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The same Trustees afterward contracted with L. D. Cowles to build a belfry, to be completed at the same time, for $150. The necessary money was raised for the building by the sale of slips, the prices ranging from $10 to $40, and, of the forty slips thus sold, but four of the original purchasers are here to claim their property-Jesse Norton, J. W. Manley. Loren Andrus and J. M. Vaughan. The building was accepted and paid for on December 28, 1846, at which time it was dedicated by Rev. Mr. Crane, at that time Pre- siding Elder of this district.
Many changes were effected in the church building. In 1854, a bell was donated by J. Z. Kelsey. Other improvements were made in 1869. On January 30, 1878, the reno- vation of the house was completed and its re-dedication accomplished.
THE WASHINGTON UNION CHURCH SOCIETY.
For many years previous to the organization of this society, all religious services were held in the church building dedicated by the Methodist Episcopal society, then the only house of worship in the village of Washington. The church, although dedicated by the Methodist Episcopal society, the expense incurred by extensive repairs and the erec- tion of suitable sheds adjoining was shared in by the entire community. without regard to religious belief.
In the spring of 1879, the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal society asserted their legal right to the exclusive control and use of the property, soon after closing their doors
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against a denomination on account of its creed. This society was then organized, July 5. 1879, adopted the following: " Any church building that now, or that may hereafter, be owned by this society, shall always be free from sectarian control, and no religious society. or any claiming to be such, orthodox or unorthodox, shall be denied the use of said church building, simply on account of its religious belief." The first Trustees were Timothy Lockwood, William A. Stone, Henry Bennett, Edward W. Andrus and William W. Vaughan.
During the fall of 1879. the society erected a commodious structure at an expense ex- ceeding $3.000. which was formally dedicated February 26, 1880. Religious services are held each Sabbath, the Rev. C. W. Knickerbocker, of Wayne, alternating with Rev. John Young. of Romeo, and Rev. William Arlington, of Richmond. The society has a large membership and is in a prosperous condition.
SOUTH BURIAL-GROUND.
The affairs of the South Burial-Ground Society were at a stand-still, as there has been no gathering of that association for twenty two years, or since March. 1860, until the Clerk, J. M. Vaughan, called a meeting for April 29, 1882. The Trustees of that long- ago time have all passed away, but the officers were re-elected, and a new fence, with other improvement», will be the result of the gathering. the new and old officers standing as follows: President, Loren Andrus: Clerk. J. M. Vaughan: Collector, C. M. Bates; Sex- ton, Michael Widrig; Assistant Sexton, John Dotsert: Trustees, E. W. Andrus, Elijah Wilson. Albert Yates.
VILLAGES OF THE TOWNSHIP
Washington Village contains 225 inhabitants. The locality was first settled in. 1818. The village is sixteen miles northwest of Mt. Clemens and thirty miles north of Detroit, with which cities it is connected by the Michigan Air-Line and Grand Trunk Railroads. Formerly, its nearest shipping-point was Utica. seven miles south, on the D. & B. C. R. R., and with which it was connected with a daily line of stages. It has Method- ist Episcopal and Union Churches, a graded school. express, daily mail, east and west. Principal exports, wheat, wool and fruit. The business circle of the village is made up as follows: Charles Bennett, blacksmith: Thomas Brabb, capitalist: George H. Cannon. civil engineer; Miss L. Davis, music-teacher: Ida Lamb, teacher of public school: Jay Miller, wind-mill agent; Byron Norton, pianos and music teacher: W. W. Norton, pianos and organs; H. & M. Roberts, hotel and furniture dealers; J. H. Rose, carpenter and builder: Abram Shepherd, boot and shoemaker: David G. Stewart, carpenter: Adelbert Stone, general store and express agent; Stone Bros .. general store: Isaac Terpening, wind- mill agent; William W. Vaughan, insurance agent and Notary: George A. Woodward, teacher in public school: Albert Yates, physician.
