History of Livingston County, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 54

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SECTION II.

John Wood,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 24, 1835. John W. Hilton, Oswego Co., N. Y., May 13, 1836. George Sewell, Niagara Co., N. Y., May 28, 1836. Henry M. Wood,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 5, 1836. Isaac S. Tuttle, Oakland Co., Mich., Oct. 30, 1839. Thomas Schoonhoven, Livingston Co., Mich., June 23, 1842. Martha Ann Wood,* Livingston Co., Mich., May 7, 1845.

SECTION 12.

Alonzo Platt, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Aug. 12, 1835. John H. Le Count, Wayne Co., N. Y., March 25, 1836. Wallace Goodwin, Ontario Co., N. Y., April 5, 1836. Richard Storms, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 15, 1836. William M. Olcott, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 1836. Thomas B. Hoyt, Livingston Co., Mich., March 22, 1837. Abel W. Walker, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 30, 1837. James H. Woods, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 4, 1838. Philetus Stark, Livingston Co., Mich., Sept. 30, 1852. Cornelius Y. Ross,* Livingston Co , Mich., Feb. 15, 1853. William Gorton,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 17, 1853.

SECTION 13.

Lyman E. Beach,* Erie Co., N. Y., April 23, 1836. William Davis, Erie Co., N. Y., April 23, 1836. Samuel Cooley, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 24, 1836. William Vanocker, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 24, 1836. Joseph H. Gorton, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 14, 1836. Hiram Ward, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 18, 1836. James M. Himes, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Feb. 10, 1838. William Himes, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 28, 1838. William Gorton, Dec. 15, 1853.

SECTION 14.

William Miller,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 23, 1836. Joseph Marriott, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 28, 1836. George Sewell, Niagara Co., N. Y., May 28, 1836. Joseph Hubbard, Orleans Co., N. V., May 30, 1836.

RESIDENCE OF JAMES CONVERSE, HANDY, MICH.

RESIDENCE DE WM. J. JEWELL, IOSCO, MICH

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Silas Munsell,* Wayne Co., Mich., May 30, 1836. Joseph Loree,* Livingston Co., Mich., June 30, 1837.

SECTION 15.

Jeremiah Nichols,* Oakland Co., Mich., Feb. 15, 1836. George W. McIntosh," Oakland Co., Mich., Feb. 15, 1836. Jeremiah Nichols,* May 12, 1836.

Andrew Lytle,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 23, 1836. Levi W. Munsell,* Wayne Co., N. Y., June 6, 1836. John I. (or J.) Traver, Schenectady, N. Y., June 13, 1836. Amos P. Gridley, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 14, 1836. Adolphus Coburn, Albany Co., N. Y., Aug. 6, 1836.

SECTION 16.

T. Lockwood,* Nov. 11, 1846. J. Acker,* Oct. 28, 1847. J. R. Goodrich,* Nov. 16, 1853. W. H. Simons,* Oct. 6, 1847.

R. Simons, Oct. 6, 1847.

R. Acker, Oct. 19, 1847. Walter Wright,* Feb. 10, 1848.

I. S. A. Wright,* May 6, 1846.

John W. Wright,* April 24, 1854.

S. and N. Tracy,* Nov. 11, 1846. R. and J. Acker,* May 6, 1846.

S. and N. Tracy," May 9, 1846. P. L. Wilhelm,* Feb. 17, 1847. I. S. A. Wright,* Oct. 19, 1847 ..

SECTION 17.

Robert J. Barry, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 27, 1835.

Henry M. Wood,* Washtenaw Co., March 12, 1836.

Robert J. Barry, May 13, 1836.

Peter L. Wilhelm, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 27, 1836. Hiram Dewey, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 27, 1836.

Henry M. Wood,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Aug. 3, 1836.

SECTION 18.

John A. Kemp, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 9, 1836. Emery Beal,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. John B. Stimpson, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Jan. 11, 1837. Joseph Voorhies, Oakland Co., Mich., Jan. 24, 1837. Joab Grover," Wayne Co., Mich., July 9, 1836. Enoch Smith, Ingham Co., Mich., Oct. 25, 1843.

SECTION 19.

Richard M. Guggins,* Livingston Co., Mich., May 30, 1836. Robert L. Taylor, New York City, June 13, 1836.

David H. Richardson, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1836. Richard Price, Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 19, 1853.

