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It has stimulated inquiry, made large numbers of farmers more familiar with the cost of all classes of articles used by them and their families, and enabled them to co-operate and thereby realize more in quality or quantity when making purchases. It has built or rented Grange Halls, where farmers and their families congregate regularly for social enjoyment and educational improvement, and by the practical lessons taught in the mere work of carrying on the organization has made many a man a fair parliament- arian, while it has broadened and increased the common intelligence of all who have participated in the work of the order.
It has, in short, to some extent, carried out the prime objects had in view by the founders of the order, " by de- veloping a better and higher manhood and womanhood among farmers, and enhancing the attractions and comforts of their homes. It has fostered mutual understanding and co-operation, and labored to hasten the good time coming. It has discountenanced the credit system, the mortgage system, and every other system tending to prodigality and bankruptcy."
It has established and sustained a journal devoted to the work of the order, which has a circulation of nearly forty- five hundred copies, and a subscription-list which from the first has constantly increased.
The first number of the Grange Visitor was issued in April, 1875, by direction of the executive committee of the State Grange, and its management committed to the Master and secretary.
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It was first issued monthly, but before the third volume was completed it was enlarged and issued semi-monthly, and its entire management committed to J. T. Cobb, Sec- retary, from whose office it has been regularly issued since it was first established. It has, in fact, become an important part of the machinery of the order in this State, and seems to be doing its full share of the work which the grange or- ganization has undertaken.
At the December session of the State Grange, in 1879, it was ordered that the Grange Visitor be enlarged, which was immediately carried out, and the paper made fifty per cent. larger than before, and greatly improved in many respects.
Although the order in the State is strong and in good condition, yet, like all voluntary associations, individual members sometimes weaken, and individual organizations lose vigor for a time, and then revive under some renewing influence; or, perchance, lose first their vigor, then their vitality, and, lastly, even life itself. So it has been with some of the granges in Kalamazoo County : Nos. 3, 4, 5, 19, and 20 have failed to keep alive their several organiza- tions.
All the others are in good standing, and were officered with Master and Secretary, in 1879, as follows : No. 8, School- craft, O. H. Fellows, Master, and Anne Fellows, Secretary ; No. 11, Eureka, Isaac Birdsell, Master, and L. A. Sterne, Secretary ; No. 16, Portage, Harvey Booth, Master, and Frederick Cox, Secretary; No. 18, Galesburg, H. Dale Adams, Master, and Z. C. Durkee, Secretary; No. 21, Arcadia, R. F. James, Master, and B. M. Thomas, Secre- tary ; No. 24, Ross, H. F. Johnson, Master, and C. L. Young, Secretary ; No. 49, Montern,* Adam Haas, Master, and Adelbert Forbush, Secretary ; No. 61, Brady, Albert Judson, Master, and Charles Clowes, Secretary ; No. 72, Climax, F. Hodgman, Master, and Nancy McAllister, Sec- retary ; No. 171, Texas, L. P. Stafford, Master, and L. B. Kinney, Secretary; No. 203, Charleston, William Allison, Master, and Daniel Lawler, Secretary.
KALAMAZOO COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
A County Bible Society seems to have been in existence as early as 1831, for the records go back to January 9th of that year, when Edwin Kellogg was treasurer. f
The transactions were necessarily small, for there were very few inhabitants then within the limits of the county.
On the 8th of July, 1831, there is an account of seventy- eight " Nonpareil Duodecimo" volumes received from the American Bible Society, valued at thirty-nine dollars, or fifty cents apiece.
On the 16th of September, 1832, the Kalamazoo Bible
Society purchased one hundred Bibles of various sizes, the total, with package, amounting to forty-four dollars and fifty cents.
Among the early names of patrons we find the following in 1832: Alonzo Vanduzer, Joseph Bair, Christopher Bair, John B. Youmans, Mrs. Bucklin, Joseph Downs, James Dycus, William Robinson, Alexander Leslie, James Arm- strong, Joseph Fraikes, Erastus Tisdall.
In 1836, S. Woodbury, William Jones, M. Heydenburk, Simeon Mills, L. H. Trask, T. W. Merrill, Isaac Briggs, James Porter, John Burns, Jeremiah Hall, Mrs. Woodbury, Mrs. Gilbert, Miss Case, Miss Warner, Mrs. Trask, Mrs. Heydenburk, J. Winslow, William Taylor, E. Ransom.
