History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 76

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 1434

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ried to Ann Lane, of Cork Co., Ireland, June 7, 1836, by Father Bennett. Mrs. Giles is daughter of John and Kate (Hartnet) Lane (both deceased). They had the following children-Honora, (deceased, was Mrs. J. Harmon); John, a grocer at Lowell; Mi- chael, at home; Richard, lives at Grand Rapids; Kate (Mrs. J. Heffron), lives at Cannonburg; Mary, living at home; Anna, de- ceased; Lucy, wife of P. H. Rose, of Grattan; Agnes and Mary at home. The family are Roman Catholics. Mr. Giles died at Grattan, July 16, 1877.

Henry Green was born in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1820. His father and grandfather were natives of Massachu- setts, and the latter, Henry Green, was a patriot of the Revolution. He is son of Jacob and Rebecca (Young) Green. His father died when he was eight years old, and soon after his mother, with him- self and four younger children, went to Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y., and in July, 1833, settled near Ann Arbor. In 1837 Mr. Green purchased a tract of wild land in Marion, Livingston Co., which he cleared and improved for the use of his mother and the family. He worked in a mill three years and then made his first trip to Kent county, but returned because the country was " too new." In 1844 he located the farm which he has since occupied, and upon which he has expended the best energies of his life. The beauty and value of Mr. Green's property supply good evidence of his discre- tion and wise management. He spent his early manhood in pioneer work and effort; his sole possession, at the outset, was an ax, and the fountain which sends forth its jets in front of his residence, on the spot where he burned his first brush heap, marks the transition from a primitive condition to the quiet elegance and correct taste which pervade the premises. Mr. Green sold his first wheat crop in Grand Rapids, at 44 cents a bushel, and when flour was $3.00 a barrel nails were a shilling a pound. He built the first frame house and the second frame barn in the tp. He was married in April, 1846, to Mary Angeline Demorest, born in Plattstown, Steuben Co., N. Y. Her parents came to Washtenaw county in 1836, and five years later to Otisco, Ionia Co., where they were pioneers and farmers. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Green-Henry W., Ada (Mrs. F. Bowman), Clinton D. and Gertie are living; two are deceased. Mr. Green has been active in political life, and has contributed in every way to promote the several interests of the community. He is a Republican.

Jonathan B. Hall was born in Middlebury, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1819. His father, Elisha Hall, was born in Orwell, Rut- land Co., Vt., of which State his grandfather, Peter Hall, and two uncles were natives, and celebrated in its history for their active service in the Revolution and the war of 1812. Orwell is now in Addison county. His mother, Sallie (Thompson) Hall, was a na- tive of Vermont. Mandana Clark, his grandmother, was born in the same state. Elisha Hall moved with his family in October, 1832, to Southfield, Oakland Co., where he died the following

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June, and soon after his widow and children returned to New York, where Mr. Hall, of this sketch, spent his early life. The pioneers of the Empire state experienced the same course of events nearly as those of Michigan, and Mr. Hall remembers vividly the log school-house with stone fire-place, and all the rude apologies for the ordinary conveniences of a place of learning. The most im- portant of his studies were prosecuted at home. When he had reached manhood, he resolved on making the West his field of op- eration during his life, and he left Buffalo for Milwaukee with the intention of buying a farm in Wisconsin, but not finding a satis- factory location, he took passage on a steamer for Michigan, and came to Grand Rapids. He took stage for Thornapple (now Ada), and thence to Otisco, where he took an Indian trail leading into Grattan. When night approached he climbed an oak to see, if possible, the smoke of a cabin where he could obtain shelter. This was in June, 1844. He located 201 acres and returned to New York, and was married Jan. 1, 1845, at Middlebury, Genesee Co., N. Y., to Sarah Merritt, of Trenton, N. J. Her parents, John and Margaret (Geary) Merritt, were both natives of New Jersey, and died in Genesee Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Hall had eight children, as follows-Adaline E. (Mrs. Geo. Addis, of Oak- field), Dwight E. (married Adelia Kerr, of Grand Rapids), Lagree W. (married Mary E. Smith, of Grattan), Lois E. (Mrs. J. W. Shelburn), Lewis B. (student at Agricultural College, Lansing), Merrit J., Willie D. and Nellie B. On his return to Michigan, Mr. Hall came from Detroit with an ox team, in company with seven other families, the party numbering 33 persons. In Shi- awassee county 30 more joined them en route to Kent county. Mrs. Hall died April 10, 1880.

