A History of Van Buren County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its., Part 2

Author: Rowland, O. W. (Oran W.), 1839-
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 671


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Clark, Joel H., 351, 505, 1039


Clark, Thomas, 397


Clark, William H., 996


Clarson, George, 492, 585 Clement, James L., 961


Clements, George W., 758


Cleveland, Edward, 385


Cleveland, Frank G., 432, 1009


Cleveland, Jewett, 708 Clinch township, 80, 81, 84, 591


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Circuit court associate judges, 171 Circuit court commissioners, 173


Civil war-Sixth Michigan Infantry, 183; Twelfth Michigan Infantry, 188; Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, 197; Stone River, 198; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry, 215; at South Mountain, 216; Nineteenth Michigan Infan- try, 218; Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry, 225; Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry, 226; Twenty-eighth Michigan Infantry, 227; First Michigan Cavalry, 232; Third Michigan Cavalry, 239; justice to cavalry regiments, 241; Fourth Michigan Cavalry, 256; capture of Jefferson Davis, 259; Ninth Michigan Cavalry, 267; capture of Morgan, 268; first and last, 269; First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, 274; First Michigan Sharp- shooters, 278; First Regiment Michigan Light Artillery, 279; Van Buren county sol- diers in other Michigan regiments, 282; Birge's Western Sharpshooters, 294; Com- pany C, Seventieth New York Infantry, 300; other companies or regiments, 307; troops and money from the county, 309


"Citizens Advocate, " 368


Church, Jesse L., 553 Church of Latter Day Saints, Hartford, 530 Churchill, Lewis E., 461 Churchill, Reuben E., 133, 135


Christian church, Bloomingdale, 456 Christian church, Decatur, 491 Christian church, Hartford, 530


Brown, J. W., 452


Chapman, William H., 993


Brookfield, William, 484 Brooks, George E., 859


Chapman, Alvin, 350


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Eleventh Michigan Infantry, 285 Elliott, Mary, 490 Ely Park, 527


