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Four of the original members are still living in the town. They are Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Hadley, Mrs. Sarah Hecox, and Mrs. Rebecca Failing.
The pastors have been as follows, viz .: 1837, J. Scotford and A. Staples; 1838, P. Sabin and Z. C. Brown; 1839- 40, J. Scotford and P. Sabin ; 1841, C. Babcock and G. C. Shurtliff; 1842, G. C. Shurtliff; 1843-44, W. Jackson and A. Minnis; 1845, W. P. Judd and Thomas Seely ; 1846, J. Jennings; 1847, H. Worthington ; 1848, W. Kelly; 1849, R. McConnell; 1850, I. Taylor; 1851-52, James Maguire; 1853, I. Card; 1854, J. Dobbins; 1855, B. N. Sheldon and J. Clerbine; 1856, N. Mount and J. Hoyt; 1857, I. Finch and William Doust; 1858-59, E. C. Chambers ; 1860-61, A. W. Torrey ; 1862, A. L. Crittenden ; 1863, C. T. Van Antwerp; 1864-65, G. D. Palmer ; 1866, A. J. Russel; 1867-68, B. W. Smith ; 1869-70, W. J. Swift; 1871, A. M. Hunt; 1872-74, J. Clerbine; 1875, S. George; 1876, M. Browning; 1877, A. M. Fitch ; 1878, M. I. Smith.
The first church edifice was erected, in the year 1860, at a cost of about $2000. It was repaired and enlarged, in 1873, at a further cost of $2000, and will now comfortably seat about 300 people. The membership is now 84. The officers of the church and Sabbath-school are L. W. Chapin, Class-Leader; Robert Hill, Levi Vanakin, Loren W. Chapin, William E. Burnett, and William H. Kimball, Trustees ; W. H. Kimball, Superintendent.
FREE BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSSEO.
The records of this church begin with a meeting held August 13, 1873, though it is possible there was an organ- ization prior to that time. It was organized through the efforts of Rev. A. A. Myers, of Hillsdale, who was also the first pastor, and continued in that relation, being as- sisted by Rev. John Mitchell, a student at Hillsdale Col- lege, until January, 1878, when Rev. C. B: Mills was settled as pastor, and remained six months. Since that time the pulpit has been supplied, Elder Myers preaching most of the time.
The number of members at the time of organization was about 30. Among them we mention John S. Alder, Marcus Van, Robert Purchase, Lawton Taylor, A. J. Goodell, S. D. McNeal, Elliott W. Church, James Fowler, Minor Knight, John D. Burghdurf, J. H. Mann, Guy Kingsley, and William W. Green. The present membership is about 75.
The society is connected with the Hillsdale Quarterly Meeting and the Michigan Yearly Meeting.
The society purchased a lot of J. S. Alder for $200, and at once set at work to build a church, which was erected in 1873, at a cost of $5000. It is built of brick, and is a fine-looking edifice. It was dedicated Oct. 28, 1877, by Prof. Dunn, of Hillsdale College.
The first officers were Moses Rumsey, E. G. Parker, William Van Wert, Warren Thompson, Lawton Taylor, Seth D. McNeal, Trustees; Marcus Van, Miner Knight, Deacons; Robert Purchase, Caleb Green, Lawton Taylor, Building Committee.
The present officers are Miner Knight, Lawton Taylor, George Rumsey, Nathan J. Randall, Marcus Van, J. H. Mann, Trustees; A. J. Goodell, Clerk ; John Decker, Treasurer; E. W. Church, J. D. Burghdurf, Deacons.
There is a large and flourishing Sabbath-school connected with the church.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
In the early spring of the year 1875, an Adventist min- ister named Rev. Hiram St. John, who resided at Clyde, Ohio, came to this town for the purpose of holding a series of meetings to propagate the doctrines of that sect. The place selected at which to hold the meetings was the Black school-house, in the south part of the town, and they were kept up for a period of about six weeks, with good success, and resulted in numerous conversions. From among these converts the church was formed in June following, and had a membership of 43. Among these members were Amasa Blunt, F. D. Snyder, Philancourt Black, George B. Taylor, Andrew Cook, Mary J. Snyder, Jonathan Iden, and George Hodgson. The church has had many additions to its roll of members, and has lost by removal and other causes suffi- cient to offset them, so that the membership is about the same now that it was in the beginning.
