History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 109

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772

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labor being in the forests of Ontario Co., N. Y. Mr. Worthington and his partner were the first men to run a threshing-machine in Michigan, and came in from Detroit, working their way west as far as Ann Arbor. After a time he sold out his interest in the machine, and with Mr. Na- than Pray came to Windsor, Eaton Co., and worked four years for Mr. Pray, clearing land most of the time. He then bought eighty acres of new land, which he partly cleared; then exchanged it for another new farm in Benton, which he cleared; and again exchanged for the farm he now owns in Brookfield, which consists of one hundred and twenty acres of fine land, seventy acres of which are under splendid improvement, with a fine house, orchard, and out- buildings. It does not seem possible that one pair of hands could accomplish so much ; nevertheless, it is true, and he can look back upon a life well spent, and feel that he has done his share in clearing up Eaton County. He was married after he came to Eaton County to Miss Eliza Derby, daughter of Wait and Abigail (Emerson) Worden. She was born in New London, Conn., June 13, 1813.

CARMEL.

NATURAL FEATURES.

GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, SOILS, ETC.

THE township of Carmel lies immediately southwest of the geographical centre of Eaton County, and is bounded on the north by the township of Chester, east by Eaton, south by Walton, and west by Kalamo. From its eastern side is taken a portion of the city of Charlotte. The Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway crosses its southeast corner, and the northeastern portion is traversed by the Grand Rapids division of the Michigan Central. The old Marshall and Lansing State road crosses it diagonally from southwest to northeast, in a line nearly parallel with the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway.

The township is generally more rolling than its next eastern neighbor (Eaton) ; the soil is about the same and of equal value for farming purposes, while the swamp area is less than that of the latter-named township. The im- provements are generally excellent. The drainage is north into Thornapple River, and south into Battle Creek, which latter stream crosses the southeast part of town, flowing in nearly a southerly direction after its détour towards Char- lotte from the southeast. A considerable portion of the original forest of heavy timber which covered the township yet remains. The boundary-lines of this township were surveyed by John Mullett in 1825, and it was subdivided into sections, etc., by Sylvester Sibley in the same year.

LAND ENTRIES.

The following entries of land have been made in what is now the township of Carmel (town 2 north, range 5 west) by the persons and in the years mentioned :*

* Thore marked thus (*) became actual residents of the township or county.

Section 1 .- 1836, H. Butler, Joseph Young,* E. Morgan. Section 2 .- 1836, Joseph Young, D. Clark.

Section 3 .- 1836, W. Tilletson, L. Kirkham, E. Morgan, Joseph Young.

Section 4 .- 1835, T. R. Smith; 1836, J. S. Ilayt, J. Young, S. Ketchum.

Section 5 .- 1835, N. & II. Weed; 1836, J. Young, J. R. Williams,* J. Stever.

Section 6 .- 1835, N. & H. Weed ; 1836, Joseph R. Williams.

Section 7 .- 1836, J. R. Williams ; 1837, Jacob Tanner,# 11. Williams .* Section 8 .- 1836, Joseph Young; 1838, Bezaleel Taft;# 1852, A. A. Smith; 1854, L. J. Foster," Henry Robinson,# J. Tanner, H. Williams.

Section 9 .- 1839, R. Loveless,* S. J. Early ; 1846, Samuel Miller ;* 1849, Lewis K. Butz; 1851, J. Mount .*

Section 10 .- 1836, Edwin M. Clapp;# 1837, W. Wobster,* R. Fitz- gerald ;* 1839, Isaac M. Jessup.#

Section 11 .- Joseph Young (entire section).

Section 12 .- 1835, E. B. Bostwick, T. Lawrence; 1837, C. Howard.

Section 13 .- 1832, G. W. Barnes ; 1833, J. Torrey, Ilannibal G. Rice ;* 1835, Wm. Page, T. Lawrence.

