History of Livingston County, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 64

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The first township-meeting was held in and for the township of Genoa, at Lucius H. Peet's inn, on the first Monday in April, 1837, and the follow- ing persons were elected to office, viz. : Supervisor, William T. Curtis; Township Clerk, Charles Ben- edict; Justices of the Peace, Chester Hazard, Wil- liam Tompkins, Cornelius W. Burwell, David B. Harmon; Assessors, Daniel Jessup, Joseph Place- way, Asahel Dibble; Commissioners of Highways, David Hight, Freeman Fishbeck, Thomas Pinck- ney; Poormasters, Caleb Curtis, William T. Cur- tis; Commissioners of Schools, Zebulon M. Drew, David B. Pierce, Isaac Morse; School Inspectors, Z. M. Drew, Pardon Barnard, Jr., Lucius H. Peet; Collector, William C. Shaft; Constabies, William C. Shaft, Lucius H. Peet.

The following list comprises the officers for Genoa township from 1838 to 1879, inclusive :

SUPERVISORS.

1838, Charles I'. Bush; 1839, William T. Curtis; 1840, Charles Benedict; 1841-42, Chester Hazard; 1843-44, Charles Ben - edict; 1845-46, James M. Murray; 1847, Daniel D. T. Chandler; 1848-49, Charles Benedict; 1850-51, William A. Buckland ; 1852-54, Henry Hartman; 1855, Chester Haz- ard; 1856-57, Oren H. Winegar; 1858-59, James M. M ray ; 1860-61, Cornelius W. Burwell; 1862-63, William Curtis ; 1864, Oren H. Winegar; 1865, Ely Barnard; 1866 67, Chester Hazard ; 1868-71, Charles Fishbeck; 1872, Omar H. Benedict; 1873, William H. Halleck; 1874, Chester Hazard; 1875, Charles Fishbeck; 1876-77, Gustave J. Baetcke; 1878-79, Louis Meyer.

TOWNSHIP CLERKS.

1838, Charles Benedict ; 1839, Chester Hazard; 1840-42, Charles Benedict; 1843-46, Joseph Rider, Jr. ; 1847, Charles Bene- dict; 1848, Ely Barnard; 1849, Oren H. Winegar; 1850- 60, William Suhr; 1861-63, William J. Hazard; 1864-79, William Suhr.

TREASURERS.

1839, William T. Curtis; 1840-41, David Hight; 1842-46, John Davis; 1847-50, Albert Tooley; 1851-54, John E. Dorn; 1855, O. H. Winegar ; 1856, John Hartman; 1857-58, Rich- ard Behrens; 1859-60, James Bogan; 1861-63, Lewis Pless ; 1864-66, Freeman F. Pierce; 1867-68, Conrad Schoenhals, Jr. ; 1869-70, Samuel Stark; 1871-72, William Fishbeck ; 1873-74, Gustave J. Baetcke; 1875-76, Charles Grosstick ; 1877, Frank W. Benedict; 1878, Frederick C. Benedict; 1879, John Seim, Jr.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1838, Chester Hazard, David B. Pierce, Gardner H. Carpenter ; 1839, G. H. Carpenter, C. P. Bush; 1840, Charles P. Bush, Chester Hazard; 1841, Chester Hazard; 1842, Ely Barnard ; 1843, G. H. Carpenter, J. M. Murray; 1844, Wm. A. Buckland; 1845, Erastus Watrous, Charles P. Bush ; 1846, Ely Barnard; 1847, Ely Barnard, Joseph Rider, Jr., H. Hartman; 1848, Joseph Rider, Jr .; 1849, Cornelius W. Burwell; 1850, H. C. Hosted by

