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* See list of entries. Mr. A. states that it was in 1834, but the record shows 1835.
t See account of Harrison family elsewhere.
ABNER MACK.
MRS. ABNER MACK.
ABNER MACK.
This venerable pioneer was born in Montague, Mass., Aug. 9, 1795. He was the son of Abner and Irena (Wood) Mack, who had a family of five children, three boys and two girls. In 1800 the family removed to Bethel, Vt., and from thence to Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt., where the elder Mack died in his eighty-second year. He was a farmer by occupation, and served with credit in the war of the Revolution. When Abner, Jr., was seven years of age his mother died, and soon after he went to live with his paternal grandfather. He acquired, by his own individual efforts and energy, a limited education. Upon attaining his majority he emigrated to Ohio, where he purchased a farm, and where he resided sixteen years. In 1832 he
came to Michigan, and purchased a farm in Porter, Van Buren Co. The location not proving a de- sirable one, he sold out the following year (1833), came to Prairie Ronde, and purchased the farm where he now resides.
Aug. 24, 1819, Mr. Mack married Miss Maria Munger, who was born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov. 26, 1799. They have reared a family of ten children, six of whom are living: Elizabeth, Sally, Emily R., Return, Olive A., and Diadema.
The life of Mr. Mack has been marked by ster- ling integrity, industry, and honorable dealing. He is an exemplar of a life well spent, and no one holds a more enviable position among the citizens of Prairie Ronde.
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I will call up a few other names of pioneer people in this vicinity, whom to overlook and forget would be sinful on our part. There was old Mr. Reuben Edmunds, who had about fulfilled the injunction, ' Be fruitful and multiply ;' he had sons and daughters, -I don't know how many. He stood firm on his feet, for in person he was about as broad as he was long, and in principle and correct action he was as fine as in person. William Duncan, his son, Delamore, and Col. Fellows were known to all of us and had character for integrity and intelligence. Jonathan Wood, Jonathan Garver, and Joe Bair were the three best shots with the rifle in all Western Michigan. I hardly need mention the names of Edwin H. Lothrop and Steven Vickery ; they were for many years the true representative men of their respective friends over a very large part of Kalamazoo County. For a time it seemed as though, whatever office of honor or profit was held by any one else, it was because Lothrop and Vickery did not want it. They were both far above the average in culture and business ability, and the confidence of the public was not misplaced. In the northeast part of big Prairie Ronde was ' Virginia Corners,' peopled mainly by the Bursons and Browns, from Loudon Co., Va.''Uncle Aaron Burson' was a man of unbounded energy and great activity. He had great faith in the Bur- sons, and when he and his boys pushed together they made things move. Isaiah Burson once started a theory of creating intense heat by the use of water for fuel. He failed to reduce his theory to prac- tice; I suppose it was because there was too much damp in the water. ' Virginia Corners' was also the home of Dr. David E. Brown, Dr. Isaac Brown, and John Brown, brothers, who were well known to all the people of Prairie Ronde. The first was for many years standard authority in the medical profession over a wide portion of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties. He was no bread-pill nor small-dose doc- tor. If you said you were sick he took you at your word, and made you familiar with calomel and castor-oil to an extent that made you hope you might never be sick again. Robert Frakes, of Gourd-Neck Prairie, devoted much of his time to fast horses, and at the age of eighty-three years moved west to Missouri, because this country was getting too thickly settled. He was a true friend, and always held the confidence of those who knew him. One more name I add to the list, and leave others to be mentioned at future meetings,-Abram I. Shaver, in looks and language unlike all others. He could use the English language as no other man ever used it, and yet you never failed to catch his meaning. Once he was offended at one of his neighbors, and said that he behaved in a rantankerous and oblique manner, and that his language was very clandestine !
"I have spent some time in Washington City. The men whom I have been telling about might not, in their old-time garments and plain language, shine very conspicuously there, but as the possessors of much good sense in their walks of life, for honest dealing and in- tegrity of character, they would be up and dressed every time, and a little in advance of most of the officials down there on the Potomac."
Bazel Harrison, who was an early justice of the peace, was called upon oftener, perhaps, than any other justice in the region to perform the marriage ceremony, and it pleased him exceedingly to cement two destinies in one. He took his pay in wheat, corn, potatoes, or other produce, and sel- dom, if ever, received money for his services. Occasionally the bridegroom was without the wherewithal to pay in any- thing, but all such were treated equally well by the good old justice, who married them and "sent them on their way rejoicing."
