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Among the first aets of the village fathers was the purchase of a piece of land from Mr. Look for the con- struction of a village pound. The job of building the same was awarded to John Mason for the sum of $43.75. They also resolved " to lay a sidewalk from the church to the burying-ground, to be laid on the south side of the street, said walk to be four feet wide, of four parallel planks one foot wide."
The following is a list of the officers of the village from 1868 to 1879, inclusive :
1868 .- Whole number of votes polled, S5. William J. Adderley. President; Wright Douglass, Michael H. Hughes, Andrew Costello, Edmund D. Hurd, Hosea Pratt, William Berry, Trustees ; William M. Wright, James B. Murray, Assessors ; Edward Hughes, Treasurer; Dexter Douglass, Chester Wadsworth, Street Commissioners; Henry A. Tib- betts, Marshal ; Franklin A. Wright, Pound-Master.
1869 .- Whole number of votes polled, 66. Edmund D. Hurd, President; Frederick Walker, Enos Palmer, Charles Kelley, Edwin W. Gilbert, Adna Lewis, Edwin F. Lamb, Trustees ; Darius Smith, Waterman S. Fuller, As- sessors ; Frank A. Wright, Treasurer ; Charles W. Grover, Street Commissioner ; llenry A. Tibbetts, Marshal ; John A. Edwards, Pound-Master.
1870 .- Whole number of votes polled, 102. Edward Ilughes, President ; Edward Rogers, Wesley J. Martin, Iliram Bardwell, William Birdsall, Franklin J. Bonney, Andrew Costello, Trustees ; James B. Murray, Charles A.
Kelley, Assessors ; Albert K. Hunton, Treasurer ; William O'Sullivan, Clerk ; Charles W. Grover, Street Commis- sioner ; Daniel C. Crandall, Marshal ; Frank Booth, Pound- Master.
1871 .- Whole number of votes polled, 80. Frederick Walker, President ; Ilenry A. Tibbetts, Hiram H. Bard- well, Edward Hughes, Lewis S. Adams, Austin Herrick, William J. White, Trustees ; Michacl II. Hughes, William Wright, Assessors ; Andrew Costello, Treasurer ; Edmund D. Ilurd, Street Commissioner ; Edward Cox, Marshal; Frank Booth, Pound-Master.
1872 .- Whole number of votes polled, 78. William Giberson, President ; John S. Elwell, Nicholas Cashin, Darius E. Smith, Trustees ; Albert K. Hunter, Assessor ; Andrew Costello, Treasurer ; William Sullivan, Clerk ; John Giberson, Street Commissioner; James B. Murray, Marshal ; Frank Booth, Pound-Master.
1873 .- Whole number of votes polled, 88. James B. Murray, President ; William Hughes, William J. Adderley, Brooks Serven, Trustees ; Edwin Mann, William Owens, Assessors ; Andrew Costello, Treasurer ; Alanson Burr, Street Commissioner ; Joseph Granger, Marshal ; Hiram N. Bardwell, Pound-Master.
1874 .- No record.
1875 .- Whole number of votes polled, 91. Thomas S. Read, President ; Enos Palmer, Chauncey W. Chandler, William J. Adderley, Trustees ; William M. Wright, Mar- tin Mills, Assessors; Andrew Costello, Treasurer ; David Babcock, Street Commissioner ; Lewis S. Adams, Marshal ; William Giberson, Pound-Master.
1876 .- Whole number of votes polled, 117. Hiram H. Bardwell, President ; Dexter Douglass, Alanson Burr, Grov- ner Vinton, Trustees ; Edward S. Johnson, John R. Ben- sen, Assessors; Andrew Costello, Treasurer; William Sullivan, Clerk ; Martin Mills, Street Commissioner ; Wal- ter Palmeter, Marshal ; Sanford Schoolcraft, Pound-Master.
