under the\\nauthority conferred by this act does not clearly appear, but\\nit is certain that no results were attained beyond a survey\\nof the route between Flint and Fentonvillc, commenced\\nSept. 13, 1860, under the direction and superintendence of\\nGeorge T. Clark, chief engineer of the Flint and Fere Mar-\\nquette road.\\nBut the project to construct the lacking railway link,\\nsouth from Flint to the Detroit and Milwaukee road, was\\nnever abandoned, and was finally taken up by parties who\\nwere powerful, practical, and wealthy enough to carry it to\\ncompletion on their own means, without the issuance of\\nbonds, or the asking of municipal or other outside aid.\\nThe leader in this project was the Hon. Henry H. Crapo\\n(afterwards Governor of Michigan), with whom were asso-\\nciated a number of heavy capitalists of New Bedford, Mass.,\\nand several gentlemen of means in Genesee County. Im-\\nmediately after the completion of the Pere Marquette road\\nfrom East Saginaw to Flint, these gentlemen moved ener-\\ngetically in the matter, and about the commencement of the\\nyear 18G3 became incorporated under the general railroad\\nlaw as the Flint and Holly Railroad Company. The\\nboard of directors (which also represented the principal\\nstockholders) of this company were Henry H. Crapo, of\\nFlint, president Oliver Prescott, John R. Thornton, and\\nEdward S. Slandell, of New Bedford, Mass. Levi Walker\\nand J. B. Walker, of Flint David Smith, of Feutonville.\\nThe commissioners to open the books for subscriptions to\\nthe stock of the company, under the requirement of the\\nlaw, were Oliver Prescott, Wm. W. Crapo, New Bedford\\nHenry H. Crapo, H. W. Wood, Flint; David Smith, Feu-\\ntonville.\\nAt the inception of the enterprise, it was the general\\nbelief of the public (though perhaps not of the projectors)\\nthat the road to be built from Flint would intersect the\\nDetroit and Milwaukee road at Fentonville. But when a\\nmore easterly survey was made, to intersect that road at\\nHolly, in Oakland County, a comparison of the two routes\\nshowed that the latter, although a trifle longer, offered\\nadvantages more than sufficient to compensate for the\\nslightly greater distance to be built, and it would, more-\\nover, strike the northern terminus of the railway line which,\\nit was evident, must soon be built from Monroe, on Lake\\nErie, to the Detroit and Milwaukee road, at Holly. This\\nroute was, con.sequently, the one adopted.\\nThe contract lor grading the road was let to Messrs.\\nWalton and Wright, of Detroit, who commenced operations\\nupon the line in the autumn of 18G3. The work was\\npushed with a vigor which has seldom been equaled iu the\\nhistory of railroad construction, and which had not been\\nexpected, even from the practical and energetic business\\nmen who stood at the head of the enterprise. So rapid\\nwas the progress made that the road was completed and\\nopened to Holly seventeen miles on the 1st of Novem-\\nber, 1864, the first trains being run by the company s new\\nlocomotive, City of Flint. And now, for the first time,\\nFlint and the central and northern jiortions of Genesee\\nCounty had a railway outlet to the commercial emporium\\nof the State. Before the opening of this road the travel\\nbetween Flint and Holly Station had been accommo-\\ndated by the stage-lino of Boss, Burroll Co., which was\\nwell equipped, admirably conducted, and very largely pa-\\ntronized, carrying, on an average, as many as one hundred\\nand fifty passengers each way (a total of three hundred\\npassages) daily between the.se points and it is recollected\\nby old residents of Flint that in a single day twenty-seven\\nof these coaches delivered their loads of passengers at the\\nIrving House in that city for dinner. It is also mentioned\\nas a somewhat singular circumstance that the senior propri-\\netor of the line, Hon. Alfred J. Boss, died within two or\\nthree days of the time when his stages made their last trip.\\nThe total cost of the Flint and Holly road, including land,\\nfencing, grading, bridges, iron, buildings, telegraph, tools,\\nrolling-stock, and engineering, was four hundred and thirty\\nthousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and six cents,\\nan exceedingly low figure, especially when taking into\\nconsideration the fact that the line was con.structed and\\nequipped during a period of inflated prices, caused by the\\ngreat war which was then in progress. During the first\\nmonth, the freight transported was four hundred and ten\\ntons, and the amount received from passenger traffic three\\nthousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars and eighty\\ncents. The receipts of the road during eleven months\\nsucceeding its opening (that is, up to the end of the fiscal\\nyear) were\\nFrom passengers $51, 070.47\\nfreight ;;8,. fi:!.l),i\\nmails 656.U2\\nrents 76 03\\nS90. JB7..37\\nTotal expense of operating (same time) 51,761.23\\nLeaving bahmce of $39,203.14\\nFrom that time, and through all the period in which the\\nroad continued to be operated by the original company as a\\nseparate line, its business steadily and largely increased.\\nOn the 24th of April, 1868, the Flint and Holly road was\\nsold, with its equipment, to the Flint and Pere Marquette\\nRailway Company for about five hundred and fifty thousand\\ndollars, and the bonds of the latter company (.secured by\\nlien on the entire length of road from Holly to East Sagi-\\nnaw, and since paid in full) were issued in that amount to\\nthe stockholders of the Flint and Holly road. In this sale\\nthe latter realized an advance of more than twenty-five per\\ncent, on the cost of their road and in addition to this,\\nduring the three and a half years in which it had been\\noperated by them, they had received regular semi-annual\\ndividends amounting to ten per cent, yearly, besides dividing\\nsurplus earnings to the amount of about thirty-five per\\ncent, of the cost oi the road and equipment. The above", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n49\\nis certainly a most remarkable showing of profit in the\\nconstruction and operation of a short interior lino of rail-\\nroad.\\nCOMPLETION AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE ROADS COM-\\nPOSING THE FLINT AND PERE MARQUETTE.\\nUpon that portion of the Flint and Pere Marquette line\\nlying between East Saginaw and Lake Michigan the work\\nof construction was commenced in the fall of 1860, and\\nabout eight years later, after many delays and discourage-\\nments, the road was completed to its northwestern terminus\\nat Ludington. In March, 1872, there were consolidated\\ninto the Flint and Pero Marquette line, and under that\\ngeneral name, the following roads, viz., the Holly, Wayne\\nand Monroe Railway (opened in 1870), furnishing a south-\\ncistern connection to Lake Erie; the Bay City and East\\nSaginaw road, connecting with the navigable waters of\\nSaginaw Bay and Lake Huron and the Flint River Rail-\\nroad (then uncumpletedj, running from the junction, four\\nmiles north of Flint, to Otter Lake, a distance of fifteen\\nmiles. This latter road (now the Flint River division of\\nthe Flint and Pore JIarquette) was opened for travel be-\\ntween the city of Flint and the village of Otisville, in the\\nnortheastern corner of Genesee County, on the 13th of\\nAugust, 1S72, and was soon after finished to Otter Lake\\nStation, where it forms a connection with the Detroit and\\nBay City Railroad.\\nThe Flint River division passes diagonally through the\\ntownships of Genesee and Forest, and for a short distance\\nthi-ough the northwest corner of Richfield, all in Genesee\\nCounty. The main line of the Flint and P6re Marquette\\nroad traverses the county nearly through its centre, from\\nnorth to south, passing through the city of Flint and the\\ntownships of Vienna, Mount Morris, Genesee, Burton, and\\nGrand Blanc. This line is by far more important to the\\ninterests of Genesee than any of the other railroads which\\nenter the county, and it is for this reason, and because the\\nenterprise was originated and made successful by citizens of\\nFlint,* that the above account of the road has been ex-\\ntended to greater length than it would otherwise have been.\\nUntil recently the Flint and Pore Marquette road has been\\nregarded as one of the prosperous railways of Michigan,\\nbut of late it has become apparent that the financial condi-\\ntion of the company has been unsatisfactory for several\\nyears, commencing from the panic of 1873, and now (May,\\n1870) it is announced that the road is about pa.ssing into the\\nhands of a receiver. But, notwithstanding the embarrass-\\nment of its afiairs, it is, and must continue to be, a line of\\ngreat importance to the counties, cities, and villages upon\\nits route.\\nOf the twenty-eight uriginal shareholders who signed the articles\\nof association of tlie Flint and Pcrc Marquette Railway (Jomjiany,\\nall but one (Theodore (j. Mills, of Cleveland) wore residents of the\\ncity of Flint, as were also all the nine gentlemen composing the first\\nboard of directors. And when the second division of the lino (then\\nknown as the Flint and Holly road) was built, it was a citizen of this\\neity Henry H. C rapo who originated the project, furnished a largo\\nshare of the means, and was in every way more instrumenlal than\\nany otiier person in accomplishing its early completion and remarkable\\nsuccess.\\nPORT HURON AND LAKE MICHIGAN RAILROAD.\\nThe project of the old Northern Railroad authorized\\nby the Legislature in 1837 as part of the State system of\\ninternal improvements, and intended to run from the outlet\\nof Lake Huron, west, through St. Clair, Lapeer, Genesee,\\nand other counties, has already been mentioned. After\\nthis project was abandoned by the State it was taken up by\\nan association of individuals who were, by act of Legisla-\\nture approved Jan. 30, 1847,t incorporated as the Port\\nHuron and Lake Michigan Railroad Company, with au-\\nthority to construct a railroad with a double or single\\ntrack from Port Huron, in St. Clair County, running\\nwesterly until it shall intersect Lake Michigan at or near\\nthe mouth of Grand River, with power to take, transport,\\nand carry property and persons upon the said railroad, or\\nany part thereof herein authorized to be constructed, by\\nthe power and force of steam or of animals, or of any me-\\nchanical or other power, or of any combination of them\\nwhich the said company may choose to use or apply.\\nJohn Wells, Alvin N. Hart, Charles C. Hascall, Alfred L.\\nWilliams, Jesse F. Turner, Ira Porter, Edmund B. Bost-\\nwick, and Thomas W. White were appointed charter com-\\nmissioners to receive subscriptions to the capital stock,\\nwhich was authorized to the amount of two millions of\\ndollars. The company was required to commence its road\\nin five years, and to complete it in fifteen years, from the\\npassage of the act. And the State relinquished to the\\ncompany all her rights and privileges in the line of the\\nNorthern road wherever the company might wish to con-\\nstruct its road over that route. In alluding to this relin-\\nquishment by the State, the directors of the company (in\\na statement published for the purpose of influencing sub-\\nscriptions to the stock) said that instead of paying the\\nState for what it has done towards the construction of the\\nroad, the company have a donation of all that one hundred\\nand ten thousand dollars in cash, and twenty thousand\\nacres of land, have accomplished.\\nIn 1851, against a most determined opposition, the charter\\nof the company was amended, by striking out the words\\nfive and fifteen and inserting in their places ten\\nand twenty (years), thus extending, respectively, the\\nperiods in which the work was required to be commenced\\nand completed. Great eflforts were then made to raise\\nmeans for the construction of the road, but these met with\\nvery indifferent success. In 1853 encouragement was re-\\nceived from the Hon. Malcolm Cameron, of Quebec, that\\nnegotiations might be made with parties in that city for the\\nfurnishing of means and construction of the road. Upon\\nthis, after mature deliberation by the board of directors, a\\ncommittee of the board, consisting of James Turril, the\\npresident of the road, J. R. White, secretary, Alvin N.\\nHart, treasurer, and Noah Hart, director, proceeded to\\nQuebec, where a contract was cflected witli prominent rail-\\nroad parties to build tlie road from Port Huron to Grand\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f The Legislature had passed an act of incorporation of the same\\ncompany in ISIrt, but it had been vetoed by Gov. Kelch, on the ground\\nthat it might defeat the sale of the southern and central roads, nego-\\ntiations for their purchase from the .State being then in progress.\\nThis sale having been effected, and the objection thus removed, tho\\nincorporating act was approved in 1847, as stated.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "50\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHaven by the 1st of January, 1857, but with the condition\\nprecedent tliat tlie company should procure from the Legis-\\nlature an act increasing the capital stock from two million to\\neight million dollars. An interview was then had with Lieu-\\ntenant-Governor Andrew Parsons (then acting Governor, in\\nplace of Governor Robert McClelland, who had resigned to\\naccept a position in President Pierce s cabinet) to induce him\\nto call an extra .session of the Legislature for the purpose of\\nauthorizing the necessary increase of capital. Governor Par-\\nsons was unwilling to assume the responsibility of convening\\nthe Legislature in extra session unless an expression of the\\npeople s wishes, favorable to the plan, could be had. To\\nobtain such an expression the promoters of the road called\\na mass-meeting at Jackson, at which resolutions were\\nadopted favoring an extra session and requesting the Gov-\\nernor to call it, but, notwithstanding this, he declined to issue\\nthe desired proclamation. This caused a delay until the reg-\\nular session of 1855, at which an act was passed (approved\\nFebruary 13) amending the charter by increasing the cap-\\nital stock to eight million dollars, as desired, and empowering\\nthe president and directors to appoint agents in either or\\nall of the cities of New York, Boston, Montreal, and Lon-\\ndon to receive subscriptions to the increased stock or assess-\\nments, instalments, or calls, or to pay dividends upon the\\nsame, and to make dividends payable and receivable in each or\\nall of the cities named. But after all this had been done the\\nforeign contractors found themselves unable to float the\\nscheme, and so all the trouble and money expended in that\\ndirection seemed to have been wasted.\\nThis defeat almost extinguished the hopes of the friends\\nof the road, but they were soon after revived by a proposi-\\ntion coming from N. P. Stewart, of Detroit, to purchase\\nthe charter and build the road without delay from Port\\nHuron to Grand Haven. But, although this proposition\\nwas favorably entertained at first by the promoters of the\\nPort Huron road, it was not long before they became sus-\\npicious that Mr. Stewart was working in the interest of the\\nDetroit and Milwaukee road (in which he was a heavy\\nstock- and bond-bolder), and that his real design was to ob-\\ntain possession of the Port Huron charter, not for the pur-\\npose of building the road in good faith, but to extinguish\\nthe enterprise. They therefore declined to sell their\\ncharter and franchises, except upon such terms as they\\nwere certain he would decline to entertain.\\nNot to be defeated in this manner, however, he, in 1856,\\norganized a new company under the general railroad law,\\ncalled the Port Huron and Milwaukee Railroad Com-\\npany, to build a railway line from Port Huron to Grand\\nHaven, there to connect with steamers for Milwaukee.\\nThe survey of the route was made without delay, the right\\nof way obtained, and for a time the work of construction\\nwas pushed most vigorously. A dock was built at Port\\nHuron, some twenty miles of grading was done, and about\\na mile of track was laid at the Port Huron end of the\\nline, so that the people living in the counties traversed by\\nthe route (who cared chiefly for the success of the project,\\nwith but little regard as to which company should build\\nthe road) began to feel sure that at last their hopes were\\nto be realized. But they were again to be disappointed,\\nfor, about the time that the work had progressed to the\\nstage above mentioned, Mr. Stewart procured or at least\\nassented to the passage of an act of Legislature, consolida-\\nting this with the Detroit and Milwaukee road at Owasso\\nand from that time work on the eastern portion of the road\\nwas suspended, and the means raised for its construction\\nwere used west of Owasso.\\nAt this turn of afi airs the chagrin and disappointment\\nof the friends of the road was inexpressible. But the old\\nPort Huron and Lake Michigan charter was kept good,\\nand the promoters of the project still hoped for ultimate\\nsuccess, though the prospect was dismal. Finally, in 1863,\\nMr. Jerome, of New York, made a proposition to build the\\nroad, which was favorably entertained, and he became the\\npurchaser of the charters of both companies that is, of\\nthe Port Huron and Lake Michigan, and also of that part\\nof the Port Huron and Milwaukee lying east of Owasso.\\nBut, after having expended considerable sums in prepara-\\ntions to push forward the enterprise, Mr. Jerome died, and\\ndisappointment and gloom once more clouded the prospects\\nof the Port Huron (proposed) railway.\\nIn 1865 the original friends and promoters of the pro-\\nject came once more to the front, having arrived at the\\nconclusion that the only way in which the road could ever\\nbe completed was to secure local subscriptions and munici-\\npal aid sufficient to repurchase the charter, secure the right\\nof way, grade the road ready for the iron between Port\\nHuron and Flint, and furnish the requisite number of ties;\\nbelieving that, when all this was done, the road itself would\\ngive suflacient security to any capitalist who would furnish\\nthe rails and rolling-stock to put it in operation. The first\\nconsideration was to obtain the charters from the Jerome\\nestate and, to accomplish this, they procured the introduc-\\ntion of bills in the Legislature to repeal both the Port\\nHuron and Lake Michigan and the Port Huron and Mil-\\nwaukee charters, shrewdly believing that the pendency of\\nthese bills would facilitate negotiations with the Jerome\\nheirs. The result was as anticipated. The legal represen-\\ntatives of the estate appeared, and the charters were pur-\\nchased and paid for by local sukscription.\\nThe charter being secured, and a large amount of sub-\\nscriptions and municipal aid obtained, the work of grading\\nwas resumed in March, 18GG, and progressed so well* that\\nit was confidently predicted that the road would be put in\\nfull operation between Port Huron and Flint by the end\\nof the year 1868. But more disappointment was yet in\\nstore. Three times negotiations were entered into with\\nparties in New York for the rails and equipment for the\\nroad, and as often those negotiations failed. At last, in\\n1869, a contract was entered into with Messrs. S. W. Hop-\\nBy the report of J. Q. Felt, su|)crinteadent of construction of\\nthe Port Huron ro.td, it was sliown that in November, 1866, the road-\\nbed was completed, ready for the iron, from Port Huron westward to\\nwithin one mile of the west line of the township of Emmett, except\\ntwo weeks work at one point; that west of Emmett, to the line of\\nL.apecr County, all was completed except a break of two miles, which\\nwould be finished during the winter; that more than sutiicient ties\\nhad been contracted for to lay this distance, and that the right of\\nway had been secured over nearly all the route as far west as Flint.\\nIn Genesee County, the city of Flint and the townships of Burton\\nand Davison had voted their bonds in aid of the enterprise, and\\neleven towns in Lapeer County and several in St. Clair liad taken\\nsimilar action.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n51\\nkins Co., of New York, by which that firm agreed to\\nfurnish iron and rolling-stock, taking in payment the first\\nmortgage bonds of the road. Tiie firm eventually failed\\nto complete the contract, which compelled the company to\\nmake, through its president, the Hon. W. L. Bancroft, a\\nfurther negotiation in Europe but the eastern portion was\\ncompleted with material furnished on the Hopkins contract.\\nThe first cargo (two hundred tons) of rails arrived at\\nPort Huron by the propeller Fountain City, June 24,\\n1869, and the laying of the. track was commenced at once;\\nbut further supplies of iron came slowly and irregularly, so\\nthat it was not until the 8th of June, 1870, that the road\\nwas opened to Capac, and on the 28th of the following\\nmonth to Imlay City. On the 24th of May, 1871, the\\ntrack reached the limits of Lapeer City, and in the following\\nOctober entered Genesee County the road being opened\\nfor freight and passengers to Davison Station May 25th.\\nThe track was finished to the limits of Flint City on\\nNovember 12, 1871, and on Thursday, November 30th, an\\ninaugural trip was made over the entire distance (sixty-\\nsix miles) between Flint and Port Huron, by a party com-\\nposed of the Hon. Artemas Thayer a member of the\\nboard of directors, residing in Flint and about fifteen\\nladies and gentlemen. This party was, of course, greeted\\nwith much enthusiasm along the route. The formal open-\\ning of the line between Port Huron and Flint was cele-\\nbrated by the passage from the former to the latter city of\\nan excursion-party, composed of two hundred and ten ladies\\nand gentlemen, occupying four elegant passenger-coaches,\\ndrawn by the locomotive Flint City. The party were\\ncomplimented by a dinner (at the Thayer House), which\\nwas marked by the hilarity and congratulatory speeches\\nusual on such occasions.\\nThe regular running of trains between Flint and Port\\nHuron was commenced December 13, 1871, more than\\nthirty-four years from the time when the people of the\\nFlint Iliver Settlement had first rejoiced at the news of\\nthe passage of the Northern Railroad bill, and the pros-\\npect of an early connection by rail with the outside world.\\nCHICAGO AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD-\\nLAKE HURON LINE.\\n-CHICAGO AND\\nThe Chicago and Northeastern Railroad Company\\nwas incorporated under the general law, by the filing of\\narticles of a.ssociation in the ofiBce of the Secretary of State,\\nAug. 12, 1874; the object of its formation being the con-\\nstruction of a railroad from Lansing to Flint, to connect at\\nthe former city with the Peninsular Railway, and at Flint\\nwith the Port Huron Railroad, and with these, to form a\\nthrough line from Chicago to the city of Port Huron.\\nThe preliminary work on the Chicago and Nortlieastern\\nroad was commenced in November, 1874, and it was\\npushed with vigor during 1875 and 76, so that at the close\\nof the latter year the road was nearly ready for traffic. It\\nwas formally opened about the 1st of February, 1877, and\\nwas operated as a part of the Chicago and Lake Huron\\nine, which enjoyed a very heavy busines.s (particularly in\\nfreighting) until the early part of the present year, wlien it\\nwas broken up by the Chicago and Northeastern link being\\npurchased by an Eastern capitalist (understood to be Wil-\\nliam H. Vanderbilt, or parties in his interest), for the pur-\\npose of destroying a formidable competitor to other through\\nlines under his control. Measures have already been taken,\\nhowever, to supply the place of the Chicago and North-\\neastern link by a new road from Flint to Lansing by way\\nof Owasso. Surveys of the route were commenced in April\\nof this year, and now (July, 1879) Mr. Charles B. Peck,\\ngeneral manager of the Chicago and Lake Huron, adver-\\ntises for bids for the immediate construction of the road,\\nfull-tied, with stone and iron bridges and steel rails. It is\\nunderstood that the road is to be built by the Grand Trunk\\nRailway Company, and that it is the intention of the mana-\\ngers to complete the line at the earliest possible day.\\nThe above-mentioned railway lines include all which have\\nbeen built or projected within the territory of Genesee\\nCounty.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nTHE PRESS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE PROFESSIONS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 GENESEE CIVIL\\nLIST\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THE PIONEER ASSOCIATION.\\nThe Newspapers of Flint The AVolverine Citizen The Genosco\\nDemocrat The Flint Globe The Flint Jourcil Journalism at\\nFenton Other Journals in the County The Medical Profession in\\nGenesee County Early Physicians Genesee County Medical So-\\nciety -Genesee County Medical Association Flint Academy of\\nMedicine Homceopathy in Genesee Early Lawyers in the County\\nThe Present Bar of Genesee Genesee Civil List Genesee\\nCounty Pioneer Association.\\nTHE NEWSPAPERS OF FLINT.\\nThe first newspaper in Genesee County was Tlie Flint\\nRiver Gazette (Democratic), published at Flint River vil-\\nlage, by Joseph K. Averill, its first issue bearing date Jan.\\n26, 1839. The press, fixtures, and type with which it was\\nstarted had been previously in use in the State of New\\nYork, Mr. Averill having purchased them there of James\\nConnor for the .sum of one thousand and ninety-three dollars\\nand ninety-one cents, and transported them by canal and\\nlake to Detroit, and thence to Flint, but without having\\npaid the purchase-money to Connor. This indebtedness,\\ntogether with the various charges, came with the printing\\nestablishment, as a lien upon it, to Messrs. Hutchinson,\\nCampbell Co., the consignees at Detroit. The charges\\non the property are shown by the following transcript from\\nthe consignees books, taken for use in a suit involving the\\nownership of the press and equipment\\nSteamboat Charles Towxsend,\\nE. Norton Co.,\\nB. L. No. 294.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oct. 3, 1838.\\nLbs.\\nOne printing-press and frame 470\\nSi.x boxes type 970\\nTwo boxes sundries 1280\\nThree I ds type-boxes 190\\nTwo boxes sundries 300\\nOne keg ink 35\\n3243 90 ct3. $29.19\\nOur charges 10 ots 3.24\\nLake freight 20 cts 6.48\\nAdvanced Mr. Averill at 15uH ul( 20.00\\nPassage on Erie Canall 25.00\\n$83.91\\nA copy of bill on Hutchinson, Campbell A Co., lake receiving\\nbook. P. C. WiLLSO.N.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "52\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHutcliinson, Campbell Co. refused to deliver the prop-\\nerty to Mr. Averill, but he obtained posse.ssion by suit in\\nreplevin, in which Cliauncey S. Payne, of Flint, became\\nsecurity on the replevin bond. The suit resulted in a judg-\\nment in favor of the defendants, for the value of the prop-\\nerty, $1093.91 damages for detention, $191.02 and costs,\\n$61.01 total, $1345.9-4. Mr. Payne having become re-\\nsponsible for the amount, he obtained security for it, to the\\nextent of the value of the property, by an assignment and\\nbill of sale from Mr. Averill, of which instrument the fol-\\nlowing is a copy\\nIn consideration of one hundred dollars, to me ])aid by Chauneey\\nS. Payne, of Grand Traverse, Genesee County, Michigan, I have sold\\nand assigned, and by these presents do sell, assign, transfer, and set\\nover, absolutely and forever, to the said Chauneey S. Payne, the several\\narticles, goods, and chattels enumerated in the annexed schedule, and\\nwhich printing materials, ])ress, and type are now known as consti-\\ntuting the establishment of the Flint River Gazette. To have and to\\nhold the same to his own use and benefit forever.\\nIn witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this\\n28th day of January, a.d. 1839.\\nJoSEI H K. AVEKILL [.SE.Il].\\nIn the presence of AVm. A. Morkison.\\nThe annexed schedule referred to in the instrument\\nenumerates various articles and material belonging to the\\nprinting establishment, amounting, as inventoried, to\\n$1303.35.\\nJames Connor having as.signed his claim against Averill\\nto James H. Hay, and the publication of the Gazette having\\nproved an unsuccessful enterprise, Mr. Payne, in 1842,\\nturned over the articles composing the office establishment\\nof that paper to Mr. Ray, in part satisfaction of the judg-\\nment, as appears from the receipt given by Ray s attorneys,\\nwhich was as follows\\nReceived of Chauneey S. Payne, the printing-press, type, fixtures,\\nand materials constituting the printing establishment known as the\\nFlint River Gazette, which has been inventoried and appraised by\\nvirtue of a stipulation entered into by and between James H. Ray\\nand Chauneey S. Payne, by A. H. H. Emmons, attorneys for said\\nRay, and T. B. W. Stockton for said Payne, dated June 3, 1842;\\nwhich said establishment has been valued at nine hundred and eighty-\\nnine dollars and eighty-five cents (.^OSD-SS), which said sum is to apj)ly\\non the bond executed by said Payne conjointly with Joseph K. Averill\\nin a replevin suit, wherein said Averill was plaintiff, and Amos J.\\nHutchinson, Henry M. Campbell, and Ezra Williams were defendants.\\nAnd said amount is also to go toward the payment of the judgment\\nrendered in said replevin suit against said Averill.\\nDated Detroit, June 6th, a.d. 1842.\\nA. H. H. Emmons,\\nAtl yi! for\\nJames H. Ray.\\nIt is stated in Applegate s History of the Press of\\nMichigan that the Flint River Gazette lived only about\\nsix months, but this is shown to be incorrect, by the fact\\nthat Hon. George M. Dewey, of Flint, has now in his pos-\\nsession a copy of the paper dated March 7, 1840 this being\\nnumbered seven of the second volume. The Gazette ceased\\nto exist in June or July, 1841.\\nThe second newspaper enterprise in the county was that\\nof the Northern Advocate, published at Flint River, by\\nWilliam A. Jlorrison. This paper was Whig in politics,\\nand its first issue was on Saturday, April 18, 1840. It was\\nprinted on a press which had been used at Pontiac in the\\npublication of the Pontiac Herald, first by W. S. Stevens,\\nand afterwards by Benjamin Irish, and was sold by the\\nlatter, on the discontinuance of the Herald, in 1839. The\\nAdvocate expired in 1842.\\nNext came the Genesee Gazette, a weekly Democratic\\npaper, published at Flint River by S. W. Denton Co.\\nIt first appeared April 16, 1842, the press used being\\nthat on which had been printed the Northern Advocate.\\nNo further facts concerning this paper have been gathered,\\nexcept that it was short-lived.\\nThe Genesee Herald made its first appearance on Satur-\\nday, Jan. 7, 1843. It was a Whig paper, published\\nweekly at Flint River by J. Dowd Coleman, and edited\\nby Perry Joslyn. It continued to exist here for a year,\\nbut at the end of that time it was discontinued, and in\\nJanuary, 1844, Mr. Coleman removed his press to Pontiac,\\nwhere, on the 7th of February of that year, he issued from\\nit the first number of the Oakland Gazette.\\nThe Genesee County Democrat was a weekly paper, pub-\\nlished by William B. Sherwood at Flint River. Mr. Sher-\\nwood had before published the Shiatcassee Democrat and\\nClinton Express, at Corunna, Shiawassee Co., for a short\\ntime, but discontinued it in the spring of 1843, moved his\\npress and material to Flint, to use in the publication of the\\nDemocrat, as above mentioned, and issued its first num-\\nber on the 6th of June, 1843. The period of its duration\\ncannot be given.\\nThe Genesee Repiihlican, a Democratic paper, made its\\nfirst appearance on the 17th of April, 1845. It was printed\\nat Flint, and was understood to be owned, wholly or prin-\\ncipally, by Gen. Charles C. Hascall, though no proprietor s\\nname appeared at the head of its columns. It is proper to\\nmention here that one or two prominent citizens of Flint,\\nwho have resided liere for more than forty years, and who\\nare generally regarded as good authority in such matters,\\nassert positively that no such papers as the Genesee Re-\\npnhlican or Genesee County Democrat were ever published\\nin the county but the account which we here give of them\\nis based on still stronger proof, namely, the fact of having\\nseen and read copies of both these papers, which copies are\\nnow in possession of the Hon. George M. Dewey, of Flint.\\nThe Flint Repiihlican, of which two or more copies are\\nalso in the possession of Mr. Dewey, was first issued in\\nDecember, 1845, by Daniel S. Merritt. The office of pub-\\nlication was in the building north of Lyon s hotel, oppo-\\nsite the court-house, up-stairs. Terms, $1.50 cash, or $2\\nin produce, in advance.\\nThis paper came under the proprietorship of Royal W.\\nJenny,* in 1848. One of the copies of this paper which\\nwe examined, as before mentioned, bears date Sept. 20,\\n1840, and is entitled Flint Republican, Vol. 4, No. 42,\\npublished by R. W. Jenny, weekly ou Thursday mornings.\\nMr. Jenny ceased to publish the Republican on the 30th\\nof September, 1853, and immediately commenced the pub-\\nlication of the Genesee Democrat. Whether this was\\nmerely a change of name, or the establishment of a new\\njournal, we do not know, and therefore express no opinion.\\nMr. Jenny continued to publish the Democrat until his\\ndeath, which occurred nearly a quarter of a century later.\\n*Mr. Jenny had started the Lapeer Cunnti/ Whig, at Lapeer, Feb.\\n23, 1842. This fact we ascertained from examining a copy of that\\npaper published in that year.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n53\\nT/ie Western Citizen was a paper published at Flint, and\\nowned by 0. S. Carter. Its date cannot be given, but its\\nexistence was short, and it was succeeded, Feb. 23, 1850,\\nby the Genesee Whiff, Francis II. Rankin, proprietor,\\nF. H. Rankin and N. W. Butts, editors.\\nTiie newspapers of Flint City at the present time arc the\\nGenesee Democrat, the Wolverine Citizen, the Flint Globe,\\nand the Flint Journal, historical sketches of which, fur-\\nnished by the proprietor of each journal respectively, are\\ngiven below, without any attempt on our part to reconcile\\nconflicting opinions regarding seniority.\\nTHE WOLVERINE CITIZEN.*\\nThe Wolverine Citizen, the oldest living newspaper in\\nGenesee County, was founded by its present editor and\\nproprietor, F. H. Rankin, as a Free-Soil Whig paper, in\\n1S50, the first number appearing on February 23d of that\\nyear, as the Genesee Whiij. Upon the final dissolution\\nof the Whig party, the name Whig ceased to have any\\npolitical significance, and without any change in its prin-\\nciples or policy, the proprietor deemed it advisable to adopt\\nanother title. The paper was accordingly published as the\\nWolverine Citizen and Genesee Whig from January to\\nDecember, 185G, when the latter half of its designation\\nwas dropped, and it has appeared from that date to the\\npresent as the Wolverine Citizen.\\nThe history of the paper is intimately connected with\\nthe history of the county during the last thirty years. Under\\nthe agitation caused by the repeal of the Missouri Com-\\npromise, the Genesee Whig strongly favored the formation\\nof the Republican party, organized at Jackson, in this State,\\nin 1854, and from that time to the present has been known\\nas a distinctively Republican journal of the stalwart type.\\nIts editor was actively instrumental in reorganizing the\\nanti-slavery elements of the old Whig and Democratic\\nparties of Genesee County having been, while chairman\\nof the Whig County Committee, also chosen chairman of\\nan Independent Central County Committee, at a mass con-\\nvention of electors of Genesee County, held on Sept. 21,\\n185-1, for the purpose of uniting the anti-slavery strength\\nagainst the attempted encroachments of the slave-power\\nupon the guaranteed free territory of the nation the lan-\\nguage of the call for the meeting, inviting all electors\\nopposed to the Nebraska swindle and the extension of\\nslavery in the national domain.\\nThe Citizen is now in the thirtieth year of its existence,\\nduring which time there has been no change in its owner-\\nship or management. In its career, it can boast of having\\nbeen the graduating school of a number of young Tuen, who\\nhave been more or less prominent as journalists in this State\\nand elsewhere. Among them may be named Hon. W. R.\\nBates, late of the Lumberman s Gazette C. B. Turner,\\nof the Fontiac Gazette R. L. Warren, of the Lawrence\\nAdvertiser Morgan Bates, Jr., late of the Marshall States-\\nman E. D. Cowles, of the Saginaw Daily Courier; W.\\nA. Smith, of the Charlevoix Sentinel Harry Hall, of the\\nStuart Locomotive Charles Fellows, of the Flint Journal;\\nOrlando White, of the Linden Record A. M. Woodin, of\\nthe Lansing Sentinel.\\nBy Francis U. Rankin.\\nTlic Wolverine Daily Citizen was started by Mr. Rankin\\nin August, 1859, and continued until November, 18C0.\\nAfter sinking considerable money in its publication, and\\nbecoming satisfied that a daily paper in Flint could not be\\nmade to pay its expenses, the enterprise was abandoned\\nafter fifteen months effort.\\nDuring the twenty-four years of the corporate existence\\nof Flint, the Wolverine Citizen has been for seventeen years\\nof that period chosen annually as the official paper of the\\ncity.\\nThe jobbing department connected with the office is the\\nmost complete and extensive in this part of the State. The\\nsteam-engine of the establishment boiler and all was con-\\nstructed in Flint, and is a model of its kind. It was built\\nfor the Citizen by H. W. Wood, of Flint, and the Wicks\\nBrothers (now of Saginaw), when the Genesee Iron-Works\\nwere owned by those parties.\\nThe paper was originally a twenty-four by thirty-four\\nfolio sheet of twenty-four columns. In 1857 it was en-\\nlarged to twenty-six by forty, and twenty-eight columns.\\nIn 1SG7 its form was changed to quarto, and still further\\nenlarged to twenty-nine by forty-four, and forty-eight col-\\numns, which is its present shape.\\nThe business department of the office is now well man-\\naged by the proprietor s sou, Franc, who assists his father\\neditorially as does also his son George, in the local col-\\numns and reporter s province.\\nTHE GENESEE DEMOCRAT.\\nAt the head of the editorial columns of the Genesee Demo-\\ncrat this sentence is to be found Oldest paper in Gen-\\nesee County. Established in 18-18, by Royal W. Jenny.\\nFor all practical purposes, this line is all that is necessary\\nto be said concerning the foundation of this paper, but as\\nanother journal published in the city lays claim to what-\\never honor attaches to the oldest paper, a few words in\\nexplanation may make the disputed point clear. It is not\\ndisputed that Mr. R. W. Jenny, the founder of the Demo-\\ncrat, published a paper in this city before any of the papers\\nnow published were issued. For some years Mr. Jenny\\npublished the Flint Republican, a Democratic paper, and\\nduring those years the Wolverine Citizen was started. In\\n1853 the Flint Rejniblican was changed to the Genesee\\nDemocrat. The Democrat, after a few issues, was dated\\nback to correspond with the Republican. It is plain,\\ntherefore, that the Genesee Democrat is not nominally as\\naged as is its contemporary, the Citizen, but in everything\\nbut name it is the oldest paper in Genesee County yet the\\npoint in question is hardly worth the quantities of printer s\\nink that have been, at different times, spent in its discus-\\nsion.\\nThe vicissitudes of journalistic life in those early days\\ncan only be appreciated by those who experienced them,\\nand the varying fortunes of our county papers are so iden-\\ntified with the personal characters of their proprietors that\\na history of the one is a biography of the other. The\\nDemocrat was no exception. Even the name Genesee\\nDemocrat is so intimately connected with its founder.\\nRoyal W. Jenny, that few of the residents of Flint can\\nt By Artliur J. Eddy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "54\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthink of the former without recalling the eminently popu-\\nlar nature and friendly disposition of the latter. Mr.\\nJenny continued editor and proprietor up to the time of his\\ndeath, in 1876, though at several times he had associated\\nwith him diflferent gentlemen as partners, the last being\\nMr. Fellows, now publisher of the Journal. For some\\nweeks after her husband s death, Mrs. Jenny conducted\\nthe paper, when it was purchased by H. N. Mather. Mr.\\nMather enlarged the paper, improved it in many respects,\\nand added a Sunday edition to it. After a most success-\\nful management of over two years, Mr. Mather sold the\\npaper, in December, 1878, to Jerome Eddy, then mayor of\\nthe city. Mr. Eddy s son, Arthur J. Eddy, took charge of\\nthe establishment and now publishes and edits the paper.\\nHowever it may be about the age of the Genesee Democrat\\n(weekly), the managers of that paper can justly claim tiie\\nunprofitable honor of starting the first daily in Flint. For\\na few months, in 1859, a daily was issued, but its remem-\\nbrance was all it netted its proprietors. The Democrat is\\nnow issued from the Eddy Block, on Kearsley Street.\\nTHE FLINT GLOBE.*\\nThe Flint Glohe was established at the city of Flint in\\nAugust, 1866. The original proprietors were Charles F.\\nSmith, Henry S. Hilton, and Robert Smith, the firm-name\\nbeing Charles F. Smith Co. The office was located in\\nthe second story of what was known as the Union Block,\\non Saginaw Street, now occupied by Walter s restaurant\\nand Charles Crawford s tailoring establishment.\\nMr. Hilton was the managing editor, Mr. C. F. Smith\\nhaving more immediate charge of the jobbing department\\nand the general business of the office. W. H. H. Brainard\\nand Sumner Howard were successively engaged as local\\neditors on the Glohe.\\nThe concern was purchased by the present proprietor,\\nAlmon L. Aldrich, in August, 1869. In the summer of\\n1870 the office was moved to the third story of the\\nCovert Block, corner of Saginaw and First Streets, for the\\nsake of additional room, and in order to give the editor a\\nsanctum separate from the composition- and press-room,\\none apartment having served that purpose up to that date.\\nHere the office remained until October, 1873, whea the\\ndemand for new machinery, which could not be gotten up\\nto the office in the third story, necessitated its removal to\\nsome building in which the first floor could be used for the\\npresses. No such building offering itself for a reasonable\\nrent, the proprietor purchased a lot on the corner of Kearsley\\nand Brush Streets, and in the month of July commenced\\nthe erection of a building to be used as The Globe Office.\\nIn October a brick structure twenty by fifty-six feet on the\\nground, and two stories high, with a deep basement, known\\nas The Globe Building, was completed, and the office\\nwas removed thither. The front of the building, first\\nfloor, is used as the editor s room and business-office. The\\nrear part is used for jobbing purposes and as a press-room.\\nThe entire upper story is used by the compositors. The\\nbrick-work on this building was done by contract by Andrew\\nJ. AVard, and the Carpentering work by John McBurney.\\nBj A. L. Aldrich.\\nThe office is still located in the building, and is likely to\\nremain there.\\nThe Globe has always been Republican in politics, and\\nhas exercised its due .share of influence in directing public\\nafliiirs and making public sentiment, having always been\\nrecognized as an organ of the Republican party in its\\nlocality. It has several times been chosen as the official\\npaper of the city.\\nThe present proprietor was appointed to the office of\\nresident trustee of the Michigan Institution for Educating\\nthe Deaf and Dumb and the Blind in October, 1873, which\\noffice he still holds.\\nThe former proprietors of the Glohe are now located as\\nfollows Charles F. Smith resides in Chicago, and is en-\\ngaged on Change. Soon after leaving the Glohe he re-\\nmoved to Kansas, and for two years held the office of treas-\\nurer of Labette County.\\nHenry S. Hilton is editor and proprietor of the Clinton\\nRepublican, at St. John s, Clinton Co., Mich. He also\\nholds the office of register of deeds in that county.\\nRobert Smith is owner and editor of the Gratiot Journal,\\npublished at Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Mich., one of the most\\nably conducted and successful papers in the State.\\nAmong the gentlemen who have been connected with\\nthe Globe as local editors, during the ownership of the\\npresent proprietor, may be mentioned Mr. Louis R. Pome-\\nroy, now dead Mr. M. L. Seeley, now residing in Genesee\\ntownship, in this county Mr. Will F. Clarke, now deputy\\ncollector of internal revenue in this district Henry H.\\nGibson, of Grand Rapids; and Harry Snedicor, of Chi-\\ncago.\\nThe following is a list of the gentlemen wlio have acted\\nas foremen in the office, either in the news or jobbing de-\\npartment, or both James Estes, now publisher of the St.\\nJohn s Independent; W. W. Howard, of Flint; N. L.\\nMoon, now a Methodist clergyman at Caro, in this State;\\nJames Gray, of Bay City Erastus Dodge, now a leading\\nphotographer of Flint and F. C. Jeudevine and John\\nHenry, the former in the news department and the latter\\nin the jobbing-rooms.\\nTHE FLINT JOURNAL.^\\nThis paper, now in its fourth year, is published by\\nCharles Fellows. Democratic in politics is published every\\nWednesday. It is an eight-page paper; enjoys a liberal\\npatronage and an extensive circulation, its column of\\nFlint Chips being a feature that makes the Journal\\npopular with all classes.\\nTHE DEAF-MUTE MIRROR.\\nThis is a small paper published in Flint on Fridays,\\nbeing most creditably edited by inmates of the Institution\\nfor the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.\\nJOURNALISM AT FENTON.\\nThe Fentonville Observer was started in tliat village in\\nthe fall of 1854, W. W. Booth, proprietor. Perry Joslin,\\neditor. It was issued weekly for several months and then\\ndiscontinued.\\nt By C. Fellows.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.\\n55\\nTlie Fenton Gazette was first issued on the 17th of\\nOctober, 1865, by W. H. H. Smith, who had removed\\nwith his press and material from Monroe Co., N. Y., to\\nFenton, and who is still its proprietor. It was established as\\nan independent family newspaper, neither pledged to nor de-\\npendent on any political party for support, and it has main-\\ntained this character through nearly fourteen years of pros-\\nperous existence. Mr. Smith now has his son associated\\nwith him in the proprietorship, and it is their design in the\\nconducting ef their paper to keep place with the progressive\\nspirit of the age, and with the demands of the enlightened\\ncommunity in which the Gazette has its circulation.\\nThe Christian Index, an Episcopalian journal, was com-\\nmenced in December, 18GS, by the Rev. 0. E. Fuller,\\nrector of St. Jude s Church in Fenton, and principal of\\nthe Trinity school. It was a valuable paper, but not of\\nvery long continuance.\\nThe Fenton Independent was established in May, 1868,\\nby H. N. Jennings as editor and publisher, and has now\\n(June, 1879) entered upon its twelfth volume, under the\\nsame proprietorship and management. It is a seven-column\\nfolio, independent in politics and religion, published weekly\\non Tuesdays, and has a good circulation in Fenton and\\nthroughout the county.\\nOTHER JOURNALS IN THE COUNTY.\\nThe Linden Weekly Record, published at Linden, Fen-\\nton township, was started by its present proprietor, Orlando\\nWhite, Jan. 16, 1878, as a five-column quarto. It is now\\na five-column folio, independent in politics, and has a good\\ncirculation.\\nThe Flushing Patrol was established in the village of\\nFlushing, Jan. 16, 1878, by its present proprietor, D. C.\\nAshmun. It is a seven-column folio, printed on a hand-\\npress of Mr. Ashmun s own manufacture, and has a good\\nsubscription list. A job-office is connected with the\\nestablishment.\\nTHE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN GENESEE\\nCOUNTY.\\nEARLY PHVSICIANS.\\nBefore any physician had established in practice in\\nGenesee County, the settlers here who needed medical\\nattendance were served by Doctors David L. Porter, J. B.\\nKichardson, and Olmstead Chamberlain, of Oakland County,\\nand possibly by others. Of these the one who was most\\nfrequently employed was Dr. Chamberlain. He was then\\na middle-aged man, though an old physician in practice.\\nHe was born in Bichmond, Vt., in 1787, and settled in\\nPontiac in 1821. He was probably the first physician\\nwho ever set foot within the territory of Genesee County,\\nhaving passed through here in 1823 on his way to Saginaw,\\nwhence he had received an urgent .summons to attend the\\nsoldiers of the garrison, among whom an alarming epidemic\\nhad broken out. The only road was the Indian trail through\\nthe woods, but the doctor at once mounted his horse, and\\ntraveling night and day, at times obliged to dismount and\\nfeel for the trail on his hands and knees, arrived in due\\ntime, and rendered good service to the sufferers. And for\\nthe early settlers in Grand Blanc and at Flint lliver he\\nwas always equally willing and ready to give professional\\nassistance, although he was not compelled to rely on his\\nprofession for a livelihood, and did not follow it as a regular\\nbusiness. He was present with Col. Cronk in the fatal\\nsickne.ss of the latter at Flint River, in 1832, and on this\\noccasion, as in other critical cases at Grand Blanc and on\\nthe Flint, remained for two or three days, never quitting\\nhis patient until out of danger or past hope of recovery.\\nHe remained in Pontiac until 1864, when he went to live\\nwith a .son in Waupun, Wis., and died there Oct. 10, 1876,\\naged eighty-nine years.\\nThe first physician to locate and practice in Genesee\\nCounty was Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, who came from Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., and settled in Grand Blanc in the spring of\\n1833. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church at\\nthat place. In 1837 he removed to Atlas, being the first\\nphysician in that township, and remained there in practice\\nfor a number of years.\\nDr. John W. King came to Genesee County in 1834,\\nand located at Grand Blanc. After the removal of Dr.\\nBaldwin from that town, in 1837, Dr. King remained as\\nthe only physician of the settlement until the spring of\\n1848, when Dr. H. C. Fairbank became his business part-\\nner. This connection continued till the winter of 1849-50,\\nwhen Dr. King withdrew almost entirely from practice, and\\nsoon afterwards removed to Flint village, where he engaged\\nin the foundry business, but, after some two years, returned\\nto Grand Blanc and passed his remaining years in com-\\nparative retirement upon his farm. In 1873 he expe-\\nrienced an attack of paralj sis, from which he never fully\\nrecovered, and died on the 12th of November, 1876.\\nAt the funeral of Dr. King a short address was made, at\\nthe request of members of the profession, by Dr. George\\nW. Fish, of Flint, who was an a.ssooiate and friend of the\\ndeceased during a period of more than thirty-seven years.\\nIt has been thought appropriate to give in this place the\\nfollowing extract from that address\\nDr. John W. King, so well known to the citizens of\\nthis town and county, has contributed his full share towards\\nredeeming this beautiful country from the savagery of an\\nuncultivated wilderness, and building up the institutions\\nand developing the physical resources of a most prosperous\\nand happy commonwealth. You, my friends, the neigh-\\nbors of him whom we to-day mourn, will, I am sure, bear\\nme out in saying that whatever you have in this commu-\\nnity that is good and true and pure and of good report,\\nwhatever tends to mental, moral, and religious culture,\\nwhatever has been calculated to make vice and immorality\\nodious, and to cherish and foster education, morality, and\\nreligion, has always found an active friend iu Dr. King.\\nOf him it may truly be said, he has done what he could\\nto elevate the race and to make men and women better.\\nSuch men do not live in vain. They are a blessing to the\\ncommunity where their lot is cast, and the death of such\\nis a public calamity.\\nAs a medical man our friend laid no claim to profound\\nerudition or especial brilliancy. He was laborious, pains-\\ntaking, and absolutely conscientious. He was, moreover,\\nmore than ordinarily well read in what we call the general\\nprinciples of the profession he was familiar with the old", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "56\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntext-bociks, and an admirer and, to some extent, an imi-\\ntatorof such noble Cliristian lueu as Be La Mater, Muzzey,\\nand Willoughby. With these as his models, and his abso-\\nlute honesty and steiling common sense, he soon became a\\nsafe and successful physician.\\nWere you to ask me wherein his great strength lay\\nwhich gave him access to the people, I should answer, in\\nhis true manline.ss of character. Removed alike from the\\nsimpering of the silly fop and the imperious bluster of the\\nprofessional autocrat, he cultivated the golden mean of a\\nnoble manhood. There was in his nature such an inex-\\nhaustible supply of pleasant sunshine that his visits to the\\nsick were always welcome. He was a Christian gentleman\\nof the old school, entirely above the petty tricks and jeal-\\nousies of the charlatan. In all this he was worthy of\\nimitation by the members of the profession of the present\\nday. He was always ready to extend a helping hand and\\nspeak a word of cheer and encouragement to young men\\nof the profession who might be under a cloud. Neither\\nprovocation nor hope of reward would tempt him to do a\\nmean or unprofessional act to one of his brethren in the\\nprofession.\\nMy acquaintance with Dr. King has been somewhat\\nintimate, and has extended over a period of nearly thirty-\\neight years. We were associated in the struggles of pro-\\nfessional life in this (then) new country. On horseback we\\nfound our way to the log cabins of the early settlers, and\\nnot unfrequently, by day and night, we met by the rude\\ncouch of the sick and suffering. Most of the men and\\nwomen of that generation have passed away. A few still\\nlinger among us, and they will remember the fierce contest\\nthat was waged with poverty and sickness in the new settle-\\nments. Dr. King and the other physicians of that day were\\nin perfect sympathy with the people and suflFered with them.\\nDr. John A. Hoyes, a graduate of the medical school at\\nFairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., was the fir.st resident physi-\\ncian in Flint, where he settled in 1835,* and continued in\\nan extended and successful practice until about the year\\n1847, when his failing health caused him to seek relief in\\nthe South. He experienced little benefit, however, from\\nthe Southern climate, and not long after returned to Flint,\\nwhere he died, Dec. 20, 1849, aged forty-three years. He\\nwas widely known and a trusted and popular physician.\\nDr. Robert D. Lamond, a graduate of the medical school\\nat Castleton, Vt., and also of the Fairfield Medical College,\\nin Herkimer County, N. Y., came to Flint, about 1838,\\nfrom Fontiac, where he had commenced practice soon after\\n1830. In 1835 he was a member of the Oakland County\\nMedical Society, and its secretary. Afterwards, he was\\none of the original members of the firet medical society\\nof Genesee County (as were also Drs. King and Hoyes).\\nHe continued to reside in Flint during the remainder of\\nhis life, and was for many years the most prominent physi-\\ncian in the county. He represented Genesee County in\\nthe Legislature in 1844, and died in Flint in 1871.\\nIt has been stated in a public address that Dr. Hoyes settled here\\nin 1836, but as his name is found signed to a memorial to Congress\\nin favor of the Smith heirs to the Indian Reservation, which paper\\nis dated Flint River, Sept. 2S, IS3J, it seems pretty certain that\\nhe uamo as early ns that year.\\nDr. George W. Fish came to this county in 1S36, locating\\nin the township of Genesee, where he practiced for two or\\nthree years, and then removed to Flint, where he remained\\nin practice till 1846. At that time he removed to Jack-\\n.son, Mich., and three or four years after on account of his\\nhealth to Central America, in the employ of the Panama\\nRailroad Company. Upon the completion of that work he\\nwent to China, and remained there .seven years in the medi-\\ncal service of the Board of Missions. While there, he\\nfilled, for a time, a vacancy in the United States consulate\\nat Hong-Kong. Upon the opening of the war of the Rebel-\\nlion he returned to the United States, and entered the army\\nas brigade-surgeon, holding that position till the end of the\\nwar, after which he returned to Flint. He served for a\\ntime on the board of trustees of the Institution for the Deaf\\nand Dumb and the Blind, and also one term in the State\\nSenate. He is now United States consul at Tunis, Africa.\\nDr. Daniel Clarke is a graduate of Harvard University,\\nclass of 1839, M. M. S. He came to this county in 1840,\\nand settled in the township of Grand Blanc. He removed\\nto Flint in 1844, but remained only until 1845, when he\\nreturned to Massachusetts. In 1847 he again located in\\nFlint, where he has since remained in extensive practice.\\nHe is now the senior physician of the county of Genesee.\\nDr. Richardson came to Flint about 1837. He removed\\nWest soon after 1840, and is now (or was recently) prac-\\nticing in Greenville, Montcalm Co., Mich.\\nDr. H. C. Fairbank a native of Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nand a graduate of the Willoughby University and of the\\nWestern Reserve College, at Cleveland, Ohio commenced\\npractice in the village of Flint, with Dr. R. D. Lamond, in\\nthe spring of 1847. In the following year he removed to\\nGrand Blanc, and entered practice there with the veteran\\nDr. King. This business connection continued for one and\\na half years, when Dr. King retired to his farm. Dr. Fair-\\nbank remained in Grand Blanc till November, 18G4, when\\nhe removed to Flint. During the sixteen years of his\\npractice in the former place his ride extended through six\\ntownships, of which Grand Blanc was the centre. He is\\nstill located in Flint, with an equally extensive practice.\\nDr. Elijah Drake settled in Flint before 1840, and re-\\nmained here in practice until his death in 1875. He was\\na brother of Hon. Thomas J. Drake, and of Morgan L.\\nDrake, of Fontiac.\\nDr. De Laskie Miller came to Flint from Lapeer (where\\nhe had previously practiced) in 1845. After seven years\\nof successful practice here, he removed to Chicago. Sub-\\nsequently he was appointed professor of obstetrics in the\\nRush Medical College, which position he still holds.\\nDr. John Willet, a graduate of Geneva (N. Y.) Medical\\nCollege, came to Flint in 1846, and remained constantly in\\npractice here until his appointment as surgeon in the Union\\narmy, in August, 1862. Upon his return from the service\\nhe retii-ed from general practice, and engaged in the drug\\nbusiness. He has been elected representative in the State\\nLegislature, and is now (1879) serving in his second term\\nin that oflSce.\\nDr. Samuel W. Pattison came to Dibbloville (now Fen-\\nton) in June, 1836. After practicing there for a few\\nyeai-s he removed to Ypsilanti, where he is still living. Dr.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.\\n57\\nPattison was the first physician in Fenfon, and the only\\nregular one in that township for several years.\\nDr. John C. Gallup, a graduate of the medical school at\\nPittsfield, Mass., came to Fentonville about 1840, and suc-\\nceeded to the practice of Dr. Pattison upon the removal\\nof the latter to Ypsilanti. Dr. Gallup remained in Fen-\\ntonville until about 1851 when he moved to Palmyra, N. Y.\\nFrom that place he returned to Michigan, and was located\\nfor a short time at Grand Rapids, but soon after went to\\nClinton, N. Y., where he became president of the Hough-\\nton Female Seminary, a position which he still holds.\\nDr. Thomas Steere was in Fentonville as early as 1838.\\nHe had followed the business of druggist, and was not a\\ngraduate of any medical school, but, impelled by the scar-\\ncity of physicians in this region at that time, he commenced\\nthe practice of medicine, and continued in it with fair suc-\\ncess and enjoying the respect of the people until his death,\\nwhich occurred about 1852.\\nDr. Knight was located at Long Lake, in the town of\\nFenton, and continued in practice there from about 1849\\nuntil 1875 or 1876, when he moved to Petoskey, Mich.\\nDr. Isaac Wixom came to Genesee County in 1844, and\\nsettled in the township of Argentine. After a quarter of\\na century of successful practice there and in adjoining\\ncounties, he removed to Fenton in 1869, where he is still\\npracticing at the advanced age of seventy-six years. Dr.\\nWixom received his diploma at Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1824, practiced his profession for four years in Steuben\\nCo., N. Y., removed in 1829 to Oakland Co., Mich., where\\nhe remained until his removal to Genesee County. As a\\nsurgeon he has enjoyed a high reputation for many years,\\nand has been called on diflScult cases in other counties of\\nthis and adjoining States. During the war of the Rebel-\\nlion he was commissioned surgeon of the 16th Michigan\\nInfantry, and served with that regiment in the field for two\\nyears. Besides the practice of his profession, Dr. Wixom\\nhas in past years been largely engaged in farming, milling,\\nand mercantile business, and has served in both houses of\\nthe Michigan Legislature.\\nDr. Elbridge G. Gale, a native of Massachusetts, and a\\ngraduate of the medical college at Castleton, Vt., came to\\nDavisonville in November, 1844. He practiced there with\\nsuccess until 1851, after which he became engaged in poli-\\ntics, and was elected to the Legislature for several terms\\n(serving in both houses) and was a delegate to the consti-\\ntutional convention of 1850. Soon after this he entirely\\nwithdrew from the practice of medicine, and devoted most\\nof his time to farming and sheep-raising. He still owns\\nhis farm in Atlas, but resides in Vermont. His successor\\nin practice, in Atlas, was Dr. Murray.\\nDr. Joseph W. Graham came from Owasso to Fenton-\\nville in 1846, and remained there in practice till about\\n1851, when he removed to Flint. About two years later\\nhe left Flint and located in New Albany, Ind., from which\\nplace he afterwards removed to Chicago, and died there.\\nDr. William B. Cole came to Fentonville about 1850.\\nAfter a few years he retired from practice, and held several\\ntownship offices. He finally removed to Pontiac, Oakland\\nCo., where, in September, 1871, he purchased a half-in-\\nterest in the Pontiac Jacksoniaii from the widow of its\\n8\\nformer proprietor, D. H. Soils. He soon after became sole\\nproprietor of the paper but in 5Iay, 1872, sold an interest\\nto Mr. Sheridan, and in the fall of the same year the firm\\nmoved the office and material to Ludington, Mich., where\\nit became the Ludington Appeal. Dr. Cole still resides\\nthere, and publishes his paper in the interest of the Green-\\nback party.\\nDr. Joseph Eastman commenced the practice of medi-\\ncine at Goodrich in 1846. Afterwards he moved upon a\\nform in Davison township, and still later removed to the\\ncity of Flint, where he died in 1878.\\nDr. Miller settled as a physician in Flushing about 1842.\\nAfter many years practice there he removed to Springfield,\\nOakland Co., from which place he removed to Wenona,\\nMich.\\nIn the above mention of the earlier physicians in the\\ncounty of Genesee, it has been the intention to include\\nthose who commenced practice here down to the year 1850.\\nOf most of those who came later the names will be found\\nin the membership lists of the medical societies of the\\ncounty.\\nGENESEE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.*\\nThis society the first medical association in Genesee\\nCounty was organized in the winter of 1841^2. Dr.\\nG. W. Fish, in his address at the funeral of Dr. John W.\\nKing, in November, 1876 (from which an extract has been\\ngiven above), mentioned the formation of the old society\\nas follows\\nAbout thirty-five years ago, four physicians met in an\\noffice in the little village of Flint, and, after much delibera-\\ntion and consultation, organized the first medical society\\never formed in this part of the State. They were all young\\nmen, but recently from the schools, natives of the State of\\nNew York, and had all a common Alma Mater, the old\\nFairfield Medical College, in Herkimer Co., N. Y. Of\\nthose who that day attached their signatures to the consti-\\ntution and by-laws of the first Genesee County Medical\\nSociety, one, Dr. John A. Hoyes, has been dead almost a\\nscore of years another, Dr. Robert D. Lamond, died some\\nfive years since the third. Dr. John W. King, lies in his\\ncoffin, and will soon be borne by us to his last resting-place\\nand the fourth is he who now addres.scs you.\\nDr. Fish was mistaken in supposing that this was the\\nfirst medical society ever formed in this part of the State,\\nfor Dr. Lamond, a member of this, had also been a mem-\\nber, and the secretary, of the Oakland County Medical So-\\nciety in 1835, and Dr. Samuel W. Pattison, of Fentonville,\\nwas admitted to membership in the Oakland Society, in\\n1838 but in other particulars the statement was, of course,\\ncorrect.\\nIn a letter recently written by Dr. Fish, from Tunis,\\nAfrica, where he at present holds the office of United States\\nconsul, he speaks of the organization and existence of this\\nold society as follows\\nIn a historical sketch of the city of Flint, published recently in\\nsome of the newspapers, it is stated that the name of this old organ-\\nization was The Flint Medical Association. That this is incorrect\\nis proved by an advertisement found in the Genesee JUpublicau of the\\nyear 1845, in which Dr. George W. Fish, as secretary, called the an-\\nnual meeting of the Genesee County Medical Society, to be held at\\nthe court-house in Flint.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "5S\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWe sent to Detroit and to Pontiac for copies of the\\nconstitution and by-laws of their respective medical societies,\\nand framed one suited to our wishes. My impression is\\nthat Dr. Hoyes was the first president, and Dr. Laniond\\nsecretary. I also thinic that the first annual meeting was\\nheld at Flint, the following June, at which meeting Drs.\\nSteere and Gallup, of Fentonville, and Dr. Baldwin, of\\nAtlas, became members, and perhap.s Dr. Miller, of Flush-\\ning, may have joined at that time, or soon after. I may\\nbe mistalcen one year in the date of tlie organization, but I\\nthink I am right. The society remained in active operation\\nfor manyyears, until I went South. I believe all the reg-\\nular bred physicians who came into the county became\\nmembers of the society, besides some from Lapeer, Shia-\\nwassee, and Saginaw Counties.\\nTHE GENESEE COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.\\nOn Saturday, May 26, 1866, a number of physicians of\\nGenesee County held a preliminary meeting at tlie Irving\\nHouse, in Flint, to take measures for the formation of a\\ncounty medical society. R. D. Lamond was chosen chair-\\nman, and J. B. F. Curtis secretary, of the meeting. A. B.\\nChapin, M. F. Baldwin, and C. W. Tyler were chosen\\nas a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws, and S.\\nM. Axford, C. V. Tyler, S. Lathrop, L. N. Beagle, A. B.\\nChapin, M. F. Baldwin, and J. B. F. Curtis were chosen\\ndelegates to the State Medical Convention, to be held at\\nDetroit, on the 5th of June next following. The meeting\\nthen adjourned to July 14tli. At the adjourned meeting,\\nthe committee reported a constitution, which was adopted\\nand signed by the physicians present, viz. R. D. Lamond,\\nFlint; H. C. Fairbank, Flint; A. B. Chapin, Flint; S.\\nM. Axford, Flint; James B. F. Curtis, Flint; S. Lathrop,\\nPine Run M. F. Baldwin, Genesee Lewis S. Pilcher,\\nClayton. The name adopted for the organization was The\\nGenesee County Medical Association, having for its de-\\nclared object the promotion of medical and general sci-\\nence, and in every way to advance tlie interests of the\\nmedical profession and the following were chosen its first\\nofiicers, namely President, R. D. Lamond Vice-President,\\nH. C. Fairbank Secretary, J. B. F. Curtis Treasurer,\\nA. B. Chapin.\\nThe following physicians were admitted as members of\\nthe association at different times, subsequent to its organi-\\nzation\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 N. Bates, Linden L. N. Beagle, Forest C. V.\\nTyler, Flushing R. Murray, Davison.\\n1867. Wm. R. Marsh, Fenton Isaac Wixom, Argen-\\ntine Watrous, Grand Blanc H. H. Bardwell, Genesee\\nWm. Gibson, Clio Ransom N. Murray, Grand Blanc J.\\nEastman, Davison John W. King, Grand Blanc (hon-\\norary) J. H. Axtell, Tuscola County.*\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. V. Beebee, Grand Blanc H. P. Seymour,\\nClayton C. W. Pengra, Goodrich Andrew Slaght, Elgin\\nG. W. Rowland, Flint George W. Fish, Flint.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. W. Hanson, Otisville T. S. Reed, Mount\\nMorris John B. Laing, Mount Morris T. R. Buckham,\\nAn article of the constitution permitted regular physicians of any\\nadjoining county, in which no medical society existed, to become\\nmembers of this associatiou.\\nFlint James C. Clark, Atlas Bela Cogshall, Gaines C.\\nMather, Linden A. W. Riker, Fenton Wm. Forbes,\\nFlint Cyrus G. Davis, Grand Blanc.\\n1870. Daniel Clarke, Flint (honorary); John Willett,\\nFlint (honorary); J. C. Willson, Flint; Harper, Ar-\\ngentine; Wm. Bullock, Orson Millard, A. S. Austin,\\nD. A. Campbell, Clio L. T. Wells, F. H. Hamilton, Co-\\nlumbiaville A. F. Coupe, Flushing White, Davison.\\n1872. Hollywood, Mount Morris.\\nSeveral who were elected to membership, however, did\\nnot sign the constitution and by-laws, and several others,\\nwho had perfected their membership, withdrew afterwards.\\nDissatisfaction crept into the association, and it was finally\\ndissolved about 1873; its last recorded meeting having\\nbeen held ISIay 17th, in that year.\\nTHE FLINT ACADEMY OP MEDICINE.\\nThe organization of this society was efiected at a meet-\\ning of the physicians and surgeons of the county of Gen-\\nesee, held at the Scientific Institute rooms, in the city of\\nFlint, on the 18th of August, 1871. Dr. Daniel Clarke,\\nof Flint, as chairman, proceeded to explain the object of\\nthe meeting, and appointed a committee, compo.sed of Drs.\\nA. B. Chapin and Henry P. Seymour, of Flint, and Dr.\\nAdelbert F. Coupe, of Flushing, to draft a constitution\\naod by-laws.\\nBy the first article of the constitution as reported, the\\nname and style of the association was to be The Society\\nof Physicians and Surgeons of Genesee County. On\\nmotion of Dr. J. C. Willson, uf Flint, this article was\\namended by the substitution of the present name of the\\nsociety. The several articles, and the entire constitution\\nand by-laws, were then adopted, the article having reference\\nto eligibility for membership being as follows Any phy-\\nsician in good standing, and who is a graduate of a regular\\nschool of medicine recognized by the American Medical\\nAssociation, may become a member of this Academy.\\nThe members of the academy at its organization were\\nDaniel Clarke, H. C. Fairbank, James C. Willson, George\\nW. Fish, Thomas R. Buckham, William Bullock, A. B.\\nChapin, Orson Millard, Henry P. Seymour, P. G. Wart-\\nman, Flint; Adelbert F. Coupe, Newcomb S. Smith, Flush-\\ning Hiram H. Bardwell, Mount Morris C. W. Pengra,\\nAtlas. The following were its first officers President,\\nDaniel Clarke Vice-President, Adelbert F. Coupe Sec-\\nretary, Orson Millard Treasurer, James C. Willson\\nBoard of Censors, Newcomb S. Smith, George W. Fish,\\nJames C. Willson.\\nThe subsequent admissions to membership have been as\\nfollows\\n1871. L. W. Hanson, Otisville Bela Cogshall, Gaines\\n(now of Flint) M. B. Stevens, Byron (Shiawassee County)\\nAndrew Slaght, Grand Blanc.\\n1872. J. B. Laing, Mount Morris George W. How-\\nland, C. P. Donelson, Flint.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Forbes, Flint A. W. Nicholson, Otis-\\nville William Collwell, Byron (Shiawassee County) E.\\nH. Hurd.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. N. Chamberlain.\\n1877. J. Eastman.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS.\\n59\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. M. Rulison, Flushing A. A. Thompson.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. N. Buckham.\\nDate of admission not recorded. H. Edwards, T. P.\\nKenyon.\\nThe present membership of the academy is as follows\\nDaniel Clarke, Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1839.\\nGeorge AV. Fish, Veniiont Acavlemy of Medicine, 1837.\\nII. C. Fairbanli, Cleveland Medical Crillcge, I,SJ7-48.\\nOrson Millard, I niversity of Michigan. 1S70.\\nHenry P. Seymour, University of Michigan, 1870.\\nThomas K. Buckham, Victoria Univer.sity (Canada), 1866.\\nAdclbert F. Coupe, University of Michigan, 1870.\\nNewcomb S. .Smith, Iowa University, 1864.\\nAndrew Slaght, University of ^licliigan, 1868.\\nM. B. Stevens, University of Michigan, 1869.\\nJ. C. Willson, University of Michigan, 1859.\\nA. B. Chapin, University of Michigan, 1861.\\nL. W. Hanson, New Hampshire Medical Institute, 1867.\\nBela Cogshall, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1866.\\nJohn B. Laing, Detroit Medical College, 1870.\\nGeorge W. Howlanil, University of Jlichigan, 1870.\\nH. Edwards, Victoria University, 1846.\\nC. W. Pengra, Detroit Medical College, 1870.\\nWilliam Forbes, Cleveland Medical College, 1847-48.\\nA. A. Thompson. University of Michigan, 18. 6.\\nT. P. Kenyon, Detroit Medical College, 1876.\\nG. N. Chamberlain, Detroit Medical College, 1874.\\n0. M. Rulison, Albany Medical College, 1874.\\nJ. N. IJuekham, University of Michigan, 1878.\\nHiram H. Bardwell, Rush Medical College, Chicago.\\nE. H. Hard, University of Michigan, 1867.\\nThe oflBcers of the academy for 1879 are A. A. Thomp-\\nson, President N. S. Smith, Vice-President Bela Cogs-\\nhall, Secretary J. C. Willson, Treasurer.\\nHOMffiOPATHY IN GENESEE.\\nThe pioneer homeeopathic physician in Genesee County\\nis Dr. I. N. Eldridge, who is now (1879) in the twenty-\\nninth year of his practice in the city of Flint. He is a\\ngraduate of the Homcjuopathic Medical Colleges of New\\nYork and of Cleveland, Ohio, and one of the oldest\\nhomoeopathic practitioners in the State. In 1847 he was\\none of the eight physicians that number embracing all of\\nthe homieopathic school who were then in practice in the\\nState) present at the formation of the first Michigan Insti-\\ntute of Homceopathy, and its first vice-president was also\\nthe first president of the Homoeopathic Medical Society\\nof the State of Michigan, and held the offices of secretary\\nand treasurer in that society for eight years until 1877\\nand ha.s been since June, 1873, a member of the American\\nInstitute of Homoeopathy. He came to Michigan from\\nLivingston County, N. Y., in 1847, and located at Ann\\nArbor. He first practiced in Flint in 1850, and in the\\nfollowing year settled here penuaiieiitly. His practice in\\nFlint (says Cleaves Biographical Cyclopasdia became\\n80 extensive as to demand a coadjutor, and in Dr. E. F.\\nOlds, whom he had converted from allopathy, he found an\\nassociate for a short period. Dr. Olds after a short stay\\nin Flint removed to South Lyon, Oakland Co., and was\\nafterwards located at Howell, Livingston Co., and at\\nseveral other places in the State. He is now in Philadel-\\nphia, Pa., whether in practice or not is not known.\\nDr. William S. Cornelius came to Flint not long after\\nDr. Eldridge. He removed after a few years practice, and\\nis now in Wilmington, Del. About the same time came\\nDr. Lewis Taylor, who located in Flushing. Dr. Charles\\nM. Putnam established in Flint some fifteen years ago.\\nDr. C. S. Eldridge practiced in Flint in 1865. Dr. J. G.\\nMalcolm came to Flint about 1866, remained a number of\\nyears, and removed to Memphis, Tenn. Dr. A. J. Adams\\ncommenced practice in Flint about 1873. The list of\\nhom(copathic physicians in Genesee County as given in the\\nAnnual [homoeopathic] Directory for 1878, is as follows\\nI. N. Eldridge, C. M. Putnam, A. J. Adams, C. A. Hughes,\\nM. E. Hughes, Flint; Lewis Taylor, Flushing; R. E.\\nKnapp, Fenton A. Austin, Argentine J. Parks, Gaines.\\nEARLY LAWYERS IN THE COUNTY.\\nThe first resident attorney in Genesee County was\\nPhilip H. McOmber. He came from Saratoga Co., N. Y.,\\nsettled in Groveland, Oakland Co., about 1832, was ad-\\nmitted to practice in the Oakland County courts, and\\nremoved to this county in 1834, locating in what is now\\nthe township of Fenton. Enterprising and talented as a\\nlawyer (wrote the Hon. William M. Fenton of him), he\\nsoon became widely and favorably known. My recollec-\\ntion of him is as a lawyer, being present at nearly every suit\\nbefore justices of the peace in Genesee, Oakland, Livings-\\nton, and Shiawassee Counties, adjacent to the village [Fen-\\ntonville]. His hair was white, his face rubicund and\\njolly, and his talents of a superior order. Mr. McOmber\\nwas the first prosecuting attorney of Genesee County. He\\nnot only stood high as a lawyer, but was most highly\\nesteemed as an honest and public-spirited citizen and a\\nhospitable gentleman. He died about 1844.\\nThomas J. Drake, who had previously been engaged in\\nthe practice of the law for about ten years at Pontiac, came\\nin 1836 to Flint, where he continued the practice of his\\nprofession for several years, but afterwards returned to\\nPontiac, where he died April 20, 1875. Judge Baldwin,\\nof the sixth circuit, said of Mr. Drake, He was con-\\nnected as counsel with most of the leading cases in North-\\nern Michigan during a long term of years, and was always\\nhappy and in his element when advocating the interests of\\nthe people. He was elected to the State Senate from\\nGenesee County, holding that oflSce from 1839 to 1842\\nand during his long professional career held many other\\nhigh offices, among which was- that of chief-justice of the\\nUnited States Court in Utah, to which he was appointed\\nby President Lincoln in 1864. Judge Drake s associate\\njustice in Utah said of him, When once the judge made\\nup his mind that he was right, no power under heaven\\ncould swerve him from the path of duty. And this esti-\\nmate of his character was fully concurred in by all who\\nintimately and perfectly knew him.\\nJohn Bartow was another early attorney of the county,\\nhaving located at Flint in the spring of 1836. lie was\\nsoon after appointed register in the land office, and was\\nelected to the State Senate in 1837. He enjoyed a high\\nreputation as a lawyer, and was engaged on nearly every\\ncase of importance before the courts during the years of\\nhis practice here.\\nEdward H. Thomson was a student in the office of the\\nHon. Millard Fillmore, afterwards President of the United\\nStates. Mr. Thomson was admitted to practice in the State", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "60\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof New York in 1832, and came to the township of Atlas\\nin 1837, but removed to Flint in the following year, and\\ncommenced practice there in partnership with John Bartow.\\nHe was prosecuting attorney of Genesee in 1845\u00e2\u0080\u009416, and\\nwas elected to the State Senate for the years 1848 and\\n1849. He has also served in the lower House, and filled\\nmany other important offices. He still resides in the city\\nof Flint, and is now the senior lawyer of Genesee County.\\nJames Birdsall came to practice the profession of the law\\nin Flint in 1839. He was a native of Chenango Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he was a banker, politician, extensive lumberman\\non the Susquehanna River, President of the Norwich Bank,\\nand had been a member of the lower House of Congress.\\nHe died in Flint, July 20, 1856, aged seventy-three years.\\nArtemas Thayer was admitted to the bar in 1839, and\\nin November of that year established himself in practice in\\nFlint. In later years he has been a very extensive owner\\nand dealer in real estate. He is still residing in Flint, and\\nis among the oldest lawyers of the county, though not now\\nin practice.\\nJohn S. Goodrich was admitted to practice in Oakland\\nCounty in November, 1840. He afterwards removed to\\nthe township of Atlas, and practiced as a lawyer in Genesee\\nCounty until his death, which occurred in 1851. He had\\nbeen elected circuit judge in that year, but death prevented\\nhis assuming the duties of the office. Mr. Goodrich is\\nmentioned as having been rather ungainly in personal\\nappearance, painfully awkward in manner, but possessed of\\nmost wonderful powers of memory, and was in fact a library\\nin himself. It is said that he read Hume s History of\\nEngland through in forty-eight hours, and from that single\\nrapid perusal could give every important event there re-\\ncorded, with its date. His residence in Genesee was at\\nGoodrich, a village to which his family gave its name.\\nWilliam F. Mosely was an early attorney at Pentonville.\\nHe had been previously a lawyer in Oakland County, hav-\\ning been admitted to practice there in 1825, and had filled\\nthe offices of prosecuting attorney and probate judge of\\nthat county. In 1841 he filled the office of prosecuting\\nattorney of Genesee County. He afterwards removed to\\nShiawassee County, where he died in 1860.\\nWilliam M. Fenton came to Fentonville (then Dibble-\\nville) as a merchant in the year 1837. Here he prosecuted\\nthe study of the law, and was admitted to the bar in 1842.\\nIn 1846 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1848 he\\nwas elected lieutenant-governor of Michigan, and in 1850\\nwas re-elected to the same office. Having removed to\\nFlint, he was appointed register of the land office there,\\nin 1853, by President Pierce, and held that position until\\nthe removal of the office to Saginaw. He was always\\nlargely identified with the pro.sperity and advancement of\\nthe city of Flint, and was prominently instrumental in pro-\\ncuring the location here of the Institution for the Deaf and\\nDumb and the Blind. His distinguished services in the war\\nof the Rebellion are mentioned elsewhere in this volume.\\nHis death, the result of an accident, occurred at Flint, May\\n12, 1871.\\nLevi Walker, a native of Washington Co., N. Y., entered\\nupon the practice of the law in Genoa, N. Y., in 1835.\\nHe was afterwards associated in business with Hon. George\\nH. Rathbone, at Auburn, N. Y. He came to Flint in\\n1847. As a lawyer, he stood in many respects at the head\\nof his profession. His opinion upon any law point was con-\\nsidered by his professional brethren as almost conclusive.\\nHe drew up the first charter of the city of Flint, as well as\\nthe present one, and was the author of the Articles of\\nAssociation of the Genesee County Agricultural Society, and\\nthe Glenwood Cemetery Association, and was for twenty\\nyears continuously a member of the school board of Flint.\\nIn the fall of 1872 be was elected Representative in the\\nState Legislature, where he came to be considered a leader,\\nand one of the soundest thinkers in the House. His death,\\nwhich occurred at Lansing, April 26, 1873, was doubtless\\nthe result of excessive labor which he imposed upon himself\\nin his earnest interest for the welfare of the State. The\\nHon. Charles M. Croswell (now Governor), then Speaker\\nof the House, said, It is no exaggeration to say that\\nin the death of Mr. Walker the House has lost one of its\\nbest and ablest members. Shrinking from no labor,\\nwith watchful attention to every detail, he was never satis-\\nfied until he had thoroughly mastered his subject. Then,\\nwith clearness of argument and aptness of illustration, he\\npresented his views, almost invariably to receive the sanc-\\ntion and approval of his associates.\\nAlexander P. Davis, a native of Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nemigrated to Michigan, and settled at an early day in\\nLivingston Co., from whence, in 1842, he removed to\\nFlint, where he engaged in the profession to which he\\nwas bred, that of the law, in which he ranked among\\nits most prominent members in the county of Genesee.\\nDuring his residence of nearly thirty years in the county,\\nhe was elected to the offices of prosecuting attorney. State\\nsenator (two terms), and to other honorable positions, as\\nmay be seen by reference to the Genesee civil list. The\\nlatter part of his life was passed at Fentonville, where he\\ndied, March 4, 1871.\\nOther prominent lawyers who commenced the practice of\\nthe profession in Genesee County prior to 1850 were Robt.\\nJ. S. Page, who commenced practice in Flint as early as\\n1838, and afterwards filled the offices of probate judge and\\ncircuit court commissioner George R. Cummings, who\\nwas admitted to the bar about 1842, and afterwards filled\\nthe office of county clerk Ellsworth S. Walkley, who\\nsettled in the township of Genesee, and was elected to\\nthe office of county judge under the old judicial system\\nChauncey K. Williams, who was at Fentonville before\\n1840; and Joseph K. Rugg, who came to Flint in 1843\\nthe last mentioned filling the office of prosecuting attorney\\nof this county for the years 1847 to 1852 he being the\\nfirst incumbent of the office after it became elective in\\n1850.\\nTHE PRESENT BAR OF GENESEE.\\nThe present bar of Genesee County is composed of the\\nfollowing-named gentlemen, viz. Oscar Adams, William\\nO. Axford, Oscar Bradley, Samuel L. Brigham, William\\nM. Carrier, George H. Durand, George B. Daly, Henry\\nFenton, George R. Gold, Sumner Howard, Henry Hoffman,\\nCharles H. Johnson, Ransom Johnson, Charles D. Long,\\nHenry R. Lovell, E. S. Lee, Charles E. McAlester, Wil-\\nliam Newton, Leroy Parker, Henry C. Riggs, John Z.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "GENESEE CIVIL LIST.\\n61\\nKicliards, Marvin L. Secloy, Thaddcus G. Smith, William\\nStevenson, Edward H. Thomson, James L. Topping, E.\\nM. Thayer, Henry C. Van Atta, Alvah W. Wood, George\\nM. Walker, Charles H. Wisner, Robbins Jones.\\nGENESEE CIVIL LIST.\\nIn this list the names are given of those who have held\\ncounty offices, and also of those resident in Genesee County\\nwho have held important offices in or under the State or\\nNational government.\\nSTATE OFFICERS.\\nGOVERSOR.\\nHenry H. Crapo. First inauguration, Jan. 4, 1865 second inau-\\nguration, Jan. 2, 1S67.\\nLIEUTENAST-GOTERXOR.\\nWilliam M. Fenton. First term of service, 1848-49 second term\\nof service, 1850-51.\\nSIEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE TERRITORY.\\nThomas J. Dralse, Daniel Le Roy.*\\nDELEGATE TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OP 1835.\\n(Convened at Detroit, May 11, 1835; adjourned June 24, 1835.)\\nNorman Davison.f\\nDELEGATE TO FIRST CONVENTION OP ASSENT.\\n(Convened at Ann Arbor, Sept. 26, 1S3G.)\\nThomas J. Drake. J\\nDELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIOS OF 1850.\\n(Convened at Lansing, June 3, 1850.)\\nJohn Bartow, Elbridge G. Gale, De Witt C. Leach.\\nDELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1867.\\n(Convened at Lansing, May 15, 1867.)\\nSumner Howard, Henry R. Lovell, Thaddeus 6. Smith.\\nREPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.\\nJosiah W. Begole (XLIII. Congress), elected in 1872.\\nGeorge H. Durand (XLIV. Congress), elected in 1874.\\nSTATE TREASURER.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0William B. McCreery, Jan. 1, 1875, to Jan. 1, 1879.\\nCIRCUIT JUDGES.\\nJohn S. Goodrich,^ elected 1851.\\nSanford M. Green, 1852 to 1857.\\nSTATE SENATORS.\\nCharles C. Hascall, Flint River, served 1835-36.\\nJohn Bartow, Flint River, 1838.\\nThomas J. Drake,] Flint River, 1839-41.\\nDaniel B. Wakefield, Grand Blanc, 1842-43.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0William M. Fenton, Fentonville, 1845-47.\\nThese gentlemen were members of the Fourth Legislative Coun-\\ncil (1830-31), representing Oakland County. Both were afterwards\\ncitizens of Genesee County.\\nf Judge Davison was also a delegate to the second Convention of\\nAssent, which convened at Ann Arbor, Dec. 14, 1836. In both these\\nconventions he represented Lapeer County, as the township in which\\nhe resided (Atlas) had not then been annexed to Genesee.\\nJ In this convention Mr. Drake was the delegate for Saginaw,\\nGenesee, and Shiawassee Counties. Of the seventy-six votes polled\\nin Genesee (election Sept. 12, 1836), he received forty-three, and hia\\nopponent, Daniel B. Wakefield, thirty-three.\\nJ Did not qualify.\\nII Preaidont ro tempore April 1, 1810, and Feb. 24, 1841.\\nElijah B. Witherbee, Flint, 1S47.1[\\nEdward H. Thomson, Flint, 1848-49.\\nEnos Goodrich, Atlas, 1853-54.\\nReuben Goodrich, Atlas, 1855-56.\\nJames Seymour, Flushing, 1857-58.\\nAlexander P. Davis, Flint, 1859-60.\\nElbridge G. Gale, Atlas, 1S61-62.\\nHenry H. Crapo, Flint, 186.3-64.\\nAlcNander P. Davis, Flint, 1865-66.\\nWillard B. Arms, Fenton, 1867-68.\\nThaddeus G. Smith, Fenton, 1869-70.\\nJosiah W. Begole, Flint, 1871-72.\\nJames L. Curry, Vienna, 1873-74.\\nGeorge W. Fish, Flint, 1875-76.\\nFrancis II. Rankin, Flint, 1877-78.\\nSimeon R. Billings, Richfield, 1879.\\nREPRESENTATIVES, STATE LEGISLATURE.\\nJeremiah R. Smith,** Grand Blanc, served 1837-38, 41-42\\nJohn L. Gage, Flint, 1843.\\nRobert D. Lamond, Flint, 1844.\\nGeorge H. Hazelton, Flint, 1845-46.\\nEnos Goodrich, Atlas, 1847.\\nAlfred Pond, Flushing, 1847.\\nWilliam Blades, Flint, 1848.\\nSamuel N. Warren, Fentonville, 1848.\\nDaniel Dayton, Grand Blanc, 1849.\\nJoseph II. Kilbourne, Atlas, 1849.\\nJoshua K. Abbott, Grand Blanc, 1850,\\nDe Witt C. Leach, Mundy, 1850.\\nCharles N. Beechcr, Genesee, 1851-52.\\nJoseph S. Fenton, Fenton, 1851-52.\\nElbridge G. Gale, Atlas, 185.3-54.\\nJames Seymour, Flushing, 1853-54.\\nAbraham Middleswarth, Argentine, 1855-56,\\nDaniel N. Montague, Thetford, 1855-56.\\nCharles N. Beecher, Flint, 1857-58.\\nReuben Goodrich, Atlas, 1857-58.\\nBenjamin Grace, Fentonville, 1859-60.\\nEdward H. Thomson, Flint, 1859-60.\\nAlexander W. Davis, Grand Blanc, 1861-62.\\nFrancis H. Rankin, Flint, 1861-62.\\nFrancis H. Rankin, Flint, 1863-64.\\nThaddeus G. Smith, Fenton, 1863-64.\\nGeorge W. Thayer, Mount Morris, 1863-64.\\nJames ^Van \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ncet, Gaines, 1865-66.\\nRobert P. Aitken, Flint, 1865-66.\\nGeorge W. Thayer, Mount Morris, 1865-66.\\nJames Van Vleet, Gaines, 1867-68.\\nRobert P. Aitken, Flint, 1867-68.\\nChandler H. Rockwood, Genesee, 1867-68.\\nDexter Horton, Fenton, 1869-70.\\nEdward M. Mason, Flint, 1869-70.\\nJames L. Curry, Vienna, 1869-70.\\nJames B. Mosher, Fenton, 1871-72.\\nOscar Adams, Flint, 1871-72.\\nJohn I. Phillips.tt Vienna, 1871.\\nGeorge Kipp, Atlas, 1873-74.\\nLevi Walker.lt Flint, 1873.\\nFrederick Walker, Mount Morris, 1873-74.\\nJames B. Mosher, Fenton, 1875-76.\\nLe Roy Parker, Flint, 1875-76.\\nSimoon R. Billings, Richfield, 1875-76.\\nJohn Willctt, Flint, 1877-78.\\nSimeon R. Billings, Richfield, 1877-78.\\nJohn Willett, Flint, 1879.\\nJacob Bedtelyon, Atlas, 1879.\\n1 E. B. Witherbee died Feb. 20, 1847; vacancy thus occasioned\\nfilled by AV illiani M. Fenton.\\nFirst elected to this office Feb. 4, 1837. At this election the whole\\nnumber of votes cast was 310, of which Jeremiah R. Smith received\\n234; William F. Mosely, 74; David Mather, 1 Norris Thorp, 1.\\nft Died during term of office. Vacancy filled by Frederick Walker.\\ni\\\\ Died during term. Le Roy Parker elected to fill vacancy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCOUNTY OFFICERS.\\nJUDGES OF PROBATE.\\nSamuel Rice, elected 1836.\\nOgden Clark, 1844.\\nCharles D. Little, 1848.\\nR. J. S. Page, 1850.\u00c2\u00ab\\nHenry I. Higgins, 1850.\\nWarner Lake, 1852.\\nSamuel B. Wicks, 1860.\\nL. 6. Bickford, 1866.\\nGeorge R. Gold, 1808.\\nThaddeus G. Smith,t ISrfi.\\nPROSECUTING ATTOR.NEYS.\\nP. H. McOmber, served 1839-40. Sumner Howard, 1858.\\nW. F. Mosely, 1841. Chauncey W. Wisner, 1860.\\nM. L. Drake, 1842-44. Alexander P. Davis, 1802.\\nEdward H. Thomson, 1S45-46. Sumner Howard, 1864, 66, 68.\\nJoseph K. Rugg, 1847-49. j H. R. Lovell, 1870, 72.\\nJoseph K. Rugg.J elected 1850. Charles D. Long, 1874, 76, 78.\\nAle.\\\\ander P. Davis, 1852, 54, 56. t\\nLewis Buckingham, elected 1836,\\n38.\\nReuben McCreery, 1840.\\nWilliam Clifford,? 1842.\\nReuben McCreery, 1844, 46.\\nWilliam Blades, 1848.\\nGeorge S. Hopkins, 1850, 52.\\nLyman G. Buckingham, 1854, 56.\\nSHERIFFS.\\nLewis Buckingham, 1858.\\nClaudius T. Thompson, 1860, \u00e2\u0096\u00a002.\\nJohn A. Kline, 1864, 66.\\nGeo. W. Buckingham, 1868, 70.\\nJohn A. Kline, 1872.\\nEugene Parsell, 1874.\\nPhilo D. Phillips, 1876, 78.\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\nRobert F. Stage, elected 1836. George B. Mcrriman, 1858.\\nW. A. Morrison, 1839. George R. Gold, 1860, 62.\\nThomas R. Cummings, 1842. Charles D. Long, 1864, 66, 68,\\nCharles E. Dewey, 1844. 70.\\nGeorge R. Cummings, 1846. Lorenzo D. Cook, 1872, 74.\\nAnderson Bump, 1848, 50, 52. David P. Halsey, 1876, 78.\\nMark D. Seeley, 1854, 56.\\nREGISTERS OF DEEDS.\\nOliver G. Wesson, elected 1836. William H. C. Lyon, 1S5S.\\nBenjamin Rockwell, 1840, 42. George F. Hood, 1860, 62.\\nLewis G. Bickford, 1844, 46, 48. Benjamin J. Lewis, 1864.\\nGeorge R. Cummings, 1850. John Algoe, 1866, 68, 70, 72.\\nCharles Seymour, l852. George E. Taylor, 1874, 76.\\nFitch R. Tracy, 1854, 56. Charles C. Beahan, 1878.\\nCOUXTY TREASURERS.\\nC. D. Vi. Gibson, elected 1836, Josiah W. Begole, 1856, 58, 60,\\n38. 62.\\nOrrin Safford, 1840, 42, 44. j Harlow Whittlesej 1864, 66.\\nAugustus St. Amand, 1846, 48, James Van Vleet, 1868, 70.\\n50. William W. Barnes, 1872.\\nJohn L. Gage,! 1851. Charles C. Beahan, 1874.\\nReuben McCreery, 1852, 54. I Samuel R. Atherton, 1876, 78.\\nGENESEE COUNTY PIONEER ASSOCIATION.\\nOn the 31st of December, 1857, pursuant to a pub-\\nlished call signed by William M. Fenton, C. C. Hascall,\\nand about one hundred and eighty other citizens of Gene.see,\\na meeting was held at the hall of the Flint Scientific\\nInstitute for the purpose of forming a pioneer society,\\nto be composed of persons who had become resident in the\\ncounty as early as the year 1840. Benjamin Pearson was\\nAppointed to fill vacancy, and acted as judge of probate for a few-\\nmonths,\\nt Still in office,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1879.\\n1 First prosecuting attorney elected in Genesee County.\\n2 J. C. Griswold, under-sheriff, performed the duties of the office\\nduring the term of Mr. Clifford.\\nII Filled vacancy caused by the departure of Mr. St. Amand for\\nEurope, in October, 1851.\\ncalled to the chair, and Dr. Elijah Drake was made secre-\\ntary of the meeting. A committee was chosen, composed\\nof Hon. William M. Fenton, Hon. Edward H. Thomson,\\nand H. M. Henderson, Esq., who were charged with the\\nduty of preparing a constitution and by-laws for the pro-\\nposed society, and the meeting then adjourned to the 22d\\nof February next following. At the meeting held accord-\\ning to adjournment the committee reported a constitution\\nfor the Genesee County Pioneer Association, which was\\nadopted, and the society was organized under that name by\\nthe election of the following-named gentlemen as its first\\nofiBcers President, Hon. Jeremiah R. Smith. Recording\\nSecretary, Elijah Drake, M.D. Corresponding Secretary,\\nHon. Charles P. Avery. Treasurer, Henry M. Henderson,\\nEsq. Librarian, Manley Miles, M.D. Vice-Presidents\\n(one in each township of the county) Atlas, Enoch Good-\\nrich Argentine, William H. Hicks Burton, Perus Ather-\\nton Clayton, Alfred Pond Davison, Goodenough Town-\\nsend Fenton, Robert Le Roy Flint township, John\\nTodd Flint City, Charles C. Hascall Flushing, John\\nPatton Forest, John Crawford Gaines, Hartford Cargill\\nGenesee, Sherman Stanley Grand Blanc, Silas D. Halsey\\nMontrose, John McKenzie Mount Morris, Ezekiel R.\\nEwing Mundy, Morgan Baldwin Richfield, Jeremiah\\nStanard Thetford, Benoni Clapp Vienna, Russell G.\\nHurd.\\nIt has been the custom of the members of the association,\\nfrom the time of its organization until the present, to hold\\nannual reunions, at which, after the transaction of the\\nroutine business for the year, addresses and narratives of\\npioneer experience are listened to fi om such of the early\\nsettlers as are disposed to give them. For many years\\npast these yearly gatherings have been held at Long Lake,\\nin the town of Fenton (usually in the month of August),\\nand they are regarded as occasions of great enjoyment and\\ninterest.\\nThe officers of the association for 1879 are as follows\\nPresident, George S. Woodhull Vice-President, Dexter\\nHorton Treasurer, Elisha Lamed Secretary, W. H. H.\\nSmith Executive Committee, William O Dell, W. I.\\nWilliams, Mundy John Barson, Argentine Ezra Wis-\\nner, Clio S. D. Halsey, Grand Blanc.\\nCHAPTER X.\\nMILITARY KECOBD OP GENESEE.\\nGenesee in the Mexican War The War of the Rebellion The Flint\\nUnion Grays They join the 2d Infantry Organization and De-\\nparture of the Regiment Arrival at Washington Bull Run Cam-\\npaign Peninsula Campaign Battles of Williamsburg and Fair\\nOaks The Seven Days Fight Campaign under Gen. Pope\\nFredericksburg Campaigns in Kentucky and Mississippi In East\\nTennessee Veteran Re-enlistment Campaign of the Wilderness\\nIn Front of Petersburg Fall of Petersburg -Muster Out, and\\nReturn Home.\\nThe first public exigency which required the calling out\\nof troops after Genesee became a county, was the war with\\nMexico, 1846 to 1S4S. At that time the population of\\nthe county was small, and among its people there could be", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "SECOND INFANTRY.\\n63\\nfound but comparatively few who could be spared from the\\ncabins and clearings, where they stood on constant duty as\\nsentinels to guard their families against the assaults of\\nhunger and want. Nevertheless there were some men of\\nGenesee, both officers and soldiers, who followed their\\ncountry s flag to the fields of far-off Mexico. The 1st\\nRegiment of Michigan Volunteers was commanded by Col.\\nT. B. VV. Stockton, of Flint, and among the companies\\nwhich composed it was that of Capt. Hanscom, of Pontiac,\\nwhich, though made up largely of Oakland County volun-\\nteers, yet contained a few from Genesee. The 15th United\\nStates Regiment also contained Michigan companies, and\\none of these was commanded by Capt. Eugene Van De\\nVenter, of Genesee. In that company were Alexander W.\\nDavis, of Grand Blanc, severely wounded at Churubusco\\nWilliam R. Buzzell, who died of disease in the city of\\nMexico, Oct. 29, 1847 Claudius H. Riggs, of Grand\\nBlanc, who died at Vera Cruz, July 12, 1847; Robert\\nHandy, reported as dead in Mexico and Henry L. Bran-\\nnock, who survived his term of service; and perhaps others,\\nwhose names cannot be given. The regiment of which\\nCapt. Van de Venter s company was a part was in the divi-\\nsion of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, of Tennessee. Of Genesee\\nCounty soldiers who served in Capt. Hanscom s company\\nwe can give only the names of James W. Croiik and Norton\\nCronk, of Clayton, the former of whom died in Mexico.\\nBut the real military history of Genesee commenced in\\nthose spring days of 18G1, when the guns of besieged\\nSumter sounded a war-signal which reverberated across the\\nhills and streams from ocean to lake. And it is a history\\nof which the people of the county may well be proud.\\nDuring the period which intervened between the birth and\\nthe death of the great Rebellion, Genesee gave to the war\\nmore than two thousand men, whose names are recorded on\\nthe rolls of one rifle, one engineer, ten cavalry, and twenty-\\nthree infantry regiments, and nine batteries of Michigan,\\nbesides several infantry, cavalry, and artillery organizations\\nof other States, and one regiment of United States Volun-\\nteers. Several of the regiments most noticeable for the\\nnumber of Genesee County men serving in them are espe-\\ncially mentioned below in historical sketches of their or-\\nganization and services in the great war for the Union.\\nSECOND INFANTRY.\\nWhen, at the fall of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln\\ncalled on the several loyal States for an army of seventy-\\nfive thousand men to sustain the power of the government\\nagainst a rebellion which had unexpectedly proved formida-\\nble. Governor Blair, of Michigan, responded by issuing his\\nproclamation calling for twenty companies out of the uni-\\nformed volunteer force of the State, with field and staff\\nofficers, to compose two regiments of infantry, to be placed\\nat the disposal of the President if re({uired. The War\\nDepartment had placed the quota of Michigan at one full\\nregiment, but the Governor very wLsely concluded and\\ntlie people of Michigan concurred in the opinion that a\\nsecond regiment should be made ready for service if it\\nshould be needed, as he believed it wuuld be. Three days\\nafter the Governor s call (April lyth) the State s quota was\\nfilled, and her first regiment ready for muster into the ser-\\nvice of the United States, fully equipped with arms, am-\\nmunition, and clothing, awaiting only the orders of the\\nWar Department; and on the 13th of May it left Detroit\\nfor Washington, being the first regiment to arrive at the\\ncapital from any point west of the Alleghany Mountains.\\nThe Governor s call fur twenty companies had been\\npromptly and fully responded to, and so, after making up\\nthe 1st Regiment, there still remained ten companies, which,\\nhaving failed to secure places in the 1st, were ready and\\nanxious to be organized as the 2d Regiment of Michigan.\\nAnd among these companies was The Flint Union Grays.\\nThis company had existed in the city of Flint from the\\nyear 1857. We find mention of the first opening of their\\narmory in Flint, Oct. 2, 1858 (at which time they were\\nexpecting, but had not yet received, their arms from the\\nState Arsenal), and the election of civil and military offi-\\ncers of the company, as follows\\nPresident, L. Wesson Vice-President, William P. Hum-\\nphrey Secretarj W. I. Beardsley Treasurer, William R.\\nMorse Captain, T. B. W. Stockton 1st Lieutenant, Wm.\\nR. Mor.se 2d Lieutenant, William Turver 3d Lieutenant,\\nLevi Failing 1st Sergeant, L. Wesson 2d Sergeant, C.\\nPeabody 3d Sergeant, R. M. Barker 4th Sergeant, James\\nFarrand 1st Corporal, A. J. Boss, Jr.; 2d Corporal, L.\\nChurch 3d Corporal, W. Boomer; 4th Corporal, William\\nCharles Armorer, 0. McWilliams.\\nProbably there were none among this list of officers who\\nhad then ever dreamed of such scenes as some of them after-\\nwards saw at Williamsburg, Malvern Hill, and the Wilder-\\nness, or of the fame which their company was destined to win\\non a score of bloody fields. But the people of Flint and\\nof Genesee County were proud of it then, as they had reason\\nto be in far greater degree afterwards.*\\nImmediately after the publication of the Governor s proc-\\nlamation, and when it was known that the Grays would\\nvolunteer in a body, a large and extremely enthusiastic\\npublic meeting was held (April 18th) at the court-house in\\nFlint. A circular letter of the War Committee, in Detroit,\\nwas read and acted on, and the meeting adopted a series of\\nintensely patriotic resolutions, among which was the follow-\\ning That the young men comprising the military company\\nof this city, and those who may volunteer to fill up its ranks\\nin this emergency of our common country, are worthy of all\\nencouragement and praise for their patriotism, and that we\\nwill contribute all sums necessary to sustain and support the\\nfamilies of all members of said company who may be mus-\\ntered into the service of the United States, if they need such\\naid we will also contribute our full proportion of the\\namount required to equip and muster into the service of\\nthe United States the two regiments required from the State\\nof Michigan. A committee, composed of William M.\\nFenton, E. II. McQuigg, and H. M. Henderson, was ap-\\npointed to carry out so much of this resolution as applied to\\nthe raising of money as a loan to the State, and J. B.\\nWalker, E. S. Williams, and A. P. Davis were appointed a\\nlike committee to carry into eff ect that part which promised\\naid and support to the families of volunteers. In the pub-\\nThis comiiany furnished to various commands in the Union army\\nduring the war of the Rebellion, six field-officers, eleven cn)ilains, and\\neighteen lieutenant; a very unusual company record.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "64\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nlished account of the proceedings of that meeting, it is men-\\ntioned that every Union .word uttered was greeted with\\nthunders of applause.\\nOn the 23d of April the Grays met for the choice of\\noflBcers, and the following were elected to the commissioned\\ngrades Captain, William R. Morse 1st Lieutenant, Wil-\\nliam Turver 2d Lieutenant, James Farrand. Four ser-\\ngeants and four corporals were also elected, but as the non-\\ncommissioned list was changed soon afterwards, it is not\\ngiven here.\\nOn the eve of their departure to join the 2d Regiment\\nat its rendezvous the Grays paraded through the principal\\nstreets of Flint, and were addressed, in the presence of a great\\nconcourse of patriotic and admiring spectators, by Col. Fen-\\nton, whose remarks on the occasion were reported by the\\nCitizen in its next issue, as follows: The Hon. W. M.\\nFenton had been with the company for about a year, and\\nconstantly engaged for two weeks past in perfecting the en-\\nlistment, and preparing for its departure. At the request of\\nCapt. Morse he now addressed the officers and men, alluding\\nto the new position they were about to occupy, its great im-\\nportance the entire change now to take place in their habits\\nof life the necessity for prompt obedience to the commands\\nof their superiors, and of true courage, as contradistinguished\\nfrom brutality. He exhorted them to remember that the\\neyes of the friends they were to leave behind would be con-\\nstantly on them, in whatever situation they might be placed\\ntheir ears open to every report of their action their prayers\\nascending night and morn for their welfare and success and\\nthat the fervent hope would animate them, that those who\\nnow went forth to stand by their country in its hour of trial\\nwould return with laurels honorably won in its service.\\nAfter giving them some practical hints as to their mode of\\nlife, the importance of strict cleanliness, and temperance in\\nboth meat and drink, he asked if any one of them would\\nobject to take an oath, substantially as follows:\\nI do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God,\\nthat I will support the constitution of the United States,\\nand maintain it and my country s flag, if necessary, with my\\nlife that I will obey the commands of my superior officers\\nwhile in service, and will defend and protect my comrades\\nin battle to the best of my physical ability. None object-\\ning, the oath was repeated aloud, with uplifted hand, by all\\nthe officers and members of the company. The scene was\\nsolemn and impressive, and was appropriately closed by a\\nbenediction from the Rev. Mr. Joslin.\\nAnother ceremony, no less interesting, was the presenta-\\ntion to each member of the company of a copy of the New\\nTestament. Ninety-five of these had been furnished, and\\nprepared for the purpose, by the members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Sabbath-school, each book having upon its fly-leaf\\nthis inscription\\nPresented\\nBy the Sabbath-School\\nOF THE\\nMethodist E. Church, Flint, Michigan,\\nTo _\\nOF THE\\nFlint Union Grays,\\nApril 30, 1861.\\nMy men, put your trust in the Lord, and he sure you keep your\\npowder dry. Oliver Cromwell.\\nThis presentation was made while the Grays stood in line,\\nwith open ranks, at the corner of Saginaw and Kearsley\\nStreets. A number of ladies of Flint passed along the line,\\nand pinned upon the breast of each soldier a tricolored\\nrosette, bearing the words, The Union and the Constitu-\\ntion and nearly every one of the spectators wore the red,\\nwhite, and blue upon some part of their dress. A presen-\\ntation of revolvers to the commissioned officers of the com-\\npany was made by the Hon. E. H. Thomson and as he\\nassigned to each pistol its particular mission, and alluded to\\ntheir uses, the enthusiasm of the crowd around was enkindled\\nanew.\\nThe company left Flint on the 30th of May, being trans-\\nported to Fentonville in wagons and other vehicles, of which\\na greater number than were needed for the purpose were on\\nhand, furnished by the patriotic citizens. The column was\\nheaded by the Flint Band, and was accompanied by a large\\nnumber of relatives and friends of the soldiers and the\\nplank-road company passed them all toll-free. Taking the\\ncars of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, at Fentonville,\\nthe Grays soon reached Detroit, and were reported at Fort\\nWayne, the regimental rendezvous.\\nThe companies volunteering for the 2d Regiment had\\ndone so in the supposition that it would be mustered for a\\nthree-months term of service, as the first regiment had been.\\nBut a few days later, instructions were received from the\\nWar Department that no more troops be mustered or ac-\\ncepted for a less term than three years and when this was\\nannounced, there were some in all the companies who\\nnaturally enough objected to the longer term, and declined\\nto be mustered for it. This was the case in the Flint com-\\npany, as in others. The vacancies in its ranks from this\\ncause, however, were not numerous, but it was necessary to\\nprocure recruits to fill them, and for this purpose Capt.\\nMor.se returned to Flint on the 18th of May. The alacrity\\nwith which this call was responded to is shown by th^fact\\nthat he arrived in Flint on Saturday, and on the following\\nMonday he reported with the requisite number of recruits at\\nFort Wayne. On the same day May 20th the 2d Regi-\\nment was announced as full, and on the 25th it was must-\\nered into the United States service for three years, by Lieut.-\\nCol. E. Backus, U. S. A. The field-officers of the regi-\\nment were Israel B. Richardson, Colonel Henry L.\\nChipman, Lieutenant-Colonel Adolphus W. Williams,\\nMajor.\\nIn the organization of the regiment, the company from\\nFlint was designated as F company. A list, purporting\\nto be a correct one, of the members of the company as must-\\nered at Fort Wayne is found in newspapers of that time\\nand as it contains names which are not found on the rolls in\\nthe adjutant-general s office, it is given below in full, viz.\\nCaptain, William R. Morse; 1st Lieutenant, William\\nTurver; 2d Lieutenant, James Farrand; 1st Sergeant,\\nGeorge R. Bisbey; 2d Sergeant, William B. McCreery\\n3d Sergeant, Sumner Howard 4th Sergeant, Goundry\\nHill 5th Sergeant, Joseph McConnell 1st Corporal, Ed-\\nwin C. Turver 2d Corporal, James Bradley 3d Corporal,\\nDamon Stewart 4th Corporal, Joseph Van Buskirk 5th\\nCorporal, Wm. L. Bishop Gth Corporal, Walter H. Wal-\\nlace 7th Corporal, Nelson Fletcher; 8th Corporal, Walter", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "SECOND INFANTRY.\\n65\\nE. Burnside Wagoner, James S. Smith Drummer,\\nElisha Kelley.\\nPrivates: Wm. H. Allen, Milton S. Benjamin, George\\nL. Beamer, Joseph N. Bradley, Robert S. Bostwick, Andrew\\nA. Baxter, La Fa3-ette Bostwick, Myrick S. Cooley, S.\\nBradford Cummings, Charles B. Collins, Thomas Chapin,\\nJr., Clark F. Chapman, John Cavanagh, George Carmer,\\nJames Coe, Edward A. Dennison, George Davis, Charles\\nC. Dewstoe, Pratt Day, Cornelius D. Hart, Daniel J. En-\\nsign, Orlando II. Ewer, John G. Fox, Squire E. Foster,\\nWm. F. Furgerson, Horatio Fish, Charles L. Gardner, Jos.\\nH. George, Richard II. Halsted, George Hawkins, Henry\\nW. Horton, Franc-is Haver, William Houghton, Julius A.\\nHine, Charles E. Kingsbury, Philip Kelland, John Kain,\\nSheldon B. Kelley, George Lee, Harrison Lewis, Merton E.\\nLeland, John B. Miller, Charles D. Moon, Delion McConnell,\\nDavid McCornell, Chas. W. Mitchell, George L. Patterson,\\nSamuel L. Ploss, Hamilton Ploss, James F. Partridge, John\\nA. Palmer, Cornelius E. Rulison, Charles J. Rankin, Edwin\\nRuthruff, Andrew J. Rogers, Arba Smith, Jacob C. Sack-\\nner, Charles Sickles, James Scarr, George H. Sawyer,\\nLyman Stow, Alva L. Sawyer, Hercules Stannard, Andrew\\nM. Sutton, Frederick B. Smith, Albert Schultz, Hiram\\nTinney, Franklin Thompson, Edgar Tibbets, Charles Tuttle,^\\nCornelius Van Alstine, Richard S. Vickery, James N. Wil-\\nlett, John Weller, George Walter, Emory A. Wood, and\\nWilliam E. Williams.\\nIn the afternoon of Thursday, June 6th, the 2d Regi-\\nment, one thousand and twenty strong, embarked on three\\nsteamers (one side-wheel and two propellers), and at eight\\no clock P.M. left Detroit for Cleveland, arriving there the\\nfollowing morning. From Cleveland it proceeded by rail-\\nway, via Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Baltimore, to Wash-\\nington, reaching the capital on the 10th. The following\\naccount of its arrival, which appeared under the head of\\nSpecial Dispatch to the New York Tiihune is taken\\nfrom that paper and given here in full, as showing the ex-\\ncited state of public feeling ait that time, as well as the\\ncrude and peculiar ideas of military discipline and move-\\nments which then prevailed. The account, dated Wash-\\nington, June 10, 18t)l, was as follows:\\nThe 2d Michigan Regiment, Col. Richardson, arrived\\nat four o clock this morning. Word had come from\\nthe United States Marshal that an attack would be made\\non them in Baltimore, and the train halted seven miles on\\nthe other side of the Monumental City, where the men\\nloaded their muskets. The orders were to avoid an en-\\ncounter if possible but, if unavoidable, to take no half\\nmeasures, but for each company to fight to the death, and\\nfor the pioneers to make clean work with houses from\\nwhich they were assailed.\\nIn a suburb on the other side a brick was thrown at a\\nprivate. It did not hit, but the ordeily sergeant of Com-\\npany E drew his revolver and fired at the stoncr. He was\\nseen to fall, but whether killed or not is unknown.\\nAt the depot a raw private accidentally discharged his\\nmusket, the ball from which whisked through the car,\\ncausing great excitement, but no harm was done.\\nTwo miles this side of Baltimore a shot from behind a\\nfence went through a car. The lights were extinguished,\\n9\\nand the men ordered to form in line of battle* if the shot\\nshould be followed by more. Sentinels were posted in each\\ncar. Near the Relay House firing was heard from one of\\nour picket-guards. It was reported that they had been\\nattacked, and had killed four men. The truth is not\\nknown. The informant adds that the regiment received\\na hearty welcome from the women in and beyond Balti-\\nmore, while no man, so far as he saw, greeted them.\\nThe regiment is a fine-looking body, numbering ten\\nhundred and twenty. Their uniforms are dark blue, like\\nthe 1st Michigan, and they are armed partially with new\\nMinie guns and partially with the Harper s Ferry musket\\nof 1846. They are well supplied with clothing and camp-\\nequipage. Thirty women, who will serve as nurses and\\nlaundresses, accompany the regiment. This afternoon the\\nregiment was received by Gen. Scott and the President at\\ntheir residences.\\nThe regiment made a stay of several weeks in the Dis-\\ntrict of Columbia, its camp being named Camp Winfield\\nScott. It was brigaded with the 3d Jlichigan, 1st Mas-\\nsachusetts, and 12th New York, the brigade commander\\nbeing Col. Richardson, of the 2d Michigan. When Gen.\\nMcDowell made his forward movement towards Manassas\\nthis brigade moved with the army into Virginia, and was\\nengaged in the fight at Blackburn s Ford, July 18th, and\\nin the battle of Bull Run, Sunday, July 21st. In the\\npanic and disorder which ended that disastrous day the 2d\\nRegiment behaved with great steadiness, covering the re-\\ntreat of the brigade towards Washington, for which it was\\nwarmly complimented by the heroic Richardson.\\nAfter Bull Run the regiment was encamped for some\\nweeks near Arlington, and later in the season at Fort Lyon,\\nVa., where it remained during the fiill. About December\\n20th substantial and comfortable winter-quarters were con-\\nstructed at Camp Michigan, three miles from Alexan-\\ndria, on the Acotink Road. While this camp was in\\nprocess of construction an officer wrote that Cabins are\\ngrowing up on every side, adorned with doors and windows,\\nprocured by a process called cramping, which is some-\\nwhere on the debatable ground between buying and steal-\\ning. Here the regiment remained until March, 1862,\\nwhen it moved with its brigade and the Army of the Po-\\ntomac to Fortress Monroe, and thence, up the Peninsula,\\nto Yorktown and Williamsburg, at which latter place it\\ntook active part in the severe engagement of Monday, May\\n5th, sustaining a loss of fifty-five killed and wounded,\\namong the latter being Capt. Morse, of F company\\n(afterwards transferred to the Invalid Corps), and Capt.\\nWm. B. McCreery, an original member of F company,\\nbut who had been promoted to the command of Company\\nG. He received three severe wounds, by one of which\\nhis left wrist was permanently disabled. Afterwards, hav-\\ning recovered suflficiently to return to the field, he was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 21st Michigan In-\\nfantry, and two months later became its colonel. He led\\nhis regiment gallantly througii the fire and carnage of\\nStone River (Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 3, 1863), and fought\\nThese words were not italicisei in the original Account, printed\\nin the Tribune.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "66\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, ftllCHIGAN.\\nat its head at Chickamauga (Sept. 20, 1863) until he had\\nreceived three severe wounds, and was finally taken prisoner\\nby the enemy, and sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, from\\nwhich, however, he succeeded in making his escape, by\\ntunneling under the walls, Feb. 19, 1864. Six days later\\nhe returned to Flint, where a public reception was extended\\nto him by leading citizens, and a banquet was given in his\\nhonor at the Carlton House, March 2d. The disability\\nresulting from his numerous wounds compelled his retire-\\nment from the service, and he resigned in September, 1864.\\nMaj.-G-en. George H. Thomas, in reluctantly accepting his\\nresignation, took occasion to compliment him highly, in\\norders, on his honorable record and the gallantry of his\\nservice in the Army of the Cumberland.\\nThe above facts relating to the military career of Col.\\nMcCreery have been mentioned in this place, and in con-\\nnection with the battle of Williamsburg, because that fight\\nvirtually severed his connection with the 2d Regiment, in\\nwhich he was among the most honored and popular of its\\nofficers.\\nFrom Williamsburg the 2d moved, with the army, up\\nthe Peninsula to and across the Chickahominy, and fought\\nin the battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 and June 1, 1862.\\nIts loss in that engagement was fifty-seven killed and\\nwounded, that of Company F being fourteen, or one-\\nfourth the total killed and wounded of the regiment.\\nThree companies of the 2d, however, were not engaged\\nin the fight.\\nIn the retreat (or change of base, as it has sometimes\\nbeen called) from the York River Railroad to James River,\\nthe regiment fought at Glendale (or Charles City Cross-\\nRoads), June 30th, and at Malvern Hill, July 1st. From the\\nlatter field it retired with the army, and moved to Harrison s\\nLanding, on the James, where it remained until the general\\nevacuation of that position, August 15th, when it marched\\ndown the Peninsula, and was moved thence, by way of the\\nChesapeake Bay and Potomac River, with other troops, to\\nthe assistance of the imperiled army of Gen. Pope in the\\nvalley of the Rappahannock, during which campaign it took\\npart in the fights of August 28th, 29th, 30th, and in the\\nbattle of Chantilly, September 1st.\\nAt Fredericksburg the 2d was not actively engaged.\\nIt crossed the Rappahannock on the 12th of December,\\nbut in the great battle of the next day was held in reserve,\\nand sustained only a loss of one killed and one wounded by\\nthe enemy s shells, but was, with the 8th Michigan, among\\nthe last of the regiments of the army to recross to the\\nnorth side of the river on the 16th.\\nOn the 13th of February, 1863, the regiment moved to\\nNewport News, Va., and on the 19th of March took its\\nroute to Baltimore, and thence, by the Baltimore and Ohio\\nRailroad and steamers on the Ohio River, to Louisville,\\nKy., with the 9th Army Corps, of which it was a part.\\nThe corps remained in Kentucky during the months of\\nApril and May, and in June was moved to Mississippi to\\nreinforce the army of Gen. Grant, near Vicksburg. The\\n2d went into camp at Milldale, near Vicksburg, on the\\n17th, and a few days later was stationed at Flower Dale\\nChurch. On the 4th of July, the day of the surrender of\\nVicksburg, the regiment left Flower Dale, and moved east\\ntowards the capital of Mississippi, to take part in the opera-\\ntions against the rebel army of Gen. Johnston. It arrived\\nin front of Jackson in the evening of the lOtb, and on the\\n11th advanced in skirmish line on the enemy s rifle-pits,\\nwhich were taken and held for a time. Superior numbers,\\nhowever, compelled the 2d to retire from the position, with\\na loss of eleven killed, forty-five wounded, and five taken\\nprisoners. On the 13th and 14th of July the regiment was\\nagain slightly engaged. On the 17th and 18th it was en-\\ngaged in destroying the Memphis and New Orleans Rail-\\nroad, in the vicinity of Jackson and Madison, and then moved\\nthrough Jackson (which had been evacuated by the enemy)\\nback to Milldale, where it remained till August 5th, when it\\nmarched to the river, and thence moved with the 9th Corps,\\nby way of Cincinnati, to Kentucky, and encamped at Crab\\nOrchard Springs, in that State, on the 30th of August.\\nHere it remained twelve days, and September 10th broke\\ncamp and took the road for Cumberland Gap and Knox-\\nville, Tenn., reaching the latter place September 26th. It\\nmoved from the vicinity of Knoxville, October 8tli, and\\nwas slightly engaged at Blue Springs on the 10th. On the\\n20th it was again at Knoxville, but immediately afterwards\\nmoved to Loudon, and thence to Lenoir, Tenn., where, on\\nthe 8th of November, its men commenced building winter-\\nquarters. The strength of the regiment at that time was\\nreported at five hundred and three, present and absent.\\nThe anticipation of passing the winter at Lenoir was\\nsoon dispelled by the intelligence that the enemy, under\\nGen. Longstreet, was moving up the valley of the Tennes-\\nsee in heavy force, evidently having Knoxville as his ob-\\njective point. On the 14th of November, the 2d Regiment,\\nwith its division (the 1st Division of the 9th Corps), was\\nordered out to meet and repel Longstreet, who was reported\\nto be crossing the Tennessee, below Loudon. He was found\\nin force near Hough s Ferry, on the Holston, and the di-\\nvision fell back to Lenoir. Here a line of battle was\\nformed, but, on the enemy coming up, the retreat towards\\nKnoxville was resumed, the 2d Regiment, with its brigade,\\nforming the rear guard. On the 16th it again stood in line\\nat Campbell s Station to resist the advance of Longstreet,\\nwho was pressing up with great vigor. A sharp engage-\\nment ensued, in which the 2d lost thirty-one in killed and\\nwounded. The position was stubbornly held till dark,\\nwhen the retreat was resumed, and the regiment reached\\nKnoxville at five o clock in the morning of the 17th, after a\\nmarch of nearly thirty miles through mud and rain, and a\\nbattle of several hours duration, all without rest or food.\\nIt took position on a hill below the city, at Fort Saunders,\\nwhere rifle-pits were constructed, and where the regiment\\nremained during the siege which followed. On the 19th\\nand 20th it was slightly engaged, and on the 24th, under\\norders to attack a line of rifle-pits, it advanced under com-\\nmand of Maj. Byington, moving several hundred yards\\nacross an open plain swept by a front and flank fire of\\nmusketry and canister. The line was carried, but could\\nnot be held the attacking force was dislodged and com-\\npelled to retire, with a loss to the 2d Regiment of eighty-one\\nkilled and wounded, very nearly half its whole number\\nin the fight. Among the killed was Adj. William Noble,\\nand Maj. Byington was mortally wounded.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "SECOND INFANTRY.\\n67\\nIn the morning of Sunday, Nov. 29, 1863, a force of\\nthe enemy, consisting of two veteran Georgia brigades of\\nMcLaws division, made a furious and persistent a.ssault on\\nFort Saunders, but were repelled, and finally driven back\\nin disorder, with a loss of eight hundred in killed, wounded,\\nand prisoners, and three stands of colors. With the force\\ninside the fort during this assault were Companies A, F, G,\\nand H, of the 2d Michigan. Their loss, however, was in-\\nconsiderable, being only five killed and wounded. From\\nthat time the regiment saw no fighting at this place other\\nthan slight skirmishes, and on Friday night, December 4tb,\\nthe enemy withdrew from before Knoxville, after a siege of\\neighteen days duration.\\nThe 2d marched from Knoxville, December Sth,aud moved\\nto Rutledge. On the 16th it moved to Blain s Cross-Roads,\\nwhich was its la!5t march in 1863. During the year that\\nwas then about closing, the regiment had moved a distance\\nof more than two thousand five hundred miles. It remained\\nat Blain s for about a month, during which time it was vet-\\neranized, the number re-enlisting as veterans being one\\nhundred and ninety-eight. About the middle of January,\\n1864, it moved to Strawberry Plains, thence to Knoxville\\nand to Erie Station, remaining at the latter place until\\nFebruary 4th, when it moved under orders to proceed to\\nDetroit, Mich., and reached there twenty days later. Here\\nthe veteran furlough was given to those who had re-enlisted,\\nand Mount Clemens was made the place of rendezvous.\\nAt this place the regiment received orders, on the 4th of\\nApril, to proceed to Annapolis, Md., to rejoin the 9th\\nArmy Corps, which had, in the mean time, moved from\\nTennessee to Virginia to reinforce the Army of the Po-\\ntomac. The regiment left Annapolis on the 22d, pro-\\nceeded to Washington, and thence into Virginia, where,\\non the 5th of May, it crossed the Rapidan and joined the\\narmy which was then moving into the Wilderness. For\\nsix weeks following this time the 2d was, with its companion\\nregiments of the brigade, so constantly employed in march,\\nskirmish, or battle, that it is hardly practicable to follow the\\nintricacies of the movements but the following statement\\nof casualties during that time shows where and how it\\nfought. The statement, which includes only the killed\\nand wounded (and not the missing), is taken from the\\nreport of the regimental surgeon, Richard S. Vickery, viz.\\nIn the Wilderness battle, May 6th, killed and\\nwounded 38\\nAt.Spott^ylvania Court-House, .May 12th, killed and\\nwounded 11\\nAt Oxford, Xorth Anna, May 24th, killed 1\\nSkirmi.^ h of Mjiy 27th 1\\nPamunkey River, May 31st 2\\nSkirmish, June 1st 5\\nSkirmish, June 2 l 2\\nBattle of liethesda Church, June 2d 38\\nCold Harbor and other actions, from June 4th to\\nJune 10th J\\nThe regiment crossed to the south side of the James\\nRiver on the 15th, reached the enemy s works in front of\\nPetersburg on the 16th, and took part in the attacks of\\nthe next two days with the following losses in killed and\\nwounded, viz.\\nIn battle of June 17th 91\\nIn battle of June ISth 8.3\\nRecruits to the number of five hundred or more had\\njoined the regiment since the veteran re-enlistment, other-\\nwise such losses would have been impossible.\\nOn the 3flth of July tlie 2d took part in the engage-\\nment which followed the explosion of the mine, and sus-\\ntained a lo.ss of twenty killed and wounded, and thirty-seven\\nmissing. Having moved with the 9th Corps to the Weldon\\nRailroad, it there took part in repelling the enemy s assault\\non our lines, August 19th, losing one killed and two wounded.\\nOn the 30th it crossed the Weldon Ritilroad, and, moving\\ntowards the enemy s right flank, participated in the engage-\\nment of that date at Poplar Grove Church, losing seven\\nwounded and twelve missing. It was then encamped for\\nabout a month at Peebles Farm, but moved, October 27th,\\nin the advance on Boydton Plank-Road, losingseven wounded\\nin that affair. It then remained at Peebles engaged in\\npicket duty and fortifying, till November 29th, when it moved\\nto a point about ten miles farther to the right, on the City\\nPoint and Petersburg Railroad, and there remained in the\\ntrenches during the winter. On the 25th of March it\\nfought at Fort Steadman, and sustained severe loss. It\\nagain lost slightly at the capture of Petersburg, April 3d.\\nIt then moved to the South Side Railroad, eighteen miles\\nfrom Petersburg, and remained nearly two weeks, but in\\nthe mean time the army of Lee had surrendered, and the\\nfighting days of the regiment were past. It moved to City\\nPoint, and, embarking there on the 18th, was transported\\nto Alexandria, Va., from whence it moved to a camp at\\nTenallytown, Md. On the 27th of May it was detached\\nfor duty in Washington City, and remained there for about\\ntwo months. On the 29th of July (having on the previous\\nday been mustered out of the service) it left by railroad\\nfor Michigan, and on the 1st of August it reached Detroit,\\nand was soon after paid and disbanded. In a published\\naccount of the regiment s return, it was stated that of all\\nthe original members of Company F, Orlando H. Ewer, of\\nFlint, was the only one who remained in its ranks to be in-\\ncluded in the final discharge after four years and a quarter\\nof honorable service.\\nOFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SECOND INFANTKT FBOU GENESEB\\nCOUNTY.\\nAdj. Richard H. Mahon, Genesee Co.; private Co. K; pro. to coni.-Bergt., Nov.\\n7, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut. Co. K; pro. to Ist lieut. and adj., Marcb 6, 1862\\nresigned Aug, id, 1862.\\nQuar.-Master Scrgt. James Bradley, Flint; pro. to 2d lieut. Co. I; Ist lieut. and\\ncapt. Co. F.\\nQuar.-Master Seigt. Goundry Hill, Flint; pro. to 2d lieut. Co. F; pro. to Ist\\nlieut. and quar.-mastcr, Dec. 3, 1802 must, out Sept. 30, 1864.\\nSergt.-Maj. Joseph Van Buskirk, Flint pro. to_l8t lieut. Co. D.\\nComparuf F.\\nCapt. Win. R. Morse, Fliut; enl. April 25, 1S61 wounded at Williamsburg, Va.,\\nMay Ti, 1862 res, Aug, 22, 1863, to accept appointment iu Invalid Corps.\\nCapt. James Bradley, Flint enl. Aug, 22, 1803 was qr,-mr,.sergt, pro. to 2d\\nlieut, Co. I, Aug. 25, 1862; pro, to 1st lieut, Co, K; died of wounds re-\\nceived iu action near Potcreburg, Va., Juno 17, 1864 buried at Arlington\\nNational Cemetery, Va.\\n1st Lieut, Wm, Furvcr, Flint; onl, April 25, 1861 res, July 29, 1862.\\n2d Lieut. James Farrand, Flint; enl. April 25, 1861; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. Q,\\nMarch 6, 1862; pro. to capt. Co. C, Aug. I, 1862 killed in action near\\nSlHittaylvauia Court-House, May 12, 1864.\\n2d Lieut. Gonudry Hill (qr.-mr.-sergt.) 2d lieut. Co. F; onl. Aug. 9, 1862; Ist\\nlieut. and qr,.mr. Dec. 3, 1862 must, out Sept, 30, 1804,\\n2d Lieut. Selsou Flctclier (sergt.), Flint; 2d lieut. Doc, 2, 1862 killed in action\\nnear Oxford, North Anna River, Va., May 24, 1864.\\nScrgt, George H. Bisbey, diid at Camp Winfleld Scott, Md., July 11, 1801.\\nSergt. Wm. B. MrCrcery, Flint pro, to capt. G.\\nI Sergt, Sumner Howard, flint pro, to 2d lieut. Regular Army, August, 1861.\\nSergt. Ooundry Hill, Fliut pro. to qr.-mr.-sergt. March 7, 1862.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "68\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCorp. Edwin C. Tunrer, onl. May 25, 1861 disch. for disability, Sept. 1861.\\nCorp. Jamos Brmlley, mil. May 2. 1801 pro. to qr.-mr.-sergt. Aug. 1, 18l!2.\\nCorp. Damon Stewart, onl. May 25, 1801 disch. to accept commission in 2M\\nInfantry.\\nCorp. Josepli Van Busliirk, enl. May 25, 1861 pro. to sergt.-niaj. Sept. 16, 1862.\\nCorp. Wm. li. Bishop, enl. May 25, 1861; liilled in battle at Yorlitown, Va.,\\nApril 10, 1SC2.\\nCorp. Nelson Fletcher (sorgt.), enl. May 25, 1861 pro. to qr.-mr.-sergl. Dec. 1,\\n1862.\\nWilliam H. Allen, must, out June 28, 1865.\\nDavid .\\\\nderson, Vienna; must, out July 28, 1865.\\nWilliam J. Allen, Vienna; must, out June 25, 1865.\\nWilliam L. Bishop, Corp.; died at Yorktown, Va., .\\\\pril 16, 18B2.\\nGeorge R. Bisbey, scrgt.; died of disease at Camp Winticld Scott, Va., July,lS61.\\nJoseph N. Bradley, disch. for disability, Dec. 2, 1SC2.\\nAdiu 0. Billings, sergt., Flint Tp. pro. to Ist lient. Co. K.\\nAndrew A. B;i.\\\\ter, ilisch. for disability, July U, 1S02.\\nJames Benson, Flint Tp. killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1804.\\nGeorge Beenier, died in action at Knoxville, Tenu., Nov. 24, 1863.\\nMilton S. Benjamin, Vienna; disch. for wonuds, Jan. 28, 1865.\\nGeorge Canner, died in action at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.\\nCharles B. Collitis, disch. to enlist in regular service, Dec. 5, 1862.\\nS. Bradford Cummings, disch. for disability. Fob. 19, 1863.\\nThomas Cliapin, Jr., disch. at end of service, June 21, 1864.\\nClark F. Cbaiiman, Flint Tp. disch. for wounds, Feb. 26, 1865.\\nJames Ooe, must, ont July 28, 1865.\\nJohn Deilz, disch. for disability, Jan. 5, 1863.\\nGeorge Davis, disch. at end of service, May 25, 1864.\\nCornelius De Hart, disch. at end of service, Dec. 25, 1864.\\nCharles E. Deioster, disch. at end of service, Dec. 25, 1864.\\nDaniel J. Ensign, died June 3, 1862, of wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va.\\nOrlando II. Ewer, Flint Tp.; must, out July 28, 18G5.\\nCliarles L. Gardner, died of disease at Camp Lyons, Va., Oct. 1861.\\nJoseph H. George, disch. for disability, Sept. 1861.\\nJohn R. Goodrich, disch. for disability, Oct. 23, 1862.\\nWilliam Houghton^ disch. for disability, Sept. 1861.\\nJulius Heine, disch. for disability, Jan. 5, 1863.\\nFrederick Holtz, Clayton died at Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1803, of wounds.\\nFnincis Haven, Flint; died in action near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864.\\nVirgil Hadstalt, missing in action at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 21, 1863.\\nHenry W. Horton, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, March 15, 1864.\\nRichard U. Ualstead, disch. at end of service, June 21, 1864.\\nCharles Hartiier, disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Dec. 31, 1863.\\nJames V. Hornell, absent, sick not must, out with company.\\nSheldon B. Kelly, died in action at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862.\\nJobii Kane, disch. for disability, Sept. 1801.\\nPhilip Kellnnd, disch. for disability, July 19, 1362.\\nElisha Kelly, musician; disch to re-enlist as veteran, Dec. 31, 1863.\\nCharles E. Kingsbury, Forest Tp.; must, out July 28, 1865.\\nGeorge Lee, Grand Blanc Tp.; must, ont July 28, 1S65.\\nCliarles D. iHoore, died June 6, 1862, of wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va.\\nDellion McConnell, died in action at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1802.\\nJohn B. Miller, died in action at Chantilly, Va., July 1, 1S62.\\nDavid McConnell, disch. to enlist in regular service. Doc. 5, 1862.\\nPeter McN ally, Vienna Tp.; must, out May 20, 1865.\\nSamuel L. Ploss, died of disease at Washington, .\\\\ug. 29, 1861.\\nUaniiltoii I loss, died of disease at Washington, Aug. 29, 1801.\\nJames F. Partridge, musician disch. for disability, Dec. 8, 1861.\\nWallace L. Parker, Genesee Tp. veteran must, out July 28, 1805.\\nCharles Rankin, died of disease at Arlington Heights, Va., Sept. 20, 1861.\\nCornelius E. Rulison, disch. at end of service, June 21, 1864.\\nNathan M. Richardson, Flint; must, out July 28, 1865.\\nGeorge Ruddiman, Flint; must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJacob C. Sackrier, died June 24, 1862, of wounds.\\nJames S. Smith, disch. fordisability, Sept. 1861.\\nArba Smith, disch. for disability, Sept. 1861.\\nGeorge Sawyer, disch. for disability, Oct. 1861.\\nJames Scarr, disch. at end of service, June 21, 1S64.\\nLyman Stow, disch. at end of service, June 21, 1864.\\nAlbeit L. Sawyer, disch. at end of service, June 21, 1864.\\nFranklin B. Smith, disch. Jan. 27, 1863.\\nHercules Stannard, veteran must, out July 28, 1805.\\nGeorge Sheldon, disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Dec. 31, 1863.\\nAlbert Scliultz, disch. to re-enlist as veteran, Dec. 31, 1863.\\nCharles H. Stone, Flint died of disease near ,\\\\lexandria, Va., Oct. 6, 1864.\\nJohn G. Sanford, Vienna Tp. died of disease near Alexandria, Va. Oct. 20\\n1804.\\nMathias Scliermerhoni, must, out May 20, 1865.\\nEdwin C. Turver, Corp. disch. for disability, Sept. 1861.\\nJohn or Joseph W. Tompkins, must, out .\\\\ug. 5, 1865.\\nHiram Tenney, disch. at end of service, May 25, 1864.\\nEdgiir Tibbals, disch. at end of service. May 25, 1S64.\\nJohn H. Tibbals, disch. at end of service, Nov. 9, 1864.\\nJohn Walter, disch. at end of service, June 21, 1864.\\nJames Willctt, disch. at end of service. May 25, 1364.\\nWilliams K. Williams, disch. for disability, Oct. 1861.\\nEmory A. Wood, disch. for disability, .\\\\ug. 4, 1862.\\nJohn Weller, trans, to Vet. Res. Chirps, Nov. 15, 1864.\\nDon A. Williams, must, out July 23, 1805.\\nRobert H. J. Warner, Vienna Tp. must, out June 19, 1865.\\nCompany G.\\nWm. B. McCreery, Flint capt. Sept. 10, 1861 wounded at Williamsburg, Va.,\\nin three places severely. May 5, 1862; pro. to lieut.-colonel 21st Regt.\\nMich. Inf., Nov. 20, 1862; colonel, Feb. 3, 1863; taken prisoner at Chicka-\\nmanga, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1863; wounded in three places severely; escaped\\nfrom Libby Prison, Feb. 19, 1864; resigned on account of wounds, Sept.\\n14, 1SU4.\\nJames Farrand, Flint 1st lieut. MairVO, 1802; pro. to capt. Co. C, Aug. 1, 1862;\\nkilled in action near Spottsylvania Court-Honse, Va., May 12, 1804.\\nGeorge Sheldon, Fenton; com.-sergt. sergt. Co. K; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. C;\\nmust, out as sergt.\\nHercules Stannard, Flint (sergt.) pro. to 2d lieut. must, out as sergt.\\nWard Berry, Argentine, Co. E; died of wounds, June 19,1304, near Petersburg,\\nVa.\\nHenry Dorman, Grand Blanc, Co. C; must, out July 28, 1865.\\nMyron Green, Athis, Co. B died June 17, 1864, of wounds.\\nJames M. llill, Atliw, Co. B; missing in action, July 30, 1864.\\nLafayette Hill, Atlas, Co. B must, out Aug. 2, 1805.\\nWalter P. Jones, Fenton, Co. B must, out July 28, 1865.\\nCharles E. Lason, Atlas, Co. H; must, out July 2S, 1865.\\nRead Larde, Argentine, Co. E; must, out Jnly 28, 1865.\\nRobert F. Meddleworth, Argentine, Co. E died near Petei-sburg, Va., June 19,\\n18G4, of wounds.\\nAbram D. Perry, Atlas, Co. E died at Washington, July 17, 1864, of wounds.\\nOrrin D. Putnam, Argentine, Co. C; died at Washington, June 2, 1864, of acci-\\ndental wounds.\\nThomas Perry, Fulton, Co. I; must, ont July 28, 1865.\\nCharles H. Snook, Argentine, Co. E; died July 6, 1864, of wounds.\\nAsa Shepard, Argentine, Co. G must, out July 28, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Tharrett, Davison, Co. H must, out July 28, 1865.\\nJoseph B. A arnum, Atlas Tp., Co. H must, out Aug. 11, 1865.\\nCharles Webber, Fenton, Co. B must, out Aug. 2, 1865.\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nEIGHTH INFANTRY.\\nThe Fenton Light Guard and the Excelsior Guard They join the\\nSth Infantry Camp .\\\\nderson Organization and Departure of the\\n8th\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Port Royal Expedition\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Battle of Port Royal Ferry-\\nFort Pulaski and M ilmington Ishmd Presentation of Colors\\nTerrible Battle of James Island Campaign under Pope South\\nMountain and Antietam Fredericksburg The Wandering Regi-\\nment of Michigan Campaigns in Kentucky and Mississippi East\\nTennessee and the Siege of Knoxville Re-enlistment as Veterans\\nFurlough and Return to the Army of the Potomac Campaign of\\nthe Wilderness Operations round Petersburg The Sth leads the\\nUnion Column into the City Muster Out and Return to Michigan.\\nThis regiment was foiuied in the summer and fall of\\n18G1, its organizer and commanding officer being Col.\\nWilliam M. Fenton, of Flint, previously major of the 7th\\nInfantry, from which he was promoted to this. The\\nnucleus of the Sth Regiment was a Genesee company\\ncalled the Fenton Light Guard, which had been organ-\\nized at the armory in Flint in the evening of May 10th, a\\nfew days after the departure of the Flint Union Grays to\\njoin the 2d Regiment at Detroit. It had been expected\\nthat the Light Guard would take the field as a part of the\\n7th Regiment, and, in fact, it had been designated as E\\ncompany in that organization but as the 7th was able to\\nmuster its full complement of ten companies without this,\\nit was transferred to Col. Fenton s command, not only with\\nthe consent, but in accordance with the wishes, of the officers\\nand men. Another Genesee company which entered the\\nSth was named the Excelsior Guard, and representatives\\nof the county were found in all of the eight other companies\\nof the regiment. These last-named companies, however,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\n69\\nwere principally made up of men from the counties of Shia-\\nwassee, Clinton, Gratiot, Montcalm, Kent, Ingham, Jackson,\\nand Barry.\\nOn the 12th of August the several companies were\\ndesignated, and ordered to rendezvous at Grand Rapids on\\nthe 21st. Under these orders the Fcnton Light Guard,\\none hundred and seven strong, under Capt. Russell M.\\nBarker, and the Excelsior Guard, Capt. Ephraim N. Lyon,\\nleft Flint and moved to Fentonville, and thence by the\\nDetroit and Milwaukee Railroad to Grand Rapids, where\\nthe regimental camp was pitched in the Fair-grounds, and\\nnamed Camp Anderson. Here the regiment remained\\nfor four weeks, engaged in drill, organization, and the filling\\nof its ranks to the maximum number. On the 18th of\\nSeptember it moved to Detroit, and thence to a camp at\\nFort Wayne, below the city, where, on the 23d, it was mus-\\ntered into the United States service for three years by Capt.\\nH. R. Mizner, U. S. A., its strength when mustered being\\nnine hundred. Its field-officers, besides Col. Fenton, were\\nLieut.-Col. Frank Graves and Maj. Amasa B. Watson.\\nIn the organization of the regiment the Fenton Light\\nGuard was designated as A company, and it was mus-\\ntered under the following-named commissioned officers, viz.\\nCaptain, Simon C. Guild (promoted to captaincy in place\\nof Capt. Barker, who resigned at Camp Anderson on ac-\\ncount of ill-health) 1st Lieutenant, George E. Newell\\n2d Lieutenant, George H. Turner.\\nThe Excelsior Guard was designated as G company,\\nand its first commissioned officers were: Captain, E. N.\\nLyon; 1st Lieutenant, Horatio Belcher; 2d Lieutenant,\\nN. Miner Pratt.\\nOrders for the departure of the regiment were received\\non the 26th of September, and on Friday (the 27th) it\\nembarked on the steamers Ocean and May Queen, and\\nmoved down the river and lake, arriving at Cleveland the\\nfollowing morning. From there it moved by railroad\\nthrough Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Baltimore to Wash-\\nington, where it arrived on the 30th, and encamped on\\nMeridian Hill, its camp being named Camp Williams.\\nIn due time the men received arms and equipments, and on\\nthe 9th of October the regiment moved to Annapolis, Md.,\\nand there occupied the grounds of the Naval Academy.\\nOctober 19th the regiment was ordered to embark\\non board the ocean-steamer Vanderbilt, then lying at\\nAnnapolis. It was evidently bound on some distant expe-\\ndition, but its destination and object were unknown, and\\nwere matters of endless surmise and speculation among the\\nofficers and men during the pas.sage down the Chesapeake.\\nOn the Vanderbilt with the 8th was the 79th New York\\nRegiment, called the Highlanders, and neither regiment\\nappeared to be very favorably impressed with tlie appear-\\nance or presence of the other. One who was present on\\nboard the ship at that time wrote afterwards concerning\\nthis, as follows The men of the 8th Michigan and 79th\\nNew York looked distrustfully on each other. The ship\\nwas rather uncomfortably crowded, having eighteen hun-\\ndred persons on board, and every effort to obtain better\\nstorage by one party was jealously watched by the other.\\nThe 8th regarded the 79th as a set of foreigners and sots,\\nand the latter regarded our men as a lot of undrilled bush-\\nwhackers, tinged with verdancy. How long this state of\\nfeeling continued does not appear, but it is certain that\\nthere was afterwards developed between the 8th and 79th a\\nfriendship which became absolute affiBction, so strong and\\nmarked that it was proverbial among the different commands\\nof the army where the two regiments were known. It was a\\nchain whose links were forged under the hammers of suf-\\nfering and danger, and welded in the fire of battle.\\nWhen they arrived at Fortress Monroe they found the\\nroadstead crowded with a fleet made up of war-steamers and\\ntransports filled with troops. This fleet, including the\\nVanderbilt, went to sea in the morning of October 29th,\\nand the sight was grand and inspiriting. For a time the\\nwinds favored, and the sea was comparatively smooth, but\\nafterwards a heavy gale came on in which the vessels were\\nscattered, and three or four of them were lost. During\\nthis time the troops suffered greatly from sea-sickness and\\novercrowding on the transports. The fleet had sailed under\\nsealed orders, and its destination was as yet unknown ex-\\ncept to the naval and military commanders. At last the\\nstorm abated, the vessels one by one returned within sig-\\nnaling distance of each other, and the low shores of South\\nCarolina became visible on the starboard hand. Six days\\n(which seemed as many weeks) from the time of its de-\\nparture from Fortress Monroe the fleet arrived off Hilton\\nHead, S. C, Nov. 4, 1861. The object of the expedition\\nwas now apparent, and, with a smoother sea and an enemy\\nalmost in sight, sea-sickness and dejection gave place to\\nbuoyant spirits and eager enthusiasm.\\nThe fleet was composed of fourteen armed vessels, twenty\\ntwo first-class steamers, twelve smaller steamers, and twenty-\\nsix sailing vessels. The commander of the fleet was\\nCommodore (afterwards Admiral) S. F. Dupont, whose\\nflag-ship was the splendid steam-frigate Wabash. The\\nland forces consisted of thirteen regiments of volunteers, in\\nthree brigades, in all, about eleven thousand men, under\\ncommand of Gen. W. T. Sherman. The 2d Brigade, com-\\nposed of the 50th and 100th Pennsylvania, 8th Michigan,\\nand 79th New York, was under command of Brig.-Gen.\\nIsaac I. Stevens.\\nThe channel connecting Port Royal harbor with the sea\\nwas guarded on either side by a strong rebel fortification.\\nThese were known as Forts Walker and Beauregard, and\\nthe reduction of these, by the navy, was the first work to\\nbe done. For three days after their arrival the vessels re-\\nmained iu quiet, below, as the weather was not considered\\nsufficiently favorable for operations but on the 7th the\\nWabash set her signal for battle, and advanced to the\\nattack, followed by the other armed ships in their proper\\norder. They moved in a circular line, up, past one fort,\\nand down, past the other, delivering their tremendous\\nbroadsides into each as they came abreast of it. With the\\nfire from the ships, and the responses from the forts, it was\\nalmost a continuous volley of artillery, which shook the\\nearth, and made the very waters tremble. But at length\\nthe fire of the forts began to slacken, their replies grew\\nmore and more feeble, and finally the Stars and Bars above\\ntheir ramparts gave place to the white flag. A little later,\\nthe standard of the Union floated above the captured works\\non both sides of the channel.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "70\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nOn the following day the 8th landed at Hilton Head,\\nand occupied Fort Walker. On the 17th of December it\\nmoved to Beaufort, a place of surpassing beauty, where\\nmany of the wealthy people of Charleston had, in the old\\ndays of peace, made their summer residences. It was now\\nfound deserted by nearly all its inhabitants except negroes.\\nThe camp here was made in a grove of stately and mag-\\nnificent live-oaks and but for the losses sustained in the\\nvicinity, the stay of the regiment at this place would have\\nbeen among the most pleasing of all its experiences during\\nits term of service. On the 18th, Companies A and F,\\nof the 8th, were sent on a reconnoitering expedition to the\\nmainland, across Coosaw River, and while engaged in this\\nservice David Burns Foote, of Capt. Guild s company, was\\nkilled by the enemy, he being the first man of the regi-\\nment who fell in his country s service. The 8th, during\\nthe time it was stationed at Beaufort, was engaged in other\\nreconnoissances, and in picket-duty and detachments occu-\\npied Grey s Hill, Ladies Island, Brickyard Point, and\\nsome of the neighboring plantations.\\nThe first battle in which the regiment was engaged was\\nthat of Coosaw River, or Port Royal Ferry, Jan. 1, 1SG2.\\nAn ofiicial report by Col. Fenton to Gen. Stevens, embrac-\\ning an account of that engagement, is here given\\nHeadquartehs Sth Michigan Regime.nt, 1\\nMaislaxd, Port Roval Ferrv, Jan. 1, 1SG2. 1\\nBrig.-Ge\\\\. Steve.vs, Sir, I have the honor to report that in\\ncompliance with your order this regiment was safelj landed at the\\nAdams House on the mainland, having effected the crossing in flat-\\nboats from Brickyard Point, Port Royal Island, and took up its line\\nof march towards the enemy s battery at this place at one o clock p.m.\\nOn our approach towards the ferry wo were ordered to attack (as\\nskirmishers) a masked battery which opened fire on us from the\\nright. I immediately detached the first two and tenth companies, and\\ndirected their march to the left and front on the battery, which was\\nfollowed by four additional companies to the right and front. The\\nfire of the battery with shells continued on our lines until the skir-\\nmishers reached the right, wlien it was turned on them, and on their\\napproach right, left, and front to within fifty to one hundred yards of\\nthe enemy s position, a fire of musketry was opened upon them. The\\nforce of the enemy, as well as the battery, was concealed to a consider-\\nable extent by trees, brush, and underwood, but appeared to consist\\nof two mounted howitzers, supported by a regiment or more of in-\\nfantry and some cavalry. The skirmishers were measurably protected\\nby underbrush and furrows, and continued their fire upon the enemy,\\nwhich was returned by volleys of musketry and shells from the\\nbattery. Our fire was well directed, and seemed to be efi ective.\\nOne mounted officer, who seemed to be very active, was seen to\\nfall from his horse, at which the troops on the enemy s right were\\nthrown into confusion. Their position seemed to be changing- to the\\nrear, and as our skirmishers were called off and the regiment formed\\nin line the enemy s fire ceased. The regiment w.as then marched to\\nits position in line of battle in rear of the fort at this point.\\nLicut.-Col. Graves led the left and M.ij. Watson the right of the\\nskirmishers. The major, in leading on the line, received a severe\\nflesh wound in the leg. I have to report that officers and men behaved\\nwith admirable bravery and coolness. The loss of the enemy from\\nthe well-directed fire of our skirmishers cannot be less than forty.\\nOur loss is seven wounded, two missing. A list is appended. I have\\nthe honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nW.1I. M. Festos,\\nCol, Sth Mk-hii^an lictfiinent.\\nAmong those who fell in the action at Beaufort Ferry\\nwas Corp. John Q. Adams, of Capt. Guild s company,\\nmortally wounded, and left in the enemy s bands. Some\\nnegroes who came into the Union lines two or three days\\nafterwards gave Col. Fenton this account of his death.\\nThey said they saw him after the battle in a wagon at the\\nrailroad suiTounded by spectators. He received water to\\ndrink from them, but would give them no information.\\nThey asked him if it was right to come into their country\\nand drive them off their land. He said it was, and that\\nthere were those behind who would avenge his fall. He\\nremained true to his flag, and was conscious until midnight,\\nwhen he died. Upon these facts being sworn to. Col. Fen-\\nton embodied them in an official report, to which was ap-\\npended the following order\\nHeadqiarters, 8th Miibigas Regiment,)\\nCamp near Beaufort, S. C, Jan. 7, 1862. I\\nSpt:ct il Orders, In consideration of the noble and patriotic ac-\\ntion and heroic death of John Q. Adams, corporal in Co. A, the above\\nreport will be entered on the regimental records, with this order.\\nBy order of\\nCol. Wm. M. Fenton.\\nN. Miner Pratt, Adjtiiant.\\nDuring the months of January, February, and JIarch\\nthe regiment was employed in drill and picket duty, but\\nalways ready to respond to marching orders, which were\\nconstantly expected, and were finally received on the 9th\\nof April, when the Sth left Beaufort and moved to Tybee\\nIsland, Ga., where it was reported to Gen. Q. A. Gillmore,\\ncommanding the operations against Savannah. It was\\npresent (but not engaged) at the bombardment of Fort\\nPula.ski, on the 10th and 11th, as also at the surrender of\\nthat formidable work.\\nOn the 16th of April seven companies of the regiment\\n(A, B, G, D, H, I, and K, each about forty strong) were\\ndetailed, with a detachment of Rhode Island artillery, as\\nan escort to Lieut. C. H. Wilson, chief of the topographi-\\ncal engineers, department of the South, to make a recon-\\nnoissance of Wilmington Island, with a view to the erection\\nof fortifications upon it if found practicable. The force\\nwas embarked on the steamer Honduras, and moved to\\nthe place designated, where it landed and proceeded to the\\nexecution of the duty assigned. This resulted in an en-\\ngagement with a force of the enemy, consisting of the 13th\\nGeorgia, Oglethorpe Light Infantry, and the Altamaha\\nScouts, in all about eight hundred strong. A detailed\\naccount of this movement and battle is given in Col.\\nFeuton s ofiicial report, of which the following is a copy\\nHEADtil AHTERS ElGHTH REGIMENT MiCH. VoLS.\\nOn board steamer Honduras, off Wilmington Island, Ga., April\\n16, 1862, eleven p.m.\\nLiECT. W. L. M. Burger, Acting Assinlanl Ailjulaiil-General\\n**SiR, I have the honor to report, for the information of the gen-\\neral commanding, that in compliance with Special Orders No. 41, I\\nembarked with seven companies of the Sth Michigan Regiment, as an\\nescort to Lieut. C. H. Wilson, Topographical Engineer, on a recon-\\nnoissance of Wilmington Island. Two companies were landed at\\nScriven s plantation under command of Capt. Pratt, with orders from\\nLieut. AVilson to skirt Turner s Creek. The other five companies were\\nlanded at Gibson s plantation. Two of those companies were ordered\\nto skirt Turner s Creek. A third was to take the road to the right,\\ntowards the ferry at Canan s Bluff, to protect the boat-party up Oat-\\nland Creek. Owing to the small number of boats, and the distance\\nfrom the steamer, ivhich was aground, some delay occurred in the dis-\\nembarkation. I directed Lieut.-Cul. Graves to follow with the second\\ncompany to skirt Turner s Creek; but he by misdirection took the\\nroad to the right, towards Canan s Bluff, and on landing with the re-\\nmaining companies, I received information from him that the enemy\\nwere in force at Flatwood s plantation, and to the left of the road.\\nThis made the reconnoissance with boats unsafe, and I ordered the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\n71\\ncompanies all in and stationed the remaining companies to guard\\nagainst an attack at our landing, and sent out strong pickets on both\\nroads. I believe the advance of the company to the right, instead of\\nalong Turner s Creek, saved my command, as it sooner enabled mo to\\npost the men to advantage, and take a position from which the en-\\nemy s approach could be observed. The enemy appeared to bo the\\nGeorgia 13th, about eight hundred strong, armed with Enfield rifles.\\nAs they approached, about four p.m., witli a strong body of skirmishers\\nin the skirt of woods below the road, the companies to the right and\\nleft of the road, in accordance with my instructions, opened fire. I\\nimmediately sounded the charge for an advance of the companies in\\nthe rear of the first line: but the first line, misunderstanding the sig-\\nnal, fell back to the next company. A constjmt and cflective fire was\\nkept up on both sides from the cover of the trees ami bushes. Lieut.\\nAVilson, who had returned with the boat s party, here proved of great\\nservice to me, and took a jiarty, at my request, to the left. I ordered\\na company to the right, to flank the enemy. Both operations were\\nsuccessful, and in a few moments tlie enemy retreated in confusion,\\nleaving several dead on the field, and followed by our men with loud\\ncheers. It being now about sunset, I recalled our troops, and, giving\\nto Lieut. Wilson the commiind of pickets stationed to guard against\\nsurprise, formed the comjianics into line as originally posted, sent the\\ndead and wounded in boats to the ship, and gradually and very quietly,\\nunder cover of darkness, withdrawing the men, sent them on board\\nas fast as our limited transportation would allow. At the last trip of\\nthe boat I embarked, accompanied by Lieut. Wilson, Lieut. -Col.\\nGraves, and the remainder of the command, at about ten o clock p.m.,\\nand immediately brought on board the two companies left at Scriven s\\nplantation. -After the enemy retreated we were unmolested. It is\\ndue to the officers and men of the command to say that generally they\\nbehaved with cool and intrepid courage. Adj. Pratt fell dead near\\nmy side, gallantly fighting, musket in hand, and cheering on the men.\\nOur loss, I regret to say, was comparatively large, ten killed and\\nthirty-five wounded, out of a command of three hundred men.\\nAmong the wounded was Acting Lieut. Badger, of Co. C, who was\\nin charge of the advanced picket, and exhibited undaunted courage.\\nHe, with one of his men, was taken prisoner. Both escaped, and were\\nbrought in when the enemy retreated. The captain of the Hon-\\nduras is deserving of great credit for his kind attention to the\\nwounded, and he afforded us every facility for the comfort of officers\\nand men in his power. I respectfully refer you to Lieut. Wilson s re-\\n|)Ortj which I have seen, which contains some facts not embraced in\\nthis report; among others, in relation to the men detailed in charge\\nof the field-piece on board ship, who were vigilant and attentive.\\nHerewith I transmit a list of casualties.\\nI am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,\\nWii.Li.\\\\M M. Fe.nto.v, Col, Commaudiiitj.\\nThe part of Lieut. Wilson s report to which Col. Fen-\\nton alluded as having reference to the detachment in charge\\nof the field-piece was as follows Lieut. Caldwell and\\nsixteen men of the Rhode Island volunteers, with one\\nlight six-pounder, were left in charge of the steamer. The\\ngun could not be handled on account of the inability of\\nthe boat to lie alongside the landing. After holding\\nthe ground for three hours the entire force was quietly em-\\nbarked without further accident, though it must bo con-\\nfessed that had the enemy renewed his attack while we\\nwere embarking we should have suffered great loss. Our\\nfive small boats could not move more than fifty men every\\nthirty minutes, and the steamer lay in such a position that\\nthe six-pounder could not be brought to bear without jeop-\\nardizing the lives of our own people.\\nFrom Wilmington Island the command returned to\\nBeaufort, and the first knowledge which Gen. Stevens had\\nof the battle of the IGth was conveyed by the arrival of\\nthe dead and wounded from that field. The dead were\\nburied with all military honors, the entire brigade attending\\ntheir funeral.\\nNext came the presentation to the regiment of a beauti-\\nful flag, furnished by citizens of Genesee County, and\\nforwarded by a committee composed of Hon. J. B. Walker,\\nGeorge T. Clark, and Charles P. Avery. It was of the\\nrichest and heaviest .silk, and fringed, tasseled, and starred\\nwith gold. On its stripes, in golden letters, were the words\\nOne Country, One Destiny, Eighth Michigan In-\\nfantry. On its staff was a silver plate bearing the en-\\ngraved inscription\\nPresented\\nto\\nThe Officers -^nd Soldiers\\nof the\\nEighth Keciment, Michigan Inf.inthv,\\nby their friends and neighbors\\nof Genesee County.\\nIt was sent by the donors in token of their high respect\\nfor the 8th Regiment, on account of their gallant conduct\\nat the battle of Coosaw, and it arrived at Hilton Head on\\nthe very day when the men of the Sth were again distin-\\nguishing themselves at Wilmington Island.\\nThe ceremony of presentation was imposing. At evening\\nparade on the 25th of April the regiment was formed on\\nthree sides of a hollow square, of which the fourth side\\nwas formed by Gen. Stevens and his staff. The color was\\nin the centre. It was formally presented to the regiment\\nby Gen. Stevens, who, after a few introductory remarks,\\nand reading aloud the letter of the committee at Flint,\\nsaid\\nSoldiers of Michigan It is gratifying to know by\\nthis letter from your friends that your services are appreciated\\nby them and I, who, on the day alluded to, was your com-\\nmanding general, feel proud in referring to the occasion\\nwhich calls forth from your friends at home such an ac-\\nknowledgment. Your bravery and undaunted courage,\\nled on by your gallant colonel in face of the enemy at the\\nbattle of Coosaw, deserves, as it has received, the highest\\ncommendation.\\nThis banner comes at a propitious moment. You have\\nadded to the reputation already acquired another brilliant\\nachievement. While this flag was consigned as it were to\\nthe tender mercies of the deep, and on the very day of its\\nsafe arrival at Hilton Head, you were testing the strength\\nof your arms against overwhelming odds of the enemy on\\nWilmington Island, adding new lustre to your already bril-\\nliant career, and giving new evidence of your intrepidity\\nand bravery.\\nUnfurl that flag Let it float to the breeze There,\\nfellow-soldiers, is your banner Inscribed upon its ample\\nfolds is the motto. One Country, One Destiny It is\\nsurmounted by the eagle emblem of strength and bear-\\ning on its outstretched wings the prestige of victory. Like\\nthe eagle of Napoleon and of ancient Rome, its march is\\nonward and upward. Upon the folds of that banner is the\\nwork of fair hands, the daughters of Michigan, your loved\\nones at home, endeared to you by the tender ties of mother\\nand daughter, sister and friend. That is the flag the gal-\\nlant Jackson bore aloft when he said, The Union it must,\\nit shall be preserved It is the flag Washington fought\\nfor and sustained. VVe are following in the footsteps of our\\nbrave and heroic ancestors. Let us, like them, while in the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "72\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ndischarge of our duties as soldiers, and rejoicing in suc-\\ncesses, remember our obligations as Christians. Commit it\\nto the God of Battles. His arm will be stretched forth to\\nsuccor and to save. Here, upon our knees, in the presence\\nof Almiglity God, let us invoke His blessing. I call upon\\nyou, chaplain. It is fit and proper that it be consecrated\\nwith prayer. The chaplain responded in an earnest and\\neloquent prayer. The colors were received in due form,\\nwith drums beating, and arms presented. Then Col. Feuton\\nspoke, thanking the general, and congratulating the officers\\nand men of his regiment. In concluding, he turned towards\\nthe flag, as it was held aloft by the tall color-bearer, and\\nsaid\\nCoLOR-BEAKER AND COLOR-GUARDS I know you all,\\nand know you well. That banner in your hands will be\\nproudly borne and bravely defended. And should you fall,\\nyou will wrap its folds around you, defending it while life\\nremains. Soldiers, you may well feel proud that you have\\nbeen honored by your general, in the presentation of that\\nflag. You will stand by it to the last. I feel and know\\nyou will. You have been tried on the soil of both South\\nCarolina and Georgia, and, one and all, you will maintain\\nthe character you have acquired, and do honor to the State\\nwhich has sent you forth. The speech was followed by\\nthree-times-three cheers for the colonel, the color, and its\\ndonors, and the ceremony (which had been witnessed by a\\nlarge number of soldiers of other commands and by many\\ncitizens of South Carolina) was over.\\nDuring the month of May the 8th was engaged on picket\\nduty, and other similar service, on Fort Royal Island. On\\nthe 2d of June it moved thence to Stone River, S. C, to\\nrelieve the 28th Massachusetts Regiment, on picket on\\nJames Island, where the 8th arrived on the day following\\nits departure from Port Royal. Here it was attached to\\nthe 1st Brigade of the 2d Division, under Gen. Stevens j\\nthe brigade being placed under command of Col. Fenton,\\nand Lieut.-Col. Graves succeeding to the command of the\\nregiment.\\nThe battle of James Island (or Secessionville, as it is\\nfrequently called) was fought on the 16th of June. In it\\nthe 8th Michigan took a more prominent part, and sufiered\\nmore severely, than any other regiment, and its losses here\\nwere, taking everything into consideration, more terrible\\nthan it sustained on any other field during its long and\\nhonorable career. Secessionville, the scene of the battle,\\nwas described by Dr. J. C. Willson, surgeon of the 8th\\nRegiment, as a village composed of a few houses whose\\nowners have seceded from them, situated on a narrow neck\\nof land jutting into the stream on the east side of James\\nIsland, skirted by tidal marshes and swamps on either side,\\nand difiicult of approach, except from the westward, where\\nis a rebel fort which commands this entrance. The fort\\nwas a formidable earthwork, with a parapet nine feet in\\nheight, surrounded by a broad ditch seven feet deep, and\\nprotected by a broad and almost impenetrable abatis. The\\nneck of dry land over which (alone) it was approachable\\nwas barely two hundred yards in width, and every inch of\\nit could be swept at close range by canister from the six\\nheavy guns of the fort and by musketry from its defenders.\\nAnd it was over such ground, and to the assault of such a\\nwork, that the troops of Stevens division moved forward\\nat four o clock in the morning of that bloody and eventful\\nICth of June, 1862.\\nThe attacking column was made up of Col. Fenton s\\nand Col. Leasure s brigades, the former composed of the Sth\\nMichigan, 7th Connecticut, and 28th Massachusetts Regi-\\nments, and the latter of the 46th and 79th New York, and\\n100th Pennsylvania, with four batteries of artillery, in all\\nthree thousand three hundred and thirty-seven men. The\\nfollowing account of the battle was written by the corre-\\nspondent of the New York Tribune, then at James Island,\\nand published in that paper immediately after the fight\\nThe advanced regiments were the Sth Michigan, the\\n79th New York, and the 7th Connecticut. There is some\\nconfusion as to the order in which these regiments came up\\nto the fort it seems, however, from the best information\\nwithin reach, that the glorious but unfortunate Sth Michi-\\ngan was the firet there, led by its gallant Lieut.-Col. Graves.\\nThe immediate assault upon the fort was not successful, and\\nthe cause of its failure, as is usual in such cases, is difficult\\nto determine. It appears, from the statements of some\\nof the officers and men in these regiments, that about one\\nhalf-mile from the fort there was a narrow pass through a\\nhedge, and the men were compelled to pass through, a very\\nfew abreast, thus delaying their advance. The Sth Michi-\\ngan got through and pushed on with great vigor up to the\\nfort, which they assaulted with a shout. They were met\\nwith a murderous fire from the fort in front, and from flank-\\ning batteries. A few of these brave men overcame all dan-\\ngers and difficulties, and, rushing over the dead bodies of\\ntheir slaughtered comrades, actually climbed into the fort\\nbut it was impossible for them to maintain their ground\\nthere against the fearful odds which opposed them, the men\\nwho should have supported them being delayed in passing\\nthrough the hedge.\\nThe Sth was obliged to fall back as the 79th New York\\ncame up, led by the brave Col. Morrison, who mounted the\\nwalls of the fort and discharged all the barrels of his re-\\nvolver in the very faces of the enemy. Wounded in the\\nhead, and unsupported, he was obliged to retreat. About\\nas far behind the 79th as that regiment was behind the Sth\\nBlichigan came the 7th Connecticut, which made a spas-\\nmodic and almost independent efibrt against the fort, but\\nwas obliged to fall back. Thus the brave regiments which\\nwere intended to act in concert as the advance went into the\\nfight one at a time, one repulsed and falling back as the\\nother came up, thus creating confusion, and rendering\\nabortive the charge on the fort at this time.\\nA failure like this always disheartens troops. It was\\njust in front of the fort, and in the first charge, that the\\nnoble and brave Capt. Church [Company D, of the Sth] fell,\\npierced through the head with a musket-ball. He was a\\nfine officer, and beloved by his men. I knew and admired\\nhis commanding person and frank and honest bearing.\\nAlthough suffering from disease, he arose from his bed and\\nled his men to the fatal ditch.\\nThe Sth Michigan has been most unfortunate. For-\\nward in every skirmish and battle, always in the advance,\\nit has lost a considerable number of its officers, and can\\nnow scarcely number three hundred men. All these regi-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "EIGUTII INFANTllY.\\n73\\nmerits fought well, and piled their dead around the fort\\nbut it was a terrible sacrifice, and a vain one.\\nThe first, as has been said, to reach the fort were the\\nMichigan 8th and New York T Jlh. This was not the\\nnatural order, but the TOth, hearing the cheers of the Sth,\\nran past the other regiments and joined the Sth as it\\nreached the works. Both regiments suflfered terribly from\\nthe fire of the enemy a.s they approached, the Sth from\\ngrape and canister, the TDth from musketry, as the nature\\nof their wounds shows. Badly shattered, and wholly ex-\\nhausted from three-fourths of a mile on the double-(|uick,\\nmany fell powerless on reaching the works while a few,\\nin sufiBciently good condition, mounted the parapet, from\\nwhich the enemy had been driven by our sharp and eflective\\nfire, and called upon the others to follow them.\\nAt about nine o clock, which seemed to be the crisis of\\nthe battle, and when the generals seemed to be coTisulting\\nwhether they should again advance upon the fort, or retire,\\nthe gunboats decided the question by opening a heavy can-\\nnonade in our rear, which, instjad of telling upon the\\nrebels, threw their shot and shell into our own ranks. This\\nmust have resulted from ignorance on their part as to our\\nprecise position, owing to the rapid changes upon the field,\\nand in the intervening timber. The shells fell and burst\\nin the very midst of our men, several exploding near\\nthe commanding general and his staff. The effect of this\\nunfortunate mistake was an order for the troops to retire,\\nwhich they did in perfect order, taking position on the old\\npicket-line.\\nIn the Scotlixli American newspaper, of New York, there\\nappeared, a few days after the battle, a communication from\\nan officer of the T^th Highlanders, in which the gallantry\\nof the Sth at Secessionville is thus noticed I should\\nmention that the Sth Michigan, small in number, but every\\nman a hero, had been repulsed from the fort, with terrible\\nlass, just as we advanced. The Michigan men could not\\nhave numbered four hundred when they advanced when\\nthey retired they had one hundred and ninety killed and\\nwounded. One company alone lost, I understand, no less\\nthan ninety-eight men. The ordeal through which they\\nhad passed the 79th were now experiencing. Shot down\\nby unseen enemies, and without having an opportunity of\\nreturning the fire with any effect, the men got discouraged,\\nbut remained stubbornly on the ground until the order was\\ngiven to retire, an order, let me say, which was only ren-\\ndered necessary by the shameful fact that, notwithstand-\\ning the strong force within supporting distance, no support\\ncame. The fort was ours had we received a.ssistance, but it\\nis a fact that cannot be gainsaid that every man who fell\\naround its ramparts belonged to the Sth Michigan and the\\n7 Jth New I ^ork, the two weakest regiments, in point of\\nnumbers, in the whole force under command of Gen. Ben-\\nham.\\nThe Sth regiment went into the fight with a total strength\\nof five hundred and thirty-four officei-s and men, and its\\nloss in the as.s;iult was, according to the surgeon s report,\\none hundred and forty-seven killed and wounded, and\\nthirty-seven missing; this being more than one-third of the\\nnumber engaged. The first report of its loss made it sonie-\\nwliat greater than this. Gen. Stevens, in his General\\n10\\nOrder No. 2(5, dated James Island, S. C, June 18, 1862,\\nmentioned the heroism of the Sth Michigan as follows\\nParties from the leading regiments of the two\\nbrigades, the Sth Michigan and the 79th Highlanders,\\nmounted and were shot down on the parapet, officers and\\nmen. These two regiments especially covered themselves\\nwith glory, and their fearful casualties show the hot work\\nin which they were engaged. Two-fifths of the Sth Michi-\\ngan and nearly one-quarter of the 79th Highlandei-s were\\ndown, either killed or wounded, and all the remaining\\nregiments had a large number of casualties. In\\ncongratulating his comrades on their heroic valor and con-\\nstancy on that terrible field, the commanding general of the\\ndivision has not words to express his and your grief at the\\nsacrifices that have been made. Our best and truest men\\nnow sleep the sleep that knows no waking. Their dead\\nbodies lie on the enemy s parapet. Church, Pratt, Cottrill,\\nGuild, Morrow, Horton, Hitchcock, and many other gallant\\nand noble men we shall see no more.\\nAmong the killed of the Sth Regiment in this action\\nwas Capt. S. C. Guild, of Flint, commanding Company A.\\nOn the 14th of June he had written a letter to friends in\\nMichigan, in which he said, I cannot but regret that I\\nam so long delayed from the prosecution of my studies, but\\nthis war must first be settled, and the majesty of truth and\\nthe constitution vindicated and if I do nothing more in\\nlife, it will be sufficient service that I have been a soldier\\nin this war. Yet it is needless for me to conceal my dis-\\nlike of this kind of life, and that my earnest desire is to\\nescape from it the first opportunity. It is entirely dissonant\\nwith my feelings, habits, and thoughts, and can never be\\nless than an unpleasant duty and yet, as a duty, it is, in a\\nsense, a pleasure to perform it. I have learned much, how-\\never, which will serve me in all my futjire life. Two days\\nlater this hero died on the hostile rampart, with his face to\\nthe foe.\\nCol. Fcnton was relieved from the command of the bri-\\ngade, at his own request, on the 21st of June. On resum-\\ning command of the Sth llegiment, he made a very earnest\\nand determined effort to have it relieved for a time from\\nactive service, on account of the arduous service it had per-\\nformed and the fearful losses it had sustained. But his\\nanswer was, At present all the regiments in the Depart-\\nment of the South are needed, and more than needed, in\\nthe positions they now occupy.\\nGen. Stevens command evacuated James Island on the\\n5th of July, the Sth Regiment being the last to leave, as\\nit had been the first in the advance. Moving to Hilton\\nHead, itcmbarked there July 13th, with the79th New York,\\n2Sth Mas.sachusetts, 7lh Connecticut, and other regiments,\\nfor Fortress Monroe, where they arrived on the Itith, and\\nlanded at Newport News on the following day. They\\nknew they were destined to reinforce the Army of the Po-\\ntomac after its disasters in the seven Days fight, and they\\ndid not like the change, for they jireferred to remain in the\\nSouth, where their laurels had been won. The Sth re-\\nmained three weeks in camp at Newport News, and during\\nthis time Col. Feiiton left for Michigan to obtain recruits,\\nleaving Lieut. -Col. Graves in charge of the regiment.\\nThe command left this camp, August 4th, and, moving to", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe Rnppahaiinoek River, took part in the campaign of Gen.\\nPope, fighting at second Bull Run, August 29th and 30th,\\nand Chantilly, Scptenihor 1st, losing considerably in both\\nengagements. Soon after, it moved with the l)th Army Corps\\n(to which it had been attached) into Maryland. It fought at\\nSouth Mountain, September 14th, losing thirteen, wounded;\\nand was again engaged in the great battle of Antietam, Sep-\\ntember ITtli. Early in that day it formed in line, with its\\nbrigade, on tlie right, but about noon, when the battle be-\\ncame general, it was ordered to the left, and took possession\\nnear the historic Stone Bridge. A more terrific fire than we\\nhere met with, wrote an officer of the regiment, it has not\\nbeen my lot to witness. It equaled, if it did not exceed,\\nthat of James Island. At first our men gained ground and\\ndrove tlie enemy half a mile, but the battery that covered\\nour advance and answered to llie enemy s in front getting\\nout of ammunition, together with the arrival of a fresh rebel\\nbrigade from Harper s Ferry, flanking our position and\\nbringing our men under a crossfire, changed the fortunes\\nof the day in their i avor, and when night closed upon the\\nscene of carnage the enemy reoccupied the ground wrested\\nfrom them at such fearful sacrifice in the afternoon. The\\nDridge, however, was not letaken by tlie enemy, and, although\\nthe Union forces liad been driven back here on the left,\\nthe advantage remained with them on other ))arts of the\\nfield. The battle was not renewed to any extent on tlio\\nfollowing day, and the enemy, wliile keeping up the ap-\\npearance of a strong line in front, retreated from his posi-\\ntion to the Potomac, preparatory to crossing back into Vir-\\nginia.\\nThe loss of the 8th at Antietam was twenty-seven killed\\nand wounded, a loss which appears quite severe when it is\\nlemembcred that the regiment went into action with con-\\nsiderably less than two hundred men, having been reduced\\nnot only by its terrible losses in previous battles, but also\\nby discharges more than two hundred and fifty men being\\ndi.scliarged from the 8th in the year 18()2, of wiioni just\\none hundred enii.sted in the regular army. Tlie places of\\nthese were being filled to some extent by recruits, of whom\\na number joined the regiment the day bcl ore Antietam;\\nand it was said of them that, although they had never be-\\nfore heard a hostile gun, they endured the terrible initiation\\nof that day with almost the steadiness of veterans.\\nFor about a month after the battle the regiment re-\\nmained in Maryland, a short time iu the vicinity of An-\\ntietam, and a longer time in Pleasant Valley. During this\\ntime Col. Fenton returned, and Capt. Ralph Ely was pro-\\nmoted to major, vice Watson, resigned. On the 2Gth of\\nOctober the 8th marched to Weverton, and thence to Ber-\\nlin, Md., where it crossed the Potomac on pontoons into\\nVirginia. It passed tiirough Lovettsville, Waterford,\\nSlack s Mills, Rcctortown, and Salem, to Waterloo, where,\\non the 11th of November, it received the announcement of\\nGen. Burnside s piomotion to the command of the army.\\nOn the 15th it was at Sulphur Springs, and moved thence,\\nl)y way of FayetteviUe and Boalton Station, to a camp\\nabout ten miles east of the latter place, where was read the\\norder forming the riglit grand division of the army, by\\nuniting tlie 2d and 9th Corps, under command of Gen. E.\\nV. Sunmer. On the ISlh the regiment marched, leading\\nthe brigade, and on the 19th reached Falmouth, opposite\\nFredericksburg, where the army was rapidly concentrating.\\nHere it remained (a part of it acting as provost-guard of\\nthe division) until the 12th of December, when it crossed\\nthe Rappahannock to Fredericksburg, but was not engaged\\nin the great battle of the 13th. It recrossed on the 15th,\\nand remained at Falmouth until Feb. 13, lSl!3, when it\\nmoved with the 9th Corps (which had been detached from\\nthe Army of Potomac) to Newport News, Va., and there\\ncamped, evidently waiting orders for a further movement,\\nwhich the officers and men hoped might take them back to\\nthe De])artment of the Soutli. The regiment remained in\\ncamp at Newport News for more than a month, and during\\nthis time Col. Fenton resigned, on account of his health\\nhaving become greatly impaired. Maj. Ely was promoted\\nto lieutenant-colonel, and was then in command of the regi-\\nment, and Capt. E. W. Lyon, of G company, was made\\nmajor.\\nOn the 20th of Jlarch the 8th Regiment, being again\\nunder marching orders, embarked at Newport News, on the\\nsteamer Georgia, preparatory to the commencement of the\\nlong series of movements and marches in the Simthwcst\\nwhich afterwards gave it tlie name of the wandering regi-\\nment of Michigan. It left Newport News on the 21st,\\narrived at Baltimore on the 22d, and proceeded tlienoe by\\nthe Baltimore and Ohio Railioad to Parkersburg, W. Va.,\\nreaching there on the 24th, and embarking on the steamer\\nMajestic for Louisville, Ky., where it arrived at noon on\\nThur.sday the 2Cth. At that time it was brigaded with the\\n2d, ITtli, and 20th Michigan Regiments, under Brig.-Gen.\\nOrlando JI. Poe formerly colonel of the 2d), as brigade con;-\\nmander this being the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army\\nCorps. This corps (then a part of the Army of the Ohio)\\nhad for its immediate mission in Kentucky to observe and\\nhold in check the forces of the guerrilla chief, John Morgan,\\nwho, at that time, seemed to be omnipresent in all that re-\\ngion, and whose movements were giving the government no\\nlittle trouble and alarm.\\nThe Stli moved by railroad from Lmisville on the 2Sth,\\nand proceeded to Lebanon, Ky., and remained stationed\\nthere and at Green River Ford, Ky., for .some weeks.\\nWhile the command lay at Lebanon there was i.ssued the\\nfir.st number of a paper entitled The Wo/vtrtiie, which was\\nannounced as published by members of the Sth Michigan\\nInfantry, and will be issued as often as circumstances will\\npermit. How many numbers of this journal were ever\\npublished is not known.\\nAbout the 1st of June the 9th Corps, which had been\\nscattered in detachments at various points in Kentucky,\\nwas ordered to move to Mississippi to reinforce the army of\\nGen. Grant, then operating against Vick.sburg. The Sth\\nRegiment moved with the corps, going to Cairo, 111., by\\nrail, and then, embarking on boats on the Mississippi River,\\nwas transported to Haynes BluflF, Miss. From there it\\nmoved to Milldale, Jliss., and remained there and at Flower\\nDale Church, near Vicksburg, until the operations against\\nthat .Stronghold ended in its capitulation, July Jth. Then\\nit moved with the corps towards Jackson, 5Ii.ss., in pursuit\\nof the army of Johnston, who had been hovering in Gen.\\nGrant s rear, attempting to raise the siege of Vicksburg.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\nIn the several engagomeiits which occurred from the 10th\\nto the IGth of July the Sth p;irticip;\u00c2\u00bbted, but sufforoJ little\\nloss; and after the evacuation of Jackson, on the Itjth, it\\nreturned to its former camp at Milldale, remaining; there till\\nAugust Gth, when it a;gain took boat on the Mississippi\\nauJ moved north with the corps. It reached Memphis in\\nthe nii;lit of the 11th, and passed on to Cairo and thence\\nto Cincinnati, where it arrived on the IStii, and, crossin;.;\\nthe river, camped at Covington, Ky. From Covington it\\nmoved by way of Nieholasvillc to Crab Orchard, Ky.,\\nreaching there August 27th, and remaining there in camp\\ntwo weeks. On the IDlli of September it was again on\\nthe march, and moved by way of Cumberland Gap to\\nKiioxville, Tenn., reaching there on the 2iith.\\nThe Sth was slightly engaged with the enemy at Blue\\nSprings, October lOtli, and, after considerable marching and\\ncountermarching, went into camp, October 20th, at Lenoir\\nStation, where it remained until November 14th. It was\\nthen, with its divi.sion, ordered to Hough s Ferry, on the\\nHolston River, to check the advance of Longstreet, who\\nwas reported moving up from Georgia towards Knoxvillc.\\nHe was found in strong force, and the Union troops retired\\nbefore him, and, passing back through Lenoir, continued\\nthe retreat to Knosville. Being hard pressed, however, a\\nstand was made at Cainpljell s Station on the IGth, and a\\nbattle ensued, lasting from about one r.Jl. until dark, and\\nresulting in a loss to the Sth of eleven wounded. During\\nthe night the retreat was continued, and the regiment\\nreached Knoxville in the morning of the 17th, after an\\nalmost continuous march of two days and three nights, in-\\ncluding a battle of several hours duration, moving over the\\nworst of roads through mud and rain, and witli less than\\nquarter rations.\\nThen followed the siege of Knoxville by Longstreet,\\nwhich continued eighteen days, during all which time the\\n8tli occupied tiie front line of works, and suffered severely for\\nlack of food and sufficient clothing. On Sunday, November\\n29tli, two veteran Georgia brigades belonging to McLaws\\nrebel division made a furious assault on Fort Saunders (one\\nof the works in the lino of fortifications inclosing Knos-\\nville), and were repulsed and driven back with a loss of\\nnearly eight hundred men, the 8tli Michigan being one of\\nthe regiments which received and repelled the as.sault. In\\nthe night of the 4th and 5th of December the enemy with-\\ndrew from before Knoxville. In the pursuit which followed\\ntiie 8th took part, but with no results, and on the IGth it\\nencamped at Blain s Cro.ss-Roads. This proved to be the\\nla.st camp which it occupied for any considerable length of\\ntime in Tennessee. It remained here about three weeks,\\nduring which time three hundred of its members re-enlisted\\nas veterans. On the 8tli of January, 18G4, the veteranized\\ncommand, under orders to report at Detroit, left its camp,\\nand took the road across the Cumberland Mountains for\\nthe railroad at Nicholasvillo, Ky., nearly two hundred miles\\ndistant. It reached that place in ten days, iiaving nia le an\\naverage of nearly twenty miles a day over niiseraiile roads\\nand through the snow and ice of the niountiiin-passes. It\\nreached Detroit on the 2r)th, and there received the vete-\\nran furlough. At the end of the .sjiccified time the men\\nreassembled at the rendezvous (the city of Flint I, where\\nCapt. Charles II. JlcCreery was in charge of a recruiting-\\nstation for the veteran Sth. On the Sth of March they\\nleft again for the front, proceeding by way of Cincinnati to\\nAnnapolis, Md to rejoin the ilth Corps, which had, after\\nthe regiment had left Tennessee, been ordered East to rein-\\nforce llie Army of the Potomac.\\nThe Sth remained at Annapolis until April 2!!d, when\\nit moved to Washington, and thence across the I otomac to\\nWarrenton Junction. On the opening of the campaign of\\n18G4 it moved with the army on the 4tli of May, cros.sed\\ntiio Ilapidan at Germania Ford on the 5th, and on the fol-\\nlowing day was hotly engaged in the Wilderness, losing\\nninety-nine in killed, wounded, and mi.ssing. Among these\\nwas Col. Frank Graves, who was made prisoner by tlie\\nenemy, and (as was reported) shot in cold blood because he\\napplied the epithet robber to one of his captors who was\\ntaking his boots from his feet.\\nOn the Sth of May the Sth marched over the old field\\nof Chancellorsville, and on towards Spotts3 lvania Court-\\nIlouse, where, on the 12th, it took part in the assault on\\nthe enemy s intrenehments, losing forty-nine officers and\\nmen in the bloody work of that day. During the fight the\\ncorps commander. Gen. Burnside, rode up and called out to\\nthe regiment, Boys, you must support this battery and\\nhold the hill at all hazards, for it is the key to our safety,\\nand a moment later inquired what regiment it was. Col.\\n}i\\\\y informed liim. Ah returned the general, the Sth\\nMichigan 1 know you. You ll hold it! and rodo away.\\nThe regiment crossed the Pamunkey River May 28th, and\\nmoved towards Bethesda Church, where, in the battle of\\nJune 3d, it gallantly charged and carried the enemy s rifle-\\npits, sustaining a loss of fifty-nine, killed, wounded, and mi-^s-\\ning. On the 12th it was encamped near Mechanicsville, Va.\\nThe next day it crossed the Chickahominy, and on the 14th\\ncrossed the James River, from which point it moved by a\\nforced march to the front of Petersburg, arriving there in\\nthe evening of the IGth. On the 17th and 18th it took\\npart in the attacks on the enemy s works, losing forty-nine\\nkilled and wounded. For six weeks after that time it was\\nconstantly employed on the fortifications, under fire. In\\nthe fight at the Crater, July 30th, it was engaged, losing\\nthirteen killed and wounded. Soon after, it moved to the\\nWeldon Railroad, and fought there in the action of August\\n19th, lo.sing thirty in killed, wounded, and mis ing, among\\nthe killed being Maj. Horatio Belcher, of Flint. It was\\nagain engaged, with but slight loss, on the 21st; and on\\nthe 30th it took part in the battle of Poplar Grove Church,\\nlosing eight wounded.\\nThe Sth remained near Peebles Farm, engaged in forti-\\nfying and picket duty, till November 29th, when it moved\\nagain to a position before Petersburg. It assisted in repuls-\\ning the enemy in his attack on Fort Steadman, March 25,\\n1SG5, and on the 2d of April was engaged in the attack on\\nFort .Mahon, assisting in carrying the work, and being thefirst\\nregiment to place its colors on the hostile ramparts. The\\nnext day it marched into Petensburg. After this it was em-\\nployed in guard duty on the South Side Railroad till the 20th,\\nwheTi it marched to ity P(]int, and on the following day em-\\nbarked on transports and proeecded to Alexandria, \\\\^i., from\\nwhieh place it moved to Tenallytown, Md on the 2ljlli. It", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTOKY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmoved into the city of Washington, May 9th, and was there\\nengaged in guard and patrol duty until July 30, 1865, when\\nit was mustered out of the service. Its strength when mus-\\ntered out was six hundred and three officers and men, it hav-\\ning been quite largely augmented by recruits during the lat-\\nter part of its term of service. The regiment left Washington\\non the 1st of August, and on the 3d arrived at Detroit, where\\nit was paid and disbanded, and the survivors of the wan-\\ndering regiment of Michigan returned to their homes and\\nthe vocations of peaceful life. During its existence the\\nregiment had moved over seven thousand miles, by land\\nand sea, more than nineteen hundred men had marched in\\nits ranks, and it had been engaged in thirty-seven battles\\nand skirmishes, in seven different States of the Union.\\nOFFICERS AND MEN OF THE EIGHTH INFANTRY FROM GENESEE\\nCOUNTY.\\nCol. Win. M. Fenton, Flint enl. Aug. 7, 1861 res. March 15, 1803.\\nMiij. Ephraiin W. Lj-oll, Flint; enl. Aug. 10, 1801 ros. Miiich HI, 1863.\\n1st Lieut, iinil Ailj. N. Miner l r;itt, Flint; enl. Aug. 14, ISCl killed in liattio\\nof Wilmington, Gh., April 16, 18G2.\\n1st Lieut, and tir.-Mr. Asa Gregory, Flint; enl. Ang. 12, 1801; commissary of\\nU. S. Vols,, Nov. 20, 1SG2; brov.-maj. U. S. Vols., April 3, 1805 must, out\\nApril 20, 18C6.\\nSurg. Janies C. W illson, Flint enl. Miircll 3, 1862 res. for disab., M.ircli 6, 1863.\\nAsst. Sing. John Willett, Flint; enl. Nov. 22, 1802; surg. Sdlnf, Nov. 28, 1804,\\nto June 30, 1.S05.\\nChaplain Wm. Malion, Flint enl. Aug. 26, 1861 res. June 24, 1862.\\nSergt.-Maj. Edw. R. Chase, Flint; enl. May 1, 1SG3; 2d lieut. July 5, 1804; vet.\\nSergt.-Maj. Orrin Bump, Flint; enl. Aug. 1, 1801 2d lieut. Co. F, March 27,\\n1863.\\nSergt.-Maj. Oscar Bliss, Fenton enl. Aug. 25, 1802; disch. by order, May 31,\\n1805.\\nSergt.-Msj. Wm. H. Ailken, Flint; enl. Dec. 18, 1801 must, out .July 30, 1S65;\\nveteran.\\nCom.-Sergt. Elias G. Williams, Flint; enl. .Vug. 12, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut. ,ind\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ir.-mr., Oct. 20, 1862.\\nCom.-Selgt. Harvey J. Christian, Flint; enl. Aug. 19, 1861; 1st lieut. Co. G,\\nFeb. 19, 1865.\\nCom.-Sergt. Wm. J. Christian, Flint enl. .\\\\ug. 12,1861; capt. 30lh Inf. Jan.\\n8, 1805.\\nCom.-SBigt. Ch,-is. G. Walkiii.^ Flint enl. Sept. 17, 1801 pro. 1st lieut. Co. D.\\nIIosp. Steward Milton 31. F enner, Fliut; enl. Aug. 12, 1861 pro. to 2d lieut.\\nCo. I, Nov. 22, 1801.\\nBand, Alva M. Rogers, enl. Aug. 14, 1861 must, out July 30, 1865 veteran.\\nBand, Orville MeWilliams, enl. July 1, 1861 must, out July 30, 1805.\\nCompany A.\\nCapt Simon C. Guild, Flint; enl. Sept. 21, 1861 killed in battle at James Isl-\\nand, Va., June 16, 1862.\\nCapt. Ephraini W. Lyon, Flint; pro. to ni.ij. Feb. 1, 1863; res. March 111, 1803.\\nCapt. James S. Donobue, Flint tnins. from Co. B dishonorably dismissed re-\\nstored, and trans, to Co. I a.s capt.\\nCapt. Johns S. Freeman, Flint trans, from Co. D wounded at Wilderness, Va.,\\nMay 6, 1804; must, out Oct. 18, 1864.\\nCapt. Edward R. Chase, Flint; enl. April 2. 1865; brev. capt. U. S. Vols., April\\n2, 1865, for conspicuous gallantry in assault on Fort Malione, Va. must.\\nout July 30, 1865.\\n1st Lieut. George E. Newell, Fliut; enl. Sept. 12, 1S61 pro. to capt. Co. I, Sept.\\nHI, 1S62.\\n1st Lieut. John S. Freenwu, Fliut enl. J,in. 1, 1803 pro. to capt. Co. D, May\\n3, 1804.\\n1st Lieut. Thomas Campbell, Goodrich enl. March 18, 1803 killed in battle\\nnear Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1804.\\n1st Lieut. Lewis M. Webster, Flint; enl. Nov. 20, 1804; res. May 20, 1805; was\\nsergt. and 2d lieut.\\n1st Lieut. Andrew H. Gillis, Flint; must, out July 30, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. George H. Turner, Flint; enl Sept. 21, 1801; res. Sept. 25, 1862.\\n2d Lieut. John S. Freeman, Flint; enl. Sept. 1, 1802; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. A,\\nJan. 1, 1803.\\n2d Lieut. Charles Eddy, Flint; enl. Jan. 1, 1803; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. F, April\\n10, 1803.\\n2d Lieut. Harrison II. Williams, Grand Blanc enl. April 211, 1804; wounded in\\nbattle near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1804; pro. to 1st lieut. July 5, 1864;\\ndisch. for disability, Nov. 17, 1864.\\nSergt. James W. Page, enl. June 19, 1801 diseh. for disability, Jan. 10, 1862.\\nSergt. James 11. Atchiuson, enl. June 19, 1801 died at Hilton Head, S. C, Dec.\\n2. 1801.\\nSergt. Henry Clino (veteran), enl. June 19, 1801; died July 12, 1864, of wounds\\nreceived at Petersburg, Va.\\nSergt. John S. Freeman, enl. June 19,1801 pro. to 2d lieut. Co. A, Sept. 1,1862.\\nSergt. Daviil B. Foote, enl. June 19, 1861 killed on Cot\u00c2\u00abaw River, S. C, Dec. 18,\\n1861.\\nCorp. 9Iilton Harrows (sergt.), enl. June 19, 1861; died at eea on steamboat\\nArgo, July 3, 1862, of wounds received in battle.\\nCorp. John (J. Adams, enl. June 19, 1801 killed in battle of Port I! iyal,S. C,\\nJan. 1, 1863.\\nCorp. Orville MeWilliams, cnl. June 10, 1861 app. chief musician, April 21, 1864.\\nCorp. Charles Crapser, enl. June 19, 1801 disch. for disability. March 6, 18(vJ.\\nCorp. Charles Eildy (sergt.), enl. June 19, 1801 pro. to 2d lieut. Jan. I, 1863.\\nCorp. Henry \\\\V. Caldwell, eiil. June 19, 1861 diseh. for ilisability, Doc. 12, 1862.\\nCorp. Edwaril K. Chase, enl. June 19, 1861 pro. to sergt. -niaj.\\nCorp. Redman I. Babcock, enl. June 19, 1.801; killed in battle of Chantilly,\\nVa Sept. 1, 1802.\\nMusician Elias Parkes, died at Falmouth, Va., Jan. 11, 1863.\\nCharles Howard Gardner, the Drummer Boy of the Eighth, died at Kno.\\\\-\\nville, Tenn., Dec. 2, 1803, of wounds.\\nWagoner Noinian Brown, disch. Sept. 22, 1804, end of service.\\nEdward Brooks, killed in action at Port Royal Ferry, S. C, Jan. 1, 1862.\\nCharles Biekford, disch. to enlist m regular service, Oct. 25, 1802.\\n\\\\masa Biace, disch. to euli. ^t in regular seivicc, Oct. 25, 1862.\\nWilliam Babcock, disch. for disability, Feb. 5, 1803.\\nGeorge H. liennctt, disch. for di.sabilily, Jan. 2, 1863.\\nJames 11. Burt, Atlas, died of wounds in Wilderness, Va., May 9, 1804.\\nAbel S. Bennett, died in action at James Island, S. C, June 10, 1802.\\nAlonzo Boucher, must, out July 30, 1865,\\nTimothy Condon, ilied in action at Wilmington Island, Ga., April 10, 1802.\\nOliver Cone, died of disease at Hilton Head, S. C, Dec. 24, 1802.\\nMonroe Cuddeback, disch. for disability, June 23, 1802.\\nBarney Cullen, disch. for disability, Oct. 25, 1802.\\nHenry Cartwright, disch. for disabilily, Nov. 5, 1802.\\nGustaviis Chapel, Flint, died of disease at Milldale, Miss., July 8, 1863.\\nHenry W. Cadwell, disch. for disability, Dec. 12, 1862.\\nHarlow Clothcr, disch. for disability, May 19, 1863.\\nEdward H. Chapman, disch. for disability, Nov. 26, 1863.\\nHenry Casey, disch. at end of service, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nValter Clother, disch. at end of iervice, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nMortimer Carter, diseh. for disability, Jan. 15, 1865.\\nLevi Collins, Grand Blanc, disch. by .order, June 1, 1865.\\nW arren Cole, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 21, 1805.\\nIra Delling, died in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1802,\\nWilliam Delbridge, died of disease at Nicholasville, Ky,, Aug. 24, 1S63.\\nJames Druniond, died of wounds near Petersburg, Va,, June 17, 1S64,\\nCh.arles Dye, must, out July 30, 1S65.\\nThomas Donahue, must, out July 3U, 1^65.\\nOliver Dye, disch. for disability, Nov. 29, 1864.\\nEmory Denton, disch. for disability, March 20, 1865.\\nTrumbull C. Elder, disch. for disability, Jan. Ill, 1862.\\nChailncey Eggleston, disch. for disability. May 15, 1865.\\nPeter A. Fritz, died of disease at Washington, D. C, Nov. 23, 1861.\\nAndri W Gillis, disch. to re-eul. as vetenn, Fi*b. 17, 1864.\\nThomas Heather, died of disease at Beaufort, S. C, Jan. 10, 1862.\\nHarrison S. Hayne, died of disease at Grand Rapids, Mich,, Sept. 20, 1861.\\nBili dett B, Hopkins, disch, for disabilit.v, April 6, 18112.\\nWilliam W. Harris, disch. to enl, in regular service, Oct. 25, 1862.\\nJames P. IIotTinaii, disch, to enl. in regular service, Oct, 25, 1862,\\nLyman Huestard, disch, at end of service, Sept. 22, 1804.\\nThe pathetic story of this youth, who was mortally wounded at Knoxville,\\nwas told by hundreds of newsp:i])ers in the North, under the heading of The\\nDriiminer Boy of the Eighth Michigan Ueginient. Its substance was as fol-\\nlows; At the opening of the war Charles Howard Gardner was a schoolboy,\\nthirteen and a half yeara of age, in the city of Flint. His father had enlisted\\nunder the first call of the President.\\nSoon there came a call for three hundred thon.sand more, when Charley s\\nteacher, Simon C. Guild, to whom he was much atta bed, jtdned the army, and\\napt. Guild, knowing Charley s mu-ical ability, secontied his earnest entreaties\\nthat he might go with him as drummer, to which his mother, who had already\\ngiven her busliand, reluctantly consented, and Charley joined the Eighth\\nMichigan Infantry.\\nTlio regiment was ordered to Port Royal, and on their way Charley met his\\nfather, and, forgetting niilltary rule, he broke from the ranks and ran to his\\nfather s arms. It was their last earthly meeting, as his father died the Novem-\\nber following. In a letter to his mother consoling her, he promiseil to send her\\nall his money, which he did every pay-day. At tlie battle of James Island\\nCapt. Guild fell. Now was Charley indeed bereaved. Tlirongh all battles, all\\nmarches, and all campaigns he kept with the regiment, oft -n on short ratiiuis,\\nwithout one word of comidaint, only desiring to remain until Ihe end of tlie\\nwar. At the siege of Kiio.wille a chance shot struck Charley in tlie slnmhler\\nand enterel his lung. Then the narrative proceeds: That his wound seennd\\nto be doing well, and the surgeon reported him as fast recovering. His mother\\nwas made happy by this announcement, and waited, hourly expecting Ira re-\\nturn with his comrades on veteran furlough. But while she thus lovingly and\\nimpatiently awaited his coming, there cam- instead the In-art -breaking dispatch,\\nThe reginieut has arrived, hut Ch.-irley is dead. The story is taken from\\nMoore s KeielUon Kecotd.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\nTlioodure .Tcnninpa. died of ilisensc nt Hilton Hpiid, S. C, Nov. 14, 18G1.\\nMott Juhnslon, disch. for disnl.ililv, Oct 2; lbG2.\\nAjlnitM- JenniiigH, ninsl. out July :i(i, 18G5.\\nTlioimis M. Kijip, died of disease at Ileinifurt, S. C, Jan. 6, 1862.\\nTlionias Kiniiiif), Tavison, must, out July ;iO, 1SG5.\\nCliJirlfS D. Long, disch. for disalulity, June *2:i, 1802.\\nFlftilier Lewis, disch. nt end of service, Sept. 2*2, 1864.\\nImuic Laine, di\u00c2\u00bbch. at enci of service, Sept. 2^1, 1804.\\nMotitie Mnsrt, difd in aciion at Bull Uun, Va., Aug. 29, 1862.\\nI liarlos HIcKee, disch. to enl. in n gulai- service, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nAdam P. Miller, disch. for di al.ility, Sept. i:i, ise4.\\nIleury W. Mason, discti. Jiiti. 4, 18G. for promotion in TOth 3Iich. Inf.\\nAbraham B. Mill.-r, disch. to re-enl. us veteran, Dec. 29, 1863.\\nAddison il. Miitlice, must, out July :tO, 1865.\\nFrank Xewinan, must (uit July I .U, ISGo.\\nAlbert S. Newman, died of diseat^e at IMton Head, S. C, Nov. 26, 1862.\\nRansom D. OslHjrn, disch. at end of service, Sept. 27, 1864.\\nHenry Odell.died of disease at Annapolis, Md., ()ct.2, 18C1.\\nJames W. I age, discli. for disability, Jan. lo, 1862.\\nAbrnm D. Penny, disch. for disability, Sept. 29, 1862.\\nAlbu Passing, di^cli. to enl. in regular service, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nJames M. Persons, disch. at end of service, Sept. 22. 1804.\\nJohn D. Pattie, disch. at end of service, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nWilliam K. Prntl, nnist. tuit July 30, 1865.\\nDaniel C. Parker, disch. to re-enl. as veteran.\\nGeorge W. Rail, disch. to re-t-nl. as vetenin, Dec. 29, 186:t.\\nFred. Shillinger, died of wounds received at Wilmington Island, Ga., April 24,\\n1S62.\\nStephen Swart, disch. for disability, March 28, 1862.\\nHenry M. Stores, disch. at end of service, Sept. 22, 1SG4.\\nHiram Snylaml, trans, to Vot. Res. Corps, Jan. 21, 1865.\\nPavi.l B. T..ok. died in action nt Coosaw River, S. C., Dec. 18, 1861.\\nHanford E. Todtl, must, out July :{U, 1SG5.\\nGrorge Wallace, died of .lisea^o at Beaufort, S. C, May 24. 1862.\\nJtdin A. Warner, disch. to eul. in regular service, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nWarren Wilc4)x, ilied of wounds at W.i.s|iington, D. C, Oct. 2, 18G4.\\nliewis M. Webster, disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 29, 18G3.\\nHarrison H. Williams, discli. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 29, 1863.\\nMoses Walker, Atlas, must, out July 3(i, 1865.\\nHarris Witoden, must, out July 3(), 1865.\\nWilliam P. Voungs, di^ch. fur disability, Dec. 2, 18G2.\\nCompany F.\\nlat Lieut. Charles Eddy, Flint (sergt.), 2d lient. Co, A; pro. let lieut. Co. F,\\nApril 16, 186:{ must, out Sept. 29, 1804.\\n2d Lieut. Orrin Bump, Flint; enl. March 27,186:1; pro. 1st lieut. Co. G, April\\n2(1, 1864.\\nJamr s Adams, Flint; disfh. for disability, Dec. 4, 1864.\\nStephen L. J. Bingham, Flint disch. for disability, Dec. 21, 1864.\\nCharles Cartwright, Grand Blanc; must, out July 30, 1865.\\nWilhml Clemens, Richfield; must, out July 30, 1865.\\nSam|\u00c2\u00abon Doughty, Burton; died in action in Wilderness, Va., May G, 18G4.\\nCharles A. Fent, Flint; disch. by order, Aug. 12, 1865.\\nNathan L. Grundy, Burton must, out July 30, 1865.\\nWilli. ini Horton, Flint must, out July ;;o, 1865.\\nDand Houghton, Vienna; must, out July 30, 1865.\\nWilliam F. Met.iilf, Burttm died of dis -ase at Beverly, N. J., October, 1804.\\nJi rome II. McWayne, Atljis; must, out July 3u, 1865.\\nHarrison E. Payne, Mount Slorria; died of disease at Salisbury, N. C, Dec. 25,\\n1864.\\nWilliam B. Pelletl, Flint mu\u00c2\u00abt. out July 30, 1865.\\nGeorge R. Pratt, Argentine; must, out July 30, 1865.\\nWilliam H. Sheperd, Forest died in action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.\\nDaniel Shank, Argentine; died of wounds in Wii-hington, D. C, Juno 3u, 1864.\\nHiram Sturgis, Argentine; died in action near Petersburg, Va June 18, 1864.\\nSilati Van Schaick, Ktchfield died of disease near Petersburg, Va., July lU,\\n1864.\\nStacey B. Warford, Flint must, out July 30, 1865.\\nCharles R. Warren, Flint must, out July 30, 1865.\\nCompany G.\\nCapt. Ephraim W. Lyon, Flint; enl. Aug. 10, 1861 trans, to Co. A, Sept. 1, 1862.\\nCapt. Homtio Belcher, Flint enl. Sept. 1, 1862; pro. to major, June .1, 18C4.\\nCapt. Harvey J. Cltri.^ti.ln, Flint; enl. April 25, 186.t; must, out July 30, 1865.\\nIst Lieut. Horatio Belcher, Flint; enl. Aug. 10,1861; pro. to capt. Sept. 1,1862.\\nl\u00c2\u00abt Lieut. Orrin Bump, Flint; enl. Apill 20, 1864; pro. to ndj. July 5, 1864.\\n1st Lieut. Harvey J. Chri ^tian, Flint enl. Jan. 8, 1805; pro. U\u00c2\u00bb capt. April 25,\\n1865.\\nSergt.John I. Philips, Flint erd. Jan. 1, 1863; pro. to 2d lieut; res. Doc. 15,\\n186;i.\\nSergt. Nathan M. ILaley, Flint disch. for disability, Oct. 18, 1862.\\nCorp. Wm. E Christian, Flint (sergt. pio. to com. -sergt. Sept. 24, 1864.\\nCorp. John E. (iilmou, Flint; diseh. to enlist in regular army, Oct. 2.\u00c2\u00bb, 1862.\\nOirp. Seymour Hill, Flint disch. at Beaufort, S. C, March 4, 1862.\\nOjrp. Harvey J. Christian, Flint; pro. to com -sergt. Sept. 24, 1861.\\nCorp. Fntncts Hopkins, Flint trans, to Invalid Cor|w, Nov. 1, 1863.\\nCorp. Eliel E. Miller, Flint disch. at New York, Feb. 14, 1863.\\nUusician Jo8 ph Davis, Flint; died March 26, 18G2.\\nMuttician Alva M. Rogers, Flmt; app. principal musician, Feb. 10, 18G4.\\nCassander Acklcy, died Dec. 3, 1862, at Annapolis, Md., of wounds received in\\naction.\\nJamen E. Armstrong, died Dec. 5, 1864, at Kuoxvillo, Teun., of wounds.\\nIlirnm Applebee, veteran must, out Jtily 30, 1865.\\nPhineae Allen, disch. by order, May 31, 1865.\\nWilliam Austin, must, out July 30, 1865.\\nDaniid S. Boyer, died in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1862.\\nAlbert M. Bratinick, died in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1862.\\nJunius Beebe, disch. for disability, Aug. 18, 1862.\\nJohn li.iwles, disch. to enter regular service, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nAlfred Benton, veteran missing in action in Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.\\nGeorge Ilcebe, veteran must, out July 3o, 18(15.\\nJohn R. Benjamin, veteran must, out July 30, 1865.\\nWilson Baldwin, disch. to re-enl. as vetorau.\\nWilliam Burger, must, out July 30, 1865.\\nJames Carmen, dred in action at James Island, S. C., June IG, 1862.\\nEmory R. Curtis, dioil in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1862.\\nM illiam apron, died in action at .James Island, 3. C, Juno 16, 1862.;\\nJohn Cuinmiugs, disch. for disability, March 4, 1862.\\nLuther C. Clevi laiul, disch. to enlist in p gular service, Oct. 21, 1862.\\nVan Wert Ctmlton, Fenton disch. to enl. in regular service, Oct. 25, 1862.\\nCharles Colton, Mount Monis died of disease at Falmouth, Va., Jan. 16, 1803.\\nSidney B. Castle, died of disease at Washington, D. C, June 27, 1864.\\nQlarcus Curtis, died of disease at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 17, 1864.\\nEdson Conrad, dieil of disease at Andersonville, Ga., May 12, 1864.\\nMilvenus Colby, disch, at end of service, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nGeorge B. Games, Fenton died in action near Petersburg, Va., June 8, 1864.\\nWilliam M. Ch ippel, must, out July 3o, 1865.\\nWilliam Cannon, nuist. out July 3it, 1865.\\nWilliam II. Cesler, Gaines; must, out July 30, 1805.\\nEdward S. Dart, disch. for disibilily, Oct. 18, 1862.\\nRobert Dixon, missing in action in Wllde^ne^^8, Va., May 6, 1864.\\nFranklin J. Denill, disch. for dsabilily, April 6, 18G4.\\nClark Dibble, disch. by order. May 31, 1865.\\nSylvester Ecleston, disch. for liisability, June IJ, 1863.\\nHomtio M. Flint, must, out July 30, 1865.\\nGeorge W. Foot, disch. for wounds, May 18, 1865.\\nHoratio W. Kelt, dipch. at end of service, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nJohn Ganson, disch. at end of service. Sept. 22, 1864.\\nWilliam II. Granger, disch. for disability, Sept. 25, 1861.\\nGeorge D. Geary, disch. to re-enl. in regular service, Oct. 25, 1862.\\nTheodore GaTison, disch. by order, Aug 4, 1805.\\nWilliam M. Gage, disch. to re-enl. as veteran.\\nNathan Ganson, disch. by ordi-r, July 10, 1865.\\nWilliam Hamilton, died June 23, 1862, from wounds received at James Island,\\nS. C.\\nFranklin B. Howland, died in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1802.\\nSeymour llill, di-cli. for disability, March 4, 1862.\\nHalzy M. Ilenstrcet, lisch. to enl, in regular service, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nI. R. Hamilton, disch. for disability, Dec. 11, 1862.\\nAnsel L. Hamilton, died of dis -ase at Newport News, Feb. 24, 1863.\\nFramis H.-pkins, trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Nov. 1, 1863.\\nCharles Hibbard, disch. at end of service, Oct. 10,1804.\\nHiram Hibbard, disch. at end of service, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nCornelius Hays, disch. at end of service, Sept. 22, 1864.\\nWalter Il ilnies, discli. to re enl. us veteran.\\nMiles P. Hall. iied of dis.-aae at Detroit. Mi.li., Nov. 17, 18G4.\\nWilliam E. Iliimilton, disch. by order, May 31, 1865,\\nIra Ingalls, disch. for wounds, April 18, 1865.\\nAlvin Y. Jones, d ed in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1862.\\nElihu W. Judd, disch. for disability, Apiil 17, 1861.\\nJohn Kidsnr.tn, died in action at James Island, S. C, June 16, 1862.\\nWilliam Kinsman, disch. for disa dlity, Nov. 20, 1862,\\nIsaac R. Kidney, ilied of wounds near Pelerhburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1864.\\nTheodore F. Looker, diseh, to re-eiil. in regular service, Oct. 24, 1862.\\nEdson Lanyh-y, must, out July 30, 1S65.\\nMathews Lafayette, must, out July 3o, 1865.\\nOren B. McNitt, disch. for disability, Jan. 7, 1862.\\nNelson Meaker, disch. for disability, March 4, 1862.\\nJoshua Meaker, disch. for disability, March 4, 1862.\\nJohn W. Moon.di ch. for disability, Nov. 19, 1862.\\nLyman Marion, disch. to enl. in regular service, Oct, 25, 1862.\\nGeorge Miu-se, died of diseiwo at LebaiKui, Ky., April 15, 1863.\\nBenjamin F. Marsh, Fenton; disch. by onler, June 20, 1865.\\nHenry Nichols, disch. for disability, N.-v. 2, 1S62.\\nAdelbert V. Ovi-rton. ilied in action at Jauu-.s Island, S. C, June 16, 1802.\\nMyron Odell, dim h. to enl. in n-giilar service, Oct, 25, 1862.\\nJohn Owens, trans, to Vot. Res. Corps, Dec. t, 1863.\\nGeorge W. Phillipi, died at Washington, I). C, of wounds. June 13, 1864.\\nBenjamin F. Pease, disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 29, 1863.\\nWilliam Palmer, disch. by order, June V\u00c2\u00bb, 1S6.\\nWilliam Park-*, disch, by order, Juno 28, 1865.\\nOsmer I atks, Mundy, disch. by order. May 31, 1866.\\nGeorge W. Perkini*. dlech. for disobility, Jan. 4, 1865.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "78\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSamupl Rceil, d scli. f iv disability, Dec. 31, 1862.\\nJulin Itiimi., rli,.,l iit Cold Ilarlxir, Va., Juno 13, 18G4.\\nJi.hn H. K.W, must, out July 30, 1805.\\nWalter S. Savage, died at Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1802.\\nPeter U. Sinionsun, died iu action at James Island, S. C, June IG, 1802.\\nAlinon Sherwof d, discli. ftir disability, Sept. G, 18G2.\\nAmos Stark, ilisch. to enl. in regular service, Oct. 23, 1802.\\nKjinsom .^tepliens, diseh. to enl. in regular service, Oct. 2. 1S02.\\nBurton F. Sawyer, Fenton, disch. for disability, Jlay, ISOj.\\nDewitt C. Spaiilding, must, out July 30, 1805.\\nWilliam H. Shaw, discli. by order, June 2 1801.\\nKIbert H. Sawyer, Fentttn, disch. for disa^ ility, Feb. 4, 18G5.\\nWilliam Tracy, disih. for wounds, March, 18C5.\\nJames 51. Wright, died in action at James Island, S. C, June IG, 1802.\\nCharles A. Wing, disch. for disability, Nov. 20, 18GI.\\nWilliam Wilson, discli. to enl. in regular service, Oct. 24, 1801.\\nJaphet T. Willower, disch. to enl. in regular service, Oct. 25, 1802.\\nByroii Wright, died at Washington, D. C, of wounds, June 11, 1804.\\nCaleb B. Wright, died at Washington, P. C, of wounds, July .5, 1804.\\nWilliam A. Wiight, died of disease at Annapolis, Md., March 4, 1863.\\nCharles C,. Walkins, disch, to re-eiil. as veteran, Dec. 29, 1803.\\nWilliaiu Wheeler, mu-t. out July 30, 1866.\\nOTHER COMPANIES.\\nJ.ames S. Donahue, Flint 2d Lieut. Co. B, enl. Sept. 24, 1801 1st lieut. Co. B,\\nMay 14, 1802 pro. to capt. Co. A ilisniissed, then rcston^d trans, c.ipt.\\nCo. I. Jan. 1, 1803; diFcli. for wounds, Sept. 24, 1804.\\nJ. Brush Fenton, Flint; 2d lieut. Co. B, enl. April 21, 1802; pro. to 1st lieut.\\nCo. C, .Sept. 1, 1802; res. March 15, 18G3.\\nEdwin M. Hovcy, Fenton 2d lieut. Co. B, enl. Sept. 1, 1802; l^t lieut. Co. B,\\nJan. 1, 1803; wounded at W.lderness, Va., May 0, 1804; pro. to rapt. Co.\\nC, June 3, 1804 must, out July 30, 1805.\\nMillon M. Feuner, Flint; 2il lieut. Co. C, enl. Nov. 22, 1801 pro. to 1st lient.\\nCo. K, Oct. 1, 1802; res. Nov. 25, I8C3.\\nMartin L. Wiley, Flint; 2d lieut. Co. C, enl. Dec. 1, 1SC2; pro. to 1st lieut. Co.\\nE, March 27, 1803 hrev.-i-apt. V. S. Vols. April 2, 1805 capt. Co. II, April\\n25, 1805 must, out July 30, 1805.\\nJohn S. Freeman, Flint; sergt. Co. A; 2d lieut. and 1st lieut. Co. A; capt. Co.\\nD, May 3, 1804; wounded at WilderiieS V,a., May 0, 1804; must, out\\nOct. 18, 1804.\\nCharles II. McCreery, Flint; 2(1 lieut. Co. K, enl. .Sept. 3, 1802; Ist lieut. and\\nailj. Sept. 21, 1802; capt. Co. F, March 27, 1803; brev.-nia.ior C. S. Vols.\\nApril 2, 1865; must, out Oct. 7, 1805.\\nCharles Eddy, Flint (sergt.); 2d lieut. Co. A; ]u-o. to 1st lieut. Co. F, April 10,\\n1803 iiiust. out Sept. 20, 1804.\\nOrrin Bump, Flint; 2d lieut. Co. F; enl. March 27, 1.803; pro to 1st lieut. Co.\\nG, April 20, 1804 ad.i. July 5, 1804 must, out Oct. 18, 1804.\\nGeo. E. Newell, Flii.t; 1st bent. Co. A enl. Sept. 21,1801; pro. to capt. Co. I,\\nSei.t. 10, 1802; res. March 10, 1803.\\n\\\\Vm. Tracy, Flint (sergt 2d lieut. C.i. B; trans. 2d lieut. to Co. K, May 3,\\n1804; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. K, April 25, 1805; must, out July 3(i, 1805.\\nJohn M. Bell, Grand Blanc, Co. B; disch. by order, Juno 13, 1805.\\nGeorge M. Billings, Co. I disch. by order, July 28, 1805.\\nAlva Blood, Argentine, Co. E killed in action at Grove Church, A a., June 3,\\n1804.\\nTaliuai M. Barnunl, Co. E; must, out July 30, 1805.\\nJames Chase, Flint, Co. I; disch. for ilisability, Dec. 14, 1802.\\nThomas Campbell, Flint, Co. C; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 15, 1804.\\nWilliam II. Cole, Fenton, Co. B; disch. by order, June 3, 1805.\\nBlark 1\u00c2\u00a3. Chamberlain, Fenton, Co. I must, out June 1, 1805.\\nLewis Close, Miindy, Co. I; disch. at end of service, Aug. 15, 1805.\\nJohn 11. Covert, Gaines, Co. I; must. out July 3(1, 1805.\\nThomas Clayton, Grand Blanc, Co. K disch. by orditr, March 3, 1805.\\nErasliis Dickinson, musician, Co. II disch at end of service, Sept. 27, 1801.\\nFranklin Eblridge, Fenton, Co. B; disch. by order, June 1, 1805.\\nBenjamin B. Eddy, Co. 11 d sell, by order, June 1, 1805.\\nLambert S. Foster, Corp., Co. I disch. for disability, April 24, 18C3.\\nDavid M. tlrooins, Fenton, Co B; discli. by order, .(line 1, 15G5.\\nMcDowell Griswold, Co. I; disch. by order, .\\\\ug. 0, 1805.\\nGilbert 0. Hinckley, musician, Co. B; dieil of disease, Oct. 22, 1801.\\nJohn linger, Co. C; diseh. by order, June 1, 1805.\\nTruman llinmau, Co. H; di ch. by order. May 20, 1865.\\nJames lions. dander, Mt. .Morris, Co. E; must, out July 30, 180.\\nWilliam S. Jewell, mnsiiiau, Co. II; diseh. April 7, 1\u00c2\u00abG3.\\nLyman F. Knapp, Vienna, Co. K died of dise.ise at Annapolis, Md., April ,5,\\n1804.\\nWilliam Miller, Co. K died of disease at Barbonrsville, Ky., May 1, 1,S04.\\nOrvillo McWillianis, band; must, out .July 30, 1805.\\nAsa Parshall, Paishallville, Co. I; diseh. for disability, Dec. 14, 1802.\\nWilliam L. Perkins, Athis, Co. E; died of disease at Annapolis, Md., April 2,\\n1804.\\nJames W. Rich, Gaines, Co. I; sergt.; diseh. for disability, .Sept. 12, 1802.\\nBeblin Rubiuson, Fenton, Co. K diseh. for disability, Aug. 13, lao.i.\\nAlva M. Rogers, band must, out July 30, 1865.\\nTlaeblens Rogois, Fenton, Co. B; diseh. by order, June 1, 1805.\\nDaniel Shank, Argentine, Co. II; died July .5, 1804, ol woiin Is received at\\nGrove Chiucli, a.. June 3, ISIU.\\nJohn Tallman, Fenton, Co. 11; disch. by order, June 1, 1805,\\nAustin R. Terry, Grand Blanc, Co. II must, out July 3n, 1805.\\nFrank A. Taylor, Mnudy, I o. D; must, out July 3il, 1805.\\nJoseph 1). Thomas, RiclitieM, C 11 died of disease at City Point, Va., Feb. 0,\\n1805.\\nAugustus II. A iekery, Fenton, Co. B disch. by order, June 1, 1805.\\nHannibal Vickery, Fenton, Co. II; disch. by order, Aug. 3, 1805.\\nJohn C. WolvertoTi, sergt., Co. B; trans, to Signal Corps, Oct. 13, 1803.\\nSeth B. Watson, Flint, Co. I; died of diseitse at Flint, Mich., Feb. 28, 1804.\\nWilliam Woodbury, N. C. .S. must, out July 31), 1805.\\nDevillous Wilbcr, Co. II; diseh. by order. May 2a, 1803.\\nJuntos A. Williams, Feutou, Co. B absent, wounded not must, out with com-\\npany.\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nTENTH INFANTRY.\\nOrganization of the 10th at Ciimi) Thomson Presentation of Colors\\nanil Departure for the Front Campaigns ami Marches iu Missis-\\nsippi, Tennessee, and Ahibaiua In Garrison at Nashville Con-\\ntinuous JIarching through Three States Pursuit of Longstreet\\nM inter-Quurters in Oeorgia Fight at Buzzard s Roost Veteran\\nFurh:tugli Rendezvous at Flint and Return to Georgia Atlant.a\\nCampaign Mareli to the Sea Carolina Campaign Battles of\\nAverysboro and Bcntunville Tlie Grand Review at Wasliiugtou-s-\\nMustcr (!lut and Return to Alicliigan.\\nThis regiment was recruited and organized in the autumn\\nof 1801 and the following winter, its rendezvous being es-\\ntablished at the city of Flint, through the efforts of the\\nHon. Edward H. Tliomson, then president of the State\\nMilitary Board. The rule had been adopted (and, up to\\nthat time, closely adhered to) by Governor Blair to estab-\\nli.sh no regimental rendezvous in places inaccessible by rail-\\nroad, and, as Flint had then no railway communieatiiin, it\\nrenuired all the influence and energy of the patriotic presi-\\ndent of the board to procure the order designating his own\\ncity of Flint as the headquarters of the 10th during its\\norganization. But the order was finally obtained, and the\\ncamp of instruction of which he was made provisional com-\\nmandant was named by the officers Camp Thomson,\\nin his honor.\\nThis camp was situated near the eastern limits of the\\ncity, on the left bank of Flint River, on a piece of un-\\ndulating ground, including a small pit!ce of woods, separated\\nfrom the drill-grounds by a low marsh, which, in the spring\\ntime, was overflowed by the higii water of the river. Com-\\nfortable barracks, mass- and cook-rooms were erected, and\\nhere the men of the 10th made winter-quarters and their\\nhome for a period of nearly six months, a period which,\\nduring its continuance, they thought to be one of consider-\\nable hardship, but to which, from their later camps and\\nbivouacs, they often looked back as a season of comfort and\\npleasant as.sociations.\\nThe several companies composing the regiment were re-\\ncruited under the following names:\\nByron Guard, tifterwards designated as A company.\\nSaginaw Rangers, afterwards designated as B com-\\np my.\\nOrion Union Guard, afterwards designated as C\\ncompany.\\nSanilac Pioneers, afterwards designated as D com-\\npany.\\nScarritt Guard, afterwards designated as E com-\\npany.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "TENTH INFANTRY.\\nHolt Guard, afterwards designated as F conipanj.\\nLum Guiird, afterwards designated as G companj\\nMcClellaii Guard, afterwards designated as 11 com-\\npany.\\nGenesee Rangers, afterwards designated as 1 com-\\npany.\\nDickerson Guard, afterwards designated as K com-\\npany.\\nThe 6rst, third, and ninth of the above-named companies\\n(especially the ninth) were largely made up of men from\\nGenesee, and the county was represented in nearly all the\\nother companies.\\nThe Byron Guard reported at the rendezvous eighty-\\nsix strong, Nov. 5, ISGl, being the second company in camp\\n(the first being the Saginaw Rangers, who arrived No-\\nvember 1st). The first commissioned officers of the Guard\\nwere Henry 8. Burnett, captain Robert F. Gulick, first\\nlieutenant; Bradford Cook, second lieutenant.\\nThe Orion Union Guard reported at Camp Thomson,\\nNovember lltli, with the minimum number of men. The\\nnucleus of this company was formed at Orion, Oakland Co.,\\nby B. B. Redfield, but it was afterwards moved to Good-\\nrich, Genesee Co., and con.solidated with a company being\\nraised at the latter place by Myron Bunnell, the consoli-\\ndated company retaining the name which had been adopted\\nby the Orion recruits. The company was mustered under\\nthe following commissioned officers: Myron Bunnell, tap-\\ntain Benjamin B. Redfield, first lieutenant Alvah A.\\nCollins, second lieutenant.\\nThe Genesee Rangers joined the regiment at Camp\\nThomson, November ;50th, only thirty-one strong, under\\nCapt. Barker, wlio had previously resigned his captaincy of\\na company which had been raised for the 7th Infantry, and\\nafterwards transferred to the 8th, under Col. Fenlon. A\\npart of a company which had been raised in Lapeer County\\nby P. S. Titus, and which had reported at the camp of\\nthe regiment November 20tli, was consolidated with the\\nRangers, and the company received the designating\\nletter I, under the following officers Russell M. Barker,\\ncaptain Piatt S. Titus, first lieutenant John Algoe, second\\nlieutenant.\\nOn Wednesday, Feb. 5, 18(52, the regiment was re-\\nviewed by Governor Blair, at Cam]) Thomson, and on that\\nand the following day it was mustered into the I nited\\nStates service by Col. Wright, U. S. A. The 10th was now\\nan organized regiment in the service of tlie government,\\nunder the following field-officers, viz. olonel, Charles M.\\nLuni Lieutenant-Colonel, Christopher J. Dickerson Major,\\nJamas J. Scarritt.\\nThe ceremony of presentation of a national flag to the\\nregiment was performed on Friday, the 1 Ith of April. The\\nevent is mentioned in Gen. Robertson s Flags of Michi-\\ngan, as follows The Hon. E. H. Thomson, in one of\\nhis eminently patriotic speeches, presented, on behalf of the\\ncitizens of Flint, a very elegant flag, made of the best roll\\n(iilk, on which was inscribed the name of the regiment, and\\ntlie word Tucbor on a silver band on the staff the\\nwords, Prftsented to the Tenth RcgimcMit Michigan In-\\nfantry by the Citizens of Flint. A response in good spirit\\nand taste by Col. C. M. Lum, commanding the regiment.\\nwith a prayer by the Rev. J. S. Boyden. Judge Avery,\\nof Flint, and Professor Siddons followed with brief and\\nappropriate speeches. After the speeches Col. Lum de-\\nlivered the color into the hands of the color-sergeant, who\\nwas said to be six feet seven inches in stature. On this\\noccasion the men of the 10th paraded in their new regula-\\ntion uniforms, and were armed with Au.strian rifles, just\\nreceived, which in their inexperience they then believed\\nto be a reliable and effective weapon.~ While they stood in\\nhollow square, Mrs. Fenton and other ladies of Flint dis-\\ntributed to each member of the regiment a copy of the\\nNew Testament.\\nThe regiment, nine hundred and ninety-seven strong,\\ntook its departure from Camp Thomson on Tuesday, the\\n22d of April, its first destination being known to be St.\\nLouis, Mo. There was then no railroad from Flint to the\\nline of the Detroit and Milwaukee road, and therefore the\\nmen were moved to Holly Station on wagons and other\\nvehicles furnished by patriotic citizens of Genesee and Oak-\\nland Counties. This first stage of their long journey was\\naccomplished in a snow-storm, which gave additional sad-\\nness to partings, many of which proved to be final. At\\nHolly, after abundant feasting, the command took the\\ntrain for Detroit, and after marching through the city to\\ntlie Michigan Central depot, escorted by the Lyon\\nGuard and Detroit Light Guard, embarked on a train\\nconsisting of twenty-three passenger and five freight cais,\\ndrawn by two locomotives, and at a little before midnight\\nleft for the West. Michigan City was reached at two\\no clock P.M. on Wednesday, and at six p.m. on Thursday\\nthe regiment was at East St. Louis. On the following day\\nit embarked on the steamer Gladiator, and at four P.M.\\non Friday moved down the Mississippi. Cairo was reached,\\nand during the short stop which was made there the most\\nBjnsational rumors were circulated, that desperate fighting\\nwas then in progress at Pittsburg Landing, on the Tennes-\\nsee (the known destination of the regiment), that the river\\nat Paducah was filled with dead floating down from the\\nbattle-field above, and many other stories of similar import.\\nBut the Gladiator moved on up the Ohio on Saturday\\nafternoon, passed Fort Henry on Sunday, and on Monday\\nnight reached Pittsburg Landing, but was ordered to pro-\\nceed four miles farther up the Tennessee, to Hamburg,\\nwhich place was reached on Tues lay, the 27th, just one\\nweek after the departure from Camp Tliomson. Here the\\nregiment was disembarked on the 28th, and on the 29th\\nwas assigned to duty in Col. James D. Morgan s briga le,\\nPayne s divi.sion, left wing Army of Mississippi. On its\\nfirst advent among the veterans of Shiluh the regiment\\nreceived the usual attentions which old soldiers pay to fresh\\ntroops, such as sneering allusions to the cleanness of uni-\\nforms and the size of knapsacks, with frequent applications\\nof the epithets paper-collar soldiers, band-box regi-\\nment, and many similar compliments; but all this was\\ngiven and received in good-humor, for all knew that a few\\ndays of marching would lighten the knapsacks and remedy\\nthe objeclionable brightness of uniforms, and after the first\\naction all would be old soldiers together.\\nThe first march of the regiment in the enemy s countiy\\nwas made on the 2 Jth, when it moved up about five miles", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "80\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand bivouacked for the nii^ht in the woods. On the 1st of\\nMay it again advanced towards Farmington, Miss., and re-\\nmained in the vicinity of that village until the enemy s\\nevacuation of Corinth, Jlay 30th. During this time it was\\nseveral times slightly engaged in .skirmishing, but sustained\\nno loss except on the 26th, when the adjutant, Lieut. Syl-\\nvester D. Cowles, was instantly killed by the bullet of a\\nsharpshooter while on picket.\\nTlie entire summer of 1862 was pas.sed by the regiment\\nin marching, camping, picketing, and similar duties in the\\nnorth part of the States of Mississippi and Alabama, but\\nwithout any notable event (more than occasional skirmish)\\noccurring in its experience. On the 1st of June it was at\\nRienzi, Miss., and from the 2d to the 11th was at Boone-\\nville and in its vicinity. About June 15th it encamped at\\nBig Springs, sis miles from Corinth, and remained there\\nfive weeks. At this place a Fourthof July celebration was\\nheld, and the stay at this camp was regarded by all as among\\nthe most agreeable of all the regiment s sojournings during\\nthe war. On the 27th of July the headquarters of the regi-\\nment were at Camp Leighton, Tuscumbia, Ala., but the\\nseveral companies were posted at different places for a dis-\\ntance of twenty miles along the Memphis and Charleston\\nRailroad, engaged in guarding that line. Lieut.-Col. Dick-\\nerson, who was at Town Creek, Ala., with a part of the\\nregiment, evacuated that place in haste in the night of the\\n31st on account of the (reported) advance of a heavy force\\nof the enemy. The camp was reoccupied the next day, as\\nthe enemy (if there had been any in the vicinity) had\\nmoved in another direction.\\nAbout the last of August it was announced that the\\ncommand was to move to Na.shville, Tenn., and on the 1st\\nof September the several detachments of the regiment con-,\\ncentrated at the military ferry on the Tennessee River and\\nawaited orders to move. The orders were received on the\\nfollowing day, and the command moved northward. The\\nmarch occupied nine days, during which the regiment\\npassed through Rogersville, Athens, Elkton, Pulaski, Lynn-\\nville, Columbia, Spring Hill, and Franklin, and in the even-\\ning of the 11th bivouacked two miles from Nashville.\\nHere it remained on picket till the 15th, when it moved\\nthrough the city and camped in the southern suburbs.\\nThe labor demanded of the regiment during its stay at\\nNashville was severe, consisting of work on the extensive\\nfortifications which had been laid out by Gen. Negley, the\\ncommandant of the post, besides constant picketing and\\nguarding of forage-parties, which were continually sent out\\ninto the surrounding country, this being the only means of\\nsubsisting the forces in Nashville, as all communication with\\nthe city, by rail or river, was destroyed. This state of af-\\nfairs continued for about two months, Nashville being held\\nby the divisions of Negley and Palmer, but out of commu-\\nnication with the outside world, and surrounded on every\\nside by troops of the enemy, principally cavalry. The\\nArmy of the Cumberland, however, having defeated the\\narmy of Bragg at Perryvillo, Ky., was marching south-\\nward from Bowling Green, under Gen. Rosecrans, to the\\nrelief of the beleaguered force, and on the 6th of November\\nliis advance guard reached the river at Edgefield, opposite\\nNashville. Railroad communication was now open to\\nMitchelville, thirty-five miles north of Nashville, and soon\\nafter it was opened to the city. This gave relief in the\\nmatter of rations to the troops who had been so long im-\\nprisoned there, and liglitened the forage and picket duty,\\nbut the labor on the defensive works of the town was still\\ncontinued, and a great amount of work was to be done in\\nrepairing roads and bridges for the advance of the army\\nsouthward.\\nThe 10th did not move forward with the Army of the\\nCumberland on the 26th of December in the advance on\\nMurfreesboro but remained nearly seven months after that\\ntime at Nashville, engaged in provost, grand guard, and\\nfatigue duty, and in protecting communication between\\nNashville and Murfreesboro and other points. Upon one\\noccasion (April 10, 1S63) a detail of men from H and\\nE companies, forty-four in number, under command of\\nLieut. Francis W. Vanderberg, were sent to guard a rail-\\nway train to and from Murfreesboro and on their return\\nwere attacked by a body of the enemy s cavalry in ambush\\nat Antioch Station, three miles north of Lavergne, the\\ntrain having been stopped for some cause when the attack\\nwas made. Lieut. Vanderberg fell mortally wounded at the\\nfirst or second fire, and five of his men were killed, ten\\nwounded, and three taken prisoners, making a total loss\\nof nineteen, or two-fifths of the force engaged. This\\n(with the exception of the loss of its adjutant, killed on\\npicket in Mississippi) was the first loss inflicted on the\\nregiment in action by the enemy.\\nThe men and officers of the lOth had begun to regard\\nNashville as their permanent camping-place, and some of\\nthem had formed such strong attachments there that when,\\non the 10th of July, orders were received to move south-\\nward, they were welcomed with very little of the enthusiasm\\nwhich similar orders would have produced a few months\\nearlier. But the regiment moved in the morning of the\\n20th, and reached Murfreesboro at noon of the 21st. Here\\nit remained on picket and guard duty till August 19th, when\\nit again marched southward.\\nThe history of the regiment during the four months\\nnext succeeding its departure from Murfreesboro is that of\\nan almost continuous march through the States of Tennes-\\nsee, Alabama, and Georgia. It passed south through Foster-\\nville, Shelbyville, Farmington (Tenn.), and Lewisburg to\\nColumbia remained there on provost duty from the 23d\\nto the 26th of Augu.st moved on through Pulaski and\\nLynnville to Athens, Ala. remained there from August\\n29th to September 1st; thence passed through Huntsville,\\nBrownsville, on Flint River, Ala., Larkinville, Scottsboro\\nand Bellefonte to Stevenson, Ala., remaining at the last-\\nnamed place on provost duty from the 7th to the 21st of\\nSeptember moved to Bridgeport, Ala. remained, there till\\nOctober 1st moved at midnight, through dense darkness and\\nfathomless mud, on the road to Jasper, Tenn. passed that\\nplace, and moved to Anderson s Cross-Roads remained\\nthere picketing from the 3d to the 18th of October\\nmoved to Dallas, Tenn., thirteen miles above Chattanooga,\\non the north side of the Tennessee River remained there\\nthree days within hearing of the cannonading between the\\nhostile armies at Chattanooga moved again October 24th,\\npassed through Washington, Tenn., and arrived on the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "TKNTH INFANTRY.\\n81\\n26th at Smith s Ferry over the Tennessee, fifty-five miles\\nabove Chatt.iiiooj;:i. There the rejiiment remained for\\nnearly four weeks, during wliieli time the men had con-\\nstructed comfortable quarter with fireplaces and other\\nconveniences, believing that this would be their camping-\\nplace f(n- the winter which was then approaching. But on\\nthe 20lh of November marching orders came, and on\\nSaturday, tiie 21st, the 10th Micliigan was again on the\\nmarch. In the evening of the 22d it was once more\\nwitliin hearing of the cannonade from the batteries on\\nLookout Mountain, and on the 2od it reached Camp Cald-\\nwell, on the right bank of the Tennessee, four miles above\\nChattanooga.\\nCro.ssing to the south side of the river on the 24th,\\nthe lOtli stood in lino during the progress of the great\\ncontiicts at Lookout and Mission Ridge, but was not en-\\ngaged in either of those battles. Soon after midnight, in\\nthe morning of the 26th, it moved up the Tennessee,\\ncrossed Chickamauga Creek on a pontoon-bridge, and\\nmarched up the right bank of that stream, where a part of\\nthe brigade met a small force of the retreating enemy, and\\na skirmish ensued in which one man of the regiment was\\nslightly wounded by a spent ball. The enemy s evacuated\\nworks at Chickamauga Station were occupied on the same\\nday, the 10th being the first to enter the works. Qn the\\n27th the regiment entered Georgia for the first time, p;iss-\\ning through Grayville and camping near Ringgold. On\\nthe 28th orders were received to march in pursuit of Long-\\nstreet, who was known to be in the vicinity of Knoxville.\\nUnder these orders the regiment marched with its brigade\\non the 2thh, and continued to move rapidly up the valley\\nof the Tennessee until December titli, when it had reached\\na point some fifteen miles above Loudon, where the intelli-\\ngence was received that Longstreet had withdrawn from\\nKnoxville and retreated into Virginia. Then the column\\nwas ordered to return to Chattanooga. The 10th pas.scd\\nthrough Madisonville to Columbus, Tenn. (remaining at\\nthe latter place from the 9th to the l.^th of December,\\nduring which time the bridge across the Hiawassee River\\nwas constructed by Company I), and on the IStli reached\\nits old camp, four miles above Chattanooga Here it\\nremained till the 2(5th, when it moved to near Rossville,\\nGa., and prepared to go into winter-quarters after a march-\\ning campaign of more than four months duration. The\\nmen had come in from the East Tennessee march worn\\nout, famished, and tattered, many of them having no shoes,\\nhaving been compelled to cut up their ragged blankets into\\nwrappings for their feet. Certainly no men ever stood more\\nin need of rest and recuperation.\\nAt the Rossville camp the men built tight and comfort-\\nable log cabins, each containing a fireplace, and in these\\n(when not out on picket duty) the two remaining months\\nof winter were spent in a very agreeable manner. The\\nGeorgia climate WiLS found to be quite different from that\\nof Michigan, the month of February being (|nite as warm\\nand plea.sant as the Northern April.\\nOn the 28th and 20th of January the 10th was out on\\na rccoiinois.\u00c2\u00abancc to Ringgold, and the march proved piile\\noppressive on account of the heat.\\nPreparations were now made for mustering as veterans,\\n11\\nand nearly all the companies had the requisite three-fourths\\nof tlieir number re-enlisted, when, in the evening of Feb-\\nruary lid, the regiment was ordered out on picket to hicka-\\nmauga Station, eight miles away. It retnained out till the\\n14th, when it was marched back to camp, and the veteran\\nmuster was completed on the Itith, three hundred and\\neighty men .signing the veteran enlistment for three years,\\ndating from February (itli. The number of veterans was\\nafterwards increased to over four hundred. The re-enlist-\\nment an l muster being perfected, the men were waiting\\nimpatiently for the veteran furlough (which some of them\\nwere destined never to receive), when, in the morning of Feb-\\nruary 2. !d, the regiuiLMit had orders to march immediately,\\nwith three days rations and si.vty rounds of ammunition.\\nThe men could hardly believe that they were again to\\nmarch to the front before making the long-anticipated\\nvisit to their homes, but the} fell in without much audi-\\nble complaint, and marched away on the road which was\\nto lead them to their first battle-field. The regiment\\nmoved to within a mile of Ringgold, and camped for the\\nnight. In the morning of the 24th it moved to a point\\nbetween that town and Tunnel Hill, where the brigade\\njoined the forces which had moved out from Chattanooga\\nto make a reconnois.sance in force of the enemy s positions\\nin the direction of Dalton and Lafayette, Ga. The enemy\\nwere flanked out of their works at Tunnel Hill, and re-\\ntired towards Dalton. The 10th (with other commands)\\nfollowed in pursuit, and at about five o clock P..M. arrived\\nat Buzzard s Roost, a rocky stronghold of the rebels, situ-\\nated in a pass of the mountains known as Kenyon s Gap,\\nthree miles from Dalton. The works were in the rear of\\nRocky-Face Ridge, and fully commanded the Gap. Some\\nskirmishing was done in the afternoon and evening of the\\n24th, and the regiment took position for the night between\\ntwo spurs of Rocky-Face Ridge.\\nOn the 25th the early part of the day was consumed in\\nskirmishing, but about two o clock p .y. the 10th, with the\\nGOth Illinois, were ordered forward in line over the ridges\\nto attack the enemy and carry his position if possible.\\nThey moved forward gallantly into a very hot artillery\\nand musketry fire from greatly superior numbers of the\\nenemy. They remained under this terrible enfilading fire\\nfor about forty minutes, and did what men could do to\\ncarry the position, but were at last forced back by superior\\nnumbers, and at the end of one hour and ten minutes the\\nregiment reoccupied the position from which it had ad-\\nvanced to the charge. In this brief time it had lost forty-\\nnine killed and wounded and seventeen missing, among the\\nlatter being Lieut. -Col. Dickerson, who was wounded and\\nmade prisoner by the enemy.\\nA characteristic account of the battle given by a rebel\\npaper (the Atlanta livgisier of Feb. 29, 18G4) was as fol-\\nlows On Thursday, the 25th, the enemy commenced,\\nabout nine A.M., to skirmish with our pickets and sharp-\\nshooters. At one P.M. the Federal general, Morgan, ad-\\nvanced on our right centre to force the Gap. They were\\ngallantly met by Reynolds brigade, of Stevenson s division,\\n(jiaylon s brigade, of Walker s division, and Stavall s bri-\\ngailc, of Stewart s division, when a lively fight took place.\\nThe enemy made three desperate a.ssaults to take the Gap,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand were repulsed each time with great slaughter, heing\\nenfiladed at the same time by our artillery. We captured\\nsome twenty prisoners, among them Lient.-Col. C. J. Dick-\\nerson, of the lOtli Michigan, which regiment alone lost two\\nhundred and fifty killed and wounded. That night the\\nenemy fell back behind their intrenchmenfs, some three\\nor four miles from our front line, and a portion of their\\nforces moved over to our left, and .succeeded in taking a\\ngap leading to the Lafayette road, through Sugar Valley,\\nthree miles south of Dalton.\\nIt will be noticed that while this account makes the loss\\nof the lOlh more than five times what it really was in\\nkilled and wounded, it admits that the two regiments which\\nformed the Union attacking column encountered a rebel\\nforce of three brigades in a strongly-fortified position. In\\nfact, neither the 10th nor the GOlh Illinois had all its\\nstrength present in the fight, only eight companies of\\neach, making a total of about nine hundred men, being\\nengaged.\\nOn the 2Gth the regiment with its brigade was relieved,\\nand marched to Ringgold, from which place it retuincd to\\ncamp at Rossville, on the 27th. About the 5th of March,\\nthe veterans of the 10th left the Rossville camp, and moved\\nto Chattanooga en roiifc for Michigan, and arrived at De-\\ntroit on the 11th. There they received the veteran fur-\\nlough, with orders to reassemble at its expiration at the\\nrendezvous, the city of Flint. Upon reassembling they\\nremained in Flint for .some days, a visit which was long\\nremembered by both soldiers and citizens. The veterans\\nand recruits left Flint on the 20th of April, and moved by\\nway of Fentonville to Detroit, thence by way of Kalamazoo\\nand Ltifayettc to Jeffersonville, Ind., Louisville, Ky., and\\nNashville, arriving at the latter city April 24th. They left\\nNashville on the 27th, and marched to Chattanooga, where\\nthey arrived on the 11th of l^Liy, and on the 12th marched\\nto their old winter-quarters at Rossville, which were found\\nundisturbed and in good condition. On the loth they\\nmarched in search of the brigade (which had moved for-\\nward with the army May 2d), and overtook it in the morn-\\ning of the ItJth, marching nineteen miles farther the same\\nday, with Gen. Jeff. C. Davis division, which was moving\\ntowards Rome. On the 17th the regiment took part in the\\nfight at Oostanaula River, and in the capture of Rome on\\nthe following day, both without loss. Then followed a\\nseries of marches and manojuvres by which the 10th moved\\nto Dallas, to Ackworth, Ga., and to near Lost Mountain,\\nand reached the base of Kenesaw Mountain on the lUth of\\nJune. On the 27th, it formed part of the reserve of the\\ncharging column at Kenesaw. Its losses during June were\\nfourteen killed and wounded.\\nThe enemy having evacuated his works at Kenesaw, the\\n10th took part in the pursuit, marching on the 3d of July,\\nand reaching the Chattahoochee River on the 17th. On the\\n19th it advanced to Durant s Mill, on Peachtree Creek, and\\ntook part in the actions of that and the following day, losing\\ntwenty-three killed and wounded. Through the remainder\\nof July, and nearly all August, it lay in the lines of invest-\\nment before Atlanta. August 30th it moved with a recon-\\nnoitering column to Jonesboro and took part in the battle\\nat that place on the 1st of September, charging across an\\nopen field on the enemy s works, and losing thirty killed\\nand forty-seven wounded, among the former being the com-\\nmanding officer of the regiment, Maj. Burnett. It was\\nclaimed for the 10th that in this action it took more\\nprisoner than the number of men which it carried into the\\nfight. For its conduct on this occasion it was compli-\\nmented by Gens. Thomas, Davis, and Morgan, the corps,\\ndivision, and brigade commanders.\\nOn the 28th of September the 10th left Atlanta and\\nmoved by rail to Cliattanooga, Stevenson, Huntsville,\\nAthens, and Florence, Ala., tearing up the Memphis and\\nCharleston Railroad. For several days it was in pursuit of\\nWheeler s and Forrest s cavalry, but did not overtake them.\\nOn the 13th of October the regiment moved by rail back to\\nChattanooga, where it remained five days, and on the ISth\\nagain took the road, moving to Lee and Gordon s Mills,\\nGa., to Lafayette, to Sumraerville, up Duck Creek, through\\nBroomtown Valley, and Alpine, Ga., across the mountains\\ninto Alabama, to Gaylesville (October 22d), and then back\\nto Rome, Ga., where it was in camp November 1st. On the\\n9th it was at Etowah, Ga., and on the 13th at Cartersville,\\nwhere, at six o clock A.M. on that day, it bade good-by\\nto the cracker line, and to all communications, and plunged\\ninto the Confederacy with four days rations, marching south\\nand tearing up the railroad as we moved. On the 13th it\\nmade fifteen miles, on the 14th twenty-five miles, and on\\nthe 15th fifteen miles, burning the bridge over the Chatta-\\nhoochee, and reaching Atlanta at two o clock in the after-\\nnoon of that day.\\nAs we approached Atlanta, wrote an officer of the\\n10th, a huge column of black smoke was seen, and soon\\nwe found the railroad depots and buildings, with the foun-\\ndries and manufactories, a burning mass. When night\\nclosed in the whole heavens were illuminated by the glare\\nof the conflagration, ^and the innumerable camp-fires of the\\nUnion hosts which lay encircling the conquered city, busy\\nwith their final preparations for the stoned March to the\\nSea.\\nThe forces composing the great army which Sherman\\nhad concentrated here for the mysterious expedition, whose\\ndestination was then only a matter of conjecture, were com-\\nposed of four corps d armce the 17th (a consolidation of\\nthe old 16tli and 17th) and the 15th forming his right\\nwing, and the 14ih and 20th forming the left wing of his\\ngrand army of invasion. In that army the position of the\\n10th Michigan was with the 1st Brigade, 2d Division of\\nthe 11th Corps. The other regiments of the brigade were\\nthe 14th Michigan, the Itith and tiOlh Illinois, and the\\n17th New York, all under Col. Robert P. Smith as brigade\\ncommander.\\nThe right wing was the fir.st to move out then came the\\n20th Corps, and lastly the 14th, and with this corps the\\n10th Regiment marched away at noon on the 16th of No-\\nvember. A distance of eleven miles was made during the\\naflernoon, and at night the brigade bivouacked near the\\ncelebrated Stone Mountain, a round-tcppped knob of .solid\\nlimestone about one mile in diameter at the base, and rising\\nbare and gray from the level plain to a height of about\\nthirteen hundred feet. From this halting-place the regi-\\nment set out at six o clock in the morning of the 17th, and,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "TENTH liNFAxNTRY.\\n83\\nwith fine weather ;iii J a good road, made a march of fifteen\\nmiles, passiiii; through the decaying settleuient.s of Lxssonia\\nand Conyers Station. On tlie ISth the Yellow and Alcova\\nRivers, tributaries of the Okmulgee, were crossed on pon-\\ntoons, and the tired men of the 10th lighted their bivouac\\nfires in the vicinity of Covington, the seat of justice of\\nNewton County. During this day they had marched as\\ntrain-guard, and made a distance of ten miles.\\nIn the morning of the 19th they resumed their journey\\nat six o clock, in a drizzling rain, and at night found them-\\nselves twenty miles from Covington, and twice that distance\\nfrom each of the towns of Macon and Milledgeyille. The\\nevening of the 20th saw them encamped three miles from\\nKatonton and fifteen from Milledgcville. Here the dull\\nboom of distant artillery was heard this being the first\\nhostile sound which they had heard since their departure\\nfrom Atlanta. Their march of the 21st wa.s commenced at\\nten A.M. and was continued until three p.m., at wliieh time\\ntwelve miles had been accomplished, and they went into\\nCiimp for the night.\\nNo move was made on the 22d. Orders were here read\\nto the regiment, giving the liberty to forage on the country,\\nand to ajiproprlate anything necessary for the sustenance of\\nman or beast. These orders [said a letter written by a\\nsoldier of the 10th] are generally lived up to, and often ex-\\nceeded. The citizens, on hearing of our approach, take\\neverything of value to the woods and swamps and cover\\nthem with bru.sh, or bury them in the ground. But the\\nYanks were not long in discovering this, and but little\\nis presumed to have escaped their notice. Sweet potatoes,\\nmeal, flour, various kinds of licjuor, tobacco, silk, and even\\ncoin, were thus unearthed from their hiding-places, and\\nmany a frolic was had by the blue-coats at the Confederates\\nexpense.\\nIt was truly amusing to go ahead of the army proper\\nand see the foragers jiroceedings. They weie as good as\\nskirmishers and advance guards, and often were the only\\nones we had. Tliey never failed to rout the rebels when-\\never and wherever found. Citizens could tell our approach\\nlong before the army came along, by the popping of guns,\\nsi|uealing of hogs, and the noises of various farm fowls.\\nNothing escaped the foragers notice, and but little that w;is\\nserviceable to us eluded their grasp. When they came to\\na plantation they generally separated into small squads,\\neach squad hunting for some special thing. As if taught\\nby instinct that we meant them harm, all animals and fowls\\ntried to .secrete themselves or get out of reach of u.s. Hogs,\\nsheep, and cattle wcmld take to the woods, fowls to tlie\\noutbuildings, and turkeys to the trees. But it wils all\\nof no avail. The enterprising and persi.stent Yankees,\\nprompted by hunger and the thought^) of a savory di. h,\\nwere sure to liiint them out and bring them to. We iiad\\norders not to tire our guns to procure food, but that order\\nwas only ])artially lived up to. Any animal which we could\\nnot corner and catch wc shot, and when the fowls took to\\nthe trees or the tops of buildings the Enfield rifle was sure\\nto bring them down. Often would the fat turkeys take\\nshelter in the trees, and cry qiitl, quit! -but there was no\\nquit. Occasionally the foragers would find a lot of tobacco,\\nhoney, or sorghum molasses. Then there was a rusli and\\nscramble. To many, a swarm of bees was no more an im-\\npediment to the getting of the honey than if they had been\\nso many blue-flies. A crowd of soldiers might be seen\\naround a barrel of molasses, the head knocked in, and they\\nwith their cups filling their canteens, coffee pots, little pails,\\nand every available kind of vessel that would hold the sweet\\nfluid. At all hours of the day tliey might be seen coming\\nin and taking their places in the ranks with face, hands,\\nand clothes besmeared with molasses and honey. To see\\nthem, one might think they would stick to the Union, or\\nto anything else and they would, too. Such was foraging\\nin Georgia, and even more than can be described with the\\npen. Imagination must supply the rest.\\nIn the morning of November 23d, at sis o clock, the\\nregiment was again on the road, and marched leisurely to\\nwithin two miles of Milledgeville, where it rested for the\\nnight. About noon of the 24th it passed through Slilledge-\\nville, and at night the meu built their fires eight luiles be-\\nyond the town. Here the foragers brought in a ton and a\\nhalf of captured flour found secreted in a swamp. On the\\n25th a distance of eleven miles was made, and in tlie after-\\nnoon of the 2Gth the brigade reached Sandersville, the\\ncounty-scat of Washington County. The marches of the\\n27th and 2Sth brought the regiment to a camjiing-place\\none mile south of Louisville, the county-seat of Jefferson,\\nwhere it remained for three days picketing and foraging.\\nIn the first five days of December the men of the lOtli\\nmarched sixty-three miles, and camped on the night of the\\n5th at Briar Creek, sixty miles from Savannah. During\\nthe Gth and 7tli they made thirtj -six miles, though contin-\\nually impeded by timber felled across the road and bridges\\ndestroyed by the enemy. They had now entered the\\nmarshy country lying along the south side of the Suvamiah\\nlliver. Their march of the Sth was uneventful, but on\\nthe 9th they came upon a hostile battery of three guns, so\\nposted as to command a road or causeway over which they\\nwere compelled to pass through one of the swamps which\\nwere numerous in that region. The 2d Illinois Battery\\nwas ordered into position, and soon cleared the road, but\\nwith the loss of one of its lieutenants killed. The rebel\\nbattery on its retreat encountered the 20th Army Corps,\\nand was captured. On the 10th, the regiment with its\\nbrigade moved southward to the crossing of the Savannah\\nand Charleston Railroad, and went on ])ickct in that vicinity.\\nIn the morning of the following day they marched nine\\nmiles south, and took position in the Union line of invest-\\nment fouratid a half miles from Savannah, one line being\\nformed to face the city, and another facing towards the\\ncountry through which they had just pa.ssed. Tliey had\\ncompleted a distance of nine hundred and forty miles,\\nmarched since the 2Sth of September, and now sat down\\nto the siege of Savannah.\\nThe city was defended by fifteen thousand to twenty\\nthousand men behind exceedingly strong ftntificalions, and\\nthe artillery fire under which the 10th in common with\\nother regiments lay was unintermitting day and night. On\\nthe 14tli news was received of the capture and occupation\\nof Fort iMc.Vllister, south of the city. The first mail re-\\nceived by the regiment in a period of six weeks came to it\\nhere on the 17th. Finally, in the night of December 20th-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "84\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n21st, the enemy evacuated the city, .ind on the 21st the 10th\\ninarched in.\\nThe regiment remained a little more than four weeks in\\nSavannah, and on the 20th of January, 1865, it nn)ved\\nwith the army up the rij^ht bank of the Savannali River,\\nbound north. It reached Sister s Ferry, on the Savannah,\\nJanuary 28th, and remained there until the night of Sunday,\\nFebruary 5th, when, with the other troops of the command,\\nit crossed to the north side of the river. Shouts and\\nwild hurrahs rent the welkin as the feet of each successive\\nregiment touched the soil of Carolina, so wrote an officer\\nof the 10th who was present at this memorable crossing.\\nThe regiment remained here two days before moving north,\\nand while here (February 6th) the non-veterans of the 10th\\nwere mustered out of the service, just three years having\\nexpired since the completion of the original muster at\\nCamp Thomson.\\nThe regiment moved on the 8th, and passed through\\nSouth Carolina without the occurrence of any especially\\nnotable event in its own immediate experience. The\\nmarch through this State was much the .same as it had\\nbeen through Georgia, excepting that here the foragers\\nfound a far less productive field, and the track of the army\\nwas marked by a far more general destruction of property\\nthan in Georgia, nearly all the buildings being burned, and\\nonly the tall, naked chimney-stacks being left standing;\\nwhile all along the western and northwestern horizon great\\ncolumns of smoke by day, and the red glow of conflagra-\\ntions by night, told how the cavalry of Kilpatrick were\\nwreaking their treasured vengeance against the Palmetto\\nState.\\nThe 10th Regiment reached Fayetteville, N. C, March\\n11th, and was there slightly engaged in a skirmish with the\\nenemy. On the 12th it cros.sed the Cape Fear River,\\nskirmishing at Averysboro and on the 16th was again en-\\ngaged at the same place, losing three men killed. Moving\\nin advance of the corps on the 18th, six companies being\\ndeployed as skirmishers, they struck the cncmv about noon,\\nand a lively skirmish ensued. The regiment was ordered\\nto take position at the junction of the Smithfield and\\nGoldsbnro roads, and during the night it was attacked, but\\nrepulsed the enemy, and held its position until relieved by\\ntroops of the 20th Corps, on the 19th, when it moved\\nand formed on the right of the second line of battle at\\nBentonville. About four p.m. the enemy moved up in\\nheavy masses, and charged the first line, but was repulsed.\\nThen the 10th, with its brigade, moved forward to the first\\nline, and in a few minutes the enemy Wiis discovered coming\\nin on tlie left flank. The line was at once changed to the\\nopposite side of the works, and, al ter pouring a volley into\\nthe ranks of the rebels, they were charged and driven with\\nthe bayonet, many prisoners and arms being taken. On\\nthe 20th the regiment skirmished during the entire day\\nand night, and on the 21st moved towards Goldsboro\\nreaching there on the 23d. Moving from Gold.sboro\\nit reached Smithfield April 10th and Raleigh April 13th.\\nFrom Raleigh it moved to Avery s Ferry, forty-five miles\\nabove Fayetteville, and lay there from the 15th to the 21st\\nof April, when it moved to Holly Springs, on the road to\\nRaleigh. On the 28th it was at Morseville, N. C, and there\\nreceived the announcement that its campaigning was over\\nand the war ended by the surrender of Johnston. In its\\npassage through the two Carolinas the regiment had sus-\\ntained a loss of fifteen, killed, wounded, and missing.\\nMoving north on the 30th of April, the lOtli arrived at\\nRichmond, Va., May 7th, and remained there till the lOth,\\nwhen it marched on towards Wa.shington, reaching there\\nabout the 16th._ It took part in the grand review of Gen.\\nSherman s army at the capitfil on the 24th. It moved on\\nthe 13th of June, and proceeded to Louisville, Ky., where\\nit was mustered out of the service July lOth, and ordered\\nto Michigan. It reached Jackson on the 22d, and was paid\\noff and discharged Aug. 1, 1865.\\nThe length and severity of this regiment s marches\\nduring its terra of service were remarkable. It is shown\\nthat during 1862 and 1863 its fuot-marches aggregated\\nsixteen hundred miles that its marches in 1864 amounted\\nto thirteen hundred and seventy-five miles, and those in\\n1865 to six hundred and twenty miles, a total of three\\nthousand five hundred and ninety-five miles, this being\\nexclusive of the distances accomplished by railroad and\\nsteamer. There were few, if any, regiments in the service\\nwho.se marching lecord surpassed this. The brigade to\\nwhich the 10th was attached during the period of its re-\\nmarkable marchings through Tennessee, Georgia, and Ala-\\nbama was quite generally known among the men of the\\nSouthwestern army as Morgan s brigade of Davis foot-\\ncavalry, the division being that commanded by Gen. Jeflf.\\nC. Davis.\\nMEMBERS OF THE TENTH INF.VNTRY FROM GENESEE COUNTV.\\nMaj. Iletiry S. liiiriiett, Gomiricli pnl. Nov. 16, ISlJiJ killed io battlf ut Junes-\\nl.oiV, lia., Sejit. 1, 1SG4.\\n.\\\\ilj. Etlwiii F. Iluliiii S, Fciitoii eiil. M.iy S, 1SG5 pro. lo capt. June 7, ISGo\\nmil St. out ns adj.\\nSurg. J.(nics C. WiUiun, Flint eiil. Dec. 7, IStJl tnins. surg. sth Regl. Mielii-\\ngau Vol. Inf. Mareli :i, 1SC.2.\\nChap. Rev. Jesse S. Bo.vJen, Flint; oiil. April 10, 1802; res. Aug. 31, 1SC2.\\nSergt.-Maj Edwin F. IluUneti, Fetiton; pro. to adj.\\ntinar.-Mas. Sergt. Gle:isun I eny, Flint pro. to 2d lient. Co. G.\\nCompauij A.\\nCapt. Uenry S. Ilnrnetl, Goodricli enl. Oct. 4, 18C1 pro. lo maj. Nov. IC, lSli.1.\\nCapt. John Algue, Flint; eiil. Aug. iC,, 1864; tliseli. fur wounds, Jlarch 8, 1865.\\n2d Lieut. MaxweW G. (_ ool.y, Flint (scrgt.); 2d lieul. Co. A, March 31,1803;\\nres. Dec. 28, 1863.\\nJames Atlierton, Argentine; mubt. out July 19, 18ti5.\\nJacob 0. Bentley, Mundy; discli. at end of service, April 4, 18* 5.\\nLampson Condon, .Argentine; veteran must, out July in, 1865.\\nJoliu Damon, Flint d.sch. for disability, Sept. 20, 18U2.\\nCharles Darby, disch. to re-eul. nB veteran, Feb. 6, 1864.\\nJudsou Eiicy, must, out July 19, 1S65.\\nAlbert Ervy, Argentine disch. by order. May 20, 1SC5.\\nAndrew Etleits, disch. at end of service, Feb. 6, 186.^.\\nEdward F. Fuller, discli. at end of sci vice, Feb. 6, 1805.\\nWiliiani Gove, must, out July 19, ISGo.\\nElbert Ilawley, .lied of disiiise at Deerfield, Mich., March 20, 1SC3.\\nDaniel B. Lacey, trans, lo Vet. lies. Corps, April 10, I.S04.\\nCharles Miggleswortli, died of diseiuse at Cincinnati, 0., July 2, 1862.\\nEthan Blai-sh, d.sch. for minority, March 10, 1862.\\nGeorge Minor, Flint disch. for di^abillty, Sept. 24, 1862.\\nAllen Nor ris, Argentine; died of disi-a-se at Flint, Mich., March 9, 1802.\\nAlexander U Konrke, Burton; veteran disch. for diKibility, July 22, 186.\\nMonroe Putnam, Argentine veteran; must, out July 19,1865.\\nPhilip Kicliardson, died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Alarch 13, 18G3.\\nMiles J, Rood, disch. for disability, March 17, 1863.\\nCharles It^mbenger, disch. at eud of service, April 22, 1803.\\nManly Witteni, discharged.\\nMarion Witteni, Mundy; disch. for disability, Dec. 23, 1802.\\nCompmiy C.\\nCapt. Myron Bunnell, Goodrich; cnl. Sept. 24, 1861; res. Nov. 18, IS62.\\n2d Lient. George A. Allen, Flint; must, out Feb. 6, I860, at end of service.\\n2d Lieut. James R. Kipp.Goodrich enl. May20, 18C5; must, out July 10,1865.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.\\n85\\nCorp. Jas. R. Kipp, veteran, Goodrich (serpt.) pro. to 2d lieut.\\nCorp. Milo Swpnrs, velenin, GuuJricli (s\u00c2\u00bb rgt.) nni3t. uiii Jiil 19, 1865.\\nCorp. JiiiiK s Lacy, Flint imisiiiiiti iinist. out at end of tervite, Fell. G, 18C5.\\nEliliii Aiiiion, Flint; iliscli. tu rc-enl. its vetHtnn, Fell. G, A.\\nJulin IJu ii, Giiodrii-h; disrli. to rc-i-nl. as vt-tenui, Feb. C, 1S04.\\nGeorge Bnsb, Goodrieli di^rll. to re-enl. as vel\u00c2\u00ab r:ui, Feb. 6, lSti4.\\nBlurviit C. Barney, Gootlrich discli. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. fi, I8C4.\\nIlt-nry S. Bidwell, lioudricli disch. to re-enl. as veteran, F*:b. G, 18C4.\\nJuhn E. Beech, Goo.lrich died of disease, July 2.1, 18G2.\\nGeorge W. Bidwell, Forest diseh. for disaliliry, Sept. 12, 1S62.\\nAVilliiini Barilett, died of disease at XaslivilU-, Tenn., Jan. 5, 18G3.\\n\u00c2\u00a3li Ba.\\\\ter, AlliU died of disease at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Sept. 11, 18C4.\\nKnislus Corwin, Kithfield; died in action near Pultun, Ga., Feb. 25, 18t 4.\\nOscar Cumuiings, Goodrich died in action at Jonesboro Ga., Sept. 1, 18G4.\\nFrank Ci illcnderi, Fore t discli. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. G, 18G4.\\nNeNon Confer, Atlas; must, out July 19, I8Co.\\nTbonuts Downer, Guodrick dit-d of disease at Camp Denniiion, Ohio, Aug. 2,\\n18G2.\\nBenjnmiii Frick, Gooilri* h disch. at end of service, Feb. G, 18C5.\\nMephen Ilustead, Atla.s died in action near Dalton, Ga., Feb. 2o, 18G4.\\nllarker llibbard, Flint ilisch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 0, 1804.\\nKilniuml K. Iled^lin, Flint; must, out July 19, 18G5.\\nSecley S. Hedgiin, Flint; nnist.out July 19, 18G.\\\\\\nSylvester Ilaynes, Atlas; disch. at end or service, Feb. G, 1SG5.\\nPrenti s C. Iliirri^, Flint discli. at end of si rviee, Feb. G, 1SG5.\\nHarrison Ilaynes, Flint; di-scli. at end of service, Feb. G, 1805.\\nCI arles W. Juhubon, (ioidriih; dii-d of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 24,\\n1802.\\nBenjamin Overbol^cr, Ki. bfii Id disch. Dec. I. 1802.\\nOnicr I mtt, Goodrich ditd of disease, June 10, 1802.\\nHenry IV-nnell, (Goodrich ilrowned.\\nCliai les II. Itiinilen, Flint veteran must, out July 10, 1805.\\nKeuben L. Suiith, must, out July 19, 18Go.\\nGeorge N. Schilhngcr, Gomiricli disch. at cud of Service, Feb. 0, 1SC5.\\nGciirge Stowe, Flint disch. to re enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 18G4.\\nJohn \\\\V. Saundei R, Goodrich died of disease at Atlanta, tia., Oct. 31, 1804.\\nNelson Swears, Flint tUed of disejisLt at Loiii^viUe, Ky., April 6, 1802.\\nJames Vansickles, Gnuid Blanc; disch. for \u00c2\u00bblisability, S pt. 20, 18G2.\\nAsa Volentine, Goodrich; vctei-an must, out July i;i, 1805.\\nIni Wood, Flint; died of disease at Keokuk, lowa, Aug. 21, 1802.\\nCvmpaiiy I.\\nCapt. Russell M. Rjirker, Flint enl. Oct. 1, ISOl resigned Nov. 29, 1802.\\n1st Lieut. George A. Aplin, Flint enl. May 8, 1805; must, out July 19, 18G5.\\n2d Lieut. Thomas Branch F lint; enl. March 31, 1SG3; must, out Feb. G, 1865,\\nat end of service.\\nSergt. licnry R. Cbiitendt-n Flint; disch. for disability, Feb. 9, 1SG3.\\nSergt. George A. .Xidin, Flint ptoniottd to Ul licnt.\\nSergt, Ji s pli E. Tapper, Flint promoted to sergt.-maj.\\nSeigt. 1)k-ui:is Branch, Klinl proniole J to 2d lieut.\\nCoip. William II. Pavie, Flint (sergt.); must, out by geuenil oilier, July 3, 18G5.\\nCitrp. Arba Smith, Flint died of disejiso at Nashville, March 4, 1HG3.\\nCorp. Lyman E. Davie, Flint pro. to 1-t lieut. T. S. C. Inf., Nov. 9, 1863.\\nCorp. Benjamin Bradsliaw, Flint; disch. for disability, Apiil 1(\u00c2\u00bb, 1802.\\nTbtxidore Armstrong, Flint; dietl of disease at Farmington, Miss., June 3, 1802.\\nJason L. Austin, F lint disch. for disability, Oct. 23, 1862.\\nGeorge Aplin, Flint (fergt.); ve eran tlisch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb, 0, 1804.\\nDavid J. Amlrews, (bed in action at Bcntonville, N. C, March 19, 1805.\\nChiules W. Brewer, ilied of disease at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 2(i, 1802.\\nUilluim II. Biwlgley, Flint disch. for tlisability, April 9, 1802.\\nJosiah N. Barklex, Flint; disch. f-r tiisiibility, Apii! 17, 1802.\\nBenjamin M. Brad-^haw (corp.); disch. for (Lsability, April 10,1802.\\nJohn Brown, discli. fur di-abilily.Scpt. 2o, 1802.\\nJoseph Barton, Flint diseh. for ilis:il.ility, July 1ft, 18C2.\\nThomas E. Bmbaz\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbn, veteran died of Mound^ at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1864.\\nJohn Chadbonrn, Goodiicb died of disease at Camp Dennison, Ohio, Aug. 1,\\n18G2.\\nAbnliam Cb;ise, disch. for di^^abibty, Dec. 10, 1802.\\nKduin Crittenden, must, out July 11*, 1805.\\nJanu-s W. Crittenden, must, out July 19, 1865.\\nJohn \\\\V. Cutrin, Gnodrich; must, out July 19, 18C5.\\nWilliam II. Davie, must, out July 19, 1805.\\nLynmn E. Davie, Corp.. pro. to Ist lieut. U. S. C. T., Nov. 0, 1863.\\nChe^tiT Farrar.ilisch. for disabjily, Oct. 22, 1802.\\nMortimer B. Gillman, disch. for disi^bility, Sept. 26, 1862.\\nlleiiiy II. Griftin, di-.ch. at enrl of service, Feb. 6, 1805.\\nFranklin H. Hopkins, died of dist-jise at Farmington, Miss., June 29, 1802.\\nAbram Harrison, disch. Blarch 27, 1801.\\nNewton I Hodge, discb. to re-enl. iis veteran, Feb. 6, 1804.\\nAbnihaiii G. Iluiighlon. musician, veteran, must, out July 19, 18C5.\\nHimm K. Howell, uiuat. out July I J, I8G5.\\nRoswell N. Ilillon, must, out July 19, 1805.\\nWm. McCuinb, di\u00c2\u00ab-di. for disibility.Oct. 20, 1802.\\nWill. O. Moise, must, out .Inly 19. i860.\\nIsaac Meserranll, must, out July 19, 1865.\\nGt orge .Marshall, must, out July 19, 180.J.\\nIMiilip Marshall, Tlio:foi must. out. July 19, 18C5.\\nWorthey E. Millard, disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1864.\\nBenjamin Alcott, Burton must, out July 19, 18G5.\\nJames Alcott, Burton must, out July 19, 1805.\\nHezekiah I ierce, must, out July 19, l!SG5,\\nMi ron IVtiitt, Tbetl\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbrd must, out July 19. 1865.\\nJfimes S. Tettitt, Thetford must, out July 19, 1805.\\nLewis Raisin, must, out July 19,1865.\\nJohn Shalto, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., June 14, 1862.\\nArba Smith, died .f disease at Na.-ihville, Tenn., March 4, 1863.\\nNathaniel Taylor, trans, to C. S. Engineers, July, 1804.\\nHenry Vantassel, disch. to re-etil. as vetenin, Feb. 0, 1804.\\nAugustus Welch, disch. for disability, April 2H, 1802.\\nHenry C. Webster, died of disease at Henderson, Ky., May 30, 1862.\\nOTHER COMPANIES.\\nIst Lieut. John Aluoe, Flint, Co. G enl. March 31. 18fi:i: pro. to capt. Co. A.\\n2d Lieut. Jos. E. Tnp|.er, Flint, Co. G; pro. to maj. 17th U. S. C. T., Nov. 180:J.\\n2d Lieut. Gleason F. Terry, Flint, Co. G enl. June 7, 1865 must, out July 19,\\n1805.\\n1st Lieut. Newton D. Hodge, Flint, Co. H (seigt) 2d lieut.; enl. May 20,1865;\\n1st lieut. June 7, 1805 must, out July 19, 18G5.\\n1st Lieut. John R. Thom-son, Flint, Co. K enl. Juno 23, 1802 {2d lieut. Feb. 22,\\n1SG:J).\\nMiles Allen, Berlin, Co. G.; died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 17,1804.\\nAIe.\\\\ander Allen, Co. U; disch. to re-eul. as veteran, Feb. 6, 1804.\\nLevi Allen, Vienna. Co. H must, out July 19. ISOo.\\nJohn G. Allport, N. f S.; must, out July 19, 1805.\\nAbner B. Clark, Gnuid Blanc, Co. K disch. for di ability.\\nFi-ank M. Cunmiings, Co. B; disch. for disability, Feb. 14, 1803.\\nGeorge A. Fi hell, Co. K disch. to re-eul. as veteran, F eb. 18, 18G4.\\nJames II. Finn, Co. K disch. for disjibility.\\nJosejdi Huister, Flint, Co. H; disch. for disability.\\nHiram Howbmd, Flint, Co. II died at Smith s Ferry, Nov. 13, 1803, of acci-\\ndental wounds.\\nEdwin F. Holmes, Flint, Co. II disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 10, 1864.\\nAlvarns F. Ilosner, Flint, Co.G absent on furlough; not must, out with CO.\\nMyron M. Huug^rfonl, Flint, Co. H; must, out July 19,1865.\\nJames Ingb-s, Flint, Co. G; must, out July 19, 1805.\\nDavid D. Inglo*, F lint, Co. H; disch. at end of service, March 18, 1865.\\nLewis Kelsey, Co. B; must, out July 19, 1865.\\nO-cjir D. Lason, Co. K disch. at end of seivice, Feb. 0, 1865.\\nLewis Meeker, Fenton, Co. H must, out July 19, 1805.\\nGerry A. Necomb, Co. II; must, out July 19, 1SC5.\\nLevi Ovid, Co. II disch. at end of service, March 28,1805.\\nLewis Parri-h, Co. II; disch. lor disability, July 19, 1S02.\\nIra E. Payson, Flint, t o. K died in action near Dal ton, Ga.,Feb,25, 1\u00c2\u00ab04.\\nRoswell Pettingill, Forest, Co. G died of disease at Nashville, Teuu., Sept. 9,\\n1801.\\nGeorge W. Peasley, Gaines, Co. G; must, out July 19, 18G5.\\nChester Roy, Gaines, Co. G must, out July 19, 1805.\\nNelson Ripb-y, Mimdy, Co. H; must, out July 19, 1865.\\n0. B. l^\u00c2\u00bbgt\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l\u00e2\u0096\u00a08, CIo. B; disch. for disability, April 20, ISG2.\\nHirnm Slociim, Co. II; disch. for di.-ability, Oct. 11, 1802.\\nRichard S ewart. Flint, Co. G; died at Joiiesbt.ro Ga., Sept. 1, 1804, of wounds.\\nHenry i^hipnian, Co. G died at Nashville, Tenn.. Stjit. 12, 1864, of wounds.\\nSamuel Van Every, Co. B; disch. for disability, .\\\\ug.25, 1862.\\nC. B. Wingert. F enton, Co. K disch. for disjibilily.\\nAllen E. Wisner, Co. B; disch. for disibility, June 17, 1865.\\nMyron C. Woodard, Corp., Co. H disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 0, 18( 4.\\nLewis B. Wells, sergt.. Grand Blanc; veteran; absent, sick not must, out with\\ncoiui any-\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nSIXTEENTH INFANTRY.\\nStockton s InJc|ioiiclent Regiincnl Orgiiniziilion .-it Oaiiip Backus\\nWintur-Qciiirturs at H.ill .s Hill, Va.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I diiusula Campaign\\nDusignatiim as the Si.\\\\toeutli Inf.mtry D^ittlcs ol Hanover Court-\\nlIiMise anl (Jaincs Mill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .M.vhcrn Hill Harrison s I-anding\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCampaign of SwonJ liull Run Anticlani FrL-acrickfbiirg\\nChanccllorsville (Jfttysljurg Rc-cnli.stniLnt Campaign of the\\nWiMcTncss\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In Front of Pitursburg\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Closing Campaign of ls l ,i\\n.Muster Out an l Return to iMiehigan.\\nTmk Sixtociith UL .niiDCiit of Jlicliigan Infantry was\\n(3esi inatcil, at tlu lime of its organization, and for more\\nthan eight nionlhs after its muster into the United Stales\\nservice, as Stoeii ton s Independent Uei:imciit, heeausc\\nraised under authority given for that purpo.Hc hy the War", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "86\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDepartment to Col. T. B. W. Stockton, of the city of\\nFlint.\\nUnder the first call for volunteers from Michigan, Col.\\nStockton had tendered his services to Governor Blair to\\nor ;anize and command a regiment, and had received some\\nencouragement that he should receive the command of the\\n2d Infantry Regiment, which was then forming.* This,\\nhowever, was afterwards given to Col. Richardson but on\\nthe organization of the 5th Regiment, it was understood\\n(though whether promised or not is not knownj that Col.\\nStockton was to be its commander but this also proved to\\nbe a premature announcement, and the command was given\\nto Col. Terry. Upon this, Col. Stockton repaired to Wash-\\nington, and, in an interview with President Lincoln, made\\nthe request for authority to raise a regiment in Michigan,\\nand was by the President referred to the Secretary of War,\\nwho thereupon gave the desired permission, upon the con-\\ndition that Governor Blair s acquiescence should first be\\nobtained. But the Governor would consent only on con-\\ndition that security should be given for the necessary ex-\\npenses of the organiz;ifion and subsistence of the proposed\\nregiment until it should be mustered into the service of the\\nUnited States. Col. Stockton was not prepared to comply\\nwith this condition, and it seemed as if his plan was des-\\ntined to failure; but just at this time occurred the battle\\nand defeat of Bull Run, and upon this he again went to\\nWashington, and obtained a second interview with Secre-\\ntary Cameron, whom he found fully alive to the necessity\\nfor more troops to avert the peril in which the capital and\\nthe country stood in consequence of the then late disaster.\\nThis consideration overshadowed all others, and induced\\nthe Secretary to grant the colonel s re(|ucst, free from the\\ncondition which he had before imposed. The necessary\\norder was issued by the department, and Col. Stockton\\nreturned without delay to Detroit.\\nImmediately upon it becoming known that he had been\\nauthorized to raise a regiment, a number of applications\\nwere made to him by persons desiring authority to recruit\\ncompanies for the new organization. Among the fir.st of\\nthese was Capt. Stephen Martin, who, in making his re-\\nquest, inquired what was to be the name of the regiment.\\nIn answer, the colonel said that he (Martin) should have\\nthe privilege of giving a name to the organization as well\\nas of raising a company for it. Then, replied the cap-\\ntain, it shall be Stockton s Independent Regiment,\\nwhich designation was at once adopted. Recruiting was\\nimmediately commenced at several points in the State,\\nand though it proceeded under some discouragements, the\\nprogress made was so rapid that the regiment was ready\\nfor muster in less than five weeks from the issuance of the\\nWar Department order authorizing the organization.\\nThe Cttizeii, of Flint, in its issue of April 20, 1861, siiid Col.\\nStockton, in anticipntion of a call from the Oovermir, and that a\\nregiment would be raised by companies from all parts of the State,\\nhas tendered his services as colonel of said regiment. Wc feel sure\\nthere is no one in the State more capable or competent or who has\\nseen more service. He is a graduate of West Point, served over ten\\n;vcars in the regular service, was colonel of the 1st Michigan volun-\\nteer regiment in the Mexican war, and for the past two years has\\nbeen intimately connected with our volunteer company, the Flint\\nI nion Grays, who went into \u00e2\u0096\u00a0erviee with the 2d Int antrv Regiment.\\nIn nine of the companies of this regiment there were\\nofficers or enlisted men, or both, from Genesee County.\\nThere was one company however, which particularly during\\nthe raising and organizing of the regiment) was generally\\nknown as the Genesee company, because it was very\\nlargely composed of men from this county. This was the\\ncompany raised by Cajit. Thomas C. Carr, whose recruiting-\\nstation was at the city of Flint. The recruiting-name of\\nthe company was the Genesee Light Guard, though its\\nnucleus was an organization which had been earlier known\\nas the Flushing Light Artillery. Capt. Carr s company\\nfilled up rapidly, and on the 7th of August, 1861, it left\\nFlint under his command, and proceeded to the regimental\\nrendezvous, which had been established at Dotroit, the camp\\nbeing naiued Camp Backus, in honor of Lieut.-Col. E.\\nBackus, U. S. A., by whom the regiment was mustered into\\nthe United States service, Sept. 7-13, 1861. The field- and\\nstaff-officers of the regiment were: Colonel, Thomas B. W.\\nStockton; Lieutenant-Colonel, John V. Reuhle Major,\\nNorval E. Welch Adjutant, T. E. Morris; Surgeon, Lsaac\\nWixom Assistant Surgeon, William H. Butler; Chaplain,\\nRev, W. H. Brockway Quartermaster, F. H. Elder.\\nThe officers of the Genesee Light Guard (designated\\nin the organization as C company) were Captain, Thos.\\nC. Carr First Lieutenant, Miner S. Newell Second Lieu-\\ntenant, Randolph W. Ransom.\\nOn Saturday, September 14tli, orders were received from\\nthe War Department directing Col. Stockton to proceed\\nwith his regiment to Washington, D. C. Preparations were\\nat once commenced, and on the following Monday the com-\\nmand was ready to take its departure. At four o clock in\\nthe afternoon of that day the companies marched out upon\\nthe parade-ground at Camp Backus, and formed in a hollow\\nsquare, i or the ceremony of the presentation of a flag, the\\nsrift of the ladies of Detroit through Mrs. Charles H.\\nDunks to Stockton s Independent Regiiuent. The flag\\nwas of heavy blue silk, six by six and one-half feet in di-\\nmensions, bearing on one side the arms of the State, with\\nthe words Stockton s Regiment underneath, and on the\\nreverse the national emblems the eagle and shield and\\nthe words Stand by the Union upon a scroll. The pre-\\nsentation address was made by Judge Wilkins, and was re-\\nsponded to by Col. Stockton, both speeches being applauded\\nmost enthusiastically. The color was received from the\\nhand of Mrs. Dunks by. Col. Stockton, and by him handed\\nto Sergt. C. McDowell, of the Genesee Light Guard,\\nwhich was the color company.\\nAt six o clock the regiment numbering seven hundred\\nand sixty-one enlisted men inarched to the river, where\\nCompanies A, B, and F embarked on the steamer City of\\nCleveland, and the other companies, with the field and\\nstaff, on the May Queen, bound for Cleveland. They\\narrived at that city in the following morning, and proceeded\\nthence by rail, Pittsburgh, Ilarrisburg, and Baltimore, to\\nWashington, which city was reached on J hursday, Sep-\\ntember 19lh. There the regiment remained in camp till the\\n28th, when it crcssed the Potomac into Virginia, and moved\\nto Fort Corcoran. After a three days stay at that place it\\nwas moved to Hall s Hill, Va., where it was assigned to the\\n3d (Butterfield s) Brigade, in Gen. Fitz-John Porter s di-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.\\n87\\nvision. The iiifiintry rosriuionts, besides Col. Stockton s,\\nconipo.sinL; tlio od Uri-iade were the 8::5d Pennsylvania, Col.\\nMeLane; the 17th New York, Col. Lansing; and the\\nI eoiiic s Ellsworth Regiment f44ih New York), Col. Ste-\\nphen Stryker.\\nHere was regularly laid out a uanip, which became the\\nwinter-([uarti i-s of the regiment and tiio home of its officers\\nand men for a period of nearly six months, wliich time was\\ndevoted mainly to the attainment of military discipline,\\nroticiency in drill, and to the transformation of a body of\\nbrave and patriotic citizL iis into an efficient regiment of sol-\\ndiers. In effecting this the military education and experi-\\nence of Col. Stockton was invaluable; his success was com-\\nplete, and univei sally acknowledged. Es])eeiallj were the\\nbenefit.s of his oversight and ex|ierienee di.seernible in the\\nsuperior sanitary condition of the regiment during its stay\\nat Hall s Hill, and in the campaign which fiillowed.\\nBefore the earliest streakings of daylight in the morning\\nof March 10, 1802, the 3d Brigade struck cauip, and\\nuiarchcd from its winter-quartei s to Fairfax Court-IIouse,\\nwhere the 44tli New York was temporarily detached, and,\\nin company with Averill s Sth Pennsylvania Cavalry, ad-\\nvanced on Centreville, the troops fully believing at that time\\nthat a direct movement was to be made on Richmond. But\\nthe enemy s works at Centrevilh; and Manas.sas were found\\ndeserted, the detachment returned, and the entire brigade\\nmarched through drenching rain, over most wretched roads,\\nand in a state of gluom and disappointment, to Alexandria,\\nwhere it embarked on steamers on the 21st of March, and\\non the following day proceeded down the Potomac and the\\nChesapeake Bay to Fortre-ss IMonroe, ai-riving there on the\\n24th, and marching thence, on the 25th, to a can)p in the\\nvicinity of Hampton. This was a Virginian village which\\nhad then recently been destroyed by fire by order of the\\nConfederate general, JIagruder, a place which nature had\\nmade beautiful, which its inhabitants had embellished and\\nembowered with roses and woodbine, but now only a waste\\nof bare chimneys and blackened walls. The camp of the\\nregiment was located about two miles from the village, and\\nwas named Camp Wide Awake. Here the command re-\\nmained until the 27th, when, with the brigade, it took part\\nin a recoil noissance in force, moving as far up the Penin-\\nsula as Big Bethel, but, encountering no serious opposition,\\nreturned to the camp near Hampton.\\nOn the morning of the 4th of April the Army of the\\nPotomac, more than one hundred thousand strong, moved\\nup the Peninsula by the difTerent roads, and, in the after-\\nnoon of the Sth, Stockton s regiment, with the 3d Brigade,\\nstood before the enemy s intrenchments at Yorktown. Here\\nGen. ButtcrGeld called the officers of his brigade together,\\nand gave ordei S fur eacli regiment to leave ail knapsacks\\nunder charge of oeie man, and to be ready in two minutes\\nto charge the rebel works. It was rumored, and was prob-\\nably true, that the general had asked permission to make\\nthe assault with his brigade. Had he done so, with such\\nsupport as might easily have been furnislicd, there is little\\ndoubt that tlie fading daylight of that Saturday aflernoon\\nWould have seen the Stars and Stripes floating over the lio.s-\\ntile rainjiarts but the desired peiinission was nut given, and\\nthat night the great army lighted its camplires in IVont of\\nthe fortiQed line, and sat down to a four weeks siege of\\nYorktown.\\nWhile at this place the regiment was engaged in the\\nusual routine duty and drill, interspersed with labor upon\\nthe earthworks and parallels which were constructed in\\npursuance of the plan of the commanding general to cap-\\nture the place by regular apiiroacli. During this time the\\nstrength of the regiment had been augmented to one thou-\\nsand men by enlistments, and by the addition of two new\\ncompanies from Detroit. The health of the command also\\nremained good, in consequence of the strict sanitary rules\\nof Col. Stockton, and in marked contrast to that of many\\nother regiments, notable among which was its companion\\nin the brigade, the 44th New York, whose men suffered so\\nseverely from sickness that when the advance was made\\nthey were left as a garrison at Yorktown.\\nEarly in the morning of Sunday, May 4th, it became\\nknown that the hostile fortifications were evacuated, and\\nsoon the troops were in motion in pursuit of the retiring\\nenemy. Col. Stockton s command remaiiu d within the\\ncaptured works until the Sih of May, when it embarked\\nand proceeded thence up the York River to West Point,\\nVa., reaching there on the following day. While at this\\nplace the regiment received its designating number, which\\nthe colonel (though on .some accounts unwilling to do so)\\nwas induced to accept in view of possible future advantages\\nwhich might accrue to his officers and men. From this\\ntime it was no longer known as Stockton s Inde])endent\\nRegiment, but as the IGth Michigan Infantry, in the 3d\\nBrigade, 1st Division (Morell s) of the 5tli Provisional\\nArmy Corps, which was formed at that time (May 10th) and\\nj)laced under command of Gen. Fitz-John Porter.\\nOn the 13th of May the ICith marched with its brigade\\nfrom West Point to Cumberland, on the Pamunkey River.\\nThence it moved by way of White Hou.se and Tunstall s\\nStation to Gaines Mills, where it arrived on the 2Glh,\\nhaving advanced forty miles from Yorktown in eighteen\\ndays Before daybreak on the 27tli of May the division\\nof Gen. Morell moved from Gaines and marched rapidly\\nthrough rain and mud towards Hanover Court-House for\\nthe purpose of destroying tlie railroad at that point, in\\nwhich vicinity there was known to be a considerable force\\nof the enemy, which proved to be Branch s rebel division,\\nconsisting of seven regiments, with artillery. A part of\\nMorell s division, the 2d Maine and the 25th and 44th\\nNew York, under command of Gen. Martindale, was left\\nby the way to hold an important position, while the re-\\nmainder of the division went forward to capture the station\\nat Hanover, and to destroy the railway track, which service\\nwas successfully accomplished, while Martindale bravely\\nheld his ground against the determined attack of Branch.\\nIf iMartindale could have been forced from his position the\\nadvanced troops of Morell would have been left in a most\\nperilous situation, but in this attempt the rebels failed, and\\nafter a hot engagement of more than an hour s duration\\nwere compelled to retire with a heavy loss in killed, woundi il,\\nand prisoners. On the Union side the lu.ss, in the 41th\\nNew York alone, was twenty-seven killed and tilly-scvcn\\nwoundi^d. Gen. Butterfield, hearing firing in llie rear,\\nmoved his command at once to the jioint of attack. Few", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "88\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof the 16th who were present will ever forget that march\\nin line of battle across wheat-fields, through swamps and\\nravines, cheering as they advanced, impetuous to strike\\ntheir first great blow for freedom. The enemy, seeing that\\nto remain was to be captured or killed, flod in dismay,\\nleaving their dead, wounded, and many prisoners on our\\nhands. The day s work was a complete triumph, and that\\nnight we bivouacked for the first time on the field we had\\nwon. Here for the fir.st time the regiment had a taste\\nof living on the enemy. Through some strange freak, the\\ncommanding officers winked at it. Beef, pork, dried fruits,\\nand preserves in fact, everything that an epicure could\\ncrave\u00e2\u0080\u0094 were procured in abundance, and indulged in with\\napparent emotions of pleasure. That day was never for-\\ngotten by the IGth during its entire service thereafter; its\\nmembers ever after repeated the operation whenever the\\ncountry afforded the material. The division having\\nsuccessfully accomplished its mission, returned to its camp\\non the north side of the Chickahominy, near Gaines IMills,\\non the 29th of May. At about one I .M. on the 31st the\\ncrash of artillery and the incessant roar of musketry were\\nlieard coming from the woods and thickets on the opposite\\nside of the river, and the infernal uproar continued during\\nmost of the afternoon. It was the battle of Fair Oaks.\\nThe men of the 16lh stood with their brigade in line ready\\nto cross the stream to the as.sistancc of their comrades, but\\nthey were not ordered in on this or the following da} when\\nthe fight was renewed.\\nWith but one change of camp the IGth rem.iined near\\nGaines Jlill until the first day of the Seven Day.s battles,\\nThursday, June 2Gth, when it was moved in haste\\ntowards Mechanicsville to support the right of the Union\\nHue against the assault of the redoubt;ible Stonewall Jack-\\nson, but it was not engaged in the fi jrce battle tliat ensued.\\nBefore daylight on the following morning it retired with\\nother regiments (though not unmolested by the enemy)\\nfrom the position held during the night to Gaines Mill\\nwhere a line of battle was formed with Butterfield s brigade\\non the extreme left, Sykes division of regulars on the\\nright, and McCall s Pennsylvania Reserve division in the\\nsecond line. Approaching them were the rebel commands\\nof Generals A. P. Hill, Longstreet, D. H. Hill, and the\\ndreaded Jackson, in all more than fifty thousand men,\\nagainst half that number on the Union side. The battle\\nwas opened by a furious attack on Porter s right. Hei e\\nthe enemy was at first repulsed, but renewed the assault\\nand turned the Union right, which retreated in disorder\\nand caused the whole line to give way, which resulted in\\nCol. Stockton being made prisoner by the enemy. Sick\\nand unfit for duty, he had insisted on entering the field at\\nthe head of his regiment, though against the expostulations\\nand earnest protest of his surgeon, and now, dismounted\\nand weak from illness, he became separated from his com-\\nmand in the turmoil and disorder of the retreat, and was\\nafterwards captured and taken to Richmond. The hard-\\nships which he was compelled to endure during his subse-\\nquent captivity wrought injury to his health from which\\nhe has never recovered.\\nFrom a sketch Vrilten by Capt. T. Frank Powers, of the ICth\\nIle;riment.\\nThe retreating line was finally rallied, and the 16th, now\\nunder command of Maj. Welch, with other troops charged\\non the defiant foe, but only to be decimated and hurled\\nback in utter rout, leaving their dead and wounded on the\\ncrimson field. This closed the disasters of the day for the\\nIGlh, and a bloody day it had been for this regiment. Its\\nlosses had been forty-nine killed, one hundred and sixteen\\nwounded, and fifty-five missing. Of the killed, three were\\nofficers, and among these was Capt. Thomas C. Carr, of the\\nGenesee company, he being the first member of the regi-\\nment who died on the battle-field.\\nThe day of Gaines Mill had closed in blood and defeat,\\nand during the succeeding night the Union forces, includ-\\ning the remnant of the IGlh Michigan, succeeded in cross-\\ning the swollen Chickahominy and destroying the bridges\\nbehind them, though two bridges farther down the stream\\n(Bottom s and Long Bridges) still remained, and it was\\nnot long after sunrise on Saturday morning when the rebel\\nforce under the indomitable Jackson was massed at the\\nupper one of these and making preparations to cross to the\\nsouth side. Other hostile forces were also advancing from\\nRichmond direct on McClellan s left wing, and in view of\\nthis rather alarming situation of affairs the general had, as\\nearly as Friday evening, decided on a retreat b) the whole\\narmy to the James River, where a base of supplies could\\nbe held and communication on the river kept open by the\\nco-operation of the Union gunboats. The troops were\\ninformed of the proposed change by an apparently trium-\\nphant announcement (intended merely to encourage the\\nsoldiers and lighten in some degree the gloom of the great\\ndisaster) that a new and mysterious flank movement was\\nabout to be executed which would surely and swiftly result\\nin the capture of Richmond. No such assurance, however,\\ncould conceal from the intelligent men who formed the\\nArmy of the Potomac that their backs and not their faces\\nwere now turned towards the rebel capital, and that the\\nmuch vaunted change of base was made from necessity\\nrather than choice.\\nDuring the four days succeeding the battle of Gaines\\nMill the men of the IGth took part in the daily fight,\\nskirmish, and march, which brought them on Tuesday,\\nJuly 1st, to the heights of Malvern. On that field the\\nreiiiment lost thirty-nine killed and wounded and three\\nmissing, but it held the position assigned it, repulsing the\\nrepeated attacks of the enemy with unsurpassed bravery,\\nand strewed the ground thickly with his dead and wounded.\\nThe battle was opened at this point at about four o clock\\nP.M.. and from that time until darkness closed, the roar of\\nmusketry was unintermitting. Finally the carnage ceased,\\nand the men of the North laid themselves down (victors,\\nthey believed) to rest on the blood-soaked field. But at\\nabout one o clock in the morning of July 2d orders were\\ngiven to fill in for a march, and the regiment moved\\nsilently down the hill, and away on the road to Berkeley\\n(or Harrison s Landing), leaving their dead and wounded\\nbehind.\\nNo one who was not present can ever realize the bitter-\\nness of humiliation and despair that pervaded the rank and\\nfile of the army as they turned their backs upon a victori-\\nous field, and marched away in the gloom of the night, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.\\n89\\nthrough the mud and pouring rain of the succeeding morn-\\ning, to seek tiie protection of the gunboats in the river\\nagainst a beaten foe, who was at the same time retreating\\nin an opposite direction. I5ut tlic woaiied and dispirited\\nmen struggled on, some in sullen silence, some cursing, and\\nsome actually weeping in the iigony of their shame, until\\nat hist they rested on the banks of the James under the\\nfriendly guns of the Union fleet.\\nFour days after the arrival of the army at Harrison s\\nLanding, the commander of the 5th Corps (Gen. Porter)\\nissued a general order congratulating the oflicers and men\\nof his command on the perils through which they have\\nso honorably passed, and the successes they have added\\nby their valor to the glory of our arms, and mentioning\\nespecially their gallantry at Vorktuwii, April 5th New\\nBridge, May 24th Ilanuvcr Court-IIousc, May 27th Mc-\\nchanicsville, June 2Ctli Gaines Mill, June 27th; New\\nMarket, June 30th and Malvern Hill, July 1st. A com-\\nplimentary order was issued by the commander of the 3d\\nBrigade (in which was the IGth Michigan), as follows:\\nIlEADQCAUTEnS BlTTEIIFIELD S BRIGADE, MOBEI.b S DlVlSIO.V.\\nCii cuttn\\\\\\nBrave Soldiers of the 3n Biiigade:\\nIt is with no ordinary itride thnt your general promulgates to you\\ngeneral orders No. 4, from the heoilquaitor.s of the urniy corps. Your\\nbravery and galhintry have won my love, and you are as dear to me\\nas brothers. Let the enpi it and the pride which have always di^tin-\\nguished you be reneweil and redoubled. Your eliililren s children\\nwill be jH oud of your noble act^, and your country will love you. Let\\nevery one, oiRcers and men, make renewed exertions, an 1 let the ne.\\\\t\\ncall to arms find the brigade, as it always has been heretofore, unflinch-\\ning, unfaltering, devoted to the country and the honor of its flag.\\nLet the proud recollections of the glorious names your banner will\\nbear redouble your strength and zeal, so that, as heretofore, you will\\ne({ual twice your numbers of the enemy.\\nBy command of\\nBuig.-Gen. Buttkrfiei.d,\\n(Signed) Tuos. J. Hovt, Ahu c Ailj l-deii.\\nDuring the night of the 31st of July the enemy on the\\nsouth side of the river suddenly opened fire from more than\\nfifty pieces of artillery on the Union army lying on the north\\nside, the camp of Butterfield s brigade being fairly within\\ntheir range. The scene was a grand and exciting one, and\\nthe wildest commotion ensued, the great guns of the fleet in\\nthe river adding their thunders to the roar of the cannonade.\\nVery little injury was inflicted, however, on either side.\\nOn the following day the 3d Brigade crossed the river,\\nburned the plantation buildings, near which the hostile bat-\\nteries had been placed, and then made a reconnois.saiice to-\\nwards Petersburg, but, finding no enemy, returned to the\\nliver and bivouacked on the Uuffin plantation, where it re-\\nmained five days, foraging on the country, and at the end\\nof tliat time recrosscd the river to its former position. Alter\\nthis, few, if any, noteworthy events occurred in the expe-\\nrience of the 10th during the remainder of its stay at Har-\\nrison s Landing.\\nIn the night of the 14th of August the regiment struck\\nCiimp, and, with its corps, took the advance in the march\\nof the army dowu the Peninsula, reaching Hampton after\\nthree days and one night s march. There was a striking\\ncontrast between the appearance of tiie haggard and tat-\\ntered remnant of the IGth Michigan, who now returned to\\n12\\ntheir old camping-place, and that of Stockton s Independent\\nRegiment of well-led and healthy men, as they had marched\\naway from the same place a little more than four months\\nbefore, but their hope and courage were still high, and none\\nwere doubtful of ultimate triumph. On the 19th they took\\ntransports for Acquia Creek, and arrived there the follow-\\ning morning, proceeding thence by railroad to Fredericks-\\nburg. Remaining there until the evening of the 23d, the\\nline of march was then taken northwestwardly along the\\nleft bank of the Rappahannock, and after an eventless\\nmarch, and some countermarching, reached Kelley s Ford\\non the 2Gth. During the night orders were received to\\nburn such regimental and company property as could not be\\ncarried, and to be ready to march at daybreak for the line\\nof the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. On arriving at\\nBealton Station, it was reported that the enemy had de-\\nstroyed a portion of the railroad between that place and\\nAlexandria, and had captured and burned a large amount\\nof property. Rations had become very low, and a forced\\nmarch was necessary to make a junction with the Army of\\nVirginia, under Gen. Pope, which was effected by the corps\\nat Groveton, August 21)th. While at this place tlie troops\\nwere formed in line of battle, but no engagement occurred.\\nFor his failure to engage the enemy. Gen. Porter was\\nseverely censured by Gen. Pope.\\nThe command then moved towards Manassas, and on the\\n30th a new position was taken near Bull Run. The bri-\\ngade lay for hours under a heavy artillery fire, until\\nabout the middle of the afternoon, when the regiments\\nwere formed in column by division, and ordered to advance.\\nThe infantry of the enemy lay well protected in a deep\\nrailroad excavation, and a large number of artillery pieces\\nwere posted in the rear of the infantry and on higher\\nground. When the 3d Brigade had reached an open field,\\nthe enemy poured into its ranks an infernal fire of artillery\\nand musketry. The brigtide advanced most gallantly to\\nwithin a few yards of the enemy s infantry, and on that\\nspot the bones of its brave men who fell on that d;iy were\\nIbund when the survivors again inarched over the field\\nmonths afterwards. While the brigade was engaged at this\\npoint a force of the enemy attacked in flank, and they were\\nthus forced back in disorder and with severe loss. No\\ntroops ever better deserved victory than did the Union\\nforces on that day, and that they did not obtain it was no\\nfault of theirs. It was because some one had blundered.\\nThe lo.ss of the regiment in this battle was seventy-nine\\nkilled and wounded (among whom were three color-bear-\\ners) and seventeen missing. Capt. Randolph W. Ransom,\\nof Flint, was also among the killed.\\nAfter this crowning di.saster the command fell back, by\\nway of Centreville and Hall s Hill (their winter-camp of\\n18G1-G2), to Arlington, where a rest of ten days was had,\\nduring which time Col. Stockton returned from his cap-\\ntivity in Richmond, and the regiment received considerable\\naccessions to its numbers from hospitals and other sources.\\nOn the 12th of September the brigade, under command\\nof Col. Stockton, moved, with the 5th Corps, on the Mary-\\nland campaign, which culminated in the bloody battle of\\nAnlietam, September 17lli. On that day the 5th Corps\\nwas not engaged, though towards evening the 3d Brigade", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "90\\nHISTORY OF GKNESEK COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwas ordered first to the right and then back to the left, but\\nsustained no loss.\\nOn tlie 20lh the 5lh Corps the IGth iMithi^an in ad-\\nvance started in pursuit of the retreating columns of Lee,\\nand engaged his rear guard at Shepherdstown Ford, after\\nwliiLJi the regiment and brigade returned, and camped near\\nSiunpsburg, on Antietaui Creek, where tlio 2Ulh Maine\\nllegiuiont was added to the brigade.\\nOn the oUtii of Oeluber the 5th Corps broke camp, and\\nmarched, bj- way of Harper s Ferry {id which point the\\nPotomac River was crossed), to Warrenton, Va. This\\nmarch occupied ten days, and during its continuance the\\nmen of the IGth, in common with those of other regi-\\nments, foraged almost at will in the country through which\\nthey passed, the result of which was that their commis-\\nsariat was abundantly su] plicd with rations of the best\\nquality. So well, says Capt. Powers, wa.s the regiment\\nsupplied with poultry, fresh meats, honey, and jireserves\\nthat the commanding officer of the division made a sly\\ninsinuation to Col. Stockton that the IGth must have had\\na lax training in its youth to so soon forget that high moral\\nculture that had made the Ainiy of the Potomac so I ond\\nof furnishing food for the jiowder of rebel bushwhackers.\\nOn the arrival of the 3th Corps at Warrenton, the regi-\\nment found itself under a new commander of the Army of\\nthe Potomac, Gen. Rurnside, who had super-sedtd Gen.\\nMcClellan in that command on the 5th of November, and\\nat about the same time Gen. Porter was relieved of the\\ncommand of his corps. Gen. Burnside, on assuming com-\\nmand of the army, reorganized it into three grand divisions\\nof two corps each, the 5tli and 3d Corps, forming the centre\\ngrand division, being placed under command of Fighting\\nJoe Hooker.\\nThe army, resuming its march, reached the Acrpiia Creek\\nRailroad on the 2Gth of November, and the brigade of\\nwhich the IGth Micliigan formed a part encamped in the vi-\\ncinity of what was afterwards known as Stoneman s Switch.\\nOn the 12tli of December the 5th Corps moved to the\\nRappahannock River, opposite Frederiek.sburg, where the\\ncommander of the army was preparing for the great battle\\nwhich was fought on the following day. During the prog-\\nress of that unequal 6ght theod Brigade remained quies-\\ncent until about four p.m when it was ordered across the\\nriver. It crossed, and formed line in the outskirts of the\\ntown, tlun advanced under a heavy fire of musketry and\\ncanister, halting near the front, at a point which w,is\\nslightly protected by the ctniformalion of the field. This\\nposition was held, but with some loss, until darkness closed\\nthe contest for the day. The fight was renewed on the\\n14th, but the results were far less sanguinary, and both\\nsides held their ground, though the general result was\\nmost di.-astrous to the Union arms.\\nAt midnight of the 15th the brigade went to the front\\nand withdrew all the jiickcts on that part of the field, and\\nshortlv after daylight crossed to the north side of the Rap-\\npahannock, as the main body of the army had done during\\nthe night.\\nThe IGth Regiment cannot be said to have participated\\nprominently in the battle of Fredericksburg, but it per-\\nformed all that was rei|uired of it, and in doing so sus-\\ntained a loss of twenty-three killed and wounded. After tlie\\nbattle it went into winter-quarters at Stoneman s Switch.\\nIn the spring, after Gen. Hooker had been placed in\\ncommand of the army, and was making preparations for that\\nforward movement which ended at Chanccllorsville, the IGth\\nmoved, with the other regiments of the command, to the\\nRappahannock, and passed up on the left bank of the river\\nApril 2~th. It crossed to the south side of the stream ou\\nthe 28th, and was jire.sent on the field of Chancellorsvillc\\nduring all of the throe bloody days succeeding Bltiy 1st,\\ntaking part in the fight at Hookers headquarters on Sun-\\nday, but sustaining no heavy attack. and losing only one\\nkilled and six wounded. At the close of the campaign it\\nrecrosscd the river with the armj and returned to camp at\\nFalmouth, where, on the ISlli of May at evening parade.\\nCol. Stockton took leave of the regiment, having resigned\\nfor the purpose of raising a brigade of Tennessee troops,\\nunder authority conferred by Gov. Andrew Johnson, and\\nsanctioned by the War Department. This resignation gave\\nthe command of the regiment to Lieut. -Col. Norval E.\\nWelch, who was afterwards killed in an as. -ault upon the\\nenemy s works at Poplar Grove Chinch, in the Petersbui g\\ncampaign.\\nEarly in June it was learned that the enemy was moving\\ntowards the Shenaiiduali alley. and the Army of the Poto-\\nmac was put in motion to meet and oi)pose him. On the\\n2()th, at Aldie, the od Brigade joined Gen. Pleasonton on\\nan expedition to disperse Stuart s Cavalry, which resulted\\nin a fight at Middleburg (June 21st), in which the loss of\\nthe IGth was nine wounded, this being one-half the lo. ^s of\\nthe whole brigade. The command then returned to Aldie,\\nwhere it remained till the 25th, when it commenced a forced\\nmarch to Slaryland and Pennsylvania, and reached Gettys-\\nburg in the morning of July 2d, when the great conflict\\nhad already commenced. The 3d Biigadc was detached\\nfrom the remainder of the division, and about three r.M. was\\nposted on the Little Round Top, forming the extreme lel t\\nof the Union line, the order of the brigade line being as\\nfollows: on the lel t the 20th Maine, Col. Chamberlain;\\nnext, the ood PeniL^jylvania, Capt. Woodward next the 44th\\nNew York, Col. Rice; and ou the right, the IGth Mich-\\nigan, Col. Welch the brigade being uuder command of\\nCol. Vincent, who on that day fell mortally wounded. In\\nthis position the brigade was soon attacked by Hood s di-\\nvision of Longstreet s corps. The enemy came on impetu-\\nously, and with great confidence, ou account of superiority\\nin numbers [being a division against a single brigade), but\\nhis repeated assaults were successfully repelled. His last\\nattack was made .simultaneousl3 on the front and flank of\\nthe brigade, so that the JIaine regiment was compelled to\\nchange face to repel the flanking column. But the work\\nwas bravely and successfully done, and then, when ammu-\\nnition was well-nigh exhausted, and no reinforcements near,\\nCol. Rice (who succeeded to the command of the brigade\\nwhen Vincent fell) sent word to each of the regimental\\ncommanders to fix bayonets, and, on a signal from him, to\\ncharge. The enemy received the charge steadily at first,\\nthen wavered, rallied, wavered again, and at last broke in\\nconfusion, with a loss of five hundred prisoners, and over\\none thousand stand of arms. The brigade pressed on", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH IxNFANTllY.\\n91\\ntl)rou ;li the valle} and halted with its left resting; on Bi^\\nHound Top, on wliich its line was soon after established.\\nThe fi;;htin,i; at Little Round Top-was nearly all in which\\nthe IGth took active part at (u ttysburir, and in it the loss\\nof the regiment was sixty, in killed and wounded. In the\\nnioniinp; of the 3d the brifjade was relieved, and took posi-\\ntion in the rear of the main line. On the morninu; of July\\n5tli it was discovered that the enemy had retreated, and the\\nl. )th marched with the army in ]iursuit. Slight collisions\\nwere had with Lee s rear guard, at Jones Cross-Koads, on\\nthe lOtli, and at Wiiliamsport, Md., on the ]2lh of July.\\nOil the ITth the regiment cro.ssed the I litcjuiac at Berlin,\\nand was almost constantly on the lunreh from that time\\nuntil September IGth, when it reached Culpep(U\\\\ There it\\nremained till October 7th, when it moved to Raccoon Ford,\\nand crossed the Rapidan. It crij.s.sed the Rappahannock on\\nthe lOtli, recrossed on the 11th, and moved to Brandy Sta-\\ntion, where tlie enemy was attacked by a portion of the\\ncorps, but the IGth Regiment was not engaged. Another\\nperiod then ensued of marching and countermarching (with\\na stay of a week in camp on the Orange and Alexandria\\nRailroad) until the 7lh of November, when the IGth was\\nslightly engaged, and lost three wounded in the capture of\\na rebel work near Rappahannock Station. It moved with\\nthe army, November 2Gth, on the Jline Run campaign,\\nwhich ended without results on the 2d of December, when\\nthe regiment went into camp on the north bank of the Rap-\\npahannock, near the railway-station.\\nAt this place nearly three luindred members of the regi-\\nment re-enlisted as veterans, were mustered as such on the\\n24th of December, and about a week later left for Michi-\\ngan on furlough, reaching Detroit on the 9th of January.\\nAt the expiration of their furlougli, February 9th, they re-\\nassembled at Saginaw City, and on the 17th left that place\\nto rejoin the army. On their return the regiment made\\nwinter-quarters at Bcalton Station, and remained there till\\nApril 30, 18G4, when they moved to Brandy Station, pre-\\nparatory to commencing the eaui]iaign of the Wilderness.\\nIn that campaign the movements of the IGth were too\\nnumerous to follow in detail. It moved aeioss the Rapidan\\nat Germania Ford, May 4lli, and on the Gth and 7th took\\njiart in the battles of the Wilderness, sustaining no lo.ss on\\nthe Cth, but losing on the following day thirty-five in killed\\nand wounded. On the 8th it made a forced march to\\nLaurel Hill, near Spott-sylvania Court-House, and in the\\nevening of that day was attacked by the enemy in an almost\\nimpassable swamp, but its loss was inconsiderable, while a\\nconsiderable number of the enemy were taken prisoners.\\nMay 22d the IGth moved from Spottsylvaniu towards the\\nNorth Anna River, and, being the advance guard of the\\ncorps, it encountered the rear guard of the enemy at Polecat\\nCreek, and captured a considerable number of prisoners.\\nThe next day it was engaged at North .\\\\nna River, where\\nit charged successfully, and drove the enemy. It crossed\\nthe I anuinkey River at Hanover Town, in the morning of\\ntile 2Sih, and assisted in throwing up works on South Creek.\\nOn the 29th it moved to Tolojwtonioy Creek, and crossed\\nit just before evening. 3lay 30th, moved forward and\\nbecame engaged with the cneniy, losing the major, Robert\\nT. Elliott, who was killed at the head of the reLriment. On\\nJune 1st the brigade was ordered to advance its line, and in\\ndoing so was brought under a raking cross-fire. The IGth\\nadvanced, and drove the enemy from their rifle-pits, and\\nheld the position thus .secured. The next day the corps\\ntook up a new jiosition, and while the movement was in\\nprogress the enemy attacked in heavy force, but a heavy\\nstorm came up and stop]ied the battle, which, however, was\\nrenewed on the jd of June, and again on the 4th. This\\nthree days tight was near Bethesda Church, and in it the\\nKith Regiment was engaged during each day. From this\\npoint it moved by way of Cohl Harbor and Disjiatch Sta-\\ntion to the left hank of the Cliickahominy, and there re-\\nmained until the 12th, this being its fir.st rest since crossing\\nthe Rapidan on the 4th of Jlay the intervening time having\\nbeen constantly employed in march, skirmi.sh, or battle.\\nOn the 13th of June the regiment crossed the Cliicka-\\nhominy by the Long Bridge, and marched to the James\\nRiver, which it crossed on the IGlh, and arrived in front of\\nPetersburg on the 17tli. Then followed a month of severe\\nlabor in the trenches, from which the regiment was relieved\\nand placed in reserve August 15th. Three days later it\\nmoved to the Wcldon Railroad, and was there engaged in\\nthe construction and occupation ol defenses until September\\n30th, when it formed part of the force which stormed and\\ncarried the enemy s fortifications ne.ir Poplar Grove Church,\\nin whi -h desperate assault the IGth lost fifty-two killed and\\nwounded, among the former being the commanding officer\\nof the regini .!nt. Col. Weluh, who died on the parapet.\\nFor more than two months after this battle the regiment\\nlay most of the time in the trenches at Poplar Grove\\nChurch. In December it accompanied the corps on a raid\\nto Bellefield, Va., on which about sixteen miles of railroad\\nwas destroyed. It was in the trenches before Petersburg\\nduring January, 18G5, and on the Cth and 7th of February\\ntook part in the battle of Dabney s Jlills, losing heavily. It\\nfought at Hatcher s Run, March 25th at White Oak Road,\\nIMarch 29th at Quaker Road, March 31st at Five Forks,\\nApril 1st at Amelia Court-House, April 5th and at High\\nBridge, April Gth. After Jjce s surrender it nuirched to Suth-\\nerland Station, where it remained stationed luring April, and\\nearly in May it marched to Washington, I). C., arriving there\\non the 12lh and taking pait in the grand review of the Army\\nof the Potomac, May 23d. It was encamped near Washing-\\nton until the IGth of Juno, when it moved under orders\\nfor Louisville, Ky., arriving there on the 21st. Thence it\\nmoved across the river to Jeff ersonville, Ind., and was there\\nmustered out of service July 8th. The men and officers left\\non the 10th for Michigan, and on the 12th arrived at Jack-\\nson, where, on the 25th of July, 1SG5, they received their\\npay and were disbanded.\\nOrKlelCRS AND ENI.ISTKI) H ICX OV THE SIXTEKNTII INt AXTKY\\nFROM CENKSEE COIKTY.\\nCol. Tlioni:\\\\\u00c2\u00bb B, W. Slocktim, Kliiil Aug. 22. ISIil res. Miiy 18, 180:!.\\nStnm iMi I-auc Wi.\\\\otii, .ArKeiitirif Aug. 19, ISljI.\\ntli.-Mu\u00c2\u00abt. Si-rgt. Ileiiry II. Aplili, Klint; piu. tu 2ilIicul.,Jilly 7, ISC must, out\\nas Boi-gt.\\nCfrnjiattrj C\\nCnpt. Tliiimiui O.Ciirr, Flint .luly :i(i, l\u00c2\u00abr,l kill. .l in liiitllu uf G.iin. .i Mill, Vu.,\\n.Iiini U l\u00c2\u00bbc!i.\\nCapt. living M. Ili-lrlii-r, Flint .Inly In, ISO! li.inonil.ly iliscli. fur .liiiil.ility,\\nMay 1.5, 1\u00c2\u00ab(m.\\n1st I.irnt. MiniT S. Newell, I .int; July 30, l.sci app. qi-.-nvisl.; must, ont of\\ntirviccSepl. 7, 1804.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nl8t Liont. Randolpli W.Riinsoin, Flint; Aug. 9. ISGl; killpcl in batlle at Bull\\nKiiti, V;i,, Aug. :iO, 1S(V2, \\\\va8 2a lieiit. from July ;10, 18G1, to Aug. U, 1861.\\n2 Litjiit. Zibii B. Graliani. Flint Aug. 30, 18G2; Uuu^. t i Co. G.\\n2U Lieut. Monzo Swarlz, Fliisliing Ainil 27, 1S63; wounded in nctjoii at Tol-\\nopi tomoy, Va., June 1, 1864 pro. to 1st lieut. Aug. 3, 1864 must, out as\\n2(1 lieur. at end uf service, Sept. 2G, 18G4.\\nSergt. Irving M. Belcher, Flint; pro. to coni.sergt. Sept. 22, ISCl.\\nSergt. Harrison Wiiy, Flint discli. for d:s;\u00c2\u00bbbiliiy died Dec. 2, 18G1.\\nCorp. Arzii M. Niles, Flint (st-rgt.); discli. for wounds, Sept. y, 1SG2.\\nMuaiiinn lUnry Duvia. Flint diach. Oct. 25, 1802.\\nAVagoner Tlinnuis Belili-n, Flint (corp.) must, out July 8, 18G5.\\n51erritt Avery, disch, liy order, Aug. 12, 1861.\\nJ;unes Aiijih-bee, discli. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 24, 1863.\\nNathaniel N. Andt-i-aon, died March 31, 1SG5.\\nEdward Bigg.dit-d in riiiliidelpbia, Pa., Nov. 2S,i8G2, of Wounds rcc d in action.\\nFdward Hritton, disch. fur disability, Oct. 1, 1802.\\nKdwin Biirlow, discli. for disability, Nov. 13, 1802.\\n\\\\Villiiim Bagg, dis^ch. Sept. 7, 1804.\\nKdwiird V. Brigg, disch.\\nI .itii.k Ilr;ulb-y, died of disoa.se at City Point, Va., Sept. 10, 1804.\\nKeuben Biadish, nui- t. ont July 8, 1805.\\nJohn S. Copp, must, out July 8, 1865.\\nBoyd Culver, disch. for di-sability. Not. 13, 18C2.\\nJohn Conquest, disch. t T wounds, Nov. 28, 1862.\\nAugnstns Chapel, disch. May 8, 18G2.\\nJames Cniwforti, died of wonnds at I liiladolpliia, Pa., June 4, 1864.\\nlliiain G. Darting, died of wounds at New York Harbor, Sept. 1864.\\nEli Devoe, disch. for disability, Nov. l:i, 1802.\\nAlber t Doan, died \u00c2\u00bb)f disease in hospital.\\nEdwanl Davis, dir^cii. to re-eul. as veteran, Dec. 24, 1863.\\nDennis Fiilby, di cli. by order of surgeon, Feb. 2, 1862.\\nSmith Forsyth, disch. for di-ahility, Feb. 25, 1862.\\nS.inford Guthrie, died of wounds at Wasliiugton, D. C, May 20, 1S64.\\nKicliard C. Guyer, disch. by order. May 18, l80o.\\nJames Ilenipstcd, veteran must, out July 8, lSG. i.\\nGeorge \\\\V. Hilton, disch. for disability, April 6, 1804.\\nGeorge Handy, dieil in action at Spt. lt-ylvania, Va., May 8, 1864.\\nlU.s\u00c2\u00abell Hilton, di-cb. fur disability, Nov. 13, 1862.\\nArthur M. HiMlges, veteran altsent on furlough not must, out with company.\\nOrrin Juhnsoii, disch. for disability, May 2ii, 1802.\\ndiaries Knapiw, di ch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 24, 18C3.\\nGeorgf Mohan, disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 24, 1863.\\nJames McKec, discli. to re-enl. as veteian, Dec. 24, 186^1.\\nAndrew J. McDowell, discli. for disj\\\\bility, June 17, 1SG2.\\nAlbert E. M\u00c2\u00bbClellan, disch. for disability, April 21, 1802.\\nCharles Martin, died of wounds at Gettysburg, I a., July 21, 1863.\\nGetirge W. Munroe, died of disease in hospital.\\nBnssell C. Moon, discharged.\\nEl sba Moses, disch. April 1, 1863.\\nCharles Marion, disch. Feb. 20, 1803.\\nBlilion C. Miller, died In action at Siwltsylvania, Va., May 8, 1864.\\nPatrick Murphy, must, out July 8, 1865.\\nEbas Palmer, disch. for disaldtity, Feb. 25, 1862.\\nPhilander Payne, disch. Sept. 7, 1804.\\nGer-ihoni Palmer, died of disease at Gaines Mil!, Va., June 11, 1862.\\nAbram Parsons, died of disease at Georgetown, J C, April 15, 1862.\\nIra Patlei^.ii, diiil of disease, Aug. 18G2.\\nJames Uichard-^, died of disease at Annaiwlis, Md., Aug. 31, 1SC2.\\nJames Kipley, disch. for disability, Feb. 24, 186:J.\\nCharles H. l^lot, disch. for disability.\\nJidin Shout, disch. for disability, Feb. 24, 180-3.\\nt barles Starks, died of disease, Sept. 1802.\\nSamuel P. Sinilh, disch. to re-enl. as veieran, Dec. 24, 1863.\\nNatiian Small, must, tuit July 8, 18G5.\\nJames Sbo\\\\iks, disch. by onler, May 24, 18G5.\\nGeorge Turner, disch. Dec. 26, 1862.\\nGarwood Tnpper, must, out July 8, 1865.\\nGeorge Tower, disch. for disaldlity, Dec. 26, 18C2.\\nTliouias Tbonii\u00c2\u00abon, uuist. out July 8, I860.\\nWilliam Teachout, must, out July 8, 1865.\\nMrtrion Van Itiper, disch. for disability.\\nHarri^i)n Way, disch. for dis.ibility, Dec. 19, 1862.\\nDavid S. Weaver, disch. for disability, April 19, 1S62.\\nHurry Wibler, disch. to re-\u00c2\u00abnl. as veteniu.\\nAdoniram A. Worth, died of disease at Yorktown, Va., May 1, 1862.\\nAbnim Way, ilied May 12, 1864, of wounds rec d in action at Spottsylvauia, Va.\\nDcwitl Williams, disch. Sept. 7, 1SG4.\\nOTHER COMPANIES.\\nE. Frank Eddy, Flint; 2d lieut., Co. G, Aug. 9,1861; wonnilcd in battle of\\nGaines Mill, Va., June 27, 18G2; prx to 1st lieut., Co. G, Nov. 3, 1802;\\ncapt., Co. G.Aug. 11, 1SG3; pro. to Iieut -col., 29ih Mich. Inf., July 29,\\n1SG4.\\nT Frank Powers. Fenton; sergt., Co. K; 2d licut., Co. A, Not. 3, 1862; 1st\\nlieut., Co. B, June 21, 1864: capt., Co. B, Aug. 3, 1SC4 must, out July 8,\\n1865.\\nGilbert K. Chandler, Forest; 2d lieut., Co. D, July 21, 1861 Ist lieut., Sept.\\n3862; capt., April, 1863 lest his left arm in action at Gaines Mill, Juno\\n27, 1802; was afterwards in battles of Cbancelluraville and Gettysburg;\\ntrans, to Vet. Ke.\u00c2\u00ab*. Corps, Aug. 11, 1863; must, out of service, Oct. ID, 18G7.\\nIrving M. B.-lcher, Flint; sergt., Cu. C; 2d lieut., Co. B, Aug. 3 i, 18G2 1st\\nlieut., Co. K, April 17,1861; pro. to capt Co. C.\\nCharles Veeder, Genesee; sergt., Co.G; 1st lieut., Co. E; must, out July 8, 1865.\\nZiba B. Gniham, Flint sergt., Co. C; 2d lieut., Cos. C and G; Ist lieni., Co. T,\\nApril 23, 1803; wounded at North Anna liiver, Va., May 2:1, 1804 must.\\nout at end of service, Sept. 7, 18G4.\\nJames L. Tupping, Fentun 2d lieut., Co. I, Sept. 4, 18C2; resigned March 28,\\n18G3.\\nliloyd G. Streever, Flint; sergt.; pro. to 2d lieut.; must, ont as sergt.\\nPatrick Murphy, Flint sergt. pro. to 2d lieut. must, ont a-s sergt.\\nSamuel .\\\\tIicrton, Argentine, G A must, out July 8, 1803.\\nWilliam ,\\\\Ilierton, Argentine, Co. I; disch. from Vet. Ucs. Corps by order, July\\nm, isG,-!.\\nNatlianie] Austin, Argentine, Co. K disch. by oi-der, May 30,1805.\\nCorp. Ji hn .1. Bustwick, Aigentiue, Co. K died of disease near Falniouth, Va.,\\nNov. 2G, 1802.\\nNathan Barton, .\\\\rgentine, Co. I died at Laurel Hill, Va., May 1 ISGt.\\nGeo. S. B.tiley, Fenton, Co. D; died of disease at City Point, Va., July 28,1864.\\nSanniel D. Bustwick, Aigentine, Co. K died of disea-^e, Dec. 8, 18G2.\\nJames Bnidy, Argentine, Co. A must, out July 8, 18G5.\\nG -orge W. Chase, Argentine, Co. A; must, out July 8, ISCo.\\nJacob A. Clark, Argentine, C^ A disch. for disability. Dec. 16, 1863.\\nLewi-. Case, veteran, Argentiii Co. A; must, out July 8,1865.\\nJacob W, Craw, ArgeTitine, Co. I; died of disease, Nov. 25, 1864.\\nJohn Coles, Argentitie, Co. I diacli. by order. May 30, 1865.\\nDennis Falbey, Flu-hing, Co. G disch. at end of service, Nov. 21, 1863.\\nLambert Foster, Gaines, Co. B; must, out July 8, 1865.\\nGeorge Garner, Fenton, Co. B; must, out July 8, 18G5.\\nEdgar G. Hicks, Argentine, Co. I.; disch. Jan. 15, 180.3.\\nThomas Hopkins, Jr., .\\\\rgentiue, Co. I disch. March 5, 1863.\\nJoseph H. Hough, Flint Co. B; disch. by order, July 0, 1865.\\nDavid Hnbl.anI, Montro e. Co. H; disch. by order, June l-t, 1865.\\nWilliam Ilaidick, Argentine, Co. I disch. by onler, May 30, 1805.\\nWilliam E. Jacobs, Flu-bing, Co. K disch. March 2.1, 1863.\\nJohn Knight, Flint, Co.G; di^ch. March 17. 180:t.\\nStephen M. Kent (corp., sergt.), Co. K disth. to re-enlist as veteran, Dec. 23,\\n186;i.\\nAlbert L. Metz, Argentine, Co. I; di.^ch. by order, May 30, 1805.\\nJames A. McKnight, Argentine, Co. I disch. for promotion, Dec. 8, 1863.\\nGeorge W. Nuyes, Fenton, Co. I); disch. f r disability.\\nElin Stukd, Arirentine, Co. I; dieil of di;ie;ise in Imsp tal, April 18,1863.\\nTheodore Sternhardt, Flint, Co. G trans, to Vet. Ites. Corps, Sept. 30, 1863.\\nAlfred Staiks, Argentine, Co. I; disch. by order, May 30, 1805.\\nGeorge Seymour, Argentine, Co. I; disch. by order, May 30, 1865.\\nWilliam Tillman, Argentine, Co. I disch. Feb. 9. 186:J.\\nPbilo White, Argentine. Co. K disch. by order. May 29, 1865.\\nEthan H. Wrght, Mount Morris, Co. K; disch. by order, July 10, 18G5.\\nCHAPTER XIV,\\nTWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY.\\nCompetition of the 23il Regiment The Thomson Light Guard and\\nthe Wolverine Guard The Fighting Parson Rendezvous and\\nOrganization of the Regiment at East Saginaw Muster In and\\nDeparture Reception of Companies at Flint Departure from De-\\ntroit, and Arrival at Jeffcrsonville, Ind. Camp Gilbert and Ihe\\nBrick-Yard Camp Meeting Buell s Veterans Movement to-\\nwards Shelbjville Arrival at Frankfort Pursuit of John Morgan\\nMovement through Perryville to New Market March to Bowling\\nGreen, and Long Stay nt that Place Death of Lieut. -Col. Pratt\\nPursuit of Guerrillas through Kentucky, up the Ohio River, and into\\nOhio Return to Cincinnati, and Movement to Paris, Ky. Move-\\nment to Lebanon and I^ew Market March to East Tennessee\\nCol. Chapin s Speech Arrival at Loudon March to Knoxville\\nBack to Loudon Movement to Lenoir Fight at Huff s Ferry\\nBattle at Campbell s Station Siege of Kno.wille Blain s Cross-\\nKoads and Strawberry Plains Morristown and Charleston Down\\nthe Tennessee Valley The Georgia Campaign Resaca Dallas^\\nLost Mountain and Kenesaw Atlanta- Pursuit of Hood Battles\\nof Columbia, Franklin, and Nashville Transfer to the East Bat-\\ntles at Fort Anderson and Town Creek, N. C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 March to Kinston\\nMovement to Goldsboro and Raleigh End of the War Muster\\nOut and Return Uome.\\nTins regiment, which was raised and organized in the\\nsummer of 1SG2, under the President s call for volunteers", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-TniRD INFANTRY.\\n93\\nissued July 2d, immediately after the close of the Seven\\nDays battles on the A ir :inia peninsula, was rendezvoused\\nat East Saginaw, under D. II. Jerome, Esq., as commandant\\nof the camp of instruction and orsanization. It was com-\\nposed of volunteers from the Sixth Conjjrcssional District,\\nand contained two companies raised in Genesee, as well as\\na considenible number of men from the county serving in\\nseveral of its other companies.\\nThe Genesee companies, while recruiting, and until tlic\\norganization of the regiment was completed, were known as\\nthe Thomson Li^ht Guard (in honor of Col. E. II.\\nThomson) and the Wolverine Guard. The former was\\nrecruited to more than the maximum strength* by Capt.\\nCharles E. McAlester and Lieut. Stewart in about three\\nweeks time, and the latter, recruited principally by the\\nRev. J. S. Smart, filled its ranks in about two weeks from\\nthe beginning of enlistment. The Wolverine Citizen of\\nAug. 9, 1802, mentioned that Col. Tliom.son and the\\nRev. J. S. Smart are addr ssing the people at different\\nplaces in the county, to raise the quota of Genesee for the\\n23d Regiment, and about the same time a Flint cor-\\nrespondent of the Detroit Free Press said, The Rev. J.\\nS. Smart, presiding elder of this district, lately felt it his\\nduty to go to the wars, so he told his family and friends to\\nstand clear, for he was going that way. He immediately\\nstarted a recruiting-office, and, the fact soon spreading\\nthrough the city and county, in four days after, the elder\\nhad a full company of one hundred men on his rolls. He\\nthen posted oiF to Detroit, got his commission as captain,\\nand is now here, organizing and straightening out matters\\npreparatory to leaving for the camp of the 23d at Saginaw.\\nThe new captain is very popular, and could have had another\\nhundred men if he had been authorized to accept them.\\nHe is now called here the Fighting Parson. This corre-\\nspondent was decidedly in error as to the time in which\\nthe company s ranks were filled, and other portions of his\\ncommunication were too highly colored but it was not an\\nexaggeration as to the height of the patriotic enthusiasm\\nwhich then existed among the people of the county in re-\\ngard to the furnishing of their full quota, and the promo-\\ntion of enlistments, particularly in the companies that were\\nto join the 23d Regiment.\\nThe two Genesee companies left Flint early in August,\\nand proceeded to the rendezvous at East Saginaw, where,\\non the 30th of that month, they were reported respectively\\nas one hundred and nine and one hundred and twelve strong,\\nthe former number representing the strength of Capt. Mc-\\nAlester s company. The Rev. Mr. Smart, after seeing his\\ncompany filled, retired from it, and accepted the chaplaincy\\nof the regiment. The command of the company tlion de-\\nvolved on Capt. Damon Stewart, previously first lieutenant\\nand adjutant of the regiment, and still earlier a non-com-\\nmissioned officer in the 2d Jlicliigan Infantry, serving with\\nthat regiment in the campaign of the Peninsula.\\nIn the organization of the regiment, the Thomson\\nThis company was recruitcil, in the time incntiunc.l, to a strength\\nof one hundred ancl twcniy-six men, and it contiiinel one hundred\\nan l 8i.xtcen men wlien it joined the regiment at Eiu-tt Saginaw (ijeing\\nthe strongest of all the companies reporting). A number of these\\nmen were aft?rwards rejected for non-age, physical disabi ity, etc.\\nLight Guard was designated as C company, under the\\nfollowing commissioned officers: Captain, Charles E. JIc-\\nAlestcr 1st Lieutenant, George AV. Buckingham 2d Lieu-\\ntenant, William C. Stewart and the Wolverine Guard\\nwas designated as K company, its commissioned officers\\nbeing: Captain, Damon Stewart; 1st Lieutenant, Samuel\\nC. Randall 2d Lieutenant, John Rea.\\nThe field-officers of the 23d at its organization were:\\nMarshall W. Chapin, colonel; Gilbert E. Pratt, lieutenant-\\ncolonel Benjamin F. Fisher, major; dating from Aug.\\n23, 18G2. The regiment (nine hundred and eighty-three\\nstrong) was mustered into the service of the United Stales,\\nat the rendezvous, on the 11th and 12th of September, and,\\nit being \\\\inderstood that the command would be immediately\\nordered to the front, preparations for the movement were\\nat once commenced.\\nOn the ItJth of September orders were is.sucd for Com-\\npanies C, H, and K to take up their line of march for De-\\ntroit, prepai .itory to departure for the theatre of war. Pur-\\nsuant to these orders, they broke camp in the morning of\\nthe 17th, and were transported on the cars of the Flint and\\nPerc JIaniuctte Railway to Mount Morris, which was then\\nthe southern terminus of the road and thence were moved\\nacross the country, by way of Flint, to the Detroit and Mil-\\nwaukee Railroad, over which they proceeded by train to\\ntheir destination. At Flint, a bountiful repast had been\\nprovided for them, and they were received bj the citizens\\nwith great enthusiasm, the more so, no doubt, because this\\nfirst detachment included the two Genesee companies and\\nfor the same rea.son the adicux which were waved to them\\nhere, and everywhere in their passage through the county,\\nwere the more sad and tearful. The moniory of that occa-\\nsion is still fresh and vivid in the minds of surviving\\nsoldiers, and of relatives and friends of those who never re-\\nturned. The incidents of that first movement, wrote an\\nofficer of the regiment, were no doubt similar to those of\\nthe remaining companies over the same route, flat cars,\\nrain, sunshine, tears, smiles, feasting at Flint, transportation\\nby variety of vehicles, hilarity, airs, boisterous mirth, and\\nmuch good cheer.\\nOn the following day, the remaining companies left the\\nrendezvous, and moved by the same route to Detroit, whore\\nthey arrived in the evening, and all were hospitably enter-\\ntained by the patriotic citizens. With but little delay, the\\nten companies were embarked on steamers, which landed\\nthem at Cleveland the next morning the weather being\\nrainy and dismal, and the condition of the men anything\\nbut comfortable. From Cleveland, the regiment moved by\\nrail across the State of Oliio, to Cincinnati, whence, after a\\nstop of some hours, it again proceeded by railroad, and on\\nSunday morning, September 21st, reached Jeffersonville,\\nInd., on the north bank of the Ohio River, opposite Louis-\\nville, Ky. In the afternoon of the same day the command\\nmoved to Camp Gilbert, near by, and that night, for the\\nfirst time, the tired men of the 23d slept upon the soldier s\\nbed, the bosom of mother earth.\\nAt this time the Southern general, Buckncr, was reported\\nto be approaching Louisville, and, in consequence of the\\npanic thus caused, many of the people were crossing to the\\nnorth side of the river. Large quantities of government", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "di\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nstores were also being transferred to the Indiana side, by\\norder of the general then in command at Louisville. The\\n23d was placed on duty, guarding the public property and\\nferry landings at Jcffer.sonville, and remained so employed\\nfor two days and nights, at the end of which time it crossed\\nthe river and camped in the southwestern suburbs of Louis-\\nville. Here the situation of the men was not the most\\ncomfortable, and it was made worse by their almost complete\\nignorance iif the methods by which veteran soldiers manage\\nto force something like comfort out of the most unfivorablc\\nsurroundings. A few hours later they were ordered to\\nmove to another camping-place, and while on their way\\nthither they pa.ssed a brigade or division of the army of\\nGen. Biiell, which had then just entered the city after a\\nfatiguing forced march from Nashville in pursuit of the\\nSouthern army under Gen. Bragg. As the 23d marched\\npast the dusty and battle-scarred veterans of Shiloh, and\\nFarmington, and luka, the latter indulged (as veterans are\\napt to do) in many a sneer at the expense of the fresh\\ntroops, few of whom had yet heard the whistle of a hostile\\nbullet. The officer before quoted* sa3 s of this incident,\\nThe contrast of their dirty, tattered, and torn garments\\nwith our men was a matter of much comment. We were\\nsurprised that they jceringly liiiited at our greenness and\\ninferiority, which a i ^v; months experience in marches and\\non battle-fields would change. In time we learned that\\nthey had not been mistaken in their estimate of our rela-\\ntive merits as soldiers.\\nThe camp to which the regiment was moved at this time\\nwill be well recollected by those who occuiiied it, as the\\nBrick-yard Camp, a dreary and comfortless place, where\\nthe command remained without tents or other shelter until\\nthe afternoon of the 3d of October, when the 38th Brigade\\n(Army of the Ohio), composed of the 102d and 111th\\nOhio, 129th Illinois, and 23d Michigan, all under command\\nof Gen. Dumont, marched away from Louisville, on the\\nroad to Shelbyville, Ky. The weather was very hot, the\\nroad dusty, water almost impossible to obtain, and the men,\\nnot having yet learned the meaning of light marching\\norder, were overloaded with the cumbrous outfits which\\nthey brought from home; so that when, late at night, they\\nhalted on the bank of a muddy stream known as Floyd s\\nFork, the exhausted and foot,sorc troops were glad enough\\nto lie down upon the ground, with no shelter but their\\nblankets, and no thought but that of rest from the fatigues\\nof this, their first severe march.\\nLate the next morning they arose stiff and sore in every\\njoint, and soaked with the rain which was still falling.\\nCoffee was made from the muddy water of the stream, in\\nwhich hundreds of mules were stamping and wallowing.\\nThe rations were neither very good nor plentiful, but these\\nwere on this occasion supplemented by supplies taken from\\na mansion which stood near by, and from which the occu-\\npants had fled on the approach of the troops. The sol-\\ndiers, impressed with the idea that all food, raiment, and\\nother movables found in the enemy s country belonged to\\nUncle Sam s elect, proceeded to ransack the premises,\\nCiipt. W. A. I.owis, of the 2:!.l, from whyin all the iiiio:!itioii5 in\\nthis sketch (unless olherwise uolc.l) are nunle.\\nbringing off meat, meal, vegetables, .sauces, honey, jellies,\\npreserves, and some pretty good stock for the stable, a\\nportion of which we recognized the next spring grazing in\\nthe valley of the Saginaw.\\nEarly in the day the rain ceased, and the command\\nmoved out towards Shelbyville, which was reached the\\nsame evening, and the 23d encamped in the vicinity of the\\nvillage. Here the brigade remained until the morning of\\nOctober 9th, when it moved through the village and on\\ntowards Frankfort, arriving in the neighborhood of that\\ntown the same night, the advance guard of tlic force having\\nalready entered the city after a skirmish with the cavalry\\nof the enemy, who had succeeded in destroying the fine\\nbridge of the Lexington and Frankfort Railroad, and had\\nattempted the destruction of the turnpike-bridge, but had\\nbeen driven away before accomplishing it.\\nOn the march from Louisville to Frankfort, large num-\\nbers of negroes had fallen in with the column i^.some engag-\\ning as servants to the officers, but more accompanying the\\nforce without any definite object), until there were found\\namong the dusky crowd the names or lineal descendants of\\nevery prominent general in the rebel army. A considera-\\nble number of Kentucky horses had also fallen in on the\\nline of march, and were being ridden by officers and privates\\nbut on arrival at Frankfort there came for these a host of\\nclaimants, and the day was one of reckoning for those in\\nwhose possession they were found. A court-martial was\\ninstituted, and iield a protracted session at Frankfort. It\\nmust have made sad havoc among the Wolverines but for\\nthe fact that our fighting companion, Capt. Walbridge, who\\nrode the best captured steed into the town on that eventful\\nmorning (October 10th), was the honored juilge advocate of\\nthe court.\\nWith the exception of an expedition in pursuit of the\\nguerrilla chief, John Morgan, the 23d remained at Frank-\\nfort, thirteen days. It was at this time under command of\\nMaj. B. F. Fisher, the colonel being in command of the\\nbrigade, and Lieut. -Col. Pratt being absent. It was while\\nthe regiment lay at this place that the death occurred of\\nLieut. John Earle, of E company, on Sunday, Oct. 19,\\n1862. His remains were sent home to Jlichigan in charge\\nof Sergt. Lyons, and at about the same time the regiment\\nreceived the sad news of the death of Capt. Norville, of\\nfever, at Saginaw City, October 3d.\\nAt a little past midnight in the morning of the day of\\nLieut. Earle s death, the men of the 23d were startled from\\ntheir sleep by the thrilling sound of the long roll, and\\nat one o clock a.m. they were marching ra[)idly away in\\npursuit of the redoubtable Morgan, who was reported to be\\nat Lawrenccburg. Two companies of the regiment, how-\\never K and G were left as a guard at Frankfort.\\nThe pursuing column was, almost as a matter of course,\\na little too late to overtake the main body of Morgan s\\nforce, but succeeded in capturing a few men and hor.scs be-\\nlonging to his rearguard, and with those trophies the com-\\nmand returned the .same evening to the camp at Frankl ort,\\nhaving inarched twenty-six miles under tlu usual disadvan-\\ntages of choking dust and great scarcity of water.\\nThe regiment took its final departure from Frankfort late\\nin the afternoon of the 21st of October, and encamped that", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-THIKD INFANTRY.\\n95\\niiiglit in an oak p;rove, a few miles down the road towards\\nLawrcneeburg. On the following day it passed through\\nthat town, and made its camp for the night at Big Spring,\\nsome miles farther on. The weather had suddenly grown\\ncold, and many of the men suffered for need of the blankets,\\nwhich had been foolishly thrown away as incumbrances in\\nthe heat and dust of previous marches. In the morning\\nof the 23d the Kentucky hills and vales were white with\\nhoarfrost. The regiment was eaily in line, and during\\nthis day s march passed through Ilarmd^burg. Here the\\nmen were not permitted to make a free expioraliun of the\\ntown, on account of tlieir rather damaging record as indis-\\ncriminate foragers. About noon of the 24th they passed\\nthrough tlie little village of Perryville, in the outskirts of\\nwhich the armies of Buell and Bragg had fuught the battle\\nof Chaplin Hills, sixteen days before, many of the Union\\nand Confederate wounded from that engagement being still\\nin the village, and in the farm-house hospitals of the\\nvicinity. That night the weary men if the 2. d made tlicir\\nbivouac on the banks of an abundnnt and tolerably clear\\nstream of water, called the Bulling Fork.