Abram I. Shaver, when the day of his final departure was evidently not far distant, selected his own burial-place, purchased his coffin, tombstone, and the iron railing to sur- round his grave, and requested that his wishes should be carried out, which was done. He lies in peace upon his own farm, where were passed the majority of his years, and where pleasurable associations most thickly clustered.
Abner Calhoon,* whose farm included a large tract on the west side of the prairie, began breaking up his land with a team consisting of one yoke of oxen and three yokes
of cows, using plow with a wooden mould-board. A box was fastened on the beam for the baby to ride in, and his wife " took turns" in driving and holding the plow. He finally sold out and removed farther West, and died.
It is related that the houses of Erastus Williams and George Fletcher were always open to Methodist preachers and members of that church, and they have been known to entertain at times as many as their houses would hold, fur- nishing food and lodging.
Asa B. Brown, who settled in this township in 1834, became a prominent citizen, and was honored by being chosen to office repeatedly by his townsmen.
Isaac W. Gould settled early in the heavy timber ; cleared up a large farm ; was justice of the peace for several terms, and held other township offices. He is now deceased. Mr. Gould came previous to 1836.
Niles H. Kinney also settled earlyt in the west woods of the township ; he cleared nearly 100 acres of beech and maple land, and became a respected citizen ; he is also de- ceased.
V. C. Smith located in the township subsequent to 1840, and for some time engaged in teaching school. He, in the course of time, became the owner of a fine farm, which he finally sold, and removed to Schoolcraft and established the Schoolcraft Dispatch, which he conducted for several years.
Among those living in what is now the township of Prairie Ronde, in the fall of 1831, as recollected by Hon. E. Lakin Brown, of Schoolcraft, were the following :
Dr. Nathan M. Thomas, the first physician to locate and begin practice in the county, who lived on the west side of the prairie until 1832, when he removed to Schoolcraft vil- lage ; Stephen Vickery, afterwards prominent in the county, who also moved finally to Schoolcraft; William Duncan ; Delamore Duncan, then sheriff of the county ; Col. Abiel Fellows and sons; Erastus Guilford, John Insley, Samuel Hacket, John and James Knight, Christopher Bair, Stephen Hoyt and sons, Isaac Sumner (then register of deeds by ap- pointment of Governor Cass), Abner Calhoon, John Kelly, the Nesbitts, the Barbers, Josiah Rosecrants, Joel Clark and sons, Erastus Williams, Towner Savage, Preston J. McCreary, and Bazel Harrison and sons. Of these but a few are left on the prairie, and nearly all of those whose names are mentioned have found homes in a realm where they are not pioneers.
VILLAGE OF SHIRLAND.
Among the many villages platted in the West whose glory was destined soon to fade was that of Shirland, in this township. It was laid out on the southeast corner of the west half of the northwest quarter of section 25. The lots were numbered from 1 up to 39, and a portion of the plat (9 by 16 rods) was designated as a public square, the north half of which was to be "given for a meeting-house, and the south half for a school-house."} The proprietors
t Mr. Kinney, who was from Huron Co., Ohio, settled, in 1835, on the northwest quarter of section 8. His sons, Didymus C., William, Niles, and Nathan, became respected and honored citizens. William Abbott, from England, settled on section 7 in 1843, and Joel T. Lee, from Lenawee Co., Mich., located on section 32 in 1852. Even at that day the neighborhood was entirely new. Alonzo Pomeroy, from Rens- selaer Co., N. Y., settled, in 1844, on section 15.
# Liber A, Deed Record Kalamazoo County, pp. 92, 93.
* Also given Calhoun.
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HISTORY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
of this plat were Christopher Bair, William Duncan, Samuel Hacket, John Insley, and Edwin Kellogg, who acknowl- edged it Sept. 8, 1831. Nothing in the present state of the ground would indicate that it was ever the site of a vil- lage which "might have been," and the circumstance of its being laid out has nearly passed from the memory of many of the settlers.
The following is a list of the resident tax-payers in Prairie Ronde township in 1838, with a description of their prop- erty, as shown on the assessment-roll for that year :
Nathan Levrich, 240 acres, 4 horses, 5 cows, 7 young cattle.
Hector Wagar, 80 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, buildings worth $350.