Engle, Cenius H., I, 6, 24, 26, 29, 514, 519, 523, 524, 526, 529


Engle, W. A., 383, 526


English period (1760-1796), 56


Enlow, Michael, 812


Enos, A. D., 468


Ewald, Edward W., 886


Farmers and Merchants Bank, Lawrence, 351


Derosier, Joseph, 394


Farnum, Matthias, 477


Des Voignes, L: Burget, 165


Farrow, Phineas, 1121


Dewey, Henry E., 605


Fausnaugh, Adelbert, 1103


Dilley, Marshall, 500


Dilley, Varnum H., 496, 500


Dillman, Adam, 978


Dillman, Peter J., 136


Disbrow, Lavoisier W., 988


Disciple (Christian) church, Bangor, 446


Dobbyn, Henry L., 1115


Dobbyn, James, 477


Dodge, Daniel O., 80, 82, 567, 575


Dodge, Mrs. Daniel O., 582


Dodge, Henry J., 1130 Donavan, Bartholomew, 1001 Donovan, Andrew, 1015


Doty, Charles, 529 Doty, Sarah, 529


Douglas, Edwin S., 695


Dow, Joseph, 320


Downing, Asahel S., 396


Downing, Selina, 593


Doyle, Stephen, 521


Drake, Lawrence, 996


Drummond, Frank, 355


Drury, E., 361


Duncombe, Albert O., 869 Duncombe, Charles, 177, 178, 535, 540, 872


Duncombe, Moses, 540


Duncombe, Stephen W., 540


Dunham, Carey, 418, 684


Dunkley, S. J., 113


Durkee, Elisha, 165, 575


Dyckman, Aaron S., 320, 324, 592, 605, 608, 610


Dyckman, Barney H., 605, 609


Dyckman, Evert B., 406, 578, 579


Dyckman, Evert S., 579, 931 Dyckman, William, 430 Dyer, Adoniram J., 518


First state convention, 69


Fish, Ellen, 497


Fish, Hiram, 86, 474, 477


Fisher, Everett A., 880


Fisk, Stephen W., 398, 400


Fitch, George A., 357


Fitch, Henry, 412


Fitch, Lyman A., 412


Fitch, Morgan L., 406, 412


Fitzsimmons, Michael, 863


"Fonetie Klips,"' 367


Earle, William H. H., 362


Foote, S. J., 575 Forbes, Fred, 1099


Eastman, Jacob S., 897


Easton, Glenn S., 365, 686


Ford, Henry, 112 Foster, Dwight, 535, 771


Foster, George S., 525


Foster, Ida, 858


Foster, Josephine, 858


Foster Sisters, The, 856


tional Bank, Paw Paw, 342; the Paw Paw Savings Bank, 343; First National Bank, South Haven, 344; Citizens State Bank, South Haven, 345; banks of Decatur, 348; Hartford banks, 349; West Michigan Sav- ings Bank, Bangor, 350; the People's Bank, Bloomingdale, 351; at Gobleville, Covert, Lawrence and Lawton, 351; South Haven Loan and Trust Company, 352; Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 352; tele- graph and telephone lines, 353


Finch, Charles A., 720 First Baptist church, Hartford, 529


First Baptist church, Lawrence, 561 First Baptist church, Paw Paw, 584


First Michigan Cavalry, 232


First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, 274


First Michigan Infantry, 282


First Michigan Sharpshooters, 278 First National Bank, Decatur, 348


First National Bank, Paw Paw, 342


First National Bank, South Haven, 344 First Regiment Michigan Light Artillery, 279


First Presbyterian church, Lawrence, 561


Dygert's Sharpshooters, 288


Eagan, James, 1024 Eagle Lake, 565


Eames, Aaron, 320 Earl, Francis, 530


Earl, Palmer, 504, 539 Earle, William, 539


Easton, Sylvester G., 521 Eaton, Charles L., 178, 358


Edgerton, Abel, 496 Educational (see Schools)


Eleventh Michigan Cavalry, 292


Fenton, Matthew, 538


Ferguson, James, 407


Ferguson, James D., 1149


Ferguson, James E., 381


Fields, Calvin, 504 Fifteenth Michigan Infantry, 286 Fifth Michigan Cavalry, 290 Fifth Michigan Infantry, 283


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Deerfield, 447 Deerfield township, 85, 86 DeHaven, Levi, 432 DeLand, C. V., 278 Dell, William A., 474, 478 DeLong, Francis, 519 DeLong, Henry, 520 DeLong, Nathan, 520


DeLong, Silas, 520 Densmore, J., 367 Densmore, Randolph, 320, 605


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Cobb, Alonzo, 398 Cobb, Vera P., 365 Cochran, Andrew M., 1019 Cochrane, Donald F., 362, 703 Cochrane, H. F., 362 Cochrane, James G., 430, 466 Colburn, Byron H., 553


Cole, Hiram A., 356, 700 Coleman, Henry D., 83, 503, 504, 509 Coleman, Sheldon, 412, 792 Collins, John H., 504 Columbia, 110, 472


Columbia township-Mention, 85; physical fea- tures and railroads, 464; site of Breedsville selected, 465; property holders and taxes, 467; settlers prior to 1845, 468; civil and political, 468; as a resort region, 469; pres- ent village of Breedsville, 470; village of Berlamont, 471; village of Columbia, 472; village of Grand Junction, 472


Comley, Maria, 508 Company C, 70th N. Y. Infantry, 300


Compton, John D., 486


Comstock, Albert, 445 Comstock, Darius E., 178


Comstock, Horace H., 109


Cone, Mehitable, 514


Congdon, William L., 1093


Congregational church, Bangor, 446


Congregational church, Covert, 480 Congregational church, Hartford, 530 Congregational church, Lawrence, 561 Congregational church, Mattawan, 422 Conklin, David, 883 Conklin, Luke, 517 Conklin, Mrs. Martha, 521


Conklin, Mary E., 883


Conklin, Thomas, 517


Connery, George B., 895


Conway, Austin D., 504


Conway, S. Tallmadge, 89, 94, 355, 358 Cook, John R., 1105


Cook, Sarah, 490 Cook, Sullivan, 363 Cooley, Franklin, 957 Cooper, John, 409 Copley, Alexander B., 86, 389, 484 Copley, E. B., 349 Copley, G. N., 483 Corey, Anthony, 405 Corey, Sanford, 602 Corey, Warren S., 601, 602 Cornish, George W., 369, 1101 Cornish, John H., 602, 1098 Cornish, Thomas J., 1044 Corwin, Jacob, 29 Coterie Club, 586