SECTION 20.

Grace Fasquelle, Livingston Co., Mich., May 2, 1836. Jean Louis François Benoit Fasquelle, Livingston Co., Mich., May 2, 1836.

Richard M. Guggins,* Livingston Co., Mich., June 13, 1836. Orilla Guggins,* Livingston Co., Mich., June 18, 1836. Hiram Dewey, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 27, 1836. Leonard Barton, Franklin Co., Mass., Oct. 4, 1837. Francis Crawford, Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 11, 1855.

SECTION 21.

Grace Fasquelle, Livingston Co., Mich., May 2, 1836. Richard M. Guggins,* Livingston Co., Mich., May 13, 1836. Luther Haven,* Addison Co., Vt., May 28, 1836. Orilla Guggins, Livingston Co., Mich., May 30, 1836, and June 18, 1836. Hiram Dewey, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 27, 1836.

Marvin Cadwell, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836.

Emery Beal,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. Moses Kies, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 16, 1836.

SECTION 22.

John Loree,* Livingston Co., Mich., Feb. 29, 1836. Joseph Loree, " Livingston Co., Mich., March 21, 1836. Reuben Rhodes, Wayne Co., Mich., May 20, 1836. William R. Spofford, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 20, 1836. Stephen Sherwood, Orleans Co., N. Y., June 30, 1836. Chauncey Eggleston, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 3, 1836. Jesse Tuxbury, Wayne Co., Mich., June 4, 1836. Marvin Cadwell, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836.

SECTION 23.

James Miller,* Steuben Co., N. Y., May 21, 1836. Joseph Loree,* Livingston Co., Mich., May 23, 1836. Nathan Field, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 30, 1836. James B. Barnard, Orleans Co., N. Y., May 30, 1836.

SECTION 24.

Daniel Person," Erie Co., Pa., April 23, 1836.

Abijah P. Backus, Erie Co., Pa., May 14, 1836. Lorenzo Backus,* Erie Co., Pa., May 14, 1836. Columbus A. Morgan, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Nov. 14, 1836. David Rogers, Ingham Co., Mich., Feb. 23, 1837. Robert Robinson, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1836. Lawson Judson, Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 30, 1837. William J. Jewett, Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 29, 1845.

SECTION 25.

Amos H. Breed, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 13, 1836. Warren Seeley, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 13, 1836. Tunis R. Pardee, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 18, 1836. E. Coleman, Dec. 13, 1853.

T. C. Bell, March 15, 1865.

SECTION 26.

Erastus Holloway, Wayne Co., N. Y., May 20, 1836. Seth G. Wilson,* Addison, Vt., May 28, 1836. Peter J. Kuhn,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 27, 1836. Alfred Denio,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 16, 1836. Enoch Webster, Steuben Co., N. Y., May 4, 1837.

SECTION 27.

Seth G. Wilson,* Addison Co., Vt., May 28, 1836. Luther Haven,* Addison Co., Vt., May 28, 1836. Elsley W. Fuller, Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 6, 1836. Jabez Paul,* Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 6, 1836. Josiah P. Fuller, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 6, 1836.

SECTION 28.

Luther Haven,* Addison Co., Vt., May 28, 1836. William S. Caskey,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 28, 1836. Bastion Williams, Washtenaw Co., Mich., July 11, 1836. Marion Cadwell, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. Adeline Haviland,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Jan. 11, 1837. Harrison P. and John R. Goodrich,* Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 5, 1847. Joseph S. Post,* Livingston Co., Mich., Feb. 3 and 24, 1854.

SECTION 29.

Seth Spencer, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 19, 1836. James Wright,* Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 19, 1836.

SECTION 30.

Richard M. Guggins,* Livingston Co., Mich., May 30, 1836. Nathan Jones,* Livingston Co., Mich., March 1, 1837. Ard Osborn,* Washtenaw Co., Mich , May 19, 1836. James Wright,* Livingston Co., Mich., April 1, 1846. Hosted by

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SECTION 31.

Ard Osborn,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 19, 1836. . John Cool, Livingston Co., Mich., June 7, 1837.

Samuel Case, Livingston Co., Mich., July 3, 1837.

David Dutton, Livingston Co., Mich., July 15, 1844, and June 3, 1847.

Elizabeth Ann Dyer, Livingston Co., Mich., Dec 14, 1853. Jos. L. Dyer, Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 14, 1853.

