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S. H. Ransom.
S. King.
Augusta Co.
C. King.
C. Whitenack.
- Getman.
E. T. Jones.
Evans, Garvin & Bailey.
Pliny Wicker. W. Glover.
Abial Cook.
S. Howland.
S. Bailey.
J. Wadsworth.
R. Walters.
- Hoard.
D. & P. Clifford.
Coral Bayington.
Branch & Alvord.
G. Scott.
Alvin Burdick.
L. Burdick.
C. V. Morris.
Abner Goodrich.
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David Booth.
T. B. Pierce.
Robt. Waters.
Lyman Waters.
Arial Futter.
James Misner.
Samuel Wilkinson.
Orlando Miller.
Lyman Ford.
Ursilla Barnes.
H. Peck.
J. & H. Pritchard. H. P. Sherman. James Bailey.
T. T. Lake.
Ira McAllister.
E. Eldred.
UTTLE
PLINY HALE.
Photos. by H. A. Brown, Galesburg.
MRS. PLINY HALE.
PLINY HALE,
one of the venerable pioneers of the town of Ross, was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 7, 1817. His father, Capt. Pliny Hale, was also a native of Onondaga County. His parents came from Connecticut, and were among the pioneers of that county. Francis Hale, grandfather of the subject of this narrative, was a Revolutionary sol- dier. He entered the service when sixteen years of age, and participated in many of the battles of that great struggle for liberty. At the close of the war he married Olive Harrison, a relative of President Harrison, and emigrated to Onondaga County. Capt. Hale, his son, served with distinction in the war of 1812. He was an industrious, hard-working man, by occupation a farmer and brickmaker. He manu- factured the brick for the first brick building erected in the city of Syracuse. When our subject was five years of age his father died, leaving his mother with the family and farm to care for. In 1822 she moved to Genesee County, where she married a man named Larkin. At the age of eighteen Pliny went to work at the tinner's trade, but the avocation not proving congenial to his tastes, he abandoned it as a means of obtaining a livelihood, and decided to try his fortunes in the wilds of Michigan. At the age of twenty-one he came to Kalamazoo County, whither his brother Hiram had preceded him. He was pen-
niless, and the competency he is possessed of to-day is the result of his own energy and industry. He first commenced as a day-laborer, and although his earnings were meagre, by dint of economy he man- aged to lay by a portion of them. In 1838 he pur- chased sixty acres of land of his brother, which is a part of his present farm. In 1841 he married Miss Martha Watts, who was born in Cherry Valley, Ot- sego Co., N. Y., June 3, 1822. In 1837 she came with her parents to Michigan. They settled in the north part of the town of Charleston, but subse- . quently removed to Bedford, Calhoun Co., where Mr. and Mrs. Hale were married. Mrs. Hale is a fine type of the pioneer woman. She is possessed of all the qualifications of the thrifty housewife, combined with a genial disposition and an abundance of hospitality. She is a "help-meet" in the truest sense of the word. They have been blessed with four children, viz .: Caroline E., Kneeland P., Luther V., and Theresa G.,-all are dead with the excep- tion of Luther V. Mr. Hale is a self-made man. Starting in life with a strong pair of hands and a robust constitution as his only capital, his way has been beset with many obstacles ; but he has attained success, and is enjoying in his old age a well-won competency, the result of a long life of integrity, industry, and honorable dealing.
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hamlet, died in 1836. The mills which he erected, after successively changing hands, have been remodeled and im- proved, and are now in excellent condition and rank among the leading manufactories of the township. Augustus E. Barnes, the son of Tillotson Barnes, and the oldest living settler, resides in Yorkville, and retains a vivid recollection of pioneer days. Having come when the whole township was a wilderness and the axe of the settler had not been heard in its forests, he has lived to see the wilderness converted into luxuriant fields and comfortable habitations dotting the land which was then uninhabited and untraveled save by the savages.
H. P. Sherman emigrated from Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1834, having arrived at the same time with E. K. How- land. He entered 80 acres on section 32, November,-1835, and returned to the East. In 1836 he became a resident, and immediately gave his attention to the improvement of his land, at first breaking up a few acres with a view to raising wheat for the subsistence of the family. Mr. Sher- man brought with him cattle and a lumber-wagon. He employed a carpenter named Aldrich to erect a frame house for him, into which the family removed on its completion. Mr. Sherman brought apple-seed from the East, which he planted, and as the result the earliest and one of the finest orchards in the township adorns his farm. He still resides upon the land he entered.
