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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in January, 1880, by Rev. J. Hoyt, with a membership
* H. S. Rogers, Ilistory of Cass County.
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of sixteen. The officers are C. M. Osborn and Joel Cross, Stewards; C. M. Osborn, District Steward. The church now has a membership of twenty. They have no church building, and worship in the Friends' Church.
EARLY ROADS.
The first roads through this new country were those formed by the Indians, and are denominated trails. These are nearly all obliterated, one being still dis- cernable near Donnel's Lake. The first Road Com- missioners were H. H. Fowler, Andrew Grubb and J. Gard, elected in 1831. They met and declared all section lines on prairie and openings roads, but they were not surveyed or formally opened. The first road surveyed through the township was from Mottville to Cassopolis in June, 1832, John Woolman being the surveyor, John W. O'Dell carrying the chain. This was known as the old Territorial road and has been nearly all taken up. The next road was from Van- dalia to Constantine. The Road Commissioners next ran a road from Young's Prairie to Jones' Mill, when others followed in rapid succession. In 1846, when Henry Jones, David McIntosh, Isaac Bonine were Commissioners, the roads were nearly all remodeled and located as at present, but it was many years sub- sequent before they were brought to their present state of perfection.
Congress appropriated certain lands for the con- struction of mud roads, and it was placed in the hauds of Commissioners to designate the improvements to be made. In 1848, Joseph Harper took, by sealed bid against all competitors, of David Histed, the Com- missioner, the contract for constructing about 100 rods of road through the marsh on the Constantine and Paw Paw road about two miles west of what is now Vandalia, for which he was to receive 1,100 acres of land. The contract called for one foot of logs, one foot of brush and one foot of dirt, there being several feet of water on the marsh at that time. Mr. Harper took in, as partner, Daniel McIntosh, and they sublet it to Richard Lake & Bro., who failed to fulfill, and the contract reverted to Messrs. Harper & McIntosh, who agreed to raise it six inches higher than the origi- nal contract, and received therefor 320 additional acres of land. The water was so deep that brush was conveyed by boat from the island. Among the first bridges was one constructed by Joseph Harper, across the Christiana Creek at Vandalia, its place now being : $1,800, six frame and one brick schoolhouse.
supplied by another structure. Since that period two railroads have been constructed through the township, known as the " Air Line " and "Grand Trunk," to both of which the citizens gave quite liberally, both by donating right of way and private subscriptions. To the Air Line, of which he was Superintendent,
Mr. J. E. Bonine devoted three years time, $6,000 right of way, and $6,000 cash. Mr. S. T. Reed devoted his attention especially to the Air Line, to which Nathan Jones subscribed $3,000 and paid it, which is an index of the public spirit of the town, those above mentioned, however, being much the larger subscrib- ers, and the right of way, in several cases, it was nec- essary to purchase.
SCHOOLS.
Almost simultaneous with the advent of the pioneers were schools established for the instruction of the young. First in private houses, and a more incon- venient place could not readily be selected, for a house with one room, in which the household duties of the day were being performed, presented many distracting scenes. Still, necessity made it compulsory, no other place being available. These soon gave place to the log schoolhouse, and these were in turn superseded by more commodious and finer looking structures of wood and brick. Louisa Gedding doubtless taught the first school in 1830, in the house of Daniel McIntosh, Sr., at $1.50 per week and board. She is now living with her husband on Gull Prairie. William P. Gedding taught in the same house in the fall and winter of 1830, receiving as compensation $10 per month and board.