Asa B. Brown, 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 5 young cattle.
Elijah Reed, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 calf.
Stephen Levrich, 2 horses.
John Smook, 195 acres, 4 horses, 3 cows, 1 calf.
Elias Stillwell, 1 cow, 1 calf.
Thomas Benduer, 29 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow.
Ira C. Perrine, 1 cow.
Harrison & Perrine, buildings worth $700.
Henry Keeler, 1 cow, 1 calf.
A. Searle, 2 horses, 3 cows, 2 young cattle, buildings, $650.
George Wood, 1 cow.
George Farley, 15 acres, 2 cows, 1 calf.
Elias S. Harrison, 80 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 3 young cattle.
Alanson Wood, 122 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 calf.
Alexander Patten, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.
Joseph Harrison, 2 horses, 1 cow, 1 calf.
James M. Fellows, 63 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows.
Preston J. Merry, 37 acres, 1 horse, 3 cows.
George Fletcher, 70 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.
E. Williams, 80 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.
Joel Clark, 280 acres, 6 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 10 young cattle.
Justin Clark, 120 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, 8 young cattle.
T. Savage, 80 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 15 young cattle, buildings, $350. Ormel Butler, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.
Darius Wells, 247 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, 7 colts.
Alanson Van Duzer, 160 acres, 6 oxen, 3 cows, 1 calf.
John Nelson, 2 cows.
Josiah Rosecrantz, 160 acres.
Daniel Ingram, 10 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 calf.
Eliakim Laflin, 2 horses.
William Sanderson, I cow.
Thomas Nisbett, 7 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cows, 18 young cattle.
George Nisbett, Jr., 130 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen.
George Nisbett, Sr., 280 acres, buildings, $500.
Bazel Harrison, Sr., 165 acres, 6 horses, 3 cows, 11 young cattle, buildings, $450.
Nathan Harrison, 120 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 calf.
Abner Mack, 141 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows, 10 young cattle.
Thomas Barber, 160 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 3 young cattle.
Matthew Lewis, 40 acres, 1 cow.
Russell Munger, 180 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 2 young cattle. Anthony Haxtell, 80 acres.
Niles H. Kinney, 270 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 2 colts.
John Knapp, 120 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 5 young cattle.
Wilder B. Mack, 68 acres, 1 cow, 5 young cattle.
John Kelly, 240 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 6 young cattle, buildings, $400.
John Perrine, 7 acres.
William Frazier, 160 acres, 2 horses, buildings, $450.
Erastus Gilford, 120 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf, buildings, $450.
John M. Fellows, 1 horse, 2 cows.
George Fields, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 calf.
Timothy H. Fellows, 266 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 2 young cattle, buildings, $350.
H. D. Mungor, 393 acres.
Dorcas Fellows, 348 acres, 2 cows, buildings, $270.
Delamore Duncan, 649 acres, 2 horses, 4 oxen, 3 cows, 12 young cat- tle, buildings, $750.
John Insley, 200 acres, 5 horses, 6 cows, 10 young cattle.
John Knight, 1060 acres, 13 horses, 5 cows, 10 young cattle, build- ings, $750.
James Knight, 560 acres.
L. Fields, 200 acres, 8 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cows, 11 young cattle, build- ings, $50.
Gideon Morr, 1 horse, 2 cows.
Amos Alexander, 139 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 8 young cattle.
William Bair, 139 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 8 young cattle.
Ransford Hoyt, 170 acres, 7 horses, 6 cows, 6 young cattle, buildings, $350.
John Hoyt, 40 acres, 4 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 3 young cattle.
Parker Gilson, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 3 young cattle.
Jonathan Hoats, 2 cows.
John Young, 1 acre, 2 horses.
Cornelius Hill, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 calf.
Abner Calhoun, 240 acres, 4 horses, 8 oxen, 4 cows, 6 young cattle, buildings, $350.
Reuben Edmonds, 200 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 2 young cattle.
Jeremiah Best, 2 horses, 1 cow.
S. Edwards, 2 horses, 1 cow.
Widow Stanley, 130 acres.
Nathan Pettengill, 1 cow.
John Wadkins, 2 oxen, 1 cow.
Amos Harris, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.
Nelson W. Alexander, 80 acres.
Samuel Corry, 200 acres, 4 horses, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 calf.