In 1836, Dr. John Winslow was treasurer of the Society, and in 1837, Rev. Luke Lyons; in 1841, David Swayze ; and in 1845, T. P. Shelden. From Feb. 24, 1845, to Jan. 24, 1846, Mr. Sheldon's account with the society foots up two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents. Among the additional names on his list are N. A. Balch, A. T. Prouty, Wheaton, Grimes & Gibbs, A. H. Edwards, Stephen Vickery, T. W. Dunham, - Dunning, and others.
In 1846 the name of D. A. McNair appears as treasurer, and continues until Oct. 17, 1853. During his term of office the transactions largely increased, the total for the whole time, July 22, 1846, to Oct. 17, 1853, amounting, as shown by the books, to about $2000.
The transactions of the society since 1855, as shown by the treasurer's books, have been approximately as follows : 1855, $216.31; 1856-57, $251.36; 1857-59, $280.66; 1860, $600 ; 1861, $380; 1862, $300; 1863, $357.46; 1864, $566.03; 1865, $570; 1866, $962.40; 1867, $678.03; 1868, $602.84; 1869, $700; 1870, $256.46; 1871, $195.62; 1872, $298.73; 1873, $250.71; 1874, $287.70 ; 1875, $536.33 ; 1876, $323.77; 1877, $216.84 ; 1878, $204.60; 1879, $238.17. The total from 1831 to 1880 approximates $12,000.
The old society was reorganized in 1841, with Hon. L. F. Stevens, President, and Rev. - Richards, Secretary.
Again, in 1850, it was reorganized and placed upon a more permanent foundation. The county was canvassed at irregular intervals from 1831 to about 1860, when an attempt was made to have a thorough canvass once every year, and this was carried out for a few years. Recent canvasses have been about as follows : 1865-66, by Mr. Ellers ; 1867, by Mr. George; 1869-70, by Deacon W. Mills; 1875, by Rev. Philetus Montague.
Officers .- The officers of the society, since its organiza- tion in 1850, have been as follows:
Presidents .- Beginning with 1849, Rev. Wm. C. Den- man ; 1850, Rev. A. S. Kedzie; 1851, Rev. C. A. Bruce; 1852, N. A. Balch ; 1854, L. H. Trask ; 1856, N. A. Balch; 1857, Judge Webster; 1859, J. A. Allen, M.D .; 1860, Wm. Burtt; 1861-62, L. H. Trask ; 1863, E. R. Miller; 1864, H. Montague; 1865, President Gregory ;} 1866-69, L. H. Trask; 1870-74, H. Montague ; 1875- 80, L. H. Trask.
Vice-Presidents .- 1850, David Swayze; 1851, Samuel
* Montour ?
t The published reports of the American Bible Society for 1831 show that in the fall of 1830, Rev. George B. Davis was sent to the Territory of Michigan, and that during the following severe winter he visited every county in the Territory, and formed auxiliary socie- ties in most of them, and the report of 1831 mentions one in Kala- mazoo County, Thomas W. Merrill, of Prairie Ronde, being its sec- retary. For some years the supplies were procured through the agency at Detroit. In 1837 the American Bible Society reports three hundred Bibles and Testaments supplied gratuitously from its estab- lishment.
President of the Illinois Industrial University.
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Goodale ; 1852, M. Heydenburk ; 1854, A. Ransom ; 1856, D. B. Webster ; 1857, G. W. Ryder; 1859, H. Montague ; 1860, T. R. Sherwood; 1861-62, H. Montague; 1863, Wm. Brooks; 1864, Moses Colton ; 1865, Willard Mills ; 1866, E. R. Miller ; 1867, Philip D. Miller; 1868-69, C. W. Hall; 1870-73, C. R. Brown; 1874, L. H. Trask ; 1875-80, H. Montague.
Secretaries .- 1850, N. A. Balch; 1851-52, L. H. Trask ; 1854, S. W. Walker ; 1856, J. O. Seely ; 1857-67, G. H. Lyman ; 1868-80, M. B. Miller.
Treasurers .- Commencing with 1831, Edwin Kellogg; 1836, Dr. John Winslow; 1837, Rev. Luke Lyons; 1841- 44, David Swayze; 1845, T. P. Sheldon ; 1846-55, D. A. McNair; 1855-56, A. P. White; 1857, D. A. McNair; 1857-62, J. O. Seely ; 1863-80, D. O. Roberts.