John S. Dyer, Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 14, 1853.

SECTION 32.

Philip Dyer, Livingston Co., Mich., June 7, 1836.

Daniel V. Van Sickel,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 20, 1836.

Marvin Cadwell, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. David H. Richardson, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1836.

SECTION 33.

Joseph P. Jewett, Washtenaw Co., Mich., July 5, 1836. Putnam Smith,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., July 11, 1836. Marvin Cadwell, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. Emery Beal,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. B. B. Kercheval, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 26, 1836 David A. McFarlan, Wayne Co , Mich., April 4, 1837. L. D. Preston, Oct. 22, 1857.

W. H. Chapman, Ingham Co., Mich., March 13, 1866.

SECTION 34.

Alfred Denio,* Addison Co., Vt., May 28, 1836. Martin Sprague, Erie Co , N. Y., July 12, 1836. Frederick Bolles, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 27, 1836. Patrick Farley, Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 8, 1837. David Denio, Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 3, 1838.

SECTION 35.

Anna Sutherland, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 8, 1836. George Reeves, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 8, 1836. Ambrose Crane, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 23, 1836. Amherst Crane, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 30, 1836. Alvin Mann,* Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1836. Frederick Bolles, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 27, 1836. Thomas W. Harford,* Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 6, 1853. Hiram Backus,* Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 13, 1855. James F. Williams, Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 13, 1855. Andrew Love, Livingston Co., Mich., March 3, 1854.

SECTION 36.

Jean Louis François Benoit Fasquelle, Livingston Co., Mich., May 2, 1836.

Simeon Backus,* Erie Co., N. Y., May 14, 1836. Hiram Ward, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 29, 1836. Olive Ward, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Jan. 6, 1837. Moses Fuller, Livingston Co., Mich., March 23, 1837. Benjamin Nichols, Columbia Co., N. Y., June 17, 1836. Moses Fuller, Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 31, 1839. John Conner, Livingston Co., Mich., March 8, 1847. Samuel G. Sutherland, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 13, 1848. Charles Bailey, Oakland Co., Mich., Dec. 13, 1853. Eli Annis, Feb. 15, 1868.

N. C. Barton, Feb. 12, 1867.

THE FIRST AND OTHER EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

It is conceded by all early residents that George C. Wood was the first inhabitant of the territory now known as the township of Iosco.

His father, John Wood, then a resident of Ann Arbor, Mich., made the fourth entry of lands in

township No. 2 north, of range 3 east, by the pur- chase of the southwest quarter, the west one-half of the northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section II, Nov. 24, 1835.

Upon this purchase, and in a house now owned and occupied-in part-by James Fewlass, George C. Wood began his residence late in May, 1836.

As much interest attaches to the journey and settlement of the first settler, the following narra- tion of Mr. Wood's removal from Ann Arbor to his new home, furnished for publication in the Livingston Democrat, March, 1874,-by the late Daniel Case, of Howell,-is inserted. Mr. Case had then just arrived in Ann Arbor, while on his way to view, for a second time, lands in Howell, Livingston Co., previously purchased by him :

" We put up at the Western Hotel in Ann Arbor, a small, low house, built in the early days of the Territorial road to Chicago. I thought it was not a very large village. There was not a house from the court-house square to the bridge, and the road was not fenced in. While looking about in the morning, down near the hill towards the river, I saw Mr. George C. Wood, who, with three yoke of oxen, was plowing on the south side of the road. I in quired of him about the county of Livingston, as I wanted to go and see the land I had purchased.

" He said he was going to within seven or eight miles of my land to live, and would start the next day with a break-up team, and if I would stay and help him finish plowing the piece he was then engaged upon, he would be glad to have me for one of the company:

" That was my first experience in driving a break-up team. We got it done, and commenced to load the wagon with potatoes, corn, pork, and other kinds of provisions, a break-up plow, etc., making a big load for four yoke of oxen. The next morning we fixed a place for Mrs. Wood to ride on top of the load, hitched on the oxen, and started. Arriving at Dexter, we turned north, and here left civilization behind us for the land of the Indian, wolf, and deer. At noon we halted beside a marsh in the shade of a tree, unyoked the oxen and let them feed on the tender inarsh grass. Our lunch was taken from the wagon, and eaten with as good a relish as in the best dining-room in the State. After the oxen had rested we again started on our way, and at night stayed at a small yellow house, where Dover Mills now are. We put the bells on the oxen, turned them on the marsh to graze, and in the morning they were ready to go on again.

