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HISTORY
OF
INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES
MICHIGAN,
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF THEIR
PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.
BY
SAMUEL W. DURANT.
PHILADELPHIA : D. W. ENSIGN & CO. 1880.
PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA.
1142777 INTRODUCTORY.
AFTER many months of close application and careful research the "History of Ingham and Eaton Counties" is completed and placed in the hands of its patrons. The amount of labor involved has been very great, covering as it does an outline history of the State and every subject of interest pertaining to the immediate region treated in the work.
The earnest endeavor has been to produce something worthy of preservation,-something which shall O be valuable to coming generations, as well as to the present; and though a perfect work in every par- ticular may never be compiled, the hope is indulged that the volume herewith presented will be found quite accurate and complete in its various departments.
For the sake of convenient reference the work has been arranged in four parts, which will be found to systematize it in the best possible manner.
In the collection of material very little has been accepted upon hearsay or tradition, and all papers and articles upon any subject have been closely criticised and verified before being utilized. All avail- able records have been consulted, including those of the various State departments at the capital, and those of the counties, cities, townships, and villages. A large amount of valuable information has also been drawn from the ample historical collections of the State Library. The written records of a great number of religions and secular societies and orders have been examined, and it is confidently believed that no material errors will be found in this direction.
Much of the early history of the various townships, cities, and villages, and particularly of the pioueers who settled the wilderness, has been gathered from those of the original settlers who still remain. The recollections of these pioneers do not always correspond, but the utmost pains has been taken to procure reliable information and to so reconcile the discrepancies of many memories as to bring the historic narrative at least within the realm of probability. Many records, and particularly those of townships, schools, and churches, are imperfect, and in some instances have been lost or de- stroyed by fire. In such cases the only resource is the personal knowledge of people still living who were among the first settlers. If any reader should find statements which apparently contravene what may have heretofore been written or published, let such reader search carefully original records and documents before passing unfavorable criticism. Very much of the fragmentary sketches to be found in pamphlets and among newspaper-files and pioneer records has been hastily written, without a care- ful consultation of the bottom facts. All such matter has been consulted and verified, and no stone has been left unturned under which there was promise of reliable information. Differences of opinion regarding the earliest settlements in given neighborhoods, the first births, deaths, and marriages exist among the old settlers. These are honest differences, and at times it is next to impossible to reconcile them. Where this has been the case the statements of the various parties have been given, and from these the public must draw its conclusions.
The field, although so recently occupied by a civilized race, is by no means meagre in the harvest yielded to the patient and industrious historian ; for the American people possess the faculty of making interesting history in a degree second to no people in the world. The gleanings have been ample, and when every subject herein treated is carefully read and understood, it is believed that a generous and discriminating public will find little cause to complain of either a paucity of subjects presented or the aggregate of information furnished. The illustrations throughout the work speak for themselves.
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INTRODUCTORY.
In all our labors we have been uniformly treated with consideration and materially aided by a large number of prominent citizens in both counties, whose names it would be almost impossible to give in detail. To such we hereby tender grateful acknowledgments on behalf of all the writers engaged upon the work. A portion of the names of those who have rendered valuable assistance will be found men- tioned at the close of the history of townships; and to the following, who have aided in the compila- tion of many of the general chapters and history of Lansing, the principal writer tenders his sincere thanks: John W. Sleeper, Deputy Commissioner of State Land-Office; Daniel B. Briggs, Deputy Sec- retary of State; John Robertson, Adjutant-General ; Hubert R. Pratt, Deputy Auditor-General ; Mrs. Harriet A. Tenney, State Librarian ; Hon. H. G. Wells, of Kalamazoo; Hon. O. M. Barnes, Hon. Daniel L. Case, Hon. William H. Chapman, Hon. William H. Pinckney, Hon. Whitney Jones, Lan- sing ; President T. C. Abbott, of the State Agricultural College; Professor F. M. Howe, State Reform School for Boys; Henry B. Baker, M.D., Secretary State Board of Health ; George E. Ranney, M.D., Secretary State Medical Society ; Allen L. Bours, Superintendent State Capitol and Grounds; W. S. George, James W. King, O. A. Jenison, and others, Republican Office; Col. George P. Sanford, Lan- sing Journal; H. E. Hobbs, Lansing Sentinel; Hon. S. D. Bingham, Postmaster, Lansing; the medical and legal professions ; city officers of Lansing, and officers of Ingham and Eaton Counties; the clergy ; manufacturers generally ; Judge Henry B. McClure; Benjamin B. Baker, Secretary Central Michigan Agricultural Society ; C. B. Stebbins, C. W. Butler, James M. Turner, Smith Tooker, E. H. Whitney, George H. Greene, A. F. Weller, William Hinman, Hon. Isaiah H. Corbin, Caledonia, Mich .; Hon. W. W. Upton, Washington, D. C .; John M. Corbin, Eaton Rapids; Charles Thayer, Clinton, Iowa ; Edward A. Foote, Esq., of Charlotte; Ephraim Longyear, and officers of the various banks in Lan- sing; D. B. Johnson, John Jordan, J. P. Cowles, Capt. J. R. Price, Martin Hudson, Rev. George Duffield, D.D., for special favors; Dcacon S. R. Greene, Horace Angell, Mrs. John W. Longyear, Mrs. D. L. Case, Mrs. James Turner, Mrs. Abram Allen, Mrs. Dr. Burr, Mrs. L. J. Hill, and Mrs. F. Newman, the latter of Jackson, Mich.
