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Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad .- This line was opened from Kalamazoo to Allegan, Nov. 23, 1868, and from Allegan to Grand Rapids on the 1st of March, 1869. This and the Kalamazoo and White Pigeon
* The Detroit and St. Joseph Company was chartered June 29, 1832.
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line were built by Ransom Gardner. The line to Grand Rapids via Allegan is fifty-eight miles in length, and is operated under lease by the Lake Shore and Michigan South- ern Company, the two roads forming what is. now known as the Kalamazoo division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, having a total length of ninety-six miles.
The lease of the Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids road dates from the purchase of the Kalamazoo and White Pigeon line. The entire line passes through as fine a sec- tion of country as can be found in Michigan, and does a large business. Capital stock, $610,000; cost of construc- tion, $1,450,000. The only stations on this line within the county are Kalamazoo and Cooper.
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad .- This important line extends from Fort Wayne, Ind., north, nearly the entire length of the southern peninsula of Michigan, to Petosky, on Little Traverse Bay, of Lake Michigan, within about twenty-five miles of the Straits of Mackinac. Its total length, including 51.6 miles in Indiana, is 332.1 miles. Its connections extend directly to Cincinnati, and trains go through from the Ohio River to Lake Michigan. This line was opened in various sections as follows :
From Fort Wayne to Sturgis, June 22, 1870; to Kala- mazoo, September, 1870 ; to Grand Rapids, October, 1870; from Grand Rapids to Cedar Springs, Dec. 23, 1867; to Morely, June 21, 1869 ; to Paris, Aug. 12, 1870; to Clam Lake,* December, 1871; to Fife Lake, September, 1872; to Petosky, May, 1874.
The capital stock of this company is $2,800,000. Its cost, including equipment, buildings, etc., was $10,978,- 652.36. The stations in the county are Vicksburg, Austin, Kalamazoo, and Cooper. A part of the repair shops of this company are located in Kalamazoo. A portion of them were burned on the 3d of December, 1875.
Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad.t-Early in the winter of 1868-69 a movement was inaugurated in Kala- mazoo and along the proposed line to construct a railroad of standard gauge between Kalamazoo and South Haven, a harbor on Lake Michigan, forty miles from Kalamazoo.
A company was organized and articles of association were filed April 14, 1869, and a board of thirteen directors elected as follows : Allen Potter, Lucius B. Kendall, John Dudgeon, David Fisher, Stephen W. Fisk, Charles D. Ruggles, Amos S. Brown, Samuel Hoppin, Stephen Garnet, John Scott, Samuel Rogers, Daniel G. Wright, and Barney H. Dyckman.
Allen Potter was the first president of the company, but resigned after holding the office a few months, and James A. Walter was elected to succeed him. Mr. Walter occu- pied the position until his decease, April 5, 1870, and during his administration arrangements were made with the Michigan Central Railway Company to guarantee and negotiate $640,000 of first mortgage bonds of the Kala- mazoo and South Haven Railroad Company, and with this sum and additional aid received from townships and indi- viduals along the line the road was built.
Allen Potter was again elected president after the death of Mr. Walter, and now (January, 1880) holds the position.
To aid in the construction of the road, citizens of Kala- mazoo subscribed $25,000 of the capital stock, and the township voted $26,000, which was raised by tax in the same year. The township of Alamo voted $10,000, and residents subscribed $5000 of the capital stock, making $66,000 raised in the county of Kalamazoo, or $5500 per mile for each of the twelve miles of road within the county.
Nearly $200,000 was voted and subscribed along the line in aid of the project, but, the decision of the Supreme Court of the State declaring all bonds voted in aid of rail- roads unconstitutional, only one township outside of Kala- mazoo County was compelled to pay. The bonds not having been issued in the towns along the western portion of the route before the decision rendering them worthless had been made, additional subscriptions were obtained, and $75,000 of second mortgage bonds negotiated to complete the road.
It was opened for business on the 3d of January, 1870, when the western terminus was at Pine Grove, and was completed to South Haven on the 17th of December in the same year. After operating the road during the first year succeeding its completion, it was deemed best to lease it to the Michigan Central Railroad Company, and it has been and is now managed and controlled as a branch of that company's main line.