Peter Alexander, 80 acres.
James D. Smith, 160 acres, 3 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 4 young cattle.
Widow Alexander, 40 acres, 1 cow.
William Dowley, 40 acres.
Jesse Sellick, 80 acres, 2 cows.
J. W. Gould, 80 acres, 1 horse, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 3 young cattle.
Hale Bates, 400 acres.
Luke Munger, 40 acres.
Luther King, 83175% acres.
Roswell Kelsey, 200 acres.
Andrus Fellows, 158 acres.
Stephen Baldy, 170 acres.
George Depew, 170 acres.
Moore & Prutsmon (?), 732 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf, buildings, $500.
Samuel Stowers, 80 acres.
Richard Knight, 1 cow.
Andrew Scott, 120 acres, 3 horses, 1 cow.
Mary Hoyt, 240 acres, 6 horses, 2 oxen, 5 cows, 9 young cattle.
Abner Dwelly, 2 horses, 1 cow.
Andrew Y. Moore, 60 acres.
William Duncan, 40 acres.
Ira Carpenter, 80 acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 2 young cattle.
Benjamin Fletcher, 80 acres, 4 horses, 2 cows, 3 young cattle.
William Bates, 200 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, 1 calf.
Daniel Bates, 240 acres, 2 horses, 6 cows, 7 young cattle, buildings, $400.
Dennis Bates, 40 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, 2 young cattle.
James S. Cowgill, 80 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, buildings, $490.
John Cowgill, 170 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 5 young cattle, buildings, $350.
Samuel Hacket, 80 acres, 4 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.
Abram I. Shaver, 320 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows, 2 young cattle, build- ings, $500.
Randall Crosby, 80 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, 1 calf.
James Bates, 40 acres, 4 horses, 1 cow.
John Cole, 1 cow.
A. Dodge, 1 cow.
S. R. Washington, 2 horses, 1 cow.
William Fanckboner, 2 horses, 1 ox, 2 cows.
Cross & Gingils, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 oxen, 2 cows, 2 young cattle. F. & A. Beal, 80 acres.
John V. Buskirk, 90 acres, 1 cow.
Henry Whipple, 160 acres, 2 horses, 4 oxen, 4 cows, 4 young cattle. John Dix, 40 acres. Brown & Dix, 80 acres.
E. L. Brown, 80 acres. N. M. Thomas, 170 acres.
Adam Hill, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 young cattle.
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John C. Beebe, 2 horses, 1 cow, 3 young cattle. Gurdon R. Beebe, 2 horses, 1 cow, 6 young cattle.
Where no figures are given for the value of buildings, it will be understood that their value was $250 or under, only those over that sum being enumerated.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
On the 23d of March, 1836, the township of Prairie Ronde was set off from the original one of Brady and or- ganized with a separate government. Its first township election was directed to be held at the house of Abram I. Shaver (given as Abram J. Shaver in the act). Prairie Ronde was the first township organized in the county of Kalamazoo to consist of but a single Congressional town- ship.
"At a meeting of the inhabitants of township No. 4, now called Prairie Ronde, holden at the house of Abram I. Shaver, on Monday, the 4th day of April, 1836, the or- ganization of the township took place by the election of the following officers ; Abram I. Shaver was appointed moderator, and Preston J. McCreary, secretary :"* Super- visor, William Duncan ; Township Clerk, Preston J. Mc- Creary ; Assessors, Edward S. Moore, Abner Mack, Mars- den Alexander ; Constable and Collector, Ransford C. Hoyt; Road Commissioners, William Bates, John Knight, Ambrose Searle; Justices of the Peace. Samuel Hacket, Isaac W. Gould, Abram I. Shaver, Delamore Duncan ; School Commissioners, Abner Mack, E. S. Moore, Samuel Cory ; School Inspectors, , Preston J. McCreary, William Duncan, Sr., Ambrose Searle; Fence-Viewers, Joel Clark, Abner Calhoun, Ransford C. Hoyt ; Directors of the Poor, Darius Wells, Abram I. Shaver.
"Voted, That the pathmasters shall be appointed by the road com- missioners, after the boundaries of the districts shall be ascertained. "Voted, That no rams shall run at large from the 15th of August to the 1st of November.
"Voted, That the next annual township meeting be held at the house of William Bates.
" The meeting adjourned sine die."
