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From official records we find that in 1834 Elijah N. Davenport, A. F. Ilayden, and James MeCormick were duly licensed by the town board of Grand Blane to keep taverns in the houses in which they then resided at Flint River.
At this time (1834) government contractors were en- gaged upon the road extending from Detroit to Saginaw, the survey and general direction of it having been awarded to a man named Marshall .*
It was also decided to dispense with Todd's ferry, and erect a substantial bridge over the Flint River at the foot of Saginaw Street. The contract to build the bridge was let to a Mr. Hamlin, of Oakland County. He sublet the job to a Mr. Davis, who removed to the hamlet with his family, and occupied a house owned by John Todd, situated upon the present site of the Presbyterian church. After the completion of the bridget the family removed, but during their residence here a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis, who enjoyed the proud distinction of being the first white child born in this vicinity.
The first female child was born the same year (1834). Iler name was Julia Isadore Todd, daughter of John Todd. She afterwards became Mrs. Gilbert Lyon, of Owasso, and is since deceased.
# Some years later Marshall was frozen to denth while en route to his homo in the Indian settlement of Pewonigowink.
t In 1848, Messrs. Hazelton & Annis, contractors, rebuilt this bridge, the funds for the same having been obtained by tho sale of 5000 acres of land, which were granted the county by the State for this purpose. These lands were situated in the present township of Hazelton, Shiawassee Co. Hon. E. H. Thomson, of Flint, then i prominent member of the Stato Senate, was largely instrumental in procuring the grant.
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It was during the time immediately succeeding the com- pletion of the bridge, and the ereetion of the Thread grist- mill by the Messrs. Stevens, that the settlement began to wear the aspect of a village. Augustus C. Stevens, brother of Rufus W., a gentleman possessed of considerable means, came on from the city of Buffalo, N. Y., and joined his fortunes with those who had preceded him here. Ile pur- chased 200 acres, situated upon the east side of the Sagi- naw road, from James W. Cronk, and his capital also as- sisted in the construction of the grist-mill,* while at the same time Rufus W. Stevens established a small store, or trading-post, similar in its appointments, stock, and eus- tomers to the one he had formerly presided over in Grand Blane. At this time, too, came Mr. D. O'Sullivan, the first sehool-teacher, whose history will be more fully described under the head of Schools.
EARLY LAND CONVEYANCES.
To render a more intelligible account of important matters connected with the early history of Flint River village, it is deemed necessary to digress from the chrono- logical order in which events have thus far been narrated, and to speak here more particularly of the carly land con- veyances and first village plats.
In 1833, James W. Cronk became the owner by pur- chase of the Todd domain, for which he paid $751,-Todd reserving his house and one and one-half aeres of land. In August, 1834, Augustus C. Stevens purchased of Cronk and wife for $800 all of the section lying on the cast side of Saginaw Street. Jan. 31, 1835, James W. Cronk and wife sold the remainder, or that portion lying on the west side of the same street, to William Morrison and J. C. Dubois for $1000. Six months later, however, the Messrs. Morrison and Dubois reconveyed to Cronk for the same amount. Col. Cronk and wife then sold to John Todd the Morrison and Dubois purchase, or the lands west of Sag- inaw Street, for $2250, and June 9, 1835, John Todd and wife conveyed the same to Wait Beach.
FIRST VILLAGE PLATS.
On the 9th of October, 1835, John Clifford caused to be entered upon the records in the office of the register of deeds of Oakland County a map and description of a vil- lage plat, as surveyed by C. C. Parke, surveyor. This plat was bounded as follows : commeneing at the bridge, thenee along Saginaw Street to Fourth, Fourth to Harrison, Har- rison to Kearsley, Kearsley to Clifford, and along Clifford to the river.
Wait Beach platted the west side of Saginaw Street, July 13, 1836, and his plat covered the lands boundedt by the Flint River, Saginaw, Eleventh, and Church Streets.