Isaac H. Knapp was a former resident of Cayuga Co., N. Y., from which he emigrated in 1836, and entered 200 acres on section 12, and an additional 40 acres on section 13. A neighbor from New York had previously located in Bedford, in the adjoining county, and with him Mr. Knapp remained until a log house had been erected. This house was principally built at night, a brand of fire serving to light him on his journey to his land. A huge bonfire kindled near the spot he was engaged upon served the double purpose of affording him light and keeping the wolves away. They were very close observers of the progress of the work, but always at a safe distance, and his unfailing escort on his return, when the air resounded with their howls. Mr. Knapp, at an advanced age and still vigorous, occupies the house he erected in 1836.
Darius Finch came soon after Mr. Knapp's advent, and settled upon section 14, having probably purchased of Cor- nelius Wendell, who entered the whole section. He subse- quently removed to California.
Lyman Waters arrived in 1836, and, having selected his land, he repaired to Kalamazoo to enter it. Mr. Isaac H. Knapp states that on arrival he found the office closed, the receiver having been summoned to Washington to give ad- ditional bonds. The amount received was far in excess of the sum he had given security for, having in the year 1836 reached over $2,000,000. He selected land on section 21, erected a shanty for temporary occupancy, and later entered the land. Mr. Waters, in plowing his land, turned up human bones. Soon after, his wife, while cultivating her garden, exhumed a valise containing the wearing apparel of a pioneer traveler. From these developments, the con- clusion was formed that an early land-hunter had fallen a victim to the cupidity of a fellow-traveler.
Harvey Hamilton left his former home in Cayuga Co., 62
N. Y., in 1837, and purchased the following year 222 acres on section 1. He built a small shanty on his land in 1839, and made it his residence in September of that year. He then began the improvement of his land, and, having cleared and rendered tillable a considerable portion of it, in 1840 substituted a more convenient log house for the shanty he had occupied. This log house was so spacious that it was frequently used for religious services, Elders Boyle and Worthington being early preachers.
Hiram and Pliny Hale removed from Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1838, having exchanged property there for 100 acres in Ross. On their arrival in the township they found no roads, and were obliged to cut their way through the wilderness. They built a log house and worked the land together for a period of five years, doing much in that time towards its improvement. They afterwards made a division, Hiram taking 40 acres of improved and Pliny 60 of unimproved land, to which the latter added 60 additional acres, on which he now resides. Hiram Hale died in 1865.
Dr. Uriah Upjohn entered land in the township on sec- tion 31 in 1835, and additional land on section 30 in 1836. He became a resident and followed his profession, having an extensive practice. A biographical notice of him will be found elsewhere.
George Torrey removed from Salem, Mass., in 1833, and in 1836 came to Yorkville, where he was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits until 1839, when, Mrs. Torrey having died, he removed soon after to Augusta, where he purchased a mill property, which he managed successfully until 1844. He then removed to Kalamazoo, and became actively en- gaged in newspaper work. A more extended notice of him will be found in the history of the village of Kalamazoo.
It is seldom that one family has so large a representation in one township as the founders of the Day settlement, who numbered five brothers,-Eri H., Philetus, Chauncey, Ath- erton, and Volney,-all of whom established comfortable homes in Ross. Volney and Atherton were the family pioneers, the first having purchased on section 14, where he immediately erected a log house and improved a quantity of land. Atherton located 40 acres on section 13, and Philetus, who had resided formerly in Macomb County, selected 60 acres on section 11, which had been entered by William P. Green. When Mr. Day took possession the land was entirely unimproved, though, as late as 1846, Chauncey purchased 60 acres on section 11, which required much labor to improve. The brothers united their forces and succeeded in breaking up 40 acres the first year, most of which was sown with wheat. The price which they ob- tained for it-40 cents per bushel-was not, however, such as to encourage the labors of the agriculturist. Augusta was then a growing hamlet, and afforded a market for much of the produce of the township. Ague prevailed to a great extent, and the Day family were among its victims. Phi- letus, on returning from Augusta with supplies for a raising to which he had invited his neighbors, was obliged four times to succumb to the disease and lie down at the roadside. The brothers succeeded by hard labor in converting their several purchases into productive farms.
