History of Berrien and Van Buren counties, Michigan. With biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 54

Author: D.W. Ensign & Co. pub; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, D. W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 821

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It appears from the records that the residents of Berrien township proceeded to an election of officers in April, 1832, immediately upon presenting their application for township organization, but who the officials were-other than Law- rence Cavenaugh, Moderator, and Francis B. Murdock, Clerk-cannot be stated, since the record of that election has not been preserved.

Following is a list of the names of those who have served the township as supervisors and clerks from 1833 to 1880 :

1833 .- Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Francis B. Murdock. 1834-35 .- Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Wm. F. St. John. 1836 .- Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Thos. Love. 1837 .- Supervisor, Pitt Brown ; Clerk, Francis D. Johnson. 1838-39 .- Supervisor, Pitt Brown ; Clerk, Thos. Love. 1840 .- Supervisor, Pitt Brown; Clerk, Thos. L. Stevens. 1841 .- Supervisor, Alonzo Bennett; Clerk, Thos. L. Stevens.

FACTOS. 2: 1 8.1196

E. T. DICKSON.

MRS. E. T. DICKSON.

RESIDENCE OF EDWIN T. DICKSON, SEC.10, BERRIEN TP, BERRIEN CO.,MICH.

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1842 .- Supervisor, Julius Brown ; Clerk, Amos Gray. 1843 .- Supervisor, Julius Brown; Clerk, Cyrus Hinchman. 1844 .- Supervisor, A. L. Burke; Clerk, Cyrus Hinchman. 1845 .- Supervisor, Geo. Murphy ; Clerk, Cyrus Hinchman. 1846-48 .- Supervisor, A. L. Burke; Clerk, George Murphy. 1849 .- Supervisor, Geo. Murphy ; Clerk, Silas Ireland. 1850 .- Supervisor, Silas Ireland; Clerk, Daniel Boon. 1851-52 .- Supervisor, Silas Ireland; Clerk, Truman Royce. 1853 .- Supervisor, J. F. Haskins ; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1854 .- Supervisor, Silas Ireland ; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1855 .- Supervisor, Ralph Denn; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1856 .- Supervisor, Silas Ireland ; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1857 .- Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback ; Clerk, J. L. Kessler. 1858 .- Supervisor, Wm. S. Maynard; Clerk, Wm. P. Weed. 1859 .- Supervisor, E. A. Brown ; Clerk, P. G. Cuddeback. 1860 .- Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback ; Clerk, H. L. Johnson. 1861 .- Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback ; Clerk, George Cuddeback. 1862 .- Supervisor, P. G. Cuddeback ; Clerk, Edward Cady. 1863-65 .- Supervisor, John Tate ; Clerk, Edward Cady. 1866 .- Supervisor, H. R. Murphy ; Clerk, Edward Cady. 1867 .- Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, Edward Cady. 1868-69 .- Supervisor, John Tate ; Clerk, Erastus Murphy. 1870 .- Supervisor, John F. Peck ; Clerk, Erastus Murphy. 1871 .- Supervisor, Joel Layman ; Clerk, Isaac Rogers. 1872 .- Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1873 .- Supervisor, J. M. Savage ; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1874 .- Supervisor, John Tate; Clerk, Almon Keigley. 1875-76 .- Supervisor, I. P. Hutton ; Clerk, H. S. Robinson. 1877-79 .- Supervisor, D. H. Allery ; Clerk, H. S. Robinson.

The affairs of the township are in charge of a township board, consisting of D. H. Allery, Supervisor ; H. S. Rob- inson, Clerk ; and Norman Nims, the senior justice of the peace.

On the 1st of April, 1879, the township was clear of debt, and had in the treasury, including school-moneys, $336.75. The total taxation in 1878 was $6381.96, of which $2335.30 were for school purposes.

CHURCHES.

Morris Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church .- A Meth- odist Episcopal society was organized in 1843, and wor- shiped in the Washington school-house, a log edifice, located about eighty rods south of the present church. The early church records having been lost, no definite details of the early organization can be given.

