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In 1834, James Coulter, accompanied by his father, came into this county from Clinton County, Ohio, bringing abont one hundred and fifty head of milch cows, which were disposed of to the settlers on advan- tageous terms, and they then purchased 640 acres of land of Government in this township. After a stay of six months, they returned home. He soon came back again and commenced the work of clearing his farm, and, in 1836, went to Ohio, and returned with his bride, Ann (Wilson), in a lumber wagon drawn by an ox-team, the journey occupying seventeen days. They moved into a humble log house in the woods, and remained on this farm until his death, which oc- curred in 1874, and where his widow still resides. She recalls very vividly the time when, in order to assist along in the household economy, she, in com- mon with other pioneer mothers, manufactured cloth for family use, and did other work from which the modern farmer's wife is now exempt. They were blessed with eight children, four of whom survive, as follows : Margaret (Mrs. E. White), and William H., both residents of this township, also Sarah A., who lives with her mother, and John F., who lives in Fairmont, Neb.
William H. Doane, a near neighbor of Mr. Coulter's, removed from Greene County, N. Y., to Albany, and into Michigan in 1835, with his brother, and stopped at Niles, but could obtain no information regarding desirable lands from the people of this place, who looked upon them as land speculators, who at this time were not given a warm reception by actual set- tlers, for they held land out of the market, thus re- tarding the improvement of the country. But meeting a Capt. Stocking, he gave them minutes of some land, and they entered 360 acres in this township, on a portion of which Mr. Doane now resides. With 1,000 feet of lumber, lie constructed a place of abode, and with the exception of sixteen months, commencing in 1836, at which he worked at his trade, that of car- penter and joiner, in St. Joseph, he has been a resi- dent of this township since coming here. In 1837, he went to New York and married Elizabeth Roberts, a native of Wales, who died in 1843, leaving two children-George and John, Jr .- and, in 1844, he was united in wedlock to Miss L. A. Chase, and they are the parents of four children-Emory C., Edward M., Herbert H. and Lilly M. As indication of the scarcity of money, Mr. Doane dressed and sold a fine
roasting pig in Niles for 25 cents, and this was about the time that any one residing within a circumference of from ten to fifteen miles were denominated neigh- bors. He brought a stove into the township in 1837, and it was for years known as " Doane's Nigger," and attracted much attention. As will be seen else- where, Mr. Doane has taken a prominent part in township affairs.
Probably no one is more conversant with or has been more prominently identified with the history of Howard Township since 1835, than Ezekiel C. Smith, who with his wife, Laura (Parmelee), came from Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y., to Michigan at this time. He was preceded by his father, Amasa, and brother Zenas. His mother, Candace, died here in 1836, and was interred in the Barren Lake Cemetery, which land was donated for this purpose by Mr. Smith. Amasa, after a stay of three years, removed to Ohio, and from there to Iowa, where he died at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Zenus removed to Kent county, which place he left and emigrated to Tennessee, because the railroad run through his farm, which was an intrusion he could not brook.
Mr. Smith had hardly become a resident of the township before he was honored with the office of Jus- tice of the Peace, which office he held for thirty-six years, and during this time has started about four hundred couple on the matrimonial voyage of life, a record in the marrying line few Justices can compete with.
As Supervisor of his township in 1839, he intro- duced and was instrumental in the passage of a reso- lution for the payment of $20 bounty on every wolf killed, which, with the State bounty of $20, would, in his opinion, make the business of wolf-hunting so profitable as to exterminate these pests, and his theory proved correct.
In 1850, he represented his district in the State Legislature, and has taken an active part in all the public interests of his township, and has the univer- sal respect of all, for his upright manner and many estimable qualities.
January 11, 1882, he celebrated his golden wed- ding, and it is a quite remarkable fact that during this long period no death has occurred in his family, or, as he pungently puts it, he has had meetings, dances, debating societies, weddings, and in fact, almost everything in his house but a funeral. His family consists of five children, as follows : Ellen F .; George P., in Benton County, Mo .; Albert B., in lowa ; and Julia L., now Mrs. J. Doane, in Porter Township; Jerome A., in McMinnville, Tenn.