Section 14 .- 1836, Henry L. Dwinell; 1837, C. Howard; 1841, I. Bennett;# 1845, S. Cushing, Jr., & Co .; # 1846, L. J. Fostor ; 1847, T. Curry .*

Section 15 .- 1837, W. Webster; 1839, R. Winter, Isaac M. Jessup, J. P. Herrick ;* 1844, Elias Andrews;# 1846, T. N. Francis, * John Miller ;# 1847, Gilbert A. Wude;# 1851, A. J. Chappell .**

Section 16 .- 18-18, J. P. Herrick ; 1850, II. Dusenbury," P. M. Mun- roe ;# 1851, M. Rager,* R. Duun," J. Roush ;# 1854, J. Clapp, I. Rager,* A. Baker," HI. Smith,* J. F. Tirrill,* HI. Williams; 1855, A. D. Shaw .**

Section 17 .- 1836, Wm. A. Tryon ; 1837, B. Taft ; 1838, Wm. Sisson, B. Taft ; 1817, George Sisson ; 1851, A. C. Ells," C. Tuttle; 1853, A. C. Ella.

Section 18 .- 1837, O. & M. Greenman,* E. J. Penniman ; 1838, 0. Brooks,# Wm. A. Tryon ; 1818, J. E. & A. C. Ella ;# 1853, J. P. Herrick; 1854, J. M. Buttolph.#

Section 19 .- 1836, S. Hawkins ;# 1837, P. Ayres ; 1838, Platt Morey,* Win. A. Tryon, HI. Morey,* E. J. Penniman.

Section 20 .- 1837, J. Perry ;# 1838, Platt Mercy, R. D. Dodge," F. I. Spencer, Wmn. A. Tryen, Il. Frink ; 1839, R. Dunn, Ransom Love- less,* E. Spencer .*

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Section 21 .- 1838, T. Ingersoll," I. F. Ingersell;# 1839, Rebort Dunn," I. Ingersoll; 1847, H. Cooper ;# 1849, Oliver Scribner; 1853, M. Chapin ;# 1854, C. II. Case.#

Section 22 .- 1837, Chapin Howard; 1839, J. E. Keene;# 1841, M. Featherstone, P. Featherstone ;# 1844, Joseph L. Foster ;# 1846, L. G. Foster;# 1847, R. Brooks, Isaac E. Jessup ;# 1849, Chapin Iloward; 1853, M. S. Brackett.#

Section 23 .- 1836, H. L. Dwinell, M. Smith, N. Chidester, Aurelius C. Howard; 1837, Win. H. Brown, C. S. Bagg.

Section 24 .- 1834, S. H. Sill; 1835, Wm. Page, N. & H. Weed, R. J. Wells; 1836, W. B. Hill.

Section 25 .- 1836, J. Barnes, - Porter, T. Lawrence, - Kings- bury, L. A. Mills; 1844, John Ireland.#

Section 26 .- 1836, Aurelius C. Howard, H. Austin; 1837, M. Colla- mer, C. Howard.

Scetion 27 .- 1837, Chapin Howard ; 1839, E. Jessup,# P. Simmens,# J. A. Simmons ;# 1845, C. Howard ; 1847, R. T. Cushing, A. D. Shaw, and H. H. Gale; 1848-49, R. T. Cushing and H. H. Gale; 1849, G. Mulhellen .**

Section 28 .- 1838, Jehn Newell,# Harrison Mann ;# 1839, Tina Brooks,# 11. Sinith ; 1847, M. W. Cooper ;# 1849, Chapin Howard ; 1850, A. R. Jones; 1851, C. Fraise;# 1852, M. W. Cooper.

Section 29 .- 1837, Reuben Graves ; 1838, E. Ingalls,# Ransem Love- less, James Mann," D. Leve;# 1839, George Sikes;# 1841, J. Ells;# 1854, Wm. L. Love.#

Section 30 .- 1836, E. Newton, W. Newton ;# 1837, Reuben Graves ; 1851, N. Scribner ; 1858, Ira Arnold,* James R. Stevens .**

Section 31 .- 1836, C. S. Merrill; 1837, R. Graves, G. Peters,# Thomas Maguire, Samuel Heath, T. Reed; 1851, N. Serihner.

Section 32 .- 1837, R. Graves, G. Peters, Samuel Heath; 1858, Asher Shepherd;# 1860, Ira Hitchcock.#

Section 33 .- 1837, L. Cornwell; 1839, Tina Breeks, E. Howe, H. Smith; 1841, C. H. Bowen;# 1854, M. Follick,# H. I. Law- rence .**

Section 34 .- 1836, S. S. Alcott; 1839, A. Treat; 1849, S. E. Millett,# L. K. Bretz;# 1850, J. Mourer.#

Section 35 .- 1836, M. Rewe, C. Osgood, L. A. Mills. Section 36 .- 1837, C. Howard (entire section).