LANSING, MICH., October, 1880.
SAMUEL W. DURANT.
CONTENTS.
HISTORICAL.
PART FIRST.
OUTLINES OF STATE HISTORY.
PAGE
I .- Physical Features 9
II .- Prebistaric 21
III .- Early Discoveries and Settlements .
24
IV .- Occupation of Michigan by the French
32
V .- From 1682 to the Close of the French Dominion 42
VI .- Under English Rule 44
VII .- Uuder the Republic-Territorial
53
VIII .- Indians and Treaties 60
IX .- State Organization .
68
X .- State Institutions 71
XI .- The State Courts 88
XII .- Internal Improvements
92
PART SECOND.
HISTORY OF INGIIAM COUNTY.
CHAPTER
I .- Civil Organization .
98
II .- The Courts and County Societies
101
III .- The County Legislature
105
IV .- The Professions
110
City of Lansing
122
Township of Lansing
189
City of Mason
203
Alaiedon
213
Aurelius
219
Bunker Hill
226
Delhi .
231
Ingham
244
CHAPTER PAGE
I .- History of Organization
546
II .- Sixth Infantry
549
III .- Eighth 553
IV .- Twelfth
556
V .- Thirteenth Infantry
559
VI .- Fourteenth "
561
VII .- Twentieth
564
VIII .- Twenty-sixth Infantry
568
White Oak .
326
Williamstown
333
PART THIRD.
HISTORY OF EATON COUNTY.
CHAPTER PAGE
I .- Early Events 349
II .- Civil Organization 353
III .- The County Legislature 356
IV .- The Courts and Civil List 361
V .- County Societies 364
VI .- The Professions
365
City of Charlotte
380
Bellevue
405
Benton 417
Bronkfeld .
429
Carmel 438
Chester 443
Delta
450
Eaton
456
Eaton Rapids
46I
Hamlin
475
Kalamo
485
Oneida
493
Roxand
504
Sunfeld
508
Vermontville
516
Walton
527
Windsor
537
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
D. W. Buck
between 140, 141
H. H. North
facing 232
James Turner
181
Orlando M. Barnes
181
George E. Ranney, M.D.
182
John Tharburn
244
Henry Cortrite .
. 188
Albert T. Horton
256
Edwin Bement
David Gorsline
257
William A. Dryer
202
Mahlon Covert
268
Dr. M. McRobert
facing 204
James Royston
268
Ogden Edwards .
269
George B. Vanatta
287
Alonzo Proctor
288
James N. Smith .
289
John Saltmarsh .
290
John Harwood .
295
George B. Webb
225
David Rogers
303
Garrett DuBois .
229
S. C. Proctor
303
A. L. Clark
230
Abram Force
. 304
Vevay
305
Wheatfield .
320
IX. Second Cavalry
574
X .- Seventh '
579
William P. Robbins
facing 215
0. B. Stillman .
217
Alexander Dobie
218
Reuben R. Bullen
224
John M. French .
224
PAGE
Joseph Wilson
236
Wm. Couk .
243
Leroy .
250
Leslie .
258
Locke
269
Meridian
276
Onondaga .
291
Stockbridge
296
188
R. Tryon .
between 214, 215
MILITARY HISTORY.
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PAGE
6
CONTENTS.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
PAGE
James Fuller
facing 308
J. F. Tirrill 442
Enos Northrup .
312
Asa W. Mitchell
448
George W. Shafer
314
Martin Beekman
. 449
Heary A. Hawley
315
Kelly Bosworth .