\\nIn the march of the following dtiy, this stream was\\ncrossed and recrossed many times in its mranderings, and\\nlate in the day the regiment reached the little hall-burned\\nvillage of Bradl ordsville. The hitter part of the day s\\nmarch had been made in a cold, drenching rain, wliicli, as\\nnight fell, turned to snow, and on tlie following morning\\n(Sunday, October 2Cth) the arctic covering lay six inches\\ndeep over the ground. This was considered a remarkable\\nevent for that latitude, and it brought remembrances of\\ntheir Northern homes to the minds of many whose eyes\\nwould never again look upon the whitened expanse of the\\nMichigan hills and vallej-s. During all that Sabbath day\\nthe tired men enjoyed a season of rest and recreation around\\ntheir coml ortable camp-fires, and while they rested the snow\\ndisappeared, so that their march of the following day was\\nover bare roads, but free from tormenting dust. In the\\nevening of the 2Tth the brigade arrived at Newmarket,\\nKy., where several commands of the rear guard of Buell s\\narmy were found encamped, and where the 23d and its com-\\npaniiin regiments also went into camp and remained for\\neight days, engaged in recuperation, drill, and the prepara-\\ntion of muster-rolls, to be used upon a pay-day wIulIi all\\nhoped might come in the near future.\\nOn the 4th of November the brigade again moved for-\\nward, and on the 5th passed through Munfordsville, where\\na Union force of ten thousand men la) encamped. On the\\ntith it reached Dripping Springs, where it remained one day,\\nand in the afternoon of the 8th arrived at Bowling Green,\\nKy., a town which had the appearance of having been\\nvisited by pestilence, famine, and the besom of destruction,\\nas was remarked by some of the officers of the 2i d. A\\nlarge rebel force had wintered there, and remained until\\ndriven out by the Union forces under Gen. Mitchell, and\\nthey had made of the whole visible eieatio!i one common\\ncamping-ground. This place was destined to be the home\\nof the 23d Ilegiment for a period of more than six months.\\nIts camp wliich was afterwards transformed into substan-\\ntial and comfortable winter-tjuartcrs) was pitched near the\\nmagiiifivent railroad-bridge crossing the Biir BarrcD Biver,\\nand the guarding of this bridge formed a part of the duty\\nof the regiment during the winter of 18G2-G3; its other\\nduties being camp routine, drill, picket, provost, and rail-\\nway guard, and the convoying of railroad trains of stores\\nover the road from Bowling Green to Nashville. While\\nhere, the 23d, with it3 brigade, formed part of the lUth Di-\\nvision of the Army of the Cumberland, and they were suc-\\nce.ssivelv under command of Gens. Granger, JIanson, and\\nJudah, as commandants of the post, during the six months\\nthat they remained here.\\nThe period of the regiment s stay at Bowling Green was\\nmarked by many notable events, .some pleasant, some pain-\\nful, and others ludicrous. Near the town was a pleasure-\\nground, many acres in extent, with a magnificent spring of\\nclear cold water in its centre. This seems to have been a\\nfavorite resort for both citizens and soldiers, and we are told\\nthat here, upon many a happy occasion, the beauty and\\nthe chivalry of Bowling Green, and many inveterate Yan-\\nkees, assembled to enjoy the scene of unequaled hilarity and\\niiiirlh. It was several times the case that snow fell to a\\nsufficient depth for sleighing, and these opportunities for\\npleasure were improved to the utmost. Private entertain-\\nments, too, were sometimes given by the citizens, and there\\nwere, in several instances, strong indications of attachments\\nbetween some of the boys in blue and the fair damsels of\\nBowling Green. These were oases in the dreary Sa-\\nhara of the war. On the morning of the momentous 1st\\nof January, 18(j3, the artillery on College Hill fired a salute,\\nwhich was afterwards changed to target practice; and\\nduring a part of the time of its continuance the camp of\\nthe 23d Jliehigan seems to have been the target, for .several\\nsolid shots were thrown into it, doing some damage to fpiar-\\ntei-s, and creating no little consternation. This was the first\\ntime the regiment had been actually under fire.\\nOn the Gth of April, 1853, occurred one of the most dis-\\ntressing events in the experience of the regiment at Bow-\\nling Green. This was the sudden death of Lieut. -Col.\\nPratt. He had mounted a powerful and restive horse, hut\\nwas scarcely seated in the saddle when the fiery animal\\nplunged and reared so violently as to fall backwards u])oii\\nthe colonel, crushing and killing him instantly. Ho was a\\ngood and popiilar officer, and was sincerely mourned by the\\nmen and officers of the regiment.\\nWhen spring had fairly opened, it began to bo rumored\\nthat the troops occupying Bowling Green would .soon be\\nmoved from there and enter active service. The men of\\nthe 23d Michigan did not regret this probability of a\\nchange, for although their experience had been in some\\nrespects as pleasant as any which soldiers in rime of war\\nhave a right to expect, yet they had been terribly re-\\nduced in numbers by sickness while there, and it was be-\\nlieved that this evil would be aggravated by the coming of\\nwarm weather. Besides, they had grown tired of the mo-\\nnotonous duty which they were called on to perform, and\\nwere, as soldiers almost always are, inclined to wish for a\\nchange. About the 20th of May, orders were received to\\nmake all preparations for a movement, and to hold the com-\\nmands in readiness for the march and on the 20th of the\\nsame month the regiment broke camp, and moved with its\\nbrigade on the road to (!!asL nv, Ky., which point was", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "96\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nreached on the 30th, and here the 23d remained until the\\n13th of June, when it was ordered in pursuit of a force of\\nguerrillas, said to be at Randolph, about twelve miles dis-\\ntant. Almost as a matter of course notliing resulted from\\nthis expedition, and the regiment returned to Glasgow on\\nthe 16th, after a most severe and exhausting march. On\\nthe 22d it again moved, with Hanson s brigade, to Scotts-\\nville; thence, on the 26th, to Tompkinsville; and, July 4th,\\nback to Glasgow. Here, however, it made little stay, but\\nniarclied out (now in full pursuit of John Morgan) to\\nMunfordsville, reaching there July 7th, then to Elizabeth-\\ntown and Louisville by rail, reaching the latter city on the\\n11th. Morgan was now reported across the Ohio River, iu\\nIndiana. The 23d, as part of the command of Gen. Judah,\\ncrossed to New Albany, Ind., but, making little stop there,\\nproceeded to Jeffcrsonville, and thence up the river by\\nsteamer to Madison, Ind., arriving there on the 12th, and\\npassing on to Cincinnati, which was reached in the evening\\nof the 13th. From that city, the fleet (on which was the\\n23d, with the other regiments under command of Gen.\\nJudah) passed up the river to Maysville, Concord, and\\nPortsmouth, 0., at which latter place they reinained until\\nJuly 20tli, when they returned to Cincinnati, and dis-\\nembarked the troops. From there the 23d was transported\\nby railroad to Chiliicothe, and thence to Hamden Junction,\\nwhere it encamped for a few days. Within the camp-\\nground of the regiment at this place there remained a rude\\nrostrum, from which, on a previous occasion, the notorious\\nVallaiidigham had set forth his peculiar views to the popu-\\nlace of Southern Ohio. But now the same rostrum was\\noccupied by the chaplain of the 23d, the Rev. J. S. Smart,\\nwho most eloquently con.secrated it to the cause of free-\\ndom, wliilc the regiment made the welkin ring with shouts\\nfor liberty and the Union.\\nTiiere was no occiisiou to continue longer in the pursuit\\nof Morgan, for that daring leader and his band had already\\nbeen destroyed or captured. The regiment then returned\\nto Cincinnati, crossed the Ohio to Covington, and moved\\nthence by rail to Paris, Ky., arriving there on the 2Sth,\\njust in time to a.ssist the small Union force stationed there\\nin protecting the town and an important railway-bridge at\\nthat point against an attack made by I egram s rebel cav-\\nalry. This affair occurred on the 29th, and in it (the first\\nactual engagement in which the 23d took part) the conduct\\nof the regiment was most creditable. It remained here\\nuntil the 4th of August, when it moved, by way of Lex-\\nington and Louisville, to Lebanon, Ky., and thence to New\\nIMarket, where it arrived on the 8th of August, and was\\nincorporated with the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, of the 23d\\nArmy Corps, then organizing at that point.\\nOn the 16th, marching orders were received, and on the\\n17lh of August, at two o clock p.m., the regiment, with its\\ndivision, moved out and took up the long and wearisome\\nmarch for East Tennessee. The camp of that night was\\nonly seven miles out from New Market, on Owl Creek,\\nwhere the command rested during all of the following day\\nand night, but moved forward again at daybreak in the\\nn)orning of the 19th, and camped that night on Green\\nRiver. The march was resumed on the fullowing morning,\\nand two days later (August 22d) the regiment forded the\\nCumberland River and began to ascend the foot-hills of\\nthe Cumberland Mountains. In the evening of the 25th\\nit made its camp at Jamestown, the county-seat of Fentress\\nCounty, Tenn.\\nOn the 30th the command reached Montgomery, Tenn.,\\nwhere were Gens. Burn.side and Ilartsuff, with the main\\nbody of the army, commanded by the former officer. In\\npassing through this little settlement an enthusiastic old\\nlady harangued the corps upon the glory of its mission,\\nalternately weeping and shouting, invoking the blessings\\nof Heaven upon the troops, and pouring out volleys of\\nanathemas upon the enemies of the country.\\nOn the 1st of September the men of the 23d had passed\\nthe gorges of the mountains, descended their southeastern\\nslope to the valley of the Tennessee, and camped late at\\nnight on the right bank of the Clinch River, a tributary\\nof the larger stream. Fording the Clinch in the forenoon\\nof the 2d of September, the corps marched forward and\\npassed through Kingston, a considerable town of East Ten-\\nnessee, near which the waters of the Clinch join those of\\nthe Holston and form the Tennessee River. The camp of\\nthe 23d was pitched for the night about two miles beyond\\nKingston.\\nAt five o clock in the morning of the 3d the troops were\\nin line ready for the march, and then, for eight long weary\\nhours, the 23d Michigan and its companion regiments of the\\nbrigade waited for the order to move. At nine o clock in\\nthe forenoon the biigade was formed in square four lines\\ndeep, and while standing in that formation was addressed\\nby its commander, Gen. White, who read a dispatch just\\nreceived from Gen. Burnside, announcing the capture of\\nKnoxville by the Union forces. Gen. White then con-\\ngratulated his command, and called on Col. Cliapin of the\\n23d for a speech. The colonel responded in an address,\\nwhich, being brief and comprehensive, is given here entire.\\nHe said, Boys, the general calls on me to make a speech.\\nYou know that I am not much of a speaker, and all I\\nhave to say is, that you ve done d d well Keep on\\ndoing so\\nLong and loud acclamations greeted this vigorous ha-\\nrangue then the brigade resumed its previous formation,\\nand, after another tedious delay, moved out on the road to\\nLoudon, which was reached early in the afternoon of Friday,\\nSeptember 4th. The enemy had hastily evacuated all tbe\\nstrong works which they had built at this place, but had\\nsucceeded in destroying the great and important railroad-\\nbridge across the river. Here the brigade remained ibr\\nabout ten days.\\nDuring the latter part of the march across the moun-\\ntains, supplies had become so much reduced that rations of\\ncorn in the ear were issued to some of the troops, and\\nafter their arrival at Loudon this situation of aflairs was\\nbut little improved until Tuesday, the 8th of September,\\nwhen the first railroad-train reached the town from Knox-\\nville, and was hailed with wild delight by the weary and\\nhungry soldiers. Before this, however, their necessities had\\nbeen partially relieved by repairing and putting in running\\norder a grist-mill which the enemy had dismantled before his\\nevacuation. Tlie advance of the wagon-trains also came up\\nat about the same time that the railroad was opened for use.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-TUIRD INFANTRY.\\n97\\nAt two o clock Iq the morning of September 15th the\\nmen of tlie 23d were roused from their slumbers to pre-\\npare for a march, and one hour later they were moving on\\nthe road to Knoxville, twenty-eight miles distant. This\\nmarch was performed with all possible speed, and late in\\nthe afternoon the regiment bivouacked within a short dis-\\ntance of the capital of East Tennessee. The next morn-\\ning it entered the city, but soon after proceeded b} rail to\\nMorristown, a distance of about forty miles. Only a short\\nstay was made here, and on the 19th it returned to Knox-\\nville, and went into camp at the railroad depot. The next\\nday was the Sabbath, and here, for the first time in months,\\nthe ears of the men were greeted by the sound of church\\nbells, and they passed the day in rest and fjuiet, little\\ndreaming of the furious battle that was tlien raging, away\\nto the southward, upon the field of Chickaniauga, or of the\\nrout and disaster to the Union arms which that day s sun-\\nset was to witness.\\nAt four o clock Monday morning the brigade took the\\nroad towards Loudon, and arrived there the same night.\\nHere the 2.3d occupied a pleasant and elevated camp in a\\nchestnut grove, and remained stationed at Loudon for about\\nfive weeks, engaged in picket duty and scouting, and dur-\\ning the latter part of the time frequently ordered into line\\nof battle, and continually harassed by reports of the near\\napproach of the enemy under Longstreet, who had been\\ndetached from the army of Bragg in Georgia, and was\\npressing nortl.ward with a heavy force towards Knoxville.\\nThis advance of Long.street decided Gen. Burnside to\\nretire his forces from Loudon, and on the 28th of October\\nthe place was evacuated the 23d Michigan being the last\\nregiment to cross the pontoon-bridge, which was then im-\\nmediately swung to the shore, and the boats loaded upon\\nears and sent to Knoxville. All this being accomplished,\\nthe army moved to Lenoir, Tenn., and camped beyond the\\ntown, the line of encampments extending many miles. The\\nsame night the camp-fires of the enemy blazed upon the\\nhills of Loudon, which the Union forces had just evacu-\\nated.\\nAt the new camp on the Lenoir road the 23d Regiment\\nremained until the 14th of November, when it moved with\\nthe army back in the direction of Hough s Ferry, where a\\nsharp engagement ensued, and the enemy was driven sev-\\neral miles southward. The army returned to Lenoir on the\\n15th, and on the following day commenced its retreat to\\nKnoxville, having destroyed its transportation and camp\\neiiuipagc, and turued all the teams over to the several bat-\\nteries. At Campbell s Station the enemy came up and at-\\ntacked repeatedly and with great energy; these attacks\\nwere successfully repelled, but the retreat was continued\\nwith all practicable speed to Knoxville, where the 23d\\narrived at four ,\\\\.M. \\\\m the 17th, after a march of twenty-\\neight miles without rest or food, and having fimglit for five\\nhours, losing thirty-one killed and wounded, and eight\\nmissing.\\nThen followed the memorable siege of Knoxville, which\\ncontinued until the 5th of December, when the enemy re-\\ntreated. Li the operations of this siege the regiment took\\nactive and creditable part, and on the withdrawal of the\\nforces if Longstreet it joined in the pursuit, though no\\n13\\nimportant results were secured. The encni} having passed\\nbeyond reach, the regiment camped at Blain s Cross-\\nRoads, December 13th, and remained until the 25th, when\\nit was moved to Strawberry Plains. From the commence-\\nment of the retreat to Knoxville, until its arrival at the\\nPlains, the situation and condition of the regiment had been\\ndeplorable, for many of its men had been without blankets,\\nshoes, or overcoats, and in this condition (being almost\\nentirely without tents) they had been compelled to sleep in\\nunsheltered bivouac in the storms and cold of the inclement\\nseason, and, at the same time, to subsist on ijuarter-rations\\nof meal, eked out by such meagre supplies as could be for-\\naged from the country. The command remained at Straw-\\nberry I lains about four weeks, engaged upon the construc-\\ntion of fortifications, and on the 21st of January, 18G4,\\nmarched to the vicinity of Knoxville, where it was employed\\nin picket and outpost duty until the middle of February, hav-\\ning during that time had three quite sharp affairs with the\\nenemy s cavalry (January 14th, 22d, and 27tlij, in the last\\nof which seven men were taken prisoners, and one mortally\\nwounded. From this time until the opening of the spring\\ncampaign it was chiefly engaged in scouting, picket, and\\noutpost duly, ill which it was moved to several diiferent\\npoints, among which wore Strawberry Plains, New Market,\\nMossy Creek, Morristown, and Charleston, Tenn., at which\\nlast-named place it was stationed on the 1st of May, 1864.\\nThe Atlanta campaign of Gen. Sherman being now about\\nto open, and the 23d Michigan being destined to take part\\nin it, the regiment left Charleston on the 2d of May, and\\ntook the road to Georgia. Passing down the valley of the\\nTennessee, and thence up Cliickamauga Creek, it reached\\nthe vicinity of Tunnel Hill on the 7th, and confronted the\\nenemy at Rocky-Face Ridge, Ga., on the 8th of May,\\nopening the fight on that day by advancing in skirmish line,\\nand taking possession of a commanding crest in front of the\\nhostile works. In the advance from Hocky-Face, the regi-\\nment, with its brigade, passed through Snake Creek Gap,\\narrived in front of Resaca on the 13th, and on the following\\nday took part in the assault on the enemy s strong works\\nat that place. The result of this attack was a repulse of\\nthe attacking column, and a loss to the 23d of sixt^ -two\\nin killed and wounded all of which was incurred in a few\\nminutes of desperate fighting. The enemy, though suc-\\ncessful in repelling the assault, evacuated his position at\\nResaca, and moved to the Etowah River, where his rear\\nguard was overtaken and slightly engaged by the Union\\npursuing force, of which the 23d Michigan formed a pait.\\nFrom this point the regiment moved on to Dallas and took\\na position in front of the rebel works at that jilace, where it\\nremained from the 27lh of May until the 1st of June, and\\nduring this time was almost constantly engaged day and\\nnight in skirmishing with the advanced lines of the enemy.\\nAgain the rebel i orces evacuated their strong position and\\nmoved south towards Atlanta, the Union troops pressing on\\nin close and constant pursuit, in which service the 23d\\nRegiment participated and took part in the engagements at\\nLost Mountain, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, and Chattahoochee\\nRiver, and, later, fought in front of Atlanta until the capitu-\\nlation of that stronghold. On the 1st of October it was at\\nDecatur, Ga., and on the 3d of that month moved from", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "98\\nHISTORY OF GP:NESEE county, MICHIGAN.\\ntliere, northward, in pursuit of the rebel general. Hood,\\nwho was then uiarehiii^ towards Nashville.\\nWiiilo cngajred in this service the 23d niaiched with its\\ndivision (it was then in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division of the\\n2:Jd Army Corpi) to Mirietta, New Hops Cliuriih, Bii;\\nSlianty, All.itoona, Cartorsvillo, Kin^^^ston, and Rome, Ua.,\\nand from the last-named plaee, thruuj;h Snake Creek Gap,\\nto Vilhinon, Summorsville, Tenn., and Cedar Bkiff, Ala\\nand thence back to Rome, where it remained a short time,\\nand early in November again moved through Alabama into\\nTennessee, and was stationed at Johnsonville, employed in\\ngarrison duty and the construction of defensive works until\\nthe 2-ltli. It was then moved by rail to Columbia, Tenn\\nwhere it arrived on the 25th, while a heavy skirmish,\\namounting to almost a general engagement, was in progress\\nnear that place between the armies of Thomas and Hood.\\nA part of the regiment was immediately advanced upon\\nthe skirmish line, wliile the remainder of the command\\nwent into position. At midnight it was withdrawn and\\nordered to the line of Duck River, where it lay on the\\nsouth side of the stream, throwing up defenses and fre-\\nquently skirmishing with the enemy; being constantly on\\nduty day and night until near daylight in the morning of\\nthe 28th, when it retired across the river to the north\\nbank, where it held position, and keeping up an almost con-\\ntinual skirmish with Hood s advance till noon of the 2!)lh,\\nwhen it fell back with the army to the vicinity of Spring\\nHill, Tenn., about ten miles north of Duck River. Here,\\nat about dark on the same day, the enemy was found in\\nforce occupying the road. An attack was made, and after\\na short fight the Confederates were driven from their posi-\\ntion. The Union forces then resumed the march to\\nFranklin, Tenn., and, arriving there in the morning of the\\n3Uth, iiumediately took position and commenced throwing\\nup temporary defenses. At four o clock p.m. the enemy\\nattacked in four strong lines and with great desperation,\\nbut was repulsed with heavy lo.ss. The attack was several\\ntimes renewed, but unsuccessfully until about ten P.M.,\\nwhen a still more furious assault was made by the enemy,\\nwho succeeded in planting his colors on the works in front\\nof the 23d Regiment, but was again forced back after a\\nhand-to-hand fight. At eleven p.m. the regiment with the\\nother Union troops withdrew, and, crossing the river,\\nmoved on the road to Nashville, arriving there at two P.M.\\non December 1st, having marched fifty miles in forty-eight\\nhours, sis hours of which lime had been passed under fire\\niti the desperate battle of Franklin. During the week\\nwhich had elapsed since the arrival of the 23d at Colum-\\nbia the men had suffered severely Irom scarcity of provisions,\\nand in the last two days of the movement had subsisted on\\nless than quarter-rations.\\nThe regiment lay within the works at Nashville for two\\nweeks, and then iu the morning of the 15th of December\\nit moved out with its division and the other commands\\nunder Gen. Thomas to attack the Confederate army, which\\nliad iu the mean time concentrated in their front just south\\nof Nashville. In the great battles of the 15th and IGth\\nof December, which resulted in the defeat and complete\\nrout of Hood s army, the 23d took an active part. On\\nthe 15th, while the regiment was making a charge on a\\nposition occupied by a portion of the enemy behind a stone\\nwall, its flag-staff was shot in two and the color-sergeant\\nseverely wounded, but before the colors fell to the ground\\nthej were grasped by the corporal of the color-guard and\\ngallantly carried to the front. On the 17th the pursuit of\\nthe enemy commenced, and during the first three days of\\nthe march the r.iin fell in torrents, the mud being i uUy\\nsix inches deep, which, with the swollen streams, rendered\\nprogress extremely diflieult and tedious. The pursuit was\\ncontinued until Columbia was reached, where a halt was\\nmade and the movement ended.\\nSoon after this utter rout of Hood s army and its expul-\\nsion from Tennessee, the 23d Army Corps received orders\\nto move east to the city of Washington, and on the 1st of\\nJanuary, 1805, the 23d Michigan, as part of this corps,\\nleft Columbia and took up its line of march for Clifton,\\none hundred and fifty miles distant, on the Tennessee\\nRiver, at which point it arrived on the Sth of the month.\\nOn the lOth it embarked at that jlacc and proceeded\\nthence by steamer, on the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers, to\\nCincinnati, whore it arrived on the 22d, and immediately\\nleft there by railroad fur Washington. Reaching that city\\non the 2i)lh, it Avcnt into camp at Camp Stoneman,\\nD. C, and remained until the 9th of February. At that\\ntime the regiment moved to Alexandria, Ya., where, on the\\n11th, it embarked with its corps on transports bound for\\nSmithville, N. C, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River,\\nand reached that point of destination after a pa.ssage of four\\ndays. On the ITth it moved with the otlier forces in the\\nmovement against Fort Anderson, taking position before it\\non the 18ih, under a furious fire of artillery and musketry.\\nUpon the capitulation of the fort and its occupation by the\\nUnion forces on the morning of the U)lh of February, the\\n23d iMichigan Infantry was the first regiment to enter the\\ncaptured work. The regiment was again engaged at Town\\nCreek, N. C, on the 2Uih, taking three hundred and fifty\\nprisoners and two pieces of artillery. In the morning of the\\n23d the Union force crossed the Cape Fear River to its\\nnorth bank, and fuuod that the city of Wilmington had been\\nevacuated by the enemy during the previous iiight. The\\ncorps moved up the coast on the Gth of 3Iarch,and reached\\nKinston, N. C, just at the close of the severe engagement\\nat that place. In this movement the 23d marched one\\nhundred and twenty-five miles in six days, and during the\\nlast twenty-four hours moved constantly without halting,\\nexcept long enough to draw rations and to issue thirty\\nadditional rounds of ammunition to the men.\\nThe corps left Kinston March 20th, and on the 22d\\nreached and occupied Guld.sboro where, on the following day,\\ntlie advance of Gen. ShenlJan s army made its appearance,\\ncoming in from the south. The 23d Regiment was then\\nordered back ten miles to Mosely Hall, to guard the rail-\\nroad at that point while the army was receiving its supplies.\\nOn the 0th of .-Vpril the regiment moved with the army on\\nthe road to Raleigh, which was reached and occupied by\\nthe advance on the 13th, the 23d Michigan entering the\\ncity on the following day and receiving the welcome news\\nof IjCc s surrender at Appomattox. The regiment re-\\nmained at Raleigh until after the war had been closed by\\nthe surrender of the Confederate armv under Johnston.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "TWENXr-TUIRD INFANTRY.\\n99\\nIts figlitiiig days were over, but its men Iiad yet to experi-\\nence a little more of the fatigues of niarcliins. On tlic 3J\\nof May it moved on the road, by way of Cliapol Hill, to\\nGreensboro ninety miles distant, and reaehed that town\\non the 7tli. Two days later it left by rail for Salisbury,\\nN. C., and remained there until the 2Stli of June, when it\\nw:is mustered out of service. All that now remained of\\nmilitary life to the men of the 2od was the homeward\\njourncj to Michigan and tlii ir final payment ami diseharirc.\\nThey were transported by railroad through Danville and\\nPetersburg to City Point, Va., and thence by steamer to\\nBaltimore, Md., where they again took railway transporta-\\ntion for the West, and arrived at Detroit July 7, 18(i5. On\\nthe 2(lth of the same month they were paid and disbanded,\\nand each went his wa^-, to know no more of march and\\nbivouac and battle, except as cherished memories of the\\neventful past.\\nOFFHEltS AND MEN OF THE TWENTT-TIIIRD IXFANTIIV FltOM\\nCEXESEE COUNTY.\\nField and Stiff.\\nCMIicrl Bopirt, Jr.. Flint, assl. sing.; Sipl. IC, IS62; re Apiil 20,180*.\\nJ. S. Siiiiirt, Film, clja( l;iiii 16 July :)1, IKO I.\\nClmilc A. Miiiiin, Flint, .-iTgt.-mnjor; pro. to 2il liout. To. I, Miirili R, 1801.\\nllcv. BLlijaniili M. Fay, Flint, cliapliiin Nov. 11, 1801 ns. Maicli 4, 1805.\\nCompany C.\\nCapt. Cliarlcl E. McAlort.T, Flint; Aug. 1, 1802; trans, to Ist U. S. Vet. Vol.\\nEngineers, .\\\\iig. 13, 1801.\\nl9t Lieut. George W liuckinghini, F liiit; .\\\\ng. 1, 1802; pro. to rapt. Co. A.\\n2il Lieut. Wul. C. Stewart. F.int; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. E, Dec. 17, 1802; k Med\\nin b.ittle at Ue.iaci, G.i., May 14, 1804.\\n2J Lieut. Jarvis E. Alliro, Mount M..rris; pro. to Isl lieut. Oet. C, ISC4; to capt.\\nCo. K, Slarcli 4, ISfi- i; must, out June 28,180-1.\\n2 l Lieut. Castle L. Newell, i;la) ton must, out June 28, 1805.\\nScrgt. Alliert A. Elmore, Itichlield; pro. to 2il lieut. (Jo. K, Dec. l:i, 1802; 1st\\nlieut. Co. D, Jan. 3, 1804; capt. O-t. 0, 1804; must, out June 28, 180.5.\\nSergt. Jolui I Ligljt, Grand lllanc; must, out at Salisbury, N. C, June 28,\\n180.5.\\nScrgt. Kgl-ert It. Knowlton, FIii ^liing; discli. for disaldlity, June 10, 1801.\\nSergt. Levi Well-, Jr.. Montmse; died at Uowling Green, Ky., Dec. 3, 1802.\\nSergt. Slerrilt W. Elmore, Flint; pro. to sergl.-inajor; 2d lieut. Co. I, Oct. 0,\\n1804; 1st lieut. Co. E, Nov. 3IJ, 1804 must, out June 28, 180.5.\\nCorp. Ciwtle L. Newell, CIa.^ ton pni. to sergt. -major, Nov. 20,1804; 21 lieut.\\nNov. 3U. 1804.\\nCorp. James M. Wdl.ins, Kii liticM must, out by order, July 11, 1805.\\nCorp. Wm. S. Caldwell, Genesee; died at Bowling Green, Ky., Fidi, 22, 1803.\\nCorji. diaries F. Itainlow, Flint; must, out June 28. 18(m.\\nCorp. John E. Turner, Flusliing; died at Howling Green, Ky., Feb. 28, 18G.I.\\nCorp. Harmon Van Hitskirk, Vienna; absent on furlough, not must, out with\\ncom|iany,\\nCorp. Andrew J. Ho ie, Flrishing; killed in battle at Iti Saca,Oa., May 14, 1804.\\nBlu.- ician Sainuel It. Wycoff, (Jiand Blanc; trans, to Invalid Corps; must, out\\nJuly 14, 1S05.\\nMusx-i.in Forbes D. Ewer, Flint discli. for disability, March 14, lSG. i.\\nWagoner Reuben toige, Mundy; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nJaines Beiijaniin, Davison; discli. for disability, J. in. 311, 1803.\\nS.tndford 31. Badgley, Mniidy died at Burnt Hickory, Ga., of wounds, May 2\\n1805.\\nWilliam M. Beshcror, Forest; must, out .luuo 28, 1805.\\nHenry II. Beebe, Forest; discli. for wounds, Nov. 3, 1804.\\nGeorge W. Brov^n, Vienna; must, out June 15, 1805.\\nJames Baldwin, Clayton; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nEwin Bingham, Vienna must, out Juno 28, ISh!).\\nWdliam Barber, Genesoe; must, out June 12, 1805.\\nMartin V. Ca-tle, Vicuna died of disease at Na-hville, Tcnn., July 1, 1SG4.\\nJohn Coniiell, tians. to28tli Michigan Infantry.\\nLevi Craig, Fliisliing; must, out M.iy 2!), 1805.\\nAndrew S. lark, Fl nt; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Cooley, Flint; must, out J 28, 180.5.\\nNallian J. Conni l, Vienna; must, out June 28, ISG\\nPatrick Clancy, .M.iUnt Morris; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nWarren I. Davis, died of discjiso lit Louisville, Ky., Nov. 2 J, 1802.\\nJohn N. Dnniond, Flint died in action at Uesaca, Ga,, ULiy 14, l.S(;4.\\nAlon/ i D.ckins Flint; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nMelvin W*. Drake, Linden; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nJames D.ivis, Flint must, vnit June 2S, 1805.\\n.\\\\si .M. Divis, Uiihriel.l; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nEdniinl FIckles, Flint; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nWiiram II. Eagle, Flint; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nGeorge II. Eciles, Flint; must, out May 13,1805.\\nD.ivid Foot, Vienna; did of disease at B.iuling Green, Ky Jan. 0, 1803.\\nP -rry Flemings, Flint tliscli. f.ir di-ability, Oct. 3, 1802.\\nCliri.ter Feltoii, .Ir., Flint must, out June 28, 1805,\\nWilliam L. F.irrand, Vienna; must, out July. 5, 180.5.\\nCliarles S. Freeman, Flint St. out June 28, 1805.\\nSalem C. Glea-on, F lii-hiiig; discli. for disabilily, Dec. I!), 1802.\\nClia les K. Green, (Mayton disch. for ilisability, Jan. Id, ISO I.\\nIlivid W Gilbert, Flint; discli. for disability, Dec. 211, 180.5.\\nJames II. Gilbert, Thelford discli. at Detroit, Mich.\\nGeorge Hawlcy, Fore,-t; dieil of di-ease at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 24, 1802.\\nBarney Harper, Flint; iliseh. for disability, Dec. 17, 1802.\\nMarshall 1!. Howe, Flnsliing died of d scase at Lotiisville, Ky., Dec. 1.5. 1802.\\nIsaac M. Howell, Flint; died at Chattanooga, Tetin,, of wounds received May\\nII, 1804.\\nJohn Ilosie, Flnsliing; died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn.\\nTlioiiiiLs Hough, Flushing; died of disease at Chattanoiiga, Tenn., Sept. 11, 04.\\nIt diert S. Ilamill, Forest; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nJohn Hughes, Flint; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nWdliam llawley, Forest; must, out June 21, 1805.\\nAlbert Iliiwley, Forest; must, out June 15, 1805.\\nJes-e W. Hicks, Tlo-tfoid; innst.out June 1.5, lJ-0.5.\\nStrphcn Hovey, Vii-nna; miisl. cut May 24, 1805.\\nItielcird .51, Jolin-on, Flint; ninst. out May 30,1805.\\nUi uben N. Lucas, Flint; died of disease at B twiing Green, Ky., March 5, 03.\\nLegraiid Lanpliere, Flint disch. for disability, Feb. 20, 1803.\\nGeorge F. Lewis, Miiiidy iliscli. for disability, Slay II 1803.\\nJohn D. Light, ninsl. out June 28, 1805.\\nJohn MiDiinabl. Vii una died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 24,1.802.\\nCharles It, Jlaconib, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 7, 1802.\\nJames A. Mdls, Kiehli.-bl trans, to Vet. Ues. Corps, May 1, 1804.\\nWalter .Maxwell, Genesee disch. by order, Oct. 24, 1801.\\nMorris A. .Miller, Richfield died of dise ise at -V.usliville, Toall., Dec. 3, 1801.\\nWestel Mildge, Fore-t; disch. for disab.lily, .luiio 4, 1805.\\nSamuel Nelson, Burton; must, out Juno 2(1, 1805.\\nGeorge W, Ottway, Clayton; died ol disease at Saginavr, Jtich., Oct. 3, 1802.\\nEdgar A. Pilton, Riclifield died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., March 1, 0. J.\\nAVilliain Puliiain, Muicly; must, out June 28, 1805.\\n(icorge I ailthorp, Vienna; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nIrving Rogers, Flint died in action at Rcsaca, Ga., May 14, 1804.\\nCliarles Rice, Fliiil died of disease at Hiehinond, Va., April 4, 1804.\\nJames Robert-s, liiebheld: must, out May 2!l, 180.5.\\nWdliam K. Itanney, F orcst liiilst. out .Inne 28, ISGo.\\nKufus Raniiey, Forest; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nWill, ml Rauiiey, Ftirest must, out June 28, 1805.\\n.lames A. Rosi-, Genesee; must, out Juno 28, 1805.\\nGeorge A. Robinson, Fliishiiig; must, out June 5, 1805.\\nriiauncey Rhyno, Gaines; must, out Juno ii, 1805.\\nItenben W, Sage, niu-t. out June 28, 1805.\\nTheodore W. Sellick, Flint must, out June 28, 1805.\\nHenry D. Sleeper, Flint must, out June 28, 1805.\\nAndrew S. Smith, Flushing; must, out June 28, 1865.\\nWilli. ini W. Stevens, died of di.seiLSu at Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 20, 1802.\\nGeorge Shippy. died of disease at Lebanon, Ky., Dec. 4, 1802.\\nEb.n F. Thompson, Kichfield died of di.sease at Klioxv.lle, Tenn., F ch. .5, 04.\\nWilliam Trninbnll, Flint; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nCharles F, Tibbies, Flushing; must, out June 28, 180.5.\\nTheodore M. Tupper, Flint must, out Juno 28, 1805.\\nSaninel I*. Tiibbs, Rirhtield mn^t. out June 28, 1805.\\nWilliam II, Under hill, Vienna; must, out June 28, I8C5.\\nEnoch Vernon, Flushing; trans, to Vet. Ues. Corps, Dec. 1.5, 1803.\\nWill, am Warren, Forest; disch. for di-ability, Nov. 12, 1802.\\nFrodeliek N. Walker, Mount Morr.s; died of diseasir at Howling Green, Ky,,\\nJIarch 4, 1801.\\nEphraiin Wright, Flint; disch, ford sahil ty.\\nJoshu.i Wilherall, Vienna; must out June 28, 1805.\\nWillaid 8, Willi, ims Flushing must, out Juno 28, 1805.\\nJames 51. Williams, Flushing; must, out July 24, 1805.\\nintipatiy A*.\\nCapt, Damon Stewart, Flint; Aug, 1, 1802; must, out March 4, 180.5.\\nCapt. Jai VIS K. .\\\\lbro. Mount Morris, March 4, 1805; milst.ont June 28. 1805.\\n1st Lieut. Saiul. C. ftandall, l- liut; Aug. 1, 1802; pro. to capt,; must, out as 1st\\nlieut. June 28, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. John K a, Flint Aug. 1, 18C2; res. Dec. 1.3, 1802.\\n2d Lieut. Albert A. Elinore, Ri.liHeld, pr.i. to capt. C. D; mn^t, nut Juno 28,\\n1805; was sergt. Co. C; then 2d lieut, C^i. Iv then Ist lieut. Co. I), Jan.\\n3,1804; woiindedat Res.ica, Ga May 14, 1804 pro. to capt, Oct. 0, 1,804.\\n2d Lieut, John V. .\\\\tcliiiiSoii, Hititoii; Oct. 0, 1804; liinst. out June 28, 1805.\\nSergt. Wm. M. Beagle, Flint; pro. to 2.1 lieut. Co. A, FVb. 0, 18U:i; 1st lienf.\\nJune 20, 1804 died of wounds received at Lost iMoniitaiti,4;a June 10,\\n1804.\\nSci gt. Jonathan Owen, F iat; died of disease at Wilmington, N. C, April 1,\\n1805.\\nSergt. Ch irles A. Minna, Flint sorgt.-mnj. pro. to 2d lieut. Co. I, Mar. h 8,\\n1801 1st lieut. C^^ II must, out Jiiuc i 1805.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "100\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSergt. Robert L. Wurien, Flint diBcli. F. li. 2, 1863.\\nSergt. Jas. (i. VinUor, Flint trans, to 2Stli Inf. June 2S. ISGo.\\nCorp. M m, J. McAlTster, Bnrlon jibsent, sick not must, out witli coiiix i\u00c2\u00bbny.\\nCorp. Nelson A.Clm^p, Atlaa; died in Florence pri.-^on-pen, Oct. 21, 18G4.\\nCorp. George Brossean, Fhislijng; trani. to Inv. Corps; must, out June 30,1805.\\nCorp. Tlienin E. Huskins. Flui^liing; ninst. out June 28, 18U-5.\\nCorp. John Gregory, Vienna, must, out l y order, May 30, 18G5.\\nCorp. Pwiglit Biil.cork. Burton disch. Nov. 21, 1802.\\nCorp. Trnnmn S. Alexiinder, Buitnn dietl at New Alliany, Dec. 20, 1802.\\nMnsiL-ian Br-nj. Long, Thetford must, nut June 28, ISGo,\\nMusician Geo. Freeman, Flint must, out June 28, ISGo.\\nM ngoner Almon Kggleslon, Flint ilisdi. for disability, Ott. G, 1801.\\nDelno AtctiiiiB, Flint; died in action at Jtesitca, Ga., May 14, 180i.\\nSiimuel W, Alk-n, Miindy must, out June 28, 1805.\\nBrackett J. Allen, Mundy must, out June 28, 1865.\\nAVm. B. Allen, Mundy must, out June 28, lSG. i.\\nHenry C. Boyer, Flint died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., Pec. 20, 18G2.\\nKdmond L. Beach, Genesee died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Ni v. 9, 1802.\\nMortimer C. Uodine, Vienna; died of disease at Lebiuiun, Ky., Nov. 12, 1802.\\nCharles Best. Atlas; discli. lor disability, Feb. 5, 186X\\nHiram Barber, Burton disch. for disability, March 20, 1863.\\nGeo. W. Bunce, Atlas; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps Feb. 15, 1804.\\nllimni II. Baidwfll, Burton trans, to Vet. Res, Corps, May 1, 1864.\\nMarion Bniinard, Gi and Blanc; must, out June 28, 1SG5.\\nClarence Barrows, Genesee must, out June 28, 1805.\\nJames Crane, Fentnti disrh. fur disability, Jan. 23, 18G3.\\n\\\\Villaid Cinthers, Atlas; must, out Dec. 2, 1805.\\nNoah CrittL-ndrn, Genesee died of disease at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 3, 1804.\\nJohn W. Clevebmd, Flint must, out BLiy 12, 1805.\\nSilas Collins, Gnind Blanc must, out June 28, 1805.\\nWm. L. Demer, Uicbfield; trans, to 28th Midi. Inf.\\nElijah Beeter, Fenton must, out June D, 18) 5.\\nEli:is Doty, Fenton mu t. out June 20, 1805.\\nJames Dunn, Argentine must, out June 20, 1865,\\nNelson J. Dunn, Genesee; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nJohn C. Flint, Davison disch. f..r di-ability, I Vb. 23, 1S63.\\nOrick J. Fales, Vienna; die 1 of disease at JetTei-sonville, Iiid., Oct. 15, 1864.\\nKdwaitl Fales, Flint must, out June 28, 1805.\\nWilliam J. Fales, Mundy uiust. out June 28, 1865.\\nJames Vi. Fisb, Flint must, out June 28, 1805.\\nGeorge M. Gt)rden(tugh, Davison died of disease at Columbus, Ga., April 14,\\n1864, while prisoner of war,\\nWarren Gustin, Daviaon must, out Juno 17, 18C5.\\nEnos Golden, Grand Blanc; mu ^t. out June 9, 1805,\\nJerry Hoffman, Grand Blaiic; died of disease at Mumfordsville, Ky., Dec. 15,\\n1802.\\nAlbert llerrick, Genesee; died of disease at Chattanooga, Tonn., Sept, 9, 1864.\\nJustin Hewitt, Davison; missing in action near Knuxville, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1864.\\nJames E. Howe, Davison must, out June 28, 1865.\\nIsrael Hdl, Davisun must, out June 7, 1865.\\nHiram D. Herric-k, Vienna must, out Jiine 28, 1865.\\nSylvester C. Hicks, Vienna; ninst. out June 28, 1865.\\nLaftyette Hathaway, Davi--on must, out June 28, 1865.\\nRicliai d H. Hughes, Mount Moiris; must, out May 29, 1865,\\nConrad HutVman, Flint; must, out June 28,1865.\\nHenry Ingalls, Flint; must, out June 28, 180.5.\\nHorace Jewell, dieil of dise.ise at Glasgow, Ky., June 16, 18G:J.\\nAValier I*. Jones Fenton dscli, for disability, Feb. 2, 1863.\\nNathan H. Johnson, Mount Morris; died in action at Campbell s Station, Tenn.,\\nNov. 16, 186;t.\\nJoseph H. King, Hazb-ton; must, out June 28, 1S( 5.\\nH. D. Liudsley, must, out June 28, 18IV\\nItobert McCunisey, Tlietford; died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., March 17,\\n1863.\\nJnbii M. Mynds, disch. for disability, Jan. 2. 1863.\\nJohn McCumsey, Thotford disi-li. for disaidlity, Jan. 12, 1863.\\nArllnir Morehouse. Genesee; die 1 in aciioii at Kesaca, Ga,, May 14, 1SG4.\\nAngus MclMiei on, Kichfiehl died of diaease, June 5, 1861.\\nLester S. McAllister. Davisun must, out June 28, 1865,\\nWm, J. Mi ntg mery, Burton must, out June 7, 1805,\\nThomiis McCumsey, Thetford; must, out June 28, 1865.\\nA. W. Mathews, Uichtield must, out Aug. 12, 1805.\\nDaniel S. Potter, Flint detl of disease at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 22, 1862.\\nJames Porter, aiundy died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., April 23, 1S63.\\nHenry C. Phelps, Atlas must, out June 28, 1865.\\nAndrew V. Bouse, Mundy must, out May 15, 1865.\\nCaleb A, Kicliardson, Genesee; disch. by order, April 2, 1865,\\nAndrew J. Sumner, Vienna disch, for disability, Dec, 27, 1862.\\nMathew Smith, Flint; must, out June US, 1865.\\nJohn Sinnott, iienesee must, out Juno 2S, 186.5.\\nCalvin Staftord, Thetford must, out June 28, 1865.\\nSamuel Siters, Thetf.nd; must, out Juno 28, 1865.\\nShannon \\\\V. Scott, Thetford; must, out June 28, 1805.\\nHarvey Stephens, Genesee must, out June 28, 1865.\\nIrwin StiitTord, Tlietf..rd; must, out June 28, 1865.\\nParker Scott, Tlietford must, out July 3, 1865.\\nWilliam B. Tliuraton, died of disease at Bowling Green, Ky., .Tan, 19,1803.\\nJames N. Tower, Richfield; tran*. to 28th Michigan Infantry.\\nAmbrose Thonia?, Flint; must, out June 2S, 1S05,\\nWilliam H. Thorp, Fenton must, out June 2s, 1805.\\nWm. A, Van Tuyl, Genesee; di.-d of disease at Cincinnati, Oliio, Oct, 18, 1862.\\nAlfretl B. Vorce, died near Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 28, l8f)4, of wounds,\\nGeorge Van Valkenburgh, Davison; died in a ^tion at Rcsaca, Ga., May 14,\\n1 S(A.\\nAlbert Van Vleit, G.iines; must, out June 2 180.5.\\nWm, H. Wheeler, Flint; died nf d sense at Ghu^gow, Ky., July 11, 1863.\\nCharle* S, Warner, Vienna; disch. fur disability, .\\\\pril 27, 1863.\\nHamilton S. Wdder, Davison died of disease at Andersonvilte, Ga., Sept. 1,1864.\\nHenry Winkloy, Flint; must, out June 28, 1865.\\nLi Ster N. Withers, Atlas; must, out June 28, 1865.\\nDeloss Worden, Mundy must, out June 28, 1865.\\nOTHER COMPANIES.\\nCapt. Geo. W. Buckingham, Flint, Co. A pro. from 1st linut. Co. C, Feb. 13,\\n1863; woniulcd in battle at Campbell s Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863; res.\\nSept. 29, 1864.\\nWm. M. Begole, Flint, 2d lieut Co. A enl. (sorgt, Co. K) Feb. 6, 1863 pro. to\\nciipt. June 20, 1864; dieil Oct. 15, 1864, of wounds received in action at\\nLost Mountain, Ga., Juno 16, 1864,\\nAlbert A. Ehnure, Richfield, capt, Co. D; pro, from 1st lieut. Co. D, Oct. C, 1864;\\nwounded at Resaca, Ga,. May 14,1804; must, out June 28,1865.\\nWm. C, Stewart, Flint, l^t lieut. Co. E; Oct. 3, 186:1; killed at Resaca, Ga.,\\nMay 14,1804.\\nMerr:tt W. Elmore, Flint, 1st lieut. Co. E, Nov. 30, 1804; must, out June 28,\\n1805\\nCharles A. Muma, FUnt, 1st lieut. Co. H must, out June 28, 1865,\\nJames Austin, Vienna, Co. D; must, out June 2S, 1SG5.\\nJuseph Billings, Thetford, Co, H trans, to 28tli Michigan Infantry.\\nJohn Burlison, Gaines, Co. E, one year; must, out June 0, 1865.\\nJohn T Barnum, Alias, Co. I; must, out June 28, 1865.\\nJohn M. Childs. Gaines, Co. E, one year; must, out Juno 28, 18G5,\\nGeorge Crow, Genesee, Co. I must, out Juno 2**, 1865.\\nWilliam Dneltgen, Burton, Co. G, musician; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Nov.\\n15,1803.\\nMadison Fisher, Mundy, Co. D must, cuit Aug. 12, 18G5.\\nHeiny Giddiiigs, Gaines, o. H mast, out June 5, 1865.\\nCharles M. Huyck, Vienna, Co, B; died of disease at Andersonville, Ga., March\\n23,1801.\\nTheodore llelmer, Thetford, Co. B must, out June 28, 18G5.\\nBenjamin U. Hewitt, Genesee, Co. E, one year; nnist. out June 28, 1865,\\nCarlos E. Hall, Gaine. s, Co. G must, out June 28, 18G5.\\nSumner W, Howard, Flint, Co. I; must, out May 19, IS65.\\nCharles A. NefT, Vienna, Co. B; must, out Feb. 2.5, 1805.\\nJames Parmelee, Vienna, Co. B (corp died of disease at Andersonville, Ga.,\\nSept. 8, 1804.\\nHomer D. Penoyer, Flushing, Co. E (wagoner) must, out June 2S, 1865.\\nOtis H. Reed, Fenton, Co. G must, out June 28, 1865.\\nErvin D. Savage, Clayton, Vo. I died of disease at Jeffcrsonville, Ind., Jan. 1,\\n1865.\\nJohn C. C. Stephens, Genesee, Co. H; must, out June 10, 18G5.\\nHiram Towsley, Fenton, Co. G; died of ilisease at Louisville, Ky.\\nCharles Walner, Flint, Co. G trans, to 2sth Michigan Infintry.\\nPhilo Wheaton, Forest, Co. G must, out June 14, 1865,\\nJames Young, Vienna, Co. It must, out May 30, 1865.\\nCharles H. Penoyer, Mount Mori is, Co. E (corp,) absent on detached service.\\nC II APT Ell XV.\\nTWENTY-NINTa AND TaiRTIETH INFANT RVT,\\nAND FIRST ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.\\nOrganization of tlie 29tli ill S:iginaw Campaign in Tennessee Fight\\nat Decatur, Muifreesb.iru an J WinstcJ Chureh\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Railroad Duty\\nMuster Out The Sdth Infantry Service in Michigan\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Engineers\\nand Mechanics Rendezvous at Marshall Its varied Services in\\nKentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama -Fight at Lavcrgne\\nServices in Georgia\u00e2\u0080\u0094 March to the Sea and through the Carolin;i8\\n(iarrisjn Duty at Nashville in ISOo\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Muster Out and Disband-\\nment.\\nTWENTV-NlNTn INFANTRY.\\nAkout one liundred and fifty men of Genesee County\\noflfK-ors and private soIdiLM-s served in the war of the Rebel-\\nlion witli the 29th Jlichi^an Infantry. This regiment was\\norganized at Saginaw in the autumn of 1864, its muster\\ninto the United States service being completsd on the 3d of", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY.\\n101\\nOctober in that year. Three days hiter it left the rendez-\\nvous for Nashville, Tenn., where it arrived October 12th, and\\nsoon after moved to Decatur, Ala., reaching there on the\\n2Glh. On the day of its arrival at Decatur that place was\\nattacked by the army of the Confederate Gen. Hood, and\\nthe 29th took part in the defense of the position until the\\n30th, when the enemy retired. From that time the regi-\\nment garrisoned Decatur until the 24th of November, when\\nit marched to Murfreesboro and, reaching there on the\\n26th, composed a part of the defending force at that jioint\\nduring the siege of Nashville and Murfreesboro by Hood,\\nbeing engaged with a part of the enemy s forces at Overall\\nCreek, December 7th. Having been sent out to escort a rail-\\nway-train on the 13th, it was attacked at Winsted Church\\nby a superior force of the enemy, infantry and artillery,\\nand in the severe action which ensued it sustained a loss\\nof seventeen, in killed, wounded, and missing. The track\\nwas relaid under a brisk fire, and the regiment brought the\\ntrain safely back to Murfreesboro by hand, the locomotive\\nhaving been disabled by a shell. On the 15th and IGth it\\nwas attacked by two brigades of the enemy s cavalry on the\\nShelbyviile turnpike, south of Murfreesboro while guard-\\ning a forage-train, and was again slightly engaged at Nolans-\\nville on the 17th. On the 27th it moved by rail to Ander-\\nson, and was assigned to the duty of guarding the Nashville\\nand Chattanooga Railroad. It remained on this duty till\\nJuly,18G3, when it moved to Decherd, Tenn., and thence\\nto Murfreesboro arriving there on the 19th. It was em-\\nployed there on garrison duty till September 6tli, when it\\nwas mustered out of the service, and on the 8th left Ten-\\nnessee for Michigan, and was disbanded at Detroit about\\nthe 13th of September.\\nOFFICERS AND MKN OF THE TWESTT-SIXTIX TSF.4NTKY\\nFROM GENESEE COUNTY.\\nFiilil and Staff.\\nLieul.-fol. E. Frank EiM.v, Flint cnl. Sept. 5, 18C4 must, nut Sipt. 6, l.\u00c2\u00ab65.\\nlet Sergt. nnd Adj. lU-iiry P. Seymour, Liudeu enl. July 2!), 1864 pro. to rtiiit.\\nCo. F.\\nAdj. Cli.l S. Cunimings, Flusliing; ciil. Sept. 2:i, 1804 must, out Sept. 6, ISCo.\\nSurg, Titus Human, Uiclifield enl. Sept. 29, 1604 res. Jiin. 8, 1805.\\n1st Lieut. Trnioaii W. Ilawloy, Kclifleld enl. Sept. 10, 1S04 must, out Sept.\\n25, ISO.).\\n2d Lieut. Charles S. Cummings, Flushing; enl. Aug. 21, 1804: pro. to 1st lieut.\\nCo. K.\\nScrgt. Cortliindt R. Dcmaree, Flint; must, out Sept. G, 1803.\\nSergt. G. E, Towiiseud, Flint must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nSei gt, F, II. Towsley, Vienna must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nSergt. Jo- iali Uock, FInnliing must, out Sept. 0, 1SG5.\\nCorp. IMiilip My rs, Uni ton (eergt.) must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nCorp. I :ivid S. iinloii, Flint absent siek not mustered out with eomp:uiy.\\nCorp. J. dm (Jay, Argentine; must, out .^ept. 0, 1805.\\n)rp. Mieha d Uoi ney, Mount .Mori is must, out Sept. 0, ISOo.\\nC- H Silonie Plew, Mount Morris; must, out Sept. C, 1805.\\nChannc4-y Itacon, wagoner, Flint must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nItieliaid Copland, private must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nJames Coiley, Iticlilleld must, out Sept. 0. 1805.\\nC. C. Fennur, UieliBeld must, out Sept. fi, 1S65.\\nWm. Coddard, Flu. iliing; died of disease, Jan. 12, 1805.\\nHenry N. f^ty, KInsliing; st, out Sept, 0, 1805.\\nEli/.ur Hunt, Flushing, niMst. out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nA, J. Knickerboekei Mount Morris; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nKirh ml M. Kelrh, Davi must, out Sept. 0, 186.5.\\nrii tip M.w;rs, must, out Sept. 0, 180.\\nCharles II. Mitts, Vienna; must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nSan I H. Milts, Flnshtng; must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nJohn 31uiTay, Unrtoii must, out Sept, 0, 1805.\\nJohn MeCulloch, must, out Sept. 6, 1865.\\nWni, II, .Moore, Mount M.irri^ died ..f di-cise, Apiil 10, 1805,\\nJames Mahoney, must, out May \\\\f*, 181 5.\\nGeorge Nahors, Corp., Grand Diane must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nHugh NI,\\\\on, must, out July IS, 1805.\\nHomer Parsell, Corp., ,\\\\rgentine; must, oat Sept. 6, 1805.\\nGeorg. Patrick, liniton; nuiat. out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nWilliam liiley, Flint must, out Sept, 0, 180.5.\\nAllen M. Town, linrton must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nFrancis M. Town, Flushing; must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nCompaiiti 11.\\nCapt. La Hue Schram, linrton; enl. Sept,! 1804; hon, disch, March 22, 1805.\\n1st Lieut, Geo, J. Hill, Richlield enl. Sept, 17, 1804 must, out Sept, 0, 1865.\\n2d Lieut, G.o, Keed, Forest enl Se|it. 17, 1S04 must, out SepI, 0, 1805.\\nSergt. Peter McKinney. Flint diseh. for disability. Jan. 14, 1805.\\nSergt. George Smith, Burton must, out Sept, 0, 1805,\\nSergt. James 1*. Glover, Grand Blanc; must, out Sept, 6, 1805.\\nSergt. Mortimer Bf. Olds, Itichlield must, out by order, June 2, 1805.\\nCorp. Chal-les Smith, Forest died of disease at Blurfreesboro Tenn., Jan. 19,\\nl. iOS.\\nCorp. John Reigle, Grand Rhine; must, out hy ord -r. May 17, 1805.\\nCorp. John Kickler, Grand Blanc died of disease at Muifreesboro Tenn, Jan.\\nP.), 1805.\\nCorp. Jason P. Odridge, GrancI Blanc (sergt.); must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nCorp. Daviil Dickinson, Riclitield; must, out by order, May 17, 1805.\\nCorp. Edward Carley, Davison must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nMusiciaTi Edgar .\\\\nnibal, .\\\\Ila3; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nCoip, Samuel S. Clemons, Richfield must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nWilliam Beagle, Vienna; must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nPeter Baker, Forest must, out. Sept, 0, 1805.\\nWalter Briggs, Graml Blanc must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nCharles Best, Mumiy; must, out May 10, 1805.\\nEdward Baruard, Grand Blanc; died of disease at Aliders JU, Tenn., Jan. 14,\\n1S05.\\nThomas Cane, Richfield, must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nAlbert Cane, Clayton must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nWilliam Davis, Burton must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nCharles P. Day, Clayton must, out Sejit. 6, 1869.\\n.lames Fowniug, Grand Blanc must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nPhiiieas II. Flint, Claytcm must, out Se]i|. 0, 180.5.\\nChristopher Glover, Grand Blanc; must, out .^ept. 0, 1805.\\nJames D. Glynn, Vienna must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nDaniel llimebach, Burton must, out Sept. 0, 1S05.\\nAndoniram J. Hart. Biirton must, out May 18, 18C5.\\nElliott J. Horlon, Richfield must, out May 10, 1805.\\nNoll A. Lent, Flusliing; must, out Sept. 0, 180,i.\\nIsaac Philips, Grand Blanc must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nZebulon Parker, Richfield; min^l. out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nWari cn Preston, Genesee must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nMart Robinson, Burton, must, out Sept, 0, 1805.\\nJiathcw Hoot, Itichfleld; must. out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nHenry H. Shotto, Grand Blanc; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nThomas Sheltz, di.sch. for di.-ability, April 2i, 1805.\\nJustice Stevens, must, out Sept. 0, lf^05.\\nCliri-topher Shaw, Mundy; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nChristopher Wagoner, Fenton must, out Sept. 6, 1803.\\nTheroli Woodruff, Forest; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nWilliam D. Wallace, Flint; must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nOTHER COMPANIES.\\nJefTei-son J. Wilder, Vienna; 1st lient. Co. A; must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nHenry P. Seymour, Linden; capt. Co. F, March 27,1865; must, out Sept. 6,\\n1805.\\nJohn Branch, Forest: 2d lieut. Co. F, July 2, 1804; res. Jan. 24, 1805.\\nEmerson Aids, Co. K must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nElliott It. Burnett, Atlas, Co. A must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nEdward L. Baker, Genesee, Co. F; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nEdward II. Carson, Mount Morris, Co. E; died of disease at Murfreesboro\\nTcun., Dec. 24, 1861.\\nSamuel H. t. rawl, Foresr, Co, must. out. Sept. 6, 1S05.\\nGeorge Clark, Co. K must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nGeorge Dunn, Vienna, Co. C; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nAndrew Daly, Flushing, Co. E; must, out Sept. 6, 1865.\\nChai les Dibble, Co. K must, out SepI. 6, 1805.\\nSamuel A. Dickson, Co. K must, out Sept. 0. 1805.\\nAaron Finehout, Gmnd Blanc, Co. A must, out Si pt, 6, 1805.\\nDolman Finehout, Grand Blanc, Co. A must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nElmore Ferris, Davison, Co. F; must, out .Sept. 0, 1805.\\nWilliam lioddard, Co. F; died of disea e at JelTersonvHle, InJ., Jan. 12, 1864.\\nJohn L. Griinuei, Burton, Co. F; must, out .Sept. 0, 1805.\\nJllines (iilnian, Mount Morris, Co. C; must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nThomas L. Hunt, Birch Run, Co. F; must, out Sept. 6, 1865.\\nHenry W. Ilowland. Atlas, Co. A must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nNathan A. Jenks, Clayton, Co. C; must, out Sept. 0, 1865.\\nHenry Kineade, Atlas, Co. A must, out Sept 0, 1805.\\nHenry II. King, Genesee, Co. F; sergt.; must, out May 2:!, 1805.\\nWilliam B. Kent, Co. K must, out Sept. 0, 18r,5.\\nJoseph Lynch, Burton, Co. C; must, out Sept. 6, 1805.\\nDavid Lowe, Flushing, Cu. C nnisl. out Sept. 0, 1865.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "102\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUiNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDettloff lioclip. Clayton, Co. D must out Sopt. G, 1805.\\nC liiiiU-s W. I-aniont, Co. K must, out Sept. 0, 1S05.\\nWilliHin II. Moon, Co, F; ilicil of diaiaso iit S.islivillc, Tunn., Apiil IC, ISCo.\\n.\\\\iiclif\\\\v J, Jliutin, Iturton, Co. F must, out Miij 18, ISCj.\\nI-!i;io Miiiliii, Burton, Co. F; uuist. out .lunc I .l, \\\\SCu\\nJ..hn Mnlluiy, liuit.m, Co. F; must, out May i4, 1805.\\nVt-rry E. Xewniari, Davison, 0 K; must, out Sept. G, l Oo.\\nFrank F. Osburn, Vienna, Co. E must, ont Marcll 0, ISGJ.\\nJacolj Pliillips, Co. K must, out Sept. G, IStio.\\nI lieoilore Poqviette, Co. K must, out Sept. fi, 18Gr\u00c2\u00bb.\\nDaniel K. Rol.crts, Forest, Co. A must, out Sept. Ifi, 180,-..\\nGeorge Sliarpsteiu, Co. K diet! of disease at Hilton lleail, N. C, May 10, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Snnnner, Vienna, Co. C; muBt. out Sept. 0, ISG.\\n.lames Sineaton, Flusliing, Co. C; must, out Sept. 0, 180.5.\\nCharles S. Smith, Mount Morris, Co. E; must, coit June 2:{, 1805.\\nAndrew Sheperd, 3Ionnt Slorris, Co. F; must, out June 2- 1805.\\nJoshua Wetherbee, Vienna, Co. E; died of disease .-it Faiilield, Mich., Sept. 29,\\n1804.\\nWilliam C. Wither, Athvs, Co. A must, out Sept. 0, 1805.\\nWilliam W. Whipple, Grand Blanc, Co. A must, out Sept. G, 1805.\\nWdliam Wooden, Burton, Co. F must, out Sept. C, ISG5.\\nAlhei t Johnson, Genesee, Co. F Corp. ahsent,sick not must, out with company.\\nTHIRTIETH INFANTllY.\\nOn account of the numerous attempts made by the enemy\\nto organize in Canada plundering raids against our northern\\nborder, autluirity was given by the War Department to the\\nGovernor of JMiehigan, in the autumn of ]8t)4, to raise a\\nregiment of infantry for one year s service, and especially\\ndosi^ ned to guard the Michigan frontier. Its formation,\\nunder the name of the 30th Michigan Infantry, was begun\\nat Jackson in November, 18(54, and completed at Detroit\\non the 9ih of January, 18G5. To this regiment Genesee\\nCounty furnished between sixty atid seventy men, most of\\nwhom served in Company I.\\nWhen the organization was completed the regiment was\\nstationed in companies at various points, one company being\\nplaced at Fort Gratiot, one at St. Clair, one at Wyandotte,\\none at Jack.son, one at Fentnn, throe in Detroit barracks,\\nand one on duty in the city. But the speedy collap.se of\\nthellebellion put an end to Canadian raids, and the regiment,\\nalthough the men were willing for service, had no active\\nduty to perform. It remained on duty until the 30th of\\nJuno, 1SG5, and was then mu.stcred out.\\nOFFICERS AND MEX OF THE THIRTIETH REGIMENT MICHIGAN\\nVOLUXTICER INFANTUY Fit .M GEXKSEE COi:NTV.\\nOne tjear,\\nJohn Wilhtl, Flint; surgcm enl. Jan. it, 1805; must, out June 3n, IS05.\\nCapt. Wm. E. Christian, Flint enl. June il, 1805 most, out June 30, 1805.\\n2d Lieut. Henry M. Mason, Flint enl. June 9, 18G5 must, out June 30,180.5.\\nSorgt. Henry C. Fuller. Flint must, out Jnne 30, 1805.\\nSergt. Wm. L. Sjyer, Flint must, out June 3(t, 1805.\\nSei-gt. John B. Taylor, Flint must, out June 30, 18G5.\\nSergt. Atnlirosp Merrllt, Gnind Blane must, out June 30, 186.5.\\nCoi-p. Jos ah P. Hackett, Flint must, out Jnne .30, 1805.\\nCorp. Sidney J. Reynolds, Flint must, out Jnne 30. 1805.\\nCol p. Gilbert Chambeilain, Flint; must, out June 30, 18G5.\\nCorp. M. V. B Clark, Flint must, out June 30, 18G5.\\nCoinptiiiij I,\\nLeonard J. Adams, Davison must, out June 30, 1805.\\nOliver Ba^sett, Flint; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nAmerce J. Richelder, Flint; mn t. out .\\\\ug. 18, 1805.\\nAmos Butler, Flint must, out June 30, 1805.\\nThomas II. Beamisli, Flint mu-t. out June 30, 18r 5.\\nDaniel 11. Camptiell, Flint must, out Jnne 30, 18G5.\\nWilliam F. Clapsaddle, Davison must, out Jnne .30, 180.5.\\nHiram II. Clapsaddle, D.ivjson must, out June 30, lsi;5.\\nAdoniram J. Conger, Davison must, out June 30, 1805.\\nMelvin E. Cran.lall, Alias; must, out June .30, 1805.\\nEdward Cummings, Atlas; must, out June .3t), I8G.5.\\nIt.bert M. Dalley, Atlas; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nMark El well, Gr.iiid Blanc; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nIDnry H. Grisw.dd, Flint; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nCharles Gunn, Flint mn-^t. out Jnne 30, 1SG5.\\nFrank II. Hniigerford, Flint urist. out June 30, 1805.\\nWilliam V. Hilton, Flint; must, out Jnne 30, If 05.\\nIl iijanon Ililker, Flint must, out June 30, 1805.\\nWilliam Ilurd, Gnuid Blanc; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nHenry O. llaidy, Flint must. \u00c2\u00abjnt June 30, 1SG5.-\\nWilliani H. .lones, Genesee must, out .Iiino 30, 18G5.\\nLoren/.o Johnsnn, Atlas; must, out Juno 3U. 1805.\\nFrancis Keeiio, Flint must, out Jnne 30, 180-5.\\nJuhn P. Kore, Atlas must, out Juno 30, ISG5.\\nRobeit Knowles, Davison; must, out Jniio 30, 18G5.\\nHarrison T. Kipp, Athis must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nllyman Lee, .\\\\tlas; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nWeb-ter W. M ckle, Flint; must. out Jnne 30, ISG5.\\nAlfred McMichael, Flint; must, out Jnne 30, 65.\\nSanford McTaggei t, Davison mirst. out June 30, 1805.\\n(Iscir B. Moss, Flint; must, out Jnne .30, 1865.\\nLuther Miller, .\\\\Ilas; must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nFr.ink Myers, .\\\\Ilas; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nWilliam Odell, Genesee must, out June 30, 1805,\\nSpencer W. Pierce, Flint must, out Jnne 30, 1.S05.\\nEugene Phelps, Grand Blanc; must, out June .30, 180.5.\\n3Iartiu M. Porter, Flint; died of disease at Detnu t, Midi., JIarch 7, 1805.\\nJames W. Ripley, Flint must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nKnos D, Stilson, Flint must, out June 30, 1805.\\nWilliam Snyder, Clayton mu-t. out June 30, 1805.\\nWilliam H, Seymour, Burton must, out June 30, 1805.\\nS iiiinel Spicer, .\\\\tlas must. (Ult June 30, 18G5.\\nThomas Saddington, Flint must, out June 30, 18G5.\\nAndrew Seeley, Davison must, out June 30, 1865.\\nCyrus T.ttsworth, Atlas; must, out Jnne 30. 1865.\\nClark Tiltsworlh, Atlas mast, out Juno 30, 180.5.\\nWalter E. Vandnse i, .\\\\tla must, out June 30, 1805.\\nGardner White, Flint; must, out June 30, 1SG5.\\nWilliam D. Gilbert, Flint\\nCompinti K.\\nist. out July 3 1865.\\nFIRST ENGI.VEEIIS AND MECHANICS.\\nThe regiment bearing this name was raised in the summer\\nand autumn of ISGl, under Col. William P. Iiines as com-\\nmanding officer, and having its rendezvous at Marshall, Cal-\\nhoun Co. It was intended, as its name implies, to be prin-\\ncipally employed in the numerous kinds of mechanical and\\nengineering work incident to the operations of an army,\\nand, unlike many other special organizations, it was largely\\nused for the pur|iose originally designed. It was also armed\\nwith infantry weapons, and, whenever called on, its mem-\\nbers showed themselves as prempt in battle as they were\\nskillful in labor. The regiment contained a considerable\\nnumber of men from Genesee County. At a meeting held\\nin Flint, Sept. 17, 1861, and compo.sed largely of eligible\\nmen, it was resolved to form a company to join the Engi-\\nneers and Mechanics, and George T. Clark was elected\\ncaptain of the propt)sed organization. But for some cause\\nthe project failed, and no company distinctively of Genesee\\nCounty material was formed, though the county contrib-\\nuted about one-third to the formation of Company B, nearly\\none-fuurth its members to Company F, and slightly to sis\\nother companies of the regiment.\\nThe Engineers and Jlechanics were mustered into the\\nservice of the United States, at the rendezvous, by Capt.\\nH. E. Mizner, U. S. A., Oct. 28 to Dec. C, 18G1, and on\\nthe 21st of the latter month, left Marshall, about one thou-\\nsand and thirty strong, tor Louisville. Ky. On account of\\nthe peculiar nature of the service required of them, they\\nwere employed in detachments, and thus it would be imprac-\\nticable to trace them thnmgh all, or half, their numerous\\nmarchings and labors. One of the detachments was under\\nGen. O. 51. Mitchell in his advance on Bowling Green,\\nand among the first Union troops to enter that town after\\nits evacuation by the enemy. After the capture of Fort\\nDonelson opened Teniiessco to the Union forces, the Engi-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "FIllST ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.\\n103\\nneers and Mechanics were speedily at work in that State\\nrepairin;^ bridijes and railroads and opcnin;^ lines of com-\\nmunication. For eiiilit weeks immediately followini;\\nthe battle of Sliiioh tlioy were engaged in constructing\\nsteamboat-landings. In June, lS(i2, they built seven\\nbridges on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, ranging\\nfrom eighty to three hundred and fifty feet in length, and\\nwere also engaged throughout the season in opening and re-\\npairing railroads in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Northern\\nAlabama and Misi^i.ssippi.\\nWhile at Lavergne, Teiin., on the 1st of January, 1SG3,\\na part of the regiment was attacked by two brigades of the\\nenemy s cavalry, under Gens. Wheeler and Wharton, with\\ntwo pieces of artillery; but succeeded in defeating them\\nwitli serious loss. During the year the regiment, divided\\ninto detachments, was almost constantly engaged in building\\nbridges, making pontoon-boats, and other similar work in\\nTennessee and North Alabama. One of these bridges\\n(over the Elk River, Tenn.) was four hundred and sixty\\nfeet long. The same work was continued through the\\ngreater part of 18G4; mostly in the vicinity of Chatta-\\nnooga, Tenn., Decatur, Bridgeport, and Stevenson, Ala.\\nThe men whose terras had expired were mustered out in\\nOctober, 18G4, but there wore enough re-cnlistcd men and\\nrecruits to keep the command up to its original strength.\\nAbout the 1st of November the regiment, except two\\ncompanies, was transferred to Atlanta, Ga., where it de-\\nstroyed an immense number of rebel foundries, roliing-\\nluills, and other similar works, and then marched wiih\\nSherman s army to Savannah being obliged to keep up\\nwith the columns, and to perform an immense amount of\\nlabor in destroying railroads and bridges at the same time.\\nAfter sevend weeks labor in fortifying Savannah, the Engi-\\nneers proceeded with Sherman through the CaroHnas, and\\nthence to Washington. In June, l Oo, the regiment was\\nsent to Nashville, where it was employed on the defenses\\nuntil the latter part of September, when it was mustered\\nout of the service and ordered to Michigan. It was dis-\\nbanded at Jacksonville on the 1st of October, 1SG5.\\nHEUBERS OF THE FIRST ENGINEERS AND MKCII.VNIUS FROM\\nGENESEE COUNTV.\\nOniijiany B.\\nClinrlcs II. Cilclnoy, Flint; scrgt.; pro. to Isl. liput. Co. E, Nov. 3, 1SC4; must.\\nout Si l t. .ii, 1865.\\nOTicar F. AUi-ii, Itiii-toii dlsch. at end of sovvici-, Oi-t. 1.1, 1804.\\nJohn Arnot, (}rHn l Itluitr; ilincli. y orili r, Jnno C, 18G5.\\nGi-orgo R. ItoyiT, Riclifi -1,1 di\u00c2\u00ab,li. fur dlsiliilily, Due. 9, 18C2.\\nWunen llni.kli-y, Flint; dincli. for disidiility, Feb. ISOt.\\nKiUvin lUilij, FIusiiiiiK; di:.cli. for ilisiiliilitv, April 25, 18C3.\\nSliiliii d Hrowii, Flint; died of ilinciise. Miinli (I, ISC-.i.\\nMiiynard Curtur, Flint di -d of d.\u00c2\u00abtMSr April IKlJi.\\nllinim F. Cltiipni.in, Flint dist-Ii. for diHiil.ilily, Jnly -^t, 1SG2.\\nJoniilliitii Cudlicy, Flint; dist-li. for il s.ildtity, Miiy 17, l.sO i.\\nJ.icol I C.irpeiiter, DHvinun; iniiat. out Ht X.islivillf, Toriii., Si pt. 22, 18G.\\nEdward FnnclK-on, Flint diseli. at cud of servii-i-. Oct, ;il, lStJ4.\\nAmi II. Firld, Flint distil. 10 4*0-01)1. as votonin, Jan. 1, ISO!.\\nHenry E. Gidloy, D.ivit^on disch. l y ordoi Oct. 4, ISr^j.\\nJalno^ Groonalch, Flint tlistli. Iiy order, Juno C, ISfij.\\nJulius Gordon, luii ly ilisrli l.y order, Ort. 4, 18G5.\\nI hilo Gill.ort, Flint dincli. at end of mrviie, Oct. :)l, 1804.\\nGuy K. Gilheit, Flint d mh. at end of service, Oct. :il, 1801.\\nUonjiimiu F. Gilbert, Flint died of dirtease at Nashville, Tenn Oct. 1, 1802.\\nAlbert S. ILirt, Geui-see; died of disease, Mareli ^n, 1K02.\\nl.i;u\u00c2\u00bbc llouell, Flint disch, for di-aldlity, April 10, 180J.\\n.lamo* Hill, Vienna; diacli. for di-aliility, Fob. 7, 1801.\\nFrederii-k N. Hopkins, Flushing; disch. for dsability, June lit. 180 t.\\nIlii-am Howe, Davison must, out at Nasltvillo, Tonn., Sept. 22, 18G5.\\n.loliri Link, Jr., Flint disch. by order, June 0, 1SG5.\\nJtdin MeKerclier, Flint; disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nDavid F. Nelson, Slutuly; veteran; luust. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22,\\nISO.\\nFayette B. Nelson. Mundy must, out at Na.\u00c2\u00abhville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865.\\nFernando C. Petty, FlusliinK; must, out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1805.\\nWillurd Petty, Flushing; disch. by order, June 0, ISC i.\\nPoll C. Petty, Flushing; disch. for disability. May G, 1802.\\nDaniel J. Randall. Flint Corp. disch. for disability, March 0, 18G2.\\nJudson A. Stone, Clayton disch. by order, June 0, ISGo.\\nTheodore Siannard, Flint disch. by order, Juno 0, 1805.\\nFredorick A. Sniitli, Flushing; must, out at Nashv.lle, Tenn,, Sept. 22, 1805.\\nCliailes K. Welch, Davison vcter.m must, out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22,\\n1805.\\nHenry R. Wallace, Flint disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nCinnjiainj F.\\nAlton Campbell, Davison qr.-mr. scrgt. Co. F; pro. to 2d lieut. Co. D, Nov. 23,\\n1864 must t Sept. 22, 18G.\\nGeorge W. White, Fenton sergt.; |iro. to 2d lieut. Aug. 18, 1802 to 1st lieut.\\nJan. 1, 1804 must. )Ut Oct. 20, 1801, end of service.\\nS dney .Vrrowsniith, Genesee disch. for dis:ibility, June 28, 1802.\\nWilliam M. IJarney, Fenlon; disch. for disability. May 5, IS02.\\nErastns Cill. Flint; disch. by order, Juno 0, 18i;.-\\nEraslus Call, Jr., Fenton diseh. l.y order, June C, 1805.\\nAlfred Call, Genesee; iliscli. by order, June 0, ISG,).\\nJames Cartvvriglit, Vienna disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nAle.x. Canipbell, Davis^ni veteran disch. to rc-enl. as veteran, Jan. 1, 1864.\\nDelavon Heath, Vienna; disch. at e[id of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nPhilip Housinger, Vienna; Corp. disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nNorwin C. Johnstin, di^cli. for disability, July .5, 1802.\\nilomon S. Miles, Richfield disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 18M.\\nllugli M.Donald, must, ont at Niishvilb-, Tenn S.pt. 22, 1805.\\n(i. orge Phelps, Grand lil.inc; disch. l.y or.ler, June G, IStVi.\\nBenjamin Paine, Vienna; di.sch. f.n- disability. May 14, 1802.\\nHenry S. IVtlingill, Vienna; disch. for d sabil ty, Sept. 1, 1802.\\nWilliam Shorl, Uurton diseh. by order, July 17, 180\\nLewis A. Scott, Kenton di cli. for il s;d.ilily, July 15, 1802.\\nCirns J. Sillsby, Vienna.\\nJohn Scriven, Fent..n must, out at Naslivill.-, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1805.\\nDaniel W. Turner, diseh. by order, June 0, 1805.\\nMartin C. Tapper, Gran.l Itlanc ilisch. l.y order, July I 1S 5.\\nIN OTHER COMPANIES.\\nThaihlcus S. lleeis, Co. 1 died of disease at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 24, 1802.\\nJoseph llellinger, Th.tf.jrd, Co. G disch. for disability, March 2. 1802.\\nJohn Untlei-, Forest, Co. G disch. al end of service, (.tct. 31, 1804.\\nTheo.lt(ro E Reei-s, (Vj. 1 .iisch. at end of seivice, Oct. ill, ISOl.\\nLorenzo Colby, For.-st, Co. G; disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1801.\\nJonatlcin Cooiner, Co. G disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 18G4.\\nMartin L. Cuddeback, Flint, Co. D must, out at Nashville, Sept. 22, 18C. i.\\nAbraham F. Conant, Flint, Co. H; dio.lof disease at Nashville, Fob. 12, 1803.\\nJohn S. Docker, Forest, Co. G disch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nJoel li. Fairchibl, Flint, Co. H diseh. by order, Juno 0, 1865.\\nGeorge D. Gerry. Riolitiel.l, Co. G ilisch. at end of service, Oct. 31, 1804.\\nPeter Gord.in, Flint, Co. H disch. for pr.iniotion, Feb. 13, 1804.\\nHenry C. Hackett, Co. I disch. by or.ler, June 0, 1805.\\nGeorge L. Ju.l.-vine. Flint coi-p., Co. K veteran traus. to 5th Biittery, Mich.\\nLight Artillery, Dec. 2, 1802.\\nHarris Marsh, I)avison, Co. G; died of di8e;tse at Louisville, Ky., Blarcli 15,\\n1802.\\nKellbon S. McCormick, Forest, Co. G ilicd of ilisease at Bardstown, Ky., April\\n10, 1862.\\nWju. Miller, Davison, Co. L died of dis.-a.se at N.ashville, Tenn., S. pt. 25, ISO:!.\\nOren McCimb, Forest, Cu. G; diM-h. f .r disibdity, Jnly 17, ISO.).\\nAilelI.ert Pursell, Flint, Co. H disch. by ord.r, June 0, l80.j.\\nWm. IS. Parker, Flint, CI; trans, t.i Vet. R..8. Corps, May 1, 18W.\\nG.rorge W. Sweet, Burton, Co. I disch. by or.ler, June 0, 180;\\nCharles Saunders, Forest, Co. G disch. for iiromoti .n, Aug. 17, 1803.\\nAbel C. Smith, Forest, Co. G cnl. Nov. 21, 1801 discli. at end of service, Oct.\\n31, 1804.\\nDennison W. Spencer, o. L; must, .nit at N islivillo, Tenn Sept. 22. 18fs\\nWellington Teaehout, Itichtield, Co. f. ilisch. al end of servic.-, Oct. 31, ISOl.\\nEnoch II. Woodman. Forest, Co. G diich. for il sabil ty, April 21, 181)2.\\nSal r Wood, Co. I died of disease at Nashville, Tenn Oct 2 J, 1802.\\nJacob W. M liile,Thelford, Co. G .Iisch. to re-eiil. as vetoian. Jan. 1, 1801.\\nCalvin Wakelield, Davison, Co. L; must, ont at Nashville, Tenn., S pt. 22, 180.1.\\nCharles h. Packard, Flint, Co. F; eiil. one year; ilisch. by G. O., June C, lsft5.\\nDuvid M. Tninir, Flint, Co. F; enl. one year; disch. by G. O., June 0, 1805.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "104\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nFIRST, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH\\nCAVALRY, AND THIRTEENTH BATTERY.\\nCharacter of Cavalry Service First Cavalry Service in Virginia in\\n]8ti2 Campaigning in 1863 Raids and other Movements in 186i\\nand 1865 Muster Out Third Cavalry Rendezvous at Grand\\nKapids Winter-Quarters in Missouri Campaigns of 1862 Win-\\nter-Quarters in Mississippi Marching and Fighting in Missis-\\nsippi and Tennessee in 1863 Winter-Quarters at La Grange,\\nTenn. Veteran Furlough At St. Louis in Spring of 1804 Cam-\\npaign in Arkansas At Mobile Services in Texas Muster Out\\nand Return Home Fourth Cavalry Pursuit of John Morgan in\\nKentucky Fight at Franklin, Tenn. Advance with Army of the\\nCumberland iu 1863\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Atlanta Campaign of 1S64\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fight at\\nLattimorc s Mill Pursuit of Gen. Hood Raid through Alabama in\\nSpring of 1865 Capture of Jefi erson Davis Fifth Cavalry Ren-\\ndezvous at Detroit Winter-Quarters near Washington Engage-\\nments in 1863 Winter-Quarters at Stovensburg Campaigns and\\nBattles in 186f Winter-Quarters at Camp Russell Spring Cam-\\npaign of 1865 In North Carolina Movement to Fort Leavenworth,\\nKan. Muster Out Sixth Cavalry Winter-Quarters at Washing-\\nton Services and Fights in 1863 Winter-Quarters at Stevensburg\\nIts Numerous Fights and Skirmishes in 1864 and 1865 Service\\nin North Carolina Fort Leavenworth and the Plains Muster Out\\nand Return The Tliirtcenth Battery Its Services at AVashingtjn\\nand in Maryland.\\nAlthough the cavaliy branch of the army was not\\nbroutrht into a.s many general engagements as the infantry,\\nand consequently sufl ered less in killed and wounded, yet its\\nservice was of an extremely arduous nature, compelling men\\nto be almost constantly in the saddle, riding day and night\\nfor hundreds, and sometimes fur a thousand, miles in a single\\nexpedition. But the character of this service, being that of\\nalmost constant marching and change of station and duty,\\nrenders it impracticable to follow and trace the movements\\nof cavalry with as much of precision and detail as can be\\ndone in the case of infantry regiments.\\nFIRST CAVALRY.\\nThis regiment, which contained a considerable number of\\nmen from Genesee County, was organized in the summer of\\n1861, under Col. T. F. Brodhead. It left its rendezvous\\nat Detroit, about eleven hundred strong, September 29tli\\nin that year, and proceeded to Washington, and thence to\\nFrederick, Md., where it passed most of tiie winter. In the\\nspring of 1862 it entered Virginia, and during the year was\\nengaged in service on the Upper Potomac, in the Shenandoah\\nValley, and along the east slope of the Blue Ridge, being\\nengaged at Winchester, Middletown, Strasburg, Harrison-\\nburg, Orange Court-House, Cedar Mountain, and second\\nBull Run, losing in these actions thirty killed or died of\\nwounds, and fifty-eight wounded. It passed most of the\\nwinter at Frederick, Md.\\nIn the early part of 18G3, it was engaged in grand guard\\nduty along the front line of the Washington defen.ses in\\nVirginia. On the 27tli of June it moved towards Gettys-\\nburg, and on the 3d of J uly at tliat place, it met and charged\\nHampton s legion of three regiments Virginia cavalry,\\nand beat it in six minutes, losing eighty men and eleven\\nofficers out of three hundred who went into action. It was\\nagain engaged at Fairfield Gap on the 4tli, and lost consid-\\nerably. Again, at Falling Waters, Va., it was severely\\nengaged, and captured five hundred of the enemy, with the\\nstandards of the 40th and 47th Virginia Infantry. It was\\nin Kilpatrick s division, and took part in all the movements\\nand actions of that general during the summer and fall\\nof 1863. In December nearly four hundred of the men\\nre-enlisted as veterans, and received the veteran furlough.\\nOn their return, the regiment rendezvoused at Camp Stone-\\nman, near AVashington, and was there newly equipped, and\\nwas joined by a new battalion which had been mustered at\\nMount Clemens in December, 1863. It took part in the\\nmovements of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac,\\nfrom the crossing of the Rapidan in May, 1864, to the\\nearly part of August, when it was moved to the Shenandoah\\nValley, and joined to the army of Sheridan, taking part in\\nthe .subsequent movements of that army, except the battle\\nof Fisher s Hill, losing during the year, up to the 1st of\\nNovember, eighty-two killed in battle or died of wounds,\\nand one hundred and two wounded in action. It remained\\nnear Winchester, Va., till the 27th of February, 1863,\\nwhen it fell in with the other cavalry of Sheridan to move\\non the great raid to the James River. It reached White\\nHouse on JIarch 19th, and soon after joined the Army of\\nthe Potomac before Petersburg, and remained with that\\narmy till the surrender of Lee, taking part in many engage-\\nments, among which were those at Five Forks and Appo-\\nmattox. After the surrender it moved to Petersburg, and\\na little later to North Carolina with the other forces. From\\nthere it returned to Washington, took part in the great\\nreview of the army, Jlay 23d, and soon after was moved,\\nvia Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Ohio, Mississippi,\\nand Missouri Rivers, to Fort Leavenworth. Then followed\\nseven months of duty on the Plains as far west as the base\\nof the Rocky Mountains, during which the regiment was\\nengaged in some skirmishing with Indians, and lost .slightly\\nin killed and wounded. It was con.solidated at Fort Bridger\\nwith the 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry, forming an organ-\\nization known as the 1st Michigan Veteran Cavalry. It\\nwas paid off and disbanded March 10, 1866.\\nMEJIBERS OF THE FIliST C.WALRV FllOM GENESEE COUNTY.\\nWainei- II. rierson, Flint; sirgt. in Co. G; 2.1 licut. Co. B, May 18, 18C:i 1st\\nlieul. Co. H, June 14, lfeG4; cajit. Co. U, Oct. .iS, 18M; must, out Nov.\\n7, 1S6\\\\\\nCliauncy T. Aail.le, Genesee, Co. D discli. at end of serviti Feb. 17, 1860.\\nAugustus A. Allen, Genesee, Co. D; must, out fllarch 10, 18(;G.\\n.lames C. Bingham, Genesee, Co. D mnat. out June 30, 18GG.\\nK.il.prt Bultou, Co. C; (liach. for diialolity, Manli 11, 180:1.\\nWilliaiu Boiitiher, Genesee, Co. II; disch. at end of tervice, Aug. 22, 18C4.\\ndiaries Beeuiiin, Cu. C; discli. to re-eril. as veteran, Dec. 21, 18 1.\\nCharles t roli Co. H discli. fur disability.\\nWilson P. Dunaldson, Featon, Co. G must, out March ID, 1.SC6.\\nWilliam F. Eaton, Feuton, Co. U d.ed of disease at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 28,\\n1SC2.\\nWilliam P. Eddy, Fenton, Co. G dis( h. by or.ler, June 7, 1SC5.\\nJanu S Furlong, Co. II disch. at end of service, Aug. 22, 1804.\\nFrc.derick Faro, Cu. C; diseh. to re-eid. iig vetei-in, Dec. 21, l\u00c2\u00bb0:i.\\nG.le\u00c2\u00ab E. Fellows, Genesee, Co. I); mast, out Maicli 10, ISOO.\\nIsaac Gilbert, Tlielford, Co. A must, out March 10, 18UG.\\nJames B. Gallup, Flushing, Co. C; must, out Ma(;eh C, 18GG.\\nRiiln rl Gai hei Fenton, Co. F; niu.t. out March 25, 1806.\\nAliiioa Gage, Co. M; must, out Aug. 25, 18th\\nThoin.as I Hill, Co. F; nuist. out July 1, 1805.\\nAnihew A. Hobday, Co. C; discli. for wounds, May 23, 1864.\\nBeujaiiiiii V. Ilicks, Co C discli. to re-eul. as veteran, Dec. 21, 1863.\\nU..l.ert Jackson, Co. C; disch. lor dirabllily, Sept. 27, 1802.\\nJeieiiiiah L. Kn:ip| Fenton, Co. D; disch. t y order. May 3, 1805.\\nFr.nik Keferly, Co. H; died in action at Ball Kan, Va., Aug. 311, 1SG2.\\nHenry J. Lartied, o. C; tiuna. to Co. II.\\nJoseph BIcComI Forest, Co. A must, out March 10, 18GC.\\nIb.i vey M. MeCasliny, Co. F; must, out Slareh 25, 1800.\\nJohn O Hani, Mount Morris, Co. D must, out March 111, ISCO.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THIRD CAVALRY.\\n105\\nWilliam Perkins, Co. H; (iisch. for ilisaliility.\\nGeorge Pri ltjiore, Flusliing, Co. C; died of disease ftt Fort Collins, C\\n2 1865.\\nFelix F. Bandall, Co. H discli. for disabii:iy.\\nAniiLsa Rogers, Co. C; discli. to re-i-iil. iis veteran. Per. 21. 186. i.\\nAustin .Slow, C C; missing in action at Fairfielil (lap, Jnly 4, 1803.\\nItobert Sackner, Fenton, Co. G ninst. out fllanli 111, 18GG.\\nSeynionr P. TIioni|t8on, Co. C; disch. for disability.\\nOrange Tlionias, Co. H disch. to re-cnl. as veteran, Dec. 21, 1863,\\nW. C. Tlumias, Co. C; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. l. 1804.\\nWilliam II. Teeplea, Co. died of wounds at Brontsville, Va., Jan. 9,\\nSainnel H. Tlioma Co. C died of wounds iit Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. .5,\\nCharles Waldo, Co. H; must, out March H), 18110.\\nJohn Waldo, Co. B; must, onl JIarcli 10, 1800.\\nWilliam K. Walcott, Genesee, Co. 11; must, out March .11, 186G.\\nLouis S. We.^Sitn, Fenton, Co. K must, out June ;10, 1800.\\nHenry Yates, \u00c2\u00bbnton, Co. A ninst. out Maicli 10, 1800.\\nTracy G. Merrill, Riclifield, Co. A trans, from Co. II, 7th Cav.; mus\\nSalt Lake, JIarch In, 1800.\\nAlcxion Th.ayer, Flushing, Co. A trans, from Co. II must, out Juno\\nIlortea Blrdsiill, Co. C, coi li. must, out May 2, 1802.\\nbinieon P. McFarlan I, Gaines, Co. K tr^ns. from Co. G must, out 1\\nJuly 12, 180,1.\\nTliaddciis W. I.ockwood, Cu. C; trans, to Mulligan s Brigade.\\nT., Dec.\\n1SC3.\\n18C:i.\\nt. out lit\\n20, 180.\\nly order.\\nTHIRD C.VVALUY.\\nThis regiment w;is raised in the summer and fall of\\n18G1, liaving its rendezvou.s at Grand Kapids. The Gene-\\nsec County men serving in its ranks were sufficient iti aggre-\\ngate number to make up the majority of a full company,\\nbut tlicy were distributed among several companies of the\\nregiment, tiiough most numerous in Company I.\\nThe 3d Cavalry left Grand Rapids more than a thousand\\nstrong, Nov. 18, 18(31, and proceeded to St. Louis, Mo.,\\nwhere it remained in winterf(uarters at the Benton Bar-\\nracks. In 1862 it moved south, and participated in the\\noperations at New Madrid and Island No. 10, also in the\\nsiege of Corinth, and the subsequent campaign in Northern\\nMississippi, where it remained during tlic entire season,\\ncapturing in tliat scries of operations twelve hundred and\\neighty-six prisoners of the eiieuiy, among whom were five\\nfield- and thirty-two line-officers. It pa.ssed the winter in\\nNorthern Mississippi, and in 1SG3 was again employed in\\nthat State and Western Tennessee, in almost continuous\\nluarcliing, fighting, and raiding, and by the 1st of Novem-\\nber in that year liad taken an additional number of prison-\\ners, sufficient to make the whole iiuinber captured by it since\\nits commencement of service two thousand one hundred, of\\nwiiom about fifty were officers. During the year [from\\nJan. 1 to Nov. 1, 1863] the regiment marclied a distance\\nof ten thousand eight hundred miles, exclusive of marches\\nby separate companies and detachments. Accompanying\\nthe 3d in its movements was a light battery of 12pound\\nliowilzers. On the 1st of January, 1864, the regiment\\narrived at La Grange, Tenn., where it prepared winter-\\n(|uartcrs, and where, during January, nearly six hundred of\\nits members rc-eiili\u00c2\u00bbtcd as veterans, and received tlio usual\\nfurlough to rendezvous at Kalamazoo. From tliat place\\nthe) moved, with tjieir numbers largely augmented by re-\\ncruits, to St. Ijouis, where they remained about two months\\non provost duty in the city, while awaiting the arrival of\\nnew hoi-scs and e(|uipmcnts. Still dismounted, the regi-\\nment moved May ISth, and proceeded to Arkansas, there\\njoining the army of Gen. Steele. It was mounted and\\narmed with the Spencer repeating-caibine on the 1st of\\nAugust, and from that lime until winter was engaged in\\nsconii:!g and outpost duly in that State. Its wintertiuar-\\nters were at Brownsville Station, on the Mempliis and Little\\nHock Railroad. On the 14th of March it was transferred\\nfrom Arkansas to the military division of West Mississippi,\\nunder Gen. Canby, to move with the forces designed to\\noperate against Mobile. After the fall of that city the regi-\\nment was employed on outpost duty till after the surrender\\nof Lee and Johnston, and was then detailed as the escort of\\nGen. Canby, on the occasion of his receiving the surrender\\nof the Confederate Gen. Taylor and his army. It moved\\nacross the country from Mobile to Baton Rouge, La.,\\narriving there May 22, 18G5. On Sheridan s as.suming\\ncommand of the Division of the Southwest, the 3d was\\nordered to join troops destined for Texas, and left Baton\\nRouge June 10th, moving by way of Shrcveport, and across\\nTexas to San Antonio, where it remained, employed in gar-\\nrison duty, scouting expeditions for the protection of the\\nfrontier, and other similar duty till Feb. 15, 1866, when it\\nwas dismounted and mustered out of service. The men\\nreturned via Victoria, Indianola, New Orleans, and Cairo,\\n111., to Jackson, Mich., and there received their final pay-\\nment, March 15, 1866.\\nMEMBF-RS OF TlIK THIRD CAVALIiV FROM GENESEE COUNTY.\\nOfficera.\\nWni. Dunham, Fenton cipl. Co. I cnl. Sept. 7, 18G1 res. May 11, 1802.\\nOrrin W. Rowland, Fenton; sorgt. Co. C; 2d lieut. Co. E, April 29, 18G:i; 1st\\nlieut. Co. I, Oct. 24, 1864 capt. Co. C, Nov. 17, 1804 hon. disch. June 0, 1805.\\nJacob W. Miller, Fenton sergt. Co. I 2d lieut. Co. K, Sept. 18, 1804 hon. disch.\\nJune 6, 1805.\\nAndrew llickey, 2d lieut. pro. to 1st lieut. Co. I; died of disease, Feb. 10, 03.\\nClarence I-. Miles, Fenton, qr.-mr. Berj;t. pro. to Ist lieut. Co. 9tli Cav.\\nConipamj I. Eiitisted Men.\\nDavid S. Anderson, disch. for disability, Oct. 10, 1802.\\nCharles 0. Adams, sergt., Fenton discli. for disability, Feb. 12, 1802.\\nGeorge Borden, disch. for disability, Feb. 14, 1802 must, out Sept. 14, 1805.\\nWilliam Battay, died of disease at New Madrid, Mo., March 14, 1802.\\nGeorge Borden, must, out Sept. 14, ISO- i.\\nMerrdI Cherry, Fenton veteran must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nWilliam Chestnut, Fenton must, out Jan. 2:!, 1860.\\nSlcplien II. Calkins, veteran disch. for ilisability, Sept. 25, ISM.\\nIlar ry B. amp. Hint; d ed of tliseaseat Brownsville, Ark., Sept. 3, ISOl.\\nliarnaril Duff, died of disease at Dnvall s BlulT, Ark., Oct. U, 1804.\\nCarlton F.i\u00c2\u00bbket, .Ib d of iliseasc at JacksoTi, Sept. 22, 1862.\\nRensselaer C. Fuller, must, out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nJohn Huntley, died of disease at St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 18G2.\\nGeorge U. Ilorton, mubician, Fenton disch. to re-enl. us vet. Jan. 19, 18G4.\\nJidin W Kipp, Fenton lied of disease at Corinth, Miss.\\nEdward L. M.itl, .liscli. July 21, 1802.\\nCornelius Quick, died of d sease at Benton Ban-.icks, Dec. 25, 1801.\\n.I.din W. Snell, must, out Feb. 12, 1800.\\nGuy Shaw, must, out Feb. 12, 18U0.\\nIlariiscui Tiaphagan, Fenton, Corp.; died of disease at New BLidrid, Mo .\\\\pril\\n0, 1802.\\nLevi W. Thatcher, disch. for disability, March 25, 1S 4.\\nGeorge Tanner, disch. .lune 21. 1H02.\\nLegiand P. Williams, disch. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1804.\\nEdward Welh.ver, died of disease at Memphis, Tenn, Jnly 20, 1804.\\nJonathan M. Willovcr, died of disease at Holly, Mich., Dec. 10, 1801.\\nOUter Companies.\\nGeorge Baine, Co. D; died of disc.ise at Kalamazoo, Mich., April 17, 1804.\\nJames Bnell, Co. M disch. to re-enl. as vet. Jan. 19, l.SCI must, out Feb. 12,\\nI8(;0.\\nWilliam II. Burnt, Co. B; must, out June 21, ISRI.\\nCharles M. Br. wn, Co. B; mn-t. out Feb. 12, 1806.\\nGeorge Buell, Co. M must, out Feb. 12, 1860.\\nDavid Buell, Co. M; must, out Aug. 180.5.\\nJesse Cooper, t^i. I) must, out Feb. 12, 18G6.\\nAndrew J. tiliappell, Co. M dieil of ilisea-se at St. Louis, Mo Jan. 5, 1802.\\nKilward C. Fiero, Co. E died of disease at Brownsville, Ark,, Sept. fi, 180*.\\nWilliam W. Flowers, Co. F, Genesee; died ofdisea.se at Jelferson Barracks, Mo.,\\nNov. 18, 1804.\\n.John W. Fouls, Co. C; di-ch, Dec. 7, 1804.\\nWallace Gilbert, Co. F, Thetford disch. for disability, Nov. 0, 18M.\\nNelson B. Hicks, Co. M diiil of disease at Jackson, Oct. 19, 1802.\\nRobert llacket, Co. L, Flint; Diust. out Fob. 12, I860.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "100\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJnnica L. I,cc, Co. H discli. Aug. 20, 1S05.\\nJlenry Marvin, Co. 51 (ii-cli. to re-eiil. us vpt. Jan. 10, 18C-I.\\nCliurlfs SLi^i ninn, Co. A mnst. out .\\\\iig. 2:1. ISO.\\nGooiKi W. Sniilh, Co. M ili^ch. for ilisuliility, .Ian. 3, ISO:!.\\nLinus B. Sinilh, vvasoncr, Co. .M ilidch. for ili.*jilii!ily, April 10, 18C4.\\nWillinni Sljli ii, Co. K; ilii-il of ilisrasc iit Cliinigo, 111., An;;. 12. 18C4.\\nC. cngi W. Swain, Co. M ili.scli. to rc-enl. iw vi t. Jun. 10, 1804.\\nCalvin II. Swain, Co. A innst. out Fub. 12, 1800.\\nMallnnv Wh te, Co. M llieil of disease at New Sladriil, Mo., March 8, 1802.\\nFrancis Wait, Co. M diacli. at end of service, Oct. 24, 1804.\\nFOURTH CAVALllV.\\nTlio raising of this regiment was authorized in the early\\npart of July, 1862, as a part of Michigan s quota of eleven\\nthousand six hundred and eighty-six men to be furnished\\nunder the I resident s call for troops to retrieve the disasters\\nof the Seven Days battles before Riclmiond. The rendez-\\nvous of the 4th was cstabliah jd at Diitroit, and the regi-\\nment, having its ranks filled to the maximum, was there\\nmustered for three years service, on the 21Uh of August.\\nIts colonel was Robert G. 5Iinty, promoted from the lieu-\\n.tenantcolonelcy of the 3d Cavalry. The surgeon of the\\nregiment was Dr. George W. Fish, of Flint, and about\\neighty other residents of Genesee County were found in its\\nranks, distributed among nearly all its companies.\\nThe 4th left Detroit, Sept. 2G, 1862, and moved to the\\nseat of war in Kentucky, by way of Louisville. Being\\nfully armed, mounted, and equipped, it was placed in active\\n.service without much delay. It was in the advance in the\\nattack on the guenillas of John Morgan, at Slanloid, Ky.,\\nand joined in the pursuit of those raiders to Crab Orchard.\\nIn the attack on Lebanon, Ky., November 9tli, it also led\\nthe advance, charging into the town two miles ahead of\\nthe infantrv, driving out IMorgan with an equal or superior\\nforce, and capturing a large quantity of stores. On the 18th\\nof December, by a forced march, the regiment surprised\\nand captured the enemy s pickets at Franklin, Tenn.,\\ndriving out a large rebel force with heavy lass. It led the\\nadvance on iMurfreesboro and, after the capture of that\\nplace, was engaged in nuin^ rous expeditions, driving back\\nthe enemy s cavalry which infested the country, and cap-\\nturing several hundred prisoners.\\nIn May, 1863, followed by detachments of other regi-\\nments, tiie 4th led a gallant charge into the camps of three\\nConfederate regiments of cavalry, routed them, and took\\niil ty-five prisoners and the colors of the 1st Alabam.i.\\nWhen the Army of the Cumberland advanced south from\\nMurfreesboro in June, 1863, the 4th Cavalry was again in\\nthe lead, and repeatedly engaged with the enemy. In these\\nfights and skirmishes it was always successful until it reached\\nthe vicinity of Chattanooga, where it was .several times rc-\\njiulscd. The .season s .service was so severe that on the 1st\\nof November only about three hundred of the men re-\\nmained mounted.\\nAfter constant service through the winter mounted and\\ndismounted among the niouutains of Southciustcrn Tennes-\\nsee, the regiment returned about the last of March, 1864, to\\nNa.shvillc, where it received fresh hor.ses, and was newly\\nequipped. It then returned to Sherman s army, which it\\naccompanied in the Georgia campaign, constantly engaged\\nin the same kind of arduous service before described. Its\\nhardest CMifiict w.is on the 23th of June, at Latttinore s\\nMills, when, with the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalrj it engaged\\nthree cavalry brigades of the enemy, twice charging with\\nthe sabre, and repelling several determined assaults on its\\nown line. Having finally fallen back on its supports, it\\naided in repelling an attack by Gen. Wheeler s whole force,\\nwhich was driven back with heavy loss. In this fight the\\nregiment, which had about three hundred men present, lost\\nthirty-seven in killed and wounded.\\nAftqr the capture of Atlanta the mounted men of the\\nregiment followed Hood s army northward nearly to the\\nTennessee River, harassing his rear and taking many pris-\\noners. By this time only about one hundred of their\\nhorses remained fit for service. They were turned over to\\nanother command, and the 4th, dismounted, concentrated at\\nNashville in Oetober. It was remounted at Louisville, Ky.\\nand by the last of January, 1865, was back on duty at\\nGravelly Spring, Ala.\\nLeaving there March 12tli, it joined with other regi-\\nments in a long raid through Alabama, swimming rivers,\\nbuilding corduroy-roads, fighting the rebel cavalry general\\nForrest, and finally capturing the city of Selma, Ala., which\\nwas defended by at least seven thousand of Forrest s men,\\nbehind very strong fortifications. At one point fifteen\\nhundred dismounted cavalry, of which the 4th formed a\\npart, charged the intrcnchments and captured them in\\ntwenty minutes, having had three hundred and twenty-four\\nmen killed and wounded. This was on the 2d of April.\\nOn the 2Utli, after numerous adventures, the command\\nreached Macon, Ga where the news of the surrender of\\nLee was the signal to cease fighting.\\nThe 4th, however, gained still another title to renown,\\nby the capture of Jefferson D.ivis, near Abbeville, G.i.,\\nApril It), 1865. The regiment soon after miu clied to\\nN.isliville, wliei c it was mustered out on the 1st of July,\\nand nine d.iys later was disbanded at Detroit. The list\\nof the battles and skirmishes of the 4lh llegiment num-\\nbered ninety-lour. Few of tluni, it is true, were very\\nsevere, but their number sli.)\\\\vs that the ivgimeut was full\\nof energy and valor.\\nOFFICKltS AND MKN OF THE FOURTH CAVALUY FROM (U -NESEE\\nCOUNTY.\\nCeo. W. Fish, Flint, sin;;. enl. July 20, 1802 mist, ont Ang. V 1805.\\nJacob Budtelyon, All.l sergt. 2d lieut. Co. K, Feb. IS, 1801; 1st lieilt. Si-pt.\\n11, I.SOI; w.mndeil in action at ClevelanJ.Toun., Doc. 9, ISO! unit. Aug.\\n14, 1804 res. J.m. S, 1805.\\nGoo. F. Fish, Flint, st-riCt. C). F; 2d lieut. Oo. L, Jnly 21, ISGl 1st lieut. Co. F,\\nDec. 10, 1S04 must, ont Aug. 1.5, ISO.i.\\nAn el Adani^, Atlas, cun.-sergt.; nnnt. tult July 1, 1805.\\nIra F. Austin, Co I.; dieil of disease at Sew .Vlbany, lad., Nov. 17, 1SC2.\\nAlliert lani F,.re t, Co. 1); must, out .\\\\ug. 1.5, l.so-i.\\nJ. dm C. Itr.iwu, Flint, C K must, ont Ang. 15, I8G5.\\nHenry M. Urown, Forest, Co. H; must, out Aug. 15, 1805.\\nAbel 11. Berry, Klnsliing. Cu. U must, ont Ang, 15, 180,5.\\nIlenj iniin F. linni|i, Claybm. Co. II inu\u00c2\u00abl. out Ang. 1.5, 1.S05.\\nHenry K. II irnliart, Flushing, Co. M must, out Ang. 15, 1805.\\nG. Ur,.wn, Flint, C.i. B; discli. lor dis ibility, Nov. II, 1801.\\nAlmol Birrow, Atl.is, Co K; ilis di. lor dis ibility, Sjpt. II, 1801.\\nJohn W. Cilkins, Fl.ishing, Co. 11; died of disease at Cartersville, Ga, July\\n31, 1804.\\nFr.inklin C aritn, Flint, Co. B; must, out .\\\\ng. 15, 1805.\\n.Mori/.) Curtis, Fenton, Co. C disch. by or.ler, .\\\\ug. 20, ISOo.\\nWin. H. Conuver, Forest, Co. H; disch. by order, .Vug. 20, 1805.\\nJohn I ingbiss, Co. B; disch. by ord -r, June 27, 180.5.\\nOrrin l iinniiig. Atlas, Co. II inu.t. i ul Aug. 15. 1865.\\nUnfiis N. O.ivison, G.iines, Co. L; must, ont Aug. 15, 1SG5.\\nFrancis M. Kddy, Flint, Co. L iiiiist. out Aug. 15, 1805.\\nHerbert O. F.irnirn, Flint, Co. must, out .\\\\ug. 15, 18G5.\\nDennis Fally, Flushing, C,i. K must, out Ang. 15, 1805.\\nNathaniel Gallagher, Fenton, Co. B; nuist. ont .\\\\iig. 15, 1\u00c2\u00a3C5.\\nJ. Hues A. Giles, Fenton, Co. B; must, out Oct. 7, 1*05.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "FIFTH CAVALRV.\\n107\\nGnranl A. Gfntl.in, Flint, Co. I must. out. Aug. la, 1865.\\nJuhn I., (in m, Klnslihlir, C.i. D; ilisch. Ip.v ord.r, .Icily 10, 18C.5.\\nTriitiiiiu IIcii l.T\u00c2\u00abi.ii. All:i\u00c2\u00bb, Co. K ilisch. l.y or.l.-r, July 27, IXCI.\\nJohn ll.| kins. Kliiil, Oo. 1!; .li\u00c2\u00abtli. for .li^iil.il ly, Jiinu l. ISO*.\\n,lo9 li lli-r^hvy, Flint, Co. li .lisrh. fir .li.*ih lily, Dec. 10, ISOt.\\nIlonivi d. Ilazli toii, riiiit, Co. F; ninsl.uni An^. I.^, IXU i.\\nIamim 1!. Ilopkin:^, Flint, Oo. II nuMt. out An^. I.i, I80o.\\nAVilliiini S. Ilerriclc, All*-*, Co. 11 lilnsl. out An^. 1*\u00c2\u00bb, 18G5.\\nSilns J. Ilni-IKT, Flint, Co. M ninsl. ont Aug. l.\u00c2\u00bb, ISGi.\\nl\u00c2\u00bbi-i-:itiir Jiico.v, Atlim, Co. K must, ont .\\\\iitf. I. i, 180.1.\\nKli Jinnin^, Alius, Ci. K; iliscli. fonlisiiliility, .Vpt. 18, 1801.\\nSli-.-iMi.* LiiK Atl.is, Co. K ili ch. I.y .inU V M.iy JT, Isii. i.\\nK I viii l.nrv -y, Fi-nton, Co. ilii-J of ilisiMSi iit Niislivilli., rcnii.\\nNiuholiis Muus in, Fon-ut, l. o. L; ilii il of disease nl Colninbia, Teiiti., July 21,\\nISM.\\nDnnjnniin .Mclllroy, Flusliins, Co. C; must, ont \\\\-Vi. 15, 1805.\\nIlriiry .slurry, :iiuu Oj.C; must, out Atti;. l. i, 18li i.\\nWilliiiin II. 11. Martin, Flusliing, Co, 1 ntiiiit. unt Ang. I. i, 1803.\\nJji -.ill K. .Mifiu, Flushing, Cii. II must, out .-Vug. lo, 18()-j.\\nJuhn Sl.-Illi-oy, Fliisliing, Co. K must, out An;.;, l. i, 1805.\\nJohn Bloni-li, Clnylon, Co. K innst. ont .\\\\ug. 1.% 1805.\\nOi-orK M. Milvs, Flint, Co. F; mn-t. ont Slay 2. i, ISO,\\nllurlan I Nik s, Unshni;;, i o. K iliscli. hy onliT, Juno 2.^, 1805.\\nWillon (thlfifl l, Atlas, Co. K ilim-h. by onlcr, JuuhO, 1805.\\nCharles W. Petleugill, Flushing, Vo. K ilieil ofilisease at Cliatlanoogn, Tcnn.,\\nAug. 1,1804.\\nBarrett I iei-s-.ii, (leue-fee, Co. F must, ont .\\\\uj;. 15, 18C5.\\nGeorge Kitili, Flint, Co. F; mu t. ont Aug. l. i, l.%. i.\\nllansler llausom, Flnshiiig, Co. K must, ont Aug. 1.5, 1805.\\nCharles Slark, Fentoii, Co. B liinsI. ont Aug. 15, 1805.\\nFr.iucis St. .lohn, Flusliing, Co. K j jnnst. ont .\\\\ng. 15, 18G5.\\nGngeuc 51. Seeley, Foi-esf, t^i. M must, out .\\\\ug. 15, 1805.\\nllarlun Si ke-s, Co. A tliscli. by or.lur, Aug. -21, 1805.\\nR.. ubou C. Stern, Vienna, Co. K dieJ at U ime, G.i., after bo ng captured. May\\n1.5, 1804.\\nHenry Trickey, Flint, Co. F; ninst. out Aug. 1.5. 1805.\\nGeorge K. Vantine, Atlas, Co. K must, ont July 1, 1805.\\nJohn B. Van Hinsteu, Clayton, Co. 51; (lied otdiseaseat Na-hville, Tenn., April\\n2il, 1804.\\nR^iliert Van Titlln, K-.irton, Co. M disch.irged by oriler, Aug. 25, 1805.\\nLevi S. Warren, Flint, Co. F; disoli.for promotion, Dec. II), 1804.\\nKdivaril A. Wliitinnn, Flint, Co. F; must, ont Aug. 15, 1805.\\nAndrew J. W apl. Flint, Co. F; must, ont Aug. 1.5, 1805.\\nM illiam C. Whitman, Flint, Co. F must, ont Aug. 1.5, 1805.\\nSamuel Whitman. Grand Ul.iUC, Co. F must, ont .\\\\ug. 15, 18G5.\\nW.lliam Woo I, D.ivisoTl, Co. K mtl-it. out July 1, 1805.\\nJuniej I). Ilaight, Flint, o. 11; must, out oii di^tHchod service.\\nCliai. I Summers, Flint, C i. F killed in bartle at Xoonday Creek, Ga., Juno\\n20, 1804.\\nBufiis A. Stacy, Flint, Co. F must, ont Aug. 1.5, 180.5.\\nCharles A. Ward, Flint, Co. F; mu-t. out Aug. 15, 1805.\\nGeo. B. Walker, Flint. Co. I; on detached sci-vice with S. C. Troops.\\nDavid K. Cranston, Co. I; on detached service.\\nAlvin Fox, Atlas, Co. K died of ibse ise at Mnrfreeslinro Tcnn.. May 10, 1803.\\nJohn Iticliard-i, -\\\\tlas,Oo. K; Iran.-, to Invalid Corps, Sept. 1, 180:t.\\n(Miarles I elty, Flushing, Co. K absent, sirk; nut must, ont with company.\\nSeymour Lewis, Co. K must, ont Aug. 15, 1805.\\nMailin Wilcox, Co. M absent, sick not must, ont with company.\\nMartin L. Harper, Flint, Co. M must, out Aug. 15, 1805,\\nFIFTH CAVALRV.\\nTliis regiment of cavalry wa.s raised in the sumnior of\\n18G2, untlcr authority fniiii the War Department and the\\nGovernor of the State to Jo.seph T. CopehinJ, then lic u-\\ntenant-colonei of the Isl Cavahy. Tiiu rendezvous of the\\n5th was at Detroit, where it was mustered into tlie service\\nof the United States, under Col. Copeland, on the 30th of\\nAugust in tlie year nainud. About seventy men of Genesee\\nCounty served in the ranks of its several companies, more\\nof these being in K company than in any of the others.\\nFor about three months after mu.ster the yth remained\\nat the hcadijuarters wailing for arms, and at the time of\\nits departure December 4lli the men had been but par-\\ntially armed, though fully e(|uippiHl. From Detroit the\\ncommand moved to Washington, D. C., and remained there\\nthrough the winter. In the spring of ISljii, after being\\nfully armed, it was attached to tlic 2d Brigade of the 3d\\nDivision of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the I otomac.\\nAs it is impracticable to furni.sh a detailed account of\\nits almost iiiiiuiiieiMble inarches and cniistaiilly changing\\nmovcini^nls and eouiiter-niovemeiits duiiiig the campaign\\nof 1S(!; we give in brief a list of the engagements with\\ntlie enemy in which the regiment took ]iart during that\\neventful year, nani-jly, Hanover, Va., June ;iOlh IIuii-\\nterstown, Pa., July 2d; Gettysburg, July 3d Monterey,\\nMil., July -1th; Cavetowii, Md., July Sth Smithtown,\\nMd., July (Ilh; iioon.-iboro Md., July (itli Ilagoistown,\\n51d., July Ttli Williamsport, Md., July Till Buon.sboro\\n(2d), JulySth; Ilager.stown (2d), July lOtli Wiiliam.sport,\\nJuly 10th Falling Waters, Va.. July Htli Snirker s Gap,\\nVa., July I Jtli; Kelly s Ford, Va., S.-ptcmber 13lh; Cul-\\npeper Court-IIou.se, Va., September 14tli Raccoon Ford,\\nVa., September lOlh White s Ford, Va., September 21st;\\nJack s Shop, Va., September 2t;th James City, Va., Oc-\\ntober 12th; Brandy Station, Va., October IStli Buck-\\nland s Mills, Va., October 19th Stevensbuig, Va., No-\\nvember 19th; Slorton s Ford, Va., November 2Gtli.\\nAt the close of the active operations of 18G3 the 5th\\nwent into camp at Steveiisburg, Va., passing the winter\\nthere and along the line of the llaiiidan. About the 1st\\nof March it took part in the raid of Gen. Kilpatrick to\\nthe defenses of Richmond, where it was attacked, March\\n2d, by the enemy in large force, and obliged to retire to\\nNew Kent Court-House, where it joined Gen. Butler.\\nA detachment of the regiment had accompanied Cul.\\nDahlgren in the famous raid in wliich he lost his life. It\\nadvanced to within five miles of Richmond, and drove the\\nenemy from his fir.st and second lines of defense, but was\\nfilially compelled to retretit behind the Chickatiiiniiny. At\\nOld Church the body containing the detachment of the\\n5th was attacked, and compelled to cut its way to While\\nHouse Landing, which was reached on the following day.\\nOn the 11th it embarked at Yorktown, moved by the York\\nand Potomac Rivers to Alexandria, and thence to the\\ncamp at Steveiisburg. It was then transferred from the\\n3d to the 1st Cavalry Division at Culpcper Cuurt-llouse.\\nThe 5tli took active part in the memorable campaign of\\nGen. Grant in 1SU4. It crossed the Rapidaii May 5lh,\\nand on the Gth and 7tli was hotly engaged with the enemy\\nin the Wilderness. It was in Sheridan s great cavalry ex-\\npedition against the rebel coiiimuiiicatiiiiis, fighting at Bea-\\nver D.im Staliiin, JMay 9tli, at Yellow Tavern, May llUh\\nand 11th, and at i^Ieadow Bridge on the 12lh. On the\\n14th it crossed the Chickahominy at Bultoni s Bridge,\\nmarched thence to Malvern Hill, and I miu tlicic to Hano-\\nver Court-House, destroying laiiroad track and bridges.\\nIt crossed the Pamunkey River at White Hou-^c on the\\n22d, and, marching by waj of Aylett s and Concord\\nChurch, rejoined the Army of the Potomac near Chester-\\nfield on the 25th.\\nIt was in the action at Hawes Shop, Mtiy 2Sth, at\\nBaltimore Cross-Roads on the 29th, and at Cold Harlmr\\nand Old Church Tavern on the 3l)th. Again, on the raid\\nalong the line of the Virginia Central Railroad, it fought\\nat Trcvillian Station, June 11th, where the enemy were\\ndriven several miles, leaving in the hands of the Union\\ntroops about six hundred prisonere, fifteen hundred horses,\\none stand of colors, six caissons, forty ambulances, and fifty", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "108\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wagons. On the 12th it was engaged a few miles nearer\\nLouisa Court-House, on tlie Gortlonsville Ruad, and, pass-\\ning thence towards the James River, crossed tliat stream\\nand marched to Jerusalem Plank-Road, south of Peters-\\nburg. On the 4th of August it embarked for Washing-\\nton, and moved thence, through Maryland and across the\\nPotomac, to Halltown and Berryville, Va. It fought at\\nWinchester on the 11th and at Front Royal on the 16th\\nof August. On the 1 9th a sfjuadron of the regiment was\\nattacked by Mo.sby s guerrillas, and was driven to the\\n7nain body, with a loss of sixteen killed and mortally\\nwounded.\\nAmong the subsequent engagements of the regiment\\nduring the Valley campaign of 18G1: wore Leetown and\\nShepardstown, August 25th Opequan Creek, August\\n28th; Smithfield, August 29th; Berry villc, September 3d;\\nSummit, September 4th Opequan, September 19th (where\\nit routed the enemy s cavalry, broke his infantry lines, and\\ncaptured two battle-flags and four hundred prisoners)\\nMount Crawford, Va., October 2d Woodstock, October\\n9lh; Cedar Creek, October 19th (capturing a great num-\\nber of prisoners and driving the enemy in great confusion)\\nand Newtown, November 12th, where it fought an entire\\nbrigade of the enemy.\\nAfter the last named action the regiment returned to\\nCamp Russell, near Winchester, where it remained until\\nFeb. 27, 1865, when it moved southeast, as part of Sheri-\\ndan s force, on the famous raid of that general to the James\\nRiver. It was engaged in action at Louisa Court-House,\\nMarch 18, 1865, and joining the Army of the Potomac\\nbefore Petersburg, fought under Sheridan at Five Forks,\\nVa., March 30th and 31st and April 1st. On the 2d of\\nApril it was engaged with the enemy on the Southside\\nRailroad; on the 4th, at Duck Pond Mills; on the 6th, at\\nSailor s Creek and then took part in the closing events at\\nAppomattox Court-House, from the 6th to the 9th of\\nApril, 1865.\\nAfter the surrender of Lee the 5th moved with the\\nCavalry Corps to Petersburg, and was ordered thence shortly\\nafterwards to North Carolina. It returned to Washington,\\nD. C, in time to participate in the grand review of the\\nveteran armies of Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, in the\\nlatter part of May. Immediately after this it was moved\\nWest with the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, by the Baltimore\\nand Ohio Railroad and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, to\\nSt. Louis; thence by steamer on the Missouri River to\\nFort Leavenworth, Kan. There the men having two years\\nor more to serve were transferred to the 1st and 7th Michi-\\ngan Cavalry and then, on the 22d of June, the 5th was\\nmustered out of service. The regiment reached Detroit\\non the 1st of July, where the men received their pay and\\ndispersed.\\nOFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIFTH CAVALKY FaOJI GENESEE\\nCOUNTY.\\nllcnry n. PcttGo, Flint, 1st lieut. Co. onl. Aug. 14, 1802; (Hl-cI at Detroit,\\nMich., fri in injurips received y fail from a tiorso.\\nJohn B. B. nleii, Linden, sei-gt. Co. G M lieut. April 14, ISGo; mu.st. out as\\nsergt.\\nCompnntj K.\\n,Tohn Biiell, died in action at Gettysburg, P.i., .July 3, 186 J.\\nStewart Curie, clisch. for disability, Nov. G, ISO:!.\\nNathan Davis, d sch. for disaliility, Nov. 2, ISO:!.\\nGeorge S. Decker (sergt.), gained from missing in action.\\nHenry D. Howes (corp), disch. by orler, Sept. Ti, 180 1.\\nCurtis H. Higley, missing in action at Bucklan I s M ils, Oct. 19, 1804.\\nNoah W. Halcoinb, must, out June 23, 180.\\nJohn B. Looker, must, out June 2:1, ISG.\\nAbram Lewis, disch. f.ir di-nbility, Sept. 28, 1804.\\nWarren A. Marshall (corp. iliseh. for disability, Sept. 10, 1862.\\n.T.iuig; Newberry, died of disease at Ande:s uivillc, G i., .Sept. l:i, 1804.\\nLuther Rabble, must, out June 21, 180,1.\\nDaniel I. Randall, disch. by order, .May 17, laG.\\nTrum in D. SpauMing, disch. for disab:lity, Sept. 1, 1802.\\nOliver Stewart, disch. for ilisability, Oct. 20, 1S02.\\nOscar Shittuck, died in action at Boonsboro Md., July 8, 1SG3.\\nLeo Thayer, must, out June 23, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Thorp, must, out June 2:i, ISCi.\\nWilliam Wheeler (corp sergt. must, out Juno 23, 180.\\nJ.unes I!. W.irnor, il-cd of diso.ise at Anders mville, Ga, Oct. 18, 18G4,\\nAlva Br.ice, tr.ins. to luv.ilid Corps, March 10, 1804.\\nAdam D.dl, mis-iin,^ in action at Newc.istlo Feixy, Va., June 4, 1804.\\nWilliam S. P.iiltltor{ sick in hospitil not must, out with company.\\nJohn F. Patten, sick in hospital not must, out with company.\\nWilliam Wa tier, trans, to Invalid Corps, May 5,1804,\\nOTIIEK COMPANIES.\\nHenry S. Beebe, Fenton, Co. G diel of dis^.ase at Ricltmond, Va., Dec. 1863.\\nD.ivid F. Biird, Fenton, Co. G; disch. for dis ability. June 2!, 1864.\\nAaron J. Crossnian, Flint, Co. A must, out .liine 22, I8G.3.\\nAs i L. Grossman, Flint, Co. A disch. fir disability, April 12, 1804.\\nAndrew Cole, Flint, Co. C; d sell, for wounds, Feb. 9, ISr.i.\\nOrlando Croff, Flint, Co. I (wag.uler); must, out June 2.3, 1805.\\nJ.diu Day, Co. G; gained from missing in action.\\nHenry R.itou, Flint, Co. mist, out June 11, 1805.\\nHenry Forsyth, Grand Blanc, Co. F (musician); died of disease at Anlcrson-\\nville, Ga., Aug. 2.\u00c2\u00ab, 1804.\\nJoel K. Fairbanks, Fenton, C C; died of disease at Andor3)nviIle, Ga., May\\n20, 1804.\\nWard A. Fielil, Fenton, Co.O; diedof dise.ise at Riclimond, Va., Marvh 15, 1804.\\nJohn B. Iletcheler, Fento t, Co. G; died of dise:i8e at Stevensburg, Va., Jan.\\n24, 1S04.\\nFrancis P. Kent, Fenton, Co. G died in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1803.\\nSimon Kinney, Uiclifield. Co. E must, out June 21, 1805.\\nCyrenuts Lucjts, Flint, Co. A; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 15, 1804.\\nMilo A. Lucas, Flint, Co. A; disch. for disability, Oct. 23, 1802.\\nSalmon G. Lacey, Co. C; died of disease at W.i-shington, D C, Dec. 2. 1802.\\nSimon P. McFarland, G lines, Co. G; trans, to 1st Michigan Cavtilry.\\nJames Miller, Grand Blanc, C A; disch. by order. May 3, 1805.\\nGricH ]\\\\Iatliewson, Flint, Co. C; must, out June 22, 1805,\\nPula.ski Pierce, Fenlon, Co. G; died of iliseaae at Richmond, Va,, Dec. 2.5, 1803.\\nHarry N. Sh mnon, Linden, Co. M died of diso:ise at Wiushington, D. C, Fob.\\n2i, ISO!.\\nWm. E. Smith, Co. F; died of disease at Washington, D. C, Aug. 21, 1863.\\nCharles H. Shepard, Fenton, Co. G; diseli. for disability, Nov. 21, 180!.\\nWnvT D Sweet, Fenton, Co. G; disch. for disibility, Nov. 12, ISGL\\nWin. P. Suo%v, Co. C; disch. for wounds. May 2i, 180.5.\\nPliineas I. Tucker, Co. A disch. by order, .Inne 0, 18G5.\\nEthan A. Wrisht, Mount Morris. Co. G; disch. for disability, Oct. 5, 1863.\\nJames H. Webster, Flint, Co. C; must, out June 22, 1805.\\nMyr.m F. Harris, Fenton, Co. G (corp.) must, out June 22, 1805.\\nAmos B. Lobdell. Fenton, Co. G (bLicksniitli) must, out June 22, 1805.\\nWm E. Ale.vander, Genesee, Co. C (corp.) must, out June 29, ISGo.\\nLyvester D. Broford, Gaines.\\nRichard Heriington, Forest.\\nNewcU Miller, Grand Blanc.\\nSIXTH CAVALRY.\\nThe Sixth Michig:in Cavalry, which was organized at\\nGrand Rjpids in the autumn of 1862, carried on its rolls\\nthe names of between forty and fifty men from Genesee\\nCounty. It was mustered into the United States service\\nwith twelve hundred men, under Col. George Gray, on the\\n13th of October in that year, and on the 10th of Decem-\\nber, following, left the rendezvous for Washington, D. C.,\\nmounted and equipped, but not armed. It remained in the\\nvicinity of Washington through the winter, and on the\\nopening of the campaign of 1863 joined the Cavaliy Corps\\nof the Army of the Potomac, being assigned to the 2d Bri-\\ngade of the 3d Division. During the campaign of that\\nyear it experienced much of active service in Virginia,\\nMaryland, and Pennsylvania, taking part in engagements\\nand skirmishes as follows Hanover, Va., June 30th Hun-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH MICHIGAN BATTERY.\\n109\\ntcrstown, Pa., July 2d Gettysburg, July 3d Monterey,\\nMd., July 4th; Cavetown, JId., July 5tli Suiitlitowii,\\nBooiisboro Ilagerstown, and Willianisport, Md., July Gth\\nHagerstown and Willianisport, July 10th; Falling Waters,\\nA a. (where, according to official reports, it was highly dis-\\ntinguished for gallant behavior), July 14th; Snicker s Gap,\\nJuly 10th Kelly s Ford, September Kith Culpcper Court-\\nIlouse, Septeiubcr 14th Ilaccoon Ford, September 10th;\\nWhite s Ford, September 21st; Jack s Shop, September\\n2Cth James City, October 12th; Brandy Station, Octo-\\nber i;Uh Buekland s Mills, October 10th; Stevcnsburg,\\nNovember 10th; and Morton s Ford, November 2(jlh.\\nFrom the latter date it remained in winter-quarters at Ste-\\nvcnsburg until the 28th of February, 1804, when it joined\\nthe cavalry column of Kilpatriek, on his great raid to the\\nvicinity of llichmond. lleturning from that expedition to\\ncamp at Stevensburg, it was transferred to the 1st Cavalry\\nDivision, and soon after moved camp to Culpopcr. It was\\nengaged, and fought bravely, nearChancellorsville, Slay Gth,\\nand skirmished on the 7th and 8th. On the morning of\\nthe 0th it moved with Gen. Sheridan s command on the\\nraid to the rear of the Confederate army, holding the ad-\\nvance. From this time until the close of the year its his-\\ntory is one of almost continuous movement, which may be\\npummcd up by the enumeration of the Oghts and skirm-\\nishes in which it took part, as follows: Beaver Dam, Va.,\\nMay 0th; Yellow Tavern, iM ay Ulth and 11th; Meadow\\nBridge, May 12th Hanover Court- House, Va., Slay 27th\\nHawes Shop, May 28th Baltimore Cross Roads, May 20th;\\nCold Harbor, May 30th and June 1st; Trevillian Station,\\nJune 11th and 12th Cold Harbor, July 21st; Winches-\\nter, August 11th; Front Royal, Auirust IGth; Leetown,\\nAugust 25th; Shopherdstown, Va., August 2Glh Smith-\\nfield, August 29th Berryville, September 3d Summit, Sep-\\ntember 4th Ope(|uan, September 10th Luray, September\\n24th Port Republic, September 2Gth, 27th, and 28th\\nMount Crawford, Va., October 2d Woodstock, October\\n9th; Cedar Creek, October lOlh; JIadison Court-IIouse,\\nDecember 24th.\\nOn the opening of the spring campaign it moved with the\\nother cavalry forces of Sheridan, Feb. 27, 1S( 5, towards\\nGordonsvillc, and fought at Louisa Court-House, March\\n8th. Then the command moved by way of White House\\nLanding to and across the James River, and joined the\\nArmy of the Potomac in time to take part in the final bat-\\ntles of the war, being engaged at Five Forks, Va., March\\n30th, 31st, and April 1st; at Southside Railroad, April\\n2d Duck Pond Mills, April 4th Sailor s Creek, April\\n6th and Appomattox, April 0th. In one of these engage-\\nlucnts the rebel general Pickett was captured, and he after-\\nwards spoke of the charge of the Gth on that occasion as\\nthe bravest charge he ever had seen.\\nAfter Lee s surrender the regiment moved to Petersburg,\\nthence to North Carolina, and then north to Washington,\\nD. C., where it marched in the great review of May 23d.\\nImnu diatcly after it was ordered West, and moved with\\nthe Jliehigan Cavalry Brigade, vlit Baltimore and Ohio\\nRailroad, and the Ohio, Mississijipi, and Jli.s.souri Rivers,\\nto Fort Leavenworth. There it received orders to move\\nover the Plains, westward, on duty in the Indian country.\\nThe officers and men were greatly di.sgusted at this, but\\nthey would not soil their noble record by disobedience, and\\nso they moved unhesitatingly to the performance of the dis-\\nagreeable duty, on which they remained till the ]7lh of Sep-\\ntember, 18G5, when the men of the regiment whose term\\ndid not expire before Feb. 1, 1866, were consolidated with\\nthe 1st IMichigan Cavalry, and the remainder of the com-\\nmand was ordered back to Fort Leavenworth, where it was\\nmustered out of service, Nov. 24, 1805. Returning to\\nMichigan, it arrived at Jackson, November 30th, and was\\nthere disbanded.\\nMEMnERS OF THE SIXTH C.\\\\V.\\\\l,nY FltOM GENESEE COUNTY.\\nGeorge W. Bnrbour, Fenton, sergt. 2il lieiit. Cu. D; enl. Jiiiio 18, 181J4 must.\\nout at end of nervice, Jutie 20, 1865.\\nJolin ToiTc Flint, Ciipt. clil. Aug. 15, 1S02 resigned Feb. 18, 18C3,\\nTlionias It. ,\\\\rnistrong, Co. G; dieil of disease at City Point, Va,, .Inly 11, 1804.\\nGeorge W. lliirbour, Fenton, Co. I), qr.ni.-aergt.; discli. by order, July 1, 1804.\\nEtiwin Becltwilh, Co, I died of disease at Anderson \\\\iiie, Ga,, May 31, 181U.\\nE. E. Covert, Iliirton, Co, I died of disease at Andorsonvilie, Ga,, .Ian. 17, 1805.\\nD.ivid Case, Tlietford, Co, I, farrier; disrli. May, 18C:i,\\nAlbert Casli, Flint, Co, L, coni,.sergt, must, ont Nov. 24, 18G5.\\nJonas P. Clarii, Linden, Co, I; must, out June 30, 18G5.\\nD. Cli.ose, Co. I; .lisili. for disability. Maivli 1, 18C:i.\\nAugustus Derby, Flint, Co, L; must, out Nov, 24, 18G.\\nGarrett Pewstoe, Rnrton, Co. C; trans, to Signal Corps, April, 1804.\\nlilankin Davis, Co. C; trans, to 1st Midi. Cav., Nov. 17, 1804.\\nMarion Eldridge, Flint, Co. C; died of wounds at Trevillian, Va,, June 11, 1804.\\nMartin Foote, Co. C; died of wounds at Trevillian, Va., June 11, 1S04.\\nReuben P. Forbes, Fenton, Co. I trans, to Vet, Res, Corps, July 1, 1803.\\nAugustus 11. Holmes, Fenton, Co. I; discli. by order, ,\\\\ng. 17, 1805,\\nTheodore Kress, Burton, Co, C; must, out July 27, 1805.\\nJames A, MeClint.iek. Mount Morris, Co. C must, out July 27, 1805.\\nWin. Martin, Flint, Co. L; died of disease at Wa.sliington, D, C, Jan, 10,1803.\\nHerman W. Merrill. Linden, Co. T; discli. for promotion, Feb, 24, 1804,\\nAlbert Moultlirop, Tlietftji-d, Co, I inisging in action at Woodstock, Va,, Oct.\\n9, 1804.\\nllylen K. Ilorton, Co, I ninst, ont June 30, 1805.\\nEdwin Niehols, Argentine, Co. D; died of disease at Kicbniond, Va,, Dec, 14,\\n1803, while prisoner.\\nLevi Onier, Grand Blanc, Co. I; died of disease at Richmond, Va, Feb. 23,1804.\\nSamuel J. Peek, Fenton, Co, C; died of disease at City Point, Va,, Aug, 1, 1804.\\nJames C. Parsons, Grand Blanc, Co. I must, out Nov, 24, 1805.\\nMorlimer Jlapplege, Flint, Co. C, qr.m.-sergt. died at Hanover, Ya., May 28,\\n1804.\\nH. II. Slippnrd, Linden, Co. I; discharged.\\nJohn Snook, Argentine, Co. D must, ont Nov. 24, 1805.\\nWillis Skinner, Argentine, Co. D must, ont July 10, 1805.\\nJohn H. Sheldon, Miindy, Co. L; must, ont July 1, 1801),\\nJohn Speean, Gaines, Co, L must, ont July 111, 1805.\\nCliznr H, Thatcher, Fenton, Co, I; died of disease at Andersonville, Ga,, July\\n18, 1804, while prisoner.\\nWilliam M. Voorhies, Co. I must, ont Aug, 8, 1805,\\nHiram Wlialen, Fenton, Co. I, com.-sergl, died of disease at Andersonville,\\nGa., Aug. 20, 1804, while prisoner.\\nJohn I Williams, Grand Blanc, Co. 1 missing in action at Trevillian Station,\\nVa., Juno 11. 1804,\\nCliarloJ 0, Stowc, Co. C; disch. for disability, Oct, 9, 1803,\\nJames C, Bingham, Genesee, Co. C; trans, to Co. D, Ist Mich, (^av,, Nov, 17, 1805.\\nGeerge Beckwith, Burton, Co. C; died of wounds, July 10, 1804; prisoner wlien\\nhe died.\\nGiles E. Fellows, Gene\u00c2\u00aboe, Co. C trans, to Co. D, Ist Mich. Cav., Nov. 17, 1805.\\nAugustus A. Allen, Genesee, Co. C; trans, to Co. D, Ist Mich. Cav., Nov. 17, 1805.\\nThomas W Hill, Genesee, Co. C; must, ont July 1, 1805,\\nGeorge Telling, Argentine, Co, D; killed in batlle at Hoon^boro Md July 8,\\n180:|.\\nTHIRTEENTH MICHIGAN BATTERY.\\nThis battery was organized at Grand Rapids, and was\\nmustered into the United States service one hundred and\\nsixty strong, Jan. 20, 1804. Its rolls show tlmt about\\nthirty men froin Genesee County served in its ranks. It\\nleft (iiiinil Rapids February 3d, and reached Washiiigltm\\non the 7th. It was engaged in drill in that city till May\\n14th, when it was ordered to Fort Slemincr, D. C, and ro-\\nniained there and in other of the Washington defciists\\nthrough the year, assisting in the defense of Fort Stevens", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "110\\nHISTORY OF GEXESEE COUx\\\\TY, MICHIGAN.\\nagainst tlio attack of the rebel general Early on the 11th\\nand 12th of July, 18G4. It remained at Fort lleno (being\\nattached to Harden s Division, 22d Army Corps) until Feb.\\n27, 1S()5, when it was mounted as cavalry and detailed for\\nduty in Maryland, assisting tlie lotli New York Cavalry in\\nsujipressiiig guerrillas, and otlier similar duty. Immedi-\\nately after the assassination of President Lincoln it was on\\nduty with the 13th New York Cavalry in Maryland, pur-\\nsuing tlie fugitive conspirators, and assisting in capturing\\ntwo of their number, Arnold and Mudd. The battery\\nwas dismounted June IGth, and again ordered to garrison\\nduty in Fort Keno, whore it remained till the I Jlli, when it\\nleft for Jliehigan, and was mustered out of service and dis-\\nbanded at Jackso-j, July 1, 1865.\\nMEMBERS OK THE TUIRTEENTII BATTERT FROM GENESEE COCNTr.\\nRahard C. WclheraW, Flint, 2d licut., oiil. Dec. 12, 1SG3; must, out Feb. M,\\nISCl.\\nWilliam Ceazar, Flint; died of disease at Washington, Marcli 17, 18G4.\\nWilliam ir. CInise, Flushing; must, out July 1, 1803.\\nE/ra S. Clevflarul, fienesce must, out Jnly 1, 1SG5.\\nKnilianifl Call, Flushing; must, out July 1, 1805.\\n(Je M-ge Cunningham, Burton; must, out July 1,1805.\\nJlyrou II. Gr Bin, Flint; mu\u00c2\u00abt. out July 1, 1S0.3.\\nCharles II. Guyc-r, Flint disdi. by older, May 0, 180o.\\nThnnms llainault, Flint; must, out July 1, 180-i.\\nJoyle Herri iigton. Forest must, out July 1, 1805.\\nJohn Hunter, Flint; must, nut July 1, 1805.\\nAlplionzo Jack, Flint; nmst. out July 1, 1805.\\nReuben Johnson, Vienna; must, out July 1, 1805.\\nAlnnzo Lanifried, Genesee mu Jt. out July 1, 1805.\\nJames II. Trail. Flint; must, out July I, 180.5.\\nElias Palmer, Flushing; must, out July 1, 1805.\\nSlephen Russell, Flint must, out July 1, 1805.\\nJohn Sinclair, Flint; nnist. out July 1, 1805.\\nMieliael Shea, Montrose must, out July 1. 1805.\\nDavid rtley, Flint must, out July 1, 1S05.\\nJoseph U ley, Flint; must, out July 1, 1805.\\nHenry Van Biiien, Flint must, out July 1, 1805.\\nBlillon Van Buren, Flint; must, out July 1,1805.\\nMelvin Van Buren, Flint must, out July 1, 1805.\\nDavid T, Weaver, Montrose; discli. for disability, Aug. 2, 1864.\\nJer iah M. White, Alias; must, nut July 1, 1805.\\n.lolin Zeiter, Vienna; must, out July 1, l! 05.\\nGeorge Wood, Flint must, out Jnly 1, 1805.\\nWm. F. Thompson, Flushing; must, out July 1, 1805.\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nOTHER GENESEE COUNTY SOLDIEES.\\nSidilicrs of the First Infantry Fifth Infiintry Seventh Infanli-y\\nNinlh and Eleventh Infantry Twelfth, Thirtccnih, Fourteenth\\nand Fifteenth Infantry Twentieth, Twenty-iirst, Twenty-second\\nT venly-fouith, Twinty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Infantry\\nFirst Light Artillery Second, .Seventh, Eiglilh, Ninth, nnJ Tenth\\nCavalry First Shnr|ishooters Soldiers iu Regiments of Other\\nStates Brigade liands oiiitments from Genesee County.\\nBesides the regiments which have been mentioned above\\nthere were several otiiers wliich contained soldiers from\\nGenesee County. Of the men serving in those regiments\\na list is given in this chapter.\\nFIRST INFANTRY.\\nS. N. Androns, eiil. at Cold W.iter, Mich., April 18,1801, Co. C; served with\\nri gt. at Bull Run, July 21, 1801 relinned and must, out at end of llireo\\nm.iiith.s term of service; afterwards served as Istlieiil. in 44tli Illinuis\\nInf. and in 5lh U. S Inf.\\nDarius C. Bnidish, Flint, Co. E; 2d l:eut. Aug. 22, 1801 1st lieut. Co. D, July\\nU, ISG2; Capt. Co. F, Aug. 30, 1802; killed in aclion at Wilderness, Va.,\\nMay 5, 1804.\\nThomasMarr, Flint, sergt. Co. B; 2d lieut. May 30, 180.5; must, out \u00c2\u00bbs sergt.\\nWilliam O. Rongbton, Flint, Co. B; must, out Jnly 9, 1805.\\nSylvester D. Brayford, Flint. Co. D; disch. for disability, April IS, 1802.\\nAlon/.o Bulbr, Flint, Co. B; died of disease at Old I oint Comfort, Vil., Apiil\\n2i, 1S02.\\nDavid Brown, t o. B; must, out July 9, 1805.\\nGeorge W. Coinford, Flint, corp. Co. B, veter.in; must, out July 0, 1805.\\nHenry C. Egglosloii, Flint, Co. B; died in action at Wilderness, Way 5, I8GI,\\nIlimm D. Jennings, Flint, Co. B; ilisch. f..r wounds, .\\\\ug. 8, 1802.\\nThomas Lane, Flint, Co. B; died in action at Gaines Mill, Va., June 27, 1802.\\nThomas Moran, Linden, Co. F; died in aclion at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 3U, 1802.\\nThomius Blarr, Flint, coip. Co. B, vetemn mint, out July .1, 1SG5,\\nI atrick O Brien, Co, A; trans, to U. S. .\\\\rt. December, IS02,\\nPorter Snow, Flint, Co, B; diseli. for disability. May S, 1802,\\nWilliam Stiinnard, niu. iciiin, Co, B, veteran; must, out July 9, 18G5,\\nAlonzo Smith, Flint, Co, B, veteran must, out July 5, 1805,\\nGilliert Snzor, Mount Morris, Co. C; di cli, for wounds. May 1, 1805,\\nHenry Van Viitkenbnrg, Flint, Co, F; discli, for wounds at Fort Corcoran, A a,,\\nJan, 311, 1803,\\nGeorge Van Wert, Flint, Co. B, veteran liiiist, out July 0, 1805,\\nZacli, Wisner, Fenton, Co, K trans, to Vet, Res. Corps, March 15, 1SG4.\\nFIFTH INFANTRY,\\nPhineas D. Belden, Co. D died in action at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1802,\\nMichael Bolger, Co. C; ilisoh, to rc-enl, as veteran, Dec, 15, 18GJ.\\nWilliam Edwards, (3o. F; disch, for disab Jan, 17, 186:1.\\nMilo Foster, Flint, Co, C; must, out July 2 1805,\\nCharles D, Harper, Fenton, Co, F; died May 17, 1802, of wounds received at\\nW illiainst.urg, \\\\a.\\nIrwin Humphrey, Co O disch. for disah,, Dec, G, 1802,\\nMinor L, Haminoinl, Co, G ilisch, to ro-enl, as veteran, Dec, 15, 1S03,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Warren F. Harris, Fenton, Co, D died at Fredericksburg, Va., May, 1804, of\\nwoiimls,\\nGilinan F, Holmes, Co. F discli. for disab., Oct. 3, 1801,\\nRansom Ha/leton, Fenton, Co, F; discli, for disah Feb. 11, 1803.\\nIsaac Leech, Co. G died in action at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1802,\\nCbrisloi her G, Mitchell, Fenton, Co, F died of disease at Yorktown, Va., May\\n12, 18G2,\\nAlbert Middleworlli, Co, II; disch, at Detroit, Mich., Jnly 31, 1S02,\\nSEVENTH INKANTRY.\\nJoshua P, Sutton, Flint, capt, Co. H onl, June 10, 1801 res, Jan, 17, 1802,\\nAlinon S. Matlicws, Flint, Ist lieut, Co, H; enl, June 21, 1861 res, Dec, 11, 01,\\nChas. \\\\V. Hariis, Flint, id lieut. Co. H enl. June 24, 1861 pro. 1st lieilt., Jan,\\n1, 1802; wounded in action at Spottsylvania C.-II,, May 11, 1804; must,\\nout Not, 4, 1804.\\nJohn G. McMillen, Fenton, sergt. pro, to 1st sergt., Aug. 18, 18G4; must, out\\nas sergt,\\nOrin Beldin, Co. II; died of disease at Camp Benton, Md,, June 7, 18G1,\\nMorris Birdsall, Co. F; discli, for d s ib., Dec, 12, 1802,\\nFrancis Brown, Co, F disch. at end of service, Aug, 22, 1804.\\nEdwin Bradley, Co. II disch. for disab,, Dec, 7, 1803,\\nJames Brooks, Co. II discli. to re-eiil. as veteran. Doc, 18, 1803,\\nHenry A, Borden, Co. A, veteran; must, out July 5, ISG5.\\nRansom Brown, Co, F; died of disease at Harrison s Landing, Aug. 0, 1802.\\nJonathan Chrysler, Co. E; died at Fairfax Seminary ho-pitti, Va., Oct, 7, 1802.\\nJames J, Carmer, Co, E; d^seli, to re-eiil, as veteran, Dec. 18, 1SG3.\\nAlbert H. Dickinson, Co. F; died of disease at Cimp Benton, Md., Nov. 20, 61.\\nFrancis Dubois, Co. disch. to re-eiil. as veteran, Dec, 18, 1803,\\nMathew Daley, Co, A disch. for disab,, Aug. 22, 1802,\\nNewell N. Farnham, Co. II died in action at .^ntictam, Md., Sept, 17, 1662.\\nIlimm W, Flint, Co, F, vetertin must, out July 5, 1805,\\nFi ank Flint, Co. II must, out July 5, 1805,\\nSamuel W, Ilarback, sergt,, Co, F; disch. for disab., March 4, 180-3.\\nJoseph Ilariiing, Co. F; died of wounds. Sept, 22, 1S62,\\nEliziir B, Holmes, Co, F; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec, 18, 18G3.\\nIsaac B. Ilaniia, Co, F; disch, for disab., Jan. 1, 1803.\\nAllan McLain, Co. F disch. at cud of service, Aug. 22, ISO I.\\nThoma-s M. Roliinson, musician, Co. F disch. to re-eiil. as veteran, Dec. IS, 63,\\nChristian Sliler, Co, F; disch. at end of service, Aug, 28, 1804,\\nWhitman D, Soiithwoitli, Co, F; disch, for disiili,, Sept. 28, 18G 2.\\nJohn J. Thorp, Co. F; disch. to re-enl. in Gth U. S, Cav,, Oct, 1, 1802,\\nLiinnin P, Vanwert, sergt., Co, F; died of disease at Camp Benton, Md., Nov.\\n20, 1801.\\nWilliam Vaness, Fenton, Co. F, veteran must, out July 5, 18G5.\\nFrank Wheeler, Co. F disch, for disab., July 6, 1802,\\nNINTH INFANTRY,\\nCyprian H, Millard, Liinlen, capt. Co, E res, Dec, 10, 1801,\\nJohn D, Williams, .\\\\rgentine, 2d lieut, Co, II; eul, Nov, 5, 1862; must, out\\nSept, 15, 1805,\\nStephen X. Mother, Richfield, sorgt. Co. I pro. to 1st lieut. May 10, 1S05;\\nmust, out as sergt.\\nAlbert Adams, Co. I, di ch. for dis iliility, Dec, 13, 1802,\\nJames Allen, Co. F, disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Dec. 7, 18Gi.\\nDarvin A. Buchanan, Linden, C... E disch, for disability, Dec. 1, 1, ^62,\\nLafayette D.ivis, Co. F, must, out Sept. 15, ISG i,\\nLncien L, Davis, Co, F; must, out Sept. 15, 1805,\\nWiushington Davis, Vienna, Co, F; must, out Sejit, 15, 1SC5.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "GENESEE COUNTY SOLDIERS.\\nIll\\nOrhinclo B. Duris, Viniinn, Co. F; miHt. out Si i)l. IS, 1805.\\nAinlrrw J. .Joliiison, Co. F; disclj. to re-eiil. sia vi tt^nin, Dec. 7, 18C:J.\\nBliirliii I iliar, Co. G; must, out Si pf. 1.5, ISGo.\\nPiiliiski I icrw, I.iiuloti, d. E; iliiili. for disa ililj-, Feb. 27, 1802.\\nCliiitlcs rt-ttf!*, Co. H; liisclijirgfii.\\nGeorge V. Fi-ntoti, t-orli. Co. E inu t. out Sept. 15, 1S(\\nJothaiu Wbite, Liuilcu, Co. E; discli. to ru-i-til. as vetuniu, Dec. 10, ISGJ.\\nELEVENTH IXF.VNTUY.\\nnirani S. Gi-iswoM, Flint, asit. surg. eul. 5I;iy 7, I SO I; must, out at end of ser-\\nvice. Sept. :ill, 18C4.\\nWui. II. Nelson, Fonton, hosp. surg. U.S. A.; enl. asst. aiirg Aug. 1, 1805; nillst.\\nout Sept. IG, 1805.\\nELEVKXTII I.NFAXTKY (N KW).\\nAVilliam Alexander, Genesee, Co. F; mn.it. out .\\\\ii^. 1, I8 w.\\nGt orge W. .Vloxiuider, Gcuosee, Co. F; muit. out .\\\\ug. 4, 18G.\\nEdward N. Albn, Fenton, Corp. Co. II must, out Sept. 10, 180.5.\\nHenry O. Clark, Fenton, Co. II must, out Sept. 10, l.SOo.\\nLawrence Crouan, Fenton, Co. K must, out Sept. 10, 180.5.\\nJoel Dilible, Fenton, Ciu-p. Co. II must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\nJohn \\\\V. Deilrick, Fenton, Corp. Co. II must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\nLeroy Ellis. Burton, Co. B must, out Sept. 10, 180.5.\\nAlbert E. Fund)-, .5Iuiuly, Co. II must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\nOrner E. Hall, Genesee, Co. II died of disease at Cbattanooga, Tenn., Juno i,\\n1805.\\ndiaries II. JelTfrs. Fenton, C II must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\nSlflviu K, Keilli, Genesee, Co. B; must- out Sept. 10. 1805.\\nUilliam Moody, Fenton, Corp. Co. II (sergl.) must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\nJames McGinnigal, Fenton, Co. H; must, out Sept. 10, 1805.\\ndiaries E. Stevens, Genesee, Oo. H must, out Sept. 10, 1S05.\\nKeuben S. Ferry, Fenton, sergt. Co. II died of disease iit Jackson, Midi., March\\n0, 1805.\\nHenry T. Stevens, Flint, Corp. Co. II d.ed of disease, March 17, 1805.\\nTWELFTU INFANTIiY.\\nEldriilgo Austin, Co. G; disch. for ilinbility, Sept. 15, 1802.\\nH. J Andrews, Genesee, Co. K diseli, at end of service. Nuv. 20, 1803.\\nOrvill llennett, Tlielford, Co. G discb. at end if service, Nov. 211, 180:).\\nWilliam F. Clopscudder, Davison, Co. G disrb. at end of service, Nov. 20, 1803.\\nGeor^^e Crow, Genesee, Co. Iv tliscli. at end of service, Nov. 20, 1863.\\nIs.aac It. Hunt, Co. F diaeli. at eiid of service, Sept. D, 1SC5.\\nKubert Know les, Davison, Co. li di cli. at end of service, Nov. 20, 1803.\\nTIIIKTEENTII INFANTRY.\\nKev. Henry H. Norlhrup, Flint, cliiiplain; cnl. March 21, 1S02; must, out Oct.\\n20, 1802.\\nSilas Ausliii, Flint, velenvn (ser\u00c2\u00abl.); 2d lieni. Co. D, April 25,1805; 1st jieut.\\nJuly 5, l.-^Oo must, out as 2d lii Ut., .Inly 25, 180.5.\\nJames D. llai;;lit. FiinI, Co. D discli. fur disibility, Aug. 0. 180-1.\\nDelien Hill, Richfield, Co. V; missing in haltlo of Chiekamauga, Tenn., Sept.\\nIV), 186:!.\\nAugustus Tibals, Flint, Co. D; di^ch. for ilisability, July 18, 1803.\\nGeorge D. Toin-y, Flint, Co. A; died of disease on Ihe field of Shiluli, April\\n27, 1802.\\nFOUItTEEXTII INFANTUY.\\nIst L^uut. and Adjt. George Vi C. Smith, Montrose enl. Slarcli 14, 1805 pro.\\nto capt. July 7, 18(i5 must, out as adjt. was sergt. Co. A, 2d lieiit. Co.\\nA pro. to 1st lieut. and adjt.\\nCfimjxnttf A\\n1st Lieut. Aliram C. Speer, disch. for wounds, Oct. 25, 18C1 was sergt. of Co.\\nA,-2d lieut. C). A.\\nEilwaril .\\\\kin, Montrose, Co. A, veteran must, out July 18, 1805.\\nWarren Ihill, Montrose, Co. A disch. to re-elil. as v.-tenin, Jan. 4. 1804.\\nGiMirge F. flliner, Corp. Co. A died of disease at Keokuk, Iowa, Nov. 27, 1802.\\nOrlando Itusebiook, Co. K must, out July 18, 1805.\\nFIFTKEXTII INFANTRY.\\nWaller Crow n, Co. I) diinl iif d.sease at rilubnrg I.anding, Tenn., Juno 4,\\n1802.\\nAbiier Cooper, Linden, Co. D disch. at enil of service, Dec. 24, 180-1.\\nWm. H. (Jorey, Gaine-, Co. F; must, out .\\\\ug. 13, 180.5.\\nJohn |lel,iiii, :aiil -8, C\u00e2\u0080\u009e. I) niust. out Aug. 13, 1S0.5.\\nEdward Kd^oii, tiaiues, (Jn. D dis b. by order, Jiiiiir 22, 1805.\\nJiimes K. Fairbanks, Linden, Co. D, s ^rgt. disch. for disability, Aug. 11, 1803.\\nWi-lliiigton G. Haider, Gaines, Co. E; disch. by order. May 3ii, 1805.\\nNewton A. l.oid, Tbetfoid, Co. II; disch. by onler. May :)n, 180.5.\\nCharles Mablev, Linden, Co. D; disch. fur disability, June 20, 1803.\\nJ..sep!i It. mington, Gaines, Co. F; must, out Aug. 13, 180^5.\\nOrren Sage, Liinlen, o. D died of disease. Juno 20, 1802.\\nJae.ib Shuler, C... I nin\u00c2\u00abt. out Aug. 13, 1805.\\nA-a White, Tlielford, Co. F; disch. by order, July 21, 1805.\\nJidin Siiii|isoii, Fenton, Co. F, veteniii must, out by order, Aug. 1: 1805.\\nIlicbard Carl, Linden, Co. D killed at Shiloli, Teno., April 0, 1802.\\nSEVENTEENTH INFANTUY.\\nTliomns Mathews, Flint, 1st lieut. Co. F, Jniio 17,1802; cipt. Co. A, May 13,\\n1803; maj. Oct. 14, ISO! must, out June 3, 1805.\\nWin. II. Urierly, Flint, Co. E must, out June 3, 1805.\\nAustin Herrick, (Jenesee, Co. E; mu t. out June 3, 1805.\\nGeorge I). Herrick, (ienesee, Co. E must, out June 3, 1805.\\nSquire Mathews, Flint, Co. E; died of disease at Covington, Ky., April 17,1804.\\nJacob Sutton, Gaines, Co, B died of disease at Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1803.\\nTWENTIETH INFANTRY.\\nAndrew- Granger, Atlas, Co. D trans, to 2d Jlich. Inf.\\nTWENTY FIRST INFANTRY.\\nClias. D. Brown, Flint, 1st lieut. and adjt. enl. Sept. 1, 1804; must, out June\\n8,1805.\\nJoseph H. CanfiebJ, Argentine, Co. D; must, cut June 8, 1805.\\nWin. H. Nelson, Fenton, Co. iliscb. for proundiun, April 211, 1805.\\nHurton S. Speriy, Gi-and Blanc, Co. D must, out June 8, 1805.\\nTWENTY-SECOND INFANTRY.\\nGilbert E. Watei-s, Fenton, asst.-surg., enl. June 18, 1803; not mu^tc-red.\\nJohn Baxter, Fenton, Co. G trans, to 20tli Mich. Infantry.\\nRichard Towell, Fenton, Co. B died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., July 20,\\nISM.\\nWilliam Wood, Muiidy, Co. IX must, out Juno 20, 1805.\\nTWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.\\nMoiitviUe Benjamin, Clayton, Co. H, one year must, out June 3(1, 1805.\\nClarence I). Case, Tlielford, Co. E, lie year; must, out June 3(1, 1SC,5.\\nHenry H. Connor, Feu ton, Co. H, one year; must, out June 30, 18( 5.\\nEdward Calkins, Clayton, Co. II, one year must, out June 3(1, 1805,\\nDay C liddelpjick, Flint, Co. I, one year; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nJohn 51. Cliaj in, Flint, Co. I, one year must, out June iin, lFa5.\\nWilliam Deal, Fenton, Co. E, one year; must, out June 30, 1K05.\\nJohn M. Davis, Fenton, Co. E, one year; must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nJames Fancher, Flint, Co. I, one year; must, out June 3(1, 180;5.\\nWilliam II. Giles, Fenton, Co. E,one year; must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nWilliam Gr.ihani, Flint, Co. I; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nJames A. (Juiibl, must, out June 28, 1805.\\nJubn Ilolingwoith, Flint, Co.I; must, out June 30, 1SC5.\\nGeorge S. Juhiison, must, out June 30. 1805.\\nJohn .Iniies, must, out June .30, 1805.\\nLestci- 51cK night, Fenton, Co. A, one year; must, out June 30,1865.\\nJohn MeGieinby, Flint, Co. I, one year; must, out June 30, 18(55,\\nAmos II. Palmer, Flint, Co. I, one year; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nRichard Rone, Vienna, u. I, one year; must, out June 30, 18155.\\nJ.imes Thomas, iliii-t. out June 3(1, 18(i.5.\\nWilliam Uttl.-y, Flint, Co. 1 must, out Juno 30, 1805.\\nHenry Vanelta, Fenton, Co. ,\\\\,one year; must, out Juno 30,1805,\\nWilli. ini H. Wr ghI,Co. K died of disease at Camp Butler, 111., May 1, 1805.\\nJaiiMS W. Whi! taker, must, ont June 30, 1805.\\nWilliam W, WoodfonI, must, out Juno 30,1805.\\nCharles H. Kipp, Fenton, Co. A, one year; must, out June 30, 1805.\\nEiiiuiet D. Ileriiian, Flint, Co. A, one year; must. out June 30, 1805.\\nTWENTY-.SEVENTII INFANTRY.\\nTsrarl r. Whilmer, Atlas, Capt. Co. K, Nov. 20, 1801; must, out July 20,1805.\\nLevi .S. Warren, Flint, private 4th Mich. Cuv. pro. to 2d lieut. Co. A, April 21,\\n1804 discli. Fell. 28, I8C5.\\nCharles Albro, Flint, Co. (1 died at Washington, D.C., Aug. 14, 1804, of wounds.\\nD.ivid Bal Cock, Grand Illanc, Co. E; died of disease at Camp Nelson, Ky., Feb.\\n7. lsi;4.\\nHorace ISeckwitli, Mount Morii.s, Co. G must, out July 21,1805.\\nDwight IJaticock, Burton, Co. G; must, ont July 20, 1805.\\nLiitber J. Briggs. (ir.ind Blanc, Co. K most, out July 20, 1805.\\nJames Cisco, Co. G; niilst. ont July 21, 1805.\\nPeter Carpenter, Co. F discharged at end of service, Oct. 18, 180.5.\\nHenry Dormaii, Grand Blauc,Co.F; must, out July 20, 1805.\\nEpbraim Ensign, Montrose, Ci. G died of diseiuso at S-ilisbury, N. C, May 22,\\n18(U.\\n.bdin Luf/., Flint, Co. II must, out July 20,180.5.\\nJ.dm Oakley, Flint, (V. G must, out July 20, I81W.\\nFrank Smith, Atlas, Co. C; d sch. f..r di-aldlity, Feb. 1805.\\nIlariiion .-iclinider. Grand Blanc, Co. I must, out July 7, 1805.\\nJonallian Wistbrook, Vienna. Co. C; ilied June 28, 1804, from woniids received\\nin battle June 20, 1801, 1 lteisliuig, Va.\\nAlbert E. McClellnn, Muuily,Co A; absent, sick; not must, out with company.\\nTWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.\\nJoshua Hillings, Jr., Tlielford, Co. D; disch at eiel of service, Oct. 14,1805.\\nWilliam L. Deneen, Itirhliebl, Co. F must, out June ;5, 1^05.\\nRieliaid Dewey, Bircli Run, Co. I must, ont June 5, 1806.\\nMiiili-on Fislier, Muiidy, Co. F; must, ont Aug. ;i, IS0.5.\\nJoseph Fox, Birch Run, Co. I disch. at end of service, Marcli I, 1805.\\nSiiniie R Haines, Genesee, Co. F must, out May 15, 1800.\\nJohn E. Jewell, Thctford, Co. I); disch. at end of service, Oct. C, 1805.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "112\\nHISTORY OF UENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nOrlando Levalley, Tlietford, Co. F; disch. at end of service, Oct. IS, 18C5.\\nAn-licrst M. Matliews, RiilifielJ, Co. D; must, out Aug. 9. 180.5.\\nJolin O Uinirn, IticliliilJ, C.i. D; Jiach. at end of service, Oct. 17, 1805.\\nItut us .1. Peimoyer, Co. II; discli. for disaMIity, June ISGG.\\nKdwanl M. Sirinot, Geriuaec, Co. E; must, out June o, ISGO.\\nHorace Stephens, G^inesee, Co. K must, out June 5, 1800.\\nUriah N. .short, ThetfonI, Co. I; njust. out Oct. 180.J.\\nAlirani Van IJusIvirk, Uichfieltl, Co. D; discli. at end of service, Oct. 17, 1805.\\nCaleb White, ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ore^t, Co. D; must, out June 5, 1800.\\nCliarles Walnler, Flint, Co. II; trans, from 2:id Inf.\\nItufus J. Brown, Clayton, Co. H, sovgt. trans, from 23d Inf.; must, out June 5,\\n1800.\\nFIRST MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLEBY.\\nEdwin Allen, liat. H discli. for di\u00c2\u00abil.ility, July 21, 1802.\\nEdward W. li.irlrer, Flint, Bat. B died of disease at Cairo, III., March 25, 1802.\\nMoses Brooks, But. F; disch. for disal-ility, Nov. 18, 1862.\\nSilh Bowilisli, Atlas, liat. I disih. f.]r dis;iWlity, Feh. 4, 180,\\nKdinund IJi-cbe, Genesee, Bat. E veteran disch. at end of service, Jan. 21, 05.\\nAnson A. Bigelow, Genesee, Bat. E; vetiM an must, out Aug. 30, 1805.\\nSoliieski Beamer, Bat. B; must, out Juno 14, 1805.\\nZala Beehe, Mundy, Bat. E; must, out Aug. 30, 18G5.\\nFranklin A. Barber, Fenlon, Bat, I.; must, out Aug. 22, 1805.\\nVan Kensselaer Birdsal], Davison, Bat. L; must, out Aug. 22, 1.S65.\\nAzariah Comptoii, Flint, Baf. B; veteran must, out June 14, 1805.\\nAlviu F. Crosby, Davison, Bat. I discli. by order. May 26, 1865.\\nNelson F. Demarest, But. F; vetenin must, out July 1, 1805.\\nWilliam Darling, Fenton, Biit. II discli. to re-enl. as vet. Jan. I, 1864.\\nLevi Faii cliild, Grand Blanc, Bat. I died of disease at Rome, Ga., July 14, 04.\\nBarnabas C. Greenfi.hl, Mundy, Bat. I trans, to Vet. Res. Corp.^, Oct. IS, 64.\\nWalter I Hyde, Atlas, Bat. I disch. for disability, April 2, 1803.\\nAitliur Ilenipslead, Genesee, Bat. E; must, out .\\\\ug. 30, 1805.\\nAlbert Hathaway, I at. E; must, out Aug. 311, 1865.\\nNorman Ilerick, Mundy, Bat. M d sch. by order, Miiy 9, 1805.\\nJoel h. Jones, Fenton, Bat. L; disch. for disability, May 12, 1805.\\nCharles Jewett, Bat. E; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Oct. 18, 1864.\\nWilliam II. Judd. Bat. H must, out July 22, 180, i.\\nKlijih II. Limli, Grand Blanc, lUt. K; disch. by ord.r, Aug. 0, 1S65.\\nHenry W. Jlar.-h, Bat. A must, out July 28, 1805.\\nDavid I arker, Bat. A disch. at end of service, M.ay 31, 1804.\\nCoorgo W. PicMotr, Fenton, B.it. 1. must, out Aug. 22, 1805.\\nCharles II. Root, Mundy, Bat. E; must, out July 28, IS05.\\nAbraham Rouse, Munily, U.it. K; must, out May 20, 1805.\\nHarvey E. Rock.ifdlow, Atlas, Bat. I must, out July 14, 1805.\\nJohn Sinnnis, Atla-^, Bat. dieil of dis-ase at Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 17,\\n1804.\\nJohn A. Spencer, Atlas, Bat. A died of disease at Grayville, La., Ajnil 14, 64.\\nVocius D. Starr, Bat. A disch. at end of service. May 31, 1801.\\nSimeon Simons, Atlas, Bat. A must, out July 28, 1805.\\nFnincis W. .st irnies. Bat. E; must, out Aug. 30, 1815.\\nDrnii N. Slaght, B.it. E must, out Aug. 30, 186.5.\\nWilliam W. Skinner, Fenton, Bat. I disch. for disability. May 17, 186.1.\\nWashniglon Teacliout, Richfield, Bat. A must, out July 28, 1805.\\nMyron C. Wilkei-son, Genesee, B.it. E; must, out Aug, 30, 1865.\\nJames Allen, Fenton, Bat. II disch. for disab lily, June 3, 1802.\\nKliwin Allen, Fenton, Bat. H; d sell, for disability, July 21, 1862.\\nJohn Simons, Alias, Bat, A died of disease at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 17,\\n1804,\\nSECOND CAVALRY.\\nJohn C. Uodley, Flint, capt. Co, A eul. Sept, 2, 1861 m.^j.. Sept, 25, 18(;2 res.\\nSept, 12, 1863,\\nJohn G. Crawford, Fenton, 8orgt,-maj., 2d lieut.Co. enl. Sept, 9, 1802; res,\\nMarch 31, 1863.\\nWilliam W. Booth, Fenton, q,-m, sergt. trans, to Iiosp, steward, Nov., 1, 1802.\\nWilliam S. Brown. Co, A disch, to enlist in regular service, March 13, 186.1,\\nJohn Ballentine, Co, A di.scli,at end of service, Oct, 22, 1864,\\nLyman Bristol, Co, B; must, out Aug, 31, 18G5.\\nAlbert F, Dodge, Fenton, Co, II died of disease at Hamburg, Tenn,, May 14,\\n18G2.\\nAlbert I, Demarest, Co, A discli, for disability, June 14, 1.802,\\nJ. din S, Ilovey, Co. H; disih. for disaliility, July 1, 1802,\\nWm. S. Liudsley, Co. E; supposed killed by explosion of steamer Sultana,\\nApril 27, 1805,\\nJesse Morehouse, Flint, Co. A (corp.); disch, for disability, Mjiy 5, 1863,\\nDavid Manly, Co, A; discli. at end of service, July 10, 1805.\\nWilli;ini liice, Co. A disch. for disability, Feb, 1, 1802,\\nSelh Williams, Co. A disch, lor disability, Oct, 2 2, 1864.\\nSEVENTH CAVALRY,\\nButler S, Tubbs, Fenton, sergt,, 2il liellt, Co, G enl, Blarcli 24, 1865 trans, to\\n1st Cavalry, Nov. 7, 1S05 Ist lieut.. May 20, 1365; must, out as 2d lieut,\\nCo, A, .March 10, 1SG6,\\nManrico M, Bliss, Co, C; trans, to Vet. Res, Corps, March 15, 1864.\\nGeorge Carrier, Co, K trans, to 1st Michigan Cavalry, Nov, 17, 1865.\\nJohn Conk, Jr,, Co. I must, out Dec, 15, 1865,\\nSjlvester Kccleston, Vii-nna, Co, L; must, out Dec. 8, 18G5.\\nJacob Gassmaii, Grand Blanc, Co, E tniiis, to 1st Mich. Cavalry, Nov, 17, 1865,\\nJerome Qass, Flushing, Co, C; must, out Dec. 15, 1865.\\nMnnsim II, Hovey, Vienna, Co, L; must, out Dec. 8, 1805,\\nJames McFarlane, Montrose, Co, C; must, out Dec, 15, 1865.\\nGilbert B. Monroe, Tlietford, Co, C; must, out Dec, 15, 1865.\\nFrank Merrow, Co, O must, out July 17, 1805,\\nCharles M. McLain, Vienna, Co. L must, out Dec, 8, 1865,\\nRussell McManuus, Montrose, Co. G trans, to Vet. Res, Corps, May 1, 1864.\\nTracy J, Merrill, Richfield, Co, H trans to 1st Michigan Cavalry, Nov, 17, 1865.\\nJ. L, Miller, Co, C; died at Salem Church, Vn., May 27, 1864,\\nWin, McConib, Tlietford, Co, C died at Cold Harbor, Va,, June 4, 18G4.\\nRnger Paine, Vienna, Co. B; must, out Dec, 15, 1865.\\nJames Smith, Flushing, Co, C; must, out Dec, 15, 1805.\\nAustin Slicaly, Co. I; must, out Doc, 15, 18G5.\\nJcdin II, Sloan, Co, L; must, out Dec. 8, 1865.\\nPwight Stewart, Co. L; must, out Dec. 8, 18G.5.\\nLcavitt Tiiolcs, Vienna, Co. C; must, out May ID, 1865.\\nElection Thayer, Flushing, Co. II trjins. to 1st Micliigan Cavalry,\\nAmos W, Webster, Vienna, Co. L must, out Dec. 8, 18C5,\\nMason Ide, Montrose, Co, C; sick in hospital; not must, out with company,\\nJohn \\\\V, Wilson, Tlietford, Co. C disch. for disability. Sept 30, 1803.\\nEIGHTH CAVALRY.\\nAslicl Bcdon, Co, II died of disease at Lexington, Ky., April 10, 1864,\\nThomas Bendle, Flint, wagoner, Co. I; trans, to Vet, Res, Corps, Jan, 15,1864.\\nRoger W, Bunting, Co. II must, out .Sept. 22, 1805,\\nGeorge I), Currier, Co. II must, out Sept, 22, 1805,\\nNathaniel Coulter, Co. I; must, out Se|it, 22, 1805,\\nCliauucy Denny, Flint, sergt, Co, I; must, out Oct, 4, 1865.\\nJos. ph Fisher, Flint, Co, I trans, to Vet, Kes, Corps, Jan, 15, 1804.\\nAlbert Hurst, Fenton, Ci. I; disch, for minority. May 7, 1863.\\nBarney Harper, Flint, Co, I; dach. for disability, June 6, 1805.\\nOrlando J. Hiitcliinson, Co. I; gained from missing in action,\\nReuben llidorm, Flint, C. t died of disease at Lexington, Ky., March 5,1S64.\\nClements King, Co, I: must, out Sept, 22, 1805.\\nOren B. McXett, Flint, sergt. Co, I must, out Sept. 22, 1865,\\nGeorge B, McComb, Flint, Co, I trans, to Vet, Res, Corps, Nov. 23, 1864.\\nCharles W, Moslier, Richneld, corp. Co, L; trans, to Vet, Res, Corps, May 1,\\n1S04,\\nHorace It. Madison, Fenton, Co. I; died of disease at Annapolis, Md., Dec, 24,\\n1 01,\\nChnrles D, Phillips, Co, I died of disease at Camp Nelsan, Ky., June 21, 1804.\\nFranklin E. Potter, Fenton, Co, I gained from missing in action.\\nKImir Pieston, Fenton, Co. 1 ilisch, Feb. 8, 1803,\\nAndrew Potter, Fenton, Co, I; disch. for disability, Sept. 5, 1804.\\nIsaac Potter, Co, 1; disch. for disability, Dec, 30, 1803,\\nPatrick Reynolds, Flint, Co, 1; disch, for disability, April 29, 1S65.\\nKbiii Remington, Fenton, Co. F; must, out Sept, 22, 1805.\\nF^lias Seeley, Flint, Co, L must, out Juno 23, 1805,\\nTimothy O. Sullivan, Co, C; must, out Sept. 22, 1805.\\nKlij lb W, Smith, Flint, (\\\\i. I missing in action at Turner s Ferry, July 9,1804.\\nJolliam O, Stevens, Gaines, Co, II; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan, 15, 1804,\\nOlio II. Van Sickles, Fl.nt, Co. I ga tied from missing in action,\\nJames Van Sickles, Flint, Co, M must, out Se[it. 22, 1805,\\nJoseph II, Wharton, Flint, wagoner, Co, I; d sell, for disability, April 30, 1805.\\nUenjainin II, Green, Flint, Co, I; died in hospital at Kingston, Ga., July 2U,\\n1804.\\nNINTH CAVALRY.\\nSolomon P, Brockway, Flint; maj. Nov, 3, 1802; licnt,-col, JiMic27, 1SC5; must.\\nout July 24, 1865, as m.ajor,\\nJacob Fisher, Co, K disch, for disability, July 8, 1805.\\nTENTH CAVALRY.\\nSamuel W, llalliack, Fenlon, sergt, Co. L; 2d lieut, Co, I, April 1, 1801; 1st\\nlieut. Oct. 19, 1865 must, out Nov. II, 1865.\\nJessup Morehouse, Flint, sergt. Co, D; 2d lieut, Co. H, Aprd 3, 1864 1st lieut.\\nFeb. 18, 1805; must, out Nov. II, 1.S6.5.\\nEdwin A, Botsfoid, Fenion, 2d lieut, Co, L; enl. Aug, 21, 1S63; res, Feb. U,\\n1SG5,\\nJoshua J, Armstrong, Fenton, Co, L; disch. for disability, July 27, 1864,\\nLyman G. Bigelow, Co, D; discli. f o- inoniotion, July 28, 1861,\\nAdelberl Cliadwick, F enton, Co, L; must, out Nov. 11, 1865,\\nWilliam 11, Dunning, Co. E; must. out Nov, II, 1865,\\nChestiT S. Dyniond, Fenton, corp, Co, L; must, out Nov. 11, 1865,\\nLewis B, F. D.ckenson, Fenton, Co, L; must- out Nov. II, 1805.\\nChester Farrer, Fenlon, o, L; must, lait Nov, II, 1865.\\nEllas S, Hale, Flint, Co, L must, out May 24, 1865.\\nAlbert J. ILrst, Fenton, corp, Co, L; must, out July 10, 1865,\\nMerle D, Ingram, Fenton, Co, L; must, out Nov, II, 1865,\\nFrancis Jcuderine, Fenlon, Co. L; must, out March 2l),l8t 5,\\nFraiiUliii McCallani, Fenton, Co, L; niiisl, out Nov, II, 1805.\\nGuoige Marian. Fenlon, Co, L; must, out Nov. 22, 1805.\\nBurt. .11 Perry, Fenton, Co. L: must, out Nov, 27, I8li.\\nAllen A, P..rter, Fenton, Co, L; ninst. out Nov, 11, 18G5.\\nJoseph II. Kowc, Fenton, Co, L; must, out Nov. 11, 1805.\\nJames Sitenee, Argentine, Co, M disch, by order, Aug. 3. 1865,\\nWashington Todd, Genesee, Co, D disch, lor disability, June G, 1804,\\nJames Ta. lor, Fenton, unal-.-uias, sergt, Co. L; must, out Nov, II, 1805,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "AGRICULTUIIE.\\n113\\nBenjamin B. Wclcli\u00c2\u00bb Frnlon, Co. L died of disease nt Grand Kaptd:3, Mich.,\\nXuv. G, isg;j.\\nJohn II. Groom, Kenton, Co. L; disch. for disaljlity, Oct. 17, 1SG4.\\nMurn\u00c2\u00ab L. Grootn, 1-Vntoti, Co. L must, out Nov. 11, IIJCo.\\nCliaa. W. Thori), Fenron, Co. L; must, out Nov. 11, 1S05.\\nrnuYOST GUARD.\\nGvorge Ostoihonl, Burton must, out Slny 0, 1865.\\nriUST REGIJIKNT UNITKD SiWTES SIIAKPSIIOOTKRS.\\nVompiiny K.\\nAVillinni .\\\\tht rlon, iin record.\\nC n\u00c2\u00bbpitH i C.\\nM;ircns A. Watson, tnuisf. to Invalid Coriw, Jan. 1-5, 1804.\\nJames U. lhll r|.l-e, disch. for ditjahility, FeU 0, 180 t,\\nONK IIINOKKIJ AND SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.\\nLewis Beih-r, Atlas K di- ch. for disal.ility, Sept. 14, ISOl.\\nJanie^ 11. Green, Flint, Co. B; niu:*!. t nt Sept. :J0, 1805.\\nJusei lins Johnson, F^nton, Co. G must, out Sept. 30, ISGd.\\nRichard Williiinis, Flint, Co. I must, out Si-pt. Ji), 1805.\\nFORTY-SECOND REGIMENT ILLINOIS INFANTRY.\\nt lmtpanif G,\\nDavid \\\\Y. Beemor, Fenton enl. Aug. 22, 1801 died of wound:-, Jan. 24, 180 J.\\nFdRTY-FOl KTIl ILLINOIS INFANTRY.\\nS. N. .\\\\ndmus now of Flint, 2d lieut. Co. B enl. Aug. 12, 18G1 {Liout. Androus\\ntiad been priticipally insirutnent^il in nising the company) jiro. to Int\\niient. for galliini and nu-ritorious conduct at luitlle of Pea Ridge, Mo.\\nl-attalion adjutant at P;iik Harnicks, Louisville, Ky., for ahont one year;\\ntnins. to 5tli I*. S. Inf., and served ais mustering othcer for Rhude Inland\\nand Connecticut must, out of service Slay 1, 1800.\\nEIGHTH REGIMENT NEW YORK CAVALRY.\\nFrank E. Willett, Flint; cnl.Si-jiI. 21, 1801 wounded in action and taken pris-\\noner, near Weldmi Bridge, Va ,on Wilson s raid around Richmond, June\\n2S\u00c2\u00bb, 1804 confined ten months in Andcrennvilleand other prisons paroled\\nApril i-i, 1805; must, out June 10, 1805.\\nSEVENTEENTH NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY.\\nAndrew Fi-rris, Forest enl. September, 1S0:{; served through openit tons against\\nI etershurg, at Burksvilie, Va., and at AppomatlfiX; discli. June, 1805.\\nFIRST MAINE CAVALRY.\\nClarence D. Clni T, now of Flint, formerly of Rockland, Me.; 1st lient., and\\nordered on duty as a*\u00c2\u00bbt. iir.-mast. ad Brig. 2d Div. C.iv. Corps; served\\nduring the waion staff of Gen. Chirles II. Smith, now col. lOth U. S. Inf.\\nBRIGADE BAND, SECOND BRIGADE, FOURTH DIVISION, TWENTY-\\nTHIRD ARMY CORPS.\\nEnlisted Sept. 3, 1804,/or one year; mitst red out June 15, 1SG5.\\nConrad A. Ilofifmau, leader, Fenton;* Cyrus Alsdorf, Jeffeison Powell, James\\nt^hiiltleworlh, Rollin A. Jenny, Willi. im (iaie, Wilhani Graliam, Edwin\\nG. Niles, Mertun S. Stewart, David C. Brigg-*, Stephen V. Gales, James A.\\nllnng(^ ifurd, Charles L.Sh ddon, Fiancis M. Wliceler, Morlimer M. Stan-\\nford, Alva U. Wood, Adiiey V. Forbi-s.\\nBRIGADE BAND, SECOND BRIGADP; THIRD DIVISION, CAVALRY\\nCORl S.\\nJohn J. Vandcrhuigh, Fenton enl. Apiil 13, 1804; must, out Aug. 2, 1805.\\nKlliurt N. Chandh-r, Fenton; ml. April 13, 1804; mnnt. gut April 2 J, 1805.\\nCliarlea C. Colratb, Fenton enl. Apr.l 13, l804 must, out July 28, 1805,\\nAPPOINTMENTS FROM GENESEE COUNTY.\\nOscar Adams, Flint, majoraud paymaster U.S. Vols. enl. Jlarch 18,1804; must.\\nout Nov. 15, 1805.\\nAndrew B. Cliapin, Flint, asf-t. surg. of U.S. Vols.; enl. Sept. 12, 1802; res.\\nAug. 20,1804.\\nOilman T. llolmcsj, (Jaincs, 1st lieut., 1st Miih. Col d Inf., Hr2d U. S. C. T.; enl.\\nNuv. 7, 18ti.3 I egt. ii.-m., May 0, 1805; res. June 30, 1805.\\nAlmon C. Barnard, Genesee Co., 1st lieut., 12il. U. S. Col d ILa^-y .Artillery\\nunl. July 15, 1804.\\nCHAPTER XVIII.\\nAGRICULTURE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 MANUFACTURES-POPULATION.\\nKiirly Agriculture in Genesee Sliecp-Iireedin^ (jcnet ce County\\nSbccp-Urcedcrs and Woul-Orowcrs Associutiun Cnttlc lirccJing\\nTile Hay Product Genesee County Agricultural Society The\\nCrapo Farm .Munufacturing fntere^Us Lumbering Other Manu*\\nfacturing Induytries Populiition of the County at different Periods.\\nThe earliest agriculture of Gciic.\u00c2\u00abcc was in no respect dif-\\nferent from that of other counties of tlie State, where, as in\\nAll the members of Ihe ban 1 here name 1 were from Fenton,\\n15\\nthis, the pioneer inimigrants were largely from the Gen-\\ne.see Country of Western New York, that fertile region\\nwhich had been reputed to surpass all other.s in richness of\\nsoil and adaptability to the purposes of agriculture, particu-\\nlarly to the production of wheat. Emigrants from that sec-\\ntion invariably gauged the new countries to which they went,\\nby coinpari.soii with that which tliey had left and to thcin,\\nthe one principal proof of the excellence of a soil was its\\ncapability to jiroduce wheat, as niucii wheat in (piantily,\\nand as good wheat in quality, as could be raised on the same\\narea of land in that garden-spot of the world, the Genesee\\nValley of New York. And in their application of this test\\nto the county of Genesee, Mich., the result was so .satisfactory\\nthat some of them avowed the belief that the new country\\nwas not only equal but superior to the old, in this most es-\\nsential particular.\\nThe first care of the farmers who came to till the virgin\\nsoil was, of course, to provide subsistence for their families\\nand so the first crops which they planted or sowed in the\\nopenings, or in the .small clearings in the timber, were ex-\\nclusively such as were required for tliis purpose and chief\\namong these was wheat. Potatoes and other esculents were\\nprovided for in a small way, but the article of ]iriuic neces-\\nsity was wheat, and to it a great proportion of the tilled\\narea was devoted. The abundant crops which they ob-\\ntained at once relieved their necessities, and placed them\\nbeyond the reach of possible want, and then, from the sur-\\nplus of the first and succeeding crops, they began to realiz3\\na revenue in money, though the very redundancy of the\\nyield of wheat in this and adjoining sections of the country\\nbrought the price so low at times that the remuneration for\\nthe labor of raising, harvesting, hand-threshing, and trans-\\nporting the grain to a distant markctj .seemed discour-\\nagingly small. The experience of later years, however, has\\nshown that the immigrant farmers of- tlic early days were\\nnot far from right in their estimate of the importance of\\nwheat culture upon such a soil as that of Genesee County,\\nwhere its constantly increasing, and almost uniformly suc-\\ncessful cultivation, has been the foundation of so large a\\nproportion of the agricultural wealth and prosperity.\\nBelow are given statistics of the wheat production of\\nGenesee County at several periods from 1840 to 1873, as\\nshown by the corresponding census reports, viz.\\nBushel-*.\\nWheat harvested in 1840 :ii:.M J\\nls.)(i l:il,021\\n1854 lli .l,027\\nIsCiU lfiri.:i(iS\\nlS7:i 478,710\\nAnd the wheat crop of the county for the present year\\n(1879) is estimated to fall very little .short of one million\\nbushels. The increase of production of other grains in the\\ncounty has not been le.ss remarkable than in that of wheat,\\nas will appear from the following figures\\nBilsliol?.\\nAll grains (other than wheat) raised in Gen-\\nesee County in 1S40 45,fi41\\nAll grains (other than wheat) raised in Gen-\\nesee County in ls.)4 2(17,793\\nAll grains (otlier than wheat) raised in Gen-\\nesee County in lS7:i 1,OJO,OOU\\nt It was not infrequently the case that farmers of Goncsco County,\\nafter hauling their wheat to I ontiae, Oakland Co., were eoui|ielled to\\nsell it there at fifry cents per bushel, and sunictiuies fur even a less\\nprice.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "lU\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSnEEP-BREEDlNG.\\nSheep-raising and wool-giowing were among the earliest\\nof the agricultural industries in Genesee, being entered\\ninto to some extent by the fanners of the county soon\\nafter settlement, and generally as soon as their circum-\\nstances had been improved and the comfort of their families\\nassured by the production of a few crops of wheat, hay,\\nand other necessaries. In 1840 there were one thousand\\nand seven sheep in the county, as shown by the census\\nreport of that year, but these were nearly all in tlie south-\\neastern towns. In 1850 the wool produced in the county\\nwas, as reported, seventy-three thousand eight hundred and\\nfour pounds, and the whole number of sheep had increased\\nto twenty-five thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, in-\\ncluding a comparatively large number of the fine-wooled\\nbreeds which had been introduced in the mean time, first\\nin Grand Blanc, and a little later in the adjoining towns.\\nIn 1852 the executive committee of the county agricul-\\ntural society (then only two years old) said of the display\\nof animals at their annual fair If Gene.see County\\ndeserves special credit for her productions in any one\\ndepartment of stock over others, it was observable in the\\nsheep-pens. It is but very few years since the fine-wooled\\nvarieties were first introduced among us, yet we now find\\nthem represented here in a display which would be credit-\\nable to much older counties. In that year the amount\\nof wool sold in the Flint market was reported at thirty-\\nthree thousand pounds, bringing an average of twenty-nine\\ncents per pound, and it was remarked by an agricultural\\njournal, in commenting on these facts, that wool is com-\\nmencing to be an article of considerable revenue to the\\nfarmers of Genesee County. In the following year (1853)\\nthe estimated quantity sold in Flint was something more\\nthan fifty thousand pounds, at prices ranging from thirty-five\\nto fifty-six cents per pound. In 1854 the number of sheep\\nreported was thirty-three thousand two hundred and thirtj\\nsix, and the wool-clip in the county had increased to ninety-\\none thousand nine hundred and thirty pounds. In 1860\\nthe number of sheep reported was forty-nine thousand\\neight hundred and twenty, and the pounds of wool shorn,\\none hundred and forty-three thousand six hundred and\\nforty-three.\\nThe extraordinary demand created by the war of the\\nRebellion caused a steady and rapid advance in the price of\\nwool, until finally it reached and exceeded one dollar per\\npound. This was the most profitable period ever known\\nby wool-growing farmers from the first settlement of Michi-\\ngan down to the present time.\\nTHE GENESEE COUNTY SHEEP-BREEDERS AND WOOL-\\nCiROWERS ASSOCIATION.\\nThis association, originated during the fever of war\\nprices, was formed at a meeting composed of a large\\nnumber of the leading farmers of the county held at the\\nfarm of Jonathan D.iyton, Esq in Grand Blanc, May 25,\\n1865, for the double purpose of forming such an organiza-\\ntion, and to inaugurate in Genesee County a practice\\nfound to be successful, pleasant, and very beneficial in other\\ncounties of the State, namely, the holding of annual\\nsheep-shearing festivals, a practice which has been con-\\ntinued in Genesee till the present time, and has proved as\\npleasant and beneficial as its promoters anticipated.\\nThe proceedings of the day commenced at about ten a.m.\\nby the choice of Henry W. Wood as president of the day,\\nand F. H. Rankin, secretary. D. H. Stone, E. G. Gale,\\nand D. H. Seeley, being appointed a committee to report u\\nplan and constitution of such an association as was in con-\\ntemplation, submitted their report, which was adopted, and\\nan organization under the above name was effected by the\\nchoice of officers as follows: President, H. W. Wood,\\nFlint City. Vice-Presidents, Emmaus Owen, Grand Blanc\\nR. A. Carman, Flint; A. P. Gale, Atlas. Secretary,\\nFrancis H. Rankin, Flint. Treasurer. D. H. Stone, Grand\\nBlanc. Auditors, Charles Pettis, Davison Henry Schram,\\nBurton. Executive Committee, C. II. Ilockwood, Genesee;\\nJonathan Dayton, Grand Blanc; J. K. Picrson, Atlas;\\nII. C. Van Tiffin, Flint; E. G. Gale, Atlas; E. J. Pier.son,\\nGrand Blanc Edmond Perry, Davi-son.\\nThe sheep-shearing exercises of the day were witnessed\\nby a large concourse of spectators, among whom were many\\nfrom other counties, and some from the State of New York,\\ntliuugh little publicity had been given, and no programme\\nannounced. The shearers entered were Josephus Morgan,\\nJo.seph Barton, Benjamin Newman, and S. Miner, of Grand\\nBlanc; M. F. Dunn and Orson Bingham, of Genesee;\\nWilliam Hawkins, Alfred Ewer, and Edward Ewer, of\\nFlint City; J. C. Ilockafellow, of Davison W. H. Borden\\nand Eben Higgins, of Mundy Levi Beecher and Charles\\nBeecher, of Atlas William Dullam and Frank Cou.sins, of\\nFlint township. About one hundred and fifty sheep were\\nin the yards, but they were not all shorn. The committees\\nwere composed as follows On bucks, J. W. Begole, R. A.\\nCarman on ewes, David Schram, C. C. Picrson, Stephen\\nJordan on weighing, Oren Stone on shearing, J. W.\\nKing, C. H. Rockwood, A. S. Donelson. No premiums\\nhad been announced or authorized, but the committees\\nespecially commended the animals and fleeces of E. J.\\nPicrson, D. H. Stone, Charles Bates, Gurdon Walrous,\\nand J. C. Dayton, of Grand Blanc II. W. Wood, of Flint\\nCity; A. P. Gale, of Atlas; P. A. Montgomery, of Bur-\\nton Charles Pettis, of Davison and C. II. Rockwood,\\nof Genesee; though expressing the opinion that a number\\nof others were scarcely inferior to those named.\\nThe meeting of the following year recorded as the\\nFirst Annual Festival of the Genesee County Sheep-Breeders\\nand Wool-Growers Association was held at the agricul-\\ntural fair-grounds in Flint, Jlay 9 and 10, 1866. At this\\nexhibition (which was confined to Merinos, one hundred\\nand seven sheep were entered for competition, but the\\nnumber of shearers was insufficient to complete the shear-\\ning of all in the time allotted. Mr. Rankin, the secretary\\nof the association, in commenting on this display of animals\\nin the next succeeding issue of his paper, said\\nThere was not an inferior sheep upon the grounds, and\\nalthough in older counties larger exhibitions may have been\\nhad, we question if anywhere in this State an cijual number\\nof better animals have ever been collected together.\\nThe wool of the fleeces was all of fine texture, good length\\nof staple, pliant, and soft, such as any locality might feel\\nproud of producing, and such as would do credit to a display", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "AGRICULTURE.\\n115\\nof such animals (Muiinos) even in those parts of Vermont\\nand New York wlicro tiicir euro and cultivation is made a\\nspecialty. The flocks of Messrs. Gale, of Atlas, Dewey,\\nof Mount Jlunis, Ki-sing Mun;j;er, of Richfield, Stone,\\nof Grand Blanc, Rockwoud and Beahan, of Genesee, Pet-\\ntis, of Davison, Crapser, of Burton, and others, are destined\\nvet to have a fame in the annals of sheep-husbandry.\\nPremiums were awarded as follows\\nOn bucks, three years old and over, first premium to E.\\nB. Dewey, of Mount Morris; second premium to E. G.\\nGale, of Atlas.\\nOn bucks, two years old, first premium to P. A. Jlont-\\ngomery, of Burton second premium to William Lobban,\\nof Davison.\\nOn bucks, one year old, first prcniiura to D. II. Stone,\\nof Grand Blaac second premium to Stone Dayton, of\\nGrand Blanc.\\nJudges on above classes, James Faucctt, of Bath, Steu-\\nben Co., N. Y., Stephen Hillman,of Pontiac, Oakland Co\\nand M. M. Ilillman, of Tyrone, Livingston Co., Mich.\\nOn ewes (pens of three), three yeare old and over, first\\npremium to I). II. Stone, of Grand Blanc second premium\\nto Rising Munger, of Richfield.\\nOn ewes Qiens of three), two yeai-s old, first premium to\\nRising Munger; second premium to E. G. Gale, of Atlas.\\nJudges on two last-mentioned classes, Henry Sehrani, of\\nBurton, Stephen Jordan, of Atlas, and Charles Bates, of\\nGrand Blanc.\\nOn ewes (pens of three), one year old, first premium to\\nD. II. Stone; second premium to P. A. Montgomery, of\\nBurton.\\nJudges on this cla.ss, S. Andrews, of Howell, Phincas\\nThompson, of Grand Blanc, and M. M. Ilillman, of Tyrone,\\nLivingston Co.\\nFrom that time until the present the annual sheep-shear-\\ning festivals have been observed with regularity, that of\\n1870 having been held in Grand Blanc on the 1st day of\\nMay. It seems .ipparent, however, from the late lists of\\nentries, that the interest in them is more confined to the\\nsoutheastern part of the county than formerly.\\nSheep-breeding and wool-growing at the present time,\\nthough not prosecuted with as much of enthusiasm as during\\nthe period of unnaturally inflated prices, is still a leading\\nagricultural industry in Genesee. The flocks of the county\\nare being constantly improved by importations from Ver-\\nmont, 3Ionroe Co., N. Y., and other places, and they now\\ncontain a very large proportion of the mo.st ap|iroved breeds.\\nThat the wool product here is steadily and (juitc rapidly in-\\ncreasing is bown by a comparison of the figures for 1873\\nwith those for 1871) the fjuantity sheared in Genesee\\nCounty in the former year being 300,0 JL! pounds, as re-\\nported in the State census of 187-1 (though the actual\\namount \\\\v;ls probably somewhat greater), and the clip of\\nthe present year (187 J) being C J1,000 pound.s, amounting\\nto \u00c2\u00a7224,575.\\ncattle-breedi.no.\\nSeveral years elaji.sed after sheep-raising had been coni-\\nluenccd by the farmers of the county before they began to\\nraise cattle for outside markets. The first drove which lel t\\nthe coun y of Genesee, destined lor an Eastern market, was\\ndriven by Porter Hazelton, of Flint, and James Schram\\n(now of California) to Bulfalo, N. Y., and there disposed\\nof A trader from Ohio came into the county soon after,\\nand, with the assistance of Mr. Gibson, of Whigville, pur-\\nchased quite a large lot of cattle, which he also drove to\\nBuffalo for a market. This was the beginning of a trade\\nwhich has grown to be a large and important one to the\\nagricultural interests of the county.\\nDurhams and Devons were the first blooded animals\\nbrought into the county, and no mention of any others is\\nfound in the agricultural reports of the county for a num-\\nber of years after 1850. The next to make their appear-\\nance after these were the Ayrshires. The first full-blood\\nshort-horns wore brought into the county by David Ilalsey,\\nof Grand Blanc, though high grades had been kept there\\nconsiderably earlier. Jonathan Dayton and Rowland B.\\nPerry were among the earliest owners of Durhams in Grand\\nBlane, or in the county. Full-blood short-horns were\\nbrought into Fentou township at an early day by Elislia\\nLarned, and also into Burton by Perus Atherton and Adon-\\nijah Atherton, from the Birney herd at Bay City. Gov-\\nernor Crapo brought iu the first and finest Ilerefords, from\\nStone s herd at Guelph, Ontario. He also brought in Dur-\\nhams and Devons, but gave preference, and his principal at-\\ntention during the remainder of his life, to the Ilerefords.\\nThere is also a considerable number of this breed found\\nin other herds in the county, as well as .some Ayrshires and\\nAldcrneys.\\nTHE UAV I llODUCT.\\nThe production of hay is another impoutant agricultural\\nindustry in Genesee. It began, at an earl} day, to be pro-\\nduced in excess over stock requirements, and to bring a con-\\nsiderable amount of revenue by sales to lumbermen. It is\\nonly in recent years, however, that the pressing of hay into\\nbales has been practiced in this county. This process was\\ncommenced a few years ago by the use of hand-presses,\\nbut these have been superseded, and power-presses are now\\nin general use. The quantity of hay annually baled here\\nfor shipment is large, and the production of the article is\\nto many farmers an important source of profit. The hay\\nproduct of the county has increased from 1041 tons in\\n1840 to 10,88o tons in 1854, and 34,0G2 tons in 1873.\\nTlIE GE.VESEE COU-NXr AOaiCULTURAL SOCIETV.\\nThe first meeting preliminary to the formation of this\\nsociety was held at Flint, on the 12th of January, 1850,\\nand, after the appointment of a committee to dral t a con-\\nstitution and by-laws, was adjourned to the 15th of Feb-\\nruary next following. At the adjourned meeting, of which\\nRowland 15. Perry was appointed President pro lent., and\\nJohn L. Gage, Secretary, T. B. W. Stockton, of the com-\\nmittee, reported a constitution, which was adopted, and the\\norganiz.ition of the society under the above name and style\\nwas perfected by the election of the following, its first offi-\\ncers, namely\\nPresident, Hon. Jeremiah 11. Smith, of Grand Blanc.\\nVice- President.*, Elbridge G. Gale, of Atlas; Lsiae Mid-\\ndlesworth, of Argentine Alfred Pond, of Clayton Daniel\\nD.iyton, of Davison George \\\\V. Piper, of Forest; James\\nIlosie, of Flushing; Benjamin Peai-son, of Flint William", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "116\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTanner, of Fenton E. Fletcher, of Gaines Daniel II.\\nSeely, of Genesao Rowland B. Perry, of Grand Blanc\\nJohn Far((uharson, of Montrose; John Ridiard-s, of\\nMundy Garret Zufelt, of Richfield Richard Buel, of\\nThelford Daniel Montague, of Vienna. Recording Sec-\\nretary, James B. Walker, of Flint. Corresponding Secre-\\ntary, George M. Dewey, of Flint. Treasurer, Augustus\\nSt. Aniand, of Flint. Executive Committee, Jonathan\\nDayton, of Grand Blanc; C. D. W. Gibson, of Grand\\nBlanc; John L. Gage, of Flint; C. N. Beccher, of Gene-\\nsee; Peabody Pratt, of Flint.\\nThe object of the society, as set forth in the first article\\nof the constitution, was to promote Agriculture, Horti-\\nculture. Household and Mechanical Arts in Genesee County,\\nMichigan.\\nThe first fair of the society was held on the 2d and od\\ndays of October, 1850, in a grove near the present Metho-\\ndist church in Flint. The annual fairs continued to be\\nheld on ground leased by the society until lSr)4, when\\na tract of about four acres was purchased for four hundred\\ndollars of Messrs. Fenton and Bishop, being part of the\\nStockton tract then recently purchased by them and laid\\nout as an addition to the village plat of Flint. The tract\\nwas conveyed by deed to Grant Decker and Levi Walker\\nill trust for the society, and the annual fair was held upon\\nit in October of that year. The proceeds of the fair of\\n1855 enabled the society to pay in full for the grounds.\\nAt that time the president of the society was Benjamin\\nPearson, who had succeeded Mr. Smith, and who held the\\noffice till 1850, when he was succeeded by Grant Decker,\\nwho, in turn, was succeeded in 1857 by Jonathan Dayton,\\nand he, in 1858, by Henry Schram. In 1857, the fair\\nground having been found inconveniently small for the\\nneeds of the society, its area was nearly doubled by the\\npurchase of an adjoining tract of between three and four\\nacres from Hon. Artemas Thayer, at two hundred and\\ntwenty dollars per acre. These two purchases, together\\nwith a small tract afterwards bought of Col. Fenton, con-\\nstituted what was known as the Old Fair-Grounds, on\\nwhich the annual fairs were held for thirteen years. These\\ngrounds were in the south part of the city, near the Thread\\nRiver.\\nThe present fair-grounds of the society were selected\\nand purcha.scd (except the small addition hereafter men-\\ntioned) in 1870. On the 14th of April in that year,\\nAVilliani Hamilton, executor of John Hamilton, deceased.\\nSold to Grant Decker and Levi Walker, tiustees of the\\nGone.see County Agricultural Society, lots seven and eight\\nof McNeil s out-lots, and lots eleven, ten, nine, eight,\\nand parts of lots six and seven of John Hamilton s out-\\nlots, for the consideration of ten thousand dollars. The\\nbuildings from the old grounds were removed to the new,\\nthe former being sold and platted by the purchasers as city\\nlots. Additional buildings were erected on the new grounds,\\nand the annual fairs of the society have been held upon\\nthem until the present time. They were enlarged by the\\njiurchase from William Hamilton (Nov. 8, 1877) of a part\\nof lots six and seven of John Hamilton s out-lots, for\\nthe sum of five hundred dollars.\\nThe fair-ground whicli contains an excellent half mile\\ntrotting-eourse is situated in the Second Ward of the city\\nof Flint, between Seventh and Ninth Streets, with its main\\nfront on the street known as the Northern W agon-Road.\\nIts area is about twenty-three acres.\\nThe legal incorporation of the Genesee County Agricul-\\ntural Society was effected on the 8th of February, 1871,\\nunder the provisions of Chapter 54 of the compiled laws\\nof Michigan the corporators and trustees being Elijah\\nW. Rising, Francis H. Rankin, Orcn Stone, Charles C.\\nBeahan, Charles Pettis, Henry Schram, William J. Phillips,\\nFrederick II. Kellicutt, Jesse M. Davis, Grant Decker,\\nLevi Walker, and John L. Gage.\\nThe officers of the .society for the year 1879 are: Pres-\\nident, Sumner Howard, of Flint; Secretary, II. C. Van-\\ndnsen, of Flint Treasurer, George Hubbard, of Flint. The\\nHon. Francis H. Rankin held the office of secretary of the\\nsociety for twenty-six years con.sccutively.\\nTHE C RAI O F.\\\\K M.\\nIn 1852, two farms in Genesee County were entered to\\ncompete for the premium offered for the best, by the Agri-\\ncultural Society in that year. These were the farms of\\nRowland B. Perry, of Grand Blanc, and Daniel Curtis, of\\nGenesee and the premium was awarded to the former,\\nthough the latter was mentioned as being scarcely inferior.\\nFrom that time the agricultural improvement has been\\ngreat and constant, and to-day there are in the county\\nscores of farms worthy of premiums for their excellence,\\nand all deserving of separate and especial description. As\\nit is impracticable, however, to notice all such in detail, we\\nshall make particular mention of only one, a large and in\\nevery way a very remarkable farm, a great part of which\\nwas, only a few years since, a worthless and malarious\\nswamp, from which condition it was reclaimed and brought\\nto a state of the highest cultivation and productiveness by\\nthe late Governor Henry II. Crapo.\\nThe Crapo Farm, as it is called, is situated in the\\ntown of Gaines, township C north, range 5 east, upon por-\\ntions of sections 3, 4, 9, and 10, and contains about eleven\\nhundred acres. About one-half of this farm consists of\\nupland, with a rich and strong soil, capable, as are most of\\nthe farms in this locality, of producing continuous crops of\\nthe finest wheat. The remainder, about six hundred acres,\\nconsists of reclaimed marsh, which has been thoroughly\\ndrained, and which is now in a condition of the highest\\ncultivation.\\nThis farm, originally pnjected by Governor Henry II.\\nCrapo, is a monument of his far-seeing sagacity, his practical\\nagricultural wisdom, and his vigorous business ability. lu\\nhis drives through the country he had frcr|ueiitly cros.sed on\\nthe rough corduroy-road passing through the Gaines Swamp.\\nThe rank growth of wild grasses indicated a luxuriant soil,\\nand he believed that by drainage this Dead Man s Swamp,\\nas it was locally called, on account of its miasma, might be\\nconverted into profitable fields. This was prior to any gen-\\neral draining of swamp-lands in Michigan, and prior to the\\nenactment of the drainage laws now in force. Governor\\nCrapo, in order to satisfy himself of the feasibility of drainage,\\ncaused levels to be taken from Swartz Creek to the upper\\nend of the marsh, and ascertained thereby that a sufficient", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "MANUFACTUKES.\\nlit\\ndescent for the water existed if an outlet was opened for it.\\nHis plan for drainage was practicable. It involved a large\\noutlay, but an extensive acreage, absolutely worthless, was\\nreclaimed by it, and other lands, more or loss damaged by\\nthe dead water of the marsh, were rendered capable of\\nniucli higher cultivation.\\nAs there were no general drainage laws nor drain eom-\\nnii.ssioners at that time, the first requisite was the passage\\nof an act which should authorize the construction of the\\ndesired ditch. This was procured by Governor Crapo. An\\nact of the Legislature was passed March 15, 18(11 giving the\\nnecessary autliorily, and ajipropriating two thousand acres\\nof the swamplands of the State to the county of Genesee,\\nfor the purpo.se of cutting a ditch or drain through a cer-\\ntain swamp in the north part of the township of Gaines,\\nthe same to be not less than four feet in depth, and eight\\nfeet in width at the top, and three and a half feet at the\\nbottom the work to be done under the direction of the\\nsupervisors of the county. On the 1.5th day of Juno, ISUl,\\nthe board entered into a contract with Governor ra]io for\\nthe ditching of the swamp according to the provisions of\\nthe act, for which work he should be entitled to receive the\\ntwo thousand acres of swamp-land donated to the county.\\nThe report of the committee appointed by the supervisors\\nfrom their board, prior to the making of the contract, said\\nYour committee are satisfied that the making of said\\ndrain would lay the foundation for not only entirely reclaim-\\ning and making dry this portion of the Gaines Swamp re-\\nferred to, but would be the main artery for successfully\\ndraining a large amount of contiguous lowlands, and would\\nbe the means of finally adding largely to the value of real\\nestate in that region also greatly improving the sanitary\\ncondition of that locality.\\nThe ditch was constructed in accordance with the act, ex-\\ncept that it wa.s made ten feet in width at the top instead of\\neight feet, and four feet at the bottom instead of three and\\na half feet. The main ditch is between three and four\\nmiles in length.\\nA portion of the Crapo farm is a part of the Gaines\\nSwauip, and was purchased of the State of Michigan as\\nswamp-land. In addition. Governor Crapo made purchases\\nof several adjacent farms, in order to obtain the desired acre-\\nage of upland to use in connection with the marsh-land.\\nThe construction of the ditch was a complete success in\\nthe removal of the surplus water, a descent of twelve feet\\nfrom its source to its outlet furnishing a reliable and rapid\\ncurrent. The nniin ditch runs through the centre of the\\nfarm, an l numerous lateral ditches have been made, in-\\nsuring such perfect drainage that tlie land can be worked\\nas easily and readily as the upland.\\nUpon the Crapo farm is a large and commodious dwell-\\ning-house, together with .several smaller houses for the\\nlaborers. Although it has three barns, two of which are\\none hundred feet by forty-six feet each, and one of one\\nhundred and fifty feet by thirty-six feet, with an L sixty\\nfoot in length, it is necessary to stack .several hundred tons\\nof hay yearly in the fields. The farm is under a high state\\nof cultivation its crops of wheat, oats, corn, and roots at-\\ntesting the richness of the soil and its admirable management.\\nThe farm is now owned by William W. Crapo, the only\\nson of ex-Governor Crapo, who has carried out the intentions\\nof his father in making this one of the best stock farms in\\nthe State. During the last winter there were kept upon\\nthe farm two hundred and eighty-one head of horned cattle,\\ntwenty horses and colts, and one hundred sheep. 5Ir.\\nCrapo has for many years made a specialty of pure-blood\\nHerefords, and he has one of tlic largest and best herds of\\nthis superior breed of cattle in the country.\\nM.VNUFACTUUIXG INTERESTS.\\nLUSIBERINO.\\nAmong the manufacturing interests of Genesee County,\\nthe chief place is properly assigned to the business of cut-\\nting pine logs into nlcrchautablc lumber. In past years this\\nbusiness has been of more importance, and productive of a\\nreatcr revenue, than all the other manufacturing indus-\\ntries of the county combined and although it is now\\nreatly shrunk from its former va.st proportions it still\\nholds its relative rank at the head of the manufactures of\\nGenesee. A volume might be filled with an account of the\\ncrowth and fluctuations of this trade, and its influence and\\neffect on the general development of the county, but it is\\nhoped that the following brief notice of some of the more\\nsusgestivc facts in its history may not be thought valueless\\nor uninteresting\\nThe saw-mill which antedated all others ever built on\\nany of the tributaries of the Flint, or upon the river itself,\\nwas a small establishment erected about 1828 by Rowland\\nB. Perry and E. II. Spencer on the Thread River, in Grand\\nBlanc. This, however, cut very little, if any, pine lumber,\\nbeing intended only to .saw the hard-wood logs of the vi-\\ncinity for the small local demand. It was but a poor aflfair\\nat best, and was discontinued after a very few years. Next\\ncame the comparatively efficient mill built by Rufus W.\\nStevens in 18l!0 on the Thread, a .short distance above the\\npresent Thread Mills of Flint. This mill cut a consid-\\nerable amount (for those days) of pine taken from the\\nsplendid pinery which is in part, or wholly, within the present\\nlimits of the Fourth Ward of Flint City, and it was from\\nthe Stevens mill that the lumber was taken to form the\\nfirst raft, which ever descended the Flint River.* About\\nISiJG an attempt was made by Alden Tapper to build a mill\\non the river below Flushing, but this project never pro-\\ngressed farther than the erection of the frame, and no ma-\\nchinery was ever put in. Then came the erection of the\\nfirst really efficient mill of this .section, that built by Stage\\nWright in 1830 at Flint River. An account of this, as\\nwell as of the other and fur more extensive luniber-mills\\nwhich have succeeded it at that place until the present\\ntime, will bo found in the hi.story of the city of Tlint, in\\nthis work.\\nFrom the lime of the establishment of the first saw-mill\\nat Flint that point became practically the centre of lum-\\nThe raft hero iiientionc 1 (wlikli was not only Iho first upon llio\\nFlint, but also the lirBl lufiibcr raft run on .hm/oI Ihp tributaries of tho\\nSaginaw) was cotnpoSL-J of ten thnu-iand fei t of pine hinibcr,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 prin-\\ncipilly one-ineh boar.ls, pureha-ej at Stevens mill, on the Thread,\\nin 18:12, by Elea7.er Jowett, who ran the riil t ihiwn the river wilhnut\\nany iisaislance. With the lumber he built his ihvelling-house at tireen\\nI oint,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the fir. t fnunc builJiiij; ereeted in that region.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "118\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbering operations for the Flint lliver and its tributaries.\\nIn 18133-40 tlio price of lumber was quoted tlicrc at ten\\nto fiftooii dollars per thousand feet, which was regarded as\\nan exuaurdinary price. It soon after, however, fell from\\nfour to eight dollars per thousand, and was very difiSeult\\nof sale at those jirices. In 1850 there were at Flint\\ntwo saw-mills, and tlieir product for 184!) was placed by\\nthe United States census of 1850 at three and a half mil-\\nlions of feet. In 1850 the lumber sawed at this point\\naggregated five million two hundred thousand feet. In\\n1854 the business had increased so that there were seven\\nmills (four steam and three water), with an aggregate an-\\nnual capacity of sixteen million eight hundred thou.sand\\nfeet (an increase of nearly four lumdred per cent, in four\\nyears), and yet the price had advanced from the former low\\nfigures to from seven to fifteen dollars per thousand, a fact\\nin great measure due to the improved facilities of trans-\\nportation afforded by the opening of plank-roads.\\nThe completion of the railroad in 1802, and the subse-\\nquent opening of other lines, gave a great impulse to the\\nbusiness here by affording practicable communication with\\noutside markets and this, with the increased demand cre-\\nated by the great civil war, inaugurated for the lumbering\\ninterests of the Flint Ilivcr Valley an era of prosperity\\n(extending from about ISGti to the great revulsion of 1873)\\nsueh as they had never known before, and in all probability\\nwill never experience again. The zenith of thi.s pro.sperity\\nwas reached in the period from about 1SU9 to the beginning\\nof 1871, when there commenced a gradual decline, which was\\ngreatly accelerated by the events of 1873; so that of the\\nnine mills reported as being in operation in Flint in 1870,\\nhaving an annual capacity of ninety millions of feet, giving\\nemployment to over five hundred men, and valued at half a\\nmilliiin dollars, there now remain but three in operation,\\nemploying a few more than two hundred men and having\\nan aggregate annual capacity of about thirty-eight millions\\nof feet. This is still a very large business (except as com-\\npared with that of former years), and might indeed be re-\\ngarded as very satisfactory but for the fact that the supply\\nof logs is rapidly diminishing, though by no means ex-\\nhausted, on the upper waters of the Flint. The quantity\\nof logs put into the Flint Hiver and its tributaries for mills\\nin Genesee County, during the past winter (1878-79), is\\nstated by the SaffiiMwiiat newspaper as follows\\nFLINT niVKIl.\\nFoot.\\nBegole, Fox Co fi.OIIU.OOO\\nA. McFmlin ;i.00n,O(lrt\\nAV. \\\\V. Cra|io 12,11011,1100\\nWm. Titers S, 000, 1100\\nliuscnbaik Co S,000,000\\nTotal 37,000,000\\nOf the foregoing all go to Flint mills, with the excep-\\ntion of those put in for Peters, which will be cut at Colum-\\nbiaville.\\nOTTEH LAKK.\\nFeet.\\nC. B. Benson.... 2,. )00,000\\nW. C. Cumiuings 2.000,000\\nTo^al .1,500,000\\nOTISVII.I.K.\\nA. K. Iluutjii 2,000,OJO\\nThe same authority proceeds to mention a number of\\nother mills on the upper river, for which nearly fifty-five\\nmillion feet have been put in, and then closes its mention\\nof the lumbering operations of this year on the Flint by\\nsaying, The foregoing gives a grand total for Flint lliver\\nand contiguous territory of ninety-one million three hun-\\ndred and fifty thou.sand feet. This year marks the crisis of\\nforest production in all its branches in this section. Never\\nagain will any two years put so much material on the mar-\\nket. Ijumber production is almost at an end for export,\\nbut shingles are being extensively made from old logging\\nfields. The prediction contained in the above is undoubt-\\nedly correct, that no succeeding season will ever equal the\\none just past in the magnitude of its logging operations on\\nthe Flint. The pine in Genesee County is already so far\\nexhausted that of all the vast quantity which was growing\\nhere forty years ago there remain now only two small\\ntracts, one standing on section 15, in the town.ship of\\nForest, and the other, less than fiftiien acres in extent, in\\nthe town of Iiichfield. This is stated on the authority of\\nthe Hon. Josiah W. Begole, himself one of the principal\\nlumber manufacturers of the county and thoroughly ac-\\nquainted with the facts.\\nBut the entire exhaustion of the pine timber of the Flint\\nKiver Valley (which is clearly inevitable in the near future)\\nwill not necessarily cause an abandonment of the business\\nof lumber manufacturing at Flint, for the heavy operators\\nin that city have long foreseen that contingency, and pre-\\npared for it by the purchase of large tracts of pine in the\\nnew counties northwest of Saginaw on the line of the Flint\\nand Pcre Marquette Railway. From these tracts logs can\\nbe brought to Flint in large quantities, by rail, at a rate of\\nfreight sufficiently low (one dollar per thousand) to enable\\nthe mills to continue in profitable employment; but it does\\nnot appear probable that they will by this process ever\\nagain realize the same degree of prosperity which they en-\\njoyed in former years.\\nOTllEll HANUb ACTUIUNG INDUSTRIES.\\nBesides the lumboring industry, Genesee County contains\\na considerable number of other manufactories of various\\nkinds, which will be found mentioned, in detail, in the his-\\ntories of the townships or city in which they are located.\\nIn this place we merely give a brief summary of the several\\nmanufacturing establishments existing in the county in\\n1873, as reported in the State census of 1874, viz.\\nAVoolcn- anil cotton-factories (steam)\\nCapital invcstoJ $110,000\\nValue ol iiroiluct IJlo:i,0O0\\nNumber ot hanils employed S5\\nPaper-mill (j^tcam and water) I\\nCapital invested SI, 500\\nValue of product S^T.OIIO\\nllanils employed I-l\\nFlouring mills (steam 6, water 9) 15\\nCapital invested ?1 75,500\\nValue of product (72,200 barrels) $500,010\\nHull of stones -ll\\nl*erson.s employed 5il\\nPlanini^-mills (steam U, water I) 10\\nCapital inve.-ted $:ir.f),400\\nValue of product $251,1100\\nllan Is employed 125\\n(The above injluies sash-, door-, anl blind-\\nfactories.)\\nFoundries an I niajhine-sliops (steam 6, water 1 7\\nCapital investel $S0,:D0", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "FLINT HIGH SCHOOL.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n119\\nValue of |irmluet $177,200\\nlliimls fiii|il..vc.l 00\\nAgricultural iuiplcnicnt works 2\\nCaiiitiil invcHcil $S,:m)\\nViilue of product $11,1100\\nHi) nils cinploveil\\nWagon-, carriage-, an J slcigh-factorics i\\nCapital imcstcil $:i0,:)0U\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0aluc of product .*0 .l,.^00\\nHands cm piny od ;i4\\nFurniture- and cliair-factorict, 2\\nCapital invested $7,500\\nValue of product $7,000\\nlland.s employed\\nStave-, lieailing-, and lioop-factorics C\\nCaj.ital invested $10,0(1(1\\nValue of ]iroduct $71 100\\nHands employed 77\\nBarrel-, keg, |iail-, and tub-factories l\\nCapital invested $10,1(10\\nA alue of jiroduct $2J,:UI0\\nHands employed 10\\nTanneries 1\\nCajdlal invested $5,000\\nValue ofi.roduct $5,1100\\nHands emi)loyed 2\\nBoot- and shoc-faeturies 2\\nCapital invested $1,100\\nValue of product $4,:\u00c2\u00abI0\\nPot- and pcarl-aslicries 1\\nCapital invested $1,000\\nValue of product $1,500\\nHands employed 2\\nPuuip-faetory 1\\nCapital invested $S,(\\nValue of product $5,250\\nHands employed 5\\nBreweries G\\nCapital invested $n2,000\\nalue of product $20,050\\nHantls employed 10\\nThe building of suiall vessels has been carried on to some\\nextent in recent years on the Flint River in the township of\\nIMontrose a schooner of ninety tons bcinq launched there\\nin March, 1875, and a steam-tug and some other craft\\nhaving been built there previously. An account of them\\nwill be found in the history of that township.\\nPOPULATION OF THE COUNTY AT DIFFERKNT PEIUODS.\\nIt is stated, on what is believed to be the best authority,\\nthat on the first of January, 1830, the entire population of\\nwhat was afterwards formed into Genesee County was not\\nmore than eighty persons of all ages. At the comniencc-\\ninent of 1831 it had increased to about one hundred and\\nfifty, and a year later reached about three hundred. After\\nthat time the increase became more ra]iid, and the popula-\\ntion of the county at different periods, from 1837 to 1S74,\\nis shown by the several censuses to have been as follows\\n1S: ,7 2,754\\n1S40 4,208\\n1S45 9,2G6\\nI.SoO 12,0.11\\n1S54 15,629\\nisno 22,498\\n1804 22,047\\nKS70 .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i:f,8\u00c2\u00bb5\\n1874 34,568\\n-ife *\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00bb*-e-\\nFLINT CITY.\\nThe city of Flint, the .seat of justice of Genesee\\nCounty, may, from it.s tliriving industries, substantial busi-\\nne.s.s structures, its many elegant private residences, and e. J-\\nccllent local government, be regarded as one of the most\\nimportant and growing municii)alities in the State of Jlich-\\nigan.\\nIt occupies a central position in a county attractive and\\nrich in agricultural resources. Its corporate limits extend\\ninto the Congressional townships of Flint and Burton, em-\\nbracing a large portion of the territory known as Smith s\\nReservation, granted in the treaty of Saginaw, Sept. 24,\\n1819, all the ground covered by Francis Campau s patent,\\ndated June 12, 182.5, and the lands purchased from the\\ngeneral government by llufus W. Stevens, March 10, 1829,\\nLevi Gilkey, May 11, 1831, Dr. Olmsted Chamberlain and\\nAVhitmore, Sept. 10, 1832, and James W. Cronk, Sept. 2,\\n1835.\\nPortions of its site although tlie surface is diversified,\\naffording beai.t:ful locations for private residences and\\nabundant opportunities for lawn and landscape gardening\\nrest in natural basins, wherein the surplus flow of the\\nTiiread River, Swartz and Gilkey Creeks find their way to\\nthe Flint and noi.sily commingle their waters with tho.se of\\nthe latter stream.\\nThe Flint, which meanders in a very picturesque man-\\nner through the city, in a general course from northeast to\\nsoutliwcst, forms natural ward bciuiidarics, .supplies excel-\\nlent motive-power for propelling the machinery of numer-\\nous mills, furnishes part of the city water-suppl} and is\\nalso the dividing-line between those portions once known\\nas the villages of Flint River and Grand Traverse.\\nOKIGIN OF ITS N.\\\\ME AND LOCATION.\\nFlint, like many other towns and cities throughout our\\ncountry, seems to owe its location to an accident, and ils\\nname to an unaccountable caprice. The Chippewas, who\\nhave sent so many Jliehigan towns soaring into endless\\nnotoriety, called the region now occupied by the city Mu.s-\\ncu-ta-wa-ningh, or open plain, burned over, and the\\nstream which flows through it I e-won-nuk-ening, or the\\nriver of the flint, though just why they should have\\ndone so is unexplainable. The surface hereabouts was cov-\\nered with heavy forests, and the river, though having a\\nrocky bed, has nothing suggestive of flint about it.\\nThe broad Indian trail from Detroit to Saginaw, along\\nwhich for many years the northern tribes came down in\\nlarge numbers to barter their furs for supplies and to re-\\nceive their annuities from the English and United States\\ngovernments, crossed the river at this point, and to this\\ncircunistanee, as will be shown, does the city owe its site.\\nThe French traders called llie crossing the Grand Traverse,\\nand it was a favorite resting-place and camjiing-ground for\\nthem and neighboring Indian tribes, as game and fish were\\nabundant.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "120\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICFIIGAN.\\nDuring the years from 182G to 1835 the government\\nwas engaged in constructing a road from Detroit, through\\nPontiac, to Saginaw, and the same was completed to the\\nGrand Traverse in 1834. This road was surveyed 100\\nfeet wide, the timber cleared away, the ground turnpiived,\\nstreams bridged, and a very passable wagon-road made,\\nwhich is still the principal highway in the country through\\nwhich it was laid. It followed very nearly the Indian trail.\\nA bridge was constructed across the Flint at the Grand\\nTraverse, and this event gave the locality an added import-\\nance which, otherwise, it would never have obtained. Had\\nthis bridge been located either up or down the stream, it\\nundoubtedly would have carried the whole settlement and\\nthe future city with it. The early settlers then ended the\\nstruggle, dropped the terms of Grand Traverse and Todd s\\nFerry, and adopted that of the Flint River Settlement\\nor village of Flint. After the admission of the Territory\\nas a State all further work on the Saginaw road was sus-\\npended by the government, which had then surveyed it\\ntwelve miles and turnpikcd it five miles north of the city.\\nSaginaw Street, which is the principal avenue of the city\\nof the present day, is simply this old turnpike graded down\\nand disguised in a dress of modern Nicholson pavement.\\nTHE PIONEERS AND FIRST SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe earliest white inhabitant of an unsettled country\\nmust, by the nature of his surroundings, be the subject of\\nmucli historical interest. This interest was greatly inten-\\nsified in the present instance from the strongly-marked\\ncharacter of the individual not only, but from the un-\\nbouniled influence he wielded over the Indian tribes that\\nsurrounded him and the subsequent litigations which his\\nrelations with them involved.\\nJacob Smith, a resident of Detroit, had been a trader\\nwith the Indians since the war of 1812, spending many\\nmonths of the year among those with whom he had busi-\\nness dealings, to a great extent adopting their dress, habits,\\nand language, yet still retaining his residence at the capital.\\nAfter the treaty of 1819 he made the Grand Traverse\\nof the Flint his permanent trading-post. By assimilating\\nhim.self to his aboriginal friends, and by his habits of fair\\ndealing, he had inspired their confidence, while his sound\\njudgment and sagacity were their unfailing resource in time\\nof need. This bond of union between the chiefs of the\\nneighboring tribes and Mr. Smith was more strongly ce-\\nmented by time, until his relations to them were those of a\\nbrother, and to a very late day remnants of these once-\\npowerful tribes were accustomed to cherish bis memory\\nwith the most sincere affection.\\nThe Indian-trail leading from Detroit to Saginaw then\\ncrossed the Flint River just above the present Saginaw\\nStreet Bridge, and the fording-place had long been known\\nto the early French traders as the Grand Traverse, or\\ngreat crossing.\\nThe conditions were most favorable for his purpose, and\\nhero, on the site of the First Baptist church edifice, Jacob\\nSmith erected a log trading-post in 1810, and made it his\\npermanent residence until the date of his death, which\\nSee general h lFtory.\\noccurred in the spring of 1825. This, without a doubt,\\nwas the pioneer structure, the first building erected for a\\nwhite man s occupancy in the county of Genesee.\\nJacob Smith was a descendant of a German family, and\\nwas born in the city of Quebec. From early boyhood he\\nhad mingled with and been intimately associated with those\\nof the English, French, and Indian races, and very natu-\\nrally he grew up able to speak either language fluently,\\nlie inclined more to the French and Indian, however, and\\nin later years, while pursuing his vocation as an Indian\\ntrader in the wilderness, was accompanied usually by a few\\nFrench and Indian half-breeds, who acted in the capacity\\nof servants or followers. After taking possession of the\\nreservation granted him by the treaty of Saginaw, and\\nbuilding the trading-post just mentioned, his half-breed\\nfriends, Frangois Pjdouard Campau, or Nowokeshik, George\\nLyons, and perhaps others, remained with him, and erected\\nfur themselves habitations on either side of the Grand\\nTravcrscj A large tract of land was cleared by their\\nunited exertions, and prior to the death of Jacob Smith\\nquite an extensive plantation was already under cultivation.\\nCampau s olyect in .settling here was twofold, first to\\nbe near his friend Smith and .secondly, to have his actual\\npossession of the reservation a.?sist him in getting a patent\\nof it from the government. His plans were perfected June\\n12, 1825, when the general government issued to Francis\\nCampau J a patent for a section of land situated on the south\\nside of the river.\\nDuring the spring of 1830, Benajah Tupper, his brother-\\nin-law, Archibald Green, and a cousin of Tuppcr s, named\\nPreston, came on from Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., and occu-\\npied the deserted cabin built by Jacob Smith. It was Mr.\\nGreen s purpose to purchase land and become a permanent\\nresident of the Territory. But soon after his arrival his\\nwife, who accompanied biiu, was taken violently ill a phy-\\nsician, Dr. Olmsted Chamberlain, was summoned from Pon-\\ntiac, but before he reached her bedside, Mrs. Esther Green\\nhad departed this life, within the same rude walls which\\nwitnessed the demise of Jacob Smith, five years previously.\\nMr. Winehell, of Grand Blane, prepared the coffin which\\nenclosed the remains ol Mrs. Green, and it is described as\\nhaving been made of green boards, which, for the lack of\\ntniits or screws, were dove-tailed together. After this sad\\noccurrence Jlr. Green returned to New York. Tupper and\\nPreston remained a year or two later, engaged in hunting\\nand the sale of whisky, tobacco, etc., to the Indians.\\nFinally a violent f|uarrel took place between Preston and\\nthe Indians, which resulted in the sudden departure of\\nboth Preston and Tupper for the East, their dusky foes\\nhaving made existence altogether too uncomfortable for\\nthem at the crossing.\\nEarly in 1830, John Todd, from Pontiac, Oakland Co.,\\nduring a prospecting tour visited the Grand Traver.se\\nof the Flint, which, until that time, had been termed by\\nthe early settlers of Grand Blanc the French settlement.\\nBeing very favorably impressed with the locality, he jmr-\\nt See Jaoob Stevens letter, dated at Granblaw, July, lS2d, where\\nhe speaks uf some Frcn.:h families living seven miles to the north-\\nwest of him.\\nJ Meaning Fran^rjis Etlo-aard Campau.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n121\\nchased from Caiiipau the entire section* for $800. He\\nimmediately returned to Pontiac, and a few days later, ac-\\ncompanied by his wife Polly, and children Edward and\\nJOHN TODD.\\nMary, began a journey which required three days to accom-\\nplish. Ill the emigrant train wore one ox and two horse\\nteams, cows, young cattle, hogs, chickens, various household\\ngoods, and farming implements. Thus did Mr. and Mrs.\\nTodd, with their family, become the first permanent resi-\\ndents on the site of the present city of Flint. Mr. Todd\\nhad purchased from Campau what was presumed to be a\\ncomfortable habitation, but certain neighbors had disman-\\ntled the cabin of its few comforts, and he with much diffi-\\nculty made the shanty habitable for the night. The original\\nsaw-mill on the Thread River was then in course of con-\\nstruction by Rufus W. Stevens, and the missing planks\\nand other appointments of the Campau cabin had been\\ncarried thither to assist in raising and staying the frame-\\nwork of the mill structure.\\nThe planks were soon restored to their original place, and\\nwith the labor of the men and the skill and taste of the house-\\nwife, known then and for years after as Aunt Polly Todd,\\nMr. Todd s deed was dated April 1, 1830, and he removed to\\nFlint Kivtr from Pontiac on the I Jth of the same month. The land\\npurchased of Campau waa survuyed in advance, and 7So acres were\\nfound. He says that Bcnnjali Tupper ami another man were on the\\nnorth side of the river, trading with the Indian: when he came.\\nNathaniel Ladd was his first neighbor on the south side; K^ekiel R.\\nKwing squalled on the north side in 1831, and in 1832, James\\nMcCormick (the elder) bouglil out Ewing. Mr. Todd settled in\\nPontiae in 1819. His reminiscences of hardships and ])rivations at\\nthat early period are vivid, when for days, and sometimes for weeks,\\nllicir diet consisted principally of heans and wild game. A few\\nurlicles were occasionally procured at Detroit, when n little money,\\nor furs, were in hand to e.\\\\changc for the same,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 at the price of a\\nlong and laborious journey on foot.\\n16\\norder was brought out of chaos, and the apartment, six-\\nteen by eighteen feet in dimensions, afforded a comfortable\\nabiding-place for its inmates. At the saw-mill on the\\nThread, Mr. Todd had the lumber prepared, which afforded\\nhim the opportunity for enlarging his limited quarters, and\\nopening in the following year the famous holstelry known\\nas Todd s Tavern, the hospitality and abundance of\\nwhich established for its host and hostess a wide reputa-\\ntion. It was located on the site of the present Wolverine\\nCitizen office, and until within a few years formed a wing\\nof that building. It was later removed, and ultimately de-\\nstroyed by fire. The landlord was able to gratify the taste\\nof the most fastidious epicure in the variety of his menu,\\ngame of all kinds being abundant. The vegetables for the\\ntable were easily cultivated, while venison, wild turkeys, and\\nfish, as well as maple-sugar, were supplied by the Indians,\\nfire-water being regarded as a legal tender in payment\\nfor all their wares. A pint of whisky (and this, as a mat-\\nter of precaution, diluted) would purchase a saddle of veni-\\nson, and a turkey weighing twenty-five pounds could be had\\nfor double the quantity.\\nUpon the establishment of the land-office at the Grand\\nTraverse, Todd s Tavern became so popular a rendez-\\nvous that its capacity was unequal to the demands upon it.\\nCrowds of land-seekers pressed their claims for food and\\nshelter, and many were content to wait for hours their turn\\nat the often-replenished table.\\nAll the land purchased was paid for in coin, and the\\nbuyers were liberally provided with specie, which was gen-\\nerally carried in boxes or bags. At night these packages\\nwere piled up against the wall, while their owners, total\\nstrangers to each other, slept promiscuously upon the floor,\\nyet no theft of coin was ever chronicled. The govermuent\\nafterwards employed a four-horse wagon to carry away the\\naccumulation of silver. This period of the settlement of\\nthe country may not only be regarded as the most ex-\\nciting and interesting in its history, but the era from which\\ndates its rapid growth and prosperity. Mr. A. F. Ilayden,\\nhaving an ambition to become a landlord, rented the tavern,\\nbut in 1835 Mr. Todd resumed its management. This pio-\\nneer host, upon whose head the accumulated frosts of\\neighty-five winters have gathered, relates many interesting\\nreminiscences of that early day. His skill in dealing\\nwith the Indians, especially when frequent draughts of\\nwhisky had made them intractable, was proverbial, and\\nMrs. Todd was no less happy in this regard.\\nOn one occasion Touedogane, one of the chiefs, while\\nunder the influence of liquor, presented himself and de-\\nmanded whisky. Mrs. Todd refused it, when the chief\\ndrew a knife upon her. She determined to have a hand in\\nthe fray, and, seizing a stool, was about belaboring him when\\nher husband entered and took the knife from the Indian.\\nLater he offered to return it, but the chief appeared em-\\nbarrassed at a recollection of the incident, and refused to\\naccept it.\\nOn another occasion an Indian came to trade, and having\\ncompleted his bargain indicated a desire to tarry and drink\\nthe whisky he had purchased. The host fearing trouble if\\nhe remained ordered him out, when he replied that he\\nwould go when he got ready. Mr. Todd turned upon", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "122\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhim and with a blow knocked him over, askin in his own\\ntongue, menewa do you want any more? The\\nIndian replied haw yes The process was repeated\\nwith the same result. He struck him the third time, and\\nagain exclaimed menewa, with the reply haw, when\\nhe aimed a blow that sent him reeling to the floor. To the\\nquestion as to whether he wanted any more, the reply\\ncame ka no In the second year of Mr. Todd s\\nresidence at the river, the Indians wliile holding a pow-\\nwow became very much excited, and in a spasm of jealous\\nrage one called Mabin shot his wife. After the band\\nhad become somewhat sobered, a council was held to deter-\\nmine how justice should be meted out to the murderer.\\nHaving expressed contrition for the deed, his punishment\\nconsisted in his being obliged to pay the expenses of the\\nfuneral, and purchase moccasins, leggings, beads, etc., in\\nwhich to encase the body for burial, and furnish five gal-\\nlons of whisky for the funeral obsequies. The ceremonies\\non this occasion are described as solemn and impressive.\\nIn the box or coBin in which the dead was placed was a\\nhole, through which food was passed to nourish the de-\\nparted on her journey to the spirit-land. A circle was\\nformed around the body, and each member present took a\\nladle full of succotash, then passed it on until it reached\\nthe deceased member of the band, when the same quantity\\nwas placed in the coffin. These rites continued until the\\nfive gallons of whisky had rendered the mourners insensible\\nto grief.\\nAfter Mr. Todd s arrival the Grand Traverse was known\\nas Todd s Ferry, because he kept a canoe at the crossing\\nfor the accommodation of travelers. Mr. Todd usually did\\nduty as ferryman, but in his absence, or that of the men\\nof the house, the women lent a helping hand, and were\\nnever loath to respond to the call of passengers.\\nThe ferry was located almost directly behind the present\\nWolverine Cilizeii office, the river being much wider at\\nthat time. The ferry canoe was hollowed from a tree about\\nsix feet wide, and of sufficient dimensions to carry over\\nwagons and sleighs. There was no charge for crossing.\\nThe land purchased by Mr. Todd embraced the whole of\\nsection 7, and was supposed to include 640 acres, but by\\nactual measurement it overran, and a more correct survey\\ngave him really 785 acres.\\nIn 1836, Mr. and Mrs. Todd, having determined to re-\\ntire from the arduous duties that their position of host and\\nhostess entailed, disposed of the tavern to Mr. Wait Beach,\\nwho came from Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., and\\nby his energy and activity added much to the growth of\\nthe settlement. He became also the owner of the tract of\\nland which was the excess of section 7, owned by Mr. Todd,\\nand was commonly known as the Gore. This property ad-\\nvanced so rapidly in value after the location of the county-\\nseat as to have induced certain parties to ofler $50,000 for\\nan undivided half.\\nAfter ]Mr. Todd s retirement from the tavern he erected\\na comfortable house on the spot now occupied by the First\\nNational Bank, on Saginaw Street, and later effected an\\nexchange of property, which occasioned his removal to the\\nopposite side of the river. He afterwards purchased a farm\\non the Flushing road, and for many years resided upon it.\\nHe with his wife retired to Oivasso after advancing years\\nhad rendered them less active, and Mrs. Todd died at the\\nhome of her eldest son, in that city. Mr. Todd still lives\\nto relate with zest his pioneer vicissitudes.\\nIn the summer of 1831, Nathaniel Ladd and wife arrived\\nfrom Utica, N. Y., and Mr. Lidd in his recollections states\\nthat the only white residents at that time were Mr. and Mrs.\\nJohn Todd and their children, and two traders, Benajah\\nTupper and his cousin Preston. Mr. Lidd and his family\\nlived with these young men, who were at the time occupy-\\ning the log house erected by Jacob Smith. The nearest\\npost-office at this time was Grand Blanc, where Rufus W.\\nStevens was the postmaster.\\nCol. James W. Cronk and family also came in 1831, and\\nsettled near what was styled Cronk s brick-yard, the colo-\\nnel s ostensible business having been that of a guide for\\nland-lookers. He was also a hunter of repute, and none\\ncared to dispute the claims of this Nimrod of the forest.\\nThe spoils of the chase, together with a hearty welcome,\\nwere always to be found at his home. James Cronk, his\\nfather, died in 1832 at John Todd s tavern, Nathaniel\\nLadd having nursed him during his last illness, and Dr.\\nChamberlain, of Pontiac, attended him. His son, James\\nW. Cronk, died while serving in the Mexican war in 1847.\\nIn 1831, on the north bank of the river behind the\\npresent Baptist church, the patriotic impulses of the early\\nresidents first found expression, the day being the Fourth of\\nJuly, and the occasion a memorable one.\\nTables were spread under the shade of the trees, and\\nmany neighbors from Pontiac and Grand Blanc added\\ntheir presence and enthusiasm to the occasion. One of the\\nPontiac delegation brought with him the Stars and Stripes,\\nthis same flag having been rendered memorable as the\\nbanner of the first steamer on Lake Erie.\\nIt was mounted on a tamarack-pole and thrown to the\\nbreeze. Its brilliant colors and the happy voices of the\\nmerry band soon attracted the notice of some Indians at\\nan adjacent encampment, and the warriors with their squaws\\ndrew near to witness the merry-making of the little band of\\npatriots. Among them were two chiefs, who were invited\\nto participate. One was named orator of the day, and de-\\nlivered an oration in the Indian dialect which was intelli-\\ngible to most of those present, while the other chief evinced\\nhis patriotic fervor in strains of Indian melody.\\nMr. Ladd and his family remained until 1832, when,\\nhaving sold to Judge Stow, they removed to a farm in\\nGrand Blanc, and the Smith house, which they vacated, af-\\nforded still later in 1832 a comfortable abiding-place for\\nLyman Stow. The latter was the firet representative of\\nthe blacksmith s craft, for whom John Todd erected a\\nsmall shop, situated just across the street from the Citizen\\noffice. Afterwards, in response to the increasing demand\\nupon his skill, Mr. Stow erected a commodious shop* of his\\nown.\\nDuring the same year, 1832, George Oliver, an English-\\nman, joined the little settlement. He was at difi erent\\nMr. Adam C. Kline, now a resident of Grand Blano township,\\nclaims to liave built the first regularly appointed blacksmith-shop, in\\nthe winter of ISHj and i6, and in it the first township clcctiou for\\nFlint was held, in the spring of 18^6.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE or J.W.B", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n123\\nperiods employed by John Todd, and at llie Thread mill.\\nElijah N. Davenport came about the same time. He occu-\\npied a small log house which stood near the present site of\\nIJamilton s mill, and was an early tavern-keeper. After\\nremaining here but a few years he removed to Bay Cily,\\nwhere he died. He was one of the first highway commis-\\nsioners in the old town of Grand Blanc in 1833, and in\\nmany other capacities filled a con. -picuous place in the\\nearly history of the Flint River settlement. The following\\nis a literal copy of the bond entered into by himself and\\nhis sureties fur the faithful observance of law and good\\norder in the keeping of a tavern in 1834:\\nYou, Elijah N. Davenport, do acknowlcilge to owe unto the people\\nof the United States of America the sum of fifty dollars; and you,\\nBenjamin Pearson and Clark Dibble, do aeknowledge to owe unto\\nthe people of the United States of America the sum of twenty-five\\ndollars each, to be levied on your several goods and chattels, binds\\nand tenements, upon condition, that \\\\vhcreasthe above-bounden Elijah\\nN. Davenport is admitted and allowed to keep a tavern for the space\\nof one year next ensuing, and no longer, in the house where he now\\nresides at Flint River, and no other. Now, therefore, if the said\\nElijah N. Davenport during the time aforesaid shall keep and main-\\ntain good order and rule, and shall suffer no disorder, or unlawful\\ngames to be used in bis house, or any of the dependencies thcreejf,\\nand shall not break any of the laws for the regulations of taverns,\\nthen this recognizance shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force\\nand virtue.\\nThis you do severally aeknowledge, at Grand Blanc.\\nTekuitohy of Michigan, January Gth, 1834.\\n(Signed) E. N. Daventoiit,\\nBenjamin Peaiison, Jr.,\\nClaisk Dibble.\\nJames McCormick was another settler of 1832. He\\npurchased a s(|uatter s claim from Ezekiel K. Ewing, who\\nbad no title to the land upon which he had erected a\\nsmall cabin on the north side of the river. During Mr.\\nBlcCormick s residence he worked upon the first bridge\\nthrown across the Flint, at the Saginaw Street crcssing, in\\n183-t, and removed from the place the following year.\\nThe social waters of the settlement were stirred during\\nthe winter of 1831-32 by the rumor of a wedding, which\\nwas soon afler confirmed by the marriage of Mr. George\\nOliver to Miss Keziah Toby. The services of Squire David\\nStanard, of Saginaw, were called into requisition, and Mr.\\nand Mrs. John Todd gave them a wedding reception, as\\nboth parties had been in their employ. The happy pair for\\nyears afterwards resided in Saginaw.\\nSoon after the event last mentioned, Mr. and Mrs. Todd\\ndetermined to give a house-warming, in consequence of the\\ncompletion of an important addition to the River House,\\nor Flint River Tavern. An adequate idea of this grand\\noccasion can best be given the reader by embodying a de-\\nscription as related by Aunt Polly to one of the residents\\nof Flint, many years after\\nIn February, Mr. Todd had the frame addition to his\\nhouse all finished, and as Sam Russell the only violinist\\nin the county was procurable, Mr. and Mrs. Todd deter-\\nmined to give a house-warming. For this purpose, all the\\nsettlers in Flint and Grand Blanc about thirty in number\\nwere invited to the Flint Tavern, to pass the following\\nevening. Meantime all the ladies put thiir best garments\\nin readiness, and Mrs. Tudd who had better facilities for\\nimporting new articles into the settlement than many of the\\nothers had a full new suit, and a splendid new dress cap,\\nready for that special occasion, all purchased some weeks\\npreviously by Mr. Todd, in Detroit. As the evening ad-\\nvanced the guests commenced arriving, and Aunt Polly\\nconcluded to dress up. As she appeared among the ladies,\\nthey all expatiated on her becoming dress, and perfect\\nlove of a cap. Mrs. Todd, having a light in her hand at\\nthe time, stood opposite a looking-glass, and, casting an ad-\\nmiring glance at herself therein, mentally agreed that slie\\nrf(V7 look well, and that it u;as a love of a cap. While\\nelevating the light to get a more correct view of the beau-\\ntiful piece of finery, it caught in some of the delicate bor-\\nders or ribbons, and a fire ensued which reduced the gay\\nhead-dress to a few burned rags in less than three minutes.\\nHowever, the tuning of the fiddle previous to the dance, .set\\nthe gentlemen to looking up their partners, and Mrs. Todd,\\nwho loved dancing, was on the floor one of the first, look-\\ningjust as well and as happy in another cap of less preten-\\ntions than her lost beauty. In those times a dance was the\\nonly amusement looked for at any gathering, and when an\\ninvitation was given, it was sure to be accepted.\\nIn 1833 the first township election for ofiicers of the\\nnew town of Grand Blanc took place. Its territory in-\\ncluded the settlement at Flint River, and the following\\ncitizens received oflBcial honors, to wit Lyman Stow, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, and Assessor; John Todd, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Elijah N. Davenport, Constable; James W.\\nCronk, Trustee of School Lands and George Oliver, Over-\\nseer of Highways.\\nFrom ofiicial records we find that in 1834 Elijah N.\\nDavenjiort, A. F. Hayden, and James McCormick were duly\\nlicensed by the town board of Grand Blanc to keep taverns\\nin the houses in which they then resided at Flint River.\\nAt this time (1834) government contractors were en-\\ngaged upon the road extending from Detroit to Saginaw,\\nthe survey and general direction of it having been awarded\\nto a man named Marshall.*\\nIt was also decided to dispense with Todd s ferry, and\\nerect a substantial bridge over the Flint River at the foot\\nof Saginaw Street. The contract to build the bridge was\\nlet to a Mr. Hamlin, of Oakland County. He sublet the\\njob to a Mr. Davis, who removed to the hamlet with his\\nfamily, and occupied a house owned by John Todd, situated\\nupon the present site of the Presbyterian church. After\\nthe completion of the bridgef the family removed, but\\nduring their residence here a son was born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nDavis, who enjoyed the proud distinction of being the first\\nwhite child born in this vicinity.\\nThe first female child was born the same year (1834).\\nIlcr name was Julia Isadore Todd, daughter of John Todd.\\nShe afterwards became Mrs. Gilbert Lyon, of Owa,sso, and\\nis since deceased.\\nSome years later Marshall was frozen to death while en rvntf to\\nhis home in the Indian settlement of Pewonigowink.\\nfin 1848, Messrs. Ilazelton A Annis, contractors, rebuilt this\\nbridge, the funds for the same having been obtained by the sale of\\n5000 acres of land, which were gnmted the county by the State for\\nthis purpose. These lands were situated in the present township of\\nlla/.elt in, Shiawa-Hsce Co. lion. E. II. Thomson, of Flint, then a\\nprominent inctnber of the State Senate, was largely iiistrumeiiful in\\nprocuring the grant.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "124\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nIt was diiring the time immediately succeeding the com-\\npletion of the bridge, and the erection of the Thread grist-\\nmill by the Messrs. Stevens, that the settlement began to\\nwear tlie aspect of a village. Augustus C. Stevens, brother\\nof llufus W., a gentleman possessed of considerable means,\\ncame on from the city of Buffalo, N. Y., and joined his\\nfortunes with those who had preceded him here. He pur-\\nchased 200 acres, situated upon the east side of the Sagi-\\nnaw road, from James W. Cronk, and his capital also as-\\nsisted in the construction of the grist-mill,* while at the\\nsame time Rufus W. Stevens established a small store, or\\ntrading-post, similar in its appointments, stock, and cus-\\ntomers to the one he had formerly presided over in Grand\\nBlanc. At this time, too, came Mr. D. O Sullivan, the\\nfirst school-teacher, whose history will be more fully described\\nunder the head of Schools.\\nEAULY LAND CONVEYANCES.\\nTo render a more intelligible account of important\\nmatters connected with the early history of Flint River\\nvillage, it is deemed necessary to digress from the chrono-\\nlogical order in which events have thus far been narrated,\\nand to speak here more particularly of the early land con-\\nveyances and first village plats.\\nIn 1833, James W. Cronk became the owner by pur-\\nchase of the Todd domain, for which he paid $751,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Todd\\nreserving his house and one and one-half acres of land. In\\nAugust, 1834, Augustus C. Stevens purchased of Cronk\\nand wife for $800 all of the section lying on the east\\nside of Saginaw Street. Jan. 31, 1835, James W. Cronk\\nand wife sold the remainder, or that portion lying on the\\nwest side of the same street, to William Morrison and J.\\nC. Dubois for $1000. Si.\\\\ months later, however, the\\nMessrs. Morrison and Dubois reconveyed to Cronk for the\\nsame amount. Col. Cronk and wife then sold to John Todd\\nthe Morrison and Dubois purchase, or the lands west of Sag-\\ninaw Street, for $2250, and June 9, 1835, John Todd and\\nwife conveyed the same to Wait Beach.\\nFIRST VILLAGE PLATS.\\nOn the 9th of October, 1835, John Clifford caused to\\nbe entered npon the records in the office of the register of\\ndeeds of Oakland County a map and description of a vil-\\nlage plat, as surveyed by C. C. Parke, surveyor. This plat\\nWiis bounded as follows commencing at the bridge, thence\\nalong Saginaw Street to Fourth, Fourth to Harrison, Har-\\nrison to Kearsley, Kearsley to CliflFord, and along Clifford\\nto the river.\\nWait Beach platted the west side of Saginaw Street,\\nJuly 13, 183G, and his plat covered the lands bounded^\\nby the Flint River, Saginaw, Klevcnth, and Church Streets.\\nJohn Clifford and others platted that portion of the city\\nbounded by the Flint River, thence along East Street to\\nCourt, Court to Saginaw, Saginaw to Fourth, Fourth to\\nHarrison, Harrison to Kearsley, Kearsley to CliS ord, and\\nClifford to the river, Sept. 6, 1836.\\nElisha Beach platted the tract bounded by Eleventh,\\nPine, Fifteenth, and West Streets, Sept. 22, 183G.\\nThis mill was built under the supervision of, and placed in work-\\ning order by, a millwright named Gillclt.\\nt Not exact, only a general description.\\nChauncey S. Payne platted and offered for sale lots in\\nthe village of Grand Traverse, Jan. 12, 1837. This plat\\nlay upon the east side of Saginaw Street, and was bounded\\nby the river, Saginaw and North Streets. Four days later\\nhe made an addition on the west side of Saginaw Street,\\nwhich was bounded by the latter street. North and West\\nStreets, and the Flint River.\\nExcept the first, these plats were all surveyed by Capt.\\nIlervey Parke, of Pontiac.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS, KESUMED.\\nOliver A. Wesson became a settler in 1835, and was first\\nemployed as a clerk. In 1837 he married Sarah, a daugh-\\nter of Harlow Beach, and afterwards was known as an\\nactive citizen and one of the early merchants. John M.\\nCumings also came the same year, and later was engaged\\nin land operations and mercantile pursuits.\\nUntil the year 1836 all the public lands, from Detroit to\\nthe mouth of the Saginaw River, were offered for sale at\\nthe United States land-office in Detroit. John Biddle, a\\nbrother of the famous Nicholas Biddle, of United States\\nBank memory, was the register, and Maj. Jonathan Kears-\\nley, a veteran of the war of 1812, the receiver. One of\\nthe principal streets of the city was named after him, as\\nwas also Kearsley Creek.\\nThe great stream of emigration, extending north of Pon-\\ntiac, and reaching the valley of the Saginaw, induced the\\ngeneral government, upon petition, to open a land-office at\\nFlint. Gen. Charles C. Hascall was appointed receiver,\\nand Michael Hoffman, Esq., a prominent citizen of the\\nState of New York, accepted the office of register. With\\nthe opening of the land-office came the necessity for a post-\\noffice, and the appointment of Lyman Stow, Esq., as the\\nfirst postmaster, soon followed.\\nThe establishment of these offices and William Clifford s\\nline of stages to Pontiac gave a new impetus to the vil-\\nlages, and their population and business rapidly increased.\\nAmong those who settled here during the years 1836,\\n1837, and 1838 were Robert D. Lamond, Ira D. Wright,\\nDr. John A. Hoyes (the first resident physician), Robert\\nF. Stage, Robert J. S. Page, Thomas R. Cumings, Wil-\\nlard Eddy, William Eddy, Orrin Salford, James McAlcs-\\nter, Waldo Howard, D. S. Seeley, Wait Beach, William\\nPattcr.son, Dr. George W. Fish, Daniel S. Freeman, Asa\\nAndrews, Col. Thomas B. W. Stockton, Benjamin Pearson,\\nJohn Bartow, Edward II. Thomson, Lewis Buckingham,\\nLewis G. Bickford, George H. Hazelton, Miles Gazlay,\\nWard Gazlay, Artemas Thayer, Edmond Miles, James\\nHenderson, Henry M. Henderson, Grant Decker, Rev.\\nDaniel E. Brown, Eugene Vandeventer, John Townsend,\\nJames B. Walker, Henry C. Walker, Elijah B. Witherbee,\\nDr. Elijah Drake, W. Lake, Charles Heale, Chauncey Bar-\\nber, Rev. John Beach, Giles Bishop, Sr., Giles Bishop,\\nRussell Bishop, J. C. Griswold, David Foote, George J.\\nW. Hill, Nicholas Russell, Samuel Alport, William Moon,\\nGeorge M. Dewey, Chauncey S. Payne, Charles Seymour,\\nWilliam A. Morrison, William Clifford, R. McCreery,\\nJames Birdsall, Thomas J. Drake, Addison Stewart, Dan-\\niel B. Lyon, and Ephraim S. Williams.\\nThe first mercantile enterprise of any importance withiu", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n125\\nthe youna; and growing village was inaugurated by Messrs.\\nRobert F. Stage and Ira D. Wright, who came to th State\\nill 1835, and first located in Grand Bhinc, where tiiey re-\\nmained until a suitable store could be erected for them at\\nFlint River. After the completion of this store in 183(5,\\nand which was located on Mill and Saginaw Stroet.s, not\\nfar from the bridge, they removed their stock, and trans-\\nacted a large trade both with the settlers and the Indians.\\nMr. Wright,* who is still living and a resident of the city,\\nstates that their stock was valued at \u00c2\u00a720,000. The store\\nwas a substantial frame building, the upper story of which\\nwas used as a public hall. In it were convened all the\\nreligious meetings of the day, and the first court was held\\nwithin its walls. Rufus W. Stevens and Wait Beach were\\nboth early merchants, but it seems clear that no business of\\nconsequence was transacted until the arrival of Messrs.\\nStage and Wright. Robert F. Stage died in Flint in 1847.\\nHis widow, who is now Mrs. Champlin, still resides in the\\ncity. When these gentlemen came some doubts were\\nexpressed as to their maintaining their status with the\\nIndians, and an intimation was given them that their\\nascendency over them, once lost, could never be regained.\\nTheir sub-sequent career proved them to be as intre])id and\\nfirm as Uncle John Todd and Aunt Polly. Mr. Wright,\\nwhose Indian name was Muckataquettc (Black Storm), was\\nnot only a merchant, but a practical tanner, and built the\\nfirst tannery in 1842. He never followed the trade in Flint,\\nbut soon after its completion sold the tannery to Barker\\nPattei-son. The earliest carpenter- work was done by a man\\nnamed Kittridge, from Vermont, who built the house for-\\nmerly occupied by Davis, on the site of the present Pres-\\nbyterian church. Mr. Todd gave him the ground (one\\nacre^ on which it stood. Kittridge, having become dis-\\ncontented, returned to Pontiac, and Mr. Todd purchased the\\nproperty of him.\\nThe year 1836 seems to have been one of considerable\\nhistorical interest, many arrivals having occurred at that\\nperiod, and the business of the place having received a new\\nimpulse from the presence of new settlers. During that\\nyear came Renjamin Cotharin, at present one of the leading\\nmerchants of the city, and a director of the First National\\nBank. He reached the settlement one bright morning on\\na diminutive pony, his stock in trade consisting of a .side\\nof leather fastened behind him, and his intention being to\\nfollow his craft of boot and shoe making. Meeting Ira D.\\nWright, he inquired whether it was possible to secure pas-\\nture for his pony, and, receiving an affirmative reply, he\\nmade a bargain at eighteen pence a week. Upon iisking\\nwhere the pasture was to be found, the reply was, Any-\\nIn 1848 tho general government found that miiny depredations\\nwore being committed upon its timber Innds situated throughout tho\\nState of Michigan, nnd Ira D. Wright was appointed to tho oOiee of\\nUnited States timber agent. He held tho position for three years,\\nand relates many interesting experiences which occurred during his\\nofficial term, lie was empowered to seize all timber cut by poachers,\\nand compel the culprits to a settlement at two-thirds its value. The\\nparties wore then obliged to enter the land upon which they had com-\\nmitted thefts. The proeei^s of recovering often proved exceedingly\\ndangerous, tho officials frequently meeting with a resistance similar to\\nthat olTcred by the .Moonshiners of the present. On one occasion\\nMr. Wright found a gang of po.achors running sixteen saws, and the\\ntiml er seized he appraised at $10,0011.\\nwhere on the commons. Mr. Wright, having received\\nthe first week s pay in advance, generously appropriated it\\nto treating the bystanders, and the commons afterwards\\nwas known an Ira Wright s Pasture. Mr. Cotharin\\nboarded with Mr. Todd, and located his shop just north of\\nthe city-hall. He was the pioneer shoemaker, and Mrs.\\nTodd was tho happy owner of the first pair of shoes made\\nby him. Mr. Wright, however, may be regarded as having\\nled the fashion of the day, and given encouragement to the\\nearliest tailoring enterprise.\\nMessrs. Seeley and Howard came in 1836, and opened a\\nshop over Stage Wright s store, and Mr. Wright s person\\nwas adorned with the first garment made by these gentle-\\nmen. In their shop the first meeting of the board of\\nsupervisors was held. At this early date bricks were not\\nabundant, the few that were manufactured having been\\nused almost exclusively for building chimneys. Later,\\nkilns were con.structed across the river from John Todd s,\\nand bricks made for that gentleman by Samuel Russell and\\nAlden Tuppor. Beyond the Thread River was a brick-\\nyard owned by Reuben Tupper and Silas Pierce. A man\\nnamed Moulton was the earliest bricklayer, and his services\\nwere much in demand in building chimneys for the frame\\nhouses then being erected. A brick store, erected for\\nGeorge H. Hazelton, was an object of admiration, and gave\\nan air of commercial importance to Saginaw Street. This\\nstore the first built of brick\u00e2\u0080\u0094 still stands, and is at present\\noccupied by James Sullivan.\\nLewis Buckingham and his family came from Livingston\\nCo., N. Y., in 1833, and located four miles north of Flint\\nRiver, on the present boundary-line between Genesee and\\nMount Morris townships. Having been elected the first\\nsheriff of the county in 1836, he removed to Flint, and\\nnow resides in the city.\\nWilliam A. Morrison came the same year and engaged\\nin lumbering. He was soon after elected to the position\\nof county clerk.\\nAddison Stewart was another pioneer trader, who brought\\nfrom the East a stock of goods, and opened a tratfic with\\nthe settlers and Indians, in 1833, at his farm, two miles\\nnorth of the village, on the Saginaw road, where he died\\nin 1848.\\nIn the year 1836, Russell Bishop embarked in com-\\nmercial pursuits, and he was, four years later, followed by\\nhis brother Giles. They have since that time resided in\\nthe city, and contributed materially to its prosperity. The\\nSiime year came Daniel B. Lyon, one of the oldest living\\nresidents of the city. He has during his life been actively\\nengaged in business pursuits. The year 1836 witnessed\\nthe advent of a small colony from Bat;ivia and the adjacent\\nparts of Genesee Co., N. Y. Some of these gentlemen\\nwere influenced to come to the West by the excitement\\nwhich followed the anti- Masonic troubles.\\nAmong them was Willard Eddy, who came in 1835 and\\nremained a brief lime. The following year he became a\\npermanent resident, and aided materially in the growth of\\nthe city, having been, with other gentlemen, instrumental in\\nestablishing the first bank in Flint. He was the father of\\nHon. Jerome Eddy, late mayor, and one of the representa-\\ntive business men of the city. William ]ddy came some", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "126\\nHISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nyears later. Thomas 11. Cuminjrs became a permanent\\nresideut in 1836, as did also C. C. Ilascall, Robert J. S.\\nPage, and Lewis G. Bickford, the latter gentleman for a\\nperiod of twenty years having served as justice of the\\npeace. Robert Patrick located in 1835, and assisted in\\nthe construction of the first grist-mill.\\nJohn Bartow succeeded Michael Hoffman as register of\\nthe land-office, he being the second incumbent.\\nOrrin Safford, who .still survives, and resides in the city,\\ncame in 1836. lie was one of the first justices of the\\npeace in Flint township, and has during his residence been\\nhonored with many oflaces in the gift of the people. Col.\\nE. II. Thomson arrived in the State in 1837, and located\\nin Atlas, then Lapeer County. Foreseeing the future\\ngrow th of the little village, he removed to Flint in October\\nof the same year, and has since resided in the city, one of\\nthe prominent representatives of the legal profession, and a\\ngentleman of scholarly attainments.\\nEphraim S. Williams became a citizen of Flint in 1837,\\nand was one of the early merchants, as was also George M.\\nDewey, who came the same year, and has since been largely\\nengaged in land operations.\\nChaunccy S. Payne, whose name appears conspicuou.sly\\nas one of the parties in the litigation involving the Smith\\nreservations, came in 1837, from Detroit. Being a large\\nland-owner, he did much by liberal gifts to encourage the\\ngrowth of the city. Henry M. Henderson was among the\\nearliest residents who by their activity and business tact\\nmade themselves felt in the growth of the city. lie first\\ncame to the State in 1836, and the following year settled\\nin Flint. He built a block of stores as early as 1842, and\\nconducted a large mercantile business. Mr. Henderson\\ndied in 1870.\\nRev. James McAlester was a former resident of Living-\\nston Co., N. Y., and became a citizen of Flint in 1836.\\nHe was engaged for many years in ministerial labor, and\\naided in the organization of several Methodist churches in\\nthe county. Mr. McAlester followed the occupation of a\\nwagon-maker, and devoted his Sabbaths to clerical labor.\\nDaniel S. Freeman, who was also, and is still, a local\\npreacher, made a purchase of land, in 1835, and removed\\nhere the following year from Sussex Co., N. J. In early\\nyears he followed blacksmithing here.\\nArtemas Thayer may with propriety be numbered among\\nthe most active of the early settlers in promoting the ad-\\nvancement of the city. He reached the State in 1837, and\\ntwo years after removed to Flint to pursue liis profession\\nas a lawyer. He has been much engaged in real estate\\noperations, and has done much to improve the city.\\nHon. James B. Walker arrived in the village of Flint\\nRiver as eaVly as 1836. He was for many years engaged\\nin commercial pursuits, but afterwards identified himself\\nwith the State charitable institutions, and was also active\\nin promoting enterprises for the welfare of the city. He\\ndied here in 1877.\\nDr. George W. Fish began his practice here in 1839,\\nand ha.s been since Actively engaged in the duties of his\\nprofession, and in the various public positions to which he\\nhas been called. At the present time he is United States\\ncoii.-^ti! at Tunis, in .\\\\fiica.\\nRev. Daniel E. Brown, who founded here the first Prot-\\nestant Epi.scopal church in this part of the State, came also\\nin 1839, and died here Aug. 6, 1873, aged seventy-nine years.\\nAn obituary notice said of him, The bell of St. Paul s\\ntolled for its old master, and the old church was draped in\\nmourning for its founder. It was he who hewed with his\\nown hands (there being no one else to do it) the stone in\\nwhich the deposits were made, and he also assisted in lay-\\ning the foundations of the church edifice, which through\\nhis untiring efforts was completed and consecrated July 30,\\n1843. The services at his funeral were the last held in\\nthe old church. He was not denominationally exclusive,\\nand his kindness and generosity to the poor of all classes\\nwere proverbial. He served in the army during the war of\\n1812, also in 1861-65, and for many years was a member\\nof the State board of education.\\nDuring the year 1840 occurred the Harrison campaign,\\nand a Log-Cabin, Hard-Cider Mass Meeting was held in\\nFlint River village.* The demonstration was an important\\nand to those present a never-to-be-forgotten one, as it called\\nforth a large majority of the inhabitants of Genesee\\nCounty, who, with banners flying and drums beating, as-\\nsembled in such numbers as to occasion profound surprise\\nat the greatly increased population of the new county.\\nCol. Thomas B. W. Stockton, who served with dis-\\ntinction in the Mexican war as colonel of the First Michi-\\ngan Volunteers, and also in command of a Michigan regi-\\nment during the war of the Rebellion, early made Flint his\\nhome. He is a liberal and public-spirited citizen, and still\\nresides here.\\nAustin B. Witherbee came with his parents to Flint\\nin 1841. He grew up from boyhood in this city, and,\\nafter a brief career of great usefulness, died in 1871, sin-\\ncerely mourned by the entire community.\\nThe resident tax-p.ayers in the villages of Flint River\\nand Grand Traverse, in the year 1845, were as follows\\nAyhvanl, AVilHam.\\nAlport, Samuel.\\nAllen, Henry.\\nArmstrong. James W.\\nAndrews, Asa.\\nAllen, James P.\\nBeach, John.\\nBeach, Seth C, Co.\\nBickforil. Lewis G.\\nBishop, Russell.\\nBartow, John.\\nButler, .Tolin.\\nBaldwin, Cyrus H.\\nBrown, Chauncey.\\nBooth, Joel A.\\nBlades, William.\\nBeardsley, Am/.i.\\nBishop, Giles.\\nBuckingham, Lewis.\\nBrown, Daniel E.\\nBooth, Wm. W.\\nBeach, Asahel H.\\nClawson, Henry N.\\nCrandall. William P.\\nCliffor.l, William B.\\nCarrier, Erastus K.\\nCadwell, Edward.\\nClitford, John.\\nConklin, Gilbert.\\nCulver, Alfred.\\nColeman, John D., printing-\\noffice.\\nCarron Cummings.\\nChurch, Emery.\\nCarn.s, Josei)h.\\nColbraith, William.\\nChilds, Charles.\\nCase, Milton.\\nClark, Dr., and J. K. Rugg.\\nCumings, Thomas R.\\nCumings, John M.\\nClark, Henry.\\nCulver Smith.\\nCrosraan, .\\\\lvin T.\\nDewey, George M.\\nDclong, Thomas N.\\nDilt^, Samuel.\\nDaniels, Ira.\\nDecker Pingrey.\\nDecker, Grant.\\nDrake, Elijah.\\nDavis, Alexander P.\\nDarling, .Tames.\\nDc GralT, Peter.\\nThe old Smith cabin then served as henilquarters for tho Flint\\nand (Jrand Traverse Tippecanoe clubs.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "uM^-^s^m wi", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n127\\nEdily, Willard.\\nEdily, Williiim.\\nEu! tuian, Bradbury.\\nFootc, David.\\nFerris, Alonzo.\\nField, Bctliucl.\\nFish, George W.\\nFreeman, Daniel S.\\nFreeman, .Iu.\u00c2\u00abe] li.\\nFay, Cliarlea.\\nFerguson, .Tames.\\nGoodrieb, Jolin,\\n(lailay. Ward.\\nGazlay, Miles.\\nGazlay, W. A M.\\nGavtlay, Williaui, Jr.\\nGould, Charles H.\\nGillct, Amos.\\nOluvcr, lienj. S.\\nGraham, AK-xandor.\\nGriswold, John C.\\nHcmpsted, Alonzo.\\nlloyes, .Joiin A.\\nIlazclton, George II.\\nIlazeltoD 4 Patterson.\\n}{eale, Charles.\\nHenderson. Henry M.\\nHenderson, James.\\nHenderson, H. M. James.\\nHiggins, Ht-nry I.\\nHiggins Pratt.\\nHayvvard, Rufus.\\nHopkins, George S.\\nHamilton, John.\\nHill, George J. W.\\nHolmes, Frederiek.\\nHuff, Thomas.\\nHaggerty, Bernard.\\nHilton, William.\\nHiekox, F. A.\\nHudson, John,\\nHascall, Charles C.\\nHcale, (ieorge.\\nHill, Leonard H.\\nHart, Nathaniel.\\nHydraulic Association.\\nIngcrsoll, Morgan.\\nJacockes, Rev. Mr.\\nKline, John A.\\nKimball, Anson.\\nKress, Azariab.\\nLow, Spencer F.\\nLe Roy, Henry W.\\nLaw, Anson.\\nLamond, Robert D.\\nLyon, William H. C.\\nLaw, Orrin.\\nLc Roy, Robert.\\nMurray, John.\\nManning, James M.\\nMoon, William.\\nMcrriman, Isaiah.\\nMcAlestcr, James.\\nMackin, John.\\nMiles, Kduiond.\\nMorris, B. B.\\nMathews, Jesse A.\\nMiles Case.\\nMorrow, Henry.\\nOttowuy, .John.\\nPage, Robert J. S.\\nPatterson, William.\\nPratt, John.\\nParkhurst, Nathan.\\nParshall, D. S.\\nPearson t Hamilton.\\nPearson, Benjamin.\\nPayne, Cbauncey S.\\nPatrick, Robert.\\nRail, Jacob W.\\nRockwell. Benjamin.\\nKussell, Nicholas.\\nRoosevelt, Cornelius.\\nRice, William.\\nRyno, .Stiles.\\nRandall, Samuel.\\nRose, Martin.\\nSkinner, i*ratt R.\\nSprague, George R.\\nSutton, John.\\nSafford, Orrin.\\nStow, Merrick.\\nStevens, Rufus W.\\nStevens, Augustus C.\\nScovillc, William R.\\nSherwood, William B.\\nSmith, Mix.\\nStage, Robert F.\\nSmith, Andrew G.\\nSperry, George.\\nStow, Lyman.\\nStewart, Addisnn.\\nSeymour, Charles.\\nStockton, Thomas B. W.\\nSmith, Simon.\\nStevens Vaudevcnter.\\nScott, Salmon.\\nSkinner, John.\\nTrumbull, Andrew J,\\nTopper. Harrison.\\nTrustees M. E. Church.\\nTownsend, .r diu.\\nThomson. Edward II.\\nThayer, Artemas.\\nThayer, William.\\nTodd, John.\\nTcnney, Edwin A.\\nTenney, Rufus.\\nTraverse, .John.\\nTodd, Jonathan.\\nTrickey, Luther.\\nVandeventer, Eugene.\\nVainleventer i Stevens.\\nVan Haun, Addison.\\nWitherbee, E. B.\\nWithcrbcc, E. B., Co.\\nWalker, James B.\\nWicks A Smith.\\nWilliams, Elias.\\nWilliams, Elias, i Co.\\nWalker, Henry C.\\nWright, (ieorgo W., i. Co.\\nWright, Ira D.\\nWatson, David.\\nWicks, .Samuel B.\\nWorden, Isaac A.\\nWheeler, Isaiah.\\nWeston, Harvey C.\\nWhitwam, Samuel.\\nHon. Levi Walker, a gentleman who for years was\\nclasely iduntiiieJ with the social, commercial, and educa-\\ntional interests of tiie city, became a resident in 1847.\\nHe was ever regarded as among its foremost representative\\ncitizens, and died in L-.insing while a member of the State\\nLegislature.\\nFew among the early residents who have passed away\\nhave left more tender memories behind than Hon. William\\nM. Fenton. Coming to the county in 1837, he engaged in\\nmercantile and real estate operations at Fentonville. In\\nthe year 1850 he came to this city, where he resided till\\nhis death, which occurred Nov. 12, 1871. In the various\\nhigh civil positions to which he was called, as well as during\\nhis service in the army, his record was such as to win for\\nhim the cordial admiration and regard of all who knew\\nhim. He purchased the property of E. H. Thomson, on\\nthe corner of Beach and Second Streets, occupying it for\\nmany years. Later, his son-in-law, Col. William B. Mc-\\nCreery, late State treasurer, remodeled the Beach House to\\nits present elegant proportions. Col. McCreory, although\\nbut a lad when his father settled in Genesee County, has\\nfor years been closely connected with the official and\\nmaterial interests of his city and State.\\nIn the year 1848, Royal W. Jenny became a resident of\\nFlint and succeeded to the publication of the Flint lie-\\npiiUicau, which he later changed to the Genesee Democrat.\\nMr. Jenny, who died in 1870, was held in high esteem by\\nall who knew him. His family still reside in the city.\\nFrancis H. Rankin established the Wolverine Citizen,\\nknown first as the Whiy, in 1S50, the year of his settle-\\nment in Flint. He has published it continuously since\\nthat time, and has been the recipient of many official hon-\\nors during his residence in the city. In the year 1856,\\nHenry H. Crapo made Flint his home, and engaged very\\nextensively in lumbering operations, having purchased large\\ntracts of timber-land in other counties. He later became\\nthe Governor of the Slate, and was regarded as one of the\\nmo.st able and judicious officers who ever filled the execu-\\ntive chair of Michigan.\\nOreu Stone has been a resident of Flint since 1857, and\\nis one of its foremost citizens in enterprise and public\\nspirit. He is largely engaged in the manufacture of\\nwoolen goods.\\nINCORPORATION AS A CITY.\\nThe villages of Grand Traverse and Flint River con-\\ntinued on with a steady and uneventful growth until the\\nyear 1855. Streets were regularly laid out and built upon,\\nbut no municipal organization existed, and the villages were\\nstill under the jurisdiction of Flint township.\\nIn the early part of January, 1855, the subject of a\\nseparate organization was agitated. All agreed as to its\\nfeasibility, but there was much difference of opinion ;is to\\nthe advantage of a city over a village charter. The fol-\\nlowing article from a leading local paper of that date\\nembodies the sentiments of those who were in favor of a\\ncity charter\\nA word now upon the propriety of having our incor-\\nporation a city. It is conceded on all hands that we should\\nbe incorporated. It is also true that a village charter might\\nmeet our present requirements, but within the limits of the\\nproposed corporation wo have already as many iiihabitanta\\nas the city of Grand Rapids had when incorporated, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "128\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nconsiderably more than the city of Adrian when she got her\\ncharter. And at the rate at which we have been growing for\\ntwo or three years past, if we should now be incorporated\\nas a village, it is almost a matter of course that we should\\nfind it necessary to have our village charter changed for a\\ncity one by the time the next Legislature meets, two years\\nhence. By obtaining a city charter now we obviate the\\nnecessity of appearing again before the Legislature within\\na short interval.\\nJan. 18, 1855, a citizens* meeting was held in the court-\\nhouse to consider the subject of a city charter, and after\\nseveral hours of spirited debate Gen. C. C. Ilascall, Levi\\nWalker, Charles N. Beecher, F. H. Rankin, James Bird-\\nsail, George M. Dewey, and C. S. Payne were chosen a\\ncommittee to draft the provisions of the proposed charter.\\nOf that committee Messrs. Dewey and Rankin alone sur-\\nvive. The draft was presented to an adjourned citizens\\nmeeting, and after further discussion adopted. The busi-\\nness of working over a settlement into a city was gone\\nthrough with by the Legislature with its customary dispatch,\\nand the act of incorporation became a law by the approval\\nof Governor Bingham, Feb. 13, 1855.\\nThe act of incorporation described the city boundaries as\\nfollows\\nSection 1. The People of the JS Uite of Michigan enact: That so\\nmuch of the township of Flint, in the County of Genesee, as is in-\\ncluded in the following limits, to wit: Beginning on the left bunk of\\nFlint River, at the junction of the Thread River, running thence up\\nsaid Thread River to the Saginaw road, so called; thence cast on the\\nsouth line of section eighteen, town seven north, of range seven east\\nto the southeast corner of said section eighteen; thence north to the\\nnorth line \u00c2\u00bbtf the Northern wagon-road, so called thence northwest-\\nerly along said north line to the southeasteily line of the McNeal west\\nsubdivision; thence so as to include the whole of said west subdi-\\nvisii n thence from the southeasterly comer of land known as the\\nStevens purchase and now belonging to Benjamin Bearson, north-\\nwesterly to the southerly line of the Richfield road, so called, passing\\nthe Imrying-ground in Flint; thence northeasterly on said line to a\\npoint ojiposite the easterly corner of said burying-ground thence\\nnorthwci-terly to the northerly corner of said burying-grouud thence\\nsouthwesterly to the westerly corner of said hurying-ground thence\\nnorthwesterly to the Flint River; thence down the centre of said\\nriver, to the place of beginning also, so much of the said township\\nof Flint as is included in the following limits, to wit Beginning on\\nthe right b:\u00c2\u00bbnk of Flint River, opposite the island at the junction of\\nFlint and Thread Rivers, at the spring where Cbauncey 8. Payne has\\na hydraulic ram; thenee north to the line between subdivision lots\\nthirteen nnd fourteen of great lots, or sections three and four, of\\nSmith s Reservation thence along said line to the line between great\\nlots, or sections two and three, of Smith s Reservation thence due\\nnorth to Detroit Street extended thence along said street to the north\\nline of subdivision lot five of a part of great lot two, according to the\\nrecorded plat thence east along said line to the Saginaw plank-road\\nthence south along the line of said plank-road to Alexander McFar-\\nland s north line; thence east along said line to the Flint River;\\nthence down the centre of said river to the place of beginning; be,\\nand the same is hereby set off from said township, and declared to be\\na city, by the name of the City of Flint,\\nSection 2. The freemen of said city, from time to time being\\ninhabitants thereof, shall be and continue to be a body corporate and\\npolitic, by the name of the mayor, recorder, and aldermen of the\\ncity of Flint.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Section 5. The said city shall be divided into three wards, as fol-\\nlows The first ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying\\nnorth of Flint River; the second ward shall embrace all that portion\\nof the city lying south of Flint River and cast of the centre of Sagi-\\nnaw Street; and the third ward shall embrace all that portion of\\nthe city lying south of Flint River and west of the centre of Saginaw\\nStreet.\\nSection 6. Designated the following polling]daces for the first\\ncharter election That of the first ward at the Scotch Block that of\\nthe second ward at Lyon s Hotel; that of the third ward at the office\\nof the county clerk Piuvided^ (hat the electors of either of said wanls\\nwhen assembled, by a vote of the majority of those present, may ad-\\njourn the election to any other place in such ward.*\\nThe first charter election was held April 2, 1865, and\\nthe officers then declared elected were as follows: Grant\\nDecker, Mayor Levi Walker, Recorder Charles N.\\nBeecher, Supervisor; Elihu F. Frary, Treasurer Corndius\\nlloosvelt, Marshal Benjamin Pearson, Henry I. Hijrgins,\\nDirectors of the Poor Daniel Clark, School Inspector\\nCharles Seymour, Levi Walker, Lewis G. Bickford, and\\nWillard Eddy, Justices of the Peace.\\nWard Officers. First Ward George M. Dewey, James\\nW. Armstrong, Aldermen Asahel Fuller, Assessor Wil-\\nliam Moon, Street Commissioner Cyrus A. Goff, Constable.\\nSecond Ward Benjamin Pearson, David Mather, Alder-\\nmen William Hamilton, Assessor; William Eddy, Street\\nCommissioner; Erastus K. Carrier, Constable. Third\\nWard: William M. Fenton, A. T. Crosman, Aldermen;\\nDavid Foot, Assessor John C. Griswold, Street Commis-\\nsioner Daniel L. Nash, Constable.\\nThe new city then contained a population of about 2000*\\ninhabitants. Its first assessment roll returned an aggregate\\nvaluation of S450,G01. The amount of taxes levied and\\ncollected on this roll was $3320.92, which was applied for\\nthe following purposes:\\nState and county $1136.50\\nSchool District No. I\\nNo.2\\nMilitary lax\\nHighway taxe.-* returned\\nFor city purposes, including collector s fees.,.,\\n2S7.1fi\\n2 1 5.1)6\\n22.21\\n1162.:^0\\n$3320.92\\nThose residents assessed for taxation in 1855 were:\\n.Allen, John C.\\nAplin, Samuel.\\nAndrews, Asa.\\nAdams, Eber.\\nAylward, William.\\nAlport, Samuel.\\nAnderson, Reuben.\\nAtchinson, Abbey.\\nAndrews, George.\\nAlexander, B. F.\\nAckenuan, William.\\nAtherton, Ama.\\nAtherton, Mrs. A.\\nArnold, Lewis.\\nAplin, Thomas.\\nAllen, Sarah.\\nArmstrong Co.\\nArmstrong, J. W.\\nAllen Randall.\\nBarney, W. M.\\nBaker, William.\\nBuzzel, John.\\nBooth, Joel A.\\nBaltay, William.\\nBickford, Lewis G,\\nBlades, J. H. C.\\nBehee, George.\\nBearsley, Stephen,\\nBarrow?, J. C.\\nBump, David.\\nBeardslee, A.\\nBehan, John.\\nBishop, Giles.\\nBishop, Russell.\\nBishop, R. I.\\nBlades, William.\\nBeecher, Charles N,\\nBeecher it Uiggins.\\nBailey. Jarvis.\\nBirdsall, James.\\nBirdsall, Jesse.\\nBarker A Patterson.\\nBaker, Mrs.\\nBranch, Thomas,\\nBelcher French.\\nBevins. Nancy.\\nBump, Anderson.\\nCumings Carton.\\nCampbell, Ten Eyck.\\nCollins, Orson.\\nChambers, William D.\\nCurtis, Daniel.\\nClark, William.\\nClark, W. J. B.\\nCurtis vt Son.\\nCuming. Thomas R.\\nThe United States census returns, at various periods, have re-\\nported the population as follows: 1850, 1670; 1860, 2950; 1S70,\\n5386, State census of 1874, 8197. The United States census for ISSO\\nwill probably show a population exceeding 11,000 inhabitants.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n129\\nCrandall, William P.\\nFenton Bishop.\\nLake, Warner.\\nRobinson, Isaac N.\\nCrosman, A. T.\\nFoss, John.\\nLake, Nicholas.\\nRice, Charles.\\nCary, Alonzo.\\nGriffith, Orrin.\\nLake, John.\\nRising, II. C.\\nCostillo, Andrew.\\nGarlaml, John.\\nLee, Edward.\\nRipley A Armstrong.\\nCroff, Abncr.\\nGoff, Cyrus II.\\nLee, Thomas.\\nRussell. N.\\nCudncy, I liarlcs H.\\nGilktt, Amos.\\nLamond, Robert D.\\nRice, William.\\nCarney, Janjes.\\nGoslin, James If.\\nLewis, Royal D.\\nStevenson, William.\\nCharles, William.\\nGriswold, Martha.\\nLadd, Nathaniel.\\nSmith, A. G.\\nConkling A Kellogg.\\n(lolden. Robert.\\nLowe, A. V.\\nStillson, Harris.\\nCarman Lovejoy.\\nGazlay, William.\\nLaey, Albert D.\\nSeymour, Charles.\\nCarman, Joseph.\\n(ioodrich, 0. C.\\nLeister, Thomas.\\nSutton, John.\\nCollins, William.\\nGreen, S. M.\\nLanckton, Caleb.\\nScovillo, William R.\\nCooper, Hiram.\\nGuild, Mrs.\\nMc.^lester, James.\\nStewart, E. M.\\nCornell, D. 15.\\nGazlay, Miles.\\nMorrison A Eddy.\\nSeaton, William.\\nCurtis, Samuel.\\nGazlay, AVard.\\nMoore, James.\\nStevens, A. C. (estate of).\\nCulver, George.\\nGahan, AN illiani.\\nMiles, Manley.\\nSaunders, Mrs.\\nClark, Daniel.\\nGilliuan, D.\\nMowry, Henry.\\nStage, Mrs.\\nClark, Widow.\\nGahan Decker.\\nMoore, Stephen.\\nSmith, Rev. George.\\nCarrier, Krastus K.\\nGolden, William.\\nMoon, William.\\nSkinner A Martin.\\nCraft, Josiah.\\nHamilton, John B.\\nMason, Jared.\\nSliter, II. M.\\nCase, Mrs.\\nHu-hes, Michael.\\nMarshall, ^Villiam.\\nStow, Mrs.\\nCadwell, Edward.\\nIlolbrook, James.\\nMerch, Silas P.\\nSwan, Rev. John.\\nClark, 11. 0.\\nIlogan, Thomas.\\njNIeFarlan, Alexander.\\nSafford, Orrin.\\nCulver, Edward.\\nHubbard, Malinda.\\nMorse, Lorenzo D.\\nSimmons, T.\\nCuniings, Elizabeth.\\nHubbard, William R.\\nMerriman, Isaiah.\\nSpcrry, George.\\nCulver, Alfred.\\nIleale, Charles.\\nMcMinaman, Pat.\\nSeeley, Mark D.\\nCaufman,\\nHenderson, James.\\nMcColIum, James.\\nStafford, Etlniond.\\nClark,\\nHolmes, Frederick.\\nMolhersill, William.\\nSummers, Charles II.\\nDcceuninck, Charles L.\\nHenderson, Henry JI.\\nMiles, Mrs. E.\\nSurryhne, William.\\nDodge, Nathaniel.\\nHiggins, Henry I.\\nMcNamee, B.\\nStewart, P. II.\\nDanes, Frederick B.\\nHiggins, C. R.\\nMiles, Mrs. Isaac.\\nSkidmore, John.\\nDewey, George JI.\\nHopkins. G. S.\\nJlillcr, William.\\nStewart, Mrs.\\nDewey, D. D.\\nHood, George F.\\nMather, David.\\nStow, George.\\nDewey A Crosman.\\nHawkins, AVilliam.\\nMcCall, Philip.\\nThomson. E. H.\\nDewey A Pearson.\\nHill, George J. W.\\nMattison, Seth A.\\nTrainer, Patrick.\\nDarling, Asa.\\nHiggins IJrothci\\nMorse, David.\\nTrickey, Luther.\\nDecker, James C.\\nIlazelton, George U.\\nNeweomb, Henry.\\nThurbcr, William M.\\nDavis. A. P.\\nHagert} Mrs.\\nNash, Daniel L.\\nThaj cr, William.\\nI elbri lge, .John.\\nHaseall, Charles C.\\nNeweomb, Thomas.\\nTolles, Henry.\\nDawson, Richard.\\nHamilton, Wm. 0.\\nNewell, Thomas.\\nThayer, Artemas.\\nDrake. Elijah.\\nHamilton, William.\\nO SulIivan, Daniel.\\nTollaver, William.\\nDecker, Grant.\\nllaniilton, 0.\\nO Dunoughue, Washington.\\nTodd, John.\\nDarling. James.\\nHarrison, Andrew.\\nOlmsted, Gosen.\\nTrue, William W.\\nDoran, John.\\nHowell, Isaac.\\nOttoivay, Steidien II.\\nTerrill, David.\\nDana, Chauneey.\\nHamilton, John.\\nPetlee A Brother.\\nUtley, Elisha.\\nDewi*toe, C. J.\\nHill, Cary.\\nParrish, Jasper.\\nVan Ness, Peter.\\nDe Graff, Peter.\\nHoward, Mrs.\\nP.-itrick, William.\\nVan Syckle, G. A.\\nEldridge, I. N.\\nHiggins, M.E.\\nPearsons, William.\\nVan Titllin, Schuyler.\\nE Idy, Jerome.\\nHarper, Lemuel L.\\nPeople s Bank.\\nVan Tilllin, Reuben.\\nEdily, Willard.\\nHaver, William.\\nPayne, Chauneey S.\\n\\\\*an Vechten, M. B.\\nEddy. William.\\nIlawley, John.\\nI carsoll, Harry.\\nAV heeler, Shepanl.\\nEglc, George.\\nHenry, Eunice.\\nPhelps, II. C.\\nA\\\\ood, H. W.\\nElmore, M. S.\\nHowe, Mrs. m.\\nPatrick, Charles.\\nWarren, Thomas.\\nElstow, Samuel.\\nHunt, Perry.\\nPearson, Benjamin.\\nWolverton, Stephen.\\nFogarty, John.\\nIron, W. W.\\nParks, Thomas.\\nWhiting, John W.\\nFairchil.l, Philo.\\nJones, Hansom.\\nPet tee, W. N.\\nWiseman, Lymivu.\\nFailing, Levi.\\nJohnson, Edwin.\\nPerry, II. W.\\nWatson, David.\\nFenton, William M.\\nJenny, Royal W,\\nPatter.son, William.\\nAVait, (leorge.\\nFleming, Mrs.\\n.Jackson, It. H.\\nPralt, Mrs. Rcxana.\\nM alker, Levi.\\nFish, Mrs. Octavia.\\n.Joy, John.\\nParker, Rev. Orson.\\nWalkley A Pifford.\\nFrary, Frank E.\\nJohnson IJIanchard.\\nPratt, II. R.\\nWarren, Samuel N.\\nFoot, David.\\n.Judd, Richard.\\nPettce, E. N.\\nWilliams, Ephraim S.\\nFirman, Josiah.\\nKirby, George, A Co.\\nPage, Robert J. S.\\nWesson, Leonard.\\nFrench, Susan.\\nKeyes, Douglass.\\nPalmer, J. W.\\nWing, Mrs.\\nFrizy-ell, Samuel.\\nKline, Joseph.\\nQuick, David.\\nWicks, Samuel B.\\nFreeman, Daniel S.\\nKejit,\\nQuiglcy A Holgate.\\nWillett, John.\\nFuller, Charles L.\\nKline, Mrs. James.\\nQnig ey, .John.\\nWilherbee, Mrs.\\nFuller, Asahel.\\nIvellogg, Marion.\\nRandall, Abner.\\nWard, Ale.\\\\ander.\\nFarrell, Richard.\\nKline, Jidin A.\\nRankin, Francis II.\\nWood, T. F.\\nForsyth, 0. F.\\nKnickerbocker, I enncr.\\nRyan, Daniel.\\nWatkins, Nathan.\\nFrecland, Cornelius.\\nDink, .lohn.\\nRichards, Richard.\\nRunyon, Content.\\nAl .1 Ik ..aann\\nFerguson, James.\\nLeach, Dewitt C.\\nWebber, John.\\nForrest, William.\\nLeiberman, E.\\nReynolds, Almon.\\nWalker, James B.\\nFarley, Josiah.\\nLewis, E. J.\\nRoosevelt, Cornelius.\\nWalker, J. B., A Co.\\nFrnry, I). S.\\nLyon, William II. C.\\nUodgers, T. V.\\nWalker, II. C.\\n17", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "130\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUJS TY, MICHIGAN.\\nWitberbcc, Austin B,\\nIVooil, Smith it \\\\Vifks.\\nYawkoy, J. II.\\nYawkcy, J. II., Son.\\nYorks, James.\\nBOUXDAEIES, AVATEK-COUESES, AND STREETS.\\nIn laying the fouiiJation of the city the points of the\\ncompass were ignored. Tlie line marking the city limits\\nfhan^cs its direction t\\\\vent3--thrcc times in making its grand\\ncircuit, and only once, and then for a very short distance,\\ndocs it approach eitlier the east, west, north, or south.\\nThrough this irregular inclosure, and dividing it into two\\nnot very unecjual parts, the Flint Kiver pursues its wind-\\ning way from the northeast towards the southwest. In the\\nupper part of its course it divides in natural channels, form-\\ning Crapo s Island; farther down and opposite the central\\npart of the city it pours over a dam, and through artificial\\nchannels on each side for the benefit of Crapo s and W.\\nHamilton s mills; below the Saginaw Street bridge it bends\\nsouthward, turns abruptly to the north, and sweeps round\\nto the south, nearly surrounding J. B. Atwood s Island\\nmill and yards then running the gauntlet of Begole\\nFox s mills, it escapes from the city limits in another grand\\nsweep northward by Glenwood Cemetery.\\nThe southern part of the city is again divided by the\\nThread lliver, a .slender, tortuous creek, which meanders\\nup from the southeast, and empties into the Flint, near the\\nIsland mill. The old government road, now Saginaw Street,\\ncrosses the southern city limits in a northerly direction,\\nturns several points towards the west, crosses the Thread\\nlliver a mile and a quarter from the centre of the city, pur-\\nsues the even tenor of its way for half a mile, turns west\\nof north, makes a bee-line for the Flint, then turns due\\nnorth, and so passes out of the city, about a mile from the\\nbridge. An extension of Saginaw Street in the line in\\nwhich it pas.ses through the centre of the city has been\\nopened through the part north of the river, and is called\\nDetroit Street. Saginaw Street and the rivers form the\\nboundaries of the wards. All north of the Flint Kiver\\nconstitutes the First Ward; all south of the river and east\\nof Saginaw Street, the Second Ward between Saginaw\\nStreet and Thread lliver, the Third Ward and all west of\\nthe Thread, the Fourth. The last is by fir the smallest in\\npopulation, as it is the youngest of the wards.\\nThe main thoroughfare through the centre of the city\\nat right angles with Saginaw Street is Kearslcy Street,\\nwhich comes up through the sparsely-settled Fourth Ward,\\nbeyond the Thread, touches the Flint a quarter of a mile\\nbelow the bridge, crosses Saginaw Street a few blocks south\\nof it, and passes on, steadily diverging from the river in a\\ndirection north of east. To these two streets the other\\nstreets of the city adjust themselves with tolerable success.\\nThe principal streets running parallel with Saginaw are,\\nnamed in order to the west, Beach, Church, Grand Tra-\\nverse, Oak, Stockton, and Ann Arbor; and, to the east,\\nHarrison, Clifford, Stevens, and Liberty. The streets run-\\nning parallel with Kcarsley and south of it are numbered,\\nexcept Court Street, which falls between Fourth and Fifth.\\nBetween Kearsley and the river are two fragmentary streets\\ncalled Union and Mill. On the north side the streets which\\ntry to run parallel with the river are numbered, but are\\nsomewhat demoralized bv the divergent courses of Detroit\\nand Saginaw Streets, and their upper ends circle over to-\\nwards the river like the threads of a spider-web. The\\nprincipal streets west of Detroit Street and parallel with it\\nare Garland, Mason, Smith, and Stone, all of which main-\\ntain a fair degree of rectitude.\\nOn the (jth of April, 1853, the Common Council ap-\\npointed a committee to have a survey made of Saginaw Street,\\nwith a view to establishing a uniform grade. The com-\\nmittee reported and the council adopted a grade as follows\\nCommencing at the north side of Mill Street at the level\\nof the plank of the bridge; thence on a true grade to the\\nsurface in the centre of Saginaw Street at the south side of\\nKearsley Street thence on a true grade on a point on the\\nsouth side of Court Street, two feet below the surface of the\\nground in the centre of Saginaw Street thence on the\\nsame grade south until it comes to the surface, the grade\\nto be the whole breadth of the street.\\nOn the adoption of this grade by the Common Council,\\nimprovements were immediately begun. Buildings that\\nwere low were raised. Uniform sidewalks were laid, and,\\nat its completion, the main business street of Flint com-\\npared favorably with that of any city of the State for\\nbreadth and regularity. This street, as also other principal\\nbusiness streets, is paved with wood and kept in a cleanly\\ncondition, while either side is lined with fine biick blocks\\nand imposing structures. The residence streets are adorned\\nwith private dwellings of much taste and elegance, many\\nof them being surrounded with extensive and well-kept\\ngrounds.\\nThe city has a present population of about 10,000, and\\nits assessed* valuation for real and personal estate, and the\\namount of taxes levied for all purpo.scs, for the year 1S7S,\\nwas as follows\\nFirst Ward. Aggregate valuation, 8315,228; tax\\nlevied, $l;],(i50.-18.\\nSecond Wiird. Aggregate valuation, 8113,572; tax\\nlevied, $18,133.85.\\nThird Ward. Aggregate valuation, \u00c2\u00a7101,190; tax\\nlevied, \u00c2\u00a719,080. GS.\\nFourth )r(/;-(/.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aggregate valuation, \u00c2\u00a782,000 tax\\nlevied, \u00c2\u00a73711.09.\\nFLINT IN 1870.\\nFor many years Flint has been noted as an active, enter-\\nprising commercial and manufacturing centre. Several\\nmills are entensively engaged in the manufacture of pine\\nand hard-wood lumber, and a large and increasing business\\nis done by six mills in the line of sash, doors, and blinds.\\nThere are in active operation three foundries and machine-\\nshops, two gi ain-elevators, four flouringmills with an ag-\\ngregate capacity of (50,000 barrels of flour annually, a paper-\\nmill, two stave- and heading-mills, a large furniture-manu-\\nfactory, extensive cluircoal and chemical works, two brew-\\neries, a tannery, several carriage-manufactories, woolen-\\nmills, brick-yards, and numerous other industries of less\\nimportance, whose aggregate of manufactures amount to\\nmany thousands of dollars per year.\\nThis valuation is based upon a one-third cash value. The pres-\\nent year 187 J property is being assessed at more nearly its true\\nvalue, and the rtturns will trtjble the aggregates of valuation hero\\ngiven.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "HON. EDWAKD H. THOMSON.\\nAmong the nnnies which are in *eparably connected with the nnnals of\\nGenesee County is that of E hvard II. Tliomson, who, during a rewidence of\\nmore than forty years in the village and city of Flint, has been promiiit-ntly\\nidentified with its progress and prosperity, and has well and faithfully served\\nhia fellow-citizens in the places of honor and trust to which they hjive re-\\npeatedly called him.\\nHe was born Jnne lo, I8I0, at Kendal, in the countj- of Westmoreland, Eng-\\nland, and at the age of three years came to the United States with bis parents,\\nwho made their home in Boston, Mass. At the proper age he entered the\\nWhite I lains Academy, in Westchester Co., N. Y., atid there laid the founda-\\ntion of his education during a fuur years course of study. After leaving the\\nacademy he spent two yeais of his youth on tlie ocean, as a sailor before the\\nmast.\\nHaving resolved to enter the legal profession, he removed to BufTalo. N. Y.,\\nwhere, in 18 1 he commenced the study of the law in the office of the Hon.\\nMillard Fillmore (afterwards President) and the Hon. Thomas T. Sherwood.\\nFrom this connection there grew up between Mr. Fillmore and himself a\\nfriendly intimacy which continued uninterrupted until the death of the ex-\\nPresident.\\nAt the age of twenty-two years having then been adtnitted to practice\\nMr. Thomson established himself in bi^j profession, fir^t in the city of Buffalo,\\nand afterwards at Cleveland, Ohio. While practicing his profession in Buffalo,\\nhe started, in connection with Gen. Roberts, a daily newspaper called the\\nBuffalo Transcript.\\nAt the time when the emigration from New York to Michigan was at its\\nheight he came to this State; located in the township of Atlas in 1837, and\\nreceived from Gov. S. T. Mason the appointment of prosecuting attorney for\\nLapeer County, of which the town of Atlas then formed a part. In 1838 he\\nremoved to Flint, wliere he associitted himself in business with John Bartow\\n(then Register in the U. S. Land OflRce at Flint), under the name and style of\\nBartow Thomson. In 1845 ho received the appointment of prosecuting\\nattorney for Genesee County, and held the office during that and the following\\nyear. In IB-il he was elected to the State Senate for the district embracing\\nGenesee, Oakland, Lapeer, Shiawassee. Siiginaw, Tuscola, and all of the\\ncounties to the Straits of Mackinac, and the whole of the Upper Peninsula,\\nand served in that body for the years 184Sand lS-19 as chairman of the judiciary\\ncommittee, chairman of the committee on mines and minerals, and as a mem-\\nber of the committee on State affairs. During this term in the Senate he\\nintroduced the billn which resulted in the establishment of the Institution\\nfor the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, at Flint, of the\\nAoylnm for the Insane, at Kalamazoo, and alsu for the incoi-poration nf the\\nfirst copper and ir*\u00c2\u00bbn mining companies in the T pper Peninsula. (Ho had\\naccompanied Dr. Douglass Ilought^m in his explorations of the Lake Superior\\nregion in 1844 and 1845, and had in this way become fully aware of its rich\\nmineral resources.) Another bill introduced by him was one for the promo-\\ntion of foreign emigration direct to Michigan. IDs services in procuring the\\nAdoption of this meiisure were recogni/.e l by Gov. Ransom, who gave him the\\napp iintment of commissioner of emigration under the law, a position which\\nhe filled for Ihre* years, first liaving his office at New York, hut afterwanla\\nestablishing it at Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Wnrtemburg. Germany. Here,\\nin a pereonal interview with the king, he laid before him the details of his\\nemigration plan, and afterwards gave a full explanation of the vast resources\\nof Michigan by the publication and distribution of a pamphlet of some sixty\\npage* giving m detiil the resources of the State. This same information was\\nalso given to the piihlir thmugh the medium i f the German pn ss, and with\\nsuch success that, during the first year, two thousand eight hundred persons\\nemigrated from that country to Michigan. Tin total result of his energetic\\nefforts wa\u00c2\u00ab an accession of nearly twenty-five thousand to the population of\\nthe State; and these were principally of a hardy and enterprising c!iis i of\\nmechanics and farmers, many of them possessing considenkhic pecuniary\\nmeans.\\nWhile in London, in 1851, he received the Appointment of United States\\ndeputy commissioner to the great Industrial Exhibition in that city, generally\\nknown as the World s Fair. In this position his assiduous attentions to\\nAmerican visitors, and his efficient aid and timely advice to exhibitors, gained\\nfor htm high encomiums, while his social qualities made him a welcome and\\nhonored visitor in the houses of the nobility and gentry of the world s me-\\ntropolis. On his return to the United States he remained for a time in Wash-\\nington City, but soon after resumed his profession in Flint. In 1858 he was\\nelected Representative in the Sbite Legislature, and in the session of 1859\\nserved on the judiciary committee, and on the committee on State affairs.\\nWhen the fires of treason burst forth into the great war of the Rebellion,\\nthe loyal State of Michigan gave to the cause of the Union no more earnest\\nand ardent a supporter than Col. Edward Thomson. Although his political\\nopinions had ever been opposed to those of Gov. Blair, he received at his hands\\nan appointment as a member of the State military board, and, u[ton the resig-\\nnation of Geii. A. S. Williani i, of Detroit, in 1862, became its president. Tliis\\nposition gave him the military title by which he has since been generally\\nknown. Throughout the war he was intensely patriotic, and as untiring as\\nhe was successful in his efforts to promote enlistments. So high did he stand\\nin the estimation of the Governor and of Adj.-Gen. Robertson that, in the\\nface of the settled policy of the Governor not to establish regimental camps\\nof organization aivay from railway communication, he procured the oider\\nnaming Flint (which then had no railroad) as a rendezvous of the Tenth\\nInfantry, whose camp was thereupon established there, and named in his\\nhonor Camp Thomson. An officer of that regiment afterwards said of the\\ncircumstance:\\nCol. Thomson directed the formation of the camp, and so fully and com-\\npletely cared for the wants of the soldiers that he found a place in their\\nhearts as the soldier s friend, and will not soon be forgotten. We learned to\\nlook upon him as a kind of father and always called him colonel, and to this\\nday he bears that title whenever his name is spoken among us.\\nWhen his influence and energy were no longer needed in the raising of\\ntroops, Col. Thomson returned again to his profession and to the quiet enjoy-\\nment of social life in the city of Flint. Shortly afterwards he was elected a\\nmember of the school board of education, and in 1878 was elected mayor of\\nthe city of Flint.\\nFor many years Col. Thomson has been an aident and enthusiastic student of\\nEnglisli literature, and in particular of the works of the immortal Bard of\\nAvon. His Shakspearean readings and lectures, which are frequently and\\nfreely given in aid of charitable and other benevolent objects, are always re-\\nceived with high favor and appreciation, as is evidenced by the invariably\\nfavorable notices of them given in the newspapers. In 1869, upon the occa-\\nsion of his consenting to deliver a IiTture in Lansing upon the Genius of\\nShakspeare, for the benefit of the Reform School Band, the Lansing State Re*\\npublican said\\nThe offer is generous; the obj ct of it one that not only the citizens of\\nLansing, hut the members of the Legislature can fully appreciate, and the\\nsubject one which will be treated by him in a masterly manner. His ability\\nas a critic of the immortal dmmatist and poet has long been recognized. He\\nis a gentleman, a fine speaker, and will do full justice to the passages he\\nmay repeat for the entertainment of his hearers. And we may also add that\\nthe city of Lansing has always had a warm and earnest friend in Col.\\nThomson.\\nAmi a lecture of his, delivered at Howell upon the same subject, was thus\\nmentioned by the LivinpsUm Kepuhlican Mr. Thomson is a Shakspearean\\neiilhusiast, and seems to possess the maximu7n of enthusiasm which will he\\nsatisfied with nothing slioi t of knowing to the uttermost everything connected\\nwith its subject In literary gossip ho is set down as one of the\\nlions among Shakspearean liUerafcurs, and is said to possess one of the finest\\nShakspearean libnirieH in the United States. He is a fine elocutionist, a\\npleiisant speaker, and we should like to listen again for an evening to such\\n])iissages of his favorite author as he might select to read. Similar complimen-\\ntjtry opinions find frequent utterance through the press, and are always sus*\\ntaiiied by the puldic who cotnpose his audiences.\\nCol. Thomson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, ha\u00c2\u00ab just passed the\\nchair of yrand master in the I. O. 0. F.,and is now the grand representative to\\nthe grand lodge of the order at the city of Baltimore.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n131\\nThe mercantile interests have advanced from the Indian\\nstore and trading-post of Kufus W. Stevens, in 1834, until\\nto-day there are over 100 mercantile houses of various\\nkinds, whose a;;,^regate sales will amount to more than\\n$2,00(1,00(1 yearly.\\nThe railroads centering here do an immense business in\\nfreights. During the year 1877 the sliipnient.s from this\\ncity by these avenues of commerce amounted to 45,118,500\\nfeet of lumber, ],3()i),(l00 pounds of live-stock, 8105 bar-\\nrels of flour, and 13,o71 ,900 pounds of grain.\\nHere are located the grounds of the Gemisce County\\nAgricultural Society, also the Flint Hiding-Park A.ssocia-\\ntion, which together have developed the raising of very\\nfine stock in and near the city.\\nThe State Institution forthe Kducationof the Deaf, Dumb,\\nand the Blind is located on a commanding height in the\\nsouthwestern part of the city. It is surrounded with grounds\\nmany acres in extent, tastefully laid out, and covered with\\nfine groves of native forest trees.\\nAmong other public edifices are seven commodious school-\\nbuildings, the county court-house, jail, and a city Imilding\\nfgr the accommodation of the Conxnon Council and fire\\ndepartment. These are all large, well-arranged, and costly\\nbuildings. The court-house and high-school are each sur-\\nrounded by spacious gnmnds.\\nThe city is amply supplied with ten church edifices, viz.\\nthree ?Iethodi.st Episcopal (one coloredj, and one each of\\nthe Protestant Episcopal, Adventists, Catholic, Baptist,\\nCongregationalist, German Evangelical, and Presbyterian.\\nAn efficient fire department, consisting of two steamers,\\ntrucks, and hose companies, guard and protect the interests\\nof her citizens against the ravages of the fiery element.\\nTwo militia companies the Flint Union Blues and\\nCadets have their headquarters and drill-room in Armory\\nHall, which is provided for their use by the State.\\nThe banks consist of the First National and Citizens\\nNational, banks of issue, and the G-enesee County Savings-\\nBank.\\nThe press is ably represented by the Woh-crinc Citizen,\\nFlint Globe, Genesee Uvmocral, and Flint Jotinial.\\nThe public halls are Fenton Ilall, Reform Hall, and\\nArmory JIall, the former being the most pretentious.\\nRAILIIOAUS.\\nAn ancient embankment of covered and rotting timbers\\nis pointed out in the city as the foundation of a railroad\\nlaid, with considerable enthusiasm, away back in the year\\n1837. This was part of a projected railroad to connect\\nPort Huron with Grand Haven, and which Gen. Charles\\nC. Ilascall contracted to build from the western limits of\\nGenesee County to the county-seat of Lapeer County.\\nAVork was pushed vigorously for a time, but, through some\\ndifficulty in getting expected State aid and from other causes,\\nwork upon it was suspended, ami all projects looking to-\\nwards a road in this direction were given a rest until 1871,\\nwhen a road extending from I ort Huron to Flint was com-\\npleted, as the Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad.\\nIn 1877 the Chicago and Northeastern Railroad, extend-\\ning from Flint to Lansing, was ]ilaecd in running order.\\nThese two roads were then consolidated as part of the Iin(!\\nof the Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad, and continued\\nas such until the purchase of the Chicago and Northeast-\\nern by Vanderbilt.\\nThe first liK omdtive reaeheil the city over the line of the\\nFlint and Pere Man(UL tte Railway, from the north, Dec.\\n8, 186 i. This event was celebrated aniid.-t general re-\\njoicing, and a grand bancjuct held at the Carlton House.\\nThe work ujion the Flint and Holly Railroad was com-\\nmenced in thesummer of 1863, and by the untiring energy of\\nGovernor Crapo, ])resident of the company, seconded by the\\nleading business nuMi of Flint, it was graded, tied, ironed,\\nand ready for the rolling-stock in about eighteen mouths,\\nand, it is said, at a cost much less than any equal length of\\nroad in the State was ever constructed, wages and cost of\\nmaterial considered. The money for the work was largely\\nadvanced by Governor Crapo and his friends in the East, and\\nthe company was further fortunate iu having secured the\\niron at ante-war prices. The trip of the first locomotive,\\nthe City of Flint, Nov. 1, 1864, was the occasion of\\ngreat rejoicing, as it was the first outlet to the South. A\\nfew years later the road was sold to the Flint and Pere Mar-\\nquette Company at a handsome advance upon its original\\ncost, and has since been operated by that company as part\\nof its through line. It has since built the Flint River Di-\\nvision, a branch mad extending from Flint to Otter Lake,\\nfor the benefit of the extensive lumber interests of that\\nregion.\\nThe opening of these several roads gave Flint good\\nrailroad outlets east, west, north, and south, and stimulated,\\ndirectly, or indirectly, all its material interests. They\\nbring it within twenty miles by rail of Lapeer, sixty-six of\\nPort Hui on, seventeen of Holly, fifty-seven of Wayne, one\\nhundred and eight of Toledo, fifty-one of Lansing, thirty-\\nfour of East Saginaw, forty-seven of Bay City, one hundred\\nand seventy-two of Ludington, sixty-four of Detroit by way\\nof the Milwaukee road, or seventy-five by the Michigan\\nCentral, and nineteen miles of Otter Lake, on the Detroit\\nand Bay City road. Previous to the opening of the rail-\\nroads these points had to be reached by foot or stage-coach,\\nunder delays almost incredible by their contra.st with the\\njircscnt ficilitios Ibr travel. Under the direction of Wil-\\nliam Clill ord a line of stage-coaches was established through\\nFlint over llie old military road, which was considered a\\nmodel of dispatch in its day. Under favorable circum-\\nstances a man could take the stage at Flint, go to Detroit\\nand return in three days, but the ordinary time was four\\ndays. By the .same conveyance Pontiac could be reached\\nin from eight to twelve hours. After the Milwaukee road\\nhad been extended west of Pontiac the stage-route was\\nchanged to Fenton, but a trip to Detroit was still a very\\nlaborious undertaking, while the hauling of produce and\\nlumber, except to purchasers within the county, was very\\nlimited.\\nThe Flint and Pere Marquette Railway enters the cor-\\nporation on the south, one and a quarter miles south of the\\ncentre of the city, cro.sses the Thread, and follows the gen-\\neral course of the Flint on the southeast bank till it passes\\nSaginaw Street; then, cro.ssing over, it leaves the corpora-\\nti(jn limits north of the river, and at some distance from it.\\nThe Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad enters the corpora-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntion limits in the cast, runs northwesterly to the Flint, then\\nsouthwesterly, and, after crossing and rccrossing the river,\\npasses out of the city limits to the left of Glenwood.\\nTlie depot of the Flint and Pore 5Iar(|uctte Railway is\\nsituated at the foot of Ijeacli Street that of the Fort\\nHuron and Lake Michigan Railroad at the loot of Harri-\\nson street.\\nEARLY STAGK AND MAIL ROUTES.\\nAs early as 1833, Joshua Terry had a contract for carry-\\ning the mails over the route hetween Pontiac and Saginaw.\\nHis trips were made weekly, and he had limited accommo-\\ndations for pa.ssenger.s. Upon llie cbtablishment of the land-\\nand post-offices at Flint River village, William Clifford ran\\na line of stages to Pontiac. This line was continued under\\nvarious managements until the completion of a through\\nroute by railway. In an early number of the Whic/ we find\\nthe following advertisement of jMessrs. Pettee Boss, stage\\nproprietors\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0criKAP AXn UAl II) niDINd.\\nThe stage for rontijic leaves Flint each inorning (Sundays ex-\\ncejiled), stopiiiug at Grand Bhmc, Stony llun, Grovcland, Springfield,\\nClarkston, Austin, and Waterford, and arrives at Pontiac in time to\\nenable passengers tu take tlie cars the same day fur Detroit.\\nE. N. Pettee,\\nA. J. Boss,\\nProjirltUtrB,\\nFlint, March 23, ISJO.\\nPOSTMASTERS.\\nWith the opening of the United States land-office in\\nFlint came the necessity for the establishment of a post-\\noffice, and Lyman Stow received the appointment of post-\\nmaster. It is stated that Judge Stow made an excellent\\npublic servant, and for the first six months not only carried\\nletters in his hat* and tiie way-bills in his breeches pocket,\\nbut was kind enough on many occasions to turn himself into\\na delivery clerk.\\nJohn Todd was tlie proud individual to whom the first\\nletter was addressed, and later became the second incum-\\nbent of the office. The third was William P. Crandall the\\nfourth, William Moon the fifth, Col. A. T. Crosman.\\nEphraim S. Williams, who had served as the first postmas-\\nter at Saginaw, and continued eight years, next followed\\nCol. Crosman, and officiated a like period of time in Flint.\\nHe was succeeded by Washington O Dououghue, who also\\nserved eight years. William Tracy followed next, and held\\nthe office one presidential term and a fraction over, John\\nAlgoe filling the office until the reappointment of Sir.\\nO Donoughuc. The latter gentleman continued in office\\nuntil April, 1879, when he was succeeded by Francis II.\\nRankin, tlie present postmaster of the city.\\nFIRST NEWSPAPER.\\nThe first newspaper. The Flint River Gazette, was\\nstarted by Joseph K. Averill, in 1839. For further par-\\nticulars concerning this and all other Genesee County\\npapers since cstablislied, the reader is referred to the chap-\\nter on the Press in the general history.\\nMr. Leonard IVesson claims to bo in possession of this identical\\nhat at the present time.\\nTELEGRAPU.\\nTelegraphic communication was first opened in Decem-\\nber, 1858, by a line from Flint to Fentonville, connecting\\nwith the Detroit and iMilwaukce Railroad. The work was\\ndone by William W. True, and the first operator at Flint\\nwas Miles D. McAlester, a graduate of West Point, who\\nafterwards gained distinction as major of United States En-\\ngineers and brevet brigadier-general United States Army.\\nEARLY TAVERNS AND PRESENT HOTELS.\\nThe earliest tavern or hotel in Flint was the River\\nHouse, built and first kept by John Todd, as already no-\\nticed. It was presided over at different periods by A. F.\\nHayden, Lewis Buckingham, Wait Beach, Mason, and\\nin 1838 by William Clilfonl, who established a lineof stage.s\\nrunning from Flint to I ontiac. Finding the capacity of\\nthe River House too limited for his increasing patronage, he\\npurchased the Northern Hotel, which liad been built and\\nkept for a short time by Captain Crane. The latter house\\nthen became the headqunrters for the stage-line.\\nThe Genesee House was built by Thomas J. Drake in\\n18r 7, and stood at the apex formed by Detroit and Sagi-\\nnaw Streets. The ground was afterwards purchased by the\\ncity. After Drake, Cornelius Roosevelt was landlord, and\\nwas succeeded by S. W. Gibson, and he, in 1813, by W.\\nR. Scoville. Mr. Allen next became proprietor, to bo suc-\\nceeded by Mr. Pettee, after wliich Jarcd Mason became\\nmine host. Mr. JLisori subsequently built the Carl-\\nton House, which stood upon the site of the present Bry-\\nant House, and was first opened Jan. 1, 185G. This hotel\\nwas afterwards changed to the Irving House, and was\\ndestroyed by fire.\\nThe present hotels are the Bryant, a spacious and well-\\nappointed house, eligibly situated upon Saginaw Street\\nthe Thayer Hou.se, near the Flint and Pere jNIarquette\\nRailway depot, which has a well-established and enviable\\nreputation and the Sherman, I the Central, the City Hotel,\\nand the Brotherton.\\nMILLS AND MANUFACTURING.\\nThe first mill of any description erected within the city\\nlimits of to-day was the saw-mill commenced and finished\\nby Rufus W. Stevens in 1830. It was situated upon the\\nThread River above the present Thread Mills. In 1831,\\nRufus W. and Augustus C. Stevens established the Thread\\nGrist-SIill. For many subsequent years this mill supplied\\na wide belt of countiy, extending from beyond the south-\\nern boundary of Genesee County to Saginaw. Thread Mills\\nwas then the groat objective point, and to it all early resi-\\ndents in this region wended their way when in quest of\\nflour. Many middle-aged men reside in this and adjoining\\ncounties to-day who remember the fact that their first mem-\\norable trip outside and beyond the view ofiered from their\\nown clearing was when they first accompanied their father,\\nwith his .slowly-toiling ox-team, to the Thread, which\\nmeant the mill.\\nThe pine and lumbering interests, which in years past\\nhave contributed greatly to the prosperity of Flint, first at-\\ntracted the attention of business men and the thought of\\nt Burned June 10, 1879.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n133\\nerecting- luill.s iip(in the Flint Uivor in 1S35, when Rufus\\nW. Stevens, James McCoriuick, inul their heirs were au-\\ntliorized by an aet of the Logislative Council of the Terri-\\ntory of Michigan, approved JIarch 30, 1835, to con-\\nstruct a dam across the Flint Kiver at the crossing of the\\nSaginaw turnpike.\\nHowever, nothing seems to liave been done by Messrs.\\nStevens McC oriuiek after obtaining their franchise,\\nand mill matters on the Flint were in abeyance until\\n18I!G, when Messrs. Stage it Wright erected their first\\ndam and saw-mill. Tlic Hydraulic Association, Chauncey\\nS. Payne, senior partner, soon followed with another mill.\\nCompared with the mammDtli mills which have followed\\nit, and given the city its leading industry, this pioneer mill\\nof Messrs. Stage Wright was a small concern driven\\nby water and having but a small capacity. It was sold\\nabout 1810 to Stevens Pearson, who ran it a few j ears,\\nwhen Mr. Stevens was succeeded in the firm by John\\nHamilton, and later still Mr. Hamilton bought out the\\ninterest of his partner, I\\\\Ir. Pearson, and became sole pro-\\nprietor. About 1814 lie added a grist-mill, and three\\nyears later sold both to his sons, William and Oliver\\nHamilton, and his son in-law, Cornelius Roosvelt. The\\nlatter soon after sold out to the two brothers, and, Oliver\\ndying in 1852, William became sole proprietor, and has since\\nremained so. The mill has, of course, been greatly changed\\nsince first it polluted tlic clear waters of the Flint with its\\nfish-killing sawdust, but is still courteously regarded as the\\nsame old mill. The United States census of 1850 credits\\nFlint witii only two saw-mills. Stage Wright s, and\\nanother, built by the Grand Traverse Hydraulic Associa-\\ntion, afterwards known as Crapo s old or lower mill.\\nThe capacity of the Stage Wright, and the lower, or\\nCrapo Mills, in 1819, was 3,500,000 feet of lumber. In\\n1850 these mills sawed 5,200,000 feet. At the same\\nperiod there was but one steam-engine in Flint, and that a\\nsmall one in Elias Williams pail-factory.\\nSeven mills in 1854, viz., four steam- and three water-\\nmills, had a capacity for manufacturing 10,800,000 feet.\\nIt was at this time that the reputation of Flint as a lumber\\nmarket became established. The plank-roads and tlie rivers-\\nfurnished an outlet, but comparatively no great market was\\nlooked for beyond one of home consumption, until the late\\nGovernor Crapo commenced his wonderful operations in\\n1856. He, with that forethought which characterized all\\nhis business movements, conceived the idea of not only\\ncoming into competition with the principal lumbering\\nmarts of the Eastern and Jliddle States, but of carrying\\nit ocean-wise. The impetus thus begun was soon followed\\nby Alexander SIcFarlan, William Hamilton, and others.\\nAt a later day the Messrs. Pegole, Atwood, Fo.K, Car-\\npenter, Smith, Eddy, and many others equally enterpris-\\ning, have by untiring industry and a strict attention to the\\ndetails of business, added much to the stability and wealth\\nof the city.\\nFlint as a Port.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A local paper of March 27, 1842, furnishes the\\nfollowing item\\nI liil Fliiil Airicntt null Dcjjailiirca. Departed, scow Kate\\nHayes, Captain Charles Mather.\\nBenjamin S. Gluvcrwas tlic builder of this scow.\\nBrief historical sketches of the present leading manufac-\\ntories are herewith appended.\\ncrapo s mills.\\nHenry II. Crapo, the founder of the present large lum-\\nbering interest in Flint, came to this State late in the year\\n1855. His first venture here was the purchase of a largo\\ntract of pine land in Lapeer County, and what was known\\nas the Driggs Tract of 12,000 acres, paying therefor\\n\u00c2\u00a7150,000 cash. It was his intention at the time to lumber\\nthis tract and float the logs to Saginaw, but shortly after,\\nor early in ISoG, he visited Flint, and became satisfied that\\nit was the point at which to manufacture this timber into\\nlumber.\\nIn October, 1856, he purchased the saw-mill known as\\nthe Walkloy mill, situated on the site where the big\\nmill now stands. During the summer of 1857 he ran this\\nmill, manufacturing about 2,000,000 feet of lumber, which\\nwas considered in those days an exteiisive business. This\\nmill being shut in by the property of McQuigg, Turner\\nCo., owners of the mill near the dam, he conceived the\\nplan of purchasing that also, and in the fall of 1857 effected\\nits purchase, and ran both mills during the season of 1858,\\nmanufacturing about 7,000,000 feet of lumber.\\nIn March, 1858, having his business thoroughly estab-\\nlished, he returned to New Bedford, Mass., where his\\nfamily wore residing, and moved West with them. After\\nthis time the old mills were improved by the addition of\\nnew niachinei-y, and were soon run to a capacity of\\n12,000,000 feet per annum, and this before any t-ailroad\\nwas projected to Flint.\\nBefore the construction of the Flint and Holly Ilailroad\\n(which was built by his energy and the help of his Eastern\\nfriends, and the only railroad in IMichigan ever built with\\ncash, having no debt when completed) the good lumber\\nsawed at these mills was hauled with teams to Holly and\\nFentonville, to the Detroit and Milwaukee Ilailroad, and\\nfrom these points shipped East and South.\\nIn 1800 he purchased on the opposite side of the Flint\\nRiver the mill known as the Busenbaik mill, which he\\nran two years and afterwards sold.\\nIn 1804 the large planing-mill, sash-, door-, and blind-\\nfactory was built and added to his business, and has since\\nbeen run, turning out annually many million feet of dressed\\nlumber, as well as large ijuantities of sash, doors, blinds,\\nmouldings, boxes, etc.\\nThe old Walkley mill was destroyed by fire in the\\nseason of 1805, but fortunately but little lumber was\\nburned with it, owing to the rule always adhered to of\\nkeeping the space about the mills clean. Hardly had the\\nruins of this mill become cold, when the debris was cleared\\naway and the foundation of the present big mill was\\nlaid, and was running in 18GG.\\nThis mill, with the old mill at the dam, luid a capacity\\nfor sawing over 20,000,000 feet ])cr annum, and they were\\nrun to nearly that limit until the old mill was burned iu\\n1877, which has not been rebuilt.\\nThis immense amount of lumber sawed has found a\\nmarket jirineipally at the East and South, and .some ol it\\nhas even been shipped to San Francisco via Cape llorM.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "134\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe sawmill and planing-mill are now both supplied\\nwith all the modern improvements for the manufacture of\\nlumber and sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, packing-boxes, etc.\\nHenry H. Crapo, the founder of this large business and\\nGovernor of I\\\\Iichigan for two terms, 18G-1-6S, died at\\nFlint in July, 18G9, but the business has bgen conducted\\nsince without any material change under the able manage-\\nment of his only son, Hon. William W. Crapo, who resides\\nat New Bedford, Mass.\\nMr. Crapo visits Flint quite often, to look after the busi-\\nness personally. Governor Crapo was fortunate in his choice\\nof subordinates to assist liim in his enterprise, and alwa3 s\\nobserved the rule to keep men that were faithful to his in-\\nterests. Zach Chase, the present chief clerk, has been un-\\ninterruptedly in the service of the establishment since JIarch,\\n1858. n. P. Cristy, the present popular superintendent\\nof the mills, has served about eighteen years James Page,\\nbookkeeper, ten years and there are many more in subor-\\ndinate capacities who have been in its employment since\\nthe business was established.\\nThe estate has yet pine lands on the Flint Hiver, with\\ntimber enough to run the mills for several years to come.\\nIn connection with the yards and mills at Flint, there\\nhas boon kept at Detroit a retail yard, and at present there\\nare two in that city under the able management of H. H.\\nII. C. Smith, who has served the estate since 1858. There\\nwas also formerly a retail yard at Fenton, and one at Holly,\\nbut both have within a few years been discontinued.\\nThe Eastern market is under the management of Charles\\nA. White, with an office at No. 51 Kilby Street, Boston,\\nMass.\\nLU.MBER-JIII.I.S OF BE(iOLE, FOX CO.\\nThis business was established in September, 1865, the\\npartners being Josiah W. Begole, David S. Fox, and George\\nL. Walker. They rank among the heaviest lumber dealers\\nin the city, and are large manufacturers of lath and shin-\\ngles.\\nTheir capital embraces about $25,000 in mill property\\nand $50,000 in stock, and their annual business reaches an\\naggregate of \u00c2\u00a7100,000 per annum.\\nALEX.-iNDER JIcFARLAX s JllLLS.\\nThe business of Mr. MeFarlan was established in Octo-\\nber, 1850, the firm at that time having been Hazleton\\nMeFarlan. In May of the following year the mills were\\ndestroyed by fire, and Mr. MeFarlan purchased the interest\\nof his partner and rebuilt. In April of 18t)3 they were\\nagain burned, and immediately rebuilt. Again, in 1871,\\nthey were pursued by fire and destroyed, and the present\\nmills erected.\\nThe material worked is altogether pine, the logs being\\ncut from timber-lands owned by the proprietor in Genesee\\nand Lapeer Counties and floated down the Flint River.\\nThe power employed is steam, two circular saws of large\\ndimensions being run, as also apparatus for cutting lath and\\nshingles. The capacity of the mills is 11,000,000 feet per\\nannum.\\nThese mills arc distinguished as being the oldest on the\\nFlint River. The business is managed by Jlr. 11. J. \\\\Vhaley.\\nJEROME EDDY S MILL.\\nThis mill was built in the year 18G8, and is located in\\nthe third ward, on the corner of Kearsley and Island\\nStreets. It has a capacity for dressing 10,000,000 feet of\\nlumber, manufacturing about 10,000 doors, and a corre-\\nsponding number of sash and blinds per annum.\\nA destructive fire consumed the first mill erected, but\\nMr. Eddy immediately took the necessary measures to re-\\nconstruct it, and in three months from the time it was\\nburned one of the most perfect and complete mills in the\\nState, with capacity for doing an extensive business, took its\\nplace, and has been running since.\\nBEARDSLEE, GILLIES CO. s PLANING-MILL.\\nThis firm established their business in 18G7, in the build-\\ning now known as the Germania Barn, but the growing\\ndemands of the enterprise soon rendered their location\\nundesirable, and in 1870 they removed to their present\\nsituation.\\nIn the various departments of the business they employ\\nthree planing- and matching-machines, one large moulder,\\none fifty-inch re.sawing-machine, one twenty-four-inch clap-\\nboard resawing- and jointing-machine, and two edging-saws\\non the first floor. The second floor is devoted to a full set\\nof sash, door, and blind machinery, consisting of two rip-\\nand two cut-off saws, one sash-sticker, one tenoning-machine,\\none combined relisher and wedge-cutter, one panel-raising\\nmachine, one mortiser, one iron door-clamp, one scouring-\\nmachinc, one sash-mortiser, one boring- and franking-ma-\\nchine, one scroll-saw, one sliaper, and two slat-tenoning\\nmachines. The firm employ in these various departments\\nabout twenty men, and the products of the mill find a\\nmarket in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, New York,\\nand Southern Michigan. The sash and doors find ready\\nsale at home, and a considerable demand for them has been\\ncreated in the neighboring counties.\\nIn the winter of 1868 the manufacture of boxes was\\nadded to the business, in which department six men are\\nemployed, who produce about three car-loads of box-shooks\\na week.\\nThe amount of sales by this firm average about 830,000\\nper annum.\\nNEWALL CO. s PLANING-MILL.\\nThe firm of Newall Co. embraces the following part-\\nners, Thomas Newall, George E. Newall, S. C.Randall,\\nand is one of the olde.st establishments engaged in the\\nmanufacture of sash, doors, and blinds, having been estab-\\nlished in 1855. They employ steam-power, and have two\\nplaners, two four-sided moulding-machines, one Daniels\\nimproved planing-machine, one single moulder, one shapcr,\\none Fay s scroll-saw, one Colburn s blind stile boring-ma-\\nchine, one mortiser, one resawing-machine for sawing clap-\\nboards, one tenoning-machine, saws of various sizes and\\nkinds, and two turning-lathes. The material is chiefly pur-\\nchased in the city, and when manufactured finds a ready\\nmarket at home and in adjacent parts of the State.\\nUIRAi\\\\I smith s MILLS.\\nThis business was established in 1877 by the present\\nproprietor, who makes a specialty of handling hard-wood.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n135\\nin wliich respect the mill differs from most other saw-\\nanJ lumber-mills in the city. The sawing is done exclu-\\nsively iu a mill devoted to tliat object, while the staves and\\nheadings are made in a mill adjoining. The capacity of the\\nsaw-mill is 12,000 to 15,000 feet per day, while in the\\nother are cut 20,000 headings and as many staves, wliich\\nliave been chiefly used for oil barrels.\\nlie employs a steam-engine, the capacity of whicli is\\nsixty-horse power, and twenty men are engaged in the labor\\nof the establishment.\\nMr. Smith is also an extensive dealer in charcoal, having\\nthree sets of kilns, which combined have a capacity for\\nburning three car-loads a day. The works at Flint have\\ntwelve kilus, while those at Clio have also twelve, and those\\nlocated at Gaines, all being in Genesee County, six kilns,\\nmaking an aggregate of about seventy-five ear-loads a\\nmonth. He may bo regarded xi the largest dealer in char-\\ncoal in the county.\\nDECKER IIA.SKELL s ST.\\\\ VE-jni.L9.\\nThis establishment, which had its origin in 1870, is de-\\nvoted entirely to tiie manufacture of staves and headings.\\nThe products of the mill were at first confined to material\\nlor oil barrels, but since that time the firm have turned their\\nattention to other kinds of stock, and now produce headings,\\nhalf-barrel and birrel staves, white-oak staves anil head-\\nings from 14 to 84 inches in size, and headings for tubs.\\nThe staves are sawed from white-oak split-bolts, seasoned\\nand close-jointed, witli bilge and bevel ready to set up. The\\nmachinery used for beveling which, though simple in con-\\nstruction and in its operation, works with great ])erfection\\nis Crossley s iron wheel stave-jointer.\\nThe capacity of the mill when running with full force is\\nfrom 18,000 to 20,000 staves a day, using about 40 cords\\nof bolts per day.\\nA branch track connects the mill with the Flint and\\nPere JIartjuette Kailway, affording great advantages in tjie\\n.shipping of its wares, which find tiicir principal sale iu New\\nYork and Brooklyn.\\nOn the 0th of Jlay, 1874, an estcn.sive conflagration oc-\\ncurred, which not only destroyed the mill, but consumed\\nmuch valuable stock.\\nThe yard was filled with staves and headings, which were\\nentirely demolished, together with several adjacent struc-\\ntures.\\nNew buildings and machinery, however, soon took the\\nplace of the old.\\nW. B. I ELLETT s F.\\\\fTORY.\\nTlie factory of W. B. Pellett is located on the north side\\nof the city, and was established in 1874. Sash, doors, and\\nblinds are principally manufactured, though Mr. Pcllett lias\\nmade a specialty of extension-tables.\\nTlie factory furnishes employment for fifteen men, and is\\noperated by steam-power.\\nTHREAD FLOURING- AND SAW-MILLS.*\\nTIlis mill-site was establislied as early as 1830, by Rufus\\nW. Stevens, when a saw-mill was erected. In 1834 the\\nThis time-honorca institution was destroyed Ijy fiic in tlic afte\\nnujn ut* June C, IS7 J.\\nbrothers Rufus W. and Augustus C. Stevens established\\nhere the famous Thread Grist-Mill, the first of its class in\\nthe county. A succession of owners managed them for a\\nnumber of years, when they were purchased by Alexander\\nP. Davis, who continued his proprietorship for a period of\\ntwenty years, and tlien disposed of his interest to Witherbee\\nPatrick. Mr. Witherbee having died, his interest was\\npurchased by Wait Buckingham, and in 1872 the property\\nwas bought by the present owners, Messrs. Burroughs\\nPicrson. The mills were by them thoroughly repaired and\\ntwo run of stone added to the flouring-mill, which em-\\nploys both steam- and water-power, and has now four run of\\nstone and a capacity of 100 barrels a day. The market for\\nthe flour produced is found in the northern part of Michi-\\ngan, and in Pennsylvania and New York. The saw-mill\\nis principally ein]iloycd in cutting hard-wood, and has a\\ncapacity of 2,000,000 feet a year. It is run entirely by\\nwater-power.\\nPATTERSON C.\\\\R IAn s FLOURINfJ-MILL.\\nThis mill was established by Patterson Ilolmau in\\nDecember of 1877, but after a lapse of six months 5Ir.\\nCarman purchased the interest of Mr. Holman, and the firm\\nbecame Patterson Carman, the retiring partner having en-\\ngaged in the construction of an elevator adjoining the mill.\\nThey obtain their power from a forty-hor.sc-power engine,\\nwhich is inclosed in a separate building, with an under-\\nground shaft connecting it with the mill.\\nThree run of stone are employed, and all the modern\\nimprovements for the manufacture of flour have been intro-\\nduced. The capacity of the mill is 60 barrels a day. It\\nis located at the foot of Grand Traverse Street, and a branch\\ntrack connecting with the Flint and Pere Marquette Rail-\\nway affords excellent advantages for shipping. A portion\\nof the flour finds a market in the East, but the demand is\\nprincipally for home consumption.\\nStockton s mill.\\nThis mill, whicli is located on the corner of Ann Arbor\\nand Second Streets, was built in 1877 by Col. T. B. W.\\nStockton, the original purpose having been to make it an\\nelevator. Later a portion of it was converted into a flouring-\\nmill. The building is very substantially erected, and has\\nall the modern advantages for elevating by steam-power.\\nIt has two run of stone, and a capacity for grinding about\\noOO bushels per day, and storing 1500 bushels of grain. A\\nportion of the mill is three stories high.\\nTHE FLINT CHEMICAL WORKS.\\nThese works are a branch of the Bangor Chemical Works,\\nlocated in Van Buren County, in this State, and represent\\na cash capital of $50,000. The principal wares manufactured\\nare wood alcohol- and acetate of lime. These are produced\\nby a process which condenses the gases that arise from the\\nkilns, of which there are 12. The works have a capacity\\nfor producing 50 gallons of alcohol and 2J tons of acetate\\nof lime per day. The railroad adjacent to the buildings\\naffords excellent facilities for shipping the stock.\\nGENESEE IRON-WORKS.\\nThese iron-works were built in the year 1847 by Wil-\\nliam Gough, and are now owned by George C. Kimball,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "136\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwho resides in Grand Rapids, and intrusts their manage-\\nment to an agent, who resides iu Flint. They make a\\nspecialty of manufacturin;^ malleable iron, this department\\nof the works having been started in 1874, and being the\\nonly one in Michigan. They also work extensively in gray\\niron, and make carriage, wagon, and plow castings, steam-\\nengines, and mill machinery. Twenty-five men are em-\\nployed in the various departments, and the products are\\nsold in this State and Indiana.\\nTHE FLINT P.\\\\PER-MII,LS.\\nThe Flint paper-mills arc located in the Third Ward,\\nand were built originally as saw-mills by Samuel Carpenter.\\nIn 1S77 they were remodeled by William L. Gibson, and\\nmachinery placed in them for the purpose of manufacturing\\nwrapping-paper. The machine, a C2-inch cylinder, run by\\nsteam, is capable of producing two tons of paper per day.\\nFifteen hands arc employed, and a market for the product\\nis found principally in Detroit.\\nCASTREE ODELL AQRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT SHOP.\\nThis enterprise was established in 1873 by S. V. Hokes,\\nwho, before that time, was extensively engaged in manu-\\nfacturing similar wares on the north side of the river.\\nAmong the articles manufactured are plows, drags, culti-\\nvators, scrapers, etc. They also make a specialty of bob-\\nsleighs. The market for these implements is found princi-\\npally in Genesee County, though Oakland and Lapeer\\nCounties make demands upon their stock. A store located\\non First Street is established in connection with the\\nfoundry.\\nr.VTTEllSON s CARttlAOE-MANUFACTORY.\\nWilliam A. Patterson came to Flint in 18G9, and began\\nan industry which has reached its present large propor-\\ntions in a small rented shop, where one man was emplo3 ed\\nbesides himself He is now the owner of an extensive fac-\\ntory on Saginaw Street, which gives constant employment to\\n30 men and he has in course of construction a large brick\\nblock fronting on Third Street, made necessary by the in-\\ncreasing demand fur his work, which consists of Brewster s\\nside-bars, ladies phaetons, yacht-buggies, coal-boxes, Con-\\ncord or side-spring wagons, piano-boxes, etc. The home\\ndemand for these carriages is large, and numbers are shipped\\nto distant parts of this and other States.\\nEARLY CARDING-MILLS.\\nIn October, 1835, J. F. Alexander established a wool-\\ncarding mill on the Thread, and in 1845, John C. Griswold\\nwas engaged in the same business at the Thread 3Iills.\\nMr. Alexander advertised his carding-niills in verse, as\\nfollows\\nWool-earding done at the Alexander earding-macbine;\\nAll being new, notbing said about it being washed clean.\\nThe women s instructions are, Tell Mr. Alexander, iileaso,\\nMake me as good rolls as you can it will my mind ease.\\nI will, if you grease the wool so an 1 so, and bo sure\\nThen your rolls shall be nice, can t be beat, nothing truer;\\nAnd your mind will be at rest when you see that they .are\\nMade at the Carding-Mills, No. I, of J. F. Alexander.\\nSTONE S -WOOLEN-MILLS.\\nIn 1867, Blr. Oren Stone, senior member of the firm of\\nStone, Atwood Co., was induced from the general com-\\nplaints among Genesee County wool-producers that they\\ndid not receive adequate prices for their products to sub-\\nmit a statement to the business men of Flint advocating\\nthe feasibility and .success of a woolen-manufactory, if estab-\\nlished in this city, and the advantages to be derived by\\nkeeping at home and dividing here the profits between pro-\\nducers and manufacturers.\\nActing upon these suggestions, a company was formed,\\na mill was erected and placed in active operation. But a\\nshort time had elapsed, however, before a majority of the\\noriginal members not continuing strong in the faith\\ndropped out one by one, leaving Messrs. Stone Willard\\nalone to face results. This they did without flinching.\\nTogether they gradually increased the demand and supply\\nuntil 1870, when Mr. Stone assumed the entire manage-\\nment. By dealing exclusively with large wholesale and job-\\nbing-houses among them those of A. T. Stewart Co., of\\nChicago, Farwell Co., of Chicago, and C. Curtin, of San\\nFranci.sco, Cal. he managed, by a close attention to all the\\nminor details of his business, to give employment to a large\\nnumber of the workingmen and women of Flint, and to\\npull safely through those long years so fraught with disas-\\ntrous results to manufacturers throughout all sections of the\\ncountry.\\n31111 No. 1 was erected iu 1SG7, and for the year ending\\nJune 18G8, the manufactured goods aggregated 15,000\\nyards of cassimeres. The products for the year 1S72 reached\\n11)0,1)00 yards. Under the present management of Stone,\\nAtwood Co., which began in 1877, the manufactures\\namount to 180,000 yards of cassimeres yearly.\\nDuring the spring of 1879, Mill No. 2 was started, and\\nthe manufacture of stocking-yarn added, of which 4000\\npounds are made per month.\\nMuch more could be said concerning the success of\\nStone s Woolen-Mills, but nothing that will appeal more\\nstrongly to business men than the fact that energy and pu.sh\\ncharacterize the management. Well-paid experts attend to\\neach department, whose strongest guarantee for a faithful\\nperformance of skilled labor and constant employment is\\ntheir sobriety.\\nCITY OF FLINT GAS-LIGHT COMP.\\\\Nr.\\nThe City of Flint Gas-Light Company was organized\\nMarch 26, 1870, by James B. Walker, Josiah W. Begole,\\nWilliam M. Fenton, and Jesse B. Atwood, with a capital\\nof .\u00c2\u00a750,000.\\nThe ibllowing were the first oflicers James B. Walker,\\nPresident; F. W. Judd, Treasurer; Levi Walker, Secre-\\ntary William j\\\\L Fenton, Josiah W. Begole, Jesse B.\\nAtwood, and William Hamilton, Directors.\\nThey at once commenced the erection of the works, and\\nlaid four and one-quarter miles of main pipe. They com-\\nmenced supplying gas Jan. 1, 1871. During the first year\\nthere were 90 consumers, using about 2,900,000 cubic feet\\nin the year.\\nThe company have since that time extended their street\\nmains until they have now about seven miles of main pipe.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s^-\\nSTONE S WOOLEN MIL", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "FLINT, MICHIGAN.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY\\n137\\nand supply gas to about 2G0 consumers. Dui-ing tlic past\\nyear tlicy sold 4,317,000 culjic feet of gas.\\nAt the comujeiiceiiieiit the eouipaiiy sold gas at tlic rate\\nof $4.15 per thousand feet, which included governniont\\ntax. They arc now making a gas of eightecn-candlc puWer,\\nand selling it at $3.50 per thou.sand feet, less a discount of\\ntwenty per cent, for cash, leaving the net rate $2.80 per\\nthousand feet, which is lower than that of any other city\\nin the State excepting Detroit.\\nThe present officers are F. W. Judd, President; J. B.\\nAtwood, Jerome Eddy, J. W. Begolo, G. L. Denhani, Di-\\nrectors Ira 11. Wilder, Treasurer Miles Byrne, Secretary\\nand Superintendent.\\nAmong other business associations which years ago ceased\\nto exist were the following\\nTHE FLI.NT SALT-MANUFACTURING COMPAN V.\\nThis company was regularly organized as a chartered a.sso-\\nciation, July 30, 18(50. Its capital stock was to be $50,000,\\nor 20U0 shares at $25 each. The stockholders were Messrs.\\nWilliam M. Fenton,Edniond II. iMcQuigg,Artemas Thayer,\\nLevi Walker, Henry H. Crapo, \\\\Villiam Hamilton, Alonzo\\nW. Broekway, James B. W.ilkcr, Josiah W. Begole, and\\nJlenry M. Henderson. The office was located in Flint,\\nand the business of boring for and manufacturing salt was\\nto be carried on in this and adjoining counties, the asso-\\nciation to exist thirty years. The amount of capital stock\\nactually paid in at the time of incorporation was $500.\\nThis company went forward and bored the Crapo well,\\nspoken of under the head of Water Sujiply.\\nTUB WOLVEIilNE AND I lT HOLE PETKOLEU.M CO.Ml ANY.\\nThis company was formed Sept. 18, 1805, and incorpo-\\nrated five days later. They proposed to engag( in and\\ncarry on the business of mining, exploring, and boring for\\nand extracting from the earth and manufacturing and sell-\\ning jietrolenm and other oils, mines, and minerals on lands\\nto be leased or purchased within the county of Venango,\\nin the State of Pennsylvania. The amount of capital\\nstock was to be $50,000, and the number of shares of\\nsuch capital stock were 1000, of the value of $50 each.\\nTiio amount actually paid in at the date of incorporation\\nwas $10,000. The stockholders of this company e;;ch own-\\ning 100 shares were George W. Fish, Artemas Thayer,\\nGrant Decker, Levi Walker, William B. JMeCreery, Paul\\n11. Stewart, Josiah Pratt, Robert J. S. Page, John B.\\nHamilton, and Jerome Eddy. The affairs of the company\\nwere managed by a board of seven directors. A ]iresident\\nand treasurer were chosen from among the directors, and a\\nsecretary appointed. The comjiany was to exist thirty\\nyears.\\nTHE FLINT l ETKOI,Ei:M CO.MI ANV\\nwas formeil and incorporated according to the laws of the\\nState of Michigan, Dee. It, 1805. It prciposed to lease\\nor purchase land in the Enniskillen Oil Kegion. Canada\\nWest, and bore and drill for oil thereon.\\nT...- amount of capital stock wits to bo $10,000, or 250\\n.shares at $10 each, and the amount paid in at date of incor-\\nporation was $5000.\\nThe first officers of this company were S. 15. Wicks,\\n18\\nPresident; A. T. Crosman, Secretary; John A. Kline,\\nTreasurer; D.miel S. Freeman, George K. Newall, Peris F.\\nCleveland, S. B. Wicks, John A. Kline, Joseph Wood-\\nhouse, Abner Randall, Francis Baker, and A. T. C!rosinan,\\nDirectors.\\nSixty-two stockholders signed the articles of incurpora-\\ntion, and this company also was to continuj its existence\\nfor a period of thirty years.\\nAVILD-CAT UANKINt;.\\nIn January, 1837, Michigan was admitted into the\\nUnion as a State. This was an era of the wildest specula-\\ntion. The pioneers of that time yet living relate vividly\\nthe oft-repeated story of excessive prices of wild or uncul-\\ntivated lands, and of lots in prospective villages and cities,\\nwhich now have nothing but the recorded plat in the offic\\nof the registrar of deeds to indicate their location. This\\nspeculation, no doubt, was largely owing to the great amount\\nof paper-money afloat in the State at that period.\\nA general banking law was enacted in JIarch, 1837,\\nmaking the business free to all. Under this law was the\\nearly banking in Genesee County inaugurate l, of which\\nthis paper briefly speaks. The general provisitjns of this\\nlaw were fairly drawn, except that in the two most impor-\\ntant features that concern the public security to the bill-\\nholders, and a bona fide capital to secure the depositors\\nthey were inadequate. The capital must not be less than\\n$50,000 or more than $1(10,000. The issue could be two\\nand one-half times the capital paid in. The issue should\\nnot exceed seven per cent, on discounts, and the banks\\nwere rerpiircd to make semi-annual dividends, thus assuring\\nthe banks ability always to do this. The security for the\\npayment of the banks obligations were to be bonds ami\\nmortgages on real estate to be held by the bank commis-\\nsioner, and the specie in the vaults of the corporation.\\nFew banks, if any, had this specie, though the law required\\nthirty per cent, of the capital to be paid in legal money of\\nthe United States. These specie deposits furni.shcd little\\nreliable security. The fact was, the bank commissioner,\\nwhose duty it was to examine these banks once in three\\nmonths, was often deceived, as one bank would inform an-\\nother when the commis.sioner was coming, and the banks\\nwould borrow money to exhibit to the commissioner, and\\nreturn it when he went away. In this manner the .same\\nspecie would often serve for the use of several banks.\\nSurely, the financial pioneers of Michigan were not want-\\ning in skill to bank without nioney. A good slury has been\\ntold of an cx-governor of the State, to the effect that when\\nlie was State bank commissioner, going from one bank to\\nanother on his round trip, he noticed a familiar look in the\\nboxes containing the .-ilver. After reaching the end of his\\nroute, though finding all the banks supplied with specie, he\\nsuddenly turned back, and, reexamining the banks, found\\nthem all witlnnit coin. This was the .system of banking in-\\naugurated in the early days of Michigan, the overthrow of\\nwhich so shocked this State, financially, that nniiiy years\\nelapsed before a recovery from its effects was manifest.\\nIt was under this law lliat Genesee County began its les-\\nsons in fiminciering. The county then had a population of\\nlc.--s than three thousand, and the villages of Flint and Grand", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "138\\nIIISTOKY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTraverse had about the same number in hundreds. There\\nwore men liere full of energy and aetivity, and in the desire\\nto become rich were unsciupulou.s in the means employed\\nto aecomiilish the same. The history of wild-cat banking in\\nother portions of the State amply illustrates those estab-\\nlished in Flint.\\nFrom the fact that records and data are unobtainable,\\nparticulars cannot be entered into concerning the history,\\nofficers, and stockholders of the Farmers Bank of Gen-\\ne.seo County, Tiio Genesee County Bank, and The\\nFlint Bapids Bank. Yet we do know that all of them had\\nan active existence as banks of issue, and that Delos Davi.\\nJohn Bartow, Cliarles C. Ilascali, llobert F. Stage, Bubert\\nJ. S. Page, and Jerome, respectively, were officially\\nconnected with them. The circulatory power of their notes\\nproved to be of but short duration, however, and they all\\nsuspended payment in I808, on the decision of the Supreme\\nCourt relieving the stockholders from any liabiliiy toucli-\\ning the redemption of the bills of the banks.\\nLEGITI.M.ATE I5AXKING.\\nthe fiust national b.vnk ok flint\\norganized and opened business as such in October, ISGo.\\nIt succeeded in business the Exchange Bank, which\\nwas originally opened by Jleigs, Stone Witherbee, in\\n1858, T. C. Meigs soon selling out his interest to Jlessrs.\\nStone and Witherbee (Charles Stone, of Sandy Hill, N, Y.,\\nand A. B. Witherbee, of this city) The Exchange Bank\\nunder the management of Mr. A. B. AVitherbee was a great\\nfinancial success. In the spring of 18G4, Mr. Witherbee\\nbouglit his partner s interest, and was sole owner of the bank\\nuntil the organization of the present bank, of wliicli he took\\nthe cashiership, with H. M. Henderson as president, and O.\\nF. Forsyth vice-president. The bank was then organized\\nwith a capital paid in of $100,000, and witli the following-\\nnamed gentlemen as directors II. JI. Ilender.son, 0. F. For-\\nsyth, A. B. Witherbee, George Crocker, William M. Fenton,\\nAVilliam B. SlcCreery, Benjamin Pierson, E. II. McQuigg,\\nand E. C. Turner. Messrs. Fenton and McCreery withdraw-\\ning from the bank before the organization was fully com-\\npleted, and having been succeeded by William L. Smith and\\nLeonard Wesson, William Gibson was made teller, and acted\\nas such for many years. At the organization of the Citi-\\nzens Bank be was clioscn its cashier.\\nIn 1870, Mr. II. M. Henderson (having engaged in\\nbanking with his son-in-law, Giles L. Deuham) withdrew\\nfrom the presidency of the bank, and was succeeded by E.\\nH. McQuigg as president, and George Crocker as vicc-\\njiresident. In February, 1871, the cashier, A. B. Wither-\\nbee, died, and was succeeded by Charles S. Brown, who had\\nbeen, connected with the old Exchange Bank in 1SG5, and\\nthe present bank in all the various positions from messen-\\nger to his present position, and who at this date (1870)\\ntills the offices of director and cashier.\\nJMr. A. B. Witherbec s death was severely felt by all\\nclasses of the citizens of Flint, and e.specially by those en-\\nirasxcd in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits. He bad\\ngrown up from boyhood in the city, and maintained a repu-\\ntation for integrity and honor second to no bank official in\\nthe State. The bank was mainly organized through his\\nown efforts, and such was the confidence he inspired in the\\ndirectors that the institution was almost entirely intrusted\\nto his management.\\nThe baidv, finding its capital not sufficient for the grow-\\ning wants of the city and county, in June, 1872, increased\\nit to $200,000. In 1875, finding their (puirters rather in-\\nconvenient, and being of the opinion that they should own\\ntheir banking-house, they purchased the building of the\\nAValker Bros., on the northwest corner of Kearslcy and\\nSaginaw Streets, and proceeded to fit up their present ele-\\ngant quarters. Tiieir president, Ferris F. Hyatt (who suc-\\nceeded Mr. McQuigg in 1875), and the cashier, Mr. Biown,\\nwere careful that the vault should be made in the best jios-\\nsiblc manner, and after an investigation of the subject, and\\nan examination of the .several plans submitted, adopted that\\nof Jlr. E. W. Fowler, the Chicago agent for Terwilliger\\nCo. s Safe-Works of New York City. The vault is a curi-\\nosity, and seems to be absolutely inipnignable. It is five\\nby seven feet in dimensions, its sides, top, bottom, back, and\\nfront being composed of steel railroad bars of double thick-\\nness, with the bases, out and in, laid crosswise in the form\\nof lattice-work, but close together, the flat bottoms of the\\nrails making a smooth surface inside as well as out. The\\ntop, sides, and bottom are eight inches thick, also of rails.\\nThe back is twelve inches thick (three layers), all bolted\\ntogether with five one-inch bolts through each rail at the\\ndoor, the rails being screwed from the inside to the i rame.\\nThe outside course of rails in the IVont about the doorway,\\nover the top and two sides, and around the back, are of\\nrails bent in the form of the letter U, and, being entire, com-\\npletely encircle the vault. After building the iron-work,\\nthere was laid up an eight-inch wall of brick, one inch from\\nthe iron, and the space between this biick wall and the iron,\\nand the spaces between the rails, were filled up solid with\\nthe best cement that could be made, which long before this\\nhas become harder than any sand. -tone. The vault took\\nnearly a year to become thoroughly dry. The door is of\\nTerwilliger Co s. best make, is nearly four inches thick,\\nand, together with the frame in which it hangs, weighs G200\\npounds, there being m the vault some 27 tons of steel rails.\\nAll this is protected by a thirty-two-inch covering of brick as\\na fire protection The counter spoken of is an artistic affair,\\nthe counter proper being composed entirely of marble, of\\nwhich there are five different varieties, the top, or shelf,\\nbeing of Tennessee marble, the base of Cumberland, the\\npanels of Italian, and they again paneled with two varieties\\nof colored marble. The wood-work on this is of mahogany,\\ntrimmed with rosewood, and filled with plate glass. The\\nwhole was built for a Chicago bank, at a cost of something\\nover SUOOO, but was bought by this bank at a bankrupt sale\\nfor much less than the original figures.\\nThe bank under the various managements has been uni-\\nforndy successful, and, as the cashier avows, has never yet\\ndisa]ipointed its stockholders on the semi-animal dividend-\\nday. During the panic ol 1873, for two or three days there\\nwas a slight run on the bank as on others, but nothing of\\nconsequence occurred, and in a week it was forgotten. As an\\ninstance of the alarm a panic occasions some people, the\\nfollowing incident is related. During the second day of\\ntha luu a good farmer s wife rushed to the teller s desk, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n139\\ncmUl J out til liiiii, I want my uioiicj He asked, What\\ninoiif} do you want? My iiioiioy in here, slic an-\\nswered. Where is your certiGeate of deposit he astied.\\n.Slie searehed in vain, and finally pisped that she must\\nluive left it at home. The teller a.ssured her she need not\\nbe alarmed, but wight send it down or bring it when she\\nwas next in town, and tliat the money was safe until she\\nshould come again. She remarked tliat she hoped it\\nwas, and left the office. A few minutes before closing tliat\\nday she came again with the certificate, and as the teller\\npaid it he asked her where she found it. She answered\\nshe had been home after it. He then asked her where\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-he lived, and she an.swered, Ju.st beyond the\\nSelioolhouse, naming a school-house twelve miles from\\nFlint. The certificate was for S2.j. On another occasion\\nan individual called to pay a note held by the bank which\\nwas not for some time duo. The cashier expres.sed his in-\\ndebtedness for the favor, when the iiran responded, I don t\\npropose to have this bank hiist and hold my note.\\nTHE CITIZK.NS N.VTIONAL HANK OF FLI.NT\\nwas organized Jan. 10, 1871, by the election of the follow-\\ning gentlemen as directors: Hon. Wni. M. Fenton, Alex-\\nander JIcFarlan, J. B. Atwood, Henry Stanley, Col. Wui.\\n13. McCrcery, Wm. Hamilton, and J. W. Begole, with a\\ncapital of 850,000, and commenced business March 1, 1871.\\nWm. M. Fenton was elected president, Wni. Hamilton\\nvice-president, and W. L. Gibson was made cashier.\\nThis banking institution commanded the confidence and\\nesteem of the public from the very first day of its existence.\\nThe gentlemen having its management were widely known\\nas among the fir.st in the county of Genesee for probity and\\nintegrity, and within a period of three months from the\\ntime its doors were thrown open to the public the capital\\nwas increased to SlO0,O00, and still fiirtlu r augmented the\\nfollowing year to \u00c2\u00a7125,000.\\nThe sudden death of Col. Fenton in IMay, 1871, resulted\\nin a change of .some of its officers. Wm. Hamilton was\\nmade president, and Alex. McFarlan was made vice-presi-\\ndent, and Mr. J. A an Vlect was added to the board of\\ndirectors.\\nIn January, 187G, at the annual meeting, a still further\\nchange in the management was made by the election of\\nAlexander McFarlan as president, and Col. Wm. B. Jlc-\\nCrcery (who at the time held the honorable position of State\\ntreasurer) was made vice-president, and still later (1879)\\ncashier in the place of Jlr. Gibson.\\nTHE C;E.\\\\f:SEE COU.NXY .SAVI.NGS-BANK\\nwas organized in 1S72, and opened its office for business\\non the first day of May in that year, with a capital stock\\nof 850,000, sixty per cent, of whicli was paid in on that\\nday, and the balance on the 1st of May, 1873, in accord-\\nance with the statutes of the State of Jlichigan bearing\\nupon the subject. Its first officers were Hon. J. B. Walker,\\nPresident; G. L. Denham, Vice-President; Ira H. Wilder,\\nCa.shier. The officers remained the same until November,\\n1877, when a vacancy was occasioned by the death of Mr.\\nWalker, after which P.ussell Bishop was elected president.\\nIn July of 1377 the capital stock was increased to 8100,000.\\nIn connection with the savings department, a general bank-\\ning business is conducted. The present officers are Ku.ssell\\nBishop, President; William A. Atwood, Vies- President\\nIra H. Wilder, Cashier.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nMr. D.iniel O Sullivan, the Irish schoolmaster, arrived\\nin the Flint River settlement in July, 18IJ4. He at firet\\ntook up his residence near the Thread mills, and labored\\nupon the Saginaw road. Having been prostrated by a\\n.severe attack of bilious fever, he .soon after removed with\\nhis family to the house vacated by Jllijah N. Davenport,\\nand there, during the fall of 18li4, taught the first school,\\nat the rate of ten cents per week for each pujiil. The\\nhouse, a small rude log cabin, stood upon the site of William\\nHamilton s mill. The scholars, some twelve in number,\\nwere the .sons and daughters of John Todd, James Mc-\\nCormick, Rufus W. Stevens, James W. Cronk, Lyman\\nStow, and his own.\\nIn 1835, Aaron Hoyes taught a school in the .\u00c2\u00abame\\ncabin. Among his pupils was William R. McCormick,\\nnow of Bay City, who recalls the fact that during the ill-\\nness of the master, Mr. Hoyes, his place was temporarily\\ntaken by a young lady,* who, among her personal adorn-\\nments, wore an exceedingly high comb. The pupils of that\\nearly day were not altogether amenable to discipline, c.epe-\\ncially when enforced by one of the weaker sex, and forth-\\nwith rebelled against the authority of the schoolmistress.\\nA scene ensued, in which the lady received rough handling\\nat the hands of young McCormick and one of his friends,\\nand the crowning glory of her head, the towering comb,\\nwas shattered. This terminated any further efibrts on the\\npart of the lady as instructress. The scholars of that date\\nwere as follows: Leander, Albert, and Zobedia Stevens;\\nCorydon, Walter, and Abigail Cronk; Edward Todd;\\nAdalinc and I Imeline Stow; William R,, Ann Elizabeth,\\nand Sarah McCormick.\\nDuring the year 183G, Messrs. Stage Wright erected\\na small shanty for school purposes, which was situated on\\nthe corner now occupied by the Fenton Block. The first\\nschool in this building was presided over by a Mi.ss Over-\\nton (now Jlrs. William Chambers, of Bay City), who was\\nemployed by the above-mentioned firm, and for whom her\\nfriends claim the distinction of having taught the earliest\\n.school in the village. She taught two rpiarters, and received\\nas compen.sation 81 per week, and made her home while\\nhere with Sir. and Mrs, Todd, who welcomed her as one\\nof the family. From the well-authenlieated facts already\\nset forth, there seems no reason to doubt that schools existed\\nin the village two years prior to the time Miss Overton be-\\ngan teaching, although .she may have taught the first dis-\\ntrict school.\\nTHE PUBLIC .SCHOOLS OF FLI.NT.\\nThe early accessible records of the educational interests\\nof Flint are very meagre. The first authentic record that\\nwc find relative to public scliools is that of the organiza-\\ntion of School District No. 1, at a meeting of the school\\nMr. Jitmrs O .SiilIivnn, son of Diiiiicl O Sullivan, gives the namo\\nof this lady-tca- hur as Miss Lucy Uig^a,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "140\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, 3IICI11GAN.\\ninspectors lield Apiil 11, 1837; Ephraim S. Walker being\\nchairman and Oiriri SafTord clerk.\\nThe first official report of the school inspectors was\\nmade Oct. 20, 1838 from which report we learn that the\\nwhole number of scholars attcndins; was GO of whom 39\\nwere between the a ;e8 of five and seventeen years the\\nnumber under five and over seventeen being 21. Dura-\\ntion of school, six months. Amount raised by tax was\\n$586, of wiiicli $499 was for building a school-housj, and\\n$87 for the support of schools. This house must have\\nbeen the frame building Avliich formerly stood at the corner\\nof Clifford and First Streets, on the site now occupied by\\nJlr. Browning s house. Although the public school was\\nthus legally organized, there were many and formidable ob-\\nstacles to its success. Hard times soon came on, and money\\nwas scarce, and the teachers often doubly earned, by delays\\nand duns, the pittance which they received. But the\\ngreatest obstacle was want of faith in the free-school sys-\\ntem, and hence the attempt to run the mongrel system,\\nhampered with rate-bills, which so long vexed the souls of\\neducationists. The rate-bills were often very onerous, es-\\npecially on the primary department, offering a temptation\\nto parents with large families of small children to tolerate,\\nif not encourage, absence from school and, as each absence\\nincreased the burden on those remaining, the evil grew in\\na constantly increasing ratio, until, sometimes, the school\\nwas brought to a premature close. After strugglitig thus\\nfor several years without recognizing the real impediment\\nin the way, the friends of education made a rally on the\\nunion-school system, as a sovereign remedy for all scholastic\\nills. That portion of the district lying ncirth of Flint River\\nhaving been set off as a separate district, those remaining\\npurchased an entire block and proceeded to erect the house\\nat present used in the Second Ward. But here, at the out-\\nset, a most egregious and irreparable blunder was perpe-\\ntrated. The lot at that time was covered with a fine growth\\nof young oaks, which were most carefully exterminated\\nwhereas, had they been left to grow, they would by this\\ntime have formed one of the finest groves in the county.\\nThis hou.se, which is a two-story wooden building sur-\\nmounted by a cupola, which is not remarkable for its grace\\nor artistic effect, contains four commodious rooms. It has\\ndone good service for thirty years, and having a solid frame,\\nwith contemplated renovations, will be serviceable for many\\nyears to come.\\nOn the completion of the house a union school was\\ninaugurated in the fall of 1S4G, under charge of Mr. N.