James O'Dell and Thomas Kirk built in 1835, on Section 26, the first frame schoolhouse of which we have any record. Joseph White taught in 1832 in a log schoolhouse on Young's Prairie. The schools at this early period were sustained by voluntary sub- scriptions, and when we consider the limited means at the command of these sturdy pioneers, we feel almost a veneration for the wisdom they displayed in securing an education for their children in preference to all things else. A school district was organized in the Casterline settlement in 1844, a log house erected and school taught that winter. Various changes of school districts were made, until there are now seven, Districts No. 5, 8 and 9 being fractional (two num- bers are omitted in numbering districts), and No. 4, a graded school at Vandalia. According to the Superintendent's report for 1980, there are 512 chil- dren between the ages of five and twenty years; 133 volumes in the various libraries ; value of school prop . erty, $10,200; wages paid male teachers, $1,150; females, $991; bonded debt of the graded school,
District No. 4 of Vandalia was organized in 1865, but the old schoolhouse was used until 1873, when a fine brick structure, costing $6,500, was erected, G. J. Townsend, P. Snyder and Amos Smith being the building committee. Jesse P. Borton, who taught the school for five years, is credited with raising the
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standard of scholarship and much improving the school. In 1879, Mr. M. Pemberton, the present Principal, established a course of study, and they now have a very fine school under his directorship, his assistants being Miss M. R. Thurston, Miss Lydia Burnham and Miss Rose L. Mears. The present Board of Education is C. E. Carrier, Director ; H. H. Phillips, Moderator; Peter Snyder, Assessor ; J. B. Bonine, John Alexander and George Longsduff.
EARLY ASSESSMENT ROLL.
The following is a copy of the first assessment roll obtainable, it being for the year 1837, and includes the tax on both real and personal property :
Amos Green, 320 acres, real, $12.80, personal, $2.35; John Price, 160 acres, real, $4.80, personal, $2.25; John Donals, 240 acres, real, $7.60; Jacob T. East, personal, $1.70; Elizabeth Cox, forty acres, assessment, $1.20; John A. Ferguson, personal, $1.40; Hiram Cox, personal, 60 cents ; William Lindsley, 400 acres, real, $12, personal, $1.60; Marverick Rudd, 160 acres, real, $4.80, personal, $1.50; Ezra Hindhaw, 160 acres, real, $4.80, per- sonal, $2.25; Reubin Hinshaw, personal, $2; Abijah Hinshaw, eighty acres, real, $2.40, personal, 90 cents ; Mary Jones, 160 acres, real, $11.20, personal, $2.60; Lydia Jones, forty acres, real, $2.80; Jesse Beeson, personal, $1.10 ; Joshua Leach, personal, $1; Nathan Jones, 440 acres, real, $13.20. personal, $2.40 ; John Lamb, forty acres, real, $1.20 ; John Cays, personal, 80 cents; John Nixon, eighty acres, real, $2.40, personal, 90 cents; Moses McLeary, personal, 60 cents ; Henry Jones, - acres, real, $9.60, per- sonal, $4.70 ; Ishmael Lee, 110 acres, real, $3.30, personal, 90 cents ; Christopher Bordes, personal, 95 cents ; Alpheus Ireland, sixty acres, real, $4.20, personal, $1.75; Drury Jones, sixty acres, real, $4.20, personal, $1.20; Samuel Thompson, forty acres, real, $1.20, personal, $3.20.
The above assessment roll forms the subject for an interesting study, as exhibiting the individual wealth at that early period, and, as compared with the report of the Secretary of State for 1880, presents a marked contrast, viz., 142 farms on which had been raised 74,238 bushels of wheat, 27,609 bushels of corn, 420 bushels of clover seed, 320 bushels of peas, 8,085 bushels of potatoes, 1,598 tons of hay, 466 head of horses, 953 head of cattle, 1,958 hogs, 2,943 sheep, and there was sold in 1879 5,394 bushels of apples, 4,500 pounds of grapes, and sixty-one bushels of cherries, currants, plumbs and berries, which shows the resources of the town in the line of produc- tions. Evidences of wealth, culture and refinement are seen on every hand as farm after farm passes
before our view, nearly all provided with fine and appropriate farm buildings.
SUPERVISORS.