449
Almon Morris Chapin
316
Hiram Hutchias
450
Joseph L. Huatingtoa
318
Joseph Bank
455
Jobn Rayner
319
S. M. Wilkins
between 466, 467
George Beeman .
325
Nelson Wood
474
Abram Hayaer .
330
B. F. Mills
475
George H. Proctor
331
Harvey L. Boorn
481
Daniel Dutcher .
332
N. T. Taylor
482
E. W. Woodward
333
David B. Hale
483
William Z. Secord
Calvia Hale
483
Roseell Shaw
347
David B. Bradford
484
N. C. Braach
347
C. M. Jenaiags .
484
Reuben Fitzgerald
414
Daniel II. Bateman
484
Sylvester Day
415
Israel M. Allyn .
485
Edwin Osmun
416
Daniel B. Bowen
491
George N. Potter
422
Benjamia F. Wells
491
Hiram C. French
424
Leander Kent .
492
W. Z. Mitchell .
425
J. L. McPeek
503
Bennett J. Claflin
425
Edmund Lawson
503
William Quaatrell
426
William A. Wells
512
William B. Otto .
427
David Chatfield .
513
Moses Fox .
427
Mrs. Rachael Welch
514
Lorenzo Hatch .
428
C. M. Van Houten
515
Charles H. Brown
428
John Dow .
515
Rowland Paine .
429
Dudley F. Bullock
525
Martin Fox
434
L. C. Sprague .
526
Peter Williams
435
Martia L. Squier
526
George A. Starkweather
436
George D. Pray .
543
Nelson McArthur
437
Addison Kooa .
543
Joha Worthington
438
Nathaa H. Pray
544
Joseph Mikesell .
442
Edmund W. Hunt
· 545
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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State Capitol
. Frontispiece.
facing 8,9
Portraits of O. B. Stillman and Wife
· 217
Geological Map .
12
Portrait of Okemos
. 63
Map of Agricultural College Farm
facing 79
View of Michigan State Agricultural College .
between 80, 81
AURELIUS.
Portraits of R. J. Bullen and Wife between 220, 221
Resideace of R. J. Bullen 220, 221
James T. Bullen
facing 222
Portrait of R. R. Bullen
224
Portraits of John M. French and Wife
225
Portrait of Geo. B. Webb .
. 225
BUNKER IIILL.
Portraits of Garrett Du Bois and Wifo
.
230
Portraits of Henry Cortrite and Wife
. 188
Residence and Works of Henry Cortrite
facing 188
LANSING TOWNSHIP.
Portrait of William A. Dryer .
. 202
CITY OF MASON.
Portraits of Dr. M. McRobert aad Wife
facing 204
Residence of William HI. Rayacr
206
ALAIEDON.
Portraits of R. Tryon and Wife
betweca 214, 215
Residence of R. Tryon
214, 215
Portraits of William P. Robbins and Wife
. facing 215
LEROY.
Residence of Albert T. Hortoa .
.
facing
256
Portraits of David Goraline aad Wife
·
257
.
230
DELIII.
Portraits of If. H. North and Wifo
facing
232
Joseph Wilson and Wife .
236
Wm. Cook and Wifo
.
243
Residence of Wm. Cook
faciag
243
Portraits of Joha Thorbura aad Wife
·
244
Resideaco of Joba Thorburn
facing 244
INGHAM COUNTY.
Ingham County Court-House
.
facing 98
CITY OF LANSING.
Portrait of James Turner .
facing 126
E. Bement (steel)
134
View of Buck's Opera-Houso
between 140, 141
Residence of O. M. Baracs
facing 18]
Portrait of George E. Ranney, M.D. (steel)
182
Alexander Dobie and Wife
.
218
Residence of Alexander Dobie .
facing 218
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Residence of O. B. Stillman
facing 217
Maps of Iagham and Eaton Counties
347
A. L. Clark aad Wifo
7
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
LESLIE.
PAGE
Portraits of Mahlon Covert and Wife
268
Residence of L. A. Royston .
facing 268
Portraits of James Royston and Wife
Ogden Edwards and Wife
269
MERIDIAN.
Residence of George B. Vanatta
facing 288
Portraits of George B. Vanatta and Wife .
Alonzo Proctor and Wife
288
Portrait of James N. Smith
289
Portraits of John Saltmarsh and Wife
290
ONONDAGA.
Portrait of John Harwood .
295
STOCKBRIDGE.
Portraits of David Rogers and Wife . 303
S. C. Proctor and Wife
.
304
Residence of A. H. Force .
facing 304
VEVAY.
