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HISTORY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY
MICHIGAN VOL I
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ERNEST B. FISHER
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GRAND RAPIDS and KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THEIR PROGRESS FROM FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME
ERNEST B. FISHER, EDITOR
IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I
CHICAGO: ROBERT O. LAW COMPANY 1918
THIS IS THE PROPERTY OF Citizens Historical Association CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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Preface
After more than a year of continuous and painstaking effort on the part of a considerable corps of workers, the publishers of these vol- umes on Kent County and Grand Rapids, present them to those for whom they were prepared in the belief that they will be found more than was promised. In their preparation accuracy has been kept more in mind than ornate diction. It was not intended to go into all the stories and traditions which hang about the dawn of white settlement in the Grand River Valley, but it was rather the plan to supplement former publications so that a searcher in the archives might find their story consistently connected down to the present year.
In collaboration with Mr. Ernest B. Fisher, who has acted as our guide and mentor in all this work, we feel that a worthy and reliable result has been achieved. His long residence in Grand Rapids and his activities in many public affairs have qualified him for editor in all things relating to the last half century in this thriving metropolis of Western Michigan.
And in addition we have had the assistance of an excellent corps of advisory editors, each selected because of his knowledge of the subject matter dwelt upon in the department given over to his super- vision. The chapter devoted to the "Furniture Industry" was con- tributed by Mr. William Widdicomb, who has spent a more than ordinarily active life in that important branch of the Valley City's activities, and we feel that a better selection could not have been made. Clay H. Hollister has literally "grown up" in the banking business and there is perhaps no man in Michigan more familiar than he is with the history of financial affairs in general and of Grand Rapids in particular. Mr. Hollister acted as our advisory editor for the chapter on "Banking and Finance." Wilder D. Stevens, of the firm of Foster, Stevens & Company, gave us the benefit of his long experience in the mercantile life of Grand Rapids by reviewing the chapter on "Retail Industry," and Jacob Kleinhans and Eugene Boise performed similar service, respectively, on the chapters, "Courts and Lawyers" and the "Medical Profession." The high standing of these men in their pro- fessions is a guarantee of the excellence of any work they undertake.
THE PUBLISHERS.
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Index -Volume I
A Abel, Julius C., 145, 295. Ada township, 219. Ada village, 223. Adams, Edgar J., 359. Addison, Thomas, 242. Adsit, Allen C., 470. Alaska village, 255. Albert, George, 275. Albright, Joseph, 429. Aldrich, Moses V., 171. Algoma township, 300. Alger, Russell A., 74. Allen, George W., 138, 353. Allen, H. H., 100, 245. Allen, Nathan P., 469. Allen, Sterling W., 423. Allen, Wright C., 250. Almy, John, 74, 152, 351. Almy, Mrs. John, 152. Alpine township, 271. Alto, 566. Alpine village, 272. Andrus, Wesley P., 347. Angell, Crawford, 175. Archaean rocks, 18. Arson, arrest for, 137. Art, 563.
Atwater, Luman R., 95. Authors and their works, 520-527. Averill, Hiram N., 470. Ayer, Frank M., 473. Aylesworth, Wm. H., 432. B Babcock, Charles P., 456. Bailey, Francis, 60, 141. Bailey, Sluman S., 250, 456.
Bakery, first, 124.
Baldwin, Simeon L., 356. Ballard, Rev. James, 126, 246, 299, 377. Ballard, Stephen H., 451. Ball, Byron D., 347, 410, 450.
Ball, Daniel, 127, 161, 211. Ball, Daniel & Co., 477. Ball, John, 85, 93, 94, 352. Ball, John, first trip, 88. Ball, Lucy, 93, 94. Ball, Mrs. John, 132. Ball, Samuel B., 127, 161. Bank, first in county, 477. Banking and finance, 474. Band, first, 127. Baraga, Father Frederic, 61.
Bar associations, 473. Barber, O. B., 254. Bar, members of, 457. Barker, Sylvester W., 472. Barnard, Edmund M., 349. Barney, James M., 217. Barns, Ebenezer W., 125. Barns, Jacob, 83, 365. Rar of 1836, 457. Barr, Robert M., 145. Barth. Louis, 432.