1831, John Agard; 1832-36, James O'Dell ; 1837, Alpheus Ireland ; 1838, Daniel Kelsey ; 1839, Dan- iel Kelsey ; 1840, James O'Dell ; 1841, Henry Jones; 1842-45, Ira Kelsey; 1846-48, Elias Carrier; 1849, Isaac L. Seely ; 1850-1, Alpheus Ireland ; 1852, R. S. Pemberton ; 1853, Barker F. Rudd; 1854, R. Pemberton ; 1855, R. S. Pemberton; 1856-58, Geo. D. Jones ; 1859, E. Alexander; 1860, Amos Smith; 1861, R. S. Pemberton ; 1862, E. C. Collins ; 1863, C. C. Nelson ; 1864-65, Nathan Jones ; 1866-67, Amos Smith ; 1868, R. S. Pemberton ; 1869-70, John Alexander ; 1871, Reason S. Pemberton ; 1872-74, John Alexander; 1875-76, James H. Stamp; 1877, Stephen Jones ; 1878, John H. East ; 1879, Lucius D. Gleason ; 1880, Joseph H. Johnson; 1881, Charles F. Smith.
TREASURERS.
1831, Hardy Langston ; 1832-33, Samuel Hunter; 1834, Daniel MeIntosh (H. H. Fowler was elected successor in October) ; 1835, Thomas E. O'Dell; 1836- 37, Daniel McIntosh, Jr .; 1838, A. R. Lamb ; 1839, Daniel Kelsey ; 1840, John Alexander; 1841, John Alexander ; 1842-48, Stephen 'Rudd *; 1849-50, R. S. Pemberton; 1851, Stephen Rudd ; 1852, J. E. Nicholson ; 1853-54, Edward Talbot ; 1855-56, M. Rudd; 1857-59, John Alexander ; 1860, J. S. East ; 1861, G. W. Jones ; 1862, J. W. O'Dell; 1863-65, A. W. Davis ; 1866-67, R. S. Pemberton ; 1868-69, W. H. H. Pemberton; 1870-72, John A. Jones ; 1873-74. W. E. Bogue; 1875, Charles F. Smith ; 1876, H. East ; 1877-78, Joseph H. Johnson ; 1879, Stephen Jones ; 1880-81, Harmon Delong.
CLERKS.
1831-41, Ira Nash ; 1842-44, Allen W. Davis; 1845, Elias Carrier; 1846, Ira Kelsey ; 1847-48, Allen W. Davis; 1849, Elias Carrier ; 1850-52, George D. Jones ; 1853-54, John Hurd, Jr. ; 1855, J. B. McIntosh ; 1856-58, A. L. Thorp: 1859, J. E. Nicholson ; 1860-61, W. H. Sullivan ; 1862, N. Monroe; 1863, A. J. Foster; 1864-65, A. L. Thorp; 1866, G. Clendenan, refused to qualify, succeeded by A. L. Thorp; 1867, H. C. Walker; 1868, H. Fran- cis ; 1869-71, A. L. Thorp; 1872, W. E. Bogue; 1873-74, A. L. Thorp; 1875, J. W. Bartlett ; 1876, John King: 1877, H. S. Cone; 1878, George W. Vanantwerp; 1879, Albert II. Snyder; 1880, Rea- son S. Pemberton : 1881, Leslie Green.
*1854, E. Talbool died and S. Rudd appointed to fill vacancy
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HENRY JONES.
Henry Jones, the eldest son of George and Lydia (Hobson) Jones, was born in Randolph County, N. C., in 1790. The elder Jones was a Friend, and his abhorrence of the "relic of barbarism " was so strong that, rather than rear his family under its demoralizing influences, he decided to remove to the then new country of Ohio. Here we find the family in 1807, in a sparsely settled region, bravely endur- ing the privations and hardships incident to life in a new country, but happy in the thought that they were free from the contaminating influences of human slav- ery.
