History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 55

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

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· Removed from town, and S. D. Morse appointed.

t Charles Jennings appointed to fill vacancy in March, 1863.

George II. Waggoner; 1869, Dudley N. Bateman; 1870, Charles C. Carr; 1871, Benjamin II. Rolfe ; 1872, David J. Potter ; 1873, Robert S. Covert; 1874-77, Jackson P. Bond; 1878, George W. Swartwout; 1879, Harrison B. Rolfe.

TREASURERS.

1839, Benjamin Hazelton; 1840, John M. French ; 1841, Darius Oaks; 1842, John M. French ; 1843, John Barnes; 1844, Jona- than Snyder; 1845-46, Joseph L. Huntington ; 1847, William Isham ; 1848-54, Joshua F. Freeman; 1855, Znecheus Barnes ; 1856, Mieajnh Vaughn; 1857-60, John Wright; 1861, Andrew S. Fowler; 1862, Enos Blanchard; 1863, Andrew S. Fowler ; 1864, E. W. Brown ; 1865, Alfred J. Ilolley ; 1866, Stephen Gil-" lett; 1867, Darius Pratt; 1868, William J. Makley ; 1869-70, Charles B. Fowler ; 1871-73, George W. Wilson ; 1874, Reuben Nelson ; 1875, William Funson ; 1876-78, Silas W. Wright ; 1879, William Mix.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1838, John Barnes, Robert G. Ilayward, Sanford D. Morse ; 1839, Benjamin Hazolton, William Ilogle; 1840, R. R. Ballen, J. G. Bump, Joseph L. Huntington ; 1841, John Barnes ; 1842, Ran- som lInzelton ; 1843, Linas 11. Fowler ; 1844, Minos MeRobert ; 1845, J. S. Covert, W. Turner; 1846, A. Waggoner ; 1847, Linus H. Fowler; 1848, Winslow Tarner ; 1849, James S. Covert, R. R. Ballen ; 1850, Gardner Gates, William Webb; 1851, L. II. Fowler, Asn S. Robinson, Alexander Coles ; 1852, John Wright, R. G. Hayward, J. F. Freeman ; 1853, L. A. IIenth, Asahel Bald- win; 1854, David Potter; 1855, Robert Hayward; 1856, Enos Blanchard ; 1857, Alfred Parke; 1858, James White, Alfred J. Ilolley ; 1859, John A. Barnes ; 1860, Alfred J. Holley ; 1861, Charles Jennings ; 1862, James White ; 1863, B. E. Sawtell, J. A. Barnes ; 1864, Joseph P. Jewett ; 1865, William Miller ; 1866, Walter Colton ; 1867, Alfred M. Parks ; 1868, Micajnh Vaughn, Josiah IIedden, Charles Jennings ; 1869, John J. Slaughter ; 1870, Jacob Baker, Alfred Parker ; 1871, A. W. McIntyre, Jacob Baker; 1872, Alonzo Cheney ; 1873, Alfred Parker, Jay W. Free- man; 1874, Jacob Baker; 1875, David II. White; 1876, Alonzo Cheney ; 1877, L. A. Fowler, John T. Jlollcy ; 1878, John II. Webb; 1879, L. Ilawkins.

1880 .- Supervisor, Richard J. Ballen ; Township Clerk, Lowell Il. Saanders; Treaserer, William II. Mix ; Justice of the Peace, John T. Holley ; Soperintendent of Schools, Charles S. Wil- son ; School Inspcetor, William M. Webb; Commissioner of Highways, Charles S. Merrylees ; Drain Commissioner, Rob- ert S. Covert; Constables, Austin J. Doolittle, Judson P. Converse, Leonard Polhemus, Edgar J. Rorabeck.

SCHOOLS.

The first meeting of the board of township school in- spectors was held May 21, 1837, at the house of E. T. Critchett, but no business was transacted, and they ad- journed to meet August 12th, at the house of William Page. The meeting was held at the place and on the day given, when the south half of what is now Leslie township was organized as District No. 1 ; the north half of the same town as District No. 2; that portion of what is now Onon- daga township lying cast of Grand River as District No. 3; that portion of the same township west of Grand River as District No. 4 ; the south half of what are now Vevay and Aurelius as District No. 5; and the north half of the same township as District No. 6. Nov. 6, 1837, the south- west portion of what is now Alaiedon was organized as District No. 7 ; on the same day District No. 8 was formed, including sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17, in what is now the township of Vevay. Various other changes were made as the population increased and the township was divided. In 1843 the various districts in Aurelius contained pupils as follows: No. 1, 73; No. 3, 17; No.