County buildings (new), 141-158 County clerks, 172 County commissioners, 171 County commissioners of schools, 174 County judges, 171


County seat-Lawrence as the seat of justice, 129; Paw Paw displaces Lawrence, 130; proposed county buildings, 132; old court- house completed, 134; South Haven bids for county seat. 136; popular vote for Paw Paw,


138; new county buildings, 141; courthouse corner-stone laid, 141; cost of present county buildings, 155 County surveyors, 174 County treasurers, 173


Courthouse (see County buildings)


Courts (see Bench and Bar)


Covert, 113, 479


Covert Resort Association, 478


Covert township-Mention, 186; the original township, 474; physical features, 475; earli- est settlers, 475; roads and schools, 477; statistical and political, 478; the village of Covert, 479 Covey Hill, 623


Covington township-Mention, 80, 81, 82, 83 Cox, Elisha C., 84


Cox, Isaac J., 535


Cox, Joseph, 625


Cox, O. E., 432


Coy, Daniel, 737


Crandall, J. C., 523


Crandall, Wallace W., 954


Crane, Alonzo, 569


Crane, Loyal, 569-575 Crane, Jane, 569 Crane, James, 342, 569


Craw, Joseph W., 443


Cronin, M. C., 381


Cronkhite, John, 420


Crops of the county, 324 Cross, Alfonso, 1030


Cross, Calvin, 442, 444, 526


Cross, Charles U., 438, 439, 440, 442, 444, 496, 603 Cross, Samuel P., 442


Crouse, Conrad, 472 Culver, Samuel, 766


Currier, Jacob, 397 Curry, David, 485


Curtenius, Frederick W., 184 Cushman, Charles M., 470 Cutter, Frank F., 681


Daines, G. W., 457 Daniels, Lyman I., 576, 578


Danks, Richard B., 549


Danneffel, Adolph, 535, 877


Danneffel, George J., 535


Danneffel, Henry H., 999


Darling, James H., 400


Darling, Loren, 575 Davey, George, 992 David, James I., 267 Davis, George W., 725 Davis, Jefferson (capture of), 259


Dayton, Edwin J., 1139 Decatur, 109


"Decatur Republican, " 359


Decatur township-Mention, 80, 81, 82; first white settler of the county, 482; first native white child, 483; first Gospel sermon and pioneer school, 483; A. B. Copley on early days, 484; various pioneers, 485; civil and political. 486; statistics, 488; village of De- catur, 489; retrospect, 494 Decker, Milton L., 343, 496, 713


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Foster, Truman, 504, 557 Fountain, Stephen, 544 Fourteenth Michigan Infantry, 285 Fourth Michigan Cavalry, 256 Fowler, Orville, 885 Free, John W., 94, 112, 343, 575 Free Will Baptist church, Gobleville, 462 Free Will Baptist church, Waverly, 398 Freeman, John D., 555 Freese, George S., 487 French, Milford T., 605 French, Warren F., 400 French period (1634-1764), 53 Fruit Belt line, 402 Fuller, Frank H., 432


Fuller, Ora F., 828 Fuller, Sidney, 432 Funk, Charles, 836


Gage, Walter O., 521 Gantt, James N., 356 Gantt, Samuel N., 354 Gault, John, 625 Gay, William I., 825


Gaynor, Andrew, 468


Geneva township-Mention, 85; descriptive, 495; roads and physical features, 496; polit- ical and educational, 496; pioneers of the township, 498; statistical and physical, 500; village of Lacota, 500; village of Kibbie, 501; general township progress, 501


Geology-The Cambrian age, 311; Ordovician age, 312; the Silurian, 313; the Devonian, 314; Lower Carboniferous, 315; the Pleis- tocene (last chapter), 315