John Clifford and others platted that portion of the city bounded by the Flint River, thence along East Street to Court, Court to Saginaw, Saginaw to Fourth, Fourth to Harrison, Harrison to Kearsley, Kearsley to Clifford, and Clifford to the river, Sept. 6, 1836.
Elisha Beach platted the traet bounded by Eleventh, Pine, Fifteenth, and West Streets, Sept. 22, 1836.
Chauncey S. Payne platted and offered for sale lots in the village of Grand Traverse, Jan. 12, 1837. This plat lay upon the east side of Saginaw Street, and was bounded by the river, Saginaw and North Streets. Four days later he made an addition on the west side of Saginaw Street, which was bounded by the latter street, North and West Streets, and the Flint River.
Except the first, thiese plats were all surveyed by Capt. Hervey Parke, of Pontiac.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS, RESUMED.
Oliver A. Wesson became a settler in 1835, and was first employed as a elerk. In 1837 he married Sarah, a daugh- ter of Harlow Beach, and afterwards was known as an active citizen and one of the early merchants. John M. Cumings also eame the same year, and later was engaged in land operations and mercantile pursuits.
Until the year 1836 all the public lands, from Detroit to the mouth of the Saginaw River, were offered for sale at the United States land-office in Detroit. John Biddle, a brother of the famous Nicholas Biddle, of United States Bank memory, was the register, and Maj. Jonathan Kears- ley, a veteran of the war of 1812, the receiver. One of the principal streets of the city was named after him, as was also Kearsley Creek.
The great stream of emigration, extending north of Pon- tiac, and reaching the valley of the Saginaw, induced the general government, upon petition, to open a land-office at Flint. Gen. Charles C. Ilaseall was appointed receiver, and Michael Hoffman, Esq., a prominent citizen of the State of New York, accepted the office of register. With the opening of the land-office eame the necessity for a post- office, and the appointment of Lyman Stow, Esq., as the first postmaster, soon followed.
The establishment of these offices and William Clifford's line of stages to Pontiac gave a new impetus to the vil- lages, and their population and business rapidly increased.
Among those who settled here during the years 1836, 1837, and 1838 were Robert D. Lamond, Ira D. Wright, Dr. John A. Hoyes (the first resident physician), Robert F. Stage, Robert J. S. Page, Thomas R. Cumings, Wil- lard Eddy, William Eddy, Orrin Safford, James MeAles- ter, Waldo Howard, D. S. Seeley, Wait Beach, William Patterson, Dr. George W. Fish, Daniel S. Freeman, Asa Andrews, Col. Thomas B. W. Stockton, Benjamin Pearson, John Bartow, Edward H. Thomson, Lewis Buckingham, Lewis G. Biekford, George H. Hazelton, Miles Gazlay, Ward Gazlay, Artemas Thayer, Edmond Miles, James Henderson, IJenry M. Henderson, Grant Decker, Rev. Daniel E. Brown, Eugene Vandeventer, John Townsend, James B. Walker, Heury C. Walker, Elijah B. Witherbee, Dr. Elijah Drake, W. Lake, Charles Heale, Chauncey Bar- ber, Rev. John Beach, Giles Bishop, Sr., Giles Bishop, Russell Bishop, J. C. Griswold, David Foote, George J. W. Hill, Nicholas Russell, Samuel Alport, William Moon, George M. Dewey, Chauncey S. Payne, Charles Seymour, William A. Morrison, William Clifford, R. MeCreery, James Birdsall, Thomas J. Drake, Addison Stewart, Dan- iel B. Lyon, and Ephraim S. Williams.
The first mercantile enterprise of any importance within
* This mill was built under the supervision of, and placed in work- ing order by, a millwright named Gillett.
+ Not exact, only a general description.
