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OAKLAND COUNTY
MICHIGAN VOL I
Theaddres D. Seeley ,
HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal Interests
Compiled from the official records of the County, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of
THADDEUS D. SEELEY
VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1912
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INTRODUCTION
We present this history with pleasure, because it deals with a pleas- ant subject-Oakland county. There is another reason for this atti- tude toward our subject :- the cooperation of contributors and of citi- zens has been so general and hearty that the historical work required has been transformed from a task into a labor of love.
Oakland county is peculiarly fortunate in the variety of her charms and riches, to which truth these pages bear witness. With her land- scape beauties and sunny lakes, she is drawing thousands to her who seek restful homes and profitable investments. At the same time, her soil is fertile and invites the practical farmer, dairyman and horticul- turist, while in the urban centers, the industrial and commercial inter- ests have obtained a firm foothold and assure livelihood and profit to the citizen. No county in the state has better schools, and, as will be made plain in the progress of this history, in no section has woman had a more extended or elevating influence. In a word, Oakland is unex- celled as a home county ; no more need be said to the good American, whether of native or foreign blood.
As to the collaborators on the history, too much cannot be said of the quantity and quality of the assistance rendered by Hon. Aaron Perry. In those homely words which so truly express our feeling toward him-"what could we have done without him!" Also as to Miss Martha Baldwin and Mrs. Lilian Drake Avery-"what could we have done with- out them," especially in setting forth the scope of woman's work, and the splendid part taken by the pioneers of the county in laying the foundation upon which the later generations have builded their com- fort and prosperity. Thanks are rendered all our associate editors- Fred M. Warner, Thomas L. Patterson, Harry S. Gardner and Samuel W. Smith, for their willing and effective cooperation. The county and village officials, business men, farmers and manufacturers-all, in fact, who have worked to make Oakland county what it is today and are laboring for its greater future-have our sincere thanks, both for what they are doing toward the progress of this favored section of the state, and for what they have done in enabling us to picture it in this history of Oakland county. THADDEUS D. SEELEY.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF LAKES-CASS AND ORCHARD-REMARKABLE NATURAL PHENOMENON-THE LAKE ORION REGION-SUMMER RE- SORT FEATURES-TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES-AS A FARMING AND LIVE STOCK REGION-FEATURES OF THE TRANSFORMATION. 1
CHAPTER II GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES
SURFACE AND ELEVATIONS-IMMENSE DRIFT AND FORMATIONS BENEATH -SOIL AND CLIMATE-THE SURFACE GEOLOGY OF OAKLAND COUNTY.
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CHAPTER III INDIAN AND PRIMITIVE RECORD
ORCHARD LAKE AND THE GREAT CHIEF PONTIAC-THE LEGEND OF ME- NAHI-SA-GOR-ING-PRIMITIVE TILLAGE AND INDUSTRIES-CONTACT WITH KNOWN TRIBES-SCARS OF BATTLE-C. Z. HORTON'S CONTRI- BUTIONS-INDIAN CAMPING GROUND AND CEMETERY-QUEER CUS- TOMS-THE PASSING OF WE-SE-GAH. 19
CHAPTER IV FIRST SETTLERS AND LAND OWNERS
