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Bronson Council, No. 40, was organized about 1874, with Ira D. Hull as T. I. G. M. Its membership at pres- ent is in the neighborhood of 25. The officers are : Thrice Illustrious Grand Master, Henry Powers; Deputy Hlustri- ous Grand Master, 1 .. W. Lewis; Principal Conductor of the Work, Joseph E. Pullman; Captain of the Guard, Milo Clark ; Sentinel, Peter Potts.
Among the Masons at Bronson and vicinity are a few Knights Templar. These are Milo Clark, Ira D. Hull, Leonard D Clark, Cyrus J. Keyes, B. J. Trigg, and Jolin T. Holmes. They are members of Jacobs Commandery, No. 10, K. T., of Coldwater, with the exception of Mr. Holmes, who belongs to Columbia Commandery at Sturgis, St. Joseph Co.
ODD-FELLOWS.
Bronson Lodge, No. 227, I. O. O. F., was instituted April, 14, 1874, with 14 members, of which number 5 had taken their degrees at Burr Oak, and were instru- mental in organizing the lodge at Bronson. The first principal officers were : Noble Grand, D. R. Sherman ; Vice Grand, E. A. Gay ; Recording Sec., A. F. Clark ; Perma- nent See., Seth Monroe; Treas., Jason Shepard. The present membership is about 35, and the following are the present officers : Noble Grand, J. Q. Adams; Vice Grand, S. Dennis ; Recording See., J. P. Borton ; Permanent See., Thomas James ; Treas., Charles Gilson.
THE BRONSON CORNET BAND
was organized in the fall of 1877, and at present consists of 11 members, with Samuel Holmes as leader. For some time after its organization the band employed Charles Rogers, of Constantine, St. Joseph Co., as teacher, and made rapid advancement under his tutorship. For the length of time it has been in practice it has become re- markably efficient.
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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first religious organization in Bronson was a class formed by the Methodists about 1536, with Peter Jones as leader. Gabriel Smith. now deceased, was the preacher at that time, and 'organized the society. The old class was allowed to lose its identity. the members uniting with churches at Burr Oak and elsewhere, and for some years there was no Methodist organization in the place. The present society was formed in 1857 by Rev. John Clubine. its pastor at this time. It was then a station on the Burr Oak Circuit. from the east half of which the Bronson Cir- cuit was formed in the fall of 1866. at which time Rev. . Mr. Doust was pastor. There are three appointments now on the circuit .- at Bronson. Batavia Centre, and in the Shaw neighborhood. on the west line of Bronson township. The only house of worship on the circuit is the brick church at Bronson, which was ereted in 1871. the cost of the property, including sheds, parsonage. ete .. being 83500. This is the first church the Methodists have erected here. their meetings having previously been held in the school-house or iu Clark's Hall. At the other two appointment, services are conducted in school-houses. The membership of the Bronson society in March, 1879, was 86. A Sunday-school is sustained, with an average attend- ance of 02 : S. S. Reed is superintendent. The member- ship of the entire circuit is 112, and the pastor is Rev. John Clubine, who came with his father. John Clubine. from Pittsburgh, Pa .. to St. Joseph Co .. Mich., in 1836.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The first Baptist society at Bronson was organized about 1s60. at the house of Wildman Bennett, where the first meetings were held. The school-house was subsequently used. as it was also by other denominations. The present frame church owned by the society was built in the sum- mer of 1864. those mainly instrumental in having it done being Mr. Bennett and his son. Eli G. Bennett. O. B. Nichols, although not a member. aided largely, and Dr. W. Byrus and Deacon D. M. Johnson were also prominent aud influential members. They are yet residing in the vil- lage. The first paster was Elder Mourve, who remained in charge about two years. The pastors since have been Eiders Southand. Pease (now of Burr Oak . John Kelly. Rodan. Post, - Gay. and the present in- eumbent. Elder William Remington, who came in 1875. Elder Fish had preceded him for a short time as supply. The church has been repaired at considerable expense (cal- cimined. frescoed. and painted), and in ISTS a pipe-organ was purchased of the Baptist Society at Coldwater, which erst. when new. 8650. The present membership of the church is 152. The attendance at the Sabbath-school averages about 70, and the superintendent of the latter is Wesley Puan, whose wife is a daughter of Wildman Bennett.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
A meeting to take into consideration the organization of a Congregational Church in Bronson was held at Rose's Ilall. May 7. 1sos. numerous delegates being present.
