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John G. Allen, discharged by order July 31, 1865.
Charles Boyce, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out June 16, 1865.
Moses Binniman, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
James H. Bayes, mustered out June 16, I865.
Charles E. Cronkite, transferred to Eighth Cavalry; mustered out September 22, 1865.
John B. Culstraw, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Sullivan Clawson, transferred to Eighth
Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Charles Dunlap, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Quincy S. Drew, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out 'September 22, 1865.
James A. Donnelly, discharged May 20, I865.
H. B. Emerson, discharged by order, July 25, 1865.
Gilbert Green, mustered out July 17, I865.
William Henry, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out.
Albert Knappen, missing in action at Saltville, Virginia, October 2, 1864.
George Munjoy, mustered out June 16, 1865.
John McLogan, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
F. Parmeter, transferred to veteran's re- serve corps.
Frank J. Pennell, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Oliver T. Philips, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
William H. Summers, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Harvey Stratton, transferred to Eighth Cavalry, mustered out September 22, 1865. Z. E. Strong, mustered out July 17, I865.
Isaac Timmons, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Aloysius Tucker, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Charles Taggart, died of disease at De- troit, Michigan, March 9, 1864.
Aylmer Taggart, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
William C. Webb, transferred to Eighth Cavalry; mustered out October 10, 1865.
James W. Webber, transferred to Eighth Cavalry ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Berrien county was represented in other
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Michigan regiments, although in smaller numbers.
A list of these soldiers is given below. FIRST INFANTRY.
Assistant Surgeon Andrew Hobart, Jr., Niles ; commissioned August 17, 1861 ; pro- moted to surgeon, December 10, 1862; mus- tered out at end of service, October 7, 1864.
Henry Merikee, Company D; discharged February 7, 1862.
James P. Clary, Company E; died of wounds. September 12. 1862.
William H. Cash, Company E; died in action at Jackson, Mississippi, July 11, 1863.
Otho Cann, Company E; mustered out April 27. 1865.
Frank Morehouse, Company E: dis- charged for disability.
Ferdinand Marchefke. Company E; veteran. December 31. 1863 ; mustered out July 25. 1865.
THIRD INFANTRY.
Sergeant James W. Rich, Company E; enlisted September 24. 1864: absent, sick, at time of muster out.
Randon Keyes. Company E: discharged at end of service. March 2. 1866.
Melvin A. Wells, Company E; mustered out September 2, 1865.
SEVENTHI INFANTRY.
First Lieutenant Stephen Patterson, Company I; commissioned April 20, 1864; died March 29. 1865, of wounds received at Spottsylvania, May 14. 1864.
EIGHTHI INFANTRY.
Colonel Frank Graves, Niles: commis- sioned May 1. 1863: lieutenant-colonel August 19. 1861 : killed in battle at Wilder- ness, Virginia, May 11. 1864.
George Brown, Company G; discharged by order. June 10, 1865.
George W. Brown, Company H; dis- charged by order. September 14. 1865.
William T. Davis, Company K; mus- tered out July 30, 1865.
TENTII INFANTRY.
Charles Quigley. Company G; dis- charged for disability, December 6, 1862.
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.
Company B.
Lawrence Hand, mustered out July 25, I 865.
Peter Higgins, mustered out July 25, 1865.
Company C.
Thomas W. Brown, discharged for dis- ability. May 26, 1862.
Edward A. Johnson, discharged for dis- ability, May 26, 1862.
Company E.
Second Lieutenant Levi Brown. Poka- gon : commissioned March 19. 1864; vet- eran. January 18. 1864: sergeant; corporal; resigned January, 1865.
William Morris, mustered out June 8, 1865.
Leander Tallman, mustered out June 8, I 865.
William S. Tallman, mustered out July 25. 1865.
Company K.
William W. Dean, mustered out July 25, 1865.
FOURTEENTII INFANTRY.
Assistant Surgeon Alfred Wyker, Niles : commissioned November, 1862; re- signed June 1, 1863.
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SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.
Edward Barnard, First Independent Company ; mustered out by order, January 18, 1865.
Horace Garrison, Company H; mustered out July 8, 1865.
John W. Redding, Company H; dis- charged by order, May 12, 1865.
Joseph White, Company H; mustered out July 8, 1865.
M. E. Laughlin, Company I; discharged for disability.
Alfred I. Conklin, Company K; mus- tered out July 8, 1865.