George, Charles G., 535


George, Edward, 847


Gerow, Isaac, 655


Gibbs, Dexter, 551, 554


Gibbs, Elizabeth, 551 Gibney, Henry E., 882


Giffen, John R., 381


Gilbert, Henry C., 218


Gillett, Charles, 363, 443


Gleason, Bert, 1064 Gleason, William H., 675 Glendale, 626 Glendale creamery, 626 Glen Springs Trout Hatchery, 415 . Glidden, Asa C., 412 Glidden, E. M., 575 Glidden, O. D., 575 Goble, Edna, 382 Goble, Hiram E., 459, 461


Gobleville, 110, 459, 596 Gobleville creamery, 463 "Gobleville News," 366 Godfrey, Stafford, 133, 135 Goodenough, Fanny, 529 Gorton, Frank E., 1132 Goss, Henry, 447 Goss, John P., 968 Goss, M. O., 969


Gould, Gilbert, 864 Grand Junction, 110, 114 Grant, George, 474 Grant, Roland B., 832


Grape industry, 329 Graves, Benjamin F., 163


Gray, Emily, 594


Gray, James, 545, 552, 553, 557


Gray, James M., 468, 470


Gray, Wells, 406


Green, Sanford M., 162 Gregory, Albert E., 535 Gregory, Don F., 958


Gremps, Peter, 161, 575, 576, 578, 581, 582


Grover, Nathaniel, 611 Gunton, Samuel, 80, 550


Gunsaul, Jacob, 475


Hadsell, O. D., 356, 361, 362


Hagar, Solomon B., 504 Hale & Company, 345 Hale, George, 475, 977 Hale, George N., 345, 974


Hall, Alvin, 395 Hall, Benoni, 575


Hall, Charles G., 689


Hall, Clair G., 749


Hall, David P., 1075


Hall, Elmer W., 412


Hall, Freeman, 395


Hall, Gideon, 496 Hall, Isaac, 601


Hall, J. M., 366


Hall, Syrena B., 705


Hall, Walter A., 1102


Hall, Wesley M., 781


Hall, Willis V., 642


Halleck mill, 610


Hamilton, Alexander, 1062


Hamilton, A. & Sons, 1062


Hamilton, Horace E., 1064


Hamilton, William L., 1064


Hamilton township-Mention, 83; civic and political matters, 502; physical features, 504; taxpayers and taxes of 1839, 505; first building and first permanent settlers, 505; also settled prior to 1844, 507; illustrative of the pioneers and their times, 508; schools then and now, 510; the Hamilton township fair, 511 Hammond, Catharine, 517


Hammond, Henry, 514


Hammond, James H., 1070


Hammond, John, 514


Hammond, Mary G., 1071


Hannahs, George, 611, 613


Hannahs, Marvin, 472, 499, 552 Hard, James T., 426 Harper, Harvey, 801


Harris, Alvinsy, 429, 432


Harris, Floyd, 1111


Harris, Jefferson D., 432


Harris, Leonard M., 1111


Harris, Percy F., 1049 Harrison, Aaron, 793 Harrison, George M., 343, 688


Harrison, Thaddeus R., 358


Harrison, William Henry, 66, 67


Hart, Roswell, 521, 523


Hartford, 112, 113, 114, 523


"Hartford Day Spring," 361


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Hartford township-Mention, 83; named and organized, 513; first things and events, 514; Allen's paper town, 515; first actual settlers, 517; a soldier of the Revolution, 519; terri- torial and official, 520; "When the World Goes Wrong with Me," 522; the village of Hartford, 523; educational and professional, 525; churches and societies, 528; business and industries, 531


Harvey, Edward H., 742


Harvey, E. P., 441


Harvey, H. D., 796


Harvey, Henry W., 744


Harvey, Marshall J., 1108


Harwick, Allen, 736


Harwick, Frank, 736


Hopkins, Josiah, 809 Horticulture (see Agriculture and Horticulture)