The village was reincorporated in March, 1877, subject to and under the provisions of the general act approved April 1, 1875. The first elcetion of village officers under this aet was held at the engine-house, on Monday, March 19, 1877, with the following result :
1877 .- Whole number of votes polled, 104. Hiram II. Bardwell, President ; Edmund D. Hurd, Enos Golden, Ed- mund S. Johnson, Frederick Walker, Darius E. Smith, Dexter Douglass, Trustees ; Albert L. Adams, Clerk ; Hor- ace G. Mann, Treasurer ; Peter Close, Street Commis- sioner ; John R. Benson, Assessor; John A. Edwards, Constable.
1878 .- Whole number of votes polled, 114. Thomas S. Reed, President ; Peter Close, Nicholas Cashin, William Berry, Trustees ; Albert L. Adams, Clerk ; Horace G. Mann, Treasurer ; Harvey S. Warner, Assessor; Oscar Severu, Street Commissioner ; Joseph W. Granger, Con- stable.
1879 .- Whole number of votes polled, 109. Darius E. Smith, President ; Enos Palmer, Iliram HI. Bardwell, Brooks Serven, Trustees ; Edwin F. Lamb, Clerk ; Edward Hughes, Treasurer ; Daniel E. Adams, Street Commis- sioner; Otis E. Snyder, Assessor ; Joseph W. Granger, Constable.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The first fire company was formed in 1869, with about 15 members, Slack, foreman. Its apparatus con- sisted of two dozen fire-buckets, a force-pump, and one hundred feet of one-and-a-half-inch hose. The fire-engine possessed by the village at the present time was manufac- tured by Cowens & Co., Sencea Falls, N. Y., and purchased through Forsyth, White & Co., of Flint, in January, 1871, at a cost of $650. A hosc-eart costing $50 was manufae- tured in the village. The fire-apparatus at present in pos- session of the village authorities is valued at $1200. An engine-house, two stories in height, was constructed in 1871, mainly with money contributed by the citizens. The vil- lage has been visited by two disastrous conflagrations. The first, in 1871, destroyed five buildings; the second, which occurred one year later, was not stayed until fifteen buildings were in ashes.
POSTMASTERS.
Frederick Walker was the first postmaster, and, as be- fore mentioned, kept the office at his house. Ile was sue- ceeded by William Giberson, who kept the same at his store. The third was Henry A. Tibbetts, the fourth Ed- win W. Gilbert, who was succeeded in 1871 by Edwin F. Lamb, the present incumbent.
PROFESSIONAL.
The legal fraternity is represented by Daniel E. Adams, the medical by Drs. Hiram H. Bardwell and Thomas S. Reed. At an early day the people of Mount Morris town- ship were attended by Dr. John A. Hoyes, of Flint, and Dr. Fish, of Genesee.
SECRET BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS.
UNION LODGE, NO. 213, 1. 0. 0. F.,
in the village of Mount Morris, was instituted with seven charter members by Deputy Grand Master G. S. Curtis, Aug. 21, 1873. The first officers were Carlos J. Greene, N. G .; Edgar J. Wait, V. G .; Albert L. Adams, Rec. Sec .; Alanson Burr, Treas.
The following embraces the names and terms of office of the Noble Grands from date of organization to the present time : Edgar J. Wait, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1874; Albert L. Adams, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1874 ; William D. Bird, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1875 ; Walter K. Parmeter, from July 1 to Dee. 31, 1875; Frank C. Hazen, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1876 ; Walter K. Parmeter, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1876; Carlos J. Greene, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1877; Albert E. Owens, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1877 ; Wellington F. Stephens, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1878; Albert L. Adams, from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1878; William Owens, from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1879.
Other present officers are William O. Boughton, V. G .; Edwin F. Lamb, Sec. ; Wellington F. Stephens, Treas. The lodge meets every Saturday evening, in Odd-Fellows' IIall, Mount Morris village.
