History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 54

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

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HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

ALEXANDER DOBLE.

MRS. ALEXANDER DOBIE.

ALEXANDER DOBIE.

Alexander Dobie was born in Dumfries-shire, Scotland, May 30, 1817. He was the son of William and Mary Cotter Dobie, who reared an old-fashioned family of ten children. The elder Dobie was a wood-worker, a sober, industrious man of excellent principles, and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1820 the family came to America, and settled in St. John's, New Bruns. wick, where the elder Dobie followed his trade for fifteen years. In 1835 he emigrated with his family to Canada, and settled in the county of Middlesex, where he purchased a farm. Alexander lived in this place two years, when he removed to Michigan. He first settled in Lenawee County, where he followed his trade, that of a carpenter and joiner, until 1839, when he came to Alaiedon, where he purchased of William Leek the west half of the south- east quarter of section 10, the price being one hundred and fifty dollars. He was in indigent circumstances, and for several years was obliged to support his family by day labor.

By industry, however, and elose economy, aided in his ef- forts by his faithful wife, he soon relieved himself from debt, and commenced making additions to his first purchase.

Ile now owns one of the best and most productive farms in the township, a view of which may be seen elsewhere in this volume. In 1838, Mr. Dobie was married to Miss Maria Willey, of Adrian, who was born in New Ilamp- shire, in 1812. She died in 1847, and in 1848 he was again married, to Miss Eliza McCurdy, of Meridian. In 1863 he was onee more left a widower, and in 1864 mar- ried Justina Williams, of Meridian. In his religious and political affiliations he is a I'resbyterian and a Democrat. Mr. Dobie is a man of more than ordinary energy and ability, and among the early settlers of the town no one has been more successful, and perhaps no one has done more in the development of the town than he. His name wherever known is a synonym for honesty and integrity. All in all he is a gentleman whose identification with any community is always productive of good.

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AURELIUS .*

NATURAL FEATURES. GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

AURELIUS township lies on the western border of the county of Ingham, and is bounded north by Delhi, east by Vevay, south by Onondaga, and west by Eaton Rapids township, in Eaton County. The township-lines were sur- veyed in 1825 by John Mullett, and the subdivisions by Capt. Hervey Parke in 1826.

The township has a varied surface. In the north and south are considerable level areas, while the centre is more broken, and abounds in extensive marshes. Willow Creek rises in a small lake on section 28, and flows north and west into Grand River. Another small stream, rising in the southeast corner of the town, flows north and east, and enters Syeamore Creek at Mason. In places along Willow Creek is found a very fair quality of sandstone. Grand River flows across the northeast corner of the township, cutting off a small strip on sections 6 and 7.

In the southeast part of the township is a small village known as Aurelius Centre, which is the only clustered set- tlement in town. The improvements generally throughout the township are good, in places excellent, and are evidence that in point of agricultural resources this town is among the first in the county.

LAND ENTRIES.

The tract-book for Ingham County shows the following land entries in town 2 north, range 2 west, now Aurelius :

Section 1 .- William B. D. Wilson, Nov. 1, 1836; John Crawford, Nov. 8, 1836 ; Dudley Miller, Jan. 21, 1837 ; Benjamin F. Smith, April 28, 1837; Samuel Ward, April 29, 1837; James S. Rumsey, May 8, 1837.

Section 2 .- B. Tibbits and W. Graham, J. H. Thompson, J. D. Thomp- son, Nov. 1, 1836 ; Charles Osgood, Dec. 12, 1836; Nathan Stil- son, Dudley Miller, Jan. 21, 1837; John Holley, April 17, 1837 ; Daniel L. Case, 1847.

Section 3 .- Sylvester Harris, Nov. 1, 1836 ; Lewis Davidson, Jan. 16, 1837 ; Benjamin Ilorton, April 13, 1837; Isaac N. Smead, May 1, 1837 ; Joseph Roe, Aug. 10, 1837.