\\nW. But s, with an ample corps of teachers. Years passed\\non, and many a faithful teacher did valiant service, though\\noften with a depressing consciousness of Egyptian task-\\nwork in attempting to make scholars of pupils who attended\\nat random. As an illustration of the extent of this evil\\nof irregular attendance, we cite a report for the term end-\\ning August, 1853, as follows: whole number enrolled, 04;\\naverage attendance, 18 average absences, 40. The total\\nresult, under this incubus of the rate-bill, was not very sat-\\nisfactory the panacea had failed, and u new remedy must\\nbe tried.\\nAccordingly, we find that at the annual scliool-mceting\\nheld in 1 ^55 the following resolutions were adopted, pre-\\nfaced with a preamble, setting forth that the experience\\nof ten years had demonstrated the failure of the union-\\nschool system to give any adequate return for the expense\\nincurred, while it completely excluded four-fifths of the\\nchildren of the district from any participation in its ques-\\ntionable benefits and believing that the great interests of\\neducation would be advanced, the burden of taxation dimin-\\nished, and the harmony of the Second and Third Wards\\nimproved by a frank and open abandonment of the present\\nsystem, and the division of the district Therefore,\\n/iVs\u00c2\u00ab//f(?(/, Tbiit the union .system as adopted, ?o far ns it goes to\\nc.-t.il)li^h the .icii lcmic department in paid sehool, lie and the same is\\nhereby aliandoncd.\\nlit Htilveil, That we have ten month.s ofsehool the coming year in\\nthis house. Tliat we have one male and two female teaeher. i ([ualified\\nto teaeh the primary and English branches of education.\\nlit^ttnfveil, That, in the opinion of this meeting, the great interest\\nof education in our city would be advanced by a division of I nion\\nSchool Di--trict No. 1, so that Saginaw Street should be the dividing\\nline.\\nIn accordance with this expression of public sentiment,\\nupon petition of the parties interested, the division was\\nmade by the school iuspectors, and District No. 3, embrac-\\ning the Third Ward, was formed. But, the disintegration\\nhaving commenced, another division was called for and\\nmade, forming District No. 4, of that portion of the Third\\nWard lying north of Court Street.\\nThe old district. No. 1, was now left in an anomalous\\nposition, fo.r, as might have been expected, with the adop-\\ntion of the foregoing resolutions, no provision was made for\\nsustaining a public school, the customary assessment of one\\ndollar per scholar being ignored, with the following curious\\nresult From the report of 1855-50 it appears that the\\nwhole amount of teachers wages was \u00c2\u00a71235, of which the\\namount assessed on rate-bills (S640.47) was more than one-\\nhalf, while the moiety of less than one-fifth (^$214.82) was\\nderived from the priiuary-school fund and mill-tax, and\\n8343.52, more than one fourth, was reueived from non-res-\\nidents, a proportion unparalleled in the history of our\\nschools, and an evidence of the popularity of the teacher\\nthen in chaige. Prof iM. B. Beals.\\nThis was certainly bringing the free public school to\\nits lowest terras, and a continuance of the same policy must\\nsoon have led to the total abandonment of the whole system.\\nBut the people were not ready for such a catastrophe, and\\never after, at the annual meetings, voted as liberally as the\\nlaw allowed for the support of schools, and would gladly\\nhave anticipated, b} a decade, that release from the thral-\\ndom of rate-bills which the Legislature ultimately gave.\\nSo far from abandoning the academic course, it was made\\nstill more prominent. Prof William Travis, an accom-\\njilished teacher, was placed in charge for three years (from\\n1850 to 1859), and by his ability, culture, energy, and\\nenthusiasm gave a new impetus to the cause of education\\nwhich left a lasting iiupression. At the annual meeting in\\n1859, it was voted unanimously to organize a graded school\\nunder the act of the Legislature approved Feb. 16, 1859,\\nand the following board of trustees were elected, viz. Levi\\nWalker and Daniel Clarke for three years, S. N. Warren\\nand Grant Decker lor two years, John Delbridge and C. N.\\nBcechcr for one vear.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "^^Mllllllfl\\nCHAUNCEY S. PAYNE.\\nThe name which stands at the head of this brief biographical\\nnotice is lliat of one who was among the earlier settlers in\\nGenesee County, and who was an enterprising, public-spirited,\\nand honored citizen of Flint for a period of forty years.\\nChauncey Smith Payne was born at Schodack, Rensselaer\\nCo., N. Y., on the lljth of November, 1795. Having lost his\\nparents by death while yet a child, he was reared and edu-\\ncated by his grandparents until he was about seventeen years of\\nage, when his active ti-mperament and spirit of enterprise led\\nhim to leave the seclusion of his early home, to seek his fortune\\nin the neighboring city nf Albany. There he entered into a\\npartnership with his cousin, Hiram Payne (also a young\\nman), in the watch and jewelry business. At the end of three\\nyears this partnership was dissolved, and he entered into\\nother business connectinns, continuing to the close of the war\\nof 1812-15, at which time, believing a Western venture would\\nprove profitable, he purchased the entire stock of his former\\npartner, and, with a part of it, proceeded to Detroit in 1816,\\njourneying through Canada with a team. As it was just\\nafter the close of the war, the national feeling and prejudice\\nstill ran high, and it was only by his coolness and determi-\\nnation that he was able to pass through the Canadian terri-\\ntory without molestation, and to reach Detroit in safety.\\nHaving disposed of his goods very advantageously, and\\nbeing encouraged by his success, he returned, by Lake Erie\\nand Butlalo, to Albany, in the spring of 1817, and in the\\nfollowing July reappeared in Michigan with a large stock of\\nmerchandise, which he took to Mackinac.\\nHis second venture proving as successful as the first, he\\nagain proceeded to Albany, and in 1818 brought out his third\\nstock of goods, and located in Detroit in permanent business\\nas a merchant, having also a branch at Mackinac. His part-\\nner in Detroit was the late Levi Brown, with whom he\\nremained in very successful business connection for more\\nthan twenty years.\\nIn 1824 he married Miss Louisa L. Smith, of Detroit,\\ndaughter of Jacob Smith, the well-known trader, who had\\nmade the first improvements upon the site of the present city\\nof Flint, in 1819. Immediately after the death of Mr. Smith,\\nin 1825, Mr. Payne made his first visit to Flint River, to look\\nafter the affairs of the deceased, and to take formal possession\\nof the landed property riwned here by his w^ife and the other\\nchildren of Mr. Smith. Thi-^ visit, however, was but tem-\\nporary, and he soon returned to Ohio, where just previous to\\nhis marriage he had eslahlished a lucrative business.\\nHis location in that State was first at Cleveland, but he soon\\nafter removed to Willoughby, Ohio, where, in addition to his\\nmerchandising, he wa\u00c2\u00ab engaged in milling and various other\\nenterprises. He had also a branch of bis business in Akron,\\nOhio, where he built the first of the large stone business\\nblocks which adorn that city. Upon the formation of the\\nPortage Canal and Manufacturing Company at Akron, he\\nbecame an active member and a large stockholder, and was\\nat different times the treasurer of the company, and its fiscal\\nagent in New York City, with almost absolute discretionary\\npower in its financial concerns.\\nIn 18-35 he closed his affairs in Ohio and returned to his\\nbusiness in Detroit, but remained there only two years, and\\nin 1837, at the solicitation of a number of the prominent\\npeople of Flint, he removed to that city, to spend (as it proved)\\nthe remainder of his long life. Having always been pros-\\nperous in his business affairs, he had, at the time i f his settle-\\nment here, in addition to the landed estate of his wife, a large\\namount of ready money, and with this he engaged in trade\\nand in banking at Flint. He also built extensively, and\\ncontributed to the progress of the city in various ways, one\\ninstance of which was his furnishing of the money to start\\nthe publication of Flint s first newspaper, the Flint River\\nGazette.\\nAlthough Mr. Payne had already been engaged in active\\nbusiness in other places for a full (|uarter of a century before\\nbe came to make his home in Flint, he yet passed half his\\nwhole life (lacking only a few months) here, and became a\\ncitizen of such prominence as to make his name inseparable\\nfrom the annals of the city.\\nHe died at his residence in Flint, Jan. 31, 1877, aged\\neighty-two years.\\nThe !ti:e7i, of Flint, in its next issue after the death of\\nMr. Payne, said of him His dust and his memory are all\\nthat remain of one who for nearly half a century filled one\\nof the foremost places in the history of this county and city.\\nHe was uncommonly generous of the goods with\\nwhich fortune had endowed him. As instances of this spirit\\nmay be mentioned that he donated to the Catholics an acre of\\nland, as the site of their present church also a tract of land\\non Detroit Street, for a burial-ground likewise to the Baptist\\nchurch and the Garland Street Methodist Episcopal church\\nthe lots now occupied by those societies respectively and not\\nlong since a lot, valued at five hundred dollars, for the benefit\\nof the new Episcopal church. He was a man of remarkable\\nkindness of heart, amounting to almost womanly tenderness\\non witnessing distress; of the highest integrity of character,\\nand of broad literary culture, with a great love for books.\\nHe was a religious man, though not a professor of religion in\\nany denomination.\\nMr. Payne was, at the time of his death, one of the oldest\\nmembers of the Masonic Fraternity in the State, having\\nbecome a Mason in Detroit, in 1818, in what was then known\\nas Zion Lodge, No. 02, of the Territory of Michigan. When\\nWashington Chapter, No. 15, was instituted at Flint, he was\\none of its charter members, and its first King. Subsequently\\nhe received the orders of the Red Cross, Knights Templar,\\nand Knigbtsof Malta. He wasalsooneof theoriginal.and the\\nlast surviving member of the Mechanics Institute of Detroit.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n141\\nIt would be impossible in the limits of this sketch to\\nnote all the teachers whose faithful labors have douc so\\nuuich to lay the foundation upon which the reputation of\\nour schools is bein^ built; but wc cannot forj^ct the patriot\\nscholar, Capt. Simeon C. Guild, who, at the call of his\\ncountry in the hour of her peril, left the charge of his\\nschool for the tented Held, where he gave his last and\\nnoblest lesson, that of chivalnjus devotion to his country,\\nwhen he laid his young life, so full of the promise of fu-\\nture usefulness and renown, upon her altar, falling a victim\\nin the afi air at Fort Wagner, where soniebndy blundered.\\nFrom the length of the period that he labured here,\\nnine years (from 1805 to 1874), as well as by his ability\\nand peculiar adaptation to the work before him, that of\\norganization and drill, no one has done more for our\\nschools than Prof. Z. Truesdel.\\nApril 3, 1809, is a most important date in the educa-\\ntional history of IMichigan, and worthy a centennial re-\\nmembrance, as being the day when No. 116 of the acts of\\nthe Legislature for that year, by virtue of which rate-bills\\nwere finally abolished and the free public school really es-\\ntablished, was approved by the Governor and became the\\nlaw of the State.\\nThis event gave new vitality to the cause of education,\\nwhich, together with the constant growth in population and\\nweiillh, soon placed this school on a much higher plane\\nthan it occupied before the division, and the overcrowded\\nschool-house ag.dn brought up the ever-recurring question\\nas to how the want could be best supplied.\\nBefore noting the solution of that problem, we will\\ncall attention to the colonists who went out in 1855.\\nDistrict No. 3, which contained the most territory and\\nlargest number of scholars, with the least taxable property,\\nproceeded to erect a brick house on Oak Street, in the\\nThird Ward. This house, which is a two-story building,\\nneither commodious nor elegant, originally contained two\\nschool rooms and a small recitation-room, and has since\\nbeen enlarged by a two-story addition with a school-room\\non each floor. The location is a beautiful one, in a grove\\nof primitive oaks, at one of the most prominent points in\\nthe city but it is to be regretted that more land was not\\nobtained at a time when it could have been done at a\\nmoderate expense.\\nIn the absence of any records, we can only say that able\\nand faithful teachers labored here, and did their jiart in\\nadvancing the great work of education.\\nDistrict No. 4, which contained the least territory, with\\nthe smallest number of scholars, and a larger proportion of\\ntaxable property, instead of building, purchased an unfin-\\nished dwelling-house on Grand Traverse Street, known as\\nthe IJIades Hou-sc, and, fitting it up as an apology for a\\nschool-house, kept up a school here for several years. It\\nwas not a very successful educational enterprise, and an\\neffort was made in 18G1, by petition to the board of school\\ninspectors, to have it united with No. 3, but, being oppo.sed\\nby a remonstrance, the inspectois declined to act, referring\\nthe subject to the voters of the Third and Fourth Districts\\nat their annual meeting; and in ISli!!, there being a de-\\ncided expression of public sentiment in favor of the meas-\\nure, and the formal con. ^eiit of the district officers in writing\\nhaving been obtained, the measure was effected. The dem-\\nocratic principle of free public schools seems to have been\\nbut dimly recognized in this enterprise, for we find that in\\na remonstrance against abandoning the Blades House\\nand substituting the city-hall building, a measure de-\\nmanded for the accommodation of more pupils, it wa.s\\nclaimed that, as they had escaped the burden of a school-\\ntax in a great measure in the jiast, imnuinity should be\\ncontinued as a vested right in the i ulure.\\nNotwithstanding the decided expression in favor of dis-\\nunion in 1855, it was soon found by experience that the\\npanacea had not yet been found. The evils of i.solated and\\ndivided action soon became apparent and while other\\ncities and villages were sustaining their prosperous union\\ngraded schools, which were giving them credit and re-\\nnown, it became evident that Flint was falling into the\\nbackground. A general sentiment had grown up that\\nsomething more must be done for education, and in 1807\\nDistricts Nos. 1 and 3 were reunited, under the title of\\nUnion School District of the City of Flint, by the act of\\nthe Legislature, approved March 1807.\\nThe school was reorganized under this act, with the fol-\\nlowing board of tru.stees, after the annual meeting, viz.:\\nLevi Walker, President; William L. Smith, Secretary;\\nGeorge R. Gold, Treasurer; I aul II. Stewart, Sumner\\nHoward, and Daniel Clarke. The reunion made the neces-\\nsity for further accommodations more urgent; and, as the\\nbest temporary relief which could be obtained, the unfinished\\nbuilding on the corner of Saginaw and Third Streets, known\\nas the city-hall building, was leased of the city for a\\nnoniiiKil sum, and fitted up at an expense of about SJOOtl,\\nfor the accommodation of the high-school. This house\\ncontinued to be used for this purpose until the completion\\nof the new high-school building. After this time a male\\nprincipal was employed in addition to the superintendent,\\nMr. S. II. Winchcl being the first to occupy that position.\\nThe trustees report at the annual meeting, 1870, shows\\nthe employing of two male and thirteen female teachers.\\nWhole number enrolled in the district between the ages of\\nfive and twenty, 1269; whole number attending school,\\n1157, of whom 150 were non-residents.\\nBy an act of the Legislature, apjiroved March 18, 1871,\\namending the charter of the city ol Flint, the School Dis-\\ntrict No. 1, of the town of Flint, was annexed to the city\\nas the Fourth Ward and, by the consent of both parties,\\nbecame merged in Union School District, its property being\\ntransferred and its liabilities assumed.\\nA brief sketch of this school will illustrate the rise\\nand progress of schools in a new country, and verifies the\\nold adage that where there is a will, there is a way. The\\nterritory now comprising the Fourth Ward, for some years\\nafter the settlement of Flint, was mostly occupied by a\\ndense growth of pine, forming a most striking feature in\\nthe land.seape, and giving the new-comer the impression\\nthat he had at last reached the border of that vast j)ine\\nforest of Northern Michigan, of which he had heard so\\nmuch. After the establishment of the State Institution\\nfor the Ivlucation of the Djaf and Dumb and the Blind\\nin this vicinity, this pinery was exterminated and a village\\n]ilalteil, and, being connected with the business portion of", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "li-2\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUxNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe city by a new bridijo, a settlement commenced. As\\ntlie nearest district scluiol-liouse was at an inconvenient\\ndistance, tlie need of another was soon felt, and April I),\\n1859, this fcnitofy was set off as District No. 1 of the\\ntown of Flint, and soon after organized by a meeting at\\nthe house of G. F. Hood, Esq., at whicli time it was\\nreported that all the ((ualified voters in the district, to the\\nnumber of twenty-one, including one female, had been\\nnotified. The following officers were elected, viz. D.\\n^IcKerchcr, Moderator; II. G. Beach, Director, and II.\\nW. Whitney, Assessor. At a special meeting, held Ajiril\\n2Sth, on motion of G. F. Hood, it was voted that the\\nboard iiavc power to purchase materials and put up a suit-\\nable shanty for a school to be kept in said shanty to be\\n18 by 28 feet. This shanty was built upon the site occu-\\npied by the present house, at a cost, including furniture, of\\nabout $140. It did good service, being used eleven years,\\nand then, after the completion of the new house, was sold\\nat auction for \u00c2\u00a733. At the annual meeting in 18G7, the\\nnumber of scholars having incrca.scd to 100, the shanty\\nhad become too small, and the necessity for a new house\\nbeing felt, it was resolved to raise $1000 by tax and \u00c2\u00a73000\\nby loan for that purpose. A plan submitted by P. Cleve-\\nland, Esq., of Flint, was adopted, and the present house\\nwas built. This is a two-story brick building, surmounted\\nwith a belfry, and furnishing a spacious school-room on\\neach story. The burden of building did not prevent the\\nliberal support of the school, for we find that at the ne.tt\\nannual meeting, in 18G8, on motion of G. L. Walker, Esq.,\\nit was resolved, by a vote of 28 to 8, that $2 per scholar\\nbe raised by tax for the support of the school, amounting\\nto $2G2.\\nIn 1869 a graded school was established and a board of\\nsix trustees was elected, viz. L. P. Andrews, G. L. Walker,\\nG. Stanard, J. Williams, 0. Maltby, and J. Haver.\\nThe reported state of the finances at this time was an\\nempty treasury, rate-bills abolished by law, and teachers un-\\npaid. However, these difficulties were overcome, a male\\nteacher, Mr. C. Donel.son, was employed, and, in the absence\\nof further records, we can only say that this school continued\\nto flourish until absorbed into the union school of the city,\\nin 1871, and will now compare favorably with any other\\nschool of its grade in the city.\\nWe learn from the records of the board of school in-\\nspectors of the town of Flint that School District No. 2,\\nembracing the present First Ward of the city, was formed\\nMarch 8, IS^.). In the following year a brick .school-\\nhouse was built on Detroit Street, at present occupied by\\nJlr. A. Ilurd as a dwclling-honse. This is noted not only\\nas being the oldest school-house extant, but as being the\\nfirst brick building erected in our city. The early records\\nof this district are lost, or inaccessible. It seems not to\\nhave been very prosperous, or to have soon fallen into decay,\\njudging from the remarks of the director, II. W^. Wood,\\nEsq., at the dedication of the new house, Dec. G, 185S.\\nThese remarks we quote, not only as giving a most graphic\\n]iicture of the slough into whicli educational interests had\\nfallen, but also, and more especially, as showing what can\\nbe accomplished by indomitable energy, under the most\\nadverse circumstancs.\\nMr. Wood says Having always been deeply impressed\\nwith the great importance of good schools, and the proper\\ntraining and education of tlie rising generation, it was with\\ndeep feelings of mortification that the undersigned, in com-\\nmon with many others in the Fir.st Ward, beheld the low\\nand ineflicient state and condition of the public education\\nin this ward during several years past. It was a source of\\ngreat annoyance to hear our ward and district spoken dis-\\nparagingly of by the inliabilantsof other and more favored\\nlocalities. On every side of us schools were in flourishing\\nand prosperous condition, and growing rapidly into impor-\\ntance ill the estimation of the people; and for some time it\\nwas a question asked by some in this district, with great\\nsolicitude, whether something could not be done to elevate\\nthe character of our school. But there were many obstacles\\nin the way. There was no suitable building; the old brick\\nschool-house on Detroit Street was in a dilapidated and ru-\\ninous cDtidilion. It was, in short, a stigma on the public\\nspirit of the ward, a by-word and a reproach. It was lo-\\ncated on a plat of ground inaccessible and inconvenient\\nand it was found that before anything effectual could be\\ndone to advance the cause of education among us, a large\\nsum of money must be expended in purchasing grounds and\\nerecting suitable buildings. This necessity has been appre-\\nciated for several years by almost every one of intelligence\\nin the di.striet. But to this step there was manifestly at\\nfirst a spirit of opposition, based, as many thought, on teiniljle\\ngrounds, but, as others thought, without any just foundation.\\nThe financial crisis of 18.^7 was just coming upon us. Prop-\\nerty was depreciated, and general terror and alarm pervaded\\nevery mind and under such a state of things it was almost\\npreposterous to hope that anything could be done. Yet it\\nwas determined to make an effort and succeed, or else dis-\\npense with the miserable apology for a school which at that\\ntime pretended to exist. Accordingly, at the annual meet-\\ning in 1857, the project was started, generally discussed, and\\nthose in its fiivor were highly gratified that more were with\\nthem than they expected. After the discussion, various\\nplans were submitted, ranging from a few dollars of repairs\\nupon the old house to the building of one larger, more elegant\\nand commodious, convenient and expensive. A committee of\\nthree intelligent gentlemen was appointed to investigate and\\nreport .at a subsequent meeting a plan of operations. After\\nthorough investigation, the committee reported in favor of\\na new school-house, recommended the purchase of the pres-\\nent site, and the building of the present elegant and conve-\\nnient house which you see before you. To the gratification\\nof every one, the report of that committee was adopted, ami\\n\u00c2\u00a71000 were raised to aid the enterprise. The board were\\nauthorized to purchase the site and let the job for building.\\nThe job was let to good workmen and responsible parties,\\nand, as the result, you see before j ou this noble structure,\\nwhich is alike an enduring monument to the generous and\\nhigh-minded public spirit of the patrons of .schools in this\\npart of the city. True, it has been an expensive enterprise\\nand the times have been hard. It has borne heavily upon\\nmany of us. Yet we are proud of it we are glad the en-\\nterprise was gone into, and suceessfullj It is admitted by\\nall that we have the best house that has been built, for the\\namount of money, in this vicinity. And, as we have the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITV.\\n143\\nbest house in this county, your diroctoi in takinp; leave of\\ntliis part of the subject, would earnestly recounuond to every\\none to be united, cheerful, and zealous in niaintaiuing a\\nschool worthy of your house, of yourselves, and to which\\nthe rising generation, in after-years, may look with pride,\\ngratitude, and affection.\\nIt is highly gratifying to find that this zeal in a good\\ncause did not spend itself in building the house, but went on\\nto establish and sustain a first-class school, including, not\\nonly the higher English branches, but the classics and\\nsonic of the modern languages su])plying also the ap-\\npliances necessary for success, including maps, books of\\nreferenee, and a library of miscellaneous books; and doing\\nthis with alacrity, while heavily taxed for the expense in-\\ncurred in building..\\nAt the annual meeting in 1859 a graded school was\\norganized under the act of the Legislature then recently\\npassed, and the following gentlemen were elected a board of\\ntrustees, viz. D. S. Freeman and D. S. Fox, fur one year\\nA. McFailan and 0. Adams, for two year.s; and F. II.\\nKankin and II. W. Wood, for three years.\\nIn lStI5 valuable philosojiliical apjiaratus was bought,\\nand S2000 raised by tax to enlarge the new school-hou.se,\\nwhich had become inadefpiate to acccmimodate the increasing\\nma.ss of jnipils.\\nIn 18U7 the enlarged house again became crowded,\\nand another, known as the IJraneh House, was built on\\nSecond Street, at^tlie corner of Lyon Street. This, which\\nis a one-story wooden structure, surmounted by a belfry,\\ncontains two commodious rooms, used for the primary de-\\npartment.\\nThe following-named gentlemen have had charge of the\\nschools in this district for periods of greater or less length\\nsince the renovation, viz. Messrs. II. G. Jones, E. M.\\nJlason, W. Tennant, S. B. Kingsbury, T. M. Wells, and\\nF. JI. Hamilton. The list of female teachers who have\\ndone faithful work in this field, the full value of which can\\nnever be apjjreciated, is too long for rehearsal here.\\nThe movement which had been inaugurated in the\\nllnioD School District, on the .south side of the river, for\\nbuilding a ni W house attracted the attention of education-\\nists ill this ward and, at a .special meeting of the qualified\\nvoters, held Nov. 10, 1871, a ]preanil)le and rescjlutiuns were\\nadopted in favor of union, on certain conditions. These\\nconditions being a.s.sented to, after further conference, the\\nconsolidation of the four ward.s of the city in one selioul\\ndistrict wits effected by an act of the Legislature, ajiproved\\nJlarch 28, 1872.\\nThus this prosperous school, in the full tide of its success,\\nbecame merged in that grand enterprise which has brought\\nall our schools into one organization, in which relation we\\ntrust the good record of the past will be amply sustained.\\nEach increment of the Union School District rendered\\nthe call for a new house more urgent, the temporary re-\\nlief obtained by oecupyiiig the cily-liall building having\\nbeen outgrown by tlie rapid increase of our growing city.\\nAnd, accordingly, we find that at the annual meeting, lield\\nSept. 2, 1871, the board of tnisleis in their rejiort, after\\nnoting the highly prosperous c in(lition of the school, and\\nits favorable standing among the other schools of like irradc\\nin the State, most strongly urged the ab.solute necessity for\\nenlarged accommodations; and, at the same meeting, reso-\\nlutions were adopted that a site be procured, and plans and\\nestimates obtained for a new building. A tax of S.jllOO\\nwas voted for purchasing a site, and the issuing of bonds to\\nthe amount of $20,000 (all the law allowed) authorized.\\nA series of adjourned meetings were held, at which the\\nproposition of District No. 2 for union was favorably re-\\nceived, $55,000 were added to tlie amount of bonds author-\\nized, jiermission having been obtained by legislative action\\nand, several attempts having been made to fix upon a site\\nby vote of the tax-payers, that subject was referred to the\\nboard of trustees, who, having no better success, left the de-\\ncision of the question to a committee consisting of Presi-\\ndent Angcll, of the State University Prof. Estabrook, of\\nthe State Normal School and Hon. M. E. Crofoot, of\\nPontiac. This committee, after viewing the premises, ex-\\npressed their jireference for the Pierson Block, in the\\nSecond Ward, as the most eligible but, in view of better\\nreconciling all parties, recommended the adoption of the\\nLamond Block, in the Third Ward, the site now occupied\\nby the high-school building. Their award was acceded\\nto by the board, and subsequently ado]ited by the tax-pay-\\ners, who, in view of the fact that the owners of the property\\ndeclined to sell on what was deemed rea.sonable terms, di-\\nrected that legal measures should be taken to obtain it.\\nThe south four lots of that portion of the block now\\noccupied were thus obtained, by an award of a jury, at a\\ncost of S3500 and the north four lots were subsequently\\nobtained by negotiation at a cost of $10,000; making the\\nexpense of the eight lots, including the expenses of litiga-\\ntion and back taxes, $10,000.\\nWhile negotiations were going on to secure a site,\\nefforts were also being made to procure plans and estimates.\\nCommittees were appointed to visit and in.-peet other school-\\nhouses, and to investigate materials and methods of heat-\\ning and ventilation.\\nThe final result was that, after djeitling upon the size,\\nground-]ilaii, and general arrangement of the building, the\\nsubject was referred to Purtor Watkins, architects, who\\nsubsccpieiitly submitted a draft, with jilans and s])ecitica-\\ntions of the building, which has since been erected and\\nwhich, we trust, will long stand as a graceful monunieMt uf\\nthe skill and taste of the architects, and of the faithful\\nlabors of the contractor and all engaged in its construc-\\ntion.\\nProposals having been advertised and received, the\\ncontract was awarded to Reuben Van Tifflin, Esq., June\\nIt;, 187:i, at SG8,000, to be completed July 1, 1875 which\\ncontract was faithfully fulfilled, to the entire satisfaction of\\nthe board of trustees, as expressed in a well-deserved reso-\\nlution of commendation unanimously adopted. The whole\\namount paid the contractor, as appears from the ])rinted\\nschedule of the secretary for 1875, was $77,:?77.G2. This\\nexcess includes the expense of various changes and addi-\\ntions, ordered or approved by the tax-payers: as the build-\\ning of a boiler-house, it being designed in the original jilan\\nto J)lace the boilers in the basement; the substitution of\\nartificial stone for window-caps, in place of galvanized iron\\nthe tuek-piiiiiting of the whole building besides the con-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "Ui\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nstruction of out-houscs, two large cisterns, with the neces-\\nsary conduits, and otlier matters of less note.\\nThe heating apparatus, which combines the direct with\\nthe indirect radiation, by the use of steam, was furnished\\nand put in by Crane Bros., of Chicago, on contract, at\\nSt G74. The test tiuis far has been highly satisfactory,\\nbolli as to the plan and the workmanship.\\nTiis desks and seats for the pupils, which are substan-\\ntial, elegant, and convenient, were furnished by the School\\nFurniture Company, Sterling, III., at a cost of \u00c2\u00a71678.50.\\nThe teachers desks were furnished by W. B. Colson, of\\nFlint, and are a practical demonstration of the skill of our\\nmechanics.\\nThe bell, which weighs 2000 pounds, was furnished\\nby Meneeley Kimberley, for $304.20 and the clock,\\nwhich is a beautiful piece of mechanism, and tcstities its\\nown accuracy, by the Howard Clock Company, of Bos-\\nton, for $650.\\nThe public are indebted for the judicious selection of\\nthese valuable and indispensable adjuncts to the skill and\\ngood taste of Wm. Stevenson, Esq., to whom that duty\\nwas assigned by the board.\\nValuable philosophical apparatus has been provided,\\nbut the cheuiical needs large additions. The same may be\\nsaid of the library, which contains many valuable books,\\nbut is very far from being such as the wants of the school\\ndemand. A cabinet of natural history, illustrating all\\ndepartments, received in trust from the Flint Scientific\\nInstitute, is invaluable for purposes of instruction, and\\nibrnis the nucleus of a collect ion which, we trust, the\\nalumni of Flint High-School will be proud to foster and\\nenlarge.\\nNo serious accident occurred to any of the workmen\\nengaged in the construction of the building, but the build-\\ning itself had a narrow escape from destruction by fire\\nwhich originated from the culpable carcltssncss of the men\\nemployed to put in the heating apparatus, and, but for\\ntimely discovery by some young men returning from a late\\nparty, and their sagacious management, the whole structure\\nwould soon have been a mass of ruins.\\nBut the saddest event, and one which gave a grievous\\nshock to hi,s colleagues and threw a gloom over the whole\\ncommunity, was the death of Hon. Levi Walker, which\\ntook place April 25, 1874, at Lansing, where he was en-\\ngaged, with his accustomed energy and fidelity, in discharg-\\ning the duties of a representative in the State Legislature.\\n3Ir. Walker had been connected with our schools, in thtir\\nvarious phases of organization, for twenty years, and by\\nhis generous culture, his unfaltering interest, sound judg-\\nment, legal experience, and conservative independence, ren-\\ndered invaluable service at many a critical juncture, and\\nin his death left a worthy record and an irreparable loss\\nbehind.\\nThe Flint High-School building stands on the west side\\nof Beach Street, about seventy rods south of the Thayer\\nHouse. It is a substantial structure of brick, stone, and\\niron, and is much admired for its artistic design and adapta-\\ntion to the purposes of its construction. It is three stories\\nhigh above the basement, the gable-point of the front being\\neighty feet above the basement floor. The rear of the\\nmain building corresponds with the front, but the ends are\\nfinished with man.sard roof, surmounted with crest-railings,\\nand the whole building is covered with corrugated iron.\\nThe walls above the basement are of white brick, tuck-\\npointed with dark slate, the window-sills and trimmings\\nbeing of Berea sandstone, while the water-tables, steps, etc.,\\nare of Ohio blue freestone, and the window-caps of llan.som\\nartificial stone. The building is 102 feet in length from\\nnorth to south, by 92 in width. The tower at the north-\\neast corner is 26 by 26 feet at the base, and 128 feet in\\nheight to the globe which caps the cupola. This tower\\ncontains a broad stairway leading to the second and third\\nstories, while above, an elegant and veracious clock notes\\nwith exemplary accuracy the passing hours, and a fine-toned\\nbell, in sonorous pculs, announces their departure. There\\nis a dwarf tower on the southe;ist corner, on the first floor\\nof which is the superintendent s office, on the second the\\nlibrary, and on the third the zoological cabinet. Two ven-\\ntilating shafts, which stand at the juncture of the cross\\nwalls with the rear wall, rise conspicuously above the build-\\ning, and are capped with galvanized iron. The smoke-\\npipes passing through them impart heat to the air in these\\nshafts, and, thus creating an upward current, secure ventila-\\ntion. A hall extends the whole length of the building,\\nwith entrances at the ends for the pupils, that on the south\\nbeing used by the girls, and that on the north by the boys.\\nOn the west side of this hall a stairway, ascending from the\\nnorth, gives access for the boys to the second story while\\nthe girls reach the same floor by another stairway in a trans-\\nverse hall, which extends from the south part of the long\\nhall to the vestibule of a front door, near the dwarf tower.\\nThrough this vestibule access is had to the superintendent s\\noffice. T lis stairway extends to the third story. Another\\ntransverse hall, from the north part of the long hall, con-\\nnects with the vestibule of the main tower. In the base-\\nment there are two rooms on the front, used for the primary\\ndepartment, so constructed with folding- and sliding-doors\\nthat they can be thrown into one there are two other com-\\nmodious rooms at the rear corners, which can be used for\\nschool-rooms, while the centre is used as a coil-room, in\\nheating and ventilating. On the first floor there are five\\nschool-rooms,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 three on the west side of this long hall, of\\nwhich the centre one is 34 by 40 feet, while the others on\\neach side are 32 by 40. Each of these rooms has two\\ndoors opening into the long hall. On the opposite side\\nthere are two rooms adjoining, each 22 by 33 feet, now\\nu.sed as recitation-rooms. At each end of the long hall on\\nthis side there is a wardrobe 14 by 15 feet, nicely arranged\\nfor the purposes designed. On the second floor the number\\nand arrangement of the rooms is the same. In the third\\nstory, the whole rear of the building is occupied by a large\\nhall, 56 by 09 feet, 18 feet in height, with four fluted iron\\ncolumns, which rest on the cross walls and support the\\nstructure above. A convenient stage on the east side is\\nconnected with lobbies in the rear. This hall, which is fur-\\nnished with tasty and substantial movable seats, from the\\nNorthville Furniture Company, will seat 1000. On the\\nfront, on this floor, there is a room 20 by 28 feet, used as a\\nlaboratory and lecture-room, having an ample platform in\\nthe rear, with a convenient room on either side for philo-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "GRANT DECKER.\\nAs a pioneer of the city of Flint, Mr. Decker is\\nentitled to special mention as a business man, he\\nwas among the early merchants and lumbermen in\\nthe church he was one of the founders of St. Paul s\\nEpiscopal church upon the organization of the city\\nof Flint, he was chosen its first mayor.\\nMr. Decker was formerly from New Jersey, his\\nancestors locating in the village of Deckertown be-\\nfore the Revolution. There he was born, February\\n4, 1814.\\nIn 1824 his father moved to Western New York,\\nwhere Mr. Decker was reared to manhood. In 1838\\nhe was married to Miss Elizabeth Stevens.\\nIn 1839 he came to Flint, and enguged in the\\nmercantile and lumbering business with two of his\\nbrothers-in-law, A. C. and Sherman Stevens. This\\nfirm bontinued a few years when it was dissolved,\\nand Mr. Decker continued in business alone or with\\nother partners. Since that time he, with Artemas\\nThayer, built a large flouring-mill, which was sub-\\nsequently destroyed by fire. Mr. Decker has been\\nparticularly unfortunate from fires eight times has\\nhe suffered serious loss by this element, and although\\nthe aggregate of his loss has been many thousand\\ndollars, he has always paid one hundred cents on\\nthe dollar, and at this time is carrying on an exten-\\nsive manufacturing business with his son-in-law, H.\\nC. Hascall.\\nMr. Decker s first wife died in 1844. He\\nwas again married, to Mrs. Julia I. Clark, formerly\\nMiss Julia I. Fenton. He has reared a family\\nof six children, five daughters and one son. The\\nson enlisted in the 5th Michigan Cavalry and\\nserved in the war of the Rel)ellion was taken\\nprisoner at Gettysburg, and died in Andersonville\\nprison.\\nOn all questions of morality or Christianity, Mr.\\nDecker has ever thrown his influence upon the side\\nof right and justice. He was vestryman of St.\\nPaul s church, of Flint, more than thirty years, and\\nhas served for many years and to the present time\\nas senior warden of that organization.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITV,\\n145\\nsopliical and chemical apparatus. Adjoining tliis, on the\\nsouth, is another room 10 by 20 feet, which, tof;cther with\\nthe upper room of tiie dwarf tower, and a small room ad-\\njoining, are used for the cabinet of natural history. Tiie\\nbuilding is lighted with gas, and warmed by steam, with\\ndirect and indirect radiation. The steam from tlie boiler-\\nroom being conducted through the coils in the coil-rooms,\\nheats a current of fresh air which, passing through the flues\\nin the walls, is admitted by registers into the several rooms\\nwhere needed, while the vitiated air passes into the venti-\\nlating shafts. To secure mure heat when needed, steam\\ncoils are placed in the several apartments where roijuired,\\nthus giving direct radiation.\\nThe building having been completed, was dedicated July\\n13, 1875, on which occasion a highly interesting and in-\\nstructive address was delivered by Hon. Duune Doty, of\\nDetroit.\\nAug. 30, 1875, the school wa.s opened in its several de-\\npartments, under charge of Prof. Crissoy, assisted by an\\nable corps of teachers, and is now in full tide of successful\\noperation and we trust that the good work so auspiciously\\nbegun will go on until the Flint schools shall become\\npotent in aiding to build that foundation of education and\\nmorality which alone will form a stable basis fur free insti-\\ntutions.\\nThe foregoing sketch, in quotation, was written by Daniel\\nClarke, M.D., early in 1876. Since then the act of or-\\nganization of the school district has been twice amended.\\nThe limits of the district now are the same as those of the\\ncity, and trustees are elected by ballot at the .same time as\\nthe mayor and other city officers, the first Monday in\\nApril. The district is divided into three sub-districts, and\\none trustee is elected in each for a term of three years.\\nThe schools have been, and still are, progressing success-\\nfully. A cla.ss of eight graduated from the high school at\\nthe close of the school year 1873-70. In 1877 the grad-\\nuates numbered fourteen in 1878 ihere were twent^ -one.\\nThe high-school is organized with four courses of study,\\nas follows\\nClassical course. First year: first half, Latin, Algebra,\\nPhysiology, Heading, Spelling, Penmanship second half,\\nLatin, Algebra, Pliy ical Geography, Reading, Spelling,\\nPenmanship. Second year first half, Latin, Rhetoric,\\nUnited States History, and Arithmetic; .second half, Latin,\\nGeneral History, Arithmetic. Third year first half, Jjatin,\\nGreek, Algebra; second half, Latin, Greek, Geometry.\\nI ourt!i year: first half, Latin, Greek, Algebra; second\\nhalf, liatin, Greek, Geometry.\\nLatin course. This course differs from the classical\\nonly in having French or German in the place of (Jreck.\\nFrench is rccjuired in this cour.se and in the scientific fur\\nadmi.-ision to the University.\\nEiijlisk course. First year: first lialf, English Gram-\\nmar, Algebra, Physiology, Reading, Spelling, Penmanship\\nsecond half. Analysis and Composition, Algebra, Physical\\nGeograiihy, Reading, Spelling, Penmanship. Second year:\\nfirst h.4ll Zoology, United States lli.story, and Science of\\nGovcrn.iient, Uookkceping, and Arithmetic; .second half.\\nBotany. General History, Arithmetic. Third year: first\\nhalf, General History, Chemistry, Algebra; second half,\\n19\\nNatural Philosophy, Geology, Geometry. Fourth year\\nfirst half. Rhetoric, Political F^conomy, Algebra; second\\nhalf, English Literature, Astronomy, Geometry.\\nScienlijic course. First and second years, same as Eng-\\nlish course. Third year first half. General History, French\\nor German, Algebra second half. Natural Philosophy,\\nFrench or German, Geometry. Fourth year: first half,\\nRhetoric, French or German, Algebra second half, English\\nLiterature, French or German, Geometry.\\nComposition and elocutionary exercises throughout the\\nseveral courses.\\nThe first of these prepares students for the classical\\ncourse in the University of Michigan, the .second for the\\nLatin and scientific, the third for the scientific and engi-\\nneering course (requiring, however, the addition of one\\nyear s work in Latin), and the fourth fur the uowly-arrangcd\\niMiglish literary course.\\nThis is one of the high-schools of the State from which\\nstudents have been for several years admitted to the Uni-\\nversity (^Freshman class) upon their diplomas, if recom-\\nmended.\\nIt should not, however, be supposed that the main aim\\nof the school is to prepare students for the University.\\nThe number sent to that institution is necessarily small in\\ncomparison with the entire number graduated, and it is the\\npurpose so to direct the work of the school that its benefits\\nshall be of practical value to those whose student-life ter-\\nminates hero, as well as to those who go to higher insti-\\ntutions of learning.\\nFor the former cla.ss, the scientific and English courses\\nare believed to be especially suitable.\\nThe lower departments of the schools are in a flourishing\\ncondition, being under the instruction of able and success-\\nful teachers, and being equally with the high school objects\\nof especial care.\\nThe primary department in the several buildings in-\\ncludes the first four grades or years of school-work, the\\ngrammar department the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth\\nyears or grades, bringing pupils to the high school.\\nThe high-school, the eighth and seventh grades, and\\njiart of the sixth grade are accommodated in the central\\nbuilding, as are also 125 pupils of primary grades. Five\\nother buildings, located in different parts of the city, furnish\\naccommodations fur the other grades.\\nIn the grammar department, arithmetic, account-keeping,\\nEnglish grammar, and composition, geography, United\\nStates history, reading, spelling, penmanship, and elemen-\\ntary drawing are carefully taught.\\nThe following items show the census and the enrollment\\nand attendance in all the schools of the city fur the year\\nending June 21, 1878:\\nNumber in district l etwccn 5 iiinl 20 years did 2441\\nNuinljer enrdlk d in the seliools 18;i7\\nAveriij^e liulliliur liclotif^ing 12SH.8\\nAverii^e daily iilteiulanee. IIS2.1\\nIV-rei iit. ul iittkMidanju on iiveriij^o luilul^er belonging. yi.7\\nPerfict attendance is encouraged by the publication\\nquarterly (at end of every ten school-weeks) of a roll of\\nhonor, showing the names of pupils perfect in attendance.\\nTwo pupils succeeded in keeping a perfectly clean record,\\nbeing neither absent nor late, fur three years ending June 21,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "14C\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1878. Five others were similarly perfect for two years end-\\ning at the same. time, ami twenty-seven others for one year.\\nA growing library of about l-tllO well-selected volumes,\\nand a valuable museum, constitutes part of the material of\\nthe high- and grammar-schools.\\nThe schools have quite a large non-resident attendance,\\ndrawn principally from the populous and wealthy county in\\nwhich Flint is situated, though some pupils come from\\nother counties and even from other States. As many as\\nlOG non-residents have already (April, 1879) entered the\\nschools during the present school-year. The receipts for\\ntuition of non-residents bid fair to be larger than in any\\npreceding year.\\nThe teachers are as follows Superintendent, T. W.\\nCris.soy, teacher of Political Economy, English Literature,\\nand Elocution, and instructor of teachers cla.ss.\\nHi gh-School. Mr. Louis K. Webb, Principal, Higher\\nMathematics, Chemistry, Zoology, etc. IMiss Angle C.\\nChapin, Latin and Greek Miss Lizzie H. Tindell, Modein\\nLanguages, Rhetoric, History, Botany, etc.; Miss Rosa M.\\nMuir, general work of first year.\\nGrmnmar Drpurtinnitt, Cuati-al Biiihliiig. Room C,\\nMiss Kate E. MeNamara Roim D, Miss J]mily E. West\\nRoom E, Mi.ss Alta L. Brotherton Room F, Miss Sarah\\nM. Newton Room 4 (recitation), Miss Eva Curtis Room 5\\n(recitation), Miss Maggie O Donoughue.\\nPrimary Rooms, Cailrul Biulding. Room G, Mrs. C.\\nG. Chaffee Room H, Miss Ilattie A. Douglas.\\nFirst Ward {Main Bid/diiiq. Room A, JMiss Addie\\nJ. De Lano Room B, Miss Ilattie C. Carey Room C,\\nMiss Emma Curtis; Room D, Miss Ida M. Zimmerman;\\nKoom E, Mi.ss De Ette M. Kline.\\nFirst Ward (Branch) Building. -Room A, Miss Frank\\nH. Foster Room B, Miss Carrie J. Baker.\\nSecond Ward Building. Room A, JMiss Lydia I.\\nDavis; Room B, Miss Sara A. Canfield Room C, Mi.ss\\nEliza A. Judd Room D, Miss Gertrude F. Bchee Room\\nE, Miss Emma L. Earle.\\nThird Ward Bnildiiig. Room A, Miss Mary E. Dun-\\nbar; Room B, Miss Clara E. Hall; Room C, Mi.ss Laura\\nA. Buck; Room D, Mi.ss Nellie J. Rogers.\\nFourth Ward Building. Room A, Miss Eliza Rey-\\nnolds; Room B, Miss 3Iary I. Andrews; Room C, Miss\\nLurana Beecher; Room D, Miss Jennie M. Phelps.\\nMrs. A. F. Burrows, teacher of Penmanship, Drawing,\\nand Account-Keeping; also Librarian. Mr. Henry W.\\nFairbank, teacher of Vocal Music.\\nThe following gentlemen constitute the present board of\\nschool trustees: S. C. Randall, President; H. R. Lovell,\\nSecretary Charles S. Brown, Treasurer. Trustees of First\\nWard: C. A. Mason, Robert W. Dullam, William Steven-\\nson. Trustees of Second Ward Daniel Clark, M.D.,\\nCharles S. Brown, Henry R. Lovell. Trustees of Third\\nand Fourth Wards Oscar Adams, George L. Walker,\\nHenry C. Walker.\\nST.VTE INSTITUTION FOR EDUCATING THE DE.VF, DUJIB,\\nAND THE BLIXD.\\nThe citizens of Flint feel a laudable pride in the fact\\nthat one of the chief State iustitutions is located here, and\\nhas for its object the education of the deaf, the dumb, and\\nthe blind. To Hon. E. II. Thomscm belongs the honor\\nof introducing, in 1848, the act which resulted in the es-\\ntablishment of this public charity, the Legislature having\\nVoted favorably upon it, and subsequently taken such\\nmeasures as resulted in the accomplishment of its objects.\\nThe first board of trustees eompri.sed the following gen-\\ntlemen Hon. Elon Farnsworth, o.\\\\-Chancellorof the State,\\nof Wayne Gen. Charles C. Hascall, of Gene.see Hon.\\nCharles H. Taylor, of Kent; Hon. Charles E. Stewart, of\\nKalamazoo; and Hon. John P. Cook, of Hillsdale.\\nThe board, after having received and examined proposals\\nfrom various quarters for the location of the buildings,\\nfinally decided upon Flint as the most eligible.\\nA warranty-deed of 20 acres of ground having been\\ndonated to the trustees for a site for the erection of build-\\nings by Col. T. B. W. Stockton, Dec. 10, 1849, and $3000\\nsubscribed by the citizens, Charles II. Palmer was, in De-\\ncember, IS.^0, instituted as principal, but his services were\\nto be gratuitous until the institution went into active oper-\\nation. Meanwhile Mr. Hascall, of the board of trustees,\\nwas engaged in inqirovemcnts upon the grounds selected,\\nand Mr. Farnsworth was deputized to visit other institu-\\ntions of a similar character for plans and arrangement of\\nbuildings.\\nIn 1857 the Legislature amended the act of 1848 so\\nthat the institution .should be entirely independent of the\\nKalamazoo Insane A.sylum, the two having been up to\\nthat time in charge of the same board. Under the amended\\nact each was to be governed by a board of three trustees\\nappointed by the Governor. The first board for the Flint\\ninstitution consisted of James B. Walker, of Flint, Benja-\\nmin Pierson, and John Le Roy. A vacant building was\\nrented for the purpose in Flint, and the education of the\\ndeaf, dumb, and the blind begun.\\nB. M. Fay was chosen principal, and organized the school\\nwork proper in 1857. Jlr. W alk U- was chosen building\\ncommissioner, and authorized to visit New York and study\\nthe plans upon which the deaf-mute institution of that\\nState was constructed. He was accompanied by Mr. Fay,\\nand the pre.sent cluster of five buildings are substantially\\nthe same as the plans adopted by the board.\\nThe portion of the building originally constructed has\\n.since been diverted from its first use, other structures\\nhaving been erected which were found better adapted to\\nthe wants of the institution. The first story is used for\\nthe library, office of steward, music- and recitation-rooms.\\nThe second story has sis recitation-rooms for the deaf-\\nmutes and two for the blind. The third floor, recently\\nused for shoe-shops, etc., has been converted into dormito-\\nries. Its basement is now used as a store-room for provis-\\nions, a basket-shop for the blind, and sleeping-rooms for\\ndomestics.\\nNorth of the school wing is the chapel building, the two\\nbeing connected by a covered archway. The basement of\\nthis building is used as a kitchen, bakery, and store-rooms,\\nand the first floor as a dining-room for the pupils. On the\\nsecond floor is the chapel, in which the pupils meet for\\nreligious and other exercises, and which is appropriately\\nplanned and furnished for that purpose.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n147\\nSeparated from the chapel buildinj; by open courts and\\nciiiiaectc d with it by covered passaj:e-Wii3-s arc two build-\\ning s, tailed respectively the boys and -lirls winj;. Ivunniiit;\\nacross the rear of eaeii wing is a hall ten feet wide in each\\nstory, and opening from the hall of each lower story is a\\nlarge outside door. The basements of the wings arc used\\nibr wardrobes, wash-rooms and batli-roonis. Each pu])il\\nhas a wardrobe of his own, or a wooden ease in which to\\nkeep liis clothing, and the metallic bath-tubs, with which\\nthe bath-rooms are ]ileiitifully furnished, are each supplied\\nwith warm and cold water. The soccjnd floors ol the wings\\nare used for the sitting-rooms of the boys and girls respect-\\nively, where they prepare for their recitations, or spend\\ntiieir spare time in reading or amusements. The part of\\nthe floor .set off for the blind is also used for their recitation-\\nrooms. The second stor^ of the girls wing is u.sed for the\\ngirls sleeping-apartments, hosjiital, and .sewing-room. The\\nsecond story of the boys wing is similarly divided for the\\nboys, and has also a dormitory for the blind. The third\\nstory of each wing is used for dormitories and for sleeping-\\nrooms of the attendants who have charge of the ]iupils\\nwhen not in school.\\nAn upright building five stories high, with two wings,\\neach four stories high, including basement, comprise what\\nis known as the main or front building. Connecting this\\nwith the boys and girls wings of the edifice and with the\\nchapel is a large hall leading from the nrairi corridors. The\\nbasement is devoted to the teachers dining-rooms, bath-\\nrooms, etc.\\nOn the first floor are the principal s oflSec, parlor, recep-\\ntion- and sitting-rooms; the second flijor being devoted to\\nihe matron and her assistants, a spacious sewing-room, and\\nseveral guest chambers. The third and fourth stories are\\nmainly taken up with rooms for the teachers. There are\\nwater-closets and sinks on each floor of each building at the\\nends of the halls. Tiie water for their use and for the use\\nin the bath-rooms is supplied from iron tanks under the\\nroof, one for hot and the other for cold water.\\nIn the rear of the buildings described, and at a short\\ndistance from them, is a long, low building, used partly as\\na boiler-house and partly for a w.ish-room, in which the\\nwashing for tl:o institution is carried on by steam. An-\\nother part of the building contains the boilers, engines,\\npumjis, hcating-a]ipuratus, etc. Originally, the buildings\\nwere heated b} driving a strong current of air through an\\nimmense coil of steam-pipe, and through an underground\\njiassage, by means of a powerful fan, but the method was\\nnot a success, and they are now Jieatcd by direct radiation.\\nInstead of the fan and largo underground passage, steam is\\nnow conveyed in iron pipes directly from the boilers to the\\nroom to be heated, and by this means excellent ventilation\\nis also .secured. The subject of .sewerage has also received\\nmuch attention, and the method adopted is as nearly perfect\\nas any yet devised, and for this purpose the locatiou of the\\nbuildings is very favorable.\\nThe dimensions of the ground floor of the front and\\nschool-buildings are the same, both being GO feet wide by\\n10(1 feet in length. The central building is )0 feet wide by\\n1)0 feet lung, and the wings oil by SO feet each. This serii^s\\nof buildings have been occupied several yens, ih ingh not\\nyet completed. An elaborate portico, the foundation of which\\nis alrea ly laid, will embelli.sh the front building, in accordance\\nwith the original design, when it shall be found convenient\\nto expend more funds upun what might bo regarded as a\\nmere adornment.\\nIn addition to tho.se already menlioned is a building\\nused as a cabinet-shop and liir other purposes, and also a\\nbarn.\\nThe approximate cost of the whole structure was about\\n\u00c2\u00a7400,000.\\nI nif IJ. iM. Fay was the first princijial, who, after a very\\nthorough organization of the school, resigned, in 1864, and\\nwas succeeded by Egbert L. Bangs, who brought with him\\nnew methods of teaching. Prof G. L. Brockett s .system\\nof instruction, by which deaf-mutes are taught to articulate,\\nwas adopted with considerable success.\\nThe system known as Bell s Visible Speech was intro-\\nduced into the school in the fall of 187G by Miss Hattie\\nIMcGann, who is still teaching it with encouraging results.\\nProf Bangs was succeeded in the principalship by Prof. J.\\nW. Parker, Sept. 1, 1S7G.\\nTiie whole number now in attendance is 250, which is\\n22 more than ever were in actual attendance at any one\\ntime in previ ms years. The whole number enrolled during\\nthe past year was 25G, and the highest attendance at any\\none time 250. There have been already over GO applica-\\ntions for admission during the coming year, but as the\\ncapacity of the institution is only 250, and only 12 of those\\nnow in it will leave at the end of this year, it is evident\\nthat many who are entitled to all the benefits it affords will\\nhave to be turned away. Thus it happens that before the\\ngroup of new buildings which were to furnish accommoda-\\ntions to this class of the States wards for a generation at\\nleast are actually completed they are filled to overflowing,\\nand at the present rate of increase it cannot be many years\\nbefore another group will be neecs.sary. The removal of\\nthe blind to a separate institution of their own cannot be\\nmuch longer delayed, and yet that will afford only tempo-\\nrary relief to the deaf-mutes, who are already numerous\\nenough and ready to take their places.\\nAn effort was made, through an act of Legislature, to\\nmake instruction in printing, the manufacture of boots and\\nshoes, cabinet-making, and other trades obligatory. This\\nwas finally successful in 1872, and the act was put into\\npractical operation in the institution soon after.\\nThe 250 pupils now in attendance comprise 19 blind\\ngirls, 21 blind boys, 92 deaf mute girls, and 110 deaf-mute\\nboys. Including the 40 girls who are given employment\\nin the sewing department, about two-fifths of the whole\\nnumber of pupils in the institution are employed at some\\nkind of manual labor or in learning some kind of trade, by\\nwhich it is hoped they can earn a livelihood after gradua-\\ntion. All the blind bo^-s except four work in the basket-\\nshop, the remaining four being in training for broom-makers.\\n,M1 the blind girls were taught needlework, and all the blind\\nfemales who show any ca]iacily for it are taught music, as\\naffording them possible employment as teachers in future.\\nIt is, nKU covcr, a stud3 for which their finely-cultivated\\nsense of hearing peculiarly fits them, an advantage of\\nwhich they arc not wholly unconscious when brought iu", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "148\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncompetition with pupils who can see. Of the deaf-niutes\\n18 arc employed in the shoe-shop, 15 in the cabinet-shop,\\nand 15 in the printing-oflBce, 5 of whom are girls. Some\\nof the pupils .sliow a remarkable aptitude for their respective\\ntrades, and turn out manufactured articles which are really\\nmodels of skilled workmanship. Especially worthy of men-\\ntion are a handsomely-ornamented bos of different woods,\\nmade by Charles Traver, and a library-table in the Prin-\\ncipal s office, made by James Hull.\\nAs a general rule the pupils spend three hours a day in\\nthe shops during the last four years of their course, spend-\\ning three hours daily in the school-rooms during the same\\nyears. In the first four years of the course they spend the\\nwhole six in the school-rooms, so that though only about\\ntwo-fifths of the pupils arc learning trades at any one time,\\nj ct about Ibur-fiftlis of the whole number receive that ad-\\nvantage before their term of eight years is completed. In\\naddition a few pupils work in the garden and aid on the\\nfarm on Saturday forenoons.\\nThe following list comprises the officers and teachers who\\nare at present filling positions in connection with the insti-\\ntution Thos. Maclntire, Superintendent; Dan. H. Church,\\nSteward; Miss Emma A. Hall, Matron; Mi.ss L. Valeria\\nAbbott, First Assistant Matron Jlrs. M. E. Clarkson,\\nSecond Assistant Matron Daniel Clarke, A.M., M.D.,\\nAttending Physician Chas. S. McBride, Boy.s Super-\\nvisor; Mrs. Sarah Jones, Girls Attendant; Thos. L.\\nBrown, John J. Buchanan, Miss Carrie K. Standart, Miss\\nPhebe Wright, Willis Hubbard, Fred. A. Piatt, B.A.,\\nMiss Addie A. Hendershot, Miss Maggie T. Bennet, Miss\\nKate E. Barry, Teachers of the Deaf and Dumb; Miss\\nHattie E. JIcGann, Teacher of Visible Speech Mrs.\\nSarah H. Brown, ISIiss Emma F. Knight, Sliss Jennie\\nVan Wormer (Instructor in Piano, Organ, and Vocal\\nJlusic), Teachers of the Blind.\\nThe following are the employees of the Industrial De-\\npartment Edwin Barton, Foreman of the Cabinet-Shop;\\nThomas Pago, Foreman of the Shoe-Shop Herman C.\\nKoeppner, Foreman of the Basket-Shop; Geo. H. Pond,\\nForeman of the Printing-Office Thomas Stilson, Chief\\nEngineer and MachinLst Charles Selleck, Farmer.\\nThe board of trustees are as follows: Hon. Chas. G.\\nJohnson, President; Hon. Almon L. Aldrich, Treasurer;\\nHon. Jas. M. Neasmith, Secretary.\\nThe total yearly expenditures of the institution, ending\\nwith the 30th of September, 1878, were \u00c2\u00a743,579.85.\\nTHE FLINT SCIENTIFIC I.VSTITUTE.\\nThe following document formed the nucleus of The\\nFlint Scientific Institute\\nWe, the undersigned, desirous of improvement in scientific linowl-\\ncdge, and feeling the want of books which we cannot at present com-\\nmand, hereby agree to associate for the purpose of forming a library\\nupon the following basis, viz. each subscriber shall be entitled to one\\nshare for every five dollars which he shall pay into the funds of the\\nassociation, and each share shall entitle the holder to one votej pro-\\nvided, that no individual shall be entitled to more than five votes.\\nAll the funds of the association shall be appropriated to procuring\\nscientific works.\\nThis agreement was signed by the following persons, each\\nagreeing to take one share of the joint stock D. Clarke,\\nM. Miles, R. S. Ilutton, C. L. Avery, Wm. Stevenson, S.\\nE. Wilcox, F. H. Rankin, and A. B. Pratt.\\nAt a meeting called at the office of F. H. Rankin, Feb.\\n8, 1853, under a warrant )s.sued by R. W. Jenny, J. P., a\\nsociety was organized, in accordance with chapter 53 of the\\nrevised statutes of Michigan, by the adoption of a con.stitu-\\ntlon and code of by-laws, and the following officers were\\nelected: President, D. Clarke Secretary, F. II. Rankin Li-\\nbrarian, M. Miles Treasurer, Wm. Stevenson. The object\\nof the society was more fully sot forth in the first article of\\nthe constitution, which is as follows This society shall\\nbe known as The Flint Scientific Institute. Its objects\\nshall be to promote the study and investigation of the sev-\\neral branches of .scientific knowledge, the establishment of\\na library of scientific works, and a museum of natural his-\\ntory and its funds shall be devoted to the procuring of\\nsuch books, charts, and other matter as shall promote those\\nobjects. The objects were further elucidated in a paper\\nOn the importance of acquiring and extending scientific\\nknowledge, road by the president at the first quarterly\\nmeeting, held April 6, 1853, which paper was by request\\npublished in the (rcncsec Wlilg. At the same meeting a\\nvote of thanks was tendered to three senators and represen-\\ntatives in Congress fiom this State who presented the in-\\nstitute with books and other documents. At subsequent\\nmeetings, acknowledgments were made to Hon. R. Mc-\\nClelland, Hon. J. S. Conger, Hon. Z. Chandler, and others\\nfrom whom favors had been received, and especially to\\nHon. D. C Loach, who laid the institute under deep obli-\\ngations by presenting the valuable reports of the Pacific\\nRailroad and the Mexican Boundary Surveys, the reports\\nand publications of the Smithsonian Institute, and other\\npublic documents. In consideration of these especial obli-\\ngations, he was made an honoraiy member. In May, 1853,\\na circular was issued calling jiublic attention to the objects\\nand needs of the institute, and soliciting aid in membership,\\nand donations of books, and also specimens of natural his-\\ntory to form a cabinet.\\nIn response to this appeal, the following names were\\nadded to the list of members T. Newall, E. Dodge, II. R.\\nPratt, J. N. Lake, M. Pratt, S. B. Cummings, G. Andrews,\\nD. Glendall, J. Guild, M. B. Beals, C. E. McAlcster, J.\\nKelland, Wm. B. McCreery, Ch. Rankin, M. D. Seeley, J.\\nN. Burdick, H. ^Vilson, R. P. Aitkin, and Wm. Travis.\\nMany specimens were brought in by farmers and others,\\nand the members generally went to work with a will.\\nSome, who were occupied during business hours, brought\\nin valuable contributions as the result of their morning and\\nevening excursions with the gun or fishing-rod, and ob-\\ntained for their reward, in addition to the consciousness ot\\naiding a worthy cause, improved health and renewed vigor.\\nThe taxidermy was mostly done by Dr. M. Miles and J.\\nB. Clarke, and the numerous specimens of ornithology pre-\\npared by them form a conspicuous portion of the cabinet\\nat the present time.\\nAt a regular meeting, held April 12, 1854, a vote of\\nthanks was tendered the Hon. E. II. Thomson for valuable\\ndonations, which obligations were subsequently frequently\\nrenewed and also to Rev. Chas. Fox, Professor of Agricul-\\nture in the State University, for the donation of a rain-gauge", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n149\\nand other favors. At the nicctiii;; of July 2t;ili following,\\nIlls lauionted death was noticed in appreciative resolutions,\\nwhich were published in the Farmer s Companion and\\nthe Annals of Science.\\nAt the .same meeting it was resolved to hold informal\\nmeetings on Wednesday of each week, which the public\\nwere invited to attend. Dr. Miles read an essay on The\\nDistribution of Animals.\\nThis was the inaugural of a series of public exercises con-\\nsisting of lectures, essays, and diseu.ssions, which were vig-\\norously continued for many months. The fallowing quota-\\ntions from the record show the financial condition of the\\ninstitute in those days. Aug. 2, 1854, an assessment of\\nSI per share was voted to pay indebtedness; and at the\\nsecond annual meeting, held Jan. 8, 1855, the treasurer\\nreported a balance due him of \u00c2\u00a71.31.\\nIn March, 1854, a course of twelve lectures having been\\ncompleted, a series of weekly informal meetings for the dis-\\ncussion of stated subjects was comnicnccd. The subject\\nof geography in all its relations was taken up the topic\\nbeing announced two weeks in advance, was di.scu.ssed after\\nthe report of standing committees. The following report\\nof a committee appointed to classify the matter brought\\nunder discu.ssion will best give evidence of the method pur-\\nsued\\n1st. A committee on topography to report the location\\ni.e., the latitude and longitude of the country or district\\nunder discus.sion its relations to other countries its general\\ncontour and boundaries; its mountain chains, their direc-\\ntion, their absolute and relative heights its table-lands,\\nplains, and swamps its rivers, their sources, general direc-\\ntion, and outlet; its lakes and deserts; its principal political\\ndivisions and important cities.\\n2d. Committee on Geology, to report on its geological\\ncharacteristics.\\n3d. A Committee on Mineralogy, to report what minerals\\nare found and where, with a particular exposition of .such\\nas may be peculiar to the country under consideration.\\n4tli. A Committee on Meteorology and Hydrography, to\\nreport upon climate, its peculiarities and their causes the\\ndistribution of heat, moisture, and evaporation aerial cur-\\nrents storms, rain, snow, etc., with their relations, causes,\\nand influence.\\n5th. A Committee on the Flora, to report upon the indi-\\ngenous plants, particularly the types, genera, and species\\npeculiar to the region.\\nGth. Committee on the Fauna, to report upon the indi-\\ngenous animals and their peculiarity of type, genera, and\\nspecies.\\n7th. Committee on Agriculture and Commerce, to report\\nupon the cultivation, products, exports, and commercial\\nrelations of the country.\\n8th. Committee on Ethnology, to report upon the races\\nof men, their peculiarities and aflinilies.\\nThe first subject taken u[ was Australia and Malaisia,\\nfollowed with South Africa, South America, Cen-\\ntral America, and the West India Islands, North\\nAmerica, Great Britain and Ireland, and Northern\\nEurope, all of which were thoroughly discus.scd, generally\\nwith a full rejiort from each committee; taking South\\nAmerica for example, we find a report was made on topog-\\nraphy by Mr. Stewart; on geology, by Mr. McAlester; on\\nmineralogy, by Mr. Avery on meteorology, by Mr. Beals\\non the flora, by Dr. Clarke; on the fauna, by Dr. Jliles;\\non commerce and agriculture, by Mr. llankin and on\\nethnology, by Dr. Clarke.\\nThus it will be seen a wide range was taken and a large\\nportion of the earth s surface was passed in review. Many\\nfacts of interest were noted and much thought elicited, and,\\nwithout doubt, all engaged in the work profited by it.\\nThe subject was subseriuently continued with a change,\\nthe prograuimo giving more prominence to physical geog-\\nraphy in its general aspects. The following schedule of\\nexercises for the ensuing winter, reported by Dr. Miles, was\\nadopted Nov. 21, 1S5G:\\nNo. 1. On Reliefs of Continents, in three divisions,\\nEastern, Western, and Australia, by Prof Travis.\\nNo. 2. On Islands, by C. E. :McAIcster.\\nNo 3. On Volcanoes and E:irthi|uakes, by II. Seymour.\\nNo. 4. On Ocean Currents, by Dr. Mdes.\\nNo. 5. On Winds, by Dr. Stewart.\\nNo. G. On Isotherms and Climates, by C. L. Avery.\\nNo. 7. On the Influence of the Physical Features of the\\nEarth on Commerce, by F. II. Eankin.\\nNo. 8. On the Geographical Distribution of Plants, by\\nDr. Burdiek.\\nNo. 9. On the Geographical Distribution of Animals, by\\nJ. B. Clarke.\\nNo. 10. On Ethnology, by Dr. Clarke.\\nNo. 11. On Glaciers and the Phenomena of Drift, by\\nWilliam B. McCreery.\\nNo. 12. On the Distribution of Bains, by II. Wilson.\\nWhile these studies were being pursued, the field of dis-\\ncussion was still further enlarged, May 15, 1855, by the\\nadoption of a resolution offered by ^Ir. Rankin, by which\\nSection B was established to meet weekly on another even-\\ning, distinct from that devoted to scientific discu.ssion, for\\nthe purpose of considering subjects of a wider range,\\nincluding history, literature, and art. These meetings\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were carried on simultaneously with the others, with n)ucli\\ninterest in the animated discussion of a variety of subjects.\\nAt the .same time the work of collecting materials for the\\nmuseum was pushed forward until the accumulation became\\nembarrassing, and called out the following resolution, which\\nwas adopted June 22, 1855\\nJicsohed, That the Institute meet in a committee of the\\nwhole, on Saturday evening next, at six o clock, and each\\nconsecutive evening, except Sundays, at the same hour, for\\nthe purpose of arranging and cataloguing the museum.\\nOct. 24, 1855, the executive committee, in a report\\nsetting forth the importance of some better arrangement\\nfor the increa.se and preservation of the museum, recom-\\nmended the a]ipointment of curators to take charge of the\\narrangement of the specinieiis in their respective branches,\\nas follows: Botany and Entomology, Dr. Clarke; Jlineral-\\nogy, M. B. Beals; Osteology and Comparative Anatomy,\\nDr. Stewart Reptiles and Conchology, Dr. Miles Ornith-\\nology, C. L. Avery Paleontology, C. E. McAlester Ich-\\nthyology, E. Dodge; Archeology, J. B. Clark Miscella-\\nneous, G. Andrews.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "150\\nHISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTliese several curators reported from time to time the\\ncotulitioii ami needs of tlieir respective departments.\\nJuly 4, 1855, an entertainment was given by the ladies\\nfor the pecuniary benefit of the institute, the net proceeds\\nof which were $113.0:5; for which a vote of thanlis was\\nj;iven, and also to G. M. Dewey, Esr|., for the very timely\\ndonation of \u00c2\u00a725. This was the first of many entertain-\\nments subsequently given by the ladies of Flint and Gen-\\nesee County, to whom much credit is due for material and\\nin sustaining the enterprise. With the funds tlius obtained\\nat this time valuable additions were made to the library,\\nincluding a subscription to Prof Agassiz great work,\\nContributions to the Natural History of the United\\nStates, a monument to the unceasing labors of the great\\nnaturalist.\\nJan. 2, 185G, a committee was appointed to ini|uire into\\nthe feasibility of publishing a history of Genesee County.\\nThe plan was to combine with an account of the settlement\\na full description of the physical geography and natural\\nhistory in all its departments. Many of the materials were\\nat hand, and probably the project might have been attempted\\nbut that a thorough geological survey of the State, including\\nthis county, seemed to be a desirable preliminary. Accord-\\ningly a committee was appointed, consisting of Dr. Miles,\\nMr. Rankin, and Mr. Bcals, to which the president was\\nadded, who proceeded to bring the subject to the attention\\n(if the Legislature by means of petitions which were circu-\\nlated in all parts of the State, receiving numerous signa-\\ntures; and also Ijy correspondence and personal interviews\\nwith many persons of influence, including the senator and\\nrepresentatives of this county. The project involved great\\nlabor, as well as considerable expense for printing, station-\\nery, and postage, and undoubtedly had an important influ-\\nence in securing by legislative action the geological survey\\nof 1859-60 by Prof Winchell. Dr. Miles was appointed\\nliis assistant, having charge of the zoological department.\\nHis preliminary report, containing a very full list of the\\nanimals, birds, reptiles, and shells found in the State, was\\npublished in the first volume of Prof Winchell s report.\\nThis appointment was a deserved and gratifying compliment\\nto the doctor, and, through his subsequent appointment to\\na professorship in the State Agricultural College, opened an\\navenue to his life s work in a congenial field, which he has\\nmost successfully cultivated. But what was his gaiu was\\nan irreparable loss to the institute.\\nThe foregoing sketch will suBice to give an idea of the\\nplan of work laid out and its results it is needless to extend\\nthe details further. The institute had made another move\\nto a more commodious room, in the building then recently\\nerected by Dewey Crosman, oppo.-^ite the Bryant House.\\nThe civil war, which naturally absorbed every other inter-\\nest, told heavily upon the prosperity of the institute. Its\\nmembers in common with others caught the patriotic in-\\nspiration of the times, and a goodly number responding to\\ntheir country s call went forth to battle in her behalf I or\\nhumanity and free institutions, some of them, alas never\\nto return. Nunez Pratt, a sterling young man, a brother\\nof Iliin. Herbert Pratt, of Lansing, also a member of the\\ninstitute, was killed in the first campaign in South Carolina.\\nCapt. Simeon Guild, a graduate of Jlichigan Uuiver.^ity,\\nwith promise of a useful life conscientiously devoted to the\\nbest interests oj humanity, was released from his position\\nas principal of the Second Ward Union School to take a\\ncaptain s commission in the 8lh Begimcnt. Falling in the\\nattack upon Fort AVagner, he was deemed worthy by his\\nchivalrous foe to share the destiny of the gallant Col. Shaw,\\nof Ma.^sachusetts, and thus his friends were denied the\\nmelancholy satisfaction of giving his remains a Christian\\nburial. Like others, he carried bis interest in the institute\\nwith him, and a consignment of specimens from Port\\nRoyal, received after the news of his death bad reached\\nhere, is an earnest of what he might have done had his life\\nbeen .spared. Charlie Rankin, son of the efiicient secretary\\nof the institute, a promising young man, and true as steel\\nin every position which he was called to occupy, and\\nCharlie Jloon. an only son, the pet and hope of his fimily,\\na genial companion and active member of the institute,\\nboth went forth in the flush and buoyancy of youth, soon\\nto be returned upon a soldier s bier, the former the victim\\nof disease, and the latter falling on the field of battle.\\nCapt. Damon Stewart, another early and earnest member\\nof the institute, lost his two brothers, killed in battle; as\\nnoble, gallant boys as any of the martyr band who fell in\\nthe deadly combat. Col. William B. McCrecr}-, the late\\ntrustworthy State treasurer, whose romantic escape from\\nLibby prison is so well known, had many marvelous es-\\ncapes, and came home well riddled with the enemy s bullets.\\nCapt. C. E. McAlester, still another of the institute s early\\nand active members, was more fortunate, returning after a\\nlong and honorable .service unscathed by the missiles of\\nwar.\\nWith such inroads upon its limited membership it may\\nwell be conceived that the most that could be hoped for\\nwas to keep the organization alive and preserve its material\\nfor future use. This was done, but the incubus of the war\\nwas upon every civil enterprise, and it was hard for a time\\nto do anything more. However, an effort was made, and,\\nafter much canvassing, encouragement was received by as-\\nsurance of support to attempt a new start, and for this pur-\\npose the spacious hall now occupied by the Red Ribbon\\nClub was taken in an unfinished condition on a lease for a\\nterm of years. Considerable expense was incurred in fin-\\nishing and furnishing the room, the collection was moved\\nwith much labor, and the new hall was dedicated to science,\\nwith an address from President Angell, of the University.\\nBut disappointment was again encountered, for while many\\nwere prompt and ready to meet their engagements, others\\nneglected and declined to redeem their pledges, and deem-\\ning it unfair and useless to tax the generous friends of the\\ninstitute further it was decided to cancel the indebtedness\\nby a transfer iu trust to the Union School District of the\\ncity of Flint. This was accordingly done, and in the docu-\\nment of conveyance it is set forth that it is received upon\\ntrust to preserve and maintain the library and cabinet of\\nspecimens of said scientific institute in a suitable room or\\nrooms in the high-school building or some other suitable\\nbuilding, and to cause the same to be and remain forever\\nfree to the inhabitants of said city of Flint i or examination\\nand in.spection at all proper times.\\nThus the valuable cabinet illustrating the natural history", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n151\\nof the county and State, the result of years of labor and\\ncare in its collection and preservation, has been lodged in a\\nsafe place, where it can be made directly available in illus-\\ntrating the teachings of science, not only to the pupils of\\nthe high-school, but to all who ni.ay wish to avail themselves\\nof its advantages under proper restrictions. Since it is as\\nmuch at the service of the public as ever, it is to be hoped\\nthat the old interest may be revived, and that each citizen\\nwill, as he has opportunity, contribute to its value by bring-\\ning in such specimens as may come in his way, for should\\nthey be duplicates of what is already possessed they may\\nbe u.seful for exchanges, and thus indirectly add much to\\nthe value of the collection.\\nAlthough the Flint Scientific Institute lia.s suspended\\noperations it has not disorganized, but still remains a cor-\\nporate body, awaiting the coming time when it shall re-\\nvive its work, and, profiting by past experience, enter upon\\na new and more successful career in friendly competition\\nwith the numerous similar institutions which are being fos-\\ntered in all the enterprising cities of the West.*\\nTUE LADIES- LlBltAltY AS.SOCI ATIOX OF FLINT.\\nThis institution the first of its kind in the State, and\\nperhaps in the known world was seemingly the offspring\\nof nece.ssity in the early daj s of this rustic village. It was\\norganized early in the spring of 1851. By special invita-\\ntion of Mrs. T. B; W. Stockton, a small band of ladies met\\nat her residence to consider the practicability of forming\\nsome society to meet the wants of the community, with\\ntheir limited means, to supply the lack of culture for them-\\nselves and their families.\\nThis work the ladies of Flint felt to be theirs and while\\nthe fathers, brothers, and hu.sbands were felling the forests,\\nerecting mills, tilling the soil, and building for their fami-\\nlies new homes, the mothers, wives, and daughters did what\\nwas in their power to furnish wholesome food for the in-\\ntellect.\\nThe result of the first meeting was the forming of an\\nassociation for mutual improvement, and the decision to\\nmeet once a week to discuss literary subjects, to read and\\ncompare ideas on what was read, and a resolution to do what\\nihcy could to establish and sustain a permanent library.\\nA constitution was written and presented by Mrs. R. W.\\nJenny, which was adopted.\\nThe following officers were chosen for the first year:\\nMrs. T. B. W. Stockton, President; Mrs. J. B. Walker,\\nVice-President; Jlrs. II. W. Jenny, Recording Secretary;\\nMrs. Dr. Manly Miles, Treasurer; and Miss Hattie Stew-\\nart, Librarian. A corresponding secretary, a book commit-\\ntee of three, and an executive committee of five persons\\nwere added to the list of officers during the first year.\\nA Her some di.scussion relative to wa3 s and means, and\\nthe prospect of supporting a library, the ladies adj(jurned\\nto meet the following week at the residence of Mrs. William\\nM. Fenton.\\nAt their next meeting was expressed their firm resolve\\nto establish a library, and their organization w;i8 called a\\nThe foregoing history of tiio Flint Scientific In.ititutc was kindly\\nprepared for this work l y Dr. Daniel Clarke, of Flint.\\nLadies Library As.sociation although they had no funds\\nin the treasury save the small sum of 810 from member-\\nship-fees. This sum was immediately laid out for books,\\nand the members decided to supply the lack of reading\\nmatter by furnishing, each from her own store, books and\\nperiodicals, and exchanging with others.\\nSome donations of books followed, the most valuable of\\nwhich was a complete set of works known as Harper s\\nFamily Library, the gift of Chauncey S. Payne, Esq.\\nLectures and various kinds of entertainments were im-\\nprovised to gain funds for books, the proceeds of which\\nthe first year amounted to S160 only; still, the ladies\\nwere in no wise disheartened, and they continued to feast\\nand to entertain the public by lectures, readings, tableaux,\\nand dramatic representations until 240 volumes were placed\\nupon their shelves, as shown by their first catalogue.\\nThese were all carefully chosen.\\nWith increase of members, some liberal donations and\\nrenewed efforts, the next catalogue, in 18r)4, numbered\\nabout 500 volumes. The next issue contained about 2000\\nvolumes, and the jireseiit catalogue (1879) not far from\\n3000 volumes.\\nIn 1853 the association became incorporated under the\\ndirection of the following officers Mrs. C. S. Payne, Pres-\\nident Mrs. II. I. Iliggins, Vice-President; Mrs. A.\\nThayer, Recording Secretary {pro tern.) Mrs. F. II.\\nRankin, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. A. T. Crosman,\\nTreasurer; Mrs. R. W. Jenny, Clerk; and Mrs. J. B.\\nWalker and Mrs. 0. Hamilton, Librarians.\\nAmid many discouragements, the association renewed its\\neffiirts. In ISGl the library was nearly destroyed by fire,\\nbut by the awakened sympathies of the community, and\\nthe amount insured being promptly paid, they were enabled\\nto take advantage of the low prices of books from a failing\\npublishing hou.se, which nearly repaired their lo.ss, and\\nplaced in their collection many valuable works.\\nAt this time the circulation of a subscription paper for\\nthe purpose of providing for the library a more commodious\\nbuilding met with great success. A lot was purchased on\\nthe corner of Beach and Kearslcy Streets, and preparations\\nmade iiir building thereon.\\nDonations of $200 each from several citizens started the\\nsub.scription list, which soon reached a fair sum, and dona-\\ntions of building materials, lumber, and labor, were freely\\ncontiibuted, and within the same year of its commence-\\nment, the corner-stone of the edifice was laid, with Ma.sonie\\nceremonies, under the supervision of the Hon. Win. M.\\nFenton.\\nThe aildress on the occasion was by Hon. George W.\\nFi.sh, now United States consul to Tunis. A I ew original\\nsongs and poems, appropriate to the occasion, added to the\\ninterest of the exercises.\\nThe cost of the building was about SOOOO. It was\\ndedicated June 30, 1868, and the event was replete wiili\\ninterest to the as.sociation and their many warm friends\\nwho were present. The exercises were varied, consisting\\nof addresses, music, congratulatory poems and letters, senti-\\nments and responses. The music was well selected, and\\nconducted with good taste by Win. Stevenson, K.sq.\\nThe dedicatory address was by His Exccllei.cy Governor", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "152\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUiNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCrapo, and contained a high tribute of praise to the ladies\\nfor their zeal and pcrseveranee They, from the begin-\\nning to the present time, have never abandoned their task,\\nor become disheartened in view of discouragements and\\ndifficult ics. Conscious of the good work in which\\nthey were engaged, they have yielded to no obstacles or\\nembarrassments, and the result is this fine structure, both\\na credit and an ornament to the city, these volumes, the\\nchariots of knowledge, and this hall, which they so well\\nadorn, and of which we all may so well be proud.\\nThis dedication of a ladies library building was an event\\nnew iu the annals of our country, but it was soon to be fol-\\nlowed by numerous like associations throughout the State.\\nIn the spring of 1869 the building suffered damage from\\na freshet, which caused the association much expense for\\nrepairs. But this band of ladies, holding the institution\\niu trust for the future women of Flint, allowed nothing to\\ndeter them from continued efforts for its advancement.\\nThey even petitioned the Legislature of their State, hop-\\ning to secure to themselves some benefits or immunities\\nthereby; and it did not prove quite in vain, for their peti-\\ntion is recorded at the capitol, to be read by all, and its\\nbenevolent influence was felt, and the example emulated by\\nthe establishment of ladies libraries in every considerable\\nvillage or hamlet throughout Michigan, as well as some of\\nthe bordering States, who were stimulated to the work by\\nthe reports of their various representatives.\\nIn 1871 the library also celebrated its 20th anniversary.\\nOn this occasion many literary and floral oft erings were\\ncontributed, and valuable gifts in money and books, and\\nmany tokens of encouragement and commendation received\\nfrom persons of long-established literary merit. Varied\\nexercises were held in the library-rooms, many compli-\\nmentary sentiments offered, and supper served in the lower\\nrooms to all the guests.\\nOn March 22, 1870, the centennial year of our nation s\\nlife, the ladies celebrated the ([uartcr-centenniul of their\\nlibrary.\\nAbout 500 invitations were issued, and many distin-\\nguished persons honored the occasion by their presence.\\nComplimentary responses, both in prose and verse, greeted\\nthem, and valuable gifts in money, books, pictures, flowers,\\nand relics were sent iu from abroad, as well as from the cit-\\nizens of Flint, who opened their houses to invited guests.\\nSupper was served to all at the library building, and exer-\\ncises were held both afternoon and evening at the library-\\nhall, all of a high literary character.\\nSeveral sister libraries were well represented, and partici-\\npated in the exercises by able addresses and poems. Many\\ncongratulatory letters were received, some of them from\\nformer members who were unable to be present.\\nThe objects of the society at the outset could not be better\\nexpressed than by quoting a portion of one of these letters\\nfrom one who was present and bore a part in its organiza-\\ntion, Mrs. E. M. Pratt, of Lansing: We remember,\\nwrote she, this organization came of a .sentiment to secure\\nand foster a more cultivated social and moral atmosphere,\\nnot only for ourselves, but for a field beyond, securing\\navenues for wider views, for higher and nobler aspirations.\\nMrs. K. Bartow, of Buffalo, a former member who aided\\nin its formation, writes thus Your kind invitation brings\\na rush of pleasant memories. Its life and growth have\\nbeen a precious desire of mine. I regret I cannot clasp\\nhands, as of old, with the members on the appointed day.\\nThe poem written for, and read on the occasion by Hon.\\nF. n. llankin, was a grand feature in the evening s enter-\\ntainment. It was able, appropriate, and contained a fine\\neulogy on the ladies taste in their selection of books. The\\nfollowing extract may not be out of place\\nWhy talk of printing thoughts? Look around.\\nUpon these shelves the nuswer may be found.\\nNo cave of rubies, no Golconda s mine,\\nNo golden vein, no Oriental shrine,\\nE er knew the wealth of treasure locked away\\nPreserved in printed thoughts; that grand array\\nYou ladies have accumulated here,\\nWhich wc, in this august centenziial year\\nYour quarter-centenary have met to greet\\nTlie fruit of all your labors, so complete.\\nCould guests have finer banquet than wc find?\\nOr with more choice coiupaniunship be joined?\\nThe kings of mind; the emperors of thought;\\nThe intellectual giants who have wrought\\nIn every field of literary fame,\\nIs company entitled to acclaim.\\nAmong the most valuable gifts of hooks at these an-\\nniversaries, should be mentioned Audubon s Birds of\\nAmerica, a magnificent volume (colored from nature and\\nlife-size), with three descriptive volumes, the munificent\\ngift of Hon. Wm. L. Bancroft, of Port Huron and The\\nHistory of the Pacific Races, in five large volumes (con-\\ntaining author s autograph), accompanied with a donation\\nin money from Mr. J. L. Browne, of California, the son of\\nthe late Rev. Daniel E. Browne, a former resident of Flint.\\nAnother gift from the same kind hand was a box of books,\\neminently valuable as being strictly the product of that State,\\nrepresenting not only California artists and authors, but\\nalso every branch of book-making, all of their home-man-\\nufacture.\\nOne volume, especially, containing perfect Views of the\\nYosemite, was published at great expense, and as only a\\nsmall edition was i,ssucd, it may be termed priceless.\\nThe labors of the building committee were unceasing\\nuntil the edifice was completed, at which time they tendered\\ntheir resignation but it was not accepted, on the plea that\\nthey were better acquainted with the claiius and liabilities\\nof the enterprise than the other members, and they were\\npersuaded to serve until the small debt which had been\\nincurred for the early completion of the building should be\\npaid.\\nThis at a later date was accomplished. The committee\\nare entitled to great praise for the earnest discharge of\\ntheir duties. It consisted of the following ladies Mrs. J.\\nB. Walker, Chairman Mrs. R. W. Jenny, Secretary Mr.*.\\nJ. W. Begole, Treasurer i\\\\Irs. G. M. Dewey, Mrs. F. H.\\nRankin, Mrs. H. M. Henderson, Mrs. E. H. McQuigg,\\nand Mrs. A. Thayer.\\nBy earnest request the Hon. J. B. Walker was induced\\nto undertake the superintendence of the work and to his\\nwisdom and energy, witli the active cooperation of the\\nbuilding committee, it was owing that the edifice was so\\nspeedily completed.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "I ln iw. liy W. C. Foote.\\nMRS. E. H. MoQUIGG.\\nE. H. McQUIGG.\\nE. H. McQuigg was born in Spencer, Tioga Co.,\\nN. y., April 10, 1807. At an early age he went\\nto Owego, and lived with his grandmother seven\\nyears upon the old farm, where his grandfather set-\\ntled in 1788, when tiiat country was all a wilderness.\\nWhen a young man he went to Ithaca, where he was\\nemployed as clerk in a store. In 1833 he went to\\nBarton, Tioga Co., where he engaged in business\\nfor himself, carrying on a large mercantile and\\nluml)er business successfully for several yeare. In\\n1845 he purchased a farm of five hundred and\\ntwenty -six acres in the valley of the Susquehanna,\\nand engaged in the dairy business. This enterprise\\nproved profitable to iiim as well as beneficial to the\\ncommunity, as he introtluced many of the improve-\\nments then used by the more advanced dairymen of\\nother parts of New York.\\nIn 1855 he movetl to Flint, where he engaged in\\nthe lumber business with Judge Hyatt and E. C.\\nTurner. They subsequently sold the mill to Gov.\\nCrapo, but retained the pine lands.\\nIn 1865, when the First National Bank of Flint\\nwas organized, he was among its charter members,\\nand has since retained his interest; is at this time\\none of the directors; was president from 1870 to\\n1875.\\nPolitically, he has always been a Democrat. Voted\\nfor Jackson for President, and continues of that faith.\\nDuring the Rebellion hetook decided grounds in favor\\nof sustaining the government was one of ten men\\nto raise five thousand dollars to assist in getting the\\nfirst soldiers into the field from Michigan. Has aided\\nin building the railroads into Flint, and always ad-\\nvocates all local public improvements. Simple in his\\nmode of life, Mr. McQuigg has acquired an ample\\ncompetency. In his busine.ss relations he is strict,\\nsystematic, and successful courteous in all circles of\\nsociety, and honorable in all his dealings.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n153\\nThe fullowing prophecy, in the address to the Quarter\\nCoiiteniiial Celebration, by Mrs. Balantyne, of Port Huron,\\nia very appropriate\\nThe work of these library associations, if the promise\\nfor the future be fulfilled, will be written in broad, inefface-\\nable characters upon the progress of the educational ele-\\nment in our State.\\nThere having been much difference of opinion among\\nthe ladies of the Library Association upon some unimpor-\\ntant question connected with the founding of the society,\\nthe historian is happy to acknowledge the receipt of this\\nhistory, which was prepared by the corresponding secretary\\nof tlie association, and approved by the members at a\\nbusiness meeting.\\nSECRET BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS.\\nMASONIC.\\nGenesee Lodge, No. 23, F. and A. M. The first lodge\\nof the Order of Free and Accepted Jlasons was convened\\nin Flint, April G, 184S, and was organized as Genesee\\nLodge, No. 23. Its first officers were IT. I. Higgins, W. M.\\nChauncoy S. Payne, S. W. Willard Eddy, J. W. Chas.\\nKeighley, Sec. and Treas Wright, S. I). Benjamin\\nBoomer, J. D. Ingals, Tiler.\\nThe lodge held its early meetings in the Starr Building,\\nin the First Ward, owned by Chauncey S. Payne, and since\\nburned. The first member initiated was Col. K. II. Thom-\\nson. It then moved into the Hill Building, on the .south\\nside of Saginaw Street. In December of 1854 it sur-\\nreudrred its charter, and its books and papers were, b} order\\nof the Grand Lodge of the State, together with jurisdiction\\nover its membership, transferred to\\nFlint Lodge, No. 23, F. and A. il/.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This lodge was\\nchartered Jan. 11, 1855, and its first meeting was held\\nJan. 22, 1855, at the old lodge-room of the Genesee Lodge,\\nwhose successor it wa.s. It soon after moved its quarters\\ninto the Higgins Building, and from there into the With-\\nerbee Building, on the opposite side of Saginaw Street,\\nwhere its sessions were held until December, 1875, when\\nthe fraternity erected a lodge-room of their own on Sagi-\\nnaw Street.\\nIts first officers were J. B. Hamilton, W. M. E. F.\\nFrary, S. W. N. A. Judd, J. W. William Clark, Sec;\\nH. L Higgins, Treas.; D. Clark, S. D. A. B. Witherbee,\\nJ. D. George Andrews, Tiler. Its present officers are S.\\nC. Randall, W. M. George W. Buckingham, S. W. C.\\nS. Brown, J. W. Stephen Matthewson, Sec. C. C. Bea-\\nhan, Treas. Jerome Hover, S. D. J. P. Burroughs, J. D.\\nGenesee Lodge, No. 174. The charter of this lodge\\nbears date Jan. 11, 18GG, and its first meetings were held\\nin the rooms of the Flint Lodge, No. 23.\\nIts first officers, so far as is possible to obtain their\\nnames, were J. B. Hamilton, W. M.; F. H. Ilaukin, S.\\nW. W. B. McCreery, J. W. Its present officers are L.\\nC. Whitney, W. M. C. H. Wood, S. W. H. C. Van\\nDusen, J. W. Dr. Noah Bates, Sec. F. H. Rankin,\\nTreas. E. Castrea, S. D. John Leghorn, J. D.\\nW lis/tinglou Cliiiplcr, No. 15. The first meetings of\\nthe chapter, as of the lodges, wore convened at the rooms\\nof Flint Lodge, No. 23, April 1, 185G.\\n20\\nIts charter members were C. K. Williams, Willard Eddy,\\nS. D. Ilalsey, Isaac Wixon, B. J. Lewis, C. S. Payne, G.\\nWatrou.s, J. McFarlin, Jeremiah Smith, J. B. Hamilton,\\nJ. H. Watrous, J. R. Smith.\\nIts first officers were Chauncey K. Williams, II. P. J.\\nB. Hamilton, King; C. S. Payne, Scribe; F. II. Rankin,\\nSec; T. C. Meigs, Treas. Its present officers are Rev.\\nMarcus Lane, H. P. Stephen Matthewson, King G. W.\\nBuckingham, Scribe II. C. Van Dusen, C. II. Dr. Noah\\nBates, Sec. E. S. Williams, Treas.\\nGenesee Valley Comviandery. This organization re-\\nceived its charter on the 14th of June, 18G5.\\nIts charter members and first officers were J. B. Ham-\\nilton, E. C. P. H. Stewart, Gen l J. C. Allen, C. G\\nW. B. Buckingham, Prelate; M. S. Elmo re, S. W. R,\\nFord, J. W.; 0. Stone, St d B r; B. J. Lewis, Sw d B r\\nJ. F. Joslin, Warden. The present officers are C. S\\nBrown, E. C. J. B. F. Curtis, Gen l C. H. Wood, C. G.\\nM. S. Elmore, Prelate C. F. Lander, S. W. Albert My-\\ners, J. W. M. Pettibone, Rec. E. S. Williams, Treas.\\nThe present lodge-rooms of the Ma.sonic organizations of\\nthe city of Flint are located on Saginaw Street, adjoining\\nthe Bryant House. The two upper stories of the building\\nare owned by the lodges, and are 4G by 101) feet in dimen-\\nsions. They were built by subscription, at a cost of $10,000,\\nand are comfortably and substantially furnished.\\nINDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FELLOW.S.\\nGenesee Lodge, No. 24, 0. 0. F. This lodge was\\ninstituted June 1, 1847, by Deputy Grand Master Alfred\\nTreadway, of Pontiac, under a dLspensation granted by the\\nM. W. Grand Master, Andrew J. Clark, of Niles. The\\ndispensation was replaced by a charter from the Grand\\nLodge, July 22, 1847. The lodge reported on the 30th\\nof June of the same year 33 contributing members.\\nIts first officers were Edward H. Thomson, N. G. Geo.\\nM. Dewey, V. G. Charles D. Little, Sec. Sylvester A.\\nPengra, Treas. E. H. Thomson was the first representa-\\ntive from Genesee Lodge to the Grand Lodge of Michigan,\\nand was also its first District Deputy Grand Master.\\nThe second corps of officers of the lodge, installed ia\\nJanuary of 1848, were George M. Dewey, N. G. Charles\\nD. Little, V. G. Sylvester A. Pengra, Sec George H.\\nHazel ton, Treas.\\nIts present officers are William II. Morri.son, N. G.\\nWilliam H. Brewer, V. G. Herbert Campbell, Rec. See.\\nDavid Anderson, Financial Sec. Francis H. Rankin,\\nTreas.\\nGenesee Lodge is proud of a distinction not enjoyed by\\nany other lodge in the State, that of having produced\\nfrom its members five Grand Masters of the order for the\\njurisdiction of Michigan, one of whom was twice elected.\\nThey were, in 185.5^ William M. Fenton 1859, B. W.\\nDennis; 18G4, B. W. Dennis; 18G9, J. S. Curtis; 1872,\\nV. II. Rankin; 1878, E. H. Thonuson.\\nThe spacious and elegant hall and rooms occupied by\\nGene.see Lodge were constructed expressly for the use of\\nthe order in 1875, under an agreement with F. W. Judd,\\nEsq., who was then constructing the fine building known\\nas the Judd Block. The hall was formally dedicated Feb.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "154\\nHISTORY OF GENKSEE COUxNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n2, 1876, by Grand Master George Dean, of Detroit, assisted\\nby other officers of the Grand Lodge. It is approached by\\na capacious stairway from Saginaw Street, and occupies tlie\\nentire upper story of the Judd Blocic. It is divided into\\ntlie iudge-room, 421 by 60 feet; aute-room, 22 by 30 feet;\\nand reception-room, 16 feet square. They are appropri-\\nately furni.shcd, brilliantly lighted with gas, and the walls\\nadorned with emblems.\\nFrieiiih/iip Lodge, No. 174-, I. 0. 0. F. This lodge was\\norganized Nov. 28, 1871, its charter members being W. A.\\nMiller, George L. Clark, Joseph Wilson, L. B. CoUis, A.\\nC. Lyon, Hiram Cooper, Robert Patrick, Jr., Joseph L.\\nBrown, William II. Fay, S. J. Reynolds, and M. G. Cuolcy.\\nThe following were the first ofiicers elected W. A. 51 il-\\nler, N. G. Hiram Cooper, V. G. Robert Patrick, Treas.\\nJoseph AVilson, Sec. M. G. Couley, 0. G. Joseph L.\\nBrown, I. G. L. B. CoUis, Con. Its meetings are held\\nin a commodious and well-appointed hall rented for the\\npurpose. This lodge luis grown steadily in numbers and\\ninfluence since its organization.\\nIts present officers are Henry K. Firth, N. G. H. II.\\nAlvord, V. G. Edward Sterner, R. See. L. B. Collis, Sec.\\nWilliam Perry, Treas. J. R. Cook, W. H. J. Miller, C.\\nO. B. McKnitt, 0. G. John Parkhurst, I. G. The lodges\\nof this order in Flint arc both in an exceedingly flourish-\\ning condition.\\nThe Odd- Fellows have also an Encampment of Patriarchs\\nin the city, known as the Flint River Fiicampment, No. 28.\\nKNIUnTS or PYTHIAS.\\nThe order of Knights of Pythias is represented in Flint\\nby Ivanhue Lodge, No. 27, which was establi-shcd under\\ndispensation from tlie Grand Lodge of Michigan, Sept. 10,\\n1875. The warrant members were Knights W. H. Lyon,\\nJoseph Wilson, C. A. White, J. W. B. Kriuns, AViliiam\\nBaillie, L. W. Miller, G. W. Pond, W. E. Miner, J. Shep-\\nard, C. A. Fox, Henry Howland, J. L. Brown, William\\nCharles, C. E. McAlester, W. E. Braman, L. C. Prescott,\\nR. S. Pitt, W. W. Barnes, W. A. Atwood, Oren Stone,\\nH. R. Lovcll, H. W. Fairbank, A. L. Aldrich, G. M.\\nBrown, S. Darling, C. M. Wisner, and George H. Durand.\\nThe fii-st elective officers were W. H. Lyon, P. C. A. L.\\nAldrich, C. C. C. A. White, V. C. W. Charles, P. J.\\nW. B. Kriuns, K. of R. and S. William Baillie, M. E.\\nL. W. Miller, M. F. The lodge obtained its full charter\\nin Februaiy, 1878. There are now 45 members, of whom\\n25 belong to the diill-corps. They have the full-dress\\nregulation uniform of the order, and have paraded on vari-\\nous public occasions, always with credit to themselves and\\nthe order. Their first public parade was on the Centennial\\nFourth of July.\\nSince the organization of the lodge death has not de-\\npleted its numbers. The present officers arc C. E. Mc-\\nAlester, P. C. H. R. Lovell, C. C. W. B. Armstrong,\\nV. C. William Charles, P. H. AV. Fairbank, K. of R.\\nand S. W. A. Patterson, M. E. Jesse Warren, M. F.\\nFred. Harris, M. A. E. Barton, I. G. and W. A. Gal-\\nbraith, 0. G. Weekly convocations arc held on each Wed-\\nnesday. In connection with the lodge there is also a section\\nof the endowment rank of the order, which was instituted\\nJan. 7, 1878, with 17 members, since increased to 23,\\ncarrying eleven onc-thousand-dollar and twenty-two two-\\ntliousand-dollar insurance policies on the mutual plan. Its\\npresent officers are A. L. Aldrich, President C. E. Mc-\\nAlester, Vice-President H. R. Lovell, Sec. and Treas.\\nW. Charles, Chaplain John Stevens, Guide W. J. Pegg,\\nGuard; J. Warren, Sentinel.\\nAPOLLO COUNCIL, NO. 27, ROYAL AUCANUJI,\\nwas organized Nov. 12, 1877, with the following gentlemen\\nas charter members Dr. Noah Bates, Wm. W. Joyner,\\nHenry L. Young, Dr. Wm. Fobes, Dr. James, B. F. Curtis,\\nWm. Dullam, Frank Dullam, R. H. Hughs, Leroy C.\\nWhitney, 11. S. Pitt, Chas. C. Beahan, Stephen Stoddard,\\nR. E. Farnliam, Stephen Mathowson, Hiram D. Ilerrick,\\nFrank W. Switzer, Wm. H. Foote, Jas. A. Armstrong,\\nPhilo D. Phillips, Alfred C Nichols, Geo. E. Newall, Jacob\\nAarons, Dr. Bela Cogshall, Dr. Geo. W. Ilowhmd, P. F.\\nCleveland, Dovillo Goodrich, Orris C. Goodrich, Warren\\nC. Foot, Chas. L. Sopcr, S. V. Hakes, Horatio N. Mather,\\nJas. J. Hurley, Robt. J. Whaiey, Albert Myers, M. A.\\nWatson, G. D. Dewey, J. A. Tivey, Hurley R. Clark, Chas.\\nHarrison, James Johnson, Chas. A. Pettibone, Milton\\nPettibone, H. P. Seymour, Salem Wolcott, Frank A.\\nJones, David W. iMoon, E. L. Van Wormer, J. P. Bur-\\nroughs, J. R. Jones, Herman L. Piereon, Ed. A. Russell,\\nC. Whitney, Fred. A. Harris, B. W. Simington, Nicholas\\nLevine, John McKercher, Geo. L. McQuigg, Delaskio D.\\nFreeman, V^xw. Ac^kermuu, John Ilo.^s, Dr. II. N. Murray,\\nGeorge M. Bushnell.\\nIts present officers are W. W. Joyner, Past Regent; H.\\nL.Young, Regent; S. Mathewson, Vice-Regent; George\\nW. Ilowland, Orator; D. W. Moon, Sec; Joseph A. Tivy,\\nCollector Albert Myers, Treas.; Wm. Fobes, Chaplain II.\\nD. Ilerrick, Guide J. R. Jones, AVarden.\\nANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.\\nFliid Lodge, No. 22. This order was instituted in\\nFlint, Nov. 21, 1877, with the following gentlemen as its\\nfirst officers Past Master- Workman, Samuel C. Randall\\nMaster- Workman, Henry R. Lovell; General Foreman,\\nLeroy C. Whitney Overseer, Chailes H. Ripley Recorder,\\nJames A. Armstrong Receiver. Henry M. Mason Finan-\\ncier, Charles Mansfield Guide, George W. Burbank\\nInside Watchman, Joseph M. Corkey Outside Watch-\\nman, Franklin Shank.\\nIt original members embraced the following names\\nSamuel C. Randall, Henry R. Lovell, Leroy C. Whitney,\\nCharles H. Ripley, James A. Armstrong, Albert Atwood,\\nDaniel Galliver, Michael Mulroy, Andrew B. Cha]iiii,\\nM.D., Charles L. Bartlett, Henry M. Mason, Charles\\nMansfield, George AV. Burbank, .Joseph M. Corkey, Frank-\\nlin Shank, John Zimmerman, Herbert Campbell, Aluioii\\nM. Woodin, Bela Cogshall, M.D.\\nThe following are its present officers P. M. W., Leroy C.\\nAVhitney; M. W., Albert Atwood; Foreman, John Zim-\\nmerman Overseer, Joseph M. Corkey Recorder, James\\nA. Armstrong; Receiver, Henry M. Mason; Financier,\\nHenry M. Pierce Guide, Richard H. Gary J. W., Frank-\\nlin Shank 0. W., Jacob llanb.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY\\n155\\nKNIGHTS OF HONOR.\\nWolverine Loilgn. Tliis order was fii st established in\\nFlint in 1870, Wolverine Lodge having been organized\\nDecember 4th of that year, with the following charter mem-\\nbers William DuUam, Frank Duliam, G. W. Lowe, George\\nK. Newall, William IL French, George L. Walker, Bela\\nCogshall, William II. Joyner, William Ackerman, 11. H.\\nHughes, David Ballantyne, Jacob Aarons, L. 11. Gardner,\\nJames McCadden, J. P. Burroughs, E. A. Davis, L. C.\\nWhitney, James H. Failing, Thomas Bergen, C. C. Behan,\\nW. L. Watorhouse, L. D. Cook, 11. E. Farnluim, 11. S. Pitt,\\nand Jesse H. Warren.\\nIts first officers were George E. Newall, Dictator; Wil-\\nliam n. French, Vice-Dictator William W. Joyner, As-\\nsistant Dictator George W. Lowe, Chaplain William\\nDuliam, Keporter; Bela Cogshall, Financial Reporter;\\nFrank Duliam, Treasurer; William Ackerman, Guide;\\nDavid Ballantyne, Guardian L. H. Gardner, Sentinel\\nGeo. E. Newall, W. W. Joyner, Wni. Duliam, Trustees.\\nThe present officers arc L. D. Cook, Dictator; William\\nFobes, Vice-Dictator Thomas Bergen, Assistant Dictator\\nJohn McKcrcher, Reporter John Leghorn, Financial\\nReporter; Frank Duliam, Treasurer William L. Falkner,\\nCha]ilain p]dward Jones, Guide William D. llosecrans.\\nGuardian; James BothwcU, Sentinel; G. L. Walker, G.\\nE. Newall, W. W. Joyner, Trustees.\\nThe lodge has added to its numbers since the date of oi\\nganization thirty-three members, and of the whole number\\nhave lost but four. The charter members have paid to the\\nWidows and Orphans Benefit Fund each the sum of $32.\\nThe sessions arc held in the .spacious hall of the Knights of\\nPyihia.s, leased for the purpose.\\nST. jircn.-vEL s benevolent society.\\nThis society, which is purely benevolent in character, was\\norganized under the pastorate of Rev. Father Charles De-\\ncueninck, in 186G. It has among its chief aims the burial\\nof its members, for which there is a fund provided by the\\nsociety, and a sum especially devoted to the widow and or-\\nphans of deceased niembei-s. It has accomplished a good\\nwork among the Catholic population, by whom it is sus-\\ntained, and is still strong and flourishing. The present\\nofficers are Daniel Ryan, President; Michael Gillespie,\\nTreasurer; Patrick Burns, Secretary. Its meeting.s are\\nheld monthly.\\nCATHOLIC -MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASS0CI.4.TI0N.\\nThis society was organized in the year 1878, under the\\nauspices of Rev. Robert AV. Haire, and embodies the prin-\\nciple of life insurance as one of its main features. It num-\\nbers GO members, and derives the revenue for its sujiport\\nfrom an initiation fee of \u00c2\u00a73.50 per member and an assess-\\nment of 61.10 at the death of any member, at which time\\nhis family or survivors arc entitled tn the sum of S2000\\nupon the refiuisite proof being produced of his dccea.se. Its\\nofficers are J. D. Lavin, President Stephen Hughes, Vice-\\nPresident Thomas Page, Secretary.\\nST. .MirilAEl/s LITEIIAUY SOflETV.\\nThis society was also established in 1878, under the\\nauspices of Prof, .lohn l onovan, and numbeis -tO members.\\nIts purpose is indicated in its name. Its officers are AVil-\\nliam White, President; William Coggins, Vice-President;\\nAustin Daly, Treasurer Dennis Ilouran, Secretary.\\nTHK FLINT FIRE DKPARTMENT.\\nIn May, 1852, a large fire occurred in Flint, which de-\\nstroyed much property. Realizing the necessity of jiroviil-\\ning against a similar calamity, one of the leading journals\\npublished a strong appeal to the citizens, headed Shall we\\nhave a Fire-Engine? a portion of which we quote It is\\nthe opinion of per-sons competent to judge that one good\\nengine effectively worked could have stayed the conflagra-\\ntion when it was discovered. Flint is still without a flre-\\nengine, though wo have the best possible material for one.\\nLet us then have a fire-engine, whether it be purchased by\\nvoluntary subscriptions, assessment, or tax. The good\\ncitizens of Flint took some time to consider the practica-\\nbility of this suggestion, and fitialW, in October, 1855, a\\npetition signed by M. i\\\\Iiles and twenty-three others was pre-\\nsented to the city council and voted upon favorably by that\\nbody, the result being that \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ear/le Fire Company, No. 1,\\nof the City of Flint, was organized. Just previous to this\\na very disastrous fire had occurred by which two-thirds of\\nthe west side of Main Street was burned to the ground, the\\nloss having been estimated at $35,000. The buildings con-\\nsumed were of wood, and by a city ordinance they were re-\\nplaced by substantial brick structures. In November of the\\nsame year the city council passed an elaborate series of by-\\nlaws and ordinances with reference to the fire department\\nof the city of Flint, embracing thirty-four sections, in which\\nthe duties of the department were prescribed, and many\\nclau-ses inserted with reference to the prevention of fires.\\nLater, Wm. Fenton was appointed chief engineer of the\\nfire department, and one assistant engineer and two fire war-\\ndens were named fjr each ward. The same date a reso-\\nlution was passed by the council, appropriating S400 to\\npurchase two fire-engines, and $200 to organize a fire de-\\npartment.\\nThe following petition was presented Nov. 17, 1855:\\nTo THE JIavor, REroniiEii, Axi) Ai.deiimen of the City of Flint:\\nThe undersignoil petitioners would respectfully repropent thtit flic\\nprotection of property in this city dciuands a large and bettor lire-\\nengine tlian the one now owned by the city, and would therefore re-\\nquest your honorable body to call a meeting of the tax-paycr-s of thi.s\\ncity at the earliest possible time for the purpose of authorizing the\\ncommon council to purch.asc a .suitable fire-engine, and authorize them\\nto pledge the credit of the city therefor, and as in duty bound your\\npetitioners will ever pray, etc.\\nFlint, Nov. 17, 1855.\\nOn the 19th of November of the same yc.av the follow-\\ning petition was presented\\nTo THE Common Council of tiii; City or Flint\\nThe undersigned petition for the formation of a hook-and-Iaddor\\ncompany, and that provision bo made for supplying such company\\nwith suitable ladders, liooks, and other ncces.sary apparatus; and in\\nease the same be furnished we agree to form ourselves into a company\\nfor the purpose under the ordinance heretofore passed, and such further\\nordinanco or acts of the common council as may be passed.\\n(Signed)\\nDated Flint, Xov. 10, lR.i5.\\nThe record then states that on a motion of the council, I\\nF. Frary, J. B. Garson, 11. .\\\\iider.son, E. Cook, Giles Bishop,\\n(Signed)", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "156\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJohn Pelbridire, John Sutton. W. S. Patrick, James Gkiy,\\nAlonzo Gary, H. C. Rising. J. G. Towuer, G. D. Curtis,\\nL. R. Buckini:hani. W. R. Scovillc, James Bailey, G. W.\\nHill, Cyrus Goff, Daniel O SuUivan, Thomas Heather. W.\\nGazlay be and are hereby appointed hook-and-ladder men,\\nand that they, together with such other hook-and-ladder\\nmen as may be hereafter appointed, be and are hereby\\nauthorized to form themselves into a company to be desig-\\nnated Hook-and-Luthler Gunpaiiy, No. 1, of the city of\\nFlint, and that s:iid company shall consist of thirty men.\\nA motion was oflFered that John B. Hamilton, C. K.\\nWilliams, C. F. Brixiker, George Andrews. M. W. Lake,\\nG. W. Ferri.s, H. Wilson, Henry Seymour, Gaston Polhaus,\\nC. L. Avery, C. H. Curtis, J. Furman, T, C. Meigs, L.\\nBuckingham, Edward Clark, Sumner Howard. Sherman\\nCadweli. E. G. Williams, M. L. Frary, William Mason,\\nJohn Kelland, J. H. Skidmore, George Watkins, C. E.\\n^IcAlester. J. B. Clark, and H. R. Clark be and are hereby\\nappointed fire-engine men, and that they, together with\\nsuch other fire-engine men as may be hereafter appointed,\\nbe and are hereby authorized to form themselves into a\\ncompanv, to be designated Eagle Fire-Enrjine Company,\\nNo. 1, of the city of Flint, and that such company shall\\nconsist of 40 men.\\nMarch 15th of the following year, carriages, hooks,\\nladders, ropes, etc., were procured for the use of the de-\\npartment at a cost of 8261.81. Soon after the thorough\\norgimization of the fire department, and on the occasion of\\na public demonstration, their appearance and the excellence\\nof their drill called forth much praise from the citizens\\nand the press.\\nOn the morning of February 2d a large fire occurred in\\nthe barns of the Northern Hotel, in the city, totally de-\\nstroying them. The hotel was saved through the exertions\\nof the fire department, which won many compliments for\\ntheir skill in arresting the flames. In the month of June,\\n1S57, Hon. William M. Fenton, Chauncey K. Williams,\\nand Washington O Donoughue were appointed a committee\\nto draft articles of association, by-laws, and a constitution\\nfor the permanent organization of the fire department of\\nthe city of Flint.\\nThese gentlemen after completing their labors submitted\\nthe result, and the by-laws and constitution prepared by\\nthem were unanimously adopted by the council. Under\\nthe new org;inization the following oflBeers were elected\\nHon. E. H. Thomson, President E. Frank Frary, Vice-\\nPresident; D. S. Fox, Secretary; W. O Donoughue, Treas-\\nurer; W. C. Cummings, Collector.\\nMeanwhile, the demand for another engine having\\narisen, an additional company was organized, under the\\ntitle of Protection Engine Company, No. 2, and an engine\\npurchased for it in October of 1S57. Col. Fenton was\\nsucceeded by J. B. Hamilton as chief engineer, and he was\\nfollowed by Col. Alvin T. Crosman. J. C. Decker was\\nthen appointed, and later William M. Fenton filled the office\\na seeond time, and died May 12, 1S71, while in the dis-\\ncharge of his duties. The assistant engineer acted until the\\nfollowing April, when J. C. Decker was re-appointed, and\\nWilliam Dullam officiated for a brief period as his successor,\\nwhen James Williams, the present incumbent, was appointed.\\nThe death of Col. William M. Fenton caused profound\\nsorrow throughout the entire community. His public\\ncareer had been a distinguished one, having twice been\\nchosen to fill the office of lieutenant-governor, and serving\\nwith distinction as colonel of the 8th Regiment Michigan\\nInfantry during the war of the Rebellion. In his legal\\nprofession he was extensively known throughout the State,\\nand regarded as among the ablest jurists. In private life\\nhe was esteemed for his many virtues, and was justly spoken\\nof by one who knew him well as a perfect exemplar of\\nhigh-toned Christian morality.\\nHis funeral obsequies were made the occasion of a re-\\nmarkable public demonstration, in which many citizens and\\nsocial organizations of the county united to do honor to his\\nmemory.\\nThe Fire Department passed the following resolutions\\nWtereni, The Don. William M. Fenton. in the instant ilisoharge\\nof his dnties ns Chief Engineer of the Fire Dep.irtmcnt. has met with\\nan unforeseen accident fatal to his life, which he has thus given for this\\ncommunitT and whereas, bv his death, we have lost a chief who\\nwas not only a model officer, but the impersonation of all the virtues\\nwhii. h belong to the perfect fireman therefore\\nUexoieai. That we mourn his untimely death with keen anguish\\nthat, while acknowledging indeed that a life like his. so full of honor-\\nable living, widespread usefulness, gcnenms deeds, kindly affections,\\nand considerate care for the comfort of all who made his acquaintance,\\nwould in any event close too soon, yet in view of all the department\\nhoped from his counsel, energy, and example, we feel his death could\\nnot have been to us more inopportune.\\nRfolrexi, That we testify our respect for his memory by draping\\nour rooms, engines, and apparatus, and wearing the usual badge of\\nmourning for thirty days, and as a further testimony of our regard,\\nwe will take part in his funeral obsequies in full force.\\nResohetl, That these resolutions be published in the city papers,\\nand a copy delivered to the family of the deceased with assurances of\\nour sympathy with them in this their sad affliction.\\nIn August of 1856 the extensive steam flouring-mills\\nof Messrs. W. and 0. Hamilton, and known as the Gene-\\nsee Mills, were burned, all efforts to safe them having proved\\nfutile, and the loss having been estimated at \u00c2\u00a723,000.\\nAug. 14, 1S5S, a very destructive fire occurred on Sagi-\\nnaw Street, consuming much property. Another occurred\\nin February of 1861, on the corner of Saginaw and Kears-\\nley Streets, in the store occupied by James Henderson\\nCo., resulting in its entire destruction, involving much\\nloss.\\nIn January of 1872 a fire originated in the furniture\\nwarerooms of F. B. Hill Co., at which the firemen dis-\\ntinguished themselves for bravery, two of them passin::\\nthrough much danger in their efforts to save property. A\\n(x nflagration occurred at the stave- and heading-mill of\\nGrant Decker, which the chief engineer pronounced the\\nhottest within his recollection, much damage having been\\ndone to material. These few instances are mentioned as\\noccasions when the firemen did signal service, and by their\\nstrenuous efforts rescued much valuable property from the\\nfurther ravages of the flames.\\nThe department was reorganized in 1867, the city coun-\\ncil having determined to purchase a steam fire-engine. After\\nthorough examination by Chief Engineer Decker, and mem-\\nbers of the committee of the fire department of the city, a\\nsteam fire-engine, manufactured by H. C. Silsby Co., of\\nSeneca Falls, was purchased and christened the Col. Fenton,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "JAJIES VAN VLEET.\\nMRS. JAMES VAN VLEET.\\nAmong the emiijrants wlio flocked to this country in its early\\ndays to assist in developing the wondrous wealth of its resources,\\nand to found the best and greate.-t government of the age, was\\na family of Hollanders, hearing the name of Van Vleet, who\\nsettled in the State of New .lersey. Among the descendants\\nof this family was Jared Van Vleet, who was born on the\\nsecond day of March, 1790, and at the age of four years re-\\nmoved with his father s family to the then wilderness of\\nWestern New York, locating in Seneca County. His father\\nbought of the government a farm in the town of Lodi, and\\nsettled there, esperiencing the hardships usually incidental to\\na pioneer life. For four months the family lived under a\\nwagon box. This farm he improved, and it furnished him\\nwith a coinfortalile home until, at a ripe old age, he was taken\\nto become on of the innumerable concourse of the dead.\\nJared married Dolly Swarthout, and soon after purchased\\na farm in the town of KomuUis, on which he resided until a\\nfew years previous to his death, which occurred Nov. 23,\\n1876. On this farm James was born, July 28, 1810, and grew\\nto manhood, varying his summer s work on the farm with the\\nwinter s attendance upon the jiublic sehi ols. Sept. 30, 1841,\\nhe was married to Miss Mary Ann Cooley, daughter of Justus\\nand Elizabeth (Archer) Cooley, who was born at Blooming\\nGrove, Orange Co., N. Y May 1, 1822. For the two years\\nsucceeding his marriage he worked land on shares, but be-\\ncoming dissatisfied with that mode of life, resolved to com-\\nmence anew in some part of the country where land could be\\nbought at low rates. In pursuance of this resolution he, in\\nthe winter of 1843-44, traded what little property he had been\\nable to accumulate for eighty acres of land in the town of\\nGaines, in this county.\\nIn the following spring he came on to view his new posses-\\nsions, and was not very favorably impressed with the appear-\\nance of things. The land was wild and covered with dense\\ntimber, through which no roads had yet been cut but his reso-\\nlution was not changed, and in June he, with his wife and one\\nchild, left his former home, and traveling by way of the\\ncanal and lake, landed in Detroit on the seci n l day of July,\\n1844. From Detroit to their new home the journey was made\\nby team, and as soiui as possible a log house was built, into\\nwhich they moved while it was yet unfurnished with either\\nfloor, door, or windows. The lack of a door was supplied by\\nhanging a blanket across the doorway.\\nAt this time they found them.selve3 without either stock,\\nprovisions, team, farming utensils of any kind, and with but\\ntwenty-five cents in money. But it being harvest time there\\nwas plenty of work, and the lack of provisions was speedily\\nsupplied. To add to the hardships of their situation, in Oc-\\ntober Mrs. Van Vleet was taken sick, and, on account of a\\nscarcity of female help, her husband was obliged to cut a road\\nthrough the woods and remove her in a sleigh to the house of\\na neiirhbor, a mile and a half away, in order that she might\\nhave the care and attention of one of her own sex during her\\nillness, which lasted until the following February.\\nFor five years Mr. Van Vleet worked for others before he\\nwas able to get land enough cleared to enable him to depend\\nupon his own farm for his living. During that time life was\\nanything but a holiday, and they were called upon to endure\\nmany privations and face man} dangers. Mrs. Van Vleet\\nsold a gold ring she had for one dollar and fifty cents, and\\nwith the money thus procured bought a hat and two pairs of\\npants for her husband. She says they were perfectly happj\\nhaving no plate, jewelry, fine clothes, or money to worry\\nabout. Three years after coming here, Mr. Van Vleet had\\nsucceeded in getting three cows and an ox-leani, and thought\\nhimself on the highway to success, but one ox and all of the\\ncows died, and their loss was seriously felt. Still he persevered,\\nand in 18.50 began to see signs of progre.ss, and felt the cur-\\nrent of the incoming tide of prosperity which has placed him\\nin independent circumstances. The farm of eighty acres had,\\nat the time of his removing from it, increased to three hundred\\nand twenty acres, mostly improved, and beautified by one of\\nthe finest farm residences in the county.\\nFormerly a member of the Democratic party, James Van\\nVleet left it at the time of the Kansas troubles, and upon the\\norganization of the Kepublican party joined and has since\\nbelonged to that political organization. He held many town\\noflSces; among them school inspector twelve years, justice\\nof the peace sixteen years, and supervisor eighteen years.\\nElected to the latter office first in 1847, he left it in 1868 to ac-\\ncept the office of county treasurer, the duties of which office\\nbe discharged for seven years, the last three as deputy treas-\\nurer. In 1864 and again in 1866 he was chosen by his fellow-\\ncitizens to represent tlie first district of the county in the State\\nLegislature.\\nJan. 1, 1869, he left the farm, and has since resided in the\\ncity of Flint, where he has been called upon to serve as super-\\nvisor of the Third Ward for four years. He is now (in\\ncompany with his son Jared) engaged in the real-estate and\\ninsurance business.\\nHis children are as follows: Albert B., born Oct. 9, 1842,\\nmarried Edna Brainard, and is now living upon the farm\\nAnn E., born Oct. 31, 1844, married William U. Fairchild\\nJared, born Oct. 2, 1848, married Agnes J. Gibson and John\\nC, born Feb. 25, 18, -)2.\\nMr. Van Vleet isoneof the substantial citizens of the county\\nhe bears an unblemished reputation and a character of unim-\\npeachable integrity. In all positions he has been called to fill\\nne has acquitted himself with honor, and to the perfect satis-\\nfaction of his constituents. His life is alike honorable to him-\\nself and an example to the young, who should strive to emulate\\nthe sterling virtues it has exemplified.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n157\\nin compliment to that gentleman s untiring zeal in the inter-\\nests of the department.\\nThe naming of this engine was during its manufacture\\nkept a profound secret, and was not only a surprise to the\\ncolonel but a matter of gratification to his friends.\\nLater, another steamer, manufactured by the Amoskeag\\nManufacturing Company, of Manchester, N. H., was pur-\\nchased and named The CUy of Flint.\\nIn April, 1870, another change was effected which re-\\nsulted in a paid fire department, under which condition it\\nnow exists.\\nThe present force is organized as follows: James Wil-\\nliams, Chief Engineer James C. Decker, Atssistant Engi-\\nneer George AVest, Engineer of Steamers James iSniith,\\nDriver of Steamers; Charles Rose, Driver of Hose-Cart;\\nCharles Hovey, Foreman of Ilose; George Miller, Edward\\nHenncs, Clarence Brown, Edward Skinner, John Ilose,\\nCharles Beck with, Thomas Murphy, Ira Aplin, Daniel Car-\\nroll, Judson Matthews, Daniel Chapman, piperaen.\\nThe apparatus at the present time comprises two steam\\nfire-engines, two hose-carts, one hand-engine, one hook-and-\\nladder truck, and 2700 feet of hose. All of which, except\\nthe hand-engine, are kept in the engine-house, corner of\\nSaginaw and Third Streets. This is a three-story brick\\nbuilding, erected in 18G3. It is 70 by 80 feet in size;\\nthe first and third floors are used by the fire department,\\nand the second by the city council. A small engine-house\\nis situated on Saginaw Street, between First and Second,\\non the north side of the river, where is stationed the hand-\\nengine.\\nWATER-SUPPLY.\\nThe water-supply of the city is chiefly derived from two\\nartesian wells, and from large reservoirs located in various\\nparts of the city, which are filled from the river, or other-\\nwise, as convenience dictates. Three artesian wells have\\nbeen sunk in Flint. The first, or Crapo well, was un-\\ndertaken by a regularly chartered company, organized under\\nthe name of the Flint Salt-Manufacturing Company.\\nThis well was located near Crape s mill, in the First Ward,\\nand, with the hope of obtaining brine for .salt-making, it\\nwas carried to a depth of 1350 feet. The loss of the drill\\nthen led to its abandonment without any satisfactory result.\\nStrong brine was obtained, but the indications were that\\nthe supply was inadequate. The following is a brief sketch\\nof the strata encountered drift, CS feet white sandstone\\n(Woodville), 67 feet; coal measures, 27 feet; sandstone\\n(Farma), 108 feet, near the bottom of which, at two\\nhundred and fifty-seven feet from the surface, a copious\\nflow of fresh water was reached. The remainder of the\\nboring was in shale, blue in the upper portion, sometimes\\n(|uite dark, and occasionally interspersed with micaceous\\nsandstone, ending in red shale. Brine was reached at five\\nhundred and fifty-eight feet, becoming very strong at nine\\nhundred and sixty feet. The lower cutting indicated that\\nthe salt rock had been passed through.\\nThe second artesian well was sunk by order of the city\\nauthorities, in the hope of obtaining a supply of water for\\nextinguishing fires. The geological record of this is as\\nfollows: drift, 87 feet; sand.stono (Woodville), 13 feet;\\ncoal-measure-s, 76 feet; sandstone (I aruiu), 110 feet, ter-\\nminating in shale at two hundred and fifty-six feet. At\\none hundred and thirty-five feet a vein of coal two feet in\\nthickness was passed through. An overflow of fre.sh water\\nwas reached at one hundred and seventy-six feet, rising six\\nfeet above the surface. The only result of boring farther\\nwas to render the water saline, resulting in the mineral\\nspring at the corner of Saginaw and First Streets.\\nNo accurate analysis of the water has been made, though\\nit is thought not to vary greatly from the mineral springs\\nthroughout the State, some of which have been noted for\\ntheir medicinal virtues. The water is constantly imbibed\\nby pedestrians in passing, more than 2000 people being\\ndaily refreshed by its cooling draughts.\\nThe third well, at the corner of Garland and Fifth Streets,\\nin the First Ward, being on higher ground, the flow failed\\nto reach the surface, but is raised by wind-power and util-\\nized in filling several reservoirs.\\nFLINT UNION BLUES.\\nIn June, 1872, Messrs. Ira H. Wilder, W. J. Seymour,\\nGeorge E. Childs, and 0. F. Lochhcad met for consulta-\\ntion, and discussed the question of organizing a military\\ncompany in the city of Flint. They finally decided to\\npublish a circular in the city papers inviting all interested\\nin military matters to meet at Awanaga Hall, Thursday\\nevening, June 27, 1872. At the meeting, which was pre-\\nsided over by C. S. Brown as chairman and 0. F. Lnch-\\nhead as secretary, 33 young men signed the roll and pledged\\nthemselves to assist in organizing and maintaining a military\\ncompany in Flint.\\nThe first election for civil oflieers was held on the even-\\ning of July 9th of the same year, and resulted as follows\\nPresident, Charles S. Brown Vice-President, Ira H.\\nWilder Secretary, 0. F. Lochhead Treasurer, S. N.\\nAndrus.\\nAt this meeting, af\\\\er the appointment of various com-\\nmittees, it was resolved to adopt a uniform of dark blue,\\nwith white trimmings, and to assume the title of the\\nFlint Union Blues. As the State only furnished\\nmuskets, equipments, and rent for armories, the question\\nof paying for uniforms was an important one, which was\\nsolved by a subscription circulated among the citizens, who\\ncontributed liberally, Messrs. Alexander McFarlan, J.\\nW. Begole, and William B. McCrcery heading the list\\nwith handsome amounts.\\nThe first election for company ofScers occurred Aug. 14,\\n1872, with the following result: Captain, William II.\\nMorse First Lieutenant, 0. F. Lochhead Second Lieu-\\ntenant, George E. Newall First Sergeant, Ira H. Wilder\\nSecond Sergeant, W. Rosenthal Third Sergeant, Peter\\nLcnnon Fourth Sergeant, Charles II. Wood Fifth Ser-\\ngeant, J. D. Lavin Corporals First, Charles A. Fox\\nSecond, W. J. Seymour; Third, Alexander McFarlan, Jr.;\\nFourth, Andrew l ailcy Filih, Thomas J. Post; Sixth,\\nA. E. Foote; Seventh, II. N. Gay; Eighth, W. II. Pier.\\nThe company was mustered into the State service by\\nAdj.-(jien. John Robcrt.son, Oct. 18, 1872, and made its\\nfirst street parade the same day. During the evening fol-\\nlowing this event they gave a military ball and reception,\\nby which they realized $180. The Blues soon after", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "158\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTy, iMICHIGAN.\\nwere the p;uests of the Detroit Light Guard, and received\\nthe most cordial hospitalitj and won many encomiums for\\ntlic excellence of their drill and gentlen)atily deportment.\\nDuring the same year the ladies of the First Ward pre-\\nsented the company a beautiful silk flag; thereupon George\\nE. Childs was appointed color-sergeant, and A. E. Foote\\nand Jolin King color-guards.\\nIn 1873 the company was ordered to Lansing, to par-\\nticipate in the ceremonies connected with the laying of the\\ncornerstone of the now State capitol. During 1S74 the\\nDetroit Light Guard were its guests, and the occasion of\\ntheir visit is a memorable one in the annals of the com-\\npany. The company was ordered to the scene of the railroad\\nriots ill 1877, and promptly responded, as they did also on\\na subsequent similar occasion when required by the sheriff.\\nTiic principal officers of the company since 1872 have\\nbeen as follows\\n1873. Captain, 0. F. Lochhead First Lieutenant, Geo.\\nE. Ncwall Second Lieutenant, Ira H. Wilder First Ser-\\ngeant, John King.\\n1874. Captain, 0. F. Lochhead First Lieutenant, Geo.\\nE. Newall Second Lieutenant, Ira H. Wilder First Ser-\\ngeant, John King.\\n1875. Captain, George E. Newall First Lieutenant,\\nJohn King; Second Lieutenant, George E. Childs; First\\nSergeant, Charles A. Fox.\\n1876. Captain, George E. Newall First Lieutenant,\\nJohn King; Second Lieutenant, George E. Childs; First\\nSergeant, Charles A. Fox.\\n1877. Captain, George E. Newall; First Lieutenant,\\nIra II. Wilder Second Lieutenant, Geo. E. Childs First\\nSergeant, H. 51. Sporry.\\n1878. Captain, Ira II. Wilder; First Lieutenant, Geo.\\nE. Cliilds Second Lieutenant, H. M. Spcrry; First Ser-\\ngeant, W. H. Pier.\\nThe Blues are members of the 3d Regiment of Michi-\\ngan State troops, and are designated as C company in\\nregimental formation. Flint is the headquarters of the regi-\\nment, and the following-named regimental officers have\\nemanated from the company: Colonel 0. F. Lochhead,\\nAdjutant C. S. Brown, Sergeant-Major John King, Color-\\nSergeant C. H. Wood, Commissary S. V. Ilaker.\\nTHE OLD TLINT BAND.\\nAmong the institutions connected with the early history\\nof Flint may be mentioned the Old Band. This was\\norganized in the summer of 1S4S, and was composed of the\\nfollowing gentlemen E. F. Frary, leader, E-flat sax-horn\\nLeonard Wesson, B-flat clarionet; Wm. Hamilton, Franz\\nBarnhart, cornopean Ira F. Fayson, G. H. Ilazolton, slide\\ntrombone Homer Hazelton, French horn Charles D.\\nLittle, ophicleide Geo. W. Hill, trumpet Willard Pettee,\\ndrum.\\nThe instruments were purchased of Adam Cou.se, then\\nthe sole music-dealer in Detroit. The first instructor of\\nthe band was T. D. Nutting. An old member says, I\\ntook my place in the band very soon after its organization,\\nhaving succeeded Willard Pettee (bass-drum). I held my\\nposition for fifteen years, during which time forty-four per-\\nsons had belonged, and not one of the oiiuinal meiiibeis\\nremained at the expiration of that time, and yet, to use a\\nsolecism, it was the same old band. Practicing in those old\\ntimes was pleasant enough to the mcnibers, btit there were\\npersons living within one or two blocks of the band-room\\nwho never greeted us with smiles, but on the contrary,\\nsome maternal members of households gave .strong evi-\\ndences of nervous derangement. The old residents that\\nyet remain will remember that those discordant sounds\\nwore not confined to the band-room alone night was made\\nhideous as we wandered up and down the streets playing\\nthe music that had charms for us.\\nThis band was originated and sustained by the members,\\nfor their enjoyment and recreation, rather than for any profit\\nconnected therewith. Most of the members were from the\\nranks of prominent citizens, merchants for the most part.\\nThis gave character to the organization, and it in time helped\\nFlint, rendering it pleasant for our neighbors of the sur-\\nrounding townships and villages to come in on the day wc\\ncelebrate, and others. We played at political gatherings,\\nfor all parties alike, for church festivals, on St. Pat-\\nrick s D.iy in the jMorning, for steamboat excursions to\\nSaginaw River and Bay, and for nearly all public gather-\\nings in the citj-. Strangers visiting Flint were very sure\\nto hear from us in the way of serenades. The band mem-\\nbers were elected honoraiy members of the old Harmonic\\nSociety, etc., and came to be one of the institutions.\\nWhenever wc went abroad, we were taken by Will Pet-\\ntee s four-horse team, which was considered something pre-\\ntentious in those days of os-toams, no railw.ays with us\\nuntil long years after.\\nFor the purchase of instruments, and other expenses, the\\nmembers were assessed, each member on entering the band\\npaying 830. After this, assessments followed at the rate\\nof from \u00c2\u00a73 to SS jwr capita. I notice the initiation fees of\\nthe 44 members before referred to aggregate 81320, and\\nwith assessments added would leave little less than 62500\\npaid by these band members out of their own pockets.\\nThis band has had a continuous existence to the present\\ntime, a period of thirty-one years.\\nIt is now known as\\nGardner s flint city band.\\nThe citizens of Flint feel a commendable pride in this\\nexcellent musical organization, and the liberal support ac-\\ncorded is but one of the many ways in which their regard\\nfor it is manifested.\\nThe band has won a well-deserved celebrity throughout\\nthe West and the Canadas, and during the Centennial year,\\nextended its fame to the East. This is the more gratifying,\\nfrom the fact that it is almost entirely composed of ama-\\nteurs.\\nIts success is mainly due to the untiring efforts of its\\nleader, Mr. J. Henry Gardner, who makes music his pro-\\nfession, and devotes his time principally to the interests of\\nthe band.\\nThis band, in 18(50, was known as Clay s Cornet Band,\\nof Flint. It numbered at that time the following gentle-\\nmen as members S. G. Clay, Leader C. J. Dewstoc, A.\\nP. Conant, Wm. Stewart, Allen S. Stewart, George W. Hill,\\nD. E. Smitii, Thomas Syiiious, Wm. diaries, W. C. Cum-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n159\\nings, and George Andrews. After its organization for a scries\\nof years many changes occurred, old members having resigned\\nand their places having been filled by new. lu 18G5 it\\nwas reorganized and ealled the Annstrong Cornet Band,\\nof Flint City. It remained thus until the i ullowing year,\\nwhen Mr. Gardner s presence infused new spirit into its\\nmembers, and it was christened by its present name, with\\nthe following oiBcers C. J. Dewstoe, President O. W.\\nSeymour, Secretary; John Stephens, Treasurer.\\nIn the fall of ISti J, Mr. Gardner joined the Berger\\nFamily and made an extensive tour with them after which\\nhe resumed his connection with the Flint City Band, and\\nhas since been its leader. Gardner s band, during the later\\nyears of its existence, has not only maintained, but greatly\\nenhanced, the reputation it previou.sly enjoyed, and tlic\\nnumerous invitations it constantly receives from abroad is\\nevidence of the quality of the music it aifords. Its various\\ntours through the State, and the excursions in which it has\\nparticipated, are but a record of its triumphs.\\nNo better history of its achievements could be given than\\nis embodied in the numerous press notices at command and\\nthe various testimonials of which its members have been\\nthe recipients. On the occasion of a visit to Detroit, in\\nconnection with the Commandory of Knights Templar, the\\ncity press thus speaks of the band\\nThe hundreds that were present soon swelled to thou-\\nsands, so that it is safe to say that fully three thousand\\npersons listened to them. As they came up the street,\\nmarching with that wonderful precision for which they\\nare famed, they were greeted by a ringing cheer by the\\ncrowd which made way for their approach. Instead of\\ntheir plumes, each man had a neat torch in his helmet,\\nthus jjrescnting a novel and uni(|ue appearance, and fur-\\nnished light enough for their music. Their programme\\nembraced a fine collection of music, overtures, selections,\\nmedleys, and some of Gardner s exquisite solo K-flat and\\nMait Corli.ss solo alto work judiciously thrown in. There\\nis one thing in favor of the band which should be borne in\\nmind the members of it are gentlemen. I hcy are not a\\nbeer-drinking, junketing crowd in any sense, but are re-\\ncruited from the ranks of the business men and the profes-\\nsions in the beautiful city of Flint, and constitute a stand-\\ning advertisement for that city which is worth ten times\\nwhat it costs the citizens.\\nIn ISl-i the leader of the band was the recipient from\\nthe ladies of Flint of a very elegant testimonial in the\\nshape of a superb gold E-flat cornet, imported from Eng-\\nland at a cost of SIJOO. Mayor Geo. II. Durand presented\\nthe instrument on behalf of the ladies in a most happy\\nspeech, which was responded to in fitting terms by Mr.\\nGardner.\\nDuring the Centennial year the band accompanied the\\nDetroit Commandery as their musical escort to I hiladel-\\nphia, and their presence in that city was the occasion of\\nadditional com])limentary notices from the local press.\\nAn enthusiastic reception awaited them on their return\\nhome. Tlicy were met at the station by a large concourse\\nof citizens, the Flint Cadets receiving them with military\\nhonors, and Col. E. II. Thomson welcoming them as fol-\\nlows\\nMr. Gardner, and Gentlemen of the Band I have\\nbeen deputed in the absence of our worthy mayor, and al.so\\nin behalf of the citizens of Flint, to welcome you home\\natrain to the h(inie where loved ones, together with gen-\\ncrous and confiding friends, have watched your every move-\\nment from the time of your deiiarlure. In the providence\\nof heaven you are permitted to return after having traveled\\nfrom the lakes to the Atlantic seaboard without a casualty\\nof any kind, and, I may add in this connection, covered\\nwith glory and honor. A wise man hath said, He that\\nhath no music in his soul is fit for treason, stratagems, and\\nspoils and I am afraid that if in your travels such an one\\nhad ventured into your presence, that by the power of\\nmusic, guided by your master-leader, you would have taken\\nhim captive and made him confess to the skill and potency\\nof your marvelous proficiency. It is due to you to say\\nthat when you left Flint no lingering doubt remained that\\nyou would in any manner fail in your high mission either\\nas gentlemen or musicians, but with all that pride and high\\ncharacter of your musical organization you would honor the\\nnoble commandory of Detroit Knights Templar, and stand\\nlike them at the very head of your profession. A noble\\nlioinan was once raised from moderate circumstances to the\\npinnacle of prosperity. Cicero, the great orator of the\\niiuperial city, called on him and told him that Rome would\\nnow watch him with more than argus eyes in order to learu\\nwhether he could bear prosperity as well as he did his for-\\nmer humble state. Mr. Gardner, and gentlemen of the\\nband, again I bid you welcome in behalf of this youthful\\nand prosperous city, and soon again do we hope to hear\\nfrom you those strains that have gladdened the hearts of\\nmillions in all Chi islian lands,\\nThere s no place like home.\\nIn the summer of 1878 a grand State Band Tournament\\noccurred at the capital, Lansing. Twenty leading bands of\\nthe State participated, and after a severe and very spirited\\ncontest, which excited the most intense interest, Gardner s\\nFlint City Band bore away the prize, consisting of $100 in\\ngold and an elegant gold-plated cornet. Congratulations\\npoured in upon them I rom all ((uarlers, and the city of\\nFlint was wild with enthusiasm over their victory. Mayor\\nEddy welcomed them in an exceedingly complimentary\\naddress on their return, and amid banners and streamers\\nthey marched through the streets to their ((uarters. In the\\nevening a reception was tendered them by the citizens.\\nThus, briefly, has been sketched the history of an organi-\\nzation which has not more by its musical skill than by the\\nhigh character of its members reflected honor upon the city\\nto which it belongs.\\nThe following is very nearly a full record of the names\\nof all the persons who have been connected with the band\\nas musicians, from its first inception in 1848 to 187 J\\nGeo. Andrews, ba. s drum; Marcus Andrews, horn;\\nJames Armstrong,* E-flat cornet; Jas. Armstrong, Jr.,\\ncornet; Harry Armstrong, cornet Jas. Austin, clarionet;\\nL. T. Adanis, E-flat tuba; Wm. Barnes, clarionet;\\nDexter Cowman, E-flat cornet; Franz Barnhardt, corno-\\npean; Melviu Bowman, solo baritone Henry Baker, Irom-\\nUtvnil-lcadcrfi.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "160\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbone\\nBagley,* cornet, clarionet, etc. Delos Buz-\\nzel, flute and liorn FreJ. Bort, cymbals Wm. Burr, B-\\nflat bass; W. R. Beach, B-flat cornet; Bernhardt Berber,\\nclarionet; Miss Anna Berger,* E-flat cornet, violin, etc.\\nFremont Biown, cornet; L. D. Clock, B-flat cornet, flute;\\nMiio Clock, tuba; Sam Clay,* E-flat cornet; Maitland\\nCorliss, solo alto Dr. Frank Currey, solo clarionet\\nAbram Conant, E-flat cornet Wm. Charles, cymbals and\\nalto-horn Chauncey Cuniings, cornet H. D. Crini, bari-\\ntone and violin Case, horn Wm. Colbrath, clarionet\\nThos. Collins, B-flat tenor, violin, and cello Capt. Cum-\\nmins, B-flat bass; J. P. Curran, E-flat tuba; John A.\\nDibble, Jas. Deary, violin and alto-horn Charles\\nDewstoe, trombone, bass-horn, etc. Decker, B-flat\\nsoprano Erastus Dodge, violin, horn Chas. Draper, cym-\\nbals Geo. Dukoland, solo baritone and violin llobcrt\\nDickson, B-flat cornet Merritt Elmore, flute and horn\\nFrank Farrar, tuba; Johnny Fields, cymbals; Henry\\nFairbank, horn Frank Fish, side-drum E. F. Frary,* E-\\nflat cornet Chas. Fellows, flute, B-flat soprano; J. Henry\\nGardner,* E-flat cornet, violin, cello, guitar; Dr. Goodale,\\nhorn F. C. Gamester, B-flat ba.ss Geo. W. Hill, trumpet,\\nbass-horn, cello, etc.; Geo. H. Hazelton, slide-trouiboue\\nHomer Hazelton, French horn Wm. Hamilton, cornopean\\nFred. Humphrey, tuba, violin Cassius Henderson, cym-\\nbals; Wm. Hesler, E-flat cornet; C. F. Johnson, trom-\\nbone; Ilollin Jenny, alto-horn; N. J. Kreusen, cornet;\\nDr. L. D. Locy, clarionet L. J. Locy, clarionet Chas. D.\\nLittle, flute, ophicleide John Lewis, tenor-horn\\nLuckow, double-bass, alto-horn Wm. Lyon, tenor-horn\\nChas. McAlester, flute, violin, viola, double-bass, horn Dr.\\nOrson Millard, Dr. Manley Miles, baritone-horn;\\nJoaquim Meyrelles, T. D. Nutting,* flute, clarionet,\\noboe, organ, bugle, ophicleide, violin, cornet, guitar, bassoon,\\netc. Jos. Philp, solo clarionet Willard Pettee, bass-drum\\nJeflerson Powell, tuba Eugene Parsell, tenor-horn Ira F.\\nPayson, slide-trombone; Julius Rice,* violin, E-flat and B-\\nflat cornets Dell Raymond, .side-drum Walter C. Hans-\\nford, piccolo; L. B. Smith, E-flat clarionet; Wm. Steven-\\nson, alto John Jack Stevens, solo alto; Henry Ste-\\nvens, horn and bass-drum Wm. Billy Shepuer, alto;\\nO. W. Smith, cornet Will Stewart,* E-flat cornet\\nStewart, alto Thos. Symous, flute, alto-horn David E.\\nShaw, baritone; Ozias W. Seymour, tenor; Dr. M. M.\\nSmith, clarionet; Jas. Sealey, E-flat cornet; Marvin L.\\nSeeley, B-flat cornet; Dr. A. J. Watling, B-flat tenor;\\nAndrew J. Ward, bass-drum Chas. Ward, side-drum\\nLeonard Wesson, clarionet Dr. S. S. Wheeler,\\nWheeler, alto Wagner, Robt. Y oung,\\nB-flat cornet\\nYoung, tenor.\\nTHE I UGUENOIDS.\\nIt may safely be conceded that for the past four years\\nno musical entertainment in the city of Flint has been\\nconsidered complete that lacked the presence of the ever-\\npopular Fuguenoids. This organization, which was\\nfounded in 1875, and whose fate hung for a brief season in\\nthe balance in 1879, is a glee club composed of eight male\\nvoices. The original membership was as follows First\\nBand-leaders.\\ntenors, Jerome Haver, M. G. Wood second tenors, H. M.\\nSperry, A. J. Watling; first bass, M. Bowman, William\\nFrench second bass, Deloss Full, Willis Parker H. W.\\nFairbank, director.\\nTheir first appearance was at the annual meeting of the\\nI. 0. O. F., where, by their excellent drill and perfect har-\\nmony, they at once established themselves in popular favor.\\nThey have assisted at all the Band and Choral Society\\nconcerts and at many private entertainments. Their reper-\\ntoire consi.sts of the well-known A rion collection and several\\noperatic arrangements, besides much manuscript music.\\nA portion of the club have visited the larger cities\\nthroughout the State, while all the members have from\\ntime to time invaded the rural districts, where they have\\ninvariably met with immoderate applause and (very) mod-\\nerate financial success. It is their practice always to de-\\nvote the first day of the new year to convivial pleasures, on\\nwhich day in a body they pay their respects to their many\\nfriends. On these occasions they have established a repu-\\ntation no less for the excellence of the music they discourse\\nthan for their brilliant social qualities. They have not as\\nyet essaj cd the rendering of any important work, though a\\ndescriptive piece written especially for them is in course of\\npreparation. The club has some tenor voices of which it\\nis justly proud, while the other parts are admirably filled.\\nThe citizens show a just appreciation of their acquire-\\nments, and warmly express their indebtedness to the club\\nfor their cheerful response to both public and private de-\\nmands upon their lime. An Eastern musician of repute\\nexpressed a very general sentiment in the following toast\\ngiven at a recent social gathering Those jolly Fugue-\\nnoids may they ever be as successful as they are happy\\nTHE FLINT CHORAL SOCIETY.\\nThis musical organization was the outgrowth of a young\\npeople s singing-class which had for its nucleus the scholars\\nof the high-school. It existed for about one year without\\na formal organization, rendering a simple class of music at\\nconcerts and on various public occasions, during which\\nperiod it numbered about 100 members. It was deemed\\nbest to effect a more permanent organization, and a com-\\nmittee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws.\\nThe first ofllicers were William Stevenson, President;\\nWilliam French, Vice-President; E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer\\nMiss C. Parker, Secretary H. W. Fairbank, Musical Direc-\\ntor and the usual executive committee, librarian, etc.\\nThe society from time to time has rendered some of the\\nheavier oratorio choruses, and a number of Mendelssohn s\\npart-songs, besides many operatic choruses. It has given\\nStearns Mass in D on two occasions, and also presented the\\nCantata of Esther very successfully, there being consider-\\nable dramatic as well as musical talent among its members.\\nIt has bought and presented to the high-school an ex-\\ncellent chapel-organ, has a fine collection of music pur-\\nchased from its revenues, and has given quite liberally from\\nits funds to charitable objects.\\nThe society is held in high esteem by the citizens, and\\nits influence in developing the vocal talent which abounds\\nin Flint has been very apparent.\\nIts present ofiicers are H. M. Sperry, President H. R.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "ELIAS J. BUMP.\\nELIAS J. BUMP.\\nMRS. E. J. BUMP.\\nElias J. Bump, born at Smithfield, Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., July 2, 1812, is the son of Gideon Bump\\nand Sarah Anderson, early settlers of that county;\\nthey came to Genesee Co., Mich., in 1840, where\\nthey died at a mature old age.\\nThe immediate subject of this sketch was married\\nin 1838 to Miss Nancy Stewart, daughter of Lem-\\nuel and granddaughter of Capt. William Stewart,\\nwho lived in New York City before the Revolution,\\nand served seven years in that war.\\nLemuel Stewart was a farmer in Madison County,\\nwhere he died in 1849, aged seventy-six years.\\nIn 1840, Elias J. Bump and his wife came to\\nMichigan. Spending the first winter at Jackson,\\nthey came to this county the following summer, and\\npurchased eighty acres of timber land some five\\nmiles from Flushing, where a flouring-mill had been\\nbuilt. Thinking this would be a good point for busi-\\nness, he purchased a stock of goods, and erected an\\nashery, which he carried on for two years, when the\\nbuilding was destroyed by fire. His goods being\\ndistributed among customers who had no money, he\\nfell back to the eighty acres of land, and commenced\\nthe hardy task of cutting himself a home from the\\nunbroken forest. The first year a log house was\\nbuilt and a small clearing made; the next season a\\nframe barn, and the clearing enlarged and so on,\\nyear by year, the improvements were made, and the\\nforest pushed back, until broad and well-cultivated\\nfields appeared, and the original eighty acres ex-\\npanded to a fine farm of four hundred acres, the log\\nhouse gave place to one of the finest farm-houses in\\nGenesee County, with such surroundings as indicate\\nthe thrifty, wealthy farmer.\\nIn 1870, Mr. Bump s health had so failed that\\nhe could not continue the management of so large a\\nfarm, and having a large family (one son and six\\ndaughters), he sold the farm and moved to Flint,\\nin order to give his children good educations and the\\nbenefits of society.\\nThe winters of 1870 and 1871, Mr. and Mrs.\\nBump spent in the South for the benefit of his health,\\nbut found no relief. But by careful study of the\\nlaws of health, a strictly vegetable diet, and avoiding\\nstimulants, he has recovered his health, to enjoy the\\nabundance of this world s goods which he has secured\\nby frugal habits, persistent industry, and good judg-\\nment.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\nICl\\nClark, Vice-President William Stevenson, Treasurer H.\\nAV. Faiibank, Director.\\nRKLIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nLong prior to the organization of any religious society,\\nthe early settlers in the little hamlet at the Grand Traverse\\nwere visited occasionally by clergymen, who held regular\\nservices at Grand Blanc and the Coldwatcr Settlement.\\nJohn Todd s tavern, for want of a more convenient and ap-\\npropriate edifice, afforded shelter to those a.ssembled. It is\\nbelieved that Elder Benedict, a Baptist, who began preach-\\ning in Grand Blanc in the summer of 1833, had appoint-\\nments here at irregular intervals. In 1834, Rev. Jo.seph\\nGambcll, a Close-Communion Baptist of the Grand Blanc\\nchurch, was invited to Todd s Ferry to hold meetings and\\nadminister the sacrament. He came, as he said he was\\nwilling to let the bars down.\\nBev, Isaac W. Buggies, a Presbyterian minister from\\nPontiac, was the first of that persuasion to visit this\\nlocalit} He also was here in 1833. Revs. Bradford\\nFrazee, William II. Brockway, and Cscar F. North were\\nthe pioneers among the Methodists. Jlr. Frazee was ap-\\npointed by the Ohio Conference to the Saginaw mission,\\nand preached here on his journey North, in 1831. lie be-\\ncame obnoxious to the wild Saffiiiaws of that day, who\\nshaved his horse s mane and tail, and committed other acts\\nof vandalism. In 1835, the Rev. Wm. H. Brockway was\\najipointed by the same authority to the same mission.\\nUnlike his predecessor, he became a great favorite with the\\nIndians and early settlers throughout this whole region,\\nand was warmly welcomed alike by Presbyterians, Metho-\\ndists, Ba[itists, and non-denominationalists. In 183G his\\ncircuit comprised the territory included in the counties of\\nGenesee, Lapeer, Shiawassee, and Saginaw. He traveled\\non foot, and preached at Flint River about once in four\\nweeks. It is related that he was an adept at shoeing horses\\nand building chimneys, such services being frequently ren-\\ndered gratuitously.\\nIn 1S3G, after the completion of Stage Wright s store,\\nall religious and other public meetings were held in the\\nhall over the store. The Congregationalists built the first\\nchurch edifice, in the fall of 1837, and for several years\\nthis building was used by other denominations.\\nTHE COURT STEEET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThe Ohio Annual Conference, at its session in 1834, ap-\\npointed Bradford Frazee to the Saginaw Mission. On his\\nway to his work he stopped in Flint and preached. This\\nwas the first Methodist service in this region of which\\nthere is any account, and was probably the first ever held\\nin this part uf the State. The following year 1835 the\\nsame Conference appointed Rev. Wm. H. Brockway to the\\nsame mission, and he was the first to establish preaching\\nat Flint. In answer to a letter of inquiry addressed to\\nhim, he .sa3 s I think at that time there were not more\\nthan four or five families on the ground now embraced in\\nthe city of Flint. I generally came from Saginaw every\\nthird week and preached at Flint, and also five miles north,\\nat Mount Mcnris, then called the Cold Water Settlement.\\n(The early settlers of that ncigiiborhood were nearly all\\n21\\nstrict temperance people.) At Flint my home was gen-\\nerally at the tavern of Mr. Beach, and my preaching-place\\nhis little bar-room. Mr. Brockway always traveled on\\nfoot, carrying his bundle, his Bible, hymn-book, and Disci-\\npline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the\\nsummer of 1836 a frame store was built by Messrs. Stage\\nWright, opposite Beach s tavern. When the floor was\\nlaid we got permission to use the upper story, and I\\npreached there once, I think, in July, 1836 and then and\\nthere the first cla.ss was organized. (The names of mem-\\nbers were taken at this time, but the class was fully or-\\nganized by the appointment of a leader by Rev. 0. F.\\nNorth, a few months later.) To the best of my remembrance,\\nit consisted of nine persons most of them were from the\\nsettlements near Flint. The following are the names of\\nthe persons who composed this first class, of whom Daniel\\nS. Freeman was appointed leader Daniel S. Freeman and\\nwife, James McAlcster and wife, Benjamin F. Robinson\\nand wife, Mrs. Miller, the mother of Mrs. McAlester, and\\nJohn Martin and wife. The whole of Michigan was in\\none district, and the Rev. James Gilruth was presiding\\nelder; but he never came farther north than Pontiac.\\nThe General Conference of May, 1836, organized the\\nMichigan Conference, comprising the whole of Michigan\\nand a portion of Ohio. At the first session of the ]Michi-\\ngau Conference, in the autumn of 1836, the territory now\\ncomprising the State of Michigan was divided into two\\ndistricts, Detroit and Ann Arbor. Rev. William Herr\\nwas appointed presiding elder of the former, and Rev.\\nOscar F. North was sent to the Saginaw Mission, within\\nits bounds. The first quarterly meeting seems to have\\nbeen appointed for the autumn of that year, but for some\\ncause was omitted. The second was held at Flint, Jan.\\n14, 1837. The following ofiicial members were present,\\nand their names appear upon the minutes Oscar F. North,\\nPreacher in Charge James McAlester, Local Preacher\\nJoel Fairehild, Jr., Exhorter and Daniel S. Freeman and\\nBenjamin F. Robinson, Class-Leaders. A board of stew-\\nards was appointed, consisting of John L. Gage, John\\nMartin, John Hiller, and Joel Fairehild, Jr. Rev. Luther\\nD. Whitney presided at this meeting, in the absence of the\\npresiding elder. The steward s financial report for these\\ntwo quarters shows the whole amount of money received,\\nincluding public collection, to have been $14.62}, which\\nwas by the stewards divided between the presiding elder\\nand preacher. On the 1st of April, 1837, the third\\nquarterly meeting was held, at which time a missionary\\nsociety was organized. A committee of five was also aj)-\\npointed to locate a site for a church and parsonage. The\\nfourth quarterly meeting was held at the village of Flint,\\nJuly 30, 1837. Rev. William Herr, presiding elder, was\\npresent, and officiated. This was the first time that the\\nplace was ever visited by a presiding elder.\\nAt the Conference of 1837 the name of Flint River\\njMission appears on the minutes for the first time, with\\nLuther D. Whitney for preacher in charge, and Samuel P.\\nShaw presiding elder. At the following annual Conference\\nin 1838, Rev. L. D. Whitney was returned to the mission,\\nand Rev. George Smith* was appointed presiding elder.\\nSin:o died in the work.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "1G2\\nIIISTOIIY OF C.KNK8EK COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPurinsi this year the moctinf^s were removed from the\\n\\\\ippiT story of Stage i^ Wrijihl s store to the district\\nsehool-house, then just coiiipletod, on the t-oriier of First\\naiul Clitford Streets. At the close of this year the preacher\\npresented the fii-st Sunday-school report for Flint, as fol-\\nlows: one school, one superintendent (Daniel S. Freen)an\\\\\\nfour teachers, ten scholai-s, and 150 volumes in tlie library.\\nDurins his administration the work was greatly enlarged, a\\nnumber of new classes were organized, and the niembei-ship\\nof those formerly organized considerably increased. He\\nnames in his journal the following preaching-places Flint,\\ntJenesee. Pine Kun. Kearsley, Atlierlon Settlement, Grand\\nBlanc, Miller Settlement, Torry Setllement, Carman Settle-\\nment, Kichard Johnson s, and Stanley Setllement. The\\nConference of 1S30 appointed Rev. Larman Chatfield\\npreacher in charge, and Samuel Whitwam assistant, George\\nSmith still presiding elder. At the fii-sl quarterly meeting\\nthis year, held at Flint December 21st, it was resolved that\\nit was advisjible to build a parsonage, and James McAlestcr,\\nG. W. Fish, Alonzo Ferris, Benjamin F. Robinson, and\\nOirden Clark were elected trustees, and were authorized to\\nsecure a suitable location for a building. On June 1, 1840,\\nJames McAlestcr. Isaiah Merriman, and Harvey C. Weston\\nwere appointed a building committee.\\nAt the Conference of 18-40, Ebenezcr Steel and Jonathan\\nRlanchard were appointed to the Flint River work, and\\nGeorge Smith presiding elder. During all these years the\\nSasjinaw and Cass River Settlements were included in this\\nwork.\\nRlanchard remained only a part of the year on bis work,\\nbeing removed by the presiding elder to supply another\\nappointment. The principal item of interest during this\\nyear was the holding of a camp-meeting in Grand Ulanc in\\nJuly, 1841 in lieu of the fourth (|uarterly meeting. Among\\nthe preachers present at this meeting were George Smith,\\npresiding elder on the district K. Steel, James Shaw, J.\\nRrakeman,* William :Mothersill.* William E. Uigelow, H.\\nW. Ransom,* 0. F. North,* Abel Warren,* J. Rlanchard,*\\nand other traveling preachers, and James McAlesfer and\\nSamuel Whitwam,* local preachers. The attendance was\\nlarse. The people came up on foot and with their teams\\nto hear the word and to worship the God of their fathers.\\nAt the Conference held in the autumn of 1841 the Rev.\\nF. R. Rangs was appointed to the Flint work, George Smith\\nstill continuing presiding elder. During the fii-st year of\\nhis laboi-s the ground now occupied by the parsonage and\\nchurch was secured for the use of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, it having been originally deeded to the county for\\nchurch purposes by Wait Beach. At the solicitation of\\nthe trustees the county commissioners, by resolution, gave\\nthe lots to the Methodist Episcopal Church in perpetuity to\\nbe by them used for church purposes. During Rev. Bangs\\nadministration of the church a parsonage building was\\npushed forward to coiupletion. It was built on the lot\\ndonated to the society by Wait Beach, on the southwest\\ncorner of Beach and Sixth Streets, now in the Third Ward.\\nDuring the winter of 1841 and 1842 a meeting was held\\nat the court-house to arniuge for the building of a church.\\nThere were present the presiding elder (George Smith),\\nRev. F. B. Bangs, James McAlestcr, D. S. Freeman, Isaiah\\nMerriman, Samuel Whitwam, George W. Fish, and H. C.\\nWeston. A sub.^cription was opened, and it was determined\\nto commence the building the following spring. During\\nthe summer of 1842 the building was raised and covered.\\nCoid erence at its session in the fall of 1842 returned F.\\nB. Bangs to the work as preacher in charge, with Rev.\\nJoseph Jenidngs* as junior preacher. Rev. E. II. Pilcher\\nas presiding elder. Jennings remained on the work only a\\nportion of the year, being taken by the presiding older to\\nsupply some other work. Towards the close of this year\\nthe presiding elder employed Israel Cogshall to assist the\\npreacher in charge. During the second year s continuance\\nof Rev. Jlr. Bangs on this work the church building was\\ninclosed and painted. At the fourth quarterly meeting\\nheld at Flint, June 24, 1S4;J, the trustees reported the\\nparsonage completed, with a debt remaining unpaid of\\n\u00c2\u00a762.47. At this quarterly meeting William Blades and\\nDaniel S. Freeman were licensed to preach.\\nThe Conference of IS-lo sent the Rev. Wm. Mothersill\\nand Alfred Allen to the Flint River work. The Grand\\nRiver district was organized, to which Flint was attached,\\nand the Rev. Larman Chatfield was made presiding elder.\\nDuring this year the church building was advanced towards\\ncompletion. Francis Asbury Blades was licensed to exhort,\\nantV at the third quarterly Conference he received a license\\nas local preacher. At the fourth quarterly meeting Con-\\nference for this year, held in Richard Johnson s barn, in\\nthe town of Genesee, he was recommended as a suitable\\nperson to be received into the traveling ministry. At this\\nquarterly Conference the trustees reported the parsonage\\ndebt paid.\\nThe extent of the work on the circuit at this time may\\nbe judged by the number of societies, preaching-places,\\nand classes. There were 16 classes, exclusive of the Sagi-\\nnaw and Cass River country, as follows: Flint Society,\\nGrand Blanc, Atherton Sottlement, Tine Run. Johnson s,\\nStanley Setllement, South Grand Blanc, Flushing Jlill,\\nStothard s, Ottoway s, Calkins Jliller s Settlement, Mundy,\\nTony s Settlement, Kearbley, and Richfield. All these\\nwere visited regularly by the pre: cher, besides other places\\nwhere there were no classes.\\nThe Conference of 1844 returned William Mothersill to\\nthe circuit, with William E. Bigelow as junior preacher,\\nL. Chatfield, presiding elder. The first quarterly meeting\\nfor this year was held at the new church in Flint on the\\n21st of December, and the church was dedicated on the\\nevening of that day. The sermon was preached by Rev.\\nWilliam Mothei-sill, the presiding elder being unable to\\nofficiate on account of indisposition. There remained a\\ndebt of about \u00c2\u00a7oOO on the church after ihe opening ser-\\nvices. The size of the building was 35 by 55 feet, with a\\nsmall gallery in one end. The building of this church was\\na great achievement. Sevend times the work was discon-\\ntinued for the want of funds, then little collections would\\nbe made and the work resumed. The ability of members\\nand friends was taxed to the utmost.\\nSinco dioil in tbo work.\\nSince Jicil in Iho work.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n10.}\\nThe Conference of 184.1 appointed Harrison Monpin and\\nWilliam V. Cowlcs to the Flint circuit, h. Chatfiold still\\nprcsiditif; elder.\\nAt the annual Conference of 1840, David liurns was\\nsent to Flint Station as preacher in charge, with\\nIloaf; as assistant. (Mr. Iloag only remained a short time\\non the work, being removed to sonic other field by the\\npresiding elder.) L. Chatfield, presiding elder. The\\nfollowing Conference of 1847 returned David Burns as\\npreacher, and James Shaw presiding elder. This Confer-\\nence made Flint village a station entirely distinct from the\\ncircuit. Shaw remained on the district but one year.\\nDuring Burns administration some improvements were\\nmade in the interior of the church, and the inside was\\npainted.\\nM. B. Camburn was returned to Flint Station as preacher\\nin charge by the Conference of 1848, and again in 1849,\\nand George Bradley* was sent to the district as presiding\\nelder.\\nIn 1850 the Conference sent Dr. B. S. Taylor to Flint\\nStation. His health failing, he left- early in the year, and\\nthe work was supplied by T. B. Granger, who had been\\nappointed by the Conference to the Genesee circuit.\\nThe Conference of 1851 returned William iMahon to the\\nstation, and Bradley returned to the district for his fourth\\nand last year. Mr. Mahon was returned again fur the\\n.second year by the Conference of 1852, and George Smith\\nwas again sent to the district as presiding elder. The Con-\\nference sent J. M. Arnold to the station in 1853, and\\nreturned him for the .second year in 1854, George Smith\\ncontinuing on the district. These were years of steady\\nprosperity and growth. During Arnold s second year here\\n20 feet was added to the length of the church edifice. It\\nwas repaired and painted, and the session of the annual\\nConference was held in the church iu September, 1855,\\nBishop Ames presiding. At this Conference George Taylor\\nWas appointed to Flint Station, George Smith as presiding\\nelder of the district.\\nThe Conference of September, 185G, returned Rev. George\\nTaylor to Flint Station for his second year, and Rev. S. Clem-\\nent was sent to the district as presiding elder.\\nThe Conference of September, 1857, appointed Rev. John\\nRussell to Flint Station, and S. Clement returned to the\\ndistrict as pr siding elder.\\nThe Conference of 1858 returned Rev. John Russell to the\\nstation for bis .second year, and James Smart was sent to the\\ndistrict as presiding elder. It was found, towards the close\\nof his term, that the church accommodations had become\\nentirely inadcfjuate to the wants of the congregation, and\\nthe .subject of enlarging the building or dividing the society\\nwas frequently discussed, though no definite action was\\ntaken upon the subject.\\nThe Rev. John A. Baughman was sent to Flint Station\\nby the Conference of 1859, and James Smart returned to\\nthe district. Baughman remained on the station but one\\nyear, but it was a year of great prosperity to all the inter-\\nests the church. A goodly nuniber of persons were\\nadded lo the member.- liip the church building was entirely\\nremodeled, greatly enlarged, and beautified the old par-\\nSince died in the wortc.\\nsonage was sold. The proceeds of this sale, together with\\nthe amounts raised by subscription and given at the time\\nof the rededication, w;ls reported to be sufficient to entirely\\nrelieve the church from all indebtedness. With one of the\\nmost commodious churches in the State, entirely free from\\ndebt, a large niember.ship, united and lively, constant\\nand increasing religious prosperity, and a most interesting\\nSunday-school, it did seem as if the church was just enter-\\ning upon a career of unexampled prosperity. Alas, how\\nlittle we know of the future!\\nThe Conference of 18C0 appointed Rev. T. J. Joslin to\\nFlint Station, and Rev. James Smart returned to the dis-\\ntrict as presiding elder.\\nFor several years preceding this time the subject of tcm-\\nperance had excited a good deal of interest in the commu-\\nnity. The question of the practicability of mitigating or\\nsuppressing intemperance by the enactment and enforce-\\nment of prohibitory laws was discus.sed with great zeal and\\nearnestness. Nearly all the members of the Methodist\\nEpiscojial Church, with their ministers, took sides with the\\nadvocates of prohibition, and the church was always opened\\nfor temperance-meetings. This aroused the evil pa.ssion3\\nof the men in the liquor interest, and threats were made\\nthat the church should be made to suffer. On Tuesday\\nnight, the 19th of March, 18C1, the church was discovered\\nto be on fire, and in an hour it was reduced to a-shes, with\\nall its content.s, Sunday-.school library, musical instruments,\\nin short, everything it contained, as well as the beautiful\\nhouse, was consumed. There was no insurance. The fire\\nwas doubtless the work of an incendiary, probably incited\\nto this dastardly act by the liquor men, who considered\\nthemselves aggrieved by the activity of the Methodist\\nChurch people in the temperance movement.\\nThus, after struggling for over twenty years, erecting a\\nhouse at a cost of S4000, and repairing it at an expense of\\nperhaps S3000, the society found themselves again destitute\\nof a place of worship.\\nThe court-bou.se was secured temporarily for the purpose\\nof holding meetings. Steps were immediately taken to\\nsecure subscriptions both in Flint City and the adjoining\\ncountry. The people responded liberally, and in a fuvr\\nweeks the society felt encouraged to commence the erection\\nof a new brick church which should be larger than the one\\nburned. The subject of location was earnestly di.scussed.\\nBy some of the members a more central lot was proposed,\\none that would accommodate, as was thought, the people on\\nboth sides of the river better than the old one. After a\\ngood deal of discussion, it was finally decided to erect the\\nnew edifice on the old ground. One of the first steps taken\\nby the building-committee was the erection of a wooden\\nbuilding on the cbureh-Iots. which was soon iu a condition\\nto be used by the society, and they continued to hold meet-\\nings in this building until the completion of the new church,\\nin the summer of 18()2. This building has since been fitted\\nup into a neat and commodious parsonage, and is now occu-\\npied by the preacher.\\nJust at this time the members residing on the north side\\nof the river revived the ]ilan of dividing the society, organ-\\nizing a new church, and erecting a building to be located on\\nthe north side of the river. Some feeling had grown up in", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "16i\\nHISTORY OF GP]NP:SEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntlie official board, a portion of the nicmbersiiip regarding\\nthe means used in locating the new church on the old lot,\\ninstead of selecting a more central location, as had at one\\ntime been decided on, as unfair. The result of this agita-\\ntion was the organization of the Garland Street Methodist\\nEpiscopal Cliurch and the erection of their present house\\nof worship.\\nThe Conference of ISGl returned llev. T. J. Joslin to\\nFlint Station for his second year, and James Smart was\\nsent back to the district as presiding elder. These two\\nyears of Joslin s administration were years of toil, trial,\\nand, we might almost say, suffering. The presiding elder,\\npreacher, and the people bent all their energies to the\\none great business of cluuch-building. As a reward for\\nall this they had the satisfiiction of seeing the new temple-\\nsteadily advancing towards completion. On the 20th of\\nAugust, 1862, the present house was opened and dedicated\\nby Bishop Ames.\\nThs agent of the building-committee, in presenting the\\nstatement of the financial condition of the church before\\nthe dedicatory service, showed an indebtedness of a little\\nmore than $3000 (say $3200), for which there was no\\nprovision. A subscription was opened, and the sum of\\n$3237.52 was subscribed on the spot, whereupon the house\\nwas presented by the trustees and dedicated.\\nSubsequent events have shown an amount of several\\nhundred dollars indebtedness that was not embraced in\\nthat report, all of which has since been paid.\\nIt is not possible to estimate the first cost of the present\\nchurch edifice; no doubt, however, it approximates 812,000.\\nThe structure is 80 feet by 50, with walls 30 feet in height.\\nand will seat comfortably a congregation of 500 persons.\\nRev. W. H. Perrine, A.M entered upon his duties as\\npreacher in charge of the Court Street Methodist Episcopal\\nCliurch immediately after the Conference of September,\\n1862. This Conference returned him to the charge for the\\nsecond year, and T. J. Joslin was sent back as presiding\\nelder. The Conference of September, 1864, returned the\\nRev. Wm. E. Bigelow to Court Street, and the Rev. T. J.\\nJoslin returned to the district as presiding elder. It was\\nfound very difficult to secure a suitable house for the occu-\\npancy of the preacher s family. To obviate this difficulty,\\nMr. Bigelow called the attention of the official board to the\\nsubject of building a suitable hou.se. It was determined to\\nbegin the work as soon as an amount of subscription could\\nbe secured to justify them in so doing. Notwithstanding\\nthe financial and other embarrassments then existing, the\\nwork was soon well under way. The frame building which\\nhad been used for church purposes while the brick church\\nwas being erected, was moved, reconstructed, and trans-\\nformed into a neat and commodious parsonage house, which\\nwas completed and occupied by the preacher s family on the\\n13th day of July, 1865. The cost of this house, not in-\\ncluding the value of the old building, was about $1700.\\nThe Annual Conference of 18G5 was held in the Court\\nStreet church, commencing September 13, and closing Sep-\\ntember 18, Bishop Clark presiding. Rev. Wm. E. Bigelow\\nwas continued on the station, and T. J. Joslin returned to\\nthe district as presiding elder for his fourth year. At the\\ncommencement of this year a committee was appointed to\\nascertain the indebtedness of the church, and devise a plan\\nfor the payment of the same. H. C. Fairbank and George\\nW. Fish, with the preacher, were elected as the committee.\\nA careful examination was made, and the debts were found\\nto be S1550. Every dollar of this amount was raised and paid\\nduring the year, together with the ordinary expenses of the\\nchurch, so that at the close of this year the committee had\\nthe gratification of reporting the church entirely out of\\ndebt. The Annual Conference of September, 1SG6, re-\\nturned Rev. Wm. E. Bigelow to the Court Street charge\\nfor the third and last year. Rev. Geo. Smith was sent to\\nthe district as presiding elder for the third time.\\nThe Annual Conference held in Saginaw City, September\\n4 to 9, 1SG7, appointed the Rev. Luther Lee, D.D., to the\\ncharge of Court Street Church, and the Rev. George Smith*\\nwas continued on the district. The presiding elder came to\\nhis woik in feeble health, and, on the fourth day of the fol-\\nlowing May, he was removed from the scenes of his toil and\\nlabor by death. The bishop appointed the Rev. E. H.\\nPilcher, D.D., to fill the office of presiding elder, made va-\\ncant by the death of Mr. Su)ith, which he continued to do\\nuntil the following session of the Conference, which was\\nheld in Ann Arbor, August 26 to 31. Rev. Dr. Lee was\\nreturned to the Court Street charge.\\nThe Annual Conference of Sept. 1 to 8, ISGO, held in\\nthe city of Detroit, returned Rev. M. Hickey to the dis-\\ntrict as presiding elder, and the Rev. T. C. Gardner, A.M.,\\nwas sent to the Court Street charge. The following year,\\n1870, the Conference, which held its session in Fenton,\\nAugust 24 to 30, returned the Rev. Dr. Gardner to Court\\nStreet, and the Rev. M. Hickey to the district.\\nThe Conference of 1871 returned Rev. Dr. Gardner to\\nCourt Street Church for the third year, but, owing to some\\nmisunderstanding between the pastor and the congregation,\\nhe did not remain, and his place was supplied by Rev. J.\\nF. Davidson, who had been appointed to Howell.\\nThe Conference of 1872 returned for a second year the\\nRev. J. F. Davidson to the Court Street charge, and Rev.\\nW. E. Bigelow was appointed presiding elder of Flint Dis-\\ntrict. Mr. Bigelow remained on the district the full presi-\\nding-elder term of four years, and served with great efficiency\\nand faithfulness. He had served Court Street Church as\\npastor for three years, and was greatly beloved by the church\\nand by the citizens of Flint generally.\\nIn 1873, Rev. Dr. McEldowney was sent to Court Street,\\nand remained the full term of three years. Dr. McEldow-\\nney had for several years filled the chair of Latin and Greek\\nin Albion College, and prior to that had occupied a similar\\nposition in one or two other universities. But this had not\\ndisqualified him for the pastorate. His three years at Court\\nStreet were years of great efficiency and usefulness, and no\\nperson could be more beloved by the people than he was in\\nFlint. The Conference of 1875 was held in Flint, and the\\nCourt Street congregation and citizens generally did nobly\\nin entertaining its members.\\nAt this Conference Rev. W. E. Bigelow s term of presi-\\nding eldership expired, and his place was filled by the Rev.\\nA. F. Bourns, who continues to fill it with much efiiciency\\nand .acceptability.\\nSince died in the work.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n165\\nThe Conference of 1876 appointed Rev. W. H. Peace to\\nthe Court Street congregation, wiiere lie remained two j ears,\\nand rendered valuable service to the church, especially during\\nrevival occasions. The lecture-room, chiss-room.s, and infant\\nschool-room were all either matted or carpeted, and fitted up\\nwith every comfort and convenience.\\nIn 1878, Rev. J. Venning was appointed to Court Street\\nChurch, and has just entered upon his new field of labor.\\nHe has the reputation of being one of the most scholarly\\nand original thinkers in the Detroit Conference. The pres-\\nent membership of the church is about 400. The church\\npropert} including parsonage, is valued at \u00c2\u00a721,000. The\\nSunday-school numbers about 341. The following is a list\\nof the ofiieers of tlie church Rev. J. Venning, pastor Rev.\\nDr. Lee, superannuated minister; A. Tony, W. J. Mongo-\\nmay, B. Lewis, local preachers; lion. 0. Adams, Dr.\\nFairbank, D. Foot, A. Bcardsley, W. R. Morse, P. F.\\nCleveland, C. Green, H. AViison, E. Haver, members of\\nthe board of trustees Dr. Fairbank, A. Beardsley, C.\\nCrawford, Hon. S. Howard, G. Bradt, C. Muma, A. Withey,\\nE. Whitney, A. Ward, members of the board of stewards.\\nThe Sunday-school officers are as follows W. J. Parker,\\nSuperintendent; E. Whitney, Secretary; F. Ford, Librarian.\\nLiuUes Aid Societi/. President, Mrs. E. L. Buslinell\\nVice-President, Mrs. A. Ford Secretary, Mrs. H. J. Fair-\\nbank Treasurer, Mrs. J. Taylor.\\nTHE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FLINT.\\nThe first settlers of Flint found church organizations on\\neither side of them. On the Sabbath day they could elect\\nto go to meeting, either to Genesee, four miles north, or to\\nGrand Blanc, south.\\nMay 7, 1837, at the River House, occupied by Mr.\\nLewis Buckingham, 17 persons were organized into a Con-\\ngregational Church, by Rev. Jlr. Dudley. He was preach-\\ning at the time to the church in Genesee, and most of the\\nmembers constituting this church were members there.\\nThey were Jonathan Beach, Mrs. Martha Beach, Ezra\\nN. Carrier, Lyman G. Buckingham, Mrs. Salome Bucking-\\nham, Wait Beach, Mrs. Eunice Beach, Harvey Andrews,\\nMrs. Andrews, Daniel Andrews, Mrs. Aluiira Andrews,\\nLewis Buckingham, Mrs. Ann Buckingham, Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth P. Beach, Miss Emily Harrison, Mrs. Julia Ann\\nSeeley, and Mrs. Mariah Stage.\\nThere being no Congregational Association in this region\\nthis church, in 1840, submitted its articles of faith to the\\nPresbytery of Detroit, and was taken under the care of\\nthat body. Afterwards we find it appealing to tliis Presby-\\ntcrj in a case of discipline, and submitting to its govern-\\nment.\\nThe first place generally used for public meetings in the\\nvillage was the room over Stage Wright s store, east of\\nSaginaw Street, and near the river. For some reason the\\nfirst communion was held in a barn standing near the east\\ncorner of the sfjuare west of Saginaw and north of Kear.sley\\nStreets. The same season of the organization of the church,\\na house of worship was erected where the Henderson ware-\\nhouse now stands.\\nRev. Mr. Bates preached the dedication sermon of this\\nhouse ill the late fall or early winter. A religious interest\\narising, he continued meetings. Rev. Orson Parker assisting\\nand continuing the meetings after Mr. Bates left. As the\\nresult of that precious revival, 21 pereons united with the\\nchurch on profession of faith the 14th of December, and 7\\nby letter.\\nOf the original 17, 5 are still living and members with\\nus. Of these original and first added members, many have\\never been very active and useful members of the church\\nand some became useful members of other denominations.\\nRev. Orson Parker supplied the pulpit a part of the first\\nyear. He was succeeded by Rev. John Beach. He was\\nsucceeded in 1841 by the Rev. L. P. Bates. The .same\\nyear, Aug. 7, 1841, the church, by its own resolution,\\nchanged to the Presbyterian form of government. Hiram\\nBrown, Lewis Buckingham, and Ezra N. Carrier were\\nelected the first board of elders. Tiiere is no record of the\\nelection of deacons under the Congregational form of gov-\\nernment.\\nIn August, 1842, Rev. P. S. Van Nest became stated\\nsupply of the pulpit and acting pastor. He labored in the\\ncongregation about two years. Under all of these four or\\nfive brief ministries of Messrs. Dudley, Parker, Beach,\\nBates, and Van Nest, in all eight years, 1 1 9 persons were\\nreceived into the church.\\nIn July, 1845, Rev. J. G. Atterbury was ordained and\\ninstalled pastor. This was the first regular pa.storate. In\\nthe mean time the first church edifice had been enlarged,\\nand afterwards removed to the east corner of Saginaw and\\nFirst Streets. Not long after Mr. Atterbury began his\\nministry here, the church entered upon the work of erect-\\ning a new liouse of worship; and Jan. 26, 1848, tlie\\npresent edifice was dedicated, Dr. Duffield, of Detroit,\\npreaching the sermon. Mr. Atterbury resigned on account\\nof ill health, May 5, 1851. There were added to the\\nchurch during his pastorate 82 persons.\\nIn 1852, Rev. H. H. Northrop, having been called, en-\\ntered upon his labors as pastor of this church. In April,\\n1855, 70 persons were added to the church, the largest\\nnumber ever received at a single communion service. Dur-\\ning his ministry the church edifice was enlarged. At the\\nclose of the year 18G7 Rev. H. H. Northrop, having re-\\nsigned, closed his pastorate with this church. Three hun-\\ndred and four persons were received into the church during\\nliis ministry.\\nIn the year 1867 letters of dismission were granted at\\ndifi erent times to 32 persons, who united in organizing the\\nCongregational Church of this city.\\nIn March, 18(58, a call was extended to Rev. Archibald\\nMcSween to become pastor. September Jth, Mr. McSween\\nwas ordained and installed over this church and congrega-\\ntion. Rev. William Hogarth, D.D., preaching the sermon\\nRev. Mr. Taylor, of Saginaw City, giving the charge to the\\npastor; Rev. H. H. Northrop, the charge to the people;\\nand Rev. Thomas Wright offering the ordaining prayer.\\nDuring Mr. ^IcSween s ministry the large and commodious\\nleeture-rooui in the rear of this church was built. Mr.\\nMcSween closed his labors the latter part of the year 1871.\\nDuring bis ministry 07 persons were received into member-\\nship with the church, and a parsonage was purchased and\\nfitted up at an expense of $4000.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "IGG\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nIn 1872, Rev. David R. Eddy was elected pastor. Aug.\\n2, 1875, after laboring witli tlie cliurcli and congregation\\nas pastor elect for three years, Mr. Eddy decided not to ac-\\ncept an installation, and clcsed his ministerial labors here.\\nSixty-eight persons were received into membership with the\\nchurch during Mr. Paddy s ministry.\\nOn January 1st the present pastor commenced his labors\\nwith this church and congregation, from which time to this\\ndate (July 1, 1876) 14 membere have been added to the\\nchurch.\\nThe whole number of persons received into this church\\nas members from May 7, 1837, to July 1, 1876, is 724.\\nOf this number 250 were reported as members to Presby-\\ntery April, 1876.\\nThe following is the summary of contributions to differ-\\nent causes of benevolence since 1853, no record of former\\ncontributions being found\\nTo Home Missions $3,207\\nForeign Missions 3,088\\nMinisterial education {HI3\\nPublication (Bible Society) 1,809\\nChurch election 1,440\\nMinisterial relief 25\\nFrecdmen 97\\nSustentation 36\\n$10,755\\nA year and a half ago the church was largely damaged\\nby fire, but was refitted in nearly or qnite its former condi-\\ntion.\\nThe two senior members of this church in their family\\nrelations, and in each case by a former marriage, occupied\\na wide place in its organization and early history. The\\nformer, Jonathan Beach, had participated in the scenes of\\nthe Revolutionary war. At the East he had filled the office\\nof deacon, and ho exercised the same office in the young\\nchurch of Flint. His .son. Wait Beach, one of the origi-\\nnal members, gave the land for the first house of worship of\\nthe Presbyterian Church also the land for the Methodist\\nchurch and parsonage on Court Street also the land for\\nthe first cemetery, and the land for the court-house.\\nHis son, Harlow Beach, was the first clerk of the church,\\nand the wife of the first acting pastor was his daughter.\\nHis sister, Jlrs. Mary Miles, by marriage linked to the de-\\nscendants of Miles Standish, with her son and his family\\ncame in four months after the organization of the church\\nseveral of them were among the first to unite with the\\nyoung church by letter and profession of faith.\\nMrs. Slartha Beach was, by a former marriage, iMrs.\\nBuckingham. She had two sons with their wives among\\nthe original members. At the house of one of them the\\nchurch was organized. Both at different times held the\\noffice of clerk. One was a member of the first board of\\nelders and, in this line, her great-grandchildren are in the\\nSabbath-school at the present time.\\nMany other names among the members of this church\\non personal accounts some of them of very fragrant\\nmemory are worthy of special notice, but, from a lack of\\nrequisite knowledge, the writer of this sketch deems it un-\\nwise to attempt further delineation in this interesting line\\nof the church s history. Did he feel qualified for the ser-\\nvice it would afibrd him great plea.sure to make extended\\nmention of several esteemed members who have gone to\\ntheir heavenly reward. Their praise is in the church,\\nand though dead, their works do follow them.\\nIt will not be invidious to put on record the statement\\nthat a very fair proportion of the esteemed and valued citi-\\nzens of Flint village and city have been active members and\\nofficers of this church. To them and their fellow-Christian\\nbrothers and sisters, together with the faithful and devoted\\nministers whom, from time to time, they have called to\\ntheir aid, the community has ever been ready to accord the\\nspirit of recognition and general good-will and co-operation.\\nWe wish also to record the fact that from the beginning\\nthe denominational differences have been no bar to social\\nintercourse or united efiFort to promote piety and genuine\\nmorality. From the beginning they have been laborers to-\\ngether, with other evangelical churches, for the salvation of\\nsouls and the extension of the Saviour s kingdom. Many\\nvery precious seasons of religious revival have been enjoyed,\\nthe first of which is gratefully remembered to this day by\\nnearly a score of the early members, beginning with the\\ndedication of the first house of worship. In comparison\\nwith what was reached in after-years that day may seem\\nsmall, but, said one who was there, it was one of the\\nbest seasons of religious interest I ever enjoyed, for a work\\nhaving no more people to work upon.\\nThe above sketch was prepared in 1876, and deposited\\nin the library of the Presbyterian Historical Society in\\nPhiladelphia, with sketches of other Presbyterian Churches\\nwritten during the centennial year.\\nSince the above date 46 persons have been added to the\\nchurch.\\nA floating debt of several hundred dollars has been\\npaid, and the church-yard and the church-building re-\\npaired and improved to the amount of several hundred\\ndollars. The society is now out of debt, and current\\nexpens.;s are fully covered by the current income. The\\nSabbath-school numbers about 100, and is in a flourishing\\ncondition. H. P. Cristy is superintendent.\\nThe officers of the church are Rev. George P. Tindall,\\npastor; H. C. Walker, H. P. Cristy, A. L. Aldrich, Au-\\ngustus Root, Selim D.irling, T. G. Smith, elders.\\nThere are three ladies societies connected with the\\nchurch, a General Ladies Society, which raises money for\\na variety of objects connected with the interests of the\\nchurch and congregation; a Woiuan s Missionary Society,\\nfor both home and foreign missions and a Young Ladies\\nMission Band, for foreign, home, and city missions.\\nFIRST B.\\\\PTIST CHURCH OF FLINT.\\nAs early as the year 1837* an attempt was made to\\nsecure the permanent organization of a Baptist Church in\\nthe village of Flint. Two efforts having failed, it was pre-\\ndicted that a third effort, which was begun under the direc-\\ntion of Rev. Alfred Handy, missionary of the American\\nThe first society was organized at Benjamin Pearson s hall, and\\nmet agrecubly to a previous notice given out by Rev. Joseph Gambell,\\nwho presided as chairman of the meeting, while Robert F. Stage\\nserved as clerk. After adopting the title of the First Baptist Church\\nof the town of Flint, the fullowing-numed members were elected as\\nthe first board of trustees Warner Lake, Jr., Alansou Dickinson, Ben-\\njamin Pearson, Sherman Stanley, and John A. Iloycs. The articles\\nof incorjioration were signed by Joscpli (!ani cll and Josiah Walker.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n167\\nBiiptist Home Mission Society, would sliarc tlic same fate.\\nBut the cliurcli was organized after deliberate and prayerful\\nconsideration, and its constituent metuber.s did not propose\\nto let it die. In the first year of its existence an event\\noccurred which contributed to strengthen and enlarge the\\ninfluence of the church. This event was the disbanding of\\na church of 15 members five miles distant, in what is now\\nknown as the township of Burton, whose pastor, llev. Wil-\\nliam II. Fuller, spent each alternate Sunday with them.\\nThe question of transferring their interest and pecuniary\\nsupport to a new field, miles away, was anxiously discus.sed,\\nand finally, but reluctantly, decided upon. Among the\\nmembers who transferred their membership to the strug-\\ngling church in Flint were Deacon Perus Atherton, now\\nthe senior deacon of the church, and aged eighty-three\\nyears, and Deacon Samuel R. Atherton.\\nTheir first meetings were held in the court house, in a\\nroom over the jail. But they met under difficulties, fur the\\nnoise and loud profanity of the prisoners disturbed them\\ngreatly. Then they removed into a room in the Crapo\\nbuilding, on the north side of the river, until the church\\nedifice was built. A pleasing illustration of the spirit which\\npervaded the entire membership, and showing that the\\nsisters had a mind to work no less than the brethren, was\\ngiven by Brother Atherton.\\nIn the building of their first meeting-house the brethren\\nwere compelled through poverty to give their own time and\\nlabor in order to secure its completion. Few in number,\\nthey had succeeded in raising the frame of the building,\\nwith the exception of the front part of the steeple. The\\ntimbers to be raised were about fifty feet long, and braced\\ntogether by other pieces. The men set to work to raise\\nthe bent to its place, but above the height of their\\nbreasts it could not be lifted. They knew not where to look\\nfor assistance. By some means the sisters of the church,\\nwho were preparing dinner for the men close bj heard of\\nthe difficulty, and, moved by a common impulse, they all,\\ntwelve or fifteen in number, hastened to the spot, and by\\ntheir help the heavy frame-work was lifted up to its place.\\nThe hi-story of the First Baptist Church of Flint, for the\\ntwenty-five years of its existence, is a signal instance of\\nsuccess, achieved in the face of great difficulties. The\\nchurch was constituted Nov. 2, 1853, and the sermon of re-\\ncognition was preached by llev. Samuel Cornelius, of Troy.\\nThe church edifice was dedicated sermon by llev. Na-\\nthaniel Colver, of Detroit Dec. 12, 1855. It was en-\\nlarged and rcdedicated sermon by llev. A. E. Mather, of\\nDetroit in November, 18G8.\\nThe constituent members were six brethren and six\\nsisters. The whole number of members who have been con-\\nnected with the church is 852. Of this number 414 were\\nbaptized 138 men and 27G women into the fellowship of\\nthe church. The register of the dead numbers 40, 18\\nbrethren and 22 sisters.\\nThe picsent numbcrof names on the roll is 372. One-\\nsixth of the members are non-residents.\\nEiglit pastors, including the present incumbent, have\\nserved the church Alfred Handy, II. K, Tnj^per, J. S.\\nGoodman, J. 8. Hoyden, C. Johnson, 8. Cornelius, S. W.\\nTitus, and Jumcs Cooper.\\nFive brethren were licensed to preach by the church\\nThomas Robinson, A. C. INIerritt, George Atchinson, I. B.\\nNunn, and T. H. Bemish.\\nSeven deacons have served the church, viz. Eber Adams,\\nC. Lancton, P. Atherton, 11. A. Carman, S. Carpenter, S.\\nII. Atherton, and S. C. Church. The five last named still\\nhold the office.\\nL. D. Morse, J. Fortcn, and S. C. Church have served\\nas clerks, the last named since 18G5.\\nThe Sunday-.school of the church has on its rolls the\\nnames of 250 scholars, with an average attendance of 175.\\nThe superintendent is W. I King.slcy.\\nThe following gentlemen constitute the board of trus-\\ntees: S. R. Atherton, C. C. Pierson, E. K. Jenkins, J. C.\\nDecker, W. P. Kingsley, N. Bates, W. H. Piers. E. D.\\nPierson, treasurer.\\nThe first seven years of the church were full of trials and\\ndiscuuragonicnts. From 1809 to 1874 it enjoyed a high\\ndegree of prosperity. In those years 227 bapti.sms were\\nreported, and its contributions for home expenses and be-\\nnevolence aggregated $18,000. The war record of the\\nchurch is worthy of notice. Some of its members enlisted\\nin the army, and went forth with the prayers of the church.\\nTwo of the number, Jas. H. Atchinson and John Q. Adams,\\nsleep beneath the soil of South Carolina. The church re-\\ntained their pastor, J. S. Boyden, while chaplain of the\\n10th Michigan Regiment, and contributed to the Christian\\nCommission. The church has suffered from the general\\nfinancial prostration of the past five years, but there is a\\ngood degree of spiritual prosperity and of fraternal accord.\\nThe future is full of promise.\\nST. Paul s church.\\nIn August, 1839, the Rev. D.uiiel E. Bi-own, having re-\\nsigned his appointment at Green B.iy as missionary to the\\nIndians, visited Flint on a kind of prospecting tour, to see\\nif any Episcopal Church was wanted. He describes it as\\nindeed iieiv ground, and says, The voice of an Episco-\\npal clergyman in celebrating the services of our church had\\nnever been heard here. He gave a favorable report to the\\nMissionary Committee, which resulted in a visit from the\\nbishop on the 8th of October. He found everything in\\ngood condition, and remarks that such zeal was mani-\\nfested for the organization of a parish that I con.sented at\\nonce to the proposed mcaturo.\\nEarly in November the Rev. Mr. Brown visited Flint\\nagain and began his work. On the 23d day of November,\\n183!), ID persons associated themselves together for the\\npurpose of organizing a Protestant Episcopal Church in the\\ncity of Flint. Most of the nineteen have fallen asleep,\\nbut there are yet living in our midst three, viz. George M.\\nDewey, Grant Decker, and Henry C. Walker. It was\\ndetermined to hold a meeting for organization on the 14lh\\nday of December. Notice was given, and the meeting\\nheld, at which the Rev. D.iniel E. Brown was present.\\nAt this meeting seven vestrymen and two wardens were\\nelected, the wardens being T. D. Butler and Milton A.\\nCase. Of these wardens and vestrymen elected, Reuben\\nMcCrcery is the only one now living. On this original\\nvestry were also Jonathan D.iyton, Henry M. Henderson,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "168\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCliauncey S. Payne, and James B. Walker, all of them\\nnames connected with the early history of Flint, and most\\nof them pillars of strength to the church in later years.\\nThe fii-st meeting of the vestry was appointed to be held\\non the 21st of the same month. At that meeting the real\\nwork of the mission began in the following resolution\\nlirsohccl, Tlint the clerk be rcqucsled to draft a subseription for\\nthe payment of the incidcntiil cspcnscs of the service of St. Paul s\\nChurch.\\nOn the 25th of that month, being Christmas-day, the\\nholy communion was celebrated for the first time in the\\nnew parish. Si-^teen persons partook thereof, of whom the\\nfollowing are still living here: Jlrs. R. J. S. Page, Mrs. S.\\nC. M. Case, Mrs. Daniel E. Brown, Mrs. H. M. Henderson,\\nand Mr. Reuben McCreery.\\nNotice of the organization was promptly communicated\\nto the bishop, and rendered coniplete by his acceptance,\\ndated Jan. 15, 1840. At a meeting of the vestry, held\\nJan. 25, 1840, it was\\nItesnheil, That the Rev. D.iniel E. Brown be and he is hereby\\ncalled to act as rector.\\nOn the 20th day of April, 1840, the first annual parish-\\nmeeting was held, and a vestry elected, with Milton Case\\nand Jonathan Dayton as wardens. Of the seven vestry-\\nmen, Reuben JlcCreery, George M. Dewey, and Grant\\nDecker are still living. The two latter are still vestrymen.\\nMr. Grant Decker, the present senior warden, began his\\nservice as a vestryman at this time, since which he has had\\nthirty-nine years of continuous service. He was first\\nelected warden in 1854.\\nMr. George M. Dewey al. o began his service as a vestry-\\nman at this time. He has been a vestryman ever since,\\nexcept in the years 184tj and 47, thus serving thirty-seven\\nout of the thirty-nine years that the parish has existed.\\nAt this parish election Benjamin Pearson s name ap-\\npears for the first time as a vestryman. He was, how-\\never, one of the original petitioners for the organization of\\nthe parish.\\nOn Sunday, March 22d, the bishop paid another visit to\\ntlie young parish and confirmed three persons, Jonathan\\nDayton, Mrs. Averill, and Miss Martha Lee.\\nAt a parish-meeting held on May 26th, Jonathan Day-\\nton, Milton A. Case, and George M. Dewey were appointed\\ndelegates to the Diocesan Convention. Jonathan Dayton\\nwas the only one who attended. At the convention the\\nbishop speaks in high terms of his visit in March, and says,\\nA temporary building has been neatly fitted up for the\\naccommodation of the congregation, and every kindness has\\nbeen shown to their pastor. In his report to the same\\nconvention the Rev. Mr. Brown speaks of the prospect, and\\nrecords the flict that besides his duties in Flint he had held\\nservice and preached several times in the town of Grand\\nBlanc and at other points.\\nMeanwhile, at Flint the people began to fear that they\\nwould not be able to carry out the plans already so well\\n.started for the building up of the parish. After much and\\nanxious deliberation, the vestry took advantage of a visit\\niVoni the bishop in December, 1841, to arrange for procur-\\ning liclp from outside. Accordingly it was determined that\\nthe Rev. Mr. Brown should solicit help from the East for\\nthe feeble church. This he did with considerable success,\\ngathering about $1700 over expenses. In his report to the\\nnext convention the bishop speaks thus of the parish At\\nthe time of my visit an effort was made by the vestry to\\nbuild, as soon as possible, a church edifice. A most liberal\\nsubscription was obtained from the members of the parish,\\nbut not sufficient to authorize them to commence such an\\nundertaking. He then describes briefly the rector s visit\\nto tlie East, that his appeal was not in vain, etc.\\nIn his own report to the Convention the rector dwells\\nfeelingly upon the diflScultics of his mission, owing to gen-\\neral and almost universal prostration of business consequent\\nupon the depression of the monetary systems of our coun-\\ntry.\\nIn April, 1842, it was re-solved to circulate two subscrip-\\ntion papers, one fur a church on the north and one on the\\nsouth side of the river, and plans were ordered for a cliurch\\nbuilding, to be 38 by 54 feet, with posts 22 feet long.\\nMeanwhile, until the new church should be built, a cheap\\ntemporary building was erected of slabs and refuse lumber,\\nnear the corner where the store of C. M. Wager Co. now\\nstands, which the rector describes as follows For the past\\nyear we have worshiped in a tabernacle of rude construc-\\ntion of rough boards, but which was comfortable in the\\nsummer season, and which we were enabled to make so to a\\nlimited extent in the winter. The name generally given\\nto this building was The Tabernacle.\\nThe subscription papers mentioned above were duly cir-\\nculated, and the one on the south side was so far considered\\nthe most favorable that in May, 1842, it was determined to\\nbuild a new church on lot No. 5, block No. 2, in the village\\nof Flint River. This was what is now known as the Old\\nChurch, having been situated on the lot now covered by\\nthe Judd Block and Pratt s store. It was determined to\\nbuild a church o4 feet broad and 48 feet long. Mr.\\nBenjamin Pearson took the contract for the new church, to\\nbe completed by November 1st. but owing, as the rector says,\\nto unavoidable delays and disappointments, it was not\\ncompleted until July, 1843. On the 30th of that month\\nit was duly consecrated to the service of Almighty God.\\nOf this event the bishop .saj s, in his address to the Conven-\\ntion, July 30th, I consecrated St. Paul s Church, Flint,\\nand preached twice in the same, and confirmed two persons.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Hollister and Rev. Mr. Welby, of Canada,\\nwere present and assisted in the services. In his report to\\nthe Convention, in 1844, the Rev. Mr. Brown speaks of lib-\\neral donations received from the friends of the church in\\nNew York, of an elegant set of communion plate, also a\\nsuperb copy of the Bible, and the Book of Common Prayer,\\nfor the use of chancel and reading-desk. May 30th of this\\nyear five persons were confirmed, among whom were Messrs.\\nGrant Decker and Isaac Schram. When cold weather came\\nin the fall of 1843 with it came the following resolution\\nliesulccJ, That each warden and vestryman bo required to furnish\\nat the church door a cord of good wood, ])repared for the stove.\\nThis resolution curiously illustrates the shifts and de-\\nvices often rendered necessary for the support of feeble\\nparishes.\\nFeb. 10, 1845, the bishop confirmed eleven persons,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "*s^^^^~*^\\nGEORGE CROCKER.\\nGeorge Crocker, son of Sanuiel Crocker, was horn\\nin Devonshire, England, April 19, 1808. The\\nCrocker family were numerous and influential agri-\\ncultural people in that part of England. George was\\nthe oldest of thirteen children. He came to America\\nin March, 1832, stopping at Stafford, Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y., where he was married to Miss Susan Parkie,\\nAug. 8, 1835.\\nIn the spring of 1837 he came to Genesee County\\nand purchased from the government four hundred\\nacres of land in the townsiiip of Flint, and the\\nfollowing spring he went on to his land and i)egan\\nimproving it. As it was covered with a heavy\\ngrowth of timher, the progress was slow; the first\\nfive years a log house, frame barn, and twenty-five or\\nthirty acres cleared, was the result. At this time his\\nyounger brother, Stephen, arrived from England and\\npurchased of him one hundred and sixty acres of\\nland for cash. With this capital, wielded by sagacity\\nand good judgment, the road to affluence was en-\\nsured. His principal business outside of farming\\nwas dealing in lands. He was one of the parties to\\norganize the First National Bank of Flint; was one\\nof its first directors, and vice-president at the time of\\nhis death, wliicli occurred Nov. 50, 1874. He was\\na nuui of strong common sense, deliberate in coming\\nto conclusions, but when iiis opinions were once\\nformed, inflexible in his purpose. Systematic in busi-\\nness, and a man who made few mistakes, by his good\\njudgment and judicious management he accumulated\\na handsome property. Politically he was a Demo-\\ncrat, but never a seeker after office.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "FLINT ClTi\\n169\\namong wlioin were 5Ir. and Mrs. J. B. Walker, ^Ir. and\\nMrs. lionjauiin roar^on, Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Henderson,\\nMrs. Elvira Koosevelt, and Mrs. E. II. Thomson. In his\\naddres.s to the Convention, the bisliop sajs, During my\\nvisit I met llie vestry of tlie ehurcli, and was mueh grati-\\nfied to learn from them that their condition, in every point\\nof view, was most cheering. Tlie eliureh was free from all\\nembarrassments, and its continued increase confidently ex-\\npected. During this year the congregation purchased and\\nplaced in the tower the bell which is still in use, having\\ncost about S200.\\nThere seems to have been nothing more of special in-\\nterest to the public until on the 21)th day of August, 1840,\\nthe resignation of the rector was tendered, and accepted\\nwith deep regret.\\nThis closed the services of the llev. Daniel E. Brown\\nwilli this parish, having extended over a period of nearly\\nseven years. His official acts during that period are as/ol-\\nlows Baptisms (infant. 33; adult, 14) 47; confirmations,\\n24; funerals, 21 marriages, 12.\\nAn active effort was at once made to fill the vacancy in the\\nrectoi ship. Correspondence was bad with several rectors.\\nFinally, at a meeting of the vestry, held Sept. 25, 1846, it\\nwas\\nlicHvlfrd^ That the Kev. Charles Reighlcy be called to take eharge\\nof this church as its reotor provijetl a subscription can ba ra sed\\namuuiiting to SlOO, besides tho $3U0 pew or slip rent devoted to the\\npayment of a clergyman.\\nThe condition seems to have been complied with, for in\\nOctober the Bcv. Charles lleigliley took charge cis rector\\nof the parish.\\nAt a meeting of the vestry, held November 8th, it was\\nHemiUeily That the se.\\\\ton be instructed to ring the bell on Sun-\\ndays for the benefit of the Presb_vterian society (who had no beilj, if\\nthey request it, when the Episcopal society has no service.\\nAt the same meeting it was resolved to lower the pulpit\\nand the chancel railing. Until this time the pulpit seems\\nto have been one of the old-fashioned kind set up about\\nhalf the height of the room, from which the parson literally\\nlooked down upon the people.\\nIn November of the next year the assessment on the pews\\nwas raised to S500.\\nAt the Convention held in Detroit the previous Juno, the\\nrector reports that soon after entering upon the duties of\\nmy new eharge, nine families identified themselves with the\\ncongregation, by taking sittings in the church, and since\\nthat time the number has increased. He also anxiously\\ninquires, When will the bishop visit us? The result\\nwas that the bishop vi.-ited the parish immediately after the\\nConvention, on June 13th, and confirmed seven candidates.\\nOn the 10th of May, 1849, the bishop visited the parish\\nagain, and confirmed five candidates. There were no\\nfurther confirmations till 1853, under the next rector.\\nOn the 18th of September, 1850, the rector sent in his\\nresignation, having served a little less than three years.\\nHis official acts for that lime are: Baptisms (infant, 28;\\nadult, 7), 35 confirmed, 12 marriages, 3; burials, 33.\\nMr. Keighley was requested by the vestry to officiate in\\nthe church as long a.s he remained in the city, and no\\ndoubt did so.\\n22\\nThe vestry seem to liave had considerable trouble after\\nthis in filling the rectorship. In Febiuary, 1851, a call was\\nextended to llev. John A. Wilson, of Ypsilanti, at $500\\njier annum. He having declined, the Rev. George AV.\\nHathaway, from the diocese of Uliode Island, was called in\\nJune, at a salary of SGOO per annum. lie having also de-\\nclined, a committee was appointed to obtain a clergyman,\\nMeanwhile, at a meeting held Feb. 15, 1851, it was deter-\\nmined to build an addition to tho church of 24 feet, on the\\nrear end, provided sufficient funds can be raised. In\\nAugust a committee was appointed to let the job. The job\\nwas duly let and tho addition well towards completion be-\\nfore the church had a rector again.\\nApril 12, 1852, a committee was appointed to engage\\nthe services of the Rev. John Swan as rector, at a salary\\nof $(J00 per annum. Tho committee was successful, and\\nthe Rev. Mr. Swan entered upon his duties July 1, 1852.\\nThe church was not fully completed until that time, when\\nthe pews were rented. In August the vestry un-t together,\\nanil having ascertained that there was a debt of $320.48\\ndue, they proceeded to open a subscription among them-\\nselves, which resulted in a li iuidation of the whole amount.\\nThe older vestrymen who are still living assert that this\\nprocess was nothing new. In those days it cost something\\nto be a vestryman. Feb. 17, 1853, the bishop visited the\\nparish and confirmed nine persons. From this time on\\nthere is little more to record during the rectorship of Mr.\\nSwan than the usual items of parish work, so many bap-\\ntized, so many confirmed, until Oct. 11, 1858, when the\\nrector sent in his resignation. This the vestry refused to\\naccept. Finally, Oct. 17, 1859, the rector sent in a per-\\nemptory demand that his resignation of the year before\\nshould take efi ect November 1st. This was finally accepted.\\nA committee appointed reported very strong resolutions of\\nregret and endorsement of character, prepared by it, and\\nunanimously adopted by the vestry. This terminated the\\nlabors of the Rev. Mr. Swan, which included a period of\\nseven years and four months. His official acts were Bap-\\ntisms (infant, 06 adult, ISj, 84 confirmed, 55 marriages,\\n28 burials, 47.\\nNothing seems to have been done towards getting a rec-\\ntor until January, 1860, when a committee was appointed\\nto invite the Rev. Mr. Gillespie (now Bishoii Gillespie), of\\nPalmyra, N. Y., to visit Flint. The Rev. Mr. Gillespie\\nhaving declined to visit Flint, in March, 1860, a call was\\nextended to the Rev. Sir. Birehniore, of Rochester, N. Y.,\\nto become rector at a salary of $900 per annum. He ac-\\ncepted and took charge on Easter Day, 1860. On the 7lh\\nof JIay,when the rector had been in charge about a month,\\nthe bishop visited the parish and confirmed thirteen jjcr-\\nsoiKS. Almost at once a fund was raised, and the church\\nrepaired, the ba.setnent being i)lastered and floured for Sun-\\nday-school u.se. Tho next year .showed the confirmation\\nof a large class (seventeen), the purchase of the fine font\\nnow in use, and also the new coinniuniun service, the whole\\neo.sting between two and three hundred dollars. In his\\nreport to the next Convention, the rector speaks of the old\\ncommunion service that it has been intrusted to Rev. Mr.\\nBrown, for the parish at East Saginaw. There very\\nlillle in the next tbicc years to be found, except items of", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nchurch work, with the results reached, and recorded as such.\\nIll April, 18G5, the rector s salary was increased to $1200\\nper annum. In the same year au organ built by the rector\\nwas purchased and put in the church at a cost of $925. It\\nwas estimated by the builder to be wortli about $1750.\\nEarly in 18G6 the limited accommodations were deemed\\nso serious a matter that the gallery was enlarged, giving\\ntwelve new pews. In his report to the Convention, the\\nrector says that the ladies have purchased an eligible lot for\\na new church. It is worthy of note that the Congregational\\nchurch now stands on that lot.\\nDuring the same year the rector started a parish school,\\nhaving twenty-five scholars and four teachers. This\\nschool was kept up at considerable sacrifice for several years,\\nbut was finally discontinued.\\nIn the next year a rectory was bought in what was con-\\nsidered an excellent location for a church, at a cost of\\n$5000. The same property was afterwards exchanged for\\nthe present location. As an instance of the decline in val-\\nues in real estate, it is interesting to note that the same\\npropertj has since been sold for $2800.\\nIn Blarch, 1868, the pari.sh school was given up, except\\na small class which was taught at the rectory by the rector s\\nwife.\\nAs early as Feb. 4, 18G7, it was moved in vestrj\\nmeeting by Mr. Geo. M. Dewey, and unanimously carried,\\nThat it is expedient to build a new church, but when\\nthey began to take the preliminary steps it was found to be\\nquite impossible. In July of that year the parish was\\ncalled to mourn the loss of Benjamin Pearson, one of the\\noriginal vestrymen who had held the office ever since, ex-\\ncept one year (or twenty-eight years in all), having been a\\nwarden for seven years out of that time. The death of\\nMr. Pearson undoubtedly postponed for a time the project\\nof building a new church.\\nIn May, 18G8, the ladies of the congregation were given\\npermission to repaper and whiten the church, and a com-\\nmittee was appointed to confer with them.\\nIn the latter part of 1SG8 and the early part of 1809\\nan unfortunate dissension was created in the parish by\\nsome social questions which it is probable that the less that\\nis .said about them the better will it be. It resulted in the\\nrector s accepting other employment, still retaining the\\nnominal rectorship.\\nIn September, 18G9, the vestry finally received the res-\\nignation of the rector. This closed the connection of the\\nRev. Mr. Birchmore with the parish af\\\\er nine years and\\nfive months of service, the last five months being merely\\nnominal. His ofiicial acts were Baptisms (infant, 179\\nadult, 53), 232 confirmed, 116; marriages, 38; burials,\\n102.\\nAt a meeting of the ve.stry, held September 17, 18G9,\\nthe resignation of the llev. John W. Birchmore was re-\\nceived and accepted. At the same meeting it was\\nRcsolfcd, That the secretary be instructed to invite Rev. Mr.\\nLnne to preach in this church on the 2f th inst.\\nThe letter was sent and the present rector ofiBciated for\\nthe first time in St. Paul s church, Sept. 26, 1869. He\\nwas requested at that time to officiate the next Sunday and\\nadminister the holy communion. On the occasion of the\\nsecond visit, arrangements were made by which the church\\nwas practically placed under his charge till the ensuing\\nEaster. On the 6th day of April the Rev. Marcus Lane\\nwas called as rector, at a salary of $1200 per annum.\\nBut a few weeks afterwards the parish met with a seri-\\nous loss in the death of the Hon. Henry M. Henderson.\\nHe was one of the original vestrymen, had been identified\\nwith the parish from the beginning, and had been, as the\\nresolutions of the vestry read, one of its oldest and most\\nvalued members At a meeting of the vestry, held March\\n25, 1871, the subject of building a new church was duly\\nconsidered, and the announcement made that Mrs. Hender-\\nson would give $8000 to head the subscription list. At\\nthe same meeting it was\\nJicsoh-cfl, That this vestry arc of the opinion that of the several\\npropcsitions submitted, the Bcecher lot on Saginaw Street is the\\nmost desirable location available for the site of a new church.\\nA committee was appointed to secure subscriptions. At\\na meeting of the vestry, held Sept. 23, 1871, it was deter-\\nmined to build upon the Beecher lot. The rector and\\nMr. F. W. Judd were appointed a committee on plans\\nMessrs. Judd, Decker, and Denham, a building committee.\\nAt a meeting of the congregation, held September 25th, the\\nrector, wardens, and vestrymen were authorized to sell the\\nchurch lot and the pareonage property.\\nThe church lot thirty years before had been a gift from\\nthe proprietors of the village of Flint River, A. C. and\\nSherman Stevens, who owned five-sixths, and Ira D.\\nWright, who owned one-sixth. The compensation fixed in\\nthe deeds, nominal, of course, was $400 in the Sherman\\ndeed, and $50 in that of Mr. Wright. There seems also\\nto have been some flaw in the title, for some years after-\\nwards Mr. J. B. Walker gave a quit-claim deed of his\\nright and title to the whole lot, compensation $100. This\\nalso was probably nominal.\\nThe church lot, valued as it would seem iu the beginning\\nat $450, had in thirty years so increased in value that its\\nsale netted the parish nearly $6000.\\nThe parsonage lot was exchanged for the Beecher lot,\\nthe parish paying $2000 in addition.\\nThe winter was spent in collecting subscriptions, fixing\\nup the new rectory, quarrying and hauling stone. The\\nstone of which the new church was built was taken from the\\nquarries of John Sutton, near Flushing, he having liberally\\ndonated the same, provided the parish would get it out.\\nIt took nearly 400 cords of stone to build the church,\\nfrom which one can easily see the magnitude of the task\\nundertaken. April 29, 1872, proposals having been invited,\\nthe bids were opened. The bids for mason-work ranged\\nfrom $11,270 to $18,000, and the whole job from $26,000\\nto $34,G26. Mr. Peres F. Cleveland, of this city, being the\\nlowest bidder, the contract was let to him, the church pro-\\nviding all material for the mason-work.\\nOn Ascension Day, May 9, 1872, ground was broken\\nfjr the new church, Mr. Judd, the chairman of the build-\\ning-committee, throwing out the first shovelful of dirt.\\nMay 29th the corner-stone was laid. October 14th a parish-\\nmeeting was held and the vestry were authorized to make\\na loan not exceeding $10,000. Under this authority the\\nvestry borrowed $6000 from Miss Cumings.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n171\\nJan. 6, 187:1, the rector and Messrs. JudJ and Tliomson\\nwere appointed a committee on stained ^lass. From this\\ntime ou till the completion of the church the records .show\\nconstant labore under many di.scoura^cments and many hard\\nstruggles, which resulted in the adoption of various expe-\\ndients for the raising of the moneys needed, some of which\\nwere successful and some not.\\nWhile the wardens and vestry were thus laboring to get\\nthe now church completed, the Young Ladies Society had\\nundertaken to provide a suitable organ. They took the\\nwhole thing into their own hands, closed a contract with\\nMessrs. Johnson Co., of Westfield, Ma.ss., and in due time\\nraised the money and made all the payments, and placed\\nthe new organ in the church as their share of the work,\\nand as a free gift to the honor and glory of Almighty God.\\nAfter it was supposed that the last service had been held\\nin the old church, and before the new one could be used,\\ncame the unexpected death of the Rev. Daniel E. Brown,\\nthe first rector of the parish. The church was reopened\\nand the last service in the old church was the funeral of\\nits builder. Very strong and eulogistic resolutions were\\nadopted by the rector, wardens, and vestry, who attended\\nthe funeral in a body. August 24th the first service was\\nheld in the new church. Intending to give due credit to\\nall engaged in this good work thus brought to completion,\\nthe writer would briefly state their several parts as follows\\nArchitect, Gordon W. Lloyd, of Detroit Committee on\\nPlans, the Hector and Mr. Judd Building Committee,\\nMessrs. Judd, Decker, and Denliam Stained Glass Com-\\nmittee, the Rector, Messrs. Thomson and Judd Contractor,\\nPeres F. Cleveland, of Flint Painting, etc., Stephens Bros.,\\nof Flint; UphoLstering, Marcus, Stevens Co., of Detroit.\\nThe stained glass of the chapel was procured from Ham-\\nilton Co., of New York, for the church from A. Fredrick,\\nof Brooklyn, N. Y. Many of the minor details and little\\nepisodes connected with the building would be very interest-\\ning to the members of the church, but they would not be\\nof like interest to the general reader. Hence they are\\nhere omitted.\\nUnfortunately with the new church came a church debt,\\nwhich would never have been a great burden but for the\\ngeneral financial prostration of the whole country. The\\nrecord of proceedings since would be a plain story of many\\nand determined efforts to reduce it. These efforts have\\nbeen so far successful that the debt can never be the burden\\nin the future that it has been in the past. The total indebt-\\nedness is now a little more than S12, 000. On the 20th of\\nApril, 1878, it was $17,895.\\nTiie record of the spiritual work of the church, its gains\\nand losses, are of little interest to the public. It is, there-\\nfore, sufiBcient to sum them up. The present rector has\\nhad charge of the church nine years and eight months, the\\nlongest lime of any rector in its history. His official acts\\nare as follows Baptisms (infant, 1G5; adult, 71}, 23G\\nconfirmed, 195; marriages. 111 burials, 129.\\nThe foregoing sketch was prepared by the rector.\\nST. Michael s rojian catholic cnuRcn.\\nBishop P. Lcfever, of the diocese of Detroit, was the\\nimpulse which placed in form of organization the material\\nfor a Roman Catholic Church in Flint. The first efforts\\ndate back to September 2, 1813, though the building was\\nseveral years in process of erection. The ground on which\\nit stands was deeded by Chauncey S. Payne, and Hon.\\nGeorge 1*1. Dewey gave $200 towards the fund, while many\\nleading citizens contributed more or less liberally, as their\\nmeans permitted.\\nAmong the first missionary clergymen to visit the field\\nwere Rev. Lawrence Kilroy and Rev. Martin Kindig, now\\nvicar-general of Milwaukee, Wis., who figured so conspicu-\\nously in the cholera epidemic which decimated Detroit in\\n1834. The reverend father was indefatigable in his efforts\\nto alleviate distress among all sects and classes, and used\\nhis private means so liberally as to impoverish himself and\\ncontract an indebtedness which it required years to liquidate.\\nHe died recently, after a long life of ceaseless toil and be-\\nnevolence, at the ripe age of seventy-two years. Among\\nthe friends from Detroit who rendered material aid to the\\nstruggling enterprise were Hon. Lewis Cass, Joseph Cam-\\npau. Bishop P. Lefever, Peter Desnoyer, and many other\\nnames well known in olden times.\\nD. O SuUivan, whose arrival in Flint occurred in July\\nof 1834, was largely instrumental in the construction of\\nthe building, having contributed both in means and labor\\nto the enterprise. The first regularly installed pastor was\\nRev. Michael Jlonaghan, who remained some time after\\nthe completion of the church, and was succeeded by Rev.\\nJoseph Kinderkins, brother of Vicar-General Kinderkins,\\nof Detroit, who in turn was succeeded by Rev. C. L. De-\\nceuninck, in 1856, who organized a school under the man-\\nagement of two lay teachers. His pastorate extended over\\na period of fifteen years, during which time he was active\\nin many benevolent enterprises and did much for the relief\\nof the poor of the church.\\nHis successor was Rev. Father Flanigan, who remained\\ntwo years. The school during his administration was dis-\\ncontinued. Rev. James Gillespie was installed as pastor in\\n1873. He organized a school, and occupied for this pur-\\npose the church and an adjoining building, and had as\\ninstructors a principal and two assistant teachers, and an\\naverage attendance of 200 scholars during the regular\\nterm of ten months. A substantial school building of brick\\nwas meanwhile erected, at a cost of $7000, with rooms in\\nwhich the various societies of the church hold their\\nmeetings.\\nThe present pastor is Rev. Robert W. Haire, who was\\ninstalled Aug. 1, 1875. His administration has been suc-\\ncessful, his energies being mainly directed to the main-\\ntenance of the parochial school, to which he gives much of\\nhis time and attention. It at present numbers about 300\\npupils, who are instructed by an efficient corps of teachers.\\nThe primary department is under the supervision of Sister\\nCatherine, assisted by three rtlir/ii:!iscs, all of the order of\\nthe Immaculate Heart of IMary, from Blonroe, Mich.\\nTiie annual expenditures, which in tlie aggregate amount\\nto $1300, are defrayed from the revenues collected from\\nthe congregation. The families who compose the parisli\\nnumber about 300, and the amount of current expenses\\nincurred by the church reaches the sum of $4000. About\\n400 persons compo.se the congregation during the early", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF GExNESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmorninj: sorvico, and 500 are present at the later service.\\nThe music of tlie eliuicli reflects much credit upon tlie\\nchoir. The (Ireu oriaii chnnt is about bein;^ introduced,\\nwhich will embrace the finest male voices in the church.\\nSEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.\\nThis society was orpranized as the result of a series of\\ntent-nieelinj;s, hold in Flint and its vicinity by Elders D.\\nII. Larason, of Armada, Mich., and E. R. Jones, of Battle\\nCreek, same State. Their raeetin;^s bogau June 11, 1875,\\nand continued with various intermissions until September\\n13th of the same year, when a district camp-meetiiii; closed\\ntheir labors. On the 24th of October, 1875, a society\\ncomprising 46 members was formed. Prior to the forma-\\ntion of this society, it is claimed that the only families of\\nthis belief residing in Flint were those of Elias J. Bump\\nand John Harmon. Coggins Hall was first used as a place\\nof wcrship. Soon after Coven s Hall was leased for the\\nsame purpose at a rental of SlOO per year. A reorganiza-\\ntion took place April 30, 1876, and S. H. Daniels cho.sen\\nelder, Allen D. Newbury and llobert W. D.iy deacons.\\nThe first board of trustees, consisting of Robert W. Day,\\nS. II. Daniels, and Samuel Woodhull, was chosen 3Iay 20,\\n1876. In April, 1877, Mr. Klias J. Bump donated Ibr a\\nchurch-site a lot situated on the corner of Third Street\\nand Stockton Avenue. Elder D. II. Lamson had received\\npledges for S1700, and the work of building a house of\\nworship was immediately begun. S. H. Daniels, W. C.\\nAlthbuse, H. C. Thompson, and Horace Bristol formed the\\nbuilding-committee, and Dec. 27, 1877, the church edifice\\nwas completed and dedicated. The dedicatory services were\\nconducted by Elders Uriah Smith, D. H. Lam.son, and E.\\nR. Jones. The house is a neat structure with (iotliio roof,\\nbut without spire or bell. It is beautifully finished inside,\\nand has patent sittings for 300 persons. The present\\nmembership is 75. They have no local pastor, and at\\npresent no elder. A flourishing Sabbath-school exists,\\nwhich includes nearly all of the members. William J.\\nFarrand, Superintendent Sarah E. Talliafero, Secretary.\\nGARLAND STREET JIETIIODIST EPI.SCOI AL CUURCII.\\nThis church is located on the corner of Garland and\\nSecond Streets, on the north side of the river. The society\\nwas organized in the early part of the year ISGl.\\nPrevious to this there had been but one church of this\\norder within the limits of the city. The circumstances\\nwhich called the new one into existence were at the time\\nsorely afllictive to a majority of the good men and women\\nconnected with it.\\nThe noble edifice of the parent society had substantially\\npassed out of human hands a few months before, though\\nthe ofibrings of a people, mostly poor in this world s goods,\\nwere embodied in it, offerings made in human interests,\\nyet unto Gml alone and, though an eloquent memorial of\\nthe faith, prayers, and heroic struggles of Christians, yet\\nits fud was hastened. In the dead of night the cruel\\nflames reduced it to ashes, with all its contents, in an hour.\\nThe black and smouldering mass that remained of the beau-\\ntiful temple called fur tears and prayers. The teare were\\nnot wholly restrained, and prayers went up from sad Iiearts,\\nimploring submi.ssiveness of spirit, and courage, and wisdom.\\nBefore the morning sun had come to look for the first time\\non that scene of desolation the losers were saying, By\\nthe help of God we will build again. The pastor, Rev.\\nT. J. Juslin, was laid aside at the time by severe and pro-\\ntracted sickness, but amid all the discouragements it was\\ndecided to build at once.\\nIt was at this juncture that the pertinent question of lo-\\ncatton anchored itself in the harbor of a peaceful and united\\npeople. It was one of great importance to those at both\\nextremes of city, north and south, and naturally swept with\\nmore or less toiichinrj force under other points of the com-\\npass. ]Members in the northern portion of the city pleaded\\nfor a central location, equally accommodating all parts of\\nthe town. Discu.ssion retarded initial steps, yet discussion\\nclosed with a n)ajority for the old site. This decision was\\nas a signal at which a considerable number of men and\\nwomen, young and old, including as good material in all\\nrespects as the old church ever contained, moved out of the\\nold and honored lines, for the ])rotection and upbuilding of\\nMethodism in their own part of the city. Thus to break\\nup the pleasant associations of former year.\u00c2\u00ab, and sei)arate\\nthemselves from those with whom they had long walked\\nand taken sweet counsel, was the most grievous and trying\\npoint of their associated history. But the action of others\\nliad made it necessary, and they were left to cro.\u00c2\u00abs the\\nRubicon, which they did promptly but kindly. Their\\nfirst board of trustees was appointed without delay. It\\nconsisted of Daniel S. Freeman, William Stevenson, Joseph\\nKline, John Owen, and Dr. Wood. The first board of\\nstewards was also composed of the same men.\\nThe actual charter members were Rev. Daniel S. Free-\\nman and wife, William Stevenson and mother (Maiy Stc-\\nvensorO, John Sutton and wife and mother, and Helen,\\nJosephine, and George (children of John Sutton), Sarah\\nFreeman, Louisa Freeman, Mrs. Joseph Freeman and\\ndaughter (Ellen), Mr.s. Cynthia Abornethy, Joseph Kline\\nand wife, Johanna Parrit^h, John Owen and wife, Charlotte\\nRaymond, and Dr. Wood and wife, 24 in all. By means\\nof transfers from the old church, their numbers were soon\\nswelled to 80.\\nThe edifice in which the congregation has worshiped ever\\nsince was completed and dedicated before the close of IStJI\\nwhich, being the year of the inception of the enterprise,\\nshows with what celerity these brethren carried on their\\nwork. The late Rev. Dr. T. M. Eddy, then editor of the\\nNortli- Western Christian Advoeate, of Chicago, III., ofll-\\nciated at the dedication. The lots on which the church\\nwas built had been generously donated by Chauncey L.\\nP;lyne and Charles P. Avery. The structure itself cost\\nsomething over $2500, and was free from debt when dedi-\\ncated.\\nThe annual Conference of September, 1861, appointed\\nRev. Isaac Crawford as the first pastor of the new and then\\nvigorous organization. He remained but one year, during\\nwhich there were a number of accessions to the church, but\\nnot so many as might have been realized under other cir-\\ncumstances.\\nThe man succeeding Mr. Crawford was essentially differ-\\nent. Endowed liberally with nature s best gifts, well edu-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "J. R. CHAMBERS.\\nMRS. J. R. CHAMBERS.\\nJ. E. CHAMBERS.\\nJeremy R. Chambers was born in Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., in December, 1816. When he was twelve\\nyears of age his parents moved to Jefferson. Tiie\\nfamily were poor, and Jeremy, the oldest boy, soon\\nbecame the main support. Thinking he could better\\nsecure a home for the family in a new country,\\nhe and his brotlier William started for Micliigan on\\nfoot, witii only a few dollars. At Detroit he pur-\\nchased an axe and pursued his journey; arrived in\\nBurton, Genesee Co., March 27, 1836, walking the\\nentire distance from Jefferson Co., N. Y., in fourteen\\ndays. Arriving in Burton, he hired out for a year.\\nIn July his employer let him have one hundred\\ndollars, with which he entered eighty acres of land\\nin Richfield. Not being satisfied with the location,\\nhe continued to work by the montii or job for three\\nyears, when he bought forty acres of land in Burton,\\nand made improvements as best he could. In 1841\\nhe built a house and sowed ten acres of wheat.\\nIn the spring of 1842 his parents, with five chil-\\ndren, came on to live with him. In June a heavy\\nfrost killed his wheat, which was a serious blow, and\\nhe was obliged to sell the eighty acres of land in\\nRichfield for thirty dollars, needed to buy seed-wheat\\nthe next fall.\\nThe fiimily struggled on for eight years, when\\nthe father and mother died, and the family was\\nbroken up. Mr. Chambers and two of his brothers\\nengaged in fishing on Lake Huron for three years;\\nfrom this enterprise he saved a few thousand\\ndollars. Returning to Genesee County, he pur-\\nchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in\\nthe town of Flint, and built a house on the land.\\nFrom that time the improvements went on until\\nhe now has a fine farm, with such surroundings\\nas indicate the wealthy farmer. In 1868 he sold\\nthe farm and moved to Flint, to enjoy a well-\\nearned competency.\\nOn the 25th of October, 1853, he was mar-\\nried. Mrs. Chambers was the daughter of Charles\\nJohnson, formerly from Ovid, N. Y. He moved\\nto Oakland Co., Mich., and settled on the bank\\nof Elizabeth Lake, in 1824; in 1836 he moved\\nto Burton, this county, where he died in 1864.\\nMr. and Mrs. Chambers united with the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church some twenty years\\nago.\\nand have since remained consistent mem-\\nbers. They have been the parents of two daugh-\\nters, one of whom died the other lives with her\\nparents.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITy.\\n173\\ncatod, of extensive and careful readinfr, and experienced l)y\\nmore than a score of successful years in the ministry, he\\nentered the field to give sermons of cultuie and Gospel\\npower, and to he a real pastor to his people and beloved\\nby them. Such was the llev. Orin Whitniore, who re-\\nmained the full term of three years, and left under the\\nbenedictions of those he had served.\\nThe close of this term brings us to September, 18C5,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0when the Rev. E. E. Castor was appointed to the charge,\\nlie was eminently fitted for tlie place, a good pastor, an\\nearnest and eloc|uent preacher, crowding his house with\\nhearers till enlargement became necessary, and was accom-\\nplished by adding 20 feet to the length of the auditorium,\\nat a cost of SI 200, which was paid in full before the .sound\\nof the liammer-strokes had fairly died. Mr. Castor left at\\nthe end of two years in response to an earnest demand else-\\nwhere.\\nThe fall of 18G7 brought, under Conference appointments,\\ntlie llev. E. K. Haseall to Garland Street, as its pastor, and\\nthe/o\u00c2\u00abr//i one in number. Several names were added to\\nthe church list through his labors, but for sonw. rea.son he\\nremained but one year. He was followed by the llev.\\nWilliam Q. Burnett, who proved to be an invpre.-^sible and\\nsuccessful worker. During his pastorate an addition to the\\nchurch edifice, including three commodious rooms and a fine\\nparsonage, located on the corner of Garland and Third\\nStreets, one block from the church, was built at an aggre-\\ngate cost of about \u00c2\u00a7:;()0(), all paid, and an extensive revival\\nof religion was wrought. Of course such a worker re-\\nmained three years.\\nllev. Wni. Fox was his successor, comniencing his labors\\nSeptember, 1871, and after two years of judicious, dignified,\\nand successful efibrt was called to the presiding eldership\\nof Romeo district, and left the people regretting his depart-\\nure. Rev. Jacob Ilorton was next appointed to the charge,\\nand, with a somewhat varying suece.-is, remained for two\\nyears. He was a fine preacher and a decided worker. Under\\nliis administration the church was internally repaired and\\nbeautified, at a cost of S700.\\nRev. George W. Lowe came to the charge in September,\\n1875, and had a successful term of three years, considering\\nthe adverse circumstances which, independent of the pastor\\nand beyond his possible control, connected themselves most\\nunfortunately with the church. Mr. Lowe s qualities of\\nmind and heart need no eulogy other than that of his life-\\nwork. This brings us to September, 1878, when Rev. T.\\nJ. .loslin was appointed pa.stor, and now occupies the place.\\nDuring the.\u00c2\u00abe eighteen years of the church s existence, its\\nseveral clas.ses have been served at different intervals by\\nthe following li.st of class-leaders, namely: D. S. Freeman,\\nJo.seph Kline, R. \\\\V. Dullam, Moses JIann, L. N. Moon,\\nThomas Stiltson, Porter Fleming, John C. Vincent, Wil-\\nliam Haver, Daniel Frost, and J. II. Failing.\\nThe present official board is composed as follows Class-\\nlicaders, D. S. Freeman, II. W. Dnilam, J. II. Failing, and\\nJo.seph Kline; Stewards, Jnhii Sutton, Alanson Bradford,\\nDr. Bela Cogsliall, J. II. Failing, Lewis Kline, John An-\\ndrews, Albert Hakes, Meno Kbe, and Joseph Freeman\\nTrustees, D. S. Freeman, J. R. Chambers, John Whiting,\\nJohn Armstrong, John Sherff, Cyrus Pomcroy, and J. D.\\nIlaight Located Ministers, D. S. Freeman, Hiram Adams,\\nand Erwin Wilder.\\nFrom the beginning there has been a fine Sunday-school\\nconnected with this church, and it is at the present time\\nfavored with a good corps of officers and teachers, and is\\nin a fairly pro.sperous condition.\\nThe degree of success realized by the Garland Street\\nChurch in leading souls to Christ, and in mutually edifying,\\nguiding, and cheering on to duty and to heaven the ser-\\nvants of our God, and seen also in the fact that a membership\\nof nearly 300 is now within its pale, after an almost equal\\nnumber have been removed by certificates and by death,\\nis, at least, suggestive of high approval, and disarms criti-\\ncism of those who at first led the way, and, with others,\\nhave carried on the work.\\nThis sketch is prepared by the pastor.\\nTUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nThe Congregational Church of Flint came into being\\nduring the fall of 18G7. Its first membership was com-\\nposed mainly of those who had been members of other\\nchurches of the same order elsewhere in the State, in the\\nWestern Reserve (of Ohio), or at the East, and who since\\nthe impetus given to Flint by the building of the Flint and\\nPere JIarquette Railway had cast in their lot with its en-\\nterprising people. Many of these had connected themselves\\nwith the First Presbyterian Church of Flint, of which the\\nRev. H. II. Northrop was then the able pastor; but their\\nindependent ways were hardly congenial to the staid habits\\nof the old families, and in the summer of 18G7 they be-\\ncame aware that in the opinion of the pastor and leading\\nmembers it would be better for the old hive if they would\\nswarm. After a few weeks reflection and consultation\\na meeting was held, on the evening of the ISth day of\\nSeptember, 1867, at the house of Wm. L. Smith, Esq., to\\nconsider whether it was best to form a Congregational\\nChurch in Flint. The record shows there were present\\nMr. and Mrs. Wni. L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Royal C. Rip-\\nley, Mr. and Mrs. George II. Ilolman, Mr. and Mrs.\\nHenry II. Lovell, Mr. and i^Irs. Egbert L. Bangs, Mr. and\\nMrs. Charles C. Farrar, iMr. and Mrs. George 11. Gold, Mrs.\\nSarah 0. Strong, 3Iiss JIargaret T. Olcott, Mr. George\\nAndrews, Mr. Zelotes Truesdel, and Mr. Thomas Smith,\\nand with them, by invitation. Rev. Frank P. Woodbury\\nand wife, late of Mcriden, N. H. The meeting was or-\\nganised with Mr. Gold as chairman, and Mr. Truesdel as\\nsecretary. After earnest consultation it was agreed Mr.\\nRipley alone di.s.senting that there was room and work for\\na Congregational Church in Flint, and that steps should be\\ntaken to form one. Rev. Mr. Woodbury was invited to\\npreach at Awanaga Hall on the following Sabbath, morning\\nand evening. A provisional committee of .seven was chosen,\\nconsisting of Measrs. Lovell, Bangs, W. L. Smith, Ilolman,\\nFarrar, D. W. Parker, and Gold. To them was committed\\nthe full guidance of affiiirs. Notice of the intended ser-\\nvices was given in the local papers issued on Saturday, and\\nWilliam Stevenson, E.-^q was secured as organist. The\\nweather was fine, and the hall was well filled in the morn-\\ning and crowded in the evening. After the morning .ser-\\nvice a Sunday-school was organized with about 23 children,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand Mr. AVilliam L. Smith was shortly afterwards made its\\n.superintendent. On tlic Mondiiy following these services\\nthe committee made a formal contract with llcv. Mr.\\nWoodbury to serve as pastor of the enterprise for one\\nyear, at a salary of SI 500, of which it was understood the\\nHome IMis.sionary Society would pay \u00c2\u00a7500, and to secure\\nthe regular payment of the remaining $1000 in monthly\\ninstallments the committee gave the pastor their personal\\nbond. Awanaga Hall was rented for Sunday services and\\nother rooms for the weekly devotional meetings. The finan-\\ncial support was secured by subscriptions payable monthly,\\nand by Sunday collections.\\nThe interest in the enterprise continually increasing, on\\nOct. 18, 1867, letters missive were issued to the churches\\nof the order in Lansing St. John s, Owasso, East Saginaw,\\nPontiac, Detroit, Romeo, Almont, Adrian, Vienna, Burton,\\nGrand Blanc, and Goodrich to assemble on Oct. 20, 18G7,\\nat Flint, by pastor and delegate, with Rev. J. W. Hough,\\nof Saginaw City, Rev. Frank P. Woodbury, of Jackson,\\nand Rev. Herbert A. Reed (the State Home Missionary\\nagent), of Marshall, in council, to advise as to the forma-\\ntion of a church, and to aid therein if the enterprise were\\napproved. The council duly convened, organized with Rev.\\nJ. G. W. Cowles, of East Saginaw, as moderator, and C.\\nB. Stebbins, Esq., of Lansing, as scribe.\\nAfter mature consideration the proposition to form the\\nchurch was heartily indorsed, the confession of faith fully\\napproved, and on the following day (Sunday) a committee\\nof the council as.sisted in the formation of the church, and\\nin behalf of the council extended to it fraternal recognition.\\nThere were 40 members, 38 of whom joined by letter and\\n2 on profession of faith. On November 1st following, 6\\nmore were received; on Jan. 3, 1868, there were 15 ac-\\ncessions; on February 28th, 31 on June 25lh following,\\n5; and on December 30th next thereafter, 11 making a\\nmembership of 108, gathered during the first fifteen months.\\nGeorge H. llolman and Egbert L. Bangs were chosen the\\nfirst deacons.\\nMeantime proper steps were being taken to form an eccle-\\nsiastical society to take care of the temporalities of the\\nchurch, and on the 12th day of November the Congrega-\\ntional Society of the city of Flint became fully organized\\nby the election of nine trustees, three for one year, three\\nfor two years, and three for three years, pursuant to the\\narticles of association.\\nThe first trustees were Royal C. Ripley, Charles C. Far-\\nrar, William L. Smith, Henry R. Lovell, Isaac C. Van\\nEpps, Robert Pearson, George R. Gold, George Andrews,\\nand De Witt Parker. Of these Royal C. Ripley was made\\npresident of the board of trustees, George R. Gold, clerk,\\nand Henry R. Lovell, treasurer. The enterprise having\\nthus become organized in its several departments, the pro-\\nvisional committee resigned their powers, and received the\\nthanks of the church and society for their labors.\\nOn Jan. 3, 18G8, Rev. Frank P. Woodbury was by\\nunanimous vote of the church invited to become the\\npastor and teacher of this church, and on the 11th day\\nof the same month this action was unanimously concurred\\nin by the society, and the salary fixed at \u00c2\u00a71500, with a\\nvacation of six weeks during the year, at such time as the\\npastor should choose to take it. The call was cordially\\naccepted, and the pastorate filled with entire acceptance to\\nthe people until the close of July, 1870, when Mr. Wood-\\nbury resigned on account of ill health.\\nEarly in May, 1868, a church site was secured at the\\nsoutheast corner of Saginaw and Second Streets, in the\\nSecond Ward, and on the 11th of the same month, on\\nmotion of William L. Smith, the society voted, that wo\\nproceed at once to erect a house of wor.ship for the church\\nand society. Thereupon, R. C. Ripley, Charles Smith,\\nH. R. Lovell, G. H. Holman, and Zelotcs Truesdel were\\nchosen a building-committee, with power to designate their\\nchairman, and discretionary power to adopt plans, raise\\nfunds, and carry on the work, subject to revision of the\\nsociety or trustees. The committee made H. R. Lovell\\ntheir chairman, and set vigorously about the execution of\\ntheir trust. Plans for a chapel, prepared by F. T. Oliver,\\narchitect, were procured and adopted, and the building was\\nbegun in June and completed and dedicated on November\\n22d following. The chapel was furnished by the Ladies\\nAid Society very tastefully out of funds raised by it for\\nthe purpose. The whole expense of site, building, and\\nfurnishing was about \u00c2\u00a78500. Cordial and timely aid was\\ngiven the project by many citizens not members, and gen-\\neral goodwill was shown to the young church and society.\\nAmong the donations noticeable for the generosity and\\nmodesty of the giver may be named that of the late Hon.\\nLevi Walker, then an elder of the Presbyterian Church,\\nwho, in the evening before dedication, unsolicited and in\\nthe dark slipped into the hands of the chairman of the\\nbuilding-committee a hundred-dollar treasury note to help\\nthe cause, and hastily left before the extent of his gift\\ncould be known. The Congregational Union gave $500\\nto pay last debts. But still the bulk of the funds came\\nfrom the pockets of the members of the church and\\nsociety.\\nOn Feb. 6, 18G9, the building-committee assumed all\\nthe indebtedness of the society on account of building its\\nchapel, the society having relinquished to it all unpaid sub-\\nscriptions therefor, and the latter then became possessed of\\nits chapel free of debt. During the following spring lec-\\nture-rooms wei e finished oS in the basement at an expense\\nof about SoOO.\\nThe church coa.seJ to bo a missionary one at the close of\\nthe first year. It steadily increased in membership during\\nMr. Woodbury s pastorate, and numbered 129 when he\\nleft. His salary after the second year was \u00c2\u00a71800. His\\ndeparture was deeply regretted by all. After months of\\nweary candidating, in January, 1871, the Rev. B. D. Conk-\\nling was unanimously called to the pastorate. He accepted\\nand entered upon his labors the first Sunday in February\\nfollowing, salary \u00c2\u00a71500. He was an able and godly young\\nman, but his temperament was so different from that of Mr.\\nWoodbury that he failed to give general satisfaction, and\\nresigned in September following. Fifteen joined the church\\nduring his pastorate.\\nIn January, 1872, the Rev. Edward W. Baron, of New\\nHaven, Conn., was unanimously called to the pastorate,\\nsalary \u00c2\u00a72000, and \u00c2\u00a7500 removal expenses, and accepted\\nthe call. He served the church and society until failing", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n175\\nhealth compelled him to resign in March, 1875. During\\nhis ministry 84 were added to the church. In the second\\nyear of his pastorate the parsonage was procured for the\\nsociety, and its use furnished him as added support. Under\\nhis lead tlie church took decided ground in favor of tem-\\nperance during the women s crusade, a position it has ever\\nsince maintained. This cost the society considerable loss\\nof support from those engaged in and sympathizing with\\nthe liquor traffic, but the loss was borne rather gladly than\\notherwise. It was felt a great reproach was removed.\\nIn September, 1875, the Rev. Richard Cardely, D.D.,\\ncame from Lawrence, Kan., to minister to this people,\\nand continued his labors among them until April, 1878.\\nHis salary, at first S1500, was the second year increased to\\n61500 and the use of the parsonage. Forty- four were added\\nto the church during his ministry. He was an able scrmon-\\nizer and discreet pastor, with an eye single to duty.\\nIn July, 1878, the present pastor. Rev. Frederick S.\\nIlaydcn, was called to the pastorate and accepted it the\\nfollowing August. Since his coming there have been 14\\naccessions to the church, making a total of 28C members\\nsince its formation to May 10, 1879. Of these, 117 joined\\non profession of their faith and 169 by letter. Seventy -one\\nmembers have withdrawn by letter and 15 have entered\\ninto that rest, leaving a present membership of 200.\\nDeacon Holman having declined re-election was, in No-\\nvember, 1873, succeeded in office by Washington A. Baron,\\nwho vacated it by death October G, 187G. In October,\\n1874, Ira Chase was chosen deacon, and in November,\\n1877, 1. C. Van Epps was also chosen to that office. The\\nlast two, with Deacon Bangs, are still in office. In Octo-\\nber, 1874, Mrs. Mary M. Gold and Mrs. Sophronia B.\\nGordon were chosen deaconesses.\\nThe Sabbath-school of this church has been well cared\\nfor and usually prosperous. Formed with Wm. L. Smith\\nas superintendent, it attained its greatest strength and in-\\nfluence during Mr. Woodbury s pastorate. Mr. Smith\\ncontinued superintendent by annual re-election until Janu-\\nary, 1870, when, declining further service, he was succeeded\\nin turn by Deacon Ilolman, Prof. Rufus E. Phinney, Wm.\\nStevenson, Esq., Miss Julia A. King, Chas. T. Bridgman,\\nand Damon Stewart, the latter of whom continues to the\\npresent time.\\nThe singing of the church is congregational in charac-\\nter, is led by a precentor accompanied by the organ, and\\ngenerally aided by a choir. It was at first led for several\\nyears by that best guide of congregational singing, William\\nStevenson, E.sq., and afterwards by ^Irs. Woodbury, Mr.\\nHaver, Mr. Parker, Mr. Ncale, Mr. Holman, and others,\\nand now by Prof. Gardner with his cornet. In addition to\\nthe trustees first chosen the following-named persons have\\nserved the society a.s trustees, viz. Charles Smith, Henry\\nH. Woodruff, Zelotes Truesdel, Oscar M. BrowiLSon, Chas.\\nT. Bridgman, David P. Halsey, John Orrell, David S. Fox,\\nHiram Smith, Bonj. W. W. Symington, Ira W. Wilder,\\nEdward B. Clapp, and William Fobcs. The present offi-\\ncers of the board arc G. H. Holman, President; C. T.\\nBridgman, Secretary and Charles Smith, Treasurer. The\\nchurch and society are well united in their pastor, and have\\na pro-sperous outlook for their work.\\nTHE GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.\\nThis church, which is located in the Fourth Ward, was\\norganized in the year 18GS, with a membership of 40.\\nVery soon after the formation of the society measures were\\ntaken for the erection of a church, which was completed\\nthe same year. The edifice is of brick, 60 feet in length\\nby 34 in width, and was built at a cost of S5200. The\\nmembership has since increased to 70. The pastor is Rev.\\nLewis Brumm, and the trustees are John Zimmerman, J.\\nBaker, K. Raab, E. Sager, W. Weimer, J. Foub, and G.\\nAckerman.\\nAFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThis society was organized about three years since, and\\nown a hou.se of worship located on Seventh Street, near\\nSaginaw Street. Service is held every other Sabbath, the\\nofficiating pastor being Rev. C. W. E. Gilmore, who resides\\nin Saginaw, and includes the church at Flint in his circuit.\\nThe young men of the church have a debating society,\\nthe meetings of which are held on Friday evening of each\\nweek. A small admission fee is charged, which is devoted\\nto the payment of the church debt, for which purpose the\\nclub was organized. The trustees are Geo. Bradley, Henry\\nFields, and Samuel Lawrence.\\nTHE CEMETERIES.\\nIn the year 1835 a piece of ground, an acre in extent,\\nand known to the present residents of Flint as the Old\\nPatterson Homestead, in the Third Ward (bounded on\\nthe south by Fifth Street, west by Grand Traverse Street,\\nnorth by Court Street, and east by Church Street), was\\ndeeded by Wait Beach and Eunice, his wife, to the super-\\nvisors of the county of Genesee, to be used for a burial-\\nground. This plat was in use about eight years, and\\n25 interments were made in it, when it was vacated.\\nAn Act to authorize the County Connnisitoiierg of the County of Gene-\\nace to vacate a certain bttri/ing-f/ronnd.\\nSection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-\\ntives of the State of Michigan, tliat the County Coinmipsioncrs of tljc\\nCounty of (Jeuesec be, and they are hereby, authorized to vacate the\\npresent burying-ground in the village of Flint in said county pro-\\nvided they, the said County Commissioners, shall tirst procure an equal\\nquantity of ground in said village of Flint, or adjacent thereto, to bo\\nused and occuj)ied as a common burying-ground.\\nSection 2. That said burying-ground shall not bo vacated until\\nafter all bodies interred on said ground shall be raised and re-iutcrred\\nin some other grounds.\\nJOHX BiDDI.E,\\nSpeaker of the ITouse of Represeutalicet,\\nThomas J. Dhake,\\nPretiiticnt of the SenntCfpro teln.\\nApproved April 9, IS41.\\nJ. WUIGIIT GoKDON.\\nA true copy.\\nThomas Kowlaxd,\\nSecretary of State.\\nThe disinterments were made, and a new location chosen\\nin 1841, on a plat now known as the Old Burial-G round,\\nwhich may be described as located on the north side of the\\nRichtield road, about one-half mile east of Saginaw Street,\\non Kcarsley Street. The deed of conveyance is annexed", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "176\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCharles C. IIascall\\nWXSIllP OF Fl.IXT. I\\nBoAnn OF Health for the Toi\\nThis inilenturc, niafle the fiuvcnth day of AIa,v, in the year of oiir\\nLord one thousand fight hundred and thirty-nine, between Charles\\nC. liascall and Nancy, wife of the said Charles, (tf the first l)art, and\\nthe Board of Health for the township of Flint, in the County of\\n(icncscc, and their succcs-Jors in oIKce of the seeond part: AVituesseth\\nthat the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the\\nsum of three hundred dolhirs to thcui in hand paid by the said party\\nof the second part, tiic receipt whereof is hereby confessed and ac-\\nIvuowled^ed, have granted, bargained, sold, remised, released, aliened,\\nand eonfirtncd, and by these prcscn s doth grant, bargain, sell, remise,\\nrelease, alien, and confirm unto the said party of the second part, and\\nto their successors in oifice fopcver, the following described parcel of\\nland to boused for a burying-ground, and for no other purpose what-\\never, viz.: beginning at a point being the intersection of the north\\nline of road number forty-nine, running from the cast end of Court\\nStreet north twenty-four degrees east and the west line of said ilascall\\nland J thenee north along said line north thirty-two degrees ten min-\\nutes west six chains fifty-eight links to an oak-tree on bank of marsh\\nthenee on a line arallel with said road (No. 49) three chains seventy-\\nseven links; thence southerly at right angles we? t said road to the north\\nline of the same; thence south twenty-f\u00c2\u00ab)ur degrees west on said north\\nline seven chains forty links to the place of beginning, containing three\\nacres of land, together with all .and singular the hereditaments and ap-\\npurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise ajipcrtaining, and the\\nreversion and reversion s remainder and remainder s rents, issues and\\nprofits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, or demand\\nwhatever of the party of the first part, either in law or equity, of, in,\\nand to the above i remises, with the said hereditaments and appurte-\\nnances To have and to hold the said premises as above described, to-\\ngether with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the seeond part\\nand to their successors in office forever. And the said party of the\\nfirst part, for their heirs, executors, and administrators, doth covenant,\\ngrant, bargain, and agree, to and with the parties of the second part\\nand their successors in ofiice, that at the time of the unsealin and\\ndelivery of these presents they are well seized of the premises, con-\\nveyed as of a good, absolute, and indefeasible estate of inheritance in\\nthe law, in fee-simple, and that the said lands and inheritance are free\\nfrom all incumbrances whatever, and that the above-bargained prem-\\nises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said parties of the\\nsecond part and their successors in office .against all and every person\\nor persons lawfully claiming, or to claim the whole or any part there-\\nof, he will forever warrant and defend.\\nIn witness whereof, the said parties of the first part have here-\\nunto set their hamls and seals the day and year first above written.\\nSigned, sealed, and delivered in presence of Asa Andrews, John\\nL. Gage.\\nCharles C. Haspall. [seal]\\nNANcr Hascall. [seal]\\nIn the year 18-12 a plat of ground was deeded by John\\nBeach to the county commis,siunei s of Genesee County\\ncommencing at the southeast corner of the town buryinsr-\\nground, heretofore deeded by Charles C. Ilascall to the\\nboard of health for the township of Flint, in the county of\\nGenesee, State of Michigan, on tlie road leading from the\\nvillage of Flint_^to E. S. Walker s; thence along the line of\\nsaid buryiiig-ground to the northeast corner of said ground\\nthence on a line parallel with the afore-menlioned road one\\nchain eighty-one links; thence southerly to said road five\\nchains and fifty-one links thence westerly on the line of\\nsaid road one chain and eighty-one links to the place of be-\\nginning, containing one acre of land. This was, as the\\nlocation of the plat would indicate, intended as an addition\\nto the Old Burial Ground. Some years later its di-\\nmensions were found insufficient, and in 1878 a deed was\\ngiven by Artenias Thayer and wile to the city of Flint of\\na second addition, described as follows All that certain\\npiece or parcel of land in the Second Ward of the city of\\nFlint, included in Vine Street, as platted between the north\\nline of Orchard Street and the south line of Mill Street,\\nalso included in Summit Street, as phitlcd between the\\nnorth lino of Orchard Street and the south line of Mill\\nStreet, all in ]ast Flint, as platted by Thayer Stewart.\\nThis burial-ground is still in use, and is free to all citi-\\nzens who desire to use it as a place of interment. The city\\nalso allows individuals to inclose portions which may be\\nselected with a neat fence or coping, and reserve it for\\nfamily use.\\nThe dimensions of this burial-ground proving inadequate\\nto the demands of the growing city of Flint, a number of\\ngentlemen formed an association known as the Glenwood\\nCemetery Association of the city of Flint, each member\\nof the corporation being a subscriber to its stock. The\\noriginal subscribers were as follows B. Pearson, Jas. Hen-\\ndenson, Artcmas Thayer, A. JIcFarlan, Levi Walker, 5Ior-\\nrison Eddy, C. Roosevelt, George S. Hopkins, Wm. M.\\nFenton, Wm. M. Tliurber, F. R. Tracy, A. T. Crosman,\\nJ. B. Hamilton, E. S. Williams, William Clark, J. B.\\nClark, H. M. Henderson, G. Decker, George W. Fish,\\nBeecher Higgins, G. M. Dewey, Leonard Wesson, Bishop\\nBro., L. G. Buckingham, Reuben SIcCreery, Warner\\nLake, G. J. W. Hill, E. H. Ilazelton, J. B. Walker, Wm.\\nStevenson, E. N. Pettee, G. W. Thayer, E. H. Thomson,\\nW. ODonoughue, E. H. McQuigg, E. C. Turner, J.\\nHamilton.\\nThe first officers of the as.sociation were as follows: Pres-\\nident, Benjamin Pearson Vice-President, Henry M. Hen-\\nderson Secretary, Leonard Wesson Treasurer, James\\nHenderson Trustees, William M. Fenton, George M.\\nDewey, George S. Hopkins, Levi Walker, Edward H.\\nThomson, Grant Decker, Alexander McFarlan Civil En-\\ngineer, George T. Clark Standing Committee on Grounds,\\nEdward II. Thomson, Leonard Wesson, Geo. S. Iloiikins.\\nThe location of the cemetery grounds was tiie result of a\\ncareful and extensive survey of the entire vicinity of Flint.\\nThe original inclosure is nearly 4 2 acres. Broad, substan-\\ntial roads, bordered on the declivities with paved gutters,\\nfurnish, at all seasons, a hard and pleasant carriage-path of\\na number of miles, and conduct the visitor to every part\\nof the cemeter} Commodious and inviting foot-paths,\\nstill more numerous and extensive, wind round every hill\\nand explore each dell and shady nook. The work of\\ngrading the entire grounds, involving a large amount of\\nlabor, has been prosecuted with a constant regard both to\\nbeauty and utility.\\nThe entire surface of the cemetery has been surveyed\\nand divided into rectangular sections where practicable.\\nBy reference to the field-book in which these are all platted,\\nand where the occupied lots are duly entered, every foot of\\nground within the inclosure may henceforth be defined or\\nidentified with absolute certainty. As another result of\\nthis survey, a new and large map has been made, and is\\nnow in use. The visitor may avail him.self of a plain and\\nperfectly reliable chart, on which he will find depicted not\\nonly the numerous and various inequalities of these grounds,\\nbut all their avenues and paths clearly delineated and dis-\\ntinctly named.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "George E. Taylor was born in Oakland Co.,\\nMidi., March 21, 1838. His father, Isaac R. Taylor,\\nwas from Pennsylvania his mother was a Davis,\\nand born near Belfast, Ireland. They were early\\nsettlers in Oakland County, where he was engaged\\nin hotel and mercantile business until 1850, when,\\nin consequence of some unfortunate business trans-\\nactions, he lost most of his property. He then came\\nto Genesee County, and purchased one hundred and\\ntwenty acres of unimproved land in the town of\\nRichfield, and commenced anew to make a farm\\nand home. With poor health and a family of four\\nchildren, the prospect was discouraging. The im-\\nmediate subject of this sketch was then a lad of\\ntwelve years, and the oldest of the children. Upon\\nhim largely fell the burden of the family. He at-\\ntended school at the log school-house near by, and\\nfinished his education at the academy at Clarkson,\\nOakland County. When eighteen years of age he\\ncommenced to teach school, and taught ten winters.\\nWhen he was twenty-one he commenced the study\\nof the law, and soon after, on Jan. 23, 1861, his\\nfather died, and he went home and took charge of the\\nfarm. Buying out the heirs, he commenced to make\\nsubstantial improvements, building a large and fine\\nresidence, etc. he ha.s since added eighty acres of\\nland, and now owns one of the finest farms in the\\ncounty.\\nPolitically, Mr. Taylor is a Republican he was\\nelected supervisor in 1865, and re-elected consecu-\\ntively for eight years, at which time he was elected\\nregister of deeds for Genesee County, which office he\\nheld for six years. Since retiring from that office\\nMr. Taylor has been associated with Leroy Parker\\nin the law and real-estate business, in the city of\\nFlint. Mr. Taylor married Sarah E. Beardslee, of\\nOakland Comity, February, 1867. She died April,\\n1868, leaving an infant child. He was again mar-\\nried, January, 1871, to Miss E. Freeman, by whom\\nhe has had two children. His mother resides at the\\nhomestead in Richfield, in good health and spirits.\\nIn social relations Mr. Taylor is genial and com-\\npanionable, in business matters prompt and reliable,\\nand as a citizen respected and influential.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITi!\\n177\\nWliether considered in reference to its position of near-\\nness iind accessibility, tlie uvailableness of its entire surface\\nfor purposes of interment, the extent, the diversity, and\\nthe beauty of the grounds, its native and varied forest-\\ngrowth, or the loveliness of its surrounding landscapes,\\nGlenwood compares most favorably witli other rural ceme-\\nteries. To tliese unsurpassed advantages derived from\\nnature must also be added all wliich has been accomplished\\nby the unremitting care and toil of human ingenuity.\\nWith tile results of tlie experiment thus far, as exiiibited\\nin the improvements of tlie cemetery and its daily manage-\\nment, the community for whose benefit it was designed\\nseems to be more than satisfied.\\nA substantial receiving-vault has been constructed for\\nuse during the period wlien the frost.\u00c2\u00ab? of winter make\\nburial in the grounds impossible, and near the centre of\\nthe cemetery is a commodious chapel where services may\\nbe held.\\nTlie present officers of the a.ssociation are Alexander\\nMcFarlan, President; Russell Bishop, Vice-President;\\nFrederick Tracy, Secretary E. H. McCjuigg, Treasurer\\nK. II. Thomson, U. W. Hill, Jerome Eddy, B. F. S. Card,\\nE. C. Turner, Leonard Wesson, W. O Donoughue, Directors.\\nCALVARY CEMETERY.\\nCalvary Cemetery is the burial-place exclusively of the\\nHoman Catholic population of the city of Flint, and is\\nlocated on the Flusliing road, about two and a half miles\\nfrom the city. It was purchased during the pastorate of\\nFather Deceuninck, and embraces about six acres. It is\\nmodest in its pretensions, and, though in its general appear-\\nance it indicates care and thoughtfulness on the part of\\nits owners, lays no claim to beauty of design or imposing\\nmemorial structures.\\nCITY OFFICERS.\\nThe following is a list of the principal city ofiicers, from\\n1855 to 1879, inclusive.\\nMayors.\\n1855. Grant Decker.\\n1850. Robert J. S. Page.\\n1857. H. M. Henderson.\\n1858. William M. Kenton. Charles Ilascall.\\n1850.\\nISCO. Henry II. Cr.ipo.\\nISCI. E|.li. Williams.\\n1862. William Patterson.\\n1803. William Hamilton.\\n1864.\\n1865. Wm. B. McCrcury.\\n1800.\\n1867. Austin B. Witherbec. George R. Gold.\\n1868. Samuel M. Axford.\\n180 Wm. .S. Patrick. Anson S. Witheo.\\n1870. James B. Walker.\\n1871. Davi.l S. Fox. Chas. E. McAlest\u00c2\u00abr.\\n1872. Franeis II. Rankin.\\n1873. George II. Durnn.l. Solomon V. Hakes.\\nRecordei-s.*\\nLevi Walker.\\nChas. B. Hissins.\\nTreasurers.\\nElihu F. Frary.\\nJohn C. Gri.swoId.\\nGeorge F. Hood.\\nLewis G. Bickford. John A. Kline.\\nL. R. Buckingham.\\nJulius Brousseau.\\nH. R. Lovell.\\nAlvin T. Crosman.\\nAnson S. With.ce.\\nWilliam W. Barnes.\\n1874.\\n1875. Alex. .McFarlan.\\n1870. Wm. Hamilton.\\n1877. Ediv. H. Thomson.\\n1878. Jerome Ed Iy.\\n1879. James C. Willson.\\nFrancis II. Rankin.\\nJ. B. F. Curtis.\\nCharles C. Beahan.\\nJared Van Vleet.\\nThe olTicc of city recorder was abolished in 1876, and since that,\\ntimi- a i-i)y clerk hold?* odicc by appointment of the common cuuiicil.\\n1857.\\n185S.\\n1859.\\n1800.\\n18C1.\\n18G-2.\\n1863.\\n18G4.\\n1805.\\n186C.\\n1807.\\n1808.\\nISO J.\\n1S70.\\n1871.\\n1872.\\nlS7:t.\\n1S74.\\n1875.\\n1870.\\n1877.\\n1878.\\n1870.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n-50. Clmrli s N, Bccchor. city ut large.\\nGeor^o S. Hopkins, city at large.\\nFirst Ward. Seconil Ward. Third Ward. Fourth Ward.\\nFi-ancis Bilker. Win. II. Lyon. Goo. S. Hopkius.\\nW.O Donnughuc. S. N. Warren.\\nD. S. Frccanin.\\nJohn C. Clonu^nt.\\nAnd w B. Cliapin.\\nL. G. Buckingham.\\nG. S. Hopkins.\\nP, H. Stewart.\\nJosiaU W. Begolc.\\nPaul U. Stewart.\\nWm. Patterson.\\nPaul II. Stewart.\\nGen, E. Newall.\\nD. S. Freeman.\\nL. C. Whitney.\\nCorn. Itooserclt.\\nS. Mathewaon.\\nGeo. W. Thayer.\\nGeorge L. Walker.\\n.lolin Algoe.\\nKph. S. Williams.\\nJas. Van Vleet.\\nAlbert Crosby.\\n1850.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1850.\\n18G0.\\n1801.\\n1802.\\n1863.\\n1864.\\n1865.\\n1860.\\n1867.\\n1868.\\n1860.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1S72.\\n1873.\\n1874.\\nIS?.\\n1876.\\n1877.\\n1878.\\n1879.\\n18,W.\\nI8r G.\\n1*17.\\nIS. iK.\\n18.59.\\n1800.\\nFi 1st Ward.\\nJ. W. Armstrong.\\nGeo. W. Dewey.\\nH. W. Wood.\\nC. S. Piiyne.\\nJno. C. Allen.\\nC.S. Payne.\\nJno. C.Allen.\\nOscar Adams.\\nAlex. McFarlan.\\nPavid S. Fox.\\n0. F. For.\u00c2\u00abyth.\\nALDERMEN.\\nSecond Ward. Third Ward.\\nFourth Ward.\\nBenj. Pearson.\\nDavid Mather.\\nCharles Rice.\\nWm. M, Fenton.\\nA. T. Crosman.\\nHenry T. Iliggins.\\nSaml. N. Warren. Geo. W. Fish.\\nLewis AV.alker.f\\nSaml. N. Warren.\\nSaml. It. Wicks. G. W. Skidmore.\\nSaTnl. N. Warren, (i. W. Kisli.\\nSaml. B. Wicks. J, Skidmore.\\nWm. Hamilton.\\nEdw. i Turner.\\nWm. Hamilton.\\nK. U. Turner.\\nI. N. Eldridgo.\\nWni. Patterson.\\nWm. Clark.\\nPaul II. Stewart.\\nDavid Footo.\\nWm. Stevenson. Edw. C. Tcriior. Hiram Parsell.\\nGeo. n. Dnrand. L. II. Roberts. David Foote.\\nJohn Ilawley.\\nGeo. H. Durand. I. N. Eldridge. Simmer Howard.\\nAimer Randall. Wni. Hamilton. Charles Smith.\\nGeo. II. Durand. Orson B. Gibson. Sunmer Howard.\\nAbner Randall. F. W.Judd. P.H.Pierce.\\nM. S. Elumre. Wilson S. Tousey. W. O Donoughue.\\nJ. R. Clu-uiibers.\\nDamon Stewart. J \u00c2\u00bbtin Willctt. AV. Buckingham. Chas. D. Smitli.\\nSaml. C. Randall. Edw. B. Clapp.\\nWm. Dnilani. J. B. F. Curtis. Josiali W. Bcgolo. James Williams.\\nBenj. Cotliarin.\\n.Saml. C. Randall. II. C. Spencer. P. Cleveland, Jr. Chas. D. Smith.\\nBenj. Cotharin. J. B. F. Curtis. Wm. R. Morse. James Williams.\\nThomas Page.\\nSaml. C. Randall. Wm.Fobea. P. Cleveland, Jr. Chris. Becker.\\nChas. A. Mason.\\nTlumias Pago. J. B. F. Curtis. Henry Brown. Clias. D. Smith.\\nWm. A. Atwood.\\nChas. A. Mason. Andrew J. Ward. Wm. A. Burr. J. Zimmerman.\\nHenry C. Walker.\\nThomas Page. S. N. Androus. Wm. A. Atwood. Jos. M. tlorkey.\\nGeo. L. Caldwell. Andrew J. Ward. S. 1. Beecher. A. R. Michaels.\\nSTREET COMMISSIONERS.\\nFirst Ward. Sccoml Ward. Tliiid Ward.\\nWm. Moon. Wm. Eddy. John C. Griswold.\\nThos. McElhany. George Andrews. James McAlester.\\nWm. Baker. John A. Klino. John W. Palmer,\\n.lolin S. Kyno. Benj. Peai-aou. Chas. II. Cudney.\\nElijah Diake.\\nBenj. V. Goir. William Miller.\\nFourth Ward.\\nt To fill vacancy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "178\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nFiret Wiird. Si-cond Ward. Third Ward. Fourth Ward\\n1861.\\nL. Brivlf..rd. S. C. Smith.\\nWm. Boomer.\\n1802.\\nA. M. Hurd. L. Buckingham. Josiah Pnitt.\\n1863.\\nL. H. Hobcrts\\nJames D. Hai^ht.\\n1864.\\nDavid AVat8(in. Thos. Simons.\\nL. Buckingliam.\\n1805.\\n1806.\\nWm. W. Joyner. Leonard Wesson. Jacob B. Covert.\\n1867.\\nOrson B. Gibson. Edmond Curtis.\\n1808.\\nWm. 0. Bassctt.\\nWm. Boomer.\\n1809.\\nJno. C. Clement. Josiah Pratt.\\nJosiah Pratt.\\n1870.\\nItobt. W. Dullam. L. H. IU.bcrts.\\nSibis Austin.\\n1871.\\nRobt. Patrick, Sr.\\nAlmon Ueynolds. George Stanard.\\n1872.\\nS. B. Wicks.\\nHenry Stanley.\\n187.\\nEdmond Curtis. L. Biickinf;liam. Henry TIjayer.\\n1874.\\nJosiah Pratt.\\n1875.\\nJohn Becker.\\n1876.\\nJolin Andrews.\\nAugustus Itoot.\\n1877.\\nJohn C. Dayton. D. C. Andi-ews.\\n1S78.\\nThomas Sullivan.\\nM. H. Whitn.\\n1879.\\nAirred Ingalls\\nWilliam PiJd.\\nJUSTICES OF\\nTHE PEACE.\\n1S55\\nCharles Sc;pinour.\\n1867-68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi Walker.\\nLevi AVnlker.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. G. Bickford.\\nLewis G. Bickford.\\nLewis Buckingham.\\nWiliard E ldy.\\nLevi Walker.\\n1856\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Paul H. Stewart.\\n1870-71.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. Stevenson.\\n1S57\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Lewis G. Bickford.\\nLevi Walker.\\n1858-\\n-59.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul II. Stewart.\\nL. G. Bickford.\\nCharles Seymour.\\nNelson Norton.\\nLewis G. Bickford.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi Walker.\\nR. W. Jenny.\\nL. G. Bickford.\\nISCO.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Peyton R. Cook.\\nLyman P. Andrews.\\n1861.\\nLewis G. Bickford.\\nWm. Stevenson.\\n1862.\\nB. J. Lewis.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. G. Bickford.\\n1863.\\nLewis G. Bickford.\\nLyman P. Andrews.\\nPeylon R. Cook.\\nSamuel B. Wicks.\\nWilliam Blades.\\nWm. Stevenson.\\n1864.\\nB. J. Lewis.\\n1874-75. -Geo. M. Walker.\\nL. 6. Bickford.\\nLewis G. Bickford.\\nWm. Blades.\\nCharles H. Wisner.\\nP. R. Cook.\\nWm. Stevenson.\\n1865.\\nLevi Walker,\\n1876. Benjamin J. Lewis.\\nB. J. Lewis.\\nGeorge M. Walker.\\nL. G. Bickford.\\nL. G. Bickford.\\n1S66. C. A. Pomrojr.\\nCharles II. Wisner.\\nWm. Blades.\\n1877-78.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. Stevenson.\\nLevi Walker.\\nGeorge M. Walker.\\nL. G. Bickford.\\nL. G. Bickford.\\n1867-68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. G. Bickford.\\nChai-les II. Wisner.\\nL. G. Buckingham.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Stevenson.\\nWm. Stevenson.\\nMARS\\nHALS.\\n1855.\\nCornelius Roosevelt.\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. G. Buckingham.\\n1856.-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Joshua Vose.\\n1865-66.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. D. Morehouse.\\n1857.-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Nathaniel Dodge.\\n1867-68.- .lohn S. Freeman.\\n1858-59.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cyrus U. Goff.\\n1869-70.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William A. Miller.\\n1860.-\\n-George Andrews.\\n1871-77.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel B. Wicks.\\n1861-\\n62.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. A. Owen.\\n1878-79.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Soran.\\n1863.-\\nJ. D. Morehouse.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nWILLIA3I MATTHEW FENTON\\nwas born in Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., on the 19th of\\nDecember, 1808. In 1826, while yet scarcely more than\\na boy, he graduated at Hamilton College, at the head of\\nhis class. In less than a year from his graduation he\\nsailed from Charleston, S. C, as a common sailor. Four\\nyears later, when he decided to leave the seafaring life, he\\nwas first mate of a merchantman, and was offered the cap-\\ntaincy of a similar vessel, which position he declined. In\\nApril, 1835, he married a daughter of Judge James Bird-\\nsail, of Norwich, N. Y., and in July of the same year set-\\ntled at Pontiac, Oakland Co., where he engaged in mercan-\\ntile busines.s with Robert Le Roy, Esq.\\nIn April, 1837, he removed to Genesee County, and settled\\nin the village (then Dibbleville) which afterwards took his\\nname. There he was first engaged in mercantile pursuits,\\nmilling, and real-estate transactions, but soon commenced\\npreparation for the practice of the law, and was admitted to\\nthe bar in 18-12. In 18-14 he was the Democratic candi-\\ndate for Representative in the State Legislature, but was de-\\nfeated by the opposing candidate. In 1846 he was elected\\nto the State Senate for the district composing the counties\\nof Genesee, Oakland, Macomb, and Livingston. While in\\nthe Legislature, he was active in securing the establishment\\nof the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,\\nand its location at Flint. In 1848 he was elected lieuten-\\nant-governor of the State, and was re-elected to the same\\noffice in 1850. In 1852, having removed to Flint, he was\\nappointed by President Pierce register of the land-oflBce\\nat that place, and held the position until the removal of\\nthe oflice to Saginaw. In the year 1856 he traveled with\\nhis family in Europe, and in 1858 was elected mayor of\\nFlint, ill which posiliun his ability and good judgment\\ndid much for the good of the city and for all the public\\ninterests represented.\\nWhen the great war of the Rebellion broke out, the\\nvoice of Mr. Feuton was raised for his country above the\\ndill of party discord. He had been, and was, a Democrat,\\nbut he was also more than Democrat, or Republican, he\\nwas a patriot and he instinctively dropped all considera-\\ntions of party, and offered his services to his country in a\\nway that proved his devotion most conclusively. When the\\nfirst Michigan troops were called to organize for the field, he\\ntelegraphed to Governor Blair that five thousand dollars of\\nhis private means was at the disposal of the State for the\\nequipment of the forces. Early in 1861 he was made\\nmajor of the 7th Michigan Infantry but before being mus-\\ntered in with that rank he was commissioned by Gov-\\nernor Blair colonel of the 8th Infantry. Col. Fenton pos-\\nsessed extraordinary organizing and executive ability, and\\nentered upon his work with such zeal and energy as to in-\\nspire every officer and private in the regiment with a simi-\\nlar spirit, and to cause the 8th to be organized, drilled,\\nequipped, and led to the front with remarkable celerity.\\nOf Col. Fenton s distinguished services as commander\\nof the regiment, and of the brigade of which it formed a\\npart, a more extended account is given with the history of\\nthe heroic 8th, to be found elsewhere in this volume.\\nAfter two years of incessant service in the field, Col. Fen-\\nton was obliged to resign his commission on account of his\\nill health. On his return home he became the Democratic\\ncandidate for Governor, but that party was too much in the\\nminority in Michigan to make his election possible. He\\nthen devoted himself to his profession, and to the details of\\nhis private business, among the enterprises of the latter\\nbeing the erection of the block of stores and public hall\\nwhich still bear his name in the city of Flint. In the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n179\\norjianiziitiun of the citj government, Col. Fenton was\\nchosen chief engineer of the Flint Fire Department, and\\nhis zeal in the performance of the duties of that office caused\\nhis death, on the 12th of November, 1871. On the pre-\\nvious night he was summoned by an alarm of fire, and, in\\nhis haste, he ran against a post with such force as produced\\nfatal internal injuries. This event ciist a gloom over the\\nentire city. Resolutions expressive of the great sorrow felt\\nby the community were adopted at a public meeting of\\ncitizens. Similar resolutions were adopted by the members\\nof the bar, the common council of Flint, the fire depart-\\nment, and the Knights Templar Commandery, of which he\\nwas a member. On the day of liis funeral most of the\\nbusiness places in Flint were closed, and nearly all of them\\ndraped in mourning. He was a ripe scholar, an able law-\\nyer, and a wise counselor. The elements of true manhood\\nwere combined in his character in such nearly perfect pro-\\nportions that, as a man, a neighbor, friend, and Christian\\ngentleman, he won the entire confidence of his fellow-citi-\\nzens. He left a family of four children. His wife, his\\nbeloved com))anion during more than thirty years of mar-\\nried life, had died three years before him.\\nGEN. M. D. McALESTKR.\\nMiles D. McAlestcr was born March 21, 1833, at Bel-\\nfast, Allegany Co., N. Y., and moved thence in 1830, with\\nhis parents, to Flint, Mich., where he resided at the time\\nof his appointment to the Military Academy at West l^oint,\\nin 1852. He graduated third in his class, and was made\\nbrevet second lieutenant, July 1, 185G. On the 1st of\\nDecember in that year he was promoted to second lieutenant\\nin the corps of engineers, and subsequently served as assist-\\nant engineer at Fort Taylor, Fla., to the Board of Engineers\\nfor Atlantic Coast Defenses, and on Fortifications in New\\nYork Harbor. In 1859 he was promoted to the charge, as\\nsuperintending engineer, of the defenses of the city of New\\nYork, and in 18(!1, of the repairs at Fort Mifflin, Pa.\\nIn the early part of the great Rebellion, having just re-\\nceived his promotion as first lieutenant, he served with dis-\\ntinction in the Army of the Potomac, first as assistant en-\\ngineer on the defenses of Washington, then as chief engineer\\nof the 3d Corps in the Peninsula, directing the con.struc-\\ntion of field-works, and taking part in the battles of Wil-\\nliamsburg, Fair Oaks, and Malvern Hill and for meri-\\ntorious services in this campaign received the brevets of\\nmajor and lieutenant-colonel, July 1, 18G2.\\nHe served with the same army in the Maryland campaign\\nof 18(J2, and was in the battles of South Mountain and An-\\ntietam and at the close of the campaign Wiis transferred to\\nthe Department of the Ohio as its chief engineer, and re-\\nmained in tliat duty till August, 1803, during which lime he\\nwas promoted to the grade of captain of engineers. A short\\nrespite from his arduous duties in the field was afforded him,\\nby his detail as instructor of practical military engineering, and\\nprincipal a.ssistai)t professor of engineering at West Point,\\nin the fall of 18G3 but the exigencies of the campaign of\\n1804 made his services again neces-sary to the arjny, and in\\nJune of that year he was ordered into the field in the South-\\nwest, where he served as chief engineer of the Military Di-\\nvision of West Mississippi from July 15, 18G4, to July 16,\\n1865, and from that time as chief engineer of the Depart-\\nment of Louisiana, being engaged in the sieges and capture\\nof Forts Gaines and Morgan, and Spanish Fort, and also in\\nthe storming of Blakely, all in the Mobile campaign and\\nfor his gallant and meritorious services in these operations\\nhe received the brevets of colonel and brigadier-general.\\nUnited States army. After the close of the war, Dec. 23,\\n1865, he was made superintending engineer of the construc-\\ntion of defenses of Ship Island, Miss., and New Orleans,\\nand March 13, ISGG, received, in addition, charge of the\\ndcfen.sos of Mobile and Pensacola, and of improvements of\\nthe mouths of the Mississippi. May 22, 1867, he was ap-\\npointed engineer of the Eighth Liglit-Hou.se District, and\\nduring the same year was superintending engineer of the\\nsurvey of Bayou Manchac and the Amiie River, *ith view\\nto the forming of first-class steamboat navigation between\\nthe Mi.ssissippi River and the Mississippi Sound. And in\\n18G7 and 68 he superintended the survey of Galveston\\nharbor, with view to its improvement.\\nGen. McAlester was married at Wilkes Barre, Pa., Oct. 15,\\n1868, to Miss Louisa Bowman, daughter of Col. Bowman,\\nformerly superintendent of the Military Academy at West\\nPoint. Shortly after his marriage he was assigned (Jan.\\n1, 18G9) to duty as superintending engineer of Lake On-\\ntario harbor works, and the modification and completion of\\nForts Ontario and Niagara, taking station at Buft alo, N. Y.,\\nand was also appointed engineer of the Tenth Light-House\\nDistrict but before he had fairly entered on his ngw field\\nof duty he was attacked with dysentery, which afterwards\\nchanged to intermittent typhoid fever, and finally, worn out\\nby recurrence of combined attacks of both disorders, and\\ncompletely exhausted by the unequal conflict, he passed\\ncalmly away, in the morning of April 23, 186!). His re-\\nmains were interred at Wilkes Barre, Pa. The Army and\\nNavy Jiiiirmil, in noticing the death of Gen. McAlester,\\nsaid, His record speaks for itself, and renders unnecessary\\nfurther comment on the great loss which the army, and es-\\npecially his own corps, has sustained.\\nGOVERNOR H. H. CRAPO.\\nHenry Howland Crapo was born at Dartmouth, Bri.stol\\nCo., Mas.s., May 24, 1804, and died at Flint, Genesee Co.,\\n]\\\\Iich., July 22, 1869. He was of French ancestry. His\\nfather was a small farmer of Dartmouth. His educational\\nadvantages wore limited, and he was to a great extent self-\\neducated. He early manifested a passion for literary pur-\\nsuits, studying night and day. When quite young he\\nWits given charge of the Dartmouth primary and high\\n.schools, and passed a severe examination at the Friend.s\\nAcademy, New Bedford, to which city he removed in 1832,\\nand held several municipal offices, among others tliat of\\npolice ju.sticc and treasurer of the city for several years.\\nHe was largely instrumental in the establishment of the\\nfree public library of New Bedford, tlie first institution of\\nits kind in Ma.ssachnsetts. While a resident of New Bed-\\nford, AL-. Crapo ac(|uired (piite a taste for horticulture,\\nestablished a nursery, and contributed by his pen to various", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0225.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "180\\nHISTORy OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhorticultural periodicals, as well as exhibiting; the produc-\\ntions of his nurseries at local and district fairs. An aifcct-\\ning eulogy on Mr. Crapo s death was pronounced in 1869,\\nby the president of the National Horticultural Society, at\\nPhiladelphia. During his residence in New Bedford he\\nwas engaged in the whaling business. He was colonel in\\nthe Massachusetts State militia, an officer of two insurance\\ncompanies, and a compiler of the New Bedford City Di-\\nrectory from 1836 to 1845.\\nMr. Crapo removed to Michigan in 1856, having made\\nlarge investments in pine-lands many years before, making\\nthe city of Flint his home. Ho was largely engaged in\\nthe manufacture and sale of lumber at Flint, Fentonville,\\nHolly, and Detroit, soon becoming one of the most success-\\nful business men of the State. He was the main promoter\\nof the Flint and Holly Railroad, and was president of that\\nroad till its consolidation with the Flint and Pire Marquette\\nRailway. He was mayor of Flint, and in 1862 was elected\\nto the State Senate, taking rank among the leaders of that\\nbody, being chairman of the committee on banks and in-\\ncorporations, and a member of the committee on bounties\\nto soldiers. He was elected Governor in 1864, when the\\nwar of the Rebellion was drawing to a close, and re-elected\\nin 1866, filling the position with n)arked ability.\\nThe principal features of his administration wore the\\ncordial and hearty support which he gave President Lincoln\\nin cru.shing the Rebellion, his veto of the then popular\\nmea.sure to permit the ruinous bonding of municipalities\\nin aid of railroads, and his refu.sal to pardon convicts from\\nthe penitentiary unless upon the clearest proof of their\\ninnocence. Of his administration Judge Campbell says,\\nGovernor Crapo was a very conscientious and valuable\\npublic servant, and his careful supervision saved the State\\nfrom mismanagement in some of the multitudinous contracts\\nwhich require almost the eyes of Argus to watch them.\\nHis great business experience and strict economy and integ-\\nrity induced him to give a degree of personal supervision\\nto the details of road-building and other outlay.s which was\\nmore than any one man could devote to such work without\\ninjury to himself. His untimely death was owing to\\nneglect of health in attending to the details of public\\naffairs.\\nWith his removal to Michigan Mr. Crapo did not lose\\nhis taste for rural affairs, horticulture, and agriculture.\\nHe had a farm of eleven hundred acres in the town of\\nGaines, which he reclaimed from a swamp, and made ex-\\ntensive improvements thereon, stocking it with fine breeds\\nof cattle and sheep, many of which were his own im-\\nportation. The farmers of Genesee County chose him\\npresident of their society. He was a regular contributor\\non agricultural topics to the Albany Country Gentl-.man.\\nIn politics Mr. Crapo was originally a Whig, but became\\nan active member of the Republican party when it was\\norganized.\\nJan. 9, 1825, he married Miss Mary Ann Slocum. Her\\npeople were of the denomination of Friends. Her plain\\ntaste and frugal habits aided her husband and contributed\\nlargely to his success in life. She was benevolent and\\ncharitable to the poor. Slie, as well as Mr. Crapo, were\\nmembers of the Christian, or Disciples Church, of New\\nBedford. After coming to Flint they were identified with\\nthe Presbyterian Church.\\nThe unobtrusive pleasures of domestic life were Mr.\\nCrapo s peculiar enjoyment. He was the kind father of a\\nlarge and loving family of one son and nine daughters. The\\nson, William W. Crapo, now represents the New Bedford,\\nMass., district in Congress.\\nHON. ALEXANDER McFARLAN.\\nAmong the foremost men who have largely contributed\\nto the building up of the city of Flint, the name of this\\ngentleman stands second to none. His early life was a\\ncheckered one, constantly struggling with difficulties, which\\nnothing but an indomitable will and unflagging perseverance\\nand industry overcame.\\nHe was born on the 14lh day of February (St. Valen-\\ntine s Day), A.D. 1812, in the town of Broadalbin, Mont-\\ngomery County, State of New York, of Scotch parents.\\nHis father died when he was but a year old, leaving him-\\nself and another child to the truest and best of mothers,\\nwho, like the father, had emigrated from old Scotland, and\\nin whose veins ran the true blood of the Covenanters of\\nher native land, and under whose guidance the education of\\nthe then youthful Alexander was committed. With the\\nmeagre advantages procured from a common district school,\\nand with the ordinary certificate in his pocket that he\\nwas graduated, he became himself a teacher at the enor-\\nmous sum of ten dollars per month.\\nIt was in obedience to the wishes of his father (to his\\nmother) that he and his brother should receive a good\\nEnglish education, and such as a new country afforded he\\nobtained.\\nAt the early age of fourteen years he commenced learn-\\ning the trade, like a distinguished President of the United\\nStates, of a tanner, but soon afterwards, becoming dis-\\ngusted with his new vocation, he went to the city of\\nRochester, and there became a student in one of the prin-\\ncipal seminaries; and during his residence in Rochester\\nboarded himself, and worked for his support each day three\\nhours. Afterwards he taught school for two years, and\\nthen returned to finish the trade that he had abandoned, at\\nPavilion Centre, in the county of Genesee, in the State of\\nNew York, and while so doing earned less than a dollar a\\nday, the greater part of which he subsequently lost by the\\nfinancial embarrassment of his employer. Finding himself\\ncapable to carry on his trade, two Scotch countrymen came\\nforward and generously advanced him one hundred and\\nforty-three dollars, and with this small sum he started on\\nthe voyage of life. The bu.siness of tanning by strict\\neconomj produced a Aiir profit, and after the expiration\\nof a two years lease he surrendered it to the owner, with\\none thousand dollars in his pockets and over three hun-\\ndred dollars in notes and accounts.\\nAt this time the great tidal wave of emigration had com-\\nmenced from the East to the West. Thousands of active\\nyoung men, who knew no difficulties and obstacles but what\\nperseverance and li niesfi/ would surmount, followed the ju-\\ndicious advice of the then leading journalist of the country.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0226.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "^r^:\\nf^X-^^-^Z-^l-n^", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0229.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0230.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0231.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "^g iyEGWilliartsS-BroN^", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0232.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0234.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "FLINT CITY.\\n181\\nHorace Greeley, and journeyed West, and among the num-\\nbers was Alexander McFarlan.\\nThe State of Indiana held out sceininijly great induce-\\nments for investing money in the purchase of lands. A\\npurchase was made by Mr. McFarlan in fee-simple of over\\na half-section of laud situate on the celebrated Tippe-\\ncanoe River. Like a thousand of similar instances, it\\nproved an unfortunate investment, for, after keeping it for\\nover a quarter of a century, he realized from the sale of it\\nless than one-half he had paid upon it for taxes. Fol-\\nlowing the pathway made by the early French voyagcurs,\\nhe traveled on foot from Chicago to the head-waters of\\nthe Illinois River here he took a boat and proceeded to the\\ncity of St. Louis, thence down the Mississippi, and up\\nthe Ohio to its junction with the Alleghany and Mononga-\\nhela Rivers, visiting St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh,\\nthen small villages and but sparsely populated.\\nThe time consumed in these wanderings took money,\\nand with barely enough in his pocket he managed to reach\\nCaledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y., and commenced anew at\\nhis trade of a tanner by hiring a building owned by a\\nScotchman of the name of Alexander Simpson, and, al-\\nthough he was successful for ten years and made money, the\\ntannery caught fire and burned up; and though in pecu-\\nniary matters he was a great loser, he soon found himself\\nmore than compensated, and not only captivated, but mar-\\nried, one of the owner s daughters, and who, after a period\\nof over thirty-eight years of married life, still lives to be hi.s\\nnoble and loving helpmate.\\nAfter a ten-years residence in Caledonia, Mr. McFarlan\\nmoved to Alexander, remained ten years, and then with his\\nfamily and with the hard-earned accumulations of fourteen\\nyears, came to Flint, in June, 1850. He soon afterwards\\njmreha.sed a one-half interest in the unfinished steam saw-\\nmill of G. H. Hazeltcn. This was destroyed by fire the\\nfollowing year, when, in order to make good his original\\niiivestraeiit and protect himself, he purchased the remaining\\ninterest, and commenced without delay in erecting a larger\\nsteam-mill, which ran with great success for a period of\\ntwelve years, when it was again destroyed by fire.\\nAgain Wiis called into requisition the indomitable will\\nand nil desperamlani of the owner a third mill was speed-\\nily in its place, containing all the new improvements con-\\nnected with the business of making lumber.\\nMr. McFarlan became readily pos.sessed of a fortune at\\nthis period, when, for the fourth time, the all-devouring\\nelement of fire, after eight years of wonderful success, not\\nonly destroyed his mill, but, with the large amount of lum-\\nber burnt and otherwise rendered nearly valueless, entailed\\na loss of over one hundred thousand dollars.\\nI hocnix-like, another mill was built, more complete than\\nany previous one, which is now in operation to its utmost\\ncapacity, and again has success crowned his untiring labors.\\nIt is fairly estimated that during his residence in Flint his\\nvarious mills have cut over one hundred million feet of pine\\nlumber.\\nMr. McFarlan is the owner of large tracts of pine-lands\\nin various jiarts of the State. Within the limits of the\\ncity of Flit)t he has a very heavy and valuable interest in\\nthe First Ward, having become the purchaser and owner of\\na one-third portion of the Payne property, the entire cost\\nof which was one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.\\nHe is the president of the Citizens National Bank, and\\nis its largest stockholder. He has been one of the aldermen\\nof the city, and in 1870, the centennial year, became its\\npopular mayor. As an agriculturist, he is the owner of\\nsome of the most valuable farms in the county.\\nIn all the relations of life honesty and economy have\\nbeen his motto, and these two cardinal principles are seen\\nin his everyday walks of life.\\nShunning ostentation of every kind, he seeks home for his\\nhappiness, and here, surrounded by his family, he finds his\\ngreatest enjoyment. His family now consists of his wife\\nand three children two daughters and one son and two\\nsons-in-law, the latter managing largely the practical por-\\ntion of his business.\\nIn business matters, Mr. McFarlan is a man of large dis-\\ncernment, of most excellent judgment, firm and decided in\\nhis opinions, and, above all, resolute in the execution of his\\nplans, and in all of his principles, whether religious or polit-\\nical, is as firm as the granite hills of old Scotland.\\nHON. JOSIAII W. BEGOLE.\\nThis gentleman was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan.\\n20, ISl. j. His parental ancestors were French, and set-\\ntled at an early period in Hagerstown, Md. His maternal\\ngrandfather, Capt. Bolles, of the same place, was an officer\\nin the war of the Revolution. At the beginning of the\\npresent century, both of the grandparents of IMr. Begole,\\nbecoming dissatisfied with the institution of slavery, al-\\nthough themselves slaveholders, emigrated to Livingston\\nCo., N. Y then a new country, accompanied by a number\\nof their former slaves. Mr. Begole s father was born in\\nMaryland in 178G was a non-commissioned officer in the\\nwar of 1812, and married a daughter of Capt. Bolles in\\n1814. One year after the birth of Josiah Begole, his\\nfather moved to Mount Morris, where the son received his\\nearly education in a log school-house, and subsequently at\\nthe academy at Temple Hill, in Genesee County.\\nIn August, 183G, Mr. Begole emigrated to Genesee\\nCo., Mich.\\nDuring the winter of 1837 and 1838 he was engaged in\\nschool-teaching. In the spring of 1839 he married Mi.ss\\nHarriet A. Miles, daughter of Manly Miles, formerly from\\nConnecticut, and commenced work on a new and unim-\\nproved farm. From that time onward his progress was\\nsteady, until he became the owner of a well-cultivated farm\\nof five hundred acres.\\nMr. Begole has served his townsmen in the capacity of\\nschool inspector and justice of the peace. In 185C he was\\nelected county treasurer, holding the office four successive\\nterms, and during the civil war.\\nAt the breaking out of the Rebellion he took an active\\npart in recruiting, furnishing supplies to the army, and\\nlooking after the interests of soldiers families. The death\\nof his eldest son, near Atlanta, by a Confederate bullet, in\\n18G4, was the greatest bereavement of his life. In 1871\\nhe was nominated by acclamation for State senator, and was", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0235.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nelected by a large majority. In that body he served on the\\ncommittees of finance and railroads, and was chairman of the\\ncommittee on the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and\\nthe Blind. He took a liberal and public-spirited view of the\\nquestion of a new capital of the State, and was an active\\nmember of the committee which drafted the bill for the es-\\ntablishment of the same. He was a delcLcate to the National\\nllepublican convention held at Philadelphia in 1872. In\\nthe same year he was elected a representative from Michi-\\ngan to the Forty-third Congress, in which body he was a\\nmember of the committees on agriculture and public ex-\\npenditures, and took an eflScient, thougli unobtrusive, part\\nin all its proceedings. Since the close of his Congressional\\nterm lie has devoted his entire time to his large and pros-\\nperous business.\\nGEORGE M. DEWEY.\\nThe life of this gentleman has been comparatively un-\\neventful, marked by few incidents .save such as occur in the\\nlife of every successful business man. Industriou.s, saga-\\ncious, and enterprising, and so thoroughly identified with\\nthe material interests and development of Genesee County\\nthat a sketch of his life will be appropriate at this time\\nand in this connection.\\nMr. Dewey was born at Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 1,\\n1817. His father, Ebenczer B. Dewey, was from Vermont,\\nand returned to that State in 1822, where he was largely\\ninterested in staging between Albany and Montreal. In\\n1848 he came to Genesee Co., Mich., where he now resides\\non a farm in Mount Morris, at the advanced age of ninety\\nyears.\\nThe immediate subject of this sketch was educated at\\nthe Royalton Acadamy, Vermont. After leaving school he\\nwas clerk for his father in the stage-office until 1837, when\\nhe came to Michigan, stopping at Detroit one year. He\\ncame to Flint in the fall of 1838, with a stock of goods,\\nand opened a general store, in which business he continued\\nuntil 1843, when he sold the stock and good-will to his\\nbrothers, Charles E. and D. D. Dewey.\\nWhen Mr. Dewey commenced business at Flint, the In-\\ndians were not only numerous but well represented among\\nhis customers, bringing to him their characteristic com-\\nmodity, furs, which were exchanged for goods, and con-\\nstituted an important part of the commerce of the country.\\nMr. Dewey saw in the fertile soil and dense forests of the\\nnew country future wealth, and commenced buying land\\nsoon after his arrival. He has continued to purchase and\\nsell lands from that time to the present, making it the busi-\\nness of his life, and being one of the largest land-owners in\\nthe State. He has also been largely interested in agricul-\\nture; has improved and now owns several fine farms. The\\nhome, or Dewey farm, in Mount Morris embraces more\\nthan six hundred acres improved. He was one of the first\\nto advocate the formation of a county agricultural society.\\nHe was also one of the projectors of the Flint and Pere\\nMarquette Railroad, and was its first president.\\nPolitically, Mr. Dewey is a Republican, and although not\\nan ofiice-seeker he has been honored with several important\\npositions, notable among which was that of Receiver of\\nPublic Money for the United States Land-office at Flint,\\nunder Presidents Taylor and Fillmore.\\nIn 1848, Mr. Duwey married Miss Ellen, youngest\\ndaughter of Judge Simeon Cumming.s, of Batavia, N. Y.\\nMr. and Mrs. Dewey have been identified with St. Paul s\\nChurch at Flint since its organization he has served as\\nvestryman, assisted in building the first church, and con-\\ntributed liberally towards the erection of the present church\\nedifice. In social relations Mr.- Dewey is genial and com-\\npanionable in business matters prompt and reliable and\\nas a citizen, respected and influential.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0236.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0239.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "1\\ni", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0240.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIPS OF GENESEE COUNTY.\\nFLINT TOWNSHIP.\\nThe township of Flint w.xs ori ;inally organized in 1836,\\nby act of Legislature, from all that part of the county\\nembraced in surveyed townships 7, 8, and 9 north, in\\nranges 5, 6, and 7 east, and the first township-meeting was\\nlield at the house of Wait Beach, at the Flint llivcr settle-\\nment. In the year 1855 the city became a separate cor-\\nporation, and the territory of the township was divided,\\nthe west half retaining the name of Flint, and the east\\nhalf receiving the name of Burton.\\nThis history of the township is so closely allied to the\\nearly history of the city that it is difficult to define the line\\nwhich separates them, and the interest which attaches to\\nthe settlement of the township is so entirely absorbed by\\nthe city record as to leave but a mere mention of the arrival\\nof early settlers, their location and the story of early strug-\\ngles, persevering effort, and a final condition of compe-\\ntence, as the reward of their industry. The township as it\\nat present exists, together with its early settlement, will\\nbe described and the original entries given, which were as\\nfollows\\nSection 1.\\nAcres,\\nLuther Dickenson, June 9, 18.14 94.44\\nOct. 8. 1835 80.80\\nJohn P. Kellogg. May 9. IS JD IGO\\nRobert Mathus, Jan. 2B, 1836 80\\nSection 2.\\nDaniel Curtis, Dec. 17, 1834 40\\nJohn 1 Kellogg, M.ay 19, IS. So 80\\nAug. 1, 183a 34.92\\nPcnbody I raK, July 10, 1835 61.92\\nJohn Pick, Dec. 9, 1S34 157.30\\nJosiah Kellogg, Jr., March 19, 1836 40\\nSimeon M. Johneim, Juno 28, 1836 40\\nJason Swift, 120\\nSk tio.v 3.\\nDavid M. Jcwctt, May 27, 1836 J37.56\\nSkition 4.\\nNathan M. Miles. June 5, 1833 139.94\\nAndrew Ilynlcip, July 13, 1835 158.70\\nWm. \\\\V. Urewster, Oct. 12, 1835 45.1)5\\nSection 5.\\nNathan M. Miles, June 5, 18.33 65.24\\nLevi Gilkcy, Aug. 21, 1833 50.04\\nJohn I altm, June 17, 18.34 (55 74\\nSept. 2, 18.34 i.!!. 47!52\\nDaniel Sullivan, Oct. 25, 1834 39.65\\nllussell Welsh, June 3, 1835 38.77\\nJune 9, 1835 39.82\\nJohn Orecnficlil, Aug. 5, IS35 153.87\\nSept. II, 1835 SO\\nLevi (iilkey. May 3U, 1835 38.77\\nSection 6.\\nAcres.\\nNiithanicl Nelson, Sept. 11, 18.33 15.30\\nllonry hh, March 30, 1835 80.47\\nDudley Hrowu, May 26, 1835 136\\nAnson (Jilhcrt, June 21, 1836 160\\nRobert Mathes, Juno 21, 1836 74.66\\nHenry Diamond, May 25, 1S36 147.48\\nSection 7.\\nTho?. L. L. Rront, March 28, 1836 160\\nCaty K. ISalding. April Hi, 1836 80\\nRobt. II. Wallis. June 4, IS36 117.20\\nJ. R. liowman, June 13, 1836 149\\nWm. Lockver, July 6, 1836 40\\nThos. J. Drake, July 16, 1836 40\\nSection 8.\\nJohn Evnns, Nov. 9, 1835 80\\nAVilliam Tilton, J.an. 8, 1836 40\\nJohn (iroenliclil, Jan. 25, 1836 40\\nNorton Cronk, March 28, 1836 40\\nT. L. L. l!rcn(, 160\\nJohn Taylor, April 1, 1S36 120\\nSection 9.\\nWni. W. Brewster, Oct. 12,1835 129.5S\\nWm. Tilton, Jan. 8,1836 SO\\nW. Barclay, and Greenfield, June 13, 1836 113.59\\nSection 10. RcHervalwu.\\nSection 11.\\nOliver G. Wesson, Dec. 16, 18.35 206\\nSection 12.\\nOliver 0. Wesson, Dec. 16, 1835 44.71\\nSection 13. JlcKcrvalimi.\\nSection 14. Heserratitm.\\nSection 15.\\nThomas L. L. Brent, March 28, 1836 153.72\\nSection 16. Public S hoot LundK.\\nSection 17.\\nDavid McDonald, April 25, 18.36 80\\nJohn and Thos. Kenedy, April 25, 1836 160\\nRoyal Chainberlin, Mny 2. IS36 160\\nMay 27, 1836 SO\\nJames Wadsworlh, Jiily 7, 1836 80\\nRoyal Chnmberlin, May 4, 1836 80\\nSection IS.\\nflinlon D. Cuddehack, Juno 3, 18.36 149.44\\nHenry Si)encer, July 7, 1830 149.80\\nJiimes Wad.- worth, 240\\nThoB. J. Drake, July 16, 1836 80\\n183", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0241.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTORY OF GENP]SEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSection 19.\\nAcres.\\nThom.is SInde. JuDe 2, 18.36 SO\\nIliniuiin Roxfonl, Se|)t. 12, 1836 SO\\nEh.n aiul Ik-nry FreU(;h, Oct. 1 1, 18.36 70.41\\nWill. B. Clifloi-.l, 80\\nElwizcr 0. Belknnp, 160\\n0. D. Richardson, Oct. 19, 1836 152\\nSection 20.\\nJohn anil Thos. Kennedy, April 2o. 1S36 160\\nRoyal t hainbcrlin. May 25, 1836 160\\nDavid M. Jewilt, May 27, 1836 160\\nThomas Slade, Juno 2, 1836 SO\\nThomas J. Drake, June 16, 1836 SO\\nSectiom 21.\\nJohn D. Melntirc, April 25, 18.36 240\\nJohn and Thos. Kennedy, April 25, 1336 400\\nSection 22.\\nJlorrison Paulding,\\nD. S. Hickcox, Jan. 1, 1836 80\\nAVm. P. Patrick, J\\nCalvin Hotchkiss, Jan. 4, 1836 75.05\\nWm. Pavne, March 28, 1836 80\\nJohn D. Mclntiro, April 25, 1836 80\\nDaniel McKercher, 160\\nArchibald Kennedy, 160\\nSection 23.\\nAlonzo Torroy, July 21,1835 80\\nJohn Gotten, Sept. 21, 1S35 80\\nTimothy Walklcy, Nov. 19, IS44 80\\nMorrison Paulding,\\nD. S. Ilickco. C, Jan. 1,1836 137.12\\nWin. P. Patrick, J\\nCalvin HoteUkiss, Jan. 4, 1836 94.26\\nSection 24.\\nJesse Torrcy, July 21, 1S35 397.91\\nSection 25.\\nElijah Carmen, June 9, 1835 SO\\nJoseph Carmoii, Sept. 1, 1835 80\\nJohn Boaiiian, Sept. 21, 1835 160\\nAsa Torrev, Oct. 29, 1835 80\\nMargaret Moon, Jan. 23, 1836 80\\nWm. Moon, 80\\nAlonzo Torrey, April 2, 1836 SO\\nSection 26.\\nLysander Phillips, Sept. 16, 1835 80\\nJeremiah Relsey, Sept. 17, 1835 160\\nHiram Judd, Oct. 19, 1835 80\\nDelia Walklev, March 22. 1830 SO\\nThos. L. h. Brent, March 28, 1836 80\\nJuba Barrows, M.ay 4, 1836 80\\nJoseph Nichols, May 6, 1836 80\\nSection 27.\\nJesse AVclch, Oct. 29, 1835 40\\n.Tames M. Welch, Dec. 26, 1835 40\\nTimothy Walklcy, March 28, 1836 160\\nWilliam Bondle, 80\\nWillard Eddy, 80\\nThomas L. L. Brent, 80\\nJames Warren, May 6, 1836 80\\nUenry Warren, 80\\nSection 28.\\nWilliam Bondle, March 28,1836 240\\nGeorge Crocker, 160\\nWilliiim Bendio, April 4, 18.36 80\\nNalh:in C. Dayton, M.ay 2, 1836 SO\\nP. G. Cochrane, SO\\nSection 29.\\nDavid McDonald, April 25, 1836 320\\nH. M. Henderson, May 30, 1836 160\\nOrion Blodget, June 2, 1836 160\\nSection 30.\\nH. M. Henderson, May 30, 1836 80\\nEdmund F. Opps, 236.12\\nMark Ilcaly and B. B. Kerchoval, May 31, 1836.. 314.68\\nSection 31.\\nAcres.\\nJohn W. McNair, May 30, 1836 318.88\\nGeorge .J.aspersoil, June 10, 1836 159.50\\nErastus Cash, June 25, 1836 160\\nSection 32.\\nTimothy Walklcy, April 0, 1S36 80\\nJohn D. Tolc, June 1, 1836 240\\nHiram Wright, June 25, 1836 160\\nErastus Cash, 160\\nSection 33.\\nGeorge Crocker, March 28, 1836 160\\nJolin T horne, 80\\nWillard Eddy, 160\\nGeorge Crocker, April 4, 1836 80\\nJonathan Shearer, May 6, 1836 160\\nSection 34.\\nT. G. Ilolden, May 4, 1836 160\\nJuha Barrows, 160\\nWilliam A. Rup]!, May 4, 18.36 160\\nAmaiidcr Gardner, Julv 5, 1836 80\\nThomas H. Perkins, July 6, 1836 80\\nSection 35.\\nWilliam N. Stanard, April 22, 1836 400\\nTimothy Walklev, May 20, 1836 80\\nJohn Keale, May 26, 1836 120\\nM. Hcaly and B. B. Kerchoval, May 31, 1836... 40\\nAn effort has been made to obtain the early records of\\nthe township from its organization, but the most diligent\\nsearch has failed to discover any book of records earlier\\nthan 1 854. When the city was set apart some discussion\\narose as to which organization should have the custody of\\nthe old records, each having claimed them. It was finally\\ndetermined that Flint township was entitled to them, and\\nthey were consequently accorded her. The present clerk has\\nnever had them in his custody the oldest township official\\nhas no knowledge of them neither are they to be found\\namong the archives of Burton or the city of Flint. The\\nhistorian also applied to the county clerk for aid, but was\\nsuccessful only in obtaining a list of the supervisors from\\n1836, and not finding the memory of any old settler sufii-\\nciently retentive to fill in the blank, submits the fragment-\\nary list as the best obtainable\\n1836-37. Lyman Stow, Supervisor.\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert F. Stage, Suijcrvisor.\\n1839-41. No supervisor s name recorded,\\n1842. John L. Gage, Supervisor.\\n1843. G. H. Hazeltou, Supervisor.\\n1844. John L. Gage. Supervisor.\\n1845-46. William Patterson, Supervisor.\\n1847. Williiim M. Fcnton, Supervisor.\\n1848-49.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John L. Gage, Supervisor.\\n1850. A. P. Davis, Supervisor.\\n1851. Wiiliam Patterson, Supervisor.\\n1852-53. Porter Ilazelton, Supervisor.\\n1854. William Patterson, Supervisor; John C. Griswold, Treasurer)\\nDaniel S. Freeman, William S. Crandell, Justices of the\\nPeace; Orville D. Chapman, Township Clerk: William\\nGage, Highway Commissioner Robert D. Lamond, School\\nInspector John Dclbridge, Daniel Mathew, Overseers of the\\nPoor; Alonzo Cary, Philo Fairchild, D. L. Nash, and M.\\nIde, Constables.\\n1855. John L. Gage, Supervisor; Harlow Whittlesey, Township\\nClerk; Daniel Torrey, Treasurer; Robert P. Aitkin, H. G.\\nConger, Abel S. Donclson, Chandler H. Rockwood, Justices\\nof the Peace; William Boomer, Highway Commissioner;\\nDwight Frost, Daniel McKercher, School Inspectors; Lewis\\nBuckingham, Lysander Phillips, Directors of the Poor; An-\\ndrew J. Eggleston, Charles R. Bristol, Dewitt Parker, Jacob\\nEldridge, Constables.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0242.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "Ira D.Wright.\\nMRS. IRA D.Wright.\\nIRA D. WRIGHT.\\nIra D. Wright, one of the founders of the city of Flint,\\nwas born in Washington, N. H., August 3, 1809. His\\nfather, William Wright, moved with his family to Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., where he carried on the business of farming,\\nin connection with tanning and shoemaking, until 1837,\\nwhen he died, leaving four sons and three daughters.\\nIn 1834, Ira D. Wright, Robert F. Stage, and A. C.\\nStevens came to Flint, and purchased some three thou-\\nsand acres of land in Genesee County, including a tract\\nof two hundred acres which embraced what is now a\\nportion of the city of Flint, lying between Court Street\\nand the river, and east of Saginaw Street. Upon this\\nland no improvements had been made. They at once\\nemployed men to clear a i)ortion of this tract, and re-\\nturned to the State of New York.\\nThe next spring Mr. Stage and Mr. Wright came\\non and commenced the improvement of their property.\\nIn October, 1835, they opened the first general store in\\nthe county, at Grand Blanc, and were thus engaged\\nuntil a suitable building could be erected at Flint, which\\nwas done, and the goods moved to Flint the following\\nJune. This building had an upper room where the\\npioneers, without regard to sect or creed, met for their\\ndeliberations.\\nMessrs. Stage and Wright have also the honor of erect-\\ning the first building for school purposes in Flint.\\nThis was a board shanty, twelve by sixteen feet, erected\\nin 1836, on the east side of Saginaw Street. They\\nemployed Mi.ss Philinda Overton, and furnished free\\neducation to the rising pioneers. There was an attend-\\nance of twelve scholars, and the school was maintained\\nfor two terras, when a school-house was erected. About\\nthis time they built a saw-mill wiiere the old mill now\\nstands, just above Hamilton s flouring-mill. This was\\nthe first mill on the Flint River.\\nIn 1840, Messrs. Stage, Wright, Payne, and Mor-\\nrison, built a large mill on the north side of the river\\non the site now occupied by the Crapo mill. This they\\noperated for six or seven years, when Mr. Wright turned\\nhis attention to dealing in lands. He was appointed\\ntimber agent for the government, the duties of which\\noffice took him through all the forests of Michigan,\\ngiving him a valuable experience. He made several\\ntrips with Prof. Houghton, and assisted in selecting the\\nSalt Springs lands, the Internal Improvement lands,\\nand others.\\nIn 1853 he moved to the farm where he now resides,\\nadjoining the city, and since that time has made\\nfarming his avocation.\\nIn 1842 he was married to Miss Marietta Ingersoll,\\ndaughter of Peter Ingersoll, who settled in Oakland\\nCounty in 1836; was a soldier in the war of 1812,\\nand participated in all the battles of the frontier under\\nGen. Scott; the last few years of his life were 8{)ent\\nwith his daughter, Mrs. Wright; he died April, 1869,\\nin his seventy-eighth year.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0243.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0244.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "FLINT TOWNSHIP.\\n185\\n1S56. R. P. Aitkin, Supervisor; D. McKcrcher, Township Clerk;\\nClark Boumer, Treasurer: William J. Colvin, Commissioner\\nof Highways; Elijah D. Farnham, Charles C. Parrish,\\nSchool Inspectors; Thomas II. Be^ole, Abel S. Donelson,\\nDirectors of the Poor; Lorenzo 1). Mortie, Horace Bristol,\\nLewis Buckingham, Justices of the Peace; Andrew Fau-\\ncheon, Theodore Tupper, Henry Bristol, Abram D. Cudney,\\nConstables.\\n1857. Robert W. Duthim, Supervisor; Thomas 11. Ncsbitt, Town-\\nship Clerk: Marvin Tupper, Treasurer; Andrew Hyslop,\\nJustice of the Peace; George Crocker, Highway Commis-\\nsioner: John Russell, School Inspector; Lysander Phillips,\\nDewitt C. Cuddeback, Directors of the Poor; William V.\\nHilton, Philip Washburn, Corydon Cronk, John Lane, Jr.,\\nConstables.\\nISbS, Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township\\nClerk; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer; Elijah Faruham,\\nSchool Inspector; Fred. A. Begole, Justice of the Peace;\\nLysander Phillips, Roswcll Hilton, Directors of the Poor;\\nGeorge Persons, Highway Commissioner; Epbraim Foster,\\nHenry Bristol, AVilliam V. Hilton, Abram D. Cudney, Con-\\nstables.\\n1859. R. P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township Clerk;\\nLyman M. Murray. Treasurer; John Russell, School In-\\nspector; George C. Murray, Highway Commissioner; Ben-\\njamin Boomer, Sr., Horace Bristol, Directors of the Poor;\\nGeorge F. Hood, Justice of the Peace Henry Bristol, Fran-\\ncis F. Brewer, Martin Cuddcback, Constables.\\nISGO. Robert P. Aitkin, Sujiervisor; John Brookins, Township\\nClerk: Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer; Thomas Partridge,\\nJustice of the Peace; George Crocker, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; Barnabas M. Fay, School Inspector; Ephraim\\nFoster, Jesse Birdsall, Harman W. Whitney, William Part-\\nridge, Constables.\\nI8G1. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township\\nClerk; Lyman M. Murray, Treai^urer; Andrew Hyslop,\\nIsaac N. Robinson, Justices of the Peace; A. Clark Merritt,\\nSchool Inspector; Peter Sellers, Ilighwjiy Commissioner;\\nAVilliam Turver, M illiam Parkhurst, Squire E. Foster, Ben-\\njamin Boomer, Constables.\\n1862. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor: John Brookins, Township\\nClerk; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer; Barnabas M. Fay,\\nSchool Inspector; Marvin B. Person, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; Frederic A. Begole, Justice of the Peace; Benja-\\nmin Boomer, Jr., John Hodge, De Witt C. Cuddeback, Wm.\\nV. Hilton, Constables.\\n1863. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; Charles M. Williams, Township\\nClerk; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer; John Russell, School\\nInspector; John Brookins, Highway Commissioner Isaac\\nN. Robinson, E. M. Tupper, Justices of the Peace; Stephen\\nHempsted, Henry C. Gilbert, David Rush, Benjamin B.\\nBoomer, Constables.\\n1864. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township\\nClerk; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer; Abel S. Donelson,\\nJustice of the Peace; John M. Dresser, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; A. Clark Merritt, Barnabas M. Fay, School Inspec-\\ntors; Albert Van Slyke, Benjamin Boomer, Stephen Hemp-\\nsted, Henry C. Gilbert, Constiibles.\\n1866. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor: Leander Church, Township\\nClerk; Horace Bristol, Treasurer John Russell, School In-\\nspector; Horace J. Brockway, Henry C. Van Tifflin, High-\\nway Commissioners; Andrew Hyslop, Justice of the Peace;\\nCharles Rice, Horace J. Brockway, Stephen Hempsted, Ben-\\njamin Boomer, Constables.\\n1866. R. P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Wilson, Township Clerk;\\nJohn Brookins, Treasurer; W. J. Cronk, School Inspector;\\nGeo. Crocker, Highway Commissioner; Edw:inl M. Tupper,\\nJustice of the Peace; James Funcheon, Thos. D. Partridge,\\nStephen Hempsted, A. Van Slyke, Constables.\\n1867. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Wilson, Township Clerk;\\nAndrew Hyslop, Treasurer; Edward M. Tupper, Scho\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbI In-\\nspector; Philip Bcttcsworth, Isaac N. Robinson, Highway\\nCommissioners; Isaac N. Robinson, Justice of the l*eacc\\nDavid Persons, Horace B. Boomer, Wm. V. Hilton, Warren\\nBuckley, Conslablcs.\\n24\\n1868. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John AVilson, Andrew Hyslop,\\nTreasurers; George L. Walker, School Inspector; Clark\\nBoomer, Highway Commissioner; Abram S. Donelson,\\nJustice of the Peace; Benjamin Boomer, Newall Bristol,\\nEli ha Brewer, Stephen Hempsted, Constables.\\n1369. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; George F. Hood, Township\\nClerk; John II, Carey, Treasurer; Edward M. Tupper,\\nSchool Inspector; Lyman P. Andrews, Highway Commis-\\nsir)ner; Marvin B. Persons, Justice of the Peace; Horace\\nB. Boomer, Wm. H. Utley, James Williams, Eugene Curtis,\\nConstables.\\n1870. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; James Williams, Township\\nClerk; John H. Carey, Treasurer; George Walker, School\\nInspector; Philip Bcltcsworth, Highway Commissioner;\\nEdward M. Tupper, Charles Rice, Justices of the Peace;\\nBrivdford G. Reed, Oliver Dye, George Darling, Abrum V.\\nGreen, Constables.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 R.P.Aitkin, Supervisor; William H. Aitkin, Township Clerk;\\nMortimer Carter, Treasurer; E. A. Brewer, School Inspector;\\nClark Boomer, Alfred Gifford, Highway Commissioners;\\nHugh Nichols, Justice of the Peace; Bradford G. Roed,\\nHenry Olds, George Pci-sons, Horace B. Boomer, Consta-\\nbles.\\n1872. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; William Ransom, Mortimer\\nCarter, Treasurers; Minor S. Newhall, School Inspector;\\nAlfred Gififord, Highway Commissioner; John H. Gotshall,\\nDram Commissioner; Frederick A. Begole, Samuel Bickley,\\nJustices of the Peace Bradford G. Reed, Horace B. Boomer,\\nSamuel Bickley, James Begole, Constables.\\n1373. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; Thomas H. Nesbitt, Township\\nClerk; E. A. Brewer, Treasurer; Stephen R. Hall, Highway\\nCommissioner; John C. Vincent, Justice of the Peace;\\nJames M. Torrey, School Inspector Henry C. Gilbert, Drain\\nCoinmi.-sioner; Peter Gordon, Horace B. Boomer, Samuel\\nSellers, George Utley, Sr., Constables.\\n1374. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor: A. Torrey, Township Clerk E,\\nA. Brewer, Treasurer; Minor S. Newall, School Inspector;\\nJohn Mackin, Highway Commissioner; Albert Torrey, Drain\\nCommissioner; Edward M. Tupper, Justice of the Peace;\\nWilliam II. Darling, Samuel Bickley, William D. Johnston,\\nPeter Gordon, Constables.\\n1875- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; Andre Torrey, Township Clerk;\\nStephen R. Hall, Treasurer; Clark Boomer, Justice of the\\nPeace; James M. Torrey, Superintendent of Schools; S.\\nEugene AVarner, School Inspector; Hugh Nichols, Highway\\nCommissioner; Milo Donelson, Drain Commissioner; Hor-\\nace Boomer, Robert Ellsworth, Bradford G. Reed, Peter\\nGordon, Constables.\\n1876. Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; Thoma.s II. Ncsbitt, Township\\nClerk; Stephen R. Hall, Treasurer; James M. Torrey, Su-\\nperintendent of Schools Hugh Nichols, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; Milo Donelson. Drain Commissioner; F. A. Begole,\\nJustice of the Peace; Wm. Blackinton, Peter (Jordon, Hor-\\nace B. Boomer, W. I). Juhnston, Alvaro Boucher, Constables.\\n1877. Thomas U. Nesbitt, Supervisor; James M. Torrey, Township\\nClerk Andre Torrey, Treasurer; B. H. J. Jackson, School\\nInspector; Robert A. Blackinton, Superintendent of Sciiools;\\nHugh Nichols, Commissioner of Highxvays; John C. Vin-\\ncent, Drain Commissioner; John Mackin, Justice of the\\nPeace; Peter Gordon, Hiram Hull, George Sellers, William\\nWelch, Constables.\\n1378. Thomas H. Nesbitt, Supervisor; Robert A. Blackinton, Town-\\nship Clerk; Andre Torrey, Trea-surer; Zorrie House, Super-\\nintendent of Schools; Calvin C. Warner, School Inspector;\\nHugh Nichols, Highway Commissioner; William A. Colmer,\\nDrain Commissioner; John H. Carey, Justice of the Peace;\\nPeter Gordon, John Signer, Cbas. McElhany, George Bot .es-\\nworth, Constables.\\n1379. Thomas il. Ncsbitt, Supervisor; Robert A. Blackinton, Town-\\nship Clerk; Lyman Kgglcston, Treasurer; Alfred Torrey,\\nSchool Inspector; Zorrie House, Superintendent of Schools;\\nHugh Nichols, Highway Commissioner; Peter Gordon,\\nDrain Commissioner; Clark Boomer, Justice of the Peace;\\nThomas House, George L, Utley, George Bcttesworth, Con-\\nHtables.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0245.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "18G\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSome difference of opinion exists as to whom should be\\naccorded the honor of first breaking the forests of the\\ntownship. Elijah Carman it is generally conceded erected\\nthe first log house, and the historian has not been able to\\ndiscover any records or information which materially inter-\\nferes with the claim of Mr. Carman s family to be consid-\\nered as the earliest settlers. Jesse Torrey was the founder\\nof the Torrey settlement, and came the same year with\\nMr. Carman, but the latter s advent antedates that of Mr.\\nTorrey.\\nElijah Carman removed from Oakland County early in\\n1835, and located in the township 80 acres, described as\\ntlie east half of the southeast quarter of section 25.\\nHe immediately cleared upon this tract a piece of land\\nembracing about three acres and erected a log house, which\\nthere is little doubt was the first in the township. In Sep-\\ntember of the same year he was comfortably housed in his\\nnew quarters. At the raising of this house were five men\\nand one boy from the village of Flint, which embraced\\nnearly the whole male population of the place. The band\\nwas reinforced the following day by two men, who arrived\\nwith a view to settling.\\nMr. Carman endured many privations, and does not seem\\nto have much enjoyed his pioneer life. He was a skillful\\nhunter, and depended greatly upon his rifle for table sup-\\nplies. The skins of the deer he shot were tanned and\\nconverted into trousers and mittens, making durable if not\\nelegant garments. Fodder was so scarce that the cattle\\nwere browsed upon the limbs which were cut from the\\ntrees and piled for them. A man with an axe upon his\\nshoulder was the inevitable suggestion of dinner to them,\\nand the hungry quadrupeds would follow him for miles.\\nMr. Carman s log house was the scene of many religious\\ngatherings in 1836-37, when, on alternate Sabbaths, the\\nneighbors heard the Gospel expounded by Revs. James\\nMcAlester and Blanchard. In the year 1837, Cor-\\nnelius Mars, the father-in-law of Mr. Carman, came and\\nerected a log house on his farm. His residence was brief,\\ndeath having removed him from the little circle of pioneers\\ntwo years later. Mr. Carman survived him but a brief\\nperiod, his death occurring in 1840.\\nIn 1835 arrived an emigrant from Genesee County,\\nN. Y., who proved an important element in the growth of\\nthe township, and who has been already alluded to, Jesse\\nTorrey. With him came his wife, daughter, and four\\nsons, Alonzo, Asa, Albert, and Alma. He located 400\\nacres on section 24, which was a fractional section. Alonzo,\\nhis son, entered on sections 23 and 25, each 80 acres. Asa\\nentered 80 acres on section 25. These were the first\\nentries made in the locality known as the Torrey Settle-\\nment, which these gentlemen founded, and among the very\\nfirst in the township.\\nThere arc also the Dye, Utley, Cronk, Bristol, Stanard,\\nand Carter settlements, all originally founded by the gentle-\\nmen whose names they bear, who were leading spirits in\\nthese particular localities.\\nMr. Alonzo Torrey states that his father s land was the\\nfirst cleared, Mr. Carman s having been previou-sly entered\\nbut not improved. Their approach to the new home they\\nwere about establishing was made under many difficulties.\\nAfter leaving the Thread they were obliged to cut their\\nway, crossing the creek where it was most easily forded,\\nand choosing the route which it seemed possible to render\\nmost accessible. The country was uninhabited save by\\nwolves and deer, which roamed the forests unmolested.\\nRufus Stevens mill, at the Thread, afforded Jesse Torrey\\nan opportunity to erect for himself and family a comfort-\\nable habitation of logs, cut from the immediate spot, while\\nslabs did duty, in lieu of shingles, for a roof.\\nThe Torreys advent in the town.ship was made in Octo-\\nber of 1830, the previous July having afforded father and\\nsons an opportunity of prospecting and locating their lands.\\nJesse Torrey was the first pioneer who may in any sense\\nbe regarded as a moneyed man. He brought with him, after\\npurchasing his land, about $4000 in cash, and devoted it,\\nwith exceeding liberality and public spirit, to the improve-\\nment and advancement of the neighborhood, affording em-\\nployment to many who were dependent upon their earnings\\nfor support, and giving opportunity to others, who desired\\nto establish homes for themselves.\\nThe same year of Alonzo Torrey s arrival he erected a\\nhouse upon his land, having previously lived with his father.\\nThis house was quite pretentious in appearance, bavin two\\nroofs, one on either side, covered with shingles ayiVit\\nfrom white ash. The owner well remembers the circum-\\nstance of their manufacture, from the fact that in making\\nthem he cut his foot so severely as to render a crutch neces-\\nsary during the remainder of the time the house was build-\\ning. On its completion, Mr. Torrey repaired to Orleans\\nCo., N. Y., and took to himself a wife, who is still liv-\\ning, and recalls with much .satisfaction her early days in\\nthe wilderness. On their arrival at Detroit from the East\\nthey were charged by a teamster $40 for a conveyance to\\ntransport themselves and their goods to Flint. Mr. Torrey\\ndeclined the questionable service for the best of reasons,\\nit was quite beyond the possibilities of his exchequer.\\nFortunately, they observed a man near by, making a bar-\\ngain with another teamster to transport him to the Thread\\nmills, which he had engaged to run for Mr. Stevens. They\\nbargained with him at 12 shillings a hundred, and $3\\napiece was asked to transport the ladies, the capacity of\\nthe vehicle being limited to 800 pounds.\\nWith them was a portion of their worldly goods, the\\nlimited capacity of the vehicle obliging them to leave the\\nremainder behind, where they remained until the following\\nwinter. Two cows were also brought, which proved a sad\\nincumbrance to them on their travels.\\nThe ladies, for whom a comfortable means of transporta-\\ntion had been engaged, found, very soon after starting, that\\nthey would not only advance their own comfort by walking,\\nbut that the traveling speed of the cattle would be greatly\\nenhanced thereby.\\nMr. Torrey discovered that it would be necessary to de-\\nvise some means to balance the load to prevent its tipping\\nhe therefore fastened a rope at one side, with which he\\nprevented its falling from him, while with a pole he main-\\ntained its equilibrium upon the other side. The Thread\\nRiver was ultimately reached, where the goods were left\\nuntil a more convenient opportunity offered for taking them\\nfarther. They then proceeded, and had made but little pro-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0246.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "STEWART H. WEBSTEE.\\nMRS. STEWART WEBSTER.\\nSTEWART H. WEBSTER.\\nStewart H. Webster was born in Berkshire Co.,\\nMass. When quite young his father, John Webster,\\nmoved with the family to Monroe Co., N. Y., and\\nsettled at Eush Village, where he engaged in milling,\\nand in conducting a mercantile business, hotel, post-\\noffice, etc. He was the proprietor of the village,\\nand politically was a leading Democrat. His influ-\\nence was deemed of such importance that Martin\\nVan Buren went to see and consult him. He died in\\n1850, at an advanced age. He reared a large family\\nof children, six of whom were living at his death.\\nStewart H.Webster, the immediate subject of this\\nsketch, was the oldest child of John Webster, above\\nmentioned. When twenty years of age he married\\nMiss Margaretta Amy Wiard, aunt of Norman\\nWiard, inventor of the celebrated Wiard steel\\ncannon and contractor for building iron-clad vessels\\nduring the war.\\nMr. Webster lived at Rush some twenty years after\\nhe was married then, in the spring of 1835, came to\\nGenesee County, and purchased one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land three miles south of Flint, upon\\nwhich there was a small improvement. Here he com-\\nmenced in earnest to make himself a home; the im-\\nprovements went steadily on. About 1844 he built\\na hotel which became quite famous. The Webster\\nTavern was one of the important stopping-places on\\nthe Saginaw road, and its proprietor one of the most\\nhospitable and genial of men not only the traveler\\nbut the pioneer and neighbor felt the warmth of his\\ngenial nature and open-handed generosity. He died\\nOct. 10, 1864, leaving a wife and three daughters\\nthe former departed this life April 10, 1871. The\\ndaughters all reside in the city of Flint. The old-\\nest is the widow of Dr. Drake, who was an early\\nphysician of Flint; the second daughter married\\nAbel Donelson in 1855; he was from Coleraine,\\nFranklin Co., Mass., and came witii his father to\\nOakland County in 1827. Mr. Donelson settled on\\na farm in Flint, where he resided until his health\\nfailed, when he retired to the city, where he now\\nresides.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0247.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0248.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "FLINT TOWNSHIP.\\n187\\ngress when the horses were mired, and any further efforts\\nto advance upon wheels seemed useless. With a persever-\\ning spirit which is inherent in the pioneer, they shouldered\\nwhat few effects had been placed in the vehicle, and pro-\\nceeded on foot, the horses finally extricating themselves\\nand returning to Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Torrey finally\\nreached their primitive home and prepared to battle with\\nthe privations that awaited them. Together with Hirara\\nJudd, Mr. Torrey entered into a contract to cut the logs on\\n40 acres of land, and float them down the Flint River. Tiiis\\ninvolved a total change in the domestic arrangements of\\nthe family, and in consonance with it a shanty was erected\\nin the woods, and Mrs. Torrey installed as housekeeper.