Portraits of James Fuller and Wife .
facing 308
Enos Northrup and Wife
312
Col. George W. Shafer and Wife
314
Residence of 11. A. Hawley 315
Portraits of H. A. Hfawley and Wife .
315
Portrait of Joseph L. Huntington
318
John Rayner .
between 318, 319
Mrs. John Rayner
" 318, 319
WHEATFIELD.
Residence of George Beeman, with Portraits facing 324
WHITE OAK.
. Residence of George H. Proctor, with Portraits
facing 331
Portraits of Abram Hayner and Wife
. 331
" Daniel Dutcher and Wife
332
Residence of E. W. Woodward .
facing 332
WILLIAMSTOWN.
Residence of Roseell Shaw .
facing 346
W. Z. Secord .
346
EATON COUNTY.
Eaton County Jail
. facing 349
CITY OF CHARLOTTE.
Residence of Edward A. Foote .
facing 380
BELLEVUE.
Residence of Sylvester Day, with Portrait
facing 414
Portrait of Reuben Fitzgerald
.
. 414
Residence of Edwin Osmun
facing 416
BENTON.
Residence of George N. Potter . between 422, 423
Portraits of George N. Potter and Wife . 423
Portrait of Mrs. George N. Potter (deceased) 423
Portraits of Hiram C. French and Wife . 424
W. Z. Mitchell and Wife . 424
Residence of Hiram C. French .
between 424, 425
Residence of W. Z. Mitchell
between 424, 425
Portraits of Bennett J. Claflin and Wife
William Quantrell and Wife . · 426
William B. Otto and Wife 426
Residence of William Quantrell between 426, 427 " William B. Otto 426, 427
Moses Fox .
facing 427
Portraits of Moses Fox and Wife . 427
Portrait of Lorenzo Hatch
428
66 Charles H. Brown . 428
Residence of R. Paine
facing
429
Portraits of R. Paine and Wife .
429
BROOKFIELD.
Residence of John Worthington, with Portraits
facing 430
G. A. Starkweather 432
Portraits of Martin Fox and Wife
435
Peter Williams and Wife
.
436
Nelson McArthur and Wife
. 437
CARMEL.
Residence of J. F. Tirrill .
facing 440
Joseph Mikesell
442
CHESTER.
Portraits of Asa W. Mitchell and Wife
448
Residence of Asa W. Mitchell .
facing 448
Kelly Bosworth 449
Portraits of Kelly Bosworth and Wife 449
.
Martin Beekman and Wife
449
Portrait of Hiram Hutchins
.
450
Residence of Hiram Hutchins
facing 450
DELTA.
Residence of Joseph Bank
facing 454
EATON RAPIDS.
Portrait of S. M. Wilkins, M.D. between 466, 467
Residence of S. M. Wilkins, M.D. 466, 467
Portraits of Nelson Wood and Wife . . 474
Residence of B. F. Mills .
facing 475
Portraits of B. F. Mills and Wife
"
475
HAMLIN.
Portraits of John Montgomery and Wife .
facing 476
Residence of the late Harvey L. Boorn, with Portraits 481
Portraits of N. T. Taylor and Wife . 482
Residence of N. T. Taylor . facing 482
66 David B. Hale between 482, 483
Calvin Hale . 482, 483
Portrait of David B. Bradford 484
.
Residence of C. Marion Jennings facing 484
Israel M. Allyn, with Portraits
485
Portrait of Daniel H. Bateman .
.
485
.
KALAMO.
Portraits of Daniel B. Bowen and Wife 491
Portrait of Benjamin F. Wells .
.
492
Leander Kent .
. 492
ONEIDA.
Residence of Edmund Lamson .
facing 498
Portraits of Edmund Lamson and Wife 498
Island House and Summer Resort, S. M. Hewings 500
Portrait of J. L. McPeek .
.
.
503
PAGE
. 425
268
288
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
SUNFIELD.
PAGE
Portraits of Wm. A. Wells and Wife .
512
Residence of Wm. A. Wells
facing 512
Portraits of David Chatfield and Wife
. 513
Portrait of Willis Barnum .
514
Portraits of John W. Welch and Wife
514
Residence of Mrs. Rachael Welch facing 514
Portraits of C. M. Van Houten and Wife
·
515
Portrait of John Dow
515
VERMONTVILLE.
Portrait of Dudley F. Bullock .
525
Portraits of L. C. Sprague and Wife .
526
Portraits of M. L. Squier and Wife
facing 526
Residenco of M. L. Squier
526
WALTON.
Olivet College
facing 530
WINDSOR.
