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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01075 4833
Hastunglon Sander
HISTORY OF
CALHOUN COUNTY MICHIGAN
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal Interests
BY HON. WASHINGTON GARDNER
VOLUME I
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ILLUSTRATED
PUBLISHERS THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1913
1184659 PREFACE
The present history of Calhoun county, resulting from the combined labors of editor and publishers through a period of more than a year, is herewith offered to the public. The design has been to present a com- prehensive, accurate and readable narrative and work of reference, and to this end have the labors of all concerned been directed. The work has divided itself into two parts, the historical and biographical, and the biographical matter, while essential to the history, has been placed in a separate volume where it will not obstruct the general reader. As stated in the original prospectus, all data for this section of the work has been offered, before publication, in typewritten form for correction by the persons concerned.
As to the historical part, the editor must assume full responsibility, since the publishers have granted him entire freedom in this department. In a sense it will be seen that the editor has done little more than place in orderly arrangement the flowers that others have plucked from the historic highway, or that he has but welded into a historic chain of events the links that others have forged. One of the most difficult things to determine was what to admit and what to omit; hence criticism both as to what the work contains and what it fails to contain is expected.
To the associate editors, John H. Kellogg, M. D., President Samuel Dickey ; Judge William H. Porter; Mr. Edward C. Hinman and Mr. William J. Smith, the editor wishes to express his appreciation of their cooperation and valuable aid. Likewise, does he desire to express his obligations to the many individual contributors of articles which add so much to the historic value of the work. In not a few of these articles is there evidence of that painstaking research which for all time will give a historic interest to the work and be of invaluable assistance to him who, in the years to come, will do for a future generation that which this work has undertaken to do for this. Acknowledgment is made for valuable suggestions offered and for courtesies extended by Mrs. Ferry, assistant secretary of the Michigan State Pioneer Society ; as also for the information gained through the publications of the society named. On matters relating to Michigan they are indeed a mine of historie wealth.
The editor invites attention to what may be termed the Civil war chapters of the work. The preparation of these consumed much time and required no little labor. More than one hundred volumes relating to the Civil war were carefully consulted. The result is believed to be, for the space allowed, a very complete setting forth of Calhoun county's part in the struggle for the preservation of the Union.
The editor wishes to acknowledge the uniform courtesies extended by the publishers. In the preparation of the work they have cheerfully afforded every available facility.
All the mechanical features of the work, including the paper, the type, the illustrations and the binding, fully meet the promises held out and are worthy of a publication of much wider dissemination than this can possibly have.
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No one is so well aware of the defects and shortcomings of this work as the editor, but if, despite these, it has made a substantial contribution to the history of Calhoun county ; if it shall serve to give to its people a better knowledge and consequently a better appreciation of the places, persons and events that have helped to make up its historical features, and if it shall be of assistance to some future editor in the preparation of a like work, the labor expended will not have been in vain.
WASHINGTON GARDNER.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
MICHIGAN UNDER THE FRENCH FLAG 1
CHAPTER II
MICHIGAN UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG.