GREAT SET-BACK TO SETTLEMENT-OAKLAND COUNTY'S FIRST SETTLERS -THE MACK COLONY OF PONTIAC-"UNCLE BEN" WOODWORTH- -FIRST SURVEYS-LOCATIONS UNDER THE "TWO DOLLAR" ACT- THE "TEN SHILLING" ACT-GREAT EVENT FOR THE PIONEER LAND OWNER-TOWN OF PONTIAC SETTLED-ORION AND OXFORD-ROYAL OAK AND TROY-AVON AND WHITE LAKE-SPRINGFIELD AND GROVE- LAND-FARMINGTON AND WEST BLOOMFIELD-WATERFORD AND IN- DEPENDENCE-BRANDON, SOUTHFIELD AND BLOOMFIELD. 27
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CHAPTER V
PICTURES OF THE PAST
HERVEY PARKE COMES TO OAKLAND COUNTY-BLOOMFIELD AND ROYAL OAK IN 1821-INFANT VILLAGE OF PONTIAC-GOVERNOR WISNER AND HIS MULLET STORY-BECOMES HORATIO BALL'S ASSISTANT-JOSEPH WAMPLER'S ASSIGNED TERRITORY-A SURVEYOR'S HARDSHIPS-RE- TURNS WITH HIS FAMILY-BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN H. PARKE-HOME- STEAD AT LAST-SURVEYS FROM PONTIAC-RUNNING LINES UNDER DIFFICULTIES-FRESH TRAILS OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR-BETWEEN SAGINAW BAY AND LAKE HURON-SURVEYS IN BLACK HAWK RESER- VATION, IOWA-ANOTHER IOWA CONTRACT-CAPTAIN PARKE'S RE- CAPITULATION-RECOLLECTIONS OF BENJAMIN O. WILLIAMS-INDIAN NEAR DEATH-DEAR OLD OAKLAND, THE BEST OF ALL-A PICTURE OF MEMORY (BY JOHN M. NORTON )-ADVENT OF THE PIONEER -. RAILROAD AS A FUN-MAKER-THE LIFE BEQUEATHED BY THE PI- ONEERS-FIFTY YEARS AGO AND NOW (BY S. B. MCCRACKEN )- CONTRASTS OF LIFE-"GRANNY" MCCRACKEN-FATHER AND MOTHER MCCRACKEN-THE SCHOOLS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO-MORMON VISI- TATION OF 1832-AUBURN AND THE YOUNG PIONEERS. 37
CHAPTER VI REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AND "DAUGHTERS"
COUNTY'S FIRST SETTLER, A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER-THE GRAHAM FAMILY-NATHANIEL BALDWIN-GEORGE HORTON-STEPHEN MACK -COLONEL MACK'S FAMILY-JOSEPH TODD AND PARTY-ITHAMAR SMITH-WILLIAM NATHAN TERRY-JOSHUA CHAMBERLIN AND ENOCH HOTCHKISS-ELIJAH DRAKE-EZRA PARKER-JEREMIAH CLARKE-BENJAMIN GRACE-CALEB BARKER MERRELL-LEVI GREEN -JOEL PHELPS-ELIAS CADY-SAMUEL NILES-SILAS SPRAGUE- ESBON GREGORY-ZADOCK WELLMAN-CALEB CARR-HOOPER BISHOP -DERRICK HULICK - CALEB PRATT - SOLOMON JONES - LYDIA BARNES POTTER-JAMES HARRINGTON AND JACOB PETTY-JOHN BLANCHARD-ALTRAMONT DONALDSON-JOSEPH VAN NETTER- BENJAMIN BULSON-NATHAN LANDON-GENERAL RICHARDSON CHAPTER, D. A. R .- THE REVOLUTIONARY GRAVES MARKED-MEM- BERSHIP OF THE DAUGHTERS 72
CHAPTER VII PIONEER RECORDS
COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY FOUNDED-THE SUPERVISORS' PICNICS-BET- TER PRESERVATION OF RECORDS-SOCIETY INCORPORATED-PIONEER WOMEN-OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY-PIONEER RELICS IN THE COL- I.ECTION OF THE SOCIETY 99
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CHAPTER VIII DEVELOPMENT OF JUDICIARY
TERRITORIAL SUPREME COURT-OLD DISTRICT COURT-COUNTY COURTS - CHANGE IN SUPREME COURT-CIRCUIT COURTS AND JUDGES-THE "ONE-HORSE" COURT-UNDER THE 1850 CONSTITUTION-A SUM- MARY-UNDER THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION. 110
CHAPTER IX THE BENCH OF OAKLAND COUNTY
COUNTY COURTS AND JUDGES-PROBATE COURTS AND JUDGES-CIRCUIT COURTS AND JUDGES-THE COURT OF CHANCERY-CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS. 117
CHAPTER X THE BAR OF OAKLAND COUNTY
DANIEL LEROY-WILLIAM F. MOSLEY-THOMAS J. DRAKE-ORIGEN D. RICHARDSON-GIDEON O. WHITTEMORE-ROBERT P. ELDREDGE- SETH A. L. WARNER-WILLIAM DRAPER-RANDOLPH MANNING- CHARLES DRAPER-RUFUS HOSMER-GEORGE W. WISNER-ALFRED H. HANSCOM-GOVERNOR MOSES WISNER-AUGUSTUS CARPENTER BALDWIN-JOHN S. GOODRICH-LEVI B. TAFT-HESTER L. STEVENS- MICHAEL E. CROFOOT-HENRY M. LOOK-MARK S. BREWER-LIVING MEMBERS OF THE BAR-JUDGE THOMAS L. PATTERSON-JOSEPH ED- WARD SAWYER-GEORGE W. SMITH-ROBERT . J. LOUNSBURY-AARON PERRY-DANIEL L. DAVIS -- KLEBER P. ROCKWELL-ARTHUR R. TRIPP-ELMER R. WEBSTER-JAMES H. LYNCH-JOHN H. PATTERSON -F. L. COVERT-HENRY M. ZIMMERMAN-ANDREW L. MOORE-H. H. COLVIN-PETER B. BROMLEY. 126