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the young and growing village was inaugurated by Messrs. Robert F. Stage and Ira D. Wright, who came to the State in 1835, and first located in Grand Blanc, where they re- mained until a suitable store could be erected for them at Flint River. After the completion of this store in 1836, and which was located on Mill and Saginaw Streets, not far from the bridge, they removed their stock, and trans- acted a large trade both with the settlers and the Indians. Mr. Wright,* who is still living and a resident of the city, states that their stock was valued at $20,000. The store was a substantial frame building, the upper story of which was used as a public hall. In it were convened all the religious meetings of the day, and the first court was held within its walls. Rufus W. Stevens and Wait Beach were both early merchants, but it seems clear that no business of consequence was transaeted until the arrival of Messrs. Stage and Wright. Robert F. Stage died in Flint in 1847. Ilis widow, who is now Mrs. Champlin, still resides in the city. When these gentlemen came some doubts were expressed as to their maintaining their status with the Indians, and an intimation was given them that their ascendency over them, once lost, could never be regained. Their subsequent career proved them to be as intrepid and firm as Uncle John Todd and Aunt Polly. Mr. Wright, whose Indian name was Muckataquette (Black Storm), was not only a merchant, but a practical tanner, and built the first tannery in 1842. He never followed the trade in Flint, but soon after its completion sold the tannery to Barker & Patterson. The earliest carpenter-work was done by a man named Kittridge, from Vermont, who built the house for- merly occupied by Davis, on the site of the present Pres- byterian church. Mr. Todd gave him the ground (one acre) on which it stood. Kittridge, having become dis- contented, returned to Pontiac, and Mr. Todd purchased the property of him.
The year 1836 seems to have been one of considerable historical interest, many arrivals having occurred at that period, and the business of the place having received a new impulse from the presence of new settlers. During that year came Benjamin Cotharin, at present one of the leading merchants of the city, and a director of the First National Bank. lle reached the settlement one bright morning on a diminutive pony, his stock in trade consisting of a side of leather fastened behind him, and his intention being to follow his craft of boot and shoe making. Meeting Ira D. Wright, he inquired whether it was possible to secure pas- ture for his pony, and, receiving an affirmative reply, he made a bargain at eighteen pence a week. Upon asking where the pasture was to be found, the reply was, " Any-
* In 1848 the general government found that many depredations were being committed upon its timber lands situate 1 throughout the State of Michigan, and Ira D. Wright was appointed to the office of United States timber ngent. Ite held the position for three years, nud relates many interesting experiences which occurred during his official term. He was empowered to seize nll timber cut by poachers, and compet the culprits to a settlement at two-thirds its value. The parties were then obliged to enter the Iand upon which they had com- mitted thefts. The process of recovering often proved exceedingly dangerous, the officials frequently meeting with a resistance similar tu that offered by the " Moonshiners" of the present. On one occasion Mr. Wright found n gang of poachers running sixteen saws, and the timber seized he appraised at $16,000.
where on the commons." Mr. Wright, having received the first week's pay in advance, generously appropriated it to treating the bystanders, and the commons afterwards was known as " Ira Wright's Pasture." Mr. Cotharin boarded with Mr. Todd, and located his shop just north of the city-hall. He was the pioneer shoemaker, and Mrs. Todd was the happy owner of the first pair of shoes made by him. Mr. Wright, however, may be regarded as having led the fashion of the day, and given encouragement to the earliest tailoring enterprise.
Messrs. Seeley and Howard came in 1836, and opened a shop over Stage & Wright's store, and Mr. Wright's person was adorned with the first garment made by these gentle- men. In their shop the first meeting of the board of supervisors was held. At this early date bricks were not abundant, the few that were manufactured having been used almost exclusively for building chimneys. Later, kilus were construeted across the river from John Todd's, and bricks made for that gentleman by Samuel Russell and Alden Tupper. Beyond the Thread River was a brick- yard owned by Reuben Tupper and Silas Pierce. A man named Moulton was the earliest bricklayer, and his services were much in demand in building chimneys for the frame houses then being erected. A brick store, erected for George H. Ilazelton, was an object of admiration, and gave an air of commercial importance to Saginaw Street. This store-the first built of brick-still stands, and is at present occupied by James Sullivan.