Depositary .- 1856, G. W. Ryder; 1857-80, D. O. Roberts.
KALAMAZOO COUNTY SABBATH-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
This society, composed of members of the various evan- gelical denominations, was organized at Kalamazoo, May 7, 1856. The officers are a president, a vice-president for each township in the county, a secretary, treasurer, and an executive committee. The officers and pastors of the va- rious churches in Kalamazoo, being ex-officio members of the committee, co-operate in the work of the association.
Its meetings are held annually, usually at Kalamazoo, on the third Wednesday of October, for the election of officers and the transaction of such business as may come before them. At the meetings, reports are made by the vice- president, and other Sabbath-school workers, of the work done and the condition and progress of the schools through- out the county, and statistical matters from any school in the county are expected to be furnished. The executive committee, soon after each annual meeting, divide the va- rious townships among them to be looked after, each be- coming responsible for his share of the work, and co-opera- ting with the vice-presidents. Previous to 1872 these officers worked in direct connection with the schools of the county. In the last-named year, believing that the Sab- bath-school cause would be greatly promoted by having an organization in each township, the president and secretary commenced the work of forming them, and completed it in 1874, each township having been supplied with an organi- zation similar to the county association, so far as applicable to townships. Since this arrangement was consummated the township associations have become responsible for the work in their respective jurisdictions. The officers of the county association co-operate with these as far as practi- cable, the president and secretary exercising a general su- pervision of the work.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
Presidents .- 1856, N. A. Balch ; 1857, Rev. S. Has- kell; 1858, Henry Montague; 1859, Rev. J. A. B. Stone; 1860, Dr. Foster Pratt; 1861, Rev. E. Taylor; 1862, L. H. Trask ; 1863, E. R. Miller; 1864, Professor D. Putnam and S. W. Walker ; 1865, H. Montague; 1866, L. H. Trask ; 1867, C. D. Hanscomb ; 1868, C. H. Booth ; 1869, H. C. Briggs ; 1870, D. O. Roberts; 1871, M. B. Miller ; 1872-73, Merritt Moore; 1874-75, Hon. G. M.
Buck ; 1876, L. H. Trask ; 1877-78, J. A. Seely; 1879 -80, H. C. Briggs.
Secretaries .- 1856-62, Edward Olney ; 1863-65, P. L. Haines ; 1866-67, D. O. Roberts ; 1868, C. S. Montague; 1869, J. H. White; 1870, Merritt Moore; 1871, G. H. Lyman ; 1872-73, M. B. Miller ; 1874, Francis Coleman ; 1875-76, Professor H. A. Ford; 1877-79, M. B. Miller.
Treasurers .- 1856-62, S. W. Walker; 1863, Henry Wood ; 1864-68, F. W. Wilcox ; 1869-71, E. J. Phelps ; 1872-80, D. O. Roberts.
INSURANCE.
The first association for insurance purposes within the county was that of the Kalamazoo Mutual Insurance Com- pany, incorporated by the Territorial Legislature on the 7th of March, 1834. The original incorporators were James Smith, Jr., Cyren Burdick, Thaddeus Smith, Jr., E. L. Brown, William Duncan, Lyman I. Daniels, James A. Smith, Albert E. Bull,* Johnson Patrick, Titus Bronson, and associates. It was chartered for twenty years. This company advertised extensively in the Gazette, and had offices, among other places, at Detroit, Monroe, Pontiac, Lapeer, Ann Arbor, Jacksonburg (Jackson), Marshall, White Pigeon, Schoolcraft, Comstock, Romeo, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo.
Cyren Burdick was secretary for a number of years, and Zephaniah Platt succeeded him July 5, 1837, and con- tinued until 1840, when A. T. Prouty succeeded him, and continued till the company withdrew from business. In 1841 the company was reorganized under an amended charter, and at the annual meeting held at Kalamazoo, on the 5th of May in that year, the following gentlemen were chosen directors for one, two, and three years : For three years, E. Lakin Brown, William H. Welsh, Thomas J. Hulbert, Jona. G. Abbott, of Kalamazoo; Henry Smith, of Monroe; Stillman Blanchard, of Tecumseh ; Warren Hill, of Detroit.
For two years : Abram Edwards, Hosea B. Huston, Frederick W. Curtenius, Isaac Moffatt, Jr., of Kalamazoo; Jacob Beeson, of Niles ; Melancthon Judson, of White Pigeon ; George Sedgwick, of Ann Arbor.