CHAPTER XI BACKWARD GLANCES AT BENCH AND BAR
JUDGE CROFOOT'S RECOLLECTIONS-BENCH AND BAR PRIOR TO 1840 (BY JUDGE BALDWIN)-CHIEF JUSTICE MOORE'S PICTURES-AARON PERRY'S CONTRIBUTIONS. 158
CHAPTER XII CIVIL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTY
FIRST OFFICIAL ACT-COUNTY SEAT FIXED-ORIGINAL TWO TOWN- SHIPS-PRESENT BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED-OAKLAND COUNTY UNDER THE TERRITORY-TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-LEGIS- LATION AFFECTING TOWN AND COUNTY-TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED-FIRST SUPERVISORS' MEETING-SOME EARLY ASSESS- MENTS-CIRCLE OF TOWNSHIPS COMPLETED-ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICIALS-ASSESSMENTS AND TAXES-POPULATION FOR NINETY
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YEARS-INCORPORATED CITIES AND VILLAGES-THE COUNTY COURT HOUSES-COST OF COUNTY BUILDING-PRESENT COURT HOUSE-THE OAKLAND COUNTY HOME-COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR. 188
CHAPTER XIII OAKLAND COUNTY IN STATE POLITICS
QUESTION OF LAND TITLES-GOVERNOR CASS BRINGS STABILITY- CHAMPIONS OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS-THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS- OAKLAND COUNTY'S PART IN CONSTITUTION MAKING-DOCTOR RAY- NALE, DELEGATE TO 1835 CONVENTION-SENECA NEWBERRY, DELE- GATE TO 1835 AND 1850 CONVENTIONS-STATE OFFICIALS, ELECTED AND APPOINTED-TERRITORIAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES-SPEAK- ERS AND CLERK OF THE HOUSE-MICHIGAN LEGISLATORS FROM OAK- LAND COUNTY-STATE SENATORS-STATE REPRESENTATIVES-DIS- TURBANCES OF WAR ISSUES. 214
CHAPTER XIV THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
BASIS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-CENTRAL UNIVERSITY AND BRANCHES -FIRST ACADEMIES IN OAKLAND COUNTY-HEADS OF THE COUNTY SYSTEM-REMAINS A PERPETUAL FUND-DUTIES OF THE TEACHER OF TODAY - STANDINGS REQUIRED - DISTRICT LIBRARIES - HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS-DISTRICT SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY-PRESENT STATUS OF SCHOOLS. 227
CHAPTER XV MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
FIRST OAKLAND COUNTY HIGHWAY-OTHER ROADS ESTABLISHED IM- PROVEMENT OF THE CLINTON RIVER-FIRST MICHIGAN RAILWAY CHARTERED-DETROIT PONTIAC RAILROAD COMPANY-FINALLY COMPLETED TO BIRMINGHAM-DETROIT & MILWAUKEE RAILWAY COMPANY-ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESENT SYSTEMS-COMING OF ELEC- TRIC LINES-THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM-THE MICHIGAN CEN- TRAL-PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD-DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY- SUMMARY. 234
CHAPTER XVI BANKS AND BANKING
OAKLAND COUNTY'S FIRST BANK-THE "WILD-CAT" BANKS-ONE "SAFETY FUND" BANK-NATIONAL BANKS IN THE COUNTY-THE STATE BANKS-PONTIAC SAVINGS BANK-THE OAKLAND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK-FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK OF PONTIAC-THE AMERI- CAN SAVINGS BANK-FIRST STATE SAVINGS BANK OF BIRMINGHAM- FARMINGTON EXCHANGE BANK-ROCHESTER SAVINGS BANK-HOLLY SAVINGS BANKS -- FARMERS' STATE BANK OF OXFORD-ROYAL OAK SAVINGS BANK-THE ORION STATE BANK-STATE SAVINGS BANK OF SOUTH LYON. 242
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CHAPTER XVII THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