\\nHer hospitality, though not elegant, was exceedingly grate-\\nful to the sturdy woodchoppers, who frequently toiled till\\nmidnight with their saws and axes. These logs were the\\nfirst ever floated down the river, and the number cut was\\n1000, for which a compensation of fifty cents a log was\\nreceived. Meanwhile, Mrs. Torrey, with a courage that\\nwould astonish the modern lady, remained the sole occupant\\nof the shanty in the midst of the dense forest, with no\\nsound save the murmur of the winds or the distant echo of\\nthe chopping, and no near companion but the wolves that\\nprowled about the hovel in search of food. She facetiously\\nremarked to the writer that even this required less courage\\nthan to endure the perilous journey to her old home again.\\nAfter Mrs. Torrey had been two years in the uncleared\\nforests of IMichigan nothing seemed more natural than a\\ndesire to visit the scenes of her childhood. No events\\nmarked this visit other than were exceedingly enjoyable.\\nHer brother, Columbus Le Valley, accompanied her on her\\nreturn, and purchased later ICO acres on section 27. The\\njourney wa.s made without difficulty until their arrival at\\nthe Thread, which occurred as evening approached. They\\nstarted for home on foot, groping their way through the\\nforest, until night overtook them. Overcome with fatigue\\nand prevented by the darkness from discovering any land-\\nmarks by which they could detect their present position,\\nthey both sat down, Mrs. Torrey to meditate and weep\\nover the strange vicissitudes of a pioneer life, and Mr. Le\\nValley to wish himself back in the fruitful valleys of New\\nYork State, asserting tliat if he had known the facts he\\nwouldn t have come for a thousand dollars.\\nFinally, the lady, with a courage and strength of will\\nthat had enabled her before to overcome all obstables, arose\\nand declared that she would not sleep in the woods when\\nshe was so near her Alonzo. Tbrough the darkness her ears\\ndetected the ripple of a stream near by, and, groping her\\nway thither, she discovered which way (he water flowed,\\nand was thus advised of the points of the compass. Bid-\\nding her brother follow, slie advanced, pursuing her uncer-\\ntain way until the log house of Jes.se Torrey was discovered.\\nThen, with the aid of a lantern, their destination was\\nreached. Mr. Torrey was seen through the window, his\\nhead buried in his hands, while he repined at the fate\\nwhich had deprived him of his companion. He was no\\nleas delighted than surprised at her coming, and the faith-\\nful wife declared that from that moment she would never\\nleave him which promise she has through all the years\\nkept with fidelity.\\nLysander Phillips and family lived with 5Ir. and Mrs.\\nTorrey, having arrived the same fall in company with them.\\nThe following spring they moved into a log house erected\\nupon land they purchased in the vicinity. Hiram Judd\\ncame with the Torreys in 1835, and was a.ssociated with\\nthem in the clearing of the first lands. He remained two\\nyears, and returned East. After an interval of eight years\\nhe returned again to Michigan.\\nDaniel O SuUivan, who has already figured conspicu-\\nously in the city history as one of its foreiuo.st pioneers and\\nthe first to advance its educational interests, was also a very\\nearly settler in the township, having purchased 40 acres\\nnot far from the Cronk settlement, where he remained for\\na period of years, and finally returned again to the city.\\nHis venerable form may still be seen daily upon Saginaw\\nStreet.\\nIn 1835 came also Andrew Hyslop, a gentleman of\\nScotch descent, who located ICO acres on section 4. AfYer\\nhis death his widow removed to the city, where she now\\nresides. Mrs. Hyslop retains vivid memories of the depri-\\nvations she endured on her arrival. The roads from Detroit\\nwere almost impas.sable when they came, and the usual diffi-\\nculties were experienced. From Flint to their own land\\nthere was no road, and sufficient brush was cleared to admit\\nof an opening, through which they made slow progress.\\nJohn Greenfield, their neighbor, had purchased 300 acres\\non section 5, and begun the erection of a log house. In\\nthis uncompleted abode Mr. and Mrs. Hyslop were content\\nto remain until they were able to build a home of their own.\\nIn the spring of 1836, William N. Stanard, of Stafford,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., entered the south half of section 35,\\nand the northwest quarter of the same section. His sons,\\nJeremiah R. and Rosel, had preceded him, the latter having\\nbeen induced to become a pioneer at the earnest solicitation\\nof Jesse Torrey, who offered to aid him in the purchase of\\nland when he should make a satisfactory location. Mr.\\nStanard, hearing of a tract now embraced in the city limits,\\nand which had not been entered (a location which subse-\\nquently proved invaluable), mentioned it to Mr. Torrey,\\nwho instructed him to complete his .arrangements. He also\\nunfortunately gave the same information to a friend, and\\nwithin hearing was the inevitable lounger, who may be\\nfound even at this late day sunning himself on the corner,\\nor hanging about the neighboring bar-rooms. This indi-\\nvidual was not slow to avail himself of the facts he had\\noverheard. He went directly to James W. Cronk, and re-\\npeated what he had heard. The following day Mr. Stanard\\nand Jesse Torrey repaired to the land-office to make the\\nentry. Mr. Cronk made his exit as they entered, having\\nfive minutes before purchased the tract they were about\\nlocating. Mr. Stanard, Sr., however, gave his sons each\\n80 acres of the land he had purchased. Jeremiah R. sub-\\nsequently removed to Lapeer County, and Rosel, who\\nchopped the first acre of land in the Torrey settlement,\\nstill occupies the farm originally given him. George W.\\nRapp came in 1836, having married a daughter of William\\nN. Stanard, wlio also received 80 acres of her father s\\nentry.\\nGeorge Crocker came at nearly the same date and located\\nOD section 27, 160 acres which he immediately improved,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0249.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "IS\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand lias brought to a high state of cultivation. Ox-teams\\nwere in common use at this early period, horses not being\\neasily procured, and being less available in breaking the\\nrough land.\\nOn the bank of Swartz Creek, where the Torrey church\\nnow stands, was erected in 1838 the first school-house in\\nthe township. It was built of logs and was at a later date\\nburned, the fire being generally regarded as the result of\\naccident.\\nThe teacher who disciplined the youth of this early\\nperiod was Miss Louisa Kimball, who afterwards became\\nMrs. Joseph Freeman, and is now Mrs. Horace Bristol.\\nAfter Miss Kimball s term expired, the school was placed\\nin charge of Mi.ss Jane Watkins, whose brief career was\\nterminated by the burning of the school-house. Fortu-\\nnately the neighborhood by this calamity was not deprived\\nof instruction, for Mrs. Alonzo Torrey opened her own\\nhouse, and for three months the scholars were taught by\\nher. During the interval a frame school-building of more\\nextended proportions was being constructed, and on its\\ncompletion Mrs. Torrey with her little band removed\\nthither, and for four months longer filled the role of\\nteacher. The new building was erected on section 24,\\nopposite the old site, which was on the corner of section 23.\\nIn this school-house the early religious services were held.\\nThe following were the names of the first scholars\\nAlbert Torrey, Orlando Sanborn, Apha Sanborn, Orminda\\nSanborn, Mary Jane Sanborn, Sarah Ann Sanborn, Isaac\\nKelscy, Almira Kelsey, Lorinda Kelsey, Charles Phillips,\\nEmily Phillips, Lydia Colby, Clark Torrey, Levi Torrey,\\nMary Torrey, John Torrey, Almon Torrey, William\\nBoomer, and Pliny Boomer. Soon after this school-\\nhouses were erected in other portions of the township, and\\nat the present date capacious structures are seen dotting its\\nterritory at very short intervals.\\nThe mortuary record of these early years of the town-\\nship history was a matter of congratulation to the settlers.\\nGood health and cheerful spirits everywhere abounded, and,\\nas a remarkable fact, it may be stated that in the Torrey\\nsettlement no death occurred for a period of twelve years,\\nthe first remembered being that of a son of Lysander Phil-\\nlips, in 1848. The earliest death in the township, as nearly\\nas can be ascertained after very diligent inquiry, was that of\\na Mrs. Greenfield, who lived on section 5. Cornelius Mars\\ndeath occurred in 1839, and was among the earliest. Miss\\nSallie, youngest daughter of Capt. Benjamin Boomer, died\\nin 1846, and her death has been stated to the writer as\\nthe first, but it is altogether likely that Mrs. Greenfield s\\noccurred prior to either of the others, probably in 1838.\\nThe earliest marriage, as stated by Albert Torrey, was\\nthat of Horace Boomer to Samantha, daughter of Horace\\nBristol.\\nMrs. Alonzo Torrey having been accustomed to attend\\ndivine service, and finding no opportunity to gratify her\\ndesire at home, determined to go to Flint. Her first inten-\\ntion was to yoke the oxen, but on further consideration\\nshe determined to walk. Rev. James McAlcster, who per-\\nformed the functions of a local preacher and had just\\nmoved into the village, saw her pass and determined to\\npay his respects to the new aud church-going family.\\nTaking his gun one morning, and throwing on a large\\ngray overcoat, he sauntered towards their log house. Arriv-\\ning at the door the hostess saw the large coat, and suppos-\\ning it covered a wild Indian exclaimed, There s an Indian\\ndon t bid him come in. The visitor, however, proved\\nharmless, and received a hearty welcome. He arranged to\\nhold service at Mr. Torrey s house on successive Sabbaths,\\nand afterwards in the school-house. This occurred in 1836,\\nand may be regarded as the first religious gathering in the\\ntownship.\\nJeremiah Kelsey is another pioneer whose coming dates\\nto early in 1836. He located on .section 25, having pur-\\nchased 160 acres, which his industry and perseverance very\\nsoon rendered productive.\\nDewitt C. Curtis, who now resides on a farm on section\\n11, arrived with his father. Comfort Curtis, in 1837,\\nbeing then fifteen years of age, and resided with him on\\na tract described as the east half of the southwest quarter\\nof section 8. His brother David, who is one of the rep-\\nresentative men of the township, came the following spring.\\nCapt. Benjamin Boomer located about the same time\\n80 acres on section 25. He followed nautical pursuits and\\nspent little time upon his land, but was highly esteemed as\\na good citizen and a genial gentleman.\\nHorace Bristol purchased in March, 1838, of Thomas\\nL. L. Brent, 80 acres on section 26. He resided upon it\\nfor many years, but is now living in the city.\\nJames W. Cronk s first purchase in the township bears\\nthe date of May 3, 1837. He came from New York State,\\nand early settled in Macomb County in this State. While\\nthere he heard of the advantageous purchases of land\\nwhich might be made at the Grand Traverse, and imme-\\ndiately wrote his father. Col. James Cronk, who had been\\nprospecting in the northern part of the State, suggesting\\nthat they make a joint purchase of 640 acres. The elder\\nCronk at once responded to his son s request, and came im-\\nmediately to Flint, but on the day of his arrival was taken\\nill. After lingering three days, he died at John Todd s\\ntavern near the river his son, meanwhile, having been en-\\ngaged in preparations to remove his family from Macomb\\nCounty. It is proper here for the historian to correct a\\npopular error which has obtained credence, that the senior\\nCronk resided in Flint for some years before his death and\\nparticipated actively in the building up of the settlement.\\nSuch are not the facts. He was a total stranger in the\\nneighborhood, and never entered the county until three days\\nbefore his death. He was buried on the site of the pres-\\nent Presbyterian church, and some years later his remains\\nwere disinterred by Daniel O SulIivan and reburied in the\\ntownship, on the farm of his grandson, Walter J. Cronk.\\nJames W. Cronk, meanwhile, came on and made the pro-\\njected purchase of 640 acres, embracing some of the\\nground now covered by the city. Soon after, through the\\ninstigation of some interested parties in the East, a suit\\nwas begun, in behalf of the estate of James Cronk, to\\nrecover a supposed interest in this tract. James W. Cronk,\\nbeing alone as contestant in this suit and with every pros-\\npect of being discomfited in the contest, prevailed upon\\ncertain Detroit parties, Messrs. Morrison Dubois, to pur-\\nchase the land.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0250.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "ANSON GILBERT.\\nMRS. ANSON GILBERT.\\nANSON GILBERT.\\nAnson Gilbert was born in Galway, Saratoga,\\nN. Y., June 27, 1806. His father was a farmer,\\nbut lie learned the trade of carpenter and joiner.\\nIn 1832 he came to Detroit, where he worked at his\\ntrade. In 1835 he was married to Miss Judith Ann\\nGarland, formerly of New Hampshire. At this\\ntime, 1836, there was a strong tide of emigration to\\nMichigan to secure land for future homes. Having\\nsaved a few hundred dollars, he came out to the then\\nremote wilderness of Genesee County, and entered\\none hundred and sixty acres of land in the north-\\nwesterly portion of Flint, taking his title from the\\ngovernment. Returned to Detroit, and the following\\nwinter moved to Saginaw, where he worked at his\\ntrade until May, 1838, when he employed six Indians,\\nwith three or four ciinoes, to take his family and\\nhousehold effects up the river to the land he had\\npreviously purchased. TIk- trip was wild and ro-\\nmantic, and occupied three or four days. Follow-\\ning the crooked river through a dense wilderness,\\noccasionally the stream would be obstructed by drift-\\nwood then the canoes were unloaded, taken from\\nthe water, and again launched above the obstruction.\\nThere were but two or three settlers the whole dis-\\ntance; they camped out at night. In due time they\\narrived at the spot which was to be their future home,\\nbuilt a shanty for the first year, and cleared a few\\nacres of land. The next year he built a good frame\\nhouse, which is now in good order and occupied by the\\nfamily. Although it was heavily timbered, there are\\nnow broad and fertile fields; other lands have been\\nadded to the original purchase until a large and valu-\\nable farm has been made, which furnishes all the com-\\nforts of life. He died Sept. 4, 1876, leaving a wife\\nand three children, two sons and one daughter.\\nThe oldest son lives in the city of Flint; the\\ndaughter is married, and lives adjoining the old home\\nthe youngest son lives on the old home, where the\\nmother resides, in her seventy-third year, in good\\nhealth and spirits, enjoying a well-earned competency,\\nand taking great pleasure in relating incidents of\\nAuld Lang Syne.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0251.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0252.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "FLINT TOWNSHIP.\\n189\\nAfter this event, James W., desiring to make the county\\nof Genesee his home, entered, in the year 1837, 160 acres\\nof land in the township of Flint, on sections 7 and 8.\\nWith his arrival dates the first clearing of ground in the\\npresent Cronk settlement limits. These facts are obtained\\nfrom his grandson, Walter J. Cronk, who now resides in\\nthe city of Flint, and is an extensive land-owner in the\\ntownship.\\nJames W. Cronk has left a reputation as a keen lover of\\nthe hunter s life, and in his rambles about the country in\\nsearch of land his trusty gun was ever at his side. His\\naim was unerring, and many choice saddles of venison, and\\nwild turkeys, were among the spoils of the chase. Mr.\\nCronk had a favorite dog that often accompanied him on\\nthese occasions. A morning s hunt resulted in the killing\\nof four splendid deer, which were piled together near the\\nspot now occupied by the residence of Hon. Sumner How-\\nard in the suburbs of Flint. The next morning a sleigh\\nwas drawn to this spot for the purpose of bringing home\\nthe game. The morning was a stormy one, the air being\\nfilled with heavy flakes of snow. While busily engaged,\\nMr. Cronk discerned, through the storm, an animal ap-\\nproaching him having the appearance of a wolf He\\nraised his gun, which was synonymous with death to the\\nvictim, and, to his great dismay, learned soon after that his\\nfavorite dog lay writhing in agony. The animal lived some\\nhours, but the aim of the sportsman had been too certain\\nto hope for life.\\nOn another occasion Mr. Cronk was in the woods, and\\nencountered a splendid specimen of what is known as the\\nspike-horn buck, whose horns are constructed especially\\nfor defense, and whose ferocity when driven to bay makes\\nthem exceedingly dangerous as a foe. The animal, after\\nbeing wounded, dropped motionless, and his victor, think-\\ning him dead or dying, approached and drew his knife\\nacross his throat. As the blood spirted from the wound\\nthe animal revived, and at once sprang upon his pursuer.\\nIn an instant he was thrown upon his back, while the buck\\nmade a desperate charge upon him. His only possible de-\\nfense was in the use of his feet, with which he was able to\\nward off the attack. This method of warfare was fast\\ndepleting his strength, and with every renewed charge liis\\nlegs were being mangled and torn. In his almost helpless\\ncondition the buck was fast gaining ground, when a dog\\nbelonging to Mr. Cronk appeared upon the scene in an op-\\nportune moment, and grappled with the buck. In a moment\\nmore the rifle had ended the contest.\\nMr. Cronk died while doing service in the Mexican war.\\nHis widow still survives, and resides in the city of Flint,\\nmaintaining the old-time hospitality her husband was wont\\nto exercise and their son, Walter I., is a successful farmer\\nin the western portion of the township.\\nMarvin B. Persons came a year later than Mr. Cronk,\\nand for twelve months made his home with him, assisting\\nhim in clearing the farm. Later he effected an arrange-\\nment with Thomas L. L. Brent, a large land-owner, to clear\\na tract for him in the present township of Flushing, and\\nreceived as compensation for this service 80 acres of his\\npresent farm, which lie immediately proceeded to improve.\\nHe erected a log shanty, and subseijuciitly married and\\nmade his home upon this tract. Since that time he has\\nadded to its dimensions, and ho is now one of the represen-\\ntative men of the township.\\nWilliam Van Slyke came from Genesee Co., N. Y., in\\n1837, having originally entered land in Richfield, which he\\nexchanged for 80 acres on section 35, entered by Wil-\\nliam Stanard. Mr. Van Slyke brought with him a superior\\nspan of horses, but as it was almost impossible to obtain\\ngrain for them, and oxen were better adapted to the wants\\nof that early period, he disposed of them in Pontiac, at a\\nconsiderable sacrifice. Mrs. Van Slyke, who still resides in\\nthe township, has a keen memory of facts pertaining to her\\nfirst residence in Michigan. The snakes were so numerous\\nthat they almost drove her family from the first log house\\noccupied by them. It seemed impossible to build a house\\nso securely as to make it impregnable to these marauders.\\nPhilip Beltsworth located, in 1S3G, 99 acres on .section\\n11, and soon became prominent in the various interests\\nconnected with the township.\\nJ. D. Eggleston removed from Orleans Co., N. Y., in\\n1837, and took possession of 120 acres his father had\\ngiven him on section 17, this being a portion of 400 acres\\npurchased by John A. Eggleston on sections 17 and 20.\\nAt the time of his coming, the country was almost en-\\ntirely unsettled, thick woods covering the land now marked\\nby well-cultivated farms. The nearest neighbor was James\\nW. Cronk, who was two and a half miles distant. When\\nMr. Eggleston arrived he had two yoke of oxen and one\\nteam of horses. He crossed the Flint River in a canoe, which\\nwas drawn across by the oxen. He afterwards removed\\nto his present farm of 1G8 acres.\\nJohn Thome was among the pioneers of an early date,\\nand found little more than a wilderness to greet his coming.\\nHe established himself on section 32, and has resided there\\nsince.\\nJabez Blackinton first settled in Oakland County, and in\\n1837 located in the township. He resides on section 15,\\nas does also Charles Blackinton.\\nThe founder of what is known as the Dye settlement is\\nRuben Dye, who came in 1843, and purchased 40 acres on\\nsection 20. This had already been improved, and a log\\nhouse built upon it. He afterwards added another 40 acres,\\nand later still another, of improved land. His sons estab-\\nlished themselves around him and populated the settlement,\\nhence the name.\\nF. A. Begole removed to the township in 1838, choosing\\na farm in the extreme southwest corner, on section .31. He\\noccupies a position of influence, and is successful in the\\nvocation which he follows.\\nAnson Gilbert came early and purchased 174 acres on\\nsection G. His son now occupies the farm.\\nEdward Tupjier located on section 29, and his brothers\\nMarvin and John located on the northeast portion of sec-\\ntion 32. They have each followed agricultural pursuits,\\nand won a reputation as successful farmers.\\nA. Hcrrick came early to the southern portion of the\\ntownship, and established himself upon a farm. He is also\\nwell known as a local preacher.\\nRobert P. Aitkin settled in Flint in 1842, and pur-\\ncliased of George M. Dewey, who was acting as agent for", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0253.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nT. L. L. Brent in the sale of lands, 80 acres on section 8.\\n3Ir. Aitkin is known as a successful farmer and a public-\\nspirited gentleman. His election for years in succession\\nto the office of supervisor, bears witness to the esteem in\\nwhich he is held by the town s people.\\nA portion of Morgan Chapman s farm lies in the town-\\nship of Flint, on the line between it and Clayton. Alfred\\nGifford was an early settler, having chosen a tract embracing\\n120 acres in the northeast quarter of section 8. Cornelius\\nLane located 40 acres on section 3 in 1840. S. Sellers\\npurchased 44 acres on section 2.\\nThomas Daly came very early, and is spoken of as a lead-\\ning spirit in all the enterprises connected with the first set-\\ntlement of the township. J. Sally was also a pioneer, and\\nimproved 30 acres on section 11. He was employed by\\nChauncey S. Payne, of Flint, as were also P. McCloskey,\\nJames Gillespie, and M. Gillespie, who all came from New\\nYork City. James and Andrew Fancheon located on sec-\\ntions 16 and 17, and Thomas D. Partridge came as early\\nas 1839, and established himself in the township, while\\nNathan J. Rublee was still an earlier settler. Jasper Bristol\\ncame in 1837, A. Goodlier the year previous, and B. B.\\nKrewsen in 1844. They are all successful farmers. Elias\\nJ. Bump located in 1841, and has recently removed to the\\ncity, having gained a competence by his labors.\\nT. H. Nesbitt moved from Cayuga Co., N. Y., in the\\nspring of 1854, and purchased the southwest quarter of\\nsection 23, comprising 140 acres. Only 25 acres of this\\nwas improved. He introduced the first harrow into the\\ntownship, which was made to order by James JIcAlester, of\\nFlint. When Mr. Nesbitt came, most of the marketing\\nwas done on foot, butter and eggs being often carried many\\nmiles by the pedestrians.\\nThe year 1842 witnessed the advent of Hiram Hall, who\\npurchased a farm of 80 acres on section 23. He afterwards\\nlocated on the southeast quarter of section 26. His son,\\nAnson Hall, married a daughter of Capt. Benjamin Boomer,\\nand now owns 165 acres on sections 26 and 35. James\\nCarter purchased on sections 4 and 9, and William Boucher\\nsettled on section 20. James Chase located on section 11.\\nThe surface of the township is undulating, comprising\\nsome fine stretches of level land, varied by gentle declivi-\\nties, which give variety to the landscape and make it one\\nof the most attractive townships in the county. The soil\\nis a mixture of clay and sand, and generally of good quality,\\nthough varying in localities, and affording a bountiful crop\\nto the farmer. The streams of water which traverse its\\nsurface are the Flint River and Swartz Creek, the first of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which passes through the city, flows through the northern\\nportion of the township, and passes out near the northwest\\ncorner. Swartz Creek rises in the township of Gaines,\\nand enters the southwest corner of the township of Flint,\\nmeandering in a northeasterly direction, flowing into the\\nThread, and eventually into the Flint River. The Chicago\\nand Northeastern Railroad enters the southwest corner, and\\nruns northeast to the city of Flint.\\nThe town-house, which is a convenient and accessible\\nbuilding, erected for the purpose of holding elections and\\nmeetings pertaining to the business of the township, is\\nlocated on section 22.\\nThe township cemetery embraces a tract of land pur-\\nchased from the forms of Marvin Persons and James W.\\nCronk for the purpose. It is inclosed with a neat and sub-\\nstantial wire fence and ornamented with well-grown shade-\\ntrees. The many beautiful marble slabs which it contains\\nbear witness to the tender memories which departed friends\\nhave left behind.\\nBRISTOL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThe Bristol Methodist Episcopal church is so named\\nfrom the fact that it is within the boundaries of the Bristol\\nsettlement and embraces among the congregation a large\\nnumber from this immediate locality. It is a wooden struc-\\nture, and was built, in 1872, by subscription, the only\\nchurch in the immediate locality not being sufficiently\\nlarge to meet the wants of the growing congregation.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. Mr. Mosher, who remained\\none year, and was followed by Rev. Mr. Goss. His suc-\\ncessor was Rev. Mr. Seeley, who was followed by the Rev.\\nMr. Goss, the present pastor, now (1879) filling a second\\nterm.\\nThis church was formerly a part of the Torrey class,\\nand was connected with the South Flint circuit, but is now\\na part of the Swartz Creek circuit.\\nTORREY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nIn 1836, Rev. James McAlester, whose accidental ac-\\nquaintance with the neighborhood has already been alluded\\nto, formed a class and held service at the house of Alonzo\\nTorrey. The members of this class embraced the follow-\\ning persons Jesse Torrey, Eunice Kelsey, Melissa Torrey,\\nOrissa Torrey, Jeremiah Kelsey, and Jane Bristol. After\\na school-house was erected, a meeting of the class was held\\neach Sabbath and preaching once a fortnight, the distance\\nfrom the residence of the pastor making it inconvenient to\\nhold service more frequently.\\nThe first circuit preacher who ministered to the spiritual\\nwants of the little flock was Rev. Luther D. AVhitney, who\\nheld services during the years 1838-39, and the last pastor\\nwas Rev. John McEldowny.\\nA year since the Torrey class was attached to the Court\\nStreet charge, and since that time there has been no regu-\\nlar service.\\nThe church building was erected in 1852, and is an un-\\npretentious structure of wood. The records indicate that\\nthe first trustees were Jesse Torrey, James Ellis, R. Cum-\\nmings, O. Sanborn, Albert Torrey, Asa Torrey, and Alonzo\\nTorrey. It was attached to the Grand Blanc circuit at\\nthat time, and the preacher in charge was William Blades.\\nThe records are not sufficiently complete to enable a con-\\nsecutive history of the church from that time to be pre-\\nsented.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nROBERT P. AITKEN\\nwas born in 1819, in Montgomery (now Fulton) County,\\nState of New York, of Scotch descent, his mother s maiden", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0254.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "FLINT TOWNSHIP.\\n191\\nname being Chalmers, and grandmother s on the mother s\\nside being Stewart, chiiming descent from the family of\\nRoyal Charlie, of Scotland but, as Mr. Aitken is a\\nstaunch Republican, he claims no preferment on this account.\\nAt the age of seventeen he went to the city of New\\nYork, and served as clerk six years, having by strict\\neconomy saved a few hundred dollars. Seeing little chance\\nfor a young man having a small capital to commence in\\nbusiness in a largo city, he decided to try his fortunes in\\nROBERT P. AITKEN.\\nthe West. Accordingly, in the autumn of 1842 he started\\nfor the then small town of Flint, in the State of Michigan,\\ntaking with him a small stock of merchandise. Owing to\\nthe extreme scarcity of money, he exchanged a portion of\\nhis goods for eighty acres of wild land on section 8, in the\\ntown of Flint, where he now resides, and forthwith went to\\nwork improving the same. On the 12th of March follow-\\ning he was married to Miss Sarah J. Johnstone, who, with\\nher father s family, had preceded him from New York City\\nonly a few months. Miss Johnstone was born in the city\\nof New York in the year 1823, and up to this time had\\nnever spent much time in the country but a board shanty\\nwas speedily erected on this land of their own, and to-\\ngether they commenced under new auspices the journey of\\nlife. Many privations had to be endured, but their farm\\nhas increased to two hundred and twenty acres, one hundred\\nand sixty being improved. Any success or improvement\\nmade may be set down as the result of constant labor. They\\nhave raised a family of ten children, five sons and five\\nMRS. ROBERT P. AITKEN.\\ndaughters, of whom two sons and four daughters only now\\nsurvive. Besides having improved a large farm, mainly by\\nhis own hands, Mr. Aitken has served his township as\\nsupervisor twenty-one years (twenty yeai-s consecutively),\\nand his district four years in the State Legislature.\\nMr. Aitken has lived an active life. He has done faith-\\nful service in both public and private walks of life during\\nthe past thirty-seven years, and claims at least the credit of\\nmaking two blades of grass to grow where only one grew\\nbefore.\\nFREDERICK A. BEGOLE.\\nProminent among the most successful and intelligent\\nfarmers of Genesee County, and as a representative man of\\nthe rich township of Flint, is the gentleman whose name\\nstands at the head of this brief biographical sketch. His\\ngrandfather, one of that steadfast band of French Hugue-\\nnots who were compelled to leave their native land for the\\nenjoyment of religious liberty, came to America during\\nthe last quarter of the eighteenth century, and settled in\\nthe quiet town of Hagerstown, Md. and there, in the\\nyear 1786, was born his son, William Begole, who, in 1802,\\nemigrated northward with his father, and settled in the\\nthen remote wilderness of Livingston Co., N. Y. The\\nson, William, was then a youth of sixteen years, the pos-\\nsessor of health and an energetic spirit, but, beyond these,\\nhaving little or nothing, in hand or in expectation, to aid\\nhim in the battle of life which he was then about to com-\\nmence. He chose the vocation of agriculture, and entered\\nupon it with an industry and persistence which at last\\nbrought their inevitable reward, though not until after\\nseveral years of hard labor and privation. In the war of\\n1812 he entered the army as a soldier, and served his\\ncountry with credit, though not without serious detriment\\nto his business. In January, 1814, he was married to a\\ndaughter of Capt. BoUcs, formerly of Maryland, who had\\nemigrated thence to Livingston County with the elder\\nBegole. The fruit of this union was ten children, seven\\nsons and three daughters, all of whom he raised to maturity\\nexcept one son, who died in youth. Three of these sons\\nhe afterwards established upon farms in Genesee Co., Mich.\\nHe died in Livingston County, June 28, 1862, aged\\nseventy-six years.\\nFrederick Augustus Begole, the second son of William,\\nwas born at Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., on the\\n11th of March, 1817. The early years of his life were\\npassed amid the labors of his father s farm and the disci-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0255.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nplinc of the common school (such as it was) until his\\ntwenty-first yc;ir, when he left the paternal roof to seek a\\nfortune for himself in the wilderness of Michigan, to which\\na strong tide of emigration was then setting from Western\\nNew York. His destination was the then recently organ-\\nized county of Genesee, where, two years before, his father\\nhad purchased for him the northwest quarter of section 31,\\nin the present township of Flint. In due time, the young\\npioneer reached the spot which was to be his future home\\nand if at first view the prospect seemed to him a discour-\\naging one, it is not to be wondered at, for, although the\\nsoil was deep and fertile, it was covered by a dense growth\\nof the heaviest timber, and long years of severe labor must\\nintervene before this wilderness could be made a productive\\nfarm. In the seven weary miles which lay between him\\nand Flint River, on the east, there was only one solitary\\ncabin, but to the westward at a distance of a few miles was\\nthe house of a settler, at which he took board while en-\\ngaged in underbrushing a few acres of his land during the\\nfirst season after his arrival. In the succeeding winter he\\nworked by the month at the settlement of Flint River, and\\nhaving saved a small amount of money, he returned in the\\nsummer of 1839 to his property, on which he built a log\\nhouse, but could not cover it for lack of shingles. These\\nhe split out and shaved during the winter of 1839-40,\\nand in the spring of the latter year, after having roofed his\\ncabin (though as yet it had neither door nor windows), he\\nreturned to his father s farm in New York.\\nOn the 23d of February, 1841, he married Angeline,\\ndaughter of James Chapman, of Livingston County (who\\nafterwards removed to Clayton, Genesee Co., and died there\\nat the age of seventy-one years), and in May, 1842, re-\\nturned to his lauds in Michigan, sawed out a door and\\nwindows to his cabin, established his family withiu it, and\\nplanted a few potatoes among the stumps to help eke out\\nhis scanty means of subsistence during the following winter.\\nThen he commenced in earnest the work of clearing his\\nfarm, and by dint of hard labor succeeded in preparing a\\nfield of about four acres in time to sow it with wheat the next\\nautumn. In this work of clearing he lay under most dis-\\ncouraging disadvantage, for, being entirely without money\\nto purchase stock or team, for his early farming operations\\nhe was compelled to hire the latter at the rate of three\\ndays of his own labor for each day of team work with\\nwagon, and at the same time was obliged to labor for\\nothers to procure the necessaries of life for his family.\\nThus times continued to be exceedingly hard for the young\\nsettler, and he found the struggle for a livelihood to be a\\nmost arduous one through all of the first season and the\\nsucceeding winter and spring, until his first crop of wheat\\nwas ready for harvest but from that time scarcity gave\\nway to plenty, and his privations were succeeded by a\\nprosperity which has never since been interrupted. The\\nheavy forest has been driven back from his pioneer clear-\\nings, field after field has been added to his tilled acres, the\\nlog cabin has long since given place to fine and substantial\\nfarm-buildings, and the addition of an adjoining tract has\\ngiven him a faim of two hundred and forty acres, as fer-\\ntile and highly cultivated as any in the county of Gene-\\nsee.\\nMr. Begole has never been a seeker after public position,\\nbut has several times been called to township offices, among\\nthese being that of justice of the peace, which he has held\\nduring more than twenty consecutive years. His children\\ntwo sons and a daughter are married, and well estab-\\nlished in life upon farms adjoining the homestead.\\nG. J. W. in LI..\\nMKS. 0. J. W. HILL.\\nG. J. W. niLL\\nWas born in Gioucostcrshirc, Kii^lund, .Ian. 14, 1S20. When\\ntwelve year.s of .nge he came to America and joined his\\nniullier, llion residing at Dansvilie, N. Y. Her hu-sbaiid\\nIteilig deceased, she had iigaiu married at that place Josiah\\nKent,\\nIn the fill of 1832, Mr Hill Went to loavn the cabinet^\\nmaker s tiadj. In 1840 \\\\h oauic to Flint, and, in company", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0256.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n193\\nwith David Footc, established the furniture business, which\\nwas the first in that line in Flint. This firm was dissolved\\nthe following year, but Jlr. Hill continued the business for\\nmore than thirty years.\\nJan. 5, 1848, he was married to Miss Helen Bidwell,\\nformerly of Bath, N. Y. Her mother was a Grant, from\\nGalloway, Scotland.\\nIn 1870, Mr. Hill concluded to change his business and\\ntry agriculture. He sold his fine property in Flint, and\\npurchased a farm of two hundred acres some five miles west\\nof the cit) embracing fine and commodious buildings and\\nland in the highest state of cultivation. Here, with their\\nfamily of nine children (having buried two), they enjoy\\nthe comforts of a country home, and at the .same time\\nretain their position in society in Flint, where they have\\nbeen identified with the Presbyterian Church since 1845.\\nlie has been leader of the choir in that church for twenty\\nyears, and his wife a prominent member of the same for a\\nlike period. She was one of the charter members of the\\nLadies Library Association of Flint, and is still an active\\nmember.\\nMr. Hill was for many years a member of the first\\nband in Flint, which was organized in 1848.\\nIn social life Mr. Hill is genial and companionable, in\\nbusiness matters prompt and reliable, and commands the\\nrespect of all.\\ni I f Q C i\\nFENTON.\\nThe township of Fenton includes township 5 north of\\nthe Michigan ba.se-linc, in range C east of the principal\\nmeridian, as designated on the United States Government\\nsurvey. It lies in the southern portion of the county, and\\nis bounded east and south by Oakland and Livingston\\nCounties respectively. Its physical features are varied and\\ninteresting. The principal stream is the Shiawassee River, an\\ninsignificant affair at its entry in the southeast corner of\\ntown, but attaining to respectable proportions ere it leaves\\nit on the west. Its general course is northwest, and its\\nwaters furnish several excellent mill-powers, notably at\\nFenton and Linden villages. After leaving Fenton it re-\\nceives the surplus waters of numerous lakes, large and small.\\nOf these lakes the township contains no less than 20, cov-\\nering a total area of about 21 GO acres, apportioned as\\nfollows: Long Lake, on sections 2, 11, 13, 14, 23, and 24,\\n850 acres; Hibbard s Lake, section 12, 30 acres; Crooked\\nLake, section 13, 50 acres; Loon Lake, sections 15 and\\n16, 150 acres; Squaw Luke, principally on section 15, GO\\nacres; Ball Lake, section 21, 40 acres Mud Lake, section\\n22, 225 acres Silver Lake, sections 27, 28, and 33, 275\\nacres; Pine Lake, sections 28, 29, 32, and 33, IGO acres;\\nByram Lake, sections 29 and 30, 130 acres; others, not\\nnamed on the map, 190 acres. Aside from these are mill-\\nponds, covering perhaps 80 acres, making the total lake\\nand pond area of the township about 2240 acres, or more\\nthan that of the entire balance of the county.\\nMany of the lakes of Fenton possess clean, bold shores,\\nsandy bottoms, and deep waters, and most of them abound\\nin numerous varieties of fish, such as bass, perch, and others.\\nThj Detroit and Jlilvvaukee Railroad passes between Silver\\nand Mud Lakes, which arc separated by but a narrow\\nspace; Silver Lake is tributary to Mud, and through the\\nlatter to the Shiawassee River, and is so named from its\\nclcii. .laters and bed of light sand. Byram Lake was named\\nfrom an early settler on its shore, and the others from\\nvarious circumstances and surroundings.\\nLong Lake, the principal sheet of water in the township\\nand county, is about three miles in length, and averages\\nnearl} half a mile in width. With the exception of its\\nsouthwestern shore, which is marshy in places, its borders\\nare most picturesque and lovely. The southern extremity,\\nbelow the narrows, is in most places shallow, and wild\\nrice grows profusely in localities. McOmbcr Point, ex-\\ntending in a northeast direction to the narrows, is low and\\nmarshy, and below it is a grove of pines. The timber on\\nthe western shore is mostly cleared away, while on the east\\nconsiderable has been left, extending to the water s edge,\\nand rendering the effect one of great beauty. Occasional\\nsombre pines are seen, the dark green of the foliage con-\\ntrasting with the lighter hues of the oak. High banks ex-\\ntend along a great part of the eastern shore. The outline\\nof the lake is broken by points and bays, and a fine\\nisland of over 20 acres is situated near the centre, north\\nand south, and somewhat nearer the western than the east-\\nern shore. Another small island is near the extreme\\nsouthern margin of the lake.\\nThe vicinity of the lakes of Fenton was the favorite re-\\nsort of the red tribes who occupied the region ere the\\nadvent of a paler race. The clear waters tempted them to\\nlaunch their canoes thereon and entice from their depths\\ntheir finny inhabitants, or disport in wanton glee amid their\\nwaves. The surrounding hills and forests afforded them\\nrare sport in the chase, for deer, wolves, bears, and other\\nanimals fit targets for the hunter s skill abounded. So\\nmuch attached were the red men to this beautiful land\\nof lakes that it was their desire, when their days of\\nhunting on earth were over, to be laid to rest amid the\\nscenes made dear by life-long association. Here, on the\\nborder of the lake, their remains were laid, their faces to\\nthe setting sun, and the rippling waters murmured their\\nfuneral songs, while the breezes wailed a mournful requiem\\nthrough the pines, as the spirits of the warriors journeyed\\nto the ha])py hunting-grounds of their fathers.\\nThe principal Indian burial-place in the township was\\non the northeast shore of Mud Lake, and close by was", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0257.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntheir camping-ground. A large number of graves were\\nlong to bo seen in the burying-ground. Others were also\\nfound, but not as extensive. The Indian corn fields were\\nsometimes sources of inconvenience to farmers, as they were\\ndifficult to plow, owing to the fact that corn was year after\\nyear planted in the saiue hills, while the latter were raised\\na little higher each year, and were often ten or twelve feet\\napart. Quite an extensive corn-field was found east of the\\npresent village of Linden. This was on a farm once owned\\nby Alonzo J. Chapin, and now the property of -John Welch.\\nIn the edge of the township of Mundy dwelt a small\\ntribe whose chief was one King Fisher, or Fisher,* as\\nhe was generally called. Their burying-grouiid was the\\none mentioned as having existed near Mud Lake, in Fen-\\nton, and at present no traces of it can be found, owing to\\nlong cultivation. Fi.shcr s name will be found on another\\npage, in an article bearing upon the history of Fenton,\\nwritten by Col. William M. Fenton. He (Fisher) was a\\nlover of athletic sports, as well as whisky, and on occasions\\nof town-meetings was accustomed to visit the village and\\njoin in whatever of the nature of sport was going on.\\nAmong the feats of the young men of that day was the\\none of jumping over a string held at a certain distance\\nabove the ground. Alonzo J. Chapin was rather more\\nthan the equal of Fisher, one of whose toes was so long\\nthat it would catch on the string. The chief would take\\nhold of it angrily, and exclaim, D n toe no good Me\\ncut him off, me jump you He was exceedingly loath to\\nspeak English, except when under the influence of liquor.\\nIn the fall of 1877, while constructing a dirt-road across\\nCrane s Cove, on the west side of Long Lake, a party of\\nworkmen found a skeleton of very large size, some two or\\nthree feet below the surface. As it is a well-known fact\\nthat this locality was the favorite Indian resort for hunting\\nand fishing, the skeleton was supposed to have been the\\nframe-work of a gigantic warrior, though why he should\\nhave been buried just there was not satisfactorily explained,\\nas it was some distance from their common burial-place on\\nMud Lake.\\nORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES.\\nThe following is a li.st of the land-entries in the township\\nof Fenton, from the records of the land-offiee. Tlie first\\nland entered in the township was taken in March, 1831, by\\nClark Dibble, and included the southwest quarter of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 34, forty acres, and the south-\\nwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 3G, forty\\nacres. The remaining entries were as follows\\nSection 1.\\nAcrca.\\nJoshua L. Wheeler, Wayne Co., Mich.. May, 1836 160\\nWilliam Tanner, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Alay, 1S36 195.90\\nh. O. Gorilon ami John Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., July, 18:i6... 160\\nWilliam Ayhvaiil, (ienisec Co., N. Y., March, 1837 80\\nAlanson Shelley, Wayne Co., Mich., October, 18a0 3i A2\\nSection 2.\\nWilkes Durkee, Oakland Co., Mich., February, 1836 69 40\\nJohn Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1S3C SO\\nK. I (iregory an J John Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836. 80\\nWilke^s Durkee, Oakland Co., Mich., March, 1S36. 80\\nCook and (Sregorv. Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 118.69\\nFeli.x WcWilliams, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 80.67\\nJa*ob Snyder, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 77.05\\nCorrupted from Viei/cr, the name of a Frcn. h-Indian half-breed.\\nSkctio.v 3.\\nAcres.\\nCook and Gregory, Wayne Co., Mich., March. 1836 80\\nEdward liingham, Wayne Co., Mich., iMay, 183(1 SO\\nMichael Mct^hiffy, Or.ange Co., N. Y., June, ls: .(i 81.44\\nLyman Turner, Liyingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 79.72\\nJohn Turner, New London Co., Conn., June, 18311 160\\nJames Turner, New London Co., Conn., June, 1836 160\\nSection 4.\\nWilliam H. Cook, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 159.23\\nLJ 0. Gordon and John Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836.. 79\\nJohn Turner, New London, Conn., June, 1836 400\\nSection 5,\\nCook and Gordon, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836 79.16\\nLyman Turner, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 238.76\\nJohn Weaver, Oakland Co., Mich., Peceniber, 1836., 40\\nCharles W. Johnson, Genesee Co., Mich., March, 1843 40\\nCarlton L. Sage, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1843 40\\nAsahel Martin, Jr., (ienesee Co., Mich., September, 1847 80\\nAnna Martin, (icnesee Co., Mich 40\\nSwamp land 40\\nNot entered 40\\nSection 6.\\nAbijah B. Dunlap, Scneea Co., N. Y., April, 1836 74 14\\nJohn Turner, New London, Conn., June, 1830 158.92\\nLyman Turner, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 16\\nCook and Gordon, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1836 147.20\\nCalvin P. Austin, llutland Co., Vt., Noycmhor, 1836 74.12\\nSection 7.\\nHiram L. L.amb, Wnvne Co., N. Y., May, 1836 160\\nPeter Lamb, Wayne Co., N. Y., May, 1836 145.76\\nWilliam Kellogg, Ontario Co., N. Y., June, 1836 120\\nReuben Kellogg, Ontario Co., N. Y., June, 1836 120\\nJesse B. Odell, Genesee Co., Mich., March, 1839 06.24\\nSection 8.\\nIlir. iin L. Lamb, Wayne Co., N. Y., May, 1836 80\\nCook and Gordon, \\\\Vayne Co., N. Y., June, 1836 SO\\nRichard L. Lamb, Wayne Co., N. Y., July, 1836 40\\nCook and Gordon, Wayne Co., Mich., July. 1836 240\\nFrancis 11. llermon, Genesee Co., iMich., December, 1836 40\\nGeorge Page, Washtenaw Co., Mich., January, 1837 SO\\nAndrew Potter, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1853 40\\nSwamp land 40\\nSi X TION 9.\\nJohn Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1836 SO\\nJames Mdlenry, Oakland Co., Mich., April, 1830 120\\nNe\\\\vltold Lawrence, New York City, May, 1836 400\\nJohn Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., July, 1830 40\\nSection 10.\\nSamuel Allison, O.akland Co., Mich., December, 1835 100\\nWalter Daven|iort, Orange Co., N. Y., December, 1835 160\\nE. B. tiregory and .lolin Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1830 80\\nJohn Peniiiman, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 160\\nGregory and Cook, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 SO\\nSection 11.\\nSamuel Allison, Oakland Co., Mich., December, 1835 42.83\\nWalter Davenport, Orange Co., N. Y December, 1835 82.67\\nJ. Thom))son and II. Lyon, Fairfield Co., Conn., May, 1836... 123.35\\nEdward Bingham, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 71.70\\nSection 12.\\nP. H. and Eliza McOmber, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1836.... 160\\nJames Tui-ncr, New London, Conn., June, 1836 160\\nMoses W. Scott, Saratoga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 320\\nSection 13.\\nJ.din Dunenn, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1836 111.40\\nP. 11. and Eliza McOmber, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1836.... 152.85\\nPhilip H. McOmber, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nPhilip 11. McOmber, Jr., Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nConrad Forbes, Oakland Co.. Mich., September, 1848 80\\nHugh McCully, Oakland Co., Mich., December, 1848 40\\nJohn Pitte, Genesee Co., Micb., September, 1852 40\\nNot entered SO\\nSection 14.\\nP. II. McOmber and wife, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1S36 23.01\\nH. and V. R. Hawkins, Genesee Co., N. Y., June, 1836 230.70", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0258.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n195\\nSection 15.\\nAcres.\\nWiilU-r Davenport, Oningo Co., N. Y., December, 1835 76\\nWullace Ditible. licncsco Co.. Mich., KeUniarv, I8:i6 10\\nH. :ui(l V. U. Hawkins, (iencsie Co., N. Y., June. lS:iG 241)\\nCook an. I (Jordon. W.i.vne Co.. Midi., Augu.\u00c2\u00abt, l^ M 80\\nAbraham Xoyes, Wttjnc Co., Mich., February, 1S;!7 120\\nSection 17.\\nSihvs Warner, Hampshire Co., Maps., February, 1836 240\\n.lames Ripley, Warren Co., N. Y., May, KSIifi.. :i20\\nOrcn Skut, Wayne Co., Mich., October. lS:i6 40\\nIra Lamb, Oonescc Co., Mich., November, 1836 10\\nSection 18.\\nWilliam Manifold, Washtenaw Co Mieh., June, lS3fi 64.72\\nA\\\\iM. and Wni. li. llawlcy, Ontario Co.. N. Y., Juno, 1836 80\\nSamuel W. I altison, (Jencsee Co., X. Y., June, 1S3C 65.24\\nJcdin S. Cooley, Wavne Co., Mich., July, 1S36 40\\nRobert T. Winehelli (ienesee Co., Mieh., August, 1836 80\\nJohn W. Hyatt, Oakland Co., Mieh., August, 1836 80\\nJ phti .Tones, Ciencsco Co., N. Y., September, 1836 SO\\nAU in Hanuier, Wayne Co., Mich., October, 1836 120\\nSection 10.\\nCharles Byram, Wayne Co., Mich., July, 1836 160\\nPhilemon C. .Murray, Washtenaw o., Mich., February, 1S30. 67.52\\nChiirlos livram, (ienesee Co., JHch., February, 1836 40\\nK. J. I cnnimau, Wayne Co., Mieh., March. 1836 120\\nHenry D. Harrison, Wayne Co., Mieh., October, 1836 160\\nE. J. Pcnniiunn, Wayne Co., Mich., November, 1836 05.64\\nSection 20.\\nJames Ball, Bradford Co., Pa.. July, 1835 40\\nDustin Cheney, (Jcnesoe Co., Mich., October, 1835 80\\nOliver P. I.amb, (ienesee Co., Mich., October, 1835 40\\nRichanl L. I.amb, Geue ec Co., .Mich., October, 1835 40\\nSamuel Castle, Monroe Co., N. Y., November, 1835 80\\n(ieorgo Page, Washten iw Co., Mich., July, 1S3B 120\\nConsider Warner, Genesee Co., N. February, 1836 240\\nSection 21.\\nAlden Tuppcr, Lapeer Co., Mich., July, 1835 40\\n(Jenescc Co., Mich., October, 1 835 40\\nCharles Tujipcr. Genesee C. Mich., December, 1835 SO\\nGeorge Page, Washtenaw o., Alicb., July, 1836 40\\nPerry Lainb, (ienesee Co., Mich., May. 1,S36 40\\nCharles Tupper, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1836 40\\nJune, 1836 SO\\nJohn Herman, Oakland Co., Mich., November, 1836 40\\nGeorge Doty, Wayne Co., Mich., October, 1836 40\\nCharles Tup])er, (lene^ec Co., .Mich., April, 1837 40\\nJefl erson Eddy, Genesee Co., Mich., June. 1853 40\\nDecember, 1854 40\\nSeth C. Sadler, July, 1855 40\\nNot entered 40\\nSection 22.\\nJ. Cranger and C. K. Carroll, New Y ork State, August, 1836.. 160\\nHiram B. I^Iadison. Genesee Co., Mich., November, 1836 40\\nJefferson Bnwon, (Ienesee Co., Mich., February, 1S38 40\\nJctlcrson Kddy, Genesee Co., Mich., December, 1854 120\\nNot entered 280\\nSection 23.\\nJohn Duncan, Wayne Co., Mieh., March, 1836 66.83\\n1*. H. A E. MeOmbcr, Oakland Co., Mich., July, 1836 22.70\\nMoses W. .Seott, Sarat.iga Co., N. Y., July, IS3V1 04.40\\nCharles H. Carroll, Stale of Now Y ork, August, 1836 135.30\\nHiram L. L:imb, Jene.sec Co., Mit.-h., February, 1839 40\\nAndrew Potter, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1852 80\\nJohn L. Whiting, Wayne Co., Mich., December, 1853 80\\nAndrew Potter, Genesee Co., Mich., December, 1854 40\\nSection 24.\\nP. H. A E. McOmber, Oukhmd Co. Mich., July, 1836 72.50\\nJlose.s W. Scott, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July. 1S36 80\\nleaiah Scott, William K. I\\nBixby, .Samuel Morgan, Addison Co., Vt., August, 1836... 100\\nand Nelson Richards, I\\nJohn Kddy, Wavne Co., Mich.. May, 1S37 80\\nJoseph Parker, (lakland Co., Mich., November, 1837 160\\nJoseph Dccuc, Northampton Co., Pa., November, 1845 80\\nSection 25.\\nEbenezcr Pralt, Ontario Co., N. Y., May, 1835 80\\nJune, 1S35 SO\\n.lames Thorp, Gcneseo o., Mich., November, 1835 40\\nWilliam Remington, Dutchess Co., N. Y., November, 1835 SO\\nAcres.\\nCharles L. Pralt. Ontario Co., N. Y.. February, 18.36 80\\nJoseph Thorp, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1S36 40\\nSol. Jcffenls, Monroe Co., N. Y., January, 1836 80\\nSvlvester L. Sage, Livingston Co., N. Y., January, 1836 40\\nJohn Patterson. Wayne Co., Mich., August. 1836 40\\nR. Le Roy and William M. Fenton, Oakland Co., Mich., July,\\n1837 80\\nSection 26.\\nWilliam Nichols, Shiawassee Co., Mich., -lul} 1835\\nJohn Wilbcr, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 183.5\\nWilliam Remington, Dutchess 0., N. Y., November, 1835....\\nArchibald Duncan, Wayne Co., Mieh., February, 1836\\nDustin Cheney, (ienesee Co., Mich., March, 1836\\nWilliam Gage, Oakland Co., Mich., March, 1S36\\nSamuel F. Cheney, Monroe Co.. N. Y., Jlay, ls:;C,\\nTheron M. Young. Oakland Co., Mich.. July, 1830\\nDavid D. Young, Livingston Co., N. Y., July, 1836\\nHenry Sackner. Monroe Co., N. Y., October. 1830\\nJames M. Briarty, Wayne Co., Mich., April, 1837\\n40\\n40\\n200\\nSO\\n40\\n40\\n40\\n40\\n40\\n40\\n40\\nSection 27.\\nWilliam Remington, Genesee Co., Mich., December, 1835 40\\nArchib.ald Duncan, Wayne Co., Mich., February, 1836 80\\nDustin Cheney, Genesee Co., Mich., March, 1836 120\\nMary Piatt, (ienesee Co., N. Y., April, 1836 80\\nElijah Piatt, Genesee Co.. N. Y., April, 1S36 160\\nMurzan and Alonzo Chapin, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836... 80\\nJames Woodruff, Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1850 40\\nNot entered 40\\nSection 28.\\nHarrison Tupper, Lapeer Co., Mich., .Tuly, 1836 80\\nMorris Miller, Wavne Co., Mich., March. 1836 76.20\\nJamis Ball, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1836 80\\nHarrison Tupper, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1836 40\\nZenas Fairbank, Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1S36 40\\nHarrison Tupper, (ienesee Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nOtho D. Bedon, Wayne Co., Mieh., February, 1S37 40\\nJames WoodruB (ienesee Co., Mich., November. 1853 40\\nAndrew Potter, Geuesee Co., Mich., November, 1853 40\\nFebruary, 1854 40\\nHiram Chandler, Oakland Co., Mich., March, 1854 80\\nE. Potter 40\\nSection 29.\\nGeorge Page, Washtenaw Co., Mich., January, 1836 SO\\nCharles Byram, Wayne Co., Mich., January, 1836 108.40\\nFebruary, 1836 48.75\\nConsider Warner, Genesee Co., N. Y., February, IS36 160\\nHenry R. Butler, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1S36 54.35\\nSection 30.\\nCharles Byram, Wayne Co., Mich., January, 1836 2.33.44\\nConsiikr Warner, Genesee Co., N. Y., February, 1836 133.35\\nJirah Uillman, Lewis Co., N. Y., May, 1836 149.84\\nSection 31.\\nEdmund Downer, Oakland Co., Mich., September, 1835 40\\nElisha W. Postal, Macomb Co., Mich., July, 1836 80\\nJefl erson 11. Downer, Oakland Co., Mich., July, 1836 40\\nElijah Crane, Wavne Co., Mich., March, lS3o 67.18\\nE. J. Penniman, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1836 147.81\\nSeth Thompson, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Mareli, 1836 80\\nSamuel Averill, Oaklan l Co., Mich., March, 1836 40\\nJoseph II. liyrani, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 1836 40\\nEnoch T. Glass, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 1836 80\\nSection 32.\\nEdmund Downer, Oakland Co., Mich., September, 1835 80\\nGardin L. Downer, Oakland Co., Mich., September, 1835 80\\nElisha Larned, Allegany Co., N. Y., November, 1835 160\\n(lardin L. Downer, Oakland Co., Mich., November, 1835 40\\nE. J. Penniman, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1836 40\\nMorgan L. (iago, Monroe Co., Mich., April, 1836 80\\nMay, 1836 60.75\\nJoseph L. Byram, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 1836 24.75\\nSection 33.\\nRi bert T. Winchcll, Ocnesco Co., Mieh.. October, 1835\\nConsider Warner, Genesee Co., N. February, 1836\\nFrederick F, Riggs, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1836\\nDavid W. Woo.lworth, Livingston Co., N. Y., October, 1836...\\nJohn Weaver, Oakland, .Mich., December, 1836\\nPhileua Lalhrop, Ot-sego Co., N. Y., March, 1S37\\nHenry Larned, Oakland Co., Mieh., April, 1848\\n40\\n200\\n40\\n132\\n80\\nSO\\n40", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0259.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, iMICIIIGAN.\\nSection 34.\\nAcres.\\nriark Diblile, Lnpcer Co., Mich.. March, 18.34 40\\nAValhicc Diliblc, Ontario Co., N. Y., May, 1835 SO\\nLauren P. Kigf;s. Shiawassee Co., Mich., June, 1833 40\\nAbram liale.v, Allegany Co., N. Y., June, 1835 40\\nlluslin Clieney, Shiawassee Co., Mich., .Tulv, 1835 40\\n.John Thorp, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.. October, 1835 240\\nAValhicc Dibble. Shiawassee Co., Mich., November, 1835 80\\nHenry Howard, Wayne Co., Mich., July, 183G 80\\nSection 35.\\nAbram Baley, Allegany Co., N. Y., June, 1835 SO\\nJi.hn Thorp. Chaulauqua Co., N. Y.. October. 1835 240\\nHiram li. JIadison, Monroe Co., N. Y., May, 1830 120\\nDaniel H. Chandler, Genesee Co., N. Y., June, 1860 160\\nSamuel VV. Patlison, Genesee Co., N. Y., June, 1836 40\\nSection 36.\\nClark Dibble, T.apcer Co., Mich., March, 1834 40\\nJames Thorp, Oakland Co., Mich., March, 1835 40\\nJohn K. Jones, .St. Clair Co.. Jlich., April, 1835 40\\nEbenezer Pratt, Ontario Co., N. Y., May, 1835 40\\nAVallaec Dibble, Ontario Co., N. Y., M.ay, 1835 40\\nJohn Galloway, Monroe Co.. Mich.. June. 1835 40\\nJames Thorp. Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1S35...-. 40\\nJohn Torrct, Oakland Co., Mich.. October, 1835 80\\nWallace Dibble, Shiawassee Co., Mich.. November, IS35 80\\n]I. it V. R. Hawkins!, Gcnisee Co., N. Y.. June, 1S36 80\\nLevi Warren. Genesee Co.. Mich., May, 1836 40\\nNorris Thorp, Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nJohn F. Bliss, Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nAssuming that section IG, reserved for school purposes,\\ncontains 040 acres, the foregoing figures will make the area\\nof the township, aside from its water-beds, 21,629.91 acres.\\nThis would exclude only the larger lakes, as Long, Mud,\\nPine, Silver, Byram, etc., while the many small ones aid\\nto swell the water area of the township to the figures given\\nat the opening of this chapter, 2240 acres, or in that neigh-\\nborhood. Much of the land originally in the midst of\\nswamps, long left untouched, has been drained and re-\\nclaimed, and in places is among the most valuable in the\\ntownship. The area apportioned to tlie larger lakes, as\\ngiven in the preceding table of entries, is but 1410.09\\nacres, or 1000 acres less than the real water area of the\\ntownship. The swampy portions were and are still in most\\nplaces grown up to tamarack timber.\\nEAULY SETTLEMENTS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 INCIDENTS.\\nThe settlement of the township of Fenton dates back to\\n1834. In April of that year Dustin Cheney and family\\nlocated where now is the village of Fenton, coming from\\nGrand Blanc township, where they had lived a short time.\\nThey were followed the same month by other families, and\\nsoon a r spectable settlement was flourishing. These will\\nall be found mentioned in the history of the village. The\\nsouthern portion of the town received the first settlers, and\\nthe years 1834, 35, 36, and 37 witnessed the arrival of\\na considerable number, some coming from other portions of\\nGenesee County, others from Oakland and Livingston, with\\nmany direct from the State of New York.\\nThe village of Linden was settled two years later than\\nFenton, or in 1836, and at present is a prosperous borough\\nnumbering several hundred inhabitants. The northern\\npart of the township received attention from settlers within\\na few years after the first pioneers had located on the\\nsouthern border.\\nAcross the southeast corner extends a ridge of sand and\\ngravel hills, rising perhaps a hundred feet above the Shia-\\nwassee River. Similar elevations are found in the north-\\neastern part, though not as high nor well defined. The\\nregion between and extending westward is fertile and pro-\\nductive, and there were the farms of the pioneers, which\\nin a few instances are yet occupied by the original owners,\\nalthough most of them have changed hands many times.\\nThe first entries in the township, outside of what are now\\nthe incorporated villages, wore made, a few in 1835, and\\nthe greater proportion in 1836, which latter was the year\\nwhich witnessed the most extensive immigration of any in\\nthe history of the State. From the few original settlers\\nyet remaining are ascertained the following facts\\nAlonzo J. and Murzah L. Chapin, from Irondequoit,\\n!Monroc Co., N. Y., were among the early settlers in Fenton.\\nThey came to Wayne Co., Mich., in 1833, and located in\\nthe township of Dearborn, where each owned a farm.\\nAlonzo was a young man without a family, while his brother\\nwas married. The former during his residence in Wayne\\nCounty came in 1835 to Fenton and located land, and in\\n1836 or 37 was here and voted. He moved his brother\\nand family to the township in 1836, the latter settling one\\nmile east of where is now the village of Linden. Return-\\ning to Dearborn County, he remained until the following\\nyear (1837), when he came with his wife, having been but\\na short time married, and located on a farm northwest of\\nthe village of Fenton, in the present Cheney neighborhood\\nand near Mud (or Pinery) Lake. He afterwards removed\\nto a farm near Linden, now owned by John Welsh, and\\nin 1844 to the farm he still owns, immediately west of\\nFenton village, section 35. Upon this he continued to\\nreside until the fall of 1867, when he moved upon his\\npresent village property. His farms are occupied by his\\nsons.\\nThe circumstances which induced jMr. Chapin to locate\\nin Fenton township were about as follows: In 1835 he\\nand his brother left their homes in Dearborn, for the pur-\\npose of looking for land. Upon reaching Brighton, Living-\\nston Co., they fell in with a party of six men from Ann\\nArbor, and all set forth in company, hardly knowing in\\nwhat direction to proceed. A man who knew of the dwell-\\ning-place of the Fisher tribe of Indians directed them on\\nthe trail towards that locality. Following this for some dis-\\ntance, finding it well beaten, they came in time to branch-\\ning trails, and arriving at the site of Fenton village, or\\nDibbleville, as the small settlement was then called, tliey\\nconcluded to locate in its vicinity, as five trails centered here,\\nand they deemed it most favorable on that account, and the\\nabundance of water in the surrounding country. Mr.\\nChapin and his brother, together with two of the Ann\\nArbor men, located in the township, while the other four\\nsubsequently settled farther west, having found, on reaching\\nthe land-office at Detroit, that the sites they had selected\\nhad already been taken by other parties. When on their\\nway hither from Brighton, they noticed occasional wagon-\\ntracks leading away from the trail, a few settlers having\\nventured into the wilderness, miles from any clustered\\nhamlet, or village. One of the gentlemen from Ann\\nArbor who located in this township was a Mr. Manifold\\nthe name of the other is not now recollected. Of the entire\\nparty, it is believed Alonzo J. Cluipiu is now the only one\\nliving in the township.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0260.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n197\\nThe inhabitants of the Indian village luentioneJ as that of\\nFisher and his tribe, situated near the southern line of the\\ntownship of Mundy, in time became scattered. Many of\\nthcni removed, while others purchased lands and became\\nfarmers on a limited scale. A portion of them weut to the\\nneighborhood of Gaines and others to Flushing. Wabanesa,\\nquite noted among them, still owns a farm in Gaines town-\\nship, whore two of Fisher s .sons are also living.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Chapin, wife of Alonzo J. Chapin, has\\nbeen a resident of Blichigan since 1828, and has witnessed\\nthe transition of the wilderness into a productive garden\\nand the f\\\\iding away of nearly an entire generation of pio-\\nneers, while those who were but children, or were yet\\nunborn when she first became acquainted with the State,\\nhave grown to mature manhood, and turned upon the down-\\nward slope of the way. Fifty years of life in the West have\\nleft their impress upon her, and filled her mind with a won-\\nderful store of recollections, among which those of her ex-\\nperience in her pioneer days are chief. In 1828 she came\\nwith her father, Henry S. Gale, from the town of Greece,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y. (originally from Albany County, had\\nlived in Monroe two years). 5Ir. Gale settled in Su-\\nperior township, Washtenaw Co., Mich., and there spent\\nthe remainder of his life. He purchased the land from the\\ngovernment, and died upon the same place he originally\\nentered. His daughter was married to Mr. Chapin during\\nher residence in Washtenaw County, and soon after re-\\nmoved with him to Fenton (then Argentine).\\nWith the exception of two years of the time Mr. Chapin\\nhas resided in Fenton, his occupation has been that of a\\nfarmer. During the two years he aided in the construction\\nof the Michigan Central Ilailway. He has known of the\\nbuilding of every house now standing in Fenton village.\\nWhen, in 1836, he moved his brother into town, his team\\nbecame mired where the Everett House now stands in the\\nvillage. The spot seemed to have been caused by springs.\\nThe way taken by teams lay as close to the river as it was\\nthen thought expedient to drive, and passed over numer-\\nous places which at this day would scarcely be considered\\ndesirable for a road-bed. Mr. Chapin s team was a fine\\none, and had cost him four hundred dollars, yet there were\\nnot men enough in the .settlement to get the horses out of\\ntheir muddy prison. Mr. Chapin took his axe, went into\\nthe neighboring woods and cut some stout poles, with\\nwljich they literally pried the animals out of the mire, and\\nthe journey was resumed.\\nAbout the year 1839, while doing hi.s spring plowing on\\nhis farm near Linden, Mr. Chapin unfortunately broke his\\nplow-point. The nearest place at which he could procure\\nanother was Piety Hill, now Birmingham, in Oakland\\nCounty, seven miles south of Pontiac. Peter Lamb, who\\nlived a short distance north of Linden, owned a span of\\nponies, with which he teamed between Linden and Detroit,\\nbeing on the road almost constantly. He was, at the time\\nMr. Chapin broke his plow, aw.iy on a trip and had not yet\\nstarted from Detroit on his return. This Mr. C. knew, as\\nhe was perfectly acquainted with Lamb s time-table.\\nGoing into the house, he told his wife he was going to\\nwalk to Birmingham that night (it was then late in the\\nafternoon, buy a new point, and return with Lamb the\\nnest morning. Accordingly, collecting all the money in\\nthe house, amounting to fifty cents, and taking a loaf of\\nbrown bread, which Mrs. Chapin had just baked, he started.\\nWhen he reached Dibbleville it was after sundown, and\\nthe distance through the woods to the Saginaw turnpike,\\nin Springfield, Oakland Co., was sixteen miles. Nothing\\ndaunted, however, he started on. Twisting some hickory-\\ntorches, and taking them in one hand while in the other\\nhe carried a stout cudgel, he plodded along in the darkness,\\nreplacing his torches as necessary, and having sometimes to\\nfeel carefully for the trail to avoid becoming lost. Anon\\nthe howl of a wolf startled him to a more rapid pace.\\nSoon it was answered from another direction, and in a\\nremarkably short space of time numbers of the rapacious\\nbrutes had gathered in the forest around and were following\\nliim, all the time keeping up their di.scordant and savage\\nhowling and barking. It may be supposed his nerves were\\nnot entirely in a state of rest when, at last, he reached the\\nbeaten turnpike. Pushing still on, he arrived at Pontiac\\nsome time after midnight, and, stopping but a few minutes,\\nwalked to Birmingham, which place he reached at daybreak.\\nAs soon as people began to stir he looked around and\\nfound that Lamb had not yet returned from Detroit. He\\nconcluded, after purchasing his plow-point, which co.st\\nthree bits, to start on the back-track, and ride with\\nLamb when the latter should overtake him. This did not\\nhappen, however, and Mr. Chapin reached home in the\\nafternoon at about the same time he had left it the previous\\nday, having walked the entire distance to Birmingham and\\nback, or more than sixty miles\\nHe thinks no other man in Genesee County ever under-\\ntook and completed as great a journey for as small a pur-\\npose or with as little money in his pocket. He states that\\nthe loaf of brown bread had disappeared beneath his waist-\\ncoat by the time he reached home, and he had not spent a\\ncent for food while away.\\nDuring the early years of his residence in Michigan, Mr.\\nChapin was engaged in teaming over various portions of\\nthe State, transporting goods for settlers and making trips\\nas far west as Lake Michigan. In this way he became ex-\\ntensively acquainted with the pioneer families and the re-\\ngion in which they located. When he came from the State\\nof New York he brought with him a cast plow of the\\nWood pattern, very likely the firet one brought to tlic\\nState. Upon arriving in Detroit he was accosted by a\\nstranger who desired to purchase it, but was unwilling to\\nsell. Finally the man told him he owned a furnace in the\\nplace, and if he (3Ir. Chapin) would allow him to use the\\ncastings for patterns he would mould others and give him\\ntwo for the one he had. The bargain was made, and the\\nplows cast were unc^oubtedly the first of that design manu-\\nfactured in Jlichigan. Mr. Wood heard of the transaction,\\nand came to Detroit and claimed damages for inlringement.\\nHe finally, however, for a stated sum (in the shape of a\\nnote), gave the founder the right to manufacture the plows.\\nWood was a machinist, or moulder, by trade, and on one\\noccasion while in Canada had secured the patent from the\\ninventor, and returning to New York had the first ones in\\nthat State cast in the furnace where he worked.\\nMr. Cluqiin has in hi.s possession an old-f;ishioncd splint-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0261.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbottomed rocking-chair, one of the firet made in the town-\\nship. The frame was made by Seth Rhodes, an early\\nsettler at Linden, and the bottom was put in by a man\\nnamed Ball. For the frame Sir. Chapin worked an entire\\nday at breaking with two yokes of oxen. For the first\\ntwo years after the chair was purchased it was scarcely at\\nliome a day, being loaned to families afflicted with the ague\\nor other ills which flesh was heir to in those days.\\nMrs. Chapin has the second loom built in the township,\\nupon which she wove cloth for settlers living far and near,\\nand her fame as a weaver was something of which any\\nmatron in those days might well be proud. At one time\\nshe wove some cloth for Lauren P. Riggs, one of the first\\nsettlers at Dibbleville, her charges amounting to three dol-\\nlars, and for her labor she received an iron shovel and a\\npair of tongs. The former was eventually broken and the\\npieces lost, but the tongs she still posse-s-ses. The first loom\\nowned in town was made by Zenas Fairbank, at Linden,\\nfor use in his own family.\\nThe number of wolves and other wild animals which\\nabounded in the forests was something remarkable. A ven-\\nture into the darkness of the night was almost certain to be\\nrewarded with the sight of one wolf or more, and occa-\\nsionally a more savage animal made his appearance, to the\\nterror of the settlers. One night, while living in the pres-\\nent Cheney neighborhood, Mr. Chapin was aroused by the\\nbarking of a small dog which belonged to him. It was\\nduring warm weather, and the door was usually left open,\\nwhile a smudge was built outside to keep oif the mosqui-\\ntoes. This night, however, owing to a rain, the door was\\nclosed. Anxious to see what the dog was barking at, he\\nstepped from the door en dishahiUe, and noticing an ani-\\nmal which in the darkness he took for a large dog, he\\nthrew several stones at it to frighten it off, but it only\\nsnapped at them and refused to move. Mr. Chapin, think-\\ning by this time that the better part of valor was discre-\\ntion, made a quick spring inside the house, closed the door,\\nand placed his back against it. No sooner had he done so,\\nthan crash came a huge form against the door, with such\\nforce as to nearly floor Mr. Chapin and frighten him into\\nthe belief that the door would bo broken in despite his\\nefforts to prevent it. The animal s designs were happily\\nfrustrated, and he bounded away into the forest. Mr.\\nChapin, Perry Lamb, and another settler were at the time\\nthe only persons in the neighborhood in sufficient health to\\nattend to the needs of the sick, and they usually took cer-\\ntain routes among the log cabins of their neighbors and\\nadministered to their wants. Near Silver Lake resided\\nHarrison Tupper and hi* brother, and to the house of the\\nformer Mr. Chapin went one night on his charitable round\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2some time after his adventure at homo with the unknown\\nanimal. Arriving at Tupper s, he found the man lying\\nsick, with the head of his bed next to the window\\nMrs. Tupper had gone out to milk. While Mr. Chapin\\nsat in the room he noticed the curtain moving at the\\nhead of the bed, and the next instant a huge paw\\npushed it aside and a savage looking head reached in and\\nmoved close to the fiioe of the sick man. Mr. Chapin\\ncried out and started towards it with a chair, when it disap-\\npeared from the window. Soon after, Mrs. Tupper came\\nin from milking, and Mr. C. asked whose large dog was\\nprowling around. She answered that she did not know,\\nbut she had seen it in the darkness several times of late.\\nMr. Chapin stepped out, and the animal sprang upon the\\nhouse of Mr. Tupper s brother, across the way. He threw\\na stone at it, and it leaped off and disappeared. The glance\\nhe obtained revealed to him the fact that the animal was a\\npanther. It was shot at a number of times afterwards, and\\nfinally, doubtless considering the locality too warm for com-\\nfort, went off into Springfield, Oakland Co., where it was\\nat last killed and the settlement rid of a dangerous intru-\\nder. Numerous similar experiences fell to the lot of others,\\nand the stories which most of them delight in relating of\\ntheir adventures here when yet the forest was almost un-\\nbroken and the Indian trails occupied the places where now\\nare well-constructed highways and a prosperous community,\\nwould fill volumes.\\nIn the spring of the year 1835, Joseph Thorp, from\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., came to what is now Fenton town-\\nship, and located on section 25. Having previously pur-\\nchased land on section 30, and owning none where he first\\nstopped, he soon after removed to his farm on 36, this\\nafter he had built a log house and prepared it for the re-\\nception of his family. This house stood on the south side\\nof what is now the street in Fenton village leading to\\nHolly, nearly opposite the present brick residence of his\\nson, Joseph Thorp, and on the spot where now stands the\\ndwelling of Charles Bu.sh. Joseph Thorp was but a boy\\nwhen his father settled here, and has grown to mature man-\\nhood since he became a resident of the State. The elder\\nThorp passed his remaining days here.\\nOliver Warren, now of the town.ship of Holly, Oakland\\nCo., arrived in Fenton July 10, 1836, with his father,\\nLevi Warren, who purchased land on section 30 and erected\\nhis house near the site of the present residence of M. Wal-\\nton. The elder Warren had been a soldier during the war\\nof 1812, and received the bounty for his services after\\ncoming to Michigan. Both he and his son were members\\nof the first Methodist class organized in Fenton (then Dib-\\nbleville) in March, 1837. Oliver Warren was at the time\\na young man of eighteen. The old furm is now within the\\nlimits of the Fenton corporation. Mr. Warren, Jr.. in\\nMay, 1852, removed to the township of Holly, where lie\\nhas since continued to reside.\\nWilliam Remington, a native of Rhode Island, and after-\\nwards a resident respectively of New Bedford, Mass., and\\nDutchess and Ulster Counties, N. Y., came from the latter\\nto Michigan in November, 1835, the trip from New York\\nbeing made by canal to Buffalo, thence up the lake by boat\\nto Detroit, and on foot, in company with Elislia Larned,\\nfrom the latter place to Fenton. Mr. Remington located\\nwhere he now lives (land now partially within the corporate\\nlimits of Fenton), built a log house immediately south of\\nthe site of his present frame residence, and returning for\\nhis family brought it to the new home in 1830. Upon\\nMr. Remington s form, bricks were first manufactured in\\n1870. His son, John Remington, is engaged in this busi-\\nness, and burns from three to four hundred thousand bricks\\nannually. Some years none are burned. Mr. Remington has\\nbeen entratred in farminir durinic his residcuce in Miclii an.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0262.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n109\\nAll amusing incident is related in connection with Mr.\\nRcmington .s land-looking tour, and the parties concerned\\ncan scarcely be offended if it is here placed in print. Mr.\\nKemington s intention had originally been to go to Kalama-\\nzoo, but in Detroit he met Eii.sha Larned, who was going\\nout on the north trail and who persuaded him to do like-\\nwise. Starting out afoot, they left the Saginaw trail in\\nSpringfield, Oakland Co., and proceeded to Dibblevillc and\\nthe southern portion of what is now Fenton township. A\\nfarm towards the southwest corner of town was selected by\\nMr. Remington, but Larned chose to take the same land\\nhimself, and it was given up to him. Tlie next choice was\\nwhere he now resides, but Larned also said he propo.sed to\\nhave the land if he could get to Detroit first and make the\\nentry. As he had succeeded in procuring a horse to ride\\nthe chances appeared slim for Remington, but the latter took\\nthe matter coolly, and refused to start with Larned that\\nevening for Detroit. Larned, however, pushed on, in com-\\npany with Morgan Baldwin, of Mund} who had a.scertaiued\\nthat Remington was a Yankee, and told Larned he had\\nbetter look out or he would beat him yet. That idea was\\nscouted, for with a horse to ride he was certain to reach De-\\ntroit before Remington could by any possibility do so. The\\nman without a horse, however, might have been noticed to\\nwink slyly after Larned and his companion had disappeared\\nfrom view, and he, not long after they had departed, shoul-\\ndered his pack and started through the woods to the turn-\\npike, which he reached in due time. Near the point where\\nthe trail joined the turnpike was a tavern, with another\\nhalf a mile farther on. Towards the latter Remington bent\\nliis footsteps, thinking to stop there for a short rest, not\\ndreaming but that his competitor in the race had stopped\\nat the first one. What was his surprise at seeing, as he\\nwalked up towards the house. Lamed pacing the floor 1\\nThinking no more of resting he resumed his journey,\\nand neither stopped nor stayed till Pontiac was reached,\\nalthough expecting every minute that his rival would over-\\ntake and pass him. Baldwin, at intervals, asked Larned if\\nhe didn t feel afraid the Yankee would get ahead of him,\\nbut the answer returned was full of confidence that such\\ncould not po.ssibly be the case. In the mean time Reming-\\nton was plodding his weary way towards Detroit, which\\nplace he ultimately reached and entered his land in triumph,\\nbeing hours ahead of the others, whom, to at least the sur-\\nprise of one, he met on his return trip. Larned was crest-\\nfallen. Remington triumphant, and Baldwin exultant over\\nhis correct estimate of the Yankee s character and per-\\nseverance. All three of the parties are yet living, Mr.\\nRemington on the farm he then located, Mr. Larned, in\\nFenton village, and Mr. Baldwin in the township of Mundy.\\nElisha Larned was from Yates Co., N. Y., and settled\\non the farm he had located in 1835 (.section 32). lie\\nmoved in the spring of 1837, arranged for improvements\\nto be made upon his place, and came to the village and was\\nemployed by Messrs. Lc Roy Fenton, then just starting\\nbusiness in the place. He is at present engaged in the sale\\nof agricultural implements in Fenton.\\nC. Kelly settled near Long Lake in 1844 with his fam-\\nily, consisting altogether of eleven persons. This was in\\nthe fall of the year, and he had not a dollar left with which\\nto help him through the long winter. He made a party,\\nsent out invitations to the settlers, and, with the proceeds,\\npaid pari down for a fat hog, promising to pay the balance\\nbefore tax time. It is not stated whether the family had\\nanything besides the fat hog mentioned to live on during\\nthe winter.\\nWalter Sluytcr, froom Broome Co., N. Y., purchased\\nland on sections 10 and 11 in Fenton, and settled here in\\n1839. The farm occupies a most picturesque location on\\nthe northwest shore of Long Lake, and is now the properly\\nof Mr. Sluyter s son, Isaac Sluyter. It is finely im-\\nproved and a most desirable property.\\nTheophilus Stone emigrated to Michigan in 1834 from\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., and in 1838 settled upon section 10\\nin Fenton township, where his son, Samuel Stone, at pres-\\nent resides.\\nCharles Cooper, from Bradford Co., Pa., located on sec-\\ntion 28 in 1840. Elijah Bird settled early on section 21\\nin Argentine, purchasing from government and Norman\\nCollins, from Lewis Co., N. Y., located on section 36, in\\nthe same township, in 1838. These latter afterwards be-\\ncame residents of Fenton\\nAmong others who settled in this townshij), the following\\nnames appear in the records of the Genesee County Union\\nPioneer Society\\nGeorge S. WoodhuU, now president of the society men-\\ntioned, 1843; M. Walton, from Genesee Co., N. Y., Nov.\\n10, 1837; A. Kirby, 1836; R. A. Carman, 1834; Joel\\nDibble, born in township in 1837 Jonathan Shepard, of\\nLinden (now deceased), 1835 H. M. Thomp.son, 1836;\\nH. ]jee, 1836; George Murray (Linden), in State, 1831\\nS. P. Thompson, 1839 L. D. Sweat (Linden), 1845 G.\\nW. Curtis, 1841; E. G. Traver, now of Fenton, settled\\nearly in Livingston County, afterwards removing to Linden\\ncame to State in 1831 J. Van Winkle (Fenton), 1837\\nA. S. Donaldson, 1834; James W^oodruff, 1840; W illiam\\nMlddlesworth, early (now deceased) John Rceson, early,\\nnow living west of Fenton. Many others will be found\\nmentioned in the histor} of the respective villages of the\\ntownship in which they settled and became influential\\ncitizens. Comparatively few of the early jiioneers of the\\ntownship are now residing within its limits, and it is a\\nmost difficult matter to procure satisfactory information\\nconcerning those who once lived here but have since died\\nor removed to other localities.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZ.VTION\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CIVIL LIST.\\nFrom 1836 until 1838 the present township of Fenton\\nwas a part of Argentine, and officers were elected jointly\\nfor both. In the spring of 1838, however, a petition\\nhaving been sent forward praying for a division, owing tu\\nsome dissatisfaction over the election of officers as affairs\\nthen existed, the new township was organized under the\\nname of Fenton. At a town-meeting held at the Fenton-\\nville hotel, April 2, 1838, Samuel W. Pattison was chosen\\nmoderator and Benjamin Rockwell clerk. It was resolved\\nthat the officers be appointed on general ticket; also it was\\nvoted to elect three constables also a vote was taken to\\nraise a tax of \u00c2\u00a750 towards building a bridge over the river\\nat Fen .onvillc, and carried unanimously also a vote for", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0263.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "200\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nraising $140 for town expenses, and carried; also a vote\\nfor raising S25 for poor-money also it was voted to raise\\n$12.50 to compensate the highway commissioners for hiy-\\ning and surveying roads in this town the past year also it\\nwas directed by a majority that the next annual town-\\nmeeting be held at the house of H. Harris, in Linden also\\nit was directed by a majority of 34 votes that it was unex-\\npedient to authorize the supervisor to borrow money towards\\nerecting county-buildings at Flint. The following officers\\nwere chosen, as attested by the record, by decided major-\\nities: Supervisor, Walter Dibble; Town Clerk, Lauren P.\\nRiggs; Justices of the Peace, Asahel Tickuor, Thomas\\nIrish, John Cook, Elisha Lamed School Inspectors, Asa-\\nhel Ticknor, Charles J. Birdsall, R. J. Gage; Asse.ssors, P.\\nH. McOmber, Herman Lamb, Jacob Knapp Commis-\\nsioners of Highways, James Thorp, Seth C. Sadler, H.\\nGarfield Collector, Elisha W. Postal Directors of the\\nPoor, James Thorp, E. A. Byram Constables, John\\nNichols, Norris Thorp Pathmasters, William Nichols,\\nSeth C. Sadler, Elisha Bailey, Perry Lamb, Charles Tup-\\nper, William Remington, Philip H. JlcOmber, Jolin Cook,\\nHiram Lamb.\\nThe principal officers of Fenton township from 1839 to\\n1879, inclusive, have been the following persons, viz.\\n]S39.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Wallace Dib jlc Town Clerk, William M. Fenton;\\nJu.stice of the Peace, .4sahel Ticlinor Assessors, II. L.\\nLauib, William M. Fenton, A. D. Hunt: Collector, John\\nHerman School Inspectors, William M. Fenton, Abel I\\nHunt, D. F. Morris; Directors of the Poor, Jacob Little, L.\\nFairbank Commissioners of Highways, Jacob Little, Seth C.\\nSadler, Hollis Garfield. The latter removed from town, and\\nLauren P. Riggs was appointed to fill vacancy.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Wallace Dibble; Town Clerk, William M. Fenton;\\nJustices of the Peace, AVilliam Tanner, William M. Fenton\\n(to fill vacan:;y) Treasurer, 0. P. Lamb; School Inspectors,\\nH. W. K. Donaldson, A. D. Hunt, M. W. Easton Poormas-\\nters, Peter Lamb, Thomas Fairbank Commissioners of\\nHighways, Elisha Holmes, Hiram L. Lamb, J. Harris, Jr.\\nAssessors, Heman Harris, William JI. Fenton, Abel D.\\nHunt Collector, Jonas G. Wicker.\\n18-11. Supervisor, Asahel Ticknor; Town Clerk, William M. Fenton\\nTreasurer, 0. P. Lamb Justice of the Peace, William M.\\nFenton; Assessors, E. C. Waterman, D. F. Morris, Henry\\nBradley Collector, Jonas G. Wicker Commissioners of\\nHighways, Jacob Little, Seth C. Sadler, John Herman\\nSchool Inspectors, Don F. Morris, H. Bradley, Abel D.\\nHunt.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Wallace Dibble Town Clerk, William .M. Fenton\\nTreasurer, Abel D. Hunt; Justices of tbc Peace, William\\nF. Moseley, Heman Harris; Assessors, Edgar C. Waterman,\\nHeman Harris; Commissioners of Highways, Morris Rip-\\nley, Elisha Holmes, Seth C. Sadler; School Inspectors,\\nAliel D. Hunt, Thomas Steere, Jefferson Bowen Directors\\nof the Poor, 0. P. Lamb, Levi Warren.\\n184.3. Supervis.)r, Wallace Dibble; Town Clerk, James M.Wilcox;\\nTreasurer, Abel D. Hunt; Justice of the Peace, Seth C.\\nSadler; Assessors, Elisha Holmes, Morris Ripley: Commis-\\nsioners of Highways, Elisha Holmes, Seth C. Sadler, Morris\\nRipley School Inspectors, D. F. Morris, Je.Terson Bowen\\nDirectors of the P(jor, Levi Warren, Samuel Carter.\\n1844. Supervisor, Augustus C. Riggs Town Clerk, William M.\\nThurber; Treasurer, Abel D. Hunt; Justice of the Peace,\\nSamuel M. Marcy; Assessors, C.W.Johnson, H. Harris\\nCommissioners of Highways, Morris Ripley, Lauren P.\\nRigg-=, Elisha Holmes School Inspector, II. P. Steward\\nDirectors of the Poor, Elisha Holmes, II. W. Cooper.\\nTownship records, 1838.\\n1849.-\\n1850.-\\n1345. Supjrviaar, Au^astus C. Ri^ga Town Clerk, William M.\\nThurber; Treasurer, Abel D. Hunt; Justice of the Peace,\\nCharles Kelly; Assessors, Soth C. Sadler, William Thurber;\\nCommissioners of Highways, Lauren P. Riggs, Charles\\nCooper, Morris Ripley School Inspector, Don F. Morris\\nDirectors of the Poor, Levi Warren, H. W. Cooper.\\n1846. Supervisor, Augustus St. AmanI; Town Clerk, William M.\\nThurber; Treasurer, Seth C. Sadler; Justice of the Peace,\\nClaudius T. Thompson Assessors, Charles Kelly, P:irdon\\nHicks; Commissioners of Highways, Charles W. Johnson,\\nDavid H. Baker, Elisha Holmes School Inspector, William\\nH.Shaw; Directors of the Poor, Elkanah Parker, Parley\\nWarner.\\n1847. Supervisor, Heman Harris; Town Clerk, David Smith Treas-\\nurer, Seth C. Sadler; Assessors, Parley Warner, William\\nTann3r; Commissioners of Highways, D. H. Baker, Pardon\\nHicks, William W. Booth; School Inspector, Henry C.\\nRiggs Directors of the Poor, James Thorp, Parley\\nWarner.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, J. P. C. Riggs; Town Clerk, George Le Roy;\\nTreasurer, Seth C. Sadler Justices of the Peace, William M.\\nThurber, R. F. Morris; Assessors, William H. Shaw, Charles\\nW. Johnson Commissioner of Highways, Joseph Harris,\\nJr.; School Inspector, R. F. Morris; Directors of the\\nPoor, Parley Warner, James Thorp, Hiram B. Madison.\\nSupervisor, J. P. C. Riggs; Town Clerk, J. B. Hamilton;\\nTreasurer, Seth C. Sadler; Justice of the Peace, Charles\\nKcllcy Assessors, Parley Warner, William Tanner; Com-\\nmissioner of Highways, Martin Dast; School Inspector, H.\\nC. Riggs; Directors of the Poor, P. Warner, J. Thorp.\\n-Supervisor, Heman Harris; Town Clerk, David Smith Treas-\\nurer, Abel D. Hunt; Justice of the Peace, S. N. Warren;\\nAssessors, Hiram Lamb, Walter Davenport; Commissioner\\nof Highways, John Sackner; School Inspectors, Luther\\nField, Abel D. Hunt; Directors of the Poor, James Thorp,\\nParley Warner.\\n1S5I. Supervisor, S. N. Warren Town Clerk, Luther Field; Treas-\\nurer, Wm. H. Shaw Justice of the Peace, Seth C. Sadler\\nAssessors, Daniel Odell, Parley Warner; Commissioner of\\nHighways, Joseph Harris; School Inspector, Abel D. Hunt;\\nDirectors of the Poor, Parley Warner, James Thorp.\\n1852. Supervisor, Morris Ripley; Town Clerk, Charles II. Turner;\\nTreasurer, William H. Shaw; Justice of the Peace, Henry\\nC. Riggs; Commissioner of Highways, Charles E. Stroup\\nSchool Inspector, Thomas Hollowell Directors of the Poor,\\nParley Warner, James Thorp.\\n1853. Supervisor, Joseph Harris Town Clerk, William H. Shaw\\nTreasurer, William Colbrath; Justices of the Peace, William\\nBirdsall, Homer B. Smith; Commissioner of Highways, E.\\nM.Crane; School Inspectors, Charles H. Turner, Abel D.\\nHunt; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, James Thorp.\\n1854. Supervisor, Lorin C. Miles; Town Clerk, Alva U. Wood;\\nTreasurer, Abel D. Hunt, Jr.; Justices of the Pe.ace, Wm.\\n11. Shaw, Charles Kelly; Commissioner of Highways, II.\\nW. R. Donaldson School Inspector, Marshall M. Johnson\\nDirectors of the Poor, Parity Warner, James Thorp.\\n1855. Supervisor, John P. C. Riggs; Town Clerk, Alva U.Wood;\\nTreasurer, John Sackner Justice of the Peace, Joseph\\nHarris; Commissioner of Highways, George F. Gamber;\\nSchool Inspector, George W. Wilmot; Directors of the Poor,\\nWilliam H. Shaw, Charles Cooper.\\n1856. Supervisor, John Galloway Town Clerk, Constance G. Young\\nTreasurer, John Sackner; Justices of the Peace, Lorin C.\\nMiles, Luther Field Commissioner of Highways, David\\nSpringsteen; School Inspectors, Lewis Severance, William\\nF. Hovey; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, Morris\\nBirdsall.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, John Galloway; Town Clerk, William P. Guest\\nTieasurer, F. A. Waterman; Justice of the Peace, Jacob\\nLittle; Commissioner of Highways, Asa Martin; School\\nInspestor, W. H. Cook; Directors of the Poor, Seth C.\\nSadler, D. Smith.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Claudius T. Thompson; Town Clerk, Elias M.\\nWhite; Treasurer, Frederick A. Waterman; Justice of tho\\nPeace, Robert B. Reed; Commissioners of Highways, Ben-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0264.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSllII*.\\n201\\njainin Bung Elain W. Crnnc Sehnol rnspeclors, John\\nBooth, Wm. White; Directors of the Poor, Seth C. Sadler,\\nJohn Sackncr.\\n1S59. Supervisor, Claudius T. Thimipson Town Clerk, Elias r.\\nWhite; Treasurer, James B. Mushier Justice of the Peace,\\nBenj. F. Fry; Commissioner of Highways, Y. E. Benton;\\nSchool Inspector, B. F, Stone; Dire:;tors of the Poor, J. B.\\nHyatt, Elam W. Crane.\\n1860. Supervisor, Claudius T. Thompson; Town Clerk, George W.\\nWilmot; Treasurer, James B. Moshier; JusticL S of the\\nPeace, AVilliam P. Guest, Henry C. Riggs; Commissioner of\\nHighways, George W, Ripley; School Inspector, Dexter\\nH or ton.\\n1S61. Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, Cicero J. K.\\nStoner; Treasurer, P. Y. Foote; Justice of the Peace, Jacob\\nLittle; Commissioner of Highways, II. W. R. Donaldson;\\nSchool Inspector, Edwin Hovey (resigned, and AVilliam R.\\nMarsh appointed to fill vacancy).\\n1862. Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, James F. Bishop;\\nTreasurer, P. Y. Foote; Justices of the Peace, II. C. Riggs,\\nWm. H. Cook; Commissioner of Highways, Julian Bishop;\\nSchool Inspectors, James M. Jameson, William II. Marsh.\\n1S63. Supervisor, David Smith; Town Clerk, C. J. K. Stouer\\nTreasurer, Myron Ripley: Justice of the Peace, Aaron B.\\nDurfee; Commist^ioner of Highways, George W. Ripley;\\nSchool Inspector, Thaddeus G. Smith.\\n1SC4. Supervisor, David Smith; Town Clerk, James E, Busscy;\\nTreasurer, Myron Ripley; Justice of the Peace, William P.\\nGuest; Commissioner of Highways, Ficicrick Waterman;\\nSchool Inspector, Xelsou B. Covert.\\nISGo. Supervisor, David Smith; Town Clerk, J. E. Busscy; Treas-\\nurer, Allen Beach; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Little;\\nCommissioners of Highways, A. B. Durfcc, John Reeson,\\nAsahel Martin; School Inspectors, Thaddeus G. Smith,\\nLorenzo D. Cook.\\n1S6G. Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, J. E. Busscy;\\nTreasurer, John Sackner; Justice of the Peace, Erastus M,\\nStevens; Commissioners of Highways, Henry G. Clark,\\nJohn Reeson School Ins])ector, William R. Marsh.\\nISC Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, John W. McCoI-\\nlum Treasurer, Elbert N. Chandler; Justice of the Peace,\\nJ. B. Fairbank; Commissioner of Highways, John Keeson;\\nSchool Inspector (no record).\\nISCS. Supervisor, Lorenzo D. Cook Town Clerk, James E. Bussey\\nTreasurer, Elbert N. Chandler; Justice of the Peace, Wil-\\nliam B. Cole; Commissioner of Highways, Aaron B. Durfcc;\\nSchool Inspector, Edwin M. Adams.\\nISGO. Supervisor, Lorenzo D, Cook; Town Clerk, J. E. Bussey\\nTreasurer, E. N. Chandler; .Justice of the Peace, Hugh\\nMcCann; Commissioner of Highways, Noel Harris; School\\nInspector. Aaron B. Durfee.\\n1870. Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, J. E. Bussey;\\nTreasurer, E. N. Chandler; Justices of the Peace, Edwin K.\\nBriilges, Micliael W. Johnson Commissioner of Highways,\\nJohn Keeson; School Inspector, William K. .Marsh,\\n1871. Supervisor, Lorenzo D. Cook; Town Clerk, F. D. Adams;\\nTreasurer, Delos A. Perkins; Justices of the Pence, Aaron\\nB. Durfee, Robert Deining; Commissioner of Highways,\\nAaron B. Durfee; School Inspector, S. W. Pearson.\\n1872. Sujicrvisor, Lorenzo D. Cook; Town Clerk, F. D. Adams;\\nTreasurer, D. A. Pcrkns; Justice of tlie Peace, Robert\\nDeming; Commissioner of Highways, Noel Harris; School\\nInspector, John Owen; Drain Commissioner, Asahel Mar-\\ntin.\\n1873. Supervisor, Elbert N, Chandler Town Clerk, Lewis V. Curry\\nTreasurer, John Owen; Justiei S of the Peace, Samuel S.\\nKnight, John W. Ingram; Cominisgioncr of Highways,\\nJohn Keeson; School Inspectors, Silas K. Warner, Kul us Z.\\nSmith; Drain Commissioner, Jerome Z. Fairbank.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervisor, Elbert N. Chandler; Town Clerk, John W. Davis;\\nTreasurer, Noah G. KeUey Justices of the Peace, Elniund\\nE. Bridges; Commissioner of Highways, Jesse D. Crane;\\nSchool Inspector, Cicero J. K. Stoner; Drain Commissioner,\\nNoel Harris.\\n1875. Supervisor, Elbeit X. Chandle.-; Town Cle.k, John W. I avis;\\n20\\nTreasurer, Alonzo M. HoUiV lay Justice of the Peace, .Icromo\\nZ. Fairbank: Commissioner of Uiglnvays, John Reeson;\\nTo\\\\vuslii|i SuperiutcnJent of Schools, Jo-cpli M. Mcfirath\\nSchool Inspector, Cicero J. K. Stoner; Drain Commissioner,\\nNoel Harris.\\n1S7G. Supervisor, Elbert N. Chandler; Town Clerk, John W. Davis;\\nTreasurer, Noah (J. Kelsey Justice of the Peace, Joim AV.\\nIngram; Commissioner of Highways, John Ilceson Town-\\nship Superintendent of Schools, J. M. M(;(irath School lu-\\nei\u00c2\u00bbector, Anson Morehouse Drain Commissioner, Noel Har-\\nris.\\n1S77. Supervisor, Dexter Horton Town Clerk, Robc-rt Deming;\\nTreasurer, Albert H. Buck: Justice of Peace, Isaac Sluy-\\ntcr Commissioner of Highways, A. R. Durfee; Townsliip\\nSujicrintcndent of Schools, George E. Cochran; School In-\\nspector, Cicero J. K. Stoner; Drain Commissioner, Addison\\nv. Chapin.\\n1S7S. Supervisor, Benjamin F. Stone; Town Clerk, Charles H. Tur-\\nner; Treasurer, Anson Morehouse; Justice of the Peace,\\nEdmund E. Bridges; Commissioner of Highways, Ambrose\\nS. Sadler; Townshij) Superintendent of Schools, George E.\\nCochran Scliool Inspector, Cicero J. K. St juer; Drain Com-\\nmissioner, John Reeson.\\n1879, Supervisor, Benjamin F. Stone; Town Clerk, Charles H. Tur-\\nner; Treasurer, Edwin M. Hovey; Justice of the Peace,\\nLeon:xrd H. Pierce; Commissioner of Highwa,ys, Joseph\\nThorp; Township Superintendent of Schools, George E.\\nCochran; School Inspector, Aaron W. Riker; Drain Com-\\nmissioner, John Reeson Constables, Andrew E. Downer,\\nThomas Balis, Edwin Rogers, Emerson C. Horton.\\nFENTON CENTRE MILLS.\\nIn the year 185C, W. W. Booth built a grist-mill on the\\nShiuwiissee llivcr, south of Long Lake and northwest of\\nFenton village (section 23), at which he carried on a con-\\nsiderable custom business. He built a dam and raised a\\npond, which latter was long known as Booth s Pond.\\nThe jjroperty was finally purchased by Williixm Colbratli,\\nwho made extensive improvements in the mill, set in\\nplace new turbine wheels and three runs of French burrs,\\nthereby affording facilities for grinding and packing 100\\nbarrels of flour daily. He conducted a largo and profit-\\nable business. On the night of Jan. G, 1873, the mill was\\nburned down, and was never rebuilt. The dam has also\\nbeen destroyed, and the mar.sh exists as it did previous to\\n1856. The business of the mill was principally transferred\\nto the mills at Fenton, which are among the heaviest in\\nthis portion of the State.\\nIMPROVED STOCK IN FENTON.\\nConsiderable attention has been paid in late years to the\\nbreeding of fine-wooled sheep and short-horn Durham\\ncattle in this township. About 1855-56 a man pa.s.sed\\nthrough this vicinity with a large flock of merino sheep,\\nand wintered them on the farm of Alonzo J. Cliapin. J lie\\nlatter purcluvscd ten head, and became the first breeder of\\nthis variety in town. For a number of years afterwards\\nmerino sheep were (he j)riiicipal ones handled, but in more\\nrecent years sheep-breeding has declined somewhat. Mr.\\nChapiii s second son, Addison P. Cliaj)in, was the first\\nveteran breeder of short-horns in the town.ship, and tlic\\nfirst bull recorded from Genesee County (recorded at\\nBuffalo, N. Y.) was owned by him. This was about\\n1870-71. This well-known breed has since boon exten-\\n.sivcly introduced in this region. Mr. Cliapin still breeds\\nto as great an extent as the size of his farm will allow. A", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0265.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ngentleman named Stewart, residing in the township of\\nGrand Blanc, started a herd with animals purchased of\\nMr. Cliapin,anJ has since become an extensive breeder and\\ndealer, having probably the largest herd at present in the\\ncounty. The qualities of the short-horn Durhams have\\nrendered this particular breed the favorite with most\\nfarmers and dealers throughout this section of the State,\\nand they were introduced farther westward even before\\nthey were here.\\nRESIDENTS OF TOWNSHIP IN 1844.\\nFrom the assessment roll for the year 1844, is taken the\\nfollowing list of tax-payers in this township at that time.\\nSome are yet residents. A considerable number of those\\nnamed were non-residents, and the list is perhaps half made\\nup of those living at the time in the two villages of Fen-\\nton and Linden. The names are\\nWilliam Crawford, John Cook, Murzah Chapin, Cook\\nGordon, Solomon F. Cook, Joseph Child Co., Walter\\nDavenport, Michael Davenport, Eial Durkoe, John P. Dur-\\nkee, Wallace Dibble, Nathan Eddy, Lafayette Fairbank,\\nZenas Fairbank, Henry C. Fairbank, Francis C. Fairbank,\\nJoseph S. Fenton, John Findley, James Green, Asahel II.\\nLamb, Hiram L. Lamb, Richard S. Lamb, Henry Leo,\\nJacob Lurvey, Don F. Morris, H. B. Madison, Joshua\\nMeeker, Philip H. McOmber, Sr., Philip H. McOmber,\\nJr., Peter MeCollum, John Nichols, Daniel Odell, Jes.se\\nOdell, John Orr, Thomas Owens, JIary Owens, Alanson\\nOwens, Z. L. Perkins, H.irvey Smith, Jonathan Shepard,\\nClaudius T. Thompson, James A. Thorp, John Thorp,\\nWilliam Tanner, Asahel Tioknor, Aiden Tapper, David\\nTerrill, John Wilber, Benjamin Westerbce, Samuel N.\\nWarren, Moses Walton, David W. Woodwoi-th, E. C. Wa-\\nterman, Parley Warner, William White, Levi Warren,\\nAugustus St. Amand, Joseph Jacobson, Henry H. Brad-\\nley, Charles R. Pratt, Thomas Steere, Sr., Jefferson Bowen,\\nCharles Beardslee, John Harmon, S. W. Pattison, Leonard\\nWesson, C. J. Blrdsall, Josejih McLean, Benjamin Rock-\\nwell, Daniel lluuyon, John Decker, David Smith, Henry\\nC. Stanard, Samuel N. Warren, Joseph Harris, D. D.\\nYoung, Isaac Russell, Warren Fdkins, Eber Weed, Joseph\\nHedges, Elisha Holmes, William M. Thurber, James M.\\nWilcox, Lorin H. Norris, D. Burrows, William M. Fenton,\\nHenry Bradley, H. W. R. Donaldson, Augustus R. Hall,\\nJohn C. Gallup, J. A. Hamilton, Joseph Parker, Ebenezcr\\nS. Pratt, Charles R. Pratt, Seth Rhodes, William Reming-\\nton, John Reeson, Anson Ripley, Morris Ripley, Alanson\\nRipley, John Roberts, Lauren P. Riggs, Augustus C. Riggs,\\nMrs. Walter Sluyter, Seth C. Sadler, Ephraim Stone,\\nSamuel Stone, Matthias Graves, William Gibbs, Abel D.\\nHunt, Heman Harris, Joseph Harris, James Houghton,\\nRobert Jadwin, Patience Jones, Charles W. Johnson, John\\nKimball, Elisha Larned, Peter Lamb, Oliver P. Lamb, Ira\\nLamb, John Ball, Elias Baley, Jarcd Ball, Jesse Bugbee,\\nO. D. Beden, Jefferson Bowen, Samuel Cheney, Mrs.\\nDustin Cheney, Orlin Chipman, Alonzo J. Chapin, 5Ier-\\nrick S. Chapin, Henry W. Cooper, Benjamin Castle, Estate\\nof Samuel Castle, Richard H. Carl, Liberty Chamberlin,\\nJeremy Chapin, Warren Clough, E. A. Byram, E. T.\\nGlass, E. Crane, D. Averill, W. Iloisington, G. Pratt, G.\\nL. Downer, Frederick F. Riggs, P. Lathrop, Judge With-\\nerell, D. H. Chandler, J. F. Bliss, J. L. Wheeler, James\\nTurner, John Turner, J. Sturges, A. Colvin, Jeremiah\\nOdell, Reuben Kellogg, William Kellogg, H. II. Dennison,\\nWilliam Gutridge, Newbold Lawrence, George Odell,\\nThomson Lyon, E. D. Bingham, D. Sutherland, M. W.\\nScott, John Duncan, II. W. R. Hawkins, A. Noyes,\\nW. Blair, J. S. Clark, J. M. Murray, M. Singleton, E. J.\\nPenniman, C. B. Baldwin, A. Bunce, George Doty, Gran-\\nger Carroll, Solomon Jeffreys, John Patterson, D. B.\\nMoore, S. S. Sage, John Sackner, M. Miller.\\nTlie tax levied in the township for the jear mentioned\\n(1844) was apportioned as follows:\\n.State, county, and township tax $7.^4.07\\nlli!;hwav tax 4,i.05\\ngchool tax ]:i;i.7:i\\nFour per cent 37. .S8\\nTotal J7l.i:i\\nPOPULATION.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 OTHER STATISTICS.\\nFrom the pages already written a close estimate may bo\\nmade of the resources of the township of Fenton during\\nits earlier years. For the sake of comparison the following\\ntable is made up from the State census of 1874\\nPopulation (males, 1S41 females, 1965) .\u00e2\u0096\u00a05,806\\nNumber of acres of taxable land 1U,024\\nlaud owned by individuals\\nand fompiinies 10,2111\\nNumber of acres improveil land ll,4H.i\\nof land exempt from taxation. ISO\\nValue of same, witb improvements $1. JO,000\\nNumber of acres in scbool-hiuise sites 30\\nchui-ch and parsonage sites 5\\nburying-grouuds 45\\nrailroad right of way and\\ndepot grounds 100\\nof farms in township 221\\nacres in farms 17,fi.oO\\nAverage number of acres in farms 7! 86\\nNumber of acres of wheat sown in 1S74 2,724\\nharvested in 1873.. 2,fiU J\\ncorn 787\\nbushels of wheat 28,233\\ncorn 20,320\\nof all other grain h.arvested\\nin 1S73 27.320\\npotatoes raised in 1S73.. 8,718\\ntons of hay cut in IS73 2.222\\nlbs. of wool sheared in 1873 1.3,717\\njiork marketed 26,345\\nbutter made 14,595\\nacres in orchards 548\\nValue of all fruit and garden vegetables, 1S72.. $8,395\\n1S73.. ?7,296\\nNumber of horses, one year old and over,\\nowned in 1874 436\\nNumber of mules, 1874 I\\nwork-oxen, 1874 22\\nmilch cows, 1874 4S9\\nneat cattle, one year old and over,\\nother than oxen and cows, 1S74. 452\\nswine over six months old, 1S74... 426\\nsheep 4,318\\nsheared in 1873 3,972\\nNumber of flouring-mills in township in 1874.. 2\\nNumber of persons employed in same 9\\nAmount of capital invested $40,00(1\\nNumber of runs of stone 6\\nNumber of barrels of flour made 18,000*\\nValue of products $137,000\\nNumber of saw-mills, 1874 2\\nNumber of persons employed 3\\nCapital invested $5,500\\nNumber of feet of lumber sawed 355,000\\nValue of products $5,680\\nFoundries and machine-shops 2\\nPersons employed 9\\nCapital invested $15,000\\nA aluo of products $9,000\\nSee description of mills as at present operated.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0266.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n203\\nAgricultural implement works 1\\nI erson^ employed i\\nCiipital invested $7,000\\nValue of products $10,00{)\\nCiirriage-fiictories..- 3\\nPersons emplovcd 1.S\\nCapital invested $29,500\\nValue of pntducts $1-1, iOO\\nFurniture- and chair-factories 2\\nl^ersons employed U\\nCapital invested STj. iOO\\nValue of products S7,i 00\\nPump- and safe-factory 1\\nPersons employed 5\\nCapital invested $8,0110\\nValue of products $5,260\\nStave-factory 1\\nPerson.-* emploved 11\\nCapital invested SS,000\\nValue of products $11,000\\nCoopering establishments 2\\nPersons employed 14\\nCapital invested $7,500\\nValue of products $13,500\\nTannery I\\nPersons employed 2\\nCapital invested $5,000\\nValue of product-J $5,000\\nSa ldle-, harness-, and trunk-factories 3\\nPersons employed 10\\nCapital invested $17,000\\nValue of products $18,400\\nBreweries (one since discontinued) 3\\nPersons employed 6\\nCapital invested $18,500\\nBarrels of beer brewed 850\\naluo of products $7,050\\nWoolen-factory (burned 1S7\u00c2\u00bb) 1\\nJ*ersons employed 30\\nCapital invested $30,000\\nValue of products $22,000\\nArtificial and cut-stone works I\\nl*ersoiis ctnplnyed 6\\nCapital invested $4,001)\\nValue of products $4,500\\nNuiiierous changes have been luatle in the five yeans\\nwhich have ehipscd since the compilation of the last census,\\nand that for 1880 will show a great difference in inanj\\nrespects.\\nVILL.VGE OF FENTOX.\\nThe village now bearing the above name is located in the\\nextreme southea.st corner of the township, on the Shiawas-\\nsee lliver and the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee\\nllailroad. Its site is one of great beauty, extending as it\\ndocs across the valley of the Shiawa see and over the hilly\\nand undulating ground in the vicinity. In the southern\\nportion rises the gravelly ridge previously mentioned, from\\nthe summit of which fine views may be obtained of the\\nsurrounding country, the vision covering an area of many\\nmiles. The improvements of the village arc many and\\nexcellent, and are evidence of the taste of its inhabitants.\\nNumerous elegant residences and fine blocks for business\\npurpos s have been erected, shade-trees planted in abun-\\ndance, yards and lawns tastefully laid out, and pleasant\\nhomes reared where, but a comparatively short time since,\\nAlong the narrow, winding trail,\\nThe dusky warrior boundeil.\\nAnd cries of wolves through sunny vale\\nAnd forest aisles resounded.\\nThe fir.st settlement in this portion of the county was\\nmade here by persons who had previously located in the\\ntownship of Grand Blanc, which they reached by follow-\\ning the main trail leading from Detroit to Saginaw. From\\nthere tlioy prospected in this direction, and established them-\\nselves permanently in a settlement where Fenton now stands.\\nThe following extracts are from an address delivered by\\nHon. Dexter Ilorton at the dedication of the new engine-\\nhouse and firemen s hall in the village, March 9, 187G:\\nKarly in the year 1834, Clark Dibble was threading\\nhis way through a trackless wilderness from Shiawassee to\\nGrumlaw* (now Grand Blanc), and by some mistake he got\\non the Wiiite Lake trail. Reaching what is now Hill-\\nman s, he started to make farther north, and first discovered\\nthis beautiful place which is now our village. He was so\\nforcibly struck with its location that he stopped for a day\\nand examined thoroughly the lay of the land. So taken\\nup was he with the place that on his arrival at Grumlaw\\nhe induced Dustin Cheney, Loren Riggs, and John Gallo-\\nway, with their families, to come with him to this spot.\\nCheney and family came first, then Clark Dibble, then\\nGalloway and Riggs, all in April, 1834.\\nMrs. Dustin Cheney was the first white woman that\\nstepped on the spot where our fluurishiiig village now\\nstands. To day she is slowly passing away. She resides\\nwithin one mile of where I now stand, having acted well\\nher part in the great drama of life, the mother of eight\\nchildren. For the la.st fifteen years she can truly say, I m\\nblind, oh, I m blind. Go and visit her, as I have done,\\nand listen to her words of wisdom and her tale of pioneer\\nlife, and then say, if you can, if she has not performed well\\nher part in life. Though blind to the world, though dark-\\nness obstructs her vision, she sees across the river with a\\nvision as bright as the dazzling rays of the noonday sun.\\nWhat a chapter, what a history might be written of this\\ntruly good woman\\nHarrison Cheney was the first white child born here,\\nand both mother and child are living. Clieney s family\\nbuilt the first house, on the ground where Mrs. B. Birdsall\\n[now Mrs. Gass] now resides Riggs the next, where Ellery\\nAnderson now lives Galloway the next, near the gate to\\nthe fair-ground.\\nMany weeks had not passed before the cry came from\\nthe little band in the wilderness, Lost lost Louisa Che-\\nney, a little prattling, sweet cherub of seven years, had\\nstrayed away. Her mother, with some of the older chil-\\ndren, had gone around a little swale, where Chandler s\\nhouse now stands, to see if there would not be a good\\nplace to plant corn. She told the little girl to go back,\\nbut soiuehow she strayed away, and the cry of lost lust\\nreached Grand Blanc, Groveland, Holly, and White Lake,\\nand the pioneers came to assist.\\nOn the third day, R. Winclicll, who had been at work\\non Dibble s mill, and who had been hunting for the child,\\ncame in nearly exhausted, and threw himself on the bed at\\nabout twelve o clock. At about two o clock he awoke,\\nhaving dreamed where the child was. He immediately\\nput on his hat, and went and found the child in the exact\\nspot where, but a few moments before, he saw her in his\\ndream. She had been lost three days, and was found just\\nover beyond the hill where the Baptist seminary now stands,\\nnear a little pool of water. She was in nearly an exhausted\\ncondition. The little thing would crawl down atid take a\\nThus pronounced in the almost unintelligible Canadian patuh,-\\nmi.vturc of poor French, worse Eugli.-h, and Indian.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0267.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ndrink of water, and then crawl back on dry ground to die.\\nShe afterwards became the first wife of Galen Johu.son.\\nDibble built the first .saw-mill, in 18:54, and got it run-\\nning in the fiill. One by one the pioneers came: P. H.\\nMtOmbcr and family. Uncle Dick Donaldson and family,\\nR. Le Eoy, W. M. Fenton, E. Larued, W. Remington,\\nWalter Dibble, E. Pratt, A. Bailey, etc.\\nThe first hotel was built, in 1837, by R. Le Roy and\\nW. M. Fenton, where the Everett House now stands, and\\nMr. Fenton opened it with a dance. July 4th of the same\\nyear, Uncle Dick Donaldson s band did the fiddling and\\nElisha Larned gracefully made music with the tumblers\\nand decanters behind the bar.\\nR. Le Roy opened the first store, where Richardson s\\nwagon-shop now stands, in 1837, and in 1838 was ap-\\npointed first postmaster, and held that office for thirteen\\nyears. A Mr. Taylor succeeded him, and after his death a\\npart of the post-ofiice was found in his pocket.\\nThis year (1838) the first school-house was built, and\\na IMr. Nottingham was the first teacher. At that time the\\nright of the schoolmaster to whip was not questioned, and\\na deeper and more lasting impression was often made with\\nthe gad than with the blackboard.\\nAt this time, and in this old log school-house, a pioneer\\nand gentleman, now living a short distance from here, was\\ncalled, as he thought, to preach, and in an hour of work\\nand religious excitement, he had what w.is called in those\\ndays the power. Ho rolled over and over on the floor.\\nScott McOmber played that the young man had fainted,\\nseized a pail of water, and immediately the poicev left\\nhim and the would-be preacher revived.\\nThe first physician was Dr. Pattison the first black-\\nsmith was Elisha Holmes, and the first bricklayer John\\nHarmon. The first church organization was that of the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church, which took place Feb. 28, 1840,\\nin the third story of the now Britton store, and the following\\nconstituted its membership Silas Newell, Sarah Newell,\\nGeorge H. Newell, John Hadley, Jr., Sophia Hadley, Ben-\\njamin Rockwell, Louisa Rockwell, Daniel Le Roy, Mrs. Le\\nRoy, Lucy Thorp, John Fenwick, Jane Fenwick, James\\nK. Wortman, John C. Gallup, Mrs. Gallup, Eliza McOmber,\\nand Lucy Le Roy.* The giant oaks were felled, migra-\\ntion continued to flow in, and God was in the wilderness,\\nand soon other churches were organized. In the same year\\nthe clerk reported 75 persons able to do military duty.\\nMarch 2, 1841, the town board licen.sed as tavern-\\nkeeper, H. M. Le Roy; retailer.3, M. S. McOmber, L.\\nAVesson, A. St. Amand, Consider Warner, and D. Smith\\ncommon victualler, S. C. Sadler.\\nI first became a resident of Fenton in 1859, and the\\nprominent business men then were\\nH. Beach, who ran a dry-goods store where Clark s\\nliquor and cigar store is now B. Birdsall, who also sold\\ndry goods in a wooden store on the same ground where his\\nbrick store stands ;f J. Buckbee also sold dry goods from a\\nlittle wooden store where Thurber Murray now keep a\\nclothing-store; H. A. Willover kept a little shanty grocery\\nSec history of this church on another page.\\nt Store recently occupied by William Oiberson, Jr.\\non the east side of Le Roy Street, where Whittle Algoc\\nare now located A. G. W. C. Davis sold drugs from a\\nlittle wooden store where Curry s hardware-store now stands\\nN. T. Thurber B. F. Stone rattled out the hardware\\nfrom a .small store on the ground of Howard s crockery-\\nstore M. Ayers bought wheat in a little shanty on the\\nground where the post-ofiice now stands W. W. Booth\\nwas tinkering at watches in the building where George the\\nBarbour now is R. Le Roy sold groceries and licjuors\\nwhere he is to-day C. H. Turner, in the building just\\nvacated by George the Barbour, fitted nearly every one with\\nboots and shoes, as well as gave nearly every one a letter\\nR. L. Sheldon was cutting tape and tearing calico where\\nJohnson now sells harnesses; L. C. Miles, H. C. Riggs, E.\\nII. White, and A. U. Wood were the prominent attorneys.\\nThere were, of course, other business men, whom I will not\\nstop to mention.\\nThe war came upon us in 18G1. The scenes of fifteen\\nyears ago rise again before us. The signal-gun on Sumter\\nushered in the bloody strife, and we heard the call to arms\\nwhich came from the national capital.\\nThe boys who wont from Fenton have a history\\nin every army. Thick they .stood and nobly fell in the\\nArmy of the Potomac; they took good aim with Grant in\\nthe Vicksburg campaign they wore close at hand when\\nHooker was fighting among the clouds at Lookout Mountain\\nthey stood like a stone wall with Thomas at Chickamauga\\nyes, at Chickamauga. How well some of you remember\\nhow the line wavered back and forward, like a flag in the\\nwind, and seemingly how little one could do in that blind-\\ning tempest, when a great, broad-shouldered man rode up,\\nwith lines of courage and pluck written all over his face,\\nrealized his situation, took the flag from the color-bearer,\\nglanced his eye along the wavering front, and, with that\\nvoice that could talk against the rattle of musketry. Gen,\\nStedman said, Go back, boys, go back but that flag can t\\ngo with you wheeled his horse and rode on, and Michi-\\ngan columns containing some of our Fenton boys closed\\nup, swept down on the foe, and made a record that -will\\nlive.\\nA number of the Fenton boys, who took their lives in\\ntheir hands, sleep in unknown graves others sleep here,\\nLuman Van Wert died at Edwards Ferry at the age of\\ntwenty-one. A noble youth, a gallant soldier, he sleeps,\\nas do the brave, in our burying-ground.\\nCarlton, his brother, at the age of nineteen, sleeps near\\nCulpeper in an unknown grave. He laid down his young\\nlife that the Government might stand.\\nDavid A. Colwell, a brave and true boy of the Sth\\nMichigan Cavalry, was a victim of typhoid fever at Mount\\nSterling, Ky. He rests in yonder burying-ground, a willing\\nsacrifice on the altar of his country at the age of eighteen.\\nGod will take care of him.\\nExposed to the damp, cold ground and the cold rains of\\nVirginia, a fine soldier boy of the Sth Michigan Infantry\\ndied of inflammation of the lungs. George C, Hall rests\\nin a soldier s grave, at the age of twenty-three, at Fairfax\\nCourt-Housc, Va. Miles, his brother, his brain was crazed,\\n-a minieball at Antictam was the cause of his death, and\\nhe died without a murmur, and sleeps just over here.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0268.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n205\\nTheodore McOniber was captured first by guerrillas and\\nwas released by paying \u00c2\u00a760. He soon joined his regiment,\\nthe 8th Michigan Cavalry, and while on the Stonenian raid\\nwas taken prisoner and send to Andcrsonville. It was his\\nfate to beg for water; it was his lot to plead for a morsel of\\nbread, and have it denied him he was starved slarinf\\nHe was exchanged in time to once more see the old flag,\\nand, seemingly, immediately expired. True, large-hearted\\nboy, he rests quietly over yonder with the rest of them, at\\nthe age of twenty-three.\\nChester Kinney enlisted for the war in the 5th Michi-\\ngan Cavalry. He served faithfully nine months in the\\nadjutant-general s office at Jack.son, and before the call\\ncame for him to go to the front (for which he was ready)\\nhe was taken with congestive chills, and this good and true\\nsoldier boy died Nov. 23, lS6-t, at the age of twenty-three.\\nOur burying-ground is where he sleep.s.\\nJ. W. Anderson, first a gallant soldier of the Ilth\\nMichigan Cavalry, then a captain in the 6th United States\\nIlegiment, fought the battles of his country with zeal and\\nbravery. He did not enlist as a Fenton boy, but after\\nfighting the battles of life, and for ten years a citizen of\\nJlidlaud, he sought the quiet of our beautiful village in\\nwhich to die and be buried. Michigan had no truer soldier,\\nno better citizen. Aged thirtj -five years.\\nThe war closed in 1865, and our boys returned home\\nto pursue the vocations marked out for them. From that\\ntime to this we have been marked with evidences of thrift\\non all sides. Blocks and stores have been built, streets have\\nbeen laid out and nicely arranged, and seemingly but little\\nhas arisen to mar our progress.\\nDr. S. W. Pattison, the first physician to locate in the\\nvillage of Fentonvillc, in 1836, furnished the following\\narticle to the Washtenaw County Pioneer Society in 1878\\nINCIDENTS AND EVENTS IN THE EAllLY UlS-\\nTOUY OF MICHIGAN.\\nMy first visit to Michigan was in the summer of 1835.\\nI came in company with two friends, who were on an ex-\\nploring expedition to what was then considered the far\\nWest. We came up the lake, landing at Detroit, and took\\nthe Chicago road to Ypsilanti, then in its inchoate condi-\\ntion, stopping overnight with my two friends on the east\\nside of the river, at a house kept by a Mrs. Ballou. In\\nthe morning my associates concluded to continue West to\\nIllinois, while I made up my mind to confine my visit to\\nMichigan, and hired a Mr. Freeman, who had been an\\nEpiscopal preacher in Ypsilanti, to carry me to Ann\\nArbor, where I took a stage for the town of Sharon, walk-\\ning some miles to John Everett s, Esq., a pioneer in that\\n(own. Inhabitants were few and far between. Uncle\\nEverett furnished me a horse and I went through Una-\\ndilia, following most of the way an Indian trail, to a point\\non Grand River, twelve miles north of Jackson. I began\\nto feel uneasy, fearing I should fail to find .shelter for the\\nnight; all appeared like one vast wilderness; but my mind\\nwas soon relieved by coming in sight of a newly-erected\\nboard shanty, around which lay several recently emptied\\nboxes, and on which I read Kilwiinl Freeman. The name\\ncalled to my niLinory that a cousin had married a gentle-\\nman of that name, and approaching the door, there being\\nno picket-fence to hinder, I hailed the inmates, and was\\ncordially and unexpectedly welcomed, having an interesting\\nvisit with these relatives.\\nIn the morning I continued my short trip, and went\\nto Jackson and made up my mind to make that my future\\nhome. I returned to Esq. Everett s, who was my mother s\\nyoungest brother, and spent the Sabbath very agreeably,\\nand attended a prayer-meeting in a rough school-house.\\nThis was conducted mostly by Methodists, who were the\\npioneers in introducing and sustaining religious meetings in\\nMichigan.\\nI then returned to my home in New York, stopping,\\nhowever, in Detroit long enough to have an interesting visit\\nwith my father s old friend and family physician, Judge\\nWetherel, father of Judge Benjamin Wcthcrel both father\\nand son now in the spirit world.\\nThe next spring, near the last of May, I started with\\nmy family to seek a new home in the Territory of Jliclii-\\ngan, expecting to go directly to Jackson, but after landing\\nin Detroit was persuaded to take the northern route instead\\nof the central.\\nThe spring of 1836 had been up to this time dry, and\\nthe roads were in good condition, but heavy rains came on\\nand the lowlands between Detroit and Birmingham were\\nalmost impassable, in fact, we had to exchange teams with\\neach other, and then, with four horses to almost empty\\nwagons, we made slow progress, having to go back and\\nbring on the wagon we left behind. While doing so I met\\nGeorge AVashington Patterson, who was then or shortly after\\nlieutenant-governor of New ork, and at present, in his\\nadvanced age, a representative in Congress from the 33d\\nDistrict, New I ork. He was on foot, with pants rolled up\\nto his knees and boots and stockings in his hand, splashing\\nthrough mud and water.\\nMr. Patterson had been West, making some purchases\\nas a speculator, and was now returning home. We were\\nabout two days in reaching Birmingham, then called Piety\\nHill. It obtained this title from a circumstance which\\noccurred at an early day, when one of those pioneer Meth-\\nodist preachers, at a prayer-meeting, in his fervid zeal, with\\nhis voice on a high key, pra3 ed that this might become a\\nhill if jncty ahr Here we rested our jaded team and\\nrefreshed ourselves, feeling that we were on solid earth.\\nAt Pontiac we remained a day or two, and then took the\\nSaginaw turnpike. Near Sianard s we left the turnpike\\nand took a new road, hoping to find our way to Grand\\nIlapids, by the way of Dibbleville. And now again came\\nthe tug of war, especially in low places. The long rains\\nhad made the ground soil, and our progress was slow in-\\ndeed. Though the distance is but a few miles, we had to\\nstay overnight at a Mr. Bunyon s, the first house on the\\nroute for several miles. I think there was but one room,\\nbut we were made very comfortable, .sleeping on the floor,\\nseven of us and other travelers. This road was through\\noak-openin?s, and the ground was really beautiful with\\nflowers, filling the air with their fragrance. There was\\nsomething quite inspiring in the novelty of the scene, and\\nmy wife and children seemed to enjoy it, though one of\\nthem, about ten years old, was an invalid. I could nut but", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0269.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nremember the words of Jacob, I will lead on softli/, for the\\nchildren are lender. The next morning we reached Dib-\\nbleville (now Fenton), on the east branch of the Shiawassee.\\nThe rains had swelled this little stream so that we crossed\\nwith great difficulty, but kind helpers aided, and we found\\nourselves on the west side. This place was named Dibble-\\nville, from a Mr. Clark Dibble, an Indian trader, trafficking\\nmostly in whisky with the Indians. Mr. Dibble, however,\\nwas naturally a generous, kind-hearted man. The roads\\nwere so bad at this time, and the stream so high and without\\nbridges, we concluded to occupy an old house used by Mr.\\nDibble as a store in his Indian traffic, and which he had\\njust vacated, and, having no furniture, we commenced\\nhousekeeping in a truly rural style, but all were cheerful\\nand hopeful of the future. After making the best arrange-\\nments for my family that circumstances would allow, I left\\nthem, aud, in company with a young merchant who was\\nreturning to Milwaukee, continued on to the mouth of the\\nLooking-Glass, where it empties into the Grand River,\\nacross which we were ferried by two Indians and here,\\ngiving my friend one horse aud riding the other myself, we\\ntook an early start, and before breakfast rode eighteen miles\\nbefore we had an opportunity to break our fast, which we\\ndid at a Frenchman s shanty. His wife was a squaw. I\\nnever relished a meal better than I did this. Fresh ven-\\nison and well cooked, but we had to envelop ourselves in\\nsmoke to prevent being devoured by mosquitoes. They\\nwere an improved breed myriads is a faint word. This\\nwas not uncommon in the new settlements, and a terrible\\nscourge to man and beast. A day after I had a demon-\\nstration of this. While taking my own dinner my horses\\nbecame wild and frenzied from the constant stinging and\\nbiting of the horse-flies. They actually ran several miles\\nwithout stopping, and it cost me five dollars to obtain them\\nagain.\\nAfter exploring a few days through parts of Shiawassee,\\nClinton, Ionia, Barry, etc., I returned to my family, and as\\nthe roads leading to the various settlements were mostly\\ndry and pas.suble, concluded to stop for a short season any-\\nway. Dibbleville, now Fentonville, was a central point\\nwhere several Indian trails came together, about sixty*\\nmiles from Detroit and twenty-eight miles from Pontiac,\\nhaving Holly on the east. Hose on the south, Byron on the\\nwest, and Mundyon the north. I was satisfied that event-\\nually it would become a place of some importance, and time\\nhas justified my expectation.\\nAt this time the Indians were in the neighborhood in\\nlarge numbers, cultivating .some land near by. I will relate\\na little circumstance to illustrate the state of society in\\nDibbleville in 1836. While I was abroad exploring, as\\nalready stated, leaving my fomily in the building where the\\nIndians had for a long time procured whisky, they could\\nnot realize the change, and still visited the house in search\\nof their poison, -whisk j One day a very fierce and ugly-\\nlooking Indian came in and insisted upon being furnished\\nwhisky. Peeking around, he discovered a small trunk, and\\nshaking it, produced quite a jingling, as it contained -SI 00\\nor S200 in silver. His conduct quite alarmed my wife,\\nFift^ miles r in Detroit.\\nwho feared she would receive another visit from this ugly-\\nlooking savage. Her fears were fully realized, for about\\none or two o clock at night he commenced a violent knock-\\ning at the door, which was well barricaded, saying he\\nwanted scoter (fire). He continued his knocking until it\\nwas evident he would break down the door. Wife calling\\nfor a gun to shoot the Indian, my son (the editor of the\\nYpxilimti Commerciul), then twelve years of age, found\\nhis way out from a chamber entrance and alarmed Mr.\\nDibble, who scared the marauder oflf, and the next day\\nscared him from the vicinity.\\nIt soon became known that a physician had settled at\\nDibbleville, and I had professional calls quite a distance,\\nto Highland, White Lake, Grand Blanc, Deerfield, Hart-\\nland, etc. I was guided to many of these places through\\ntimbered openings by marked trees, often following Indian\\ntrails. At this time government lands were beiflg rapidly\\ntaken up, and while some lands were taken by speculators,\\nthe country was being dotted all over by real residents, and\\nthe greater number were enterprising, thrifty, and intelli-\\ngent, making good society. Highland, generally known as\\nTinney Settlement, and White Lake are samples, building\\nschool-liouses and churches almost from the first settlement.\\nMany of the first settlers, however, were poor, and\\nwhen they had taken up their homes had but little left to\\nlive on, and provisions were very high. I well remember\\npaying SI 5 for a barrel of flour, and every kind of eatables\\nin proportion. Much of corn, oats, etc., came from Ohio,\\nbut Tinney settlement was our Egypt. There was corn\\nthere. The second year I made several meals among the\\nfarmers on boiled wheat for bread, and it was no sacrifice.\\nThis scarcity was of short duration. Soon there was a sur-\\nplus of provisions, and Detroit, sixty miles awaj was our\\nmarket, and money was as scarce as provisions had been.\\nDuring the months of August and September the inter-\\nmittent and remittent fevers diseases peculiar to low or\\nflat countries prevailed to a large extent. The well were\\nthe exception whole families were down many became\\ndiscouraged, aud some fled back to New York, but it w;is\\nremarkable that most of these returned again to Michigan.\\nBut here and there an old pioneer can realize the privations\\nand hardships of the first settlers of this part of Michigan.\\nThey were generally industrious, and the axe and the plow\\nsoon converted the forests, oak-openings, and prairies into\\nfruitful fields.\\nThe first Sabbath-school at Dibbleville was begun in\\nmy house and conducted by my wife, assisted by Norris\\nThorp, then a young man. It was soon after removed to\\na log school-house on the east side, and, strengthened by a\\nMr. Warren s family aud others moving in, it became a\\npermanent institution..\\nThe first clergyman I met in Michigan was the highly-\\nesteemed Rev. John Booth, then settled at Pontiac. My\\nfirst opportunity with him was short but very pleasant.\\nThe next was a Methodist circuit-rider, the Rev. Mr.\\nJackson, a real pioneer, visiting the new settlements, and\\nwhere practicable forming a class thus doing much to\\nbreak up Sabbath desecrations, visiting, hunting, and fish-\\ning. In the fall of 1836 the Rev. Samuel Jones settled\\nin Holly, and preached in several neighborhoods up and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0270.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n207\\ndown the cast branch, making Dibblevillc rather a central\\npoint. Mr. Jones was a Baptist clorirynian, quite an ac-\\nceptable preacher, and a warm supporter of temperance,\\nSabbath-schools, etc.\\nIn the spring of 1837 a Rev. Mr. Dudley, a very\\nworthy and self-denying man, a Presbyterian, conducted\\na protracted meeting in Dibblevillc, which was mostly at-\\ntended by children, and wa.s blessed in the conversion of\\nseveral, among them were my oldest two. Society was\\ngradually undergoing a change. That you may realize\\nsomething of the hardships of a pioneer physician, I will\\nrelate one or two instances among many.\\nQuite late in the afternoon a message came for me to\\ngo to Esq. Crawford s, in Byron, Shiawassee Co., sixteen\\nmiles off, and that I would have to leave my horse two and\\na half miles short of Mr. Crawford s, as there was uo\\nbridge across the Shiawassee. I made all diligence, leaving\\nmy horse in good hands at the river, and crossed on trees\\nfallen in and across the stream. It was early in November,\\nand my path was an Indian trail leading through oak-open-\\nings, and through what is now Byron village, but at this\\ntime not a house, only one, a Mr. Jennings between the\\ncrossing and Mr. Crawford s. It soon began to snow, and\\ndarkness almost like Eg^ pt hid every object, my only\\nguide being the Indian trail, and the snow soon covering\\nthat, so that I had to find it by kicking away the snow\\nand to add to my perplexity there were two trails from the\\nriver, meeting in perhaps half or three-quarters of a mile,\\nand when I came to the junction I was bewildered and\\ntook the upper trail back to the river. I now had to re-\\ntrace my weary steps, and finally reached Mr. Jennings\\nexpecting he would guide me, but he was on the bed sick,\\nand his wife with the sick family half a mile farther I\\nundertook it, and soon found my.self back, and Mr. Jen-\\nnings, sick as he was, guided nie till I could see the light\\nof Mr. Crawford s house, where I was joyfully received, as\\nI was needed. Had I lost the trail so well worn by Indian\\nfeet, I had no guide many miles north, not a house, and\\nI should probably have wandered in vain for a shelter.\\nMy organ of locality is pretty good, but here it failed.\\nMy readers will pardon a little egotism in relating the\\nfollowing incident: At the organization of the town in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which Dibblevillc is located, I was chosen supervisor and\\nre-elected next year, serving two terms. Esq. Stow, of\\nFlint, and Judge Iliee, of Grand Blanc, with myself organ-\\nized the county of Genesee.\\nIn the month of October, I received a message from\\nJudge A. L. William.s, of Owasso, to make him a profes-\\nsional vi.sit, distance thirty miles and twenty-five miles\\nfrom Flint, where the board were to meet next day, at\\nnine o clock a.m. The twenty-five miles was through an\\nunbroken wilderness, much of the di.stance heavy timber,\\nand the traveler was guided only by blazed trees. I found\\nMr. Williams very sick with the malarial fever, and assum-\\ning a somewhat typhoid type, and I felt it my duty to\\nremain with him until two o clock the next day, when I\\nleft, with that noble man, John Swain, for a guide, well\\nsupplied with fireworks and Indian blankets, in case we had\\nto lie out overnight, a.s the nights had become cold and\\nfrosty. We met with some hindrances, but when night\\ncame we were some three miles short of Flint village,\\nand although Mr. Swain was an experienced woodsman, he\\nfailed to find the marked trees, so we struck a fire and\\nwaited for the day. And although the wolves bowled in\\nthe distance, being very tired, I slept a portion of the night\\nvery sound, taking a severe cold, but able the next morning\\nto meet the board, and assist in transacting the usual busi-\\nness of the county. At this meeting we awarded several\\nbounties for wolf scalps.\\nWilliam M. Fenton, afterwards lieutenant-governor,\\nafter whom the town and village were named, and Robert\\nLc Roy, made purchase of quite a large portion of Fenton-\\nville, and moving in, made improvements, which gave a\\nnew impetus to the place. Although, in the result, the\\nDetroit and Milwaukee Railroad came through Fentonville,\\nthe original plan was a northern, central, and southern\\nroad the northern from Port Huron, through Flint,\\nOwasso, etc., to the mouth of the Grand River at Grand\\nHaven, leaving Fentonville without a thorouglifarc. This,\\nwith the unsettled state of society, and its being the out-\\nside of the county, together with the prospect that Owasso\\nwould be the county-seat, led me to make the change,\\nwhich, however, I did with great reluctance, having formed\\na wide acquaintance north, south, cast, and west, through\\ngood roads for a new country.\\nIn the issue of the Fenton Gazette for Feb. 27, ISGO,\\nH. C. Riggs, Esq., began a series of articles upon the\\nearly history of the village, published over the nom tie\\nplume of Fabrlcius. In Blay following the historical\\npen was taken up by Hon. William M. Fenton, and some\\nvery interesting chapters furnished by him, extracts from\\nwhich it is thought proper to reproduce here. They were\\npublished under the head of\\nHISTORICAL INCIDENTS.\\nDibblcville\u00e2\u0080\u0094 so called from Clark Dibble\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in 1S:5G\\ncomprised a small saw-mill, situated where the flouring-\\nmill in your village now stands, a small frame shell of a\\nhouse, near Clark s house (a shell also), and another occu-\\npied by Dr. S. W. Patterson\\nThe road from Springfield passed the house of James\\nThorp east of the village and crossed near the present\\nbridge. Dibble s house was near the west end of the\\nbridge. Thence the road to the Grand River Country\\npassed on to the west, striking the pieseut road near the\\npublic square thence by L. P. Riggs and Bailey s farms\\nand on by Sadler s Tavern west. Another road branched\\noff to Warner s Mills, now Linden, passing John Wil-\\nbur s and Dustin Cheney s farms. Wallace Dibble occu-\\npied tlie farm south and Ebcnezer Pratt that north of tiic\\nvillage, and a road ran north passing McOmber s and so on\\nto William Gage s and thence to Grand Blanc.\\nThe above names comprise the nearest settlements at\\nthat time, and the above all the roads, which were simply\\ntracks marking the first passage of teams through the\\ncountry. This point was early noticed by business men\\nof Pontiac, which was the market for flour at that time\\nfrom Scott s Mills at De Witt the flour being drawn down\\nThis name KhouUl bo sp llcJ I liltison.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0271.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthis road crossed the stream here, thence to Springfield and\\nto Pontiac. Scott s gray team was familiar with its load\\nto all on this line, walking at the rate of four miles an hour\\nday after day, and fed only nights and mornings.\\nIn the year 1836, llobert Le Roy and William M.\\nFenton were selling goods in Pontiac. Their attention was\\nturned in this direction. Judge Daniel Le Roy (father of\\nRobert) predicted that this point would be on the great\\nand principal thoroughfare and line of railroad to the\\nwestern portion of the State, and Le Roy and Fenton,\\nhaving the choice of buying here or that part of Flint west\\nof Saginaw Street and south of the river, chose by Judge\\nLe Roy s advice this point, established themselves here in\\nDecember, 1836, and at the judge s suggestion platted and\\nnamed the village Fentonville in the spring of 1837. The\\nwork of starting a village was commenced by putting the\\nlittle uncovered saw-mill, with its single saw, in motion a\\nroad to Flint (present plank-road), another to AVliite Lake,\\netc., were projected, and a new saw-mill, a grist-mill, tavern,\\nstore, and dwellings begun. Benjamin Rockwell purchased\\na third interest, and added by his means to the enterprise.\\nThe first building they erected was the house corner of\\nAdelaide Street and Shiawassee Avenue (southwe.st corner),\\nbuilt of plank, sawed within the week in which it was\\nerected, and at once occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Fenton as\\nresidence and boarding-house for fifteen to thirty mechanics\\nuntil the hotel was built.\\nThe household goods were brought on lumber-wagons\\nfrom Pontiac, and the stream was crossed on a bridge of\\nlogs. I well remember driving such a load, reaching the\\nstream after dark, finding it swollen by rains, hailing Claik,\\nwho came down to the river-side with a lantern, and then,\\nwith its light as my guiding star, cracking my whip and\\ndriving across, every log afloat and sinking a foot or more\\nunder the horses feet but we were safely across, and that\\nlittle pioneer experience only added a zest to our etrjoyment\\nof new scenes and primitive modes of life, which must be\\nseen to be appreciated.\\nla the spring of 1837 a township-meeting was held at\\nthe house called Sadler s Tavern, four miles west of Fen-\\ntonville. The towns of Fenton and Argentine were then\\none, and called Argentine. About two o clock p.m. of\\ntown-meeting day, a load of working-men (as were all the\\npioneers) from Fentonville drove up to the polls and offered\\ntheir votes. James H. Murray and Dr. S. W. Patterson\\nwere on the board and refused to accept the votes, stating\\nthey had voted for supervisor in the morning and declared\\noff. The secret was they had declared off fur a Whig and\\nthe load were Democrats. They feared the result. An ar-\\ngument ensued they canvas.sed and counted up, and find-\\ning the vote offered would not change the result, received\\nthem. Dr. Patterson stating their way of declaring off was\\nthe law, because they did so in York State. We couldn t\\nsee it, and the result of this trifling affair was that applica-\\ntion was made at the next session of the Legislature, and\\nthrough the influence of Daniel 13. Wakefield, then Senator\\nfrom this district, the township of Fenton was .set oft and\\nhenceforward managed its own business in Michigan, and\\nnot in York State, fashion.\\nPrudence and forethought arc seldom the characteris-\\ntics of the pioneer. To illustrate On visiting this place\\nin the winter of 1836-37, Clark Dibble s house furnished\\nthe only entertainment. He was a pioneer proper. He had\\na wife and plenty of small children his house was a shell,\\nonly sided up rooms it had none, but a blanket separated\\nthe boarders from the family the latter occupied the stove-\\nroom, in which were a bed, a few chairs, and a table. Here\\nwere the family, and what few clothes belonged to them,\\nwith some broken sets of crockery, knives, and forks and\\nhere we must eat or starve. Clark would arise with the\\nlark, go to a log he had drawn up before the door, chop off\\nenough to make a fire, then take his gun and go to the woods,\\nand, in a little time, bring in a deer. Venison was the staple\\nmeat, and buckwheat-cakes the bread. Tea could be had\\nat intervals, and whisky occasionally butter, wheat, flour,\\nand pork were scarce commodities.\\nMany a curious scene has transpired in that .shanty.\\nOld Nate Bailey was one of the characters, John Wilbur\\nanother, and the traveler stopping to warm would be regaled\\nby a conversation, and see the peculiar leer of the ej e and\\nshrug of the shoulders of those half-ragged and bandit-look-\\ning men, and feel, as he left them, he had escaped a danger.\\nPeace to Clark Dibble s ashes He has gone from among\\nus, killed bj the fall of a tree on his own place, to which\\nhe had removed over the hills south. But his housekeeper\\nmust come in for a note in historical incidents.\\nAt dinner, one day, the boiled venisou and buckwheat-\\ncakes were being rapidly bolted by hungry men; more\\nvenison was called for; she put her fork into the kettle for\\nanother piece and raised, to the consternation of his guests,\\nwhat? not a piece of venison as was anticipated, but one\\nif C/iiik s cust-ojf stockiiiffs, no doubt accidentally inserted\\nin the boiling vessel by one of the little imps cutting capers\\naround bed and stove It can be better imagined than de-\\nscribed how hungry men seized a buckwheat-cake, and de-\\nclared themselves perfectly content to go their ways and eat\\nno more of that particular mess of pottage.\\nOne of Wilbur s familiar illustrations, when he wished\\nto be considered as saying something shrewd, was, There\\nis a wheel within a wheel, Mr. Le Roy and for many years\\nthe settlers were amused by his sayings, while they recol-\\nlected and recounted their earliest impressions of Uncle\\nJohn and old Nate Bailey, the latter peculiarly looking\\nthe brigand, although in fact as harmless as a dove.\\nOne of the maxims of that day was that a barrel of\\nwhisky was better in a family (especially to bring up a fam-\\nily) than a farrow cow. This may be so, it is not neces-\\nsary to argue the point, but there seemed reason to believe\\nthat Argentine Madeira, as whisky from Murray s was\\ncalled, had a good deal to do with the brigands, their queer\\nlooks and mysterious sayings and shrugs.\\nLet not Old Nate be confounded with one of the earli-\\nest settlers, Elisha Baily. He was a well-digger, and, al-\\nthough advanced in years, at one time received upon his\\nback, in the bottom of the well, a falling tub filled with stone.\\nMost men would have been killed by the blow Baily sur-\\nvived, and while much injured, still recovered and dug\\nmore wells.\\nThe immigration of 1836 was continued, but with\\nsome abatement, in 1837. The influx of settlers in and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0272.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n200\\naround Fciitonvillc was larijc fanners settled about the\\nvillage, and for several miles in each direetion, and each\\nuiado his bee and summoned all to his aid niechanics and\\nmen of all cniployuients soui;ht this point, and soon after\\nthe opening of the spring a store and hotel, saw-mill, grist-\\nmill, blacksmith-shops, and carpenter s and painter s shops,\\nand houses were under way and in rapid progress of con-\\nstruction. The hotel first built Wiis what is now known as\\nthe Kiggs House the first store on the opposite corner of\\nthe street, since changed south, and is the building now\\nstanding on the northwest corner of Shiawas.scc Avenue\\nand Le Hoy Street no better store or tavern was known\\nnorth of Detroit in those days. The house on north\\nside of public square (occupied by Sheldon) was erected\\nal.so by Wm. M. Fenton, and then considered a big thing;\\nhouses on both sides of the river were erected Judge Le\\nHoy built the house now constituting part of Le Roy Hotel,\\nand Benjamin Rockwell one on the north side of the river,\\nnow occupied by Nathaniel Hodge.\\nThese, in my recollection, not to forget Elisha Holmes\\nblacksmith-shop, were among the first buildings, and mostly\\nfinished in 1837-38. The lumber was sawed principally at\\nthe old mill, and the new, after it was up, including some\\npine logs from Long Lake. Whitewood and basswood were\\nused to a considerable extent, but the better ([uality of\\npine required, including sash- and door-stufF and shingles,\\nwere hauled from Flint.\\nThis tpot showed in that year all the bustle, activity,\\nand enterprise of a village soon to grow into large propor-\\ntions; and here let me remark, as a well-known fact, that\\nbut for the pecuniary embarrassment and want of capital\\nof the early proprietors, Feutonville in its first three-years\\ngrowth would have increased in population at least fourfold\\nbeyond what, with its limited means at hand, it was des-\\ntined to reach. Hut there was no lack of perseverance and\\nunit) of feeling then among its population all labored late\\nand early, and when any public occasion called them out\\nnone remained behind.\\nThe Fourth of July was celebrated that year in perhaps\\nas gay and festive style as it ever has been since. The\\nhotel was unfinished, but its roof was on and sides inclosed\\nand floors laid, and Esquire McOmbcr invited to deliver the\\nusual address. Marshal Hamilton, as he was called (a car-\\npenter, since removed to Tuscola), in the red sash of one of\\nhis ancestors, directed the procession, and an extensive one,\\nrest assured, it was not a pioneer-wagon for ten miles\\naround had deposited its load in the forest but it was here\\nthat day, wiih all its former living freight, and the new-\\nborn infants to boot. Fifes and drums, too, the reminders,\\nperhaps, of some York State militia-training, were in re-\\nquisition, and guns were fired from Holmes anvil. Shia-\\nwassee, Livingston, and Oakland turned out in numbers\\nlarge for the time, and seats of rough boards were placed for\\nthe assemblage as they gathered to that promising building\\nthe hotel. Esquire McOmber delivered one of his finest\\nspeeches, a free lunch was zealou.sly partaken, the toasts\\nwere i-.riotic to the core, and, to crown all, we had, as usual,\\nnot un.y great heat, but a violent thunder-storm just at the\\nPresent Everett Hoasc.\\nclose of our feast, which shook the earth and heavens, and\\nmade the building tremble and dishes rattle, whereat\\nEs(|uire McOmber, being in his happiest mood, turning his\\neyes upward, poured forth a stream of fervid eloquence,\\nand made use of some tremendous expletives which it be-\\ncomes not a veracious writer of history to be read by all\\nthe human family hereabouts to relate. The old settler,\\nif any read this, will remember and supply the omission.\\nPhilip H. McOmber, the father of the McOmbers now\\nknown in Fenton, was a lawyer from Saratoga Co., N. Y.\\nAt an early day (say 1835 f) he settled in Genesee County.\\nLong Lake was the spot he selected, and upon its banks,\\nwhere now stands the Long Lake Hotel, he erected a dwell-\\ning. Enterprising and talented as a lawyer, he soon became\\nwidely and favorably known, and it is due to Philip H.\\nMcOmbcr, as well as to his sons, that honorable mention in\\nthis sketch of our early history should be made of one who,\\nwith others, made the wilderness to bud and blossom as\\nthe rose. For many years, on the banks of Long Lake, a\\nhospitable mansion welcomed all who came, and the deli-\\ncious peaches raised by him for many years on the banks\\nof the lake were freely bestowed, and gratified the palates\\nof all who ranked among his friends, or who made his house\\ntheir home for the time being. He, with many other pio-\\nneers of this region, has gone to his last resting-place, and\\nto him, with others, we who survive should not hesitate to\\naward the meed of praise for their untiring energy in bring-\\ning into notice this region of country, now teeming with its\\nbusy population and its industrious citizens.\\nAmong the many incidents of interest in the\\nearly settlement of this town, let me not forget to name the\\nfact that the first piano, the tones of which were heard in\\nFcntonville, was brought here in 1837 by Mrs. Benjamin\\nRockwell, a sister of W. M. Fenton. It was placed in the\\nhotel (now Riggs House), in the large room southeast coi-\\nner, second story. Mrs. Rockwell and Sirs. Fenton were\\nboth good players. At a place north of Long Lake resided\\na band of Indians; many of them were well known, but\\nmore especially the one called King Fisher. lie was the\\nchief of the tribe, and from year to year received the pres-\\nents of his tribe, not only from the United States, but from\\nCanada, traveling annually fur that purpose to Detroit and\\nMaiden. The band was large. Fisher, the chief, was, on\\noccasions of his visits, dressed in a frock coat of navy blue,\\na tall hat of furs, ornamented with silver bands and medals,\\nrings pendent from his ears, gaiters and leggings of deer-\\nskin, and strings of wampum and beads appended. Take\\nhim all in all he was worthy of his name. Small in stature,\\nbut with a bold, manly bearing, erect and dignified, he\\ntrod the earth as one of nature s noblemen, which he\\ncertainly was. His house (of logs) was always open to\\nwelcome and cherish the weary traveler, and no more hus-\\npitablc board or convenient lodging was found in all the\\ncountry round. The traveler was furnished with the skins\\nand furs of the wild beasts of the forast for his bed and\\nas by magic, when he retired to repose, around him fell, in\\ngentle folds, the light gauze protection from the enemy of\\nsleep (mosquitoes), in those days so little known to ordi-\\nt is:!l liail livi l two jcars in t!riivt l;in 1, Oaklund Co.\\n27", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0273.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "210\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nnary inhabitants, but carcrully provided for his quiet by\\nKing Fislicr. Would you know how in tliose days he\\nlooked, find the portrait of Aaron Burr, or one wlio has\\nseen him as he trod Wall street in his failing days, and the\\none is a counterpart of the other. Fisher, with some of\\nh s family (now living and known to most of tlie readers),\\ncame down to hear the music of which he had been told.\\nHe in his full dress was, with some of his tribe, ushered up,\\nand in his kingly majesty took the chair offered him and\\nsat, but without uncovering his attendants stood respect-\\nfully about him and a little retired. Petowauoquet, an\\nIndian and a good deal of a joker, familiar to the pioneers\\nand usually full of fun, awed by the presence of majesty,\\nstood back in respectful silence. Mrs. Rockwell struck the\\nkeys the Indians generally seemed enchanted King\\nFisher s muscles were rigid, not a movement or sound of\\nsurprise from him; he was all dignity, and bore himself as\\na king the piece played, the song sung, and he turned to\\nMrs. Fenton and, through Dan Ilunyon, who was present\\nas his interpreter, for he disdained to speak English, al-\\nthough he fully understood it, as in his squilji/ (drunken)\\nmoods was readily seen, axJccd her to dance I Of course\\nthis was too much, and was respectfully declined, but it\\nwas about as much as kingly dignity could do to prevent\\nall the little Indians from tripping it on the light, fantastic\\ntoe, to the music of the piano as played by Mrs. Rockwell.\\nArising with the dignity peculiar to his race, Fisher ex-\\nclaimed, as he gazed on the piano, Man cuuld not make\\nit; Manitou made it\\nIn front of the Riggs Hotel, and near the sidewalk,\\nstood then two or three oak-trees of medium size and fine\\nshape. In preparing for building, these were carefully\\npreserved until after the hotel was completed, and travelers\\nand others began to hitch their horses near, when the con-\\nstant stamping of horses and cattle about their roots caused\\ntheir decay. I have often thought it would have been\\nmoney well invested to have inclosed these trees with a\\nsubstantial fence, far enough from their roots to have pre-\\nserved them. Like the one which .still remains at the house\\nof Ben. Birdsall, those trees would now have towered up in\\nthe grandeur of the tall oak of the forest, and spread their\\nbranches wide, and shaded and sheltered and protected from\\nstorm and sun not only the hotel, but many buildings near,\\nand the traveler and pedestrian as they passed along Le Roy\\nStreet. But they have gone the doom of decay was upon\\nthem, and, like all things terrestrial, they were soon passing\\naway.\\nMy recollection is that the first preaching we had in\\nFentonville was from Elder Jones (late of Holly, and whose\\nsons are settled there, or near), a Baptist minister, and that\\nhe held forth at the house of Dr. I atterson.\\nOn the north side of the river, about where David\\nSmith s house is, was a log school-house. Ministers of\\nother denominations made occasional visits, and preached\\nthere. The want of some convenient place for church and\\npublic meetings was soon seen, and a house for that purpose\\nwas built by William M. Fenton on the southwest corner\\nof Elizabeth and Le Roy Streets. It was a one-story\\nbuilding of fair length and width, fitted up with seats and\\na plain desk, and answered the purpose, not only for relig-\\nious but public meetings for some years, and was free of\\nrent. The first Presbyterian minister was Mr. Van Ness,\\nwho was succeeded by Sir. Burghardt, and all seemed very\\nglad to have a place for worship. Several political meet-\\nings were held there also, and a debating-school was started\\nwith headquarters in the same building. It may bo that\\nthe numerous young men of Fentonville who have become\\nsomewhat eminent in the legal profession gained their first\\nideas of oratory in that same first church edifice, which, after\\nthe building of the First Presbyterian church, was sold to\\nRobert Le Roy, who removed it to where Roberts Hotel is,\\nand it now constitutes his bar-room. Among the young\\nmen, graduates from Mr. Feuton s law-ofiico, which stood\\nadjoining, may be named Thomas Steere, Jr., now of Woon-\\nsockct, R. I., and late United States consul at Dundee, Scot-\\nland Thomas A. Young, late a soldier iu the 13tli Michi-\\ngan Infantry, killed and buried on the battle-field of Shiloh\\nJ. G. Sutherland, of Saginaw, now judge of that circuit\\nand Henry Clay Riggs, Esq., well known among us, now\\njourneying to the far West, seeking perhaps a new home\\nand more room for his ambition to soar in. They have all\\ndone them.selves credit in their profession, and we need not\\nbe ashamed that their first training constitutes part of our\\nearly history. Among the merchants of Fentonville may\\nbe named Samuel N. Warren and William jM. Thurber,\\nnow of Flint, and David Shaw, of the same place. Phy-\\nsicians of an early day were Dr. Patterson, before named\\nDr. Thomas Steere, long and favorably known, whose re-\\nmains, with those of his wife, now repose in the cemetery\\nDr. Gallup, now principal of a female seminary in Clinton,\\nN. Y., all intelligent and highly respectable as practitioners\\nand as citizens, and doing themselves and the residence of\\ntheir adoption credit while among us.\\nThe log house was soon found too small for the rising\\ngeneration (for be it known that pioneers are generally young\\nmarried people, whose offspring come fast upon the stage,\\nand require schooling), and a school-house of fair dimen-\\nsions and tolerable appearance was erected near the site of\\nthe First Presbyterian church. The lot for this, as well as\\nthe church, were donations so was the cemetery to tlie\\npublic, but church and school-house have disappeared.\\nThe title to the lots is vested in private persons, but the\\ncemeterj remains a monument to those who have passed\\naway, and there are none among us who visit its scenes\\nwithout being reminded of the familiar and beloved faces of\\nfriends, relations, and companions, who once trod the stage\\nof life and mingled in the busy scenes of the little village\\nin its incipient enterprise and gradual development.\\nAmong the earlier mechanics were one Sage, a very neat\\njoiner Snapp, a millwright, living now, I believe, and one\\nof the first who helped to start East Saginaw in building\\nits first mill. David Smith was prominent among them,\\nand could then do more work in a day than any man I ever\\nknew perhaps he can now, at all events, he is reliable\\nevery way. Ed. Franks was another he is father-in-law\\nof Russell Bishop, of Flint, and keeps hotel at Mackinac.\\nJlrs. Bishop was born in Fentonville (I believe in the second\\nstory of the store, corner Le Roy and Shiawassee Avenue,\\nwhere Franks kept house). Let me not forget Seth Rhodes,\\nwho was a timber-hewer, and one of the best ever known.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0274.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n211\\nIt was said after a stick was tolerably scored and Rhodes\\nhad strucic liis line, each blow of his broad-axc (and it was\\na very broad one) would carry the keen edge through the\\nstick, leaving a surface as straight and smooth as if counter-\\nshaved. Rhodes had Ibrty acres of land adjoining Wilbur s,\\nenough to have made him couifortable. could he have kept if.\\nTJut, alas like many others, his running expenses outran his\\nincome, and after he had got out and hewed the timber for\\nthe first grist-mill and settled his accounts, he found it\\nnecessary to sell out to pay liis debts and it was familiarly\\nsaid of him that he with his family (all huge caters and\\nprovisions high) had eaten up his year s work and forty\\nacres of land. He, too, has gone from among us, peace\\nto his ashes, yet history would be imperfect without men-\\ntion of iiis name.\\nThe first regular hotel-keeper was Thomas Irish, and at\\nthat hotel the first town-meeting was held after the organi-\\nzation. Irish was a carpenter also in fact, there was no\\nman among us who could not turn his hand to building\\nfences, putting on siding, laying floor, painting, etc., and\\nthis all who participated in the earlier settlement of our\\nplace will remember well. In the early part of March,\\n1S!!S (say 5th), the ground between Ben Birdsall s house\\nand the west line of the village, extending from Shiawa.ssee\\nAvenue down north to the marsh, had been plowed and\\nwas sowed with oats. It was protected by a rail fence.\\nDuring the month there was no rain in the daytime, but,\\nlike the period in the building of King Solomon s temple,\\ngentle showers watered the earth at night. The air was\\nbalmy and warm as in the months of June and July, and\\nvegetation was far advanced, until before the close of the\\nmonth (say 2.5th) there could be seen, where now stand\\nseveral fine dwellings, a beautiful green field oats spring-\\ning up luxuriantly, and the oak-openings all around pre-\\n.sented to the eye the beauties of spring. In the early his-\\ntory of the country it was not unusual to plow in February,\\nbut in this year (1838) crops were generally sown in March.\\nThe variation of the seasons then was remarkable, fur the\\npreceding year ice was upon the ground up to April.\\nSome one who has preceded me in relating the his-\\ntorical incidents of this town has said that the changes in\\nstreets have created .some confusion, and that the record\\nthereof could not be found. For the convenience of refer-\\nence to inquiring minds in that regard, I have caused ex-\\namination to be made, and find that the record exi.sts\\namong the archives of the Circuit Court for the county of\\nGenesee, iu the first volume, on page 75. It is an order\\nvacating certain streets, and was made the 7th of March,\\n1842. Before that time the highway commissioners (in\\n1839) had altered Shiawassee Avenue, and the dwelling-\\nhouse of Judge Le Roy had changed ends. Its front, once\\nnorth, had been reversed to face the new street, and in a\\nshort time after, by the aid of the first ciiurch moved to its\\nnew front, was converted into the Le Roy House, and kept\\nfor a while by Robert Le Roy. It is a little curious to ex-\\namine that old record. It was made at a time when the\\ncourt had what the lawyers called epaulettes that is, as.so-\\nciate judges. At that time the counties kept in ulTiee by\\nelection two judges, who .sat ujioti the bench with the cir-\\ncuit judge (who was also a justice of the Supreme Court,\\nas then formed), and that is about all thcj did, viz. to sit\\non the bench with the presiding judge. True, the two\\ncould, being the majority of the bench, overrule the pre-\\nsiding judge, but they seldom did it. Sometimes their\\n.sympathies for their neighbors involved in litigation, per-\\nhaps under indictment, would lead them to act, and in such\\ncase, if they happened to differ with the learned circuit\\njudge, he would, after consultation, give the judgment of\\nthe court accordingly, but with a frown and a distinct an-\\nnouncement that it was not his opinion, but he was over-\\nruled by his learned associates.\\nIn the court where the order referred to was made .sat\\nonly one, as the records show, -Lyman Stow, formerly of\\nFlint, now sleeping that long sleep that knows no waking.\\nNo one accused Judge Stow of any remarkable legal acu-\\nmen, but he was one of the earliest of the pioneers of our\\ncounty, and as such deserves honorable mention. When\\nthe red man was almost the only human being in all the\\ncountry round. Judge Stow penetrated the forest and pre-\\nceded at first, but ultimately lived to see developed the\\nmarch of civilization which levels the forest and brings in\\ntrain enterprising villages, mills, and manufactories, and\\nconverts the wilderness into productive farms. May he be\\nas happy iu the home to which he has gone as his honest\\nworth in this world would seem to entitle him\\nOne of the earlier settlers of the town was Joseph A.\\nByram, who lived on a lake bearing his name Byram\\nLake). He was from Flushing, Long Island, and with his\\nfamily had lived in luxury. The quiet of his grounds was\\nseldom disturbed by the white man s tread until Augustus\\nSt. Amand then a young Frenchman, just from Paris, who\\nby the way of Now Orleans and the Missi.s.sippi had reached\\nMichigan made Byram s acquaintance. The result was\\nhe came out with Byram from Detroit and purchased near\\nhim. His fowling-piece and fishing-rod brought with him\\nafforded him amusement, and in the bachelor s hall which\\nhe erected out of logs were all the various articles of lux-\\nury he had been able to bring with him. He was hospit-\\nable and glad to entertain any friend who might visit him\\nindeed, wo found in the first experience of pioneer life a\\nreal treat and pleasure in visiting the beautiful openings\\nand clear lakes, as well as the ho.spitable dwellings of both\\nByram and St. Amand. Not the least romantic of the\\nearlier scenes of pioneer life was what befel St. Amand.\\nIn one of hi. s journeys to Detroit for provisions (for be it\\nknown what little money a man brought here was soon used\\nup in that way), on his return, when on the Saginaw turn-\\npike, near Springfield, he found a carriage broken down a\\ngentleman and lady were there father and daughter; the\\nlady appeared to be in distress, the gentleman taking things\\neasy as was his wont. But the chivalric feelings of St.\\nAmand could not be restrained, cspcciall} as he gazed on\\nthat young form and saw the youth and beauty, with the\\nintelligence and sparkling eye of a damsel in distress, and\\nquick as thought he was upon his feet, rendering such a.s-\\nsistance as was required to repair damages and see the\\ntravelers on their way to Pontiac. St. Amand could at\\nthat lime speak but few words of English, but a look of\\ngratitude and admiration beamed in tender eyes, and St.\\nAmand felt the dart of love piercing his heart, as moving", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0275.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "212\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nhis liaiid he bade the damsel adieu, and exclaimed, \u00c2\u00abk\\nrci-oir. It was indeed with them an rcvoi r, for the\\nattachment formed on that then romantic and forest road\\nsoon culminated, and Augustus St. Amand became the\\nhusband of Caroline Le Koy. Sweet girl she was, and\\nbecame the mother of sons, one of whom has laid down\\nhis life in the cause of his country, falling a .sacrifice in the\\nwar to restore the Union.\\nFarewell, Caroline You rest in your quiet grave, but\\nthere is hope you will meet in the realms of bliss those\\nyou loved so well and so kindly eared for in this world.\\nIn times gone by there was an excitement known\\nas Anti-Masonry, in Western New York, and there was\\na place called Stafford, near Batavia. At the first-named\\nplace dwelt, among others, a man named Eli.sha Holmes,\\nwho removed to and became one of the pioneers of Fenton-\\nville. In the days of our early settlement, after Holmes\\nhad finished his labors in his shop (he was a blacksmith),\\nhe would regale his listeners with racy anecdotes, and many\\na tale of how iMorgan was supposed to pass through Staf-\\nford, inside the stage-coach of the Swiftsure Line, gagged\\nand manacled, on his way to that bourne from which no\\ntraveler returns, just before the dawn of day, and, as he\\nwas postmaster, he would say, If there was anything of\\nthe kind, wouldn t I have known it? And so he would\\ndefend those who had been accused of the high crime of\\nabduction, and wind up by saying that Weed, the whis-\\nker-clipper, circulated the story, and boasted that the body\\nhe found was a good enough Morgan until after elec-\\ntion.\\nElisha Holmes was a man of strong memory, and e.=po-\\ncially in the political history of the country uner|ualed.\\nFrom his post-ofBce of Stafford he brought barrels of\\nnewspapers, and, if ever at a loss for facts (which seldom\\nhappened), would ransack the barrels until he found the\\ndocument, and ho was always right, his memory infallible.\\nThe first mail obtained in the new village was by a\\nmail-route, procured after a long effort, running from\\nPontiac via White Lake twice a week. I well remember,\\nin those days of slow mails, the anxiety we experienced on\\nthe eve of any important event. One with which Holmes\\nwas connected is illustrative of many\\nThe national convention of Democrats was assembled\\nfor nomination of a President in 1841, and anxiety to hear\\nthe result was general. Cass was a candidate, and others.\\nA crowd had assembled, waiting for the expected mail,\\nwhich was sure to bring the news, and after much specula-\\nlation, Holmes, in his dry way, said, Gentlemen, you are\\nall mistaken. The nominee will be a now man guess\\nwho. Many names were mentioned, but not the right\\none. At last Holmes said, Gentlemen, I have got the\\nhistory of this country, and its statesmen in and out of\\nCongress, in my head, and the nominee will be James K.\\nPolk. Polk\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Polk\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who is he? Why, said Holmes,\\nyou don t read the newspapers it is James K. Polk, of\\nTennessee. Yet the bystanders were not satisfied indeed,\\nthey all agreed that for once Holmes was mistaken. But\\nthe mail came, and Holmes was right. The old anvil was\\nbrought out, the nomination saluted in ancient style, amid\\nshouts of\\nJames K. Polk, of Tennessee,\\nThe very man I thought twouUl be,\\nand Holmes was triumphant. But the town goes on\\nenterprise still exists. Even at an early day David L. La-\\ntourette, Esq., now an enterprising citizen and banker\\namong us, came to a Western home. He was th.e first to\\nencourage the growth of flax, and entered into the manu-\\nfacture of linseed oil. Like many other pioneers, this\\ndidn t make him rich, but his enterpri.se in another sphere\\nof action did (so said) and now, with new life and energy,\\nhe is putting his shoulder to the wheel to open another iron\\nroad to our pleasant village. May his efforts meet the suc-\\ncess they deserve\\nAmong the men of Pontiac who came here at an early\\nday was Judge Daniel Le Roy, of whom mention has be-\\nfore been made. He was singular in many things, not the\\nleast of which was that he became pious, joined the church,\\nand thereupon became one of the abolitionists of the old\\nstamp, who, though in a very small minority, thought they\\nwere right, and went ahead, believing that time would, with\\npatience and perseverance, accomplish all things, and, like\\nAVellington at the battle of Waterloo, that they could pound\\nthe longest, and so they have. This is a digression,\\nperhaps, but illustrative of the times when the judge took\\nthe only abolition paper circulated in Fentonville, the\\n.SV(()- the East, published in the State of Jlaine.\\nWhile on this subject let me call to mind some of tlie\\nscenes of 1840, Tippecanoe and Tyler too. There was\\nan immense gathering and great excitement in our usually\\nquiet village. Tom Drake and others were here, and the\\nframe of the new flouring-mill was up and the roof on.\\nThere the people began to assemble. Drake walked to and\\nfro in front of the hotel, hands in his pockets, cj es on\\nthe ground, digesting the matter for the coming speech\\nand preparing, as well as he could, to digest the pork and\\nbeans and hard cider with which the crowd was to be re-\\ngaled. Wagons with hard cider were drawn up in front,\\nthe kettles were on the fire, the pork and beans were boil-\\ning, and one team had arrived from Flint with a load of\\nshingles to be used in dealing out the refreshments; for be\\nit known that knives, forks, and spoons were alike inter-\\ndicted, and pork and beans were served on shingles, and\\nfrom a split shingle spoons were formed. The speeches\\nwent on in the usual way the people were told that in the\\n^Vliite House gold .spoons were used,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that Van Buren con-\\ntemplated a standing army of at least 20,000 men, and in-\\nsisted on that odious scheme called the Sub-Treasury,\\nwhereby the money of the people was to be locked up and\\nwe were all to bo reduced to beggary, a shilling a day and\\na sheep s pluck for wages and meat, and that same old\\ncoon, dead but stuffed, was run up on a pole, and all the\\npeople shouted and roared, and drank hard cider, and pulled\\nout their latch-strings, and ate pork and beans off a shin-\\ngle with a split shingle for a spoon, while Elisha Holmes,\\nquietly hammering away at his anvil, looked down the vista\\nof time, ransacked his memory for a parallel, and, with\\nprophetic vision, exclaimed, Go it while you re _voung,\\nboys; feel good while you may but if my name is Eiijha\\nHolmes, your Tyler too will be a Tartar for my history\\ntells me Tyler is a life-long Democrat, and you will find", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0276.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n213\\nliis policy stamped on the next administration, or I aui not\\nEli.slia Holmes.\\nAnd history has recorded the truth of his prophecy.\\nWould that there were more among us who looked to the\\nlessons of the past, and so performed tlicir duties as good\\ncitizens to bring about the greatest possible good in the\\nfuture I\\nAnother of our early .settlers deserves mention here,\\nHon. Jeremiah l!iggs, who settled in Michigan when it\\nwas a Territory, was a member of the Territorial Council\\n(as was Judge Le Koy), and at the formation of the State\\ngovernment took part as one of the framers of the first\\nand best constitution, for surely innovations have not im-\\nproved our first constitution. He was a man of kind and\\ngenial disposition, beloved by all, and for man} years after\\nhe came to this village might be seen at the lliggs Hotel,\\nhis mind treasured with meiuories of the past and his con-\\nversation instructive and amusing beyond what is often\\nfound. He has left behind him sons, some of whom are\\namong us, and a memory which will be cherished with\\nrespect by all to whom he was known.\\nClark Dibble saw service in the war of 1812, and in his\\nafter-years was wont to sing numerous patriotic songs,\\namong which one was called Granny O Wale, which he\\nsang lustily, displaying his mu.sical powers in a most ener-\\ngetic manner, and so loudly that the forest re-echoed his tones\\nfar and near, and all knew that one man, at least, was a\\nstaunch patriot. Dibble was also noted for being a most\\nexcellent rifle-shot, and many a deer fell before his unerr-\\ning aim.\\nAfter Dustin Cheney had arrived and built his log cabin,\\nroofing it with elm-bark, those who followed immediately,\\nviz., Clark Dibble, George Dibble, Lauren P. Higgs, John\\nGalloway, and Eobert Winchell, camped on a flat south of\\nwhere the mill now stands, and remained therefor a month\\nwhile constructing their log shanties. Those who attended\\nthese early raisings were the persons above mentioned, to-\\ngether with Alexander Galloway, William Gage, and Han-\\nnibal Vickery, and their voices were lifted up in the wil-\\nderness as they strove with their might in rolling up the\\nlogs of which their shelters were composed, and the sturdy\\nbacks of the pioneers bent and their muscles knotted in\\nresjioMse to the hearty i/o-heave-oh s of the boss. The\\nprimitive habitations appeared almost like magic, and the\\nfoundations of a prosperous settlement were rapidly laid.\\nJohn Galloway, one of the persons who settled at Dib-\\nbleville in April, 1834, was born Sept. 23, 1805. His\\nfather was a native of Orange Co., N. Y. In March,\\n1819, the son left Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., to which\\nhis father liad removed, and proceeding to Black Rock,\\nbelow Buffalo, embarked there, April 4ih, on the steamer\\nWalk-in-the- Water, the first that braved the perils to be\\nmet with on Lake Erie, and at the ti-mc new, and came to\\nDetroit, where he arrived on the 10th, after a six days\\ntrip. He was accompanied by his father s family, and at\\nDetroit met Col. Hotchkiss and family. In a short time an\\nopen Durham boat was procured, and the two families placed\\nthem.sclvcs and their baggage on board, rode up the Detroit\\nKiver, across Lake St. Clair to the mouth of the Cliriton\\nlUvcr, and up lliat to ihc.sitcof Utiea, Macomb Co. Thence,\\nwith two carts drawn by oxen, they proceeded across the\\ncountry, following an Indian trail to the banks of the Clin-\\nton at another place, camping where tiow is the village\\nof Auburn, Oakland Co., southeast of Pontiac. The next\\nday they moved on to the land owned by Col. Hotchki.-is,\\nnear Pontiac, where, with the assistance of a few men fur-\\nnished by the Pontiac Company, they built a log hou.se,\\ncovered it with elm-bark, and the two families slept that\\nnight beneath its roof The following day a log hut was\\nbuilt on Alexander Galloway s land, and the Galloway fam-\\nily at once occupied it. A lake near by is still known as\\nGalloway s Lake, and its proximity to the farm owned\\nby that gentleman rendered the property of considerable\\nadditional value.\\nAfter four years John Galloway returned to the Slate of\\nNew York, where he remained until 18154, when he again\\nremoved West, and took up his abode with the hardy few at\\nDibblevillc. Mr. Galloway was quite prominent among the\\nearly settlers, and was much respected by them. His de-\\ncease occurred on the 19th of October, 1870, when he\\nhad reached the age of sixty-five years. Perhaps the first\\npotatoes planted in the township were these placed in the\\nground by Mr. Galloway upon his arrival here, in April,\\n1834.\\nJohn Wilber was another veteran of 1812 who settled\\nearly in the village, and he is well remembered by many\\nyet living here. He was so unfortunate, during the strug-\\ngle in which he served, as to be captured by the British,\\ntaken to 3Iontreal, and cast into pri.son, where he was kept\\nfor some time on an exceedingly meagre diet, consisting of\\nbread and water. Such a mixture of solid and lifjuid as\\nthis was more than he was used to, and he languished\\nunder a troubled spirit and with sharp cravings at the\\n.stomach. In time, however, he was exchanged, and the\\nheart of the hero was glad within him.\\nJohnny, as he was called, became quite a character in\\nFenton. He was not possessed of a remarkable education,\\nbut withal was a jovial companion and a person noted for\\nhis ((uaintness and honesty. It being too much of a task,\\npossibly, to write his name in full, he always signed it with\\na cross, and there was no mistaking his mark for that of\\nany one else, for, like all his sayings and doings, it was full\\nof originality.\\nPolitically, during the days of Whig and Locofoco\\nparties, he was conservative. On one occasion arrange-\\nments were made for the celebration of the anniversary of\\nthe nation s independence in a manner befitting so impor-\\ntant an event. Dr. John C. Gallup, an earnest Whig, and\\nsince a prominent educator in Oneida Co., N. Y., was de-\\nputed to read the Declaration of Independence. The day\\narrived, the village was filled with those who had come to\\nthe Fourth of July all faces wore looks of pleasurable\\nanticipation, and they were not disapjiointed, for the cele-\\nbration passed off perfectly satisfactorily, and everybody\\nwas happy. Dr. Gallup read the Declaration in his best\\n.style, the assembly cbeored, and thoughts of other days\\nundoubtedly filled the minds of those present but Johnny,\\ntrue to his political instinct, emphatically pronounced the\\nwhole thing a ^y/llff lie, to the no small amusement of the\\nlisteners.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0277.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTORY OF GEXESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWhen, in October, 1856, the rails were being hiiJ on the\\nextension of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, Johnny\\nwatched the operation earnestly. Placing himself in the\\nmiddle of the track and gazing intently eastward, he at\\nlength, with earnest tone and sober mien, remarked, Hut,\\ntut they ll have to steer their wagons pretty straight to\\nrun em on these\\nAt the age of seventy years he became a widower. Ac-\\ncording to the fa.shion of the day, he placed weeds on his\\nhat, but after forty-eight liours of mourning, he began to\\npay attention at one and the same time to two widows.\\nNeither suspected that the other was being courted, and the\\nresult was that as each had promised to become his bride,\\nelaborate preparations for wedding-dinners were being made\\nin both houses. The day approached (the same day had\\nbeen set with both widows), and it appeared that Johnny was\\nrapidly being entangled in an inextricable predicament. At\\nlength Rumor, with her thousand tongues, secretly whispered\\nto Mrs. N. that Mrs. P. was her rival in love, and forthwith\\nher temper was roused, and she set herself to seek satisfac-\\ntion. Repairing to her neighbor s domicile, her strawberry\\nnose changing to a deeper hue as her anger rose nearer to\\nfever heat, she demanded an explanation and a settlement\\nfor damages. Her wrath was finally appeased by the pay-\\nment of a ten dollar bill by her rival the wedding cookery\\nof the latter was transferred to the house of the former, and\\nthe wily Johnny and the energetic Mrs. N. were soon made\\none.\\nMr. Wilber lived more than fourscore years, and in\\nApril, 1879, was taken home to rest in the bosom of mother\\nearth. His good qualities are kindly remembered his de-\\nfects are overlooked and his memory is cherished as that\\nof one who braved the perils of the wilderness, and aided,\\nto the extent of his ability, in developing and improving it.\\nRichard Donaldson was another of the pioneers of Fen-\\nton. He was familiarly known as Uncle Dick Donald-\\nson, and settled here at some date previous to 1840. His\\ndeath occurred Feb. 22, 1868, when he had reached the\\nage of seventy-four years.\\nSilas Bullard, now engaged in business in Fenton, al-\\nthough not numbered among the first arrivals in the village,\\nis still a pioneer of the State, having located in 1831! in\\nthe township of Commerce, Oakland Co., together with his\\nbrother, Benjamin Bullard. Their farm in Commerce was\\nnear what are known as Barrett s Corners. The Bullard\\nbrothers brought into Commerce the first threshing-machine\\never used in that township. Silas Bullard has, during his\\nresidence in Michigan, lived in Oakland, Calhoun, Living-\\nston, and Genesee Counties, and has formed a large ac-\\nquaintance with the southern portion of the State.\\nAsa Reynolds, Esq., another of Oakland s pioneers, came\\nto that county from the State of New York in October,\\n183(5, and purchased and settled upon land in the township\\nof Rose, where he lived for upwards of thirty years. He\\nwas chosen to fill numerous offices in the gift of the people\\nof his township, among them serving many successive terms\\nas supervisor. Subsequent to the war of the Rebellion he\\nremoved to Fenton, where he yet resides, a respected and\\nhonored citizen.\\nDustin Cheney, the first settler in the villatje or town-\\nship of Fenton, .saw considerable service during the war of\\n1812, and was in several engagements along the Niagara\\nfrontier. In December, 1833, he came to Genesee County\\nfrom the town of Parma, ^Monroe Co., N. Y. He arrived\\nwith his family a few days before Christmas, and located in\\nthe township of Grand Blanc, where he remained until his\\nremoval to Fenton, in April, 1834. His log shanty the\\none he first erected stood on the lot afterwards owned by\\nBen Birdsall, and some distance back from what is now\\nShiawassee Avenue, or nearly on the spot where the present\\nresidence of BI. T. Gass (estate of Mr. Birdsall) is located.\\nMr. Cheney s son, Harrison Cheney, now living northwest\\nof the village, was the first white child born in the town-\\nship, the date of his birth being July 22, 1835. The elder\\nCheney has long been dead, but his widow is yet living\\nover eighty-two years of age with her son, James Cheney,\\nMrs. Cheney deserves special mention for her noble deeds\\nduring the early years of her residence here, for few have\\npassed through the experiences she has and lived to so\\ngreat an age. For many years she has been totally Wind,\\nowing to the fact that she at one time cared for a smallpox\\npatient so faithfully that she caught the terrible disease,\\nand ruined her eyesight in consequence. She was at once\\na most kind friend, a philanthropic neighbor, and a noble\\nmother, and her care and watchfulness over the sick, and\\nher generosity in affliction, are no mere idle subjects; all\\nare cognizant of them who knew her in those years, and\\nthey render her the honor which is her due.\\nRobert Le Roy, the partner of William M. Fenton in\\nlaying out and building up the village, came with his father,\\nDaniel Le Roy, from Binghamton, Broome Co., N. Y., to\\nDetroit, in 1818. About 1830 he removed to Pontiac and\\nengaged in business, entering partnership, during his resi-\\ndence there, with Mr. Fenton, and coming with the latter\\nto the village now bearing his name, in the winter of 1836\\n-37.\\nMessrs. Le Roy and Fenton opened the first mercantile\\nestablishment in the village upon their arrival, and its mag-\\nnitude and importance were considered great for the time.\\nPrevious to the time these gentlemen started here in bu.si-\\nness, the trading-points for the settlers had been Ann Arbor\\nand Pontiac. Those living at Dibbleville went usually to\\nPontiac, twenty-five miles away.\\n!Mr. Le Roy is now the oldest merchant in the place, not\\nhaving, however, continued in the same business since his\\nfirst arrival. He has been for many years in his present\\nlocation on the west side of Le Roy Street, south of the\\nriver, and next door south of the Everett House.\\nDavid Baker, familiarly known as Uncle Dave Baker,\\ndied in Fenton, June 7, 1871. He was a native of the\\nState of A ^ermont, and about the year 1840 settled at Pon-\\ntiac, Oakland Co., Mich. He subsequently purchased a\\nf\\\\u-in in Holly township, in the same county, to which he\\nremoved. About 1847 he came to Fenton, and established\\nthe first wool-carding-mill in the township.\\nWilliam Treniper, from Fairport, N. Y., emigrated to\\nMichigan in 1834, and at some date previous to 1850 lo-\\ncated in Fenton village, where his death occurred on the\\n13th of March, 1875.\\nAustin Wakeman, long and well known in this place,\\ny", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0278.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSniP.\\n215\\ncame to this section of tlie State in 1S28. For twenty-five\\nyears lie was one of the most prominent among the business\\nmen of the community. He died Dec. 13, 1876, aged\\nseventy-three years.\\nHon. Dexter Ilorton, a resident of Fentou .since 1859,\\nis a native of Michigan, his father, Henry \\\\X. Horton,\\nhaving settled in Groveland, O.ikland Co., in the winter\\nof 1830-31, entering his land in Maich of the year first\\nnamed, and settling with his family in the following Feb-\\nruary. On the form still beloriging to his father, Dexter\\nHorton was born in 1837. After attaining to sufficient age\\nhe attended the college a short time at Albion, Calhoun Co.,\\nMich., and afterwards taught school and worked on his\\nfather s farm until twenty-one years of age, when he came\\nto Fenton and located. His entire capital at that time con-\\nsisted of two colts and fifteen bags of corn. His persever-\\nance and business tact have enabled him to accumulate a\\ncompetency. He deals extensively in grain and agricultural\\nimplements. In 1801, when in his twenty-fourth jear, he\\nreceived the appointment of postmaster at Fenton, but iu\\n18G3 resigned the office and accepted a commission in the\\narmy as captain and commissary of subsistence. He was\\npromoted to the rank of major during his service. Was\\nwith the Western army uuder Sherman. At the close of\\nthe war he was reappointed postmaster, but for political\\nreasons was removed by President Johnson. In 18G7 he\\nwas appointed assistant sergeant-at-arms in the State Senate,\\nand in November, 18G9, was elected to represent his district\\nin the lower house of the Legislature. He was nominated\\nalso in 1871, but was defeated by thirty-one votes. He is\\nat present one of the prominent business men and most re-\\nspected citizens of the village.\\nHon. Jeremiah Riggs, an early resident of Fenton, came\\nfrom Litchfield, Conn. Id the employ of the father of the\\ncelebrated divine, John Pierpont, he learned the trade of a\\nclothier, or cloth-dresser. In 1828 he removed to Michi-\\ngan, and in Grand Blanc township purchased 400 acres\\nof land, lying principally on section 15. He located\\nupon it in April, 1829. In the winter of 1835 or 30 he\\nremoved to Saginaw, having received the appointment of\\nIndian farmer for the tribe in this locality. In 1813 he\\nchanged his dwelling-place to Fenton, where his son,\\nHenry C. Itiggs, now a prominent attorney, had previously\\nsettled. Another son, J. P. C. liiggs, had also come to\\nFenton and entered one of the stores as a clerk he is now\\nliving on a farm near Silver Lake, on the road from Fenton\\nto Linden, while a third sou, Frederick F. Itiggs, also re-\\nsides in the village.\\nMr. Kiggs, Sr., upon locating here, became proprietor\\nof the hotel which had been built by Messrs. Lc Hoy\\nFenton, and which was then given the name lliggs\\nHouse.\\nAnother early resident of the Slate is Maxwell Thomp-\\nson, of Fenton village. lie is from Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nand first visited Michigan in 1833. In 183(j he returned\\nand purchased large tracts of land in various portions of\\nthe Stale, including considerable in what is now Guiues\\ntownship, and also in Barry, Calhoun, Livingston, and\\nother counties. Finally, about 1839, having made various\\nimprovements in previous years, he settled in the town.shlp\\nof Mundy, although not pornianontly until 1841 or 1S42.\\nSince the spring of 18C7 he has resided in Fenton village.\\nHe has, since his removal to Michigan, been engaged in\\nfarming and mercantile pursuits, although his principal oc-\\ncupation has been speculating in land. That which he\\npurchased from the government in 1836 lias long been dis-\\nposed of, and he owns none at this day which he bought\\nthen. Upon that trip he stayed in Mundy with Morgan\\nBaldwin, who was keeping public-house on the same place\\nwhere he yet resides. Mr. Thompson s business operations\\nhave been generally successful, and he is not liable to be\\nreduced to want in his age.\\nSouth of Shiawassee Avenue, the Indians were accu.s-\\ntomed to congregate in considerable numbers, camping and\\nhunting and fishing in the neighborhood. Until they lost\\ncontrol of themselves under the influence of whisky, they\\nwere at all times peaceable and quiet, but with the liquor\\ndown their throats, their savage nature often showed itself.\\nAfter Alonzo J. Cliapin had moved to the farm now owned\\nby him immediately west of the village, 300 or 400 In-\\ndians on one occasion camped upon it. Peter McColIum\\nkept a tavern in a building now standing in the western\\npart of the village. At that tavern the stages plying over\\nthis route changed horses after a trip west fiom Pontiac or\\neastward from some point farther west. Mr. Chapin told\\nMcColIum that the Indians would want whisky, and warned\\nhim not to give it to them lest they make trouble. He\\n(McCoUum) paid no heed, but went into his tavern, and\\nwhen liquor was called for dealt it out to them. Several\\nof them soon became intoxicated, and it was evident to\\nMcCoUum that he had made a mistake, for two of them\\ndrew their knives and drove the whole family out of doors.\\nAt that crisis Mr. Chapin entered the house and was ac-\\ncosted by one of the drunken Indians, who wished him to\\ntreat. This he refused to do, and the Indian threatened\\nto knife him if he persisted. He backed towards the stove,\\nreached around and picked up an iron griddle, and, the\\nIndian becoming altogether too demonstrative, he struck\\nhim a terrible blow with it and felled him senseless to the\\nfloor. The others crowded around him, shook hands, and\\nculled him brave che-mo-ke-man His courage had won\\nfor him friends, even though he had nearly killed one of\\ntheir warriors. It was characteristic of the Indians to\\nthink much more of a man who proved himself no coward\\neven if his display of prowess caused subsequent mourning\\namong them.\\nThe first circus which showed iu Fenton arrived here\\nabout 1850, and pitched its canvas in the rear of the lot\\nnow owned by A. J. Chapin. It had no regular tent,\\nonly a cauv.is cover, and, iu comparison with the gorgeous\\npageants of to-day, was but a small affair. Yet people\\ncame from near and from far to see it, and returned home\\nhappier for having done so. A circus was an event of as\\nmuch or more importance then as now, and the country\\nmaid and her dusty escort joined with the village people iu\\nlaughing at the antics of the clown and admiring the four-\\nfooted denizens of a far country, which they were privi-\\nleged to gaze upon. And when the show had disappeared,\\nit was as great a matter of satisfaction to relate experiences\\nafter visiting it as it has ever been since.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0279.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "21G\\nHISTORY OF GENESEK COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPROMINENT PHYSICIANS.\\nThe first ph3-sician who located liere Dr. Samuel W.\\nPattison came in 183C, and extracts from an interesting\\narticle from lii.s pen are found elsewhere. He is now living\\nat Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., in his eighty-second year.\\nDr. Tiiomas Steerc, the second to make the village of\\nFenton his home, came from Norwicli, Chenango Co., N. Y.,\\nabout 18.38, and during his life here enjoyed an extensive\\npractice. He died Oct. 6, 18(10, and his remains lie in the\\nold cemetery. By his own reejuest he was buried just at\\nsunset, and in a black-walnut cofiin. He was a most worthy\\ncitizen and an excellent physician.\\nDr. John C. Gallup was here at the same time with\\nStcere, and practiced a few years. The physicians in those\\ndays could scarcely collect money enough for their services\\nto pay them or to enable them to live comfortably. Dr.\\nGallup subsequently removed to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he established and became the principal of a well-\\nknown seminary for young ladies.\\nDr. Isaac Wixom, now of Fenton, has practiced in his\\nprofession for half a century in Micliigan. He was born\\nnear Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1803. He studied\\nfor a time in tlie office of a country physician near his\\nhomo, and subsequently attended lectures and graduated at\\nFairfield, Herkimer Co. He was not at that time of age,\\nand in consequence could not be granted a diploma, although\\nliis standing entitled him to one. In 1824, when he had\\nattained his majority, he received a diploma from the Med-\\nical Society of Penn Yan, Yates Co. He immediately began\\npractice in Steuben County, continuing four years. In the\\nspring of 1829 he emigrated to Michigan, whence his father\\nhad preceded him, and settled near the latter, in the town-\\nship of Farmington, Oakland Co. During his stay there\\nhe is found engaged in practice and in tavern-keeping.\\nFifteen years of constant labor in his profession, together\\nwith his other duties, wearied him, and in 1844 he removed\\nto the township of Argentine, Genesee Co., where he en-\\ntered the mercantile and milling business, thinking to avoid\\nmedical practice for at least a short term of years. He\\nhad been too successful and won too great a reputation for\\nsuch hopes to be realized, and his fame followed him. It\\nbecame necessary for him to continue in the path he had\\nchosen, and pay attention to both medicine and surgery.\\nThe doctor purchased his land in Argentine in 1844, and\\nmoved his family the following year. For fifteen years he\\ncontinued in business at Argentine, building up the greater\\nportion of that village, which for years was a point of greater\\ncommercial importance than Fenton. The completion of\\nthe railway to the latter place blasted the prospects of Ar-\\ngentine, and scarce a tithe of the business of former days\\nLs transacted there at present.\\nWhile living at Argentine, Dr. Wixom was frequently\\ncalled upon to perform diflScult surgical operations in re-\\nmote parts of the State, as well as in other States. In\\n1838 he was elected to the lower house of the Legislature,\\nthen convened at Detroit, and for two years was a mem-\\nber of the House Committee on Education. While in that\\ncapacity he took an active part in measures relating to the\\ni uunding of the University of Michigan. In 1841 he was\\nelected to the State Senate. During his term he, in com-\\npany with Hon. James Kingsley, drew up the first rail-\\nroad charter granted in the State. He is now the only\\nsurviving member of that Senate.\\nIn ISGl the doctor aided in raising Stockton s Inde-\\npendent llegiment, afterward known as the 16th Slichigan\\nInfantry, and accompanied it to the field as its surgeon.\\nFor two years he remained with it, participating in twenty-\\ntwo engagements. Owing to his failing health he found it\\nnecessary to resign, and in 18G3 he returned to his home\\nin Argentine. In February, 1869, he located in Fenton,\\nwhere he has since resided. He contemplates returning to\\nArgentine and giving up his practice to his son, thinking\\nhe has devoted as much of his life as is really necessary to\\nthe care of the afflicted. He has at present a large prac-\\ntice, attending principally to the surgical branch, and for\\nthirty years has performed move of the necessary operations\\nthan all the other surgeons of the county. Some of his\\noperations have rendered him one of the most distinguished\\nsurgeons the country has ever produced. His oldest son,\\nWilliam W. Wixom, is one of the most accomplished .sur-\\ngeons on the PaciKc coast, and is at this time a resident of\\nCalifornia.\\nDr. Wixom s first vote was cast for Andrew Jackson.\\nSince he was twenty-one years of age he has been a mem-\\nber of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken all the degrees\\nwhich can be conferred in this country. Has aided in or-\\nganizing various lodges, and was long a prominent member\\nof Fentonvillo Lodge, No. 109. Although the doctor has\\nearned enough in bis fifty-four years of practice to place\\nhim beyond the possibility of want, his circumstances are\\nnot such as might be wi.shed for, and it has been said of\\nhim that rather than dun a patient he would attend him\\nfree of charge.\\nFenton has its full complement of physicians at present,\\nall of whom do credit to their profession and merit the\\nconfidence of the people whom they serve. Besides Dr.\\nWixom there are A. W. Rikcr, Sue, and L. E.\\nKnapp.\\nDr. H. F. Douglas is the oldest dentist now in the place,\\nhaving located here in the fall of 1869, and taken the office\\nof E. G. Miles, who had been engaged in the same business.\\nP. R. Hovey, who left when Dr. Douglas came, had prac-\\nticed dentistry here for ten years. The oflice of Dr. Doug-\\nlas is over the post-office, and is one of the best arranged\\nin the county or elsewhere. During his stay here he has\\nwon the confidence of all in his work, and enjoys an envi-\\nable reputation.\\nPllOMINENT LAWYERS.\\nThe first law-office in the village was opened by Hon.\\nWilliam M. Fenton, and several who afterwards became able\\npractitioners received the rudiments of their legal educa-\\ntion in his office. Mr. Fenton s father, Hon. Joseph S.\\nFenton, settled here early and became a prominent citizen\\nof the place. He died Nov. 14, 1851. He is remembered\\nas a thorough gentlemen, and many recollect his numerous\\ndeeds of kindness.\\nHon. Alexander P. Davis, an eminent lawyer of Fenton,\\ndied in the village March 4, 1871. He was a native of\\nthe town of Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and at an early\\nday emigrated to Livingston Co., Mich., where lie eu-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0280.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n217\\ngaged in the practice of his profession. In 1842 he re-\\nmoved to Flint, and eventually came to Fenton, wjiere his\\nremaining years were passed. He was anolhor of the\\nliiglily-csteemed citizens of the place of his adoption. For\\nseveral years he held the position of prosecuting attorney,\\nand was also chosen to the State Senate. At his dccca.se,\\nthe Genesee County Bar met and passed resolutions of re-\\nspect to his memory, and attended his funeral in a body.\\nJ. L. Topping, of Fenton, removed to Livingston\\nCounty in 1836, from Cayuga Co., N. Y., with liis\\nfather, Hon. Charles Topping. In 1855 he married a\\ndaughter of Dr. Isaac Wixoni, and was for .some time en-\\ngaged with the latter in the mercantile business at Argen-\\ntine. This he finally discontinued, and began the study\\nof law. He was very successful, and in 1859 he was\\nadmitted to the Genesee County bar. He served, during\\ntwo years of the war, as lieutenant in the IGth Michigan\\nInfantry, and, in consequence of .severe injuries received at\\nthe battle of Fredericksburg, lie was di.seharged in May\\nfollowing, when he returned home to F cnton, and resumed\\nthe practice of his profession.\\nHon. Thaddeus G. Smith, now of Flint, practiced in\\nFenton from IStJl to 1877. He came here from the city\\nof New York, and during his sixteen years of residence in the\\nplace was chosen to fill several responsible positions, Rep-\\nresentative in Legislature in 1862, served two years; mem-\\nber of Michigan Constitutional Convention in 1867; State\\nSenator, in 1868, serving two years and Judge of Probate\\nin 187C, removing to Flint, in 1877, to a.ssuuie the duties\\nof that office.\\nJIERCHANTS.\\nThe person now in Fenton who has been longest in busi-\\nness is Hubert Le Roy, as previously mentioned. He has\\nnot, however, continued in the same branch of trade since\\nhe and Mr. Fenton started together on their arrival here.\\nThe oldest established business house in the village is the\\nboot- and shoe-store of Charles H. Turner. This gentle-\\nman came from Rochester, N. Y in 1850, and located\\nin Fenton, beginning his trade here the same year. Heat\\nfirst occupied a building on the south side of the river,\\nwhich he still owns, and which is now occupied as a meat-\\nuiarket. In 1806 he built his present store on the north\\nside of the river, and east side of Lc Roy Street. He has,\\nduring his residence in the village, become one of its most\\ninfluential citizens, and identified himself with its numerous\\ninterests to a great extent. He has long been connected\\nwith the Union School board, and done much to bring that\\ninstitution to its present state of perfection.\\nBen Birdsall, who was at the time of his death the\\noldest dry goods merchant in Fenton, died at San Franci.sco,\\nCal., Nov. 15, 1873. His health had been failing for some\\ntime, and the trip to the Pacific coast was made with the\\nhope of deriving some benefit from the change. At that\\ntime he had been in business here for nearly thirty years,\\nand was a highly-esteemed citizen. His residence was at\\nthe northwest corner of Adelaide Street and Shiawassee\\nAvenue, and was built by William M. Fenton. The hou.se\\nis yet standing and occupied by Mr. Birdsall s widow, now\\nthe wife of M. T. Gass, the principal of the Fenton union\\nschool.\\n28\\nThe firm of Beach O Hare was formed in 18GG. Mr.\\nBeach is a native of the township of Troy, Oakland Co.,\\nMich., where he was born in 1834. When but eighteen\\nyears of age he went to California to try his fortune, and\\nduring his stay there experienced many hardships, although\\nhe was successful in his search for wealth, lleturning to\\nMichigan, he established himself in business at Fenton in\\n1856, conducting it for ten years alone. In September,\\n1874, this firm started a store at Byron, Shiawassee\\nCo., but because of sickness were obliged to di.scontinue\\nit in 1877. Mr. Beach s father, Michael Beach, was a\\nSoldier of 1812, and received a grant of land from the\\ngovernment for his services. The father of Michael Beach\\nserved in the patriot army during the Revolution.\\nJohn O Hare, Mr. Beach s partner, came here in 1856\\nfrom Redwood, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and for three years\\nengaged as clerk. The stories of wealth to be obtained in\\nthe golden land of the West allured him also, and in 1859\\nhe went to the Pike s Peak region. His success was poor\\nand he soon returned. In 1SG2 he raised a company for\\nthe 5th Michigan Infantry, afterwards transferred to the\\n8th. A captain s commission had been promised him, but\\ninstead that of a lieutenant was tendered, which he indig-\\nnantly refused and resigned. For two years, from 18G4\\nto 186G, he held the position of postmaster at Fentonvillc,\\nand in the latter year entered into a copartnership with\\nMr. Beach in the general dry goods trade. The store of\\nthis firm is located in the Masonic Hall Block, on Le Roy\\nStreet, diagonally opposite the post-office. The building\\nwas erected in 18G9, and is one of the numerous fine\\nbusiness blocks of the place.\\nZera Patterson, a prominent merchant of Fenton, came\\nwith his father, John Patterson, to Putnam, Livingston\\nCo., Mich., in 1836. The elder Patterson had been a\\nsoldier of 1812. The son was for a number of years in\\ntrade in Livingston County, and in 1872 removed to Fen-\\nton and established a new dry-goods house, dealing also in\\nwheat and wool. In May, 1879, he moved into a building\\non Le Roy Street, south of the post-office and near the\\njNIethodist church, where he has the finest salesrooms in\\nthe village.\\nNathan T. Thurber, of Fenton, emigrated to Michigan,\\nfrom the State of New York, in 1849. For six years he\\nwas employed as clerk in stores at Pontiac and Flint, loca-\\nting first at Pontiac, and afterwards moving back there from\\nFlint. From Pontiac he came to Fenton, built a store,\\nand entered into the hardware and produce trade, continu-\\ning it until 1868. In 18GG he superintended the building\\nof the Fenton Woolen-Mills, and in 18G9 purchased and\\nrefitted the old Long Lake Hotel, at Long Lake, giving\\nit the name of Idlewild, and still owns that property.\\nIn 1871 he established a clothing-house at Fenton, and has\\nremained in that branch of business to the present. Rooms\\nin the Mitsonic Hall Block, the same in which those of\\nBeach O Hare are located.\\nAmong other prominent merchants of the place are B.\\nF. Stone, L. V. Curry, W. D. Murray, Dunlap Ilovoy\\n(druggists), and Mrs. M. A. Helm (druggist), on the north\\nside, and J. M. Barrows, J. Van Winkle, and others on\\nthe .south side.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0281.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nFENTONVILLE POST-OFFICE.\\nThe settlement had grown to such dimensions in 1838\\ntliat it was deemed necessary to have a post-office. There-\\nfore, the requisite steps were taken to procure one, and be-\\nfore the close of the year it was an established fact, and\\nRobert Le Roy had received the appointment of first post-\\nmaster. Mail was first brought here over the Grand River\\nroad. On one occasion it came wrapped up in a pocket\\nhandkerchief, wliich fact was duly reported to the depart-\\nment by Mr. Le Roy. It was usually carried on horse-\\nback, but at last a line of stages was put on the road, and\\ntiio mails were transferred to their care.\\nMr. Le Roy remained in office for thirteen years, a\\nlonger term than any of his successors. A Mr. Taylor was\\nthe second, and was succeeded by Dexter Johnson. Charles\\nII. Turner received the appointment in 1853, and held the\\noffice until 1861, when he was .succeeded by Dexter Hor-\\nton. Mr. Turner s commission came during President\\nPierce s administration, the appointment being made by\\nJames Campbell, then postmaster-general. Mr. Horton,\\nafter discliarging the duties of the office for two years, re-\\nsigned his position and entered the army. His place was\\ntaken in July, 18G3, by John O Hare, who hold it until\\nMr. Horton returned, when the latter was reappointed.\\nHe was subsequently removed by President Johnson for\\npolitical reasons, and his successor was E. 51. Ilovey. In\\n1868 the present incumbent, Willianl P. Guest, was ap-\\npointed, and has most satisfactorily discharged his duties\\nsince in fact all who have held the office since it was\\nestablished have been popular men. Mr. Guest came here\\nfrom Madison Co., N. Y., in 1853.\\nThe post-office received the name of Fentonville, after\\nthat of the village at the time, and has retained it, although\\nupou incorporation the last syllable was dropped from the\\nname of the village. The office has once (1869) suffijred\\na visit from the fire-fiend, but fortunately not much incon-\\nvenience was caused. It at present occupies neat and com-\\nmodious quarters in the brick building next north of Col-\\nwcU Hall, and is as well arranged and conducted as any\\noffice in a place of the size in the Stale. The front portion\\nof the room is occupied by a well ordered news-room and\\njewelry establishment. Here also is located the telegraph-\\noffice.\\nPLATTING OF VILLAGE VARIOUS ADDITIONS.\\nThe original plat of Fentonville was laid by Fenton\\nLe Roy in August, 1837, and included the portion which\\nextends from the section-line (Robert Street) on the north\\nto South Street on the south, and from East to West Street\\nin the other direction. The survey was made by Hervey\\nParke, of Oakland County, one of Michigan s veteran sur-\\nveyors. The following additions have since been made, viz.\\nBooth Miles Addition, June 24, 1859 M. T. Spauld-\\ning s Addition, December 14, 1861 Thurber s Addition)\\nMay 10, 1860; Henry C. Riggs Addition, May 14, 1862;\\nChurch s North Addition, May 13, 1864; Bangs Addi-\\ntion, July 5, 1865, and Aug. 15, 1866; Oakwood Addi-\\ntion, by D. L. Latourette, Aug. 12, 1864 Thompson s\\nAddition, January 11, 1866; Sackner s Addition, Oct. 19,\\n1866; Wakeman s Addition, Nov. 15, 1866; Beach\\nO Hare s Addition, June 13, 1867; Bergen s Addition,\\nJune 21, 1867 Davis Thomp.son s North Addition, Aug.\\n21, 1867; White Mowry s Addition, Oct. 7, 1867;\\nTrump Wilmot s Addition, Dec. 14, 1867 C. O. Adams\\nAddition, March 28, 1868; Booth s Addition, March 28,\\n1868; Joseph Thorp s Addition, May 10, 1868; Wood\\nBirdsall s Addition, June 29, 1868; Church s South Addi-\\ntion, Aug. 6, 1868 Davis Thompson s South Addition,\\nNov. 2, 1868 Miles Addition, section 25 (west part cast\\nhalf southwest quarter, and south part west part east half\\nnorthwest (juartcrj, Nov. 1, 1869 Broad s Out Lots, Aug.\\n24,1870.\\nThe place was called Dibbleville until Messrs. Fenton\\nRe Roy laid their plat in 1837, and at the present time\\nClark Dibble and the settlement which was named for him\\nexist but in the memory of pioneers or the archives of the\\npast.\\nINCORPORATION VILLAGE OFFICERS.\\nOn the 10th of September, 1862, a notice signed by\\ntwenty-five legal voters residing in the territory they de-\\nsired to have incorporated was posted, according to law, set-\\nting forth that a petition for incorporation would be sent to\\nthe board of supervisors of Genesee County at their session\\niti the following October. The petition was duly presented,\\nand the order for incorporation given Jan. 8, 1863, as fol-\\nlows\\nOn rcaJing petition of R. A. Jenney ami eighty-five others, leg:il\\nvoters, residing within the territory hcreiiiiifter described, praying for\\nan order incorporating said territory, situate in the town of Fenton,\\nin said county, into n village undiT the name of the village of Fenton,\\nand on recording the notice of this application and proof of posting\\ntlic same, by which it appears that all the requirements of the act of\\nthe Legislature of the State of Jlicliigan, jiroviding for the incorpo-\\nration of villages, approved February, lS.i7, have been complied with\\nby such petitioners that such territory has the requisite number of\\npojiulation that said petitioners are all legal voters residing within\\nsuch territory and that the notice of this application has been duly\\ngiven and that no part of such territory is included within any in-\\ncorporated village. After hearing the respective parties for and\\nagainst such application, it is ordered l)y such bttard that the follow-\\ning described territory, situate within the town of Fenton, in said\\nooutity of Genesee, and in the State of Michigan, to wit: the north-\\nwest quarter of section thirty-six (36): the northeast quarter of sec-\\ntion thirty-five (35); the noith half of the southwest quarter of sec-\\nton thirty-six (3()) the north half of the southeast quarter of section\\nthirty-five (35); the south half of the southwest quarter of section\\ntwenty-five (25) and the south half of the southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion twenty-six (20), all in town five north, of range six cast, and to-\\ngether containing one square mile of territory only, shall be an in-\\ncorporated village, and the same is hereby made and constituted an\\nincor])orated village under and by the name of the Village of Fen-\\nton and it is hereby further ordered that William P. Guest, Charles\\nII. Turner, and Benjamin Bangs, three legal voters residing within\\nsuch territory so incorporated, be and they are hereby appointed in-\\nspectors of elections to hold the first election in said village, required\\nby the said act of the Legislature above referred to; and that Tues-\\nday, the third of March, A.n. 1863, at the town-hall in said village, is\\nhereby appointel as the time and place of holding the said first elec-\\ntion.\\nS.VMUEL N. WAnnEN, ClKlirilutn.\\nGeorge R. Goild, Ckrt.\\nIn 1S69 a new charter was granted, giving extended\\npowers and taking in additional territory, so that now the\\ncorporate limits extend to the county line on the east and\\nsouth. The first election was held April 20, 1863, instead\\nof in March, and the following officers chosen, viz.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0282.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n219\\nPresident of the Villiige, Hcnjiimin Hang!: Trustee?, Dexter Ilor-\\nton, Tliiidileus G. Siuilli, William Dunlmni, Iliniin Ceneb, Henry A.\\nWiilover, SaiiiucI G. Akxanilcr; Corjioralion Clerk, Benjamin F.\\nStone; Treasurer, Hubert L. Sheldon: Marshal, George Perry;\\nAssessor, David Smith Street Commissioners, Henry Judcvine,\\nKingsley Beekwith; Poundnuu^ter, Edward E. Bridges; FiruWar-\\ndcns, Gordon 0. Chipman, George S. Rikor, Jnmos Baker.\\nThe principal oflBccrs of the village from 18G4 to 1879,\\ninclusive, have been the fuiluwing\\n1S04. PresiJeut, Henry A. Kipp Trustees, John L. E. Kolley, Wil-\\nliam F. Hovey, Charles H. Turner, Orlando Topping, John\\nB. Hamilton, William K. Marsh.\\nISCj. President, Charles H. Turner; Trusties, Henry C. Kiggs, Ben-\\njamin Graee, William R. Marsh, Seth Byram, Henry A.\\nWiilover, William Albertson.\\n1SC6. President, Charles II. Turner; Trustees, Miehael Aycrs, H. A.\\nWiilover, William Albertson, C. Bergen, William P. Guest,\\nB. F. Stone.\\n1867. President, Benjamin Grace Trustees, David G. Colwell,\\nDavid B. Mason, Michael Ayers, John B. Hamilton, D. Bur-\\nrows, Abner Roberts.\\n18CS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Charles H. Turner; Trustees, A. Parkhurst, D. B.\\nMason, Alva U. Wood, W. H. Jackson, E. M. Adams, Davis\\nTerbush.\\n18G9. President, James E. Bussey Trustees, C. Bergen, C. Metz, C.\\nBush, M. M. Johnson, C. F. Rolland, W. H. Jackson.\\nUnder the new cluirter but three trustees arc chosen annually, and\\nthose for a term of two years. At the special election in 1SG9, after\\nthe charter was obtained, the following were chosen, viz. President,\\nJosiah Buckbee Trustees (2 years), V. R. Durfee, Aaron Riker,\\nJohn Egan; Trustees (1 year), Cornelius Bergen, Michael Ayers, W.\\nU. Jackson.\\n1870. President, Josiah Buckbee; Trustees, Abner Roberts, Peter\\nMetz, A. Parkhurst.\\n1871. President, D. B. Mason; Trustees John O Hare, A. II. Law-\\nrence, Orvillc Gurney.\\n1S72. President, E. M. Hovey; Trustees, Robert Deming, Lewis\\nAlgeo, Willi:im Albertson, Willi;im Russell (to fill va-\\ncancy).\\n1873. President, AV. U. Jackson; Trustees, George L. Lee, John\\nO Hare, Lewis V. Curry.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, E. M. Hovey; Trustees, B. F. Stone, C. E. Rolland,\\nE. H. Kimball.\\n1875. President, E. M. Hovey; Trustees, William Albertson, Walter\\nBlackmore, Lewis V. Curry.\\n1870. President, Benjamin F. Stone; Trustees, Andrew J. Phillips,\\nJames E. Bussey, Dc.xter Horton.\\n1877. President, Charles H. Turner; Trustees, A. V. Anderson, Jo-\\nseph Thorp, George W. Johnson.\\n1878. President, De.xter Horton; Trustees, Truman Ilinman, Lucius\\nFitch, James E. Bussey.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Charles H.Turner; Trustees, A.J.Phillips, Walter\\nBlackmore, J. B. Harris; Assessor, Benjamin F. Stone;\\nTreasurer, Louis Walton; Clerk, Cicero J. K. Stoner; Mar-\\nshal, E. Rogers.\\nFIRES AND FIRE DEI AUTME.VT.\\nFenton has been visited by numerous small and several\\ndestructive conflagrations, and many thou.saiid dollars worth\\nof property destroyed. At this writing ruins of but a few\\nweeks standing appear as blackened and crumbling monu-\\nments of once pro.sperous manufactories, and the citizens\\nhave awakened to the necessity of providing again.st as\\ngreat inroads of the fire demon in the future. The two\\nmost disastrous conflagrations tlie village has suffered oc-\\ncurred Jan. 19, IBUy, and April 24, 1879. The former\\noccusii .iL-d a total loss of about $100,000, destroying the\\nTowii-llull block, where now are Colwell Ilall and the\\npost-office; al.so .several stores and the dwelling of iMrs.\\nPerry. In the Town-Ilall building were the pcst^offjce,\\nlaw- and insurance-offices, news-roora, jewelry-.store. Ma-\\nsonic Hull, lecture-room, Ladies Village Library, and in the\\nbasement a .saloon. The Cie broke out in the night (Tues-\\nday).\\nThe last fire, that of April 24, 1879, also began in the\\nnight, and by many was supposed to be of incendiary origin.\\nA terrific gale was blowing from the east, and the burning\\nbrands were swept in storms upon the doomed buildings to\\ntlie westward of the cooper-.shop, where the fire was first\\ndiscovered. The shop mentioned, the large sawmill and\\nlumber piles belonging to Colwell Adams, the fruit-drying\\nestablishment of Buskirk Britton, and the woolcn-fictory,\\nin turn were consumed, together with scvenil other build-\\nings and the bridge across the Shiawassee River. The\\nproperty destroyed cost originally in the neighborhood of\\n8100,000, but had greatly depreciated in value at the time\\nit was swept away. The following is a list of the losses,\\nto compensate which but about 85500 had been taken in\\ninsurance\\nColwell A Adams, saw-mill $?,,M0\\nlumber 21)11\\nbarrel-factory 2.000\\nA. V. Anderson, barrel ttock and tools I,. tlKI\\nJ. H. Thompson, fruit-dryin*^ bouse 1,500\\nBuskirk Britton, evaporating machinery and\\nstock 1.200\\nGeorge A. Lee, Fenton woolen-mills in.(HI0\\nLeslie Lewis, groceries 1,000\\nMrs. C. Lewis, building l.iiiO\\nA. Hoisington. ilwelling and store l.OIIO\\nLe Roy Street bridge I,.i0l)\\nC. E. Owen. Iiuggies and cutters 250\\nBaptist church, daumged 200\\nFiremen s Hall, 100\\nManning A Bishop 2. i\\nE. Hirst 25\\nTotal estimated loss $25,000\\nEfficient service was rendered by a fire company from\\nOwasso, who reached the scene at five o clock in the morn-\\ning, and played with good effect with their steamer on the\\nruins. The vilhige department did all in its power, and\\ncitizens aided manfully in the efforts to save property. It\\nis a notable fact that the Ada Gray theatrical company,\\nwhich was then filling an engagement at Colwell Hall, lent\\ntheir aid also in the good work, and numerous strangers\\nbore a willing hand in endeavoring to extinguish the flames\\nand save property.\\nEfforts had many times been made to organize a fire com-\\npany, but they were attended with poor success until 1874\\n-75, when a hook-and-ladder company was formed, and\\nproved to be competent to render sufficient service in\\ntime of need. It consisted of thirty-six members, as ac-\\ncepted by the village board, March 4, 1875, and was given\\nthe name, IIook-and-Ladder Company, No. 1. The fol-\\nlowing apparatus was purcha.sed at the prices given\\nHook-and-ladder wagon $.350.00\\nFour Cham]iion extinguishers 108.02\\nTwentv-four rubber fire-buckets 40.55\\nLaddei-6 29.12\\nSundry fixtures 3:1.20\\nTotal $027.55\\nTlie officers of the company, as chosen for 1879, are:\\nPresident, George W. Barbour; Vice-President, G. B.\\nSmith Foreman, B. Byram A.ssistant Foreman, W. M.\\nLusk Secretary, Melvin J. Fitch; Treasurer, C. B. Al-\\nbertson Janitor and Librarian, Dustin Thorp.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0283.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "220\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe experience of 1879 lias taught the inhabitants of\\nFonton that, liowevcr efficient a hook-and-laddcr company\\nmay be, and tlic one in Fenton is by no means poor,\\nit still cannot cope successfully witli an extensive fire, and\\nin the month of May of the year named a fine Silsby\\nsteamer was procured, and a greater sense of security will\\nundoubtedly be enjoyed in tlie future. The apparatus be-\\nlonging to the department is kept in the new engine-house,\\non North Le Roy Street. The lots on which the building\\nwas erected were secured at a cost of \u00c2\u00a7800. The building\\nitself is of tasteful design, constructed of brick, is two lofty\\nstories in height, surmounted by a bell-tower, and was dedi-\\ncated March J, 1870, having been begun the previous year.\\nSome time during the following autumn a fine town-clock\\nand bell were placed in the tower. The bell is from the\\nBuckeye Bell- Works, at Cincinnati, Ohio. It weighs about\\n1600 pounds, and has a clear, deep tone. Its clanging on\\nthe night of April 23-24, 1879, and the anxiety of the\\npeople lest their engine-house, with its bell and fixtures,\\nshould be destroyed, will not soon be forgotten by those\\nwho witnessed the scones of that niglit.\\nBUSINESS BLOCKS.\\nThe Andrews Block, consisting of five brick stores, was\\nbuilt by C. Andrews, in 1867, and is located on the corner\\nof Le Roy Street and Shiawassee Avenue. In the upper\\nportions are offices, the rooms of the Ladies Library Asso-\\nciation, and those of the Fenton Independent.\\nCulwell Hall Block is located on North Le Roy Street,\\nand was built by D. G. Colwell and D. Horton, in 1869,\\non the site of the burned town-hall. The post-uffice was\\nmoved into it as soou as it was completed and ready. Mr,\\nGuest was then (as now) the postmaster. The hall in the\\nmain building is named for Mr. Colwell, and is used as the\\nplace for holding township-meetings, etc., besides being\\nneatly and conveniently fitted for the use of dramatic asso-\\nciations. It is one of the best halls for this purpose in the\\ninterior of the State, and was formally opened on the even-\\ning of Feb. 1-4, 1870, by the Fenton Amateur Dramatic\\nAssociation. The play presented was entitled Love s\\nSacrifice or, The Rival Blerehants, and the receipts\\nwere tendered as a grand complimentary benefit to Mr.\\nColwell. The building has a most creditable appearance\\nboth outside and in, and the citizens of Fenton are justly\\nproud of it.\\nMr. Colwell is at present spring of 1879) engaged in\\nbuilding a large brick block immediately south of the hall,\\nand this will complete an imposing row, filling the gap\\nbetween Colwell Hall and the store now occupied by Zera\\nPatterson. The new building will also be fitted for stores.\\nAnother notable building is the Roberts Block, on the\\nwest side of Le Roy Street, next south of the Central\\nHotel. Many of the stores in the village are built of\\nbrick, while a few of the original fiame structures still\\nremain. They must in time give place to more substantial\\nedifices and lessen the danger from fires.\\nHOTELS.\\nThe first hotel, or tavern, built in Fenton was the one\\nerected by Fenton Le Roy, and afterwards named the\\nRiggs House. Its first regular landlord was Thomas\\nIrish, and it was occupied in 1843 by Judge Jeremiah\\nRiggs, from whom it derived its name. It has in recent\\nyears been extensively repaired. It is a large frame build-\\ning, standing north of Shiawassee Avenue, on the west\\nhide of Le Roy Street, and is still in use, known at present\\nas the Everett House.\\nThe Le Roy House, fitted up by Robert Le Roy\\nsubsequent to 1840, and formed by combining the residence\\nof Daniel Le Roy and the first house of worship built in\\nthe place, is now known as King s Hotel, from the name\\nof its proprietor. It is situated on the north side of Shia-\\nwassee Avenue, west of Le Roy Street.\\nThe large biick and frame hotel near the railroad, known\\nas the Fenton House, was built soon after the comple-\\ntion to this place of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad,\\nor about 1856-57, the road having reached here in 1856,\\nHolly having been its previous terminus. Messrs. Seed\\nFlint were the builders and owners of the hotel, and Mr.\\nSeed himself became its first landlord. It passed through\\nseveral hands, and was for a number of years kept by\\nAbner Roberts, who had previously kept the one now\\nknown as King s Hotel. Mr. Roberts widow is the\\npresent proprietor. This house has also recently under-\\ngone much improvement.\\nThe Everett House as originally built was constructed\\nof oak plank, the work being done by a man named Blan-\\nchard. Thomas Irish, its first landlord, removed Xa Ann\\nArbor, Washtenaw Co., at or near which place he died.\\nThe present proprietor of this house is George Butcher.\\nThe Central House, a frame hotel on the south side\\nof the railroad, was originally built for a dwelling by Ebeu\\nPratt. After the advent of a railroad it was converted\\ninto a hotel by Lorenzo McGinnis, and has since been in\\nuse as such.\\nMANUFACTCRES OF FE.VTON.\\nA dam was constructed across the Shiawassee, and a saw-\\nmill built by the Dibbles, previous to 1837. When Fenton\\nand Le Roy came, in 1837, they purchased the property\\nand improved the power greatly, building also a grist-mill\\nafterwards. The Ibllowing explains itself:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Know all men by these pkesexts, That we, WalLaoe Dlbhlo\\nand Maria H., wife of said Wallace, of the town of Argentine, County\\nof Genesee, and State of Michigun, in consideration of Fifty Dollars\\nto us in hand paid by Robert Le R jy and William M. Fenton, of the\\nsame place, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have\\ngranted, bargained, ;old, remised, released, and quit-claimed, and by\\ntliese presents do grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, and quit-claim\\nunto the said Robert Lc Roy and William M. Fenton, and to their\\nheirs and assigns, the right to flow with water all that portion of the\\nsoutheast quarter of the northwest quarter of section Thirty-six, in\\nTownship Five north, Range Six east, which adjoins the east branch\\nof the Shiawassee River, and which is or may be flowed by means of\\nthe raising of the water to nine feet above low water-mark, at the\\ndam now erected across the said river, on lands owned by the said\\nLe Roy ,5; Fcnion, on the section aforesaid. And we, Wallace Dibble\\nand iSIaria H. Dibble, do hereby covenant with the said Lerc\u00c2\u00bb3^ Si Fen-\\nton that we are lawfull} seized in fee of the afore-granted premises.\\nIn witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the\\n12th day of July, IS37.\\nWallace Dibble. [seal]\\nMaria H. Dibble, [seal]\\nWitness, Ebcnczer P.att and Thomas Steere, Jr.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0284.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n221\\nTlic old mill gave place to a second one, which was built\\nou the same site by Hiker Adams, in 1858. This mill\\nwas burned, and a new one put up. The property is now\\nowned by Jlcssrs. Colwcll Adams, who entered into busi-\\nness in 1SG7. Mr. Colwell is a native of Livingston\\nCounty, and Mr. Adams came here from the army, after\\nthe close of the war of the Itebellion. The mill stands on\\nthe site of the original one built by Le Uoy Fcnton, who\\nexpended \u00c2\u00a721,000 upon it in repairs and improvements in\\n187G. The original building was much smaller than the\\npresent one. The first operation was to raise this build-\\ning two feet, after which it was enlarged by an addition in\\nfront and rear, making its present dimensions 38 by 102\\nfeet, with a new brick engine-house, 38 by 30 feet, erected\\non the north side, and also the addition of an elevator capa-\\nble of disposing of 500 bushels of grain per hour into\\nbins which are situated in the second and third stories, and\\nwhich are capable of storing 10,000 bushels. The mill\\nis four stories high, with an attic, and its full flouring ca-\\npacity is about 1000 bushels of wheat, or 200 barrels of\\nflour, daily. It contains six runs of burrs. An annual\\naverage of 30,000 barrels of flour is manufactured, aside\\nfrom all custom-work and retail trade, the latter being very\\nlarge. From Aug. 1 to Nov. 1, 1S77, 10,000 barrels of\\nflour were ground at this mill.\\nMessrs. Colwell Adams handle at their warehouse\\nabout 100,000 bushels of wheat annually, or more than any\\nother firm in the place. The warehouse was built in 18(55,\\nby J. R. Mason, and stands on the east side of Le Hoy\\nStreet, immediately north of the railroad.\\nBefore the fire of April 24, 1879, this firm was engaged\\nto a large extent in the manufacture of lumber, coopers\\nmaterial, and barrels, but their mills were destroyed at that\\ntime and are not yet rebuilt.\\nFentoH WooIcn-MUh. About 1855-56, Samuel G. Alex-\\nander located in Fenton. He was an Englishman by birth,\\nand a practical worker in woolen cloths. lie had formerly\\nbeen employed in the mills of the Jlcssrs. Stearns, at Pitts-\\nfield, Mass., and upon coming to Fenton engaged in buying\\nwool and selling cloths for the Pittsfield mills, lie in time\\nstarted a small woolen-factory here, but for want of capital\\ncould do but little. Finally the citizens became interested,\\nand on the 15th of October, 18G1, The Fenton Manu-\\nfacturing Company was organized, with a capital stock of\\nSGO,00(), taken by the principal business men and farmers\\nill the vicinity. David L. Latourette was the heaviest\\nstockholder. The large factory was built and furnished at\\na cost of about 864,000, and the material manufactured was\\nof the first quality, while for some time an extensive busi-\\nness was transacted. In January, 1868, the stock was in-\\ncreased to \u00c2\u00a7100,000. Upon the failure of Mr. Latourette\\nin 1871, and the consequent collapse of his bank, the\\nwoolen-factory was forced to suspend operations. A. Wake-\\nman became Latourette s assignee. The factory long stood\\nidle, and its price to any purcha-ser continued to decrease,\\nuntil finally it was bought, in the spring of 1873, by Mr.\\nAVakeman s son, L. B. Wakeman, F. H. Wright, and J.\\nII. Earl (the latter of Flint), for $8000, the firm-name\\nFenton Gazvttc.\\nbeing Wright, Wakeman Co. Mr. Wright purchased a\\nhalf-interest. Earl failed to pay up his entire share, and\\nproved unscrupulous, and his partners bought him out, after\\nwhich they continued the business, after the great panic of\\n187.5, until they had sunk all their capital, and the stock-\\nholders generally had lost. They were finally obliged to\\nclose up and make an ;issignment for the benefit of their\\ncreditors, since when the factory had not been in use up to\\nthe time it was destroyed. It had furnished employment\\nfor as many as thirty hands, and was closed in October,\\n1877. It was subsequently purchased on a mortgage by\\nGeorge L. Lee, of Detroit, who owned it when it was\\nburned (April 24, 1879). Its destruction caused a total\\nloss to him, as it was uninsured. There is no present indi-\\ncation that it wiJl ever be rebuilt.\\nA steam carding and wool-manufacturing house was\\nerected in 1871 by S. G. Alexander Son, after the clos-\\ning at that time of the factory. It was subsequently trans-\\nformed into a cotton-batting factor} by the same persons,\\nbut is not now in operation. Mr. Alexander had been\\nmanager, and B. Bangs secretary of the Fenton Manufac-\\nturing Company.\\nAldeii Fruit- Preserving Factory. The subject of build-\\ning a factory of this character at Fenton was broached to\\nthe citizens of the place in March, 1873, through the\\ncolumns of the Fenton Gazette, by Charles A. Keeler. It\\nwas not until 1876 that it was established, however. A\\nReynolds dryer was first put in, but proved unsatisfactory,\\nand the proprietors, Messrs. Buskirk Britton, inserted a\\nWilliams machine in its place, which dried the fruit very\\nrapidly and without changing its color. In the fall of\\nthat year (1876) 100 bushels of apples were dried daily.\\nThe institution was destroyed, with others equally unfor-\\ntunate, in the great fire of April 24, 1879, but will possibly\\nbe rebuilt ready for the fruit season, or at any rate will have\\nquarters where the drying process may still be conducted, as\\nthis industry has become an important one in the vicinity.\\nWliip-Suclcct Factory. The Rose Manufacturing Com-\\npany was incorporated under the general laws of Michigan\\non the 31st of January, 1879. It had commenced fitting\\nup a building at Fenton about the first of the previous\\nDecember, and early in March following began operations,\\nhaving purchased also all the machinery, tools, etc., of the\\nYpsilanti Whip-Socket Manufacturing Company, and be-\\nsides the new varieties, it makes all the styles formerly\\nmanufactured by the company named. The stock of the\\nRose Manufacturing Company is \u00c2\u00a710,000. George P. Rose,\\nthe patentee of the most of the varieties of sockets made, is\\nthe general manager, superintending the entire work at the\\nfactory. The main office and depository is at 71 and 73\\nJefierson Avenue, Detroit. The goods made arc undoubt-\\nedly the finest the country produces, and Mr. Rose states\\nthat the factory is the best arranged of any in the United\\nStates. The rooms in use occupy three stories of the build-\\ning at the north end of Le Roy Street, erected fur a car-\\nriage manufactory by Cole, Kimball Campbell, which firm\\nis not now in business. This half of the building is 22 by\\n60 feet in dimensions. The motive-power is furnished by\\na twenty-horse engine. Mr. Rose had been engaged in this\\nbusiness for some lime before coming to Fenton. About", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0285.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GENESEE COUxNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthirty-five varieties of sockets are manufactured, and eiglit\\npersons are at present employed. A fine jiipanning-oven is\\none of tlic features of the establishment, in which 1000\\nsockets can be japanned at once. oMalleable iron sockets are\\ncast from patterns made by Mr. Rose. Tubukir sockets\\nare also made, and an extensive trade has been worked up\\nin the short time the factory has been in operation.\\nMidiigun Pump- Works. On South Le Roy Street is a\\nlarge brick building, which was erected originally by\\nMessrs. Hirst Boyes for use as a grist- and oil-mill. It\\nwas operated by them about a year, and purchased in 18G9\\nby A. J. Phillips, who converted it into a pump- and safe-\\nfactory. ]\\\\Ir. Phillips employs six workmen, and manufac-\\ntures very fine iron and porcelain-lined pumps, double and\\nsingle water-drawers, and milk-safes of all kinds. Planing,\\nmatching, sawing and resawing, turning, etc., are also done\\nto order, and a good business is tran.sactcd annually.\\nBreioery. Thomas Whittle had operated a brewery on\\na small scale previous to 1870, in a building north of the\\nriver and west of Le Roy Street. In the year named, he,\\nin company with Messrs. Colwell Adams, built the brick\\nbrewery now owned by the former on Le Roy Street north\\nof the railroad. Three hands are employed and 500 bar-\\nrels of beer manufactured annually.\\nFoundnj and Machine- Sliop. About 1854\u00e2\u0080\u009456 a foun-\\ndry was started by Henry Van Alstine, who came to Fen-\\nton from Byron, Shiawassee Co., and erected some of the\\nbuildings which arc still in use on South Le Roy Street.\\nBesides numerous other articles, he manufactured what were\\nknown as Empire plows, and had a fair custom. The\\nestabli.shment is at present owned by Messrs. L. Fitch\\nSon, who employ five men and manufacture plows, cultiva-\\ntors, and various other implements, and also have the ex-\\nclusive right for manufacturing Goldie s patent shingle-\\nmachines, which are so constructed as to cut perfectly\\nsmooth shingles from rough blocks at a very rapid rate.\\nThey also do general job-work. The Messrs. Fitch have\\nbeen proprietors of this foundry since the fall of 1873.\\nMr. Fitch, Sr., is one of the pioneers of Oakland County,\\nhaving removed to the town.ship of Oxford, situated therein,\\nfrom Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1839.\\nWilliam Goldie, the inventor and patentee of the shin-\\ngle machine above mentioned, which is the most perfect\\ninstrument for the purpose known to lumbermen, is one of\\nthe heaviest stave-manufacturers in the State of Jliehigan,\\nowning extensive mills at Kawkawlin, six miles north of\\nBay City. The saw in use is run at the rate of 5200 rev-\\nolutions 2^er minute, or faster than any other for a like\\npurpose in the State. Mr. Goldie resides in Fenton.\\nFentoii Novelty Works. This institution was established\\nby H. S. Andrews about April 1, 1878. Picture-frames in\\nall styles, rustics, brackets, etc., are manufactured, and from\\nsix to ten persons furnished with employment. Mr. An-\\ndrews is one of the earliest emigrants from New York to\\nMichigan now living in the latter State. In 1820, when a\\nboy, he came with his father, Ira Andrews, upon the\\nsteamer Walk-in-the- Water, the first upon Lake Erie,\\nfrom Buffalo, N. Y., to Detroit, where his father became\\none of the early hotel-keepers. Mr. Andrews, Sr., after-\\nwards removed to West Bloomfieid, Oakland Co., and\\ndied at Birmingham. In 184-t, H. S. Andrews worked at\\nhis trade, that of blacksmith, in Fenton, subsequently\\nmoved away, and ultimately returned, having resided in the\\nvillage at this date (1879) about twelve years. For years\\nbefore moving here he was well acquainted with the region,\\nand when a boy was personally acquainted with Rufus\\nStevens, the first settler in Grand Blanc. Mr. Andrews\\nfor some time owned and kept the Andrews House, in\\nFenton, now King s Hotel. He has written numerous\\nhistorical articles for the press, all interesting as descriptive\\nof the early settlement of the region which has so long\\nbeen his home. Upon his premises are two pear-trees,\\nwhich were set out by Judge Daniel Le Roy in 1843, and\\none of which in a recent season yielded fifteen bushels of\\nfruit.\\nAside from the manufactures enumerated, may be men-\\ntioned a small tannery, a machine-shop, owned by C. W.\\nCoe, and a full complement of cooper-, wagon-, carriage-,\\nand blacksmith-shops. The only establishment now operated\\nby water (since the burning of the saw-mills) is the grist-\\nmill of Colwell Adams, and this not entirely. Steam is\\nused to a great extent, especially in case of low water, and\\nthe same motive-power is also utilized in other manufacto-\\nries. The Shiawa.ssce River, although but a small stream,\\nfurnishes a remarkable amount of power, and that without\\nflooding as extensive a tract as would be supposed from the\\nnature of its shores.\\nMINERAL WELL.\\nThe existence at Fenton of waters tinctured with various\\nmineral deposits has been proved by numerous experiments,\\nand several wells have been sunk along the Shiawassee\\nRiver, which contain waters possessing considerable medici-\\nnal virtue. A flowing well at the woolen-factory was found\\nto possess this property in such a degree that it was at one\\ntime proposed to arrange bath-rooms, etc and endeavor to\\nbring the waters widely into notice, but the scheme was\\nfinally abandoned. The following analysis of the water of\\nthis well was made by Prof Samuel P. Dufiield. Sept. 19,\\n1871:\\nSpecific gravity 100\\nTemperature 51\\nGrill 11?;.\\nBicarbonate of soila .5400\\nlime 10.3 1 10\\nmagnesia 4.1210\\niron 0;i20\\nChloride potaSi ium 2fiiM)\\nmagnesium 1448\\nsodium 87GS\\nPhosphate lime, a trace.\\nSulphate lime 0350\\nSilica 1.0440\\nTotal mineral matter in United St:ites gallon 23.3U76\\nAmount of carbonic acid in cubic inches, per gallon 2500.\\nThis belongs to the class of calcareous waters, and will be useful in\\ndyspepsia in which there is acidity, and also in uric acid gravel and\\nrheumatism of the chronic form.\\nSamuel P. Duffield.\\nBANKS.\\nThe First National Bank of Fenton was organized in\\ntlie summer of 18G3, with David L. Latourettc as presi-\\ndent and manager. He also establislied a bank at Grand\\nRapids. In 1871, aflfairs having been fur some time indl-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0286.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n223\\neating that serious clianges were about to take place, tlic\\nculminating point was reached, Latourottc failed, the bank\\nwas closed, the operations of the woolen-factory were sus-\\npended, and stockholders suffered severe losses. Many\\nwere disposed lo blarae Mr. Latourette, and others were\\nmore lenient. The circumstances arc well known to the\\ncitizens.\\nSlate Bank of Fenton. After the suspension of the\\nFirst National Bank its business was principally transferred\\nto the State Bank, which had been established the pre-\\nceding January (1871). The capital of this bank is\\n$50,000. It was organized under the Stale law, and is not\\na bank of issue. Its first officers were Josiah Buckhee,\\nPresident; p]dwin Trump, Cashier; Josiah Buckbco, An-\\ndrew Cornwall, John F. Walton, Harvey Farrington, and\\nKrastus T. Tefft, Directors. Present officers Josiah Buck-\\nbee, President Josiah Buckbee, Andrew Cornwall, John\\nF. Walton, Charles Walton, and Joseph E. Terry, Direc-\\ntors. The bank was first located in a building on the east\\nside of Lo Roy Street, now occupied as a clothing-store by\\nHarry Goldberg. It is now on the west side of the same\\nstreet, nearly opposite its former location. Jlr. Buckbee,\\nthe president, came from Jefferson Co., N. Y., in April,\\n1856, and engaged in the dry-goods trade, which ho con-\\ntinued until the bank was established.\\nJ. CratisniCs Bank. This is a private institution and\\nwas established by Job Cranson, in February, 187(5. A\\ngeneral banking business is transacted. Mr. Cranson is one\\nof the early settlers in Michigan, having removed from\\nIMadison Co., N. Y., in IS.SO, with the family of his father,\\nEiisha Cranson, and settled in the town of Webster, Wash-\\ntenaw Co. In 1833, Job Cranson removed to the town-\\nship of Brighton, Livingston Co., where ho made the\\nfirst purchase of land and became the first settler. A\\nfew people, living at the time in the southern townships,\\ncomprised the total number of the inhabitants of the\\ncounty. Until his removal to Fenton, in 1867, Mr. Cran-\\nson was engaged in farming, and after coming here was,\\nfor a short period, .secretary of the Fenteu Manufacturing\\nCompany.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nFentonvilk Lodge, No. 109, F. nnd A. M. About\\n1847-48 a Masonic lodge was organized in Fenton, con-\\nsisting of seven members, and called Fentonville Lodge,\\nNo. 53. Among the original members were Dr. Lsaac\\nWixom, Thomas Patterson, and Daniel Donaldson. Dr.\\nWixom was its first blaster. He had been a Mason since\\nhe was twenty-one years of age, and he and one other\\nwere the only ones versed in Masonic matters. Tlumias\\nPatterson succeeded the doctor as Master, the latter hav-\\ning removed to Byron, Shiawassee Co., about 1853-55,\\nwhere he organized a lodge and remained until the war be-\\ngan. Among other early members of the old lodge were\\nJosiah Buckbee, Asa Keynolds, Bela Cogshall, William\\nCole, James Webster, William Ilemper, and others. In\\n1850 its membership was 26. Many of its members en-\\ntered the service during the war, and several died or were\\nkilled in action. In 1857 the charter of the old lodge was\\nsurrendered, and the same year Fentonville Lodge of\\nStrict Observance was organized, under dispensation from\\nthe Grand Lodge. In 1859 January 14 a charter was\\ngranted, and it has since been known as Fentonville Lodge,\\nNo. 109. The first Master under the new charter was\\nMichael Ayers. The member.ship of the lodge, April 26,\\n1879, was 153, and the following were its officers, viz.\\nW. M., W. J. Fitch; S. W., W. D. Murray; J. W., E.\\n11. Barnes; Sec, C. B. Albertson Treas., Josiah Buckbee;\\nS. D., C. L. Hubbard; J. D., 0. Topping; Tiler, M. J.\\nFitch.\\nGenesee Chapter, No. 29, R. A. 31., was chartered Jan.\\n12, 18G4. The oldest Royal Arch Masons in Fenton are\\nGeorge W. Wilmot and Dr. Isaac Wixom, both of whom\\nbecame members of Oakland Chapter, No. 5, at Pontiac,\\nprevious to 1860, the former joining in 1858, and taking\\nhis degree Jan. 5, 1859. The present officers of Genesee\\nChapter are II. P., Burdick Potter K., John W. Ingram\\nScribe, William Albertson Sec., George E. Cochran.\\nGenesee Council, No. 17, R. ond S. M. This organiza-\\ntion was chartered June 21, 1865, and has a present mem-\\nbership (May, 1879) of 51. Its officers for 1879 are,\\nT. L G. M., E. M. Adams; D. I. G. M., Burdick Potter;\\nP. C. W., W. D. Murray Ilec, W. J. Fitch.\\nFeiiloii Connmindert/, N o. 14, Knights Templar, was\\nchartered June 17, 1864, and on the 1st of May, 1879,\\nhad a membership of 56, with the following officers E. C,\\nJosiah Buckhee; G., James II. Cummings C. G., E. M.\\nAdams; P., W. C. Way; S. W., R. Ilowchin J. W.,\\nVoorheis Green; Treas., James E. Bussey Rec., George\\nW. Wilmot; St d B r, George E. Cochran Sw d B r, W.\\nJ. Fitch W., George C. Paine; S., Mclvin J. Fitch,\\nIn 1869, .subsequent to the bui ning of the town-hall, in\\nwhich the Masonic rooms were located, a new building was\\nerected on Le Roy Street, nearly opposite the old site, and\\nfine rooms fitted up for the use of the order. The dedica-\\ntion services were held Nov. 12, 1869, when a large num-\\nber of Sir Knights were present from various places, and\\nthe occasion was one long to be remembered by those of\\nthe fraternity who participated. The dedicatory address\\nwas delivered by A. T. Metcalf, M. W. Grand Master, of\\nKalamazoo, and he was followed in a few appropriate and\\neloquent remarks by Henry JI.-Look, R. W. Grand Visitor\\nand Lecturer, of Pontiac.\\nFenton Lodge, No. 125, 0. 0. F., was instituted\\nThursday, Doc. 17, 1868, at which time numerous mem-\\nbers were present from lodges at Flint and Byron. The\\npresent number of members is about 35, and its principal\\nofficers are: Noble Grand, Charles D. Pliipps Vice-Grand,\\nJames Pratt; Sec, Addison P. Chapman; Treas., W. S.\\nBoardman.\\nRankin Kneampment, No. 46, 0. 0. F, was organ-\\nized in the winter of 1870-71, with 11 members, and\\nduring the time which has since elapsed its membership\\nhas doubled, being at present 22. The officers are Chief\\nPatriarch, George W. Barbour; High-Priest, H. N. Cal-\\ndcrwood Senior Warden, John Owen Scribe, J. W. Davis;\\nTreasurer, Robert Piper.\\n3fiirthn Washington Lodge, N o. 17, Danghlers of Re-\\nbecca, is an organization of .several years standing, and has\\nat present a good membership, although it holds meetings\\nbut seldom, [is aiiiuial picnics at Long Lake have been", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0287.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "224\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsources of much enjoyment to those who participated.\\nThe rooms occupied by the order are in the upper story of\\nthe post-office building, Colwell Hall Block.\\nFenfuii Lodge, No. 305, Knighls of Honor. A lodge\\nof this order was organized in Fenton, Nov. 2, 187G, by\\nDeputy Grand Dictator Alfred Terry, of the Grand Lodge,\\nand the following officers were chosen, viz. Past Dictator,\\nE. M. Hovey Dictator, Lewis V. Curry Vice-Dictator,\\nF. C. Steers Assistant Dictator, llobcrt Perry Reporter,\\nCicero J. K. Stoner; Financial Reporter, Walter Black-\\nmore; Treas., Benjamin F. Stone Chaplain, J. H. Phipps;\\nGuide, William Albertsou Trustees, Walter Blackmore,\\nB. F. Stone, L. V. Curry. The object of this order is\\nto unite fraternally all acceptable men of every profession,\\nbusiness, or occupation to give all moral and material aid\\nin its power to members of the order by holding moral,\\ninstructive, and scientific lectures, by encouraging each\\nother in business, and assisting them to obtain employment;\\nto establish a benefit fund from which a sum not to exceed\\ntwo thousand dollars shall be paid, at the death of a mem-\\nber, to his family, or to be disposed of as he may direct; to\\nprovide for creating a fund for the relief of sick and dis-\\ntressed members; to ameliorate the condition of humanity\\nin every possible manner. The Odd-Fellows lodge-rooms\\nare rented by this society, the membership of which is 25.\\nThe officers for 1879 are: Past Dictator, William Albertson\\nDictator, W. Blackmore Vice-Dictator, George E. Coch-\\nran Assistant Dictator, C. J. K. Stoner Reporter, M. T.\\nGass Financial Reporter, J. W. Davis Treas., G. W.\\nJohnson Chaplain, L. V. Curry Guide, George W. Bar-\\nbour; Guardian, J. W. Hinkle Sentinel, E. M. Hovey.\\nFenton Lodge, No. 64, Ancient Order of United Worlc;-\\nmen, was organized March 21, 1879, with 21 members.\\nIts objects are similar to those of the Knights of Honor.\\nThe present membership of the lodge is about 30, and the\\nofficers are Past Master Workman, George E. Damon\\nMaster Workman, James E. Bussey; General Foreman,\\nCharles D. Phipps Overseer, William 51. Lusk Recorder,\\nH. F. Douglas Financier, John R. Allen Receiver,\\nJustus R. Barnes Inside Watchman, H. K. Leonard\\nOutside Watchman, Charles S. Johnson. The lodge-room\\nis the same occupied by the grange, over the Gazette office.\\nFenton Grange, No. 126, Patrons of Husbandri/,* was\\norganized, under dispensation, Nov. 17, 1873, and chartered\\nMarch 21, 1874. The first Master was John L. Smith,\\nwho is at present proprietor of a warehouse and elevator\\nnear the railroad, opposite that of Colwell Adams. The\\nbuilding will soon become the property of the grange. The\\nassociation occupies neatly-fitted rooms over the Gazette\\noffice, sharing their use with the A. 0. U. W. Lodge. The\\npresent membership of the grange is about 100 its officers\\nare Master, John L. Smith Overseer, Darius Smith\\nSec, John Carmer Treas., Elijah Clow; Chaplain, Rev.\\nL. L. Rogers Lecturer, Fred. Wood Steward, Charles\\nTanner; Assistant Steward, Frank Seaton Gatekeeper,\\nMarin Craft; Pomona, Mrs. Darius Smith; Flora, 5Irs.\\nKinney Ceres, Mrs. John L. Smith Lady Assistant\\nSteward, Mattie Joslyn.\\nFrom iiiformat on fuinishtd by Jiphn L. Smith.\\nThe Temperance Societies arc a division of Sons of Tem-\\nperance and the Fenton Reform Club. Of the former no\\nsatisfactory information has been obtained. The latter was\\norganized April 5, 1877, by the popular temperance lecturer\\nof Michigan, Dr. Reynolds. He began his work liere on\\nthe evening preceding, when 450 persons signed the\\npledge. On Thursday, the 5th, a White Ribbon Club,\\ncomposed of 350 ladies, was formed, having the following\\nofficers, viz. President, Mrs. J. Bainbridge Vice-Presi-\\ndents, Rev. Mrs. Taylor, Rev. Mrs. Potter, Rev. Mrs.\\nApplegate, Rev. Mrs. Church, Rev. Mrs. Wright; Sec,\\nIMis. J. O Harc; Corresponding Sec, Mrs. C. H. Turner;\\nTreas., Mrs. M. M. Johnson Visiting Committee, Fanny\\nThompson, Kitty Dennis, Mima Grace, Susie Blackmore,\\nAnna Dowd, Elsie Van Dorn, Estelle Dunning, Georgie\\nConrad, Estelle Kenyon, Anna Derio, Emma Bemer, Bettie\\nRay, Sirs. A. V. Anderson, Mrs. G. W. Boice. In the\\nevening of the same day a Dare to Do Right Reform\\nClub was organized with a membership of 327 men. Its\\nofficers were chosen as follows President, J. C. Perry\\nVice-Presidents, A. J. Phillips, Henry Yeager, Alvah\\nMarsh; Sec, C. H. Neely Treas., Burdick Potter; Mar-\\nshals, M. J. Fitch, W. H. Jackson; Steward, R. Bailes;\\nSergeant-at-Arms, William Peters Financial Sec, Dexter\\nHorton Executive Committee, J. H. Lacy, D. Horton,\\nA. J. Phillips, H. Yeager, A. Marsh Finance Committee,\\nJ. E. Bussey, A. V. Anderson, L. V. Curry. The follow-\\ning Saturday evening the number of men was increased\\nto 416. A reading-room was opened by the ladies of the\\nclub at Firemen s Hall on the evening of Friday, June\\n1, 1877, and is still continued. In April, 1879, the club\\nheld its second anniversary, upon which occasion Dr.\\nReynolds was present and took part in the exercises.\\nLadies Library/ Association. An oi ganization known\\nas the Fenton Ladies Library Association had existed\\nin the village previous to 1869, in January of which year,\\nat the burning of the town-hall, their books were nearly\\nall destroyed. The same year several ladies of the south\\nside organized the above society, and secured a charter,\\ndated May 5, 1869. The charter members numbered 16.\\nThis association occupies rooms in the Andrews Block, at\\nthe southwest corner of Le Roy Street and Shiawa.ssee Ave-\\nnue, and has a library consisting of 725 volumes, of which\\nsomething over half are works of fiction, the balance being\\nbiographical, historical, poetical, travels, laws, public docu-\\nments, etc.\\nThe present membership is about 75, and the officers of\\nthe association are President, Mrs. H. C. Riggs Secre-\\ntary, Sirs. E. M. Adams; Treasurer, Mrs. H. N. Jennings;\\nLibrarian, Mrs. Dr. Paul Sue; Assistant Librarian, Miss\\nS. E. Mason*. The affairs of the library are managed by a\\nbook-committee of 15 persons.\\nLadies Literary and Library Associalion.f In No-\\nvember, 1867, Mrs. H. Riggs and Mrs. Denio first deter-\\nmined upon starting a circulating-library in Fenton, and,\\nafter some deliberation, concluded they would canvass the\\ntown, procuring subscribers and getting the difierent views\\non the subject. Our town is divided by a river, and in\\nf Principally from an article prepared by Mrs. M. A. Helm, in 1S76.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0288.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n225\\nthis matter, as in every other, we had to pay due regard to\\nthe north and south sides of it. Mrs. II. C. Ki^ gs, a resi-\\ndent of the south side, canvas.sed there, ohtaining 23 sub-\\nscribers Mrs. Denio canvassed upon the north side, obtain-\\ning 43. In this enterprise we were more tiian succes.sful,\\nfor iu two days time we had obtained about SI 150, a fair\\nlist of books, and a good many opinions of our ultimate\\nsuccess or failm-e, and we found quite as many believing\\nin our failure as in our success.\\nThe two ladies had decided upon purchasing a list of\\nbooks before any organization should take place. In the\\nmean time they had procured price-lists, and so were pre-\\npared to buy without any delay. On December 4th we\\npurchased of E. B. Smith, of Detroit, 850 worth of books.\\nOn the receipt of these a meeting was held, a constitution\\nand by-laws adopted, and ofScers elected for six months.\\nMrs. Denio furnished a book-case, and, by the kindness of\\nMrs. Helm and Sliss Hersey, we were given the us^c of\\ntheir store for issuing our books and inside of two weeks\\nour library was an established fact, pro.sperous, and result-\\ning iu much good. On December !)tli we purchased another\\nlist of books, costing over $30, and in March we made\\nanother purchase.\\nDuring our first year, and a greater part of the second,\\nnothing of importance was spent, excepting for books.\\nThe second year wa.s just as prosperous in money matters,\\nbut little difficulties were springing up, as we were growing\\nand talking of renting rooms, as to which side of the river\\nour library was located. These little things were something\\nof a source of annoyance, but near the end of the year a\\ndesirable location in our town-hall building, on the north\\nside, but centrally located, was accepted, and we purchased\\na fine book-case, some chairs and other necessaries, moved\\nour library, then consisting of nearly 400 volumes, and con-\\nsidered ourselves doing well, if nothing more.\\nIn the beginning of the next year came the fire, con-\\nsuming the hall and everything belonging to our association\\nbut 43 volumes of our cheapest books, and we were not in-\\nsured. This cast a gloom over us, and our members upon\\nthe south side, and a greater portion of our masculine in-\\nhabitants, fully decided we could not rally and go on in the\\nold way.\\nBut we had had a taste of prosperity, and very likely\\nthe opposition we were meeting helped a few of us to con-\\ntinue our work so, taking our old book-case, and being\\npermitted to come ag-ain into our old quarters at tlie store,\\nwitli 43 books and a good deal of courage, we were still a\\ncirculating library, but were minus about twenty of our\\nsouth-side members in the beginning of the third year, who\\nhad determined, if they could not have matters in their own\\nhands belonging to our library, they would have one of\\ntheir own, and have it upon their own side of the river.\\nCouse(iuently, they have a Library Association on the south\\nside, and we, the originals, obtained a charter and took the\\nname of the Ladies Literary and Library Association,\\nand I believe we are both better for going our respective\\nways.\\nWe kept on, making our way slowly, raising money by\\nfestivals, lectures, and socials, for two ycaiu or more, and\\nwhen we had obtained about 300 volumes we again jmr-\\n29\\nchased book -cases and rented a small room. But in these\\ntimes we were building up slowly. Our losses, discour-\\nagements, and the opposition, had served to lessen the zeal\\nof many of our members, and not having a desirable room\\nour subscription list did not increase, although we had\\nreduced our terms to $1 a year.\\nBut durmg these years our town-hall was rebuilt, and,\\nin 1873, we rented a fine room in this building, and by\\ngiving entertainments. New England suppers and socials,\\nwhich in every case were successful, we furnished our rooms,\\nincreased our number of books, and altogether seemed to\\nget new life and new energy, and now wo believe these last\\nyears have been the most satisfactory of all our years of\\nlabor.\\nThe membership of the a.ssociation in May, 1879, was\\nabout 2U0, and thi; number of volumes in the library 550\\nthe latter consist of works on travels, fiction, history, biog-\\nraphy and poetry, and public documents. The officers of\\nthe a.s.sociation are President, Mrs. M. A. Helm Vice-\\nPresident, Miss L. L. Iler.sey; Secretary, Mrs. E. Rcesoii\\nTreasurer, Mrs. 11. Albertson Librarian, Mrs. Emma\\nHoward; Directors, Mrs. N. T. Thurber, Mrs. N. C.\\nGreen, Mrs. D. W. Denio, Mrs. M. A. Helm, Mrs. Ree-\\nson. Rooms still in Colwell Hall building.\\nFenloii Guards. An independent militia-company, bear-\\ning this title, was organized in the village, Oct. 22, 1877,\\nand when the first officers were elected the membership\\nwas 41. At present there are about 60 members, and ef-\\nforts are being made to gain admission to the State service,\\nwhich will probably succeed. The company is neatly uni-\\nformed, and armed with the Springfield muzzle-loading rifle.\\nMost of its members saw service during the great civil war\\nof 18GI-65, several regiments being represented in Michi-\\ngan, Ohio, and New York. Its captain served during the\\nRebellion, and afterwards, for five yesirs, in the regular\\narmy, being engaged in the famous Indian campaign of\\n1876. The armory of the company is at present over\\nPhillip.s pump-factory. Its officers are the following-named\\npersons\\nCommissioned: Captain, Samuel P. Spalding; First\\nLieutenant, Albert Middlesworth Second Lieutenant, Er-\\nnest Winter.\\nNon- Commissioned First Sergeant, A. H. Marsh\\nSecond Sergeant, George Dunn Third Sergeant, E. J.\\nHollister Fourth Sergeant, R. Wyckoff; Fifth Sergciint,\\nJ. Harrell First Corporal, I. H. Lawrence Second Cor-\\nporal, A. D. Neely Third Corporal, H. Shultheis Fourth\\nCorporal, H. N. Wisner; Fifth Corporal, J. Murphy;\\nSi.xth Corporal, George W. Baker; Seventh Corporal, S.\\nB. Bcntley Eighth Corporal, A. J. Kidney President,\\nE. M. Adams; Vice-President, M. J. Fitch; Treasurer,\\nA. Middlesworth; Secretary, I. H. Lawrence.\\nKii!(jlits Tampliir Band. A band was organized here\\nin 1857 known as Turner s Silver Cornet Band, with\\nCliarles II. Turner as leader. Most of its members entered\\nthe army during the war, a portion joining Custer s Brig-\\nade and others being stationed at Knoxville, Tenn., to do\\npost-band duty. The present organization wa.s formed in\\n1871, under the auspices and patronage of the Commandery\\nat Fenton. Its present membership is 16, with C. H.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0289.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "226\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTurner as leader. It is finely uniformed and is composed\\nof proficient musicians.\\nFenton Uition Agricultural Society. The ori^ inal asso-\\nciation was formed in 1858, with Dewart Dauton, presi-\\ndent, and W. W. Booth, secretary. Charles H. Turner\\nsucceeded Mr. Booth as secretary, and held the position\\nseventeen years. Grounds covering an area of 23 acres\\nwere purchased in the southeast part of the village, and\\nwith the exception of one year, 1 877, when the society was\\nnewly-organized and incorporated, fairs have been held an-,\\nnually, and have been very generally attended with success.\\nA few speed premiums were offered during the early exhi-\\nbitions. New grounds were purchased in 1877, in the\\nnorthwest part of the corporation, from William Remington\\nand Henry C. Riggs. These comprise, including high-\\nways, about 30 acres, and upon them a half-mile track, said\\nto be the finest in the State, has been laid out and graded.\\nThe first meeting of the new organization was held in Oc-\\ntober, 1878. The grounds have been finely improved. The\\ncapital stock is $10,000, in shares of $25 each, and all has\\nbeen taken that the company cares to dispose of. The offi-\\ncers for 1879 are: President, Zera Patterson Vice-Presi-\\ndent, E. M. Hovey Secretary, Walter Biackmore; Treas-\\nurer, John O Hare; Directors, George W. Stewart, of\\nGrand Blanc James Algeo, of Rose, Oakland Co. G.\\nM. Eddy, Dexter Horton, D. G. Colwell, Josiah Buckbee,\\nL. V. Curry, C. H. Turner, of Fenton John Barron, of\\nLinden.\\nThe Fenton Horse Association was organized in 1873,\\nin which year its first meeting was held on the old fair-\\nground. Of this association Burdick Potter was the first\\npresident, D. W. Denio treasurer, and H. J. Larned secre-\\ntary. Three meetings were held, all successful, and several\\nnoted racers were driven here. The society was finally\\ndiscontinued, and races are now held in connection with\\nthe fairs of the agricultural society.\\nCEMETERIES.\\nThe old cemetery at Fenton lies south of what is called\\nProspect Hill, and was for years the only place of burial\\nused by the settlers. It was located in the timber, and\\nnumerous trees are yet standing within its limits. Here\\nare buried many of the early settlers of the vicinity, amid\\nthe scenes of their trials and hardships here they are laid\\nat rest, after lives of toil and manful struggles with the\\nwilderness, under the shade of the trees wliere first they\\nreared their humble cabins and began the life of the pioneer.\\nAmong those buried in this cemetery are the following per-\\nsons, many of whom will be recalled to the memory of\\nthose who were their companions in toil and their friends\\nin time of tribulations\\nJames Thorp, died Sept. 12, 1866, aged 7-t years.\\nSally, wife of Rev. William Pattison, died Aug. 25, 1S3 aged 65\\nyears.\\nAltaraont Donaldson, died Jan. 26, 1847, aged S3 years.\\nU. \\\\V. R. Duoaldson, died Feb. 21, 1868, aged 75 years.\\nHenry Bradley, died Aug. 22, 1845, aged 54 years.\\nCephas Jones, native of Massachusetts, died Nov. 5, 1851, aged 54\\nyears.\\nAbijah Rogers, died Oct. 5, 1S65, aged 72 years.\\nBenjamin Jayne, died April 14, 1851, aged 60 years.\\nPardon Hicks, died Dec. 4, 1864, aged 49 years.\\nJacob Lurvey, died July 25, 1851, aged 64 years.\\nDuslin Cheney, died Oct. 24, 1841, aged 49 years.\\nJohn B. Lobdcll, died Jan. 31, 1862, aged 81 years.\\nDavid Smith, died\\nHugh Hamilton, died Feb. 21, 1863, aged 78 years.\\nJeremiah Riggs, dieil Juno 22, 1858, aged 80 years.\\nJoseph S. Fenton, died Nov. 14, 1851, aged 71 years.\\nPhilip H. McOmber, Sr., died Nov. 27, 1848, aged 59 years.\\nPhilip H. McOmber, Jr., died Oct. 21, 1856, aged 59 years.\\nMichael Ayers, native of Ireland, sailor on Ripon, 74 gun-ship,\\nB7 naval battles, died March 27, 1867, aged 80 years.\\nJudge Daniel Le Roy, died\\nHis daughter, Mrs. C.irolinc St. Amand, wife of Augustus St.\\nAmand, died April 12, 1847, aged 31 years. Upon her tombstone\\nis the following inscription in French: Ici repose Caroline St. Amand,\\nnee le 6 Mars, 1816; bonne fille, vertueuse epouse, excellente mere,\\ne)le mounit bonne chretienne, le 12 Avril, 1847.\\nMrs. Judge Le Roy, died July 10, 1848, aged 68 years.\\nRev. James McLaurin, a Scotchman, pastor of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, died May 11, 1860, aged 64 years.\\nRev. John Booth, native of Chatham, England, died July IS, 1869,\\naged 73 years.\\nWilliam W. Booth, died April 7, 1869, aged 48 years.\\nDexter B. Johnson, died Sept. 5, 1866, aged 64 years.\\nBen Birdsall, died as mcniioned elsewhere.\\nDr. Thomas .Stcere and wife, died\\nEdgar C. AVaterman, died Nov. 19, 1863, aged 07 years.\\nAsa Bishop, died Nov. 6, 1857, aged 87 years.\\nElijah Dunham, died Aug. 1, 1858, aged 73 years.\\nOalacood Cemetei-y coniMns 23 acres of ground, and lies\\nimmediately southwest of the old cemetery. It was laid\\nout in 1869, and opened for use in the summer of 1870,\\nbeing dedicated July 1st of the latter year. The dedication\\nservices were very impressive. Introductory exercises were\\nheld at Colwell Hall, after which a procession formed, con-\\nsisting of the Flint City Band, a delegation of Sir Knights\\nfrom Flint, the Fenton Commandery, representatives of the\\nMasonic order from Howell, Livingston Co., and many citi-\\nzens, which marched to the cemetery. There the dedica-\\ntory address was delivered by Rev. A. McSween, and a\\npoem composed by a resident of Fenton for the occasion\\nwas read by Col. E. H. Thomson, of Flint, who also de-\\nlivered a lecture on Shakspeare in the evening. The fol-\\nlowing is the poem mentioned\\nHome of the dead sacred place\\nplace of rest for those who die\\nHow many shall, when life is spent.\\nWithin thy solemn precincts lie\\nTinlike the tombs of ancient kings,\\nAnd vaulted sepulchres of old.\\nAre thy green hills and peaceful glens,\\nSweet charms that nature s toils unfold.\\nOft will the tears of grief be shed.\\nAs mourners through yon gateway pass.\\nForgetful of the joys of earth\\nIn sorrow for the dead, alas\\nAnd yet, tis meet to lay the dead\\nIn this sequestered, lovely spot.\\nAmong the Howers and the trees,\\n\\\\Vhcre the molester cometh not;\\nAnd where the living, as they tread\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\loug thy quiet, winding ways,\\nMay feel the power of nature s God,\\nAnd give to him their fervent praise.\\n*The voice of God hath made us know\\nOur bodies must return to dust;\\nAnd, Oakwood, thou shalt ever be\\nTo us a ]dace of hallowed trust.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0290.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n227\\nThe main avenue of the cemetery is fifty feet in width,\\nand the patlis from five to twenty-five feet most of the hits,\\nexcept fractional ones, are ten by twenty feet. Tiic p;round-\\nplan of the cemetery is of exceedingly tasteful design, and\\nso arranged as to coincide to the best advantage with its\\nnatural features of hill and dale. The ofiicers of the as.so-\\nciation are President, Charles H. Turner Secretary, E.\\nM. Adaios Treasurer, J. E. Bussey Superintendent,\\nCharles RoUand. Comparatively a small portion of tiie\\ncemetery has at this date been utilized for burials.\\nDECORATION DAY LIST OF SOLDIER DEAD.\\nDecoration day was for the first time formally observed\\nin Fenton, May 30, 1878, when large numbers aided in\\nthe exercises, which were very impressive. A procession\\nhalf a mile in length was formed, composed of the Knights\\nTemplar Band, Fenton Guards, old .soldiers, fire department,\\nvillage ofiicers, ofiicers of the day, schools, and citizens in\\ncarriages and on foot. Profes.sor C. Van Dorn, of Fenton\\nSeminary, delivered the address. Twenty-five soldiers\\nsleep their last sleep in the Fenton cemeteries, the fol-\\nlowing being their names\\nRevolutionary. Altamont Donald.son.\\nWar of 1812. -Benjamin Jayne, Abijah Rogers, Dus-\\ntin Cheney, H. W. R. Donaldson, Hugh Hamilton, David\\nBentley, John Wilber.\\nWar of the Rebellion. Seth Ingram, David H. Colwell,\\nJ. W. Andrews, John Bell, M. M. Johnson, B. F. Hicks,\\nRansom Brown, Samuel H. Thomas, Levi Curtis, W. W.\\nBooth, Chester D. Kinney, Reuben S. Terry, Theodore C.\\nMcOmber, Luman Van Wert, Miles T. Hall, Albert Dick-\\ninson, Levi Thatcher.\\nThis list is but a small proportion of the brave boys who\\nvolunteered from this village and township. Fitting tiibute\\nhas been paid them by a brother soldier, and the memory\\nof the fallen shall ever be revered.\\nIn gory beds they re laid to rest,\\nThe nation s blue enshrouds each breast,\\nAud o er their gra?sy graves\\nBy darksome swamp and rolling tide,\\nBy stream and mount, the nation s jtridc\\nA free flag ever waves.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nThe first school-house in the village has been mentioned\\nby Col. Fenton as having stood on the corner north of the\\npresent site of the post-ofiice, where now stands a brick\\ndwelling. This building was used until a larger one became\\nnecessary, when a frame school-house was erected a short\\ndistance farther east, and is yet standing, although in use\\nfor other purpo.sos.\\nDi.strict No. 1, or the Union School district, was organ-\\nized in 183C, previous to which time the district was num-\\nbered two. The old part of the present main school-build-\\ning was erected in 1859, and greatly enlarged in 1867.\\nDuring the first three years after the organization of the\\nUnion District schools were held in the old frame building\\nand in the .second story of a building on the .south side, the\\nlower portion of which was used as a store. In 18G4 two\\nbrick ward school-houses were built, one on each side of\\nthe river, and in September, 1878, it was voted to expend\\n$3000 in constructing new ones, which will probably be\\ndone during 1879.\\nThe number of children enrolled in the district is in the\\nneighborhood of 700. The teachers for the present school\\nyear, which began Aug. 9, 1878, are: Superintendent,\\nGeorge E. Cochran Principal, M. T. Gass Preceptress,\\nMiss Linna Schcnck A Grammar Department, Frank H.\\nThompson, resigned, and Ira Thompson appointed to fill\\nvacancy B Grammar Department, Miss Lizzie M. Jen-\\nnings; A Intermediate Department, Miss Calista Couant;\\nB Intermediate Department, Miss A. S. Giffbrd C Inter-\\nmediate Department,* Bliss Hattie Davis South Ward,\\nMiss S. C. Hamilton North Ward, Mrs. S. Ingram.\\nThe salaries paid to teachers are: superintendent, 81000;\\nprincipal, $800; preceptress and grammars, $400 each A\\nand B intermediates, $320 each total paid to teachers,\\n$4580. The estimated expenses of the district for the\\nschool-year are $5580. The district-board is composed of\\nthe following ofiicers, viz. Moderator, Dexter Horton\\nDirector, Charles H. Turner; Asses.sor, Josiah Buckbee;\\nother Trustees, A. W. Riker, J. E. Bus-sey, B. F. Stone.\\nFenton Seminary. This institution is the property of,\\nand is conducted by, the Bapti.sts of the State of Michigan,\\nand was founded with the intention of making it a feeder\\nfor the Kalamazoo College. A two-story frame building\\nwas at first u.sed in which to hold school, one of the first\\nteachers being Mrs. P. C. Dayfoot.\\nOn the 25th of August, 18G9, the new building was dedi-\\ncated, and the first term within it opened with Mr. Wedge\\nas principal. The building stands in the southwest part of\\nthe village, is four stories high, with a French roof, and is\\nconstructed of stone. Its cost was $30,000. The site was\\ndonated by David L. Latourette, who also gave the greater\\nportion of the funds necessary to erect the building. Prof.\\nC. Van Dorn was for a number of years in charge, and\\nprosperity lingered about the institution. At present, al-\\nthough entirely free from debt, its affiiirs are not in as\\nflourishing a condition as could be wished by those who\\nhave its interests at heart. Its future, however, is hopeful.\\nThe present faculty consists of the following persons, viz.\\nProf W. L. Moore, Principal and Professor of Classics,\\nMathematics, and Natural Sciences.\\nMiss Sarah E. Wa.son, Teacher of English Branches and\\nFrench.\\nMrs. Bertha Fitch (native of Germany). Teacher of\\nGerman.\\nMrs. Celestia A. Northrop, Teacher of Music, Painting,\\nand Drawing.\\nProf Moore has been in charge a year. The number of\\npupils in attendance is about 30.\\nTrinili/ Schook {Episcopal). In March, 1868, a propo-\\nsition was made by the diocese of Michigan to the people\\nof Fenton and vicinity to build in the place two edifices to\\ncost about $10,000 each, provided sub.scriptions to a certain\\namount were raised. Scholarships were to be sold at $250\\neach. The design was to establish a seminary or high-\\nschool for boys, which should afl^ord facilities for a\\nthorough English and classical education, and probably a\\nSchool held in basement of Presbyterian church.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0291.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nspecial course for any young men who may be looking for-\\nward to the ministry; also a school of like grade for\\ngirls, which shall present an extensive course of instruc-\\ntion, combining the useful and ornamental branches usually\\ntaught in the schools of the highest order. The institu-\\ntions were incorporated Sept. 14, 1808, under the name of\\nTrinity SchooKs. In 1872 the trustees were Right Rev.\\nSamuel A. McCoskry, Bishop of the Diocese James 13ur-\\ntenshaw and William N. Carpenter, of Detroit C. H.\\nTurner, B. K. Dibble, F. H. Wright, and Rev. O. E. Ful-\\nler, of Fenton. The building for boys was erected first,\\nand given the name of Latimer Hall. It stands on a\\ntract of five acres of ground in the western part of the vil-\\nlage, is built of brick, and is 40 by 40 feet in dimensions,\\nwith four floors. It was formally opened and dedicated\\nNov. 14, 1872, the dedicatory address being delivered by\\nRev. T. C. Pitkin, D.D., of St. Paul s, Detroit. The girls\\nschool Ridley Hall was not then completed, but on that\\noccasion considerable sums to further that object were sub-\\nscribed by other parishes. The walls of the building\\nwhich is the same in size as Latimer Hall had been put\\nup at the same time with the latter, but it was not until\\nthe fall and winter of 1875 that the work was carried for-\\nward to completion, or so far as they were ever completed.\\nBut one wing of each building, as provided in the plans,\\nwas erected. Ridley Hall occupies a beautiful location in\\nthe eastern part of the village, on a lot containing IJ acres.\\nIt was opened in charge of Ezra Bauder, from Virginia,\\nduring the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Applegate, the successor\\nto Rev. 0. E. Fuller. The former, while in charge of the\\naff airs of the parish at Fenton, devoted the greater part of\\nhis time to the schools. Contributions had been forwarded\\nfrom Pennsylvania and other States, but the venture finally,\\nafter a few years of struggle against fate, was necessarily\\ndiscontinued, and the buildings were sold on a mortgage.\\nThe projects of converting Ridley Hall into a ward school,\\nor selling it to the State to be used as a branch of the Deaf\\nand Dumb and Blind Asylum, have been discussed, but\\nthus far with no definite result.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe first religious services in the village were of the class\\nknown only to pioneer settlements where no organization\\nhad been completed, and where missionaries of several\\ndenominations struggled for the mastery. After the log\\nschool-house mentioned had been built, meetings were held\\nin it by different sects, of which the Methodists and Pres-\\nbyterians were principal. The former were first in the\\nfield, and for some time had services but once in four weeks,\\nowing to the fact that the Methodist circuit preachers or\\nmissionaries had such an extensive tract of country to sup-\\nply. After a time they and the Presbyterians convened\\nalternately, once in two weeks, in a building which had\\nbeen erected at the southeast corner of Le Roy Street and\\nShiawiissee Avenue.* This building served all purposes\\nrequired of it, church, public hall. etc.\\nMetliodist Episcopal Vhiirch. f Pearly Methodist meet-\\nings were also held in the house of Judge Daniel Le Roy\\nSee Col. Fenton s article.\\nt From information principally furnished by Oliver AVarren.\\nafter the log school-house had been abandoned. The first\\nMethodist sermon preached in Fenton (then Dibbleville)\\nwas delivered by Rev. Washington Jackson, in January,\\n18;)7. A class was formed on the 19th or 20th of March, in\\nthe same year, by the same person, who was from the Livings-\\nton Mission, in the Adrian Di.strict, of which Rev. William\\nHerr was presiding elder. The class as organized consisted\\nof the following persons, viz: Oliver Warren, Class-Leader\\nLevi Warren, Steward Eleanor Warren, John Thorp,\\nIsaac Thorp, Elizabeth Thorp, and Wealthy Eddy (now the\\nwidow of Peter McColluni). Of these the only survivors\\nare Oliver Warren and Mrs. McCollum.\\nIn 1886 the Michigan Conference embraced the northern\\nparts of Indiatia and Ohio and the whole of the then Terri-\\ntory of Michigan. At the Conference held in the fall of\\nthat year (in Ohio), Mr. Jackson (above mentioned) was\\nappointed to the charge of such classes as had been formed\\nunder the Livingston Mission, and to seek new work. He\\nlaid out a field extending nearly to Grand Rapids, on the\\nGrand, Maple, and Looking-Glass Rivers. After Confer-\\nence the circuit was named Shiawassee, and arranged to\\nbe fully supplied once in four weeks. Mr. Jackson and\\nIsaac Bennett were appointed to it, and each man was ex-\\npected to travel four hundred miles and fill thirty-two ap-\\npointments once in the time. A new district was organized\\nabout this time, known as the Flint River District, and\\nSamuel Shaw was its presiding elder. This was by act of\\nConference in 1837. In 1838 the circuit was divided, re-\\nmaining, however, in the same district, and Rev. Elijah\\nPilcher was appointed presiding elder, and Isaac Bennett\\npreacher in charge, with a work taking three weeks to\\naccomplish. The next year, 1839, Rev. Flavel Britton was\\nappointed to the circuit, Mr. Pilcher retaining his position.\\nMr. Britton remained two years. In 1840, Rev. S. C.\\nStringhani was appointed as a supply to aid him with a four-\\nweeks work. Rev. A. Billings followed Mr. Pilcher as pre-\\nsiding elder. About that time a smaller circuit, having but\\nseven appointments, was organized, and Rev. James Web-\\nster appointed to its charge. It was transferred to the Ann\\nArbor District, of which Rev. Henry Colclazer was presid-\\ning elder, and was afterward changed to the Milford circuit\\n(same district), with Revs. George Bradley and F. Britton,\\npreachers. These were followed by Revs. Alfred Allen and\\nYoung, with L. W. Chatfield, presiding elder. After\\nthis the class was only occasionally supplied, and ministers\\nfor some time came without regular appointments. When\\nthe first church was begun the pastors on the circuit were\\nRevs. William Blades and G. N. Belknap, and when the\\nbuilding was dedicated (July 10, 1853j Rev. George Brown\\nwas pastor. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev.\\nGeorge Smith. This church was a brick building. The\\nheaviest contributors to the fund for erecting it were Oliver\\nAVarren and A. J. Chapin. The foundation was caused to\\ngive way by excavating under the church for a class-room,\\nand the walls fell. Among others who have preached here\\nare Revs. Jefferson Joslin, now of Garland Street Church,\\nat Flint, Orrin Whitmore, Wooster, and others. Oli-\\nver Warren was early licensed to exhort, and traveled the\\ncircuit in company with Rev. Webster.\\nThe first (juarterly meeting in the village was held in", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0292.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "FENTOX TOWNSHIP.\\n229\\nthe lof; scliool-house, in December, 1837. At that time\\nthe class belons:ed to the Shiawassee circuit. The anec-\\ndote rchited by Dexter Horton, in his address at Firemen s\\nHall, in which he speaks of a certain joung licentiate\\nfccttiiig the power, will be noticed. ^Ir. Warren is au-\\nthority for the .statement that this man was the Rov. Mr.\\nJackson, then an ordained deacon in the Conference, and a\\nregular member of the traveling connection. He also says\\nthat the joke of throwing the water caused no harm to any\\none concerned.\\nSince the early days of this church the circuit has been\\nchanged numerous times, and at present Fenton Station\\nbelongs to the Detroit Conference. The present building\\nowned by the society stands on the site of the old one, on\\nNorth Le Roy Street. It was commenced June 29, 18G8,\\nand dedicated Jan. 10, 1869, and cost \u00c2\u00a79549.04, of which\\namount $5000 were raised on the day of dedication, and\\nall indebtedness removed.\\nThe membership in May, 1879, was about oOO, and the\\npastor, Rev. E. E. Caster. A Sunday-school is su.stained,\\nwith a membership of nearly 200, of which Zcra Patterson\\nis the superintendent. The school possesses a library of\\nsome 400 volumes.\\nThe first Sabbath-school in the place has been mentioned\\nby Dr. Pattison. This was merged into a union affair, or-\\nganized by the Methodists and Presbyterians, and number-\\ning from 45 to 50 members. It was held in the frame\\nbuilding now a part of King s Hotel. Joseph S. Fenton\\nwas the first superintendent, and among the teachers was\\nMrs. Eliza Chapin, wife of Alonzo J. Chapin.\\nPresbyterian Church. The second religious organiza-\\ntion in the village was that formed by the Presbyterians,\\nFeb. 28, 1840, with 17 members, by Rev. John Gray,\\nof Utiea, Macomb Co. The church as organized was\\ncalled The First Presbyterian Church of Fentouville.\\nThe following were the original members\\nSilas Newell and wife, and George II. Newell, from\\nSodus John Hadley, Jr. Sophia Hadley John Fenwick\\nand wife, from Clyde, N. Y. James K. Wartman and\\nwife, from White Lake, Mich. Benjamin Rockwell and\\nwife. New York City John C. Gallup and wife. Mount\\nClemens, Mich. Daniel Le Roy and wife, Pontiac, Mich.\\nEliza McOinber, Fentonville, Mich. and Lucy Le Roy,\\nGrand Blanc, Mich.\\nThe following ruling elders were elected and ordained\\nJohn C. Gallup, Chairman Silas Newell, Deacon Benja-\\nmin Rockwell, Clerk John Hadley, Jr. After the fore-\\ngoing business was transacted, the session adjourned to meet\\nat the house of Benjamin Rockwell, March 1, 1840. At\\nthe meeting subsecjuently convened the following addi-\\ntional persons were admitted to membership ElLsha Lamed,\\nGeorge Dibble, Sarah Ballard, Jane Fenwick, Jacob V anden-\\nburgh, Ira C. Alger, Mrs. Lucy Thorp. Benjamin Rock-\\nwell and wife removed to Flint early in 1841. From June\\n1 until Sept. 1, 1841, Rev. P. S. Van Nest served the\\nchurch as stated supply, and then ceased because of feeble\\nhealth. In 1843, when located at Flint, he preached at\\nFenton, as did also Rev. L. P. Bates, of Pontiac. Rev. P.\\nII. Burghardtwas the second pastor, coming Dec. 24, 1843,\\nand remaining one year. Rev. I. Hopkins, D.D., was mod-\\nerator of the session June 8, 1845, and Rev. John G. At-\\nterbury, of Flint, Feb. 1 184G. Rev. John Beach, of Flint,\\nwas moderator from July 5, 1846, until May, 1848, when\\nthe name of Rev. T. Waterbury appears, he remaining\\nuntil June 15, 1851. Rev. Andrew Govan was moderator\\nJune 26, 1852.\\nMrs. Lucy Thorpe, one of those who united with the\\nchurch March 1, 1840, met her death in February, 1854,\\nby falling from a load of hay while on the public road. She\\nwa.s sixty-nine years of age.\\nRev. Govan s pastorate terminated March 26, 1854. He\\nwas succeeded the same year by Rev. James McLaurin,\\nwho remained until the spring of 1860, when Rev. Thom.is\\nWright assumed charge. Aug. 27, 1860, thirty-nine per-\\nsons were granted letters of dismi.ssion and recommendation\\nto unite with the church newly formed at Holly, Oakland\\nCo. Mr. Wright remained until February, 1864, and\\nwas succeeded in May following by Rev. E. Dickenson,\\nRev. Mr. Leonard, of Detroit, having supplied the pulpit\\nin the interim from February to iMay. Mr. Dickenson s\\nlabors here closed in the latter portion of 1867, and Rev.\\nNathan Bangs Knapp became the pastor Jan. 1, 1868,\\nremaining until the close of 1869. From that time until\\nFeb. II!, 1870, Rev. Mr. Waldo, of Linden, acted as supply;\\nand at that date Rev. C. W. Wallace, of Delphi, Ind., be-\\nsran a series of mectiiisrs, and commenced labor as stated\\nsupply April 3d following. He closed his work here March\\n30, 1873, and on the 20th of the succeeding April Rev. D.\\nH. Taylor began as stated supply. He was elected pastor\\non the 23d of November, in the same year, and still holds\\nthe position.\\nElisha Lamed and Benjamin Bangs have been ruling\\nelders in this church since Feb. 4, 1856. The others at\\npresent are Charles K. Covert and Galen T. Johnson. The\\nmembers number about 200, of whom 140 are residents.\\nThe Sabbath-school, of which M. Davis is the superin-\\ntendent, has 150 members, and a library of several hundred\\nvolumes.\\nThe first house of worship used by this society was that\\nerected at tlie southeast coi ner of Le Roy Street and Shia-\\nwassee Avenue, now the bar-room of King s Hotel. The\\nsecond was a brick church which stood on Adelaide Street,\\nand was destroyed by fire. The present frame edifice on\\nSouth Lo Roy Street was built about 1860 to 1861, and\\ncost in the neighborhood of $4000.\\nBaptist Church. The Baptist society of Fenton is third\\nin age in the place, having been originally organized at\\nsome date between 1840 and 1848. Previous to 1849 it\\nwas disbanded, part of the members going to Linden and\\nthe others to Rose, Oakdale Co. A new society was or-\\nganized at Fenton, in March, 1850, by Rev. A. Lamb, of\\nParshallville, Livingston Co. Meetings were held in the\\nschool-house on the north side of the river. About 1856-\\n57 a hall was built by Rev. John Booth, then pastor, which\\nis still .standing on Le Roy Street, south of Mr. Cranson s\\nbank. This was occupied by the society until the present\\nstone church was built. The pastors succeeding Mr. Lamb\\nwere Revs. John Booth, Prof S. A. Taft (supply for sis\\nmonths), S. Wilkins, John Ilaskins, C. W. Olney, J. N. Tit-\\nteringtoii, J. Ward Stone, and the present incumbent of the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0293.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "230\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nposition, Rev. S. Albert Northrop. The society as organized\\nin 1850 consisted of H. Lamb and wife, William W. Booth\\n(first clerk and wife, Mr. Thorp and wife, Joseph Thorp, Mr.\\nWeed, Mr. and Mrs. J. St. Clair, Mrs. Dr. Thomas Steere,\\nMrs. Dustin Cheney, Mr. and Mrs. Beall, and one other\\nnot now recollected. Of these but four are left, viz., Joseph\\nThorp, Mrs. St. Clair, Mrs. W. W. Booth, and Mrs. Cheney.\\nThe first Baptist minister who preached in this township\\nwas Elder Jones, of Holly, who delivered an address at\\nLinden from the top of a pile of saw-logs. The member-\\nship of this society on the 8th of May, 1879, was 254,\\nwhich included 100 who had united during Mr. Northrop s\\npastorate of two years. As this is his first charge, his suc-\\ncess must be somewhat flattering. A flourishing Sabbath-\\nschool is sustained, with 164 members and a library of\\nabout 300 volumes. The value of the church property is\\nset at $15,000. The corner-stone of the present substantial\\nstone church was laid in the summer of 1863. After five\\nyears the building was completed, and dedicated May 31,\\n1868, when nearly $6000 of indebtedness was cleared up.\\nIn the fire of April 24, 1879, the church narrowly escaped\\ndestruction, being damaged to the extent of about $200.\\nSf. Judes Church (Episcopal). -This church was or-\\nganized June 7, 1859, with the followiuguamed members:\\nCharles H. Turner, William A. Wiggins, George E. Sloat,\\nR. B. Reed, B. Grace, Ben Birdsall, R. L. Tracy, J. A.\\nGardner, Edward Thorp, William H. Sager, Josiah Buck-\\nbee, Henry C. Riggs, John Vandenburgh, William P. Guest,\\nand P. Y. Foot. Mr. Guest was chosen secretary of the\\nassociation. The first church-meeting was held at Grace s\\nHall, July 18, 1859, when the following ofiicers were\\nelected Edwin Thorp, Senior Warden and Vestryman\\nJohn Vandenburgh, Junior Warden and Vestryman J.\\nA. Gardner, William P. Guest, Charles H. Turner, B.\\nGrace, J. Buckbee, and Pi. L. Tracy, Veistrymen. The\\npresent frame church was built in 1860, and stands south\\nof that owned by the Presbyterians, on Le Roy Street.\\nThe first clergyman who held Episcopal services here was\\nRev. Henry Barnwall, now of Port Huron, who came occa-\\nsionally, as did also Rev. Mr. Dooley afterwards. The first\\nsettled clergyman was Rev. 0. E. Fuller, who took charge\\nin February, 1865. He had previously resided at Saginaw.\\nFeb. 1, 1869, he resigned in order to devote his time and\\nattention more fully to the Trinity schools, which had been\\nestablished here. He was several times recalled to serve as\\nrector ai terwards. Revs. A. B. Flower and Robert Wood\\noflBciated at different times as his assistants. Rev. John\\nW. Clark was rector about three months, but resigned, and\\nwas succeeded by Mr. Fuller. He in turn resigned, and in\\nMarch, 1871, a call was sent to Rev. Lewis L. Rogers, who\\naccepted, and assumed charge on Palm Sunday, April 2,\\n1871. In October, 1873, Mr. Rogers resigned, and Mr.\\nFuller was again called to the rectorship, beginning his\\nlabors in January, 1874. He finally resigned in April,\\n1875, and, in August following. Rev. L. W. Applegate, of\\nMauch Chunk, Pa., took charge, having been chosen rector\\nJune 1, 1875. In June. 1877, he resigned. Mr. Rogers\\naccepted a second call, and has continued in the position to\\nthe present. The communicants numbered in the early\\npart of May, 1879, about 50. The Parish Social has 25\\nmembers. A Sunday-school is kept up, with some 35\\nscholars and 7 teachers. It has a library of 150 volumes.\\nA neat parsonage stand.s in the rear of the church, which\\nlatter cost to build about $2000, and is sufiicient in size for\\nall the demands of the society.\\nSt. John s Church Roman. Catholic For some years\\nprevious to 1868 a small Catholic society existed in Fenton,\\nand services were held in private houses, but it was not un-\\ntil the year named that the erection of a church was begun.\\nThe present frame edifice was commenced July 29, 1868,\\nand is not yet completed, although it is hoped the finishing\\ntouches may be put on during the present summer (1879).\\nIts cost, thus far, has been about $2500. The tastily-de-\\nsigned parsonage was built in 1871, during which year the\\nresident clergyman arrived. Rev. Father Thomas Rafter.\\nServices had previously been held by clergymen from Pon-\\ntiac and Hartland, the first ones having been held by a\\nclergyman from Flint, to which this church was then at-\\ntached. Succeeding Father Rafler, the pastors have been\\nRev. Fathers James Wheeler, now at Owasso, Shiawassee\\nCo., and the present one, William Kilroy, who came in\\nSeptember, 1876. Forty-eight families are connected\\nwith this church, some living in Holly, Groveland, Ty-\\nrone, etc. Services are held here every Sunday evening\\nduring the summer, and but once a month during the\\nwinter. Father Kilroy also has churches in Gaines and\\nDeerfield (Livingston County), and missions at Holly,\\nOakland Co., and Cohocton, Livingston Co. No churches\\nhave yet been erected in either of the latter places.\\nMany Catholic families who once resided in and about Fen-\\nton have removed to other and newer-settled localities, as\\nthey were in most instances members of the laboring class,\\nhaving to depend upon job work for their living.\\nA general summary of the business of Fenton at this\\ndate (May 29, 1879) will include about fifty stores of\\nvarious kinds, with the necessary complement of mechanic\\nshops, aside from the institutions more explicitly mentioned.\\nTwo newspapers also flourish, the Fenton Gazette and the\\nFenton Independent, for a description of which, with those\\nearlier published, the reader is referred to the general chapter\\nupon the press of the county.\\nVILLAGE OF LINDEN.\\nThe first settlers in what is now the corporation of Lin-\\nden were Richard and Perry Lamb, and the first white\\nwoman in the place was the wife of the latter, who still re-\\nsides in the village. These persons settled on section 20,\\nin the fall of 1835. A log house was built on Richard s\\nplace, and he remained through the winter, while Perry\\nwent to Ann Arbor, and returned with his family in the\\nspring of 1836. Richard Lamb subsequently removed from\\ntown, and Perry died. His widow became the wife of Max-\\nwell Fisk. For a long time the house of Perry Lamb fur-\\nni.shed accommodations for travelers, and Mrs. Lamb was\\nknown far and wide as an excellent housewife, a courteous\\nentertainer, and a most exemplary pioneer lady.\\nWhen Perry Lamb returned to Linden, in March, 1836,\\nhe brought with him his wife s brother, J. Z. Fairbank,\\nthen a boy. The latter had come from Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nin the fall of 1835, with his fother, Zeflas Fairbank, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0294.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n231\\nlocated in Washtenaw County, where they remained that\\nwinter. The elder Fairbauk iollowed liis son to the village\\nin May, 1836, when the only houses here were those of\\nKichard and Perry Lamb, staudiuj: in its eastern limits,\\nnear the river. Mr. Fairbank purchased land just outside\\nwhat is now the corporation, but subsequently moved within\\nits limits, built and opened the second store, and carried it on\\ntwo or three years, his death occurring in December, 1852,\\nwhile yet in business.\\nMr. Fairbank had studied medicine some, and upon lo-\\ncating at Linden engaged in practice, which became quite\\nextensive. Although not a regularly educated physician,\\nhis services were called into requisition by settlers living in\\nmany instances miles away. He traveled into adjoining\\ntownships, and many an afflicted family had cause to re-\\nmember his kindne.ss and skill. He was the first who prac-\\nticed medicine in Linden, and the second in the township.\\nDr. Pattison, of Fenton, having but a short time preceded\\nhim. When he (Fairbank) moved up with his family from\\nAVashtenaw County, there were no roads after leaving High-\\nland, Oakland Co., and an Indian trail was followed from\\nthere to Dibbleville, where they stayed overnight with\\nDustin Cheney, who brought them to their destination the\\nnext day via Silver Lake, with an ox-team, following also\\nan Indian trail.\\nMr. Fairbank s daughter, Mrs. Perry Lamb, became\\nanxious, in the winter of 183G, to see friends in Ann Ar-\\nbor, fifty miles away, of which distance more than lialf was\\nalong a trail. Accordingly, mounting an Indian pony, and\\nbeing accompanied by a lad named Lorenzo Cheney, she\\nstarted, Cheney going on foot, and bringing back the pony\\nafter Mrs. Lamb had reached her destination.\\nHuckleberries and wild plums were abundant in the\\nneighborhood, and J. Z. Fairbank relates that he and his\\nsister Mrs. Lamb used to cross the Shiawassee on a log,\\nand go huckleberrying. The settlers at Linden, in common\\nwith others in this region, experienced considerable trouble\\nfrom a scarcity of provisions. On one occasion, Mr. Fair-\\nbank and his son, Francis C, went to Ann Arbor, purchased\\n43 pounds of pork, paying 18 cents per pound, and walked\\nback with it to Linden, first one carrying the load and\\nthen the other. It was in a sack, and they were very care-\\nful of their burden, as pork was consi lcred by the pioneers\\nmore precious than gold. The only music the settlers\\nhad was that furnished by the wolves, who howled in ex-\\nciting chorus the long nights througli.\\nThe fires which annually swept across the country had\\nkept down vegetation to such a degree that an insufficient\\n(juantity had decayed to enrich the soil to a great degree,\\nand it w;is consecjuently thin and poor. The first crops\\nraised yielded only from three to seven bushels per acre,\\nbut in a few years as soon as fences were built and fires\\nkept down the .soil deepened and the yield rapidly in-\\ncreased. After a year or two of cultivation cvwylxidi) be-\\ncame sick, and many left, discouraged. It is to be remarked,\\nhowever, that a large proportion of those who left returned\\nin time and located permanently.\\nOf the family of Zeuas Fairbank, one son, James, for\\nsome time a merchant in Linden, now lives in Nebraska;\\nanother, Dr. Henry C. Fairbank, is a resident of Flint, and\\nenjoys an extensive practice while two others, La Fayette\\nand Jerome Z., are still at Linden.\\nAsahel Ticknor, who settled at the village in 1836, was\\nfrom the State of New York, to which he returned after a\\nresidence of a few years in Michigan. He was a veteran\\nof the war of 1812.\\nByraiu Lake, immediately south of Linden, was named\\nfrom Charles Byram, who settled on its north shore in\\nFebruary, 1836. His brother, Joseph Byram, arrived\\nshortly after. The first election for the township of Argen-\\ntine was held in the board shanty belonging to Charles\\nByram, in the fall of 1836.\\nSeth C. Sadler, from Monroe Co., N. Y., a native of\\nMassachusetts, emigrated to Michigan, in 1831, and settled\\nin Oakland County, where he lived for several years in the\\ntownships of Bloomfield and Troy. In October, 1835, he\\npurchased 120 acres of land on sections 31 and 32, in\\nFenton township, built a small shanty thereon, and early\\nin February, 1836, moved up his family from Oakland\\nCounty a few days before the arrival in town of Charles\\nByram. When !Mr. Sadler came his nearest neighbor on\\nthe west was John Knaggs, a half-breed Indian trader, in\\nShiawassee County. In the spring of the same year James\\nMurray, William LobdefJvanJ others located west of him,\\nin what is now the townshipT ^Argentine. In what now\\nconstitutes Fenton township, the only persons then living\\nwere Lauren P. lliggs, Clark Dibble, Dustin Cheney, John\\nWilber, and James Thorp. Others who had been here had\\nmoved away. Of those mentioned Mr. Riggs had moved\\nupon a farm two and one-half miles west of Dibbleville.\\nThe village of Linden dates its origin from Feb. 3, 1840,\\nwhen it was laid out by Messrs. Warner k, Harris. Addi-\\ntions have been made since as follows: Walter Davenport s\\naddition, Jan. 28, 1857; Linden Cemetery addition, by\\nJ. Z. Fairbank and Mrs. Fisk (formerly Mrs. Perry Lamb),\\nApril 20, 1870 Fairbank s addition, by J. Z. Fairbank,\\nin the summer of 1878.\\nConsider Warner, one of the original proprietors of the\\nvillage, came here in the fall of 1836, from Genesee Co.,\\nT^. Y., in company with several others, constructed a dam\\nacross the river and erected a saw-mill, the latter in the\\nfall of 1837. The frame of a grist-mill was raised in 1838,\\nand when the latter building was completed it contained\\none run of stones and a tub wheel. It was finally destroyed\\nby fire, as was also the saw-mill, and the property lay idle\\nfor a number of years. In the winter of 1845-4G it was\\npurchased by Messrs. Thompson lleeson, who erected\\nthe frames of a saw-mill and a grist-mill, but did not com-\\nplete them while they were the owners. In 1850, Seth C.\\nSadler purchased the ,suw-mill, and he and M. Warren be-\\ncame proprietors of the grist-mill. They finished the work\\non the buildings and operated the mills successfully. The\\ngrist-mill, which is yet standing, contains three runs of\\nstones, and is owned by I. B. Hyatt.\\nEben* Harris, the partner of Mr. Warner in business,\\nand one of the original proprietors of the village, came\\nhere in the fall of 1838, from Poiitiac, Oakland Co. In\\n1839 the firm opened a store in a frame building which\\nShould tliij be llcnmn Harris?", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0295.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "232\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthey had erected the same year on the same ground where\\nnow stands the west end of the brick Union Block. It\\nhas been moved across tlie street and largely repaired, and\\nis now used as a drug-store by Dr. S. D. Harris.\\nThe frame hotel now known as Springer s Hotel was\\nbuilt by Warner Harris in 1840, the timber being drawn\\nfrom the woods by Alonzo J. Chapin. It was afterwards\\nthe property of Seth C. Sadler, who rebuilt it, and has\\nsince been extensively repaired. It is now owned by\\nMrs. James li. Jloshier, formerly the widow of Henry\\nSpringer.\\nSeth C. Sadler moved from his farm to the village of\\nLinden in April, 1851, and engaged in business, purchasing\\nthe saw-mill and a share in the grist-mill, as stated, also\\nthe hotel. He built a carding-machine and a cloth-dressing\\nmachine in 1851, and operated them in company with\\nothers these were burned after the war of the Rebellion, as\\nwas also the saw-mill. The latter was rebuilt by Joseph A.\\nGardner, now of Petoskey, and a plaster-mill was subse-\\nquently added by the same man. He finally sold to Myron\\nHarris, who built a wagon-factory near, which is known as\\nthe Linden Wagon- Works, and now owned by Harris\\nBeach, who manufacture on quite an extensive .scale.\\nJonathan Shephard, who died in 1878, was one of the\\nearly settlers of Linden, coming with Consider Warner\\nfrom the State of New York, and helping build the first\\nmills at the place.\\nBenaiah Sanborn settled at Linden in the fall of 1836,\\nand on the .site of the present Union Block built the first\\nlog shanty that was erected in the main part of the village.\\nTwo others were constructed at nearly the same time, by\\nRichard Newton and Joseph Irving, the latter a Scotch-\\nman. Mr. Sanborn came from Genesee Co., N. Y., in\\ncompany with Consider Warner, for whom he worked that\\nwinter and helped build the saw-mill. In the following\\nspring (1837) he removed to a farm south of Fliut, where\\nhe died in 18G1. His son, Rev. O. Sanborn, a minister of\\nthe IMethodist denomination, is now in charge of that\\nchurch at Linden, serving his second term of three years.\\nHe was but ten years old when his father moved here with\\nthe family. Mr. Warner did not bring his fiimily with him\\nwhen be first came, but boarded with some of those who\\ncame with him, either with Mr. Sanborn or Jlr. Newton.\\nHis foreman, Heman Harris, boarded with the former.\\nThe first bridge across the Shiawassee River at Linden\\nwas a log structure which stood about a hundred rods\\nabove the present dam, and was built at some date between\\n183G and 1840, probably in 183G or 37, as, when the dam\\nwas raised, it was carried ofi by tlie water. Soon after, a\\nframe bridge was thrown across at the same place where\\nthe stream is now spanned, and since then several have\\nbeen built, all, including the present one, frame.\\nThe first marriage in the village was that of Jared Ball\\nand a Miss Sage, which was solemnized about 1840-41.\\nLafiiyette Fairbank and Almeda Hunt were also married\\nearly, a.s were Walter Davenport and Lucinda Hunt, and\\nAlden Tupper and Louisa Lamb.\\nThe first school in Linden was taught in a long, low-\\nroofed, one-story shanty which stood in front of the grist-\\nmill, by a daughter of Abel D. Hunt, in the summer of I\\n1839. Hunt had settled here the same year.* The house\\nwas a temporary affair which had been used as a boarding-\\nhouse by the men at work building the saw-mill. Walter\\nBrown taught at the same place the following winter. This\\nschool, although the first in the main settlement, was not\\nthe first in the vicinity, as another had been taught in 1838,\\nthree-fourths of a mile east, by Walter Brown. The first\\nbuilding erected purposely for a school-house in what are\\nnow the corporate limits of the village was a log edifice\\nwhich stood in the southeast corner thereof. A frame\\nstructure was afterwards built on the street running south\\nfrom the hotel and Union Block, and about thirty rods\\nsouth of the hotel. The log house was built about 1840.\\nLouisa Hillman and John Morris were among its early\\nteachers. It was used but about two years, or until the\\nframe building was erected.\\nNorth of Linden the first school was taught in the sum-\\nmer of 1840 in a small frame school-house, built by the\\ndistrict on the north end of Morris Ripley s farm. The\\nteacher was a lady, whose name is forgotten. This school-\\nhouse has been removed and a new one erected farther east.\\nThe Linden post-office was established in the fall of\\n1850, principally through the eflFurts of Seth C. Sadler, and\\nClaudius T. Thompson received the first appointment as\\npostmaster. His successors have been William II. Cook,\\nFrank Fry, Charles Brown, and the present incumbent, N.\\nB. Cochran.\\nJames Fairbank, now in Nebraska, about 1865-66, built\\nthe first brick store in Linden, and opened a hardware es-\\ntablishment in it. The building is now owned by Myron\\nHarris, who has enlarged it to accommodate his business.\\nIt stands opposite (west of) Springer s Hotel.\\nThe brick Union Block, on the north side of the main\\nstreet and oppo.site the hotel, was built in 1868-69, under\\nthe superintendence of I. B. Hyatt. The parties owning\\nthe property and who built the block were William Mid-\\ndlesworth, Hyatt Moshier, J. J. Johnson, Charles Brown,\\nW. H. Cook, and Allen Leonard, beginning at the west end.\\nOf these, Middlesworth is dead Moshier went out to\\ntake charge of tiie hotel and Leonard s part is owned by\\nAsa Whitehead. The others still remain.\\nJames B. Moshier came to Linden in January, 1852,\\nand in 1860 engaged in the mercantile business, which he\\ncontinued until May 1, 1879, when he relinquished it in\\norder to attend to the affairs of the hotel. He is from\\nWarren Co., N. Y.\\nI. B. Hyatt also located here in January, 1852, and en-\\ntered into business with his brother, Jacob Hyatt. Their\\nstock considered large in those days consisted of a wagon-\\nload of goods which had been purchased at and brought\\nfrom Detroit. I. B. Hyatt subsequently entered partner-\\nship with J. B. Moshier, with whom he long continued. He\\nis the present owner of the grist-mill, and was the first\\nMaster of the Linden Masonic lodge.\\nCharles Brown, still in business in the Union Block,\\nstarted the first drugstore in the place, in 1858, and has\\ncontinued since in the same line of trade. He came from\\nthe State of New York.\\nA. D. Hunt, Jr., informs us that he came in 183S, and his father\\nin 1836. The above was obtained from other parties. IIisTOiti.\\\\N.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0296.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n233\\nAbout 1858-59 a foundry was built and started by\\nStephen Clark, who did general furnace work, and in two\\nor three years added a steam stave-cutter. The foundry is\\nnow the property of Sadler Lobdell.\\nThe addition laid out by Walter Davenport near the\\nrailroad is tailed North Linden. About 1857, a hotel was\\nbuilt near the depot by Mr. Davenport, since deceased.\\nThe present proprietor is William Gamber. The frame\\nelevator and warehouse near by was built about 1868, by\\nJoseph Middlesworth, and is still owned by him. Grain,\\nlime, salt, land-plaster, etc., are handled. Mr. Middles-\\nworth s father, John Middlesworth, settled in Argentine\\ntownship in 1838, coming from New Jersey. He pur-\\ncha. !ed 1600 acres of land in the southwestern part of said\\ntownship from second hands. He is now deceased.\\nLinden Cemetery. Perry Lamb, at an early date, gave\\nto the town.ship half an acre of land, to be used for burial\\npurposes, and afterwards sold an additional half-acre for SIO.\\nSiibsefjuently F. C. Fairbank added half an acre on the\\neast side, laid it out into 40 lots, and sold it for \u00c2\u00a720. J.\\nZ. Fairbank and his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Fisk (widow of\\nPerry Lamb), have since added 181 lots, and the cemetery\\nnow contains about 3V acres. Of this one acre that\\ngiven and sold by Perry Lamb is free to the township,\\nwhile the balance is owned by the individuals who made\\nthe additions. The first person buried in it was James\\nBall, a millwright by trade, who, in August, 1836, while\\nbuilding a mill at Shiawasseetown, in Shiawassee County,\\nfell about eight feet, striking on a rock and killing him.\\nHe lived at Linden, where the funeral sermon was preached\\nby Rev. Hiram Madison, a Free-Will Baptist minister, and\\none of the first of that denomination who preached in this\\nneighborhood.\\nLinden Lodge, No. 132, F. and A. M., was organized\\nunder dispensation early in 1861, and chartered Jan. 10,\\n1862. It started with 7 members and has at present about\\n90. Its first Master was I. B. Hyatt. The hall is in\\nUnion Block. Three of the members belong to Fenton\\nCouimandery, No. 14, K. T., and several arc Iloyal Arch\\nMasons. The officers for 1879 are: Worshipful Master,\\nA. H. Bcjich Senior Warden, George West; Junior\\nWarden, A. B. Hyatt Sec, James McFarland Treas.,\\nJames B. ^lo.shier Senior Deacon, John Sleman Junior\\nDeacon, L. Fairbank.\\nStrict Account Lodge, No. 276, O. O. F., was organ-\\nized March 17, 1876, with 11 members. Its first executive\\nofficer was E. 11. Parker. The present membership is\\nabout 40, and the officers arc Noble Grand, Warren G.\\nRijiley Vice-Grand, Albert Billings; Treas., J. G. Hicks;\\nSec, E. D. Webber; Permanent Secretary, Frank Luce;\\nTreas., J. G. Hicks.\\nLinden Division, No. 103, Sous of Temperance, was\\norganized Jan. 25, 1877, with about 30 members, and had\\nat the beginning of May, 1879, about 150, with the following\\nofficers, viz. Worthy Patriarch, E. D. Webber Worthy\\nAs.sociate, William Collins; Past Worthy Patriarch, John G.\\nSnook Recording Scribe, William Hyatt Assistant Re-\\ncording Scribe, Miss Jenny Cooper; Treas., Thomas Gerow\\nFinancial Scribe, Arthur Webber; Cha|)lain, Mrs. Alfred\\nCooper; Conductor, Silas Henry; A.ssistant Conductor,\\n30\\nMiss Annie Gerow In.side Sentinel, Joseph Miller Out-\\nside Sentinel, L. M. Ilowe.\\nThe first religious society in the village was organized\\nprevious to 1838 by the Free-Will Baptists, and kept up\\nfor a considerable number of years. Its first minister was\\nRev. Mr. Jones, from Holly, Oakland Co., who preached\\nhis first serman here as early as 1837, from a pile of saw-\\nlogs in the mill-yard. Rev. Hiram Madison was also early,\\nhaving preached a funeral sermon in August, 1836, as\\nmentioned.* The early meetings were held in the log\\nhouses and barns of the pioneers, and afterwards the school-\\nhouses were pre.s.sed into service. The Baptists have no\\norganization here at present.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. The second religious or-\\nganization in the place was formed by the Jlethodists, who\\norganized a class about 1838-39, and had services in con-\\nnection with the church at Fenton. An early minister was\\nRev. Daniel Miller, a local preacher, who was sent here .as\\na missionary from Miller s Settlement, now Hamilton Sta\\ntion, on the Chicago and Lake Huron Railway. Among\\nthe pastors since the organization of the society have been\\nRevs. 0. H. P. Green, R. McConnell, P. 0. Johnson,\\nJames Armstrong, Joseph Shank, John G. Whitcomb, T.\\nJ. Joslin, D. W. Hammond, Orlando Sanborn, John Ham-\\nilton, and Mr. Sanborn a second time, he being at present\\nin charge. Linden Circuit has charges in Fenton, Ar-\\ngentine, and Mundy townships. The only church edifice\\namong the Fenton township charges is at Linden. It was\\ncommenced in the summer of 1867 and dedicated Oct. 18,\\n1868. The other two churches on the circuit are located,\\none at Argentine, built and dedicated in 1873, and the\\nother at South Mundy, dedicated in December, 1872, hav-\\ning been built that year. All three are frame buildings.\\nThe appointments on the circuit are at the following places,\\nviz. Linden, head of Long Lake, and Sand Bar school-\\nhouse, in Fenton township Argentine and Dodder school-\\nhouse, in Argentine; and South 5Iundy church, in Mundy.\\nThe membership of these is as follows Linden, 149 Long\\nLake, 53 Sand Bar school-house, 25 South Mundy, 90\\nDodder school-house, 27 Argentine, 34. Mr. Sanborn\\nhas the supervision of the entire circuit, and by the aid of\\nlocal preachers all the appointments are regularly filled.\\nTlie Long Lake class was first organized in 1837, at or\\nnear the Odell school-house in Mundy it was afterwards\\nchanged to a location near the township line, where a log\\nchurch was built, ami was finally transferred to Long Lake.\\nThe South Mundy class was organized in 1840 the Ar-\\ngentine class in February, 1869, by Rev. J. W. Holt, with\\nB. G. Whitney as fir.st cla.ss-lcader, attached to Linden\\ncircuit in 1870, having been previously on Oak Grove\\ncircuit Blair school-house class, in Fenton, organized in\\nFebruary, 1867, by Rev. James Berry, B. F. Hitchcock\\nfirst class-leader, changed since to Dodder school-house in\\nArgentine.\\nLinden circuit was organized in the Conference of 18G9,\\nTlioro sccins to bo some disngrvcmcnt in dates. It is stnted thnt\\nMr. .loncs was (lie first Hapti^t minister here, and so generally con-\\needed. nnd tliat lie first pri-aclied from tile s;iw-Io;;s. Tf tlie inill was\\nbuilt in IS:i7 this slalcnicnt would seem to lie at fault, t erhaps the\\nmystery may be solved by some old settler, altbo.ugh the above inl or-\\nuuition is vouched for by nuuienius persons.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0297.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "234\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand Rev. D. W. Hammond appointed pastor. The classes\\nthen connected were Linden, Long Lake, South Mundy,\\nKennedy school-house, and Blair school-house. Rev. Or-\\nlando Sanborn was appointed to the circuit in 1870, and\\nremained three years. During that time a debt of $1000\\non the church at Linden was cleared up, and the churches\\nbuilt at Mundy and Argentine, at a cost of \u00c2\u00a72500 each.\\nThe organizations of this denomination in Mundy and Ar-\\ngentine, belonging to the Linden circuit, are the only ones\\nof the kind in those townships. The church at Fenton is\\nseparate from this circuit.*\\nThe Preshi/terian Chnrch at Xi/irfen was organized about\\n1863, during the war of the Rebellion, and the present\\nframe church built at the same time, at a cost of about\\n$1700. The first pastor was Rev. Thomas Wright. Those\\nsince have been Revs. Herrick, Wallace, and\\nD. H. Taylor, the latter now in charge and living at Fenton,\\nbeing the pastor also of the church at that place. The\\nmembership of the Linden ciuirch is about 55. A good\\nSabbath-school is sustained with an attendance of about 70.\\nIt po.ssesses a library of 200 volumes or more, and is super-\\nintended by A. B. Hyatt. Both church and school are in\\ngood condition.\\nINCORPORATION.\\nThe village of Linden was incorporated by act of the\\nLegislature in 1871. The first village election was held\\non the 6th of March of that year, when the following\\nofficers were chosen, viz. President, William H. Cook\\nClerk, L. D. Cook Marshal, E. H. Spencer Treasurer,\\nMyron Harris Assessor, James B. Moshier Trustees\\n(two years), John J. Castle, I. B. Hyatt, L. H. Pierce\\n(one year), Parley Warner, L. A. Curtis, J. Z. Fairbank.\\nThe presidents and trustees of the village since have been\\nthe following\\n1S72. Prcsilent, William II. Cook Trustees (two years), 0. F. Jame-\\nson, Parley Warner, James R. Cooper.\\n1S73. President, Y. E. Benron Trustees (two years), John J. Castle,\\nMicliacl W. Johnson, Julius P. Warren.\\n187-1. President, I3oach J. AVhituey Trustees (two years), Y. E.\\nBenton, Silas K. Warner, James R. Cooper.\\n1.S75. President, Homer B. Smith; Trustees (two years), Allen\\nLeonard, Allen J. Beach, Julius Warren.\\nIS76. President, Silas A. Cook Trustees (t.vo years), Silas K. War-\\nner, Charles Brown, James R. Cooper.\\n1877. President, Myrou Harris; Trustees (two years), Eugene S.\\nCram, Morris L. Groom, Alonzo B. Hyatt.\\n1878. President, Alfred Cooper; Trustees (two years), Anson More-\\nhouse, John J. Castle, George AV. Da\\\\ cni ort.\\n1879. President, Leonard II. Pierce; Clerk, William H. Johnson;\\nTreasurer, John II. Leal; Assessor, Stephen T. Davenport;\\nMarshal, Lorenzo M. Howe; Trustees (two years), Alfred\\nCooper, Seth C. Sadler, Jr., George West.\\nFIRE DEPARTMENT.\\nA fire company was organized June 24, 1871, with 17\\nmembers, and buckets were supplied for use at fires. In\\nthe spring of 1879 the company was furnished with hand\\nextinguishing pumps, the utility of which is to be demon-\\nstrated. Fire wardens are appointed each year, and the\\ncompany is kept up to the regulation standard, 18 members.\\nThe village has suflfered from but few fires, none of which\\nSee Fenton churches.\\nwere extensive, and all except one or two occurred before\\nincorporation.\\nIn May, 1879, the village contained thirteen stores, a\\nfoundry, a wagon-factory (Linden Wagon-Works), a car-\\nriage-fitctory (property of Joseph Beach Son), Betich\\nPlatform Truss Gearing Company s factory, an axe- and\\npick-handle factory (owned by Gerow Orton), a saw-mill,\\na grist-mill, two churches, a graded school, with one brick\\nschool-building and a small frame one, a newspaper called the\\nLinden Record, edited and published by Orlando White,f\\nseveral physicians, of whom the oldest is Dr. Leonard H.\\nPierce, who has practiced here twenty-five years, and the\\nusual number of blacksmith- and other shops found in a\\nplace of the size. Its population is estimated as being in the\\nneighborhood of 800.\\nImmediately north of the village of Linden resides Par-\\nley Warner, who came to the township with his father at\\nan early date, and who happened unfortunately to be tibseut\\nfrom home when called upon for information.\\nFarther north is the farm of Morris Ripley, who came\\nfrom Queenstown, Warren Co., N. Y., to Michigan, in\\n1836, and located land where he now lives. In the fall of\\n1839 he returned to New York and was married, and in\\nthe spring of 1840 brought his wife with him to their\\nfuture abiding-place in Michigan. He had then a log\\nshanty built and one field cleared on the place. At that\\ndate (1840) no one lived in Fenton township north of\\nthem, and a road had not yet been cut through the timber.\\nMr. Ripley s brothers, An.son and Alanson Ripley, followed\\nhim to the township, the former locating three-fourths of a\\nmile east of him, and the latter next south. An.son Rip-\\nley is since deceased, and Alanson resides at present in the\\ntownship of Mundy.\\nMOUNT PLEASANT.\\nJohn and Solomon Cook were probably the first settlers\\nin the immediate vicinity of this village, which was laid\\nout by the former Aug. 8, 1840, and an addition platted\\nby him Oct. 27, 1845. John Cook died many years ago;\\nhis brother still resides here.\\nIn August, 1856, Capt. Charles Bennett, an old lake\\nsailor, came from Washtenaw County and located here.\\nHe was formerly from the State of New York. Since set-\\ntling at this place he has entertained many persons in\\nsearch of pleasure, having fitted grounds and built boats\\npurposely for their accommodation. He is the owner of\\nBennett s Island, in Long Lake, containing about 23\\nacrfes, which has been supplied with tables, sheds, and all\\nnecessaries to make it a most desirable picnic-ground. He\\nowns the boat Mettie Helm, formerly a steamer, now used\\nfor the accommodation of Sunday-school parties, etc. It is\\ntowed by the gay little steamer Evening Star, which\\ncontains the engine formerly in use on the first-named\\nboat, and which was built in 1874 by the captain s son,\\nCapt. W. H. Bennett. The latter also sailed a number of\\nyears on the lakes, and during the winter of 1860-61 he\\nstayed with his father on the island of St. Ignace, in Lake\\nSuperior.\\nf See chapter on the press.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0298.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0299.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "Jerome Z.Fairbank,\\nSeth C.Sadler\\nJ, H PhippS, Photdgr\\nMRS.G.W. BERRYMAN\\nG V/. BERRYMAN.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0300.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:J\\nJM.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0301.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0302.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "FENTON TOWNSHIP.\\n235-\\nCapt. W. H. Bennett and his brother, Charles J. Ben-\\nnett, are the proprietors of a saw-mill at the place, where\\nthe latter built and still owns a small hotel. The present\\nLong Branch House is a large frame hotel which was\\nerected in 1876 by Hugh McKean, who is still the owner.\\nIt is open every .season for boarders and visitors. A small\\ngrist-mill has been recently built on the northeast shore of\\nthe lake, and is owned by Mr. Judson.\\nIDLEWILD.\\nOn the eastern shore of Long Lake, below the nar-\\nrows, Philip H. McOmber settled in 1834, and long kept\\na public-house known as the Long Lake House. A\\nline of stages plying over the road, passing through Fen-\\nton to Flint, brought business to the door. This house\\nwas kept in 18G7 by John Snow. In the fall of 18G8,\\nN. T. Thurber purchased the property with the view of\\nrepairing or rebuilding the house and opening a summer\\nresort which should become popular throughout the imme-\\ndiate region. Extensive repairs were made, and in June,\\n18C9, the house was thrown open to the public with D. W.\\nDenio as landlord. The latter has remained in charge\\nsince, with the exception of one year, wlien he occupied\\nthe Fenton House, at Fenton, Cornelius Bergen admin-\\nistering the affairs of Idlewild. This has become the pop-\\nular resort desired by its projector. A commodious steamer\\nwas built in the spring of 1875, named the George C.\\nLangdon, after the then mayor of Detroit, who comes here\\nwith his family every summer. No finer sheet of water\\nfor its size can be found in the State, and Idlewild and\\nLong Branch and Mount Pleasant have become\\nwidely and favorably known.\\nReport of Townsh\\nip Schools\\nfor the Year Ending September 2, 1878.\\nPlSTBICTS.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a\\n(sin\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a\\ne u\\n(3\\nc v\\nc\\n0.\\ni\\nc\\n3\\na\\n5\u00c2\u00ab\\n1%\\na! f-^\\n111\\nNlIMDKR OF ScnOOL-\\nUOUSKS.\\n3\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\\na\\n2\\nNUMBKB OF\\nTbaciikrs.\\nTEACllF.llb\\nWages.\\nBrick.\\nFrame.\\n1\\nHale.\\nFemale.\\nllale.\\nFemale.\\nNo. 1\\n762\\n186\\n29\\n53\\n22\\n41\\n32\\n44\\n21\\n694\\n108\\n22\\n49\\n15\\n44\\n29\\n36\\n19\\n47\\n7\\n3\\ni\\n2000\\n143\\n160\\n160\\n162\\n165\\n160\\n157\\n3\\n1\\n560 sio.noo\\n3\\n1\\n1\\n1\\nl\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n$2,000\\n450\\n86\\n44\\n$2,800\\n390 20\\n32.50\\nS3\\n101.62\\n36\\n10\\n36.60\\n48\\n35;\\n4\\n140\\n40\\n60\\n45\\n60\\n40\\n611\\n44\\n1,200\\n500\\n600\\n400\\n800\\n200\\n1.000\\n600\\na\\n6\\n120\\n157\\n150\\n100\\n8\\n105-\\nlis\\nTotal receipts for school year, $10,000.94; amount on\\nhand Sept. 2, 1878, $903.54 expenditures, less amount on\\nhand, \u00c2\u00a79097.40 number of private or select schools in\\ntownship, 3 number of pupils attending same (estimated),\\n50.\\nTho.se who read the foregoing history of Fenton town-\\nship, with its villages, etc., will readily perceive that its com-\\npilation has been a work of no small magnitude. To those\\nwho have furnished information earnest thanks are hereby\\ntendered, and if, in the mass of matter presented, there\\nshould be a few inaccuracies, it must be remembered that\\nto straighten a mass of conflicting testimony and place /uc/*\\nin print is an almost impossible ta.sk. However, the belief\\nof the historian is that his labors have not been in vain, and\\nhe feels confident that a reliable history is here presented.\\nAmong those who have aided him in his researches are the\\nfollowing, viz.\\nAt Fenton, Alonzo J. Chapin and wife, Robert Le Roy,\\nDr. Isaac Wixom, Kli.sha Larned, Charles II. Turner, Wil-\\nliam Remington, Maxwell Thompson, Joseph Thorp, Mrs.\\nDuslin Cheney and I amily, the pastors and many members\\nof churches, members of various societies, proprietors of\\nnewspapers, manufactories, etc., and many whose names are\\nnot recalled.\\nAt Linden, Seth C. Sadler, J. Z. Fairbank, Myron Har-\\nris, I. B. Hyatt, Rev. Orlando Sanborn, James B. Mo.shier,\\nand others.\\nIn various parts of the town.ship, J. P. C. Riggs, Mrs. Mor-\\nris Ripley, D. W. Denio, the family of Capt. Charles Ben-\\nnett, and many others.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nFnict onal diatrlcts.\\nJEROME Z. FAIRBANK.\\nJerome Z. Fairbank, son of Zenas Fairbank, was born\\nin the town of Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1827.\\nWhen eight years of age his father removed with his family\\nto Michigan, settling in Washtenaw County, where he re-\\nmained until the following May, when he removed to the\\ntown of Fenton, whither his son Jerome had preceded him,\\nand where he resided until his death, which occurred in\\nDecember, 1852.\\nThe early life of Mr. Fairbank was replete witli hard-\\nship and privation, and as showing their impecunious con-\\ndition on their arrival in Michigan, and what they had to\\ncontend with in consequence, Mr. Fairbank relates that\\ntheir household goods were held in Detroit for a freight\\nbill of nine dollars. But industry and energy seldom go\\nunrewarded. In a comparatively short space of time they\\nwere in ea.sy circumstances. When nineteen yeare of age\\nhe made his first purchase of thirty-nine acres of land,\\nrunning in debt two hundred dollars. On attaining his\\nmajority he found himself free from debt, and possessed of\\na yoke of oxen and .some farm implements. From this", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0303.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "236\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntime success attended his efforts, and the little farm of\\nthirty-nine acres has increased in size until he now counts\\none hundred and eighty acres of valuable land under a high\\nstate of cultivation.\\nIn December, 1857, Mr. Fairbank was married to Miss\\nAmelia Clark, of Linden. She was born in Eaton, Madi-\\nson Co., N. Y., March 27, 1825. Four children have\\nbeen born to them, three of whom are now living.\\nMr. Fairbank has been prominently identified with Lin-\\nden in all its interests, and occupies an enviable position\\namong its more prominent citizens. He has taken a deep\\ninterest in educational matters, and has been an active\\nmember of the school board for years. In his religious\\naffiliations he is a Presbyterian, and a zealous supporter of\\nchurch interests. All in all, Mr. Fairbank is one of those\\ncourteous. Christian gentlemen, whose identification with\\nany community is always productive of good.\\nSETH C. SADLER\\nwas born in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass., March 12, 1809.\\nHe was the son of John and Sarah (Church) Sadler, who\\nhad a family of nine children. When a child his father\\nremoved to Madison Co., N. Y., where he remained until\\nSeth was seven years of age. The elder Sadler was a\\nblacksmith by trade, and a steady-going, industrious man.\\nSeth remained with his father until he was twenty years\\nof age, when he married Miss Sarah Andei-son, and bought\\na small farm, upon which he remained uutil 1831, when,\\ndesirous of bettering his fortunes, he exchanged it for\\neighty acres of new land in the town of Bloomfield, Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., and in September of that year moved on\\nto it with his family, then consisting of his wife and one\\nchild, Seth C, Jr. Mr. Sadler remained upon this farm\\nuntil the following spring, when he sold it. After several\\nchanges, he bought, in 1835, one hundred and twenty acres\\nof land in the town of Fenton. He immediately removed,\\nand has since been a resident of the town. In 1850 he\\nexchanged his farm for sixty acres, which comprised nearly\\nall of what is now the business portion of Linden. The\\nland was for the most part unimproved, there being only\\nsix or seven families in the town. In connection with the\\nproperty there was a saw- and grist-mill, which he operated\\nsuccessfully until about 1864.\\nMr. Sadler has been engaged in various business enter-\\nprises, and has probably done as much as any other man\\nin building up the village of Linden. Since 1850 he has\\nbeen actively engaged in business. Owing to his energy\\nand good management he has been successful in all his un-\\ndertakings. Mr. Sadler has filled many responsible posi-\\ntions with fidelity to the trust reposed in him, and with\\ncredit to himself For over forty years he has served his\\nfellow-townsmen in various capacities. He has been prom-\\ninent in political matters, but has always shunned rather\\nthan courted political preferment.\\nHe is now in the seventieth year of his age, and is still\\nhale and hearty, and possessed of much of his old-time\\nenergy. He has achieved success in all departments of\\nlife, and is an exemplar of the capabilities of character\\nand manhood.\\nGEORGE W. BERRYMAN,\\none of the prominent farmers of Fenton, was born in the\\ntown of Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 2-t, 1822. He\\nwas the eldest in the family of John and Catherine (Covert)\\nBerryraan, which consisted of five children. The elder\\nBcrryman was a prominent farmer, and met his death by\\naccident when George was eleven years of age. Although\\na mere boy, he assumed control of his father s affairs, which\\nhe conducted successfully. At the age of sixteen he\\nstarted in life by taking jobs of various kinds, among\\nwhich were several contracts on the New Y^ork Central\\nRailroad. Although young, what he lacked in years and\\nexperience he made up by energy and application and all\\nhis projects were successfully carried out.\\nIn 1849, Mr. Berryman was united in marriage with\\nAngeline, daughter of James and Sally Seymour, of Vestal,\\nBroome Co., N. Y., where Mrs. Berryman was born July\\n28, 1825. After their marriage, he purchased a farm in\\nAurelius, where he resided until his emigration to Michi-\\ngan in 1867, at which time he purchased the farm where\\nhe now resides, a view of which we present on another\\npage.\\nMr. Berryman is a prominent and successful agriculturist,\\nand his highly-cultivated fields and commodious buildings\\nattest his thrift and enterprise.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0304.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0305.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "T^T f^y^p^^.^irf!", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0306.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC.\\nGrand Blanc, the oldest township orijanizatioii in Gene-\\nsec County, is situated upon the south hurdcr, and is desig-\\nnated b} the United States survey as township No. G north,\\nrange No. 7 east.\\nIts boundaries on the north, east, and west are the re-\\nspective townships of Burton, Atlas, and Mundy, in Gene-\\nsee County, and Oakland County on the south.\\nThe surface is a rolling upland. Originally, the northern\\npart was covered with dense forests of the deciduous trees\\nso common to Michigan, while the central and southern\\nparts of the township afforded a fair representation of the\\nlands called hazel-brush openings.\\nThread River, its principal water-course, takes its ri.se in\\nOakland County, and flowing to the northwest, leaves the\\ntown near the centre of the north border. This stream in\\nits course affords good water-power privileges, which are\\nnot utilized, and, with its numerous small tributaries, renders\\nfea.sible the complete system of ditching and drainage now\\nbeing adopted where swampy lands exist.\\nGrand Blanc Lake includes a small portion of section\\n31 Slack s Lake, of sections 34 and 35. A small lake\\nof some 20 acres in extent, called Smith Lake, is situated\\nupon section 22. Numerous springs are found in various\\nparts of the township, some of them quite strongly impreg-\\nnated with magnesia.\\nThe soil is of an excellent quality, and consists of a dark,\\nsandy, and gravelly loara, alternating with clay loam and\\nalluvial deposits of a vegetable character.\\nPeat beds are found in some portions of the township,\\nalso brick and potter s clay of a good quality. Iron ore,\\nin small quantities, exists iu the northwest and central\\nparts.\\nTlie people are agriculturists chiefly, the staple pro-\\nducts being live stock, wool, j)ork, corn, fruits, and the\\nvarious cereals. In the cultivation of winter wheat they\\nare especially successful.\\nThe population in 1874 was 1389.\\nLAND-ENTRIES.\\nTiie first entry for land in township (t north, range 7\\neast, was made by William Thompson and Charles Little,\\nof Livingston Co., N. Y., and Samuel B. Perkins, from\\nOntario Co., N. Y. all of whom made purchases at the\\nsame date, viz. June 17, 1824.\\nThompson s purchase embraced the northeast quarter\\nand cast half of the southeast quarter of section 9, and the\\nsouthwest (juarter of section 10, in all a tract of 500 acres.\\nLittle s the .southeast quarter of section 15 while Perkins\\nchose the west half of the northwest quarter of the .same\\nsection. All of section 15 was taken up prior to July 4,\\n1829. Edmund and Rowland B. Perry purcha.scd the cast\\nhalf of the southwest quarter of section 11 Oct. 20, 1825,\\nand the east half of the northwest quarter of section 14\\neight days later. Other early entries were by Augustus\\nM. Button, on section 11, Sept. 15, 1827; Edward H.\\nSpencer, section 9, May 25, 1827; Simeon M. Perry, sec-\\ntion 14, Sept. 25, 1827; Caleb Embury, sections 12 and\\n23, June 2, 1829 Caleb S. Thompson, section 23, June\\n2, 1829; George E. Perry, section 13, June 3, 1829;\\nsame, on section 12, Sept. 25, 1829; Jonathan Dayton and\\nEzekiel R. Ewirig, on section 9, June 2, 1829; Charles\\nButler, the northeast (juarter of section 35, Oct. 12, 1830.\\nThe following list, arranged by sections, embraces the\\nnames of those who purchased in this township from the\\ngovernment:\\nSection 1, 1836 Jacob Snapp, Rowland B. Perry,\\nNorman Burgess, Warren Amiable, Sylvester Day, Samuel\\nDay, Francis G. Macy, Alvah Bishop, William Fairhurst.\\nSection 2, 1835: Samuel Colby, Xury Williams, Elihu\\nRemington, William W. Paul, William Roberts, Rowland\\nB. Perry, David Lyon, Samuel Thompson, Francis G.\\nMacy.\\nSection 3, 1832: Alfred Brainard, Alvah Brainard,\\nJohn Remington, Peter Van Tifflin, Uriah Short, William\\nAllen, Elihu Remington.\\nSection 4, 1828 John Tupper, Jonathan Kearsley,\\nJonathan Davison, Alfred Brainard, Oliver Short, Justus\\nSmith.\\nSection 5, 1832: Edward Brooks, Alonzo Ferris, Justus\\nSmith, Chauncey Chapin, Tobias Stoutenburgh, Nicholas\\nBowns, Benajah Tupper, Nathaniel Ladd.\\nSection 6, 1835 Joseph M. Iri.sh, Grant Watkins,\\nTracy W. Burbank, Zcnas Goulding, James A. Kline,\\nJohn A. Kline, William Blades.\\nSection 7, 1835 James II. Williams, Thomas Boals,\\nNathan Watkins, Arthur L. Ellsworth, Horace W. Bron-\\nson, Chauncey Bronson, John W. Moore, Erastus Webber.\\nSection 8, 1833: Daniel R. Williams, Philander Williams,\\nAbial L. Shaw, William Blades, John Richards, Asa Bishop,\\nCharles D. W. Gibson, Elisha S. Frost, Thomas Sheldon,\\nIra D.ivenport.\\nSection 9, 1824: William Thompson, Edward II.\\nSpencer, Jonathan Dayton, Ezekiel R. Ewing, Polly Day-\\nton, George Dibble.\\nSection 10, 1824: William Thompson, Jeremiah\\nKetchum, Ellis Miner, Jo.seph McFarleu, Jr., Amitsa\\nShort, John Richards, John Remington.\\nSection 11, 1825: Edmond and Rowland B. Perry, Au-\\ngustus M. Dutton, John P. Fritz, Xury Williams, Gilbert\\nPhelps, Thomas Barger, Simeon M. Perry.\\nThe figurca Ucnuto tliu ^car of tlic first purcliasc upon eaoli scctiun.