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Notable Events In the History of Coldwater
P REVIOUS to the coming of the white man, this locality was the red man's paradise. Coldwater prairie was a beautiful bit of country, dotted with fine oak trees and traversed by a running stream or two as well as by the Coldwater River. The adjacent forests abounded in deer, wild turkeys, squirrels and other game, while the waters swarmed with fish.
The following abstract is by no means intended as a history of Coldwater, but merely a list of the noteworthy events of the past eighty-nine years. It will be found valuable as a matter of reference.
1822-Joseph Godfrey established a trading post to barter with the Cold- water Prairie Indians; a little later one Marantette conducted another where Oak Grove Cemetery is now located.
1829-Oct. 29, Branch County was laid out and so named by the Territo- rial Legislature.
1830-Hugh Campbell erected the first (log) house, on the present site of the Y. M. C. A. The county had 50 whites at this time. Two-horse stages began running over the Indian trail, later made the Chicago road. Entire county tax, $7.36.
1831-Allen Tibbits and Joseph Hanchett platted a village here, calling it Lyons. In July Mr. Tibbits preached the first sermon here. A. F. Bolton built the first frame building in the county, a hotel at Masonville, near the present cemetery bridge; landlord, Harvey Warner. Branch was made the county seat in place of Masonville, which held that honor a few weeks; Branch then had one log hut.
1832-Chicago road built through here, following the old Indian trail. Oriental Hotel built. Peter Martin built a sawmill at the junction of Division and Clay Streets. Cynthia Gloyd taught the first school, with 9 pupils: Silas A. Holbrook established the first store here, and became first post- master in 1833.
1833-The name of the town was changed to Coldwater, from the Indian "chuck-sey-ya-bish" or cold water. Branch County, as such, began its sep- arate existence, March 1; it had previously been attached to St. Joseph County. First sheriff, Wm. McCarty; clerk, Wales Adams; treasurer and register of deeds, Seth Dunham.
1834-The "old red schoolhouse" was erected near the corner of Pearl and Hudson Streets.
1835-The village of Masonville was platted on the east bank of the Cold- water River and aspired to be the county seat again.
1836-Methodists built a church.
1837-The village was incorporated; population of entire township, 960. Branch County then had 4,016 people. Francis Smith, Thos. Daugherty and
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Wm. B. Sprague erected a mill on the present site of the "A" mill; it was burned in 1858 and rebuilt in 1859. Dr. Alger at this time found 37 taverns between Quincy and Sturgis. A terrible year for malarial troubles. One historian says that 32 out of 140 people of the little village died that fall. The cause was said to be the Clay Street milldam built in 1832. A body of angry citizens destroyed it. July 18, Coldwater's first newspaper, the Ob- server, was issued. This became the News, then the Democrat, whose ex- istence ended when as the outcome of a row among the owners the office was "pied."
1839-Schoolhouse erected at the corner of Pearl and Clay Streets. The present county poor-farm was purchased.
1840-The last of the Pottowattomie Indians, except a few stragglers, were removed to the far west.
1841-Albert Chandler founded the Coldwater Sentinel.
1842-Coldwater became the permanent county seat, supplanting the village of Branch and blasting Masonville's hopes.
1844-The Baptists and Presbyterians built churches, the former where the Old Bank building now stands; the latter is now the Lutheran Church, the other is the Gage building on South Monroe Street. Benj. H. Parker of Batavia was killed by John White, who mistook him for a deer, those animals, with wolves, bears, etc., being still fairly plentiful. Methodist conference held here.
1845-Robinson Robinson was robbed of $1,500 in silver and gold in a Coldwater tavern.
1846-The first jail was erected. Spring election voted against licensing liquor selling. November 30, American Hotel burned.
1847-County vote decided to build a courthouse; majority, 27, the exact figure by which the proposition to build a new one was carried 40 years later. In this year (1847) a Masonic lodge was established here. The "old white schoolhouse" was erected, on present site of Washington school, also a steam flouring-mill on the corner of Jefferson and Pearl Streets.