PIONEER CONDITIONS-PRIMITIVE STATE OF MEDICAL PRACTICE-ALLO- PATHIC PRACTITIONERS PRIOR TO 1837-DR. WILLIAM THOMPSON, FIRST PHYSICIAN-DRS. OLMSTEAD AND JOHN CHAMBERLAIN-DR. EZRA S. PARKE-DR. CYRUS CHIPMAN-DRS. LAMB, LAMOND AND ALGER-DR. JOHN C. EMERY-THE OLD COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY -ALLOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS FROM 1837 TO 1866-THREE EARLY- TIME HOMEOPATHS-PRESENT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-PONTIAC MEDICAL SOCIETY-PRESENT PRACTITIONERS. 249
CHAPTER XVIII WOMEN'S INFLUENCE IN THE COUNTY
WHAT WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR OAKLAND COUNTY (BY MARTHA BALD- WIN )-WOMEN'S WORK IN PONTIAC-THE PONTIAC CITY HOSPITAL -PONTIAC PUBLIC LIBRARY-WOMEN'S LITERARY CLUB OF PONTIAC -THE ROUND TABLE CLUB-WEST SIDE READING CIRCLE-WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION-BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY- BIRMINGHAM LITERARY CLUB-GREENWOOD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION -LADIES' LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF HOLLY. 259
CHAPTER XIX MILITARY MATTERS
OAKLAND COUNTY SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812-NAPOLEONIC SOL- DIERS-EARLY MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS-THE MEXICAN WAR- THE WAR OF THE REBELLION-FIRST MICHIGAN INFANTRY-SECOND INFANTRY-GENERAL I. B. RICHARDSON-THE SECOND REGIMENT- THIRD INFANTRY-THE FIFTH INFANTRY-SEVENTH REGIMENT- EIGHTH AND NINTH INFANTRY REGIMENTS-THE TENTH INFANTRY -DEATH OF ADJUTANT COWLES-THE FOURTEENTH INFANTRY- THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH-TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRY- GOVERNOR MOSES WISNER-TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY-THIRTIETH INFANTRY AND "MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS"-CUSTER'S MICHIGAN CAVALRY BRIGADE-THE EIGHTH CAVALRY-NINTH AND TENTH CAVALRY REGIMENTS-MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY-ONE HUN- DRED SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS-MILITARY MATTERS OF LATE. 271
CHAPTER XX VILLAGE OF PONTIAC
COLONEL MACK'S COMPANY-FIRST PONTIAC SETTLERS-WORKS OF MACK, CONANT AND SIBLEY-COLONEL'S MACK, FATHER AND SON- SETTLERS OF 1822-1836-COUNTY SEAT AND COURTHOUSE-TOWN- SHIP ORGANIZATION-THE VILLAGE OF AUBURN (AMY)-PONTIAC VILLAGE INCORPORATED-EARLY TRUSTEE MEETINGS-REAL ESTATE
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ITEM-THE MILL POND NUISANCE-THE FIRE OF 1840-EARLY BRIDGES-COMMON COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY-THE VILLAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT-GAS WORKS INAUGURATED HEADS OF THE VILLAGE GOVERNMENT.
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CHAPTER XXI CITY OF PONTIAC
FIRST ELECTION-CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BORN-FIRST CITY HALL- VALUE OF PROPERTY IN 1876-"JOHN P. FOSTER NO. 2"-SMALLPOX EPIDEMICS OF 1881-82-NEWSPAPER SENSATION-RESIGNATION OF CHIEF ENGINEER FOSTER-CITY FINANCES IN 1876-BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS CREATED-THE NEW FIFTH WARD-ORIGINAL SYS- TEM OF WATER WORKS-ELECTRIC LIGHTING AND TELEPHONE SYS- TEMS-FIRST GAMEWELL FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH-MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN 1894-FIRST THREE YEARS OF WATER SERVICE- LIGHTING AND TELEPHONE SERVICE AGAIN-SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN- AUGURATED-EXTENSION OF WATER WORKS-TELEPHONE SERVICE UP TO DATE-COMMISSION GOVERNMENT ADOPTED-EARLY MEAS- URES PASSED-INCREASED EFFICIENCY OF FIRE DEPARTMENT-THE PRESENT CITY HALL-MAYORS OF PONTIAC-THE CITY PRESS- OAK HILL CEMETERY-GAS LIGHTING AND ELECTRIC POWER- POSTOFFICE AND POSTMASTERS-THE PONTIAC STATE HOSPITAL. 296
CHAPTER XXII INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PONTIAC