The road brings to Kalamazoo a large trade from Van Buren County, and will in time prove of sufficient impor- tance to be completed as a through route between Detroit, Milwaukee, and the Northwest; the distance from Detroit to South Haven being only one hundred and eighty-two miles, or seven miles less than the distance by the Detroit and Grand Haven route.
Whenever the harbor at South Haven is improved so as to accommodate the larger class of vessels employed upon the great lakes, the project can be successfully accomplished. The present officers of the road are as follows :
Board of Directors : James F. Joy, Detroit; Allen Pot- ter, Lucius B. Kendall, Hezekiah G. Wells, William A. Wood, Kalamazoo; Augustus Haven, David Anderson, Bloomingdale ; George Hannahs, Samuel Rogers, A. S. Dyckman, N. Conger, D. G. Wright, B. H. Dyckman, South Haven ; Allen Potter, President ; Lucius B. Ken- dall, Treasurer ; George L. Seaver, Secretary.
The Northwestern Grand Trunk Railroad .- This line is formed of a number of lines consolidated in the summer of 1879, at which time the Canada Grand Trunk Company purchased the entire line from Port Huron to Valparaiso, Ind. The portion from Port Huron to Flint was originally called the Lake Huron and Michigan Railroad ; from Flint to Lansing, the Chicago and Northeastern ; from Lansing to Valparaiso, the Peninsular Railroad.
The date of the opening of its various divisions has been as follows : From Port Huron to Emmet, November, 1869 ; to Attica, December, 1870; to Flint, December, 1871; from Lansing to Battle Creek, December, 1869; to South Bend, Ind., fall of 1872; to Valparaiso, Oct. 13, 1873. The division between Flint and Lansing has been con- structed since, and put in operation probably in 1877.
The line has not been a heavy passenger road, but the amount of freight handled has been considerable. Its pur- chase by the Grand Trunk Company will make it a great
* The post-office at this point is Cadillac.
t From information furnished by Lucius B. Kendall, Esq.
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through route from Portland, on the Atlantic, to Chicago, and its business of every kind must increase immensely.
It passes diagonally through Kalamazoo County, north- east and southwest, and has stations in the towns of School- craft, Brady, Pavilion, and Climax. The original capital stock of the Chicago and Lake Huron Company was $10,000,000. Its total cost of construction approximates $15,000,000.
The number of miles of railway in the county is approx- imately shown by the following statement :
Miles.
Michigan Central, main line ..
30
South Haven branch
12
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, two roads oper- ated by the company.
28
Grand Rapids and Indiana.
28
Grand Trunk (consolidated line) ..
28
Total
126
All the towns of the county, with the exception of Rich- land and Wakeshma, are accommodated within their limits or near their lines with stations. These two are obliged to go outside from five to ten miles. Two other lines which pass through a portion of the county have been projected, but are not likely to be constructed at any very early period.
Kalamazoo has been a great road centre from the days of the Indians to the present time, and is now one of the prin- cipal railway centres of the State, ranking with Jackson, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Saginaw.
CHAPTER XXV.
STATISTICAL.
Population and Production-Agriculture and Manufactures for the year 1873-Political Statistics.
THE following tables and statements have been prepared from the State Census Report for the year 1874.
The statements and tables for assessments and valuations will be found in Chapter XVII.
We have not been able to procure the census of the several towns of Kalamazoo for the year 1840. The total population for that year was 7389.
POPULATION.
The following is a comparative statement of the popula- tion of Kalamazoo County by townships for a series of years :
Townships.
1837 .*
1850.
1860.
1870.
1874.
Alamo ...
420
943
1,148
1,131
Brady
1,292*
578
1,111
1,382
1,400
Charleston
846
1,309
1,369
1,200
Cooper
386*
733
1,231
1,254
1,400
Climax
504
1,160
1,389
1,974
Comstock
1,393*
1,202
2,012
2,018
1,294
Kalamazoo.
1,373#
3,284
6,945
10,447
11,748
Oshtemo
587
1,239
1,594
1,489
Pavilion.