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Hause; 1851, Henry Hartman; 1852, Joseph Rider, Jr. ; 1853, Cornelius W. Burwell; 1854, H. C. Hause ; 1855, James M. Murray ; 1856, David B. Pierce; 1857, C. W. Bur- well, Wm. B. Curtis; 1858, Oren H. Winegar; 1859, Ches- ter Hazard; 1860, Ely Barnard; 1861, Ely Barnard, Floyd S. Wykoff; 1862, Oren H. Winegar; 1863, Chester Hazard, Isaac W. Bush; 1864, Cornelius W. Burwell; 1865, Charles Benedict, Samuel Stark ; 1866, Charles Dingler; 1867, John A. Meyer, Chester Hazard; 1868, C. W. Burwell, Joseph Rider; 1869, Andrew C. Pless; 1870, Chester Hazard, New- berry H. Sweet; 1871, N. C. Sweet, Richard Behrens ; 1872, Joseph Rider, Joseph Birkenstock; 1873, David Hughes; 1874, Peter T. Gill, David Hughes; 1875, James Timmons, John O'Connor; 1876, George A. Whitehead; 1877, James Boylan, Henry Ratz; 1878, Joseph Rider, William H. Trowbridge; 1879, George Bauer.

ASSESSORS.

1838, Joseph Rider, James M. Murray, Daniel Jessup; 1839, William B. Curtis, James J. Forsythe, Charles Benedict ; 1840, William A. Buckland, William B. Curtis, John D. Bradner; 1841, C. P. Bush, C. Hazard, J. D. Bradner; 1842, Ely Barnard, H. C. Hause; 1843, Amos Foster, Daniel Jes- sup; 1844, J. D. Bradner, E. Watrous ; 1845, Albert Tooley, John D. Bradner; 1846, Daniel Jessup, Albert Tooley.

COLLECTORS.

1838, Erastus Watrous ; 1839-40, Reuben Haight; 1841, John Davis.

SCHOOL INSPECTORS.

1838, C. P. Bush, C. Hazard, W. T. Curtis; 1839, C. P. Bush, Lucius H. Peet, G. H. Carpenter; 1840, C. P. Bush, C. Haz- ard, Wm. A. Buckland; 1841, C. P. Bush, C. Hazard, H. C. Hause; 1842, W. A. Buckland, E. Barnard, Wm. Stedman ; 1843, Wm. B. Curtis, Wm. A. Buckland; 1844, Wm. H. Beurman, D. D. T. Chandler; 1845, Wm. H. Beurman ; 1846, D. D. T. Chandler, Charles Benedict ; 1847, William B. Curtis; 1848, William Suhr; 1849, Alexander Carpenter ; 1850, Charles Benedict; 1851, George A. Lawson ; 1852, Alexander Carpenter ; 1853, Chester Hazard ; 1854, Olympus Spencer ; 1855, Ely Barnard ; 1856, Wm. J. Hazard, B. H. Lawson; 1857-58, Charles Benedict, Ely Barnard; 1859, Omar H. Benedict, W. Wallace Carpenter; 1860, W. Wal- lace Carpenter; 1861, Smith Benson, J. Bruce Fishbeck ; 1862, Ebenezer Culver; 1863, Charles Benedict, Charles Fishbeck ; 1864, O. H. Benedict, Dwight T. Curtis; 1865, Dwight T. Curtis; 1866, A. M. Davis, O. H. Benedict ; 1867, Omar H. Benedict ; 1868, A. M. Davis; 1869, O. H. Benedict; 1870, Conrad Schoenhals; 1871, A. M. Davis; 1872, Peter P. Gill; 1873, A. M. Davis; 1874, O. H. Benedict; 1875, Frank W. Benedict; 1876-77, Henry D. Rider; 1878, Charles T. Barnard; 1879, Henry Holtforth.

TOWNSHIP SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. 1875-76, A. M. Davis; 1877-79, Peter T. Gill.

The vote on the license question of Genoa in 1845 stood 53 in favor to 19 against. In 1850 the following persons received the number of votes set opposite their names as delegates to the State Con- stitutional Convention :

Ira Jennings 19 Robert Crouse. 61

James W. Stansbury

Pierrepont P. Smith. 15

Ely Barnard.,. 65 Austin Wakeman .. 14 trict No. 2.