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CHAPTER III
MICHIGAN UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG
5
CHAPTER IV
MICHIGAN TO THE CLOSE OF TIIE WAR OF 1812-1814. 7
CHAPTER V MICHIGAN UNDER GOVERNOR CASS
MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT-THE TERRITORIAL ROADS 9
CHAPTER VI MICHIGAN IN ITS PRIMITIVE STATEHOOD
CALHOUN AND CALHOUN COUNTY-IMPORTANT YEAR FOR THE COUNTY AND MARSHALL-RAPID GROWTH OF COUNTY AND COUNTY SEAT- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS-FIRST COUNTY COURT HOUSE-A NEW COURT HOUSE NEEDED -- A NEW JAIL-THE CALHOUN COUNTY HOME-COUNTY OFFICERS. 15
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CHAPTER VII
MEN AND MEASURES
MARSHALL MEN AND MEASURES IN STATE AND NATIONAL HISTORY (BY JOHN C. PATTERSON ) -BATTLE CREEK AS A STATION ON THE UNDER- GROUND RAILWAY (BY CHARLES E. BARNES)-THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (BY BURRITT HAMILTON)-CALHOUN COUNTY AGRICULTURE (BY J. H. BROWN ) -ROADS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS .... 29
CHAPTER VIII
BANKS, BANKING AND BANKERS
BANK OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-WILD-CAT BANKING-A NATIONAL CURRENCY-OLD NATIONAL BANK OF BATTLE CREEK-THE FIRST NA- TIONAL BANK OF BATTLE CREEK-THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARSHALL-CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, BATTLE CREEK-CITY BANK OF BATTLE CREEK-MERCHANTS SAVINGS BANK OF BATTLE CREEK- THE COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BANK, ALBION-ALBION STATE BANK -FIRST STATE BANK OF TEKONSHA-ATHENS STATE BANK. .. 104
CHAPTER IX HISTORY OF ALBION COLLEGE
ALBION COLLEGE (BY DELOS FALL)-(I) ITS EARLY HISTORY-(II) ITS EARLY HISTORY CONTINUED-(III) EARLY HISTORY, THIRD PERIOD- (IV) THE PAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-IDEAL CHARACTER OF THE COLLEGE-(V) PRODUCTS 117
CHAPTER X
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
MICHIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-LEADING CALHOUN COUNTY EDUCA- TORS-RURAL SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY (BY FRANK D. MILLER)- REGISTER OF STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS-DR. DELOS FALL-VILLAGE SCHOOLS (BY FRANK D. MILLER) 142
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THE INDIANS .158
CHAPTER XII
EVOLUTION OF THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
THE WASHINGTONIAN MOVEMENT-WASHINGTONIANISM IN BATTLE CREEK -THE RED RIBBON MOVEMENT-THE WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER- ANCE UNION-LEGISLATION 160
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CHAPTER XIII
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
ALBION AND ATHENS TOWNSHIPS-ATHENS VILLAGE-BATTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP (BY MRS. LAURA RINGES)-BEDFORD AND BURLINGTON TOWNSHIPS-VILLAGE OF BURLINGTON-CLARENCE, CLARENDON, CON- VIS, ECKFORD, EMMETT AND FREDONIA TOWNSHIPS-HOMER TOWN- SHIP AND VILLAGE-HOMER BANKS-LEE, LEROY, MARENGO, MAR- SHALL, NEWTON AND PENFIELD TOWNSHIPS-A FEW PIONEER Ex- PERIENCES-SHERIDAN AND TEKONSHA 164
CHAPTER XIV
OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES-GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN TERRITORY -STATE GOVERNORS-FEDERAL OFFICIALS FROM CALHOUN COUNTY- DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS-STATE OFFICIALS FROM THE COUNTY-MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE-REPRESENTA- TIVES OF MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE-CIRCUIT AND PROBATE JUDGES --- SHERIFFS, COUNTY CLERKS, TREASURERS, REGISTERS OF DEEDS, PROSE- CUTING ATTORNEYS, CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS, SURVEYORS, DRAIN COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONERS OF SCHOOLS, AND CORONERS- POPULATION AND PROPERTY VALUATION 217