John M. Reese was born in Shurban, New York State, May 15, 1796. He married Angeline Mills
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JAMES SHAW.
JAMES SHAW.
The Shaw family are of Welsh extraction. The progenitor of the American branch came from Wales many years ago, and settled in Stonington, Conn., and from there removed to Rensselaer County, N. Y., where they engaged in agricultural pursuits. Samuel Shaw, Sr., grandfather of James, was in the Revolu- tionary war, and held a Lieutenant's commission.
James Shaw was born in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., February 28, 1813, and was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education. He remained with his parents, Samuel, Jr., and Elizabeth Shaw, and and assisted them on the farm until 1840, when he, accompanied by his wife, Maria P. (Wheeler), to whom he was married March 2, 1839, started for the West to carve out for himself a home. He first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Howard Town- ship, only twenty acres of which had been partially prepared for cultivation, and commenced life, after the manner of all pioneers, in a log house. About twenty years subsequent, he disposed of this farm, intending to go farther West, but eventually purchased the farm in Howard on which he now resides. He has been successful in accumulating a competency, and is now enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life. In politics, he has been a conservative Democrat, and has been
honored with various township offices, including that of Supervisor, to which position he was unanimously elected for 1844, and again for 1846, his name being placed on the head of both the Democrat and Whig tickets, which is a testimonial of appreciation worthy the man. He served as member of the State Legisla- ture in the sessions of 1845 and 1847, and during the latter term was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Manufactures. As candidate for the Legislature in 1860, in a Republican district. he ran far ahead of his ticket. He was also candidate for the State Senate in 1868. He was frequently on the stump in important political campaigns, and was accounted an efficient speaker. His public career has been such as to gain the full confidence, not only of his political friends, but also those who opposed him, for he is a man who despises to engage in anything underhanded to accomplish his objects, he being scru- pulously honest.
His first wife, who was born February 13, 1823, having departed this life in November, 1860, leaving one child, A. J. Shaw, he married, December 21, 1868, Margaret E., daughter of James Dennison, who was a descendant of George Dennison, a Colonel in the war of 1812. Mrs. Shaw was born in Berlin, N. Y., February 24. 1829. They have no children.
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in 1820, who still survives and at the age of eighty years spun yarn on a "big wheel " for a pair of stockings. In the spring of 1834, they moved to Northern Indiana, and three years later to Section 19, Milton, with a family of ten children. They en- dured the hardships incident to a pioneer life. As a pensioner of the war of 1812, he drew it until his death in July, 1876, his widow now receiving it. The name of their children are Anna Maria, Jacob, Mar- tha, Judson, Wade, Elisha M., Sarah A., Emaline and Caroline, twins, Mary C., Esther, Rebeckah H., John M. and Lewis Cass.
Judson Wade Reese, who was born in New York State in 1825, moved on his farm west of Barren Lake in 1849. He and his wife, Catharine M., widow of Richard T. Heath and daughter of Samuel Willard, have been blessed with two children-Ann Adell and Judd.
Maj. Henry Heath was born in Connecticut, De- cember 1, 1780, from which place he moved on the Holland purchase a few miles from Buffalo, N. Y., and in 1833 to Howard Township, and settled on Sec- tion 29, with a family consisting of a wife and nine children, as follows : Henry O., who was a teacher and Methodist preacher ; George, a blacksmith ; Richard T., who was at one time a merchant in Cass- opolis, and who performed a perilous journey through the wilderness to many of the " wild cat " banks of the State to get the so-called money redeemed ; Charles; Lucien, now a resident of California ; Giles; Albert, an attorney who held the office of Colonel during the war of the rebellion, and who, with his brother Lucien, are the only children living; two died in infancy. Richard T., above mentioned, married Catharine M. Willard in 1840, and moved on the farm now owned by Judson W. Reese. Their two children, Mary E. and George E., are both deceased.