Harwick, Harman, 412


Harwick, Peter, 412 Haskin, Albert S., 94, 548, 549, 679


Hathaway, George, 1100


Hathaway, William B., 605, 611


Haven, Augustus, 451, 454


Haven, Davis, 454


Haven, Edward A., 900


Havens, Charles W., 1116


Hawes, Josiah L., 164


Howard, Turner W., 831


Hoyt J., 529


Hoyt, Wilbur F., 768


Hawkins, William R., 581


Haydon, Arthur W., 349, 507, 511, 668


Haydon, Philotus, 134, 504, 507


Hayne, John D., 1087 Haynes, Alonzo M., 613


Haynes, John R., 80, 335, 544, 545, 553, 556


Hazard, Enos E., 677


Humphrey, Horace, 467, 468


Humphrey, Luther, 561


Hungerford, Benjamin, 538


Hungerford, Volney R., 773


Hunt, Adeline P., 725


Hunt, Benjamin F., 605


Hunt, Charles F., 344


Hempstead, C. J., 345


Hunt, Garrie W., 724


Hunt, Isaiah F., 432


Hunt, John, 405, 412


Hunt, John A., 975


Hurlbut, William H., 440, 442, 574, 605, 608


Hutchins, Elias, 1000


Hutchins, George G., 833


Hutchins, George W., 937


Ihling, John, 111, 112, 412 Indian mounds in Lawrence township, 337 Indian trails, 98


Hinckley, Marvin, 488 Hinckley, Peter, 406 Hinckley, Rodney, 567, 612 Hinckley, Roy, 753 Hipp, Benton W., 400


Hipp, E. M., 350, 443 Hoag, Charles N., 495


Hoag, Mrs. Harriet, 497


Hoag, Mrs. Orrin S., 497 "Hog Creek" (Roseville), 516


Hogmire, Conrad, 431 Hogmire, Daniel, 430


Hogmire, Henry, 431


Hogmire, John, 431


Hogmire, Mitchell H., 432, 433, 1016


Hollister, Chauncey, 488, 602


Hollon, Joseph A., 343


Holmes, Reason, 410, 411


Hood, Charles, 659


Hood, George, 723


Hoskins, Myron, 466-7


Hosmer, C. F., 749


Houghton, Hiram T., 449 Houseknecht, Jacob D., 1104


Hover, Josephus S., 1026


Howard, Barnard M., 465


Howard, Harvey H., 898


Howard, Jonathan, 455, 467, 468


Howard, Nancy, 466


Hawley, G. W., 462 Hawkins, Nathan, 1086


Hudson, Frank G., 659


Hudson, G. J., 575


Hudson, J. B., 400 Hudson, Thomas, 450


Hull, Moses, 359


Hull, William, 63-66


Heagy, George, 535 Heath, Arvin, 432


Heath, Charles E., 427


Heath, Major, 424, 432 Heath, Morrison, 429


Heckert, Benjamin F., 73, 166, 179


Henderson, Port H., 788


Hendryx, Josiah, 511 Herron, Ashbel, 449


Herron, John W., 945


Herzog, Adolf, 1109


Hicks, Evart B. D., 608 High, Leon, 1066 High, Mary R., 1067 High, William A., 490 Hill, E. Parker, 349, 488, 490 Hill, James, 534, 537 Hill, Justus, 537 Hill, L. Dana, 349 Hill, Lyman G., 535 Hilliard, Weare, 523 Hilton, George V., 387 Hilton, Orrin N., 165 Hinckley, Asa G., 569 Hinckley, Isaac, 612 Hinckley, Jonathan, 135, 404, 465, 569


Indians-First church built by, in Van Buren county, 4; Chief Pokagon's address, 5; Poka- gon's last wigwam, 12; Julia Pokagon 's ad- dress, 12; "Old Wapsey," 14; Do Indians cry, laugh or joke?, 20; Algonquin legend of man's creation, by Pokagon, 21; legend of Paw Paw and the Paw Paw valley, by Poka- gon, 24; Algonquin legends of South Haven, by Pokagon, 26; after me-me-og (squabs) in Van Buren county, by C. H. Engle, 29; In- dian basket-making, 30; the "buck pony" ride, 33; "never carry a revolver, boys," 37; Saw-kaw's love story, 38; me-me-og, the wild pigeon, by Pokagon, 45


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Lacota, 110, 500 Laduke, Nelson, 1024 La Fayette township, 79, 80, 81, 82, 86, 564, 565 Lake Cora, 565