- Baxter, Albert, 94, 130, 510. Baxter, Joseph B., 125. Baxter, Joseph H., 98.
Baxter, Joseph J., 160, 249. Baxter, Leonard G., 153. Bear Creek, 259. Becker, Philip, 241. Beckwith, Wm. G., 365. Beer, first brewer, 84. Beers, Philo, 353. Bell, Digby V., 342. Belmont, 227. Bement, Leonard, 166. Benjamin, Wm. C., 317. Bentum, Jacob, 427. Berkey, Julius, 489. Berkey, William A., 489.
Berridge, John, 321. Best, Leonidas E., 431. Bidwell, George, 522. Birch, Adelbert, 328.
Birth, first white, 54, 70, 156.
Bishop, John, 258. Blacksmith, first, 67. Blain, Joseph, 282. Blain, Wilmot H., 283. Blair, James, 461. Blair, Jonathan, 237. Blakely, W. I., 95. Bliss, Doctor W., 423. Bliss, Zenas E., 428. Blumrich, Wenzel, 422. Boat builders, early, 101. Bodle, Arthur T., 440. Boise, Eugene, 429. Bookstores, 501. Boom Days, 94. Boat, Teunis A., 434. Bostwick, E. B., 97, 298. Bostwick Mills, 249. Botsford, A. B., 439.
Boundary line, interna- tional, 24.
Bowne township, 306. Boynton, Jerry, 214. Boynton, Nathan, 90. Boynton, William, 214. Bradfield, Thomas D., 431. Brady, John, 426. Bremer, Henry, 362. Brewer, Lyman A., 424. Brick building, first, 161. Brick-making, 93.
Bridegroom, first, 70. Bridge, 84. Bridge, first built, 161. Bridge, first lattice, 82. Bridge, Henry P., 345. Briggs, Edward L., 356. Briggs, George G., 355. Brigham, Homer C., 440. Briggs park, 194.
British troops at Detroit, 24.
Britton, Roswell, 351. Brown, James H., 132. Brown, Norris J., 472. Brown, William H., 252. Brownell, Thaddeus O., Brownsville, 255. 229. Buck Creek, 293. Buddington & Turnham, 490. Buell, Marcus, 256.
Buena Vista, 259. Bullen, Ernest L., 472. Bundy, McGeorge, 468. Burchville village, 304. Burfoot, Edmund, 359. Burlingame, Edwin A., 451. Burnett, David, 84, 162. Burns, David E., 350. Burton, Barney, 70, 91, 144.
Burton, Josiah, 144. Burton, Lewis, 156. Burton, Mrs. Barney, 247. Business in 1837, 497. Butler, Samuel F., 98. Butterworth Hospital, 196
Butterworth, Richard E .. 239.
Butts, Louisa M., 439. Byrne, William, 264. Byron Center, 566.
Byron Center Bank, 485. Byron township, 90, 212.
C Cabinet-maker, first, 487. Caledonia Bank, 485. Caledonia township, 251. Caledonia village, 255. Calvin College, 420.
Cambrian age, 18.
Campaign of 1832, 333. Campaign of 1848, 336. Campaign of 1852, 337. Campau, Antoine, 145. Campau, Edward, 128, 254 Campau, Louis, 59, 140. 141, 142, 143, 371, 496. Canal building, 131. Canal, first in Michigan, 73.
Canal, first movement, 71. Cannonsburg village, 259. Cannon township, 256. Carbert, Joseph A., 434. Carboniferous age, 18. Carey Mission, 44.
Carmell, Therese, 156. Carter, Charles B., 292. Cascade, 278, 279. Cascade township, 275. Casnovia, 323.
Cass, Lewis, 337. Catholic history, 372. Catholic mission, 60. Catholics, French, 60. Catlin, Herbert W., 433. Caukin, Volney W .. 353. Calvary Baptist Church, 370.
Cedar 327. Springs village, Cemeteries, 205. Centennial Exposition,
557.