Mt. Vernon is a small post office village in Washington Township, Macomb County, seventeen miles northwest of Mt. Clemens Conrt House and five northeast of Roches- ter, on the D. & B. C. R. R., its nearest shipping-point connection therewith by semi- weekly mail. In the immediate vicinity are two churches -- Baptist and Methodist- and district school. The business men of the village are named as follows: Alpheus Baldwin, Constable; Jeremiah Cole, blacksmith; J. N. Fangboner, painter: Mark Fang- boner, wagon-maker; Joseph McCluer, live stock; John Major, live stock; E. J. Mann, painter; Rev. W. H. Mills, Baptist: J. J. Snook. Notary and Justice; M. L. Townsend. live stock dealer.
The number of farms in the township in 1850 was 116; of acres under cultivation, 10,825; of bushels of wheat raised. 27,436; of corn, 26,983; of all other kinds of grain. 15,945 bushels: of potatoes, 5,775 bushels; of wool. 19.495 pounds; of butter, 28,710 pounds; of cheese, 11,424 pounds.
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Twenty-four years later, in 1874, there were 196 farms, containing 16,404 acres of improved land, valued at $1,215,990. There were 34,004 bushels of wheat raised; 35,- 560 bushels of corn, and 42,640 bushels of other grains. The potato crop yielded 9,873 bushels. The product of the dairy was 55, 905 pounds of butter; 10,300 pounds of cheese; 34,922 pounds of wool were sent to market, and 70.675 pounds of pork sold outside the township.
The population. in 1850, including the southern half of Romeo, was 1. 541; in 1874, it reached 2,099, and, in 1880, distinct from Romeo, contained a population of 2.052.
REMINISCENCES OF C. HARLOW GREEN.
From an address delivered before the Macomb County Pioneer Society, at Washing- on, May 26, 18SI, by C. Harlow Green, the following references to the early times in Washington are extracted: "In the fall of 1824, a log schoolhouse was built south of Washington Village on the west side of the road, just beyond the hollow. where a stream- let flowed, nearly opposite the village residence of the late Marcus Nye. Evidences of this building were found scattered around even in 1881. The teacher for that summer was Miss Emeline Allen, a younger sister of the early settlers -- William and John Allen. During the winter of 1824-25, Isaac Andrus, a brother of Elon Andrus, presided over the school. During the summer of 1825, Miss Allen was employed as teacher, and the suc- ceeding winter she was succeeded by Isaac Andrus. The winter schools of 1826-27 and of 1827-28 were conducted by Nathaniel Augustus Baldwin, an old settler near Rochester.
John Chapman, the mathematician-the man, who, back in the State of New York, was equal to and performed the principal portion of the work in compiling Ostrander's arithmetic, while Tobias Ostrander managed to get all the credit -taught the school in 1828 29. During the winter term of 1829-30, Abel Webster, a younger brother of Price B. Webster. presided over the school. Among the pupils' of the school, the following names are remembered: Elias and Julia Wilcox: Sylvester, Emily, Orpha and John Dar- ling; Arba, Alphonso, Orlando, Arba, Jr., Calvin and James Richards; John, Mary, Jane, Amy Ann, Chauncey and Joseph Chapman; Lester Niles; Durr and Adelia Giddings; Abel, Laura, Elizabeth, Fayette, Olier, Mary and Squire Warren; Jeremiah, Electa, Armanda, William, Timothy, Maria and Rhoda Ann Lockwood; Solomon, Eunice, Harriet, Amarilla. Almeron and Amos Wales; George, Alfred, Eliza, Marvin, Jane Hanscom; George Steb- bins: Abram, Mary and Horace Wilson; Daniel and Eveline Miller: Elon, Laura, Jerusha, Clarissa, Truman: Loren. Calista, William, Elon, Jr., and Nancy Andrus: Joseph, Levi. Worcester, Laura and Adela Miller: Iddo and Julia Warner: John, Harvey, Harry, Har- mon and Hiram Bennett: Sardis, Orman, Sardis Hand and Mary Burlingham; Barnabas, Cyrus, Ransom and Edwin Miller: Charles, Emeline. Lois and Maria Dudley Beagle: Otis, Linus, Eliza, Hiram and Emily Lamb: Ezra, Samantha, John and Ezra, Jr., Bel- lows: Lazarus Green; C. Harlow Green: Price B., Harvey, Harlow and Hubbard Webster. The names of the teachers best remembered are Isaac Montfore. Isaac Andrus, John Chap- man, John D. Holland, Baldwin, Webster, Dalby, Noyes, Price and Miss Allen.