Nelson Holmes was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in April, 1817, where he grew to manhood. In 1836 he went to Shelby, Macomb Co., and in the spring of 1846 came to Grattan and lo- cated 80 acres of land, and by later purchases has increased his real estate to 400 acres. At the period of his removal to this tp. there were no roads, save what was known as the Old Pontiac and Grand Rapids road, then surveyed and cleared to the latter place. Mr. Holmes is one of the prominent pioneers of the tp., and has been interested in every movement designed to promote the progress of his county and town and add to the prosperity of his fellow-citizens. He attended the first meeting after the or- ganization of the town, and can speak experimentally of the haps and mishaps of pioneer life. He found sale for his farm products in Grand Rapids, where he at first took them to market with an ox team, consuming three days at each trip. The improvements of Mr. Holmes' farm are among the finest in the tp. He was en- gaged in banking in Greenville, and operated about three years under the firm name of Holmes & Green, and at the expiration of that time procured the charter for Greenville First National Bank, of which he was made President. He was married in 1841

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to Harriet Colton. Edgar C. Holmes, born in 1844, and only child, is in the hardware business at Belding, Ionia Co.

Dennis Mc Carthy was born Nov. 29, 1818, in parish -, Cork Co., Ireland. His father, Charles McCarthy, died when he was four years of age, and in 1837 his mother came to America with her children. In 1838 they reached Detroit and proceeded to Washtenaw Co. In 1842 Mr. McCarthy located in Grattan, and in 1843 the family settled where they now reside. The country was a dense wilderness ; Indian trails were the only routes of travel and set- tlers were " squatted" miles apart. The nearest human habitation was about three miles distant. Mr. McCarthy thinks his " pioneer palace" was the first in the township built by an actual settler. He sold his first wheat crop for 40 cents a bushel at Grand Rapids, and took one-half store pay. He was married in April, 1844, to Ellen Fitzgerald, a native of Ireland, where her parents were born and died. Mr. McCarthy's first purchase of land was 160 acres, which he increased to 540 acres, selling a considerable portion later in life. He has been Town Treasurer, Highway Commissioner, and Justice of the Peace eight years. His children are all settled in positions of usefulness. Their names are Margaret, Charles, Den- nis, Catharine, Eliza, Ellen and William.

William McCarthy was born in 1813, in the parish of- County of Cork, Ireland. He came to"America in 1837 with his inother and brothers, and in 183S to Michigan. In the fall of 1843 they located in this tp., being among the first settlers. (See sketch of Dennis McCarthy). Mr. McCarthy "took up" 120 acres where he now resides, and to which he has since added 60 acres. He has improved 110 acres of wild forest land by his own unaided efforts. In the spring of 1846 he was married to Mary; daughter of one of the earliest residents of Vergennes. They have two children -Catharine (Mrs. Edward Welch) and Johanna. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

Aaron Norton was born in Enosburg, Franklin Co., Vt., in 1836, and is son of Joseph and Experience (Powers), both natives of Vt. Mr. Norton attended school in Franklin county until he was 16 years of age, when he went to Ohio, thence to Wisconsin, and after considerable prospecting located in Spencer, Kent Co.,in July, 1865, where he was engaged in lumbering and farming, and in 1878 bought the Grattan flouring mill property. Heenlisted in 1862 as a Sharp-shooter in a New York regiment, and was in active service during the entire campaign of the Army of the Potomac. He was in the 23-days siege of Suffolk, also at Mine Run, Battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and was wounded in front of Petersburg in 1864. His wound did not heal until some time after the close of the war. Mr. Norton has filled many offices of trust among his townsmen ; was Town Clerk of Spencer four years and Treasurer one year. Soon after his removal to Grattan he was elected Supervisor and still holds the office. His principal business is and has been milling. He was married in 1859 to Eunice

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Duboyce, of Erie Co., Pa. They have three sons. Mr. Norton is a member of the Lodge of Masons, No. 192, Grattan.