At a special township-meeting, held May 2, 1836, the following officers were elected :
Justices of the Peace, Isaac W. Gould, Samuel Hacket, Delamore Duncan, Abner Mack; Assessors, Ambrose Searle, Abner Mack, D. Duncan ; Road Commissioners, Edward S. Moore, John Kelly, Isaac W. Gould; School Commis- sioners, E. S. Moore, Samuel Cory, William Bates; Over- seers of the Poor, Abram I. Shaver, Darius Wells; Constable and Collector, Daniel Bates.
CIVIL LIST.
Those who have filled the various offices in the township from 1837 to 1879, inclusive, are the following persons, viz. :
SUPERVISORS.
1837-38, Samuel Hacket; 1839, John Smack ; 1840-41, Samuel Hacket; 1842, Preston J. McCreary ; 1843-49, Delamore Duncan; 1850, Samuel Hacket; 1851-53, Delamore Duncan ; 1854-55, Joseph E. Coddington ; 1856-58, V. C. Smith; 1859-62, Orville H. Fel- lows; 1863-65, Valentine C. Smith; 1866-67, George Nesbitt; 1868-69, no record; 1870-71, G. G. Crose, Jr .; 1872-79, George Gilchrist.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS ..
1837, Abram C. Prutzman; 1838-39, James S. Cowgill; 1840-43, Alanson Wood; 1844, John Cowgill; 1845-47, Alanson Wood ; 1848-49, Samuel Hacket; 1850, David Woodruff; 1851, Zacha- riah Fletcher; 1852, James M. Shaver; 1853-54, Z. Fletcher; 1855-56, George G. Crose; 1857, James M. Shaver ; 1858, Gideon L. Clark ; 1859-70, Alonzo Pomeroy ; 1871, Z. Fletcher ; 1872-73, Cornelius Howard ; 1874-78, Z. Fletcher ; 1879, Avery M. Smith.
ASSESSORS.
1837, Justin Clark, A. C. Prutzman, Reuben Edmunds; 1838, Isaac W. Gould, D. Duncan, Hector Wager; 1839, Justin Clark, I. W. Gould, Delamore Duncan ; 1840, D. Duncan, J. Clark, Charles Selleck ; 1841, D. Duncan, Isaac W. Gould, Justin Clark, J. S. Cowgill; 1842, George Nesbitt, John Kelly; 1843, Isaac W. Gould; 1844-46, I. W. Gould, J. Clark ; 1847, I. W. Gould, Rus- sell Munger; 1848, J. Clark, I. W. Gould; 1849, J. Clark, J. S. Cowgill; 1850, H. Wager, D. Struble; 1851, J. S. Cowgill, Abiel Fellows; 1852, J. M. Crose, J. Coddington.
COLLECTORS.
1837, Daniel Bates; 1838, Randall Crosby ; 1839-40, Amos Harris ; 1841, Ransford C. Hoyt.
TREASURERS.
1839, Preston J. McCreary ; 1840, Samuel Hacket; 1841-42, P. J. McCreary ; 1843-44, Asa B. Brown ; 1845-46, John H. Brown; 1847, Samuel Hackett; 1848, James M. Fellows; 1849, Justin Clark ; 1850, Asa B. Brown; 1851, Samuel Crooks; 1851-53, Asa B. Brown; 1854, Joel Clark ; 1855-56, Zach. Fletcher ; 1857- 59, H. S. Sayles; 1860-62, Henry Fellows; 1863, James A. Pomeroy ; 1864, Lee Clark ; 1865-67, Z. Fletcher; 1868-69, no record; 1870-71, George Gilchrist; 1872-73, Albert Wager; 1874-75, George Munger; 1876-77, Albert Carpenter; 1878-79, Albert Wager.