The church was organized in the afternoon of the same day with five members, viz .. Mrs. Isabella Waite. Mrs. Mary Shepard, Mrs. Harriet Nott. Mrs. Harriet Fellows. and Mrs. Cornelia Babcock. A Congregational society was or- ganized March 21. 1570. the first officers chosen being the following: Treasurer. Christopher G. Babevek; Clerk. F. A. Waite : Trustees. George F. Gillam, Reuben MI. Rob- erts. Jason Shepard. The first pastor was Rev. J. R. Bon- ney, who had previously been in charge of a small congrega- tion in Matteson township, the members of which united with the church at Bronson upon its formation. Meetings in Matteson had been held in a school-house. Mr. Bonney aided in organizing the Bronson church. and was its pastor ten years. His successor is the present pastor. Rev. Frank B. Olds. The membership is now about 60. A Sabbath- school is sustained with an attendance of about 50; its superintendent is John V. Allen. The present frame chapel. standing west of the school-house, was built in 15:2. The entire cost of the property, including the lot (8200), was a trifle less than $1000.
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
was built in the summer of 1877. during the pastorate of Rev. Father C. Corst. of Coldwater. who has been in charge about thirteen years. The lot on which the church (a frame building' stands, had been purchased a year before. Meetings were first held in a small building which stood near the depot.
Bronson contains at present in the neighborhood of twenty stores of various descriptions, with the usual complement of shops, such as are found in a place of the size. The vil- lage has a population of nearly 1000. Aside from the manufacturing establishments already mentioned is an ex- tensive stave-factory near the depor, which turns out a large amount of work. The physicians of the place number five.
Among those who have imparted information, which has beeu woven into the foregoing account, are Hon. Wales Adams, Jonathan Holmes and wife, James Ruggles. MIrs. Eliza Field, Milo Clark, Henry Powers. L. A. Rose. C. J. Keyes. Revs. William Remington. F. B. Olds, and J. Clu- bine. other members of churches and societies. George Farr. William HI. Compton town clerk, and numerous others whose names are not recollected. To all are returned sin- cere thanks.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
WALES ADAMS.
the youngest son of Eliakim Adams by his second wife. was born the 2d of March, 1804. in Medway. Norfolk Co .. Mass., twenty-five miles from Boston. His father was a Revolutionary soldier and died in the fall of 1Sos, aged fifty-four years. His mother died soon after. His guard- ian, who was a fatherly. philanthropie man. and deacon ef a Presbyterian church, seus him to a country distriet school three months each year, till he was sixteen years of age. From that time (1820) till the spring of 1828 he was en-
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gaged in mechanical employment, most of the time in ma- chine-shops, constructing cotton machinery. Finding that the business was injurious to his health he abandoned it and went to New York City, where he lived until the 2d
WALES ADAMS.
of September, 1830, at which time he started for Michigan, and reached Branch County about the middle of the same month. In the winter of 1830-31, in company with Wil- lard Pierce, they built a saw mill, which was propelled by the water which meandered along the classic Prairie River. The saw-mill was located on the west half, northwest quarter of section 29, in town 7 south, range 8 west, in the town of Bronson. Since that time, for more than forty-eight years, the place he first settled has been his home.
JONATHAN HOLMES.