SCHOOLS .*

The present District No. I was the first one formed in the township. Probably in 1836 or 1837, the first school in town was taught in this district by Alexander Carpenter, who was after- wards a school inspector. The school-house, Mr. Hazard thinks, was possibly a frame building, though said by some to have been constructed of logs. It stood near the site of the present frame school-house in the same district. A brick build- ing was subsequently erected, and is now used as a blacksmith-shop.

In District No. 3 a log school-house was built about 1839-40. It stood on the south side of the road, a short distance east of the site of the present frame edifice. Mariette Hayner, a lady whose home was in Brighton, was one of the earliest teachers. The log school house was finally re- moved.

The first school in District No. 5 was taught by George Griffith, in the winter of about 1837-38, or the one following. A log school-house had been built, and was used also as a place in which to hold religious meetings. The building was used a number of years. The first school was not largely attended, as the number of children in the district was few. The first summer term was taught in the season following Griffith's term, by Mary Ann Hinkley, who was retained through several subsequent ones. Griffith returned East not long after his administration as a teacher here had closed. The present stone school-house was built about 1857.

The following statement of the condition of the schools as appearing Sept. 2, 1878, is from the re- port of the township school inspectors for the year ending at that date :

Number of whole districts 22

¥ fractional districts .. IO

children of school age. 344

Attendance during year. 307

Number of school-houses. 9

Value of school property $6000

Number of male teachers employed. female teachers .employed .. 10

Amount paid male teachers. $821.50

66 female teachers. $370

Total receipts for year. $2096.46

Amount on hand Sept. 2, 1878. 410.23

Expenditures, less amount on hand.

$1686.23

RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. BAPTISTS.

Probably the first religious meetings in the town- ship were held in the fall and winter of 1835-36, in the house of David Hight, continuing, with

Daniel S. Lee ... 71

9 Robert Warden, Jr. 66

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Sabbath-school, for a period of two years or more, or until the school-house was built in District No. 5, when that was made the place of meeting for such services. Elder Jonathan Stone, a Baptist minister, who had previously lived for several years in Webster, Washtenaw Co., purchased land in Genoa, south of Mr. Hight's place, and in the fall of 1836 built a house upon it, boarding with Mr. Hight during its construction. He, some years later, died on the farm where he had settled. Meetings were held also in the winter of 1835-36, at the house of Justus J. Bennett, in the north part of Hamburg, and Mr. Stone preached both there and in the Hight neighborhood. In a year or two a Baptist society was organized under the leader- ship of Elder Post. It was given the name " Ham- burg," but was subsequently changed to " Hamburg and Genoa." It continued to hold services until about 1865-67, when it was finally disbanded. No house of worship had been erected, the "stone school-house" furnishing accommodations for the congregation.

" Preaching" was also held in other parts of town at an early day, at the dwellings of numerous individuals, and by ministers of different denomi- nations. Howell, however, was the principal place at which the settlers attended religious meetings, and has continued to be to the present.

GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.

About 1858 "St. George's German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation" was organized by Rev. Mr. Smith, of Ann Arbor. In 1861, three acres of land were donated by Richard Behrens, on sec- tion 14, for a church and burying-ground site, and at a later date three acres on section 13 were given for the use of the minister. Dr. Buck (LL.D.), father-in-law of John Weimeister, of Howell, after the organization of the society, went to Europe to raise sufficient funds to build a church. The sum of $300 was given by Hamburg, Germany, and the present frame building was erected. Dr. Buck succeeded Smith as minister. The succeeding ones have been Revs. Meyer,* of Genoa township, Christopher Watt, Mr. Kramer, and Mr. Sheibly, who is at present in charge. The resident mem- bership of this church in July, 1879, was from 50 to 60, and others attend who do not live in the neighborhood. The church erected by this society is the only one built by any denomination in the township.

CEMETERIES.

The oldest burial-ground in the township is the one on section 13, off land now owned by Nelson

S. Benjamin, and it contains the dust of many of the early settlers of this and neighboring town- ships. A second one is located in the Benedict neighborhood, in the south part of the town, and is also old; and a third, belonging to the Germans, is near their church on section 14, east of Genoa Station.