Lewis Buckingham and his family came from Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1833, and located four miles north of Flint River, on the present boundary-line between Genesee and Mount Morris townships. Having been elected the first sheriff of the county in 1836, he removed to Flint, and now resides in the city.
William A. Morrison came the same year and engaged in lumbering. Ile was soon after elected to the position of county clerk.
Addison Stewart was another pioneer trader, who brought from the East a stock of goods, and opened a traffic with the settlers and Indians, in 1833, at his farm, two miles north of the village, on the Saginaw road, where he died in 1848.
In the year 1836, Russell Bishop embarked in com- mercial pursuits, and he was, four years later, followed by his brother Giles. They have since that time resided in the city, and contributed materially to its prosperity. The same year came Daniel B. Lyon, one of the oldest living residents of the city. He has during his life been actively engaged in business pursuits. The year 1836 witnessed the advent of a small colony from Batavia and the adjacent parts of Genesce Co., N. Y. Some of these gentlemen were influenced to come to the West by the excitement which followed the anti-Masonic troubles.
Among them was Willard Eddy, who came in 1835 and remained a brief time. The following year he became a permanent resident, and aided materially in the growth of the city, having been, with other gentlemen, instrumental in establishing the first bank in Flint. lle was the father of Ilon. Jerome Eddy, late mayor, and one of the representa- tive business men of the city. William Eddy came some
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years later. Thomas R. Cumings became a permanent resident in 1836, as did also C. C. Hascall, Robert J. S. Page, and Lewis G. Bickford, the latter gentleman for a period of twenty years having served as justice of the peace. Robert Patrick located in 1835, and assisted in the construction of the first grist-mill.
John Bartow succeeded Michael Hoffinan as register of the land-office, he being the second incumbent.
Orrin Safford, who still survives, and resides in the city, came in 1836. He was one of the first justices of the peace in Flint township, and has during his residence been honored with many offices in the gift of the people. Col. E. H. Thomson arrived in the State in 1837, and located in Atlas, then Lapeer County. Foresceing the future grow th of the little village, he removed to Flint in October of the same year, and has since resided in the city, one of the prominent representatives of the legal profession, and a gentleman of scholarly attainments.
Ephraim S. Williams became a citizen of Flint in 1837, and was one of the early merchants, as was also George M. Dewey, who came the same year, and has since been largely engaged in land operations.
Chauncey S. Payne, whose name appears conspicuously as one of the parties in the litigation involving the Smith reservations, came in 1837, from Detroit. Being a large land-owner, he did much by liberal gifts to encourage the growth of the city. Henry M. Henderson was among the earliest residents who by their activity and business taet made themselves felt in the growth of the city. Hle first eame to the State in 1836, and the following year settled in Flint. IIe built a block of stores as early as 1842, and conducted a large mercantile business. Mr. Henderson died in 1870.
Rev. James Me Alester was a former resident of Living- ston Co., N. Y., and became a citizen of Flint in 1836. IIe was engaged for many years in ministerial labor, and aided in the organization of several Methodist churches in the county. Mr. MeAlester followed the occupation of a wagon-maker, and devoted his Sabbaths to clerical labor. Daniel S. Freeman, who was also, and is still, a local preacher, made a purchase of land, in 1835, and removed here the following year from Sussex Co., N. J. In early years he followed blacksmithing here.
Artemas Thayer may with propriety be numbered among the most active of the early settlers in promoting the ad- vancement of the city. He reached the State in 1837, and two years after removed to Flint to pursue his profession as a lawyer. He has been much engaged in real estate operations, and has done much to improve the city.
Ilon. James B. Walker arrived in the village of Flint River as early as 1836. He was for many years engaged in commercial pursuits, but afterwards identified himself with the State charitable institutions, and was also active in promoting enterprises for the welfare of the city. Ile died here in 1877.