MOUNT MORRIS LODGE, NO. 1383, KNIGHTS OF HONOR, was organized with twenty-six charter members by E. Newkirk, Deputy Grand Dietator of the State of Michigan,
Jan. 27, 1879. The first and present board of officers were Hiram II. Bardwell, Dictator; William J. White, Vice- Dictator; John A. Chapell, Assistant Dictator ; Dexter Douglass, Reporter ; Edwin F. Lamb, Fin. Reporter ; Enos Golden, Treas .; Rev. L. S. Tedman, Chaplain ; Carlos J. Greene, Guide ; Lawson L. T. Smedley, Guardian ; Sanford Schoolcraft, Sentinel ; William O. Boughton, Past Dictator. Meetings are held in their lodge-rooms in Mount Morris village on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
The earliest religious association which included residents of this township was formed in the " Coldwater settlement," on the Saginaw road, in 1834. Among the prominent Mount Morris members were John Pratt and Charles N. Beecher. The society were Presbyterians, yet it is said they were liberal enough to denominate as members those who assisted to pay the minister. A house of worship was built on lands owned by Daniel Curtis, and completed in 1836. Soon after, Elder Cobb became the pastor, and was to receive as salary $400 per year, and the use of a parsonage. The church edifice was used for religious purposes for a period of twenty years. It was then sold, removed some fifty rods north of its original site, and is now occupied as a dwelling by Orrin Firman. For further particulars concerning the history of this society, the reader is referred to Genesee township historical sketches.
THIE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF GENESEE.
This was the second church formed in the old town of Genesee, the class dating back to about 1837, and consisting originally of Richard, Elizabeth, and Mary Johnson, Ben- jamin F. and Clarissa Robinson. B. F. Robinson was the class-leader, and Richard Johnson was the steward.
The first meetings were held at Mr. R. Johnson's house, and the preaching was done by a minister named Whitney, who occupied the position in connection with Rev. William Brockway, a missionary.
Until 1848 the class formed an appointment on the Flint circuit, but at that time it was set off and Mount Morris circuit was organized. The same ministers who preached in Flint also preached here until that time. The pastors sinee that time have been Revs. Andrew Bell, 1848; Samuel P. Lee, John Whitmore, Thomas Wakelin, D. S. Freeman, - Hollenbeck, Lewis Mitchell, Rufus II. Crane, Giles Belknap, M. S. Leet, William Blades, 1864 ; William Birdsall, 1865-67 ; John Wesley, 1868; W. Ilagedorn, 1869; John Ilamilton, 1870-72; C. W. Aus- tin, 1873 ; R. C. Lanning, 1874-75 ; J. B. Goss, 1876-77 ; L. S. Tedman, 1878.
The church was built in 1840, while Rev. S. P. Lee was preacher in charge on the Flint cireuit. The presiding elder, Rev. George Bradley, took an active part in the work of raising the money to build it. A church site was donated by Frederick Walker. It contained one-half acre on the northeast corner of section 12, in the town of Mount Morris. The work was done under contract by Ezra G. Wisner, and was completed so that the dedication occurred in the early summer of 1841, Rev. George Bradley deliv-
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ering the dedicatory sermon on that occasion. The cost of the building was about 81000. In 1865-66 it was moved to its present location on the site of one-half aere purchased of Mrs. Fairbanks. At that time an addition of 12 feet was built on the front, giving the building at present a seating .eapacity of about 200.
The first parsonage was built in 1853, on a lot donated by Seeley and Imrie, the title to revert to them when it should cease to be used for church purposes. It cost about 8500, and was soll in the fall of 1860 to Robert Ferguson. In the fall of 1870 the present parsonage and lot were pur- chased of William Birdsall, and when finished the cost amounted to about 81000.
The first trustees of the church were Richard Johnson, John Imrie, Frederick Walker, and Benjamin F. Robinson.
The present board of officers is composed as follows : William Owen, E. S. Johnson. Class-leaders; Austin Iler- rick, George Ilart, William Johnson, Stewards; William Johnson, Charles Johnson, George Ilart, James Craven. Austin Herrick, Trustees.