William H. Doane, Company K; mus- tered out July 8, 1865.
Dygert's Sharpshooters (Attached to 16th Inf.)
Hoel C. Wright, discharged for disabil- ity, October 9, 1862.
TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
William W. Chaddore, Company D; mustered out July 26, 1865.
Cephas Earl, Company D; died of disease at Annapolis, Maryland, April 7, 1865.
David Ostrander, Company D; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 15, 1864.
Elias H. Tood, Company D; died in action before Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864.
TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY.
Jesse Olmstead, Company H; mustered out September 6, 1865.
Charles Smith, Company H; mustered out September 6, 1865.
THIRTIETH INFANTRY.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Stephen H. Babcock, Niles; commissioned April 17, 1865; second lieutenant, Company A, March
16, 1865; sergeant major, November 23, 1864; mustered out June 16, 1865.
Captain Henry T. Kimmel, Niles; com- missioned November 28, 1864; first lieuten- ant, Company H, Twelfth Infantry; mus- tered out June 30, 1865.
John Campbell, Company B; mustered out June 30, 1865.
Matthias Hunner, Company B; died of disease at Detroit, January 4, 1865.
John H. Wilson, Company B; mustered out June 30, 1865.
Company H.
George O. Bates, Christopher Deltman, Bernard V. Forshee, Theodore Metzger, Roland Tripp, Isaac Welsh, Louis C. Wolfe, mustered out June 30, 1865.
FIFTH CAVALRY.
Corporal Allen P. Huggins, Niles; en- listed August 14, 1862 ; discharged for pro- motion, December 15, 1862.
SIXTH CAVALRY.
George Cornelia, Company A; trans- ferred to First Cavalry; mustered out March 10, 1866.
Theophile Gebeau, Company A; mus- tered out December 8, 1865.
Scofield Ferrier, Company B; trans- ferred to First Cavalry; mustered out March 10, 1866.
James Mott, Company G; mustered out June 17, 1865.
George W. Collins, Company H; trans- ferred to First Cavalry ; mustered out March IO, 1866.
Albert H. Waters, Company L; trans- ferred to First Cavalry ; mustered out March IO, 1866.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
Sergeant Major Horace E. Woodbridge, Buchanan ; enlisted July 20, 1865 ; promoted to second lieutenant : mustered out as ser- geant, Company M, June 10, 1865.
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Commissary Sergeant Allen P. Huggins, Niles ; promoted to first lieutenant, Company C, May 15, 1864; transferred as first lieu- tenant to Company D, July 20, 1865; mus- tered out September 22, 1865.
Second Lieutenant Joseph T. Goodwin, Niles ; commissioned July 20, 1865; mus- tered out September 22, 1865.
Jolin C. Horn, Company F; mustered out September 22, 1865.
John Philips, Company F ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Richard Powers, Company H ; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Joseph Pulaski, Company H; mustered out September 22, 1865.
Gottlieb Schroeder. Company H; mus- tered out September 22, 1865.
James Price, Company I ; mustered out September 22. 1865.
Joseph C. Garrison, Company K: died of disease in Tennessee, June 29, 1865.
TENTII CAVALRY.
Theodore F. Brown. Company B; mus- tered out November 9. 1865.
Alonzo Burnett. Company B: mustered out November 9. 1865.
Charles C. Burnett, Company B; mus- tered out November 9. 1865.
John Kelly. Company B: mustered out November 9. 1865.
Lawrence Larkins, Company B; mus- tered out November 9. 1865.
David McKain. Company B: mustered out August 28, 1865.
Daniel Redmond, Company B : mustered out August 28. 1865.
Addison E. Storrs, Company B; mus .. tered out November 20, 1865.
FIRST MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Battery A.
Burton Prettyman, mustered out July 28, 1865.
Albert Weaver, mustered out July 28, 1865.
Battery C.
Abram Evans, discharged for disability, February 26, 1863.
Battery D.
Andrew E. Ruttan, mustered out Au- gust 3, 1865.
Battery E.
Albert S. Bliss, mustered out August 30. 1865.
L. W. Dragon, mustered out August 30, 1865.
John Shook, mustered out August 30, 1865.
Samuel Simpson, mustered out August 30: 1865.
Battery L.
Archelaus Goddard, mustered out Au- gust 30, 1865.
David Lyon, died of disease at Knox- ville, December 20, 1863.