POPULATION-STATISTICS.

The number of white inhabitants in the town- ship of Genoa in 1837 was 361. In 1874 the number had increased to 921, including 475 males and 446 females. From the census of the latter year are compiled the following statistics :

Number of acres of taxable land in township ... 22,800

" land owned by individuals and

companies.

improved land

22,890.50 11,478

Value of same, with improvements ..

Number of acres in school-house sites

5:50

church and parsonage sites.

burying-grounds

railroad right of way and depot grounds

wheat raised in 1874.

3,193

corn 66 1873 ..

1,229

bushels of wheat raised in 1873

38,684

66 corn

1873

34,446 16,045 7,964 2,919 27,137

pounds wool sheared in 1873

pork marketed in 1873. .

cheese made in 1873

82,772 60 37,483

" fruit dried for market in 1873

barrels cider made in 1873

acres in orchards

bushels of apples raised in 1872. 66

" 1873.

pears, cherries, and strawberries, 1872.

pears, cherries, and strawberries, . 1873

115

Value of fruit and garden vegetables, 1872 ..

$5,001

Number horses, one year old and over, 1874. 1873 mules, 1874 ..

415 8

66 work oxen, 1874.

milch cows, 1874 ..

482

66 neat cattle, one year old and over, other than oxen and cows

373

sheep over six months old.

6,060

" sheared in 1873 ......

6,314

Number saw-mills

Persons employed in same

Amount of capital invested

$1,800

Number feet of lumber sawed

80,000

Value of products.

$960

Among the many who have aided in furnishing the facts which are included in the foregoing his- tory of Genoa are C. W. Burwell and wife, Chester Hazard, Isaac W. Bush, Esq., of Howell, Richard Behrens, William Suhr, Joseph Rider, Andrew Sharp, Mrs. Cyrus Hoyt, Miss Deborah Hight (daughter of David Hight), Mrs. Pardon Barnard, of Howell, and numerous others. The thanks which are justly due them are hereby tendered. Hosted by

1873

2,881

all other grain raised in 1873 ... potatoes raised in 1873 ..

tons of hay cut in 1873.

butter made in 1873

6,707 307 407 13,282 10,846 126

$5,015

land exempt from taxation .. 90.50 $11,119

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOSEPH RIDER.

Among the names of those who are conspicu- ous in the early history of Genoa, and in the various enterprises connected with its interests, none stand higher than Joseph Rider. He has not only witnessed the transition of a thin settlement into a busy and prosperous community, of a semi- wilderness into one of the most productive and wealthy towns in the county, but in his own person has typified so admirably the agencies that wrought many of these changes, that no history of Genoa would be complete without a sketch of his life.

He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Rider, and was born in the town of De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 25, 1817. The elder Rider was a shoemaker by trade, and previous to his emigra- tion to Rockland Co., N. Y., in 1810, lived in New York City. When Joseph was ten years of age he removed to Oswego, where he purchased a farm, upon which he resided until his emigration to Oak- land Co., Mich., in 1833. He purchased in the town of Milford fifty acres of land, which he sold in 1835 and removed to Genoa. Here he located one hundred and twenty acres, which is a part of his present productive farm of two hundred and eleven acres, a view of which is presented in the history of the town.

Mr. Rider has been prominently identified with the development of the town and all its material interests. His life has been one of industry, and his aim has been to earn the position he now occupies among the successful and wealthy far- mers in the county. That he had a full portion of hardships and privations in his pioneer life, none will deny.

In 1840, Mr. Rider was married to Miss Isabella M., daughter of Jacob and Elsie Fishbeck, one of the well-known early families of Genoa. Mrs. Rider was born in the town of De Peyster, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in 1824, and emigrated to Michigan with her parents in 1836. She, like her husband, is one of that noble band of pioneers to whom the present generation is indebted for much that they now enjoy. Mr. Rider is a self-made man. Early in life he learned that the way leading to success was no royal road, but was open to strong hands and willing hearts; that

" Honor and fame from no condition rise. Act well your part, there all the honor lies."