DIRECT SUCCESSOR OF 1820 MILL-THE HOWARD INTERESTS-THE OLD PADDACK MILLS-CHARLES DAWSON AND HIS WORK-PONTIAC CITY MILLS-PIONEER MACHINE SHOPS AND FURNITURE FACTORIES- EARLY BREWERIES-FATHERS OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY-PONTIAC AND OTHER MILLS OF 1852-PONTIAC'S EARLY BUSINESS MEN-AUTOMO- BILE INDUSTRY OF PONTIAC-OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY-GEN- ERAL MOTORS TRUCK COMPANY-THE FLANDERS PLANTS-THE CAR- TERCAR COMPANY-MONROE BODY COMPANY-THE BEAUDELL BODY WORKS-SLATER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY-PONTIAC BREWERY- PONTIAC COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION. 320
CHAPTER XXIII PONTIAC SCHOOLS
SARAH McCARROLL'S SKETCH-THE OLD PONTIAC ACADEMY-FIRST COMMON SCHOOLS-PUBLIC SYSTEM ORGANIZED-THE "OLD UNION" -HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING OF 1871-SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS-THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL-PUBLIC SYS- TEM AND LIST OF SCHOOLS-MICHIGAN MILITARY ACADEMY. 333
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CHAPTER XXIV PONTIAC CHURCHES
EARLIEST METHODIST PREACHERS-FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN COUNTY-PASTORS FROM 1826 TO THE PRESENT-MRS. SHATTUCK'S REMINISCENCES-CENTRAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-HOW THE CHURCH WAS BUILT-FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-THIRD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN THE STATE-NEW BUILDING-ST. VINCENT DE PAUL'S CHURCH-ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH- ST. TRINITATIS LUTHERAN CHURCH-THE AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH -YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-RED RIBBON CLUB OF PONTIAC. 340
CHAPTER XXV PONTIAC'S FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
MASONRY IN PONTIAC-THIRD LODGE IN TERRITORY-PONTIAC LODGE NO. 21-PAST MASTERS-PONTIAC COUNCIL NO. 3, R. & S. M .- OAKLAND CHAPTER NO. 5, R. A. M .- PONTIAC COMMANDERY NO. 2, K. T .- PONTIAC CHAPTER NO. 228, O. E. S .- MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIA- TION-CANTON PONTIAC NO. 3, I. O. O. F .- PYTHIAN KNIGHTS AND SISTERS-DICK RICHARDSON POST, G. A. R .- KNIGHTS OF COLUM- BUS-ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA-B. P. O. E .- OTHER LODGES. 362
CHAPTER XXVI BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP
PHYSICAL FEATURES-A GOOD MANY DEAD INDIANS-FIRST LAND EN- TRY-FORMATIVE TOWNSHIP PERIOD-THREE COMPETING TAVERNS- MILLS AND STORES OUTSIDE OF BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD CENTER -BIRMINGHAM VILLAGE PLATS-OLD TIMES AT PIETY HILL-VIL- LAGE OF BIRMINGHAM-REINCORPORATED-VILLAGE PRESIDENTS AND CLERKS-PUBLIC WORKS-SOLDIERS' MONUMENT-BIRMINGHAM CHURCHES-SECRET AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. 371
CHAPTER XXVII HOLLY TOWNSHIP
DRAINAGE AND LAKES-FIRST ENTRY AND SETTLEMENT-OTHER PI- ONEERS OF THE TOWNSHIP-SETTLERS IN 1832-1837-FIRST THINGS -QUAINT ALONZO R. ROOD-DESCENDANTS OF THE PIONEERS- FOUNDING OF HOLLY VILLAGE-VILLAGE SCHOOLS-NEW UNION SCHOOL-TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE LIBRARIES-THE WATERWORKS- HOLLY NEWSPAPERS-INDUSTRIES-THE CHURCHES-SOCIETIES. 388
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CHAPTER XXVIII AVON TOWNSHIP
JAMES GRAHAM, ORIGINAL SETTLER-THE HERSEY-RUSSELL-GRAHAM COMBINE-MEMORIES OF THE OLD HERSEY MILL-MILL STONES FROM BOWLDERS-STONY CREEK VILLAGE-ROCHESTER PLATTED- PIONEERS OUTSIDE OF ROCHESTER-FIRST CORPORATION OFFICERS- ROCHESTER INDUSTRIES-WESTERN KNITTING MILLS-CREAMERY AND FLOURING MILL-THE SCHOOLS-ROCHESTER UNION SCHOOL- WATERWORKS AND FIRE PROTECTION-ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER- ROCHESTER NEWSPAPERS-THE CHURCHES-ROCHESTER SOCIETIES- BIOLOGICAL FARM, PARKDALE-FERRY SEED FARM. 401