Cessions of territory, 28, 29.
Chairmaking, first, 81. Champlin, John W., 459.
G., Champlin, Stephen 450.
Chandler. Charles, 467. Chapel, Gurden, 222. Chapman, Leman H., 457.
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Charitable 196. institutions, Charities, organized, 195. Charity, first meeting, Charter, city, summary, 195. 169. Charter commission, 177. Chase, Amos, 222. Chateau Thierry, battle, 551.
Chauncey village, 259. Child's Mills, 227.
Chipman, Oscar H., 423. Chipman, Walter, 305. Church affairs, early, 92. Church, first erected, 160. -Church history, 368-402. Chubb, Jonathan F., 151, 295.
Church, Fred S., 563. Church, Thomas B., 353, 448, 457.
Cincinnati shale, 18. Circuit Court Commis- sions, list of, 453.
Citizens' Telephone Co., 557.
City Directory, first, 490. City Hall, 189.
City waterworks, 186. Civil War casualties, 545. Civil War period, 529. Chairs, first made, 93. Clark, Alexander, 281,
245. Clark, Frederick S., 361. Clark, James, 225.
Clark, Merrills H., 507, 508.
Clarke, William, 433.
Clay, Samuel D., 452. Clearing House Associa- tion, 486. Close, Converse, 263. Coffinbury, Wright L., 130.
Coggeshall, George, 163. Coit park, 193.
Coldbrook church, 392. Coldbrook, valley of, 148. Columbian Exposition, Eggleston, Ebenezer S., 355, 449, 458.
G.,
556
Commercial Savings Bank, 484.
Commission government, 178.
Comstock, 227.
Comstock, Charles C.,
344
Comstock Riverside park, 194.
Epidemics, 441. Erie Canal, 64.
Essex, county of, 24. Evans, 566.
Everett, Franklin, 129. F Failing, John F., 433. Fair, agricultural, 136. Fairchild, Asel B., 327. Fallas, J. Wesley, 230. Fallass, Henry B., 465. Fallassburg village, 232. Farmer, first, 68. Feakins, Edward, 297. Federal Building, 191. Felker, Henry J., 465. Ferry, Asa P., 355. Financial bubbles, 476. -Troubles, 335. Fingleton, Patrick, 222. Finney, Noble H., 99. FIRES
-Bridge Street house,
-Day of, 200. -Eagle Hotel, 199.
-Early, 134, 137.
-Houseman Block, 200.
Luce Block, 201. -Paper Box Co., 201. Powers' Opera House, 200.
Fire Companies, early,
199.
Fire engine, first, 160. Fisk, John W., 210. Fitch, Norton, 275, 358. Fitzgerald, John C., 464. Fletcher, Niram A., 357, 469. Flood of 1838, 123.
-of 1849, 133. Foote, Thaddeus, 450. Ford, Melbourne H., 344. Foresters, Order of, 204.
Foster, Wilder D., 125, 159, 343.
Fourth of July celebra- tions, 101, 146. Fox, John M., 96, 171, 230, 365. Fox, Philip W., 230. French and Indian War, 22. French traders, 22, 55. Friant, Cornelius, 225. Friant, James, 91. Friend, John, 99.
Fruit growing, 293.
Fuller, E. P. and S. L., 78
Fuller, Samuel L., 82. Fuller, William D., 464. Fulton Street Cemetery, 205. Funeral, first, 74. Furniture industry, 487. Furniture makers, first, 101.
G Gaines township, 280. G. A. R., 561. Gardener, first landscape, 83.
Garfield, Samuel M., 355. Garlock, Alfred, 422. Gay, George W., 494. Genia, Henry, 128. Geology, 18.
settlers, first, German 127.
Gibraltar, 207.
Gilbert, Daniel J., 314. Gilbert, David J., 314. Gilbert, Francis B., 127. Gilbert lake, 326. Gilbert, Thomas D., 75, 101, 342, 406.
