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NEWELL HISTORICAL
ATLAS
WASHTENAW COUNTY
MI HIGAN
ILLUSTRATED'
EVERTS & STEWARTESP
COMBINATION ATLAS MAP OF
Township Map
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C.L. SMITH, DEL
Compiled, Drawn
MICHIGAN
and Surveys
Published
From
Personal Exam
ations
By EVERTS & STEWART. CHICAGO, ILL. 1874.
DUVAL & HUNTER PR. PHILA
N. FRIEND, ENGR. PHILAD.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
MAPS.
United States
8 & 9
State of Michigan
12 & 13
Washtenaw County
16
Salem Township Northfield «
32
Dexter
36
Webster
38
Lyndon 44
42
Sylvan
44
Lima
48
Scio
Ann Arbor
.
Superior
.
.
Pittsfield
74
Lodi
78
Freedom
82
Sharon
84
Manchester “
86
88
Bridgewater « Saline =
92
York
94
Augusta
100
Cities and Villages.
106 & 107
North half of Ann Arbor Delhi Village .
109
Moorville
109
Milan
Chelsea
109
Salem 109
South half of Ann Arbor . Dexter
119
North half of Ypsilanti
114 & 115
South
Manchester
112}
Saline
1125
LITHOGRAPHIO VIEWS.
Salem Township.
Residence of Jas. B. Van Atta .
E. T. Walker 29
G. N. B. Renwick 30
D. T. Birch
30
C. Wheeler
J. L. Bennett
30
T. B. Gorton .
30
E. O. Smith
30
Wm. Rider
A. C. Northrop 31
Ann Arbor City and Township.
Residence of L. C. Risdon
54
Dr. D. B. Kellogg 54
Medical Works of Dr. D. B. Kellogg
54
Residence of D. Mowerson 54
N. T. White
55
=
Dr. N. S. Halleck . 31
Geo. Sutton
W. Yanson
33
44
Wm. Doty
B. Keenan
34
H. Sessions 41
Dexter City and Township.
Residence of Hon. C. S. Gregory Store of F. Jaeger Mill of Evarts & Co. . 34
34 34
Store of W. F. Schlanderer
34
Residence and Mill of Thos. Birkett .
35 35
Agur Taylor . H. M. Johnson
37
John Costello
37
Catholic Church
Residence of Patrick Fleming
Green Johnson
Dennis Warner
H. Warner
W. E. Stevenson
Wm. A. Jones
41
Orchestrion Hall, H. Binder
108
44
Rev. R. and E. Y. Powell 90
90
List of County Officers County and Township History 17-22 23
REFERENCES
Farm House,-Bauern Haus
School House,-Schul Haus
Church,-Kirche
Mills, - Mühlen
*
Blacksmith Shop,-Schmiede
+
Swamp,-Sumpf
Cemeteries,-Begräbnissplätze
Roads, - Landstrasse
Railroads,-Bahn Wege ..
Webster Township.
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Residence of S. H. Ball
39
A. Mallion
39
=
J. W. Nanry
65
=
G. Neissle
91
=
M. Reynolds
91
66 A. Davenport
91
Saline Exchange, A. Harmon, Prop Residence of D. Miller
91
.
.
Ypsilanti City and Township.
Residence of E. D. Lay
69
First Presbyterian Church
70
Store of Henderson and Glover
70
Marble-Works of D. C. Batchelder
70
Residence of John Starkweather
71 71
Union School
Residence of J. C. Gillett
72
=
J. S. Worden
G. D. Wiard
D. B. Greene
105
Pittsfield Township.
Residence of F. C. Crittenden
73
David Depuy
73
W. J. Canfield
73
David Cody
73
44
S. Orr
98
John Coe
98
= E. Pearson
=
G. Coe .
98
Milan Hotel, L. Burnham, Prop.
98
Residence of J. U. Fuller
99
W. Dexter
99
D. Aylesworth
99
T. H. Fuller
99
=
J. Corwin
10
=
W. Basom
105
Augusta Township.
101 Residence of A. M. Darling C. C. Harmon 101
Paint Creek Cheese Factory 102
Residence of H. P. Thompson Hon. J. W. Childs
102 102
Aaron Childs
103
G. Muir
103
R. Campbell
103
A. Osborn
104
= H. McCarty .
104
= Mrs. W. M. McGrau
104
P. Dansingberg
104
J. D. Olcott .
104
G. Moffitt
104
W. D. Morton
81
PORTRAITS.