In 1813, Henry was married to Miss Hannah Green, a native of Georgia, and a most estimable woman, by whom he reared a family of twelve chil- dren. During his residence in Ohio, he was engaged in farming and merchandising and in both vocations was successful. In 1829, his father removed to Cass County and purchased a large tract of land in the town- ship of Penn. With him came two men, employed by Henry to make the preliminary arrangements for the emigration of his family. They were equipped with four yoke of oxen and the necessary implements for putting in a crop. The autumn of 1830 witnessed their departure for their new home. It was quite an event in the neighborhood, and was not wholly unlike the emigration of some of the patriarchs of old in many particulars. First were two four-horse teams loaded with household effects ; then one two-horse team, fol- lowed by four yoke of oxen, the cattle, sheep and hogs bringing up the rear. The journey was devoid of inci- dents worthy of mention. On arriving in Penn, he bought a lease on the school section, where he re- mained four years ; ultimately he located on the west side of the prairie, where John Nixon now resides, and for the second time commenced the erection of a home and the development of a new country.
Mr. Jones resided in Penn until his decease, which occurred in 1851, in the sixty-first year of bis age. Mrs. Jones died in March of 1864, aged seventy-two. He was recognized as a man of ability and unques- tioned integrity, and was selected for many important positions of trust and responsibility, notably among the number that of County Commissioner, which po- sition he filled until the office was abolished by act of the Legislature. His benevolence and hospitality was proverbial and he endeared himself to the entire com- munity by his many acts of kindness, and, among the pioneers of the county, it is but justice to say that no one held a larger portion of public esteein than he.
Of the family, six are now living in the county-Mrs. Nixon, Amos, George W., Henry, Finney and Jesse.
Amos was born in Ohio, and is now living in La Grange. Henry was also born in Ohio and has been a resident of Oregon for thirty years. Finney resides in Cassopolis. Jesse was born in Penn December 13, 1832. On the death of his father, which occurred when he was eighteen years of age, he started in life for himself. He is one of the largest and most suc- cessful farmers in the county.
He married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Abram V. and Mary Huff, of Wayne, December 29, 1861. Mrs. Jones was born July 2, 1843, in Wayne, Cass County. Of a family of six children, four are living -Mary Belle, Jesse, George W. and Walter G.
WILLIAM JONES.
William Jones, one of the early settlers and promi- nent farmers of Penn Township, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 8, 1813. He is the son of Charles Jones, a native of Georgia, who was born January 20, 1792, and where he remained until the emigration of the family into Preble County. As has been stated elsewhere, the progenitor of the family was an English Quaker, who came to this country about the middle of the last century, and settled in North Carolina, and from thence removed to Georgia. The family have always remaimed true to the traits of their faith, and their detestation of human slavery was the prime cause of their removal to Ohio, then on the extreme frontier. In 1812, the elder Jones, Charles, was married to Anna Bogue, who was born in North Carolina, in January of 1789. The boyhood days of William were spent in this then sparcely settled region, sharing the privation of a pioneer family, but laying the foundation for a robust consti- tution, and developing those habits of industry and perseverance which became, in later years, the salient points in his character. In the spring of 1829, the elder Jones came to Cass County, then known as the " St. Joseph country," and located a large tract of land in the township of Penn ; returning for his family, he made permanent settlement in November of that year. He built a cabin 20x30 feet, on land now owned by his son William, which was occupied by the family, which consisted of seventeen persons, and in which they were obliged to remain for some time. The elder Jones became one of the prominent farmers of this township, and at one time owned over 1,000 acres of land. He was an estimable man, and highly esteemed by all who knew him for his moral worth and social qualities. In 1852, Mrs. Jones died, and in 1853, he was again married to Prudy Pemberton. By the first marriage there were ten children-Will-
HON. AMOS SMITH.
AMOS SMITH.