Giles, Richard, 263. Gill, Frank H., 358. Gillespie, George D., 380. Glacial period, 19. Godfrey, Newcomb, 231. Godfroy, John F., 155. Godfroy, John R., 95. Godfroy, Richard, 145. Godfroy, William H., 153. Godwin, G. Chase, 460. Godwin, Wm. R. 151, 294. Gordon, Alphonso E., 506. Goss, Dwight, 455. Government, territorial, 32.
Gould, John T., 367. Graham, Robert D., 556. GRAND RAPIDS -as a city, 163. -boundaries, 166. -City, 134, 140.
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County seat located, 66. Court, first, 159. Courthouse, first. 123. Courtland township, 240. Courts. Circuit, 443. Court. Supreme, 442. Courts and lawyers, 442. Covell, Leonard, 96. Cowles, Shepard B., 330. Cramond, Phoebe, 85. Cramton. Alanson, 153. Crane, Albert, 470. Crosby, Moreau S .. 341. Crumback, James T., 284. 198.
Cuming, Francis, 76, 379. Curtiss, John L., 175, 348.
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Dales, Oscar L., 435. Danhof, James J., 471. Daniels, Anson J., 408.
Dansville, 290. Danton, Joseph, 236. Dapper, Emil A., 462.
Daughters of the Revolu- tion, 562.
Davidson, Wm. C., 98. Davies, Albert W., 260. Davies, Benjamin, 260. Davis, Ebenezer, 82, 240, 299.
Davis, Ezekiel W., 209. Davis, Horace W., 82. Davis, Isaac D., 250. Davis, John, 93.
Dean, Harry, 96. Dean, John J., 327.
Deam, Alexander, 241. DeCamp, Wm. H., 424. Denison, Henry C., 280. Dennis Ave. church, 394. De Puy, Linas, 427. Dexter Colony, 65.
Dexter, Samuel, 64, 66. Dikeman, Aaron, 95, 362. Disbrow, Ernest D., 435. Dockeray, James, 354. Doran, Peter, 348. Drew, Walter W., 472. Drug business, 498. Drugstore, first, 497. Drury, Horton H., 465. Dutton, 566.
Earle, Bessie, 436. Earle, Nathaniel A., 357. Easterby, James, 291. East Grand Rapids, 212. Eaton, Harry, 85, 96, 238, 455.
Edgerton village, 304. Edie, James O., 430. Educational development, 402.
Edwards, Eliphalet 435.
Eldridge, Albert D., 320. Election, first, 69, 122, 150, 165, 332. Election statistics, 339. Ellis, George E., 485. Ellis, John, 439.
Ellsworth Avenue park, 195.
Congress lands, 37. Congressmen, list of. 343. Constant. Pierre, 496. Constitution of 1850, 338. Converse, J. W., 559. Cook, Lewis, 276. Cook, Arson, 125, 281. County officers, first vo- ted for, 73.
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-Charter, 167. -in 1837, 93. present limits, 179. settlement, 143. village, 102, 122. -village platted, 63. -ward divisions, 167. Grand Rapids township, 207.
Grand River, 20, 209, 224. Grand River Valley, 22. Grandville, founded, 90. Grandville village, 297. Granger, Orley C., 472. Granger, Sylvester, 84, 458. Grattan Center, 265. Grattan township, 17,
261.
Graves, Schuyler C., 434. Gray, George, 459. Gray, Judah, 131. Great Britain, intrigues of, 25.
Great Lakes, 19, 20. Green, Henry, 264.
Green, Hezekiah, 81, 84. Green, Mary, 81. Greene, David M., 436. Greenville treaty, 30. Greenwood Cemetery, 206 Griggs, Geo. W., 125. Griswold, Augustus D., 354, 461.
Griswold, Joseph B., 429. Grove, J. F., 425. Grove, William E., 460. Guild, Emily, 73. Guild family, 66, 207. Guild, Joel, 65, 207. -Letter of, 66.
Gypsum, 556.
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Haggerty, William H.,
469.
Haldane, William, 81,
487.
Hardware business, 499. Harlan, Benjamin A., 447. Harrington, John, 237. Harris, Israel Victor, 82. Harris, Silas G., 82. Hart, Morris, 311.