O. C. Sweetland 80
Mrs. O. C. Sweetland
80
E. B. Gidly
25
J. Q. A. Sessions
25
C. B. Porter
25
D. Cramer .
25
A. D. Crane
26
Dr. N. S. Halleck
26
N. C. Goodale
26
J. W. Wing
26
85 Milan Glover
27
George Sutton
27
105 W. H. Lewis
27
BIOGRAPHIES.
J. W. Childs
24
R. Powell
24
C. White
24
C. Beckwith
24
Store of W. S. Carr 87 J. Falconer
24
C. Parsons .
24
Rev. Charles Glenn
24
. J. D. Carey 90
Bridgewater Township.
Store of H. Guthardt 87
Residence of W. F. Allen 89
Z. T. Starr
90
Patrons' Directory
113-124
Store of A. D. Seyler
81
Residence of N. B. Cole
108
C. Brown
Proposed Railroads,-Vorgeschlagne Bahn Wege
Stone Quarries,-Stein Brüche.
Lime Kilns, - Kalk Oefen
Orchards,-Obstgärten
Timber,-Holz.
Creeks,-Bäche
Scale, 2 inches to the mile.
Saline Township.
PAGK
Residence of M. Himerclinger . 91
4
R. Hammond
91
=
Wm. Klein
J. G. Rooke
67
E. M. Cole
67
41
Lyndon Township.
Residence of J. H. Collins
41
A. C. Collins
E. Skidmore
41
=
W. E. Wessels
43
=
R. Howlett .
105
=
J. K. Yocum 108
Sylvan Township.
Residence of Hon. J. M. Congdon
45
=
I. Taylor 45
=
H. Pierce
45
=
E. Spencer
45
66
Chas. M. Davis
46
46
Jas. Runciman
46
C. H. Wines .
46
Jas. Riggs
46
McKune House
Residence of J. R. Gates
46
Lima Township.
Residence of E. Westfall
47
T. S. Sears
47
=
R. Goodwin
47
S. Parker
47
=
G. H. Mitchell
47
= Thos. Jewett .
=
John Alten
50
7
John Kress
G. S. Waters
77
L. Bassett
H. Voorhies
77
=
O. C. Sweetland
80
Freedom Township.
Residence of L. Dresselhouse
83
H. Uphaus
83
=
James Winton
83
=
Jas. Osborn 51
B. W. Waite
51
Bird's-Eye View of Delhi Village 53
E. G. Haarer .
83
= J. Weis .
83
Sharon Township.
Residence of J. H. Schlicht
81
=
E. Annabil . 81
=
J. J. Robison
81
=
Mrs. R. W. Comstock 83
C. G. Leeman
85
F. Everett
85
J. Haselschwardt
85
E. Freer
A. Higley
85
= J. Everett
A. Tenbrook
58 59
Sash-Factory of J. G. Miller
59
Store of L. C. Risdon
59
Residence of G. W. Hoy 87
G. R. Palmer 87
J. D. Van Duyn 87
W. H. Pottle 87
Stable of Polhemus and Son
Buchoz's Block
60
Block of Lehn and Kirchgesser 87
Residence of R. Greene
89
Residence of E. C. Seaman
H. Krause
.
F. Schmid
61
W. H. Taylor 16 C. H. Millen
..
J. M. Braun
62
J. C. Allen .
63
40
40
Superior Township.
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Residence of J. O. Thompson
61
61
G. W. Gale
39
=
F. Lee
W. C. Brass
G. J. Howard
40
H. Warren
91
91
=
14
A. L. Feldkamp
93
Farm and Villa of A. K. Clark H. Bennett .
93
Residence of G. Osborn
98
E. C. Robison
99
=
L. Andrews .
H. A. Hammond .
99
C. Parsons
105
72 Score of C. Parsons
108
York Township.
Residence of J. E. Rogers 95
J. W. Blakeslee
96
Henry Coe .
96
=
O. Gooding .
97
J. S. Kyte
97
G. F. Richards
98
=
S. Harwood
73
=
F. D. Rathfon
70 71
= E. Crane
S. Hinckley
75
Poorhouse
Residence of J. S. Henderson
= R. Ross
A. N. Crittenden
76
Lodi Township.
Residence of H. W. Bassett 77
H. Geddes
77
E. H. Keyes . 51
Scio Township.
Residence of John S. Pacey
49
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R. Knight
. 50
Mrs. N. C. Goodale
51
Henry Osborn
51
Jacob Jedele . 51
J. G. Feldkamp
83
W. P. Pficenmaier
83
Residence of J. T. Sullivan
54
W. C. Foster .
54
31
Northfield Township.
Residence of George Renwick =
N. Brundage.
31
31
Lemuel Foster
55
H. N. Hicks
57
=
F. Sorg
58 58
Residence of W. P. Brown
+
Residence of G. F. Gwinner
59
Planing-Mill of Luick and Bro.