Dr. George W. Fish began his practice here in 1839, and has been sinee actively engaged in the duties of his profession, and in the various public positions to which he has been called. At the present time he is United States consul at Tunis, in Africa.
Rev. Daniel E. Brown, who founded here the first Prot- estant Episcopal church in this part of the State, eame also in 1839, and died here Aug. 6, 1873, aged seventy-nine years. An obituary notice said of him, " The bell of St. Paul's tolled for its old master, and the old church was draped in mourning for its founder." It was he who hewed with his own hands (there being no one else to do it) the stone in which the deposits were made, and he also assisted in lay- ing the foundations of the church edifice, which through his untiring efforts was completed and consecrated July 30, 1843. The services at his funeral were the last held in the old church. Ile was not denominationally exclusive, and his kindness and generosity to the poor of all classes were proverbial. He served in the army during the war of 1812, also in 1861-65, and for many years was a member of the State board of education.
During the year 1840 occurred the Harrison campaign, and a " Log-Cabin, Hard-Cider Mass Meeting" was held in Flint River village .* The demonstration was an important and to those present a never-to-be-forgotten one, as it ealled forth a large majority of the inhabitants of Genesee County, who, with banners flying and drums beating, as- sembled in such numbers as to occasion profound surprise at the greatly increased population of the new county.
Col. Thomas B. W. Stockton, who served with dis- tinetion in the Mexican war as colonel of the First Michi- gan Volunteers, and also in command of a Michigan regi- ment during the war of the Rebellion, early made Flint his home. Ile is a liberal and publie-spirited citizen, and still resides here.
Austin B. Witherbee came with his parents to Flint in 1841. He grew up from boyhood in this city, and, after a brief career of great usefulness, died in 1871, sin- cerely mourned by the entire community.
The resident tax-payers in the villages of Flint River and Grand Traverse, in the year 1845, were as follows :
Aylward, William.
Clifford, John.
Alport, Samuel.
Conklin, Gilbert.
Allen, Henry.
Culver, Alfred.
Armstrong, James W.
Andrews, Asa.
Coleman, John D., printing- office. Carron & Cummings.
Beach, John.
Church, Emery.
Carns, Joseph.
Bickford, Lewis G.
Colbraith, William.
Bishop, Russell.
Childs, Charles.
Bartow, John.
Case, Milton.
Butler, John.
Clark, Dr., and J. K. Rugg.
Baldwin, Cyrus II.
Cumings, Thomas K.
Brown, Chauncey.
Cumings, John M.
Booth, Joel A.
Clark, Henry.
Blades, William.
Culver & Smith.
Beardsley, Amzi.
Crosman, Alvin T.
Bishop, Giles.
Dewey, George M.
Brown, Daniel E.
Booth, Wm. W.
Daniels, Ira.
Beach, Asahel HI.
Clawson, Henry N.
Decker & Pingrey. Decker, Grant.
Crandall, William P.
Drake, Elijah.
Clifford, William B. Carrier, Erastus K.
Davis, Alexander P.
Darting, James.
Cadwell, Edward.
De Graff, Peter.
* The old Smith cabin then served as headquarters for the Flint and Grand Traverse Tippecanoe clubs.
Buckingham, Lewis.
Delong, Thomas N.
Dilts, Samuel.
Allen, James P.
Beach, Seth C., & Co. .
RES.OF J. B.ATWOOD, FLINT, MICHIGAN.
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Eldy, Willard. Eddy, William. Eastman, Bradbury. Foote, David. Ferris, Alonzo. Field, Betliael. Fish, George W. Freeman, Daniel S. Freeman, Joseph. Fay, Charles. Ferguson, James. Goodrich, John. Gazlay, Ward. Gnzlny, Miles. Gazlay, W. & M. Gazly, William, Jr. Gould, Charles HI.