John Van Vleck came from Saratoga, N. Y., and first settled in Calhoun County. In 1840 he removed to York-
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ville, and later to Augusta, where he now resides. At. Yorkville he was for many years a landlord, and at his tavern the early township-meetings were held. Emigration was very active at that period, and it was not unusual for the beds to be filled and the floors covered with travelers. About 1843, Mr. Van Vleck removed to Ross Centre, and erected a tavern and also purchased land. Indians were numerous at that time, and on very amicable terms with the Van Vleck family. They were treated with uniform kindness, and frequently assisted Mrs. Van Vleck in the household work. They formed a camp during the sum- mer on the shore of the creek near by.
John and James Lepper are now the occupants of land early purchased by their father on section 3. Mr. Lepper erected a saw-mill on his purchase, which was actively employed for many years. A colony of colored residents early settled the northern portion of the township, and dis- played much energy in the cultivation of their land.
William Harkness purchased in 1841 the farm now oc- cupied by Allen Mowry, on section 15. On the same sec- tion located Andrew Irvin, whose four sons accompanied him, but one of whom survives.
John L. Cock removed from Cayuga Co., N. Y., to Michi- gan in 1836, and in 1846 made the township of Ross his home. He located upon section 5, where he cleared and made pro- ductive 120 acres. He continued to reside upon this farm until 1868, when he became a resident of Augusta, where he has since been actively engaged in public enterprises. On the incorporation of the village he was chosen its first president, and filled the office for seven consecutive years. He also held important township offices, in which he dis- played fidelity and ability.
Jonas Young removed from Calhoun County in 1855, and purchased 160 acres of Champlin Harris. This land had been partially improved and a log house built upon it. Mr. Young passed through the usual experience of the pio- neer. The township was well settled when he arrived, and neighbors were more numerous than during the advent of the early pioneers.
Among other residents who arrived early and were active in upturning the soil of the township were Asa Thorndyck, who entered 221 acres on section 1 in 1836; George Thomas, who located 454 acres on section 6 in 1836, and later removed to Barry County, where he now resides; L. R. Haughey, who purchased 160 acres on sections 2 and 11 in 1850; John Strang, Nelson Kirby, John A. Sim- mons, John Miller, and Michael Rice.
EARLY ROADS.
The earliest highway recalled by the oldest living inhab- itant followed the Indian trail, running nearly parallel with the centre line of the township east and west. On section 20 it deviated from its course to the south, then, running northwest, terminated at Yorkville. It was early known as the Battle Creek road.
The next road is very imperfectly described in the rec- ords. It appears to be the continuation of a road running through the township of Richland, beginning at the town- ship line and running south and southeast to Gull Creek. It was surveyedeby Isaac Barnes, March 16, 1835.
Another early road, surveyed April 1, 1835, by Isaac Barnes, began at the village of Augusta, and, following a north and northwesterly course, terminated on the Territo- rial road, near the west shore of Gull Lake Bay.
Other roads followed as rapidly as necessity demanded, most of the surveys having been made by Isaac Barnes, Rufus S. Clapp, and M. W. Cathren.
SCHOOLS.
The year 1835 witnessed the building of the first school- house in the township. As Yorkville was the earliest set- tled portion of Ross, it was natural that within its precincts should be manifested an early interest in education. The building was erected by the district, and among those who were actively interested in the matter were Messrs. Lake, Barnes, and Griffin, of Yorkville. In 1865 the building was removed from its original site and remodeled. It is still doing duty as a school-house, and has enjoyed the repu- tation of sheltering one of the largest and best-disciplined schools in the township. Charles Doolittle is the present teacher. A school-house was erected in the Hamilton set- tlement in 1839, and presided over by Miss Jane Hopkins as its first preceptor.
The following year a school building was erected at How- landsburg, and Miss A. M. Howland was installed as the earliest instructor.
After this date school-houses followed each other in quick succession, most of them very substantial frame structures, until the whole township is amply supplied with good build- ings.
The number of children attending school in the township during the year 1879 was 417 ; the number of male teachers employed, 8; the number of female teachers employed, 9; amount paid in salaries, $2338.87; value of school property, $4100; amount of primary-school fund, $255.84 ; total resources, $3756.54. The township is divided into three whole and five fractional disticts ; the directors are A. R. Day, Mark C. Alger, John Kershaw, D. D. Henion, Alfred Carr, Thomas Anderton, F. B. Hall, C. W. Cad- walader.
ORGANIZATION.