Hatch, Matthew B., 329. Hathaway, Charles W., 82
Hathaway, Nehemiah, 82 Harvard, 313.
Hazlewood, Arthur, 428. Headley, John T., 223. Hebard, Charles E., 432. Hebard, Ezra A., 240, 427. Helsel, Henry, 302. Hempel, Charles J., 439. Henderson, Charles L., Hendrick, William, 283. 422. Henry, William G., 74, 164, 211. Henshaw, Horace, 280. Higginson, Francis J., 211.
High schools, 410. Hill, Nicholas R., 316, 355.
Hilton, Robert, 82, 235. Hine, Demas, 258. Hine, James W., 348. Hine, Milton B., 348. Hinsdill, Hiram, 151, 362. Hinsdill, Myron, 74. Hinsdill, Stephen, 246. Hoag, A. R., 231. Hoag, Frank L., 440. Hodenpyl woods, 565.
Hodges, Sylvester, 229. Hodenpyl, Anton G., 565. Hogadone, John, 236. Hogadone, Henry C., 240. Holcomb, John W., 465. Holcomb, Martin A., 310. Holden, E. G. D., 341, 450, 478.
Holden, Josiah R., 216. Holland colony, 131, 133. Holland immigration, 551 Hollister, John H., 423. Holloway, Samuel, 60,
140.
Holmes, Clyde J., 472. Holmes, Frank G., 465. Holmes, Glenn W., 472. Holmes, John T., 98, 449. Holt, Charles H., 432. Holt, Henry, 280.
Homeopathic Med. Soc., 441.
Homeopathy, 438. Horticulturist, first, 85. Horticulture, 556.
Hosken, Joseph B., 430. Hospitals, 195.
Hotel, Eagle, 69. Hotels, early, 69, 93, 155. Hotelkeeper, first, 153. House, first brick, 81. -First frame, 66. Houseman, Julius, 344.
Houseman, Maurice M., 468.
Howard, Robert, 259. Howland, Simeon, 84. Hoyle, George, 319. Hoyt, Wilbur F., 435. Hughes, David D., 463. Hunt, Alfred H., 473. Hunt, De Forest, 439. Hunting, Isaac, 243. Hunt, Leonard H., 357. Hunt, Simeon, 366. Hurd, Everett, 251. Hutchins, Allen, 87. Hyde, Wesley W., 466. Hydraulic Company, 184. I Illinois, county of, 23. Immigration, obstacles
to, 35.
Indiana, territory of, 33. INDIANS
-Burial ground, 205. -Claims of, 29.
Council at Fort Har- mar, 25. -Council of 1786, 25. -Fur trade, 25. Iroquois, 23. -Leaving of, 122. Ottawas, 23.
Industrial development, 563.
Industries, early, 93. Infirmary, county, 249. Irish, pioneers, 90. Isle Royal, 20.
Ives, H. H., 95.
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Jackson, Andrew, 334. Jamison, Julius M., 349. Jay's treaty, 31. Jennison, Hiram, 70, 294. Jenison, Lucius, 81, 294. Jenison, Luman, 81, 294. Jewell, Edward, 354. Jewell, Harry D., 447. Jewell, Oliver P., 327. Johnson, Barton, 241. Johnson, Cornelius A.,
436. Johnson, Edgar R., 280.
Johnson, Eli, 99. Johnson, George K., 425. Johnson, James C., 309. Johnson, Sabin, 242. Johnson, Simeon M., 96, 448, 507.
Johnson, Welcome W.,
356.
Johnson, William S., 261. Johnston, Andrew W., 471.
Jones, Edward H., 315. Jones, Cyrus, 296. Jones, Thomas, 377. Journalism, 504. Judaism, 397. Judd, George E., 358.
Judges, Circuit, 445.
Judge of Probate, first, 446. Judkins, J. Byron, 471. Judson, Edla, 215. Judson, Washington, 219. Jurisdiction, early, 22.
K
Kawiquashcum, murder of, 126.
Kelley, Charles, 282.
Kellogg, Francis W., 343. Kellogg, Harmon, 215. Kellogg, Orson C., 9.7. Kellogg, Truman, 95.