Samuel Willard was born January 26, 1793, in Lancaster, Mass. In 1794 he moved to New York State, and after several changes and finally, in 1814, to Erie County, which was his home until 1837, and while here as a member of a militia company partici- pated in the battle of Oswego, in the war of 1812.
He married Ann Abbott in February, 1822, and in 1837 moved with his family to Howard Township, having purchased eighty acres in Section 30. He improved this farm and remained on it until his death May 13, 1877, having been a resident of this town- ship forty years. IIis widow, Ann, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1803, now resides on the same farm on "Yankee street," on which she moved in 1837.
The year 1835 witnessed quite an influx of popula- tion to IIoward, for the erroneous theories regarding
the barrenness of the soil had been by this time exploded, and, having full faith in its future, George Fosdick laid out a village of sixty four lots, which he named How- ardsville, on the farm now owned by Henry Pryen. He carried on the blacksmith trade in his embryo vil- lage, and, in addition, made a specialty of jail locks, with which he furnished nearly all the jails in South- western Michigan and Northern Indiana.
His village never materalized and, disappointed in his aspirations, Mr. Fosdick disposed of his property and moved to Indiana, where he deceased.
Once the prices procured for produce was far from remunerative, and Josiah Kinnison recalls the time when he sold his first crop of corn after coming into the township in 1838, at 15 cents per bushel, and drew it to Berrien Center, while oats brought 10 and 12 cents. He in common with others drew wheat to the mouth of the St. Joseph River, thirty miles distant, and received but 60 cents per bushel, and it took three days to make the trip.
As before indicated Mr. Kinnison and his wife Lydia (Cook), came into the township in 1838, and located on the farm on which he now resides, paying $5 per acre for it to speculators. Mrs. Kinnison is deceased, as is also his second wife, Sabrey (Thomas). He has two children now living. Mr. K. kept the first in- firmary in the county, at Edwardsburg, and never had more than six indigent persons under his care at one time.
In 1837, W. Olmstead could have been seen start- ing from Ohio for Michigan, with his wife, Matilda, one child and all his worldly possessions stowed away in a one-horse wagon. He spent that winter in How- ard, and then removed to Egypt, Ill .; but thirty months later moved on to his farm in Section 1, in no better financial condition than when he first left it. But the forty acres has been increased to 312. He is now living with his second wife, Electa (Dodds), his first one having deceased. Of twelve children born to them ten are living. IIenry Houser, who deceased in 1878, emigrated from Preble County, Ohio, in 1835, and settled upon and improved the farm now owned by Martin Dunning in Pokogon, and was prominently identified with the township,as will be scon by the civil list.
Mrs Mary (Brown) Houser, deceased in 1864, and was the mother of six children, viz .; S. M., farmer in this township; Michael, a resident of Berrien County ; Eli, of St. Joseph County ; William, a mer- chant in Dowagiac ; Mary, in Northern Michigan, and Martha Jane, also a resident of Dowagiac.
When eleven years of age, Jerome Wood moved from Batavia, N. Y., to Beardsley's Prairie with his father, Lyman D. Wood. They next became resi
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dents of Van Buren County, and then of St. Joseph County. During his boyhood days in this then new country, Mr. Wood became very much elated over a pair of buckskin pantaloons, which were the best his parents could procure for him at that time. He also recalls the time when potatoes and salt constituted their sole diet, while johnny cake was considered plenty good enough for all occasions. Some twenty-nine years ago, Mr. Jerome Wood and his wife, Iantha Corey, moved from Kalamazoo County to Silver Creek Township, and subsequently to their present home, Section 6, in Howard. Rachal Corey, mother of Mrs. Wood, who has resided in Silver Creek Town- ship for the past twenty-five years, is probably the oldest person in the county, her age being ninety years.