Residence of George D. Pray .
facing 543
Portraits of George D. Pray and Wife
543
= Addison Koon and Wife .
544
Nathan H. Pray and Wife
544
Residence of Addison Koon facing 544
Portraits of E. W. Hunt and Wife
· 545
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HISTORY
OF
INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.
BY SAMUEL W. DURANT.
PART I. OUTLINES OF STATE HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
Geography-Geology-Topography-Soils-Climatology, etc.
GEOGRAPHY.
THE State of Michigan has a peculiar geographical situ- ation. It is composed of two great peninsulas and their ad- jacent islands, bounded in large part by the three upper lakes, and has all the characteristics of a maritime region, except that the water of its encompassing seas is fresh as the springs of a mountain land, and their bosoms are not disturbed by the tides of the ocean, or at most not to any considerable degree .*
The three upper lakes of this grand inland water system -Superior, Michigan, and Huron-cover an area, including their numerous bays and islands, of about 76,000 square miles,-viz., Superior, 32,000; Michigan, 22,000; and Huron, 22,000. The average depth of the three does not vary materially from 1000 feet, while in the deepest places nearly 2000 feet has been found. Each has its system of bays, inlets, peninsulas, and islands, and each its tributary streams. The principal bays in the American waters of Lake Superior are the large one, at its western extremity, on which the city of Duluth is situated; Chegoimegon, or La Pointe Bay, Keweenaw Bay, and Tequamenon, or White Fish Bay, at its eastern extremity. Its principal islands on the American side of the boundary are Isle Royale, which is about fifty miles in length and having an average width of some six miles, with an arca of about 300 square miles ; the Apostle Islands, near its southwestern extremity, be- longing to Wisconsin; and Grand Island, belonging to
Schoolcraft County, containing about thirty square miles. Its most noted peninsula is the one known as Keweenaw Point, which projects in a northeasterly direction into its broad-spreading waters a distance of more than fifty miles, with a breadth varying from five to twenty miles. The back- bone of this peninsula is the celebrated copper-bearing trap formation, the richest in the world.
The principal tributary streams of this lake on the Ameri- can side are the St. Louis, Ontonagon, Sturgeon, and Tc- quamenon Rivers.
The most remarkable objects along the southern coast of this great body of water are the Pictured Rocks and the immense sand dunes which the storms of uncounted ages have accumulated, until in places they approach the dignity of mountains.t
At the foot of this lake was made, in 1668, the first per- manent settlement in Michigan.
Lake Michigan, about two-thirds of which lies within the limits of the State, is another vast body of water, which bounds the peninsula along its entire western side, and, with its principal arm, forms also a portion of the southern boun- dary of the upper peninsula. Its principal bays are Green Bay, with its lesser arms, Big and Little Bays de Noquet, covering an area of at least 1200 square miles ; and Grand and Little Traverse Bays, all situated near the northern ex- tremity of the lake. Its principal islands are the Beaver and Manitou groups and the islands lying at the entrance to Green Bay. The southern 200 miles of this body of water are remarkably free from islands. Its largest island, Big Beaver, contains about sixty square miles, and the North Manitou perhaps about thirty. The principal penin- sulas of this lake are the one lying between the main lake and Green Bay, forming Door County, in Wisconsin ; the two formed by the Big and Little Bays de Noquet, Lcelenaw
* Careful experiments for a series of years are said to establish the existence of appreciable tides on the three upper lakes, each showing a disturbance of a few inches.
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HISTORY OF INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES, MICHIGAN.
Point and Mission Point, the latter dividing Grand Traverse Bay nearly in the centre for a distance of twenty miles.
Lake Michigan receives the greatest number of large tributary streams of any of the lakes of the system. On the west side, beginning near its northern extremity, we find the Manistique, Escanaba, Ford, Menominee, Peshtigo, Oconto, and Fox Rivers, all large streams, and several of them navigable. South of Green Bay the watershed of the lake is quite narrow, and there are no important streams, though the Two Rivers, the Sheboygan, the Milwaukee, the Chicago, and the Calumet Rivers are worthy of note.
On the eastern shore we find the St. Joseph (the Miamis of La Salle), at the mouth of which was made the first attempt at establishing a post in the lower peninsula ; the Kalamazoo, Grand, Muskegon, Marquette, and Manistee, all important rivers, some of them navigable for many miles, and all draining extensive tracts of country. Grand River is the longest stream in the State, and drains the largest area, with the possible exception of the Saginaw and its branches. Lake Michigan drains about four-sevenths of the lower peninsula. Its entire watershed, including its own surface, approximates 70,000 square miles.
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