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Pettengill, Daniel, 32.
Bowers, Benjamin, 31.
Rusco, J. A., 36.
Becbe, Sylvester, 21.
Runyon, Vincent, 29.
Cornwell, Edwin, 14.
Ransom, Benjamin, 31.
Curtis, Daniel, 24, 25.
Rood, G. B., 31.
Chase, William, 29.
Schofield, George, 3.
Cooper, William II., 30.
Shepard, William, 30.
Chilson, C. C., 27. Daly, Patrick, 2.
Thayer, Washington (personal).
Dickinson, Alanson, 36.
Woolfitt, William, 13.
Diekinson, William, 36.
Walker, Frederick, 12.
Dehn, Jacob, 18.
Welch, Russell, 32, 33.
Ewing, Ezekiel R., 31.
Wright, Alvin, 33.
Hunt, Humphrey, 24.
Williams, Ilenry A., 31.
LAND ENTRIES.
The sixth section of Smith's reservation, allotted in the survey of 1820 to Messawwakut, or Harriet M. Smith, in- eludes the southeast corner of section 32 and the south- west corner of section 33. The first purchase of lands from the general government seems to have been made early in May, 1833, by Benjamin Pearson and John Pratt, both from Livingston Co., N. Y. Pearson's choice rested upon portions of seetions 25 and 36, while Pratt chose parts of sections 24 and 25, all resting upon the Saginaw trail. In June, 1833, Benjamin Cory, from Livingston Co., N. Y., entered the east half of the northeast quarter of section 24. In October of the same year Hiram Green, also from Livingston Co., N. Y., purchased the south half of the southeast quarter of section 13. Alvah Peabody from the same place, and the same day, entered the north half of the last-mentioned quarter.
The following list embraces the names of those purchas- ing from the government lands situated in this township, designating also the year the first entry was made upon each seetion. Those whose names are in italies became actual settlers.
1835, section 1 : Timothy J. Walling, Benjamin Pear- son, William Sissins, Richard Johnson, Healey & Kir- cheval.
1835, section 2: Joshua Pattee, Mink Healey and B. B. Kercheval, William Thayer, John Lyon, Elizabeth Eaton, Orville S. Allen, Hugh Birckhead, Bouck, Geb- herd & Deitz.
1836, section 3: Richard Martin, Juba Barrows, John Lyon, John Taylor.
1836, section 4: HIcaley & Kercheval, Daniel Webster, Boston, Mass., Thomas H. Perkins, David Pifford.
1836, section 5 : Thomas H. Perkins, Samuel Perry,
Horace Perry, Hiram Sibley, Charles F. Dickinson, Charles S. Boughton.
1836, section 6: Ambrose Smith, Daniel Webster, Hiram Sibley, Denton G. Stewart, George M. Dewey, Henry Tolles, Samuel Wright.
1836, section 7 : Lyman Strowbridge, William S. Taylor, Charles F. Dickinson, Charles Boughton, George M. Dewey, John D. Armstrong.
1836, section 8: Hiram Sibley, Charles F. Dickinson, and C. S. Boughton.
1836, section 9: Daniel Webster, Thomas II. Perkins, David Pifford, Jabez W. Throop.
1836, section 10: Richard Marvin, Hcaley & Ker- cheval, James Abrams, Jabez W. Throop.
1836, section 11: Newell French, Moses Camp, James Wadsworth, James Abrams.
1834, section 12: William M. Parker, Harvey Wood- ford, David Pifford, John Palmer, Albert Hosmer.
1833, section 13 : Hiram Green, Alvah Peabody, Wm. M. Parker, William Woolfitt, David Pifford, Timothy Walk- ley, Charles N. Beecher, Sarah A. Beecher.
1836, section 14; Edwin Cornwell, Pardon K. Fay, John Holtslander, Adam Holtslander, Bouck, Gebherd & Deitz.
1836, section 15 : Alvah Beach, James Wadsworth.
1835, section 17: Abraham Bevier, Charles Ticogood, Bouck, Gebherd & Deitz, Socrates Smith, Diekinson & Boughton.
