History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 1

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772


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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


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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.


PAOE


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 .


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facing


256


Portraits of David Goraline aad Wife


·


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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


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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


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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 .


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.


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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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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