CHAPTER XV FOUNDING OF MARSHALL
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF MARSHALL (BY MARY WHEELER MILLER)-LAND- MARKS OF MARSHALL (BY AMELIA FRINK REDFIELD)-THE CHOLERA SCOURGE (1832)-MARSHALL BANKS-MANUFACTURING IN MARSHALL -THE CALHOUN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 228
CHAPTER XVI
MUNICIPAL AND PROFESSIONAL
MARSHALL AS A MUNICIPALITY (BY CRAIG C. MILLER )-WATER SYSTEM- DESCRIPTION AND VALUATION OF PLANT-ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND POWER PLANT-DESCRIPTION AND VALUATION OF PLANT-SEWERAGE SYSTEM-ELECTRIC RAILROAD-PAVING AND ROADS-HOSPITAL AND LIBRARY-THE MARSHALL POSTOFFICE (BY WILLIAM H. ARTHUR)- MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS (BY GERTRUDE B. SMITH) -THIE PRESS OF MARSHALL (BY J. M. MOSES)-LAWYERS OF MARSHALL, PAST AND PRESENT (BY HON. HERBERT E. WINSOR ) 254
CHAPTER XVII
ANTI-WAR AND MILITARY MATTERS
THE CELEBRATED CROSSWHITE AFFAIR-CALHOUN COUNTY VETERAN BATTALION (BY H. H. MILLER, COLONEL ) -C. COLEGROVE POST No. 166, G. A. R. (BY H. H. MILLER, POST PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTOR)-DULCENIA HOME (BY W. J. DIBBLE) 279
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CHAPTER XVIII
CHURCHES OF MARSHALL
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH (BY LOUIS S. JOY, M. D.)-FIRST PRESBY- TERIAN CHURCH OF MARSHALL-FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF MARSHALL (BY MRS. MARY F. B. STEPHENSON) -CATHOLIC CHURCH-FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN ZION'S CHURCH .293
CHAPTER XIX
BATTLE CREEK
SANDS MCCAMLEY AND EZRA CONVIS-THE FIRST SCHOOL IN BATTLE CREEK-CHURCHES-MANUFACTURING INTERESTS-BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM-RAILROADS-FIRE DEPARTMENT-BATTLE CREEK AND ITS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT-BATTLE CREEK A CITY-POSTOFFICE (1877-1912)-THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BATTLE CREEK (BY EVA WARRINER)-THE BATTLE CREEK PRESS (BY GEORGE B. WILLARD) --- EARLY BAR (BY CHARLES E. THOMAS)-THE CHARLES WILLARD LIBRARY (BY MRS. FANNIE BREWER)-BATTLE CREEK IN THE CIVIL WAR (BY A. B. SIMPSON ) -FARRAGUT POST, G. A. R .- FARRAGUT RELIEF CORPS NO. 4 (BY MRS. JENNIE JONES) .311
CHAPTER XX
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
BANKS AND BANKING (BY CHARLES AUSTIN)-THRESHER AND ENGINE INDUSTRY-STEAM PUMP INDUSTRY-AMERICAN STEAM PUMP COM- PANY - ADVANCE PUMP AND COMPRESSOR COMPANY - DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS COMPANY-BATTLE CREEK PREPARED FOOD IN- DUSTRY .353
CHAPTER XXI
THE SANITARIUM AND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
BIRTH OF BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM-ENTER DR. J. H. KELLOGG- CHANGE OF NAME-FIRST SANITARIUM BUILDINGS-FIRE OF 1902- NEW MAIN STRUCTURE-COURSES AND MEANS OF TREATMENT-TRAIN- ING SCHOOL FOR NURSES-EDUCATIONAL WORK-A PURELY PHILAN- THROPIC INSTITUTION-HASKELL HOME FOR ORPHANS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN - NICHOLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND CHARITABLE UNION .369
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CHAPTER XXII
BATTLE CREEK CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI-FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHI-ST. THOM- AS CHURCH-FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-MAPLE STREET M. E. CHURCHI-UPTON AVENUE M. E. CHURCH-THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TABERNACLE-INDEPENDENT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST-IMMANUEL APOSTOLIC HOLI- NESS CHURCH-GERMAN EVANGELICAL ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-LITERARY AND SECRET SOCIETIES OF BATTLE CREEK (BY W. R. WOODEN)-THE WOMAN'S LEAGUE-YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (BY WIL- LIAM S. POTTER )-WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION (BY MRS. W. S. KEET, CALHOUN) .394