For one year : Luther H. Trask, Amariah T. Prouty, Roswell Ransom, Hezekiah G. Wells, of Kalamazoo; Sid- ney S. Alcott, of Marshall; Francis Darrow, of Pontiac ; Merrick C. Hough, of Jackson.
Officers : Abram Edwards, President; Luther H. Trask, Vice-President; Amariah T. Prouty, Secretary ; Jonathan G. Abbott, Treasurer ; William H. Welsh, Attorney and Counselor.
Its sphere of operations was considerably enlarged at this time, and its business seems to have been in all parts of the State.
On the 25th of May, following the last-named election, Amos Brownson, former treasurer, published a lengthy communication in the Kalamazoo Gazette, denouncing the whole proceedings as a fraud, and the article was copied in the papers of the State.
H. B. Huston, one of the directors, replied to this in the next issue of the Gazette, denying Mr. Brownson's
* This name may be Buell.
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statements, and Mr. Brownson appears soon after with a rejoinder, and Col. Huston closed the controversy on the 25th of June following.
A very full report was made by the secretary on the 4th of January, 1843, by which it appeared that during the eight years in which it had been doing business its stock- holders had been assessed thirty-five per cent., and this was increased in the same year by seven per cent. additional, making forty-two per cent. The total number of policies issued to Jan. 4, 1843, was 1665. That amount covered $2,120,394. Total losses paid in 1842, $11,349.31. Busi- ness transacted in thirty counties of the State.
The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company of Kalama- zoo County was organized Feb. 17, 1863, by the following corporators : John Milham, Isaac Cox, Samuel Crooks, Joseph Beckley, Ezra Carpenter, Albert Latta, William Trumble, and Moses Kingsley. The first election for offi- cers was held at the court-house in Kalamazoo, on the 4th day of July, 1863, at which time the following gentlemen were elected : John Milham, President; Augustus H. Hill, Vice-President ; Moses Kingsley, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors : John Milham, Moses Kingsley, Isaac Cox.
Mr. Milham served as president until 1879, when he re- signed on account of ill health. Mr. Kingsley has held the offices of secretary and treasurer since its organization. The present officers are William H. Cobb, President; Eli R. Miller, Vice-President; Moses Kingsley, Secretary and Treasurer ; William H. Cobb, Moses Kingsley, Orrin Snow, Willis Judson, and Bernard Vosburg, Directors.
Capital, Jan. 1, 1880, $4,593,745 ; number of members, 1666; losses paid in seventeen years, $50,565.84. Average cost per annum of insurance, one-eighth of one per cent.
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The Citizens' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Kala- mazoo County was organized Feb. 3, 1874, by the follow- ing corporators : F. W. Curtenius, R. S. Babcock, B. M. Austin, H. O. Hitchcock, T. S. Cobb, E. O. Humphrey, Henry Bishop, J. B. Wyckoff, H. G. Wells, Moses Kings- ley, L. C. Chapin, and Martin Willson. The first election for directors was held at the court-house in Kalamazoo, April 20, 1874, which resulted in the choice of the follow- ing gentlemen : F. W. Curtenius, H. O. Hitchcock, E. O. Humphrey, L. C. Chapin, T. S. Cobb, R. S. Babcock, Moses Kingsley.
At the organization of the board, R. S. Babcock was elected President, and Moses Kingsley, Secretary and Treasurer. The following were elected directors Jan. 14, 1880 : H. G. Wells, Moses Kingsley, F. W. Curtenius, R. S. Babcock, George E. Curtis, E. O. Humphrey, H. W. Page; H. G. Wells, President; Moses Kingsley, Secre- tary and Treasurer ; D. T. Allen, Special Agent and Can- vasser.
Capital, Jan. 1, 1880, $725,425 ; number of members, 529 ; amount of losses paid in six years, $5786.22.
PIONEER SOCIETY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY.
The Pioneer Society of Kalamazoo County was organ- ized on the 30th day of May, 1871, at a meeting held at Corporation Hall, in Kalamazoo, pursuant to a previous published notice. The meeting was called to order by Wm. G. Dewing, who stated briefly the objects of the meet-
ing, and on his motion Nathaniel A. Balch was called to the chair, and Amos D. Allen appointed secretary.