548*
495
964
1,208
1,127
Portage ...
726
973
1,050
1,004
Prairie Ronde.
665*
690
1,035
1,163
1,033
Richland
720*
795
1,331
1,381
1,255
Ross .....
680
1,514
1,397
1,673
Schoolcraft.
1,101
1,498
2,136
2,017
Texas ..
410
823
1,109
1,079
Wakeshma
128
658
1,401
1,460
Total for county.
6,377
13,179
24,746
31,446
32,284
* These seven towns then included the entire county, the others being set off subsequently. Of the population of 1837 there were 3546 males, and 2831 females.
LANDS AND PRODUCTS.
The total number of acres of taxable lands in the county in 1874 was 343,467; of improved lands, 210,886; of lands exempt from taxation, 1,874.25 ; value of lands ex- empt from taxation, $333,165. The number of farms in the county was 1520, and the number of acres in farms, 158,078; the average number of acres to each farm was 104.
The number of acres in wheat was 72,691; number of bushels of wheat harvested in 1873, 829,321. Number of acres in corn, 27,201 ; number of bushels of corn har- vested in 1873, 867,498. Number of bushels of all other grains, 177,660. Bushels of potatoes raised, 96,888. Tons of hay cut, 22,870. Pounds of wool sheared, 283,911. Pounds of pork marketed, 2,743,476. Pounds of cheese made, 16,128. Pounds of butter made, 728,266. Pounds of fruit dried for market, 61,457. Barrels of cider made, 7192. Pounds of maple-sugar made, 48,387.
Number of acres in apple-, peach-, pear-, plum-, and cherry-orchards, 7040; acres in vineyards, 43}; acres in raspberry-bushes, 263 ; in strawberry-vines, 13; in currant- and gooseberry-bushes, 17} ; in melons and garden vegeta- bles, 195. Bushels of apples in 1873, 174,630; of peaches in 1872, 14,627; of pears in 1872, 1270; of plums in 1873, 29 ; of cherries, 3047; pounds of grapes, 365,700; bushels of strawberries, 684; currants and gooseberries, 1568; vegetables, 11,820; value of garden vegetables and fruit in 1872, $108,405.
Stock .- Horses, one year old and over, 9411 ; mules, 88; work oxen, 278; milch cows, 8260; neat cattle other than working oxen, 7673 ; swine, 16,740 ; sheep, 55,534 ; sheep sheared in 1873, 63,854.
MANUFACTURES.
Number of flouring-mills, 15; operated by steam, 2; by water, 13; persons employed, 68; capital invested, $203,000; runs of stone, 45; barrels of flour made, 138,600; value of product, $891,250.
Saw-mills: Whole number of mills in the county, 19; operated by steam, 10; by water, 9 ; persons employed, 46; capital invested, $55,700; feet of lumber sawed, 5,838,000 ; value of products, $79,469.
Shingle-mills :; Number, 1; operated by steam ; persons employed, 6; capital, $2000; value of products, $4000.
Planing-mills : Number in county, 5 ; operated by steam, 4; by water, 1; persons employed, 117; capital invested, $112,000; value of products, $145,000.
Foundries and machine-shops :¿ Whole number, 4; op- erated by steam, 2; by water, 2; persons employed, 22; capital invested, $10,500 ; products, $8200.
Agricultural-implement works: Whole number, 2; op- erated by steam ; persons employed, 130; capital invested, $140,000 ; value of products, $225,000.
Musical-instrument manufactories : Number, 1; persons employed, 8; capital invested, $4000; value of products, $10,000.
Carriage-factories : Whole number, 6; persons em-
t The only shingle-mill in the county is reported from Wakeshma. Į The census does not report any at Kalamazoo. See history of Kalamazoo village for full account.
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ployed, 60; capital invested, $46,900; value of products, $68,500.
Fanning-mill, milk-safe, and washboard-factories : Whole number, 1 ; persons employed, 10; capital invested, $3000; value of products, $20,000.
Furniture- and chair-factories :* Whole number, 3; per- sons employed, 4; capital, $1900; value of products, $1450.