CHAPTER XXIX OXFORD TOWNSHIP
CIVILLY ORGANIZED-FIRST SETTLERS OF THE TOWNSHIP-FIRST ROADS AND RAILROAD-THOMAS-LAKES-OXFORD VILLAGE INCORPORATED -SCHOOLS-OXFORD CHURCHES-NEWSPAPERS AND SOCIETIES-OX- FORD INDUSTRIES-MICHIGAN PRESSED BRICK COMPANY-C. L. RANDALL & COMPANY. 418
CHAPTER XXX ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP
ORIGIN OF THE NAME-GOVERNOR CASS "SEES FOR HIMSELF"-SETTLERS OF 1822-1826-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZED-ROYAL OAK VILLAGE-COR- PORATION RECORD-ROYAL OAK SCHOOLS-CHURCHES-SOCIETIES- URBAN REST AND FERNDALE-ROSELAND PARK CEMETERY. 428
CHAPTER XXXI ORION AND MILFORD TOWNSHIPS
ORION'S FIRST SETTLERS AND EVENTS-A TOWNSHIP OF LAKES-ORION VILLAGE CHURCHES-MILFORD TOWNSHIP FORMED-THE RUGGLES BROTHERS-PIONEER MILLS-THE PRESENT VILLAGE-MILFORD CHURCHES. 440
CHAPTER XXXII LYON AND FARMINGTON TOWNSHIPS
FIRST SETTLERS OF LYON TOWNSHIP-NEW HUDSON AND KENSINGTON- VILLAGE OF SOUTH LYON-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-SOUTH LYON INDUSTRIES-THE POWER COLONY FOUNDS QUAKERTOWN (FARM- INGTON )-OTHER PIONEERS OF THE TOWNSHIP-DOCTOR WEBB ADDS DISTINCTION-FIRST MILLS-RECOLLECTIONS OF P. DEAN WARNER -VILLAGE OF FARMINGTON-SCHOOLS-THE CHURCHES-THE MA- SONIC LODGE-CLARENCEVILLE AND NORTH FARMINGTON. 449
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CHAPTER XXXIII ADDISON AND BRANDON TOWNSHIPS
LAKES OF ADDISON TOWNSHIP-LAKEVILLE'S EARLY PROMISE-TOWN- SHIP ORGANIZATION AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS-VILLAGE OF LEONARD -BRANDON TOWNSHIP-ITS PIONEER SETTLERS-VILLAGE OF OAK- WOOD-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE. 461
CHAPTER XXXIV INDEPENDENCE AND COMMERCE
SASHABAW PLAINS, INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP-WATER COURSES- SETTLERS AT CLARKSTON AND THE "PLAINS"-THE PRIMITIVE SCHOOLHOUSES-CLARKSTON UP TO DATE-COMMERCE LAKES AND STREAMS-FIRST SETTLERS AT COMMERCE AND WALLED LAKE- COMMERCE OF TODAY-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND FIRST POST- OFFICES-WIXOM AND SWITZERLAND. 466
CHAPTER XXXV SPRINGFIELD AND HIGHLAND
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP ORGANIZED-SPRINGFIELD AND ANDERSON SET- TLEMENTS-DAVISBURG-HIGHLAND'S PHYSICAL FEATURES-FIRST SETTLERS-HIGHLAND POSTOFFICE AND STATION-VILLAGE OF CLYDE -METHODISM IN THE TOWNSHIP. 471
CHAPTER XXXVI ROSE AND WEST BLOOMFIELD
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ROSE TOWNSHIP-ROSE CENTER, OR ROSE- BLOOMFIELD AS A LAKE TOWNSHIP-EARLIEST PIONEERS-SALE OF INDIAN RESERVATIONS-FIRST POSTOFFICE-ORCHARD LAKE POST- OFFICE-THE POLISH SEMINARY 476
CHAPTER XXXVII NOVI AND WATERFORD TOWNSHIPS
THE NAME "NOVI"-THE COLONY OF 1825-26-NOVI CORNERS, OR NOVI -WATERFORD TOWNSHIP AND ITS LAKES-COMING OF THE WIL- LIAMS' FAMILIES-WATERFORD VILLAGE FOUNDED-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-WATERFORD OF TODAY-DRAYTON PLAINS-OLD CLIN- TONVILLE. 482
CHAPTER XXXVIII TROY AND OAKLAND
THE TROWBRIDGE FAMILY OF TROY TOWNSHIP-JOHNSON NILES AND TROY-BIG BEAVER AND CLAWSON-UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TROY-OAKLAND TOWNSHIP IN GENERAL-GOODISON'S. 487
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CHAPTER XXXIX
SOUTHFIELD, GROVELAND AND WHITE LAKE
SOUTHFIELD TOWNSHIP'S FIRST SETTLERS-FRANKLIN AND SOUTH- FIELD-GROVELAND TOWNSHIP-GROVELAND AND AUSTIN-ALMOST A RAILROAD-WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP-OXBOW AND WHITE LAKE. 491
INDEX
Abbott, James, 33. Abernathy, Thomas, 443. Academies, 228.