Remarks were made by several persons, and the follow- ing persons were appointed a committee to submit a plan of organization : Wm. G. Dewing, Alexander Cameron, Frederick W. Curtenius, Henry Gilbert, and George W. Winslow."
On the same evening the committee submitted the fol- lowing articles of association, and the same were adopted, viz. :
" We, the subscribers, desiring to promote a more cordial and fra- ternal regard amongst our rapidly-decreasing number, and for the purpose of preserving the annals of the settlement of Kalamazoo County, and other objects, do hereby pledge our best endeavors for the furtherance of the above objects, and subscribe our names to the follow- ing constitution :
" ARTICLE 1. The society shall be known as the Pioneer Society of Kalamazoo.
" ARTICLE 2. The officers shall consist of a president, two vice-pres- idents, secretary, treasurer, executive committee of five members, and a historical committee of three, who shall perform the duties usually pertaining to such offices.
" ARTICLE 3. The above-named officers shall be elected by ballot, after the first election, at the annual meeting to be held each and every year, on the first Monday in June, and due notice of such meet- ing shall be published by the secretary.
" ARTICLE 4. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a faithful record of the proceedings of this society, and as far as practicable to arrest from oblivion such other facts and reminiscences of the early settlement of the county as he may collect.
"ARTICLE 5. Any adult resident of Kalamazoo County previous to the 1st of July, 1840, and now residing in township of Kalamazoo, may become a member.
" ARTICLE 6. This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of all the members present."
The following persons were appointed a committee to recommend the names of officers, such committee to report at an adjourned meeting to be held on the 5th of June, viz. : Alexander Cameron, Theodore P. Sheldon, and Henry Little. And on the 5th of June, 1871, Mr. Cam- eron, from said committee, made report, and the following persons were elected to the several offices named, viz. :
Nathaniel A. Balch, President; Caleb Sweetland, Israel Kellogg, Vice-Presidents ; Amos D. Allen, Secretary ; Theo- dore P. Sheldon, Treasurer : Wm. G. Dewing, George W. Winslow, Samuel H. Ransom, Frederick W. Curtenius, Bradley S. Williams, Executive Committee; Hezekiah G. Wells, Volney Hascall, Marsh Giddings, Historical Com- mittee.
The executive committee were instructed to consider and perfect a plan for a celebration of the 4th of July. And said committee, after considering the subject, concluded to have the first meeting of the association a basket picnic, and on the 29th day of July, 1871, the first meeting of the association was held in the National Horse Association Park in Kalamazoo. There was a large number of pioneers present, and they had a very enjoyable time.
The officers of the association elected in 1871 held over through 1872, and the next gathering of the association was held on the 1st day of September, 1872, at the same place as the former one.
On the 2d of June, 1873, the following persons were elected officers of the association, who were continued in office until July 17, 1875, to wit: Alexander Cameron,
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President; Israel Kellogg, Caleb Sweetland, Vice-Presi- dents; George Torry, Secretary ; Henry Bishop, Treasurer ; Amos D. Allen, George W. Winslow, Samuel H. Ransom, Frederick W. Curtenius, Bradley S. Williams, Executive Committee ; Henry Little, H. G. Wells, Volney Hascall, Historical Committee.
The by-laws of the association were amended so that article five reads as follows :
" ARTICLE 5. Any adult resident of Kalamazoo County previous to the 1st of July, 1843, and now residing in the county of Kalamazoo, may become a member."
The third annual meeting was a basket picnic, held at Schoolcraft on the 21st day of August, 1873.
The fourth annual meeting was held at Galesburg, on the 1st day of September, 1874.
On the 17th of July, 1875, the following persons were elected officers of the association, to wit: Hezekiah G. Wells, President ; Henry Bishop, Vice-President ; Frank Little, Secretary ; Henry Bishop, Treasurer ; William G. Dewing, Eli R. Miller, Wm. Bair, Henry Gilbert, A. D. P. Van Buren, Executive Committee; E. Lakin Brown, Henry Little, A. D. P. Van Buren, Historical Committee.
The fifth annual meeting of the association was held at Vicksburg, on the 12th day of August, 1875.
On the 12th day of January, 1876, the following per- sons were elected officers of the association, to wit : Heze- kiah G. Wells, President ; Henry Bishop, Vice-President ; Amos D. Allen, Secretary ; Henry Bishop, Treasurer ; Al- exander Cameron, David Fisher, William Bair, Eli R. Miller, William G. Dewing, Executive Committee; His- torical Committee, same as in 1875.