One stave-, heading,- and hoop-factory in Alamo, em- ploying 6 hands, with $1000 capital, and producing value of $1400.
One wooden-ware establishment at Kalamazoo, employ- ing 65 hands, having $40,000 capital invested, and produc- ing a value of $35,000.
A small cooperage-establishment at Schoolcraft, employ- ing 8 hands, with $1500 invested, and producing annually $8000.
Tanneries : Two reported at Kalamazoo, operated by steam, employing 16 hands, with $36,000 capital, and pro- ducing $25,000.
Saddle-, harness-, and trunk-factories : Whole number reported, 6; persons employed, 18; capital, $12,900 ; pro- ducts, $23,500.
Stove-, copper-, and sheet-iron-factories, etc .: Number reported, 1; persons employed, 1 ; capital, $500; products, $1000.
Breweries : Number, 4; one operated by steam ; persons employed, 10; capital, $23,600; barrels of beer brewed, 4400; value, $32,000.
Paper-mills :; Number, 1 ; persons employed, 70; capital, $70,000; product, $60,000.
Boot- and shoe-factories : Whole number, 3; hands em- ployed, 8; capital, $2450; products, $6300.
Soap and candles : Number, 2; 6 hands employed; capital, $5500 ; products, $9400.
Stone- and marble-works : Number, 2 ; persons employed, 16; capital, $14,000; products, $22,000.
One show-case manufactory, employing 4 persons, with a capital of $4000, and producing value $6000.
Four wind-mill factories, employing 27 hands, with a capital of $17,000, and producing value of $38,400.
One piano and billiard-table-leg factory, employing 20 hands, with $20,000 capital, and producing an annual value of $40,000.
One "Novelty" factory, employing 8 hands, with a capital of $4000, and producing annually $5000 in value.
The whole number of manufacturing establishments in the county reported by the census of 1874 was 91, 28 operated by steam, 26 by water, and 32 without either,-5 not reported,-employing 1766 persons, having a capital of $853,650, and producing goods of the value of $1,748,369 annually.
The census reports are not always reliable. See history of towns and villages.
As a comparison of the difference between 1873 and 1837, a few facts are appended from the census sheets of the latter year: Number of grist-mills in the county, 3; saw-mills, 21 ; distilleries, 2; merchants, 34.
* All reported from Wakeshma.
See history of Kalamazoo village.
Number of bushels of wheat produced in 1836.
103,787
66
66
corn
66
197,807
buckwheat "
2,059}
Pounds of flax produced in 1836
865
Amount of lumber (feet)
717,500
Number of head of neat stock in 1836
horses
66
1,449
sheep
1,221
mules and asses
1
hogs
8,469
Pounds of furs and peltries.
510
The number of heads of families in the county in 1837 was 1217. Number liable to military duty (from 21 years to 45), 1389.
POLITICAL STATISTICS-VOTES.
The following statement shows the political complexion of Kalamazoo County from 1836 to 1878 :
Presidential Elections .- The total vote of the county for 1836 is not given, but Martin Van Buren had 213 majority over William Henry Harrison for President.
In 1840 the tables were reversed, the vote standing 954 for Harrison to 744 for Van Buren.
In 1844 the vote stood, Clay, 932; Polk, 838.
In 1848 it stood, Taylor, Whig, 1010 ; Cass, Democrat, 880; Van Buren, Free Soil, 495.
In 1852 it stood, Scott, Whig, 1374; Pierce, Democrat, 1257; Hale, Free Soil, 411.
In 1856, Fremont, Republican, 2803; Buchanan, Dem- ocrat, 1620.
In 1860, for Lincoln, Republican, 3230; for Douglas, Democrat, 2031.
In 1864, Lincoln, Republican, 3151; McClellan, Dem- ocrat, 2101.
In 1868, Grant, Republican, 4073 ; Seymour, Democrat, 2951.
In 1872, Grant, Republican, 4007; Greeley, Democrat, 2463.
In 1876, Hayes, Republican, 4496 ; Tilden, Democrat, 3583.
Votes for Governor from 1854 to 1878 .- 1854 : Bing- ham, Republican, 1733; Barry, Democrat, 1191.