For a year after the formation of the church regular weekly meetings were held at the school-house; but in the summer of 1876 a church was built, under the charge of G. Hodgson, F. D. Snyder, and E. Forte, building com- mittee, on a lot donated by Mr. Snyder. It is a plain, neat, wooden structure, capable of seating 200 people, and cost about $700.
The ministers who officiate at these Adventist churches are not settled as pastors, but are sent, as occasion demands, to hold meetings at different points. Those who have preached at this church are Revs. Hiram St. John, H. M. Kenyon, W. H. Littlejohn, M. S. Burnham, and M. B. Miller.
The first officers were F. D. Snyder, Amasa Blunt, An- drew Cook, Trustees; Philancourt Black, Clerk ; Amasa Blunt, Elder ; George N. Monroe, Deacon.
The present officers are F. D. Snyder, Amasa Blunt,
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Jonathan Iden, Trustees ; Esther Cook, Clerk ; F. D. Sny- der, Elder ; George Hodgson, Deacon.
There has been a Sabbath-school from the commencement, with an average attendance of about 30 scholars. Amasa Blunt was the first Superintendent. F. D. Snyder is the present Superintendent, and Alice Kingsbury is the Sec- retary.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF PITTSFORD.
During the year 1867, Rev. W. W. De Geer, a minister of the Christian denomination, was induced to come to this place to preach by Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Haynes, who were acquaintances of his. The meetings thus instituted con- tinued for about a year, and then it was thought desirable to form a church society, there then being about a dozen members of the sect who were anxious to unite their efforts for the furtherance of the interests of the cause of Christ. As a consequence of this desire on their part, a meeting was held at the Wesleyan church, in Pittsford village, on Saturday, the 28th day of April, 1868, for the purpose of organizing the church. The meeting was attended by about twenty persons, and proved an interesting and profitable occasion. After a sermon preached by Rev. W. W. De Geer, he instituted the church, receiving into its fellowship the following persons, viz. : Sanford Haynes, Sarah A. Haynes, James H. Filkins, Jane Filkins, from the Adams Church ; Matthew A. Willitts, from the Free- Will Baptist Church of Pittsford; John C. S. Burger, Fanny Burger, Amos D. Olds, Ann O. Olds, James H. Salmond, Tryphena Salmond, Sarah A. Debingham, and Jane A. Converse.
Sanford Haynes was elected deacon, and James H. Fil- kins clerk.
The meetings were first held at the Wesleyan Methodist church, and subsequently at the school-house, and for a while in the store now occupied by J. B. Wilson. In the winter of 1869-70 it was decided to build a church, and a meeting was held for the purpose of incorporating the so- ciety, on the 1st of January, 1870. This meeting adopted the following as the legal name of the body, viz. : "The First Christian Church in the village of Pittsford, in the towns of Pittsford and Jefferson, Hillsdale Co., State of Michigan." Sanford Haynes, M. A. Willitts, J. C. S. Burger were elected as trustees, and they together with Charles Boley and H. B. Mead constituted the building committee to superintend the erection of the church. A subscription paper was started, and a sufficient sum being pledged, work on the church was begun in the spring or summer following. The church was so far completed as to allow of its being occupied as a place of worship in the winter following. It was then furnished with temporary seats, and the meetings, which had for a short time been held at the house of J. H. Filkins, were changed to the church, the first one being held there on the 1st of Jan- uary, 1871.