In a volume composed principally of biograhpieal sketches of pioneer families in Peterborough, N. 11., mention is made of Nathaniel Holmes, the great-grandfather of the gentle- man whose name appears above. He and his wife, Jane ( Hunter) Holmes, lived and died in Coleraine, Antrim Co., Ireland. They were the parents of five children, of whom one, Nathaniel, emigrated to America in 1740, and settled at Londonderry, N. II., where he married Elizabeth Moore, of the same place. Their son, Deacon Nathaniel Holmes- father of Jonathan-was the ninth of a family of twelve children, and was born at Londonderry, N. II., Sept. 5, 1759, the same year that witnessed the fall of the citadel of Quebec and the death of the gallant officers, Wolfe and Montealm. He married Catherine Allison, daughter of Samuel and Janet ( MeFarland . Allison. Mr. Allison was a native of Londonderry, N. H., where he was born in 1743, and his death occurred at Weathersfield, Vt., in 1809. Ilis wife, also a native of Londonderry, died April 29, 1831, aged seventy-one years.
In 1784, Deaeon Nathaniel Holmes removed to Peter-
borough, N. Il., soon after his marriage, and there he and his wife continued to live until their death. His title of " Deacon" was given to him from the fact that he held that position in the Presbyterian Church. When quite young he rendered much service during the war of the Revolution. In 1775 he went out as a waiter to Lieut. Henry Ferguson, to Cambridge, and after that to his own father-in-law, Maj. Duncan, of Londonderry. In September, 1776, he was urged by his brother-in-law, William Moore, to enlist in Capt. Finley's company, Mr. Moore promising to make his pay as good as ten dollars per month. However, he declined, on the plea that his clothes were worn out. His sister, Mrs. Moore, overhearing the conversation, said, " Billy, you fur- nish the shoes and I will furnish the clothes." As there were but two pounds of wool in the house, it was a mystery how she could do so. But the next morning the sheep were brought to the barn, and four early lambs shorn of their fleece. The wool was colored, spun, woven, and made into clothing within twenty days, and when Capt. Finley came through town on his way to Saratoga, the young soldier was ready to join the company. Ile returned safely and Mr. Moore made good his promise regarding the young man's pay. Deacon Holmes died in Peterborough, Sept. 10, 1832. Ile and his wife were the parents of eleven children, of whom Jonathan Holmes, of Bronson township, is the youngest, his birth occurring at Peterborough, N. II., June 8, 1807. On the 4th of February, 1830, he was married to Jaue F. Moore, who was born Feb. S, 1810. She survived but a few months, her death occurring April 19, IS31. In the winter following, on Dec. 24, 1831, Mr. Holmes married Mary Taggart, widow of Cicero Robbe. She was born Oct. 10, 1807, and is now living with her husband in Bronson township. Their children are six in number, as follows : Mary Jane, born Oct. 15, 1832; mar- ried Truman Surdam, June 1, 1854, and removed to Cali- fornia in 1856 ; had two children, Ellen A. and Emma A. Iler husband died and she married William C. Dougherty, and is now living in Winona Co., Minn. John T., born Dec. 4, 1836 ; married first to Helen MeMillan, since de- ceased ; second, to Sarah Van Alstine ; now living near his father. Ilis two children are Nat. Leeson and Mary Louise. Byron Nathaniel, born Oct. 10, 1840 ; died March 11, 1842. Cicero J., born Nov. 13, 1844; living with his father. Sherman, born Nov. 2.1, 1848 ; died Aug. 24, 1850. Flor- ence Amelia, born Dec. 16, 1853; married to Ezra Beard- sley, Oet. 21, 1874 ; now living south of her father's place. Their children are Walter Holmes and Jesse Gertrude.
