History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 110

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

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JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE.

1845, C. A. Robinson ; 1846, HI. H. Gale; 1847, Wm. Stoddard, A. P. Case; 1848, A. P. Case, J. P. Ilerriek ; 1849, Lorin B. Todd ; 1850, John E. Ells; 1851, Luman Foote, John P. Herrick ; 1852, C. F. Wallace; 1853, M. W. Cooper, James Gallery ; 1854, L, B, Todd, A. L. Baker; 1855, J. M. HIaslett, John H. Dorland, L. J, Foster; 1856, II. Bangbman, Luman Foote, Ward Lampson ; 1857, none elected ; 1858, Andrew J. Ives; 1859, Calvin Clark, Matthias Cooper ; 1860, Luman Foote; 1861, Abel P, Case ; 1862, Samuel P. Jones; 1863, S. C, Sherwood; 1864, H. Baughman, A, C. Ells, John F. Tirrill; 1865, Abel P, Case ; 1866, Luman Foote ; 1867, Roswell A. Sampson ; 1868, P. T, Van Zile, Peter Horn ; 1869, Isaac E, C, Ilickok, A. P. Case ; 1870, Johnson W. Ames ; 1871, Abel P. Case, Wm. Love, M. W. Cooper, L. J. Foster; 1872, A, C, Ells, J, F. Tirrill ; 1873, John F. Tirrill; 1874, M. W. Cooper; 1875, James MeLaughlin, D. Charles; 1876, A. C. Ells,

* Resigned, and F. II. Kilbourne appointed.

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HISTORY OF EATON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

Hornee Cortright : 1877. Amos Dillon, A. C. Ells; 1878, Charles E. Chappell : 1879. Peter Horn.

The following officers were elected for 1880, viz. : Super- visor, John Shaver ; Township Clerk, E. Dunning ; Treas- urer, William II. Griffin ; Justice of the Peace, James Griest ; School Superintendent, B. F. Taylor ; School In- spector, Frank King; Commissioner of Highways, William 11. Pollard; Drain Commissioner, Joseph Maurer ; Con- stables, Daniel S. Miller, George Bissell, L. S. Stealy, Peter Horn.

EARLY ROADS.

The following are among the earliest roads laid out in the township, as is shown by the record of highways :

May 16, 1838 .- Surveyed by A. C. Roberts : beginning at southeast corner of section 13 and northeast corner of section 24; thence west and southwest, with variations, to the southwest corner of section 18 and northwest corner of section 19.

Aug. 31, 1839 .- From corner of sections 20, 21, 28, and 29 ; east, on section-line, four miles, to township-line.

Town-line road, between Kalamo and Eaton. Beginning at south line of said towns and running north, with varia- tions, one mile and 176 rods. Surveyed April 24, 1839, by A. Jackson.

Same date, by A. C. Roberts .- Road on town-line be- tween Eaton and Carmel, had numerous angles, which were straightened March 6, 1841.

June 3, 1840 .- A road on the east line of section 21.

Ang. 20, 1840 .- Beginning at the northwest corner of section 5, town 1 north, range 5 west, aud southwest corner of section 32; thence east 160 chains to the corner of see- tions 4 and 33 in said towns respectively. Surveyed by James W. Hickok.

Nov. 10, 1840 .- Beginning 140 rods south of the northeast corner of section 24; thence in a southwesterly direction, with variations, 362 rods. Surveyed by Harvey Williams.

Same date, by same man .- Beginning at southeast corner of section 33; thence north, with variations, to northeast corner of section 28.

SCHOOLS.

The first school in the township of Carmel, outside of the then village of Charlotte, was taught by a Miss Childs in a small shanty which stood on the corner of Robert Dunn's land, on section 21. This was about 1841-42. Five or six families resided in the neighborhood, and sent their children to the school. The district was the first one organized in town, and was called No. 1. It has since been divided, and that part including the site of the old school-house is now in District No. 3. In this building (which has long been removed from the spot) was also held the first circuit preaching* in Carmel, by Rev. Mr. Bennett.