FIRST HOME IN THE WOODS.

RESIDENCE OF JAS. T BULLEN, AURELIUS, MICH.

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4, 22; fractional No. 6, 20. A new school-house was built in that year in No. 1, at a cost of $100. In No. 1, seven and a half months of school were taught by John E. Smith, at ten dollars a month, and four and a half months by Julia A. Smith at a dollar per week. In No. 3, Jane Austin taught for a dollar a week, and in Frac- tional District No. 6, Daniel Palmer taught four and a half months at thirteen dollars a month, and Elizabeth Noyes four months at a dollar and a quarter per week. Other teachers were employed in the years named, in the various districts, as follows : 1843, Luther B. Huntoon ; 1844, Martha Smith (certificate given June 22, 1844, for one year), Zaccheus Barnes, Maria S. Howland; 1845, Matilda L. Montgomery, Hannah Miller, Susan Miller ; 1846, Lucretia Cochran, Hannah Converse, Mary Ann Rolfe, Mary Hill, James C. Butts.

The first school in the township was taught in the south- west corner thereof, in the summer or winter of 1837, in a small log building which stood in the extreme corner of town at the county-line. The name of the teacher is not now rccollected. When the family of Joseph L. Hunting- ton arrived in the township, in the spring of 1838, they occupied this building until they could prepare a dwelling on their own place, a mile north.

In the north part of town a log school-house was built on the farm of George B. Webb in 1844, and a summer term of school was taught in that year by Martha Smith. That was the first in the neighborhood. Among those who sent children were Reuben R. Bullen, George B. Webb, John and Ezekiel Niles, John Wright, and others.

From the report of the township school inspectors, for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879, the following items are taken :

Number of distriets in township (whole, 6; fractional, 4) 10

children of school age in township. 510

in attendance during year 466

school-houses (brick, 1; frame 8) ... seatings in same 506

Value of school property

$4800

Number of teachers employed (males, 7; females, 20) ..

Wages paid same (males, $625; females, $632.90).

$1257.90

Total expenditures for year.

2281.70

RELIGIOUS.

Baptist Church, Aurelius Centre .- From the records of this church is taken the following account of its organiza- tion :

" AURELIUS, May 1, 1847.

" At a regular notified meeting of baptized persons, for the pur- pose of forming a church, proceeded to business.

" Ist. Voted, That Elder Grout serve as moderator.

"2d. Voted, That E. Smith serve as clerk, pro tem.

" 3d. Resolved, That we ferm ourselves into a society known as the First Baptist Conference of Aurelius.

" J. BARNES, WILLIAM ISHAM, M. A. BARNES,

" J. H. HENDEE, S. BOND, D. HOWE,

" C. J. ROLFE, Mns. C. ROLFE,

C. PEEK,

" E. S. HOWE, E. J. HOWE.

" 5th. Voted, That J. Barnes serve the Conference as Deacon.

"6th. Voted, That C. J. Rolfe serve as clerk of the Conference.

" 7th. Resolved, That the Conference have covenant-meetings in four weeks from the above date, at one o'clock p.M., and at the expiration of each four weeks thereafter.

" 8th. Resolved, That we adopt, as the summary of our faith and practice, the articles recommended by the Baptist State Convention.

"9th. Resolved, That all members received hereafter into this Con- ference shall be by the unanimous vote of the Conference.

" 10th. Resolved, That we observe the institution of the Lord's Supper each Sunday following our covenant-meetings.

" 1ltb. Resolved, That the Conference authorizo the elerk, in be- half of the Conference, to give Elder Grout a recommend, setting forth his ministerial character and labors io this vicinity.

" 12th. Adjourned four weeks ; one o'clock P.M."