Henry Newton, farmer, on sec. 17, owns 80 acres of land which he has occupied about 18 years. In addition to agriculture he has been engaged for a period of years in the manufacture of lumber, at Cedar Springs, Algoma, Kent Co. After the destruction of his mill by fire, in 1873, he returned to his farm, where he has since been occupied. He was married in 1858 to Amity E. Brooks, of Oakfield, Mich. They have had five children, four of whom are still living-Merritt, Dudley, Angeline and Gertrude. Mr. New- ton is a Republican in politics. P. O., Grattan Center.

S. B. Scranton was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1820. In 1830 his parents moved to Macomb Co., Mich., where his father had purchased a tract of land in 1825, one of the earliest settlers in that county. In 1844 Mr. Scranton bought 77 acres in sec. 6, in Grattan. He was married in 1849 to Mahala Squiers, of Canan- daigua, Ontario Co., N.Y. Her parents, Amasa and Ruth Squiers, were natives of the same county, and came to Courtland in 1846. Mr. Scranton has passed through all the experiences of the most primitive conditions of the State. There were few roads, money was scarce, and farm merchandise at a very low figure. He sold his first load of oats at 22 cents, and wheat at 50 cents per bu hel, one-half in store pay. In 1865 Mr. Scranton disposed of his old home and bought 120 acres on secs. 17 and 8, which he has im- proved in a manner second to none in the tp. He has been prom- inent in all public enterprises, and served two terms as Justice of the Peace. He was a Democrat until the rise of the abolition movement, when he became one of its most zealous supporters ; he belonged to the Union League, which performed such effective service in the country's struggle. He is also a firm advocate of temperance and all other moral reforms, forming his principles of life at the dictation of his sense of right and wrong, independently of the opinions of others. Mr. and Mrs. Scranton attend the Con- gregational Church. They have one son living-Geo. W. ITe is married to Marietta Scranton, of Genesee Co., and is a farmer of Oakfield. Charlie died when 10 years old.

Chester M. Slayton was born in Yates Co. N. Y. His father", Russell Slayton, was born in Worcester, Mass., and removed to Rochester, N. Y. He came thence to Grattan, the journey con- suming 46 days. He was among the earliest residents and land holders of Grattan. At the breaking out of the civil war three of his sons, Chester, Charles and Asa, enlisted in Co. B, 25th M. V. I., Asa as 2d Lieut., and Chester as Sergeant. After the organi- zation of the regiment it was ordered to report to" Pap " Thomas, at Nashville, Tenn., where it was assigned to the 23d Corps, and participated in all the battles fought in the vicinity of Nashville and Atlanta.

Wm. C. Slayton was born in 1823, in Yates Co., N. Y., where he passed the days of his early youth, and in 1845 located 40 acres in

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Grattan, to which he has since added by purchase, and now has 140 acres, all cleared and finely improved. He was married at Madi- son, Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1842, to Sarah M. Cusser, a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y. Mrs. Slayton died Oct. 20, 1858, leavinga family of six children, three of whom still survive. Wm. I., eld -- est son, enlisted in Co. B, 25 M. V. I, and died at Louisville, Ky., in 1863. Sarah F. and Emma are also deceased. Geo. A. is a graduate of Hillsdale College ; Adelia is Mrs. D. A. Rich, and Jessie L. lives with her father. Mr. Slayton was married in 1859 to Mrs. Julia A. E. Almy. of Washington Co., N. Y. Two chil- dren have been born to them, one of whom, Austin W., is living. David Almy, son of Mrs. Slayton, was a soldier in the 15th M. V. I.

