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ALFORD THOMPSON, WIFE AND SONS
This aged and highly respected couple lived together almost 68 years, finally passing away within a few days of each other
died, aged 52. Dec. 10, Chas. W. Mannerow died, aged 71. Dec. 22, William T. Doll, aged ten, rescued Greta Randerson from drowning in the Coldwater River, but himself perished under the ice. Dec. 23, Mrs. L. L. Calkins died, aged 34.
1918-Jan. 3, Amariah G. Stevens died, aged 83. Jan. 5, Ora E. Bacon died, aged 58. Jan. 7, Mrs. R. Allen Hall died, aged 72. Jan. 9, Willis Miller died, aged 65. Jan. 10, Emily Keickhoefer and Richard Winters mar- ried. Jan. 12-13, Blizzard; 22 below zero; all railroad trains abandoned. Jan. 13, Mrs. Mary J. Brown died, aged 88. Jan. 18-22, Factories closed by government order, to conserve fuel; serious coal shortage country wide. Jan. 20, Wm. B. Downer died, aged 85. Ruth Hillborg and Frank T. Abel married. Jan. 21, Alford Thompson died, aged 87. Jan. 22, Henry Doerr died, aged 60. Jan. 23, Wm. Wimer died, aged 75; also Merinous N. Nyssen, 80. Jan. 25, Mrs. A. F. Mason died, aged 65; also Wm. H. Sanford, 73. Jan. 26, Hazel U. Legg and Irvin K. Manoin married; also Anna Saxton and H. O. Swain. Jan. 30, Glenn Mason, aged 16, killed by a falling tree. Jan. 25, Mrs. G. F. Fuller died, aged 30. Jan. 31, Roxie King and Joseph VanBlarcom married. During January the mecury fell to zero or below practically every night and thirty inches of snow fell; ground frozen six feet deep.
Feb. 3, Mrs. Marcia M. Ingram died, aged 71; also Benj. Nachbauer 36. Feb. 5, Wm. H. Bingham narrowly escaped death by taking poison by mistake. Feb. 6, Mercury rose from 20 below zero to 34 above. Feb. 9, David W. Weldy died, aged 81. Feb. 10, Willet J. Potter died, aged 53. Feb. 11, Judge John B. Shipman died, aged 85. Feb. 12, End of several weeks' sleighing. Wm. H. Relyea died, aged 64. Feb. 14, Francis C. Leaman died, aged 50.
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Wm. Abbott suicided. Feb. 15, Mrs. Amelia Hale died, aged nearly 95. Feb. 16, Myron Draper died, aged 66. Feb. 17, Sheriff Nelson W. Fenner died, aged 43; making Sheriff Cline the third to hold that office within about five months. Feb. 19, Rev. John Hewitt died, aged 73; also Mrs. Lillian Barney, 73. . Mr. and Mrs. Cortland Clement celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Feb. 21, Louise E. Hufnagle died, aged 69. Feb. 27, Mrs. Alford Thompson died, aged 84; also Chas. F. Stygles, 77.
March 2, Public reception for Gov. Sleeper. March 6, Adolphus E. Buck died, aged 69; also Mrs. Frank Graham, 55. Wallace J. Selby and Esther L. Young married. March 7, Vine Warner and Stanley Hine married. March 8, Edward Stillman died, aged 66. March 9, Charles F. Sumner died, aged 75; also Mrs. Frances J. Bennett, 78. March 17, Great Patriotic League mass meetings at the Opera House and Armory Hall. March 18, Roger Dorrance died, aged 6. March 19, Wm. S. Chandler died, aged 50. March 21, Irene Fisher and John VanDyke married. March 26, Wilbur French died, aged 64. March 29, Clyde Musselman died, aged 23.