The Mount Morris circuit includes three appointments, the two others being known respectively as the Mount Morris Centre class and the Southwest Vienua class. The mem- bership is divided among the three churches as follows: Mount Morris, 100; Mount Morris Centre, 20; Southwest Vienna. 65. William Morrish is the leader of the class at the centre, and James Halliday of the Vieuna class.
The Sabbath-school was organized many years ago. with John Imrie as superintendent. The present membership is about 177, of which number 21 are officers and teachers. The officers are as follows : E. S. Johnson, Superintendent ; Roswell C. Burroughs, Assistant Superintendent ; Charles Johnson, Secretary ; William Woolfitt, Treasurer ; Shepard Bliss, Librarian ; Daniel Mann, Assistant Librarian ; Aus- tiu Herrick. Chorister; Carrie Tedman, Organist. The library consists of about 150 volumes.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF MOUNT MORRIS.
In 1868 there were 30 Catholic families living in this vicinity, who desired to form themselves into a church and build up an edifice in which they could enjoy the privileges of their religion. Christopher Hughes was the leader in the enterprise, and gave six acres of ground in addition to a money subscription to found the church. This land was equally divided. three acres being for the church and par- sonage ground and three for a burial-ground. William Adderley. Stephen R. Hughes, John Hughes, Stephen Hughes, Jr., Christopher Daly, James Gahan, Michael H. Hughes, Edward Hughes, Nicholas Cashin, John Benson, Robert Ferguson, Frank O'Hare, and others also contrib- uted towards this object, and sufficient money was speedily raised to enable the building committee-consisting of Ste- phen R. Hughes, Christopher Ilughes, Edward Hughes, William Adderley. John Hughes, James Gahan. and Peter O'Hare-to commence work on the church. It was com- pleted that summer, at a cost of about $2700, and was ded- icated iu September by Rev. Charles L. Deceuninck. The parsonage was bailt in 1870, costing, with furniture, about $1600.
The pastors of the church have been Revs. MI. Canters,
G. V. Girard, and E. M. Dekiere, the last named being the present one.
TIIE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT MOUNT MORRIS.
This church was organized by Rev. Mr. Lucas in 1869. Ile came here to live, and, thinking the chances good for building up a society, undertook the task. At first there were only nine members, among them being Mrs. Sarah II. Fairbank, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright.
Frank Wright was the first deacon, and E. O. Taylor was the second one chosen.
Mrs. S. H. Fairbank gave a church lot, and in 1870 the church was built, at a cost of $1000. It was dedicated by a minister from Flint in the fall of the year named.
The church gradually died out, several of its members moving away, and after the removal of Mr. Lucas no active church organization was kept up. In the society, how- erer, it was perpetuated by the election of trustees to hold the property. March 25, 1879. the following board of trustees was chosen, viz. : O. E. Snyder, James Craven, Alanson Curtis, William Ellis, Darius E. Smith, and M. C. Iloyt.
The pastors of the church were Rev. Mr. Lucas, Rev. Mr. Borden, and Rev. J. C. Thompson. At present Rev. J. P. Sanderson is preaching once in two weeks.
The Sabbath-school connected with this church was first under the superintendence of E. O. Taylor, and flourished for a time, once reaching a membership of 40 scholars. It was kept up until about the time that Rev. Mr. Lucas went away.
CEMETERY. THE MOUNT MORRIS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
was incorporated Feb. 16, 1878, and organized by the elec- tion of the following officers : Grovner Vinton, President ; William Johnson, Vice-President ; Roswell C. Burroughs, Secretary ; George Hart, Treasurer ; Rodman W. Albro, Charles Johnson, and James Craven, Directors.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
RICHARD JOHNSON.
Richard Johnson, one of the pioneers of Mount Morris, was born in Waddington, Lincolnshire, England, Sept. 26, 1797. He was a laborer, and in 1835 came to this coun- try and settled in Oakland County. After a two years' res- idence at the latter place he removed to Mount Morris, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Charles, where he lived until his death, which occurred in June, 1861.
