History of Macomb County, Michigan, Part 110

Author: Leeson, Michael A., [from old catalog] comp
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Leeson & co.
Number of Pages: 952

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In 18S2. this township was Democratic as usual, although the Republicans elected a Treasurer: Supervisor, H. Murphy. Democrat, 177: Edward Hacker, Republican. 113; Democatic majority. 64. Clerk, E. W. Lawrence, Democrat, 171: M. Abernethy. Repub- lican. 110; Democratic majority, 61. Treasurer, M. Finan. Republican. 148: G. Miller. Democrat, 135: Republican majority. 13.

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SCHOOLS.

The schools of Sterling are six in number. Charles S. Hutchins presides over District No. 1, as Director. The number of children belonging is seventy-five, of which number fifty- one attended school during the year ending September, 1SS1. The expenses incurred were $397. District No. 2 claims 117 pupils, of whom forty-one attended school. The expenditures were $321. This district is under the direction of C. C. Dubois. Winfield S. Drake, Director of School No. 3, reported ninety-six children belonging, of which number thirty-six attended school during the year ISS1. The expenditures amounted to $353. George P. Berz, of Warren, Director of No. 4, reported 136 children belonging, of whom eighty-three attended school. The expenditures were $484. Lewis T. Cady, Director of School No. 8 (fractional). reported 165 pupils belonging, of whom thirty- nine attended school during the year 1881. The total expenditures for school purposes was $689.46. No. 9, fractional, with Gurdon Hoard, Director, claimed sixty-seven chil- dren enrolled, of whom forty-four attended during the year. The expenditures were $601. The school buildings comprise one brick and five frame houses. Schoolhouse No. 8 is valued at $1,500, and No. 1, a brick structure, at $1,000. The total value of school prop- erty in the township is $3.900. The schools of Sterling are not graded.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

The personal sketches of old settlers and other citizens form an essential part of the history of this district. They contain the minuti of its history; therefore to these sketches the attention of the reader is directed.

W. J. ADAMS.

CHARLES ACKLEY, P. O. Utica, was born May 2, 1829, in Yorkshire, England; in 1834, he came to Wayne County, Mich., with his parents, William and Martha (Pres- ton) Ackley, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. Ackley was married, July 10, 1864, to Amelia Watson, whose parents were natives of England, and came to Detroit in 1857. In 1876, Mr. Ackley came to Sterling, Macomb County, where he owns thirty-nine acres of land; he also owns eighty acres in Hamtramck, Wayne Co., Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Ackley have had eight children; all but the two youngest were born in Hamtramck; their record is as follows: Martha E., born March 18, 1856, died October 18, 1856; Laura A., December 31. 1867; Cordelia, March 17, 1868; infant, June 20. 1870. died same year; Ark A., June 9, 1872; Adelbert P., September 2, 1875; Ethel M., March 12, 1879; Bessie L., June 27, 1880. Mr. Ackley is a Republican.

C. G. CADY.

JOHN CLARK, P. O. Utica, son of Thomas and Matilda Clark, was born September 16, 1848, in Lincolnshire, England; removed with his parents, when eighteen months old to America, settling in Rochester, N. Y .; in the fall of IS52, came with his parents to De- troit, Mich. ; removed from Detriot in the spring of 1862, with his parents. to Sterling Township, Macomb Co., Mich, where he has lived until the present date -- February 20, I882; was educated in the common schools, and has always followed the occupation of a farmer.

LEWIS DRAKE, P. O. Utica, was born January 13, 1801, in Seneca County, N. Y .; is son of Thomas and Phoebe (Conklin) Drake; his parents were natives of New Jersey. and his father was a direet descendant of Sir Francis Drake. Mr. Drake came to Mich- igan in the fall of 1832, and took up a farm of Government land, for which he paid IS shillings an acre; it was located on Section 14, in Sterling Township; there was at the time but one house between Frederick and Utica, and, as an incident illustrative of the times, Mr. Drake relates that two of his younger sons tried to coax a wolf into the house, under the supposition that it was a neighbor's dog. He and his wife attended the wed-