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THE GREAT CHOIR OF THE NEWLIN EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS IN 1916
April 1, City election; Frank G. Sharp, Republican, defeats Willis M. Drury, Democrat, for mayor; Wm. T. Stansell, Democrat, defeats Robt. Rattray, Republican, for clerk; Edson S. Taylor, Democrat, defeats Henry C. Clark, Republican, for justice of the peace; Edwin E. Bennett, Republican, elected treasurer with no opposition. Ralph Selby died, aged 20. April 6, Mrs. E. H. Mott died, aged 50. Ruth Clark and Arthur Sloman married. April 10, Mrs. Garber A. Nichols died, aged 57. April 11, Mrs. E. N. Howe died, aged 61. April 20, Mrs. A. R. Brown died, aged 80. April 22, Alonzo A. Olmsted died, aged 80; also Mrs. Lena S. Harris, 57. April 23, Joseph M. Smith died, aged 64. April 26, Big Liberty Day demonstration. April 27, Ida Ferguson and Herman Kester married. April 30, Ira F. Parker died, aged 58.
May 1, The King's Daughters burned the paper covering the final debt on their building; on the 5th the Church of Christ did the same. May 2, Mrs. Chas. R. Moore died, aged 68. Alma Ryder and J. W. Corwin married. May 3, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Wolcott celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary. May 5, Wm. S. Hughey died, aged 51. May 6, Geo. R. Rosenbrook died, aged 72; also Mrs. S. A. Bisbee, 73. Anna E. McGrath and Paul F. Smith married. May 7, Mrs. Margaret R. Beach died, aged 68. Howard F. Draper and Lena
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Collette married. May 10, D. K. Shields Jr., died, aged 7. May 13, Mrs. Karl May died, aged 42. May 14, Herman Golchert died, aged 68. May 15, Mrs. Anna S. Walker died, aged 74; also Mrs. Mary J Cook, 82. May 18, Frank Sullivan died in the naval hospital at Portsmouth, Va. May 16, Mrs. Samuel Chestnut died, aged 54. May 17, Vincent Kutchey died, aged six. May 26, Winfield Scott Nichols died, aged 68. May 30, Mrs. D. B. DeLand Cady died, aged 53; also John F. Hiatt, 76. May 31, Clinton F. Bennett and Mrs. Christine Hogue married. Lewis C. Reed died, aged 66.
June 1, Mrs. Catharine Whitbeck died, aged 77. June 4, Mrs. W. C. Fluke died, aged 66. June 5, Mrs. C. L. Ball died, aged 61. June 8, Mrs. Geo. A. Burton died, aged 63. Home of A. R. Kibbe seriously damaged by fire. June 10, Franklin E. Morgan died, aged 82. June 11, Anna McNitt and Roy Brauker married. Mrs. Frank B. Angevine died, aged 44. June 18, Melburn Burns, aged 17, was killed in Battle Creek, being struck by a locomotive
ST. PAUL'S GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
This historic structure, erected by the Presbyterians in 1844, was sold to the Lutherans in 1868 and moved to its present location. It has been modernized and made a very comfortable house of worship
while riding a motorcycle. June 19, George Snyder attempted suicide by fir- ing a bullet into his forehead: he died Aug. 18. Frank L. Parker was crushed to death and Grant L. Smith terribly injured by the newspaper press in the Reporter office starting up while they were inside of it. June 20, Myrtle Allen and Donald Wheeler married. June 22, Serious damage from frost. June 24, Grace B. Oberlin and Frank J. Berry married. June 25, Mildred H. Waffle and Herbert L. Sloman married. June 28, Josiah W. Troxel died, aged 70. June 30, Marshall P. Woodward and Frances I. McLane married.
July 4, James Raymond died, aged 50. July 5, Wm. Steward died, aged 80; also Mrs. A. R. Dick, 51. July 2, Vaiden C. Bordner, 31, was murdered in his automobile near Jackson. July 7, Reuben V. Eligh died, aged 68. July 15, Robert Sherburn killed by the overturning of his automobile. July 16, Cold- water-Detroit motor truck freight service begun. July 17, Wm. H. Brown died, aged 78. July 20, Alice M. Barnard and Patterson D. Merrill married. July 27, Spencer M. Youngs died, aged 59. July 29, Lorene H. Osborn and Albert H. Jewell married; also Fred Speaker and Wealtha E. Bragg. July 31, Sergt. Clyde Clinefelter, 25, of Company A, killed in action in France, the first Coldwater boy to make the supreme sacrifice at the front.