Jonathan Holmes lived on his father's farm at Peter- borough until he was nearly twenty-nine years of age. The care of his parents devolved upon him, and most faithfully did he attend to their comfort until the last sad rites had been performed for them and they were consigned to their final resting-place. After their death he sold his property, and in company with his brother, Samuel Holmes, came to Michigan. The two purchased four hundred acres of land from Alfred L. Driggs, including the place where Mr. Holmes now lives, the water power, and the saw-mill which Driggs had erected. This purchase was effected the day Mr. Holmes was twenty-nine years of age,-June 8, 183G. Samuel Holmes never settled here. He was long interested
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in a machine-shop and cotton-factory at Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt., but subsequently returned to Peterborough, N. H., where he died.
Jonathan Holmes returned to New Hampshire for his family, leaving the saw-mill in charge of David Taggart, and arrived with them at their home in the wilds of the Peninsular State on the 19th of September, 1837. Samuel Holmes' son, David A. Holines, assumed charge of his father's interest in the property in Bronson. In 1839 a grist-mill was ready for use, and this was operated about thirty years.
When Mr. Holmes came to this place but two aeres had been cleared upon it. The nearest house to the north was that of Amos Matteson, on the west shore of Matteson Lake, in the township of the same name. Westward it was a complete wilderness until Burr Oak was reached, and the nearest house south or southwest was that of Wales Adams. The Chicago road was the only one in the neigh- borhood. The members of the household were made familiar with the sight of numerous bands of Indians, who encamped often on the banks of Swan Creek, and fished and hunted in the vicinity. They were always peaceable
and quiet, and no trouble was experienced with them at any time.
Politically, Mr. Holmes is a Democrat, his first vote having been cast for the electors of Andrew Jackson. He has served four terms as justice of the peace, two as super- visor, several as highway commissioner, ete. Ile has nearly reached the age of seventy-two years, forty-two of which have been spent in his present home. He is surrounded by comforts, the product of his untiring industry, and lives in the quiet and serenity of a happy old age, one of Nature's greatest blessings.
Mrs. Holmes' great-grandfather, John Taggart, was born in Ireland in 1720, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., whenee he removed to Peterborough, N. H., in 1752. He died in Dublin, N. H., in 1813, aged ninety-three. Iler grand- father, John Taggart, Jr., was born in Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 11, 1750, married Anna Eames, removed to Dublin, N. II., in 1797, and died there Nov. 15, 1832, aged eighty- two years and nine months. He was an ensign in the Revolutionary war.
Her father, John Taggart, was born May 20, 1781, and died Sept. 20, 1835, aged fifty-four years.
GIRARD.
THIS township, which is designated by the United States survey as township 5 south, of range 6 west, is situated upon the north border of the county, east of the centre.
It is joined on the north by Calhoun County, and east, south, and west by the townships, respectively, of Butler, Coldwater, and Union, in Branch County.
It has a uniformly level surface, yet sufficiently elevated to afford good surface drainage into its natural water-courses and lakes. The principal streams are Coldwater River and Hog Creek. The former flows from the lake of the same name, and dividing in its course sections 29 and 30, leaves the township on the west border. The latter stream enters the town from the east, and running in a general westerly direction, passes through the central part, and effects a junction with the former river, just over the border, in Union township. The major portion of Coldwater Lake is situated within sections 29 and 32, while Vincent Lake lies mainly within section 4. The lake surface in the township comprises an area of about 650 acres. The soil is a gravelly loam, alternating occasionally with clay loam. It is very productive, easily cultivated, and bounteous erops annually reward the husbandmen for their toil. The people are chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits, stock-raising, the cultivation of corn, potatoes, fruits, and the various cereals being the specialties; and it is but fair to say that in the quality of its productions, and the amount produced,
it stands second on the list among Branch County town- ships.
According to the census of 1874 (the latest) it contains a total area of 22,562 acres, of which 12,740 were improved, and had a population at that period of 1313 inhabitants.
THE PIONEERS OF GIRARD.