At a township-meeting held at the house of T. B. Peirce, on Monday, April 1, 1839, pursuant to an act of the Legis- lature to organize the township of Ross, known and desig- nated in the United States survey as township 1 south, range 9 west, embracing the full limits of said township, the same being detached from the township of Richland, Kalamazoo Co., the following persons, on motion, were chosen inspectors of election, and were duly qualified, viz. : John D. Batchelder, George Thomas, Salmon King, and John C. Stonehouse; and by said board Charles Henry was appointed clerk of the poll-list, and William Up- john clerk of the meeting, pro tem., Salmon King chair- man. The voters proceeded to ballot for township officers, with the following result: Supervisor, J. D. Batchelder ; Township Clerk, H. Blashfield ; Treasurer, H. M. Peck ; Assessors, Casey McCay, George Thomas, Thompson T. Lake ; Collector, T. B. Pierce ; School Inspectors, Lyman Ford, William Upjohn, Alexander Lake; Directors of the Poor, Salmon King, J. D. Batchelder; Highway Commis-
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sioners, Samuel Wilkinson, J. C. Stonehouse, Andrew Ir- ving; Justices of the Peace, Salmon King, William Up- john, J. D. Batchelder, David Booth ; Constables, Horace Cross, T. B. Peirce, William Butterfield, George Wilson. The following are the remaining township officers to the present time :
SUPERVISORS.
1840, J. D. Batchelder ; 1841, George Thomas; 1842-44, E. M. Dibble; 1845-48, George Thomas; 1849-52, O. N. Giddings ; 1853-54, Reuben S. Hawley ; 1855, Seth Pratt; 1856, John Woodward; 1857, Seth Pratt; 1858-61, Simpson Howland; 1862, John L. Cock ; 1863, Levi A. Beadle; 1864, John L. Cock ; 1865, Abram Hoag ; 1866, John L. Cock ; 1867, Stephen V. R. Earl; 1868, S. V. R. Earl; 1869-71, S. V. R. Earl ; 1872, John L. Cock ; 1873-77, S. V. R. Earl; 1878-79, John Shean.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1840, Harry A. King ; 1841, Hiram Blashfield ; 1842, P. S. King ; 1843, Casey Mckay ; 1844, Willard Caryl; 1845, Casey Mckay ; 1846, William Logan; 1847, R. S. Hawley ; 1848-52, A. T. Miner; 1853, Randal Crosby ; 1854, J. Carlton ; 1855-57, Richard Chad- wick ; 1858-60, Chas. W. Cock; 1861, Edw. B. Cock ; 1862-63, James W. Lane; 1864, Charles W. Cock; 1865-66, Robert J. Williamson ; 1867, Watts Andrews ; 1868, George Weeks; 1869 -70, James Ives; 1871, Alanson Webster; 1872-79, C. M. Bradish.
TREASURERS.
1840, Horace M. Peck ; 1841, Willard Caryl; 1842-43, Alonzo W. Miller; 1844, Harry A. King; 1845, A. W. Miller; 1846-47, Albert Eldred; 1848-49, Randall Crosby ; 1850-52, Mercien O. Safford; 1853, Henry L. Mills; 1854-59, Lewis Crane; 1860, John L. Finley ; 1861, Benjamin B. Fox ; 1862, Lewis Crane; 1863, Simpson Howland; 1864-65, Harlow Bacon; 1866-67, James W. Lane ; 1868-76, Jacob V. W. Young; 1877-79, George Rorabeck.