1836, section 18 : Samuel S. Dunning, James Armstrong, Calvin S. Wheeler, Hiram Sibley.
1836, section 19: Abigail and Sarah Cronk, Herrick Allen, Richard Taylor, Nicholas C. Haywood, John Green- field, Nathaniel Hopson, Edward Armstrong, Jacob S. Deland, Andrew Fisher, Robert Patrick.
1836, section 20: William Capron, Thomas C. Mahon, William Taylor, Herriek Allen, Nicholas Bonck, John C. Gebherd, and David Deitz.
1836, section 21 : Electus Boardman, Thomas C. Mahon, Thomas H. Perkins, David Pifford, Bouck, Gebherd & Deitz, Sylvester Beebe, George M. Dewey.
1836, seetion 22 : Electus Boardman, Isaac N. Robin- son, David Pifford.
1836, section 23: Henry Andrews, David T. Bacon, Pardon K. Fay, Healey & Kercheval, Bouck, Gebherd & Deitz.
1833, section 24: John Pratt, Benjamin Coy, Abraham Bevier, Charles N. Beecher, Jolin Pratt, Mary Bodinc.
1833, section 25 : John Pratt, Benjamin Pearson, Daniel Curtis, John Pratt, Betsey Arthur.
1836, section 26: James Hosmer, Benjamin Pearson, Loren Coy, Benjamin Coy.
1836, section 27: Healey & Kercheval, Fitch Read, Prentiss Williams, Hiram Hall, Thomas Durfee.
1836, section 28: Alanson Payson, Wm. Molby, Smith Titus, Prentiss Williams, William F. Crane, Hugh Warren, Cortland Lindsay, Nicholas C. Haywood.
1836, section 29 : Ira Payson, Ira French, Jacob Dehn, William S. Taylor, Herrick Allen, Dominick Kelly.
1836, section 30: George Macomber, Leonard Cutler.
1834, section 13: Aaron G. Hoyes, Andrew Donaldson,
Johnson, Richard, 1, 10.
Todd, Joseph J., 32.
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Jr., Ezekiel R. Ewing, John Glass, Heury Cobb, Noah Hamilton, George Macomber.
1836, section 32: David M. Jewett, E. R. Ewing, Erastus Joues, Joseph J. Todd, Jacob Dehn, Voorhies & Seeley, Solomon Mathews, Jeremiah C. Thomas, Iliram Hall.
1835, section 33 : Russell Welch, Samuel Wright, Jared Newell, John Tolle.
1836, seetion 34 : James Hosmer, John Tolle, Jonas G. Potter.
1835, section 35: William H. Carpenter, Samuel C. ITolden, Albert Hosmer, Herman Camp, Malachi Loveland.
1833, section 36: Benjamin Pearson, Lyman G. Buck- ingham, Alanson Dickinson, Luther Dickinson.
CIVIL AND POLITICAL.
During the session of 1855 the State Legislature passed the following act :
" SECTION 1. The people of the State of Michigan cuact, That town- ship aumber eight north, of range number six east, bo and the same is hereby set off from the towas of Genesee and Flushing, and organ- ized into a separate township, under the name and style of Mount Morris, and the first township-meeting shall be held on the first Mun- day of April next, at such place as the County Treasurer of the county of Genesee shall determine ; and said County Treasurer shall be and is hereby required to give at least ten days' notice of said meeting hy posting notices in at least three of the most public places in said town- ship.
" This act shall take effect immediately.
" Approved February 12th, 1855."
The township derives its name from Mount Morris, Liv- ingston Co., N. Y., the early home of many of the first settlers.
Pursuant to the act of organization, and the notices pre- viously posted by the county treasurer, the legal voters as- sembled for the purpose of holding their first township election, April 2, 1855. The place of meeting was in an old abandoned log house which stood on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 34, and an organization was effected by choosing Ezekiel R. Ewing, Moderator, Bradford I'. Foster, Clerk, Sylvester Beebe, Assistant Clerk, and Frederick Walker, a justice of the peace, Inspector. The whole number of votes polled at this election was 74, and at its close the following-named officers were declared elected : Ezekiel R. Ewing, Supervisor; Bradford P. Foster, Town- ship Clerk ; Samuel R. Farnham,* Treasurer ; Frederick Walker, II. S. Root, Daniel Pettengill, Justices of the Peace; Alanson Payson, Rodman W. Albro, H. S. Root, Highway Commissioners ; G. L. Ewing, J. L. Deland, School Inspee- tors ; Alanson Payson, William S. Pierson, Overseers of the Poor; E. L. Johnson, Constable.