In the spring of 1874, Rev. G. T. Sullivan, an Evan- gelist, from Iowa, was engaged to conduct a series of revi- val meetings, which commenced on the 13th of March, and continued for several weeks, resulting in a widely extended and powerful revival of God's work, by means of which one hundred and thirty-four persons were converted and
joined the church. Strengthened by this large addition to their numbers, steps were at once taken to finish the church by putting in permanent seats and pulpit. This was accom- plished at a cost of $400, and the dedicatory services were held at two o'clock P.M., Sept. 18, 1874, the sermon being preached by Mr. Sullivan. The sum of $336 was raised to pay off the indebtedness of the church. In the evening a meeting was held, which was addressed by Rev. H. K. Stamp.
The church is a brick building capable of seating about 250 persons, stands on the west side of Main Street, in the north part of the village of Pittsford, and was erected at a total cost of $3200.
The pastors of this church, in the order of their service, have been Revs. W. W. De Geer, M. W. Tuck, John Wil- cox, P. W. Sinks, and N. L. Swank. Since the 1st of December, 1878, the church has been without a pastor.
At present the membership of the church is 71.
The present officers are James H. Filkins, G. S. Patterson, Alonzo F. Webster, Trustees ; James H. Filkins, Clerk ; G. C. Maxson, Treasurer.
The Sabbath-school connected with this church was or- ganized as a union school some time before the formation of the church. It has been well maintained throughout, and has at present an average attendance of about 40 scholars. William Perrin was the first superintendent, and Rev. N. L. Swank is the present one, though since his pas- torate terminated, the duties of the position have devolved mostly upon the assistant superintendent, Jas. H. Filkins.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
IION. CHARLES D. LUCE.
Among the early settlers at Martha's Vineyard were the Luces. Portions of the family emigrated to other States. Joseph Luce, the father of the subject of this narrative, was a native of New Jersey, where he was born in the year 1786. He followed the calling of a miller in the earlier part of his life, but in his later years he turned his attention to farming. He was an officer in the war of 1812, and served on the frontier. He was a sober, industrious man, of excellent principles, and led a comparatively uneventful life. He died in the year 1842, in Erie Co., Pa., whither he had removed from Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y. In 1811 he was married to Miss Betsey Soverhill, by whom he had a family of twelve children, Charles D. being the fifth. He was born in Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y., April 6, 1820. His early life did not differ materially from that of farmer boys generally. Work upon the farm during the summer was succeeded by the usual term at the district school in winter. By dint of energy and application, he obtained a thorough knowledge of the English branches, and his edu- cation he made practically useful to himself and others by teaching. In 1846 he came to Hillsdale County, and pur- chased, on credit, the farm where he now resides. The land was entirely unimproved, and the construction of a farm
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and the liquidation of the debt incurred was a work of no small magnitude. In February, 1850, Mr. Luce was mar- ried to Miss Sylva R., daughter of Daniel S. and Rhoda Brown, of Erie Co., Pa. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Luce was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, while her father served in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Luce have been blessed with one child, a son, Ernest M., who was born December, 1850, in the town of Harbor Creek, Erie Co., Pa.
In his political belief Mr. Luce is a Republican, and has been prominently identified with the politics of his district and county, although not a politician in the common accep- tation of the term, never having sought political advance- ment. He has filled many positions of trust and responsi- bility, the duties of which he has discharged with fidelity to the trust reposed in him, and with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of the public. In 1850 he was elected supervisor of Jefferson, re-elected in 1851, and since that time has served seven terms. On the Board he was regarded as an efficient member, and served on important committees. For four years he served his fellow-townsmen as treasurer, and for seven years was on the Board of County Superin- tendents. In 1872 was elected to the representative branch of the Legislature, serving on the committees of Education and Engrossment and Enrollment. Having acquired an enviable reputation for integrity and business ability, he was urged to accept the position of president of the Far- mers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Hillsdale County, which position he now holds.
Mr. Luce is emphatically a self-made man. Commencing life with only his natural resources for his capital, he has attained success in every department of life, and his career is an example to young men of the capabilities of character and manhood.
THOMAS HUTCHINGS.