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1842, James HI. Hale, Salmon King; 1843, Seaman Bristol; 1844, Casey Mckay; 1845, Willard Caryl; 1846, Mercien 0. Safford ; 1847, Seaman Bristol; 1848, William M. Magden ; 1849, James Carlton ; 1850, Russel A. Kenyon, Samuel G. Wallace; 1851, S. G. Wallace; 1852, Simpson Howland; 1853, Wm. M. Magden; 1854, J. Carlton ; 1855, Willard Caryl, Nathan C. Firman ; 1856, Simpson Howland; 1857, John Woodward; 1858, Daniel S. Woodward; 1859, A. C. Brewer, Volney Day; 1860, Abram Hoag ; 1861, Oliver R. Smith; 1862, Abram Hoag; 1863, Wm. Baker; 1864, Simpson Howland; 1865, A. S. Sprague; 1866, A. E. Barnes; 1867, Herman H. Peet; 1868, Simpson Howland; 1869, James Ives; 1870, Wm. W. Hampton, Alanson Webster; 1871, Herman H. Peet; 1872, Simpson Howland; 1873, Alanson Webster; 1874, W. W. Hampton ; 1875-76, Marvin Mead ; 1877, Wm. W. Hampton; 1878, Wm. W. Hampton, Lowell Hulett; 1879, H. M. Hamilton, A. A. Russell.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1840, Lyman Ford, George Torrey ; 1841, De Witt C. King, George Torrey ; 1842, Salmon King, L. W. Howland, Seaman Bristol; 1843, Salmon King, L. W. Howland; 1844, L. W. Howland; 1845, Henry White, Jr., Salmon King ; 1846, John D. Batchel- der ; 1847, Willard Caryl; 1848, John D. Batchelder; 1849, Reu- ben S. Hawley ; 1850, Chauncey P. King; 1851, Seth Pratt; 1852, Justus HI. Parks; 1853-54, B. B. Tucker; 1855, Daniel Wood- ward; 1856, William Campbell; 1857, Justus H. Parks ; 1858, Joseph G. Beadle; 1859, Justus H. Parks; 1860, Joseph G. Beadle; 1861, John E. Kenyon; 1862, Joseph G. Beadle; 1863, Justus H. Parks ; 1864, William S. Beadle; 1865, H. A. John- son ; 1866, Charles Andrews; 1867, Almon M. Pierce; 1868, Charles Andrews ; 1869, A. M. Pierce; 1870, Wm. W. Hampton; 1871, Harvey Hamilton; 1872, Wm. W. Hamilton ; 1873, Harvey Hamilton; 1874-76, Wm. W. Hampton; 1877, Charles Palmiter; 1878-79, Wm. W. Hampton.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
1840, David Booth, Charles M. Rush, Philander King, Moses Mc- Clellen; 1841, John W. Le Barr, Philander S. King, Thomas T.
Stanclift; 1842, Eller Mott, Orlando Miller, Samuel Wilkinson; 1843, Horace Shepard, Gardner Hunt, John Pritchard; 1844, John Pritchard, Horace Shepard, Gardner Hunt; 1845, A. W. Miller, M. O. Safford, Joseph Bodfish ; 1846, Joseph Bodfish, Reuben S. Jones, Wm. Harkness ; 1847, Richard Witherell, John Van Vleck, William B. Palmer; 1848, D. A. Richards, A. E. Barnes ; 1849, Ashbel Kellogg, Samuel G. Wallace ; 1850, John L. Cock, Harvey Frary, Russel Day ; 1851, Frederick Aldrich ; 1852, Harry A. King ; 1853, John Forshey ; 1854, A. Morey ; 1855, John L. Finley ; 1856, D. A. Richards; 1857, L. A. Beadle ; 1858, Russel A. Kenyon ; 1859, Wm. Baker; 1860, Levi A. Beadle; 1861, Alvin B. Barnes ; 1862, Samuel Carson ; 1863, John For- shey ; 1864, Henry A. Hall; 1865, Lewis Crane; 1866, George W. Smith; 1867, Thomas Anderton ; 1868, George M. Everts; 1869, Pliny Hale; 1870, Thomas Anderton, Wm. Baker (to fill vacancy) ; 1871, Chauncey Mckay ; 1872, Wm. Baker; 1873, Thomas Anderton ; 1874, Chauncey Mckay; 1875, Chester In- galsbe; 1876-77, Henry Istead; 1878, Richard D. Gregory ; 1879, L. Arthur Beadle.
ASSESSORS.
1840, James Harris, Thompson T. Lake, Casey Mckay; 1841, James H. Hale, Thompson T. Lake, Casey Mckay ; 1842, Thompson T. Lake, Casey Mckay; 1843, none recorded ; 1844, Gardner Hunt, Horace Shepard ; 1845, A. W. Miller, Seaman Bristol; 1846, Henry P. Sherman, Salmon King; 1847, John Pritchard, Ran- dall Crosby; 1848, Simpson Howland, Augustus E. Barnes ; 1849, Seaman Bristol, George Thomas; 1850, Thompson T. Lake, Simpson Howland.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.