Page, Robert J. S. Patterson, William. Pratt, John. l'arkburst, Nathan. Parshall, D. S. Pearson & Hamilton. Pearson, Benjamin. Payne, Chauncey S. Patrick, Robert. Rall, Jacob W. Rockwell, Benjamin. Russell, Nicholas. Roosevelt, Cornelius. Rice, William. Ryno, Stiles. Randall, Samuel.
Rose, Martin. Skinner, Pratt R. Sprague, George R. Sutton, Joha. Safford, Orrin. Stow, Merrick. Stevens, Rufus W.
Stevens, Augustus C. Scoville, William R. Sherwood, William B.
Smith, Mix. Stage, Robert F.
Smith, Andrew G. Sperry, George.
Stow, Lyman.
Stewart, Addison.
Seymour, Charles. Stockton, Thomas B. W.
Smith, Simon. Stevens & Vandeventer. Scott, Salmon. Skinner, John. Trumbull, Andrew J.
Haggerty, Bernard. Ililton, William. lliekox, F. A.
Tupper, Harrison.
Hudson, Jobn.
Trustees M. E. Church.
Townsend, John.
Thomson, Edward HI.
Thayer, Artemas.
Thayer, William.
Todd, John.
Tenney, Edwin A.
Tenney, Rufus.
Traverse, John.
Todd, Jonathan.
Triekey, Luther.
Vandeventer, Eugene.
Vandeventer & Stevens. Vun IJaun, Addison.
Lamood, Robert D.
Witherboc, E. B.
Witherbee, E. B., & Co.
Lyon, William II. C. Lnw, Orrin. Le Roy, Robert. Murray, John.
Wieks & Smith. Williams, Elias.
Manning, James M.
Williams, Elias, & Co.
Moon, William.
Walker, Henry C.
Merriman, Isaiah.
MeAlester, James.
Wright, George W., & Co. Wright, Ira D. Watson, David. Wicks, Samuel B.
Mackin, John. Miles, Edmond. Morris, B. B.
Worden, Isnac A.
Mathews, Jesso A.
Wheeler, Ixniah.
Miles & Case.
Westou, Harvey C.
Morrow, Henry.
Whitwam, Samuel.
Ottoway, John.
Hon. Levi Walker, a gentleman who for years was closely identified with the social, commercial, and cdnea- tional interests of the city, became a resident in 1847.
Ile was ever regarded as among its foremost representative citizens, and died in Lansing while a member of the State Legislature.
Few among the early residents who have passed away have left more tender memories behind than Hon. William M. Fenton. Coming to the county in 1837, he engaged in mercantile and real estate operations at Fentonville. In the year 1850 he came to this city, where he resided till his death, which occurred Nov. 12, 1871. In the various high civil positions to which he was called, as well as during his service in the army, his record was such as to win for him the cordial admiration and regard of all who knew him. He purchased the property of E. H. Thomson, on the corner of Beach and Second Streets, occupying it for many years. Later, his son-in-law, Col. William B. Me- Creery, late State treasurer, remodeled the Beach House to its present elegant proportions. Col. MeCreery, although but a lad when his father settled in Genesee County, has for years been closely connected with the official and material interests of his city and State.
In the year 1848, Royal W. Jenny became a resident of Flint and succeeded to the publication of the Flint Re- publican, which he later changed to the Genesee Democrat. Mr. Jenny, who died in 1876, was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Ilis family still reside in the city.
Francis H. Rankin established the Wolverine Citizen, known first as the Whig, in 1850, the year of his settle- ment in Flint. He has published it continuously since that time, and has been the recipient of many official hon- ors during his residence in the city. In the year 1856, Henry II. Crapo made Flint his home, and engaged very extensively in lumbering operations, having purchased large tracts of timber-land in other counties. He later became the Governor of the State, and was regarded as one of the most able and judicious officers who ever filled the execu- tive chair of Michigan.
Oren Stone has been a resident of Flint since 1857, and is one of its foremost citizens in enterprise and public spirit. He is largely engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods.
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