Meetings were first held in the school-house. Elders D. HIendee and - Freeman preached at different times. A reorganization was effected Jan. 12, 1849, by Elder D. Hendee, with twelve members, and on the 30th of the same month, at a council convened at the Barnes school- house for the purpose, the church was regularly recognized. Elder Hendee continued as pastor until early in 1850. Elder B. Hill was secured in April, 1850, and remained until April, 1853. The Baptist Churches of Aurelius and Onondaga united May 20, 1854, under the name of the " Aurelius and Onondaga Church," with a membership, as consolidated, of thirty-two. Rev S. P. Town was then pastor. He was followed by Elder E. K. Grout, who was in charge from 1855 to early in 1859, and in April of the latter year Elder George Bridge was secured as pastor, his services continuing until February, 1861. Elder H. B. Shepherd became pastor in 1862, and resigned April 18, 1863. In the fall of the same year Elder Samuel P. Town was engaged, and was dismissed by letter May 14, 1864. Elder J. B. Allyn was pastor from Sept. 15, 1867, until January, 1869, and Elder John Gunderman from August, 1869, to August, 1870. Succeeding the latter was Elder A. McLearn, from October, 1870, to April 14, 1872. Elder H. B. Fuller came in the latter part of 1872, and remained until May, 1874. Elder M. J. Dunbar had charge from Ang. 29, 1874, to Aug. 4, 1877, when he re- signed. Elder W. W. Smith was called to the pastorate Nov. 20, 1877, and continued until May, 1879, when he resigned, but remained until November of that year. He is now pastor of the Baptist Church at Kinneyville (Win- field), in Onondaga township, and preaches also to the Congregationalists at Onondaga. The present pastor of the church at Aurelius is Elder J. R. Monroe, who came in December, 1879. The membership of the church, Sept. 14, 1880, was 204, and the Sunday-school has an attend- ance of about 100, with William Fanson as superintendent. About 1870 the name of the church was changed to the " First Baptist Church of Aurelius." The frame house of worship owned by the society was built in 1866-67, and dedicated Oct. 3, 1867, by Elder Portman.

In the Bullen and Webb neighborhood, in the north part of town, the first meetings were held by Rev. Mr. Finch, who lived at the Dubois settlement in Alaiedon. He was accustomed to come in every morning from his home on foot, preach once or twice and return the same day, saying he must " get home to attend to the chores." He preached in the log house of William Webb, Sr., soon after 1841, and was a Methodist. The Baptists have also held meet- ings in the neighborhood for many years, and as early as 1850-55, Elders Hendee and Fuller, from Mason, preached in the locality. During the present season (1880) a neat frame Union church has been erected on the southeast cor- ner of section 4, by the Methodists and Baptists, at a cost

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of about $1800, and the two denominations alternate in holding meetings, the pastors coming from Mason.

Meeting-houses have also been ereeted on the west side of town, one on section 19 and another on seetion 31, and meetings are now held in them principally by the Meth- odists. The church on section 31 is maintained by people of various religious beliefs, and meetings have been held in the neighborhood for a considerable number of years by pastors of different denominations. Both buildings are frame, and the societies or classes are small.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

REUBEN R. BULLEN.

This venerable pioneer was born in the town of Charl- ton, Worcester Co., Mass., Sept. 14, 1806. His father, also named Reuben, was a native of Pomfret, Conn. Hle married Tamison Leavens and reared a family of four chil- dren, Reuben being the eldest son. In 1824 the elder

R. R. BULLEN.

Bullen removed with his family to Wayne Co., N. Y., where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1845, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. Ile was a successful farmer and a valuable citizen, and identified himself promi- nently with Wayne County. Reuben remained at home until he attained his twentieth year. He received such an education as was afforded by the district schools of that day, and in 1828 went to Wilkesbarre, Pa. At this time the Pennsylvania Canal was being built, and he obtained a situation as foreman. In 1835 he married Miss Elizabeth Vandenburg, of Pittston, Pa., and the following year (1836) started for Michigan. He arrived in Detroit in October. From Detroit he went to Ann Arbor, where he Jeft his family, and from thence to Aurelius, where he lo- cated cighty-three acres of government land on seetion 4.