The sixth annual meeting was a basket picnic, held in the public park on the 31st day of August, 1876.
The officers elected in 1876 were continued in office until the 4th day of June, 1879.
The seventh annual meeting was a basket picnic, held at Augusta on the 6th day of September, 1877.
The eighth annual meeting was also held at Augusta on the 9th of September, 1878.
On the 4th day of June, 1879, the following persons were elected officers of the association, to wit : Stephen F. Brown, President; William G. Dewing, Julius Hackley, Vice-Presidents ; Henry Bishop, Treasurer ; Amos D. Al- len, Secretary ; Jerome T. Cobb, Russell Bishop, George Brown, George Torry, Alexander Cameron, Executive Com- mittee ; A. D. P. Van Buren, George Torry, and William Bair, Historical Committee.
The ninth annual meeting of the association was held on the 14th day of August, 1879, at Schoolcraft.
MEMBERS OF THE KALAMAZOO COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY.
Names. Date of birth.
Names. Date of birth.
Henry Little.
1797
L. J. Fox
Henry Bishop ... 1813
Wm. H. Harrison. 1819
Rockwell May.
1799
Frank Little. 1823
Gilbert E. Reed
1822
Nathan M. Thomas.
1803
Jonathan G. Abbott 1802
L. D. Fox.
1811
Julius Hackley 1808
William Bair
1815
Edwin M. Clapp .. 1805
E. Lakin Brown
1809
Benjamin F. Smith.
1804
J. A. B. Stone
Isaac Moffatt 1791
Eli R. Miller. 1818
Caleb Sweetland .. 1802
George Torrey
James Taylor 1812
James I. Robe .. 1808
Names. Date of birth.
Names.
Date of birth.
Charles E. Stuart.
1810
Isaac Mason .. 1798
Amos D. Allen 1815
Alfred Thomas* 1811
Hezekiah G. Wells 1812
John F. Oliver. 1820
Wm. B. Clark*
1804
Neal Hindes **
1798
Bazel Harrison, Jr.
1812 Frederick Bush
1832
David Fisher 1827
M. L. Hill.
1812
Valentine C. Smith. 1809
Solomon Forbes 1816
Clark Harrison 1829
Zachariah Fletcher. 1828
A. S. Parker 1805
Russell Bishop. 1813
O. H. Fellows 1820
Jesse Earl.
1805
A. B. Judson. 1819
Silas Hubbard ..
1812
S. F. Brown 1819
I. P. Sheldon. 1810
Martin Wilson .. 1794
John S. Harrison.
1820
William Dey Armond .. 1824
Peter Oman ..
1813
Lewis C. Starkey 1830
Elias Ranson*
1798
Win. S. Harkney 1820
Abner Burson 1803
Hiram Arnold.
1808
Hiram Underwood
1817
Calvin C. White 1803
James Campbell.
1808
Thaddeus Smith*
1798
A. K. Burson 1809
Gilbert Stuart 1830
William Harrison
1790
Geo. C. Crose
1823
Abraham Deal.
1831
William A. Wood
William G. Pattison
1822
Alex. Stewart
1816
F. W. Curtenius
1806
N. S. Woolverton
1816
L. L. Clark
1816 1828 1810
Elizabeth M. Yetter. 1834
Calista Hicks. 1829
1839
James P. Corning 1817
John H. Moss* 1811
1810
Duncan Anderson 1815
Martin Heydenburk
1798
E. A. Bissell
1823
Bazel Harrison*
1771
Henry P. Smith 1826
Evart B. Dyckman. 1800
David Ingersoll 1816
Peter Kniss 1808
1806
Abner Mack
1795
Allen Potter 1818
Robert Pursel.
1799
H. Dale Adams
1828
Godfrey Knight 1790
1788
Benjamin Cooley 1822
Erastus Williams* 1809
George Nisbitt.
1807
M. Freeman
1799
Alex. Cameron
1813
N. A. Balch
1808
A. H. Proctor 1820
Oliver C. Hill 1803
Jesse W. Turner 1799
Samuel C. Davis. 1790
CHAPTER XXI.
EDUCATIONAL.
Acts of Congress-Territorial and State Legislation-The School System of Michigan-The Michigan and Huron Institute-Kala- mazoo College-Kalamazoo Branch of the State University-Aca- demies.
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