Many of the names given in the foregoing list are those of speculators who never settled in the county, and many of whom never saw the land they had purchased.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The first blows towards improving this township was struck by Platt Morey, of Rochester, Monroe Co., N. Y., who came to Michigan in November, 1837, having left Buffalo on the second day of the month and proceeded by steam to Detroit. He stopped a few weeks with his brother, who was living in Wayne County, and from there pushed on to Eaton County and stayed several weeks in the Spaulding and Brooks settlement, in the southeast part of Kalamo. At that time the wilderness of Carmel contained not a solitary white inhabitant. Mr. Morey prospected until he found land which suited him, and went to Ionia and entered it. This was the farm he now occupies. Mr. Morey commenced chopping upon his place in the winter of 1837-38, and boarded part of the time with Nathan Brooks, who had located forty acres opposite, and brought in his family in the spring of 1838. As Mr. Morey was the first person to make improvements in the township, so Mr. Brooks was the first to settle with his family. He afterwards became the first supervisor of the township. Mr. Morey was an aspiring bachelor when he began swinging his axe in the woods of Carmel, but after two seasons of labor in the field of hire he married the niece of Bezaleel Taft, who had settled with his family in the town- ship, and who was originally one of the persons belonging

to the colony from the State of Vermont, which settled at Vermontville in this county. Mr. Morey, since his mar- riage, has continued to reside on the place he first improved.

William Webster, who purchased land on section 7 in 1837, settled soon after. A few years later-some time previous to 1844-he met his death in a tragical manner. It was " town-meeting day ;" the snow was three feet deep. While cutting down a tree it fell upon him, crushing his skull and probably killing him instantly. His body was discovered by his wife, who broke a track through the deep snow for a mile and a quarter to procure help to remove his remains to the house. It is thought this was the first death in the township.

Platt Morey's brother, Harry Morey, came from New York with the former, but did not come into the county with him. He located his land two or three weeks later than his brother, and for several years had his residence in Detroit. He finally settled in Carmel, and in after-years removed to Vermontville, where he died.

Robert Dunn, a native of Essex Co., N. Y., settled early in Michigan, and lived in Washtenaw and Calhoun Coun- ties. In 1839 he entered land on section 21 in the towo- ship of Carmel, and located upon it. His family suffered much from sickness, and it was long difficult to keep his affairs in a satisfactory condition. His struggles for forty years have resulted favorably, however, and he is now in comfortable circumstances. The town-meeting for 1840 was held at Mr. Dunn's house, and the first vote was cast by him. He is now one of the oldest living pioneers of the township, and resides on section 16.

John Ells, from Vermont, formerly a resident of Mont- gomery Co., N. Y., removed to Michigan in 1842 or '43 and purchased the place owned by Nathan Brooks, on sec- tion 18. The house which had been built by Mr. Brooks was the first one in the township, and was a rudely-con- structed shanty of the simplest pattern. Mr. Ells died in 1864 ; was at the time living with his daughter. In the fall of 1844 his son, Almon C. Ells, a native of Montgomery Co., N. Y., but a resident of Vermont, visited his father, and remained in the township during the winter. He returned to Vermont, but in the fall of 1847 came again with his family, and settled on land which he had pur- chased adjoining his father's farm. He is now living on section 22.

The first frame houses in the township of Carmel, outside of Charlotte, were built by L. B. Todd, a man named Simmons, and Almon C. Ells. That of the latter was erected about 1849-50, and was at the time the best in the township. Mr. Ells had commenced hauling logs for lum- ber when he first settled with his family, and had them sawed at Hyde's mill, in Kalamo.

George Sikes, who is still living in the township, moved in a year or two after Robert Dunn, and was shown his land by the latter.

William Johnson, who, in the winter of 1844-45, mar- ried a sister of Almon C. Ells, had settled some time pre- viously in the village of Charlotte. He was a blacksmith by trade, and some years after his marriage moved upon a farm near the present residence of A. C. Ells.