He returned to Ann Arbor, and in the following year (1837) made a permanent settlement upon his land. The town at this time was a wilderness; two families only had preceded him, and in what is now Mason, then ealled Ingham Centre, there were two log houses. The pioneer life of Mr. Bullen was one of hardship and many privations, but a robust constitution and a resolute will overeame all ob- staeles. Those living at this day have but a faint coneep- tion of what the pioneers had to contend with, without roads, mills, or bridges, and for supplies were frequently obliged to go to Ann Arbor, a portion of the distance through an almost unbroken forest, with roads that would now be considered impassable. The following ineident is related to show the difference between going to mill in 1836 and in 1SS0. The first grist taken to mill by Mr. Bullen was thrashed over a barrel, the bundles being bound small for the purpose, and, as there were no conveniences for winnowing the wheat, it was taken in the chaff by a bark canoe to Eaton Rapids, where there was a fanning- mill. It was then ground, placed in the boat, which was poled up the river to Columbia, from which place Mr. Bullen earried it on his back to his home, a distance of some five miles, through the woods. In the organization of the town in 1838, Mr. Bullen took a prominent part. He was a member of the first town board, and has sinee oeeupied many positions of trust and responsibility. He has repre- sented Aurelius upon the board of supervisors for a number of terms, and for many years was justiee of the peace. To Mr. and Mrs. Bullen were born eight ehildren,-George, Richard J., James T., Phebe A., Susan, Joseph, John E., and Samuel. Of the above, five are now living. Richard J. and James T. reside in Aurelius, the latter upon the old homestead. Both are prominently identified with the best interests of the town, and are successful, enterprising farmers. Richard J. is the most extensive farmer in the town, and for six successive terms has filled the office of supervisor,-a fact which in itself is evidence of integrity and ability. He married Miss Sarah Markham, of Delhi, a lady of mueh culture and refinement. The elder Bullen is now in his seventy-fourth year, and still retains much of his former vigor and energy. Ile ean look back upon his life with satisfaction, feeling he has been rewarded for the hardships of early days.

JOHN M. FRENCH.

This venerable pioneer, whose name and history are so intimately connected with the city of Lansing and the township of Aurelius, where he was one of the first set- tlers, was born in New Brunswick, N. J., July 11, 1798. Ilis father, Robert French, was a native of New Jersey, and followed the avocation of a carpenter. He was a steady, industrious man, of good principles. He married Mrs. Rachel Bend, and reared a family of three children, John M. being the eldest. In 1806 the family removed to Cayuga Co., N. Y., where the elder French purchased a farm, on which he resided until his death. At the age of eighteen John left home to acquire a trade. He apprentieod himself to a tanner and currier, and completed his inden-

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JOHN M. FRENCH.

MRS. JOIIN M. FRENCII.

tures about the time he was twenty-one years of age. He then worked as a journeyman in various towns, and in 1820 entered the employ of one Tillman. The following year they formed a copartnership and commenced business in Canandaigua. From Canandaigua he went to Seneca Falls, where, having dissolved partnership with Mr. Tillman, he took charge of his business. After several changes of loca- tion he went to Ludlowville, Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he made the acquaintance of Joseph L. Huntington, and between the two a warm friendship sprang up, which con- tinued unbroken for over forty years. In 1838 the two resolved to come West. Mr. French had disposed of his property for lands in the towns of Aurelius and Onondaga. They arrived in April, 1838, and Mr. French immediately commenced to prepare for the coming of his family, which he had left behind. He built a log house, cleared and sowed thirty acres to wheat, and in the autumn of that year returned for his family. The following spring he made a permanent settlement. He resided in Aurelius until his removal to Lansing in 1866, where he has sinee resided. Mr. French has been prominently identified with Aurelius and its development. He served the town as its supervisor for a number of terms, and also officiated in various minor positions. In 1842 he was elected to the representative branch of the Legislature. In 1823, Mr. French married Miss Sarah Herrington, of Canandaigua, N. Y. She was born in 1804, near Albany, N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1839. She has shared with her husband the privations of the early days, and has been his faithful friend and companion for over fifty-seven years. Her portrait, so full of character, is presented on this page. The life of Mr. Frenel has been comparatively uneventful. His early days were full of trials and toil, but his life has been a success. He has acquired a competency and perfected a valuable record as a citizen. Although he has always shrunk from prominence and has led a quiet bome-life, still, throughout

the length and breadth of Ingham County, he is known as one of its founders, and his name is associated with the best men that the county has produced.

GEORGE B. WEBB.