1840-41, Salmon King ; 1842, Henry P. Sherman, Salmon King ; 1843, Horace M. Peck, Salmon King ; 1844, Willard Caryl, Irwin W. Hewitt; 1845, John Moore, Andrew Irwin; 1846-47, Irwin W. Hewitt, Andrew Irwin; 1848, not recorded; 1849, Salınon King, George Thomas ; 1850-51, John D. Batchelder, A. S. Sprague; 1852-55, Randall Crosby, A. S. Sprague ; 1856, Frederick Aldrich, A. S. Sprague ; 1857, M. D. Miller, C. HI. Chadwick ; 1858, Harry A. King, Lewis Crane.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
1875-77, II. H. Van Anken ; 1878-79, Franklin B. Hall.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1872, S. V. R. Earle; 1874, Simpson Howland ; 1876-79, William Baker.
CONSTABLES.
1840, Horace Cross, E. M. Dibble ; 1841, Philander Shepard, E. M. Dibble ; 1842, E. M. Dibble, Orlando Miller, Franklin Nichols ; 1843, E. M. Dibble, Fowler O. Sullivan ; 1844, Jesse Knapp, De Witt C. King, O. H. Irvin, Robert G. Ward; 1845, D. C. King, H. Shepard, Henry Edgecomb, O. H. Irvin ; 1846, De Witt C. King, Oliver H. Irvin, Edward H. Bailey, Cyrus Taylor ; 1847, Oliver H. Irwin, John Hulce, Albert Eldred, Edward H. Bailey ; 1848, John Hulce, F. O. Sullivan, Alexander Colyer, D. C. King; 1849, F. O. Sullivan, John Hulce, E. H. Bailey, George W. How- land ; 1850, John Letts, B. B. Fox, A. B. Tyler, John Hulce ; 1851, Harvey Frary, B. B. Fox, A. B. Tyler, E. H. Bailey ; 1852, G. W. Howland, H. A. King, O. W. Freeman, A. B. Tyler ; 1853, H. A. King, M. E. Chandler, John Van Vleck, Leander Chase ; 1854, A. O. Hunt, M. E. Chandler, W. I. Percival, J. W. Smith; 1855, M. E. Chandler, A. O. Hunt, Daniel Amisden, A. B. Tyler ; 1856, M. E. Chandler, Henry Davis, I. C. Hendy, A. O. Hunt ; 1857, A. O. Hunt, Miles Woodman, T. W. Kenyon, Hugh Mc- Nulty ; 1858, H. V. Hobart, G. W. Brown, John Hulce, Miles Woodman ; 1859, George Van Denburgh, G. W. Brown, H. V. Hobart, Wm. H. Convis; 1860, George Van Denburgh, H. V. Hobart, G. W. Brown, A. R. Day ; 1861, Lewis Crane, Philander Delano, Alonzo C. Ide, Charles V. Burdick ; 1862, Lewis Crane, Philander Delano, John Nellis, Wm. H. Convis ; 1863, G. W. Brown, Philander Delano, C. V. Burdick, William Pratt ; 1864, John Brown, George W. Brown, C. V. Burdick, George N. Scud- der ; 1865, M. Page, E. Chapman, H. M. Mygatt ; 1866, Volney Day, G. W. Brown, William Pratt, Philander Delano; 1867, P. H. Delano, John L. McCord, Philetus Day, C. P. Burghdurff; 1868, Charles Sherman, C. P. Burghdurff, A. R. Day, Philander Delano ; 1869, Charles Sherman, Austin H. Peet, Alonzo C. Ide,
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J. B. Hampton ; 1870, Joseph Knight, C. M. Morey, O. P. Mc- Allister, Isaac Tolles ; 1871, W. P. Stringham, A. C. Ide, C. M. Morey ; 1872, C. M. Morey, A. C. Ide, Joseph Philo, Edward Coddington ; 1873, Alfred Carr, Edward Coddington, Marcus Page, Wesley Merriman ; 1874, Harry Walldorff, Alfred Carr, G. W. Brown ; 1875, O. P. Tolles, G. W. Brown, Alfred Carr; 1876, Lewis D. Batt, Fayette Baker; 1877, L. D. Batt, Samuel Lake, G. W. Brown ; 1878, Henry Johnson, Alfred Carr, Andrew Spears, Wm. H. Converse; 1879, G. W. Brown, Harry Walldorff.
THE VILLAGE OF AUGUSTA.
The village of Augusta, located in the southern portion of the township, on the line of the Michigan Central Rail- road, was first projected in 1836. It embraces portions of sections 33 and 34, of Ross, and about 24 acres of section 3 of the township of Charleston. The land embraced within the present corporation limits was entered as follows :
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