Section 4 .- Phineas Bartlett, Daniel Cook, Sept. 26, 1846; Reuben R. Bullen, Joseph Bullen, Nov. 1, 1836 ; De Witt C. Hallock, April 13, 1837 ; James Bond, April 29, 1837; Samuel Webster, May 8, 1837 ; Joseph Bullen, June 26, 1837.

Section 5 .- Charles C. Noble, Sept. 21, 1836 ; Roswell Belding, Sept. 26, 1836; James Bond, April 29, 1837; Samuel Webster, May 8, 1837.

Section 6 .- Nathaniel Silsbee, Oct. 12, 1835 ; Orrin J. Field, April 29, 1837 ; Joel Phelps, 1847 ; Abel Purkhurst, no date.

Section 7 .- Charles Noble, Jan. 28, 1836 ; Charles C. Noble, Sept. 21, 1836 ; M. Harrington, Mary A. Royes, Sept. 26, 1836.

Section 8 .- Charles C. Noble, Emily Harrington, John Holley, Thomas H. Gilman, Polly Niles, Jane R. Mooa, no dates.

Section 9 .- George B. Webb, April 5, 1837; Jehn D. Reeves, April 13, 1837; Amos M. Webb, Nov. 23, 1837 ; Hannah Dunn, Jao. 12, 1842 ; James Webb, Dec. 23, 1842; Enes Morse, Dec. 8, 1846;

Ezekiel B. Niles, April 5, 1847; Jocl Phelps, April 7, 1847; Phebe Whitoey, 1847 ; Enos Morse, no date.

Section 10 .- Benjamin Horton, April 13, 1837 ; John Wright, Nov. 22, 1841, and March 16, 1847.

Section II .- J. D. Thompson, Nov. 1, 1836; Nathan Stilson, John Smith, Jan. 21, 1837 ; John Bohannon, William Whipple, E. F. Kennedy, no dates.

Section 12 .- Luther M. Collins, James Weeks, Sept. 26, 1836 ; Erastus Leasure, Nov. 1, 1836; Mines MeRobert, Jan. 10, 1838; Henry Kennedy, Jaa. 15, 1841 ; William Sidds, no date; Huram Bristol, July 21, 1848.

Section 13 .- Eliza Whitford, April 29, 1840 ; Daniel Wilson, July 9, 18.10; John Wheeler, Oct. 19, 1846; Abel Avery, 1847.

Section 14 .- C. and N. Burr, April 3, 1837 ; Thomas Dunlap, July 7, 1839; John Cook, Oct. 15, 1839; John Elmore, no date.

Section 15 .- John S. Bennett, Josiah Hammond, July 29, 1837 ; John Elmore, no date.

Section 16 .- J. Collins, M. M. Collins, no dates.

Section 17 .- Wright Spencer, Plioy Harrington, Sept. 26, 1836 ; Ilenry S. Holcomb, Jun. 16, 1837; Charles Davis, Speneer H. Ludlow, Jan. 24, 1837.

Section 18 .- David Sutpbia, June 6, 1836; M. Harrington, Sept. 26, 1836 ; Edward Dudley, Oet. I and Nov. 1, 1836 ; Isane N. Swaine, William A. Anderson, Jan. 16, 1837.

Section 19 .- Lewis Allee, May 3, 1836 ; Hiram Jennings, May 18, 1836 ; George C. Beckwith, April 3, 1837; John Buaker, June 23, 1837.

Section 20 .- Lewis Allen, May 3, 1836 ; Eli E. White, May 13, 1836; Samuel Bailey, Sept. 27, 1838; Samuel W. Bond, April 9, 1840; Jacob Stewart, March 26, 1847.

Section 21 .- David Potter, Nov. 2, 1836; Horace Bailey, Sept. 27, 1838; Samuel Harris, Oct. 22, 1838; William Smith, no date.