Geo. E. Steele was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1827. His grandparents were natives of Connecticut, and his father, Samuel H. Steele, was a native of Ontario county, and married Mary Eggleston. They moved to Kent county in 1844, about the date of the survey of the State road, and "took up" 400 acres of land. Mr. Steele, sen., was a prominent and active citizen, and filled most of the different tp. offices, and was foremost in all religious movements. Mr. Steele, of this sketch, acquired his education in Ontario Co., N. Y., and in Grattan. He has made farming his pursuit, and has spent many years in hard labor. He has 80 acres of his father's homestead. He was married in 1854 to Lydia A. Baker, born in Lenawee county, and belonging to one of the oldest and most respected families of that county. They had one child-Ettie, who married L. Dunbar, a farmer. Mrs. Steele died in 1857, and Mr. Steele married in 1860 Margaret Shepard, of Canada, where her parents still reside. They have eight children, as follows: Agnes, Edgar, Frances, Carlos, Lewis, Gene, Charlie and Edna. Agnes has been a teacher some time ; is also a music teacher. Mr. Steele is a member of the Congrega- tional Church.

Orrin S. Trumbull was born in Massachusetts in 1821. He is son of Stephen and Wealthy (Cowl), the former born in Con- necticut and the latter in Vermont. He was educated in the com- mon school, and bred a farmer; also learned masonry, at which he worked some years. He came to Kent county in 1845, and took up 160 acres of Government land on sec. 36, where he still lives. He was married in 1845 to Elizabeth Ann Wells, a native of the State of New York, sister of Judge Wells, of Ionia, and of Col. Wells, who was killed in the late war. They have five children- C. O., Frank, Morris B., C. W. and Helen. The three oldest are married, and reside in this State. C. O. Trumbull is a lawyer at Evart. Morris is a farmer, and Cassie is a music teacher. The subject of this sketch is a cousin of ex-Senator Trumbull, of Illinois.

John P. Weeks, son of Refine and Margaret (Tobias) Weeks, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1807. His parents were of

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Quaker origin, and about the year 1812 they went to Vermont, where his father engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, and where Mr. Weeks, of this sketch, acquired his education and prepared for the pursuits of life. ' He started for Michigan in 1832, and had General Scott for a fellow passenger from Buffalo to Detroit. He went to Washtenaw county, and after some time spent in prospecting, purchased a farm near Chelsea, in Sylvan tp. He sold it in 1844, and purchased 240 acres in Grattan at 60 cents per acre. In 1835 he was married in Sullivan Co., N. Y., to Phebe Y., daughter of Mahlon and Abigail (Young) Beakes, natives of New York, who settled at an early day in Scio tp., Washtenaw Co. Of 10 children born to them, Cecilia and Ade- laide (Mrs. E. H. Edwards) are deceased. Margaret (Mrs. H. Lester), Mary (Mrs. John Byrne), Henrietta (Mrs. P. McCauley), Ambrose, Alphonse, John I., Celesta (Mrs. H. Jacques) and Grace, are living.

John Whitton was born in England, in 1828, and at a very early age came to America with his parents, John and Lucy (Smith) Whitton. His father worked farms on shares for a time, and in 1846 they located 40 acres in Grattan. Mr. Whitton inherited the place at the death of his parents and has increased his acreage to 180 acres. It is situated on secs. 7 and 9, and is all in first-class condition. The country was unsettled at the time of purchase, and no routes of travel in existence but the State road. Mr. Whitton was married in 1856 to Margaret, daughter of James and Rosamond (Smith) Johnson, born in Saratoga Co., N. Y. They have three children-Manly, Charles and George.