Families living in the eastern part of the township sent their children to school at Charlotte, in the old " District No. 10, of Carmel and Eaton," afterwards " Fractional Dis-

triet No. 1, of Carmel, and 2 of Eaton." From the re- port of the school inspectors for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879, are taken the following items :

Number of districts in township (whole, 7; fractional, 1) ..... 8

sehool-children in township.

327

attending for year. 242

days school taught during year. 1252

school-houses (briek, 1; frame, 7).

seatings in same.

8 395

Value of school property ..

$3025.00

Number of teachers employed (males, 4; females, 14) 18

Wages paid same (males, $500; females, $598.80). $1098.80

Total resources for year. 2035.51

Amount on hand Sept. 1, 1879 598.95

Total expenditures, less amount on hand. 1436.56

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOSEPH MIKESELL.

This gentleman was born in Indiana Co., Pa., April 18, 1802, and was the seventh in a family of ten children. His parents were both natives of the State named, and belonged to the sturdy yeomanry of that mountain region. The young man assisted his parents on the farm until he arrived at the age of twenty-one years, when he took advan- tage of an opportunity which offered to learn the trade of a mason. At that business he continued for fifteen years, gaining his start in life in that manner. In November, 1828, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Fraze, who was born in Westmoreland Co., Pa., Aug. 30, 1808. Her parents were also natives of that State. In the spring of 1830, Mr. Mikesell removed to Ashland Co., Ohio, and purchased forty acres of land. Fourteen years later he changed his residence to the town of Troy, in the same county, where he purchased one hundred and thirty-seven acres. He cleared and improved the latter farm and resided upon it until 1853, when he removed to Michigan and purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in the town of Carmel, where he is now living. The place had a small clearing upon it, and a small log house had been erected. In the latter he lived about two years, when he built and moved into the dwelling he now occupies. To Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell have been born eight sons, of whom five are now living,-all settled in Eaton County. Mr. and Mrs. Mikesell have been members of the Lutheran Church since 1850. Mr. Mikesell's politics are Democratie, although in matters of that nature he has never been an active par- ticipant. He has always been possessed of great public spirit, and has sought to further iu all respects the best interests of his township.

J. F. TIRRILL.

The subject of this sketch is a native of Bristol, N. II., where he was born July 24, 1817. When he was twenty years of age he emigrated to Michigan, and the following year (1838) settled in Sebewa, lonia Co. In October, 1841, he was married to Miss Sarah Ann Leavitt ; in 1845 he was afflicted with the loss of his companion. In . Oeto-

* A Protestant Methodist Church is now in existence in this town- chip, jo charge of Rev. L. De Pew, of Charlotto.

RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH MIKESELL CARMEL TO FATON Co Miru

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ber of the following year he married his second wife, Mrs. Mary Featherstone. They removed to Eaton County, in July, 1847, where this lady owned a farm, and upon which they settled. In September, 1851, this wife died, and in October of the same year he was married to Miss Maria Robinson, a native of Camillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., born Oct. 4, 1823. She came to Carmel township in 1854.

Seven children have been born of these unions, six of whom are living. The oldest daughter, Olive M., was born in Sebewa, Ionia Co., in 1843; the second child, Sarah Elida, was born in Paris, Kent Co., Mich., Dec. 7,

1844. The next child and eldest son, Judson E., was born in Eaton County, Sept. 15, 1852. The second son, Frank I., was also born in Eaton County, on the 28th of Au- gust, 1854. The fifth child, Alice S., was born on the 4th of January, 1857, and died in August, 1879. The sixth child, Mary E., was born May 31, 1859, and the youngest child, Frederick C., Nov. 18, 1862.

Mr. Tirrill is in politics a zealous Prohibitionist, and an active member and participant in the first organiza- tion of the party at Jackson, Mich., in 1869, and has always cast his vote for that party. In religion Mr. Tirrill is an earnest, life-long Methodist.

CHESTER.

NATURAL FEATURES.

GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPIIY, ETC.

CHESTER township lies near the centre of the county of Eaton, and is bounded north by Roxand, east by Benton, south by Carmel, and west by Vermontville. It includes congressional township No. 3 north, in range 5 west. The south boundary was surveyed by John Mullett, in 1825; the east, north, and west boundaries by Lucius Lyon, in 1825; and the subdivisions by Orange Risdon, in 1826.