In 1845, when Rev. Henry Worthington was preaching on the circuit, the church membership included 50 persons. Ludwig Robinson was then class-leader. Shortly after- wards, Isaac Schnorf was chosen to be class-leader, and re- mained as such for a period of thirty-one consecutive years.

In 1846 the congregation built a church edifice, which, in honor of Bishop Morris, they called Morris Chapel, and in that year laid out a church-yard. In 1867 a new church building replaced the old one, and is still used. The church membership has varied from 40 to 65, and numbers now 46. The class-leaders now are Samuel Van Vlear and Jo- seph Stafford. The stewards are Joseph Stafford, Charles Stafford, and Isaac Schnorf. The trustees are Joseph Staf- ford, Charles Stafford, Isaac Schnorf, Cyrus B. Groat, Ste- phen A. Curtis, Sylvester Schnorf, Henry R. Nye, Benjamin N. Nye, and Joseph Walker. The last pastor was Rev. T. T. George, who preached at Morris Chapel. The church is now awaiting a Conference appointment of a pastor. The Sabbath-school, including 45 scholars, is in charge of Gustavus Matthews, assisted by 6 teachers. Morris Chapel is now on the Pokagon circuit, which includes five stations.

Pleasant Hill United Brethren Church .- In 1851 the members of the United Brethren faith near Pleasant Hill were organized into a congregation by Rev. Samuel Chap- man, and attached to the Silver Creek circuit. Among the original members were John Martin and wife, Moody Willis, James Groat and wife, Joseph Stafford and wife, Amos Stafford, F. R. Pinnell and wife, Delilah W. and Nancy A. Pinnell, Wesley F. Pinnell and wife, Walker Willis. Worship was held in members' houses, in Moody Willis' barn, and in Morris chapel, until 1853, when the church now in use was erected. The first class-leader was Wesley Pinnell, whose successor, James Groat, has been the leader from 1853 to the present time (with the excep- tion of one year). The first steward was Moody Willis, who assisted in the building of the church, and who was killed in the United States service during the war of the Rebellion.

Following Mr. Chapman, the early pastors of the church were Revs. Forbes, Freeman, Dunn, and France. The present pastor, who preaches once every two weeks, is Rev. J. H. Pattee, whose immediate predecessors were Revs. Light and Bartmouth. Removals and deaths have weak- ened the church membership, which includes now but 17 persons.

Franklin Chapel ( United Brethren) was organized in 1854 by Elder Thomas, who held meetings previous to that time in the Franklin school-house. In 1855 a meeting- house was built. The present pastor is Rev. J. H. Pattee, who preaches once every fortnight. The church member- ship is but 15. M. D. Curtis is the steward; Thomas Brown is the class-leader; and M. D. Curtis and Isaac Jenkins, trustees.

Berrien Centre Free- Will Baptist Church congregation, now worshiping at the union church, south of Berrien Centre, was organized June 17, 1865, by Rev. James Ash- ley. The original members were Zera F. Wright and wife, John H., Margaret, Jeremiah, Sarah, William, Lydia, John, Cyrus, Adeline, and Elizabeth Shearer ; Lydia and Phillis Dickson, Peter File, George and Margaret Foster, James Wright, Maria Webster, Laura and Julia Murphy, Robert Lemon, Jane and Lavina Marrs, Ralph and Eliza Magill, Joseph and Mary Myers, Annette Weed, Mary Rutter, George Cuddeback, Elizabeth Cuddeback, - Riggin. At the first session John H. Shearer was chosen deacon, and George Cuddeback clerk. E. T. Dickson is the present clerk, and William Shearer, John H. Shearer, and J. S. Wright the deacons. The membership in September, 1879, was 88. Rev. Lewis Jones was then the pastor, and held services once in two weeks.

Maple Grove ( United Brethren) Church was organized in 1854 by Rev. Thomas J. Babcock, in a log school-house in the northern part of the township, Mr. Babcock having held services previously in the house of David Moore. Henry Rush was leader of the first class formed, and other members were David S. Weaver and wife, Jacob Puter- baugh and wife, John Rush, William Tenant and wife, Martin Reese and wife, Nicholas Michael and wife, Thomas Mountjoy and wife, Caleb Clark and wife. Until 1873, when the present house of worship was erected, the church met in the Eau Claire school-house. The present member-

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ship is 72. The pastor is Rev. E. F. Light, and the class- leader, H. S. Robinson.