1848-First courthouse erected, also "old brick" schoolhouse.
1849-Telegraph line reached here.
1850-County treasurer's office robbed of $1,400. First passenger train reached here Dec. 10.
1851-March 1, Six stores, the Eagle Hotel and several other buildings burned; loss, $15,000. Oct. 17, The Branch County Agricultural Society was organized. Nov. 17, School commenced in the brick (or Third Ward) school- house with L. R. Austin teacher. Nov. 22, Eight stores and one dwelling burned; loss, $12,000.
1852-Oct. 7-8, First county fair held. Wesleyan Church erected.
1854-Oak Grove Cemetery was established.
1859-June 7, Catholic Church was blown up with gunpowder.
1860-Present Catholic Church erected (remodeled later). Sept. 8, Capt. "Jack" Wilson, aged 38, went down in Lake Michigan with his ship, the Lady Elgin, and 300 passengers; his body was recovered and now lies in Oak Grove Cemetery.
1861-Feb. 28, Coldwater became an incorporated city. May 1, many Coldwater men enlisted in the First Michigan Infantry, the civil war having just begun. Capt. Ebenezer Butterworth was wounded July 21 at Bull Run and died in a Rebel hospital Aug. 17. May 28, Loomis' Battery mustered into service.
1861-5-Many Coldwater men (and boys) leaving from time to time to serve in the Federal ranks, the number running into hundreds.
1862-Old Episcopal Church ( later Armory Hall) erected.
1863-Sept. 19, Capt. George W. VanPelt killed at the battle of Chick- amauga.
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1864-Jan. 1, The famous "cold New Years;" mercury stood 32 degrees below zero. May 15, Col. H. C. Gilbert mortally wounded at the battle of Resaca.
1865-Soldiers returned from war.
1866-Aug. 23, Present Baptist Church dedicated. Oct. 16, Squirrel hunt held; 23 hunters brought in 723 squirrels. Nov. 3, Geo. O. Brown and Mrs. Eben O. Leach were both murdered, near the corner of East Chicago and Daugherty Streets by the latter's husband, who was later sent to Jackson prison for life.
1867-Fourth Ward school building erected. June 5, Stevens' wheelbar- row factory burned; loss, $10,000.
1868-May 30, Memorial Day first observed; J. H. McGowan, orator.
1869-Jan. 26, Present Methodist Church dedicated. March 26, · Gen. Davis Smith died. June 21, City bought 95 acres, including present "new cemetery," for $6,500. Oct. 12, Present Presbyterian Church dedicated. Oct. 20, Lieut. Gov. Coe and Jas. B. Crippen died. Dec. 13, Ladies' Library As- sociation formed.
1870-Jan. 8, Three prisoners escaped from the county jail by using wood- en keys. June 21, Wm. Morseman and Horatio Larabee killed by the cars. June 23, Work commenced on the Mansfield railroad. Oct. 8, Lewis art gallery opened.
1871-Aug., Coldwater Light Guard organized. Aug. 10, Two incendiary fires burned S. M. Seely's barn, N. Rosenbaum's clothing store and Tripp's photograph gallery; loss $38,000. Oct., Isaac Alden's flouring-mill burned.
1872-Oct. 4, Gen. C. O. Loomis died; the remains were burned a few days later in a railroad car. Oct. 6, Sherman House burned.
1873-Jan. 29, Mercury 31° below zero. Dec. 25, Wesley Sherman was drowned at the Narrows.
1874-Apr. 1, Stevens' wheelbarrow factory burned again; loss, $12,000. April 18, State Public School opened. April 18, Boiler in Stevens' reopened factory exploded, killing two men. Nov. 4, Incendiary fires burned $6,000 worth of heading at the Calkins factory, then just established. Nov. 10, Mrs. Clara Quigley suicided.