\\n237", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0307.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "238\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSection 12, 1829: Caleb Embury, George E. Perry,\\nPearson Farrar, Jobn I. Carr, George E. Perry, Sylvester\\nDay, Joseph Charters.\\nSection 13, 1829 George E. Perry, Neheniiah T. Bur-\\npee, Thomas Cartwright, William Fairhui-st, Samuel C.\\nRobinson, William Collins, Silas Titus.\\nSection 14, 1825 Edmond and Rowland B. Perry,\\nSimeon M. Perry, Benjamin Perry, Cyrus Baldwin, P]d-\\nmond Perry, Jr., Ira Davenport.\\nSection 15, 1824 Charles Little, Samuel B. Perkins,\\nEurotas P. Hastings, Henry Howard, George E. Perry,\\nJeremiah W. Riggs.\\nSection 16: School-lands.\\nSection 17, 1833 Philander W^illiams, Sephrona Straw,\\nDaniel Williams, Asa Bishop, Nathan P. Wells, Fred-\\nerick F. Riggs, Gilbert Phelps, Amos Hallock, Augustus\\nW. Hovey.\\nSection IS, 1835 Othniel Williams, Asa Bishop, Horace\\nAV. Bronson, Chauncey Bronson, Ira Justin, John W.\\nMoore, James M. Wilcox.\\nSection 19, 1836: Gilbert Phelps, Almira Phelps,\\nJames W. Wilcox, James I. Opp, Ely T. Marsh, Alfred\\nPutnam, Prentice Yeomans.\\nSection 20, 1835 John Tupper, Silas Smith, James\\nM. Wilcox, Gurdon G. Cook, Ira Davenport, Seth Beck-\\nwith, James Adams.\\nSection 21, 1834: John H. Waterous, Jeremiah R.\\nSmith, Lucy Roberts, William Roberts, Gershom Lewis,\\nIra Davenport, Seth Bockwith, Russell Bates.\\nSection 22, 1829: Jeremiah W. Riggs, Silas Smith,\\nMoses H. Lyon, Phineas Thompson, Elbridge N. Johnson,\\nWashington Thompson, Jeremiah R. Smith, Silas Smith,\\nEdward Parsons.\\nSection 23, 1829 Caleb Embury, Caleb S. Thompson,\\nWashington Thompson, Hiram Stevens, Robt. McCartney,\\nDavid Foreyth.\\nSection 24, 1834 Caleb S. Thomp.son, John M. Wine-\\ngar, Caleb Embury, Russell Forsyth, William Collins.\\nSection 25, 1834 Nicholas West, Leonard Carlton,\\nJean Pier Dat, Alanson P. Hurd, Wilson McCarty,\\nPhineas Thompson, Samuel Thompson.\\nSection 26, 1831 Robert McCarty, Sarah Miller, Ira\\nDayton, Reuben T. Dayton, Emmons Owen, Moses P.\\nButler, Charles C. Hascall, Samuel Thompson.\\nSection 27, 1832: John M. Coe, Levi Parsons, Moses\\nP. Butler, Peter De Graff, Joseph P. Worden, Stephen\\nGrant.\\nSection 28, 1832: David M. Lawrence, Charles Little,\\nEdward Parsons, Gurdon Waterous, Robert Pollock, Hi-\\nram Brown.\\nSection 29, 1835 Alpheus Chapman, Nelson H. Em-\\nmons, Abial L. Shaw, Barrage Rice, Levi Parsons, Joel\\nRice, Ira Davenport, Hiram Brown.\\nSection 30, 1835 Daniel 11. Williams, David La Rue,\\nLevi Parsons, Ira Davenport, Eliza Ripson, Ely T. Marsh.\\nSection 31, 1835: James Van Valkenburgh, Henry\\nStraight, Caleb Embury, David La Rue, David Handy.\\nSection 32, 1831 Paul G. Davison, William Eames,\\nAlvah Kennedy, Caleb Embury, Henry Brusie, Samuel\\nThompson.\\nSection 33, 1832 Benjamin Chase, John H. Waterous,\\nNathaniel Wood, Lewis Kennedy, Gurdon Waterous, Ira\\nDavenport.\\nSection 34, 1835 Peter De Graff, David Butts, Charles\\nButler, Samuel Thompson, Ira Davenport, Jacob Parsons.\\nSection 35,1830: Charles Butler, Ezekiel R. Ewing,\\nJohn Butler, Marston W. Richards, Mary Booge, Samuel\\nThomp.son.\\nSection 36, 1830: Charles and John Butler, John M.\\nCoe, Anson Dayton, Caleb Embury, Charles C. Hascall,\\nSamuel Thompson.\\nFIRST SETTLEMENTS.\\nJacob Stevens and family, the first white family to reside\\nin Grand Blanc township, and in all the territory now\\nknown as Genesee County, came from the State of New\\nYork, and arrived at Detroit during the month of Augu.st,\\n1822. The family consisted of Mr. Stevens and wife, sons\\nRufus W. and Sherman, and daughters Eunice, Martha,\\nCharlotte, Elizabeth, and another daughter, the youngest,\\nthen some six years of age, whose name is now unknown.\\nThey first settled in Oakland County, on the old Saginaw\\ntrail, about twenty-five miles northwest of Detroit. Here\\nthey remained until the following spring, built a log house,\\ndug a well, and made other improvements; but, finding\\nthat the title to the land they wore upon was defective, they\\nsold out their improvements to Oliver Williams, the future\\nfather-in-law of Rufus W., and removed to Grand Blauc in\\nthe spring of 1823.\\nMr. C. P. Avery, in his history of the Saginaw Valley,\\nspeaks of Jacob Stevens as follows He was a true type\\nof the gentlemen of the old school, to whose moral and\\nphysical courage as a pioneer was united a rare intelligence\\nmarked by a literary taste, showing itself conspicuously\\neven in the few scattered remnants of his correspondence\\nwhich have come down to this day.\\nThe following interesting letter, written by Mr. Stevens\\nwhile his was the only white family in the present town\\nof Grand Blanc, will prove of great interest to many read-\\ners, as it preserves to present generations facts of history\\nwhich otherwise would have been lost\\nGitA.NBLAW, July, A. I). 1825.\\nHo.NORED Paiiexts, The period since I wrote you I acknowledge\\nis a long one; and I have not sufficient reasons to offer to justify so\\nshameful a neglect. Various, indeed, have been the changes and\\nvicissituiles of my life since tiuit time. Au attenii t to describe them\\nin a single letter would be unavailing. No I amily, erhaps, the size\\nof mine can have enjoyed better health, say for twenty years past.\\nOur doctors bills have scarcely exceeded that number of dollars.\\n1 sold my farm in Lima, soon after the close of the war, for $4000.\\nI was some in debt, and my intention was to have waited a few years\\nto see what the turn of the times might be, and then purchase some-\\nwhere quite within the bounds of my capital; but fate or fortune de-\\ntermined otherwise. The family soon became uneasy at having no\\npermanent home of their own. Indeed, /disliked a state so inactive\\nto myself, and determined to jmrchase, and did, to nearly the amount\\nof my money. It was well laiil out, but at a bad time.\\nI was sensible a depreciation on property must take jdace, but put\\nit off till by and by, and some way or other was blind to its ajiproach.\\nThe farm admitted of great improvements being made, and a good\\nhouse among the rest would be very convenient: and, accordingly,\\nthe best means we had were takm to procure materials, viz.: stone,\\nbrick, lumber, etc. About this time the amazing fall in the value of\\nreal estate, as well as of :ill olhcr ])rojtcvty, and the many complaiiits", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0308.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "CHARLES DE WITT GIBSON.\\nMKS. ARTEMISIA GIBSON.\\nCHARLES DE WITT GIBSON.\\nCharles De Witt Gibson was one of the earliest of the pioneer\\nbusiness men of Genesee County, His long, active career and inti-\\nmate connection with the development and improvement of the county\\nfrom the time it was almost an unbroken wilderness, peopled almost\\nexclusively by Indians and wild animals, with here and there at long\\ndistances apart an embryo settlement of a few hardy and adventurous\\npioneers, make it proper and fitting that he should occupy a con-\\nspicuous place in the annals of a county in which for forty-two years\\nhe had borne so distinguished a j)art.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Gibson were of Welsh and Irish origin, and\\nsettled in the United States at an early date. John Gibson, the father\\nof our subject, was a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y., where, in\\nearly life, he was married to Catharine Wasson, of the same county.\\nThey reared a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters,\\nof whom Charles De Witt was the second son. He wns born at Pals-\\ntine, Montgomery Co., on the 4th day of January, 1800. His boy-\\nhood was spent in assisting bis father in the labors of farm life, and\\nin obtaining a limited common-school education. He also learned\\nthe trade of cabinet-making. After reaching his majority he started\\nout for himself, went to Western New York, and settled at Avon,\\nLivingston Co., where he engaged in cabinet making. Here he be-\\ncame acquainted with Miss Artemisia Frost, daughter of Elisha and\\nArtemisia Frost, old residents of Lima, in the same county. This\\nacquaintance ripened into courtship and marriage, and they were\\nunited on the 11th day of August, 1831. Soon after his marriage\\nMr. (libson begun to look with longing eyes to the new and unsettled\\nterritories lying west of Lake Erie, which at that time presented a\\nfine field for the activity and enterprise of the daring adventurer.\\nAccordingly, in 1833, he left home with the purpose of securing a\\nlocation somewhere in the Territory of Michigan. He finally decided\\non settling in the interior. He purchased at second-hand one hundred\\nand sixty acres on which there was a small improvement, and soon\\nafter two hundred and forty acres more of the government, in the\\npresent township of Gran 1 Blanc, Genesee Co. He then returned to\\nNew York and purchased a stock of goods, which he shipped to the\\nTerritory, and then with his wife and child, his widowed mother, and\\na sister, came on to the new home in the wilderness. The}- were also\\naccompanied by Chauncey S. Marvin, now deceased, who was for\\nmany years an inmate of Mr. Gibson s family. After his arrival Mr.\\nGibson opened a store and sold goods to the few early settlers, and\\ntraded with the Indians, who at that time were very numerous. Be-\\nsides selling goods and clearing off and improving his lands, he in a\\nfew years became extensively engaged in other enterprises, such as\\nbuilding and running saw-mills, asberies, etc. He was also for many\\nyears engaged in the purchase and sale of lands in various parts of\\nthe State, both for himself and as the agent of others, and through-\\nout his long and active life was uniformly successful in his business\\nundertakings. His keen insight into the motives that govern human\\nnature, sound, practical judgment, shrewdness, sagacity, and ripe ex-\\nperience in so many branches of business, united to unflinching in-\\ntegrity, honorable dealing, and unassuming manners, commanded the\\nunlimited confidence and esteem of all: and he was known all his\\nlife as a man whose word was as good as his bond.\\nBesides conducting and managing his many business interests, he\\nat various times served his town and county as magistrate, supervisor,\\ncounty treasurer, etc., and in all positions of trust and responsibility\\nacquitted himself with satisfaction to his constituents. During his\\nlife he lost many thousand dollars by fire and otherwise, but at his\\ndeath there still remained a handsome fortune for his widow and chil-\\ndren. He was for many years a member of the order of Odd-Fellows,\\nand in religious faith was a Protestant, with ultra-liberal views of the\\nUnitarian and Universalist type. Mr. Gibson lived to the age of\\nnearly seventy-seven years. His death occurred on the 3d day of May,\\n1876, his being the only death in the family since that of an infant\\ndaughter forty years before, a remarkable fact in a family of eleven\\nchildren.\\nThe memory of Mr. Gibson is fondly cherished in the hearts of his\\nchildren and bereaved wife, and although the kind and indulgent\\nfather, the tender and afTectionate husband is no longer here, the\\nwise counsels, useful lessons, pure life and example of one of nature s\\nnoblemen is ever present with them. A far richer legacy is an honor-\\nable name and blameless life than silver and gold, or houses and lands.\\nMrs. Gibson, who is still a remarkably fine looking and intelligent\\nlady, has nohly performed her full share of life s duties to her husband\\nand children, and is held in great esteem by a large circle of warm\\nand admiring friends and relatives. She resides at the old home, in\\nthe midst of kind friends and pleasant surroundings, in the peace\\nand trantiuillity of a long life well spent. Mrs. Gibson and her de-\\nceased husband were the parents of eleven children, named as follows\\nThornton W., Jane W., Charles F., Chauncey W., Caroline A., Coro-\\ndon De Witt, John E., Mary A.. Sarah J., Frances A,, and Stanford\\nS. All of whom are now living except Jane W., who died in infancy,\\nand all are married except Mary an l Stanford, who reside with their\\nmother at the old home.\\nThis page, containing the portraits of this venerated old pioneer\\ncouple, with a brief notice of their life-work, will be greeted with\\npleasure and pride by all their old friends and acquaintances, and\\nwith lovo and reverence by their children and descendants.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0309.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0310.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\n239\\nfrom other people, whom I thought forehanilod, but in ilobt to me,\\nWHS ahiniiiug. 1 tolj Uul us (wlio sciineil the boy ileslined to live at\\nhomo) my fears, and I thou;;ht wo hail betler sell ofl our lumber, etc.,\\nanil endeavor to back out. Naturally ambitious, this idea ho could\\nnot brook. He preferred to drive the building, and risk tlie eonse-\\nquenous. Wc finally did, and it is only necessary to observe tliat it\\nflung us completely in the b.iekground in bad times. Since that wc\\nhave had many shifts, and but few shirts. Too proud to bo poor\\nninong my old friends, I determined to try a now country iigain.\\nMichigan seemed the most proper, being about the same latitude, and\\neasiest of access. We arrived in Detroit the latter part of August,\\n1822, with about $800 in cash and some other property. Misfortune,\\nhowever, seemed unwilling to quit us at this point, llufus had bei-n\\nin the country one year previous to this, and had contracted for a,\\npiece of land, second-handed, and had done considerable labor on the\\npame. I did not altogether like the land, but concluded to make a\\nstand and go to work. Wo built a good log house, dug a well, and\\nmade some other improvements, but before one 3 ear had passed we\\nfound wo could get no liile to the land. This place was about twenty-\\nfive miles northwest of Detroit [probably in the vicinity of Pontiae],\\nand what to do in this case was a material question. Our expenses\\ndrew hard ujion our little capital, and to spend more money and more\\ntime there was preposterous. Kventually, we agreed to try another\\nventure. At this time there were troops stationed at Saginaw, a ])lace\\nabout seventy-five miles northwest of Detroit, and on our route, A\\nsettlement had been commenced there, and the spirit of settlement\\nseemed bent for the northwest. AVe sold our improvements to Mr.\\nOliver Williams, and took his notes for $35 a year, for live years, re-\\nser\\\\ing tile use of the house for one year. In March, 182;j, Kufus\\nand I started to explore to the nortiiwest. We were much pleased\\nwith the country and prospects at this place. The road thus far had\\nno obstacles to impede a team with a reasonable load for any country,\\nami at this time was considerably traveled by ofiicers, Indians, traders,\\nand settlers at Saginaw. We believed that an establishment hero\\nmight nut only be beneficial for ourselves, but convenient for travelers\\nand emigrants.\\nIt is an old Indian settlement, situated about twenty miles from\\nour first plaee, and about the same distance from the farthest white\\nsettlement northwest of Detroit. There are some French families\\nseven uiilcs northwest of us [Flint], and no more until we reach Sag-\\ninaw. Kufus and X flung up a small log house, and on the 23d of\\nMay, IS23, Eunice, myself, two youngest children, Kufus and Sher-\\nman, with a good team, and as many goods as would make us com-\\nfortable, arrived here. Wc cleared, ])lowcd, and sowed with wheat\\nand oats about ten acres, completing the same June lOtli.\\nMrs. Stevens and the children then returned, and one of tho girls\\nkept house, and so through the season. At this time wo felt morally\\ncertain of having neighbors the ne.vt spring; but here, sir, I must\\ninform you that the government saw fit tho winter following to evac-\\nuate tlie post at Saginaw, which measure has, so far, comjjletcly par-\\nalyzed all settlements to tho northwest, turning the tide of emigration,\\nwhich has been very great, to the south and west. This was, indeed,\\nvery discouraging, but for us there was no fair retreat.\\nAfter speaking of liis Iiidiun neighbors, who were very\\nfriendly, he conclude.^ as follows\\nSeveral purchases have lately been made of premises adjoining us,\\nand, we have little doubt, will be seitled next spring and preparations\\nseem to be making once more for a settlement at Saginaw. We have\\nthis year 170 shucks of whent and about acres of corn, the stoutest\\ngrowth of corn I ever raised. If nothing befalls, I anticipate )0\\nbushels to the acre. We have two yoke of oxen, two horses, five\\ncows, plenty of hogs, ami a number of young cattle; and such is the\\ncountry that they keep fat summer and winter. The winters are sur-\\nprisingly mild. Last winter, in fact, was no winter at all. Wo did\\nnot spend three tons of hay with all our stock. A large portion f f\\nthe country is openings, ami the cattle get their living in old fog and\\nbasswood sprouts in the swales. Tho greatest country for wild feed\\nand hay I over saw. Wo can sammcr and winter any number of\\ncattle if we had them. Blue point is the principal grass in the low\\nmeadows. On the higher partji is found considerable red-top ond foul\\nmeadow grass. Jemima* has a family, and lives in the State of New\\nJemima (Mrs. Samuel K. i*orkins), Horatio, and Augustus were\\nchildren of Jacob Stevens, wlio remained in tho State of New York.\\nYork, Horatio and Augustus are merchants in that State. Horatio, I\\nunderstand, is quite forehanded. Augustus is also doing well. Eunice\\nand Charlotte are there at jircscnt on a visit. Patty keeps seliool this\\nsummer in the Territory. The rest of tho family aro in the woods.\\nThe elder Stevens is described by those who saw him\\nhere in 182G a.s a gentleman of fine proportions, about\\nsi.xty years of age, who was then living in a comfortable\\nlog house which stood upon the site of Col. Sawyer s pres-\\nent residence. His son, llufus W., had built a small log\\nhouse upon the site of the present hotel, and was engaged\\nin trade with the Indians, trading whi-sky, tobacco, flints,\\ncheap brooches, and such articles, for furs.\\nThe log trading-house of llufus W. Stevens was replaced\\nin 1828 by a more pretentious one, the walls of which were\\nconstructed of timbers hewn square and placed upright side\\nby side. This building, inclosed by clapboards, now forms\\npart of the pre-setit Grand Blanc Hotel. He then, besides\\nfollowing his vocation as an Indian trader, became the post-\\nmaster of Grumlaw, and opened the doors of his house to\\nthe public as a place of entertainment.\\nMany Indians were still located hereabouts. It is related\\nby Mr. Brainard, in his pioneer sketches, that the Canadian\\ngovernment at this time gave every male Indian, young or\\nold, a yearly bounty of fifty cents in silver, besides blankets,\\netc. On their return to Grumlaw they would spend it all\\nwith Stevens for whisky. To catch their half-dollars he\\nsold them whisky for fifty cents per gallon. Thoy would\\nappoint one of their number to take charge of their guns,\\nknives, and hatchets, whose duty it was to secrete the\\nweapons and remain sober. A general drunk would be\\ninaugurated, which lasted some two or three days, during\\nwhich time they fought, shouted, and performed all manner\\nof antics. Stevens would then begin to water the whisky\\nhe sold them, and by degrees they became sober. This was\\nhis way of getting rid of them.\\nIn 1829, Kufus W. Stevens purchased a portion of sec-\\ntion 19, in Burton township, and a year later, of Daniel\\nLe Roy, a tract which adjoined his, though situated on\\nsection 18 in the same town.ship. This place afterwards\\nbecame noted as the Thread Mill property. A saw-mill\\nwas commenced by Stevens in 1830, and soon after a grist-\\nmill was erected, which for years supplied all the people\\nliving between Pontiae and Saginaw.\\nThe Steven.scs never purchased of the government any\\nlands situated in Grand Blanc. The land upon which they\\nfirst settled was entered by Samuel B. Perkins, Jacob Ste-\\nvens son-in-law.\\nThe elder Stevens, with the majority of his family, re-\\nturned to Now York about IS. il, where was passed the\\nremaining portion of his life, llufus W, Stevens removed\\nto Flint a few years later, and became identified with its\\ninterests. Sherman, the other son, was contieet^-d with the\\nbuilding of the first railroad between Detroit and Pontiae.\\nIn October, 182. 3, Edmund and Rowland B, Perry en-\\ntered lands situated upon sections 11 and 14, Rowland\\nwas a nephew of Edmund Perry, During the following\\nFebruary, the same, accompanied by Simeon and Eliza,\\nchildren of PMmund, left Avon, Livingston Co,, N, Y,,\\nand traveled through Canada with horse-teams to Detroit,\\nthence by (he Saginaw trail to Grand Blanc, They were", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0311.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntwcnty-fivo days upon flie road. Upon their arrival liorc\\nthoy were received under the hospitable roof of Jacob\\nStevens, where they rcinaiiicd sonic four weeks, or until a\\nhouse of their own could be erected. Tlic Fourth of July,\\n1820, was celebrated by all the white inhabitants of Gene-\\nsee County silting down to a banquet spread under a cheiry-\\ntree which stood in Jacob Stevens yard. Those assembled\\nwere entirely of the Stevens and Perry families.\\nIn the fall of 1826 Edmund PeiTy returned to New\\nYork, and brouglit out with hiui the rest of his family,\\nviz., his wife Mercy, and children Clarinda, Edmund, Jr.,\\nSeymour, Irene, Esther, and Manson. jdmund Perry, Sr.,\\ndied Jan. i;5, 1864, ai;ed eighty-five years. He was a\\nnative of Rhode Island, and an educated Quaker. His\\ngreat energy and force of character, united with his love\\nfor pioneer life, induced him to battle with the wilder-\\nness, clear a number of farms, then leave them to plunge\\nagain into the forests when neighbors became too plenty.\\nHe was a respected member of society, an excellent citizen,\\na kind friend, and believed in doing good without ostenta-\\ntion. His surviving sons were Simeon, Edmund, Seymour,\\nand Manson. Isabella, a daughter of Simeon, was the first\\nwhite child born in the county. Mary I erry, a daughter\\nof Edmund, now the wife of Addison Armstrong, Esq.,\\nwas born soon after.\\nEdward H. Spencer, from Windsor, Vt., purchased lands\\nsituated upon section 9, May 25, 1827, and became the\\nnext settler, during the same spring.\\nIn the spring of 1828 William Roberts came into the\\nsettlement, also George E. Perry, from Connecticut, Judge\\nJcrcmiuh Riggs, with his sons Augustus C, Frederick T.,\\nand others of a largo family. They located where Phiiieas\\nThompson now resides, and purchased from the govern-\\nment a large tract of land. Augustus C. Riggs was the\\niir.st constable and collector in the township, and for several\\nyears township clerk. It is related that at the time of his\\nmarriage a general invitation was extended to the citizens\\nof Grand Blanc and its vicinity to attend the iiifair.\\nAt this gathering Sam Russell and his fiddle were par-\\nticularly conspicuous, and during the festivities of the\\nevening, while the merry party assembled were in the\\nmidst of a dance, the sleepers gave way, and the floor\\ncaved in, funnel-fashion, precipitating to the cellar beneath\\nwith their fair partners, Phineas and Caleb Thompson,\\nRowland B. and Simeon Perry, Jeremiah R. Smith, Jona-\\nthan Dayton, Joseph McFarlon, John Todd, and others.\\nNo bones were broken, but the party was, and the dance\\nwas terminated. Joseph MeFarlen, who married Eveline,\\na daughter of Edmund Perry, Sr., in 1824, came from\\nRush, Monroe Co., N. Y., and settled in Grand Blanc\\nduring the month of May, 1828. He purchased a fine\\ntract of land from the government, whicii he cleared, and\\nwhere be resides at the present time. 31r. M. is eighty\\nyears of age his wife seventy-seven. Jeremiah Ketehum\\ncame at about the sjime time. He boarded with Jacob\\nStevens, purchased land upon section 10, and died soon\\nafter, his being the first death in the township.\\nOn the 0th day of June, 1S29, Caleb S. Thomp.son,\\nJonathan Dayton, Caleb Euibury, and Ezekiel R. Ewing\\ncame into ihe settlement. Ezekiel 11. Ewini; was fnim\\nWindham, Vt. He purchased land situated upon section\\n9, then returned to the East, and did not become a perma-\\nnent settler until two years later.\\nMessrs. Embury, Thompson, and Dayton were from\\nLivingston Co., N. Y. They also bought lands of the\\ngovernment, and settled the same year (1829).\\nMr. Thompson, who is still a resident of the town.ship,\\nwas married to Clarinda Perry, laughter of Edmund Perry,\\nSr., in 1830. He relates that at the time of his arrival\\nhere there were about forty-five pereons in Grand Blanc, all\\nof whom, with one or two exceptions, were from Avon,\\nLiving.ston Co., N. Y. Edward H. Spencer had a rough\\nlog house, and about one acre cleared and planted to corn,\\npotatoes, etc. The Stevcnscs had .some forty acres under\\ncultivation, and there were some fifty or sixty acres in\\ncultivation in the Perry settlement. Judge Riggs and his\\n.sons had also made a good beginning. Thirteen lots lying\\nalong the Saginaw road, and seven lots on Perry Street,\\nhad already been purchased, and ten more eighty-acre lots\\nwere entered during the remaining part of the year 1829.\\nThe Saginaw road was laid out and staked so that it was\\neasy to find it, but no work had been done upon it. The\\ntraveled highway, which followed the Indian trail, went\\nrambling around through the woods, avoiding hills and\\nswamps, and was quite a comfortable wagon-road. The\\nstreams and low places had been bridged some time pre-\\nvious by the United States soldiers stationed in garrison at\\nSaginaw.\\nIn the fall of 1829 Mr. Thompson returned to New York,\\nand taught school the following winter. Feb. 22, 1830,\\nhe again began ajourney to Michigan. He drove out an ox-\\nteam, and was twenty-five days on the road. His father,\\nWashington Thompson, and brother Phineas, from Jlonroe\\nCo N. Y., became settlers in Grand Blanc the same year\\n(1830).\\nJudge Jeremiah R. Smith, long a prominent man in the\\ntc)wn.ship, Silas Smith, R. T. Winchell, Clark Dibble,\\nThomas Cartwright, the first hatter, George Dibble, Jona-\\nthan Davison, and Pearson Farrur all settled prior to the\\nwinter of 1830-31.\\nIn 1832 the settlement was still farther increased by the\\narrival of John Tupper and sons, Alden, Charles, Benja-\\nmin, Reuben, Newell, and Harrison, from Rush, Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y. Uriah Short and sons, from Otsego Co., N. Y. Alvah\\nBishoji, Montgomery Co., N. Y. Charles, John, and Moses\\nP. Butler, from Genesee Co., N. Y. Albert Miller, after-\\nwards prominent as Judge Miller, of Bay City, Mich.\\nJohn P. Fritz, from Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y. Amasa\\nShort, a brother of Uriah, and soldier of 1812 Alfred and\\nAlvah Brainard, from Mouroe Co., N. Y. Mr. Alfred\\nBrainard was prominent as one of the founders of the Bap-\\ntist Church, and a respected citizen. Alvah Brainard, who\\ndied in April, 1879, claims to have erected the first frame\\ndwelling-house in Grand Blanc without whisky, in March,\\n1S33, and the first brick dwelliiighouse in Genesee County,\\nJuly 4, 1850. During the last years of his life he pre-\\npared for publication a small pamphlet, entitled A Pioneer\\nHistory of Grand Blanc, wherein several amusing incidents\\nare told in an amusing manner.\\nDuring the Year 1833, Ellis iMiiicr, Emmaus G. Owen,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0312.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "S. D. HALSBY.\\nMRS. S. D. UALSiKY.\\nSILAS D. HALSEY.\\nThe family of Mr. Halsey dates back to an early period\\nin the history of the settlement of the English colonies in\\nthis country. His father, Abraham Halsey, was born at\\nHanover, Morris Co., N. J., on the l!)th day of February,\\n1764. He was married, in 1791, to Miss Nancy Beach.\\nAfter his marriage he removed to Dutchess Co., N. Y., where\\nhe remained until his death, which occurred May 27, 1822,\\nat fifty-eight years of age.\\nHe became eminent as a physician, and was a man of great\\ninfluence and consideration. His wife died in 1800, at thirty-\\neight years of age. She was the mother of \\\\Vm. E., Susan\\nD., Samuel B., Abraham A., Silas D., and Electa D. The\\ndoctor s second wife was Lucretia Green they were married\\nin 180G. By this marriage there were no children. She sur-\\nvived the death of her husband but a short time, dying the\\nsame year.\\nSilas D. Halsey was born at Fishkill, Dutchess County, on\\nthe 22d day of November, 1801. His boyhood days were\\npassed in the schools and on his father s farm until he came to\\nmanhood, when he left home and became a clerk for his\\nbrother-in-law, at the Kockaway Iron-Works, in New Jersey,\\nwhere he remained until 1831. During this time he had become\\nacquainted with Miss Stella A. Koss, of Kockaway. They\\nwere united in marriage on the 12th day of Se|)tember, 182G.\\nIn 1832 he became a manager in the iron-works of William\\nScott, of Powerville, N. J., where he remained one year.\\nHe tlien removed to Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., where he\\npurchased a farm, upon which he settled, and from that time\\nto the present farming has been his ]irinci|ial occupation.\\nAt Avon Mr. Halsey was bereaved in the death of his loved\\nwife and companion. She died on the 10th day of September,\\n1834, at the age of twenty-nine years. She was the mother of\\nfour children, named David K Wm. J., Mary A., and\\nSamuel V. Mary and .Samuel are still living, and reside in\\nBrooklyn, N. Y., the latter being the pastor of a Presbyterian\\nchurch in that city. The death of his wife was a sore loss\\nand atliiction to Mr. Halsey, as he was left desolate and alone,\\nwith the care of three young children. B ilh inclination and\\nnecessity combined to provide a second mother for his little\\nones, and a companion to fill the vacancy in his heart and\\nhome. He sought and obtained the hand of Miss K. C.\\nPierson, the daughter of David and Huldah Pierson, old\\ncitizens of Avon.\\nThey were united on the llth day of February, 1835. In\\n1837, Mr. Halsey, having made an exchange of his farm in\\nAvon for two hundred acres of wild land in the town of Grand\\nBlanc, Genesee Co., Mich., removed his family to their new\\nhome. On his arrival he erected a log house, dug a well, and\\nmoved on to hia land. The first sea.son he cleared off three\\nacres, and from that time on he was busily engaged in clear-\\ning up and improving his new farm.\\nAt the first town-meeting after his arrival he was elected\\nassessor, which otfice he filled successively for the next seven\\nyears he was then elected supervisor, and afterwards treas-\\nurer, and then again supervisor; and nearly all his life Mr.\\nHalsey has served the jiuljlic in some position of responsibility,\\nwith honor to himself and satisfaction to the public.\\nBy his second marriage there are three children, named\\nAmanda M., David P., and Sarah J. Amanda died at five\\nyears of age. David is married to Artemisia Watrous\\n(daughter of John H. Watrous, an old settler of Grand Blanc).\\nThey reside at Flint, and he is the present county clerk they\\nhave one child. Sarah is the wife of Charles J. Case, and\\nthey reside on their farm, adjoining that of Mr. Halsey, and\\nthey have two children.\\nTn politics Mr. Halsey is a staunch Republican. In relig-\\nious faith a Presbyterian, of which church he has been an\\nhonored member for over fifty years.\\nMr. Halsey has always enjoyed the unlimited confidence\\nand esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. A man of\\nmodest and unassuming manners, courteous and polite in\\nsocial intercourse, charitable and tolerant to those with whom\\nhe difl ers in opinion, a kind and indulgent father, a tender\\nand afl ectionate husband. He is honored by his friends, loved\\nand reverenced by his relatives.\\nMrs. Halsey has nobly redeemed her promise made at the\\nmarriage-altar, forty-four years ago. She has been to her\\nhusband a helpmate indeed, and has borne her full share of\\nthe labors and privations of a pioneer life, and to-day she\\nenjoys that best reward of the fond and afl ectionate mother,\\nher children settled in comfortable homes and occupying\\nhonorable ]iositions in society and in the esteem of their\\nfellow-citizens. She was born at Avon, Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., on the llth day of November, 1811. She is still an\\nactive housewife and incessant worker, a member of the same\\nchurch with her hu.vband, and they together are walking\\nhand in hand up the liighway that leads to the Eternal City.\\nMr. Hal.-ey and his estimable wife, by industry and good\\nmanageni(!nt, have accumulated a comfortable competence\\nfor their declining years, and are to-day living in the jieaceful\\nenjoyment of the fruits of a well-employed life. Mr. Halsej\\nwho is at this time seventy-eight years of age, still acts as\\nnotary-public, and transacts business lor his neighbors with\\nall the ability of his younger days.\\nThis page, containing tlieir portraits, and this brief notice\\nof their life-work, is by them dedicated to the patrons of this\\nwork, and to their children and descendants, with their bene-\\ndiction.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0313.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0314.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\n241\\nand Josiiih Owen, from Genesee Co., N. Y. Gilbert\\nPhelps, John and Eliliu lleniington, Peter Van Tifflin,\\nXnry Williams, a soldier of 1812; Philandor Williams,\\nDaniel It. Williams, Othniel Williams, James H. Williams,\\nall from Monroe Co., N. Y. Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, the first\\nresident physician, who was from Lysander, Onondaj^a Co.,\\nN. Y. and Charles D. W. Gibson, a prominent and most\\nworthy pioneer merchant, from Livingston Co., N. Y., set-\\ntled in the township.\\nThe year 1834 witnessed the settlement of Elbridjre N.\\nJohnson, from Massachusett-s; Lewis and Alvah Kennedy,\\nfrom Onondaga Co., N. Y. John H. Waterous, Abial L.\\nShaw, and Nobles, from Livingston Co., N. Y. Charles\\nBates, Yates Co., N. Y. Dr. John W. King, well known as\\none of the pioneer physicians of the county Judge Samuel\\nllich, Burrage, and Joel Rice, from Steuben County,\\nN. Y.\\nJudge Rice was an early supervisor, and served his town.s-\\nmen in that and various other official capacities for many\\nyears. He was also the first judge of probate in Genesee\\nCounty. Mr. Nobles was the first wagon maker, and Mr.\\nShaw the first blacksmith. Together they made the first\\nwagon ever manufactured in the county. The iron was\\nprocured from Detroit, and every screw was made by hand.\\nThis wagon was constructed in 1834.\\nIn 1835, Messrs. Stage and Wright establi.shed the first\\nstore, Mr. Orrin SafTord clerk. Their stock consisted of a\\ngeneral assortment, including drugs and medicines, and was\\nvalued at $20,000. They continued here from October,\\n1835, to June, 1836, when the goods were removed to a\\nbuilding prepared for them in Flint River village.\\nEdward Parsons came from JIarcellus, Onondaga Co.,\\nN. Y., in May, 1835, purcha.sed land from the government,\\nand immediately began an improvement. He built a small\\nlog house, which was situated near his present dwelling, and\\nfor several months kept bachelor s hall. His lonely condi-\\ntion in life aflFordcd much amu.sement to his Indian neigh-\\nbors as they repeated the words, white man got wigwam,\\nno squaw. Their remarks must have had a marked effect\\nupon him, however, for we find that in 1836 he chose as\\na life-partner Miss Baldwin, a daughter of Dr. Cyrus Bald-\\nwin, and together they still continue life s journey, the\\ncentre of a wide circle of friends and relatives.\\nThe exodus from the northwestern counties of the State\\nof New York to the wilds of Michigan, during the years\\nfrom 1836 to 1840, was unprecedented. Districts and\\ntowns in the old State were almost depopulated by the\\nemigration of a class of hardy yeomanry who desired cheap\\nlands and homes of their own. Grand Blanc and adjacent\\ntowns received a due share of these settlers, among\\nwhom were Sylvester and Samuel Day, from Genesee\\nCounty James Adams, Warren Annable, William Allen,\\nTracy W. Burbank, William Blades, Thomas Beals, Asa\\nBishop, Thomas Barger, Russell Bates, David W. Butts,\\nChauncey Chapin, John J. Carr, William Collins, John M.\\nCoe, Alpheus Chapman, Gurdon G. Cook, Ira Dayton,\\nPeter De Graff, Anson Dayton, A. L. Ellsworth, William\\nEames, Alonzo Ferris, Russell Forsyth, Zenas Goulding,\\nAmos-liallock, Adam C., John A., and James A. Kline,\\nbrothers; David Lyon, Nathaniel Ladd, Gershom Lewis,\\n31\\nDavid M. Lawrence, Robert Pollock, Levi Parsons, Jacob\\nParsons, Marston W. Richards, John Richards, Thomas\\nSheldon, Nathan Watkins, Grant Watkins, Jaiues M. Wil-\\ncox, Nicholas Wctit, Joseph P. Wordcn, Nathaniel Wood,\\nGurdon Waterous, Walter Walker, from Monroe County\\nHenry Ilufl man, Genesee County; John Burringtoo, Eng-\\nland Silas D. Halsey, Livingston County; George Rine-\\nhart, Ontario; David McNiel, Vermont; and Col. Ed-\\nward Sawyer, from Canandaigua, N. Y. Mr. Sawyer, now\\nabout ninety-two years of age, resides upon the farm opened\\nby Jacob Stevens in 1823.\\nAsa W. Darling, from Ontario Co., N. Y., settled in the\\ntownship in 1845; also at about the same time Addison\\nArmstrong, Esq., the present postmaster, and senior mem-\\nber of tl\u00c2\u00bbe mercantile firm of Armstrong Son, Grand\\nBlanc; James Greattraek, from Livingston Co., N. Y.,\\nloc;\u00c2\u00bbtod in the southwestern part of the town in 1847.\\nThe following alphabetical list embraces the names of all\\nthe resident tax-payers in the township in 1844:\\nAdams, James.\\nAllen, William E.\\nAllen, avid B.\\nAllen, Adin L.\\nAnnable, John R.\\nAbbutt, Jufihua K.\\nAbbott, C. 11.\\nUrainanl, Kli.\\nBos. Julin S.\\nBurrington, John.\\nBates, Charles.\\nBraiuard, Alvab.\\nBraiuard, (lurdon S.\\nBrainard, Alfred.\\nBrown, Chaimt;ey.\\nBardwoM, Joel.\\nBijjelow, Hiram.\\nBlades, William.\\nBishup, Julian.\\nBishop, Asa.\\nButts, David W.\\nBuller, Moses P.\\nButler, Charles.\\nBurbank, Tracy W.\\nChapel, Samuel B.\\nChapel, William.\\nChapman, Alpheus.\\nCollins, William.\\nCartwright, Nathan.\\nChapin, Chauncey.\\nCurtis, .Samuel.\\nCartwright, Thomas.\\nChapin, Barton B.\\nCook, Gurdon G.\\nDayton, Jonathan.\\nDayton, Ira.\\nDayton, Anson.\\nDickinson, Luther.\\nDay, Samuel.\\nDay, Sylvester.\\nEmbury, Caleb.\\nEamcs, William.\\nEcklcy, AVilliam.\\nFerris, Alonzo.\\nFritz, John P.\\nFarrar, Pearsons.\\nForsyth, Ilussell.\\nForsyth, Orlando.\\nFritz, Alfred T.\\nFerguson, Cliarles.\\nGofi Sylvester D.\\nGoff, Cbarlcs W.\\nGoff, JainQS l^f.\\nGillmau, Dudley.\\nGolden, Zenas.\\nGamball, Jo:^cph.\\nGiljson, Charles D. W,\\nUempstcad, Riebard B.\\nHamilton, Thomas J.\\nllewett, Cyrus.\\nKallock, Amos.\\nUallock, Ilariuon C.\\nIlallock, Alfred.\\nIlcmpsteud^ Jame\\nlUIsey, Silas D.\\nI{all, James.\\nHarger, Stephen.\\nIleinpstra l, Peter.\\nJ\u00c2\u00abanings, Elisba 0.\\nJohnson, Elbridge N.\\nKennedy, Horace.\\nKennedy, I^wis.\\nKennedy, Alvah.\\nKempfield, Ncfaemiah\u00c2\u00ab\\nKing, Jimcs.\\nKliae, Adam C.\\nKing, Arijliam,\\nKing, John W.\\nKaae, Francis.\\nLewis, Gershom.\\nLadd, Xarhatiiol.\\nLotfden, Thomas.\\nLyon, David.\\nLong, Peter.\\nLyon, William H. C.\\nMiner, Philo.\\nMcFarlen, Jt^seph.\\nMain, Henry.\\nMain, Henry V,\\nMcNeil, David.\\nOwen, Emmaus.\\nO Donahue, James.\\nParsons, Edward.\\nPollock, Major R.\\nPettis, Charles.\\nPerry, George E.\\nPerry, Rowland B.\\nPerry, Edmund.\\nPerry, Edmund, Jr.\\nPerry, Simeon M.\\nPerry, Seymour.\\nPiersou, Charles C.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0315.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "242\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nPhclp?, Gilbert.\\nRichards, Maston W.\\nRemington, Elihu.\\nRemington, Levi.\\nRoberts, William.\\nRice, Samuel.\\nRemington, John.\\nRussell, Nicholas.\\nReed, John.\\nShaw, Abial I..\\nSouthworth. Edward.\\nSheldon, Thomas.\\nSchram, Isaac.\\nBteiihcns, John.\\nSwift, Sclh.\\nSmith. Silas.\\nSmith, Jeremiah R.\\nSawyer, Edward.\\nSmith, Zsir.\\nSeaver, Aaron.\\nTownsend, Abial.\\nThompson, Phiucas.\\nThompson, Caleb S.\\nTyler. Lewis S.\\nTurner, AViiliain.\\nTujiper, Newell.\\nTupper, Ben.ijah.\\nVan Valkenburgh, James.\\nA an Tifflin, Peter.\\nWoodworth, Amos.\\nWilliams. Xury.\\nWakefield, Daniel B.\\nWood, John.\\nWilliams, Othnicl.\\nWalker, Walter.\\nWatcrous, John H.\\nWest, Nicholas.\\nWurden, Joseph P.\\nWilliams, Philander.\\nWatkins, (.Jrant.\\nWilliams, Daniel.\\nWatkins, Nathan.\\nWatkins, Henry.\\nAlexander W. Davis was born in Westerlo, Albany Co.,\\nN. Y., Oct. 30, 1824. His fatber, Ebenezer Davis, re-\\nmoved to Levfiston, Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1826, and was\\none of tbe jurors during tbe trial before Judge Marcy of\\nthe Morgan abductors. In May, 1836, the fanjily began a\\njourney to Michigan via Canada to Detroit, thence by the\\nSaginaw road to the region now known as Tuscola County,\\nthen Sanilac County. The place of their settlement was\\nin the present township of Tuscola. They brought with\\nthem from New York a team of horses and two cows, which\\nwere the first owned in Tuscola County, and they were the\\nsecond family to settle there, Mr. R. L. Hurd s being the\\nfirst.\\nIn 1844, Alexander W. Davis, the fifth child and fourth\\nson of a family of fourteen children, came to Grand Blanc\\nand commenced work for Jeremiah R. Smith, remaining\\nwith him for several years.\\nIn April, 1847, he enlLsted in Company A, 15th Regi-\\nment United States Infantry, and accompanied the regiment\\nto Mexico, serving for a period of eighteen months, or until\\nthe close of the war. This regiment was commanded by\\nCol. George \\\\V. Morgan, and assigned to Gen. Pillow s\\ndivision. In the battle of Churubusco Davis was severely\\nwounded. After the close of the war Mr. Davis returned\\nto Grand Blanc, married the daughter of Joseph McFarlen,\\nbought a farm, and, with the exception of two journeys to\\ntbe Pacific coast in 1853 and 1873, has continued his resi-\\ndence here to the present time. He represented the First\\nDistrict of Genesee County in the State Legislature during\\nthe session of 1861-62, and has served as a justice of the\\npeace for a long term of years.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nBy an act of the Legislative Council of the Territory\\nof Michigan, approved March 9, 1833, the township of\\nGrand Blanc was formed as follows All that district of\\ncountry comprised in townships 5, 6, 7, and 8 north, in\\nrange 6 east, and townships 6, 7, and 8 north, in range 7\\neast, and townships 6 and 7 north, in range 8 east, shall\\nform a township by the name of Grand Blanc and the\\nfirst township-meeting shall be held at the house of Rufus\\nW. Stevens.\\nThis act shall be in force on and after the first Mon-\\nday of April next.\\nThe above-described territory included the present town-\\nships of Fenton, Mundy, Flint, Mount Morris, Grand\\nBlanc, Burton, Genesee, Atlas, and Davison.\\nIts name is French, signifying Great White, and was\\npronounced by the early French as though spelled Gron\\nBhng, and by many of the earlier settlers and Indians as\\nGrmihhtw or Gritmhiw.\\nIts derivation is unknown to present residents, as the\\nlocality now known as Grand Blanc village obtained the\\nname of Grand Blanc loiig prior to the settlement of\\nJacob Stevens in March, 1823, or of any other English-\\nspeaking people.\\nFIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.*\\nThe first township-meeting for the election of oflScers\\nwas held at the house of Rufus W. Stevens, April 1, 1833.\\nJeremiah Riggs, Lyman Stow, and Jeremiah R. Smith\\nwere chosen as Inspectors of Election, Mr. Riggs served as\\nChairman, and Mr. Stow as Clerk of the Board.\\nThe officers elected were as follows\\nNorman Davison, Supervisor; Jeremiah R. .Smith, Township\\nClerk; Rufus W.Stevens, Lyman Stow, Charles Butler, Assessors;\\nNorman Davison, Lyman Stow, Jeremiah R. Smith, Justices of the\\nPeace; Augustus C. Riggs, Constable and Collector John Todd, Ed-\\nmond Perry, Jonathan Dayton, Highway Commissioners: Elijah N.\\nDavenport, Constable; Loren P. Riggs, Clark Dibble, James W.\\nCroak, Trustees of School Lands; Jeremiah Riggs, Jeremiah R.\\nSmith, Norman Davison, Commissioners of Schools; David Mather,\\nPaul G. Davison, Caleb S. Thompson, School Inspectors Edmund\\nPerry, Director of the Poor.\\nOarseerg of Sitjfiicaifa. District 1, George Oliver; District 2,\\nJonathan Davison; District 3, Norman Davison; District 4, Ira\\nDayton.\\nVotedf not to allow stud-horses to run at large. Voted, to adopt\\nthe school act of the Territory. T olerf, that this meeting be adjourned\\nto the barn of Rufus W. Stevens, until the first Monday of April\\nnext.\\n(Signcil) Lyman Stow, 7 uicii Cltrk.\\nDated at Grand Blane, April 1, 1833.\\nAt a meeting of the township board, composed of Messrs.\\nRufus W. Stevens, Supervisor, Norman Davison and Ly-\\nman Stow, Justices of the Peace, and Caleb S. Thompson,\\nTown Clerk, held Sept. 30, 1834, the following accounts\\nwere presented, examined, and allowed, viz.\\nLyman Stow S7.50\\na Park 28.25\\nJeremiah Riggs 6.50\\nAlfred Brainard 6.00\\nC. S. Thompson 9.75\\nE. N. Davenport 14.50\\nJames W. Cronk 8.25\\nNorman Davison 2.00\\nRufus W.Stevens 1.00\\nTotal $82.75\\nTbe proceedings of township-meetings, lists of officers elected,\\nand various other records, from 1833 to 1848 inclusive, and from 1870\\nto 1878 inclusive, have been lost through the carelessness of those\\nwho in previous years have had the records in charge. It seems as\\nthough ineflBcient town.ship clerks had conspired to leave a tjrnnd\\nblank to the searcher for historical data. The compiler has endea-\\nvored, as far as possible, by referring to count} records and various\\nother sources, to fill up the missing links in the civil list.\\nThe report of the first township-meeting was obtained from the\\nfiles of the iVnlrerine Cilheti, and is from an article contributed by\\nHon. J. R. Smith in 1858.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0316.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0317.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0318.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\n243\\nOn the 30th of March, 18:^5, the s:ime board of audi-\\ntors held a meeting, and examined and allowed the follow-\\ning statement of accounts\\nNorman Davison $2.50\\nl-Mmun.l Perrv 11.00\\nE. N. Duvonport .1.75\\nJeremiah K. Smith 7.73\\nF. F. Kiggs 1.50\\nJainc^ J. McCormick 7. .50\\nLymau Stow 1. 00\\n.Jeremiah Kiggs 4.00\\n.T. \\\\V. Cronk 9.75\\nWilliam Roberts 2.6.3\\nCaleb S. Thompson 2.50\\nItufus W. .Stevens MIO\\nOgdcn Clark 4.00\\nJames W. Cronk, Clark Dibble, and Loren 1*.\\nRiggs, trustees of sehool lands 13.00\\n61.88\\nAudit of Sept. 30, 183J, brought forward 82.75\\n$147.63\\nWe thus find that the total amount of expenditures for\\ntownship purposes for the year ending Jlarcli ijO, 1835, in\\nthe territory embraced by the nine towiiiships previously\\nmentioned, was S 147.63.\\nJeremiah R. Smith s fees for services as townsliip clerk\\nfor the year ending April 1, 1834, amounted to Sll.\\nThe itemized account of Norman Davison, supervisor\\nand school commissioner, for the 3 ear ending April 1,\\n1834, reads as follows:\\nTown of Grand Blanc,\\nTo Norman Davison, Dr.\\nTo holding election, 1 diiy $1.00\\nreturning votes from said town to county ulerk s\\noffice, 4 days 4.00\\nservices as school commissioner, 1 day 50\\naxeman on road, i day 50\\nwith town board, 1 day 1.00\\n$7.00\\nThe first board of highway commissioners met April 1,\\n1834, and submitted the following report:\\nAmount of days assessed, 224 J, which was returned 6atis6ed by\\nthe overseers of highways of the several districts. Commutc-money\\nnot expended, $2.18. We have an opinion that there is no use for\\nraising money for the repair of bridges or ro.ads in sairl town.\\nJobs Tonn,\\nEdmuxi) Perhv,\\nJonathan Davtos,\\nDated April I, 1834. Cummissioocrs of Highways.\\nEAR-MARKS.\\nAt an early day, when the flocks and herds of the pio-\\nneers roamed at will, and mingled together, it became\\nnecessary for the owners to have some marks upon them by\\nwhich to distinguish their own from their neighbors\\nHence arose the custom of marking the ears of cattle,\\nsheep, and swine, and of recording each one s special mark\\nin the ofiice of the township clerk. The following list, be-\\nsides showing the names of many early settlers, also de-\\nscribes their individual mark\\nNorman Davison, square crop off the left ear.\\nPaul G. Davison, square crop off the riglit ear.\\nO. P. Davison, square crop off the right ear, and slit in\\nthe same.\\nJames W. Cronk, swallow fork in the left ear.\\nE. N. Davenjiort, swallow fork in the right ear.\\nJeremiah R. Smith, square crop off the left ear, and slit\\nId the same.\\nJoseph McFarlen, slit in the left ear.\\nJohn Huller, slit in the under side of the left ear.\\nE. R. Ewing, slit in the under side of the right ear.\\nJonathan Davison, slit in both ears.\\nRufus W. Sttivens, g({uare crop and half crop off the left\\near.\\nIra Dayton, a ha penny on the under side of the right\\nir.\\nCaleb S. Thompson, notch in the under side of the right\\nir.\\nAugustus C. Riggs, half crop, the upper side off the left\\nNathaniel Ladd, crop from the back side of the right ear.\\nSilas Smith, slit in the right ear, and ha penny in the\\nback side of the left ear.\\nJohn Tupper, half crop off the back side of the left ear.\\nJ. P. Fritz, square crop off the left ear, and hole in the\\n.same.\\nAlonzo Ferris, notcli in the under side of the left ear.\\nNewell Tupper, crop off the left ear, and swallow fork in\\nthe right.\\nBenjamin Pearsons, square crop off the right ear, and\\nslit in the left.\\nEdmund Perry, half crop off the under side of the left\\near.\\nWilliam Roberts, square crop off the left ear and slit in\\nthe right.\\nCyrus Baldwin, square crop off the left ear and slit in the\\nunder side of the s;ime.\\nSimeon M. Perry, half crop off the right ear and slit in\\nthe left.\\nEmmaus Owen, slope crop off the upper side of the left\\near.\\nLuman Beach, hole in the right ear.\\nJonathan Dayton, crop off the left ear and ha penny in\\nthe forepart of the right.\\nEbenezer Bishop, half crop from the forepart of the\\nright ear.\\nBenjamin Kimball, slope crop off the left ear.\\nFrederick F. Riggs, notch in the under side of the left\\near and slit in the .same.\\nChauncey Chapin, slope crop off the upper side of right\\near.\\nMoses P. Butler, swallow fork in left ear and hole in the\\nsame.\\nC. D. W. Gibson, a slit in the right ear.\\nCharles Bates, square crop off the left ear.\\nXury Williams, square crop off the right ear.\\nSamuel Rice, swallow fork in both ears.\\nBenajali Tupper, slit in the under side of right ear.\\nCol. Sawyer, half crop in the under side of the right ear\\nand swallow fork in the left.\\nJ. W. King, square crop off the left ear and a slit on the\\nunder side of the .same.\\nNelson H. Emmons, slit in the left ear.\\nJames Van Valkeiiburg, notch on the under side of the\\nleft ear and slit in the same.\\nAlfred Brainard, crop off the left ear and half crop off\\ntlie under side of same.\\nAmos Hallock, crop off the under side of right ear.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0319.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "244\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nGeorge E. Pony, crop off the right ear and notch on\\nunder side of the same.\\nEdward Parsons, notch on upper side of left ear, near\\nthe end.\\nCharles Ferguson, a hole through each ear.\\nAdin L. Allen, .square crop oflF the right ear and slit in\\nsame.\\nPhilander AVilliams, crop off the right ear and a notch in\\nthe upper side of left.\\nAlpheus Chapman, notch on the under side of right ear\\nand slit in the left.\\nPliilo Fairchild, half crop under right car and notch\\nunder the left.\\nParson Farrar, square crop off the right ear and two\\nha pennies in the left, one above, one below.\\nWilliam Eanies, slit in the right ear.\\nJ. K. Abbott, square crop off both ears.\\nCharles C. Piereon, square crop off right, slit in the left.\\nDavid McNiel, notch from the under side of left ear.\\nGarrett Freland, square crop off the right ear and two\\nhalf crops from under side of left.\\nC. L. Knowlton, square crop off right ear and hole in the\\nleft.\\nJeremiah Slack, square crop off right ear and hole in\\nsame.\\nOlhniel Williams, square crop off right ear, notch in the\\nunder side of same, and a slit in the upper side of the same\\near.\\nJohn W. King, square crop off the right ear.\\nLewis Kennedy, square crop off the left ear.\\nJames Greattrack, half crop in upper side of the left ear.\\nStephen C. Douglas, notch or ha penny in the under side\\nof the left ear and slit in the same.\\nOreon Seaver, a hole in the right ear.\\nDudley S. Reed, square crop off the left ear and a slit\\nin the under side of the same.\\nElisha Taylor, a hole in the left ear.\\nHannah Hallock, slope crop off the right ear, notch on\\nunder side of the left.\\nTiie following is the manner of entering notices in the\\nEstray-Book\\nCame into the inclosure of the subscriber, about the\\n1st of November, 1S38, one horse brown, with one white\\nhind-foot and white spot in fore hedd, and \\\\yhite streak\\noblike across the nose.\\nCome into the inclosure of Abial L. Shaw, on the eve\\nof Saturday, Nov. 25, 1843, two oxen, of good size sup-\\nposed to be about ten years old, one of them entirely red,\\nwith large long horns, the other red, with the exception of\\na .small white spot under tlie belly, and a part of the tail\\nis white with the horns sawed off.\\nTOWNSHIP OFFICERS.\\nList of the principal ofiicers from 1833 to 1879, inclusive,\\nexcept for those years which cannot be tilled by reason of\\nthe loss of town records, through the carelessness and\\nneglect of township clerks\\nSupcrTisora. Towimhip lerk\u00c2\u00bb. Tri iiMiircra.\\n183;!. Noruuin Divvison. Juriiiiiak U. Siiiitb. No rcuiird.\\n1S;!4. Uufus W. Stevens. Ciilib S. Tlii)inpsi ri.\\n1S;15. Samuel Kice. Augvistu? 0. Iliggs.\\n1836.\\n1837.\\n1838.\\n1839.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\n1842.\\n1843.\\n1S44.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1S4-.\\n184S.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854.\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1859.\\nISGO.\\n1861.\\n1862.\\n1863.\\n1864.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n1S67.\\n1868.\\n1869.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1872.\\n1873.\\n1874.\\n1875.\\n1876.\\n1877.\\n1S7S.\\n1879.\\nSuiicrvisors.\\nSamuel Kiee.\\nTuvneliiii Clerks.\\nAugustus 0. Riggs.\\nCaleb S. TlKimpson.\\nTreasurers.\\nNo record.\\nC. D. W. Gibson. Joi=bua K. Abbott.\\nWilliiini Blades.\\nJeremiah R. Smith.\\nSilas D. Ilalsey.\\nJeremiah R. Smith.\\nJulian liifhop.\\n.Tereuiiah R. Smith.\\nJulian Bishop.\\nJohn Remington.\\nJulian Bishop.\\ntt 1.\\nJeremiah R. Smith.\\nJulian Bisho]).\\nDennis Wolverton.\\nJohn Remington.\\nSilas D. Ilalsey.\\nH It\\nAlfred Hullock.\\nCaleb 8. Thompson.\\nJoshua K. Ahl)o:t.\\nOlhnicl Williams.\\nSimeon M. Tyler.\\n(i ii\\nCiecro J. K. Stoncr,\\nCharles L. Smith.\\nMorgan L. Curtis.\\nCiiarles D. Long.\\nJlorgnn L. Cut (is.\\nT. Porter McWain.\\nJohn Slack.\\nMichael Ferguson.\\nEdwin Ilarvcy.\\nJonathan Crapscr.\\ntt u\\nOscar C. Beals.\\nJames Parsons,\\nJohn W. Suell.\\nNo record.\\nJeremiiili R. Smith.\\ntt t(\\nAlfred Bruiiiard.\\nIt II\\nJereraiah K. Smith.\\nSilas B. Ilal ey.\\nNo record.\\nAsnhcl King.\\nNicholas West.\\nThomas Cartwright.\\nSilas D. Ilalscy.\\nti\\nAlexander W. Davis.\\nAddison Armstrong.\\nMorgan L. Curtis.\\nBcnajah Tupper.\\ntt n\\nZerah Curtis.\\nit\\nThomas Cartwright.\\nElisha O. Jenning?.\\nti it\\nAlfred B. Miner.\\nli ti\\nDavid P. Halsey.\\ntt\\ntt tt\\nNo record.\\nDaniel E. Salisbury. Addison Armstrong,\\nCharles J. Case.\\nR. Parker.\\nAnd. J. Hempstead.\\nArthur C. MeCall.\\nArthVB. Armstrong.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nJeremiah II. Smith, Thomas Lowden, 1849 j John Remington, 1850;\\nOurdon Waterous, 1851; Charles Butler, 1852; Jeremiah R.\\nSmith, 1853; James JI. GofT, 1854; Philander Williams, 1855;\\nJohn Slack, 1856 Jeremiah R. Smith, 1857 James M. Goflf,\\n1858: Alfred Ilallock, 1859; David P. Halsey, 1860 Jeremiah\\nR.Smith, 1861; Gibson B. Shaw, John Slack, 1862; Alfred Ilal-\\nlock, Chauncoy S. Marvin, 1863; John Slack, 1864; Alexander\\nW. Davis, 1865; Chauncoy S.Marvin, 1S66 Alfred Hallock,\\n1867; John Slack, 1868; Alexander W. Davis, 1869. No record\\nfor the years from 1870 to 1873, inclusive. Hugh McCall, .Tohn\\nSlack, Dennis Wolverton, 1874, 1875; David J. Mursc, 1876;\\nAlexander W. Davis, Joseph P. Cook, 1877; Joseph P.Cook,\\nJohn Slack, 1878.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.\\nGurdon G. Cook, John Remington, John Butler, 1841; Gurdon G.\\nCook, Alvah Brainard, Jeremiah R. Smith, 1842 (iurdon G.\\nCook, .^Ivah Brainard, 1843; Caleb S. Thompson, Alvah Brain-\\nard, James Van Valkenburg, 1844; Caleb S.Thompson, Xury\\nWilliams, Ira Dayton, 1845; Othniel Williams, James M. Goff,\\nA. L. Ellsworth, 1846; Otbniel Williams, James M. Golf, A. L.\\nEllsworth, 1847; William Eames, James M. Golf, Othniel Wil-\\nliams, 1S4S; Arthur L. Ellsworth, Othniel Williams, 1849;\\nJoseph McFarlcn, 1850; Alfred Hallaek, 1851 Xury Williams,\\n1853; Alfred HuUock, 1854; Isaac Schram, 1855 John Rem-\\nington, 1856; Alfred Hallock, 1857; Isaac Schram, 1858; Rus-\\nsell Forsyth, 1859 Alvah Brainard, 1860; Isaac Schram, 1861\\nRussell Forsyth, IS62: Isa.ac Schram, 1864; Lucius King, 1865;", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0320.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "fyr\\ni V", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0321.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0322.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\n245\\nAlvali Brainard, ISfifi; Isniic Schriiin, 1867 Benjamin Newman,\\n1S68; Alvah lirainarcl, 18G9. No records for the years from\\n1870 to 1873, inclusive. Jusejih P. Cook, 1874; Alvah Brainard,\\n1875-1878.\\nCONSTABI,E.S.\\nAsahcl King, Lucius King, 1819; Dudley S. Reed, Nicholas West,\\n1850; Nicholas West, Dudley S. Reed, 1S5I Alanson Burt, Asa-\\nhoi Goff, 1853 Asahcl (ioff, John Case, 1854; Asel Goff, Lester\\nII. Williams, 1855; James A. Rice, Lucius King, 185(); Charles\\nA. Baker, Morgan L. Curtis, 1857; Benajah Tupper, Theodore\\nJ. Wells, George Kline, Asel Goff, 1858; Lucius King, Willard\\nJ. Lamb, Edward A. Sawyer, Asahel Collins, 1859; William J.\\nLamb, Orville Owens, Asel Goff, Horace Embury, 18C0; John J.\\nCase. Asel Goff, ISfil Asel Goff, John J. C:u\u00c2\u00abe, Thos. Sheldon, 1862;\\nBenajah Tupper, Lucius King. Orville Owens, 186. Benjamin\\nNewmivn, Asel Goff, William II. Butts. 1664; Alfroil Bushaw,\\nBenajah Tupper, Benjamin Newman, Robert Barnes, 1S65; Bena-\\njah Tupper, Benjamin Newman, Robert Barnes, 1866 Benjamin\\nNewman, Benajah Tupper, Henry Kckley, Joseph Wakcman,\\n1867 Wing C. Eames, Benajah Tupper. Binjamin Newman, Eil-\\nward C. Waterous, ISfiS; Benajah Tupjier, Harrison Williams,\\nBenjamin Newman, Daniel D. Howell, 1869. No records for the\\nyears 1870, 1871, 1ST2, 1873. William B. Evatt, Beuiijali Tapper,\\nBenjamin Newman, Wing C. Eames, 1874; Benjamin Newman,\\nDaniel D. Howell, Benajah Tupper, George Borden, 1875 Daniel\\nD. Howell, Benjamin Newman, John Scott, Joseph Taylor, 1S7B;\\nGeorge W. Thompson, Arthur McCall, Benjamin Ncwmnn, Joa.\\nA. Wakcman, 1877; Arlhur C. McCall, Benjamin Newman, John\\nU. Cook, D. Freeman Kline, 1878.\\nSCnOOL INSPECTORS.\\nJoseph King, 1849; Edward Parsons, 1850; Julian Bishop, 1851;\\nJo.seph King, 1853; Edward Parsons, John Slack, 1854; Levi\\nL. Way, 1855; Morgan L. Curtis, 1856; Edward Parsons, 1857;\\nHenry C. Fairbank, 1858; Jacob L. Parsons, 1859; Henry C.\\nFairbank, I860; Morgan L. Curtis, 1861; Marcus D. Curtis,\\nHenry C. Fairbank, 1862; Jacob L. Parsons, 1863; Henry C.\\nFairbank, 1864 Charles J. Cose, .Jacob L. Parsons, 1865 Darius\\nII. Stone, 1866; Charles J. Case, 1867; Morgan L.Curtis, 1868;\\nGeorge R. Parker, 1869. No records for the years 1870, 1871,\\n1872, 1873. Edward D. Parsons, 1874; Jesse P. Dewey, 1875;\\nWing C. Eames, 1876; George S. Porter, 1877; Charles J. Case,\\n1878.\\nThe officers elected in April, 1879, were Oscar C. Bcals,\\nSupervisor; Arthur C. McCall, Township Clerk; Arthur\\nB. Armstrong, Tre;isurcr Darwin II. Forsyth, T. Porter\\nMcWain, Justices of the Peace Charles Baker, Jr., School\\nSuperintendent Charles J. Case, School Inspector Isaac\\nSchraui, Highway Commissioner; George R. Shear, Drain\\nCommissioner; Arthur C. McCall, George W. Thomp.son,\\nG. F. Campbell, Freeman Kline, Constables.\\nVILLAGES.\\nThe vilhige of Grand Blanc, a station on the line of the\\nFlint and Pore Marquette Railw:iy, is situated seven miles\\nsoutheast of the city of Flint. It contains two churches\\n(Congregationalist and Methodist Episcopal), two stores of\\ngeneral merchandi.se, one drug-store, one agricultural im-\\nplement store, one small steam grist-mill, post-office, school-\\nhouse, several small mechanical shops, and about 250\\ninliabitants.\\nAlthough it is the point where the Stevenses first settled\\nin 1823, is situated on the old Saginaw road, and for many\\nyears was prominent in the history of Genesee County, its\\ngrowth as a village dates only from the completion of tlic\\nrailroad in 1804. The post-office Rufus W. Stevens,\\npostmaster was established in ]S2(i. lie opened his\\nhouse to the public at about the same time. Previous to\\nthis, and for some years after, he sold goods to the Indians.\\nThe first regular store was opened by Robert F. Stage and\\nIra D. Wright in October, 1835.\\nThomas Irish and Daniel B. Wakefield were also early\\ntavern-keepers here. The bond given by Irish, Jan. 5,\\n1835, is herewith appended\\nYou, Thomas Irish, do acknowledge to owe unto the United\\nStates of America the sum of fifty dollars and you, John Todd and\\nPbineas Thompson, do acknowledge to owe unto the United States of\\nAmerica the sum of twenty-five dollars each, to bo levied of your\\nseveral goods and chattels, lands and tenements, upon condition that\\nwhereas the above-bounden Thomas Irish is adniilted to and allowed\\nby this township-board to keep a tavern for the space of one year\\nnext ensuing, and no longer, in the house now occupied by the him,\\nthe said Irish, in the town of (irand Blank, and no other; now, there-\\nfore, if the said Thomas Irish, during the time aforesaid, shall keep\\nand maintain good order and rule, and shall suffer no disorder nor\\nunlawful games to be used in his house, or in any of the dependencies\\nthereof, antl shall not break any of the laws for the regulations of\\ntaverns, then this recognizance shall be void; otherwise, to remaia\\nin full force and effect. This you do severally acknowledge.\\nThomas Irish.\\nJohn Toon.\\nPniNKAs TnoMi Soy.\\nGiiASD Blank, Jan. 5, 1835.\\nWhigville, a small village of about 100 inh:ibitants, and\\nknown at various periods as Dlbhkville, Grand Blanc, and\\nGlbsonville, is situated about one and one-half miles north-\\nwest of Grand Blanc Centre. It contains the church edifice\\nof the Baptist Society, a school-house, and a few small shop.s.\\nHere was erected the first sawmill in the county, by Row-\\nland B. Perry, in 1828. At one jHTiod during the life-\\ntime of Mr. C. D. W. Gibson considerable business was\\ndone here. Stores, taverns, and busy shops existed. But\\nsince the completion of the railroad its trade has been trans-\\nferred to the centre.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school-house a small frame building was\\nerected by Edmund Perry, Sr., about 1830. It was sit-\\nuated upon his own land, near the banks of a small stream,\\ncalled the Big Run and Miss Surah Dayton, sister of\\nJonathan Dayton, taught the first school in this house.\\nMr. Edward Parsons, school inspector, presented the\\nfollowing account to the board of town auditors in April,\\n1842, which was allowed:\\nThe town of Grand Blanc in account with Edward Parson. as\\nschool inspector\\n1842. Dr.\\nJan. 26. To visiting schools in the Fnrrar and Perry districts,\\nan I inspecting a teacher $1.00\\nFob. 2. To visiting schools in the Smith and Bailor districts,\\nand inspecting a teacher 1.00\\nFeb. 9. To visiting school in Gibson district 5U\\nFeb. 15. To meeting the inspectors of another town for tho\\npurpose of removing Mr. Parker 50\\nMarch 9. To traveling for public money, and attending a meet-\\ning of the board to distribute the same 1.00\\nFrom the school directors reports for the year ending\\nOct. 1, 1845, arc taken the following statistics:\\nChildren between the ages of 4 and 18 years, residing in\\nthe town.ship, 374 under 4 years of age, attending school,\\nover 18 years of age, attending .school, 2(1; attending\\nschool during the year, 352. Months taught in each dis-\\ntrict by iualified teachers, C. Amount received from town-\\nship treasurer, $2;i!t.77 rai.sed by taxes in the districts,\\n$129.12. Number of whole districts, 7 numhcr of frac-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0323.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "246\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntional districts, 3. Average amount per month paid\\nteachers for winter term, $12 average amount per mouth\\npaid teachers for summer term, $4.\\nNames of teachers employed during the year District\\nNo. 1, Joseph King, Emina Wilson No. 2, Ann L.\\nThompson No. 2,* Lucy Bigelow No. 3, Jonatlian Fel-\\nlows, Laura King No. 4, Laura King, Susan Dickinson\\nNo. 5, Thomas O. Townseud, Mary Webster No. 6,* Maria\\nFerris, Jane Smith No. 7, C. C. Pierson, Ellen Ferguson\\nNo. 8, Catharine Gorton, Adaline Main No. 8,* Eliza\\nPerry.\\nSchool Directors District 1, Adam C. Kline; No. 2,\\nJ. K. Abbott No. 2,* Edmund llix No. 3, James\\nO Donoughue No. 4, C. C. Pierson No. 5, Alvah Brain-\\nard No. 6,* A. L. Ellsworth No. 7, James Hall No. 8,\\nWilliam Roberts; No. 8,* Samuel Wiuship.\\nSCHOOL STATISTICS 1878.\\nWhole districts, 6 fractional, 4. Children of school\\nage residing in township, 420 attending school during\\nthe year, 381. Frame school-houses in township, 9 brick,\\n1. Seating capacity of all the school-houses, 555. Value\\nof school property, ?tJ450. Male teachers employed during\\nthe year, 10 female, 12. Months taught by male teach-\\ners, 45 by female, 37. Paid male teachers, $1227.10\\npaid female teachers, 6588.90 total, $1816.\\nReceipts for the year I roni moneys on hand, Sept. 3, 1877,\\ntwo-mill tax, primary school-fund, district taxes for all pur-\\nposes, and raised from all other sources, $2614.10.\\nExpenditures. Paid teachers, $1816; paid i or build-\\ning and repairs, $141.80; paid on bonded indebtedness,\\n$22.59 paid for all other purposes, $242.80 amount\\non hand, Sept. 2, 1878, $390.91 total, $2614.10.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nPrevious to the organization of any religious society in\\nthis township, the early settlers had been visited at irregular\\nintervals by Elders Benedict and Gambell, Baptist preach-\\nei-s, and Rev. I. W. Ruggles, a Presbyterian minister from\\nPontiac. Meetings were held in the small log school-house\\nin the Perry settlement, and frequently in the dwelling-\\nhouses of the inhabitants.\\nFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThis society was organized June 1, 1833, with 26 con-\\nstituent members, as follows Daniel Williams, Alfred\\nBrainard, John Tupper, Newell Tupper, Alden Tupper,\\nHarrison Tupper, Alexander K. Tupper, Jason D. Austin,\\nPhilo Miner, John P. Fritz, Robert T. Winchell, Philander\\nWilliams, Betsey Tupper, Hannah Tupper, Isabella Tupper,\\nAseneth Brainard, Sarah Brainard, Miner, Susanna\\nFritz, Electa Williams, Sophronia Straw, Almira Phelps,\\nLovina Gilbert, Lovina Williams, Sarah Perry, and Eunice\\nAustin.\\nAt the first meeting it was voted that Brother Alfred\\nBrainard copy the articles of faitli and government, and\\ntake our minutes for this day. That Brothers Williams,\\nWinchell, and Brainard be a committee to request brethren\\nfrom the Association to meet in council, and present us be-\\nFractional districts.\\nfore said council for fellowship. Deaoon Daniel Williams\\nwas chairman and Alfred Brainard clerk of this meeting.\\nAt a covenant-meeting, held Oct. 5, 1833, it was voted\\nthat $21.25 be paid Elder Benedict for preaching, and\\nthat the clerk give Elder Benedict a writing expressing\\nour satisfaction with his labors and faithfulness, and request-\\ning his appointment as a missionary for another year, and\\nrequest him to forward the same to the committee of the\\nAmerican Baptist Home Mission Society.\\nEli Gilbert was received by baptism Aug. 4, 1833, and\\nMrs. Phelps by letter the same day. Other admissions\\nduring the year 1833 were Amasa Short, Thomas A. Frilz,\\nLester Williams, John Richards, and Riioda Richards. In\\n1834, Mr. Cheney and wife, Julia Ann Remington, Hannah\\nVan Tifflin, and Joseph and Sarah Gambell.\\nThose received during 1835 were Norris Thorp, E. N.\\nJohnson, Esther Allen, Deborah A. Allen, Aseneth Rem-\\nington, Dudley Brainard, Perry Lamb, Mary Lamb, and\\nPhebe Thorp. In 1836, Barton B. Cliapin, Caroline Ciia-\\npin, David Lyon, Eunice Lyon, Edwin Lyon, Jonathan G.\\nFirman, Marilla Firman, David Gregory, Abigail Gregory,\\nElihu Remington, Charles Goff, Parmela GoflF, Julia Ann\\nWatkins, Electa Stiles, Laura Tupper, and Amanda Watkins.\\nIn 1837, Margaret Williams, Anna Goff, Hopkins Allen,\\nMrs. M. Johnson, Nancy Snapp, Eliza King, Alvah Bishop,\\nand Electa Bishop. In 1838, Elijah Jordan, Betsey Jordan,\\nLaranthia Bigelow, David Allen, Sophia Allen, and Alsina\\nParker.\\nThe pastors of the society since Elder Benedict have suc-\\nceeded each other as follows Elder Joseph Gambell, 1834,\\nwho remained two years. July 12, 1836, it was voted\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2that Dudley Brainard preach when we have no other\\npreaching. Rev. Elijah Jordan came in January, 1838;\\nJ. A. Keyes, 1839. May 24, 1839, Dudley Brainard was\\ngiven a letter to preach the Gospel wherever God, in His\\nprovidence, may cast his lot. Revs. R. D. Pierce, 1840\\nSamuel Jones, 1842 Daniel Delano, 1844 Joseph Gam-\\nbell, 1845 Nelson Eastwood, 1849; T. H. Facer, 1851\\nC. Deland, 1853; Israel Fay, 1855; A. H. Cole, 1856;\\nIsrael C. Atherton, 1859; C. Johnson, 1864; Harley Mi-\\nner, 1866; M. Mulcahy, 1809; P. Olney, 1871; S. T.\\nGrow, 1871 R. J. Lobb, 1872 0. B. Smith and C. H.\\nRichardson, as supplies B. D. Miller, 1875 Samuel\\nNeedham, 1875 George Sharp, 1876 Edgar Randall,\\npresent pastor, April, 1879.\\nThe present church edifice was commenced in 1849 and\\ncompleted in 1851. It is situated in the small village of\\nWhigville, and has sittings for about 200 people. It was\\ndedicated May 21, 1851 sermon by Rev. T. H. Facer;\\ntext, Matthew 0,10, Thy Kingdom Come; dedicatory\\nprayer by Rev. Joseph Gambell. In February, 1874, 25\\nmembers obtained letters of dismission to form the Mundy\\nBaptist Church. Present membership, 78. Scholars in\\nSabbath-school, 66. Mrs. Hannah Tupper, superinten-\\ndent.\\nnilST CONGREGATIONAL CH JRCH.\\nOn the 13th day of July, 1833, a number of professed\\nChristians met at the house of Deacon Josiah Owen, in\\nGrand Blanc, for the purpose of uniting together in the\\nfellowship and communion of a church. Rev. Isaac W.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0324.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0325.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0326.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\n247\\nRiiggles, a missionary of the American Home Missionary\\nSociety, was present, and served as moderator. Alter a\\nseason of prayer, those present gave a relation of tlieir expe-\\nrience. Letters from the churches from whence tliey\\ncame were tlien read, and those prcs-ent, viz., Josiali Owen,\\nSusan Oweu, Cyrus Baldwin, Charles Butler, John Butler,\\nSarah P. Butler, Emmaus Owen, Cynthia Maria Owen,\\nAimira Smith, Cornelia Smith, and Sarah Ann Butler, then\\nentered into covenant to walk together as a church in all\\nthe ordinances of the gospel. They resolved to take Con-\\ngregationalism as the rule of church government. At this\\nmeeting Josiah Owen and Cyrus Baldwin were chosen\\ndeacons, and articles of faith adopted.\\nSamuel Rice represented the society at the meeting of\\nthe Detroit Presbytery, Feb. 10, 1835.\\nThe first meetings were held in the log house and barn\\nof Deacon Josiah Owen, then in the Butler school-house,\\nand still later in the Smith school-house, where they were\\ncontinued until their present church edifice was completed.\\nUntil 1836 the society had no regular pastor, the pulpit\\nbeing supplied occasionally by Revs. John Beach, Isaac\\nW. Ruggles, John Dudley, and Iliratn Miller. George\\nHornell, their first regular pastor, began preaching one-half\\nthe time in 183G. He was followed by Philander Bates,\\nin 1838; Ebenezer McDowell, 1841 Ira Dunning, 1841\\nJoseph W. Smith, 1842; George King, 1844; Chauncey\\nOsborn, 1846; George Winters, 1853; Alonzo Sanderson,\\n1862; Samuel Breed, 1867; John V. Hickniott, 1869;\\nWilliam Woodmansee, 1874; Lewis P. Frost, 1876; and\\nAlfred T. Waterman, the present pastor, in 1878.\\nOther early members who joined the society were, in\\n1834, Samuel Rice, Abigail Rice, Susan Baldwin, Julia\\nA. Webster, Samuel C. Baldwin, Edwin Baldwin, Sarah\\nM. Baldwin, Moses P. Butler, Eliza Butler, Moses A.\\nBuell in 1835, Maria Brigham, Abigail Owen, Andrew\\nSlack, Sarah Slack in 1836, Henry Le Roy, Lucy Le Roy,\\nEdward Parsons, Ann Butler; in 1838, Sophia Dayton;\\nin 1839, Silas Smith, John Burrington, James Rice, Eliza\\nA. Boss, Elizabeth Burrington, Grace Burrington, Sophia\\nCoy, Sophia Rice, Jane Elsefer, Emelinc Davison, Rebecca\\nBrown, Helen Brown, Silas D. Halsey, David W. Law-\\nrence, Ann Lawrence, Gurdon G. Cook, Wealthy Cook,\\nMargaret A. Cook, Gavin McCoy, Mary McCoy, Susan\\nMcCoy, and Harriet McCoy.\\nThe first board of trustees was elected in 1836, and was\\ncomposed of Samuel Rice, John Butler, and Jeremiah R.\\nSmith.\\nThe church edifice was dedicated Sept. 12, 1855, and\\necst $2600. It has sittings for 300 people, and is situated\\nin the village of Grand Blanc.\\nPresent membership, 64. Scholars attending Sabbath-\\nBcliQol, 86. G. Russell Parker, superintendent.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThis organization, probably the first class in Methodism\\ninstituted in the territory now known as Genesee County,\\nlike a large majority of those of this denomination, has no\\nwritten hi.story or records of the past that are available.\\nIt is stated that the first cla. js was formed in the school-\\nliousc at Gibsonville, by Rev. Oscar North, in the year\\n1835, the first members being William Blades, Charlotte\\nBlades, Thomas Cartwright, Catherine Cartwright, Daniel\\nNobles, and Susan Nobles.\\nThe school-house in Gibsonville was used for a place of\\nworship until 1854, when a church edifice situated in the\\nvillage of Grand Blanc was completed at a cost of about\\n$2000. A parsonage was erected at the same time, which\\ncost about $1000. The trustees in 1854 were Adam C.\\nKline, Jay Adams, Arthur Ellsworth, Edwin Ellsworth,\\nand Abial L. Shaw. George Smith, presiding elder. G.\\nN. Belknap, pastor in charge.\\nThe pastors of the society since 1851 are the same as\\nthose of the Burton Methodist Episcopal Church, both being\\nin the same charge, viz.. Revs. Mr. Blades, Bradley, Lee,\\nBelknap, Cawthorne, Crane, Allen, Frazcr, Sutton, Crip-\\npen, Seelye, Crippen, Joslin, Shore, Mosher, Whitmore,\\nBrown, Westlake, Hicks, Hamilton, and Gage, present\\npastor. Present membership, 40. Joseph Taylor, super-\\nintendent of Sabbath-school.\\nWe desire to return our thanks to Hon. Alexander\\nW. Davis, Joseph McFarlen, Caleb S. Thompson, Newell\\nTupper, John P. Fritz, Adam C. Kline, Edward Parsons,\\nJ. C. Wolverton, AddLson Armstrong, E. A. Sawyer, Ar-\\nthur C. McCall, Mrs. C. D. W. Gibson, Mrs. Phineas\\nThompson, Mrs. E. N. Johnson, and others, for much val-\\nuable information.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nSIMEON M. PERRY.\\nThe oldest living male settler in Genesee County is\\nSimeon M. Perry. He was born in Schenectady, N. Y.,\\nSept. 22, 1804. His father, Edmund Perry, was the sec-\\nond settler in the county, and located the second farm in\\nthe county. Edmund Perry purcha.sed of the government\\nin 1824 two lots of land, and in March, 1825, settled\\nthereon with his flimily. This was in what was then called\\nGrumlaw, now Grand Blanc.\\nSimeon M., his sister, and a cousin (Thompson) came\\nWest with Edmund Perry in March, 1825. The father\\nand sister returned to New York, while Simeon and his\\ncousin remained on the farm, and kept bachelor s hall until\\nthe return of the Aimily in the fall. He remained with his\\nfather eight years, helping him clear up the new farm. On\\nthe 3d day of December, 1830, he bought of the govern-\\nment the west half of the northwest quarter of section 14,\\nin Grand Blanc, and in 1839 the southwest quarter of the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 11, in the same town. In\\n1834 he built a small frame house on his eighty, and\\nmoved into it. He had prior to this occupied a log house\\nnear where Seymour Perry s house now stands. In that\\nlog house Mi,ss Isabel Perry, the first white child born in\\nthe county, first saw the light of day.\\nSimeon Perry is a man possessed of a strong constitution,\\nand has been a great worker. He hiis helped to clear two\\nhundred acres of land, part of it being the farm where he\\nnow resides, the balance the farms owned by his father.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0327.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "248\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHe has seen, as a pioneer settler, many hardships, and has\\nbeen subjected to exposures which have caused liini many\\nhours of pain. In the first year of his residence in the\\ncounty his father s stock ran at large, and, in searching for\\nthem through the marshes and swamps, ho was often wet\\nto the skin for hours at a time. Often the cattle would\\nwander miles away, causing him all-day tramps to find\\nbeen entirely hel[)less and dependent upon the care of his\\ndaughter Isabel, who is devoting herself with filial care\\nto his every want. Mr. Perry was formerly a Democrat,\\ncasting his first vote for Andrew Jackson. On the organ-\\nization of the Republican party he joined it, and has since\\nbeen a member of the same, although he has never solicited\\nor held oflBce. He has been a member of the Baptist\\nSIMEON \u00c2\u00bbI. PERRY.\\nthem. He relates an instance, when he had been looking\\nfor them all day, with nothing to eat, and had got some ten\\nmiles away from home, suddenly he came upon an Indian\\nseated at a fire partaking of a muskrat-stew. The Indian\\ninvited Mr. Perry to eat, which he gladly did, and he now\\ndeclares food never tasted better than did that stew. In\\n1865 he was prostrated by disease, which was brought on\\nby his hardships and exposures, and for five years he has\\nMRS. SIMEON M. PERRY.\\nChurch for thirty-five years. On the 19th day of March,\\n1828, he married Miss Sarah Cartwright, daughter of\\nThomas and Lsabel Cartwright, who was born March 17,\\n1806, and died Sept. 17, 1875. The result of this union\\nwas six children, Isabel C, born May 13, 1829 Emily\\nA., born July 26, 1831 Joseph and Mary, born March 7,\\n1833; Mary E., born Aug. 31, 1837; and Esther, born\\nNov. 22, 18.10.\\nGURDON G. COOK.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Cook were among the early Eng-\\nlish settlei s of New England. Deacon Gurdon W. Cook\\nwas a native of Connecticut, and in 1805 removed with his\\nfamily to Western New York, and settled at Lima, Livings-\\nton Co. He reared a family of four sons and four daughters,\\nof whom Gurdon G. was the .second .son. He was born at\\nthe old home in Connecticut on the 7th day of June, 1802.\\nHe was reared on the farm, and at the age of seventeen\\nwent to learn the trade of a tanner he followed that occu-\\npation at Avon and Bethany for several years, during which\\ntime he became acquainted with Miss Wealthy Pierson,\\ndaughter of Jo.scph and Sarah Pierson, old settlers of Avon.\\nThey were united in marriage, Feb. 15, 1827. After his\\nmarriage he continued the same business until 1834, when\\nhe took charge of and managed the farm of his father-in-\\nlaw. In the spring of 1836 he made a trip to Michigan\\nin quest of a home he selected and purchased of the gov-\\nernment two hundred and forty acres of land in the present\\ntownship of Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., about ten miles\\nsouth of the city of Flint. lie then returned to New York,\\nsettled up his business, and in the fall of the same year re-\\nmoved with his family to their new home in the wilds of\\nMichigan. The family moved into their new log hou.se in\\nthe following February. Then followed the usual routine of\\nchopping, logging, clearing off the timber, and all the other\\nhard work, hardships and privations incident to pioneer life,\\ntogether with anxieties and fears of wolves and Indians on\\nthe part of the mother, for the first year or two. But in a\\nfew years the Indians and wild animals disappeared, and\\nwere replaced by settlers and neighbors and, under the\\nsturdy stroke of the pioneer axe, the forest had given place\\nto fields of waving grain. The adventurous family, who a\\nfew years before had braved all the discomforts and dangers\\nof settlei-s in the wilderness, had fully realized all that their\\nhopes and anticipations had pictured to them of a comforta-\\nble home with peace and plenty smiling around them.\\nMr. Cook was a man of genuine piety, and an honored\\nmember of the Congregational Church for upwards of forty\\nyears. For the last fourteen years of his life he was blind,\\nthe result of an accident in early life and subsequent in-\\nflammation but under this terrible affliction he always", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0328.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP.\\n249\\niiiaintiiineJ a elieerful and hopeful spirit, and continued to\\nnianage liis farm and business with all his accustomed pre-\\ncision and sagacity. In 1853 he made an addition of\\neighty acres to liis farm, so that at his death, which oc-\\ncurred Oct. 6, 1800, it consisted of three hundred and\\ntwenty acres. Ho left to his bereaved widow and children\\na comfortable foitune and an unblemi.shed character.\\nMrs. Wealthy Cook, his widow, comes of a long line of\\nhonored ancestors. The Pierson family is also of English\\norigin, and embraces some of the earliest settlers of New\\nEngland.\\nEphraim, the grandfather of Mrs. Cook, lived and died\\nin Connecticut. He left a family often children, six sons\\nand four daughters. Joseph, the fifth son, was born at the\\nold Connecticut home, and while a young man went to\\nAlbany, N. Y., where he was married to Sarah Watrous.\\nHe first settled on a fiirm in Albany County, but in a few\\nyears he removed to Livingston County, bought a farm, and\\nsettled at Avon. He reared a family of tbi eo sons and six\\ndaughters, of whom Mrs. Cook was the si.xth child. She\\nwas born at Avon, Dec. 26, 1801 was reared on a farm,\\nand in the pure atmosphere of farm life, along with its\\nduties, habits, and toils, she acquired a strong and vigorous\\nconstitution, and a knowledge and experience which in\\nafler-years were of great value to her husband and children.\\nShe resides at the old home in Grand Blanc, tranquil and\\nhappy, enjoying a ripe old age in the society of her chil-\\ndren and time-honored friends. She and her deceased hus-\\nband are the parents of four children, named Joseph P., Sa-\\nrah M., Henry H., and Ellen A., all of whom are living.\\nJoseph is married to Julia H. Slaght and has six children\\nhe resides on a part of the old home-farm, and is a man of\\nmuch consideration and influence in his locality. Sarah is\\nunmarried, and resides with her mother at the old home.\\nHenry is married to Sarah D. Parker, and has four chil-\\ndren he also owns and resides on a part of the old home-\\nfarm. Ellen is the wife of Andrew J. Cronk, and resides\\non their farm in the town of Burton they have two chil-\\ndren. On another page may be found a view of the home\\nof this old pioneer couple.\\nMICHAEL FERGUSON\\nwas a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., and born on the 31st\\nday of March, 1815. He was left an orphan at ten years\\nof age, and found a home with his uncle, Charles Ferguson,\\nwith whom he resided until he was twenty-one. He ob-\\ntained a good education, and also learned the trade of\\nwagon-making, which business he followed at Fort Plain,\\nN. Y., until 1834, when he came to the Territory of Michi-\\ngan, and purchased eighty acres of government land in\\nShiawassee County. He remained with his uncle in Grand\\nBlanc two years, when he returned to New York, and\\nbecame engaged on the Erie Canal, first as an ordinary\\nhand, afterwards as captain of a boat, and Snally as con-\\ntractor. He continued in that business some ten years,\\nwhen he engaged in the commission business, which he\\nfollowed for ten or twelve years.\\nIn 18G0, on the first day of January, he was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Margaret S. Hager, of Fort Plain, N. Y.\\n32\\nIn 1SG.5 he removed to Michigan and settled on a farm of\\none hundred acres in the township of Grand Blanc, where\\nhe remained until his death, which occurred on the 18th\\nday of November, 1874. He was the father of five chil-\\ndren, named as follows: Everett, George 11., Annie E.,\\nEdward E., and Joseph M., all of whom are living except\\nthe first named.\\nSir. Ferguson was a man of groat influence and consid-\\neration among his fellow-townsmen, who manifested their\\nconfidence by repeatedly electing him to positions of respon-\\nsibility. He served his town for three years as supervisor,\\na position he held at the time of his death. In politics he\\nwas a Democrat of the old school. He was a man of pure\\nlife and morals. He was an honored member of the\\nMasonic fraternity, and whether as apprentice, master, or\\ncompanion, was always known and regarded by the craft\\nas that highest type of a Mason, an honest man.\\nHis widow still resides on the home-farm, and is at this\\ntime (1879) the wife of John Bloom, to whom she was\\nmarried on the 12th day of October, 1876. On another\\npage may be seen a fine view of the home of the family.\\nCALEB S. THOMPSON,\\nof whom this brief sketch is written, was born in North-\\nbury, Worcester Co., Mass., April 23, 1805. His father,\\nwho was a tanner and currier by trade, moved into Oneida\\nCo., N. Y., when Caleb was five years old, and followed\\nhis trade and also farming. In 1816 he moved to Avon,\\nN. Y. Here Caleb grew to manhood, and although lie\\nwent only to a common school, he acquired more than an\\naverage education. He was a great student, and having\\nfree access to the library of Dr. Little, he made good use\\nof it and stored his mind with much useful knowledge.\\nOn the 30th day of May, 1829, he, in company with\\nJonathan Dayton and Caleb Embury] started for Grand\\nBlanc (then called Grumlaw), in Genesee Co., Mich., going\\nby canal-boat from Rochester to Buffiilo, and thence to\\nDetroit by the steamer William Penn. From Detroit to\\nGrumlaw they went by team. There they found the Riggs,\\nStevens, Spencer, and Perry families. At that date Gene-\\nsee County contained but forty-seven inhabitants. Soon\\nafter his arrival he bought of the government the east half\\nof the northwest cjuartcr of section 23, in Grand Blanc,\\nand subsequently the west half of the northwest quarter\\nof the same section. On this tract he settled and com-\\nmenced its improvement. The next fall he returned to\\nNew York, and taught .school through the winter, having\\npreviously taught, an employment which had given him\\nhis start in life. In February, 1830, he again came West,\\nthis time with his own conveyance, an ox-team, going\\nthrough Canada. The following summer he cleared and\\nsowed sixteen acres, and the next season harvested one\\nhundred and sixty bu.shels of wheat from that time he\\nconsidered starvation out of the question. During the\\nnext six years he so added to his farm that he owned four\\nhundred acres of land, two hundred and ten acres of which\\nhe had plowed and three hundred acres fenced. He had\\nsix hundred bushels of wheat, and owed no man. From", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0329.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthis time on lie continued to improve his farm, each year\\nadding to his wealth and to his reputation as a successful\\nbusiness man. In 1856 the subject of a plank-road from\\nHolly to Grand Blanc was being agitated, and finally be-\\ncame a fixed fact through the entei prise and energy of Mr.\\nThomp.son, who took the contract of building the road he\\ndid build it, although he lost many thousands of dollars by\\nso doing. But what was his loss was the people s gain, as\\nthe road was the means of finally securing to Grand Blanc\\nactive services of one of its most enterprising and public-\\nspirited citizens, and Mr. Thompson of the pleasure to be\\nderived from an active and successful career. Still he bears\\nhis sad lot with patience, watched over and cared for by an\\nafiectionate and faithful wife and a loving daughter.\\nOn the 4th day of February, 1832, he married Miss\\nClarinda Perry. Their union was blessed with the follow-\\ning children Susan, born Dee. 4, 1834, and Rush, born\\nApril 4, 1836. Mrs. Thompson died June 4, 1840. For\\nCALEB S. THOMPSON.\\nMRS. CALEB S. THOMPSON.\\na railroad, which has been of incalculable value to not only\\nits people, but to those of Holly and the surrounding coun-\\ntry. Mr. Tiiompson s loss in this enterprise resulted prin-\\ncipally from his inability to manage the affairs of the road\\npersonally, by reason of his being stricken down with the\\nrheumatism, which finally resulted in his becoming a help-\\nless invalid. For more than twenty years he has not been\\nable to get out of his chair or turn over in bed without\\nassistance. This great affliction deprived the county of the\\nhis second wife Mr. Thompson married. May 9, 1848, Miss\\nErmina C. Wilson, who was born March 5, 1824. There has\\nbeen born to them one daughter, Clara C.,boni April 9, 1849.\\nIn politics Mr. Thompson was first a Wiiig and later a\\nRepublican he has always taken great interest in political\\nmatters, and was an active worker before his sickness. He\\nhas held most of the township ofiices was clerk for twenty\\nyears, and for a considerable period held the office of\\ndeputy sherifi", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0330.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0331.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "1 t^\u00c2\u00ab\\n1-\\nO\\na:\\nI-\\no\\nto\\no\\nz\\no", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0332.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "ATLAS.\\nThe township of Atlas, known in the United States sur-\\nvey as township No. C north, range No. 8 east, is situ-\\nated in the southeast corner of the county. Its boundaries\\non the north and west are the respective town.ships of Davi-\\nson and Grand Blanc, in this county, while Lapeer County\\nlies upon the east and Oakland County on the south border.\\nThe surface is rolliiip;, and, in a state of nature, was quite\\nheavily timbered in the north part. The southern portion\\nconsisted generally of rose-willow and hazel-brush openings.\\nThe .soil a sandy loam is of an excellent quality, and in\\nthe quantity and excellence of its products Atlas takes a\\nfront rank among Genesee County townships.\\nIts water-courses are the Thread and Kearsley Rivers.\\nThe former takes its rise in Oakland County, and flows in\\na northwest course across the southwestern corner of the\\ntownship. The latter stream also finds its source in Oak-\\nland County, and, entering the township from the southeast,\\nreceives as a tributary the outlet of Lake Neshinaguac,\\nflows on in a northwesterly direction through the central\\npart of the town, and leaves it from the north border of\\nsection 4. In its passage the Kearsley affords excellent\\nwater-power privileges, which have been in use at the vil-\\nlages of Goodrich and Davisonville since the first settlement\\nof the township.\\nNeshinaguac Lake, with an area of about 160 acres, lies\\nin the central part of section 27. The mill-ponds on the\\nKearsley formed by the dams at Goodrich and Davisonville\\neach cover an expanse of about 100 acres. Other small\\nbodies of water are situated upon section 3.\\nNumerous springs, several of whose waters are impreg-\\nnated with iron, exist in all portions of the territory de-\\nscribed, and as a whole the township is well watered and\\ndrained. The people are successfully engaged in agricul-\\ntural pursuits, their farms are in an advanced state of cul-\\ntivation, and neat, tasteful residences and outbuildings\\nabound on every .side. The population in 1S74 was 131().\\nFIRST SETTLEMENTS.\\nAsa Farrar, the first settler in this township, was a\\nbrother of Pearson Farrar, who settled in Grand Blanc\\nduring the year 1830. They came from Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., and it is very probable that they made the journey\\nto Michigan in company. Pearson settled upon section\\n12, in Grand Blanc, while A.sa located his lot upon section\\n18, in this township. They were upon adjoining .sections,\\nand in the eastern part of the settlement, then known as\\nG rum law.\\nAsa purcliased tlie west part of the northwest q\\\\iartcr\\nof section 18, Sept. 2, 1830. Me then biiiitalogliou.se,\\nand became a permanent resident duritig the latter part of\\nthe same year. The first birtii and the first marriages in\\nthe township occurred in his family. His son Nelson was\\nborn in the latter part of 1833, and his daughters, Eveline\\nand Almira, were married to the brothers Roswell and\\nDaniel Holcomb, respectively, in the spring of 1834.\\nNorman Davison, then justice of the peace for Grand Blanc\\ntownship, performed the marriage ceremony.\\nJudge Norman Davison and family, the second to settle\\nhere, came from Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y. He visited\\nthe township in the summer of 1831, purchased land situ-\\nated upon section 8 in July of the same year, and soon\\nafler erected a two-story frame house upon the same, the\\nlumber being obtained from Rowland B. Perry s mill. He\\nthen returned to New York, and brought out his family\\nthe same fall. His family consisted of his wife, Huldah\\nsons, Paul G., Oliver P., Dewitt C, Benjamin F. and\\ndaughters, Sylvia, Jane A., and Maryette. The two elder\\nsons, viz., Paul and Oliver, accompanied their father on his\\nfirst journey, and remained here chopping and clearing,\\nwhile he returned for the remaining part of the family.\\nAt this time Michigan was a dense and almost unbroken\\nwilderness. Here on the banks of Kearsley Creek this\\nhealthy, resolute, and indomitable family pitched their\\nabode, beneath the shadows of a stately forest, and on the\\nspot where now stands the village of Davisonville. A saw-\\nmill was erected in 1833, followed by a grist-mill in 1836.\\nWell do the early travelers in this region remember being\\ndirected over long and weary miles by Indian trails and\\nmarked trees to Davison s Mills. The first township-meet-\\ning was held at these mills in April, 1836, and here the\\nfirst post-office was established. Judge Davison s commis-\\nsion as postmaster was dated March 13, 1837, and signed\\nby Amos Kendall, postmaster-general. He was a member\\nof the convention that met in Detroit the second Monday\\nin May, 1835, to frame the first State constitution; the\\nfirst supervisor of the old town of Grand Blanc, in 1833;\\nand at an early day, when Atlas formed a portion of La-\\npeer County, was one of the judges of the latter county.\\nWhen Congress proposed to settle the Toledo war by\\nsurrendering a portion of the State to Ohio and Indiana in\\nexchange for the Upper Penin.sula, Judge Davison was one\\nof the delegates who assen)bled at Ann Arbor. He held\\nvarious other offices, in the discharge of the duties of which\\nhe gave general .satisfaction, and secured the respect and\\nesteem of a wide circle of friends and associates.\\nJohn and Aaron Brigham, brothers, came from Lewis\\nCo., N. Y. They purchased land situated upon section 5,\\nDec. 13, 1833, and immediately jiut uji a small log house,\\nwhere they kept bachelor s hall for a period of eleven weeks.\\nIn 1836 they removed to Hadley, Lajieer Co., where both\\nat present reside. Mr. Aaron Brigham is (|uite certain\\nthat at the time of his settlement in tlii.s township the\\n251", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0333.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTOKY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nonly families then here were those of Asa Farrar and\\nJudge Davison.\\nDuring tlie summer of 1834, Nchemiah S. Burpee, from\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., settled upon section 18, and in the\\nfall of the same year Samuel Lason, from Rush, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., settled upon the same section. Both of them\\nhad been residents of Grand Blanc since 1830.\\nThe settlers of 1835 wore Alexander Lobban and his\\nson James Lobban, upon section 5 James McCraith, and\\nhis two sons Ezra K. Paschall, from Ontario Co., N. Y.\\nNoah Owen, and his son William, from Niagara Co.,\\nN. Y. Joseph R. Johnson, and his son Joseph, from Craw-\\nford Co., Pa. James G. Horton Talfurd and Daniel\\nPowell Lewis Mentor.\\nIn September, 1835, the brothers Jloses and Enos Good-\\nrich came from Clarence, Erie Co N. Y., and purchased\\nof the general government more than 1000 acres of land,\\nsituated upon different sections in the central part of the\\ntownship. Tliey built a small log hou.se on section 20,\\nand then returned to their home in Clarence. In Feb-\\nruary, 1836, accompanied by their mother and brothers,\\nReuben, Levi W., John S., and several other members of\\nthe family, they again journeyed to the wilds of Michigan.\\nThe father, Levi H. Goodrich, a native of Hampshire Co\\nMass., joined his family here in the fall of the same year.\\nHe was supervisor of the town of Clarence at that time,\\nand delayed his departure lor Michigan until after the fall\\nmeeting of the Board of Supervisors of Erie Co., N. Y.\\nFrom the period of their settlement in Atlas township to\\nthe present time the name of Goodrich has been inseparably\\ninterwoven with all its social, commercial, and political his-\\ntory. They founded mills, a village, and stores, and opened\\nto cultivation wide fields of the finest lands found in this\\nportion of the State.\\nMoses Goodrich, the elder brother, still resides upon the\\nfine farm which was included in the purchase of 1835.\\nSurrounded by an affectionate family, and all the comforts\\nwhich an honorable, industrious life so surely entails, he\\nbids fair to remain a pioneer, a link connecting the present\\nwith the past, for many years.\\nIn the fall of 184G Enos Goodrich was elected to repre-\\nsent this constituency in the lower house of the State Leg-\\nislature. The session of 1847 which followed, was mem-\\norable for being the last held in Detroit. Mr. Goodrich\\ntook an active and conspicuous part in the struggle which\\nensued for the removal of the State capital to Lansing, and\\nin 1852 was sent to Lansing to represent this county in the\\nState Senate. Afler a long and eventful career in the vil-\\nlage and township which he assisted to found, he removed,\\na few years since, to Watertown, Tuscola Co., where he at\\npresent resides. Although he has arrived at the age when\\nmost men relinquish the cares and burdens of an active life,\\nwe find him, with mind unimpaired and physically strong,\\nstill battling successfully with life and its duties. His\\nbrother Reuben, who for so many years was associated\\nwith him in business in the village of Goodrich, is now a\\nresident of Traverse City, Mich. John S. was a successful\\nattorney, and attended at the opening of the first courts\\nestiiblished in this county. He died early.\\nAarou Goodrich, another brother, who came here later\\nthan other members of his family, removed to Tenne.s.see at\\nan early day, where he was admitted to the bar, and prac-\\nticed successfully for several years. He was, though a Whig,\\nelected to the Legislature of that State in a Democratic\\ndistrict, beating the since notorious traitor, Isham G.\\nHarris. This was in 1847, 1848. During the latter year\\nhe was elected a Presidential elector on the Whig ticket.\\nIn March, 1849, he was appointed by President Taylor\\nChief-Justice of Minnesota, and took up his residence in\\nSt. Paul. He held the first term of court in Ramsey and\\nother counties was one of the corporators of the Historical\\nSociety in 1849, a charter member of the first Masonic\\nlodge in St. Paul and of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota.\\nHe resumed the practice of law in 185 1. In the early days\\nof the Republican party he was one of its most ready and\\neffective campaign speakers, and drew up the first Repub-\\nlican platform adopted in Minnesota. In 1858 he was a\\nmember of the convention to prepare a code of pleadings\\nand practice, and submitted a report of marked ability. He\\nwas a member of the Republican National Convention at\\nChicago in 18G0, which resulted in the nomination of\\nAbraham Lincoln, though be labored for William H.\\nSeward. Through the friendship of that statesman he was\\nappointed secretary of legation at Brussels in 1801, which\\nposition he held eight years. Returning to St. Paul in\\n18G9, he agaiu resumed the practice of his profession, de-\\nvoting his leisure moments to writing a work entitled A\\nHistory of the Character and Achievements of the so-called\\nChristopher Columbus, wherein he opposes the claim of\\nColumbus being the discoverer of America, or of his name\\nbeing Christopher Columbus. In 1872 he was a member\\nof the convention which nominated for the presidency\\nHorace Greeley, although voting constantly for Judge Davis,\\nof Illinois. He resides at the present time in St. Paul, Minn.\\nDuring the year 183G many other families took up their\\nresidence here. Among them were Daniel and Manley\\nSwears (brothers), Hiram Fillmore (a cousin of President\\nFillmore), Albert Demaree and his sons David, Cornelius,\\nJacob, and Garrett, Daniel Swears, Sr., James Black, James\\nKipp, all from Erie Co., N. Y. Peter Lane, from Ontario\\nCo., N. Y. John Mancoar, from New York City James\\nBurden, from Essex Co., N. Y. Jacob and Thomas Vantine,\\nJohn Hosier, from Erie Co., N. Y. William Carpenter,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y. Joseph Russell, Hiram Husted, from\\nGenesee Co., N. Y. John L. McNiel, from Chittenden Co.,\\nYt. Jacob Thomas and Levi Preston, from Cattaraugus\\nCo., N. Y.; Lewis Cummings, from Erie Co., N. Y.\\nJohn L. McNiel, a descendant of a sterling family of\\npatriots, who participated with the colonists in the French-\\nand-Indian wars, also in the Revolutionary struggle, was\\nborn in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt. At the age of\\ntwenty-one years he began working for his father, at the\\nrate of $5 per month. He afterwards became proprietor\\nof the hotel-stand in Charlotte, a property which had\\nbeen retained in his family since 1790. Here, by good\\nmanagement and a close attention to all the details of his\\nbusiness, he succeeded in accumulating a few hundred\\ndollars, which he determined to invest in Western lands.\\nAccordingly, in the spring of 1S3G, with a horse-team and\\nwagon, and some few neces. -ary articles, he began a journey", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0334.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0335.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0336.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "ATLAS TOWNSHIP.\\n253\\nCI\\n1\\nvia SaratogJi, Johnstown, Sclicncctiid) Uticii, Syracuse, and\\nthe usual route to Buffalo thence by the lake to Detroit.\\nIt was his inrention to stop at Toledo, and locate lands in\\nNorthern Ohio, or Southern Michigan. But the captain of\\nthe steamer for some re;ison would not make a landing at\\nthe latter city, and young McNicl, with others, came on to\\nDetroit, lie then vi.sited Davisonvilie, and .soon after pur-\\nchased the north half of .section 1 1. Returning to Detroit,\\nlie horse-team was sold, and a yoke of Ohio steers sub-\\nstituted in their stead.\\nAfter building a shanty, some six feet sfjuare, which\\nstood near his present barn, he began cutting down the\\nforest, and cleaved a few acres of its primeval growth.\\nHis neighbors were two or three miles distant in either\\ndirection, wolves hovered about him each night, and as the\\nFourth of July came on, being of a social nature, he fully\\nrealized his lonely and uncomfortable position, especially as\\nhis mind wandered buck to the good old patriotic State of\\nVermont, and he viewed in thought the noisy celebration of\\nthe nation s birthday by his former friends and associates.\\nOur young pioneer tiien determined to abandon the pur-\\nsuits of a life in the backwoods and return to the haunts of\\ncivilization. After placing his house in order and closing\\nall modes of ingress, he proceeded to Judge Davison s resi-\\ndence, and acquainted him with his determination. Judge\\nDavison was an intensely practical man, a thorough pio-\\nneer, and soon pointed out to young McNiol the benefits\\nsurely to arise by a continued, undeviating course in the\\npath he had already marked out here. Judge Davison s\\ncounsels finally prevailed, coupled with the attractions of\\nhis daughter Sylvia, who was marned to Mr. McNiel in the\\nfall of 1837. Mr. McNiel recalls the fact that he walked\\nsixteen miles to Lapeer to obtain the marriage certificate.\\nHis brother, Charles McNiel, settled in the township in the\\nfall of 1836, and another brother, David, in Grand Blanc,\\na few years later. John L. McNiel has occupied many\\nprominent official positions in the gift of his political friends,\\nwhich is mnie particularly referred to in an accompanying\\nbiographical sketch.\\nAmong the settlers of 1837 were Dr. Cyrus Baldwin,\\nfrom Grand Blanc, the first resident physician Lewis Van\\nCleve; his .son, Lewis, Jr. Samuel Winsliip; Elias Ilocka-\\nfellow, the first blacksmith and iron-fouiuler in the town-\\nship Fitch 11. Tracy, the first merchant; Samuel Walker,\\nJohn K. Pearsons, from Canada William Goodrich, Moses\\nWisncr,* and Michael Bowers, all from Cayuga Co., N. Y.\\nOther settlers who became residents at about this time,\\nor in years very soon thereafter, were Bradley Carlwright\\nand Freeman Coolage, from Genesee Co., N. Y. John Van-\\ntine, Erie Co., N. Y. Julius Barnes, who settled upon\\nsection 2; Amos H. Fisk, from Genesee Co., N. Y. Ste-\\nphen Horton, William Surryhne, Moses Frost, William\\nlloberts, Joseph Tyler, Edward Fortune, Albert Vantine,\\nCharles Vantine, Jonathan Frost, Ephraim S. Frost, Ralph\\nC. Atkins, Albert J. Bates, Ira G. Hootnn, Peter Vantine,\\nPaul Li.seomb, James Vantine, .John Perritt, Mathew P.\\nThomas, Jacob II. Howe, Lsaac Carmer, Elijah Carmer,\\nOliver Palmer, who established the first woolen and cloth-\\n.Vrtcrwanlrt Governor of Miulii;;iiii.\\ndressing works at Davisonvilie, Nathaniel Fairchild, Clark\\nHutehins, Hiram Masfield, and Marliu Davison, brother of\\nNorman Davison.\\nMany of these men, whose names have been but briefly\\nmentioned, possessed an unwritten history which, if told\\nin all its details, would rival the works of the most imagi-\\nnative author. But deaths and removals leave a blank\\nwhich one who seeks to reproduce /ads cannot fill.\\nTheir places are now filled by others. The wilderness\\nwith which they once battled has given place to cultivated\\nfields. Agriculture now spreads out its fields and lawns\\nwhere the Indian pursued his game. Turnpikes and rail-\\nroads are substituted for deer-paths and Indian trails, and\\nthe hum of the spindle and scream of the locomotive have\\ntaken the place of the yell of the panther and howl of the\\nwolf.\\nThe following table gives the resident taxpayers in 1844,\\nalso the sections upon which taxes were assessed\\nAdams, Ebcr, 7, 8, 9.\\nlimpec, Ncheiniiih S., 18.\\nHnt,. .S .Mbert J., .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!2.\\nliurdi-n, .h.lin, 18, 19.\\nHurt, John C.\\nBird, John.\\nBuzzcll, John, S.\\nIJarnes, Julius, 2, 3.\\nBates, Ira, y\\nBlackall, William, 13.\\nliuzzcll, Robert, :!1.\\nBurden, James, 19.\\nBlair, James, 22.\\nBarnum, Charles M., 14.\\nBrannock, Lyman II., 14,\\nBritton, John, S.*), 36.\\nBaldwin, Cyrus, 35,\\nBlaek, Henry.\\nBritton, William, 35.\\nBritton, John (3d).\\nBeardsley, F. D., 22.\\nBarney, Daniel 8, 10.\\nBerry, Nathaniel M., 10.\\nBrigham, John, 19, 22, 23.\\nCarpenter, \\\\Villiani, 21.\\nChadbourn, John, 7.\\nCampbell, Charles S., 8.\\nCoolage, Freeman, 14.\\nCummings, Lewis, 3.\\nCarmer, Elijah, 30.\\nCase, David, 8.\\nCaldwell, James, 7.\\nDavison, Marlin, 17.\\nDavison, Paul 0., 8, 9, 22.\\nDavison, D. C, 9.\\nDcmaree, David, 20, 27.\\nDcmaree, (Jarrett.\\nDancer, Elias, 27.\\nFarj-ar, Asa, 18.\\nFreneh, .Joseph L.\\nFrost, Moses, 6.\\nFrost, Jonathan, 24.\\nFrost, Ephraim, 2. 24.\\nFairchild, Nathaniel, 15.\\nlioodrieh, Reuben, 22, 23.\\n(joodrich, Enos, 22.\\n(ioodrich, Miises, 15, 29.\\nOoodrich, John S., 15, 21, 22.\\nGoodrich, Levi W., 9, 17,20, 21,\\n22, 27, 28.\\nGoodrich, L. II., 29.\\nGrow, Slillinan 24.\\ntiriiUey, Barton, 17.\\nllorloll, Ira J., 32, 33.\\nIIoHinan, Henry, 1.3, IS.\\nHutehins, Clark, 18.\\nlloleomb, Dani d, 17.\\nIlartHcll, Daniel, 1.\\nIlartwell, Daniel V., 1.\\nIlurd, Lovell, 25, 30.\\nHasler, George, 25, 30.\\nliortou, James G., 32.\\nIIuul, Elias, 32.\\nHammell, Barney, 8.\\nHarding, Daniel, 18.\\nHuleomh, Evaline, 0,\\nILirton, Stephen, 5.\\nHusted, Hiram, 25.\\nJohnson, .Iosej)h R., 32.\\nJohnson, Jonius P., 30.\\nKnowlcs, Robert, 8.\\nKipp, James, 26, 35.\\nKline, John A., 6.\\nLobban, William, 5.\\nLarabee, Samuel, 10.\\nLason, Samuel, 18.\\nLane, Peter, 23, 24, 26.\\nLane, David.\\nLobban, James, 4, 5.\\nLiscomb, Paul, 34.\\nIjobban, Alexander, 8.\\nMcNiel, John L., 2, 11.\\nMcNiel, Charles, 1, 2.\\nManeour, John, 20.\\nMitchell, George C, 27, 34.\\nManning, Lyman H.\\nMcCrailh, James, 5.\\nNorris, Jacob, 33.\\nOwen, Noah, 31.\\nOwen, William, 31.\\nOwen, George, 32.\\nOldlield, Aaron, 8.\\nPreston, Levi, 10.\\nPearsons, John K., 12.\\nPearsons, Joseph, 1.\\nPreston, Roswell, 9, 10.\\nPowell, Talfonl, 31.\\nPowell, Daniel, 28.\\nParshall, E/.ra K., 10, 32.\\nPortor, Alanson H., 28, 34.\\nPixley, Theron, 24, 25.\\nPalmer, Oliver P. A Co. (grist-\\nmill), 8.\\nKockafellow, Elias, 8.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0337.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "251\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nA\\ntJpdegraff, George, 15.\\nVanline, .lames, 35, .36.\\nVantinc, John, 2, 8, 15, 22, 28,\\n33.\\nVantine, J.TCob, 26.\\nVantine, Charles, 26, 27.\\nVantine, Thomas, 33.\\nVantine, John T.\\nVantine, Peter, 33.\\nVantine, Albert, 8, 17.\\nVan Cleve, Lewis, 23.\\nWilliams, L., 10.\\nWalker, Samuel, 2.\\nAVright, George, 5.\\nWilson, Samuel, 7, 34.\\nWinship, Samuel, 18.\\nWoodworth, Abial A., S.\\nWithee, John, 13, 14.\\nRinchart, George, 6.\\nRhodes, John, 27.\\nRussell, .Toscph, 34.\\nRogers, William, 14.\\nReecc, Andrew, 34.\\nSanford, Ilcnry C, 19.\\nSmith, George M. C, 13.\\nSwears, Manly, 26.\\nSwears, Daniel, 26, 35, 36.\\nStephens, David, 21.\\nSimons, Simeon, 34.\\nSurrjhnc, William, 5.\\nSwift, Albert, 19.\\nThomas, Jacob, 2, 11, 14.\\nThomas, Malhew P., 14.\\nTitsworth, George, 26, 27,\\nTitsworth, Jacob, 15.\\nThompson, Henry M., S.\\nTracy, Fitch R., S.\\nProiuinent among the early physicians of Genesee County\\nwas Dr. Elbridge G. Gale. He was born at Warwick,\\nFranklin Co., Mass!, KF. 2, 1811, and removed with his\\nparents to Shorcham, Addison Co., Vt., in 1818, where he\\nacquired a common-school education. He commenced\\nteaching school at the age of sixteen, teaching each win-\\nter and working at farming during the summer seasons.\\nHe afterwards attended three or four terms at the Newton\\nAcademy, in Shoreham. He studied medicine with Dr.\\nHill, of Shoreham, Vt., and graduated from the Vermont\\nMedical College, at Castleton, Vt., in 1834.\\nIn April, 1835, he married Mary Rich, of Shoreham,\\nVt., and immediately removed to Niagara Co., N. Y., where\\nhe commenced the practice of his profession, and remained\\nthere until November, 1844, when he, with his family, re-\\nmoved to Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich., where he continued\\nthe practice of his profession until 1851. The members of\\nhis family who came to Michigan with him were his wife,\\nMary R. Gale, and son, Adrian R. Gale. Ilis wife died in\\nJune, 1863, at Shoreham, Vt., while on a visit to her\\nnative place, and her funeral sermon was preached by the\\nsame minister who married her, nearly thirty years before.\\nElbridge G. Gale was a member of the Constitutional\\nConvention of Michigan in 1850, a member of the lower\\nliou.se of the Legislature in 1853, and a member of the\\nState Senate in 1861. He was appointed surgeon of the\\nProvost Board of the Sixth District of Michigan in 1863,\\nand held the same office to the close of the war. He was\\nalso collector of internal revenue for the Sixth District\\nfor two years. His mother, who is descended from the\\nSargents and Washburnes of Massachusetts, i.s now living\\nat Atlas, in the ninety-third year of her age. Dr. Gale,\\nalthough owning property in Atlas, resides in Vermont at\\nthe present time.\\nLAND-ENTRIES.\\nThe first entry for land in this township was made by\\nAsa Farrar, who, on the 2d day of September, 1830, pur-\\nchased the west part of the northwest quarter of section\\n18. The next by Norman Davison, who bought the north-\\neast quarter of section 8, July 23, 1831. Hiram Ford\\npurchased the east one-half of the southeast quarter of\\nsection 5, Oct. 26, 1831. George P. Moi-se the northwest\\npart of northwest fractional quarter. May 2, 1833. Norman\\nHerrick the east part of .southwest (puirter of section 7,\\nMay 10, 1833. Nehemiah S. Burpee, northwest quarter\\nof southwest quarter of section 18, June 5, 1833. Aaron\\nand John Brigham the west half of southeast quarter,\\nnortheast quarter and southwest quarter of section 5, Dec.\\n13, 1833.\\nThe names of those who purchased from the government\\nlands situated in this township are embraced in the follow-\\ning list. The figures indicating years show the date of the\\nfirst purchase upon each section.\\n1833, section 1 George P. Morse, Alonzo Davis, John\\nVantine, Oliver E. Maltby, Amon W. Langdon, Robert\\nH. Stone, Schuyler V. Brown.\\n1836, section 2 John Thompson, Duncan McKenzie,\\nJohn Vantine, John Dancer, Daniel Mcintosh, Julius\\nBarnes, Jacob Thomas.\\n1836, section 3: John Thompson, Amos H. Fisk, Lewis\\nCummins, Thomas Sweet, Abel Scelye, William J. King.\\n1835, section 4: Alexander Lobban, Francis G. IMacy,\\nRobert Thompson, Horace B. Harrison.\\n1831, section 5: Robert Thompson, Hiram Ford, Aaron\\nBrigham, John Brigham, James McCrath, Alexander Lob-\\nban, Stephen Hortou, Huldah Davison, William Surryhne,\\nJames Lobban, Elijah W. Jones.\\n1836, section 6 Fitch R. Tracy, Irsr Davenport, Moses\\nFrost.\\n1833, section 7: Norman Herrick, John L. Carr, Wil-\\nliam Roberts, David Bardo, Nathaniel Ewers, Joseph Char-\\ntres, Joseph Tyler, Ira Davenport, Edward Fortune.\\n1831, section 8 Norman Davison, Oliver P. Davison,\\nAlbert Vantine, Celemma Bates, Sylvia Davison, Paul G.\\nDavison.\\n1833, section 9 Norman Davison, Alpheus Gould, Sam-\\nuel Bassett, Levi Preston, Paul G. Davison, Phineas\\nThompson, Francis G. Macy.\\n1836, section 10 Levi Preston, Ezra K. Parshall,\\nLewis Cummiugs, Charles Vantine.\\n1836, section 11 John M. Winegar, John L. McNiel,\\nJohn Lawton, Jacob Thomas.\\n1836, section 12: Thomas Wiard, Jr., John K. Pear-\\nsons, David N. Clark, Seth Beckwith, Calvin Carter.\\n1836, section 13 William Goodrich, Moses Wisner,\\nMichael Bowers.\\n1836, section 14: Moses Wisner, Bradley Cartwright,\\nJacob Thomas, Freeman Coolage.\\n1836, section 15: Levi H. Goodrich, Moses Goodrich,\\nNathaniel Fairchild, Hiram Fillmore, Francis G. Macy.\\nSection 16: School lands.\\n1835, section 17: Moses Goodrich, Albert Vantine,\\nWilliam Dancer, William Carpenter, John Vantine, Tru-\\nman Andrus, Francis G. Macy.\\n1830, section 18: Asa Farrar, Nehemiah S. Burpee,\\nSamuel Lason, Samuel C. Robinson, Pearson Burpee, Saml.\\nWinsbip, Clark Hutchins, Hiram Maxfield (land-warrant).\\n1833, section 19: James Buidon, Augustus McDcrmott,\\nLevi H. Goodrich, John M. Winegar, Clark Sanford.\\n1834, section 20 John Mancour, Moses Goodrich, Enos\\nGoodrich.\\n1836, .section 21 Levi W. Goodrich, William Carpenter,\\nFrancis G. JMacy, Aaron Goodrich, John S. Goodrich, Ed-\\nward Fortune.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0338.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "7J\\nC/5\\na:\\nz\\no\\nO", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0339.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0340.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "ATLAS TOWNSHIP.\\n255\\n1835, section 22: Levi H. Goodrich, Enos Goodrich,\\nJames McCrath, Ira Davenport, Smith Titus, Paul G.\\nDavison, Levi Preston, Eliza S. Goodrich, Clinda Fay,\\nFrancis G. Macy.\\n1835, section 23: David Demaree, Ephraim S. Frost,\\nSmith Titus, Poter Lane, James Kipp.\\n1836, section 24: Ephraim S. Frost, Peter Lane, Jona-\\nthan Frost.\\n183G, section 25 Ira Davenport, E. Stone, A. B. Mer-\\nrill, M. P. Thomas, Aaron D. P. Sackett, Hiram Husted,\\nPeter Lane, Moses Wisner.\\n1835, section 26: David Dcuiareo, Daniel Swears, Man-\\nley Swears, Jacob Vantine, James Kipp, Charles Vantinc,\\nIra Davenport.\\n1835, section 27: David Demaree, Charles Vantinc,\\nRalph C. Atkins, Francis G. Macy.\\n1835, section 28 Enos Goodrich, Albert Demaree, John\\nVantine, Charles Vantine, Eliza S. Goodrich, Francis G.\\nMacy.\\n1835, section 29 Levi W. Goodrich, John S. Goodrich,\\nAaron Goodrich, Francis G. Macy.\\n1836, section 30 Charles Ilobson, Nelson McCarty,\\nPhioeas Thompson, Edmund Perry, Jr., Francis G. Macy.\\n1833, section 31 Noah Owen, Wallace Godfrey, Fran-\\ncis G. Macy, Gerard Fitch, William Owen, Charles Hol-\\nton.\\n1834, section 32 Ezra K. Parshall, Samuel T. Horton,\\nJoseph R. Johnson, Albert J. Bates, Iluldah Bates, llos-\\nwcll IIa.sford, Ira J. Horton, Daniel Powell.\\n1834, section 33: Samuel T. Horton, John Vantine,\\nPeter Vantine, Charles Vantine, Joseph Jennings, Jr.,\\nRoswell Hasford.\\n1836, section 34: Hiram Fillmore, Harriet Conly, John\\nHassler, Paul Liscomb, Caleb Mills.\\n1836, section 35 James Vantine, James Kipp, Stephen\\nYork, Daniel Swear.s, Jr., John Perritt, Cyrus Baldwin.\\n1836, section 36 James Vantine, Ira Davenport,\\nMatthew P. Thom;is, Jacob H. Hoover, Julia A. Webster,\\nIsaac Carmer.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nBy an act of the State Legislature approved March 23,\\n183G, Atlas township was formed as follows: All that\\nportion of the county of Lapeer designated by the United\\nStates survey as township six, north of range number eight\\ncast, and the south half of township number seven, north\\nof range number eight east, be and the same is hereby set\\noff and organized into a separate township by the name of\\nAtlas, and the first township-meeting therein shall be held\\nat Davison s Mills, in said town.ship.\\nThat portion which is now included in Davison township,\\nviz., the south half of township seven, north of the same\\nrange, was set off to the former township in 1840.\\nBy an act of the Legislature approved March 9, 1843,\\nAtlas, with other townships, viz., Davison, Richfield, and\\nForest, was detached from Lapeer and annexed to Genesee\\nCounty.\\nAt the first township-meeting held in the township of\\nAtlas, on the 4th day of April, A.D., 183G, Moses Good-\\nrich was chosen moderator, and Ezra K. Parshall clerk of\\nthe day. There were 22 voters present, and the election for\\ntownshi]) officers resulted as follows\\nEzra K. Parshall, Supervisor Norman Davisnn, Township Clerk;\\nJohn IJrighain, .\\\\sa Karrar, James G. Horton, Assessors James\\nLobban, Collector; Moses Gooilrieh, Aaron Brigham, Directors of\\nthe Poor; Moses Goodrich, Paul G. Davison, Asa Farrar, Com-\\nmissioners of Highways; James Lobban. Constable Oliver P.\\nDavison, Levi W. Goodrich, Ezra K. Parshall, School Commia-\\neionurs for three years Norman Davison, Ezra K. Parshall,\\nMoses Goodrich, Alexander Lobban, Justices of the Peace Moses\\nGoodrich, Oliver P. Davison, Alc.vaader Lobban, Samuel Lason,\\nFenco-Viewers Norman Davison, Pound-Keeper Road District\\nNo. 1 Oliver P. Davison, Overseer Road District No. 2 John\\nBrigham, Overseer; Road District No. .3 Samuel Lason, Over-\\nseer: Koad District No. 4 Moses Goodrich, Overseer: Ezra K.\\nParsh:ill, Oliver P. Davison, James G. Horton, Paul G. Davison,\\nLevi W. (looilrich, School Inspectors.\\ny^otatf That all fences be built of logs, poles, rails, and boards,\\nand to be five feet high, and the spaces between the logs, jiole*, rails,\\nor boards shall not exceed four inches, until it rises two feet abovo the\\nground, to constitute a lawful fence.\\nI ofci/, That ten dollars be raised on tho taxable property of this\\ntownship for tho purpose of purchasing blank books and stationery\\nfor the use of said township.\\nVoted, That tho next annual township-meeting be held at Davi-\\nson s Mills, in said township.\\n(Signed) MosK.s Goonnicii, jl/oi/fiuroi-.\\nEziiA K. Parshall, Gterk.\\nNorman Davison, Jiiatice of the Peace.\\nThe following is a list of the jurors selected May 4,\\n1839 Daniel Hart well, Elias Iloekafellow, Oliver P. Davi-\\nson, Moses Frost, Ira Bates, Ezra K. Parshall, James G.\\nHorton, James Kipp, John Vantine, Lewis Mantor, Jacob\\nH. Hoover, Charles Vantine, William Cai-peiiter, Levi\\nPreston, Charles McNiel, Jr., John K. Pearsons, Neho-\\nmiah S. Burpee, Marlin Davison, Lewis Cummings, Ira J.\\nHorton, A. A. Woodworth, Roswell Holoomb, John L.\\nMcNiel, Aaron Oldfield.\\nThe following wore chosen as jurors for 1840 Ralph C.\\nAtkins, John Anderson, Julius Barnes, Bradley Cartwright,\\nElias Dancer, Jonathan Frost, Nathaniel Fairchild, Enos\\nGoodrich, Joseph Russell, Fitch R. Tracy, William Thomas,\\nJacob Thomas, Albert Vantine, John Chadbourn, Hiram\\nFillmore, Ephraim Frost, John S. Goodrich, Henry Hoff-\\nman, Daniel Harding, Peter Lane, James Lobban, William\\nOwen, William Surryhne, Manley Swears, James Vantinc,\\nLewis Van Cleve, Jr.\\nTOWNSHIP OFFICERS.\\nThe principal township officers from 1836 to 1879, in-\\nclusive, are as follows\\nSupervisors. Township Clerks. Collectors.\\nIS. Jfi. Ezra K. Parshall. Norman Davison. James Lobban.\\n1837. Enos Goodrich. Thomas Wilkes.\u00c2\u00ae\\n18: ,S. Ezra K. Parshall. F. R. Tracy.\\nTreasurers.\\n1839.\\nJames ^Cipp.\\ntt tt\\nElias Kockafellow.f\\n1840.\\nit\\ntt tt\\ntt tt\\n1841.\\nu tt\\nit tt\\ntt tt\\n1842.\\nFitch R. Tracy.\\nJames Lobban.\\nti it\\n1843.\\nn\\ntt t(\\na n\\n1844.\\ntt tt\\ntt tt\\nit It\\n1S45.\\nJames Kipp.\\nFitch U. Tracy,\\nReuben Goodrich.\\n1846.\\ntt tf\\nD. C. Davison.\\nIt\\nEliai! Rockafollovr olootod in Novombor, 1337, to fill vacancy.\\nf First treasurer.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0341.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "256\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSiipervis-^rs.\\nTownship Clerks.\\n1847.\\nJames Kipp.\\nE. G. Gale.\\n1S48.\\nft tt\\n1849.\\nUeorge Kipp.\\ntt tt\\n1850.\\nit\\n1851.\\nit ti\\n1852.\\ntt\\nGeorge C. Bidwell.\\n1853.\\nElbridge G. Gale.\\nJesse Cram.\\n1854.\\nGeorge Kipp.\\nWm. H. Putnam.\\n1855.\\n(t i\\nWm. L. Barnum.\\n1856.\\ntt tt\\ntt tt\\n1S57.\\ntt u\\nJohn Algoe.\\n1858.\\nWilliam H. Putnam. Fred. G. Bailey.\\n1859.\\nHiram Adams.\\nD. C. Davison.\\n1860.\\nElbridge G. Gale.\\nOscar H. Gallup.\\n1861.\\ntt tt\\n1862.\\ntc tt\\nJesse Eeles.\\n1863.\\nGeorge Kipp.\\ntt tt\\n1864.\\ntt It\\nWm. W. Lockwood\\n1865.\\nIt tt\\nIsa,ac P. Iloberts.\\n1866.\\nElbridge G. Gale.\\nCalvin Hyde.\\n1867.\\nThom;is Mathews\\nA. W. Mattice.\\n1868.\\nIt tt\\nJesse Eeles.\\n1869.\\ntt tt\\ntt tt\\n1870.\\nWm. n. Putnam,\\nJr.David M. Scrivcr.\\n1871.\\nu tt\\nEqos U. Goodrich.\\n1872.\\nJacob Bedtelyon.\\nA. W. Mattice.\\n1873.\\ntt tt\\nF. C. Delano.\\n1874.\\nWm. H. Putnam,\\nJr.\\n1875.\\nJa\u00c2\u00a3ob Bedtelyon.\\nAmos Dalby.\\n1876.\\ntt It\\nIt tt\\n1877.\\ntt tt\\nit It\\n1878.\\nWm. n. Putnam,\\nJr.\\n1879.\\nAdrian P. Gale.\\nti tt\\nCollectors.\\nReuben Gootlrich.\\n(leorge Owen.\\nReuben Goodrich.\\nFitch R. Tracy.\\nit ti\\nJacob H. Hoover.\\nElias Rockafellow.\\nJesse Eeles.\\nMyron Bunnell.\\nJacob Vantine.\\nB. Vantine.\\nDaniel AV. Campbell.\\nCalvin Hyde.\\ntt tt\\nCalvin Bunnell.\\nJamcf R. Kipp.\\nIsaac V. Roberts.\\nJacob H. Frost.\\nti\\nJoseph Goodrich.\\na\\nH. E. Rockafellow.\\nAddison Bavis.\\nSamuel Spicer.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nNorman Davison, Ezra K. Parshall, Moses Goodrich, Alexander Lob-\\nb.-\u00c2\u00bbn, 1836: James Kipp, 1837: vmuel Wiuship, 1S3S: James\\nG. llovton, 1S.!9; Fitch E. Tracy, 1840: James Kipp, 1841 John\\nL. McNiel, 1842; Elias Rockafellow, 1843; Levi H. Goodrich,\\n1844; .James Vantine, 1845: John L. JIcNiel, Alanson L. Bar-\\nnum, 1846: Elias Rockafellow, 1847; George Kipp, 1848: Jesse\\nEeles, 1849; Charles Kipp, 1850; Alvah Bentlcy, 1851 James\\nKipp, 1852; Jesse Cram, John Vantine, 1853; Junius Sanford,\\nDavid Royce, Levi Preston, 1854 Jesse Eeles, Ezra M. Crosby,\\n1855; William H. Putnam, Richard C. Satterlee, George Kipp,\\n1856 B. E. Rust, 1857 Jesse Eeles, David Royce, 1858 Francis\\nKing, 1859: George Kipp, 1S60; Levi Gillett, Myron Bunnell,\\nHorace C. Tuttle, 1861; Bradley Cartwright, 1862; Horace C.\\nTuttle, Daniel L. Hartwell, 1863; Jacob C. Rose, Isaac P. Rob-\\nerts, 1864; Levi Gillett, AVilliam Owen, 1865; Thomas Mathews,\\nGeorge Kipp, Samuel Larahee, 1866; Harrison Withee, 1867;\\nJohn M. Withee, Samuel Larabee, 1868 Thomas Mathews, 1869-\\n70 Samuel Larabee, Jacob Bedtelyon, 1871 William H. Putnam,\\nJr., 1872; Isaac P. Roberts, .\\\\drian P. Gale, J.ames R. Kipp,\\n1873; Hezekiah R. Dewey, 1874; Adrian P. Gale, 1875; Roswell\\nPreston, 1S76; Henry W. Brown, 1877; William H. Putnam,\\nJr., 1878; Adrian P. Gale, 1879.\\nASSESSORS.\\nJohn Brigham, Asa Farrar, James G. Ilorton, 1836: John Vantine,\\nJohn L. McNiel, Peter Lane, 1837: John Vantine, John L. Mc-\\nNiel, Samuel Winship, 1S3S; John Vantine, James Lobb.an, Lewis\\nMantor, 1839 John Vantine, Daniel Hartwell, .John S. Goodrich,\\n1840 James G. Horton, D.aniel Hartwell, Daniel Harding, 1841.\\nThe supervisors have done the assessing since the latter date.\\nCOMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.\\nMoses Goodrich, Paul 6. Davison, Asa Farrar, 1S36; John Hosier,\\nTalford Powell, Moses Frost, 1837; Charles Vantine, John K.\\nPearsons, Asa Farrar, 183S; Ira Bales, John K. Pearsons, Arial\\nA. Woodworth, 1S39; Ira Bates, Elias Dancer, Levi Preston,\\n1840; Ira Bates, James Vantine, Charles McNicl, Jr., 1841;\\nCharles McNiel, Jr., James Vantine, William Owen, 1842; Ira\\nBates, Charles McXiel, Jr., James Vantine, 1843 Charles Mc-\\nNiel, Ira Bates, Arial A. Woodworth, 1844; George 0. Mitchell,\\nPaul G. Davison, Charles McNiel, Jr.^ 1845; William Owen,\\nGeorge C. Mitchell, Charles McNicl, 1846; Bradley Cartwright,\\nWilliam Owen, Samuel Wilson, 1847 John Vantine, Bradley\\nCartwright, William Owen, 1848; Phineas Thompson, 1849;\\nDaniel D. Barney, 1850; George Hosier, 1851; John Vantine,\\n1852; Reuben Goodrich, 1853; James Hamilton, 1854; John\\nVantine, 1855; Barney Hammell, 1856; Jonathan Frost, 1857;\\nIra B. Gale, 1S58 William Owen, 1859 B.irney ILammell, 1850\\nIra B. Gale, 1861; Roswell Preston, 1862: William L. Palmer,\\n1863 Ira B. Gale, 1864 Jacob Bedtelyon, 1865 Roswell Pres-\\nton. 1866; Jonathan Frost, 1867; Jacob Bedtelyon, 1868; Henry\\nC. Sanford, Orrin R. Strong, Roswell Preston, 1869; Philip\\nJlothcrsill, 1870: Orrin Strong, Elijah A. Rockafellow, 1871;\\nJeremiah Marvin, 1872; Calvin Hyde, E. A. Rockafellow, 1873-\\n74: James R. Kipp, 1875; George Campbell, 1876-77; James\\nMancour, 1878; Robert T. Rockafellow, 1879.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\nOliver P. Davison. Levi W. Goodrich, Ezra K. Parshall, 1830: Cyrus\\nBaldwin, Paul G. Davison, John S. Goodrich, 1837 Moses AVis-\\nner, Paul G. Davison, F. R. Tracy. 1838; Paul G. Davison, F.\\nR. Tracy, Samuel C. Baldwin, 1839; Ezra K. P. vrshall, John S.\\nGoodrich, Paul G. Davison, 1840; Paul G. Davison, Ezra K.\\nParshall, James Lobban, 1841; Samuel C. Baldwin, Paul G.\\nDavison, Fitch R. Tracy, 1842; Paul G. Davison, Henry C. San-\\nford, 1843; Albert L. Barnes, 1844; Paul G. Davison, 1845;\\nWilliam J. Lusk, 1846; George Kipp, Paul G.Davison, 1847;\\nGeorge Kipp, Paul G. Davison, 1848: Alvah Bentlcy, 1849; A.\\nL. Barnes, 1850 Jasper Bcntley, 1851 A. L. Barnes, Samuel C.\\nBaldwin, 1S52; Samuel C. Baldwin, 1853: Albert L. Barnes,\\nJames O Donahue, 1854 Samuel H. Morris, 1855 Francis King,\\nWm. J. Lusk, 1856; Rich.ard C. Satterlee, 1857 Myron Bunnell,\\nWm. J. Lusk, 1858; Horace C. Tuttle, 1859; Ira Tuttle, Henry\\nC. Crane, 1860; Myron Bunnell, 1801; Oscar H. Gallup, Wil-\\nliam H. Putn.am, Jr., 1862; John K. Dunn, 1863; Oscar H.\\nGallup, 1864-65; Horace Dunning, 1865; Thomas Mathews,\\nHorace H. Dunning, 1866-67; Thomas Mathews, 1868; Geo.\\nKipp, Philip Mothersill, 1869; Philip Mothersill, 1870; James\\nR. Kipp, 1871; Daniel W. Campbell, 1872; Henry L. Hawes,\\nJames R. Kipp, 1873 Wm. Carpenter, Jr., 1874; C. I. Horton,\\n1875-76; George H. Cummings, 1877-78; Calvin Bunnell, 1879.\\nCONSTABLES.\\nJames Lobban, 1836; George Hosier, James Lobban, 1837; George\\nHosier, James Lobban, 1838; George Hosier, Roswell Preston,\\n1839; George Hosier, Roswell Preston, 1840 John Britton (3d),\\nRoswell Preston. 1841 George Hosier, John Vantine, 1842 Wil-\\nliam S. Farrar, John Britton (3d), George Hosier, 1843; George\\nHosier, David Case, 1844 Barney Hammell, George Hosier, 1845\\nGeorge Hosier, Barney Hammell, Austin Macumber, Eber Adams,\\n1846 George Owen, L. H. Brannock, 1847 John 0. Rockafellow,\\nJesse Eeles, 1848; John C. Rockafellow, Luman G. Husted, 1849;\\nAustin Macumber, 0. Owen, 1850; Henry H. Sheldon, Austin\\nMacumber, 1851; Samuel Larabee, John Buzzell, 1852: Simeon\\nH. Hart, Austin Macumber, 1853; Samuel Larabee, Barney\\nHammell, 1854; Samuel Larabee, Lowell Roberts, 1855; Samuel\\nLarabee, H. B. Falls, 1856; Samuel Larabee, Marvin Cummings,\\n1857; Walter P. Hyde, James Freeman, 1858; Samuel Larabee,\\nWalter P. Hyde, 1859; Simeon H. Hart, Aaron Crego, 1860;\\nAaron Crego, Israel P.Witmcr, 1861 Aaron Crego, Walter P. Hyde,\\nCalvin Hyde, AlbertN. Badgely, 1862 Aaron Crego, Calvin Hyde,\\nEdward Hoard, E. 6. Gale, 1863; Aaron Crego, Edward Hoard,\\nOrlando Caswell, Harrison Withee, 1864; Edward Hoard, Aaron\\nCrego, Adrian P. Gale, Roswell Preston, 1865; Edward Hoard,\\nWalter P. Hyde, 1866; Edward Hoard, Daniel W. Campbell,\\nHarrison Withee, Roswell Preston, 1867; Edward Hoard, Ros-\\nwell Preston, 1868 William Lewis, Roswell Preston, Aaron\\nCrego, John Joy. 1869; Edward Hoard, Roswell Preston, AValter\\nP. Hyde, Orlando Caswell, 1870: Edward Hoard, Roswell Pres-\\nton, 1871; Edward Hoard, Geo. W. Endcrs, 1872; George W.\\nEndcrs, Ira Howard, 1873; Hendy Hart, Robert Wood, 1874;\\nHenry E. Rockafellow, Addison Davis, 1875; Orlando Caswell,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0342.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0343.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0344.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "ATLAS TOWNSHIP.\\n257\\nHenry E. Rocknfolluir, 1876 Hyron Burt, Ilcnry E. Rockafcllow,\\nOrlamlo Oiiswcll, )S7 Henry E. Rnekarclloiv, William A.\\nMfOnn.llish. 1S7S Henry E. Itookiifellow, Orlando Caswell,\\nGeorgo W. Endcrs, AVilliam Cari cnler, Jr., 1S79.\\nVILLAGES.\\nThe village of Goodrich* is situated upon the Kearsley\\nRiver, and occupies a central position in the township. It\\nis sixteen miles southeast from the citj- of Flint, and con-\\ntains three churches, Congregational, Methodist Episcopal,\\nand Froe-M ili Baptist, one hotel, one saw-mill, one flour-\\ning-mill, lour stores of general merchandise, one union\\ngraded school, a post-office which receives a daily mail,\\nmany small mechaniciil shops, and about 450 inhabitants.\\nThe first land entered upon its site was by Levi II. and\\nEuos Goodrich, in November, 1835. The mill-site, includ-\\ning a tract of 40 acres, was entered in the name of Enos\\nGoodrich.\\nIn October, 1836, he underbrushed about one-quarter of\\nan acre, and built a house of poplar logs 18 by 30 feet in\\nsize, which stood east of the Kearsley Creek, and about\\ntwo hundred feet south of where the Congregational church\\nnow stands. The first framed building was erected in De-\\ncember of the same year, and was placed upon the southeast\\ncorner of Main and Clarence Streets, direct!} opposite the\\npresent brick store, and across Clarence Street, east from\\nBushaw s Hotel. Small as it was, it fulfilled a variety of\\nuseful purpo.ses, chief among which was a general store\\nand the site of the Goodrich Bank, an institution that\\nhonorably redeemed its circulation, and procured the full\\ndischarge of its securities from the auditor-general. The\\nnest building erected in the village was the saw-mill, which\\nwas framed during the winter of 1836 and 1837, raised in\\nMarch, and commenced to cut lumber iu the month of\\nApril of the latter jear.\\nNathaniel Fairchild came from Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y.,\\nand built and established the first blacksmith-shop in the\\nfall of 1S37.\\nThe first framed dwelling a small one-story structure\\nwas built by Enos Goodrich, with his own hands, in the\\nsummer of 1838. It is still standing, and constitutes a\\npart of the house in which the late William H. Putnam\\nlived and died.\\nThe grist- and flouring-mill, known as the Goodrich\\nMill, was built by the Goodrich Brothers in the year 1844.\\nIt was commenced in the spring of that j car, but did not\\ncommence grinding grkts until the fall or winter, and was\\nnot finished for merchant work until the following year.\\nThe entire cost of the mill and dam, with raceway and\\nother fixtures, was S8500. The brick store, the first brick\\nstructure in the village, was built about 1852.\\nThe post-office was first established in January, 1846,\\nEnos Goodrich, postmaster. His commission was signed\\nby Cave Johnson, Postmaster-General, appointment made\\nJan. 13, 1846, commission dated Feb. 21, 184G. It was\\nfirst known as the Alias post-office, but was changed to the\\nname of Goodrich its present title March 1, 1849.\\nLucius P. Atkins, who now resides in Bay City, was the\\nL mail-contractor, and be agreed to carry the mails from\\nHistorical data derived (mm Hon. Enos Qoodrich.\\n33\\nStony Run, in Oakland County, for the proceeds of the\\noffice, not exceeding 812 a quarter.\\nThe fii-st tavern was built and controlled by a Jlr. Has-\\nkins, about the year 1846.\\nHon. E. H. Thomson, the first attorney, and at present\\na prominent lawyer in the city of Flint, first settled here\\nin 1837.\\nDAVISONVILLE,\\nknown as Atlas Post-Office, the oldest village settlement\\nin the township, is situated on the Kearsley River, about\\nthree miles northwest from Goodrich. It contains two\\nchurches, Baptist and Methodist Episcopal, one flour-\\ning-mill, one saw-mill, one plaster-mill, one plow-foundry,\\none store of general merchandise, post-office, district school,\\na few small shops, and about 125 iuhabitant.s. The first\\nsettlers in its vicinity were Judge Davison and his family,\\nwho settled here in 1831. Here were located the first\\nmills, workshops, post-office, schools, and merchants in the\\ntownship.\\nElias Rockafcllow established the blacksmith-shop in\\n1837, and began casting plow-points and other necessary\\niron castings very soon thereafter.\\nFitch R. Tracy began the mercantile business at about\\nthe same time (1838). Norman Davison was appointed\\npostmaster in March, 1837, and, it is believed, was in\\npartnership with Tracy in the store.\\nOliver Palmer first began wool-carding and stock-dressing\\nhere about 1841.\\nWilliam Thomas opened the first tavern, in 1840.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe earliest school of which we have any record, and\\nvery prob.ably the first, was Uiught by Miss Sarah Barnes,\\na daughter of Junius, in 1837. The building occupied\\nwas a lean-to, adjoining Davison s saw-miil, which had\\nbeen erected as the dwelling-place for Lewis Mantor, saw-\\nyer for, and son-in-law of, Judge Davison. Mr. Mantor s\\nwife, Sarah, died in 1836, the fii-st adult to depart this life\\nin the township. Mr. Mantor, becoming discouraged with\\nhis prospects here in the wilderness, returned to New York,\\nand subsequently his house was used as a school-room.\\nThe following are the school statistics for the year end-\\ning Sept. 2, 1878, as compiled from school inspectors annual\\nreport: Number of whole districts, 6 number of fractional\\ndistricts. 4. Number of children in the township of school\\nage, 378 number of children attending school during the\\nyear, 354. Number of frame school-houses, 10. Seating\\ncapacity of school-houses, 513. Value of school property,\\nS7203. Jlale teachers employed during the year, 3\\nfemale, 15. Months taught by male teachers, 18; months\\ntaught by female teachei-s, 70. Paid male teachers, SD60\\npaid female teachere, S1137.72 total, S2097.72.\\nJicceipts. From moneys on hand Sept. 3, 1877, two-\\nmill tax, primary-school fund, tuition of non-resident\\nscholars, district taxes, and from all other sources, \u00c2\u00a73913.73.\\nExpendllitris. Paid teachere wages, \u00c2\u00a72097.72 for\\nbuilding and repairs, on bonded indebtedness, and for all\\nother purposes, \u00c2\u00a71313.05 amount on hand Sept. 2, 1878,\\n\u00c2\u00a7502.96; total, \u00c2\u00a73913.73.\\nTotal indebtedness of the dbtricts, \u00c2\u00a7758.33.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0345.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "258\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe Methodists were the first to hold religious meetings\\nin the township. As early as 1S3G their circuit preachers\\ntraversed this region, and held meetings in Judge Davison s\\nhouse and the school-house, but no record of their names\\nor the proceedings of these early meetings have been pre-\\nserved.\\nTHE ATLAS BAPTIST CUURCH.\\nOn the 2d day of April, 1S43, several members of the\\nBaptist denomination, who resided in Atlas township, met\\nat the house of Ebcr Adams and resolved, That as there\\nis no church of our faith or order that we can conveniently\\nunite with, and the moral destitution being very great,\\ntherefore, under these circumstances, after frequent consul-\\ntations and prayerful deliberations, we deem it our duty to\\nmaintain the worship of God in this place, and that we do\\nnow band ourselves together for this purpose, and covenant\\nwith each other to observe the Sabbath, and constantly\\nmeet together to pray, speak, and sing of His goodness,\\nevery Sabbath, and oftener, as occasion may require. That\\nit is our duty to raise the standard of the cross, to main-\\ntain the preaching of the word and the administration of\\nthe ordinances as delivered by the great Head of the church,\\nand that freely relying on His grace and promises, in His\\nstrength and through His assistance, we will thus do.\\nThe church thus formed consisted of six members, two\\nmales and four females. Ebcr Adams was chairman of the\\nmeeting, and C. P. Jacobs clerk.\\nApril 15th of the same year the little church was recog-\\nnized by a council, at which the churches of Hisrhland,\\nGrand Blanc, Athertons, and Hadley were represented.\\nThe following-named ministers took part in the services\\nof the daj Elders Jones, Potter, Grow, and Boothe. At\\nthis time the church had no minister, and the records are\\nsilent as to occasional preaching. The early meetinas were\\nheld in school-houses, and frequently in the dwelling-houses\\nof members.\\nIn July, 1S43, a letter was received from the Hadley\\nChurch, signed bj IS members, apparently the whole\\nchurch, requesting to be received as a branch of the Atlas\\nChurch. The request was granted on certain conditions,\\nwhich are not stated in the records. This union continued\\nuntil April, 1S4S, when the Hadley Church, by its own\\nwish, again became an independent body. In IS53 the\\nmembers resolved to build a church edifice. This was\\ncompleted under the ministrj- of Elder Fuller, in 1S55,\\nand cost about \u00c2\u00a73500. A parsonage was erected in 1SG7,\\nat a cost, including site, of \u00c2\u00a72000. The following minis-\\nters have labored with this church, the dates given being\\nthe time of their respective settlements A. K. Tupper,\\n1844; Daniel Andereon, 1847; A. Stark, 1S49 I. H.\\nFacer, 1850; W. Purdy, 1851; S. Goodman, 1852; W.\\nH. Fuller, 1854 W. G. Wisner, 1856 S. Wilkins, 1860\\nI. C. Atherton, 1862; E.J. Bennett, 1865; B. Freeman,\\n1870; I. C. Atherton, 1871; B. Freeman, 1872; D. B.\\nMiller, 1873; A. H. Wilkinson, 1S75; A. G. Cameron,\\npresent pastor, 1878.\\nThe church edifice is situated in the village of Davison-\\nvillc, and has sittings for about 300 people. Present mem-\\nbership, 47 scholars in Sabbath-school, CO. Mr. John\\nMacumber, superintendent of Sunday-school. Tiie deacons\\nof the church have been Messrs. Ebcr Adams, Ira J. Hor-\\nton, Oliver Palmer, John Bainbridge, Oscar H, Gallup,\\nand B, E. Rust. Messrs, Horton and Rust are the present\\nincumbents.\\nFIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,\\nIn 1844, a class of some 10 or 12 members was formed\\nin the village of Goodrich, Among them were John\\nThomas and wife, Jonathan Frost and wife, and John\\nWithee and wife. The first meetings were held in the vil-\\nlage school-house, and were continued there until 1852,\\nwhen the present church edifice was completed, at a cost of\\nS3000. The site, containing one acre, was donated by a\\nnon-resident, a Quaker by the name of Hussey. Among\\nthe early ministers were Revs. William Blades, Hem-\\ningway, and Israel Cogshall. Present membership, 50.\\nRev. C. R. Church, present pastor. The church building\\nis situated in the village of Goodrich, and has sittings for\\nabout 300 persous.\\nSECOND METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThis society was organized in the fall of 1849, in the\\nschool-house, village of Davisonville, Rev. Israel Cogshall\\npresiding. Among the first members were John Buzzell\\nand wife, Mrs. Jane Joy, Mrs. Lucia Selleek, Levi Gillett\\nand his wife, Eliza M. This organization now forms part\\nof the Goodrich circuit. The following is an incomplete\\nlist of tho.se ministei-s who have labored with this church\\nsince Mr. Cogshall B. F. Pritchard, X, H, Brown, Thomas\\nWakeland, John Livingston, Belknap, Thomas Seeley,\\nIsaac Crawford, Wesley Hagadorn, Hascall,\\nBancroft, B. H. Hedger, H, W, Hieks, S. J. Brown, W.\\nJ. Jolinston, Wm. Birdsall, Ramsdall, Lyon, J.\\nW. Crippen, Hood, J. B. Varnum, Steer, and\\nC. R. Church, present pastor, A church edifice, situated\\nin the village of Davisonville, was commenced in 1870 and\\ncompleted and dedicated Aug. 1, 1872. Rev. William\\nFox preached the dedicatory sermon. Rev, William Bird-\\nsall being the p.istor in charge. It has sittings for 300\\npeople, and cost about S3000. The site upon which it is\\nlocated was donated for church purposes by Judge Norman\\nDavison, many years previously. Present membership, 12.\\nFREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThis society was organized in Hadley township, Lapeer\\nCountj about forty years ago. The firet meetings were\\nheld in the Davenport school-house. In later years the\\nBrigham and Pierson school-houses were occupied as places\\nof worship. The first membership was composed entirely\\nof people residing in Lapeer County, but at the present\\ntime a large majority arc residents of Genesee County.\\nTheir church edifice, a brick structure, is situated in the\\nvillage of Goodrich, and was completed in 1867, at a cost\\nof S4500. It has sittings for 300 persons. Among those\\nministers who have at various periods assumed the pastor-\\nate of this church are mentioned Elders Kingsbury, Good-\\nrich, Jones, Williams, Shaw, Mills, Westgate, Howard,\\nMcElroy, Spencer, and N. H. Farr, the present pastor.\\nPresent membership of the society, 45 scholars in the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0346.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0347.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE FARM -OF-LEWIS fi/(ED", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0348.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "ROM THE WEST.\\nRY, Atlas, LrruntLaLL ouunir, Michigan.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0349.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0350.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "ATLAS TOWNSHIP.\\n259\\nSabbntli-scliool, 110. E. E. Stimson, superintendent of\\nSuuday-scliuol.\\nFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nDuring the summer of 1854, a number of persons rosid-\\ninjr in the village of Goodrich and its immediate vicinity,\\nfeeling disposed to unite for purposes of worship under the\\nCongregational form of church government, began a corre-\\nspondence with llcv. Henry Bates, of Middlebury, Ohio,\\nwith a view of securing his services as a pastor. This re-\\nsulted in the coming of Mr. Bates, and he began his labors\\nin the village of Goodrich, October 1st of tlie same year.\\nA meeting was held at the house of Reuben Goodrich, Jan.\\n25. 1855, at which it was resolved that a regular organiza-\\ntion should be effected. At an adjourned meeting, held\\nFeb. 2, 1855, a committee consisting of Rev. Henry Bates,\\nDr. J. Eastman, and J. W. Campbell was appointed to\\ntake the necessary steps to effect a regular organization, to\\nprepare articles of faith, covenant, and by-laws.\\nAt an ecclesiastical meeting held in the church edifice of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal society, in the village of Goodrich,\\nFeb. 28, 1855, composed of ministers and delegates from\\nDetroit, Owasso, Pontiac, Romeo, Campbell s Corners,\\nUtica, and Canandaigua Churches, Rev. H. Fletcher was\\nchosen moderator. Rev. H. R. Kurd scribe, and the or-\\nganization of this church regularly effected. The members\\nof this first organization were as follows Henry Bates,\\nCyrus Baldwin, Samuel Baldwin, John W. Campbell, Jo-\\nseph Eastman, William Saunders, George Hosier, S. Hall\\nMorris, Keziah Bates, Susanna Baldwin, Lucy Baldwin,\\nEliza Campbell, Nancy Eastman, Ann McAllister, Electa\\nHosier, Mary Saunders, Lorinda Pratt, Hannah Cram,\\nMary Hoover, Eliza Goodrich, Martha Cram, Hannah\\nFerris, Margaret Woodworth.\\nMarch 1855, John W. Campbell was elected deacon,\\nand Joseph Eastman clerk of the society. A church\\nedifice, costing about S3000, was completed in the fall of\\n1858. Rev. Herbert Read delivered the dedicatory address.\\nThe following pastors have succeeded Mr. Bates in the care\\nof this church, viz. Revs. Alonzo Sanderson, D. B. Camp-\\nbell, A. M. Ashley, A. Blanchard, Alonzo Sanderson, and\\nH. K. Crane. Present membership, 36.\\nIn the preparation of the history of Atlas township we\\nhave been ably assisted by information derived from the\\nHon. Enos Goodrich, Hon. John L. McNiel, Mrs. J. L.\\nJIcNeil, Messrs. Moses Goodrich, Wm. Carpenter, Hiram\\nIlusted, Adam Brigham, J. W. Campbell, Samuel Lason,\\nMorgan Davison, B. E, Rust, Mrs. E. M. Gillett. and many\\nothers, to all of whom we desire to return our sincere thanks\\nfor their uniform courtesy and kindness.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nLEWIS 0. MEDBURY.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Medbury were early settlers in\\nRhode Island, and of English extraction. Charles Med-\\nbury emigrated to New York while a young man, and\\nsettled at New Berlin, Chenango Co., where he married\\nMiss Lucretia Arnold he reared a family of ten children.\\nHe was engaged nearly all his life in the mercantile busi-\\nness; served as .sheriff, and held numerous offices in his\\ntown and county. He died at the age of seventy-nine years.\\nSamuel, his eldest son, was born at New Berlin, in 1808.\\nHe was reared and educated to the mercantile business,\\nwhich he followed with success, at New Berlin, up to the\\nyear 1857. In 1830 he married Miss Lucretia R. Moss,\\nof the same town. In 1857 he moved with his family to\\nDetroit. He had previously become largely interested in\\nseveral business enterprises in Michigan, such as banking,\\nrailroads, etc.\\nMr. Medbury came to Detroit shortly after the panic of\\n1857, and, in connection with his two brothers-in-law, took\\ncharge of and managed the Peninsular Bank, in which they\\nwere heavy stockholders. After three years they disposed\\nof their stock to other parties, and Mr. Medbury sub-\\nsequently became prominent in the organization of the\\nState Bank of Michigan, the forerunner of the present\\nFirst National Bank of Michigan. He was also for several\\nyears a special partner of K. C. Barker Co., in the tobacco\\ntrade; he finally disposed of his interest in the latter firm,\\nafter which he gave his attention almost entirely to real\\nestate, of which he was a large owner, embracing city prop-\\nerty, pine-lands, and farms in various portions of Michigan\\nand other States. His death occurred on the lOtli day of\\nJuly, 1874, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He left his\\nwidow and two children the memory of an unblemished\\ncharacter, the example of a moral and virtuous life, and a\\ncompetency of this world s goods.\\nEsther A., the daughter, resides with her mother at the\\nold home-residence on Woodward Avenue, in the city of\\nDetroit.\\nLewis 0., the son, was born at the old home of the\\nfamily, in New Berlin, July 9, 1837. His boyhood days\\nwere pa.ssed in the schools, until the family came to Detroit,\\nwhen he was employed in the Peninsular Bank after\\nwhich he was engaged in the lumber business in Sanilac\\nCounty for four years, and the ensuing five years in the firm\\nof K. C. Barker Co., in the tobacco business. In 1873\\nhe purchased, in the town of Atlas, Genesee Co., what was\\nknown as the old Gould Davison farm, consisting of about\\nthree hundred acres, to which he has since added about\\nninety acres. Since his father s decease he has been en-\\ngaged in improving and managing the farm in Atlas, and\\nin looking after the interests of the estate.\\nOn the 19th day of July, 1866, he was united in mar-\\nriage to Mi.ss Mary E. Sherwood, of Union City, Pa. Mr.\\nMedbury has, since his residence in Atlas, made extensive\\nimprovements on liis farm, in fencing, farm-buildings, tenant-\\nhou.scs, residence, etc. It ranks, in all its appointments, as\\none of the finest in the county. His residence has all the\\nmodern improvements, furnaces, gas, and every convenience.\\nMr. Medbury and his esteemed wife are the parents of\\nfive children, two sons and three daughters, named Lucy\\nR., Truman M., Samuel, Julia L., and Mary R., all at home\\nwith the parents. The reader may find elsewhere in the\\npages of this work a fine view of the farm-home of Mr.\\nMedbury in Genesee County.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0351.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSTEPHEN JORDAN.\\nTlie ancestors of this gentleman were natives of Surry,\\nEngland. John Jordan, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in 1791, on the same farm on which his father be-\\nfore him lived all his life. He was reared and educated a\\nfarmer, and at the age of thirty years married Ann Brooker,\\nof the same place. She became the mother of eight chil-\\ndren, viz. Mary, Caleb, John, James, Stephen, William,\\nAnn, and Loui.se. Of these all are living at this time ex-\\ncept John, who died in the twentieth year of his age. Mrs.\\nAnn Jordan died in 1835. The year after his wife s death,\\nMr. Jordan decided to emigrate to the United States, where\\nhe could better provide homes for himself and motherless\\nchildren. Accordingly, in March, 1837, he embarked with\\nhis children for New York City, where they arrived after a\\nsix weeks voyage. He went to Orleans County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he remained until the spring of 1839, when he re-\\nmoved to JMichigan, and settled at Grand Blane. Soon\\nafterwards he broke up housekeeping, and placed the chil-\\ndren in diiferent families for homes three years later they\\nwere again united as a family under the charge of Caleb,\\nthe eldest of the children. From that time onward, until\\nhis death, John Jordan made his home with his children.\\nHis death occurred in January, 1878, aged eighty-six\\nyears.\\nStephen Jordan was born at the old Surry home, in Eng-\\nland, on the 24th day of February, 1829. He was about\\nten years of age when the family came to Michigan, and\\nthe young lad was only twelve years old when he went to\\nlive with Charles Bates, an old settler of Grand Blanc.\\nHe remained with Mr. Bates until he was twenty-one years\\nof age, attending the schools in the winter, and working\\non the farm in the summer season.\\nOn becoming of age he received from Sir. Bates one\\nhundred and twenty dollars after which time he worked\\nfor Mr. Bates six months, and with his brother Caleb about\\na year, when he was seized with the gold fever. He\\nwent by the Nicaragua route to California, arriving there\\nin June, 1852. He went to Coloma, where his brother\\nJames was already located. With his brother and Esquire\\nDavis, of Grand Blanc, he engaged in mining, in the placer\\nand ravine diggings, with the Long Tom of early mining\\ndays in that country. For four years he followed mining,\\nand then returned to Michigan, where he purchased his\\npre.sent farm, in the town of Atlas, Genesee Co. His\\nfirst purchase was one hundred and fifty acres, but he has\\nincreased it since by another purchase of one hundred and\\nseventy acres.\\nHe next sought and obtained the hand of Miss Emily\\nA. Perry, with whom he had been acquainted since boy-\\nhood. They were married Feb. 2-1, 1857. Mrs. Emily\\nJordan is the daughter of Simeon and Sarah Perry, and\\none of a family of six children, whose names are Isabel,\\nEmily A., Mary, Joseph, Mary (2d), and Esther. Mrs.\\nJordan s parents came to Michigan among the first settlers\\nof Genesee County.\\nSimeon Perry came to the Territory with his father in\\n1827, and afterwards returned to New York and married\\nMiss Sarah Cartwright, of Genesee County, N. Y. He\\nhas resided ever since on his farm in Grand Blanc. His\\nwife died Sept. 17, 1876, in the seventy-second year of\\nher age.\\nMr. Jordan and his esteemed wife are the parents of six\\nchildren, named as follows Mary K., Frank P., Jennie E.,\\nLouie A., Charles S., and Belle C, all living at home with\\ntheir parents, except Mary, who died Feb. 21, 1877, aged\\neighteen years. Mr. Jordan is the owner of a valuable and\\nfertile farm, beautifully situated and well adapted to the\\nproduction of all the grains and fruit for which his locality\\nis so widely celebrated.\\nThe portraits of this worthy couple, with a view of their\\nfarm-homo, may be found on another page.\\nEDGAR E. STIMSON\\nis the descendant of an old New England family. Robert\\nSlimson and his family emigrated from Massachusetts\\nabout 1797, and settled on a new farm in West Bloomfield,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., where they remained until old age,\\nwhen they went to Ohio and resided with their son, Robert,\\nuntil their deaths. They were the parents of eleven chil-\\ndren, Robert, Rebecca, Sutley B., Nancy, Harriet, Betsey,\\nEmily, Catharine, Mary Ann, Sarah, and Martha.\\nS. B. Stimson was born Nov. 7, 1800, at West Bloom-\\nfield, N. Y. From boyhood he was a natural mechanic,\\nand he became a carpenter and builder, which occupation\\nhe followed all his life. In 1822, on January 1st, he mar-\\nried Polly Earl, of Mendon. She was born March 30,\\n1800, and became the mother of six children, named\\nMorris M., Charlotte T., Edgar E., Fancher, Jane, and\\nHarriet H., all of whom are living except Harriet, who\\ndied in childhood. Mrs. Polly Stimson died at the age of\\nthirty-two years, Feb. 23, 1832. On the 28th day of\\nApril, 1S3G, Mr. Slimson married Olive Mansfield, of\\nMendon, by whom he had two children, Warren and\\nRobert E. His second wife died Oct. 8, 1851. Dec. 2,\\n1852, he married his third wife, Mrs. Cynthia Herrick, of\\nWest Bloomfield there were no children by the latter\\nmarriage. In 1859 the old gentleman emigrated to Kan-\\nsas, where he lived for the ensuing eighteen years; his wife\\ndied in 1876, and about the same time he had a stroke of\\nparalysis. His son Edgar brought him to his home in\\nMichigan to reside with the children. He died at the\\nhome of his son Morris, in Kalamazoo, in May, 1877, at\\nthe age of seventy-seven years.\\nEdgar E. Stimson was born at West Bloomfield, N. Y.,\\nSept. 6, 1826. He lost his mother before he was six\\nyears old for two years after this event he had a home\\nwith Abel H. Peck, after which he remained with his\\nfather until he was seventeen years of age, when he went\\nout into the world to do for himself. He worked at farm\\nlabor in the summer seasons and went to school in the\\nwinter; at the age of twenty he commenced teaching\\nschool, which he followed for several winters. He then,\\nin company with liis father, bought a grist-mill and farm\\nat West Bloomfield, and carried on milling and farming for\\nseveral years. He subscqucntl} exchanged his interest in\\nthat property for a new farm in the town of Waterford,\\nOakland Co., Mich.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0352.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0353.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "E. E. Stimson.\\n4\\nt\\n^pw\\nfeffiflpKai\\ndH--\\niff^y^^^^\\nE\\n1^\\n1\\nTlv\\nRESIDENCE OF E.E", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0354.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "HiSL.\\nMRS.E. E-Stimson.\\nON .ATLAS. Michigan.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0355.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0356.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "ATLAS TOWNSHIP.\\n261\\nHe married Jliss Frances C. French, of West Bloom-\\nfield, N. Y., on the 11th day of April, 1854. Soon after\\nhis marriage he removed to Michigan, settled on his new\\nfarm, built a shanty, and commenced clearing and improv-\\ning his land. In 1805 he sold off his personal property\\nand worked at the milling business in Ortonville soon\\nafter he sold his farm in Oakland, and purchased a farm of\\none hundred acres in the town of Atlas, Genesee Co., to\\nwhich he has since added fifty-two acres, and has made\\nextensive improvements in the farm-buildings, etc.\\nMrs. Frances C. Stimson, who is a remarkably intelligent\\nand agreeable lady, was born at East Bloomfield, N. Y., on\\nthe 19th day of July, 1829; she was the daughter of\\nJohn B. and Betsey French, old residents of the last-\\nnamed place. She was one of eight children, namely,\\nAlexander H., Timothy D., John B Marcia J., Reuben\\nE., Mary M., Frances C, and Helen M. Her family were\\noriginally natives of New England, and settled in Western\\nNew York at an early day.\\nMr. Stimson and his wife are members of the Free-Will\\nBaptist Church, and take an active interest in the advance-\\nment of the Gospel, and all enterprises for the upbuilding\\nof society. They are both deservedly esteemed for their\\nChristian and social qualities. They are the parents of\\nfive children, viz. May V., Hattie L., Celia A., Frank\\nE., and Lizzie J., all of whom are at home with the parents,\\nexcept Hattie, who is the wife of Henry Brigham, and\\nresides on the old farm-home of that family in Lapeer Co.,\\nMich.\\nOn another page of this work may be found a view of\\nthe farm-home of this worthy family, with the portraits of\\nthe owners.\\nTHE McNEIL FAMILY.\\nThe ancestors of this family were of Scotch and Welsh\\nnativity, descendants of whom settled in New England at\\nan early date. Charles McNeil was a native of Vermont,\\neducated and reared a farmer. Ho married Jerusha Ly-\\nman, daughter of Maj. Lyman, of Vergennes, who was a\\nsoldier in the war of 1812, and received his death-wound\\nat the battle of Piattsburg. Charles McNeil came into\\npossession of the old home-farm of his father, on the eastern\\nshore of Lake Champlain, at Charlotte. The farm con.sisted\\nof five hundred acres, on which he resided all his life. He\\nalso owned the ferry between Charlotte and Essex, across\\nthe lake. He reared a family of fifteen children, named\\nas follows Frances, Mary E., Nancy H., Laura L., John\\nL., Charles, David, James B., Charlotte, Henry, Jane,\\nGeorge, Ellen, William, and Julia. Of this large family\\neleven are still living. Charles died in 1860, at the age of\\nseventy-nine years, and his widow attained to the same age,\\nher decease occurring in 18G4.\\nJohn L. McNeil, the eldest son, was born at Charlotte,\\nOct. 10, 1813. His boyhood was pa.sscd in attending the\\ncommon sciiools and in farm-labor until he was (wenty-une,\\nwhen he worked for his father a few months (at five dollare\\nper month), and for the nextyear took charge of his father s\\nhotel in Charlotte. In 1836 he concluded to go West and\\nselect a lojation for his future home. On the 2d day uf\\nMay, of that year, he started with a light, covered wagon,\\nin which he carried some extra clothing, provisions, a couple\\nof log-chains, an axe, a set of drag-teeth, and various other\\ntools. He came by way of Saratoga, Johnstown, Auburn,\\nand Geneva to Buffalo, where he shijjped his team and\\nwagon for Toledo. On account of storms they did not\\nland at Toledo, but came on to Detroit, when, hearing ill\\naccounts of the Toledo country, he decided to settle in\\nMichigan. He followed the old Saginaw road into the\\nwilderness of Lapeer County selected and bought of the\\ngovernment three hundred and twenty acres in the township\\nof Atlas, in the present county of Genesee, about sixteen\\nmiles southeast of the city of Flint. He then sold his\\nhorses and wagon, bought a yoke of oxen, built a small log\\nhouse which he covered with elm-bark, and moved in and\\nkept house, as happy as a king. About a year later he\\nerected a commodious log house, in which he and his bro-\\nther Charles kept bachelor s hall until the fall of 1837, when\\nhe married Mi.ss Sylvia Davison. He went sixteen miles\\non foot to obtain the neccs.sary license of the county clerk.\\nThey were united on the 2Gth day of October, 1837. From\\nthat time he was busily engaged in clearing and improving\\nhis land, and in erecting suitable farm-buildings. In 1838\\nhe was elected one of the assessors of Atlas, and two years\\nlater justice of the peace, which latter position he filled for\\nthe ensuing eight years. In 1848 he was elected a repre-\\nsentative to the State Legislature. In all of these positions\\nhe served the public in a satisfactory manner. For the last\\nforty-two years he has been a zealous adherent of, and active\\nworker in, the Democratic party. Mr. McNeil has become\\nwidely known as a fine stock farmer, making wool-growing\\na specialty, and has done much towards the introduction\\nand improvement of the fine wool varieties in his locality.\\nJohn L. McNeil and his excellent wife are the parents\\nof three children. Charles, the eldest, died in infancy\\nMary J. and Lyman are unmarried, and reside at home\\nwith their parents. Mr. McNeil is a man in whom the\\ncommunity have unbounded confidence, shrewd and cau-\\ntious in his business ventures, plain and unassuming in his\\nmanners, courteous and affable in his intercourse, and hon-\\norable in his dealings. He has never in the course of a\\nlong and active life had a suit at law.\\nThe ancestors of Mrs. Sylvia McNeil were also natives\\nof New England and of Scotch descent. Paul Davison,\\nthe paternal grandfather, emigrated to Western New York,\\nand settled on a farm at Lima, in Livingston County. He\\nreared a family of seven children, three sons and four\\ndaughters. Norman, the eldest child, was born in 1786;\\nwas reared a farmer, and also became a carpenter. Nov. 9,\\n1806, he married Huldah Brown. After his marriage he\\ncarried on farming for several years in various places in\\nMonroe and Livingston Counties. In the spring of 1831\\nhe and his two eldest sons made a trip to the Territory of\\nMichigan in quest of a location for their future home.\\nThey came to Detroit, and thence followed the old Saginaw\\ntrail into the wilds of Lapeer. They selected and bought\\na government lot at the place now known as Davisonville,\\nin the township of Atlas, now Genesee County. His was\\nthe second entry of land in Lapeer County. He erected a\\ntwostory frame house, which was the second house built in", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0357.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAtlas. In the foil of that year he returned to New York,\\nand moved his family to their new home in the wilderness.\\nTo the west of them their nearest neighbor was two and a\\nhalf miles distant, and in the opposite direction none nearer\\nthan Port Huron. His family consisted of his wife and\\nten children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 viz., Sarah G., Paul G., Oliver P., Sylvia,\\nGeorge A., Henry P., Dewitt C, Benjamin F., Jane A.,\\nand Mary F.\\nMr. Davison was in the early and pioneer days of Mich-\\nigan a man of much influence and consideration, and under\\nthe Territorial laws was made judge of the courts by Gov-\\nernor Mason. He also served as supervisor and as magis-\\ntrate of his town. He died in 18il at the age of fifty-five,\\nand his widow in 1848 at the age of sixty-two years.\\nTheir fourth child, Mrs. Sylvia McNeil, was born at\\nLima, Livingston Co., N. Y., March 28, 1812. She re-\\nceived the wholesome lessons and practical education of a\\nfarmer s daughter, and possessed with it the vigorous con-\\nstitution and robust habits common to the atmosphere of\\nfarm-life. She was about nineteen years of age when the\\nfamily emigrated to the wild woods home in Michigan,\\nand she retains to-day a vivid remembrance of their early\\npioneer life, of the days when the forests were alive with\\ndeer, wolves, and bears. She has always been an active,\\nindustrious housewife, and has nobly performed her full\\nshare of life s duties. She enjoys the respect and esteem\\nof all her acquaintances, and the love and reverence of her\\nchildren.\\nOn another page of this work may bo found the portraits\\nand a view of the home of this old pioneer couple.\\nDAVID MCNEIL\\nwas born at the old home, on Lake Champlain, April 21,\\n1816. He was also reared on the farm, attending school\\nin his boyhood in alternation with farm labor. He remained\\nwith his father until he was twenty-three years old, when\\n(in 1839) he came West. Soon after his arrival in Slich-\\nigan he purchased at second-hand one hundred and sixty\\nacres of wild land in the township of Grand Blanc, Genesee\\nCo. He next built a log shanty, and therein kept bach-\\nelor s hall for three years worked the while on his new\\nfarm, clearing off the timber, etc. During this time he\\nmade the acquaintance of Miss Jane A. Davison, the third\\ndaughter of Judge Davison, of Atlas. They were united in\\nmarriage on the 1st day of January, 1814. He then erected\\na more commodious log house, into which they moved. In\\na few years, by incessant toil and good management, Mr.\\nMcNeil had- become a well-to-do farmer, and one of the\\n.solid men of the county, known and esteemed by a\\nlarge circle of friends and acquaintances for his many good\\nqualities as a citizen and neighbor.\\nDavid McNeil and his wife have been blessed with four\\nchildren. Ellen J., the eldest, is the wife of Sherman\\nTownsend, and resides in Ionia Norman J. is married, and\\nowns and resides on his farm adjoining that of his father;\\nGeorge D. and Arthur G. are young men, and reside at\\nhome with the parents, assisting in carrying on the old\\nhome-farm, which embraces two hundred and forty acres\\nof fertile land, well adapted to all kinds of grain and fruit.\\nOn anollier page will be scon a line view of the farm-\\nhome, accompanied by the portraits of David McNeil and\\nhis excellent wife.\\nJONATHAN FROST.\\nAmong the early settlers of Atlas town.ship there was no\\none who did more to advance the growth and prosperity of\\nhis township than he whose name heads this sketch. Jon-\\nathan Frost was born in South Bristol township, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1817. His father, dying when he was\\nquite young, left him to find a home as best he could. For\\na time he lived around among his relatives, but finally made\\nhis home with his uncle, Col. Hawes, with whom ho lived\\nuntil he grew to manhood. His chances for an education\\nwere limited to a few months in the winter at a district\\nschool, his summers being passed in working on his uncle s\\nfarm. He commenced life with only his hands, backed by\\nan indomitable will, combined with energy and industry.\\nIn 183G he came to Michigan and bought of the govern-\\nment the northeast quarter of section 24, and of his brother\\nthe east half of the northwest quarter of the same section,\\nin Atlas township. He remained in Atlas during the fall\\nand winter of 1836, and then returned to New York, where\\nhe worked at farming by the month until after his marriage,\\nin May, 1839, when with his wife he moved on to his farm\\nin Atlas, no portion of which was then cleared. A log\\nhouse was soon built, and life in the wilderness commenced.\\nUnder his skillful management the forest disappeared, and\\nsoon a beautiful farm, with fine buildings, orchards, and all\\nthe modern improvements, appeared where, but so short a\\ntime before, the wolves, deer, and other wild animals roamed\\nundisturbed. To the two hundred and forty acres Mr. Frost\\nadded from time to time, until at the time of his death his\\nfarm comprised four hundred and ninety-three acres of fine\\nland, pronounced to be one of the best in the township. As\\nabove stated, Mr. Frost commenced life with nothing, and\\nfor several years after moving into the woods life with the\\nnew-married couple was no holiday. He did the most of\\nhis clearing himself, and many times worked half the night\\nburning off the fallows, often burning his hands to a blister\\nhandling the charred logs. As time passed and prosperity\\ndawned upon him, Mr. Frost branched out in business.\\nHe dealt largely in real-estate and invested in mills, thus\\ndoing much to help his township. In early life Mr. Frost\\nwas a Democrat, but upon the organization of the Repub-\\nlican party, and thenceforward until his death, he was one of\\nits most ardent supporters, although he never solicited ofiice.\\nHe experienced religion at the age of fifteen, and was ever\\nafterwards an earnest and sincere Christian. After he came\\nto Michigan he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe was active in the organization of that church in Atlas,\\nand was for many years one of its officers. Mr. Frost died\\nApril 14, 1873. In his death Atlas lost one of its most\\nenterprising citizens, one respected and esteemed by friends\\nand neighbors.\\nHe was married to Olive Cobb, May 30, 1839. She was\\nthe daughter of Job and Rhoda (Abbey) Cobb, and was born\\nMarch 3, 1818. There were born to them the following\\nchildren: Maryettc, born Sept. 17, 1840 Rhoda A., born\\nDec. 1, 1843; Emily and Emery, born June 23, 1847;", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0358.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0359.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE or W. M.CARPEN", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0360.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "ATLAS, Genesee County, Mich", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0361.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0362.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "ATLAS TOWNSHIP.\\n263\\nEphraim, born Dec. 15, 1852. Emory died Oct. 15, 1848\\nEphraim died March X,, 1877. Mrs. Frost died Dec. 16,\\n1852. For liis second wife Mr. Frost married Mrs. Ann\\nS. Ilawos, dau};liter of William and Prudence (Case) Paul.\\nShe was burn April C, 1828. Their union was blessed\\nwith one daughter, Jenny Frost, born Aug. 22, 1861.\\nTHE CARPENTER FAMILY.\\nThe ancestors of this numerous family are from a long\\nline in Engli-sh history. Of those who .settled in New York\\nwas George Carpenter, who reared a large family of children.\\nHis youngest sou, George, grew to manhood, and was mar-\\nried to Abigail Gilder.sleeve. He was a farmer in Dutchess\\nCounty; about the year 1812 he removed with his family\\nto Saratoga, and settled on a farm. His wife, who died in\\n1811, was the mother of Henry, Pamelia, Mary, Amy,\\nPeter, William, and Abigail. He was afterwards married\\nto Mrs. Jcrusha Case, of Dutchess County, by whom there\\nwere no children. He remained on his farm until 1837,\\nwhen he came to Michigan, and made his home with his\\nson William. He died at the extreme age of one hundred\\nand two years, according to the family records. William\\nCarpenter, the youngest son, was born Sept. 16, 1805, at\\ntlie old Dutchess County home. He remained with his\\nfather until he was fourteen years of age, when he launched\\nout for himself. He was employed on the farm of Jacob\\nDenton, near Saratoga, where he remained fourteen years.\\nDuring this time he paid court to Miss Luranie Pierce, who\\nwas also employed in the family of Mr. Denton. They\\nwere married in 1833, and soon after moved to Niagara\\nCounty, bought a farm of fifty acres, upon which he settled\\nand remained two years, when he sold out, and, in the spring\\nof 1836, he, in company with Levi Preston, started for\\nMichigan. They came on foot through Canada to Detroit,\\nthence by the old Saginaw road to Atlas, Genesee Co.\\nMr. Carpenter selected and bought of the government two\\nhundred acres, about fourteen miles southeast of the city\\nof Flint. He next erected a log house, cleared off two\\nacres, put in oats and potatoes. He then returned to New\\nYork, .settled up his business, and with his wife and\\nchild started for the new home in the West. Mr. Levi\\nPreston and his family came in company with them. The\\njourney was performed with ox-teams, two yoke of oxen\\nto each wagon. The wagons, besides the family, contained\\nbeds, clothing, provisions, tools, etc. They were thirty\\ndays on the tedious journey, but arrived .safely at the selected\\nhome in the wilderness. And from that little beginning in\\nthe wild woods, after pa.ssing through all the trials of j)io-\\nneer life, has arisen the beautiful home of the Carpenter\\nfamily, in Atlas, where William Carpenter and his worthy\\nwife still reside, enjoying a happy old age in the compan-\\nionship of their children and old neighbors.\\nThey are the parents of seven children. Jacob D.,\\nMary E., Julia A., William, Jr., Amos, Pamelia, and\\nGeorge E., all of whom are living except Mary E who\\ndied in the eighteenth year of her age. Jacob is married,\\nand resides on his farm in the town of Burton, and the\\nothers are all married, and own and reside on farms in Tus-\\ncola County.\\nWilliam Carpenter, Jr., was born on the 9th day of\\nAugust, 1844, at the old homestead in Atlas, whore he has\\npassed his life thus far. His boyhood days were spent in\\nthe schools and on the farm. At the age of twenty-two he\\nmarried Miss Kate Colwoll, daughter of James and Ann\\nColwell, old settlers of Atlas. They were united on the\\n24th day of October, 1805.\\nIn 1807, William Carpenter, his father, divided liis\\nproperty among the children, since which time William,\\nJr., has bought out the others, and now owns the old home-\\nstead and farm, consisting of two hundred and forty-five\\nacres. He has made extensive improvement.s in the resi-\\ndence, farm-buildings, etc. As will be seen by reference\\nto the view on another page, he has one of the finest farms\\nin that part of the county.\\nJEREMIAH NARRIN.\\nThe ancestors of this gentleman were of Scotch and\\nWelsh origin, and among the early settlers of New York\\nState.\\nPeter Narrin, the grandfather of Jeremiah, emigrated\\nfrom Wayne County, N. Y., in 1838, to Michigan. He\\npurchased one hundred and twenty acres of government\\nland in the town of Groveland, Oakland Co. His family,\\nwhich consisted of his wife and three sons, with their\\nwives and children, all came at the same time and set-\\ntled in the san)e locality. The names of the sons were\\nWilliam L., John S., and De Witt C. Together they\\nlocated and occupied about one thousand acres in the same\\nneighborhood.\\nPeter Narrin died in 1851, at the age of seventy-four\\nyears, and his widow, in 1852, at the age of sixty-four\\nyears. William L., the eldest son, was born in Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., April 21, 1811, and Feb. 1, 1832, he married\\nMiss Sally Moore. In 1838 he sold his farm in New\\nYork, and, as above stated, came to Michigan, bought and\\nsettled on three hundred and twenty acres of government\\nland in Oakland County. This became his home, where\\nhe reared his children, and where he remained until eight\\nyears since, when he removed to Ortonville and purchased\\ntwo hundred acres adjoining that village. His death oc-\\ncurred on the 14th day of May, 1879, at the city of Flint,\\nwhile under medical treatment for stone in the bladder.\\nHe was the fether of six children, three of whom died in\\ninfancy the others (John S., Jeremiah, and George W.)\\ngrew to manhood. John S., the eldest son, went to the\\nWestern country about twenty-two years ago, and the family\\nhave had no tidings of him for the past twelve years.\\nGeorge W., the youngest son, resides on the old homestead\\nin Groveland.\\nJeremiah Narrin, the second son, was born June 20,\\n1838, at the old home in Wayne County, N. Y., and while\\nhe was an infant his parents moved to Michigan. From\\nthe time he was fifteen months old he lived with his grand-\\nmother, until her death, when he had attained to his four-\\nteenth year. By the old lady s bequest he became the\\nowner of the old home-farm of Peter Narrin, in Oakland\\nCounty. After the death of his grandmother he worked", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0363.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "2C4\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nby the montli for Enos Goodiioh, witli whom ho continued\\nsix years, during wliieh time he courted Miss Matildii\\nL., the daughter of his employer. He was successful in\\nhis suit, and they were married on the 4th day of October,\\n1859. He had previous to this sold his farm in Grove-\\nland, and after his marriage he purchased his present farm\\nin the town of Atlas, on which he settled and where he has\\nresided ever since. Mr. Narrin has made extensive im-\\nprovements on his farm, so that now it is one of the best\\nfarm-homes in that locality.\\nMrs. Matilda L. Narrin, who is a remarkably intelligent\\nlady, of pleasant and agreeable address, is the eldest child\\nof Enos and Ann Goodrich, who were among the earliest\\nsettlers of the town of Atlas. Enos Goodrich was born in\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., Aug. 11, 1813. He came with the\\nGoodrich family to Michigan in 183C, and settled at the\\nplace where now stands the village of his name. In com-\\npany with his brother Reuben he erected mills, stores, and\\nother buildings at that place, and carried on an extensive\\nbusiness for many years. On the 26th day of June, 1838,\\nhe married Miss Ann Atkins, of the same place. They\\nare the parents of two children, Matilda L. and Enos H.\\nSince 1863, Enos Goodrich has resided at Watertown,\\nTuscola Co., where he is engaged in farming. His son,\\nEnos H., is married, and also resides on a farm near his\\nfather. Mrs. Matilda Narrin was born in the village of\\nGoodrich, April 4, 1841. She is the mother of three\\nchildren, namely, Annie E., Ella C, and Ellis, the latter of\\nwhom died in infancy. Annie and Ella are at home with\\nthe parents. Mrs. Narrin resided in the village of Good-\\nrich until fifteen years ago, when she removed to the farm\\none and a half miles southeast of the village.\\nThe reader s .special attention is called to the view of\\ntheir beautiful farm-home, on another page of this work.\\nFLUSHING.\\nThk township of Flushing lies on the western bound-\\nary of the county of Genesee, and includes township 8\\nnorth, in range 5 east, as denoted on the United States\\nsurvey. It is watered by the Flint River and it.s tributa-\\nries, the stream named entering near the southeast corner\\nof town, and, after a winding course, leaving it near the\\ncentre of the northern boundary. The mill-sites along the\\nriver were early improved, and it still furnishes power at\\nnumerous places within the limits of the county. Along\\nthe river the surface of the township is somewhat varied,\\nthe banks in places being high and steep and the land in\\nthe immediate vicinity rolling, while at others they are\\ngently .sloping and the neighboring country nearly level.\\nA largo portion of the township is exceedingly level, and\\nthe whole was originally covered with a dense growth of\\nheavy timber, in which was considerable pine.\\nThe soil of Flushing is pf the nature of that common\\nto this region, having a large proportion of sand. Upon\\nthe lands where pine grew thickly it is more sandy than\\nelsewhere, and some of the pine plains, or jiine bar-\\nrens, as they are called, are of comparatively small value.\\nGame was exceedingly plenty during the earlier years of\\nsettlement, and but for this fact many of the pioneers would\\nhave endured even greater suffering than they did through\\nthe scarcity of provisions at times. Life in the wilderness\\nat that period was attended with manifold difficulties, and\\nhard trials and extreme privation fell to the lot of nearly all.\\nL.^ND ENTRIES.\\nThe entries of land in township 8 north, range 5 east,\\nnow constituting Flushing, are as follows\\nSection 1.\\nAcres.\\nElislm B. Strong, .Monroe Co., N. Y., June, 1S36 SO\\nJames WiKlswoitli, Livingston Co., N. Y., July, 183G 364.59\\nllugli liirkhead, Baltimore, Md., July, 1836 240\\nSection 2.\\nAcres.\\nA. McArtluir and C. Ilurlbut, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836.. SO\\nElisha B. Strong 240\\nJames WuJsnorlh, Livingston Co., N. Y., July, 1836 371.49\\nSection 3.\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., October, 1835 03.60\\n68\\n51.35\\nCharles C. Ilascnll, February, 1836 6.52\\nIsaac I. Voorhcis and Ira C. Seeley, Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nFebruary, 1836 81.82\\nThomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, March, 1836 175.89\\n186.20\\nSection 4.\\nThoiniis L. L. Bient, Virginia, March, 1836 Entire, 610.10\\nSection 5.\\nCharles D. Bartlett, Hampshire Co., Mass., June, 1836 SO\\nJohn H. Cherwuand, New York Citv. June, 1836 188.52\\nEph. B. Bishop, Wayne Co., Miob.. July. 1836 160\\nJames Bailey. Genesee Co., Mich., December, 1S40 40\\nJohn Ileed, (jenesee Co., Mich., December, 1840 120\\nVacant 80\\nSection 6.\\nJames Butler, Livingston Co., N. Y., September, 1836 112.44\\nThomas Hough. Sr., Uoueseo Co., Mich., June, 1842 40\\nThomas Hough. Jr., 40\\nJoseph Vernon, July, 40\\nWilliMiu Bailey, August, 40\\nJohn Tibbies, land-warrant, January, 1852 133.13\\nEnucli Vernon, Uenesee Co., Mich., December, 1853 40\\nGeorge Bush, October, 1854 .M.92\\nVacaut 40\\nSection 7.\\nErastus Jones, Genesee Co., Mich., September, 1836 80\\nMartin Curley, Monroe Co., N. Y., October, 1836 108.04\\nJames Wood, Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1842 40\\nSamuel Wood, 40\\nUiebard Bipinlen. Genesee Co., Mich,, June, 1842 SO\\nHarvey Miller, land-warrant, July. 1852 108.20\\n-Martin Darby, Erie Co., Ohio, November, 1853 40\\nUichard Bowden, Genesee Co., Mich,, May) 1854 40", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0364.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "Exchange: hotel, r.parsell.pkopriliuk, Flushing, mich.\\nResidence of Wm D. PENOYER, Flushino, Michigan", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0365.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0366.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n2G5\\nSkction 8,\\nAcrt ti.\\nCharles F). Tiurtlctt, Hiimpshirc n., Mass., June, 1830 ICll\\nGaylonl lliiakin.s (liicunlaga Co., N. Y., .Juno, 18:!6 80\\nJohn Knovvk-s, Jr., Mailison Cci., X. Y., June, 18:JB 2J0\\nFroJerick .St. John, New York City, June, I8.)G 100\\nSkition 9.\\nRoyal II. Latham, .\\\\shtabula Co., Ohio, May, 1830 100\\nOran-f Latham, 80\\nChurUs 1). liarllett, Ilampshiro Co., Mass., Juno, 1830 SO\\nFreiieriok St. John, New York City, Juno, 1830 320\\nSkctio.v 10.\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., Oclober, 1835 40.03\\nElijah P. Farnhalii. Niagara Co., N. Y.. Oi-tuhcr, 1835 IM.IO\\nThouias J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., October, 1835 21.45\\nThomas L. L. lirint, Virginia, .\\\\|iril, 1830 10\\nfieorge Maeoniber, (ienesec Co., N.Y., June, 1830 811\\nNoah Hart, Wavno Co.. Mich., June, 1830 80\\nFrederick St. Jolin, New York City, June, 1830 80\\n.Skitio.v 11.\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., October, 1835 8.91\\nThomas L. L. lirent, Virginia, March, 1830 15 .l\\nApril, 1830 141.10\\nEurotiis 1*. Hastings, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1830 100\\nJeremiah lienton, 80\\nAlexander D, li raser, 80\\nSkction 12.\\nE. S. Stickner, Tompkins Co., N. Y., June, 1830 240\\nLyman Strobridge, 100\\nAlbert (i. Stone, 100\\nJohn Domund, 80\\nSkction 13.\\nLyman Strobridge, Tompkins Co., N. Y., June, 1830 100\\nAmos Smith, Huron o., Ohio, .Juno, 1830 100\\nHugh liirkhead, Baltimore, Md., July, 1830 320\\nSkctio.v 14.\\nThomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, May, 1830 100\\nJames MeLallen, Tompkins Co., N. Y., June, 18.30 100\\nAmos .Smith, Huron Co.. Mich., June, 1830 80\\nHugh Birkhcad, Baltimore, Md., July, 1830 240\\nSkction 15.\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co.. Mich., October, 1835 40.02\\nNewell Furman, Niagara Co., N. Y., October, 1835 92.3(1\\nMoses Smith. iJcnesee Co.. Mich., November, 1835 154.00\\nThomas L. LI Brent, Virginia, March, 1830 292.52\\nSkctio.n 17.\\nFrederick St. John, New York City, June, 1830 400\\nSeth Beach, Oakland Co., Mich., June. 1830 80\\nJohn llollstander, Living.^tcm Co., Mich., April. 1.S37 40\\nRalph D. Curtis, Ccuesce Co., Mich., August, 1844 80\\nAsahel Johnson, October, 1854 40\\nSkctios 18.\\nEleazer S. Holdridge, Niagara Co., N. Y June, 1830 100\\nE. Cash and H. Wright, (Jenesce Co., N. Y., August, 1836.... 100\\nGeorge R. Somcrs, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1847 108.07\\nJohn Batesly, July, 1848 108.80\\n.Skctio.n 19.\\nLewis Halsey, Tompkins Co., N. Y., June, IS39 98.94\\nAndrew Harrison, (icncsee Co., Mich., May, 1842 80\\nWilliam Turner, December, 1843 40\\nWm. .1. Snooks, land-warrant, April, 1843 40\\nJohn .McCartney, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 1843 40\\nHiram Fnos, December, 1843 49.40\\nHiram Knos, 49.40\\nWalter J. Crimk, March, 1854 40\\nEph. Morgan, Medina Co., Ohio, April, 1354 80\\nSkction 20.\\nE. Cash and H. Wright, Genesee Co., N. Y., August, 1830 160\\nKnocli Sweat. Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1830 SO\\nIsaac Baldwin, February, |8I| 80\\nAbiel C. liliss, December. 1841 80\\nWarren Y. Swazce, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, .August, 1842 40\\nHarry N. I ayne, Oakland Co., Mich., January, 1851 80\\nL. I lieardslee, Genesee Co., Mich., June. 1853 40\\nJohn lluiilcr, March, 1848 (0\\nJohn Hunrer, October, 1848 40\\n34\\nSection 21.\\nAcres.\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., November, 1835 80\\nWm. Lockyer, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1830 80\\nIlcrmun Camp, Tompkins Co., N. Y., July, 1830 100\\nRalph 1). Curtis, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1844 80\\nSwamp lands, 40\\nWm. Locker. November, 1354 80\\nWm..l. Kent, 80\\nAsaliel Fuller, January, 1855 40\\nSkction 22.\\nJohn Paton, Esse.K Co., N. J., June, 18.34 83.20\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., October, 1835 01.35\\nJohn li. Kellogg. Genesee Co., N. Y., October, 1835 145.25\\nJohn I aton, (Seneseo Co.. Mich., February, 1.830 80\\nThomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, March, 1830 158.03\\nThomas L. L. Brent. Virginia, April, 18:10 40\\nJohn Evans, Genesee Co., Mich., April, 1.S30 40\\n.Skction 23.\\nJohn Greenfield and C. Hurlbut, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1.830. SO\\nIra Arms and Sol. Sincad, Franklin Cu,, Mass., June, 1830... 500\\nSkction 24.\\nArms and Snu-ad, Franklin Co., Mass., .June, 1830 040\\nSkction 25.\\nWaterman Ncfi Genesee Co., Mich., September, 1835 80\\nW. NcH an 1 t lark Albec. Windham Co., Vt., Oclober, 1835... 80\\nThomas L. L. lirent, Virginia, March, 18:!0 160\\nAbncr II. Enos, Erie Co., N. Y., June, 1830 100\\nAllen Bump, Genesee Co., Mich., June, 1842 80\\nElijah Anderson, tjcnesee Co., Mich., September, 1845 40\\nWilliam Avery, November, 1854 40\\nSkction 20.\\nHunt, Farley .t BicMIe, Detroit, Mich., May, 1823 90.10\\nJames Murphy, Shiawassee Co., Mich., September, 1834 40.25\\nClark Albee, Genesee Co., Mich., September, 1835 77.15\\nLntting Coutant, Wavne Co., ilich.. January, 1336 100\\nThomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, .March, 1830 240\\nSkction 27.\\nJohn Paton, Essex Co., N. J., June, 1834 47.85\\nJames Murphy, Shiawassee Co., Mich., .September, 1334 23.90\\nGeorge W. Newell. Tioga Co., N. Y., October. 1834 50.00\\nJohn Wchr, Trumbull (^o., Ohio, January. 1835 55.12\\nC. and W. J. Cronk. Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1835 90.45\\nAle.\\\\. Ten Broeck, Ulster Co., N. Y., November, 1835 157.38\\nJohn I aton, Essex Co., N. J., November, 1835 77.00\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., November, 1835 69.00\\nSkction 28.\\nJames Seymour, Monroe Co., N. Y., March, 1836 100\\nHcrninn Camp, Tompkins Co., N. Y., July, 1336 320\\nRolicrt Pollock, Westchester Co.. N. Y., September, 1830 80\\nBrigham AVood, (Jenesce Co., Mich., October, 1830 80\\nSuction 29.\\nSamuel A. Godard, Birmingham, England, August, 1830 80\\nJohn Trucsdell, Genesee Co., N. Y., October, 1830 80\\nWm. Bingham, 80\\nR.iwlcv Morri.-, 80\\nNatha niel Wood, Livingston Co., N. Y., October, 1830 320\\nSuction 30.\\nPhilander Truesdell, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1330 100\\nJohn T. Van VIeck, St. Joseph Co., Mich., October, 1830 107.20\\nEbon Sloicr, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1836 80\\nThomas Diamond, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1838 30\\nAValler J. Cronk, October, 1851 108.40\\nSkction 31.\\nThomas Manchester, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1836 80\\nHerman Van Vechten, Genesee Co., Mich., September, 1830... 208.10\\nRowley Morris, G,-nesee C.i., N. Y., October, 1830 100\\nJohn T. Van VIcck, St. Joseph Co., Mich., October, 1830 113.80\\nSkction 32.\\nSamuel A. Godard, Birmingham, England, August, 1830 160\\nPaul llildreth, Worcester Co.. Mass., September, 1830 SO\\nRowb-v .Morris, Genesee Co., N. Y.. October. 1836 240\\nJos.ph S. Whitney, Oaklanil Co., Mich.. August, 1842 80\\nIliiam Ransom, Genesee Co., .Mich., April, 1853 40\\n.Swamp land 40", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0367.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSection 33.\\nA res.\\nGeorge W. Bullock, Monroe Co., Mich., Maj 1S36 IfiO\\nE. B. Bishop, Wavnc Co., Mich., July. 1836 160\\nE. Cash and H. Wrij;ht, Genesee Co., N. Y., August, 1.S36..... 80\\nSamuel A. Godard, Birmingham, England, August, 1836 80\\nAsa A. Norton, Yates Co., N. Y., September, 1836 160\\nSection 34.\\nElijah Curtis, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Octoher, 1835 76.50\\nJames Uossie, Esse.\\\\ Co., N. J., November, 1835 560\\nSection 35.\\nJohn Biddle, Detroit, Mich., May, 1823 .3.82\\nWilliam Curtis, Trumbull Co., Ohio, June, 1835 78.30\\nThomas J. Drake, Oakland Co., Mich., November, 1835 32.60\\nAlex. McArthur,\\nA. D. Eraser, Wayne Co., Mich., Fehruarj, 1836 200\\nChauneey Hurlbut, j\\nThos. L. L. Brent, Virginia, March. 1836 160\\nHarriet E. Hoyes, Genesee Co., Mich., May. 1836 80\\nIsaac Bennett, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April, 1836 80\\nSection 36.\\nJohn Biddle, Detroit, Mich., May. 1S23 33.60\\nRobert I.e Roy, Oakland Co., Mich.. February, 1834 57\\nHenry Cobb. Crawford Co., Ohio, March, 1835 169.39\\nKul us Il.arrison, Shiawassee Co., Mich., June, 1835 78.50\\nHenry French, Windsor, Vt., October, 1835 109.60\\nTho.s. h. L. Brent, Virginia, M.irch, 1836 80\\nIsaac Bennett, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April, 1836 SO\\nEAKLY SETTLEMENTS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PIONEER INCIDENTS.\\nThe first white man known to have taken up hi.s abode\\nwithin the limits of what is now the township of Flushing\\nwas llufus Harrison, who settled in the fall of 1835, on the\\nfarm in the southeast part of the township, on the north\\nside of the river, locally speaking, where Wm. Schram\\nnow lives. Mrs. Harrison is yet living in the township.\\nShe and the wife of David Penoyer, who came a little later,\\nwere always close friends, and have so continued to the\\npresent. William D. Penoyer mentions the fact that Mrs.\\nHarrison made him, during the early days of their residence\\nhere, two pairs of deerskin pants, which caused his boyish\\npride to swell to the utmost. Mr. Harrison built the first\\nhouse in the township a simple structure of logs upon\\nhis farm, and resided in it for some time.\\nTwo young men, named Clark Abby (or Albce) and\\nWaterman Neff, entered land on the north side of the river\\n(section 25), in the fall of 1835, and came on and did some\\nclearing upon it, but only stayed a short time. They sold\\ntheir farms to Jarvis Bailey, who settled with his young\\nwife in 1836. They had come directly from the State of\\nNew York.\\nThe second permanent settler in the township was Henry\\nFrench, now of the village of Flushing. In the fail of\\n1835 he and bis brother, Ira French, passed through this\\nvicinity in search for land, and Henry finally located on\\nsection 36, in the month of October, of that year. Ira\\nFrench went on to Saginaw, but is now a resident of Flush-\\ning township. The French s were from Windsor Co., Vt.,\\ntown of Woodstock, at which place their father, ApoUos\\nFrench, a native of Taunton, Mass., was an early settler.\\nWhen Henry French purchased his land there was no\\none living in the township, but Harrison came soon after,\\nas stated, as Mr. French settled the same fall. Before the\\nseason was over he was married to Miss Abigail Ensign,\\nal.so from Vermont, and then living in Grand Blanc. The\\nmarriage took place at Flint, and aside from the liict that\\nMr. French is now the oldest male settler in the township,\\nhe was the first one from it to be joined in matrimonial\\nbonds. He was also one of the many who worked at some\\ntime for Thomas L. L. Brent, and in 1836 aided in build-\\ning the latter s saw-mill. Mr. French s brother, Ebcnczer\\nFrench, at present residing .south of Flushing village,\\nlocated in town in the fall of 1836.\\nJohn Evans, from Manchester, Eng., emigrated to the\\nUnited States in 1830, and located at Stockport, Columbia\\nCo., N. Y., where he remained five ears. In October,\\n1835, he moved with his daughter to Flushing, the trip\\noccupying three weeks, and that portion of it from Detroit\\nforward being made on foot. They settled in November,\\n1835, and a log house was built on the place, the latter\\nnow forming part of the farm owned by John Paton, who\\nmarried Mr. Evans daughter Mary, Nov. 22, 1835.\\nJohn Paton, a native of Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland,\\nand later a resident of the State of New Jersey, came to\\nGenesee County in 1834, and purchased part of his present\\nfarm-land, on sections 22 and 27, in June of that year.\\nOwing to the f\\\\ict that no one else was at that time living\\nin the township, Mr. Paton settled up the river a few miles,\\nin what is now Flint township, on the farm at present occu-\\npied by Mr. AVarren. Nathan and Isaac Miles were the\\nonly persons between that location and Flint, while down\\nthe river there was no one between Mr. Paton and a Mr.\\nHayden, who was eighteen or twenty miles away, in Sagi-\\nnaw County.\\nIn February, 1837, Mr. Paton brought his family to\\nwhat is now Flu.shing township, and settled on the farm he\\nstill occupies. After living some time with his wife .s\\nfather, Mr. Evans, he built a frame house on his own\\nplace, and moved into it. Henry French, Mr. Harrison,\\nand a few others were then living in the neighborhood.\\nIn July, 1837, Mr. Paton found a dead squaw, the scent\\nof the body having attracted the dog to the spot. She had\\ndied with the smallpox, having been left to her fate by the\\nIndian.?, with a cup of water and a crust near her. Mr.\\nPaton and others from the settlement buried her.\\nMr. Paton s entry was the first one made in town with\\nthe view of settling, but he did not choose to locate perma-\\nnently until later. For several years after his arrival he\\nand his family experienced with others the stringency of\\nthe times and the hardships which accompany the life of a\\npioneer. A letter which was written by Mrs. Paton in the\\nspring of 1843, to a friend in England, was published in\\nthe Manchester (England) GiiarJidn, and, as it illustrates\\nbetter than anything else the condition of aifairs at that\\nday, it is reproduced here for the benefit of the reader. It\\nwas written during the dosing days of the famous hard\\nwinter\\nFlishino, SE.iR Flint RiVEn, April 6, 1843.\\nI will not attempt to apologize for not writing earlier, but let the\\nsimple truth sutlice. I have had four letters, I may say, written (one\\nentirely finished), but tacf.-cd funds to past iheiti. It is easier to release\\na dozen letters than to prepay one. For the one they will take j)ro-\\nduce, for the other they exact cash and that is a very scarce article\\nhere, for our business is carried on mostly by barter. We sold about\\ntwo hundred dollars worth of stock in the last year, and it was with\\ngreat difficulty we got si.\\\\ dollar. in cash. Times have been very\\nbard, and I fear not yet at the worst. According to accounts that can\\nbe relied on, we have had the hardest winter that has occurred for", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0368.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "o\\no\\n2\\nN\\n1\\n33\\nC/)\\nO\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0X.\\nz\\no\\nz", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0369.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0370.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n267\\nfifty-four years. It oommencpil in October, and is now snowing the\\nsnow in the woods is from two to three feet deep. But we don t suffer\\non the timbered liind anything like those on the oal -openings, as re-\\ngards our stock, altliough we arc destitute of anything in the shape\\nof fodder in our barns, for we have the woods to resort to, where\\nthere is plenty of mnple and basswood, and we cut them down, and\\nthe cattle feed on the tops, and look pretty well where they are well\\natleniled to. But we hear of cattle dying in all directions, and of\\nsome farmers knocking the whole of their cattle on the head, to save\\ntliem from a lingering starvation, after feeding out all their store;\\nothers sustaining them on flour victuals, all other being exhausted.\\nLast winter (I.e., 1841-42) we had an unusually open season and a\\nvery early spring. Our fields never looked so well, fruit-trees in\\nfull bloom, and all seemed cheering in the month of April, but our\\nhopes were soon blighted. Wo had severe frost in May, which cut off\\nour blossoms, and, what was still worse, our com then a tedious\\ndrought succeeded, which almost burnt up the wheat, at least\\nstunted it so the straw was little worth then, to finish, when it was\\nin the uiilk, there were sunny showers that struck it with rust, the\\nlate sown suffered most. I am happy to say I have enjoyed better\\nhealth this winter than I have since I came in the woods (over six\\nyears), and, if the tontictitht;/ atjne will keep away, I will excuse it.\\nIt is a singular thing to find, one part of the day a person will feel\\nable to go about and do a little work, and another part not able to rise\\nfrom the pillow, and as crazy as can be. Such has been hanging on\\nme four years. New settlers generally have it, but after they get ac-\\nclimated it is very healthy. Considering the hard times, our country\\nis settling very fast. There are six families from Stockport settled\\nnear to us, and there are several more coming out from there this\\nspring. We have let a brick-ground to two of these. I must tell you\\nwo have had the good luck to find a coal-mine on our farm, but we\\nhave not been able to ascertain its extent; it is of excellent quality.\\nWe sold seven dollars worth of it last fall when we found it. Things\\ngenerally prosper with us since I last wrote you.\\nMr. Paton had emigrated to America in the spring of\\n1827, with his sister, landing at New York May 8. He\\nwas a weaver by trade, and soon began work at Paterson,\\nN. J. He continued in that business until his removal to\\nMichigan, in 1834, since which time his attention has been\\nturned exclusively to agricultural pursuits, and with marked\\nsucces.s.\\nOne of the most prominent among the early settlers of\\nFlushing was Thomas L. L. Brent, who, before coming\\nhere, had acquired a national reputation, and was the pos-\\nsessor of a large fortune. He expended the latter in pur-\\nchasing government lands in Michigan, and lived on .section\\n3, in Flushing. He at one time paid taxes on about 70,000\\nacres of land in the State, and it is said of him that he\\nwould never dispose of a good lot at a reasonable price.\\nThe farm on which he lived is now owned by Mr. Mcln-\\ntyre.\\nBrent built a log cabin on his place, and planted locust-\\ntrees around it for shade and ornament. He was a Vir-\\nginian by birth, and married a noble Spanish lady, with\\nwhom he had become acquainted while on a mi.ssion to that\\ncountry in the employ of the United States Government.\\nIll the face of the bluff near his cabin he constructed a\\nwine-cellar, where the choicest brands were kept. He had\\none son and one daughter. Various stories are told con-\\ncerning his family relations, and, although differently pre-\\nsented, all point to the undoubted fact that his married life\\nwas more or l ss unhappy. When he died he was taken\\nout of the small upper window of his log cabin. His death\\ncame at a time when he had sunk his fortune and become\\nland poor.\\nAccording to the memory of all the men iicjw living who\\nwere here at tlie time, Brent built a dam across the river\\nin 183C, and erected a saw-mill on his place in the summer\\nof the .same year. Jarvis Bailey, previously mentioned,\\nwas employed as foreman, at a salary of $000 per annum,\\nand his wife and William D. Penoyer, then a boy, did the\\nwork for the 10 or 15 hands who were working in and\\naround the mill.\\nThis mill was destined never to perform the work in-\\ntended for it. In the spring of 1837 a severe freshet in\\nthe river washed away the dam, and the mill was only\\nsaved by rolling logs into it. Five basswood-treos near one\\nend of the dam were washed out, which left the water free\\nto undermine it. The following extract from an act of the\\nLegislature approved March 22, 1837, speaks for itself:\\nSection 7. Thomas L. L. Brent, his heirs, administra-\\ntors, and assigns, are authorized to construct a dam across\\nFlint River, at some point on section 3, in township 8\\nnorth, and in range 5 east, in the county of Genesee said\\ndam shall not exceed 6 feet in height, and shall contain a\\nconvenient lock for the passage of boats, canoes, rafts, and\\nother water-craft, and shall not bo less than 75 feet in\\nlength and 15 feet in width.\\nThe old mill was repaired but was never used, and logs\\nlay in the mill-yard until they rotted. A second mill was\\nbuilt on a small stream some sixty rods away, and up from\\nthe river, out of danger from freshets. This part of the\\ntownship contained a large acreage of pine, but none of\\nconsequence is now left. The best is now probably on the\\nfitrms of William D. Penoyer and the Messrs. De Land,\\nfarther south.\\nSome authority states that Alden Tupper contemplated\\nbuilding a mill on the river-below the site of Flushing vil-\\nlage, but it was never constructed. Nearly every man who\\nlocated early in the township worked at one time or another\\nfor Mr. Brent, clearing up land, and thus earning money\\nenough to pay for homes of their own. The Brent farm\\nwas widely known throughout this region.\\nJames Penoyer, from Onondaga Co., N. Y., and after-\\nwards for two or three years a resident of Ohio, moved from\\nthe latter State to Michigan in 1838, and settled in Flush-\\ning, south of the village, on the town line. He had, in\\n1830, been here and worked on the Brent farm with his\\nbrother, David Penoyer. He now resides north of Lyons\\nCorners, in the township of Clayton.\\nDavid Penoyer came first to Michigan in the spring of\\n1835, and in the fall of the same year, after having been\\nback to New York, returned and purchased a small tract\\nof land (fifty-seven acres), where John L. Green now lives.\\nThis second trip ho made with a horse, and traded the\\nanimal for the land. In the early part of May, 1836, his\\nfamily followed, landing at Detroit on the 9th of that\\nmonth, and meeting Mr. Penoyer there. Acquaintances\\nnamed Belden lived at Birmingham, Oakland Co., and\\nthither they repaired. Jarvis Bailey, who had started\\nfrom Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., N. Y., a week before\\nMr. Penoyer s family, arrived at Detroit the same day they\\ndid. William D. Penoyer, a son of David, left the family\\nat Birniinghain and came on with Mr. Bailey, who settled\\non the farm now owned by John Sutton, of Flint, and occu-\\npied by Calvin Luce. Bailey had purchased this land on", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0371.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\na previous trip made in the company of David Penoyer.\\nWhen Bailey and the younger Penoj cr came in tliere had\\nbeen an ox-team driven through by Messrs. Abby (or\\nAlbee) and NefF, the parties whom Bailey bought out.\\nThey had made a few improvements on the place. Wm.\\nD. Penoyer thinks he drove the first horse-team and wagon\\nwhich entered the township. Mrs. John Paton is of the\\nopinion that the first horse-team which came through here\\nwas driven down to the Brent place by Samuel Weeks, of\\nFlint, who took down a load of goods. Weeks (afterwards\\nJudge Weeks) was then in Brent s employ. This circum-\\nstance is not remembered by Henry French, who thinks\\ngoods were transported at that time by water. And from\\nthese three opinions the reader is left to choose the right.\\nAbout six weeks or two months after Bailey and Penoyer\\narrived, the former, with his wife, hired to Thomas L. Ij.\\nBrent, and William D. Penoyer went down with them.\\nIn the succeeding fall the latter s father took a job of clear-\\ning fifty acres for Brent, on the east side of the river, where\\nthe buildings of Sidney Mclntyre now stand. Mr. Penoyer\\ndied in 1846. When the families went down the river to\\nthe Brent farm, it was necessary to build rafts upon which\\nto transport their goods, as no roads had been cut through,\\nand no boats larger than Indian canoes plied on the river.\\nMr. Penoyer lived on the Brent place something over a\\nyear, or long enough to pay for 1 60 acres of land in work.\\nThis land joined the 57 acres he had previously purchased.\\nWhen he left he had to cut a road, as the current in the\\nriver was too swift to raft against.\\nWilliam D. Penoyer has lived on the farm he now\\noccupies, north of the village of Flushing, since the winter\\nof 1850. Considerable of his land, like other in the neigh-\\nborhood, had originally a large proportion of pine growing\\nupon it, and the array of pine-stumps rolled into line for\\nfences bears witness to the labor necessary to clear up\\nready for cultivation.\\nThe first resident white child born between Flushing and\\nFlint was John Paton, Jr., now in business in Flushing\\nvillage, his birth occurring September 15, 1836, while his\\nparents were living on their farm in Flint township. The\\nfirst birth in Flushing township was that of Henry French s\\nson, George French, which occurred on Nov. 13, 1837.\\nMary M. Paton, sister to John Paton, Jr., was born July\\n23, 1839.\\nAmong the first settlers in the township was a man\\nnamed Terbush, who located down the river from the\\npresent village, on a stream called Cold Creek, where\\nhe built a log shanty and lived for six or eight years. This\\nwas on the farm at present occupied by Erustus Packard,\\nSimeon M. Smith lived upon it after Terbush had removed,\\nand died there. Terbush moved to Oakland County, and\\nis now living in Bay City. He traded his farm in Flushing\\nto Smith for another in Oakland County.\\nEzra Smith, the father of Simeon M. Smith and Mrs.\\nAlexander Barber, came with his wife and one son, Ezra\\nSmith, Jr. (the latter accompanied by his wife and two\\nchildren), in the fall of 1839, as did also Alexander Barber\\nand family. All were from Madison Co., N. Y., and lived\\nabout four miles below Flushing village. Mr. Barber sub-\\nsequently moved into the village, where he died in Feb-\\nruary, 1878. Settlers, when these families came, were\\naccustomed to go quite often to mill at Pontiac, and the\\nhardships endured can scarcely be described. Mrs. Barber\\nfeared the Indians very much, never having seen any before\\ncoming to Michigan. They, at one time, dug up Mr.\\nBarber s potatoes afler the sprouts were six inches high,\\nleaving the sprouts in the ground, and the reason why they\\ndid not grow faster was only discovered when Mr. Birber\\ndug down to see what the trouble was.\\nOrigin Packard settled in town as early as 1838. In the\\nfall of 1839 he had a small board shanty built on his place.\\nHis wife did her cooking at a burning log-heap near by.\\nThe shanty was formed by setting up a few poles and cov-\\nering them with boards. When the Smiths and Barber\\ncame, in 1839, Packard had chopped 10 or 12 acres, and\\nwas burning the logs. He piloted these families to their\\nland along an Indian trail, Mrs. Barber stopping with Mrs.\\nPackard while they were gone, in response to that lady s\\ninvitation to come and sit with her by her log-heap.\\nThis was Mrs. Barber s first neighborly call in the wilder-\\nness, and the circumstance is still fresh in her memory.\\nSome of the trees felled by Mr. Packard obstructed the\\ntrail, and the wagons had to be carefully engineered around\\nthem. Mr. Packard died in June, 1879.\\nJohn Hallock, now living below Flushing village, was an\\nearly settler of the township, as was also Asahel Johnson,\\nresiding on a farm on the west side of the river.\\nAndrew F. Sutton, a native of New Jersey, moved into\\ntown about 1853, and purchased a portion of the Jarvis\\nBailey form. His wife s mother, Mrs. Davenport, settled\\nabout 1837, near Clarkston, Oakland Co. Mr. Sutton s\\nbrother, John Sutton, resides in Flint, where he settled in\\n1841.\\nTHE ENGLISH SETTLEMENT.\\nIn the northwestern part of town is what is known as the\\nEnglish Settlement, from the fact that it was early set-\\ntled by a number of families from England, some of whom\\nyet reside in the vicinity. The first families of that nativ-\\nity to locate in the neighborhood were John Heed and\\nJames Bailey, who came in the fall of 1840. Mr. Bailey s\\nfamily followed at a later date. Samuel and James Wood\\ncame from Lancashire,* England, in May, 1842, to Flush-\\ning, and in March, 1843, the former was married to Mrs.\\nMary Vernon, a widow who had come over the same spring\\nwith her father, John Bailey (father also to James Bailey),\\nand lived at Flushing village. Her mother died on the\\nSamuel Wood place, and the latter died in March, 1875.\\nHis widow still survives him, and lives with her son-in-law,\\nThomas H. Kelland, on the old place. Mr. Kelland came\\nfrom England in 1850.\\nOther families of the same nativity who settled here were\\nthose of Thomas Hough, Sr. and Jr., Richard Bowden,\\nWilliam Bailey (brother of James Bailey and Mrs. S.\\nWood), and Thomas Newell, now of Flint, who came with\\nthe Houghs and Bowdens. The houses of J. Wood, Bow-\\nden, and Hough were all erected in one and the same day.\\nMost of the English families who settled here had been\\nfarmers in the old country, but some of them were entirely\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Were natives of l erb^-t;hir( James brought bis family.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0372.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0373.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0374.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n269\\nnew at the business, and knew nothing about chopping,\\nmilking, etc., and the consequence was some of their expe-\\nriences were hiughable in the extreme.\\nWhen these settlers came, they hired a surveyor from\\nFlint to come out and locate their land for them, paying\\nhim a sovereign in gold for his services. James Wood\\nsays that, in those days of wild-cat money, the whole\\ncounty of Genesee could have been bought for SIOOO in\\ngold. Thomas Hough bought a yoke of oxen some four\\nmiles south of the settlement, paying \u00c2\u00a31: in gold for them.\\nThey were four years old, yet Hougli said he believed that\\nfor another sovereign he could have bought the old man s\\nfarm and his wife too. It was necessary to hire a man to\\ndrive the oxen up, and after he lefl they were kept yoked\\nnight and day, as no one knew how to yoke them. They\\nwere fed on basswood-leaves, and at the end of two months\\nwere nearly starved. The oxen were greatly afraid of the\\nIndians as one of the early settlers remarks, they didn t\\nlike the smell of em\\nJohn Keed, who it seems was possessed of a fiery temper,\\non one occasion became angry with his cow, and drove her\\naway into the woods to the north, kicking her at every step,\\nuntil finally both were tired out. He had tried to turn her\\nback at first, but she was obstinate, and that roused his ire.\\nHis boot came up at the same time, and when at last he\\nstopped to rest he found himself in a strange neighborhood,\\nlost in the forest. He finally pulled off one of his boots,\\nmilked the cow in it, drank the milk, and lay down on a\\nlog, where he was found the next day by the neighbors, who\\nhad instituted a search for him. He had fought mosqui-\\ntoes all night, and looked somewhat the worse for his\\nadventure.\\nBears, wolves, and other species of wild game were ex-\\nceedingly plenty, and the pig-pens of the settlers suffered\\nupon numerous occasions. James Wood had a single hog,\\nweighing, about 200 pounds, which was one night killed\\nand dragged off by a bear, leaving a track as if a saw-\\nlog had been dragged along.\\nRESIDENTS OF FLUSHING TOWNSHIP IN 1844.\\nThe following list of resident tax-payers in what is now\\nFlushing in 1844 is made up from the assessment roll for\\nthat year\\nArmstrong, James.\\nAtkins, Kobert.\\nAdams, Montgomery.\\nBowman, Richard.\\nh\\\\\\\\6s, Abial C.\\nHailey, Jarvis.\\nBennett, Isaac.\\nBrown, William.\\nBowen, Benjamin.\\nBumj Elias J.\\nBoucher, William.\\nBarker, Josejih.\\nBegole, Thomafl.\\nBcgole, Frederick.\\nBump, Uideon.\\nBarber, Alexander.\\nBartlett, Charles D.\\nBaldwin, Isaac.\\nBailey, William,\\nBowden, Kicbard.\\nBailey, Jamee.\\nBrent, Thomas L. L,\\nBeebe, Sylvester.\\nChamberlain, Barney.\\nCarpenter, Joseph C.\\nChase, William.\\nCooper, William U.\\nCoutant, Latin.\\nCogswell, Chauncey.\\nChapman, James.\\nCrocker, (icorgc.\\nCrocker, Stephen.\\nCurtis, Hiram.\\nCarpenter, Barnard.\\nCase, James II.\\nCarter, James.\\nChase, James.\\nCurtis, David.\\nCurtis, Comfort.\\nChilflon, C. C.\\nDehm, Jacob.\\nDimond, Ilcnry.\\nDye, He u ben.\\nDimund, Thomas.\\nDelbriiJge, William.\\nEvans, John.\\nEwing, E. R.\\nEddy. Willinm.\\nEgglcston, John A,\\nEggleston, John D.\\nFrench, Ira.\\nFrench, Ebcnczer.\\nFrench, Henry.\\nFarnham, Elijah D.\\nGreen, Robert.\\nGoir, William.\\nGilbert, Anson.\\nGreenfield, John.\\nGranger, EM.\\nGodard, William.\\nGilkey, Levi.\\nIlopson, Nathaniel.\\nHughes, William II.\\nHarrison, Rufus.\\nHayef, Aaron G.\\nHorton, John.\\nHyslop, Andrew.\\nIlerrick, Alan.=on.\\nHosic, James,\\nUosie, Andrew.\\nHosie, John.\\nHough, Thomas.\\nHeal, Charles.\\nJohn.- on, Asahcl.\\nJcnner, William.\\nKelley, Dominick.\\nLocker, William.\\nMiles, Nathan.\\nMiles, Tbeophilus.\\nMiller, Jeremy T.\\nMiller, James H.\\nMcCormick, Joseph.\\nMarshall, John.\\nMartin, Asahcl.\\nPerson, Marvin B.\\nParrish, Nathaniel,\\nParscll, Robert.\\nPaton, John.\\nPackard, Thomas J.\\nPenoyer, David.\\nPenoyer, Hiram.\\nPctlingill. Samuel.\\nPettingill, Daniel.\\nPerson, David.\\nPackard, Asahcl.\\nPerry, George K.\\nPackard, Origin.\\nRunyon, Vincent.\\nRansom, Benjamin.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ransom, Robert.\\nRino, Aaron B.\\nRino, Stiles.\\nBall, Benjamin.\\nRail, Jacob W.\\nRood, G. B.\\nRood, Norman L.\\nReed, John.\\nStoddard, John.\\nSmith, Orcn.\\nShcpard, William.\\nSullivan, Daniel.\\nSmith, Simeon M.\\nSmith, Ezra B.\\nSeymour, James.\\nTurner, William.\\nTaylor, John.\\nThorn, John.\\nTodd, Joseph,\\nVernon, Joseph.\\nVosburgh, Edward.\\nVan Antwerp, Norman.\\nWelch, Russell.\\nWright, Alvin.\\nWood, James.\\nWood, Samuel.\\nWashburn, Philip.,\\nW^illace, Robert.\\nWilliams, Henry A.\\nNAME AND\\nOPvGANIZATION OF\\nCIVIL LIST.\\nTOWNSHIP-\\nThe township of Flushing was formed in 1838, and origi-\\nnally included the whole of townships 7 and 8 north, in\\nrange 5 east, and the west half of townships 7 and 8 north,\\nin range (3 east. This territory has been subdivided until\\nthe present town of Flushing includes only township 8\\nnorth, in range 5 east, as designated on the United States\\ngovernment survey.\\nAt a preliminary meeting, held at the house of Ezekiel\\nR. Ewing, in what is now the edge of Mount Morris town-\\nship, to choose a name for the proposed new township, a\\nconsiderable number of settlers were present. Each one\\noffered a name, and that of Dover, given by Ebenezer\\nFrench, was finally adopted, and sent in to the Legislature.\\nOwing to the fact that another township of the same name\\nexisted in the State, that body substituted Flushing, and as\\nsuch the township was organized and still remains.\\nThe early records of the township cannot be found, and\\nit is therefore impossible to give a complete list of township\\nofficers. The first town clerk (1838) was Abiel C. Bliss;\\nAaron G. Hayes followed in lS? d Alfred Pond, in 1840-\\n41; Jeremy T. Miller, from 1842 to 184G and B. F.\\nWarner, in 1847. Abiel C. Bliss and Jarvis Bailey were", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0375.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nschool inspectors in 1838. The officers from 1848 to 1879,\\ninclusive, have been as follows, viz.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1S48. EzckicI R. Ewing.\\n1849. Eber G. Liingilon.\\n1850. John HiUIoek.\\n1851. James Seymour.\\n1852. Warren Harrison.\\n1853. Eber G. Langtion.\\n1854-56. Warren Harrison.\\n185 John Hallock.\\n1858. Eber G. I.angdon.\\n18511. Asahcl Packard.\\n18B0. Charles F. Poland.\\n1861-65. Ebenezer French.\\n1866. William J. Kent.\\n1S67-79. Charles F. Deland.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\n1852-\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1859-\\n1S48,\\n1849\\n1851.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854.\\n1855.\\n1856-\\n1S59-\\n1861\\n1863.\\n1864.\\nAlanson Nilcs.\\nWashington I. Warner.\\nRobert H. Green.\\nEber G. Lnngdon.\\n54. Arthur C. Andrews.\\nAlanson Xiles.\\nJacob Rezoau.\\nMinor S. Newell.\\nCharles Seymour.\\n-60. Iliram A. Packard.\\nTRE\\nJohn Hallock.\\n-50. Warren Harrison.\\nNo record.\\nJohn Hallock.\\nWarren Harrison.\\nHenry French.\\nJohn Hallock.\\n-58. Henry French.\\n-60. Robert Parsell.\\n-62. Daniel W. Robinson.\\nCharles Lusk.\\nGeorge W. Hicks.\\n1861. John Paton, Jr.\\n1S62-G4. David Sanford.\\n1865. Franklin A. Nilcs.\\n1866. Hiram A. Packard.\\n1867. Wallace R. Cahlwell.\\n1868. Theron E. Haskins.\\n1869-70. Franklin Roman.\\n1871-78. William Hosie.\\n1S79. Daniel B. Perry.\\nASURERS.\\n1S65. Oscar F. Clarke.\\n1866. John Kimniell.\\n1867-69. Alanson Niles.\\n1870. Nelson Talbot.\\n1871. Alanson Niles.\\n1872-74. Hiram A. Packard.\\n1875. Hiram P. Ransom.\\n1876. Mortimer N. Park.\\n1877. Franklin Roman.\\n1878. Hiram A. Packard.\\n1879. Henry A. Ingham.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\n1848.\\nE. G. Langdon.\\n1864.\\nC. J. Reed.\\nAndrew J. McDowel.\\n1865.\\nEzra B. Smith.\\n1849.\\nTruman Herrick.\\nSamuel B. Kinimell.\\nE. G. Laugdon.\\n1866.\\nHarrison Parker.\\n1850.\\nThomas Chapin.\\nArthur C. Andrews.\\n1851.\\nNo record.\\n1867.\\nWilliam Grinnell.\\n1S52.\\nAndrew Fisher.\\n1868.\\nConsider S. Swain.\\n1853.\\nEber G. Langdon.\\n1869.\\nEzra B. Smith.\\n1854.\\nBenjamin F. Warner.\\n1870.\\nArthur C. .-indrews.\\n1855.\\nHenry French.\\n1871.\\nHenry L. Williams.\\nRobert H. Green.\\nIsaac G. Hotchkiss.\\n1856.\\nOgden Clarke.\\n1872.\\nJacob C. Rezeau.\\n1857.\\nEber G. Langdon.\\n1873.\\nIs!iac G. Hotchkiss.\\n1858.\\nMinor S. Newell.\\nDaniel Tarry.\\n1859.\\nAsahel Packard.\\nJohn H. Button.\\n1860.\\nGeorge Worden.\\n1874.\\nA. C. Andrews.\\n1861.\\nThomas Hough, Jr.\\nSeth S. C. Caldwell.\\n1862.\\nAlanson Niles.\\n1875.\\nHiram Howe.\\nSolon C. Bliss.\\n1876.\\nDavid Sanl ord.\\n1863.\\nS. C. Bliss.\\n1877.\\nIsaac G. Hotchkiss.\\nCharles F. Deland.\\n187S.\\nA. C. Andrews.\\n1864.\\nOscar F. Clarke.\\nW. E. Partri.lge.\\nC. F. Deland.\\n1879.\\nWilliam E. Partridge\\nS. D. Sanford.\\nASSESSORS.\\n1848. S. Wright.\\nEzra B. Smith.\\n1849. Harry Bchan.\\nTruman llerrick.\\n1850. Robert Ransom.\\n1850. Truman Herrick.\\n1851. Charles F. Deland.\\nA. Fisher.\\n1852. Asahcl Johnson.\\n.\\\\llen Bump.\\nCOMMISSIONERS\\nOF HIGHWAYS.\\n184S.\\nEber G. Langdon.\\n1864.\\nJames Ingham.\\nHenry French.\\nAlgernon Freeman.\\nAmos M. Woodruff.\\n1865.\\nRanstord W. (Jraham.\\n1849.\\nAlvin Wright.\\n1866.\\nNelscm Talbot.\\n1850.\\nAlexander Barber.\\n1867.\\nJohn Hallock.\\n1851.\\nJohn Hallock.\\nHenry French.\\nJoseph Deland.\\nJames Ingham.\\n1852.\\nTruman Herrick.\\n1868.\\nAlex. J. Deland.\\nArthur C. Andrews.\\nJacob Kimmell.\\n1853.\\nAndrew Fisher.\\n1869.\\nJiioob Kimmell.\\n1854.\\nAmos M. Woodruff.\\n1870.\\nCarlos Packard.\\n1855.\\nRobert Parsell.\\nEbenezer French.\\nEzra B. Smith.\\n1871.\\nJames W. Brown.\\n1856.\\nEzra B. Smith.\\n1872.\\n.lohn Rowe.\\n1857.\\nWilliam Lockyer.\\n1873.\\nEbenezer French.\\n1858.\\nRobert C. Ransom.\\nCarlos Packard.\\n1859.\\nCharles F. Deland.\\n1874.\\nJohn H. Button.\\n1860.\\nJohn Kimmell.\\n1875-\\n-76. Nelson Talbot.\\n1861.\\nJohn Hallock.\\n1877.\\nWilliam Garner.\\n1862.\\nNelson Talbot.\\n1878\\nJohn Dillon.\\n1SG3.\\nHenry Bowden.*\\n1879\\nJames W. Brown.\\nTOWNSHIP SUPERINTENDENTS OP SCHOOLS.\\n1875-76. Lewis J. Gibson.\\n1S77. Gilbert V. Chamberlain.\\n1878. James L. Spencer.\\n1879. Albert E. Ransom.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1848.\\nIliram S. Penoyer.\\n1862\\n1849.\\nElijah D. Farnam.\\nEber G. Langdon.\\n1863\\nJeremy T. Miller.\\n1864\\n1850.\\nAlanson Niles.\\n1851.\\nAlexander Barber.\\n1865\\n1852.\\nNelson W. Butts.\\n1866\\nEber G. Langdtm.\\n1867\\n1853.\\nWilliam J. Kent.\\n1868\\n1S54.\\nEber (j. Langdon.\\n1S69\\n1855.\\nWilliam J. Kent.\\n1870\\n1856.\\nEber G. Langdon.\\n1857.\\nAlanson Niles.\\n1871\\n1858.\\nEber G. Langdon.\\n1872\\n1859.\\nMilton B. Deland.\\n1873\\n1860.\\nAlanson Niles.\\n1874\\nArthur C. Andrews.\\n1875\\n1861.\\nBronson Turner.\\n1878\\nFranklin A. Niles.\\nAlanson Niles.\\nSolon C. Bliss.\\nBronson Turner.\\nAlex. J. Deland.\\nSamuel B. Kimmell.\\nLodowick C. York.\\nSelden A. Banning.\\nAlexander .J. Deland.\\nTheron E. Haskins.\\nA. J. Deland.\\nJacob C. Rezeau.\\nNo record.\\nFranklin Roman.\\nAlexaU ler Barber.\\nFranklin Bouian.\\n-77. Alexander Barber.\\n-79. Ebenezer French.\\nOVERSEERS OF THE POOR.\\n1848. W. I.Warner.\\nWilliam Coutant.\\n1849. Isaac Bennett.\\nEbenezer French.\\n1850-52. B. Chamberlain.\\nA. A. Martin.\\n1853. A. A. Martin.\\nAlanson Payson.\\n1854. A. A. Martin.\\n1854. S. S. C. Caldwell.\\n1855. George W. Hicks.\\nJohn B. Copp.\\n1856-57. Consider Swain.\\nGeorge W. Hicks.\\n1858. George W. Hicks.\\nJames Ingham.\\n1859. Asahcl Johnson.\\nAVilliam W. Brown.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1872. Henry French.\\n1873. Dauiel Tarry.\\n1874. A. S. Partridge.\\n1875. Alexander Barber.\\n1 1876. Nelson Talbot.\\n1877. William A. Garner.\\n1878. George A. French (two\\nyears).\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1848-49. William D. Penoyer.\\nSeth S. C. Caldwell.\\n1S50. Joseph Dunbar.\\nS. S. C. Caldwell.\\n1851. No record.\\n1852. Daniel Pettingill.\\nWm. D. Penoyer.\\ni853. Henry Van Buren.\\nDaniel Pettingill.\\nWm. D. Penover.\\nResigned, and Henry French appointed to fill vacancy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0376.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0377.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0378.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n271\\n1853.\\nAsahel Packard.\\n186.5.\\nFranklin Boman.\\n1851.\\nDaniel Pcttingill.\\nGeorge A. French.\\nAsahel A. Martin.\\nISfiG.\\nWillis K. Hill.\\n1855.\\nA. A. Martin.\\n1S66.\\nHiram E. Parker.\\nHomer Peno3xr.\\nJohn Yattor.\\n1856.\\nWm. D. Pcnoyer.\\nDennis Falhy.\\nPerry Smith.\\n1S67.\\nArza N. Niles.\\nJohn B. Reed.\\nHomer D. Penoyer.\\nHomer D. Penoyor.\\nHenry Hough.\\n1857.\\nWm. D. Pcnoyer.\\nJohn M. Caldwell.\\nDaniel Coteher.\\n1868.\\nDaniel N. Fenner.\\nJacob Kimmell.\\nCharles Kna]i|).\\nCharles D. Fisher.\\nAle.N. J. Dcland.\\n1858.\\nArthur L. Ellsworth.\\nLafayette W. Wisner\\nWm. D. Pcnoyer.\\n1869.\\nWm. J. Ottawa.\\nDaniel Coteher.\\nL. W. Wisner.\\nEdwin F. Elmore.\\nWm. Ingham.\\n1859.\\nJohn R. Reed.\\nGeorge Hosie.\\nAsahel A. Martin.\\n1S70.\\nL. W. Wisner.\\nPeter W. Rifcnbury.\\nA. N. Nilcs.\\n.John 11. Spitzcr.\\nHorace D. French.\\n1S60.\\nWm. D. Penover.\\nDaniel N. Fenner.\\nWm. E. Hicks.\\n1871.\\nMurza Swartz.\\nEdwin F. Elwell.\\nSamuel E. Ottawa.\\nElisha B. Coddington.\\nAmos B. Hurd.\\nISGl.\\nWillis K. Hill.\\nCornelius E. Ilulison\\nJames E. Barnh-art.\\nIS72\\nS. E. Ottawa.\\nAVm. E. Hicks.\\nC. B. Payson.\\nEdwin i\\\\ Elwell.\\nElliott Hough.\\n1862\\nW. K. Hill.\\nJohn Caldwell.\\nC. Brockaway.\\n1873\\nA. D. Elliott.\\nHenry Bowden.\\nF. T. Baker.\\nE. F. Elwell.\\nJ. A. Rezcau.\\nIS63\\nWm. D. Penoyer.\\nJohn Allen.\\nE. F. Elwell.\\n1874\\nGeorge Jeflers.\\nWm. E. Hicks.\\nJohn Allen.\\nHenry Bowden.\\nHarley Hills.\\n1804\\nErwin Cadv.\\nCharles E. Mallory.\\nJohn Caldwell.\\n1875\\nH. P. Ransom.\\nHenry Hough.\\nN. Partridge.\\nJohn II. Roscmire.\\nH. H. Kahl.\\n1865\\nAna N. Niles.\\nC. B. Payson.\\nJames E. Barnhart.\\n1876\\nG. W. Parmclce.\\n1876. S. Mulkins.\\nS. E. Ottawa.\\nH. H. Kahl.\\n1877. S. E. Ottawa.\\nH. H. Kahl.\\nW. E. Partridge.\\nRobert Hosie.\\n1878. S. E. Ottawa.\\nJ. B. Brown.\\nH. H. Kahl.\\nRobert Hosie.\\n1879. Henry H. Kahl.\\nBenjamin F. FrceJand.\\nJames B. Brown.\\nSamuel E. Ottawa.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nIn October, 1838, the township of Flushing was divided\\ninto five school districts, the school inspectors being Abiel\\nC. Bli.ss and Jarvis Bailey. As the township was then\\nnine by twelve utiles in dimensions, or containing one hun-\\ndred and eight square miles, the districts were very large\\nyet, as the population was scattering, but few schools could\\nbe sustained.\\nPerhaps the first school in the township, as it was then,\\nwas taught by Marshall Talbot (a cousin to William D.\\nPenoyer), in a board kitchen attached to the house of Eze-\\nkiel 11. Ewing, just across the line in what is now Mount\\nBlorris, the first farm east of the Rufus Harrison place.\\nTo this school children gathered to the number of about\\n15, some of them going a distance of five or six miles. Mr.\\nEwing had originally settled in the town of Grand Blanc.\\nHis son, Lueion Ewing, was born in the latter town, and is\\nsaid to have been the first white child born in Genesee\\nCounty.\\nAt the English settlement a frame school-house was\\nbuilt about 18-15 on the corner near the location of James\\nWood s present dwelling, and Huldah Ann Felt, whose\\nparents lived in Clayton township, taught the first term of\\nschool.\\nFrom the school inspectors report for the year ending\\nSept. 2, 1878, the following table is arranged for this town-\\nship, showing the condition of its schools at that date\\nDlSTItlCTS.\\nNo. 1..\\n2..\\n4\u00c2\u00ab\\n6..\\n7..\\n9\u00c2\u00bb\\n]i\u00c2\u00ab.\\n13..\\n14..\\nIR..\\nI7\u00c2\u00bb\\n75 5)\\nto\\n44\\n2110\\n29\\n64\\n67\\n69\\n24\\n65\\n70\\n52\\n59\\n28\\n158\\n37\\n48\\n47\\n23\\n39\\n59\\n47\\ne\\n136\\n200\\n138\\n160\\n78\\niTfi i\\n138\\n160\\n157\\nSCUOOL-HOUSKS.\\nFrame.\\nM\\nX\\ns\\ns\\nla\\n50\\n?ciin\\n10,00(1\\n56\\n4{)n\\n70\\n500\\n70\\n600\\n30\\nioo\\n100\\neij\\n800\\n700\\n500\\nNL .MOEtt OF TeACHEKS.\\nTeachehs Wages.\\nMale.\\n$700\\n91.25\\n120\\n112\\n70\\n140\\n160\\n$130\\n900\\n33\\n138\\n60\\n48\\n48\\n80\\n198\\n130\\nTotal receipts for year, S4969.63 amount on hand Sept.\\n2, 1878, $454.85 total expenditures, less amount on hand,\\n?4514.78; number of private or select .school. in town, 1.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ENGLISH\\nSETTLEMENT.\\nThe liouses of the several English families who settled in\\nthis township, as meotioDed, were built nearly at the same\\nFractional districts.\\ntime. That of Samuel Wood was built last, he living with\\nhis brother, James Wood, until his own was completed.\\nNot long after the settlement, a Methodist Episcopal class\\nwas formed, and the first meetings were held in James\\nWood s log house. Their first preacher was one Mr.\\nWhitwam, a mason by trade, who was afterwards killed at\\nFlint by a fiill. The first cla.ss-leader was James Wood,\\nwho Sitys, We were Methodists wIivmi wc came, and didn t\\nwant to long without meetings. J he frame for a", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0379.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "272\\nHISTOKY OF GENESEE COUNTY MICHIGAN.\\nchurch was raised in 1863, and the building was finished\\nin 1864. Rev. Albert Allen was the preacher in charge at\\nthe date of its dedication. The first quarterly meeting was\\nheld at Flushing village, in a barn, about 1844, and for the\\nbenefit of the hungry, a turkey was baked in an oven built\\nby James Wood.\\nThe church now belongs to Hazleton circuit, in charge\\nof Rev. Duncan Ward, of Hazelton, Shiawassee County. It\\nhas a membership of about 40, and sustains a good Sunday-\\nschool, with Henry Kahl as superintendent.\\nA Roman Catholic church is located iu the west part of\\nthe township.\\nEARLY EOAD.\\nThe first road cut in the township was the river-road\\nfrom the east, which was surveyed, iu the summer of about\\nthe year 1835, through to the farm of John Paton. That\\ngentleman was instrumental in procuring the road, and\\nbrought the surveyors down from Flint. They were\\nMes.srs. Williams, of Grand Blanc, and Benjamin Pierson,\\nof Flint. This road has been changed somewhat since, and\\nextended.\\nCOAL AND SALT.\\nThe first coal discovered in the township was that found\\non John Paton s farm, in the fall of 1842. It is a bitumi-\\nnous coal of fair quality, and exists on both sides of the\\nriver. It has never been worked except where it cropped\\nout at the river. The vein on the Paton farm was 29\\ninches thick. Several parties have prospected on the west\\nside and taken out considerable quantities, and one or two\\ngeologists, who have examined the locality, aver that plenty\\nof coal would be found by digging. The dip of the strata\\nis towards the north. Some parties, in boring for coal on\\nthe farm of Henry French, on the south side of the river,\\nabove the village, passed through thirty feet of sand-rock.\\nA company owning coal-mines at Corunna, Shiawassee Co.,\\nleased considerable land along Flint River, in Flushing,\\ndrilled a few holes and did no further work, and the people\\nwere unable to ascertain whether they found coal or not.\\nA well was at one time drilled here for salt britie was\\n.struck at a depth of seven hundred feet. The hole was\\ndeepened subsequently to fourteen hundred feet, and from\\nsome cause abandoned. Brackish water still flows from it.\\nFLUSHING SANDSTONE.\\nA gray sand-rock crops out at several places along the\\nriver in this township, and at a few of them has been quar-\\nried. The principal beds, or those nearest the surface, are\\non the farms of Henry French and John Sutton, east of\\nFlushing village, and the Hallock farm, below the village.\\nThe first quarries were opened on the French farm by the\\nFlushing Stone-Quarry Company, since discontinued, and\\non the Luce (now the Sutton) farm by Sutton and Luce.\\nO. W. Parsell, J. W. Kimmell, and others formed a com-\\npany and opened a quarry on the Hallock farm. John\\nSutton, of Flint, is the owner of the principal quarry the\\nstratum is from ten inches to four feet in thickness, and\\nthe stone can easily be quarried, as the water does not run\\nin from the river, as it does in other places. By a light\\nstripping, about 15 acres on the Sutton place can be pre-\\npared for quarrying. The river is lined here with sand-\\nstone for three-fourths of a mile, and large slabs occupy the\\nbed of the stream. St. Paul s Episcopal church, in Flint,\\nwas constructed from this stone, 126 cords being taken\\nfrom the Sutton farm, and a considerable quantity from\\nthat of Henry French. About 400 cords have been quar-\\nried on the Sutton place, and used in various places. The\\nfoundation of the Flushing mills is of this material, and\\nmuch has been used in numerous buildings in Flint and\\nelsewhere. Owing to inadequate means of transportation,\\nthe work has been temporarily abandoned. The stone ap-\\npears to harden by exposure to the atmosphere, and lias\\nbeen pronounced by experts to be of excellent quality for\\nbuilding purposes, and the best in the lower peninsula of\\nMichigan. The first of any account taken out was for\\nthe church at Flint.\\nRobert Patrick, who came to Flint, Aug. 27, 1835, and\\nstill resides there, took a contract from the State, about\\n1841, for removing stone in the river-bed in Flushing, and\\nchanging and improving the channel, in order that rafts\\nmight be run down. Some very large slabs were removed.\\nA lock was inserted in the dam at Flushing village, and\\neverything prepared for raft-navigation.\\nSTATISTICS FOR FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\nThe following items from the State census for 1874 will\\nserve to show the condition of the township in that year,\\nand enable the reader to compare its resources and present\\nstanding with those of the same territory two-score years\\nin the past\\nPopulation (ilS9 males, 926 females) 1S65\\nNumber of acres of taxable land 21,910.75\\nimproved land 7,S1)7\\nland exempt from taxation 11.25\\nValue of same, with improvements $1,255\\nNumber of acres in school- house sites 3.25\\nchurch and parsonage sites 3\\nburjing-grounds 5\\nof wheat raised in 1S74 1,558\\n1873 1,458\\ncorn raised in 1873 822\\nbushels of wheat raised in 1873 22,705\\ncorn raised in 1873 23,705\\nall other grain raised in 1873 36,503\\npotatoes raised in 1873 ll,fiS3\\ntons of hay cut in 1873 2,088\\npounds of wool sheared in 1873 8,852\\npork marlieted in 1873 80,tiG8\\nbutter made in 1873 83,270\\nbarrels of cider made in 1 874 191\\npounds of luaple-sugar made in 1874 6,339\\nacres in orchards 420\\nbushels of apples raised in 1872 18,713\\n1873 7,972\\nbush, melons and garden vegetables, 1872 225\\n1873 700\\nViiluo of all fruit and garden vegetables, 1872 $0,863\\n1873 $5,506\\nNumber of horses one year old and over, 1874 478\\nmules, 1874 3\\nwork-oxen, 1874 82\\nmilch-cuws, 1874 676\\nneat cattle, one year old and over, other\\nth.an oxen and cows. 1874. 624\\nswine over six mouths old, 1874 501\\nsheep over six months old, 1874 2,482\\nshee[i sheared in 1S73 2,008\\nNumber of flou ring-mills in township 1\\nNumber of persons employed in same 4\\nAmount of capital invested $7,000\\nNumber of barrels of flour made 5,000\\nValue of products $35,000\\nNumber n{ saw-niills 2\\nNumber of persons emploved 10\\nCapit:il invested $6,500\\nyeet of lumber sawed 615.000\\nValue of lumber $6,150", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0380.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0381.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0382.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n273\\nNumber of p1;iDiiig-iuill$ 1\\nPer^ms employ ed o\\napiul invested $;i.4O0\\nValue of pnxluets $1,W0\\nNumber of agricultural implement shops and foun-\\ndries 1\\nPersons employed 2\\nCapital iurcsted $1..!00\\nValue of products $1,000\\nVILLAGE OF FLUSHING\\nHorace Jerome, from St. Clair, Mich., purcluised the\\nwater-power at what is now Flushin i villajre, in ISoG. In\\nthe previous fall i^lSoo) Charles Seymour, of Litclifield\\nCo., Conu., had been to the State and purch;ised lands up\\nthe Flint Kiver. He afterwanls employed Jerome to look\\nup. pine-lands for him, and finally entered into partnership\\nwith him. The oriirinal bargain between them was that\\nJerome should build a s;iw-mill and Seymour should furnish\\nthe logs to cut. In the winter of 1836-87 a large amount\\nof timber was prepared with which to construct the mill\\nand dam, and the frame of the mill was put up in the\\nsummer of 1837, on the east side of the river, at the village.\\nThe circular had been issued by President Jackson author-\\nizing land-agents to receive nothing but specie for govern-\\nment lauds, owing to the extensive circulation of wild-\\ncat money, and Mr. Seymour returned to the East in the\\nwinter of 1S37-3S, bringing with him when he came back\\na quantity of good money.* He bought 42 lots of pine-\\nland (all on shares and had altogether over 18,000 acres.\\nOn this land he thinks grew the best pine the region\\nafforded, and he was so fortunate as to have first choice.\\nThe original plan had been to have a saw-mill and\\ngrist-mill combined. two saws and a run of stone. The\\ns:iw-mill part was completed, but the other project was\\nabandoned. The saw-mill irons were made at Brockport,\\nN. Y., where Mr. Seymour had lived a few years before\\ncomin;; to Michigan. In the winter of 1S3S a portion of\\nthe dam was washed away. One s; w was then in openition.\\nJerome soon after left, and Seymour repaired the mill and\\ncarried it on until 1S43, when he sold the pmjierty to his\\nbrother, James Seymour. Charles Seymour did not move\\nto the county to make it his permanent home until Febru-\\nary, 1843. On the first Monday in April of that year,\\nelection day, the snow lay on the ground to the depth of\\nthree feet. This was at the close of the memorable hard\\nwinter. Charles Seymour afterwards built a mill with a\\nsingle saw on the west side of the river. In the year 1S40,\\nafter the completion of the first saw-mill, he, in company\\nwith Benjamin Bowers, built the first grist-mill in the\\nplace. It stood on the site of the present Flushing\\nMills, contained two runs of stone, and was finally de-\\nstroyed by fire.\\nWhen James Seymour purchased the property at Flush-\\ning he lived at Brockport, N. Y., and it was not until\\nsome time later that he moved out. He subsequently re-\\nmoved to Lansing, where he died. He was one of the\\nablest men of his time in the State.\\nHorace Jerome, who had been Charles Seymour s partner,\\nconceived the idea of establishing a wild-cat bank at\\nFlushing, and in company with Rufus Brown and Delos\\nMr. S., now of Flint, says he oerer owned a wild-cat bill in\\nbis life.\\n35\\nDavis, of Detroit, started the institution in the fall of\\n1838. Each man gave his note for S30,000; a building\\nWits erected and preparations made for carrying on the\\nbusiness according to the fashion of the day. Whatever\\nbusiness w.as done was transacted at Flint. The concern\\nsoon broke down, Jerome lost repute and left the country,\\nand the notes of the three men were sold at auction for S5\\neach The building erected for a bank is now used as a\\nbarn. Jerome died within recent years somewhere in the\\nSaginaw Bay region. The bank was known as the Flint\\nRapids Bank. The failure of this institution resulted in\\nconsiderable loss to its stockholders and others.\\nA village plat, bearing the name of Flushing, after the\\ntownship in which it was located, was laid out Dec. 3,\\n1840, on sections 2t and 27, both sides of the river, by\\nCharles Seymour. Sufficient allowance was not made in\\nthe survev for variation from the true meridian, and in\\n1847, afler the property had passed into the hands of James\\nSeymour, the second plat of the village was laid by him,\\nsurveyed by Eber G. Langdon. This was not projHirly\\nrecorded, and it was not until July. 1855, that a full de-\\nscription was placed on record. James Seymour laid out\\nan addition Feb. 22, 1S50, and block 31 was subdivided by\\nCharles Seymour June 1, 1857.\\nThe mills finally became the property of Judge Ogden\\nClarke, who settled at the village in I84t He had located\\nas early, probably, as 1834 on Kearsley Creek, above Flint,\\nin Genesee township, where he owned a farm, and was also\\nthe proprietor of a store and a mill. The original mill was\\nburned in 1SG4, and Messrs. Hart and Clarke the owners\\nof the present structure built another one, which burned\\nin 1872. The present new mill contains five runs of stone,\\nand manufactures in prosperous times about 8000 barrels\\nof flour annually. The same firm owns a mill a few rods\\nbelow, whit-h is not now in operation. It w;ts built for a\\ns;ish, blind, and door flictory, by Benjamin F. Warner and\\nWilliam F. Cull, and afterwards converted into a grist-mill,\\nbeing finally purchased by the present owners. Oscar F.\\nClarke, one of the firm, came here with his uncle, Ogden\\nClarke, iu 1846; he was born in 1837, in Genesee town-\\nship. Orrin Hart, the other member of the firm, settled\\nin Genesee township in 1836.\\nProbably the first person who sold goods in the village\\nwas Eber G. Langdon. although he had no regular store.\\nOne of the Hendersons, from Flint, afterwards brought in\\na stock of goods and sold them out, and Ogden Clarke\\nestablished the first permanent store in the place upon his\\narrival iu 1846. He owned also an ashery. Messrs.\\nRogers and Payson established the nest store of any\\naccount.\\nDaniel Cotcher is at present the oldest merchant in the\\nvillage that is. he has been in business here longer than\\nany other now in the place. He came here in 1855.\\nDaniel 0 Sullivan lived early on the site of what is now\\nthe Half-way House, on the river road, between Flint\\nand Flushing, and worked at the latter place on the early\\nmills. He is now engitged in the mercantile business at\\nFlint.\\nRobert Patsell, from the town of Newstead, Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., came with his wife and one child to Flushing town-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0383.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "274\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nship in September, 1837. For one season he cleared land\\nfor Thomas L. L. Brent, and in the spring of 1838 moved\\nupon a farm of his own on section 3G, that now owned by\\nC. L. Fuller. Upon it he resided until January, 1805,\\nwhen he purchased and moved into the hotel in the village\\nknown as the Flushing Exchange, of which he is still\\nthe proprietor. This hotel was built by Eber G. Langdon\\nas early perhaps as 1840 it was the first and long the only\\none in the village. Langdon kept it for a considerable\\nperiod, and became one of the prominent men of the village\\nand township. Mr. Pansell puroha.sed the building of\\nAsahel Fuller (since deceased), who had kept it six years.\\nLangdon removed to Bay City, where he died. The house\\nwas kept by numerous other parties before it passed into\\nthe hands of Fuller.\\nThe Lyons House, originally a store, was converted\\ninto a hotel by D. B. Lyon, now a prominent merchant of\\nFlint. It stood on the opposite (north) side of the street\\nfrom the Exchange, and was finally torn away by Mr.\\nLyoD, who has the present season 1879 erected a sub-\\nstantial brick hotel on the same site.\\nA building which stood on the ground now occupied by\\nthe Laurel House was converted into a hotel, and, in\\n1878, was destroyed by fire. The Laurel House is a\\nthree-story brick building, with French roof, since erected\\nby Mrs. Passmore, its present proprietress.\\nMr. Parsell keeps a livery in connection with his hotel,\\nand is also proprietor of a biacksmith-shop. The first insti-\\ntution of the latter kind in the place is said to have been\\nopened in 1842, by Isaac Lyons, Esq., of Clayton. His\\nwas but a temporary shop, and in the same year Messrs.\\nSharp and Van Wormer established the first permanent one.\\nMr. Parsell s father, Robert Parsell, Sr., settled in the\\ntownship of Clayton several years after his son had located\\nin Flushing, probably about 1842, and died in the first-\\nmentioned township. His son, Harry Parsell, settled in\\nFlint in 1840, and another son, Hiram, came in 1848.\\nThese two are both residents of Flint.\\nWalter and Porter Cronk, brothers-in-law to Robert\\nParsell, came with the latter to Flushing in 1837. Mr. Par-\\nsell s oldest son, Eugene, recently sheriff of Genesee County,\\nwas a year old when his father s family came. A daughter,\\nOlive Parsell, now the wife of Robert McGlinchy, of Clayton,\\nwas born in Flushing township, Feb. 21, 1839, and is there-\\nfore one of the oldest white natives thereof. Mr. Parsell\\nis the father of 14 children, 11 by his first wife, who died\\nin 18G8, and 3 by his second. He was first married in\\n1835.\\nJames Ingham, from Onondaga Co., N. Y. (a native of\\nSharon, Schoharie Co.), visited Flushing in the summer of\\n1838, looking for land. His wife s half-brother, Calvin\\nClark, also related to the Penoyers, purchased for Jlr. Ing-\\nham 50 acres off from an 80 owned by James Penoyer.\\nMr. Clark lived in Medina Co., Ohio, and he and Mr. Ing-\\nham came from there together. The population of Flush-\\ning at that time was very meagre. Mr. Ingham visited\\nthe locality once afterwards, on his way back from Iowa,\\nwhere his parents were living. In 1845 he removed with\\nhis family to this place, having but seventy-five cents left\\non his arrival. He had given the landlord of a Grand\\nBlanc hotel, where he stopped on the way, a due-bill for\\n$2.50, and this he paid several years afterwards. He never\\nmoved upon the place which had been bought from Pen-\\noyer, but lived farther up the river until 1849, when he\\npurchased and moved upon the one he now owns in the\\nvillage. When he came he had nine children, and the\\nentire family experienced the liardships of a pioneer life.\\nMr. Ingham worked on a farm and in the pineries for $10\\na month, and the family lived on bagas and johnny-\\ncake. Mr. Ingham was one of the first abolitionists in the\\nplace, and always fearlessly advocated his principles.\\nThe first post-office in the neighborhood of Flushing was\\nkept by Ezckiel R. Ewing, two miles up the river from the\\nvillage, in what is now Mount Morris township, as early as\\n1839\u00e2\u0080\u0094 iO. The first one at the village was kept at the store\\nof Me.s.srs. Green Langdon, with Loren Green as first post-\\nmaster. The mail was brought from Flint, and was at one\\ntime carried by Samuel Paine. A stage at present jilies\\nbetween Flushing and Flint, carrying the mail. The pres-\\nent incumbent of the office at Flushing is Mrs. Mary Hills,\\nwho, uj)on the death of her husband, was appointed to suc-\\nceed him.\\nThe village was incorporated March 21, 1877, by the\\nfollowing Act to Incorporate the Village of Flushing:\\nSec. 1. The Pvojih nf the Sliile nf Mkhit/iiu enact, Tbilt the fol-\\nlowing lands and territory in the township of Flushing, county of\\ntienesee, and described as follows, to wit: The southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 27, and all that part of the southwest quarter of section 26 as\\nlies northerly of Flint River, and all the land on said section 26 lying\\nbetween Flint Uiver and Chamberlain Street, as said street is laid out,\\nand extending easterly to Flint River, the same being in township 8\\nnorth, of range 5 east, be and the same is hereby constituted a village\\ncorporate, by the name of the village of Flushing.\\nSec. 2. The first election of oiScers of said village shall be held on\\nthe second Tuesday in May, in the year nf our Lonl one thou.^and\\neight hundred and seventy-seven, at Flushiug Hall, in the said\\nvillage.\\nSec. 3. A. N. Niles ami William llosie are hereby constituted a\\nboard of registration, for the purpo.^e of registering votes for the first\\nelection to be held in .saiil village and said board of registration are\\nhereby required to meet on the Saturday preceding the second Tues-\\nday of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven aforesaid, and reg-\\nister all persons presenting themselves for registration, and having\\nthe qualifications of voters at annual township-meetings.\\nSec. 4. Notice of said first election of officers of said village shall\\nbe posted in three of the most public places in said village, at least ten\\ndays before the time of said election, which notice may be signed by\\nany five freeholders in said village.\\nSec. 5. The bridge or bridges now built, or that may ereafter be\\nbuilt, across Flint River, within the territory described in section one\\nof this act, shall be built and maintiiined, as heretofore, by the town-\\nship of Flushing at large.\\nSec. 6. The said village of Flushing shall in all things not herein\\notherwise provided be governed by, and its powers anil duties defined\\nby, an act entitled an act granting and defining the powers and duties\\nof incorporated villages, approved April first, eighteen hundred and\\nseventy-five.\\nSec. 7. In ease the said officers are not elected at the time tlesig-\\nnated in section two of this act, an election for officers may be had at\\nany time within one year from the time designated in said section\\ntwo of this act, on notice being given as provided in section four of\\nthis act.\\nSec. S. This act shall take immediate effect.\\nThe first village election was held May 8, 1877, when 82\\nvotes were polled. The following officers were chosen, viz.\\nPresident, Oscar F. Clarke Trustees (1 year), William\\nJ. Ottaway, Daniel Cotcher, Corydon Crouk (2 years),", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0384.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": ":^m3S\\n3\\nm\\no\\nn\\n33\\nO\\np;\\n3D\\n3\\n3\\nw\\nQ\\nX\\nCO\\nQ", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0385.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0386.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n275\\nHenry French, Jacob Kimmell, Hiram P. Ransom Village\\nClerk, William Hosie Treasurer, Hiram A. Packard;\\nStreet Commi.ssiom;r, Samui l E. Ottaway Assessor, Aza-\\nriah S. Partridge; Constable, Joseph Topliam. Samuel E.\\nOttaway was subsequently chosen marshal.\\n1878. I resident, Arthur C. Andrus; Trustees (2 years),\\nJames W. Brown, George W. Hutton, Mortimer N. Park\\nClerk, William Hosie; Assessor, Carlos Packard; Treas-\\nurer, Nelson Talbot Street Commissioner, S. E. Ottaway\\nConstable, George W. Parmeleo.\\n1879. President, Arthur C. Andrus; Trustees (2 years),\\nNelson Talbot, Jacob Kimmel, Elisha B. Coddington Clerk,\\nWes.son G. Sprague Treasurer, Hiram A. Packard; As-\\nsessor, M. M. Bliss; Street Commissioner, S. E. Ottaway;\\nConstable, George Ball.\\nThe Wolverine Fire Company was organized about the\\nyear 1874, with about j5 members. Arza N. Nilcs was\\nchosen first chief engineer. A subscription was raised,\\nand a small hand-engine, bell, buckets, etc., were purchased.\\nThese were turned over to the village after its incorpora-\\ntion. The engine was made by Capt. Haas, of Flint, and\\nis of his own model and patent. It is an excellent one for\\na small engine, and in 1878 was the means of saving the\\nbusiness portion of the village from entire destruction by\\nfire. A saloon and hotel were at that time burned on the\\ncorner where the Laurel House now stands.\\nNEWSPAPERS.\\nThe Flushing Patrol, a seven-column folio sheet, was\\nestablished October 18, 1878, by D. C. Aslimun, the pres-\\nent editor and proprietor. A small job-ofl5ce is operated in\\nconnection. The subscription list of the paper numbers\\n700 or 800. A small amateur paper had been previously\\nprinted for a time by a young man named Burton Smith, a\\nnephew of 0. S. Pond.\\nBRIDGES.\\nThe present wooden bridge across the river at the village\\nis about 200 feet in length, and was built in the neighbor-\\nhood of 1872. Its predecessor, also a wooden structure,\\nstood some sixteen years, and the first one wood about\\nthe same length of time, having been built about 1839-40.\\nMANUFACTORIES.\\nA woolen-factory, carding-machine, etc., was operated\\nhere at one time. It was finally discontinued in that ca-\\npacity and moved up and made part of a flouring-mill,\\nwhich stood below the present one, and was afterwards\\nburned. The saw-mill now standing on the west side of\\nthe river was originally built by Messrs. Cull Warner\\n(the same who owned the present lower grist-mill) for a\\nsash-factory. The furnace now owned by Jlr. Somers,\\nnear the west end of the bridge, was originally built for an\\nashery by Mr. Henderson, of Flint, and converted into a\\nfurnace by Ogdeii Clarke. Green it Jjangdon used it for a\\ntime as an ashery. A shingle-factory on the nortli side of\\nthe street, west of the bridge, belongs to Mr. Willett, and\\na saw-mill and rake-factory near it is owned by Mrs. Henry\\nFrench, and managed by Smith Martin. An old steam\\nsaw-mill stands on the flat above the gri.st-niill, but is not\\nnow in use.\\nIn June, 1879, tlie village contained ten or twelve stores\\nof various kinds, and the usual number of mechanic-shops\\nfound in a place of its size.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nThe secret orders are Flushing Lodge, No. 223, F. and\\nA. M.; Rankin Lodge, No. 139, I. 0. O. F. Valley\\nLodge, No. 093, Knights of Honor; The Royal Templars\\nLodge, a temperance organization Flushing Grange, No.\\n387, Patrons of Husbandry.\\nTHE FLUSIIINQ CORNET BAND\\nis a fine organization, numbering sixteen members. It is\\nunder the leadership of U. L. Smith. A neat uniform of\\ngray is worn on parade. As early as about 1849 a band\\nwas formed in the village, having nine members, and at\\nfirst without drums. After a year or two a teacher was\\nhired and music procured. Upon the breaking out of the\\nRebellion in 1801 some of the members of the band entered\\nthe army, and the organization was nearly broken up, but\\nafter the war it started again in better .shape. The first\\nleader was William Reed, who is playing again with the\\npresent band. He is the oldest player among the number.\\nHenry French joined soon after the original band was\\nformed, and, with the exception of a couple of years, has\\nbelonged to it until the present. This band is much better\\nthan the average of those found in places of equal size.\\nFLUSHING PUBLIC SCHOOL.\\nDistrict No. 2, including the village, was organized as a\\nunion district previous to 18C6. The present fine two-\\nstory brick school-hou.se was built in 1871, at a cost of\\n$5000. The present trustees of this district are A. S.\\nPartridge, Director M. N. Park, Daniel Cotcher, J. Paton,\\nJr., 0. F. Clarke, J. B. Gallup. The teachers are I rin-\\ncipal, James Spencer; Assistant, Hattie Chipman Inter-\\nmediate Department, Hattie L. Collar Primary Department,\\nPrudic E. Andrews.\\nCHURCHES.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. The Methodists have the\\nhonor of having organized the first religious society in the\\nvillage, as a class was formed previous to 1840. But two\\nof tho.se who were members at that time are now living\\nof these, one is Mrs. David Penoyer, of the village. Meet-\\nings were held for some time in the old school-house, and\\nafterwards in a building which stood on the south side of\\nthe main street, east of the bridge. In 1845 the society\\nbegan getting material together for the purpose of building\\na church, but, through .some misfortune, it was not com-\\npleted for two or three years. It is a frame edifice, stand-\\ning i[i the eastern part of the village. A portion of the\\noriginal spire has been taken down. This church has been\\nprosperous from the beginning. Among the early preachers\\nwere Revs. Bigolow, Barnes, Scth Rin-d, T. J. Joslin, Syl-\\nvester Calkins, and others. Elder William J. Kent became\\na member of the church when he first came to the town-\\nship, in 1843, and is still connected with it. He was one\\nof the most steadfast supporters of the early church, as\\nwere also Columbus (JhiLson, William Lockycr, and Ogden\\nClarke. The first circuit embraced a large number of ap-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0387.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "276\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npointiuents, nnd the work of the pastor was by no means\\nlight.\\nFirst BiqUki Church. The Baptists organized the sec-\\nond society in the village, and at first had services as a\\nbranch of the Flint Church, but in time became an inde-\\npendent organization. The members of the Deland family\\nwere early influential members, and Elder Deland, father\\nof Charles F. Deland, was for a long time the pastor. The\\npresent frame building occupied by the society stands in\\nthe western part of the village, and was erected fur a union\\nchurch by tlie Baptists and others. It subsequently be-\\ncame the property of the Baptist society alone. Among\\nthe more recent pastors have been Rev. P. Reynolds, in\\n1868; succeeded in 1870 by Rev. A. Tilden, and he by\\nRev. Edward Selleck. The church was then supplied for\\na time, but had no settled pastor until Rev. Edward Blan-\\nchard came, in August, 1876. The latter is still in charge.\\nThe membership of this church is about 150. A Sabbath-\\nschool is sustained, with a good attendance, and has for its\\nsuperintendent Eugene Herriman.\\nTke Pi-eshi/tLriana organized the third society and also\\nbuilt a frame church, the Seymours being among the most\\ninfluential members. The organization has become greatly\\ndepleted in numbers, has no pastor and does not hold meet-\\nings, and practically does not at present exist.\\nFLUSHING CEMKTERY.\\nA cemetery association was incorporated in 1847, land\\npurchased from Barney Chamberlain, and the Central\\nBurying-Ground laid out upon it. Adjoining land was\\nsubsequently purchased and added by the township, to\\nwhich it still belongs, while the cemetery corporation owns\\nthe original purchase. The first meeting of the association\\nwas held March 6, 1847. The original members were\\neighteen in number, viz. William Coutant, Seth S. C.\\nCaldwell, A.sahel A. Martin, Columbus C. Chillson, E. 11.\\nEwing, William L. Delbridge, Richard Bowman, John\\nPaton, Thomas J. Packard, H. S. Penoyer, Joseph Dunbar,\\nR. H. Green, James E. Brown, E. B. Smith, Ebenezer\\nFrench, William J. Kent, Alexander Barber, A. M. Wood-\\nruff. The present officers are: President, Henry French,\\nsince May, 1872; Secretary, Samuel J. Paine; Treasurer,\\nEbenezer French Sexton, John Caldwell.\\nAmong the societies of Flushing village is the Flush-\\ning Ladies Library Association, which was organized at\\nthe house of Mrs. James A. Button, July oO, 1873, when\\nMrs. George Button was chosen President and Mrs. E. G.\\nBryant, Secretary. Fifty-two persons became members at\\nthe organization, and a fund of $67.60 was the amount in\\nthe treasury. Mrs. T. V. Rogers was chosen as first per-\\nmanent president. The first order for books, 41 volumes,\\namounted to $63. The number of volumes in 1876 was\\n480, and the membership was 102.\\nSincere thanks are tendered to those who have aided in\\nthe compilation of the foregoing sketch of this township\\nand village. Among the number who have kindly rendered\\nvaluable services are Henry French, Mr. and Mrs. John\\nPaton, Sr., James Ingham, Robert Par.sell, Messrs. Hart ct\\nClarke, Daniel Cotcher, and numerous others in the village\\nElder William J. Kent, William D. Penoyer, James Wood,\\nMrs. Samuel Wood, and others in the township and vari-\\nous manufacturers, members of churches, the town and vil-\\nlage clerks, beside many whose names are not recollected.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHENRY FRENCH.\\nHenry French was born in Woodstock, Windsor Co.\\nVt., in the year 1813. His father, Apollos French, came\\nfrom Taunton, Conn., at an early date, and settled in the\\nplace where our subject was born, where he married Miss\\nAbigail Carpenter. The fruit of this union was iis follows\\nRobert, Rhoda, Betsy E., Ira, Ebenezer, Henry, George,\\nPliotu. by .1. P. l:h.\u00c2\u00bblM.\\nHENRY FRENCH.\\nand Joseph, all living except George and Rhoda. Mr.\\nApollos French died at his son s residence in Flushing,\\nand was buried in Flint. Mrs. French died in Vermont,\\nand was buried there, previous to her husband s coming to\\nMichigan.\\nAt the age of fifteen, Henry French was bound to Tracy\\nBingham, in Woodstock, Vt., and lived with him until he\\nattained the age of twenty-one. He subsequently worked\\nfor Mathew Cushing and Seth Brewster, and until be\\nstarted for what was then considered the Far West, the\\nState of Michigan, with his brother Ira. They traveled\\nby wagon and canal to Albany, rail to Schenectady, thence\\nby canal to Buffalo, and by steamer to Detroit. Remain-\\ning in Detroit but a single night, he started out (in com-\\npany with his brother and two young men) on a prospecting\\ntour in the new country, arriving at the village of Flint\\n(consisting at that time of a few frame houses) about the\\n18th of October, 1835. He located on section 36, town-\\nship 8, since called Flint and Flushing, taking up one hun-\\ndred and nine and a half acres of land. Constructing a\\nlog house, he commenced his labors, fully prepared for the\\nhardships and privations which all early settlers had to un-\\ndergo.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0388.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0389.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0390.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\nHe married in Flint, in November, 1835, Miss Abigail\\nMaria Ensign, of Greenwich, N. Y. By this union were\\nborn a family of four children, viz. George, Althaea,\\nKlioda, and Henry H., all living. Mrs. French departed\\nthis life the IGth of November, 1871, and was buried\\nin the Flushing cemetery. He married, June 23, 1872,\\nfor his second wife, Mrs. .Susan Delbridge, widow of Wil-\\nliam L. Delbridgc, with whom he now resides. Mr.\\nFrench, by his indu.stry, has ac(|uired a competency suflS-\\ncient to enable him to live in ease. He has enjoyed the\\nfull confidence of his townsmen, they having successively\\nelected him town treasurer and justice of the peace the latter\\nposition he filled for six years. At the present time (Sep-\\ntember, 1879), he is sixty-six years of age, and seems to be\\npossessed of as much energy as a young man of thirty. He\\nbelieves this to be the result of a life of total abstinence.\\nJ liutus. by J. I*- Rluides, FluMliiiig.\\nEBENEZEK FRENCH.\\nMRS. EBENEZER FRENCH.\\nEBENEZEIl FRENCH.\\nThe rock-ribbed Green Mountain State sent many of her\\nhardy sons to the western wilderness to help build there a\\nmighty and prosperous commonwealth, and than those from\\nthe green-clad walls of the State, whose people in the\\nname of Vermont defied all the world, none nobler nor\\nmore staunch came to this region to erect their homes.\\nThe gentleman above named was born in Woodstock,\\nWindsor Co.. Vt., May 12, 1810, and lived with his father\\nuntil sixteen years of age, after which time he worked out\\nduring summers, and attended the district schools winters\\nuntil he was twenty-one. Still continuing his farm labors,\\nhe taught school winters until 1834. On the 31st of\\nAugust, in that year, he was united in matrimony to\\nMartha S. Dunham, daughter of Simeon and Sophia Dun-\\nham. Sept. G, 1831), he started for Jlichigan with his family,\\ngoing over the mountains to Whitehall in a lumber-wagon,\\nthence down the canal to Troy, thence by the Erie Canal to\\nBuffalo, and from the latter place to Detroit by steamer.\\nFrom Detroit the remainder of the journey to what is now\\nFlushing township was traversed in a lumber-wagon.\\nMr. French purcha.sed and .settled on land in this town,\\nand in common with the other .settlers endured the various\\nprivations and .sore hardships incident to the life of a pioneer.\\nNine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. French, viz.:\\nMartha A., Harriet E., Mary S., Horace D., Morris F.,\\nHarriet E. (2d), Simeon E., Wilber F., and Willard O.\\nOf these all are living except Harriet E. (1st) and Simeon\\nE. Mr. French has been placed by the citizens of the town-\\nship in nearly all its oflBces, of which he held that of super-\\nvisor seven years, and is at present inspector of schools.\\nDANIEL COTCHER.\\nThis gentleman was born in Bethlehem, Albany Co.,\\nN. Y., Oct. 10, 1833, his father, John Cotcher, having emi-\\ngrated from England about 1820, and settled in that town,\\nabout two miles from the city of Albany. He owned a\\nfarm and managed it until 1846, when he removed to the\\ntownship of West Bloonifield, Oakland Co., Mich., purcha.sed\\na place, and lived \\\\ipon it till his death, which occurred\\nJan. 13, 1873, when he was seventy-six years of age. His\\nwidow and one .son, James Cotcher, still reside there.\\nUntil 184S, Daniel Cotcher aided his father in his farm\\nduties, but in that year he entered the store of 0. C.\\n11. B. Morris, at I ontiac, and remained there five years.\\nTlie greater part ol the two following years he spent in the\\nWest. Nov. 5, 1855, he came to Flushing village and\\nbegan work at his trade in the establishment of Charles\\nSeymour, Mr. Cotcher doing the first tinner s work in the\\nfirst tin-shop in the village. Ho subso(|uently purcha.sed\\nthe tin-shop and hardware department, and conducted bu.si-\\nncss for himself about eight years. In the spring of 1865\\nhe entered into a business ])arlr)crship with I ranklin A.\\nNiles, forming the firm ofNiles Cotcher, which luus con-\\ntinued to do a successful business lo the present time. Mr.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0391.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCotcher has been continuously in trade in Flushing longer\\nthan any other merchant now residing in the village, and\\nhis mercantile life has not been niaikcd with any of the\\ndisasters whicli many less careful managers have experi-\\nenced. He has served a number of years as a member of\\nthe union school board, and was one of the fii st board of\\nvillage trustees, elected in 1877.\\nSept. 25, 1860, Mr. Cotcher was married to Mary M.\\nWoodruflF, a native of Pittsfield, Mass., where she resided\\nmost of her life previous to her marriage. Her father,\\nAmos M. Woodruff, settled in the township of Flushing\\nabout 1844, and died April 17, 1875, aged sixty-four years.\\nMrs. Cotcher is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch of Flushing. Two children a son and a daughter\\nhave been born to this couple. The family is one of the most\\nhighly esteemed and respected of any living in the place.\\nJOHN PATON.\\nAt least one native of Auld Scotia built for himself a\\nhome in the wilds of this township, entering his land before\\na single white inhabitant had reared his humble cabin in its\\nforest. Born in Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland, Nov. 5,\\n1801, his thread of life has spun out to moie than an aver-\\nage degree, owing largely, perhaps, to the pure air inhaled\\namong his native hills in his youth. He learned the trade\\nof a weaver, and followed that occupation until his removal\\nto America. On the 21st day of March, 1827, in company\\nwith his sister, Marian Paton, he left his old home, and,\\nafter stopping a short time near Glasgow, sailed for New\\nYork on the 9th of April, arriving at the latter place May\\n8, 1827. There he saw the first colored people his eyes\\nhad ever rested upon, and the sight was a novelty to hira.\\nThe day following his arrival in New York he visited Pat-\\nerson, N. J., and a few days later commenced weaving duck\\nat that place for a friend, Mr. Burton. He shortly after\\nobtained a situation in the factory of Mr. Heights, at Little\\nFalls, near Pater.son. He afterwards, in company with\\nJames Woodhouse, operated a factory on commission, and\\ncontinued in the business until he came West. Early in\\n1834, Mr. Patton came to Michigan, and in June of that\\nyear purchased land which comprises the principal part of\\nhis present farm. As he was unwilling to move upon it at\\nthat time, so far from any others, he located up the river\\nin what is now Flint township, on the place at present owned\\nby Mr. Warren. Farther up the stream, and about five\\nmiles out from Flint, were then living Nathan and Isaac\\nMiles, and eighteen or twenty miles below, in Saginaw\\nCounty, was one Mr. Hayden. These were the nearest\\nfamilies to Mr. Paton living on the river, and the only ones\\nin the distances mentioned. At the time he located in\\nFlint township, Mr. Paton was unmarried, but was ac-\\ncompanied by John Stothers and wife, from Canada, Mrs.\\nStothers doing the housework. This couple remained but\\na short time. Nov. 22, 1835, Mr. Paton was married to\\nMiss Mary Evans, and in February, 1837, moved with his\\nwife and one child to the farm where they now reside.\\nMrs. Paton was born Jan. 30 or 31, ISIG, in Manchester,\\nEngland. Her parents, although natives of Ireland, were\\nbotli of English descent. Her mother died in England,\\nand in 1830 her father, John Evans, removed with his\\ndaughter to Stockport, N. Y., five miles north of Hudson,\\nColumbia Co., where they remained five years. Their trip,\\nin October, 1835, to Flushing, occupied three weeks time,\\nthe journey being made by caual to Buffalo, thence to De-\\ntroit by boat. The Saginaw turnpike was not then com-\\npleted, although work was progressing upon it, and as Mr.\\nEvans was unable to procure a team in Detroit, he wished\\nhis daughter to remain there until he could go to Flushing\\nand bring a team back after her. She demurred, however,\\nthinking she was as well able to walk as her father, and\\ntogether they started, making Hamilton s tavern, eleven\\nmiles out, the first day. The following day they walked\\nto Waterford, twenty-one miles farther, and attended a quilt-\\ning at that place in the evening. The third day they reached\\nThomas Irish s tavern in Grand Blanc. Upon arriving there,\\nMr. Evans drank a quantity of cider when quite warm, and\\nserious results very nearly followed, he becoming for a short\\ntime like one dead. His daughter was greatly alarmed,\\nand the presence of a crowd of roughs and horse- thieves,\\nwho deliberately proceeded to strip her father and hunt for\\nhis valuables, tended to heighten her anxiety, she in the\\nmeanwhile being scoffed and jeered by them. At length\\nthe landlord appeared and stayed proceedings. Mr. Evans\\nfinally recovered, and the next day they walked on through\\nFlint and down to where Mr. Paton was living. In Novem-\\nber following, Mr. Paton and Mi. is Evans were married, as\\nstated, and after moving to Flushing (in 1837) stayed for a\\nshort time in Mr. Evans log house until a frame structure\\ncould be erected on their own place. They are the parents\\nof four children, all living but one, who died at birth. The\\nnames and births of those living are respectively as follows\\nJohn Paton, Jr., born in Flint township, Sept. 15, 1836.\\nMary M. Paton, born in Flushing, July 23, 1839.\\nAnnie B. Paton, born in Flushing, Feb. 12, 1842.\\nSince coming to Michigan, Mr. Paton s occupation has\\nbeen that of a farmer. He and his wife were both mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Church at Flushing, which .society\\nis now so disorganized as to hardly be considered an or-\\nganization. The daughters are both members of the Meth-\\nodist Church. Politically, Mr. Paton was a member of the\\nold Whig party until the llepublicans organized, since which\\ntime he has stood on the same platform with them. For\\nsome account of the trials this estimable i amily endured in\\nthe days when they were pioneers, the reader is referred to\\nthe foregoing history of the township of Flushing.\\nTHOMAS H. KELLAND.\\nIn the northwest part of Flushing town.ship is a neigh-\\nborhood known as the English Settlement, from the fact\\nthat those who located there were from the mother-coun-\\ntry, and others have arrived in later years. Mr. Kelland,\\nwho was born in Devon.shire, England, July 18, 1835,\\nemigrated with his sister to America in 1850, and for two\\nyears lived south of Flint, removing subsequently into the\\nborder of Shiawassee County, west of his present residence.\\nAfter remaining there two years he came to the place he\\nnow occupies, formerly the home of Samuel ^Vood, and\\nstill partly owned by his heirs. On the 30th of April,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0392.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0393.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0394.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "FLUSHING TOWNSHIP.\\n279\\n1862, Mr. Kelland was married to Mr. Wood s daughter,\\nMartha A. WixkI, wIki was born on tlic farm July 19, 1844.\\nTo Mr. and iMrs. Kelland liave been born two children, viz.\\nFannie A., born Aug. 18, 18(54; George E., born Dec. 8,\\n1868.\\nBoth Mr. Kelland and liis wife are members of tlie\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, located near their residence.\\nPolitically, Mr. Kelland is a Republican.\\nMrs. Kelland s father, Samuel Wood, a native of Der-\\nbyshire, England, emigrated from Lancashire in May,\\n1842, and in March, 1843, was married to Mrs. Mary\\nVernon, also from Lancashire, who had come with her\\nfather, John Bailey, the same spring, and lived at Flushing\\nvillage, where Mr. Bailey soon after died. His wife died\\non the Wood place. Samuel Wood s death occurred March\\n22, 1875, when he was sixty-one years of age. His widow,\\nwho was also a widow when married to him, still survives,\\nand her home is with her son-in-law and daugliter, Mr. and\\nMrs. Kelland. A more full account of the settlement of\\ntlie English families, with their experieuee as pioneers, will\\nbe found in the township history.\\nANDREW F. SUTTON.\\nMr. Sutton, the third son and the third child in a fiimily\\nof seven children, was born Nov. 20, 1817, in the State of\\nNew Jensey. His parents were Micaiah and Rachel (Free-\\nman) Sutton, and were farmers. The elder Sutton also\\ncarried on the tanning and currying business. A. F.\\nSutton came to his present location in Flushing about\\nthe year 1853, and purchased opposite his present resi-\\ndence a farm of Jarvis Bailey. Aftt r his arrival in Gen-\\nesee County, Mr. Sutton was married, in Flint, to Jeannette\\nBoomer, who died in Flu.shiug, and in 1865 he married\\nthe widow of Linus Jacox. Mrs. Sutton was born Aug.\\n15, 1817, in Putnam County, N. Y., and about 1837 came\\nto Michigan with her mother, Jlrs. Davenport, who pur-\\nchased a farm near Clarkston, in Oakland County. Mr.\\nDavenport s decease occurred before the family removed\\nfrom New York. The daughter was subsequently married\\nto Linus Jacox, who also lived near Clarkston, and about\\n1854 came with her husband to Flushing, he purchasing\\nthe place where Mr. and Mrs. Sutton now reside. Mr.\\nBailey, the former owner, had cleared to some extent on\\nthe farm, but made no further improvements, and Mr.\\nJacox built the house now standing east of Mr. Sutton s\\nresidence, and also erected barns. The present dwelling of\\nMr. Sutton was built in 1875. The farm now contains\\none hundred acres. Linus Jacox died in November, 1861,\\nand his widow (whose maiden name was Rachel Daven-\\nport) was married to Mr. Sutton, as above stated. Mr.\\nSutton and Mrs. Jacox had each four children three sons\\nand a daughter when married. Mr. Sutton is a Repub-\\nliam in politics, and both he and his wife are connected\\nwith the Methodist p]piscopal Church at Flushing.\\nALEXANDER BARBER.\\nAmong the residents of Flushing who were during their\\nlives held in great esteem, the person above named is one\\nof the first to be mentioned. His birth occurred Oct. 17,\\n1815, among the hills of the town of Morrisville, iNIadison\\nCo., N. Y. April 15, 1838, he was married to Amanda\\nSmith, who was also a native of Madison County, the date\\nof her birth being May 24, 1816, and the town, Hamilton,\\nof classic notoriety. In the spring of 1839 they buried an\\ninfant son, and in June of the same year Mr. and Mrs.\\nBarber removed to Michigan, stopping until fall with Mrs.\\nBarber s brother, Simeon M. Smith, in Groveland, Oakland\\nCo., where he had settled early. He afterwards came to\\nFlushing, where he died Upon their arrival in Flushing, Mr.\\nBarber and his wife located on a farm on the west side of\\nFlint River, four miles below the village. Mrs. Barber s\\nfather, Ezra Smith, came to the township with his wife and\\none son Ezra Smith, Jr. (the latter having his wife and\\ntwo children with him), and both owned land down the\\nriver.\\nTwo children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Barber, and\\nboth died in infancy. Mr. Barber s ])rineipal occupation\\nwas that of a farmer, although much of his time was spent\\nin teaching school principally winters in both New York\\nand Michigan. In 1865 he moved to Flushing village,\\nwhere his widow still resides. During the last ten years of\\nhis life he had the agency for several insurance companies,\\namong them the Watertown, of Watortown, N. Y. He\\nwas a firm Republican in politics, and one of the most\\nprominent citizens of the township, as is evident from the\\nftict that for many years he was elected to its various\\noftices, and honored with the trust and confidence of those\\nwhom he represented. He was a member of the BaptLst\\nChurch at Flushing, with which Mrs. Barber is still con-\\nnected, she having, before her marriage, united with the\\nchurch of that denominalion at Hamilton, N. Y.\\nThe farm Mr. Barber settled on when he came to this\\ntownship he purchased from second hands, yet no improve-\\nments had been made upon it. Until he and Mr. Smith\\ncould erect board houses on their own places, they lived\\nin a small shanty on the Brent farm. Mr. Barber s board\\nhouse, when completed, was twelve by sixteen feet in di-\\nmensions, and one story high. The hardships the settlers\\nendured in those early days are scarcely to be described,\\nbut they live vividly in the recollection of those who ex-\\nperienced them. Sickness was added to other trials, and\\nmany times were the dwellers in the wilderness discouraged\\nat their gloomy prospects, but the end truly crowned the\\nwork, and success and prosperity at last smiled upon them.\\nA couple of years after he settled, Mr. Barber met with\\na serious accident. While riding his Indian pony in the\\npursuit of his township duties, it fell with him and crushed\\nhis foot badly, and he never fully recovered the use of it.\\nThis and his age prevented his acceptance as a volunteer\\nduring the Rebellion, which circumstance he very much re-\\ngretted, lie .suffered much from sicknes s, especially dur-\\ning the last eight months of his life, and a combination of\\nthe most serious diseases finally cau.sed his death, on the\\n27th of February, 1878, and those who were acquainted\\nwith him and knew his worth were called upon to mourn\\nthe loss of a respected friend and citizen, while the wife\\nwho had stood by him in trial and in prosperity was left\\nutterly alone, to mourn till she, too, is called.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0395.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "M U N D Y.\\nThe township of Mundy includes Congressional town-\\nship No. G north, in range (5 east, or one-half the territory\\noriginally set off to it. It is bounded north by Flint town-\\nship, east by Grand Blanc, south by Fenton, and west by\\nGaines, which was until 1842 included within its limits.\\nThe natural characteristics of Mundy are much the same as\\nthose of its sister-towns, consisting of a generally level sur-\\nface, with portions considerably undulating, a variety of soil,\\nand a considerable acreage of timber. In many respects it\\nis one of the best townships in the county, and its improve-\\nments are very generally excellent. It was settled by an\\nenergetic, thrifty class of fermers, and the success which\\nhas attended their efforts to build up substantial and comfort-\\nable homes in the wilderness is everywhere apparent in the\\nfine forms, tasty dwellings, and the various accompaniments\\nof a well-ordered agricultural community. Unlike many\\nportions of the country, its first settlers possessed a greater\\nintelligence than those in other localities, and this, combined\\nwith enterprise, wrought a wonderful change in the face of\\nthe region which frowned upon them over forty years ago\\nin all the majesty of a forest-crowned domain, where the\\nbrute creation held almost undisputed sway and the axe of\\nthe pioneer had never swung nor its strokes echoed through\\nthe primeval aisles. But as change is the order elsewhere, so\\nwas it here, and the pleasant and peaceful homes of to-day\\nare a marked contrast to the wilderness of earlier years.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe following is a list of land-entries in this township,\\ntranscribed from the tract-book of George M. Dewey, Esq.,\\nof Flint:\\nSection 1.\\nAcres.\\nJames Spier, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 240\\nJosciiii Lawrence, Westchester Co., N. Y., .June, LS;i6 1GS.73\\nJunalhiin G. Firman, Oakland Co., Mieh., Nov. 1S35 SU\\nHiram Kusco, Ucncsce Co., Mich., Nov. 1835 169.03\\nSection 2.\\nNathaniel Nelson, Genese* Co., Mich., June, 1836 167.59\\nJames Sjiicr, Livingston Co., N. Y., 80\\nNoble Beagle, SO\\nJohn llamcr, Monroe Co., 160\\nSamuel I reble, (ieuesee Co., 86.75\\nWm. Taylor, Saratoga Co., July, 1836 SU\\nSuction 3.\\nJames M. Ilutchings, Monroe Co., N. Y., June, 1836 80\\nlirailhury Kastman, Genesee Co., N Y. 80\\nPhehe llatch, SO\\nUewitt C. Gregory, Chenango Co., N. Y., July, 1836 80\\nAbraham C. Mattron, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1836 80\\nWm. Taylor, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July, 1830 85.89\\nRobert Cuun, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1S36 163.67\\nSection 4.\\nHenry H. Ilowland, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1836 80\\nBeiij. Simmons, 80\\nAbigail Simmons, 80\\nAbraham Ueckoru, Morris Co., N. J., June, 1836 80\\nWm. Taylor, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July, 1836 163.38\\nWm. Eddy, Genesee Co., N. Y., March, 1836 84.25\\nAbraham liuckhind, Genesee Co., N. Y., April, 1836 80\\n280\\nSection 5.\\nAcres.\\nTlcnrv II. Ilowland, Oiikhmd Co., Mich., May, 1830 160\\nHiram Wright, (ienosee Co., N. Y., June, 1836 83.94\\nThomas Durleo, 80\\nCook A Gordon, Wayne Co., Mich., July, 1836 160\\nTruman B. Wilkinson, Genesee Co., Mich., Oct. 1836 164.58\\nSection 6.\\nJohn L. Eastman, Seneca Co., N. Y., April, 1830 159.80\\nA. E. Mather, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836 488.62\\nSection 7.\\nA. E. Mather, Wayne Co., Mich., June. 1836 SO\\nIsaac W. Morton, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nDaniel Tookcr, Orange Co., N. Y., September, 1836 321.16\\nSprague Wilkersou, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1836 160\\nDavid Gibson, April, 1839 40\\nSection S.\\nJonathan Collins, Jr., Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1836 80\\nAlonzo Alger, (jenesee Co., June, 1830 120\\nSmith Titus, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 120\\nSamuel Dibble, LitchHeld Co., Conn., 160\\nElijah Bishop, Jr., Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 160\\nSection 9.\\nA. H. Ilowland, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1836 SO\\nWm. M. Hodge, Otsego Co., N. Y., June, 1S36 SU\\nBildad Hodge, 80\\nAbigail Siuiuions. Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1836 80\\nAbraham Beckorn, Morris Co., N. J., 80\\nWilliam Smith, Oakland Co., Mich., 80\\nJuly, 1836 SO\\nSprague Wilkerson, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1836 80\\nSection 10.\\nMcHenry, Hurley, Kurcheval, and Smith, United States, May,\\n1836 160\\nIrwin C. Simmons, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1836 80\\nJacob Bentlev, Ontario Co., N. Y., SO\\nCharles Wilcox, 40\\nSamuel Perry, Columbia Co., 200\\nStephen Cha thcld, Oakland Co., Mich., 80\\nSection 11.\\nVolney Stiles, Monroe Co., N. Y., November, 1833 40\\nEli Gilbert, Oakiiind Co., Mich., June, 1835 40\\nBirdsell N. Johnson, Broome Co., N. Y., September, 1835 120-\\nDennis Brainard, Niagara Co., November, 1835 40\\nJ. Whij.ple and G. Bartlett, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 240\\nSamuel Perry, Columbia Co., SO\\nJohn R. Martin, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836 40\\nIra D. Wright, Genesee Co., July, 40\\nSection 12.\\nBradbury Eastman, Tompkins Co., N. Y., November, 1833 40\\nHiram liusco, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 1835 120\\nJohn Lewis, Jackson Co., February, 1836 80\\nSmith Titu.s, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1S36 320\\n40\\nChauncoy Brown, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1S36 40\\nSection 13.\\nDaniel Williams, Lapeer Co., Mich., M.-vy, 1833 80\\nJohn Lewis, Genesee Co., Novcmljcr, 1835 160\\nBradburv Eastman, March, 1836 80\\nPeter Crise, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 320\\nSection 14.\\nJohn Richards, Niagara Co., N. Y., September, 1833 80\\nBirdsell N. Johnson, Broome Co., N. Y., September, 1S35 40\\nIsaac W. Morton, W.^shtenaw Co., Mich., February, 1836 SO\\nJohn Hempstead, Monroe Co., N. Y., May, 1836 280\\nSeth Beckwith, Livingston Co., SO\\nWashington D. Morton, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May, 1836 80", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0396.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0397.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0398.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP\\n281\\nSkitiox l. j.\\nAcres.\\nMellcnry, Kurcheval, et til., United States, May, lS3f) CiO\\nSkction 17.\\nNfwboM l,ii\u00c2\u00bbrcnce, New York Citv, Ma.v, 18.-!6 160\\nMaxwell Tliom|ison, Ontiirio Co., N. Y., 100\\nKlijuh Bishop, Jr., Cliautauqua Cu., N. Y., June, ISIiC 320\\nSeitio.v 18.\\nNcwboM Lawrence, New York City, May, 1S3C IfiO\\nMorri.-J T.vler, Saiiihusky City, Ohio, SO\\nDavid ^liank, Cayuga Co., N. Y.. June, 1836 81.18\\nJacob Morton. Wa.slitenaw Co., Mich., June, 1836 SO\\nA. E. Mather, Wayne Co., 211.30\\nSkitiox 19.\\nWilliani Thompson, .Seneca Co.. N. Y., April. 1S36 321. -18\\nMorris Tyler. .Sandusky City, Ohio, May, 18.ifl 811\\nNewltold Lawrence, New York City. 160\\nDaniel Mcreereau, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 81. 2t\\nSection 20.\\nAhijah B. Dunlap, .Seneca Co., N. Y., April, 18.16 SO\\nWilliani Thompson, 320\\nMa.xwell Thompson, Ontario Co., N. Y., May, 18,36 160\\nEdmund Probyu, Gloucester, Kngland, June, 1836 -SU\\nSkctio.v 21.\\nWilliam Thompson, Seneca Co.. N. Y., April, 1836 SO\\nJosiah Alger, Oakland Co., iMnh., 160\\nA. li. Alger. SO\\nLewis II. AlgiT, SO\\nCornelius Valentine, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1836 80\\n.Joseph Carr, Wayno Co., N. Y., 160\\n.Skctiox 22.\\nKa-ka-ge-sic, Shiawassee Co., Mich., December, 1835 120\\nWilliani Thompson. Seneca Co., X. Y., 4pril, 1S36 SO\\nMessrs. I ark.s, Oakland Co., Mich., April, 1836 80\\nEaster .\\\\lger, SO\\nNewbold Lawrence, New York City, May, 1836 280\\nSkction 23.\\nAbijah B. Dunlap. Seneca Co.. N. Y., April, 1836 160\\nJliron B. Smith, Oakland Co.. Mich., May, 1836 160\\nDai id JI. Jewell, New London, Conn., 160\\nLevi Parsons, Onondaga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 80\\nIlirain L. Dickinson, (jenesee Co., Midi., June, 1836 80\\nSurno.v 24.\\nEunice Austin, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1835 40\\nLevi Parsons, Onondaga Co., N. V., March, 1836 SO\\nEbenezer Bishop, Genesee Co., Mich., March, 1836 SO\\n.Saiiiiiel L. Chapin, Livingston Co, N. Y., May, 1836 160\\nKoyal Cliainberlin, Orleans Co., N. May, 1836 120\\nAndrew Snider, Cayuga Co., 160\\nSeotiox 25.\\nJames Van Valkenburgh, Livingston Co., N. May, 1835... 40\\nDavid Shuiik. Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1835 320\\nJJaniel K. Williams, Ueneseo Co., Mich., July, 1835 40\\nllirain Sherwood, May, 1835 80\\nStephen Sherwood, Livingston Co., N.Y June, 1836 160\\nSection- 2fi.\\nNelson Mcakcr, Shiawassee Co., Mich., November, 1834 40\\nThomas Van Sickle, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1835 120\\nSe|ilomber, 1835 SO\\nEdmund L. .Jennings, Tioga Co., N. v., 160\\nCornelius Bray. Ontario Co., X. Y., October, 1835 SO\\nilirain Sherwood, tieneseo Co., Mich., May. 1S3() 80\\nSlejdien Sherwood, Livingston Co., N.\\\\ June, 1836 80\\nSectios 27.\\nMorgan Balilwin, Tioga Co., N. Y., March, 1834 160\\nJames lloiigliton, SO\\nWa bc-lte-no- -se, Shiawassee Co., Mich., .January, 1S35\u00c2\u00ab 40\\nL^iis (i. II. Conant, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, t i liruary, 183.) SO\\nChc. ter Keynolds. Genesee Co., N. Y.. June, 1835 80\\nCyrenius Simmons, Oakland Co., .Mich., August, 1835 160\\nWabe-be-nes-so, Shiawassee Co., .Mich., December, 1835 40\\nSection 28.\\nHorace Welmore, Oakland Co., Mieh., AugusI, 1835 80\\nCalvin Nelson. Jr., Ontario Co., N. Y., September, 1835 40\\nJosiah Alger, Oakland Co., Mich., .April. 1836 SO\\nHester Valentine, Oakland Co., Mieh., April. 1836 .80\\nCornelius Valentine, .May, 1836 80\\nStephen S. Durkee, March, 1 836 SO\\nWilli.im Kvaus, July, 40\\nAcres.\\nUobert Covel, Jr., Tioga Co., N. Y., July, 1836 80\\nHiiel W. Scovel, Oneida Co., N. Y., October, 1836 40\\nJohn F. Durkee, Oakland Co., Mich., March, 1837 40\\nSection 29.\\n(leorge W. Paul, Ontario Co., N.Y., Scpiember, 1835 160\\nAsa T. Pierce, October, 80\\nAbijah B. Dunlap, Seneca Co.. N. Y., April. 1836 80\\nJosiah II. Alger, Oakland Co., Mich., April, 1836 80\\nNewb(dd Lawrence, New York City, .May. IS36 SO\\nNelson H. Sanders, Niagara Co., N. Y., May, 1836 100\\nSection 30.\\nSally Pierce. Ontario Co., N. Y., Ociolier, 1835 40\\nCharles Smith, liene.sce Co., N. Y., April, 1836 242.80\\n.losiiih II. Alger. Oakland Co., Mich., April, 1836 240\\nWilliam Evans, 40\\nSprague Wilkerson, Ijeneseo Co., Mich., October, 1836 82\\nSk tios 31.\\nOliver Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., September, 1835 480.80\\nBetsey Kvaiis, Oakland Co., Mich., April, 1836 82.40\\nDavid Shunk, Cayoga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 80\\nSection 32.\\nGeorge W. Paul, Ontario Co., N. Y., September, 1835 160\\nMaxwell liray, October, 160\\nA.sa Pierce, .80\\nNewbold Lawrence, New York City, May, LS36 SO\\nJohu li. .Sluiiik, Ciiyuga Co., N. Y., .June, 1836 160\\nSection 33.\\nWilliam Baldwin. Tioga Co., N. Y., June, 1834 160\\nSamuel Bassett, Oakland Co., Mich., July, 1.S35 160\\nCalvin Nelson, Jr., Ontario Co., N. V., September, 1835 80\\nThomas B. Kemington, Ontario Co., N. V., October, 1S35 80\\nNathan W. Sheldon, (ienesee Co., N Y., Octolier, 1835 80\\nSamuel Bassett, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1836 SO\\nSe TTion 34.\\nThomas Clover, Wayne Co., Mich., November, 1834 40\\nDavid Gibson, 40\\nWilliam Odell. Oakland Co., Mich., December, 1834 160\\nPeter Y. Ilmry, Seneca Co., N. Y.. June, 1S35 120\\nNoah L. Whiimore, Oakland Co.. Mich.. November, 1835 40\\nDavid (iibson, (ienesee Co., Micll., December, 1835 40\\nHiram .Marsh. Ontario Co., N. Y., May, IS36 80\\nHciibcii Bingham, Upper Canada, .August, 1836 40\\nNoali L. Wbitmore, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1S36 40\\nStephen F. Durkee, March, 1836 40\\nSection 35.\\nGeorge Judscm. Oakland Co., Mich., March, 1834 SO\\nWilliam Stewart, Wayne Co., N. Y., September, 1835 40\\nUeuben Wriglit, Wayno Co., Mich., 40\\nAbigail Dunning. Cayuga Co.. N.Y., October, 1835 80\\nGeorge Ju.lsoii, (jenescc Co., Mich,, 40\\nMosis Odell. April. 1836 40\\nThomas Hubbard, Ontario Co., N. Y., April, 1836 80\\nAsa Sprague, Wayne Co., N. Y., May, 1S36 120\\nNewbold Lawrence, New VorJs City, May, 1836 120\\nSecth n 36.\\nDavid Hume, Monroe Co.. N. Y.. June. ISS.-i SO\\nKber ILinily. Shiawassee Co., Mich.. August, IS35 160\\nNewbold Lawrence, New York City, May, 1836 320\\nDavi.l Shunk, Cayuga Co., N. V., June, 1836 SO\\nKAKLY SP:TTLEMENTS.\\nRegardiii!; the first early settler in what is now the town-\\n.sliip (if Miiiidy tltcTO is .some di.spute, but the dates which\\nwill here be iiiveii must settle the matter conclusively, as\\nthey are all authentic. It has been tcenerally accepted as a\\nfact that Morgan Baldwin and tieorge Judson were the\\nfirst to settle in this town, and even tho.se gentlemen them-\\nselves .still believe such to be the c.ise. It is undoubtedly\\ntrue that, in the then existing condition of the country,\\ncovered as it was with timber, it must have been difficult\\nto learn at once who the inhabitants of the iK ighborhood\\nwere, and this probably accounts for the mistaken opinion\\nregarding the first settlement.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0399.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "282\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nOn the 17th day ot May, 1833, Daniel Williams pur-\\nchased the west half of the northwest quarter of section\\n13, eighty acres, which he divided equally between Eli\\nGilbert and Jason L. Austin, who had come with him, and\\nwho settled on the portions assigned to them at the same\\ntime. Mr. Williams returned to the State of New York,\\nand in October of the same year (1833) came back to\\nMundy in company with Volney Stiles. The latter, in\\nNovember following,* entered the southeast quarter of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 11, and settled upon it imme-\\ndiately. Mr. Stiles is yet living at Mundy Centre, and\\nbeyond a doubt came into the township earlier than any\\npereon now numbered among its residents. He and Lester\\nWilliams built a shanty and lived in it together,! neither\\nof them being at the time married.\\nMorgan Baldwin, a native of Elmira, Chemung Co., N. Y.,\\nstarted from that place for Michigan on the Gth of Septem-\\nber, 1833, and on the 10th arrived at Put-in-Bay, where\\nthe passengers cheered themselves hoarse iu honor of the\\nmillant commodore and the men who had aided him to win\\no\\nso signal a victory just twenty years before. After his\\narrival at Detroit, Mr. Baldwin pushed on immediately for\\nBloomfield, Oakland Co., where his uncle, Wilkes Durkee,\\nwas then living. In December following he went back to\\nElmira, sold his property, and returned to Bloomfield, ar-\\nriving in that town early in February. During the same\\nmonth (St. Valentine s Day) he married a second time, his\\nfirst wife having died some time previously. In the spring\\nof 1834, Mr. Baldwin and George Judson started together\\non a land-hunting expedition, and, after ranging over the\\ncounties of Livingston and Shiawassee, finally selected loca-\\ntions in what is now Mundy, the entries being made in\\nMarch, 1834. Mr. Baldwin still lives on the place he then\\npurchased. Mr. Judson first chose the next lot west of\\nBaldwin s, but soon changed it for the place he now occu-\\npies.\\nMr. Baldwin the same month built a log house 16 by 24\\nfeet in dimensions, with a puncheon-floor, blankets hung up\\nto answer for doors, etc. In this work he was helped by\\nGeorge Judson, and by Stephen Durkee, of Oakland\\nCounty, a carpenter by trade. Some Indian traders who\\nlived fifteen miles away, in Shiawassee County, and who\\nwere passing over the trail near which Mr. Baldwin located,\\nalso helped raise, and the favor was returned two or three\\nyears later by the two gentlemen going to some place in\\nShiawassee County and helping raise a barn. Mr. Baldwin\\nmoved into his house April 5, 1834, the same day Dustin\\nCheney settled at what is now Fenton, and was one of the\\nparty who a few days later aided in the search for Mr.\\nCheney s little girl, who had been lost in the woods.\\nFour years after Mr. Baldwin settled his wife died, and\\nhe is now living with his third wife. When he came here\\nwith his family he cleared five acres. One day an Indian\\ntrader from the West came by, and Baldwin told him if he\\nknew of any one who wanted to hire out to send him along.\\nSoon afterward Nelson Meaker made his appearance at the\\nplace, and Mr. B. hired him. He squatted on a piece of\\nRecord of entry, November, 1S33. in traet-book for Genesee\\nCounty.\\nt Information by T. 1 Stiles. J See history of Fenton.\\nland near by, afterwards selling his chance for it to David\\nGibson. Meaker lived in the township many years, and is\\nnow a resident of the township of Argentine.\\nGeorge Judson, who had helped Mr. Baldwin build his\\nhouse, went back to Oakland County to make preparations\\nfor coming on to his own land and clearing up a portion of\\nit. When Baldwin went after his family he met Judson\\non his way to begin chopping. The latter cleared a tract\\non his place and put in some wheat and potatoes, in order\\nto have something to live on. He did not move upon his\\nfarm, however, until November, 18.34. He had also built\\nduring the same summer. Mr. Judson is a native of Ot-\\nsego Co., N. Y., and his parents were from Connecticut.\\nHe lived in Elmira, Chemung Co., N. Y., until 1832, in\\nwhich year lie came to Michigan, locating in Bloomfield,\\nOakland Co., where he remained until his removal to Mundy\\nat the date above given.\\nThomas Glover, from Birmingham, England, and a\\nScotchman named David Gibson, entered land in Novem-\\nber, 1834, on section 34, and settled upon it the same fall.\\nThe two men arranged for their wives to remain in Detroit\\nuntil they could come on and prepare a shelter for them, but\\nIMrs. Glover thought herself as well able to stand the jour-\\nney as her husband, and accompanied him, living with Mr.\\nBaldwin s family until her future homo the proverbial log\\nshanty was ready for occupation. Mrs. Gibson stayed in\\nDetroit until everything was ready for her, and then moved\\non and occupied the shanty her husband had prepared.\\nSeth Kitchen and family settled in the fall of 1835.\\nSeveral members of the household were consumptive, and\\nall who were afflicted finally died with that dread disease.\\nThe first one to go and the first death in the township, so\\nfar as is now recollected was IMrs. Kitchen herself, who\\ndied in the spring of 1836. Her children Thomas, Wil-\\nliam, and Mary followed her within the year, also the\\nwife of her son John. The first burials were in what is still\\nused as a cemetery near the school-house in District No. 1.\\nAmong those buried here are the following\\nDaniel Odell, died April 9, 1872, aged 69 years.\\nReuben Winget, died May 27, 1859, aged 53 years.\\nThomas Glover, died Feb. 14, 1855, aged 50 years.\\nRobert Co.x, died July 16, 1868, aged 52 years.\\nJohn Ilollowell, born at Ravensthorp, Northamptonshire, Eng-\\nland, October 16, 1794; died September 11. 1859.\\nJohn Judson, died March 24, 1865, aged 70 years.\\nEber Handy, died Oct. 15, 1846, aged 52 years.\\nEbenezcr Conant, died Dec. 31, 1833 (in the East), aged 36 years.\\nLois, his wife, died Sept. 26, 1843, aged 42 years.\\nAl.igail, wife of Henry Borst, died April 6, 1841, aged 33 years.\\nHarriet, wife of J. Meaker, died Nov. 13, 1843, aged 22 years.\\nSusannah, wife of George Judson, died Aug. 14, 1836, aged 24 years.\\nEmily, wife of George Judson, died March 29, 1S74, aged 61 years.\\nDelilah P. Sage, died Feb. 10, 1857, aged 62 years.\\nMary Jane, wife of M. Baldwin, died March 31, 1 838, aged 22 years.\\nBesides these, there arc numerous other old settlers, at\\nwhose graves headstones have never been placed.\\nEbenezer Bishop, from Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y.,\\ncame to Michigan in 1833, and stopped at Springfield, Oak-\\nland Co., through that fall and winter, with his father s\\ncousin, Giles Bishop. In the spring of 1834, Mr. Bishop\\ncame on into Grand Blanc, where he remained until the\\nfall of 1836, when he returned to New York, married, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0400.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0401.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0402.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHII\\n283\\nin Juno, 18l!7, Hcttl(;il in Miindy, on tlur [ilat o he Htill oc-\\ncuptcH. J:i8on h. AiiHtin anil liatxlall Willianm were tlion\\nliving near him. The former, who has been previously\\nmentioned, lived in a lo house. Ili.s wife died within a\\nyear or two, and lie sold out and removed to Sajrinaw\\nCounty, hK atin 5 near the Tittihawawtcc River. Williams\\nsoon sold to C. I). W. Gib.wn, who lived at Whifrvillo, in\\n(Jrand Blanc township, and went away with the ,M(jnnons.\\nC hauti(\u00c2\u00ab;y Cofffidell, now of the township of Flint, came\\nto Mundy when a boy, in wjmpany with ElHjnczer iJi.sliop.\\nHe had worked for the latter s father and father-in-law in\\nNew York, and was allowed to come to Michi;. an with Mr.\\nBishop, lie stayed with hira until he became of a;;c,\\nworking with him also afterwards.\\nWhen Mr. Bishop came (IH .il there were living; near\\nhim besides those mentioned Han ey I arks and Gilbert\\nPlielps, the latter just over the line in Grand Blanc. Parks\\nlived on section l. i, on what was afterwards the Daniel Mawjn,\\nnow the Todd, farm, lie removi^ not (onj; after U the\\ntownship of Oceola, Livingston Co., where he died.\\nThe region of oak-openings extended north inUj\\nMundy as far as the farm of Mr. Bishop, or a little beyond,\\nhis place being clo.sc on the edge of the heavy timber.\\nSwartz Creek was the division between the timber and the\\nopenings.\\nAfter numerous attempts in thu town to hear of some\\nhairbreadth escape from wild animals, or desperate struggle\\nin a swamp, or other of the tales so often told, the follow-\\ning incident was the only one related which could be safely\\ncalled an adventure. Mr. Bishop was on one occasion\\npacking home some fresh meat, and while yet some dis-\\ntance away from home, and in the township of Grand\\nBlanc, the howl of a wolf broke upon his ear, causing him\\nto quicken his pace. It was answered by others, and finally\\nhe imagined he saw one of the .savage brut standing in\\nthe pathway ahead of him. Making up his mind that it\\nwould be worse for him to run than to advance boldly for-\\nward, he U)ok out his jack-knife and opened it, and prepared\\nto manufacture an excellent article of mince-meat from the\\ncarcass of the wolf. Upon arriving at the object, he was\\nagreeably surprised at finding it U) be nothing more dan-\\ngerous than an oo/c hugh, which in the moonlight he had\\ntaken for a wolf Mr. Bi.shop thinks many of the won-\\nderful adventures related have no more foundation in fact\\nthan this of his own.\\nJosiab Alger, a native of Mas,sachusctts, and afterwards\\na resident of Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y., settled in\\nTroy, Oakland Co., Mich., in 1823, and removed to Mundy\\nin May, 18)50, with his family. At that time the Uiwn-\\nship was thinly populated, but th same season witne8.scd\\nthe arrival of several families. Mr. Alger was one of the\\norganizers of Mundy tfjwnship, and became its first super-\\nvisor, holding the position a number of years. lie located\\na large amount of land in the township, and lived on section\\n21. Ilis family consisted often children, seven Sfins and\\nthree daughters atid of these two arc now living, -Josiah\\nH. Alger, at Birmingham, Oakland Co., and Lewis Alger,\\nnow of the town.ship of Fenton. Mr. Alger gave 80\\nacres to each of his children. He was by protVswion a\\nphysician, and the fimt who practicc I in the township.\\nTlis journeys were always jKjrfoniied on foot, and he is re-\\nmembered as a kind neighbor and an excellent nurse. Id\\nconnection with other office*, he held that of justice of the\\n{XMice for many years. He was a man of great general\\ninformation, a I niversalisl in religious matt^irs, and ex-\\nc(\u00c2\u00abdingly well fxmtdl in Scripture. lie died in Mundy, on\\nthe \u00c2\u00abth of March, 1852.\\nJosiah H. Alger, son of theal ovc, hicated the farm where\\nhis son, William K. Alger ^present supervisor of Mundy),\\nnow lives. lie did not settle until 1841, but in that year\\nmade the first improvements on the place, built a log\\nhou.s with split stuff for diKjrs, a stick chimney, etc.\\nIn 1857 he moved back to Oakland County, and since\\nabout 1870 has resided at Birmingham. He was also for\\nsome years sufiervisor of the township of Mundy, besides\\nholding other jxjsitions.\\nWilliam K. Alger, aside from his farming operations, is\\nen;:agcd to some extent in dealing in st/x;k, as was alwj his\\nfather while living here, and has at present a few head of\\nimproved stock, horses, cattle, and sheep. He is one of a\\nfamily of eight children, six of whom are living. His only\\nbrother, John F. Alger, is now in Colorado.\\nOne of the early settlers in the Alger neighborhood was\\nMr. Barnum, father of Daniel P. Barnum, who now lives\\non the old farm.\\nThe first white male child born in the township of Mun-\\ndy was Thomas Glover s mil, Henry Glover, and the first\\nwhite female child was Hannah Baldwin, daughter of Mor-\\ngan Baldwin, her birth oceurring March 30, 1835.\\nWhat is known as the Baldwin road was the first one\\nlaid out in the town, and follows in places nearly the route\\nof an old Indian trail which extended from Springfield,\\nOakland Co., to Shiawassee. This was the main traveled\\nrout\u00c2\u00ab through the township.\\nAsa Pierce, a native of Mas.sachasett8, at)d afterwards a\\nresident of Ontario Co., N. Y., came to Mundy with his\\nfamily in 1835. His son, Asa T. Pierce, still living in\\ntown, came in the fall of the same year, and settled on the\\nplace he yet occupies, alKjut a hundred rods east of the spot\\non which his father resided. The latter died Feb. 11,\\n1853, aged sixty-three years, but hU widow is yet living\\nat the okl place, and is now eighty-five years of age. Asa\\nT. Pierw is alwj a native of Massachusetts Ttown of Ileho-\\n\\\\xil\\\\t), his father moving into the State of New York while\\nhis son was a small boy, or not long sulwcjuent to the year\\n1814. Ilis wife, Mrs. A. T. Pierce, Ls a native of the U vin\\nof De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in the famous Black\\nRiver Country, and came with her husband to Michigan in\\n1835, settling on 8 !Ction 32. The nearest house east of\\nthem was that of Morgan Baldwin, two miles away, and\\nbeyond that there were but two or three families in a dis-\\ntance of ten miles. Mr. Pierce and his wife, then both\\nyoung, were much impres.sed with the gaudy trappings of\\nthe Indians, and their manners and customs, which were so\\nnovel to them, and their monot noas chant, as they passed\\nby in single file, walking or riding, is vividly remembere l.\\nAmong the earlier settlers on the Baldwin road\\nwere the Odells and I^cach s, and the following items, fur-\\nnished by .Mrs. William Odell, a daughter of Jeshurun\\nIjeach, will prove interesting", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0403.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "JOSIAH ALGER.\\nJOSIAH ALGER AND FAMILY.\\nJOSIAH n. ALiiKH.\\nThe family of Algers, whioh are widely scattered over the States, sprang,\\naccording to the best genealogical records, from three brothers who came to\\nthis country from Wales during the seventeenth century, settling in Massa-\\nchusetts, the home of the Pilgrim Fathers. Josiah Alger, the subject of\\nthis sketch, and Ira Alger, twins, were born in Massachusetts, June 3,\\n1782, coming with their parents to Bloomfield. Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1793,\\nthen a wild and unbroken wilderness, their sister being the first white\\nwoman married in that vicinity.\\nMr. Alger wa,s married, in 1S03, to Esther, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.\\nScovel, of Vermont. They re.ired a family of ten children, of whom but\\ntwo are now living, Josiah H. and Lewis. He emigrated to Troy. Oakland\\nCo., Mich November, 1823, where he located lands, clearing up a large\\nfarm. Selling out in 1S35, he, in company with others, took a ramble\\ntlirough Livingston. Shiawassee, and Genesee Counties, locating eleven lots\\nof land in the town of Mundy, Genesee Co., and moved on to it in May, 1S36.\\nHe was one of the first settlers, being one of the organizers of the township\\nthen comprising the townships of Gaines and Mundy, with but eighteen\\nvoters in both. The first town-meeting was held at his house in 1S37,\\nand he was the first supervisor, which office he held for several years.\\nIn profession Mr. Alger was a physician in politics, a Democrat and\\nin religion, a strong Universalist to the last. He suffered the change called\\ndeath, March 6, lSf)2. but from information gleaned of old residents, and\\nincidents recited by their children, he died not out of the memory of any\\nwho were so fortunate as to have made his acquaintance. He is accredited\\nby the remaining pioneers Mr. Glover, Thompson, Baldwin, and others\\nas being a man without an enemy, and they relate many incidents of his\\nbenefaction among which was sending a team to Pontiac several times for\\nflour and meal to feed those in destitution, refusing to sell to the above\\nrelators and others because of their having the means of purchase. Mr.\\nAlger was most truly a benefactor to his countrymen, always dispensing\\njustice, and where most needed. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, as\\nwas his father, Josiah, in the Revolution, of whom there still remain among\\nthe relatives mementos of his chivalry and art.\\nMrs. Alger was a most estimable woman. Was born in Vermont, Aug. 19,\\n1785, and died in Mundy. of consumption, Jan. 21, 1S43. Ira Alger, the\\ntwin brother, settled near Holly. Oakland Co., and died there about 1848.\\nJosiah H. Alger, son of Josiah. was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Dec. 3,\\n1809. Came to Michigan with his ]\u00c2\u00bbarents in 1823; he remained at home,\\nhelping to clear up the farm, until the age of twenty-two. He then started\\nout for himself with a fair education, mostly selt-acquired, and an abun-\\ndant capital of physical strength and energy, which have made their record\\nall along his line of march. He commenced by taking jobs of chopping,\\nrail-splitting, etc., until he acquired the means to buy one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land in Macomb County. In the spring of I83G he located\\nfour lots of laud on sections 29 and 30, in Mundy, Genesee Co.\\nHe was married, April, 1837, to Mary A*., daughter of Wm. and Susan\\nF. {Ilowlandl Stanley, of Troy, Oakland Co. Worked his father-in-law s\\nfarm for four years. Selling his Macomb lands, he moved on his own lands\\nin Mundy, in March, IS41, being compelled to cut a road one and a half\\nmiles in order to reach it; but, by dint of persevering energy and the im-\\npetus of a strong will, he soon had a trail to his land, a log house staked,\\nchinked, a stone and mud fireplace, to which he improvised a mud and\\nstick chimney, a floor of split-stufl doors, etc., after occupancy. The first\\nyear he grew of potatoes, roots, corn, and oat fodder sufficient for self-use,\\nand some to spare. In the fall he sowed some twenty acres of wheat, which,\\nwhen harvested, he threshed with a tlail on a ground-floor, taking it to\\nPontiac and Detroit, and exchanging it for store pay at three shillings and\\nsixpence per bushel. Those were the times that tried the souls of men,\\neven of iron nerve, to meet the demands of nature and taxation, the latter\\nof which often periled all. As but little of the wild-cat money had an ex-\\nchange value, and nearly all business was conducted by barter and exchange\\nof produced commodities, the pioneers experienced trials which only an\\nindomitable courage and an abiding faith in the future enabled them to\\nmeet, and to persevere until the dawn of better times.\\nIn those days there was no social ostracism. The crotoh dray and ox-\\nsled were the principal means of transit, and with these neighbors used to\\nget together, winding their way through the woods to each other s homes\\non winter evenings to dance, scrape a turnip, exchange hunting tales, and\\nother life-scenes; speculate on new projects, public and private, and after\\nthe midnight banquet of biscuit (baked in a tin-oven there being no\\nstoves) and wild honey, with a bit of dried venison, or perchance bear,\\nthey repaired to their several homes, without bickering, happy and con-\\ntent with each other and their surroundings. The men and women then\\nwore homespun for common and nice, with factory, colored with butternut\\na d oak hark, for a change. Calico then filled the jdace that silks and\\nworsteds do now, with from ten to twenty less yards in a pattern. They\\nhad no use for hippodromes and other paraphernalia, simply the naked\\nrequisites. Their boots and shoes were made of cowhide, and of home\\nmanufacture, as nearly every pioneer was a cobbler.\\nThus Mr. and Mrs. Alger, by dint of their united efforts, perseverance,\\nand economy, soon had cleared a large farm, and had otherwise given to\\nthat which but a few years before was a wilderness and Indian hunting-\\nground the appearance of a home of plenty. They are spoken of as very\\nestimable neighbors, and universally esteemed hy all in their old home,\\nwhere they resided for sixteen years, during which time Mr. Alger filled\\nthe office of supervisor and that of commissioner for several yewrs.\\nHaving, in 1849, by heirship and purchase, become owner of the AVm.\\nStanley farm, in Troy, two hundred and fifty acres, he rented his Mundy\\nfarm, four hundred and forty acres, and removed there in 1857, where\\nhe remained until 1870, when he purchased a fine residence in Birming-\\nham, three miles from his farm, where he intends to spend his days.\\nMrs. Alger was born Feb. 29, 1820, in Richmond, Ontario Co., and died\\nNov. 26, 1874, of heart-disease, leaving many bright oases along the path-\\nway of her busy life, as lasting memorials to her relatives and numberless\\nfriends who still miss and mourn her demise.\\nMr. Alger, for his second wife, married Mrs. Clarissa Armstrong, Nov,\\n1, 1875, a most estimable widow lady, with whom he nowl ives, surrounded\\nby a host of friends, and with every needful comfort in their declining years.\\nWn.Li.\\\\\u00c2\u00ab R. Alger, son of Josiah H., was born May 10, 183S, in Troy,\\nOakland Co., Mich. He came with his parents to Mundy in 1841. and re-\\nturned with them to Troy in 1857. Having obtained a good academic\\neducation, he commenced teaching in 1859. During I860 he roamed over\\nthe South and West, traveling through nine States. Returning in January,\\n1861, he taught school in the village of Big Beaver, Oakland Co., three\\nmonths. During the summer he worked his farm of forty acres and a part\\nof the homestead, teaching the same school the following winter. In the\\nfall of 1861 he exchanged his farm with his father for eighty acres of his\\nMundy farm, and rented the balance for five years. On the 8th day of\\nMarch he was married, at the Antisdale House in Detroit, to Miss Julia\\nJenette, daughter of John and Rachel Bookham. The next April he\\nmoved to Mundy. In 18G6 he purchased the eighty-acre mendow adjoin-\\ning his farm for two thousand five hundred dollars. The following year\\nhe sold the one hundred and sixty acres to J. M. Peck for five hundred\\ndollars, and the same day purchased the old homestead. On this farm Mr.\\nAlger has built an elegant residence, repaired the outbuildings, cleared\\ntwenty-five acres, and put in six miles of underdraiu. making his farm one\\nof the finest in the county.\\nMrs. Alger was born in Troy, Oakland Co., Dee. 25, 1842. Was one of\\na family of seven children. Her parents emigrated from Manchester, Eng-\\nland, in 1841. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Alger two children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJohn J., born Aug. 14, 1S63, and Agnes A., born Dec. 12, 1S64.\\nIn religion and local politics Mr. Alger can well be called a liheralist.\\nIn national matters he votes toe Democratic ticket. He is one who makes\\nfriends among all classes, and especially among the poor and unfortunate,\\nto whom he has ever extended a helping hand. He has been supervisor\\nthree terms, having been elected on the People s ticket by a large majority,\\nin the strongest Republican town in the county, and has filled the office\\nwith credit to himself and his constituents. He is a strong t -mperauce\\nman and a moralist. Is well read historically and ofhcnvise. iind possesses\\nthe traits necessary to make him a leader among men.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0404.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "I J", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0405.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "284\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWilliam Odell, from Soutliport, Tiojra Co.,N. Y., came\\nto what is now the township of Mundy in the year 1834.\\nThe Cth day of December he purchased 1(50 acres of land\\nfrom government. In March, 18o5, he built a log house,\\nand in April his mother came. He was then twenty-three\\nyears of age. In November, 1836, he was married to Miss\\nMary Sly, of Oakland County. He voted at the first town-\\nmeeting, and attended the first court held in Genesee\\nCounty as petit juror. He has cleared 140 acres of his\\nland, and still lives upon it. Has had ten children, of\\nwhom five are living. His wife died in August, 1S72, and\\nhe is now living with his second wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Lois H. Leach. She came to Mundy in 1835, being\\nthen six years of age.\\nJeshurun Leach came from Ohio to what is now the\\ntownship of Mundy in April, 1835. He was formerly\\nfrom Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y. His family at the time he\\ncame consisted of his wife, three sons, and two daughters.\\nHe purchased 80 acres of land at $1.25 per acre for his\\nwife s sister, IMrs. Conant, who came with her family the\\nfollowing June. Mr. Leach did much towards improving\\nthe country while here. Was one of the firat voters in the\\ntownship. In October, 1837, he returned with his family\\n(to which had been added one more son) to Ohio. In\\nApril, 1843, Mrs. Leach returned to Mundy (Mr. Leach\\nand the oldest daughter having died in Ohio) with five sons\\nand two daughters, the youngest two born while in Ohio.\\nThe youngest daughter died soon after the rest lived to\\nact in various capacities. Several .school districts in the\\ntownship remember them as teachers, the oldest three sons\\nand the daughter having taught. The second son, D. C.\\nLeach, taught as many as twelve terms in the Baldwin\\ndistrict. He was in the State Legislature, and was also\\nsent from the Sixth Congressional District two terms as\\nmember of Congress. He is now in Springfield, Mo. The\\neldest son, M. L. Leach, has been a practicing physician\\nin Clinton County for more than twenty years. A. J.\\nLeach, the third son, has settled in Nebraska. William H.,\\nthe fourth son, who was a Methodist minister, died in 1876.\\nThe youngest son, W. H., has settled in Kalkaska Co.,\\nMich. The only remaining daughter is the present wife of\\nWilliam Odell, of Mundy. Mrs. Leach died in 1872.\\nMi s. Odell mentions that her fiither (Mr. Leach) used\\nto go to Pontiac to mill, and on one occa.sion heard her\\nmother say they were out of flour. She suddenly imagined\\nherself very hungry, but felt better after her father procured\\nsome flour of George Judson. At one time provisions were\\nso scarce that the family lived for two weeks on potatoes\\nand salt.\\nIt was not unusual for an Indian to come in and lie by\\nthe fire during a cold night, and, as the latch-string was\\nalways out, their red neighbor came as they pleased. The\\nchildren knew not the feeling of fear in the presence of the\\nIndians. Fisher, the chief, is described as being a noble\\nspecimen of his race.\\nHon. D. C. Leach, who for a number of years resided at\\nTraverse City, Mich., is now living at Springfield, Mo.,\\nwhere he is engaged in the publishing business, being ed-\\nitor and proprietor of the Patriot Advertiser. In his con-\\nnection with the Grand Traverse llerald before leaving\\nMichigan he won distinction among the journalists of the\\nState.\\nJohn Remington, living near Mundy Centre, although\\nbut a short time a resident of this town, settled in Grand\\nBlanc in 1834, and lived there until 1865, holding nu-\\nmerous important ofiiccs.\\nIt is related of Dr. Josiah Alger that at one time when\\nprovisions were very scarce in his neighborhood, and the\\nsettlers were glad even to gather cowslips and use them for\\ngreens, he made occasional trips to Pontiac, and brought\\nback supplies of necessary provisions, and dealt them out\\nto those who had neither money nor food, while those\\nhaving funds he told to get what they wanted at the same\\nplace he did. As a remarkable case of ingratitude, it is\\nstated that some of the poorer ones, who afterwards had\\nplenty of money, never remunerated the doctor for his\\nkindness in their hour of need.\\nThe following Reminiscences of Early Michigan were\\nfurnished for the Feiiton Gazette by W. I. Williams, of\\nMundy, and published in that paper in the spring of 1871.\\nThey are descriptive principally of the experiences of-thc\\nfamily during their residence of four years in Saginaw\\nCounty, before coming to Mundy, yet are applicable to all\\ncases of pioneer life, as those who participated in the scenes\\nof forty and fifty years ago will readily acknowledge. The\\nexperience was, generally, nearly the same, the actors\\nonly were diff^erent. Mr. Willium.s article is as follows\\nI have often thought that, could every one having any\\nexperience, practically, of pioneer life in Michigan, be pre-\\nvailed upon to furnish a written statement of those experi-\\nences, all, compiled in book-form, would make one of the\\nmost interesting works of the kind in existence.\\nHow often do we dwell, more or less, upon scenes of\\nearly days, in our commonplace lives, where all has been\\nsmooth and placid, with naught to trouble or make afraid,\\nor drive us from the even tenor of our ways How much\\nmore, then, should the vivid imaginations of the early set-\\ntlers of Michigan be interested in the past, tho.se recol-\\nlections of early life in a new country, often beset with dif-\\nficulties and dangers connected with the hardships incident\\nto a pioneer life in the wilderness\\nLiving in the State of New York, in 1835, when a\\nmere lad, I often heard strange stories of the wilds of Mich-\\nigan, of its Indians, wolves, and bears, little dreaming\\nthat my experiences in after-life would be so closely allied\\nwith its interests. Well do I recollect the excitement of\\nmoving to Michigan, in the fall of 1836, and a brief sketch\\nof the journey may not be uninteresting My step-father\\nhired a man with his team to move us and our household\\ngoods to Bufialo, a distance of sixty miles or more, starting\\nfrom Mount Morris, Livingston Co., on or about the middle\\nof September. We stayed two nights on the road, and after\\na tedious journey of tliree days over rough and muddy\\nroads, we arrived at the port of Bufl alo just in time to take\\npassage on the steamer Governor jMarcy, which plied\\nbetween Bufl^alo and Saginaw every two weeks, and which\\nmany of the early settlers of Michigan will probably recol-\\nlect. Nothing occurred worthy of notice except a good\\ndeal of sea-sickness on Lake Erie (which, by the way, is\\nabout the stormiest of all the lakes), until we arrived at", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0406.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0407.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0408.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0412.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n285\\nDetroit, wliere we stopped for wood niid passengers, and\\nhad a chance to see what there was of the City of the\\nStraits. It was then, comparatively speaking, a small vil-\\nlege by the side of its present dimensions, with but one\\nbusiness street of any importance, buildings mostly of wood,\\nand small at that. While lying at the wharf, a negro,\\nblack as the ace of spades, left tiie boat with a large satchel\\nin hand, and soon after a general stir was made to find him.\\nA new overcoat belonging to one of the officers was missing,\\nand the theft was laid to him, which proved to be true, as\\na general search brought him to light with the missing\\novercoat done up compactly in his large satchel. The negro\\nshowed some fight, which gathered quite a crowd on the\\nquay, but he was soon brought under by putting the irons\\non liis wrists and marching him off to jail, where he was\\nprobably dwelt with according to law. Thus ended quite\\nan exciting scene to my boyish imagination.\\nAll went well as wo continued our voyage until we ar-\\nrived near the entrance of Saginaw Bay, when a severe\\nnortheaster came swooping down upon us, making every\\nlimber in the old ship creak and tremble, while many a\\nstout heart quailed under the threatenings of the fearful\\ntempest. Towards the close of the day preceding that\\nfearful night there was strong talk among the passengers\\nthat the captain should put about for port, but he still kept\\non his course, regardless of the warring elements. We had\\nstrong hopes of weathering the storm, now we were so near\\nour port of destination, but with increasing fury the wild\\nstorm sped, and, when nearly midnight, the violence of the\\ngale forced our captain to return back to port, where we ar-\\nrived next morning. The turning back was often spoken\\nof as a critical moment in our existence, as we turned on\\nthe top of a huge wave, when, if wo had turned in a trough\\nof the sea, the probabilities are that none would have lived\\nto tell the tale. But the horrors of that fearful storm, to-\\ngether with the wailings of anguish which rose above the\\nhowling of the tempest, will never be erased from my\\nmemory. The scenes of that dismal night of storm, dark\\nand rainy the loud cries of those bewailing their hapless\\nfate, and wishing themselves on shore and often when\\nsome bold dash of the elements, more furious than common,\\nwould override all barriers, and deluge the innermost cabin\\nto the tune of ankle-deep in water, then you might hear,\\nfar above the roar of wind and water, the cries and wailings\\nof the distressed, calling on the good Lord to deliver them\\nout of the depths of the sea in all the agony of a broken\\nand contrite spirit. Well do I recollect my sensations as I\\nlay crosswise the boat in my berth, holding on to a stan-\\nchion for dear life, as the old boat careened first to one side\\nand then the other, describing the various gradations of an\\ninclined plane with my head and feet. One of the eccen-\\ntricities of our capt;iin I will have to relate, although it may\\nDot be much to his credit. He was a very still sort of per-\\nsonage as a general rule, rather rotund in form, apparently\\ngiven to good living, as well as good drinking; you would\\nthink, to see him, there was (to use a common phrase), not\\nmuch snap about him but when the storm broke upon us, a\\nnew spirit seemed to take possession of him. With oaths\\nmore dreadful than the storm itself to the tired sailors, his\\npent-up tongue was let loose with voluniiuous iin]irecations on\\nGod and man, while with stentorian lungs he gave his com-\\nmands about ship, and the louder the storm or the wail-\\nings of the fearful, still above all you could hear his all-\\npowerful commands, efficiently setting the ship to rights\\nbut when the storm had ceased, the spell was broken, and\\nonce more the ealtn and placid serenity of manner, before\\nnoticed, had spread its mantle upon him.\\nAfter the storm on Saginaw Bay we arrived the next\\nday sai ely in the harbor of Fort Gratiot. Here we had to\\nlay over until the next morning, for some slight repairs and\\nthe lulling of the storm, which had been quite severe on all\\nthe lakes. Some few of our goodly company left us here\\nto make the balance of the journey by land, feeling quite\\naverse to a renewal of the preceding night s unpleasant-\\nness. Here we had a chance to look about the premises,\\nand, it being ((uite a pleasant day, the most of the passen-\\ngers made good use of our delay in seeing the sights about\\nthe fort and vicinity. Long rows of bristling cannon, re-\\ncently painted black, run out from under their rough sheds\\nto dry, made things look quite warlike, and to those of us\\nwho never saw anything of the kind before, the sight wa.s\\nquite interesting. Kach row of cannon had a number of\\nsoldiers on duty to guard them, and many times through\\nthe day would they have to speak sharply to some of the\\nboys, whose curiosity demanded a closer inspection, to keep\\nhands ofl^, and not a few had black hands to show for\\ntheir pains. After a few days sojourn on terra Jirnui, the\\nmost of the passengers had regained somewhat their wonted\\nequilibrium, and the pleasant weather, succeeding so severe\\na storm, made them feel more courageous in regard to re-\\nnewing their journey by water. The next morning, on\\nawaking, the thumping of machinery and noise about the\\ndecks told us that we were once more on our journey.\\nThe bright sun overhead, and a steady breeze from off\\nshore, gave us high hopes of reaching our place of destina-\\ntion without again coming in contact with nature s warring\\nelements. We had a pleasant day running up the bay, as\\nnear the land as was prudent, often looking with spy-glasses\\nat the native Indians, gathered about their wigwams, watch-\\ning the big canoe, or roaming the forest in all its pristine\\nloveliness. The weather towards night changed somewhat,\\nand we had the first snow of the season just as we were\\nentering the mouth of Saginaw River. It turned to rain\\nin the evening. Our journey up the river was rather dis-\\nmal than otherwise, the snow and the extensive marshes\\nfor miles inland, covered with water, looking more like a\\nlake than a river, with no human habitation on either\\nshore to break the monotony of the scene. Some few miles\\nbelow Saginaw City, all hands, as well as passengers, were\\ncalled on deck to help get the boat adrift, as we had run\\nout of the main cliannel and stuck in the sand. First to\\none side of the boat and then the other we were all ordered\\nto run at the word of command, while the opposite wheel\\nwould turn a few strokes each time, helping us to loiijylu\\nthe boat, like some huge anaconda, through the sand.\\nAfter an hour s struggle, where all got some tired, although\\nhaving considerable merriment at each other s expense,\\nsome tuinliiing about like porpoises, as the boat careened\\nnearly on her beam ends, we finally shoved into deep water\\nand sleamcd on our course, by where East Saginaw now", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0413.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "286\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nstands (which, by the way, was a howliog wilderness down\\nto the water s edge), and soon arrived at the only dock in\\nSaginaw City. A sightly place indeed to be called a city\\nA clearing in the woods, extending in area perhaps two\\nhundred rods back from the river, and about three hundred\\nin length, with a very few houses, a large majority of\\nwhich were log, or block, as some were called, being made\\nof hewn timber, with port-holes, and the frame houses small\\nand inconvenient.\\nWe landed Oct. 1, 183G, having been nearly eight\\ndays in making the passage from Buffiilo, and you may\\nsuppose that it was a great relief to many anxious hearts\\nwhen we arrived for all, more or less, had friends, relatives,\\nand acquaintances whom they were anxiously expecting on\\nthis boat, which was the only one then plying between\\nSaginaw and Buffalo, making the trip generally in two\\nweeks. As we landed the whole city turned out en 7nasse\\nto welcome us, offering us the best hospitalities it afforded,\\nand its free range if we had a mind afoot in the mud.\\nAs it was about the time that cities generally lighted up\\ntheir gas, we looked in vain for any intimation of such a\\nstate of things, except what was bandied between the crew\\nand some jolly fellows on shore. It was said we were a\\ncity within a city, for the population aboard the boat num-\\nbered nearly as many as those on shore, there being about\\nthirty families. The boat had brought up quite a number\\nof influential men men of capital representing the most\\nof the real valuation of the city, and speculators in lands\\nof the surrounding country. This great addition to the\\nplace in population and capital bade fair to make it one of\\nthe most thriving cities of the then far West. Thriving,\\nI say, and safely so, for who ever heard of a city doubling\\nits population in so short a time Among those most con-\\nspicuously governing its interests were the Littles, the Rich-\\nmonds, the Millers, and a few other forehanded gentlemen,\\nwho came to make this their permanent abiding-place. But\\nthe main question was, after we had all debarked. Where\\nare we going to lodge? Where are all the taverns? the\\nMetropolitan, the National, the Waverley, anywhere to get\\nout of the pitiless storm that was drenching us to the hide?\\nIn vain we listened for runners to these different hotels,\\nbut we soon had the unwelcome assurance that there were\\nnone, except the Saginaw Hotel, and there we proceeded,\\ntramp, tramp, through the mud ankle-deep, and soon ar-\\nrived at -what? A common double block-house, the only\\ntavern in the c(Vy. The old stockade fort, with its heavy-\\nbuilt block-houses, wore still iu passable order, but rather\\non the decaying list, as might be noticed in the mossy roof\\nand in the decayed pickets, here and there one falling over\\nby its own weight. On a closer inspection you might see\\nthe traces of the leaden missiles that years before, perhaps,\\nwere sent with deadly intent, marring the houses and pickets\\nin many places. One general dry-goods store, two or three\\ngroceries, oue or two saloons, one steam saw-mill, and one\\nlog tavern constituted the principal places of business iu\\nthe city.\\nAt the date of which I write there was no farming\\ncommunity of any importance settled about the vicinity of\\nSaginaw, as that branch of industry was in its first stages\\nof infancy. Consequotilly we had to dcjiend almost entirely\\non receiving our supplies of provisions from regular trips\\nof the steamboat Governor Marcy, which made the round-\\ntrip\u00e2\u0080\u0094 generally once in two weeks.\\nAt one time during the summer of 1837, some acci-\\ndent happening to the boat, its trip was delayed nearly four\\nweeks, which caused nearly a famine iu our community.\\nFamine prices were necessarily prevalent, and glad was\\nmany a poor family if it had a potato even to still the ap-\\npeals of hunger. More than one family was known to have\\ndug up its seed potatoes after planting, so great were their\\nnecessities, to keep from starving. Some instances were\\nknown where they had planted potato-parings and were\\nforced to exhume them to satisfy the demands of nature.\\nMoney seemed to be plenty among the business portion of\\nthe community, but that we could not eat, and a few who\\nwere dealers in provisions made small fortunes on what they\\nhad to sell. But when the boat did arrive, was there not\\na day of rejoicing Some men iu canoes brought the in-\\ntelligence up the river, ahead of the boat, that she had\\nbeen sighted on the bay, and such a turnout, according to\\nthe population, is seldom witnessed as that which gave them\\nwelcome. Provisions generally were about the following\\nprices, to wit: $1.5 per barrel for flour; $40 per barrel for\\npork; 75 ceuts per pound for butter; $1.50 for potatoes;\\nand other things in proportion. So, you perceive, it wanted\\nno small capital to set up housekeeping iu the line of the\\nnecessaries of life.\\nThis was about the period when wild-cat banks were\\nplenty, and speculations of all kinds were in vogue on the\\nhigh-pressure principle. Especially was this the ciuse in\\nreal estate. Agents were continually sent East with the\\navowed intention of swindling the Eastern capitalists out of\\ntheir money, and the chief outfit of au agent would be his\\nmap of Saginaw City, or perhaps a map of some im-\\naginary city gotten up for the occasion, penciled and colored\\nin the highest style of perfection that art could produce,\\nshowing the many hundreds of blocks and streets you\\nmight search for in vain, even with a map and compass,\\nnot forgetting a guide, for you would be likely to find\\nsome of the best pictured avenues or blocks an hour s walk\\nin the dense forest, where you would need some expert to\\nguide you out into the sunlight. And so it was in numer-\\nous instances where there was not the least foundation for\\nsuch a swindling operation. Some very eligible sites were\\nlocated on the extensive marshes lining the shores of Sagi-\\nnaw River, and you might search for them in almost any\\nseason of the year, and there would be nothing to be seen\\nbut one wide expanse of water. But the excitement of\\nspeculation was in its zenith, and many a fortune was made\\neasily by the sharpers of the day in duping E;istern men\\nwho had taken the Western fever, which nothing but a step\\noff into one of their imaginary streets would cure. It was\\nrather laughable, sometimes, to see a trio of Eastern men\\nstarting out on a voyage of discovery, with canoes and\\nguides, in quest of real estate, and more 9o to see them on\\ntheir return, chopfallen and disheartened, though puttting\\nthe best face they could on the matter, hoping to dupe\\nsome one else to get their money back and instances\\nwere known where they doubled on their money instead of\\nlosiiiir.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0414.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0415.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0416.