Section 22 .- James Weeks, William Isham, Sept. 26, 1836 ; Darius Oaks, Jan. 11, 1837 ; Stephen Kirby, April 17, 1837; John S. Bennett, July 29, 1837.

Section 23 .- John Barnes, James Weeks, Sept. 26, 1836 ; C. and N. Burr, Jan. 24 and April 3, 1837; William Potter, May 14, 1839. Section 24 .- C. and N. Burr, Jan. 24, 1837; Willard Huntoon, Dec. 11, 1843.

Section 25 .- Arad Jey, June 6, 1836; John Cronnover, Sept. 21, 1836 ; William L. P. Hazelton, June 18, 1839; Orrin Robinson, L. A. Heath, ne dates.

Section 26 .- John Barnes, Sept. 26, 1836; William Crothers, Sept. 30, 1836.

Section 27 .- Isaae F. Strickland, Sept. 21, 1836; Nelson H. Wing, Sept. 27, 1836; Jonathan Hunt, Aug. 28, 1840; David l'utter, J. E. Hunt, 1847; D. C. Stewart, May 24, 1848.

Section 28 .- Aaron D. D. Olinsted, April 27, 1836; Lewis Allea, May 3, 1836.

Section 29 .- Elijah Wilcox, April 27, 1836; Caleb Chappell, May 7, 1836; Eli E. White, May 13, 1836; Sanford D. Morse, Dec. 12, 1836; Stephen Cogswell, Dec. 13, 1836; Jehiel Toles, April 5, 1837.

Section 30 .- Stephen Allen, May 3, 1836; Calvin Burr, Caleb Chap- pell, May 7, 1836 ; Amasa Lord, June 6, 1836.

Section 31 .- John Montgomery, Dee. 17, 1835; George Scovell, May 10, 1836 ; Roswell R. Maxson, Muy 13, 1836; Milton P. Bureh, June 7, 1836; Stephen P. Morehouse, Nov. 1, 1836.

Section 32 .- Elijah Wilcox, April 27, 1836; Roswell R. Maxson, May 13, 1836 ; Sanford D. Morse, Dee. 12, 1836; Erastus Ran- ney, Jan. 2, 1837; Dyer Foote, Jan. 24, 1837; Robert C. Hay- ward, April 21, 1837.

Section 33 .- Aaron D. D. Olmsted, April 27, 1836; Robert C. Hay- ward, April 22, 1837; Edwin Bond, Oet. 13, 1846.

Section 34 .- Bradley Freeman, Sept. 21, 1836; Jeremiah Loueks,

* By Pliny A. Durant.

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Sept. 26, 1836; Darius Oaks, June 14, 1839; David Hendee, July 17, 1839; Valorous Meeker, Aprit 9, 1840; Jackson Claf- lan, William Claflan, Feb. 27, 1849.

Section 35 .- Joshua F. Freeman, Sept. 21, 1836; Jeremiah Loucks, Natban Russ, Sept. 26, 1836.

Section 36 .- Themas Flannegan, Arad Joy, June 6, 1836; Ransom Hazteton, Parley Robinsen, Lutber Mills, Sept. 21, 1836.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The first actual settler in this township-or the first permanent settler-was probably Reuben R. Bullen,* from Wayne Co., N. Y., who came to Michigan, with his wife, in November, 1836, and stopped at Mason. In January, 1837, having built a house in Aurelius, on the farm where his son, James T. Bullen, now resides, he moved into it. He had purchased the land from government when he first came (November, 1836). A man named Wilson had moved to the township before Mr. Bullen had his house ready for occupation, and located east of the latter's place, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Haseall. He intended to become a permanent resident of the town, but a severe felon on his finger caused him to return, in the spring of 1837, to Ann Arbor, from which place he had come. Mr. Bullen is yet living in town, as are four of his sons, --- Richard J., James T., Joseph, and Jolin. The farm originally located by Mr. Bullen is on section 4.