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ding of John James (now a noted merchant at Detroit). at Utica, going there in a cart drawn by oxen. and Mr. Drake remembers it as more enjoyable than many later pleasure trips in his family carriage. He was married. in January, 1825, to Mary Broadwell; they had ten children. born as follows: Bronson B .. November 10. 1826: Julia B., August 10. 1828; Lewis B., May 18. 1830; Milton M., May 9, 1832; Sybil M., August 19. 1834; Byron, February 27, 1838: Mary, March 19, 1839: George, June 21, 1841: Francis, March 24, 1844. Mr. Drake was married a second time. December 2, 1846, to Charity Frippin; they have had five children -- Helen E .. born September 11, 1847, died November 26, 1879; Orton D., December 5, 1848: Milton B., April 25. 1851; Jettora B., July 16. 1854: Ernest B., Angust 11, 1857. Mr. Drake owns 186 acres of finely situated and improved land on Section 14. He is a Republican.

ELEAZER EDGERTON, P. O. Utica, was born June 16, 1806, in Oneida County, N. Y .; is a son of Raswell and Sarah (Shelden) Edgerton. He came to Michigan in 1829, returning the next winter to New York; in the spring of 1830, he came again to this connty and located 160 acres of Government land. He was married, in 1833. to Nancy Hurlbut; her parents were natives of Connecticut. They had nine children -- Lovina. born August 18, 1837, died December 21, 1863; Amorilla, April 8, 1838, died April S, 1869; Jay R., April 14, 1867, died same day; December 13, 1842; Francis, March 12, 1845, died April 21, 1864; Lorenzo, March 17, 1847, died March 6, 1871; Orrin, March 31, 1849; James; April 14, 1851; Charles. September 25. 1855. The latter went on a sea voyage for his health, and was obliged to leave the steamship at the Cape Verde Islands: this was the last intelligence from him, and it is supposed he died there or on the passage home. Mr. Edgerton now owns 190 acres of Section 23. He is a Demo- crat. and has held the office of Justice of the Peace several years; he is considered one of the substantial, reliable pioneer citizens of Macomb County; besides his farming interests, he is engaged in bee culture to a considerable extent. Mr. Edgerton's father died in New York, aged seventy years; his mother, at the age of seventy five.

EDWIN HAFF, P. O. Utica, was born in 1814: is son of Isaac and Susanna (New- ton) Haff; his parents settled in Troy. Oakland County. in 1831 : he took possession of his present location. in Section 6. in 1840. He was married, in 1837, to Lorenath Newton; they have four children-Susan, Amelia, Phoebe and Lorenzo; the latter was married, November 22, 1877, to Prudence, daughter of Jesse and Elvira (Howe) Soper; they have two children-Lanra L .. born December 6, 1880; and Emily M., November 24, 1881. Mr. Haff and his sons are Republicans. He owns a magnificent farm, under first-class improvements.

DR. FRANCIS HILL, Veterinary Surgeon, was born October 30. 1814, in Broxbourne, England: is son of Francis and Margaret (Powell) Hill: he was educated in his native country for his profession, and was married, in the old church of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. to Sarah W. Cooper; they came to America in 1840, with three children under four years of age: they landed at New York, where they remained until the canal opened. in the spring of 1841, when they proceeded to Detroit, and reached the place of an uncle, in Shelby, Macomb County. May 10, 1841; he bought a farm of Cornelins Crowley, nn- der improvement, and has since sold it, and prosecuted his business as a veterinary sur- geon, which he has practiced fifty years; he has twenty grandchildren; is a jolly, true- hearted type of his nationality. He is a Democrat in politics.

E. W. LAWRENCE, P. O. Utica, was born December 22, 1805, in Montgomery County, N. Y. : is son of Benjamin and Louisa (Elliot) Lawrence: his father was born in 1780, and died at Glen's Falls, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1870, aged ninety years: his mother was born in 1787, and died in 1870, at the age of eighty-seven. Mr. Lawrence is able to trace his line of descent from John and Mary (Townley) Lawrence, who came to

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America in 1713; they settled in Massachusetts, and left but one son, named Jonathan; the genealogy has been obtained from descendants living in Massachusetts, and is pre- served in a library in Detroit. Mr. Lawrence was married, in January, 1828, to Julia E. Russell, born in 18OS; they have five children-Cornelius, Henry M., Benjamin S., Helen E. and Mr. Lawrence came to Michigan in the spring of 1838, with his wife and four children; he first settled in Pontiac, Oakland County, and, in the fall of 1849, went to Rochester. same county, where he remained six years; was Postmaster four years, under Polk's administration. In 1850, he came to Utica, and in 1855 started for Califor- nia, he spent three years in the mines with pick and shovel, after which he traveled two years with his son, then eighteen years old, and visited Oregon, Washington Territory, New Mexico and the Sandwich Islands, returning home in 1860. In 1861, he volunteered as a private in the war of the rebellion, and was in active service four years; he was com- missioned First Lieutenant, and served under it three years; he received honorable dis- charge for disability from exposure, and was mustered out of service at Detroit in 1865. He returned home and engaged in agriculture for a time, but is now leading a quiet life, free from arduous labor; he has served a term as Town Clerk; politically, is a Democrat, and belongs to the Masonic order.