1875-March 17, State School hospital burned.
1876-Jan., Union revival services resulted in 162 professed conversions. June 25, Lieut. Henry Harrington was killed in the Custer massacre. Aug. 1. Nine Coldwater people were drowned in Baw Beese Lake. Oct., Bowen & McGowan's bank failed.
1877-Apr. 30, L. T. N. Wilson, Jr., committed suicide. March 10, Fire at present site of Osborn's gallery burned the "old white schoolhouse" and other structures; loss, $5,000. July 24, Capt. Chas. N. Legg left with Company A for Grand Rapids to help quell labor riots. Dec. 26, Mrs. Geo. Kappler committed suicide.
1878-Apr. 2, Eli Gilmore caught in the act of setting fire to C. W. John- son's cooper shop-the fifth and last of his jobs. Sentenced to prison for ten years. June 7, Best butter sold at 6 cents. June 29, Chas. B. F. Bennett was gored to death by a bull. Oct. 17, Dr. J. H. Beech died.
1880-Nov. 29, The Stevens wheelbarrow factory burned for the third time; loss, $25,000.
1881-Feb. 10, North part of city flooded. June 21, Armory Hall burned. July 2, C. B. Peckham and wife celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. July 9, Seely's Hall partially burned by incendiary. Sept. 8, body of Thomas Green found hanging in a tree; had been there 36 days. Dec. 7, several fireman arrested for incendiarism. Confession implicated Fire Chief H. J. Drake and a number of other firemen; the latter confessed and served prison sentences, but Drake was acquitted after a lengthy and a very expensive trial. Dec. 23, Dr. S. S. Cutter died.
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1882-May 2, Jacob Zirn committed suicide. June 26, David Hurst was drowned in Coldwater Lake. Sept. 21, Tibbits opera house opened. Bell telephone exchange began business. Oct. 7, " New" postoffice opened for its nearly 28 years' service. Oct. 8, first service held in present Episcopal Church. Cutter factory founded.
1883-July 18, Coldwater National Bank robbed at noon. Dec., New Lake Shore depot completed.
1884-May 4, Y. M. C. A. organized. May 20, I. O. O. F. hall dedicated. Aug. 18, Ex-Mayor H. C. Lewis died.
1885-March 15, Aaron Bagley died, aged 94. July 22, Joe Howard pleaded guilty to the charge of robbing the Coldwater National Bank two years previous; sentenced to Jackson for five years. Sept. 5, Hon. Chas. Upson died.
1886-Dec. 26, Harris & Harlow's furniture factory burned; loss, $11,000. Public library building dedicated; cost, $10,000, a gift from Hon. E. R. Clarke.
1887-Apr. 26, Thos. Johnson killed Geo. W. Gordonier, attempted to kill Mrs. Gordonier, his former wife, then suicided. July 16, Roadcart factory burned; loss, $25,000. Aug. 4, Old courthouse torn down. Nov. 4, Dr. D. C. Powers died. Dec. 19, Branch County adopted "local option" by 2,592.
1888-June 16, Work suspended on gas well. July 8, New courthouse first occupied. Sept. 8, Electric street lighting began by private company; sold to city three years later.
1889-Jan. 15, Harvey Warner died, aged 80; came here in 1830. Dec. 30, Ex-Mayor George Starr died, aged 52.
1890-Jan. 19, Central school building burned; loss $30,000. March 5, P. H. Crippen died, aged 81. May 5, City voted to install waterworks to cost $70,000. July 9, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk died, aged 64. Aug. 26, Chester Fan- ning committed suicide. Aug. 28, Road cart factory wrecked by hurricane.
1891-March 26, Calkins' stave mill burned, loss $8,000. Apr. 22, Daniel Ferguson died, aged 93. Apr. 28, Abam V. Hunt died, aged 95. July, New Central school building completed; E. B. Saxton, contractor, at $34,800. Dec. 12, Allen Tibbits died, aged 87; he was the donor of the four parks.