Lewis Butler settled east of Mr. Bullen early in 1837, and lived in the township until the fall of the same year, when he removed to the village of Jefferson, in Alaiedon township. IIe sold his place to James Turner, and after a time it became the property of Abram Wilson. James and Richard Turner and Mr. Wilson were early settlers.

John and Ezekiel Niles were also among the early ar- rivals, John first stopping on the Butler place mentioned above. The families of the Messrs. Niles are all gone from the township. Squire Moon arrived considerably later, settling in the neighborhood about 1850. John Wright, from near Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N. Y., settled in Aure- lius in 1841, and is still a resident of the township. Michael Matteson, still living in town, was an early settler, as was John Cook, whose sons-Matthew and Thomas- are now numbered among its citizens.

The Indians were accustomed to come in considerable numbers to Aurelius to pick huckleberries in a marsh in the northeast part of the town. The berries were sold in Mason or traded for flour, with which they made " pudding" and considered themselves living in the greatest of style. They had also numerous places for making maple sugar, and it is related that in the manufacture of the latter article they were not excessively neat, although occasionally very good sugar was brought in by them. It is even said that they would cook their meat in the sap, and then skim it and boil it down and sell it as though nothing were wrong! The Indian sugar made in portions of the State at much more recent date is probably a fair sample of that manufactured in " auld lang syne," and its quality is certainly not of the first-class.

George B. Webb, from Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N. Y.,

* It is possible lbal Elijah Wilcox had settled on seetion 29 before Mr. Bullen arrived, as he purchased his land in April, 1836. None of The famnity are now left in the township.

came to Ingham County in the fall of 1836, and in Feb- ruary or Mareh, 1837, settled on section 9 in Aurelius, where he now resides. He built his cabin-twelve by fourteen feet-against three trees, which fortunately stood in the right position, setting a post for the fourth corner. The load of household goods was tipped over and somewhat damaged when being brought to the place. When Mr. Webb first came into the county (via Dexter) he cut his road for twelve miles. In 1837 he sowed a small piece of wheat at the west line of Aurelius, about where the village of Columbia was platted, and in the same year raised oats in what is now the central part of the city of Mason, which place when he first saw it was of little importance. Mr. Webb was accompanied to his new home by his wife and one son, John H. Webb, the latter now living on seetion 4. Ile was but three years of age when brought to the township. George Webb's father, William Webb, settled on seetion 9 about 1841, and died finally in the township of Delhi. Mrs. George Webb died in 1847. Their sons, John H. and William M., both reside near the old home.

Abner Potter, from the State of New York, settled in Ingham township with his family in 1839. His son, Allen Potter, now living on section 9 in Aurelius, has been a resi- dent of the latter township over twenty years, the farm occupied by him being that formerly owned by William Webb, Sr. Mr. Potter's parents are both deceased.

About 1836-37 the proprietors of the village plat of Mason laid out a town on Grand River at the county-line in Aurelius township, and gave it the name of Columbia. A saw-mill was built at nearly the same time with the one at Mason, and was operated for a time, but had little custom and was finally abandoned. Another was afterwards erected by a man named Norton, and a blacksmith-shop was also built. This was all the village ever amounted to, notwith- standing its patriotic name and the hopes of its projectors, The village plat was not even recorded, at least in Ingham County.

The first settler in the southeast part of the township was John Barnes, from Cayuga Co., N. Y., who purchased land in September, 1836, on sections 23 and 26, and settled with his family in June, 1837, half a mile east of what is now Aurelius Centre. He was among the most prominent citizens in the township, and his sons, Orlando M., Zaccheus, and John A., have also become worthy and respected eiti- zens. O. M. Barnes is well known throughout the State, and is now one of the most eminent lawyers of the country, and numbered among its wealthiest men. John Barnes is now deceased. Orlando M. resides in Lansing, and Zac- cheus and John A. at Mason.