" We had to go around the west side of Portage Lake, and arrived at Mr. Sigler's house at noon next day. Sometimes we had to go miles out of our way to get around marshes and swamps. Mrs. Wood was as happy as a lark, and often made the woods ring with her songs. The second night we found shelter at a small log house, situated a few miles north of the village of Pinck- ney, and the only one in the neighborhood.

" It was a common thing for three or four families to stop at one house overnight, and sometimes stay till they could get a log house up, and there was always plenty of room. The next day, after making bridges, going around swamps, and fighting mos- quitoes without cessation, we arrived at the Cedar River, west of the lands afterwards occupied by Lyman E. Beach, Jr.

" It took three days to get that load over the river and marsh, up to Mr. Wood's house, which was situated upon the premises now owned by James Fewlass, Esq. I worked upon the house for a few days, and there I first heard the howl of a wolf. I thought all the dogs in the country were loose. On the trail from there to Livingston Centre I saw the first naked Indians, and there were large numbers of them."

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SIMON P. KUHN.

Few men in Livingston County have risen to usefulness and in- dependence through greater trials and obstacles than he whose name stands at the head of this brief nar- rative. He was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1820, and came to Michigan with his father, Peter J. Kuhn, in 1834. Lived in Wash- tenaw County two years, and came to Iosco in the spring of 1837, taking one hundred and twenty acres of land from government, on section 26. The family, consisting of eight children,-four boys and four girls, -were in limited circumstances. The first five acres of land cleared was done without the help of a team ; this was sowed to wheat the first fall. From this small beginning a large and productive farm was made, on which the old couple died,-Mrs. Kuhn on Sept. 16, 1875, and he on May 11, 1876.

Simon P., the immediate subject of this sketch, met with an accident when a boy which made him a con- : firmed cripple. He lived with his

S. P. KUHN.

father until he was thirty-six years of age. Being ambitious to do some- thing for himself, his father gave him one hundred dollars, and he pur- chased eighty acres of land where he now resides. Upon this land there was a heavy growth of timber ; to remove this, make a living, and improve a farm without means, and being obliged to walk with two canes, was a grave question. All this has been done, other lands added, fine, commodious buildings erected, with such surroundings as indicate the " well-to-do farmer."

Mr. Kuhn has been twice mar- ried. His first wife was Mrs. Lu- cinda Rounds, formerly Miss Green, of Marion. She died Dec. 28, 1872, leaving one son, Claude M. The second marriage was May 7, 1879, to Mrs. Eliza Monk, formerly Miss Richer, of the county of Norfolk, England.

Mr. Kuhn and his present wife are active and consistent members of the Protestant Methodist Church, and take a prominent part in the Sabbath-school.

RESIDENCE OF S. P. KUHN, losco, MICHIGAN.

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Mr. Wood removed from the township at an early day, and is now a resident of Milwaukee, Wis.

During the latter part of the summer and early in the fall of 1836, several other families took up their residence in the township, the exact date of whose settlement cannot be readily ascertained. Among them were Ard Osborn and his son Nelson. The former was the first supervisor and treasurer of the township, and purchased several hundred acres, situated upon sections 30 and 31.

Richard M. Guggins purchased lands upon sec- tions 19, 20, and 21, early in the summer of 1836, and during the same season settled early enough to harvest a crop of marsh hay. George W. McIn- tosh, from Oakland County, and Andrew Lytle, from Washtenaw County, also setted at about the same time.

Asel Stow, from Weybridge, Addison Co., Vt., first visited the township in June, 1836, and pur- chased from Richard M. Guggins, land situated upon section 19. He then returned to Vermont, and in September of the same year, accompanied by his wife and two children, viz., Isaac and Eliza Ann, Seth G. Wilson and wife,-Mr. Wilson being his brother-in-law,-began a journey to his home here in the wilderness. The travelers journeyed via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie. At the same time, Nathan Jones, another brother-in-law, started from Vermont with a horse-team and wagon belonging to Mr. Stow. He accomplished the long drive in safety, and brought in the first team of horses owned in the township. Mr. Wilson is still a resident here.