A Methodist Episcopal Society worshiping in the north previous to 1864, joined the United Brethren upon the organization of the latter at Maple Grove. A Methodist Episcopal Society worshiped near the Centre as early as 1838, and had in its first class Thomas and Mary Riggin, Miss Mary Riggin, Hiram Hinchman and wife, William Nye and wife, Maretta Boss, and Ann E. Powers. The society met in the union church until 1870, when, being much reduced in numbers, it was dissolved.

The Dunkards formerly met at the union church, and early in the history of Berrien a Dunkard society had an existence in the eastern part of the township. Members of that faith in Berrien still meet occasionally for worship, but their number is small and their meetings infrequent.

Long Lake Church .- About 1856 a number of citizens, living in the vicinity of Long Lake, subscribed towards the erection of a union church near Long Lake, to be used for- ever as a free church by all religious denominations alike. They appointed as trustees Messrs. Michael Hand, George H. Claypool, and Andrew L. Burke, and since that time the church structure has been similarly in charge of trustees. Baptists, Adventists, Lutherans, and United Brethren have worshiped there, but the former and the latter are the only ones now maintaining at that point a regular organi- zation.

The Baptist Congregation-a branch of the Berrien Centre Free-Will Baptist Church-was organized March 8, 1879, by Rev. Lewis Jones. The original members were John and Sarah Burke, Margaret Frank, Allie Green, William H. and Eva Miller, Maggie Martin, Phoebe and Eliza A. Simpson, Jennie Thayer, Frances Snyder. These persons yet comprise the church membership. Services are held once every fortnight by Rev. Lewis Jones. John Irwin is the deacon, W. H. Miller the clerk, and W. C. Webster the treasurer.

The United Brethren Congregation was organized in the spring of 1877 by Rev. K. H. Sickafoose, who had been preaching for a few months previously to the members of the faith in that vicinity. The original members were W. H. Miller and wife, William Rice, Allie Green, Horatio and Hascal Cole, George Edwards, Jane Thayer, Margaret Frank, John Rogers, Libbie and Maggie Irwin. The con- gregation has latterly lost in membership and includes now but five persons, but the organization is still maintained and bids fair to be for some time to come. William Rice is the class-leader, and Rev. E. F. Light, the pastor, who preaches once in two weeks.

CEMETERIES.

One of the first grave-yards was laid out on the Marrs farm, where bodies were buried up to about 1867, when interments were discontinued there, and a majority of those buried were transferred to other places. There was also an old cemetery on the spot now used as the county poor-house burial-ground. The burial-grounds in the township now number five, viz., the Berrien Centre Union Church, Franklin, Long Lake, Morris Chapel, and Maple Grove cemeteries.

SCHOOLS.

A Mr. Wells was one of the early teachers of Berrien. He taught in a log school-house near the Niles road, on sec- tion 31, about the year 1830. A Mr. Pike taught in the same school-house,-which was the only one in that section of the country at the time. John Kessler, a young Vir- ginian, taught school in a log school-house on section 23. Mr. Kessler is still a resident of Berrien, on section 27.

April 3, 1837, the township first chose school inspectors, who were Andrew Murray, Robert E. Ward, and Ambrose E. Murray. The school inspectors in 1879 were Cyrus B. Groat (school superintendent), H. S. Robinson (township clerk), and Almon Keigley.

There are now in the township seven full, and three frac- tional school districts, with ten schools. Of the ten school buildings two are handsome brick structures, costing $2100 and $2200 respectively, and eight are frame. The total estimated value of school property is $8825, and the total yearly expenditures for support of schools, $2745. Ten teachers are employed, to whom are paid, yearly, $2025. Out of a total school enumeration of 422 the average at- tendance is 406.

POST-OFFICE.