L. B. Todd, a native of Connecticut, and afterwards a

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resident of Cayuga and Wayne Cos., N. Y., removed from the latter to Michigan in March, 1841,-or arrived in that month,-and on the night of the 3d stayed at the old block tavern in Charlotte, kept by William Stoddard, and known as the " Eagle." He traded his place in New York with Thomas Ingersoll, an old neighbor, for 160 acres on section 21, in Carmel township (the northeast quarter of the sec- tion), upon which four aeres had been chopped and a small shanty had been built. Mr. Ingersoll returned to New York. The shanty mentioned was constructed of small poles and was about six feet square. Ingersoll had boarded with Robert Dunn while clearing. Mr. Todd was accompanied into this town by his wife and three small children, and remarks that for a few years it took " pretty hard scratch- ing to get along." Mr. Todd's daughter is now deceased, but the sons are both living,-one at some point in the West, and the other, Sylvanus Todd, in the south part of Carmel township. The parents reside on section 15.

H. H. Gale, from Windham Co., Vt., came to Mich- igan in 1840, and settled in Oakland County. In 1841 he removed to Eaton County, and located in the southeastern part of Carmel township, on the same section with Rolla T. Cushing, after living for a short time in Eaton township. In 1850 he removed to Charlotte, where he has since resided. He was accompanied by his family when he set- tled in the county. His wife was a sister to Rolla T. Cushing.

The last-named gentleman took up his residence in the township in the spring of 1839, and owned land in com- pany with Aurelius C. Howard. Soon after his first visit he went back to Onondaga Co., N. Y.,-his old home,-and returned in the fall of the same year (1839), bringing with him L. II. Dunton as a " hired man." Mr. Cushing died in October, 1850, and his widow is now the wife of Amos II. Munson, of Charlotte.

L. H. Dunton was from Chittenden Co., Vt. In 1841 he was married, and six weeks afterwards (in the same year) settled upon a place of his own in Carmel township. In December, 1855, he moved to Charlotte, and soon ocenpied the house he now lives in, on the Eaton Rapids road, in the southeast part of the city. Mrs. Dunton and her sister, Mrs. Rolla T. Cushing (now Mrs. A. H. Munson), are daughters of Jonathan Searls, the pioneer of Charlotte.

Harris Cooper, a native of Cato, Cayuga Co., N. Y., settled in Eaton County in 1844.

Much of the carly history of Carmel is identified with that of Charlotte, in the vicinity of which, for some years, the principal settlements were made. The " block" tavern of William Stoddard, in which were held courts, meetings, balls, and parties, and all the gatherings incident to those earlier years, was as familiar to the inhabitants of Carmel as to him who resided in the shadow of its well-hewed walls. It was almost a continuous settlement within a radius of five or six miles from the old tavern, and Charlotte was the place where the town-meetings for Carmel and Eaton were held for many years.

E. Chappell, of the firm of Dunning & Chappell, brick and tile manufacturers, of Carmel, is a son of Alford J. Chappell, an early settler of the township of Kalamo. The kiln owned by these gentlemen is on section 15. Tile

from two to eight inches in diameter are manufactured, and about half a million bricks are burned annually. Eight men find employment, including the proprietors. The machinery is operated by steam, and convenient and commodious build- ings have been erected.

The records of the County Pioneer Society afford the following items regarding the settlement of the township of Carmel :

Alvan D. Shaw, a native of Warren, Herkimer Co., N. Y., settled in Eaton County in 1840, as the following narrative from his pen will testify :