1892-March 3, Coldwater National Bank robbed of about $60,000 in cash and bonds; booty weighed 150 pounds. May 1, Leslie Linendoll, aged 7, was drowned near the A mill. June 1, Free mail delivery was inaugurated.
1893-July 31, Wheat sold at 50c per bushel. Nov. 6, Geo. Canright was killed by falling from a scaffold.
1894-March 13, Ex-Mayor Lawyer died, aged 70 years. July 8, James Robinson murdered by Alton A. Misenar.
1895-Feb. 22, Royal A. Ide suicided. May 24, Mrs. Emma E. Barlow suicided. Wesleyan Church remodeled and rededicated.
1896-Feb. 19, Judge David Thompson died, aged 73 years. March 30, Fire damaged the cutter factory $10,000.
1897-Oct. 22, Mrs. Bernetty Woodard died, aged 102. Nov. 8, Tappan shoe factory commenced business; capital stock, $40,000. Oct. 24, Dr. Wm. B. Sprague died, aged 100.
1898-Jan. 12, A. V. Vanderheyden died, aged 96. Apr. 26, Coldwater Light Guards left for Spanish-American war. June 19, Wm. A. Coombs died. June 27, D. B. Purinton died. Nov. 6, Cement works began making cement. Nov. 14, Street paving commenced.
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1899-July 6, Porter Avery suicided. Aug. 8, Mrs. Ella Harper died, aged 95. July 24, B. S. Tibbits died. Oct. 16, S. M. Seely died.
1900-March 23, J. L. Snooks suicided. May 31, Coldwater adopted standard time. June 19, James Dunbar killed in machinery of cement factory dredge. June 26, Hon. N. P. Loveridge died. July 19, David Bovee died. July 24, Clarence Sherer suicided. Sept. 1, First rural mail delivery out of Coldwater. Sept. 7, Edwin R. Clarke died.
1901-March 6, Fire at Calkins & Co.'s plant did $6,000 damage; B. H. Calkins seriously burned. Apr. 7, Cutter Avenue chapel dedicated.
1902-March 16, Treat & Son's warehouse burned; loss, $10,000. March 24, A. B. Dickinson died. March 26, D. H. Davis died. April 11, D. B. Dennis died. Apr. 16, Mrs. Kate Green died, aged 112. June 14, Geo. W. Stevenson died, aged 96. Sept. 7, Barret Palmatier killed while hunting. Sept. 15, Judge D. N. Green died, aged 79. Dec. 30, J. W. Shively died.
1903-Jan. 16, Ideal Fixture Co.'s factory damaged $7,000 by fire. March 3, Hon. Harvey Haynes died, aged 86. April 5, J. S. Conover died. April 20, Ralph Withington was killed in the Union City cement works. Oct. 9, Stenographer Jas. King fell dead in the court-room. Sept. 1, C. D. Randall died. Oct. 22, Ebenezer Hyde died, aged 93. Nov. 27, Albert Chandler died, aged 89. Nov. 30, Lewis A. Thompson died, aged 95.
1904-Feb. 7, North part of town flooded again. April, Wolverine (now Southern Michigan) Telephone Co. commenced business here. April 18, Dr. I. P. Alger died, aged 83. June 17, Johnson Cooperage Co. lost $5,000 by fire. Sept. 18, Thos. W. Dickinson died, aged 89. Nov. 29, Wallace Trostel killed by the cars. Dec. 29, Christopher Coffman died, aged 98.
1905-Feb. 1, B. R. Moore died. Feb. 12, Dr. W. L. Andrews died. Feb. 17, Rev. H. P. Collin resigned Presbyterian pastorate, after over 26 years' service. March 18, Ex-Gov. Cyrus G. Luce died, aged 81. May 18, New city charter became law. July 21, Leroy Butler killed by the cars. July 12, John Murphey died. July 31, Ex-Mayor S. B. Kitchel died. Aug. 28, J. H. D. Warren died, aged 82. Oct. 15, Ex-Mayor B. H. Calkins died. Dec. 10, Trunk lines of sanitary sewer system finished. Dec. 17, Ralph and Ray Relyea drowned in North Lake.