Asel Stow, during his lifetime, was prominently identified with the public interests of the township he assisted to found. He was one of the first assessors elected in 1838, and was re-elected during all the succeeding years until 1852, when the office was discontinued.

His son, Hon. Isaac Stow, the present supervisor of the township, has also been prominent in all undertakings, both public and private, which had for their object the advancement of the best inter- ests of his townsmen. He was an early teacher and school inspector, and since 1865 has filled the position of supervisor nine terms. In January, 1878, he prepared an able and interesting sketch concerning pioneer life in Iosco, which was read before the Livingston County Pioneer Association, and to which we are indebted for much valuable information.

James Wright, a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y., emigrated from Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., to this township in 1836, arriving here October 24th. He was accompanied by a large family of sons,

viz., William, Isaac S. A., Walter, John W., Elisha C., Thomas, Lewis J., and Leonard W .; Richard Acker, a son-in-law, and Abram Van Buren, who had married his niece. Mr. Wright was the first settler upon section 29. He was an earnest and sincere member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at his house, in the spring of 1837, were in- augurated the first religious meetings ever held in the township.

It is believed that prior to the beginning of the winter of 1836-37, John Wood, the father of Geo. C. Wood, had settled upon the southeast corner of section 17, near where the creek crosses the high- way. Here he anticipated the establishment of a village, and tradition saith that a village-on paper -was laid out, as Woodville or Woodbridge, and lots in the same sold to parties in the East at quite a handsome premium. The Woods exercised con- siderable sharp practice in their land speculations and the ownership of the same, but the purchasers, we believe, all resided east of Lake Erie. John Wood became the first postmaster about 1838, and the road from his residence south into Una- dilla township was the first opened. In the spring of 1837 he was elected justice of the peace and school inspector of Unadilla township, and with Jeremiah Nichols, who at the same time was elected highway commissioner, were the first township officers resident in the territory now known as Iosco.

In March, 1837, Daniel Person, with his family, came in from Erie Co., Pa., and made the first settlement upon section 24. His purchase in- cluded the northeast quarter. He was a native of Windsor, Vt., and the son of a talented Univer- salist minister. Mr. Person was conspicuous in the early history of Iosco, and universally re- spected. He died in 1874.

During the remainder of the year 1837, and prior to the first township election, which was held at the house of Jeremiah Nichols, April 2, 1838, the population was largely augmented by the arrival and settlement of many families; the first assessment roll, made in May, 1838, showing 53 resident tax-payers.

Among the pioneers not previously mentioned, and who were here prior to April, 1838, were Peter J. Kuhn, Henry M. Wood, Silas B. Munsell, Levi W. Munsell, Putnam Smith, Peter Chase, James Grimes, Elbert Parker, Peter L. Wilhelm, Daniel V. Van Sickel, Isaac T. Wright, James Miller, Jeremiah Nichols, Simeon Backus, Caleb Barber, Samuel Barber, Lorenzo Backus, Henry Canoll, Lorenzo Canfield, William S. Caskey, Simeon Disbrow, Alfred Denio, David Denio, Wil- liam Davis, S. Ferguson, John Green, Joab Gro-

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ver, John W. Hilton, Thomas Hoyt, Lawson Jud- son, Josiah Loree, John Loree, Wm. Miller, Anson Niles, Patrick Quinn, David Storms, Henry W. Sharp, James Upton, and Joseph C. Williams.

Prior to and including 1840, additional settlers were Alfred Wells, Lyman E. Beach, William C. Post, Elisha H. Noble, Lorenzo Davis, Joseph B. Cole, Washington Wing, Joseph Post, William Himes, Isaac Ray, and A. M. Odell.

The following comprises a complete list of those who were assessed as resident tax-payers in 1844, showing, also, the section upon which their lands were situated :

Sec.

Acker, Richard 29

Loree, Josiah. .3,4

Brownson, Richard .. 13

McIntosh, George W. .. 3, 4 Miller, William 14

Bonter, Cornelius.

Bonter, James. 4 Munsell, L. W. 14, 15

Backus, Simpson 25, 36

Miller, James 23

Backus, Widow 36

Nichols, Jeremiah .. .15, 22

Babcock, Eli S 24

Niles, Ansel. 22

Beach, Lyman E 12, 13

Noble, Elisha H. 27

Bagby, Joseph ... 4

Osborn, Nelson S. 3ª

Britton, John. 4

Osborn, Horace 30

Beattie, William .. 32

Odell, Augustine M.