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n287\\nUnder the wild-cat excitement Saginaw must needs have\\na bank, and men and money were on liand in plenty to in-\\nvest in the speculation. The denomination of twenty-five\\ndollars was to be called a share, and it was within the reach\\nof all to participate to some extent. But the speculation,\\nafter running a few months, culminated in the absorption\\nof the little fish by the larger ones, the busting of the\\nbank, and some one made money out of it. So ended the\\nfirst experiment of the banking system in Saginaw City.\\nAt that tijne the place looked very well, as far as the site\\nwas concerned, from the river for perhaps a half-mile back,\\nwhen it degenerated into a rather low, wet, and heavy-tim-\\nbered country, where one commodity was easily raised by\\nsimply presenting your card in person, viz. mosqmloes.\\nWhen planting-time came it was a common practice to wear\\ngloves and veils, and have them well tied on, or it was im-\\npossible for human nature to stand the pressure. While\\nspeaking of the natives of the forest I will give you a short\\nchapter on wolves. It was nothing uncommon, almost any\\nevening, to listen to a serenade from their melodious throats,\\nand as they could be heard the whole length and breadth of\\nthe city, the music was rather too cheap to be popular.\\nMany an evening, while their melodious voices were in full\\nconcert, have I sat and listened to highly-wrought pictures\\nof their ferocity and deadly encounters with some of the\\nfirst settlers as well as Indians, which would make one s hair\\nseem to stand on end. The first day after our arrival, to-\\nwards evening, having just moved into a house near the\\nsuburbs of the city, our people .saw something they took to\\nbe a dog, resting its forepaws on a log some ten rods from\\nthe door, but which some of the neighbors, who happened\\nto be present, told us was a wolf, a rather early call on\\nneighbors, we thought, before we could get settled. While\\nliving at Saginaw, which was nearly four years, my stop-\\nfather caught about a dozen in large traps, which I used to\\ngo with him to set just in the edge of the woods, and many\\nan exciting time did we have in dispatching them. On\\ngoing near them, when fast in the trap, they would look\\nsneaking enough, and would hardly make the least resist-\\nance while we dispatched them with hand-spikes.\\nI recollect one large gray wolf which we had trapped\\nand killed, and which we brought up to the door a.s usual\\nand laid down on the doorstep, caused quite an excitement\\namong the bystanders who happened to be present. A large\\ncat happening to pass by the wolf and smell of it, some one\\nof the company picked it up and threw it with full force on\\nthe wolf as it lay stretched at full length in front of the\\ndoor, upon which the wolf immediately sprang up, as with\\na new life, gave a leap in the air, and with one long-drawn\\nsigh breathed his last. You can readily guess there was a\\nscattering among the curious who stood immediately over,\\nand some screeching among the ladies, who were considera-\\nbly frightened.\\nThere wiis one very large wolf which we caught in the\\ntrap, and concluded to take him bodily to town for a show\\nwhile alive, to receive the bounty, which I believe was\\n88. So we got some bark for cords, and after lassoing him\\naround the nose he gave up completely, while we bound\\nhim securely then, running a long pole between his legs\\nand under the thongs, carried him in triiiinpli to the city.\\nAfler interviewing him to their hearts content, some of the\\ncitizens, who had lost quite heavily by the devouring na-\\nture of him and his brethren, concluded to make an exam-\\nple of him. So, after making up a purse to replace the\\nbounty, which could not be drawn from the State unless the\\nwolf was killed, they commenced to treat poor Mr. Wolf\\nafter the manner of the barbarous savage. First they cut\\noff his ears close to his head, next his tail close to his body,\\notherwise making him look as hideous and unlike himself\\nas it was in their power to invent then they put on his\\nneck a loud-sounding cow-bell and sent him on his way re-\\njoicing (they, not he) to see his friends once more. It\\nis hardly possible to conceive the alteration made in his\\nlooks, and I am sure his most intimate friends would not\\nhave recognized him. The result was the wolves were\\ncleaned out of the adjoining forests for a long time after-\\nwards. About six months afterwards the famished remains\\nof a wolf with a bell on were found in the edge of a clear-\\ning in the city.\\nIn the sjiring of 1840 the writer of the foregoing, Wil-\\nliam Ira Williams, came from Saginaw in company with\\nhis mother and step-father, Arden Moses, the family lo-\\ncating on a rented farm in Grand Blanc. In the spring of\\n1842 they settled on a farm in the north part of Mundy\\ntownship, now owned by John L. Jennings. Mr. Moses\\ndied a few weeks later, and in the fall of the same year the\\nfamily moved south to a location on the Baldwin road, half\\na mile east of Mr. Williams pre.sent residence. Mrs.\\nWilliams, Sr., is yet living. Her son purchased the farm\\nhe now owns in the winter of 1849-50, and made upon it\\nthe first clearing at the corners, except a lot which had\\nbeen made ready to build a school-house upon in 1847.\\nMr. Williams prepared a considerable amount of cooper-\\nstufi from timber which grew upon his place, made a part\\nof his tools and bought others, learned (he trade alone, and\\nworked at it some six years. He now has a finely-improved\\nfarm, and in connection with it is keeping the Mundy post-\\noffice and a small general store. He has written to con-\\nsiderable extent for the press of the county, and aspired to\\npoetical fame with greater success than have many who\\ninflict their effusions of poor rhyme and bad grammar upon\\npublishers. By reference to the list of township officei-s it\\nwill bo soon that ho has been the recipient of numerous\\nofficial favors from the hands of his townsmen. Although\\nyet comparatively young, there are few in the township wlio\\nhave bottor-iniiiroved farms, and none, perhaps, who arc\\nbetter or more influential citizens.\\nThe following poem, by Mr. Williams, was read by the\\nauthor at one of the meetings of the Genesee Pioneer\\nSociety\\nTHE PIONEEIl.\\nOnce more, my friends, wo meet again on tliis our feptul day,\\nTo tall of scenes if early youth and trials by the way\\nWhen first the wilds uf Genesee by white men s feet were trod\\n^Vhen tirst our cabin-walls were reared, when first we broke the sod.\\nWe love to dwell upon these scenes, though often sonic were sad,\\nWhile others ofttiuies in their sheen have made our spirits glad.\\nThen let us talk together of those days now past and gone,\\nWhile distance fresh enchantment lends to feed our minds upon.\\nWhi-n first with a.\\\\e in brawny hands wo felled those oaks of yore.\\nWe little dreamed this fruitful land, so plentiful in store,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0417.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "2SS\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWould be our happy lol to own, which blossoms as the rose,\\nAud brings us what our toil has won a prosperous repose.\\nWhen first wc cleared the arooked roads that led us to our doors.\\nAnd chinked the logs with basswood, of which we maile our iloors,\\nTwus then we sang our merriest songs to keep our spirits up,\\nWhile the spirits that we drank those days were from the brook and\\ncup.\\nWith coat thrown off and sleeves rolled up, we grappled with the\\nwork,\\nWhile throughout all this gooilly land you found no lazy shirk.\\nBut all with one accortl endured the hardships of the day,\\nAud night s refreshing sleep would chase all gloomy thoughts away.\\nTwas then with hearty relish the pork and beans went down,\\nWith johnny-cake in plenty, all done so nicely brown.\\nOh yes, those days were happy ones, without a sorrowing tear.\\nWhen first we felled the forest, a hardy pioneer.\\nTwas then the partners of our joys, with ever-ready hands,\\nWould help to jiile and burn the brush aud poke the burning brands;\\nAn i ott with song and words of hope would fill our hearts with cheer,\\nThat made us glail wc undertook to be a pioneer.\\nOur children, fat and ragged as seldom children arc.\\nWith freedom roamed the forests and plucked the cotvslips fair\\nWith which we eked our scanty store, while oft the timid deer\\n.At the crack of our trusty rifles wouM fill our homes with cheer.\\nOur smoke-house was the chimney-top, our chimney rand and sticks,\\nWith wall and hearth of clay and stone, for want of better bricks.\\nOur roof was covered o er with bark, held firmly down with poles;\\nOur bakery the ashes, whence came the sweetest rolls.\\nThen, as we cleared our homesteads and let the sky-light in.\\nIt made us think of youthful homes, where all our past had been.\\nAnd as the opening widened, with vigorous nerve and hand\\nWe d roll together ponderous logs to clear the goodly land.\\nAnd often, as the shade of night its sable mantle spread,\\nWe d kindle bonfires to give us light to bow the forest s head;\\nAnd often in the gloaming would you hear the deafening sound.\\nWhen the lofty oak would tremble, and then come thundering down\\nWhile wife and children merrily would cheer us on our way.\\nKnowing full well the darkest night would lengthen into day.\\nThen, when the rich and blackened ground was ready for the seed\\nWith axe instead of hoe wed lant the corn for winter s need;\\nFor many a mile of crooked road we d have to travel o er\\nIf industry should fail to give to us the bounteous store.\\nYet still wc fought on manfully to do our humble part.\\nWhile joy and sorrow often mingled in the peasant s heart.\\nHut through them all we often saw the placid seas beyond,\\nWhich gave our strength new energy, and bade us not despond;\\nFor ofttimes iu the future would we see the welcome li ht\\nThat came to us in prophecy, and made our hearts delight.\\nHow well do we remember that dear oM brindle cow\\nWhich gave us milk, and raised those steers to which we hitched the\\nplow\\nThat drew our wood, our fallows logged and helped us manv a time\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\nd the boys ivould strive to see which should drive the o.\\\\en Duke\\nand I ime.\\nAnd often when the bright moon shone would wc hitch to the wood-\\nshod sleigh\\nTo visit some near neighbor, perhaps five miles away\\nAVhilc the glistening trees with splendor shone, and childhood s happy\\nshout.\\nWith happiness o ersurging. went merrily ringing out.\\nHow happy were those visits and we often made them o er.\\nAnil which were oft relumed again\u00e2\u0080\u0094 by which we set much store.\\nThus, mingling oft together, we cheered each other on.\\nWhen taking from each other s hopes would bid our cares begone.\\nThough oft through many a care-worn path we trod the walks of life,\\nWc had no neighbors gossip, no neighbors feud nor strife,\\nNo jarring nor discordant notes to give our bliss alloy,\\nFor all was peace and unity, which gave a genial joy.\\nAnd when new-comers sought our door.s, latch-strings were always out,\\nWith hearty welcome to our fare, which never gave the gout;\\nAnd often, with the compass as our only guide and fricntl.\\nWould we look with them for future homes, a helping hand to lend.\\nIIow every man, with axe in hand, would hurry to the spot,\\nWhen told that a new-comer needed help to raise his cot,\\nWhen logging-bccs were Ienty, and huskings all the go,\\nAud youngsters tripped, with merry zeal, the light fantastic toe.\\nOh, yes, those days were happy ones, the thoughts of which still\\ncheer\\nWhen first we cleared the forests wild, a hardy pioneer.\\nIndelibly those times of yore are stanqted upon the mind.\\nAnd who would e er forget them Twould not be human-kind.\\nSo oft Ihnuigh many hardships the pioneer has passed.\\nTill hopes, now in fruition, have come to him at last;\\nAnd many of life s changes bright visi()ns often seem,\\nM bile early days of hardship are but a pleasant dream.\\nThe wolf no more with fearful howl his nightly vigils keeps:\\nNo more the luring panther will wake y u from your sleep.\\nNo more the savage war-cry shall give you harrowing fear,\\nForsuch things long have given way to things of better cheer.\\nInstead, the church bell s welcome sound comes ringing through the\\nair.\\nAnd noisy cars, with human freight, go hurrying here and there,\\nWith the busy hum of thousands, which falls upon the ear,\\nBut withal you still remember when you were a pioneer.\\nAnd once where nature s forests covered ail this land.\\nYou now see towns and cities in their places stand,\\nAnd ask in wondrous awe, who made such changes here?\\nWhile we but answer truthfully, the hariiy piimeer.\\nNathan W. Shelden, a native of Haddam, Conn., and\\nafterwards a resident of the town of Le Roy, Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y., came to Miehijran in 1835 and took up the land\\nupon which his widow now resides. In 1836 he came\\nattain, cleared a small tract, and partly built a log house.\\nAu idea had entered the heads of some of the settlers that\\nhe was only a speculator, and it was with difficulty he\\ncould get help enough to raise his house. He moved here\\nwith his wife in October, 1838, arriving on the 26th of\\nthe month, and here has been the home of the family since\\nthat time. The log house was finished and occupied De-\\ncetnber 13th succeeding their arrival. During the interim\\nthey had lived with the family of Henry N. Thompson,\\nnext east of their own place. Mr. Thompson, who was a\\ncarpenter by trade, was then working in Highland, Oak-\\nland Co. Times were so hard that it was almost impossible\\nto obtain provisions. As an example of the effect of Mich-\\nigan food on the cattle the following will answer: Mr.\\nSelden at one time bought of George Judson a quarter of\\nbeef, paying at the rate of seven dollars per hundred-weight,\\nand from it Mrs. Selden procured but two poinuk of hdluw!\\nYet no one had any better, and people could not complain\\nof being in wor.se circumstances in this respect than others.\\nOn one occa.sion the families of H. N. Thompson, Esquire\\nBaldwin, and Daniel Brewer the latter also aiv.early set-\\ntlor in the neighborhood had to put their provisions\\ntogether in order to have enough for a meal, for neither", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0418.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0419.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0420.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n289\\nhad a sufficient quantity alone. Mr. Brewer, who had\\nsettled a little previous to 1838, afterwards returned to New\\nYork, but finally settled permanently in Micliiu;an, in whieh\\nState he died. Mr. Seldeu died in May, 18G!).\\nFor the first two or three years after coming here the\\ntimes for all the settlers were the hardest. Dr. Algor, on\\none of his missions of mercy, went to I ontiac and bought\\nseveral barrels of Indian meal, a portion of it sour, which\\nmattered not to the hungry, and out of the whole used\\nbut two mes.ses in his own family, having distributed it\\namong his suffering neighbors. Mr. Seldcn was known to\\nhave sent to Fenton, Flint, Grand Blanc, Highland, and\\neven to Pontiac, for tea, but without success, nor could he\\nget it any place nearer than Detroit.\\nJohn Thompson, from Cayuga Co., N. Y., came to Mich-\\nigan in 18-tl and located in the township of Convis, Cal-\\nhoun Co., where he lived until 1843, working at his trade\\n(that of a mason) part of the time in Hattic Creek, where\\nhe helped build the first brick building. In the latter year\\nlie removed to Mundy and .settled on the place where he\\nnow live.*, section 20. He purchased of Maxwell Thomp-\\nson, now of Fenton, and the latter had purcliased the place\\nfrom Cornelius Bray, who had entered it in October, 1835,\\ncleared about 7 acres, and built a log house. Bray became\\ndissatisfied and returned to New York. Mr. Thompson\\nhelped build the first brick house in Geno.sec County,*\\na small brick school-house on Chauncey Paine s lots on the\\nnorth side of the river at Flint. Ilazelton s brick block,\\non Saginaw Street, was built the same season. Mr. Thomp-\\nson continued to work at his trade until about 187(), since\\nwhich time his whole attention has been paid to his farm.\\nJohn Slaght, a native of New Jersey, and later a resi-\\ndent of Seneca Co., N. Y., to which he moved in 1802, has\\nlived in Mundy since June, 1847, and is now in his eighty-\\nninth year. During the war of 1812 he belonged to an\\nindependent rifle company, which went out to the lines.\\nMr. Slaght, who had been badly poisoned in his limbs, was\\nunable to follow them until two weeks later.\\nMr. Slaght s sons Dr. Andrew Slaght, of Grand Blanc,\\nand his brother, Joseph Slaght had come to Hillsdale\\nCounty the previous spring, and the rest of the family came\\nthe following winter.\\nPeter Hempstead, from Genesee Co., N. Y., came to\\nMundy in December, 1843, and settled on the place where\\nhe now lives, having previously resided several years in\\nGrand Blanc. He married there the widow of James H.\\nBeebe, who settled in Grand Blanc about a year iifter Mr.\\nHempstead had come, or in 183tJ. Mr. Beebe and his wife\\nhad lived a short time in Ohio. Mr. Hempstead s father\\nalso settled in Grand Blanc, living near Whigville.\\nJason F. Allen came with his family from Mendon,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., to Genesee County in 1837, and set-\\ntled in the township of Burton. He had previou.sly lived\\nin Livingston Co., N. Y. In 1843 he came to Mutidy and\\npurcha.sed a farm north of his present residence, a part of\\nwhich he still owns. He made the first improvements upon\\nit, and has only lived upon his present place since about\\n37\\nSo Mr. Thoinp.^on wa.- toM at thv time.\\nI Infurraiitinn by Mrd. lturn|it lcu l.\\n1862. The latter was originally settled by Mithra J. Bar-\\nrett several years before Mr. Allen came to the township.\\nBarrett committed suicide on the place by cutting his\\nthroat.\\nJolin Ilichards, from the St4ite of New Jersey, settled in\\nGrand Blanc some time previous to 1840, and subsequently\\nmoved into Mundy, where he held numerous offices. His\\nson, David Ilichards, is a resident of the town of Richfield,\\nin this county.\\nWilliam Ilichards, father of the present town clerk, was\\nalso from the State of New Jersey, and a nephew of John\\nIlichards, above mentioned. He came to Grand Blanc with\\nhis family about 184(J-47, and after two years removed to\\nMundy, settling on the farm now owned by A. Bigelow,\\nnortheast of Mundy Centre. He lived there about eleven\\nyears, and then removed to the farm where his .son, Philctus\\nIlichards, now lives, and finally to the place his son, John\\nIlichards, now occupies. Ho died in the fall of 1873.\\nWhen he located on the present Bigelow farm he made the\\nfirst clearing upon it, and built a log liou.se a short distance\\nsouth of where Bigelow s present residence stands.\\nHenry H. Howland, a native of the town of Ira, Rut-\\nland Co., Vt., moved with his father to Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nwhen very young, and when but nine years old went with\\nthe family to Middleport, Niagara Co., in the same State,\\nhis father removing to that place. In the fall of 1829, Mr.\\nHowland emigrated to Michigan, and settled in Troy, Oak-\\nland Co. His father wiis a soldier of 1812, and his grand-\\nfather a veteran of the Revolution. In 183(5 he purchased\\nland in Mundy, went back to New York after his wife, and,\\nowing to her sickness, Wiis obliged to stay there until March,\\n1837, when they came on to their home in the forest. Their\\nnearest neighbor at that time was the widow Simmons, who\\nhad moved in with one daughter and three sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cyrenus,\\nBenjamin, and Lowell Simmons. Some of the family after-\\nwards became involved in the counterfeiting business, and\\nwere obliged to leave the neighborhood.\\nMrs. Ilowland s father, Peter Van Tifflin, now living\\nin Grand Blanc, aged eighty-three years, -occupies the\\nsame farm he took from the government. When he set-\\ntled there he had to procure his flour and provisions at\\nDetroit. One of his sons, Reuben Van Tifilin, is a promi-\\nnent citizen of Flint, and another son, William, lives in\\nthe township of Mundy.\\nIn 1838, Mr. Howland raised some corn on his place,\\nand when it was ripe shelled out a bushel and a halt, took\\nit on his back, carried it to John Cook s pepper-mill, at\\nLong I :iko. eight miles away, and, on arriving, found he\\ncould not get it ground for some time so he left it there,\\nstarted homeward, and borrowed 79 pounds of flour at a\\nhouse one mile on his way, and carried it home. The way\\nthe family relished a portion of it when cooked will un-\\ndoubtedly never be forgotten by them.\\nIn October, 1837, Mr. Howland was summoned to Flint\\non county business, ami walked up in the morning without\\na cent in his pocket, sat there all day, aii l walked home at\\nnight in time to do his chores.\\nIn the matter of opening and working highways, Mr.\\nHowland has perhaps done more; work than any other man\\nin the township. Samuel Dibble and John Newton were", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0421.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "290\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nalso influential in that direction, and these three acted as\\nchief movers in building excellent highways throughout\\nthe township. Of this trio of sturdy and enterprising cit-\\nizens Mr. Howland is the sole survivor.\\nWhen Mr. Howland came with his family he moved up\\nfrom the south and stopped with Josiah Alger until the 5th\\nof April, when his log shanty was near enough finished to\\nserve as a habitation, although it had neither doors nor\\nfloor.\\nSamuel Dibble came to the township about 1839, took\\nup land where Henry Hill now lives, and settled upon it.\\nHe was a native of Connecticut, but had moved here from\\nHudson, Columbia Co., N. Y. He started with a wagon-\\nload of goods to peddle, and, on arriving in Michigan,\\nchose to locate. He was then unmarried. On one occa-\\nsion, while hunting land, he lost his way in the woods, and\\nclimbed a tree in order to ascertain where he was. He\\nafterwards married and settled, and his widow is now living\\neast of Mr. Howland.\\nHenry Hill and his father, Darius G. Tlill, came to the\\ntownship in the fall of 1839. The elder Hill bought land\\nof Chauncey Simmons, and made the first improvements\\nupon it. He was quite prominent in the township, and\\nboth he and his wife died on their farm, on section 10.\\nHenry Hill is yet living in the township.\\nThe next farm east of the Hill place was located by\\nJosiah Chatfield, who settled in June, 1837. He and his\\nwife both died here. His son, Cyrus G. Chatfield, is one\\nof the prominent citizens of the township, and his daugh-\\nter is now the widow of Alvah Bigelow.\\nJacob Bentley, who lived still farther east, settled a few\\ndays before Mr. Howland came, and Charles Wilcox came\\nsome time later, and settled on the farm adjoining Bent-\\nley s on the east.\\nSmith Titus purchased land south of Mr. Howland the\\nsame day with the latter, but never settled upon it. It was\\nafterwards taken by some Frenchmen, Peter Coquigne\\nand his son-in-law, Francis Larobardierre. They stopped\\nat first on section 1, where they cleared up 240 acres of\\nland for a man named Baldwin, and with the money thus\\nearned purchased the land above mentioned. They came\\nsoon after 1840, and were in very destitute circumstances,\\nhaving scarcely anything s;ive a yoke of oxen. They have\\nbeen prosperous during their residence here, however, and\\nare worthy citizens.\\nBradbury Eastman settled opposite the Bentley place as\\nearly as 1837-38, and he and his wife both died in the\\ntownship.\\nJohn Newton purchased land of H. H. Howland in\\n1838, and settled next east of the latter, on section 4. His\\nwife and Mr. Howland s first wife (who died in 1838) were\\nsisters. Of the family two children are left, one son\\nGeorge occupying the old farm, and a daughter teaching\\nin the high-school at Flint.\\nBildad Hodge and his son William lived in 1838 a mile\\nsouth of Howland s Corners. Both are now deceased. A\\ngrandson is a resident of the township. Old Jlrs. Hodge\\nfell in the fire and received injuries which caused her death.\\nHer husband was a man of much intelligence and ability,\\nbut the demon of strong drink obtained possession of his\\nfaculties, and he was too often seen under the influence of\\nsome one of the various distilled poisons in use at that day.\\nA man named Nelson bought land on section 2, and\\nsettled upon it in the spring of 1838. None of the family\\nnow live in town, and the farm is divided among other\\npersons.\\nJonathan G. Firman was one of the earlier settlers in\\nthe northeast part of the township, where he was living in\\n1835.\\nThe Indians who lived in Mundy and owned property\\nfinally sold out. Some of them are now living in Gaines\\ntownship. Others went to Pewonigawink, and some to\\nShiawassee. There were about two hundred of them in\\nIMundy at one time, and they owned altogether about 160\\nacres of land. Of this amount Fisher, the chief, owned\\n40 acres. They gave as a reason for leaving, that there\\nwere too many white folhs JcUl all muskrat.\\nPODUNK.\\nIn 1844 a raceway was cut through from Long Lake,\\npassing across the farm of George Judson, the water finally\\nfinding its way into tributaries of Swartz Creek. On Mr.\\nJudson s place an oil well was built by David L. Latourette,\\nwho then lived at the head of Long Lake, in Fentou town-\\nship. The business of manufacturing linseed oil was con-\\nducted with varying success for a year or more. Other\\nparties succeeded Latourette, among them Smith Gris-\\nwold .and George C. Thorp. After several yeare the build-\\ning was converted into a grist-mill by Edward Thorp. It\\nwas finally abandoned, and none is now in operation in\\nthe locality, called Podunk, which euphonious title is\\never ready to be applied to places of equal importance.\\nOLD TAVERNS.\\nAlong the old plank road from Fenton to Flint which\\nformed the eastern boundary of the township for four miles\\nwere built at an early date numerous taverns. The one known\\nas Mason s Tavern stood on the southeast corner of sec-\\ntion 1 3, and for many years was owned and conducted by\\nDaniel Mason and his brother. It was flourishing finely\\nsome time previous to 1850. Daniel Mason now lives in\\nFlint, and a Mr. Todd owns the property.\\nReed s Tavern, on the northeast corner of section 13,\\nwas built considerably later, by John Reed, now deceased.\\nHe was an early settler in the township. His family lives\\nopposite the old tavern in Grand Blanc township.\\nA tavern was built on the southeast corner of section 17\\nin the summer of 18G7, by Solomon Bloss, who moved here\\nthat spring from Saratoga Co., N. Y. Mr. Bloss is now\\ndeceased, and the building is no longer kept as a tavern,\\nalthough occupied by his family.\\nPOST-OFFICES.\\nA post-office called Elgin at one time existed in the\\neastern part of town, and was kept at Mason s tavern.\\nAfter the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway was completed,\\nthe line of stages which had long run between Fenton and\\nFlint was taken i ff. and the office was discontinued.\\nAbout 1845 an office was established in Fenton town-\\nship, north of Long Lake, and called Long Lake Post-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0422.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0423.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0424.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "3IUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n291\\nOffice. In March, 1851, it was moved to Goors;o Judson s\\nplace, in Muiuly township, Mr. Judsoii appointed post-\\nmaster, and the name of the office clianged to Mundy,\\nwhich it still retains. About 1858 the offiee was moved\\nto the Baldwin Road, and Benjamin Hunt appointed to\\ntake charge of it. He held it about two years, and was\\nsucceeded by Morgan Baldwin, who held it about the same\\nlength of time. Ara Hopkins was postiuitster from about\\n1862 for several years, and was succeeded by Nathan W.\\nSelden, now deceased. From 186!) to 1873 it was held\\nby William II. Borden, and in the spring of the latter year,\\nWilliam I. Williams, the present incumbent, assumed charge\\nand hits held it since, keeping the office at his house.\\nUp to and including Mr. Baldwin s term of office mail was\\nbrought from Fentonville, but since then from Linden.\\nThe following were resident tax-payers in 1S44, as appears\\nfrom the iissessment roll for that year\\nAllon, Hopkins S.\\nAlger, A. B.\\nAlgor, Lowiii H.\\nAlger, Samuel W.\\nAustin, .Ttisdti L.\\nAlger, Josiah ]I.\\nBeckwilh, Ijoilowiok.\\nUentlcy, Thoiiiiis E.\\nBentley. Joiiiah.\\nBrainurJ, Diulley.\\nBigelow, Alvah.\\nBishop, Alvah.\\nBigelow, Jainis, Jr.\\nBrninunl, llirniu,\\nBigelow. .\\\\Uiert.\\nHarrett, Milhia .1.\\nBit.lu p, Ebenezer.\\nBorst, Henry.\\nBarnuui, Briiymond.\\nCurtis, Joseph A.\\nChaltieM, .Tosiab.\\nChatfiel.l, Cyrus.\\nClark, William D.\\nDibble, Samuel.\\nDavis, Samuel B.\\nl unning, Ira.\\nKa: tnian, Bradbury.\\nFirman, Jonathan O.\\nFairchiUI, Vhilo.\\nFellows, Jonathan.\\nGillett, Daniel.\\nQillett, liarilner.\\nGlyver, Thomas.\\nGregory, Lewie.\\nGibson, David.\\nGilbert, Kli.\\nHowlanil, Henry H.\\nHill, Henry.\\nHodge. Bildad.\\nHill, Darius U.\\nHuxley, Hiram.\\nHeuipsteatI, Peter.\\nHoughton, James.\\nHathaway, Daniel D.\\nHopkins, .\\\\ra.\\nHandy, Kber.\\nJi)hnson, Timitthy J.\\nJohnson, Abner C.\\nJudd, Henry.\\nJameson, John B,\\nJudson, George.\\nKirklinger. Andrew.\\nKirklingor, Jacob.\\nLinsley, Orange.\\nLawrence, Joseph.\\nLewis, John.\\nLovejoy, Palmor.\\nLeach, DeAVilt C.\\nLovejoy, David B.\\nLanioreux, Joseph.\\nMorton, Washington D.\\nJlcaker, Nelson.\\nMartin, Mrs.\\nMead, Burton.\\nMarble, David C.\\nNelson, Nathaniel.\\nNewton, John.\\nOdell, William.\\nOdell, Moses.\\nOdell, Daniel.\\nParrish, John.\\nParks, Harvey.\\nPhillips, Joseph.\\nPhillips, James.\\nPearsall, Joseph.\\nPierce, William B.\\nPierce, Asa T.\\nPease, Granger.\\nPerry, Joseph.\\nRusco, Hiram.\\nRi.x, James.\\nRusco, Horace.\\nRichards, John.\\nStearns, Edmund.\\nStorrs, Harvey.\\nSmith, William.\\nScovel, Ruol W.\\nSeovel, Nathan.\\nSmith, Homer B.\\nSage, William.\\nSelden, Nathan M\\nStuart, William.\\nThomjison, Lyman.\\nTup] er, Charles.\\nThompson, Ma.xwell.\\nVolcntine, Cornelius.\\nWilcox, Henry.\\nWilco.x, Charles.\\nWhitmorc, Horace.\\nWilkerson, Spraguc.\\nWhite, (Jeorgc.\\nWhite, Orson.\\nWhite, Alphcus.\\nWbitmore, Noah L.\\nAVinget, Kcuben.\\nNAME AND ORGANIZATION OP TOWNSHIP-\\nCIVIL LIST, Etc.\\nWhen the petition for a new township was sent in to\\nthe liCgislature, the name liulependence was proposed for it,\\nbut owing to the fact that a township in Oakland County\\nbore the same name, that of Mundy was substituted by the\\nLegislature, in honor of Edward S. Mundy, then lieuten-\\nant-governor of the State. The act forming the towuship\\nwas approved March 11, 1837, and reads as follows:\\nSkc. 9. All that portion of the county of Genesee designated in\\nthe United St4ites survey as township 6 north, of ranges 5 and 6\\neast, be, and the same is hereby, set off and organized into a sep-\\narate township by the name of Mundy and the first township-moet-\\ning therein shall bo held at the bouse of Josish Alger, in said town-\\nship.\\nOn the 16th of February, 1842, the west half of the\\ntownship, as formed above, was set off and organized into\\na separate township, called Gaines, leaving Mundy with its\\npresent dimensions, or including township 6 north in range\\n6 east.\\nThe election in the town of Mundy, in the county of\\nGenesee and State of Michigan, met at the house of Jo-\\nsiah Alger, in said town, on Monday, the 3d day of April,\\n1837. First chose Josiah Alger, Moderator, and Morgan\\nBaldwin, Clerk. Then, moderator and clerk being duly\\nsworn, the meeting proceeded to business according to law,\\nand made choice of Seth Kitchen, George Judson, Ben-\\njamin Simmons, Inspectors.\\nThis extract is from the account of the first town-meet-\\ning, as it appears in the township records. It was Voted,\\nThat all overseers of highways shall be fence-viewers all\\nhorses, cattle, sheep, and hogs shall be free commoners.\\nThe following were the officers chosen, viz. Supervisor,\\nJoseph Alger Town Clerk, Morgan Baldwin Assessors,\\nJonathan G. Firman, Morgan Baldwin, Benjamin Simmons,\\nSeth Kitchen Collector, George Judson Commissioners\\nof Highways, J. G. Firman, George Judson, Je-shurun\\nLeach School Inspectoi-s, .Jonathan G. Firman, Ira Dun-\\nning, Dudley Braiuard Justices of the Peace, Benjamin\\nSimmons, one year Josiah Alger, two years Morgan\\nBaldwin, three years Henry M. Thompson, four years\\nConstables, George Judson, Volney Stiles.\\nAt the above election but eighteen votes were cast, and\\nof these only three were from the west half of the town-\\nship. At the annual election in 1838 it was Voted, That\\nSlOO be raised by a tax for the purpose of assisting to\\nmake bridges acrost the Swartz Creek in said town, but at\\na special meeting held on the 25th of September in the\\nsame year, the appropriation was voted down. At an clco-\\ntion held Nov. 4 and 5, 1839, to vote upon the amend-\\nments to the State constitution, as proposed by the Legisla-\\nture of 1838, they were rejected by a vote of 40 to 9.\\nAt the general election in November, 1840, 89 vot were\\ncast, the following being the names of the voters\\n1. William Gazley.\\n2. William Smith.\\nMorgan Baldwin.\\n4. Palmer Lovejoy.\\n5. William J. King.\\nG. J. W. Morton.\\n7. William Pierce.\\n8. Marvin Williams.\\n9. Seth Hathaway.\\n10. Gideon Hathaway.\\n11. Nelson Meaker.\\n12. W. D. Morton.\\ni;i. E. D. Crane.\\n14. Josiah Algor.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0425.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "292\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n15.\\nW. B. Young.\\n16.\\nDavid (Jregiiry.\\n17.\\nJ. U. Williams.\\nIS.\\nDaviil Cf^ler.\\n19.\\nJoshua Dart.\\n20.\\nGeorge Juilson.\\n21.\\nFrederick Wilcox.\\n22.\\nWilliaiu Knapp.\\n23.\\nHenry H. Uowland.\\n24.\\nBildad Uodgc\\n2.1.\\n.\\\\aron Decker.\\n26.\\nPhilander McLain.\\n27.\\nKli^ha Martin.\\n2S.\\nMMlin DarU\\n2;t.\\nMarvin Davis.\\nso.\\nSpRigiic Wilkerson.\\n31.\\nG. M. I art.\\n32.\\nDavid Gibson.\\n33.\\nJesse B. Martin.\\n34.\\nHarvcT Parks.\\n35.\\nNoah Whitmore.\\n36.\\nlliraui Huxley.\\n37.\\nLiidowiek Bcckwilh.\\n3S.\\n.Aluieron .-llherton\\n311.\\nWilliam Lovejoy.\\n40.\\nKnol W. .wvel.\\n41.\\nH. A. Brainard.\\n42.\\nEber Handy.\\n43.\\nJason L. .Austin.\\n44.\\nLewis Liregory.\\n46.\\nDudley Brainard.\\n46\\nIr^ Dunning.\\n47.\\nEbenezcr Bishop.\\n4S\\nA. Bishop.\\n49\\nHorace Whitmore.\\n50\\nMyron Whitmore.\\n51\\nOrange Lindsey.\\n52\\nHenry Hill.\\n5.1.\\n54.\\n55.\\n56.\\n57.\\n5S.\\n59.\\n60.\\n61.\\n62.\\n63.\\n64.\\n65.\\n66.\\n67.\\n6S.\\n69.\\n70.\\n71.\\n72.\\n73.\\n74.\\n75.\\n7S.\\n79.\\nSO.\\nSI.\\n82.\\n83.\\nS4.\\nS5.\\nS6.\\nS7.\\n8S.\\n89.\\nWilliam Stewart.\\nL. H. Alger.\\n.Jacob Bcntley.\\nJosiah Chatficld.\\nN. W. Sclden.\\nB. B. Bradley.\\nCharles Wilcox.\\nBradbury E;4stnian.\\nGanlner Gillett.\\nDaniel Brewer.\\nT. J. Johnson.\\nA. B. Alger.\\nNathaniel Nelson.\\nWilliam Sage.\\nW. M. Hodge.\\nJohn Xeivton.\\nHenry Borst.\\nHiram Rusco.\\nJonathan G. Finnan.\\nHorace Ruscxi.\\nWilliam Odcll.\\nMoses iMell.\\nElisha Rusco.\\nJames Houghton.\\nJonas M. Martin.\\nJoseph W. Bissell.\\nDarius G. Hill.\\nBurton Me:ul.\\nA. R. Pc;ise.\\nEphmim Fletcher.\\nThomas Glover.\\nCornelius Yolenline.\\nJohn Wo d.\\nReuben Winget.\\nAsa Pierce.\\nJosiah Bentley.\\nThomas E. Bcntley.\\nThe following are some of the stock marks which were\\nadopted by the settlers in the township in 1S37\\nMorgan Baldwin s mark, square crop on left ear.\\nJ. G. Firman s, hapiny under side each ear.\\nIra Punnings, one hole and crop in right ear.\\nAbigail Simmons slit in right ear, hapiny under\\nleft.\\nJosiah Alger s, crop off left ear and hapiny ander\\nright.\\nSeth Kitchen s, square crop off left ear. hole in right.\\nGeorge Judsons, hapiuy under right ear.\\nIKidley Brainard s, square crop in right ear, slit in left.\\nVolney Stiles two slits in end of left e:ir.\\nWilliam Odell s, swallow fork in right car.\\nReuben Winget s, slit in left ear.\\nPavid Gibson s, hole in left ear.\\nTl\\\\e following is a list of officers of the township, from\\n1S3S to 1S79, inclusive, as compiled from the township\\nrecords:\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1S3S-39. Josiah Aiger.\\n1540. George Judson.\\n1541. David Gibson.\\n1542. Darius G. Hill.\\n1543. Nathan W. Sclden.\\n1844. Ebcuczer Bishop.\\n1S45. J?o record.\\n1846. Ebenczer Bishop.\\n1847. Homer B. Smith.\\n1S4S. Ebeneicr Bishop.\\n1S4U-51. George Judsou.\\n1S52. Josiah H. Alger.\\nJS.i-l-oC. -Abncr 0. Johnson.\\n1857. Silas Jameson.\\n185S. Ebcneier Bishop.\\n1859. H. B. Smith.\\n1860. Julian Bishop.\\n1861. Ebcneier Bishop.\\n1862-63. Cyrus G. Chatficld.\\n1864. Abner C. Johnson.\\n186.1. Cyrus G. Chatficld.\\n1866. William 1. Williams.\\n1867-69. Cyrus G. Chatficld.\\n1870. No record.\\n1871. John A. Kline.\\n1872-73. No record.\\n1874-75. William I. Williams.\\n1876-77. William R. Alger.\\n1878. Cyrus G. Chatficld.\\n1879. William R. Alger.\\n1838. Morgan Baldwin.\\n1839. William Smith.\\n1S40-41. Josiah Alger.\\n1842. Asahcl H. Beach.\\n1843. Morgan L. Leach.\\n1844. .Albert Bigelow.\\n1845. No rcc*\u00c2\u00bbrd.\\n1846. William Griswold.\\n1847. J\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbsiah -\\\\lger.\\n1848. John Richards.\\n1849. Beujamin Phelps.*\\nIS50. Cyrus Chatficld.\\n18.il. Benjamin Phillips.*\\n1852-53. Cyrus Chatficld.\\n1854. David Richards.\\n1855. Benjamin Phillips.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1856. Edward W. Savage.\\n1857. William I. Williams.\\n1858. .\\\\Ibert Hathaway.\\n1859-60. William I. Williams.\\nlS61-6:i. Samuel C. Baldwin.\\n1864. Charles M. iMell.\\n1865. .Andrew Slaght.\\n1866-68. John Richards.\\n1869. Samuel A. Williams.\\n1870. No record.\\n1871. William I. Williams.\\n1872-73. No record.\\n1874. Volney Stiles.\\n1875-78. Henry G. Mason.\\n1S79. John Richards.\\n1838. Jonathan G. Firman.\\nJosiah Chatficld.\\nCornelius Volentine.\\nDavid Gibson.\\nVolney Stiles.\\n1839. Thomas Glover.\\nWilliam Galley.\\nW. D. Morton.\\n1840. Thomas Glover.\\nW. D. .Morton.\\nMartin Dart.\\n1841. Samuel Dibble.\\nE. D. Crane.\\nAsa T. Pierce.\\n1842. Jwiah .\\\\lger.\\nNelson Mwvker.\\n1843. Gardiner Gillct.\\nASSESSORS.\\n1843.\\n1844.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\n1852.\\nJosiah H. Alger.\\nJohn B. Jameson.\\nLyman Thompson.\\nNo record.\\nJohn Parrish.\\nAsa T. Pierce.\\nNo record of ivssessors.\\nCyrus Chatficld.\\nJohn Parrish.\\nCaleb Winget,\\nJohn Richards.\\nJ. H. Alger.\\nJ. Chatficld.\\nM. J. Barrett.\\nE. Steiirncs.\\nSame as previous year.\\nCOLLECTORS.\\n1838-39. George Judson. 1840-41. Cornelius Volentine.\\nDIRECTORS OF THE POOR.\\n1850. Thomas Glover.\\n1851. D. G. Hill.\\nH. H. Uowland.\\n1838-40. George Judsou.\\nJosiah .\\\\lger.\\n1841. William Smith.\\nPalmer Lovejoy.\\n1842. C. Volentine.\\nR,W. Scovel.\\n1843. Palmer Lovejoy.\\nJairus Bigelow.\\n1844. P. Lovejoy.\\nH. S. Allen.\\n1845. No record.\\n1846. Bradbury Eastman.\\nP. Lovejoy.\\n1847. Thomas Glover.\\nRucl W. Scovel.\\n1848. William Smith.\\nHopkins S. Allen.\\n1S49. William Sage.\\nJohn C. Mathowsou.\\n1850. Josiah Bentley.\\n1852. Reuben Winget.\\nJ. Chatficld.\\n1853. Peter Hempstead.\\nJ. Chatficld.\\n1854. R. W. ScovcL\\nM. J. Bjirrett.\\n1855. John Reid.\\nWilliam Griswold.\\n1856. R. W. Scovel.\\nJames llempst ul.\\n1857. M. Baldwin.\\nJ. Slaght.\\n1858. P. Hempstead.\\nM. Baldwin.\\n1859. Robert J.adwin.\\nB. W. S x)vel.\\nCOMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.\\n1838. Jesse B. Martin.\\nGeorge Judson.\\nW. D. Morton.\\n1839. G corge Judson.\\nWilliam Odell.\\nEphraim Fletcher.\\n1840. George .Tudson.\\nSpraguc Wilkerson.\\nEphraim Fletcher.\\n1841. Thomas Glover.\\nWalter Beers.\\nNoah Whitmore.\\nProbablv same name.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0426.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIl\\n293\\n1S42.\\nE. Ilnnily.\\nM. J. Barrett.\\n1S56\\nWill. Smith.\\n1857\\n1S43.\\nTituothv J. Johnson.\\n1858\\nDavid liibson.\\n18.W\\nU. Whittenioro.\\n1860\\n1S44.\\nHirnni Riisco.\\n18fil\\nDaviil Gibson.\\n1862\\nHouior B. Smith.\\n1863\\n1S45.\\nNo record.\\nIS46.\\nDavid Gibson.\\n1864\\nJa\u00c2\u00bbin F. .\\\\llon.\\n1S65\\nHeurv 11. Howland.\\n1866\\n1S47.\\nJosiah 11. .Alger.\\nJacob Bentloy.\\n1867\\nDavid Gibson.\\n1868\\n1848.\\nReuben Winget.\\n1869\\nA. Uowland.\\n1870\\n1S49.\\nJohn Shvght.\\n1871\\n1850.\\nJosiah Bcutley.\\n1851.\\nHenry H. Rowland.\\n1872-\\n1862.\\nWilliam Odell.\\n1874.\\n1853.\\nCaleb B. WiiigeU\\n1875-\\n1S54.\\nJ. B. Jameson.\\n1877.\\nSamuel Dibble.\\n1878.\\n18,15.\\nFriinois Wilson.\\n1879\\n1S56.\\nU. Kennedy.\\nJupol* Bt ntJey.\\nAVillinui I. Willtnms.\\nTiiuuthy Johnson.\\nJohn C. Mathewson.\\nTsnfto P. T iiini\u00c2\u00bbnil,\\nDtivi)! Hiuuly.\\nJ. C. Muthowson.\\nAsa Bigoluw.\\nW. M. Armstrong.\\nHonry Hill.\\nGeo. W. Poer.\\nJoshua C. Covert.\\nCyrus Hewitt.\\nWin. M. Arm::trong.\\nHenry H. Howhind.\\nWalter Crosu*.\\nWilliam M. Armstrong.\\nNo record.\\nWalter Cross.\\nJoseph M. Peck.\\n-73, No record.\\nWilliam R. Alger.\\n-76. John li. Jennings.\\nB. Glover.\\nBenjamin F. Pooso.\\nGetirgo W. Peer.\\nJUSTICES OP THE PEACE.\\n1838.\\nHenry 11. Howland.\\n1859.\\nWilliam I. Williams\\n1839.\\nJosiah -Alger.\\n1860.\\nJosiah Bentloy.\\n1840.\\nWashington D. Morton.\\nDavid Winget.\\n1841.\\nNathan Sclden.\\n1861.\\nN. W. Selden.\\n1842.\\nJosiah Chalfield.\\nJosiah Bentloy.\\n1843.\\nEbcneier Bishop.\\n1862.\\nEbenezer Bishop.\\n1844.\\nW. D. Morton.\\n1803.\\nVolnoy Stiles.\\n1845.\\nNo record.\\n1864.\\nDavid Richards.\\n1846.\\nJosiah Bentlcy.\\n1865.\\nNathan W. Selden.\\n1847.\\nEbenezer Bishop.\\n1866.\\nJosiah Bentley.\\n1848.\\nJabei Close.\\n1867.\\nEbenexer Bishop.\\n1849.\\nNathan W. Seldcn.\\n1868.\\nDavid Hichards.\\n1850.\\nXorwin C. .Tohnson.\\nHenry Hill.\\n1851.\\nJohn Thompson.\\n1869.\\nNathan W. Seldcn.\\n1852.\\nJosiah Bontley.\\n1870.\\nNo record.\\nD. C. Leach.\\n1871.\\nEbenczer Bishop.\\n1853.\\nN. W. Sclden.\\n1872-\\n73. No record.\\nJames E. Spicer.\\n1874.\\nJohn H. Slaght.\\n1854.\\nN. C. Johnson.\\n1875.\\nJohn Richards.\\nJ. Bontley.\\n1876.\\nCharles D. llnyt, Jr.\\nSilas Jameson.\\n1877.\\nReuben AV. Sago.\\n18.15.\\nAsa T. Pierce.\\n1878.\\nJohn H. Slaght.\\n1856.\\nJosiah Bentley.\\n1879.\\nS. A. Williams.\\n1857.\\nJohn B. .Tameson.\\nHiram B. Gilbert.\\n1858.\\nJohn 11. Slaght.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1839. Comolins Volenline.\\n1840-41. William Odell.\\n1842. No record.\\n1843-44. John Richards.\\n1845. No record.\\n1816. John Richanls.\\nIS47-49. Charles Wileo.\\\\.\\n1850-51. Thomas Glover.\\nIS52. John C. Mathewson.\\n1853. Reuben Winget.\\n18.14-56. George White.\\n1857. Cyrus Chatfield.\\n1858. William M. Avery.\\n1859. Andrew Slaght.\\n1860. John a. Slaght.\\n1S6I. Hiram B. Gilbert.\\n1862. John C. Mathewson.\\n1863. Elisha A. Moses.\\n1864. Edward H. Savage.\\n1865. Francis Hopkins.\\n1866. Josiah Bentley.\\n1867-68. Edward 11. Savage.\\n1869. John Richards.\\n1870. No record.\\n1871. George White.\\n1872-73. No reconl.\\n1874. Francis 1 Alger.\\n1875. George S. Witherell.\\n187t -77. Francis P. .\\\\lger.\\n1878. John L. Jennings.\\n1879. Francis P. Alger.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1838.\\nDutlley Brainard.\\n1852.\\nW. I. Williams.\\nW. 1 Morton.\\nS. Mathewson.\\nJosiah Alger.\\n185.3.\\nMarshall Armstrong.\\n1839.\\nNelson .Mcakor.\\n1854.\\nFrancis Hopkins.\\nW. I). Morton.\\n1855.\\nW. M. Armstrong.\\nJosiah .\\\\Igcr.\\n1856.\\nAndrew Slaght.\\n1840.\\nW. D. .Morton.\\n1857.\\nWilliam M. Armstrong\\nG. Judson.\\n1858.\\nStephen Mathewson.\\nM. Dart.\\n1S59.\\nJames Jameson.\\n1841.\\nNelson Meakor.\\n1800.\\nAlbert Hathaway.\\nW. D. Morion.\\n1861.\\nWilliam M. Armstrong\\nDuilley Brainard.\\n1862.\\nDavid Richanls.\\n1842.\\nW. I). Morton.\\n1863.\\nAndrew Slaght.\\nA. H. Beach.\\n1864.\\nDavid Richards.\\nN. Meaker.\\n1865.\\nJames Brewer.\\n1843.\\nIra Dunning.\\nIS66.\\nDavid Richards.\\nDudley Brainard.\\n1867.\\nJames T. Brewer,\\n1844.\\nDudley Brainard.\\n1868.\\nM. D. Stuart.\\n1845.\\nNo reconl.\\nJohn C. Howland.\\n1846.\\nAlbert Bigelow.\\n1869.\\nJohn L. Jennings.\\nM\u00c2\u00ab.vwoll Thompson.\\n1870.\\nNo record.\\n1847.\\nJabez Close.\\n1871.\\nHenry Mason.\\n1848.\\nJabez Close.\\n1872-\\n73. No record.\\nN. C. Johnson.\\n1874.\\nGeorge Hill.\\n1849.\\nDeWitt C. Leaeh.\\n1875.\\nJoseph M. Peek.\\nJabez Close.\\n1876-\\n78. Nathan E. Seldcn.\\n1850.\\nJabez Close.\\n1879.\\nTheodore George.\\n1851.\\nD. C. Leach.\\nTOWNSHIP SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\nI 1877-79. De Wilt J. Lawrence.\\n1875. Abram Peer.\\n1876. Theodore George,\\nTOWNSHIP DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1874. Nohoiniah Countryman.\\n1875. Dudley S. Keid.\\n1876. E. H. Sherwood (2yr3.).\\nNo record since.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1838.\\n1839.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\n1842.\\n1843,\\n1844.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1817.\\nGeorge Judson.\\nAlmoron S. Simmons.\\nGeorge Judson.\\nIs.aac W. Morton.\\nAlbert B. Alger.\\nCornelius Volentine.\\nIsaac M Morton.\\nWilliam Young.\\nCornelius Volentine.\\nIsaac W. Morton.\\nPalmer Lovejoy.\\nWilliam Odell.\\nJosiah Bentley.\\nIsaac W. Morton.\\nJohn Wood,\\n,Iohn Richards.\\nJairus Higelow, Jr.\\nPalmer Lovejoy.\\nCharles Wilcox.\\nAnilrew Kitchen.\\nHenry ,ludd.\\nCyrus Chalfield.\\nCharles Wilcox.\\nNo recfird.\\nLevi Hodge.\\nCharles Wilcox.\\nHenry .ludd.\\nAlpheus White.\\nCharles Wilcox.\\nPalmer Lovejoy.\\n.\\\\r.i Hopkins.\\nJacob Buutlcy.\\n1848. Henry S. Richards.\\nA. S. Hopkins.\\nCyrenus Parrish,\\nJames Northway.\\n1849. Hopkins S. Allen,\\nEdmund Rix.\\n1850. Alvah Bigelow.\\nCharles Wilcox.\\nE. Rix.\\nOrson White.\\n1851. 0. White.\\nJ. T. Williams.\\nL. B. Jcwett.\\nBarnabas Greenfield.\\n1852. George Brown.\\nJ. T. Williams.\\nD. L. Lighthall.\\n1853. John Howe.\\nJ. Bigelow, Jr.\\nD. L. Lighthall.\\nJ. 0. Northway.\\n1854. Nelson Stormcs.\\nJ. T. Williams.\\nWin. Van Tifllin.\\n1855. J. C. Pratt.\\nA. Halloek.\\nJ. Bigelow, Jr.\\nJ. T. Williams.\\n18. i6, .John Howe,\\nEverett Booth.\\n.Samuel A. Williams.\\nJohn Slaght.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0427.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "294\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1859.\\n1860.\\n1861.\\n1862.\\n1863.\\n1S64.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n1867.\\nWilliam Avery.\\nNelson Stormes.\\nA. Hallock.\\nCharles ^Vilcox.\\nWilliam M. Avery.\\nJohn Wells.\\nSamuel Brown.\\nAlmon Hallock.\\nHenry Childs.\\nJ. T. Williams.\\nJames Lovejoy.\\nThomas Davis.\\nIra Remington.\\nKcuben Sage.\\nDaniel Gillett.\\nJ. T. Williams.\\nWalter Cross.\\nRiley Tupper.\\nReuben Sage.\\nAsa Wilson.\\nW. Cross.\\nR. Tupper.\\nSalmon Lacy.\\nSamuel Brown.\\nR. R. Tupper.\\nW. Cross.\\nCharles Bell.\\nSamuel Brown.\\nJohn L. Jennings.\\nPeter Phillips.\\nStewart Curie.\\nManville Bloss.\\nJesse Buck.\\nCyrenus Hodge.\\nPeter Phillips.\\nSamuel Brown.\\nW. Cross.\\nR. Tupper.\\nAlfred Lovejoy.\\nJohn D. Light.\\nCaleb Gillett.\\n1867,\\n1868.\\n1869.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1872-\\n1874.\\n1875.\\n1876.\\n1877.\\n1878.\\n1879.\\nW. Cross.\\nR. Tupper.\\nJohn D. Light.\\nC. Gillett.\\nJohn D. Light.\\nRiley R Tupper.\\nReuben W. Sage.\\nR. R. Tupper.\\nChester Collins.\\nGeorge Borden.\\nSamuel Brown.\\nNo record.\\nStewart Carle,\\nJohn A. King.\\nGeorge Borden.\\nAlmon Hallock.\\n73. No record.\\nJames Hempstead.\\nRiley Tupper.\\nGeorge Borden.\\nPeter Phillips.\\nEugene George.\\nEdward H. Sherwood.\\nJohn H. Soper.\\nJames Hemp.stead.\\nJames Hempstead.\\nJohn H. Soper.\\nLockwood Barnum.\\nPeter Phillips.\\nP. Phillips.\\nJohn Hill.\\nCharles Eckley.\\nJohn H. Soper.\\nPeter Phillips.\\nJohn Hill, Jr.\\nDan Brown.\\nPeter Phillips.\\nWilliam Cross.\\nWm. E. Van Tifflin.\\nCharles Eckley.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school district organized in the township was\\nwhat is still known as District No. 1, in the Baldwin neigh-\\nborhood. It was organized in the spring of 1837,* and a\\nschool taught the summer following, by Miss Mary Gazley,\\nin a log school-house which stood on the corner of the farm\\nnow owned by LaFayette Odell. This building was subse-\\nquently burned. Before this school was taught or in the\\nsummer of 1836 the few settlers living in the neighbor-\\nliood, wishing for a school to send their children to, hired\\nMrs. Conant, the widowed sister-in-law of Jeshurun Leach,\\nto teach one for them, paying her ten shillings a week for\\nher services. The school was held in her own house, ^a\\nsmall log shaiity, and she proved an excellent teacher.\\nThis was the first school taught in the township. Mrs.\\nConant was the mother of Avery G. and Wesley Conant,\\nnow of Fenton.\\nThe first winter term was taught by a Scotchman named\\nMcClerganf (or McClagan). DeWitt C. Leach taught a\\nnumber of terms afterwards, as is elsewhere mentioned.\\nIn Fractional District No. 9, also on the Baldwin road,\\na lot was cleared and a log school-house built about 1845.\\nThis building was never finished or used. In 1847 a\\nframe school-house was put up on the opposite corner, and\\nis the one still in use. The first teacher in this district\\nwas Mary Ann Odell, who taught in the summer of 1847.\\nIn what is now District No. 6 a log school-house was\\nbuilt about 1841\u00e2\u0080\u009442, on the northeast corner of section 29,\\nand Mary S. Williams, sister of William I. Williams, was\\nprobably the first teacher.\\nThe following was the condition of the schools in Mundy\\ntownship on the 2d of September, 1878, according to the\\nannual report of the school inspectors\\na\\n|g\\nu\\n11\\ni\\ni\\nn.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0c\\n9\\nP4\\ntc\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s\\ns\\nNdmbeb of\\nTeach EKS.\\nTeachers Wages.\\nDistricts.\\no !S\\n1\\nC\\np tS\\no\\nu\\ns\\no\\n3\\n^?/s\\n2\\nB\\n11^\\na\\niS\\n15\\nFrame,\\ni^\\nMale.\\nFemale.\\nMale.\\nFemale.\\nNo. 1\\n37\\n45\\n68\\n53\\n37\\n89\\n44\\n62\\n34\\n40\\n35\\n54\\n48\\n27\\n65\\n30\\n60\\n31\\n4\\n2\\ns\\n4\\n180\\n150\\n160\\n208\\n160\\n178\\n160\\n150\\n140\\n1\\n60\\n50\\n80\\n60\\n65\\n40\\n40\\n$600\\n300\\n800\\n300\\n600\\n500\\n1000\\n250\\n400\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n2\\n2\\n$160\\n105\\n120\\n100\\n112\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tl5\\n$44\\n56\\n64\\n48\\n40\\n151.40\\n102\\n56.25\\n136\\n2\\n3\\n6\\n10\\n11\\n41\\n9t\\nlot\\nBeceipts for year, $2001.88; amount on hand, Sept.\\n2, 1878, $341.51 total expenditures, less amount on hand,\\n$1660.37.\\nKELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MUNDY CENTRE.\\nOn the 28th of July, 1844, a church was formed, and\\ngiven the name of the First Presbyterian Church of Mount\\nPleasant. March 7, 1856, the name was changed to the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church of the Town of Mundy. An\\norganization had previously existed, which was known as\\nthe First Church of Christ in Mundy, but this was\\nfinally discontinued, and the Presbyterian church formed iu\\nits place. The latter was organized by Rev. Peter H. Burg-\\nhardt, of Fenton, and consisted of the following members,\\nviz. Nathan W. Sclden, John Cook, Palmer Lovejoy,\\nTheophilus Stone, these four from the First Church of\\nChrist in Mundy, and Joseph Child, from the Houston\\nStreet Presbyterian Ciiurch, in New York City. Nathan\\nW. Selden was chosen ruling elder, and held the position\\nuntil his death, in Mayf 1869. Joseph Child was first\\nclerk. Aug. 10, 1844, four additional members were re-\\n1836 according to some authority.\\nI Information by Hon. D, C. Leach, of Springfield, Mo.\\nJ Fractional districts.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0428.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n295\\nceived, viz. William B. Ferris, Mrs. Emeline Roys, Mrs.\\nSophia MeOmber, and Mrs. Isabella Cook.\\nThe first services were held by Rev. P. H. Burghardt.\\nRevs. George P. Kiiif; and Ira Duuuing preached in 1845,\\nand in June or July, 184C, Rev. J. Copeland came, re-\\nmaining about three months. Rev. J. B. Jewell became\\nstated supply in September, 1851, and preached for a num-\\nber of years. He finally removed to California, in which\\nState he yet resides. While ministering to this church\\nhe lived in the township of Gaines. Rev. Alanson Herrick\\nand family united with the church in February, 18G4, and\\nMr. Herrick began preaching soon after. He was suc-\\nceeded by Rev. Armon Spencer, whose name first appears\\non the records in August, 1873. Rev. William Wood-\\nmansee, from the Congregational church at Grand Blanc,\\nwas the next pastor, coming in 1874. Rev. L. P. Frost\\ntook charge in May, 1876, and, after a stay of two years\\nwas succeeded in May, 1877, by the present pastor. Rev.\\nA. T. Waterman.\\nFor many years this church was only a mission, and re-\\nceived aid from the Home Mis.sionary Society. The pres-\\nent frame house of worship was built in 18()9, a portion of\\nthe funds being taken from the church-erection fund of\\nthe Presbyterian society. The dedicatory sermon for this\\nchurch was preached by Rev. Mr. McSween, of Flint.\\nThe membership in June, 1879, was 51. A Sabbath-\\nschool is sustained, with John H. Slaght as superintendent.\\nMeetings were at first held in dift erent school-houses.\\nBAPTIST CHDRCH, NEAR iMUNDY CENTRE.*\\nThis society was organized in 1845, and has a present\\nnicnibership of about 50. A tasty frame church has been\\nerected.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHnRCU, NEAR MUNDY P. O.\\nThis is known as the South Mundy Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and has a membership of about 90. A class\\nwas formed in 1 837, at or near the Odel sehuol-house, and a\\nlog school-house was subsequently built near the south line\\nof the township. The location was finally changed to Long\\nLake, in Fenton township, where a class still exists. The\\nSouth Mundy class was organized in 1840, and is at present\\na part of the Linden circuit. The present frame church\\nwas built in 1872, and dedicated in December of that year\\nfree from debt. The pastor in charge of the Linden circuit\\nis Rev. Orlando Sanborn, now serving his second term of\\nthree years.\\nTo those who have furnished information which has\\nbeen incorporated in the foregoing history of Mundy town-\\nship, the thanks of the historian are hereby tendered.\\nAmong those included are Hon. DeWitt C. Leach, of\\nSpringfield, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. William Odell, Volney\\nStiles and his son, T. P. Stiles, Morgan Baldwin,\\nGeorge Judson, .John Thompson, William I. Williams,\\nMrs. N. W. Selden, Asa T. Pierce, William 11. Alger,\\nMrs. J. F. Allen, Henry H. Howland and wife, John\\nRichards, Ebenezer Bishop, Mrs. Peter Hempstead, John\\nRemington, and many others not now recollected. Numer-\\nous points in the history of the township have been difficult\\nto ascertain correctly, but this article is submitted with the\\nbelief that it is accurate and reliable so far as it is possible\\nto make it so.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nMORGAN BALDWIN.\\nAround the name and memory of the first settler of a\\ntown, county, or State, there will always cling a peculiar\\ninterest,- an interest felt for no other class of men. Who\\nwas the first settler of this town Why did he come in\\nhere alone? What must have been his feelings when he\\nknew that for miles around him there was no other white\\nItem.? furnished by .John Remington. It is regretted that noth-\\ning further was Iciirued of ibis urgnnization, which ia the second in\\nuge in the ton nshi|\\nPliut... hy J. n. Phipps, Fenlon.\\nAlOKCi.VN HALDWIN.\\nman will be the (jueries in after-years. Such a man was\\nMorgan Baldwin, the first white settler in the town of\\nMundy.\\nHe was born July 15, 1796, in what was then called\\nNewtown, Tioga Co., N. Y., but what is now known as\\nElmira, Chemung Co. His father. Col. Thomas Baldwin,\\nwas born in Norwich, Conn., Feb. 23, 1755, where he re-\\nsided with his parents until the breaking out of the Revo-\\nlutionary war, when he joined the American army, and\\nserved as a private in Gen. Morgan s command. He served\\nseven years and participated in many battles and skir-\\nmishes. He was slightly wounded at Red Bank and\\nBrandywinc, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis\\nat Yorktown. .\\\\fter the war, he, with his father s family,\\nemigrated to the Wyoming Valley, where they lived until the\\nWyoming massacre, when they were driven out, two of his\\nuncles being killed by the Indians. After the ma,s.sacro.\\nCol. Baldwin joined (Jen. Sullivan as a scout, and for meri-\\ntorious conduct was breveted ensign. The history of Sulii-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0429.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "296\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTan s campaign speaks of Ensign Baldwin being wounded\\nat the battle of Chemung. In another place the history\\nspeaks of him as Col. Thomas Baldwin, and mentions that\\nhe was severely wounded. Col. Baldwin afterwards pur-\\nchased as his farm the ground where he fell wounded, and\\nthe orchard he .set out still stands near the battlefield. On\\nthis farm he lived until his death, which occurred Jan. 14,\\n1810.\\nMorgan lived with his parents until he arrived at his\\nmajority, when he started out in life for himself In Feb-\\nruary, 1818, he married Miss Hannah Sly. The result of\\nthis marriage was three children, viz. Almira, Mary, and\\nJohn. Mrs. Baldwin died Aug. 4, 1826. After the death\\nof his wife, Mr. Baldwin resided with his father-in-law\\nuntil the fall of 1833, when he resolved to seek a home\\nwliere land was plenty and cheap. He came to Michigan,\\nand in February, 1834, located the land he now owns, on\\nsection 27, in Mundy township. There was then no white\\nresidents in the township, nor for many miles around. The\\nfollowing March he built a log house on his land, and April\\n5th following moved his family into it. He had previously\\n(Feb. 14, 1834) married Mary Jane Yanger. Their\\ndaughter, Hannah, born March 31, 1835, was the first\\nwhite child born in the township. She married David\\nJoslyn. Mr. Baldwin had lived in the town a year and\\nnine months, when Thos. Glover and David Gibson moved\\nin and settled near him. Mr. Baldwin says it seemed to\\nhim then that the town was full, and he the happiest man\\nin the county. The first summer he cleared ten acres, and\\nin the fall sowed five acres of wheat, which yielded twenty-\\nseven bushels to the acre, and was threshed by Thomas\\nGlover. Mr. Baldwin soon learned to talk with his Indian\\nneighbors, with whom he lived on intimate and very friendly\\nterms. They were of great assistance to him, and saved\\nhis family much sulfering. The land he first bought has\\nincreased by subsequent additions to two hundred acres\\nunder good cultivation, upon which he still resides, and in-\\ntends to pass the remainder of his days. He has lived to\\nsee the wilderness disappear, and in its place fine farms,\\nwith beautiful homes, churches, and schools. The six miles\\nsquare of woods and swamps, which he saw when he first\\nsettled, is now one of the finest towns in the county. Then,\\nthe home of the Indians and wild animals now, the home\\nof an intelligent, enterprising people.\\nMr. Baldwin in early life was a Whig, and is now an\\nardent Republican. He was one of the first justices of the\\npeace in the town, and held the office several years. Was\\ntown clerk, and has held other minor offices. In the war\\nof 1812 he enlisted, but saw no active service. Has been\\nfor twenty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. Mr. Baldwin married, for his third wife, Eunice\\nDart, daughter of Joshua and Susannah (Stebbins) Dart.\\nShe was born Jan. 16, 1816; married Dec. 13, 1838.\\nChildren, Mathew S., born Sept. 17, 1839; Ency, born\\nApril 12, 1842 Thomas, born Dec. 27, 1844, died Oct.\\n26, 1847 Morgan G., born Aug. 26, 1847 Susan, born\\nJune 7, 1851 and Vine, born Oct. 12, 1854, died Dec. 5,\\n1857.\\nPETER HEMPSTED\\nwas born in Rice township, Monroe Co., N. Y. His father,\\nJohn Hempsted, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1776,\\nwhere he grew to manhood he was a weaver by trade, and\\nworked at it when he was not farming. Soon after his mar-\\nriage to Miss Amy Barker he moved to Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he bought a small farm. Here Peter lived until he\\nwas twenty-three years old, working on the farm, or at\\nwhatever he could get to do. In 1836 he was attacked by\\nthe Western fever, and determined to go West and make\\nhimself a home where land was cheap. He came to Grand\\nBlanc, in Genesee County. The first year he worked for Ro-\\nland Perry in 1837 he bought of his father the west half\\nof the southwest quarter of section 14, in Mundy township,\\na lot which his father had purcha.sed of the government.\\nOn this farm, now one of the best in the county, Mr.\\nHempsted still resides. In 1843 he built a small house on\\nhis farm, and made a permanent settlement. At that time\\nthere was no road to his land, and the family came and\\nwent by blazed trees. From Flint and Grand Blanc he\\ncarried his supplies to the new home in the woods with the\\nhelp of an old fashioned neck-yoke. Their nearest neigh-\\nbors were Indians, with whom they lived on the most\\nfriendly terms. The wolves were then a great source of\\nannoyance, killing their sheep and making it unsafe for the\\nfamily to be out in the evening.\\nMr. Hempsted is one of the most successful agriculturists\\nin the county, and his farm is a model after which the\\nyoung men of to-day would do well to pattern. One secret\\nof his success is his versatile skill in labor, making most of\\nhis farming tools, and assisting to erect his buildings. In\\npolitics Mr. Hempsted is a Republican, but not a seeker of\\noffice. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for\\nnearly half a century, as has also his wife. He is spoken\\nof by his neighbors as an honorable and successful business\\nman, one whom to know is to respect.\\nOn the 8th day of June, 1841, he married Mr.s. Mind-\\nwell Beebe, daughter of Guernsey and Asenath (Brainard)\\nGofF. She was born Jan. 9, 1814. There have been born\\nto them eight children Arthur, born April 6, 1842\\nAdelia, born Feb. 22, 1844; Eliza, born Feb. 11, 1846,\\ndied March 24, 1848 Cyrus, born April 30, 1848 Eme-\\nline, born Dec. 17, 1849, died Aug. 6, 1850 Sylvester,\\nborn July 23, 1851 Peter J., born Oct. 12, 1853; and\\nFrank, born Dec. 9, 1857. To Mrs. Hempsted, by her\\nfirst husband, were born two children, Zala Beebe, born\\nOct. 25, 1837, and Edmund Beebe, born Nov. 25, 1839.\\nThree of their children served in the Union army during\\nthe war of the Rebellion, Arthur Hempsted, in Co. E,\\n5th Michigan Battery, enlisted Dec. 9, 1862, and served\\nuntil the war closed Zala Beebe, served in the same com-\\npany and battery about a year Edmund Beebe, enlisted\\nDec. 9, 1 862, and served during the war in the same com-\\npany as his brother.\\nEBENEZER BISHOP.\\nAmong the early settlei-s of Mundy, there is no one who\\nhas done more lor the advancement of the township and\\nthe county at large than Ebenezer Bishop. He was born in", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0430.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n297\\nMontville, New London Co., Conn., April 9, 1807. In 1818\\nhis father uioved to Livingston Co., N. Y., and bought a\\nfarm, on which Ebenezer grew to manhood, working with\\nhis father, and spending a few of the winter months at the\\ndistrict school. At the age of twenty-one he left the pa-\\nternal home, and started out in life for himself For two\\nyears he worked out by the month, then leased his father s\\nfarm for three years. With the money thus earned he\\nstarted for Michigan, ariiving at Springfield, Oakland Co.,\\nin 1833. The next spring he came to Grand Blanc,\\nGenesee Co. The following year he was sick, and instead\\nEBENEZER BISHOP.\\nof gaining ground he ran behind over one hundred dollars.\\nIn 1835, Mr. Bi.sliop bought a farm near Flint, but soon\\nsold it. During the next year he bought and sold farms,\\nand helped new comers in locating land. In the fall of\\n183G he returned to New York and there spent the winter,\\nbut returned to Genesee County the ensuing spring, and\\nbrought his newly-married wife with him. Previous to\\nthis he had purchased from the government eighty acres of\\nthe farm he now owns, on section 24. At that time Mundy\\nwas a new and wild country there were no roads, and\\nbut few white people. Mr. IJi.shop procured his supplies\\nfrom Grand Blanc, going by an Indian trail and bringing\\nthe goods home on lii.s back. On this lot of wild land he\\nbuilt a log house, and at once commenced to improve and\\nclear the land. Their neighbors were Indians, of whose\\nkindness Mrs. Bishop speaks in the highest terms. Some\\nof the Indians descendants still visit them, and are always\\nkindly received. When the plank road was built from\\nFlint to Fentonville, Mr. Bi.shop took an active part in\\nits construction, and at one time owned a controlling inter-\\nest in the same. He was throughout one of its directors,\\nmost of the time its treasurer, and for a while its president.\\nThe road did not prove a financial success, and Mr. Bishop\\nlost many thou.sand dollars in this enterpri.sc. Still, what\\n38\\nwas his Joss was the community s gain, as they still have\\nthe benefit of five miles of gravel road built by Mr. Bishop.\\nAt an early day Mr. Bishop was a Whig, and later a Re-\\npublican, of which latter party he is a firm adherent,\\nlie has been supervisor of his township several times, and\\none of its justices for more than thirty years. Mr. Bishop\\nis now, at the age of seventy-two, a hale and hearty man,\\none of whom his neighbors and fellow-citizens speak in\\nthe highest terms. To the form of eighty acres first\\nbought of the government, he has added until he now owns\\na fine farm of over three hundred acres under good im-\\nprovement. April 10, 1837, he married Miss Mary P.\\nMorgan, who was born in Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 17, 1817. She was a daughter of John and Mary\\n(Pierce) Morgan. Their union has been blessed with three\\nchildren, viz. Thomas S., born Oct. 2-4, 1838 Eliza W.,\\nborn Jan. IG, 1844; and Mary Frances, boru May 10,\\n1858.\\nJOHN L. JENNINGS\\nwas born in Ennis township, Shiawassee Co., Mich., April\\nI, 1842. His father, Abram M. Jennings, was born in\\nNew Jersey, Aug. 26, 1802 he married Miss Emily Lay-\\nton, and afterwards lived for a time in Lyons, Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y. In 1837 he emigrated to Shiawassee Co., Mich.,\\nand purchased an eighty-acre lot of the government. On\\nthis lot he built a log house and barn, and commenced to\\nimprove. At the time of his death, which occurred Jan.\\n13, 1848, he had improved his land and made a comfort-\\nable home. John L. continued to live at home after his\\nfather s death and until he was sixteen years of age, when\\nhe started out in life for himself. His chances for an edu-\\ncation were very limited, yet he acquired enough book\\nknowledge to do any ordinary business. His start in life\\nwas obtained by working on the farms of his neighbors at\\ntwelve dollars per month. In 18G3 he purchased the\\nnortheast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 9 in\\nMundy township, and ran in debt for the .same and for his\\nteam. The only assistance he received was two hundred\\ndollars from his father s estate. Since then Mr. Jennings\\nhas owned more land than he now possesses, but, believing\\nthat more money can be made on a small farm properly\\nmanaged, he has reduced his farm to sixty acres, and his\\nsuccess proves the truth of his belief He is accounted as\\none of the most successful and energetic business men of\\nhis town. In politics he is and ever has been a Republican.\\nHe has always taken an active interest in political matters,\\nand has held the positions of town treasurer and commis-\\nsioner of highways. On the IGth day of April, 18C8, he\\nwas married to Miss Harriet E. Dibble, who was born Dec.\\nII, 1842, in Mundy. She is the daughter of Samuel and\\nJuliza (Hill) Dibble. Their union has been blessed with\\nfour children, as follows: Julia D., born Feb. 23, 1863,\\nmarried to Charles Countryman, April 30, 1879; Henry\\nM., born Aug. 20, 1805 Emma J., born Nov. 11, 1872\\nand John D., born Jan. 3, 1874. A view of the home of\\nMr. and Mrs. Jennings will be found elsewhere in this\\nwork.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0431.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MIC RIG AN.\\nJOHN SLAOUT.\\nMRS. JOHN SLAGHT.\\nJOHN SLAGHT.\\nTliis venerable geutlemaii is the fourth in a family of\\neijrht children, hi.s birth occurring in the State of New\\nJersey, June 2, 1790. The name, as its orthography indi-\\ncates, was originally Holland Dutch, although a portion of\\nFrench blood flows in the veins of those in this family.\\nMr. Slaght and one sister, residing in Ingham Co.,\\nMich., are the only survivors of the family of their\\nfather, Matthias Slaght. Time dealt gently with all its\\nmembers, and their years were prolonged much beyond the\\nordinary span of human existence. Mr. Slaght s father\\nserved a few months in the patriot army during the Revo-\\nlutionary war, being at the time but sixteen years of age.\\nWhen the son was twelve years old his father removed to\\nSeneca Co., N. Y. Upon the breaking out of the war of\\n1812 the young man was not found lacking in a love of\\ncountry, but went to the front with the rifle company to\\nwhich he belonged, commanded by Capt. Swick. Mr.\\nSlaght grew to manhood upon his father s farm of two hun-\\ndred acres, receiving a common-school education and ex-\\nperiencing the varied phases of pioneer life in the then wild\\nregion of Central New York. On the 13th of December,\\n1814, he married Miss Phebe Howell, and began work for\\nhimself on his father s place, erecting thereon a small tan-\\nnery and a saw-mill, both of which he operated for many\\nyears. Mrs. Slaght, who was born Aug. G, 1792, was one\\nof a family of seven children, five sons and two daughtei s.\\nHer grandfather and his brother emigrated to this country,\\nbefore the Revolution, from Scotland, and settled in New\\nJersey. Her father, too young to serve as a soldier in the\\nRevolutionary army, yet aspiring to fame, carried dispatches\\nfor the American commanders, placing them between the\\nsoles of his slioes. After the war was ended he settled also\\nin Seneca Co., N. Y., and engaged in farming and the man-\\nufacture of bricks.\\nMr. and Mrs. Slaght were the parents of eight children,\\nas follows: Mary, born Nov. 5, 1815; Joseph, born Dec.\\n6, 1817; Matthias, horn Jan. 12, 1821 Catherine, born\\nMay 9, 1823 Susan, born Oct. 8, 1825 Julia, born Oct.\\n10, 1828; John, born Dec. 6, 1830; Andrew, born Dec.\\n1, 1832. Mi-s. Slaght died July 8, 1871.\\nIn 1847, 5Ir. Slaght sold his property in Seneca County\\nand removed with his family to Michigan, locating in\\nMundy township, upon the farm he still owns. He pur-\\nchased two eighty-acre lots from Peter Chriss, and, aided\\nby his sons, has cleared up the farm, upon which no timber\\nhad been felled when he came, and built his present resi-\\ndence. Mr. Slaght s hospitality has been almost phenom-\\nenal, he never having turned a person away from his door.\\nPolitically, he was a Democrat until the organization of the\\nRepublican party, since when he has been found in the\\nranks of the latter. He voted for the lamented Lincoln,\\nthus aiding in the overthrow of .slavery in the Republic.\\nFor many years not a drop of liquor has been tasted by\\nhim, and for more than sixty 3 ears he has been a member\\nof the Dutch Reformed and Presbyterian Churches, first of\\nthe former in New York, and, since coming to Mundy, of\\nthe Preiibyterian Church at the centre. At the age of\\neilihty-nine he possesses much vigor, yet the weight of\\nyears is reminding him at length of a home with those\\nwho have gone before.\\nWILLIAM I. WILLIAMS.\\nAmong the self-made men of Genesee County there are\\nnone who better deserve the title, or who by their acts have\\nmade their influence more felt, than William I. Williams,\\nof whom this brief sketch is written. Mr. Williams was\\nborn in Darlington, Canada, May 31, 1828. His father,\\nAdna Williams, was born in Connecticut, but moved to\\nCanada, where he married Jliss Ellen Cutcher, who was\\nborn Oct. 23, 1809. Soon after William s birth bis father\\nmoved back to the States, and settled in Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., where he worked at his trade, that of a machinist.\\nAfter the death of his father his mother again married,\\nand the family at once came to Jlichigan, settling in Sagi-\\nnaw, then a place of about two hundred inhabitants. This\\nwas in 1836. In 1840 they moved to Grand Blanc, where\\nhis step-father worked a rented farm. He afterwards pur-\\nchased the farm now owned by Johu L. Jennings, but, his\\ndeath occurring a few weeks later, the farm was given up.\\nWilliam I. was then but fourteen years old, and the eldest", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0432.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n209\\nof llie cliildioii he tlius parly Iiccnnio the lioad of the\\nliimily. With the hi l)i of an uncle a log house was hnilt,\\nand tlie first three acres cleared and got into wheat, hut tlie\\nfarm had to be given up as above stated. He then bouglit\\nfive years of a ten-year lease of fourteen acres of land on\\nthe farm of Mr. Baldwin, and paid the rent for the same\\nby clearing land. He lived on tiiis land five years, and\\nendured many privations, there being days in tlieir lives\\nwhen, with nothing in tlic house to eat, hunger and grim\\nwant stared them in the face. Yet William showed him-\\nself equal to the occasion, and the family were reared and\\neducated, he himself having had but limited ojiportunitics\\nin that direction, being wholly embraced by a i ew months\\nattendance at a winter school and studying nights by the\\nlight of a fireplace. So well did he avail himself of liis\\nadvantages that when seventeen years of age we find him\\nteaching school, wliich he followed successfully for several\\nterms.\\nIn 1850, Mr. Williams bought the south half of the\\nwest half of the southwest quarter of section 28, which\\nwas then all new, he cutting thereon the first tree. On\\nthis tract he built a log house, and moved his mother s\\niiimily into it. Six years after, he bought the remainder\\nof the eighty acres which he now owns, and which are under\\na good state of iuiprovemcnt, with a fine new house, good\\nbarns, orchard, etc., and where the aged motlier still finds\\na home.\\nMr. Williams owes his success in life to the fact that he\\nlias always been able to turn his hand to almost any kind\\nof work. He has worked at the cooper s trade, has helped\\nbuild Lis own buildings, iu his younger day was a success-\\nful sheep-shearer, and has never rei used to work on account\\nof low wages. He is now working his iarm and is also\\nengaged in the mercantile business, keeping a small stock\\nof general merchandise iu connection with the post-ottice\\nat Mundy, of which he is and has been ibr several years\\npostmaster. He has for several years passed his leisure\\nhours in writing poetry and articles on temperance and\\npioneer life, many of which he has contributed to the\\ncounty press. In politics he is a Democrat. He has been\\nfor five years supervisor of his town, filling the ottice to\\nthe satisfaction of his Constituents lias also served as town\\nclerk for several years, and many times as highway com-\\nuiissioner and school inspector. Iu 187U lie was the Demo-\\ncratic nominee fur State senator, and in 1872 for sheriff,\\nbut, his parly being largely in the minority, he was not\\nelected.\\nOn the 1st day of January, 1859, Mr. Williams married\\nMiss Julia Merrill, daughter of Horace Merrill. This\\nunion was bles.sed with one child, Ida J., born Sept. 19,\\n1859. Miss Williams is now teaching in Oregon. Mrs.\\nWilliams died April S, 18l)2. For his second wife Mr.\\nWilliams married Miss Seliua L. I eck, daughter of Wil-\\nliam A. and Kliza (Lindsleyj Peck, born May 15, 1839,\\nmarried March 29, IHii J. There have been born to them\\nfour children, Charles B., born Dec. 8, 18(J8 William\\nE., born March 8, 1870; Julius 1., born April 15, 1873;\\nand Clarence M., born Dec. 25, 1875.\\nVOLNKY STILES\\nwas born in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 10, 1811.\\nHis father moved to Livingston Co., N. Y., when Mr.\\nStiles was a small lad, and engaged in farming. Volnoj-,\\nlike the farmers boys of that day, worked on his father s\\nfarm as soon as he was old enough, and went to school a\\nfew weeks during the winter months. Arrived at his ma-\\njority, lie started out in life for himself, with only his indus-\\ntrious habits and health and strength as his capital. His\\nfirst money was made from raising wheat on shares. But\\nVOLNEY STII.ES.\\nthis was too slow a method, and he determined to go to a\\nnew country where land was cheap, and there obtain a farm\\nof his own. The fall of 1833 found him in Mundy town-\\nship, Genesee Co., Mich., then an almost unbroken wilder-\\nness. Two or three settlers only had preceded him. Mr.\\nStiles, who was then a single man, bought of the govern-\\nment the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 11, and erected a shanty thereon. He pa.ssed the\\nwinter of 1833-34 on his lot, and made a clearing. In the\\nfall of 1834 he sowed a few acres of wheat. Two years\\nlater he sold this land and bought the west half of the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 13, in Mundy, a few acres only\\nof which was improved. On this he built a log house, and\\ncleared and improved thirty acres. The wolves were then\\nnumerous, and their howling at first kept Mr. Stiles awake,\\nbut he soon became accustomed to it, and slept :ts soundly\\nas though in the midst of civilization. The subsetpicnt\\ndeath of his wife was a sad bereavement, and caused him\\nto sell his place and, (or a time, work for others. In 1840\\nhe again married, and then bought another (new) farm, in\\nGrand Blanc, which he cleared up and improved. Since\\nthen Mr. Stiles has owned several farms, and has done his\\nshare towards improving and making Genesee County what\\nit is to-day. And now, at a ripe old age, respected and\\nesteemed by his fellow-townsmen, he resides in the town-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0433.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "300\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nship which he has seen develop from a wilderness into one\\nof the finest in the county. In politics Mr. Stiles is a\\nDemocrat. He has held the office.s of town clerk and jus-\\nlice of the peace, filling the latter position for eigiit years.\\nHe is liberal in his religious views, and is not a member of\\nany church.\\nIn 1834, Mr. Stiles married Miss Mary Page, who was\\nborn in Lowell, Mass. Their union was blessed with one\\nchild, Caroline E., born Dec. 25, 1835.\\nHe married, Jan. 28, 1840, llhoda Dayton, who was\\nborn, Dec. 2, 1805, in Bennington Co., Vt. There have\\nbeen born to them the following children Thomas P.,\\nborn Oct. 13, 1842; and Mary L., born Nov. 16, 1844.\\nThomas P. married, March 8, 1869, Miss Wealthy Whit-\\nmore, who was born Dec. 18, 1844 they have had two\\nchildren, viz. Horace, born Feb. 25, 1871, died Aug. 15,\\nsame year; Edith May, born May 6, 1876.\\nHENRY H. HOWLAND.\\nSince the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth\\nRock, the pioneers of America have been men of iron nerve,\\nof energy and perseverance, men who, when they had once\\nturned their faces westward, turned not back for trifles, but\\nkept resolutely on, until to-day a great and beautiful country\\nshows the work of their strong arms and willing hearts.\\nSuch a man is Henry H. Howland, one of the first settlers\\nin the town of Mundy. He was born in the town of Ira,\\nRutland Co., Vt., April 30, 1807. His father. Banister\\nY Howland, was born in the town of Scituate, R. I. After his\\nmarriage to Miss Mary Forbes, the elder Mr. Howland\\nmoved to Monroe Co., N. Y., where he bought, in 1808,\\na farm of unimproved land. Here he remained four years,\\nwhen he moved to the town of Hartland, Niagara Co., N. Y.,\\nof which section he was one of the first settlers. The\\ncountry was then an almost unbroken wilderness. He had\\njust got a start in the new home when the war of 1812\\nbroke out; he was drafted, and served through the war, as\\nhis father, Samuel Howland, had previously in the Revo-\\ntionary war. At the close of the war Banister went back\\nto his farm, and lived there until 1836, when he again emi-\\ngrated to a new country, settling in Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he died, June 11, 1856.\\nHenry H. lived at home with his father until he was\\ntwenty-two, helping to clear up and improve the new farms,\\nand having but a limited chance to acijuire an education.\\nHe then started out for himself, with no capital save a strong\\nconstitution and an abundance of energy and industry. He\\ncommenced by taking jobs of chopping and clearing land,\\nand in this way earned the money to buy eighty acres of\\nnew land in Troy, Oakland Co. This farm he sold in 1836,\\nwhen, in company with his uncle, he came to Mundy, Gen-\\nesee Co., looking for land. It was then a wilderness, with\\nbut few inhabitants save its original owners, the Indians.\\nThey followed the section lines by the aid of the trees marked\\nby the surveyors. When they came to the land now owned\\nby Mr. Howland, he told his uncle he should locate there\\nunless he found something better. They went west till they\\nstruck the big swamp. Mr. Howland climbed a tree, and\\nsaw before him only swamp, with the water up to a man s\\narms. They then struck south, and the uncle selected his\\nland in Gaines township, while Mr. Howland bought of the\\ngovernment four eighty-acre lots, two hundred and forty\\nacres of which he now owns. There was then no one\\nwithin one mile of his land, and but twelve families in the\\ntown. The next spring, at the first town-meeting, there\\nwere but eighteen voters in what is now Gaines and Mundy.\\nIn the spring of 1837, Mr. Howland moved his family,\\nconsisting of his wife and two children, to the new home.\\nHe had built a log shanty, eighteen by twenty feet, covered\\nwith shakes, and without doors or windows. He had to\\ncut his roads in, and ford the streams. Swartz Creek was\\npartly frozen over, and Mr. Howland waded it seven times\\nin one day, with the water up to his arm-pits, breaking\\nthe ice with a pole, and then driving his own and his father-\\nin-law s team through, the last trip leading a pig through\\nby the ear. In the log shanty they lived five years, while\\nMr. Howland was clearing and improving his farm. His sup-\\nplies were bought in Bloomfield, and five days were consumed\\nin making the trip with an ox-team.\\nHe sold his first wheat for three-and-sixpence a bushel,\\noats ten, and potatoes eight cents per bushel, not for cash,\\nbut in trade out of the store. He was then a man of great\\nstrength and powers of endurance, there being few men who\\ncould do more of any kind of work than he by his energy\\nand industry the forest disappeared as if by magic, and soon\\na well-improved farm was to be seen where so short a time be-\\nfore was only a wilderness. The howl of the wolf w;is no\\nmore to be heard, but in its stead the bleating of sheep and\\nthe lowing of cattle.\\nIn 1854 the old home was replaced with the present\\ncommodious home, which was at the time of its erection\\nthe finest house in Mundy. At the first term of court held\\nin Genesee County, Mr. Howland was one of the jurors,\\nfew of whom now survive.\\nMr. Howland is now in the seventy-third year of his age,\\nthe owner of one of the finest farms in Genesee County, the\\nreward of a lifetime of labor and here, under his own\\nvine and fig-tree, he intends to spend the remainder of\\nhis days. He is spoken of by those who know him well\\nas a citizen esteemed and respected by all. There are but\\nfew men of his age who, like Mr. Howland, can say they\\nnever drank a glass of liquor, or any beverage save water.\\nIn politics Mr. Howland is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican,\\nhaving in early days been a Whig. His sons likewise are\\nall Republicans.\\nMr. Howland married, for his first wife, Polly M. Sprague.\\nShe was born June 12, 1814. They were married July\\n15, 1832. Their children were Barnibas S., born Sept.\\n8, 1833, died July 23, 1859 Harley H., born Sept. 10,\\n1836, died July 12, 1854 Banister F., born Aug. 7, 1839,\\nenlisted in Co. G, 8th Michigan Infantry, in July, 1861\\nkilled June 16, 1862, at James Island, S. C, while storm-\\ning the fort at that place. Mrs. Howland died Dec. 4,\\n1839. For his second wife he married Esther P. Van\\nTifllin (born in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1822), daughter\\nof Peter and Hannah (Allen) Van Tifflin. There have been\\nborn to them five children Mary P., born Sept. 28, 1840\\nAretus S., born Dec. 14, 1841 John C., born Sept. 27,\\n1843 George W., born April 30, 1845 Millard F., born", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0434.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0435.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "TENANT\\nRESIDENCE OF H\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2/^Ov", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0436.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "\\\\ND,MUNDY, Michigan", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0437.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0438.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "MUNDY TOWNSHIP.\\n301\\nMarch 15, 1856. The latter was killed by the cars at Du-\\nraiid, Dec. 9, 1877; he was conductor of a freight train,\\nand was making his last trip as such, prior to taking the\\nposition of a passenger conductor.\\nAretus Howland is now living on and owns a part of the\\nold farm. The daughter, Mary P., is married and lives at\\nCharlotte. John C. graduated in the literary class of 1870,\\nat Ann Arbor, and afterwards was graduated in the law\\nschool. He subsequently practiced law three years with\\nJudge Swift, in Detroit, but is now by himself, and has a\\ngood practice. George W. went to Ann Arbor in 1867,\\nand was graduated in the medical school in 1870; he prac-\\nticed medicine in Pontiac during 18G J since graduating\\nhe has had an office in Flint, where he has a good practice.\\nSAMUEL W. ALGER.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in West Bloomfiold,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., Dec. 2, 1821. He was the son of\\nJusiah Alger, of whom an extended notice is given on an-\\nother page of this work. Samuel W. came into the town\\nof Mundy in 1836, where he grew to manhood. By long\\nassociation with the Indians he learned to talk their lan-\\nguage fluently, and became an interpreter for them, often\\ngoing with them to Detroit, where they exchanged their\\nfui-s for blankets, provisions, etc. He was looked up to by\\nthem, and ti them his advice and word were law. His sou\\nAlvah well remembers his being called to their village to\\nsettle disputes. Arrived at his majority, his father gave\\nhim the east half of the southwest quarter of section 22\\nin Mundy, which was then all new. There was then no\\nroad to it, Mr. Alger going and coming by Indian trails.\\nOn this land he built a log house, set out an orchard, and\\nimproved it. He afterwards bought the west half of the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 22, and also the northwest\\nquarter of the southeast quarter of the same section, which\\nhe improved, and part of which is now owned by his son,\\nAlvah W.\\nIn politics, Mr. Alger was a Democrat, although he never\\ntook an active part in political matters. He was married\\nApril 24, 1843, to Mary Lovejoy, who was born Oct. 27,\\n1826. There were born to them Alvah W., born April\\n11, 1846; Albert, born Dec. 25, 1847 and Charles, born\\nMarch 21, 1857. Mr. Alger died July 18, 1805.\\nAlvah W. Alger was born on the old homestead, and\\nintends to make it his permanent home. He has done\\nmuch to beautify it, having built a new and handsome\\nliou.se, good outbuildings, iences, etc. He was married\\nApril 17, 1867, Miss Iloseltha Childs becoming his con-\\nsort. She was born in Broome Co., N. Y., April 24,\\n1846. She is a daughter of Jesse and Clara (Ilub-\\nbardj Childs. There have been born to them two children,\\nas follows: Benuie E., born Aug. 22, 1871 and Alonzo,\\nborn Nov. 28, 1875. In politics, Mr. Alger is a Democrat.\\nJOHN llEID\\nwas born in the township of Hush, Monroe Co., N. V.,\\nJuly 16, 1822. His father, Benjamin T. Ilcid, came, with\\nhis Aunily, to Michigan in 1834, with the intention of\\nlocating, but were taken with the cholera on their way, and\\nwithin five weeks of tiicir arrival Mr. and Mrs. Reid, one\\nson, and a daughter died. John was then a boy of twelve,\\nand was thus left an orphan and without any means. He\\nmade his home with his sister, Mrs. Tupper, with whom\\nhe resided until after his marriage. The country was then\\nJOHN llEID.\\nnew, and his chances for an education were limited still he\\nacquired sufficient to fit him for the active and successful\\nbusiness man he afterwards became. He first bought fifty-\\nfour acres of land in Clayton, which he afterwards deeded to\\nDudley Bruinard in exchange for the one hundred and twenty\\nacres now owned by his wife, and which is called the Reid\\nfarm. One con.sideration of the exchange was that Mr. Reid\\nshould support Mr. Brainard and his sister during their\\nlifetime. This was his start in life. The farm was cleared\\nand improved by his hard labor, and to it he added, until\\nat the time of his death he was the possessor of three hun-\\ndred acres of land under improvement. He was the owner\\nand proprietor of the Reid House for twelve years, and be-\\ncame widely known. In politics, Mr. Reid was an ardent\\nRepublican, and used his influence and money to advance\\nthe interests of his party, although he was never an office-\\nseeker or office-holder. He died Jan. 12, 1875, mourned\\nby a large circle of friends and acquaintances.\\nMr. Reid married, Nov. 20, 1845, Miss AWnira Halleck,\\ndaughter of Amos and Rachel (Crane) Halleck. Mrs.\\nReid was born, March 5, 1824, in Chittenden Co., Vt.\\nTheir union was blessed with four children, as follo\\\\\u00c2\u00bbs\\nAdelaide J., born May 27, 1847; Su.san A., born April 4,\\n1853; George W., born Nov. 1, 1857; and Alfred H.\\nborn Sept. 3, 1860.\\nNATHAN W. SELDEN\\nwas born in Haddam, Conn., Nov. 25, 1810. When he\\nwas four years old his father moved to Leroy, Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y., where Nathan grew to manhood, going to school\\nwinters and working on the farm summers. Arrived at his\\nmajority, he started out for himself, with nothing to com-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0439.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "302\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmcnce with but a strong constitution and rectitude of pur-\\npose. He worked by tlie month on a farm, and at other\\ntimes duj; wells, thus gettiiit; his first start b) the hardest\\nkind of labor. In 1833 the Western fever was at its lieight,\\nand Mr. Selden with many others determined to seek his\\nfortunes in a new country. To think with him was to act;\\nand he came to Michigan and bought of the government\\nthe east half of the northwest quarter of section 33, in the\\ntown of Mundy. He then returned to New York and\\nstayed one year the following year he returned, and dur-\\ning the winter cleared a small spot and eoninionced a log\\nhouse, after which he returned again to New York.\\nOn the lOlh of October, 1838, he led to the altar Miss\\npeace, which oiBce he held until his death, with the excep-\\ntion of four years, an incumbency of twenty-four years.\\nHe also served as supervisor of his townsliip. Before\\nleaving Leroy, Mr. Selden joined the Presbyterian Church,\\nand lie continued a member of that society until his death.\\nTwo years after his final settlement in Michigan the first\\nPresbyterian Church of Mundy was organized, Mr. Selden\\ntaking an active part in its institution and growth. He\\nwas one of its first deacons, and filled that ofifice while he\\nlived. There were born to 3Ir. and Mrs. Selden eight\\nchildren, as follows: Phiiicas C, born July 17, 1839, died\\nAug. 1, 1839; John K., born Feb. 12, 18U,died June\\n24, 1841; William H., born May 5, 1842; Nathan E.,\\nNATHA.N W. SELDt.V.\\nMils. NATHAN W. SELDEN.\\nHarriet R. Dudley, a native of Madison, New Haven Co.,\\nConn., and daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth A. (Graves)\\nDudley. Soon after their marriage the young couple moved\\nto the farm previously purchased in Mundy, where a partly\\nfinished log house awaited them. The house was soon\\ncompleted, and life in the wilderness began. There were\\nno roads, and near them no clearings; while white neigh-\\nbors were few and scattering. Yet Mrs. Selden, who proved\\nto be a true pioneer wife, says they enjoyed themselves,\\nand she believes those were the happiest days of their\\nliv\u00c2\u00bbs. The Indians were their nearest neighbors, but were\\nvery friendly, and Mrs. Selden was never afraid of them.\\nWolves, deer, and other game were numerous, but were\\nunmolested by Mr. Selden, as he was no hunter. With\\nhis accustomed energy he at once commenced to improve\\nhis place, and soon a well-improved farm, with good (build-\\nings, orchards, etc., took the place of the forest. And on\\nthis farm he passed the remainder of his life, respected and\\nesteemed by all who knew him. He died May 1, 1869.\\nIn polities Sir. Selden was in early life a Whig, subse-\\nquently a llepubliean. He always took an active interest\\nin political and educational matters, and was for many years\\na school-director. In 1841 he was elected a justice of the\\nborn April 10, 1844; Eliza A., born Dee. 12, 1843 Ste-\\nphen D., born July 18, 1847 Mary E., born April 20,\\n1849; and Francis G., born May 16, 1851.\\nCHAIINCEY L. BADGLEY\\nwas born in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., March 5, 1836.\\nHis father, William H. Badgley, was born in New York\\nabout the year 1809. He married Miss Lovica Green.\\nThe result of this union was thirteen children, Chauncey\\nL. being the .sixth. The elder Mr. Badgley moved to\\nMichigan in 1849, and settled in Grand Blanc, Genesee\\nCo., where he worked land on shares. When Chauncey\\nwas fifteen he went to Flint to learn the moulder s trade,\\nand worked for King Forsyth. Remained in Flint three\\nyears, then went to Grand Rapids, where he worked at his\\ntrade one year. Until 1858 he worked in Chicago and\\nGrand Haven at his trade, and also in a saw-mill. In 1858\\nhe joined a party which was formed in Grand Haven to go\\nto California. In St. Louis the party broke up, and Mr.\\nBadgley, who was determined to see the Western world, en-\\nlisted on the 29th day of January, 1858, in Co. I, 7th", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0440.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0441.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0442.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP.\\n303\\nRej^imerit U. S. Iiifantiy, Major Paul cuiuiiiainliiiL Soon\\nafturwards his company went to Utali, whore they were\\nkept scouting after the Indians and watching the Jlurmnns.\\nFrom Utah they were sent to Fort Filniorc, New Mexico,\\nmarching the entire distance. Remained tliere, doing\\nfrontier service, until the war of the Rebellion broke out.\\nAfter the first Bull Run, he, with the entire command, was\\nsurrendered by Maj. Lynde to the rebels without firing a\\ngun. They were paroled and sent to Fort Jlontgomory,\\nRouse s Point, N. Y., where they remained until October,\\n1862, when they were exchanged, sent to the Army of the\\nPotomac, and assigned to the 5th Corps. Mr. Badgley\\nwas in the battle of Fredericksburg and other minor en-\\ngagements. His time iiaving expired, he was discharged\\nJan. 29, 18{)3. Mr. Badgley lost three brothers in the\\nwar; one died in Andcrsonvillc. After bis discharge he\\nreturned to Rouse s Point, the attraction being one of its\\nfair daughter.?. He was married, Feb. 11, 1803, to Mi.ss\\nAtma Doly, daughter of Samson and Arrilla Doty. She\\nwas born Nov. 12, lS3li, at Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y. Her\\nfather, Samson Doty, was born in Wallingford, Rutland\\nCo., Vt., Feb. 23, 1809; her mother, Arrilla Sulfin, was\\nborn in Northumberland, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 19,\\n1803. Of their two children, Jlrs. Badgley was the eldest.\\nMr. Doty came to Michigan in 1863, and on the 22d day\\nof February, 1804, he enlisted in Co. F, 8th Michigan In-\\nfantry Regiment. Although exempt from military service\\nby reason of his age, he was an ardent patriot, and resolved\\nto fight for his principles. He was killed the Oih day of\\nMay, 180+, in the battle of the Wilderness.\\nAfter Mr. Badgley s marriage, be, with his father-in-law,\\ncame to Michigan and purchased the east half of the south-\\nwest quarter of section 28 in Mundy, to which have since\\nbeen added ten acres. The farm was partly improved, but\\nthe subse(|uent labor and care bestowed upon it have de-\\nveloped it into one of the finest in the town. Sir. Badgley\\nis a Republican, but not a politician. There have been\\nbom to Mr. and Mrs. Badgley children as follows: Katy\\nDoty, born April 19, 1804; Ida I., born Sept. C, 1800;\\nLillian M., born Feb. 0, 1809 Ruby, born Oct. 10, 1871\\nChauncey L., Jr., born June 27, 1875 and Mary E., born\\nJan. 19, 1878.\\nARGENTINE.\\nAbqentine is the southwest-corner township of Gene-\\nsee County, and is bounded north by Gaines, east by Fen-\\nton, .south by Livingston County, and west by Shiawassee\\nCounty. Much of its surface is rolling, and many pleasing\\nlandscapes are beheld within its borders. Its .soil has the\\nsame characteristics as all that in the inimodiatc region.\\nFine improvements are met with throughout the township,\\nand evidences of prosperity and wealth are seen on nearly\\nevery hand. The township is well watered by the Shiawassee\\nRiver and its tributaries, which furnish considerable power,\\nand numerous lakes and ponds add to the water-area.\\nPrincipal among the latter are Lobdell, on sections 35 and\\n30, named after an early settler on its shore; Murray, on\\nsection 34, named after the first .settler in the township\\nMcKane, on sections 28 and 32 McCaslin, section 22\\nBass, section 27, etc. Lobdell Lake has been changed\\nsomewhat in area by the raising of a dam at Argentine\\nvillage. The shores in many places are marshy, and in\\nvarious parts of the township tamarack-swamps exist.\\nThis town.ship at first included what is now Fenton, which\\nlatter was first settled. A large acreage of timber is yet\\nleft, although but a portion of this township was heavily\\ntimbered, the balance being oak-openings.\\nThrough this town, as through all others in this region\\nwhen first settled, roamed great numbers of wolves and\\ndeer, with an occasional bear or panther, and the lover of\\nsport could enjoy himself to the utmost.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe following is a list of the entries of land in what now\\nconstitutes the town.ship of Argentine\\nSection 1.\\nAcreg.\\nAhijah B. Dnnlap, Penecii Co N. Y., ^iiril fi, IS. lfi So 84\\nNflson Stiokncv. Oaldancl Co., Mi,-h,. June 14, 1836 80\\nGilman Davis, Wayne C.i., Mieh., .June 14. I8: .6 95.41\\nPhinens Davis, Au^. lS:iG 240\\nIra Lamb, (icncsee Co., Mich., Nov. 14. 18:tfi 80\\nPhilip S. Ilubboll, Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 14, 1836 80\\nSection- 2.\\nCyrus E.My, .TefTcrson Co.. N. Y.. .Tunc 13, 1836 160\\nHiram 15.11. iws, Fianldin Co.. N. Y., June 25, 1836 80\\nJohn Pattcr.son. U avne Co., N. Y., Au;, 1, 1836 176.57\\nllinman Kexf.ir.l. I. iviii-.ston Co., Mi.th., Aug. 3, 1836 174.27\\nDavid Tilhnan, Genesee Co., Mielj., Nov. 14, 1836 80\\nSkction 3.\\nDavid and William I. Willianis, Jctferson Co., N. Y June 13,\\n1836 SO\\nIloraee Parmelee, Clermont. .M. II., July 16, 1 S36 IliO\\nJiinies Wa.lsworrh, Livin\u00e2\u0080\u009e .s|..n Co., N. Y., July 16, 1836 343.12\\nCharles Comlen. St. Clair Co.. Mieh., June IS, 1846 40\\nThomas U. Gilbert, Genesee Co., i\\\\lieh., June 16, 1849 40\\nSkction 4.\\nAllen Spencer, Allegany Co., N. Y., July 13, 183G 657.73\\nSectio.n 5.\\nAllen Sp\u00c2\u00abnoer, Allegany Co., N. Y., July 13, 1836 48,8.83\\nJames liogcrt, Orange Co., N. Y., July 16, 1836 169.72\\nSuction 6.\\nSarah A. Preston, Oakland Co., Mich., July 13, 1836 S5.66\\nJames N. Smith, Ulster Co.. N. Y., July 14, 1836 160\\nFoster I). Prest.m, Oakland Co., Mich., Aug. 1, 1836 79.60\\nSeott, Bi.vley .t Co., Ail.lison Co., Vt., Aug. 2, 1836 238.84\\nClarissa li. Preston, 0.ikhind Co., Mieh., .luly 14, 1836 SO.OS\\nSection 7.\\nJohn Myers, Cavuga Co., N. Y., July, 1836 80\\nScotl, Hi.\\\\lcy .t C.I.. Ad.lisr)n Co., Vt., August, 1836 80\\nPhineas D.ivis, Wayne C... Mieh., 237.30\\nGeorge G.ill. Onlari.) Co., N. V., October, 1.836 80\\n155.84", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0443.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "304\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSection 8.\\nAcrrs.\\nPhiiioas Davis, Wayno Co., Micb.. August, ISi^e S*l)\\nScth Wi iil, Cii.vugii Co., N. Y., Soptcuiber, li:il\\n!i iirj;L- (ioft. Ontario Co., N. Y., Octuhcr, 160\\nAliraln Middlesworth, Gencsce Co., Mich., Noveniljor, 18:!6.... 80\\nDaviil Tillman, Ucnescc Co., Mich., November, 1836 80\\nJohn Myers, Cayuga Co., N. September, 18:17 80\\nSkction 9.\\nBartimeus Packard, .Jr., Wayne Co., N. Y., Juno, 18.16 80\\nCook A Gordon, Wayne Co., Mich., July, ISIifi 160\\nE. L. Goodman, August, 18:!6 160\\nZiba Got! Ontario Co., N. Y., October, 1836 80\\nWilliam Urady, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 184 .l 40\\nDavid Jlyers, December, 1853 40\\nThomas Wbaram, January, 18, i4 40\\nGustavus V. Condon, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 18o4 40\\nTruman Atherlon, December, 1854 80\\nSection 10.\\nWilliam B. Mead, Tioga Co., N. Y., June, 1836 160\\nM. h. I ratt, Ontario Co., N. Y., July, 1836 160\\nJohn Patterson, Wayne Co., N.Y .Vugust, 1836 SO\\nDclos Davis, Wayne Co., Mich., Sciiteinhcr, 160\\nJacob A. Clark, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1853 40\\nTo be entered 40\\nSection 11.\\nWilliam B. Mead, Tioga Co., N.Y June, 1836 160\\nDavid Brooks, Oakland Co., Mich., July, 120\\nMoses S. Soott, SaratogaCo.,N.Y August, 160\\nScotI, Bi.\\\\Iey, Morgan, and Richards, Addison Co., Vt., August,\\n18.36 120\\nWilliam U. Scott, Saratoga Co., N. Y., August, 1836 80\\nSection 12.\\nAsahal Ticknor, Oakland Co., Mich., September, 1836 80\\nEdwin A. Seymour, Albany Citv, N-.Y 160\\nJoseph lladley, Oakland Co., Mich., October, 1836 SO\\nEverett L. Y ates, Montgomery Co., N.Y November, 1838.... 160\\nPhilip S. Hubbell, Livingston Co., Mich., SO\\nSwamp land 80\\nSection 13.\\nWilliam Manifold, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June, 1836 80\\nSamuel W. Pattison, Genesee Co., SO\\nAlfred A. Coy and Wm. Lathrop, Otsego Co., N. Y July, 1836. 480\\nSectio.n 14.\\nEnoch Stark, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June, 1836 160\\nAsaph C. Smith, Oakland Co., 16fl\\nEdwin A. Seymour, Alb.any City, N.Y., September, 1836 160\\nPhilip S. Hubbell, Livingston Co., Mich., November, 1836.... 160\\nSection 15.\\nEnoch Stark, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June, 1836 SO\\nllezekiah Seely, Seneca Co., N.Y\\\\, 160\\nJohn Myers, Cayuga Co., N. Y July, 1836 SO\\nJohn Patterson, Wayne Co., Mich., August, lS:ifi SO\\nDelos Davis, September, 1 836 160\\nDauiel Alger, Orleans Co., N.Y December, 1836 80\\nSection 16.\\nSchool land 640\\nSection 17.\\nIsaac R. Middlesworth, Sussex Co., N. J., June, 1836 320\\nZiba (ioff, Ontario Co., N. Y., October, 183fi IfiO\\nGeorge Goff, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1838 80\\nSamuel Kollcy, September, 1838 40\\nAbram Middlesworth, Genesee Co., Mich., January, 1864 40\\nSection 18.\\nJabin W. Elliott, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1836 76.36\\nAbram AMiddlesworth, Sussex Co., N. J., June, 1830 160\\nScott, Bixlev, Morgan, and Richard Addison, Vermont, Au-\\ngust, l836 154 52\\nWilliam II. Scott, Saratoga Co., N. Y., August, 1836 80\\nRalph J. Smith, Livingston Co., N.Y Sejjtember, 1836 SO\\nCalvin AV. Ellis, Genesee Co., Mich., January, 1839 76.36\\nSection 19.\\nSamuel W. Dexter, New Y ork, September, 1824 160\\nDecember, 1824 160\\nWilliam Chapman, Washtenaw Co., Mich., April, IS3(; 80\\nAzel Pcttibone, Genesee Co., N.Y. May. 1830 221.04\\nSection 20.\\nAcr(*8.\\nDaniel 11. Chandler, Genesee Co., N. Y May, 1836 480\\nAlfred L. Coy and Wm. Lathrop, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1836. 160\\nSection 21.\\nSolomon Sutherland, Orleans Co., N. Y May, 1S36 160\\nElijah Bird, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Julv, 183B 320\\nOrates H. Wright. Adilison Co., Vt., July, 183fi 40\\nAlfred Coy and Wm. Lalhrop, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1836... 80\\nElijah Bird, Ginesee Co., Mich., June, 1838 40\\nSection 22.\\nA. Coy and Wm. Lathrop, Otsego Co., N. Y., Julv, 1836 240\\nJohn Paitcrsou, Wayne Co., N. Y., August, 1836 160\\nB. B.Kircheval, Wayne Co., Mich, December, 1836 80\\nNathan E. Shaw, Gcucsce Co., Mich., October, 1830 SO\\nNot given 80\\nSection 23.\\nDaniel II. Chandler. Genesee Co., N Y., June, 1830 240\\nA. Coy and Wm. Lathrop, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1836 400\\nSection 24.\\nII. and R. Rhodes, Washtenaw Co., Mich., January, 1830 80\\nIMiilemon C. Murrav, Washlenaw Co., Mich., February, 1836.. 160\\nE. J. Penniman, Win nc Co., N. Y., March, 1836 240\\nA. Coy and Wm. Lathrop, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1836 160\\nSection 25.\\nPhilemon C. Murray, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Fobrury, 1836.... 80\\nPhiloihv Dutchcr, 80\\nWm. Benmer, Oakland Co., Mich., February, 1836 80\\nJiiab Uillman, Lewis Co., N. Y.. May. 1836 160\\nHenry Singleton, Devonshire, England, June. 1830 160\\nJohn Patterson, Wayne Co., N. Y., August, 1836 80\\nSection 26.\\nJames B. OInov, Monroe Co., N. Y., May, 1836 320\\nElijah Crane. Wavne Co., Mich., May, 1S26 80\\nDavid II. Chandler, (ienesee Co., N. Y, June, 1836 80\\nSamuel Fowler, Macomb Co., Mich., January, 1837 40\\nSwamp lands 120\\nSection 27.\\nSamuel W. Dexter, New Y ork, November, 1824 160\\nCharles E. (Jreen, Washtenaw Co., Mich., March, 1836 SO\\nCalvin W. Ellis, June, 1836 SO\\nCharles A. Green, 40\\nJohu Patterson, Wayne Co., N. Y., August, 1836 80\\nWm. C. Ruby, Macomb Co., Mich., November, 1837 80\\nJohn Middlesworth, Warren Co., N. J., October, 1838 40\\nMargaret Bird, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1843 40\\nSwamp land 40\\nSection 28.\\nJarvis Bailey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March, 1830 120\\nThomas Sturgis, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1830 160\\nJosei)h D. Beers, Tompkins Co., N. Y., May, IS30 120\\nCalvin W. Ellis, Wa.\u00c2\u00abbtenaw Co., Mich., June, 1S36 80\\nBenjamin L. King, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1836 160\\nSection 29.\\nDavid Penoyer, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March, 1836 120\\nJ. and S. Beers, Tompkins Co., N. Y., May, 1830 80\\nJohn Myers, Cayuga Co., N. Y., .lulv, 1830 100\\nHenry L. Whipple, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1830 80\\nJohn Myers, Cayuga Co., N. Y September, 1830 80\\nB. Thorp, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, May, 1850 120\\nSection 30.\\nJohn Myers, Caynga Co., N. Y July, 1830 148.04\\nWilliam Chapman, Washtenaw Co., Mich., July, 1830 80\\nJohn Cooper, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y July, 1830 200\\nElixur L. Goodman, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1836 148.76\\nAbram Middlesworth, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 1830... 40\\nSection 31.\\nBoutwell and Moore, United States, May. 1830 80\\nMcGregor and Alctiraw, l!ost in, Mass., June, 1S30 66.60\\nJohn .Mvcis, Cayuga Co., N. Y., July, 1836 147.34\\nAlfred Coy and Wm. Lathrop, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1836... 240\\nFr.anois G. Murray, Erie Co., N.Y August, 1836 80\\nSection 32.\\nMcGregor and McGraw, Boston, Ma,\u00c2\u00abs.. May, 1836 160\\nE. J. Penniman, Wavuc Co., Mich., June, 1830 160\\n80", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0444.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0445.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0446.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "AllGKNTINK TOWNSllll\\n305\\nAcres.\\nHonry li. Ilollirouk, Wayno Co., Midi., Juno, 183fi 40\\nE. .1. Peniiirnan, 40\\nlii thucl Norris, Gcnusoo Co., Mich., October, ISS. J 40\\n\\\\V;irrcii .1. Lobdcll, July, 1854 80\\nViicant\\nSkotiox 3. t.\\n15. L. King, Wayne Co., Mich., August, IS.Ifi 240\\nFletcher Collycr. Wayne Co., Mich., August, 18:i7 80\\nMcGregor and McOraw, Boston, Mass., May, 18. i6 320\\nSuction 34.\\nJames H. Murray. Washtenaw Co., Mich., November, 1835... 80\\nAsa Sprague, Wayne Co., Mich., .May, 1836 120\\nAnthony Paddock. Wayne Co., Midi June, 1836 40\\nCalvin W. Ellis, Washtenaw Co., 40\\nJohn Ryan, WaynoCo., Mich., August, 1836 100\\nAbram Midillesworth, Ooncsee Co., Mich., November, 1836 80\\nCalvin W. Ellis, Genusoc Co., .Mich., November, 1838 40\\nJohn Halpin, Wayne Co., Mich., 80\\nSkction 35.\\nSally Murray, Washtenaw Co., Mich.,- November, 1835 80\\nAsa Sprague, Wayne Co., .Mich., May, 183G 40\\nAnthony Paddock, Wayno Co., Mich., June. IS30 40\\nJauies il. Murray, Genesee Co.. Mich.. Noveuibor, 1831) 80\\nSamuel Eowlcr, Macomb Co., Mi(di., January. 1837 40\\nJohn Kimball, Ocnesco Co., Mich., March, l. 54 40\\nC. Sutherland, November, 1854 160\\nJanuary, 1855 80\\nVacant 80\\nSection 36.\\nWilliam Lobdcll, Wayne Co., Mich., February, 1836 120\\nE. J. Pcnnim.an, March, 1836 80\\nDaniel II. Chandler, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1836 160\\nJohn Krccland, Macomb Co., Mich., September, 1836 81)\\nE. J. Penniman, Wayne Co., Mich., November, 1837 40\\nCastle Sutherland, Genesee Co., Mich., January, 1855 80\\nVacant 80\\nEAKLY SETTLEMENT.\\nThe first white men who became residents of what is\\nnow Argentine town.ship were James II. Murray and Wil-\\nliam Lobdell, who located in March, 183G, but it is at this\\ntime impossible to determine which of the two came first.\\nThe former hits been generally given the credit, but neither\\nhis widow, ndw Mrs. Palmer, who is yet living at Ar-\\ngentine village, nor the widow of Mr. Lobdell, who resides\\nat Linden, can tell positively the facts in the case. Beyond\\ndispute, however, they settled during the same month and\\nvery nearly at the same time, and it is probable that Mur-\\nray was in first.\\nJames H. Murray, who formerly lived near Rochester,\\nN. Y., came from Cayuga County, in that State, to Michi-\\ngan with his family in May, 18/30, and .settled in the town-\\nship of Superior, Washtenaw Co. In the fall (November)\\nof 1835 lie located land in Argentine, purchasing four 40-\\nacre lots, in order to secure a water-privilege. On the 4th\\nof March, 1830, he moved in with his family, and imme-\\ndiately after built the dam now standing at the village, and\\nerected a saw-mill, which was jiut in operation the same\\nseason. At the date of his arrival there was no house\\nnearer than one owned by a man named Bennett, two miles\\nsouth, in Livingston County. Sctli C. Sadler lived four\\nmiles east, in Feriton township, and to the west a wilder-\\nness, sixteen miles across, intervened between Mr. Murray s\\nand the nearest house, away in Shiawassee County.\\nMrs. Murray (Palmer) rccollocts seeing Mr. Lobdell be-\\nfore her husband s saw-mill was completed. The mill-irons\\nwere made in WiLshtenaw (!oun(y, and liroiiglil up by Mr.\\nMurray on a wagon.\\n3 J\\nWilliam Bennett, who settled the same spring, in Living-\\nston County, at Bennett s Bridge, had drawn logs up and\\nprepared to build a saw-mill at his place east (above) of\\nArgentine, but Murray proved the more energetic of the\\ntwo, and completed his mill while Bennett was still making\\npreparations, and the plan of the latter was not carried out.\\nThe old Murray saw-mill is not now standing.\\nIn the course of two or three years, Murray built a largo\\nframe grist-mill, and placed in it two runs of stone. From\\nit flour was drawn to Detroit in wagons, and Argentine\\nsoon became a village of considerable importance. The\\ngiist-mill is the same now owned by Mes.srs. Hall\\nBishop.\\nThe first store in the village was established by Mr.\\nMurray, and stood opposite the grist-mill. Goods were\\npurchitsed in Detroit. Previous to 1845 it was rented to\\nWilliam Axford, who carried it on for a time.\\nThe first hotel was built by Abram Middlesworth, and\\nthe second by Mr. Murray, and both had considerable cus-\\ntom. The one now owned and occupied by J. II. Page\\nwas built subsequent to 1844 by William Bennett, who\\nhad moved in from his place in Livingston County. It is\\na large frame building. Murray s hotel stood on the north\\nside of the street.\\nMr. Murray, at a later day, established a cooper-shop\\nand a blacksmith-shop on the east side of the river pre-\\nvious to the building of the grist-mill. A man named\\nGeorge Elliott worked in the blacksmith-shop, but, his wife\\nbecoming di.ssatisfied with the place, he finally moved back\\nto Plymouth, Wayne Co., from which place he had come.\\nA tailor name not remembered came to the village at\\nan early day, built a house, and worked at his trade sev-\\neral years.\\nCastle and George G. Sutherland located here early.\\nThe former built the stone blacksmith-shop on the west\\nside of the river, and the latter built the planing-mill he is\\nnow operating. Their father, Col. Sutherland, lived in\\nLivingston County.\\nIn 1845, Dr. Isaac Wixora, now of Penton, moved with\\nhis family to Argentine, from Farraington, Oakland Co.,\\nwhere he had resided since 1829. He was the first resi-\\ndent physician at the place. He purchased the Murray\\nproperty, including the mills and store, and managed the\\nmilling and mercantile business for fifteen years. Mr.\\nMurray moved to Farmington, but about 18G0 came back\\nto Argentine, where he died in 1871, in the house where\\nhis widow at present resides.\\nDr. Wixom, who had purchased the property before\\nmoving upon it, laid out the village-plat of Argentine,\\nOct. 9, 1844, since which time no additions have been\\nmade. He built to considerable extent, and through his\\nefl orts the place became of much importance, having at\\none time three stores and numerous other establishments.\\nThe building of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway through\\nFenton and Linden, leaving Argentine so far t i one side,\\neflfectually destroyed all ita hopes of future greatness. The\\ndoctor located at Fenton in 18G9, since which time that\\nvillage; has been his home.*\\nI *or mo\\nIT extended imlice of Dr. Wixom sei I enl .n history.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0447.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "306\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWilliuiii Lobdoll, wlio eaiiic fioiii near Auburn, Cayuca\\nCo., N. Y., settled near Ar ;uiitine village, as stated, in\\nMareli, 183(j. He built a lofj; house on liis place, chinking\\nup the ereviees. He had eoine to Detroit with his family\\nin the fall of 1835, and stayed at that laec duriiij; the\\nwinter. He was the owner of a wagon and three horses,\\nand found plenty of en)ploymont in transporting pioneer\\nfamilies and their effiets through to Grand lliver. On one\\nof these trips he found the land upon which lie afterwards\\nsettled. He teamed more oi- less after settling in Argentine,\\nbesides working his farm. The lake near the village was\\nnamed for him.\\nMos((uitoes were so plenty during tho.sc days that it was\\nalmost impossible to live in comfort, or to open the mouth,\\nor go through the woods without taking something to brush\\naway the troublesome pests. Mr. Lobdell s liouse, like\\nnearly all other pioneer habitations, was always open to set-\\ntlei-s who were on their way to their new homes, and one\\nnight I orty persons slept in it. As usual the mos(|uitoes\\nwere on hand with their Oilh, and sleep was almost out of\\nthe fjue. ^tion. One Irishwoman among the number re-\\nmarked, The muskethers erawl through a veri/ small\\nliole. They were coming in through the chinks.\\nWhile the settlers themselves were inventing means to\\nkeep off the mosf|uitoes, it was necessary also for them to\\nlook well to their pigpens, lest the wolves should carry off\\nthe inhabitants thereof, as those animals were numerous, and\\nnever loath to indulge in a choice morsel of fresh pork of\\ntheir own killing.\\nUi)oii the old Lobdell farm (which was east of Argentine\\nvillage, and is now owned partly by John Hyatt, of Fenton)\\nwere two most excellent springs, one of which was near the\\nshore of the lake, and never froze over. Murray s dam\\nfinally caused its overflow by back-water. The other was\\nfarther back, and the Indians often encamped beside it. In\\nINlrs. liolKlcH s possession is a fine fossil tooth, which was\\nfound on the farm when it was first settled.\\nThe first death in the township was very probably that\\nof an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lobdell, which died\\nin June, 183G. A man named Bugbee lived in the neigh-\\nborhood, and perhaps a son of his, born on his place, Wiis\\nthe fii-st white child born in town. It died when about a\\nyear old. Mr. Lobdell s little girl, Kstlicr L., who died\\nwhen a year and a half old, was also born in the township,\\nand one or two children were boru early in the family of\\nWilliam Bcauicr, who had settled early in the sumnior of\\n183U. lie st;\\\\yed with William Lobdell until he could\\nbuild a house for himself. He finally sold out to Bciija-\\nluin Taylor.\\nA man named Ayers, who lived on the White Lake road,\\niu Tyrone, Livingston Co., showed Mr. Lobdell the laud\\nhe purchased, and iu 1837 the iMessrs. Rhodes, who lived\\nalso ill Tyrone, came up and helped BIr. Lobdell cut his\\nmai^sh hay this was plenty, and the only kind to be pro-\\ncured.\\nThe log bouse built by William Beamer was destroyed\\nby fire in the spring of 1837 or 1838, including its con-\\ntents, among which was a lot of maple-sugar and maple-\\nsyrup. The families made maplc-sug; r on an island in Lob-\\ndell s Ijiikc.\\nHannibal Lee, although not a resident of Argentine,\\nlived close enough to bo a neighbor, his home being just\\nacross the line in Livingston County. His place was sub-\\nsequently sold to Daniel Locke. After a short time,\\nCharles Green settled to the west of the village. The Mid-\\ndlesworths, David and Abram, settled early, the latter op-\\nposite the present hotel in the village, and the former far-\\nther west. William Alger and William Jennings settled a\\nshort distance east. Among the early residents of the\\nvillage were William and Henry Pratt and Ira Murray\\nthe latter was a cousin to James H. Murray, and moved\\nafterwards to Owasso, Shiawassee Co., where he died. Israel\\nCrow lived we.st of the village.\\nCalvin W. Ellis, brother to Mi-s. J. H. Murray, came with\\nMr. BL to the village. He was then a single man i\\\\fter-\\nwards owned and lived on a farm on the bank of McCaslin\\nLake, where he died. Mr. McCaslin, for whom the lake\\nwas named, occupied the same farm in later years he is\\nalso deceased, but two of his sons live on the place.\\nBefore Murray s grist-mill was built, Benjamin Taylor\\ncame in from Vermont, and lived with Mr. Murray seven\\nor eight years. He afterwards married and settled in\\nLinden, where he died about 18G9.\\nA post-ofiice was established at the village at an early\\nday, and called Booton, but, owing to its inconvenience on\\naccount of another office existing in the State with a some-\\nwhat similar name, it was finally changed to Argentine.\\nJames H. Murray was the first postmaster, and to him is\\ngiven the credit of naming the township. Mail was carried\\non horseback over a route which extended from Pontiac to\\nIonia. William Hubbard, now of Flint, was an early mail-\\ncarrier, as was also Brown Hyatt, now of Linden. The\\npresent incumbent of the oflice is Luman Bishop.\\nAmos Sturgis, a native of Avon, Oakland Co., Mich.,\\ncame with his father, Thomas Sturgis, to Argentine in 1837\\nor 38, the latter settling with his family on the Byron\\nroad, two miles northwest of Argentine village. Two other\\nsons, John and Lewis Sturgis, are also now living in the\\ntownship. Among the residents of the town when the\\nSturgis family came were James H. JMurray, David Brooks,\\nSolomon Sutherland, who kept a tavern on the bank of\\nwhat is now known as Myei-s Lake, William Lobdell,\\nHalsey Whitehead, and possibly George GofiF, who was\\neither here then or cauie soon after, and is uow living in\\nByron, Shiawassee Co.\\nAsa Athcrton settled about 1838, and took up consider-\\nable land, including that upon which his son, Freeman\\nAtherton, now lives. He lived north of the railroad, on\\nthe place now occupied by Stephen Atherton. Samuel\\nAtherton, Asa s brother, came soou after the latter, and\\nnow lives east of Freeman Athcrton.\\nHalsey Whitehead, a native of Hanover, Morris Co.,\\nN. J., and afterwards a resident of Seneca County, N. Y.,\\ncame to Michigan in 1832, and in 1837 settled in Argen-\\ntine, where he lived until his death, which occurred Sept.\\n2, 1874, when he had nearly reached the age of eighty-\\nthree years. He was a prominent citizen of the township,\\nand had served in the army during the war of 1812.\\nDavid Brooks, who located first in Oakland County, sot-\\ntied in Argentine in 1830. He was elected, in 1837, the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0448.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0449.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "i^b r^ j ^i g g^^^.bS .yi i^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0V: t^^ ^^-^^^^^tf^ ^^:^^!b!^g ;j^\\nLew/sLahrino.\\n-iirl^ f jl T I\\n1 ]1 li\\nJii.=;P^^.i\\n^^3!^-: .-\u00c2\u00ab|ti\\nRESIDENCE OF _iW;i \u00e2\u0080\u009eAHRiN", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0450.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": ".IS\\ns-^r^\\nHfiu\u00c2\u00a3.NT.\\\\\u00c2\u00a3, JiMSLL LG ,M!CH,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0451.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0452.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP.\\n307\\nfirst justice of the peace in the township, and has continued\\nto hold the oflSce to the present. Most of the supplies for\\nfamily use had then to be procured at Detroit, while Pon-\\ntiac was the customary objective point for those wishing\\ngrists ground, as the nearest grist-mill was at that place.\\nMr. Brooks one year raised 40 bushels of wheat, which\\nhe had threshed out with a flail and winnowed by pouring\\nback and forth between two blankets laid on the ground\\nand held down by rails. He finally took 30 bushels of\\nwheat in his wagon, bitched two yokes of oxen to it, and\\nstarted with that and his family to Pontiac, to get a grist\\nground, having to cut his road a good share of the di.stance,\\nand being guided the greater part of the way by marked trees.\\nOn the evening of the second day after starting they reached\\nPontiac. On going to the mill, Mr. Hrooks found the miller\\nreading. The latter inquired of Mr. B. if he had come to\\nmill, to which he replied that ho had come forty miles,\\ncutting his road most of the wa} and asked when he could\\nhave his grinding done. Ilis disappointment can scarcely\\nbe imagined when he was told that he would have to wait\\nfour weeks, as the water was very low Upon mentioning\\nto the miller that he and his family had Heed for three\\nweckn im boded wheat, which was a fact, his heart .soft-\\nened, and he at once ground Mr. Brooks grist and let him\\ngo on his way rejoicing, even though the mill was then full\\nof grain waiting to be ground. It took two days to grind\\nthe 30 bushels.\\nJohn Boyd, of Scotch descent, located in the town.sbip\\nin the spring of 1845, returning soon afterwards to Hart-\\nford, Conn., for his family, and bringing them back with\\nhim. The farm upon which he settled had a log house\\npreviously built upon it and a few acres improved. Mr.\\nBoyd died in March, 1862.\\nGeorge \\\\V. Hovey, from Livingston Co., N. Y., came to\\nArgentine in 1843. Upon his arrival in Flint he traded\\nhis horses and wagon to George M. Dewey for the 80\\nacres upon which he now lives, and after the transaction\\nwas completed had but thirty cents left. In 1850 he built\\na saw-mill, which he continued to operate until 1875.\\nStephen Jennings, a cooper by trade, settled half a mile\\nsouth of the village in 1843.\\nIsaac 11. Middlesworth, a surveyor by profession, from\\nNewark, N. J., bought 400 acres of land in the township\\nJune 1, 1837, and settled in 1840.\\nFrom the assessment roll for 1844 is made up the following\\nlist of resident tax-payers in Argentine township in that\\nyear:\\nAlger, Daniel.\\nAlger, Wiliift ii.\\nAtliertdii, Asabcl.\\nliiril, lOlij.ih.\\nISr H)k.\u00c2\u00ab, J)aviil.\\nI arron, .Tohri.\\nCriiw, Israel.\\n]tu. 4hncll, Joseph.\\nCuininin: William.\\nChiiac, .John F.\\nCoehran, .lolin B.\\nCollins, Norman.\\nCuinphell, Miner.\\nCory, Cyrus 11., A Co. (near\\nMurray s Mill).\\nDodge, Ira.\\nEllis, Calvin W.\\nFerris, William 13.\\nGoir, Ziba.\\n(iotr, George.\\nGreen, Charles A.\\nIl4 lilson, Uobert.\\nHarmon. Alinon I.\\nHicks, William U.\\nHallctek, Almon.\\nJ(jhnson, John I.\\nKelly, Samuel.\\nLobJell, William.\\nMidillesnortb, Isaae K.\\nMiiltlleuworth, iiiehanl U.\\nMitMlesworth, John.\\nMiddlesworth, Willi ;iiii.\\nMiddlesworth, David.\\nMurray, .Tames 11.\\nMason, William P. (one dis-\\ntillery, together with one\\naere of land adjoining\\nJames H. Murray s grist-\\nmill).\\nMyers, William.\\nMitehidl. Dominicus.\\nParker, James E.\\nStarks, Enoeh.\\nSturgis, Thomas.\\nSturgis, Amos.\\nShaw, Nathan E.\\nSmith, Robert.\\nSmith, Reuben.\\nStroger, John.\\nSutherland, Solomon.\\nTillman, David.\\nThomas, E/.ekiel.\\nTaylor, Renjamin.\\nWhitehead, llalsey.\\nThe heaviest resident tax-payer was James II. Murray,\\nwho.se property was valued at $3200, and whose total tax\\nwas $117.00.\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND PARTIAL CIVIL\\nLIST.\\nThe following act creating the township of Argentine was\\napproved July 26, 1836\\nSkction 1, fie it enacted bi/ the Senate and House nf Repretenta-\\ntivcit of tJin Slate of Mirlti f/nu, That all that part of the eounty of Gen-\\nesee eompriscd in surveyed township number five north, of ranges\\nfiva and .si.\\\\ east, be a township by the name of Argentine, and the\\nfirst township-meeting be held at the now dwelling-house of Charles\\nRyrani, in said township, on the second Monday of August next.\\nThe house of Charles Byram was on the shore of Byram\\nLake, in what is now the township of Feiiton, formed from\\nthe east half of Argentine, in 1838. The early records of\\nthe township of Argentine cannot be found, and it is im-\\npossible to give a full list of her officers. Some account of\\nthe first township-meeting will be found in a historical ad-\\ndress included in the history of Fenton village. The rec-\\nords preserved in the town clerk s office in Argentine begin\\nwith the year 1850, from which date to 1870, inclusive, the\\nofficers elected each year have been as follows, viz.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nISSO-S.I. William H. Hicks.\\n1S. )4. Isaac Wixom.\\nISo5. A. Middlesworth.\\n18.56. Isaac R. Midillcsworth.\\n1857-58. William II. Hicks.\\n1859. William Myers.\\n1S60-C _ John n. Cochran.\\n18fi:i. William Myers.\\n18C.4-G5. J. C. Wilcox.\\nlSliB-07. John B. Cochran.\\n1868-73. Uorton llealey.\\n187I-7\u00c2\u00bb. Jacob S. Dodder,\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1850. W. W. Wixom.\\n1851-53. Isaac Wixom.\\n1854-55. J. G. Hicks.\\n1856. Horatio N. Richards.\\n1857-58. .James L. Topping.\\n1859. Isaac Wixom.\\n1860. J. L. Topping.\\n1801. Franklin Bradley.\\n1802. 1). N. Roberts.\\n1863. Richard R. Britton.\\n1S61. J. W. Sherwood.\\n1865-67. B, Stevens.\\n1868. .\\\\I. V. B. Wixom.\\n1869. Anson Sbotwell.\\n1870. Albert E. Hall.\\n1871-72. Bimslcy Stevens.\\n1873-74. Edward B. Field,\\n1875-76. Albert E. Hall.\\n1877. Michael Hull.\\n1878. Lorenzo V. Fletcher.\\n1879. Albert E. Hall.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1850-52. William Myers.\\n1853. Abram Middlesworth.\\n1854. Oliver 11. Whitehead.\\n1855-56. Elijah Bird.\\n1S57-58. William Myers.\\n1859-61. Oliver 11. Whitehead.\\n1862-63. Franklin Bradley.\\n1861-65. It. R. Britton.\\n1866-67. J. W. Sherwood.\\n1868-69. Jacob S. Dodder.\\n1870-71. William T. Jennings.\\n1872-73. Jacob S. Dodder.\\n1871. William Harper.\\n1875-77. .John Barron.\\n1S7S-79. Alexander Gillespie.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0453.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "308\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJUSTICES OF\\nrHE PEACE.\\n1866. M.V.B. Wixom.\\n1871. No record.\\n1807. M. V. B. Wixom.\\n1872. Albert E. Hall.\\n1S50. William CuramiDS.\\n1S66.\\nH. G. Whitehead.\\nWm. Harper.\\n1873. William Harper.\\n1851. Halsey Whitehead.\\n1867.\\nDavid Brooks.\\n1868. N. J. Whitehead.\\n1874. Albert E. Hall.\\n1S52. JeffcrsoD H. Downer.\\nN. J. Whitehead.\\nDavid R. Reed.\\n1875-78. William Harper.\\n1853. Reuben M. Ford.\\n1868.\\nSedgwick P. Stcdman.\\n1S09. David R. Reed.\\n1879. Stephen B. Cooley.\\nJohn Barron.\\n1869.\\nS. P. Stcdman.\\n1870. William Harper.\\n1854. Matthias Cummins.\\nGeorge Fox.\\n1856. Joseph Collins.\\n1S70.\\nMatthias Cummins.\\nTOWNSHIP SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\nDavid Brooks.\\nJ. L. AVolverton.\\n1856. George A. Fletcher.\\n1871.\\nDavid Brooks.\\n1875. J. E. Vail.\\n1877. James R. Burr.\\nAshley T. Craw.\\nD. N. Roberts.\\n1876. Jesse M. Crandall.\\n1878. Aaron R. Ingram.\\n1857. James F. Mead.\\n1872.\\nPeter Acre.\\nCastle Sutherland.\\n1873.\\nR. R. Britton.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1858. Mathias Cnmmins.\\nJohn A. Royce.\\n1859. J. L. Topping.\\n1874.\\nM. Cummins.\\n1871. John B. Cochran (appt d).\\n1876. William Tummingly.\\nDavid Brooks.\\nBenjamin Van Riper.\\n1872-73, Warren Lueo.\\n1877. E. F. Lillie.\\n1860. Lorenzo C. Fletcher.\\n1875.\\nDavid Brooks.\\n1874. William Tunimingly.\\n1878. Freeman Athcrton (2 yrs.)\\n1861. J. L. Topping.\\nB. Stevens.\\n1875. William L. Smith.\\n1862. Matthias Cummins.\\n1876.\\nRichard R. Britton.\\n1863. David Brooks.\\n1S77.\\nBimsley Stevens.\\n1SC4. Jacob S. Dodder.\\n1878.\\nRobert K. Strublc.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1865. Franklin Bradley.\\n1879.\\nH. L. Bishop.\\n1850. D.anicl M. Case.\\n1863. J. Shank.\\nD. K. Roberts.\\nF. Athcrton.\\nSamuel Fields.\\nH. Whitehead.\\n1866. M. Cummins.\\nCastle Sutherland.\\nJohn D. Bennett.\\nFreeman Athcrton.\\nAlbert Voorheis.\\nASSES\\nSORS.\\n1851. John D. Bennett.\\nC. Sutherland.\\n1864. M. V. B. Wixom.\\nF. Athcrton.\\n1850. William Crane.\\n1852.\\nH.alscy Whitehead.\\nD. M. Case.\\nR. R. Britton.\\nWilliam Myers.\\nElijah Bin!.\\nJacob G. Hicks.\\nA. N. Newman.\\n1851. No record.\\n1852. L. F. Thompson.\\nWarner Lobdell.\\n1865. H. Whitehead.\\nD. M. Case.\\nCOMMISSIONERS\\nOF HIGHWAYS.\\nOliver Whitehead.\\nAmos J.\\nWilliam Myers.\\nJohn Niles.\\n1850. Matthias Cnmmins.\\n1865.\\nD. M. Case.\\n1853. Lafayette Lampson.\\n1866. M. V. B. Wixom.\\n1851. John Barron.\\n1866.\\nG. B. Whitney.\\nAmos Lobdell.\\nAnson Shotwell.\\n1852. John B. Cochran.\\n1867.\\nM. Cummins.\\nDavid M. Case.\\nD. M. Case.\\n1853. William Myers.\\nD. N. Roberts.\\nCharles Wbittaker.\\nHalsey Whitehead.\\n1854. John Barron.\\n1868.\\nRobert K. Struble.\\n1854. Wm. U. Hicks.\\n1867. J. S. Wolverton.\\n1855. John B. Cochran.\\n1869.\\nD. N. Rolierts.\\nD. M. Case.\\nDavid Niles.\\n1856. John D. Williams.\\nJ. B. Cochran.\\nN. J. Whitehead.\\nAnson Shotwell.\\n1857. Henry H. Brownell.\\n1870.\\nEliphalct Lillic.\\nAshley Craw.\\nD. M. Case.\\n1858. John B. Cot:hraD.\\n1871.\\nRobert K. Struble.\\n1855. George W. Chase.\\n1868. D. Niles.\\n1859. AVilliam H. Hicks.\\n1872.\\nLewis Lahring.\\nN. J. Whitehead.\\nBimsley Stevens.\\n1860. Jacob S. Dodder.\\n1873.\\nAsa Devore.\\nJacob W. Craw.\\nJohn T. Wolverton.\\n1861. James C. Wilcox.\\n1874.\\nWarren Luce.\\nNorton G. Skinner.\\nJohn Middlesworth.\\nDavid JJ. Roberts.\\n1875.\\nRobert K. Struble.\\n1856. John I. Middlesworth.\\n1809. William Bowk.\\n1S62. Bimsley Stevens.\\n1876-\\n77. Bimsley Stevens.\\nN. (i. Skinner.\\nD. R. Reed.\\n1863. Matthias Cummins.\\n1878.\\nE. F. Lillic.\\nGeorge W. Chase.\\nAndrus Betterley.\\n1864. No record.\\n1879.\\nWilliam J. Tower.\\nJason Whitehead.\\n1857. Halsey Whitehead.\\nByron Hopkins.\\n1870. George Lillie.\\nOVERSEERS\\nF THE POOR.\\nL. F. Lampson.\\nD. R. Reed.\\nD. M. Case.\\nWarren Hawley.\\n1850. Halsey Whitehead.\\n1855.\\nWm. Cummins.\\nAmbrose Kitchen.\\nStuart Douglas.\\nIsaac Wixom.\\n1856.\\nJoseph Middlesworth.\\n1858. D. M. Case.\\n1871. D. N. Reed.\\n1851. No record.\\nA. S. Harmon.\\nJacob Shank.\\nCh.arles Devena.\\n1852. H. Whitehead.\\n1857.\\nJohn Kimball.\\nL. F. Lampson.\\nHalsey Whitehead.\\nB. Stevens.\\nMatthias Cummins.\\nGreen Hicks.\\nRalph Collins.\\n1872. James H. Page.\\n1853. H. Whitehead.\\n1858.\\nGreen Hicks.\\n1859. Jacob Shank.\\nWilliam Cummins.\\nHalscy Whitehead.\\nD. M. Case.\\nGeorge Lillie.\\n1854. H. H. Brownell.\\n1859.\\nD. N. Roberts.\\nIsaac Wixom, Jr.\\nD. N. Reed.\\n1855. A. Fletcher.\\nH. Whitehead.\\nHalsey Whitehead.\\n1860. Jacob Shank.\\nJames C. Whalen.\\n1873. John Baird.\\nSCHOOL IN\\nSPECTORS.\\nIsaac Wixom, Jr.\\nJohn Develin.\\n1850. William Whitehead.\\n1859.\\nJames L. Topping.\\nD. M. Case.\\nIlalscy Whitehead.\\n1861. Halsey Whitehead.\\nRalph Collins.\\nD. R. Reed.\\n1851. George S. Fletcher.\\n1860.\\nJ.icob G. Hicks.\\n1874. D. R. Reed.\\n1852. Jefferson H. Downer.\\nH. H. Brownell.\\nD. M. Case.\\nGeorge Miller.\\n1853. Jacob G. Hicks.\\n1861.\\nWashington W. Faulkner.\\nJohn F. Wise.\\nJames H. Pago.\\nReuben M. Ford.\\n1862.\\nJ. G. Hicks.\\n1854. N. J. Whitehead.\\nJ. C. Wilnox.\\nJacob Shank.\\nRalph Collins.\\n1862. Jesse Harris.\\n1875. J. H. Page.\\nW. W. Faulkner.\\n1863.\\nN. J. Whitehead.\\n1855. N. J. Whitehead.\\n1864.\\nM. V. B. Wixom.\\nWilliam Brady.\\nJacob Shank.\\nGeorge Dodder.\\nD. R. Reed.\\n1856. William W. Faulkner.\\n1865.\\nJ. C. Wilcox.\\nH. Whitehead.\\nEdgar Durfce.\\n1857. Isaac Wi.xom.\\n1806.\\nJ. W. McCollum.\\nGeo. W. Chase.\\n1S58. Jacob G. Hicks.\\nRecord\\nillegible.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0454.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0455.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0456.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP.\\n309\\n1876. Hugh Murray.\\nEdgnr Durfeo.\\n.I.inies C. Whalcn.\\nV. R. Reed.\\n1S77. n. Murray.\\nJ. R. Burr.\\nJ. C. Whalen.\\nD. R. Reed.\\n187S. H. Murray.\\nJoliH Cowcll.\\nMiv-cs Parker.\\nFrederick Moran.\\n1S79. William Hatt.\\nJames II. Pago.\\nHugh Murray.\\nJnuic9 R. Stcdman.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school in the township was t.iught in a small\\ncooper-shop, owned by James H. Murray, as early as\\n1838-39, by Sarah JIurniy. A lo r school-house was\\nbuilt, probably the next season, on land owned by James\\nOlney. and afterwards the property of Halsey Whitehead.\\nIt now belongs to Allen Leonard. The following report of\\nthe township school-inspeetors shows the condition of the\\nschools in town for the year ending Sept. 2, 1S7S:\\nDistrict No. 1* has one frame school-house with 60 sit-\\ntings value of property, \u00c2\u00a7200 one male and one female\\nteacher; number of school-children, 5-4 attendance during\\nthe year, 47 school tiiught ISO days.\\nDistrict No. 2 has one frame sehool-house, 50 sittings\\nproperty worth S600 one male and one female teacher\\n58 school-children, of whom 45 attended during the year;\\nschool t;iught 160 days.\\nDistrict No. 3 has one fnime school-house 39 school-\\nchildren, all in attendance during the year school taught\\n160daj-s; number of sittings, 40 valueof property, S450\\ntwo male teachers.\\nDistrict No. 4 has one frame school-house with 44 sit-\\ntings value of property, SIOOO 49 school-children, and 31\\nin attendance during the year; school taught 160 days;\\ntwo female teachers.\\nDistrict No. 5 has one brick school-house, 60 sittings,\\nand property valued at $500 one male and one female\\nteacher 65 school-children, of whom 55 attended during\\nthe year; school taught 160 days.\\nDistrict No. 6 has 47 school-children, 46 in attendance\\nschool taught 15S days; two female teachers; one frame\\nschool-house 43 sittings value of property, S600.\\nThe amount paid to the teachers of these six schools was\\nfive male teachers received S4S5 seven female teachers\\nreceived S420 aggregate, \u00c2\u00a7905. Total receipts for the\\nyear, \u00c2\u00a71468.23; expenditures (less amount on hand),\\n81158.99.\\nKELIGIOUS.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ARGENTINE VILLAGE.\\nA cl;i 3 was organized here in February, 1869, by Rev.\\nJ. W. Holt, with B. G. Wliituey as chiss-leadcr. The ap-\\npointment was at first on Oak Grove circuit, but was\\nchanged to the Linden circuit in 1870. The frame church\\nnow standing was built and dedicated in 1873. The pres-\\nent membership of this church is 34, and the pastor is the\\nRev. 0. Sanborn.\\nTHE DODI ER SCnOOI.-IlOlSE CI,.\\\\Ss\\nwas originally org-anized in Feiiton township, at the Blair\\nschool-house, in February, 1867, by Rev. James Berry.\\nB. F. Hitchcock was chosen first class-leader. This class\\nFraotional district.\\nwas subsequently changed to the Dodder school-house, in\\nArjj^entine, where its meetings are still held. It is a part\\nof the Linden circuit, in charge of Rev. O. Sanborn, and\\nhas a membei-sbip of 27.\\nAmong those who have furni. hed material aid in the\\ncompilation of this chapter, and to whom thanks are hereby\\ntendered, are Mi-s. rainier, of Argentine village (the widow\\nof James II. Murray^ Mrs. William Lobdell, of Linden\\nDavid Brooks. Dr. Is;jac Wisom, of Feuton Amos Sturgis,\\nAlbert E. Hall, town clerk (for use of books of record),\\nand others.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJOHN BOYCE COCHRAN\\nwas born in Camden, Maine, Nov. 13, 1812, and died at\\nArgentine, Mich., March 8, 1876. He was the son of the\\nRev. Thomas Cochran, who graduated at Brown Univer-\\nsity in the class of 1799, and who, subso iucntly (in 1805),\\nreceived from his Alma Mater the degree of Master of\\nArts. Jlr. Cochran s mother, whose maiden-name was\\nMary Baistow, was the daughter of Nathaniel Barstow and\\nElizabeth Cashing, who was the daughter of the Hon.\\nJudge Joseph Cushing, of Revolutionary fame. Mr.\\nCochran s father died when he was quite young, and he\\nwent to reside with one of his paternal uncles at New Bos-\\nton, N. H., the birthplace of his father.\\nHis ancestry on his father s side was of that hardy, noble\\nScotch-Irish race that settled New Boston, N. H.. where\\nthe earth rises to meet tlie heavens where cataracts foam\\nand watei-s leap where, above the herds that graze and the\\nfields that bloom in the valleys below, the eagle wheels to\\nhis home in the cliffs. It Wiis there, among those hills\\nand bold and majestic scenery, that he spent his youth and\\nearly manhood. Mountainous regions have always pro-\\nduced a race pos.sessed of sterling qualities, hardy, ardent,\\ngenerous, patriotic lovers of liberty; simple and sometimes\\nblunt in their .iddress, they are men who have always dis-\\ntinguished themselves in seasons of emergency and 5Ir.\\nCochran had many of these characteristics.\\nIt has been said that New Hampshire is rough and\\nrocky, her climate cold and uncongenial, and the produc-\\ntions of her soil granite and ice. This is true in part, but\\nthere is a product of which she may justly feel proud. She\\nhas raised good men, and from her native hills a living\\nstream has swept over this land, enriching, like the Nile,\\nevery spot where it has flowed, and Miciiigan and old\\nGenesee have received the benefit of their intelligence,\\nprinciples, and morals. Mr. Cochran was a native of one\\nState and the adopted son of another, but he w;is proud of\\nboth. Though he never desired to forget from whence he\\ncame, yet his interests and sympathies were idl with the\\nState and community of his adoption. His temperament\\nwas ardent, nervous, and generous. He Wiis a lover of his\\nrace, a man of broad charity and deep sympathies,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a genial,\\nlarge-minded man, upright in his conduct, the very soul of\\nhonor, commanding the conlidenco and esteem of all. He\\nwas full of -the milk of liuman kindne.-s, which was re-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0457.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "310\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncognised in the glance of his eye, the tone of his voice, and\\nthe pressure of his hand. His heart overflowed with\\nsyuipathj- towards those around liini, and many who re-\\npaired to him for counsel and advice could testify to the\\nwarmth of his feelings, as well as to the rectitude of his\\njudgment. He was a man of great energy and decision of\\nchanicter. In his home he was kind, confiding, and unos-\\ntentatious sensitive to the cry of pain, zealous to alleviate\\nsuflering. and careful of wounding the feelings of others.\\nHow unstudied, and yet how effectual, his power to throw\\naround him the sunshine of a loving and confiding heart,\\nhis four sons (^John L., Varnum B., George E., and\\nClarence F.), who have all arrived at man s estate, and all\\nothers who had access to that home, will ever remember.\\nHe was married, Sept. 1, 1S39, to Miss Mary Elizabeth\\nFletcher, who was born at Lowell, Mass., March 20, 1S20,\\nand died at Argentine. Mich., Aug. 15, 1S77. She was\\nthe daughter of Jonathan Fletcher and Mary Varnum,\\nwho w;is the daughter of Col. Prescott Varnum, of Dracut,\\nMtiss. She received a libend education, and the fall after\\naft\u00c2\u00abr her marriage (_Sept. 21, 1840 she, with her mother,\\naccompanied her husband to Michigan, arriving at Detroit,\\nSept. 27, 1S40. After spending a year at the City of the\\nStraits, they moved into the township. Oct. 8, 1841, aud\\ncommenced clearing up the farm where they ever afler\\nlived. It was a great change for Mrs. Cochran, from the so-\\nciety and etimfort.-; of au E;istern city to the quiet and solitude\\nof an almost uubrokeu forest but for her young husband she\\nfelt, Whither thou goest, I will go where thou diest will\\nI die, and there will I be buried. How true, indeed, of\\nher as she only survived her husband a short time, aud her\\nmortal remaius now rest by the side of her husband s, in\\nthe beautiful cemetery at Linden, where, in her own\\nwords,\\nThe silent sleepers, one by one,\\nRest with their kindred lieail\\nWhore youth and ige put off their pride,\\nForg:et there s rank or birth.\\nAnd by this softly-rippling tide\\nMingle again with e.irth.\\nAnd so twill be in afler-yesirs\\nOur forms will slumber too\\nFriends will plant flowers amid their tears,\\nWhieh fall like evening dew.\\nStringers will walk amid these grounds.\\nDrink from this purling spring.\\nAnd joyous birds above these mounds\\nWill linger oft to sing.\\nOh, sacred s) ot, serenely calm,\\nTo rest at life s glad ev n\\nWith glorious hope, the spirit s balm,\\nOf a home above, in heaven,\\nThough Mrs. Cochrau wrote of Massachusetts, her native\\nState,\\nI hail thee with pride, dear State of my birth.\\nAnd think thee the fairest and brightest of earth,\\nshe livevl to love her own adopted county, Genesee, and\\nwrote of her,\\nI ve wandered nealh the orange tree,\\nAnd culled the tropic flowers\\nMy cheek was fanned by ocean broeie,\\nI ve dreamed in Southern bowers:\\nBut naught so fair, no air so free,\\nAs thy lair county, Genesee.\\nMrs. Cochran was a lady of fine literary tastes and\\ntaleuts, and often contributed both prose aud poetry to the\\nperiodical press of the country. Many of her productions\\nappeared from lime to time in the different county papers.\\nIt was a pleasure for her to write and, as she often ex-\\npressed it, she wrote for her own ainu. ement. A promi-\\nnent lady of Flint, in writing to T/w Democrat at the time\\nof Mrs. Cochran s death, said She was a lady of great\\nstrength of character and much ability as a writer, and I\\nfelt honored in being able to class her as among my per-\\nsonal friends. But now she is numbered with those who\\nhave passed to that land from whence no traveler returns\\nto tell us of its hidden mysteries. I seem as one let\\\\ alone\\nupon a dreary waste, with chilling winds moaning over the\\ndeserted plain.\\nHer life was one of active usefulness and unselfish devo-\\ntion to her family, and it was here in the home circle,\\nas wife and mother, that her many noble qualities of he:id\\nand heart found fullest play. She alwap gave her personal\\nattention to the eilncation and instruction of her children,\\naud was largely iustrumeutid in giving them ;dl a libend\\neducation.\\nHer influence and interests were by no means circum-\\nscribed by the walls of her own home, but extended to all who\\nneeded her assistance and friendship. It can truly be said\\nthat she was always foremost in promoting the interests of\\nreligion, education, and temperance in the community where\\nshe was so long and favorably known. During the late\\nKebellion she was active in collecting supplies to send for-\\nward for the benefit of our wounded soldiers, and many will\\nremember her as one ever ready to carry sympathy and\\ncomfort to the home of suffering and distress.\\nIs it not possible that the influence of her life, which\\nlives after her, is a most fitting answer to her own beautiful\\nwords\\nAnd when others fill these places.\\nWhich have echoetl to our tread,\\nMay we leave some bright memento\\nWhich will speak thoagh we are dead.\\nLORENZO C. FLETCHER\\nwas born in Lowell, Middlesex Co., Mass Sept. 16, 1S15.\\nHis father, Jonathan Fletcher, was a merchant in his early\\nlife, but later bec;une a builder, which occupation he fol-\\nlowed until his death, which occurred in 1830. He w:is\\nau estimable man of much energy and determination, and\\nsuccessful. Lorenzo received an academical education, and\\nat the age of eighteen years w;is apprenticed to the trade\\nof a builder, which occupation he followed until 1854, In\\n1839, in company with his brother George, he came to\\nMichigan, and settled in Detroit, where he njiuaiued until\\nhis removal to Argentine, in 1854, During his residence\\nin Detroit, a period of nearly fifteen years, he was pniuii-\\nnently identifietl with the city, and w:\\\\s twice elected alder-\\nman, which position he filled with credit to himself, and to\\nthe entire s; tisfaction of his cinistituents. In 1854 he\\ndisposed of his property in Detroit, and purchaseil of Gov-\\nernor Fentou three hundred and twenty acres of wild land\\nin Argentine, which he hivs improved, and to which he has", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0458.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "o/^^ayC^^in. L^^^y^\\nA^eiyi^\\n9t UJ ^(ToA^h^O^^\\nMRS. DAVID BROOKS.\\nDAVID BROOKS,\\nf PHOTOS BT J M PxrpPS.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0459.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0460.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP.\\n311\\nadded about four hundred acres, making one of the largest\\nfarms in the county.\\nIn 184.5, IMr. Fletcher was married to Miss Julia A.\\nHarris, of Macomb Co., Mich. She was born in Burrel-\\nville, R. I., Jan. 28, 1821. They have reared a family of\\nthree children, two sons and one daughter.\\nMr. Fletcher is a man of decided opinions, and of invin-\\ncible determination. He possesses the elements of a suc-\\ncessful business man, keen perceptive faculties, coupled\\nwith good judgment and an abundance of will-power.\\nSocially, he is courteous and genial, winning and retaining\\nthe regard of all with whom he conies in contact. He is\\nin every way worthy of the position he holds among the\\nrepresentative men of Genesee County.\\nJOHN BOYD\\nwas of Scotch parentage, born in Londonderry, Ireland,\\nin 1815. He was the son of David and Rebecca Boyd.\\nAt the age of twenty he came to America, and shortly\\nafter his arrival went to Hartford, Conn., and entered the\\nemploy of H. H. Freeman, manufacturers of boots and\\nshoes. lie remained with this firm nine years. In the\\nspring of 1845 he came to Argentine, and purchased one\\nhundred and sixty acres of land. Returning to Hartford,\\nhe arranged his business, and with his family which\\nconsisted of his wife and two children, William D. and\\nColwell returned to his new home. He was a man of\\nvery industrious habits, great energy, a successful farmer,\\nand a valuable citizen. He died in March, 1862.\\nIn 1840, Mr. Boyd was married to Margaret Pattison, of\\nHartford. She was born in Philadelphia, in 1820, and\\nwas the oldest child in the family of James and Martha\\n(Allen) Pattison. Her father was a weaver by occupa-\\ntion, and came to Hartford in 1838, where he resided until\\nhis death. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd reared a family of seven\\nchildren, five sons and two danghters. John Boyd was\\nemphatically a self-made man. Starting in life with only his\\nnatural resources for his capital, he attained success, and\\nbecame not only prominent in his calling, but an esteemed\\nand valuable member of society.\\nLEWIS LAHRING.\\nThis gentleman, one of the prominent farmers and early\\nsettlers of Argentine, was born in Hanover, Germany,\\nMarch 24, 1825. His parents, John and Elizabeth\\nLabring, had a family of six children, four boys and two\\ngirls. The elder Lahring died when Lewis was but six\\nyears of age, and in 1837 the family emigrated to America,\\nand settled in Holly, Oakland Co. He commenced life as\\na farm-hand, which occupation he followed three years. In\\n1849 he came to Argentine, and purchased one hundred\\nand .sixty acres of land, where he now resides. He was at\\nthis time unmarried, and built a log cabin in the woods, in\\nwhich he lived alone for two years, when he married Miss\\nSally, daughter of Halscy Whitehead, one of the town s\\nfirst settlers. She was born in the town of Tyre, Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1828.\\nWhen four years of age Halsey Whitehead came to\\nMichigan, and settled in the town of West Bloomfield, Oak-\\nland Co. in 1838 he came to Argentine, where he resided\\nuntil his death, which occurred Sept. 2, 1874, having lived\\nin the town thirty-seven years. He filled various offices of\\npublic trust to the satisfaction of all. He was born in the\\ntown of Morris, Hanover Co., N. J., and while young\\nmoved to Tyre, Seneca Co., N. Y. He was a soldier in the\\nwar of 1812, and was a man highly esteemed.\\nMr. Lahring is a thrifty and successful agriculturist. To\\nhis first purchase he has added two hundred acres, and his\\nfarm is justly considered to be one of the best in the county.\\nWILLIAM T. JENNINGS\\nwas born in the town of Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., July\\n31, 1837. His father, Stephen Jennings, was a native of\\nMassachusetts, and a cooper by occupation. In 1843 he\\ncame to Argentine with his family, which consisted of\\nhis wife and two children, Elvira H. and William T.,\\nand settled near the village, where he purchased eighty\\nacres of land. This he exchanged in 1858 for one hundred\\nand sixty acres, which is a part of the farm now owned by\\nhis son to this William T. has added two hundred acres,\\nmaking one of the largest farms of the town. In 1859 he\\nmarried IMiss Savilla Middlesworth, daughter of Isaac R.\\nMiddlesworth, one of the pioneers of the town. Mrs. Jen-\\nnings was born in Newark, N. J., June 1, 1837. Mr. Jen-\\nnings has been prominently identified with Argentine, and is\\none of the successful and progressive farmers of the county.\\nHe has an interesting family of five children, two boys\\nand three girls.\\nDAVID BROOKS.\\nAmong the venerable pioneers of Genesee County who,\\nby their own industry and energy, laid the broad founda-\\ntion for its present wealth, none are more worthy of a con-\\nspicuous place in the annals of its early history than David\\nBrooks. He was born in the town of Homer, Cortland Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 17, 1808. His ftithor, Samuel Brooks, was a\\nsoldier in the war of 1812, and was killed in the battle of\\nQueenstown Heights. About 1815 the family removed to\\nCayuga County, where they resided until Mr. Brooks emi-\\ngration to Michigan, in 1831. He first stopped in Roch-\\nester, Oakland Co., where he was engaged as a teamster\\nthis occupation he followed some sixteen months. At the\\nexpiration of his term of service he was married to Miss\\nAbigail Shipey, daughter of Stephen Shipey, one of the\\ntown s first settlers. Mrs. Brooks was born in the town of\\nAdams, Jefrcr,son Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1812. When she\\nwas seven years of age her parents emigrated to Oakland\\nCounty.\\nAfter a residence of three years in Oakland County, Mr.\\nBrooks came to Argentine, and took up tlie farm where\\nhe now resides. At that time there was only one other\\nwhite person in the town, Mr. James Murray, who had\\nsettled in what is now Argentine village.\\nPioneer life in Genesee was at this time replete with\\nhardship and i)rivations, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks had", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0461.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "312\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntheir full share. The nearest mill was at Pontiac, and for\\nnearly all articles, either for the farm or household, they\\nwere obliged to go to Detroit. He speaks of the kindness\\nof the Indians, by whom he was highly esteemed, and says\\nthat they frequently rendered him material assistanee. Many\\ninteresting incidents occurred, for which we refer our readers\\nto the township history.\\nMr. Brooks farm was originally heavily timbered the\\nfine farm of to-day is the result of years of toil, and a last-\\ning monument to his industry and energy. In 1837 the\\ntown of Argentine was organized, and Mr. Brooks was\\nelected its first justice, which position he has since held,\\na period (1879) of over forty-two yeai-s.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brooks have had eight children, four sons\\nand four daughters, five of whom are now living. One\\nson, Edward, was a member of the 8th Michigan Infantry,\\nand lost his life at the battle of Coosaw River, N. C, in\\nJanuary, 1862. He was a brave soldier, and in the fatal\\ncharge was so far ahead of his comrades that his loss was\\nnot discovered unti. the company left the field. The other\\nsons, James and William, served through the war, the\\nformer as a member of the 7th and the latter of the 11th\\nInfantry Regiments. Mr. Brooks has passed his three-\\nscore and ten is possessed of most of the virtues and but\\nfew of the fiiilings of humanity. He has endeared himself\\nto a large circle of friends and relations.\\nMOUNT MOERIS.\\nMoBNT JIoRRis, one of the latest township organizations\\nin the county, was formed from Flushing and Genesee by an\\nact of the State Legislature, approved Feb. 12, 1855. An\\ninterior township, it is joined on the north by Vienna, east\\nby Genesee, south by Flint, west by Flushing, and in the\\nfield notes of the United States survey is designated as\\ntownship No. 8 north, of range No. 6 east. In its natural\\nfeatures it is very similar to other interior divisions of the\\ncounty iilready described, the surface slightly rolling, and\\ncovered originally with heavy forests of beech, maple, oak,\\nash, and many other varieties of deciduous trees indigenous\\nto the soil in this section of the State.\\nThe Flint River, in its flow to the northwest, crosses the\\nextreme southwest corner. Devil Lake, a small body of\\nwater containing from ten to fifteen acres, is situated upon\\nsection 35. Brent s Run takes its rise from this lake, and\\nflows northerly through the central part. Several other\\nsmall tributaries of the Flint cross the township and flow\\nin a general northwest course. Stone similar to that ob-\\ntained in the Flushing quarries is found in the bed of the\\nriver upon section 31. The soil is very productive. The\\npeople, who number about 2000 at the present writing, are\\nchiefly agriculturists, and wool, live-stock, and wheat the\\nprincipal products.\\nITS EARLY SETTLEMENT.\\nTo one engaged in preparing a historical sketch of Blount\\nMorris whose field shall be confined within its present boun-\\ndaries, the task is a most arduous one. From the date of its\\nfirst settlement (in 1833) to 1836, its territory formed part\\nof Grand Blanc township. Flint was formed in the spring\\nof the latter year, and from that time until early in 1838,\\nthis township was under the jurisdiction of Flint. In the\\nyear last mentioned the townships of Genesee and Flushing\\nwere erected. By the act of their formation the east half\\nof surveyed township No. 8 north, of range No. G east, was\\nassigned to the township of Genesee, while the west half\\nWiLS included wllliiu that of Flashing. This condition of\\nafiairs, so far as the present town of Mount Morris was con-\\ncerned, remained unchanged until 1855. Consequently,\\nthe early social and political history of the township was so\\nclearly divided by an imaginary line, separating the east\\nfrom the west half, and so interwoven with those townships\\nwith which they were connected, that old residents of to-\\nday, when they go back in their recollections to years prior\\nto 1855, still insist, when speaking of friends and neighbors\\nwho reside in the east half, as of being in Genesee, those in\\nthe west half as of Flushing. Another obstacle confronts\\nthe local historian at the outset, viz. the almost total\\ndisappearance from the vicinity of those who witnessed or\\ntook an active part in the first improvements. However,\\nit is conceded by those most conversant with the facts that\\nBenjamin Pearson Uncle Ben, as he was more familiarly\\ncalled^was the pioneer of Mount Morris. He came from\\nAvon, Livingston Co., N. Y., early in the spring of 1833,\\nand immediately after his arrival at Todd s tavern devoted\\nmany days to land-looking, as it was his purpose to be-\\ncome a permanent resident of the new country, and also to\\ninvest a considerable sum in the purchase of desirable lands.\\nHe finally made choice of the south half of section 25, and\\nthe east half of the northeast quarter of section 36, as the\\nplace of his future residence, and purchased the same from\\nthe general government early in May, 1833. At the same\\ntime he entered lands situated in the present township of\\nGenesee. A few years subsequently he became the owner\\nby purchase of many other tracts situated in this and ad-\\njoining townships.\\nAbout the time that Mr. Pearson had decided where to\\nlocate, there arrived at his hostelry (Todd s tavern) Lewis\\nBuckingham, John Pratt, Isaac N. Robinson, and Richard\\nMarvin, from Jlount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., also in\\nsearch of lauds and a homestead in the promising young\\nTerritory. Desirous of securing them as neighbors, Mr.\\nPearson volunteered to show them some of the nicest\\nland they had ever seen. The following morning. May 2,\\n1833, he guided them to a point on the Saginaw road about", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0462.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0463.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0464.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP.\\nfour miles noith of the present city of Flint. The location\\nsuited all except Marvin, and two or three days later I ear-\\nsou, Pratt, Buekiughaui, and Robinson repaired to Detroit\\nand entered lands in what was to be known a few months\\nlater as the Coldwater settlement. After assisting to\\nbuild a log house for Luman Beach, which was located in\\nthe present township of Genesee, they all returned to New\\nYork.\\nIn the month of August, or early in September, 1833,\\nBenjamin Pearson and John Pratt returned from the East,\\naccompanied by their families. Sir. Pearson then erected,\\nand before the 1st of October was occupying, the fii-st dwell-\\ning built in Mount Morris township. This was situated\\nupon the northeast corner of section 36.\\nMr. Pratt lived with Luman Beach until the completion\\nof his cabin, which was situated a short distance north of\\nPearson s. It is stated that later in the same season Ly-\\nman G. Buckingham and Alanson and Luther Dickinson\\narrived and settled on section 36; also Asahel Beach and\\na 51 r. Ballard, who locjited on the west side of the Sagi-\\nnaw road.\\nDaniel Curtis settled upon section 35 in the fall of 1834.\\nDuring this and the succeeding year the Coldwater set-\\ntlement was considerably increased in numbers by new ar-\\nrivals, all of whom, and their place of settlement, we are\\nnow unable to trace. Schools were opened, a society of\\nPresbyterians organized, and the principles of temperance\\ndisseminated and practiced in their midst.\\nEzekiel R. Ewing, the first supervisor of Mount Morris,\\ncame to Grand Blane in 182!). After residing there and\\nat the Flint River settlemsnt for a number of years, it is\\nbelieved that he settled upon section 31, in this township,\\nsome time during the ye.ir 1835. During the period that\\nthe west half of this township formed part of Flushing,\\nMr. Ewing was prominently identified with the public in-\\nterests of the latter, anJ Wiis also conspicuous as a county\\nofficial.\\nCharles N. Beecher, from Livingston Co., N. Y., settled\\nupon section 24 in the fall of 1835. Years later he became\\na resident of the city of Flint. He was always a promi-\\nnent man in Genesee County, and was the recipient of many\\nofficial favors in the gifb of an appreciative public. Years\\nago, while reciting soma of his pioneer espjriences, he men-\\ntioned that Peabody Pratt came to Genesee with him.\\nThere was then a turnpike, 99 feet wide, opened five miles\\nnorth of Flint, terminating near Benjamin Pearson s farm.\\nThe roads out of Detroit were welluigh impassable. He\\npaid 81.25 per hundredweight to have his goods brought\\nfrom the latter city. It w;is no unusual sight to see babies\\npacked in baskets and carried through on horseback.\\nEdwin Coruwell, from MidJletowu, Conn., arrived in\\nthe township in 0 ;tober, 1836, and settled near the cen-\\ntral part, upon section 14. He, with his family, consisting\\nof a wife and two children, shared the hospitality of Nor-\\nman Cone, an early settler of Genesee township, until a log\\ndwelling could be constructed, and a road cut out by him-\\nself, Iciiding from the Saginaw turnpike to the place of his\\n(Cornwell s) present residence. Without a doubt, Mr.\\nCornwell was the first permanent settler in the central part\\nof the township. He relates that during the first winter\\n40\\nhe killed nineteen wolves, and that his nearest and only\\nneighbor on the west was Jacob Djhn, a German, who had\\nsettled upon section 18* early in 1836. Frederick Walker\\nsettled in the northeast corner at about the same time as\\nCornwell, and their dwellings were raised the same day.\\nAmong other settlei-s, not already mentioned, who were\\nhere prior to Mr. Cornwell s settlement, were Juba Bar-\\nrows, at whose house the first township-meeting for Gen-\\nesee was held, and Ilicli.ird Johnson, from England, one of\\nthe early leading Methodists.\\nFrederick Walker, a native of England, came from\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., in Oolobor, 1S36, and settled upon\\nthe present site of the village of Mount Morris, being the\\nfirst settler in that vicinity. Mrs. Walker remembers that\\ntheir nearest neighbors were Grovncr Vinton, two miles\\ndistant to the northward, and William Wooltitt, who was\\non section 13, one and a half miles south. Albert H. Hart\\nwas on the opposite side of the road, in Genesee township.\\nMr. Walker, during his lifetime, was ever active in ad-\\nvancing the best interests of his townsmen, and discharged\\nwith rare fidelity the many duties imposed while wearing\\nofficial honors. He was the first postm;tster in the village,\\nand, besides serving in various official capacities in Genesee\\ntownship, represented Genesee County in the State Legis-\\nlature during three terms. Henry Parker also settled in\\nthe northe;ist part in 1836. In 1837, George Selby bought\\nof Frederick Walker 30 acres, and the first dwelling built\\nby him (Walker). A few months later Selby died. Wil-\\nliam Bodine then purchased the Solby place, and lived there\\nfor many years.\\nIn July, 1839, Rodman W. Albro, a native of Rhode\\nIsland, came from the city of New York, and purchased\\nof II. I. Higgins the west one-half of the southwest quar-\\nter of section 13, which he still owns. lie was accompa-\\nnied by his wife and three children. Mr. Albro s recollec-\\ntions of those residing in the e;tst half of the township at\\nthe time of his arrival are as follows: Manley Miles. Ly-\\nman G. Buckingham, Alanson Dickinson, William Pier.son,\\nJohn Rusco, near Devil s Lake, Jesse Clark, Porter Flem-\\nings, John Pratt, Daniel Curtis and his father-in-law\\nBacon, Luther Trickcy, who had been here two or three\\nyears, Juba Barrows, Elder Cobb, of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, Daniel Andrews, Pratt s brother-in-law Humphrey\\nHunt, Charles N. Beecher, who owned a large tract of land,\\nEdwin Cornwell, Linus Atkins, Twogood, M illiam\\nWoolfitt, Frederick Walker, Henry Barber, George Scho-\\nfield, with a large family of sons, William Bodine, and\\nRichard Johnson. A man named Moffat had settled on\\nsection 19, built a small log house, and done some clearing,\\nbut removed prior to 1839. Samuel Stewart had built a\\nhouse, but after living here a short period had gone away\\nalso a man named Hopkins, who made a beginning on\\nthe property now owned by Louis Cornwell.\\nHe Wiis not so conversant with those living in the west\\npart, as heavy forests separated the Flushing and Genesee\\nsettlements, but believes that James Armstrong, Abial C.\\nBliss, Sylvester Beebe, William Chase, Jacob Dehn, Eze-\\nkiel R. Ewing, Nathaniel Hopson, William H. Hughes,\\nOn the farm known as the Travis place.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0465.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDoiiiinick Kelly, Vincent Runyon, Russell Wckli, and\\nAlvin Wright were all there prior to 1840.\\nThe resident tax-payers of 1844, alphabetically arranged,\\ntogether with the sections upon which they paid taxes,\\nwere as follows\\n-Andrews, Ilrnry, 23.\\nAlbro, liodman W., \\\\Z, 14.\\nAniistroug, Jiinies, IS.\\nBuckingbaiu, Lyman G., 36.\\nBarber, Henry, 2, 3.\\nBarrows, Juba, 24.\\nBodinc, ^Villiam, 12.\\nBacon, Nathan. 25.\\nBliss, Abial C, 31, 32.\\nBrown, William, 30.\\nBowers, Benjaniin, 31.\\nBcebe, Sylvester, 21.\\nCornwell, Edwin, 14.\\nCurtis, Daniel, 24, 25.\\nChase, William, 29.\\nCooper, William 30.\\nChilson, C. C, 27.\\nDaly, Patrick, 2.\\nDickinson, Alanson, 36.\\nDickinson, William, 36.\\nDehn, Jacob, 18.\\nEwing, Ezekicl K., 31.\\nHunt, Humphrey, 24.\\nHopson, Nathaniel, 9.\\nHughes, William H., 28.\\nHoyes, Aaron G., 31.\\nJohnson, Richard. 1, 10.\\nKelly, Dominick, 29.\\nMiles, Manlcy, 36.\\nPearson, AVilliam S., 36.\\nPratt, A. B., 24, 25.\\nPettengill, Samuel, 32.\\nPottengill, Daniel, 32.\\nRusco, J. A., 36.\\nRunyon, Vincent, 29.\\nRansom, Benjamin, 31.\\nRood, G. B., 31.\\nScboficld, George, 3.\\nShepard, William, 30.\\nTodd, Joseph J., 32.\\nThayer, Washington (personal).\\nWoolfitt, William, 13.\\nAVulker, Frederick, 12.\\nWelch, Russell, 32, 33.\\nWright. Alvin, 33.\\nWilliams, Henry A., 31.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe sixth section of Smith s reservation, allotted in the\\nsurvey of 1820 to Messmcwakul, or Harriet M. Smith, in-\\ncludes the southeast corner of section 32 and the south-\\nwest corner of section 33. The first purchase of lands\\nfrom the general government seems to have been made\\nearly in May, 1833, by Benjamin Pearson and John Pratt,\\nboth from Livingston Co., N. Y Pearson s choice rested\\nupon portions of sections 25 and 36, while Pratt chose\\nparts of sections 24 and 25, all resting upon the Saginaw\\ntrail. In June, 1833, Benjamin Cory, from Livingston\\nCo., N. Y., entered the east half of the northeast quarter\\nof section 24. In October of the same year Hiram Green,\\nalso from Livingston Co., N. Y., purchased the south half\\nof the southeast quarter of section 13. Alvah Peabody\\nfrom the same place, and the same day, entered the north\\nhalf of the last-mentioned quarter.\\nThe following list embraces the names of those purchas-\\ning from the government lands situated in this township,\\ndesignating also the year the fii^st entry was made upon\\neach section. Those whose names are in italics became\\nactual settlers.\\n1835, section 1 Timothy J. Walling, Benjamin Pear-\\nson, William Sissins, Richard Johnson, Healey Kir-\\ncheval.\\n1835, section 2 Joshua Pattee, Mink Healey and B.\\nB. Kercheval, William Thayer, John Lyon, Elizabeth\\nEaton, Orville S. Allen, Hugh Birckhead, Bouck, Geb-\\nherd Deitz.\\n1836, section 3 Richard JUarvin, Juha Barrows, John\\nLyon, John Taylor.\\n1836, section 4: Healey Kercheval, Daniel Webster,\\nBoston, Mass., Thomas H. Perkins, David PiiTord.\\n1836, section 5 Thomas H. Perkins, Samuel Perry,\\nHorace Perry, Hiram Sibley, Charles F. Dickinson, Charles\\nS. Boughton.\\n1836, section 6: Ambrose Smith, Daniel Webster, Hiram\\nSibley, Denton G. Stewart, George M. Dewey, Henri/ Tulles,\\nSamuel Wright.\\n1836, section 7 Lyman Strowbridge, William S. Taylor,\\nCharles F. Dickinson, Charles Boughton, George M.Dewey,\\nJohn D. Armstrong.\\n1836, section 8 Hiram Sibley, Charles F. Dickinson,\\nand C. S. Boughton.\\n1836, section 9 Daniel Webster, Thomas H. Perkins,\\nDavid Pifford, Jabez W. Throop.\\n1836, section 10: Richard Marvin, Healey Ker-\\ncheval, James Abrams, Jabez W. Throop.\\n1836, section 11: Newell French, Moses Camp, James\\nWadsworth, James Abrams.\\n1834, section 12: William M. Parker, Harvey Wood-\\nford, David PifFoid, John Palmer, Albert Hosuier.\\n1833, section 13: Hiram Green, Alvah Peabody, Wm.\\nM. Parker, William Wooljitt, David Pifford, Timothy Walk-\\nley, Charles N Beecher, Sarah A. Beecher.\\n1836. section 14; Edwin Cornwell, Pardon K. Fay,\\nJohn llollslander, Adam Holtslander, Bouck, Gebherd\\nDoilz.\\n1836, section 15 Alvah Beach, James Wadsworth.\\n1835, section 17: Abraham Bevier, Charles Twogood,\\nBouck, Gebherd Deitz, Socrates Smith, Dickinson\\nBoughton.\\n1836, section 18 Samuel S. Dunning, Ja7)ies Armstrong,\\nCalvin S. Wheeler, Hiram Sibley.\\n1836, section 19 Abigail and Sarah Cronk, Hcrrick\\nAllen, Richard Taylor, Nicholas C. Haywood, John Green-\\nfield, Nathaniel ffoj son, Edward Armstrong, Jacob S.\\nDeland, Andrew Fisher, Robert Patrick.\\n1836, section 20 William Capron, Thomas C. Mahon,\\nWilliam Taylor, Herrick Allen, Nicholas Bouck, John C.\\nGebherd, and David Deitz.\\n1836, section 21 Electus Boardman, Thomas C. Mahon,\\nThomas H. Perkins, David Pifford, Bouck, Gebherd\\nDeitz, Sylvester Beehe, George M. Dewey.\\n1836, section 22 Electus Boardman, Isaac N. Robin-\\nson, David Pifford.\\n1836, section 23 Henry Andrews, David T. Bacon,\\nPardon K. Fay, Healey Kercheval, Bouck, Gebherd\\nDeitz.\\n1833, section 24: John Pratt, Benjamin Coy, Abraham\\nBevier, Charles N. Beecher, John Pratt, Mary Bodine.\\n1833, section 25 John Pratt, Benjamin Pearson, Daniel\\nCurtis, John Pratt, Betsey Arthur.\\n1836, section 26 James Hosmer, Benjamin Pearson,\\nLoren Coy, Benjamin Coy.\\n1836, section 27 Healey Kercheval, Fitch Read,\\nPrentiss Williams, Hiram Hall, Thomas Durfee.\\n1836, section 28 Alanson Pat/son, Wm. Molby, Smith\\nTitus, Prentiss Williams, William F. Crane, Hugh Warren,\\nCortland Lindsay, Nicholas C. Haywood.\\n1836, section 29 Ira Payson, Ira French, Jacob Dehn,\\nWilliam S. Taylor, Herrick Allen, Dominick Kelly.\\n1836, section 30 George JIacomber, Leonard Cutler.\\n1834, section 13 Aaron G. Hoyes, Andrevf Donaldson,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0466.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSIIIl\\n315\\nJr., E::rl-id R. Ewliig, Jcilin Glass, Ilcnry Cobb, Noah\\nHamilton, George Macoiubor.\\n1836, section 32 David M. Jcwctt, E. R. Ewing,\\nErastus Jones, Joseph J. Tod J, Jncoh Dehii, Voortiies\\nSeeley, Solomon Mathews, Jeremiah C. Thomas, Iliram\\nHall.\\n1835, section 33 Russell Wtlcli, Samuel WiiylU, Jarcd\\nNewell, John Tolk.\\n1836, section 34 James Hosmer, John Tollc, Jonas G.\\nPotter.\\n1835, section 35 William H. Carpenter, Samuel C.\\nHolden, Albert Ilosmer, Herman Camp, Malachi Loveland.\\n1833, section 36 Benjamin Pearson, Lyman G. Bnclc-\\ningham, Alanson Dickinson, Lathe} Dickinson.\\nCIVIL AND POLITICAL.\\nDuring the session of 1855 the State Legislature passed\\nthe following act\\nSkition 1. The pmple of ilic Sinic of Mlrhigiin tnm-t, Tliiit town-\\nship Dumber eight north, of range number gix cast, be and tlie same\\nis hereby set off from the towns of Genesee and Flushing, and organ-\\nized into a separate township, under tlie name and style of Mount\\nMorris, and the tirst township-meeting shall be held on the first Mon-\\nday of April next, at such place as the County Treasurer of the county\\nof Genesee shall determine; and said County Treasurer shall be and\\nis hereby required to give at least ten days notice of said meeting by\\njKistiug notices in at least three of the most public places in said town-\\nship.\\nThis act shall take effect immediately.\\nApproved February 12th, 1855.\\nThe township derives its name from Mount Morris, Liv-\\ningston Co., N. Y., the early home of many of the first\\nsettlers.\\nPursuant to the act of organization, and tlie notices pre-\\nviously posted by the county treasurer, the legal voters as-\\nsembled for the purpose of holding their first township\\nelection, April 2, 1S55. The place of meeting was in an\\nold abandoned log house which stood on the west half of\\nthe northeast quarter of section 34, and an organization\\nwas effected by choosing Ezekiel R. Ewing, Moderator,\\nBradford P. Foster, Clerk, Sylvester Beebo, Assistant Clerk,\\nand Frederick Walker, a justice of the peace. Inspector. The\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0whole number of votes polled at this election was 74, and at\\nits close the following-named officers were declared elected\\nEzekiel R. Ewing, Supervisor; Bradford P. Foster, Town-\\nship Clerk Samuel R. Farnham,* Treasurer Frederick\\nWalker, H. S. Root, Daniel Pettengill, Justices of the Peace\\nAlanson Payson, Rodman W. Albro, H. S. Root, Highway\\nCommissioners G. L. Ewing, J. L. Deland, School Inspec-\\ntors Alanson Payson, William S. Pierson, Overseers of the\\nPoor E. L. Johnson, Constable.\\nThe residents a.ssessed for taxation upon the first assess-\\nment roll were one hundred and sixteen in number; their\\nnames, and the sections upon portions of which they paid\\ntaxes in 1855, were as follows:\\nBaker, Byron, 16.\\nBrown, Foster, 18.\\nBeckwith, Thomas, 22.\\nBrockwiiy, J. L., .t.\\nBaker, Thomas, 12, 23.\\nBaker, 11., 35.\\nClark, Jesse, 26.\\nCornwell, Edwin, 14.\\nCampbell, John, 25.\\nCopelnnd, William, 14.\\nClupham, John, 2.\\nCarpenter, Rowland, 27.\\nCooley, Isabella, 12.\\nChase, \\\\V. L. (estate of), 29.\\nCramer, I. D., 30.\\nCogswell, Iliram, 16.\\nCraig, Andrew, 16.\\nDelanJ, J. L., IS.\\nDavis, Edward,\\nDempster, A., 16.\\nDonley, .lohn, 35.\\nDewey, E. B., 36.\\nDaly, Patrick, 2, 10, 11.\\nEwing, E. R., 31.\\nEwing, G. L., 31.\\nEwing, C. II. (personal).\\nElder, James, 32.\\nEdin, A. W. (estate of), 2.\\nFarnum, Samuel R., 33.\\nFerris, Gano, 12,\\nFoster, Bradford P., 25.\\nFleming, Porter, 26.\\nFisher, A. (estate of), 19,\\nGiberson, 12.\\nGay, Masten, 35.\\nGrover, E. D., 12.\\n(Jraham, Thomas, 10.\\nGilbert, Lucius, 35.\\nGilbert, Pbilo, 23.\\nGilbert, J. M., 27.\\nHughes, Edward, 13.\\nHughes, William, 13.\\nHughes, John, 13.\\nHughes, Christojiber, 1, 12.\\nHughes, William H., 34, 36.\\nHart, George, 2.\\nHerrin^ton, Wni. II., 3.\\nHerrick, Chauncey, 13.\\nHosmer, Henry, 13.\\nHoltslander, .\\\\brani,14.\\nHopson, Nathaniel, 19.\\nHosford, Nevi, 20, 21.\\nHovcy, A., 16.\\nHarrison, Rufus, 31.\\nJohnson, Richard, 10.\\nJohnson, Abraham, 28.\\nJohnson, Edmond, 1.\\nJudge, F., 16.\\nKenney, Patrick, 36.\\nKclley, Barney, 29.\\nLent, Stephen F., 35.\\nMcDowell, Lewis, 30.\\nMann, Wm. H., 12.\\nMaloncy, John, 3.\\nMiiscman, Charles, 18.\\nMiller, Benjamin, 24.\\nMiles, Nath.in M,, 32.\\nOlorick, 12.\\nParmington, Aaron, 23.\\nPierson, William S., 25, 26, 36.\\nPearson, Benjamin, 36.\\nPerry, John, 36.\\nPettee, E. N., 36.\\nPangburu, Wra., 2.\\nl*atlec, Joshua, 2.\\nPettengill, Daniel, 32.\\nPettengill, Samuel, 32.\\nPayson, Alanson, 28, 29.\\nRussell, Thomas, 12.\\nRcardon, Patrick, 28.\\nRansom, Benjamin, 31.\\nRoot, H. S., 30.\\nRoot, Wm. W., 31.\\nSimmons, A. G., 16.\\nSpoar, D.aniel, 28.\\nScutt, Truman, 29.\\nSeeley, George, 16.\\nSackrider, 4,\\nStimp on, 14.\\nSchofield, George, 3.\\nSissins, William, 1.\\nStnley, Henry (personal).\\nThayer, C. W., 31.\\nTyler, P. H., 4.\\nWisner, E. G., 24.\\nWisner, James, 24.\\nWoolfitt, William, 13.\\nWalkley, T. A., 25.\\nWalker, Frederick, 12.\\nWait, George W., 19.\\nWright, Sewell, 33.\\nWright, Alvin, 33.\\nWelch, Russell, 32, 33.\\nWilson, John, 10.\\nAustin, 30.\\nAlbro, Rodman W., 13.\\nBeel)e, Sylvester, 32.\\nBeeehcr, Charles N., 24.\\nBeaham, Mat hew, 26.\\nliarrows, Juba, 24.\\nBarber, Henry, 1, 2, 3.\\nBaker, Adin, 14, 23.\\nBaker, Ezekiel, 23.\\nBaker, Oringcr, 24.\\nBuckingham, Lyman G., 36.\\nBaker, R. H., 23.\\nSometimes spoiled Farnum.\\nAt the township election held in April, 18ti6, it was\\nvoted that $150 be raised to build a town-house, and\\nHiram S. Root, Frederick Walker, and Rodman W. Albro\\nwere appointed the building committee. The site selected\\nwas the northwest corner of the west one-half of the north-\\neast quarter of section 22.\\nWalter Maxwell was the builder, and the house was\\ncompleted in October, 1866.\\nTOWNSHIP OFFICERS FROM 1856 TO 1879, INCLUSIVK.f\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 85. Ezekiel R.\\nEwing, Supervisor; Bradford P. Foster, Township Clerk\\nSamuel R. Farnham, T rea.su re r Eli L. Simmons, Juba\\nBarrows, Assessors; Rodman W. Albro, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Aaron Parmeter, School Inspector; Frederick\\nt Many of the earliest residents were prominent as ullicors in\\nFlushing and (Jencsoe, .and the reader is referred to the civil lists of\\nthose townships for information.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0467.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "31C\\nHISTOliy OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWalker, William 11. Mann, Justices of the Peace; William\\nH. Pcnington, Constable.\\n1857. Whole nuraber of votes polled, C9. Ezekiel R.\\nEwing, Supervisor Oranger Baker, Town Clerk William\\nB. Albro, Treasurer Aaron Parmeter, Sylvester Beebe,\\nJustices of the Peace Edmond Hughes, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; G. L. Ewing, School Inspector; Thomas Ga-\\nhan, John Donley, Poor-Masters; John Middleton, James\\nIloltslander, James Gahan, Gilbert Travis, Constables.\\n1858. Whole number of votes polled, 131. AVilliam\\nB. Albro, Supervisor Daniel Pettengill, Town Clerk Jo-\\nseph L. Brockway, St bool Inspector Edmund D. Grover,\\nTreasurer; Alanson Payson, Poor-Master; Nathaniel Hop-\\nson, Highway Commissioner; Joel L. Deland, Justice of\\nthe Peace Hiram G. Cogswell, James Chase, Elisha T.\\nMott. John D. Armstrong, Constables.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 143. William\\nB. Albro, Supervisor; Oranger Baker, Township Clerk;\\nBarney Kelley, Treasurer Job Nichols, Ezekiel II. Ewing,\\nJustices of the Peace; George L. Ewing, School Inspector\\nAaron Parmeter, Highway Commissioner John Holts-\\nlander. Andrew Crecry, Poor-Masters; Whitman Dean,\\nAbraham Pierson, James Holtslander, Charles Elder, Con-\\nstables.\\n18(;0.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 135. William B.\\nAlbro, Supervisor Oranger Baker, Township Clerk Bar-\\nney Kelley, Treasurer; Henry Barber, Justice of the Peace\\nEdward H. Hughes, Highway Commissioner Charles H.\\nPenoycr, Charles H. Ewing, School Inspectors Chauncey\\nC. Hodge, John Middleton, James Gahan, Charles Elder,\\nConstables.\\n1861. Whole number of votes polled, 129. Job\\nNichols, Supervisor Orrin Soper, Township Clerk Syl-\\nvester Beebe, Justice of the Peace Charles Elder, Treas-\\nurer; James Gahan, Highw.ay Commissioner; Charles II.\\nEwing, John Donley, School In.spoctors Edward H. Bar-\\nber, Eli Simmons, Frederick II. Holts, Caleb W. Stevens,\\nConstables.\\n1862. Whole number of votes polled, 150. Joseph L.\\nBrockway, Supervisor Harrison C. Pettengill, Township\\nClerk Charles Elder, Treasurer Joseph L. Brockway,\\nSchool Inspector Hiram S. Root, Highway Commissioner\\nFrederick Walker, Justice of the Peace Daniel C. Cran-\\ndall, Walter Wisner, Thomas Barber, Porter Fleming,\\nConstables.\\n1863.- Whole number of votes polled, 148. Joseph L.\\nBrockway, Supervisor; Silas E. Prior, Township Clerk;\\nDaniel C. Crandall, Treasurer Darwin B. Foster, Byron\\nG. Baker, School Inspectors Rowland Carpenter, High-\\nway Commissioner Phineas H. Tyler, Justice of the\\nPeace Thomas P. Barber, Henry Nichols, Porter Flem-\\ning, John Woolfitt, Constables.\\n1864. Whole number of votes polled, 135. Joseph L.\\nBrockway, Supervisor Harrison H. Pettengill, Township\\nClerk Daniel H. Crandall, Treasurer Charles G. John-\\nson, School Inspector; William H. Hughes, Justice of the\\nPeace; Edmund D. Grover, Highway Commissioner; Har-\\ndin Young, AVilliam Cady, Thomas P. Barber, Andrew G.\\nAVilcox, Constables.\\n1865. Who e number of votes polled, 140. William\\nB. Albro, Supervisor; William Halston, Tcjwnship Clerk\\nAndrew J. Wilcox, Treasurer Harrison C. Pettengill,\\nSchool Inspector Hiram S. Root, Highway Commissioner\\nJoseph L. Brockway, John Shank, Justices of the Peace;\\nDaniel C. Crandall, James S. Wetherby, Daniel Beckwith,\\nThomas Barber, Constables.\\n1866. Whole number of votes polled, 173. William\\nB. Albro, Supervisor Rodman W. Albro, Township Clerk\\nAndrew J. Wilcox, Treasurer Charles Johnson, School\\nInspector; Rowland Carpenter, Highway Commissioner;\\nFrederick Walker, Robert L. Johnson, Justices of the\\nPeace; William Cady, Charles Griffith, L. M^ Beckwith,\\nThomas Barber, Constables.\\n1867. Whole number of votes polled, 173. Aaron\\nParmeter, Supervisor Rodman W. Albro, Township Clerk\\nThomas B. Elder, Treasurer Henry Barber, Justice of the\\nPeace; Gilbert Travis, Highway Commissioner; James\\nCraven, School Inspector Horace Sharp, M. Beebe, James\\nGahan, Constables.\\n1868. Whole number of votes polled, 243. Aaron\\nParmeter, Supervisor Rodman W. Albro, Township Clerk\\nThomas B. Elder, Treasurer; Sylvester Beebe, Justice of\\nthe Peace Charles H. Penoycr, School Inspector William\\nB. Albro, Highway Commissioner; Henry Tolls. R. D.\\nPratt, Washington 31 iller, James Haligan, Constables.\\n1869. Whole number of vote? polled, 234. Andrew\\nM. Felt, Supervisor Charles Penoycr, Township Clerk\\nMichael Hughes, Treasurer; William M. Wright, Justice\\nof the Peace; Alfred Walworth, Highway Commissioner;\\nJohn W. Birdsall, School Inspector Gold Perry, J. L.\\nBrockway, James Davis, William Cady, Constables.\\n1870. Whole number of votes polled, 267. Thomas\\nB. Elder, Supervisor; Michael F. Hughes, Trea.surer\\nCharles II. Pcnoyer, Township Clerk Peter O Hare, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace James Elder, School Inspector Robert\\nS. Pailthorp, Highway Commissioner; Henry Tolls, John\\nGiberson, James H. Rush, James Haligan, Constables.\\n1871. -Whole number of votes polled, 247. Thomas\\nB. Elder, Supervisor James Davis, Township Clerk\\nMichael F. Hughes, Treasurer Henry Barber, John Don-\\nnelly, Justices of the Peace Robert L. Johnston, James\\nCraven, School Inspecters Joseph Davis, Highway Com-\\nmissioner Henry Tolls, James H. Rush, James Maloney,\\nEdward L. Baker, Constables.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 221. Thomas B.\\nElder, Supervisor Rodman W. Albro, Clerk Michael F.\\nHughes, Treasurer James Craven, Sylvester Beebe, Jus-\\ntices of the Peace Herman L. Pierson, School Inspector\\nJames Davis, Highway Commissioner; Patrick Dolan,\\nDrain Commissioner; Henry Tolls, James Haligan, Harvey\\nC. Downing, Jesse Warren, Constables.\\n1873. Whole number of votes polled, 206. Thomas B.\\nElder, Supervisor Rodman W. Albro, Clerk Isaac Gault,\\nTreasurer Robert L. Johnston, Justice of the Peace\\nCharles H. Pcnoyer, School Inspector George Beckwith,\\nHighway Commissioner; John Donnelly, Drain Commis-\\nsioner; Henry Tolls, Harvey C. Downing, William Doran,\\nConstables.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 266. Thomas B.\\nElder, Supervisor; Richard H. Hughes, Clerk; Edward", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0468.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "MOUNT SIORKIS TOWNSHIP.\\n317\\nHughes, Treasurer Joseph L. Brockwaj-, Justice of the\\nPeace; Thomas SeliofiolJ, IIi ihway Commissioner; Still-\\nwell Burroughs, Joseph W. Granger, Richard O Leary,\\nIlarvej- C. Downing, Constables.\\n1875. Whole number of votes polled, 297. Thomas B.\\nElder, Supervisor; Richard H. Hughes, Clerk; PIdward\\nHughes, Treasurer Hiram Green, Justice of the Peace\\nWalter Johnson, School Inspector; Robert L. Johnston,\\nSchool Superintendent; Rodman W. Albro, Highway\\nCommissioner Joseph W. Granger, Henry Tolls, James\\nE. Ruby, Washington L. Miller, Constables.\\n187G.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 299. Alfred C.\\nNichols, Supervisor; John Baker, Clerk; Edward Hughes,\\nTreasurer William S. Pierson, Jr., Richard Maginn, Jus-\\ntices of the Peace M. S. Newell, School Inspector H.\\nC. Pettengill, School Superintendent William B. Albro,\\nHighway Commissioner William Wheeler, Drain Commis-\\nsioner Joseph Granger, Thomas Hughes, James Ruby,\\nBarney Kelley, Constables.\\n1877. Whole number of votes polled, 310. Richard\\nH. Hughes, Supervisor; Richard Hopson, Clerk Edward\\nHughes, Treasurer; Joseph Davis, Justice of the Peace;\\nRichard O Leary. School Inspector William W. Root,\\nHighway Commissioner; Barney Kelley, Thomas Hughes,\\nJohn O Conner, Thomas Reddy, Constables.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 303. Alfred C.\\nNichols, Supervisor; Patrick W. O Hare, Clerk; George\\nMonroe, Treasurer Richard Maginn, Justice of the Peace\\nThomas Schofield, Drain Commissioner Jarvis Albro,\\nSchool Superintendent Richard O Leary, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Robert L. Johnston, School Inspector; Barney\\nKelley, John Perry, William Selby, Harry C. Downing,\\nConstables.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 324. M. S.\\nNewell, Supervisor; Patrick W. Hare, Clerk; George\\nMonroe, Treasurer Hiram Green, Justice of the Peace\\nCharles Johnston, Jarvis E. Albro, School Inspectors W.\\nW. Root, Highway Commissioner; L. R. Beck with, N. D.\\nOlmstcad, Porter Flemming, W. J. White, Constables.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nTlie children of those people who fii-st settled on the\\nw st side of the Saginaw road attended the first .school or-\\nganized in the Coldwater settlement, and Lewis Bucking-\\nham, Esq., claims that the first school in the settlement was\\ntaught in his house by Miss Sarah Curtis, sister of Daniel\\nCurtis, as early as the winter of 1835-3G, possibly a year\\nearlier. Some eight or ten scholars attended. Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Pratt was al.so an early teacher. In 1836 or 1837 a\\nschool district was organized and a log school-house built\\nupon section 31 in Genesee township. Miss Harriet Hoyes\\nwas the first teacher in this house. Soon after, another\\nlog school-hou.se was built on Moses Camp s farm, situated\\non section 19, Genesee township, in which, it is claimed,\\nNewton Robinson taught the first school. The Beecher\\nschool-house, the first school structure erected in Mount\\nMorris township, was built about the year 1 848. In it D.\\nG. Wilder was an early teacher, and perhaps the first.\\nAt the first meeting of the school inspectors of Mount\\nMorris township, held April 14, 1855, present Levi De-\\nland and George L. Ewing, Miss E. Atery was examined\\nas to her qualifications for teaching, and a certificate granted\\nher for two years from date. On the 28th of the same\\njuonth, Elizabeth and Lucinda Chase were granted certifi-\\ncates. Charles Ewing, Henry Brockway, and Miss E.\\nRobinson were given teachers certificates Nov. 3, 1855.\\nSeven school districts were formed in 1855, and their\\nboundaries described as per township records. The whole\\nnumber of children of school age then residing in the town-\\nship was 174, and the total amount of public money appor-\\ntioned, 8175.78.\\nThe following .statistics, from the school inspector s report\\nfor the year ending Sept. 2, 1878, show the present condi-\\ntion of schools Whole districts, 4 fractional districts, 3.\\nChildren of school age in township, 379. Whole number\\nof children attending school during the year, 303. Frame\\n.school-houses, 7. Seating capacity of school-liou.scs, 339.\\nValue of school property, S2250. Male teachers employed\\nduring the year, 3; female teachers, 9. Months taught by\\nmales, 12; by females, 40. Paid male teachers, 8392;\\nfemale teachers, 8772.90.\\nReceipts. ^Total resources for tlic year, from moneys on\\nhand, Sept. 3, 1877 two-mill tux, primary-school fund,\\ntuition of non-residents, taxes for all purposes, and raised\\nfrom all other .sources, 8198G.05.\\nExpeiidittiics. For teachers wages, building and repairs,\\nand other purposes, 81420. G9; amount on hand Sept. 2,\\n1878, 8565.3G.\\nVILLAGE OF MOUNT MORRIS.\\nThe incorporated village of Mount Morris is situated on\\nthe line dividing Genesee and Mount Morris townships,\\nand occupies within its corporate limits the southeast ijuar-\\nter of section 1 and the northeast quarter of section 12 of\\nMount Morris, the southwest [uarter of section G and\\nnorthwest quarter of section 7 in Genesee, or a total area of\\none square mile.\\nIt is pleasantly located, and is a station on the line of the\\nFlint and Pere Marquette Railway, seventy-two miles from\\nDetroit and seven miles north of Flint. The local gov-\\nernment is vested in a president, six trustees, treasurer,\\nclerk, assessor, street commissioner, and marshal.\\nThe village contains three churches, Methodist Episco-\\npal, Congregationalist, and Catholic, one grist-mill, one\\nsaw-mill, one steam grain-elevator, a fine district-school\\nbuilding, a post-office, which receives daily mails, Ameri-\\ncan Express and Western Union telegraph offices, two hotels,\\nfour stores of general merchandise, and various small me-\\nchanic shops, and minor places of business.\\nThe present population is estimated at 700.\\nThe first settler in or near the village site was Frederick\\nWalker, who made permanent settlement on the northeast\\nquarter of section 12 in October, 183G. He was also the\\nfirst postmaster of the village, the office being kept in his\\ndwelling-house. About 1840, William Pailthorp located\\nwhere Grovner Vinton now resides. Carlos Sceley also\\ncame hero about the same time. However, there was\\nnothing to indicate this as a village, or as the place for one,\\nuntil the projection of the Flint and P6re Marquette Rail-\\nway, in January, 1857.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0469.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "318\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAfter tlie line liad been surveyed and active operations\\ncommenced in 1858, quite a number of families settled\\nupon the site of the village in prospective. But it was not\\nuntil the arrival of the first locomotive in January, 1862,\\nthat the settlement took on the true aspects of a village.\\nAs much difference of opinion exists among Mount Morris\\npeople as to the time the road was first opened from their\\nvillage northward, we insert the following from the Wolver-\\nine Citizen, of Saturday, Jan. 25, 18G2 The Flint and\\nP6re Marquette Eailway was regularly opened for passen-\\ngers and freight-traffic in connection with Boss, Burrell\\nCo. s line of stage-coaches on Monday last. The railway\\nis now completed from East Saginaw as far as Mount Morris\\nstation, within six miles of Flint. The company has iron\\non hand to continue the track to Flint as soon as the season\\nopens.\\nFive years later, or in 1867, an act incorporating the\\nvillage passed the State legislative body, then in session.\\nPursuant to this act, the legal voters within the territory\\nso incorporated assembled at the hotel of Wright Douglass\\non the second Tuesday in April, 1867.\\nBy a viva voce vote, Frederick Walker and Edmund D.\\nKurd were chosen inspectors of the election, and Dexter\\nDouglass clerk. The v/holo number of votes polled was\\n57, and the ofiBcers elected as follows Wra. J. Adderley,\\nPresident; Adna Lewis, William Berry, Edmund D. Hurd,\\nAndrew Costello, Wright Douglass, IMichael Hughes, Trus-\\ntees Enos Palmer, William Deal, Assessors Henry A.\\nTibbetts, Marshal Edward Hughes, Treasurer Dexter\\nDouglass, Clerk James Murray, Charles Kelley, Enoch\\nStreeter, Street Commissioners; Joseph Barber, Pound-\\nBlaster.\\nAmong the first acts of the village fathers was the\\npurchase of a piece of land from Mr. Look for the con-\\nstruction of a village pound. The job of building the\\nsame was awarded to John Ma.son for the sum of ?43.75.\\nThey also resolved to lay a sidewalk from the church to\\nthe burying-ground, to be laid on the south side of the\\nstreet, said walk to be four feet wide, of four parallel planks\\none foot wide.\\nThe following is a list of the officers of the village from\\n1868 to 1879, inclusive:\\n1868. Whole number of votes polled, 85. William J.\\nAdderley, President Wright Douglass, Michael H. Hughes,\\nAndrew Costello, Edmund D. Hurd, Hosea Pratt, William\\nBerry, Trustees William M. Wright, James B. Murray,\\nAssessors; Edward Hughes, Treasurer; Dexter Douglass,\\nChester Wadsworth, Street Commissioners Henry A. Tib-\\nbetts, Marshal Franklin A. Wright, Pound-Master.\\n1869. Whole number of votes polled, 66. Edmund\\nD. Hurd, President; Frederick Walker, Enos Palmer,\\nCharles Kelley, Edwin W. Gilbert, Adna Lewis, Edwin F.\\nLamb, Trustees Darius Smith, Waterman S. Fuller, As-\\nsessors Frank A. Wright, Treasurer Charles W. Grover,\\nStreet Commissioner Henry A. Tibbetts, Marshal John\\nA. Edwards, Pound-Master.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 102. p]dward\\nHughes, President; Edward Rogers, Wesley J. Martin,\\nHiram Bardwell, William Birdsall, Franklin J. Bonnoy,\\nAndrew Costello, Trustees James B. Murray, Charles A.\\nKelley, Assessors Albert K. Hunton, Treasurer William\\nO Sullivan, Clerk Charles W. Grover, Street Commis-\\nsioner; Daniel C. Crandall, Marshal Frank Booth, Pound-\\nBlaster.\\n1871. Whole number of votes polled, 80. Frederick\\nWalker, President Henry A. Tibbetts, Hiram H. Bard-\\nwell, Edward Hughes, Lewis S. Adams, Austin Herrick,\\nWilliam J. White, Trustees Michael H. Hughes, William\\nWright, Assessors Andrew Costello, Treasurer Edmund\\nD. Hurd, Street Commissioner; Edward Cox, Marshal;\\nFrank Booth, Pound-Master.\\n1872. Whole number of votes polled, 78. William\\nGiberson, President; John S. Elwell, Nicholas Cashin,\\nDarius E. Smith, Trustees; Albert K. Hunter, Assessor;\\nAndrew Costello, Treasurer; William Sullivan, Clerk;\\nJohn Giberson, Street Commissioner; James B.Murray,\\nMarshal Frank Booth, Pound-Master.\\n1873. Whole number of votes polled, 88. James B.\\nMurray, President William Hughes, William J. Adderley,\\nBrooks Serven, Trustees Edwin Mann, William Owens,\\nAssessors Andrew Costello, Treasurer Alanson Burr,\\nStreet Commissioner; Joseph Granger, Marshal; Hiram\\nN. Bardwell, Pound-Master.\\n1874. No record.\\n1875. Whole number of votes polled, 91. Thomas S.\\nRead, President Enos Palmer, Chauncey W. Chandler,\\nWilliam J. Adderley, Trustees William M. Wright, Mar-\\ntin Mills, Assessors Andrew Costello, Treasurer David\\nBabeock, Street Commissioner Lewis S. Adams, Marshal\\nWilliam Giberson, Pound-Master.\\n1876. Whole number of votes polled, 117. Hiram H.\\nBardwell, President Dexter Douglass, Alanson Burr, Grov-\\nner Vinton, Trustees Edward S. Johnson, John R. Ben-\\nsen, Assessors; Andrew Costello, Treasurer; William\\nSullivan, Clerk; Martin Mills, Street Commissioner; Wal-\\nter Palmoter, Marshal Sanford Schoolcraft, Pound-Master.\\nThe village was reincorporated in March, 1877, subject\\nto and under the provisions of the general act approved\\nApril 1, 1875. The first election of village officers under\\nthis act was held at the engine house, on Monday, March\\n19, 1877, with the following result:\\n1877. Whole number of votes polled, 104. Hiram H.\\nBardwell, President Edmund D. Hurd, Enos Golden, Ed-\\nmund S. John.son, Frederick Walker, Darius E. Smith,\\nDexter Douglass, Trustees Albert L. Adams, Clerk Hor-\\nace G. Mann, Treasurer; Peter Close, Street Commis-\\nsioner; John R. Benson, Assessor; John A. Edwards,\\nConstable.\\n1878. Whole number of votes polled, 114. Thomas\\nS. Reed, President Peter Close, Nicholas Cashin, William\\nBerry, Trustees Albert L. Adams, Clerk Horace G.\\nMann, Treasurer; Harvey S. Warner, Assessor; Oscar\\nSevern, Street Commissioner Joseph W. Granger, Con-\\nstable.\\n1879. Whole number of votes polled, 109. Darius E.\\nSmith, President Enos Palmer, Hiram 11. Bardwell,\\nBrooks Serven, Trustees Edwin F. Lamb, Clerk Edward\\nHughes, Treasurer; Daniel E. Adams, Street Commis-\\nsioner Otis E. Snyder, Assessor Joseph W. Granger,\\nConstable.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0470.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP.\\n319\\nFIRE DEPARTMENT.\\nThe first fire company was formed in 18G9, witb about\\n15 members, Slack, foreman. Its apparatus con-\\nsisted of two dozen firc-buekets, a force-pump, and one\\nhundred feet of one-and-a-half-inch hose. The fire-engine\\npossessed by the village at the present time was manufac-\\ntured by Cowens Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y., and purchased\\nthrough Forsyth, White Co., of Flint, in January, 1871,\\nat a cost of SG50. A hose-cart costing \u00c2\u00a750 was manufac-\\ntured in the village. The fire-apparatus at present in pos-\\nsession of the village authorities is valued at 81200. An\\nengine-house, two stories in height, was constructed in 1871,\\nmainly with money contributed by the citizens. Tlie vil-\\nlage has been visited by two disastrous conflagrations. The\\nfirst, in 1871, destroj ed five buildings; the second, which\\noccurred one year later, was not stayed until fifteen buildings\\nwere in ashes.\\nPO.STiIASTERS.\\nFrederick Walker was the first postmaster, and, as be-\\nfore mentioned, kept the oflBce at his house, lie was suc-\\nceeded by William Giberson, who kept the same at his\\nstore. The third was Henry A. Tibbetts, the fourth Ed-\\nwin W. Gilbert, who was succeeded in 1871 by Edwin F.\\nLamb, the present incumbent.\\nPROFESSIONAL.\\nThe legal fraternity is represented by Daniel E. Adams,\\nthe medical by Drs. Hiram H. Bardwell and Thomas S.\\nReed. At an early day the people of Mount Morris town-\\nship were attended by Dr. John A. Iloyes, of Flint, and\\nDr. Fish, of Genesee.\\nSECRET BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS.\\nUNION LODGE, NO. 213, I. 0. 0. F.,\\nin the village of Mount Morris, was instituted with seven\\ncharter members by Deputy Grand Master G. S. Curtis, Aug.\\n21, 1873. The first officers were Carlos J. Greene, N. G.\\nEdgar J. Wait, V. G. Albert L. Adams, Rec. Sec.\\nAlanson Burr, Treas.\\nThe following embraces the names and terms of office of\\nthe Noble Grands from date of organization to the present\\ntime Edgar J. Wait, from Jan. 1 to July 1 1874 Albert\\nL. Adams, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 187-1; William D. Bird,\\nfrom Jan. 1 to July 1, 1875 Walter K. Parmeter, from\\nJuly 1 to Dec. 31, 1875 J Frank C. Hazen, from Jan. 1 to\\nJuly 1, 1876 Walter K. Parmeter, from July 1 to Dec. 31,\\n1876 Carlos J. Greene, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1877 Albert\\nE. Owens, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1877; Wellington F.\\nStephens, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1878; Albert L. Adams,\\nfrom July 1 to Dec. 31, 1878 William Owens, from Jan.\\n1 to July 1, 1879.\\nOther present officers are William 0. Boughton, V. G.\\nEdwin F. Lamb, Sec. Wellington F. Stephens, Treas.\\nThe lodge meets every Saturday evening, in Odd- Fellows\\nHall, Mount Morris village.\\nMOUNT MORRIS LODGE, NO. 1383, KNIGHTS OF HONOR,\\nwas organized with twenty-six charter members by E.\\nNcwkirk, Deputy Grand Dictator of the State of Michigan,\\nJan. 27, 1879. The first and present board of officers were\\nHiram H. Bardwell, Dictator; AVilliara J. White, Vice-\\nDictator; John A. Chapell, Assistant Dictator; Dexter\\nDouglass, Reporter Edwin F. Lamb, Fin. Reporter Enos\\nGolden, Treas. Rev. L. S. Tedman, Chaplain Carlos J.\\nGreene, Guide Lawson L. T. Sraodley, Guardian Sanford\\nSchoolcraft, Sentinel William O. Boughton, Past Dictator.\\nMeetings are hold in their lodge-rooms in Mount Morris\\nvillase on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of\\neach month.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThe earliest religious association which included residents\\nof this township was formed in the Coldwater settlement,\\non the Saginaw road, in 1834. Among the prominent\\nJlount Morris members were John Pratt and Charles N.\\nBeechcr. The .society were Presbyterians, yet it is .said they\\nwere liberal enough to denominate as members those who\\nassisted to pay the minister. A house of worship was built\\non lands owned by Daniel Curtis, and completed in 1836.\\nSoon after, Elder Cobb became the pa.stor, and was to receive\\nas salary \u00c2\u00a7400 per year, and the use of a parsonage. The\\nchurch edifice was used for religious purposes for a period\\nof twenty years. It was then sold, removed some fifty rods\\nnorth of its original site, and is now occupied as a dwelling\\nby Orrin Firman. For further particulars concerning the\\nhistory of this society, the reader b referred to Genesee\\ntownship historical sketches.\\nTHE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF GENESEE.\\nThis was the second church formed in the old town of\\nGenesee, the class dating back to about 1837, and consisting\\noriginally of Richard, Elizabeth, and Mary Johnson, Ben-\\njamin F. and Clarissa Robinson. B. F. Robinson was the\\nclass-leader, and Richard Johnson was the steward.\\nThe first meetings were held at Mr. R. John.son s house,\\nand the preaching was done by a minister named Whitney,\\nwho occupied the position in connection with Rev. William\\nBroekway, a missionary.\\nUntil 1848 the class formed an appointment on the Flint\\ncircuit, but at that time it was set oif and Mount Morris\\ncircuit was organized. The same ministers who preached\\nin Flint also preached here until that time. The pastors\\nsince that time have been Revs. Andrew Bell, 1848\\nSamuel P. Lee, John Whitmore, Thomas Wakelin, D. S.\\nFreeman, Hollenbeck, Lewis Mitchell, Rufus H.\\nCrane, Giles Belknap, M. S. Leet, William Blades, 1864;\\nWilliam Birdsall, 1865-67; John Wesley, 1868; W.\\nHagedorn, 1869; John Hamilton, 1870-72; C. W. Aus-\\ntin, 1873 R. C. Lanning, 1874-75 J. B. Goss, 1876-77\\nL. S. Tedman, 1878.\\nThe church was built in 1840, while Rev. S. P. Lee was\\npreacher in charge on the Flint circuit. The presiding\\nelder. Rev. George Bradley, took an active part in the\\nwork of raising the money to build it. A church site was\\ndonated by Frederick Walker. It contained one-half acre\\non the northeast corner of section 12, in the town of Mount\\nMorris. The work was done under contract by Ezra G.\\nWisner, and was completed so that the dedication occurred\\nin the early summer of 1841, Rev. George Bradley deliv-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0471.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "320\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nerini; the dedicatoiv sermon on tliat occasion. The cost of\\nthe buililinj; was about $1000. In 1865-60 it was moved\\nto its present location on the site of cue-half acre purchased of\\nMrs. Fairbanks. At that time an addition of 12 feet was\\nbuilt on the front, giving the building at present a seating\\ncapacity of about 200.\\nThe first parsonage was built in 1S53, on a lot donated\\nhy Seeley and Imrie, the title to revert to them when it\\nshould cease to be used for church purposes. It cost about\\n\u00c2\u00a7500, and was sold in the fail of ISOU to Robert Ferguson.\\nIn the fall of 1870 the present parsonage and lot were pur-\\nchased of William Birdsall, and wheu finished the cost\\namounted to about 61000.\\nThe first trustees of the church were Richard Johnson,\\nJohn Imrie, Frederick Walker, and Benjamin F. Robinson.\\nThe present board of officers is composed as follows\\nWilliam Owen, E. S. Johnson, Class-leaders Austin Her-\\nrick, George Hart, William Johnson. Stewards William\\nJohnson, Charles Johnson, George Hart, James Craven,\\nAustin Herrick, Trustees.\\nThe Mount Morris circuit includes three appointments, the\\ntwo others being known respectively as the Mount Morris\\nCentre class and the Southwest Vienna class. The mem-\\nbership is divided among the three churches as follows:\\nMount Morris, 100; Mount Morris Centre, 20 Southwest\\nVienna, 65. William Morrish is the leader of the class\\nat the centre, and Jamas Halliday of the Vienna class.\\nThe Sabbath-school was organized many years ago, with\\nJohn Imrie as superintendent. The present membership\\nis about 177, of which number 21 are officers and teachers.\\nThe officers are as follows E. S. Johnson, Superintendent\\nRoswell C. Burroughs, Assistant Superintendent Charles\\nJohnson, Secretary William Woolfitt, Tre;isurer Shepard\\nBliss, Librarian Daniel Mann, Assistant Librarian Aus-\\ntin Herrick. Chorister; Carrie Tedman, Orgaubt. The\\nlibrary consists of about 150 volumes.\\nTHE CATHOLIC CHfRCH OF MOCXT MORRIS.\\nIn 1868 there were 30 Catholic families living in this\\nvicinity, who desired to form themselves into a church and\\nbuild up an edifice in which they could enjoy the privileges\\nof their religion. Christopher Hughes was the leader in\\nthe enterprise, and gave sis acres of ground in addition to\\na money subscription to found the church. This land was\\nequally divided, three acres being for the church and par-\\nsonage ground and three for a burial-ground. William\\nAdderley, Stephen R. Hughes, John Hughes, Stephen\\nHughes, Jr., Christopher Daly, James Guhan, Michael H.\\nHughes. Edward Hughes, Nicholas Cashin, John Benson,\\nRobert Ferguson, Frank 0 Hare, and others also contrib-\\nuted towards this object, and sufficient money was speedily\\nraised to enable the building committee consisting of Ste-\\nphen R. Hughes, Christopher Hughes, Edward Hughes,\\nWilliam Adderley, John Hughes, James Gahan, and Peter\\nO Hare to commence work on the church. It was com-\\npleted that summer, at a cost of about \u00c2\u00a72700, and was ded-\\nicated in September by Rev. Charles L. Deceuninck. The\\nparsonage was bailt in 1S70, costing, with furniture, about I\\n$1600.\\nThe pastors of the church hare been Revs. M. Canters, 1\\nG. V. Girard, and E. M. Dekiere, the last named being the\\npresent one.\\nTHE COSGREG.\\\\T10XAL CHURCH AT MOUNT MORRIS.\\nThis church w;is organized by Rsv. Mr. Lucas in 1869.\\nHe came here to live, and, thinking the chances good for\\nbuilding up a society, undertook the task. At first there\\nwere only nine members, among them being Mrs. Sarah\\nH. Fairbank, Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Taylor, and Mr. and\\nMrs. Frank Wright.\\nFrank Wright was the first deacon, and E. 0. Taylor\\nwas the second one chosen.\\nMrs. S. H. Fairbank gave a church lot, and in 1870\\nthe church was built, at a cost of SIOOO. It was dedicated\\nby a minister from Flint in the fall of the year named.\\nThe church gradually died out, several of its members\\nmoving away, and after the removal of Mr. Lucas no active\\nchurch organization was kept up. In the society, how-\\never, it was perpetuated by the election of trustees to hold\\nthe property. March 25, 1879, the following board of\\ntrustees was chosen, viz. 0. E. Snyder, James Craven,\\nAlanson Curtis, William Ellis, Darius E. Smith, and M.C.\\nI Hoyt.\\nThe pastors of the church were Rev. Mr. Lucas, Rev.\\nMr. Borden, and Rev. J. C. Thompson. At present Rev.\\nJ. P. Sanderson is preaching once in two weeks.\\nThe Sabbath-school connected with this church was first\\nunder the superintendence of E. 0. Taylor, and flourished\\nfor a time, once reaching a membership of 40 scholars.\\nIt was kept up until about the time that Rev. Mt. Lucas\\nwent away.\\nCEMETERT.\\nTHE MOUNT MORRIS CEMETERT ASSOCIATION\\nwas incorporated Feb. 16, 1878, and organized by the elec-\\ntion of the following officers Grovner Vinton, President\\nWilliam Johnson, Vice-President Roswell C. Burroughs,\\nSecretary George Hart, Treasurer Rodman W. Albro,\\nCharles Johnson, and James Craven, Directors.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nRICHARD JOHNSON.\\nRichard Johnson, one of the pioneers of Mount Morris,\\nwas born in Waddington, Lincolnshire, England, Sept. 26,\\n1797. He was a laborer, and in 1835 came to this coun-\\ntry and settled in Oakland County. After a two years res-\\nidence at the latter place he removed to Mount Morris, and\\nsettled on the farm now owned by his son Charles, where\\nhe lived until hb death, which occurred in June, 1861.\\nMr. Johnson was married in May, 1821, to Elizabeth\\nSessions, of his native town, by whom he had nine chil-\\ndren, seven of whom were born in England. Charles,\\nthe youngest, was born on the old homestead, Jan. S, 1830\\nNov. 21, 1867, he was married to CaroEne Woolfitt, daugh-\\nter of John Woolfitt, Esq., of Genesee, one of the pioneers\\nof that town. The elder Johneon was an industrious and\\nsuccessful farmer, a worthy citizen, and his name is prom-\\ninently identified with the early history of Mount Morris.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0472.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0473.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0474.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "GENESEE.\\nThe township called Genesee received its name from the\\npioneers, many of whom came from the Genesee Country\\nin Western New York, and a goodly number of them from\\nGenesee County. It was but natural that they should\\ndesire to perpetuate the name of that fair country, whose\\nfertile soil and lovely scenery had already made it famous\\nthroughout the country as a sort of modern Arcadia, where\\nto dwell was to enjoy the best things of life, not alone in\\na material, but also in an aesthetic sense. And it was also\\nfitting that this township, having so large an area of the\\nbeautiful oak or timbered openings, thus resembling in its\\nprimitive form that pleasant land, should also bear its\\nname.\\nGenesee is known in the minutes of the surveys as town-\\nship 8 north, range 7 east, contains an area of about 22,G14\\nacres, is centrally distant from Flint, the county-seat, six\\nmiles, and adjoins the towns of Thetford on the north, Rich-\\nfield on the cast, Burton on the south, and Mount Morris\\non the west. Its surface is comparatively level, though it\\nmight properly be called lightly rolling in some parts, prin-\\ncipally on the south and east side of the river. About one-\\nfourth of the surface was originally covered with pine, the\\npinery generally following the course of the river and lying\\nprincipally on its south bank. The soil of the pine-land\\nwas of a light, sandy nature. The rest of the town was\\ntimbered with hard-wood, white-oak predominating, and in\\nthe southwest part there was considerable timbered opening.\\nThe soil in the parts of the town free from pine is of a\\nfine quality, and composed of a rich clayey loam, mixed\\nwith some gravel and sand.\\nThe town is well watered. Flint River, the principal\\nwater-course, enters from Richfield, near the southeast cor-\\nner of section 12, and pursues a somewhat tortuous course\\nthrough the town in a general southwest direction, passing\\nthrough .some parts of sections 12, 13, 11, 10, 15, IC, 21,\\n28, 29, and 32, at the southwest corner of which it cros.scs\\nthe line in the town of Burton. Its course is crooked and\\nits current generally sluggish. Near the southwest corner\\nof section 11 it is more rapid, and furnishes a very good\\nwater-power, which has been utilized for many years.\\nThe stream second in importance is Kearsley Creek,\\nwhich enters from Burton at the southwest corner of sec-\\ntion 35, crosses sections 3-t, 33, and 32 till it reaches\\nFlint River, into which it discharges its waters a little south\\nand west of the centre of the latter section. The stream\\nis more rapid, and furnishes two mill-seats, one on sec-\\ntion 32, and one on section 34.\\nThe third stream is Butternut Creek, coming from the\\nnorth, draining portions of the towns of Forest and Thet-\\nford. It enters near the northeast corner of section 1,\\ncrosses it in a southerly direction, flows across the corner of\\n41\\nsection 12, turns to the west, and cro.s.ses section 11 till it\\njoins the Flint River, a little distance east of Genesoeville.\\nStanley Creek, Bray Brook, and a half-dozen or more\\nlesser streams are tributaries of Flint River.\\nThe town has eleven and one-half miles of railroad. The\\nmain line of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway crosses\\nsections 31, 30, 19, 18, and 7 in a north and northwest\\ncoui-se, and the Flint River Division, leaving the main line\\nat the junction near the ea.st quarter-stake of section 19,\\nrunning northeasterly, crosses sections 20, IG, 15, 10, 11,\\n12, and 1. Near the east quarter-stake of section 1 it\\ncrosses the line into Richfield. The stations in this town\\nare Mount Morris on the main line, and Geneseeville on the\\nbranch. Trains on the branch also stop at the junction and\\nRogersville, where there is another station on the town-line\\nbetween Genesee and Richfield.\\nSETTLEMENT.\\nThe first settlement in this town was begun in the sum-\\nmer of 1833. Regarding the identity of the first settler\\nthere arc conflicting statements which render the historian s\\ntask somewhat unpleasant and emphatically a thankless one,\\nsince, let the ca.se be decided which way it may, there will\\nbe dissent and dissatisfaction. In this case, therefore, it\\nseems to be best to give a brief statement of the facts as\\npresented by the diflferent .sides, and let the reader judge for\\nhimself as to the real truth of the matter.\\nThe honor is claimed for two persons, Luman Beach and\\nAddison Stewart. It is conceded that Mr. Stewart did not\\nsettle in the town until the 1st of August, while it is claimed\\nby some that Beach was residing on his land as early as May\\nor June. Mrs. Stewart, who is still living in Flint, is posi-\\ntive that she was the first white woman to live along the\\nSaginaw trail north of Flint, while Mr. Lewis Buckingham\\nand wife and Mr. Isaac N. Robinson believe Beach and his\\nfamily to have been the first. The question of priority in\\npoint of time does not involve any great diSerencc, as will\\nbe seen. To still more complicate the matter, the records\\nshow that, while Stewart entered his land in June, the land\\non which Beach settled was not purchased from the govern-\\nment until the 28th of September.\\nWith this brief statement we will proceed to relate the\\nhistory of the .settlement.\\nThere were residing in the town of Mount Morris, in\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., four young men, who were, as young\\nmen arc generally supposed to be, anxious to improve their\\ncircumstances. Their names were Lewis Buckingham, Isaac\\nN. Robinson, John Pratt, and Richard Marvin. They con-\\nsulted together, and finally came to the conclusion that there\\nwas no opportunity offered for them to better their fortunes\\nthat promised better than that of coming to the West to\\n321", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0475.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "322\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npurchase farms of the government and assist in the develop-\\nment of the wilderness. Having come to the conclusion,\\nthey at once set about carrying their resolution into prac-\\ntice, and, procuring a team and wagon, started on their\\njourney. They intended to go to Chicago and settle on\\nsome of the fertile prairie lands of Illinois. Reaching a\\nfriend s residence in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., they stopped\\na few days, then proceeded to Cleveland, where they took\\npassage for Detroit on a boat that was just starting up the\\nlake. From Detroit they came to Pontiac to see Elisha\\nBeach, a step-brother of Mr. Buckingham, and were in-\\nduced by him to visit the country about Flint, where he\\nowned some land. He left his store in Pontiae in charge\\nof some one else, and himself piloted the party along the\\nSaginaw turnpike to Flint, where they arrived on the even-\\ning of the 1st of May, and sought accommodations at John\\nTodd s tavern. There they met Benjamin Pearson, who\\nhad just returned from a trip to the north in search of land.\\nHe, being from Avon, in the same county of Livingston,\\nwas interested in having these men for his neighbors, and\\ntold them that in the morning he would take them to look\\nat some of the nicest land they had ever seen.\\nThe morning of the 2d of May dawned, bright and\\nclear. The party left Todd s inn about nine o clock, and,\\nafter a few hours pleasant travel, arrived at the place\\nwhere Pearson had located his land. The scene was beau-\\ntiful in the extreme, and captivated the hearts of the emi-\\ngrants at once. The timbered openings in which they were,\\nwere dressed out in their freshest and most attractive garb,\\nand they feasted their eyes with the beauty of Nature, while\\nthey satisfied their hungry stomachs with the substantial\\nlunch they had brought with them. After finishing their\\nrepast each one set about getting a description of the land\\nhe wished to enter, and then all returned to Flint. The\\nnext morning they started for Detroit, and on the following\\nday entered land as follows Benjamin Pearson entered the\\nsouth half of section 25 and the east half of the northeast\\nquarter of section 36, in township 8 north, range 6 east\\n(the present town of Mount Morris), and the south half of\\nsection 30 and the west part of the northwest fractional\\nquarter of section 31 in this town. Lewis Buckingham\\nentered the west part of the northwest fractional quarter,\\nthe northeast quarter of the northwest fractional quarter,\\nand the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section\\n30 in this town. Isaac N. Robinson entered the southwest\\nquarter of the southeast quarter, the west part of the south-\\nwest fractional quarter, and the southeast quarter of the\\nsouthwest fractional quarter of section 19 in this town.\\nJohn Pratt entered the cast half of the southeast quarter of\\nsection 24 and the east half of the northeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 25 in the present town of Mount Morris. Richard\\nMarvin alone of all the party did not take up any of the\\nland.\\nThe little band of pioneers returned to Flint, and re-\\nmained there various lengths of time before returning to\\nthe East. Mr. Robinson was the first one to return, being\\nrecalled by the dangerous sickness of his wife, and Lewis\\nBuckingham was the last, arriving home at Mount Morris\\nabout the 20th of June. Before they returned East they\\nassisted Luman Beach to build a log house on section 30.\\nIt was about 22 by 24 feet square, with 15-foot sides. The\\nboards for floors, gables, etc., were procured at the Thread\\nRiver saw-mill, then being run by George Oliver. Into\\nthis house Luman Beach, with his wife and one child (a\\ndaughter), is supposed to have moved in May or June,\\n1833. In the month of August or early in September,\\nJohn Pratt and Benjamin Pearson returned from the East\\nwith their families, and moved on to their farms in the\\npresent town of Mount Morris. September 29th, Lewis\\nBuckingham and Isaac N. Robinson arrived. Pearson had\\nthen got to living in a log house he had built, and Pratt\\nwas living with Beach. Pratt had a house under way, and\\nBuckingham had a house (put up during his absence) with-\\nout doors or windows. For two days and nights the four\\nfamilies were domiciled in Beach s house, the men finding\\nsleeping apartments in the unfinished house belonging to\\nMr. Pratt. At the expiration of that time Buckingham\\nand Robinson moved into the former s house, and the latter\\nbegan work on a house of his own, which had progressed\\nsufficiently in two weeks to allow of his moving his family\\ninto it.\\nIn the time intervening between Beach s settlement and\\nthe return of the Mount Morris people from the East, Addi-\\nson Stewart had entered the west part of the southwest\\nfractional quarter of section 31, and about the 1st of\\nAugust moved into a small board cabin or shanty he had\\nerected there. He lived in it while he was building a\\nmore substantial and comfortable log house for a winter\\nresidence, which he moved into about the 1st of Novem-\\nber.\\nThat same season Asahel Beach, Luther and Alanson\\nDickinson, and a Mr. Ballard had also come on from the\\nEast and joined the settlement along the Saginaw road.\\nThey were nil on the west side of the road, in the present\\ntown of Mount Morris, and their houses were built by\\nMr. Stewart, who contracted to build four houses for \u00c2\u00a7400.\\nThe settlement, thus begun, grew a little from time to\\ntime, and the settlers were all people of exemplary habits\\nand irreproachable character. In the matter of the use of\\nintoxicating drinks they all took a very advanced ground\\nfor the times they were all total abstainers. This absti-\\nnence not only gave to the settlement the name of The\\nColdwater Settlement, but it also left the system strong\\nand healthy to resist the attacks of the malarial diseases so\\nprevalent at that time. Good health gave them good appe-\\ntites, and their less abstemious and more afflicted neighbors\\nconferred on the settlement the name of Hungry Hill.\\nDuring the time that intervened between the arrival of\\nthe emigrants and the spring of 1834, work was pushed in\\nthe clearings, and the mighty monarchs of the forest were\\nlaid low by the sturdy blows of the settlers axes, wielded\\nby arms whose sinews were toughened by constant exercise\\nand strengthened by the thoughts of future competence and\\ncomfort. When the spring opened, small fields of corn,\\npotatoes, and oats were planted and sowed, and garden veg-\\netables were planted by all of the pioneers. No wheat was\\nsown, however, until the fall of 1834, when several small\\nfields were sown, Mr. Buckingham putting in about five acres.\\nThis crop, harvested in the summer of 1835, was a good\\none for the times, considering the state of the .soil and the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0476.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0477.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "MrS.W. S.PiERSON.\\nW.S.PlERSON.\\nWILLIAM S. PIERSOX.\\nThe name of Pierson, though worn with becoming\\nmodesty b_v the present generation, is one that traces its\\nancestry back for nearly two and a half centnri^, where\\nwe find the family in Yorkshire, England. In the\\nmother-country their surroundings were such as to endear\\nthem to the associations of their native country but in\\nthe large family circle were some ambitious spirits who\\ndesirevi to explore the wilds of the western world, and,\\nin 1639, Rev. Abram Pierson came as the pioneer of the\\nfamily, and forty years after died in Newark, N. J.\\nLater \u00c2\u00ab\\\\me a second Rev. Abram Pierson. who settled in\\nConnecticut, aud was a man of scholarly attainments.\\nTo him belongs the proud distinction of having been\\nthe first president of Yale College. For a period of\\nyears the family continued to reside in Connecticut until\\nlater generations left New England and located in the\\nMiddle and Western States. The branch of the family\\nwhose biography is embnw^tl in this brief sketch are de-\\nscendants of the Yorkshire stock, though it is not our\\npurpose to trace them in the direct line of descent for want\\nof space,\\nWilliam S. was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth\\nPierson, and \\\\Fas born April 21, 1806, in Hartford,\\nOntario Co., N. Y. He came from Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., in 1839, and purchased six hundred acres of land\\nin Genesee township, Genesee Co., Mich., desiring to\\nmake of it a home farm, though he had other land in\\nthe county. Having permanently established himself,\\nhe returned the following year and brought his family\\nto their Western home. The large tract of laud Mr.\\nPierson purchiised required much labor and judgment\\nto cultivate successfully, aud he devoted himself ex-\\nclusively to the pursuits of a farmer.\\nHe was never ambitious for political honors, and ac-\\ncepted few otfices, desiring rather to lead a quiet life.\\nHe enjoyed an enviable reputation as a neighbor and\\ncitizen, and his opinions were held in esteem not less for\\nthe sound judgment than for the fairness which inspired\\nthem. After a long life of industry he died, April 14,\\n1S7S, aged seventy-two years, having been twice married\\nfirst to Fanny M. Arthur. Oct. 12. 1S29, and second to\\nFanny Ladd, Deo. 2, 1S34. By the firrt marriage he\\nhad one child, and by the second six. His sou, Her-\\nman L.. is one of the proprietors of tlie thread-mills in\\nFlint.\\nMrs. Fanny Ladd Pierson, the second wife of William\\nS., whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was marrie l\\nin Avon, N. Y., and resided during the greater portion of\\nher life in Michigan. She %vas a native of the Green\\nMountain State, aud removed very early in life to Liv-\\ningston Co., N. Y. Her death occurred Oct, 15. 1876,\\nin Genesee township.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0478.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0479.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0480.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "GENESEE TOWNSHIP.\\n323\\nfacilities for cultivating it, the yield averaging about 25\\nbushels to the acre.\\nFrom this beginning the settlement extended to other\\nparts of the town, and in the space of seven years, or pre-\\nvious to 1840, settlements had been begun in many places.\\nWe have not the space to spare to enable us to give a de-\\ntailed personal sketch of all of the pioneers, but we will\\ngive a brief mention of the individual history of these first\\naud consequently most prominent ones, tracing their subse-\\nquent lives.\\nLewis Buckingham remained on his place three years.\\nIn the fall of 1836 he was elected sheriff of the county,\\nand in February, 1837, removed to Flint. After serving\\nfour years in that oflSce, he purchased a farm in the town\\nof Flint, aud moved on to it and remained until he was\\nagain chosen to the office of sheriff, in 1858, when he\\nmoved to the city of Flint, where he still resides. His\\nwife is also still living, and looks back upon the experiences\\nof their pioneer days with pleasure and satisfaction.\\nLuman Beach remained a resident of Genesee for several\\nyears, then removed to Wisconsin, whore both he and his\\nwife died, he in 1870, and she some time previous.\\nIsaac N. Robinson was a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y.,\\nhis family being from Connecticut. His childhood and\\nyouth were spent in Greene County. From there he went\\nto Genesee County, where he met, wooed, won, and married\\nEliza Buckingham, in the year 1837. Miss Buckingham\\nwas a sister of Lewis Buckingham. In 1833 he came to\\nMichigan, as has been related. He lost his wife in 1839,\\nwas subsequently married again, and in 1855 removed from\\nhis farm to his present home in the city of Flint. He\\ncame of a good family, genuine Puritan stock, and boasts\\nsome illustrious relatives, Hon. Lucius Robinson, the pres-\\nent Governor of the Empire State, being his nephew. He\\nhas always been prominent in religious circles, laboring with\\nall his powers to promote the interests of his Master s king-\\ndom.\\nAddison Stewart was born in Truston, Cortland Co.,\\nN. Y. Educated for a teacher, he came West to Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., in search of employment. He there met Miss\\nLucy Tildcn, and a mutual attachment sprang up between\\nthem, which led to their marriage on the 22d of April,\\n1833, he being then twenty-one and she twenty years of\\nage. They immediately started on a bridal-tour to the\\nwilds of Michigan, traveling in a covered lumber-wagon to\\nBuffalo, where they took boat for Detroit, it being the first\\nboat up the lake that season. Reaching Detroit, they\\nlearned that the cholera was raging there; so that, stopping\\nonly to get dinner, they at once started on and came to\\nGrand Blanc, where they remained over the Sabbath at the\\nhouse of a friend. Judge Riggs. They then came on to\\nFlint, and about the 1st of August moved on to their farm.\\nThey lived on this place until 1843, when they moved to\\nFlint, where Mr. Stewart died on the 8th of March, 1848.\\nMrs. Stewart is still residing there.\\nNorman aud Francis Cone, from East Iladdam, Middle-\\nsex Co., Conn., settled in this town on section 20, in June,\\n1835. Norman Cone made the journey from Connecticut\\non foot, following the canal through the State of New York,\\nand bought his land. He then returned to Connecticut,\\nwas married, and in June became a permanent settler on\\nthe farm he is now residing on.\\nThe Stanley settlement, deriving its name from Sherman\\nStanley, the most prominent settler there, was begun in\\n1835. It is located at the corners of .sections 8, 9, IG, and\\n17. In the summer of 1835, 5Ir. Stanley left his former\\nhome in Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., and came to\\nMichigan in search of land. During the month of May\\nhe entered (340 acres of land on sections 3, 8, and 9. Ho\\nthen returned to New York, and in the early part of Sep-\\ntember started with his wife and five children, and in com-\\npany with Albert T. Stevens, with his wife and two children.\\nStanley gave Stevens the description of some land which\\nhe thought was desirable, and, while passing through De-\\ntroit, he entered 40 acres, it being the northeast quarter of\\nthe northeast quarter of section 17. They arrived in this\\ntown Sept. 17, 1835, and both families moved into a vacant\\nhouse belonging to Luman Bcacli, which stood on section\\n17, and lived there nearly a month, while they were build-\\ning their houses. Stanley s house stood about one hundred\\nrods east of the southwest corner of section 9, and Stevens\\non the site of his present residence, near the northeast\\ncorner of section 17.\\nAbout the 1st of October, Cyrenus Lake, with his wife\\nand five children, came and settled on section 9, adjoining\\nStanley on the east. A month later Joseph Simons, with\\nhis mother, two sisters, and three brothers, settled on section\\n17, west of Stevens.\\nDuring the winter of 1835-36, Stanley cleared about ten\\nacres of ground and Stevens about five acres. Lake did not\\nclear much, as he, being a carpenter, had plenty of work at\\nhis trade, building several barns in the Coldwater settle-\\nment, and Simons, being a poor man, did no clearing, be-\\ncause he was obliged to work out by the day to get provisions\\nto support the family, which was entirely dependent upon\\nhim.\\nIn the spring of 1836, Stanley and Stevens each sowed\\na piece of spring wheat, harrowing it into the ground with-\\nout any plowing being done. The yield was only about ten\\nbushels to the acre, but was quite a help towards provision-\\ning the families.\\nEzra Stevens, father of Albert T., with his wife and son\\nRalsa W., his son Weed H., with his wife, one son, and\\none daughter, and his son William, with his wife and two\\nsons, came from Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in May,\\n1837, and settled in Genesee, Weed H. on section 8 and\\nthe others on section 9.\\nPeter Snyder and Henry D. Hunt settled on section 8\\nin 1838, and Charles R. Coolcy and an Iri-shnian named\\nPatrick Daly on section 18.\\nThese families constituted the Stanley settlement. All\\nexcept Daly and Coolcy and the three Stevenses were from\\nMount Morris, N. Y. Daly was from Ireland, and Cooley\\nfrom Wayne County, N. Y.\\nDuring the first few years the settlers were all more or less\\ndependent upon outside sources for a considerable portion\\nof their provisions, and suffered, as all pioneers, in a tim-\\nbered country, especially, are called upon to do, many hard-\\nships and privations. Most of the settlers brought iron\\nplows with them, generally the Livingston County plow,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0481.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "324\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nwhich was quite a favorite, but Mr. Lake manufactured\\nfor liis own use a wooden plow, which served during one\\nor two seasons.\\nSherman Stanley was a very thorough, energetic farmer,\\na man of the strictest integrity, and a conscientious mem-\\nber of the Baptist Church. His life in Genesee was a\\nlong and useful one, and enabled him to witness many and\\ngreat changes in this part of the country. He died about\\neighteen or nineteen years ago, at the age of sixt3-five\\nyears and five months. His wife, who died about one and\\na half years before, also lived to the same age.\\nCyrenus Lake s wife died in 1841, and, soon after, he\\nmoved to Grand Kapids, where he died of brain-fever, in\\n1846.\\nJoseph Simons subsequently married Miss Eunice Da-\\nmon, of Mount Morris, who was then living with her\\ncousin, Henry D. Hunt. They are still residents of the\\ntown.\\nCharles R. Cooley died in this town about the year\\n1853.\\nOf the Stcvenses, Ezra died in 1848 Abigail, his wife,\\nin 1841 Ralsa W., in October, 1875. William remained\\nhere only four weeks, and then removed to Ohio. He died\\nin New London, Huron Co., Ohio, in 1876. Weed H.\\nand Albert T. are still residents of this town. To the\\nlast named we are indebted for much of the information\\ncontained in this sketch.\\nJohn Woolfitt, a native of that country on whose do-\\nminions the sun never sets, settled on section 19 in 1835\\nor 1836. Benjamin F. Robinson also settled on the same\\nsection in the latter year.\\nThese arc not, by any means, all of the first settlers.\\nThe following li.st, prepared from the tract-book on file\\nin the register s ofiice, shows the names of some others.\\nIt is, however, intended to show the names of all who\\nentered land from the government. The names of those\\nwho are known to have actually settled here are printed in\\nitalics. The list shows the names, residences, dates of\\nentry, number of acres entered, and the number of the\\nsections on which it was located. We first give a list of\\nthose who entered land on more than one section\\nThomas L. L. Brent, of the State of Virginia, March 16,\\n1836, 259 acres on section 1, 255 acres on section 2, 240\\nacres on section 13, 320 acres on section 14, 94 acres on\\nsection 15, 120 acres on section 21, 320 acres on section\\n22, 120 acres on section 27, and 40 acres on section 28;\\ntotal, 1768 acres.\\nIra Davenport, of Steuben Co., N. Y., May 25, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 1, 80 acres on section 2, 351 acres on\\nsection 3, 90 acres on section 4, 80 acres on section 6, 101\\nacres on section 11, 100 acres on section 14, and 160 acres\\non section 35; total, 1168 acres.\\nFrederick St. John, of New York City, June 2, 1836, 80\\nacres on section 9 June 9th, 95 acres on section 2, 80 acres\\non section 4, 349 acres on section 5, and 160 acres on sec-\\ntion 9 total, 764 acres.\\nSherman Stanley, of Livingston Co., N. Y., May 30,\\n1835, 80 acres on section 8, 160 acres on section 9 May\\n18, 1836, 160 acres on section 3, 80 acres on section 8, and\\n160 acres on section 9 total, 640 acres.\\nCharles D. Seymour, of this county, Jlay 20, 1836, 80\\nacres each on sections 4 and 5 total, 160 acres.\\nIra D. Wright, of this county, Nov. 9, 1836, 80 acres\\neach on sections 4 and 9 tot.il, 160 acres.\\nLewis Biiclciiiffham, of Livingston Co., N. Y., May 4,\\n1833, 137 acres on section 30; June 2, 1836, 240 acres\\non section 5 total, 377 acres.\\nAlbert H. Z?i/)/, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1835,\\n80 acres on section 6, 120 acres on section 7 Oct. 20th,\\n40 acres on section 7 total. 240 acres.\\nBenjamin Pearson, of Livingston Co., N. Y., May 4,\\n1833, 299 acres on section 30, 62 acres on section 31\\nJune 23, 1834, 40 acres on section 32 November 4th,\\n55 acres on section 32 May 22 and Sept. 26, 1835, 104\\nacres on section 32 September ISth, 122 acres on section\\n6, 80 acres on section 18, and 40 acres on section 29 total,\\n802 acres.\\nDavid Thompson, of Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 29, 1836,\\n40 acres on section 7, 80 acres on section 17, and 40\\nacres on section 32 February 8th, 160 acres on section 6,\\nand 80 acres on section 7 February 19th, 80 acres on sec-\\ntion 21 total, 480 acres.\\nAllen Peck, Seth Hooker, and Walter Nimocks, of Jef-\\nferson Co., N. Y., April 22, 183G, 80 acres on section 7,\\nand 160 acres on section 8 total, 240 acres.\\nRussel S. Parser, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Nov. 3,\\n1835, 160 acres on section 17 Oct. 25, 1836, 80 acres on\\nsection 8 total, 240 acres.\\nJames A. Van Dyke, of Wa3 ne Co., Mich., April 18,\\n1836, 80 acres on section 8, and 45 acres on section 18;\\ntotal, 125 acres.\\nMartha Beach, of this county, Sept. 26, 1835, 80 acres\\non section 10, and 46 acres on section 15 total, 126 acres.\\nLott Clark and Stephen Warren, of the State of New\\nYork, Feb. 13, 1836, 72 acres on section 10, 148 acres on\\nsection 11, 165 acres on section 12, 65 acres on section 13,\\nand 80 acres on section 15 February 22d, 78 acres on\\nsection 11, 79 acres on section 12, 80 acres on section 15,\\nand 90 acres on section 21 total, 857 acres.\\nJohn Clifford, of Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1835,\\n08 acres on section 11, 142 acres on section 13, and 56\\nacres on section 28 March 16, 1836, 80 acres on section\\n15 March 17th, 30 acres on section 28 total, 376 acres.\\nThomas R. Roby, of Monroe Co., N. Y., March 1, 1836,\\n160 acres on section 11, 320 acres on section 12, 160 acres\\non section 33, and 120 acres on section 34; total, 760 acres.\\nHenry Dwight, of Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1836,\\n50 acres on section 12, and 20 acres on section 13 total,\\n70 acres.\\nHiram Lyon, of Wayne Co., Mich., Oct. 2, 1834, 80\\nacres on section 17, and 80 acres on section 20 total, 160\\nacres.\\nMoses Camp, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June 2, 1835,\\n80 acres on section 17, and 80 acres on section 20; total,\\n160 acres.\\nJames Seymour, of Monroe Co., N. Y., March 1, 1836,\\n84 acres on section 21, and 160 acres on section 28; total,\\n244 acres.\\nFrancis G. Maey, of Erie Co., N. Y., May 28, 1836,\\nthree entire sections, 23, 24, and 25 total, 1920 acres.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0482.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0483.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0484.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0485.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0486.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "GENESEE TOWNSHIP.\\n325\\nGeorge R. Perkins, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June 22,\\n1836, 400 acres on section 27 August 26th, 240 acres\\non section 22 total, G40 acres.\\nOgden M. Willey, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June L3,\\n1836, 320 acres on section 26, and 320 acres on section 36\\ntotal, 640 acres.\\nWilliam Young, of Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 12,\\n1834, 22 acres on section 28, and 159 acres on section 29\\ntotal, 181 acres.\\nGilbert Howell, of Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1835,\\n68 acres on section 29; October IStli, 39 acres on sec-\\ntion 28 total, 107 acres.\\nEnoch Jones, of Wayne Co., Mich., March 1, 1830,\\n160 acres on section 28; Slarch 2d, 320 acres on section\\n34 total, 480 acres.\\nDaniel Curtis, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Sept. 6, 1833,\\n80 acres on section 31 Dec. 17, 1835, 40 acres on sec-\\ntion 32 total, 120 acres.\\nThe remaining entries, for convenience, are classified by\\nsections, the list showing, in addition to the details hereto-\\nfore given, the area of each section. The reason that so\\nmany sections fall short of the full sectional area is that, in\\naddition to the fractional sections on the north and west\\nborders, those sections through which the river passes have\\nconsiderable meandered lands, which are not counted in.\\nThe list continues as follows\\nSection 1, 677.56 acres: Nov. 9, 1836, Oliver G. Wes-\\nson, of this county, 80 acres; Eunice Beach, same county,\\n160 acres; Nov. 10th, Nathaniel Thunston, same county,\\n98 J acres.\\nSection 2, 669.05 acres: May 30, 1836, William Devin-\\nney, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres Samuel Dcvinney,\\nsame county, 80 acres Alva Thayer, same county, 80\\nacres.\\nSection 3, 671.04 acres: March 14, 1830, Waldo How-\\nard, of Monroe Co., N. Y., 160 acres.\\nSection 4,673.83 acres: March 30, 1836, Aaron Foster,\\nof Tompkins Co., N. Y., 160 acres; May 27th, Peter\\nRichardson, of Oakland Co., Mich., 178 acres.\\nSection 5, 669.36 acres.\\nSection 6,564.38 acres: May 22, 1835, Calista Arthur,\\nof Livingston Co., N. Y., 28 acres June 25, 1836, Thomas\\nM. Howell, of Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., 95 acres.\\nSection 7,556.48 acres: Sept. 25, 1834, William Sis-\\nsons, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 40 acres, and the same party,\\nOct. 29, 1835, 40 acres; Nov. 15, 1834, Timothy J. Wal-\\nling, of the .same county, 36 acres; Feb. 3, 1836, Lorcn\\nParsons, of this county, 80 acres.\\nSection 8, 640 acres: IMay 30, 1835, retcr Sui/dcr, of\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., 160 acres.\\nSection 9, 640 acres.\\nSection 10, 634.16 acres: Feb. 3, 1836, Bradford P.\\nFoster, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., 100 acres; Feb. lltli,\\nLansing B. Mizncr, of Ontario Co., N. Y., 2i acres; April\\n16th, Morgan L. Schemerhorn, of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio,\\n160 acres: May 30th, Harley Thayer, of Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., 160 acres.\\nSection 11, 615.20 acres: March 30, 1836, Bradford A.\\nPotter, of Tompkins Co., N. Y., 80 acres.\\nSection 12, 614.29 acres.\\nSection 13: 627 52 acres: March 28, 1836, Douglas\\nHoughton, of Wayne Co., Mich., 160 acres.\\nSection 14, 040 acres: Sept. 16, 1836, Jo.scph Jones, of\\nthis county, 80 acres Jan. 25, 1851, Peter Kinney, of Ni-\\nagara Co., N. Y., 40 acres Juno 3, 1852, George W. Good-\\nenough, 40 acres.\\nSection 15, 610.29 acres: Oct. 13, 1835, Nelson K.\\nMoore, of Wayne Co., Mich., 89J acres, and the same\\nparty, October 30th, 59 acres; April 9, 1836, Gideon\\nLoc, of Now York City, 80 acres.\\nSection 16, about 625 acres: school land.\\nSection 17, 650 acres: April 22, 1835, Nathaniel Fisk,\\nof Wayne Co., Mich., 160 acres September 2Gth, Albert T.\\nStevens, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 40 acres; October 29th,\\nJoseph Simons, of the same county, 40 acres.\\nSection 18, 574.20 acres: June 23, 1834, Fidelia Ar-\\nthur, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 50 acres; September 25tl),\\nJohn Wooljilt, of the -same county, 45 acres October 10th,\\nWilliam M. Parker, of Oneida Co., N. Y., 80 acres, and\\nthe same party. May 27, 1835, 160 acres; Dec. 1, 1835,\\nCharles Ji. Coolei/, of Wayne Co., N. Y., SO acres Feb. 6,\\n1836, William Smith, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres.\\nSection 19, 587.52 acres May 4, 1833, Isaac N. Robin-\\nson, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 134 acres, and the same party,\\nJuly 10, 1835, SO acres; June 17, 1833, Benjamin Coy,\\nof the same county, 53 acres; March 30, 1835, Alanson\\nSheley, of Wayne Co., Mich., 240 acres; October 29th,\\nBetijamin F. Robinson, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres.\\nSection 20,640 acres: Oct. 2, 1834, Amos Gillett,o?\\nLivingston Co., N. Y., 240 acres; April 1, 1835, Nelson\\nIf. Chittenden, of Wayne Co., Mich., 160 acres May 16th,\\nNorman Cone, of Middlesex Co., Conn., 80 acres.\\nSection 21, 607.94 acres: March 30, 1835, Anson Gil-\\nbert, of Wayne Co., Mich., 197 acres; Feb. 22, 1836,\\nJoshua Terry, of Oakland Co., Mich., 38 acres.\\nSection 22, 640 acres: Sept. 16, 1836, Amos Jones, of\\nthis county, 80 acres.\\nSection 23, 640 acres.\\nSection 24, 610 acres.\\nSection 25, 640 acres.\\nSection 26, 640 acres: Sept. 14, 1836, Charles Wright,\\nof this county, 160 acres; Nov. 6, 1851, Alva Rogers, 160\\nacres.\\nSection 27, 640 acres: Sept. 7, 1835, Asa Bishop, of\\nthis county, 40 acres; December 3d, Charles D. W. Gib-\\nson, of the same county, 40 acres; December 30th, Shubael\\nAtherton, of Oakland County, 40 acres.\\nSection 28, 625.71 acres: May 6, 1834, Burnett Scott,\\nof Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres Feb. 24, 1836, Thomas\\nHadley, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres.\\nSection 29, 623.01 acres: July 6, 1833, Joshua Young,\\nof Montgomery Co., N. Y., 80 acres; December 11th, Ln-\\nman Beach, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 40 acres June 23, 1834,\\nBradley Hutchinson, of the same county, 80 acres, and\\nMay 16, 1835, the same party, 76 acres March 30, 1835,\\nCharles Ivison, of Wayne Co., Mich., 80 acres.\\nSection 30, 595.64 acres: Sept. 28, 1833, Elisha Beach,\\nof Oakland Co., Mich., 80 acres; June 10, 1835, Wait\\nBeach, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres.\\nSection 31, 571 acres: June 22, 1833, Addison Stewart,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0487.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "326\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof Lapeer Co., Mich., 42 acres; September lltli, Hiram\\nBrown, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres November 5th,\\nThomas W. Mather, of New York City, 80 acres June\\n23, 1834, Ransom Slewart, of Chenango Co., N. Y., 68\\nacres, and the same party, November 4th, 40 acres Septem-\\nber 22(1, Constant Terry, of Wayne Co., N. Y., 80 acres\\nSeptember 18th, Charles Toogood, of tliis county, 40 acres.\\nSection 32, 615.56 acres: Sept. 11, 1833, Daniel Brown,\\nof Livingston Co., N. Y., 52 acres; Jan. 29, 1834, Ilervey\\nAndrews, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 100 acres; Dec. 26, 1835,\\nSecley Ilarger, of Oakland Co., Mich., 80 acres; Feb. 1,\\n1836, Albert J. Smith, of this county, 35 acres.\\nSection 32, 040 acres Sept. 5 and Nov. 3, 1834, Ogden\\nClark, of Oakland Co., Mich., 120 acres; Oct. 8, 1835,\\nSamuel Clark, Jr., of the same county, 40 acres Decem-\\nber 7th, John McCoruiiek, of this county, 40 acres De-\\ncember 22d, John Pratt, of tliis county, 40 acres; Feb. 9,\\n1836, diaries M. Bull, of Wayne Co, Mich., 80 acres;\\nFebruary 20th, Asa Spencer, of Oakland Co., Mich., 40\\nacres February 26th, Benjamin G. Barker, of AVayne Co.,\\nMich., 120 acres.\\nSection 34, 640 acres: Nov. 27, 1835, Nathan Herrick,\\nof Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres; March 5, 1836, George\\nW. Kceney, SO acres; May 21.st, Oliver E. MaUby and\\nAmon W. Langdon, of the State of New York, 80 acres.\\nSection 35, 640 acres: April 1, iQ, BnslincU Andrews,\\nof Wayne Co., Mich., SO acres July 11th, Herman Camp,\\nof Tompkins Co., N. Y., 240 acres September 14th, Charles\\nWright, of this county, 160 acres.\\nSection 36, 640 acres: June 21, 1836, Samuel Bassett,\\nof Oakland Co., Mich., 320 acres.\\nFrom this list we are able to trace the tide of immigration\\nin its force and progress. In 1833 a little more than 1200\\nacres was taken up in 1834, a little more than 1500 acres\\nin 1835, almost 4000 acres; and in 1836, when the grand\\nrush came, and the tide of immigration was at its flood, over\\n15,000 acres were entered.\\nAs showing the names of others of the pioneers, and\\nalso their comparative wealth at that time, we give the fol-\\nlowing copy of the roll of resident ta.x-paycrs fur the year\\n1844.\\nNames of Tuxpayers.\\nXo. of Section.\\nJames Abram 5\\nNicholas Abram 5\\nBiisbncll Andrews 29 aud 30\\nllervey Andrews :i2 and 33\\nWilliam Algate 20\\nJosiah W. lic^ole 10\\nAbraham Bodinc 3\\nBrown Dickinson 31\\nDavid Brown 3-t\\nOrson Binj^ham 34\\nTimothy Boies 32\\nLuman Beach Personal\\nllichard Bush\\nOgden Clark 31\\nOgden Clark (administra-\\ntor, etc.) 34 and35\\nMoses Camp 19\\nNelson H. Chittenden 20\\nNoah Chittenden 21\\nNorman Cone 20\\nFrancis Cone 20\\nCharles U. Coole.v 18\\nWilliam Chambe rlin 2S, 29, and 30..\\nWidow Cawden 7\\nSamuel Devinny\\nWidow Daly IS\\nJacob Demerco 21\\nBenja\\nA. Fay 20 and 21 121\\nNo. of\\nAmount\\nAcrL 8.\\nof Tux.\\n80\\n$,^59\\n80\\n3.24\\nlfi,i\\ny.oi\\n158\\n7.13\\nCO\\n2.25\\n160\\n0.86\\nSO\\n3.12\\n143\\nin.{i2\\nSO\\nCOS\\nSO\\n2.18\\n51\\n2.80\\n.37\\n.25\\n200\\n5.49\\n100\\n4.49\\n107\\n6.17\\nSO\\n5.51\\n47\\n1.91\\nSO\\n6.27\\n72\\n3.93\\n78\\n4.90\\n250\\n9.S2\\n40\\n1.24\\n80\\n2.86\\n40\\n1.96\\n40\\n1.411\\n121\\n7.5S\\nNames of Tnxpayore.\\nNo. of Section.\\nRobert Ferj^uson 5\\nlinldforil V. Foster 10\\nDaniel Foot... 34\\nIsaac N. Robinson 19\\nFitch 24\\nLi ron7o (^ore 32\\nElisha Galpin 20\\nChester Goodalo 9\\nPatrick Gribbcn 8\\nAVilliam Hughes 18\\nA. II. Hart 7\\nWaUl., Uowanl 4\\nSimeon Ilowarii 4\\nHenry D. Hunt 8\\nGeorge Hovey 2\\nWright J. Hoiton 19\\nJohn Imrie 6\\nL. G. Jones 28 an.l 33\\nMcrrilt Johnson 22\\nGardner Kellogg 16 and 20\\nM. Kellogg 21\\nWalter Kittredgo 17\\nChester McComb 9\\nJohn Slartin 19\\nDavid Mather 31\\nJ. D. Morehouse 29\\nMacy 24\\nReuben MoCreery 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15..\\nLyman Oaks 28\\nUussel S. Parker 17\\nSarah Parker 17\\nA. B. Parker IS\\nPeaboJy Pratt 19\\nAVilliam Paletbor|ie 6\\nDavid Powell 33\\nBenjamin F. Robinson 17\\nJairus Robinson 17\\nJohn Rose 17\\nJohn C. Russell 30\\nHowland Russell Personal\\nJoseph Simons 17\\nD. M. Seymour 18\\nCharles D. Seymour 4 and 5\\nAsher Simons 5\\nD. H. Seeley 3\\nOrrin Seeley 9\\nC. B. Seeley 6\\nStillman Stanley 9\\nSherman Stanley Sand 9\\nAVeed II. Stevens 4 and 8\\nEzra Stevens 9\\nRalsa W.Stevens 9\\nSeth Stevens 8\\nPolly Snyder 8\\nPeter Snyder 8\\nRansom Stewart 31\\nLewis Stevens 20\\nAlbert T.Stevens 17\\nSimon Smith Personal\\nCharles Toogooil 17\\nEdward Taylor 15, 21 and 28\\nJohn E. I pton 3\\nPolly Van Riper 8\\nAbraham Voorhees 2\\nFranklin Vinton 34\\nLoren AVilliams 3\\nReuben Wethercll 19 and 20\\nA. E. Wilcox 20\\nHarvey Wilco.\\\\ 20\\nChouneey Wisncr 2\\nJohn Woollitt 18\\nKEMINISCENCES.\\nThe fii st saw-mill in the town was huilt by Mr. Ilarger.\\nBenjamin Pearson, familiarly called Uncle Ben, was in-\\nterested in it to some extent either at the time of building\\nor soon after. It was probably built in the summer of\\n1834. The power was furnished by Kear.sley Creek, which\\nwas dammed for that purpose about one hundred rods above\\nits junction with the river. The mill was not very large,\\nhaving a capacity of about 2000 feet per day, but it never-\\ntheless furnished lumber for many of the pioneer houses in\\nthe northern towns of the county.\\nA second mill was built on the Kearsley, in 1836, by the\\nJoneses. It w.as known as the Jones mill, and was about a\\nNo. of\\nAinoiitit\\n-\\\\cres.\\nof Tax.\\nSO\\n$3.12\\n160\\n8.90\\n40\\n1.64\\n107\\n6.05\\n240\\n6.99\\n52\\n2.52\\n43\\n5.70\\nSO\\n4.07\\n40\\n1.05\\n40\\n2.65\\n150\\n9.07\\nSO\\n4.33\\n95\\n2.59\\nSO\\n4.26\\n80\\n1.99\\n120\\n5.24\\n80\\n2.93\\n440\\n18.72\\n80\\n2.29\\n120\\n4.91\\n87\\n2.85\\n86\\n4.46\\n40\\n1.77\\n80\\n5.63\\n80\\n4.51\\n27\\n1.47\\n160\\n3.99\\n769\\n21.93\\n100\\n4.70\\n100\\n3.49\\n40\\n1..37\\n160\\n6.95\\n146\\n10.17\\n19\\n.54\\n44\\n1.39\\nSO\\n4.57\\n72\\n2.9 4\\n80\\n2.46\\n108\\n1S.54\\n.64\\n40\\n1.87\\nSO\\n3.56\\n140\\n3.93\\n20\\n.50\\n160\\n8.73\\n40\\n1.69\\n75\\n3.33\\n411\\n2.14\\n240\\n12.35\\n100\\n3.64\\n17\\n.71\\n23\\n1.29\\n10\\n.25\\n10\\n.25\\nSO\\n3.34\\n80\\n3.38\\n20\\n.50\\n40\\n1.62\\n.37\\n20\\n1.12\\n313\\n8.67\\nSO\\n3.87\\n40\\n.75\\nSO\\n1.50\\n40\\n1.25\\n80\\n2.76\\n90\\n5.80\\n55\\n2.49\\n60\\n1.50\\nSO\\n3.03\\n60\\n3.37", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0488.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0489.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0490.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "GENESEE TOWNSHIP.\\n327\\nluilo above the first, or Hnrger, mill. The buildcre of tins\\nmill had con.siJerable trouble to get a dam that would stand\\nthe pressure of the water and the thumps given it by the\\nfloating logs that filled the stream during certain seasons of\\nhigh water.\\nA third mill was built on the Kearsley, in 1837, by Og-\\nden Clark. It was on section 34, and on the site at present\\noccupied by Pettis grist-mill.\\nThe fourth saw-mill was built on the Flint River, near the\\nwest line of section 11, at Genesoeville. It was built by\\nLot Clark and Stephen Warren, who purchased the site of\\nthe government, and also procured a charter granting tliem\\nthe privilege of damming the river for the purpose of fur-\\nnishing a mill-power. The property was by them trans-\\nferred to Reuben McCrecry, Oct. 6, 1847. JlcCreery sold\\none-half of his interest to Simon King, April 24, 1848, and in\\n1849 they built the first grist-mill in town. By deed dated\\nJune 14, 1861, King rcconveyed to MeCreery his half-\\ninterest, and on June 13, 1SG5, lie sold to Drake Bing-\\nham (Hastings E. Drake and Samuel Bingham They\\nran the grist-mill four years, and then sold to William E.\\nAlexander, Dec. 29, 18G9. Alexander sold to the present\\nowner, Isaac 0. Rogers, July 1 1872. From 1872 to 1874,\\nGeorge W. Lissett owned a half-interest in the property.\\nThese have been the owners of the gi ist-mill. A second\\nsaw-mill was built by McCreory King, in 1853, and this\\nwas subsequently owned by William Throop, who sold to\\nWilliam Hovey, who was the owner when, in 1878, it was\\ndismantled and torn down. At this time his right in the\\nwater-power was sold to Dyer Ainsworth, who transferred\\nit to Mr. Isaac 0. Rogers. The grist-mill is still in opera-\\ntion, converting the product of the farmer s field into the\\nwhite dust which is so necessary to the existence as well as\\nhappiness of civilized man. It is still in its original form,\\nnone other than ordinary repairs having been made, and is\\none of the landmarks of the section. Its dimensions are\\n40 by 50 feet, with 30-foot posts, giving two and a half\\nstories in height above the basement. The power is applied\\nto the three run of stones and other machinery by means of\\nfour iron turbine water-wheels, of the Walker pattern, each\\nof which is four feel in diameter and two feet deep. The\\ndam is nearly forty rods in length, and affords a head of\\nwater of about six feet. The capacity of the mill is about\\n100 barrels of flour per day. During the past year it has\\ndone but little work aside from custom grinding.\\nAt first the pioneers had no bridges across the river, and\\nhad to ford it when business or pleasure necessitated their\\ncro.ssiDg it. But this state of affairs could not long exist\\namong so stirring and progressive a people as those who\\nhad undertaken to bring order out of the chaotic wilder-\\nness and replace the trees of the gloomy forest with smiling\\nroof-trees, whose cheering welcomes should ever gladden the\\nhearts of their inmates as well as of the stranger who should\\nbe fortunate enough to find a temporary resting-place be-\\nneath their beneficent shadows. The project of bridging\\nthe turbulent waters of the Flint was oficn and thoroughly\\ndiscussed, and in 1843 or 1844 the work was undertaken.\\nThe place chosen was that on section 32, below the mouth\\nof the Kearsley where the Oliver road eros.sed. The\\nwork was dune under the supervision of Joseph Smith,\\nnot by any means the redoubtable apostle of Mormonism,\\nbut a much more honorable, upright, and exemplary citizen,\\nand the necessary materials and labor were furnished or\\npaid fur by the voluntary contributions of the citizens.\\nThere is not at present any bridge at this point. The sec-\\nond bridge was located at, or a little west of, the corners of\\nsections 10, 11, 14, and 15, and was built under the super-\\nvision of Reuben MeCreery. It was rebuilt in 1875, and\\nis now the only bridge across Flint River in this town. A\\nthird bridge, called the Fay Bridge, was built about 1860\\nat the southwest corner of section 21. After being in use\\nabout nine years it was abandoned,\\nThough the woods were frequently filled with wandering\\nIndians, these aborigines had no village or special camping-\\nplace within the limits of this town. The most prominent,\\nand perhaps the only real, trace of their former residence\\nhere, is found in the northwestern part of section 12, where\\na ridge of land, running from the river-bank northward\\nuntil it cro.sses the railroad, bears indisputable evidence of\\nonce having been used as a burial-ground. The soil is sandy\\nand dry, facts that account for its selection for this pur-\\npose, as the Indians, having only the rudest kind of im-\\nplements for excavating purposes, naturally selected places\\nwhere the soil was light, loose, and easily worked. At the\\ntime the Flint River Railroad was built a cut was made\\nthrough the northern part of this ridge, and while working\\nthis cut the workmen discovered human bones, which led\\nto further explorations and further discoveries.\\nProbably the first white person born in the town of Gen-\\nesee was Damon Stewart, a son of Addison and Lucy\\nStewart, who was born on the 5th of February, 1834. We\\nsay probably, because Edward, a son of Luman Beach, was\\nalso born in the same month, and we have no means of\\nknowing the exact date of his birth. He removed to AVis-\\nconsin with his parents, was married there, and died without\\nissue. Damon Stewart lived on the farm until his parents\\nremoved to Flint, in 1843, when he went to that place with\\nthem. He studied in the common schools till the death of\\nhis father soon after which event, at the age of fifteen, he\\ncommenced life for himself by working as a clerk in the\\nScotch store. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he\\nenlisted as a member of the Flint Union Grays, and was a\\nmember of the 2d Michigan Infantry. At the battle of\\nWilliamsburg, May 5, 18G2, he was wounded, and, before\\nreturning to the field after his recovery, received an adju-\\ntant s commission in the 23d Michigan Infantry, being mus-\\ntered iu as captain of Company K. After serving till the\\nclose of the war, be returned to Flint, where he has most of\\nthe time since been engaged in the mercantile business.\\nOct. 23, 186.S, he was married to Miss Frances N. McQuigg,\\nby whom he has a family of two sons and three daughters.\\nThe first marriage among the pioneers occurred in the\\nfall of 1838, when Henry Cadwcll and Ann M. Stanley, a\\ndaughter of Sherman Stanley, were united in the silken\\nbonds of matrimony. They lived in this town for a time,\\nand then removed to Flint. Mr. Cadwcll died in Detroit\\nabout ten years after his marriage. Mrs. Cadwcll, now\\nMrs. G. V. S. Youngs, is living in the village of Mount\\nMorris.\\nDuring tirw same fall the first death occurred among the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0491.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "328\\nIirSTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsettlers. Weed II. Stevens little two-year-old daughter,\\nAbigail, while playing about the house found a screw,\\nwhich, child like, she put into her mouth. By some moans\\nit got into her throat, and in spite of all efforts to relieve\\nher choked her to death. Siio was buried in the woods\\non the farm of Siierman Stanley. The grave has long\\nsince subsided to the level of the surrounding surface and\\nno trace of it remains, and, stranger than all, its location\\noven is now unknown. The first deatli of an adult was\\nthat of Eliza Buckingham, wife of Isaac N. Ilobinson, who\\ndied Feb. 23, 1839. Her death resulted from disease of\\nthe heart, and, though not unexpected, was very sudden.\\nThe people who formed the population of the Coldwater\\nsettlement were intelligent and progressive to a degree that\\ninsured the prompt establishing of schools for the education\\nof their children. The first school was kept at the house\\nof Lewis Buckingham by Miss Sarah Curtis, a sister of\\nDaniel Curtis. It was as early as the winter of 1835-3G,\\nand possibly a year earlier than that. There were some\\neight or ten scholars, and one room of the house was set\\napart for their sole use. Sliss Elizabeth Pratt, a daughter\\nof Peabody Pratt, subsequently kept a school in the neigh-\\nborhood, and not long after probably in 183G-37 a\\nschool district was organized and a school-house built on\\nsection 31. Miss Harriet Iloyes taught the first school in\\nthat house. In 1837-38 a log .school-house was built on\\nthe north line of section 16, near the quarter-stake. It\\nwas a small aflfair, probably not larger than 14 by 18 feet.\\nThe first term of school was kept by Jliss Delia Fish, a\\ndaughter of Dr. George W. Fi.sh, of Flint, and the school\\nnumbered about a dozen scholars. The board of school\\ninspectors met at the town clerk s office, Sept. 22, 1S3S,\\nand divided the town into five school districts. The num-\\nber of children of school age was as follows: District No.\\n1, 28 No. 2, 30 No. 4, 19 and No. 5, 14.\\nAt the present time there are eight school districts in\\nthe town, three of them (Nos. 1, 3, and 11) being frac-\\ntional. There are nine frame school-houses. District No.\\n3 Genesee and Mount Morris having two, and their ag-\\ngregate value is $0000. The school at Mount Morris village\\nis the only graded school in the town. During the year\\nending Sept. 30, 1878, 8 male and II female teachers were\\nemployed, teaching an aggregate of 77 months. The sum\\nof $1300.50 wiis raised by tax. $1112.25 was paid to male\\nteachers, $1046 to female teachers, and an aggregate amount\\nof $3291.06 was expended for all school purposes.\\nThe first blacksmith in town was probably Washington\\nTodd, who worked at Genesceville when the mill was being\\nbuilt.\\nThe first burial-ground opened in Genesee was purchased\\nby the town from John E. Upton, in 1840 or 1841. The\\nfirst person buried there was Horace Freeman, whoso death\\nresulted from an accident. Ho was going to Flint with\\nD. II. Secley, and, while riding along near what was known\\nas the Beecher school-house, a tree in which the fire had\\nbeen working fell on them. Freeman was badly crushed\\nand lived but a few hours, and Seeley had a leg broken by\\nthe falling tree-top. This burial-ground has always gone\\nby the name of the Upton ground. It was purchased at\\nthe petition of the citizens in the northeast part of the town,\\nand consisted of one acre of ground on the south part of\\nthe southwest quarter of section 3. It was to be cleared\\nand surrounded by a board fence, and cost the town $50.\\nThe township had in 1839 purchased an acre of ground\\nof Daniel Curtis, and in 1840 had it fenced and graded,\\nmaking its total cost about $60. This, being in the pres-\\nent town of Mount Morris, is not accounted as first in this\\nsketch.\\nCIVIL AND POLITICAL.\\nAs originally organized in 1838, this town comprised, in\\naddition to its present territory, the east half of the present\\ntownship of Mount Morris. This arrangement continued\\nuntil the year 1855, when the town of Mount Morris was\\norganized.\\nOf the steps preparatory to the formation of the town,\\nthe conferring upon it of a name, and other interesting de-\\ntails we have no record from which to glean the facts, and\\nare conse((Ucntly debarred from giving to them the prom-\\ninence they rightfully deserve.\\nThe first town-meeting was held in what is now the\\ntown of Mount Morris, at the Coldwater settlement. Juba\\nBarrows house was the place of meeting, and the following\\ncopy of the record will show better than we can otherwise\\ndescribe what business was there transacted. The record\\nreads as follows\\nKecord of tbo proceedings of the first Town-meeting held in the\\ntown of Genesee, County of Gcncsce, and State of Michigan:\\nThe Electors of said Town assembled at the house of Jub.i Bar-\\nrows, in said Town, on Monday, the second day of April, 1S.3S, and\\norganized by Choosing Chas. N. Beecher Moderator. A. II. Ilart\\nwas chosen Clerk. Peabody Pratt, Daniel Curtis, and Bushnell An-\\ndrews were chosen inspectors. The above-named persons being duly\\nsworn and qualified, and having selected Elsworth Walkley and Jo-\\nsiah Bcgole as clerks of election, and being given that the poles were\\nopen, proceeded to receive votes for town officers for the ensuing year;\\nand upon canvassing the Votes it was ntuerlaincd that the following\\nI)ersons were duly elected to the several offices set opoaitc their re-\\nspective names, to wit: John Pratt, Supervisor. Chas. N. Beecher,\\nTown Clerk. Addison Stewart, Daniel Curtis, A. II. Hart, Assessors.\\nAddison Stewart, Juba Barrows, I. N. Robinson, School Inspectors.\\nSherman St.nnley, Bushnell Andrews, Alanson Dickinson, Commish-\\nioners of Highways. A. II. Hart, Jeremy Hitchcock, C. N. Beecher,\\nAsa Spencer, Justices of the Peace. L. G. Buckingham, Collector.\\nL. G. Buckingham, Frederick Walker, Albeit T. Stevens, G. L. Jones,\\nContt.iljlcs. John Martin, Peabody Pratt, Directors of the Poor.\\nRoad District No. 1, B. Picrsons; No. 2, N. Cone; No. 3, Wm,\\nThayer; No. 4, Sherman Stanley; No. 5, J. Hitchcock; No. 6, Wm.\\nTillori; No. 7, Samuel Clark, Jr., Overseers of Highways.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The following bye Laws were proposed adojited, to wit:\\nArticle 1st. The compensation of all Town officers Shal be fifty\\ncents ]\u00c2\u00bbr day in addition to what was before ])rcscribcd by the Statute\\nLaw.\\nArt. 2n. the over Seers of Highways shall act as fence-viewers\\npound-matters.\\nArt. 3d. a fence four A a half feet high shall bo considered a\\nlawful fence.\\nArt. 4tii. No pigs or swine of Less weight than Twcnty-fivo\\njiounds shall be free commoners.\\nA vote w.as taken and carried to Raise fifiy Dollars for the benefit\\nof Ihc Town poor.\\nIt was also voted that the next Town-meeting be holden at the\\nschool House in District No. two, near I. N. Robinson s, in said town\\nof Genesee.\\nA. H. Hart, CUrk.\\nC. N. BrecheR, ModeniUtr.\\nThen follows a paragraph telling how the justices of the\\npeace drew for the respective terms of one, two, three, and\\nfour years", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0492.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0493.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "H.D.Hunt.\\nMRS.H. D.Hunt.\\nHENRY D. HUNT.\\nThis gentleman, whose name and history is promi-\\nnently associated with the township of Genesee, was\\nborn in Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 2, 1812. He was the\\nson of Humphrey and Margaret (Moore) Hunt, who\\nhad a family of thirteen children, seven boys and sLx\\ngirls, all of whom, with the exception of Henry D., are\\nnow deceased. The elder Hunt was a native of Ver-\\nmont. He was a farmer by occupation, and at the age\\nof seventeen entered the Continental army as a private\\nsoldier. He was with Washington at the time of Bur-\\ngoyne s surrender. He was afterwards transferred to\\nSullivan s command. He served through the war with\\ncredit, and at its close returned to Vermont, where he\\nlived until 1802, when he removed with his family to\\nCayuga Co., N. Y.\\nIn 1827 he went to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he\\nresided until his death, which occurred in May, 1828,\\nin the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was a man of\\nexcellent principles, energetic, and moderately successful\\nin business.\\nAt the age of sixteen Henry D. was thrown upon his\\nown resources by the death of his father, and by his\\nlabor supported his widowed mother and two younger\\nbrothers, one of whom he educated as a physician. In\\n1834 he was married to Miss Agnes Parker, of Mount\\nMorris, Livingston Co., N. Y. She was born in Con-\\nnecticut in May, 1809. She died in November, 1864.\\nThe result of this union was five children.\\nIn 1867 he was again married, to Mrs. Lucy Beam,\\nof Albion, N. Y. She was born in Seneca County in\\n1818.\\nIn 1837, Mr. Hunt came to Michigan, and settled\\nin Genesee, where he purchased eighty acres of land, on\\nwhich he now resides. Mr. Hunt has been successful\\nin his chosen vocation to his first purchase he haa added\\ntwo hundred and twenty acres, and he is considered one\\nof the prominent farmers of the county. In his re-\\nligious and political affiliations he is a Congregationalist\\nand a Republican, and has been a justice of the peace\\nfor twenty-four years. He has five children living,\\nAgues M., now Mrs. Q\u00c2\u00aborge Seely Fanny, wife of\\nHenry Lee and Ira, Emma, and James S.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0494.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "j\\\\\\\\RAM BARDWELL.M.D.\\nResidence OF HIRAM H BARDWELL.MD mount Morris, Mich", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0495.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0496.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "GENESEE TOWNSHIP.\\n329\\nOn the 12th day of April, 1S38, the justices elect for the town of\\nGenosoo were classed as follows, to wit Asa S| encer ilrcw for four\\nyears, Albert H. Hart for thrccyears, J. Hitchcock drew for one year,\\nC. N. Beccher for two years.\\nTlie following list of ofiBcers of the town comprises all that\\ncould be found by a careful examination of both the town\\nand county records. The town records of elections and town\\nbusiness for the years from 1850 to ISO!), both inclusive,\\narc not to be found. The list during those years Ls not,\\nconsequently, complete.\\nCIVIL LIST.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n18.38-38. John Pratt.\\n1840. Walter Kittrcdge.\\n1841. Benjaniin F. Robinson.\\n1842. Charles N. Beccher.\\n184.3. John Pratt.\\n1844. Addison Stewart.\\n1845. llcuben McCreery.\\n184G. Ellsworth Walkley.\\n1847-48. Charles N. licccher.\\n1849. tieorge (Jihson.\\n18r)0-. )2. Charles N. lieecher.\\nlS5:i-o4. Lester P. Stutson.\\n185i-56. Josiah W. Bcgolcf\\n1856. Charles N. Beccher.\\n1857. Wright J. llorton.\\nlS58-fill. Chandler II. Itockwood.\\nISC.l. Nelson II. Chittenden.\\n1802. .Marquis F. Baldwin.\\n18C.3-C7. Chandler II. Ilockwood.\\n1868-69. William Johnson.\\n1870. Isaac A. Chapman.\\n1871. Abram C. Eldredgo.\\n1872. Isaac A. Chapman.\\n1873-74. Cliandlcrll. Ilo.kwood.\\n1875-70. Philo D. Phillips.\\n1877-79. Ilcnry B. Uillur.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1838-41. Charles N. Beecher.\\n1842-13. Richard Marvin.^\\n1843-44. Moses Camp.\\n1845. Ellsworth Walkley.\\n1840. Hiram Brown.\\n1847. T. Allen Walkley.\\n1848-49. L. G. Buckingham.\\n1850. Daniel Curtis.\\n1851. Manley Miles, Jr.\\n1852. A. E. Wilco.t.\\n1853-54. Wright J. llorton.\\n1855. A. E. Wilcox.\\n1850. Nelson II. Chittenden.\\n1857. M. W. Lake.\\n1858-59. U. A. Goodale.\\n18C0-GI. A. R. Bray.\\n1802-03. R. C. Burroughs.\\n1804. William B. Wethenll.\\n1S05. ILaniilton Stanley.\\n1806. Nelson n. Chittenden.\\n1807. T. T. Shifter.\\n1808-01). R. C. Burroughs.\\n1870. William B. Wethcrcll.\\n1871. Uextcr Douglass.\\n1872. James B. Murray.\\n1873-74. Job Nichols.\\n1875-76. William Sullivan.\\n1877-78. Frank Booth.\\n1879. Edmund U. Ilurd.\\nTOWN TUEASrRERS.\\n1839.\\nJohn Pratt.\\n1854.\\n1840.\\nWalter Kittredgc.\\n1855-\\n1841.\\nMoses Camp.\u00c2\u00a7\\n1857-\\nHiram Brown.\\n1859.\\n1842.\\nHumphrey Hunt.\\n1800-\\n1843.\\nPeabody Pratt.\\n1862-\\n1844.\\nJosiah W. Bcgolc.\\n1864.\\n1845.\\nDaniel II. Seeley.\\n1805-\\n1846.\\nAsabel Simons.\\n1807-\\n1847.\\nRodman W. Albro.\\n1809.\\n1848.\\nJoseph Simons.\\nIS70-\\n1849.\\nRussel S. Parker.\\n1872-\\n1850.\\nA. E. Wilcox.\\n1875-\\n1851.\\nStillman Stanley (2d).\\n1877-\\n1852.\\nWalter B. Wcthercll.\\n1879.\\n1853.\\nHenry Stanley.\\nOliver Stanley.\\n-OC). Alanson Burr.\\n-58. Edwin Tanner.\\nM. S. Kogeii^.\\n-61. Jlasifmgs E. Drake.\\n-6. i. Nathan IJrowu.\\nOrrin F. Gilbert.\\n-66. William Johnson.\\n-6S. Homer Cathcart.\\nSamuel Bingham.\\n-71. Jitckson Fox.\\n-74. Hiram A. (iilbert.\\n-76. Oeurjjc A. Hutchinson.\\n-78. Edwin A. Russell.\\nEdwin It. Footc.\\nUnable to attend mcetiog of the Board, and Moses Camp w:is\\nii[ipointed, October 12th.\\nI Removed to Flint, and Charles N. Beecher appointt^l to fill the\\nvacancy.\\nJ Removed from the town, and Mo.\u00c2\u00abes Camp ajijiointed to fill the\\nvacancy, October 2Uth.\\nResigned November 3d, and Hiram Brown appointed to lill the\\nvacancy.\\n42\\nJITSTICES OP THE PEACE.\\n1838.\\nJeremy Hitchcock (1 yr.).\\n1855.\\nIleirry D. Hunt (v.).\\nCharles N. Beccher (2 yrs.).\\n1856.\\nWright J. llorton.\\nAlbert H. Hart (3 years).\\n1857-\\n58. No record.\\nAsa Spencer (4 years).\\n1859.\\nSherman .Stanley.\\n1839.\\nJeremy Hitchcock (f. t.)||\\n1800.\\nStillwell Burroughs (f. t.)\\nAlbert II. Hart (v.)t\\nCharles P. Smith (v.).\\n1840.\\nCharles N. Beccher (f. t.).\\n1801.\\nCalvin W. Wisncr (f. t.).\\nReuben Fish (v.).\\nTalman T. Slafter (v.).\\n1841.\\nAlbert H. Hart.\\n1862-\\n60. No record.\\n1842.\\nHiram Brown.\\nIS07.\\nJob Nichols (f. t.).\\n1843.\\nOgden lark.\\nCharles P. Smith (v.).\\n1844.\\nDaniel II. Seeley (f. t.).\\n1808.\\nCharles A. Kelly.\\nCharles N. Beccher (v.).\\n1869.\\nNo record.\\n1845.\\nAlbert 11. Hart.\\n1870.\\nEphraim Allen.\\n1846.\\nJohn Martin.\\n1871.\\nJob Nichols.\\n1847.\\nl avid Brown.\\n1872.\\nWilliam M. Wright.\\n1848.\\nRichard Rich.\\n1873.\\nMarvin L. Seeley.\\n1849.\\nFrederick AValkcr (f. t.).\\n1874.\\nAbram (leveland.\\nJosiah W. Begole(v.).\\n1875.\\nHenry D. Hunt.\\n1850.\\nLyman (i. Buckingham.\\n1870.\\nWilliam M. Wright (f. t.)\\n1851.\\nDavid Brown.\\nCharles P. Smith (v.).\\n1852.\\nJosiah W. Begole.\\n1877.\\nIlcnry C. Ayers.\\n1853.\\n.Tohu Inirie.\\n1878.\\nHastings E. Drake.\\n1854.\\nRodman W. Albro.\\n1S79.\\nHiram U. Bardwcll.\\n1855.\\nDavid Brown (f. t.).\\nroi.i,E(;Toits.\\n1838-39. L. G. Buckingham. 1840-41. Albert T. Stevens.\\nIIKJIIW.VY COMMISSIONERS,\\n1838.\\nSherman Stanley.\\nBushiicll Andrews.\\nAlanson Dickinson.\\n1839. Sherman Stanley.\\nBushnell Andrews.\\nHumphrey Hunt.\\n1840. Slicrman Stanley.\\nNelson H. Chittenden.\\nAlanson Dickinson.\\n1841. Benjamin F. Robinson,\\nManley Miles.\\nNelson H. Chittenden.\\n1812-43. Manley Miles.\\nAbram Bodine.\\nRichanl Johnson.\\n1844. Henry D. Hunt.\\nRichar l .luhnson.\\nDaniel Foote.\\n1845. David M. Seymour.\\nJohn Hall.\\nAlanson Dickinson,\\n1840. David Brown.\\nJohn E. Upton.\\n1838. Addison Stewart.\\nDaniel Curtis.\\nAlbert 11. Hart,\\n1839. Addison Stewart.\\nJuba Barrows.\\nAlbert II. Hart,\\n.I(din Martin.\\nMoses Camp.\\nRussel S. Parker.\\nAlbert II. Hart.\\nLyman G. Buckingham.\\nCyrenus Lake.\\nLyman G. Buckingham.\\nCarlos B. Seeley.\\n1843. David Brown.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\n184\\n1840. David M. Seymour.\\n1847. Nelson Gee (3 years).\\nJohn Daly (2 years).\\nTimothy Boies {I year).\\n1848. Carlos B. Seeley.\\n1849. .Joseph W. Metcalf.\\n1850. Joseph 1). Morehouse.\\n1851. Daniel Rich.\\n1852. Reuben MoCicory.\\n1853. Sherman Stanley (f. t.).\\nNelson Gee (v.),\\n1854. AValter Knickerbocker.\\n1855. Edwin Taylor.\\n1856-69. No record.\\n1870. Henry Knickerbocker.\\n1871. Wright J. llorton.\\n1872. Nathan Brown.\\n1873. Jackson Fox.\\n1874. Simon King.\\n1875. Jackson Fox.\\n1876-78. Charles Walker.\\n1879. Chandler II. Rockwood.\\n1843. Carlos B. Seeley.\\n1844. Edward T.aylor.\\nCarlos B. Seeley.\\n1845. William Sisson.\\nProctor Williams.\\n1846. Nelson Gee,\\nJosiah W. Begole.\\n1847. Lyman G. Buckingham.\\nSherman Stanley.\\n1848. Patrick Daly.\\nJohn E. Upton.\\n1849. David Brown.\\nJohn E. Ujiton.\\n1850. David Brown.\\nAlbert U. Hart,\\nFull term.\\nVacancy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0497.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "330\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nOVEnSEERS OF THE POOR.\\n183S.\\n1839.\\n1840.\\n1841.\\n1842.\\n1843.\\n1S44.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1838-\\n1840.\\n1S41.\\n1S42.\\n1843.\\n1844.\\n1S45.\\n1846.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850-\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854.\\n1853.\\n1856.\\nJohn Martin.\\nPeabody Pratt.\\nJeremy Hitchcock.\\nEli$ba Curtis.\\nKcubcn Fish.\\nAlauson Dickinson.\\nReuben Wetliurell.\\nReuben Fish.\\nAlanson Dickinson.\\nCyrenus Lake.\\nPeter Snyder.\\nLyman G. Ruckingham.\\nJohn E. Ujiton.\\nBenjamin F. Robinson.\\nReuben Fish.\\nRichard Joliuson.\\nChauncey Wisncr.\\n1846. Richard Johnson.\\n1847. Chauncey Wisner.\\nJosiah W. licgole.\\n1848. Russell S. Parker.\\nBavid Brown.\\n1849-50. Josiah W. Bcgolc.\\nTimothy Poise.\\n1851. Josiah W. P.egole.\\nJohn Imrie.\\n1852. Daniel Curtis.\\nLuther tiilbcrt.\\n1853. Richard Rich.\\nDavid M. Seymour.\\n1854. John Woolfitt.\\nRichard Rich.\\n1855. Albert AVisncr.\\nLuther Gilbert.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a239. Addison Stewart.\\nJuba Harrows.\\nIsaac N. Robinson.\\nAloses Camp.\\nJosiah W. IJcgole.\\nHenry Cadwell.\\nAloses Camp.\\nAVilliam Cbauiberlin.\\nJosiah W. Pegolc.\\nEllsworth AValkley.\\nAddison Stewart.\\nJosiah W. Begolo.\\nAlmon B. Pratt (2 years).\\nAlbert 11. llart (1 year).\\nAddison Stewart.\\nFrederick Stanley (f. t.).\\nMoses Camp (v.).\\nOgden Clark (f. t.).\\nEllsworth Walkley (v.).\\nEllsworth Walkley (f. t.).\\nDaniel Foote (v.).\\nWilliam Chaniberlin.\\nManley Miles, Jr.\\n51. William Chambcrlin.\\nAlmon B. Pratt (f. t.).\\nI. N. C. Miles (v.).\\nPatrick Daly.\\nRobert Johnson.\\nAlmon 1!. Pratt (f. t.).\\nWilliam Chambcrlin.\\nWilliam Chambcrlin.\\n1857.\\nT. W. Lamphierd.\\n1858.\\nM. F. Baldwin.\\n1859.\\nE. W. Gilbert.\\n1860.\\nM. F. Baldwin.\\n1861.\\nC. Norwood Van Wormcr\\n1862.\\nStephen Burroughs.\\n1863.\\nW. 11. Troop.\\nA. B. Pralt.\\nStill well Burroughs.\\n1864.\\nC. N. Van Wormcr.\\nPhilo M. Begolo.\\n1865.\\nE. W. Gilbert.\\nWright J. Ilorton.\\nAlexander R. Bray.\\n1S6C.\\nT. W. Lamphierd.\\nHamilton St:inley.\\n1867-\\n68. No record.\\n1869.\\nJ. W. Birdsall.\\nC. H. Pcnoyer.\\n1870.\\nB. Edward Fay (f. t.).\\nJames F. Hall (v.).\\n1871.\\nIlirain H. Bardwell (f. t.)\\nWilliam B. Wcthcrell (r.)\\n1872.\\nDaniel 11. Seeley.\\n1873.\\nHiram H. Burdwell (f. t.)\\n1873-\\n74. Darwin B. Foster (v\\nand f. t.).\\n1875.\\nCharles G. Wcslover.\\n1870.\\nHenry B. Dillcr.\\n1877-\\n79, Charles Q. Westovcr.\\n1875-76. Hiram H. Bardwell\\n1877-78. John A. Chapell.\\nSCHOOL Sl PEnlSTENDENTS.\\n1879. Byron S. Jcnning\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1871. Roswcll C. Burroughs.\\n1872. William Algate.\\n1873. William L. Palmer.\\n1874-75. Ralph M. Stimpson.\\n1876-77. Charles P. Smith.\\n1878. Charles G. Walker.\\n1879. Chandler II. Rockwood.\\nCONSTABLES.*\\nLyman G. Buckingham, 1838 to 44, *46 to 48 Frederick Walker, G.\\nL.Jones, 1838; Albert T. Stevens, 1838-40, 42, 45 John AVool-\\nfitt, Samuel Clark, Jr., 1839; Charles R. Cooley, 1840; Asahel\\nSimons, 1840, 45, 48, 50-52; Joseph Simons, 1S4I Ezra Ste-\\nvens, 1841-42; Humphrey Hunt, 1841 to 44; William M. Glover,\\n1843; Daniel Foote, 1843-44; T. Allen Walkley, 1844-46; Jc-\\nFor the years 1857-58, 60, 62 to 67 inclusive, and 09, there arc\\nno records of the constables elected. For the years 1856, 61, and 68\\nthere is a partial record.\\nromo Clark, 1845-46; Joscphus Stanley, 1846 Edward Hughes,\\nJ. P. Welherell, 1847; Gibbons Wentworlh, 1847-48: Ezra G.\\nWisner, 1848-49; Henry Stanley, Lorenzo Gere, 1849; William\\nS. Rogers, 1849-51: Stillman Stanley, Isaac N. C. Miles, 1850;\\nRobert Johnson, 1851; Uiram A. Gilbert. 1851, 56; Hiram\\nCogswell, Joseph W. Mctcalf, 1852; Daniel C. Crandall, 1852,\\n59, 68, 70 Oliver Stanley, .Tohn Perry, John Hughes, 1853;\\nPorter Colton, 185. i-54; Alanson Burr, James Guhau, Edmund\\n.lohnson, 1854; Andrew Rhykard, N:ithan Brown, 1855; Orson\\nBingham, 1855, 75 Joseph 1). Morehouse, 1855-59 Orson Jen-\\nnings, 1856 .Jerome M. Lanijtman, 1859 tieorge A. Hutchinson,\\n1859-79; Marshall F. Dunn, J. A. Peck, Ansel D. Seeley, 1861\\nCharles B. Wethcrcll, 1868; Chauncey M. Braddock, 1868-74;\\nJackson Fo.\\\\, 1870-71; Simeon H, Church, 1870-72; John A,\\nEdwards, 1870-71, 73, 75 to 79; Horace J. Stevens, 1871, 76\\nto 79; Charles H. Hosier, Martin Richmond, 1872; William B.\\nWctherell, 1872-73; Joseph Worden, Alexander Ferguson, 1873;\\nJames H. Bement, Austin Stevens, 1874; George Crow, 1874-\\n75 William D. Bird, 1875; Stephen Olcn, 1876-78: William H.\\nAllen, 1876-77 Edwin L. Foote, 1878-79.\\nThe town lia.s repeatedly voted on the question of licen-\\nsini^ the sale of liquor, and uniformly ajjjaiiist thus legalizinj^\\nthe traffic. Some of the votes have been ;is follows In\\n184G, for licen.se, 2; against license, 3G in 1847, for li-\\ncense, 2; against license, 45; iu 1850, for license, 17;\\nagainst license, 66.\\nJune 20, 1853, at a special meeting to vote on the ques-\\ntion of adopting the prohibitory law, the vote for its adop-\\ntion was 110, and the vote against it but 51.\\nThe population in 1874 was 1550, divided as follows:\\nMales under five years, 121 from five to twenty-one\\nyears, 88 from twenty-one to forty-five years, 241 from\\nforty-five to seventy-five years, 149 from seventy-five to\\nninety years, 5 from ninety to one hundred years, 1. Fe-\\nniiiles under five years, 105; from five to eighteen years,\\n111 from eighteen to forty years, 200 from forty to sev-\\nenty-five years, 159 from seventy-five years upwards, 3.\\nTotal males, 781 total females, 709. These were classified\\naccording to their condition iu life as single, 855 married,\\n652 widowed and divorced, 43.\\nFrom the census tables we glean the following facts\\nThe area of taxable lands is 22,304 acres, 11,4464 acres\\nof which arc improved lands. The railroad right of way\\nand land occupied by their buildings amounts to 120 acres.\\nThere are 264 farms, averaging 78.79 acres each.\\nThe products for the year 1 873 were as follows Wheat,\\n36,071 bushels; corn, 24,025 buslicls all other grains,\\n40,005 bushels potatoes, 16,632 bushels hay, 2200 tons\\ncider, 269 barrels; wool, 14,292 pounds; pork, 35,973\\npounds; cheese, 100 pounds; butter, 54,732 pounds;\\nmaple-sugar, 1600 pounds.\\nIt thus ranked as the fifth town in the county in the\\nquantity of wheat produced, si.\\\\th in com and cider,\\nsecond in potatoes, and seventh in hay and butter.\\nIts orchards covered 479 iicres, and produced 9289 bushels\\nof apples.\\nThe number of head of stock kept that year was as fol-\\nlows Horses, 437 mules, 4 work-oxen, 58 milch-cows,\\n511 other neat-cattle, 032; swine, 565; sheep, 2530.\\nThe town has two villages. The largest is Mount Mor-\\nris, an incorporated village, first platted in 1862, lying partly\\nin the town whoso name it bears, and partly in this town.\\nA full history of this vilhige accompanies the history of the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0498.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0499.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0500.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "GENESEE TOWiVSIlIP.\\n331\\ntown of Miniiit Morris, to wliich we refer tlic reader for\\nfurther information.\\nTlic other village, named Genesee, but in local parlance\\nknown as Gencseevillo, lies on sections 10 and 11, a few\\nrods north of their southern boundaries. It jva.s plaited\\nNov. 19, 1856, by Reuben McCrecry and Simon King, the\\nplat being recorded in the register s office on the 20th. At\\nthat time it was a mere rudiment of a village, with three\\nor four dwellings and the saw- and grist-mills. The first\\nstore was built a few years after by Nathaniel Blaek-\\nmer, and is still standing on the north side of the street\\nrunning along the railroad, being now used as a dwelling.\\nMr. Blackmer was succeeded in the business by Martin W.\\nLake, of Flint. Another store was brought from the north\\npart of the same sections in 1872, and was occupied by\\nits present owner, Horace Clapp. A third store w;1s built\\nby George Crow, in 1872, on the cast side of the road. It\\nis now occufiicd as a dwelling. The hotel was built by\\nWra. K. Alexander in the summer of 1872, and was subse-\\nquently sold by him to its present owner, Mrs. Hubbard.\\nAt the present time the village consists of a Iiotcl, a\\ngrist-mill, a store, two blacksmith-shops, a wagon-shop, a\\ncooper-shop, and about fifteen dwellings. Its population is\\nabout 100.\\nThe post-office was established as early as 1859. The\\nfiret postmaster remembered by our informant was Martin\\nW. Lake. His successors were William M. Rogers, Charles\\nG. Walker, Mosher Hovey, John R. Begel, and the present\\nincumbent, Martin Richmond, appointed in 1872.\\nThe town has not been entirely unknown outside of its\\nown limits, as it has been honored abroad in the person of\\nthe following of its citizens: Reuben McCrcoYy, County\\nTreasurer in 1852 and 1854, and Sheriff in 18-U) and\\n1848; Chandler H. Rockwood, Representative in 18GG\\nand I hilo D. Phillips, Sheriff in 187G and 1878.\\nRELIGIOUS.\\nThe first religious services held in this town were in the\\nColdwatcr settlement. Among the earliest were MethoJist\\nmeetings, held in 1S3G at the house of Lewis Buckingham,\\nwhich were addres.sed by Rev. William Brockway, a mis-\\nsionary and Indian agent, who, traveling along the route\\nbetween Detroit and Saginaw, sometimes stopped there to\\nbreak the Bread of Life to the small band of Christian\\nbretlircn who so eagerly greeted his coming.\\nElder Gambell, of Grand Blanc, a minister of the Bap-\\ntist denomination, also held occasional services as early as\\n1834 and 35, generally at John Pratt s house.\\nThe pioneers had come here bringing their religion with\\nthem, and as soon as possible they prepared to organize\\nthemselves into a church society. The result of their\\nmovement was the formation of the\\nFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CnCRCII OF FLINT.\\nIt was organized on the third day of May, 18. J4, by\\nRev. Jlr. McEwin, of Detroit, either at the house of John\\nPratt or Isaac N. Robinson, with the following members:\\nLewis Buckingham and wife, Isaac N. Robinson and wife,\\nLuman Beach and wife, John Pratt and wife, and Almira\\nBacon.\\nJohn Pratt, Isaac N. Robinson, and Lewis Buckingham\\nwere chosen and ordained as elders of the church, and\\nJohn Pratt and Isaac N. Robinson were chosen aud or-\\ndained to the office of deacons.\\nThey adopted the covenant and articles of faith in the\\nusual manner. One article took very advanced ground in\\nfavor of total abstinence, which, at that early day, was\\nquite remarkable, ;is the temperance sentiment of the time\\ndid not usually reach so far. It read as follows\\nArt. .1. Wc bulirvc that tho nianuracturc and vcndinj^ ami upe of\\nall intaxic.iting liquors, cxcej)t for medical and manufai-turing pur-\\njioscs, is morally wrong, and coosenucntly do agree to abstain there-\\nfrom.\\nThe society erected a church edifice either in the sum-\\nmer of 1834 or that of 1835. It was a comfortable frame\\nbuilding, about 30 by 40 feet in size. It was never painted,\\nbut remained in use until about 1855, when it was sold to\\nMr. Freeman, moved some forty or fifty rods north from its\\nformer .site, and converted into a dwelling. The site was\\ndonated either by John Pratt or Daniel Curtis (it being a\\npart of the Curtis farm), and, when the church was re-\\nmoved from it, reverted to its former owner.\\nDuring the twenty-one years that had elapsed from the\\ntime of its organization the meetings were regularly sus-\\ntained. When no pastor or minister was at hand to occupy\\nthe pulpit, sermons would be read by some of the members.\\nIsaac N. Robinson was genei ally the reader, but sometimes\\nJohn Pratt or Nelson H. Chittenden would officiate. The\\nSabbath-school, too, was kept up throughout the year. It\\nwas organized before the church was formed, with Isaac N.\\nRobinson as its superintendent, a position in which he re-\\nmained for a period of ton years.\\nlu 1855, owing to the removal of a large number of its\\nmembers, the society was broken up.\\nThe following ministers acted as pastors Revs. John\\nDudley, N. Cobb, Cyrus II. Baldwin, John Beach, E. T.\\nBranch, and O. Parker, an evangelist.\\nTHE FIRST CONaREGATIONAL CHURCII OP GENESEE.\\nIn the month of February, 1837, Rev. John Beach, of\\nFlint, came to this town and organized a church at the\\nhouse of Jeremy Hitchcock. Bradford P. Foster, Albert\\nT. Stevens, and John E. Upton were chasen as the first\\ndeacons. The original members were Jeremy Hitchcock\\nand wife, B. P. Foster and wife, and Albert T. Stevens.\\nIn the summer of 1840 a church site was given by John\\nE. Upton, and a small frame church was built. It was about\\n20 by 30 feet in size, and stood on the southwest corner of\\nsection 3. It was used until about the year 18511, when a\\nlarger building was demanded to accommodate the growing\\ncongregation, and for the convenience of the majority of the\\nmcTubers it was decided to change its location. The old\\nchurch was therefore sold, and a new one built on the\\nsouthwest corner of section 9, where Sherman Stanley gave\\none acre of ground for a site. The new church w;us built\\nin the summer of 1S57, at a cost of about SI700. Its size\\nis 3G by 50 feet, and it will comfortably seat about three hun-\\ndred people. The building was put up under contract by\\nLevi IMcCarn, and he, having some trouble about getting\\nhis pay, retained [lossession nearly two years before the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0501.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "332\\nniSTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsociety settled his claim and had the building formally\\ndedicated.\\nThe society was incorporated Feb. 24, 1844, at a meet-\\niiiii; whose officers were llcv. John Beach, Moderator, and\\nJohn E. Upton, Clerk. The following officers were elected\\nDaniel II. Seeley, John E. Upton, Ezra Martin, Trustees;\\nJosiah W. Begole, Clerk.\\nIn addition to the deacons first chosen, Josiah W. Begole,\\nCrawford Barkiey, and Ciiarles G. Westover have been or-\\ndained to that office. The two last named are the present\\ndeacons of the church.\\nThe church has been served by a multiplicity of pastors.\\nThe names of those who preached in the old church, as near\\nas we can ascertain, were Revs. John Beach, John Dudley,\\nSanborn, Copeland, Branch, and McDowell. In the new\\nchurch. Revs. A. B. Pratt, Leroy Warren, Wm. Birdsall,\\nJohn Rose, Borden, Enoch Atkins, Charles Thomp-\\nson, J. P. Sanderson, and James Halliday.\\nThe highest membership was reached in 1S5G, when the\\nsociety numbered 73. During the pastorate of Rev. A. B.\\nPratt, who was very strict in his views regarding discipline,\\nthere was quite a falling off, and the church has never fully\\nrecovered from its effects. The present number of mem-\\nbers is about 30. A revival of more than usual interest\\noccurred under the preaching of Rev. William Birdsall in\\nthe winter of 18G7-G8, at Avhich 34 persons were con-\\nverted.\\nThe present officers are W. F. Stevens, John Sharr,\\nCrawford Barkiey, Trustees W. F. Stevens, Society Clerk\\nand Treasurer Charles G. Westover, Church Clerk.\\nThe Sabbath-school was organized in the old church, and\\nhad about 10 or 15 scholars. Daniel Rich was the first\\nsuperintendent. His successors have been J. W. Begole,\\nBradford Goodale, A. B. Pratt, J. B. Jlorehouse, Lewis\\nCornwell, Philo M. Begole, Henry D. Hunt, Charles G.\\nWestover, and W. F. Stevens. The school now numbers\\nabout GO members. Sumner A. Mills is the superintend-\\nent, and Irving Bray the secretary and treasurer.\\nThe history of those churches whose site is included in\\nthe corporate limits of the village of Mount Morris will be\\nfound in the historical sketch relating to the latter in\\nMount Morris township.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHENRY B. DILLER.\\nThis gentleman, one of the prominent farmers and\\nhonored citizens of Genesee, was born in Clarence, Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 15, 1840. He was the eldest sou of Abram\\nand Catharine (Drudge) Diller, who had a family of five\\nchildren. The elder Diller was a farmer by occupation,\\nand was born in Clarence, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1815. In 18G4\\nthe family came to Genesee, where the elder Diller resided\\nuntil his death. He was a man highly esteemed by all\\nwho knew him for his industry and integrity. Henry B.\\nreceived an academical education, and has always followed\\nthe calling of a farmer, in which he has been highly suc-\\ncessful. In 1877 he was elected supervisor, which office\\nhe has since filled with fidelity to the trust reposed in him,\\nwith credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of his fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\nIn 18G5 he married Lydia Strickler, of his native town,\\nby whom he has had six children. Both lie and bis wife\\narc prominent members of the Baptist Church and liberal\\nsupporters of religious interests. Altogether, Mr. Diller is\\none of those kind. Christian gentlemen, whose identification\\nwith any community is always productive of good.\\nGEO. W. HOVEY\\nwas born in Owego, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1815. He was the\\nson ofLorenzo and Anna (Hinman) Hovey, who had a\\nfiimily of nine children, five boys and four girls. The elder\\nHovey was a farmer and miller by occupation. He died\\nin Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1845, in the\\nseventy-first year of his age.\\nThe early life of Mr. Hovey was devoid of incidents. The\\nfamily were in limited circumstances, and his advantages for\\nan education were meagre. He started out in life as a farm-\\nhand. In 1843 he moved to Michigan, with his family\\nand his household goods loaded in a wagon drawn by a\\npair of horses. From Buffalo tliey came up the lake to\\nDetroit, and from thence directly to Flint, where Mr. Hovey\\ndisposed of his team, wagon and horses, to George M.\\nDewey, for eighty acres of land, where he now resides.\\nAfter paying for the recording of the deed, he had just\\nthirty cents left. Soon after his settlement in Genesee,\\nMr. Hovey erected a saw-mill and commenced the manu-\\nfacture of lumber, in which business he was successfully\\nengaged until 1875. In connection with his lumbering\\ninterests, he carried on his farm. To his original purchase\\nhe has since added two hundred and forty acres.\\nOn the 13th of December, 1838, Mr. Hovey was mar-\\nried, Miss Lucinda Snyder, of Mount Morris, Livingston\\nCo., N. Y., becoming his life companion. Five children\\nhave been born to them, viz. William (the eldest, died\\nINIarch 29, 1871), Martha S., Charles M., Emily C, and\\nFred. A. Mr. Hovey has been a successful business man,\\nand has attained an enviable position among his fellow-men.\\nSIMON KING\\nwas born April 24, 1802. He was the son of Simon\\nKing, who was a native of Connecticut. The elder King\\nwas a farmer by occupation, and died when our subject was\\na child. Simon, Jr., spent his early life in the town of\\nWheatland, Monroe Co., N. Y., where he resided until\\n1849. He then came to Michigan and settled in Pulaski,\\nJackson Co., Mich., where he remained four years, when\\nhe gave the property to his sons, Simon and Hiram, and\\ncame to Genesee to engage in the manufacture of lumber\\nand flour in company with Reuben McCreery. This busi-\\nness he carried on extensively until 18G1, since which time\\nho has been engaged in farming. Mr. King has been twice\\nmarried, first to Isabel, daughter of Joseph and Martha\\nMcCreery. By this uiiiun there were born to them ^ix chil-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0502.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0503.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "MRS. SIMON KING\\nSIMON KING.\\nMRS G.W. HOVEY.\\nG.W. HOVEY.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0504.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0505.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0506.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0507.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "HENRT KNICKERBOCKER.\\nMRS. HENRY KNICKERBOCKER.\\nHENRY KNICKERB(X KER.\\nHenry Knickerbocker was born in Pine Plains,\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., Aug. 24, 1815. He was the\\nson of Andrus and Margaret (Heisrodt) Knicker-\\nbocker, who had a famiiy of eleven children, five\\nboys and six girls. Tlie elder Knickerbocker was\\na native of Columbia Co., N. Y., where he was born\\nin 1792. He followed the calling of a farmer. He\\nserved in the war of 1812 as a private soldier. After\\nthe war lie returned to the form, and in 1825 re-\\nmoved with his family to Genesee County, where\\nhe died in 1873, in the eighty-second year of his\\nage.\\nHenry lived at home until he was twenty years of\\nage, and pursued different avocations up to the time\\nof coming to Michigan, in 1840. He fii-st located in\\nthe town of Thetford, where he remained until\\n1867, when he moved on to the farm now owned\\nby his sou, Andrus H. Mr. Knickerbocker M as\\nmarried to Miss Sarah Morrow, by whom he had\\ntwo children, Andrus H. and Maggie M. The\\nformer was born in Thetford, Oct. 3, 1848 the\\nlatter, Oct. 3, 1846. Mrs. Knickerbocker was born\\nDec. 21, 1814, at Moravia, Cayuga Co., N. Y. She\\ncame to Flint in 1834. Henry Knickerbocker and\\nhis wife are both deceased.\\nMr. Knickerbocker was emphatically a self-made\\nman, and possessed many, if not all, the requisites of\\na successful business man. He was industrious, en-\\nergetic, shrewd, and ])ossessed of keen j^crception.\\nOn coming to Genesee he first hired out as a farm-\\nhand he worked in this capacity eighteen months,\\nand with the proceeds bought his first farm one\\nhundred and twenty acres in Thetford. Success\\nattended his efforts, and he became one of the promi-\\nnent wealthy farmers of the county. We present to\\nour readers his portrait, as also that of his wife, who\\nwas all that is expressed in the terms amiable and\\nintelligent.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0508.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "GENESEE TOWxNSniP.\\n333\\ndfon, two sons and four d;iiij;liters. In 18(14, Mrs. King\\ndied, and in 18G7 lie married Mrs. Wiilinda Bodine. Mr.\\nKing lias been a successful business man, and has endeared\\nhimself to a large circle of friends and relations.\\nJOHN WOOLFITT\\nwas born in the city of Lincoln, England, on the 24th\\nday of May, 1804. He was the son of John and Mary\\nWoolfitt, who had a family of ten children. The elder\\nWoolfitt was a laboring man, industrious, energetic, and a\\ndevout member of the Episcojial Church. He died at an\\nadvanced age. As soon as our subject was old enough to\\nwork he was hired to a farmer, which occupation he followed\\nfor fifteen years. In 1834 he, in company with llichard\\nJohnson, sailed from Hull, England, for America. After\\na tedious voyage of seven weeks he arrived safely in (Que-\\nbec, from whence he went by water to Detroit, where he\\narrived July 4th of that year. From Detroit he went to\\nPontiac, where he shortly after engaged his services to John\\nPratt to work on the Saginaw turnpike. In the fiiU of that\\nyear he took up the land where he now resides, and on which\\nhe has since lived. The following May his house was\\nburned, and he was obliged to work out to redeem his loss.\\nAfter five years of hard labor and privation he felt the need\\nof some one to share his joys and sorrows he accordingly\\nmarried Miss Jane M. Allen, of Flint, in July, 1839.\\nThey have been blessed with nine children, sis girls and\\nthree boys. Mrs. Woolfitt was born in the province of On-\\ntario, town of Craraah, July 8, 1819. She was left an\\norphan at the age of nine, and at the age of thirteen came\\nto Jlichigan with Mr. Isuiah Merriman, by whom she was\\nadopted.\\nWALTER KNICKERBOCKER\\nwas born in Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., N. Y., April 8,\\n1824. On attaining hia majority, he started in life as a\\nfarm-laborer. In 1815 he came to Michigan, and took up\\none hundred and twenty acres of land in the town of Tliet-\\nford. He lived in Thetford until 1852, wlien he disposed\\nof his property there, and came to Genesee, where he now\\nresides. Mr. Knickerbocker has been twice married,\\nfirst, to Miss Caroline Morrow she died in 1854, and in\\n1855 he married Miss Mary Abrauis, of Genesee. She was\\nborn in Lansingburgh, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1838; her parents\\ncame to Genesee at a very early day. By his first wife\\nMr. Knickerbocker had two children, James L. and Charles\\nS. By his second wife he had ten children, viz. George E.,\\nWilliam, Esther (deceased), Jennie G., JIartlia C., Julia,\\nMary, Anna, Walter, and Herman II. Mr. Knickerbocker\\nis one of those vigorous, iron-willed men who attain suc-\\ncess in every department of life despite of all obstacles.\\nHis success is an evidence of what can be accomplished by\\nindustry, economy, and good executive ability.\\nearly settlers of the town of Thetford, and came to Jlich-\\nigan with liis family in 183(i, since which time the family\\nhave been prominently identified with the history of Gene-\\nsee and Thetford. The life of Mr. Clapp has been com-\\nparatively uneventful, and marked by few incidents save\\nsuch as occur in the lives of most farmers. He is the\\narchitect of his own fortune, and his fine farm (a view of\\nwe present on another page) is the result of his own energy\\nand industry. He has well and honorably earned the\\nposition he occupies, that of one of the most prominent\\nand successful farmers of the county. Mr. Clapp has been\\nmarried four times, first, to ISIiss Cornelia Ann Stevens,\\ndaughter of A. T. Stevens, of Genesee, one of the town s\\nfirst settlers. Mr. Clapp is a man of decided opinions and\\ntastes, liberal in all matters, public-spirited to a fault, gen-\\nerous to the extreme, and well worthy of the prominent\\nposition he holds in the town of Genesee.\\nWHITMAN F. CLAPP.\\nThis gentleman, one of the prominent farmers and a\\npioneer settler of Genesee, was horn in the State of New\\nYork in 1821. His father, Beiiuni Clapp, was one oi the\\nHIRAM H. BARDWELL.\\nGenesee County is noted for the proficiency and high\\nstandard of its medical men, and none occupy a more de-\\nservedly popular position than Dr. Hiram H. Bardwcll,\\nof Mount Morris. A successful practice, extending over a\\nperiod of fifteen years, has fully demonstrated his general\\nworth and assigned him a conspicuous position in the his-\\ntory of the medical profession of the county. Hiram H.,\\nson of Joel and Harriet Bardwcll, was born in the town of\\nBurton, Genesee Co., Mich., April 2, 1839. He spent his\\nboyhood days upon his father s flirm, sharing the priva-\\ntions and hardshi2)s of a pioneer family. He received a\\ngood common-school education and acquired the trades of\\nwheelwright and carpenter and joiner, which occupations\\nhe followed until he was twenty-two years of age, when he\\nenlisted in Company K, 23d Michigan Infantry, as a pri-\\nvate. He was soon detailed for the medical department, in\\nconnection with the hospitals he served in this capacity\\nduring the war, and at its close returned home and went to\\nthe State Medical College, at Ann Arbor. He first estab-\\nlished himself in the practice of his profession at Genesee-\\nville, where he remained about three years, in which time\\nhe built up an extensive practice. He then went to the\\nRush Medical College, at Chicago, where he graduated\\nwith honors in 18(58. On his return to Genesee County\\nhe established himself at Mount Morris, where he has since\\nbeen actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He\\nhas been eminently successful.\\nIn 1859, Dr. Bardwcll married Miss Jemima E., daugh-\\nter of Lsaac P. and JMiranda W. Allen, of the township of\\nBurton, who were prominent among the pioneers of that\\ntown. The doctor has taken a deep interest in educational\\nmatters, and has identified himself prominently with the\\nbest interests of the village, of which he has several times\\nbeen prcsidiiit. Dr. Bardwcll is a gentleman well and\\nfavorably known and very highly esteemed. He possesses\\nthe necessary qualifications of a plij sician other than knowl-\\nedge, geniality of disposition and firmness blended with\\nkindness and compassion. In his domestic relations he is\\nkind and affectionate, a good husband, father, and friend,\\nand in every sense a worthy citizen.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0509.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "GAINES.\\nThe township of Gaines lies on the western border of\\nGonosec County, and is bounded north by Clayton, east\\nby Mundy, south by Argentine, and west by Shiawassee\\nCounty. It includes township 6 north, in range 5 east, as\\nlocated on the United States survey. Its surface is gen-\\nerally very level, and was originally covered with a dense\\ngrowth of heavy timber. In places slight undulations are\\nmet with, but nothing rising to the dignity of hills. The\\nsoil is very good, and adapted to the growth of all grains\\nraised in this region. The township has a large acreage of\\ntimber, and its development has been perhaps less rapid\\nthan that of most of the other townships in the county.\\nThat its resources are abundant, however, is evident from\\nthe fine improvements in its older settled portions. It has\\nno streams of consequence, a branch of Swartz Creek, in\\nthe northern part, being the principal one. Along the\\nbanks of the latter, in early years, were extensive groves of\\nmaple, and a trail reached from Flint, which was used by\\nthe Indians, who manufactured here large quantities of\\nmaple-sugar. A small amount is made each year at the\\npresent time, but the ancient trail has disappeared, and the\\ndusky people who threaded it forty years ago and more\\nhave sought homes more suited to them, or been laid to\\nrest beside their fathers, and entered upon the happier hunt-\\ning-grounds of which they dreamed.\\nThe following is a list of the entries of land in the town-\\nship, as shown by the land-ofEce records\\nSection 1.\\nAcres.\\nWilliam Tliompsnn, Seneca Co., N. Y., April, \\\\SX6 IGI)\\nDaniel Miller, liivins-ston Co., N. Y., June, ISIili 47.46\\nElijah Bisiiup, Jr., Chautauqua Co., N. Y.. June, IS iG 177.40\\nChai-les Ileal, (tcnesce Co., Jlich., June, lS;iO 47.46\\nIlugh Birckhcad, BaUimore, Md., July, 1836 240\\nSection 2.\\nPhilander McLean, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1S36 93.91\\n94.23\\nSeth Hathaway, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 SO\\nMarvin Williams, November, 1S3S 40\\nEbenezer Morse, January, 1S46 40\\nCalvin Morse, February, 1S46 40\\nThomas M. Bowles, March, 1S46 40\\nWillard Eddy, September, 18 16 40\\nHenry King, May, 1819 40\\nSwamp lands 120\\nSkction 3.\\nChaunccy Edson, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Juno, 1836 95.49\\nAdam Miller, Oakland Co., Mich., August, 1836 9.i.59\\nPaul llildrcth, Worcester, Mass., September, 1836 160\\nSimon Law, (ieuesce Co., N. Y., March, 1S37 40\\nPeter Acer, November, 1849 40\\nE. B. Dewey, July, 1851 40\\nCharles C. Decker, Genesee Co., N. October, 1848 40\\nSwamp lauds 160\\nSkction 4.\\nDavid Smith, Ontario Co., N. Y., August. 1836 03.50\\nCharles B. Hatch, Macomb Co., Mich., August, 1836 91. IS\\nPaul llildrcth, Worcester, Mass., September, 1836 Kill\\n334\\nAcres.\\nJohn Warriner, New York City, November, 1S36 160\\nNathan llublee, (icnesce Co., Mich., March, 1837 80\\nLambert Acer, Cayuga Co., N. Y., October, 1850 40\\nSwamp land 40\\nSuction 5.\\nJoseph Terkcs, Wayne Co., Mich., March, 1S36 320\\nWm. and B. B. Morris, O.akland Co., Mich.. July, 18: .6 80\\nDavid Johnson, land-warrant. .January, 18511 133,47\\nAbraham B. Knight, land-warrant, October, 1852 46.33\\n46.34\\nGeorge Crocker, Genesee Co., Mich., July, 1S53 40\\nSection 6.\\nWilliam Yerkes, O.aldand Co., Mich., February, 1836 160\\nAVm. and B. B. Morris. Oakland Co., Mich., July, 1836 SO\\nCharles Kcckinson, t n ri -\\\\t tr loit^ t- ^m\\no J Ontario Co., N. Y., August, 1S36 71.72\\nCharles S. Boughton, J o\\nHiraui Sibley, Monroe Co., S.Y., August, 1836 348.85\\nSection 7.\\nJacob L. Woodruff, Ontario Co., N. Y., July, 1836 160\\nPerry Gardner, Oakland Co., Mich., May, 1837 80\\nClarinda Gardner, May, 1837 67.20\\nCharles R. Yerkes, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 1844 40\\nSwamp lands 270.24\\nSection 8.\\nJoseph Yerkes, AYayne Co., Mich., March, 1S36 240\\n80\\nJohn Cook and L. G. Gordon, Wayne Co., Mich., July, 1S36. 160\\nWm. and B. B. Morris, Oakland Co., Mich., July, 1836 100\\nSection 9.\\nWilliam Thomp. on, Seneca Co., N. Y., April, 1836 210\\nPaul llildrcth, Worcester, Mass., September, 1836 80\\nBenjamin Tounly, land-warrant, January, 1852 40\\nShalmuhnuhguhum, Genesee Co., Mich., January, IS54 40\\nSwamp lands 240\\nSection 10.\\nSylvanus Hour, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 1836 160\\nPaul llildrcth, Worcester, Mass., 160\\nShawwannaquawum, Genesee Co., Mich., April, 1847 40\\nMa.shaquit,\\nSawgoossway, Genesee Co., Mich., February, 1850 40\\nAVaulitshewunt, J\\nHenry Willcox, January, 1851 10\\nNovember, 1853 40\\nSwamp lands 160\\nSection 11.\\nHugh Birckhcad, B.aUimore, Md., July, 1836 320\\nHenry Willoox, Genesee Co., Mich., April, 1S4B 40\\nRufus Case, July, 1819 40\\nHenry Willcox, October, 1848 40\\nHenry King, May, 1849 40\\nErastus P. Hodge, October, 1853 40\\nHenry Willcox, November, 1853 40\\nSwamp land 80\\nSection 12.\\nAVilliam Thompson, Seneca Co., N. Y., April, 1836 160\\nHugh Birckhcad, Baltimore. Md., July, 1836 160\\nJacob L. Larzalear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1836 320\\nSection 13.\\nMaxwell Thorapsm, Ontario Co., N. Y., May, 1S36 100\\nHugh Birckhcad, Baltimore, M.L.July, 1836 320\\nElijah Kent, Wayne Co., N. Y., September, 183(1 160", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0510.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "m^-\\nResidence of William\\nCjENLSEE G\u00c2\u00a3NES\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3 LOfM\\n.;?l\\nResidence OF PUTNAM BURTON G aine.s Genesee Co.Mich.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0511.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0512.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "GAINES TOWNSHIP.\\n335\\nSection 14.\\nAcres.\\nMiixwcll Thonipsiin. Ontario Co., N. V., Miiv, IR. ifi 80\\nCharles 8|inii;ue. limciinc Co., N. Y., May, ]\u00c2\u00bb:i6 320\\nJames Turner, New London, Conn., June, IHJifj SO\\nIlialey Kiireboval, UuiteJ !^tates, June, 1830 100\\nSection 15.\\nKphraim Fletcher, Orleans Co., N. Y., June, IS. iG 100\\nJared Turner, New London, Conn., June, 1836 320\\nJacob L. Larzalear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1830 lUO\\nSection 17.\\nJohn L. Eastman, Seneca Co., N.Y April, 1830 IfiO\\nAVilliiiin li. Young, Genesee Co.. Mich., June, 1836 100\\nWilliam Lnnglcy, Wayne Co., N. Y June, 1830 100\\nIlealuy A Kurcbeval, United States, June, 1830 100\\nSection 18.\\nWilliam Thompson, Seneca Co., N. Y., April, 1830 320\\nCook Oordon, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1830 131.50\\nPaul llildrcth, Worcester, Mass., September, 1836 100\\nSection 19.\\nWilliam Thorapfon, Seneca Co., N. Y April, 1830 100\\nWilliam Hay, Wayne Co., Mich., April, 1830 110.10\\nDon C. Cooper, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1830 1011\\nWosly Stoddard, Genesee Co., N. Y June, 1830 MO. 76\\nSection 20.\\nWilliam Thompson, Seneca Co., N. Y April, 1836 100\\nOrrin Uose. Herkimer Co., N. Y., June, 1830 100\\nliarzillai Waldron, Oakland Co., Mich., September, 1830 80\\nAlorgan lialdwiu, Genesee Co., Mich., September, 1836 210\\nSection 21.\\nJohn Carroll, Seneca Co., N. Y., Juno. 1830 100\\nMarcus S. Marsh, Ontario Co., N. Y., June, 1836 160\\nElihu Morse, Jr., 160\\nIlealey Kurcbeval, I nitcd States, June, 1836 100\\nSection 22.\\nJohn Turner, New London Co., Conn., June, 1836 80\\n320\\nWillard Osgood, Oneida Co., N. Y June. 1830 80\\nEben 15. Morehouse, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1830 80\\nElijah Kent, Wayne Co., N. Y September, 1830 80\\nSection 23.\\nMaxwell Thompson, Ontario Co., N. Y., May, 1836 100\\nWard Gazlay, Orleans Co., N. Y., June, 1836 100\\nWardiiaz-lay, Jr., 80\\nJohn Turner, New London Co., Conn., June, 1830 240\\nSection 24.\\nJohn Demott. Seneca Co., N. Y April, 1836 320\\nMaxwell Thompson, Ontario Co., N. Y May, 1830 100\\nIsaac E. Krisbee, Hartford, Conn., June, 1830 40\\nEben B. Morehouse, Otsego Co., N. Y July, 1830 120\\nSection 25.\\nAbijah IS. Dunlap, Seneca Co., N. Y April, 1836 SO\\nCharles Smith, Genesee Co.. N. Y April, 1830 160\\njMciU-nry, Kurcbeval, itc, I nitcd States, May, 1830 80\\nJames li. Thomjtson, Seneca Co., N. Y., June, 1830 320\\nSection 26.\\nMcHcnry, Kurcbeval, Healey Smith, United States, May,\\n1836 320\\nEben 15. .Morehouse, Otsego Co., N. Y July, 1830 320\\nSuction 27.\\nMcllenry, Kurcbeval, etc., United State.i. May, 1830 320\\nSamuel Nash, Niagara Co., N. Y., June, 1836 100\\nJohn Myors, Cayuga Co., N. Y., June, 1830 100\\nSection 28.\\nWm. H. II. Shildon, Oakland Co., Mich.. April, 1830 SO\\nHiram S. Hanker, Seneca Co., N. Y., June, 1830 100\\nJo.\u00c2\u00bbiah Wilson, 160\\nLyman Turner, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 80\\nGeorge Dunlap, Seneca Co., N. Y., June, 1836 100\\nSection 29.\\nJames Edwards, Albany City, N. Y Juno, 1836 100\\nHealey .1 Kurcbeval, I nited Slates, June. 1830 100\\nAbil Aplin, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1830 SO\\nJohn Turner, New London, Conn., June, 1830 SO\\nEben 15. Morehouse, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1830 100\\nSection 30.\\nAcres.\\nIsaac E. Frisbec, Hartford Co., Conn., June, 1836 307.32\\nOrrin Rose, Herkimer Co., N. Y June, 1830 100\\nEben 15, Morehouse, Otsego Co., N. Y., July, 1830 147.10\\nSection 31.\\nMartin M. Toms, Oakland Co., Mich., April. 1830 147.08\\nIsaiie E. Frisbee, Hartford, Conn., June, 1S30 100\\nHorace I armelee, Clermont, N. Y., July, 1830 100\\nRobert Covell, Jr,, Tioga Co., N. Y., July, 1836 148.76\\nSection 32.\\nJames Edwards, Albany City, N. Y June, 1836 80\\nJoseph S. Wbiteomb, Orleans Co., N. Y., June, 1836 120\\nEraslus T. Hatch, Madison Co., N. Y., June, 1836 240\\nJames liogert, OrauEC Co., N. Y., July, 1836 80\\nNelson liosworth, Worcester, Mass., September, 1836 120\\nSection 33.\\nHartford Cargill, Oakland Co., Mich., April, 1836 160\\nAlgernon S. lloUisler, Oakland Co., Mich., Ajiril, 1830 80\\nMiles V. Rood, Genesee Co.. N. Y., June, 1830 200\\nErastus T. Hatch, Madison Co., N. Y., June, 1836 80\\nCharles J. Woolson, Clermont, N. II., July, 1830 80\\nWilliam Durfec, Newport Co., K. I., February, 1837 40\\nSection 34.\\nIsaac E. Fri.ibec, Hartford Co., Conn., June, 1836 160\\nCharles J. Woolson, Clermont, N. II. .July, 1830 240\\nJames Wadsworth, Livingston Co., N. Y July. 1.S36 100\\nHartford Cargill, Oakland Co., Mich., A]iril, 1.S36 40\\nWilliam Duifcc, Newport Co., R. I., February, 1837 40\\nSection 35.\\nAmos Jones, Oakland Co., Mich., June, 1836 100\\nJames Wadsworth, Livingston Co:, N. Y., July, 1836 160\\nGeorge Van Valkonburgli, Oakland Co., Mich., February, 1837 80\\nApril, 1837 40\\nHenry V. Main, Gonesco Co., Mich., February, 1854 80\\ntSwanip lanrls 80\\nNot entered 40\\nSection 36.\\nJohn Turner, New London Co., Conn., June, 1836 80\\nEben 15. Morehouse, Otsego Co., N. Y July, 1830 320\\nAbijiih I!. Dunlap, Seneca Co., N. Y., April. 1830 80\\nThomas Evans, Wayne County, Mich., April, 1830 SO\\nIn the northern part of the townshij) is the extensive\\nand well-ordered stock-farm belonging to the Crapos, of\\nFlint, and which is one of the most important of the kind\\nin the State.\\nEARLY SETTLEMENT.\\nThe first settler in what is now the town.ship of Gaines\\nwas Hartford Cargill, who moved in from Bloomfield,\\nOakland Co., in 1836, and located on the farm now\\nowned by Mr. Ycrkes, on section 33. Of Mr. Cargill\\nvery little can now be learned, as none of his family live\\nin the township. It is related that in 1839 he built a\\nframe barn, and went as far as Linden for help to raise it.\\nIn 1810 he built a new hou.se on his place, the carpcntcr-\\nwork being done by Abel D. Hunt, Jr., of Linden, then\\nbut twenty-two years of age.\\nJOphraim Fletcher, from the State of New York, settled\\nin 183(), in tlie locality known as Fletcher s Corners,\\nand on the opposite (west) side of the road from his pres-\\nent residence. The first town-meeting for the towiKship of\\nGaines was held at his house iu 1842, and Mr. Fletcher\\nwas chosen town.ship treasurer.\\nWilliam Gazlay settled half a mile south of Fletcher s\\nCorners, in 1840, on the place now owned by Mr. Lowther.\\nOf the Indians who formerly occupied this region, but\\nfew are left. Three families arc living in Gaines, and all\\nhave small farms. These are Wahanoss and two sons of", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0513.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "336\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nChief Fisher, Joseph and Madison. Tlie land of the\\nformer lies south of the Crapo stock-ftirni, and the Fishers\\nlive still farther south. Occa.sionally an Indian family\\ncomes to the township and stays a short time, visiting with\\nthose mentioned, but the latter are the only permanent\\nresidents who are representatives of the red race.\\nEdward S. Dart, now living east of Fletcher s Corners,\\nis the son of Joshua Dart, who settled, on the place now\\nowned by the former, in September, 1839. He, with an-\\nother son, Martin Dart, purchased 80 acres from James\\nTurner, who had entered from government, but made no\\nimprovements. Martin Dart had a three-fourths interest\\nin the place, and for him E. S. Dart cleared twenty acres,\\nafterwards buying it. Another son, George Dart, had\\ncome in the fall of 1838, and purchased a quarter-section\\nof Turner, located a mile north of Fletcher s Corners.\\nPart of a tract of land at the cornel s which JMartin Dart\\npurchased of James Turner is now owned by ]phraim\\nFletcher, and part by J. T. Williams. Mr. Dart is now a\\nresident of California, and his father is deceased. The only\\nmember of the family now living in the township is Ed-\\nward 8. Dart, who was one of the many to .suffer from the\\neffects of the great civil war of 1861-65. He was a\\nmember of Col. Fenton s Eighth Michigan Infantry, and\\nduring his term of service lost his left leg at James Island,\\nSouth Carolina.\\nWhen the Darts moved in, a man named James Wil-\\nliams lived opposite the western part of the place, upon\\nwhich Edward S. Dart now resides.\\nPhilander McLain, from the town of Fleming, Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., came to Michigan in June, 183G, and pur-\\nchased the farm on section 2, in Gaines, where he now re-\\nsides. In the summer of 1838 he moved his fiimily to\\nOakland Co., Mich., where they remained until December\\nof the same year, when they moved into the house he had\\nmade ready for them. Mr. McLaiu thinks the only set-\\ntlers in town at that time were Hartford Cargill, the\\nFletchers, and the Darts, but, as the Dart family did not\\nmove in until the following year, Cargill and Fletcher were\\nall. It is said that at the first town-meeting in Mundy\\n(which then included Gaines), in April, 1837, but eighteen\\nvotes were c;ist, and of these only three were from the\\nportion of which Gaines was afterwards formed. Mr.\\nMcLain mentions the fact that Joshua Dart, being the old-\\nest man in the township ut the time of its separate organi-\\nzation, was given the privilege of naming it, and did so,\\nafter an acquaintance of his, General Gaines.\\nJames Van Vleet, now of the city of Flint, came from\\nluiniulus, Seneca Co., N. Y., to Michigan, in April, 1844,\\nto examine land he had previously purchased in Gaines.\\nHe returned for his fitmily, and soon settled with them on\\nsection 21, where he still owns a farm. He has land also\\non sections 22, 27, and 28. He purchased from second\\nhands, but no improvements had been made upon the place,\\nand at that time no road had been laid or cut near it.\\nThe nearest improvement was then on Hartford Cargill s\\nplace, one mile south.\\nSince he fii-st came to the county, I^Ir. Van Vleet has\\ncontinuously held office of some kind. While residing in\\nGaines he was its supervisor for eighteen yeare, and from\\n1SC5 to 1869 held the position of representative from the\\nFirst Legislative District of Genesee County. In January,\\n1869, he removed to Flint, and since then has been for\\nfour years county treasurer and three j ears a deputy in\\nthe same office, and is now serving on the fourth year as\\nsupervisor of the Third Ward of Flint.\\nPutnam Barton, now living on section 5, in Gaines,\\ncame from Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., to Michigan, in the\\nfall of 1831, with his father, Jacob Burton, who settled in\\nLyons township, Oakland Co., and is now a resident of\\nIngham County. Putnam Burton came to Gaines in the\\nfall of 1850, having purchased his land in May preceding.\\nNo improvements had even at that late day been made\\nupon the place, and the only road was where the bushes\\nhad been cut away to enable teams to get through the\\nwoods. Mr. B. built a log house near the site of his\\npresent frame house, and lived in it a year and a half\\nalone, raising 12 acres of wheat during the time. Before\\nthe brush was burned on his place he set out the present\\nfine orchard west of his house, consisting of 126 trees.\\nOf this orchard he is justly proud, as it has proved an\\nexcellent producer and a con.siderable .source of profit.\\nThe following is a list of the tax-payers in Gaines for the\\nyear 1844, as taken from the assessment roll of that year.\\nIt was not so arranged that the re.-^idents could be selected\\nwith certainty, and the entire list is therefore given\\nAllen. James P.\\nAlpiii, Abel.\\nBuitletl, Eiiu tus II.\\nBlaekburn, Juhn.\\nBoobc, Oonslantino.\\nBoers, Walter B.\\nBowles, Josiah W.\\nBishop, Elisha.\\nBurkbead, Henry.\\nBulilwin, Morgan\\n(of Munily).\\nBanker, Hiram S.\\nBryant, .Tumcs.\\nBoswortb, Nelson.\\nCargill. Hartford.\\nCargill, Nathan.\\nCook Gordon,\\nCooper, Dan C.\\nCarroll, John.\\nCarroll, Robert.\\nBecker, Aaron.\\nDickson, John M.\\nDart, Martin.\\nDart, Joshua.\\nDavis, Marvin.\\nDart, liuey M.\\nDart, Edward S.\\nDickcrson, Charles F.\\nDunlap, John.\\nDunlap, Elijah.\\nDutfee, William.\\nEdtion, Chauneey.\\nEastman, John L.\\nEdsun. James.\\nFletcher, Ephraim.\\nFrisbie, J. E.\\nGazlay, William,\\niirogory, David.\\nGanlncr. Clarindiu\\nGardner, Berry.\\nGazlay, Miles.\\nOazlay, Ward.\\nHathaway, Seth.\\nHihlreth, Paul.\\nHatch, Charles B.\\nHowe, Sylvanus.\\nHay, William.\\nHatch, Erastus T.\\nJoslin, Moses A.\\nJoslin, Charles W.\\nJones, Amos.\\nKent, Elijah.\\nLaw, Samuel.\\nLarzalejir, Jacob L.\\nI.angley, William.\\nMcLain, Philander.\\nMartin, Elisha.\\nMorris, William A B. B.\\nMcHcnry and others.\\nMorse, E., Jr.\\nMarsh, M. F.\\nMorehouse, E. B.\\nMyers, Jidin.\\nNash, S.\\nPnrmeleo, Moses.\\nKood, Miles V.\\nRood, Carlton A.\\nKood, John.\\nBoot, Erastus.\\nBoot, John W.\\nRublco, Nathan.\\nHose, Orrin.\\nStedman, S. P.\\nSmith, David.\\nSibley, Hiram.\\nSprague, Charles.\\nStoddard, Mores.\\nStood, William 0.\\nThomas, Ji)Seph P.\\nTomlinson, David.\\nThompson, William.\\nThompson, Ma.xwoll.\\nTurner, James.\\nTurner, John.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0514.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "GAINES TOWN.SIILR\\n337\\nTurner, Lyman.\\nWhcolcr, William.\\nWilliams, Marvin.\\nAVilcox, FrcJerick.\\nAVal.liEi, B.\\nWarner, Thomas.\\nWilson, Josiah.\\nWliitt ombo, Jofcph S.\\nWilson, Charier.\\nWadijwurth, .Jaincs.\\nYcrkv^. .lunathan.\\nYoung, William B.\\nYcrkc?, Jopcph.\\nYerkes, William.\\nIt will be seen from this list, which includes both resi-\\ndents and non-residents, thiit the population of Gaines, in\\n1844, was very small as con)pared with the present. For\\nthe sake of comparison the following items from the State\\ncensus of 1874 are inserted, as pertaining to this town-\\nship:\\nPopulation (lAd males, dCU remalcs) 1,4(10\\nNumber of acres taxable land 22,\\\\f\\\\0\\nimproved land 6;4;i J\\nland exempt from taxation 114\\nValue of samr, with improvements $ft,47-\\nNumber of acres in school-house ^ites fj\\nchurch and parsonage siles.... 2\\nburvin;; grounds 2\\nrailroad right of way imd\\ndepot grounds 40\\nfarms in township 2f\u00c2\u00bb0\\nof acres in farms 10, DM*\\nwheat raised in 1874 1,701\\n1873 1,424\\ncorn 44:t\\nbushels wheat l.Sfio7\\ncorn 12,672\\nall other grain raised in 187;J 25,r\u00c2\u00bb15\\npotatoes .7,SyO\\ntons hay cut in 1873 1,47(1\\npounds wool sheared in 1873 8,7i*8\\npork marketed 2y,;i!)0\\nbutter made 33,0()a\\nbarrels cider made 17(1\\npounds maple-sugar made in 1874 5,9^0\\nacres in orchards 415\\nbushels apples raised in 1872 10,265\\n1873 7,220\\nValue of fruit and garden vegctablcH, 1S72 SJ.IOfi\\n1873 $3,fil2\\nNumber horse?, 1 year old and over, 1874 443\\nwork-osen yi\\nmilch-cows 555\\nneat cattle, I year old and over, other\\nthan oxen and cows 443\\nswine over H months old 744\\nslieep over 6 months old 2,350\\nsheep sheared in 1873 2,302\\nNumber saw-mills in township. 1874 1\\nNumber persons employed in same 10\\nAmount of capital invested $8,0011\\nNumber of feet of lumber sawed 500,000\\nValue of products $4,000\\nNumber plauing-mills 1\\nPersons employed 4\\nCapital invested $15,000\\nValue of products $500\\nStave-, heading-, and barrel-factory 1\\nPersons employed 25\\nCapital invohted $12,000\\nValue of products $8,000\\nTOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION\u00e2\u0080\u0094 FIRST TOAVN-MEET-\\nING\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CIVIL LIST.\\nOn the 16lh of February, 1842, it was enacted by the\\nSenate and House of lleprescntatives of the State of Mich-\\nigan, Tliat all that portion of the county of Genesee\\ndesignated as township number north, of range number\\n5 cast, be set off and organized into a separate township by\\nthe name of Gaines, and the first township-meeting therein\\nbe held at the house of Ephraim Fletcher, in said township.\\nFrom tlie records of the township ia made the following\\nextract descriptive of its first election\\nAt a Township Meting held April 4, 1X42, at the hous of\\nEphraim Fletcher, in pursuant to an Act of the Legeslature setting\\noff and organizing into a separate Township all that tract of Country\\nknown and described in the United States Sur\\\\ cy as Township No.\\nsix (G) north, of Rang No. fire (5) cast, into a separate Townebip by\\n43\\nthe name of (iiiiiies, Win, GaHley* wim choHcn Moderator, and ad-\\njourned to meat at the Suliool-liouwe fuurthwith.\\nMet pursuant lo adjournment.\\nMade cdiois of Wni. li. Young, KrciJcrick Wilcox, Martin Dart,\\nnnl Walter It. Hearst an a lioard of Inppe ^tors, and JaineA P. Allen,\\nClark. The Board being flworn, it was Voted, To have Ai HCFi ori\\nVvted, To have two Ctjn-ttablea for the year ensuing, and no more;\\nVutcff, Tliat this Hoard, for the time being, shall receive no fees.\\nThe |ioIe8 bein,; open, an i ballot (jiven for tho.-e olficcra required\\nt;) be cho. en by billot; Ovi-rseers of highways chosen; Vutud, To\\nCunvaec; Vnlvd, T\\\\i:it no Hoars shall be alowed to run at large be-\\ntween the moun .hs of May and December, on |\u00c2\u00bbain of y//*/_y mi/* jhic\\nawl all (liimai/c YttUil, To rais the Sum of eighty dollars for contin-\\ngent Township e.xpences for the year ensuing.\\nAt this elcclioii 21 votes were polled and the following\\nofficers clio.seii, viz.: Sujiorvi.sor, Win. 15. Youiij;; Town-\\nship Clerk, Martin Durt Treasurer, Ephraim Fletcher;\\nSchool Inspectors, Martin Dart, Marvin Williams, Walter\\n15. Becr.s; Director.-s of the Poor, IMartin Dart, Ephraim\\nFletcher; Commis.sioitors of Highways, James V. Allert,\\nLyman Perkins, William Gazlay Justices of the Peace,\\nJami\\\\s P. Allen, Philander Mcliain, Walter B. Beers,\\nFrederick Wilcox Constables, Eli.siia Martin, Lanman\\nDavis; Overseers of Highways, Wm. B. Young, Jonathan\\nYerkcs, Marvin Williams, William Gazlay, Walter B. Beers,\\nJohn U jod, Hartford Carj, Fred. Wilcox, Elijah Lyman.\\nThe justices elected drew lots for the respective terms,\\nthe result being as follows: Walter B. Beers, one year;\\nPhilander McLain, two years; Frederick Wilcox, three\\nyears James P. Allen, four years.\\nAt a meeting of the Assessors and Township Clerk of the Town-\\nship of (jaincs, County of (icnesce, and State of Michigan, held at\\nthe school-house by E. Fletcher s on the I Jth day of May, I8 12, to\\nreview tlie Assessment roll, the /oicttiiiy persons were selected to nurce\\nas grand Petty ./inert for the year ensuing\\nNames of Orand Jurors: William liazlay, Walter B. Beers, Phi-\\nlander McLain. Names of Petty Jurors: Marvin Williams, John\\nHood, E lward S. Dart.\\nA special meeting was held in July, 1842, and Edward\\nS. Dart and William Smalley elected constables in place of\\nElisha Martin and Lanman Davis. The last-named person\\nhad left the State.\\nThe following is a list of the officers of the township of\\nGaines from 1843 to 1879, inclusive:\\nSUPERVISOaS.\\n184;)-41. William H. Young.\\n184i. Martin l)utt.\\nIStfi. Sedgwick P. Stedman.\\n1847-.01. James Van VIeet.\\n1852. Sedgwick P. Stedman.\\n185. i-58. James Van Vleet.\\nIS.i J. Thurston Simmons.\\nIHOO-OI. (Jeorge H. Ilunyan.\\n1862-68. James Van VIcct.\\nTOWNSHIP\\n1843. Martin Dart.\\n1844. William Wheeler.\\n1845. Sedgwick P. Stedman.\\n1840-4 J. B. C. Covert.\\n1850-51. S. P. Stedman.\\n1852. B. C. Covert.\\n185.3. llayncs B. Krcwson.\\n1854. Hartford Cargill.\\n1855-50. Daniel T. Ward.\\n1857-58. Haynes B. Krcwson.\\n18C J. Zenas A. (iage.\\n1870. John M. Clark.\\n1871-72. Henry F. Bush.\\n1873. Zenas A. (jage.\\n1874. Henry F. Bush.\\n1875. Zenas A. Gage.\\n1876-77. Thurston Simmons.\\n1878-79. Samuel C. Goodyear.\\nCLERKS.\\n1859. J. B. Randolph.\\n1860. James Van Vleet.\\n1861. Charles H. Currie.\\n1862. David P. Cargill.\\n1863. JefTcraon U. Downer.\\n1864. Zenas A. Gage.\\n1865-71. George B. Ilunyan.\\n1872. A. B. Van Vleet.\\n1873-79. George B. Kunyan.\\nGazlay.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f Beers.\\nX Town Records.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0515.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "338\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1843. Epiiraiui Fletcher.\\n1844-45. Sedgwick P. Stedinim.\\n1846-52. Kphniim Fletcher.\\n185. 5-54. .John Bliickburn.\\n1S55-56. Williuiu Martin.\\n1857-58. Ephniim Fletcher.\\n1859. John liluckburn.\\nISGU. John Car|) nter.\\nlSGI-63. Irii J. Chatfield.\\n1864-70. Edward S. Dart.\\n1871-72. Ira T. Gilbert.\\n1873. George C. Holmes.\\n1874-75. Charles Mol.ain.\\n1876-78. Henry E. Giddings,\\n1879. Horace W. Gilbert.\\nJUSTICES OF\\nTHE\\nPEACE.\\n1843.\\nWalter B. Beers.\\n1862.\\nIra T. Gilbert.\\nMartin Dart.\\n1863.\\nJames Van leet.\\n1844.\\nPhilander Mcl.ain.\\n1801.\\nDaniel Brown.\\n1845.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\n1865.\\nG. B. llunyan.\\n1846.\\nB. C. Covert.\\nIra J. Chatfield.\\nS. P. Stedman.\\n1800.\\nJacob W. Rail.\\n1847.\\nJames Van VIcct.\\nJohn Young.\\n1848.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\n1867.\\nJames Van Vlcet.\\n1849.\\nJoseph Yerkes.\\nIraT. Gilbert.\\n1850.\\nS. P. Stedman.\\n1868.\\nConstantino Bccbo\\nB. C. Covert.\\n1869.\\nG. B. Kunyan.\\n1851.\\nHenry D. Howes.\\nJ. W. Rail.\\nJames Van Vleet.\\nJames Lawthcr,\\n1852.\\nS. P. Stedman.\\n1870.\\nJ. W. Hall.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\nJ. J. Gordcn.\\n1853.\\nH. B. Krewson.\\n1871.\\nHarrison P. Doan.\\nJesse N. Doan.\\nDaniel Brown.\\n1854.\\nB. C. Covert.\\n1872.\\nI)aniel Brown.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\n1873\\nWilliam Proper.\\n1855\\nJacob W. Hall.\\n1874\\nIra T. Gilbert.\\nJames Van Vlcet.\\n1875\\nVieorgo A. Evans,\\n1856\\nDaniel Brown.\\n1876\\nDaniel Brown.\\n1857\\nJacob W. Hall.\\n1877\\nG. B. Uunyan.\\n1858\\nThurston Simmons.\\nC. M. Miller.\\n1859\\nJames Van VIect.\\n1878\\nIra r. Gilbert.\\nGeorge E. Houghton.\\nWm. H. Borst.\\n1860\\nDaniel Brown.\\n1879\\nWm. H. Borst.\\n1861\\nGeorge B. llunyan.\\nASSE\\n3S0RS\\nJohn Donaldson.\\n1845. William Wheeler.\\nJames Van lect.\\n1840. Wm. E. Y oung.\\nJames Van A leet.\\n1847. S. P. Stedman.\\nWm. B. Young.\\n1848. Wm. B. Y oung.\\nCOMMISSIONERS\\n1843.\\nDavid P. Cargill.*\\nMartin Dart.\\nAaron Decker.\\n1844. Charles Joslin.\\nEphraim Fletcher.\\nWalter B. Beers.\\nEphraim Fletcher.\\nHaynes B. Krewson.\\nPhilander McLain.\\nConstantino Beobe.\\nF. Wilcox.\\nSedgwick P. Stedman.\\nS. P. Stedman.\\nCharles Joslin.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\nC. Beebe.\\nW. B. Beers.\\nC. W. Joslin.\\nWilliam Sutton.\\nW. B. Beers.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1848. H. B. Krewson.\\n1849. Wm. B. Young.\\nNathan Cargill.\\n1850. AVm. B. Young.\\nS. P. Stedman.\\n1852. Isaac G. Soulc.\\n11. B. Krewson.\\nOF HIGHWAYS.\\n1850. Jesse Welch.\\n1851. Isaac N. Tcwksbury.\\n1852. Henry Howes.\\nJesse Braford.\\n1853. John Knight.\\nSilas Simonson.\\nJesse Doan.\\n1854. H. B. Krewson.\\nConstantine Beebe.\\n1855. C. C. Decker.\\n1856. George II. Lyon.\\n1857. Constantino Beebe.\\n1858. Edward S. Dart.\\nIsaac A. Worden.\\n1859. Ira T. Cilbert.\\n1860. Thurston Simmons.\\n1861. Wm. B. Young.\\nNelson Proper.\\n1862. Joshua L. Wilcox.\\n1863. Nelson Proper.\\n1804. D. Brown.\\n1805. Peter Acre.\\n1860. Nelson Proper.\\n1867. A. 11. Whitniorc.\\nJacob Westrieh.\\n1868. Morgan Webster.\\n1809. James Lawthcr.\\n1870. Seth Terry.\\n1871. F. M. Oliver.\\n1871. Charles Borst.\\n1872. Wm. H. Crane.\\nWm. D. Bailey.\\n1873. Georgo L. Undorhill.\\n1874. Marcus F. Storrs.\\n1875. William H. Crane.\\n1870. Charles McLain.\\n1877-78. William 1). Bailey.\\n1879. John Goodyear.\\nTOWNSHIP DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1872. John N. Clark.\\n1873. Sidney S. Lee.\\n1874. Daniel Brown.\\n1875. George P. Perkins.\\n1876. John N. Clark (2 years).\\n1878. Franklin Borst (2 years),\\n1879. John N. Clark (v.).\\nTOWNSHIP SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\n1875. James Lawthcr. I 1878. Doverc Hall.\\n1876-77. William M. Brown. 1879. George F. Brown.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1843.\\n1844.\\n1845.\\n1840.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854.\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1843.\\n1844.\\n1845.\\n1840.\\n1847.\\n1848-\\n1850.\\nW. B. Beers.\\n1857.\\nDavid P. Cargill.f\\n1858.\\nW. B. B ers.\\n1859.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\n1800.\\nH. B. Krewson.\\n1861.\\nJames Van Vleet.\\n1802.\\nHaynes B. Krewson.\\n1863.\\nH. B. Krewson.\\n1864.\\nJames Van Vleet.\\n1865.\\nH. B. Krewson.\\n1860.\\nNathan Cargill.\\n1807.\\nJames Van Vleet.\\n1808-\\nH. B. Krowson.\\n1870.\\nHaynes B.^Krowson.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\n1871.\\nH. B. Krewson.\\n1872.\\nJames Van Vleet.\\nIsaac G. Soule.\\n1873.\\nWilliam Wheeler.\\n1874.\\nJ. W. Rail.\\n1875.\\nIraT. Gilbert.\\n1870-\\nJ. W. Rail.\\n1878.\\nGeorge H. Lyon.\\n1879.\\nOVERSEERS\\nDavid Tomlinson.\\nAVm. (lazlay.\\nErastus Root.\\nAVilliam (jazlay.\\nAaron Decker.\\nE. S. Dart.\\nWm. Gazlay.\\nEphraim Fletcher.\\nWm. Gazlay.\\nErastus Root.\\n49. AVm. Gazlay.\\nC. AVhito.\\nS. P. Stedman.\\nB. C. Covert.\\nIsaac A. AVorden.\\nNelson Moaker.\\nAmos Stark.\\nIra J. Chatfield.\\nAmos Stark.\\nIra J. Chatfield.\\nFrank A. Smith.\\nSt. Clair Hamlin.\\nJames M. AVilson.\\nSt. Clair Hamlin.\\nCharles McLain.\\n-09. Bela Cogshall, Jr.\\nBela Cog,\u00c2\u00abhall.\\nG. P. Power.\\nSt. Clair Hamlin.\\nGeorge F. Aldrich.\\nJohn Proper.\\nHiram D. Soule.\\nSamuel C. Goodyear.\\nJohn Chapell.\\n-77. Charles M. Miller.\\nGeorge F. Brown.\\nAlbert A an Vleet.\\nOF THE POOR.\\n1852. Wm. Gazlay.\\nMarvin Davis.\\n1853. William Coy.\\nAVilliam Gazlay.\\n1854. Wni. Wheeler.\\nHartford Cargill.\\n1860. Philander McLain.\\nJames A an Vleet.\\n1857. Peter Acre.\\nEdward S. Dart.\\n1858. James A an A leet.\\nPeter Acre.\\n1859. Philander McLain.\\nAaron U. Whitmoro.\\nDart resigned and Cargill removed, and William Wheeler and\\nEdward S. Dart were appointed in their jdaces.\\n1843. Edward S. Dart.\\nD. P. Cargill.\\nConstantine Beebe.\\nAaron Decker.\\n1844. Charles Jaslin.\\nE. S. Dart.\\nErastus Root.\\nCarlton Reed.\\nCONSTABLES.\\n1845. C. Van Vleet.\\nEd. Van Vleet.\\nH. B. Krewson.\\nAaron Decker.\\n1846. John Rood.\\nEphraim Fletcher.\\nAVm. Gazlay.\\nAVilliam B. Young.\\nt These failed to qualify, and at a special meeting W. B. Beers and\\nPhilander McLain were elected to fill vacancy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0516.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "GAIiNES TOWNSHIP.\\n339\\n1847. II. B. Krewson. 1802.\\nC. Van Vlect.\\nJuha Blackburn.\\n1848. Erastus P. Hodge.\\nJohn Wood. 1863.\\nWilliam B. Young.\\nIlayncs B. Krewson.\\n1S49. John Wood.\\nCharles White. 1864.\\n1850. E. Fletclicr.\\nE. P. Hodge.\\nJoseph Ycrkcs.\\nJc^se Braford. 1865.\\n1851. E. Fletcher.\\nJesse Braford.\\n1852. Robert C. Covert.\\nEphraim Fletcher. 1866.\\nJesse Braford.\\nErastus P. Hodge.\\n1853. E. P. Hodge.\\nC. C. Decker. 1867.\\nJohn Blackburn.\\nWilliam W. Fay.\\n1854. Stephen Brown.\\nPutnam Burton. 1868.\\nJesse Braford.\\nChristopher C. Decker.\\n1855. Wells B. Miller.\\nE. M. Bailey. 1869.\\n1856. E. M. Bailey.\\nSolomon Henrj\\nPeter Acre.\\nAlbert Simonson. 1870.\\n1857. Thomas Cowan.\\nStephen Brown.\\nSamuel A. Sunderland.\\nE. S. Dart. 1871.\\n1858. Nelson Jlcaker.\\nStephen Brown.\\nS. A. ^Juthcrland.\\nE. M. Bailey. 1872.\\n1859. Stephen Brown.\\nE. S. Dart.\\nJacob Westrich.\\nIlayncs B. Krewson. 1873.\\n1860. Cyrus C. Atherton.\\nJohn Carpenter.\\nIraT. Gilbert.\\nJo8C|ih Hershcy. 1874,\\n1861. George Lefever.\\nJohn Covert.\\nSolouiou Henry.\\nStephen Brown. 1875\\nJacob Strein.\\nSpencer Miner.\\nHiram V. Weeder.*\\nOi son Joslin.\\nHenry C. Parks.\\nFrank A. Smith.\\nPaul Davidson.\\nPhilauder Decker.\\nStephen Brown.\\nC. Hamlin.\\nGeorge I efevcr.\\nWilliam Fletcher.\\nS. Brown.\\nJohn J. Strein.\\nOrson B. Joslin.\\nJacob Wc-^trich.\\nS. Brown.\\nE. S. Dart.\\nH. C. Park.\\nSolomon Henry.\\nGeorge W. Simonson.\\nAlfred J. Skinner.\\nOrson B. Joslin.\\nStephen Brown.