WILLIAM PETTS, P. O. Utica, was born September 19, 1829; is son of Thomas and Jane (Joice) Petts, natives of England; his mother died in 1842; his father, in 1852. In 1857, Mr. Petts came to Sterling and bought the S. D. Adams farm, ou Section S. He was married, in 1857. to Ann, daughter of William and Mary Robinson, natives of En- gland; they have four children-Mary J., born May 15, 1858; Christiana, May 31, 1860; Robert W .. November 1. 1861: George R., May 13, 1865. All the children reside at home. Mr. and Mrs. Petts and their family are all members of the M. E. Church of Utica. Mr. Petts is a Republican in politics; a member of the Knights of Honor, and owns a fine farm of eighty acres.

GILBERT RICE, P. O. Utica, was born January 24, 1819, in Greene County, N. Y .; is son of Ira and Nancy (Avery) Rice; they came to Michigan in 1837, and settled in Sterling, Macomb County, on Section 15, where they passed the remainder of their lives; bis father died at the age of seventy-one; his mother, at sixty-three years old. He was married, in 1844, to Harriet, daughter of Samuel and Amelia (Seaman) Chapman; they have had five children, born as follows: Amelia. February 12, 1846; Oscar W., Septem- ber 29, 1847; George L., September 20, 1849; Viola C., July 23, 1853; Carrie N., Au- gust 17, 1857. Mr. Rice was married a second time, March 24, 1858, to Lydia A., daughter of John L. and Esther Chase; they have had four children-Lora B., April 15. 1854; Mary F., May 14, 1862; Isa L., January 2, 1877: and an infant. Mr. Rice owns a snug farm of sixty acres, all first-class land, on Section 11; he is a member of the Con- gregational Church, and is a Republican.

GARDNER H. RUNYON, P. O. Utica, was born May 16, 1831, in New Jersey; is' son of Ralph and Mary (Gardner) Runyon, natives of New Jersey. His parents came to Michigan in 1834, and located a farm of Government land in Sterling. Mr. Runyon was married, in 1864, to Estella, daughter of John and Mary Steed; they have three children -Cora, born June 27, 1863: Jennie, January 27, 1866; Bruce, September 10, 1875. Mr. Runyon is a Democrat. He enlisted in the civil war in 1862, in the band of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, and returned in 1864, after twenty months' service; his hearing was much impaired by the concussion of the air in action from explosion of shells. He is a car- penter and joiner by trade, and owns a pleasant place on South Cass street, at Utica, with fine dwelling.

CYRUS SCHOONOVER, P. O. Utica, was born March 6, 1812, in Monroe County, N. Y. : is son of Jacob and Luba Sikes Schoonover. He came to Michigan in 1847 and

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settled on a farm on Section 5, in Sterling Township. Macomb County. He was married. in 1842, to Elizabeth Wood; they have had five children-James, born May 7, 1843; Lo- renzo, 1845; Phoebe, 1841; Mary, 1847; John, 1852. James enlisted, in August, 1862. in Company E. Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteer Infantry: he was enrolled in Livingston County for three years, and was mustered out of service June 4. 1865; Lorenzo enlisted in the war of the rebellion: was taken prisoner by the rebels; suffered all the horrors of the Andersonville stockade prison, came home and died. Mr. Schoonover and his sons are zealous Republicans. There are two more sons-Cyrus A., born October 6, 1858; Fred, born April 13, 1850.