This township is one of the best improved in the county of Eaton, and contains many excellent farms. The surface is high and rolling, admitting of good drainage. In some portions are level plains, but these are not extensive. The Thornapple River drains the township, and is a rapid stream. In the eastern part of town it enters between the highlands which line it the remaining distance through the county, and which approach to the dignity of hills. In the northeast corner of town, lying partly in Roxand, is a settlement known as Mason's Corners, and in the southern part, on the Grand Rapids division of the Michigan Cen- tral Railway, is Chester Station. Chester Centre is also a considerable hamlet. The county poor-farm is located on section 36.

LAND ENTRIES.

The following is a list of the land entries in what is now Chester township (town 3 north, range 5 west), as shown on the county tract-book in the register's office :

Section 1 .- 1836, Herman V. Prentice; 1837, R. R. Maxson, II. A. Moyer.

Section 2 .- 1836, S. and E. Bliss, S. L. Stoddard; 1837, C. Olin.

Section 3 .- 1936, Daniel Lord, A. Sumner,

Section 4 .- 1836, J. Dean, Il. V. Prentice; 1837, L. G. Mickles.

Section 5 .- 1836, H. V. Prentice, J. R. Williams.

Section 6 .- 1836, J. Tillotson, C. A. Church, H. V. Prentice, C. H. S. Williams.

Section 7 .- 1836, William G. Henry, J. R. Williams, D. A. Mills. Section 8 .- 1836, Joseph R. Williams (entire).

Section 9 .- 1836, J. T. Hayt, S. L. Stoddard, Dodge & Fitch, J. McDonald.

Section 10 .- 1836, H. V. Prentice, J. Dean, C. S. Osgood.

Section 11 .- 1836, H. V. Prentice, S. L. Steddard; 1837, L. G. Mickles.

Section 12 .- 1836, McVickar & Constable, S. & E. Bliss, C. Ilill.

Section 13 .- 1836, McVickar & Constable, J. Bouton, C. Ilill.

Section 14 .- 1836, MeVickar & Constable, J. L. Lord; 1837, L. G. Mickles.

Section 15 .- 1836, W. G. Henry, W. M. Beach.

Section 16 .- 1851, S. Buckley, A. Allen ; 1854, Peter Ubl, E. Whit-

comb, Jonathan Lord, B. Dickinson, J. R. Wright, L. Wright, W. Dean.

Section 17 .- 1836, William M. Beach; 1837, Miles N. Stanley.

Section 18 .- 1836, Joseph R. Williams (entire).

Section 19 .- 1836, Joseph R. Williams, S. L. Stoddard.

Section 20 .- 1836, A. Goddard, S. & E. Bliss, H. Hewett.

Section 21 .- 1836, William G. Ilenry (entire).

Section 22 .- 1836, W. G. Henry, A. Sumner; 1846-51, H. Williams.

Section 23 .- 1836, S. Clark, W. G. Wheaton, W. G. Henry, W. Davis. Section 24 .- 1836, A. Bouton, J. Bouton, McVickar & Constahle;

1837, J. H. Hollenbeck, O. Hough ; 1852, H. I. Lawrence, M. A. Hackett.

Section 25 .- 1836, McVickar & Constable, J. J. Adam, J. Romaly, H. L. Whitney, A. Fuller, W. J. Squier; 1837, G. Peters, H. J. Pratt.

Section 26 .- 1836, L. Wheaton, Z. T. Wheaton, M. A. Wheaton, Robert M. Wheaton ; 1839, S. Wheaton, Jr.

Section 27 .- 1836, William G. Ilenry (entire).

Section 28 .- 1836, William G. Henry ; 1837, G. W. Codding,

Section 29 .- 1836, W. M. Beach, C. P. Dibble, D. M. Jewett.

Section 30 .- 1836, William G. Ilenry (entire).

Section 31 .- 1836, William G. Henry (entire).