Henry Rinker, mustered out August 30, 1865.
Abram Voorhees, mustered out August 30. 1865.
Battery M.
Orson O. Bronson, mustered out August I, 1865.
Edwin D. Batchelor, mustered out May 6. 1865. William F. Hurlburt, mustered out May 6, 1865.
FOURTEENTH MICHIGAN BATTERY.
First Lieutenant James B. Finley, Niles ; commissioned July 1. 1864; mustered out July 1. 1865.
Sergeant David S. Lyon, Buchanan ; en- listed March 20, 1863: died of disease at Knoxville. December 30, 1863.
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Nathan Morlan, died of disease at Wash- ington, April 28, 1864.
Henry F. Summers, died of disease at Washington, March 31, 1864.
FIRST ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.
Company D.
George Scott, discharged by order, June 6, 1865.
Company F.
Addison M. Gustin, mustered out Sep- tember 22, 1865.
Reuben F. Gustin, mustered out Septem- ber 22, 1865.
Berrien county was quite largely repre- sented in the regiments of other states. A list of such soldiers is given below, so far as can be obtained from records accessible.
FORTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Company E.
Captain William R. Townsend, Niles; commissioned September 2, 1863; first lieu- tenant, July 22, 1861 ; mustered out Janu- ary 23, 1865.
First Lieutenant Edward Hurson, Ber- rien Springs; commissioned September 2, 1863; second lieutenant May 2, 1862; ser- geant, July 2, 1861 ; died May 17, 1864.
First Lieutenant Charles Munger, Ber- rien Springs ; commissioned April II, 1865; corporal July 26, 1861 ; mustered out De- cember 16, 1865.
Second Lieutenant Byron J. Dart, Ber- rien Springs; commissioned December 16, 1865; veteran January 1, 1864; sergeant; mustered out December 16, 1865.
Corporal Christopher Harmon, Berrien Springs; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; veteran, January 1, 1864; sergeant; mustered out December 16, 1865.
Alanson Dickerson, Berrien Springs ; en- listed July 26, 1861 ; discharged for disabil- ity.
Comfort P. Estes, Berrien Springs ; en- listed July 26, 1861 ; died in action at Kene- saw mountain, June 18, 1864.
Uriah Elliott, Berrien Springs; enlisted September 19, 1861 ; mustered out Decem- ber 16, 1865.
Florimond Evans, Berrien Springs; en- listed September 19, 1861; discharged for wounds, July 28, 1864.
John Leaf, St. Joseph; enlisted August 7, 1861 ; died in Mississippi, July 15, 1862.
Robert Morony, Berrien Springs; en- listed July 26, 1861 ; mustered out Septem- ber 16, 1864.
Company F.
Sergeant Charles Stone, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; died at Iuka, Mis- sissippi, September 9, 1862.
Sergeant Ogden H. Paton, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; discharged for dis- ability, July 9, 1862.
Sergeant David Ledyard, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; veteran, January I, 1864; mustered out December 16, 1865.
Corporal Samuel H. Davis, New Buf- falo ; enlisted July 29, 1861 ; discharged for disability, December 18, 1862.
Corporal Charles Duel, New Buffalo ; enlisted July 29, 1861 ; discharged for dis- ability, May 28, 1862.
Corporal Henry A. Merriman, New Buf- falo; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; discharged for disability, September 22, 1862.
Corporal John Harmon, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; veteran, January I, 1864 ; mustered out December 16, 1865.
Corporal William H. Bowen, New Buf- falo; enlisted August 4, 1861 ; veteran, Jan- uary I, 1864; mustered out December 16, 1865.
Reuben Birdsall, New Buffalo; enlisted August 4, 1861 ; discharged for disability, August 9, 1862.
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Marion Birdsall, New Buffalo; enlisted August 4, 1861 ; died at Big Springs, Mis- sissippi, July 15, 1862.
George Courser, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861; veteran, January 1, 1864; absent, sick, at muster out.
Jacob Dingman, New Buffalo; enlisted July 30, 1861 ; died in battle at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.
Charles Lohman, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861; veteran, January 1, 1864; mustered out December 16, 1865.
John Lieman, New Buffalo, enlisted July 26. 1861; discharged for disability, Febru- ary II, 1862.
Charles Ledyard, New Buffalo; enlisted September 3, 1861; mustered out Septem- ber 16, 1864.