He early established methodical habits, and his energy and perseverance, coupled with integrity of character, have rendered his life a success. Politi-

cally, he is a Democrat. In his religious affilia- tions he is a Free-Will Baptist, and manifests a deep interest in religious matters.

CHESTER HAZARD

was born at. Arlington, Bennington Co., Vt., June 23, 1796, being the oldest of a family of nine chil- dren. His parents were Evans and Abigail (Haw- ley) Hazard. His mother belonged to one of the old Puritan families of Connecticut. His father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in Connecticut in 1774, and lived at various times in the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. He finally removed to Michigan, where he died in 1851. Chester Hazard was a studious boy, and acquired a thorough common-school education. In 1806 he went to the home of an uncle, with whom he lived until he was seventeen years old. He then spent four years in learning the tanner's and shoe- maker's trades. He worked at these trades four years in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y. In 1821 he took a partner, by whose dishonesty he lost everything he had accumulated. By working his father's farm in Chenango Co., N. Y., two years, and his grandfather's in Broome County, N. Y., five years, he saved five hundred dollars. With this capital he engaged in farming and tanning at Wheeler, Steuben Co., N Y. After ten years of successful labor there, in 1836, he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of wild land in Genoa, Livingston Co., Mich., and worked till 1842 in clearing it. In that year he was elected county treasurer, and removed to Howell. This office he held for two terms, and in 1847 was elected to the State Legislature, where he was instrumental in procuring the passage of the bill appropriating ten thousand acres of land for internal improvements. Since 1849 he has resided on his farm. He has been supervisor of the town and chairman of the Board of Supervisors for many years, and justice of the peace for forty years, besides holding many other offices. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and has always been a Democrat. Simple in his manner of life, Mr. Hazard has acquired a fortune by honesty, industry, and economy. He is a man of marked character and striking appear- ance. Now, at eighty-three years of age, he is still hale and vigorous, and his voice is as strong and clear as at the age of forty. No man ever questioned his integrity, and no one more than he deserves the respect which is universally accorded to him. His first wife, to whom he was married Aug. 31, 1817, died March 6, 1858, leaving six children. His second wife was Julia A. Buck, to whom he was married Sept. 8, 18630Qle

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CHARLES BENEDICT

was born in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., May 4, 1809. His father, Isaac Benedict, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution ; after the war he settled on a farm at Cambridge, where he died at an advanced age.

Charles Benedict lived with his father until he grew to manhood, assisting on the farm, and re- ceiving such educational advantages as were offered by the district schools.

When a young man, he taught school several terms in the neighborhood of Cambridge. In 1830 he emigrated to Michigan, purchasing some land near Dexter, where he remained two years, teach- ing school a portion of the time. In 1832 he returned to New York, and married Miss Amy Church, of Otsego Co., N. Y. They came to Liv- ingston County in 1836, and settled on section 21, in what is now the town of Genoa. At that time neither the town or State were yet organized. Mr. Benedict at once took an active and important part in the erection and organization of the town. The first town election was held at his house, when he was elected township clerk, an office he filled for several years. Subsequently he filled several of the town and county offices, among others that of supervisor; and was for two terms county treasurer.

He was a man much respected for his sterling integrity and sound judgment. He died Nov. 22, 1870, leaving a family of seven children,-four sons and three daughters. Alexander, the oldest child, lives at Fowlerville, this county ; Omer H. married the oldest daughter of the late Ely Barnard, is a farmer, and lives adjoining the old home ; Mari- ette married James Taylor, of Chelsea, Mich. ; Martha A. married Freeman W. Allison, a farmer in Putnam; Alida C. married Dwight T. Curtis, a farmer in Genoa; Frank W. married Henrietta Beurman, and died October, 1878, in his twenty- eighth year ; Fred. C. married Julia E. Beurman, lives on the home-farm with his mother, who is now in her sixty-seventh year, but vigorous and healthy. Having shared in the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and witnessed the trans- formation of the wilderness into a prosperous community, she now looks back over a long and industrious life with the satisfaction of having acted well her part.

