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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
Financial and other institutions-First Na-
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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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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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