Mr. Johnson was married in May, 1$21, to Elizabeth Sessions, of his native town, by whom he had nine chi !- dren, seven of whom were born in England. Charles, the youngest, was born on the old homestead, Jan. S, 1830; Nov. 21, 1867, he was married to Caroline Woolfitt, daugh- ter of John Woolfitt, Esq., of Genesee, one of the pioneers of that town. The elder Johneon was an industrious and successful farmer, a worthy citizen, and his name is prom- inently identified with the early history of Mount Morris.
RESIDENCE OF J. W. WILKERSON, GENESEE, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
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GENESEE.
THE township called Genesee received its name from the pioneers, many of whom came from the " Genesee Country" in Western New York, and a goodly number of them from Genesee County. It was but natural that they should desire to perpetuate the name of that fair country, whose fertile soil and lovely seenery had already made it famous throughout the country as a sort of modern Arcadia, where to dwell was to enjoy the best things of life,-not alone in a material, but also in an æsthetic sense. And it was also fitting that this township, having so large an area of the beautiful oak or timbered openings, thus resembling in its primitive form that pleasant land, should also bear its name.
Genesee is known in the minutes of the surveys as town- ship 8 north, range 7 east, contains an area of about 22,614 acres, is centrally distant from Flint, the county-seat, six miles, and adjoins the towns of Thetford on the north, Rich- field on the east, Burton on the south, and Mount Morris on the west. Its surface is comparatively level, though it might properly be ealled lightly rolling in some parts, prin- cipally on the south and east side of the river. About one- fourth of the surface was originally covered with pine, the pinery generally following the course of the river and lying principally on its south bank. The soil of the pine-land was of a light, sandy nature. The rest of the town was timbered with hard-wood, white-oak predominating, and in the southwest part there was considerable timbered opening. The soil in the parts of the town free from pine is of a fine quality, and composed of a rich clayey loam, mixed with some gravel and sand.
The town is well watered. Flint River, the principal Water-course, enters from Richfield, near the southeast cor- ner of section 12, and pursues a somewhat tortnous course through the town in a general southwest direction, passing through some parts of sections 12, 13, 11, 10, 15, 16, 21, 28, 29, and 32, at the southwest corner of which it crosses the line in the town of Burton. Its course is crooked and its current generally sluggish. Near the southwest corner of section 11 it is more rapid, and furnishes a very good water-power, which has been utilized for many years.
The stream second in importance is Kearsley Creek, which enters from Burton at the southwest corner of sec- tion 35, crosses seetions 34, 33, aud 32 till it reaches Flint River, into which it discharges its waters a little south and west of the centre of the latter seetion. The stream is more rapid, and furnishes two mill-seats,-one on sec- tion 32, and one on seetion 34.
The third stream is Butternut Creek, coming from the north, draining portions of the towns of Forest and Thet- ford. It enters near the northeast corner of section 1, crosses it in a southerly direction, flows across the corner of
section 12, turns to the west, and erosses section 11 till it joins the Flint River, a little distance cast of Geneseeville.
Stanley Creek, Bray Brook, and a half-dozen or more lesser streams are tributaries of Flint River.
The town has eleven and one-half miles of railroad. The main line of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway crosses sections 31, 30, 19, 18, and 7 in a north and northwest course, and the Flint River Division, leaving the main line at the junction near the east quarter-stake of section 19, running northeasterly, crosses sections 20, 16, 15, 10, 11, 12, and 1. Near the east quarter-stake of section 1 it crosses the line into Richfield. The stations in this town are Mount Morris on the main line, and Geneseeville on the branch. Trains on the branch also stop at the junction and Rogersville, where there is another station on the town-line between Genesee and Richfield.
SETTLEMENT.