The first circuit ministers were Rev. Messrs. Plympton and Petit. The next was Mr. Jones. He it was, who, in a sermon in the Holland Schoolhouse about the year 1826, gave the first specimen of a radical temperance speech in Washington. In alluding to the whisky manufacturer, he called the distillery the "Devil's tea-pot." There was also in those days a circuit preacher named Reynolds-a sleek young man with red hair, who prized a good horse. A little later. came Frazee, a man of singular manner, sharp and ready for an emergency. Brother Banghman was also on the circuit about this time. Brother Elliott came next. He preached his farewell sermon at the old Arba Smith Schoolhouse, but returned to the circuit for another year.
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For a few years, from 1834 onward, the Universalists employed a Mr. Wheeler to preach for them in the neighborhood. The Universalists were not very numerous, so that the support of their past r fell upon only a few. As report has it, Uncle George Hanscom finally became tired of paying ont money, and declared that before he would continue to pay out money for preaching, as he had done, he would bell his soul and turn it out to grass."
From 1829 to 1833, there were a few Free-Will Baptists and Christian ministers in the townships, staying among the brethren of the community, particularly with the Howard and Carpenter families. Elders Shearer, Lambarker and Thomas visited the district in early years. Elder Thomas went to Ohio, where he adopted the doctrine of Alex Camp- bell. and, returning here, declared himself a disciple of Campbell faith.
John and his father. Joseph Holland. were in the town during the summer of 1823. The latter is well remembered among the old settlers. Other early preachers are referred to in the pages devoted to county history.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
In the sketches of the pioneers and leading men of the township may be found many instructive and entertaining incidents of settlement. The foregoing historic sketch embraces much subject of a valuable character, but to prevent. as far as possible. the repetition of faets. nothing that has been fully treated in the biographical collection is introduced into the historic sketch of the township.
JOHN ALLEN, a direct descendant of Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, located in Washington at a very early date in the history of the county. In 1819, he traveled Westward to St. Louis, Mo .; in the general history, reference is made to him as being the builder of many of the early mills of Macomb; he is a man of sterling worth, highly esteemed and one of the oldest members of the Masonic order in this State. Mr. Allen is now aged ninety years, and in the enjoyment of good health; he resides with his son, Lee- man Allen, of Clarkston. Oakland Co., Mich.
REV. GEORGE A. AMES, P. O. Mt. Vernon, pastor of the Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon (Washington), was born December 11, 1826, in Fenner, Madison Co., N. Y .; he was educated at Madison University and entered the ministry in 1850; in January, 1851, he was ordained, at Stockbridge, Madison County; he has filled the pastorate of the churches at Sterling, Carthage, Gouverneur. Belleville and Pulaski, in the State of New York; MeKeesport and Mt. Pleasant, Penn. : Sturgis, Northville and Jackson, Mich. In 1864 and 1865. he was engaged in publishing the Christian Herald, at Kalamazoo. He entered upon the pastorate of the church at Mt. Vernon, in September, 1879; he was mar- ried. in August. 1850, at Lenox Furnace, Madison Co., N. Y., to Julia A., second daugh- ter of Joseph A. Palmer: she died in June. 1860. He was married again, to Martha, daughter of Ebenezer and Betsey Cline, of Jefferson County, N. Y., in July, 1863; she was born December 8. 1835: her father was a native of New York. her mother of Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Ames have had three children, two of whom are living -- Eliza Isa- bella, born in Mckeesport, Penn., September 12, 1868; and James N. B., in Pulaski, N. Y., August 15, 1873. The father of Mr. Ames, Rufus Ames, was born in Tunkhannock, Penn., in May, 1797: his ancestors came from England and settled in Massachusetts at an early day: his mother was a descendant of the house of Staffords, Staffordshire, En- gland. Sophia Blanchard, the mother of Mr. Ames, was born in April, 1798, in Rhode Island; her mother was Elizabeth Ballou, descended from the Rev. Maturin Ballou, a Huguenot refugee, who found an asylum in the colony of Roger Williams from the perse- eutions of the mother country.