Plummer, Amos

Canoll, Henry 25

Canfield, Lorenzo 25 8

Chase, Peter ..

Post, William C.

9 Dutton, David. 31

Simmons, Charles 16

Freeman, Albert. Personal

Slaughter, 3

Fewlass, James Personal

Tracy, N. T. 16

Ferguson, P. 35

Vangorder, Henry ...... Personal

Haviland, Charles A 28 Williams, Parkus ....... Personal

Haven, Stephen ..

Williams, Frederick ... Personal

35 Hall, W. S. 31

Lewis, Peter 35

SOME OF THE FIRST EVENTS.

The first dwelling-house was built by George C. Wood, on section II, in the spring of 1836, and a part of it at least now remains, and is occupied by James Fewlass. The first framed barn was built in the summer of 1838, on section 20, by Richard M. Guggins, and the second by Asel Stow, on sec- tion 19, early in the spring of 1839.

The first birth in the township was a son of Abram Van Buren, in January, 1837. The boy was christened Martin, which made him a full namesake of the President of the United States at that time. The first marriage solemnized was that of William Wright and Miss Lucy Osborn, in the summer of 1837. Both were residents of the town- ship. The ceremony was performed by Elder Sayre at the residence of the bride's father, Ard. Osborn, Esq. The first death was a child of Richard M. Guggins, which occurred early in the spring of 1837.

The first sheep were introduced from Ohio in the fall of 1839. They were "natives," well adapted to the country at that time, and furnished the base from which some fine flocks were after- wards produced.

Jabez Paul was the first resident who attended to

Munsell, Henry G ....... Personal

Sec.

Burch, George .. 29

Poyer, Jonah. .3,9 Beach, Elisha F 13 Rima, Christopher 12 Goodrich, Ashbel. . 20, 21

Ross, Cornelius .. 9

Sutton, Lewis C. Personal Goodrich, Joshua ..... .20, 21

Green, Israel. Personal

Ward, Henry E. .. 14 Hempsted, Nathan .. 8 Wood, George II Hempsted, Charles ..... Personal Hart, Isaac 9

Williams, Philetus P ... Personal Wright, William ...... .29, 30

IN 1846.

Sec.

Bailey, Joseph ...

Odell, Charles. 7

Conover, Joseph ... 6 Post & Smith ... ...... 28, 32, 33

Clements, Edward 19 Person, H. C .. . Personal

Drumm, Lawrence. II Sagar, Edward. 17

Dunn, James. 14

Douglass, Everett ... 15, 17 Davis, H. G .. 9

Hartford, William ...... Personal

Isham, Augustus

Williams & Lincoln. 17

Miller, Zachariah .....

.Personal

Ward, Alva ..... 22

Marble, Russell 22

Ward, William R ....... Personal Whitehead, Michael. 35

Wilhelm, John 32

IN 1847.

Sec. Sec.

Abbott, James .. 8

Lockwood, Zachariah 16

Brownson, Persons 27

Lee, George W. 2, 10

Davis, William.

Osborn, David F 30

Harford, Thomas.

Sleight & Halsted .. 12, 13

Hilton, Richard 3

Tracy, Samuel. 16

Hempsted, Myron

Wright, Joseph. 29

Himes, James.

Wooding, William 5

Kuhn, William 27

Wright, I. S. A

Loree, Nathan. 22

IN 1848.

Sec.

Allen, Lucius B. 17

Lyman, William. 2

Allen, James.

Poyer, Jonah, Jr .. ..... 3, 4, 9

Backus, Hiram 36

Palmer, L. & L. A. 19

Burt, E. F.

Sleight, Albert. Personal

Clark, Daniel. II

Sagar, Thomas. Personal

Conrad, Dennis. 3

Post, Johnson ..

Personal

Conner, Patrick 6

Cook, Orrin .. 2

Chapman, Peter 22

Clements, C. B

Ray, Isaac. 25

Ray, William H

Caskey, William S. 28, 33 Robinson, Robert. 24

Davis, William. 13, 18

Disbrow, Simeon

Dickinson, Amos.

9 Shattuck, Asa 14 Foster, Martin R ..

Sharp, Henry 31

Sharp, William 31

Stow, Asel. 19, 30

Sigsby, David. ..

Guggins, Richard M. .20, 21

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