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Aug. 3, Vera B. Filkins and Louis L. Carpenter married. Aug. 5, Erma Crandall accidentally fired a bullet into her head, probably incapacitating her for the remainder of life. Aug. 6. Mrs. Flora Benjamen and John Smith married. Aug. 5-8, Extremely hot period; highest temperature 105. Aug. 8, Mrs. C. H. Dickinson died, aged 62: also Irene Mary Donahue, 25. Aug. 11, Mrs. Edith L. Mitchell and G. Floyd Fuller married. Aug. 13, Benson K. Robbins died, aged 78. Aug. 19, Nellie Gilbert died, aged 84; also Hannah Greenwood, 61, who had been a patient in the Kalamazoo hospital 40 years. Aug. 22, Mrs. W. A. Fletcher died, aged 32; also Mrs. John Phibbs 78. Aug. 23, Mrs. John Bishop died, aged 56. Aug. 25, Daniel Bradley died, aged 77. Aug. 27, Primary election to make nominations for November election. Aug.
THE LATE EDWARD R. ROOT
Born here in 1851, he became one of Coldwater's foremost citizens. He served as Postmaster, as Captain of Company A, and in other public capacities. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Wolverine Portland Cement Company and an invaluable official in St. Mark's Episcopal Church. He died Oct. 2.
30, Mammoth demonstration in the park, following news of Company A's gal- lant fighting in France. Aug. 31, Mrs. Frances Harbaugh and Karl May married.
Sept. 3, Mrs. Frances Zeller died, aged 59. Sept. 10, Mrs. Olive Abbott died, aged 76; also Mrs. Alfred Yeatter. Sept. 19, Great war meeting, prepar- atory to the fourth liberty loan. Sept. 12, Registration day under new law making age limits 18 to 45 for war service. Sept. 14, Mrs. Elva Pickhaver died, aged 49. Alden Harris and Anna Brown married. Sept. 17, Mrs. L. L. Daniells died, aged 73. Sept. 22, Monster war meeting in New Armory, the first public gathering held in the building. Sept. 23, Wm. S. Titus died, aged 54. Sept 24, Mrs. G. W. Harding died, aged 69. Sept. 26, Mrs. Nelson Doty died. aged 71. Mary E. Pierce and Theodore Smith married. Sept. 28-29, Volunteer days for fourth liberty loan. Sept. 28, Albert A. Dorrance and Rafaela Tennant married.
Oct. 2, Edward R. Root died, aged 67. Oct. 8, Mrs. Marguerite Hillborg died, aged 47. Oct. 10, Seeley A. Teller died, aged 23. Oct 12, Maurice Calk- ins died, aged 14. Oct. 13, Sun obscured by yellow haze, caused by terrible
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forest fires in the northwest. Mrs. Eliza Pearce died, aged 87; also Mrs. Caro- line Ray, 66, and Lomar C. Billington, 32. Oct. 14, Schools, churches, lodges, etc., closed on account of Spanish influenza. Mrs. Adelia C. Tyler died, aged 79. Oct. 15, Residence of Geo. Carter partially burned. Margaret Hoyt died, aged 13. Oct. 18, Two fires at the same time: Wm. June's barn on East Washington Street practially destroyed, and F. H. Welch's residence at 35 Hull badly damaged. Oct. 19, Lee Campbell died, aged 31; also Fred B. Johnson, 44, and daughter Albeata, five. Arnold Raymond and Mrs. Mary Bauer married. Oct 20, Margaret Moore died, aged 20; also Bertha M. Young, 14. Oct. 21, Howard J. Wickes died, aged three; also Lula Bellamy,
THE NEW ARMORY
The corner-stone of this splendid building was laid July 18, 1917, and the work was completed about a year later. Its cost was $45,000. The Building Committee appointed by the State were former Captains E. D. Legg, R. G. Bishop and M. S. Andrews, with H. H. Barlow and J. C. Smallshaw. As an auditorium the great drill room will seat over 1,200 people.