Joseph Newman, Buchanan; enlisted August 10, 1861; discharged to enlist in Fourth United States Cavalry, December 3, 1862.
Owen Pritchard, New Buffalo; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; died at Chicago, Illinois, Sep- tember 14, 1862.
Stephen E. Randall. New Buffalo; en- listed July 26, 1861 ; died at Tipton, Mis- souri. December 18, 1861.
William D. Russell, New Buffalo; en- listed July 29, 1861 ; mustered out Septem- ber 19. 1865.
James Scroufe, New Buffalo: enlisted July 30. 1861; died at Camp Baker, Mis- souri, November 2. 1861.
Volney Satterlee, New Buffalo ; enlisted July 26, 1861 ; died at St. Louis, Missouri, February 17. 1862.
William A. J. Topping. New Buffalo; enlisted July 26. 1861 : died at Nashville, Tennessee, January 31. 1863.
Caleb Topping. New Buffalo; enlisted July 26. 1861 : discharged for disability, February 3, 1862.
Company G.
Sergeant Edward Aiker, Pipestone; en-
listed July 29, 1861 ; wounded ; mustered out September 16, 1864.
Peter Narrow, St. Joseph; enlisted July 29, 1861; veteran, January 1, 1864; mus- tered out December 16, 1865.
Carlton L. Bunker, St. Joseph; enlisted July 29, 1861 ; mustered out September 16, 1864.
N. B. Collins, Pipestone; enlisted July 29, 1861 ; mustered out September 16, 1864.
Hiram A. Chapman, Pipestone; enlisted August 4, 1861 ; discharged for disability, February 7, 1863.
Daniel A. Warrell. Watervliet; enlisted August 28, 1861 ; mustered out September 16, 1864.
SIXTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Smith Young, enlisted June, 1861 ; killed at Antietam, September, 1862.
Ascher Lane, enlisted June, 1861 : pro- moted sergeant; discharged for disability, December, 1861.
John Lane, St. Joseph. enlisted June, 1861 ; promoted corporal, wounded in action at Antietam; discharged for disability, Jan- uary, 1863.
Burton Miller, veteran, enlisted June, 1861 ; mustered out June, 1865.
H. S. Purfield, enlisted June. 1861 ; died of disease, Cairo. December. 1862.
Hiram Whittaker. Berrien county, en- listed June. 1861 ; killed at Antietam, Sep- tember, 1862.
EIGIITY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS.
J. C. Anderson, New Buffalo, enlisted August. 1862 : mustered out June, 1865.
James Boyle. New Buffalo, enlisted August, 1862: mustered out June, 1865.
Abram Kelder. New Buffalo, enlisted August. 1862; mustered out June. 1865.
Seymore Palter. New Buffalo, enlisted August. 1862.
Charles E. Rowe, St. Joseph, enlisted August, 1862.
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THIRTEENTH INDIANA BATTERY
(Artillery.)
Charles A. Galloway, New Buffalo, en- listed October, 1864; mustered out July, I865.
SEVENTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Jacob Heck, New Buffalo, enlisted Au- gust, 1862; died at Vicksburg, Mississippi, October 1, 1864.
George Morris, New Buffalo, enlisted August, 1862; mustered out August, 1865.
SEVENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Eben Knight, New Buffalo, enlisted Au- gust, 1862; died July, 1863.
THIRTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
W. W. Spencer, Bainbridge, enlisted August, 1861 ; promoted sergeant; died of wound at Philadelphia, July, 1864.
BAND SECOND BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, NINTH ARMY CORPS.
Henry Badger, Berrien county, enlisted May 1, 1863; mustered out December 28, 1870.
Alfred Bowles, enlisted May, 1863; dis- charged July, 1865.
Byron Chapman, enlisted May, 1863 ; dis- charged May, 1865.
George Claar, Niles, enlisted May, 1863; discharged May, 1865.
George Fairfield, Niles, enlisted May, 1863 ; discharged May, 1865.
J. W. Griffith, Niles, enlisted May, 1863.
Thomas M. Hill, Niles, enlisted May, I863.
Charles Richardson, Niles, enlisted May, 1863; died of disease, Nicholsville, Ken- tucky, August, 1863.
Charles Williams, Niles, enlisted May, 1863; discharged May, 1865.
TWENTY-FIRST INDIANA BATTERY.
(Artillery.)