Abraham Wolfe (deceased) was born in 1819, near Zanesville, Ohio, and was one of a family of eight boys and three girls. His mother died when he was young and his father some years after, near Tiffin, Ohio. He was married in Ohio, in 1844, to Mary E. Bellamy. Her mother died in Ohio, and her father was an early settler of Kent county. In 1845 Mr. Wolfe came to Michigan and located 40 acres where he now resides, then in its primal condition, with no roads but Indian trails and unbroken forest in all direc- tions. He enlisted in 1864 in the First Reg. Mich. Engineers and Mechanics, and died soon after at Chattanooga. Mrs. Wolfe still resides upon and manages the farm. The children are-Rilla (Mrs. Wm. Whitton), Laura (Mrs. Wesley Miller), Frances (Mrs. Frank Woodward), Blanche (Mrs. Salem F. Kennedy), Manly, residing at home.

George D. Wood was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1830. His father, Emmons W., was a native of New Hampshire, born in 1806, and his grandfather, Eli H., was a native of Massachu- setts. Emmons W. Wood went to New York in early life and was married to Martha B., daughter of Wm. W. and Margaret (Banker) White. Mrs. Wood was of Holland descent. Her father was one of the claimants to the Trinity Church, N. Y., property, and was one of the leaders in the famous movement to recover it as an heir of

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Annake Jans. Soon after marriage Mr. Wood went to the Indian reservation in Delaware Co., Ohio, where he was, so to speak, a pioneer in the center of civilization. In 1837 he located in Cal- houn county, and in 1847 settled in Grattan, where he had located land in 1843 on secs. 15 and 22, and once more put in practice the tested skill and ingenuity of his former pioneer experience. Of his family of eight children, but two are living-Geo. D. and Wmn. H., the latter in Manistee county. George D. Wood entered Olivet College at the age of 16 with the design of fitting for a professional career, but his father becoming incapacitated for busi- ness, he was obliged to relinquish his plans and has remained since upon the family homestead. He has been active in the affairs of the township, has served as Supervisor and Clerk, and is a me'nber of Grattan Masonic Lodge, No. 196. He was married in 1854 to Martha, daughter of Asa and Mary Rogers, born in Canada. Mr. Rogers was a participator in the Canadian troubles of 1837, and lost his property by confiscation. Mrs. Wood died a year after her marriage, leaving one son-Wm. H., a resident of Dakota. In 1856 Mr. Wood was again married to Anna H. Rogers. They have two children-Asa R. and Geo. E., the latter in Dakota. Mr. Wood enlisted in his country's service in Co. F., Second Reg. Mich. Cav., and was with the regiment three years in its entire campaign, and during the time spending but three months in the hospital. He was a Sergeant, and the last year of duty served as Ordnance Sergeant.

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP.

Most of the township is rolling, and a considerable portion very hilly, and generally oak openings or heavy timber. A half a dozen or more small lakes dot its surface. The only one, however, of much consequence is known as Reed's lake, which is much the largest, being about three-fourths of a mile wide by about two miles in length. It is finely stocked with fish, and has been long a summer resort for pleasure seekers; a hotel and grounds, with boating facilities in season, are among the attractions, and a small steamer glides over its placid bosom. The lake is in the southeast direction, about three miles from the center of the city, and a splen- did drive may be enjoyed to its shores. A street railway is in operation from the city to this miniature inland sea, and during the summer season the cars make regular trips. Grand river runs within half a mile, or less than half, of the east side of the town in its great bend to the northward, and after flowing across the town of Plainfield, barely cuts the northwest corner of the town, and then keeps within half a mile, or less, of the west line of the town for five miles.

There are no streams of any considerable size in the township.

The soil of this township is not so good as some others, though some of it is first-class. A portion of it is heavy clay, but much of it a sandy loam, very valuable for either cereals or fruit-raising.

The history of this township is so intimately connected with that of the county and city, there is no existing necessity to do more than make a mere reference to its settlement here and give a full record of the officers.

The township of Kent, the original or Territorial town, embraced all of the county south of the river, and appears to have been or- ganized at the house of Joel Guild, April 4, 1834. This appears to have been the legitimate forerunner of Grand Rapids township, which retained the records, but merely changed the name. Grand Rapids township is sonth and west of the geographical center of the county, and lies north and east of the city limits, to which some three and a half square miles of the town have been surren- dered; the remainder of the corporation domain, about seven square miles, being originally a portion of Walker township.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The first settler within what is now the town of Grand Rapids, was Ezekiel Davis, who settled near Reed's lake in 1834, followed almost immediately by Lewis, Ezra and Porter Reed, David S.