29, Alfred Turner, 19, and Mrs. Vina M. Tarr, 23. Oct. 22, Daniel Boyer died, aged two years; also Mrs. Wm. J. Burns, Jr., 28, and Mary McNall, three. Eleven deaths within four days, largely from the epidemic of influenza. Oct. 23, Dorothy Tompkins died, aged four months; also George P. Adams, 21. Oct, 24, Mrs. H. F. Fletcher died, aged 27; also Edward M. Drohan, 74. Oct. 25, Mrs. C. J. Carlisle died, aged 31; also Doris A. Scaggs, two, and Henry B. Guiteau, 43. Oct. 28, Mrs. Jane Rogers died, aged 85; also Mrs. W. C. Wilder, 46, and Edward D. Hollis, 33. Oct. 29, Floyd C. Nichols died, aged 17; also Mrs. Sarah I. Legg, 94, one of the oldest persons in Branch County and a resident here for 65 years. Oct. 30, Mrs. Elizabeth Swarbrick died, aged 72; also Floyd C. Estlow, 27.
Nov. 1, First snow. Nov. 3, Mrs. Letta Long died, aged 84. Nov. 4, Mrs. Dora Jordan died, aged 69. Nov. 5, Myrna Parker and Carl S. Doty married. Fall election; clean sweep for Republicans in Branch County.
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Nov. 6, A. La Verne Stansell and Leila Ebenhack married. Harold G. Free- man died, aged 36; also Mrs. Homer Brown, 22. Nov. 7, Great excitement on account of reported surrender of Germany's war forces. Joseph Cornelius died, aged 69. Nov. 8, Mrs. Arthur Bidwell died, aged 31; also Carl Markley, 29. Nov. 11, Great peace demonstration: Nov. 13, Ianthis D. Miner died, aged 80. Nov. 15, Wm. Welch died, aged 71. Nov. 16, Mrs. Louise Squires died, aged 73; also Mrs. Rollin S Davis (formerly Kathryn Kavanagh) in Detroit, 34. Nov. 17, Rev G. C. Lamont resigned the Baptist pastorate, leaving the third church of the city without a pastor, the other two being the Episcopal and Wesleyan. Nov. 19, Mrs Lillie M. Smullen died, aged 59; also Mrs J. L. Worden, 66. Nov. 22, Mrs Lucy Parker died; also Henry F. Rosenbrook, aged 8. Nov. 23, Mrs. John R. Champion died. Nov. 26, News received of the death of Arthur Slo-
COLDWATER'S $52,500 POSTOFFICE BUILDING
man in France Oct. 27. Samuel Knecht died, aged 68. Nov. 27, Alma McDonald and Wm. O'Sullivan married. Frank B. Price died. aged 82. Nov. 28, Stephen P. Gallagher and Ethel L. Stroh married. Nov. 29, Mrs. Bertha M. Matsel died, aged 24. Nov. 30, Geo. E. Ricketson and Lottie Harmon married.