1856 .- Bingham, Republican, 2807 ; Felch, Democrat, 1667.
1858 .- Wisner, Republican, 2475 ; Stuart, Democrat, 1582.
1860 .- Blair, Republican, 3193; Barry, Democrat, 2123. 1862 .- Blair, Republican, 2752 ; Stout, Democrat, 2014. 1864 .- Crapo, Republican, 3155; Fenton, Democrat, 2106.
1866 .- Crapo, Republican, 3145 ; Williams, Democrat, 1678. 1
1868 .- Baldwin, Republican, 4062 ; Moore, Democrat, 2970.
1870 .- Baldwin, Republican, 2874; Comstock, Dem- ocrat, 1969.
1872 .- Bagley, Republican, 4014; Blair, Liberal, 2502.
1874 .- Bagley, Republican, 2946; Chamberlain, Dem- ocrat, 2941.
1876 .- Croswell, Republican, 4493 ; Webber, Democrat, 3595.
1878 .- Croswell, Republican, 3480; Barnes, Democrat, 2286 ; Smith, National, 1074.
rye
1,060
80,964
oats
5,920
=
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HISTORY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Vote on the Constitutions .- The vote upon the Constitu- tion of 1835 is not given for Kalamazoo County in the census report for 1874.
For 1850 it stood, for, 1140; against, 228. 1867 .- For, 2219 ; against, 3430. 1873 .- For, 770; against, 4259.
The number of voters in the county by the census of 1874 was 8740.
CHAPTER XXVI.
MILITARY.
History and Rosters of the Organizations from Kalamazoo County which served in the Mexican War and the War of the Rebellion.
THE history of the various organizations herewith given is mainly compiled from the reports of the Adjutant-General of the State, supplemented with such additional material as we have been able to procure from individuals. The brief sketch and roster of Company A, 1st Michigan In- fantry, which served in the Mexican war, are furnished through the courtesy of Col. F. W. Curtenius.
The sketch of Company H, 44th Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, is from facts obligingly furnished us by Capt. Henry T. Smith, Register of Deeds.
We have endeavored to make this department as complete as possible.
For sketch of the excitement connected with the Black Hawk war see histories of Schoolcraft, Climax, and Kala- mazoo.
MEXICAN WAR. COMPANY A, FIRST MICHIGAN INFANTRY.
This company was recruited at Kalamazoo by Capt. Fred. W. Curtenius, and consisted of one hundred and one men. It was mustered into the United States service on the 19th of November, 1847. Soon after orders were received to report to Col. Thomas B. W. Stockton, at Detroit, in com- mand of the regiment. The company remained at the De- troit barracks until the 25th of December, when it departed, in company with . the regiment, for New Orleans, La. It marched through mud and rain, and over nearly impassable roads, to Springfield, Ohio, a distance of about two hundred miles. From that point it proceeded by rail to Cincinnati, where it embarked upon the steamer " Andrew Jackson," and reached New Orleans in ten days. There it encamped upon Jackson's old battle-ground of 1815, and remained about one week. During this time the regiment was in- spected by Gen. Zachary Taylor in person, who was recently from his famous campaigns in Mexico. The veteran gen- eral, after a close inspection, complimented the regiment, and prophesied for it an honorable history.
At New Orleans it took passage for Vera Cruz, Mexico, where it arrived about the middle of January, 1848. At Vera Cruz it encamped outside the walls for about three weeks, when it received orders to proceed to the city of Cordova, a fine little town of about ten thousand inhabitants, situated at the foot of Orizaba, a lofty snow-capped moun- tain lifting its head seventeen thousand feet into the heavens.
On the march inland the regiment was more or less an-
noyed by guerrillas, which infested all the public roads and somewhat impeded its progress, but, after a long march and considerable skirmishing, it reached its point of destination, which it continued to occupy until the close of the war.
Company A was occasionally detailed upon escort duty, to guard trains employed between Vera Cruz and the inte- rior posts in transporting quartermaster's and commissary's supplies. With the exception of occasional skirmishing with guerrillas, the company saw no actual war. The heavy fighting was mostly over before its arrival in the country.