Robert G. Hayward, with his brother, Franklin Hay- ward, and the former's three sons, Robert, Abner, and Henry, moved to Aurelius in May, 1837, from Monroe Co., Mich., the family having come from Providence, R. I., in May, 1830. Arriving in Aurelius they settled on Mont- gomery Plains, in the southwest part of the town. Robert G. Hayward died in 1866, but his brother, Franklin Ilay- ward, still resides in the township. Henry Hayward is deceased, and Abner lives at Mount Clemens, where he is engaged in the practice of medicine, which he began before leaving Aurelius. Robert Hayward removed to Aurelius

MRS. R. J. BULLEN.

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R. J. BULLEN.

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RESIDENCE OF R.J. BULLEN . AURELIUS TP. INGHAM CO. MICH

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Centre in 1856, where he now resides, and where for a few years he was engaged in the boot and shoe business.

Following is a list of resident taxpayers in the township of Aurelius in 1844 :

John Barnes, J. G. Bump, L. A. Ileath, Ransom Hazleton, D. II. Wightman, B. B. Robinson, L. Pratt, O. C. Robinson, J. Wil- loughhy, William Potter, John Cook, M. Matteson, J. Matteson, William Isham, A. Waggoner, Z. Barnes, J. F. Freeman, J. Roh- inson, B. Hazleton, Jr., E S. Ilowe, J. E. Hunt, L. Miles, Wil- liam L. P. Hazleton, H. II. Freeman, J. II. Ilendee, S. Bond, D. Oaks, J. S. Covert, Henry Kennedy, P. Whitford, M. Vanghan, William Witter, John Wright, Joseph Bullen, Dunn & Holly, William Webh, George B. Webb, Winslow Turner, J. Snyder, John Niles, A. Wilson, William Webb, Jr., R. R. Bullen, E. Ran- ney, R. G. Ilayward, F. Hayward, J. C. Stedman, John M. French, D. Southworth, John Montgomery, Joseph L. Huntington, A. B. Amesbury, John Bunker, John Bunker, Jr., M. MeRobert, R. B. Ames, D. M. Irons, T. Strong, William Artbur, George Wilcox, E. Wilcox, L. II. Fowler, Jonathan Fowler.

From the records of the Ingham County Pioneer Society are taken the following items :

Joseph Wilson, born in Yorkshire, England, came to Michigan, May 20, 1837, and in October, 1840, settled in the township of Aurelius. His wife, who accompanied him, was a native of Rutland Co., Vt.

John M. French, born in Essex Co., N. J., in 1798, settled on section 31, in the township of Aurelius, April 29, 1838. During the first ten years of their residence in the county Mr. and Mrs. French lost three of their children.

Joseph L. Huntington, whose death occurred at Mason, March 19, 1874, was born at Hinesburg, Vt., Nov. 16, 1800. His father, Deacon Jonathan Huntington, died at St. Albans, Vt., in 1856, aged seventy-eight years, Mr. Iluntington, who was a tanner by trade, removed to Lud- lowville, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1832, and in the spring of 1838 " he removed to Aurelius, Ingham Co., and en- gaged in the business of a tanner, in connection with that of shoemaking, which he followed for about five years, when he entered upon the business of clearing up and im- proving a new farm in the same town. In 1846 he was elected to the office of sheriff of this county, and, being re-elected in 1848, he removed to Mason, and became the keeper of the first jail built in the county."*

After the location of the capital at Lansing, Mr. Hunt- ington was appointed one of three commissioners to ap- praise and fix the minimum prices of the lots on section 16, where the city of Lansing had been platted. After re- moving to Mason, Mr. Huntington was identified with its business interests for twenty-five years, and was a prominent citizen of the county for thirty-six years. His wife died at Mason in 1862, and he afterwards (1863) married Miss Caroline Royce, who died in 1870, Several of his children are at present residing in Mason. George M. Huntington is the present judge of the Circuit Court; Charles G. Hunt- ington is engaged in mereantile business; and Collins D. Huntington has been for years engaged in various manufac- turing enterprises.