In the summer of 1828, the brothers Joseph C. and Richard W. Corbus, accompanied by their mother,* and the wife and seven children of Joseph C., started from De- troit,-the place of their nativity,-and, with ox-teams and heavily-loaded wagons, slowly wended their way to the southwest in search of a new home. Their route led them along the Indian trail, afterwards known as the " Chicago road." After passing Saline, but very few settlers were to be found. At Jonesville, ITillsdale Co., was found Benaiah Jones, alone in his glory, and Moses Allen, the sole white inhabitant on Allen's Prairie. Here, on Sand Creek, and a short distance east of Allen's, the Corbus family first set- tled, and remained together one year.
Early in the spring of 1829, Richard W. Corbus, a young, unmarried man, accompanied by his mother and his nieee, Sarah Ann Corbus, ; then a child of about seven years of
# Mrs. Sarah McCombs. She was one of six of the first class in Methodism formed in the Territory of Michigan.
+ Now known as Mrs. Sarah A. Smith, and a resident of Quincy, Mich.
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age, removed to the territory now known as Girard. They located temporarily near the northwest corner of section 22, and thereby became the first white residents in the town- ship.
The Pottercatamie Indians had a small village on the prairie, about one-fourth of a mile east of the corners, and here for the first six weeks Corbus, his mother, and nicce lived in an unoccupied wigwam in the Indian village. During this time young Corbus had prepared a sufficient quantity of logs to build a log house, which was finally erected with the assistance of his Indian neighbors and his brother Joseph, who came over from Allen Prairie for that purpose. Mrs. Smith relates that the Indians were very friendly to the carly settlers, and freely divided their store of provisions with their newly-arrived white neighbors, who, but for this timely aid, would many times have suffered for the most common necessaries of life. "On the south side of the road, or near the northwest corner of section 22, was an Indian village of some twenty huts, and a large danec- house; opposite the village, on the north side of the road, was a small cornfield, and near the creek, north of the corn- field, were four apple-trees. Their burial-ground was situated on section 15, about midway between the present residence of Mrs. B. 11. Smith and the corners of Girard village."*
The house built by Richard W. Corbus was situated upon section 21, near the present residence of Mr. Joseph Vanblarcom. Here he remained until the spring of 1831, when, having exchanged claims and property with his brother Joseph, Richard returned to Alleu, while Joseph took up his residence in Girard.
In October, 1830, Edward S. Hanchett settled upon see- tion 22, and Henry Van Hyning, of Medina, Ohio, upon section 20. Mr. Van Ilyning's wife was the first to depart this life among those who settled upon the " West Prairie," and at her death he deeded one-half acre of land to the public for burial purposes. The plot is now inclosed, and adjoins the grounds of the West Girard Cemetery.
Martin Barnhart, from Wayne Co., N. Y., settled upon section 17, Jan. 1, 1831, and during the month of March of the same year John Parkinson, from Wayne, N. Y., settled upon section 18, Benjamin 11. Smith upon section 20, and the brothers Samuel and James Craig upon the same section.
Joseph C. Corbus, his brother John Corbus, and John Cornish settled in the central part, or on the "east prai- rie," during the same spring.
Benjamin II. Smith was a native of New Jersey. At an carly period of his life he removed to Wayne Co., N. Y. lle settled in Ypsilanti, Mich., in June, 1829, and from thence came to Girard in 1831. His daughter Sophrouia was the first female child born on the " West Prairie." IIe built the first framed house in the township during the first year of his residence, and, assisted by Abram Aldrich, built the first framed house in the city of Coldwater. He also, in company with J. W. Mann, Lyman Fox, and James B. Tompkins, built the first saw-mill, in 1837. He served his township in various official capacities, and was an active
participant in all matters relating to the public welfare. His widow and several sons survive him, and are residents of the township at the present time. Mrs. B. 11. Smith says that during the first years of their residence in Girard no grist-mills were nearer than White Pigeon, and that people very often ground their buckwheat in a coffee-mill and pounded their corn, with which they wade "samp" and hominy. Subsequently, Benjamin Il. Smith, Abram Al- drich, and Martin Barnhart erected a small grist-mill on Hog Creek, on the " West Prairie." John Parkinson was the first postmaster.