Kendall, F. M., 410. Kendall, George, 131. Kendall, Henry D., 431. Kennedy, Joseph E., 256. Kent, Asahel, 253.
Kent City, village, 322.
Kent county boundaries, 64. -Created, 37. -Organized, 38, 91, 159, 444.
Kent Co. Medical Society, 438.
Kent township, 207. -Organized, 69. Kent village, 102. -Platted, 64. Killean, John, 176, 358.
King, Rufus, on Indian treaties, 30. Kingin, James, 242.
Kingsbury, Solomon O., 354.
Kingsley, Willard A., 462. Kirkland, John, 96, 248. Klenk, John F., 275. Knights of Pythias, 204. Koch, Peter G., 419. Konkle, Horace, 228. Kutts, Frank F., 451. L Labor matters, 179, 180. Ladies' Literary Club,
413, 560.
Ladner, Frank, 359. Laframboise, Madame, 56 LaGrave Ave. church, 393.
Lake Saginaw, 20. Lambertson, Jacob, 329. Lamoreaux, Isaac F., 456. Land disputes, 156. -First entry, 63. Grants, 39.
-Title to, 23.
"Land-grabbing," 31. Land office affairs, 36, 87.
Langdon, Samuel, 250. Laphamville, 228, 304. Lapham, Smith, 301. Latourette, David L., 478.
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Laubenstein, Daniel A.,
428.
Law library, 474. Lawyer, first, 145. Lawrence, O. W. C., 128. Ledyard & Aldrich, 478. Lee, Edmund, 292. Leffingwell, Christopher W., 458.
Lennan, Edward, 276. Levake, W. S., 96. Lewis, "Yankee," 67.
Lime-kiln, first, 71. Limestone, first use, 71.
Lincoln lake, 331. Lincoln Lake village, 313. Lincoln, Luther, 68, 151, 288, 294, 329.
Lincoln, Dr. W. B., 66. Lisbon village, 270. Literature, 520. Locher, H. E., 431. Loomis, Robert B., 349. Lowell, Indian village, 90. -township, 286. -village, 290. Lumber industry, 85, 124, 331.
Lupinski, Hugo, 435. Lyceum, established, 124. Lyman, James, 153, 497, -Dwight, 95, 153, 497. Lyon, Lucius, 62, 64, 71, 104, 105, 115, 387, 556. Lyon, Lucretia, 127. Lyon, Morgan, 231. Lyon, Truman H., 127, 345.
M
Madison, Luther K., 266. Malcolm, James D., 470. Mann, Charles M., 244. Marion, Joseph, 153. Marl bed, 312. Marsac, Daniel, 60. Marsac, Emily, 60. Marsac, Rene, 59. Marsh, Edward S., 95. Marsh, Frederick A., 277. Martin, George, 84, 445. Maryland, declaration of, 28.
Mason, Salsbury, 266. Mason, Stevens T., 63, 93. Masonic bodies, 202. Massachusetts, claim of, 28. Mathison, John, 160. Matter, Elias, 490. Maxim, Charles H., 430. Mayor, first, 165. Mayors, list of, 170. McArthur, Giles, 310. McBride, James E., 464. McCarthy, Dennis, 262. McCarthy, Wm., 264. McCausland, W., 71. McColl, John A., 435. McConnell, John, 132. McCoskry, Samuel H.,
378.
McCoy, Isaac, 40, 43, 44, 45, 49, 51, 53.
McCrath, James, 209. McCray, Gilbert M., 171. McCray, James, 125, 297. McGill, Charles W., 358. McKee, James H., 458. McKeel, Wm. H., 222. McKenney, Elijah, 218. McKenney, James K., 215. McKnight, William F., 453.
McLean, Alexander, 232. McLean, Peter, 221.
McNaughton, Daniel, 361. McNaughton, Thomas H., 350.
McNeal, Byron, 218. McPherson, James A.