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Leavitt and Robert McBarr; George Young, Simeon Stewart and James McCrath, appear to have arrived in 1836; I. W. Fisk, Mat- thew Taylor and Robert Thompson, settled in the town in 1837. Mr. Fisk erected a hotel near Reed's lake, known as the " Lake House." There were doubtless several other families, whose names we have not obtained.

Among the first land-buyers were: Samuel Dexter, section 19, Oct. 13, 1832; Toussaint Campau, section 30, Dec. 1, 1832; Horace Gray, section 28, Dec. 15, 1834; Daniel W. Coit, section 18, Oct. 25, 1833; Henry S. Walbridge, section 15, Sept. 12, 1835; Amasa Wood, section 15, Jan. 26, 1836; Joel Guild, jr., section 8, July 19, 1834; John M. Gordon, section 3, Jan. 18, 1837; John Ball, section 4, Feb. 15, 1837; William A. Richmond, section 5, Jan. 14, 1837; John Almy, section 11, Dec. 26, 1835; Robert Barr, section 15, Dec. 25, 1835; Richard P. Hart, section 17, June 13, 1835; Con- sider Guild, section 17, June 18, 1835; Nicholas S. Vedder, section 17, Ang. 8, 1835; John Ward, section 17, Aug. 3, 1835; Edward Dalton, section 17, Nov. 2, 1835; James Dalton, section 17, Nov. 2, 1835; Joseph D. Bent, section 18, Aug. 26, 1835; Samuel Sher- wood, section 18, Aug. 26, 1835; Benjamin H. Silsbee, section 19, July 8, 1835; Alanson Hains, section 19, July 21, 1835; Vincent L. Bradford, section 19, July 31, 1835; Winthrop W. Gilman, section 19, Aug. 10, 1835; Isaac Bronson, section 20, Aug. 3, 1835; Sam- uel Hubbard, section 20, Sept. 12, 1835; Isaac Parker, section 20, Sept. 12, 1835; John Runnell, section 21, Nov. 21, 1835; George W. Dickinson, section 21, Dec. 14, 1835; Lyman Gray, section 21. Jan. 25, 1836; John B. Kemp, section 22, Jan. 27, 1836; James S. Wadsworth, section 23, April 25, 1836; Jonathan Wisner, sec- tion 24, Nov. 7, 1836; William Owens, section 27, Sept. 9, 1835 ; Jere Bennett, section 27, Dec. 14, 1835; Jason Winslow, section 28, May 30, 1835; Belcher Atheam, section 28, Aug. 22, 1835 ; Warner Dexter, section 28, Aug. 25, 1835; Levi D. Smith, section 29, Jan. 22, 1835; Walter Sprague, section 30, Nov. 2, 1833; Ir a Jones, section 31, July 22, 1833; Stephen Wooley, section 31, Dec. 24, 1834; John Shuert, section 32, July 6, 1835, and Townsend Harris, section 32, Sept. 1, 1835.

The following sketch of Mrs. Barney Burton contains much valu- able historical matter:

Mrs. Harriet Burton, born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 23, 1813, came to Grand Rapids with her parents in the year 1833. Her father built the first frame house here, where now stands the city of Grand Rapids. This house was located at the foot of Mon- roe street, where the City National Bank is now located. April 13, 1834, the subject of this sketch was married to Barney Burton, their marriage being the first one solemnized in Kent county. Mr. Burton, her husband, was born in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y., March 16, 1807, and died April 17, 1861. The same year of their marriage they settled on the farmn now owned by Charles W. Gar- field in the town of Paris, about three miles from the city of Grand

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History of Kent County, Michigan, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 76

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co. Number of Pages: 1434

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Chapman, Charles C., & Co. (Chicago)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 1434