This gentleman, one of the substantial farmers of Jeffer- son, was born in Somersetshire, England, Sept. 16, 1820. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, which occupation he followed until his emigration to this country, in 1850. For several years preceding his settlement in Hillsdale County he was engaged in farming in the State of New York ; but, his means being limited, he came to Michigan in order to attain the acme of his ambition, the possession of a home of his own. He first purchased, in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. Trivett, the farm now owned by the latter gentleman. The copartnership existed about ten years, when Mr. Hutchings sold his interest, and purchased and cleared the farm now owned by Henry Duryea. Mr. Hutchings has been a sober, industrious man, and in his chosen calling has been very successful, and is considered to be one of the thorough, energetic farmers of Jefferson. He attributes much of his success to the substantial aid rendered him by his worthy wife, whom he married Sept. 5, 1855. Her maiden name was Elida A. Betts. She was born in Barry, Orleans Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1829. Her parents were farmers, and came to Michigan in 1849, and settled in Jackson County. On another page will be seen a view of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings, and of the birth- place of Mr. Hutchings, which is situated in a little hamlet in Somersetshire, about five miles from the city of Chard. The house is built of stone. The central part was built by the elder Hutchings, the subsequent additions being made by the members of the family. The left-hand portion of the building is used for the manufacture of shoes, and is thatched with straw. The building in the background is one of the ordinary English tenant-houses, immediately in front of which is the holly hedge. Altogether it affords a very pretty view of English scenery.
RANSOM.
THE township of Ransom includes sections 1 to 30 of congressional township 8 south, range 2 west, and its mu- nicipal genealogy may be traced as follows: When, on the 17th of March, 1835, the county of Hillsdale was divided by ranges into four separate townships, range 2 west was given the name of Moscow. March 23, 1836, the town of Adams was formed, including all of the range from what is now Moscow south to the Ohio line. March 11, 1837, that portion south of what is now Adams was given the name Florida, from part of which-townships 8 and fractional 9 south-was formed Rowland, Jan. 28, 1840. The remain- ing portion of Florida was changed to Jefferson, March 17, 1849, which name it still retains, including township 7 south, range 2 west. The name of Rowland was given in honor of the first settler of the township, Rowland Bird. Several years after the death of Mr. Bird a second act was
passed, through the influence of certain parties living in what is now Amboy, and by this the name of the township was changed to Ransom ; this was on the 9th of March, 1848. The inhabitants were not satisfied with this, and desiring that the name of the pioneer of the township should be duly honored, they secured the passage of an act the next year (April 2, 1849) changing the name to Bird. The strife was not yet at an end, for in the succeeding year (March 28, 1850) the act was passed which changed the name finally to Ransom, which has since been retained. By the same act the east half of Amboy was formed from fractional township 9 south (range 2) and the south tier of sections of township 8, the west half being taken from the south part of Woodbridge in the same manner.
Three considerable streams, with their lesser tributaries, furnish abundant water for this township. These are Silver
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Creek, entering from Woodbridge on section 7, and flowing in a general southerly course, furnishing very good power, and discharging into Amboy at the south side of section 29; Ransom Creek, flowing southerly through the centre of the township, entering Amboy from section 26 ; and Burt Creek, the outlet of Bird Lake, in Jefferson, which flows south through the eastern part of the town. The latter stream is named from the family which early located near it,-that of Thomas Burt. All three of these creeks finally mingle their waters with those in the St. Joseph's fork of the Maumee, flowing through Williams Co., Ohio, and into Indiana, uniting with the St. Mary's at Fort Wayne, in the latter State, and forming the Maumee, which takes a north- easterly course and enters Maumee Bay ten miles below Toledo. Silver Creek is also known as the west branch of the St. Joseph, the two branches uniting in Williams Co., Ohio.