ISAAC ANDRUS undoubtedly was cotemporary with John and Mary Andrews ( An- drus), who settled in Hartford County, Conn .. previous to 1672. The name appears as
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Andrews, Andrus, Andruss. Isaac, Jr., settled in Shaftsbury, Vt. Isaac, Jr., son of Isaac. Jr., removed to Genesee County, N. Y .; his family consisted of six children, as follows: Elon, Linus, Truman. Russell, Isaac and Horace. Elon Andrus was born Poult- uey, Vt., April 4, 1786; he married Nancy, daughter of Gad and Jerusha (Ripley) Lamb, born in Tioga County, Penn., November 15, 1791; her brothers' and sisters' names were Daniel, Harry, Sally, Patty, Jerusha, Lorain, Clarissa, Maria and Ebenezer. In Sep- tember, 1821, Elon Andrus left the State of New York to find a home in the Territory of Michigan, and located lands as now known in Washington Township, Section 33; the fol- lowing fall, he embarked with his family from Buffalo, N. Y., on the steamer Walk-in-the- Water: an accident occurred to the boat near what was then called Fairport, near the mouth of Black River, Ohio: the passengers sailed thence via schooner to Detroit, where our pioneers were met by friends, and with ox teams were " toted" to their destination. Mr. and Mrs. Andrus early in life joined the M. E. Church, and remained firm in the faith to the end of their days; the former died July 16, 1865. " Grandma" Andrus, as she was known to all acquaintances, survived him thirteen years; she died at the old homestead the 19th of July, 1878. Their family consisted of ten children, all of whom they saw married. The seven oldest were born in Genesee County, N. Y .; the remaining three in Macomb County; their names are as follows: Laura, born September 29, 1809, married to John F. Hamlin, of Avon, Oakland Co., Mich .; children-John F. (died), Adol- phus, Caroline, Belle and Laura: Jerusha, born December 1, 1810, married Hiram Wil- cox: children-Solon H .. Otho and Virginia (died); Clara, born July 12, 1812, married Dr. Dennis Cooley: Mr. Cooley practiced medicine for many years in Washington, and during his life accumulated an extensive botanical collection, now at the Agricultural Col- lege, in Lansing; he died May 1. 1862; two years later, Mrs. Cooley was married to Dr. S. A. Babbitt, of Ypsilanti; Loren, born June 25, 1816; at the age of twenty-one, he was employed as Assistant Engineer in the survey of what was then called the Clinton & Kalamazoo Canal: two years later, he was on the survey of the railroad between Port Huron and Flint; at twenty-five, he was married to Lucina, daughter of Lewis and Nancy (Knapp) Davis; she was born May 1, 1821, in Genesee County, N. Y. ; children --- Flora, born October 19, 1841, died January 31, 1847; Dwight, July 23, 1844; Frank D., August 21, 1850; L. Ward, July 13, 1852; Mary, December 5, 1854; Naney D., March 6, 1860; Alice and Agnes, February 12, 1562; Calista E., born December 3, 1815 (see sketch of J. M. Vanghan); Truman R .. born Angust 3, 1814, married Betsey, daughter of Richard Hotham; children -Helen (died), Edward W., George F., Fred H., Charles L., Austin (died). Truman R. died February 9, 1866; William W., born July 25, 1821, married Ellen, daughter of John and Jane Summers, February 1, 1849; children-Rosette, Will- iam S., Truman M. (died), Henry J. (died) and John C .; Mr. Andrus practiced medicine for a number of years in Utica, where he now resides; was a member of the Constitutional Convention at Lansing, in 1867; is the present State Senator from the Twentieth District: Elon A., born July 14, 1823, married to Aurelia Eggleston; one child, Ada: he has not been heard from for the past ten years; supposed ho died in California: Nancy M., born July 14, 1823, married to Milo M. Davis, June 16, 1844; children-Albert E. (died), Lu- celia L., Marion B., Flora L., Ida M. and Clara B .; she died October 4, 1871; Rosette, born July 14, 1823, married, November 26, 1846, to Dr. Myron C. Kenney; died October 17, 1817. The Andrus family, politically, are Republican.