429. McVean, Daniel C., 362. McWhorter, David, 427. Medical profession, 421. Medical societies, 437. Merchants, early, 500. Merriam, C. W., 551. Methodism, history, 374. Methodist mission, 74. Michigan a State, 79. Michigan basins, 18. MICHIGAN TROOPS -Artillery service, 545. -Eighth infantry, 531. -Fifth cavalry, 540. -First Engineers, 535. -Fourteenth infantry,
533.
-Fourth cavalry, 538. -Second cavalry, 536. -Sixth cavalry, 541. Tenth cavalry, 544.
Third cavalry, 537.
Third infantry, 529.
-Thirteenth 532. infantry,
-Twenty-first infantry, 534. -Twenty-sixth infantry, 535. Military companies, 528. Military history, 527. Millcreek, 227. Miller, G. B., 427. Miller, George, 224. Miller, John S., 238. Miller, Roland E., 436. Milliner, first, 85. Mills, early, 92, 101. Mills, George M., 85. Milner, Samuel G., 440. Misner, Christopher, 231. Modern Woodmen of
America, 204.
Montgomery, Robert M., 467.
Moody, Lewis, 298. Moore, Lovell, 83. Moran, Louis, 68, 146. Morman, William, 98. Morris, Robert W., 126. Morrison, Jefferson, 103, 446. Morrison, Walter B., 432. Moseley, Wm. G., 95. 75, Mound builders, 17. -Legend of, 52. -Relics of, 20. Mulhern, James, 433. Municipal plant, 186 Munro, Harry B., 236. Murray, Dennis, 360. Murray, Lyman, 347. Myers, Wm. H., 243.
N Nash, Jonathan E., 268. Naysmith, Henry R., 180. Nelson, James M., 85, 164. Nelson township, 315. Newspaper, first, 158. Chronology, 511-520. -Eagle, 508. -Herald, 515. -Press, 518. -Times, 505. New York, claim of, 28. Niagara limestone, 19. Noonday, Indian chief, 49, 52, 60.
Norris, Lyman D., 343, 462. North Mills, 227. Nursery, first, 85.
O Oakfield Center, 313. Oakfield township, 310. Oak Hill cemetery, 206. O'Brien, Stephen, 237. Odds and ends, 551. Odd Fellows lodges, 203. Officials, county,
340,
350, 360, 364. Open Forum, 402. Ordinance of 1787, 26, 33, 78.
Orton, Jesse F., 473. Osborne, Noah, 60. Osgood, Hiram, 448. P Page, Abel, 85, 124. Page, Loren M., 83, 95, 488.
Painting, 563. Palmerlee, Heman, 357. Panic of 1837, 94, 158, 333, 334. Pannel, Joseph, 84. Paris township, 244. Park and Boulevard as- sociation, 195. Park board, 193.
Park, Leonore L., 473.
Park system, 191. Parks, Beriah G., 330. Parks, list of, 194. Parrish, Isaac H., 461. Parnell, 265.
Parsons, Wm. S., 250. Patterson, Albert J., 433. Patterson, Lucius, 458. Pattison, George W., 505. Patton, John, 340. Paul, John, 350.
Payne, Jeremiah, 328. Pearsall, Sherman M.,
273.
Peirce, John W., 84. Peirce, P. R. L., 127, 172, 347.
Perkins, Cyrus E., 447. Perkins, Samuel F., 82, 165, 564.
Peterson, Reuben, 436. Peterson, Simon P., 244. Peterson, William, 311. Pettibone, Knowlton S., 83. Pettingill, Benjamin, 302. Pettis, Edward, 221. Philbrick, H. H., 127. Phillips, Jerome E., 251. Physician, first, 153, 421. Physicians, women, 436. Pickett, Albert L., 303. Picric acid plant, 564. Pictured rocks, 19. Pierce, Byron M., 562. Pike, Abram W., 160. Penney, Joseph, 388. Penwarden, Wm. F., 433. Plainfield township, 223. Plainfield village, 228. Plank roads, 134, 135, 136. Plaster deposits, 19. -Mills, 112. Platt, Alonzo, 421. Platte, John, 273. Politics, 332, 336. Polke, William, 47. -Attempt to kill, 50. -Journal of, 50.
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