\\nAlbert J. Potter.\\nMorgan AVebster.\\nWm. Evans.\\nCharles H. Davis.\\nE. S. Dart.\\nDewitt C. Mapes.\\nT. Doloharty.\\nWm. Evans.\\nElias M. Jackson.\\nWm. Evans.\\nWilliam Wray,\\nAdolphus Perry.\\nHarvey L. Tibbils.\\nWm. Newton.\\nKlani Bailey.\\nWilliam D. Brown.\\nJohn Goodyear.\\nH. L. Tibbils.\\nWilliam Newton.\\nElam liailey.\\nCharles Vcrkes.\\nJohn S. Smith.\\nWm. D. Brown.\\nH. h. Tibbils.\\nElias Jackpon.\\nRobert Carter.\\nW^m. D. Bailey.\\nFrank Myers.\\nLeonard Sprague.\\n1875. Frank Myers.\\nII. L. Tibbils.\\nWm. Evans.\\n1870. H. L. Bugartis.\\nJcronio Clark.\\nArtemas R. Commins.f\\nLewis B. Hopkins.\\n1877. D. C. Mapes.\\nJerome Clark.\\nEdmund Clark.\\n1877. L. B. Hopkins.\\n1878. John liecbc.\\nFrank Myers.\\nJohn McSorley.\\nEugene Fox.\\n1879. John Beebe.\\nJohn McSorley,\\nJerome Clark.\\nFrank Whitmorc.\\nSCHOOLS, EARLY AND PRESENT.\\nOwing to the fact tliat this township wa.s less rapidly\\nfilled up with settlers than the others, schools were not\\ntaught nor districts organized until a comparatively late\\nday. The earliest record of the formation of a school dis-\\ntrict after the separate organization of the township is in\\nthe spring of 1842. From the school record the following\\nextracts are made\\nAt a meeting of the board of School Inspectors of the township\\nof GatiHf County of (jencseo and State of MkhaguHj the Following-\\nnamed persons w\u00c2\u00bb9 ejcamiufed as Candidates for teaching primary\\nschool and found Compitent, and certificates given them, viz.: phito-\\nmi ln Dnnning and Lois Lcaeh.\\nG.vi.vs, July the 10, A.D. 1843.\\nM.vnrix D.inr,\\nClerk uf thf School Ittapectora\\nSamuel C. Stiles given certificate, Nov. 30, 1844. Other\\nearly teacher.s were Zuleima Austin, Sarah Ilallock, Nancy\\nBowles, Mary Ann Howes, Loui.sa Vosburgh, Mary Vos-\\nburgh, Julia Slaglit, Miss Greattrack,]; Hannah Williams,\\nIra Williams, and others.\\nAbout 1845 the settlers living in the Van Vlect and\\nCargill neighborhood hired a teacher, and had a school\\nkept on the Cargill place. A daughter of Mr. C. was pos-\\nsibly the teacher Miss Mary Vosburgh taught here after\\nthe district was organized.\\nDistrict Number 9, including the village of Gaines, was\\norganized in 1858, and a frame 8cliool-hou.se was built in\\n1859, the .same which Ls a part of the house now iu use.\\nThe school has two departments and a large attendance.\\nThe various schools of the township exhibited the following\\ncondition Sept. 1, 1878, as shown by the report of the\\ntownship school inspectors at that date Ilcceipts for the\\nyear, 82G30.33 amount on hand Sept. 1, 1878, $200.48;\\nexpenditures for year, less amount on hand, $2429.85.\\n^1\\nM\\nti\\nn\\ni\\ns\\nDlSTEICIS.\\nfli\\nT\\ns\\na\\na\\nc\\n1\\nII\\na\\nNUMDEU OF\\nTeachebs.\\nTeach Eiu\\nWaoes.\\na\\n*i\\ng\\nEl s\\na\\nSB\\nFrame.\\nfi\\nMale.\\nFemale.\\nMale.\\nFemale.\\nNo. 2\\n47\\n65\\n25\\n65\\n60\\n37\\n55\\n34\\n55\\n64\\n1\\n4\\n5\\n6\\n6\\n160\\n158\\n160\\n157\\n160\\n50\\n80\\n44\\n50\\n70\\n$500\\n400\\n600\\n1000\\n600\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n2\\n$100\\n140\\n120\\n$48\\n72\\n104\\n48\\n142\\n3\\n4\\n6\\n1?\\n7*\\n9j\\n90\\n137\\n48\\n99\\ni i\\n4\\n9\\n165\\n200\\n130\\n60\\n350\\n1\\n296\\n100\\n60\\n500\\n500\\n2\\n3\\n3\\n483\\n215.80\\n85\\n10^\\nResigned, and Stephen Brown appointi il.\\nX This uaino appears as Miss (Jruat Track on the record.\\nf Hcxigncd, niid K. M. Jacksuu aj)poiiited in his place.\\n6 Fractional districts.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0517.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "340\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe attendance in district No. 9 was not given on tlie\\nreport, but in June, 1879, it was about 100.\\nVILLAGE or GAINES.\\nOn the 4th of July, 185G, the first passenger-train over\\nthis portion of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway passed\\nover the site ofihe village, then in the midst of the forest.\\nThis train ran as far west as Owasso, and, in November\\nfollowing, the track was extended, and trains ran to St.\\nJohn. The first building erected here was the railway-\\ndepot. James B. Simonson, now a prominent bunker of\\nHolly, Oakland Co., was the first station-agent. He held\\nthe position a short time, and was succeeded by George\\nB. Runyan, who resigned in 1859, at which time a tele-\\ngraph-office was established, and Mr. Runyan was fearful\\nhe could not learn the latter business.\\nThe first house in the village was erected by Thurston\\nSimmons, who had come from Livingston County. Mr.\\nSimmons moved with his mother and brothers from Marion,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., to Oakland Co., Mich., in 1833, after\\nthe death of his father. After one j ear he returned to\\nNow York, and when but nineteen years of age was\\nmarried. In November, 1840, he started for Conway, Liv-\\ningston Co., Mich., where he subsequently settled on a farm\\nof 40 acres. Had borrowed money to enable him to get\\nthere, and when it was gone borrowed more of another\\nfriend. He stopped a few months at Pontiac on the way,\\nand earned enough to pay what he had last borrowed. In\\nMarch, 1841, he reached his place in Livingston County,\\nwithout a cent in his pocket, and his wife had but one\\ncalico dress, orange and blue. He cleared a small space,\\nbuilt a log cabin, and began life in the wilderness. Both\\nhe and his young wife were filled with ambitious desires,\\nand the cloud of adversity in time passed by. Mr. Sim-\\nmons bought a cow, paying for it by laboring nineteen days,\\nand split IGUO rails for a pair of calves, intending to raise\\nthem for a team. Hauled pork to Pontiac, selling it at a\\ndollar and a half per hundredweight, and receiving store-\\npay. Calico was then worth two shillings a yard. In the\\nspring of 1850, Mr. Simmons went to California, but sick-\\nness obliged him to return in January, 1851. He finally\\nsold his farm in Livingston County, and in 1856 removed\\nto Gaines, where he built the first house, as mentioned. In\\na part of this building he placed a stock of merchandise\\nvalued at about $250, and started the first store in the\\nplace. The woods were so dense that the depot, only fif-\\nteen rods away, could not be seen from his house. When\\nhe first started in business here, it is related that he was\\ninduced to deal in liquor, and after much coaxing bought\\nhalf a barrel of whisky, of which he sold a small part and\\npoured the rest on the ground, and since then that article\\nhas not been enumerated in his stock.\\nGeorge B. Runyan, a native of Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y.,\\nand one of a family of twelve children, came with his wife\\nand one child to Michigan, in September, 1839, and located\\nin Kensington, Oakland Co., early in October. In June,\\n1841, he removed to section 24, in the town of Vernon,\\nShiawassee Co., and in his own house opened what he .says\\nwas the first tailor-shop in that county. In April, 1848,\\nhe removed to Byron, in the same county, where he con-\\ntinued to work at liis trade for several years. When the\\nrailroad was built and a village was started at Gaines, he\\npurchased a lot, cleared it up ready to build on, and in No-\\nvember, 185G, moved his family here, following the next\\nmonth himself The only buildings then standing in the\\nvillage were the store, dwelling, and tavern of Tiiurston\\nSimmons (keeping boarders in the same hou.se where he\\nlived and had his store), which stood next north of the store\\nnow occupied by James A. Perkins, the latter built by\\nSilas Simonson, who owned a farm nearby, the depot, and\\na small dwelling occupied by C. C. Athcrton, who still re-\\nsides in the village.\\nAbout 1857, Mr. Runyan was appointed agent for the\\nAmerican Express Company, which established an office\\nhere, and, with the exception of one year, when the Mer-\\nchants Union Company had the line, he has held it until\\nthe present time. During the year mentioned Thurston\\nSimmons was the agent.\\nThurston Simmons kept the first public-house in the\\nvillage, although from necessity, and not as a special calling.\\nThe first regular hotel was kept by Mr. Westrich, in a\\nbuilding now standing opposite Mr. Simmons store, on the\\nwest side of the street. H. L. Tibbils also kept a hotel a\\nshort time opposite the depot. The present Larned\\nHouse was built by Peter Van Ness in 1SG4 or 65. The\\nnorthern portion was used as a store, and the balance as a\\nhotel. Van Ness kept it until 1871, and since that time it\\nhas had several proprietors, and been known at different\\ntimes as the Gordon House, Orth House, and Rob-\\nerts House. It is the only hotel now in the place, and is\\nmanaged by Horace J. learned, of Fenton, who became pro-\\nprietor early in the summer of 1879.\\nPOST-OFFICE.\\nThe first post-office in the township of Gaines was ostab-\\nlishcd in October, 1852, east of the village site, on the farm\\nof Bergen C. Covert, who received the appointment of post-\\nmaster. He was from Seneca Co., N. Y., and held the of-\\nfice, which was called Gaines, as long as it existed. After\\nthe one at the village was established, Mr. Covert was wont\\nto carry the mail from here to his own office in his hat.\\nThe advent of a railway rendered it necessary to have an\\noffice at the village, and accordingly Gaines Station Post-\\nOffice was established in November, 1856, with George\\nB. Runyan as postmaster. He held until 1861, when\\nThurston Simmons succeeded him. Under President\\nJohnson, Runyan was reappointed, and when Grant was\\nelected the position was again given to Mr. Simmons, who\\nwas succeeded in the spring of 1879 by Harry S. Cook, the\\npresent incumbent.\\nThe original plat of Gaines village was laid out by Henry\\nN. Walker, and acknowledged May 10, 1859. Additions\\nhave since been made, as follows William Walker s plan,\\nOct. 11, 1871, on the northeast quarter of section 5;\\nWalker s roplat of outlets 11 and 12, Feb. 25, 1873. The\\nGaines cemetery was laid out May 24, 1870.\\nThe village was incorporated in 1875, the following\\nbeing a part of the act incorporating it\\nArt. I, Sec. 1. The Pajjile of the Stale of Michujan enact, That\\nall that certain tract of land situated in the county of Genesee and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0518.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "GAINES TOWNSHIP.\\n341\\nstate of Michignn, being in township number six (6) north, of range\\nnumber five (5) east, anJ described as follows, to wit: licing south-\\ncast quarter of section thirty-one (31), and west half of southwest\\nquarter of section thirly-two (32), is hereby constituted a village cor-\\nporate, known and designated as the Village of Oaines.\\nIt was directed in the act that the first election for vil-\\nlage officers be held at the hotel of William Koberts, in\\nsaid village, on the first Monday in March, 1875. The\\nelection was, however, held April 12, 1875, and the fol-\\nlowing officers chosen, viz. President, James A. Perkins\\nClerk, George B. Kunyan Marshal, Wallace Bowers\\nTreasurer, Thurston Simmons As.scssor, William Roper\\nTrustees for one year, Orson W. Tock, William Myers,\\nFrederick M. Oliver for two years, William Williams,\\nSmith M. Cogsliall, Reed Larue.\\nThe officers for the succeeding years have been the\\nfollowing\\n1876. President, James A. Perkins; Clerk, Friend D.\\nSimmons (resigned, and E. M. Roberts appointed, who in\\nturn resigned, and G. B. Runyan was appointed) Mar-\\nshal, Jacob Croop Assessor, George B. Runyan Treas-\\nurer, Thurston Simmons Trustees, two years, Orson W.\\nTock, William Myers, William Ireland.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Frederick M. Oliver Clerk, G. B.\\nRunyan Treasurer, Henry F. Bush Assessor, George B.\\nRunyan Marshal, Artemas 11. Commins Trustees, two\\nyears, Robert Carter, William Williams, George Still.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, William Roper; Clerk, Smith M.\\nCogsliall Treasurer, Henry F. Bush Assessor, Smith M.\\nCogshall Marshal, John W. Beebe Trustees, two years,\\nJoseph Fowler, William Ireland, William Myers.\\n1879. President, William Roper; Clerk, Eugene E.\\nPratt; Treasurer, Henry F. Bush; Assessor, Eugene E.\\nPratt; Marshal, E. M. Jackson; Trustees, two years and\\ntwo for vacancy, Wallace Simonson, Thomas Vandenburgh,\\nJames L. Middlesworth, William H. Brooks, Charles Davis.\\nIn the .spring of 1879 the village contained sixty-eight\\nvoters, six stores of various descriptions, a school-house,\\ntwo restaurants, one hotel, two churches, three millinery-\\nshops, three blacksmith-shops, two shoe .shops, three wagon-\\nshops, one harness-shop, some extensive charcoal-kilns,\\nowned by Smith Brainard, a stave-factory, two grain-\\nelevators, and three physicians. A steam saw-mill and a\\nbroom-handle factory have been recently in operation, but\\nat present are idle.\\nThe first physician who located here was probably Dr.\\nHarris, now of Linden, who stayed but a short time. The\\nfirst permanent one was Dr. Bela Cogshall, now of Flint,\\nson of a proiuinent lawyer of the same name living at\\nHolly. Dr. Cogshall established the first drug-store here,\\nin company with Charles Hood. Both these men were\\nfrom Oakland County. The present physicians of the place\\narc Drs. G. E. Waters, Joseph Marshall, and Isaac Parks,\\nthe latter a practitioner of the homueopathic school.\\nThe Masonic order has twice established a lodge here,\\nthe Odd-Fellows once, and others at different times, but no\\nsecret orders at present have lodges in the place.\\nJames A. Perkins, originally from Utica, Oneida Co.,\\nN. Y., went from there to Canada in 1845, and at Kingston\\nbuilt a large saw-mill. From that place he removed to Brant-\\nford, the burial-place of the famous Indian chieftain, Joseph\\nBrant, or Thayeiidancga, whose remains INIr. Perkins aided\\nin removing to a new sepulchre. After a residence of twelve\\nyears at Biantford, Mr. Perkins came to Detroit, and thence\\nin 1863 to Gaines, at which latter place he built a steam\\nsaw-mill, which was subse(]uently burned. He also built\\nthe stave-ftctory now owned by Henry F. Bush, to whom\\nhe sold. About 1868 he purchased the store he at present\\nowns, and since then has been engaged in the mercantile\\nbusiness.\\nHenry F. Bush is a native of Deerfield, Livingston Co.,\\nMich, (born in 1837). During the famous excitement over\\ngold discoveries in California he went to that land of prom-\\nise, and was quite successful in his efforts to accumulate\\nwealth. In 1863 he returned to Michigan, and entered the\\nphotographic business at Battle Creek. He afterwards built\\nthe Ionia Stave-works, and in the fall of 1868 came to\\nGaines and purchased the stave-factory of James A. Per-\\nkins, which he still continues to operate. In 1875 he built\\nhis elevator.\\nKELIGIOUS.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, GAINES VILLAGE.\\nIn 1858 or 1859 a Methodist Episcopal class was organ-\\nized here, being supplied with preaching from the Byron\\ncircuit, to which it belonged. The class consisted of about\\na dozen members. One of the first preachers who held .ser-\\nvices here, and po.ssibly the first, was Rev. Mr. Prindle, now\\nsuperannuated. The present frame church was built in\\n1869, during the pastorate of Rev. Orlando Sanborn, and\\nwhile the charge was yet a part of the Byron circuit.\\nGaines circuit was organized in the fall of 1869 or 1870.\\nThe more recent pastors have been Revs. D. B. Millar, Wil-\\nliam Bird.sall, Mr. Lanning (now of Byron), and the present\\nincumbent. Rev. John Wesley. The latter has charge of\\nclasses at Durand and the Hough School-house, both in\\nShiawassee County. The membership of the church at\\nGaines is in the neighborhood of 60.\\nTHE KOMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH\\nin the village was built about 1871, and is a part of the\\ncharge of Rev. Father Williaiu Kilroy, of Fenton.\\nTo those who have furnished data for the foregoing sketch\\nof the township of Gaines thanks are hereby tendered, with\\nthe assurance that their aid is highly appreciated. Among\\nthem are Philander McLain, Putnam Burton, Edward S.\\nDart, the family of Ephraim Fletcher, G. B. Runyan, Thurs-\\nton Simmons, James A. Perkins, and numerous others.\\nSome account of the village of Swartz Creek will be\\nfound in the Clayton township history, to which the reader\\nis referred.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0519.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "B U R.T O N.\\nThis is an interior township, and is designated by the\\nUnited States survey as township No. 7 north, of range\\nNo. 7 east. It lies directly east of the city of Flint, which\\nincludes within its corporate limits the whole of section 18,\\nand portions of sections 6, 7, 17, and 19 of the Congres-\\nsional township. On the north, oast, south, and west are\\nthe respective townships of Genesee, Davison, Grand Blanc,\\nand Flint.\\nIts surface is comparatively level, yet .sufficiently elevated\\nabove the bed of its water-courses to afford good surface-\\ndrainage. It was heavily timbered, originally, with fine\\nforests of beech, maple, red and black oak, basswood, and\\nother varieties of deciduous trees. Upon sections 5, G, 1!),\\nand 20 was found considerable pine, while sections 27 and\\n34 were what was termed by the original settlers staddle\\nlands.\\nThe Flint, Thread, and Kearsley Rivers are tlie principal\\nwater-courses. The former flows in a southwesterly course\\nacross the northwest corner of the township the latter runs\\nin a northwesterly direction across the northeast corner of\\nthe same while Thread River enters the town from the\\nsouth, and, flowing in a general northwest course, leaves\\nthe township near the centre of the west border.\\nThread River mill-pond, formed by a dam across the\\nriver, lies mainly within section 20, and embraces an area\\nof about 140 acres.\\nThe soil consists of an admixture of sand and clay loam,\\nalternating with a dark vegetable mould, and in its general\\ncharacteristics the same as predominates in all diift-forma-\\ntions. It is highly productive, and, with careful cultivation,\\nyields handsome returns to the husbandman.\\nThe people are chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits.\\nTheir farms are under a good state of cultivation, and neat\\nfarm-houses and substantial outbuildings abound.\\nThe population in 1874 was 1260.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe first entry for land in this township was made by\\nRufus W. Stevens, March 10, 1829. His purchase con-\\nsisted of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 19.\\nDaniel Le Roy and Elisha Beach purchased 93 acres of\\nsection 18, March 3, 1830. Their purchase included all\\nthat remained of that section outside of the reservation.\\nLevi Gilkey took up a portion of section 7, May 11, 1831.\\nPeter Stiles, of Monroe Co., N. Y., purchased 120 acres\\nof section 32, June 13, 1834. The next was Reuben Tup-\\nper, from Genesee Co., N. Y., who entered the east half\\nof the southeast quarter of section 19, the west half of\\nthe northwest quarter of section 29, and the east half of\\nthe northeast quarter of section 30, Aug. 29, 1834. Other\\nearly entries were made by Samuel S. Todd on section 6,\\n342\\nSept. 27, 1834, Levi Walker, June 24, 1835, and by\\nAdonijah, Shubael, and Perus Atherton, and Pliny A.\\nSkinner, July 10, 1835.\\nThe following list of names embraces those who pur-\\nchased of the general government, and whose lands were\\nsituated in this towniship\\n1836,* section 1 A. JIcArthur, A. D. Fraser, Chauncey\\nHurlbut, Enoch Jones, Thomas L. L. Brent.\\n1836, section 2: BIcArthur, Fraser Hurlbut,\\nLewis Goddard, William Shaver, Ogden M. Willey, Henry\\nand Van Rensselaer Hawkins.\\n1836, section 3: James Barns, Ogden M. Willey, Jacob\\nEldridge, Moses W. Scott, H. and V. R. Hawkins.\\n1836, section 4 Enoch Jones, William Tilton, Jacob\\nPlass, Daniel Powell, Simeon M. Johnson, Edwin P. Hoyt.\\n1835, section 5 Benjamin Pearson, John Cliflbrd, Levi\\nWalker, Thomas Dole, Nathaniel Curtis, Shubael Ather-\\nton, Adonijah Atherton, Samuel Stewart.\\n1834, section 6: Samuel S. Todd, Levi Walker, Eliza-\\nbeth Smith.\\n1831, section 7 Levi Gilkey.\\n1835, section 8 Ephraim S. Walker, Levi Walker,\\nTrumbull Carey.\\n1836, section 9 Charles B. Hubbell, Joseph Thompson,\\nEnos Talmadge, Lyman Sherwood, Samuel L. Fuller, Jona-\\nthan E. Robinson.\\n1836, section 10 Enos Talmadge, Lyman Sherwood,\\nCharles B. Hubbell, Joseph Thompson, Edward Eldridge,\\nPeter V. Moore, Seymour Bough ton.\\n1836, section 1 1 Philo Fairchild, Ralph Lester, Hiram\\nBellows, Ira Bellows.\\n1836, section 12: Enoch Jones, Thomas L. L. Brent,\\nOliver E. Maltby, Amon W. Langdon, Joseph Thompson,\\nHanford Lyon, Ellen Jane Voorheis.\\n1836, section 13 William Ware, Seymour Boughton,\\nOrson Beebe, Heman Ferris, Calvin Cartwriglit, Harris\\nHibbard.\\n1836, section 14 Franklin Clark, Calvin Rose, George\\nChandler, Ellen J. Voorheis, Anthony W. Martin.\\n1835, section 15 Zenas Goulding, Thomas L. L. Brent,\\nEnos Talmadge, Lyman Sherwood, Charles B. Hubbell,\\nJoseph Thompson, Seymour Boughton.\\nSection 16: School-lands.\\n1834, section 17 Nathaniel Nelson, Jesse Whitcomb,\\nHenry A. Brewster, James W. Cronk, Frederick W.\\nBrewster.\\n1830, section 18 Daniel Le Roy, Elisha Beach.\\n1829, section 19: John A. Hoyes, Rufus W. Stevens,\\nThe figures show the year the first purchase was made upon each\\nsection.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0520.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "n\\n33\\nin\\n33", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0521.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0522.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "BURTON TOWNSHIP.\\n313\\nMarch 10, 1829, Olmsted Clianiborlin, and Gideon 0.\\nWliittemore, Augustus C. Stevens, lleuben Tupper, Elijah\\nSmith, James Heed, James W. Cronk, Henry Dwiglit,\\nMark H. Sibley, Reuben H. Tupper, Mark H. Sibley.\\n1835, section 20 John L. Oage, Orlando Murray,\\nAlbert G. Gage, Frederick Bulil, Eliza Alexander, James\\nC. Deloug.\\n1835, section 21 John L. Gage, Porus Atherton, Shu-\\nbael Atherton, Adonijah Atherton, Jonathan Harrington.\\n1835, .section 22: Shubael Atherton, Jauics Ingalls,\\nElihu Atherton, Thomas L. L. Brent, Jacob Alexander,\\nAsahel Robinson, Joseph Thompson, Hanl ord Lyon.\\n1836, section 23: Daniel Hiller, William D. Chambers,\\nJoseph Thompson, Hanford Lyon, Elihu Atherton, Sey-\\nmour Broughton.\\n1836, section 24 Daniel B. Dye, Nathan Lamson, James\\nN. Smith, George A. Neal, Silas 0. Long, Bradford Knapp.\\n1836, section 25 James Wliyte, Aniasa Short, Daniel\\nEstcs, Nathan Lamson, Peter Jay, Charles P. Day, Brad-\\nford Knapp.\\n1836, section 26: Henry Schram, Ira Donelson, John\\nHiller, Jr., Chauncey Baker, Adonijah Atherton.\\n1835, section 27: Nathaniel Curtis, James Ingalls, Bar-\\nnabus Norton, Tunis Cole, Timothy B. Tucker, Ira Donel-\\nson, Pliny Curtis.\\n1835, section 28: Pliny A. Skinner, Nathaniel Curtis,\\nSidney S. Hosmer, James M. Heath, George Bcckwith.\\n1834, section 29: Reuben Tupper, Andrew Cox, Cephas\\nCarpenter, Nathaniel B. Overton, James M. Heath, Ste-\\nphen Ilill.\\n1834, section 30 Reuben Tupper, John A. Iloyes,\\nJesse Chapman, Horace Blacknier, Thomas B. Worden,\\nHenry Dwiglit, Rexford Wittuni, Origen D. Richardson.\\n1835, section 31 Ebenezer Bishop, Ira Donelson, Joseph\\nM. Irish, Joel Bardwell, Jr., James Jones, Samuel C. Stiles,\\nAbel S. Donelson, Origen D. Richardson.\\n1834, section 32: Peter Stiles, Tracy AV. Burbank,\\nIsaac N. Stage, Henry Dwight, Joseph Gamball, William\\nChurchill.\\n1834, section 33: John HoUister, William Churchill,\\nLot Clark, Stephen Warren, Warren Annable.\\n1834, section 34 Uriah Short, Oliver Short, Colonel T.\\nGorton, Benjamin Bullock.\\n1830, section 35: Josiah W. Alexander, Charles B.\\nIlubbcll, Joseph Thomp.son.\\n1830, section 36: Levi M. Fox, Mark M. Jerome, Alvah\\nBishop, Deborah Ewer, Adoniram Dan, Col. T. Gorton.\\nFIRST SETTLEMENTS.\\nLevi Gilkey, one of the very earliest pioneers in the vicin-\\nity of the city of Flint, came from Genesee Co., N. Y., and\\non the 11th day of May, 1831, purchased of the general\\ngovernment 68 i acres, described as being the fractional\\npart of section 7, or all that part remaining of said scclioa\\noutside of the reservation. His location was on and near\\nthe mouth of the small stream which still bears his name.\\nHe became a resident soon after the date of his land-entry,\\nthereby becoming the first settler in the surveyed township\\noutside of the city limits. Very little is known, or can be\\nlearned, concerning the history of Mr. Gilkey. It transpires.\\nhowever, that he became involved in many law-disputes,\\nand remained hero but a very few years doubtless he left\\nthe country, as many have since done, and will yet do, in\\ndisgust.\\nReuben Tupper, brother of a numerous family of the name,\\nwho settled at an early period in Grand Blanc, was the next\\nsettler in the town.ship. He also came from Greene Co.,\\nN. Y., and purchased lands situated upon sections 19, 29,\\nand 30. Aug. 29, 1834, during the fall of the same year,\\nhe located upon the Saginaw road, section 19, whore he\\nerected a small log house, which stood nearly opposite the\\npresent residence of Jlr. Ball.\\nAbout 1830, Shubael Atherton came from Henderson,\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., and settled in Pontiac. In 1833 he\\nwas joined by his brother Perus, a soldier of 1812. The\\nbrothers continued their residence in Oakland County until\\nthe fall of 1835, when, having purchased lands of the gov-\\nernment situated in this township, they began preparations\\nfor a removal to their new homes. At the time last men-\\ntioned, Perus Atherton and Pliny A. Skinner the latter\\nof whom had also purchased land at the same date as the\\nAthcrtons came on from Pontiac, and found Reuben\\nTupper settled, as before stated. They began their labors\\nby cutting out a road sufficient for the passage of a team\\nand wagon, commencing at the point where the railroad\\ncrosses the old Saginaw turnpike, thence due east along the\\nsection lines to Thread River, or the proposed Atherton\\nsettlement. This was the first road opened in the town-\\nship other than the Saginaw road. The two pioneers then\\nconstructed two log houses, one for each of them, and after\\ntheir completion a third one was erected for Shubael Ather-\\nton.\\nThe families of Skinner and Perus Atherton were settled\\nin November Shubael Atherton joined them a few weeks\\nlater. These three families pa.ssed the winter alone in the\\nwilderness, and formed the nucleus of what was destined to\\nbe a thriving settlement of thirty families ere the lapse ot\\nthe ensuing twelve months.\\nHenry Schram was born in Schenectady, N. Y., and with\\nhis father s family settled in Jefferson County, of the same\\nState, at an early period. In September, 1835, he left\\nAdams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and arrived in the Atherton\\nsettlement October 3d. He was accompanied by his wife,\\na daughter of Nathaniel Curtis. His first work was to build\\na log house for the reception of Curtis family. He pur-\\nchased the west half of the northwest quarter of section 20\\nof the government, March 10, 1836, and 80 additional acres\\non the same section May 26th of the same year. His father,\\nJohn Schram, and brothers Isaac, William, Truman, James,\\nGeorge, David, and one si.stcr, Mary Jane, became settlers\\nin the township in the spring of 1836.\\nIn May, 1830, Capt. Nathaniel Curtis (a soldier of\\n1812), Adonijah Atherton (brother of Shubael aud Perus),\\nAsahel Robinson, Elisha Salisbury, all with families, and\\nHarmon Clark (a young man employed by Capt. Curtis),\\ncame from Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and, after a journey\\nof fourteen days, arrived in the settlement during the same\\nmonth.\\nBarnabus Norton, James Ingalls, Joseph Chambers and\\nsons, also from Jefferson Co., N. Y., became settlers soon", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0523.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "344\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nafter. It is related that William and Jeremy Chambers\\nwalked the entire distance from Joffersoc Co., N. Y., to\\ntheir place of settlement in Michiu;an.\\nJohn Hiller, from Ogdeu, Monroe Co., N. Y., purchased\\n320 acres upon sections 23 and 26 in June, 1836, and set-\\ntled upon his purchase in September following. His present\\nresidence was the first framed house erected in the eastern\\npart of the township; it was built in 1S43, and his barn,\\nthe second framed one, in 1842.\\nAmong others who settled in 1836 and early in 1837\\nwere William Tilton, Thomas Bownes, William Bendle,\\nBenjamin Boomer, Horace Boomer, Clark Boomer, Cephas\\nCarpenter, Tunis Cole, Adouiram Dan. Daniel Estes, Col.\\nT. Gorton, John L. Gage, Ovid Hemphill. Harris Hibbard,\\nCharles Johnson, John McCormick, Samuel McCormick,\\nBenjamin F. Olmsted, Walter Rail, William Rail, Thomas\\nSweet, Ephraim Walker, and Jesse Whitcomb.\\nThe following-named settlers purchased lands of the\\ngeneral government, and located in the township at an\\nearly day Jacob Eldridge, Edward Eldridge, from Liv-\\ningston Co., X. Y. John Clifford, from Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y. Levi Walker, from Cayuga Co., N. Y. Ben-\\njamin Pearson, Samuel S. Todd, Zenas Goulding, Charles\\nP. Day, Nathaniel B. Overton, Jesse Chapman, and Joel\\nBardwell, Jr., from Oakland Co., Mich. Jonathan Har-\\nrington and Albert G. Gage, from Ontario Co., N. Y.\\nDaniel Hiller, Ira Donelson, Timothy B. Tucker, Peter\\nStiles, Samuel C. Stiles, and Abel S. Donelson, from Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y. George Beckwith, Oneida Co., N. Y.\\nWarren Annable, Oliver Short, and a lanre family of sons,\\nfrom Otsego Co., N. Y. Nathan Lamson and Mark M.\\nJerome, from Jefferson Co., N. Y. and Andrew Cos, from\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y.\\nA majority of the early settlers of Burton, or, as it was\\nthen known, Flint township, came from the towns of Adams\\nand Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and their location was\\nknown for many years as the Atherton settlement.\\nHere they cle;ired up the forests, built themselves houses,\\nestablished a school and a church, and laid the foundation\\nof a thriving Christian community. Of those who came\\namong them and settled here during the fourth decade of the\\npresent century, none became better known in the county and\\nState, and in later years in many of the Eastern, Middle, and\\nWestern States, than Rev. Oi son Parker, the evangelist.\\nMr. Parker was the grandson of a veteran of the Revo-\\nlutionary war, and was born near where the city of Law-\\nrence, Mass., now stands, in 1800. In 1814 he went to\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., where his father had removed with\\nhis family in 1811. They settled in the town of Henderson,\\nnot far from Henderson Harbor, Lake Ontario. In 1821\\nhe began the study of law with the late Judge Thomas C.\\nChittenden. He eventually became the law p.artner of\\nMr. Chittenden, and continued to practice with m;u-ked\\nsuccess until an event occun-ed which completely changed\\nthe whole course of his life, and led to results in after-years\\nwhich far exceeded in their importance the most brilliant\\nsuccesses which he could possibly hope to gain in the profes-\\nsion of law.\\nExtravt from a biographical sketch of his life.\\nHe Was married in 1827 to Miss Celestine Gridley.\\nOne boy was born to them, who lived but three months.\\nA year and a half after their marriage the young wife died.\\nHe then began a careful study of the Bible. The effect\\nproduced upon his mind by the loss of his wife and child,\\nand his strong desire to fulfill his promise to her to meet\\nher in heaven, made his heart peculiarly susceptible to re-\\nligious influences, and during a revival in Adams, under the\\nministrations of Rev. Jedediah Burchard, he became con-\\nverted. He then gave up the practice of law, and entered\\nthe Auburn (^N. Y.) Theological Seminary. After a year s\\nstudy he returned to Adams, was examined and licensed to\\npreach by the Black River Association. In 1832 he mar-\\nried Diana Eleanor, a daughter of Adonijah Atherton, of\\nHendtyson, N. Y. The same year he was called by the\\nPresbyterian Church of Belleville, N. Y., where he con-\\ntinued one year. He was then employed by the Black\\nRiver Association to hold protracted meetings in the\\nchurches within thtir limits. He was called to Cassville,\\nN. Y., in 1834, remaining two years. From there he went\\nto Ohio, held revival meetings all through the Western Re-\\nserve, and for a few months supplied the pulpit in Painesville.\\nIn August, 1837, he came from Ohio with his family,\\nconsisting of his wife and three young children. With a\\nsingle horse and buggy, he brought his family from Detroit\\nto which place they had come from Sandusky to his\\nfather-in-law s house, in the wilds of Northern Michigan.\\nAt that time, the country north of Detroit was spareely\\nsettled only here and there was a little clearing in the\\nforest, where some sturdy pioneer had begun to hew out a\\nhome for himself and family. There was no public con-\\nveyance. The road was a mere trail through the woods,\\nalmost impassiible except in the driest part of the season.\\nLeaving his family at the home of Mr. Atherton, he began\\na mission, which ended only with his life, March 14, 1876.\\nHis first work in the Slate w;is in the village of Flint, then\\na place of a dozen or twenty houses. The first communion\\nwas administered by Mr. Piirker, in the fall of 1837, the\\ncongregation meeting in the unfinished loft of a store. At\\nan early period he purchased the fine farm in Burton at\\npresent occupied by his widow. This place, and Flint, with\\nthe exception of a few years spent elsewhere, have been the\\nresidence of the family since 1844. Mr. Parker labored\\nincessantly in promoting revivals. His seasons of work\\nwere usually from about the first of September till the last\\nof April or May. His field extended i rom JIassachusetts\\nto Iowa, from Canada to Maryland. He died at Havana,\\nN. Y., of paralysis, while in the midst of his labors. He\\ndied, as he wished to die, with the harness on. During the\\nlast months of his lile he wrote a work, entitled The Fire\\nand the Hammer, or Revivals, and how to Promote them,\\nwhich was published soon after his death.\\nThe first years were trying ones to the people in the\\nAtherton settlement. The removal from New York to\\nMichigan and the purchase of their lands had, in most\\ninstances, exhausted their all. For a ye;ir or two many of\\nthem worked for the Atherton brothers, Capt. Curtis, and\\nPliny A. Skinner, who, at this time, were considered fore-\\nhanded. Soon their resources were gone, ejten up poor\\ncrops followed an unfavorable season, and all were poor in", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0524.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "n", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0525.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0526.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "BURTON TOWNSHIP.\\n345\\ncommon. Destitution and privations existed upon all sides\\nwomen nurtured amid the comforts and luxuries of their\\nEastern homes wept and prayed alternately, as their vision\\ntook in the waste of forests and the few acres of cleared,\\nyet stumpy land, which environed their rude cahins.\\nBut the hond of common suffering more firmly knit the\\nties of friendship and nei ;hborly affection. With strong\\narms aud undaunted hearts, the men whose names are\\nmenticmed in this chapter finally wrought from the frown-\\ning wilderness a competence, and many of them arc to-day,\\nwith their children, enjoying the fruits of an honorable,\\nindustrious life in one of the most fertile regions of the\\nState of Michigan.\\nThe resident tas-pa3xrs in 1844 were,\\nAllen, Isaac P.\\nAlger, Georf^c,\\nAnnabel, AVurren.\\nAllen, James.\\nAllen, Jiisun.\\nAIe,\\\\ani.ler, W illiiun E.\\nAtherton, Shubael.\\nAtherton, Elihu N.\\nAtherton, Adonijuh.\\nAtherton, Perus.\\nAlexander, John F.\\nIJrown, Chauncey.\\nliowns, Thomas.\\nTJowns, John.\\nIlentley, Jauics.\\niJentley, Henry.\\nIlentley, Seymour.\\niJcndle, AVilliam.\\nBest, Uiehard.\\nliarber, Elisha M.\\nIJoomcr, Benjamin.\\nBoomer, Horace.\\nBoomer, Clark.\\nBeasley, Jesse J.\\nBrown, Isaac.\\nBrown, David E.\\nBingham, Lorenzo.\\nBarkham, Joseph.\\nCrnper, Albertus.\\nCole, Tuni?.\\nClark, Harmon.\\nCurtis, Crandall N.\\nCox, Audrc\\\\v.\\nCarpenter, Cephas,\\nChamber:*, William D.\\nCurti?, Charles G.\\nChambers, Joseph.\\nChambers, Enoch N.\\nCliambcrs, Jeremy K.\\nCurtis, Nathaniel.\\nChase, Ira.\\nCurtis, Asahel.\\nCalvin, Handall.\\nDclbridge, John.\\nDan, Adoniram.\\nDonclson, Horace L.\\nDonelson, Abel S.\\nDay, Charles P.\\nEstes, Daniel.\\nEstes, David.\\nField, Bethucl.\\nFortoi), James,\\n(jriswuld, John C.\\nti recr, James.\\nNorton, Col. T.\\n(lage, John L.\\nliiller, J^ihn.\\n44\\nHemj.hill, Ovid.\\nHall, Trurniin.\\nHall, Wilhird.\\nHibbard, IIarri.-=.\\nIngalls, James.\\nJohnson, harlcs.\\nJudd, Asahel.\\nJudd, Henry.\\nJurome, Mark M.\\nJerome, Nathaniel C.\\nKnowlton, Abraham.\\nLamson, Nathan.\\nMcCormiek, John.\\nMeCorniiek, Samuel.\\nNcidhammer, Jno. F,\\nNorton, Barnabas.\\nNorton, Nelson.\\nOlmsted, Benjamin F.\\nParker, Orson.\\nPeck, Jc?se P.\\nParrish, Jasper.\\nPierce, Cak-b.\\nPierce, Silas K.\\nPreston, Daniel.\\nPlass, Jacob.\\nRail, Walter.\\nKail, William.\\nBall, Benjamin.\\nKobinson, Asahel.\\nItobinson, Isaac N.\\nSeymour, Burr.\\nShort, Uriah.\\nShort, Amasa.\\nShort, Augustus.\\nShort, Charles.\\nShort, Albert.\\nShort, Dclos.\\nSchram, Truman.\\nSmith, David.\\nSkinner, James M.\\nStone, Salmon.\\nSchram, John I.\\nSchram, Henry.\\nSkinner, Pliny A.\\nSweet, Thomas.\\nTilton, William.\\nTupper, Reuben.\\nThompson, Francis D.\\nVodden, Henry.\\nWliittlesey, William.\\nWhittlesey, Harlow.\\nWalker, Ephraim S.\\nWliiteomb, Jea.-fe.\\nWebster, Steward H.\\nWukott, Jno. J.\\nWittuiii, Rexfurd.\\nWittum, Sylvester.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nBurton township, originally a part of Grand Blanc, be-\\ncame a portion of Flint in I83G.\\nIn 1830, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,\\n15, IG, and 17, by an act of the State Legislature, became\\nthe south part of the now obsolete township of Kearslei/.\\nBy the same authority, these sections were reannexcd to\\nFlint, March 7, 1843.\\nThe Board of Supervisors of Genesee County, by pre-\\namble and resolutions, of date Oct. 12, 1855, resolved as\\nfollows\\n\\\\\\\\lnn-rnn, ApplJcalion has Vjoon made, according to law, to divide\\nthe township of Flint into two townships; and whereas, the township\\nof Flint includes two surveyed townships, excejit that part included\\nin the city of Flint.\\nTherefore, resolved, by the Board of Supervisors of the county of\\nGenesee\\nSection 1. That all that part of the township of Flint inrludcd\\nin township No. 7 north, of range No. 7 east, be, and the same is\\nhereby, set off and orji;ani/.ed into a separate township by the name of\\nBurton; and the firnt township meeting for the election of oHicers\\nshall be held on the first Monday of April, 1S56, at the Atherton\\nschool-house in said township; and that Harlow Whittlesey, Henry\\nD. Frost, and Kelson Norton, be, and they are hereby, appointed to\\npreside at such meeting, apjjoint a clerk, open and keep the polls,\\nand exercise the same powers as inspectors of elections at any town-\\nship meeting; and that Harlow AVhittlcsey be, and he is hereby,\\napjjointed to post up notices, according to law, of the time and place\\nof such meeting, in the newly organized township of Burton.\\nBy sections 2 and 3 of the same resolution, township\\nNo. 7 north, of range C east (Flint), was organized into a\\nseparate township by the name of Garland. These sec-\\ntions were amended at a session of the board of super-\\nvisors, held Feb. 5, 185G, and the name of Flint substi-\\ntuted in the place of Garland.\\nFIRST TOWNSHIP-MEETING.\\nAt the first township-meeting of the town of Burton,\\nheld o!i the 7ih day of April, 185G, Henry D. Frost, Nel-\\nson Norton, and Charles G. Curtis served as inspectors of\\nelection, and Henry D. Frost as chairman of the board.\\nTlie whole number of votes given the candidates for tlie\\noffice of supervisor was 159, of which Harlow Whittlesey\\nreceived 103, and John L. Gage, 56. The following-\\nnamed officers were elected at this meeting: Harlow Whit-\\ntlesey, Supervisor Daniel E. Salisbury, Township Clerk\\nRobert Chambers, Treasurer Henry D. Frost, School In-\\nspector Jacob M. Eldridgc, Talman Frost, Nelson Norton,\\nJoel Bardwell, Justices of the Peace; Enoch M. Chambers,\\nAbalino Babcock, Harrison G. Conger, Highway Commis-\\nsioners Ira Chase, Salmon Stone, Directors of the Poor\\nEdward Eldridge, Lorenzo T. Frost, Charles Pettis, Perry\\nJudd, Constables, Overseers of Highways: District 1,\\nWilliam Van Buren 2, Francis Hitchcock; 3, James\\nBigelow 4, Jacob I lass 5, Richard Bush 6, Joseph W.\\nMetealf; 7, Salmon Stone; 8, John F. Alexander; D, Caleb\\nGillett; 10, Daniel Jeffers 11, Ambrose Jones; 12, Wil-\\nliam L. Van Tuylc; 13, Perus Atherton; 14, Henry\\nF. Franklin; 15, John O Conor; IG, David Smith; 17,\\nJoel Bardwell; 18, Asa Wolverton 19, Ira Chase 20,\\nWallace W. Gorton; 21, Rufus Chase; 22, Henry F.\\nHill.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0527.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "34G\\nHISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe fullowing is a list of the principal township officers\\nfrom 1856 to 1878, inclusive:\\n1856.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n]S59.\\n1860.\\n1801.\\n1SG2.\\n18G:j.\\n1864.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n1867.\\n1868.\\n1869.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1872.\\n1873.\\n1874.\\n1875.\\n1876.\\n1877.\\n1878.\\nSupervisors. Township Clerks,\\nUarlow Whittlesey. D. B. Salisbury.\\nDavid Sell ram.\\nSamuel K. Alherton. George M. Curtis.\\nJesse J. Ucasley,\\nAndrew J. Crnnk.\\nJohu C. Wolvcrton.\\nTreasurers.\\nKobert Chambers.\\nGust. A. Atherton.\\nDewilt Parker. David A. Salisbury.\\nSamuel K. Atherton. Wm. J. Montgomery.\\nII it It ti\\nOscar M. Cole.\\nDavid Schram.\\nCharles G. Curtis.\\nRomain Putnam.\\nWalter Phillips.\\nJesse J. Beasley.\\nGeorge M. Curtis,\\n.lohn Webber.\\nElbert T. Pettis.\\nJohn C. Wolverton.\\nNo record.\\nFred. W. Fuller.\\nAndrew J. Cronk.\\nHarvey Noble.\\na it\\nDaniel R. Pratt.\\nThomas Cakcr.\\nIlirnm Bidleman.\\nJesse J. Leasley.\\nLewis lliUcr.\\nJUSTICES OF THE PEACE.\\nTalmon Frost, William Hammond, Joel Bardwell, 1857 Nelson Nor-\\nton, Robert Chambers, 1858; William Bcndlc, 1859; Joshua\\nVose, James Forton, 1860; Robert Chambers, Albert Short,\\n1861 Abalino Babcock, Robert Chambers, 1862; James Forton,\\n1863; Talmon Frost, 186t; Robert Chambers, 1865; Peter A.\\nMontgomery, 1866 John Webber, 1867 Charles G. Curtis, 1868\\nRobert Chambers, 1869; Peter A. Montgomery, Adelbert C.\\nSchram, 187(); David Schram, Nathan Lauipson, Abalino Bab-\\ncock, 1871; no record for 1872; Harrison G. Conger, (ieorge R.\\nHowe, 1873; John D. Joslin, Samuel R. Atherton, 1875; George\\nR. Howe, Samuel R. Atherton, 1876; Harrison G. Conger, Har-\\nvey Noble, 1877; John AVcbber, 1878.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.\\nKnOL-h N. Chambers, Abalino Babcock, Harrison (J. Conger, 1S56;\\nHenry Schram, 1857; Enoch N. Chambers, 1858; Harrison G.\\nConger, 1859; Henry Schram, 1860; Robert Chambers, 1S6I;\\nHarrison G. Conger, 1862; Henry Schram, 1863; Uriah Pratt,\\n1864; Robert Chambers, 1865; Henry Schram, 1866; James R.\\nBigelow, 1867; Harris Hibbard, Allen B. Jones, 1868; Charles\\nG. Curtis, 1869; Harrison G. Conger, 1870; Robert Chambers,\\nHenry Schram, 1871; no record, 1872; Isaiio Johnson, 1873;\\nRobert Chambers, 1874; Henry Schram, Robert Chambers, 1875;\\nHenry Schram, 1876-77; William Murrill, 1878; Henry L.\\nFranklin, Drain Commissioner, 1878.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\nHenry D. Frost, 1856-57; David Schram, 1858; Henry D. Frost,\\n1859 H. H. Schram, 1860 Henry D. Frost, Charles A. Crapser,\\n1861; Walter Phillips, 1862; Henry D. Frost, 1863; Adelbert\\nC. Schram, 1864; George M. Curtis, 1865; Adelbert C. Schram,\\n1866; George M. Curtis, 1SG7; Adelbert C. Schram, 1868; John\\nC. Wolverton, 1860; Adelbert C. Schram, 1870; John C. Wolver-\\nton, 1871 Henry D. Frost, Thomas H. Baker, 1873; no record\\nfor 1872; Thomas H. Baker, 1871 Henry D. Frost, 1875; Sam-\\nuel R. Atherton, 1876; Adelbert C. Schram, 1877; Theophilus\\nHarrington, 1878 Robert F. Baker, Town School Superintendent,\\n1878.\\nCONSTABLES.\\nEdward Eldridge, Lorenzo T. Frost, Charles Pettie, Perry Judd,\\n.1856; Harrison G. Conger, Albertus Crapser, Charles Pettis,\\nLorenzo T. Frost, 1857; John Covert, Henry F. Hill, David R.\\nSmith, John McAllister, 1858; John C. Covert, Rufus Chase,\\nLorenzo T. Frost, Russel J. Enos, 1S59; Norman F. Decker,\\nAbalino Babcock, John Webb, Jonathan Cuen, 1860; Abalino\\nBabcock, Jesse J. Beasley. Caleb Gillctt, Edward Eldridge, 1861\\nJesse J. Beasley, Caleb (Jillett, Rufus Chase, Erastus K. Carrier,\\n1862; Rufus Chase, John Webber, Jesse J. Beasley, John E.\\nCovert, 1863; Erastus K. Carrier, Jesse J. Beasley, Romaine\\nPutnam, Palmer A. Green, 1864; Jesse J. Beasley, Nelson Nor-\\nton, John E. Covert, Erastus K. Carrier, 1865; Henry D. Frost,\\nThomas C. Bush, George S. Lum, Jesse J. Beasley, 1866; Thomas\\nC. Bush, Henry Enos, Adelbert C. Schram, George S. Lum, 1867;\\nThomas C. Bush, Jesse J. Beasley, Milo Goodrich, Edwin Van\\nTuyl, 1868; Andrew D. Holford, Alexander O Rourke, George\\nH. Robinson, Daniel Gillett, 1869; Harrison Parker, Daniel\\ntiillett, Amos Crapser, Alfred S. Skinner, 1870: James Monti-\\nmore, Robert W. Day, Ale.\\\\ander O Rourke, 1871; no record\\nfor 1872; Amos S. Crapser, Hiram W. Biddlcman, Alexander\\nO Rourke, John AVebber, 1873; Alexander O Rourke, James\\nPierce, Leonidas H. Green, Thomas C. Bush, 1874 James Pierce,\\nAlexander O Rourke, Adelbert C. Schram, John Perry, 1875;\\nAlex. O Rourke, Elbert T. Rettis, .Tames Pierce, George H. Rob-\\ninson, 1876; James Pierce, Alex. O Rourke, Daniel Gillett, Wm.\\nW. Merrill, 1877; Anson Parks, Danvers W. Farrar, Thomas\\nBush, 1878.\\nSCHOOL.S.\\nThe first school-house was built in the Atherton district\\nin the summer of 1836, and the fir.st school was taught by\\nMiss Betsey Atherton, daughter of Adonijah. She was a\\nmost estimable young lady, and her death, which occurred\\na few months later, was the first in the settlement.\\nFrom 1836 until 1850 the schools and school-reports arc\\nso interwoven with those of Flint township, of which this\\nthen formed a part, that no intelligible data can be gathered\\nas to the condition of early schools.\\nThe following statistics are taken from the school inspec-\\ntor s report for the year ending Sept. 2, 1 878\\nNumber of whole districts, 4 fractional districts, 4.\\nChildren of school age in the township, 328 attending\\nschool during the year, 249. Frame school-houses, 8.\\nSeating capacity of school-houses, 437. Yalue of school\\nproperty, $4850. Male teachers employed during the year,\\n2 female teachers, 15. Months taught by male teachers,\\n5| by female teachers, 55 J. Paid male teachers, $67.75\\nfemale tcacher.s, \u00c2\u00a71)42 total, $1009.75.\\nReceipts. From moneys on hand, Sept. 3, 1877, two-\\nmill tax, primary-school fund, tuition of non-resident\\nscholars, district taxes for all purposes, and raised from all\\nother sources, $1832.09.\\nExpenditures. Teachers wages, $1009.75; for building,\\nrepairs, and all other purpo.ses, $644.04 amount on hand,\\nSept. 2, 1878, $178.30; total, $1832.09.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nDuring the year 1836 some thirty families settled in the\\ntownship. A m;ijority of them were, or became soon after,\\nmembers of the Baptist and Congregational societies.\\nShubael Atherton was a deacon of the Baptist Church.\\nHis brother, Adonijah, was a deacon of the Congregational\\nChurch. The first religious meeting in the township was\\nheld in Shubael Atherton s dwelling-house, some time\\nduring the summer of 1836. The following winter a re-\\nvival took place. Meetings were held in the school-house.\\nBaptists, Congregationalists, and Methodists joined in the\\nservices, and, as a result of these meetings, except one\\nfamily, every man, woman, and child of the thirty families\\nwas converted and baptized.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0528.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "Residence of ROBERT CHAMBERS, Burton, Genesee CcMich.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0529.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0530.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "UUUTON TOWNSlllR\\n347\\nBURTON METHODIST EPISCOPAI, CUUKCII.\\nTliia soL u t_v was oriranizod in Doconilu r, IS. tS. IJov.\\nMr. lliizon ami Mr. Wliitiicy wimv t-aily iircafliers. Tlu ir\\nfirst meetings were hold in tlio AtluTtoii scluml lioiise.\\nDuriiiij; llio winter of ISIiS-oi) tliey held nieetiiins in llar-\\nuion Clark s loj; lumse, and eoiitinued tluni there for about\\ntwo years. The Cole scliool-house was then oeeupied as a\\nplace of worship, and still later the Punel.son sehoolhoiise.\\nThe nienihers lit the tirst elass were John lliller and wile,\\nI liny A. Skinner and wile, Tunis Cole and wife, John\\nSehram and wile. Ilarnioii Clark and wife joined soon\\nafter. Tliis class was kept up with iiidiflereiit success until\\nthe spring of 184(!, when a second class was formed in the\\ntownship, called the Southeast Methodist Episcopal Class\\nin liurton. This latter class was composed of tlie follow-\\ning original niemliers, viz. Tra Luni, Catherine Luin, Da-\\nvid Estes, Klijah Estes, John Stephens, Jr., (ieorgo Alger,\\nMark M. Jerome, Daniel Estes, and Mariam Estes. IVtcr\\nA. Montgomery and his wile, Matilda, joined a few weeks\\nlater. Those remaining in the old organization then united\\nwith the new one.\\nThe first meetings were held in the dwelling hoiises of\\nIra Lum and V. A. Montgomery, al\\\\erwards at the Donel-\\nson school-house, where they were continued until the\\ncompletion of their present church edifice in 1858-5!). It\\ncost SI 400, and has sittings for 175 people.\\nAmong the tir.st preachers were Kevs. Mr. Hell, Whit-\\nmore, and Seth Head. Other pastors settled as follows\\nWm. Blades, 1851; George Bradley, 1852; S. P. Lee,\\n1852; G. N. Belknap, 1853; I. P. Cawthorne, 1S5I H.\\nC. Crane, 1855; A. Allen, 1857; Fra/.er, 1858;\\nJoseph S. Sutton, 18C0 J. W. Cripjien, IStil 8. T. Seel-\\nye, ISC.:!; J. W. Crippen, ISlM T. J. Jo.slin, 18(;5\\nA. C. Shaw, ISCt!; C. Mo.sher, ISCu 0. Wliitlemore,\\n1868; II. N. Brown, 1871; E. Westlake, 1872; II. W.\\nHicks, 1873; John Hamilton, 187(i Rodney Gage, pres-\\nent pastor, 1878. George Howe, superintendent of Sab-\\nbath-school.\\nTHE UAl TIST CHURCH ol i:.\\\\ST I l.INT.\\nOn the 25lh of March, 1812, a meeting of llio.se favor-\\nable to the organization of a Bajitist society in the Ather-\\nton settlement was held at the house of Shubael Atherlon.\\nAt this meeting Elder Chase presided as chairman, and\\nElihu N. Atlierton served as clerk. Committi^es were ap-\\npointed to visit brethren and sisters, and to prepare articles\\nof faith and covenant. The meeting was then adjourned\\nfor two weeks, and again was adjourned from time to time,\\non account of the bad going, until April 28, 1842, when,\\nat a meeting held in the school-house, presided over by\\nRev. Jo.seph Gambell, chairman, and Shubael Atherlon,\\nclerk, articles of faith and covenant were adopted. It was\\nfurther resolved that this church be known as the Baptist\\nChurch of East Flint, and that the churches of Grand\\nBlanc, Highland, and Poiitiae, and the churches presided\\nover by Elders Grow and Barnes, bo invited to meet us in\\ncouncil on the last Wednesday in May next at ten o clock\\nin the forenoon. Shubael .Vtherton was then ehn-ted dea-\\ncon, James M. Skinner clerk, and Perns Atherlon and Ovid\\nHemphill a standing committee of the church. The original\\nmembers were 111 in number, as follows Shubael Atherlon,\\nRandall Colvin, Perns .\\\\lberlon, Ovid Hemphill, James\\nM. Skinner, Klilui N. Atherlon, Adin Allen, Henry Col-\\nvin, Franklin Alexander, I. Childs Atherlon, Sarah Ather-\\nlon, Lucy Alhertoii, Eunice Skinner, ynlhia Skinner,\\nSu.san Colvin, Flizabetli Read, Deborah Sweet, Sarah\\nGambell, and Philiiida Cbamliers.\\nThis small ehureb then went forward, and eonlinucd in\\nan active state of exi.stencc nntil January, 1854, when, at a\\nspecial meeting, it was resolved that we deem it a luty\\nwe owe to God and our fellow-men, and the best interests\\nof the Redeemer s kingdom, to di.ssolve this elnueh by\\nvoting all the members in good standing letters of dismis-\\nsion and recomniendaliori, and that the following pei^sons\\nhave letters, to wit VMvv Wm. 11. Fuller and wife. Elder\\nStillmaii, T. Grow and wife. Perns Atherlon ami wife, Philo\\nMincer and wife, 1. C. Atherlon and wife, Siimuel U. Atlier-\\nton, Sarah Atlierton, Ovid Hemphill, Elizabeth Read, David\\nSmith, Sarah Smith, Tjoui.xa Van Wornier, Sally Overton,\\nWill. 1). Chambers and wife, Mary Alexander, Isaac Allen\\nand wife, Tirzali .Vllen, Thomas Sweet and wife, and Cei)lias\\nCarpenter; and that if any brethren or sisters have been\\noverlooked, the clerk be instructed to give such letters. A\\nlarge portion ol those just mentioned then joined the I Miiit\\nand Grand Blanc Baptist churches.\\nDuring the continuance of this society 88 members were\\nadmitted, and a parsoiiagi^ was erected on Deacon Shubael\\nAtherloii s farm. The meetings were held in llu! .school-\\nhouse Usually, ihongli very fre(|Uontly in Deacon Alberlon s\\nhouse. Their liisl pastor, Rev. Joseph Gambell, continued\\nwith tliein iiiilil October, 1815. Rev. S. Barnes commenced\\nhis labors Nov. 1, 184G, and remained until August, 1849.\\nRev. Stillman T. Grow then siijiplied until the coming of\\nRev. William II. Fuller, Jan. 1, lS50,wlio remained until\\nthe disbandment of the society, in 1854. Rev. Israel C.\\nAtlierton, son of Shubael, one of the constituent members\\nif this church, became a Baptist minister, and at different\\nperiods was jiastor of the Novi, Grand Blanc, and Atlas\\nchurches.\\nCONGREOATIONAIi CHURCHES.\\nThe Second Congregational Church of Flint, situated in\\nthe Atherlon settlement, was formed in the school-house\\nill the same settlement, Sept. 19, 1839. Rev. Orson Parker\\nand Barnabas Norton presided at the first meeling, and\\nAsaliel Robinson, Asaliel Curtis, and Henry Sehram were\\nelected trustees.\\nThis society was reorganized as the First Congregational\\nSociety of Burton, Feb. 2, 1859, and among the prominent\\nmembers were Asaliel Robin.son, Ira Cha.sc, Talman Frost,\\nHenry Sehram, Henian Robinson, C. G. Curtis, II. D.\\nFrost, and David A. Salisbury. The trustees then elected\\nwere Heniau Robinson, Henry Sehram, and Ira Chase.\\nThis society still exists, and is connected with the Grand\\nBlanc Church, services being held at either place alternately.\\nMI .TIlOIlI.ST Ki isrorAi, ciiiiRru.\\nA society of this ileiioniinalioii was lornied ami incorpo-\\nrated in the soutlieasterii part of the townshi|), Pec. 28,\\n1854. Present Rev. John W. Courtliorne, Ira liuni, Peter\\nA. Montgomery, Rufus Chii.se, Delos Short, Uri Pratt, Isaac", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0531.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "348\\nIlISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nJennings, David Estcs, and Lorenzo Stevens. A church\\nedifice has since been erected, and the society is in an appa-\\nrently flourisliing condition.\\nPROTESTANT JIKTHODIST CHURCH.\\nThis society was formed in 1813 by the Rev. Lorenzo\\nWarren, at tlie Ilorton sehool-liouse, in Atlns townsliip,\\ntlie first members being Harmon Clark, Harris Ilibbard,\\nand Phoebe Siirryhine. Among other early members were\\nWarren Annable and wife, Samuel Day, and John Anna-\\nblc. A church edifice was built in the southeast part of\\ntliis township some ten years ago. Present membership\\nabout 80 Uov. 3Ir. Wright pastor.\\nOther data were respectfully requested from oflicial mem-\\nbers of the churches last mentioned, but they failed to\\nfurnish thorn.\\nOur thanks arc due to Messrs. Henry Schram, Samuel R.\\nAtherton, Pliny A. Skinner, John lliller, Peter A. Mont-\\ngomery, Daniel Estes, Harmon Clark, Perus Atherton, Mrs.\\nDiana K. Parker, and many others, for valuable information\\nand courteous treatment.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nTHE ATHERTON FAMILY.\\nNearly a century and a half ago, there came to the .shores\\nof America, in company with a small colony of people who\\nhad left England to seek homes for themselves in the wilds\\nof the New World, a man named Atherton, who was the first\\nof that name in this country, and the ancestor of numerous\\ndescendants, among whom are the members of the Atherton\\nfamily of Genesee County, to whom this biographical sketch\\nhas especial reference. Neither the Christian name of this\\nancestor nor anything of his history is known, except that\\nhe settled among the hills of Massachusetts, and at his\\ndeath (the date of which is not recorded) he left a son\\nnamed Shubael Atherton, who at the breaking out of the\\nold French-and-Indian war, in 1755, was a farmer at\\nGreenfield, in that State. The settlers in that exposed re-\\ngion at that time lived in such constant dread of the in-\\ncursions of the savages, that the words of Scripture (Nehe-\\nmiah iv., 17, 18), might well be applied to their condition\\nThey which builded on the wall, and they that bare bur-\\ndens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands\\nwrought in the work, and with the other hand held a\\nweapon. For the builders, every one had his sword girded\\nby his side, and so builded. And so it was with the farmers\\nof the Connecticut River Valley at that time. They worked\\nin their fields in companies, leaving their loaded rifles in\\ncharge of one of their number, who acted as sentinel, to\\ngive timely alarm in case of the sudden appearance of\\ndanger. But upon one such occasion, when Shubael\\nAtherton was working with the others in a field of corn,\\nthe red foe crept upon them unawares, notwithstanding\\ntheir precautions, and he, with some of the others, was\\nkilled and scalped.\\nHe left one son to perpetuate the family name. This son\\n(born in Hampshire Co., Mass., Aug. G, 1750) was named\\nAdonijah, and became a farmer, as his father had been. He\\nmarried Temperance, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth\\nWorthington, and from this marriage there were born five\\nsons and si.\\\\ daughters. Of the .sons, two died in childhood\\nthe three who survived were named, respectively, Adonijah,\\nShubael, and Perus. During their childhood their parents\\nremoved to Shelburne, Franklin Co., Mass., where the\\nfamily all became inured to the hardships of the life of the\\nNew England farmer.\\nAs the sons approached the years of maturity they saw\\nthat the farm was too narrow for all, and that some of them\\nmust eventually seek other homes. As the patents had\\nbecome advanced in years, the eldest .son, Adonijah, had\\nvery naturally a.ssumed the head of affairs on the farm, and\\nit was mutually understood that the second son, Shubael,\\nshould leave the homestead and try his fortunes in the new\\ncountry lying farther west. So, in the year 1808, at the age\\nof twenty years, he left the home of his childhood, with little\\nor no capital save an honest purpose, agood name, and the ben-\\nediction of his fond. Christian parents, and, facing westward\\nwith a stout heart, found himself in due time near the shore\\nof Lake Ontario, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. (then regarded as\\nthe far West where he located a tract of land in the\\ntown of Henderson, near Henderson Harbor. Here he ap-\\nplied himself with untiring perseverance to the task of\\nclearing the farm which he designed for his future home,\\nand had so far progressed by the autumn of 1810 that he\\nreturned to Massachusetts for a wife. On the 10th of Oc-\\ntober, in that year, he was married in Shelburne, to Miss\\nClarissa Cliilds, a young lady of his own age, with whom\\nhe had been acquainted from childhood. The newly-mar-\\nried pair set out in a lumber-wagon to make the trip of two\\nhundred and fifty miles to their future home in the wilds\\nof Northern New York, where they arrived safely, and com-\\nmenced life in an humble, earnest way, and where, not long\\nafter, the eldest and youngest brothers, Adonijah and Perus,\\nwith their aged parents and surviving sisters, joined them,\\nall settling in the town of Henderson.\\nAdonijah Atherton had married, in Shelburne, Miss\\nEsther Long, daughter of Dr. John Long and the younger\\nbrother, Perus, married, subsequent to his removal to Hen-\\nderson, a young lady named Lucy Bogle, of that place.\\nThe younger (and now the only surviving) sister and her\\nhusband, Mr. Jonathan Cole, whose united ages number\\none hundred and sixty-six years, are still residents and\\nprominent members of society in Henderson, retaining and\\noccupying the same farm upon which they eommeneed life\\nsixty years ago.\\nAdonijah Atherton, Sr. (son of that Shubael who was\\nkilled by the Indians at Greenfield, Mass., and father of\\nthe family who are here especially mentioned), died at Hen-\\nderson, on the homestead, then occupied by his son Adon-\\nijah, Sept. 17, 1822, at the age of seventy-two years.\\nHis widow, the honored mother of the family, passed her\\nlater years with her daughter, Mrs. Cole, and died June\\n24, 1844, aged eighty-eight years.\\nThe three adult sons of this venerable coujile all pro-\\nfessed their faith in Christ in early manhood, and became", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0532.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "f5$\\nJ.C. Atherton.\\np. Atherton.\\nMRS. S.R. ATHERTON\\nS.R. ATHERTON", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0533.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0534.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "BURTON TOWNSHIP\\n349\\neiuinentlj useful in their pruclical Jcvotioii to the interests\\nof Christianity. Adonijah beeame a member and deacon\\nof the Presbyterian Church Shubael and Pcrus were\\nchosen to tlie same office in the Baptist Ciiurch, with\\nwhich they had become identified as members and these\\npositions of trust and confidence tliey ever continued to fill\\nwith fidelity. All of these three brothers were also en-\\njiaged in the military service of their country during the\\nlast war with England, serving with credit in the ope-\\nrations at Sacketl s Harbor and other point.s. Perus, the\\nyoungest, now aged eiglity-four years, is among the few\\nhonored survivors of that memorable war.\\nThe household of Shubael Atherton was early invaded\\nby death and by the month of October, ISIS, he had\\nfollowed to the grave the partner of his youth, and four\\nbeloved children. In the following year, 1819, he was\\nagain married at Shelburne, Mass., to a sister of his first\\nwife, Jliss Sarah Childs, who became a mother to liis\\ndaughter Clarissa, then eight years old, and the only sur-\\nvivor of his five children. This child afterwards became\\nthe wife of Jacob Wilkinson, of Vernon, Shia\\\\vas.sco Co.,\\nMich., where she spent many years of usefulness, and died\\na sincere Christian, Oct. 30, 1865, aged fifty-four years.\\nThe first child of Shubael and Sarah Atherton was a son,\\nIsrael Childs Atherton, born Sept. 7, 1823.\\nIn 1825, Shubael Atherton, with his wife and two\\nchildren, and his nephew, Pliny A. Skinner (who had\\nmade his home with his uncle, after the death of his\\nmother, Mrs. Dr. Skinner), left New York, and emigrated\\nto Michigan to settle on a farm which he had acquired by\\nexchange. This new homo (where the family arrived May\\n9, 1825) was in the Donelson neighborhood, in the east-\\nern edge of the present town of Waterford, Oakland Co.,\\nand about two miles west of Pontiac. When the township\\nwas organized the name Waterford was given to it at Mr.\\nAtherton s suggestion, on account of the numerous beau-\\ntiful lakes within its borders. During their eleven years\\nresidence in Oakland County, Mr. and Mrs. Atherton were\\nmembers of the church in Pontiac, and fully identified\\nwith its interests and Christian work. Two other children\\nwere born to them there, viz., Sarah, born Oct. 31, 1829,\\ndied May 20, 1834, and Samuel llufus, born May 10,\\n1832; the last-named being now the onlj surviving mem-\\nber of the family.\\nIn 1836, Mr. Atherton caught the then prevailing fever\\nwhich was setting a strong tide of emigration towards the\\nnew lands of Genesee County, and he concluded to leave\\nhis fine farm in Oakland to seek a newer country. So, in\\ncompany with his brother Perus (who had emigrated from\\nNew York and settled in Waterford some two years prior\\nto this), he started out on a prospecting tour. The two\\nsoon found them.sclvcs in the town of Vernon, Shiawassee\\nCo., where their nephew, Pliny A. Skinner, had then just\\ncommenced clearing a tract which he had selected. They,\\nhowever, concluded to look further, and I\\\\Ir. Skinner, being\\ndesirous of remaining with his uncles, dropped his a.\\\\e and\\naccompanied them. The three then took an Indian trail,\\nand soon found themselves at Flint River village, where the\\nland-office had then just been established. After exploring\\nthe Flint River region for a few day. and being much\\npleased with its appearance, each one finally located for him-\\nself a tract of government land on the Thread River in the\\npresent town of Burton. The two brothers then returned\\nto Waterford to secure the crops, which Shubael had not\\nincluded in the sale of his farm, and which would all be re-\\nquired for the support of the families and their stock in Gen-\\nesee County during the succeeding winter. About this time\\nthe eldest brother, Adonijah, arrived in Michigan from the\\nState of New York he also being on a prospecting tour to\\nfind a Western home for his family. Upon examining the\\nlands in Genesee, he too became greatly pleased with the\\nprospect, and decided to remove and settle with bis brothers,\\nprovided he could obtain a farm on the Thread River, but\\nwas not disposed to content himself with a location away\\nfrom it. His two brothers and Mr. Skinner had taken all\\nthe eligible lands in their immediate vicinity on that beauti-\\nful stream, but to remove the difficulty Shubael Atherton\\ngave up one-half his claim on the west (supplying himself\\nby additional purchase on the east), and so made a place\\nfor Adonijah on the stream, between his two brothers.\\nThus these four men formed the Atherton settlement, a\\nname which it has borne for more than forty years, and\\nwhich it will bear for many a year to come.\\nAfter about twelve years of happiness and prosperity\\nupon his new farm, Adonijah Atherton followed to the\\ngrave the wife of his youth, who had been for many years\\nthe light of his home, and a devoted Christian mother to\\nhis children. Her death occurred Sept. 4, 1848. Some\\nthree or four years later he married Eliziibeth Phelps, a\\nmaiden lady in middle life, who was constantly devoted to\\nthe promotion of his happiness and comfort during the\\nremnant of his declining years. Becoming unable, by\\nreason of increasing ago, to continue the management of\\nhis affairs, he finally sold his farm, and removed to a home\\nwhich he had purcha.sed in the city of Flint, and there he\\ndied Aug. 20, 1853, at the age of seventy years. A few\\nyears after his death his widow removed to West Lebanon,\\nN. II., her former home, and there closed her peaceful and\\neminently useful life.\\nFor nearly thirteen years after his firet settlement on the\\nwooded banks of the Thread River was Shubael Atherton,\\nthe scciind brother, permitted to live in his prosperous and\\ntruly Christian home. In all these years the names of\\nUncle Shubael and Aunt Sally Atherton were among the\\nmost familiar household words with all cla.sscs and condi-\\ntions of people, old and young, regardless of distance or ter-\\nritorial lines. Always identified with every enterprise that\\npromoted the industrial, moral, and religious interests of the\\ncommunity, his homo became both the asylum and the\\nchapel. His confidence and coun.sel were constantly sought,\\nand both were the spontaneous outgrowth of his generous\\nnature. But his years of pioneering foil had told upon\\nhis naturally vigorous constitution, and at last, early in the\\nyear 1849, he was prostrated by an attack of inflammation\\nof the lungs, from which he never recovered. He readily\\nacccijted the fact that his earthly work was done, and but\\nlittle time was required to jilacc his business matters in\\n.satisfactory form, when, releasing himself from all anxiety,\\nhe calmly entertained the prosjicct of his dissolution as a\\nmost welcome theme, and became wholly absorbed in the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0535.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "350\\nUISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICIIIGAx\\\\.\\nunveiled view of the wondrous work of redemption. In\\nthe morning of March 6, 1849, he bade liis friends a cheer-\\nful farewell as the welcome message came and released his\\nwilling spirit. The farm was sold by mutual consent of\\nthe family, in 1854, and in November of that year Mrs.\\nSally Athcrton, widow of Shubael, set out with her young-\\nest son to visit the home of her childhood in Sliclburne,\\nISFass., which she had not scon since she left it, a bride,\\nthirty-five years before. On her arrival the first place she\\nvi-sitcd was the old cemetery, where she knew there were more\\nof her old acquaintances than she would find in the homes of\\nthe livin j;. But the emotions awakened by the thronging\\nmemories of the place proved too much for her strength, and\\nalmost immediately afterwards it became apparent that she\\nhad returned only to die in her childhood s home. A brain\\nfever set in, which a week later resulted fatally, and Dec.\\n1, 1854, this Christian mother passed to her heavenly\\nreward.\\nPerus Athcrton, the youngest of the three brothers,\\nlived on his Thread River farm until well advanced in\\nyears and enfeebled in health, when he sold this property,\\nand purchased a home in the city of Flint, where he re-\\nmoved with his wife, and where, within convenient distance\\nof their place of religious worship, they anticipated an en-\\njoyment more precious to them than they could ever ex-\\nperience from increase of worldly goods. And these hopes\\nwere being realized when, in the morning of Aug. 26,\\n1872, the last summons came to Mrs. Athcrton, and she\\npassed away, at the age of seventy-six years fifty-six of\\nwhich had been spent with the companion whom she left\\nbehind, and who now, at the ago of eighty-four years,\\nwaits patiently his appointed time, ever firm and joyful in\\n(he Christian faith.\\nThe children of the three Atherton families, at the time\\nof their settlement on the Thread Kiver, were thirteen in\\nnumber, varying in age from young men and women ap-\\nproaching maturity to infants of three years. The children\\nof Adonijah were then four sons, Elihu, Orville, Fisher,\\nand Dudley and three daughters, Eleanor, Orteutia, and\\nBetsey. An elder son, John, had died before, young in\\nyears but rich in Christian faith. The elder daughter,\\nEleanor, had previously married the Rev. Orson Parker,\\nwho subsequently purchased and improved the Parker\\nhomestead in the Athcrton settlement. Oiville, Fisher,\\nand Betsey, all exemplary Christians, died in middle life.\\nThe daughter, Ortentia, som3 years later married Isaac N.\\nRobinson, and they are now living in the city of Flint.\\nThe elder son, Elihu, married and remained for several\\nyears in Genesee County, but afterwards moved with his\\nfamily to the north part of the State of Ohio, where he was\\na prominent agriculturist. Later, he moved farther west,\\nand remained until about two years ago, when failing\\nhealth and advancing years admonished him to return to\\nhis friends in the East, and he is now a welcome and hon-\\nored inmate of the home of his son, Fisher Atherton, in\\nthe city of Buffalo. Dudley Atherton, the youngest of his\\nfather s family, married, at the age of thirty, Miss Maria\\nBigelow, a teacher of experience. They have been exten-\\nsive travelers through the Western States and Territories to\\nthe .shores of the Pacific.\\nThe fiimily of Perus Athcrton, at the time of his settle-\\nment in Genesee County, consisted of two sons, Gustavus\\nand Shubael, and two daughters, Emily and Lucretia, all\\nbeing at that time in the golden years of childhood. The\\neldest son married Miss Sallie Filkins, and remained with\\nhis parents until the homestead was sold, when lie pur-\\nchased and removed to his present home in Burton. The\\nsecond son, Shubael, purchased, about 1850, a farm adjoin-\\ning his father s, the same which is now owned by S. R.\\nAtherton, and to this he soon after brought his newly-\\nmarried wife. Miss JMaria Chambers. Their married life\\nwas a happy but a short one, as he died Dec. 25, 1854.\\nHis sister Emily married Gary Chambers, and is now living\\na widow. The daughter, Lucretia, died at the age of eigh-\\nteen years, a sincere Christian.\\nThe children of Shubael Atherton were Lsrael C, born\\nin Henderson, N. Y., and Samuel R., born in Oakland Co.,\\nMich., as before mentioned. The elder (u.sually known\\namong his friends and acquaintances as Childs Atherton)\\nwas married to Miss Susan C. Colvin, and they, with the\\nwidow and younger son of Shubael Atherton, remained on\\nthe homestead after the death of the latter, until the sale of\\nthe property in 1854. Then he (Israel C. Atherton), with\\nhis wife and two children, Sarah and Alberta, removed\\nto Novi, in Oakland Count}-. They afterwards returned to\\nGenesee County, where he died in 1874. An obituary\\nnotice, written by a friend soon after, giving a truthful\\naccount of his life and death, and paying a just tribute to\\nhis many virtues, is here given\\n^Bicd, at liis rcsideiico in the tnwnsliiji of Atl;u^, Gcnescc Co.,\\nMicli of cousuiui tion, on the mornin;^ of July 4, 1874, Uuv. I. C,\\nAthcrton, after a lingering illness of many mouths.\\nThe deceased was tifty years of age, and a son of Deacon Shubael\\nAtherton, well known among the early pioneers and standard-bearers\\nof this county. At the early .and tender age of tiftcen years he made\\na j)ublic profession of his love to Christ, ant furnished unmistakable\\nevidence that the bright morning of his Christian life had dawned,\\nlie at once exhibited more than ordinary interest in the spiritual\\nwelfare of others, laboring intently in private and in public. He\\nwas wont to tender enc^iuragcuicnt and render re.al service in the\\nmaintenance of a young people s prayer-uiecting and not unfre-\\nquontly was the solicitude and anxiety of his parents aroused on his\\naccount, as he lingered long and earnest in his sacred retreat, bearing\\nin his arms of faith and prayer the ease of some friend or acquaint-\\nance, pleading earnestly lor their salvation. Such places about the\\njjarental home were made peculiarly siicred, and often have we re-\\nmained spell-boun 1 while being deterrcJ from our course on hearing\\nthese sweet words of prayer. In the moan time he united wirli the\\nBaptist Church, of which he has since remained nn earnest and faith-\\nful member; and by his even nni consistent life, morally and re-\\nligiously, he soon .secured fur himself a large circle of friends, both in\\nand out of the church, liarly in his Christian life was the gospel\\nministry inipres8c l upon his mind; yet his timid nature led him to\\nentertain such impressions quite unfavorably.\\nAt the age of twenty-one he married, and with his wife remained\\nu]ion Ihc home-farm in the town of Burton, assisting in its manage-\\nment as far as his already frail health would permit. Four years\\nlater his loved and honored father died, after a brief illness, leaving\\na most sad and irreparable blank in the household. Consequently the\\nmain burden of management and care was transferred unexpectedly\\nto the son s hands. And although his life was being made eminently\\nuseful, yet again and agiiin was the duty of preaching the gospel of\\nChrist to a perishing world iinj)ressed with redoubled force upon bis\\nmind. And not until the homestead had passed to other hands, and\\nho had removed with his family to the town of Novi, Oakland Co.,\\nand had buried a fond Chrisfian mother (whose sainted remains rest\\nquietly among the New England hills of her native town), did be re-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0536.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0537.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0538.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "BURTON TOWNSHIP.\\n351\\nspond to the Jivino f;ill iin l become willing to say, Here am T, tieml\\nHtf.\\nIn entering upon his new work at this point in life, lie went, as\\nit were, direct, yet tremblingly, from the pluw to the pulpit, feeling\\nthat his only reliance and hope of success was in a life n/ifnhnrttl and\\nsheltered by the Cross of Christ. He wa.s afterwards calleci to ordina-\\ntion by the church in Grand Blanc, which he was tlien serving.\\nIn reviewing his pastoral work in different localities, which has\\nbeen somewhat familiar to us, we feel justified in remarking that the\\ngame has been made quite acceptable, and characterized by many evi-\\ndent tokens of the Divine favor.\\nWhile visiting his sick-room from time to time, and enjoying the\\nprivilege of administering to some extent to liis wants, wo were led to\\nplace a much liigher estimate upon the real worth of Christianity.\\nAnd if we were to indulge in the envy of a real good, we would\\ndesire first of all that the infiucnce of his life and the spirit of his\\nprayers, together with his parting bles-ing, might live with us while\\nwe live, and that our last end might be like his.\\nIn view of a Christian life consummated in a triumphant death,\\nmay we not exclaim, To live is Christ, to die is gain He leaves a\\nwife, son, and daughter, also a largo circle of friends, to mourn his\\nloss; but well may we regard our loss as his untold gain, and rejoice\\nin the fact that an additional beacou-light beckons heavenward.\\nTlie younger son, Samut l II. Atlifitoii, who was picseiit\\nwitli his mother in Ma.s.sachu.setta at the time of her death,\\nin 1854, returned soon after to Genesee County, and in De-\\ncember, 1855, was united in marriage with Miss Mary E.\\nLloyd, with whom he couimciiced life on a farm which he\\nhad then recently purcha.scd in the townsliip of Burton,\\nand the same on which ho still resides, the only survivor of\\nhis father s family. Ho is one of the most exemplary and\\nrespected citizens of Genesee County, and is now filling the\\noffice of county treasurer, to which he was elected in 187(5,\\nand re-elected in 1878.\\nThe records do not show that this Jiimily have ever\\nbeen specially characterized for extensive accumulations of\\nwealth, neither as personal actors in the busy whirl of po-\\nlitical strife but rather that .sterling worth and integrity\\nof character have been among the more prominent features\\nmarking their career.\\nPLINY ATHERTON SKINNER\\nwas among the earliest settlers in the town of Benton, and\\nthe first in the locality known as the Atherton settlement.\\nHe commenced his pioneer life in this town on section 28,\\nin July, 1835. To get his first log house rai.scd, he was\\nforced to get help from Flint, Mr. Cronk, Kufus Stevens,\\nand Oliver Wesson among others assisting him on that oc-\\nca.sion.\\nHe was born in the town of Ilcndcrfon, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 30, 1808, and went with liis parents to the\\nGenesee country at an early age.\\nIlis father, Elias, was a native of Shelburne, Mass., and\\nmarried Miss Abigail Atherton, a sister of Shubael Atherton,\\nKubsef|uently of this town, by whom he had two children,\\nEunice and Pliny A. After liis removal to Western New\\nYork, Elias continued to reside in Genesee, Livingston Co.,\\nuntil liis wife s death, in 1822, when he returned to Jeffer-\\nson County, and died there some twenty years later. He\\nwas a jihysician, and cariicd the reputation ol being a very\\nsuccessful and skillful practitioner. His daughter Kunice\\nuianied Kli Lloyd, in Jefferson County, and about ihirly\\nyears :tgo rmigratcd to Ohio, whcii the family sillied at\\nBradner, Wood Co., their present residence. She has si.x\\nchildren, Elias, Dwight, Albert, Dewitt, llattie, and Mary.\\nDewitt is now living in Burton, and Mrs. Mary Atherton\\n(wife of S. 11. Atherton) in Flint, in this county.\\nAfter the death of his mother, Pliny A. went to live\\nwith his uncle, Shubael Atherton, in Jefferson County, and\\nremained with him until ho was twenty-one, coming to this\\nState with him, and living in Pontiac.\\nFor the four years succeeding his arrival at man s estate\\nhe was variously employed in farm-work, surveying, and in\\nimproving some land which he had purchased with his\\nearnings. April 14, 1833, he espoused Delia Alvord, of\\nPontiac, a daughter of Thaddeus Alvord, formerly of Lock-\\nport, Niagara Co., N. Y., and commenced housekeeping on\\nhis one-hundred-and-twetity-acrc farm in Pontiac. Two\\nyears later he sold his place to a Mr. Wilder, and not long\\nafter purchased in Burton, where his uncle, Shubael Ather-\\nton, also located. He pufchasod of the government the\\nnortheast (juarter of .section 28, and Mr. Atherton the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 21. Here he and his wife\\nbegan tlieir pioneer life in the woods, suffering the hard-\\nships and privations usual to the lot of first settlers in a\\ntimbered country, and laid the foundations for a pleasant\\nhome and a comfortable competence. Mr. Skinner has\\ncleared, mostly with his own hands, about one hundred\\nacres, and has brought his place into a fine state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\nAbout a year previous to his leaving Pontiac ho expe-\\nrienced religion, and united with the Methodist hurch, of\\nwhich denomination he has since been a faithful and zealous\\nmember. He was largely instrumental in the establishing\\nand sustaining of the Burton church, of which he was\\ncla.ss-lcader for several ye-irs after its organization. In\\nMarch, 1879, he left his farm and moved into the city of\\nFlint, at the same time tran.sferring his member.ship to the\\nFirst Methodist Episcopal, or Brick, Church in that city.\\nHaving now reached the declining side of the hill of life,\\nhe has retired from active business pursuits, and while, with\\nhis faithful anil worthy companion, awaiting the summons\\nto his eternal home, can look back with proud satisfaction\\nupon a life well spent, its labor well performed, and its\\nduties faithfully discharged.\\nIlis children are two in number, Martha Jane, born\\nMay 24, 1 8:!li, and Alfred L., born Aug. 25, 1848. Martha\\nJ. is married to Morris J. Putnam, and lives in the cily of\\nFlint. Alfred L. married Ettie Ketchum, of Newfaiic,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., and lives on the homestead in Burton.\\nDANIKL W. RICHARDS.\\nWilliam Richards, the father of Daniel W., was a native\\nof Massachusetts, born in the neigliborhood of Boston.\\nlie was married at about twenty years of age to Dolly\\nThayer, a young lady of about his own age, who was a\\nmember of the Christian Church, and had already developed\\nmarked ability as a speaker and exhorter. They lived in a\\nnumber of dillercnt places in Massachusetts, and finally re-\\nmoved to the town of Parish, 0.swcgo Co., N. Y., where\\nMr. Richards worked at his trade of cliith-dre.ssing for about", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0539.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "352\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nfour years, when he bought and located upon a farm. Sev-\\neral years hitcr he traded liis thirty acres of improved land\\nfor one hundred and sixty acres in the town of Scioto, Shia-\\nwassee Co., Mich. He emigrated in the early fall of 1844,\\nand arrived at his land only to find it in possessiun of another\\nman, who refused to leave it. It was then ascertained that\\nthe title held by the person with whom he had traded was\\nonly a tas-title, and eventually proved utterly worthless.\\nHaving no place to go into, Mr. Richards obtained permis-\\nsion to move into a vacant school-house, where the family\\ntried to make themselves comfortable. Soon after, his son,\\nDaniel W., was taken sick, and before he was sufficiently\\nrecovered to allow of his removal three months had elapsed.\\nThey then moved in with the family of John Cross, and\\nlived with them a year and a half, during which time they\\nall had a serious time with the fever and ague, then very\\nprevalent there. They then moved four miles west of\\nLaing.sburg, on the Pontiac and Grand River road, where\\nthey kept tavern for two years, their nearest neighbors being\\na mile and a half distant. For two years they had several\\nIndian neighbors, which suited the boys, who learned many\\ntricks of woodcraft, and joined heartily in the sports of their\\ndusky companions, whose language they also acquired to a\\nconsiderable extent. From there tliey moved to Independ-\\nence, Oakland Co., and bought forty acres of land, at least\\nlialf of which was swamp, and sold cheap on that account.\\nFour years later they formed the acquaintance of James\\nAllen, who owned eighty acres in the town of Burton, and\\nwho desired to dispose of it, because of its low situation\\nand the execrable roads loading to it. Mr. Richards was\\ndesirous to get more land, in order to furnish home-work fur\\nhis sons, one of whom had been compelled to work out;\\nboth parties being of a willing mind, a trade was speedily\\neffected.\\nThey moved on to this place the north half of the nortli-\\nwest quarter of section 24 in 1852, and continued to re-\\nside there until they purchased forty acres on section 23,\\nupon which he located, leaving his son Henry on the old\\nfarm. Two years after, Mr. Richards and his wife removed\\nto Holly, where she is still living, and where he died about\\nnine years since. Their lives have both been exemplary\\nones, and their care and guiding example is well shown in\\nthe characters of their somewhat numerous family of chil-\\ndren. Mrs. Richards continued to employ her talent as a\\npreacher of the gospel until the infirmities of age prohibited\\nthe labor it involved.\\nTheir children were Minerva, Mary, Melzer, Lucy, Dolly,\\nAbigail, Daniel W., Henry, CLloe, Nancy A., and two others\\nwho died in infancy. Melzer remained in New York when\\nhis parents came to Michigan entered the Union service as\\na captain, served faithfully, and was promoted to major was\\nmortally wounded in a skirmish during Leo s retreat from\\nRichmond to Appomattox. Dolly also died in New Y ork,\\nand Abigail in Michigan. Of the others, Mrs. Minerva\\nEdick lives in Parish, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Mrs. Mary\\nNorton, at Bridgeport, Mich. Henry, at Midland City,\\nMich. Mrs. Lucy Johnson, Mrs. Ciiloe Burgess, Mrs.\\nNancy A. Hill, and Daniel W., in Burton.\\nHenry mai-riod Harriet Bentley, and lived on the home-\\nstead until September, 1873, when he sold it and removed\\nto Midland City. He has proved himself a worthy scion\\nof the religious and temperate stock from which he sprang,\\nand possesses in a high degree the confidence and esteem of\\nhis large circle of acquaintances.\\nDaniel W., who was born at Amherst, Mass., July 14,\\n1829, had saved up some money, which he had earned by\\nhunting, trapping, and tanning deer-skins while living at\\nhome, with which small capital, at the age of twenty-three\\nyears, he began life on his own responsibility. He pur-\\nchased of Martin Rose the southeast quarter of section 14\\nin Burton, and let his brother-in-law, Simeon Burgess, have\\nthe west half of it. Oct. 9, 1853, he was married to Jliss\\nSarah Vodden, daughter of Henry and Mary (Delbridge)\\nVoddcn, natives of England, but residents of Batavia, N. Y.,\\nwhere she was born April 19, 1837. They came to Jlieh-\\nigan, and settled on the west half of the northwest quarter\\nof section 14 in Burton, in 1844. Her father lived there\\nuntil 18G1, when he died. Her mother now resides in\\nFlint. From this union have sprang eight children, whose\\nnames and dates of birth were as follows Effie, April 3,\\n1856 Cora, Oct. 19, 1858 Susan, Feb. 19, 1861 Phoebe,\\nApril 2, 1804 Eben, Dec. 13, 1SG6 Mary, July 4, 18G9,\\ndied when two years old Bertha, Aug. 22, 1874 Daniel,\\nW., Jr., June 24, 1876.\\nDuring his life in Burton, D. W. Richards has devoted\\nhis energies to the improvement and tilling of the farm,\\nwhich he has enlarged to two hundred acres, and brought\\nto a fine degree of cultivation. For a time he paid partic-\\nular attention to the raising of sheep, but on account of the\\nlow price of wool he changed to a dairy business, which\\nfinally culminated in cheese-making and the building of a\\ncheese-factory in 1875. During the eight years that ho\\nhas engaged in cheese-making he has been a successful\\nexhibitor of cheese at the Genesee County fairs, invariably\\ncarrying off the first premium. Mr. Richards is in no\\nsense a politician, and has escaped the cares of office thereby.\\nBeing more than usually interested in the temperance re-\\nform (having given up the use of tobacco, tea, and coffee\\nseventeen years ago), he has engaged in the Red-Ribbon\\nmovement, and in July, 1879, was a delegate to the Mass\\nTemperance Convention held at Lansing. Being descended\\nfrom parentsof strong religious predilections, he is naturally\\nof a religious turn of mind, but his conservative character\\nprevents him becoming in any sense bigoted in his religious\\nviews. Believing that there should be but one universal\\nChurch of Christ, he has held aloof from every sect, aiming\\nto live an exemplary life, and thereby exemplify the beauty\\nand truth of his Master s gospel.\\nIRA CHASE.\\nThis gentleman was born in the town of Parrish, Oneida\\nCo., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1805. He was an only child, and, his\\nfather dying when he was but nine months old, lived with\\nhis maternal grandfather until he was about nine years old,\\nwhen his mother married a Mr. Curtis. He made his home\\nwith them until he reached his majority, when he leased\\nhis step-father s farm. Some years later, desiring an edu-\\ncation, he attended the Belleville Academy. While pur-\\nsuing his studies his health failed liini, and he took a trip", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0540.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "BURTON TOWNSHIP.\\n353\\nto the coast of Labrador, by whidi he was so much benefited\\nas to be able, upon his return, to resume his studies at the\\nacademy. In 1835 (October 10th) he married Mrs. Sarah\\nM. Beebe, and, three years later, they came West and set-\\ntled in the Atherton settlement, in the town of Burton,\\nwhere they have since resided. They have had three chil-\\ndren, Charle-s, George A., and Edward R., none of whom\\nare now livinsz;. The youn ;est son, Edward 11., served four\\nyears in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting as a private in\\nAugust, 18fil, and risini; to the rank of captain. Upon\\nhis return from the army he entered Oberlin College, where\\nhe remained one year, when he went to the Theological\\nIRA CHASE.\\nMK.S. IRA CHASE.\\nSeminary, in Chicago, where he pursued hi.s studies for\\ntwo years more. At the close of his course of study he\\nreceived a call to the pastorate of a church in Clyde, Ohio,\\nwhich he accepted, and served till the time of his death,\\nthree years later.\\nMrs. Chase has two children by her former marriage,\\none of whom resides at Swartz Creek, in the town of Flint,\\nand the other lives in the State of California.\\nFor upwards of forty years Ira Chase has been a deacon\\nin the Congregational Church he has always been a most\\nliberal and zealous supporter of the Church, and an ex-\\nemplary Christian.\\nJOHN C. WOLVERTON.\\nThe Wolverton family in America sprang from a good\\nold Quaker of that name, who emigrated from p]ngland\\nwith Fenn s colony, and settled where the city of Philadel-\\nphia now stands. After a few generations the family began\\nto spread abroad, some going to Canada and others to the\\nStjite of New York. Among tlie latter, or among their im-\\nnn iliate descendants, was Asher V. Wolverton, grandfather\\nto the subject of this sketch. He was educated as a ph3 si-\\ncian, and served as surgeon in the American army during\\nthe war of 1812, at the close of which he settled in Tioga\\nCo., N. Y., and from there moved to Rochester, N. Y.,\\nwhere lie practiced Uis profession very successfully for many\\nyears until his death, which occurred some thirty years ago.\\nHis wife survived him about two years. They had .seven\\nchildren, Dennis, Stephen, Orpha, Tlumiits, Samatitha,\\nAsher, and Almira. Thomas died at Enterprise, Miss.\\nStephen, in Little Falls, N. Y. and Samantha, in Brook-\\nlyn, N. Y. The others are living, Dennis, in Grand\\nBlanc Orpha Wolcott, in Batavia, N. Y. A.sher, a phy-\\nsician, at Enterprise, Miss. Almira Van Zandt, at Roch-\\nester, N. Y.\\n45\\nDennis, the father of John C, was born about 1809-10,\\nand at the age of twenty-one was married to Susan Dun-\\nham, a daughter of William and Isabel Dunham, who were\\nrefugees from Canada during the war of 1812. They after-\\nwards removed to West Bloom6eld, Ontario Co., N. Y., and\\nthere spent the remainder of their lives. After his (Den-\\nnis marriage, which occurred in Saratoga County, ho re-\\nmoved to Tioga County, and from thence to Rochester in\\n1844. He lived there nine yeai-s, when he came to Mich-\\nigan and settled on the north part of section 4 in the\\ntown of Grand Blanc, where he still resides. He lost his\\nwife by a very ]iainful accident. On the evening of Dec.\\n22, 1873, her clothes caught fire from a caeidle while per-\\nforming some household duty, and she was fatally burned.\\nShe lingered in an unconscious state until about five o clock\\nthe next morning, when death relieved her sufferings.\\nTheir family consisted of eleven children, Margaretta;\\nJane Eliza, born June 19, 1836; William C, born Aug.\\n5, 1838 John C, born July 22, 1840 Joseph M. Sarah\\nS.,born in October, 1844 A.sher; Thomas 0., born in Jan-\\nuary, 1 848 Susan G., born in October, 1 850 Orpha Isabel\\nand Asher (2d). Margaretta, Joseph M., Orpha I., and the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0541.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntwo Ashers all died in childhood of the same disease,\\nscarlet fever. Mrs. Jane E. Dayton and Mrs. Susan G.\\nJenny live in Flint; William C. is practicing law at Mus-\\nkegon Thomas 0. lives with his father on the homestead\\nin Grand Blanc, and John C. and Sarah S. reside in Bur-\\nton.\\nJohn C. Wolverton lived with his parents until he was\\nnearly of age, taking advantage of all his school opportuni-\\nties, and thus secured a good education. In 1861, while\\nattending school at Ann Arbor, he was aroused by the echoes\\nof the first guns fired upon the flag at Sumter he left the\\nschool and, June 12th, enlisted in the Fenton Light Guard,\\nunder command of Capt. William M. Fenton. He was,\\nwith his company, mustered iilto the 7th Regiment and\\ntransferred to the 8th, of which Fenton was made colonel.\\nHe served with the regiment until April, 1862, when he\\nwas transferred to the Signal Corps, with which he served\\nuntil October, 1865, when ho was mustered out as a second\\nlieutenant, the commission having been issued to him the\\nprevious April. During the siege of Fort Sumter, and the\\nother forts about Charleston, he was constantly called upon\\nto serve in dangerous positions, and acquitted himself with\\nsuch credit as to win encomiums from his superiors in ot\u00c2\u00a3ce.\\nHe was thrice wouuded, first, at Bluifton, S. C, where he\\nreceived two buckshot in his leg second, at Black Creek,\\nFla., where he received a carbine-bullet in his neck and\\nthird, at St. Mary s Ford, near Olustee, where, while riding\\nat full speed, his horee was shot under him and, falling,\\nthrew him against a tree with such violence as to break\\nhis arm. At the time of Gen. Sherman s arrival at the sea-\\ncoast, Mr. Wolverton was sergeant in charge of the signal-\\nstation, and conducted the correspondence that resulted.\\nHe now has in his possession a treasured memento and val-\\nuable relic in the shape of the flag with which the first dis-\\npatch was- signaled to the victorious army and its gallant\\ncommander.\\nReturning to Grand Blanc, he purchased a small farm in\\nBurton, on section 32, to which he has made additions until\\nhe now owns one hundred and fifty acres. He was married\\nNov. 21, 1867, to Miss Frances E. Mason, daughter of\\nDaniel and Anna M. (Best) Mason, of the town of Mundy,\\nby whom he has two children, Irving Mason, born Jan.\\n29, 1869, and Charles Howard, born July 1, 1871.\\nIn his political belief he holds to the principles of the\\nRepublican party, but has not been noted for his activity as\\na politician. He has held the offices of superintendent of\\nschools, treasurer, and supervisor of his town.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0542.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0543.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF MICHAEL DONAH 00, CLAYTON. GCMESEEl C\u00c2\u00b0,MiCH", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0544.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "CLAYTON.\\nClayton includes the division of land known on the\\nUnited States survey as township 7 north, in range 5 east,\\nof the principal meridian of Michigan. It was set oflF from\\nFlushing, of which it had previously comprised a part, and\\norganized as a separate township, by an act of the Michigan\\nLegislature approved March 25, 1846. It lies in the cen-\\ntre of the western tier of townships in the county of Gen-\\nesee, and, with the exception of a few slight undulations, is\\ngenerally level. The soil is of the nature peculiar to this\\npart of Michigan, and from the appearance of the farms and\\ntheir improvements Clayton is exclusively an agricultural\\ntownship the inference is that its fertility is beyond ques-\\ntion. Originally the township was covered with a dense\\nforest, where the nightly howl of the wolf resounded\\nwhere the lithe panther often lurked where beare found\\nsafe retreats; where the pride of the forest the deer had\\nhis home; and where the red man was the only human\\nbeing who trod its mazes, ambushed his foe, and stalked\\nhis game. A more herculean task than that of clearing\\naway this sturdy greenwood, and preparing the pleasant\\nfarms which to-day dot the surface, can scarcely be im-\\nagined. It was only the indomitable will and perseverance\\nof the pioneers, coupled with their ability to undergo a long\\nand severe toil, with all its attendant hardships, that accom-\\nplished the mighty work. That it was accomplished is the\\npride of the actors in the scenes, and the history of its ac-\\ncomplishment it is the purpose of these pages to relate,\\nthe story having been learned from the lips of those who,\\naxe in hand and rifle on shoulder, marched conquering\\nthrough the wilderness.\\nBut very few of the first settlers of Clayton are at present\\nresiding within its limits, and at this day it will be ac-\\nknowledged impossible to garner so great a store of fact and\\nincident as might have been done before so many of the\\nearlier arrivals had fallen into their last long sleep or re-\\nmoved to more remote localities. It was very seldom the\\ncase that a person who settled early in any part of the coun-\\ntry kept any account of his life at the time, or of arrivals\\nof others who became his neighbors, and in the absence of\\nall facts except those that memory recalls the supply is\\nvery meagre. Yet the record that is here presented will, it\\nis hoped, be accepted as the best which could be compiled\\nat so late a time, and credit will surely be given for the\\ncomparatively large amount which has been gathered.\\nLAND ENTKIKS.\\nIt is believed an excellent plan to present a record of the\\nland entries in the township complete, and the list is sub-\\njoined. From the books it appears that no entries were\\nmade in what is now Clayton earlier than the month of\\nJanuary, 1836, wheu Robert Mathers, of Wayne Co.,\\nMich., located the northeast part of the northeast fractional\\nquarter of section 1, a trifle over 51 acres. Cornelius\\nPierson, from the same county, entered 120 acres on the\\nsame section in February, 1836, and Thomas L. L. Brent,\\nof Virginia, purchased on this and other sections in March\\nof the same year. Brent afterwards settled in the northern\\npart of Flushing township, and is well remembered by\\nmany now living in the county. Particular mention of him\\nand his operations will be found in the history of the\\ntownship of Flushing.\\nThe following is a list of land entries in this township,\\nas shown by the records Of the land-oflice\\nSection 1.\\nAcres.\\nRobert Mathers, Wayne Co., Mich., January, IS^d 51.58\\nCiirnelius Pierson, February, 18;16 1211\\nThomas L. L. Brent, State of Virginia, March, 18:iB a:i.4l\\nIlcaley A Kurcheval, United States, June, 18S6 120\\nPhilander L. Luce, Erie Co., N. y.,\\nEllsworth Willi.., 51.68\\nGroevcnor Willis, 8(1\\nPatrick Bradley, Monroe Co., N. Y., May, 1S36 St)\\nSection 2.\\nThomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, March, IS.ie 90.46\\nHcaley Kurcheval, United States, June, ISSB 2511.63\\nTruman Luce, Eric Co., N. Y., June, ISSli HiO\\nNathan Willis, IBO\\nSection 3.\\nThomas L. L. Brent, Virginia, March, 1836 186.28\\nJanus Norton, Erie Co., N. Y., June, 183G 80\\nHcaley Kurcheval, United States, June, 1836 240\\nWarren Luce, Erie Co., N. Y., Juno, 1836 80\\nWilliam L. Cole, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 80\\nSection 4.\\nWalter Norton, Erie Co., N. Y., June, 1836 169.87\\nHcaley Kurcheval, United States, .June, 1836 485.37\\nSection 5.\\nJohn C. Clement, Tompkins Co., N. Y., July, 1836 320\\nJoseph Lyims, October, 1836 811\\nJohn Welch, IB3.18\\nThomas S. Canfield, Orleans Co., N. Y., December, 18: 4 82.83\\nSection 6.\\nJohn C. Clement, Tompkins Co., N. Y., July, 1836 160\\nChcsley Blake and Alvin Hanmer, Michigan, July, 1836 123. 88\\nJacob L. Larialear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1836 300.92\\nSection 7.\\nR. J. S. Page, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 80\\nKuberl R. Howell, Wayne Co., Mich., August, 1836 80\\nHugh (Juieiian. Genesee Co., Mich., September, 1830 121.61\\nGeorge L. Martin, Monroe Co., N. Y., October, 1830 IB\\nAlonzu Torrcy, Gencsco Co., Mich., March, 1854 123.67\\nSection 8.\\nJohn C. Clement, Tompkins Co., N. Y., July, 1S36 320\\nRobert Patrick, (ienesce Co., Mich., August. 1836 40\\nBenjamin S. Glover, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 40\\nJohn A. lloycs, 80\\nDarius A. Ogden, Yates Co., N. Y., Scntember, 1836 160\\n355", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0545.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "356\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSuction f.\\nAcres.\\nJames E. Brown, Erie Co., N. Y., .luno, ISHR 80\\nWilliam Lockyer, Genesee Co., Mirh., August, IK:i(t ,S0\\nE. Cnsh ami II. Wriglit, Ueiiesec Co., Mich., Augu.si, 18;if KJO\\nJacul) L. Larzalear, Seneca Co., N. Y., Scj)Lcmber, 1S;;( 100\\nHerman Van Vechten, tienesce Co., Mich., 160\\nSection 10.\\nHealey Kurcheval, United States, June, IS-SB 320\\nArthur Davi?, Oakland Co., Mich., July, IfCiB 120\\nNick C. llayward. New York City, Sijitember, ls:i6 80\\nJohn D.tyton, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 18. ifi 80\\nRobert Patrick, Genesee Co., Mich,, December, 1831) 4U\\nSection 11.\\nIlealey Kurchoval, United States, June, 18.?fi 100\\nSolomon .Stone, Erie Co., N. Y., July, l.s:- 0 SO\\nJames W. Armstrong, Erie Co., N. Y., July, 18311 80\\nLorenzo ClitTord, Washtenaw Co., Micli., June, 1831) 120\\nJohn (irimfield, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 1836 40\\nJohn Dayton, 160\\nSection 12.\\nLeonard Cutler, Genesee Co., N. Y., June, 18.16 320\\nAlbert llosmer, 1 HO\\nPatrick Bradley, iMonroc Co., N. Y. May, 120\\nJames W. Crouk, Genesee Co., N.Y., August, 40\\nSection 13*\\nJohn Algoe, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1S36 80\\nAuiasa Whitney, Jctlerson Co., N. Y., July, 1836 2)0\\nHiram Sibley, Moniou Co., N. Y., August! 1836 160\\nJohn S. Woodward, Monroe Co., N. Y., September, IS36 160\\nSection 14.\\nRichard P. Hubbard, fienesee Co., Mich., September, 1836 160\\nAndrew C. Wickham, Monroe SO\\nMarvin B. Persons, Genesee 40\\nGideon Lee, New York City, December, 1836 160\\nWilliam Rider, Ontario Co., N. Y., July, 1837 200\\nSection 15.\\nJohn Dayton, Wayne Co., Mich., September, 1836 SO\\nA. 11. Oiven, (iene. ee Co., N. Y., 160\\nBinjauiin Kaiisom, Genesee Co., N. Y., Sc]i(cmber, 1836 160\\nMarvin B. Persons, KiO\\nArdin Persons, 80\\nSection 17.\\nHarris Newton, Rutland Co., Vt., November, 1836 80\\nEdward G. Faile, New York City, 160\\nMortimer Wadhams, Monroe Co., N. Y., March, 1836 SO\\nEmerson Ewell, Genesee Co., N. Y., May, 1836 320\\nSection 18.\\nSherman Stevens, Oakland Co., Mich., October, 1836 160\\nJohn McNeil, Boston, Mass-, Deccmljcr, 1836 811\\nCharlis C Jlascall, Genesee Co., Mich., December, 1836 60.79\\nMarch, 1837 46.74\\nRichard Rich, Wayne Co., Mich., June, 1837 SO\\nD. P. Ahord, Livingston Co., N. Y., December. 1837 80\\nJacob L. Larzalear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1838 80\\nSection 19.\\nJohn Conlin, Schenectady Co., N. Y., September, 1836 160\\nSherman Stevens. Oakland Co Mich., October, 1836 160\\nJohn Willing, Gcncseu Co., Mich., November, 1836 40\\nDaniel Harding, 152.77\\nSamuel liurd, 99.52\\nSections 20 and 21.\\nZ. D. Bassett and M. Cobb, Barnstable Co., Mass., June, 1836..1280\\nSection 22.\\nBenjamin Ransom, Genesee Co., N. Y., September, 1836 80\\nGideon Lee, New York City, Ueeember, 1836 160\\nJohn Noble, land-warrant, May, 1851 160\\nllo. ^ca Braford, 160\\nCharles Shoup, Eebruary, 1853 40\\n40\\nSection 23.\\nJacob L. Woodruff, Ontario Co., N. Y., September, 1836 160\\nGideon Lee, New York City, December, 1836 320\\nJohn Le Valley, Orleans Co., N. Y., October, 1853 80\\nSheldon Stewart, Genesee Co., Mich., November, 1854 81)\\nSection 24.\\nAcres.\\nDavid J. Boyd, New York City, June, 1836 320\\nAmasa Whitney, Jellerson Co., N.Y., July, 1S36 160\\nRobert F. Stage, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 160\\nSection 25.\\nDavid J. Boyd, New York City, June, 1836 320\\nEphraim S. Johnson, New York City, August, 1836 81)\\nIra D. Wright, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 80\\nEmir Woodin, Jefferson Co., N. Y., ..160\\nSection 26.\\nEmir Woodin, Jefferson Co., N. Y., August, 1836 160\\nPeter A. Palmer, Genesee Co., N. Y., 160\\nGilbert Stevenson, Genesee Co., Mich., 40\\nJacob L. Woodruff, Ontario Co., N. Y., September, 1836 80\\nDarius A. Ogden, Yates Co., N. Y., 120\\nJohn Le Valley, Orleans Co., N. Y., October, 1853 80\\nSection 27.\\nJacob L. Woodruff, Ontario Co., N. Y., September, 1836 240\\n(Jeorge Dunsmore, Washtenaw Co., Mich., iSIay, 1837 200\\nWin. IJunsmore, Jr., May and July, 1837 120\\nZerah Stcdmau, Genesee Co., Mich., October, 1851 40\\nII. M. Henderson, land-warrant, June, 1852 40\\nSection 28.\\nE. Cash and II. Wright, Genesee Co., N. Y., August. 1836 160\\nJacob L. Larzalear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1836 160\\nC. C. Hutchinson, Genesee Co., N. Y., 80\\nIsaac Whitcomb, Trumbull Co., Ohio, January, 1837 160\\nJoseph C. Bailey, Lansing, Mich., July, 1853 40\\nNancy M. McCarthy, Genesee Co., Mich., May, 1849 40\\nSection 29.\\nJacob L. Larzalear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1836 320\\nPatrick Conlin. Oneida Co.. N. Y., SO\\nRichard P. Hubbard, Genesee Co., Mich., 160\\nJames Lewis, land-warrant, June, 1852 80\\nSection 30.\\nJacob L. Larz.alear, Seneca Co., N. Y., September, 1836 316.4S\\nPatrick Conlin. Oneida Co., N. Y., 411\\nBarnard Leonard, 120\\nBarnard Leonard, Genesee Co., Mich., 40\\nSedgwick Stodman, February, 1840 3S.34\\nLoren Perkins, January, 1852 40\\nMichael Donahoo, November, 1854 38.36\\nSection 31.\\nHiram Sibley, Monroe Co., N. Y., August, 1836 319.12\\nCharh-s V. Dickinson and Charles S. Houghton, Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., August, 1836 317.28\\nSuction 32.\\nHiram Sibley, Monroe Co., N. Y., August, 1836 320\\nSocrates Smith, 160\\nAaron B. Ryno, Lucas Co., Ohio, Septomber, 1836 StI\\nCharles Osborn, Genesee Co., Mich., March, 1849 II)\\nGeorge Crocker, May, 1853 40\\nSection 33.\\nHiram Sibley, Monroe Co., N. Y., August, 1836 80\\nSocrates Smi th, 80\\nE. Cash and 11. Wright, Genesee Co., N. Y., August, 1836 160\\nCatharine Ryno, Lucas Co., Ohio, September, 1836 160\\nAaron B. Ryno, 160\\nSection 34.\\nHardin Bigelow, Monroe Co., N. Y., June, 1836 2IH)\\nRobert F. Stage, Genesee Co, Mich., August, 1836 1611\\nSocrates Smith, Monroe Co., N. Y., 2S0\\nSection 35.\\nAdam Miller, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 160\\nEzekiel B. Denison, Living^^ton Cii., N. Y., June, 1836 80\\nWilliam Burdle, Genesee Co.. Mich.. June, 1836 160\\nHiram Sibley, Monroe Co., N. Y.. August, 1836 80\\nC. T. Dickerson and C. S, Boughton, Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nAugust, 1836 SO\\nPeter A, Palmer, Genesee Co., N. Y., August, 1836 SO\\nSection 36.\\nJuba Burrows, Wayne Co., Mich., May, 1836 SO\\nDaniel Miller, Livingston Co., N. Y., June, 1836 SI)\\nElijah Bishop. Jr., Chautau |ua Co., N. Y.. June, 1S36 160\\nJames Blake, Huron Co., Ohio, Juno, 1836 8ll\\nGilbert G. Townsend. Livingston Co., Mich., July, 1S36 80\\nJames McAllister, Genesee Co., Mich., August, 1836 80\\nDaniel Miller, Oakland l^o., Mich., 80", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0546.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0547.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0548.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "CLAYTON TOWNSHIP.\\n357\\nEARLY SETTLERS.\\nThe locality known as the Miller settlement was the\\nfirst in what now constitutes Clayton townsliip to receive\\nthe attention of settlers. In June, 183G, Adam Miller,\\nfrom Livingston Co., N. Y. (from Germany in 171)5),\\nmade a trip here and entered land, returning to New York\\nfor his family, bringing them back in August following.\\nThere was then not a person living on the route between\\ntheir land and Flint, and part of Mr. Miller s family re-\\nmained in the latter place until some time in September, or\\na sufficient time to allow him and his sons to prepare a\\nshanty for their reception. This was erected very nearly\\nwhere the Methodist church now stands, on section 35,\\nand the next season a log house of fair dimensions was\\nbuilt a short distance farther west. Mr. Miller was ac-\\ncompanied from New York by his wife and three sons,\\nJoseph, David A., and Enos M. Two other sons, Peter\\nand Daniel, followed in the fall of 1837, and all but two of\\nthe sons located land for themselves, partly in Clayton, and\\npanly in Gaines, living, however, in the former. Of the\\nMiller family, one son, Enos M. Miller, lives in the town-\\nship, and two daughters are yet in the county, Mrs. John\\nllartsock in Clayton, and Mrs. Rev. J. C. McAllister in\\nFlint. Ilev. Daniel Miller, an early local preacher in the\\nMethodist denomination in the vicinity of the settlement,\\nis now a resident of the town of Glen Arbor, Leelanau Co.,\\nMich., where he was sent on missionary services.\\nAdam Miller was the first settler in the township of\\nClayton. From Flint he chopped a road through to his\\nplace over nearly the route which afterwards became the\\nMiller Road. In the spring of 1837 he sowed probably\\nthe first grain in the township, spring wheat, oafs, etc.\\nHis death occurred in March, 1841. His son, Enos M.\\nMiller, resides on a part of the old homestead.\\nThe second settler in this part of the township was John\\nM. Nash, who located on the northeast ([uarter of section\\n34 in February, 1837. He was also from the State of\\nNew York.\\nJohn Hartsock, also from Livingston Co., N. Y., settled\\nin tlie spring of 1837, soon after the arrival of Na.sh.\\nSoth Sil.sby, Emir Woodin, and Seth Hathaway all set-\\ntled in the same neighborhood in the fall of 1837, and a\\nman named Finch had previously in 1836 or 1837 lo-\\ncated in the northeast part of town. A son of the latter\\nwas the _/?(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00ab lohite child born in the township. A son was\\nborn a few months later in the fall of 1837 in the family\\nof Thomas Nash.\\nSedgwick P. Stcdnian, an early settler in the township,\\nleft Canada during the famous Patriot war excitement,\\n1837-38, and during his residence here held the office of\\njustice of the peace. He is now living in the township of\\nArgentine.\\nThe firet road in the Miller settlement neighborhood\\nwas the one now extending from the asylum at Flint out\\nthrough the former place, where it becomes a townsliiji line\\nroad between Clayton and Gaines. It is known as the\\nMiller Road.\\nJames Ottaway and Joseph Burbridgc, from England,\\nsettled near the centre of the township in 1837, and Mr.\\nRurbridge still resides upon the place he then loeati^d. In\\n1839, Mr. Ottaway s brothers, Stephen and George Ottaway,\\ndirect from England, settled in the township with their\\nfamilies, and another brother John followed with his\\nfamily in the sunnner of IStO. Stephen Ottaway was the\\nfather of the present town clerk. James Ottaway was un-\\nmarried at the time of his settlement. These four brothers\\nare all decea.sod the widows of Stephen and George are\\nyet living in the township.\\nIn the northwest part of the town is what is known as the\\nLyons settlement. Four brothers, William, Isaac, Daniel\\nB., and Abram H. Lyons (latter died in 1877), in company\\nwith Jacob H. Coddington and John C. Clement, came\\nfrom Tompkins Co., N. Y., to Flint, Mich., in August,\\n183G, and in the winter of 1839, Isaac Lyons, Coddington,\\nand Clement moved into the township of Clayton, and set-\\ntled in the locality bearing the name mentioned. Mr. Lyons\\nstill lives on the old place, Mr. Coddington at Flushing,\\nand Mr. Clement is dead his widow resides in Flint. The\\ntwo younger Lyons brothers, D. B. and A. H. Lyons, were\\nnot married when they came to the county. The former\\nis now engaged in mercantile pursuits at Flint.\\nWhen Isaac Lyons moved into this township his nearest\\nneighbor on the east was Robert H. Wallace, distant four\\nmiles, and the latter is yet living in the township with his\\nson, Theron Wallace, who came with him. James llosie\\nlived a little farther away, in Flushing. James E. Brown\\nmoved into Clayton in 1840, and was also east of Lyons.\\nHe was one of the most prominent men in town, and held\\nthe office of supervisor for many years.\\nIsaac Lyons, Sr., the father of the brothers named, pur-\\nchased ten eiglity-acre lots in Clayton from the government.\\nHe and bis wile both died in Flint. His son, Isaac Lyons,\\nEsq., now of Clayton, helped build the first bridge across\\nSwartz Creek, in 183G, within the limits of what is now\\nFlint City. This w;is on the A.sylum, or Miller, road.\\nWhen, in 1838, Isaac Lyons, with his brothers-in-law,\\nCoddington and Clement, came into Clayton to build\\ntheir log houses, they were three days on the way, having\\nto cut their road. The pine timber necessary for their u.se\\nthey procured from a pine grove in what is now the Fourth\\nWard of Flint.\\nIsaac Lyons helped also to build the old Genesee\\nHouse, in Flint, for Thomas J. Drake, on what is now\\nDetroit Street, in that city.\\nMr. Lyons built a log blacksmith shop on the corner of\\nhis place in Clayton, where his present frame shop stands,\\nand, especially on stormy days, had all the business in the\\nblaeksmithing line that he could attend to. This was the\\nonly shop of the kind within a large radius, none being\\nthen in existence even at Flu.shing. Mr. Lyons thinks the\\nfirst blaeksmithing at the latter place was done by himself,\\nabout 1812, he being employed in repairing mill-irons, etc.,\\nin Seymour s mill. Pine-trees near by were cut down and\\ntheir tops I nade into charcoal, which was used in the forge.\\nMr. Lyons has held the office of justice of the peace since\\nthe organization of the township of Clayton, in 184G.\\nAlbert Granger, William Goyer, and Richard C. Goyer\\nall settled in the township about 184(1-42. R. C. Goyer\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2This gentleman leaves olV the liiuil letter as above, writing his\\nname T^vmi.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0549.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmarried a sister of Mr. Granger, and the latter married a\\nsister of Isaac Lyons, Esq., who is now deceased. These\\ntlircc men were sailors, and for several seasons after moving\\nthere followed their calling on the Western lakes. R. C.\\nGoyer is now in Flushing, and William resides in Flint.\\nJames W. Cronk was one of the early settlers of the town-\\nship also. lie was a good surveyor, and aided many of the\\nsettlers in locating their land. He and his son, Norton\\nCronk, entered the service during the Mexican war, and\\nthe elder died in Mexico. Ilis fatlier, Col. James Cronk,\\nlocated land on the east side of the turnpike, in what is\\nnow Flint City. He held a colonel s commission in the\\nwar of 1812, whence his title.\\nE. W. Fenner and James Glass, living east of Lyons\\nCorners, are among the later arrivals in the township.\\nSouth of the Miller settlement, in the township of Gaines,\\nmaple timber grew in abundance along the branch of Swartz\\nCreek, which flows through that locality, and the Indians\\ncongregated there annually for the purpose of making maple-\\nsugar. A well-worn trail extended from Flint, but went no\\nfarther than the .sugar camp. This trail the Millers fol-\\nlowed when they came into the township. Maple-sugar is\\nmade in the neighborhood yet to a small extent.\\nErin s green isle sent a number of her sons to become\\nresidents of Clayton, and several are yet living in the town-\\nship. The first of this nationality to settle here were Ber-\\nnard Lennon and Patrick Conlen, who left Ireland about\\n1833-84 and emigrated to the United States. They 6rst\\nlived in the State of New York, afterwards in Ohio, and\\nabout 1838-40 moved to Clayton. Mr. Conlen still lives\\nwhere he settled at that time. Mr. Lennon is deceased, and\\nhis family has removed from the township. A nephew, Peter\\nLennon, Clayton s present supervisor, lives next south of\\nhis uncle s former home. Mes.srs. Conlen and Lennon both\\nmarried sisters of Michael Donahoo, now living in town,\\nthe former before leaving Ireland, and the latter after.\\nMichael Donahoo, Esq., from the North of Ireland, came\\nto America in 1845, and proceeded at once to Genesee\\nCo., Mich., whither those mentioned and others had pre-\\nceded him, and in September of that year purchased land in\\nClayton, opposite his present residence, afterwards buying\\nthe site of the latter. The property had been originally\\nlocated by Daniel Harding, but he had made no improve-\\nments upon it. It passed through several other hands before\\nit was purchased by Jlr. Donahoo, who made the first im-\\nprovements. He built a log house on the north side of the\\nroad (not amounting to much as a road then) the old struc-\\nture has totally disappeared. His present frame residence is\\non the south side. Mr. Donahoo s mother, who lefl Ireland\\nwith him, died on the passage across the ocean. His wife\\nalso accompanied him, they having no children at that time.\\nHis two brothers, John and Peter Donahoo, came at the\\nsame time, and purchased land in the vicinity. Both are\\nsince decejised.\\nBernard Traynor, who married a sister of Mr. Donahoo,\\ncame with the latter and located east of him, in the same\\nneighborhood. He is now deceased. Ilis sons, Paul and\\nIMicliael Traynor, are both residents of the township.\\nThree brntbers, William, Peter, and John Carton, settled\\nabout 1842 in the northern part of the township, and of\\nthese John Carton is the only one yet living here. He\\nresides on the same farm where he then settled. Peter\\nCarton is dead and William went to California, since when\\nnothing lias been heard from him, and he is also supposed\\nto be dead.\\nPatrick Bradley located four miles east of Lyons Cor-\\nners at an early day. He is also deceased, but has children\\nresiding in the county.\\nSquire Donahoo has been favored with numerous offices\\nby the citizens of Clayton, and for nearly twenty years has\\nbeen a magistrate. When he came to the township ho\\nthinks there was but one team of horses in it, except a span\\nof ponies owned by Daniel Miller, although several owned\\none horse. For teaming oxen were used universally. No\\nroad extended nearer than three miles away from Mr. Dona-\\nhoo s place, other than where the underbrush had been\\ntrimmed down, and in a dark night it was necessary to feel\\nthe way to avoid losing the track.\\nSettlers could get very little for their produce, and never\\nwere paid in money except at Detroit, and even at the latter\\nplace they were obliged to take half in store pay. Butter\\nwas there worth sixpence per pound. At Flint, which\\nwas the nearest market, it was utterly impossible to get\\nmoney, and bartering was the only system of trade. Settlers\\noften carried grists to mill on their backs and returned the\\nsame way, and as the woods abounded with wolves these\\njourneys were seldom pleasant, although it is not known\\nthat a single person ever lost his life in an encounter with\\nthese animals, or ever suffered more severely from them\\nthan the loss of .some of his stock.\\nPeter Lennon pSr., the father of the present supervisor,\\nemigrated from the North of Ireland to the United States in\\n1837, and settled in Luzerne Co., Pa., where he lived until\\n1853, when he removed to Clayton, and located on land\\nnow owned by his son, Peter Lennon. He died in 1861.\\nThe son served four years in the 5th Michigan Infantry,\\nduring the war of the Rebellion, holding a captain s com-\\nmission. His regiment was in the Army of the Potomac.\\nSince the war he has lived but three yeai-s in Clayton, having\\nbeen in business in Flint. During the three, years, how-\\never, he has served one term as treasurer, and is now in\\nhis second year as supervisor of the township.\\nThe following is a list of the resident tax-payers iu what\\nis now Clayton in 1844, according to the returns for that\\nyear for the township of Flushing, which then iucluded\\nClayton\\nBrothcrton. Harry.\\nBraJley, Patrick.\\nBurbridge, Joseph.\\nBrown, Jauies E.\\nBrolbcrlon, Emery.\\nBallantine, ,Iolin.\\nClemeni, Wright N.\\nCronk, James W.\\nCronk, Waller.\\nCronk, Porter.\\nCalkins, Caleb.\\nChnpin, Ttioma^.\\nCarton, AVilliani.\\nClement, Jolin C.\\nConteu. Piitriek.\\nCoJdington, .lacoV) II.\\nEllsworth, Arthur L.\\nFenner, A. II.\\nFleteher, Sherman.\\nFinch, Henry F.\\nFenner, Ihvuiel M.\\nGlass, Bartholomew.\\nGooJrieh, James.\\nGhiss, John.\\nOoyer, Richard C.\\ntJoyer, William.\\nHowes, William.\\nHowes, Caleb II.\\nIlartsock, John.\\nHenry, Silus.\\nJaeo.x, David.\\nKent. William K.\\nLyons, Isaac.\\nLyons, Ann.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0550.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2305", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0551.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0552.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "CLAYTON TOWNSHIP.\\n351)\\nLyons, Abrnin.\\nLynns, :inicl B.\\nLyons, William.\\nLcnnon. Bernard.\\nMiller, Enos M.\\nMiller, Peter.\\nMiller, Dnniel.\\nMiller, David.\\nMorrish, Thomas.\\nMcAllister, James.\\nMile.s, James.\\nMarshall, George.\\nMiirshall, William.\\nN:ish, John M.\\nNewal, Minor.\\nNcwal, William D.\\nNilcs, Alanson.\\nOttawa, .Stephen.\\nOttawa, George.\\nOttawa, James.\\nOttawa, John.\\nPerson, John.\\nPiper, William.\\nParscU, Henry.\\nPorter, Joseph.\\nPerkins, Peter.\\nParker, Hiram.\\nPealiody, Austin.\\nPatrick, Robert.\\nPenoyer, James.\\nPerkins, Lyman.\\nPond, Alfred.\\nRichardson, Alfred.\\nJlowcll, Daniel W.\\nSilsby, Seth.\\nSt. John, Alanson.\\nSharp, .John.\\nWiekham, Samuel.\\nWalhiee, Thcron.\\nWood, E.\\nIt is possible that in this list are a few names which\\nshould be credited to what i.s now Flu.shing, as the old\\nrecord from wliich they are taken is in such shape that it\\nis nearly impossible to determine the location of all.\\nCEMETEUIES.\\nThe township contains two cemeteries, one at Swartz\\nCreek (Miller settlement), and the other near the Lyons\\nsettlement, in the northwe.st part of town. Possibly the\\nfirst death in the township was that of a child in the family\\nof Seth Hathaway, which occurred about 1838. The first\\nadult who died (Miller settlement neighborhood) was a man\\nnamed Wheaton. The two cemeteries in town each con-\\ntain about an acre of land. That at Swartz Creek was\\noriginally taken from the Miller property, and the persons\\nwho died, as above, were buried in it before tlie ground was\\nlaid out for cemetery purposes. It was given to the town-\\nship by Adam Miller, and in it rest the remains of the fol-\\nlowing early settlers, together with a few Indian children\\nand one or two Indian adults\\nCaleb H. Howes, died Feb. 5, 187.3, aged seveuty-nine years.\\nAilam Miller, died March 11, 1841, aged seventy-one years.\\nMargaret, his wife, died Nov. 4, 1864, aged eighty-six years.\\nJacob Kail, died Dec. 26, 1878, aged sixty-five years.\\nPeter Miller, died April 26, 1859, aged forty-five years.\\nJoseph Miller, died Sept. 23, 1858, aged forty-two years.\\nStiles Ryno, died Dec. 22, 1861, aged sixty-one years.\\nHosea Bradford and wife, who lived in town a short time at an\\nearly date; also Elisba Martin and wife, who were old settlers.\\nTOWNSHIP OKGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.\\nWhen the petition for organizing a new township from\\nthe part of Flushing now comprising Clayton was sent to\\nthe Legislature no name was .sent with it, and that of\\nClayton was given it by that body. The following arc the\\nproceedings of the first town-meeting, as shown by the\\nrecords\\nIn pursuance of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Michi-\\ngan, passed March 1846, organizing the township of Clayton, the\\nfirst annual township-meeting was held at the school-house in Dist.\\nNo. 6, on the 6th day of April, 1846, in compliance with the provis-\\nions of said act. Present, Thomas Chapin, Justice of the Peace.\\nThe meeting then proceeded to elect Alfred Pond, Caleb Calkins,\\nIsaac Lyons, and Caleb H. Howes, Inspectors of Election, and Alan-\\nson Nilea, Clerk. After the Board of Inspectors was respectively\\n8wi rn, they then proceeded to receive votes for township ofticers.\\nThe subject of license was also voted upon, 30 ballots\\nbeing cast for it, and 21 against. The following were the\\noflBcers chosen, viz. Supervisor, Alfred Pond Town Clerk,\\nFrancis Brotherton Treasurer, Tlieron Wallace Justices\\nof the Peace, Seth Newell, Isaac Lyons, Caleb Calkins;\\nAssessors, Harry Brotherton, Seth Silsby Commissioners\\nof Highways, Richard C. Goyer, John C. Clement, John\\nM. Nash In.spectors of Schools, Alanson Niles, Alfred\\nPond Directors of the Poor, Alex. H. Fenner, Barnard\\nCarpenter; Constables, John M. Nash, Silas Henry, Elba-\\nnan W. Fenner Overseers of Highways, Alfred llichard-\\nson, Wright N. Clement, Albert Granger, Alexander H.\\nFenner, William Piper, Bernard Lennon, John M. Nash,\\nMorgan D. Chapman, Abram Knight, David Felt.\\nAt the meeting in 1847 it was Voted, To raise a tax of\\nten dollars for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the\\nMichfcgdi/ich Creek, on the northea.st quarter of section 17,\\nin town 7 north, of range 5 east.\\nThe following list comprises the township officers from\\n1847 to 1879, inclusive:\\n1847. Supervisor, Alfred Pond; Town Clerk, Alexan-\\nder H. Fenner Justices of the Peace, Isaac Lyons, Jacob\\nW. Rail Treasurer, Silas Henry Commissioners of High-\\nways, Theron Wallace, Richard C. Goyer, Jacob H. Cod-\\ndiiigton School Inspector, Alfred Pond Directors of the\\nPoor, David Felt, Caleb H. Howes; Constables, Fisher J.\\nGriswold, Seth Silsby, John M. Nash, Albert Granger.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervi-sor, John C. Clement;* Town Clerk,\\nAlexander H. Fenner; Treasurer, Silas Henry; Justice of\\nPeace, Caleb Calkins Assessors, Harry Brotherton, Seth\\nSilsby; Coninii-ssioner of Highways, Jacob W. Rail; School\\nInspector, Austin Peabody Directors of the Poor, John\\nC. Clement, David Felt Constables, Silas Henry, William\\nGoyer, John M. Nash.\\n1849. Supervisor, James E. Brown; Town Clerk,\\nAlexander H. Fenner Treasurer, Harry Brotherton Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, Caleb H. Howes; Assessors, Barnard\\nCarpenter, Sedgwick P. Stcdraan Commissioners of High-\\nways, Harry Brotherton, Eiuir Wooden School Inspector,\\nAlfred Pond Directors of the Poor, James E. Brown,\\nHarry Brotherton Constables, F. J. Griswold, Solomon T.\\nGranger, John J. Van Vcchten.\\n1850. Supervisor, James E. Brown; Town Clerk, Ilos-\\nwell Hilton Treasurer, Harry Brotherton Justice of the\\nPeace, Alfred Pond; Commissioner of Highways, Thcron\\nWallace Assessors, A. H. Fenner, William Howes School\\nInspector, Caleb II. Howes; Overseers of the Poor, Caleb\\nCalkins, Alex. II. Fenner; Constables, William Goyer,\\nFisher J. Griswold, Albert Granger, Solomon T. Granger.\\n1851. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, Al-\\nfred Pond Treasurer, Harry Brotherton Justice of the\\nPeace, Isaac Lyons Commissioner of Highways, Caleb H.\\nHowes School Inspector, Caleb Calkins Overseers of the\\nPoor, Roswell Hilton, Daniel Miller; Constables, Solomon\\nT. Granger, William (ioyer, Abram B. Knight, John\\nMeaker.\\n1852. Supervisor, Seth Newell Town Clerk, Joel\\nDraper Treasurer, Roswell Hilton Justice of the Peace,\\nRosignod, and Alfred Pond appointed to fill vacancy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0553.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "360\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nWilliam 3IcGliiifli} Commissioners of Iligliways, Moi\\ngiin U. Chapman, George Ottaway School Inspector, Philo\\nNewell Constables, Solomon T. Granger, Fisher J. Gris-\\nwold, William V. Hilton, Milo Goodrich.\\n1853. Supervisor, Seth Newell; Town Clerk, Peter\\nMiller; Treasurer, Benjamin Rail, Jr.; Justice of the\\nPeace, Sedgwick P. Stedman Commissioner of High-\\nways, George Ottaway; School Inspector, Andrew M. Felt;\\nOverseers of the Poor, Emir Wooden, David Felt; Con-\\nstables, Francis Brewer, Milo Goodrich, F. J. Griswold,\\nJacob W. Rail.\\n1854. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk,\\nSedgwick P. Stedman Treasurer, Benjamin Rail, Jr.\\nJustice of the Peace, Caleb Calkins Coinmi.ssioner of\\nHighways, Jasper Taft School Inspector, Cyrus Peabody\\nOverseers of the Poor, Stiles Ryno, William Goyer; Con-\\nstables, John Meaker, George Perkins, Solomon T. Gran-\\nger, Fi^her J. Griswold.\\n1855. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, An-\\ndrew M. Felt Treasurer, Benjamin Rail, Jr. Justice of\\nthe Peace, Isaac Lyons; Commissioner of Highways, Mi-\\nchael Donahoo School Inspector, Caleb Calkins Overseers\\nof the Poor, Caleb Calkins, Cyrus Peabody Constables,\\nHoratio W. Felt, Joel Draper, James Liwis, Solomon T.\\nGranger.\\n185G. Supervisor, Sedgwick P. Stedman; Town Clerk,\\nCaleb H. Howes; Treasurer, Eiios M. Miller; Justice of\\nthe Peace, Solomon T. Granger Commissioner of High-\\nways, Isaac Lyons School Inspector, Jacob A. Goodwin\\nOverseers of the Poor, Caleb Calkins, John B. Passmore\\nConstables, Edmund Calkins, Emmet Todd, James Lewis,\\nMichael Dimahoo.\\n1857. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, Wil-\\nliam Wheeler; Treasurer, Enos M. Miller; Justices of\\nthe Peace, S. P. Stedman, David A. Miller; Commissioner\\nof Highways, Benjamin Rail; School Inspector, Charles P.\\nNash; Overseers of the Poor, H. D. Howes, Caleb Calkins;\\nCon.stables, Edmund Calkins, Solomon T. Granger, Chris-\\ntopher Downey, A. D. Miller.\\n1858. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, Wil-\\nliam Wheeler Treasurer, E. M. Miller; Justices of the\\nPeace, Alfred Pond, William Wheeler, Caleb H. Howes\\nCommissioner of Highways, Dan. W. Stowell School In-\\nspectors, Jacob Goodwin, Orville Green Overseers of the\\nPoor, C. Downey, John B. Passmore Constables, E.\\nCalkins, James Goodrich, Elias Whitmore, Oliver H.\\nGranger.\\n1859. Supervisor, Alfred Pond Town Clerk, James\\nE. Brown Treasurer, Enos M. IMiller Justice of the\\nPeace, Isaac Lyons Commissioner of Highways, Isaac\\nLyons School Inspector, Orville Green Overseers of the\\nPoor, Hiram Goodwin, William Howes Constables, James\\nGoodrich, Seth Silsby, Benjamin Rail, James E. Brown.\\n1860. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk,\\nAndrew M. Felt; Treasurer, Sedgwick P. Stedman; Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, Michael Donahoo; Commissioner of\\nHighways, Michael Donahoo School Inspector, Alfred\\nPond Constables, Emmet Todd, Eli Bai-nhart, Solomon\\nT. Granger, Seth T. Wheeler.\\n18G1. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk,\\nAndrew M. Felt; Trea.surer, William Wheeler; Commis-\\nsioner of Highways, William Morrish School Inspector,\\nSeth S. Wheeler; Justice of the Peace, William Wheeler;\\nConstables, Oscar H. Shattuck, Emmet Todd, William L.\\nMcGlinchy, John J. Gordon.\\n1862. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, A.\\nM. Felt Treasurer, William Wheeler Justice of the\\nPeace, Edmund Calkins; Commissioner of Highways, John\\nJ. Gordon School Inspector, Alfred Pond Constables,\\nDaniel Calkins, Charles H. Goyer, John J. Gordon, Robert\\nMcGlinchy.\\n1863. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, A.\\nM. Felt Treasurer, William Wheeler Justice of the\\nPeace, Isaac Lyons; Commissioner of Highways, Michael\\nDonahoo School Inspector, Robert C. Passmore Consta-\\nbles, William L. McGlinchy, James Glass, John J. Gor-\\ndon, James E. Ottaway.\\n1864. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, A.\\nM. Felt; Treasurer, William Wheeler; Justice of the\\nPeace, Michael Donahoo; Commissioner of Highways,\\nWilliam Morrish School Inspectors, James Glass, Philip\\nCrotsley Constables, Robert McGlinchy, Seth Silsby,\\nJames W. Brown, Orlando W. Parscll.\\n1865. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk, A.\\nM. Felt; Treasurer, Michael Donahoo; Justice of the\\nPeace, Philip H. Crotsley; Commissioner of Highways,\\nJohn J. Gordon School Inspector, John Passmore Con-\\nstables, Solomon T. Granger, Robert McGlinchy, John J.\\nGordon, James W. Brown.\\n1866. Supervisor, James E. Brown; Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway Treasurer, Theron Wallace Justices\\nof the Peace, Alfred Pond, Peter Gordon Commissioner\\nof Highways, E. W. Fenner School Inspector, James\\nGlass; Constables, Robert McGlinchy, John J. Gordon,\\nMichael Traynor, Daniel E. Calkins.\\n1867. Supervisor, James E. Brown; Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway Treasurer, Theron Wallace Justices of\\nthe Peace, Isaac Lyons, Benjamin Ingalls Commissioners\\nof Highways, Michael Donahoo, Daniel Calkins School\\nInspector, John Passmore Constables, John Burleson,\\nMichael Traynor, Robert McClinchy, James W. Brown.\\n1868. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway Treasurer, William Morrish Justice\\nof the Peace, Michael Donahoo Commissioner of High-\\nways, Benjamin Ingalls; School Inspector, Philip Crotsley;\\nConstables, John Burleson, Walter F. Granger, George\\nEvans, R. McGlinchy.\\n1869. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway Treasurer, William Morrish Justice\\nof the Peao3, George A. Evais; Commissioner of High-\\nways, E W. Fenner; School Inspectors, John Passmore,\\nJohn Noble Constables, Robert McGlinchy, John W.\\nHartsock, Thomas Mundy, W. F. Granger.\\n1870. Supervisor, James E. Brown Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway; Treasurer, Michael Donahoo; Justice\\nof the Peace, Alfred Pond Commissioner of Highways,\\nWillis Nichols; School Inspector, James Glass; Constables,\\nRobert McGlinchy, Daniel W. Fuller, Walter F. Granger,\\nJohn W. Hartsock.\\n1871. Supervisor, James E. Brown; Town Clerk,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0554.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0555.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0556.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "CLAYTON TOWNSHIP.\\n3G1\\nJauies E. Ottaway; Treasurer, Michael Donahoo; Justices\\nof (lie Peace, Isaac Lyons, liarles II. Ciiapiiiaii Coiiiuiis-\\nsioiicr of Highways, William Morrish School Inspector,\\nJohn Passmorc Drain Comiuissioner, Isaac Lyons Con-\\nstables, John Noble, Robert McGlinohy, Luther 0. Joues,\\nDaniel W. Fuller.\\n1872. Supervisor, James E. Brown; Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway Treasurer, Michael Donahoo Justice\\nof the Peace, Miciiael Donahoo; Commissioner of High-\\nways, E. W. Fenner School Inspector, John Noble;\\nDrain Com r, Isaac Lyons Constables, Robert McGlinchy,\\nJohn W. Hartsock, Aaron Crowder, Walter F. Gi anger.\\n1873. Supervisor, James Glass; Town Clerk, James E.\\nOttaway Treasurer, Michael Donahoo Justice of the Peace,\\nCharles H. Chapman Commissioner of Highways. Henry\\nD. Howes School Inspector, George E. Houghton Di ain\\nCommissioner, Isaac Lyons; Constables, Robert McGlinchy,\\nC. C. Decker, Benjamin Ingalls, John Conlen.\\n1874. Supervisor, James Glass; Town Clerk, James E.\\nOttaway Treasurer, William Morrish .Justice of the Peace,\\nJacob Messick; Commissioners of Highways, William Mor-\\nrish, Josiah Rock School Inspector, John Passmore; Drain\\nCummis.sioner, Michael Donahoo; Constables, Luther 0.\\nJones, llob t McGlinchy, M. Donahoo, Jr., J. W. Hartsock.\\n1875. Supervisor, George E. Houghton Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway; Treasurer, Charles H. Cha|)man Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, Isaac Lyons; Commissioner of llighwa3 s,\\nWilliam Morrish Township Superintendent of Schools,\\nNoi man A. Beecher School Inspector, John Passmoi e\\nDrain Com r, M. Donahoo Constables, Rob t McClinchy,\\nC. H. Lyons, Hamilton Bogardus, Michael Donahoo, Jr.\\n1876. Supervisor, George E. Houghton Town Clerk,\\nJames E. Ottaway Treasurer, Charles II. Chapman Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, Michael Donahoo Commissioner of High-\\nways, William Moi rish Township Superintendent of\\nSchools, Norman A. Beecher; School Inspector, John Pass-\\nmore Drain Com r (two years), C. C. Decker Constables,\\nC. L. Lyons, M. Donahoo, Jr., Wm. Stone, C. C. Decker.\\n1877. Supervisor, George E. Houghton Town Clerk,\\nEdwin il. Goodwin Treasurer, Peter Lennon Justice of\\nthe Peace, George A. Evans Commissioner of Highways,\\nE. W. Fenner Township Superintendent of Schools, John\\nPassmore School Inspector, Henry D. Howes Constables,\\nNelson Burleson, John A. McCrea, Charles L. Lyons,\\nDarwin A. Countryman.\\n1878. Supervisor, Peter Lennon Town Clerk, James\\nE. Ottaway (did not accept, and Herbert Anthony was\\nappointed) Tieasuror, Isa;ic Lyons; .Justice of the Peace,\\nTheron Wallace; Commissioner of Highways, John T.\\nParker Township Superintendent of Schools, John Piiss-\\nmore School Inspector, William Stone Drain Commis-\\nsioner (two years), M. Donahoo; Con.stablos, C. L. Lyons,\\nCharles L. Countryman, Willis S. Nichols, Hiram Morrish.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supervi.sor, Peter Lennon Town Clerk, .James\\nE. Ottaway; Treasurer, Sylvenas Graves; Justices of the\\nPeace, Isaac Lyons, Sr., Paul Countryman Commissioner\\nof Highways, John F. Parker; Township Superintendent\\nof Schools, Heni-y R. Kclliout; School Inspector, William\\nStone Constables, Charles L. Lyons, Charles L. Country-\\nman, James H. Moores, Edward Redman.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school in the township was very likely taught\\nin the Miller settlement. In the spring of 1888 a log\\nschool-house was built acro.ss the line in Gaines, and a\\nterm of school taught that season by a Miss Watkins, of\\nMundy. This building was used but one year. In 183 J a\\nframe school-house was erected on the north side of the line,\\nwhere the store of the Messrs. Miller now stands (southca.st\\ncorner section 35, in Clayton). The present frame building\\nused for school-purposes is on the Gaines side of the line.\\nAbout 184-1 a log school-house was built on the corner of\\nIsaac Lyons land, where the present house in District No. 8\\nstands. The first school in it was a winter term, taught by\\nMiss Angeline Smith, now the wife of Robert C. Ransom,\\nof Flushing. There were then few children of school-age\\nin the neighborhood. Mr. Lyons had but one, yet his\\ntuition was $3.75, even though the wages paid the teachers\\nwere low. The district then contained sixteen sections.\\nIn the Donahoo neighborhood there was no school until\\n1854. In April of that year a log school-house was built\\non Barnard Lennon s land, and a summer term taught in it\\nby Miss Electa Perkins. The first year the school was car-\\nried on by the aid of rate bills, afterwards partly with public\\nmoney. The district (No. 2) was organized April 22, 1854,\\nwith Michael Donahoo as director. The present fi-amc\\nschool-building in this district stands 200 rods east of the\\nsite of the original log building.\\nThe following is the report of the schools of Clayton\\ntownship for the year ending Sept. 2, 1878\\nDlSTItKTS.\\nCliildrrn lu ench Die-\\nIrict from Five to\\nTwenty Yenra.\\na\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o\\nSfe\\na\\no\\n5\\n1\\na\\nti\\na\\no\\nA\\n3 S3\\n111\\nIII\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-1\\nK to\\nS5\\no\\n1\\nu\\na,\\nz\\no\\no\\n3\\nNUMBKlt 01\\nTkacukrs.\\nTbacued:\\nWaues.\\nFrame.\\nHitlo.\\nFemale.\\nMale.\\nFcmnlo.\\nNo.\\nu\\nIt\\nu\\ntt\\n(t\\nU\\n1\\n48\\n48\\n61\\n35\\n52\\n44\\n2U\\n57\\n30\\n60\\n43\\n57\\n23\\n4U\\n36\\n22\\n69\\n28\\ni\\n2\\n140\\n1411\\n1611\\nMil\\n100\\n140\\n147\\n110\\nMil\\n1\\n65\\n60\\n50\\n.0\\n40\\nno\\n35\\n60\\n60\\n$1100\\n800\\n800\\n100\\n500\\n300\\n500\\n1000\\n700\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\n1\\ni\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n2\\n1\\n$100\\n87.50\\n$30\\n42\\n156\\n27\\n40\\n30\\n35\\n132\\n30\\n2\\n3\\n5\u00c2\u00bb\\n105\\n120\\n100\\n80\\n6\\n8\\n9\\nI2\u00c2\u00bb\\n13 _\\n100\\nFractional diatiicLi.\\n46", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0557.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "362\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nTotal receipts for year ending as above, S2514.34;\\namount on liaiiil Sept. 2, 1878, $G21.45 total expendi-\\ntures, less amount on hand, $1892.89.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUKCH, SWARTZ\\nCREEK.\\nAs early as the fall of 1837 regular preaching was held\\nhere by this denouiiiiation, Rev. Mr. Whitney, then sta-\\ntioned at Flint, filling the appointment. A Methodist\\nclass was organized at the same time, and meetings were\\nfor a number of years held in the school-house. Finally,\\nin the spring of 185G, the present frame church was built\\nou land taken from the Miller property. Daniel Miller,\\nnow of Leelanau County, was one of the early pillars of\\nthe church. The society has at present a very fair mem-\\nbership, and is in good condition. The pastor at this time\\n(July, 1879) is Rev. Joel B. Goss.\\nSWARTZ CREEK POST-OFFICE (HAMILTON\\nSTATION).\\nDuring the infancy of the settlement people coming here\\nfrom the direction of Flint .spoke of going up the Swartz,\\nand in time the small stream flowing near became known as\\nSwartz Creek, though only a branch of the main stream.\\nA mail-route was finally established, extending from Flint\\nthrough to HartwoUville, on the Grand River road, in\\nShiawassee County, via Vernon and old Sliiawasseetown.\\nThis was probably in the fall of 1842. An office was at\\nthe same time establi-shed at the Miller settlement, and\\nnamed Swartz Creek. Arthur L. Ellsworth received the\\nfirst appointment as postmaster, and after discharging the\\nduties of the office about one year he moved away. Mail\\nwas then carried on horseback. Ellsworth s successor was\\nPeter Miller, who held the office about eight years. Henry\\nSnyder was next appointed, then Caleb H. Howes, and\\nabout the close of the war of the Rebellion, Enos M. Mil-\\nler was placed in charge, and still continues in that capacity.\\nAs early as 1842, Miller Rail sold the first goods in\\nthe place. They were the proprietors of an asliery, and\\ncarried on a large business. Goods were given in exchange\\nfor ashes, and were also sold to others needing them. This\\nindustry is numbered among the things of the past, although\\nwhile in operation it proved lucrative. Three or four years\\nbefore the railway was completed through the place a store\\nwas built, and a stock of merchandise opened by William\\nM. Thurber, of Flint. This was afterwards burned. It\\nstood on the Gaines side of the line. A short time pre-\\nvious to the completion of the road (now known as the\\nChicago and Northeastern Railway) a small grocery was\\nstarted by a man named Wright, but was not long continued.\\nThe village now contains four stores, a flour- and feed-\\nmill, one hotel, a meat-market, a shoe-shop, three blacksmith-\\nand wagon-shops, one harness-shop, three millinery-estab-\\nlishments, and one physician (Dr. Gordon). The hotel\\nmentioned is on the Gaines side, and is called the Bristol\\nHouse. It was built by Ephraim Fletcher, in the summer\\nof 1877, and is a large frame structure.\\nThe railway was completed and began operations in\\nOctober, 1876. The station was named Hamilton, in\\nhonor of William Hamilton, of Flint, one of the directors\\nof the company. As the names of tlie station and post^\\noffice are different, much trouble is caused in shipping\\ngoods, and also in mail connections, as another place called\\nHamilton exists in the State. Efforts have been made to\\nsecure a change in the name of the station, but thus far\\nunsuccessfully.\\nOn the 17th of March, 1877, a village-plat was laid out\\non the northeast fractional quarter of the northeast frac-\\ntional quarter of section 2, in the township of Gaines, and\\ngiven the name of Swartz Creek, to correspond with the\\npost-office. Two lots had been previously sold, one to\\nBenjamin Ingalls, and the other to Charles H. Evans, and,\\nin con.se(|uence, their names appear with that of Julia\\nMiller (widow of Peter Miller) as village proprietors, al-\\nthough they owned but the two lots. The plat was laid on\\na portion of Mr. Miller s estate, and has been built upon to\\nsome extent. Jlost of the business of the village is, how-\\never, in Clayton township, where a few lots have been sold\\nto individuals, while as yet no regular plat has been made\\nand recorded. The post-office and most of the stores are\\non the north side, and in both towuships are elcgible sites\\nfor building.\\nSOCIETIES AND ORDERS.\\nLIBERTY ORANGE, NO. 255, PATRONS OF HDSBANDRY,\\nwas organized under dispensation, Feb. 26, 1874, and\\nchartered July 7, 1874. Its first Master was F. F. Kel-\\nlicut. The present membership is about 45. The build-\\ning in which the post-office and Miller s store are located is\\nthe properly of the Grange, whose room is in the second\\nstory. The officers for 1879 are: Master, E. J. Goodwin\\nOverseer, W. M. Morris; Secy., W. L. Jliller; Chaplain,\\nJoseph Remington Lecturer, William Holden Treas.,\\nE. Calkin.\\nGOOD-WILL LODGE, NO. 309, I. O. 0. P.,\\nwas chartered Feb. 5, 1878, with the following members,\\nviz. Edward S. Dart, William E. Short, George Jeffere,\\nJohn McSorley, and William D. Bailey. Its present mem-\\nbership is about 35, and its officers are Noble Grand,\\nJohn Ford Vice-Grand, Henry Kellicut Secy., Paul\\nCountryman Permanent Secy., D. A. Countryman Treas.,\\nJohn C. Smith. The Lodge holds its meetings in the\\nGrange Hall.\\nPEARLY FOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. GO, I. 0. G. T.,\\nwas chartered Feb. 27, 1878, with 16 members. Darwin\\nA. Countryman was the first executive officer. The present\\nmembership is about 30, and the officers are the following:\\nAVorthy Chief Templar, D. A. Countryman Worthy Vice-\\nTemplar, Mi-s. D. A. Countryman Secy., John Moorhouse\\nFinancial Secy., Andrew Barlow Treas., Mrs. Paul Coun-\\ntryman. The lodge-room is also in Grange Hall.\\nMYRTLE LODGE, NO. 1415, KNIGHTS OF HONOR, SWARTZ\\nCREEK,\\nwas organized Feb. 22, 1879, with 24 members. The\\nmembership is the same at present. The organization\\nmeets in Grange Hall. Its officers are: Past Dictator, G.\\nG.Gordon; Dictator, W. L. Miller; Vice-Dictator, Johu", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0558.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0559.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "CALEB CALKINS.\\nMRS. CAROLINE CALKINS.\\nCALEB CALKINS.\\nThis estimable gentleiiiun, born in New Hampshire, Nov. 26, 1S04,\\nwas descended from a good old Welsh family, whose representative\\ncame to this country many generations ago. His father, also named\\nCaleb, who died in April, 1S04, at the age of forty-five years, was one\\nof a family of seven brothers, all the rest of whom lived to a good old\\nage, from seventy to one hundred and four years. His mother s\\nmaiden name was Hannah Barber.\\nAt the age of twenty years he took unto himself a wife in the\\nperson of Miss Caroline Piper, who was born in the State of Con-\\nnecticut, June 12, 1804. She was a daughter of Samuel and Betsey\\n(Lucas) Piper. Her father was of German descent, and served in\\nthe American army during the war of 1812. Ho was four times\\nmarried. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1795, was Betsey\\nLucas, who bore him five children, Betsey, Olive, Dimmis, Mercy,\\nand Caroline. She died in June, 1805, and a year later he took a\\nsecond wife, whose name was Annie Coville. By her he became the\\nfather of nine other children, who were named, respectively, Polly,\\nNelson, Matilda, Maletta, Ann, Eliza, William, Fanny, and George.\\n{This youngest son enlisted in the Union army, and was captured by\\nthe rebels, incarcerated in Libby prison, and died from the starvation\\nand inhumanity to which he was subjected.) In 1837, having again\\nbecome a widower, he married for his third wife a lady of the name\\nof Thayer. The last marriage occurred in 1854, after he had passed\\nthe eightieth anniversary of his birth. The name borne by this\\nfourth wife was Farr. His death occurred in August, 1860, he being\\nthen upwards of eighty-six years old.\\nCaleb Calkins and Caroline Piper were married in the Green\\nMountain State, on the 22d day of February, 1825. The following\\nspring they gathered together the household goods and removed to\\nthe famous Genesee country, in Western New York, where they\\nstarted a home in the town of AVheatland, Monroe Co. From there\\nthey moved to Oakfield, N. Y., where Mr. Calkins and his brother\\nDaniel had purchased a farm in the then wilderness, which was\\noverrun by the wolves and Indians. He subsequently sold his interest\\nin that place and bought on the West openings. His next move was\\nto start out with his father-in-law to look at the lands of Michigan.\\nThey came to Calhoun County, traveling on foot, and selling pins,\\nneedles, and notions by the way to pay their expenses. He had pre-\\nviously sold his farm on the openings, and now bought a farm in\\nMichigan. He subsequently sold it, however, and bought another in\\nthe town of Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y., where he resided several\\nyears. In 1840 he traded that place with his brother Daniel, taking\\nin exchange one hundred and sixty acres in the town of Clayton,\\nseven miles -west of Flint. Having examined his latest acquisition,\\nand let to Samuel Wickham the job of clearing two acres, sowing it\\nto wheat, and harvesting the crop, he then returned to New York.\\nIn 1841 ho sent his household goods by team to Buffalo, and shipped\\nthem on a lake craft to Detroit, and then, with his family in an emi-\\ngrant wagon drawn by a good pair of horses, started to found a home\\nin Miehigiin. He crossed the Niagara at Lewiston, traveled through\\nt anada, crossed the Detroit River at Detroit, and arrived at his new\\nhome in October. They were accompanied by Mr. Calkins sister,\\nMrs. Sherman Fletcher, whose husband had preceded the rest of the\\nparty by a couple of weeks for the purpose of having a house ready\\nfor their joint occupancy before the party arrived. In this intention,\\nhowever, he failed, and the families temporarily moved in with\\nSamuel Wickham, remaining there some eight or ten days before\\nFletcher s house was ready. Both families lived in the Fletcher\\nhouse for three weeks. Mr. Calkins traded his team of horses with\\nJarvis Bailey, getting a team of oxen, a cow, a hog. and lumber for\\nhis house in exchange. At the expiration of the three weeks his\\nown house was ready and the family moved in.\\nThere are many interesting incidents connected with their pioneer\\nexperiences, some of which we briefly mention. In the winter follow-\\ning their arrival (1841-42) fodder for the cattle could not be obtained,\\nand as a consequence they were forced to live upon browse, or the\\ntender twigs of trees that were felled for that purpose. In January,\\n1843, the family were out of flour and had no money. As an ex-\\npedient, Mr. Calkins purchased a load of lumber (giving his note in\\npayment), hired a man to draw it to Milford, and traded it for two\\nbarrels of flour of very poor quality about what would now be\\nclassed as No. 1 middlings. To settle the note forty bushels of\\nwheat was given the next harvest. In 1848 he sent his eldest son to\\nPontiac with a load of wheat, and he brought back a load of apples,\\nwhich were the first brought into Clayton.\\nMr. Calkins was fond of hunting, and very proficient in the use of\\nthe rifle; both his own and his ncighboi-s tables were well supplied\\nwith venison furnished by his skill. He built the first framed barn\\nin Clayton, and also the first school-house. The raisings were\\nattended by every man in Clayton, and some from Flushing and\\nFlint. For several years Mr. Calkins worked among the neighbors\\nat shoemaking, coo2 ering. and carpenter and joiner work.\\nIn his lifetime he was honored by his fellow-citizens by being\\ncalled to ofiice, serving as school inspector and justice of the peace,\\ndemonstrating in each position his ability and probity of character.\\nBoth he and his wife were honored members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, lived consistent and exemplary Christian lives, and\\npassed from earth secure in their faith in Christ, and the loving re-\\ngards of their friends and acquaintances. Mr. Cnlkins died Aug. 5,\\n1860, and his wife Nov. 12, 1863.\\nMr. Calkins had a family of thirteen children, of whom six still\\nsurvive. Their names and residences are as follows: Edmund,\\nDaniel, Elijah, and Elisha Calkins, of Clayton Mrs. A. M. Felt, of\\nMount Morris; James H. Calkins, of Owasso. Of the deceased, Edmoud,\\nRosina, and Matilda died young in the State of New York; Edwin,\\nand Caroline, wife of William Morrish, in this town; Dimmis, wife\\nof Thomas Morrish, in Flint; and John W., a soldier in Co. H, 4th\\nMichigan Cavalry, in August, 1864, at Cartersville, Ga.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0560.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "CLAYTON TOWNSHIP.\\n3G3\\nFord Assistant Dictator, Charles L. Countryman Re-\\nporter, Charles McLain Financial Reporter, M. S.\\nOsjrood Treas., Benjamin Injialls Chaplain, F. W.\\nFuller Guide, George Jeffers Guardian, John C. Smith\\nSentinel, J. L. Goodrich.\\nSWARTZ CREEK LADlKs LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.\\nThe idea of forming an association of this nature in the\\nvillage was first conceived and mentioned by Mrs. Benja-\\nmin Ingalls, and to lior and Mrs. D. K. Salisbury is due the\\npraise for carrying out the plan. The society was organ-\\nized iu May and June, 1877, with about 30 members. The\\nplan of the work is somewhat different at present, sub.scrip-\\ntions being taken. The number of volumes in the library\\nin the middle of June, 1879, was 181. These are princi-\\npally works of fiction, although a considerable number of\\nreligious and other volumes are included. The society-\\nroom is in Grange Hall. The present officers are Presi-\\ndent, Mrs. J. C. Parsons; Vice-President, Mre. Charles\\nCrapser Recording Secretary, Mrs. D. K. Salisbury Cor-\\nresponding Secretary, Mrs. Jenny Hill Treasurer, Mrs.\\nDavison Librarian, Mrs. Ingalls. The society is not yet\\nincorporated.\\nAmong tho.se who have kindly furnished information in\\nthis township, and to whom thanks are therefore due and\\nhereby tendered, are Enos M. Miller, Lsaac Lyons, Esq.,\\nJacob Coddington (of Flushing), James E. Ottaway, John\\nCarton, Michael Doiiahoo, E.-^q., Peter Lennon, and numer-\\nous others, whom tiiere is not space to meution.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nPAUL E. TRAYNOR.\\nBernard Traynor was born at Cootehill, County Cavan,\\nIreland, in ISIO. He lived at home with bis parents, who\\nwere farmers, until about 1830, when he married Ellen\\nDonahoo, and commenced farming on his own account.\\nIn 1844, in hopes of being able to better his condition, he\\njoined the tide of emigrants then crossing the ocean to\\nfound new homes and build up futures in the country\\nwhose name had become to them the synonym of hope and\\npromise, and, with his wife and three children, landed in\\nNew York in due time.\\nSome years previous his brothers-in-law, Bernard Lennon\\nand Patrick Conlen, had come to America, and had finally\\nsettled in Clayton. They had written back glowing reports\\nregarding the cheap lands and rich soil there so abundant,\\nand Lennon, to encourage bis brother-in-law to come, had\\npromised to give him forty acres of land. Upon his arrival\\nin Clayton he at once moved on to this land, the north-\\nwest quarter of the northeast (|uarter of section 30, and\\nbegan improving it, in the mean time, also, working out at\\nday labor to support his family. He arrived in July, just\\nat harvest-time, and worked during that sea.son on the Card\\nfiirm, in Sliiawa.ssee County, six tniles from bis home, walk-\\ning back and forth each day, and receiving two bushels of\\nwheat for each day s labor.\\nBy his industrious habits and energetic efforts, actuated\\nby a laudable ambition to become forehanded in the\\nworld, be not only cleared and improved the forty acres he\\noriginally owned, but also about two hundred and forty\\nacres more which he was able to add to it. His wife died\\nin 1847, and he survived her .-ome twentj -eight years,\\nliving a widower till bis death, which occurred May 13,\\n1875, from consumption.\\nHis children were I aul K., Edward, Susan, Michael, and\\nMary A., all of whom live in Clayton, Paul E. and Michael\\noccupying each a part of the homestead.\\nPaul E. Traynor was born in Ireland, Aug. 15, 1830,\\nand lived with bis parents until the winter of lH()2-63,\\nwhen, in February, he eidisted as a private in Company II,\\n23d Michigan Infantry, and went forth to fight the battles\\nof his adopted country against the hosts of its rebellious\\ncitizens. He participated in the battles of Nelson, Crab\\nOrchard, Stone Uiver, and llesaca, in the latter engagement\\nreceiving an injury in his right side from being struck by\\na spent .shell, which sent him to the hospital and kept him\\nthere until he was discharged, in June, 1805. Since bis\\nreturn he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits in this\\ntown, where he has one hundred and sixty acres on sec-\\ntion 20.\\nPETER LENNON.\\nIt is not always the oldest citizens of a town who are the\\nmost intimately connected with its development and prog-\\nress. In this case we write of a man who, though yet\\nyoung in point of years, has demonstrated his ability and\\nmade bis mark in the world. Ho springs from the hardy\\nrace of Irish farmers who have done so much towards de-\\nveloping the resources of this country. His father, Peter\\nLennon, was born in Belle Bay, County Monahan, Ireland,\\nin 1814. He was a son of Edward Lennon. In 1833 he\\nwas married to Margaret Bowen, and, three years after,\\ncame to this country. He settled in Wayne Co., Pa., and\\nfrom that time until 1853 was engaged as a contractor in\\nconstructing railroads, mostly in that State. From there\\nhe came to this town (Clayton), where his brother Bernard\\nhad long resided, and, purchasing the southwest (piarter of\\nthe northwest quarter of section 3(t, commenced the business\\nof farming, which he carried on, with painstaking industry,\\nuntil bis death, which occurred Jan. 10, 1801. His wife\\ndied July 7, 1859.\\nTheir family consisted of a son and a daughter, Peter,\\nborn in Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 1839, and Anna J., born\\nJan. 18, 1843. Anna J. is a school-teacher, and still\\nmakes this town her place of residence. Peter came to\\nMichigan with his parents when he was fourteen years of\\nage, and lived at homo until be was twenty-two, attending\\nthe common schools as opportunity occurred, and, by appli-\\ncation and a natural aptitude for ac([uiring knowledge, ob-\\ntained a good, ])ractical English education. At that time\\nthe breaking out of the war of the Rebellion aroused his\\npatriotism, leading to his enrollment, Aug. 7, 1801, as a\\nprivate in Company D, 5th Michigan Infantry, in which\\nbe served four years, rc-cidisting on the 25th of December,\\n1803; he w;is mustered out July 27, 1805. Entering\\nthe service as a private, he rose through all the grades to", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0561.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "364\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ncaptain, receiving a commission as such a short time before\\nbeing mustered out. He was in the Army of the Potomac,\\nand participated in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven\\nDays Fight before Richmond, Harrison s Landing, second\\nBull llun, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, at\\nNew York during the draft riots, Bristoe Station, Wilder-\\nness, the siege of Petersburg, and numerous lesser engage-\\nments. He was severely wounded in the head at Williams-\\nburg, received a slight wound in the right leg at Gettysburg,\\nand a more severe one through the calf of the same leg at\\nthe Wilderness.\\nAfter the battle of Chancellorsville he was, with several\\nothers of his brigade, decorated with the Kearney Cross\\nfor meritorious conduct on the field. This honor was con-\\nferred by General Order No. 48, issued May 16, 1863, by\\nD. B. Birney, brigadier-general, commanding 1st Division,\\n3d Corps, Army of the Potomac, which was Kearney s old\\ndivision. Oct. 27, 1864, he was taken prisoner at the\\nbattle of Hatch s Run, and after being confined in Libby\\nprison one week was taken to the prison-pen at Salis-\\nbury, N. C, where he was subjected to the usual inhu-\\nmanity exhibited towards Union prisoners by the rebels,\\nuntil, on the 4th day of January, 1865, he, with fourteen\\nothers, eluded the guard and made his escape. In com-\\npany with one other, he continued his efforts to reach the\\nUnion lines, and after traveling about four hundred miles\\nacross the country, mostly in the night-time, finally found\\nassistance and protection with the Union troops at Straw-\\nberry Plains, near Knoxville, in East Tennessee, where they\\narrived Feb. 7, 1865. Rejoining his regiment, he took\\npart in the closing campaign of the Rebellion, and was\\npresent at Lee s surrender. This record of a gallant .soldier\\nis one of which any one might well be proud, and Mr.\\nLennon, though in no spirit of boasting, refers to it with\\npardonable pride.\\nFor six years after his return home he served as a mem-\\nber of the Flint Union Blues.\\nUpon his return he accepted the position of superintend-\\nent of the Flint River Boom Company, which he filled for\\nnine years, when he moved on to his farm in Clayton. He\\nnow owns five hundred acres, and is engaged in agriculture,\\nmaking something of a specialty of wheat-growing.\\nHe is well known as a War Democrat, and has no sym-\\npathy with the present tendency of the party in the direc-\\ntion of States Rights. He has held the office of treasurer\\nand supervisor of the town, as will be seen by reference to\\nthe history of Clayton township in this work.\\nJan. 9, 1872, he was wedded to Miss Susan Traynor, of\\nClayton. Their eliildron have been four in number, Peter,\\nborn Oct. 6, 1872, died Oct. 14, 1872 Wilbur James,\\nborn Sept. 16, 1874; Mary Ellen, born July 9, 1876;\\nPeter Bernard, born Aug. 7, 1878.\\nHe remained with his parents, as.sisting in the work on\\nthe farm, until he reached the age of twenty-three years,\\nwhen he conceived the idea of emigrating to America, to\\nmake his fortune in the land of liberty. Taking passage\\nfor New York on the sailing ship William Cooper, he,\\nafter an uneventful voyage, reached the modern Gotham,\\nand remained there two years before coming West. In the\\nfall of 1851 he came to Flint, and went to work on the\\nfarm of Allen Walkley, with whom he remained nearly four\\nyears. In the time that thus intervened he purchased the\\nwestern half of the northeast quarter of section 29, in\\nClayton. Soon after his marriage he moved on to this\\nplace and began to improve it, and by his energy and good\\nmanagement, backed by a vast amount of hard labor, he\\nhas increased its size to three hundred and forty acres,\\nnearly half of which is under cultivation, and has been\\ncleared mainly by the work of his own hands.\\nHe was married, in December, 1853, to Margaret Red-\\nmond, of Flint, who was the daughter of James and Bridget\\nRedmond, of County Wexford, Ireland. They have had\\nnine children, as follows: James, born Aug. 24, 1855;\\nAnna, burn July 25, 1857 Kittie, born March 16,1859;\\nBridget, born July 25, 1861 Mary, born Sept. 30, 1863\\nMichael, born May 5, 1865; John, born Sept. 10, 1866;\\nSarah, born Aug. 30, 1867 and Julia, born Nov. 6, 1870.\\nMary died Aug. 30, 1868, John died in infancy, and the\\nrest are at present living in Clayton.\\nMICHAEL McENRUE.\\nThis prominent farmer of the township of Clayton, who\\nhas done so much towards developing the town, was born\\nin County Cavan, Ireland, in the month of October, 1826.\\nHis parents were farmers, and bore the names of Owen and\\nCatharine (McCabe) McEnrue.\\nJAMES PENOYER.\\nDescended from a French family, wlio.se representative or\\nrepresentatives came across the sea many generations ago,\\nand settled in some part of New England, the present\\ngeneration of Penoyers have no means of tracing their\\ndirect genealogy for more than three generations in the\\npast.\\nJames Penoyer, grandfather of the present person of\\nthat name, was a resident of Lee, Mass., for many years,\\nand from there moved to Onondaga Co., N. Y., in the early\\ndays of the settlement of that section of the country. His\\nhome was in the town of Fabius, where he and his wife\\ndied at a ripe old age. Their children were named Reuben,\\nDavid, Jacob, Truman, Silas, Zina, and Doty. They all\\nlived and died in Onondaga County, with the exception of\\nthe youngest son. Doty, who served in tlie war of 1812 as\\ndrum-major, afterwards enlisted in the regular army, served\\nseveral years in the West, and died somewhere in the Yel-\\nlowstone country.\\nJacob was the father of the subject of our memoir. He\\nwas married in Massachusetts (probably at Lee) to a Miss\\nCrocker, by whom he became the father of five children,\\nnamed, respectively, Sally, Mercy, David, Josiah, and Zina.\\nHis first wife dying, he subsequently married Lucy St.\\nJohn, who bore him four other children, Anna, James,\\nJulia, and Abigail. His wife died June 22, 1828, aged\\nfifty years, and two years later he was called from earth,\\nhis death occurring July 13, 1830, at the age of fifty-six\\nyears. Of his children but five are now living. Their\\nnames and residences are Mrs. Mercy Fairchilds, Cortland,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0562.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "CLAYTON TOWNSHIP.\\n365\\nN. Y. Mrs. Zina Woodroe, Pekin, 111. Mrs. Anna Ing-\\nham, Flushinsi;, Midi. Miss Julia Barnes, Clay, Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y. and James Penoycr, of Clayton.\\nJames Penoyer was born in the town of Fabius, Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1812, and spent his boyhood and\\nearly youth at home, attending the common schools some\\nportion of the time. After his mother s death, at the age\\nof fifteen years, he was apprenticed to Marovia Marsh, of\\nPompey Hill, to learn the trade of a hatter. Four years\\nlater his brother Josiah, who was a hatter doing business at\\nTuUy Corners, purchased his time, and with him he fin-\\nished his term of apprcntice.ship. In June, 1834, he left\\nhis brother s employ, and came West as far as Medina Co.,\\nOhio, where he stopped and went to farming, part of the\\ntime on some laud of his own. In December, 183G, he\\ncame to this county and commenced work for his brotlicr\\nDavid, of Flushing, who was clearing fifty acres of land\\non what is known as the Mclutyre farm for Thomas L. L.\\nBrent. About a year later he purchased one hundred and\\nseventy acres of land, ninety acres being on section 3, in\\nClayton, and eighty acres on section 34, in Flushing. He\\ncontinued in his brother s employ most of the time until\\nthe .summer of 1838, when he returned to Ohio* and June\\n11th was married to Miss Nancy M. Freeman, of Westfield,\\nMedina Co., who was born at Truxton, Cortland Co., N. Y.,\\nDec. 29, 1817. She was a daughter of Rufus and Clarissa\\n(St. John Freeman, of that place.\\nThe Freeman family were Vermonters, Rufus father\\nbeing one of the earliest settlers in that State. They came\\nfrom Truxton to Westfield in the spring of 1825, and were\\namong the earliest settlers there. Rufus bought in all three\\nhundred acres of land, which he owned at the time of his\\ndeath. He was a Baptist preacher as well as a farmer, and\\nserved as pastor of a number of churches while living in\\nOhio, renting his farm when lie was not situated so as to\\nmanage it himself. He died in Westfield, March 8, 1875,\\nhaving survived his wife nearly twenty-one years.\\nAfter their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Penoyer came to\\nMichigan, but did not occupy their farm until Oct. 31\\n1869, living meantime in Flushing. Then, to enable Mr.\\nI enoyer to work during the winter at clearing his land,\\nthey moved across the river, before the fall rains had swelled\\nit enough to prevent its being forded, and commenced life\\nin a rude, unfinished log ealiin, which had been constructed\\namid the towering oaks, eight of which stood within arm s\\nlength of its walls. Here they encountered, defied, and\\ntriumphed over all the trials that their situation entailed\\nupon them. Their first crop of wheat, which proniiscHl\\nfinely, was destroyed by a sharj) fiost in the month of June,\\nand for a year or two flour was a scarce article in their\\nhousehold. Its lack was made up by an abundant supply of\\npotatoes, milk, and meat, the latter consisting of pork and\\nwild game, and was not so .serious an affliction as it would\\notherwise have been. These hard.ships, their disagreeable\\nfeatures having been softened to the memory by the lapse of\\ntime, are now remembered as interesting reminiscences, and\\nare a source of honorable pride and satisfaction, as evincing\\nthe courage and fortitude that enabled the pioneer to conquer\\nthem.\\nFifteen years ago they exchanged farms with Thomas J.\\nPackard, and removed from Flushing to Clayton, taking up\\ntheir residence on the northeast (uarter of section 5, where\\ntheir pleasant and attractive home is still maintained.\\nTheir lives have been quiet and retired, filled with the\\npleasures incident to industrious home-life rather than\\nthose of social and public life and now, surrounded by\\nfamily, friends, and the comforts of competence, they\\ncalmly await the passing of the years till, like well-ripened\\nsheaves, they shall be gathered into the garner of the Lord.\\nBoth have long been members of the Baptist Church in\\nFlushing, and have exemplified by their practice the princi-\\nples they profess.\\nTheir cliildien, four in number, are all living. Their\\nnames are Luia Clari.ssa, born May 25, 1839, married A.\\nS. Partridge, and lives in Flushing Rufus James, born\\nAug. 14, 1842, now living in Colorado; Hiram Fluyd,\\nborn July 11, 1849, residing in Flushing; and Byruu\\nLewis, boru March 8, 1855, living in Clayton.\\nISAAC LYONS.\\nThe Lyons family sprang from an Irish emigrant who\\nsettled in Connecticut many years ago. From that State\\nthe family migrated to Sussex Co., N. J., where Isaac\\nIS.\\\\AC LYONS.\\nLyons, Sr., was married to Polly Shepard, and afterwards\\nremoved to Ithaca, Toni]ikiiis Co., N. Y where they lived\\na long time and had a numerous family of children. Their\\nnames were William, Jacob, Squire, Joseph, Maria, Eliza,\\nIsaac, Daniel B., Abrani H., Mary, and Ann. .lacob, S |uire,\\n.Joseph, and Mary died in Nmv York, Abiam H. in Flint,\\nMrs. Maria Coddington in Flushing, and Mrs. Ann Granger\\nin Clayton. The other four are still living, William in\\nDetroit, Mrs. Eliza Clement and Daniel B. in Flint, and\\nIsaac in Clayton.\\nIn the fall of 183G, Lsaac Lyons, Sr., with his wife and\\nmost of his family, came to Michigan and stopped in Flint.\\nHe purcha.sed ten eighty-acre lots on sections 5, G, and 8,\\nin Clayton, for the occupancy of his children. They\\nmoved on to the land.s in the fall of 1838 and spring of", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0563.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "366\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1839. He and his wife, however, continued to reside in\\nFlint till their deaths, she dying in 1842, and he some\\nyears later.\\nIsaac Lyons, Jr., was horn in Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 29,\\n1816. In May, 1836, he married Caroline Livingston, a\\ndaughter of John and Lena Cole) Livingston, of Hector,\\nin the adjoining county of Schuyler. John Livingston was\\na native of Pennsylvania, and Lena Cole of New Jersey.\\nHe died in Schuyler County, and his wife is still living\\nthere, with a son, at the great age of ninety-three years.\\nIsaac was a blacksmith by trade, and after his marriage\\ncame to Michigan with his parents, and built the second\\nblacksmith-shop in Flint, where he worked for a couple of\\nyears before settling on his land, which was the east half of\\nthe southeast quarter of section 5, in Clayton. From that\\ntime on he has continued to reside on the place, working a\\ngood share of the time at his trade, having succeeded in\\ngetting most of his land cleared by exchanging shop-work\\nfor chopping with his neighbors, and has increased the size\\nof his farm by purchasing the west half of the quarter-sec-\\ntion. A strong Democrat in his political belief, he has\\nnever missed but one election since he became a voter, and,\\nbeing in sympathy with the political majority in his town,\\nhas often been elected to office. He has held the offices of\\nhighway commissioner, drain commissioner, and town treas-\\nurer. He was elected a justice of the peace at the first\\ntown-meeting held in Clayton, and is still holding that\\noffice, having served continuously for upwards of thirty-\\nseven years.\\nHis family consists of five sons, John, born Jan. 19,\\n1839 Smith, born Aug. IS, 1841 Isaac, Jr., born Oct.\\n10, 1846; Andrew J., born July 12, 1849 and Charles\\nL., born Sept. 1, 1853. John died March 27, 1849, and\\nAndrew J., Aug. 18, 1S50. The others are living in\\nClayton.\\nMICHAEL DONAHOO.\\nIn the town of Amgeslin, County Cavan, Ireland, lived\\nan Irish farmer by the name of Michael Donahoo, who had\\nwooed, won, and married a blooming lassie of the neigh-\\nborhood, by the name of Mary Coyle. From this union\\nsprang a numerous family of children, one of whom, bear-\\ning his father s name, is the subject of this sketch. Their\\nnames and births were as follows Ann, ISOG John, 1808\\nMary, 1810; Ellen, 1812; Michael, 1818; Rose. 1820;\\nBridget (died in childhood) and Peter, 1830. Ann mar-\\nried Patrick Conley Mary married Bernard Lennon and\\nboth came to this country in 1832, and settled in Clayton\\nin 1838. Ellen married Bernard Traynor, and in 1845, in\\ncompany with others, came to America.\\nMichael, Sr., died in Ireland, April 1, 1839. His son\\nMichael married in April, 1845, his bride being Miss Ann\\nMcGrath, a daughter of Nicholas and Rose (Conoley)\\nMcGrath, of Cootehill, County Cavan. The 8th of May fol-\\nlowing, they, in company with his mother, his brothers\\nJohn and Peter, his sister Ellen and her husband, set sail\\nfor New York. On the voyage, his mother, whose health\\nhad been quite poor for some time, succumbed to the hai d-\\nships of the voyage, and died at sea a few days before the\\nvessel reached its destination. The rest of the party came\\ndirectly to Clayton, where Michael purchased of a Mr.\\nGiffisrd the west half of the southwest quarter of section\\n19, and set about building up a home for himself and\\nfamily.\\nFrom that time on he has remained a substantial and\\nrespected citizen of the town, and one of its most success-\\nful farmers. His farm has been enlarged to one hundred\\nand sixty acres, and is in an excellent condition, the result\\nof thorough cultivation and careful judgment. With his\\nown hands he has cleared about one hundred acres of his\\nown, besides clearing considerable for others in the vicinity.\\nHe has recently erected a commodious and comfortable\\nresidence, where he and his wife dispense their hospitality\\nin that generous, free-hearted, kindly way that has ren-\\ndered Irish hospitality proverbial the world over.\\nAlways connected with the Roman Catholic Church, he\\nhas, since his residence here, and .since its organization, been\\na worthy member of the church at Flint. In politics he\\nhas ever been a Democrat, and has held the offices of high-\\nway and drain commissioner, town treasurer, and justice of\\nthe peace. In the last-named office he has now served\\nupwards of nineteen years.\\nHis children have been ten in number, Mary, born Feb.\\n14, 1846 Rose, born March 24, 1847 John, born May\\n27, 1849; Sarah, born Aug. 21, 1851 Anna, born June\\n3, 1853; Michael, born March 24, 1855 Ella, born Oct.\\n21, 1857 William (1st), born September, 1859 William\\n(2d), born Aug. 24, 1861 and Ida, born Aug. 14, 1868.\\nJohn died April 1, 1865, and William (1st) died Nov. 23,\\n1861. Mary married Michael Nolan, and now lives in\\nGrand Blanc Anna married Thomas Burns, and lives in\\nthe adjoining town of Gaines. All of the other children\\nare residents of Clayton.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0564.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0565.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0566.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "V I E N I^^A.\\nThis township, which is desii^nated by the ori riiial sur-\\nvey as towiitihij) number 9, of range number G east, is\\nsituated upon the north border of the county, west of the\\ncentre. It is bounded on the north by Saginaw County,\\nand on the east, south, and west by the respective town-\\nships of Thctford, Mount Morris, and Montrose, in Genesee\\nCounty.\\nIts surfiice may be described in general terms as an ele-\\nvated plain, cut by the rather deep ravines formed by its\\nwater-courses. On several sections to the immediate west\\nand southwest of Clio village pine originally predominated.\\nThe remainder of the township was covered principally with\\nheavy forests of deciduous trees, common to this portion of\\nthe State.\\nBrent s and Pine Run are the principal water-courses.\\nThese streams flow towards the northwest, and ultimately\\nempty their waters into Flint River. They have rendered\\nservice in former years to assist in sawing into merchanta-\\nble lumber the valuable pines which once swayed their\\ntowering tops over a large portion of the township, and the\\nlatter stream does duty at the present time in propelling\\nthe machinery of the grist-mill in Clio. The people are\\nchiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits, the staple products\\nbeing wheat, corn, and live-stock. Since the disappearance\\nof the pine forests and lumbering interest the attention of\\nthe inhabitants has been more exclusively devoted to agri-\\nculture. The soil, though light and sandy in those portions\\nonce denominated pineries, is well adapted to wheat and\\nother cereals. The whole township is being rapidly devel-\\noped into good farming-lands, and a corresponding increase\\nin wealth and population is the result.\\nAccording to .statistics of the State of Michigan pub-\\nlished in 1874, this, in area, is the largest townsiiip in the\\ncounty, and contains 23,119 acres. It now has a voting\\npopulation of 500, and an approximate total population of\\n2000.\\nriONfiKll SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe first settler in this township, Charles McLean, was\\nformerly a resident of the State of New York, and emi-\\ngrated to the Tittabawassee River country, in Saginaw\\nCounty, about the year 1826. There he remained until\\nJuly, 1833, when, having purchased of the government\\nthe northwest one-fourth of the northwest one-fourth of\\nsection 24, a tract on the line of the old Saginaw Road,\\nand the site of the pres(. nt small village of Pine Run,\\nhe soon after erected a strong, though rude, log cabin, be-\\ncame a resident during the fall of the same year, and long\\nbefore he was joined by others than his own family and\\nhired assistant-s had opened his hou.se to the public as a\\nhostelry and place of eutertaiumeul fur those who journeyed\\nover the then widely-known route to Saginaw. A single\\nman, by the name of Sylvester Vibbard, canie here with\\nMr. McLean, and in August, 1833, purchased the west one-\\nhalf of the southwest one-fourth of section 13, a tract\\nlying adjoining and directly north of McLean s purcha.se,\\nand now owned by Charles L. Cole, Esq. When Mr. Mc-\\nLean first established his tavern, it was the only public-house\\non the route between Flint River village and Saginaw. At\\nan early date he built the first framed hou.se in the town-\\nship. Its site was nearly opposite the present village\\nschool-house. In this house was kept the post-ofiSce for all\\nthe region lying between Flint and Saginaw. The office\\nwas established about 1836 or 1837, Charles McLean post-\\nmaster. Here also was held the first township election, in\\nthe spring of 1837.\\nDuring the year 1835, Hiram Benjamin, from Pontiac,\\nJosiah C. Winters, and Humphrey McLean, a brother of\\nCharles, became residents of the little settlement since\\nknown as Pine Run. Mr. Benjamin was a cabinetmaker\\nby trade, and at a period shortly following his settlement\\nhere opened a small store or trading-post. The goods were\\nbrought from Pontiac at the time of his settlement, and\\nwhen they were sold out his stock was never replenished.\\nHe was the first town.ship clerk of Vienna, in 1837, a ter-\\nritory which then comprised the present townships of\\nVienna, Tlietford, and Montrose. To him is also ascribed\\nthe honor of being the sire of the first child born in the\\nnew settlement, a daughter, which event occurred early\\nin 1836.\\nIn 1836 the settlement was still further increased in\\nnumbers by the arrival of George Sparks, Waterman W.\\nNeff Clark Abbey, George Huyck, Theodore P. Dean, from\\nSaginaw County, who built the first saw-mill in the town-\\nship, in 1838, Reuben J. Warner, and his son, Daniel P.\\nWarner.\\nProminent among the settlers of 1837 was Russell G.\\nHurd. He, with a family consisting of Nelson, Calista,\\nEliza, Hiram, George, Franklin, and Sawyer, came from\\nPike, Wyoming Co. (then Allegany Co.), N. Y., and ar-\\nrived in Vienna in February. Their route led them\\nthrough Canada, crossing the waters which divide the\\nhomes of the free from Victoria s dominions at Port Huron.\\nThe stock brought in con.si\u00c2\u00bbtcd of two yoke of oxen, two\\ncows, and a team of horses, tlie first horses owned in the\\ntownship. A log house Wiis ha.stily erected upon the prem-\\nises now owned by one of the sons. Sawyer Hurd, and\\noccupied before its completion. During the following\\nsummer provisions and produce were procured in Pontine,\\nfor which they paid $20 per ton for hay, for wheat $2, po-\\nThis mill was crirL Icil on the silt iif llie iireiicut giist-iiiill in Clio\\nvilljige.\\n367", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0567.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "368\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntiitoes $1, and oats T^ cts. per bushel for pork 25 cts. per\\npound. Mr. Nelson Ilurd rciueuibers the I act that sonic\\none of tlie family was kept upon the road going to and\\nreliiniin;; from Thread Mills and Pontiae the greater por-\\ntion of the fust six months to obtain and bring in the\\nnecessary family supplies.\\nJlr. Ilurd, about the year 1840, erected a frame build-\\ning which was occupied by him as a store. He also estab-\\nlislicd an ashery, whereby the early settlers were enabled to\\nexchange ashes for dry-goods. In 1855, assisted by his\\nsons, he built a saw-niill, which was situated one and one-\\nlialf miles west of Clio. The following year a grist-mill\\nthe first in the township was put into operation. This is\\nthe mill now located at Pine llun. Mr. Ilurd succeeded\\nMr. McLean as postmaster, and was in various other capaci-\\nties prominently identified with the best interests of his\\ntownship.\\nThe mails at an early day were taken on horseback.\\nThe route extended from Flint to Saginaw, and scnii-\\nweckly trips were made. Tim Wallen and Nelson Ilurd\\nwere early mail-carriers. No bridge spanned Cass River\\nthen, and very IVecjuently the carriers found it necessary to\\nswim their horses. After the completion of the plank\\nroad, about 185(), Messrs. Boss Petty ran a daily line\\nof stage-coaches over the route for the carrying of mails\\nand passengers.\\nAmong other settlers of 1837 were William Ilotchkiss,\\nfrom Niagara Co., N. Y., who enjoyed the distinction of\\nbeing the first supervisor of the township Lsaiah Merri-\\nnian, one of the first justices of the peace Edward May-\\nbee, the first collector Christopher Hughes, who now\\nresides in the village of Mount Morris; William Sissins,\\nand Joshua Pattee, the latter from Monroe Co., N. Y. Mr.\\nPattee settled in East Bloomfield, Oakland Co., in 1820,\\nand remained there till the date of his settlement in this\\ntownship. His land, situated upon section 85, was pur-\\nchased of the government in December, 1835, being the\\nfirst tract entered upon that section. He served as justice\\nof the peace for many years. His son, L. W. Pattee, who\\nwas born in Vienna in December, 1838, still resides on\\nthe homestead.\\nIn 183S, George T. Bingham, Samuel Rone, John 11.\\nWhittemore, tavern-keeper at Pine Run, Orniond Booth\\nand Joel, his brother, Marcus Goodrich, Nalium N. Wilson,\\nthe surveyor, Lemuel Johnson, John Jackson, Charles\\nMontle, a son-in-law of Charles l\\\\lcLean, Justin S. W.\\nPorter, and Nicholas Sigsby became residents in the town-\\nship.\\nMr. Rone had been a soldier in the war of 1S12, was\\nseverely wounded in the battle of Black Rock, and in rec-\\nognition of his services was early granted a pension. The\\nonly United States pensioners residing in the county of\\nGenesee, June 1, IS U), were Ri^uben Robinson, aged eighty-\\ntwo yeare, living with J. N. Riibinsdn, township not stated,\\nand Samuel Rone, of Vienna, aged Ht ty-two years.\\nDaniel N. Montague, a native of Hadley, Mass., settled\\nin Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1834, and removed from\\nthence to his present premi.ses in this township in the spring\\nof 1839. He represented his county in the lower hou.sc of\\nthe State Legislature in 1855, and has most worthily filled\\nmany other official positions in the gift of an appreciative\\npublic.\\nCapt. Robert L. Ilurd, a native of Connecticut, a gallant\\nsoldier of the Revolutionary struggle with Great Britain,\\nand the father of Russiill G. Ilurd, became a resident in\\n1846. He died Aug. 27, 1S5(), aged ninety-four years.\\nThe resident tax-payers in 1 844,* alphabetically arranged,\\nwith the sections upon which they paid taxes, were as\\nfollows\\nBenjamin, Iliram, 23.\\nBoiison, }Icnry, 26,\\nlio;:;uc, Almond, 22.\\nliini;hiun,(icorgcT.,26.\\nlioutli, Oimontl, 23.\\nItuirbo, Anson, 23.\\nItlackmcr, UonHscIaor, 1-1.\\nConrnil, William C, 4, H.\\nColby, Ziicliariali J., 33, 31.\\nDean, TheoJoie 1 11, 23.\\nEnsign, S. W. (Montrose), 22.\\nFainuul, Ira T., 22,\\n(ioodrieh, Marcus, 22.\\nIlinUle.v, Harry G., U, 26, 29.\\nllur.l, Uusscll G., 13, 14,22, 20.\\nIluyek, (ieorgo, 20.\\nHughes, t hristopher, 25.\\nHeath, Urial, 23, 27.\\nJohnson, Lemuel, 22.\\nJackson, John, 30.\\nMontague, iJaniel N., 36.\\nMctealf, Josoiih W., 33.\\nMcLean, Ilumjihrey, 13,\\nMontlo, Charles C, 1. 13.\\nNeli; Waterman W., 25, 26.\\nPat lee, Josliua, 25.\\nPhillips, Jacob, 13, 24, 26.\\nPorter, Justin S. W., 20.\\nPigshy, Nicholas, 35.\\nS|iarks. George, 24, 25.\\nTravis, Kii-hanl (Montrose), 23.\\nTaylor, John, 24.\\nTaylor, Richard, 23, 24.\\nVan Patten, John, 14, 24.\\nWright, William, 20, 27.\\nWright, John C, 27.\\nWright, Joshua, 20.\\nWillis, Hiram, 21.\\nWooinit, Thomas, 30.\\nWilliams, Pavid, 1.\\nWarner, Reuben J., 1.3.\\nWarner, l)nnicl P., 13.\\nWilco.\\\\, George (Montrose), 23,\\nGrovencr Vinton, one of the early pioneers in the nortliern\\npart of Genesee County, and a resident of the village of\\nMount Morris at the present time, came from Avon, Liv-\\ningston Co., N. Y., in January, 1830, and settled on theTit-\\ntabawassee, four mil(\u00c2\u00ab from the present city of Saginaw.\\nHaving, in 1835, purchased lands of the government, situ-\\nated in the present townships of Vienna and Tlietfi)rd, he\\nremoved to the latter township in February of the same\\nyear, and immediately began the improvement of his pur-\\nchase. He was located in the vicinity of what was soon\\nafterwards known as the Pine Run settlement, and found\\nthat Charles McLean and Vibbard were the only ones who\\nhad preceded him as settlers. Mr. Vinton was present at\\nthe first township election in Vienna, and was elected high-\\nway commissioner and fence-viewer. Upon the erection of\\nThetford as a separate township, in 1842, he became a citizen\\nof the latter. In 1844 he removed across the road, and again\\nbecame a resident of Vienna, where he continued until 1875.\\nSince the last-mentioned date the village of Mount Morris\\nhas been his place of residence. Mr. Vinton is a remark-\\nably well-preserved man, physically and mentally. The\\nlong years of an active, arduous pioneer life, with all ila\\nattendant privations, for a period of nearly a half-century,\\nrest lightly upon a head scarcely yet sprinkled with the\\nfrosts of old age. His voice is full and resonant. He\\nspeaks promptly and decisively, and his recollections of\\nevents connected with the early .settlement of Genesee\\nCounty are most vivid and interesting. Surrounded by the\\ncomforts and luxuries which a long life of industry, true\\neconomy, and sobriety so surely brings, he bids fair to\\nThe townshi|i then ineluJeil \\\\ieniui, and Montrose.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0568.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "VIENNA TOWNSHIP.\\n309\\nremain conspicuously as one of the loved and respected\\nlandmarks of the past for many years to come.\\nSeth N. Heden, one of Michigan s pioneers, although a\\nresident of this township only since 1866, came, with his\\nfather s family, from Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., and settled\\nin Iladley, Lapeer Co., Mich., in 1836. His grandfather,\\nWilliam Beden, a native of Massachusetts, joined the\\nContinental army immediately after the battle of Lexing-\\nton, and remained in the service until the close of the war.\\nSmithfiold Beden, son of William, was the first white\\nchild born in Smlllij uld, now the town of Fairfield, Vt.,\\nin 1789, and to the newly-born Vermonter was granted\\nforty acres of land by a unanimous vote of the people.\\nDuring the war of 1812, the veteran of the llevolution,\\nwith Ills son Smiihfield, served with credit with the New\\nYork State forces. Smithfield, with a wife and family of\\nseven children, settled, as before stated, in Lapeer County,\\nin 1836. Seth, the sixth child and third son of Smithfield,\\nserved with the 4lh Michigan Cavalry* during the war of\\nthe Ilcbellion. During the latter part of the war he was\\ndetailed on special service as topographical engineer on the\\nstaff of Gen. Wilson, the cavalry leader.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe first entry for lands in this township occurred in\\nJune, 1830, when David A. llhodes, from Steuben Co.,\\nN. Y., purchased the east half of the southeast quarter of\\nsection 14. The next tracts were entered by Charles Mc-\\nLean and Sylvester Vibbard, both from Saginaw Co., Plich.\\nMr. McLean purchased the northwest quarter of the north-\\nwest quarter of section 24 in July, 1833, while Vibbard\\nbought the west half of the southwest quarter of section 13\\nin August of the same year.\\nHarry G. Hinckley, also from Saginaw County, entered\\nthe first land upon section 25 in October, 1834.\\nDuring the year 1835, Grovcncr Vinton, Humphrey Mc-\\nLean, Joshua Pattcc, and others, became purchasers from\\nthe general government.\\nThe following is a transcript from the land-office records,\\nso far as showing the names of those who purchased from\\nthe government at the rate of $1.25 per acre. The figures\\ndenoting years .show the date of the first purchase upon\\neach section\\n1836, .section 1 Whitney and Crawford, Daniel 11. Priii-\\ndlc, William Ilotchkiss, David Adams, Charles Bunn,\\nCharles Grunewold, Francis Jacobs, John Cook.\\n1836, section 2 Richard Vi. Dibble, John Simpson,\\nHugh Birckhcad, John Diamond.\\n1835, section 3: Andrew Mack, Wni. Hotclikiss, David\\nG. Hanmer, Richard E. Dibble.\\n1836, section 4 Herman Camp, Orrin Safford, Benja-\\nmin Pearson, II. ^I. lliiidcr.son.\\n1836, section 5 Jabez W. Throop, Hugh Birckhcad,\\nWilliam Newton, Hiram Boom.\\n1830, section (i Edward Otlcy, Jabcz W. Throop,\\nCharles H. and Wm. T. Carroll, Waterman W. Neff,\\nHiram Boom.\\n1836, section 7 Edward Otlcy, George H. Howe, Rich-\\nA detachment uf this regiiuoDt capUirud .JulT Davis in petticoats.\\n47\\nard B. Bailey, Jacob Duell, Miles Gillett, Francis Wiggins,\\nGiles Bishop.\\n1836, section 8: Jose]ih Lawrence, Adrian Abbott,\\nGeorge W. Howe, I. I. Ciuirrand ct Co., F. Buell, Hugh\\nIJirckhead.\\n1846, section 9 John McNeil, Isaac Waterbury, Schuy-\\nler A. Stowell, Alexander Dibble.\\n1835, .section 10: Sally P. Boguc, Ru.ssell liislmp, Her-\\nman Camp, Henry M. Henderson, Isaac Waterbury.\\n183(i, section 11 A. D. Eraser, Alexander McArlhur,\\nC. Hulburt, James Deuison, A. Ten Eyck, Ileiny A.\\nWalker, Herman Camp, Hugh Birckhcad.\\n18:i6, section 12: Herman C.unp, Hiigli Bireklic^ad,\\nCharles J. Stcdman, George Sparks, Joseph D. Morehouse.\\n1833, section 13 Sylvester Vibbard, Russell G. Hurd,\\nClark Abbey, L-nmel I3,H kwith, Nels.m Hurd, William W.\\nWhitney, Eber Crawibrd, Reuben J. Warner, Parley Ewell,\\nGeorge Sparks.\\n1830, section 14: D.ivid A. Rhodes, Isaiah Merriman,\\nMiles Dornian, Harry G. IHnckley, Lewis Williams, George\\nAV. William.s, Sewell Wesson, Susan Baxter, Royal H.\\nWaller.\\n1836, secticm 1. Daniel Goodwin, Edwin Rose, Her-\\nman Camp, Hugh Birckhcad.\\n1836, section 17: Joshua Howard, Sally Hunter, Jason\\nSwift, John H. Norton, John W. Palmer, Peter Vedder,\\nJohn K. Ivneeland, David Anderson.\\n1837, section IS: Peter Sharp, Amelia Anderson, John\\n^Velch, William Aylward, Amos G. Griffin, David Ander-\\nson, Nelson Hurd, John Welch.\\n1836, section li) Thouuis L. L. Brent, Charles and .M-\\nbcrt Draper, John II. Parmelee, Nahuiu N. Wilson, Wm.\\nAylward.\\n1836, section 20: Thomas L. L. Brent, Levinus Mun-\\nson, Jacob Huyck, Oscar F. North, John Curran, George\\nand Henry Sparks.\\n1836, .section 21 Thomas L. L. Brent, Patrick Gribben,\\nConsider Warner.\\n1836, section 22: Edwin Rose, Thomas L. L. Brent.\\n1835, .section 23: IIum])luey Mclioan, Theo. P. Dean,\\nCharles McLean, Daniel Goodwin, Thomas L. L. Brent.\\n1833, section 24 Charles McLean, Humphrey McLean,\\nMiles Dorman, Charles I). Hinckley, Gardner D. Williams,\\nBenjamin Clapp, William Hotclikiss.\\n1834, section 25: Harry G. Hinckley, Benjamin Pear-\\n.son, Timothy G. Walling, Benjamin G. Parker, Clark\\nAbbey, William Lund.\\n1836, section 26 Clark Abbey, Joseph McFarlen, John\\nS. Boss, Rus-sell G. Hurd, Edward Maybee, C. J. Woodson,\\nand R. Cooper.\\n1836, section 27: James Stage, Robert Duff, Luther\\nPierce, Daniel James, Henry James.\\n1836, .section 28: Thomas L. L. Brent, Johnston B.\\nClark, John Cooper, Allen Cooper, Wm. H. Parker.\\n1830, section 29 Thomas L. L. Brent.\\n1836, section 30: Thomas L. L. Brent, Alfred Jones.\\n1836, section 31 David Pifford, Bouck, Gebherd, and\\nDictz, Enoch Sweet, I cter Vcddcr.\\n1836, section 32 Thomas L, L. Brent, David Pifford,\\nDavid E. Evans.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0569.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "370\\nHISTORY OF GKNESEE COUNTY. MICHIGAN.\\n18.3G, section 83: Thomas L. L. Brent, Samuel Rose,\\nThomas Utter, David Pifford, II. V. 11. Hawkins.\\n1836, section 34: Iloaley Kirchcval, James Stage,\\nLuther Pierce, David E. Evans.\\n1835, section 35: Josliua Pattee, Jolin and Thomas\\nKennedy, David Pifford, Lyman and AUmson Piitchard.\\n1S35, section 3G Grovener Vinton, Beiijauiin Pearson,\\nWilliam Sissins, Alan.son Dickinson, James Ilosmcr.\\nCIVIL UISTORV.\\nTiie State Legislature, by an act approved March II,.\\n1837, enacted as follows:\\nAll that portion of the county of Genesee designated\\nin the United States survey as township 9, north of ranges\\n5, 6, and 7 east, be, and the same is hereby, set off and or-\\nganized into a separate township, by the name of Vienna\\nand the first township-meeting therein shall be held at the\\nhouse of Charles McLean in said townsliip.\\nThetford was set off in 1842, and Montrose, as I cicon-\\nac/uiciiik, in 1846.\\nAt the first election Thomas J. Drake, a lawyer from the\\nvillage of Flint River, a.ssisted the electors with his pres-\\nence and advice. Until the election of Gen. Harrison, in\\n1840, Vienna was usually counted upon as a Democratic\\nstronghold. Its vote was thrown for the hero of Tippe-\\ncanoe, however, and from tliat time until the disbandment\\nof the Whig organization, neither party was certain of a\\nmajority until the votes were counted. Since the Republi-\\ncans rose to power, its vote has been cast, usually, for the\\nlatter party.\\nFIRST TOWNSniP-ELECTION.\\nAt a meeting of the voters uf the toWM.ship of Vienna,\\nheld at the house of Charles McLean, on the first ^londay\\nin April, 1837, convened for the purpose of electing town-\\nship officers, It being the first meeting held in said\\ntowu.ship, and there being no persons in .said township au-\\nthorized by law to act as inspectors of election, the voters\\npresent, by viva voce, elected William Ilotchkiss, Moderator,\\nHiram Benjamin, Grovener Vinton, Josiah C. Winters, In-\\nspectors of Election, and Thomas J. Drake, Clerk. As a\\nresult of this meeting, the following-named persons were\\ndeclared elected to the offices set opposite their respective\\nnames, viz. William Ilotchkiss, Supervisor Hiram Ben-\\njamin, Town Clerk Clark Abbey, Isaac Van Tuyl, George\\nSparks, Assessors Edward Maybee, Collector Charles\\nMcLean, Theodore P. Dean, Directors of the Poor; Grove-\\nner Vinton, Hiram Benjamin, Waterman W. Neff, High-\\nway Commissioners; Edward Maybee, Charles JIcLean,\\nConstables; Russell G. Ilurd, William Ilotchkiss, I. Sler-\\nriman, School Inspectors; Russell G. Hurd, Hiram Ben-\\njamin, George Sparks, Isaiah Merriman, Justices of the\\nPeace; Grovener Vinton, Hiram Benjamin, Russell G.\\nHurd, Fence-Viewers; Charles McLean, Pouud-Mastcr;\\nRussell G. Hurd, Overseer of Highways.\\nllcHohci!, Tliiit thirty ilullars bo raised for llio suiiport of the\\npoor.\\nAt the gubernatorial election in 1830, William Wood-\\nbridge received 15 votes, and Elon Farnsworth 18 votes.\\nIn 1860, Austin Blair received 159 votes, and John S.\\nBarry 80 votes.\\nThe following is a list of the township officers from 1838\\nto 1879, inclusive\\n1838. Ru.ssell G. Hurd, Supervisor; Corydon E Fay,\\nTown Clerk George Sparks, Isaiah Merriman, Joshua\\nPattee, Asses.sors Edward Maybee, Collector Charles\\nMcLean, Clark Abbey, Overseers of the Poor Hiram\\nBenjamin, Grovener Vinton, Humphrey McLean, Highway\\nCommissioners; Joshua Pattee, Justice of the Peace;\\nIsaiah iMerrinian, Nahum N. Wilson, Russell G. Hurd,\\nInspectors of Common Schools; Edward Maybee, Hum-\\nphrey McLean, Waterman AV. Neff, Constables; Charles\\nMcLean, Grovener Vinton, Clark Abbey, Fence- Viewers.\\n1839. Nahum N. ^Vilson, Supervisor; Rus.sell G. Hurd,\\nTreasurer; Corydon E. Fay, Clerk Joshua Pattee, George\\nSpai ks, J. R. Whittemore, Assessors Humphrey JIcLean,\\nHiram Benjamin, Grovener Vinton, Highway Commis-\\nsioners; Joel A. Booth, Collector; Russell G. Hurd, Na-\\nhum N. Wilson, John R. Whittemore, School In.spectors\\nCharles JIcLean, George J. Bingham, Directors of the\\nPoor; James Goodrich, Joel A. Booth, Constables.\\n1840. Nahura N. Wilson, Supervisor and Treasurer;\\nCorydon E. Fay, Clerk Reuben J. Warner, Justice of the\\nPeace Benoni Clapp, John R. Whittemore, Leonard\\nBcckwith, As.scssors Albert Castle, Grovener Vinton,\\nGeorge T. Bingham, Highway Commissioners Humphrey\\nMcLean, Waterman W. Neff, Nelson S. Van Tuyl, Con-\\nstables; Waterman W. Neff, Collector; George T. Bing-\\nham, Nahum N. Wilson, John R. Whittemore, School In-\\nspectors Charles McLean, Joshua Pattee, Poor-Masters,\\nCharles McLean, Waterman W. Neff, Thomas Aplin,\\nGrovener Vinton, Ezra Martin, Overseers of Highways.\\n1841. George Sparks, Supervisor and Treasurer Be-\\nnoni Clapp, Russell G. Hurd, Hiram Benjamin, Assessors;\\nD. Lyons, Joshua Pattee, Daniel N. Montague, Highway\\nCommissioners Daniel N. Montague, Russell G. Hurd,\\nSmith W. Porter, School Inspectors Isaac Van Tuyl,\\nJustice of the Peace Corydon E. Fay, Clerk W. W.\\nBoughton, Constable and Collector; Samuel Rone, Hiram\\nBenjamin, Poor-JIasters Nelson S. Van Tuyl, 0. Booth,\\nHumphrey McLean, Constables.\\n1842. Whole number of votes cast, 31. Nahum N.\\nWilson, Supervisor George Sparks, Treasurer George T.\\nBingham, Clerk Justin S. Porter, Joshua Pattee, Justices\\nof the Peace Nahum N. Wilson, Joel A. Booth, David\\nLyons, Joshua Pattee, Assistant Assessors Reuben J.\\nWarner, Justin S. Porter, David Lyons, Highway Com-\\nmissioners Dan. N. Montague, N. N. Wil.son, Justin S. Por-\\nter, School Inspectors Joshua Pattee, George Sparks, Poor-\\nMasters; Humphrey McLean, George lluyck, Constables.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes cast, 32. Daniel N.\\nMontague, Supervisor; William Wright, Treasurer; Theo-\\ndore P. Dean, Town Clerk; John C. Wright, Russell G.\\nHurd, Justices of the Peace Harry G. Hinckley, J. S.\\nPorter, Laben Spencer, Highway Commissioners; Daniel\\nN. Montague, Russell G. Hurd, School Inspectors; George\\nT. Bingham, Hiram Benjamin, Assessors George Huyck,\\nSamuel Puinc, Poor-Masters; Humphrey McLean, Nelson\\nS. Hurd, Coii.stables.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0570.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "VIENNA TOWNSHIP.\\n371\\n18 14. Wliole number of votes cast, 42. Jolin Taylor,\\nSupervisor, unanimous vote; George T. Bingham, Town\\nClerk; George Sparks, Justice of the Peace; William\\nWright, Treasurer; Hiram Benjamin, Rensselaer Black-\\nmcr, Joshua Patteo, Assessors Joseph W^. Metcalf, Reuben\\nJ. Warner, George W. Iluyek, Highway Commissioners;\\nNelson S. Hurd, Justice S. W. Porter, Mun.son A. Stan-\\nton, Constables; Russell G. Hurd, Harry G. Hinckley,\\nSchool Inspectors; Daniel N. Montague, Tlieo. P. Dean,\\nPoor-Masters.\\n1845. Whole number of votes cast, 45. Daniel N.\\nMontague, Supervisor; William Wright, Treasurer; George\\nT. Bingham, Town Clerk John Taylor, Justice of the\\nPeace; Joshua Pattee, Leonard Beckwiih, As.sessors;\\nHumphrey McLean, John Van Patten, Christopher Hughes,\\nHighway Commissioners; Daniel N. Montague, John Phil-\\nlips, School Inspectors; Anson H. Becbe, Hiiiiiiihrey ]\\\\Ic-\\nLcan, Poor-Masters; Munson A. Stanton, Daniel P. War-\\nner, Hamilton Pattee, Constables.\\n1840. Whole number of votes cast, 63. Daniel N.\\nMontague, Supervisor; John Taylor, Treasurer; George\\nT. Bingham, Town Clerk; Joshua Pattee, Ju.stice of the\\nPeace Ezra B. Sparks, School Inspector Samuel Hub-\\nbard, Harry G. Hinckley, Assessor; Grovcner Vinton,\\nHiram Benjamin, Humphrey McLean, Highway Commis-\\nsioners; Reuben J. Warner, Richard Taylor, Poor-JIasters\\nLorenzo B. Curtis, Jeremiah Hunter, Munson A. Stanton,\\nHamilton Pattee, Constables.\\n1847. Whole number of votes east, 57. Harry G.\\nHinckley, Supervisor, unanimously; William Bodino, Town\\nClerk; Isaac Van Tuyl, Treasurer; Truman Henick, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; John Van Patten, William Franklin,\\nUriah Heath, Highway Commissioners George T. Bing-\\nham, School Inspector Hamilton Pattee, Samuel Aplin,\\nJu.stin S. Porter, William Whitehouse, Constables; Grovc-\\nnor Vinton, Poor-Master Wm. C. Conrad, 1, Daniel N.\\nMontague, 2, Henry Plew, 3, Wm. H. Parker, 4, Overseers\\nof Highways.\\n1843. Whole number of votes thrown, 72. Isaac Van\\nTuyl, Supervisor; George T. Bingham, Town Clerk Harry\\nG. Hinckley, Trea-surcr; George Sparks, Justice of the\\nPeace; Ezra B. Sparks, School Inspector; Justin S. W.\\nPorter, Commissioner of Highways Daniel N. Montague,\\nJoshua Pattee, Overseers of Poor; Munson N. Stanton,\\nWilliam Whitehouse, Hamilton I attcc, Samuel Aplin,\\nConstables.\\n1849. Whole number of votes thrown, G2. Daniel A.\\nMontague, Supervisor William Bodine, Town Clerk\\nJustin S. Porter, Treasurer; Alanson Dickin.son, Isaac\\nVan Tuyl, Justices of the Peace; John I. Phillips, Russell\\nG. Hurd, School Inspectors; Grovener Vinton, Highway\\nCommissioner; Rensselaer Blackmer, Rus.scll G. Hurd,\\nPoor-Masters; Samuel Aplin, Mun.son A. Stanton, Hamil-\\nton Pattee, Hiram Benjamin, Constables.\\n1850. Whole number of votes given, 50. Daniel N.\\nMontague, Supcrvi-sor; John I. Phillips, Town Clerk;\\nJustin S. Porter, Treasurer Benjamin Paine, John Taylor,\\nWilliam Bodine, Justices of the Peace Humphrey McLean,\\nHighway Commissioner; Ira T. Farrand, School In.spcetor;\\nRensselaer Blackmer, Harry G. Hinckley, Poor-Masters;\\nSamuel Aplin, Hiram Hurd, William Whitehouse, O.scar\\nBradley, Constables.\\n1851. Whole number of votes given. 88. Daniel N.\\nMontague, Supervisor; John I. Phillips, Town Clerk;\\nJustin S. Porter, Treasurer; Reuben M. Ford, Justice of\\nthe Peace George W. Iluyck, Poor-Master George T.\\nBingham, School Inspector Samuel Aplin, Hiram Hurd,\\nWilliam C. Conrad, William Blackmer, Constables.\\n1852. Whole number of votes given, 99. William Bo-\\ndine, Supervisor; John I. Phillips, Town Clerk; Justin\\nS. Porter, Treasurer; George Sparks, Samuel C. Munson,\\nJustices of the Peace Ezra B. Sparks, School Inspector\\nJohn Taylor, W. W. Neff, Commissioners of Highways;\\nRenssela ir Blackmer, Grovcnor Vinton, Poor-Masters\\nSamuel Aplin, Isaac Iluyck, Theodore Abbey, Oscar Bo-\\ndine, Constables.\\n1853. -Whole number of votes polled, 10 1. William\\nBodine, Supervisor Ezra B. Sparks, Town Clerk Justin\\nS. Porter, Treasurer; Russell G. Hurd, Albert F. Young,\\nJustices of the Peace George T. Bingham, School In-\\nspector; Uriah Heath, Oscar Bradley, Highway Commis-\\nsioners George Hart, R. Blackmer, I oor-Masters Theo-\\ndore B. Abbej Isaac Iluyck, William Whitehouse, Hiram\\nHurd, Con.stables.\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 127. Albert P.\\nYoung, Supervisor Justin S. Porter, Treasurer Oscar\\nBradley, Justice of the Peace Ezra B. Sparks, Town\\nCleik David R. Hammontrec, Highway Commissioner;\\nJohn I. Phillips, School Inspector Jacob Phillips, John\\nJackson, Poor-JI.tstors; William Whitehouse, Jacob Phil-\\nlips, ^lortimer Bodine, William Gibson, Constables.\\n1855. Whole number of votes polled, 154. Daniel N.\\nMontague, Supervisor Ezra B. Sparks, Town Clerk Jus-\\ntin S. Porter, Treasurer; Jamas Bnidley, George T. Bing-\\nham, School In.spcctors Grovenor Vinton, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Jacob Phillips, John Jackson, Poor-I^Listers;\\nRichard Rone, David Iluyck, Jacob Phillips, Jo.shua Coon,\\nConstables.\\n185G. Whole number of votes cast, ICl. George\\nSparks, Supervisor Ezra B. Sparks, Town-ship Clerk\\nJustin S. Porter, Treasurer; Austin Griffes, Justice of the\\nPeace; Wm. Whitehouse, Uriah Heath, Highway Commis-\\nsioners; Austin Griffes, James A. Sheldon, Poor- .Ma.- tars;\\nDavid S. Griffes, School Inspector; Justin S. Porter, Rich-\\nard Rone, Marlin R. Reed, Jacob Phillips, Jr., Constables.\\n1857. Whole number of votes polled, 171. George\\nSparks, Supervisor; George S. Warren, Town Clerk; Jus-\\ntin S. Porter, Treasurer Nathan S. Rjed, Justice of the\\nPeace; David R. Ilammontrce, Highway Commissioner;\\nEzra B. Sparks, School Inspector; Russell G. Hurd, Oscar\\nBradley, Poor-Ma.sters William Canfield, Aram Knajip,\\nJustin S. Porter, Abram Rccd, Constables.\\n1858. Whole number of votes jiolled, 21(5. Charles\\nL. Cole, Supervi-sor; Samuel Latlirop, Township Clerk;\\nJustin S. Porter, Treasurer John Taylor, Ira S. Begolc,\\nJustices of the Peace; Nelson F. Ganoung, Highway\\nCommissioner Daniel N. Montague and Alanson Dickin-\\nson, Directors of the Poor Daniel N. Montague, Myron\\nG. Miller, As.ses.sors; William Canfield, Abraiu Reed, Jcjhn\\nBallard, Justin S. Porter, Constables.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0571.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "372\\nHISTOEY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1859. Whole number of votes polled, 195. Charles\\nL. Cole, Supervisor: Benjamin F. Leland, Town Clerk;\\nJustin S. Porter, Treasurer George R. Gould, Lovett W.\\nStanton, School Inspectors P]. 11. Frost, Alanson Dick-\\ninson, Poor-Masters; Daniel J. Frazer, Milton B. Stage,\\nHighway Commissioners George Sparks, George R. Gould,\\nJustices of the Peace; Stephen H. Stanton, Justin S.\\nPorter, Richard Rone, John Ballard, Constables.\\n18G0. Whole number of votes cast, 187. James Brad-\\nley, Supervisor Ezra B. Sparks, Township Clerk Justin\\nS. Porter, Treasurer George Hart, Justice of the Peace\\nWilliam Whitehouse, Highway Commissioner; George R.\\nGould, School Inspector Justin S. Porter, William Can-\\nfield, Stephen H. Stanton, Jacob Phillips, Constables.\\n1861. Whole number of votes polled, 171. Anson\\nJackson, Supervisor; William ]\\\\I. Canfiold, Treasurer;\\nEzra B. Sparks, Township Clerk Charles L. Cole, Lovett\\nW. Stanton, Andrew J. Sumner, Justices of the Peace Da-\\nrius Diamond, Highway Commissioner; Wm. J. Burnett,\\nChester M. Burk, School Inspectors; Stephen E. Webster,\\nAVm. M. Canfield, Ira Delling, Orson J. Knapp, Constables.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 200. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor; Garrett Post, Township Clerk; Wm.\\nM. Canfield, Treasurer; John Jacobs, School Inspector;\\nBenjamin F. Tinney, Highway Commissioner; John Van\\nPatten, Justice of the Peace; Caleb W. Stearns, George\\nFairman, Orson J. Knapp, Darius Diamond, Constables.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 198. Fletcher\\nLinslcy, Supervisor; John Jacobs, Clerk William M. Can-\\nfield, Treasurer; Isaac Beenian, David S. Halsted, School\\nInspectors Daniel J. Frazer, Edmund S. Johnson, High-\\nway Commissioners William Wadsworth, Justice of the\\nPeace; Justus Beebe, Sylvester B. Bartholomew, John\\nSloan, Henry A. Tibbetts, Constables.\\n1864. Whole number of votes polled, 181. Fletcher\\nLinsley, Supervisor John A. Jackson, Clerk William M.\\nCanfield, Treasurer Philander B. Taylor, School Inspector\\nRichard Rone, Highway Commissioner George Hart,\\nPhineas Upham, Justices of the Peace Wm. H. Gillett,\\nJohn Sloan, Duanc Reed, Philip Dovoe, Constables.\\n1865. Whole number of votes polled, 124. George\\nHart, Supervisor John A. Jackson, Township Clerk\\nSawyer Hurd, Treasurer David S. Halsted, School In-\\nspector Sylvester B. Bartholomew, Robert Johnson, High-\\nway Commissionei-s Charles L. Cole, James A. Sheldon,\\nJustices of the Peace; Milton S. Benjamin, William M.\\nCanfield, John Sloan, Andrew J. Sumner, Constables.\\n1866. Whole number of votes polled, 236. Charles L.\\nCole, Supervisor; Horace G. Webster, Township Clerk;\\nDavid R. Hauimontree, Treasurer Hiram H. BloCullough,\\nSchool Inspector; John Wallace, Justice of the Peace;\\nDarius Diamond, Highway Commissioner Chester Wads-\\nworth, Daniel P. Day, James Sissins, Jcseph Heath, Con-\\nstables.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 273. Charles L.\\nCole, Supervisor; Daniel E. Salisbury, Town.ship Clerk;\\nDavid R. Hammontree, Treasurer David Franklin, High-\\nway Commissioner; James A. Sheldon, Justice of the\\nPeace; David S. Halsted, School Inspector; Elijah Heath,\\nJohn Sloan, Samuel Rone, Hiram D. Cole, Constables.\\n1868. Whole number of votes polled, 333. Joseph\\nVan Buskirk,* Supervisor Richard H. Halsted, Township\\nClerk David R. Hammontree, Treasurer Philander P.\\nTaylor, Richard H. Halsted, School Inspectors Ebenezer\\nHill, Justice of the Peace; David P. Waldo, Highway\\nCommissioner Darius Diamond, George Ladue, John Ben-\\njamin, Charles Parmlee, Constables.\\n1869.- Whole number of votes polled, 270. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor; Hiram H. IMcCullough, Township\\nClerk Isaac W. Andrews, Treasurer Chas. L. Cole, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace Richard H. Halsted, School Inspector\\nRichard Rone, Highway Commissioner; Elijah Heath,\\nPhilip Devoe, Garrett Post, Charles Palmer, Constables.\\n1870. Whole number of votes polled, 326. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor William Reardon, Township Clerk\\nIsaac W. Andrews, Treasurer; John Wallace, David S.\\nHalsted, Justices of the Peace Mark D. Seeley, School\\nInspector; Richard Rone, Highway Commissioner Elijah\\nHeath, Herrick C. Lefevre, Garrett Post, John Sloan, Con-\\nstables.\\n1871. Whole number of votes polled, 363. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor; Charles B. Mann, Township Clerk;\\nGeorge L. Holmes, Treasurer; James A. Sheldon, Slark\\nD. Seeley, Justices of the Peace Richard II. Halsted,\\nSchool Inspector; Alanson L. Foster, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; Seth N. Bedcn, Drain Commissioner; Amos\\nWebster, G. N. Elwood, George Brown, Elijah Heath,\\nConstables.\\n1872. Whole number of votes polled, 365. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor George L. Holmes, Treasurer Thomas\\nReardon, Township Clerk James L. Curry, John White,\\nJustices of the Peace Mark D. Seeley, School Inspector\\nDarius Diamond, Robert Johnson, Highway Commis-\\nsioners Garrett Post, Julius C. Stocking, Philip Devoe,\\nGeorge L. Holmes, Constables.\\n1873. Whole number of votes polled, 315. Philo M.\\nBegole, Supervisor; Darius Diamond, Treasurer; John K.\\nFrost, Township Clerk Charles L. Cole, Justice of the\\nPeace George Aplin, School Inspector George Palethorp,\\nHighway Commissioner; Milton B. Stage, Drain Commis-\\nsioner; Amos U. Webster, Garrett Post, George Berridge,\\nJoseph Hempsted, Constables.\\n1874. Whole number of votes polled, 267. Philo M.\\nBegole, Supervisor Darius Diamond, Treasurer S. Jerome\\nOliver, Township Clerk David S. Halsted, Justice of the\\nPeace; John M. Sanborn, School Inspector; Catlin W.\\nMunsell, Highway Commissioner; Robert Johnson, Drain\\nCommissioner Jacob A. Springer, John White, Sidney W.\\nSmith, Garrett Post, Constables.\\n1875. Whole number of votes polled, 328. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor Darius Diamond, Harold F. Congle-\\nton, Clerks; John K. Frost, Justice of the Peace; Sher-\\nburne Gunn, School Inspector; Archibald D. Mctz, Super-\\nintendent of Schools; George Palethorp, Highway Com-\\nmissioner Robert Johnson, Drain Commissioner Joseph\\nWilson, Sidney W. Smith, Hiram D. Cole, Jacob A.\\nSpringer, Constables.\\n1876. Whole number of votes polled, 375. Ezra B.\\nResigne.l Dec. 17, ISOS. Charles L. Cole appointed to fill\\nvacani^y.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0572.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "VIENNA TOWNSHIP.\\n373\\nSparks, Supervisor Darius Diamond, Treasurer Charles\\nBerridge, Township Clerk James L. Curry, George Hart,\\nJustices of the Peace; John K. Frost, School Inspector;\\nArchibald D. Motz, Superintendent of Schools; William\\nS. Palcthorp, Highway Commissioner; David Franklin,\\nDrain Commissioner William II. Baker, Jacob A.\\nSpringer, Crocker Williams, James Inkster, Constables.\\n1877. Whole number of votes polled, 429. Ezra B.\\nSparks, Supervisor Henry Herring, Treasurer Cluules\\nBerridge, Township Clerk Charles L. Cole, Justice of the\\nPeace; Sherburne Gunn, School Inspector; Archibald D.\\nMetz, Superintendent of Schools; James Inkster, High-\\nway Commissioner; Sidney W. Smith, Crocker Williams,\\nCharles Woolson, Jacob A. Springer, Constables.\\n1878. Whole number of votes polled, 422. William\\nH. Davis, Supervisor; Henry Herring, Treasurer; Charles\\nBerridge, Township Clerk Benjamin Paine, Justice of the\\nPeace; Sherburne Gunn, School Inspector; Archibald D.\\nMetz; School Superintendent Howard M. Rice, Highway\\nCommissioner Benjamin W. Tinney, Drain Commissioner\\nJacob A. Springer, Charles Woolson, Earl Ware, Crocker\\nH. Williams, Constables.\\n1879. Whole number of votes polled, 474. William\\nn. Davis, Supervisor Harold F. Congleton, Treasurer\\nCharles Berridge, Town.ship Clerk George Hart, Justice\\nof the Peace; John M. Sanborn, School Superintendent;\\nSherburne Gunn, School Inspector; William Wadsworlh,\\nHighway Commis.-^ioner; Emnictt O. Knapp, Charles Wool-\\nson, Earl Ware, Jacob A. Springer, Constables.\\nVILLAGES.\\nThe villages of Vienna are Clio, Pine Run, and Far-\\nrandville.\\nCLIO,\\nthe principal commercial centre, is situated upon the small\\nstream known as Pine Run, and one mile east of the geo-\\ngraphical centre of the townslii|). It is also a station of\\nsome importance on the line of the Flint and Pi-re Mar-\\nquette Railway, and contains two churches, Congrega-\\ntional and Protestant Methodist, one hotel, five stores of\\ngeneral merchandise, two hardware-stores, three drug-and-\\ngrocery stores, two grocery-stores, one furniture-store, one\\nliquor-store, a graded school, two grist-mills, one grain-ele-\\nvator, one warehouse, a meat-market, saloons and restau-\\nrants, several millinery-, dressmaking-, tailoring-, harness-,\\nblacksmith-, wagon-, watch-repairing boot- and shoe shops,\\nand about 450 people.\\nThe medical profession is represented by Drs. Samuel\\nLathrop, W. II. Russell, and L. L. Fuller; the legal by\\nMessrs. J. Z. Richards, and 11. Jones. Capt. James L.\\nCurry, postmaster; C. C. Rice, express-agent John Cham-\\nbers, station-agent.\\nTiieodore P. Dean began the firet iniprovcnicnt upon the\\nvillage site in 18:!7 or 1838, when he erected his saw-mill.\\nFrom that time until the building and completion of the\\nFlint and Perc Marquette Railway, in 1801, its history\\nwas uneventful. Pine fiu csts occupied a portion of its site,\\nand hundreds of acres of the same valuabli; timber were\\nslanilin;. in its iinniediatc vicinity. l!nt llii stupid cu-\\npidity which actuated one or two men in or near the old\\nvillage of Pine Run, during the building of the railway,\\nwas Clio s opportunity, and this new avenue of commerce,\\nwhich would have more fully developed and built up a neat\\nlittle village already an important trading and manufactur-\\ning point, was diverted from its proposed route. Pine Run\\nwas given the go-by, and the station of Clio establislu^d in\\nits stead.\\nThe prosperity of Clio was then assured. A village\\nwas platted, stores and manufacturing establishments\\nsprang into existence, lumbering became an important in-\\nterest, and the new village rapidly increased in numbers.\\nIn 1873 steps were taken to obtain a village charter.\\nThis was accomplished by an act approved Jlarch 13, 1873.\\nThe act of incorporation, together with the names of village\\nofficers from 1873 to 1879, inclusive, are herewith ap-\\npended.\\nBy Senate Bill No. 234, dated at Ltinsing, Jlich., March\\n13, 1873, the people of the State of Jlichigan, represented\\nin Senate and House of Representatives, enacted as follows\\nSec. 1. That all that tract of country situated in the\\ntownship of Vienna, in the county of Genesee, in the\\nState of Michigan, designated and described as the north-\\nwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 23, and\\nthe southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section\\n14, and the cast half of the southeast quarter of section\\n15, and that part of the west half of the southeast quarter\\nof section 15 lying south of Pine River Creek, and the\\nnorth half of the northeast quarter of section 22, in town-\\nship 9 north, of range No. 6 east, be, and the same is hereby,\\nconstituted a town corporate, under tlie name of Clio.\\nIt was further declared that the inhabitants within the\\nboundaries aforesaid be a corporation, by the corporate\\nname of The Village of Clio, and that the first meeting\\nfor the election of officers be held at the Clio Hotel, on\\nthe second Monday in April, 1873. The plat as described\\naforesaid has since been enlarged by Curry s and Sumner s\\nadditions, and now contains about 431) square acres.\\nAt the first charter election for the election of village\\nofficers, held on the 28th day of April, 1873, at the Clio\\nHouse in said village, 74 votes were given to the candidates\\nfor the office of president, and the following officers de-\\nclared elected David S. Halsted, President Isaac K. Kel-\\nsey, George L. Holmes, Jerome B. Garland, Trustees;\\nCluules B. Mann, Clerk William W. Blackney, -\\\\ssessor\\nIsaac M. Beeman, Treasurer; Sidney W. Smith, Marshal.\\n1874. Votes cast, 01. James L. Curry, President;\\nGeorge L. Holmes, Daniel Reid, Trustees; Jerome Oliver,\\nClerk I.saac M. Beeman, Treasurer George N. Elwood,\\nAssessor; Sidney W. Smith, Marshal.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Votes polled, 51. Julius F. H. Miller, Presi-\\ndent; Isaac I\\\\I. Reeman, Trustee; Henry Herring, Clerk;\\nGeorge B. Congleton, Treasurer George N. Elwood, As-\\nsessor; Sidney W. Smith, Marshal.\\n1870. Whole nnmbi r of vntes polled, 75. John While,\\nPresident; Daniel Reid, Henry Herring, Trustees; H.uipM\\nF. Congleton, Clerk George B. Congleton, Treasurer\\nGeorge N. Elwood, Assessor; William II. Baker, Marshal.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes ca.st, 97. David S. Hal-\\nsted, Prcsiiliiil Harold F. Congleton, Clerk George H.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0573.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCongleton, Treasurer Jerome B. Garland, Richard H. Hal-\\nsted. Trustees Isaac K. Kclsey, Assessor Roland Frank-\\nlin, Marshal.\\n1878. Whole number of votes polled, 94. Ansel C.\\nFuller, President; Harold F. Congleton, Clerk George B.\\nCongleton, Treasurer; Henry Herring, Isaac K. Kelsey,\\nJulius F. H. Miller, Trustees; Charles B. Mann, Assessor;\\nCrocker Williams, Mar.shal.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whole number of votes polled, 82. Alden M.\\nVarncy, President Archibald D. Mctz, Clerk George B.\\nCongleton, Treasurer Charles Berridgc, Charles L. Can-\\nfield, Solomon J. Oliver, Trustees Charles B. Mann, As-\\nsessor; William H. Ilerrington, Marshal.\\nPINE RUN.\\nThe village of Pine Run, the site of the first settlement\\nin the township, is situated upon the old Saginaw road, and\\none mile due east from the village of Clio. It contains the\\nchurch edifices of the Congregational and Christian religious\\nsocieties, two iron-foundries, one grist-mill, two hotels, two\\nstores of general merchandise, one drug-store, one grocery-\\nstore, a post-office, and a population of about two hundred\\ninhabitants. As previously mentioned, Charles Jl cLean\\nHiraiu Benjamin, Humphrey McLean, Sylvester Vibbard,\\nIsaiah Merriuian, Theodore P. Dean, and John R. Whitte-\\ninore were among the earliest settlers upon its site and in\\nthe immediate vicinity. Here was established the first post-\\nofiicc on the route between Flint and Saginaw, and from\\nthe date of the county organization until the commence-\\nment of Clio s history as a village, here was centred an\\nimportant trade which extended into the townships of\\nMontrose, Thctford, Mount IMorris, and Genesee. Eph-\\nraim K. Frost, a native of New Hampshire, came from\\nAtliol, JIass., and settled here in 1855. He has since been\\nengaged in the boot and shoe trade and general merchan-\\ndising. The merchants in business hero at the time of his\\narrival were Ezra B. Sparks, George Warren, and the\\nbrothers Oscar and James Bradley. Dr. Samuel Lathrop\\nwas the physician, the first resident physician in the\\ntownship. Garrett Post was the blacksmith, while Aram\\nKnapp and A. F. Young presided over their respective\\nplaces of entertainment for man and beast. The Congre-\\ngational chui ch edifice was then in course of construction\\nby William Sheldon, and the Genesee and Saginaw plank\\nroad had just been completed. George C. Eeclcston, a\\nnative of Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., came in as the\\nfirst shoemaker the same year, 1855. Abram Rcid s\\nsteam shingle-mill was also in operation.\\nWilliam Tinker and sou came from Ashtabula Co., Ohio,\\nin December, 1865, and soon after established the present\\nfoundry and machine-shop. Their work consists in manu-\\nfacturing and repairing plows and other agricultural instru-\\nments. Previous to 1871 their attention was mainly devoted\\nto the manufacture and repair of stationary engines.\\nPeter Smart, who located in Pine Run in 18GG and fol-\\nlowed the occupation of blacksmitlung, erected a small\\niron-foundry in 1875, and began the manufacture of east-\\niron plows, points, etc., and also docs a general repairing in\\niron-work. A steam grist-mill was erected by Duane Read\\nin 1870.\\nF.\\\\RIl.\\\\NDVILLE.\\nThe small village of Farrandville, which forms the\\nnorthern apex of the triangle made by roads connecting\\nit with Clio and Pine Run, is situated about one mile\\ndistant from the villages just mentioned. It contains the\\nchurch edifice of the Free Methodists, and about fifteen\\ndwellings. It was platted and receives its name from Ira\\nT. Farrand, an early settler in its vicinity.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first board of school inspectors, composed of Messrs.\\nRussell G. Hurd, Isaiah Merriman, and William Hotchkiss,\\nmet at the house of Charles McLean, May 10, 1837, and\\nresolved as follows That the town should be divided into\\ntwo school districts [the town then comprised the present\\ntowns of Montrose, Vienna, and Thetford], and all that\\npart of the said town of Vienna lying north of sections 25,\\n2G, 27, 28, 29, and 30, in surveyed town.ship 9 north,\\nand ranges No. 5, 6, and 7 east, shall constitute and be de-\\nnominated school district No. 1, and all that part remaining\\nof said town, to wit, sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,\\n33, 31, 35, and 36, in said township 9, and ranges 5, G,\\nand 7 east, shall i orm a school district, to be desiguatod\\nNo. 2.\\nA school-meeting was held in the house of Charles\\nMcLean on the 19th of the same month, when Russell G.\\nHurd was chosen Moderator; George Sparks, Assessor;\\nand Hiram Benjamin, Director of Schools.\\nOn the 13th day of November, of the same year (1837),\\na meeting was held in the school-house* in district No. 1\\nwhen it was voted to raise $500 for the purpose of build-\\ni?ig a school-house and locating a site; to raise $5 for a\\nlibrary-case, and $10 for the pui-chase of books for said\\ndistrict also to raise $20 for repairing the school-house,\\nand for fuel the ensuing winter, and the additional amount\\nof $60 for the use of schools in said district the current\\nyear.\\nIn December, 1838, the boundaries of the school districts\\nwere changed as follows Resolved, That hereafter school\\ndistrict No. 1, in said township, shall contain the following\\nterritory, to wit, sections 11, 12, 13, 14, east half of 15,\\neast half of 22, and the whole of 23, 24, and north half of\\nnorthwest quarter of 26, in township 9 north, of range G\\neast, also the west half of section 9, west half of section\\n18, west half of 19, in township 9 north, of range 7 east.\\nThat school district No. 2 shall contain hereafter the fol-\\nlowing extent of territory Section 26, except the north\\nhalf of the west quarter, all of sections 25, 35, 3G, in town-\\nship 9 north, of range G cast, and sections 30, 29, west\\nhalf of 28, west half of 33, and all of sections 31 and 32,\\nin township 9 north, of range 7 east.\\nIn March, 1840, district No. 3 was organized as follows\\nAll that territory comprised in the south half of section\\n10, southwest quarter of section 11, the whole of section\\n15, west half and southeast quarter of section 14, whole of\\nThis house was a frame structure. It was s:tuatc(l in the village\\nof Pine Run, and i.5 now usotl as a blacksmith-shop. It was also the\\nfirst fr.aujed building erected in the township, and in it the lion.\\nJosiah W. Eegdo, now a prominent citizen of Flint, taught the lir.-t\\nschool, in the winter of 1S37-.1S.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0574.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "VIENNA TOWNSHIP.\\n375\\n22 and 23, south half of 27, whole of 2G, south half of\\n24, north half of 25, whole of o5, south half of 34, east\\nhalf and northeast quarter of 34, all in township 9 north,\\nof range 7 cast, shall constitute district No. 3.\\nThe district organizations continued as in the foregoing\\nuntil the formation of Thetford as a separate township, in\\n1842. Since the latter event, and especially since the for-\\nmation of Montrose, in 1840, many ciiangcs have been\\nmade in school-district boundaries.\\nThe amount of primary-school money apportioned to the\\ntown of Vienna and the territory at present known as Mont-\\nrose township, in 1843, was 615.17.\\nThe first record made regarding the granting of certifi-\\ncates to teachers shows that Miss Nancy McLean and Miss\\nMelissa Pattee received certificates as qualified teachers.\\nMay G, 1843. Miss Elizabeth V. Stone was granted a\\ncertificate July 17th of the same year.\\nThe $15.17 before mentioned was apportioned as follows\\nTo district No. 1, 22 schular.s, $8.14; No. 2, 19 scholars,\\nS7.03.\\nOtlier early teachers were licensed as follows H. P.\\nFerris, Dec. 11, 1843 Clariiida Dean, May 4, 1844 Caro-\\nline Johnson, July 31, 1814; JIartin Jliller, Feb. 14,\\n1845 Darius 51. Kobinson, November, 1845 Misses Mary\\nAnn Skinner, Sophia Wetherill, Catherine Bodine, Julia\\nAnn Barnes, May, 1845 Maria A. Ilerrick, Thomas E.\\nYoung, December, 1845; Sarah Johnson, Clarissa John-\\nson, Ezra B. Sparks, William H. Harrison, 1846 Caroline\\nA. Johnson, Margaret Robinson, AVilliam T. Van Tuyl,\\nMary L. Rone, 1847 Amelia N. Fitch, Jlelissa Pattee,\\n1848.\\nFrom a report of the board of school inspectors for the\\nmonth of May, 1847 (the first report after the separation\\nof the township of Pewonogowink), it is found that the\\namount of money apportioned, and the number of schools\\nin each district entitled to school-money, were as follows\\nAmount to he appoitioned $4-1.10\\nTo District No. 34 soliolttrs .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2?III..S(I\\nFractional nistiict No. I, 33 11. lU\\nDistrict No. 2, 23 S.SMV\\n3, 24 7.fi:i\\n9, IS 5.72\\nScbolars in township, 139 $44. IG\\nIn comparison with ilic foregoing, the following statistics,\\ntaken from the report of the school inspectors for the year\\nending Sept. 2, 1878, are appended Whole districts, C\\nfractional districts, 5. Children of school age in the\\ntownship, 847; attending school during the year, 511;\\nnumber of School-houses in townshii), 11 frame houses, 11\\nseating capacity of school-houses, 737 value of school-\\nproperty, 85950 graded schools, 2 male teachers em-\\nployed during the year, C female teachers, IC months\\ntaught by males, 33 months taught by females, 023 paid\\nmale teachers, \u00c2\u00a71252; paid female teachers, \u00c2\u00a71188; total,\\n\u00c2\u00a72440.\\nSECKET BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS.\\nVIENNA LODGE, NO. 205, F. AND A. M.\\nThe first meeting, under a dispen-sation from the Grand\\nLodge, was held in Masonic Hall, in the village of i ine\\nllun, Oct. 23, 1800, and the following named oflHecrs ap-\\npointed Russell Johnson, W. M. Joseph Van Buskirk,\\nS. W. Livius Tcnny, J. W. Joseph Lonsby, Treas.\\nJohn I. Phillips, Sec. Harmon Van Buskirk, S. D. David\\nII. Hammontrce, J. D. William M. Rogers, Tyler.\\nA charter was granted Jan. 9, 1867, when the before-\\nmentioned board of officers were elected for the ensuing\\nyear.\\nThe office of Worthy Master has since been filled as\\nfollows: 18G8, Joseph Van Buskirk; 1869, Russell John-\\nson 1870, Russell Johnson 1871, Harmon Van Buskirk\\n1872, Russell Johnson 1873, John K. Frost 1874, John\\nK. Frost; 1875, Harmon Van Buskirk; 1876, Roland\\nFranklin; 1877, Roland Franklin; 1878, Rus.sell John-\\nson 1879, Ru.ssell Johnson.\\nThe officers for 1879 arc as follows Russell Johnson,\\nW. M. Eiiphalet Ilartson, S. W. David L. Halsted,\\nJ. W. David R. Ilammontree, Treas. Harmon Van Bus-\\nkirk, Sec.; Shannon Scott, S. D. Homer L. Johnson,\\nJ. D. George C. Ecclcston, Tyler.\\nPresent membership, 77. Regular communications are\\nheld at their hall in the village of Vienna, Pine Run P. 0.,\\nTuesday evenings, on or before the full moon.\\nVIENNA LODGE, NO. 191, I. O. O. F.\\nThis Lodge was instituted June 26, 1872, at Clio, Micli-\\nigan, by acting M. W. G. M., F. H. Rankin. The follow-\\ning list embraces the names of the Lodge D. D. G. M. s,\\nN. G. s, and secretaries, and the time served by them, from\\ndate of organization to the present:\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. H. Rankin, D. D. G. M.; Roger Raihbone,\\nN. G. W. W. Blackney, Sec.\\n1873,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles L Cole, N. G. II. D. Cole, Soc. W.\\nW. Blackney, N. G. J. D. Aken, See.; G. M. Key.s,\\nD. D. G. M.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles L. Cole, D. D. G. M. David Stroublc,\\nN. G. II. D. Cole, Sec. H. D. Cole, N. G. C. L. Camp-\\nbell, Sec.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. H. Rankin, D. D. G. M. E. B. Sparks, N.\\nG. J. A. Springer, Sec. C. L. Campbell, N. G. H. D.\\nCole. Sec.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. L. Campbell, D. D. G. M. J. A. Springer,\\nN. G. Charles Berridgc, Sec. Duane Osborn, N. G.\\nJ. C. Thompson, Sec.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. L. Fuller, D. D. G. M.; William White-\\nhouse, N. G. A. T. Getchell, Sec. Shannon Scott, N. G.\\nH. Van Buskirk, Sec.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles L. Cole, D. D. G. JI.; E. O. Knapp,\\nN. G. Wm. M. Patterson, Sec. S. B. Bartholomew, N.\\nG. L. L. Fuller, Sec.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. A. Springer, D. D. G. 51.; C. H. Williams,\\nN. G. W. A. Bates, Sec.\\nRegular meetings are held in tlioir hall, now situated in\\nthe village of Pine Run, Wednesday evenings of each week.\\nPresent membership, 44.\\nASIARANTII LODGE, NO. GG, DAUOIITER-S OF REBECCA,\\nwas organized Sept. 9, 1875. The principal officers to the\\npresent time are as follows\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. D. Cole, N. G. Bethany JI. Sparks, V. G.\\nJennie C. Cole, See.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0575.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "376\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. B. Spark.s, N. G. Anjenctt Scott, V. G.\\nJennie C. Cole, Sec.\\n1877. J. A. Springer, N. G. Martha A. Bartholomew,\\nV. G. Anjenctt Scott, Sec.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martha A. Bartholomew, N. G. Harriet Miller,\\nV. G. Anjcnett Scott, Sec.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriet Miller, N. G. Sarah E. Fuller, V. G.\\nAnjcnett Seott, Sec. Present membenshiji, 3G.\\nCLIO LODGE, NO. 1382, K. OF O.\\nThis Lodge was instituted Jan. 27, 1879, wilh twenty\\ncharter members, by E. Newkirk, D. D. G. D.\\nThe officers are D. L. Halsted, Dictator H. Herring,\\nVice-Dictator; Charles Berridge, Asst. Dictator; L. L.\\nFuller, Past Dictator; C. B. Mann, Treas. Archibald D.\\nMetz, Reporter S. J. Oliver, F. Reporter Crocker Wil-\\nliams, Guide Edgar Webber, Sentinel Charles L. Can-\\nfield, Guard.\\nPresent membership, 23. Regular meetings are held in\\ntheir lodge-room, Clio village, the second and fourth Mon-\\nday evenings in each month.\\nKELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nAs in many other localities, the Methodist Episcopal\\nchurchmen wore the first to inaugurate religious meetings\\nhere. Their circuit preachers visited the settlement of Pine\\nRun as early as 183G, usually once in four weeks, and very\\nfrequently, when the road.s were impassable for horseback\\nriding, they made the journey from Flint, Pontiac, and\\nSaginaw on foot. That some of them were eccentric in\\nmanner, exacting, and rigid in their adherence to fixed\\nrules, is fully proven by the following incident Mr. D. N.\\nMontague relates that in 1839 he attended a meeting held\\nat the house of Corydou Fay. Due notice had been given,\\nand a cordial invitation was extended to all in the neighbor-\\nhood to attend. But when the audience had assembled,\\nthere were but eight persons, all told. The preacher a\\nMethodist divine then arose and announced it as his rule\\nnot to preach unless nine or more were present. As the\\nninth listener was not forthcoming, the little gathering dis-\\npersed, disappointed, perhaps, in their failure to hear the\\npreached Word elucidated.\\nDuring these early years people possessed of religious\\nconvictions assembled in their respective school-houses,\\nand listened to the reading of sermons and portions of\\nthe Bible by one of their own number. Sabbath-schools\\nwere also hold during that season of the year when pupils\\ncould attend barefooted.\\nIn 1837 and 1838 a class in Methodism was formed in\\nPine Run. Among the members were Isaiah Merriman,\\nthe leader, women of the J\\\\IcLean families, Theodore P.\\nDean, his mother and sisters, the Taylors and Van Pat-\\ntens. But this society has been disbanded for many j cars,\\nand none exists in the township at present.\\nRev. Donald B. Campbell, Congrogationalist, became\\nthe first resident pastor in 1S5S.\\nCONGREGATION.\\\\L CHUltCHES.\\nThe Congregational Church of Vienna, whose house of\\nwor.ship is .situated in I ine Run, was organized in the early\\npart of the year 1845 by Rev. Or.son Parker, an evan-\\ngelist, and a resident of Burton township in this county.\\nThe original members were 22 in number, and George W.\\nHuyck and George Sparks were chosen the first deacons.\\nFor a number of years the society had no preachers of its\\nown denomination, although meetings were held nearly\\nevery Sabbath in the school-house, where circuit preachers\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church spoke, or a sermon was\\nread by some one of the members.\\nThe first stated supply was Rev. E. T. Branch, who\\npreached here part of the time during the years 1852 and\\n1853. Revs. A. B. Pratt and McDowell also were here\\nbefore the completion of the church edifice in 185G. The\\nchurch was dedicated June 18, 1856, the dedicatory ser-\\nmon being preached by Rev. Herbert Read, of the Ameri-\\ncan Home Mission Society.\\nFrom May, 1858, until April, 18GI, Rev. D. B. Camp-\\nbell was the pastor. He was followed by Rev. Jonas Den-\\nton, who administerod tj the spiritual wants of the society\\nfor the period of two years. Edwin Booth, a licentiate\\nfrom Oberlin, Ohio, was here a few months in the winter\\nof 18G4-65. In May, 1SG5, Rev. W. F. Rose came, and\\nremained until October, 18G7. Those who succeeded him\\nwore Rev. E. W. Borden, who came in July, 18G8, re-\\nmained one year; Rev. W. I. Hunt, 1871; Rev. J. C.\\nThompson, June, 1874; Rev. M. Caldwell, 1875; Rev.\\nJared Warner, the last pastor of this society, preached one\\nyear, closing his labors in September. 1877. On the 12lh\\nof November, 1877, the society voted to give each of its\\nmembers letters of recommendation to unite with the\\nUnion Congregational Church of Vienna, and the old or-\\nganization was then disbanded.\\nThere is no definite record preserved of those who were\\nreceived into the church from its first organization until\\nthe year 1859. From the latter date until its disband-\\nment in 1877, G5 were admitted.\\nIn August, 18G7, the Clio Congregational Society was\\norganized and duly incorporated. The first board of trus-\\ntees was composed of James L. Curry, Jo,seph Van Bus-\\nkirk, Austin Griff es, Hiram Benjamin, and William H.\\nDunn.\\nThis society went forward and erected the present church\\nedifice in Clio, and continued as an iudeponJent church\\nuntil the consolidation of the Vienna and Clio Congrega-\\ntional Churches as the Union Congregational Society in\\n1877.\\nThe pastors of the independent Clio Church were Revs.\\nE. W. Bordeji, for two years from April 1, 1868 Ward I.\\nHunt, for two years from Nov. 1, 1871 William E. Cald-\\nwell, two years from Aug. 29, 1874; and J. Ilalliday, one\\nyear from Dec. 1, 187G.\\nDoc. 10, 1877, the Union Congregational Society of\\nVienna was Ibruied by the consolidation of the Pino Run\\nand Clio societies. The union organization began an exist-\\nence with 45 members, IG males and 29 females, the males\\nas follows: Seth N. Bedon, Charles Jlonlague, Daniel N.\\nMontague, H. Hurd, Ezra B. Sparks, A. F. Nichols, J. B.\\nGarland, Sr., Charles L. Cole, Sawyer Ilurd, James A.\\nSheldo!), C. C. Rice, J. F. Loomis, Stephen Griswold, Sher-\\nburne Green, Milton B. Stage, and C. B. Mann. The fol-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0576.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0577.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "James l. Curry.\\nMRS. James l. Curry.\\nS^:^x:i,.-^^.,.xy^-^d^,:^^^^~i. --rr-Tsr-:; :-v.^r-^-v^ %-Ma a^:^.\\n.:.ife1i*^:\\nT ^MMi!;:\u00c2\u00a3ii;ii^M SS^^l\\nResidence of JAM ES L. CURRY, Clio, Mich.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0578.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "VIENNA TOWNSHIP.\\n377\\nlowing board of officers was then chosen Daniel N. Jlon-\\ntasue, President; Seth N. Heden, Secretary; James A.\\nSlieldon, Treasurer; Sawyer Ilurd, M. B. Stage, Sherburne\\nGreen, Ezra B. Sparks, A. F. Nichols, and Charles Mon-\\ntague, Trustees.\\nRev. John P. Sanderson became pastor of this society\\nDec. 30, 1877, and still contiTiues in the discharge of his\\nministerial labor here. Services are held ulteniatcly at Clio\\nand Pine Hun. Flourishing Sunday-schools also exist at\\nboth places, their superintendents being Rev. J. P. Sander-\\nson at Clio, and A. F. Nichols at Pine Run. Present mem-\\nbership of society, 60.\\nTHE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF VIENNA.\\nThis church was organized about the year 18G4 by the\\nRev. Alanson Wilcox. The first series of meetings were\\nlield in the church edifice of the Congregational society in\\nPine Run afterwards in the I ine Run village school-bouse\\nuntil IHG7, when their own house of worship was erected\\nin the same village at a cost of $2000. It has sittings for\\nabout 300 people.\\nAmong tiie first members of this society were David\\nHavens and wife, S. Gross and wife, William Canfield and\\nwife, Philander Taylor and wife, John Taylor, Isaac An-\\ndrews and wife, Benjamin Drudge and wife, George C.\\nEcclcston and wife, Philip Devoe and wife, David R. Ilam-\\nmontreo and wife, William Whitebouso, David Franklin\\nand wife, Mr. Hempsted and wife, Mr. Sherrick and wife,\\nand others, enough to make 92 members in all. Revs.\\nSmedmor, S. J. Smith, Elias Sias, Edwards, and Cornick\\nhave at various periods assumed the pastorate of this church.\\nThe pulpit is supplied at the present time by elders of the\\nsociety. Present membership, 40. William Uuderhill,\\nsuperintendent of Sunday-school.\\nA Protestant Methodist Church exists at Clio, and a Free\\nMethodist Church at Farrandville, but no data have been\\nobtained, although the same were respectfully requested from\\nofficial members of both organizations.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJAMES L. CURRY,\\na resident of Clio, was born in Enfield, Tompkins Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 30, 1825. In 1847 he settled in Huron Co.,\\nOhio, stopi)irig in New Haven and Greenwich, engaged\\nin selling merchandise, and from 1853 to 1856 he lived at\\nClyde and Kenton, engaged on the Mad River and Lake\\nErie Railroad. From 185() to 1800 he resided in Mason\\nCo., III., engaged in farming, and in grading two miles of\\nthe Illinois River Railroad. In the spring of 18G0 he re-\\nmoved to Tontogany, Wood Co., Ohio, and engaged in the\\ndrug business, which he sold out to enter the army. In\\nAugust, 1851, he was commLssioned as first lieutenant in\\nCompany H, 2l8t Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after the\\nbattle of Stone River was C(m)mi.ssi()ned captain of Company\\nA. He was with his regiment in all its cauijiaigiis in the\\nArmy of the Cumberland, until August, 1863, when he was\\n48\\ndetailed for duty as provost-marshal at Cowan, Tenn. In\\nDecember he joined his regiment, and commanded it at\\nChattanooga until March, 18G4, when, on his return from\\nrecruiting service with his regiment, which bad re-enlisted,\\nhe was stricken with disease, from which he never fully\\nrecovered. After a few months spent in hospital and on\\ncourt-martial duty at Chattanooga, he rejoined his regiment,\\nin front of Atlanta. In August, 1SG4, was mustered out\\nat liick Skillet, Ga.\\nIn 18G5 he went to Clio, Mich., whither he moved\\nhis family in the summer of 18()G. During his residence\\nat Clio he has been engaged in lumbering, as one of the\\nfirm of Campbell, Curry Co. at Arbola as Curry\\nBrown, and at Midland as Curry Merrick, at each of the\\nplaces named owning mills. He was also one of the firm\\nof Jennings, Ilalsted Co., merchants, at Clio, whom he\\nsucceeded in business. In 1874, having lost several thou-\\nsand dollars by parties in Toledo, and a valuable mill at\\nMidland by fire, he retired from lumbering and turned his\\nattention to farming and the duties of a justice of the\\npeace. In 18()8 he was elected to the Legislature, and in\\n1872 to the State Senate, but in 1874 declined a rcnomina-\\ntion, on account of business cares.\\nIn 1850 ho married Sarah II., daughter of William\\nTrenibley, of Ripley, Huron Co., Ohio., and has one son,\\nFrank M., born at New Haven, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1851, and\\none daughter, born at Tontogany, Wood Co., Ohio, Oct. 14,\\n18G5.\\nHe has traveled extensively in the States east of the\\nMississippi, and is veiy familiar with American history and\\nbiography. Liberal in bis opinions, public-spirited, and en-\\nergetic, he has been one of Clio s leading and enterprising\\ncitizens. In politics he is a Republican, and has always\\nstrictly adhered to the principles and interests of his party.\\nHis business and official positions have given him a large\\nacquaintance with public men. At the present time he is\\npostmaster of Clio, and at the same time carries on a farm\\nadjoining the village.\\nDAVID S. HALSTED\\nwas born Aug. 23, 1833, in Coxsackie, Greene Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he resided until he was twelve years old, when his\\nfather moved to Cortland Co., N. Y., where he j)urcha.scd\\na small farm. There David grew to manhood, working on\\nthe farm and at the carpenter s trade sunimei-s, and attend-\\ning school winters. His father s early death left him to\\ncare for himself and to assist the family, he being the eldest\\nchild. Still be obtained at the district schools and the\\nCortland and Homer Academies an education which,\\nenabled him to teach school and to become one of the ener-\\ngetic, enteri)rising bu.sincss men of Genesee County, where\\nhe settled in 1855. In the fall of 1854 he came to Poniiac,\\nMich., and taught school near there. The next .spring he\\nlocated in Pine Run, where he remained until 18G7, when\\nhe commenced the mercantile business in Clio. Previous\\nto this he taught school and worked at his trade, except two\\nyears, during which time ho was in the lumber business, also\\na partner of George S. Warren in a saw-mill. Tlic saw-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0579.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "378\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nmill proved to be anything but a success financially, and\\nleft Mr. Halsted to begin life anew. He again fell back on\\nhis trade and teaching, until, as above stated, he moved to\\nClio and engaged in the mercantile business, becoming a\\nmember of the firm of W. H. Jennings Co. Since that\\ntime he has been in the mercantile business, the last eight\\nyears alone. In 1876 he bought at sheriff s sale what was\\nknown as the Mount Morri.s Saw and Patent Hoop Mill.\\nThis he has successfully managed, and is now doing an ex-\\ntensive business in that line. As a business man Mr. Hal-\\nsted is looked upon as one of the most enterprising and\\nenergetic iu his town, and as a citizen and neighbor respected\\nand esteemed by all.\\nOn the 13th day of December, 1862, Mr. Halsted was\\nmarried to Miss Lydia J. Van Buskirk .she was born in\\nSmithfield, Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 31, 1846. There\\nhave been born to them three children, as follows Jennie,\\nborn March 13, 1864; Albert K., born Feb. 13, 1867;\\nand Harry, born Oct. 6, 1874, died Aug. 23, 1878. In\\npolitics Mr. Halsted is an ultra Ilepublican, though he has\\nnever sought nor cared for office. Has held minor offices\\niu his town, and was for scveu years postmaster at Clio.\\nMILTON B. STAGE.\\nMRS. MILTON B. STAGE.\\nMILTON B. STAGE,\\nthe subject of this sketch, was born in the township of\\nStafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 4, 1825. His grand-\\nfather, Peter Stage, was one of the earliest settlers in Staf-\\nford (then known as the Holland Purchase), having settled\\nthere in the year 1800. The flxrm he bought was new, not\\na stick having been cut. Milton s father, James Stage, was\\nborn in New Jersey, on the 3d day of August, 1791. He\\nserved in the war of 1812, and was in the battles of Fort\\nErie and Lundy s Lane he was afterwards in the boat\\nservice, and carried supplies to the American forces at Fort\\nErie. In this service he endured hardships and privations,\\nfrom the effects of which he never fully recovered. He\\nmarried Miss Mary Butler. Joel Butler, Mr. Stage s\\ngrandfiither on his mother s side, was a sailor, and served\\nthrough the war of the Revolution as a privateersman.\\nThe privateer in which he sailed was captured by a British\\nman-of-war, and Mr. Butler, with the rest of the crew, was\\ntaken to England and confined in a prison-ship, where he,\\nwith others, suffered untold horrors. One of the mementos\\nof Mr. Butler s seafaring life, a copy of the Seaman s\\nDaily Assistant, published in London in 1774, is now in\\nthe possession of Blr. Stage, and is a very interesting relic.\\nThe earlj life of Milton B. Stage was passed in Genesee\\nCounty, attending the district schools of his town, and sub-\\nsequently the high-school at Leroy and the seminary at\\nLima, N. Y., which latter he attended three years, making\\nthe study of mathematics and engineering a specialty. After\\nleaving school he worked on his father s farm three years,\\nand afterwards was employed as civil engineer on different\\nrailroads. He worked two yeare on the Williamsport and\\nElmira Railroad, as surveyor and engineer, under Maj.\\nWilliam H. Morrell, chief engineer, closing his service as\\nassistant engineer in charge of a party, and to the entire\\nsatisfaction of Maj. Morrell, who testified his approbation\\nof his services in a commendatory letter to Mr. Stage.\\nIn 1854 he moved to the town of Vienna, in Genesee Co.,\\nMich., and .settled on three hundred and twenty acres of land,\\npart of sections 27 and 34, bought from the government by\\nhis father in 1836. The land was entirely new, and for a mile\\nMr. Stage had to cut his own road. In 1854 his father\\ngave him a deed of the land, which he still owns, and which\\nis iu a good state of cultivation, with fine buildings, etc.\\nMr. Stage has for many years been deputy surveyor, and\\niu the fall of 1878 was elected county surveyor, notwith-\\nstanding Genesee County is a strong Republican county,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0580.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0581.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0582.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "THETFORD TOWNSHIP.\\n379\\nwhile he is, and has always been, a Democrat. At different\\ntimes he has held minor offices in his township. Mr. Stage\\nhas for forty years been gathering Indian relics, and has\\nnow a very fine collection. Oct. 30, 1845, he was mar-\\nried to Miss R. Dorothy Harper, daughter of John and\\nJoan (Vernon) Harper, who was born Dec. 20, 1825, in\\nAppledore, Devonshire, England. There have been born to\\nthem four children, as follows Mary Ella, born Dec. 28,\\n1849 Sarah L., born March C, 1852 Rosabelle M., born\\nJuly 6, 1857 and Frank E., born March 12, 1859.\\nTHETFORD.\\nThis township, although still somewhat new, especially\\nin the northern part, contains some of the choicest farming\\nlands in Genesee County; and the beautiful scenery, the\\nwell-tilled fields, the majestic woods, and the fine dwell-\\nings and barns that denote the thrift and industry of its\\npeople, well repay tlie observant traveler for the trouble in-\\ncidental to a trip through the town.\\nDown to a period of time as late as the beginning of the\\nyear 1835 it had been a wilderness. The surveyors in the\\nemploy of the United States had passed through the track-\\nless maze of its dense forests, recording their progress by,\\nand leaving as tokens of their presence, the blazes on\\ntrees that marked the section-lines and corners. Some\\nwandering, adventurous white hunter or trapper may have\\nca.sually passed through in pursuit of his perilous calling,\\nbut, aside from these persons, it is probable that, of human-\\nkind, none save the moccasined foot of the Indian had\\ntrod the virgin soil or rustled the leaves with which the\\nlofty trees had carpeted the earth beneath their spreading\\nbranches.\\nThese Indians belonged to the Chippewa nation, and\\nwere only transient inhabitants hero, they not having any\\nvillage within the limit.s of this town. They came here to\\nhunt and fish, though the latter sport was not as plentiful\\nas the former on account of the lack of lakes and large\\nstreams. They had a well-defined trail, which started from\\nthe banks of the Flint River, in the present town of Rich-\\nfield, and ran in a direction a little west of north and in a\\nnearly direct course to Tuscola, on the Cass River, and to\\nSaginaw Bay, near the present site of Bay City. This trail\\nentered Thctford not far from the southeast corner and fol-\\nlowed the pine ridges passing through the present Richard\\nBuell farm, and crossed the line into Tuscola County near\\nthe corner of sections 3 and 4. Along this trail the In-\\ndians traveled for many years, sometimes in large parties\\nand again singly or by twos and threes. They were gen-\\nerally mounted on their hardy ponies, and in .sandy places\\nthe hoofs of these sturdy little animals had worn away the\\nsoil to the depth of a foot or more. These Indians re-\\nmained here many years after the settlement of the country\\nby the whites began, and the most amicable feelings ex-\\nisted between the two races at all times. They had a\\nfavorite camping-place near the residence of Richard Huell,\\nwhore two or three families, more or less as the case might\\nbe, would come and stay for a few days at a time while they\\nhunted the deer and other game with which the forest\\nteemed. They were on especially friendly terms with the\\nBuell family, for whom they had conceived a great liking\\nwhen they first settled here, and with whom they often en-\\ngaged in trade. Another of their favorite camping-grounds\\nwas on the banks of Butternut Creek, in the southeast\\ncorner of the town, near the present village of Whitesburg.\\nIn the work of cultivating the soil the farmer s plow fre-\\nquently brings to the surface some relic of the aborigines,\\nin the shape of flint arrow- or spear-heads, stone knives,\\npipes, or pieces of rude pottery. Frequently, too, the plow\\nbreaks into the shallow grave of some of these former\\ndwellers, and turns their bones up to bleach in the sun,\\nto be destroyed by the chafing fingers of the storm and the\\never-destructive touch of time. Do these senseless bones\\nrepresent the once proud form of the haughty warrior who\\nstrode forth defiantly to battle with his equally haughty\\nand courageous foe, and fell beneath his enemy s superior\\nprowess? Do they speak to us of the ancient Indian\\nbrave or the decrepid squaw left alone to die or be dispatched\\nby the tomahawk of some relative too impatient to await\\nthe slow marches of a natural dissolution of the vital\\nforces Or do they tell of some gentle, soft-eyed, dark-\\nskinned beauty of the forest, whose life-romance terminated\\nin death by disease, accident, or at the hands of some jeal-\\nous suitor or envious rival Who shall draw aside the\\nveil and reveal to us the mysterious past, describe the joys\\nand sorrows, hopes and fears, loves and hates, virtues and\\nvices, of the person whose bones are now insensible to the\\nindignity kicked thoughtlessly about by the feet of the\\nindifferent or curious looker-on\\nsimile of n (loiiarteil race, high-spirited and proud,\\nWho loved to gnze on Nature s face, on tthining sun and cloud!\\nWIki saw the uiighty hand of God in storms that swept the sky;\\nIn liglitninj;*s II:u*h, in tlunnlur s roll, in torrentj^ foaming high\\nLooli not us with stony eyes, iudignant, fierce, and drciid\\nNor curse the hand that hath disturbed the slumbers of thy dead.\\nTiMK, as the ages onward roll, grim retribution yields;\\nOur bones, like yourn, shall Ho unmarked in future toilers fields.\\nOne of the earliest settlers in this locality, Nahum N.\\nWil.-^on, wliilc working the place known as the Judge", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0583.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "380\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nHotchkiss farm, in the present town of Vienna, plowed up\\na number of pieces of earthenware which were evidently\\nportions of a large circular vessel resembling a potash-kettle.\\nOn some of the best preserved of these pieces could be\\ntraced the outlines of rudely-drawn pictures of deer, dogs,\\nbears, horses, etc., which must have been scratched upon\\nthe plastic material with a pointed stick, or similar imple-\\nment, before the vessel was submitted to the influence of\\nthe intense heat necessary to harden and fit it for u.se. It\\nis surmised, from the presence of so many fragments of\\ndifferent-shaped vessels found in that locality, that the In-\\ndians or possibly their predecessors as a race had at that\\npoint a kiln where they manufactured such vessels and\\nutensils as their rude housekeeping demanded.\\nEarly in the year 1835 the first ripples of the oncoming\\ntide of immigration reached this town, and the land began\\nto be taken up. During that and the two or three succeed-\\ning years a large share of the town was pui chased from the\\ngovernment, and scattered settlements made in diiferent\\nparts. A considerable portion of the land, especially that\\nmost thickly covered with pine, was taken up by speculators.\\nThe following list shows the names of all persons who\\nentered lands in this town, with their residence (^when\\nknown), the number of acres purchased, the section on\\nwhich it was located, and the date of entry. The names\\nprinted in italics are those of the actual settlers, though\\nit was often the case that they did not take up their resi-\\ndence here until several years after the entries were made.\\nThe first portion of the list comprises those who entered\\nland on more than one section, classified thus for con-\\nvenience of reference and to economize space:\\nCharles H. and William T. Carroll, of Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., June 27, 28, and 21), 183G, 122G acres on sections\\n4 and 5, being the entire sections, 307 acres on section 3,\\n80 acres on section 6, 160 acres on section 7, 480 acres on\\nsection 8, 3G0 acres on section 9 Aug. 25, 1836, 80 acres\\non section 1, 160 acres on section 2, 138 acres on section 6,\\n240 acres on section 11, 160 acres on section 12, and 160\\nacres on section 14; total, 3551 acres.\\nJohn Dunn, of Monroe Co., N. Y., June 28, 1836, 160\\nacres on section 8 Nov. 28, 1836, 80 acres on section 24,\\nand 160 acres on section 25 total, 400 acres.\\nJohn P. Gale, of Livingston Co., N. Y., June 22, 1836,\\n40 acres on section 9, and 160 acres on section 17 total,\\n200 acres.\\nFrederick B. Leonard, of Rensselaer Co., N. Y., July 9,\\n1836, 160 acres on section 10, 160 acres on section 11,\\n320 acres on section 14, 320 acres on section 15, 320 acres\\non section 22, 80 acres on section 23, 160 acres on section\\n26, and 80 acres on section 27 total, 1600 acres.\\nDavid Miller, of Ontario Co., N. Y., July 9, 1836, 160\\nacres on section 10, 80 acres on section 15, 160 acres on\\nsection 22, 160 acres on section 23, 160 acres on section\\n26, and 80 acres on sectif)n 34 total, 800 acres.\\nOrigen D. Richardson, of Oakland Co., Mich., Oct. 19,\\n1836, 80 acres on section 10, and 80 acres on section 11\\ntotal, 160 acres.\\nGi-urije Johnson, Aug. 12, 1852, 40 acres on section 10\\nOct. 24, 1853, 40 acres on section 26; total, 80 acres.\\nJoshua W. WatLMuian, of Dctiuit, July 14, 1853, 160\\nacres on section 11, 40 acres on section 12; total, 200\\nacres.\\nCharles W. Schlosser, of this county, April 21, 1847, 40\\nacres on section 13, 40 acres on section 24 Nov. 20, 1854,\\n40 acres on section 13; total, 120 acres.\\nHenry and Van Rcns.selaer Hawkins, of Genesee Co.,\\nN. 1 April 22, 1837, 160 acres on section 14, 160 acres\\non section 23 total, 320 acres.\\nSamuel Baldwin, of Monroe Co., N. Y,, June 28, 183G,\\n160 acres on section 15, 320 acres on section 17, and 240\\nacres on section 21 total, 720 acres.\\nGordon Baldwin, of Monroe Co., N. Y., June 28, 1836,\\n160 acres on section 17, 240 acres on section 21, and 160\\nacres on section 22 total, 560 acres.\\nHiram Benjamin, of this county, Sept. 24, 183G, 80\\nacres on section 18, and 80 acres on section 30 total, 160\\nacres.\\nCharles M. Boutioell,* of Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 14,\\n1836, 160 acres on section 19, 80 acres on section 29, and\\n80 acres on section 30.\\nCrawford Barldey, of Genesee Co., N. Y., May 27,\\n1836, 80 acres on section 33 November 28th, 40 acres on\\nsection 21 total, 120 acres.\\nWalter Knickerhocker, of this county, Oct. 27, 1845, 40\\nacres on section 23 Aug. 12, 1846, 40 acres on section\\n24; June 19, 1847, 40 acres on section 23; total, 120\\nacres.\\nL. G. Gordon and John Cook, of Detroit, Aug. 25, 1836,\\n160 acres on section 25, and 160 acres on section 36 total,\\n320 acres.\\nAmasa Carrier, of Middlesex Co., Conn., June 16, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 27, and 160 acres on section 28; total,\\n240 acres.\\nCyrus Prentice, of Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 27, and 80 acres on section 28 total,\\n160 acres.\\nCAa??esJo/i)iso?!, of this county, Sept. 17, 183G, 80 acres\\non section 29, and 80 acres on section 32 total, 160 acres.\\nBenjamin Pearson, of this county, Sept. 26, 1835, 114\\nacres on section 31 June 6, 1836, 170 acres on section\\n30 total, 284 acres.\\nRichard H. Hall, of Trumbull Co., O., June 20, 1835,\\n80 acres on section 31 June 20, 1836, SO acres on section\\n30 total, 1 60 acres.\\nFrederick St. John, of New York City, May 27, 1836,\\n240 acres on section 33 June 9th, 320 acres on section\\n32, 320 acres on section 34, and 160 acres on section 35\\ntotal, 1040 acres.\\nSeth Miller, Jr., of Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 33, and 80 acres on section 34 total,\\n160 acres.\\nIra Davenport, of Steuben Co., N. Y., May 25, 183G,\\n320 acres on section 35, and 320 acres on section 36 total,\\n640 acres.\\nThe remaining entries, classified by sections, were as\\nfollows\\nSection 1 Feb. 1, 1854, David Long, of this county,\\n40 acres; November 11th, George H. Blanchard, of this\\nNow spelled liuiitU U.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0584.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0585.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "_:lfclSi*rf\\nFARM AND RESIDENCE OF CHAS M l", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0586.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": ".Mrs Chas.M BounExu.\\nlOUTTELL THETFORD MICH", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0587.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0588.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "THKTFOllD TOWNSHIP.\\n381\\ncounty, 108 acres Robert Golden, this county, 151 acres\\nNovember 22d, Zmhiclc Coolcy, this county, 80 acres;\\nNovember 24th, Jaaih Johson, this county, 80 acres; De-\\ncember 28th, Oscar M. Rohcrtx, tiiis county, 80 acres.\\nSection 2: Aug. 11, 1853, Joseph Long, of Perry Co.,\\nPa., 80 acres Nov. 8, 1854, Jului Jolmdu, of tliis county,\\n60 acres November 1 Itii, Leonard Wightmau, this county,\\n147 acres; December 4th, Juhii Austin, of Oai^land Co.,\\nMich., 160 acres.\\nSection 3: Nov. 10, 1836, William B. Middleton, of\\nNew York City, 160 acres; May 3, 1854, John Irvin, of\\nthis county, 08 acres November 11th, Abraham F. Conant,\\nthis county, 80 acres.\\nSection 6 July 9, 1836, Wm. W. Whitney and Eber\\nCrawford, 75 acres; Jan. 9, 1851, Cornelius L. Ilussell\\nand Seth McLean, of this county, 40 acres. On this sec-\\ntion there were 120 acres of swamp land.\\nSection 7: Nov. 11, 1854, JustiLs Stevens, of thiscounty,\\n37 acres. On this section are 271 acres of swamp land.\\nSection 9 Jan. 16,1837, Vincent M. D. Hornell, of\\nSteuben Co., N. Y., 160 acres; Sept. 27, 1851, Betsey\\nHinckley, 40 acres; April 20, 1853, Sidney B. Smith, of\\nCuyahoga Co., Ohio, 40 acres.\\nSection 10: May 23, 1851, Arad Way, 80 acres; Sept.\\n27, Joseph S. Bartholomew, 40 acres Jan. 31, 1853, John\\nStiiniiard, 80 acres.\\nSection 12: May 16, 1851, John O Neil, 160 acres;\\nMay 18, 1852, diaries Benjamin, AQ acres; August Gth,\\nJacob Shn/cr, 80 acres; August 12th, JuJah Butler, 40\\nacres; July 2, 1853, William S. Patrick, of this county,\\n40 acres Oct. 17, 1853, and Nov. 11, 1S34, JJelos I. John-\\nson, of Erie Co., N. Y., 80 acres.\\nSection 13 Oct. 29, 1845, John Schlosser, of this\\ncounty, 80 acres June 26, 1849, Richard Case, of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., 160 acres; May 8, 1851, Patrick Welsh,\\n160 acres; April 9, 1852, Samuel Graham o? i\\\\\\\\\\\\s county,\\n40 acres Oct. 20, 1854, Nathan S. Johnson, of this\\ncounty, 40 acres November 13th, David A. English, of Wal-\\nworth Co., Wis., 80 acres.\\nSection 14: April 22, 1837, Thaddeus C. Andrews, of\\nOakland Co., Mich., 160 acres.\\nSection 15 Dec. 14, 1852, Lebbcus D. Slannard, 40\\nacres Dec. 1, 1854, Andrew C. Beckwith, of this county,\\n40 acres.\\nSection 18 May 31, 1836, Leonard Beckwith, of Cuy-\\nahoga Co., Ohio, 76 acres; July 14th, John Henry, of\\nLenawee Co., Mich., SO acres; September 19th, Josiah W.\\nBegole, of this county, 80 acres September 26th, Justus D.\\nJnyalls, of this county, 40 acres; Feb. 1, 1850, Riifus A.\\nLeonard, of this county, 76 acres; Feb. 25, 1852, John\\nParshall, 40 acres.\\nSection 19 Juno 6, 183G, William Lund, of Wayne\\nCo., Mich., 322 acres.\\nSection 20 June 25, 1836, Moscly Stoddard, of this\\ncounty, 100 acres; Thomas Durfee, this county, 160 acres;\\nApril 27, 1H37, Abraiiam Botsford, this county, 16(( acres.\\nOn this .section there were 80 acres of swamp land.\\nSection 21 Nov. 12, ISi .G, Peter llichanl.-ion, of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., SO acres Nov. 11, 1854, Solomon John-\\nson, of Geauga Co., Ohio, 40 acres.\\nSection 23 Dec. 2, 1839, Henry Knickcrboclcer, of this\\ncounty, 120 acres; April 28, 1851, Andrus Kniclcerbocker,\\n40 acres.\\nSection 24 Nov. 28, 1836, James S. Gordon, of Living-\\nston Co., N. Y., 160 acres; Grant Watkins, of this county,\\n80 acres; Oct. 18, 1838, Thomas Wool/it, this county,\\n40 acres; Feb. 22, 1841, Quartus W. Clapj), o( Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., 40 acres; July 6, 1843, mtthan McComb, of\\nthis county, 80 acres Oct. 9, 1844, Ferry Kroll, this\\ncounty, 8U acres.\\nSection 25 Sept. 26, 1838, Mrs. I halle Richardson\\nirfV/soH, of this county, 80 acres; October 4th, William Fay,\\nof Liviug.ston Co., N. Y., 40 acres Oct. 19, 1839, Reuben\\nDye, of this county, 80 acres; Sept. 27, 1843, Franklin\\nE. Dodge, of this county, 40 acres; June 12 and Sept.\\n23, 1847, Silas II. Fayne, of this county, 80 acres.\\nSection 26 April 2, 1840, Alfred Judson, of Oakland\\nCo, Mich., 40 acres; Aug. 9, 1842, William Oyden, of\\nthis county, 80 acres; William H. Clark, this county, 40\\nacres Nov. 9, 1849, Ezra B. Sparks, this county, 40\\nacres; Jan. 1, 1852, Joseph Williams, 40 acres; July 2,\\n1853, Joseph Tinkham, of this county, 40 acres.\\nSection 27 Sept. 23, 1836, George Kellogg, of Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., 160 acres Aug. 27, 1851, Samuel Dewitt, 160\\nacres Nov. 1, 1852, Ellsworth Walkley, 40 acres Nov. 10,\\n1853, Andrew 2\\\\ Cowles, of this county, 40 acres.\\nSection 28: July 9, 1830, Jane L. Nicholas, of Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., 400 acres.\\nSection 29 Aug. 27, 1836, Isaac Van Tuyl,* of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., 80 acres; Nelson S. Van Tuyl, same county,\\n120 acres September 23d, Lewis Buckingham, of this\\ncounty, 240 acres November 26tli, Jonathan P. Webster,\\nof Oakland Co., Mich., 40 acres.\\nSection 30 Nov. 3, 1835, Corydon E. Fay, of this\\ncounty, 100 acres.\\nSection 31 Jan. 2, 1835, Grovener Vinton, of Oakland\\nCo., Mich., 109 acres June 4th, same party, 80 acres\\nJune 25th, Thomas M. Howell, of Canandaigua, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., 160 acres.\\nSection 32 Aug. 27, 1836, William L. Van Tuyl, of\\nOakland Co., Mich., 160 acres; John B.Watson, same\\ncounty, SO acres.\\nSection 33 Sept. 14, 1836, Franklin Vinton, of Gene-\\nsee County, N. Y., 80 acres; September 15th, Timothy B.\\nTucker, of Oakland Co., Mich., 160 acres.\\nSection 34 Sept. 10, 1852, Bcnoni Clapp, of this county,\\n40 acres; Sept. 30, 1853, George Bidwell, this county,\\n40 acres; Nov. 17, 1854, Jesse W. Ilicics, this county, SO\\nacres.\\nSection 35: July 11, 1836, Hermon Camp, of Tompkins\\nCo., N. Y., 1(!0 acres.\\nSection 36: Feb. 27, 1837, Luther Bennett, of Wa.sh-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres; Oct. 5, \\\\^\\\\l,Argalns IL\\nMallhetvs, of this county, 40 acres Nov. 28, 1849, David\\nTurel, this county, 40 acres.\\nThe following is the tax-roll of the resident tax-payers\\nof Thetford in 1844:\\nSiivlk d iiI\u00c2\u00abo Van Ttiyle.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0589.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAmount\\nNnmos. Sections. Acres. j^^\\nTlioiuas A|.Iin 18 lo6 $S.G5\\npMinnel .\\\\|ilin Personal 10\\nlliiliMnl Bucll 14 and 23.. 280 9.4B\\nCrawforil Harklcy 21 and 33.. 120 5.90\\nWilliiim W. Boughton 29 80 2.S1\\nTI/,iaI Boutwcll 30 80 3.39\\nCharles jM. Boulwei: 19 160 5.74\\nJiisepli S. Bartholomew 32 40 1.07\\nlicnoiii Clap]) 34 and 35.. 120 9.54\\nUcia Chijip 35 40 1.34\\nQuarlu.s \\\\V. Clapp 24 40 2.09\\nI -ranklin E. Dodge 25 SO 2.13\\nHenry Ferguson 20 40 1.19\\nCorydon E. Fay 30 192 6.96\\nJ,.hn W.Johnson 18 and 20.. 120 4.95\\nHilton .Johnson 32 80 2.52\\nIhiny Knickerbocker 23 120 5.48\\nKoljiit I.enzey Personal 69\\nEzra Martin 33 80 3.48\\nllenrv Merrow 23 IGO 5.98\\nNathan McComb 24 SO 2..38\\nAVilliam Ogden 2fi 80 2..38\\nSilai Payne 25 80 2.38\\nWilliam Rice IS 41 2..32\\nPaschal Richardson 25 and 26.. 160 10.22\\nElias Randall 24 40 1.62\\nSimeon .^iuimons 35 79 4.13\\nGrovener Vinton 31 263 15.65\\nIsaac Van Tuyl 29 80 3.96\\n(trustee) 10 and 32.. IBO 4.37\\nNelson S. Van Tuyl 29 and 32.. 200 6.S1\\nDavid Williams 18 39 1.25\\nKahum N. Wilson 25 80 3.79\\nIt will be seen from this list tliat tlie first land taken up\\nin this town was that entered by Grovener Vinton on the\\n2d day of January, 1835. Mr. Vinton was also the first\\nsettler. He was a native of the State of New York, and\\nlived in Avon, Livingston Co., when, in January, 1830, he\\ndetermined on coming to Michigan to found a homo. At\\nthat time he was a youiig man in the prime of life, and\\nwell fitted by his powers of physical endurance, as well as\\nby his high courage and indomitable spirit, for the life of the\\npioneer in this then new and densely-timbered country. He\\nfirst settled in the Saginaw Valley, and engaged in farming.\\nIn the month of August, 1831, he was married to Miss\\nHarriet Whitney, formerly of Nelson, Madison Co., N. Y.\\nThis wedding is believed to have been the first that took\\nplace among the settlers of the valley. From this time till\\nhe came to Thetford (then Vienna) he remained on liis\\nSaginaw farm. Soon after purchasing his land here he\\nbegan the work of removal, which was performed with an\\nox-teara and sled. They had to make four or five trips to\\nget all their household goods and effects to their new loca-\\ntion, and they commenced living in this town in February,\\n1835. At this time they had one child, a daughter, named\\nSarah M., who came with them. She subsequently mar-\\nried Samuel J. Dickinson, and is now living at East Sag-\\ninaw.\\nMr. Vinton had taken up 109 acres on section 31 in this\\ntown, and SO acres adjoining it on section 36 in the present\\ntown of Vienna. He built his first hou.se on the east side\\nof the Saginaw turnpike, and about three-quarters of a\\nmile north of the town s south line. It was a log house,\\nsome 20 by 24 feet, and 12 feet high at the eaves. The\\nlumber used for flours, doors, window-frames, gables, etc.,\\nwas brought from Benjamin Pearson s mill, on Kearsley\\nCreek. With the help of one hired man ten acres of\\nground were cleared, and in the spring planted and sown to\\npotatoes, corn, and oats, and in the fall two acres were sown\\nto wheat.\\nIn the month of May following their second child was\\nborn. It was also a daughter, and received the name of\\nRoxy Ann. She was the first child born in this town.\\nShe grew to womanhood here, attending the common\\nschools, and finished her education at the high-school at\\nEast Siiginaw. In December, 1855, she married William\\nS. Johnson, formerly of Geauga Co., Ohio, and has since\\nresided in Thetford. At present they occupy a part of the\\nold Vinton homestead.\\nMr. Vinton continued to improve his land, and found it\\nto be one of the best in the fertile region in which it was\\nlocated. He made it an exemplification of his thrift and\\nindustry, and brought it to a high state of cultivation.\\nAbout the year 1851 he went largely into the dairy busi-\\nness, and manufactured large numbers of cheeses. This\\nbusiness he continued until about 1864. In 1855 he\\nbuilt a new residence on the opposite side of the Saginaw\\nroad, and by moving into that became a resident of the\\ntown of Vienna.\\nMrs. Vinton died June 24, 1874, and in the spring of\\nthe next year Mr. Vinton divided his largo fiirm among his\\nchildren, purchased a small place in the village of Mount\\nMorris, and removed there, where he is now living with his\\nsecond wife, formerly Sirs. Orilla Newberry, of Tuscola\\nCounty. His children, besides the two already mentioned,\\nwere Jennie L., Sylphiiiia, and Whitney G. The latter died\\nwhen twenty-two years old. The others are married and\\nstill living, Mrs. Jennie L. Tyler at East Saginaw, and\\nMrs. Sylphinia Wellman in Flint.\\nMr. Vinton has always occupied a prominent and influ-\\nential position among his fellows, and has enjoyed their un-\\nlimited confidence and esteem. Having come here into a\\nwilderness and lived to see the country develop into one\\nof the loveliest agricultural regions of the State, he takes\\ngreat interest and pride in recalling the many scenes of\\ntrial and hardship he has passed through, and the many\\ninteresting incidents and the great changes he has wit-\\nnessed. To the historian he has been a willing and invalu-\\nable assistance in the line of reminiscences connected with\\nthis vicinity. Still hale and hearty, he bids fair to live yet\\nmany years, and witness still many changes and much im-\\nprovement in the region with whose history his name is so\\nintimately connected and interwoven.\\nMr. Vinton s was the only family in town until the fall\\nof 1 S36, when Isaac and Nelson S. Van Tuyl came from\\nOakland County, and settled hero. They were formerly\\nfrom Seneca Co., N. Y. Isaac brought a wife and two\\ndaughters with him and settled on section 29, building his\\nlog house near the middle of the south line of the section.\\nNel.son S., who was Isaac s son, had a wife and one or two\\nsmall children. His house was a few rods west of the\\nsoutheast corner of section 29. A year or two later another\\nson, William L., came and settled on the west half of the\\nsoutheast quarter of section 32. Of the Van Tuyls, none\\nare now living in Thetford. They were good citizens,\\nfitirly successful farmers, and rather prominent in the polit-\\nical affairs of the town. They were members of the Whig\\nparty, and all at some time held some of the town offices.\\nAbout the time of the breaking out of the Rebellion they\\nremoved, Isaac and Nelson going to Shiawassee County and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0590.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0591.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0592.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "TIIETFORD TOWNSHIP.\\n383\\nWilliam L. to the town of Burton, in this county. Isaac\\ndied a few years later, in his new home, and the other two\\nare now living in Shiawassee County, William having re-\\nmoved there at a later date.\\nThe next settler was Corydon K. Fay, who was for several\\nyears one of the town s most prominent citizens. He came\\nfrom Avon, Livini;ston Co., N. Y., and in the fall of 1837\\nsettled on the west half of the southwest quarter of section\\n30 in Thetford. His house was about a quarter of a mile\\nnorth of Vinton s. He was a young man when he first\\ncame West, and worked on a farm three miles north of\\nFlint, for Benjamin Pearson, until he had saved up suffi-\\ncient money to enable him to purchase this land. After\\npurcha-sing his land he went to Toledo and lived a while\\nbefore coming to settle on it. About this time he was\\nmarried. He was a blacksmith by trade, and built a small\\nlog shop on the section corner, where he began working at\\nhis trade and taking pay for the work he did for his neigh-\\nbors in clearing and breaking up his land. lu this way he\\nsucceeded in getting about sixty acres of his land cleared\\nand brought under cultivation. He was the first black-\\nsmith iu this town, and at the time the only one in the\\nregion, and the settlers came from great distances to get\\ntheir blacksniithing done at liis .shop. In 1850 travel on\\nSaginaw turnpike began to assume proportions that called\\nfor houses of entertainment for travelers along its course,\\nand Mr. Fay built a large frame house and opened the first\\ninn kept in the town. It was called the Fay House, and\\nwas well known and held in good repute by the travelers\\ntheu thronging the roads leading to the pineries of Michi-\\ngan. Mr. Fay continued to keep this hotel until the fall\\nof 1855, when he traded it and his farm with William\\nGreen for his farm in the town of Bloomfield, Oakland Co.,\\nand removed to that place. He afterwards removed to and\\nkept hotel in the village of Royal Oak, where lie died .some\\nfour or five years ago. Mr. Fay was a man of more than\\nordinary business ability, and might have risen to positions\\nof trust and honor had it not been for his unfortunately\\nbeing a victim to the habit of intemperance, which impaired\\nhis usefulness. As it was, he was one of the foremost citi-\\nzens in conducting the business of the town, and held\\nseveral town offices.\\nDuring this same fall or the year following, Benoni Clapp,\\nwith a large family of boys, came from the town of Clar-\\nence, Erie Co., N. Y., and settled on the east half of the\\nnorthea.st quarter of section 34. Coming to this town with\\nbut a small store of worldly goods, he was indebted to the\\ngoodwill of his neighbors in Genesee for a cow, which\\nthey generously presented him. By his untiring energy,\\nindustry, thrift, and good management he has succeeded in\\naccumulating a handsome property, and in bringing up a\\nfamily of children, who resemble him in point of energy\\nand ability. He is emphatically one of the pioneers of the\\ntown, and well exemplifies the sturdy virtues of that class\\nof our citizens who have developed this Western country.\\nHe lijLS served many years as commissioner of highways,\\nand has proved himself a very efficient officer. He is still\\nliving on his farm with his son, Benoni, Jr.\\nQuartus W Clapp, now a resident of tlu; town of Forest,\\nis a nephew of Benoni, and accouipauied his uncle when he\\ncame to this town. He commenced for him.self on section\\n24, about 1842-43. He married Miss Nancy Begel, daugh-\\nter of Steplien Begel, of Forest.\\nIn May, 1837, Crawford Barkiey married Sarah C.\\nHaynes and settled on the east half of the .southwest quar-\\nter of section 33. This first settlement in the State was\\nin 1825, when he came with his jiarents from Montgomery,\\nOrange Co., N. Y., and .settled in Oakland County, near\\nPontiac. For a while just previous to coming here he\\nworked on the Territorial road through the Bean Creek\\nValley, in Hillsdale County, in the south part of this State.\\nA sketch of his life is given in the chapter of biography\\nappended to this sketch.\\nCharles M. Bouttell came here from Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\namong the earlier settlers, and located on section 11), where\\nhe built his first hou.se, a few rods west of the quarter-po.st,\\non the east line of the section. His farm was one mile\\nlong and a quarter of a mile wide, lying on the east line of\\nthe section. His biography will be found eKsewhere. His\\nbrother, Uzial Boutwell,* settled here at a later date, and is\\nstill a resident of the town.\\nRichard Buell, about the years 1839-40, settled on sec-\\ntion 23, on the east half of the northwest quarter, which\\nland he purchased of Henry and Van Ren.s.selaer Hawkiii.s.\\nHe was at that time living with his second wile, and brought\\nsix sons and three daughters with him. His land Wiis largely\\ncovered with pine timber, of which he cut and burned sev-\\neral acres, and commenced farming operations. The balance\\nof the pine was cut and made into shingles by Jacob Smith\\nCo., who afterwards established a shingle-mill on section\\n14. Mr. Buell lived to a good old age, and died while still\\na resident of the town, four or five years ago.\\nAt about the same time of Buell s coming, P^zra H.\\nMartin settled on section 14, north of BucU s. He moved\\nfrom there to the Taylor farm, in the west part of the town,\\nand afterwards to Chagrin Falls. Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.\\nThomas Aplin, at about the same time, made a settlement\\non the east half of the southeast quarter of section 18. lie\\nremained only a few years then removed to Flint, where\\nhe continued to reside till the time of his death.\\nLeonard Beckwith also settled, at this lime, on the south-\\nwest fractional quarter of section 18. He lived here many\\nyears, and finally, about ten or twelve years ago, sold out\\nand removed farther west, settling in Minnesota.\\nWilliam Rice came from Batavia, N. Y., at about the\\nsame time, and located on the east half of the northeast\\nquarter of section 18. He removed to Flint some years\\nlater, and died there three or four years ago.\\nWilliam W. Boughton also came, about this time, and\\nsettled on the farm, on section 21), which is now occupied\\nby his sons, W. O. and G. A. Boughton. lie died in this\\ntown some ten or twelve years since.\\nReuben J. Dye was another of these settlers. His farm\\nwas on section 25, and consisted of the west half of the\\nnorthwest (piarter of that .section. He; sold out in IS 13\\nto Pa.schal Richardson, and moved to the town of Flint,\\nwhere he died three or four yciirs ago.\\nNahum N. Wilson, who is the oldest resident settler of\\nSpoiled also Boullell.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0593.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nthe town, and lias always been amoiig its most prominent\\ncitizens, purchased 80 acres of land on section 25, in the\\nearly fall of 1838. He did not, however, live upon his\\nplace until about five years later. Previous to this time he\\nhad been engaged in a store near Flint, where considerable\\ntrading was done with the Indians. While engaged in this\\nbusiness he was adopted by the Copneconnick tribe, and\\ngiven the name of Winnebidagayis, signifying the rising\\nsun. From that place Mr. Wilson moved on to the Judge\\nIlotehkiss farm, in Vienna, and worked it till he moved on\\nto his own place in this town, in 1843. In July, 1840, he\\nmade the first improvement on his farm. Assisted by\\nHumphrey McLean, Leonard Beckwith, and John Bart-\\nlett, he chopped ten acres in a week s time. This was\\nlogged and burned the following April, and a crop of corn\\nraised on it that yielded 300 bushels. On this farm Mr.\\nWilson has since resided, and has now one of the finest and\\npleasantcst places in the vicinity. In his biography a more\\ndetailed story of his life will be found.\\nWhile living in Vienna, Mr. Wilson came from that\\nplace with Richard Andrews for the purpose of hoeing his\\ncorn, in which the weeds were getting too good a start to\\nsuit him. It was a hot Friday morning in July, and they\\nexpected to be able to finish the work in two days, and get\\nback home on Saturday night. They worked along through\\nthe day until about four o clock in the afternoon, when clouds\\nbegan to form in the sky and the weather grew threateninar.\\nAs is usually the case just before a storm at that season,\\nthe air grew muggy and the heat very oppressive. The\\nswarms of flics, gnats, and musquitoos also became very\\nsavjige in their attacks, and at last forced the men to retire\\nfrom the field. Leaving Andi cws at the rude shanty which\\nafforded them shelter to cook some supper, Mr. Wilson\\ntook his gun and, followed by his dog, went out into the\\nwoods to try to get a shot at a deer. Before going far he\\nsaw a deer, shot at it, and succeeded in wounding it, but\\nnot severely enough to prevent its flight, followed by the\\ndog. While Mr. Wilson was reloading he heard a sharp\\ncrackling in the bushes behind him, and turning about saw\\na large bear which was passing some six or eight rods dis-\\ntant, and which seemed not to have discovered his presence.\\nHe made a noise to attract the bear s attention and hur-\\nriedly finished reloading. The bear stopped to investigate\\nthe cause of the mysterious noise, but, having halted be-\\nhind a tall oak-stub, did not oflFer a good shot. His hips\\nwore, however, exposed, and after waiting a little without\\nhaving any better chance for a shot, Mr. Wilson aimed at\\nthis exposed portion of the bear s body and fired. Bruin\\nfell to the ground and made the woi ds resound with his\\ncries of rage and pain, but while Mr. Wilson was reloading\\nbegan a retreat into the forest. Thinking him badly\\nwounded, and expecting to soon overtake and finish him,\\nMr. Wilson pressed on in pursuit. The chase proved a\\nlong one, and after following the bear till dark and getting\\ntwo more shots at him he finally lost him just at dark in a\\nlarge swamp. With the fall of night the storm broke and\\ntorrents of water came pouring down through the trees.\\nAfter a few vain attempts to start a fiie Mr. Wilson shel-\\ntered himself beneath the leaning trunk of a huge oak,\\nand there spent the night, relieving the tedi(ms hours by\\nwalking back and forth between that and another tree, be-\\ntween which the underbrush was less dense than on either\\nside. In this manner he passed the night. With the first\\nlight of dawn he began his search for landmarks to deter-\\nmine his whereabouts, and shortly found that he was near\\nthe northeast corner of the town of Forest. By aid of his\\npocket- com pass he took liis bearings, and fixing upon a\\ncourse a little west of southwest began retracing his steps\\ntowards his clearing, which he reached about seven o clock.\\nHe found Andrews and Reuben J. Dye (his neare-t neigh-\\nbor) just ready to start out in search of him. The dog had\\nreturned to the cabin in the night covered with blood from\\nthe deer, which he had caught and partially eaten, and they\\nthought Mr. Wilson had encountered and been killed by\\nsome ferocious beast of prey.\\nFranklin E. Dodge aiid Daniel F. Bennett, in 1845, Na-\\npoleon B. Fay, in 184G, and Amasa Carrier, in 1852, were\\namong the most prominent of the later settlers. Biog-\\nraphies of some of them accompany this work.\\nThe heavy growth of excellent pine timber that clothed\\nthe surface of a large portion of the town aiForded a lucra-\\ntive business in preparing it for market, and necessitated\\nthe erection of a number of mills for the performance of\\nthat woi k. The first of these mills was the one built\\nabout 1846, by Gordon Cook, on Butternut Creek, on\\nsection 30. It was a water-mill, the creek at that point\\nfurnishing suflicient fall to. make it a desirable mill-seat.\\nSome six years later, Richard Buell and his son Jay built a\\nsteam saw-mill, the first in the town,. about eighty rods\\nnorth of the southeast corner of section 14. Three or four\\nyears later, Root, Anderson Co. built a mill on section 13,\\nnearly opposite the Buell mil!. A. N. Baird owned a mill\\nwhich stood about a mile north of the centre of the town,\\nand Capt. J. T. Baird owned another, still farther north, on\\nsection 3. There were two other mills devoted to the\\nmaking of shingles, the one farthest north owned by Delos\\nI. Johnson, the other by Jacob Smith Bro. The busi-\\nness of lumbering in Thctford is now among the things\\nthat were, the pine lumber being nearly all used up, and\\nwhat little remains is being worked into shingles by the\\nmills now running in the town. The mill built by Root,\\nAnderson Co. was afterwards owned by Eben B. Parker,\\nand was twice burned, and then, after being changed to a\\nshingle-mill, was burned a third time. Mr. Parker tlun\\npurchased the Buell mill, and shortly after that too was de-\\nstroyed by fire. This was rebuilt as a shingle-mill, and is\\nstill in use. The Gordon Cook mill was sold to Argalus\\nS. Matthews about 1848, by him to Clark White, and by\\nhim to Henry Hollister. Since 1862 it has run down and\\nthe machinery has been removed.\\nThe first and only grist-mill in Thctford was built at\\nWhitesburg, in 1852-53, by Isaac 0. Rogers. It was a\\nwater-mill and had two runs of stones. The water-power\\nwas supplemented by steam-power some three years ago,\\nand the mill now owned by Dodge Schrocder is doing\\na very good business.\\nAs before mentioned, the first crop of wheat was raised\\nby Grovener Vintou and was harvested in the summer of\\n1836. The first wheat sown in the east part of the town\\nwas put in by Reuben J. Dye. He had a four-acre lot pre-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0594.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0595.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0596.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "TIIETFORD TOWNSHIP.\\n385\\npared, and wctit to Vienna for his seed. lie prnenred of\\nN. N. Wilson sufficient seed of the best quality of red chaff\\nbald wheat, a variety which Mr. Wilson thinks identical\\nwith the jMesent widely-known and hiuhly-valued Clanson\\nwheat, and sowed his ground. Tiic wheat grew nicely\\nand the next spiing gave promise of an excellent crop.\\nJust as it had begun to head nicely a heavy rain came on,\\nfollowed by a nipping frost that cut tiio wheat to the ground.\\nIn a few days a new growth sprang from the roots, and\\ngrew .so strong and thrifty that Mr. Dj-e congratulated him-\\nself upon it and told his neighbors he would have a fine\\npiece of wheat yet, in spite of the unsca.sonable cold. But\\nas its growth was nearly finished, and he examined it more\\nclosely to find the incipient heads, he made the exasperating\\ndiscovery that his wheat was nothing but chess, and went\\nat work to cut and cure it for fodder.\\nAmong the earliest births in Thetford was that of John\\nN. Wilson, a son of N. N. Wilson, who was born on\\nthe 10th of November, 1843. He grew to manhood in\\nthis town, and received his education in the common\\nschools. He became a member of the Disciples, or Camp-\\nbcllite Church, and was finally ordained as a preacher of\\nthat denomination, and is now preaching in llupert, Ben-\\nnington Co., Vt.\\nThe first job of blacksmithing done in Thetford was per-\\nformed by Corydon E. Fay, and consisted of making a\\nplow-clevis out of the poles of two old axes. The clevis\\nwas made for Grovener Vinton, and was used by him for\\nmany years.\\nIt is not definitely known who was the fir.st person that\\ndied in tliis town. Among the earliest were those of Pha-be\\nClapp, a niece of Benorii Clapp, Sirs. Benoni Clapp, and\\nMr. Martin, father of Ezra H. Martin. All of these were\\nburied in the Upton burying-ground in the town of Genesee.\\nTHE OUGANIZATION OF THE TOWN\\nwas brought about in accordance witli the wishes of its cit-\\nizens during the meeting of the State Legislature in the\\nwinter of 1841-42. By that act the tract of land known\\nin the records of the United States survey as township 9\\nnorth, of range 7 east, was erected into a separate town\\nunder tlic name of Thetford, and the first town-mcetiu r\\nwas appointed to be held at the schuol-house near Corydon\\nE. Fay s. The name was taken from the town of Thetford,\\nin Orange Co., Vt., and was selected by Nahura N. Wilson.\\nThe territory thus made a town lies on the north line of the\\ncounty, in the second range of townships from the ca.stern\\nboundary. It is bounded north by Arbela, a town of Tus-\\ncola County, east by Forest, .south by Genesee, and west by\\nVienna, towns of this county. Its surface is lightly roll-\\ning. The south half of the town was originally heavily\\ntimbered with a variety of hard-wood trees, and its soil is\\ncomposed of a rich clay loam very evenly distributed, easily\\nworked, and very fertile. The north half of the town was\\ncovered with fine timber, generally of excellent quality and\\nlarge size, interspersed with other kinds of forest trees.\\nThe soil in this part is lighter, composed mostly of .sandy\\nloam, but is .still valuable for agricultural purposes. Un-\\nderlying tlic surface soil in the southwest part of the town\\nis a soft, blue clay of a putty-like consistency, which also\\n49\\nprobably extends throughout the town, though perhaps at a\\ngreater depth below the surface.\\nThe only bodies of water in the town are Buell and Little\\nLakes in the northern part. The largest part of these is\\nthe fir.st named, which covers an area of about 100 acres.\\nIts length is about one mile from east to west, and its av-\\nerage width is from forty to fifty rods. It is irregular in\\nform, surrounded by pine ridges and knolls, is (|uite deep,\\nand has a generally muddy bottom. This lake lies par-\\ntially in each of three sections, 2, 3, and 1 1 Little Lake lies\\nsouth from Buell Lake, and is wholly in section 11. It\\ncovers but a few acres, and in general character resembles\\nthe other one. Both these lakes empty their waters through\\nPerry Creek, which flows northward, and finally empties\\ninto the Cass River.\\nThe other streams of the town are Butternut Creek,\\nwhich crosses section 36 in a southwesterly direction, and\\nClapp s Creek, which rises near the centre of the town,\\nflows southeast, and empties into Butternut Creek.\\nTaken as a whole, the town ranks well as to the produc-\\ntiveness and value of its land with other towns in the\\ncounty, and the south part is, especially, a fine farming\\ncountry.\\nThe following statistics, taken from the report of the\\ncensus of 1874, show what its productions for 1873 were:\\nwheat, 21, 7. )9 bushels; corn, 18,272 bushels; other grain,\\n32,499 bu.shels potatoes, 11,057 bushels; hay cut, 1591\\ntons; wool sheared, 7182 pounds; pork raised, 32,297\\npounds cheese made, COO pounds butter made, 4l),33()\\npounds fruit dried, 2172 pounds cider m;ide, 8lj barrels\\nmaple-sugar made, 3345 pounds.\\nThe amount of live stock kept that year was as fol-\\nlows: hor.ses, 380 mules, 2 working-oxen, 1 15 milch-\\ncows, 4G4 other neat-cattle, 501; swine, 454; sheep,\\n1081.\\nIt contains a total area of 21,383.82 acres, according to\\nthe figures of the United States survey, of which 471 acres\\nwere designated as swamp lands. The census re])orts 1 9,877\\nacres of taxable land and 0710 acres of improved land\\nalso that this was divided into 220 farms, averaging 1^-^^is\\nacres each. There were 252 acres of orchard, which pro-\\nduced, in 1872, 7G22 bushels of apples.\\nIn 1850 the population of the town was only 303; in\\n1860 it had risen to 934, and in 1870 to 1200, divided as\\n1058 native born, 202 foreign born, and 3 colored. The\\ncensus of 1874 reports a population of 1184, a loss of 70\\nin four years, and classifies them as single, 002 married,\\n489 widowed and divorced, 33 males under five years,\\n95 from five to ten years, 00 from ten to twenty-one\\nyears, 157 from twenty-one to forty-five years, 204 from\\nforty-five to seventy-five years, 112; from seventy-five to\\nninety years, 8 females under five years, 73 from five to\\nten years, 09; from ten to eighteen years, 102; from\\neighteen to forty years, 194 from forty to seventy-five\\nyears, 101 from seventy-five to ninety years, 3.\\nPursuant to the provisions of the act erecting the town,\\nthe first annual town-meeting was held at the Fay school-\\nhouse on the first Monday in April following the pa.ssage\\nof the act. The following account of the proceedings is\\ntaken from the town clerk s record", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0597.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "386\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nAt the first annual townsliip-nirctlng held in the township of\\nThetlbrd, this fourth iliiy of Ajiril, 1842, Isaac Van Tuyl was chosen\\nchairman of said nauting, and Richard Bucll, Albert Castle, Grovcner\\nVinton, and Corydon E. Fay inspectors. Said board of inspectors\\nappointed C. K. Fay as clerk. Said board being duly sworn by Isaac\\nVan Tuyl, Esq., the inhabitants present proceeded to vote for the\\nfollowing ofliccrs.\\nTlicii follows a list of the officers to bo clioscn, and a\\nstatement of the numbjr of votes cast for each candidate\\nfor the several offices. From this we le.irii that there were\\n23 votes cast. Isaac Van Tuyl, the Whig candidate for\\nsupervisor, received IS votes, and Bcnoni Clapp, his Demo-\\ncratic competitor, received 5. Corydon E. Fay, for the\\noffice of town clerk received 22 votes, showinu; conclusively\\nthat he had scruples against voting for himself Tlie rest\\nof the officers received about the same vote as did Van Tuyl\\nfor supervi.sor.\\nThe record then continues\\nIt was also resolved that tlic soutliwcst ijuartcr of said town shall\\nconstitute road district No. 1, and that llio northwest quarter of said\\ntown shall constitute road district No. 2, and the east half of said\\ntown shall constitute road district No. S.\\nAlso voted, tliat all town olEccrs shall receive one dollar per day,\\nfor every day actually spent in town business. Also voted, to raise\\nthe sum of $125 for contingent expenses the current year. Also voted,\\nto raise the sum of i8 for the support of schools. Also voted, that\\nthe next annual township-meeting shall be held at the school-house\\nnear C. E. Fay s. Also voted $10 for books for the town elerk.\\nThe justices of the peace then drew lots to determine\\ntheir respective terms of service, and then the meeting\\nadjourned.\\nThe following list contains the names of all the town\\nofficers from 1842 to 1879, inclusive:\\nCIVIL LIST OF THETFORD.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n1842-4.S. Isaae Van Tuyl.\\n1844-45. Corydon E. Fay.*\\n1846-48. Daniel F. Bennett.\\n1S49. Corydon E. Fay.\\n1860. Nelson S. Van Tuyl.\\n1851. Daniel F. Bennett.\\n1852. Jose M. Riddle.\\n1853. Daniel F. Bennett.\\n1854. Nahuin N. Wilson.\\n1855-56. John Brabazon.\\n1857. Daniel F. Bennett.\\n1858-60. John Brabazon.\\n1801-64. Ithicl W. Wilber.\\n1865-66. David Case.\\n1867. Ithiel W. Wilber.\\n1868-69. Isaac 0. Rogers.\\n1870. Daniel F. Bennett.\\n1871-78. Jacob W.White.\\n1879. Daniel F. Bennett.\\nAt the election of 1844 a Mr. Paschal Richardson was elected\\nsupervisor, and also school inspector. Mr. Richardson moved into\\nthe town and State in the month of October previous, but not at as\\nearly a day in the month as that on which the election occurred in\\nApril. From this arose a question regarding his eligibility, and the\\nfollowing formal protest was recorded, following the record of the\\nproceedings of the meeting, viz.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl objects to election of Supervisor and School In-\\nspector Mr. Paschal Richardson, for the reason that he (Richardson)\\nhas not been in the State long enough to vote.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl,\\nJustice iif the Peace.\\nSoon after this Richardson removed to Flint, and on the Sth of\\nMay following. Van Tuyl, who had held over pending the decision of\\nthe question, resigned his claims to the otBce, and the town board\\nmet and appointed Corydon E. Fay to fill the ofRcc for the unexpired\\nterm.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1S42.\\n1843-\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1817.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1854-\\nCorydon E. Fay.\\n44. Nahum N. Wilson.\\nNelson S. Van Tuyl.\\nNahum N. Wilson.\\nWdliam L. Van Tuyl.\\nNahum N. Wilson.\\nWilliam L. Van Tuyl.\\nDaniel F. Bennett.\\nNahum M. Wilson.\\nJohn Taylor, Jr.\\nNahum N. AVilson.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a055. N. S. Johnson.\\n1856. Delos I. Johnson.f\\nDaniel F. Bennett.}:\\n1857-60. David Long.\\n1861-64. Samuel Graham.\\n1865-66. Jacob W. White.\\n1S67. John Walter.^\\n1867-69. David Long.||\\n1870. Nahum N. Wilson.\\n1871-73. Rodney Lyman.\\n1874. John N. Wilson. 1[\\n1874-78. William H. Long.\u00c2\u00ab\\n1879. William E. Price.\\nTREASURERS.\\n1842-43. Simeon Simmons.\\n1844. Grovener Vinton ff\\n1844-45. Simeon Simmons. Jt\\n1846-48. Franklin E. Dodge.\\n1819-50. Josejih S. Bartholiimew.\\n1851. William 11. Randall.^J\\nRichard Sutton i|||\\n1852. Samuel Graham.\\n1853. Henry Morrow.\\n1851-1^5. Sherman Moulthrop,\\n1856. Charles Scott.\\n1857. Horace H. Ramsdell.\\n1858. Nelson S. Van Tuyl.\\n1859-63. Charles Scott.\\n1864. Napoleon B. Fay.\\n1865-68. William S. Johnson.\\n1869-70. Jacob W. White.\\n1871-74. Sherman Moullhrop.\\n1875-78. James W. Avcrill.\\n1879. Thomas D. Fletcher.\\nJUSTICES OP THE PEACE.\\n1842.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl (1 year).\\nISfiO.\\nRichard Buell (2 years).\\nISOI.\\nWilliam Rice (3 years).\\nEzra H. Martin (4 years).\\n1802.\\n1843.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl.\\n1863.\\nISIl.\\nJohn W.Johnson (f.t.).lt\\nElias Randall (v.).\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\n1864.\\n1845.\\nBenoni Cla])p (f. t.).\\nJohn W. Johnson (v.).\\n1865.\\n1846.\\nRichard Buell.\\n1847.\\nCorydon E. Fay.\\n1866.\\n1848.\\nJudah Butler.\\n1849.\\nHenry Merrow.\\n1867.\\n1850.\\nNahum N. Wilson.\\n1868.\\n1851.\\nCorydon E. Fay.\\n1869.\\n1852.\\nDaniel F. Bennett.\\n1870.\\n1853.\\nJose M. Riddle.\\n1871.\\n1854.\\nNahuin N. Wilson (f. t,).\\n1872.\\nLebbeus D. Stanard (v.).\\n1872-\\n1855.\\nCorydon E. Fay.\\n1856.\\nClark White (f. t.).\\nOrlando Johnson (v.).\\n187.3-\\n1S57.\\nDavid Case.\\n1875.\\n1858.\\nNahum N. Wilson (f. t.).\\n1876.\\nWilliam H. Randall (v.).\\n1877.\\n1859.\\nR. P. Baker.\\n1878.\\n1800.\\nClark While (f. t.).\\n1879.\\nJacob W. White (v.).\\nAbram Cudncy (f t.).\\nHarrison Lewis (v.).\\nE/.ra Cleveland.\\nJoseph B. Drudge (f t.)\\nAloii/o Dickinson (v.).\\nDavid Long (f. t.).\\nHarrison Lewis (v.).\\nClark White (f. t.).\\nDaniel F. Bennett (v.).\\nIsaac 0. Rogers (f. t.).\\nHarrison Lewis (v.).\\nDavid Case.\\nRodney Lyman.\\nWilliam 11. Randall.\\nDaniel Morse.\\nClark White.\\nRodney Lyman (f. t.).\\n-73. Thomas D. Fletcher\\nand f. t).\\n-74. Daniel F. Bennett\\nand f. t.).\\nPhilander B. Taylor.\\nAugustus Holden.\\nWilliam S. Coddington.\\nDaniel F. Bennett.\\nTheodore Johnson.\\nHIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.\\n1842. Benoni Clapp.\\nCrawford BarUley.\\nThomas Aplin.\\n1843. Benoni Clapp.\\nWilliam Rico.\\nUenry Merrow.\\n1844. Benoni Clapp.\\nCrawford Barkley.\\nUzial Boutwell.\\n1845. Benoni Clapp.\\nMilton Johnson.\\nJohn W. Johnson.\\nf Resigned May 22, 1856, because of poor health.\\nX A])pointcd May 22, 1856\\nII Appointed Sept. 9, 1867.\\nAiqiointed Oct. 7, 1874.\\nW Appointed.\\nIjjl Appointed Deo. 5, 1851.\\nVacancy.\\n2 Removed from the town.\\nf Resigned Oct. 7, 1874.\\nff Resigned.\\n?,J Resigned Dec. 5, 1851.\\nini Full term.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0598.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0599.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0600.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "TIIETFORD TOWNSHIP\\n387\\n1SJ6\\n1817\\n1S48,\\n1849.\\n1S50-\\n1853,\\n1854,\\n1855.\\n1851),\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1859\\n1860.\\n1861.\\n1862.\\n1863.\\nPerry Krull.\\nJose M. Riddle.\\nCharles M. Bouttcll.\\nPerry KroU (3 years).\\nJose M. Riddle* (2 years).\\nMilton Johnson (1 ycnr).\\nSimeon Simmons. f\\nCharles M. Bouttell.\\nBenimi Clapp.\\n-51. Franlilin E. Dodge.\\nM. Juhn.=on (appointed).\\nCharles M. Bouttcll (f.t.).\\nLuther Scott (v.).\\nBcnoni Clapp.\\nJoseph S. Bartholomew.\\nEdmund Jones.\\nDavid Long {f. t.).\\nJoseph B. Drudge (v.).\\nWilliam S. Johnson.\\nJoseph B. Drudge.\\nSamuel Graham.\\nWilliam S. Johnson.\\nHenry Knickerbocker. J\\nAlonzo llurd.\\nRttuben Johnson^ (f. t.).\\n1863. Alunzo Kurd (v.).\\nDavid Long. [I\\n1861. Uzial BcMitwclI (f. t.).\\nSanford Stafford (v.).\\n1SG5. Augu. ^tus Ilolden.\\n1866. William II. Long.\\n1867. Henry Schradcr.\\nJoseph B. Drudge.^\\n1808. Chiirlcs M. Bouttcll (f. t.).\\nPerry Kroll (v.).\\nWm. H Long (.appointed).\\nNathan D. Barlow\\n186 J. William H. Long (f. t.).\\nCharles E. Rockwell (v.).\\n1870. A. S. Munsell.\\n1871. Thomas D. Fletcher.\\n1872. William E. Price.\\n1873. Ziba E. Sanborn.\\n1874. Ezra S. Cleveland (f. t.).\\nPerry Kroll (v.),\\n1875-76. Nahum N. Wilson.\\n1877. Stephen (iriswold.\\n1878. William If. Underbill.\\n1879. Nalhan F. Scolt.\\nASSESSORS.\\n1842. Albert Castle.\\nNelson S. Van TujI.\\n1843. (Juartus W. Clajip.\\nGrovcner Vinton.\\n1841-15. Quarlus W. Clapp.\\nEzra 11. Martin.\\n1846. Qua;tus W. Cliipp.\\nUzial Boutwell.\\n1842.\\n1843.\\n1844.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1850-\\n1851.\\n1852.\\n185.3.\\n1854.\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1857.\\n1858.\\n1859.\\nRichard Buell.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl.\\nNelson S. Van Tuyl.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl.\\nPaschal Richardson.\\nIsaac Van Tuyl.\\nJohn Taylor, Jr.\\nNel.son S. Van Tuyl.\\nJohn Braliazon.**\\nDaniel F. Bennctt.ft\\nElizur Andrewsjl (f. t.).\\nDaniel F. Bennett (v.).\\nJay Buell.tt\\nNahum N. AVilson (f. t.).\\n51. William L. Van Tuyl\\n(v. and f. t.).\\nDaniel F. Bennett.tt\\nRichard Buell.\\nJohn Brabazon.\\nWilliam L. Van Tuyl.\\nNahum N. Wilson (f. t.).\\nAlfred N. Baird (v.).\\nBradford Goodell.\\nJoseph B. Drudge.**\\nJohn Taylor.jt\\nDaniel F. Bennett (f. t.).\\nJohn Taylor (v.).\\nChristian Rboades.\\nSCHOOL INSPECTORS.\\n1860. Jacob W. White.\\n1861. Aaron Pearcc.\\n1862. William H. Long (f. t.).\\n1862-63. J. Brabazon (v. and f. t).\\n1864. William H. Long (f.t.).\\nAugustus llulden (v.).\\nllarri.son Lewis. f f\\n1865. John Walter.\\n1866. C. PonoyerlJ: (f. t.).\\nNewton A. Lord (v.).\\n1867. George Aplin.\\nD.anicl F. Bennett. JJ\\n1868. Christian Hhoades.\\n1S69. Jacol) W. White.\\n1870. M illiam II. Randall.\\n1871. James 11. Jones.\\n1872. Harrison Lewis.\\n1873. James II. Jones.JJ\\nHenry Lewis. JJ\\nCharles E. Rockwell. ff\\nZiba E. Sanborn.ft\\n1874. Philander B. Taylor (f. t.).\\n1874-75. Jacob W. White (v. and\\nf. t.).\\n1875. Daniel T. Bennctt.ft\\n1876. Abram H. Coddington.\\n1877. James H. Jonos.\\n1878-79. George Pierce.\\nSCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.\\n1875-76. Philander B. Taylor. 1878. Philander B. Taylor.\\n1877. Abram II. Coddington.\\n1879. Abram H. Coddington.\\nRemoved from the town in 1847.\\nf Appointed vice Riddle.\\nJ Removed from the town in 1863.\\nI Resigned 1863.\\nII Appointed rice Knickerbocker.\\nElected Dec. 9, 1867, ii cc Long.\\nDid not qualify.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f-t- Appointed. tt Resigned.\\nAppointed Sept. 9, 1807, cite Penoyor.\\nOVERSEERS OF THE POOR.\\n1842-43. Benoni Clapp.\\ntirovener inton.\\n1844. Elias Randall (died).\\nBcnoni t Inpp.\\n(i. W. Clapp (app d).\\n1815. Paschal Richardson.\\nI ziarl Boutwell.\\n1816-47. Henry Knickerbocker.\\n1846. David Newbegin.\\n1847. Simeon Simmons.\\n1848. Asa Parker.\\n1S4S-5II. Charles M. Bouttcll.\\n1849. Henry Knickerbocker.\\n1S50. M alter Knickerbocker.\\n1851. No record.\\n1852. Orson C. .lacolis.\\nIsaac MouUhrop.\\n1853. Simeon Simmons.\\n1853. Henry Knickerbocker.\\n1854. David Long.\\nNelson S. Van Tuyl.\\n1855. Dclos I. Johnson.\\nRichard Buell.\\n1S56. William II. B.itlcr.|||l\\nHenry Knickerbocker.\\nW. W. Boughton (app d).\\n1857. Henry Drudgcjil\\nArminius Butlcr.l|||\\nPerry Kroll (app d).\\nC. Y. Capron (app d).\\n1858. Moses II;iydcn.||ll\\nJonah Johnson. II II\\nD. F. Bennett (app d).\\n.Tacob Shnfcr (app d).\\n1859. Henry Drudge.\\nJacob Shafer.\\nDRAIM COMJIISSI ONERS.\\n1871-72. David Long.\\n187.3-74. Clark White.\\n1875. David Long.\\n1876. Charles Ogdui.\\n1876. Nahum N. Wilson.f 1[\\n1877. Philander B. Taylor (res.).\\n1S7S. AVm. 0. Boughton (app d).\\nIS79. Nathan F. Scott.\\nCONSTABLES.\\nWilliam W. Boughton, 1842-44, 47; Quartus W. Clapp, 1842, 44-\\n17; I zial Boutwcll, 1S12, 48-49, 51, 53, 56; Samuel Aplin,\\n1S13, 4 1 Joseph S. Bartholomew, 1845; David Newbegin, 1846;\\nWilliam II. Randall, 1847, 56-57; William II. Butler, 1818, 63-\\n65, 74-75; William P. Patterson, 1849-53; Shcrinan Moullhrop,\\n18511; Myron C. Butler, 1851; Charles Scott, 1852; Silas H.\\nPayne, 1853 Carlos P. Wilson, Isaac MouUhrop, 1854 Andrew\\nC. lieckwith, 1S54-55; Judah Butler, 1851, 56, 611; J. B. Ken-\\ndall, Joseph Bidwcll, 1855; John Rhoades, 1855-56, 66; J. L.\\nRussell, Nathaniel McComb, Asa White, 1856; Horace Buell,\\n1850, 58-00; Daniel Morse, 1857, 65; Randolph W. Willis,\\n1S57-58, 05; Peter P. Angle, 1857; Jacob Anderson, C. A. Bell,\\n1858; William 0. Boughton, 1859; Joseph B. Drudge, 1859-62;\\nCasey Potior, 1859-63; Lulhcr Scott, 1860, 64; Leonard 0.\\nJohnson, 1861-62; Orson C. Chapel, 1801 Elias Randall, 1862;\\nEzra S. Cleveland, 1863; Henry Drudge, 1863-64, 68-72, 77;\\nPhilo Dewey, 1864; Dennis Gilbert, 1805 Edmund D. Ilurd, B.\\nLong, Sherman ScotI, 1806; Christian Rhoades, Parker Scott,\\n1867; Clarence L. Case, 1867, 09-70; AVilliam H. Long, 1867,\\n69; Ephraim Back, Eber M oolBt, Andrew Burch, 1868; Levi\\nDarling, 1869-70; William Mead, 1870; John N. Wilson, 1870-\\n71; Andrew Cole, 1871; Samuel C. Fuller, 1871-72; Sh.annon\\nW. Scolt, 1871-72, 74, 77-79; John Tryon, 1872; Stephen\\nStonchousc, 1872-75; Henry Cimmerer, William M. Ellis, Jacob\\nJobson, Horace Scott, 1873; Daniel 0. Crandall, James Fuller,\\n1.S74; Charles S. (iriswold, Enos A. Loner, 1875; George Buell,\\nAVilliam E. Price, Albert Holden, 1870; Franklin Bennett, 1876,\\n78; Jacob Rhoa.lcs, 1877; William H. Fairinan, 1877-79; Nel-\\nson Dakc, 1S7S; Myron L. Swartz, Frederick J. Wilbcr, 1879.\\nAt tlic meeting in the spring of 18-11, Tliom;is Aplin\\nwas elected as the first pound-master, and cattle, sheep, and\\nswine were made free commoners.\\nIn 1850 this town was represented in the October meet-\\ning of the board of supervisors by Corydon E. Fay, who\\nhad been appointed as supervisor pro tern, during the ab-\\nsence of the regular oflBcial.\\nFor a number of years after its organization the town\\nwas controlled by tlie Democrats, who had r|uite a large\\nniiijority, though occasionally some popular Whig candi-\\nllll Dill not qualify.\\n1111 Appointed May 8, 1876.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0601.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "388\\nHISTORY OF GKNESEH COUNTY, MlCIilUAN.\\ndate was elected to office. Upon the organizution of tlie\\nllepublican party, in 1S51, and the disruption of the Dem-\\nocrats by tlie bolting of tlie Free-Soil faction, the Democ-\\nracy immediately sank into a minority, and the llepubli-\\ncans carried the day with scarcely a single exception from\\n1855 to 1879, when, at the spring election, the National or\\nGreenback ticket was chosen by a small majority. The\\nfirst record of a general election now found in the clerk s\\noffice is that of 1852, when the vote for the office of gov-\\nernor was divided as follows Eobert McClelland, Regular\\nDemocrat, received 40 votes Isaac P. Christiancy, Free-\\nSoil Democrat, received 28 votes; Zachariah Chandler,\\nWhig, received 15 votes. On the electoral ticket the vote\\nwas: Democratic, o9, Free-Soil, 28, Whig, 19. In the\\nelection of 1862 the comparative strength of the parlies\\nwas Republican, 90. Democrat, 58.\\nApril 6, 1868, the vote of the town on the several con-\\nstitutional amendments proposed was as follows: for the\\nconstitution, 76 against it, 99. For prohibition, 75\\nagainst it, 80. For biennial .sessions of the Legislature,\\n143; for annual sessions, 13. For the proposed loan, 1\\nagainst it, 171.\\nThe first town meetings and elections were generally\\nheld at school-houses in different parts of the town until\\nthe hotel was built at the centre, when they were held\\nthere. In 1809 it was thought advisable to set about\\nthe work of building a town-house, and a resolution was\\npassed at the town-meeting, April 5th, authorizing the\\npurchase of the school-house at the centre and its removal\\nto the site already secured for use as a town-house. For\\nsome reason the purchase was not concluded, and the mat-\\nter rested until April 5, 1875, when a tax of $500 was\\nauthorized by a vote of 111 for to 42 against, for the pur-\\npose of building a suitable house. In 1876 another step\\nwas taken by the appointment of Philander B. Taylor,\\nNahum N. Wilson, Sherman Moulthrop, Daniel F. Bennett,\\nand Ithiel W. Wilbur as a building committee. They were\\nauthorized to choose a plan, let the contract, and expend a\\nsum of $800, if necessary, in the erection of a suitable\\nbuilding. It was also ordered that the house be finished\\nin time to be used at the general election of November,\\n1876. It was completed within the time specified, and at\\na total cost of \u00c2\u00a7569. It is a neat and convenient building,\\nwell calculated for its intended use, and stands a few rods\\nsouth of the centre of the town.\\nThe first symptoms of village growth in this town made\\nthemselves manifest about the time that Corydon E. Fay\\nbuilt his tavern on the Saginaw road. Several other build-\\nings were erected there about that time, and quite a settle-\\nment sprang into being there. In addition to the Fay\\nHouse, there were three stores kept by George Waist\\nBro., Samuel Seamans, and Alanson Dickinson a school-\\nhouse, a blacksmith-shop, a wagon-shop, and about lialf a\\ndozen dwellings. Its village life was a short one of only\\nfour or five years, when it began to decline, and soon ceased\\nto be of any importance. The Fay House was sold to\\n^Villiam Green in 1855, and was kept by liim until the\\ntime of his death, some ten or twelve years ago, when it was\\ndiscontinued as an inn. It is now occupied as a dwelling\\nby his widow and son.\\nAt Thetford Centre, although no village grew up, a hotel\\nwhich did a flouri.-hing business for a number of years\\nwhile the work of lumbering was being vigorously pursued\\nin this region was built there by Mrs. Jloulthrop and her\\nson xVlbert about twenty years ago. Albert enlisted in the\\nUnion army, and never returned, though his fate has ever\\nremained an uncertainty The liotel was continued by the\\nmother, and became widely known as Granny s Tavern,\\na name which it still retains, though it has not been kept\\nas a tavern for nearly a half-score of years.\\nWhile the Bucll and Root mills were running, a little\\nsettlement grew up in their neighborhood at the four cor-\\nners of sections 13, 14, 23, and 24. It contained a store\\nkept by Rodney Lyman, who is still in business there, and\\nis the present postmaster. Another store was built by W.\\nW. Allen in 1878. At present the village contains about\\na dozen dwellings, a shjngle-mill, two stores, a school-house,\\nand a blacksmith-shop. The real name of the settlement\\nis East Thetford, which is the name of the post-office, but\\nthe name by which it is most commonl_y and generally\\nknown is Henpcck. It is said to have been given at an\\nearly day on account of the scolding propensities of some\\nof the matrons of the homes at that place. It also once\\nrejoiced in the appellation of Dog- Town, because of the\\ninnumerable throng of canines that infested the region.\\nNear the centre of section 36 is the village of Whitcs-\\nburg, the principal settlement of the town. Its existence\\ndates from the building of the Gordon Cook saw-mill in\\n1846. At that date the only buildings in that vicinity were\\nthe farm-houses of Daniel Morse, Rufus Reik, and William\\nSmith. The mill employed some eight or ten men, and\\nthese generally put up rude houses or shanties in which to\\nlive. Other buildings were erected from time to time, and\\na better class of dwellings replaced the first ones, until at\\npresent the village contains a grist-mill, blacksmith-shop,\\nwagon-shop, a store, a school-house, and fifteen or twenty\\ndwellings.\\nThe .saw-mill and grist-mill have been heretofore de-\\nscribed, and we will briefly mention the other business\\nenterprises entered upon here.\\nThe first blacksmith-shop was built by Daniel Morse.\\nIt was the second one in the town, and in it Mr. Morse\\nWorked at his trade for many years, until the time of his\\ndeath, some five or six years ago.\\nThe first store was built by Abram Cudney in 1858-59,\\nand was kept by him until the draft occurred, four or five\\nyears after, when he was lucky enough to be chosen to\\nrepresent the town in the Union army, but, being reluctant\\nto go there, chose rather to cross the frontier into Canada,\\nwhere he remained until the Amnesty bill was passed by\\nCongress, when he returned to this county and settled in\\nthe town of Flint. He was quite a fiddler, and fitted up\\na hall over his store where dancing-parties were frequently\\nheld. By combining this fascinating pastime with the\\nbusiness of selling groceries and liquors he drove a very\\nprosperous business. The building he erected is still in\\nuse for mercantile purposes.\\nA village-plat, containing eight or ten acres, was sur-\\nveyed and recorded by Carlos P. Wilson, a few years ago,\\nand was named Wliitcsburg in honor of Clark White, one", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0602.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "n\\n-i\\n-n\\no\\n:n\\no\\nI\\nr\\ny~\\ny^\\ns\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:c\\np\u00c2\u00bb^.\\nr.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\\nr,.\\n^i^./.\\ns,-^\\nsiifr-i\u00c2\u00abTivih,\\np\\nCTi\\nX,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0603.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0604.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "TllETfOUD TOW^ S^IP.\\n389\\nof the most prominent men in the settlement. The open-\\ning of the Flint Uivor Railroad, in 1S72, and the establish-\\ning of a station at llogeisvillc, tended to check the growth\\nof the village, and transferred considerable of its business to\\nthe new one at the station.\\nThe first post-office in Thetford was established at Tay-\\nville, about the year 1842, with Corydon E. Fay in the\\nrole of postmaster. It was called Thetford, and was kept\\nin Fay s log house. At the time the Flint and Pere Mar-\\nquette Railroad was built this office was removed to Mount\\nMorris. The second post-office was established in 1855-51).\\nIt was called East Thetford, and was located at the resi-\\ndence of N. N. Wilson, who was the postmaster. This\\noffice was on a route running from Pine Run to Lapeer.\\nAbout the time the first office was removed to Mount\\nMorris, this office was removed to, and its name changed\\nto, Thetford Centre, and Sherman Mouhhrop was com-\\nmissioned as postmaster. The mail was then brought from\\nClio. In 1872 the office was removed to Henpeck, rechrist-\\ncned as East Thetford, and Rodney Lyman made postmaster.\\nIn 18G1, or about that time, a third post-office was estab-\\nlished, wliich was located at, and bore the name of. Whites-\\nburg. Alan. ^on Dickinson was appointed as postmaster,\\nand served until, in 1872, the office was removed to Rogers-\\nville. At present the East Thetford post office, Rodney\\nLyman, postmaster, is the only one in the town.\\nThe first physician who j)racliced liis profession while\\nresiding in this town was Dr. Warren A. Mesick, who es-\\ntablished himself at Whitesburg in 1856-57, purchased forty\\nacres of land, and succeeded in working up quite an exten-\\nsive practice. His nearest professional rivals were at Pine\\nRun and Flint. After two or three years had elapsed he\\nremoved to Wisconsin, and, in 1878, once more returned\\nto this State and located at Pine Run, where he is now\\nliving. Drs. W. Guodell and Charles Spencer also engaged\\nin the practice of medicine in this town for brief periods of\\ntime. At present the only physician in town is Dr. Abram\\nII. Coddington, who resides in the west part of the town.\\nThe first school-hou.se in Thetford was the Fay school-\\nliouse, which was built on the northwest corner of section\\n31 in 1838. It was a frame building, sizj 20 by 24 feet,\\nand was built by Isaac and Nelson S. Van Tuyl. At that\\ntime there were only two settlements in what are now the\\ntowns of Montrose, Vienna, and Thetford, which then was\\nknown as the town of Vienna. These were Pine Run and\\nFayvillc, and there was considerable strife between them\\nregarding the location of a school-house, of which they\\nbegan to i eel the necessity, and which they thought they\\nwould be able to build and to sustain, by reason of the\\ntaxes on the land, which was nearly all taken up, but\\nwas mostly non-resident. At la.st it was decided to build\\ntwo school-houses, and the town was accordingly divided\\ninto two districts. The first or northern district consisted\\nof a four-mile strip running across the three townships, and\\nthe second or southern district, containing the remaining\\ntwo-mile strip. In this southern district the Fay school-\\nhouse was built. The first teacher in Thetford, Miss\\nCalisia Hurd, of Pine Run, taught a school in this house\\nduring the summer of 1838. From time to time, as the\\ngrowth of the town made necessary, new districts were\\nformed. The second was in the Boutwell neighborhood,\\nand the third in the Wilson neighborhood, in the east part\\nof the town. In this last-named district Mark D. Seeley\\ntaught the first school, and Mary Hurd and T. T. Slafter\\nwore other early teachers there. Mr. Grovener Vinton\\nthinks that the first school taught in the town was kept in a\\nprivate log house by Josiah W. Begole, but this is not pos-\\nitively known to be the case. At the present time there\\narc ten whole districts and one fractional district in the\\ntown. All the school-houses are frame buildings, and ag-\\ngregate a value of $6300. The town paid out fur school\\npurpo.ses during the year ending September, 1878, the sum\\nof S2270.49.\\nThe first settlers in the town had a serious task before\\nthem in opening up roads through the dense forest, and it\\nwas quite a long time after the first one came before there\\nwas much more than a bridle-path from one clearing to an-\\nother. The Saginaw road along the west line of the town\\nfor a little more than a mile north of the southwest corner\\nwas the first road opened, and this was followed at difTurent\\ntimes by a road running three miles cast from the Saginaw\\nroad on the south line of the town to Crawford Rarkley s,\\nanother leading from Pine Run past Boutwell s to the cen-\\ntre, and another leading to the east line of the town in the\\nWilson neighborhood, where it joined the road through For-\\nest to Otisville. These were all opened previous to 1840.\\nDuring the four years following thatdark hour in ourcoun-\\ntry s history when the dark cloud of rebellion, which had\\nso long been lowering along the horizon, suddenly swept up\\nthe political heavens and darted its fiery forked lightnings\\nat the little band of devoted heroes who in Fort Sumter\\nupheld their country s flag and maintained the national\\nhonor, this town never faltered in its earnest, energetic ef-\\nforts to sustain the strength of the government and to\\nstamp out the treason that had reared its hydra-head\\nagainst it. Though fourteen years have rolled their weary\\nlengths around since the close of that fearful struggle, the\\nmemory of those days is yet fresh in all our hearts, and it\\nis not necessary to call special attention to the brave deeds\\nand noble self-sacrifices of the boys in blue, so many of\\nwhom shed their life-blood for their country, and laid down\\nto die on the blood-stained fields of battle, in the white\\nwards of the hospital, under the canvas coverings of the\\nfield hospital, in the crowded dungeons of Libby and Belle\\nIsle, or on the burning sands of the horrible prison-pens of\\nSalisbury and Andersonville. These deeds shall live when\\nthe generations for whose benefit they were performed shall\\nhave gone to their graves, and their very memories have\\nperished fiom the earth. They are immortal, and, so long\\nas freedom, liberty, justice, and patriotism shall be cherished\\nas princiiiles of government and shall be dear to every lover\\nof truth and the right, so long will they endure, the\\nbrightest star in the firmament of this world s history. Suf-\\nfice it to say that Thetford furnished its full (|uota of men,\\nand was well represented in the field.\\nThere is but one cemetery in this town, and that is on\\nsection 21, about forty rods south from Thetford Centre.\\nIn 1850 the town purchased one acre of ground of Joseph\\nS. Bartholomew, to be used for burial purjwses, and subse-\\nquently another acre was added thereto. It is owned by", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0605.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "390\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntlio town, !ind is cared for Vjy a sexton, who is appointed an-\\nnually for that purpose. It is pleasantly situated on a beau-\\ntiful slope, and is capable of being made a very attractive\\nground.\\nRELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.\\nThere are three church organizations in this town, the\\nAdventists, Evangelical A.ssociation, and Protestant Slcth-\\nodist, but only one which has erected a liouse of wor.-ihip.\\nThe first one formed was\\nTHE CIIURCtI OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION IN\\nTUETFORD,\\nwhich was organized by Rev. C. Deike, of Ohio, in the\\nspring of ISGt!. There had been a class of this denomina-\\ntion in existence some four or five years later, but this had\\ngone down on account of the removals of many of its mem-\\nbers. During the winter of 1865-6G, Rev. Mr. Deike\\nhad held a series of meetings at the houses of members of\\nthe denomination in this vicinity (the south part of the\\ntown), and having met with a considerable degree of success\\nit was thought best to organize a church. For this purpo.?e\\na meeting was held at the house of Charles Brady, and the\\norganization was eifected.\\nThe first members were George Geiger, Eltie Geiger,\\nMatthew Pflentrer, Katharine Pflcntrer, Mrs. Katharine\\nStengel, Charles A. Font, Katharine Fent, Ciiarles Brady,\\nand Anna Brady. Matthew Pflentrer was chosen clas.s-\\nleader and steward.\\nThe meetings were held regularly at private houses until\\nthe church was built. This occurred in the spring of\\n1872. At that time a site was donated by Matthew\\nPflentrer, consisting of one half-acre of ground in the\\nnorthwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 27\\nand a building committee was appointed, composed of Rev.\\nE. Wcis, George Geiger, and Charles Brady. Under their\\nsupervision the work progressed rapidly, and the edifice\\nwas completed by the 1st of June. Ou the first Sunday\\nof that month it was dedicated by Rev. William Jost, of\\nCleveland, Ohio, and a remainder of debt amounting to\\n$200 was liquidated by subscriptions. The church is a\\nframe building, 36 by 40 feet in dimensions, capable of\\nseating 2U0 persons, and cost about \u00c2\u00a71200.\\nAt about the time of the completion of the building the\\nsociety became incorporated under the general statutes, by\\nthe election of Charles Brady, Matthew Pflentrer, and\\nCharles A. Flint as a board of trustees.\\nThis church is one appointment on the Flint circuit, and\\nthe same pastors who have served this church have also\\nserved the churches at Flint, Richfield, and Oredon.\\nThe names of these pastors in the regular order of their\\nservice are Revs. C. Deike, John W. Fox, E. Weis, C. A.\\nRaehm, Whitebread, John W. Hang, M. Speck, E.\\nAVeis, C. Ude, C. A. Raehm, C. Blumm, F. Lump, and\\nJ. K. Portius.\\nUnder the preaching of Mr. Blumm a revival was ex-\\nperienced, but otherwise the history of the church has\\nbeen uneventful. The membership has fluctuated to .some\\nextent, and at present is 17. John G. Miller, class-leader,\\nand John G. Miller, Charles Brady, and Matthew Pflentrer,\\ntrustees, are the present oflicers.\\nThe Sabbath .school connected with this church was first\\norganized in 1808, with Mathew Pflentrer as superin-\\ntendent, and a membership of 15 or 20 scholars. ]\\\\Ir.\\nPflentrer is still the superintendent, and the school now\\nnumbers about 30, including its oflicers and teachers.\\nTHE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS CHURCH OP THETFORD\\nCENTRE.\\nThis society grew out of a series of meetings held at\\nPine Run, by Elders John Corliss and E. B. Lane, in\\nApril, 1875, for the propagation of the doctrines of their\\npeculiar sectarian belief As a result of these meetings, a\\nsufiicient degree of interest was manifested to induce Elder\\nR. J. Lawrence, in the winter of 1875-76, to deliver a\\ncourse of lectures on the subject of the second coming of\\nour Lord and Saviour, in the school-house at Thetford\\nCentre.\\nIn the following summer he returned and organized a\\nsociety with about 15 members. The organization was ef-\\nfected at a meeting held at the house of H. C. Sweet, and\\nZiba Sanborn was chosen elder.\\nIn 1877, C. Rhoades was chosen elder, and Ziba Sanborn\\nclerk. In 1878, H. C. Sweet was chosen elder.\\nThe pastors of the church have been Revs. K gj\\nE. B. Lane, J. 0. Corliss, Wellman, and D. II. Law-\\nson.\\nMeetings have been regularly held at the school-house\\nevery Sabbath down to the present time.\\nThe present membership is ten.\\nIn the spring of 1878 a Sabbath-school was started and\\nrun through the year, with Ziba Sanborn as superintendent.\\nIn the spring of 1879 it was formally organized, with a\\nmembership of about 25 scholars, and the following officers:\\nSuperintendent, Mrs. Joseph Weatherwax Secretary and\\nLibrarian, Mrs. Ann E. Moulthrop.\\nA library, embracing books, pamphlets, tracts, and papers,\\nbelongs to the church, and is used for members of church\\nand school.\\nA METUODIST EPISCOP.\\\\L CHURCH\\nwas formed at Thetford Centre about the year 1867,\\nby Rev. Mr. Birdsall, with about 30 members. Henry\\nBaker was the class-leader, and Randolph Willis was the\\nsteward. It had but a brief existence of two years, and\\nwas then broken up. It belonged to Mount Morris circuit.\\nA Sabbath-school was connected with it throughout its ex-\\nistence. In the spring of 1879 a union Sabbath-school was\\norganized at the centre, with a membership of about 40, of\\nwhich Ziba Sanborn is the superintendent.\\nOf the Whitcsbuig Church we can only say that it is of\\nthe Protestant Methodist denomination, repeated inquiries\\nfailing to elicit any satisfactory information regarding it.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nCRAWFORD BARKLEY.\\nThe oldest pioneer now living in the town of Thetford,\\nand the fifth settler in the township, is Deacon Crawford\\nBarklcy. He was born in the town of Montgomery,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0606.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0607.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0608.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "THKTFORD TOWNSHIP.\\n391\\nOrange Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 1813. His father, Jo.siah\\nBarklcy, ovfticd a farm, which he sold in 1825, and then\\nmoved to Oakland Co., Mich., settling near what is now\\nPontiac, liuviiig from the government .six lot.s of land, part\\nof whicii he still owns and occupies. Crawford, who was\\nthen thirteen years old, came with his father; and, like all\\nsons of pioneers, was at once set to work helping to clear\\nand improve the land. Arrived at his majority, he started\\nout in life for himself; went in 1834 to Hillsdale County,\\nand helped to build roads in the Bean Creek Valley. He\\nassisted in building the first bridge across Bean Creek.\\nWith the means thus earned he, in 1836, bought of the gov-\\nernment the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 21 in Thetford. In the same year he bought of\\nthe government the east half of the southwest quarter of\\nsection 23 in the same town, and at once commenced to im-\\nprove the same. Mr. Barkley says he shall always remem-\\nber his first night on his farm. His father and brother bad\\nbrought him from the old home to the firm, and they had\\nput up a shelter for the night while cooking their supper\\nthe smell of meat attracted the wolves, who made the night\\nhideous with their howling. The nest spring he put up a\\nlog house, and the following spring brought a wife irjtu the\\nwoods to cheer and make pleasant his now home. At that\\ntime there were no roads, and the nearest neighbor was a\\nmile and a half away yet they were happy, and even now\\nlook back to those days as the happiest of their lives. The\\ndeer and other game were plent} often coming within\\nshooting distance of their home. Mr. Barkley joined the\\nchurch soon after he came to Michigan.\\nYears have passed, and still Mr. Barkley and his wife, a\\nhale and hearty couple of nearly threescore-and-ten, live\\non the old homestead. Beautiful farms are now to be seen\\nwhere they once saw only the forest the howl of the wolf\\nis no more to be heard, but the hum of improved farm-\\nmachinery instead, while beautiful homes, schools, and\\nchurches are to be seen on every side. And here tliey in-\\ntend to pass the remainder of their days. They have been\\nmembers of the Congregational Church nearly a halfcen-\\ntury, and are known as sincere and devout Christians. In\\npolitics, Mr. Barkley is an ardent Republican, but has never\\nsought office. He was married. May 10, 1837, to Mi.ss\\nSarah C. Haynes, who was born in Orange Co., N. Y.,\\nAug. 10, 1811. She was the daughter of Nathan and\\nJane Haynes. There have been born to Mr. and 51 rs.\\nBarkley five children, Josiah N., born Jan. 25, 1839;\\nCharles W., born Nov. 18, 1840; Robert Y., born Nov.\\n22, 1842; Frances J., born Nov. 1, 1844; and Antoinette,\\nborn Jan. 25, 1847, died Aug. 10, 1860.\\nFREDERICK S. TAYLOR\\nwas born in Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. His father,\\nDavid Taylor, married a Miss Jerusha Seekels; both were\\nborn in Ashfield, Mass. The death of his parents left him\\nan orphan when he was but seven years old. He and the\\nother heirs were defrauded out of the inheritance left them\\nby their father, and from that time he had to earn his own\\nlivelihood. This he did by working for farmers and at the\\nblacksmith trade with his brother. He went to school win-\\nters and acquired a good cuuimon-school education, suffi-\\ncient to qualify him for any ordinary business. In 1\u00c2\u00a753\\nhe came to Tuscola Co., Mich., and had sixteen dollars only\\nas his casli capital. He at once went to work, doing what-\\never he could find to do. His motto was to icork, and not\\nlie idle, no matter how low the wages. Three years after\\nhis arrival he purchased a farm of sixty acres fall new), and\\npaid cash down for it. This he improved as he had\\ntime, when not working for others. Nov. 2, 1861, Mr.\\nTaylor enlisted in Company A, 14lh Michigan Infantry, as\\na private, and served three years; he re-enlisted as a veteran\\nin April, 1864, and served nine months longer, being pro-\\nmoted to sergeant. Ho took part in the battles of Stone\\nRiver, siege of Corinth, Dallas, Kcncsaw ^Mountain, Chat-\\ntahoochee River, Atlanta, Bentouvllle, and the skirmishes\\nand marches of Sherman s campaign from Chattanooga to\\nAtlanta, and from Atlanta to the sea. At the close of the\\nwar he took part in the grand review in Washington. He\\nwas mustered out July 18, 1865. During the war he\\nbought sixty acres of land, making him a farm of one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres. Sept. 9, 1806, he married Mrs.\\nJeunette Cook, daughter of Abijah and Minerva (Porter)\\nLee. After their marriage they went on to their farm,\\nwliere they lived .six years. They then sold, and bought\\nthe beautiful farm they now own and occupy in Thetford\\nand Genesee townships. This form contains ninety-three\\nacres of land well improved, a view of which is given on\\nanother page of this history. There has been born to them\\none child, Leon A., born Jan. 15, 1875.\\nN. N. WILSON.