Attracted by the many inducements of Michigan in 1835, Henry Lamberton, then a young man, started for this then Territory from Canada, to which place he had removed from Genesee County, N. Y., with his parents and made it his home at Detroit, Grand Rapids and Niles successively, and finally, about twenty-two years since, purchased his present farm in Section 19, when in a state of nature, and has improved it. His first wife, Lovina, was a daughter of William Kirk, the veteran pioneer, by whom he had six children and ten by his present wife, Lucinda (Kemp), and now has nine boys living.
John Blanchard came from New York State when a young man, and lived for a few years at Niles, and then, in about 1840, purchased his present farm in Section 31, of William Collins, and, having erected a log house, he and his wife Ann (Dailey) moved on and improved the land, and he has done his part in developing the country. They are the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living.
The residence of David White, in Section 16, on which he moved some seventeen years since, is pleas- antly located, near Barren Lake. He has been a resident of that township since, 1864. In 1845, William Van Ness and his wife Arietta (Lee), came from Erie County, N. Y., and lived with one of their neighbors until their log cabin could be erected in the oak openings, and they in common with other settlers succumbed to the ravages of the ague. Mr. Van Ness deceased in 1845, and the family were kept together until arriving at manhood's estate by his widow who resides on the old homestead. Of their children, R. L. is the present Treasurer of Cass County ; Mary, now Mrs. Carlisle, in Milton, and William and Carrie at home.
When four years of age, in 1835, J. Hanson came from Johnstown, N. Y., with his parents, and settled in Jefferson, and endured the usual privations of
pioneer life. About fifteen years since, he and his wife, Harriet (Lee), moved on their present farm in Section 36, which is adorned with farm buildings, which are a credit to the township. They are the parents of three children-Hettie, Lydia and Edward.
James Shaw, although not moving into the county until 1840, has done considerable pioneer work in the way of clearing and improving land, and the fine row of trees that embellish the farm of Mr. Root were set out by him. His biography appears in another place.
John Bedford, the present Township Clerk, has had held this office since 1873. He is a native of Boston, England, and settled in Pokagon in 1852, and, one year subsequent, in Howard Township.
In 1852, Amos C. Foot came from Mishawaka, Ind., and settled on the farm in Section 31, on which his son Andrew T. resides, which, at this period, was far removed from its original appearance by the hand of the pioneer. A. S. Foot has filled the office of Justice in this township. Among the early settlers in Ber- rien County was William Nye, who, some forty-seven years since, emigrated from Ohio. He performed his full portion in removing the primal forests and fitting the land for the habitation of civilized man. He de- ceased in 1877, on the farm to which he moved some ten years since, and where now resides his son-in-law, J. P. Powers.
Mr. Powers is a native of Austria, from which country he removed some twenty-six years since. His house is situated part in this and part in Berrien County, and by a removal from one side of the room to another, they can change the county of their resi- dence.
The German race is further represented by Ernest I. Reum, who, some twenty-five years since, settled on the farm where he now resides. He is a fair rep- resentative of this frugal hard-working people, quite a number of whom are now settling in this section of the county.
One of the most prominent characteristics of the old time was the universal hospitality and helpfulness that abounded everywhere. The latch-string ran through the door, and the belated traveler was sure of entertainment at the first house. Everybody was ready to help in case of accident or sickness. The pioneers, many of whom have now passed away, will always live in the memories of their successors. Theirs was a peaceful warfare against dame nature. Their banner was always a flag of truce, their trophies the fallen tree and burning log-heap, their reward, the prosperity and happiness enjoyed by their descendants to-day. In this work the wife and mother has done her full share ; enduring privations without com-
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plaint ; with a kindly greeting for the tired husband and boy, and good words for the faint-hearted begin- ner or weary traveler, surely to her should be awarded the meed of praise.
The following comprise a complete list of the orig- inal land entries of the township :
SECTION 1.
ACRES.