The residents assessed for taxation upon the first assess- ment roll were one hundred and sixteen in number; their names, and the sections upon portions of which they paid taxes in 1855, were as follows :
Austin, -, 30. Albro, Rodman W., 13. Beebe, Sylvester, 32. Beecher, Charles N., 24. Benham, Mathew, 26. Barrows, Juba, 21.
Barber, Henry, 1, 2, 3. Baker, Adin, 11, 23.
Baker, Ezekiel, 23.
Baker, Oringer, 24.
Buckingham, Lyman G., 36. Baker, R. H., 23.
Baker, Byron, 16.
Hovey, A., 16.
Brown, Foster, 18.
Harrison, Rufus, 31.
Beckwith, Thomas, 22.
Johuson, Richard, 10.
Brockway, J. L., 3.
Johoson, Abraham, 28.
Baker, Thomas, 12, 23.
Baker, II., 35.
Johnson, Edmond, I. Judge, F., 16. Kenney, Patrick, 36.
Clark, Jesse, 26.
Cornwell, Edwin, 14.
Kelley, Barney, 29.
Campbell, John, 25.
Lent, Stephen F., 35.
Copeland, William, 14.
MeDowell, Lewis, 30.
Clapham, John, 2.
Mann, Wm. H., 12.
Carpenter, Rowland, 27.
Maloney, John, 3.
Cooley, Isabella, 12.
Moseman, Charles, 18.
Chase, W. L. (estate of ), 29.
Miller, Benjamin, 24.
Cramer, I. D., 30.
Miles, Nathan M., 32.
Cogswell, Iliram, 16.
Olerick, -, 12.
Craig. Andrew, 16.
Parmington, Aaron, 23.
Deland, J. L., 18.
Pierson, William S., 25, 26, 36.
Davis, Edward, 19.
Pearson, Benjamin, 36.
Dempster, A., 16.
Perry, John, 36.
Donley, John, 35.
Dewey, E. B., 36.
Daly, Patrick, 2, 10, 11.
Pattec, Joshua, 2.
Ewing, E. R., 31.
Pettengill, Daniel, 32.
Ewing, G. L., 31.
Pettengill, Samuel, 32.
Ewing, C. H. (personal).
Payson, Alanson, 28, 29.
Elder, James, 32.
Russell, Thomas, 12.
Ein, A. W. (estate of), 2.
Reardon, Patrick, 28.
Farnum, Samuel R., 33.
Ransom, Benjamin, 31.
Ferris, Gano, 12.
Root, II. S., 30. Root, Wmn. W., 31.
Foster, Bradford P., 25.
Fleming, Porter, 26.
Fisher, A. (estate oľ), 19.
Giberson, -, 12.
Scutt, Truman, 29.
Seeley, George, 16.
Grover, E. D., 12.
Sackrider, -, 4.
Graham, Thomas, 10.
Stimpson, -, 14.
Gilbert, Lucios, 35.
Gilbert, Philo, 23.
Gilbert, J. M., 27.
Staley, Henry (personal).
Hughes, Edward, 13.
Thayer, C. W., 31.
Hughes, William, 13.
Tyler, P. H., 4. Wisner, E. G., 24.
Hughes, Christopher, 1, 12.
Wisner, James, 24.
Hughes, William H., 34, 36.
Woolfitt, William, 13.
Hart, George, 2.
Walkley, T. A., 25.
Herrington, Win. H., 3.
Walker, Frederick, 12. Wait, George W., 19.
Herrick, Chauncey, 13.
Hosmer, Ilenry, 13. Wright, Sewell, 33.
Holtslander, Abram, 14. Wright, Alvia, 33.
Ilopson, Nathaniel, 19.