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1837, Isaac W. Gould, P. J. McCreary, A. C. Prutzman, Abram I. Shaver, John Knight (chosen for one year at a special election) ; 1838, George Fields; 1839, Charles Selleck ; 1840, Preston J. McCreary ; 1841, Alanson Wood, John Knight; 1842, William P. Bucklin ; 1843, Niles H. Kinney ; 1844, George Nesbitt; 1845, Alanson Wood; 1846, Wm. Fanckboner; 1847, Niles H. Kinney ; 1848, George Nesbitt ; 1849, Daniel Struble; 1850, A. Pomeroy, D. Duncan ; 1851, Orson Nichols, S. Hacket ; 1852, Alonzo Pom- eroy ; 1853, Delamore Duncan ; 1854, George Nesbitt, D. Duncan, B. Harrison, Jr. ; 1855, P. J. McCreary ; 1856, Alonzo Pomeroy ; 1857, D. Duncan ; 1858, George Nesbitt; 1859, Henry Osterhout ; 1860, Alonzo Pomeroy ; 1861, D. Duncan ; 1862, George Nesbitt, D. B. Ferris; 1863, James L. Brown ; 1864, S. F. Strong ; 1865, Z. Fletcher, Charles Roberts ; 1866, George Nesbitt; 1867, Jesse Hughes ; 1868-69, no record; 1870, G. Nesbitt, L. Thompson, D. Duncan, C. W. Pursel; 1871, C. W. Pursel, F. L. Shutes ; 1872, Jerome Clark ; 1873, P. F. Alexander, Z. Fletcher; 1874, George Nesbitt; 1875, C. Howard; 1876, Z. Fletcher; 1877, P. F. Alexander ; 1878, George Nesbitt; 1879, John Calvert.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
1837, Isaac W. Gould, John Kelly, Reuben Edmunds; 1838, Russell Munger, John Knight, Dennis Bates ; 1839, John Knight, Samuel Hacket, Russell Munger ; 1840, J. Knight, R. Munger, J. S. Cowgill ; 1841, Abner Mack, Russell Munger ; 1842, E. Gillard, E. Williams, G. Nesbitt; 1843, Hector Wager, J. S. Cowgill, George Nesbitt; 1844, H. Wager, Wm. Bassett, J. S. Cowgill ; 1845, J. S. Cowgill, S. Hacket, P. J. McCreary ; 1846, P. J. Mc- Creary, George Nesbitt, Philemon Humphrey ; 1847, N. H. Kin- ney, P. J. McCreary, P. Humphrey ; 1848, George Nesbitt; 1849, P. J. McCreary, Niles H. Kinney ; 1850, Ira Phelps ; 1851, Rus- sell Munger; 1852, P. J. McCreary ; 1853, Isaac W. Gould ; 1854, George G. Crose; 1855, P. J. McCreary ; 1856, W. W. Smith ; 1857, O. H. Fellows, Thos. Patten ; 1858, P. J. McCreary ; 1859, James Cowgill ; 1860, Ira Phelps ; 1861, O. Edmunds, R. Munger, S. F. Strong ; 1862, Gideon L. Clark ; 1863, D. C. Kin- ney ; 1864, Henry Osterhout; 1865, Abiel Fellows, G. Cory ; 1866, Chas. Roberts, Geo. Knapp; 1867, Daniel Struble; 1868- 69, no record ; 1870, Henry Yetter, G. G. Crose; 1871, Jonas Fox ; :
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HISTORY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
1872, Martin Van Duzer; 1873, Ira Phelps; 1874, Jonas Fox ; 1875, M. Van Duzer; 1876-78, Horace H. Kinney; 1879, Isaac L. Bates.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1872, G. Lee Clark ; 1876, John P. Barker; 1878, Edwin Clark ; 1879 (to fill vacancy), John O. Lee.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
1837, John Insley, William Bates, Samuel Cory.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1837, Abram C. Prutzman, Samuel Hacket, P. J. McCreary ; at a special meeting, May 13, 1837, Jesse Selleck, P. J. McCreary, and Samuel Hacket were elected in place of the above; 1838, P. J. McCreary, Wilder B. Mack, Ira C. Perrine; 1839-41, P. J. McCreary, W. B. Mack, Delamore Duncan ; 1842, P. J. Mc- Creary, D. Duncan, George Nesbitt; 1843, P. J. McCreary, D. Duncan ; 1844, Delamore Duncan; 1845, John H. Brown ; 1846, D. Duncan ; 1847, P. J. McCreary ; 1848, D. Duncan ; 1849, P. J. McCreary ; 1850, no record, but probably Mr. Duncan ; 1851, P. J. McCreary ; 1852, Valentine C. Smith; 1853, P. J. Mc- Creary ; 1854, V. C. Smith ; 