The only post-office in Berrien at present is Berrien Centre, which has daily mail communication. The office was established in 1857, when Z. F. Wright was appointed postmaster. To him succeeded Isaac Murphy, Isaac Hess, Frank Wood, and George W. Wyman, the latter being the present incumbent. Eau Claire post-office was established in Berrien in 1861, near the Pipestone line, and Henry Rush appointed postmaster. Mr. Rush retired in 1874, when the office was removed across the line into Pipestone township, and there it has since remained.

Previous to 1857 the citizens of Berrien township were obliged to get their mail at Berrien Springs or Niles, and until the date named there was no post-office within the territory now occupied by Berrien.

SOCIETIES AND ORDERS.

Morris Chapel Grange, No. 13, was organized March 4, 1873, with 17 members, as follows : James M. Savage, Mrs. A. E. Savage, John Nye, Mrs. Ann Clybourn, Joseph Walker, Mrs. Susan Curtis, T. K. Clybourn, Mrs. Lottie Curtis, John Ullrey, Mrs. L. C. Ullrey, Ira Vangorder, Joseph Pinnell, James D. Matthews, S. A. Curtis, Silas Ireland, Charles R. Curtis, Joseph Stafford. The Masters since the organization have been Silas Ireland, T. K. Cly- bourn, Charles R. Curtis, John B. Metzger, David Schnorf. The officers for 1879 were David Schnorf, M .; George Snuff, O .; T. K. Clybourn, L .; Ira Vangorder, Steward ; Joseph Pinnell, Asst. Steward; C. R. Curtis, Chaplain ; John Schnorf, Treas. ; C. B. Groat, Sec. ; Edward Cady, Gate-Keeper; Mrs. T. K. Clybourn, Ceres ; Mrs. Ann Schnorf, Pomona ; Mrs. George Snuff, Flora ; Mrs. John Schnorf, Stewardess. The members numbered 13 on Oct. 1, 1879. Regular meetings are held at the Oak Grove school-house on the Saturday nearest the full moon in each month.

Berrien Centre Grange, No. 14, was organized March 22, 1873. The first Master was Thomas Marrs, and first

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Secretary J. F. Peck. The successive Masters since then have been John F. Peck, Almon Keigley, and Joseph A. Becker. The charter members were Thomas Marrs, John F. Peck, A. W. Marrs, J. A. Becker, J. J. Becker, Thomas Riggin, W. A. Hess, Jacob Brenner, Uriah Shaffer, Mrs. Thomas Marrs, Mrs. J. F. Peck, Mrs. A. W. Marrs, Mrs. J. A. Becker, Mrs. J. J. Becker, Mrs. Jacob Brenner. In 1876 a commodious grange hall was built at Berrien Centre, at a cost of $1500, and there regular fortnightly meetings are held. The members number now 64, and the officers are Joseph A. Becker, M .; J. J. Murphy, Overseer ; Almon Keigley, Lecturer ; Jacob Brenner, Steward; W. A. Hess, Asst. Steward; R. A. Calvin, Chaplain ; A. J. Easton, Treas. ; Erastus Murphy, Sec. ; T. B. Snow, Gate-Keeper ; Mrs. T. B. Snow, Ceres ; Mrs. S. H. Brenner, Pomona ; Mrs. W. E. Peck, Flora; Miss Frank Rutter, Lady Assist- ant Steward.

Berrien supports, with a good deal of vigorous determi- nation, an Anti-Horse-Thief Association, known also as the Vigilance Committee. Its members are numerous, and in- clude many of the leading farmers of the township, who are bent upon providing, through the instrumentality of the association, against the successful operation of horse- thieves, who were at one time exceedingly troublesome.

An excellent cornet band is one of the local institutions, and includes several skilled performers, whose services are frequently called into requisition at merry-makings and other public demonstrations.

The cause of temperance receives hearty support. Not only has Berrien always been singularly free from the imposition of public traffic in spirituous liquors, but the dissemination of the temperance doctrine has warmly en- gaged the attention of a large number of citizens. The township boasts a flourishing Red-Ribbon Club, whose labors are, and have been, productive of much good on behalf of the cause.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

EDWIN T. DICKSON.