Welch, Russell, 32, 33.
Hosfurd, Nevi, 20, 21. Wilson, John, 10.
At the township election held in April, 1866, it was voted that $150 be raised to build a town-house, and Hiram S. Root, Frederick Walker, and Rodman W. Albro were appointed the building committee. The site selected was the northwest corner of the west one-half of the north- cast quarter of section 22.
Walter Maxwell was the builder, and the house was completed in October, 1866.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS FROM 1856 TO 1879, INCLUSIVE.+
1856 .- Whole number of votes polled, 85. Ezekiel R. Ewing, Supervisor; Bradford P. Foster, Township Clerk ; Samuel R. Farnham, Treasurer ; Eli L. Simmons, Juba Barrows, Assessors; Rodman W. Albro, Highway Com- missioner ; Aaron Parmeter, School Inspector; Frederick
+ Many of the carliest residents were prominent as officers in Flushing and Genesee, and the reader is referred to the civil lists of thuse townships for information.
# Sometimes spelled Farnum.
Simmons, A. G., 16.
Spear, Daniel, 28.
Gay, Masten, 35.
Schofield, George, 3. Sissins, William, 1.
Hughes, John, 13.
Pettec, E. N., 36. Pangburn, Wm., 2.
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Walker, William H. Mann, Justices of the Peace ; William HI. Perrington, Constable.
1857 .- Whole number of votes polled. 69. Ezekiel R. Ewing, Supervisor ; Oranger Baker, Town Clerk ; William B. Albro, Treasurer ; Aaron Parmeter, Sylvester Becbe, Justices of the Peace ; Edmond Hughes, Highway Com- missioner ; G. L. Ewing, School Inspector ; Thomas Ga- han, John Donley, Poor-Masters; John Middleton, James Holtslander, James Gahan, Gilbert Travis, Constables.
1858 .- Whole number of votes polled, 131. William B. Albro, Supervisor ; Daniel Pettengill, Town Clerk ; Jo- seph L. Brockway, School Inspector ; Edmund D. Grover, Treasurer ; Alanson Payson, Poor-Master ; Nathaniel Hop- son, Highway Commissioner ; Joel L. Deland, Justice of the Peace; Hiram G. Cogswell, James Chase, Elisha T. Mott, John D. Armstrong, Constables.
1859 .- Whole number of votes polled, 143. William B. Albro, Supervisor ; Oranger Baker, Township Clerk ; Barney Kelley, Treasurer ; Job Nichols, Ezekiel R. Ewing, Justices of the Peace ; George L. Ewing, School Inspector ; Aaron Parmeter, Highway Commissioner ; John Holts- Jander, Andrew Crecry, Poor-Masters; Whitman Dean, Abraham Pierson, James Holtslander, Charles Elder, Con- stables.
1860 .- Whole number of votes polled, 135. William B. Albro, Supervisor ; Oranger Baker, Township Clerk ; Bar- ney Kelley, Treasurer; Henry Barber, Justice of the Peace ; Edward II. Hughes, Highway Commissioner : Charles II. l'enoyer, Charles H. Ewing, School Inspectors ; Chauncey C. Hodge, John Middleton, James Gahan, Charles Elder, Constables.
1861 .- Whole number of votes polled, 129. Job Nichols, Supervisor ; Orrin Soper, Township Clerk ; Syl- vester Beebe, Justice of the Peace ; Charles Elder, Treas- urer ; James Gahan, Highway Commissioner ; Charles II. Ewing, John Donley, School Inspectors; Edward II. Bar- ber, Eli Simmons, Frederick R. Holts, Caleb W. Stevens, Constables.
1862 .- Whole number of votes polled, 150. Joseph L. Brockway, Supervisor ; Harrison C. Pettengill, Township Clerk ; Charles Elder, Treasurer ; Joseph L. Brockway, School Inspector ; Iliram S. Root, Highway Commissioner ; Frederick Walker, Justice of the Peace; Daniel C. Cran- dall, Walter Wisner, Thomas Barber, Porter Fleming, Constables.