Dec. 1. Alman T. Jenkins died, aged 46. Dec. 2, County Drain Commis- sioner Eli D. Tift was almost instantly killed, his automobile being struck by a fast passenger train; he was 45 years of age. Mrs Augustus Eldred died, aged 53. Dec. 4. Mrs. Catherine Otis died, aged 75. Dec. 5, Mrs. Enfield Gallap died, aged 92. Dec. 6, Florence M. Bauder died, aged 32. Dec. 7, Chas. Nachbauer died, aged 28. Dec. 8, Geo. D. Barrows and Mrs. Anna Odell were married. Dec. 10, Mrs. Francis Granger died, aged 73. Dec. 12, Wm. Young died, aged 78. Dec. 13, Mrs. Ruby Reynolds Dickey died, aged 30; also Henry Huested, 80. Dec. 14, Elsie Dorrance died, aged 20. Dec. 15, Edith C. Buell died, aged 23. Dec. 16, Assistant Postmaster Hal D. Crippen died, aged 50; he had served
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over 33 years in the Coldwater postoffice. Jacob Echtinaw and Mrs Margaret Sorter married. Dec. 18, Frank Newberry and Mrs. Rilla VanHoosear mar- ried. Dec. 19, Kirk R. Sheldon died, aged 79. Dec. 21, Catherine Bowker died in California. Dec. 22, Close of a remarkably mild autumn; but little freezing weather and but little fall of snow, with none to lie upon the ground. Dec. 25, Ruth L. Zeller and Claude R. Peavey married.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
THE CITY HALL
In use, practically unchanged, for more than fifty years, the need of an adequate Municipal Building is felt. Two very desirable sites are mentioned: opposite the Postoffice, and opposite the Methodist Church-the McLane lot.
Recent business changes: E. A. Bidelman sells the Southern Michigan Garage to McNaughton & Warner; J. E. Pelkie sells his restaurant to Gar McOmber; the Coldwater Plumbing Co. moves from 70 West Chicago to 14 South Monroe Street. Dr. J. Wesley Hoverter of Evart locates here for the practice of medicine.
There were 154 deaths in the city during 1918, which exceeds all former records, at least of recent years.
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SAMPLE LOT OF COLDWATER'S COMPANY "A" BOYS
The Roll of Honor
The following list, compiled for this Directory by W. A. Benjamin, is be- lieved to cover the names of all the Branch County boys who have given their lives during the war in Europe:
Alderman Claude W., Corp. __ Bronson
Adams Geo. T. Coldwater
Bohacz Wm. J., Corporal Bronson Bennett R. Edwin Bronson Branch Clifford T. Tekonsha
Bowley Charles Quincy
Berger Harold Y. Coldwater Clinefelter Clyde., Sergeant, Coldwater
Cockel Chas. M., Corporal ___ Bronson Conant John Coldwater
Carr Ralph
Coldwater
Cass Roy B.
California
Demorest Joe, Corporal
Quincy
Dunn Edward C. Union City Greeley Timothy W. Bronson Grinnell Harry Union City
Hower Richard
Sherwood
Herman Stephen Sherwood
Hughes Chas. E. Union City
Henry Cyril Coldwater
Johns Leonard Coldwater
Johnson Frank Girard
King Eldridge G.
Tekonsha
Lupold Delbert C. Bronson
Luce Fred G., Corporal Bronson Mowry Vera_ Sherwood Middleton Russell. Tekonsha
Monacke Tony P. Coldwater
McAfee E. N. Coldwater
Nichols Robt. L. Coldwater
Parker Rodney, Corporal. _Coldwater
Rice Geo
Quincy
Sullivan Frank
Coldwater
Sherman Harry L
Quincy
Sloman Arthur
Coldwater
Thomas Harold L
Coldwater
Watkins Harry T. Quincy
Watson Henry
Sherwood
Captains of Company "A" From 1871 to 1918
Harlow E. Macarey (temporary)
George H. Turner, 1871
Clarence L. Hunter, 1873 Chas N. Legg, 1877
Frank D. Newberry, 1880
Norman A. Reynolds, 1886
William Mix, 1889 Wm Ehrle, 1889 Chas S. Stuart, 1890
Jas B. Smullen, 1894
L. D. Hickey, 1895 Frank D. Newberry (2d term) 1895
Edward D. Legg, 1899 Fred E. Ferguson, 1904 Edward D. Legg (2d term) 1905
Albert J. Fiske, 1907
Mark S. Andrews, 1908
Richard G. Bishop, 1910
Roscoe L. Graves, 1917
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Interior View of "McOmber's Eats"-Gar McOmber, Proprietor "YOU'LL LIKE OUR SERVICE"
Notable Events in the History of Coldwater
1821-Indians sold this region to whites.