The first settlement in this town was begun in the sum- mer of 1833. Regarding the identity of the first settler there are conflicting statements which render the historian's task somewhat unpleasant and emphatically a thankless one, since, let the case be decided which way it may, there will be dissent and dissatisfaction. In this case, therefore, it seems to be best to give a brief statement of the facts as presented by the different sides, and let the reader judge for himself as to the real truth of the matter.
The honor is claimed for two persons, Luman Beach and Addison Stewart. It is conceded that Mr. Stewart did not settle in the town until the 1st of August, while it is claimed by some that Beach was residing on his land as early as May or June. Mrs. Stewart, who is still living in Flint, is posi- tive that she was the first white woman to live along the Saginaw trail north of Flint, while Mr. Lewis Buckingham and wife and Mr. Isaac N. Robinson believe Beach and his family to have been the first. The question of priority in point of time does not involve any great difference, as will be seen. To still more complicate the matter, the records show that, while Stewart entered his land in June, the land ou which Beach settled was not purchased from the govern- ment until the 28th of September.
With this brief statement we will proceed to relate the history of the settlement.
There were residing in the town of Mount Morris, in Livingston Co., N. Y., four young men, who were, as young men are generally supposed to be, anxious to improve their circumstances. Their names were Lewis Buckingham, Isaac N. Robinson, John Pratt, and Richard Marvin. They con- sulted together, and finally came to the conelusion that there was no opportunity offered for them to better their fortunes that promised better than that of coming to the West to
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purchase farms of the government and assist in the develop- ment of the wilderness. Having come to the conclusion, they at once set about carrying their resolution into prae- tice, and, proeuring a team and wagon, started on their journey. They intended to go to Chicago and settle on some of the fertile prairie lands of Illinois. Reaching a friend's residence in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., they stopped a few days, then proceeded to Cleveland, where they took passage for Detroit on a boat that was just starting up the lake. From Detroit they came to Pontiae to see Elisha Beach, a step-brother of Mr. Buckingham, and were in- duced by him to visit the country about Flint, where he owned some land. Ile left his store in Pontiac in charge of some one else, and himself piloted the party along the Saginaw turnpike to Flint, where they arrived on the even- ing of the 1st of May, and sought accommodations at John Todd's tavern. There they met Benjamin Pearson, who had just returned from a trip to the north in search of land. He, being from Avon, in the same county of Livingston, was interested in having these men for his neighbors, and told them that in the morning he would take them to look at some of the nieest land they had ever seen.
The morning of the 2d of May dawned. bright and elear. The party left Todd's inn about nine o'clock, and, after a few hours' pleasant travel, arrived at the place where Pearson had located his land. The scene was beau- tiful in the extreme, and captivated the hearts of the emi- grants at onee. The timbered openings in which they were, were dressed out in their freshest and most attractive garb, and they feasted their eyes with the beauty of Nature, while they satisfied their hungry stomachs with the substantial lunch they had brought with them. After finishing their repast each one set about getting a deseription of the land he wished to enter, and then all returned to Flint. The next morning they started for Detroit, and on the following day eutered land as follows : Benjamin Pearson entered the south half of section 25 and the east half of the uortheast quarter of section 36, in township 8 north, range 6 cast (the present town of Mount Morris), and the south half of section 30 and the west part of the northwest fractional quarter of seetion 31 in this town. Lewis Buckingham entered the west part of the northwest fractional quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest fractional quarter, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 30 in this town. Isaac N. Robinson entered the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, the west part of the south- west fractional quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest fractional quarter of section 19 in this town. John Pratt entered the east half of the southeast quarter of section 24 and the east half of the northeast quarter of see- tion 25 in the present town of Mount Morris. Richard Marvin alone of all the party did not take up any of the land.
The little band of pioneers returned to Flint, and re- mained there various lengths of time before returning to the East. Mr. Robinson was the first one to return, being reealled by the dangerous sickness of his wife, and Lewis Buckingham was the last, arriving home at Mount Morris about the 20th of June. Before they returned East they assisted Luman Beach to build a log house on section 30.
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