SETH K. SHETTERLY, P. O. Utica. son of Dr. Henry R. and Susannah Keeley Shetterly, was born October 15, 1820, in Union County, Penn. His parents came to Mich- igan in August, 1832, and he obtained his elementary education in the district schools; in 1840, his father moved to Ann Arbor, and he entered the law office of Miles, Ramsdell & Wilson; he was admitted to the bar in 1843, and, June, 1844. opened a law office at Utica. He was married, February 11, 1843, to Harriet H. Wright, who died April 2, 1849. He was married again, May 25, 1853, to Amelia Sterns, of Howell, Mich., who died Sep- tember 20, 1858; and he was again married. June 2, 1859, to Clara A. Wright, his pres- ent wife. Mr. Shetterly has had a family of ten children, born as follows: Marion T.,

April 30, 1844, died May 22, 1882; Francis, in 1848, who died in infancy. these are the children of his first wife; Letitia J., August 11, 1854; Francis M., September 13, 1858, are the children of his second wife: Clara A., March 6, 1862, died March 17, 1862; John B., May 30, 1863, died August 2, 1863; Charles K., October 11. 1864; Nettie H., Novem- ber 27, 1873; Jessie A., August 10, 1876; Daisy C., December 6, 1878. Mr. Shetterly is a Democrat in political sentiments, and has been in active service almost thirty years; he was elected Justice of the Peace in April. 1854, and has held the office ever since; in 1862. he was elected Circuit Court Commissioner for Macomb County, and re-elected in 1864: in 1867. he was elected to the Legislature from the Southern District, and in 1876 from the Western District; in 1846, he was appointed a Master in Chancery by Gov. Barry. He has been a member of the Masonic order for twenty-five years, and belongs to Utica Lodge. No. 75. Mrs. Shetterly is a member of the M. E. Church. Dr. H. R. Shetterly was born July 29, 1798; in 1861, he was appointed keeper of the light-house at Northport. Mich .. where he died in 1873, aged seventy-five; his wife died March, 1869, aged seventy-five years.

RICHARD H. SLITER, P. O. Utica, was born February 9, 1843; is son of George and Perlina (St. John) Sliter; his parents were of German descent, and came to Michigan October 20, 1840; they bought a farm in Oakland County; his father died November 10. 1876, aged seventy-eight years; his mother is still living, aged seventy-seven. Mr. Sliter was married, in 1862, to Jennie Charter; they had two children-George E., born August 14, 1863; and Elmer, born July 25, 1865. He was a second time married. December 1. 1872, to Sarah, daughter of William and Ann Green; her parents were born in England and came to America in 1851; she was born in 1850; they have one child, Perlina, born November S, 1879. Mr. Sliter owns a valuable farm of 157 acres, with elegant house and other fine farm buildings: he is a Republican in political sentiment; is extensively en- gaged in the sale of agricultural implements at Troy, Oakland County.

S. P. ST. JOHN, P. O. Utica, was born January 6, 1840; is son of James B. and Me- linda (Summers) St. John: his parents were natives of New York, and came to Michigan in the spring of 1830; their three children were born in Michigan: the father died March 22, 1877, aged sixty-seven; he was born in 1810; the mother was born in March, 1816, and died in 1879, aged sixty-seven. Mr. St. John, of this sketch, married Emma A., daughter of Isaac S. and Almira Hurlbut; they have one child, Marion, born Angust 9.

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1868. Mr. St. John is a member of the Masonic fraternity; he belongs to a business firm largely engaged in handling grain and lumber; he is well and widely known, and greatly esteemed for his qualities as a neighbor and citizen: he is a Democrat in political senti- ment.

DAVID STICKNEY, P. O. Cady's Corners. was born in Weybridge. Vt., March 3. 1802; is son of Lemuel and Martha (Scoville) Stickney, and is one of eleven children; his father was born February 16. 1761, in Massachusetts; was a soldier of the Rovolution, and was shot through the body; recovered, and, again enlisting. served through the war; he died in Franklin County, N. Y., at eighty-two: his wife died in Macomb County, Mich .. aged ninety-two; she was born in Connecticut June 14, 1760. Mr. Stickney came to Michigan in 1831. and settled on Government land when Andrew Jackson was President; he reached Detroit May 1, 1831, having consumed two weeks on the journey from the State of New York to Detroit. He was married, February 25, 1842, to Catherine Theresa O'Sullivan: her parents were natives of Ireland; they had but one child, Levi J., born October 14. 1843; he was married. December 9, 1869, to Delia Savage; they have had three children-Mary M., born June 20, 1871, died November 13, 1874; Betsey C., September 23, 1872, died August 14. 1873; Harry L., September 9, 1875. Mrs. Stickney died July 13, 1881, aged sixty-eight. Mr. Stickney is a Republican. He has a genealogical me- moir of the descendants of William and Elizabeth Stickney, earliest known ancestors, cov- ering a period from 1637 to 1869.