1863 .- Whole number of votes polled, 148. Joseph L. Broekway, Supervisor ; Silas E. Prior, Township Clerk ; Daniel C. Crandall, Treasurer ; Darwin B. Foster, Byron G. Baker, School Inspectors ; Rowland Carpenter, High- way Commissioner ; Phineas HI. Tyler, Justice of the Peace ; Thomas P. Barber, Henry Nichols, Porter Flem- ing, John Woolfitt, Constables.
1864 .- Whole number of votes polled, 135. Joseph L. Brockway, Supervisor ; Harrison H. Pettengill, Township Clerk ; Daniel II. Crandall, Treasurer ; Charles G. John- son, School Inspector ; William H. Hughes, Justice of the Peace ; Edmund D. Grover, Highway Commissioner ; Har- din Young, William Cady, Thomas P. Barber, Andrew G. Wilcox, Constables.
1865 .- Who'e number of votes polled, 140. William
B. Albro, Supervisor ; William Halston, Township Clerk ; Andrew J. Wilcox, Treasurer ; Harrison C. Pettengill, School Inspector ; Hiram S. Root, Highway Commissioner ; Joseph L. Brockway, John Shank, Justices of the Peace ; Daniel C. Crandall, James S. Wetherby, Daniel Beckwith, Thomas Barber, Constables.
1866 .- Whole number of votes polled, 173. William B. Albro, Supervisor ; Rodman W. Albro, Township Clerk ; Andrew J. Wilcox, Treasurer; Charles Johnson, School Inspector ; Rowland Carpenter, Highway Commissioner ; Frederick Walker, Robert L. Johnson, Justices of the Pence ; William Cady, Charles Griffith, L. W. Beckwith, Thomas Barber, Constables.
1867 .- Whole number of votes polled, 173. Aaron Parmeter, Supervisor ; Rodman W. Albro, Township Clerk ; Thomas B. Elder, Treasurer ; Henry Barber, Justice of the Peace ; Gilbert Travis, Highway Commissioner ; James Craven, School Inspector ; Horace Sharp, M. Beebe, James Gahan, Constables.
1868 .- Whole number of votes polled, 243. Aaron Parmeter, Supervisor ; Rodman W. Albro, Township Clerk ; Thomas B. Elder, Treasurer; Sylvester Beebe, Justice of the Peace ; Charles H. Penoyer, School Inspector ; William B. Albro, Highway Commissioner ; Henry Tolls, R. D. Pratt, Washington Miller, James Haligan, Constables.
1869 .- Whole number of votes polled, 234. Andrew M. Felt, Supervisor ; Charles Penoyer, Township Clerk ; Michael Hughes, Treasurer ; William M. Wright, Justice of the Peace ; Alfred Walworth, Highway Commissioner ; John W. Birdsall, School Inspector ; Gold Perry, J. L. Brockway, James Davis, William Cady, Constables.
1870 .- Whole number of votes polled, 267. Thomas B. Elder, Supervisor ; Michael F. Hughes, Treasurer ; Charles H. Penoyer, Township Clerk ; Peter O'Hare, Jus- tiee of the Peace; James Elder, School Inspector ; Robert S. Pailthorp, Highway Commissioner ; Henry Tolls, John Giberson, James II. Rush, James Haligan, Constables.
1871 .- Whole number of votes polled, 247. Thomas B. Elder, Supervisor ; James Davis, Township Clerk ; Michael F. Hughes, Treasurer ; Henry Barber, John Don- nelly, Justices of the Peace; Robert L. Johnston, James Craven, School Inspecters ; Joseph Davis, Ilighway Com- missioner ; Henry Tolls, James H. Rush, James Maloney, Edward L. Baker, Constables.
1872 .- Whole number of votes polled, 221. Thomas B. Elder, Supervisor ; Rodman W. Albro, Clerk ; Michael F. Hughes, Treasurer ; James Craven, Sylvester Beebe, Jus- tices of the Peace ; Herman L. Pierson, School Inspector ; James Davis, Highway Commissioner; Patrick Dolan, Drain Commissioner ; Henry Tolls, James Haligan, Harvey C. Downing, Jesse Warren, Constables.