CHAPTER XXIII
ALBION
COMING OF THE PEABODYS-THE FINCHES-JESSE CROWELL AND WHAT HE DID FOR ALBION-THE ESLOWS-WILLIAM H. BROCKWAY-JAMES MONROE-COMING OF THE GALES -- ALBION MALLEABLE IRON PLANT, ETC. - ALBION COLLEGE - FLOOD OF 1908 - ALBION NATIONAL BANK 15
CHAPTER XXIV CITY OF ALBION
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (BY ADRIAN F. COOPER)-CITY OFFICIALS (1885- 1912)-ALBION PUBLIC SCHOOLS (BY W. J. McKONE)-THE PRESS. OF ALBION (BY WILLIAM B. GILDART) -ALBION POST OFFICE (BY A. D. BAUGHAM )-ALBION ATTORNEYS-CITY HOSPITAL (BY MRS. A. J. BROSSEAU )-BANKS AND BANKERS OF ALBION (BY ARTHUR C. HUD- NUTT)-THE GALE MANUFACTURING COMPANY (BY L. E. WHITE)- ALBION MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY (BY RAYMOND H. GARDNER)-THE UNION STEEL SCREEN COMPANY (BY GEORGE E. DEAN)-THE COOK MANUFACTURING COMPANY (BY L. J. WOLCOTT)-NATIONAL SPRING AND WIRE COMPANY 429
CHAPTER XXV CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-METHODISM IN ALBION (BY EDWIN N. PARSONS) -FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (BY MRS. SAMUEL M. REED)-ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH-GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SALEMS CHURCH-ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH- FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST-F. W. HOLLINGSWORTH POST No. 210, G. A. R. (BY LEVI S. WARREN )-WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS- WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION (BY MRS. MARY BROCK- WAY DICKIE) 458
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CHAPTER XXVI
MICHIGAN AND CALHOUN COUNTY IN WAR
THE MEXICAN WAR-THE CIVIL WAR-FIRST WAR FUND SUBSCRIBERS- FIRST WESTERN REGIMENT AT THE FRONT-TROOPS RAISED IN STATE AND COUNTY-PRESS AND CHURCH FOR THE UNION-THE GRAND MUSTER-OUT-MONEY FOR THE WAR-HISTORICAL AUTHORITIES RE- LIED UPON .480
CHAPTER XXVII
CIVIL WAR INFANTRY
FIRST MICHIGAN ENTERS VIRGINIA-AT FIRST BULL RUN-CALHOUN COUNTY OFFICERS AND PRIVATES-SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH REGI- MENTS-HISTORIES OF REGIMENTS FROM THE SIXTH TO THE TWEN- TIETH, INCLUSIVE-TWENTY-FOURTH TO THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REGI- MENTS AND THE THIRTIETH INFANTRY-FIRST MICHIGAN ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS-HOWLAND'S ENGINEERS-FIRST MICHIGAN SHARP SHOOTERS- BERDAN'S FIRST AND SECOND UNITED STATES SHARP SHOOTERS-COMPANY I-WESTERN SHARP SHOOTERS-FIRST MICHI- GAN COLORED INFANTRY-FORTY-SECOND AND FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY 489
CHAPTER XXVIII CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY
FIRST TO THE ELEVENTH CAVALRY REGIMENTS, INCLUSIVE-"MERRILL HORSE"-THE FORMATION OF THE "MERRILL HORSE" (BY CAPTAIN GEORGE H. ROWELL)-COMPLETE LIST OF "MERRILL HORSE"-IN THE FIRST MICHIGAN REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY-MISCELLANEOUS .553 ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER XXIX IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN
OFFICIAL DATA-VOLUNTEERS OUTSIDE OF COMPANY D-CALHOUN COUN- TY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (BY COLONEL WILLIAM H. HATCH)-COMPANY D ORDERED INTO CAMP-LEAVES FOR TAMPA, FLORIDA-TRANSPORT "FLORIDA" DISABLED IN CAMP AT FERNAN- DINO-STARTING FOR HOME-WELCOME HOME-ROSTER OF COMPANY D-CAPTAIN D. E. W. LYLE 597
INDEX
Abbey, Samuel I., 1242. Ackley, Rollin D., 655,
A corner in one of the greenhouses, Bat- tle Creek Sanitarium (view), 386. Adams, William D., 276.