WILLIAM UPTON, P. O. Utica, was born January 3, 1835, in Leicestershire, En- gland; his parents, John and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Upton, came to America in the fall of 1841, with seven children: they settled first at Detroit and remained four years, when they removed to Sterling, Macomb County, and located on a farm on Section 14; his father died in 1854, aged fifty-two; his mother, in 1867, aged sixty-three. Mr. Upton was married. September 8. 1861, to Sarah J .. daughter of Whipple and Polly Aldrich, born March 5. 1844: her father died in 1863: her mother is still living, at Fenton, Mich., aged seventy- four. Mr. and Mrs. Upton have had four children -- Charles W., born August 4. 1862; Frank E .. March 15, 1864: Rena J., August 21, 1868, died August 21, 1879, aged eleven; Victor Floyd, August 5, 1877. Mr. Upton has a valuable farm of 150 acres, finely located on Sections 14 and 15, with one of the best dwellings in Macomb County, and supplied with other commodious and convenient farm buildings; he is a genial and much-esteemed citizen, prominent in the general interests of the town; he is a Democrat in politics, and belongs to the Masonic order. Utica Lodge, No. 75.

E. WOODIE.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

WARREN TOWNSHIP.

The township of Warren was erected under the name of Hickory March 11, 1837. Under an act approved April 2, 1838, all that portion of Macomb known as Sections 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36. in Township 1 north, of Range 12 east, was set off from the town of Orange and annexed to the town of Hickory. Under the same act, the name of the town- ship of Hickory was changed to that of Aba. It retained this name until March 25, 1838, when it received its present title-Warren. The first town meeting was held at the house of Louis Groesbeck, April 3, 1837, with Avery Dennison, Moderator; Samuel Gibbs, Clerk: Louis Beaufait, Alonzo Haight and Jenison F. Glazier, Inspectors of Election. Samuel Gibbs was elected Supervisor; Alonzo Haight, Clerk; Louis L. Beanfait, Col-

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lector; Harris Corey, Loring Hawley, L. L. Beaufait, Assessors; Peter Gillett, John H. Barton, Loring Hawley, Commissioners of Highways; Northrup Jones and Louis Groes- beck, Overseers of the Poor: James N. Bruce, with Beaufait and Corey, were elected Con- stables. Avery Dennison, Sam Gibbs. Lyman E. Rhodes, Commissioners of Schools. The principal town officers elected since 1837 are named in the following lists:

TOWN OFFICERS.

Supervisors -- Samuel Gibbs, 1837-39: John H. Barton, 1839-40: Henry W. Larra- way, 1840-42: George Bolam, 1842-46; Alonzo Haight, 1846-47: George Bolam, 1847- 49; John L. Beebe, 1849-54; George W. Corey, 1854-57: George Bolam, 1857-60: Louis Groesbeck, 1860-63: Joseph T. De Coninck, 1863-65: Louis Groesbeck, 1865-67; Charles S. Groesbeck, 1867-71: Louis Groesbeck, 1871-79: Paul Lefevre, 1879-82.

Clerks-Alonzo Haight. 1837; Daniel A. Denison, 1838-40; George W. Corey, 1840 -42; Loring Hawley, 1842-48; George W. Corey, 1849-51; William C. Groesbeck, 1852- 53: Louis Groesbeck, 1854-56; Charles S. Groesbeck, 1857-61; Francis E. Groesbeck, 1861-64; N. H. Brown, 1565-66: William J. Enright, 1567; John Kaltz, 1868; John W. Kingscott, 1869: Royal A. Jenny. 1870; John Kaltz. 1871-72: George W Adair. 1873: Paul Lefevre. 1874-77: Henry W. Miller, 1878-82.