Section 32 .- 1836, W. G. Henry, P. C. Hopkins, E. Morgan; 1837,

W. J. Squier, H. Williams; 1851, J. S. Opt; 1854, H. I. Law- rence.

Section 33 .- 1836, William G. Henry (entire).

Section 31 .- 1836, W. G. Henry, D. Clark, M. Enos, E. Morgan.

Section 35 .- 1836, W. Cummings, C. Cummings, William G. Henry; 1837, S. H. Wells.

Section 36 .- 1836, Isaac Turner, Wait J. Squier.

The faet is very evident, from a perusal of this list, that the greater portion of the lands in the township was pur- chased by speculators who did not intend to become actual residents.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The following items were taken from a copy of the Eaton Bugle, published in Charlotte, and dated Feb. 4, 1846 :

The first cabin in Chester township was built by H. and

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HISTORY OF EATON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

O. Williams, in September, 1836. The only path then in use led, ria Kalamo Mills, to Bellevue,-eighteen miles,- without a house on the way. In October or November, 1836, a wagon-road was cut through to Bellevue, prinei- pally by the Messrs. Wheaton. Messrs. Fuller and Wheaton were the first families who moved into the township. Mr. Bouton followed in March, 1837. The Messrs. Williams came in June of the same year, and other families arrived in July.

Ilad nothing been known of the former inhabitants of the township, light would have been thrown upon the subjeet by a discovery which was made in the spring of IS78 on the farm of E. L. Chamberlain. A number of stones had been long noticed standing upright in the woods, and on digging be- tween them there were found a number of copper and brass kettles, tin pails, axes, hoes, dishes, spoons, forks, powder- cans, gun-ornaments, etc. The kettles and axes were of patterns which had not been in use for at least fifty years. It seems improbable that tin utensils would have lasted so long, but it would not be singular to find those of the other materials. The place was supposed to have been the site of an old Indian sugar-camp.

The first persons who arrived in the township of Chester with the view of making a permanent settlement were Harvey, Isaac, and Orton Williams, who purchased land on sections 21 and 22, at the centre of town. A mile farther south a man named Bell, from the State of Ver- mont, had built a shanty, and afterwards removed to Ver- montville, and the shanty was occupied by the Messrs. Williams while making improvements upon their own place, in 1836. Robert M. Wheaton stopped with them while looking land. Harvey and Orton Williams were married, and settled with their families. Their mother and brother, Isaac, afterwards built a short distance farther south, and Jobn, another brother, built a mile south of them. The latter is now living in California. Isaae Williams died on the old farm, Orton in Ingham County, and Harvey at Charlotte, where he had lived and occupied the position of county treasurer.

An item furnished to the secretary of the Eaton County Pioneer Society, and placed on the records, states that Isaac C. Williams, a native of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., settled in Eaton County July 12, 1837. As will be seen, by reference to the list of township officers, the Williams brothers all held more or less important positions.

Jared Bouton, who died in Charlotte, May 25, 1865, was one of the early settlers of the township of Chester.

" Mr. Bouton came to this Stato from Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1837. Wintering in Calhoun County, early in the spring of 1838, with his wife, Iwo little boys, and all their personal effects, with an ox-team, they started for their new home in the township of Ches- ter, in this county. Following an indian trail in a nurtheast diree- tion, they passed the homo of Phineas Spaulding, in Kalamo, their last and nearest neighbor. For several miles Mr. Bouton had to underbrush for the passage of his team and wagon, his wife eheer- fully assisting as best she could in the labors of their advance."*

Isaac Turner, Esq., who died in Mankato, Minn., April 28, 1868, was one of the earlier settlers of Chester town- ship, and had lived in Minnesota about two years at the time of his death.

Robert M. Wheaton, a native of Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., came to Michigan in 1829, when twenty years of age, and located in Washtenaw County, where, in 1833, he pur- chased land on the banks of the River Raisin. In 1834 he located land at White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., and the next year at Emmett, Calhoun Co. He purchased land in Chester, Eaton Co., and moved upon it in 1836 .; He cut his way to it from Bellevue with Willard Davis, of Ver- montville, and Asa Fuller, afterwards of Charlotte. Mr. Wheaton was the first sheriff of Eaton County, and held many other responsible positions. He died Jan. 17, 1876.