Addington, De Witt C., 1267.
Advance Pump & Compressor Company, 359.
Adventist Tabernacle (view), 403. Agriculture, primitive, 93.
Albion City Hospital, 440.
Albion College Chapel (view), 120.
Albion College, mention, 117, 119, 136, 426; early history of, 117; third period, 126; past thirty-five years, 130; ideal character of college, 136; faculty, 141.
"Albion Leader," 437.
Albion Malleable Iron Company, 450.
Albion Malleable Iron Company (view), 451.
Albion Malleable Iron Plant, 424.
Albion, mention, 19, 415, 429; attorneys, 431, 438; city officials, 430; public schools, 432; first pavement, 430; first postoffice, 437; churches, 458.
"Albion Mirror," 435. Albion National Bank. 427.
"Albion News-Leader," 436. Albion Postoffice, 437.
"Albion Press,"435.
"Albion Recorder," 436.
Albion State Bank, 113, 444.
Albion Township, 21, 164. Albion Woman's Relief Corps, 475.
Allen, Heman G., 999.
Allen, Howard V., 899.
Alvord, Austin W., 346, 1136.
American Medical Missionary College, 383.
American Steam Pump Company, 317, 359.
American Steam Pump Company (view), 358.
Andrews, Charles S., 807.
Andrus. William, 1109. Annis, Frederick, 439. Anthony dairy farm (view), 211. Anti-slavery sentiment, 74.
Anti-war matters, 279. Argubright, Charles J., 719.
Arndt, August E., 1337. Arnold, George E., 647.
Arthur, William H., 261. At first Bull Run, 490.
"Athens Bee," 169. Athens Hardwood Lumber Company, 168.
"Athens News," 168.
Athens State Bank, 116.
"Athens Times," 168. Athens Township, 20, 21, 165.
Athens village, 167.
Austin, Charles, 353, 609.
Austin, Edward, 651.
Avery, A. F., 892.
Avery, Chauncey H., 751.
Baader, A. J., 1246.
Babbitt, Allison, 1215.
Babbitt, Mrs. Beatrice, 1215.
Bailey, Jolın W., 1225.
Baker, Warren D., 1245.
Baldwin, John, 1269.
Ball, Charles O., 643. Bangham, Arthur D., 1157.
Banks and bankers of Albion. 441.
Banks and banking, Battle Creek, 353.
Banks, banking and bankers, 104.
Bank of United States of America, 105.
Barber, Jolm C., 1127.
Barnes, Charles E., 82, 613.
Barnes, George S., 1099.
Barney, Fred W., 724.
Bathrick, George H., 611.
Bathrick, Grace M., 1121.
Bathrick, Freeborn W., 610.
Battle Creek in 1861 (view), 322.
Battle Creek Cereal Food Company. 366.
"Battle Creek Champion," 332.
"Battle Creek Daily Journal," 332.
Battle Creek Health Food Company, 367.
"Battle Creek Journal," 332.
Battle Creek Machinery Company, 357. Battle Creek, mention, 19, 21, 311; first grist mill in, 171; a city. 323; as a station on the underground railway, 82; first school in, 314; fire depart- ment, 320; churches, 315, 394; in the Civil war, 343; municipal government, 323; postoffice, 325; prepared food in- dustry, 365; press, 331; first post- master, 19.
Battle Creek Public School Library, 339. Battle Creek Sanitarium, 319, 366, 369. Battle Creek Sanitarium (view), 318. 368. Battle Creek Sanitarium in 1866 (view), 381.