Alfred Parker, a native of Wyoming Co., N. Y., located at Leoni, Jackson Co., Mich., in May, 1837, and the same

year purchased land near the site of Lansing. In May, 1847, he removed to Ingham County, and settled in the township of Aurelius. Some time in the same year his wife made a trip through the woods with an ox-team, via Lansing, to a place in Clinton County, thirty-five miles away. Mr. Parker says : " My first labor in this State was holding a plow drawn by seven yokes of oxen, and camping in the woods nights and building smudges to keep off mos- quitos. Hunted deer and wild turkeys ; also turned out and searched for the lost boy, Ami Filley, in 1837, in the town of Leoni, Jackson Co."

AURELIUS CENTRE.

The first settler at this place was Enoch Howe, now of Lansing, who lived on the corners which have long bore his name. The locality of " Howe's Corners" is better known to many than " Anrelius Centre," notwithstanding the same place bears both names, Mr. Howe was the first postmaster at the place, the post-office being known as Aurelius. Wil- liam Abrams also held the position for some time. The present incumbent is B. W. Stark, who came to the place in 1860.

In 1856 a dwelling was built at the Centre by Robert Hayward, and was afterwards converted into a store ; it is now occupied by B. W. Stark. A second building was erected for the purpose of a store in 1870 by R. and F. Hayward, and is now owned by the latter. Robert Hay- ward erected the greater portion of the buildings at the place. In 1857-58, the large frame hotel now owned by Nelson Isham was built by William Abrams.

The Centre now contains two stores, three blacksmith- shops, a wagon-shop, a hotel, a millinery-shop, and two phy- sicians, Drs. G. W. Swartwout and Thomas W. Stitts, the latter formerly of Chicago, having come here from Detroit, in 1878.

Aurelius Lodge, No. 274, I. O. O. F., was instituted Feb. 8, 1876. Dr. G. W. Swartwout was the first Noble Grand. The lodge-rooms are situated over F. Hayward's store. The present membership of the lodge (Septem- ber, 1880) is about forty, and the officers are : William Gil- more, Noble Grand; Z. Dolbee, Vice-Grand ; Cohan King, Rec. Sec. ; Henry Rahn, Per. Scc .; Theodore Stratton, Treas.

TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.

By an aet of the Legislature of Michigan, approved March 11, 1837, the west half of the county of Ingham was set off and organized as a separate township by the name of Aurelius, and the first town-meeting was ordered to be held at the house of Elijah Woodworth, who lived in what is now the township of Leslie. From the territory originally included in Aurelius have since been organized the townships of Onondaga, Leslie, Vevay, Delhi, Alaiedon, Lansing, and Meridian, and Aurelius now includes only township 2 north, in range 2 west,-a single congres- sional township in place of eight, of which it was at first composed. The first township-meeting was held in the early part of April, 1837, and the following account of it is taken from the township records :

* Mr. Huntington's son, Collins D. Huntington, now of Mason, slept in the jail for three weeks, in December, 1848, and kept a fire to dry the walls, in order that the family might sooner move in.

HISTORY OF INGIIAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

" At a meeting of tho electors of the town of Aurelius, at the house of Elijah Woodworth, Ezekiel T. Critchett was chosen Moderator, Amos E. Steele, Clerk, pro. tem., and Peter Cranson, Benjamin Davis, and Sidney O. Russell, Inspectors of Election.