The following information is derived from the pages of the Pioneer Society's record :

A. W. Mitchell, a native of Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., settled in Chester July 20, IS42. His wife, Mrs. Lydia L. Mitchell, relates the following incident as one among many which occurred during their days of pioneer life :

" In 1842 we started with an ox-team to go forty-five miles to attend quarterly meeting. My little girl was taken siek that day after we left home, and we thought she must die ; but, fortunately for us, we got lost in the woods, and, in our wanderings, found some blackberries, which checked the disease and she recovered."

Loren H. Turner was born in Chester township, Sept. 18, 1843.

Benjamin E. Rich, a native of Washington Co., N. Y., and for some time a resident of Cayuga and Genesee Coun- ties, removed from the latter to Michigan in 1833, and lo- cated at Adrian, Lenawee Co., where he purebased a house and lot and also some farm property. He arrived late in the fall, and in June of the following year (1834) moved in his family, consisting of his wife and one son, William M. Rich. A daughter had died in Genesee Co., N. Y. Mr. Rich thinks Adrian contained but one frame house upon his arrival in the place. He was by trade a carpenter and joiner and a millwright, and, besides work- ing as a carpenter in and around Adrian, he assisted in building the first grist-mill at Homer, Calhoun Co. In March, 1837 or 1838, with his wife and three children, and a wagon, a yoke of oxen, five sheep, and a few hogs, he left Adrian, and proceeded by way of Jackson and the old Clinton trail to the place he now occupies on the southeast quarter of section 15, in Chester. He had traded for the land while in Adrian, and had never seen it until he moved upon it. When he arrived he was $400 in debt, and had in his pocket a two-dollar bill on the " Erie and Kalamazo Bank," of Adrian. Ile sent this to Bellevue to pay for getting his deed recorded, and found the money was good for nothing. His neighbor, Robert M. Wheaton, happened at Bellevue, and told the register to record the deed, and if Mr. Rich did not pay for it he would. The deed was duly recorded, and about a month later, the above-mentioned bank having straightened its affairs, and its bills having again become valuable, the same money was again sent to pay for recording, and was not refused. No improvements had been made on Mr. Rich's place, and he moved in with

· From obituary notice in Eaton County Republican. Mr. Bouton and his two brothers, Israel and Aaron, moved into the township, ria Bellerne, in February, 1837, according to other information. They reached the Bell shanty, in this town, and for several weeks were not able lo cross the swollen Thornapple River, and it was not until April that they went on lo their farm.

t Mr. Wheaton settled Oct. 20, 1836.

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Harvey C. Williams, where he remained until he could clear four acres and build a house. Williams lived half a mile farther west, near the centre of town, as before stated.

At Maxson's Corners, in the northeast part of the town, the first settler was Roswell R. Maxson, from Genesee Co., N. Y., who had moved to Michigan and located in Jackson County in 1837. In the same year he purchased land in Chester and Roxand townships, and intended to settle at once ; but his family were all sick and could not be moved from Jackson. He had lived alone in the woods for three weeks, looking land, and forded Grand River nine times in coming from Jackson to this place. After the Presidential election in 1840,-when he cast a vote for " old Tip,"-he moved with his family to his land in Chester. He had pre- viously hired a man to cut 100 acres of timber for him, but little had been done. A small log shanty was erected, which had neither doors, windows, nor chimney, and was roofed with troughs. To get in it was necessary to step over a log two feet in diameter. The family lived in this shanty through the winter, which was a severe one, and built a log house the next season (1841) where the orchard of Elder Fer- guson now is, a short distance south of the Corners. When Mr. Maxson moved in but one family was living in this part of Chester, and that was Leonard Boyer, who had settled about 1837. A man named Cummings had come at about the same time. A sister of Mr. Maxson is now Mrs. John W. McCargar, of Roxand.