1906-Feb. 22, Maccabee Hall dedicated. March 29, Uri Blodgett died, aged 85. Apr. 5. L. D. Halsted died, aged 89; resided here 70 years. Apr. 15-16, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sawdey died. May 6, Gen. J. G. Parkhurst died, aged 82. May 26, Mrs. Kimball Parrish died, aged 89; resided here 70 years. May 27, Mrs. Geo. Chase suicided. June 16, John Anderson killed in saloon row. June 28, Kimball Parrish died, aged 88; resided here 70 years. Sept. 2, Free Methodist Church dedicated. Dec. 11, Soldiers' monument dedicated,
1907-Feb. 9, Carroll Bros.' store burned; loss, $10,000. June 9, Fr. Korst, rector St. Charles' Church 33 years previous to 1900, died. June 18, J. B. Knapp died, aged 90. June 26, J. H. VanAken died, aged 86; resided here 71 years. July 4, Bessie Munyon killed by the cars. Aug. 9, Mrs. Louisa J. Wilder died, aged 84; resided here 78 years. Sept. 21, H. H. Flandermeyer died; merchant here over 50 years. Sept. 27, J. F. Pratt died, aged 78. Dec. 14, Mrs. Asenath Knapp died, aged 91.
1908-Jan. 9, V. L. Nettleton suicided. Jan. 18, J. S. Barber died, aged 84. Jan. 25, Mrs. L. D. Halsted burned to death. Jan. 31, Deep snow pre- vented rural mail carriers' trips. March 5, North part of town flooded again. April, Mrs. E. O. Lanphere willed St. Mark's Church $5,000; in the fall of 1907 Mrs. Margaret Langdell left this church $10,000. May 5, A. R. Burrows died, aged 81. June 22, D. C. Shaw died, aged 80. July 2, Italian murdered west of Lake Shore yards. Aug. 1, Fire back of S. M. Hotel; loss, $9,000. Sept. 3, Mrs. Mary E. Daugherty died, aged 76: she was the first white child born in Coldwater. Sept. 24, Harry Potter, aged 17, suicided. Oct. 6, Israel Corey died, aged 94. Nov., Latter Day Saints' Church completed. Oct. 21,
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Melbert Hopkins, David Mawhood and Robt. Gail (or Brisbin) escaped from jail; all were recaptured. Dec. 1, Rev. H. P. Eldridge died, aged 76. Dec. 4, John T. Starr died, aged 47. Dec. 11, Mrs. E. B. Saxton died, aged 78. Dec. 19, Mrs. Patrick Bishop died, aged 67. Dec. 22, Contract let to C. W. Gindle of Chicago for construction of new postoffice building. Dec. 29, Mrs. Ellen R. Hilborn died, aged 79.
1909-Jan. 1, Mrs. J. H. D. Warren died, aged 80. Jan. 25, Rev. R. W. VanSchoick died, aged 66. Jan. 29, C. J. Thorpe died, aged 74. March 19, Harlow Williams died, aged 82; resident of the county 73 years. March 28, the body of Sidney Brown, aged 67, was found in North Lake. April 7, George Greenwood died, aged 76. April 5, Local option carried in Branch County by 581. May 13, Mrs. Maria Barnhart died, aged 87. May 20, Mrs. C. D. Randall died, aged 73. June 22, Corner-stone of new postoffice building laid. June 30, Mrs. Eliza J. Jefferds died, aged 83. July 29, Capt. J. S. Andrews died, aged 89. Nov. 10, Mrs. Cornelius Finney, aged 59, killed by falling down a flight of stairs. Nov. 8, Rest room established in courthouse basement. Dec. 9, Cornelius Van Iderstine died, aged 83. Dec. 16, Mrs. Uri Blodgett died, aged 80.