59
Marble-Works of A. Eisele
+
.
60
60
Orchestrion Hall
61
61
61
37
39
40
40
33
Mrs. Chas. Behr
47 49
Chas. Clements
Jas. McLaren
50
E. A. Nordman
50
77
L. Blaess
75
76
76
.
91
A. Bush
O. Risdon R. Shaw
93
.
52
56
64
Ypsilanti
68
O. Clark
43
99
72
A. Worden .
66
39
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J. B. Arms
39
41
46
109
110 & 111
118 & 119
29
31
Manchester City and. Township.
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PROMINENT BUSINESS HOUSES OF WASHTENAW COUNTY.
C. L. PACK & CO., DEALERS IN Tobacco, Segars,
SNUFF, PIPES, Etc.,
With a full stock of goods generally belonging to the trade. Also manufacturers of the celebrated
BLACK DIAMOND
And other brands of cigars.
No. 10 East Huron Street, ANN ARBOR, MICH.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE. L. GRUNER, BOOTS AND SHOES, No. 8 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. REPAIRING DONE NEATLY AND PROMPTLY.
WILLIAM W. NICHOLS, DENTIST,
Successor to G. W. NORTH,
Office, 19 South Main St., Opposite National Bank.
Residence, 27 LIBERTY STREET.
NITROUS OXIDE GAS ADMINISTERED WHEN REQUESTED.
C. BLISS & SONS,
11 S. MAIN STREET, ANN ARBOR, MICH.,
Keep the largest and finest assortment of
[atthes, Clarks, Jemetrų, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, SPECTACLES, Etc.
in Washtenaw County, and at prices so low as to bring our goods within the reach of all.
REPAIRING OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELRY in the best manner possible.
Prof. J. R. Sage & Son,
DEALERS IN
CHICKERING, HAINES BROS., AND PIERSON & CO.'S
PIANOS,
ESTEY & CO.'S ORGANS, AND Musical Merchandise generally.
VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS.
Rooms, Gregory Block, Har : 8/2.
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MRS. E. ROEHM. Desier in all kinds of Worried ind i ancy Goods, STAMPING AND EMBROITT: NO :1] TLY DONE, 1. OP SKIRTS MANE: ACTURED. 4 Washington New Mich.
W. C. CARR,
DENTIST,
No. 26 SOUTH MAIN STREET, ANN ARBOR,
MICHIGAN.
To all whom it may concern.
WM. D. FRITTS, ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR,
Prosecutes all kinds of claims against the United States.
PENSIONS FOR SOLDIERS, WIDOWS, ORPHANS, . AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES PROCURED.
Unjust charges of desertion removed, and duplicate discharges obtained.
214 MAIN ST., JACKSON, MICH. Address Lock Box 220.
OIL PORTRAITS, BERLIN PHOTO'S,
INDIA INK,
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'PHOTO CRAYONS, AMBROTYPES,
WATER COLORS,
REMBRANDTS, LOCKET PICTURES,
PORCELAINS,
MEDALLIONS,
SAM. B. REVENAUGH,
28 photographer, 28
28 EAST HURON STREET, up stairs.
OVAL FRAMES, VELVET CASES,
SQUARE FRAMES,
PICTURE MATS,
ARCH-TOP FRAMES, 28
PICTURE CORD,
GILT FRAMES,
PICTURE NAILS,
BLACK WALNUT FRAMES,
VELVET PASSEPARTOUT.
C. B. PORTER, Dentist, Offios established at Ann Arbor in 1850.
While grateful to a generons public in Washtenaw County and surrounding country, who have for the past twenty-three years given me a large patronage at my office, I desire to say that on account of impaired health, I am obliged to be much in the open air, and for the pres- ent shall turn my attention almost exclusively to MECHANICAL DENTISTRY. Persons living at a distance wishing teeth extracted or ARTIFICIAL TEETH made, can be accom- modated at their homes by notifying me by mail or leaving word at my office I shall keep always on hand a large and well-selected stock, from which to select Dentures, to suit persons of any age or complexion. Also, LIQUID NITROUS OXIDE GAS administered as an Anas- thetic to all who wish teeth extracted without pain. This agent is perfectly harmless, and has been used in thousands of cases since its first introduction into Dental Surgery, and in every case it insured entire freedom from pain, even in the most difficult and painful opera- tions. I shall continue as heretofore to keep an office in Ann Arbor. All work guaranteed.
HENION & SUMNER, HATS, CAPS, FURS, and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, SOLE AGENTS FOR HARRIS'S SEAMLESS KIDS. 5 Huron Street, Ann Arbor, Mich.