" I married my present wife in Onondaga Co., N. Y., on the 6th day of February, 1838; left that county soon thereafter, with my wife, to settle in this State; visited some relatives on the way, and arrived at Ilomer, Calhona Co., in the menth of March, 1838, where we commeneed keeping house. In the month of February, 1840, I left said town, with my family, to settle in this county, and on the 20th day thereof we landed in the town of Carmel. At that time the evunty was only sparsely settled. The town of Oneida embraced foor surveyed townships, to wit: Oneida, Delta, Windsor, and Benton. The settlement in which I lived contained only five males and one female,* to wit: R. T. Cushing, S. N. Dunton, John Dunton, H. Woods, myself, and noy wife. When the day of the annual towoship- meeting eame, I thought that we ought all to attend election ; they thought so too, and early in the morning we all started for what was then ealled Hyde's Mills, a place seven miles distant, in the town of Kalamo. When we got there we were told that we did not belong with them any longer ; that our town had been set off and organized into a towo by itself. We were then in a dilemma. We did not koow the name of our town, nor the place where we were to hold our first meeting. We knew that Mr. Daniel Barber, of Vermontville, was our representative in the Legislature, and we clubbed together and raised a dollar aod hired a boy by the name of Charles Herring to go to Vermontville and see Mr. Barber. Said boy, anxious to get the dollar, pulled off his eoat and bat and shoes and stockings, and with head up started on a run through the woods, and after about two hours returned with a line from Mr. Barber, stating that our town had been organized into a township by the name of Carmel, and the first election was to be held at the house of Robert Duan. We knew where that was, as we had passed it only a few hours before, and we turned our course thitherward. Arriving at said bonse, we found it to be a low shanty, shingled with hollow logs split in two and laid on so as to convey the water uff. I had to get on the tallest side of the shanty before I could stand erect. We then and there made our nominations and prepared our ballots ; made a ballot-bux, and organized our board of inspectors. Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon we commenced depositing our ballots. Every elector in town voted,- eighteen in all. We elosed the polls at the hour of four o elock P.M., eanvassed the votes and made statements, as required by statute. Got home late in the evening; found my wife anxiously awaiting our arrival; she had called the dog into the house with her, and fastened the door,-the only entrance to the house. The politics of our town

* It is stated elsewhere that William Love settled in this town in 1839, and resided here until his death, which occurred in 1877. Alvan D. Shaw died Dec. 17, 1879, at the age of seventy-two years. He had been one of the most prominent men in the county, and was honored and trusted by all. He held the position of county commissioner in 1840-42; was afterwards supervisor of Carmel township, and wns county elerk in 1844-45. Was an extensive dealer in real estate. Mr. Shaw speaks here only of the settlers in bis own neighborhood. (Seo account of settlement of Brooks, Morey, and others.)

t This statement is not in accordance with the laws of Michigan for 1839, in which, by an act approved March 21st of that year, the town- ship of Carmel was erected, and the first township-meeting directed to be held at the house of Benjamin Knights. There ean be no disputing this evidence. Mr. Johnson, editor of the Eaton Bugle, published at Charlotte in 1845-46, states, however, that the people had nut learned of the erection of the new township, and actually went to the okl place of holding township-meetings to vute, and there leurned the fact that they had been set off into a new township named Carmel.

RES. OF J. F. TIRRILL, CARMEL TP. EATON .CO. MICH.

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was largely Whig,-only three Democrats in town. I was with the majority. I always voted the Whig ticket until the year 1854, . . . aince which time I have voted with the Democratic party."

Benajah W. Warren, a native of Clarendon, Orleans Co., N. Y., settled at Battle Creek, Mich., May 17, 1833. He purchased land on section 14, in Carmel township, Eaton Co., Feb. 22, 1843, and on the 7th of February, 1847, made his first settlement in the county, locating at Olivet.

P. R. Johnson, a native of Fabius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., came to Michigan in November, 1844, and settled in the township of Carmel, Eaton Co. Served one year in the Union army during the Rebellion, and was discharged for disability ; had enlisted for three years. Mrs. Johnson was an early school-teacher in the township, and both her husband and herself were among the original members of the First Congregational Church at Charlotte, in 1852.

Mary A. Baird settled with her husband northwest of Charlotte in September, 1853, and even at that late day but one house was in sight of their humble log cabin in the woods. Deer would frequently come close to the house and browse from the lieaps of brush.

William Love was among the early settlers in this town- ship, having arrived in 1839 and settled on a farm, which he occupied until his death, which occurred March 29, 1877. Mr. Love was a respected citizen, and left a wife and five married children, all living in Carmel township.

George Holden settled on a farm in this township in 1847, and continued to reside upon it until his death, which occurred Feb. 17, 1880, when he had reached the age of seventy-two years.

Among other names of residents which appear on the early records of the township are those of the following persons, viz. :

Henry J. Robinson, A. B. Waterman, James Mann, John Jessup, Harvey Williams, M. E. Andrews, James Foster, Thomas Cooper, H. Whitehouse, J. P. Herrick, H. M. Munson, J. E. Sweet, Eli Spencer, A. C. H. Maxon, Abel P. Case.

These are among the office-holders of the township for the years 1844-46. At that time the dwellings of the in- habitants were of the log type common to the back woods, and clearings from which the stumps had not yet been re- moved were most common, while the great forest, but a few years previously invaded by the white settler, was full of wild game, affording tempting marks to the rifle of the hunter and most acceptable morsels for his larder.