1910-Jan. 6, Thos. H. Vance died, aged 83. Jan. 14, Albert N. Brinton died, aged 83. Feb. 11, Mrs. Harriet Parker died, aged 83. Feb. 15, Lafayette M. Bassett died, aged 78. April 3, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Chapman died, aged 95. April 9, Josephus Clark died, aged 83. April 23, Charles I. Fonda died, aged 79. May 16, New postoffice building occupied and opened to the public. May 17, Corner-stone of St. Charles Catholic school laid. May 17, Jay M. See, a lad 17 years old, killed by the caving in of an abandoned well, from which he was taking brick. June 12, Robert G. Chandler, aged 71, died from burns received in his room over Roby's store. July 21, Dr. George Ferguson died, aged 83. Aug. 5, Frank Carpenter killed by a fall from a scaffold at the "A" mill. Sept. 21, Hiram Simmons died, aged 92. Sept. 27, John W. Ives, aged 76, accidentally killed by falling through a floor at Bidelman's livery barn. Nov. 7, Milk condensary secured to locate here. Nov. 23, Dr. Hawley H. Crippen was hanged in London for the murder of his wife. Dec. 3, Theron W. Mudgett died, aged 86. Dec. 31, Samuel Bater and wife celebrated their golden wedding.
1911-Jan. 11, Mrs. Harriet A. Harris died, aged 84. Jan. 5, Col. Geo. H. Turner confirmed as resident member of the Board of Control of the State Public School. Jan. 6, Earl Brown died. Jan. 8, Leon Fellers died, aged 19. Jan. 12, Mrs. Georgiana Cutter died, aged 81. Jan. 14, Mrs. Mary Edwards died, aged 50. Jan. 14, Miss Louise V. Woodmaster died, aged 22. Jan. 19, Humphrey Cain died, aged 89. Jan. 20, Fred A. Smith and Addie L. Johnson married. Jan. 23, Opening of the reconstructed Y. M. C. A. building celebrated; about 400 present. Jan. 24, Amos Markham died, aged 80. Feb. 1, Henry B. George died, aged 72. Feb. 10, The southeast corner of Chicago and Clay Streets, known as the Vanderhoof place, sold to city for site for new Armory for company A for $4,600. Feb. 14, The 16th annual banquet of the Lincoln Club held. Feb. 14, Sylvia May Garey and L. E. Backenstoe married. Feb. 13, Mrs. Mary E. Loring died, aged 71. Feb. 15, Mrs. Nina Ball's dressmaking rooms over Southern Michigan National Bank burned. Feb. 18, Nathan Fetterly died, aged 84. Chas. D. Cluff died, aged 71. Feb. 19, Mrs. Wm. Mitchell died, aged 50. Feb. 22, Mr. and Mrs. Alford Thompson celebrated the 61st anniversary of their marriage. Feb. 26, Mrs. Chas. U. Champion died, aged 42. Feb. 28, John Ferris died, aged 80. The B. H. Calkins residence badly damaged by fire. March 8, Mrs. Caroline M. Lawyer found dead in bed. She had secluded herself from all company for several years. She left by will to the Methodist Church of this city, property valued at about $10,000. March 12, Mrs. W. E. Goodnow died, aged 42. Albert McPeak died, aged 28. March 14, Reuben Taylor died, aged 74. Arnold W. Pixley died, aged 57. March 18, Mrs. Julia A. Wilson died, aged 53. Mar. 19, Michael Kennedy died, aged 76. March 26, Adna J. Chase died, aged 57. April 1, Daniel G. Parker retired from the employ of the Coldwater Gas Light and Fuel Co. after serving the company over 41 years. April 3, Chas A. Conover elected mayor by a majority of 95 over A. A. Sherman. April 8,
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