"There were given for Benjamin Davis, ns Supervisor, 24 votes; und there were 26 votes given for Ezekiel T. Critehett, as Township Clerk ; 24 votes for Peter Cranson, 23 votes for Henry Meeker, 24 votes for Peter Linderman, and 24 votes for James Royston, as Jus- tices of the Peace; and 24 votes for A. E. Steele, 24 votes for Ben- jamin Rolfe, 20 votes for James Royston, and 10 votes were given for Josephus Tuttle, as Assessors; and 23 votes for S. O. Russell, 23 for Orris Cranson, and 23 for Hliram Austin, as Commissioners of Iligh- ways; and twelve votes were given for A. E. Steele, 12 for Nathan Rolfe, and 12 for James Royston, ns Inspectors of Common Schools; and 20 votes were given for Benjamin Meeker, 19 for Peter Cranson, nud 20 for Peter Linderman, as Directors of the Poor; and Jeduthun Fry was elected as Collector ; and Jeduthun Fry, Jucob Armstrong, and Pliny Rolfe were elected Constables.

" Revolved, That the Justices of the Peace be empowered to appoint Road Masters, and that the said Rond Masters be Fence-Viewers.

" Resolved, Seven dollars and fifty cents be the bounty per head for the killing of wolves by actual settlers in the town of Aurelius.

" Resolved, That Iho next annual town-meeting be held at the house of Sidney O. Russell.

" E. T. CRITCHETT, Moderator. "A. E. STEELE, Clerk."

At a special meeting, held April 24, 1837, Jacob Arm- strong was chosen collector, and Stephen Kirby and Henry A. Hawley constables. At another special meeting, held Ang. 19, 1837 (convened at the house of E. B. Danforth, and adjourned to that of James Blain), Jacob Lewis was elected constable. In 1838 it was

" Resolved, That five dollars shall be paid for each schelp of the woolf that is canght and kiled in this town."

In 1840 it was voted to appropriate $150 towards building a bridge over Grand River, at the county-line, at or near Columbia, provided a like amount should be raised for the purpose in the town or county of Eaton. The bridge was built, and cost the township of Aurelius $145.25. The · following have been the principal officers of the township since 1838 :

SUPERVISORS.

1838-40, John Barnes; 1841, John M. French; 1842, Minos Mc- Robert; 1843, Jonathan Snyder; 1844, Zaccheus Barnes; 1845 -46, John M. French ; 1847-48, Reuhen R. Bullen ; 1849, David Potter; 1850, Charles Jennings ; 1851, Orlando M. Barnes ; 1852, Charles Jennings ; 1853-54, John M. French ; 1855, Barney Davis ; 1856, Reaben R. Ballen : 1857-60, Barney G. Davis; 1861, J. G. Bump; 1862, Bnrney G. Davis; 1863, Enos Blanchard ; 1864, Barney G. Davis; 1865, Charles Jennings; 1866, Alfred J. ITol- ley ; 1867, Charles Jennings ; 1868, Alfred J. Ilolley ; 1869, Wilson Davis; 1870, Micajah Vaughn; 1871, Barney (. Davis; 1872, Richard J. Bullen; 1873, Wilson Davis; 1874-75, Richard J. Ballen ; 1876, Wilson Davis; 1877-79, Richard J. Ballen.

TOWNSHIP CLERKS.

1838, Zaccheus Barnes ;" 1839-40, Joseph L. Huntington ; 1841, Joshua G. Borup ; 1842, Joseph L. Huntington ; 1813, Zac- cheus Barnes; 1841, L. Il. Fowler; 1845, Reuben R. Bullen ; 1846-47, Zaccheus Barnes; 1818, Charles Jennings; 1819-50, Horace Hobart; 1851, Reaben R. Ballen; 1852, Horace Hobart ; 1853-51, Charles Jennings; 1855, Josinh Fowler, Jr .; 1856-57, George W. Parks; 1858, John A. Barnes; 1859, George II. Wag- goner ; 1860-62, Charles M. Jennings ; t 1863, Ransom Sahin, Jr .; 1961, Byron H. Stark ; 1865-66, Seth M. l'ense; 1867-68,

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 54

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