The surface of this town is greatly varied. In the southern and eastern portions it is comparatively level, while the bal- ance is considerably broken by hills and ravines. The channels of the streams are deeply cut, and their currents usually quite rapid. But a small proportion of the town- ship contains marsh, the most extensive having been origi- nally a mile and a half north of Ransom Centre, at what is called " Tamarack Corners." Here was a considerable swamp, filled with tamarack timber, but it has been mostly drained and rendered productive. The system of under- draining has been introduced by the farmers of the town- ship, and with marked success; different varieties of drain tile are used.
When Ransom was first settled, nearly its entire area was covered with a dense and heavy growth of timber, the only exception being a small portion in the north, which was "timbered openings." Much of the original timber yet remains, and the want of wood for fuel is not likely to be felt for many years. In this town are to be found, in the dwellings of its inhabitants, many of the wide fireplaces, such as cheered the hearts and warmed the log cabins of her first settlers, and the same charm attaches to them which they possessed in years agone, when the forest reached to the doorway, and the huge back-log was brought in from only a few steps away and deposited in its place to act as a support to the pile of smaller sticks placed in its front, while the jolly sparks raced with each other up the capacious chimney.
The soil of Ransom is generally of a clayey nature, but little sand abounding, and is well adapted to the growth of wheat and the various grains raised in this region. An idea of the resources of the township will be gained by perusing the following items, taken from the State census for 1874 :
Population (763 males, 776 females). 1,539
Number of acres of taxable land
19,042
land owned by individuals and companies. 19,075.50
improved land.
12,074
land exempt from taxation
33.50
Value of same, including improvements $10,900
Number of acres in school-house sites 3
church and parsonage sites. 4
burying-grounds 6
Property used or intended for other public pur- poses
.50
Number of farms in township ..
306
acres in same.
18,604
Average number of acres in same. Number of acres of wheat sown in 1874.
2,359
66
66
harvested in 1873
1,962
corn
66
1,852
bushels of wheat
24,871
corn
99,660
66
" all other grain "
16,787
" potatoes raised
7,856
tons of hay cut
2,080
pounds of wool sheared
16,079
66
" cheese made
66
49,882
66
" butter made
89,580
" fruit dried for market "
11,562
barrels of cider made
423
pounds of maple-sugar made in 1874 acres in orchards in
522
bushels of apples raised in 1872. .
1873
16,420
66 pears
1872
10
1873
10
cherries
1872
63
66
1873.
76 5
cwt. of grapes
Value of these productions for 1872. 1873
$4,215
Number of horses, one year old and over, 1874 ... mules, 1874
66
work-oxen, 1874
66
milch cows, “
886
66
neat cattle, one year old and over, other than oxen and cows.
448
swine over six months old
1,138
sheep
sheared in 1873.
3,385
lumber, lath, and shingle-mills 1874
2
persons employed in same.
8
Amount of capital invested in same
$7,000
Feet of lumber sawed
600,000
Value of products of these mills.
$9,700
Number of cheese- and butter-factories in 1874. " persons employed in same ...
1
Amount of capital invested.
Value of products.
$1,100 $4,653
As a dairying township Ransom ranks second in the county, according to the census, Reading only being ahead. Three cheese-factories have at different times been built in town, the first by Jacob Lozier, on section 22; the next by Silas P. Boothe, on section 1; and the third by Thomas Burt, on section 24. The only one now in operation is that of Mr. Lozier. The Boothe factory was only conducted part of one season, and is now used as a barn. That of Mr. Burt was the most extensive of the three, and is yet stand- ing. Mr. Lozier manufactures from the milk of his own cows only.
The inhabitants of Ransom take just pride in their choice stock. Thomas Burt, who owns one of the best farms in the township, has as good-perhaps the best-conveniences for wintering stock as any farmer in the vicinity, and his herd of choice cows and fat young steers is certainly the best in the township.
LAND ENTRIES.
Much of the land included in what is now Ransom was entered by speculators before a solitary person had settled within its limits, and the greater number of the early ar- rivals purchased from second hands. The following is a record of the entries previous to the 27th of April, 1838, as transcribed to the county books from the records of the land-office at Monroe :
Section 1 .- David Margas, William Wolcott, William B. Bristol, Gardner Cooper, John F. Taylor, John M. Lickley.