James Dickson, great-grandfather of the gentleman to whom this sketch especially refers, came to America about the year 1770 from a place called Old Town, in Ireland, and settled in York Valley, Pa., but at the close of the Revolutionary war he removed to the southwestern part of that State and settled in Washington County, where he spent the remainder of his life. His children were six in number, viz., John, Samuel, Andrew, William, and two daughters.

John Dickson, son of James, was born at Old Town, Ireland, about 1767, and came to America with his parents when about three years of age. Soon after reaching the years of manhood he married a lady named Robinson and settled in Westmoreland Co., Pa., where, a few years later, his wife died, leaving two sons, Levi and James, of whom the first-named and the elder was born in 1792. James

Dickson, Sr., having married a second wife, emigrated in 1811 to Huron Co., Ohio, but afterwards removed to Ham- ilton Co., Ind., where he died in 1830.

James Dickson, son of the John Dickson above men- tioned, and father of Edwin T. Dickson, was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 5, 1794. He grew to manhood in Huron Co., Ohio, and served in the United States army in the war of 1812-15. After the close of that struggle (in 1819) he removed to Wayne Co., Ind., and in 1820 mar- ried Lillis, eldest daughter of Judge Thomas McKenney. Of this union there were born five sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except one daughter, who was the wife of the Hon. G. C. Jones, of Cass Co., Mich. In 1828, James Dickson moved to Michigan Territory, and settled in La Grange, Cass Co., where he died Sept. 17, 1866. Mr. Dickson's business was that of a farmer, which voca- tion he followed during all his life, and very successfully. He was an extensive reader, and by this means he laid up a great store of practical information. He received the appointment of justice of the peace from Governor Cass in 1830, and was afterwards elected to several offices by his fellow-townsmen ; but he had no political aspirations, and preferred to remain in the quiet of his farm, leaving office and politics to the more aspiring. In religious belief he was a deist, but a Quaker in precept and example, and he stood high in the esteem and confidence of all who knew him.

Edwin T. Dickson, to whom this biographical sketch more particularly refers, was the son of James Dickson, and the eldest of a family of nine children. He was born in Centre township, Wayne Co., Ind., Aug. 2, 1821. At the age of seven years he accompanied his father to Cass Co., Mich., where he grew to manhood. In 1845 he married Miss Lydia Garwood, and in 1849 removed to his present home, on section 10, Berrien township,-a place which was at that time covered by dense woods. In 1869, Mrs. Dick- son died. She had been the mother of six children, five of whom died before her death. One-the eldest daughter- still survives. Mrs. Dickson was a most estimable woman, and an excellent wife, whose virtues and sterling traits as a wife contributed in no small degree to her husband's suc- cess in life. In 1870, Mr. Dickson married the eldest sister of his deceased wife, Miss Mary Garwood, with whom he lived happily for two years. She died Oct. 20, 1872. On the 4th of February, 1873, Mr. Dickson married his third and present wife, Miss Susie Layman, of Berrien, a teacher by profession.

Mr. Dickson has from his boyhood been familiar with the privations and trials of pioneer life in a new country. In his boyhood he attended the first school taught in La Grange, Cass Co., and from that beginning he progressed until he became the possessor of a fair education. He has always been a great reader, is thoroughly versed in the Bible, and familiar with the Koran and the Vedas. His religious belief is in accordance with the views of the Free- Communion Baptists, of which church he has been a mem- ber for fifteen years. In matters of religion and morality he knows no middle ground, and favors no half-way meas- ures, but is always zealous in the cause which he believes to be right. He is a man of strong convictions and decided character; a strict temperance man, and in favor of pro-

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hibitory measures for prevention of the sale of intoxicating liquors. Politically, he is a Republican. He has filled the office of justice of the peace, and many other township offices, always, in these elections, receiving the full vote of the party to which he belongs.

Although Mr. Dickson has now nearly completed the sixth decade of his life, he carries his age remarkably well, especially when the hardships and vicissitudes of his past life are considered. He has never been sued at law, and is decidedly opposed to litigation in any form. He has been something of a traveler, having crossed the territory of the United States from ocean to ocean. He is frank, open, and upright in all his actions, and positive and decided in his opinions. It is not unusual to find that such a man has enemies, and such may perhaps be the case with Mr. Dick- son, but it is certain that he has the esteem and confidence of the community in which he lives.