ANDREW R. SCHMIDT, MANUFACTURER OF
Carriages, Buggies, WAGONS, AND SLEIGHS.
A full supply constantly on hand of everything in my line. All orders for repairing, or new work, will receive prompt attention, and
WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
I respectfully solicit your patronage, and guarantee prices to correspond to the times.
SHOPS COR. DETROIT AND NORTH STS., ANN ARBOR, MICH. .
YOUNG AMERICA
TOBACCO AND CONFECTIONERY STORE, SOUTH SIDE, YPSILANTI, MICH.
All the choice brands of American and Foreign Tobaccos and Cigars kept on hand, "Also all kinds of Confectionery.
R. D. BULLOCK,
Wholesale and Retail
DEALER IN
PIANOS AND ORGANS,
JACKSON,
MICHIGAN.
SMITH AMERICAN ORGAN,
Taylor & Farley Organs, AND
FIRST-CLASS PIANOS.
F. BARR, DENTIST,
OFFICE, MASONIC HALL BLOCK, EAST SIDE, YPSILANTI, MICH.
G. L. TEMPLE,
Operator.
A. J. ROLOSON, Artist.
TEMPLE & ROLOSON'S
PHOTOGRAPHIC AND ART STUDIO,
FOLLETT HOUSE BLOCK,
YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.
Special artist for copying and enlarging old pictures and finishing in water colors, India ink, or oil.
Card Photo's, Cabinets, and 8 x 10 Portraits finished in the best styles of the art.
Ypsilanti Medical Institute, YPSILANTI, MICH. Improved methods of Treatment for CATARRH, RHEUMATISM, PARALYSIS, EYE, EAR, Etc. CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY.
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Patients treated at home, by letter, if desired. Treatment by Inhalation, Turkish an Electrical Baths, Lift Cure, etc. Address
DES. HALL & GOODRICH, Physicians and Proprietors, Ypsilanti,
C. S. W. BALDWIN,
Dentist,
Office, No. 3 Follett Block, up stairs, opposite the Depot, YPSILANTI, MICH.
W. B. SMITH, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE,
Two doors west of Presbyterian Church, Huron St., ANN ARBOR, MICH.
CHARLES M. WOODRUFF, Attorney at Ent, AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Real Estate, Loan, Collection, AND
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
YPSILANTI,
MICHIGAN.
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HISTORY OF THE CITIES, VILLAGES, AND TOWNSHIPS OF WASHTENAW COUNTY.
Books of history and reminiscences which preserve the memory of the past- those grand old times of pioneers and Indians, log cabins and clearings, bears, wolves, and massasaugers-are justly treasured by all. In no age of the world has there been truer heroism manifested than in the romantic life of the early Western adventurers! The old man of to-day, who was a child then, when those strange events were transpiring, heard, around the old-fashioned fireplace, mar- velous tales "stranger than fiction," and grew up to manhood familiar with the strange, wild life which hardly seems real to us who know the country now.
Washtenaw! The name is of Indian origin, given originally to Grand River, which rises in the southwestern portion of the County,-" Wash-ten-ong," mean- ing at or on the river. Washtenaw County is one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most intelligent counties in Michigan. It is situated in the' S. S .- E. part of the State,-its County-seat being in latitude 42º 15' north, and longitude 83º 40' west from Greenwich. It is twenty-four miles wide and thirty miles long, com- prising four tiers of townships of five towns each. Its rivers, lakes, and other topographic features may be seen from the accompanying maps of this work. The County has a great diversity of surface, a rich soil, and an industrious, in- telligent people. Its agricultural, industrial, and educational interests will be considered further on. We desire to present to the reader first as full an account as possible of its
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
The earliest inhabitants were the aborigines,-scattered tribes of Wyandots, Pottawatamies, etc.,-who generally lived in peaceful contiguity. The red man's domain was first invaded by the French explorers: Father Segard, in 1632; Marquette, in 1673; and Robert de La Salle, in 1679. The latter circumnavi- gated the lower peninsula of Michigan," and, in prospecting along the borders, may have wended his adventurous way through old Washtenaw. After the settlement of Detroit, in 1701, by a French colony, the speculative fur-traders, who trafficked with the Indians, and the Jesuit missionaries, who had a zealous regard for the spiritual welfare of the aborigines, whom they endeavored to con- vert to Christianity, often tracked over the hills and vales of this County. In 1805 the territory of Michigan was formed, and four years later the first success- ful settlement was effected in Washtenaw County, at Ypsilanti, by the French traders, Godfrey, Pepin, and Le Shambre. At this time the entire population of the Territory was less than four thousand souls, and eighty per cent. of those were French. Then came the
WAR OF 1812.