C. R. Benton, Niles, enlisted January, 1864; mustered out June, 1865.
IV. H. Benton, Niles, enlisted January, 1864; mustered out June, 1865.
F. M. Lushbaugh, Bertrand, enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged May, 1863.
Philander Pope, Bertrand, enlisted Sep- tember, 1862; died at Nashville, Tennessee, February, 1863.
FIFTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS.
Ed. J. Brickell, Niles, enlisted January, 1862.
SEVENTY-THIRD INDIANA INFANTRY.
Stanton Wright, New Buffalo, enlisted August, 1862.
Orin Bentley, New Buffalo, enlisted Au- gust, 1862; mustered out June, 1865.
Elihu Bishop, New Buffalo, enlisted Au- gust, 1862; mustered out July 1, 1865.
Henry Harrington, New Buffalo, en- listed August, 1862; mustered out July I, 1865.
William McGowan, Buchanan, enlisted August, 1862; discharged for disability, March, 1863.
John O'Connor, New Buffalo; enlisted August, 1862; discharged for disability Au- gust, 1864.
T. L. Paddock, New Buffalo, enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged April, 1863.
Jerome Tuttle, New Buffalo, enlisted August, 1862 ; died at Nashville, November, I862.
Allen Vader, New Buffalo, enlisted Au- gust, 1862 ; mustered out July, 1865.
Daniel Vader, New Buffalo, enlisted Au- gust, 1862; mustered out July, 1865.
Stanton Wright, New Buffalo, enlisted August, 1862.
EIGHTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Samuel Trumbly, St. Joseph, enlisted
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February, 1865; mustered out December, ONE I865.
TWENTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
Isaiah Copper, Buchanan, enlisted April, 1862; mustered out May, 1865.
Isaiah Copper, Buchanan, enlisted, vet- eran, April, 1862.
Joseph Drawbridge, Buchanan, enlisted April, 1862; discharged for disability.
J. W. Drawbridge, Buchanan, veteran, enlisted April, 1862.
J. C. Fletcher, Niles; enlisted April, 1862; promoted second lieutenant February, 1863; promoted captain September, 1864; resigned February, 1865.
J. E. Fletcher, Niles, second lieutenant ; captain, September, 1864; resigned Febru- ary. 1865.
Joseph Fox, Niles, enlisted April, 1862; discharged to join First United States Cavalry.
Gideon Rouse, Buchanan, enlisted April, 1862.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND ILLI- NOIS INFANTRY.
David Brown, St. Joseph, enlisted May, 1864: mustered out October, 1864.
Pierre Druedale. St. Joseph, enlisted May, 1864; mustered out October, 1864.
Ed. A. McClure. St. Joseph, enlisted May, 1864; mustered out October, 1864.
FOURTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
Simeon Buys, St. Joseph, enlisted Sep- tember, 1861; mustered out November, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVENTII ILLI- NOIS INFANTRY.
James C. Cartwright. Niles, enlisted February. 1865; mustered out January, 1865.
John Highland, Niles, enlisted February, 1865 : mustered out January, 1865.
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTII INDIANA INFANTRY.
John Egan, New Buffalo, enlisted Janu- ary, 1864 ; mustered out April, 1866.
Charles Myers, New Buffalo, enlisted December, 1863; mustered out July, 1865.
John Perkins, New Buffalo, enlisted De- cember, 1863; mustered out June, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH INDIANA.
Charles Fessenhauer, Bertrand, enlisted January, 1864; mustered out August, 1865.
FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.
George G. Patterson, Company B, en- listed September 3, 1861; discharged for disability, March 31, 1863. ,
FORTY-SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY.
Captain William R. Townsend, Niles, commissioned September 2, 1861 ; mustered out August 11, 1865.
FIFTH UNITED STATES COLORED CAVALRY.
Second Lieutenant Henry L. Beecraft, Niles, commissioned August 9, 1864.
THIRTEENTH UNITED STATES ARTILLERY, (COLORED TROOPS.)
Calvin Hackley, Pipestone, enlisted March 18, 1865.
George M. Works, Pipestone, enlisted March 18. 1865.
TWELFTHI UNITED STATES INFANTRY (COL- ORED TROOPS. )
Quartermaster Sergeant Theodore C. Sachse, Niles.
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH UNITED STATES (COLORED TROOPS. )
Lieutenant Colonel George H. Laird, St. Joseph, commissioned July 15, 1864.
CHAPTER VII
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NILES CITY.