In July, 1848, upon the return of peace, the regiment was ordered home, and in due time reached Detroit, where it was mustered out of service, July 18, 1848.
Of the one hundred men who constituted the Kalamazoo company, Col. Curtenius thinks there are at this time less than twenty living. Two of its commissioned officers, Lieuts. Rice and Rawles, both promising young men and excellent soldiers, died soon after their return from the field, of disease contracted in the service, and the dead of the company are strewn along the Mississippi-sleeping upon its banks at New Orleans and elsewhere-and under the sunny skies of Mexico, at Cordova. Two who died on shipboard while making the passage of the Mexican Gulf were enveloped in one common winding-sheet and sunk in the "limitless sea." The story of its experiences, privations, . and hardships, and the thousand and one things common to the life of a soldier in every clime, would fill a volume. We have rescued thus much as a reminder of the patriotism of our fathers, and in remembrance of the brave men who volunteered to do battle for their country in a foreign land.
The orderly sergeant of Company A was Benjamin Franklin Orcutt, of whom a brief sketch will be found elsewhere in this volume. The regiment was made up of the finest material, and Company A was among the best.
This brief campaign was not the first in which Capt. Curtenius had been engaged. As early as 1824, when a youth of eighteen years, the story of the struggles of the South American patriots, under Don Simon Bolivar, against the Spanish power, fired his youthful ambition, and he de- termined to take part with them. Procuring letters of re- commendation from the consul-general at New York, he proceeded alone to Granada and offered his services to the government, which gladly accepted them, and offered him either a midshipman's commission in the navy or a lieuten- ant's commission in the army. He chose the latter, and served faithfully until the close of the war .* A more gen- eral notice of Col. Curtenius will be found in another chap- ter. His career has been in many respects remarkable, and he can with justice be called a hero of three wars,-the war against the Spaniards in South America, the Mexican war, and the great war of the Rebellion, in the latter of which he took a conspicuous part as colonel of the 6th Michigan Infantry.
The following is the muster-roll of Company A, 1st Michigan Volunteers, commanded by Col. Thomas B. W. Stockton :
NOTE .- Those whose names are preceded by a star have died since they were inustered out. These are known to Col. Curtenius, but he thinks probably not more than fifteen or twenty of the company are now living.
* During his service in South America he was wounded in the breast.
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Frederick W. Curtenius,* capt., com. Oct. 30, 1847, Kalamazoo. Edmund Rice, 1st lieut., com. Oct. 30, 1847, Kalamazoo. *Paul W. H. Rawles, 2d lieut., com. Oct. 30, 1847, Kalamazoo. *Samuel A. Rice, 2d lieut., com. Oct. 30, 1847, Kalamazoo. Benjamín F. Orcutt,+ 1st sergt., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo.
Myron H. Stone, sergt., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo; pro. from corp. Dec. 1, 1847.
William H. Harrison, sergt., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Paw Paw; pro. from corp. April 25, 1848.
Orren S. Case, sergt., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo; appointed sergt. from the ranks, May 25, 1848.
Sherman C. Beecher, 1st corp., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Grand Rapids.
Hiram Everitt, corp., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo; appointed corp. Jan. 1, 1848.
Edwin Childs, corp., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo; appointed corp. Feb. 1, 1848.
Barton Haggerty, corp., enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo; appointed corp. March 1,1848.
Loren R. Swift, fifer, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Grand Rapids. William W. Whitney, drummer, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Schoolcraft.
Axtell, Octavius A., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo.
*Austin, Curtis, private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Schoolcraft.
Atkinson, John, private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo.
Almy, Frederick, private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Grand Rapids. Almy, James, private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo. Balcom, Joseph E., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo. Barker, Bleeker L., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Grand Rapids. *Boyington, William L., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Grand Rapids. Burch, Nicholas, private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo. · Buswell, Bray W., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo. Beals, Manly W., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Kalamazoo. *Brown, Samuel, Jr., private, enl. Nov. 5, 1847, Allegan ; left at New Orleans Hospital, June 24, 1848.
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