Samuel Ellsworth, C'ass County, Mich., May 8, 1848. 40 Nathan Robinson, Casa County, Mich., Oct. 18, 1843 40 A. Smith, Cass County, Mich., May 1, 1833. 73 R. O. Salisbury, Cass County, Mich., April 8, 1845. 190 Amos Dow, Casa County, Mich., Feb. 27 and March 14, 1836 80 S. Bentley, Cass County, Mich., April 8, 1839 4( Theo. I. Lewia, Casa County, Mich., July 8, 1836. 80
H. Salisbury, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 31, 37 and April 15,
1840 40
SECTION 2.
James C. Faries, l'ass County, Mich., Jan. 28, 1835 .. 40 R. Culver, Cass County, Mich., June 16, 1835 80 N. C. Sanford, Litchfield County, Conn., June 25, 1835. 454
R. I. Faries, Casa t'ounty, Mich., July 3, 1835.
40
SECTION 3.
William Baker, Jefferson County, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1x34. 40 E. C. Smith, Erie County, N. Y., June 18, 1835 80 N. C. Sanford, Litchfield County, Conn., June 25, 1835. 186
Daniel Smith, Erie County, N. Y., July 13, 1835. 80 J. Garwood, Cass County, Mich., July 20, 1835. 40
Archibald Clyborn, Cass County, Mich., July 23, 1835. 40 Jacob Silver, Cass County, Mich,, March 14, 1836. 40 R. Culver, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 15, 1837 40
SECTION 4.
Joseph Garwood, St. Joseph County, Nov. 6, 1829. 74
I. W. Duckett, Caas County, Mich., Dec. 11, 1832. 40 1
William Northup, Erie County, N. Y., June 2, 1835. 152
J. Garwood, Cass County, Mich., July 13, 1835.
160
Henry Harter, Preble County, Ohio, July 6, 1836.
200
SECTION 5.
William Garwood, Lenawee County, June 19, and Aug. 14, 1829 130
I. W. Duckett, Cass County, Mich., March 3, 30 and Feb. 22, 1833 194
William Garwood, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 22, 1833 40 Sehert Toney, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 22, 1835. 80
William Garwood, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 31, 1837 40 [. W. Hicks, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 7, 1853. 40
SECTION 6. W. Garwood, Cass County, Mich., June 19, 29 and May 29, 1830. 309
Jesse Toney, Cass County, Mich., June 19 and 20, 1829, 133 John Ray, Lenawee County, Mich., Oct. 6, 1829. 70 „John Kinsey, Casa County, Mich., March 11, 1830. 75
Baldwin Jenkins, Cass County, Mich., March 11, 1830.
2
SECTION 7.
John Ritter, Lenawee County, Mich., June 19, 1829 80 Peter Barnhart, Cass County, June 13, 1831 80 John Clark, Cass County, June 17, 1831. 80 William Garwood, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 26, 183] 80
C. Albright, Cass County, Mich., Aug., 27; Sept. 5, 30, Nov.
AORES. 6,1833 240
0). Edwarda, New York City, Nov. 29, 1836 ..
80
SECTION 8.
Solomon Landis. Casa County, Mich , April 13, 1830 80
John Hensey, Casa County, Mich., April 13, 1830 80
William Morris, Cass County, Mich., May 11, 1830. 80 Jacob Kinsey, Cass County, Mich., July 17, 1830. 80
Joseph Harter, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 29, 1830 80
1. W. Duckett, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 20, 1832.
160
N. McCoy, Casa County, Mich., July 2, 1832
40
Joseph Harter, Casa County, Mich., Dec. 22, 1835
40
SECTION 9.
S. Stoner, Berrien County, Aug. 1, 1831. 80
I. & S. Bhymer, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 1, 1832 80 S. Kinsey, Caas County, Mich., Feb. 5, 1834 40 G. B. Fitch, Ontario County, N Y., June 30, 1834 80
1. W. Bailey, Casa County, Mich., July 17, 1835. 80
S. Waldo, Columbia County, N. Y., July 17, 1835 80
Peter Fraser, Cass County, Mich., July 14, 1835 80 S. Toney, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 16, 1835. 80
G. B. Fitch, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 23, 1835
80
SECTION 10.
E. C. Smith, Erie County, N. Y., June 18, 1835. 160
Elmer Emmons, La Porte, Ind., July 20, 1835.