Although the pioneers already men- tioned first settled within the present lim- its of the city of Niles, the plat of the vil- lage was not laid out till 1829. The village was located most charmingly on the banks of the St. Joseph river which now divides the city into two portions, the larger por- tion lying on the east side and the smaller portion on the west side of the river. It would be difficult to select a site more picturesque than that here established eighty years ago by the pioneers of Niles.
In 1828, Ephraim Lacey, Elijah Lacey, Samuel Walling, Isaac Gray, William Jus- tus and A. Thornberry came from Rich- mond, Indiana, on a tour of inspection through St. Joseph valley, and decided to locate at Niles. In October of that year, Obed P. Lacey, a son of Ephraim, Walling, and Justus brought their families and made a permanent location, bringing with them a stock of goods. A mercantile firm was es- tablished under the firm name of Walling & Lacey. The customers whose names ap- pear on their books during the year 1828 are Isaac Shuerts, Samuel Shuerts, Garrett Shuerts, Thomas Thomas, William Justus, Elias Holloway, Lawrence Cavenaugh, Wil- liam Emmons, William Kirk, Joseph Cruissman, Abram Tietsort, William Huff, John Lybrook, Jacob R. Clawson, Francis Barker, William Wright and Joseph Sim-
merwell, the last named being in charge of the Carey mission. The books are headed, "St. Joseph." This was the first store estab- lished in the St. Joseph valley. Obed P. Lacey acted as postmaster until the regular appointment of Isaac Gray in 1830.
Isaac Gray came from Richmond, Indi- ana, in 1828, and built a double house, two stories high, of hewn logs, where he kept a store. In 1830 he died. His widow, how- ever, conducted the store after his death with great success.
The son, William B. Gray, who came with his parents in 1828, afterwards served in the Mexican war as second lieutenant in the First Michigan Infantry. He was the first recorder of the city of Niles, supervisor for several terms, and a justice of the peace for many years before his death, which oc- curred in 1880. His widow, a daughter of David Gephart, who came to Niles in 1836, is now living in Niles with her daughter Kate.
Ephraim Lacey and his sons Elijah and David and a daughter Asenath, arrived in Niles on April 29th, 1829. They built a log house a short distance north of the mouth of Dowagiac Creek. Mr. Walling in 1829 pur- chased one hundred and ninety acres of land, which included a considerable tract now in- side the city limits of Niles. At the same time he purchased for Mr. Justus the land
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upon which the business portion of the city now stands. Justus conveyed all his lands lying south of Main street to Elijah Lacey. The village was laid out by Justus, Walling and the Laceys in 1829 and the plat was re- corded the same year. The village was des- ignated by Obed Lacey as Niles after the name of the editor of the Niles Register, a Whig newspaper published at Baltimore, which was a favorite journal of Mr. Lacey.
The Laceys soon after their arrival be- gan the erection of a saw mill which com- menced operation in January, 1830. A flour mill was built the same year. Ephraim Lacey was a native of Virgina and his wife a Quakeress. They lived but a few years after their settlement in Niles.
Obed P. Lacey became prominent in the early settlement of the county. He was the first register of deeds of the county, in 1831, supervisor of the township and town clerk, and in 1843 a member of the Legis- lature. He became the owner of large tracts of land, now within the corporate limits of the city, but was subjected to severe losses as a result of the failure of the wild cat banks and losing ventures in the purchase and sale of flour.
He was a man of strong intellect, a great reader and public spirited. He died in 1844 in his thirty-fourth year. The Niles Republi- can, in announcing his death, said : "By his spirit and enterprise in a great measure, Niles has been built up into a flourish- ing village." His wife survived him and subsequently married Hon. Thomas Fitz- . in 1828 as an Indian trader and peddler. . gerald. She was a French lady whose In May, 1829. he erected the first hotel building in Niles, originally a log house, but shortly afterwards enlarged by a frame addition where the first term of the old county court was held in July. 1832, David Olds presiding. Mr. Huston became a colonel in the Black Hawk war and shortly after removed to the southern states. For a time he had charge of a stage line running to Detroit.
maiden name was Lucy Pelletier, and a descendant of an old French family who settled in Detroit about the year 1700. Two children of Obed Lacey and wife now live in Niles. Harriet who married Captain Thomas G. Wickham, and Miss Fanny Lacey. Mrs. Wickham was born in Niles in 1834, and is now the oldest native born res- ident of the place.
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