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Battle Creek Sanitarium in 1876 (view). 377. Battle Creek Township, 21, 169.
Battle Creek Township Grange No. 66. 172. Battle Creek Township soldiers, 173.
Battle of Fallen Timbers, 4.
Battle of the Thames, 9.
Baugham, Arthur D., 437.
Beach, Asahel, 920.
Beach, Cholett C., 922, Bechman, Henry F., 633. Beck, Ira A., 850.
Bedford Township, 173.
Behling, Alfred C., 1232.
Bentley, Benjamin K., 1094.
Bentley, John R., 1055.
Berdan's First and Second United States Sharpshooters, 546.
Berdan's Sharpshooters roster, 546.
Black Hawk war, 158.
Blair, Governor, 486.
Blair, Homer C., 1323.
Blake, Garrett D .. 1017.
Blanck, Aaron E., 1165.
Bliss, Charles K., 1340.
Bliss, Leroy R., 1183.
Blosser, Elmer, 760.
Blue, John, 1063.
Bobo, Walter T., 707.
Bock, Charles F., 805.
Bock, Frank F., 806.
Bock, Robert G., 726.
Bolles, Julia D., 858.
Bolles, Myron, 901.
Booth, Edson D .. 1142.
Bosley, William E., 892.
Bowen, Eugene A., 667.
Boyd, William, 1141.
Bradley, Charles E., 671.
Brant, Joseph, 3.
Brewer, Charles D., 1087.
Brewer, Charles D., 1139.
Brewer, Chauncy M., 1084.
Brewer, Fannie, 339.
Brewer, Francis W., 1088.
Briggs, Myron L., 1199.
Brockway, William H., 125, 421, 456. Brockway, William H. (portrait), 422.
Brokaw, Joseph M., 636.
Brokaw, Mary D., 637.
Bromberg, Henry A., 792.
Brown, Benjamin D., 1327.
Brown, J. H., 93.
Brown Memorial Hospital, Marshall, 261. Brown, William H., 272.
Bryant, Hannah W., 1173.
Bryant, Myron J., 1279.
Bryant, Niles, 812.
Bullen, George T., 697.
Bunnell, Henry A., 876.
Burkley, George, 1291.
Burlington, 175. "Burlington Echo," 215. Burlington Township, 20, 21, 175.
Burnham, Dorr B., 1072. Burnham, Mark H., 1073. Burt, Harry E., 960.
Bush, Sumner O., 1134. Butcher, Thomas H., 658.
Butler, Hiland G., 676. Byrne, John F., 1276.
Cadillac, 2, 11. Cahalan, Rev. Father James, 850. Caldwell, Helen N., 390. Calhoun County Agricultural Society, 252. "Calhoun County Democrat," 272.
Calhoun County Fair, 253.
Calhoun County Home, 27.
Calhoun County, important year for, 21; agriculture, 93; bar, 237; first bank in, 246; sixteen companies in Civil war, 488; in the Spanish-American war, 599; seventh in population, 26.
"Calhoun County Patriot," 235, 269.
Calhoun County Veteran Battalion, 282. Calhoun, John C., 18.
Calkins, Marcus M., 1329.
Callahan, John H., 1220.
Camp at Fernandino, 601.
Carney, Maurice P., 619.
Carter, Hosea B. G., 1184.
Carus, Arthur E., 1036.
Cary, William R., 1239.
Case, Newton P., 855.
Case, Randall Z., 966.
Cassette, Lottie L., Memorial Library (view), 134.
Cass, Lewis, 8, 9, 12, 51, 66, 78, 228. Catholes, 96.
Catholic church, Marshall, 306.
Cavalry and artillery, 553.
Cavanagh, Howard W., 801.
Central National Bank, 354.
Central National Bank of Battle Creek, 110. Ceresco, 199.
Ceresco Farmers' Club, 186.
Chandler, Zachariah, 70, 79, 282.