1855, J. E. Coddington ; 1856, O. H. Fellows; 1857, Alonzo Pomeroy ; 1858, Z. Fletcher, O. H. Fel- lows ; 1859, O. H. Fellows; 1860, G. Lee Clark ; 1861, Daniel B. Ferris; 1862, Delamore Duncan, Jr .; 1863, Samuel F. Strong; 1864, D. Duncan, Jr. ; 1865, C. R. Munger, G. G. Crose; 1866, G. G. Crose, Jr., J. A. Pomeroy ; 1867, J. A. Pomeroy ; 1868-69, no record; 1870, Charles C. Duncan; 1871, Charles Duncan, El- bridge Clark ; 1872, George Nesbitt; 1873, Lyman Thompson ; 1874, G. G. Crose; 1875, L. Thompson; 1876, C. C. Duncan ; 1877-78, George W. Smith; 1879, Abram Fanckboner.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1875, G. Lee Clark ; 1876-78, Lyman Thompson ; 1879, G. G. Crose, Jr.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
1837, Abraham I. Shaver, Stephen Fields; 1838, S. Fields, Josiah Rosecrants; 1839-42, Hector Wager, Reuben Edmunds; 1843, John Kelly, H. Wager; 1844-45, Joel Clark, John Kelly; 1846, H. Wager, Benj. Fletcher ; 1847, John Insley, Wm. Fanckboner; 1848, W. Fanckboner, R. Edmunds; 1849, D. Duncan, R. Ed- munds ; 1850, R. Edmunds, Darius Wells; 1851, R. Edmunds, G. Fletcher, Sr .; 1852, S. Hacket, Wm. Fanckboner; 1853, S. Hacket, V. C. Smith ; 1854, E. Williams, D. Struble ; 1855, J. M. Crose, A. B. Brown ; 1856, Thomas Patten, William Fanckboner; 1857, H. Wager, Obadiah Edmunds ; 1858, D. Duncan, Z. Fletcher; 1859, D. Duncan, P. J. McCreary.
CONSTABLES.
1837, Daniel Bates; 1838, Randall Crosby ; 1839, Amos S. Harris, S. S. Fellows; 1840, W. P. Bennett, Amos Harris ; 1841, R. C. Hoyt, S. N. Barber ; 1842-43, S. N. Barber, Simon S. Fellows; 1844, Henry Nesbitt, S. S. Fellows; 1845, Alfred Fletcher, F. H. Still- well; 1846, Richard Patton, O. H. Fellows; 1847, Joel Clark, S. Hacket; 1848, Joel Clark; 1849, Lewis Edmonds; 1850, Henry Nesbitt; 1851, Z. Fletcher, Henry Smith ; 1852, A. B. Brown, R. C. Hoyt; 1853, Geo. Fanckboner, R. C. Hoyt, D. C. Kinney, S. S. McCreary ; 1854, Theodore Williams, J. S. Stillwell; 1855, Abram Fanckboner; 1856, A. Fanckboner, Geo. D. Boyce; 1857, G. D. Boyce, George Fanckboner, Peter B. Scott; 1858, R. C. Hoyt, G. D. Boyce, Wm. Houghtaling, M. F. Granger; 1859, S. S. McCreary, S. N. Barber, Nelson Still, James Calvert; 1860, J. L. Brown, Z. Fletcher, M. F. Granger, Russell Munger; 1861, Z. Fletcher, F. L. Shutes, Henry Munger, George Guilford ; 1862, M. Smith, J. I. Shaver, V. C. Smith, Z. Fletcher; 1863, Z. Fletcher, Isaac Munger, H. B. Smith, J. I. Shaver; 1864, Z. Fletcher, J. W. Guilford, R. E. Shaver, Return Mack ; 1865, Je- rome Clark, Christian Munger, R. E. Shaver, Z. Fletcher; 1866, R. E. Shaver, C. Howard, G. Bishop; 1867, M. Van Duzer, F. L. Shutes; 1868-69, no record; 1870, E. Clark, F. L. Shutes, J. A. Pomeroy, David Munger; 1871, D. Munger, C. Howard, Thomas Mercer, George Terry ; 1872, G. Munger, George Pitts, N. C. Ta- bour, H. W. Moyer; 1873, Thomas Nesbitt, L. B. Welch, Samuel Wray, Charles H. Kidney; 1874, James Foster, Delamore Dun. can ; 1875, G. Munger, A. M. Smith, J. Clark, H. A. Kinney; 1876, K. Latham, D. C. Kinney, John Edwards, Wm. Conley ;
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