Samuel Craig came from Morristown, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and settled in Allen, Hillsdale Co., Mich., 1829, his being the third family to settle in that vicinity. In the spring of 1831, together with his family and his brother James Craig, he removed to Girard and settled upon the West Prairie. The family moved into a log house which had been partially completed by llenry Van Ilyning the fall previously. When occupied, it contained neither doors, windows, nor floor. llis son, Samuel Craig, Ir., who was born Sept. 4, 1831, was the first white child born in the township; the second birth being that of Rhoda, daughter of Joseph C. Corbus, who was born Sept. 16 of the same year. Mr. Craig built the first log barn in 1833, and to erect it required the strong arms of nearly all the inhabitants of Girard and Coldwater townships.
Joseph C. Corbus and his brother John, with their families, settled upon the north part of section 21 in March, 1831. John Corbus died about 1833, from an awkwardly-performed amputation, necessitated by an injury to his leg, received on a publie conveyance, while en-route from Detroit to Girard. The demise of his wife occurred but two weeks later than his own. Joseph C., or " 'Squire Corbus," as he was more familiarly known, was a resident of the township for many years, or until his death. Ile was the first town clerk elected in Coldwater township (1832), when its territory comprised the cast half of the the county, and was also the first clerk elected in Girard township in 1834. IIe served in the latter capacity, and as justice of the peace, for a score or more of years. Through his care and keeping a large portion of the records of the old township of Green are still preserved in the town records of Girard township.
John Cornish did not purchase any land in the township. He removed at an early day to Quincy, where he became prominent as one of the first settlers in that township.
James B. Tompkins came from Schoharie, Schoharie Co., N. Y., and in the fall of 1830 arrived in Tecumseh, Mich., where he remained until July, 1831, passing six months of this time in the wilderness, while following his occupation as a surveyor. At the date last mentioned he removed to Girard, and bought 80 acres upon scetion 15, where he now resides, and the same number of aeres on section 22. Ilis recollections of the Indians and the white families then residing in the township are as follows: Upon the " West Prairie" were the families of Benjamin 11. Smith, Martin Barnhart, Samnel Craig, Henry Van Hyning, and John Parkinson. Upon the " East Prairie" were those of Edward S. Hanchett, Joseph C. Corbus, John Corbus, and John Cornish. The Indians were upon
# The reader is referred to the general history for full particulars of the Indian occupancy, etc.
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section 22, where they had some 12 or 15 shanties, and about 8 acres of nice corn growing. After the removal of the Indians their shanties were torn down by the early settlers, and used to make shelters for their cattle. Upon that portion of section 15 purchased by Mr. Tompkins the squaws had planted four apple-trees. A year or so had passed away after his settlement ; many other white families were coming in ; and the Indians had learned that at a day not far distant they were to be removed away, and forever, from the scenes of their childhood days, their village, and the beautiful little prairie they had ever considered as all their own. A fate they so much dreaded very naturally exasperated them to sneh a degree that they determined to destroy the apple-trees, and all other things which they thought might be of value to the whites. Mr. Tompkins was accosted by a neighbor one day, and informed that the squaws were cutting down his apple-trees. He hastened to the spot and found that three trees were already hewn into fragments, while a young squaw, with axe in hand, and urged on by an older one, had already made an attack upon the fourth and only remaining tree. He shouted to them to stop. They did stop, and then the old squaw began a noisy harangue and denunciation of the whites; how the Indians had been cheated, their lands taken away from them, and old squaw had not received a dress. In the mean time several of the bueks had gathered around. Anger and hatred were depicted by face and gesture. The squaws demanded to be paid for sparing the tree. At this juncture William McCarty eame up, and as he understood the Indian dialect he acted as mediator, and peace was once more restored by Mr. Tompkins agreeing to give the squaws a certain amount of flour.
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