The family of Mr. Webb is of British extraction, his parents having been William and Mary Butler Webb, who

GEORGE B. WEBB.

followed farming pursuits, and numbered in their family circle eight children,-five sons and three daughters. Their

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son, George B., was born in Somersetshire, England, ten miles from the city of Bristol, in April, 1803, and remained under the parental roof until his eighteenth year, when, the life of a sailor presenting superior attractions, he abandoned the farm and made several voyages. In 1830 his wander- ings brought him to the shores of America, when, after a brief rest in New York City, he departed for Syracuse and entered the service of a Mr. Brockway as a butcher. In 1834 he was united in marriage with Miss Maria Cately, of Syracuse, and, in the following December, came to Ma- son, and was employed to assist in the construction of the first saw-mill in that place. He then proceeded to the labor of chopping, and felled many of the monarchs of the forest which stood where is now the business centre of the township. In 1837 he purchased of government eighty acres where he now resides, and erected a shanty of bark, three of the posts having been maple-trees. Okemos, chief

of the wandering tribe of Indiaos which inhabited the country, had pitched his camp directly opposite. The fam- ily were kindly received by the Indians and found them useful in many ways. Mr. Webb was afflicted in June, 1848, by the loss of his wife, and in the same year mar- ried Miss Lucy Harty. By the first marriage Mr. Webb had four children,-John HI., William M., Lucy, and Martha, while one son, Lewis, a child of the present wife, is engaged in mercantile pursuits io Mason. All the re- maining children, with the exception of Martha, now Mrs. Jacob Nichols, reside in Aurelius.

Mr. Webb has by industry and good judgment acquired a competence since first he began life as a pioneer, and he is regarded by all who know him as a man of commanding influence in the township, while his genial character and his many virtues have surrounded him with a circle of sincere friends.

BUNKER HILL*

NATURAL FEATURES.

GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

THE township of Bunker Hill lies on the southern border of Ingham County, and is bounded west, north, and east, respectively, by the townships of Leslie, Ingham, and Stock- bridge, and south by Henrietta, Jackson Co. The town- ship-lines were surveyed by Joseph Wampler in 1824, and the subdivisions by the same in 1826.

Bunker Hill township is so unfortunate as to contain a very large area of swamp and marsh, but these are being gradually drained by county ditches, of which there are in the township not less than fifteen miles. The marshes ex- tend in a general north-and-south direction, and appear to be the abode of all the serpents and reptiles which in the fabled days of old were driven by St. Patrick from the " Emerald Isle." The improvements, however, in some portions of town are excellent, and the soil, where cultivated, is very productive. The surface of the township is, as would be inferred, diversificd, being level in places and con- siderably rolling in others.

Fitchburg and Bunker Hill are hamlets in the southeast and central parts of town, both containing post-offices; the first named is the more important place.

LAND ENTRIES.

The following is a list of the entries of land in town 1 north, range 1 east, now Bunker IIill, with names, sections, and dates of entry.

Section I .- Silas IJolt, Sept. 17, 1835; Peter Perrin, Westlako Haight, May 25, 1836; Henry Wood, Jan. 17, 1836; Lucius M. Page, July 1, 1836; Levi and Stephen S. Rugg, July 11, 1836.

Section 2 .- Marshal Turner, Nov. 28, 1836; Matthew Dalcy, Dec. 29, 1836; Moses A. McNaughton, July 1, 1857.

Section 3 .- Thomas L. Spafford, May 23, 1836; John D. Reeves, Nov. 17, 1836; Daniel Lebar, June 25, 1848.

Section 4 .- Benjamin F. Burnett, Sept. 20, 1836; Elisha P. Pickens, Nov. 29, 1836; Daniel II. Mills, Jan. 31, 1837; Sarah Buroett, April 16, 1837; llenry Deigao, April 9, 1847.

Section 5 .- Thomas J. Litchfield, June 16, 1836; Roswell Lamh, Ebenezer Whittemore, June 28, 1836; Emeline Cravell, Oct. 31, 1836; Benjamin B. Kercheval, Feb. 15, 1837.

Section 6 .- David HI. Richardson, Sept. 20, 1836; Elisha D. Hall, Sept. 21, 1836; Roswell Durand, Dec. 9, 1836; Warren Duon- ing, March 21, 1837.

Section 7 .- Daniel Peck, entire section, June 6, 1836.

Section 8 .- Joseph Sternberg, May 16, 1836; William Peabody, May 28, 1836.