Chapin, George E., 1026.
Charitable Union of Battle Creek, 389.
Chautauqua courses, Battle Creek Sani- tarinm, 385. Cholera scourge at Marshall (1832), 245. "Chronicle," 235, 271.
Churches, Battle Creek, 315; Marshall, 293; Albion, 458.
Circuit court commissioners, 225.
Circuit judges, 224.
Circuit rider, 17.
Citizens' Electric Light Plant, 184.
City attorneys, Albion, 431.
City Bank, 354.
City Bank of Battle Creek, 111.
City clerks, Albion, 431.
City officials, Albion, 430.
City treasurers, Albion, 431.
Civil war, 481.
Civil war infantry, 489.
Clapp, Frank W., 862. Clarence Township, 176.
Clarendon Township, 178.
Clark, E. Josephine, 132.
Clark, Homer W., 639.
Clark, Warren J., 1053.
Clark, William J., 1050.
Clough, John P., 1177.
Clute, Homer A., 1013.
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Cobblestone schoolhouse (view), 202. Coburn, William G., 1003. Colburn, Carl A., 1283. Cole, Levant, 711. Colegrove, Calvin, 284. Colegrove, C., Post, No. 166, G. A. R., 284. Coleman, Hammond J., 1305.
erected 1849
Collier, Charles P., 1233. Collier, Victory P .. 1154.
Collier, William W., 1155.
Colonial House, 243.
Coming of the Gales, 423. Coming of the Peabodys, 416.
Commercial and Savings Bank of Albion, 112.
Commercial and Savings Bank of Mar- shall, 247.
Commissioner of schools, 151. 152, 226. Committee on federal relations, 55.
Company D ordered into camp, 599; roster of, 604.
Comstock, Oliver C., 144.
Connor. William, 1088. Conversational Club, 408.
Convis, Carlton E., 1160.
Convis, Ezra, 312.
Convis Township, 21, 179.
Cook Manufacturing Company, 425, 455.
Cook, Ray H., 1042.
Cooper, Adrian F., 429, 1274.
Cooper, Frank, 808.
Cooper, John C., 1023.
Corey, Elbert, 1172.
Cornell, William E., 782.
Coroners, 226.
Corpening. Clifton L., 933.
Cortright, David W., 1071.
Cortright, Fred S., 1130. Cortright, Merrick E., 1162.
Cotton, Fred D., 1175.
County clerks, 224. County commissioner of schools, 145. County name, 18. County officers, 152.
County officers for 1912, 28.
County road system, 100.
County school examiners, 152. County tax, 101.
Court, Frank W., 906. Court, James, 905.
Courthouse, first, 24.
Courthouse, Marshall (view), 236.
Courtright, Andy J., 911.
Courtright, Ray, 910.
Cowles, Eri, 1164.
Cowles, Ryan B., 766. Cox, Edward, 1096. Crapo, Governor, 486. Crary, Isaac E., 30, 31, 41, 45, 142, 146, 158, 263. Cronin, Harry L., 856.
Cronin, Thomas L., 856. Crosby, Miss, 182. Crosby, J. E., 907.
Crosswhite, Adam, 52, 58, 244, 279.
Crosswhite case, 52, 62, 279.
Crowell, Jesse, 418, 437.
Crowell, Jesse (portrait), 419. Culver, Adelbert, 439.
Culver, Allen M., 438. Curtis, Miles S., 831.
"Daily Chronicle," 269. "Daily Journal," 333. Daily, Mrs. Dulcenia, 288. Daily, Mrs. Dulcenia (portrait), 290. Dean, George E., 453. Dearing. II. M., 442. Death of Ellsworth, 489.
De Bow, Charles C .. 1259.
Decker, Garrett, 1077.
Decker, J. Newton, 1078.
Decker, Johannes, 639.
Decker, Ruth A., 640.
Deming. Frank E., 1133.
"Democratic Expounder," 235, 269.
Denman. Ilenry B., 340.