160
D. Parmley, Erie County, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1836.
40
K. Harter, Preble County, Ohio, July, 6, 1836
81
Tho. Lewis, Casa County, Mich., July 23, 1836
40
E. T. Doane, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 25, 1837.
80
SECTION 11. S. Faries, Butler County, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1833, and Jan. 28, 1835. 200
George G. Doane, New Hanover, N. C., July 9, 1835. 40 George G. & William H. Doane, New Hanover, N. C., July 9, 1838 160
C. A. Fletcher, Chautauqua County, N. Y., Aug. 1. 1835
40
E. Culver, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 15, 1837
80
D. Smith, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 31, 1840 .. 40
SECTION 12.
C. A. Parker, Berrien County, Feb. 18, 1836. 10
R. Haynes, Worcester, Mass., Nov. 30, 1836 160
J. Smith, Fass County, Mich., Jan. 31, 1837. 40
J. D. Dutton, Berrien County, Feb. 2 and 9, 1837. 320
Benjamin Cooper, Cass County, Mich., March 25, 1837 40
Benjamin Sherman, St. Joseph County, July 25, 1837
10
SECTION 13. John Coulter, Clinton County, Ohio, July 13 ; Sept. 21. 1833, and June 20, 1834 360
Benjamin took, Livingston County, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1835. 80
C. A. Parker, Berrien County, Sept. 8, 1836 ...
160
Benjamin Sherman, St. Joseph County. July 25, 1837
40
SECTION 14.
John Coulter, Cass County, Mich., Jau. 20, 1834 81
Thomas Doane, Jr., Berrien County, July 9, 18:5 80 Matthew Doane, Berrien County, July 9, 1835. 80
George (. an 1 William II. Doane, New Hanover County, N. C., July 9, 1835. 160
D. Parmele, Cass County, Mich., July 29, 1835, and Feb. 5, 1836 120
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ACRES.
Nathan McCoy, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 7, 1829 80
Daniel Partridge, Cass County, Mich., May 4, 1836 40
SECTION 15.
John Fosdick, Cass County, Mich., April 16, 1833. 80
A. H. Owen. Monroe County, N. Y., July 8, 1834. 40 L. C. Stafford, Erie County, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1834 120
C. Kinney, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 15, 1835 80 t'harles Butler, New York City, Oct. 21, 1835. 40 Nathan McCoy, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 7, 1835. 40 Charles Campbell, Cass County. Mich., Dec. 2, $835. 80
William Maddox, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 6, 1836. 40
James B. Hebert, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 6, 1836 40 Austin Stocking, Berrien County. April 25, 1836 40
M. Germon, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 2, 1837.
40
SECTION 17.
Richard Meek, Wayne County, Ind., March 11, 1830. 160
Joseph Harter, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 29, 1830, and June 13, 1831 240
D. Partridge, Erie County, N. Y., April 9, 1835
80
J. Selkrig. Berrien County, July 22, 1835. 40 H. Rogers, April 23, 1836. 40
S. Ercanbrack, Berrien County, Aug. 7, 1835.
40
James Selkrig. Berrien County. Aug. 21, 1835
80
SECTION 18.
Thomas Phillips, Darke County, Ohio, June 27. 1829. 160
S. Witter, Union County, Ind., Oct. 6, 1829 80
William Kerk. Cass County, Mich., May 31, 1830. 82
John Pool, Jr., Wayne County, Ind., July 5, 1830. 80 William Morris, Cass County Mich., Nov. 29, 1830. 80 Daniel Fisher, Cass C'ounty, Mich., Nov. 21, 1831. 81 John McDaniels, Cass County, Mich., Aug. 2, 1832. 40
Peter Barnhart, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 2, 1838
40
SECTION 19.
Eli Ford, Cass County, Mich., May 31, 1830. 80 Theo. Denniston, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 3, 1831. 83
John Kinsey, Cass County, Mich., Aug. 1, 1831. 80
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