Treasurers -. Louis L. Beaufait, 1837-40; Loring Hawley, 1840-42; Avery Dennison, 1842; Cornelius Fehan. 1843-46; Avery Dennison. 1846; Cornelius Fehan, 1847: Elisha W. Halsey. 1848: Cornelius Fehan, 1849-51; Samuel Jones, 1852: Loring Hawley, 1853; Joseph Tobin. 1554; Prosper Le Duc, 1855: Fred H. Walker, 1856; William E. Hartsig. 1857-58; Arnold Hardwood. 1859; John W. Kingscott, 1860-61: John Ward- hoff, 1862-66; Peter Rotarius, 1867; George H. Brinkers, 1868: Lewis Hartsig, 1869-71; Mathias J. Hoffman, 1872-74; Vincent Tremble, 1875-77: Mathias Hoffman, 1878-79: Lewis Hartsig, ISSO; Peter Miller, 1881.

Justices of the Peace-Samuel Gibbs, John H. Barton, L. F. Rhodes, Alonzo Haight, 1837: Loring Hawley. Samuel Gibbs, 1838; R. D. Smith, 1839; H. W. Laraway, Harris Corey, Louis L. Beaufait, 1840; E. W. Halsey, 1841: Jeremiah W. Wetson, Sylvester Royes, 1842: Horace P. Jenny, George W. Corey. Liberty Hartwell, 1843; Robert J. Mitchell, 1844; Cornelius Fehan. 1845: George W. Corey, 1846; Martin Blunt, 1847; R. J. Mitchell, Liberty Hartwell, 1848: George W. Glazier, Robert Morris, 1849; Corne- lius Fehan, George W. Corey. 1850; Arnold Harwood, Charles Davy. 1851: Robert D. Smith. 1852: Hazel Horner, George Bolam, 1853: George W. Corey, 1854; L. Hartzig, Francis Groesbeck, George Eberth, 1855: George Bolam. Almond D. Jenny, 1857; S. W. Royce, 1858: Charles Groesbeck, 1859; George Bolam, 1860: A. D. Jenny, 1861; Prosper La Duc. 1862; Casper Schettler, 1863: N. B. Brown, 1864; C. S. Groesbeck, George Bolam, 1865: N. B. Brown, 1866: John Buckley. John W. Kingscott, 1867; Anthony Schettler. A. D. Jenny, 1865; Charles S. Groesbeck. 1869; George Bolam, 1870; Arnold Harwood, Michael Schanherr, 1871; M. K. Plummer, William Simonds, John Buckley, 1872: John Hartman, 1873: M. Schanherr, 1874: Lewis Hartsig, 1875: William Si- monds. 1876: John Hartman, 1877: H. Engelman, 1878: Victor Schanherr, John Hart- sig, 1879.

There was no opposition to the Democratic ticket in this town in 1882, and the vote was small. Paul Lefever was re-elected Supervisor, Henry Miller. Clerk, for 1882-83.

VILLAGE OF WARREN.

The village of Warren in this township was settled at an early day. It is twelve miles southwest of Mt. Clemens and fourteen north of Detroit. Its location is within a half mile of the D. &. B. C. R. R., which renders the place a suburb of Detroit. It is a

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fine agricultural section, which is devoted to farming, market gardening, grain, vegetables and fruit. There are Methodist and Lutheran Churches, a district school and a steam feed mill and foundry in the hamlet. Its conservatism in respect to population is remarkable. The census returns of 1880 credit it with being the center of 150 people. Similar returns for years past have accorded to the little hamlet precisely the same number. Among the early settlers were the Groesbecks. Joseph Jerome, Harris Corey. Joseph Mosho and George Bolam, many of whom have left families, members of which still reside in the township. Among the business and professional men of the village are John Ames, Milo Ames, Oliver Barton, J. L. Beebe, C. Davy, William Cole, D. L. Case, Frink & Mur- thum, L. Groesbeck. Silas E. Halsey, John Hartman, Rev. A. Harwood. W. Helzenger, E. Lawrence. F. McCall. William McMullen, Judson C. Mason, E. Mores, C. Sanderson, Edward Tharrett. G. B. Walker, G. Whitten, Rev. William Young.

TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.

There are six district schools in the township, attended by 815 children. The school buildings are frame, valued at $4,000. The total expenditures of the township for school purposes during the year 1881 were $3,099.15. The school, in connection with the Cath- olie Church at Center Line, is one of the leading educational establishments of the town- ship. The Lutheran school is another denominational establishment.

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History of Macomb County, Michigan, Part 110

Author: Leeson, Michael A., [from old catalog] comp Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Leeson & co. Number of Pages: 952

Author: Leeson, Michael A., [from old catalog] comp
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Leeson & co.
Number of Pages: 952