After the fall of Detroit, General Harrison made an attempt to recover it from the British, or at least to protect the frontier settlements in Monroe County and its contiguity, which included the settled portions of what is now Washtenaw; he sent General Winchester with a force of one thousand men to this section, and on the 22d of January, 1813, he was attacked by a superior force of British and Indians, under General Proctor, at Frenchtown, on the river Raisin. General Winchester was made prisoner, and his troops surrendered, upon guaranty from the British commander, of protection from the Indians. In utter disregard of these stipulations, Proctor withdrew with his white troops to Maldon, when, all restraint being removed, his dusky allies indiscriminately massacred the prisoners. This affair is known in history as the "Battle of the Raisin." After the death of Tecumseh (October 5), at the battle of the Thames, Detroit was recovered, and the Michigan settlements began to breathe freer, and have less apprehension of Indian onslaughts. Peace was declared December 24, 1814.
Michigan was known from 1796 to 1800 as the "Northwest Territory," under the governorship of Arthur St. Clair; for the next five years as " Indiana Terri- tory," presided over by General W. H. Harrison; but in 1805 it assumed its present name, and General Hull was territorial governor until 1813, when he was suc- ceeded by Lewis Cass, who administered its affairs until 1831, followed by George B. Porter and Stevens T. Mason to the year (1835) when Michigan became a State, although not admitted until 1837, the twenty-sixth member of the Federal Union. The first government surveys of land were made in 1816, and two years later they came into market. From this period dates the permanent settling of the State. The Indian claim to 6,000,000 acres (including Washtenaw, and the greater portion of the land in the east part of the State, so far north as Thunder Bay River) was extinguished by a treaty concluded by General Cass, at Saginaw, in September, 1819; and two years later the " Chicago Treaty" obliterated the Indian title to all the remaining lands in the State south of the Grand River. Thus the lands were thrown open to settlement; and the next ten years were an important decade in the history of Washtenaw County
The pioneer settlement of Washtenaw, as before stated, was at Ypsilanti, in 1809, when Gabriel Godfrey, a Frenchman, accompanied by Francis Pepin and Louis Le Shambre, established a trading-post. The building erected for this purpose stood upon the west bank of the river, about where Mr. George Hill now resides. At that time, and previously, the Indians regarded these banks of the Huron with special favor, and at Ypsilanti their trails from a wide extent of country intersected. We do not wonder at the taste of those Sons of the Forest. It seems to have been neutral ground between the rival tribes. They had a burial- place just at the foot of the hill, where they believed they had equipped many a warrior for the conflicts of his way towards the " happy hunting-grounds." There was another, near where Chauncey Joslyn now lives, where tradition hath it a human victim was once offered in sacrifice. Large quantities of bones, arrows, stone hatchets and ornaments were dug from the ground in that locality.
In the year 1811 about 2500 acres were patented to the above-named traders, under the seal of President Madison, according to an Act of Congress applying to such cases. This tract is marked upon old maps as French claims. At first this post was profitable in a bartering business with the Indians; but after the treaties before alluded to, the Indians were removed so far to the westward that trade and barter grew less and less, until about 1830 it was given up, though the original traders remained most of the time. lace was then known as " Godfrey's, on the Pottawatomie trail."
* The name " Mich-i-gan" is said to be derived from two Chippewa words, signifying great and lake.
The next settlement was in the spring of 1823. Major Benjamin Woodruff, Robert M. Stitts, John Thayer, and David Beverly settled about one mile south- east of the present village of Ypsilanti, where now is found the farm of Chester Yost. This settlement took the name of Woodruff's Grove. Yet the founding of a city did not seem to have entered the heads of the original settlers; they simply located where experience taught them to expect good fortune. Jason and Daniel Cross, and Mr. Peck, with their families, came in soon after, and about the same time David Beverly died,-the first death of a white man in the County. All of the above-named have gone to their final account except Mr. Stitts, who is now residing in the township of Augusta. These first settlers mostly came up the river by the use of a flat-bottomed boat propelled by poles : for four or five years this boat was much used, but the knowledge of a wharf there, and notices that Captain Stitts will leave it on such a day, have long since passed away. Soon after the settlement was effected at Woodruff's, two families by the name of Hall settled upon the west side of the river, about opposite the grove, who are said to bave been very wild and savage-like, calling themselves "the Kings of the River." In the autumn of 1823, John Bryan and family came in from Geneseo, New York, with the first ox-team which ever came through direct from Detroit. Of this journey Mrs. Bryan says :-
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