The present County Surveyor and ex-Representa- tive of Cass County in the Legislature, was born in Erie County, Penn., August 7, 1829, and was the son of Charles F. and Emily (Leach) Smith. One of his ancestors, his mother's father, James Leach, was a brave soldier in the war of 1812, and was killed at the battle of Niagara Falls, which occurred July 25, 1814. The subject of our sketch obtained an academ- ical education in Erie County, and in the year 1848 came to Michigan with his uncle, Joshua Leach, who was one of the pioneers of Penn Township. The first employment of the young man was teaching school. He taught two terms on Young's Prairie or more properly at the locality known as Geneva, and there worked for Joseph Harper and Daniel McIntosh, who had the contract for building a road across the marsh in Penn Township. In 1849, he went back to Penn- sylvania, and from there journeyed to Yazoo County, Miss., in the same year. He there taught school until June, 1850, when he returned to his old home. He had gained many ideas in regard to the Southern country and people, and it was his intention to re- visit the Yazoo region, but obtaining a good offer to resume teaching in his old school in Michigan, he again journeyed here, in 1852. He taught occa- sionally for a considerable time, but having, in 1853,
commenced surveying, he made that his principal work, and, for the next twelve years, was continu- ously in occupation of the office, either as County Surveyor or Deputy Surveyor. In 1855, Mr. Smith bought forty acres of land. the beginning of his pres- ent fine farm of nearly two hundred and fifty acres. Cass County sent Amos Smith as its Representative to the State Legislature, in 1868. He was elected upon the ticket of the Republican party, to which he has been attached since its organization. In 1875, he was appointed County Surveyor, to fill a vacancy caused by death, and has since occupied the office, by virtue of successive elections. He has been Super- visor of Penn Township three times, and held other positions of honor and trust. A man of much pub- lic spirit, he has endeavored to advance all of the best local interests, and perhaps has labored for no other cause more efficiently than for the public schools of Vandalia. He taught in them for two years subsequent to the time when they were graded, and has been, for nine years, a School Director. Mr. Smith was married, in 1855, to Martha J. East, daughter of James and Anna East, an old family of the county. Their children are Charles F., born September 29, 1856; Frederick E., born August 7, 1858 ; and George D., born June 24, 1864.
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iam, Stephen, Mary, Elizabeth, George, Charles, Anna M., Joseph, Lydia and Keziah ; by the latter there were two, Merrill and Lodema. He died in 1832, " in a good old age, full of days, riches and honor." William was a member of his father's family until he attained his twenty-second year, at which time he was married to Miss Lydia, daughter of Henry Jones. After their marriage, the young couple com- menced life for themselves on the old homestead, where he has since resided. In 1845, Mrs. Jones died, and in 1857 he was again married to Miss Maria, daughter of Benjamin Parish, of Kalamazoo County. She was born in Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., March 29, 1824, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1841. By the first marriage there were six children, three of whom-Anna, Hannah and Elizabeth-are living, by the second, one child, William L., is living; three are deceased. In 1856, Mr. Jones purchased the old homestead, a view of which we present in this chapter. Mr. Jones is one of the largest and most successful farmers in the county, and his farm now consists of 970 acres, 500 of which is under cultiva- tion. His life has been devoted to agricultural pur- suits, and few men have applied themselves more assiduously than he, or have been more successful, not only in the accumulation of property, but in the per- fection of an honorable record. Politically, he affili- ates with the Democratic party, and both he and his wife are worthy members of the Friends' Meeting.
DR. THOMAS J. CASTERLINE.