ELY BARNARD

was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1807, and emigrated in company with his brother, Pardon

Barnard, to Michigan in 1834, settling on the farm in Genoa, where he died Sept. 9, 1871.

Possessing abilities of a commanding order, Ely Barnard soon took a prominent and active part in the early history of the county, and in the forma- tion here of the Democratic party, of which he was an influential member throughout his life. Aside from local offices, at the first election, after Michigan became a State, he was elected to the office of register of deeds, and in 1842 and 1843 he was one of the two members to represent the county in the State Legislature, which then met in Detroit. He was also a member of the State Convention, which met in 1850, to revise the Constitution. In all these positions Mr. Bar- nard commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens for his signal ability and rigid hon- esty. After his return from the constitutional con- vention he refused to accept office again. He retired to his farm, which he cultivated assiduously, and he was considered one of the best agricultur- ists of the county. In the private relations of life he was held in high esteem. Judge Turner, in an address before the Pioneer Society, said of him, "Well do we remember with what no- bility and independence he always bore himself in all the business of life. He was a man who never abdicated his dignity for a moment, but was a gentleman at all times and on all occasions."

Mr. Barnard was married, Jan. 31, 1839, to Miss Aristine Curtis, daughter of William Curtis, who emigrated from Madison Co., N. Y., in 1836, and settled on lands adjoining Mr. Barnard, where he died April 8, 1850, in the seventy-third year of his age.

Mrs. Barnard has conducted the farm since her husband's death. She has been the mother of nine children, seven of whom are now living,-three sons and four daughters.

WILLIAM BLOODWORTH

was born in Creeton, Lincolnshire, England, Dec. 3, 1803. His parents, William and Elizabeth Bloodworth, were farmers, and reared a family of four children,-three sons and one daughter,-Wil- liam being the youngest. He received the advan- tages of the schools of his native town, and at the age of nineteen enlisted in the "King's Guard," in which he served twelve years. In 1833 he emi- grated to this country. He spent the first winter in Ann Arbor, and in the spring following, removed with his family upon the farm which he had located in Genoa the previous fall; here he has since re- sided. The pioneer life of Mr. and Mrs. Blood- worth was one of much hardship and privation.

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Did our space permit we could pen from their lips many a tale of early life in Genoa that to the pres- ent generation would sound more like fiction than fact. But they are now receiving the full fruition of their long and successful life; having amassed a competency, they are enjoying the benefits re-

sulting from a life of industry and economy. Mr. Bloodworth was married in 1831 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann Lown. She was born in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, May 4, 1805. They have one child, Mrs. Isaac Sapp, who is living with her husband at the old home.

UNADILLA TOWNSHIP.

UNADILLA, one of the original townships of Liv- ingston County, lies in the southwest corner of the latter, and is bounded north and east respectively by the townships of Iosco and Putnam, south by Washtenaw County, and west by Ingham County. It includes township I north, in range 3 east, as des- ignated on the government survey of the State. It contains the three villages of Unadilla, Wil- liamsville, and Plainfield, located respectively on sections 35, 28, and 5, Plainfield extending also into section 8.

The surface of the township is greatly diversi- fied. Along the various water-courses it is broken by considerable hills, and in places quite extensive marshes are found,-such as are common in, and peculiar to this part of the lower Peninsula. A large portion of the township in the northwest lies on a beautiful plain, where are everywhere found excellent improvements, and in the midst of which is located Plainfield village. The Portage River and its tributaries water the town, and several lakes add to the variety which is here found. Among the latter are a portion of Bruin or Patterson Lake, on section 36; Woodburn and Bass Lakes, on section 25 ; Williams Lake, on sections 29 and 32; Mor- gan Lake, on section 10; and several others which have not been named on the map. Portage River furnishes power at Unadilla and Williamsville, and in this town was made the first improvement of water-power in the county. .

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