JOHN BABBITT (pronounced Bah-bay), a Frenchman, with his wife, an English woman, came from England between 1600 and 1625, and settled in Massachusetts; his son, John Babbitt, was born in 1664: Seth, 1690; Nath, 1731; Uri, 1760; Sammel A., Oc- tober 1. 1811; Darwin, January 15, 1845: brother of the above. A. Dwight, January 13. 1550, died of yellow fever, at New Orleans, October 20, 1578.
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FRANK BAILEY, P. O. Romeo, was born November 10, 1855, in Oxford, Oakland Co .. Mich. ; is the son of James F. and Frances (Snover) Bailey; his father was born in 1824, in Delaware County, N. Y .; he was the son of John and Millie Bailey, boru, re- spectively, in Connecticut and Massachusetts; Frances Snover Bailey was born in 1832, in Huron County, N. J. ; was the daugther of Charles F. and Susanna Snover, and died March 14, 1877; her father died November 25, 1851, aged sixty; her mother died April 11, 1837, aged forty-two years. Frank Bailey of this sketch was married, March 26, 1879, to Sarah M., daughter of William L. and Mary A. (MeKibbin) Markle, of Oxford, Oak- land Co., Mich., born December 24, 1837, in the Province of Ontario, Canada: her father was a native of Canada, born in 1825, son of John M. and Hannah Markle; her mother was the daughter of William and Mary (Sterling) MeKibbin, born in 1832. Mr. Mckib- bin was born in ISOS; his wife in 1809, in Scotland; her father, Archie Sterling, was a native of Scotland. Mr. Bailey is by occupation a farmer, and has a farm on Section 15. Washington Township.
ISAAC N. BRABB, P. O. Romeo, was born August 23, 1832, in Avon, Oakland Co , Mich .; his father, Isaac Brabb, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1794, and came to America in 1830, settling in the Territory of Michigan, with his wife and five children, all of whom are living; after a few months' stay in Detroit, he rented a farm near Roch- ester, Oakland County, and, four years later, bought and located on the place known as the old Brabb farm, on Section 4. in Washington Township, where he lived for twenty- three years; he then removed to Romeo, where he died, April 13, 1876; his wife, Hannah Hudson Brabb, was a native of Yorkshire, England, born in 1799, and died at Romeo March 24, 1872. Mr. B. has been mainly occupied as a farmer, but had also been en- gaged to a considerable extent in the purchase and sale of real estate, and operating some- what as a capitalist. His home estate in Washington includes 180 acres of first class land, on Section 4, with fine and substantial dwelling and all necessary outbuildings. Mr. B. is a fine type of the thoroughgoing, enterprising, public-spirited agriculturist-one of the sort of men who form the substance of American manhood; all enterprises for the benefit of the whole of mankind engage his earnest interest: in 1862, he went to England to visit the place of his ancestors' birth and to attend the World's Fair. held at London that year; he attended the Centennial celebration held at Philadelphia and the Atlanta Exposition of Georgia. Mr. B. was married, November 23, 1864, to Olive Eliza, daughter of Joel W. and Julia Wilcox Manly; she was born in Macomb Township December 3, 1841; her father was born February 19, 1810, and is now living in Shelby Township; her mother was born in Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., October 13, 1822; they have three children, born as follows: Earnest Manly, May 6, 1867: Howard S., August 1, 1871; Robert H., June 4, 1873; they have also an adopted daughter, Agnes M., born December 24, 1874. Both parents are members of the M. E. Church of Romeo. Mr. B. is a Republican in politics. Mrs. B. was a teacher for five years.