1822-First trading post established.
1829-County was laid out.
1830-First house built by Hugh Campbell.
1831-Village platted; county seat at Branch.
1837-Village incorporated.
1839-First schoolhouse erected.
1840-Last of the Pottowattomies re- moved.
1842-Coldwater became county seat.
1848-First court-house erected.
1849-Telegraph line reached Cold- water.
1850-First railroad train arrived.
1852-First county fair.
1854-Oak Grove Cemetery was es- tablished.
1861-City incorporated.
1864-Cold New Years; 32 below zero.
1868-First Memorial Day observ- ance.
1871-Mansfield railroad started.
1874-State Public School opened.
1876-Baw Beese disaster.
1881-Armory Hall and other incen- diary fires.
1882-Telephone introduced.
1886-E. R. Clarke library building dedicated.
1887-County first adopted local op- tion.
1888-New court-house completed. Electric street lights introduced.
1890-Central schoolbuilding burned. Water-works system built.
1892-Free mail delivery introduced.
1895-Slight earthquake.
1897-Last county fair.
1898-First street paving.
1900-City adopted standard time. Rural mail delivery began.
1905-New city charter became law. Sanitary sewers established.
1909-10-Eighty-two days continuous sleighing.
1910-Present postoffice building
opened.
1911-First Chautauqua.
1913-Remarkably hot, dry summer.
1915-Remarkably cool, wet summer.
1916-Hottest July on record.
1917-New $45,000 Armory erected.
Coldwater's Nonogenarians
Wm. R. Card, 191 Henry 92
Chas. T. Cornwell, 102 Marshall 97
Mrs. Olive Hayes, 115 Perkins 92
Mrs. Mary A. Norton, 121 S. Jeff 90
Mrs. Sarah Rose, 61 W. Pearl 94
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CITY DIRECTORY
FACTS ABOUT COLDWATER
No saloons.
Numerous mills and factories.
Handsomest city in Michigan.
Only $36,000 city indebtedness. Altitude, 982 feet above sea level. One daily paper and two weeklies.
Over 40 miles of cement sidewalks.
Population, about 6,000; colored, 19.
Beautiful business section, solidly built.
Coldwater River skirts the city on the west.
Located on the great New York Cen- tral Fast Mail line.
Free public library building, con- taining 19,000 volumes.
Broad, level streets, shaded by maple, elm and oak trees.
Complete sewerage system, also system of storm-water sewers.
New postoffice building, erected by the Government; cost, $52,500.
Home of the great State Public School, Michigan's best charity.
Extensive system of water-works and electric light, municipally owned.
Splendid fire department. Total gross fire loss in 21 years, only $106,734.
More miles of gas mains than any other city of similar size in the world.
Many beautiful lakes, with fine fish- ing and boating, within short distances.
Cement, brick and asphalt paving in business section and portion of resi- dence section.
A prosperous, thrifty city, sur- rounded by the finest agricultural country. Bank deposits, over two million dollars.
Five large, modern schoolhouses, eleven churches, spacious and hand- somely appointed Masonic Temple, a fine $40,000 courthouse, $25,000 Elks' Temple, $35,000 opera-house, and a $45,000 armory.
POPULATION
Following are the census reports for Coldwater for the years given: 1864.
3,977
1870
4,381
1874. 4,330
1880
4,681
1884
5,099
1890 5,247
1894 5,269
1900
6,216
1904.
.6,225
1910
5,945
BY WARDS
1890
1900
1904
1910
1st Ward
1383
1692
1617
1563
2d Ward
1459
1722
1826
1874
3d Ward. 1283
1514
1550
1396
4th Ward. 1122
1288
1232
1112
Names in the 1914 Directory 6,069
"
1915
"
6,110
"
1916
6,134
"
" 1917
6,147
"
" 1918
"
6,082
"
1919
5,990
MISCELLANEOUS
Births in 1918. 99
Deaths in 1918. 154
Names dropped from 1918 Directory 898
New names for 1919 Directory. 806
Number of houses changing occu- pants during 1918.