RESIDENTS IN 1844.

The following list of resident taxpayers for 1844 in the township of Carmel is taken from the assessment-roll for that year : J. F. Gains, Caleb Robinson, Samuel Hawkins, Gordon B. Griffin, Bezaleel Taft, Harry Morey, John Ells, Platt Morey, Simeon Harding, Robert Dunn, Thomas Spencer, James Mann, Cyrus Bowen, John Newell, George Sikes, Ira G. Hitchcock, George Peters, Daniel Worden, John Creller, Jr., H. M. Hitchcock, William Love, James Cunningham, L. B. Todd, Daniel Smith, James Brown, Peter Featherstone, Henry Jessup, Ezra Sweet, L. H. Dun- ton, A. D. Shaw, H. H. Gale, R. T. Cushing, Erastus Whitcomb, Erastus Robinson, Henry Showers, Palmer 56

Whitcomb, James Worden, Elijah Hall, Frederick F. White, William Johnson, Melinda Webster.

CIVIL ORGANIZATION .- LIST OF OFFICERS.

On the 21st of March, 1839, the Legislature of Michi- gan enacted as follows :

"That all that portion of the county of Eaton designated in the United States survey as township 2 north, of range 5 west, be and the same is hereby aet off and organized into a separate township by the name of Carmel, and that the first township-meeting shall be held at the office of Benjamin Knighta in said township."

For the years from 1839 to 1844 inclusive the records of town-meetings are missing. Alvan D. Shaw was town- ship clerk in 1840-41, H. II. Gale in 1843, and J. P. Herrick in 1844. At a special election in September, 1844, Gordon B. Griffin was chosen supervisor, Caleb A. Robinson justice of the peace, and J. P. Herrick director of the poor. From 1845 to 1879 the following were the principal officers of the township :

SUPERVISORS.

1845-46, Rolla T. Cushing; 1847, Alvan D. Shaw; 1848, Rolla T. Cushing; 1849, Jobn F. Tirrill; 1850, Almon C. Ells; 1851, Caleb A. Robinson ; 1852-53, T. D. Green ; 1854-56, A. C. Ells; 1857, Harvey Williams; 1858, Abel P. Case; 1859, Almon C. Ells ; 1860, Ilarvey Williams; 1861-62, John B. Burebard ;* 1863, F. H. Kilbourne; 1864, Calvin Clark ; 1865-68, Gardner T. Rand; 1869, Jerrie Mikesell ; 1870-71, James G. Pollard; 1872- 75, John Q. Thomas; 1876-77, Charles E. Chappell ; 1878, J. L. Whitford; 1879, John Shaver.

TOWNSHIP CLERKS.

1845-47, II. J. Robinson ; 1848, Harvey Williams; 1849, William C. Foster; 1850, Alford J. Chappell; 1851, John F. Tirrill ; 1852, P. Wareham; 1853, A. W. Deao; 1854, H. Williams; 1855, M. W. Robb; 1856, A. J. Ives; 1857, John Morris ; 1858, John H. Ray ; 1859, Peter Kauffman ; 1860, Charles A. Merritt; 1861- 62, Lauocelot H. Ion ; 1863, C. J. Piper ; 1864, George Collins ; 1865, F. H. Kilbourne; 1866, E. A. Kesler; 1867, Adrian B. Coulter ; 1868, J. Q. Thomas ; 1869-70, L. H. Ion; 1871, George H. Wade; 1872-75, Charles E. Ells ; 1876-77, F. B. Cushing ; 1878-79, Nelson E. Gibbard.

TREASURERS.

1845-48, Gordon B. Griffin ; 1849, Almon C. Ells; 1850-51, Ilarris Cooper; 1852, II. M. Munson; 1853-56, Philip Wareham ; 1857- 60, Gilbert A. Wade; 1861-64, Peter Horn; 1865-66, J. W. Ames; 1867-69, John II. Mygrant; 1870, Samuel C. Sherwood; 1871, William H. Griffin; 1872-74, Charles E. Chappell; 1875, Evander Dunning ; 1876-77, Warren Davis; 1878, Jacob Schneek- enburger; 1879, William H. Griffin.

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 109

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co. Number of Pages: 772

Author: Durant, Samuel W. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.W. Ensign & Co.
Number of Pages: 772