NATHAN McCOY

was among the earliest settlers of Western Michigan ; born in Montgomery Co., Va., Nov. 15, 1805. His father, William McCoy, was also a native of the same county, and his mother, whose maiden name was Susan Hunter, of Giles County, same State. His parents were very poor, and Na-

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than received very little schooling, working on the farm and tending carding-machine alternately for a livelihood until November, 1833, when he emigrated to Michigan, stopping first at Pokagon for a year, with his brother-in-law, Henry Sifford, working the following two years near Cass- opolis, for Pleasant Norton. He then took a trip to Iowa, returning after a two months' stay. He was married to Miss Hepeziah Vickars, Dec. 7, 1836.

In 1834 he bought one hundred and fifty-three acres of land in Berrien township, Berrien Co., settling on this early

in 1837, and, living in a log cabin, endured the usual hardships, trials, and pleasures of pioneer life ; for our old pioneers tell us that their happiest days were when build- ing up their homes in the woods.

Mr. McCoy has been quite a hunter, having killed a great many deer both in Michigan and Virginia. By his first wife he had the following children : Elizabeth, born Dec. 17, 1837; Amanda Jane, March 7, 1839; William, Aug. 16, 1843; Lewis Perry, Aug. 8, 1851, all of whom are living. Mr. McCoy was afflicted by the loss of this wife, who died Oct. 11, 1851. The 21st of October, 1852, he married Amanda Marquis, by whom he had the follow- ing children : Francis Marion, born Oct. 24, 1854; Zorah Alice, born Nov. 18, 1858, died Sept. 6, 1861; and Su- sanna, born Sept. 16, 1862. Dec. 13, 1875, the hand of the destroyer was again laid heavily upon Mr. McCoy's household, taking his second partner and companion. Mr. McCoy has always been Democratic in politics. He is at present possessed of two hundred and forty-seven acres of land, and with abundant means, pleasant home, and the most of his family around him he bides his time.

ISRAEL PEMBERTON HUTTON

was born in Bedford Co., St. Clair township, Pa., July 10, 1831. His father, Benjamin Wright Hutton, was a native of Adams Co., Pa., as was his grandfather. His mother, Beulah R. (Harris) Hutton, was a native of Chester Co., Pa. Mr. Hutton's ancestors were Quakers and English. The family removed to Michigan in October. 1846. Israel worked at farming until eighteen years of age, when he went to Three Rivers to learn the milling trade of Bowman & Hoffman, working nearly three years with them, when he removed to Summerville, Cass Co. This was in 1851. There he took charge of a mill, and in December, 1855, purchased it. In 1857 he built a new saw-mill, and in 1858 a new flouring-mill. He also built several houses in Summerville. In 1863 he bought one-half interest in a mill at Lawton, Van Buren Co., and sold it in 1865.

In 1864 he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Berrien township, where he now lives. He sold his mill at Summerville in 1873; rebought it in 1876; resided in that place till 1874, when he removed to the site of his present home. He built his handsome residence in 1875. He sold one-half of his mill in 1876, and is at present man- aging both farm and mill.

He married Mrs. Anna Maria (Moore) Milliard, who had three children by her first husband, viz .: Joseph B., Edward F., and Nancy Maria Milliard.

Mr. Hutton's family consisted of six children ; names and ages as follows: Arthur Donaldson, born June 19, 1854, died September 29, 1856 ; Robert F., born Sept. 15, 1855 ; Wilford M., born Jan. 26, 1857 ; Elizabeth L., March 30, 1858; Beulah Adelle, Aug. 29, 1859 ; Parthenia, July 19, 1861.

While in Summerville he filled several offices of trust. He helped organize the Citizens' National Bank of Niles, and has been a director for several years. Was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, since

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which time he has acted with them. Has been a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church for twenty-three years.

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History of Berrien and Van Buren counties, Michigan. With biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 54

Author: D.W. Ensign & Co. pub; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Johnson, Crisfield Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia, D. W. Ensign & Co. Number of Pages: 821

Author: D.W. Ensign & Co. pub; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia, D. W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 821