508
BRANCH COUNTY
1837
4,016
1840.
5,715
1850 12,472
1854 15,724
1860.
20,981
1870.
26,226
1880
27,941
1890
26,791
1900
27,811
1904
26,397
1910.
25,605
SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL
APPOINTED
Zelotes Truesdell. March 13, 1874 Lyman P. Alden June 21, 1875 John N. Foster May 9, 1883 Wesley Sears. June 20, 1887 Chauncy F. Newkirk. Sept. 1, 1889
APPOINTED
W. H. Wieand Oct. 7, 1891
A. N. Woodruff .July 9, 1893
A. J. Murray Sept. 1, 1895
John B. Montgomery.
. Dec. 15, 1897
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Population of Principal Cities and Villages of Michigan
CITIES
Census of 1910
1900
Census of 1910
1900
Adrian
10,673
9,654
Albion
5,833
4,519
Allegan
3,419
2,667
Alma.
2,757
2,047
Ludington.
9,132
7,166
Alpena
12,706
11,802
Ann Arbor
14,817
14,509
Manistee
12,381
14,260
Bad Axe
1,559
1,241
Battle Creek
25,267
18,563
Bay City
45,106
27,628
Belding
4,119
3,282
Mason
1,742
1,828
Benton Harbor
9,185
6,562
Menominee
10,507
12,818
Bessemer
4,583
3,911
Midland.
2,527
2,363
Big Rapids
4,519
4,686
Monroe.
6,893
5,043
Boyne City
5,218
2,453
Mt. Clemens.
7,707
6,576
Cadillac.
8,375
5,997
Mt. Pleasant.
3,972
3,662
Charlevoix
2,420
2,079
Muskegon
24,062
20,818
Charlotte.
4,886
4,092
Negaunee.
8,460
6,935
Cheboygan
6,859
6,489
Clare.
1,350
1,326
Norway
-4,790
4,170
Coldwater
5,945
6,216
Onaway
2,702
1,204
Coleman
909
1,014
Owosso.
9,639
8,696
Corunna
1,384
1,510
Petoskey
4,778
5,285
Crystal Falls
3,775
3,231
Port Huron
18,863
19,158
Dowagiac
5,088
4,151
Sault Ste. Marie
12,615
10,538
East Tawas
1,452
1,736
South Haven
3,577
4,209
Stanton
1,012
1,234
Flint
38,550
13,103
Gladstone
4,211
3,380
St. Johns.
3,154
3,388
Grand Ledge
2,893
2,161
St. Louis
1,940
1,989
Grand Rapids
112,571
87,565
Greenville.
4,045
3,381
Hancock
8,981
4,050
Three Rivers
5,072
3,550
Hillsdale
5,001
4,151
Traverse City
12,115
9,407
Holland
10,490
7,790
West Branch.
1,276
1,412
Hudson
2,178
2,403
Wyandotte
8,287
5,183
Ionia.
5,030
5,209
Yale.
1,223
1,125
Iron Mountain
9,216
9,242
Ypsilanti.
6,230
7,378
Ironwood.
12,821
9,705 1
Zeeland
1,982
1,326
Ishpeming
12,448
13,255
Jackson
31,433
25,180
Kalamazoo
39,437
24,404
Lansing
31,229
16,485
Lapeer
3,946
3,297
Mackinac.
714
665
Au Sable
648
1.110
Manistique
4,722
4,126
Marine City
3,770
3,829
Marquette
11,503
10,058
Marshall
4,236
4,370
Croswell.
1,380
606
Pontiac.
14,532
9,769
Detroit
465,766
285,704
Saginaw.
50,510
42,345
Eaton Rapids
2,094
2,103
Escanaba.