\\nX\\nAmong the first settlers of Genesee County, few, if any,\\nhave done more for its advancement and improvement than\\nNahum N. Wilson. He was born Jan. 10, 1805, in New-\\nport, N. H., where his parents resided until ho was ten\\nyears old, when they moved to Norwich, Vt., where Mr.\\nWilson passed his youthful years. Until he was nineteen,\\nhe worked on his flither s farm in the summer and went to\\nschool in the winter, making such good use of his opportu-\\nnities that at that age he commenced to teach school. This\\nhe did for eight successive winters, part of the time in\\nVermont, the remainder in Lower Canada, where he had\\npurclia.sed one hundred and forty acres of land. This farm\\nof wild land he partly cleared, and built upon it a house\\nand barn. But, not liking his situation, he sold, and in\\n1834 emigrated to Genesee Co., Mich., which was then x\\nthe Far West. He settled in what was then called\\nThread Village (now the city of Flint), and worked at the\\ncarpenter s trade. Mr. Wilson helped build the first\\nbridge acro.ss Flint River, and the first dry-goods store,\\nknown as the Elisha Beach store. He also helped to erect\\nthe Stage k Wright mill, which was the first on Flint\\nRiver. In this mill Mr. Wilson fitted and hung the first\\nsaw ever run in the place, and sawed the first stock of\\nboards turned out by the mill. In the spring of 1838 he\\nmoved into the town of Vienna, and worked on a farm for\\nthe ensuing year. After this he worked the Hotchkiss", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0609.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "392\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nfarm in Vienna, cither on sliaros or by paying the rent\\nby chopping off and clearing land. Witli his first year s\\nearnings lie bought of the government the east half of the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 25, in the town of Thetford,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2which he still owns. When the town of Tlictford was\\nchristened. Sir. Wilson gave it its present name, after a\\ntown in Vermont.\\nIn the spring of 18+3 he moved, with his wife and four\\nchildren, into a small log shanty which he had built upon\\nthe twelve acres which he had previously cleared. Life on\\nhis own farm then commenced, a life destined to be a\\nlaborious although an honorable one. In the fall of the\\nsame year he built a block-house on the site of his present\\ncommodious mansion. To the eighty acres first purchased\\nhe has added until he now owns sis hundred and fifty acres\\nof land, two hundred and fifty of which are finely improved.\\nHe has also given liis sons over three hundred acres.\\nIn 1838, at the second town-mocting held in Vienna, he\\nwas elected supervisor, holding the office three years. After\\nmoving into Thetford he was elected town clerk, which po-\\nsition he held several years. This shows the esteem and\\nconfidence of his townsmen, as Thetford has always been\\nstrongly Republican and Sir. Wilson is a Democrat, his\\nfirst vote having been cast for Andrew Jackson. lie has\\nbeen a justice of the peace for twelve years, and in that\\ncapacity, and as notary public, has done the most of the\\nconveyancing for the country around him for many years.\\nHe was East Thetford s first postmaster, holding the office\\nmany years. In an early day Mr. Wilson did considerable\\nsurveying. He surveyed and subdivided a good share of\\nthe north half of the county.\\nMr. Wilson has been twice married. His first wife was\\nMiss Phalle R. Slafter, who was born in Norwich, Vt.,\\nJan. 1, 180G. They were married March 17, 1828, and\\ntheir union was blessed with eight children, as follows:\\nMercy E., born July 2G, 1830 Carlos P., born March 9,\\n1833 William H., born Aug. 8, 1839 Farwell A., born\\nJuly 18, 1841; John N., born Nov. 19, 1843; Porsis A.\\nborn March 1, 1846; Samuel J., born Sept. 3, 1849; and\\nNahum T., born Feb. 22, 1852. Mrs. Wilson died Aug.\\n13, 1863. Mr. Wilson remained a widower until Oct. 31,\\n1867, when he married Miss Mary Woodward, who was\\nborn in Hartford, Vt., July 12, 1819.\\nHe has ever been distiuguLshed for his generosity and\\nliberality towards those less fortunate than himself, and,\\nwhile thus assisting the needy and unfortunate, never\\nturning the wanderer hungry from his door, he has been\\nprospered, proving the truth of the saying, that the liberal\\nsoul shall be made fut.\\nWe close this brief sketch of Mr. Wilson s life by ap-\\npending the commendation of his neighbors and fellow-\\ntownsmen He is a man honorable and upright in all his\\ndealing one against whom not a word is said one loved\\nby his friends and esteemed by all who know him.\\nCHARLES M. BOUTTELL\\nwas born in Oneida County, N. Y., on the Sth day of\\nNovember, 1809. The death of his fiither, when he was\\ntliirtecn years old, threw him upon his own resources,\\nand was, no doubt, the me.ins of developing his character\\nfor self-reliance and good judgment in business matters,\\nwhich has made him so successful in life. After his\\nfather s death he worked on a farm for throe years, then\\nwent on the Erie Canal as a driver. For five summers wc\\nfind him driving, a life of hard.ship and privations, truly,\\nbut an exciting and fascinating one. Then for four years\\nho was a steeisman on the canal. But he was lookinir\\nahead to something better than boating, and in 1836 he\\ncame to Michigan and bought of the government eight\\neighty-acro lots, four in Shiawassee County, the others\\nin Thetford-, Genesee Co. This took all his means, and he\\nthen drove team in Flint for two years, after which he again\\nreturned to his old business of boating, which he followed\\nfor four years and then quit it forever. In 1841 he came\\nWest and permanently located on his land, about thirty-five\\nacres of which he had had cleared while he was boating.\\nWhen he went upon his farm his residence was a small log\\nhouse, which stood a little to the rear of where his barns\\nnow stand. He lived alone, but knowing he must eat, even\\nin the wilds of the West, he came prepared, bringing with\\nhim a barrel of beans, twenty bushels of potatoes, and pork\\nenough for ten men. His needy neighbors soon relieved\\nhim of his surplus supplies, and blessed the ignorance which\\nbrought them into their vicinity. At ditterent times Mr.\\nBouttell has owned over one thousand acres of land, and he\\nnow owns three hundred and sixty acres, two hundred and\\nfifty acres of which are under good improvement. Politi-\\ncally, he is a Democrat, but has never sought office. He\\nhas always taken great interest in educational matters, and\\nhas long been one of the school officers of his district. In\\n1841, Sir. Bouttell led to the altar Sliss Harriet Payne.\\nTheir union was blessed with two children, Emma and\\nEleanor. Sirs. Bouttell died June 22, 1853. Jan. 1,\\n1854, he married Sliss Jane Nixon. There have been born\\nto them the following children: Castillo, born Nov. 10,\\n1854 Lovias, born April 11, 1856 Slorris 0., born April\\n10, 1858 Jerome 0., born June 28, 1860 Harriet, born\\nAug. 8, 1862; William II., born Jan. 11, 1865; Charles\\nR., born Oct. 1, 1867 Wesley SI. and Leslie B. (twins),\\nborn Dec. 23, 1871 Laura J., born April 29, 1876; and\\nHorace T., born Aug. 19, 1878.\\nJACOB W. SHARICK,\\nthe subject of this sketch, born in Lancaster Co., Pa., July\\n4, 1825, was one of thirteen children. His father and\\nmother, Abraham and Fanny Sharick, were born in Lan-\\ncaster, Pa., and at the time of the birth of Jacob W. were\\nliving on a farm which had been in the family many years.\\nWhen Sir. Sharick was nineteen, his father sold his farm\\nin Pennsylvania and moved to Genesee Co N. Y., where\\nhe bought a large farm. Jacob grew to manhood, working\\non the farm summers, and going to school winters. At the\\nage of twenty-five Sir. Sharick left home and commenced\\nlife on his own account, his worldly po.ssessions consisting\\nof a team of horses. After working land for other people\\nfor eleven years, he determined to have a farm of his own,\\nand so came to Sliehigan, where land was cheap, and bought", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0610.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0611.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0612.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "THETFOKD TOWNSHIP.\\n393\\nono luindrod and twenty acres, it bcin;; part of section 29,\\nin Thetford, Genesee Co. He now is owner of one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of as fine land as can be found in the\\nSlate, on which he has erected a fine house and n\\\\inicrous\\noutbuildings. A fine view of Mr. Sharick s farm-huuie is\\npresented on another page of this work. In politics Mr.\\nSharick is, and has always been, an ardent llepublican. He\\nbelieves that ail men should be free, and allowed all the\\nrights of citizenship, without regard to race or color, wealth\\nor station. In every relation of life Mr. Sharick holds that\\nhonesty is the best policy and it has ever been his motto\\nto do as he would like to be done by. As a citizen and\\nneighbor he is highly esteemed. On the 26th day of Feb-\\nruary, 1853, Mr. Sharick married Miss Elizabeth S.Smith,\\ndaughter of Christian and Mary Smith. She was born in\\nLancaster Co., Pa., Jan. 26, 1827. Their union has been\\nblessed with two children, John W.,born April 23, 1854,\\nand Benjamin V., born Jan. 18, 1856. They have also\\nan adopted daughter, Annie E., born Sept. 19, 1865.\\nWILLIAM UllEKN.\\niVRS. WILLIAM UKEEN.\\nWILLIAM GREEiV\\nwas born in the State of New York, Feb. 8, 1810. While\\nyet a boy he came to Michigan, stopping in Oakland County,\\nwhere he grew to manhood. He bad no one to care for him,\\nand hence earned his support by working at anything he\\ncould get to do. His chances for an education were very\\nlimited, but what little book-knowledge he obtained, added\\nto good judgment and an untiring energy, made him very\\nsuccessful. On the 4th day of February, 1836, he married\\nMiss Abigail Hibbartl, daughter of John and lloxey (Bart-\\nlett) Hibbard. She was born in Vermont, Jan. 31, 1812.\\nAfter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Green moved into tiie\\ntown of Lapeer, Lapeer Co., and bought a farm of new\\nland, after paying for which they had just enough left to\\nbuy a cow. Mr. Green at once built a log house, and with\\nhis accustomed energy commenced to clear and improve\\nhis farm. Fifty acres had been cleared and an orchard set\\nout when he sold, and bought an improved farm in the town\\nof Bruce, same county. Here they lived fifteen years, being\\nprospered and every year adding to their worldly goods.\\nThey then sold out and bought Mrs. Green s old home, in\\nOakland County, where they resided four years, when they\\nsold, and purchased a farm in Birmingham, in the same\\ncounty. Tlie latter they traded for a farm in Thetford,\\naii l made a ]iermancnt .settlement, where Mrs. Gri n still\\nresides. The licr.n lhe;i con isted of one hundred i.crcs of\\n5(1\\nwell-improved land, to which he made additions until thoy\\nowned, at one time, three hundred acres. For many years\\nMr. Green kept a hotel in the house where his widow now\\nlives, and was known far and near as a genial host and a\\nman respected and esteemed for his honesty and integrity.\\nHe died Nov. 6, 18G7, mourned by a large circle of friends\\nand acquaintances. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nGreen six children, Henry, born Jan. 10, 1837 Alvard,\\nborn Jan. 11, 1830; Minerva, born Jan. 4, 1841 Marga-\\nret, born April 2, 184 t; Uoxey, born Dec. 14, 1846, died\\nDec. 10, 1847 and John, born Dec. 10, 1849.\\nFRANKLIN E. DODGE.\\nAmong the early settlers of Thetford there are few, if\\nany, who have seen so much of the world, or led a life so\\nfull of adventures and romance, as Franklin E. Dodge. He\\nwas born in the town of Colchester, New London Co., Conn.,\\nJan. 29, 1821. The death of his father, when he was eight\\nyears old, left him to make his own living. He lived with\\nhis uncle until he was fifteen, when he started for the State\\nof New York, working his way and earning money to buy\\nthe clothing he so much needed. For the next four yeai-s\\nhe wandered about, working .some of the time on a farm\\nand one season as a driver on the canal. He then got the\\nwhaling fever, and went to New York with a mm wIid was", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0613.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTOlir OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nliiriiij: wluilors but a couple of weeks in a sailors boiird-\\niu-i-house irave hiui an idea of the life of a whaler, and he\\njpive the scheme up. But in ISoli he shipjxHl on the line-of-\\nhatlle-sliip Ohio. which was I lien fitting out in Ho-ston for\\nher first vojage, under the command of Commodore Hull, of\\nthe U. S. N. Mr. Dodsje hel[ ed ship her rigjring, guns, etc.\\nTh j s;uletl fn. ni Boston to Now York, and fn m there on\\na three \\\\ears cruise to the L ditorranoan Sea. isited all\\nthe ports of that sea. and the ports of the principal coun-\\ntries in Europe. Ho s;iw many of the crowmnl heads of\\nthe Old World, which only made him love still more the\\nfree \u00e2\u0080\u00a2s vernment of his native land. While in the jKjrt of\\nToulon he s;iw the French fripite which went afker the\\nremains of the first Najioleon. The news of the Patriot\\nwar started his ship for home, where tlicv arrived in IStiO,\\nulV r a voysije full of excitement and with the daily exjKVta-\\ntion of war and i-arnage. He was paid oft and discharired\\nin Hikston, and then went to Avon, N. Y., to visit his\\nuiolhcr. Here he remained some time, although he was\\nVery uneasy and longed for the excitement and fi-eodom of\\na .sailor s life. The earnest protestations of his mother\\njirevaileil. and he workixl at whatever he could find to do\\nuntil 1S43, when became toThetford and purchased of bis\\nstepfather the forty acres on which bo now resides, and the\\nforty acrv s east of it. of the government. Mr. Podge bad but\\nlittle means, and the next spring he retunied to New York\\nand workcil tbrxnigh the suuinier then cjime back to his\\nfarm, and built a house and commenced to improve. In 1S45\\nhe went to a neighbor to buy some boots, and got not only\\nhis boots, but a wife, who prv ved to be a true pioneer s help-\\nmeet. She never stow! back and s;iid gvi, but w;is alwavs\\nwilling to put her own shoulder to the wheel also. Her\\nmaiden name was Miss Mary Skinner, and they were mar-\\nriinl Oct. 12, 1S45. Miss Skinner w:is born MaR-h 18.\\nlS Jli. A few days alter their marriage they moved to\\ntheir new home, Mrs. Podge driving the cow, while Mr.\\nDodge drove the oxen which hauletl all their goods in a\\nwagvmlKix. gi ing five miles thivugb the woihIs. Thev\\nlived some time in a shanty until a log bou. se was erected.\\nHis first crop of wheat he hauled thixuigh the woods to\\nSquare ^Vilson s. who bad a b i;in.l fliH r ou which he i-ould\\nthntsb it. At that time there were no ro;ids or }\u00c2\u00abtbs\\ntheir going and coiuing were by biased trees Mr. Dodge had\\nmarket!. Though they lived iu the woods, cut off frvui\\nchurches and their Christian associates, still, as Mr. Dodne\\nvery feelingly says, they felt that God was with them in\\nthe wilderness, ;is he had been with him in bis seafaring\\ndays, when he knew that his mother s pniyers were with\\nbiui. Mr. and Mrs. Podge have lH th been members of the\\nMethodist Episcvipal Chun-h for over thirty-sis years. Mr.\\nIWge was a Pemoerat until lStJ4, since which time he has\\nWu an anient Republican. There baveKvn born to them\\nnine children, as follows Elizabeth, bi rn March 2, IS-t\\nByrvm Ejboni Jan. 12, lS4i\u00c2\u00bb; Franklin A., born Sept.\\n2;\u00c2\u00bb, 1850; Emma L.. Kiru Nov. 13, 1852: Ellen A.. Ixmi\\nDec. 21, 1854; Herbert W.. born Sept. 12, 1857; Lydia\\nF.. bi ru Dtv. 23, ISlU) Nelson E., born Maa-h 14, 1S(J5\\nand Mary E.. born Nov. 21, 18G7.\\nGEORGE GEIGER, JIl.\\nOf the foreigners who come to Americ:* to carve out for\\nthemselves homes and fortunes, there are none who are\\nmore gladly welcomed than the Germans. A frugal, indu.s-\\ntrious. and honest people, they btvome citizens of whom a\\ncountry may well be proud, citizens who, in days gone\\nby, have supported our government with their money and\\ntheir lives.\\nJ. Gcoi ;e Geiger. Jr.. was born in Glippingen (_Hanigo),\\nNViirteniborg, Germany, Jan. 5. 1832. His fatlier, J.\\nGeorge Geiger, Sr., was also born in Wiirteiiiberg, and\\nthere resided until 185U. Ue was a farmer, and in that\\nyejir he ^old bis ^midl farm lor over iwo huudai! dollars\\nper acre, and wiih his wife and six cliiidien ^llip[ e .l at\\nAntwerp for Amcriu:!. After a voyage of thirty nine days,\\nhe lauded in New York City, whence be went to Erie\\nCo., N. Y., where he eng-aged in farming. J. Geoi-ge, Jr.,\\nWorked iu Erie County at such employment as he could\\nfind to do, until he earned enough money to buy two\\neighty-acre lots of wild land in Theiford, Geucsee Co., Mich.\\nThe deeil was taken in bis l athcr s name, and in 1854 the\\nfamily moved into it. After coming to Michigan, he\\nworked iu Flint until 1857, when he went upou ouo of the\\neightv-acre lots, which bis father deotied to him. He hius\\nsince bought forty acres, and has now a fine tarm of one\\nhundred aud twenty acres under good cultivation, all of\\nwhich is due to Mr. Geiger s good management and in-\\ndustry, lie married Miss Henrietta lloppe, July 12, 1^57.\\niShe was boru iu the city of Horn, Germany, Jau. 17, 1839.\\nShe w;us the daughter of Gotfried and Sophie (^Althott\\nllopjK who came from Germany about the s;ime time tis\\nMr. Geiger s lamily. There have beeu born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Geiger three children, as follows: Johu G., boru\\nJuly 20, 1858; Fivderick, boru Feb. 25, 18lil aud Uer-\\nman, born Aug. 25, 1869.\\nWILLIAM n. LONG.\\nPavid Long was born in Greenwood, Perry Co., Pa.,\\nDec. 21, 1815. His wife, Miss. Anu Scbaft er. wtis boru iu\\n^Vittenberg. Germany. Pee. 4, 1817. They were marrii-d\\niu Pennsylvania, aud so n after went to Erie Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he bought a small fiirm. This he sold, inteudiug to\\nmove West, but instead again bought and resided there three\\nyears longer, when he sold and ^^in 1851 came to Thetfoixl,\\npurchtising the farm he now owus, which he has cleared\\nand built upon. Mr. Long has had a family of eight\\nchildren, six of whom are uow living, aud of whom William\\nH. Ltuig, the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. He was\\nborn iu Lauesister, Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1 839. Mr. Long s\\nchances for an education were meagre, being limited to the\\ncommon si-bools, and after he was twelve years old he was\\nonly privileged to attend iu the winter. At the age of\\ntwelve he came to Michigan with his father, and from that\\ntime on bis ervices were ri |uired on the new farm during\\nthe summer. In the winter shingles, which were then tluir\\nmedium of eichauge, had to be made so he worketl at\\nshingle-making at night that he might go to scbix)l during\\nthe day. In this w.iy he fitttnl himself for teaching, wliuh\\nhe commeutx-d iu I8ti0,and has followed during the winters", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0614.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "RESlDENCt OF F. E.DODGE.THETFORD.MICH", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0615.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0616.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0617.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0618.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "TIIKTFORD TOWNSHIP.\\n305\\n(with four exceptions) since that time, and with ninrked\\nsuccess. In 18G7 lie purchased part of the northeast\\nquarter of section HG. To tliis, lii.s first hinded jiosscssion,\\nhe has since added, so that he has now a fine farm of sixty-\\nseven acres, mostly cleared and improved. Mr. Long has\\ntaken an active interest in educational matters, liis knowl-\\nedge of which has been made good u.se of by his fellow-\\ntownsmen, who elected him as school inspector and super-\\nintendent for six years, and as one of the directors for ten\\nyears. Mr. Long is an ardent Republican he takes a deep\\ninterest in the politics of the country, and especially so in\\ntownship matters. He has also served as clerk of the town\\nfour times. On the 20th day of June, ]S(i7, he was\\nmarried to Miss Persis A. Wilson, daughter of Nahum\\nN. and Phalle 11. (Slafter) Wilson. She was born in\\nThetford, March 1, 1846. Their family enibraced three\\nchildren, as follows; Nahum W., born May 17, 1S70;\\nMary A., born Feb. 22, 1874, died Sept. 7, 1875; and\\nRalph D., born Sept. 17, 1876.\\nDANIEL F. BENNETT.\\nAmong the earlier settlers of Thetford there are none\\nwlio stand higher in the respect of the people, or who have\\ndone more to advance the growth and prosperity of the\\ntown, than Daniel F. Bennett, of whom we shall attempt a\\nbrief mention. He was born, March 31, 1821, in the town\\nof Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1837,\\nwhen his father moved to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. Here he\\ngrew to manhood, working on his father s farm summers\\nand going to the district schools winters. At the age of\\nnineteen he commenced life for himself, teaching winters\\nand farming summers. He bought a farm, which he owned\\nuntil the fall of 1844, when he deeded it to his brother on\\ncondition that he should take care of his parents. He then\\nset out for Michigan, his outfit being a team, wagon, and\\nharness, and about ten dollars in money. In the spring of\\n1845, Mr. Bennett bought, on a contract, the eighty-acre\\nlot where he now resides. It was heavily timbered, and\\nall new. He built a small frame house, doing the carpen-\\nter work himself, being a natural mechanic, and life iii the\\nwoods commenced. The forest soon disappeared, and to-day\\na well- improved I arm of over two hundred acres is the re-\\nsult of his industry and good management. In politics\\nMr. Bennett had been a Democrat until the fall of 1878,\\nwhen he joined the National party. He has for nine years\\nheld the ofiice of supervisor, two years has been town clerk,\\nten years justice of the peace, and school inspector for\\ntwenty years. Has also been the candidate of his party\\nfor legislative honors Of his popularity and good stand-\\ning in his township nothing need be said. The fact that\\nfor thirty years he has been in .some office to which his\\nfellow-townsmen have elected him speaks louder than words,\\nand is a tribute of which any one may well feel proud.\\nMr. Bennett has been twice married, first to Mi.ss Ursula\\nScott, in the spring of 1839. She died Nov. 18, 1868.\\nThey had five children, named as i ollows: Sabra, Joanna,\\nFrances, Franklin 1 and Ernest. For his .second wile he\\nmarried Mrs. Mary A. Pierce, Dec. 28, 186U.\\nJACOB KURTZ.\\nAmong the sketches written for the county histories there\\narc none we like better to peruse than those which give the\\nrecord and history of those who, when the tocsin of war\\nsounded, sprang to the front and risked life and limb in the\\ndefense of the Stars and Stripes. Such a man was Jacob\\nKurtz, the subject of this short narrative. His father,\\nJacob Kurtz, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., on the 21.st\\nof March, 1813. He adopted farming as his occupation\\nand always followed it. His wife, Anna Leib, was born\\nFeb. 17, 1818, in Pennsylvania. Jacob, Jr., was born in\\nErie Co., N. Y., July 7, 1843. His education was ob-\\ntained at the district schools of his native town, where he\\nresided until the breaking out of the Rebellion. Sept. 5,\\n1862, then but nineteen years old, he enlisted as a private\\nin Co. B, 116th New York Volunteer Infantry. He\\nserved three years, and was promoted successively to cor-\\nporal and to sergeant. Mr. Kurtz was engaged in all the\\nskirmishes and battles his regiment took part in, including\\nPlain Store, siege of Port Hudson, Coxe s Plantation, Sabine\\nCross-Roads, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Winchester, Fisher s\\nHill, and Cedar Creek. He was mustered out in June,\\n1865. He came home from the war and again engaged in\\nfarming. In 1866, Mr. Kurtz bought a half-interest in a\\ngrocery-store in Buffalo, which proved a poor investment,\\nand after fourteen months he sold out at a loss. He then\\npurchased his grandfather s old home in Clarence, and\\nworked it six years successfully. He then sold at quite an\\nadvance on what he paid, and thus got a fine start in life. He\\nthen came to Thetford and bought one hundred and thiriy-\\none acres of land, known as the Ed. Clapp farm, to which\\nhe has since added, so that it now contains two hundred and\\nseventy acres, with splendid impiovenicnts. In politics Mr.\\nKurtz is a strong Republican. On the 27th day of No-\\nvember, 1866, he was married to Miss Susannah Diller.\\nShe was born in Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., Sept. 11, 1845,\\nand is a daughter of Abram and Catherine (Drudge) Dil-\\nler. Abram Diller was born in Erie County, Jan. 25, 1815\\nMrs. Diller in the same county, April 1, 1819. There have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz three children, Frank-\\nlin A., born Nov. 4, 1867 Edith A., born Dec. 31, 18(i9\\nand Charley, born April 14, 1872. Mr. Kurtz was wounded\\nin the leg by a minie-bull at the battle of Cedar Creek,\\nOct. 19, 1864.\\nHENRY DRUDGE\\nwas born in Erie Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1823. His father,\\nJoseph Drudge, was a large and successful farmer, of whose\\nlarge family Henry was the fourth. Henry lived on the\\nfarm, going to the district schools winters and fanning sum-\\nmers. When he was nineteen his father died, leaving each\\nof the chililn ii a small farm. Henry worked his own,\\nand also farmed for others on shares. In this way he got\\nhis start in lii c. In 18. )7 he s ild his land and moved to\\nThetford, where lie bought the farm he now owns. It\\nwas nearly new, but a few acres having been plowed. Hut\\nthe energy and good management of Mr. Drudge soon made\\nthe wilderness blo.ssoni as the ro.se. Now, at the age of\\nliftysix, he is l.iving on as fine a farm as it is often the lot", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0619.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "396\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nof man to see. In 1878 he commenced building a beauti-\\nful house, which stands near where the old one stood, a\\nhouse that is at once an ornament to the town and a source\\nof pride and pleasure to Mr. Drudge and his family. A\\nview of his home adorns a page of this work. In early\\ndays a Whig, upon the organization of the Republican\\nparty he joined its ranks. He has never sought office, but\\nhas served several years as deputy sheriff of the county.\\nOn the 15th day of February, 1844, he married Miss Mary\\nC. Bills, daughter of Zelotia and Polly (Ellsworthj Bills.\\nShe was born in Eric Co., N. Y., April 28, 1827. The\\nnames and record of their three children are as follows\\nHarriet C, born Feb. 2, 1846; married to p]dwin A. Seeley,\\nMarch 7, 1865 Sarah A., born Sept. 28, 1850 married\\nto Geo. P. Seib, Feb. 10, 1873; Charles O., born Marcli 4,\\n1864, and now living at home with his parents.\\nAMASA CARRIER.\\nMRS. AMASA CARRIER.\\nAMASA CARRIER\\nwas born in Marlborough, Hartford Co., Conn., March 25,\\n1792. His fether was a farmer, and with him he resided\\nuntil he arrived at his majority, when he commenced life\\nfor himself He went to Canada, engaged as a peddler and\\nteacher of singing-schools during winters, and working at\\nfarming summers. On the 25th day of November, 1818,\\nhe married Sophronia Ackley, who was born in Chatham,\\nMiddlesex Co., Conn., Aug. 16, 1792. Their marriage\\nwas blessed with the following children Cornelia Jane,\\nborn Sept. 10, 1819; Stephen A., born June 20, 1822;\\nGeorge B., born Jan. 21, 1825; Olive S., born Aug. 3,\\n1827: Joseph, born Nov. 23, 1830; and Emma C, born\\nAug 28, 1835. Mrs. Carrier died Nov. 4, 1847. Five\\nyears after his wife s death, Mr. Carrier again married, his\\nbride being Mrs. Harriet S. Brainard, who was born in\\nChatham, Middlesex Co., Conn., Nov. 8, 1792. She was\\nthe daughter of Thomas and Jerusha Selden. They were\\nmarried Feb. 18, 1852. There have been no children by\\nthis marriage. After his first marriage, Mr. Carrier lived\\non the farm of his wife until 1842, when he moved to\\nColchester, Conn., where he built a house, his object in\\nmoving thither being to give his children the benefit of the\\nfine schools located there. After a residence there of six\\nyears he returned to Marlborough, and went on to the farm\\nformerly owned by his grandfather, a property then owned\\nby himself, and which is now owned by his son, Joseph Car-\\nrier. The farm has been in the Carrier family more than\\na century. In 1836 he came to Thetford, Mich., and\\nbought of the government three eighty-acre lots. In 1852\\nhe moved on to his farm, building upon the southwest\\nquarter of section 28. Here he made his home until his\\ndeath, which occurred Sept. 25, 1878. Mr. Carrier was\\nan energetic, industrious man, and won the respect and es-\\nteem of all who knew him. He was in early days a Whig,\\nand when the Republican party was formed joined its ranks,\\nand is a firm believer in its principles. He was for more\\nthan hair a century a member of the Congregational Church,\\nwhich in his death lost one of its most ardent supporters.\\nMrs. Carrier has been a member of the same church for\\nsixty-four years.\\nJACOB W. WHITE.\\nAmong the self made men of Thetford township, there is\\nnone who can better claim this title than Jacob W. White,\\nwho was born in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., on the 25th day\\nof August, 1836. He was left an orphan at the tender age\\nof six yeare, with no relatives or friends to care for him.\\nThree years later found him in Alden, a few miles from\\nBuffalo. Here he resided with different families, working\\nsummers at whatever he could find to do, and winters\\nworking for his board and going to school, until he was", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0620.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0621.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0622.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "THETFORD TOWNSHIP.\\n397\\ntwenty years of age, wlicn he came West and settled in the\\ntown of Thetford. He at once cnfraged in teaching, alter-\\nnated with laboring on a farm and making shingles. At\\nthe breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1861, he enlisted in\\nCompany G, 1st Michigan Engineers, as a private. Mr.\\nWhite was promoted through the grades of sergeant and\\norderly sergeant to the rank of lieutenant. He was in the\\nbattles of Mill Springs, Perryville, etc., and was mustered out\\nof the service Oct. 31, 18(34. After the war he purchased\\na farm of one hundred and twenty acres, being part of sec-\\ntions 15 and IG in Thetford, partially improved and now\\nunder good cultivation, with good house, barns, etc. Mr.\\nWhite is an ardent Republican, and has always taken an\\nactive part in political matters. He has held some town-\\nship office the most of the time since his residence in the\\ntown has been three years clerk, two years treasurer, and\\neight years supervisor,- filling the offices with credit, and\\nconsidered by his fellow-townsmen one of the best super-\\nvisors the town ever had. In the fall of 1878 he was\\nnominated by his party for the office of register of deeds,\\nbut was defeated by the combined efforts of the Democratic\\nand Greenback parties. In 1862 he married Miss Louisa\\nScott. She died in January, 1870. To them was born\\none daughter, Winnie, born Feb. 21, 1865. On the 12th\\nday of December, 1878, Mr. White was again married, the\\nlady of his choice being Miss Laura Riddle,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0623.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "DAVISON.\\nThe township of Davison, designated by the United\\nstates survey as townsliip No. 7 north, of range No. 8\\neast, is situated upon the east border of the county. It is\\nbounded on the north, west, and south by the respective\\ntowns of Richfield, Burton, and Athis, in Genesee County,\\nand east by Lapeer County.\\nIts surface north of a line drawn diagonally from the\\nnortheast corner to the centre of the west border is com-\\nparatively level. That portion lying south of the above-\\ndescribed line is rolling, with an altitude of perhaps forty-\\nfive feet above the former.\\nKearsley and Black Creeks are the principal water-courses.\\nThe former enters the township from the south, and, flow-\\ning in a general northwest course, leaves it on the west\\nborder of section 7. The latter takes its rise from Potter\\nLake, and, flowing thence north, describes, in its passage\\nthrough a portion of Richfield township, the arc of a circle.\\nIt then enters Davison from the north border of .section 2,\\nand continues in a southwesterly course until it eficcts a\\njunction with the Kearsley, on section 7.\\nPotter Lake, containing an area of about 150 acres, lies\\nmainly within section 1 of this township, the remainder in\\nLapeer County. Hasler Lake, considerably larger in extent\\nthan the former, lies also across the line dividing the coun-\\nties of Genesee and Lapeer, though the greater portion is\\nwithin section 36.\\nVast tamarack-swamps, comprising hundreds of acres,\\nextend across sections 1, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 24, making\\nan almost continuous water-way between the two lakes.\\nThe soil is of the same character as that of surrounding\\ntownships, a sandy loam on the knolls and higher portions,\\na dark alluvium mixed with vegetable mould on the low-\\nlands.\\nA system of drainage has been inaugurated by many\\nlandowners within the past few years, by which the value\\nof their hitherto tillable acres has been vastly enhanced\\nand many other fields reclaimed and rendered productive\\nwhich, but a few years since, were considered valueless.\\nThis was a timbered township originally, oak, beech,\\nmaple, and other varieties of deciduous trees predominating.\\nSmall groves of pine were found on portions of sections\\n14, 27, and 33.\\nThe people are chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits,\\nstock-raising, wool-growing, and the cultivation of fruits,\\ncorn, potatoes, and the cereals being the specialties. The\\nimports consist principally of live stock, wool, pork, and\\nwheat. Although this is a new country, compared with some\\nother portions of the county, many fine farms, residences,\\nand commodious out-buildings already dot its landscape,\\ngiving evidence of tl)e enterprise and thrift of tlie pecrple\\nwho reside here, and that they are rapidly surrounding\\n398\\nI themselves with all the comforts, conveniences, and many of\\nthe luxuries of life. Its population at the taking of the\\nkst census (1874) was 1294.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe first to enter lands in this township was James Ilosie,\\nfrom Essex Co., N. Y. His purchase was made Nov. 14,\\n1835, and consisted of the northeast quarter and the east\\nhalf of the northwest quarter of section 20, also the west\\nhalf of the northwest quarter of section 21. Thomas L.\\nL. Brent, of Virginia, entered the northeast quarter of\\nsection 18, March IG, 183G. Andrew J. Seelye, of Charles-\\nton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., purchased the northeast quarter\\nand east half of the northwest half of section 33, a tract\\nof 240 acres, in May, 18315. His brother, Alson Seelye,\\nentered the west half of the last-mentioned quarter-section\\nin July of the same year. The greater portion of tiie\\ntownship was owned originally by speculators and others,\\nwho never became residents. The following list eomjiri.ses\\nthe names of all those who purchased from the geiioial\\ngovernment lands situated in Davison town.-hip\\n183G, section 1 Robert J. S. Page, John Clark, Ira\\nPotter, James H. Jerome, Samuel M. Spencer.\\n183G, section 2: Francis G. Macy, Robert I. S. Page,\\nFrederick G. Guenlher, Joseph M. Leon.\\n183G, section 3: Francis G. Macy, Eiiward Fortune,\\nAndrew J. Seelye, Cyrus Comstock, James Hadley, Charles\\nW. Henderson, John McClellan.\\n1836, section 4 Edward Fortune, Walter Davenport,\\nIsaiah Davenport, Martiu Paint, Cyrus Comstock.\\n1836, section 5 Thomas P. Sawyer, Jesse S. Church,\\nJosiah Willard, Robert F. Stage, Walter Davenport, Isaiah\\nDavenport, Enoch Jones.\\n1836, section 6 James C. Alexander, Peter A. Palmer,\\nJes.se S. Church, Jo.siah F. Willard, George W. Metcalf,\\nThomas Apliu, David Phelps.\\n1836, section 7 James 11. Titus, Oliver E. Maltby,\\nAmon W. Langdon, Francis G. Macy, Robert H. Stone.\\n1830, section 8: Oliver E. Maltby, Amon W. Langdon,\\nRamsey McHenry, B. B. Kerchevel, Mark Healey, F. 0.\\nT. Smith, Francis G. Macy.\\n1836, section 9 Joseph Crandell, Francis G. Macy,\\nThomas Aldrich, James H. Jerome, Samuel M. Spencer,\\nDaniel Eastwood, George W. Wilther (land-warrant).\\n1836, section 10: William Odell, Thomas P. Sawyer,\\nNuman C. Griswold.\\n1836, section 11 Francis G. Macy, Samuel J. Ashley,\\nNuman C. Griswold, Thomas P. Sawyer, Walter Davenport,\\nIsaiah Davenport, Ira Potter.\\n1836, section 12: Samuel M. Spencer, James H. Jerome,\\nWalter C. Weeks, Eli Ewell, Henry B. Ewell.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0624.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "DAVISON TOWNSHIP.\\n399\\n188G, section 13 Cliarles Ilolton, Jolin Bownes, Eras-\\ntus Siiort, Elislia (j. L-.ingwortliy, Levi Beeciior (laiid-\\nwaiTauts), Adell Bates;, Beiiajali Bicii, Henry C. Walker,\\nAnsuii Rieii.\\n183C, section 14 Cliarles Holton, Thomas W. Allis,\\nLevi True, Samuel M. Spencer, Harrison G. Conger, Ho.\\nratio Cuinniing-s.\\n1830, section 15: John W. Youml Jesse S. Church,\\nJosiah F. Willaril, Abraham Lane, lliiklah Davison, Duty\\nCummins, Lewis Cummins.\\nSection K!: school lands.\\n183G, section 17: John McDonnell, Francis G. Macy.\\n1830. section 18: Thomas L. L. Brent, Francis G. Macy,\\nRobert R. Howell, Abraham V. Ayres, Robert I. S. I age.\\n1830, section 19: Francis G. Macy.\\n1835, section 20 James Ilosic, Francis G. Macy, Oliver\\nE. Maltby, Amoii W. Langdon.\\n1835, section 21 James Hosie, Francis G. Macy, Ger-\\nshoni M. Williams, Peter Desnoyers, John McDoiniell,\\nJames G. Crane.\\n1830, .section 22: Gershom M. Williams, Peter Des-\\nnoyers, Francis G. Macy, John Taylor, Goodenough\\nTownsend.\\n1830, section 23: Goodenoujrh Townsend, KJward Covell,\\nJoseph Gilman, Elislux S. Bobbins, Horatio Cumming.s.\\n1851, section 24 William Scott Irons, Levi Kctchum\\n(land warrant), Milo N. Miller, Edwin Grtdlcy.\\n1830, section 25: Eli Ewell, Martin W. Fairfield, John\\nAV. Farrar, Dudley Glynn, Clark Sanford (land warrant).\\n1830, section 20: Aaron B. Adams, Christopher Miller,\\nAbel Seelye, David Hartwell (land-warrant).\\n1830, section 27: Robert F. Stage, Douglas Houghton,\\nOliver E. Maltby, Anion W. Langdon, Francis G. Macy,\\nSamuel Gilman, Thomas Martin, Hiram Audrus, Adams\\nP. Woodford, Jonathan D. Bean.\\n1830, section 28: Josiah Beers, Stephen D. Beers, Fran-\\ncis G. Macy, Oliver E. Maltby, Amon W. Langdon.\\n1830, section 29 Oliver E. Maltby, Amon W. Lang-\\ndon, Francis G. Macy.\\n1830, section 30: Oliver E. Maltby, Anion W. Lang-\\ndon, Nathan Bradley, Justin Sheldon, Thomas Durfee.\\n1836, section 31 Lucy Langdon, Francis G. Macy,\\nSamuel March, Abalino Babcock.\\n1830, .section .32: Francis G. Macy (entire section).\\n1830, section 33 Andrew J. Seelye, Maltby ana Lang-\\ndon, Francis G. Macy, Alson Seelye.\\n1830, section 34 Douglas Houghton, Amos H. Fisk,\\nMaltby and Langdon, Francis G. Macy, Edmond Perry,\\nJr., Thomas Martin.\\n18.30, section 35 Elijah Canuer, Edmund Perry, Jr.,\\nJohn C. Miller, Jacob Miller, Christopher Miller, Ariel A.\\nWoodwortli, Ebcnezer Ford, William Walker, Sarah Ann\\nMiller, Mathew Walker, John Tharrett.\\n1830, section 30: Isaac Adams, Lewis Cummins, Chas.\\nPi(|ucttc, Noah Ferris, William Walker (last two land-\\nwarrantsj, Daniel T. Hartwell.\\nFIRST SETTLEMENT8.\\nAndrew Jesse Seelye came from Charleston, Saratoga\\nCo., N. v., ill the fall of 18.35, and pa.s.sed the following\\nwinter with his cousin, Seelcy Ilargcr, who then resided in\\nWaterford, Oakland Co., Mich. In May, 1830, he pur-\\nchased 240 acres, locating the same upon section 33, in\\nthis township. His brother Alson and sister Debby ar-\\nrived in Oakland County a few weeks later, where they\\ncontinued to reside until the spring of 1837. Previous to\\nthis time, however, the brothers then young, unmarried\\nmen vi.sitcd the land purchased by Andrew Jes.so, and in\\nthe fall of 1836 erected a small log house, cleared and\\nsowed to wheat some two or three acres of land. Early in\\nthe spring of 1837 the brothers and sister began a perma-\\nnent residence here, and the first, we believe, in the town-\\nship.*\\nIn September, 1837, the father, Abel Seelye, accom-\\npanied by his wife, Abigail, and children, Abel, Jr.. Abner,\\nArsena, and Aaron S. J., came from Saratoga and settled\\nnear those of their family already here. Andrew J. Seelye\\ncommenced the erection of the first framed building in the\\ntownship, a barn, in 1838, and died before its comiiletion,\\nin the spring of 1839, his being the first death of an\\nadult to occur in the settlement. He was buried upon the\\nland purchased by him from the government, and there his\\nremains still repose. Mi.ss Debby Seelye was married to\\nSeth J. Wicker in June, 1842. They resided in Oakland\\nCounty until 1848, when Sir. Wicker removed to Davi-\\nson. In 1852 he erected the first hotel, the property now\\nowned by his son, Seth J., and also sold the first goods in\\nthe .same building. He established an asliery, and received\\nthe appointment of postma.stcr upon the acces.sion of Frank-\\nlin Pierce to the Presidency. He died at an early age, and\\nhis widow again married her cousin, Seelye Harger. She\\nis again a widow, and still resides near the centre of a town-\\nship which was her home at a time when she had no other\\nfemale associate. The other surviving members of this\\npioneer family are her brothers, Abel and Aaron S. J. Seelye,\\nall residents of D.ivison. During the journey of Alson\\nSeelye and his sister, which was accomplished by horse-\\nteam and wagon vi i the usual route from Saratoga to Ni-\\nagara, thence through Canada to Detroit, they met with a\\nfearful experience near Canajoharic, N. Y., where they, with\\nwagon and horses, fell through a canal bridge some fifteen\\nfeet in height. Alson was severely injured, but was ena-\\nbled, after a slight detention, to proceed on his journey.\\nThe horses, strange to relate, received no injury whatever\\nby their unceremonious manner of reaching the towing-\\npath beneath.\\nChristopher Miller, together with his sons, John C. and\\nJeremiah, came from Chautauqua Co., N. Y. They pur-\\nchased of the general government lands situated ujion sec-\\ntion 35, in September, 1830, and it is believed settled upon\\nIt is stated tluit during liis life-time Christopher Miller clitiiiK-d\\nto have been the lii^t settlor in the township. Vo find that he, with\\nhis sons, purehascd lands situated upon section .15 in September, lUliG.\\nIf ho began a residence hero prior to March, 1837, then he was the\\nfirst settlor. Hut Mrs. Debby llarger (formerly Miss Debby Seelye)\\nstill resides here. She is apparently iu tho possession of all her\\nfaculties, and is quite positive in the assurance that at the time of her\\nsettlement hero in the spring of lSu7, Mr. Miller s family had not yet\\ncome in. As the dist nice between the two families was but little more\\nthan one mile, it would seem that they would know of one another s\\npresence at a period when families living ten miles distant were\\ntermed neighb.)rs.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0625.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTOEY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\ntliL ir purchase in the summer of 1837. He erected the\\nfirst framed house in the townsliip, in 1839, and the first\\nschool v/as tauglit in his vacated shanty at about the same\\ntime by MLss Sabrina Barnes.\\nIra Potter, a native of Vermont, accompanied by his wife,\\nClarissa, and children, Itobert E.,Ira W., James A., Mary\\nE., and Francis, came from the city of Rochester, N. Y.,\\nand settled at Knapp s Mill, on Black River, distant twenty-\\ntwo miles from Port Huron, Mich., in 1834. The father\\nand sons were accustomed to all the duties pertaining to\\nsaw-mills, and were so engaged on Black River. In 1836\\nthe family removed to Flint, and shortly after to a mill on\\nthe Kearsley, in the present township of Genesee. While en-\\ngaged here in the manufacture of lumber, in August, 1836,\\nhe purchased of the government the east one-half of section\\n1, Davison township.\\nIn September, 1837, Mr. Potter, assisted by his son Ira\\nW., Samuel Johnson, James Wood, and Roswell Petten-\\ngill, started from the mill in Genesee with the purpose of\\nopening a road to, and commencing an improvement upon.\\nIlls new purcha.se in Davison, then Richfield. From the\\nroute known as the Irish road to the west bank of Potter\\nLake a distance of four miles, nearly a road was opened\\nthrough the unbroken wilderness, and the party were three\\ndays in traversing the distance of some ten or twelve miles.\\nThey arrived upon the ground at midday, and before dark-\\nness set in had erected the walls of a substantial log house,\\n12 by 14 feet inside, although Wood and Pettengill started\\non their return home about 3 o clock p. M.\\nMr. Potter and famil} finally took up their residence\\nhere in January, 1838, thus becoming the first settlers in\\nthe north half of the town.ship. He died Sept. 29, 1839,\\nat the early age of forty-seven years. His widow survived\\nuntil May, 1870, having attained the age of seventy-seven\\nyears.\\nThe surviving members of his family still own and oc-\\ncupy the original purchase, have added many acres thereto,\\nand at the present writing no family in this portion of\\n3Iichigan are more comfortably and pleasantly situated.\\nIra T. Potter, son of Robert E., was born in October,\\n1840, and is believed to have been the first male child born\\nin the town.sliip, a daughter having been born to S. M.\\nFisk and wife a few months previously.\\nIra Potter s family did not suffer the wants and priva-\\ntions so common to the lot of many pioneers, as he pur-\\nchased in Detroit and brought in here with him sufficient\\nflour and pork to last one year. Still for many years they\\nwere far from markets, Pontiac being the principal point,\\nand but little money comparatively was received for farm\\nproducts. Mr. Ira W. Potter recalls the fact that he very\\nfrequently made the journey to the latter city, hauling with\\nan ox-team thirty bushels of wheat, for which he received\\nfive shillings per bushel, the journey occupying three days\\ntime. All other early residents here can relate the same\\nexperience, and recall with great animation the terrible\\ncondition of early roads and the consequent struggle to ob-\\ntain a few dollars in money at far-away markets.\\nAmong other settlers of this period (1838) were Ju.stin\\nIletny and William Sheldon, from Erie Co., N. Y., who\\nlocated upon section 30; Abelino Babcock, from Oakland\\nCo., Mich., who settled on section 31 Jacob Teachout,\\nupon section 5 Harri.son G. Conger and Samuel Crandall,\\nupon sections 11 and 14.\\nGoodenough Townsend was born in Wheelock, Caledo-\\nnia Co., Vt. His grandfather, Thomas Townsend, marched\\nwith Benedict Arnold to Quebec, and two grand-uncles\\nserved with the Continental army during the long and\\nbitter struggle for national independence. During the year\\n1832 the father of Goodenough, with his family, removed\\nfrom Vermont to Monroe Co., N. Y. In 1836, Mr. G.\\nTownsend visited various portions of Ohio, Indiana, and\\nMichigan, in search of a tract upon which to make his\\nfuture residence. He at last decided to locate in this\\ntownship, and in September of the same year purchased\\n120 acres situated upon section 22, and 40 acres upon sec-\\ntion 23. He then engaged in the occupation of school-\\nteaching, which he continued until the winter of 1838 and\\n39, when he erected a log house upon his purchase, mar-\\nried Miss Mary Ann Fisk, of Genesee township, and\\nbecame a permanent resident of Davison thenceforth.\\nMr. Townsend immediately became identified with the\\npublic interests of Davison. He was largely instrumental\\nin the passage of the act for the organization of the new\\ntown, and at the first election for township officers, held at\\nhis house, April 6, 1840, was elected supervisor. Again,\\nin 1843, when Davison, with other townships on the east\\nborder of Genesee County, was detached from Lapeer and\\nannexed to this county, he was prominently conspicuous in\\nthe consummation of the project.\\nFrom the organization of the township until within a\\nvery recent period, he has served his townsmen in many\\nother official capacities, as will be seen by reference to the\\nlist of township officers. During the Whig administration,\\nTaylor and Fillmore, from 1849 to 1853, he was ap-\\npointed the first postmaster. The office was then known as\\nDavison Centre. He established the first Sabbath-school in\\n1842, and succeeded, by the aid of small contributions from\\nhis neighbors, in purchasing at the same time a Sabbath-\\nschool library of 100 volumes. Much more might be added\\nconcerning Mr. Townsend, of his individual worth, and the\\nesteem in which he is held by his townsmen, as well as by\\na wide circle of acquaintances throughout the county but\\nwe suffice with the remark that he is still a hale, active,\\nwell-preserved gentleman, the possessor of a fine property,\\nthe broad acres of which were cleared of their primeval\\ngrowth by his own strong arms, and that he bids fair to\\nattend pioneer meetings many years hence.\\nCalvin Cartwright, for many years supervisor of the\\ntownship, and ever an active business man, came from\\nAvon, Livingston Co., N. Y., and settled in Grand Blanc\\nin 1830. In 1842 he removed to Davison, which town-\\nship has since been his place of residence.\\nPrior to 1844 the following additional settlers were resi-\\ndents James A. Kline, Almeron Perry, William Phillips,\\nHenry Hastings, Thomas Park, William Thomas, Clark\\nPotter, Eleazer Thurston, Samuel Johnson, Abram Hotcli-\\nkiss. Samuel J. Ashley, Abner Hotchkiss, Robert Knowles,\\nJohn Austin, David Casler, John Casler, Daniel Dayton,\\nHart W. Cummins, Silas S. Kitchen, Iddo H. Carley, S.\\nM. Fisk, Ira Cobb, Elias Bush, and Thomas 0. Townsend.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0626.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "DAVISON TOWNSHIP.\\n401\\nAmong those settlers who purchased land of the govern-\\nment at quite an early perind, and not previously mentioned,\\nwere Daniel p]astwood, William Odell, Benajah Uieli, Wm.\\nSeott Irons, Milo N. Miller, Edwin Gidley, Hiram Andrus,\\nAdams P. Wondruflf, Jonathan D. Bean, Edmund Perry,\\nJr., Jacob Miller, Ebenezcr Ford, Matliew Walker, and\\nJohn Tharrett.\\nThe following is a complete list of the resident tax-\\npayers in 1844, showing also the sections upon which they\\nresided, or upon which they were assessed for taxes\\nIra W. Putter, I and 2.\\nRobert E. Potter, 1\\nClark Potter, 1.\\nEleazer Thurston, 10.\\nSamuel Jolinson, 11.\\nSamuel J. Ashley, 11.\\nSamuel Crandall, 11 and 14.\\nHarrison G. Conger, II.\\nAhram Ilolchkiss, 15.\\nAbnor Ilolchkiss, 15.\\nAbel Scelye, 3, 15, and 26.\\nElias Bush, 22.\\nOoodenough Townsend, 22.\\nThomas 0. Townsend, 23.\\nChristopher Miller, 26 and 35.\\nJohn C. Miller, 26.\\nJeremiah Miller, 35.\\nIra Cobb, 25.\\nS. M. Fisk, 34.\\nIddo II. Carley, 26 and 35.\\nSilas S. Kitchen, 27.\\nHart W. Cummins, 36.\\nDaniel Dayton, 36.\\nAbelino Biibcock, 31.\\nJohn Caslor, 29.\\nDavid Caslor, 30.\\nJohn Austin, 31 and 32.\\nHenry Sheldon, 30.\\nRobert Knowlcs, 33.\\nAVilliani Thomas, 31.\\nThomas Parko, 6.\\nJacob Teacbout, 5.\\nHenry Hastings, 6.\\nWilliam Pliillips, 5.\\nAlmeron Perry, 20.\\nJames A. Kline, 20.\\nCalvin Cartwright, 20.\\nAlson Seelye, 33.\\nWilliam Sheldon, 30.\\nChurchill, 5.\\nDavis,. 5.\\nCIVIL HISTORY.\\nPrior to 1840 the south half of thi.s township was at-\\ntached to Atlas, and the north part to Richfield. During\\nthe session of the latter year, Goodcnough Townsend, with\\nother residents, sent in their petition to the State Legisla-\\nture, praying for the organization of a separate township\\nwithin the boundaries of the territory designated by the\\nUnited States survey as township No. 7 north, of range\\nNo. 8 east, and also requested that the new township be\\nnamed Middlefmry. Their petition as regarded the forma-\\ntion of a new township was granted by the august body\\nthen in session. But as the people of a township in Shia-\\nwassee County had already possessed themselves of this hon-\\nored and ancient ajipellation, and as it was designed that\\neach township in the State should bear a dissimilar title,\\nthe Legislature saw fit to bestow the name of Davison, in\\nhonor of the Davison family, of Atlas.\\nSection six of an act to organize certain townships reads\\nas follows\\nBe il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the\\nState of *Michigan, That all that portion of the county of Ii:i[ eer des-\\nignated ijy the l. nited States survey as township number seven (7)\\niiortti, of lange number eiglit (S) east, be and the same is hereby set\\noff anil organized into a separate township by the name of Davison,\\nand tlie fir^t townshii)-meeling therein shall be hold at the iiouse of\\nJoodenough Townsend, in said townsliip.\\nIn accordance with ihc foregoing act, the inhabitants of\\nthe township who were qualified by law to vote assembled\\nat the house of Ooodenough Townsend on the Cth day of\\nApril, 1840. Abel Secley* was cho.sen inoderator, Jacob\\nSpelled also Sceli/e.\\nTeachout clerk, and Goodenough Townsend, Abelino Bab-\\ncock, Justin Sheldon, llobert E. Potter inspectors of elec-\\ntion.\\nThere were fourteen legal voters in the township, viz.\\nGoodenough Townsend, Justin Sheldon, Abel Seelye, Abel\\nSeelye, Jr., Robert E. Potter, Ira W. Potter, Samuel Cran-\\ndall, Harrison G. Conger, Christopher Miller, John C. Mil-\\nler, Abelino Babcock, Jacob Teachout, Alson Seelye, Aaron\\nB. Adams, of whom all received an office or offices except\\nChristopher Miller and Aaron B. Adams.\\nThe election resulted as follows Goodenough Townsend,\\nSupervisor Jacob Teachout, Town Clerk Justin Sheldon,\\nTreasurer; Abel Secley, Jr., Collector; Jacob Teachout,\\nRobert E. Potter, Alson Secley, Asses.sors Jacob Teach-\\nout, Robert E. Potter, Goodenough Townsend, School In-\\nspectors Justin Sheldon, Abel Seeley, Directors of the\\nPoor Abelino Babcock, Goodenough Townsend, Harrison\\nG. Conger, Highway Commissioners; Jacob Teachout,\\nGoodenough Townsend, Abel Secley, Justin Sheldon, Jus-\\ntices of the Peace Ira W. Potter, Abel Seeley, Jr., (Jon-\\nstables Samuel Crandall, Pound-Master; Harrison G.\\nConger, Jacob Teachout, Justin Sheldon, John C. Miller,\\nAbel Seeley, Jr., Overseers of Highways.\\nViitrd, That Samuel Crandall s stable shall bo the pound of the\\ntown.\u00c2\u00abhip of Davison for the ensuing year.\\nThat the collector of said township shall bo entitled to five jier\\ncentum on what he may collect, and one per centum on what ho may\\nreturn to the Treasurer of I.apeer County.\\nThat i?125 be raised for the expenses of tho township for the en-\\nsuing year, and for books and bo.\\\\es, S15.\\nAt the annual township meeting in 1841 it was voted,\\nThat no person or persons shall kill any Deer in the\\nlimits of this township between the 10th d;\\\\y of January\\nand the 10th day of July of each year, and all persons\\nkilling Deer contrary to this law shall forfeit the sum of\\nfive dollars for every Deer killed in said township, and such\\noffenders may be prosecuted before any Justice in .said\\ntownship or county.\\nIn 1842 it was voted that the nest annual township-\\nelection should be held at the Town-House, on the south-\\neast corner of section sixteen. At the ensuing meeting\\nthe clerk made the following entry\\nDaviso.v, April .3, 1S43.\\nThe electors of the township of Davison met on the southeiust\\ncorner of section si.\\\\tcen agreeable to a vote of the previous township-\\nmeeting, and organized by clioosing Harrison j. Conger clerk there\\nnot being a convenient place to hold said meeting ihc electors ad-\\njourned to tho sliantee of (J. Townseml, and left Ira (jbb, a consta-\\nble, on the spot. They then proceeded according to law, and elected\\ntownship ofliccrs for the ensuing year.\\nIt seems that the proposed log town-hou.se had not yet\\nbeen erected. An unseasonable snow-storm came on, and\\ntown-meeting day found the ground covered with snow\\nto the depth of three feet. Ira Cobb was stationed on\\nthe corner with instructions to notify electors as they assem-\\nbled where the polls were being held. But it is laughingly\\nasserted by those who were present that Cobb deserted his\\npost soon after the board adjourned lo Townsend s house,\\nand by making a wide detour through the snow and woods\\nretired unobserved to his shanty on section 25.\\n51", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0627.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "402\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nDavison was annexed to Genesee County by an act of\\nthe Legislature, approved March 9, 1843.\\nThe first highway laid in the township was done by\\norder of Paul G. Davison and Asa Farrar, highway com-\\nmissioners of the town of Atlas, and dated March 28, 1837,\\nthe route described as follows Commencing at the south-\\ncast corner of section 31 in township 7 north, range 8 east,\\nrunning north three miles, and ending at the corners of\\nsections 17, 18, 19, and 20.\\nThe following is a list of the township officers from 1841\\nto 1879 inclusive\\n1841. Jacob Teachout, Supervisor; Goodenough Town-\\nsend, Town Clerk; S. M. Fisk, Treasurer; Abel Seeley,\\nCollector Jacob Teachout, Robert E. Potter, Goodenough\\nTownsend, School Inspectors Jacob Teachout, Ira W.\\nPotter, Abel Seeley, Jr., Assessors Abel Seeley, S. M.\\nFisk, Poor-Masters; Abelino Babcock, Robert E. Potter,\\nGoodenough Townsend, Highway Commissioners Samuel\\nCrandail, Justice of the Peace for four years S. M. Fisk,\\nJustice of the Peace for two years Abel Seeley, Jr., Abe-\\nlino Babcock, Constables.\\n1842. Jacob Teachout, Supervisor Goodenough Towns-\\nend, Town Clerk; S. M. Fisk, Treasurer; S. M. Fisk,\\nJustin Sheldon, Daniel Dayton, Justices of the Peace;\\nAbelino Babcock, Jacob Teachout, Ira W. Potter, High-\\nway Commissioners; Goodenough Townsend, Jacob Teach-\\nout, Robert E. Potter, School Inspectors; William Martin,\\nAbel Seeley, Overseers of the Poor; A. Babcock, Benjamin\\nS. Lockwood, Ira Cobb, Abel Seeley, Jr., Constables\\nSamuel Crandail, Abel Seeley, Jr., Assistant Assessors.\\n1843. Daniel Dayton, Supervisor; Goodenough Town-\\nsend, Town Clerk S. M. Fisk, Treasurer Jacob Teach-\\nout, Justice of the Peace Robert E. Potter, Calvin Cart-\\nwright, Assistant Assessors Ira W. Potter, James Kline,\\nAbel Seeley, Jr., Highway Commissioners; Robt. E. Potter,\\nJacob Teachout, luspectore of Schools; Abel Seeley, Dan-\\niel Dayton, Poor Overseers; Thomas Park, I. II. Carley,\\nB. B. Knight, William Sheldon, Constables.\\n1844. Daniel Dayton, Supervisor Goodenough Town-\\nsend, Town Clerk Abel Seeley, Jr., Treasurer; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Roht. E. Potter, Justices of the Peace Jacob\\nTeachout, School Inspector Calvin Cartwright, Thomas 0.\\nTownsend, Assistant Assessors; James A. Kline, Ira W.\\nPotter, Abel Seeley, Jr., Highway Commissioners Daniel\\nDayton, Alson Seeley, Overseers of the Poor; Elias Bush,\\nThomas Park, Jeremiah Miller, B. B. Knight, Constables.\\n1845. Jacob Teachout, Supervisor Calvin Cartwright,\\nTown Clerk S. M. Fisk, Treasurer Daniel Dayton, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; Eleazer Thurston, Hart W. Cummins,\\nElias Bush, Highway Commissioners; Hart W. Cummins,\\nAbel Seeley, Jr., School Inspectors Elias Bush, Hart W.\\nCummins, William Streeter, Constables.\\n1S4G. Jacob Teachout, Supervisor C;dvin Cartwright,\\nTown Clerk S. M. Fisk, Treasurer S. M. Fisk, Justice\\nof the Peace; James A. Kline, Eleazer Thurston, Edmund\\nPerry, Jr., Highway Commissioners; Thomas 0. Townsend,\\nEleazer Thurston, School Inspector Daniel Dayton, Abel\\nSeeley, Overseers of the Poor Henry Hastings, H. H.\\nSheldon, Elias Rush, John Tharrett, Constables.\\n1847. John Tharrett, Supervisor; Calvin Cartwright,\\nTown Clerk S. M. Fjsk, Trca.surcr Samuel J. Ashley,\\nJustice of the Peace H. H. Sheldon, Ira W. Potter,\\nCalvin Cartwright, Highway Commissioners Hart W.\\nCummins, Thomas 0. Townsend, School Inspectors; H. H.\\nSheldon, Henry Hastings, Jeremiah Miller, Russell East-\\nwood, Constables; S. M. Crandail, John Caslor, Overseers\\nof the Poor.\\n1848. John Tharrett, Supervisor; Calvin Cartwright,\\nTown Clerk S. M. Fisk, Treasurer Calvin Cartwright,\\nJustice of the Peace W. G. Merrill, School Inspector\\nNicholas Hosner, Highway Commissioner Daniel Dayton,\\nEdmund Perry, Jr., Overseers of the Poor; H. H. Sheldon,\\nH. Hastings, Lothrop Ford, Horace Bachelor, Constables.\\n1849. John Tharrett, Supervisor; Calvin Cartwright,\\nTown Clerk; S. M. Fisk, Treasurer; W. G. Merrill, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; Ira W. Potter, Henry Ball, Highway\\nCommissioners Henry Ball, School Inspector Nathaniel\\nCole, Elias Lacy, Alexander Caslor, Franklin Langdon,\\nConstables Daniel Dayton, Edmund Perry, Overseers of\\nthe Poor.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Tharrett, Supervisor; W. G. Merrill, Town\\nClerk Calvin Cartwright, Treasurer Robert E. Potter,\\nJob Conger, Justices of the Peace Edmund Perry, Joseph\\nHill, Overseers of the Poor; Nicholas Hosner, Highway\\nComiuissioner Elias Lacy, Alexander Caslor, Eleazer\\nThurston, William Thomas, Jr., Constables.\\n1851. John Tharrett, Supervisor; W. G. Merrill, Town\\nClerk Samuel J. Ashley, Treasurer David S. Hastings,\\nThomas O. Townsend, Samuel Robinson, Justices of the\\nPeace Calvin Cartwright, Highway Commissioner Na-\\nthaniel Cole, School Inspector Nathaniel Cob, Alexander\\nCaslor, Miles F. Washburn, Russell Eastwood, Constables;\\nElias Bush, Edmund Perry, Jr., Poor Overseers.\\n1852. John Tharrett, Supervisor; W. G. Merrill, Town\\nClerk Walter J. Cole, Treasurer Goodenough Townsend,\\nHenry Ball, David Hollenbeck, Justices of the Peace\\nAbel Seelye, Jr., Highway Commissioner Daniel Dayton,\\nSchool Inspector Elias Bush, David S. Hastings, Over-\\nseers of the Poor Alexander Caslor, J. H. Carley, Ran-\\nsom Hill, Elias Bush, Constables.\\n1853. Robert E. Potter, Supervisor; William G. Mer-\\nrill, Town Clerk Walter J. Cole, Treasurer Samuel J.\\nAshley, Edmund Perry, Jr., Justices of the Peace Wm.\\nJordon, School Inspector Ira W. Potter, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Job Conger, Jeremiah Miller, Overseers of the\\nPoor Alexander Caslor, Horace Bachelor, Miles F. Wash-\\nburn, Silas Kitchen, Constables.\\n1854. John Tharrett, Supervisor; Thomas 0. Town-\\nsend, Township Clerk David Hollenbeck, Treasurer Wm.\\nG. Merrill, School Inspector; Joseph Hill, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Charles Rogers, Justice of the Peace; Hosea\\nHill, Jeiemlah Miller, Ovei-seers of the Poor; Calvin Wake-\\nfield, Elias Lacy, Elias Bush, Alexander Caslor, Constables.\\n1855. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Thomas 0.\\nTownsend, Township Clerk David Hollenbeck, Treasurer;\\nEdmund Perry, Jr., Justice of the Peace; William Jor-\\ndon, School Inspector S. J. Wicker, Highway Commis-\\nsioner C. Cartwright, Robert E. Doty, Overseers of the\\nPoor Elias Bush, Elias Lacy, Silas S. Kitchen, Daniel\\nChamberlin, Constables.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0628.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "DAVISON TOWNSHIP.\\n403\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Townsliip Clerk; Joseph Hill, Treasurer;\\nHenry Ball, Justice of the Peace; Ira W. Potter, High-\\nway Commissioner Hosea Hill, School Inspector Robert\\nE. Potter, Calvin Cartwrigiit, Overseers of the Poor O.\\nD. Watson, S. R. Hacket, Henry Haynes, R. Hill, Con-\\nstables.\\n1857. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Township Clerk Nathaniel Cole, Treasurer\\nThomas Dayton, Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of\\nHighwaj s; George W. Goodenough, Robert K. Potter,\\nOverseers of the Poor; William G. Merrill, Aaron J. S.\\nSceley, School Inspectors William Odell, Samuel R.\\nIlackett, Hiram Applebec, Silas S. Kitchen, Constables.\\n1858. John Tharrett, Supervisor; Goodenough Town-\\nsend, Town.ship Clerk Nathaniel Cole, Treasurer David\\nHollcubeck, Justice of the Peace Elijah A. Rockafellow,\\nSchool Inspector; Lathrop JIoss, Highway Commis.sioner\\nCalvin Cartwright, George W. Goodenough, Overseers of\\nthe Poor Goodenough Townsend, Calvin Cartwright, Jona-\\nthan Coomer, Harris Marsh, Constables.\\n1859. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Township Clerk; Nathaniel Cole, Treasurer;\\nJohn C. Rockafellow, Justice of the Peace Joseph Good-\\nenough, School Inspector Robert I. Ray, Highway Com-\\nmissioner Abel Seelye, Jr., Joseph Hill, Directors of the\\nPoor Leonard G. Wordcn, Harris Marsh, Daniel D. Stone,\\nHiram Applebee, Constables.\\n1860. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Townsliip Clerk Joseph Goodenough, Trea.s-\\nurer; Joseph Baxter, Highway Commissioner; Guy Hew-\\nett, Justice of the Peace; Hosea Hill, John C. Rocka-\\nfellow, School In.spectors Oliver D. Watson, Daniel D.\\nStone, Leonard G. Worden, Charles H. Henderson, Con-\\nstables.\\n1861. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Township Clerk Aaron J. S. Seelye, Treasurer\\nWilliam McAllister, Justice of the Peace; Walter W.\\nWorden, Highway Commissioner Elijah A. Rockafellow,\\nSchool Inspector George A. Daly, Daniel D. Stone, John\\nHill, Levi H. Johnson, Constables.\\n18C2. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Joseph East-\\nman, Township Clerk Joseph Goodenough, Treasurer\\nGoodenough Townsend, George W. Goodenough, Justices\\nof the Peace Goodenough Townsend, School Inspector\\nRobert E. Potter, Commissioner of Highways; Daniel D.\\nStone, Jacob Fenner, Justin Hcwett, Horace Kingman,\\nConstables.\\n1863. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor Joseph Eastman,\\nTown Clerk A. J. S. Seelye, Treasurer Ira T. Potter,\\nSchool Inspector Thomas Dayton, Justice of the Peace\\nJohn C. Rockafellow, Commissioner of Highways Daniel\\nD. Stone, Jacob Fenner, Robert E. Potter, Constables.\\n1864. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Township Clerk Joseph Goodenough, Treas-\\nurer Joseph Eastman, Justice of the Peace; L. G. Good-\\nenough, School Inspector Abel Seelye, Highway Com-\\nmissioner Henry A. Black, Samuel R. Ilackett, Leonard\\nG. Worden, Constables.\\n1865. Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Samuel A. Cur-\\nrier, Township Clerk Sylvester Haynes, Treasurer Ira\\nT. Potter, School Inspector Thomas Dayton, Commis-\\nsioner of Highways; George W. Goodenough, Job Con-\\nger, Justices of the Peace; Levi H. Johnson, Rufus R.\\nWorden, William N. Thompson, John Knapp, Constables.\\n1866. Joseph Eastman, Supervisor; Samuel A. Cur-\\nrier, Township Clerk Lrifayctte ILahaway, Treasurer\\nLucian G. Goodenough, School Inspector; George R.\\nHowe, Highway Commissioner John C. Rockafellow,\\nAlexander Campbell, Justices of the Pe.ico Charles H.\\nHenderson, Leonard G. Worden, Hiram Thomas, Alexan-\\nder Lobban, Constables.\\n1867. -Calvin Cartwright, Supervisor; Goodenough\\nTownsend, Township Clerk Lafayette Hathaway, Treas-\\nurer; Ira T. Potter, School Inspector; Abel Seelye, High-\\nway Commissioner; Thomas Dayton, Charles Rogers, Jus-\\ntices of the Peace William U. Thompson, L. G. Worden,\\nLafayette Hathaway, Bryant R. Hill, Constables.\\n1868. Ira T. Potter, Supervisor; Goodenough Town-\\nsend, Township Clerk Lafayette Hathaway, Treasurer\\nAlexander Campbell, George W. Griffin, Justices of the\\nPeace; Lucian G. Goodenough, School Inspector; Hiram\\nApplebee, Highway Commissioner Samuel A. Currier,\\nJames Campbell, Calvin Cartwright, Joseph Eastman,\\nConstables.\\n1869. Ira T. Potter, Supervisor; Aruna B. Scott,\\nTownship Clerk; Lucian G. Goodenough, Treasurer;\\nGeorge W. Goodenough, Samuel R. Ilackett, Justices of\\nthe Peace William N. Monroe, School Inspector Horace\\nBachelor, Highway Commissioner; Charles Robinson,\\nRufus Worden, Goodenough Townsend, Hiram V. Mun-\\nger. Constables.\\n1870. Goodenough Townsend, Supervisor; Lucian G.\\nGoodenough, Tre;isurer; A. B. Scott, Township Clerk\\nJacob S. Fenner, Justice of the Peace Lucian G. Good-\\nenough, School Inspector; George W. Griffen, Highway\\nCommissioner; John N. Welch, Constable.\\n1371. Goodenough Townsend, Supervisor; Seth J.\\nWicker, Treasurer L. S. McAllister, Clerk Thomas\\nDayton, Justice of the Peace; Wm. N. Munroe, School\\nInspector; L. G. Worden, Highway Commi.s.sioner John\\nN. Welch, Otis Eastman, Rufus R. Worden, Philip Hill,\\nConstables.\\n1872. John Campbell, Supervisor John F. Cartwright,\\nTreasurer L. S. McAllister, Township Clerk Alexander\\nCampbell, Justice of the Peace; Dwight Babcock, School\\nInspector Alexander Campbell, Highway Conimi sioncr\\nLucian G. Goodenough, Drain Commissioner; Philip Hill,\\nMarvin Cumiuings, Rufus R. Worden, Constables.\\n1873. John Campbell, Supervisor John F. Cartwright,\\nTreasurer; L. S. McAllister, Township Clerk; George W.\\nGoodenough, Justice of the Peace Lucian G. Goodenough,\\nSchool Inspector; Morris E. Burton, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; George W. Griffen, Rufus R. Worden, Henry A.\\nBlack, Jacob F. Fenner, Constables.\\n1874. John Campbell, Supervisor John F. Cartwright,\\nTreasurer Lester S. McAllister, Township Clerk Jacob\\nS. Fenner, Justice of the Peace; Wm. N. Munroe, School\\nIn.speetor Gilbert O. Torrey, Highway Commissioner;\\nAlexander Campbell, Drain Commissioner Alexander Lob-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0629.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "404\\nIlISTOllY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nban, Robert Knowles, Stephen S. Moore, William U.\\nThompson, Constables.\\n1875. John Campbell, Supervisor Lester S. McAllis-\\nter, Township Clerk Seth J. Wieker, Trea.surer Albert E.\\nHurd, Justiee of the Peace; William N. Munroe, Sehool\\nInspector Alexander Lobban, School Superintendent\\nAaron J. S. Seelye, Highway Commis.sioner George H.\\nMoss, Drain Commissioner Kufus R. Worden, William\\nU. Thompson, Henry A. Black, Edward Venill, Consta-\\nbles.\\n187G. John Campbell, Supervisor; William N. Mun-\\nroe, Treasurer; Lester S. McAllister, Township Clerk;\\nAlexander Campbell, Justice of the Peace William N.\\nMuuroe, School Inspector; Alexander Lobban, School\\nSuperintendent; Gilbert 0. Turrey, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; Calvin Wakefield, O.K. Hathaway, Goodenough\\nTownsend, Wm. U. Thompson, Constables.\\n1877. John Campbell, Supervisor William N. Jlonroe,\\nTreasurer; Albert E. Hurd, Township Clerk; Ilarnianus\\nB. Foil, Justice of the Peace William N. Monroe, School\\nInspector; Gilbert 0. Torroy, Highway Commissioner;\\nHenry S. Horrell, Jacob D. Carpenter, B. Foil, B. R. Hill,\\nConstables.\\n1878. John Campbell, Supervisor; Seth J. Wicker,\\nTreasurer Lester S. McAllister, Township Clerk Thomas\\nDayton, Hosea Hill, Justices of the Peace; Edward D.\\nBlack, School Superintendent Alexander Lobban, School\\nIn.spoctor; Gilbert 0. Torrey, Highway Commissioner;\\nAlexander Campbell, Drain Commissioner Henry S. Hor-\\nrell, Andrew Seeley, Frauk McDonald, Horace Raymond,\\nConstables.\\n1879. John Campbell, Supervisor; Seth J. Wicker,\\nTreasurer Sanford McTaggart, Township Clerk Abel\\nSeelye, Justice of the Peace Henry A. Black, Justice of\\nthe Peace, to fill vacancy William N. Monroe, School In-\\n.spoctor; Charles W. Seaton, School Superintendent; Philip\\nHill, Highway Commissioner Henry S. Ilorrell, David\\nRiegle, John F. McDonald, John C. Yewance, Constables.\\nDAVISON STATION,\\na small village on the line of the Chicago and Lake\\nHuron Railroad, is nine miles east of the city of Flint.\\nIt contains two churche.s, Methodist Episcopal and Free-\\nWill Baptist, one hotel, post-office, district school-house,\\n2 stores of general merchandise, 1 drug-store, 1 harness-\\nstore, 1 provision-store, a cheese-factory, steam saw-mill,\\ngrain-elevator, Masonic hall, 1 stave- and heading-factory,\\nseveral small mechanical shops, and about 175 inhabitants.\\nIts site includes portions of sections 3, 9, and 10, and its\\nhistory dates back only to the completion of the railroad,\\nin 1871. The first settler upon its site was Elcazer Thurs-\\nton, who located upon a portion of section 10 in 1842.\\nJMessrs. Dunn Darling established here the first saw-\\nmill in the township, in 1871. Dr. L. W. Hanson, the\\nfirst physician Damon Stewart, the first merchant and\\npostmaster and Henry S. Rising, the first tavern-keeper,\\nall began here in 1872. The cheese-factory was started\\nby IMessrs. R. E. and I. W. Potter and Sanford McTaggart\\nin 1873, and the flouring-mill by Blessrs. Clemens, Miles\\nCo. in 1873. A cheese-factory association, composed of\\nMessrs. R. E. Potter, I. W. I otter, Sanford McTaggart,\\nD. S. Woolman, George Mann, Corbett Pratt, C. B. Up-\\ndegraff, George W. Gi-iflBn, Henry Mann, J. W. Good-\\nenough, and Ira T. Potter, as members, was incorporated\\nApril 20, 1S7G. This factory is in successful operation,\\nuses the milk from about 200 cows, and will manufacture\\nG5,000 pounds of cheese annually.\\nThe Atlas and Davison Union Cheese-Manufacturing Com-\\npany was incorporated as a stock company Jan. 15, 1876,\\nwith the following members: Stephen Jordon, John Camp-\\nbell, Jacob D. Carpenter, Charles Blackmcr, Henry Ball,\\nAlbert Armstrong, Adrian P. Gale, Alexander Jjobban, and\\nGeorge Leach. The factory is situated in the Ball neigh-\\nborhood, and uses the milk from about 175 cows.\\nMASONIC SOCIETIES.\\nGOODRICH LODGE, NO. 236, F. AND A. M.,\\ncommenced work under a dispensation, Oct. 11, 1867, at\\nthe village of Goodrich, in Atlas township.\\nA charter was received from the Grand Lodge of Michi-\\ngan, Jan. 10, 1808. The first ofiicers under the dispensa-\\ntion were George C. Graham, W. JI. William II. Put-\\nnam, S. W. Jesse Eeles, J. W. Ezra K. Parshall, Treas-\\nurer; C. W. Pengra, Secretary; E. Darwin Parshall, S. D.\\nJ. II. Blodgett, J. D. Israel P. Whitmer, Tiler, who were\\nall charter members.\\nCharles W. Pengra was the first Master under the char-\\nter. Subsequent Masters have been as follows Edward\\nCouse, 18G9; William H. Putnam, 1870; Charles W.\\nPengra, 1871-72-73, and to June, 1874; Adrian P. Gale,\\nfrom June, 1874, to June, 1876 John F. Cartwright, from\\nJune, 1876, to December, 1876; Adrian P. Gale, from\\nDecember, 1876, to December, 1878.\\nThe present ofiicers are Adrian P. Gale, W. M. Ira T.\\nPotter, S. W. Sanford McTaggart, J. W. Seth J. Wicker,\\nTreasurer; Albert E. Hurd, Secretary; M. II. llutchins,\\nS. D. E. A. Rockafellow, J. D. L. W. Hanson and L.\\nS. McAllister, Stewards Asa Sowle, Tiler.\\nThe Lodge was moved from Goodrich to Davison Station,\\nMarch 10, 187G.\\nRELIGIOUS.\\nThe church edifices of the Methodist Episcopal and Free-\\nWill Baptist societies are situated in the village of Davi-\\nson Station. No data have been obtained concerning the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, although oificial members were\\nearnestly requested to furnish the same.\\nTHE FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH OF DAVISON\\nwas organized about twenty years ago, at the Ilerrick school-\\nhouse. There were present at that time the following\\nministers Rev. C. B. Mills, Rev. Almon Jones, and Rev.\\nC. P. Goodrich.\\nFor many years meetings were held in the Herrick school-\\nhouse. But finally this small school-house became too small\\nto accommodate the growing congregations, and a commo-\\ndious edifice was erected two miles away, at Davison Station.\\nThe church is built in Gothic style, and is elegant and\\ntasteful in design. It will seat comfortably 275 persons.\\nThe property, including sheds, fencing, etc., is worth S3000.\\nThe church was finished and occupied in the year 1872.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0630.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "DAVISON TOWNSHIP.\\n405\\nThe society lias been blessed witli the labors of many\\nexcellent and talented ministers. Rev. Almon Jones was\\nthe founder of the church, and did most efficient service\\nfor many years on a very small salary. Rev. C. P. Good-\\nrich here thundered with his usual vitror for the cause of\\nGod. Rev. S. A. Williams and Rev. C. II. Nichols occu-\\npied terms of service. Rev. S. A. Currier, one of the\\nfathers of the denomination in this State, has written a\\nhistory of good in many years of hard toil at various times\\nin the life of this church. He had much to do with the\\nsecuring the present advantageous location of the church\\nproperty, and the erection of the church building. Rev.\\nS. Bathrick, Rev. F. P. Augir, and Rev. C. B. Mills have\\nalso added character to the pulpit ministrations, and are em-\\nbalmed in the memory of the people. Rev. E. M. Covey is now\\npastor of the church, and has been .since the spring of 1878.\\nThe society is in a prosperous condition. There have\\nbeen nearly 40 additions during the past year, and it now\\nnumbers 100 members. A good parsonage, begun in 1879,\\nis nearly finished and in it the society have added a prop-\\nerty worth SI 000 to their other possessions.\\nA successful Sabbath-school is carried on, with Brother\\nTenney as superintendent, numbering about 100 scholars.\\nThe foregoing was kindly furnislied by the pastor.\\nCEMETERY.\\nTHE PINE-GROVE BURYING-GROrND CORPORATION\\nwas incorporated Jan. 29, 1S53. John Tharrctt, Thomas\\nDajton, Abner Seclye, and Jeremiah Miller were named\\nas the first officers. Their grounds include ly^^ acres.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nThe first school was taught by Miss Sabrina Barnes\\nabout 1839-40, in the shanty formerly occupied by Chris-\\ntopher Miller as a dwelling-house. Although school dis-\\ntricts were laid out and schools taught in different portions\\nof the township previously, it was not until about 1845\\nthat schools, school boards, and districts were regularly\\norganized and conducted.\\nMiss Catharine Hoyle was granted a certificate to teach\\nin District No. 2, in May, 1845. The teachers licensed in\\n1846 were John Tharrctt, Caroline Cady, Anna Tucker,\\nand Catharine Winship. In 184S, Catharine Gorton,\\nCatharine Stow, Emelinc Walker, Mary Jane Center, and\\nCatharine Winship received certificates; and Deborah\\nRoberts, Arceny Seelye, Guliclme Fitch, Deborah Crandall,\\nand Henry Barnes, in 1849.\\nData showing the number of districts, number of scholars\\nattending schools, and the cost of sustaining the same at\\nthat period, have not been preserved.\\nThe following statistics are taken from the annual report\\nof the board of school inspectors for the year ending Sept.\\n2, 1878:\\nWhole districts, 7 fractional districts, 2. Children of\\nschool-age in the township, 394 attending school during\\nthe year, 374 non-residents attending school, 32. Frame\\nschool-hou.ses, 7 log school-houses, 2. Seating capacity\\nof school-houses, 428. Value of school property, S5190.\\nMale teachers employed during year, 4 female teachers,\\n13. Months taught by males, 22 by females, 50. Paid\\nmale teachers, S752 female teachers, S718; total, S1470.\\nReceipts. From moneys on hand Sept. 3, 1877, 2-mill\\ntax, primary school fund, tuition of non-resident scholars,\\ndistrict taxes, and from all other sources, S2310.24.\\nExpenditures. Teachers wages, 8147l( building re-\\npairs, $84.44 bonded indebtedness, $45. G3 all other pur-\\nposes, 8388.95; on hand, Sept. 2, 1878, 8327.22; total,\\n$2310.24.\\nI", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0631.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD.\\nThis town lies on the cast border of the county, on the\\nsecond tier of townsliips from the north, and is known in\\nthe records of the United States survey as township 8\\nnorth, range S east. It is centrally distant from Flint\\nabout ten and a quarter miles, and is bounded by Forest on\\nthe north, Oregon, Lapeer Co., on the east, Davison on the\\nsouth, and Genesee on the west. Its superficial area is\\n22,439^1^ acres. The surface is slightly rolling, being\\nroughest in the northeast part and along the course of Flint\\nRiver. The original forest of this town was in most parts\\na variety of all kinds of hard-wood timber, but along the\\ncourse of the river was a belt of pine of an average width\\nof about one and a half miles, and along llasler s and Briar\\nCreek similar growths were found. This pine, covering\\nabout one-third of the town, was to some extent inter-\\nspersed with other timber, and was of good quality and\\nsize. The soil of the pine lands is lighter than that of the\\nrest of the town, which varies from a sort of marl to a black\\ngravelly or sandy loam, fertile and easily tilled. The best\\npart of the town for agricultural purposes lies in the south-\\nwest half, but all is productive, and well repays the toil of\\nthe husbandman with remunerative crops.\\nUnlike many townships in Michigan, there are none of\\nthose small lakes, so common in this State, within the\\nborders of Richfield. The principal water-courses are the\\nFlint River and Black Creek. Flint River enters the town\\nnear the northeast corner of section 12, and runs in a some-\\nwhat toi-tuous but generally westerly course, passing through\\nportions of sections 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18,\\npassing into the town of Genesee near the southwest corner\\nof section 7. lis course in this town is about twelve miles\\nin length, and its current rather sluggi.sh. At two points\\nit has been dammed to make a water-power, but neither\\ndam is now used. Black Creek, which is the outlet of\\nPotter Lake, enters the town near the centre of the east\\nline of section 36, runs westerly about a mile and three-\\nquarters, turns sharply to the south, and passes into Davi-\\nson. Hasler s Creek is the outlet of a lake of the same\\nname lying in the town of Elba, Lapeer Co., and runs\\nnortherly along the east border of the town through sec-\\ntion 13, and in a northwest course across section 12 till it\\nreaches the Flint River, and unites its waters with those of\\nthe larger stream. Briar Creek, Beldcn Creek, and four\\nother small streams are tributaries to Flint River. The\\ntwo first named unite with it in the eastern part of section\\n18, the former flowing from the north, and the latter from\\nthe south. The Flint River branch of the Flint and Pore\\nMarquette Railroad cuts across the northwest corner of the\\ntown on .section 6, and has a station there called Rogers\\nThis company has about five-eighths of a mile of track in\\nthe town.\\n406\\nMany traces still remain to testify of the presence here\\nof the aborigines, those nomadic wanderers who have\\nnow so nearly disappeared from this country which was\\nonce one of their favorite hunting-grounds. Numerous\\ntrails led in various directions through the town, the\\nprincipal ones being the Saginaw trail near the Irish road,\\nand one from the vicinity of Ncpessing joining the Saginaw\\ntrail near the river. The Indians had a sort of village near\\nNcpessing Lake, in Lapeer County, and in this town had a\\ncamping-place on the south bank of Flint River, in section\\n11. Near this place they cultivated some corn on a sort of\\nopening, which gave to the locality the name of the In-\\ndian garden. On sections 20 and 21 and in other local-\\nities in the town they had sugar-bushes, where they\\ntapped the maple-trees and in their rude way manufactured\\nan inferior kind of maple-sugar. Among these traces of\\nformer inhabitants of this section of our country none pos-\\nsess a greater interest to the antiquary or the historian than\\nthe mysterious mounds that here and there lie scattered\\nabout throughout the State. In the pinery, on section 25,\\nis a large mound, evidently formed by the work of human\\nhands, as is proved by the mixed condition of the soil com-\\nposing it. Its diameter is some twelve or fourteen feet, and\\nits elevation above the surrounding surface about five feet.\\nA smaller mound on the bank of Black Creek, in section\\n35, was opened and a skull and some other bones taken out.\\nUpon these mounds large forest-trees were growing at the\\ntime of the first settlement, indicating that they bad then\\nreached an age of at least a hundred years since the mounds\\nwere piled up.\\nTHE SETTLEMENT\\nof this town was not begun until the spring of 1836,\\nthough a little of the land had been taken up by specula-\\ntors late in the month of December, 1835. In the year\\n1836 nearly all the land in the town was bought from the\\ngovernment and several settlements begun in difierent parts.\\nThe names of the original purchasers of these lands are\\ncontained in the following list. Those printed in italics\\nbecame actual residents of the town at an earlier or later\\ndate. We first give the names of those who purchased\\nland on more than one section. The residence of the pur-\\nchaser at the time of purchase is given in each case whore\\nit is known. The list is as follows, viz.\\nJames Seymour, of Monroe Co., N. Y., March 1, 1836,\\n466 acres on .section 1, and 62 acres on section 10 total,\\n52S acres.\\nElon Farnsworth, Dclos Davis, and Rufus Brown, Jr.,\\nof Wayne Co., Mich., June 9, 1S36, 163 acres on section\\n1 5S2 acres on section 2, 1334 acres on sections 3 and 4\\n(ihe entire sections) total, 2079 acres.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0632.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n407\\nOrsimu8 Bassett, of Gencscc Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1836,\\n160 acres on section 23 November 12th, 80 acres on sec-\\ntion 6; and November 21st, SO acres on section 7; total,\\n320 acres.\\nThomas R. Roby, of Monroe Co., N. Y., March 1, 1830,\\n104 acres on section 7, and 320 acres on section 17 total,\\n484 acres.\\nRufus Brown, Jr., and Delos Davis, of Wayne Co.,\\nMich., June 3, 1830, 160 acres on section 7, and 480 acres\\non section S total, 640 acres.\\nRobert J. S. Page, of this county, Aug. 24, 1836, 80\\nacres on section 35 September 13th, 80 acres on section 7\\ntotal, 160 acres.\\nWilliam Draper, of Poutiac, Oakland Co., Mich., Dec.\\n21, 1835, 151 acres on section 17, 98 acres on section 18;\\nDecember 28th, 57 acres on section 18; Feb. 20, 1836,\\n145 acres on section 17 June 2d, IGO acres on section 8;\\ntotal, 611 acres.\\nJohn Todd, of Flint, Dec. 28, 1835,50 acres on .section\\n9, and 40 acres on section 10 total, 90 acres.\\nThomas L. L. Brent, of Virginia, March 16, 1836, 197\\nacres on section 9, 62 acres on section 10, 552 acres on\\nsection 11, 213 acres on section 12, 240 acres on section\\n13, 320 acres on section 14, 320 acres on section 15, 260\\nacres on section 18, 242 acres on section 19, 160 acres on\\nsection 20, and 240 acres on section 30 total, 2806 acres.\\nLewis Godard, of Wayne Co., Mich., Feb. 9, 1836, GO\\nacres on section 2, 100 acres on section 10, 80 acres on\\nsection 11, 152 acres on section 12 March IGtii, 104 acres\\non section 9 total, 496 acres.\\nSylvanus P. Jermain, of Albany Co., N. Y., April 7,\\n1836, 102 acres on section 9, and 86 acres on section 12\\ntotal, 188 acres.\\nLot Clark and Stephen Warren, of the State of New\\nYork, Feb. 22, 1836, 51 acres on section 18; March 1st,\\n151 acres on section 12, and 60 acres on section 18; total,\\n262 acres.\\nFrederick B. Guenther, of New York City, Aug. 27,\\n1836, 160 acres on section 13, 80 acres on section 14, 80\\nacres on section 22, 160 acres on section 24, 160 acres on\\n.section 27, 80 acres on section 35, and 160 acres on section\\n36 total, 880 acres.\\nJoseph M. Leon, of New York City, Aug. 27, 1830,\\n240 acres on section 13, 160 acres on section 24, 240 acres\\non section 25, 80 acres on section 26, 160 acres on section\\n34, and 240 acres on section 36 total, 1120 acres.\\nDavid Piffard, of Livingston Co., N. Y., July 6, 1836,\\n160 acres on section 14, 240 acres on section 22, 160 acres\\non section 27, and 160 acres on section 35; tcjtal, 720\\nacres.\\nRial Irish, of Oakland Co., Mich., March 1, 1836, 80\\nacres on section 19, 160 acres on section 20; June 14th,\\n40 acres on section 19 total, 280 acres.\\nEbcnczer Larncd, of New Loudon, Conn., June 4, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 20, and 80 acres on section 21 total,\\n160 acres.\\nGeorge Oliver, of this county. May 7, 1836, 40 acres on\\n.section 21 May 20th, 40 acres on the same section Jan.\\n17, 1837, 78 acres on .section 30; total, 158 acres.\\n.Julin NewlOM, Jr., of tlii.-i county, Aug. 26, 1836, 320\\nacres on section 23, and 320 acres on section 24 total,\\n640 acres.\\nDavid L. BclJcn, of Hartford Co., Conn., July 1, 1836,\\n640 acres on section 28, 360 acres on section 29, 560 acres\\non section 32, and 400 acres on section 33 total, 1960\\nacres.\\nThomas Hosmer, of Oakland Co., Mich., April 2, 1836,\\n40 acres on section 20, and 160 acres on section 29\\ntotal, 200 acres.\\nLuman Brownson, of Oakland Co., Mich., June 11, 1836,\\n40 acres on section 29, and 160 acres on section 30 total,\\n200 acres.\\nGeorge A. Shoemaker, of Ontario Co., N. Y., June 14,\\n1836, SO acres on section 31, and SO acres on section 32\\ntotal, 160 acres.\\nThe other entries are classified by sections\\nSection 1 Origen D. Richardson, of Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nFeb. 16, 1836, 9 acres.\\nSection 5: Charles B. Hubbell and Joseph Thompson,\\nof Fairfield Co., Conn., May 21, 1836, the entire section,\\n6S0 acres.\\nSection 6 Abraham Ilogan, of Wayne Co., Mich., Sept.\\n20, 1836, 40 acres; Ephraim W. Knight, of this county,\\nNov. 10 and 12, 1836, 158 acres; Emery Church, of Gen-\\nesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1836, 80 acres; Hiram Wright,\\nof this county, Nov. 12, 1836, 91 acres; Thomas Warren,\\nof Genesee Co., N. Y., 226 acres Andreiv Cook, of this\\ncounty, July 12, 1843, 40 acres.\\nSection 7 Henry Dwight, of Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb.\\n11, 1836,7 acres; Ramsey McHenry, B. B. Kercheval,\\nMark Healey, and F. O. J. Smith, May 24, 1836, 160\\nacres.\\nSection 9 Apollos Smith, of Rutland Co., Vt., June\\n17, 1836, 160 acres.\\nSection 10: Albert J. Smith, of this county, Feb. 1,\\n1836, 110 acres; Morgan L. Schermerlioru, of Cuyahoga\\nCo., 0., April 16, 1836, 160 acres; Ogdcn Clark, of thi.s\\ncounty, Sept. 30, 1836, 80 acres.\\nSection 14: James Adams, of Monroe Co., N. Y., July\\n5, 1836, 80 acres.\\nSection 15 Francis L. Tibbetts, of Onondaga Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 7, 1836, 40 acres Asa Davis, of Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 28, 1836, 40 acres Ira Donelson and Mary Donelson,\\nof Oakland Co., Mich., July 5, 1836, 240 acres.\\nSection 18: Edwin Rose, of Wayne Co., Mich., March\\n1,1836, 106 acres.\\nSection 19: William Dickinson, of Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 18, 1836, 160 acres; Thomas Reynolds, of Oakland\\nCo., Mich., July 9, 1836, 80 acres; Isaac Voorhces, of\\nsame county, July 12, 1836, 40 acres.\\nSection 20: Orsanius Coolci/, of Oakland Co., Mich, April\\n25, 1836, 40 acres; David Johnson, of the .same county,\\nMay 30, 1836, 160 acres.\\nSection 21 Hiram Dodge, of Lenawee Co., Mich., May\\n12, 1836, SO acres; Harvey Dodge, of Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nsame date, 40 acres Benjamin Iluger, of the United States\\nArmy, June 4, 1836, 40 acres; William Durkee, of Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y., same date, 160 acre*; William Taylor, of\\nthe same county, June IS, 1836, 160 acres.\\nSection 22 Levi Reyuokh, of this county, May 6, 1830,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0633.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "408\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n40 acres Thomas Clark, of Lenawee Co., Mich., June 28,\\n1836, 200 acres; Jeremiah C. Thomas, of this county,\\nJuly 2, 1836, 80 acres.\\nSection 23 E. Cash and H. Wright, of Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 26, 1836, 160 acres.\\nSection 25 Willard Tucker, of this county, August 26,\\n1836, 80 acres; Jeremy Chambers, of the same county,\\nand same date, 80 acres.\\nSection 20 Jacob Snapp, of this county, Aug. 26, 1836,\\n80 acres Tiiomas Cooley, same county and date, 320 acres\\nThomas J. GUktt, of Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1836,\\n80 acres James Greer, of this county, same date, 80 acres.\\nSection 27 Levi Newton, of Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug.\\n26, 1836, 320 acres.\\nSection 29 Gt-orge B. Diirkee, of Monroe Co., N. Y.\\nJune 18, 1836, 80 acres.\\nSection 30: Lyman Curtis, of Wayne Co., Mich., June\\n20, 1836, 78 acres Jacob Teachout, same county and\\ndate, 80 acres.\\nSection 31 David S. Crandall, of Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nJuno 14, 1836, 80 acres; Edwin Taylor, of Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., June 18, 1830, 158 acres; M. Langley, of Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., June 20, 1836, 80 acres Samuel Bassett, of\\nOakland Co., Mich., June 21, 1830, 155 acres; David\\nBrown, of this county, July 5, 1836, 80 acres.\\nSection 33 Henry Mead, of Oakland Co., Mich., July\\n11, 1836, 160 acres; John Rcttan, same county and date,\\n80 acres.\\nSection 34: Nelson G. Parmelee. of Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 11, 1836, 160 acres; Henry and Van Rensselaer\\nHawkins, of Genesee Co., N. Y., same date, 320 acres.\\nSection 35 Charles Wright, of this county, Aug. 24,\\n1836, ICO acres; Daniel Lo Roy, of Oakland Co., Midi.,\\nsame date, 160 acres.\\nSection 36: James Davis, of Oakland Co., Mich., Aug.\\n27, 1836, 80 acres; Arthur Davis, same county and date,\\n160 acres.\\nFrom this list we see that the first entry of land in this\\ntown was made by William Draper on tlie 21st of Decem-\\nber, 1835, and that with a single exception that of An-\\ndrew Cook on section 6 all the land was taken up within\\nthirteen months afterwards, certainly a very expeditious\\ns;ile. Among the most extensive purchasers of land was\\nThomas L. L. Brent, who came here from Virginia with\\nconsiderable money, and made large purchases of land in\\ndifferent parts of the county. He lived in the western\\npart of the county, and, in explanation of his buying so\\nmuch land, told his neighbors (for all the settlers were\\nneighbors in those days) that he and his wife had a little\\nmoney that they did not want to use, and they thought\\nthey would put it into land to keep the Itnid out of the\\nhands of the d d speculators It is said that after\\nholding some of this land for several years, and meantime\\npaying considerable taxes upon it, he was finally forced to\\nsell it for just what he paid the government for it.\\nAs a matter of course the foregoing list does not embrace\\nany of the land on section 16, which, being school-land,\\nwas held for some time, and sold to settlers at a higher rate\\nthan the government price.\\nThe first settlement in the town was made in the early\\nspring of the year 1836. There was at that time a man\\nlivin r at Pontiac whose name was Rial Irish, and who for\\nsome reason probably to secure a larger farm decided to\\nsettle in this then unbroken wilderness. So, getting to-\\ngether his family and household goods, he struck out for\\nhis new home, following the Saginaw road north until he\\nreached Stony Run, in the town of Groveland. There he\\nbranched off from the main road and followed an old dis-\\nused Indian trail that led north very nearly along the sec-\\ntion line one mile east of range 7. Traveling along this\\ntrail, cutting his way through the underbrush and traveling\\nslowly because of the many obstructions to be removed, he\\nat latt reached his land on sections 19 and 20 of the pres-\\nent town of Richfield, some time in March. He was ac-\\ncompanied in his pilgrimage by his wife and three small\\nchildren and his younger brother Raphael. The road they\\nthus made was some twenty miles long, and formed a route\\nby which many other settlers came into this region. It has\\nalways been, and is now, known as the Irish road.\\nMr. Irish came here with the intention of following the\\noccupation of a farmer, and immediately went at work and\\nbuilt a log shanty on section 19, about eighty rods south of\\nthe northeast corner of the section, and near the bank of a\\nsmall creek. Upon the completion of this habitation, the\\nwork of clearing was begun, and two acres of spring wheat\\nwere sown in a rude manner among the stumps and logs.\\nThis was the first wheat sown in the town, and was har-\\nvested by George Oliver, who cradled it, and Pheroras\\nClark, who raked and bound it.\\nA short time after his settlement here he found that\\nthere was considerable excellent pine in the town, some of\\nit on his land, and he conceived the project of building a\\nsaw-mill to convert it into lumber. The work of building\\nthis mill was not begun until the spring of 1837. He then\\nbegan work by digging a race from a point .some one hun-\\ndred rods up Belden Brook, from the section corner to the\\nsite selected for the mill, about fifty rods farther down the\\nstream. At the head of this race a dam was built across\\nthe brook. It was made by driving crotched sticks into\\nthe bed of the stream, from each of which a long basswood\\npolo was laid, with one end buried in the bottom of the\\nbrouk. On these transverse poles were laid, and then the\\nwhole structure was covered with brush, leaves, and dirt to\\nform a dam. After the dam and race were completed, and\\nthe frame to the mill had been raised, he decided to leave the\\ntown, and sold out to a man by the name of Church, who\\nsoon afterwards sold it to David L. Belden for \u00c2\u00a77000. Mr.\\nBelden liad come here as the agent for a colony of Connecti-\\ncut people, and had entered a large amount of land for them.\\nThis land he mortgaged to secure the payment of the $7000,\\nwhich was to be paid in lumber in annual installments. The\\nobligation was held by a man named Darrow, who lived in\\nPontiac. Mr. Belden employed Church to complete the\\nmill, which was done so that it began operations in the\\nspring of 1839. Owing to his inexperience and the ex-\\ntremely moderate price at which lumber had to be sold,\\nMr. Belden was unsuccessful, and, being unable to meet\\nhis payments, was forced to turn out a tract of land in pay-\\nment of his matured obligations. This operation was re-\\npeated from time to time until not only the lands owned by", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0634.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n409\\nhim, but also those owned by the colony, had been swal-\\nlowed up. Ho then gave up and removed to Chautauqua\\nCo., N. Y. Of the colony, only one beside Belden ever\\ncame here. That one was Joiin Judd, who came at the\\nsame time with Belden, and who is now living at Corunna,\\nShiawassee Co., Mich.\\nllial Irish and Church both returned to Pontiac when\\nthey sold out here.\\nFollowing closely upon the heels of the firet settler came\\nGeorge Oliver, with his wife, three sons, and one daughter.\\nHe had been a resident of this State for several years, and\\nwas the first white man married in Flint. His wife s name\\nwas Kcziah Tobcy. Before coming to Richfield he was\\na resident of the town of Genesee, where he owned an in-\\nterest in the saw-mill near the mouth of Kearsley Creek,\\nknown as the Harger or Peanson mill. He built a small\\nhou.se on section 21, about one hundred rods south of the\\ncentre of the town. It was a small log house roofed with\\nelm-bark. He, that spring, cleared a small piece of ground\\nand planted a few potatoes. During the seven or eight\\nyears of his residence here, his principal occupations were\\nshingle-making and acting as guide to new-comers who were\\nlooking for land. He also cleared some land and farmed it\\nto a limited extent. While living on this place a daughter\\nwas born to them, which was the first birth of a white\\nchild ia the town. Mr. Oliver removed to East Saginaw in\\n1843\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4-t, where he had purchased some land within the\\npresent city limits, and where he engaged in working the\\nliighways under contract, and in fitting his land for cultiva-\\ntion. He became quite wealthy, through the rise in value\\nof his Saginaw property, and returned to this county, set-\\ntling at Clio, where he died some four or five years ago.\\nMr. Oliver was accompanied to this town by a man named\\nSamuel Johnson, who worked for him a while and then\\nwent off to some other locality. He came with Oliver more\\nfor company s sake than with an idea of settling in Ilich-\\nfield. His possessions consisted of a horse and wagon,\\nboth rather dilapidated and showing the effects of age and\\nhard usage, a boy, a [lig. and a tame bear. For convenience\\nin transportation the pig was put into the wagon, the bear\\n(which was not full grown) was carried in his arms, and the\\nboy trudged along on foot. The journey was not totally\\ndevoid of incident, for the road was rough and the wagon\\nwas jolted and bounced about, much to the discomfort of\\nits porcine occupant, who vented his displeasure in discon-\\nsolate grunts and heart-rending squeals. The bear, too, rest-\\nless because of the tiresome journey, gave tokens of his\\ndispleasure by various uneasy movements and struggles to\\nfree himself from the enfolding arms of his master. At\\nlast the wagon, in passing over a larger log than usual, re-\\nceived such a shock that the board on which the pig s weight\\nrested was broken, and the pig fell to the ground iti such a\\nmanner as to break his neck. And then, while Johnson\\nwas engaged in the twofold task of holding the bear and try-\\ning to a-wist the pig. Bruin took it into his head to test the\\nsharpness of his teeth, and .sank them into the flesh of his\\nowner, who was thereby so greatly exasperated that he\\nseized the offender by the legs and attempted to repeat pig-\\ngie s fate by striking the bear against a tree. In the strug-\\ngle that ensued the bear made his escape, and Joliiisoii and\\n52\\nthe boy were left to pursue their journey with the carcass\\nof the defunct pig.\\nThomas Clark was the third settler. He was a native of\\nllutland Co., Vt., and removed from that place with his\\nparents to Saratoga Co., N. Y., where he subsequently mar-\\nried Mi.ss Rebecca Wing, and with her removed to the town\\nof Butternuts, in Otsego County, in that State. He after-\\nwards removed to the town of Lorraine, in Jefferson County,\\nand four years later to the town of Lyme, in the same county,\\nwhere he lived fourteen years, the first seven of them on\\nGrenadier Island. From the town of Lyme he came to\\nMichigan in the spring of 183G, starting for his new location\\nin the then far West on the 4th day of May. The company,\\nconsisting of Mr. Clark, his wife, Rebecca, two sons, and\\ntwo daughters, embarked on a schooner, and, sailing the\\nlength of Lake Ontario, disembarked at the mouth of Ni-\\nagara River, and continued the journey with their own con-\\nveyance, traveling by way of Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo,\\nAdrian, and Clinton to a small settlement near the latter\\nplace, known by the euphonious appellation of Slab City.\\nHere the family remained until the month of August. In\\nthe mean time Mr. Clark went to Detroit to get from the\\nland-ofiice the plat of a township in the southern part of\\nthe Slate, where he was intending to settle. That depart-\\nment of the office was closed at the time of his arrival, and\\nhe had to wait until the next day before he could obtain\\nthe desired plat. While he was waiting he met a man\\nnamed Asa Davis (of whom we shall speak hereafter), who\\nhad come there to locate some land. Entering into conver-\\nsation with him, he questioned him about the land in this\\npart of the State, and was well ple;iscd with the description\\ngiven of it. Davis offered for $7 to give him the descrip-\\ntion of two hundred acres of what he considered as good\\nland as there was in the township. The offer was accepted,\\nthe description given, and, trusting to the honesty as well as\\nthe judgment of his new acquaintance, Mr. Clark entered\\nthe west half of the northeast quarter, the east half of the\\nnorthwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the north-\\nwest quarter of section 22, and decided to make Genesee\\nCounty his future home. In August he brought his fiimily,\\nand they, the third family in the town, became the first per-\\nmanent residents. Their house was constructed of logs. Two\\napartments were built eighteen feet square, with a space of\\nabout eight feet between them. Basswood poles of the\\nproper length were split, hollowed into troughs, and made\\ninto a roof that covered both apartments and converted the\\nspace between into a sort of hall. A puncheon floor, also\\nmade of basswood, was laid down, and the family began\\nliving in their new domicile, having the satisfaction of know-\\ning that they were living in the best house in town. The\\nwork of moving was performed with a team of horses, and\\nseveral trips had to be made to got the goods, ncarl} all of\\nwhich had been shipped by way of the lakes from Sackett s\\nIlai-bor to Detroit, and had to be brought here by team\\nfrom the latter place. The work of moving necessarily\\noccupied considerable time. On the last trip the horses\\nwere traded for a yoke of oxen. During the time which\\nhad thus elapsed between the arrival of the family and the\\nsetting in of winter the two oldest .sons, I heroras and Sulli-\\nvan, hud cleared about one and a half acres of ground, and", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0635.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "410\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY iMICIIIGAN.\\nsowed it to wheat. This was the first winter wheat sown in\\nItichfield. Pheroras liad brought some apple-seeds with\\nliim from the East, and tliese he sowed that fall and from\\nthem raised a few apple-trees, which lie set out as soon as\\nthey had attained a suitable size. This was certainly the\\nfirst orchard set out in llichfield, and, witli the possible ex-\\nception of a few trees brought in by llial Irish, were the\\nfirst apple-trees brought into town. Some of these trees\\nmay still be seen on Mr. Clark s farm, where they are still\\nfurnishing their supply of fruit in its season.\\nLate in the fall it became evident that there was not a\\npossibility of getting enough fodder to keep both of the\\noxen through the winter, so the one that was in the best\\ncondition was killed and packed in the beef-barrel to help\\nfurnish sustenance for the family. Early in the spring\\nanother ox was purchased of George Oliver, but this was\\nquite weakly and was killed by the wolves, leaving both of\\nthe settlers without a team. All of the plowing and drag-\\nging done for Clark and Oliver that spring was done with\\nthe one ox, for which a single yoke was made. In the early\\npart of the following summer the stock of provisions began\\nto run low, and it was found that no flour could be obtained\\nnearer than Detroit, so a cart was improvised from the hind\\nwheels of the wagon, to which a box and a pair of shafts\\nwere attached, and to this the ox was hitched and the\\njourney made. It occupied about a week s time, and two\\nbarrels of flour, one for himself and one for Oliver, were\\nprocured and brought home. This ox was very much\\nafraid of Indians, many of whom it saw in Detroit, and\\nthis circumstance caused it to present a very spirited ap-\\npearance, which attracted the attention of the numerous\\ncartmen, who fre(iuently bantered Mr. Clark for a trade.\\nThomas Clark remained an honored citizen of the town\\nto the time of his death, July 10, 1SG4, and departed this\\nlife at tlie age of eighty-six years, mourned bj a wide circle\\nof friends and acquaintances. His wife died Nov. 7, 1855,\\naged eighty-four years. Of his children, five are dead,\\nthree Pheroras, Otis, and Mrs. Elizabeth Warren are\\nstill living in Eichfield, Sullivan is a resident of the State\\nof Kansas, Asa W. of New York, and Mrs. Thurza Pixley\\nof Illinois. Pheroras married Harriet A., a daughter of\\nJo-seph French, and is now living on a portion of the old\\nhomestead. To him we are indebted for valuable assistance\\nin the work of compiling this history.\\nA little later in the fall of 1836, Orsimus Cooley came\\nfrom the town of Farmington, in Oakland County, and\\ncommenced a clearing near the southwest corner of section\\n20 on the east side of the Irish road. As soon as he had\\ncleared a small piece and built a log shanty he returned to\\nFarmington, and in January, 1837, brought his family,\\nconsisting of a wife and five children, to their new home.\\nHis father was among the earliest settlers in Farmington.\\nThey were originally from Massachusetts and Orsimus,\\nwith his family, followed his father to this State, in 1830,\\nliving in Farmington until the time of his removal to this\\ntown. Mr. Cooley is still a resident of the town in which\\nhe has spent the years of his manhood, and, bowing beneath\\nthe weight of years, is calmly waiting the summons of the\\nMaster to go from hence to join the partner of his earthly\\njoys, who departed this life on the 2Gth of December, 1872,\\nat the age of seventy-one years. During the early years of\\nthe settlement, Jlr. Cooley was a famous guide through the\\nwilderness for many parties of land-lookers, and was as\\nfamiliar then with the trails and blazed paths as he now is\\nwith the well-worked highways that traverse the town.\\nOne of his adventures is deemed worthy of record here,\\nbecause of its unusual nature.\\nSome time in the summer season of 1840 or 1841 there\\nwas a raising in the town of Genesee, to which all the\\nsettlers far and near were invited, and as such occasions\\nfurnishing as they did fine opportunities for social converse\\nand learning the news of the different localities were\\neagerly looked forward to by the settlers, Mr. Cooley and\\ntwo companions started out quite early in the day to attend\\nit. He told his two companions to start out in a certain\\ndirection, while he would bear off in another towards a\\nfavorite runway of the decrs, with the expectation of get-\\nting a sliot at one on his way. As he noared the runway\\nhe entered a dense swamp, and while passing through came\\ninto a sort of opening through the branches, and looking\\nalong this opening saw outlined against the sky a dark\\nfigure, which he immediately made out to be a bear. The\\nanimal was quite a long distance away, but taking a careful\\naim he fired, and evidently with success, for the bear gave\\na spasmodic leap upwards and fell with a crash into the\\nunderbrush. With the care which liad become almost a\\nsecond nature to the woodman, he hastily reloaded his rifle\\nand then turned to go forward and witness the result of his\\nshot. But just as he turned and cast his eyes towards the\\nspot where the bear had fallen, the branches were suddenly\\nagitated, and a second bear came into view. Though this\\nbear did not present a favorable position for a fatal shot,\\nMr. Cooley blazed away, and was again successful in causing\\nthe animal to fall from his perch into the underbrush, where\\nhe thrashed about with loud cries of pain and rage. Again\\nthe wary liunter reloaded, and was greatly astonished when\\na third bear presented itself at the opening. Once more\\nhe fired with fatal accuracy, and added another carcass to\\nthe pile of game. He then reloaded for the third time,\\nand cautiously approached the spot where the bears had\\nappeared. He found that a large tree had been overturned\\nby the wind, and in falling had struck across a log, which\\ncaused one end of it to tilt upwards into the air. Up this\\ntree-trunk the bears had walked, and it was while it was\\nlooking about for a path that the first one was shot. When\\nhe arrived at the scene two of the bears were dead and the\\nthird nearly so. Mr. Cooley was soon joined by his com-\\npanions, who were attracted by the rapid firing, and with\\ntheir help skinned the bears. One of them was an old one,\\nwho had given the settlers considerable trouble and had\\nbeen shot at several times. One ball was found which Cooley\\nwas confident had been fired from his rifle two or three\\nyears before, and which had passed through the bear s body\\nand lodged against the skin on the opposite side. The\\nother two bears were younger ones, but full grown.\\nThe next ftimily to arrive in town was the Teachout\\nfamily. William Teachout was the head of the family,\\nwhich consisted of his wife, three sons, and seven daugh-\\nters. The eldest son, Jacob, in whose name the land was\\nentered, became quite a prominent man in the town.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0636.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n411\\nThe family were New Yorkers, and came here in the spring\\nof 1837, following? the Oliver road from the mouth of\\nKearsley Creek to their land on section 30. On their farm,\\nin the season of 1838, was erected the first frame barn in\\nRichfield. Mrs. Temperance Tucker and Jlrs. James\\nWoods are the only children of William Tcaehout now\\nliving in this town.\\nThomas J. Gillett was probably the next settler. lie\\nstayed here a few years, and then removed elsewhere.\\nIn the spring of 1839, Elias Van Schaick and family\\nleft their home in the town of Lyme (now Cape Vincent),\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., with the intention of going to the\\nState of Illinois to settle on the fertile prairie lands regard-\\ning which such favorable reports were rife in the East. They\\ntraveled with their own conveyance to Buflalo, where one\\nof the horses was taken sick, and they were compelled to\\ntake boat up the lake. They took passage for Tohdu in a\\nboat that was just leaving for Detroit, the mistake being the\\nresult of the unscrupulous representations of a runner,\\nwhose zeal was largely in excess of his veracity. U[ion his\\narrival in Detroit, his horee still being too sick to undertake\\nthe tedious journey to Chicago, he resolved to hunt up the\\nClarks, with whom he was intimately acquainted, and visit\\nthem a few days before going on farther west. In this way\\nhe came to Richfield, and, being plea.scd with some of the\\nlieavily-timbered land he saw, finally decided to go no far-\\nther, but to settle here instead. lie then bought of Robert\\nJ. S. Page, of Flint, the east half of the northeast quar-\\nter of section 35, and there founded his home. During\\nhis long residence in this town he has added to his landed\\npossessions another SO-acre lot on section 2(5. The work of\\nclearing this land of its heavy growth of forest has been\\ndone mainly by his unaided efforts, though his wife a true\\npioneer woman often assisted him in this laborious ta.sk.\\nThey are both still living on their homestead, well advanced\\nin years, and enjoy the confidence and afiection of their\\nneighbors. Mr. Van Schaick has for some time suffered\\nthe great affliction of the loss of his sight, and it is a beau-\\ntiful and touching sight to see the little children, with\\nwhom he is a great favorite, eagerly discussing who shall\\nhave the honor and pleasure of leading grandpa along\\nthe way as they go to school. Old age and childhood help-\\nless man and helpful children how pleasant the .spectacle\\nA few weeks later than Mr. Van Schaick, Jeremiah K.\\nStanard came and settled on a fractional part of the north-\\nwest quarter of section C. The farm contained 1 14 acres.\\nMr. Stanard formerly lived in Genesee Co., N. Y.. in the\\ntown of Stafford (now Pavilion). While living there he\\nmarried Dorothy Davis, of Java (now in Wyoming County),\\nand with her came to Flint in the month of October, 1S35.\\nThe city of Flint was then in its infancy, and coulJ boast\\nof only three or four dwellings. Stanard was a carpenter\\nand joiner, and worked at his trade in Flint for a while, and\\nakso took up 80 acres of land in the town of Flint. In the\\nspring of 1830 he exchanged this with William Van .Slyke\\nfor the land he owned in this town. During his residence\\nhere Mr. Stanard was repeatedly called upon to serve his\\ntown in a public capacity. In I8()2 he changed his resi-\\ndence to the town of Oregon, in Lapoor County, where he\\nis now living.\\nIn June of this year (1839), Argalus H. Matthews eame\\nand made a settlement on the east half of the northeast\\nquarter of section G. He was a native of the town of\\nNew Haven, Addison Co., Vt. and lived for five years in\\nOrleans and Niagara Counties in the State of New York\\nbefore coming to Miciiigan. In January, 1837, he was\\nmarried to Mi.ss Rebecca C. Sullivan, in the town of Ala-\\nbama, Genesee Co., and in the following September came to\\nMichigan and took Rufus Stevens saw-mill, on the Thread\\nRiver, to run by the 1000 feet for a terra of six months.\\nlie then took a chopping job on Swariz Creek, where he\\nworked till the month of November, 1838, when he went\\ninto Chauncy Payne Co. s hydraulic saw-mill, and worked\\nthere until he had earned money enough to purchase 80\\nacres of land, a cow, and provisions enough to last till after\\nharvest, when he moved on to his land in Richfield, having\\nto cut his own road from the jn esent village of Whitesburg.\\nTo that point a road had been opened by a man named\\nJames Roach, who was .sent there by Cook Gordon, and\\nwas engaged in making shingles for them. In the work of\\nbuilding his log house he was assisted by J. 11. Stanard\\nand Alanson Webster. All of the logs had to be carried\\ntogether and laid up by hand, as neither of them had a\\nteam.\\nDuring the summer a few potatoes were raised, and an\\nacre and a half of wheat was sown that fall. During the\\nharvest, Mr. Matthews worked for Benjamin Pearson at\\nthe Coldwater settlement, and received in payment 8}\\nbushels of wheat, his wages being 1 bushel and 1 peck per\\nday. Pearson paid him 1 bushel in flour, and the other 7i\\nbushels were taken to the Thread mill to be ground.\\nSome of the difficulties to be overcome by the pioneer\\nare shown by what Mr. Matthews had to go through with\\nto get this small quantity of wheat prepared for use. He\\nhad no team or wagon, and, to get them, had to work one\\nday for the wagon and two and one-half days for the oxen.\\nThen it took him one day to get the oxen, go after the\\nwagon, and get to his home ready for a start to the mill.\\nAll the next day was spent in getting to the uiill with his\\ngrist, and then he found that he could not get it ground\\nunder two or three weeks. So home he returned and took\\nhis Wi-igon and oxen to their respective owners. Three\\nweeks later the performance had to be repeated to get the\\nflour home. Each night that he remained in I lint he had\\nto pay one dollar for his entertainment, so that when he\\nfinally cast up accounts, he found that he had given thliteen\\ndiij/s tcoik and lico dollars in money to get seven and one-\\nhalf bnslicls of loheat ground into Jlour.\\nIn 1848, Mr. Jlatthews bought the Cook Gordon saw-\\nmill at Whitesburg, and operated it about five and a half\\nyears. In the summer of 1855 he erected the tavern at\\nthe southeast corner of section G, which was the first pub-\\nlic-house opened in the town, and kept it seven 3 cars, when\\nit was rented to other parties, and, in 18G5, was sold to\\nRobert D. B. Alexander. It was afterwards sold to a Mr.\\nRush, and is now owned and occupied by James P. Wheeler.\\nJlrs. Matthews died April 22, 18G3, and Sept. 27, 1865,\\nMr. Jlatlhews married Mi-s. Almiia S. Miller (formerly\\nKelch), and is now living with her in the pleasant home\\nrecently built on the southwest comer of section 5. Mr.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0637.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "412\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nMatthews also built and opened a store at the corners in the\\nyear 1867.\\nAmong those who settled in the town at an early day\\nwas Asa Davis, who, in addition to his merits as a pioneer\\nand an agriculturist, had the honor of being one of the first\\nministers of the gospel who preached in this section. He\\nwas a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nA native of the State of New York, he removed to and\\nlived at Shorcham, Addison Co., Vt., till the fall of 1830,\\nwhen he decided to remove to Michigan. He had married\\nMiss Rebecca Bingham while living in Vermont, and was\\naccompanied to this State by her and their three children.\\nThey first lived in Southfield, Oakland Co., where 3Ir.\\nDavis worked out by the day. In the spring of 1832 he\\nmoved to Pontiac, and afterwards returned to Southfield,\\nwhere his wife died in January, 1835. He remarried, his\\nsecond wife being Miss Martha A. Warren, and moved to\\nClark s Mills, on Kearsloy Creek, in the present town of\\nGenesee, where he worked for Ogden Clark in cutting and\\nhandling logs and lumber. In February, 1839, he settled\\non the land he had taken up in Richfield nearly three years\\nbefore. It is said that he made the first shingle used in the\\ntown, though this seems doubtful, since George Oliver, who\\nwas a shinglc-makcr, moved in nearly three years earlier\\nthan Davis. Mr. Davis lived in this town till 18G3, when\\nhe moved to Genesee, and in 1865 to Forest, in the south\\npart of which latter town he lived till his death, which oc-\\ncurred Jan. 28, 1877, at the age of seventy-three years.\\nHis widow survives him, and lives on the homestead. Of his\\nchildren, Mrs. Rebecca Amidon and Mrs. Elva Pettitt live\\nin Richfield William P., Almon, Asa, and Mrs. Sarah A.\\nCoe, in Forest; and Mrs. Julia Goodell in Saginaw County.\\nMany others settled in the town at an early day, and de-\\nserve a place among the pioneers. While we have not the\\nmaterial or the space for extended biographies of them, we\\ngive the names of as many as we have been able to learn.\\nThey are as follows William Draper, E. B. Witherbee,\\nIsaac and Phineas J. Tucker, Zebulon Dickinson, Andrew\\nChappcll, John Van Buskiik, Joseph French, Frederick\\nOlds, Francis Davis, Amherst W. Matthews, Alanson\\nMunger, Jephtha Stimpson, Nathaniel Hart, Joseph 5Ior-\\nford, William Throop, John, Sr., John, Jr., and Leander\\nL. Hill, Garrett Zufelt, Stephen Cady, Caleb Lankton,\\nHenry F. Shepard, Nelson Warren, Samuel Elmore, Thomas\\nDibble, William JIunger, Noah Hull, William W., Cyrus,\\nand Isaac L. Matthews, Laban and Alvah Rogers, and An-\\ndrew Cook.\\nAs showing the namss of some of the early citizens of\\nthis town we give the following list of resident tas-payers,\\nas shown by the tax-roll of 184i\\nNames. Sections.\\nNelson Annis IS\\nJames Amy 15\\nNatlianiel Blackmer, Jr 17 and IS\\nAsahel Brj an\\nJonas Bellinger 31\\nAn.lrew Cook fi, 19, 20, and 29\\nOisimus Coolcy 20 and 30\\nAlexander Churchill 31\\nLyman Curtis 31\\nHiram Curtis 29\\nAndrew C. Chappull 13 and 14\\nStephen Cady 28\\nliiley Carpenter 27\\nPhcroras Clark 22\\nAcres.\\nTai.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a210\\n$0.80\\nSO\\n2.16\\n90\\n3.36\\n60\\nSO\\n2.10\\n360\\n14.40\\n80\\n2.95\\n80\\n3.73\\n80\\n2.40\\n40\\n87\\n160\\n5.99\\n80\\nl.fiO\\nso\\n1.60\\nSO\\n2.42\\nNames. ScctioD\\nThomas Clark 22\\nAaron Vos^man 15\\nNathaniel Curtrcl\\nZebulon Dickinson 29\\nFrancis Davis 36\\nAsa Davis 10, 14, and 15..\\n(ieorj^e Dibble\\nDavid I ickiDson 21\\nDavid (jiardtier\\nJeffrey ti.irdner\\nClark Gardner\\nJefiVey W. Giirdner\\nThomas J. Gillctl 26\\nStephen R. Gates 15\\nNoah Hull IS and 32\\nS. W. Harrington 8, 17, and IS..\\nWilliiuu Hoyle, Jr 24\\n^Villiam Iloyle, l?r 21 and 34\\nThomas Jenkins..... 33\\nSamuel Johnson 36\\nAlbert and Egbert King 19\\nAbel Kidder 19\\nBenjamin S. LockwooJ\\nArgnlus H. Maltliews 6\\nAlanson Mungei 7\\n.Toseph iVIoiford 2S\\nWilliam Munger 28\\nGeorge Oliver 21 and 22\\nFrederick Olds 13\\nLinus Parker 20\\nWilliam J. Phillips 32 and 33\\nMorrison PowelsoD 23\\nAlva Powelson\\nDavid Parker 21\\nStephen S. Roberts\\nDaniel K. Robert. 24\\nErastus Roberts 24\\nLevi Reynold.- 6\\n.Jeremiah R. Stanard 6\\nAVilliam Scott 31\\nJesse Smith 34\\nHenry F. Shepard 21\\nWilliam Sluper\\nEli Skinner 2S\\nDnniel B. Skinner 2S\\nPhineas J. Tucker 29, 30, and 32..\\nIsaac Tucker 30\\nAVilliam Throop 30\\nWilliam Teaohout... 30\\nTimolhv B. Tucker 32\\nWillis Tucker 30\\nJohn Van Buskirk 19\\nElias Viin Schaick 35\\nAsa X.Warren 11\\nGarrett Zufelt 20\\nAcies.\\n120\\n80\\n160\\n239\\nICO\\n80\\nSO\\n40\\n180\\n52.S\\n80\\n2S0\\n80\\n1\\n120\\nSO\\nso\\n80\\nSO\\n160\\n774\\n411\\n40\\n200\\n328\\n40\\nSO\\n160\\n88.34\\n70\\nSO\\n160\\n42J\\n40\\n40\\n240\\n120\\n1611\\n120\\nSO\\n4U\\n120\\nSO\\n40\\n160\\nTax\\n$6.50\\n2.03\\n1.14\\n6.32\\n5.71\\n4.43\\n67\\n1.60\\n29\\n2.?\\n23\\n23\\n3.26\\n95\\n.3.98\\nJ9..30\\n1.60\\n7.73\\n1.60\\n21\\n2.77\\n1.95\\n13\\n3.38\\n2.25\\n2.36\\n3.43\\n4.98\\n1.86\\n1.49\\n3.19\\n8.2f$\\n57\\n1.32\\n23\\n1.60\\n3.33\\n2.87\\n1.62\\n1.82\\n5.15\\n1.60\\n91\\n80\\n80\\n9.11\\n4.88\\n4.05\\n7.44\\n2.43\\n96\\n2.63\\n2.52\\n1.26\\n7.24\\nTotal tax $214.21\\nThe following is a summary of the schedule of taxes for\\nthe town of Richfield that year:\\nStale and county tax $321.41\\nRejected taxes 6.19\\nSchool district, of district\\nNo. 2, per judgment in\\nfavor of Anna Tucker,\\ncosts and interest 10.20\\nHighway tax 142.56\\nTownship poor tax 60.00\\nTownship tax 121. SI\\nLibrary tax 23.00\\nTotal $685.17\\nResident taxes\\nNoo-rcsident taxes\\n$214.21\\n470.96\\nTotal $685.17\\nWilliam Draper and E. B. Witherbee, from Pontiac,\\npurchased considerable land in this town, and in the fall\\nof 1 836 had come on with a gang of laborers and improved\\nthe Irish road, so that it was for those times an excellent\\nroad. In the spring of 1837 they were busily at work\\nbuilding a dam across the Flint River on section 17, a few\\nrods east of the Irish road, and in putting up a large saw-\\nmill. The mill was completed, and commenced running in\\nthe spring of 1838. It was the largest and best mill ever\\nbuilt in the town, and was in operation for nearly a score\\nof years. Tlie Jam is still to be seen across the course of\\nthe river, but the flood-gates having long since disappeared", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0638.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n413\\nit only frets and worries, instead of obstructing, the current.\\nNeither Draper nor Witherbee remained resident of the town\\nfor any great length of (iiue.\\nThe second saw-mill was the Belden mill, heretofore de-\\nscribed, and the third mill was built in 1852-53, a little\\nabove the Draper mill, by Higgins Blackmer. After\\nrunning for some time as a lumber-mill it was eventually\\ntransformed into a shingle-mill. A fourth mill was built\\nby Maxfield Goodrich, in 1855, on Flint River, a mile\\nnorth of the centre of the town. It was the first steam\\nsaw-mill in the town. It was fitted up with one upright\\nsaw, one butting-saw, one shingle-saw, and one lath-maehinc,\\nand had a capacity of about 5000 feet per day. This mill\\nwas sold, some ten or twelve years later, to John Clemens,\\nwho removed it to Richfield Centre and operated it as a\\nshingle-mill. Some time after it was changed into a grist-\\nmill (the first and only one ever in the town), and finally\\nthe engine was sold and taken to Davison s Station, and the\\nframe was converted into a barn. This completes the list\\nof mills that have existed in this town.\\nThe first bridge across Flint River in this town was built\\nat the crossing of the Irish road, iu 1848. It was once\\ncarried away by logs striking it at a time when the water\\nwas unusually high, and has been rebuilt two or three times.\\nThe second bridge was built on the State road, north of\\nthe centre, and the third and last one on the road crossing\\nthe river on section 12.\\nThe first ccuple married in Richfield were R. E. Potter\\nand Abigail Clark. They were married on the 5th of Jan-\\nuary, 1840, at the residence of the bride s father, Thomas\\nClark. The ceremony was performed by Nathaniel Smith,\\nEsq., of the town of Forest, then a part of this town.\\nThe company present on the happy occasion consisted of\\nthe families of the parties, George Oliver and wife, and\\nElias Van Schaick and wife. Mrs. Potter died Aug. 19,\\n1845, leaving three children, the oldest of whom was the\\nfirst white male child born iu the town. Mr. Potter is still\\nliving on his farm, now in the town of Davison. The sec-\\nond marriage was that of Caleb Lankton and Maria Teach-\\nout, which took place about two years later. This couple\\nare still living in the adjoining town of Genesee.\\nThe first death was that of Sarah, daughter of Thomas\\nand Rebecca Clark, a young lady of twenty-two years, who\\ndied Sept. 25, 1837, of tubercular consumption. She was\\nburied on her father s farm, but was afterwards taken up and\\nremoved to the White Church burying-ground, in the south-\\nwest part of the town.\\nAlmost the first thought in the minds of the settlers after\\nthey had provided for the clamorous wants of the physical\\nnature was to provide educational facilities for their chil-\\ndren. The first school-house was built in 1838, in the .south-\\nwest part of the town. The labor and expense of building\\nwere furnished by voluntary contribution. Phincas J.\\nTucker furnished the lumber Isaac Tucker, who was a\\ncarpenter, framed it and superintended its erection Oreimus\\nCooley furnished the shingles, nails, glass, putty, etc. and\\nothers assisted in the work of building. The first teachers\\nnow remembered as having taught in tlii.s house were Miss\\nHannah Tucker and a Miss Hart.\\nThe second school-house was built on the school scctiun,\\nin 1839, and was also erected through voluntary contribu-\\ntions. It stood a little west of the southeast corner of the\\nsection, on the site now occui)ied by Turner s barn. Miss\\nElizabeth Clark taught the first school kept in it.\\nThe third .school-house was built in 1843. On section 6\\nthere were four families, each living near one corner of the\\nsection, and to accommodate them all the school-house was\\nbuilt in a small clearing near the centre of the section.\\nFrom each settlement a path led to it. In this house a\\ndaughter of Stephen Cady kept the first school. In this\\nbuilding Eider Freeman, of Flint, used to preach occasion-\\nally, and in the summer-time the rude seats would be filled\\nby a goodly company of men, women, and children, all lis-\\ntening to the sermon, but also energetically waving branches\\ncovered with leaves to defend themselves from the attacks\\nof the swarms of gnats, mosquitoes, and flies, that did not\\nrecognize the Sabbath as a day of rest, but recklessly pur-\\nsued their usual vocations. Even the minister was forced\\nto wave his leafy wand to protect himself from these tor-\\nmentors, who were no respecters of persons and had no\\nreverence for the priestly garb.\\nThe first blacksmith in town was Ambrose Eckler, who\\nhad a shop on the east half of the northwest quarter of sec-\\ntion 23. He afterwards moved it to the southeast corner\\nof section 26.\\nThe first physician that settled in this town was Dr.\\nJohn Deniing. He located at Richfield Centre about 1858.\\nHe remained but a short time, and was succeeded by Dr.\\nThomas Ilutehins, who remained a couple of years. Fol-\\nlowing these have been Dr. Wm. Rogers, Dr. Merchant,\\nDr. Begel, and Dr. Henry Smith, the present physician at\\nthe centre.\\nThe first post-ofiBce was established in the early part of\\nHarrison s administration, and was located on section 30,\\nat the house of the postmaster, Phineas J. Tucker. It was\\ncalled Richfield, and was kept at private houses for a num-\\nber of years. The postmasters, as nearly as they can now\\nbe traced, have been Henry F. Shepard, Otis Clark, Wil-\\nlard Tucker, Elisha Kinsman, E. AV. Rising, Leander L.\\nHill, Willoughby Matthews, Levi McCarn, F. B. Lowell,\\nand J. 11. G. Turner, the present incumbent. During Hill s\\nterm of ofiiee it was kept at his store, and since that time\\nhas been kept at the centre. In 1872 the name was\\nchanged to Richfield Centre.\\nVILLAGES.\\nThe first symptoms of village growth manifested them-\\nselves in this town at the time when V. Maxfield and E. R.\\nGoodrich built their saw-mill, in 1855, near the place where\\nthe State road crosses the river. The mill furnished em-\\nployment for eight or ten men, and the.sc wanted places on\\nwhich to build houses lor their families. A tract of land\\ncontaining about eighty acres was accordingly set apart for a\\nvillage site, and was surveyed into lots by Julian Bi.shop, the\\ncounty surveyor. Several lots were sold to mill hands and\\nothers, and a number of rude dwellings were built. A\\ndraughtsman living in Detroit was cn)ploycd to make an\\noutline map of the plat, but before he completed his task he\\nremoved to the city of Buffalo, and as a consequence the\\nplat was never put on record. It was intended to call the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0639.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "4U\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nvillao-e Richfield, but this name has never come into general\\nuse, the common appellation given to the settlement being\\nMaxfield s.\\nCaptain Maxfield built a tavern there in the summer\\nof 1857, which remained in use as a public-house for about\\ntwelve years. It has been since that time and is now used\\na.s a residence by Mr. Maxfield.\\nAnson Withey built a store on the west side of the street\\nin the winter of 1857-58. The building is now occupied\\nas a dwelling by Charles Burnett. Another store was built\\nat this settlement by John Seeley some years later. A\\ncouple of years after it passed into the hands of Bradshaw\\nCo., of Detroit, and was kept by John Simpson. Two\\nyears after it was destroyed by fire.\\nLyman Calkins put up a blacksmith-shop in 18G2-63,\\nwhich was afterwards removed to the centre.\\nAt present the only business carried on at this point is\\nthat of coopering, by William Amy. The village now con-\\ntains about a dozen dwellings, and boasts about forty inhabi-\\ntaiit,s.\\nRICHFIELD CENTRE\\nis a small hamlet at the centre of the town, which has grown\\nup there without any special reason, except the gregarious\\nhabit of the human mind, that induces human beings to\\ncongregate together for purposes of social intercourse and\\nbusiness convenience. Its growth has been very slow and\\ngradual, extending over a period of some twenty or twenty-\\nfive years.\\nThe first building erected here after the farmers residences\\nin the vicinity was a blacksmith-shop, built by a man named\\nHosmer, who was the .second blacksmith in the town. He\\nsoon after went to the southwest part of the town and built\\na shop there, in which he continued his business. On the\\nsite thus left vacant E. W. Rising put up a framed shop,\\nwhich was occupied by George Boyer. This is the same\\nshop now used by Richard Cottrell.\\nAbout the same time Merritt Blacknicr and Leander L.\\nHill built a store on the southeast of the four corners, and\\nopened the first regular store kept in Richfield. They had\\npreviously kept a small stock of goods in a part of Hill s\\nhouse. This store was afterwards moved to the southwest\\ncorner, and froni_therc to its present location, on the north-\\nwest corner, where it is now occupied as a store and post-\\nofEce by J. R. G. Turner.\\nThe wagon-shop was started by its present proprietor,\\nMr. Fellows, in 1807. In 1866-07 the school-house and\\ntown-house were also built. In 1877 a eider-mill was built\\nby Orlando Grove and Julius Kinsman, and in 1878 F. E.\\nStoddard built his present store on the first site of the\\nBlackmer Hill store. At the present time (1879) the\\n^Methodist Episcopals are building a chuixh a little east of\\nthe four corners.\\nThe village now contains about 20 dwellings, and has a\\npopulation of about 85.\\nROGERSVILLE.\\nTwo brothers, Laban and Alvah Rogers, settled on the\\nwest line of the town, in section 6, the first named in 1846\\nand the last in 1848. From them the little settlenieut that\\nhas grown up about the railroad received its name.\\nWhen the railroad was built and commenced running, in\\nthe fall of 1872, the post-office, which had been located at\\nWhitesburg, was transferred to the station, and S. J. Rogers\\nwas appointed as postmaster. Albert Van Brunt is the\\npresent postmaster, and was commissioned in the spring of\\n1879.\\nThe railroad company did not feel willing to go to the\\nexpense of putting up buildings for a station, although\\nthey were willing to stop their trains at this place for the\\naccommodation of the public. So some of the citizens got\\ntogether and contributed the amount of $1000 to be used\\nin the construction of a depot, which was built in the spring\\nof 1874. Those who contributed towards the erection of\\nthis building were R. D., S. J., and C. W. Rogers, and\\nPeter Recce.\\nIn 1875 the hotel was built by R. D. Rogers, its present\\nowner and occupant a blacksmith-shop was built by Richard\\nCottrell the cheese-factory was built by Peter Recce and\\nC. W. Rogers, at a cost of $1470 and the store was built\\nby S. J. Rogers. The cheese-factory was run for three\\nseasons, but has since that time been idle. It is expected\\nit will again commence operations in the season of 1880.\\nThe store was sold to its present occupant, Albert Van\\nBrunt, in the spring of the present year (1879).\\nIn 1877 a giain-elevator storehouse was built near the\\ndepot by R. D., S. J., and C. W. Rogers, at a cost of\\n$2200. They make a business of buying grain and pro-\\nduce, and in the season of 1878 bought and shipped about\\n2000 bushels of wheat, besides large quantities of other\\ngrains and produce.\\nIn addition to the buildings already mentioned Rogers-\\nville boasts half a dozen dwellings.\\nPOLITICAL AND CIVIL HISTORY.\\nAt the time of settlement the town of Richfield was a\\npart of Lapeer County, and embraced within its limits the\\npresent towns of Forest and Richfield and the north half\\nof Davison. It was set off from Lapeer and attached to\\nGenesee County in 1843. Its first separate existence as a\\ntown was effected in the session of the Legislature in the\\nwinter of 1836-37, and the first town-meeting was held on\\nthe first Monday in April following. Of this meeting, and\\nof all the proceedings of the town from that time down to\\nthe year 1857, we have only the knowledge afforded by\\ntradition, for the records, which should be carefully treas-\\nured, have disappeared through the shameful carelessness of\\nthose whose duty it was to see that they were preserved.\\nThe first town-meeting occurred at the time when work\\non the Draper Witherbee saw-mill was being pushed with\\nvigor, and, for the convenience of the most of the widely\\nscattered population, was held in a small shanty, which had\\nbeen erected for temporary shelter while the mill w;is being\\nbuilt. Less than a dozen voters were present, and there\\nwas more trouble to find candidates for the several offices\\nthan to find offices for all the candidates, as is generally the\\ncase at this time. According to the best evidence now ob-\\ntainable, the following were the officers chosen Supervisor,\\nWilliam Draper Town Clerk, E. B. Witherbee Collector,\\nGeorge Oliver; Justices of the Peace, Orsimus Cooley,\\nThomas Clark, George Oliver, and Nathaniel Smith As-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0640.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n415\\nsessors and School Inspectors\\nGeorge Oliver and Thomas\\n1857.\\nStephen L. Blodgctt.\\n1808.\\nDavid S. Woolman (v.).\\nClark Commissioners of Hi\\nghways, George Oliver, Wil-\\nClark; Constable, William\\n1858.\\nSamuel C. Murdock (f. t.).\\n1869.\\nEphraim Allen (f. t.).\\nHam\\nDraper, and Thomas\\nWilliam J. Phillips (1. v.).\\nII. Matthews (s. v.).\\n1870.\\nWilliam J. Phillips (v.).\\nAlonzo A. Drake (f. t.).\\nRett\\nan.\\n1859.\\nAmherst W. Matthews.\\nSilas Hart (v.).\\nThe following is the most\\nperfect list of officers of the\\n1860.\\nOtis Clark.\\n1871.\\nWilliam W. Moore (f. t.).\\ntown that we have been able to obtain, and covers the years\\n1861.\\nWilliam J. Phillips (f. t.).\\nWalter J. Cole (v.).\\nfrom 1887 to 1S79 inclusive\\nAugustus Holdcn (v.).\\n1872.\\nWilliam Amy (f. t.).\\n1862.\\nAlonzo A. Drake (f. t.).\\nAugustus Holdcn (v.).\\n1873.\\nAmherst W. Matthews (v.).\\nPheroras Clark (f. t.).\\nCIVIL LIST OF IlICnFIELD.\\n1863.\\nRichard Garlock (f. t.).\\nAmherst W.Matthews (v.).\\nSrpERVlSOIiS.\\nElias Van Schaick (v.).\\n1874.\\nDavid Richards.\\n1837.\\nWilliam Draper.\\n1857. Jacob King.\\n1864.\\nClark M. Lucas.\\n1875.\\nDaniel B. Skinner.\\n1838-)2. No record.\\n1858. Andrew Cook.\\n1865.\\nWilliam J. Phillips.\\n1876.\\nWilliam AV. Moore.\\n1843-\\n44. Fbinea\u00c2\u00a3 J. Tucker.\\n1859. Frederick Old.s.\\n1866.\\nAlonzo A. Drake (f. t.).\\n1877.\\nGeorge Garrett (f. t.).\\n]8Ja-4 William Mungcr.\\n1860. Phcrorae Clark.\\nAmherst W. Matthews (v.).\\nWilliam J. Phillips (v.).\\n1848-\\n50. Josiaii King.\\n1801-64. Frederick Olds.\\n1867.\\nCyrus A. Matthews (f. t.).\\n1878.\\nDavid Richards.\\n1831.\\nPberoras Clark.\\n1805-72. George E. Taylor.\\nFrederick Olds (v.).\\n1879.\\nJacob Shafer.\\n1852.\\nJosiah King.\\n1873-74. Simeon R. Billings.\\n1868.\\nA. W. Matthews (f. t.).\\n1853.\\nJacob King.\\n1875. Edwin G. Clark.\\n1854.\\nElinba Kinsman.\\n1876. Simeon R. Billings.\\nCOMMISSIONERS\\nOF nicnnAYS.\\n1855-\\n-56. William Mungcr.\\n1877-79. William W. Moore.\\n1837.\\n(Jeorge Oliver.\\n1850.\\nAlbert King.\\nTOnX CI.KRKS.\\nWilliam Draper,\\n1851.\\nAugustus Holden,\\n1837.\\nE. B. Witberbec.\\n1859. Jacob King.\\nThomas Clark.\\nFrederick Olds.\\n1838-\\n39. No record.\\nI860. Lorenzo Latimer.\\n1838.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\n1852.\\nFrederick Olds.\\n1840-\\n41. Caleb Lankton.\\n1861. Jacob King.\\nJacob Tcachout.\\nAugustus Holden.\\n1842.\\nA. G. Pratt.\\n1862. Homer Cathcart.\\nOrsimus Cooley.\\n1853.\\nNo record.\\n1843.\\nHenry F. Shepard.\\n1863. Amherst W. Matthews.\\nVandorus Smith.\\n1854.\\nE. W. Rising.\\n1844.\\nWilliam Mungcr.\\n1864. Henry G. Cook.\\n1839.\\nR. E. Potter.\\nJacob King.\\n1845.\\nCaleb Lankton.\\n1865. David W. Hiller.\\nPhincas J. Tucker.\\n1855.\\nNo record.\\n1846-47. Elifha Ilinsm.in.\\n1866. Edwin G. Clark.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\n1856.\\nLorenzo Latimer.\\nlS4S-4a. John Hill, Jr.\\n1867. Alonzo A. Drake.\\n1840.\\nJoseph Morford.\\n1857.\\nFrancis Davis.\\n1S50.\\nMerritt lilackmer.\\n1868-71. Edwin G. Clark.\\nNatlianiel Smith.\\n1858.\\nFrederick Olds.\\n1851-\\n52. Henry F. Shepard.\\n1872. Frederick E. Stoddard.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\n1859.\\nFranklin Cooley.\\n1853.\\nWilliam Mungcr.\\n1873. William H.Srailh.\\n1841.\\nJoseph Morford.\\n1860.\\nF rancis Davis.\\n1854.\\nHenry F. Shepard.\\n1874-75. Frcilcrick E. Stoddard.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\n1801.\\nSamuel Clemens.\\n1855.\\nSullivan Clark.\\n1876. Alonzo A. Drake.\\nNathaniel .Smith.\\n1862.\\nFranklin Cooley.\\n1856.\\nLeander L. Hill.\\n1877-78. Frederick E. Stoddard.\\n1842.\\nStephen Cady.\\n1863.\\nArgalus H. Matthews.\\n1857-\\n58. William Jlungcr.\\n1879. George N. Porter.\\nJoseph French.\\n1864.\\nWilliam Odell.\\n1S4.3.\\nAhmson Munger.\\n1865.\\nOscar Clcmons (f. t.).\\nTOWN Tit\\nEASLKERS.\\nStephen Cady.\\nWilliam J. Phillips (v.).\\n1837-\\n39. Geo. Oliver (collector).\\n1863. Hart N. Lucas.\\nWilliam Throop.\\n1866.\\nAmherst W. Matthews.\\n1840-\\n41. Thomas Clark.\\n1804. Amherst W. Matthews.\\n1844-\\nAlanson Munger.\\n1807.\\nM illiam J. Phillips (f. t.).\\n1842-\\n47. Pberora.s Clark.\\n1805. Argalus 11. Matlhews.\\nPheroras Clark.\\nWilliam Odell (v.).\\n1848-\\n50. Jacob Tcaebout.\\nI860. Samuel demons.\\nZebulon Dickinson.\\n1808.\\nAmherst W. Matthews.\\n1851.\\nJosiah King.\\n1867-68. Albert A. Elmore.\\n1845.\\nAndrew Cook.\\n1869.\\nAlbert A. Elmore (f. t.).\\n1852-\\n54. William J. Phillips.\\n1S09. John H. Elmore.\\nAVilliam J. Phillips.\\nJames Roberts (v.).\\n1855.\\nArgalus H. Matthews.\\n1S70. Heman Thompson.\\nGarrett Zufelt.\\n1870.\\nDavid Caldwell (f. t.).\\n1856.\\nDavid L. Cleveland.\\n1871. AVilliam Alungcr.\\n1846.\\nAlanson Munger.\\nWheeler C. Althouse (v.).\\n1857.\\nLorenzo Latimer.\\n1872. Pheror.TS Clark.\\nAndrew Cook.\\n1871.\\nSereno G. Lucas.\\n1858.\\nAlbert King.\\n1873-74. Edwin G. Clark.\\nWilliam Hoylc, Jr.\\n1872.\\nFrancis Davis {f. t.).\\n1859.\\nPheroras Clark.\\n1875. John H. Elmore.\\n1847.\\nFrederick Olds.\\nJohn W. Moore (v.).\\n1860.\\nAVilliain Mungcr.\\n1876-77. Julius G. Kinsman.\\nWilliam J. Phillips.\\n1873.\\nDavid Osborn.\\n18CI.\\nArgalus H. Matthews.\\n1878. Enos Parker.\\nArgalus H. Matthews.\\n1874.\\nDavid Dickinson.\\n1862.\\nDaniel B. Skinner.\\n1879. Franklin Cooley.\\n1848.\\nJeremiah R. Stanard.\\nAViUiam J. Phillips.\\n1875.\\n1S76.\\nDavid Osborn.\\nFrederick Olds.\\nJrSTlCES OF\\nTHE PEACE.\\n1849.\\nNo record.\\n1877.\\nOscar Clcmons.\\n18.37.\\nNathaniel Smith.\\nOrsimus Cooley.\\n(Jeorge Oliver.\\nThomas Clark.\\n1847. Alanson Mungcr (f. t.).\\nJohn Hill, Jr. (v.).\\nJohn A. French (v.).^\\n1848. Francis Davis (f. t.).\\n1850.\\nFrederick Olds.\\nJ. R. Stanard.\\nASSE!\\n1878-\\nsons.\\n79. Francis Davis.\\n1838.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\nFrederick Olds (v.).\\n1839.\\nJeremiah R. Stanard.\\n1849. William J. Phillips.\\n1837.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\nThomas Clark.\\n1840.\\nM illiam Tcachout.\\nElias Van Schaick.\\n1840.\\nOrsiinus Cooley.\\n1850. C. Clack.\\n1841.\\nNathaniel Smith.\\n1851. Clark White (f. t.).\\n1842.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\nGeorge Corwin (v.).\\nNo record for any other yt\\nars tl\\nluu these is now to be\\n1843.\\nJcre h R. Stanard (f. t.).\u00c2\u00bb\\n1852. Samuel M. Elmore.\\nfound.\\nAsahel Bryan (v.).f\\n1853. AVillinm J. Phillij.s (f. t.).\\n1844.\\nWilli Mungcr (f. t.).\\nJacob King (v.).\\nOVERSEERS\\nF THE\\nPOOR.\\nLeander L. Hill (v.).\\n1854. Zelura Dibble.\\n18.18.\\nDavid L. BelJen.\\n1857-\\n58. Andrew Cook.\\n1845.\\nCaleb Lankton.\\n1855. No record.\\n1840.\\nAmos Bcgel.\\nJohn Van Buskirk.\\n1846.\\nE. Bobert.s (f. t.).\\n1856. Jacob King (f. t.).\\n1843.\\nStei)hen Cad v.\\n1859.\\nGarrett Zufelt.\\nWilliam Throop (v.).\\nJacob Tcachout (v.).\\nNo record other than the\\nbove i\\nSj,\\null term. Vac.Tncy, J EIc\\n;tcd at special election May 29lh.\\ns now obtainable.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0641.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "416\\nHISTORY OP GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSCUOOL I.VSPECTORS.\\n1837\\nTliom.as Clark.\\n1854\\nAugustus Holden.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\nWilliam J. Phillijis.\\n1838.\\nThomas Clark.\\n1855\\nLorenzo Latimer.\\nUaviil L. Bclden.\\nWilliam J. Phillips.\\n1839-\\n-40. No record.\\n1856.\\nOtis Clark.\\n1841.\\nGeorge Oliver.\\nLeander L. Hill.\\nAsuhel Br,Tan.\\n1857.\\nAugustus Holden.\\n1842.\\nThomas Clark.\\n1?58.\\nOtis Clark.\\nJoseph French.\\n1S59.\\nElisha Kinsman.\\n1843.\\nWilliam Throop.\\n1860.\\nGeorge E. Taylor.\\nWilliam Rlunger.\\n1861.\\nJerome Putnam.\\n1844.\\nLeander I,. Hill.\\n1862.\\nGeorge E. Taylor.\\nWilliam Throop.\\n1863.\\nElisha Kinsman.\\n1845.\\nLeander L. Hill.\\n1864.\\nSolomon I. Beach.\\nWilliam Munger.\\n1865.\\nEdwin G. Clark.\\n1S46.\\nNo record.\\n1860.\\nGeorge E. Taylor (f. t.)\\n1847.\\nDaniel B. Skinner.\\n1866-\\n67. John H. Elmore (v.)\\nWilliam Munger.\\n1868.\\nDavid S. Woolman.\\n1848.\\nLeander L. Hill.\\n1869.\\nNelson U. Smith.\\nJohn Hill, Jr.\\n1870.\\nDavid S. Woolman.\\n1849.\\nAugustus Holden.\\n1871.\\nNelson H. Smith.\\nJohn Hill, Jr.\\n1872.\\nGeorge E. Taylor (f. t.)\\n1850.\\nAugustus Holden.\\nEdwin G. Clark (v.).\\nPheroras Clark.\\n1873.\\nDavid W. Hi Her.\\n1851.\\nAugustus Holden.\\n1873-\\n74. Joseph F. Billings.\\nF. B. Higgins.\\n1875-\\n77. James Roberts.\\n1852-\\n53. John H. Elmore.\\n1S7S.\\nDavid S. Woolman.\\nAugustus Holden.\\n1879.\\nJoseph F. Billings.\\nSCHOOL SUPEniNTENDENTS.\\n1875-77. Joseph F. Billings. I 1878-79. George Garnett.\\nDRAIN COMJUSSIOSEHS.\\n1872-73. Frederick Olds.\\n1874. Joseph Coltrell.\\n1875-76. David S. Woolman.\\n1877. Jacob Shaffer.\\n1878-79. John Good.\\nCONSTABLES.\\nThe names of only a few of these officers are known\\nprevious to the year 1857. Those known arc as follows:\\nZelum Dibble, 1848; Argalus H. Matthews, 1843-68; Asa Davis,\\n1847-57; Daniel B. Skinner, 1847; John Boyd, lSIS-50; Lean-\\nder L. Hill, John Chadborn, 1849; Seymour Hill, 1850-58;\\nHenry F. Shepard, 1857-59; Heman Thompson, 1857-58 Sam-\\nuel Elmore, 1857; Amherst W. Matthews, 1858-64; Pro.-eo!t F.\\nWilkins, Myron Benjamin, 1859; Joseph Cottrell, 1859-62, 72-\\n*73 Ransom D. Rogers, Augustus Holden, James Stoddard,\\n1860; Edson Hayes, Oscar demons, 1861; Albert A. Elmore,\\n1861-62; William Amy, James Rising, 1862; Joseph Kinsman,\\nWilliam H. Davis, Rensselaer Hallock, 1S63; Bcnjauiin Britt. n,\\n1863, eo, 71; Samuel S. demons, 1864; Melvin Woolman,\\n1864, 66; William Odell, 1864, 67, 68, 71; William C. Dronn,\\nElhanan Maxfield, 1805; Levi McCarn, 1865-67; William Hart,\\n1865, 74; Frank Crittenden, 1866-68; Willard W. demons,\\n1867, 68, 72, 75, 76; Lafayette Matthews, 1869; Williiim H.\\nSmith, 1869-71; Enos Parker, 1869, 73; Hiram E. Woolman,\\nDavid S. Center, 1870; Monroe Caldwell, 1871, 74; David W.\\nHillcr, 1872, 73; John Cottrell, 1872; Frederick E. Stoddard,\\n1873 Peter J. Randall, 1874 Henry J. Simons, 1874-76 Jacob\\nM. Schnitzer, James Hancock, 1875; Almon Skinner, 1876; Wil-\\nliam 11. Martin, 1876-78; Charles Root, 1877, 78; George A.\\nSmith, 1877-79; Chaunoey Fuller, 1877, 78; Dewitt Zacharias,\\nJacob Grove, Amasa S. Turner, 1879.\\nIn its political bias the town was originally quite evenly\\ndivided between the Whig and Democratic parties, with the\\nodds a little in favor of the latter, but when the town of\\nForest was organized it took from this town not only six\\nmiles square of its territory, but also a largo share of its\\nDemocratic voters, leaving the Whigs in the ascendency.\\nFrom that time till the Republican partj was organized, in\\n1854, the Whigs generally carried the day, though occa-\\nsionally a popular Democratic candidate would be elected.\\nThe majorities, however, were small in either case. The\\nFree-Soil movement and the opposition to the extension of\\nthe abominable and inhuman system of American slavery\\nfound a fertile soil in the hearts of the liberty-loving people\\nof Michigan, and nowhere more so than in Richfield and\\nwhen the repeal of the Missouri Compromise showed be-\\nyond a doubt the tendency of the Democratic party to\\nbecome the active champion of tlie South and its peculiar\\ninstitutions, these people were ready to unite with any body\\nof citizens to oppose them. Thus the formation of the\\nRepublican party was hailed by them with delight, and\\nthey united with it to become among its most earnest and\\nzealous members. From that time to the present the\\nRepublicans have maintained control of the town. The\\nNational-Grcenback-Labor-Reform party first cast a separate\\nvote at the fall election in 1878. The vote on the State\\nticket then stood about as follows Republican, 150 Na-\\ntional, 145 Democrat, 41 Prohibitionist, 4, showing\\nan opposition majority of 40 votes. In the election of last\\nspring (1879) the Nationals coalesced with the Democrats,\\nand probably thus lost their distinctive organization, the\\ntown giving a Republican majority of about 25 votes.\\nThis town has been honored in the person of some of its\\ncitizens by their being called to perforin the duties of offices\\nof trust and responsibility outside of the town. Among\\nthese are George E. Taylor, elected register of deeds of\\nGenesee County, and Hon. Simeon R. Billings, elected\\ncounty surveyor, and also senator in the State Legislature.\\nThe town held its meetings at the school-house at the\\ncentre for many years. In the winter or spring of 186(5\\nthis school-house was destroyed by fire, and the board of\\ntown officers, according to the previous adjournment, met,\\nas the record says, on the site where the Centre school-\\nhouse had stood, and adjourned to Lyman Calkins black-\\nsmith-shop. At that meeting it was decided to build a\\ntown-house. Five hundred dollars were voted for the pur-\\npose, and E. W. Rising, Frederick Olds, and Argalus H.\\nMatthews were appointed a building committee, with full\\npower to purchase a site, draw a plan, and erect a building\\nto be finished by the 1st of October of that year. The com-\\nmittee bought a quarter acre of ground on section 15, just\\nnorth of the school-lot, of John W. Moore, paying him $40\\nfor it, and then commenced the building. The amount of\\nmoney voted was found to be insufficient, and the building\\nwas not completed until the following year, when $400\\nmore was voted to fiiii.sh the building and fence the lot.\\nThe total cost was nearly \u00c2\u00a71000.\\nThe three school districts already mentioned have now\\ngrown to twelve in number. Eight of them are whole\\ndistricts, the other four fractional. The school-houses of\\nall these twelve districts are in this town. They are all\\nframe buildings, and aggregate a value of $6600. During\\nthe year ending Sept. 30, 1878, the sum of S2252.2G was\\nexpended in Richfield for the support of schools.\\nThe following statistics regarding the town at the present\\ntime are taken from the State census of 1874\\nPupulation. Males under five years, 85 from five to", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0642.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n417\\nten years, 71 from ten to twenty-one years, 174; from\\ntwenty-line to forty-five years, 220 from forty-five to\\nseventy-five years, 132; from seventy-five to ninety years,\\n2. Females under five years, 109 from five to ten years,\\n89 from ten to eijrhteen years, 122 from eighteen to\\nforty yeare, 201 from forty to seventy-five years, 151\\nover seventy-five years, 2. Total males, 684 total females,\\n667. Totiil population, 1.351. Of their condition in life,\\nwe are told that 710 are single, 595 are married, and 46\\nwere widowed or divorced.\\nThe area of taxable land is put down at 22,862.25 acres,\\nof which 9633i acres are improved. This percentage of\\nimproved land is now considerably increased. The Flint\\nRiver Railroad track and buildings occupy 71 acres. There\\nare 241 farms in the town, averaging nearly 95 acres\\neach.\\nIn the (|uantity of its products for the year 1873, Rich-\\nfield ranked third in the county in corn and butter, and\\nseventh in wheat and other grains. The following table\\nshows the aggregate products for that yciir: Bushels of\\nwheat, 29,140 bushels of corn, 27,065 bushels of other\\ngrains, 41,03.3 bushels of potatoes, 10,372; tons of hay,\\n1580 pounds of wool, 13,752 pounds of pork, 42,225\\npounds of cheese, 120; pounds of butter, 72,295; pounds\\nof diied fruit, 40 pounds of maple-sugar, 1650 barrels\\nof cider, 1 94.\\nThe number of acres of orcharding is 414, which pro-\\nduced 15,941 bushels of apples in 1872, and 6800 bushels\\nin 1S73.\\nThe stock kept was reported as follows Horses, 465\\nmules, 2; work-oxen, 105; milch-cows, 640; other neat-\\ncattle, 786; swine, 610; sheep, 2640.\\nThe valuation of the town, according to the assessment\\nof the present year (1879), is as follows: Real estate,\\n8641,995; personal property, $98,265; total, $740,260.\\nThis is supposed to be the actual market value of the\\nproperty, as the assessment was made in accordance with\\nthe late decision of the courts, which made that the only\\nlegal manner of a-sscssing.\\nA lii.story of Richfield would be quite incomplete if it\\ndid not mention something that occurred in the first lialf\\ndecade of its existence which was of such a novel nature\\nas to make it peculiarly interesting. At the time spoken\\nof George Oliver and Joseph Morford were members of\\nthe board of highway commis.sioners, and were the active\\nmembers of the board. For work done on the highways,\\nthey, being a majority, often issued orders on the town\\ntrea.surer without going through the needless formality of\\ncalling a meeting of the full board to audit accounts. Prob-\\nably it was not deemed necessary to be so exceedingly\\nformal in the tran.saction of business at that early day, for\\nso anxious were they to be accommodating that when they\\nhappened to be absent when an account was prcsent^ d. Mis.\\nMorford would (to accomniodatej write out an order for\\nthe requisite amount, and sign her husband s and Oliver s\\nnames thereto. At last these orders began to appear in\\nsuch numbers that an investigation was had, and the modus\\noperandi as above described discovered. And this was not\\nall, for it was found that considerable |uaiitities of goods\\nhad been purcha.sed at Lapeer i J paid I or in Cummis-\\n53\\nsioners orders, and Morford, being in need of a yoke of\\ncattle and not having the money to buy them, had resorted\\nto the same method to secure them. A Mr. Hart, of La-\\npeer, held large quantities of these unauthorized obligations,\\nand, they being repudiated by the town, he brought a num-\\nber of suits against the town to compel their payment. On\\nthe trial the manner in which they were issued wa.s brought\\nout and their worthlessness shown. What a pity that the\\npeculiar talents of these officers are not now available to\\nfurther the schemes of the Nationals I They issued the\\nfirst fiat money u.sed in Richfield, and could properly\\nclaim the paternity of the organization that believes in the\\npower of making something out of nothing.\\nThe war record of this town is not materially different\\nfrom that of other towns throughout the county. Special\\ntownship-meetings were held on the 23d of February and\\n1st of September, 1864, and Jan. 3, 1865, also a meeting\\nof the town board, March 14, 1865 and at these meetings\\ndiscussions were had as to the best method of filling the\\nquota of the town under the several calls for troops. The\\nplan finally adopted was to is.sue bonds of the town to raise\\na sufficient sum to pay each volunteer credited to the town\\nthe sum of one hundred dollars in addition to all other\\nbounties he might receive. Bonds amounting to about\\n\u00c2\u00a72700 were issued, and paid when they came to maturity.\\nThe quotas of troops were thus speedily filled, and Rich-\\nfield did her duty towards the government in its time of\\ntrial. Many of her brave sons went forth in defense of\\ntheir country, and of these several lost their lives in tlie\\nservice. These martyrs of liberty left behind them a\\nheritage of glory that belongs alike to us all. Wherever\\nthe name of the American soldier is spoken it is recog-\\nnized as synonymous with the bravery, heroism, self-.sacri-\\nfice, and devotion of the patriot. Let us, therefore, cher-\\nish the memories of these men, write their names not\\nalone upon the monumental marble, but upon the more\\nenduring tablets of memory, and engross their achievements\\nin the recesses of grateful hearts as well as upon the pages\\nof history. Among those who thus testified to their disin-\\nterested love of country we mention the following who\\nwere residents of Richfield, and of whom she should be\\nproud Warren Davis, Silas E. Van Schaick, John Judd,\\nJohn Kinsman, Daniel Boyer, Delien Hill, Edwin Belden,\\nDexter Gary, Seth Williams, Charles Lucas, Morris Miller,\\nand Joseph Thomas.\\nPeace to their ashes Honor to their memories\\nRELIGIOUS.\\nAs was generally the ca.sc in this Western country, the\\nMethodists were the finst denomination to enter this field\\nof religious labor, and they commenced preaching in this\\ntown as early as 1839 or 1840. The first preachers came\\noti a kind of missionary labor, but after a class was formed\\nit became an appointment on Flint circuit, and was regu-\\nlarly served by the ministers on that circuit.\\nThe cla-ss was organized with but a few members, among\\nthem being Asa and Martha Davis, Nelson and Elizabeth\\nWarren, Joseph and Julia Morford. A.sa Davis was the\\nfirst class-leader. From this small beginning has grown", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0643.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "418\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE (X)UXTY. MICHIGAN.\\nTHE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUBCH OF RICHFIELD\\nCEXTBK.\\nFor neaHj a score of j\u00c2\u00abars this ehoreh remained oon-\\nneeted trith Flint circtut. In lS5d-59 it was transferred\\nto Genesee eireuit. In lSt 4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 65 it was connected with\\nForest i^now Otisville) circuit, and in 1S73 it was attached\\nto Davisoa circuit, as at present.\\nDuring the early years of its existence, iho cin. uit being\\na large one, the (Quarterly meetiugs wei\u00c2\u00ab held at widely-\\nseparated points, and the older members can remember the\\nlong rides taken on sleds or wagons, drawn by oxen,\\nthrough the dense forests and over the execrable ivnds, to\\nattend quarterly meetings at Flushing or Flint.\\nFor the first few years the meetings were generally held\\nat prirate houses, then at the Centre school-house, and sinc\u00c2\u00ab\\nthe completion of the town-hall the meetiugs have been\\nheld in that. No steps were taken towards the erection of\\na church edifice until January of the present year, when\\na meeting was held at the house of Pheroras Clark, and\\nthe society incorporated by electing the following K ard\\nof trustees: Frederick Olds, Pheroras Clark, William\\nBrown, Albert Powelson, Albert A. Elmore, Truman Dr;ike,\\nNathan Koot, Melrin Woolman. and Couck. Fred-\\nerick Olds. Melvin Woolman, and Truman Drake were\\nchosen to act .-ts a building committee.\\nA site, containing threT.M]uarteis of an acre, was purdiased\\nof F. E. Stoddard for the sum of \u00c2\u00a775. and work was begun\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0on the church earlr in the spring. At present (^August,\\n1ST9) the frame is up. but the house is not fiubhed. The\\ndie of the building is 35 by 55 feet, and it is estimated to\\ncost $2000 when finished. The laying of the comer-stone\\nwas made the occasion of quite a od dbration. which was\\npanicipated in by a large number of people. It occurred\\nou the 24th of June, 1S79, and at II o clock a. i. the\\nstone was laid in place by the pnesidii^ elder, Ber. A. F.\\nBournes, assisted by George Gamett. The exercises con-\\nsisted of addresses by Kevs. A. G. Blood, of Otisville E.\\nD. Daniels, of Detroit C. Mendenhall, of Richfield Cen-\\ntre O. Sanbi m. of Linden W. C. Way, of HMly H.\\nS. White, of Port Huron and T. J. Joslin. of Flint, and\\nsinging by the cboir. In the earity of the stone the fol-\\nlowing articles were placed, vii.\\nA tin-box, dimensions 10 inches long and 5 inches wide\\nand deep, inclosing copies of the Discipline of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal ChtiTch, y^afkmal Repi sitory. Setc Ybri\\nChn sfMH Atlrviiiff, JUicki^vm Christiuii Adtoattf, An-\\nnual Reports of Missionary and Freemen s Aid Societies,\\nMinutes of Detroit Annual Conference v^lS7S Report of\\nChutvh Extension Society, Report of Committee on Rerision\\nof Hymu-Book, Catalogue of Albion CoBese, names of the\\nofficers of Methi dtst Episcv pal Church of Richfield, and a\\nportrait of Mrs. Copp. the pastor s wile.\\nThe parsonage belonging to the circuit is kvated at Da-\\nvison s Station, and has recently been C(. mpleted at a cost\\nof about $S50.\\nThe first preachers, whose names are now remembered,\\nwere Revs. Steele, Francis Bangs, Jennings, Alfred\\nAllen, WilUam Mothersill, Cowles, and Reed.\\nTheir meetings were generally held on week-day evenings,\\nat ihc loi: schoi4-hvuse at the centre, or at the red-side\\nschool-house in the southwest part of the town. Tlie list of\\npastors herewith given b somewhat incomplete, part of it\\nhaving been obtained only through the recollection of some\\nof the members. We name them as follows ReT. S. P.\\nLee. 1S51 Thomas Wakelin. 1S55 E. C. Wright, 1S59;\\nR. Johnson, 1S60 L. S. Tedman. 1S63 N. W. Pierce,\\n1S66-67 A. Gee, 1S68 L. S. Tedman. 1S69-71 W.\\nJ. Clack, 1S72; L. S. Tedman. 1873-75; W. M. Camp-\\nbell. 1S76; James Balk, 1S77; R. Copp, 1S7S; E. B.\\nDaniels, the present pastor, commencing in July. 1S79.\\nThe membership of the church has never been very large,\\nprobably not exceeding 30 at any time, and at present b\\nabout 25. The board of trustees remains as first chosen\\nPheroras Clark is the present class-leader Frederick Olds\\nand Melvin Woolman are the stewards and Goodenough\\nTowusend is the recording steward of the circuit.\\nThe first protracted meeting in Richfield was held by\\nElder Cowles, in the winto of 1S44\u00e2\u0080\u0094 45, at the house of\\nMr. Pheroras Clark. There was no place of meeting large\\nen iugh to accommodate the congregation that assembled, so\\nMr. Clark had the partitions in his house taken down, thus\\nmaking the whole ground-floor into one large room, and\\nthere the meetings were h^d. continuing for a period of\\nabout three weeks, and resulting in the conTOsion of quite\\na large number of people.\\nFrom an early period there has been a Sabbath-sehoo)\\nconth?cted with this church. Part of the time it has been\\na union school, but in the spring of the present year it was\\norganixed as a Methodist school, with the fijlowing officers\\nSuperintendent, Truman Drake Assistant Superintendent,\\nMelvin Woi lman Secretary. Melviu Woolman Treasurer,\\nHenry Chapman Librarian, Charies Woohnau.\\nThe Protestant Methodists next put in an appearance, and\\notOTuixed a class at Matthews Comers as eariy as the year\\nIS-tS. Lyman Blodgett was the first class-leader, and after\\nflourishing a few years the dass was broken up. In 1 S5S-59\\nit was revived under the same leadership, receiving the name\\nof\\nTHE COTTAGE CLASS OF RICHTIKLD,\\nthe name being daived from the school-house in which the\\nmeetings were held.\\nIt was then an appointment on Marathon circuit. Blod-\\ngett remained dass-kader until a revival occurred in the\\nwinter rf 1S59-60. adding a good many members to the\\ndass. when he was succeeded by Cyrus A. Matthews.\\nCommencing with S members, it has increased to 23,\\nwhich is the present number.\\nConsidering the fact that the denominatioa has built two\\ndisrchs in other parts of the town, it b not to be -won-\\ndered at that this das has iK t yet undertook to b uld a\\nboose of worship.\\nThe present officers are Wallace W. Moore, CTass-kader\\nPeny Van Wormer, Steward Cyrtis A. Matthews, Orcnit\\nSteward.\\nThere has been a summer Sabbath-sehool at the c\u00c2\u00abt\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbs\\nfor twelve or fifteen years, of which Richard Gariock was\\nthe first superintendent. At present the school numbers,\\ninduding officers and teachers, about 50. and is officered as\\nfollows: W. W. Moore, Superintendent; Newton Urch,\\nTreaisuier Syh autts Muuger. Librarian.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0644.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "RICnFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n419\\nFIttST PROTESTANT METHODIST CHURCH OP RICHFIELD.\\nThe second class of the Protestant Methodist donomina-\\ntion was that known as the Cook class, and was onr.inizod\\nat the Cook school-house, bv 0. II. P. Green, Au^ 1S51.\\nThe class then numbered about 20 members. Anion;; them\\nwere Andrew and Irena Cook. Ji siah and M. Kinir, John\\nand Rosy Hibbard, William Kinsman and wife, John Ilib-\\nbard, Jr., and wife. Zebulon Dickinson and wife. William\\nThroop and wife, Nathaniel Blackmor and wife, and Givrge\\nWilliams and wife. Josiah King was the fitst class-leader,\\nand George Williams the first steward.\\nFor about fitWn years the meetings were held at the\\nCook sehool-house, but at the expiration of that time the\\nsociety considered itself strong enough to warnuit it in\\nundertaking to build a eluireh. In the winter previous\\n(18G5-G6) a protracted meeting had been held by the pas-\\ntor, Rev. A. C. Fuller, and had resulted in the convei-sion\\nof some seventy persons, a large share of whom naturally\\nunitetl with this class.\\nThe first day s circulation of the subscription paper\\nsecured the sum of SllJOO, Mrs. Ircna Cook heading the\\nlist with a subscription of \u00c2\u00a7300. The desired anioutil was\\nvery quickly secured, Mre. Cook donating an acre of ground\\nnear the northwest corner of section 20 for a site, and work\\non the church w;is immediately begun in .\\\\pril, IStiti.\\nThe building was finished in the following December, and\\nwas dedicated early in January, 1867, by Rev. Mr. Mahan,\\npresident of Adrian College. Its size is 30 by 50 feet, and\\ncost, including furnishing, the sum of $24lJS. It was built\\nby John W. Moore, under the supervision of a building\\ncommittee consisting of John Hibbard, Jr., Sereno G.\\nLuc;\u00c2\u00bbs, David Parker, Edwin Tanner, William Jennings,\\nDavid W. Ililler, and Mr. Glover.\\nThe society was incorporated at a meeting held at the\\nchurch. May IG, 1S(J7. John Hibbard, Jr., presided, D.\\nW. Ililler acted as secretary, and John Hibbard, Jr., D. W.\\nHiller, and Sereno G. Lucas were elected trustees.\\nThe present membership is 80, and the present ofiScers\\nare Jared Hiles, Class-leader; J. P. Ililler, Steward; D. W.\\nHiller, H. C. Hill, Edwin Tanner, Trustees.\\nThis church, which is commonly called the Brown\\nChurch, from the color with which the building is painted,\\nhas always been an appointment on Flint circuit, and has\\nbeen served by the following pastors: Revs. 0. II. P.\\nGreen, 0. Earls, Charles Maun, 0. H. P. Green,\\nHobson, Thomas Plackett, C. D. Covil, J. A. Nichols,\\nThomiis Howland, G. M. Lyon, Amos Bradshaw, John\\nSelby, H. W. Hicks, A. C. Fuller, C. S. Green, F. Traver,\\nD. Whiteley, Robert Mulholland, 8. Riley, A. C. Fuller,\\nR. C. Myers, William Pope, C. D. Covil, and H. F. Wright,\\nwho is the present pastor.\\nThere were quite extensive revivals of religion under the\\npreaching of Revs. Nichols, Fuller, and Wright, (he num-\\nber of converts being reported respectively at 100, 70, and\\n90.\\nOf the Sabbath-school Andrew Cook was .superintendent\\nfor .several years, and w;\u00c2\u00bbs probably the first one. At ])res-\\ncnt the school numbers about GO members. D. W. Hiller\\nJ8 the superintendent, and William Jennings, Jr., is the\\nsecretary and treasurer.\\nRIVER CHAPEL.\\nThis org!\\\\nization resulted fri.)m the labors of a local\\npreacher of the Protestant Methodist denomination named\\nJefterson Teller, who resided at Richfield Centre. Being\\nquite a good singer, as well as an exhorter, ho was (|uit\u00c2\u00ab\\nsuccessful in a series of meetings he held at the Miles\\nschool-house, one mile north and one mile east of Richfield\\nCentre. Quite a revival followed his labors there, and a\\nclass of 15 members was formed. Their names were Wil-\\nliam and Mary Amy, Oscar and Sabra Clemons, Joseph\\nand tVvilla Weber, Peter and Betsey All, .\\\\verv and Susan\\nMiller, Esther Miles, Loretta Miller, L. A. Harter, Judson\\nMiller, and Mrs. N, Ma.xwell. William Amy was appointed\\nclass-leader aiul Oscar lemons steward.\\nThis was also an appointment on Flint circuit, and the\\nsiMue piistors commencing with Rev. Robert Mulholland\\nthat jireached at the Brown Church have also proaelied here.\\nThe meetings were held in the Miles sehool-hon.se until\\nthe 1st of January, 1870, when the sehool-house was closed\\nagainst religious meetings, and steps were then taken to\\nbuild a house of woi-ship. A meeting was held at the\\nhouse of Samuel Miles in February, at which nu cting the\\nsociety incorporated by electing Oscar Clemons, Geoi ge\\nCottrell, and Samuel Miles trustees.\\nA church site of one-half acre, on the northwest corner\\nof section 14, Wiis purchased of Asa Miller for S50, a\\nbuilding committee, consisting of D. W. Hiller, Samuel\\nMiles, George Cottrell, Oscar Clemons, and Frank Ililler,\\nwas appointed, and on the 1 1th of March work was actively\\nbegun. The church, which is a frame building 28 by 40\\nfeet in size, was finished in June, and cost about SIOOO.\\nIt was dedicated June 29, 1870, by Rev. G. B. McElroy,\\nof Adrian College. His text was, It is more blessed to\\ngive than to receive.\\nThe church at present numbers 25 members. Oscar\\nClemons is the eliiss-leader and Ransom Withey the steward.\\nWilliam Amey was superintendent of the Sabbath-school,\\nwhich wjxs orpuiized about the time the church was. R. H.\\nCottrell is the jn-esent superiutendent, and the school num-\\nbers about oti scholars.\\nFIRST FREE-WILL BAPTIST CIIUllCU OF RICHFIELD.\\nThis society was organized by Rev. Almon Jones, in the\\nCook school-house, some time in 1851-52. It then num-\\nbered about 15 members. Alvah Rogers was the first\\ndeacon.\\nThe meetings were held at the school-house until the\\nUnion or White Church was built. Then the meetings\\nwere held there, the members of this society owning a\\nconsiderable share of its stock. For the present year no\\npreaching has been done here by this denomination.\\nRevs. Almon Jones, Cephas Goodrich, Samuel Currier,\\nF. P. Angir, C. B. Mills, and G. B, McElroy have served\\nas pastors of this church.\\nST. Joseph s church in ricufield.\\nThis belongs to the Roman Catholic denomination, and\\nis in the Detroit diocese.\\nThe church at Flint had several members living in the\\nsoutheast part of Richfield, most of whom were Germans", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0645.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "420\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nand understood the English language quite imperfectly.\\nThe priest at Flint not being able to preach in German,\\nmeetings were held at the houses of some of these mem-\\nbers, and Father John Busche, of Lapeer, came and\\npreached to them in their native tongue.\\nIn the spring of 1871 a church was organized by Father\\nQuinn, with about 25 communicants, and steps were taken\\nto build a church. Mrs. Magdalen Conrad donated li\\nacres of land for a church site and burial-ground, and a\\nchurch 20 by 40 feet in size was erected at a cost of about\\n\u00c2\u00a71000. Among those who contributed to this object\\nwere B. Conrad, Joseph Schmidt, Jacob Hannel, Ludwig\\nSnoor, Jacob Donner, Alexander Collins, and Thomas\\nCain.\\nThe first trustees were B. Conrad, Joseph Schmidt, and\\nThomas F. Hogan. The present ones are Ludwig Snoor,\\nJacob Hannel, and George Straffel.\\nThe church has always been connected with the Flint or\\nLapeer churches, and has consequently never had a resident\\npastor.\\nAt present the church numbers about 40 members.\\nTHE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OP RICHFIELD.\\nFor nearly twenty-five years prior to the organizing of\\nthis society ministers of the Christian denomination had\\npreached in the red-side .school-house, in the southwest\\npart of Richfield, to accommodate those members of the\\nDavison s Station Church who lived in that neighborhood.\\nAfter the building of the union church the meetings were\\nheld there.\\nMarch 8, 1873, a meeting was held for the purpose of\\nforming a church society, and afltr consultation William\\nMuuger, Daniel B. Skinner, William J. Piiillips, Jacob\\nSiiafer, and Benjamin Bidleman were appointed to draw\\nup articles of association to present at an adjourned meet-\\ning. March 22d they reported, and an organization was\\neffected with the following members Daniel B., Catharine,\\nA. A., Doretta A., and E. A. Skinner, Jacob and Catharine\\nShaffer, Fernando, Harriet, and Anna Dewey, William J.\\nand Nancy M. Phillips, W. W. and Fanny Throop.\\nThe following is a copy of a portion of the articles of\\nassociation reported, viz.\\n^Article 1. We. whose names are hereunto annexed, do hereby\\nagree by the help of the Lord to walk together as a church of Christ,\\nfaithfully maintaining its ordinances, biking the Bible for our only\\nrule of faith, the New Testament for our guide in practice, church\\norder, and discipline, making Christian character the only test of\\nfellowship.\\nAnd icherena, Good men honestly differ in opinion, and every one\\nmust give account of himself to God, therelore,\\nlietoh-ed. That we extend to each individual the God-given right\\nto search the Scriptures and understand for themselves, and in all\\nmatters of opinion we will not censure each other but exercise charity,\\nand in all things strive to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bonds\\nof peace, and no one can rightfully be subjected to trial or exclusion\\nbut from want of Christian character.\\nFrom the time of its organization the church has always\\nbeen at peace with all the world, and perfect harmony has\\nalways prevailed among its members. The circle of mem-\\nbership, now enlarged to 38, luis not yet been broken by\\nthe visit of the angel of death.\\nThe pastors of this church have been two in number.\\nRev. S. Snyder, who organized it, remained in the pastoral\\ncharge for a little more than four years, and was Oct. 14,\\n1877 succeeded by Rev. Cyrus Meudenhall, who still re-\\ntains that relation to the church.\\nThe society has never built a church, but owns, through\\nits members, about one-third of the union church, where\\nthe meetings are held, this being the only society now occu-\\npying it for purposes of religious worship.\\nThe first officers of the church were as follows William\\nJ. Phillips, Chairman A. A. Skinner, Secretary Fer-\\nnando Dewey, Treasurer Daniel B. Skinner and Jacob\\nShafer, Deacons all of the above named, Trustees. The\\npresent officers are the same, with the exception of George\\nCotharin, Treasurer.\\nRICHFIELD UNION LYCEUM BUILDING SOCIETY.\\nPursuant to a notice properly given, the citizens met at\\nthe school-house in District No. 1, on the 9th of February,\\n1867, for the purpose of organizing a society to build a\\nchurch opposite the Union burying-ground, to be used on\\nfuneral occasions and for purposes of religious worship.\\nRev. Samuel Currier was chosen chairman and Daniel B.\\nSkinner secretary. A committee of five was appointed\\nto draft a constitution and by-laws for the government of\\nthe society, and the meeting then adjourned.\\nBefore the time for the adjourned meeting it was de-\\ncided to organize under the provisions of chapter Ixi. of\\nthe Revised Statutes; and under a warrant issued by A.\\nA. Drake, E.sq., justice of the peace, a meeting was called,\\nand held at the White school-house. William J. Phillips\\npresided, and William Munger acted as secretary. Resolu-\\ntions, adopting the name above given and declaring the\\npurpose of the organization, were adopted. It was resolved\\nto issue shares of S5 each to the amount of \u00c2\u00a72000, and\\nexpend that sum in building the edifice. The following\\nofficers were also chosen at that meeting: President, Orsi-\\nmus Cooley Secretary, William J. Phillips; Treasurer,\\nDaniel B. Skinner Trustees, John Van Buskirk, David\\nDickinson, Henry G. Cook, and Norman Treadwell Build-\\ning Committee, John Van Buskirk, William Munger, R.\\nC. Lombard, Orsimus Cooley, and Daniel B. Skinner.\\nThe plan presented by Charles Rose, of Genesee, was\\napproved, and the building was erected by him. Work was\\nbegun as early as practicable that spring, and the building\\nwas completed in the fall. In the latter part of November,\\nor the early part of December, it was dedicated by Rev. C.\\nDearing, of Romeo. Its total cost was about S3000, all of\\nwhich was paid or pledged before the dedication.\\nThe annual meeting for the election of officers and the\\ntransaction of business is held at six o clock P M. of the first\\nMonday in February in each year.\\nThe present board of officers is composed as follows\\nPresident, John Van Buskirk Secretary, William Muuger;\\nTreasurer, Daniel B. Skinner Trustees, David Dickinson,\\nH. G. Conger, James Cooley, Edwin Fuller.\\nRICHFIELD UNION BURYING-GROUND SOCIETY.\\nThe inhabitants of the town formerly buried their dead\\nin different parts of the town in private or family grounds,\\nbut this practice was fouud unsatisfactory, and in 1840 it", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0646.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0647.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "m^\\nym\\ni^y\\n;s?~^\\nBl-\\nL r 4\\nm\\nGS\\nm!\\n|p i\\nm-\\ni ^Tif-t-l\\nt\\nJ", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0648.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "EICHFIELD TOWNSHIP.\\n421\\nwas decided to have a public ground where all could bury\\nand where the resting-places of the dead could be more\\nconveniently cared for than when they were so widely scat-\\ntered. In view of this object, Orsiuius Cooley, Pliiueas J.\\nTucker, Isaac Tucker, William Teachout, and Lyman Curtis\\npurchased half an acre of ground of P. J. Tucker for $10,\\ncleared it, and, inclosing it with a rail-fence, opened it to\\nthe public. At subsequent times additions have been made,\\nuntil the ground now contains I2 acres. An association\\nwas formed a number of years ago to take control of the\\nground, and is still in existence, although the record of its\\norganization is lost. Its present officers are William Mun-\\nger, President Simeon R. Billings, Secretary William J.\\nPhillips, Treasurer.\\nThere is another burying-ground on the north side of the\\nriver, on the north line of section 8, wliich contains a little\\nmore than an acre of ground, and was purchased of Myron\\nBenjamin, in the spring of 1857, for the sum of $5. The\\npurchase was authorized by a meeting of the citizens, which\\nelected Argalus H. Matthews, Thomas J. Stimpson, and\\nRalph Slinipson trustees to obtain and hold the title.\\nThey are still acting in tlie .same capacity.\\nThe ground was cleared under contract by Bradford\\n0. Carpenter for 502.25.\\nThe first burial was that of Isaac L. Matthews, in the\\nfall of 1858.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nThe only society in Richfield representing the many fra-\\nternities is a Lodge of Good Templars known as\\nELEANOR LODGE, NO. 93, I. O. G. T.\\nIt was the outgrowth of an interest in the work of tem-\\nperance reform aroused at a lecture given by John R. Clark\\nat the town-hall on the evening of the 5th of April, 1879,\\nand was given its name in honor of the wife of the speaker.\\nIt was formally instituted at F. E. Stoddard s hall, on the\\n12th of April, by A. J. Kellogg, of Otisville, District\\nDeputy, with 29 charter members.\\nThe membership has increased to 33, and regular meet-\\nings are held every Saturday evening at Stoddart s Hall.\\nThe first officers, who are also the present ones, are as\\nfollows: W. C. T., William H. Smith; R. H. S., W. F.\\nAmy L. H. S., Miss Mattie Fuller W. V. T., Mrs. Har-\\nriet A. Clark W. Sec, Merritt Hutcliins W. A. Sec,\\nAlonzo A. Dibble W. F. Sec, Miss Flora Miles W. Treas.,\\nWilliam H. Coe W. Chap., Henry Chapman; W. M.,\\nGeorge Lawrence; W. D. M., Miss Fanny Grove; W. I.\\nG., Miss Susie Kornung; W. O. G., George Kilbreth P.\\nW. C. T., W. H. Chapman L. D., Merritt Hutchins.\\nIn closing this sketch the historian desires to return his\\nmost hearty thanks to those kind and con.siderate friends\\nwho have so generously assisted him in his labors, and have\\nthus enabled him to make a much more complete and satis-\\nfactory sketch than he could have possibly done had they\\nall been as disobliging and discourteous as was one man who\\nbrus((uely rcfu.scd to listen for a moment or give the least\\ninformation, though the historian had, upon the recom-\\nmendation of many citizens, walked four miles through the\\nhot sun and du.sty roads to see him. To him we owe no\\nthanks; to tlie others, many and iicarty ones.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nSIMEON R. BILLINGS\\nwas born in the township of Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nMarch 17, 1835, the fifth of a family of six children. His\\nfather. Col. Laurence Billings, was born in the township\\nof Smyrna, Chenango Co., N. Y., March 21, 1801. He\\nwas a farmer, and .soon after his marriage to Miss Roxana\\nRoxford he emigrated to what was then the wilds of West-\\nern New York, Orleans County. He bought one hundred\\nand sixty acres of the Holland Purchase. It was all new,\\nbut Mr. BilUings industry soon made the wilderness blos-\\nsom as a rose, and a fine farm is the result of his labor.\\nUpon it he still resides at the age of seventy-eight years.\\nIn early life he took a great interest in military affairs, and\\nwas at one time colonel of a militia regiment. On the old\\nhomestead Simeon grew to manhood, receiving an academic\\neducation after which his summoi s were passed ou his\\nfather s farm, the winters in teaching in New York and\\nMichigan. After his first marriage he purchased a farm\\nin the town of Kimball, Orleans Co., in which he resided\\nuntil 1807, when he sold and moved to Richfield, Genesee\\nCo., Mich., buying what is known as the Cook farm. On\\nthis farm he has built a fine house and barn, and made\\nmany improvements, which have placed it in the front rank\\nof fine farms of Genesee County; in 1871 it took the first\\npremium, awarded by the Agricultural Society for the Lest\\nfarm in the county.\\nMr. Billings has always been a Republican, and has taken\\nan active interest in political matters. In Orleans County\\nhe held township offices. Since coming to Michigan he has\\nbeen three terms supervisor of liis township, and has three\\ntimes been elected and served as county surveyor. In\\n1875 the people of his representative district, recognizing\\nhis abilities and his fidelity, elected him to represent them\\nin the State Legislature, which place he filled with such\\nacceptance that they re-elected him in 1877. In 1879 he\\nwas again placed before the people by his friends, this\\ntime as a candidate for the State senatorship, to which po-\\nsition he was elected by a large majority. In both houses\\nhe served as chairman of the committee on State affiiirs, and\\nwas highly complimented by the President of the Senate.\\nThe Lansing RepnlMcaii, in speaking of the leading sen-\\nators, says Mr. Billings is rapid and impetuous, rather\\nsarcastic, an uncompromising foe to all class or special legis-\\nlation his only defect being an indistinct utterance, which\\nwas more than counterbalanced by his sterling honesty.\\nBy his fellow citizens he is looked upon as one of Genesee s\\nenterprising and representative men.\\nMr. Billings married for his first wife Miss Carrie E.\\nGray, who was born at Carlton, Orleans Co., N. Y., Oct. 8,\\n1839 died April 24, 1808. She was a daughter of Everett\\nand Elizabeth McCauley) Gray. Resultant of their union\\nwere two children, viz., Bertha H., born Aug. 2, 1803,\\nand Willie G., born March 24, 18(!C. For his second wife\\nhe married Miss Nancy R. A.shley, born in Genesee Co.,\\nMich., Feb. 2, 1842, and daughter of Samuel J. and Helen\\n(Wylic) Asliley, There has been born to them one child,\\nCarrie E., born May 3, 1874.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0649.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "4SS\\nHETORT OF GENESEE COr TT, MICHIGAN.\\nFR\u00c2\u00a3I ERICK OIJ\\nXKS. FSXPERICK OLI\\nFREDERICK OLPS.\\nFiedemk OMs bora id the K^vn of Randolpb. Wind-\\nsor (V^ Yt., Sq*. 3s ISOS. While he stiU a babe h^\\nth\u00c2\u00abr HOTed to G\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abi\u00c2\u00ab!iee CVv, X. Y.. and booght ninetj\\nMice of new land on the Tovunda Cre^ flats in the tovn\\nof Alexander. He vas drafted in the var \u00c2\u00abf 1S13, and\\nwas in several enaa\u00c2\u00ab?fa\u00c2\u00bbents. in one of which he reteired a\\nwvtond in the les:. After the war be retnnied to hk htm,\\nwhi^ he pwtly improred. Aftwwaids he w*s ensas^ in\\nthe h (el bttsine s, but $nb$et|aeiii!T sold ht$ hotel and\\nwrked at the vioper s tnde. In 1S36 be came to Mi\u00c2\u00abju-\\ngan and settled in the town of Uatoo, Braneh CVx, where\\nhe i\u00c2\u00ab^ded until his death, in 1^46. Fiedeiiek Kwd with\\nhis ther nntil after hts wania^, wh^i he started oat in\\nfife ior hiittself. He worked at the coofer s tnde in Mid-\\ndleban:. in Staflord. and in Warsaw, We next find lum in\\nCattariogBS Co., N. Y.. where he bonght a piew of new\\nland, whieh be parthr ekated. Tlus land he sold, and in\\nlSo6 be eame to Midugan to find a hoaw where hnd was\\ndieap^ In Mar of that j\u00c2\u00abar he arrired in Mamiwab Coantr.\\nwhere he worked at hk trade. He next took a job on what\\nWK eaUed the Shelbj and Dettvtit RaibraaML Tlus proved\\na i]ni\u00c2\u00ab, and Mr. Olds ket all his eamio^ In Pebraarr,\\n1S3S, he niored to Braneh Coontj. g!Nng with an ois-tenM,\\nand being tra da](^ co the ivad. He bo\u00c2\u00ab|^t thirtr mrb of\\nwild hnd in Union township, b\u00c2\u00abih npoa it a ^lantj, and\\neleaied abo\u00c2\u00abt tea acres. In 1S41 be sold; and with an ox-\\nteaoa aored hki wUy into what was then the town of\\nRiekfioJd. Lapeer -Co., where he hoo^t e\u00c2\u00ab:htT-fiT f acres,\\npart of the southeast qoaiter of s\u00c2\u00abetioa 15. Thf land we\\nnew, not a stick harii^ been cnt. nere were then but two\\nho\u00c2\u00abees between his place and FCnt,and not a honseins^t\\nfor sereral jeats ajfter be cane. TUs a Mr. Oluk has\\niniprored and boih upon and he\u00c2\u00abe, nnder his own tine and\\nfig-tree, he qnietij posses the deciinii^ renis of hb fife,\\nreqweted and c ct wc d bj his ne^Ubots and friends as an\\nupright eitiaen and a trae Otrstian. In poBties Mr. OUs\\nis a Repabfican of the stalwart kind, it never having been\\na qnestion to which pnrtj he beloved or on whidi side of\\na pofitical qn^tion he stood. Has been jnstice of the peace\\ninanv vearsk. overseer and eoMKisaoner of h^wajs over\\ntwenty jeais, drain cowHksioner three years, and Ric^\\nfield s war supervisor, koldi^ the ktter \u00c2\u00abCee ibr sei\u00c2\u00abn\\nyears. He was active in sen\u00c2\u00a3ng soUfets to d\u00c2\u00bb field, and\\ndeserves maA of the ere\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a3t for saving the town fioa the\\ndtafk. He has been a aKMber of the MechodBst l^ptseofiid\\nClintek for fbnj-two jearsL Ote the 4tk daj of Noveadber,\\n1S:: S, he anrried Miss Sally Hill, daw^ter of Jolin KB.\\nShe wks bora in Blo\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abfieM, Ontario (k, T., Jaat 13.\\n1S0 nei\u00c2\u00ab have been bom to theaa tihe feUowiag eUl-\\ndien Mortimer M., bora Aw;. ISS^,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he Married Miss\\nFranc^ Potter, who we bora I m^ :ia, 1S33; Annada C^\\nbora SqA. 30, 1SS3, married Nathaa Root, wlw was bora\\nJan. 16, 18:23 Althea Y., bora Mardt 9, IS42, died Feb.\\nT, 1$^^ married Saunel Clemens; Wilhar bora April\\na\u00c2\u00a9, 1S50, died May 21, 1S5T.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0650.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "F O E E S T.\\nTownship 9 north, of rauge S east, was formerly a jvirt\\nof the towu of Kiohfield. and lvIons;^xl to L; [Hvr County.\\nIt was set off fn.nu that ivuuty, erveted iuto a sojvarate\\ntowu, uuder the name of Forest, and attached to Genesee\\nCounty by the Leiiislature of 1842\u00e2\u0080\u009443, the latter aet hav-\\ning tvceivtxl the apprvval of the g\\\\ vernor 5IaR h 9, 1S43.\\nand gvnug iuto effeet ou the 31st day of the same month.\\nThe reasons for this change of wniuty relations were prin-\\nci{vdly business ci nTeuienoe and ease of communiejition,\\nthe main business of the people centring at Flint, and the\\nriver forming their prinoii^l meaus of commuuic:\u00c2\u00bbtion and\\nfor the transportation of their produce aud mauulactures.\\nAll the towns of range S now belonging to Genesee County\\np;irticip; ted in this change.\\nThe new town embraced a territory nearly six miles square\\nand cimtaiued an area of 23,027.40 acres, 1016 acres of\\nwhich wore rateil as swamp-lands.\\nThe territory thus named forms the northeast comer town\\nof the county, is centrally distant fnnu Flint (the county-\\nseat thirteen aud one half miles, and is bounded on the\\nnorth by Millington, Tuscola Co., east by the town of\\nMarathon, Lapeer Co., south by Richfield, and west by\\nThetford. Its lands were originally heavily timWred, and\\ngenerally with pine of fine nualily and large size, intermin-\\ngled with oak, maple, beech, ash, elm, butternut, and many\\nother varieties of timber in limited quantity. Owing to\\nthe fact of the existence of this pine tiuiK-r. the land was\\nlargely taken up by spe -ulators, or by those who held\\nthem till lumber was worth a price which would warrant\\nthem in cutting the timber.\\nThe following list cvimprises the names of all persons enter-\\ning land of the government, together with the section on\\nwhich they located, the number of acres entered, and the\\ndates of entry. Thivse whose names are printeil in italics\\nactually settled in Forest, though not always at the time\\nwhen the lands were entered. Where the residence of\\nthese parties is kuowu it is also given. The list is as\\nfollows\\nWilliam M;ixwell, of Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 20,\\n1S37, 304 acres on section 1, and 137 acres on section 2,\\nBenjamin F. Partridge, Sept. 30, 1S52, 156 acivson sec-\\ntion 1 October 14th, 160 acres on section 1, 137 acres on\\nsection 2, 400 acres on section 12, 160 acres on section 13\\nOctober 15th, 80 acres on section 14 IXwmber 1st, 40\\nacres on section 12, 120 acres on swtion 14 Jan. 22, 1S53,\\n80 acres on section 13 total, 1333 acres.\\nJohn Hayes, of Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1851, 320\\nacres on section 9, 160 acres on seetion 15 June 26th, 320\\nacres on section 10, 160 acres on section 15 July 3d, 40\\nacres on section 28, 80 .leres on section 33; July 12th, 40\\nacres ou section 2iS September 29tb, 320 acres ou secliuu 2,\\n160 acres on section 3, 160 acres on s ction 10; CVtoU r\\n13th, 320 acres on section 14; total, 2080 acres.\\nFrancis W. Otis, Cleveland, Ohio, .\\\\ug. 22, 1851, 160\\nacres on section 10 September 1st, 433 acres on section 3,\\n5il4 acres i^the entire section ou section 4; total, 1187\\nacre*.\\nLyman Croid, of this county, Jan. 9, 1854, 40 acres on\\nsection 22 February 10th, 80 acres on sivtion 5, 40 acn\\non section 23; total, 160 acres.\\ni/onitr Ili pkins, of this ct nnty, June 13, 1854. 40\\nacres on section 5; Feb. 6, 1855, 30 acres on sivtion 6;\\ntotal, 70 acres.\\njriV/i rm Van Sfyck. of this county. Feb. 3, 1844, 40\\nacres on section IS Nov. 16, 1854, 80 acres on seetion 5\\ntotal, 120 acres.\\nJity Bnrll, of this ctninty. Oct. 21. 1850, SO acres on\\nsection 7 Nov. 10, 1851, 40 acres ou seetion 18; June\\n30, 1852, 40 acres on section 7 total, 160 acres.\\nJohn ir, DiHK.dt/, of this county, Sept. 15, 1851, 40\\nacres on section IS; Pec. 28, 1853. and May 8 and 23,\\n1854, 141 acres on section 7 total, 181 acres.\\nEphraim S. Johnson, of New York City, Aug. 26, 1S36,\\n240 acres on section 8, 320 acn-s on section 9, 160 acres on\\nsection 21 totjd, 720 acres.\\nHorace Loomis, of this county, Aug. 26, 18^56, 320 acres\\non section S, 320 acres on seetion 17 total, (540 acres.\\nTliervni B. Smith, of Kutlaud Co., Vt., Nov. 14, 1836,\\n80 acres ou section 29, 160 acres ou section 32 November\\n23d, 160 acres on section 15, 160 acres ou section 31 total,\\n560 acres.\\nHenry and Van Rensselaer Hawkins, of Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y,. April 17, 1837, 160 acres on section 17 -April 22d,\\n80 acres on section 21, 160 acres on section 22 total, 400\\nacres.\\nL. G. Gonlon and John Ciwk, of Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nAug. 25, 1836, 98 acres on section 19, 518 acres on sec-\\ntion 30, 263 acres on seetion 31 total, 879 acres.\\nStephfn Be^fl of ^ikland Co., Mich., July 25, 1837,\\n80 acres ou section 21, 80 acres on section 28; total, 160\\nacres.\\nOrin Skut,* of this county, Feb. 20, 1837, 240 acres ou\\nsection 22, 80 acres on section 26, SO acres ou section 35\\ntotiU, 400 acres,\\nJohn Miller, of Wayne Co.. Mich.. Manh 10, 1837,\\n160 acres on section 27 July 7, 1851, 40 acres on sectiou\\n13 total, 200 acres.\\nWilliam Moreland, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Feb. 17, 1837,\\n160 acres on section 25, 120 acres on section 27 total, 280\\nacres.\\nI nibabl; tt9usll,v S|..M,..I .s-.ii.K\\n423", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0651.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "424\\nFOKEST TOWNSHIP.\\nCornelius W. Fairbanks, Wayne Co., N. Y., Feb. 20,\\n1837, 80 acres on section 26, 80 acres on section 35 total,\\n160 acres.\\nVaiuhrits Smith, of Oakland Co., Mich., Nov. 14, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 27, 80 acres on section 33, 80 acres on\\nsection 34 total, 240 acres.\\nArtcmas Thayer, of Washtenaw Co., Mich., April 15,\\n1837, 80 acres on section 28, 160 acres on section 32\\ntotal, 240 acres.\\nIsaac L. Smith, Oakland Co., Mich., April 19, 1837,\\n160 acres on section 28, 160 acres on section 33; total,\\n320 acres.\\nRobert McCarty, of Trumbull Co., 0., Dec. 1, 1836,\\n80 acres on section 32, 160 acres on section 36 total,\\n240 acres.\\nJonathan Shearer, of Wayne Co., Mich., March 10,\\n1837, 160 acres on section 35, 80 acres on section 36;\\ntotal, 240 acres.\\nThe foregoing persons entered land on more than one\\nsection. The following comprises the rest of the entries\\nclassified by sections\\nSection 5 Nov. 19, 1853, John Schlosser, of this\\ncounty, 40 acres Feb. 3, 1854, Ira Davenport of Steuben\\nCo., N. Y., 80 acres; Nov. 30, 1854, Isaac Turner, of this\\ncounty, 139 acres, and December 11th, the same person,\\n40 acres; June 13, 1854, Mary Hopkins, of this county,\\n95 acres.\\nSection 6: June 11, 1852, David Wilcox, 160 acres;\\nJune 13, 1854, Edmund Hopkins, Geauga Co., 0., 40\\nacres; Dec. 12, 1854, Manson P. Perry, of this county,\\n56 acres. On this section there were 370 acres of swamp-\\nland.\\nSection 7 March 18, 1837, Ebenezer Rush, of Wash-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres; Feb. 9, 1852, George Shan-\\nnon, of this county, 40 acres July 14, 1853, J. W. Water-\\nman, of Detroit, 208 acres. There were 80 acres of swamp-\\nland on this section.\\nSection 8 March 18, 1837, William Wilbur, of Medina\\nCo., 0., 40 acres. In this section were 40 acres of swamp-\\nland.\\nSection 11 Nov. 13, 1837, Horace Perry, of this county,\\n80 acres Jan. 9, 1839, Harvey Perkins, of Oakland Co.,\\nMich., 80 acres; Sept. 29, 1851, Martin Myers, 160 acres;\\nOct. 13, 1851, Joseph Dupras, 160 acres; Thornton F.\\nBrodhead, 160 acres.\\nSection 12 Sept. 20, 1853, Edgar Sheldon, of Yates\\nCo., N. Y., 120 acres. This section had 80 acres of swamp-\\nland.\\nSection 13 Sept. 15, 1838, Daniel M. Baker, of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., 80 acres; July 7, 1851, Samuel Brevout,*\\n160 acres; Feb. 6, 1854, Lorenzo D. Morse, of Oakland\\nCo., Mich., 40 acres; Nov. 28, 1854, Edmund Perry, of\\nthis county, 80 acres.\\nSection 14: Dec. 23, 1839, Mattheiv McCormich,\\nof Washtenaw Co., Mich., 40 acres; July 7, 1839, Elijah\\nLook, 80 acres.\\nSection 15 March 27, 1837, Sally Nash, of Washtenaw\\nCo., Mich., 160 acres.\\nProbably intended for lireriturt.\\nSection 17: Dec. 8, 1853, Henry Pettingill, of this\\ncounty, 160 acres.\\nSection 18 Dec. 9, 1844, Nelson Vulenfine, of Lapeer\\nCo, Mich., 40 acres; Aug. 21, 1845, Wi/lium Henry Di-\\nmond, of this county, 40 acres; May 22, 1850, WeUinytoii\\nFerguson, of this county, 40 acres; Nov. 21, 1851, Lydia\\nCone, 40 acres; March 1, 1852, Elizabeth M. Beagle, of\\nthis county, 40 acres; April 8, 1852, John Darling, of\\nthis county, 93 acres Oct. 5, 1852, Ransom G. Root, t\\nthis county, 40 acres, and Dec. 2, 1854, the same party 40\\nacres. On this section there were 126 acres of swamp-land.\\nSection 19 Nov. 9, 1836, Edward Davidson, of Living-\\nston Co., Mich., 80 acres Henry Hiester, of the same\\ncounty, 160 acres; July 19, 1837, the latter entered 40\\nacres; Oct. 5, 1841, and Jan. 11, 1843, Newell Orr, of\\nOakland Co., Mich., 95 acres; Nov. 3, 1851, James Haw-\\nley, of Orleans Co., N. Y., 40 acres March 2, 1852, Wil-\\nliam N. Stanard, 40 acres June 28, 1852, John Jobson, 40\\nacres; Aug. 8 and Sept. 19, 1853, George Moore, SO acres.\\nSection 20 Aug. 26, 1836, George C. Loomis, of Addi-\\nson Co., Vt., 320 acres; April 15, 1837, Levi Townsend,\\nof Washtenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres John Taylor, of Por-\\ntage Co., Ohio, 80 acres Aug. 21, 1849, John Taylor, Jr.,\\nof this county, 40 acres; Feb. 21, 1853, Horace Buell, 40\\nacres; March 10, 1854, Isaiah Merriman and Richard A.\\nGassier, of this county, 40 acres. This section had 40\\nacres of swamp-land in its limits.\\nSection 21 July 25, 1837, Amos Begel, of Oakland Co.,\\nMich., 40 acres; August 30th, Jas. C. Wells, of Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., 80 acres; October IGth, Michael Koan, of this\\ncounty, 80 acres; April 6, 1852, Jas. Robertson, 40 acres.\\nOn this section there were 80 acres of swamp-land.\\nSection 22 April 22, 1837, Benjamin Dutton, Jr., of\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., 80 acres September 26th, Peter Sel-\\nlers, of this county, 80 acres, and Jan. 26, 1838, the same\\nparty, 40 acres.\\nSection 23: Feb. 20, 1837, Daniel Cammings and\\nWilliam Davidson, of Wa.shtenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres\\nMarch 10th, Asa J. Groeudycke,! of Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\n40 acres June 24th, James Davis, of Oakland Co., Mich.,\\n40 acres; Jan. 7, 1853, John Britteu (2d), 80 acres; Feb-\\nruary 2d, Abraham Bicksler,J 40 acres July 10, 1854,\\nSamuel Lapham, of this county, 40 acres December 27th,\\nThom;is Becksmith, of this county, 120 acres; Jan. 2,\\n1855, Albert Haioley, of this county, 40 acres. This sec-\\ntion contained 120 acres of swamp-land.\\nSection 24: Feb. 28, 1837, John Craicford, of Wash-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres Robert Henderson, same\\ncounty, 80 acres; March 2Stli, George W. Williams and\\nJames Frazer, same county, IGO acres; September 22d,\\nJames Crawford, same county, 2()0 acres Dec. 25, 1852,\\nDaniel D. Dewey, 80 acres. On this section there were 48\\nacres of swamp-land.\\nSection 25: Oct. 17, 1836, Julius B. Hart, of Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., 160 acres; Feb. 17, 1837, Shadrach Dunb.ir,\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich., 160 acres; April 17th, Joseph\\nPendrigh, of Oakland Co., Mich., 80 acres; June 3, 1839,\\nJohn Nixon, of Washtenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres.\\nI Grovcndycke.\\nBixicr.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0652.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIl\\n425\\nSection 26: Feb. 17, 1837, John Minzy, of Washtenaw\\nCo., Mich., 240 acres; February 20tli, Cliarlcs Skut,* of\\nWayne Co., N. Y., 80 acres; March 27th, Grove Spencer,\\nof Washtenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres; Jan. 31, 1853, Stephen\\nAVooJruff, 40 acres, and February 11th, the same party,\\n40 acres.\\nSection 27 Feb. 20, 1837, Jonathan Slcut,* of Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., 80 acres; March 20th, Jabin W. Elliott, same\\ncounty, 80 acres; April 28th, Alden Coburii, of Upper\\nCanada, 40 acres; Au;.;ust 4tli, Horace B. Harrison, of\\nNew York State, 80 acres.\\nSection 28: Nov. 14, 1836, Gtrllon M. Smilh, of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., 80 acres Nov. 17, 1851 Ann Elijah-f Bid-\\ndie, 80 acres; June 17, 1840, Jenny McCorniicIc, Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., 40 acres. There were 40 acres of swamp-land\\non tills section.\\nSection 29: Nov. 10, 1836, Isaac Parshall, of Living-\\nston Co., Mich., 80 acres; Samuel W. Burt, same county,\\n80 acres April 17, 1837, Peter F. Le Boy, of this county,\\n400 acres.\\nSection 30 Aug. 24, 1830, William G. Stone, of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., 160 acres.\\nSection 31 Nov. 9, 1836, George Luther, of Living-\\nston Co., Jlich., SO acres; November 24th, Burnett Scott,\\nof Oakland Co., Mich., 110 acres November 26th, William\\nMorgan, of Livingston Co., N. Y., 80 acres.\\nSection 32: Sept. 28, 1836, William J. Bingham, of\\nAddison Co., Vt., 160 acres; November 15th, Harrison G.\\nConger, of Lapeer Co., Mich., 80 acres.\\nSection 33: Nov. 14, 183G, Wilfiam It. ,S /)uV/t, of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., 80 acres; November 24th, Lorcn Coy, of\\nthis county, 160 acres; April 15, 1837, Calvin Townson,\\nof Washtenaw Co., Mich., 80 acres.\\nSection 34: Nov. 24, 1836, Thomas S. Clark, of Huron\\nCo., 0., 80 acres Josiah A. Gales, of Franklin Co., Mass.,\\n80 acres; Jan. 23, 1837, Gilman McAllaster, of Washte-\\nnaw Co., Mich., 160 acres; Jacob Hathaway, of Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., 160 acres; March 20th, Zerial Waterman, of\\nDetroit, 80 acres.\\nSection 35: Jan. 23, 1837, John S. Kidder, of Hills-\\nboro Co., N. H., 160 acres February 11th, Levi Reynolds,\\nof this county, 40 acres; February 20th, Lewis Seeley, of\\nthis county, 40 acres William Lamb, of Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\n80 acres.\\nSection 36: March 1, 1836, James Seymour, of Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y., 240 acres; Jan. 18, 1837, Jared Beards-\\nley, Jr., of Cayuga Co., N. Y., 160 acres.\\nFrom this it will be seen that James Seymour entered\\nthe first land in this town, March 1, 1836, on section 36.\\nHenry Hiester was the first actual settler who entered land,\\nhis being recorded Nov. 9, 1836, while the next, the\\nSmiths was not taken up until the 14th of tliat month.\\nThe latest entry seems to have been that made by Horace\\nHopkins, on section 6, dated Feb. 6, 1855.\\nProbably about three-quarters of this land was covered\\nwith pine timber. It stood in its natural state for several\\nyears, but is now pretty well used up.\\nThe soil is varied in its composition, being composed of\\nSchutt.\\n54\\nf Kliza.\\nsandy, gravelly, and cla3 ey loam, distributed very irregu-\\nlarly. It is all underlaid by a heavy claj subsoil of great\\ndepth, and is fertile, and, were it not for the pinc-.stumps,\\nwhich arc still numerous, is easily worked. It is well\\nsuited for the cultivation of general crops, and is excellent\\nfor wheat.\\nAccording to the report contained in the State census of\\n1874, the amount of crops produced in 1873 was as follows\\nof wheat, 10,206 bushels; of corn, 23,169 bushels; of all\\nother grains, 16,916 bushels; of potatoes, 5074 bushels;\\nof hay, 090 tons of wool, 2235 pounds of pork, 4995\\npounds; of butter, 32,620 pounds; of dried fruits, 153\\npounds of cider, 8 barrels and of maple-sugar, 800\\npounds. Taking into consideration the area of improved\\nlands as compared with the other towns of the county. Forest\\ntakes high rank in the quMiility of its productions.\\nThe census iuither informs us that the town has 22,942\\nacres of taxable lands, of which 4442 acres are improved\\nand 90 acres are used by the railroad as right of way and\\nfor depot grounds. One hundred and seventy-eight acres\\nwere at that time devoted to orchards, and furnished a pro-\\nduct, in 1872, of 2287 bushels, and in 1873 of 1958\\nbu.shels of apples.\\nThe stock then kept was classified as follows horses,\\n230; mules, 6 work-oxen, 106; milch cows, 321 other\\ncattle, 351 swine, 403 sheep, 790.\\nThe .surface of the land is usually lightly rolling in its\\nnature, though in some parts it becomes a little more un-\\neven, and rises in low hills. In the south part of the town\\nlies what is known as Comjiton Hill, which is the point\\nrising highest above the surrounding surface. Probably\\nthe most elevated part of the town is the northern portion.\\nCommencing with the lakes, near Otisville, a strip of terri-\\ntory made up of alternating knolls and mar.shes runs in\\neach direction, reaching nearly across the town from north\\nto south.\\nThere are quite a number of small lakes scattered about\\nthe town. At Otisville a cluster of them, seven in number,\\nlies south and cast of the village. It is supposed that origi-\\nnally these were all united in one body of water, but that\\nthe changes in the streams, the decreased rainfall caused by\\nthe clearing up of the forests, and the accumulation of de-\\ncayed vegetation, have lowered the surface of the water, and\\nbuilt bars and marshes that now separate them one from\\nanother. Two others of these lakes are found one and a\\nhalf miles west of Otisville, one on section 20, and one on\\nsection 29. Another, known as Crawford s Lake, is located\\nin the south part of section 24. Near the northeast corner\\na small portion of Otter Lake extends into this town.\\nThese lakes are all of the same general character, having an\\naverage depth of some thirty or forty feet, and a sandy or\\nmuddy bottom. The shores in some places are bold, and\\niu others more or less marshy. These lakes were formerly\\nabundantly supplied with fish of various kinds, and, though\\nsomewhat depicted by unseasonable and unsportsmanlike\\nfi.shing, still furnish a fine field for sport to the lover of the\\npiscatorial art.\\nThe principal stream of the town is the outlet of Otter\\nLake, which flows across the town diagonally, in a south-\\nwest course, entering Thetford near the west quarter line of", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0653.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "426\\nIllSTOKY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsection 1, ;inJ is a tributary of Flint River. Its sliores\\nwere originally covered along its wliole course with a heavy\\ngrowth of buttcrnut-trccs, which fact gave it the name of\\nButternut Creek, a name which it still bears. It receives\\nthe waters of a few tributary streams, the largest one being\\nthe outlet of the Otisville lakes.\\nThe present population of the town is undoubtedly some-\\nwhat greater than it was in 1874, when the ceusus showed\\nthat it was 1805. Of this number, 732 were males, and\\n033 were females. In classes arranged according to age,\\nthe statistics were as follows: under five years of age, 113\\nmales and 95 females from five to ten years, 100 males and\\n115 females; from ten to twenty-one years, 1G5 males, and\\nfrom ten to eighteen years, 101 females; from twenty-one\\nto forty-five years, 262 males, and from eighteen to forty\\nyears, 229 females from forty-five to seventy-five years,\\n90 males, and from forty to seventy-five years, 89 females\\nfrom seventy-five to ninety years, 2 males and 4 females.\\nOf the.se, 787 were single, 548 married, and 30 widowed\\nor divorced.\\nSETTLEMENT.\\nUntil the year 1837 no white person resided in the town\\nof Forest. The foot of the Indian brave, or the white\\ntrapper and hunter and an occasional trader, had alone\\ntrod the mazes of its dense forests. The winds of heaven\\nhad swept the towering pines and struck from their yield-\\ning branches that soft, sweet, weird music, like the sound\\nof distant waters washing on pebbly shores the tempests\\nhad run their powerful and destructive course, swaying the\\nmonarehs of the woods, twisting off weak limbs, and occa-\\nsionally overthrowing the body of some less deeply rooted\\ntree, leaving its prostrate trunk prone upon the earth, to\\ntell of its fallen glory, and testify of the tempest s power.\\nThe animals of the forest had roamed its fastnesses in pur-\\nsuit of their prey, or lain securely in their hidden lairs al-\\nmost entirely unmolested by the hand of civilized man. But\\nall this was to be changed. The mighty forest must fall\\nbefore the sturdy strokes of the pioneer s axe, and be re-\\nplaced by verdant meadows, fertile fields, and fruitful\\norchards the wild and virgin soil must be broken up and\\nmade to yield of its strength to produce the food of man\\nthe wild beasts must feel the power and learn the strength\\nof that decree which made man ruler over all living tjiings.\\nAnd now the first step in this revolution was to be made,\\nthe first experiment of the hardships of pioneer life to be\\nundergone, in order that these good results might be brought\\nabout.\\nThe first settler iu this town was Henry Ileister, who\\ncame here from Livingston Co., Mich., early in the spring\\nof 1837, bringing with him his family, consisting of his\\nwife and three children. He was, as his name indicates, de-\\nscended from a Dutch family, and is believed to have come\\nto this State from some of the counties in Southern Pennsyl-\\nvania. In person he was tall and of large frame, but, from\\nsome inherent weakness of his constitution, was rather sickly,\\nand incapacitated for the proper performance of the almost\\nherculean tasks necessarily falling to the lot of the pioneer.\\nSelecting as his future home the southwest quarter of section\\n19, he erected a small log house, some 18 by 24 feet, on the\\nbank of Butternut Creek, near the southeast corner of his\\nland. Here he remained for a few years, and then, having\\nan opportunity to excliange his farm for one much better\\nimproved in the town of Genesee, he sold out his interests\\nlicre and moved there, remaining a resident of the town till\\nthe time of his death, which occurred many years ago.\\nWhile living in this town he liad a son born, whose birth\\nwas among the earliest in the township. Indeed, it was\\nsometimes claimed that his was the first birth among the\\nsettlers. Apropos of this, it is related that on one occasion\\nMrs. Hcister, in conversing with a physician somewhat\\nnoted for his rather rough manner of speech, referred to the\\nfact that George was the first while child born in Forest.\\nNow, George s complexion was a little dark, and this fact\\ncaused the doctor, who was quite a joker, to retort, timl\\nnot so very il d ichilc cither. For about two months the\\nIleisters were the only white residents of the town. Then\\nthe Smith family came.\\nWhile we would not dare to venture upon the work of\\ngiving even the most cursory history of the Smith family\\nin its numerous branches and multitude of persons, and\\nwhile that is not necessary for the purposes involved in this\\nwork, still it will not be entirely out of place to mention a\\nfew facts relating to the genealogy of this, the second fam-\\nily settling in this town. The head of this family was\\nNathaniel Smith, who was the fifth child and youngest son\\nof William Smith, who was the third son of Nathaniel\\nSmith, Sr., a native of Sufiield, Conn,, born in 1751, who\\nsettled in Vermont, near Pawlet, when about twenty-five\\nyeai-s of age. This branch of the Smith family is descended\\nfrom the Rev. Henry Smith, one of the Puritan settlers of\\nConnecticut, who is supposed to have landed iu this country\\nin 1G39, and was the first settled minister of the church at\\nWethersfield, Conn. William Smith married Mary John-\\nson at New Marlboro Mass., settled first at Rupert, and\\nafterwards about 1784 at Orwell, Vt. His son Nathan-\\niel was married to his cousin, Sarah Royse, and continued\\nto live at Orwell for a time. From there they removed to\\nSt. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Some years later, having become\\nsomewhat involved by business disasters, he determined to\\nmove his family to Michigan, hoping in that new and unde-\\nveloped country to retrieve his fortunes, build up a home,\\nand secure a competency for his family. His first settle-\\nment in this State was made in the town of Troy, Oakland\\nCo., where he lived for several years. In the summer of\\n1837 he came to this town, and with his sons Vandorus,\\nWilliam K., and Carlton M. entered lands on the adjoin-\\ning four corners of sections 27, 28, 33, and 34, which\\nlocality received and still retains the name of Smith Hill,\\nthough it is but slightly elevated above the surrouuding\\nsurface.\\nIn June, 5Ir. Smith, with his wife, one son, and one\\ndaughter, lefl their home in Troy and came to Forest, by\\nway of Flint and the Stanley settlement, and followed the\\nroad made by Mr. Ilicster until they reached his cabin.\\nThe fiimily remained there two days, while the men were\\nselecting a route for a road to reach their land, and then\\nthe march was resumed. Mr. Smith went ahead with his\\naxe, cutting off all the young saplings that stood in the\\nway, his son-in law, W^alter Johnson, drove the team, and\\nhis son, William R., drove the cows they had brought with", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0654.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "FOllEST TOWNSHIP.\\n427\\nthem. Tlie road wound about through the woods in a\\nvery eccentric manner, in order to avoid the large trees and\\nthe largest log.?, and the wagon pitched, rolled, and tumbled\\nabout, a.s it passed along the rudo thoroughrarc, in a manner\\nthat sometimes grew aluio. t alarming. The journey of four\\nmiles occupied the whole of one day, and at its close the\\nparty having built a fire, cooked and eaten their supper\\nunhitched the cattle and turned them out to graze, .strctolied\\nthemselves out to sleep, wearied and worn b} the toils and\\nexertions of the day. Work was at once begun on a log\\nhouse, which was soon ready for occupancy. It was built\\nof unhewn logs, had a floor made of pine logs split, edged,\\nand hewn to some degree of smoothness on the upper side,\\nand a roof of elm-bark. The three men did the work alone,\\nwith the exception of putting on a few of the top logs, in\\nwhich they were assisted by a wandering Indian who hap-\\npened along and volunteered his services. There was but\\none window, and in this was placed a sash that had been\\nprovided for the purpose before leaving I ontiac. The\\nbuilding completed, Johnson and William Smith returned\\nto their homes in Oakland County, leaving Mr. Smith to\\ndevote himself to the task of clearing and cultivating his\\nland. This house .served the family as a place of residence\\nfor about five years, having the bark roof replaced by a\\nshake roof in the interval, and was then exchanged for a\\nlarger and more pretentious log house.\\nIn the fall of that same year, Vandorus, William R.,\\nand Carlton J!. Smith, with their respective families, came\\nfrom Oakland County, and settled on the lands they had\\ntaken up; and in February following (1838), Walter\\nJohnson and his family came and settled near the town-line,\\nin section 34, on 40 acres of land he had puichased of his\\nfather-in-law. To protect himself against the claims of his\\np]astern creditors, all the lands belonging to Nathaniel\\nSmith had been entered in the name of his son Vandorus.\\nThe new-comers at once erected log dwellings, and quite a\\nsettlement sprang up at Smith Hill, there being four houses\\nwithin a stone s throw of each other at the corners.\\nThe Smiths seem to have been endowed by nature with a\\nroving disposition, and, as will be seen, this was in some way\\ncommunicated to the son-in-law as well. Nathaniel Smith\\nwas a man of a religious turn of mind, steady and indus-\\ntrious habits, and upright, straightforward, irreproachable\\ncharacter. His religious principles caused him to affiliate\\nhimself with the Baptist denomination, but there being no\\nchurch of that denomination here he united with the Prot-\\nestant Methodist class (of which his last wife was a mem-\\nber) some time before his death. About nine years after\\nhis settling here he sold out to his son Vandorus and went\\nto Indiana, intending to settle there, but, on account of\\nthere being so much sickness there, remained only a few\\nweeks before he returned to Michigan and settled in the\\ntown of Highland, Oakland Co. Early in the winter of\\n1847-48 he returned to this town, and lived at SniilJi\\nHill. In Jlay of that year his wife died. His second\\nwife was a Mrs. Fuller, and his third wife (who survives\\nhim) was a Mrs. Liiaucb. He died Feb. 1, 18G1, at the\\nage of .seventy-two years. Of his family of four sons and\\nfour dauglitei-s, but one Henry is now living in Forest.\\nVandorus Smith was born in 1813. Alter living in\\nthis town about eight years he removed to the State of\\nNew York, and settled near Lockport, where his wife s\\nrelatives lived. In 1848 he came again to Forest, and,\\nremaining about five years, once more returned to Lockport.\\nIn 1807 he settled at Flint, in 187G he removed to Clayton,\\nand in 1879 returned to Flint, where he now resides. He\\nhad five children, only two of whom lived to maturity. One\\nof these, a son named Horace, went to the Lake Superior\\nmining regions, was employed on a railroad there, and w;w\\nkilled by falling between the cars. The other child, a\\ndaughter, Mrs. Jeanette Adams, is now living in Clayton.\\nWilliam R. Smith partook less of the movable nature\\nthan the rest of the family, because his second wife, Sarah\\nBegel, was opposed to a migratory life. With the excep-\\ntion of one year .spent at Royal Oak, Oakland Co., about\\nthe year 1840, he remained a resident of this town until\\nhis death, Nov. 29, 1866. He married Patience Johnson,\\nof Oakland County, and they had one child at the time of\\ntheir settlement in this town. While living in Ri)yal Oak\\nhis wife died, and, returning here, he married Sarah, a\\ndaughter of Stephen Begel, by whom he had three children,\\nonly two of them living to maturity. His son by his first\\nwife was named Charles. He enlisted in the Union army\\nduring the Rebellion, and died, of disease, in the service.\\nHis children by his second wife were Calvin and ]\\\\rartha.\\nThe former is dead. The latter married William II. Begel,\\nand lives in this town a mile south of Otisville. William\\nR. Smith was a man respected and beloved bj his neigh-\\nbors and friends. They placed the utmost confidence in his\\nstrict integrity of character, and it was never betrayed.\\nAs an instance illustrative of this we cite the following\\nincident He was treasurer of the town for several years.\\nBeing rather illiterate, school privileges not being as abun-\\ndant in his youth as at the present day, he was in a meas--\\nurc dependent upon others to get his accounts into proper\\nshape for settlement with the town board. On one such occa-\\nsion the officers had got the accounts made out to tlieir sat-\\nisfaction, when he refused to accept it as correct, saying,\\nhdvc licciifi/ doUnrs here llnil does not helong to me. It must\\nbelong to the totcii. The accounts were gone over repeatedly,\\nbut the error was not discovered. Still be persisted in his\\na.sscrtion that the money was not his, that it belonged to\\nthe town, and insisted on its being so reported, which was\\nfinally done. He was a religious man, conscientious and\\nconsistent in his walk and conversation, and belonged to the\\nProtestant Methodist Church. He also, at one time, was a\\nmember of the Christian Church.\\nCarlton M. Smith remained a resident of Forest about\\nsix months, and then returned to Oakland County, settling\\nin Royal Oak. Two years later he returned to this town,\\nremained a year, and again returned to Royal Oak, where\\nhe lived until about fifteen years ago, when he removed to\\nthe town of Clayton, where now resides.\\nWalter Johnson married Caroline, daughter of Nathaniel\\nSmith, while the family was living in Oakland County,\\nand removed to this town as before stated. The history of\\nhis life shows him to have been of a very restless, uneasy\\ndisposition, and few, if any, have ever changed their place\\nof residence so IVeiiuently as did ho. He lived in Forest\\n.some six or seven years, and then removed to Indiana.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0655.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "428\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nA year and a lialf later ho loft that State and settled in\\nIliiihlaiid, Oakland Co. Lived there one year and then\\nreturned to Forest. In 1852 he again moved to Indiana\\nfrom there to Wi.seonsin, near Milwaukee; and from there\\nto Beaver Island, near Grand Traverse. Some time after,\\nhe returned to Forest and lived in Otisville three or four\\nyears. During tliis time his wife died, and he went again\\nto Indiana, and from there to Beaver Island. After a year s\\nabsence he again appeared in Otisville, and lived there till\\nhis death, which occurred in November, 1870. He en-\\njoyed the distinction of having cast the first Whig vote in\\nthe township now known as Forest, at that time a part of\\nthe town of Richfield. It was at the Presidential election\\nof 1840. The election was held two days, one at Richfield\\nCentre and one at Otisville (as the places are now known),\\nand Mr. Johnson cast his ballot for old Tippecanoe on\\nthe last day. All the other residents of the township at that\\ntime (some twelve in number) were Democrats, and depos-\\nited their votes for Little Van, who consequently had a\\nlarge majority in this town. Mr. Johnson s first child was\\na daughter, named Electa J., who was born about the\\nmonth of August, 1838, and was the first white child\\nborn in the town. From the somewhat roving life led by\\nher parents, she may be said in a manner to have grown\\nup on the road. She married a man named Van Wert,\\nwho is supposed to have perished in an accident on a rail-\\nroad, and subsequently joined her fortunes with and as-\\nsumed the name of Mr. Flavlus Smith. She is at present\\nliving in Detroit.\\nNext after the Smith family came the Begcl family, from\\nthe town of Howard, Steuben Co., N. Y. The head of the\\nfamily was Stephen Begel, a native of Rensselaer Co., N. Y.\\nAt the time of his removal to this State, he had recently\\nmarried for his second wife a widow lady, Mrs. Phoebe\\nBeach. By his first wife he had nine children, and Mrs.\\nBeach had four, so that the united family numbered thir-\\nteen children. They loft Howard in two wagons, one drawn\\nby two yokes of oxen and the other by a span of horses.\\nThey also brought two cows with them. One of his chil-\\ndren, his eldest son, Amos, was married and brought a wife\\nand one son with him. The route they traveled was by\\nway of Buffalo, tlirough Canada to Detroit, where they\\ncrossed the river and first set foot on the soil of the State\\nthey had selected for their future homes. Leaving Detroit\\nthey traveled twenty miles to Birmingham, where Ira\\nBegel, a nephew of Stephen, was living. The family\\nstopped there while Stephen and Amos came on, selected\\ntheir locations, returned to the land-office, and entered\\ntheir land, which consisted of 200 acres, on sections 21 and\\n28, near the present site of the village of Otisville. They\\nthen made preparations for getting settled on the land they\\nhad selected. It was decided that only part of the family\\nshould go on at first, and Stephen, Amos, Luther, Sarah, and\\nAnn Bogcl were chosen to make the journey. Uriah Beach,\\nStephen s step-son, and two hired men, Lorenzo Begel\\nand one familiarly known as Old Charley, but whose\\nname is not now remembered, completed the party. They\\nfollowed the route ojiened by Iliestor and Smith until they\\nreached Iliester s house. From that place they had to cut\\ntheir own road, and found it a tedious and exhausting job.\\nThey arrived at their destination at the close of the day, on\\nthe 7th of August, 1837. Turning the cattle into the\\nwoods to graze and browse, they pitched a canvas tent they\\nhad brought with them, and, after cooking and eating their\\nsuppers, resigned themselves to sleep, forgetting in secret\\nslumber the thousand worries and the wearying tasks of the\\nday. In the morning the bells of the cattle were not hoard,\\nand a hasty search failed to find any trace of them. Lu-\\nther was sent back along the road they had traveled to see\\nif their tracks could be discovered in the mud whore, in\\ncoming, they had crossed a swampy place, but was unsuc-\\ncessful in finding any signs. While in a quandary regard-\\ning the proper thing to do next, the party were surprised\\nat receiving a morning call from Nathaniel Smith and his\\ndaughter Mercy, then a girl of eleven years. Mr. Smith\\nhad heard the sound of cow-bells in the woods, and, expect-\\ning Mr. Begel s people about that time, had come through\\nthe woods to see if his neighbors had arrived. From his\\nreport it was certain that the cattle had gone south, and\\nsearch was instituted in that direction, as without them the\\nwork of building could progress but slowly. It was two\\nweeks before the cattle were recovered. They went south\\nto the Flint River, and followed the course of that stream\\ntill they were found about four miles from Flint by some\\nmen who were drawing a load to the mill of Draper\\nWithcrbee, in Genesee. They unhitched their own oxen,\\nyoked the estrays to the load, and drove them to the mill.\\nMr. Witherbee had heard of Begel s loss and sent him word\\nwhere his cattle could be found. After the cattle were re-\\ncovered the work of building progressed more rapidly. It\\nwas, however, nearly a month later before the hou.se was\\nready for occupancy, and even then it had no floor. The\\ndoor was made from a pine board purchased in Flint for\\nthat purpose. The house, which was the third erected in\\nForest and the first one in Otisville, stood on the north side\\nof the outlet of the lakes, a few rods west of the State road.\\nThe log house afterwards built by Mr. Begel on the same\\nsite is still standing on the lot owned by William Simmons,\\nand was u.sed as a dwelling until the fall of 1878. While\\nthe first log house was building the family remained in\\ncamp (about one half-mile south of Otisville), which, con-\\nsidering the warmth of the season, was not very disagreea-\\nble. They were not molested by wild beasts, though sev-\\neral times some of them were heard prowling about the\\ncamp, and one, approaching closely in a thicket, was fired\\nupon, and vanished with a terrifying shriek, leaving the\\npioneers in doubt as to its nature and power to do them\\nharm.\\nAs soon as the house was ready the rest of the family\\nwere sent for and came on, following the same route passed\\nover by the others. Work on the clearing was then pushed\\nforward with all possible vigor, to get some ground ready\\nfor crops. During the fall Amos built a log house on his\\nland on section 21, and moved his family there from the\\nsomewhat crowded house of his father, where twenty per-\\nsons had been domiciled during the time that had thus\\nelapsed.\\nStephen Begel was a plain, unpretending, practical farmer,\\nand devoted his life to the pursuit of that industry. Of\\nthe lands he entered he cleared about one-third (a little more", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0656.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIP.\\n429\\nthan 50 acres). Ilis habits were frugal and industrious and\\nhe was of a religious turn of mind. Ho enjoyed the re-\\nspcet and fricnd.ship of all who knew him, and his death,\\nwhich occurred Feb. 11, 1852, caused heartfelt sorrow in\\nthe breasts of his numerous friends and acquaintances.\\nHis family consisted of fourteen children, six sons and\\neight daughters. Nine of them are still living. They are\\nLuther and John R. Begol and Mrs. Nancy Clapp, of For-\\nest Almon Begel, of Pine Run Mrs. Eliza Valentine, of\\nMount Morris; Mrs. Phoebe Richmond, of North Branch,\\nLapeer Co. Leonard Begcl, of Jackson Calvin Begel,\\nliving in Indiana and Mrs. Clarissa Conipton, living in\\nMinnesota.\\nFrom the fact that Stephen Begel s family, at the time\\nof his settlement here, comprised among its members five\\nmarriageable daughters, it may be inferred that, as other\\nsettlers began to make homes in this locality, Mr. Begel s\\nfamily came to be very popular and influential, especially\\namong the young men. It is stated that soon after his\\nfirst house was finished he built another small building clo.se\\nby, which was used as a kitchen. Overhead in this build-\\ning he stowed away a lot of pine staves he had worked out\\nfor the purpose of making some sap-buckets, thinking they\\nwould get thoroughly seasoned there before he wanted to use\\nthem. Now the girls (so difiercnt from the girls of today)\\nthought that this isolated building was a much nicer place\\nin which to entertain their beaux than the log house where\\nthe rest of the family were sitting, and used frequently, nay,\\nalmost invariably, to retire thither with them. The woods\\nat this period were full of bears and wolves, and it required\\na good stock of courage on the part of the sighing swains\\nto enable them to tempt the terrors and dangers of the for-\\nest, even in the laudable endeavor to win the affections of the\\nbright-eyed beauties who had captured their hearts. So to\\nfortify their sometimes failing courage, to protect themselves\\nfrom the dangers of the forest, and to light them along the\\ndark and gloomy way, tiiey often carried torches. It did\\nnot take them very long to discover Mr. Begel s stock of\\nb-taves, nor to learn by experience their utility as torches.\\nIt is said the old gentleman remonstrated strongly against\\nthis misapplication of the fruits of his toil but his most\\nearnest remonstrances failed cither to save his staves or to\\nfrighten away the beaux.\\nAmos Begel died in this town Nov. 28, 1864, aged sixty\\nyears. His first wife, Pha?be, died June 20, 1855 his\\nsecond wife, Mary, June IG, 1850 and his third wife still\\nsurvives him, residing in this town, as does one of his daugh-\\ntei-s, Mrs. Dolly Graham.\\nLate in the fall of 18:50, Matthew McCormick, an Irish\\nemigrant, who had for some lime been living in Washtenaw\\nCounty, took up his residence in Forest, locating his first\\nhou.se, which was the third in the vicinity of Otisville, on\\nthe northeast quarter of the northwest (|uarter of .section\\n28, about 40 rods west of the present residence of Mrs. C.\\nE. Osborne. He was .accompanied by his mother (Mrs.\\nJenny McCormick) and his wife. Their first child was a\\nson, John H., and he was the .second white child and the\\nfirst male white child hoin In Forest. He was born in 1840,\\nremoved with his parents, and a few years since again took\\nup his residence in Forest, at Otisville, where he is now\\nliving, engaged in the milling business. The McCormicks\\nremained here about six years, and then removed to Flint.\\nAfter living in several different places they finally settled in\\nDavison, where Matthew is still living. His mother died\\nin Grovelaiid, Oakland Co., about 1S5G.\\nThe next settler was Stephen J. Seeley, who, with his\\nwife and five sons, settled in this town in July, 1841. A\\ndaughter, wife of II. G. Conger, remained in Genesee.\\nThey came from Gallatin Co., Ky., in the fall of 183(5, and\\nlived in Pontiae until February, 1838, when they moved to\\nthe town of Genesee, and settled on Kcar.slcy Creek, where\\ntwo of the sons, Chaunccy W. and Judson, lijid purchased\\nan interest in a lumber-mill. From that place they came\\nto Forest, and engaged in the business of agriculture.\\nStephen J. Seeley was a man of fair education, good nat-\\nural abilities, and had acquired a considerable knowledge of\\nthe law from a somewhat extensive course of reading. He\\nwas elected justice of the peace in the spring of 184C, and\\nserved in that capacity nearly a score of years, doing most\\nof the legal business of the town during that time. lie\\nalso served as clerk of the town for several years, besides\\nholding other town offices. His wife died on the 19th of\\nJanuary, ISGO, and he survived her a little more than two\\nyears, till the 18th of IMay, 1871, when he, too, crossed\\nthe bounds of time and entered the eternity that lies be-\\nyond. His age was eighty-three years. Of his children\\nthree are still living in Forest. They are Chauncey W.,*\\nJudson, and Norris Seeley, and arc all engaged in farming.\\nChauncey W., who married Mary A. Dickinson, of Rich-\\nfield, in 1844, lives on the homestead, where he has re-\\ncently erected a fine brick dwelling. Another son, Alanson\\nA., was killed in a saw-mill in February, 18(50. His cloth-\\ning got caught and drew him into the machinery. He lived\\nabout two hours after the accident occurred.\\nThe next settler was John Nixon, who located on section\\n25, and about the same time Harvey Perkins, of Oakland\\nCounty, attempted to settle on SO acres of land he had\\nlocated on .section 11. He came by way of the Territorial\\nroad through Lapeer to Marathon, and from there cut a\\nroad some four or five miles through the woods to his land.\\nHe had cut some timber and got the body of a log aibin\\nrolled up, but for some reason gave up his project and re-\\nturned to his former home.\\nJohn Crawford was the next settler. He was of Scotch-\\nIrish extraction, being a native of County Antrim, Ireland.\\nIn 1827 he married Jane McCullough, and in 1830, with\\nher and two children, emigrated to this country. On the\\nvoyage, when near Quebec, the youngest child, Mary, a\\nbabe of four months, died, and was buried at Quebec. Mr.\\nCrawfind came up the river and settled in Oswegatchie, St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y., where he engaged in farming. IJeing\\ndissatisfied with hi.\u00c2\u00bb progress there, and thinking he should\\nbe able to better himself by coming West, he, in 183:5^\\nbrought his family to Ypsilanti, and hired a farm of Mr.\\nGibbs, in the town of Pittsfield, which he worked on shares\\nfor scveial years. In 1837 he entered the west half of the\\nsouthwest (juarter of section 24 in this town, and in April,\\nSince this bictory wus prepared Chnuneoy W. Scelcy h\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb prwsed\\nrioin life, llin death wiis very sudden, heiiig eaused l)y disease of Ihe\\nheiirt, mid o eiiricd iit lii\u00c2\u00ab h me i\u00c2\u00bb Ki re\u00c2\u00bbl, on llie lolii uf August, 187 J.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0657.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "430\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n1842, moved his family to it, and began the work of clear-\\ning. At this time his family consisted of eight sons and\\ntwo daughters. Mr. Crawford continued to reside on that\\nplace until about eighteen years ago. After clearing about\\n20 acres of it, he bought a 40-acre lot on section 25, and\\ncleared 30 acres of that. In 18G1 he exchanged with his\\nbrother David for the farm on section 22, where he now re-\\nsides. His wife is also .still living, and they are enjoying\\non their pleasant farm, in their good old age, the comforts\\nso well earned by the privations and toil of their younger\\ndays. The family of ten children are all living, and are\\nresidents of this town with the exception of William, who\\nresides at Alpena, in this State.\\npjamcs Crawford, John s father, came to this town in\\n1844, from Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., where he had lived\\nfor about three years after coming to this country. His\\nfamily consisted of his wife, two sons, and one daughter.\\nThey settled on section 24. James died there about the\\nyear 1858, and his wife about a year later. Of his chil-\\ndren, William, and Mrs. Betty, wife of William Davidson,\\nare still residents of this town, and David lives in Flint.\\nWilliam has been quite prominent in town matters, and has\\nserved a good many terms as clerk of the town, besides\\nholding other town offices.\\nJeremiah Olds came from Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1844,\\nand purchased a new farm on section 35.\\nWilliam II. Dimond, from Canada, .settled on section 18\\nin 1845, and has there made himself a nice, comfortable\\nhome.\\nJohn II. Fry, also from Canada, settled on a new form\\non section 7 a few years later. He still lives on the place\\nwhich ho has cleared and improved, enjoying the reward\\nfor his toil and privations.\\nJohn Darling settled, in 1852, on section IS, coming to\\nthis town from Jlacomb Co., Mich.\\nQuartus W. Clapp, now a resident of this town, first\\nsettled in Thetford, in 1840, on section 20. He was from\\nGenesee Co., N. Y.\\nDuring the first years of the settlement the pioneers\\nwere called upon to do and suffer to a degree that would\\nastonish the citizen of to-day were the same lot awarded\\nhim. The heavy timber had to be felled and burned before\\nany crops could be raised, and it often occurred that the\\nstock of provisions ran low, and had to be eked out with\\nwild fruits and herbs until more could be brought from the\\ndistant market. And not only was the market distant, but\\noften almost beyond reach because of the horrible condition\\nof the roads, which storms and heavy loads had made prac-\\ntically impassable. Sometimes in going to mill, a distance\\nof twenty to fifty miles, from three days to a week s time\\nwould be taken up in the journey. On one occasion Mat-\\nthew McCormick and Amos Begel started early in the\\nmorning with Stephen Begel s wagon, drawn by two yokes\\nof oxen, and loaded with ton bushels of wheat. The\\nground was frozen sufficiently to form a crust, but when the\\nw;igon would reach a raud-holo this would break, and\\ndown into the mud would go the wiiecls. Then the bags\\nwould have to be taken out, and the wheels pried uji till the\\nslough was passed, when the bags would be reloaded and\\nthe wagon proceed till another mishap would causf the same\\nproceeding to be gone through with again. In this way\\nthe journey progres.sed through the day, and the foiling\\nshades of night found them still onlij about four miles from\\nIlolllC.\\nDuring times of scarcity it would often happen that the\\nonly food to be had would be pounded corn (or samp) and\\npotatoes, sometimes only potatoes and salt, and once in a\\ngreat while potatoes without salt. The finest of the pounded\\ncorn-meal would be sifted out and made into johnny-\\ncake, and the coarser part was boiled into a sort of mu.sh\\nand eaten in milk. Many incidents connected with such\\nexperiences are vividly remembered by those who partici-\\npated in the events, but the present generation can never\\ni ully appreciate the disadvantages under which their fathers\\nlabored before the railroads and telegraphs, postal facilities\\nand improved roads, brought the frontier and the centres of\\ntrade into such near contact.\\nThe settlers, too, had to contend with many enemies.\\nWolves, bears, wildcats, hawks, snakes, and mice were some\\nof their foes, and none of them to be ignored or despised.\\nJIany losses of stock occurred, especially among sheep, cows,\\nand calves. On one occasion a large bear entered the clear-\\ning of Mr. John Crawford, and going to the pig-pen, where\\nwere a sow and a litter of young pigs, took the former and\\nstarted for the woods. In spite of the struggles of the pig\\nand the fierce and continued attack of two dogs, the bear\\nsucceeded in escaping into the forest with his prey. Even\\ndown to within a very few years occasionally a wolf or bear\\nwould be seen, but they have not for a number of years\\nbeen here in sufficient numbers to do any particular damage.\\nFor the space of fifteen years after the first .settler entered\\nthe town its growth in population was slow, and the only\\nbusiness carried on was farming, except in the wintertime,\\nwhen the farmers would cut a few logs, a lot of stave-bolts,\\nor a quantity of shingles, and run them into market, gener-\\nally selling them at Flint, but sometimes at Saginaw. As\\nhas been said, a large part of the land, especially that consti-\\ntuting the best pine land, had been taken up by speculators,\\nand yet this was not done to any great extent until about\\n1845-50, when the trade in Michigan pine lumber began\\nits growth, and persons having capital to invest began to\\npurchase these lands as offering fine chances for nioney-\\nmakin A reference to the list of entries will show who\\no\\nthese persons were.\\nIn the spring of 1851, John Hayes, of Cleveland, Ohio,\\nentered 80 acres of land on section 28, which now forms the\\nsoutheast part of the settled portion of the village of Otis-\\nville. He had selected this land because it adjoined the\\nlakes and furnished an eligible site for a lumber-mill. One\\nJames McGinnis was associated with Hayes in the enter-\\nprise, but is not believed to have been pecuniarily interested.\\nThey commenced to build a large saw-mill in June, 1851,\\nand completed it in October. They cut considerable Inni-\\nber that winter and spring. This mill, the first one in the\\ntown, stood opposite the present grist-mill, just south of the\\noutlets of the lakes. It was run by steam-power, the engine\\nand machinery being placed in position and put in operation\\nunder the supervision of John P. Hamilton, who was em-\\njiloyed to come here for that purpose. The capacity of this\\nmill was then about 10,000 feet per day.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0658.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIP.\\n431\\nThe following year the mill became the property of\\nFrancis W. Otis, of Cleveland, and was operated under the\\nmanagement of Lyman Crowl, and shortly after the capacity\\nof the mill was enlarged to an average of 25,000 feet per\\nday. This mill, then owned by Wm. A. Otis Bros.,\\nwas burned about the 1st of July, 18G;5, was rebuilt by\\nthem, and again commenced operations in the spring of\\n1864.\\nThe decade succeeding ISGO witnessed the erection of\\nnumerous saw-mills in different parts of the town, and at\\none time, about ten or twelve years ago, nearly or (uite a\\ndozen mills were in operation in Fore! t. We have not the\\nfacts at hand for a full, detailed sketch of these mills, but\\nmention some of them in the order of their erection, as\\nnearly as may be.\\nThe Seeley mill was built by Alanson A. Secley on the\\nSeeley farm, and was operated several years.\\nTlie Crawford mill was built on the south shore of Craw-\\nford Lake, by Jame.s and William Crawford, in 1862. Its\\ncapacity wjis about 8000 feat per day, and it also cut some\\nshingles. It was operated by II. Wolf, and afterwards by\\nGeorge Freeman.\\nIn 1864, Ira S. Bcgcl built a saw-mill on the east side\\nof the bridge between the lakes, oi)posite the present site\\nof the Lake House. It was afterwards sold to Mr. Grif-\\nfith.\\nMcCrary Ivory, in 1865, built a mill in the south part\\nof section 28, and operated it about three years. It was a\\nportable mill, having a capacity fir cutting 25,000 feet per\\nday.\\nIn the same year David Ilinkle built a mill on section 17,\\nwhich was subsequently moved to section J. It was also a\\nportable mill, and had facilities for cutting about 8000 feet\\nper day.\\nDuring this same year Mr. Griffith built a frame mill on\\nlands of E. F. Weeks, on section 29. It had a capacity of\\n15,000 feet per day, and a year after it was built passed\\ninto the hands of Mr. Weeks. It was run about four years\\nin all.\\nIn 1806, William and Farwell Wilson erected a mill on\\nsection 17, with a capacity for cutting 10,000 feet per day.\\nIt was operated about three years.\\nThe same year JIcLanc Brothers, of Pine Hun, built a\\nmill on section 5. Its capacity was about 8000 feet per\\nday. In 18G7 it was sold to J. W. Begole, of Flint, was\\noperated by him about two years, and then burned. It was\\nrebuilt and run as a shingle-mill for about one year.\\nIn 1867 a Mr. Hughes, of Jlount Morris, put up a mill\\nnear the northwest corner of section 24. Its capacity was\\nabout 15,000 feet par day. A couple of years later it\\nburned, and was rebuilt and used another .season.\\nIra S. Begel also built a mill that same season (1867).\\nIt stood just on the lake-shore, a little southeast from the\\nLake House. It was burned two or three years later.\\nMost of these mills were used for a brief term of years,\\nuntil the pine timber conveniently near them was used uj),\\nand Were then dismantled, and the machinery moved farther\\nnorth into the pineries. There were also several shingle-\\nmills in the town at different (inies. But the oidy mill\\nnow in operation is the succes.sorof the first one built, now\\nknown as the Hunton mill. In 186G this mill wiis owned\\nby Otis Crocker, to whom it had been transferred by\\nAVilliam A. Otis Bros. Up to that time it had not cut\\nprobably to exceed 5,000,000 feet of lumber. It was then\\nsold to AVceks, Ilunton Co. (the firm being composed of\\nE. F. Weck.s, Wellington Hunton, George E. Hunton, and\\nAlbert K. Hunton). The Otises had purchased altogether\\nabout 5000 acres of land in this town, and sold to their\\nsuccessors 4200 acres on which the pine had not been\\ntouched. The new firm operated the mill one season at\\nthe old place, and then removed it to Butternut Creek, on\\nsection 16, where they built a dam across the creek and\\nmade a large pond in which to float their logs to the mill.\\nIn February. 1872, the mill was destroyed by fire. It was\\nimmediately rebuilt, and its cajiacity increased by the addi-\\ntion of more machinery, and it began work in May of that\\nyeai-. The cost of rebuilding was about \u00c2\u00a726,000. In\\nMay, 1873, Mr. Weeks and Wellington Ilunton sold ilieir\\ninterests to the other partners, who continued the business\\nunder the name of Hunton Bros., until November, 1875,\\nwhen A. K. Hunton became sole proprietor, and has since\\nthat time so continued. The mill now has a capacity for\\ncutting 70,000 feet of lumber, 50,000 .shingles, and 15,000\\nlath daily. lis annual product will average about 6,000,000\\nfeet of lumber, 4,000,000 shingles, and about 1,500,000 of\\nlath. The machinery usid consi.sls of two circulai-saws,\\ntwo shingle-machines, and one lath-mill, and the number of\\nhands cmjiloycd is 53. The engine is rated at eighty-five\\nlujrse-powcr.\\nThe pine timber of this town is now nearly all cut. The\\nOtter Lake Saw-mill Company have cleared about 1000 acres\\nin this town, and have their last lot of logs in the lake now.\\nJlr. Hunton will next winter finish cutting the pine on the\\nbalance of his land, and then the lumbering for Forest will\\nbe ended.\\nThe burning of charcoal for market is also one of the\\nbranches of business carried on in this town. J. W. Begole\\nand George Cummings have four pits or kilns in operation,\\ntwo of them near Otter Lake, and two a mile southwest, be-\\nside the track of the railroad.\\nAmong the earlier births in this town, aside from those\\nalready mentioned, were George, son of Henry Ileister\\nGeorge, son of Amos Begel; and Hugh, son of Daniel\\nCummings.\\nThe first death was that of Jlrs. Daniel Cummings, which\\noccurred soon after her coming here, jirobably about Christ-\\nmas of the year 1844. The second death was that of Syl-\\nvester Decker, a young man who died of consumption, in\\nthe spring of 1848.\\nAccording to the best evidence now to be obtained, the\\nfirst wedding in Forest was that of Nelson Valentine and\\nEliza Begel. The second wedding was that of William\\nK. Smith and MissSarati Begel, daughter of Stephen Begel.\\nMr. Smith s wife died while they were living at Koyal\\nOak, and after his return here he had paid his addresses\\nto Miss Begel with matrimonial intent. Upon the occa-\\nsion of iheir wedding he had made a party at his house\\nand invited ail the young folks in the vicinity. About a\\ndii/.cn had assembled, for the population of the town was\\nthen very meagre, and were having a merry time, when", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0659.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "432\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nsome one proposed to have a marriage ceremony to enliven\\nthe occasion. To this all agreed, and Mr. Smith and the\\nblushing Sarah took their places, and Nathaniel Smith,\\nbeing the olaest man present, performed the ceremony\\namidst great enthusiasm. The actors in the scene had all\\nbeen chosen with reference to the event, for Nathaniel was\\na justice of the peace, and the company were astonished\\nwhen, after the joke had been fully enjoyed, they were told\\nthat they had witnessed a bona fide marriage. It proved\\na iiappy one, and both parties lived many years to multiply\\ntheir mutual pleasures and divide their mutual woes.\\nThe first school-house was built about the year 1845,\\nand stood on the west side of the State road, near the\\nnortheast corner of sectiou 33. It was a small frame\\nbuilding, and was known as the Smith school-house. Wil-\\nliam R. Smith was the first teacher. In order to obtain\\ntheir proportion of the school-money it was necessary to\\nhave a school taught for a certain length of time, and Mr.\\nSmith, though not an educated man, was the only one\\nwilling to undertake the task. Anna Johnson, of Mount\\nMorris Caroline Stanley and Jane Devinuey, of Genesee\\nMelissa Scott, of Thotford and Ruth Bagel and Esther\\nCrowell, of Forest, were among the earliest teachers.\\nThe first frame house in town was erected on his farm by\\nW. II. Smith soon after his second marriage, and is yet stand-\\ning, though not occupied as a dwelling for some time past.\\nThe first blacksmith shop was the one attached to the\\nsaw-mill of John Hays. James SIcGinnis was the first\\nblacksmith who worked in it while the mill was building,\\nand a man named Stanley also worked there some. After\\nMr. Crowl was made the agent here, Charles E. Kingsbury\\noccupied the shop, and may be said to be the first resident\\nblacksmith.\\nThe first wheat sown in Forest was in the fall of 1837,\\nwhen Henry Hiester, Nathaniel Smith. Stephen Begel, and\\nAmos Begel each sowed a small piece. Hiester s contained\\nabout two acres.\\nThe Flint River Railroad was built in the summer of\\n1872, work iu this town being commenced in April,\\nand the first regular trains began running about the 15th\\nof August. The first agent of the company had charge\\nof all the stations on the line, and used to go with the\\ntrain, which stopped at each station long enough to enable\\nhim to sell tickets, bill freight, and transact the basiness\\nconnected therewith. His name was T. J. Slafter. The\\nagents at Otisville have been T. J. Slafter, W. L. Laing,\\nA. F. Blake, F. E. Palmer, and Gilbert R. Chandler, who\\nhas held the position since September, 1874.\\nThe town was erected in 1843, in accordance with the\\nwishes of its people. In the petition no name had been\\nmentioned, and the representative sent to have some name\\nselected. The name of Paris was presented by Nathaniel\\nSmith, was agreed to, and was forwarded to the Legisla-\\nture but, upon examination, it was found that this name\\nhad already been used so a facetious member of the House\\nsaid, As it is all woods, and nobody lives there, I think\\nwe had better call it Forest, and Forest it was called.\\nThe first town-meeting, was held at the house of Stephen\\nBegel, on the first Monday in April, 1843, and it is said\\nthere were only 13 voters present. From the fact that the\\nrecords of the town previous to 1801 were so carelessly\\nkept that they were, practically, not kept at all, we are left\\nvery much to imagination to supply points in the civil his-\\ntory which recollection leaves unsupplied. So it is that we\\nhave no record of this first meeting. So far as can be\\nascertained, the following officers were chosen, y n. Super-\\nvisor, Nathaniel Smith Town Clerk, Chauncey W. Sceley\\nTreasurer, Wm. 11. Smith Justices of the Peace, John\\nCrawford, Nathaniel Smith, William R. Smith, Amos\\nBegel; Commissioners of Highways, John Crawford, Na-\\nthaniel Smith, Amos Begel; Overseers of the Poor, Amos\\nBegel, Nathaniel Smith.\\nThe following list of officers of the town is necessarily\\nvery imperfect previous to 1801, but is the best wc have\\nbeen able to make from the data at hand:\\nCIVIL LIST OF FOREST.\\nSUl ERVlSOnS.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a045. Nathaniel Smith.\\nJohn Crawforil.\\n49. George AV. Piper.\\n1S43-\\n1846.\\n1847-\\n1850-\\n1855-\\n1857-\\n1859.\\n1S60.\\n1861.\\n1862-\\n54. John Crawford.\\n56, William II. DimonJ.\\n58. Lyman Crowl.\\nJohn Crawford.\\nJohn P. Hamilton.\\nCharles F. Morse.\\n64. George Kced.\\n1864. Palvin F. Kellogg (apj. d).\\n1865. Garrett S. Swayze.\\n1866-68. George Reed.\\n1869. Abel C. Smith.\\n1870-74. George Reed.\\n1875-76. Matt. T. McCormick.\\n1877. George Reed.\\n1878. Nathaniel Crawford.\\n1879. Abel C. Smith.\\nTOWN CLERKfS.\\n1843. Chauncey W. Sceley.\\n1844. John Taylor.\\n1845-46. William Crawford.\\n1847-48. Stephen J. Seeley.\\n1849-54. William Crawford.\\n1855-56. Lyman Crowl.\\n1857-60. John P. Hamilton.\\n1861. Abel C. Smith.\\n1862. Philander B. Taylor.\\n1863. E. C. Freeman.\\n1864. Anthony D. Burnell.\\n1865. Robert B. Shaw.\\n18il6-6!l. William H. Begel.\\n1870-71. Oscar F. Swift.\\n1872-74. William H. Begel.\\n1875-76. John W. Nicholson.\\n1877. Ozias C. Swift.\\n1878. John S. Elwell.\\n1879. Allison W. Whipple.\\n184.3-\\n1845-\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n1851-\\n1855.\\n1856-\\n1858\\n1843;\\n1850,\\n1853,\\n1854,\\n1855,\\n1858\\n1860,\\nTOWN TiiE.vsnitKns.\\n14. AVilliam R. Smith. 1860-61. Garrett S. Swayze.\\n1862-64. Ira S. Sanders.\\n1865-G6. Anthony I). Burnell.\\n1867-08. Abel C. Smith.\\n1869-70. Stephen P. Lee.\\n1871-74. James W. Averill.\\n1875-76. Ashcr Look.\\n1877. Abel C. Smith.\\n1878-79. Levi Metz.\\n47. Lnn^on Webster.\\nWilliam R. Smith.\\nWilliam Davison.\\nWilliam R. Smith.\\n54. Chauncey \\\\V. Sceley.\\nWilliam R. Smith.\\n-57. Lanson Webster.\\n-59. Norris 0. Seelcy.\\n186 1,\\n1862\\nHIOinVAV\\n-44. John Crawford.\\nNathaniel Smith.\\nAmos Begel.\\nWilliam Davison.\\nQuai tus AV. Clapp.\\nAmos Bcgcl.\\nJohn R. Kegel.\\nDavid Crawford.\\nWilliam Van Slyck.\\nAmos Begol.\\nJohn R. Begel.\\nRichard A. Gossler.\\nWilliam Crawford.\\nWilliam Van Slyck.\\nEnoch B. Woodman.\\nRansom G. Root.\\nJohn Crawford.\\nLevi G. Alexander.\\nWcstel Mudgc.\\nCOMMISSIONKllS.\\n1863. John Crawford (f. t.).\\nLanson AVebster (v.).\\nUriah Beach (appM, died).\\n1863-64. AVilliam Van Slyck.\\nSalvin F. Kellogg (v.).\\n1865. David Crawford.\\n1866. Christian E. Osborne.\\n1867. AVilliam A an Slyck.\\n1868. William Crawford.\\n1869. Thomas Branch.\\n1870. AVilliam II. Begel.\\n1871. AVilliam Crawford.\\n1872. AVilliam Van Slyck.\\n1873. AVilliam H. Begel.\\n1874. AVilliam Crawford.\\n1875-76. Alfred M, Benedict.\\n1877. Henry AA arren.\\n1878-79. AVillard P. Ranncy.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0660.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIP.\\n433\\njrSTlCES OP THE PEACE.\\nlS4:i.\\n1844.\\n1845.\\n1846.\\n1847.\\n1848.\\n1849.\\n1850.\\n18al.\\n1852.\\n1853.\\n1834.\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1857.\\n185S-\\nl.Sfil.\\n1862.\\n1863.\\n1843\\n1861,\\n1862.\\n1863,\\n1S64.\\nI.S65.\\n1866.\\n1867.\\nAmo.s Begfl (I year).\\nNathaniL l Suiitli (2 years).\\nWin. R. Smith years).\\nJuhn Crawford (4 years).\\nAmos Begol.\\nNathaniel Smith.\\nStepllen J. Seclcy.\\nSamuel Shufelt.\\nWilliam Davison.\\nAmos Begel,\\nGeorge W. Piper,\\nStephen J. Seclcy (f. t.).\\nWm. 11. Dimond (v.).\\nWm. H. Dimond (f. t.).\\nWm. Davison (v.).\\nNo record.\\nSamuel Lapham.\\nStephen J. Seeley ff. t.).\\nAmoa Begel (3 years).\\nE. B. Woodman (2 years).\\nWm. Van Slyck.\\nLyman Crowl.\\n60. No record.\\nGeorge Reed,\\nlliram S. Griswold (f. t.).\\nChristian E. Osborne (v.).\\nMark D. Seeley.\\nSCHOOL\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a060. No record.\\nMark D. Seeley (f. t.).\\nChristian E. Osborne (v.).\\nHiram S. Griswold.\\nMark D. Seeley.\\nJohn Hamill (appt d).\\nN. Crawford (appt d).\\nJ. W. Lane (f. t.).\\nL. N. Begel (v.).\\nWilliam II. Begel.*\\nStephen P. Lee.\\nJ. W. Lane.t\\nWilliam U. Begel (f. t.).\\n1864. Salvin F. Kellogg (f. t.).\\nLevi G. Alexander (I. v.).\\n.lohn Crawford v.).\\n1865. Garrett S. Swayie.\\n1866. Wm. Van Slyck.\\n1867. Wm. Davison.\\n1868. John Crawford (f. t.).\\nSalvin F. Kellogg (v.).\\n1869. Nathaniel Crawford.\\n1870. Wm. Van Slyck.\\n1871. George W. .Mcrriam (f. t.).\\nJoseph J. Seymour (v.).\\n1872. Eleazer S. Swayzo.\\n1873. Fred. G. Shepard (f. t.).\\nNathaniel Crawford (v.).\\nSamuel U. Crowl (v.).\\n1874. Ale.\\\\ander MoCluo (f. t.).\\nEugene Ostrandcr (v.).\\n1875. John S. Elwell (f. t.).\\nNathaniel Crawford (l.v.).\\nSalvin F. Kellogg (s. v.).\\n1876. Nathaniel Crawford (f. t.).\\nDaniel AV. Allen (v.).\\n1877. Wm. E. Harris.\\n1878. Farmon E. Judson,\\n1879. Christian E. Osborne.\\nINSPKCTORS.\\n1867. Leander Osborne (v.).\\n1868. George W. Merriam (f. t.).\\nLeander Osborne (v.).\\n1869. Samuel P. Lee.\\n1870. William H. Begel (f. t.).\\n1870-71. Samuel P. Lee (v., f.t.).\\n1872. Leander Osborne (f. t.).\\nSamuel Davison (v.).\\n1873. Thomas W. Averill (f. t.).\\nLeander Osborne (v.).\\n1874. Samuel II. Crowl.\\n1875-78. John Gowdy.\\n1879. James B. Jones.\\nSCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.\\n1875. John B. Laing. I 1877. William II. Begel.\\n1876. Thomas W. Averill. 1878-79. John B. Laing.\\nDRAIN COMMISSIONERS.\\n1871. William 11. Begel.\\n1872- 73. No record.\\n1874. William H. Begel.\\n1875. Christian Osborne.\\n1876. Alfred M. Benedict.\\n1877. Andrew Ferris.\\n1878-79. No record.\\n1843. -Amos Begel.\\nOVERSEERS OF THE POOR.\\nI 1843. Nathaniel Smith.\\nASSESSORS.\\n1865. Lanson Webster.\\nWilliam Crawford.\\n1866. William Van Slyck.\\nJohn Hamill.\\nCONSTAIlLKS.t\\nIsaiah Kitchen, lSfil-62 Chas. Kingsbury, 1.S61 Htirace H. Ranney,\\nIHfil-KI: Myron H. Butts, 1861-02: Garrett S. Swayze, 1862;\\nMattlicw ]).ivi.M n. Andrew Moore, 1863; William Bawling, l.\\n64; Stephen L. Begel, 1801-68-71; JclTerscm WakcficM, 1.S04;\\nWilliam II. Clark, Joseph Heath, John Branch, IS65; John S.\\nDecker, 1805-72; Frederick Smith, Mclvin Bccbo, Nathan F.\\nResigned April 3, 1866.\\nt Appointed, rirc Begel, April 9, 1866.\\nX No record previous to 1861.\\n55\\nOlmstead (appt d), 1866; Alva B. Powelson, 1866-68 William\\nII. Wilson. 1807; Willard Ranney, 1867-69; Thomas Branch,\\n1807-70; Theron Woodruff, 1808: Peter McCluo, 1808-69 O.xear\\nF. Swift. Charles P. Slack, 1809: Samuel Fuller, ISTO: Abram\\nD. Van Gordon, 1S70-79 James Williams, 1870-75 Henry Hurd,\\n1871; Edward Salisbury, Daniel Stockwell, 1872; Charles Olds,\\n1872-73; Frank Branch, Noble IngcU, 1873 John T. Alexander,\\n1873-76: Jesse Warren, Charles Amy, 1874: .leremiah Osborne,\\n1S74-78-79; William Sanford, 1874-76-78; Andrew J. Whaling,\\n1875; William W. Burnett, 1875-76; Ozias C. Swift, 1876-77;\\nGeorge Webster, Horace Warren, 1877; Robert Becmer, 1877-\\n78; William J. Gillett, 1878; Edgar B. Olds, George Uiseock,\\n1879.\\nIn the early years the questions of partisanship did not\\nenter to any great extent into the politics of the town. At\\nthe town -meetings, which were usually held at the house\\nof Stephen Begel until the school-house was built, the\\nquestions considered were those of the fitness of the can-\\ndidates for the difl erent office.s, and a union ticket was\\nusually formed, which was elected by a unanimous vote, or\\nat least without serious opposition. At the general elections\\nparty lines were more strictly drawn. The town was first\\nstrongly Democratic, but was afterwards controlled by the\\nFree-Soilers, and lastly by the Republicans, who are still\\nin the ascendant, and have a majority of about 80 votes.\\nPrevious to the active commencement of the lumbering\\nbusiness the town had but few roads. Paths through the\\nwoods, following the easiest and most direct route from one\\nsettlement to another, were the commonest thoroughfares\\nopened previous to 1855. In that year the State Legisla-\\nture authorized the laying out of a State road, passing\\nthrough this town from north to south. The act was ap-\\nproved Feb. 13, 1855, and the survey was made in that\\nyear under the supervision of Enos Goodrich and Town-\\nsend North, commissioners appointed by Governor Kings-\\nley S. Bingham for the purpose of carrying into effect the\\nprovisions of the act. The survey-bill was filed in the\\ntown clerk s office, Nov. 20, 1855, and describes the road\\nas running north nearly on the section lines, commencing\\nat the south corner between sections 33 and 3-t, and leaving\\nthe town a few rods west of the corner between sections 3\\nand 4.\\nTwo years later, in 1857, a large number of highways\\nwere laid out by the town commissioners, the surveys being\\nmade by Julian Bishop, of Grand Blanc.\\nThe first post-oflSce, and the only one ever established in\\nForest, was brought into existence in the spring or early\\nsummer of 1855. The people felt the need of better mail\\nfacilities, and had been petitioning for the appointment of\\ndifferent persons, among them Amos Begel, Ira S. Begol,\\nand Lyman Crowl, but for some reason the petitions were\\nineffective to accomplish the purpose. At last, through the\\ninfluence of ex-Governor Fenton, E. S. Williams, and Rus-\\nsell Bishop, an office was created with John Crawford as\\npostmaster. This office was then at his residence on section\\n24, and remained there till 1859, when it was removed to\\nOti.sville, and Robert D. Shaw appointed deputy-postmaster\\nto take charge of it. He was afterwards postmaster, and\\nhas been succeeded by George Reed, Ellis S. Swayze, Asher\\nLook, and John W. Nicholson, the present incumbent. The\\noffice was called Forest until about 1861, when the name\\nwas changed to Otisville. It was at first on route No.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0661.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "434\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\n13,074, running from Lapeer to Pine Run, the mail being\\ncarried once a week each way by Luther Scott, of Thet-\\nford. It is now supplied with two mails a day by way of\\nthe Flint River division of the Flint and Pere Marquette\\nRailroad.\\nPrevious to 1858-59 the medical business of this town\\nwas principally done by two non-resident physicians. They\\nwere Dr. Congdon, of Marathon, Lapeer Co., and Dr. La-\\nmond, of Flint. Lamond was first in the field, but Congdon,\\nwho commenced practicing about 1856, rather took the lead\\nafter that time. Among the other physicians were Drs.\\nDrake and Willett, of Flint Orr and Goodell, of Genesee\\nand Lathrop, of Pine Run, who was the leading physician\\nfor several years. The first resident physician was Dr.\\nGriswold, who owned a farm about two miles east of Otis-\\nville, and began practicing medicine here about twenty\\nyears ago. He lived here a number of years, and then re-\\nmoved to Grand Blanc. Next, some four or five years\\nlater. Dr. Rich came and stayed a year or two. Then, in\\n1863, Dr. Luke N. Begel came, and remained for a period\\nof ten years, being very successful, and receiving the confi-\\ndence as well as the custom of his patients. Since 1874\\nlie has been located at Pine Run. After Begel came Drs.\\nBardwell, Hanson, Henderson, two Rogerses, A. W. Nichol-\\nson, J. B. Laing, and E. D. Lewis, the three last named\\nbeing still in business at Otisville.\\nOn Tuesday, May 15, 1855, tliis town was visited by a\\nmighty hurricane, one of those resistless tempests whose\\npower, derived from some to us mysterious source, is so\\npainfully manifest. It was late in the afternoon of an\\nalmost preternaturally beautiful, clear day that a dark cloud\\nappeared, seeming to form in the clear sky, and the wind\\nblew with an ever-increasing force. Torrents of rain began\\nto fall as the storm gathered strength and fury and began\\nmoving eastward at a comparatively slow rate of speed.\\nThe diameter of the whirlwind was apparently about 40\\nrods, but the great force was spent within a space of 20\\nrods along the line its axis passed over. Its course lay\\nalong the north line of sections 28, 27, 26, and 25, and\\nthen leaving this town it entered Marathon, and passed\\nnearly half-way across the town before its force was spent.\\nDuring its duration, which was but a few minutes at any\\ngiven point, the air was filled with boards, rails, limbs of\\ntrees, and all kinds of movable things that were situated\\nin its path. Poultry, especially, suffered greatly from its\\nrude transportation. Within the .spiace of 20 rods of the\\ncentral part of the tornado the trees were mowed down like\\ngrass before the scythe of a strong-armed mower, and piled\\nthis way and that in the most inextricable confusion. Out-\\nside of this, for ten rods on either side, the trees less deeply\\nrooted than their companions were overthrown, but the\\nmore sturdy ones withstood the tempest, though many\\nlimbs were twisted and torn from them. The Crawford\\nschool-house, on the northeast corner of section 2G, was\\ncompletely demolished. The roof and some of the top logs\\nof the house of Daniel Cummings was torn oif, much to the\\namazement of Mr. Cummings, who was within the building,\\nbut escaped injury. Some of these logs were thrown to a\\ngreat distance, one of them being found fully 40 rods south\\nof the hou.se. The roof of Mr. John Crawford s barn was\\nhalf toi-n off, and portions of it carried a mile and a half\\neast. When the storm passed over Crawford s Lake the\\nwater was caught up by the wind and a waterspout formed\\nby it. From this fact a rumor spread over the surrounding\\ncountry that the lake had been entirely emptied, and people\\ncame the next day from some distance, bringing baskets in\\nwhich to carry away the fish they expected to find floun-\\ndering in the mud. They were, however, disappointed, for\\nat the time of their arrival the lake had resumed its nor-\\nmal appearance, and presented no trace of its recent violent\\nagitation.\\nDuring the war of the Rebellion, Forest did its full share\\nto sustain the government in its struggle for existence, and\\nby men and money upheld the administration until the\\nsword of Lee was surrendered beneath the historical apple-\\ntree of Appomattox. A special town-meeting was held\\nFeb. 20, 18G4, at which it was voted to issue bonds of the\\ntown to the amount necessary to pay $100 each to every\\nvolunteer accredited to this town, till the quota under the\\npending calls was filled, or a draft took place. A second\\nspecial meeting was held on the 18th of August following,\\nand the bounty was raised to $300, to be paid to each\\nvolunteer credited to the town on any call as long as the\\nwar should last.\\nTHE VILLAGE OF OTISVILLE\\nhad no existence until the building of the Hayes saw-mill\\nbrought to this place the necessary force of men to run the\\nmill, and to cut the timber and get the logs to the mill.\\nAt that time there were three houses within the present\\nincorporation, viz. Stephen Begel s, Amos Begel s, and\\nMatthew McCormick s. The mill was built in 1851, and\\nHayes built a hou.se for his own occupancy on the site of\\nMrs. Freeman s present residence. The mill company also\\nbuilt a boarding-house and a store, and several of the mill\\nhands built small houses for themselves. This store was\\nthe first one kept in the township. It stood a little south\\nof Hayes house. The boarding-house was near the present\\nsite of Robert Alexander s house. About the same time\\nIra S. Begel built a house, the one now owned by James\\nMoshier.\\nIn 1852 a change was made in the management of the\\nmill, and Lyman Growl was placed in charge of J.he busi-\\nness. He then built a house on the southwest corner,\\nwhere the road coming from the west intersected the State\\nroad, and George Reed built the first hotel in town the\\nAmerican House on the opposite or northwest corner. The\\ncorner room of this building he fitted up for a store, and\\nrented it to Robert B. Shaw, who put a stock of goods in\\nit and kept store there for a while, and then sold out to E.\\nC. Freeman. In 1859, Ira S. Sanders built a store on the\\nnorth end of the public square, and occupied it for a few\\nyears. Then Ira S. and John B. Begel, in 1860-61, built\\na store about two rods east of the present post-office. Ira\\nwas considerable of a surveyor, and resurveyed the east-and-\\nwest road through the village. He then found that the\\nline of the road ran a couple of rods farther north than\\nhad been sujipo.scd, and thus a strip of ground on the south\\npart of Main Street, and north of Crowl s line, was found\\nto still belong to the Begels. On to the east end of this strip", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0662.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIP.\\n435\\nthey moved their store, where it still stands, having been\\nafterwards sold to Mr. E. C. Freeman.\\nDuring this time a number of dwelling-houses had been\\nerected by new-comers, and the village had attained a con-\\nsiderable size. A foundry, devoted to plow and custom-\\nwork, and employing four or five hands, liad been built by\\nSalvin F. Kellogg and R. W. Woodruff, on the north side\\nof the outlet of the lakes. AVoodruff sold out to Kellogg\\nin 1859. A room had been built as an addition to the\\nsaw-mill and fitted with one run of stone, bolts, etc., neces-\\nsary for a grist-mill, and had done considerable grinding.\\nIn IStiO, Otis Crocker built the present grist-mill, which\\nwas fitted witii two run of stone and corresponding ma-\\nchinery. This mill is now owned by John II. iMcCormick.\\nJune 6, 1863, William F. Otis and T. D. Crocker made\\na village plat, and placed it on record in the register s office\\nat Flint. Dr. Rogers recorded an addition Sept. 3, 18G0,\\nIra. S. Bcgel and Robert B. Shaw another one Aug. 5,\\n1SG7, Freeman and Crowl another March 1!), 18G8, and\\nMr. Beecher another June 22, 1872.\\nIn 1864, Ira S. Begel built a saw-mill, and in 1807\\nanother one, both of which are mentioned el.-^ewhere. In\\nthe latter year he also built a hotel, which has always been\\nknown as the Lake House, and of which he was the host\\nfor a time. In 18GS he enlarged this hotel. He also built\\na store on (he corner where the post-office now stands, whieh,\\ntogether with the drug-store of Ellis S. Swayze, standing\\njust east of it, was destroyed by fire. On its site the pres-\\nent Hunton Block was built by Hunton Bros., in 1875.\\nThe foundry was traded by Mr. Kellogg to M. S. Pres-\\ncott, in 1875, and was by him converted into a furniture-\\nfactory. It was then sold to Silas Patten, who made broom-\\nhandles there until a year ago, since which time it has been\\nused for storage purposes.\\nA steam saw-mill and sash-and-blind factory were also\\nbuilt by George Reed, near the depot, and run by him for\\na time, but are now dismantled and idle.\\nSchool district No. 5, which is the largest district in the\\ntown, includes the village of Otisvillc, and was formed in\\nits present .shape about twenty-five or thirty years ago.\\nThe school-house then used stood about one-half mile south\\nof Otisville, on the State road. The present school-house,\\nwhich is a commodious, convenient, and well-proportioned\\nframe building, was erected in 1867, on land reserved for\\nthe purpose by Dr. Rogers when his plat was laid out the\\nyear before, and at that time the school was divided into a\\nprimary and a grammar department, with William H.\\nBegel as principal. Since that time the primary depart-\\nment has been supplemented by an intermediate department.\\nThe cost of the building was about 84000. The principals\\nin charge of the school, succeeding Mr. Begel, have been\\nMr. Van Vleet, Jefferson Lewis, A. D. Metz, William L.\\nLaing, and Wm. II. Begel, who has now nearly finished\\nliis third year of continuous service.\\nThe present number of .scholars enrolled is 130, and the\\naverage attendance about 100. A branch primary school\\nis kept at llunton s mill for the accomuiodation of the\\nsmaller children in that part of the district. Though\\nclaiming no special merit, this school claims to average\\nwell with similar ones in the State, and points willi jiride\\nand satisfaction to the list of teachers who have gone out\\nfrom among its pupils.\\nThe present statistics of the village show about as follows:\\nThere are ten stores, including one drug and two general\\nstores, and the usual variety of the different branches of\\ntrade. There are seven or eight mechanics shops of the\\nusual kinds. In the line of manufactories there are two es-\\ntablishments. The first is the stave-factory of Silas Fatten,\\nwhich is run under the supervision of Joseph Myles. It\\nwas first built by J. W. Hinman, in 1872, on section 32,\\ntwo and a quarter miles southwest of its present location.\\nIn 1874, having been sold to Messrs. Norris Hiiikle, it\\nwas moved to its present location it was then manufac-\\nturing sawed staves and headings. In October, 1875, it\\nwas sold to Silas Patten, who then introduced the manu-\\nfacture of cut staves. Since 1878 the manufacturing of\\nbroom-handles has also been carried on. The mill uses a\\ntwenty-five-horse-power engine, employs fifteen hands for\\nabout four or five months in the year, and turns off an\\nannual product of about 87000 in value. The second es-\\ntablishment mentioned is the grist-mill of John N. McCor-\\nmick, which has two runs of stones operated by steam-power,\\nand does considerable flouring in addition to its esten.sive\\nrun of custom grinding. There are also two hotels in\\nOtisville, the American House, recently rebuilt, and run-\\nning under the management of Branch Brothers (Thomas\\nand Frank Branch), and the Lake House, which is kept\\nas a temperance hotel by Eugene Ostrander. There is one\\nchurch belonging to the Methodist Episcopal denomination\\nalso the fine school-building already spoken of, the depot\\nof the Flint River Railroad, and about 75 dwelling-house.s,\\nsome of them quite large and tasty modern houses, and all\\nindicative of a thrifty, jirogressive spirit on the part of the\\ninhabitants. The population is about 375.\\nThe village was incorporated by an act of the Legislature,\\napproved by Governor Charles M. Crosswell on the 21st\\nday of March, 1877. The territory included in the cor-\\nporation limits is one mile square, and is distributed on\\nfour different sections, on sections 21 and 28 three-eighths\\neach, and on sections 22 and 27 one-eighth each.\\nThe charter limited the powers of taxation for general\\npurposes to one per cent, per annum of the assessed valua-\\ntion of all the taxable property in the corporation.\\nThe first election was designated to be held on tlie first\\nMonday of May, 1877, at the public hall in said village.\\nThis was understood to mean the hall at the Lake House;\\nbut when the election came to be held the board gave a\\nItbeial construction to the act, and the election was held at\\nthe office of John S. Elwell, Esq. As a step preparatory\\nto the election, George Reed, Matthew T. McCormick, and\\nChristian E. 0.sbornc were appointed as a board of registra-\\ntion, and met on the Saturday preceding the election for\\nthe purpose of registering the voters.\\nAt the election officers were chosen, whose names and\\nalso those of their successors down to the present time will\\nbe found in the following list of\\nOFFICERS OF OTISVILLE VILLAGE.\\nI UKSIDBSTS.\\n1877, George Kee.l 1878, Salvin F. Kcllog\\nMcCoriniek.\\n1879, John 11.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0663.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "436\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nCLEKKS.\\n1877, Anthony D. Burnell; 1878-70, Frank C. Trowbridge.\\nTREASirnKns.\\nIS77-7S, Albert K. llunfon 1879, F. W. Nicholson.\\nTRUSTEES.\\n1877, George E. Hunton, John II. MeCormick, Christian E. Os-\\nborne, Ozias C. Swift, Salvin F. Kellogg, Eugene O.-tnvniler 1878,\\nJohn W. Nicholson, Allen B. Clark, Charles Moon, Silas Patten (v.);\\n1S7 J, Robert B. D. Alexander, John B. Laing, Silas Patten.\\nSTREKT COMMISSIONEnS.\\n1877, II. 0. Cheney; 1878-79, Edgar Rawling.\\nASSKSSORS.\\n1S77, Allen B. Clark; 1878, Anthony D. Burnell; 1879, John S.\\nElwcll.\\nMARSHALS.\\n1877, Abram D. Van Gordon 1878-79, John S. Decker.\\nrOSSTABLF.S.\\n1877, Alexander A. Dingmnn; 1S78, Charles Wesley 1879, Wil-\\nliam tjOtt.\\nThe village has been greatly improved in many respects\\nsince this act of incorporation went into effect. Throngh-\\nout the thickly-settled part fine, broad plank walks have\\nbeen built, which very greatly facilitates and adds to the\\npleasure of traveling the streets. A basement in the Craw-\\nford Block has been fitted up for a lock-up, and in it\\nrefractory violators of the laws of the commonwealth are\\nsometimes restrained from the enjoyment of their personal\\nliberty. A small hand fire-engine has been provided as a\\nprotection against fires, and the work of building reservoirs\\nto store water for use at such times is now about to be\\nundertaken. The village rents a room in the Hunton Block,\\nand there the trustees meet, on the first Monday evening in\\neach month, to transact the business connected with the\\nmanagement of the affairs of the corporation.\\nA volunteer fire department was organized Nov. 6, 1878,\\nwith the following members P. W. Nicholson, J. Ostrander,\\nA. M. Smith, Eugene Alexander, John E. Smith, E. R.\\nFreeman, M. L. Eckler, M. A. Bentley, William Gott.\\nThe trustees of the village then placed the management of\\nthis department in the hands of a chief-engineer, and ap-\\npointed Charles Moon to fill that position. The other\\noflBcers were chosen as follows Foreman, William Gott\\nFirst Assistant Foreman, Eugene Alexander Second As-\\nsistant Foreman, J. Ostrander; Engineers, F. W. Nichol-\\nson, A. M.Smith; Secretary, F. W.Nicholson; Treasurer,\\nE. L. Freeman. The company now numbers twenty mem-\\nbers.\\nThe charter elections are held on the first Monday in\\nMarch in each year.\\nThe village also boasts one paper, The OtisviUe Obser-\\nver, published monthly, by Rev. A. G. Blood. It is a\\nsmall folio, devoted to home news, and forms an excellent\\nmedium for advertising the wares of the business men of\\nthe town. It was started in October, 1878, and is a very\\nreadable publication.\\nTHE SOCIETIES OF FOREST.\\nThe first society organized in this town, of which we\\nhave any account, was\\nOTISVItLE LODGE, I. O. G. T.\\nIt was instituted on the 14th day of August, 1876, by\\nCharles P. Russell, with twenty-eight charter members.\\nThere had been a lecture at the church the evening before,\\nand the preliminary steps were then taken to organize the\\nLodge. The following officers were chosen at the organiza-\\ntion, viz. W. C. T., John S. Elwell W. V. t!, Mrs.\\nAmanda M. Burnell; W. Sec, Joseph Myles W. F. S.,\\nA. J. Kellogg; W. Treas., Charles Moon; W. Chap.,\\nWilliam Birdsall; W. M., John S. Decker; P. W. C. T.,\\nCharles Hanchett W. I. G., Mary E. Lansfield W. O.\\nG., Sylvester Fuller; R. H. S., Mrs. Irvilla Myles; L. U.\\nS., Elsie Cheney; W. A. S., Susan Reed; W. D. M.,\\nMrs. Mary Vj. Hanchett L. D., A. J. Kellogg Trustees,\\nH. 0. Cheney, C. H. Hanchett, Charles Moon.\\nThe Lodge hired a room above Freeman s store, and fitted\\nit up for their use at an expense of about $75 for furniture\\nand regalia. After holding their meetings there for a year\\nor two they rented, and moved to, a hall owned by John\\n11. Fuller. A few months later they removed one and\\nthree-fourths miles west of OtisviUe, to a hall furnished by\\nWilliam H. Butler, where the meetings are now held.\\nCommencing with 28 members, the list was rapidly en-\\nlarged until within a year they numbered 100. Since then\\nthe membership has grown smaller, but is now again on\\nthe gain, and is at present 30. The lodge has been more\\nthan usually successful in promoting temperance work, and\\npoints to the reformation that in certain ca.sos has been\\nworked by the strong influence, the pure principles, and\\nthe effective teachings of the order.\\nThe present oflBcers are as follows W. C. T., George\\nWebster; W. V. T., Mrs. Lucia Webster; W. Sec,\\nCharles Weeks W. F. S., William H. Butler W. Treas.,\\nMary Begel W. Chap., Mrs. Mary J. Butler; W. M.,\\nE. Begel W. I. G Charles Branch W. 0. G., Harley\\nButler P. W. C. T., Joseph Gillett R. H. S., Margaret\\nButler L. H. S., Jennie Butler W. A. S., Mrs. Ange-\\nline Gillett.\\nThe red-ribbon movement was first inaugurated here by\\nCharles Johnson, of Flint, in the spring of 1877. He\\ndelivered an address on that phase of the temperance re-\\nform at the Methodist church, and organized a club with\\nabout 100 members. He was followed by other speakers,\\nand the interest of the movement was well sustained for a\\nfew months, when it began to decline. In November, Mrs.\\nGertrude Barnes, of Detroit, came and aroused the enthu-\\nsiasm of the temperance community by an able, eloquent,\\nand effective address, which infused new life into the move-\\nment. She came twice afterwards, at intervals of about\\none month, and by her efforts succeeded in increasing the\\nmembership of the club to 211. The club at that lime\\nheld weekly meetings at the church. After a while the\\nmeetings were held semi-monthly, then monthly, and at last\\nwere discontinued entirely.\\nAnother Lodge of Good Templars was organized in the\\nDimond neighborhood, which was called\\nEUREKA LODGE, I. O. G. T.\\nIt was instituted by Mr. Andrews, of Flint, in the early\\npart of November, 1877, with 20 charter members. There", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0664.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIP.\\n437\\nhad been several temperance meetings held at the Dimond\\nschool-house, which were addressed by Stephen Griffin,\\nand to his eflbrts the success of the attempt was mainly\\ndue. The organization was eflected at the house of D.\\nMoody, and the following officers were chosen and installed\\nW. C. T., Stephen Griffin W. V. T., Anna McClellan\\nW. Sec, Bird Root; W. F. S., Louisa Dimond W.Treas.,\\nJohn Bodine W. Chap., Perry Dimond; W. M., Morris\\nBidwell W. I. G., Clarence Wakefield W. 0. G., Henry\\nDimond P. W. C. T., Denman Moody W. A. S., George\\nRohrer W. D. M., Laura Daniels L. D., Josej)h Bidwell.\\nThe Lodge meets every Saturday evening in a hall rented\\nof Morris Bidwell. It has been fairly prosperous, having\\nreached a membership of 30 in 1877-78, and is now in a\\nprosperous condition, with a membership of 25. The\\npresent officers are as follows W. C. T., Perry Dimond\\nW. V. T., William Rohrer W. Sec, Byron Houser W.\\nF. S., Stephen Griffin W. Treas., Joseph Bidwell W.\\nChap., J. Bodine W. M., Charles Upper W. I. G., C.\\nKennedy W. 0. G., Robert Harris P. W. C. T., Mor-\\nris Bidwell R. H. S., Miss p]lla Hiscock W. A. Sec., C.\\nWilliams; W. D. M., Mrs. A. Lee; L. D., William Rohrer.\\nEAGLE LODGE, NO. 320, I. 0. O. P.,\\nwas instituted at a meeting held in a hall over Beemer s\\nblacksmith-shop, on the 17th of October, 1878, by E. H.\\nThompson, G. M. of the State. The number of charter\\nmembers was 5.\\nThe Lodge has been prosperous, having increased its niem-\\nbership to 23, and has expended about $200 in fitting up\\nits lodge-room and purchasing regalia. It meets every\\nSaturday evening.\\nThe fir.st officers and they are also the present ones\\nwere as follows N. G., Charles E. Kingsbury V. G., Wil-\\nliam E.Clark; Sec, A, J. Kellogg; Treas., Allison W.\\nWhipple; I. G., N. T. Wilson; O. G., Samuel Wilson;\\nCon., D. W. Allen Warden, Joliii Bodine.\\nBRYANT LODGE, NO. 1334, KNIGHTS OP HONOR,\\nwas instituted by Edward Newkirk, of Bay City, Jan. 13,\\n1879, with 22 charter members, and the following officers,\\nviz.\\nD., J. B. Laing V. D., John S. Elwell A. D., T. W.\\nAverill Rep., A. W. Nicholson F. R., F. W. Nicholson\\nTreas., Joseph Myles Cliap., Charles Moon; Guide, Wil-\\nlard P. llanney Guardian, William Gott; Sent., Robert\\nBeemer P. D., Frank C. Trowbridge Trustees, Charles\\nE. Kingsbury, John S. Elwell, Silas Patten.\\nThe present membership is 23, and the Lodge meets\\nregularly on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each\\nmonth in Odd Fellows Hall.\\nKELIGIOUS.\\nThe first religious meetings in Forest were held at the\\nhouses of Nathaniel Smith and Henry Heister. The people\\nof the vicinity would assemble at one or the other place on\\nnearly every Sabbath, and employ an hour or two in prayer\\nand praise to God, and in exhortation to one another to\\ncontinue on in the true path to hapiiine.ss in this world and\\nin eternity. Whenever any one happened to be present\\nwho could preach, a sermon was had from them, and the\\nothcre considered these occasions though, perhaps, the\\npreacher was rough and uncouth, and his discourse more\\nearnest than elegant rare spiritual treats, and enjoyed\\nthem with a gusto unknown, to a great extent, in our more\\nmodern religious assemblages. As soon as the Smith\\nschool-house was erected the meetings were held there with\\nmore or less regularity. The.se meetings were not in any\\nsense denominational. Christians of all shades of religious\\nbelief joined together in perfect harmony to worship the\\none Lord, who is the head of all Christian churches.\\nAbout the year 1848, one Orlando Johnson, a minister\\nof the Protestant Methodist denomination, organized a class\\nof that Church at the Webster school-house, at Weeks\\nCorners. This was the first church organized in the town.\\nIt grew out of a protracted meeting held by Mr. Johnson,\\nand was quite large. It maintained an existence for a\\nperiod of about twenty years, and then died out.\\nA couple of years later than the Protestant Methodists\\ncame the Christian denomination, and through the effisrts\\nof Mrs. Dolly Richards, one of its ministers formed a church\\nat Weeks Corners, with a small membership, which was\\nrapidly increased, and in a short time reached about forty\\nin number. This church maintained its organization until\\nabout the year 1870, and held meetings at the Weeks and\\nButler s school-houses during the time. Among the min-\\nisters who served the cliurch were Revs. George Osborne,\\nMr. FifielJ, Mr. Cupoland (olored), Mr. Mclntyre, Mr.\\nJennings, L. I. Wicker, Mr. Dodge, and Mr. Warner.\\nThe Methodist Episeopals next came into the field, and\\norganized a class at Otisville in 1853. A history of this\\nchurch, which follows this sketch, kindly prepared for the\\nwork by Rev. A. G. Blood, its present pastor, gives in de-\\ntail the matters connected with this church.\\nThe Free Methodists organized a class of about a dozen\\nmembers at the Dimond schnol-hou.-ic in 1866. A year or\\ntwo later a small class was lijrnied at the Weeks Corners\\nschool-house. Both appointments are on the Richfield\\ncircuit, and are kept np, though the north cla.ss has changed\\nits place of meeting to the school-house just over the town-\\nline in Millington. At a revival, resulting from a protracted\\nmeeting held in the Weeks school-house during the winter\\nof 1876-77, several persons were converted and joined the\\nclass, which now numbers about a dozen persons.\\nMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OP OTISVILLE.\\nThere may have been preacliing by Methodist Episcopal\\nclergymen at an earlier date, but the records begin with\\nthe proceedings of the First Quarterly Conference of Mara-\\nthon mission, held at Marathon, Nov. 26, 1853. Rev.\\nGeorge Smith, Presiding Elder; Rev. Charles Haynes,\\nPreacher in charge David Burritt and John Coley, Class-\\nLeaders, were present. Richard A. Go.ssler, William W.\\nBrown, John Coley, James McDowell, and Lafayette War-\\nren were appointed stewards. Abram Herrington, David\\nBurritt, and John Coley were appointed a missionary com-\\nmittee. The preacher s .salary was as follows (|uarterage,\\n$264; table expenses, $100; traveling expenses, $15;\\npresiding elder s claim, $12; total, $31)1. A missionary\\nappropriation was received, amounting to $50, and the", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0665.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "438\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nbalance was apportioned among the different appointments,\\none-lialf on either side of Flint River. Of the appoint-\\nments of tlie mission, classes had been formed at Marathon,\\nMillville, Gray s school-house, Moore s school-house. Steam-\\nmill in Forest (Otisville), and North Branch, and among\\nthe other preaching places mentioned were Lathrop s, War-\\nren s, Railroad, Le Valley s, and Brownson s Lake. Of\\nthese several classes, that at Marathon had a membership\\nof 13 that at Millville, 9 Gray s school-house, 9 Moore s\\nschool-house, 11 North Branch, 6 and Steam-mill, Forest,\\n6. The names of those forming this latter class, from which\\nthe Otisville Church has sprung, were as follows Richard\\nA. Gossler, class-leader Elizabeth Gossler, Brother Her-\\nrington. Sister Herrington, John Herrington, and Sister\\nWoodman. About this time Nathaniel Crawford was chosen\\nas steward.\\nThe appointment belonged to Marathon mission until the\\nDetroit Annual Conference was organized, when it became\\nan appointment on the Marathon circuit, Flint district. In\\n1858 it was a part of Forest circuit, and the name was\\nchanged in 1872 to Otisville circuit, as it is now desig-\\nnated, and includes, at present, appointments at East Forest,\\nMarathon, and Otter Lake.\\nThe pa.stors who have had charge of the mission and\\ncircuits to which this class has belonged have been as fol-\\nlows, the date given being that of their appointment by the\\nAnnual Conference in the fall of each year: 1853, Rev.\\nCharles Haynes; 185-1, Rev. William Sly; 1855, Rev.\\nGeorge Chipman and Rev. Isaac Ilallenbeck 185G, Rev.\\nHenry Carlton 1857, Rev. Jesse Kilpatrick 1858, Rev.\\nE. C. Wright; 1859, Rev. R. Johnson 1860, Rev. Wil-\\nliam Downing and Rev. Mr. Eldredge 1861-62, Rev. L.\\nS. Tedmnn and Rev. Mr. West (asst. 1861); 1863, Rev.\\nE. B. Prindle; 1864-G5, Rev. S. P. Lee; 1866-67, Rev.\\nN. W. Pierce; 1868, Rev. A. Gee; 1869-71, Rev. L. S.\\nTedman 1872, Rev. W. J. Clack 1873-74, Rev. D. B.\\nMillar; 1875-76, Rev. S. L. Ramsdell 1877-78, Rev.\\nA. G. Blood.\\nThe list of local preachers and exhorters includes the\\nnames of John Hamilton, John Branch, Salvin F. Kel-\\nlogg, and William Birdsall, who have at different times\\nserved the church and employed their talents for the fur-\\ntherance of the interests of the Master s kingdom. Among\\nthose who have held position as ofEcial members of the\\nchurch we find the following names recorded Richard A.\\nGossler, Nathaniel Crawford, Amos Ranney, Isaac Heming-\\nway, Ira S. Sanders, Lyman Crowl, John Goudy, E. C.\\nFreeman, George Merriam, John H. McCorniick, Silas\\nPatten, Abel C. Smith, and Henry G. Cook.\\nA parsonage was purchased in 1856 for $150, which was\\nimproved in 18G2, and sold in 1871, when the present site\\nwas secured and the present parsonage built thereon.\\nThe subject of building a church was broached in 1865,\\nbut no steps towards its erection were taken until the year\\nfollowing, when, at the second Quarterly Conference of that\\nyear, S. P. Lee, Joseph Burlingame, Frederick Olds, F. E.\\nDodge, Emory How, William W. Brown, Anthony D. Bur-\\nnell, and Robert B. Shaw were elected as a board of trus-\\ntees, and they let the job of building the church to Benjamin\\nMoses, for the sum of $3600. The building of the edifice\\nprogressed through this and the two years following, and\\nthe dedication was held in September, 1869, Rev. J. S.\\nSmart being present, and, we infer, preaching the discourse\\nupon that occasion. The debt upon the society a^regated\\n$1438, and they held notes and subscriptions estimated at\\na net value of $800, with which to meet the.se demands.\\nIn 1872 this debt still remained at about $1000, and there\\nwas also a debt upon the parsonage of $368, which was in\\nthe form of a mortgage held by E. C. Freeman. In 1874\\nthe pastor, Jlr. Millar, endeavored to raise the load of in-\\ndebtedness under which the church had so long labored,\\nbut, on account of an unfortunate dissension that manifested\\nitself, the effort was but partially successful. In 1876 the\\nclouds of financial distress which had so long loomed dark\\nand threatening in the sky, seemed about to culminate in\\na devastating storm. The reported debt on the church had\\nrisen to $1500, and that on the parsonage to $600, and to\\nmeet this the oflBcers of the society had but $200 or $300\\nin notes. The Quarterly Conference voted to let the par-\\nsonage go on the mortgage, a nd instructed Joseph Myles to\\nmake out the necessary papers, reserving the use of it till\\nSeptember, 1878. In the spring of 1878 a compromise\\nwas effected with the creditors, and, through the efforts of\\nthe pastor. Rev. A. G. Blood, subscription notes were ob-\\ntained sufficient to cancel the obligations of the church.\\nThen an excursion was planned from Otter Lake to Bay\\nCity, which took place Aug. 13, 1878, and met with al-\\nmost perfect success. It netted to the church the sum of\\n$628, which, with the addition of $50, sufficed to pay off\\nthe entire indebtedness of the society, and left it to breathe\\nthe atmosphere of freedom from debt for the first time in a\\nseries of long, weary, worrisome years. On Sabbath, August\\n18th, a praise-meeting was held at the church and thanks-\\ngiving rendered to the Good Father fur this gracious\\ndeliverance of his people.\\nThe seed sown on Marathon mission and its successors\\nduring the past quarter of a century, watered by the dews\\nof Divine grace, has in its processes of development pro-\\nduced North Branch, Mayville, Millington, Davison, and\\nOtisville circuits, has sent forth several heralds of the cross\\nto spread the glad news of salvation, has prepared many\\ngood souls for an eternity with the spirits of just men made\\nperfect, and still has a large corps of earnest workers achiev-\\ning new victories for the cross of Christ.\\nAt the present time this church numbers 65 members,\\nreports the value of church at $1500, and parsonage at\\n$800, and has the following officers Cla.ss-Leader, Amos\\nRatmey Local Preacher, John Branch Stewards, Amos\\nRanney, Silas Patten, Allen B. Clark Trustees, F. E.\\nDodge, William Hallenbeck, Amos Ranney, Nathaniel\\nCrawford, Silas Patten, C. H Osborne, John Owens, Allen\\nB. Clark.\\nThe records mention two Sabbath-schools as being con-\\nnected with this circuit in 1855, but whether one of them\\nwas located here or not is uncertain. In- 1856, however,\\nmention is made of a school in Forest-ville. At present\\nthere are two schools located in this town, the one at Hen-\\nderson s, or East Forest, having a membership of about 75\\nscholars. The school at Otisville has a membership of\\nabout 120, including 16 officers and teachers, and an aver-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0666.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "FOREST TOWNSHIP.\\n439\\nage uttendnnce of about 80 scholars. It has a library of\\nupwards of 300 volumes. The present officers are Rev.\\nA. G. Blood, Suporiiitendent Miss J. E. McCormiek, As-\\nsistiiiit Superintendcut Joseph Myles, Secretary Mrs.\\nSu.saii Merriaui, treasurer Frank W. Nicholson, Librarian\\nand Mrs. Irviihi Myles, Organist.\\nCEMETERY.\\nThere is but one cemetery in Forest. It is owned by the\\ntown, and a sexton is appointed at each town-meeting to\\ntake charge of it for the next year. It lies on the west\\nside of the State road as originally surveyed, about a quarter\\nof a mile south of Otisville, and contains between one and\\ntwo acres. Its location is on an easterly slope, and over-\\nlooks the village. The first burial in this ground was that\\nof Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Smith. Silvester Decker and\\ntwo children, one of them William 11. Smith s and the\\nother Vandorus Smith s, had been previously buried near\\nSmith s Hill.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nCHAUNCEY W. SEELEY.\\nMRS. CHAUNCEY W. .SEELEY.\\nCHAUNCEY W. SEELEY.\\nOne of the first settlers in Forest town.ship was Chauncey\\nW. Sceley, who was born in the town of Rutland, Meigs\\nCo., Ohio, May 5, 1816. His father, Stephen J. Seeley, was\\nborn in Baliston, Saratoga Co., N. Y., April 3, 1788, where\\nlie grow to manhood. His parents wore wealthy, and he\\nreceived what was then considered a fine education. After\\nhis marriage to Miss Elizabeth Kent he emigrated to Rut-\\nland, Ohio, where he bought from the government a new\\nfarm. After four years spent in clearing and improving\\nhis farm he sold out and went to Southern Indiana, where\\nhe resided six years. He then emigrated to Kentucky,\\nwhere he lived utitil IS M), when he accompanied his sons\\nJudson and Chauncey W. to Michigan, where he resided\\nuntil his death, which occurred May 18, 1871.\\nMr. Seeley was a man of marked ability, which was\\nmade good u.sc of by his fellow-townsmen in Forest, who\\nkept him in office most of the time. He was a justice of\\nllie peace over twenty years, and for many years was town\\nclerk. As above stated, Chauncey W. and his brother came\\nto Michigan in 1S3G. They stopped at I ontiac and rented\\na saw-mill, which they ran one year, doing a good and pro.s-\\nperous bu.sincss. After the exjjiralion of their lease they\\nbought an interest in the I ierson ife Harder sawmill, lo-\\ncated on the Kearsley, three miles from Flint. This invest-\\nment proved unfortunate, and the year 1811 found them\\nout of business and almost penniless. Mr. Seeley then\\ncame to Forest and bought the east half of the northwest\\n(juarter of section 32. It was new, as was the whole town-\\n.ship at that time. He at once put up a shanty and com-\\nmenced to clear his land. The same year he built a log\\nhouse and moved his father s family into it. Mr. Sceley\\nwas a large, powerful man, one who could turn his hand to\\nalmost any kind of labor, a man of great industry and a\\ngood manager, hence his success in life. The eighty acres of\\nnew land his first purchase he has increased to two hun-\\ndred acres of as fine land as can be found in the township,\\nupon which is located a large and commodious brick house,", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0667.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "440\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nrecently finished. Mr. Seeley s schooling was limited to\\nless than two years at a district school, yet he made good\\nuse of it, as is proven by liis successful business life. In\\nau early day he was a Democrat, but joined the Republican\\nparty when it was first formed, aud has since been one of\\nits strongest supporters. He was elected town-clerk at the\\nfirst town-meeting, and held the office two years was town-\\ntreasurer for four years, and was elected justice of the peace,\\nbut would not qualify. Sept. 28, 1845, he married Miss\\nMary Ann Dickin.son, who was born March 31, 1822. She\\nis a daughter of Zebulon and Esther Dickinson. Mrs.\\nSeeley has proved to be a true pioneer wife, one who\\nhas made the most of her surroundings, always ready to\\ndo her part and bear her share of life s burdens. To them\\nhave been born six children, all of whom are now living.\\nTheir names are as follows Deniza Ann, born Nov. 2,\\n1846; Cassandra E., born May 29, 1848; Mary Jane,\\nborn Dec. 4, 1851 Mark D., born Nov. 4, 1853 Ange-\\nline F., born Feb. 8, 1856 and Charley P., born Sept.\\n30, 1858.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0668.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "MONTROSE.\\nThe township of Montrose, wliic-li is situated in tlio tionli-\\nwcstern corner of Genesee County, was formed from Vienna,\\nas Pewonijrowiuk, in 1847. It is designated by tlie United\\nStates survey as township No. 9 north, of range No. 5 east.\\nIts boundaries are Saginaw County, on the nnrtii and west,\\nand the respective townships of Vienna and Flushing, iu Gen-\\nesee County, on the east and soutli. The surAice is varied,\\nand cut by the valleys and ravines formed by the Flint Eiver\\nand its tributaries. This was a pine town.ship originally,\\nand during the first years of the white man s occupancy,\\nin fact, until within a very recent period, the inhabitants\\nwere chieHy engaged in the vaiious occupations incident to\\na lumbering region. For this reason, added to the fact\\nthat it was the latest settled district in the county, Mon-\\ntrose of to-day wears a general aspect of roughness or new-\\nness in strong contrast to the major portion of the county.\\nThe present inhabitants are principally employed in the\\npursuits of agriculture. The soil, though in many places\\nlight and sandy, produces favorably, and with intelligent\\nculture, time only is needed to bring the products of this\\nup to the average of other townships in the county. Its\\nprincipal water-course, the Flint River, enters the town near\\nthe centre of the south border, and, flowing in a general\\nnortherly direction, passes through the central part and\\nleaves the township just west of the centre of the north\\nborder. Brent s Kun enters from the southeast corner,\\nand, flowing in a northwest course, discharges its surplus\\nwaters into the Flint on section 15. Pine Run, another\\ntributary of the Flint River, in flowing to the northwest\\ncrosses the extreme northeast corner of the township. Coal\\nand rock similar to the Flushing sandstone crops out in\\nthe bed of the Flint on section 28.\\nA portion of the I ewonigowink reservation of the Sagi-\\nnaw Chijijxwas* extended into this township, including\\nthe whole of section 4, the west half of section 3, the east\\nhalf of section 5, the north half of section 9, the northeast\\nquarter of section 8, and the northwest (juartcr of section 10.\\nThe grounds of the Flint River A allcy Agricultural So-\\nciety are situated upon section 4, west side of the river.\\nThis association numbere among its members those who re-\\nside in the adjoining counties of Saginaw and Shiawassee,\\nand will not be further mentioned as a township institution.\\nThe present population is computed at 1200.\\nFIR.ST SETTLEMENT.\\nSeymour W. Ensign, the first settler in this township,\\ncame from Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., in the spring of\\n1S:?2, and first halted in Grand Blanc. He SPas accom-\\npanied by his wife and sons, Seymour W., Jr., and George\\nFor particiiliirn concerning these Tndian?, sec general liislory.\\n56\\nG. After assisting Alden Tupper in brick-making until\\nthe fall of the same year, he removed to Saginaw County,\\nand remained a pioneer of that county for a period of ten\\nyears. In the spring of 1842 he visited this portion of\\nthe county, and purchased from Thomas L. L. Brent the\\nsouthwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22.\\nReturning to Saginaw he soon completed his arrangements\\nfor removal to his new home, which was accomplished by\\ntaking his teams and family to Flint via the Saginaw turn-\\npike, thence to Brent s farm in Flushing. At the same\\ntime another party employed by hitn transported a large\\nshare of the household goods, etc., by means of canoes and\\nthe Flint River. The large canoes were lashed together, a\\ndeck laid across them, the cargo placed thereon, and the\\nwhole towed by hand up the river, a distance of fifty miles.\\nDuring the first year he with his family resided upon the\\nBrent farm, in Flushing, in the moan time erecting a small\\nframe house upon his purchase in this township. In the\\nspring of 1843 he became the first actual white resident in\\nthe township. During the .same sea.son, however, he re-\\nceived as neighbors George Wilcox, who came from Canada\\nand settled upon the east half of the southwest quarter\\nof section 23, and Richard Travis, from Oxford, Oakland\\nCo., Mich., who settled upon the east half of the south-\\neast quarter of the last-mentioned section. The assessment\\nroll of Vienna town.ship shows that the onlj tax-paying res-\\nidents ill this township in 1844 were Messrs. Ensign, Wil-\\ncox, and Travis. Mr. Travis was a man whoso health un-\\nfitted him for the herculean task of hewing out a home\\nhere in the wilderness, and, after a residence of but two or\\nthree years duration, he returned with his family to Oak-\\nland County.\\nMr. Wilcox continued here until his death, which oc-\\ncurred about 1852, and he was followed by the pioneer of\\nthem all, Seymour W. Knsign, who died Aug. 21, 1854,\\naged fifty-three j cars.\\nThe next settler the most prominent man in the town-\\nship during his lifetime was John Farquharson, who came\\nfrom Scotland about 1830. After a residence of seven\\nyears in Albany, N. Y., and its vicinity, he settled in Sagi-\\nnaw Co., Mich., near the mouth of Flint River, in 1837.\\nIn 1842 he purcha.sed lands situated upon section 4, on the\\nIndian reservation, and in 1845 he, together with his .son,\\nJohn R. Farquharson, became residents of the township.\\nUpon the organization of the township of Pewonigowink,\\nin 1847, he was the first supervisor elected, and for eight\\nyears in succession did his twelve Democratic hench-\\nmen march up to the polls, re-elect him, and then march\\nback again. lie was in fact the governor of the State of\\nIMontrose, and one can imagine with what trepidation Tru-\\nman Ilorrick, the first Whig in the township, came to the\\n441", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0669.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "442\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\npolls and tremblingly deposited liis lone ballot in opposition.\\nTo Mr. Favquliarson is also ascribed the credit or discredit\\nof chan;;i!)g the original Chippewa appellation Pewonigo-\\nwink to the Scottish one of Montrose. He reasoned that\\nthe latter would sound better in the ears of his friends in\\nScotland than the euphonious terra plucked from the Chip-\\npewa dialect. John R. Farquharson, his son, who, during\\nthe early years, served as township clerk and in various\\nother official capacities, still resides here.\\nCharles Hartshorn and Amos M. AVoodrufF also settled\\nin 1845.\\nJohn McKenzic came from Aberdeen, Scotland, and set-\\ntled in Spaulding town.sliip, Saginaw Co., in 1838. He\\nremained there until March, 1847, when, having purchased\\nlands situated upon the Reservation in this township, he\\nalso became a resident of Pewoiiigowink. The remaining\\nsettlers of this period are shown by the following list, which\\ncomprises the names of all who were assessed as resident\\ntax-payers in 1847, together with the sections upon which\\nthey resided and paid taxes\\nSeymour W. Ensign, 22.\\nRicbnril Travis, 2X.\\nGeorge Wilco.x, 2.3.\\nJohn Farquharson, 4.\\n.John R. Farquharson, 4.\\nCharles Hartshorn, 24.\\nEilward Johnson, 25.\\nJohn McKenzie. 9.\\n.Toscpli Mnylu W, 27.\\nJohn Smith, 34.\\nAsahcl Townspnd, 25.\\nWilliam Wilcu.v, 23.\\nEKiott Young, 23:\\nArchibald Morse (personal).\\nSeymour Vf. Ensign, Jr.\\n(pcrscinal).\\nJohn Berry, the present township-clerk and postmaster,\\ncame from Aberdeensliiro, Scotland, and settled here in\\n1854. George McKenzie, from the same shire, also settled\\nupon his present premises the same year. He has since\\noccupied a prominent position in his township.\\nIn later years a considerable number of Scotch families\\nof sterling worth have made Montrose their home.\\nOwing to the lumbering interests and the fact of its being\\none of the interior districts, far removed from the usual\\navenues of trade and travel, the increase of population, until\\nwithin very recent years, has been slow, yet steadfa.st. The\\nvoters ill 1850 numbered less than 50, and were as follows:\\nAiken, Eilward.\\nAllteo, Howard,\\nliliss, M. M.\\nBrewer, James R.\\nBerry, John.\\nBurtis, Francis.\\nBarnard, W. S.\\nCrane, Benjamin.\\nChase, William.\\nDeal, William.\\nDaly, William.\\nDuell, Franklin.\\nEnsign, Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Ephraim W.\\nFrancisco, John H.\\nFarquharson, John R.\\nGillman, Dudley.\\nJIulburd, William.\\nHartshorn, Charles.\\nIde, Mason.\\nLevitt, Edward L.\\nLarkin, Homer.\\nLuke, Christojiher.\\nMcKenzie, John.\\nMcKenzie, George.\\nMead, George M.\\nNichols, William.\\nNelson, Samuel.\\nOber, Harry.\\nObcr, Francis.\\nPotty, Willard.\\nPaul, George.\\nPatterson, Charles K,\\nSlade, Orrin L,\\nSommcrs, Ephraim.\\nStuftlebeam, Michael.\\nTrumbull, E. W.\\nTompkins, Edward.\\nThompson, William.\\nTibbetts, Charles F.\\nWaterman, Benjamin F.\\nWood, Nathan.\\nWells, Levi.\\nWe. tJver, E. A.\\nWilcox, William.\\nWay, Hiram.\\nWay, Altrani.\\nLAND ENTRIES.\\nThe first entry for public lands in this township was\\nmade in December, 1835, by Daniel PifFord, from Living-\\nston Co., N. Y. His purchase consisted of lands lying\\nalong the Flint River, and included portions of sections 9,\\n10, 15, 21, 27, 28, and 34.\\nThe names of all others who purchased from the general\\ngovernment arc shown in the following list, and the year in\\nwhich the first purcha.se was made upon each section.\\n1836, section 1 A. D. Fraser, Alexander MoArthur,\\nJ. Davison, A. Teneyck, John J. Chanaud, Frederick\\nBuell, Solomon John.son, Charles Patterson, William New-\\nton, Charles K. Patterson.\\n1837, section 2: Mortimer AVadharas, Herman Camp,\\nSamuel Patrick, Russell S. I arker, David Parks, Edmund\\nTompkins, Charles Johnson.\\n1830, section 3 Ira S. Seeley, John E. Seeley, Her-\\nman Camp.\\n1854, section 5 Elisha Leacli, Whitney Worden.\\n1830, section G D. Houghton, J. A. Wells, Henry\\nG. Huljbard, Ira Davenport, Elisha Leach, Whitney Wor-\\nden.\\n1854, Section 7 Edwin Crane, Rolla Glover, George\\nH. Rapp.\\n1830, section 8: David Pifford, Elisha Leach, Rolla\\nGlover.\\n1825, section 9: David PifFord, Edwin Rose, Thomas\\nL. L. Brent.\\n1835, section 10 David PiflFord, Edwin Ro.se, Thomas\\nL. L. Brent, Looniis Thayer.\\n1836, section 11 Loomis Thayer, Ralph C. Markham,\\nMortimer Wadhams, Hiram Hunt, James R. Brewer,\\nPalmer Nichol.*, Benjamin Crane.\\n1836, section 12 Ralph C. Markham, David Cum-\\nmings, Edward J. Jenks, William Pingra, Lamson V. Car-\\npenter, Benjamin F. Waterman.\\n1853, section 13: George M. Dewey, George Foote,\\nJohn Cross, John Welch, Jacob Duell.\\n1836, section 14: Thomas L. L. Brent, Henry Warner,\\nJohn Cooper, Dudley Gillman, Oscar Adams.\\n1835, section 15: David Pifford, Edwin Rose, Jonathan\\nKearsley, Thomas L. L. Brent.\\n1857, section 17 Samuel Smith, Moses Wisner, Moses\\nP. Hutchins, Peter Hoose.\\n1854, section 18: James Carter, Aaron Beebe, Ephraim\\nSommers.\\n1854, section 19 Harvey Miller, Zenas Goulding, Jacob\\nL. Miller.\\n1842, section 20 State of Michigan, Moses P. Hutchins.\\n1835, section 21 David Pifford, Thomas L. L. Brent,\\nAaron D. P. Sackett.\\n1836, section 22 Harvey Stringham, Thomas L. L.\\nBrent.\\n1836, section 23: Thomas L. L. Brent.\\n1836, section 24: Thomas L, L. Brent.\\n1836, section 25 Archibald Dison.\\n1836, section 26 James Wadsworth, Nicholas C. Hay-\\nward, Edward S. Blakeslce.\\n1835, section 27 David Pifford, Henry H. Brown,\\nThomas L. L. Brent, James Wadsworth.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0670.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "MONTllOSE TOWNSHIP.\\n443\\n1835, section 28: David Piffoid, Henry H. Le Roy,\\nTiiomas L. L. Brent, Archibald Dixon, Mary Palmer.\\n1842, section 2!) State of Michigan, George M. Dewey,\\nMoses P. Ilutchins.\\n1842, section 30: State of Michigan, Isaac IIowcll,\\nMason Ide.\\n1842, section 31 State of Michigan, Mason Ide, Wil-\\nliam Golden, Ilobert H. Mysick.\\n183G, section 32 Archibald Dixon, State of Michigan,\\nMoses P. Hutch in.s.\\n1836, section 33 Thomas L. L. Bient, John Doran,\\nAnson Rogers, David Pifford, Archibald Dixon.\\n1835, section 34 David PifFord, Henry H. Bnjwn,\\nThomas L. L. Brent.\\n183t), section 35 David PifFord.\\n1836, section 36 David PifFord, Archibald Dixon, Mar-\\ntha Bowns, Benjamin Jones.\\nLANDS ON THE RESERVATION.\\n1842, section 4 John Farquharson, Archibald Morse,\\nJohn R. Farquharson.\\n1854, section 8 John Farquharson.\\n1847, section 9 John McKenzie, John R. Farquharson,\\nCharles Hartshorn, John Farquharson.\\nFIRST ROADS.\\nThe route of the first highway contemplated was sur-\\nveyed by Xahum N. Wilson, of Vienna, by order of Hum-\\nphrey McLean and Grovencr Vinton, highway commission-\\ners of Vienna township, Sept. 11, 1838, but it was never\\nopened.\\nThe next, being the road which led from Pine Run to\\nthe Ensign settlement, was surveyed by Wilson, and de-\\nscribed as follows\\nCommencing at section corners 22, 23, 20, and 27 in\\ntownship nine, north of range six east thence running\\nwest four miles and forty-eight links to town post L, in\\ntown.ship nine, north of range five east thence to town\\npost V in said town.ship thence running south forty-eight\\nlinks to town post L in said township thence running\\nwest two miles and one hundred and sixty rods, teruiiriating\\nat quarter post from L to V at 3, according to the U. S. A.\\nsurvey. The whole distance being six miles, one hundred\\nand sixty rods, and forty-eight links.\\nViKNNA, .Tunc G, 1S12.\\nThe Flushing and Saginaw State road was laid April\\n19, 1849, by Ogden Clark and James Seymour, State\\ncommissioners.\\nSOME OP THE FIRST EVENTS.\\nSeymour W. Ensign erected the first framed dwelling in\\n1842, and raised the first crop of wheat in 1843. The\\nfirst marriage was that of Benjamin II. Morse to Mary J.\\nEnsign. In 1845 was born the first white child, Amanda\\nJ. Ensign. Sarah, a child of a few years, and the daugh-\\nter of George Wilcox, was the Hi-st to depart this life in\\nthe township. William II. Reed kept the first tavern, in\\n1866 and 1867. In the same building Thomas W. Pettee,\\nfrom Flushing, establislu d the first .store in October, 1867.\\nI rcvious to this time Mr. Baldwiu had sold some groceries\\nat his mill for the convenience of those employed by him.\\nCharles Cooper built the first saw-mill for James Sisco.*\\nIt was situated on Woodruff s Creek, and was completed\\nabout 1849.\\nA few months later Russell Wells erected a saw-mill on\\nBrent s Run. J. M. Soutter established his store in 1872.\\nA small steam-tug and a schooner were built near Streeter s,\\nin 1869. In 1874, Seth P. Ames, a native of Massachu-\\nsetts and relative of Oakes Ames, began the construction\\nof a schooner of 90 tons burden near the residence of\\nGeorge McKenzie, Esq. She was completed and launched\\nin JIarch, 1879, and as the Seth P. Ames is, with the\\nother vessels mentioned, now plying the waters in Bay City,\\nSaginaw, and vicinity. Mr. Ames died three daj s .subse-\\nquent to the launching of his vessel.\\nCIVIL UISTORY.\\nThe first legislative action looking towards the formation\\nof the now township was during the session of 1845-46,\\nand read as follows\\n.Section 3. That township nuinbur nine north, of range nuinl)cr\\nfive cast, now forming a part of the township of Vienna, in the\\ncounty of ticnesec, be, and the same is Iieroby, set olT from saitt town-\\nship of Vienna and organized into a sep.arate township by tlio name\\nof Pcwonagowinli, and the first township meeting therein sliall be\\nlield at the house of James Farquhison,f in said townsliip.\\nApproved March 25th, 1S4C.\\nAn amendment to this act, j et approved the same day,\\nviz., March 25, 1846, was as follows:\\nAnil the first township meeting therein shall be licld at llie luuise\\nof (ieorge Wilcox in said township, on the first Tuesday in May,\\nIS-IC.\\nIt appears from the township records, however, that the\\nfirst town.ship meeting was not held until April, 1847.\\nThe proceedings at this first election were as follows\\nAt a meeting of the electors of the township of Pewonagowink,\\nheld at the house of (Jcorge Wilcox, April 5th, 1847, for the purpose\\nof electing the first board of township officers, the meeting organized\\nby those present choosing John Kar iuharson, Moderator: John\\nMcKenzie, Clerk; licnjamin II. Morse an J Asahel Townsend, Inspec-\\ntors of Election. The meeting was then adjourned to the school-\\nhouse in district No. 3, where the election was continued until 3\\no clock r.M. The polls were then closed, the votes canvassed, and tlic\\nfollowing persons declared elected John Farquharson, Su))ervisor;\\nJohn 11. Farquharson, Town Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer;\\nGeorge Wilcox, Charles Hartshorn, Benjamin II. Morse, Asahel\\nTownsend, Justices of the Peace; Seymour W. Ensign, Sr., Archi-\\nbald Morse, Assessors; John Farquharson, Benjamin H. Morse,\\nSeymour W. Ensign, Jr., Highway Commissioners; George Wilcox,\\nSchool Inspector; Benjamin 11. Morse, John McKenzie, Directors of\\nthe Poor; William Wilco.\\\\, Seymour W. Ensign, Sr., Constables;\\nCharles Hartshorn, John McKenzie, Ovorscors of Highways.\\nBy an act of the State Legislature, approved Jan. 15,\\n1848, the name of the town.ship was changed to iMontrose.\\nThe following comjirises full lists of township ufticcrs\\nfrom 1848 to 1879, inclusive:\\nIS 18. John Farquharson, Supervisor John R. Farqu-\\nhiirson. Town Clerk Asahel Townsend, Justice of the\\nPeace John McKenzie, Treasurer Asahel Townsend,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.Sisco was a colored roan, and married a daughter of Mayhcw s,\\nthe Frenchman,\\nf Farquharson.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0671.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "444\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nSchool Inspector Benjamin H. ]\\\\Iorse, Cliailes Hartshorn,\\nDirectors of the Poor; Seymour W. Ensign, Jr., Higliway\\nCommissioner; John Ij. llamer, Seymour W. Ensign, Sr.,\\nConstables.\\n1849. John Farquharson, Supervisor; John R. Farqu-\\nharsou, Town Cleric Benjamin H. Morse, Justice of the\\nPeace; John McKcnzic, Treasurer Seymour W. Ensign,\\nJr., School Inspector Charles Hartshorn, Benjamin H.\\nMorse, Poor- Masters Benjamin H. Morse, Highway Com-\\nmissioner Seymour W. Ensign, Sr., Constable.\\n185U. John Farquharson, Supervisor; John R. Farqu-\\nharson, Town Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer; Rus.sell\\nWells, Seymour W. Ensign, Jr., Justices of the Peace;\\nRussell Wells, School Inspector Russell Wells, John\\nMcKenzie, Directors of the Poor; John Farquharson,\\nArchibald Morse, Highway Commissioners; Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Sr., Benjamin Decker, Constables.\\n1851. John Farquharson, Supervisor; George Wilcox,\\nTown Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer George Wilcox,\\nStanton S. Latham, John McKenzie, Justices of the Peace;\\nSeymour W. Ensign, Jr., School Inspector Russell Wells,\\nJolm R. Farquharson, Poor-Masters; John B. Hamer,\\nJohn McKenzie, Assessors William Wilcox, Highway\\nCommissioner Seymour W. Ensign, Sr., John B. Hamer,\\nCon.stablcs.\\n1852. John Farquharson, Supervisor John II. Farqu-\\nliarson, Town Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer Samuel\\nSmith, Elijah Wiggins, Justices of the Peace Elijah\\nWiggins, School Inspector John McKenzie, Stanton S.\\nLatham, Poor-Masters; John SIcKenzie, Martin Swartz,\\nAssessors; Elijah Wiggins, John Smith, Highway Commis-\\nsioners Seymour W. Ensign, Sr., Constable.\\n1853. John Farquharson, Supervisor; John R. Farqu-\\nharson, Town Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; Reuben\\nSmith, Charles Hartshorn, Martin Swartz, Justices of the\\nPeace; Seymour W. Ensign, Jr., Martin Swartz, School\\nInspectors; Jlartin Swartz, John McKenzie, Assessors;\\nJohn Smith and John McKenzie, Poor-Masters; John\\nFarquharson, Martin Swartz, Highway Commissioners\\nSeymour W. Ensign, Sr., Calvin Wright, Constables.\\n1854. John Farquharson, Supervisor; John R. Farqu-\\nharson, Town Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer Reuben\\nSmith, E. C. Paine, Justices of the Peace; Andrew Smith,\\nSchool Inspector John McKenzie, John Smith, Poor-\\nMasters; E. C. Paine, Highway Commissioner; Seymour\\nW. Ensign, Sr., Constable.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Pottengill, Supervisor; P. F. Le Roy, Town\\nClerk John McKenzie, Treasurer William Streeter, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace Seymour W. Ensign, Jr., George Foltz,\\nHighway Commissioners Seymour W. Ensign, Jr., Andrew\\nJMiller, School Inspectors; Jesse Mizner, Nathan Wood, J.\\nD. Stufflebcam, Constables B. II. Morse, R. L. Smitii, Poor-\\nMasters.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. W. Smith, Supervisor; S. W. Ensign, Town\\nClerk John McKenzie, Trea.surer William Nichols, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; George Foltz, Samuel Smith, Highway\\nCommissioners; George Farrand, Orrin Slade, School In-\\nspectors; Jolin McKenzie, Archibald Morse, Poor-Masters;\\nMason Ide, Nathan Wood, James B. Brewer, Francis Ober,\\nConstables.\\n1857. William Hulburd, Supervisor; S. W. Ensign,\\nTown Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; Orrin L. Slade,\\nBenjamin F. Waterman, Justices of the Peace William\\nStreeter, Highway Commissioner; Reuben L. Smith, School\\nInspector; John Francisco, Francis Ober, James R. Brewer,\\nJacob L. Miller, Constables; Charles Hartshorn, Nathan\\nWood, Poor-Masters.\\n1858. William Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Town Clerk; M. M. Bliss, Treasurer; Harvey\\nMiller, William Stufflebcam, Highway Commissioners\\nReuben L. Smith, ^Villiam Hulburd, Justices of the Peace\\nJohn Crawford, School Inspector; William Nichols, Har-\\nvey Miller, Poor-Masters; John 0. Stufflebcam, John\\nCrawford, Nathan Wood, John Francisco, Constables.\\n1859. William Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Town Clerk; M. M. Bliss, Treasurer; William\\nHulburd, Levi Wells, Poor-Masters; Orrin L. Slade, Geo.\\nMcKenzie, School In.spcctors Orrin L. Slade, Ciiarlcs K.\\nPatterson, Highway Commissioners; William Hulburd,\\nGeorge McKenzie, Justices of the Peace Nathan Wood,\\nWm. Nichols, Wm. Deal, Jacob L. Miller, Constables.\\n18G0. Wm. Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W. En-\\nsign, Town Clerk M. M. Bliss, Treasurer Chas. K. Pat-\\nterson, Reuben L. Smith, Justices of the Peace; Chas. K.\\nPatterson, Highway Commissioner George McKenzie,\\nSchool Inspector; Jacob L. Miller, Ephraim Ensign, Ben-\\njamin F. Waterman, Nathan Wood, Constables.\\n18G1. Wm. Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W. En-\\nsign, Town Clerk; M. M. Bliss, Treasurer; Wm. Hul-\\nburd, Highway Commissioner; Reuben L. Smith, School\\nInspector; M. N. Bliss, Justice of the Peace; Edward L.\\nLevitt, Ephraim Ensign, Benjamin F. Waterman, Ephraim\\nSummers. Constables.\\n1862. Wm. Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W. En-\\nsign, Town Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer Morris M.\\nBliss, Highway Commissioner; George McKenzie, School\\nInspector; Reuben L. Smith, Justice of the Peace; John\\nH. Francisco, Joseph Wilson, James Shanks, Mason Ide,\\nConstables.\\n18G3. William Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Town Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; Wil-\\nliam Hulburd, Seymour W. Ensign, Justices of the\\nPeace; Benjamin F. Waterman, Ephraim Sommers, High-\\nway Commissioners; Reuben L. Smith, School Inspector;\\nJohn H. Francisco, EInathan Becbe, Ebenezcr Baldwin;\\nJohn A. Stufflebcam, Constables.\\n1864. William Hulburd, Supervisor; Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Townsliip Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer\\nCharles K. Patterson, Justice of the Peace Wm. Hulburd,\\nHighway Commissioner Hiram Wetherell, to same, to fill\\nvacancy George McKenzie, School Inspector John 0.\\nStufflebcam, John E. Wells, Benjamin F. Waterman, Eben-\\nezer Baldwin, Constables.\\n1865. 31. W. Smitli, Supervisor; John Berry, Town-\\nship Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; Morris M. Bliss,\\nHighway Commissioner W. H. Smith, Justice of the\\nPeace M. W. Smith, School Inspector James Herring-\\nton, Walter Larkins, Nelson Wilcox, John Francisco, Con-\\nstable.?.\\n1S6G.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. W. Smitli, Supervisor: John Berry, Town-", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0672.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "MONTROSE TOWNSHIP.\\n445\\nship Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; George W. C.\\nSuiitli, Justice of the Peace; George SIcKcnzie, Highway\\nCommissioner; Orrir) L. Shido, School Inspector; James\\nShanks, Walter Larkins, William Oilman, John 0. Stuffle-\\nbeam. Constables.\\n18G7. Menzo W. Smith, Supervisor; John Berrj\\nTownship Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; J. H.\\nStrecter, Orrin L. Slade, Justices of the Peace; John R.\\nFarquharson, Highway Commissioner; M. W. Smith,\\nSchool Inspector Walter Larkins, James Shanks, Sey-\\nmour W. Ensign, Constables.\\n18G8. Wm. Ilulburd, Supervisor: John Berry, Town-\\nship Clerk John McKenzie, Treasurer William Wicr,\\nJustice of the I eaco Orrin L. Slade, George McKenzie,\\nSch.ool Inspectors; George Parmelee, Highway ConiniLs-\\nsioner James Shanks, Samuel Parks, James Merwin, Wra.\\nAnderson, Constable.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hiram Wetherell, Supervisor; George W. C-\\nSmith, Township Clerk; John McKenzie, Treasurer; Henry\\nHerring, Justice of the Peace; William Corwin, William\\nDorwood, Highway Commissioners; T. AV. Pettee, School\\nInspector Walter Larkins, John Francisco, James Pollock,\\nEdward L. Levitt, Constables.\\n1870. Hiram Wethcroll, Supervisor; John McKenzie,\\nTreasurer Jolin Berry, Town Clerk Thomas W. Pettee,\\nJustice of the Peace George McKenzie, School Inspector\\nEdward Eckles, Highway Commissioner; James Shanks,\\nConstable.\\n1871. George McKenzie, Supervisor John McKenzie,\\nTreasurer John Berry, Town Clerk Hiram Wetherell,\\nAVilliam Strecter, Ju.stices of the Peace; Seymour W. En-\\nsign, School Inspector; Morris M. Bliss, Highway Com-\\nmissioner George Miller, James Shanks, Crandall Love-\\nless, Constables.\\n1872. George McKenzie, Supervisor; Hiram Weth-\\nerell, Treasurer; Simeon L. Moon, Clerk; Seymour W.\\nEnsign, Orrin L. Slade, Justices of the Peace George\\nMillard, School Inspector; George Patterson, Highway\\nCommissioner.\\n1873.- George McKenzie, Supervisor; Stephen M.\\nKent, Treasurer; John Berry, Clerk; John Dunham,\\nJustice of the Peace; William R. Guff School Inspector;\\nJohn McKenzie, Highway Commissioner; William Strecter,\\nDrain Commissioner; James Shanks, Hiram Horning,\\nHorace Gillett, Con.stables.\\n1874. George McKenzie, Supervisor; Rufus Swartz,\\nTreasurer John Berry, Clerk William Hulburd, Justice\\nof the Peace; Simeon L. Moon, William Hulburd, School\\nInspectors; M. M. Bliss, Highway Commissioner; James\\nShanks, Benjamin F. Waterman, Calvin Stafford, Oscar\\nGallup, Constables.\\n1875. George McKenzie, Supervisor; Rufus Swartz,\\nTrea-surer; John Berry, Clerk; Orrin L. Slade, Justice of\\nthe Peace; Lewis P. Compton, School Superintendent;\\nSimeon L. Moon, School In.spector John McKenzie, High-\\nway Commissioner; James Shanks, Charles L. Slade, Miles\\nI redmore, Constables.\\n187G. George McKenzie, Supervisor; Rufus Swartz,\\nTreasurer; John Berry, Clerk Nathan W. Marble. Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; Abraham Horning, School In.spector;\\nThomas W. Pettee, School Superintendent; M. M. Bliss,\\nHighway Commissioner; Nicliols D. Vanarnam, Drain\\nCommissioner Charles M. Slade, James A. Shanks, Elijah\\nJoslin, Calvin Stafford, Constables.\\n1877. George McKenzie, Supervisor; William Dor-\\nward, Treasurer John Berry, Clerk; John Dunham, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace; Allen Richardson, School Inspector;\\nSimeon L. Moon, School Superintendent James Mackcy,\\nHighway Commissioner; James Shanks, Willard Johnson,\\nGeorge Patterson, George Phillips, Constables Walter\\nLarkins, Drain Commissioner.\\n1878. John ]NL Spear, Supervisor William Dorward,\\nTreasurer John Berry, Clerk William Hulburd, Justice\\nof the Peace; Nathan W. Marble, School In.spector; M.\\nM. Bliss, Highway Commissioner; James Shanks, James\\nR. Brewer, Solomon Powell, John E. Sharp, Constables\\nJohn W. Barber, Superintendent of Schools; Louis Feller,\\nDrain Commissioner.\\n1870. John M. Spear, Supervisor; William Clements,\\nTreasurer John Berry, Clerk Orrin L. Slade, Justice of\\nthe Peace Seymour W. Ensign, School Inspector John E.\\nTaylor, School Superintendent; James Huggins, Highway\\nCommissioner; John Wier, N. P. Vanamon, James P.\\nQuick, James Shanks, Constables.\\nShould errors be found in the spelling of names in the\\nforegoing list it may be attributed to the illegible manner\\nin which the records have been kept.\\nPOST-OFFICE.\\nThe Montrose post-ofifice was first established in 1854,\\nWilliam Strecter, postmaster. He was succeeded by Sey-\\nmour W. Ensign, under Buchanan s administration, and\\nWilliam Hulburd, under Lincoln s. Juhn Berry, the\\npresent incumbent, has occupied the office since 18G6.\\nMail received weekly.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nThe boundaries of the first school district were established\\nby Russell G. Hurd, George T. Bingham, and Daniel N.\\nMontague, of Vienna, in the spring of 1845, and the dis-\\ntrict included sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and\\n36, or the exact southeast quarter of the township. The\\nfirst school-meeting was held at the hou.se of George Wil-\\ncox, April 11, 1845, and was then adjourned to the house\\nof Amos M. Woodruff. An organization was effected by\\nelecting William Wilcox, Moderator, Amos M. Woodruff,\\nDirector, Richard Travis, As.se.ssor. At this meeting it was\\nvoted to raise \u00c2\u00a780 to build a school-house, and the site of\\nthe same to be one-half acre, .situated on the northwest\\ncorner of the cast one-half of the northwest quarter of sec-\\ntion 26, or nearly opposite the present residence of 11. Swartz.\\nIt was further voted to have the school opened the fourth\\nMonday in June, 1845. The school-hou.se, a log structure,\\nwas duly completed, and a school opened at the appointed\\ntime by Mrs. Barnes, the wife of Albert Barnes, a Mor-\\nmon. They were young people, and lived in the school-\\nhouse. Seymour W. Ensign taught in the same house in\\n1850. Among other early teachers were Jane Pcttengill,\\nwho taught the first school in district No. 2 in 1854, Jane\\nEwing, Olive M. Dodge, Eliza J. Cobb, Lydia Balentiuc,\\nand Louisa Wright.", "height": "3366", "width": "2290", "jp2-path": "historyofgenesee00elli_0673.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "4iC\\nHISTORY OF GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.\\nThe number of children of school age residing in the\\ntownship in 185G were in district No. 1, 25 in district\\nNo. 2, 19; in district No. 3, 14; in fractional district\\nNo. 1, 10; in fractional district No. 2, 17; total, 85. The\\namount of primary-school money to be apportioned for the\\nsame period was \u00c2\u00a712.62.\\nThe following is a summary of the township school\\nreport for the year ending Sept. 2, 1878 Whole districts,\\n7 fractional districts, 1 children of school age in the\\ntownship, 352 children attending school during the year,\\n295; frame school houses, 8 seating capacity of school-\\nhouses, 418 value of school property, $3300. Male teach-\\nei-s employed during the year, .2 female teachers, 11.\\nMouths taught by males, 7 by females, 45. Paid male\\nteachers, $185.04 paid female teachers, $772.15 total,\\n\u00c2\u00a7957.19.\\nReceipts. From moneys on hand, Sept. 3, 1877, two-\\nmill tax, primary-school fund, tuition of non-resident schol-\\nars, district taxes for all purposes, and raised from all other\\nsources, $2016.54.\\nExpemlltures. Paid teachers, $957.19 building and re-\\npairs, bonded indebtedness, and all other purposes, $811.94\\namount on hand, Sept. 2,1878, $247.41 total, $2016.54.\\nThe township po.ssesses no buildings dedicated to religious\\nworship. Meetings of various denominations are held in\\nthe school-houses. Albert Barnes, the Mormon, preached\\nthe first sermon in George Wilcox s house in 1845. Rev.\\nMr. Bradley, a Methodist divine, was also an early preacher.\\nThe Montrose Cemetery was laid out Nov. 14, 1859. It\\nis situated in the central part of the township, and contains\\nthree acres.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nSEYMOUR W. ENSIGN, Sr.\\nThere can be but one first settler in a township, and\\naround his name there will always cling pleasant and cher-\\nished memories. Pleasant, to think he was the first to break\\nin on the solitudes of the forest. Strange, why he should\\nleave the settlements, and go alone into the wilderness to\\nstart a new town. Perhap.s, what will in time be a great\\ncity It may be only a rural township, yet the pioneers\\nall testify to the fact that their first years in the new homes\\nwere happy ones that each stroke of the axe, with its\\nanswering echoes, spoke to them of cleared farms and beau-\\ntiful homes. Such a man was Seymour W. Ensign, Sr.\\nHe was born in the town of Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 22, 1801. There he grew to manhood, working at\\nhis trade, that of a miller. Mr. Ensign married Miss\\nTamma Husted, and their union was blessed with eight\\nchildren. In 1838 he emigrated with his family to Sagi-\\nnaw Co., Mich., where he rented a farm. At that time his\\nmeans were very limited, having only money enough to take\\nhis family to Saginaw. By working rented farms he was\\nenabled to get. a small start, and in 1842 bought of the\\nBrent estate forty acres on section 22, in Montrose town-\\nship. At that time there was not a person living in the\\ntownship there were no roads nor clearings. Mr. Ensign\\ntied two canoes together and built a platform upon them,\\non which the family, goods, and stores were piled. This\\nprimitive vessel he towed up Flint River, to what was\\ncalled the Floodwood farm. Here the floodwood prevented\\nfurther advance, and they waited ten days for the river to\\nbe cleared, when they went on to the Brent farm, just\\nbeyond the town of Montrose, where they resided one year.\\nTheir stock had to be driven by the way of Flint, as there\\nwas no way of going direct to Montrose. During the fol-\\nlowing winter Seymour W. Ensign and his brother George\\nbuilt a shanty on the forty acres in Jlontrose, and spent the\\nwinter months in cutting down trees for the cattle to browse\\nupon, to keep them from starving. In the spring of 1843\\na small house was constructed, and the family moved into\\nit. Thus Montrose saw its first white family. Mr. Ensign\\nat once commenced to improve, and at his death his small\\nfarm was under a good state of cultivation. He died Au2.\\n21. 1854, highly esteemed and beloved by his fellow-towns-\\nmen.\\nSeymour W. Ensign, Jr., was born in Stafford, Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1826. Up to the time he was sixteen\\nhe had never been to school, but after coming to Michigan\\nhe worked for Thomas L. L. Brent, who taught school in\\nhis own house for his services Mr. Brent gave him four\\nhours schooling daily. After that he attended school\\nthree winters he then taught school three winters, work-\\ning on the farm summers. In 1850 he bought on contract\\nthe balance of the eighty-acre lot from which his father s\\nforty was taken, and paid for it by teaching and lumbering.\\nHe now owns the old homestead, working in all eighty acres\\nof well-improved land, with good house, barns, etc. In\\npolitics Mr. Ensign is a Republican, and has been many\\ntimes elected to the different offices in the gift of his town-\\nship. Was town clerk ten years, commissioner of high-\\nways six years, and justice of the peace two years. Sept.\\n20, 1864, he was drafted, and was assigned to Company I,\\n15th Michigan Infantry. He joined Sherman s army at\\nBeaufort, S. C. in January, 1865, was at the battle of\\nBentonville, although his corps did not become actively en-\\ngaged. He took part in the grand review in AVashington,\\nat the close of the war, a scene long to be remembered by\\nhim. lie was discharged May 30, 1865.\\nHe was married to Miss Hannah Vernon, July 4, 1851.\\nShe was born June 22, 1851, and was the daughter of\\nJoseph and Sarah (Vernon) Garside. Their family em-\\nbraced the following-named children Anastasia A., born\\nMarch 14, 1852, died Aug. 11, 1856; Eugene H., born.\\nAug. 18, 1853; Clarence S. W., born Aug. 2, 1855, died\\nJan. 26, 1873 Isabella E., born April 2, 1858 Ida S.,\\nborn March 2, 1861; Alice E., born Sept. 25, 1862; and\\nCora L., born July 8, 1867. Mr. Ensign s sister Amanda\\nwas the first white child born in the town of Montrose.\\nHis sister Mary s marriage to Benjamin H. 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