Academic building, Polish Orchard lake, (view), 480. Adams, Isaac, 406. Adams, William W., 760.
Seminary,
Addison township-Mention, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 206; lakes, 461; Lake- ville's early promise, 461; township organization and district schools, 462; village of Leonard, 463. Aderholdt, Henry A., 727. African M. E. church, 358.
Agriculture, 7, 23.
Aitcheson, William, 255.
Albertson, (Mrs.) William, 268.
Albright, Egbert F., 109. Alexander, George W., 660.
Alger, Charles A., 432. Alger, Ira C., 393. Alger, Josiah, 253. Alger, R. A., 282. Algonquins, 23. Algor, William, 465.
Allen, Case J., 399. Allen, Charles A., 432, 433.
Allen, Horace E., 552. Allen, Ira, 392.
Allen, Jeremiah, 287. Allen, Jonathan T., 389, 392.
Allen, Luther D., 664. Allen, Moses, 29, 31. Allen, Orison, 29, 212, 287. Allen, Robert G .. 699.
Allen, Sterling W., 251. Allison, Edwin V., 676. Allison, Henry E., 367. Allopathic physicians (1837-1866), 254. All Saints Episcopal church, 356. Allyn, A. F., 460. Alvord, Russell, 450. Alvord, Thaddeus, 210. American Savings Bank of Pontiac, 245. Amy, 290. Anderson, James W., 258, 817. Anderson, John, 287. Anderson. William, 852. Andres, John, 437.
Andrews, Amasa, 32I. Andrews, Harry C., 120. Andrews, Thaddeus, 458.
Annice, Isaac, 425.
Applegate, David, 423. Apple Island (see Me-nah-sa-gor-ning).
Apple Island, Orchard Lake (view), 22.
Armstrong, John L., 445.
Armstrong, Stephen, 445.
Arnold, Ami, 748.
Arnold, Jerome F., 707.
Arnold, J. M., 435. Arthur, Frank, 359. Assembly island, 4.
Assessments, 193, 198.
Auburn, 69. Auburn Academy, 228.
Auburn village (Amy), 290.
Austin, Darius, 392.
Austin, Handy, 393.
Austin, Hiram. 393.
Austin, John B., 310, 619.
Austin, Nellie, 392.
Austin Corners, 493. Automobile industry of Pontiac, 327; Oakland Motor Car Company, 328; General Motors Truck Company, 329; The Flanders Plants, 329; the Carter- car Company, 330; Monroe Body Company, 331; the Beaudett Body Works, 33I. Avery, Aaron B., 833.
Avery, Lillian (Drake), 72, 97, 10I, 261, 266.
Avon Riflemen, 273.
Avon township-Mention, 33, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 206; James Graham, original settler, 401 ; the Hersey-Rus- sell-Graham combine, 402; memories of the old Hersey mill, 403; mill stones from boulders, 404; Stony Creek village, 404; Rochester platted (1826), 405; pioneers outside of Ro- chester, 406; first corporation officers, 406; Rochester industries, 408; the Western Knitting Mills, 408; cream- ery and flouring mill, 409; the schools, 409; Rochester Union school, 409; water works and fire protection, 411;
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electric light and power, 412; Ro- chester newspapers, 412; churches, 412; Rochester societies, 414; biolog-
ical farm, Parkdale, 416; Ferry seed farm, 417.
Avon township hall (view), 402.
Axford, Morgan, 419.
Axford, Samuel, 418, 419.
Axford, William M., 420.
Babcock, Floyd B., 746.
Babcock, Henry S., 194, 218.
Bachelder, Frank S., 256.
Backer, Peter E., 582.
Backus, Standish, 328.
Bacon, Levi, Jr., 312, 315.
Bagg, M. La Mont, 120, 245, 295, 312.