Thomas J. Casterline, or Doctor.Casterline as he is familiarly known, was born in Romulus, Seneca County, N. Y., January 3, 1813. His parents, Bar- reabas and Rhoda Casterline, were natives of Orange County, from whence they removed in the early part of 1800 to Seneca County. The mother was one of those noble women, who seem to be the personification of all the cardinal virtues. At the age of eleven years, Thomas went to live with a farmer by the name of Jonas Seely, with whom he remained four years, when he returned home and shortly after was pros- trated by sickness ; his life was spared, but he left his bed a cripple for life. His education was confined to the common schools of his native town, but what he failed to acquire from books he learned from obser- vation and experience. On arriving at that age when most young men realize the fact that the time las arrived when they are to do for themselves, and know- ing that his success in life was dependent upon his own exertions, and being physically incapacitated for many of the vocations in life, he resolved to make the profession of medicine his life-work. IIc com- menced its study with Dr. Champlain, of Allegany
County, N. Y., and afterward studied with Dr. Alfred Griffin. In 1840, he established himself in the prac- tice of his profession in the village of Cuba. About this time, he met his destiny in the person of Miss Rachael M., daughter of Ralph and Mary Hurlburt, of Litchfield, Conn., whom he married in 1841. Mrs. Casterline was born in Canaan, Conn., January 4, 1818. After their marriage, the young couple made a brief visit to the home of Mrs. Casterline, and during the time decided to come to Michigan, where they arrived in October, 1844. His first loca- tion was the place which has since been his home, and which was at the time in a state of nature. By industry and economy, he has made repeated addi- tions to the little beginning of fifty-five acres, and his farm is one of the most valuable ones in that portion of the township in which it is situated. The Doctor has been successful, not only in securing a well-earned competency, but in the building-up of an enviable reputation. Both he and his wife are exemplary members of the Disciple Church, and in them all church enterprises find liberal supporters. Although not a politician, he has pronounced ideas on all polit- ical matters. He affiliates with the Democratic party and dates his conversion to its principles to the time of Andrew Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Casterline have been blessed with three children-Rhoda M., who married James M. Huey, in 1870; Mary E., now Mrs. George W. Paul, and Byron H.
CHARLES OSBORN.
Charles Osborn was born in Guilford County, N. C., in 1776, and commeneed the ministry in the Friends Church about 1806 or 1808. He traveled and preached wherever there were Quakers for thirty years. A copy of his diary, as published, shows that his journeys in the interest of his religious belief ex- tended to the British Isles and nearly all continental Europe, as well as the United States. He was ac- corded a head seat wherever he was, even Joseph John Gruney refusing to take a seat above him, and was held in esteem wherever the name of Quaker was known. He was one of the earliest and most extreme of the abolition preachers, and devoted much of the energies of the best portion of his life in promoting the interests of the cause he so heartily espoused. There was a controversy on this subject within the Richmond Yearly Mecting (Indiana), which proscribed Osborn and several others " for their zeal in the cause of anti-slavery," but refused to state the cause in those words, but said they were disqualified for their posi- tion. This resulted in a separation, and Osborn died in 1850, before the two wings came together. They did come togetlier, however, and the testimonial of his
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church, written soon after his death, shows that, hav- ing at an early period of his life seen the injustice and cruelty of slavery, he "engaged in the formation of associations for the relief of its victims, under the denomination of Manumission Societies." His diary shows that he began their formation in 1815 in Ten- nessee, the first society being organized with six mem- bers. He endeavored not only to enlist the feelings and the secure the co-operation of members of his own society, but also all others, and at that early day advo- cated and maintained the only true and Christian grounds-immediate and unconditional emancipation. In 1816, the Colonization Society was formed, which he promptly and energetically opposed.
The first paper ever published which advocated the doctrine of immediate and unconditional emancipation, was issued by Charles Osborn, at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio, in 1816, entitled the Philanthro- pist, which was published about one year. He was one of the first, if not the very first, in the United States who advocated the doctrine of the impropriety of using the products of slave labor. Benjamin Lundy, who was also a Quaker preacher, became imbued with Osborn's doctrines, worked in the office and occasion- ally wrote for the paper, and it was here that was origi- nated the germ of Lundy's subsequent operations. Mr. Embree commenced the publication of a paper called the Emancipator at Jonesboro, Tenn. Lundy purchased the material for the paper, and in 1821 is- sued the Genius of Universal Emancipation, which was a successor to the Philanthropist, established at Mount Pleasant by Charles Osborn. Lundy has been erroneously credited in all histories hitherto published with having published the first anti-slavery paper, whereas he was simply an occasional contributor to its columns.
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