1873 .- Whole number of votes polled, 206. Thomas B. Elder, Supervisor ; Rodman W. Albro, Clerk ; Isaac Gault, Treasurer; Robert L. Johnston, Justice of the Peace; Charles H. Penoyer, School Inspector; George Beckwith, Ilighway Commissioner; John Donnelly, Drain Commis- sioner; Ilenry Tolls, Harvey C. Downing, William Doran, Constables.
1874 .- Whole number of votes polled, 266. Thomas B. Elder, Supervisor; Richard II. Hughes, Clerk ; Edward
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Hughes, Treasurer ; Joseph L. Brockway, Justice of the Peace ; Thomas Schofield, Highway Commissioner ; Still- well Burroughs, Joseph W. Granger, Richard O'Leary, Harvey C. Downing, Constables.
1875 .- Whole number of votes polled, 297. Thomas B. Elder, Supervisor; Richard H. Ilughes, Clerk ; Edward Ilughes, Treasurer ; IFiram Green, Justice of the Peace ; Walter Johnson, School Inspector ; Robert L. Johnston, School Superintendent ; Rodman W. Albro, Highway Commissioner ; Joseph W. Granger, Henry Tolls, James E. Ruby, Washington L. Miller, Constables.
1876 .- Whole number of votes polled, 299. Alfred C. Nichols, Supervisor ; John Baker, Clerk ; Edward Hughes, Treasurer ; William S. Pierson, Jr., Richard Magiun, Jus- tices of the Peace; M. S. Newell, School Inspector; II. C. Pettengill, School Superintendent ; William B. Albro, Highway Commissioner ; William Wheeler, Drain Commis- sioner ; Joseph Granger, Thomas Huglies, James Ruby, Barney Kelley, Constables.
1877 .- Whole number of votes polled, 310. Richard II. Hughes, Supervisor ; Richard Hopson, Clerk ; Edward Hughes, Treasurer ; Joseph Davis, Justice of the Peace ; Richard O'Leary, School Inspector ; William W. Root, Highway Commissioner ; Barney Kelley, Thomas Hughes, John O'Conner, Thomas Reddy, Constables.
1878 .- Whole number of votes polled, 303. Alfred C. Nichols, Supervisor ; Patrick W. O'Hare, Clerk ; George Monroe, Treasurer ; Richard Maginn, Justice of the Peace ; Thomas Schofield, Drain Commissioner ; Jarvis Albro, School Superintendent ; Richard O'Leary, Highway Com- missioner ; Robert L. Johnston, School Inspector ; Barney Kelley, Jolın Perry, William Selby, Harry C. Downing, Constables.
1879 .- Whole number of votes polled, 324. M. S. Newell, Supervisor ; Patrick W. O'llare, Clerk ; George Monroc, Treasurer ; Iliram Green, Justice of the Peace ; Charles Johnston, Jarvis E. Albro, School Inspectors; W. W. Root, Highway Commissioner; L. R. Beckwith, N. D. Olmstead, Porter Flemming, W. J. White, Constables.
SCHOOLS.
The children of those people who first settled on the west side of the Saginaw road attended the first school or- ganized in the Coldwater settlement, and Lewis Bucking- hamn, Esq., claims that the first school in the settlement was taught in his house by Miss Sarah Curtis, sister of Daniel Curtis, as early as the winter of 1835-36,-possibly a year carlier. Some eight or ten scholars attended. Miss Eliza- beth Pratt was also an carly teacher. In 1836 or 1837 a school district was organized and a log school-house built upon section 31 in Genesee township. Miss Harriet Hoyes was the first teacher in this house. Soon after, another log school-house was built on Moses Camp's farm, situated on section 19, Genesee township, in which, it is claimed, Newton Robinson taught the first school. The Beecher school-house, the first school structure creeted in Mount Morris township, was built about the year 1848. In it D. G. Willer was an carly teacher, and perhaps the first.
At the first meeting of the school inspectors of Mount Morris township, held April 14, 1855, present Levi De-
land and George L. Ewing, Miss E. Avery was examined as to her qualifications for teaching, and a certificate granted her for two years from date. On the 28th of the same month, Elizabeth and Lucinda Chase were granted certifi- eates. Charles Ewing, Henry Brockway, and Miss E. Robinson were given teachers' certificates Nov. 3, 1855.