Section 2 .- Gilbert Howland, Joseph R. Williams, Lo- renzo Bailey, Lothrop & Buck, Bronson Hopkins.
Section 3 .- Lorenzo Bailey, Lothrop & Buck, Bronson
1,610
21,750
$5,691
577
5
46
66
1,848
in
2
60.79
pork marketed
183,505
PHOTO BY CARSON & GRAHAM
PHOTO, BY CARSON & GRANAM
MRS. ORSAMUS BETY.
ORSAMUS DOTY.
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RESIDENCE OF ORSAMUS DOTY, RANSOM, HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICH.
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Hopkins, Alonzo Bailey, Edward S. Baker, R. T. Davis, James Bellows.
Section 4 .- John Allen, Gershom Willmarth, Lothrop & Buck, Wilder & Hastings.
Section 5 .- John Palmer, Rowland Bird, Lothrop & Buck, James Guion.
Section 6 .- Samuel Young, Wilder & Hastings, William P. Green, James Guion.
Section 7 .- Lothrop & Buck, Wilder & Hastings, A. S. & Stephen Clark, Orrin Cobb, Charles J. Manning, Watson Childs, Hiram Darrow.
Section 8 .- Asahel Kimball, Lothrop & Buck, William Burnham, Henry Fowler, Erastus Gaylord.
Section 9 .- Stephen F. Warner, Asahel Kimball, A. & E. Willis.
Section 10 .- Franklin Lakey, Joseph R. Williams.
Section 11 .- William H. Chilson, Christopher Perkins, William B. Bristol.
Section 12 .- Henry Cornell, David Short, Parley J. Spalding, Aaron D. Carroll, William H. Chilson, A. W. Nichols.
Section 13 .- Gabriel H. Todd, A. McCow, David Short, Ransom Ferris, Otis Johnson, Elizabeth Sprague.
Section 14 .- Lyman Doolittle, Ransom Ferris, Joseph R. Williams, Wilder & Hastings.
Section 15 .- Gabriel H. Todd, Franklin Lakey, Joseplı R. Williams.
Section 17 .- Benajah Barker, Lothrop & Buck, W. P. Green, George L. Perkins, Erastus Gaylord.
Section 18 .- Theron Skeel, Lothrop & Buck, Green, Hubbard & Lester, Charles Darrow, Charles H. and Wil- liam Harroll.
Section 19 .- Joseph R. Williams, T. B. Van Brant, Isaac Knapp, Jr., B. F. Van Dake, Charles Helm, Leonard Carlton.
Section 20 .- Seth Brewster, Lothrop & Buck, M. L. and Aaron Lincoln, Ira R. Grosvenor.
Section 21 .- Henry Jessup, Jr., Lothrop & Buck, M. L. and A. Lincoln, C. Howell, Deborah D. Field, George Crane.
Section 22 .- J. E. Fletcher, Isaac French, Russell Whitney, Joseph R. Williams, Center Lamb, John R. Willis.
Section 23 .- Gilbert Sherman, Sylvanus Rowles, Thomas Burt, Wilder & Hastings, John R. Willis.
Section 24 .- Hiram Doolittle, Salmon Laird, Joseph R. Williams, Benjamin Harrington, Archibald Mc Vickar.
Section 25 .- Charles H. Carroll, Epenetus Howell, A. S. Clapp.
Section 26 .- Salmon Laird, Green, Hubbard & Lester, William P. Green, Harvey Cobb, Isaac A. Calvin.
Section 27 .- Isaac French, Russell Whitney, Noram C. Baldwin, J. D. Huntington, N. Bassett, Jr., Ama B. Cobb, Harvey Cobb.
Section 28 .- J. J. Snidecor, Irwin Camp, William P. Green, Robert Parker, James Bellows.
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