THOMAS BRABB was born January 22. 1820, in Yorkshire, England; he is the son of George and Elizabeth Brabb; the former was born in England March 9, 1799; he came to America in IS31; they landed at Quebec after a voyage of fourteen weeks and one day: the ship's crew lost their bearings in a ten days' fog, and drifted northward until they found themselves among icebergs and whales in great numbers; it was July and August, but it was so far toward the pole that winter wraps were a necessity. Mr. Brabb, Sr .. set- tled in Washington, Macomb County, in October, 1832, on forty acres of land, on Section 5, where he built a house which was his home for about eight years, when he purchased land adjoining, on which he erected a more substantial dwelling; he continued to add to his landed possessions until at the time of his death, in April, 1864, he owned 322 acres of good land. His wife was born January 23, 1799, in England, and died in Washing-
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ton, December. 1835. Mr. Brabb lived with his parents until the age of fourteen, when he became mail messenger from Mt. Clemens to the light-house at Port Huron, via Utica, Washington. Romeo and St. Clair: he made one trip each week; he resumed farming, and, in 1855, bought a small farm, on Section 33; in 1863, he bought forty acres on Sec- tion 27: in 1855, he engaged in shoemaking aud mercantile transactions on a limited scale, which he continued until 1863. Mr. Brabb was married, June 19, 1846, to Phobe R. Batchelder, of Romeo; she was born in Utica, this county, September 1, 1828, and is the daughter of Asa and Mary R. Batchelder, the former of New England stock, the lat- ter born in Canada, of French lineage. Mr. Batchelder died in 1856; his wife is still living. Mr. Brabb is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and is a Republican; he has led a life of frugal and persevering industry, and is moving down the sunset side of life in a competency which is the result of his own efforts and good judgment; he has re. tired from active life and lives on a small place of sixteen acres.
STEPHEN B. CANNON was born in Lodi, Washtenaw Co., Mich., September 30, 1832: his parents, the Rev. John Cannon and Sallie (Cook) Cannon, moved to Macomb County, where they have since resided, in 1834: on the paternal side. Mr. Cannon's an- cestors was English: his maternal lineage is Welsh. He was married, October 13, 1853. to Sarah J .. daughter of Wellborne and Jane ( Littlewood) Twaddill; she was born Octo- her 22, 1833, in Scarboro, England: her parents were born in the same place in England, and her father in 1801. and died in Montreal, August S, 1834; her mother was born May 20, 1803, and married to Wellborne, son of John Twaddill. October 16, 1830, at Scarboro; her second husband was Jeremiah Lockwood, who died December 10. 1856: she died June 10, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon have had five children, born in the following order: Ar- thur W., March 22, 1855; M. Jane. November 12, 1857; Heber L., August 1, 1862, diod September 18. 1863: Irving D., October 1, 1866: H. Bell, October 13, 1869. Mr. Cannon occupies a fine farm of 160 acres, on Section 34, township of Washington, and is Acting Supervisor at this date, January, 1882: he is a genial, companionable gentleman, prepos- sessing in personnel, with a warmth of temperament and generosity of impulse that present his character in a strikingly favorable light; he wins and holds the confidence of his friends, is a promoter of all worthy charities and contributed greatly to the growth and perpetuation of the Union Church Society in his vicinity, Mr. Cannon is most liberal in his religious opinions, conceding to all the right of private judgment and sympathizing little with any form of ecclesiastical hierarchy: he has always been a Republican. Enlisted August 9, 1862, in the civil war, in Company B. Capt. Keeler, Twenty-second Michigan Infantry; he was mustered into the United States service August 22; went into camp at Pontiac, Oakland County, leaving for the front September 4, 1862. ex-Gov. Moses Wisner, Colonel, commanding; the regiment served mainly in Kentucky. Tennessee and Georgia: at the terrible battle at Chickamauga, it became practically annihilated, going into the engagement with 600 rifles and mustering about fifty at its termination. with most of its officers in the hands of the enemy, where they remained some months. Mr. Cannon held an honorable position in his regiment, was frequently promoted and honorably discharged at the close of the war. Mr. Cannon is a member of the Grange and belongs to the Ma- sonic order.
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