Seven school districts were formed in 1855, and their boundaries described as per township records. The whole number of children of school age then residing in the town- ship was 174, and the total amount of public money appor- tioned, 8175.78.
The following statistics, from the school inspector's report for the year ending Sept. 2, 1878, show the present coudi- tion of schools : Whole districts, 4; fractional districts, 3. Children of school age in township, 379. Whole number of children attending school during the year, 303. Frame school-houses, 7. Seating capacity of school-houses, 339. Value of school property, 82250. Male teachers employed during the year, 3; female teachers, 9. Months taught by males, 12; by females, 40. Paid male teachers, $392; female teachers, $772.90.
Receipts .- Total resources for the year, from moneys on hand, Sept. 3, 1877 : two-mill tax, primary-school fund, tuition of non-residents, taxes for all purposes, and raised from all other sources, $1986.05.
Expenditures .- For teachers' wages, building and repairs, and other purposes, 81420.69; amount ou hand Sept. 2, 1878, $565.36.
VILLAGE OF MOUNT MORRIS.
The incorporated village of Mount Morris is situated on the line dividing Genesce and Mount Morris townships, and occupies within its corporate limits the southeast quar- ter of section 1 and the northeast quarter of section 12 of Mount Morris, the southwest quarter of section 6 and northwest quarter of scetion 7 in Genesee, or a total area of one square mile.
It is pleasantly located, and is a station on the line of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway, seventy-two miles from Detroit and seven miles north of Flint. The local gov- ernment is vested in a president, six trustees, treasurer, clerk, assessor, street commissioner, and marshal.
The village contains three churches,-Methodist Episco- pal, Congregationalist, and Catholic,-one grist-mill, one saw-mill, one steam grain-elevator, a fine district-school building, a post-office,-which receives daily mails,-Ameri- can Express and Western Union telegraph offices, two hotels, four stores of general merchandise, and various small me- chanie shops, and minor places of business.
The present population is estimated at 700.
The first settler in or near the village site was Frederick Walker, who made permanent settlement on the northeast quarter of section 12 in October, 1836. Ile was also the first postmaster of the village, the office being kept in his dwelling-house. About 1840, William Pailthorp located where Grovner Vinton now resides. Carlos Seeley also came here about the same time. However, there was nothing to indicate this as a village, or as the place for one, until the projection of the Flint and Pere Marquette Rail- way, in January, 1857.
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After the line had been surveyed and active operations commenced in 1858, quite a number of families settled upon the site of the village in prospective. But it was not until the arrival of the first locomotive in January, 1862, that the settlement took on the true aspects of a village. As much difference of opinion exists among Mount Morris people as to the time the road was first opened from their village northward, we insert the following from the Wolter- inc Citizen, of Saturday, Jan. 25, 1862: " The Flint and Pere Marquette Railway was regularly opened for passen- gers and freight-traffic in connection with Boss, Burrell & Co.'s line of stage-coaches on Monday last. The railway is now completed from East Saginaw as far as Mount Morris station, within six miles of Flint. The company has iron on hand to continue the track to Flint as soon as the season opens."
Five years later, or in 1867, an act incorporating the village passed the State legislative body, then in session.
Pursuant to this act, the legal voters within the territory so incorporated assembled at the hotel of Wright Douglass on the second Tuesday in April, 1867.
By a viva voce vote, Frederick Walker and Edmund D. Hurd were chosen inspectors of the clection, and Dexter Douglass clerk. The whole number of votes polled was 57, and the officers clected as follows: Wm. J. Adderley, President ; Adna Lewis, William Berry, Edmund D. Hurd, Andrew Costello, Wright Douglass, Michael Hughes, Trus- tees ; Enos Palmer, William Deal, Assessors ; IIenry A. Tibbetts, Marshal ; Edward Hughes, Treasurer ; Dexter Douglass, Clerk ; James Murray, Charles Kelley, Enoch Streeter, Street Commissioners ; Joseph Barber, Pound- Master.
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