Bagley, Amasa, 117, 118, 121, 122, 162, 291, 295, 362, 374.
Bagley, (Bloomfield Center), 374.
Bagley school, 338.
Bagnell, Gilbert, 453.
Bailey, Roy E., 884.
Baker, Calvin, 484.
Baker, Charles, 766.
Baker, Francis, 212.
Baker, George J., 247.
Baker, Norman L., 257.
Baker, Wilson W., 631.
Bald mountain, 9, 443.
Baldwin, Augustus C., 102, 123, 133, 161, 180, 181, 221, 312.
Baldwin, Benedict, 30.
Baldwin, Edwin, 372.
Baldwin, ( Mrs.) Edwin, 268.
Baldwin, Ezra, 33.
Baldwin, J., 33.
Baldwin, Martha, 259, 269, 270, 592.
Baldwin, Nathaniel, 33, 74, 96.
Baldwin, Sherman, 429.
Baldwin school, 38.
Ball, Hiram, 465.
Ball, Horatio, 40.
Bancker, James, 96.
Bank of Auburn, 243.
Bank of Oakland, 243.
Bank of Pontiac, 242.
Banks and Banking-Oakland county's
first bank, 242; the "wild-cat" banks, 243; one "safety fund" bank, 243; na- tional banks in the county, 243; the state banks, 244; Pontiac Savings Bank. 245; the Oakland County Sav- ings Bank, 245; the American Sav- ings Bank. 245; First Commercial Bank of Pontiac, 245; First State Savings Bank, Birmingham, 246; Farmington Exchange Bank, 246; Rochester Savings Bank, 246; Holly Savings Bank, 246; Farmer's State Bank of Oxford. 247; Royal Oak Sav- ings Bank, 246; the Orion State Bank, 247; State Savings Bank of South Lyon, 248.
Bar of Oakland county-Daniel LeRoy, 126; William F. Mosley, 127; Thomas J. Drake, 127; Origen D. Richardson,
128; Gideon O. Whittemore, 128; Robert P. Eldredge, 128; Seth A. L. Warner, 129; William Draper, 129; Randolph Manning,
I29 Charles Draper, 130; Rufus Hosmer, 130; George W. Wisner, 131; Alfred H. Hanscom, 131; Governor Moses Wis- ner, 132; Hon. Augustus Carpenter Baldwin, 133; John S. Goodrich, 137; Levi B. Taft, 137; Hester L. Stevens, 138; Michael E. Crofoot, 138; Henry M. Look, 138; Mark S. Brewer, 139; Thomas L. Patterson, 140; Joseph Ed- ward Sawyer, 142; George W. Smith, 145 ; Robert J. Lounsbury, 145; Aaron Perry, 148; Daniel L. Davis, 150; Kleber P. Rockwell, 151; Arthur R. Tripp, 152; Elmer R. Webster, 152; John H. Patterson, 153; James H. Lynch, 154; Andrew L. Moore, 155; Peter B. Bromley, 156; F. L. Covert, 157.
Barber, Theron W., 292.
Barkham (S. W.) & Son, 409.
Barkworth, Thomas E., 204.
Barnes, Clayton C., 740.
Barnes, Hiram, 444.
Barnes, Samuel, 415.
Barnet, Frank, 348.
Barrett, F. J., 598.
Barrett, Edith L., 270, 599.
Barritt, Hiram, 218.
Bartles, Herman, 432.
Bartlett, Orson, 321.
Barus, Henry, 284.
Barwise, Isaac, 599.
Bateman, James W., 124.
Bauer, M. A., 369.
Baum, John, 432, 433.
Beach, Elisha, 237.
Beach, Lewis C., 790.
Beach, S. E., 245, 273, 295, 328, 333.
Beaman, Samuel, 362.
Beardslee, Aaron, 468.
Beardslee, E. C., 212.
Beardslee, George E., 125.
Beardslee, Henry C., 614.
Beardslee, John W., 466, 467.
Beardslee, Townsend, 467.
Beardslee, T. C., 274.
Beardsley, Clark, IOI.
Beaudett Body Works, 331.
Beaudett, Oliver J., 331.
Beckwith, Mabel T., 506.
Beebe, Hosea D., 821.
Beech, Michael, 33.
Beeckman, (Mrs.) Mart, 109.
Belding, Friend, 211, 212.
Belding, Ransom R., 173.
Belford, Henry, 392.
Belford, Hugh, 392.
Belford, Joseph, 392.
Bell, Thomas A., 571.
Bellaire, Alexander R., 577.
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