Dennison, Edward J., 278.
Description and valuation of water plant, Marshall, 255.
Dibble, Charles P., 1316.
Dibble, Frank J., 1291.
Dibble, Philo, 1315.
Dibble, W. J., 287.
Dickey, Anderson G., 1105.
Dickey, Dwight C .. 994.
Dickie, Mary B., 476.
Dickie, Samuel, 138, 1322.
Dickie, Samuel (portrait), 139.
Dobbins, Dale M., 1196.
Dobbins, James L., 847.
Dobbins, Samuel F., 247, 842.
Dockry, William E., 668.
Doolittle, Ralph S .. 964.
Doty, Elmer E., 845.
Drain commissioners. 226. Dulcenia church, 287. Dulcenia Home, 287.
Dulcenia Home (view), 288.
Dullam, Robert E., 996.
Duplex Printing Press Company, 360.
Durham, William B., 734.
Dykemann, George A., 1138.
Early bar of Battle Creek, 336. Early hotels, 23.
Early mails, 17.
Eaton, Samuel R., 686.
Eckford Township. 20, 21. 180.
Educational history; Michigan public school system, 142; leading Calhoun County educators, 144; rural schools of Calhoun County, 145; county commis- sioner of schools, 145; state and county officers, 152; village schools, 154.
Eells, Calvin B., 953.
Eells, Willard S., 953.
Egeler, Fred W., 859.
Eighth Michigan Cavalry, 567.
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Michigan In- fantry roster, 517. Eldred, Nelson. 1057.
Eldred, Willard H., 1060.
Electric lighting and power plant, Mar- shall. 257. Electric railroad, 259.
Elementary agriculture, 153. Eleventh Michigan Cavalry, 574. Elks, The, 410.
Ellis, Charles L., 992. Ellis, Mrs. Henrietta, 994.
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Ellis Publishing Company, 994. Emancipation Proclamation, 82.
Emery, Reuben J., 1015.
Emmett Township, 182. Engle, Frank W., 1164.
Engle, James A., 1197.
Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company, 238.
Eslows, The, 421.
Estes, Franklin E., 1069.
Etson, Charles H., 917.
"Evening Chronicle," 269.
Evolution of the temperance cause, Washingtonian movement, 160; Wash- ingtonianism in Battle Creek, 161; Red Ribbon movement, 162; Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 162.
Exchange Hotel, 23.
Exemption laws of other states, 50. Exemption policy, 47.
Failing, Charles A., 1289. Fall, Delos, 117, 118, 145, 146, 153, 1208.
Farragut Post, G. A. R., 346.
Farragut Relief Corps, No. 4, 349.
Farrington, William H., 716.
Federal census of 1832, 13.
Federal officials from Calhoun County, 221.
Fell, William I., 642.
Ferguson, Fenner, 438.
Fifth Michigan Cavalry, 561.
Finch, James, 417.
Finch, Robert Y., 417.
Finches, The, 417.
Finlay, William H., 672.
Finley, Clellan A., 1131.
Fire department, Battle Creek, 320.
Fire department, Battle Creek (view), 321.
First bank organized, Battle Creek, 353. First bank in Calhoun County, 246.
First Baptist church of Albion, 458. First Baptist church, Battle Creek, 395. First Baptist church, Marshall, 308. First Church of Christ, Albion, 468. First Church of Christ, Battle Creek, 405. First county superintendent of schools, 149.
First Evangelical-Lutheran Zion church, Marshall, 310.
First frame house in Marshall, 239. First grist mill in Battle Creek, 171.
First Infantry, Calhoun County officers in, 491.
First Masonic lodge, Battle Creek, 409. First Methodist Episcopal church, Battle Creek, 398.
First Methodist Episcopal church, Mar- shall, 303.
First Michigan Cavalry, 553.
First Michigan Colored Infantry, 549.
First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, 534; roster, 536. First Michigan Infantry, 489.
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