About 1865-66, Mr. Maxson's sons, Roswell and Theo- dore, established a store at the Corners, which was after- wards owned by Roswell and Wilbur Maxson. They finally sold to their father. The first store was destroyed by fire, but a new one-that now standing-was erected. David Hollenbeck* also built one, which was burned. The Messrs. Maxson subsequently purchased a steam saw-mill, which had been built by a man named Starkweather ; that too was burned. William McCargar, son of John W. McCargar, a pioneer of Roxand, has a grocery- and drug- store on the Roxand side of the line.

Amasa L. Jordan, from Hubbardton, Vt., settled in Chester about 1840, and lived in a log house on the place now occupied by his son, F. S. Jordan, south of the centre of the township. Mr. Jordan died in 1852; his widow resides with her son. Mr. Jordan was elected associate judge in 1846, in the days of the Eaton County Court. The locality in which he settled became known as Jordan's Corners. He was a tanner, currier, and shoemaker by trade. The lumber used in building the present frame house on the old place was procured at Bellevue, Marshall, and Battle Creek.

The Corners now contain a saw-mill, one store, and a blacksmith- and wagon-shop. The first saw-mill was built about 1856, by John Williams, one of the first settlers in the township. The first store was established about 1866, by Shaw & Bottomly ; the present one is owned by Wil- liam Wilson, who came here in 1865. The saw-mill is the property of L. W. & H. O. Hildreth.

Henry Cook, a native of Painted Post, Steuben Co.,

N. Y., settled in Eaton County, Oct. 1, 1837, the old farm being on the cast line of the township of Chester.

JURORS FROM CHESTER, 1839.

The following is a list of jurors chosen from the town- ship of Chester, May 18, 1839 : Ilenry Clark, Orrin Row- land, Henry A. Moyer, John Dow, Lconard H. Boyer, Lemuel Cole, William Tunison, Harvey Williams, Jared Bouton, Aaron Bouton, Asa Fuller, Zebulon Wheaton, Benjamin E. Rich. A portion of these lived in what is now Roxand, then a part of Chester.

CLINTON ROAD.

A resurvey of this road was made Dec. 12 and 13, 1838, across Chester township, by W. R. Martin, of Vermont- ville. The road is described as "leading from the village of Clinton, Lenawee Co., to Grand River Rapids, Kent Co." It entered Chester twenty chains south of the north- east corner of section 36, and passed in a diagonal course across the township, leaving it one chain and seventy links east of the north quarter-post of section 6, and thence passed across the southwest corner of what is now the town- ship of Roxand, into Sunfield. Considerable portions of it are still in use.

RESIDENTS IN 1844.

The following persons were resident taxpayers of Ches- ter township in 1844, according to the assessment-roll for that year : Roswell R. Maxson, Caleb M. Etson, Allen Jenne, Parley Worden, Perry Z. Skinner, Martha Beek- man, Shubael Palmer, Leonard H. Boyer, Martin Beek- man's Executors, John Warner, Asa W. Mitchell, O. W. Mitchell, Amasa L. Jordan, William Crowther, Asenath Codding, Isaac C. Williams, Ruth Williams, John Shaw, Harvey Williams, L. W. Hildreth, Benjamin E. Rich, Jared Bouton, Thomas W. Hackett, Marcus Rowley, Henry Cook, Peter De Riemer, Asa Fuller, Roswell P. Paine, Isaac Turner, Robert Wheaton, Samuel Wheaton, Jr., Zeb- ulon T. Wheaton, Levi Wheaton, James Hubbard, John S. Williams, Hiram Hutchins, Charles Codding, David Joslyn, James H. Lobdell.

TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION .- LIST OF OFFICERS.

The township of Chester was organized by an act of the Legislature approved March 21, 1839, which act reads as follows : " All that portion of the county of Eaton desig- nated in the United States survey as townships No. 3 and 4 north, of range 5 west, be aud the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Chester; and the first township-meeting shall be held at the house of Harvey Williams in said township."

After the first township election had been held in Ches- ter, it became necessary for the supervisor and directors of the poor to settle with Vermontville township, from which Chester had been set off, and ascertain how they stood financially. It was discovered that Vermontville had used about $300 of highway money which really belonged to the Chester portion, although the step was justifiable by law, as the amount had been raised before the township was divided. John Dow, supervisor, and Benjamin E.

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 110

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