Section 9 .- Thomas S. Spafford, May 23, 1836; William Peabody, May 28, 1836.

Section 10 .- Reuben Robie, March 21, 1837; Charles Stickney, Oet. 1, 1838 ; Peter IIall, Oct. 15, 1838; John O'Briea, Patrick Markey, May 18, 1839; Joho O'Brien, June 17, 1839; James Daneer, July 1, 1839; James Markey, Jr., Oct. 30, 1845 ; James Markey, March 20, 1849.

Section 11 .- Uzziel Taylor, May 23, 1836; Matthew Daley, Dec. 29, 1836.

Section 12 .- Matthew Daley, Dec. 9, 1836; Elihu Newbury, no date. Section 13 .- Timothy Brown, July 14, 1836; Charles T. Day, Jaa. 13, 1837 ; Warrca Dunning, Feb. 8, 1837; Georgo F. Shepard, April 24, 1837.

Section 14 .- Uzziel Taylor, May 23, 1836; Bonjamin B. Vancourt, May 29, 1836.

Section 15 .- Uzziel Taylor, May 23, 1836; Reuben Robio, March 21, 1837; Horaco Chesley, April 24, 1837 ; Benjamin B. Vancourt, May 29, 1838; Enoch Bouton, Oct. 2, 1838; Joha D. Camp, Oct. 23, 1838, and Oct. 23, 1848.

Section 16 .- Normaa Folt, W. Dowey and D. Felt, O. Markey, E. If. Angell, Kimball and Jones, T. Chamherlaia, J. Philo, C. Smalley, no dates.

Section 17 .- William Peabody, entire soction, no date.

Section 18 .- Juseph Steinberg, May 16, 1836; Reuben Raze, July 7, 1836.

Section 19 .- Ilosea Reeve, March 29, 1837 ; Daniel Shanaon, Aug. 22, 1838; Lydia W. Moore, May 1, 1840.

Section 20 .- Parley J. Moore, May 23, 1836, and July 15, 1847 ; Ho- sca Reeve, March 20, 1837 ; John B. Mooro, July 13, 1838 ; Ezra Culver, May 1, 1848.

· By Pliny A. Duraat.

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Section 21 .- Henry Harvey, May 6, 1836; Uzziel Taylor, May 23, 1836; William Peabody, May 28, 1836.

Section 22 .- Henry Harvey, May 6, 1836; George Field, Jan. 28, 1839.

Section 23 .- Lacius Lord, June 9, 1836 ; Aristarchus Champion, Jane 18, [836; Enoch Bouton, Oct. 2, 1838; Benjamin B. Vaacourt, Dec. 20, 1838.

Section 24 .- John G. Soverbill, Jane 10, 1836 ; Aristarchas Champion, Jane 18, 1836; Charles F. Day, Jan. 13, 1837; John Farmer, Jan. 17, 1837; Mrs. A. Gillespie, April 15, 1837; Abel Catter, Nov. 17, 1837.

Section 25 .- Edwin Lewis, May 19, 1836; Job Earl, June 4, 1836 ; Joho G. Soverhill, Jane 10, 1836; John R. Bowdish, Feh. 24, 1837; Hannah Little, Feb. 27, 1837.

Section 26 .- Edwin Lewis, May 19, 1836 ; Henrietta High, Jane 9, 1836 ; Aristarchus Champion, June 18, 1836; George Rider, May 15, 1837; John B. McCrary, Nov. 19, 1847.

Section 27 .- Ira A. Blossom and Elijah D. Efuer, Aug. 27, 1835; Henry Harvey, May 6, 1836; Leander Aldrich, May 21, 1836 ; William Peabody, May 28, 1836.

Section 28 .- Blossom and Efner, Aug. 27, 1835 ; Henry Harvey, May 6, 1836; William Peabody, May 28, 1836.

Section 29 .- Jonathan Shearer, May 6, 1836; Joho Odell, May 9, 1836; Jonathan Shearer, May 13, 1836; Charles Wisner, Dec. 13, 1836.

Section 30 .- Stoddard Calver, May 23, 1836 ; Thomas L. Spafford, May 26, 1836; George Field, Jan. 28, 1839.

Section 31 .- Charles Whitney, May 23, 1836 ; Milton B. Adams, June 2, 1836.

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History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan, Part 55

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