Lake Mills (Gobleville), 461 Lake of the Woods, 488, 504


Lake Park, 566


Lamb, Frank, 861 Lampson, Truman A., 475


Landphere, E. A., 355


Johns, Thomas J., 521 Johnson, Andrew, 360


Johnson, James H., 166, 605


Johnson, Lewis, 507


Johnson, L. S., 362


Johnson, Smith, 83, 520


Johnstone, W. A., 457


Jones, A. B., 330 Jones, M. Adelia, 719


Jones, Sylvester H., 719


Jordan, James F., 356


Kalamazoo & South Haven Railroad, 109, 595 Karmsen, Oscar, 795 Kaw-kee, Joe, 33-37 Keeler, 541


Keeler, E. H., 502, 534


Keeler, Wolcott H., 80, 83, 161, 536-7


Keeler township-Descriptive, 533; lakes and resorts, 534; civil organization, 534; first set- tlers of township, 535; Wolcott H. Keeler, 537; settlers of 1836-44, 537; tax payers, property and schools, 540; Keeler and other towns, 541; general view, 542


Keith, Henry S., 535


Kelley, Patrick H., 177


Kelley, James, 1128


Kemp, Thomas, 514


Kendall, 597


Kendall, Lucius B., 453, 454


Lee, Hiram, 489


Lee, James, 570


Lee, James A., 535


Kern, Julius M., 1060


Kern, Menasseh, 602


Lee, William H., 570


Leedy, William, 1125


Le Fevre N., 487


Lemont (Glendale), 626


Kibbie, 110, 501


Kietzer, Charles, 1113


Killefer, Henry, 453-4


Killefer, William, 575, 717


Lewis, Marshall, 538


Lincoln, F. T., 367


Kingsley, Henry M., 951


Linderman, I. S., 323


Linton, Charles, 455, 894


Littlejohn, Flavius J., 163


Live stock, 328


Lobdell, Howard, 136, 137, 521


Kitzmiller, W. K., 456


Local option in the county, 180 Lockard, E. D., 470


Lockman, DeWitt C., 592


Longcor, Wesley N., 1058


Longstreet, Andrew, 411, 412, 413, 415


Longstreet, Samuel, 406 Longwell, James M., 959 Longwell, Phoebe A., 960


Loomis, Russell F., 970 Lord, Frederick, 165 Lothrop, Edwin H., 109 Luce. Charles W., 468


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Lawrence township-Mention, 80, 81, 82, 337; streams and lakes, 543; early pioneers and settlements, 544; the Branch family, 546; Judge Jay R. Monroe, 547; first marriage, birth and death, 551; the food problem, 552; roads and mails, 552; flat-boat traffic, 554; paper town of Van Buren, 555; civil, educa- tional and political, 556; looking backward, 558; village of Lawrence, 558; churches and societies, 561; business and general features, 563 Lawton, 109, 111, 113, 401, 413


Lawton, Charles D., 120, 177, 412, 415, 754


Lawton, George W., 112, 165, 361, 415


Lawton, Nathan, 413, 416


"Lawton Leader, " 361


Lawton Lodge, No. 216, A. F. & A. M., 417 Lawton Lodge No. 83, I. O. O. F., 417 Lee, Bert, 1081


Kennedy, Almus, 997


Kennedy, John C., 400, 706


Lee, Uriel C., 570


Ketcham, E. B., 320 Ketchum, James, 397 Ketchum, Oliver P., 702


Lewis, Abram, 432 Lewis, C. E., 361 Lewis, Cyrus H., 475


King, Edward H., 1143


Kinney, Elijah, 598 Kinney, Luther, 602 Kinney, Stephen, 487 Kinney, Uri, 602


Klett, John M., 692 Klock, Ernest G., 365 Knapp, Royal R., 685


Knowles, Elijah, 466, 467, 468


Knowles, William H., 468 Krogel, Fred, 1029 Krohne, Sophie, 698 Krull, Frederick, 395


Labadie, Anthony, 568 Labadie, Joseph, 672


Lannin, J., 323


Lanphear, Oel E., 902


Lawrence, 111, 113, 129, 130, 135, 558-63 Lawrence, Robert R., 712 "Lawrence Times, " 365


Lane, W. K., 361 Langdon, George, 709


Langdon, Phoebe F., 709


Langelan, Herman, 1138


Indiana territory formed, 62 Ingalls, J., 349 Irwin, Thomas B., 556 Isabella Club, 417 Ives, Joseph, 429