13,194
9,549
St. Clair
2,633
2,543
St. Ignace
2,118
2,271
Grand Haven
5,856
4,743
St. Joseph
5,936
5,155
Sturgis.
3,635
2,465
Tawas City
1,061
1,228
Hastings
4,383
3,172
Niles
5,156
4,287
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VILLAGES
Census of 1910
1900
Addison.
474
470
Algonac.
1,204
1,216
Leslie
1,032
1,114
Allen
556
Litchfield.
660
645
Athens
631
583
Lowell
1,761
1,736
Bangor
1,158
1,021
Mancelona
1,200
1,226
Bellaire
1,050
1,057
Manchester
1,047
1,209
Birmingham.
1,607
1,170
Manton.
1,069
895
Blissfield
1,474
1,268
Marcellus
1,047
1,025
Britton .
370
345
Mendon
768
777
Bronson
1,020
1,076
Milan
1,355
1,141
Buchanan
1,831
1,708
Montgomery.
362
300
Burlington
237
334
Morenci
1,515
1,334
Burr Oak.
752
744
Munising
2,952
2,014
Cambria.
367
Nashville
1,346
1,164
Camden
392
376
Newaygo
1,207
1,117
Caro
2,272
2,006
Newberry
1,182
1,012
Cass City
1,126
1,113
North Adams
440
422
Cassopolis
1,358
1,330
Northville.
1,665
1,755
Centrevillle.
613
645
Onsted.
398
200
Chelsea.
1,764
1,635
Ontonagon
1,964
1,267
Chesaning
1,363
1,244
Clayton
372
370
Otsego.
2,812
2,073
Clinton
1,011
1,038
Ovid.
1,078
1,293
Colon
.853
922
Oxford
1,191
1,172
Constantine
1,244
1,226
1,643
1,465
Decatur
1,286
1,356
Pellston .
1,089
3,600
Deerfield
443
440
Pentwater
1,128
1,016
Dundee.
1,070
1,118
Pittsford
· 420
....
Durand.
2,315
2,124
1,493
1,318
East Jordan
2,516
1,205
Plymouth
1.671
1,474
Ecorse
1,063
741
Portland
1,832
1,864
Elk Rapids.
1,673
1,733
Quincy
„1,347
1,563
Reading
1,101
1,096
Evart.
1,386
1,360
Red Jacket.
4,211
4,608
Fenton
2,331
2,408
Reed City
1,690
2,051
Fremont.
2,009
1,331
Richmond
1,277
1,138
Gaylord.
1,538
1,561
River Rouge
4,163
1,748
Grayling
1,775
1,282
Rochester
1,516
1,535
Hamtramck.
3,559
1,559
Romeo
1,787
1,480
Harbor Beach.
1,556
1,149
RoyalOak.
1,071
468
Harbor Springs
1,805
1,643
Sebewaing
1,347
1,234
Hart.
1,555
1,134
Sherwood
346
366
Hartford .
1,268
1,077
Sparta
1,213
1,226
St. Charles.
1,451
1,315
Holly.
1,537
1,419
St. Clair Heights.
1,252
545
Homer
1,008
1,097
Tecumseh
2,332
2,400
Houghton
5,113
3,359
Tekonsha.
573
573
Howard City
1,046
1,398
Three Oaks
1,175
994
Howell
2,338
2,518
Trenton
1,224
1,167
Imlay City
1,174
1,122
Union City
1,340
1,514
Iron River
2,450
1,482
Vassar .
1,659
1,832
Ithaca.
1,876
2,020
Vicksburg
1,624
972
Jonesville
1,396
1,367
Waldron
435
500
Kalkaska.
1,415
1,304
Wayne
1,263
1,361
Lake Linden
2,325
2,597
Whitehall
1,437
1,481
Lake Odessa
1,222
1,037
White Pigeon
667
705
Census of 1910
1900
Laurium
8,537
5,643
Lawton
1,042
942
Highland Park.
4,120
427
Essexville
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