Jennings, James G., 365


Jennings, Ralph E., 965 Jewell, James, 1002


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Lurkins, Harry J., 658 Lyle, Jason J., 657 Lyle, John, 328, 568 Lyle, Lemuel, 1123 Lyle, Levi N., 850 Lyle, William, 328 Lyle, William G., 1046 Lyon, T. T., 324 Lytle, Charles, 1088 Lytle, David, 739 Lytle, E. H., 484 Lytle, John, 1067


MeAdams, Edward, 1092


MeAdams, Leslie, 1092 McAlpine, John, 521, 535 MeAlpine, John G., 837 McCon, Frank, 830


MeDonald (Deerfield), 447


McKee, Darwin, 1090 McKeyes, Frank, 351


MeKeyes, Juan, 351, 467, 787


Mckinley, Napoleon B., 412


Mckinney, John, 177, 355, 487, 602


MeKinney, Lewis, 445


MeLain, James C., 1050


MeLain John C., 602 MeNeil, Henry, 415


McNeil, Harry L., 641


MeNight, Jane ( Mrs. Dr. A. S. Haskin), 548


MeNight, Mary Nancy, 548


MeNitt, Alpheus A., 816


Michigan Central Railroad, 107-109


Michigan Fruit Exchange, 418


Michigan Provost Guard. 289


Michigan territory formed. 63


Middletown ( Roseville), 515


Miller, H. B., 354 Miller, Samuel O., 411


Miller, William H., 774


Maple lake, 565 Marble, Elisha, 624


Miner, Caroline. 497


Minty, Robert H. G., 240, 256


Markillie, William, 397


Marshall, John, 602, 1054


Mitchell, Gilbert, 496


Marshall, Nelson S., 549


Mitchell, Jacob, 915


Martin Edwin, 112 Martin, Francis, 1022


Mitchell, J. W., 412


Molby, Charles B., 774


Martin, Harry A., 690


Monroe Bank, 350


Martindale, Samuel, 445


Marvin, A. E., 361


Monroe, Charles E., 1028 Monroe, Charles J., 94, 177, 323, 325, 344, 350, 352, 605, 611, 802 Monroe, George (., 351, 822


Marvin, J. D., 561


Mason (Lawrence), 544, 560


Monroe, Hattie E., 1029


Monroe, Isaac. 556


Mason, Williamson, 133, 579, 580


Mather, Eusebius, 468


Mather House, 555


Monroe, L. S., 352


Monroe, Miles, 1026


Monroe, Moses, 599


Monroe, S. E., 432, 441, 607


Monroe Realty Company, 352


Moon, E. B., 387


Moon, Peter, 405


Moon. Philin, 405


Moore, David F., 605


Moore, Henry, 948


Moore, Volney A., 551


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gery, 375; the country physician and the trained nurse, 376; early physicians of Van Buren county, 377; Paw Paw physicians, 379; Bangor, 381; Gobleville, 381; Hartford, 382; Covert, 383; Lawrence, 384; Lawton, 386; the profession in South Haven, 387; South Haven City Hospital, 388 Decatur, 390; the Veterinary school, 392 Me-me-og (wild pigeons), 45-52 Mentha, 110, 597


Menig, Ferdinand, 734


Menig, Mary S., 735 Merrifield, Edwin J., 455 Merriman, George W., 846 Merriman, Harry J., 847 Merriman, Marcus, 503


Merry, Elizabeth, 399


Merwin, Jesse, 453


Methodist church, Almena township, 399 Methodist church, Bangor, 443


Methodist church, Bloomingdale, 456


Methodist church, Decatur, 491


Methodist church, Gobleville, 462


Methodist church, Hartford, 529 Methodist church, Keeler, 541


Methodist church, Lacota, 500 Methodist church, Lawrence, 562


Methodist church, Lawton, 418 Methodist church, Mattawan, 422


McNitt, Leslie A., 818


Mc Williams, Archibald P., 521


Madill, R. J., 347


Maguire, Phillip, 1095


Malbone, John S., 605. 920


Mallory, Merlin M., 449 Manley, C. B., 1131 Manley, Hervey, 467


" Millerism, "' 332 Mills. Alfred J., 164, 165. 178


Markillie, John J., 768


Martin, Mrs. A. C., 358


Mason, Stevens T., 70-72


Monroe, Jay R., 80. 89, 93, 161, 344, 352, 442, 496, 547, 606


Mattawan, 109, 111, 113, 401, 419


Matthews, G. W., 355 Maxwell, James E .. 504 Maxwell, John C., 765 May, Charles J., 938


Maynard, Charles, 359 Mead, Hannah, 582


Mears, Edwin, 337


Medicine and Surgery-Medical scientific re- search, 370; preventive medicine, 371; sur-


Mitchell, Alonzo S., 412, 1083


Meyer, Herman, 794 Michigan Central Iron Company, 416


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INDEX


Morehouse, Edward A., 740 Morehouse, Stephen B., 320, 605, 611 Morgan, John (capture of), 268 Morrill, Charles M., 399, 400, 592


Morris, Dolphin, 326, 482, 483, 485, 488, 536 Morris, Elias, 484


Morris, Lewis Creighton, 483 Morris, Samuel, 485 Morrison, A. H., 114 Morrow, Henry A., 225


Moses, Charles A., 990


Moulton, Arba N., 360, 387, 490


Munger, George, 259


Ordinance of 1887, 59-61 Orton, Edwin P., 1078


Orton, Samuel J., 956


Osborn, Erastus, 762


Osborn, Lester E., 874


Oslerism, 94


Overton, Miller, 981


Overton, S. E., 1127


Murray, Mary E., 594 Mutchler, George, 760


Myers, Mallory H., 449, 621, 625


Myers, Merlin M., 621


Myers, Reuben J., 449, 621, 624, 625


Myers, Ruth Ann, 621


Myers, Sarah, 622


Myers, William H. H., 449, 621, 626 .


Myhan, George H., 665


Nash, Augustus W., 165 Nash, Rufus C., 358, 359


Nesbitt, James, 507, 536


Nesbitt, John, 599


Nesbitt, Mary, 508


Nesbitt, Minnie, 776


Nesbitt, Robert, 504, 506, 508, 509, 510 Nesbitt, Sophia L., 775


Newbre, F. D., 748 Newcomb, Mary, 398


Newcomb, Orlando H., 450


Newcomb, Willard, 83, 394, 395


Newspapers (see Press)


Nichols, John F., 887


Nichols, John J., 1004


Nicholas, Wesley E., 1008


Nik-a-nong (South Haven), 28 Niles, F. L., 529


Ninth Michigan Cavalry, 267


Ninth Michigan Infantry, 284 Northrup, Caleb, 438, 439, 442 Northrup, Emmett, 1079 Northrup, Mehitable, 440


Northrup, Perrin M., 439, 440


Northrup, Willard S., 445 Norton, Hiram E., 799 Noud, John F., 922 Nower, Charles L., 824 Noye, J. F., 134


Noyes, Kirk W., 605 Nutting, Ransom, 488 Nyman, Joseph, 444 Nyman, Joseph H., 442


Nyman, R. C., 862


"Oak openings," 326 Ocobock, Mrs. Emma, 531 Ocobock, George W., 888 O'Dell, Allen, 952


()'Dell, Barnabas, 356, 357, 785 Olds, Estella M., 528 Olds, Ferdino, 513, 517


Olds, Hezekiah, 517


Olds, L. T., 490


Olds, Orson, 517 Olds, Volney W., 528, 889


Olney, Burrell A., 514


Olney, Burrill A., 517, 521


Olney, Horace M., 343, 349, 527, 528


Olney National Bank, 349


Oppenheim, Jacob, 349, 886


Munn, Benjamin S., 912


Murch, William, 622, 625


Murdock, Benjamin A., 94, 650 Murdock, Benjamin F., 570


Murdock, Mary V., 651 Murphy, Norman D., 381


Packard, Alfred H., Jr., 479 Packard, William O., 474 "Painters, "' 334


Page, Thomas P., 468


Palmer, Chauncey B., 400


Palmer, Ephraim, 558


Palmer, Ezra A., 383


Palmer, Frank W., 445




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