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HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY.
The Mt. Clemens salt works were leased to Charles Lamb and E. Wright Hall, in January, 1869. These gentlemen ran the well, giving the company one-seventh part of the salt manufactured for the privilege. The works were shut down for the winter in order to put up additional tanks. etc., but commenced running early in March following.
A man named Felix Laforge, residing in the town of Chesterfield, near New Balti- more, committed suicide, January 11, 1869, by shooting himself through the heart with a shot-gun. He was poorly provided with the goods of this world, and, having a large family of little children dependent upon him for support. he became discouraged and tired of life, and, in a fit of depression, adopted this means to free himself of earthly trouble. On the morning in question, he took his gun and started for the woods, with the avowed intention of going out hunting. He was accompanied by his little son. When arrived in the woods, he ordered his son home. On refusing to go, he threatened to shoot him if he longer disobeyed his command. In fear of his life, the boy at length started. On his way home, he met a neighbor, to whom he communicated the unusual manner in which his father had treated him. The two then started toward the woods in the direction where the boy said he had left his father, and had proceeded but a short distance when the report of a gun was heard. Hastening forward. they soon arrived at the spot where the unfortunate man lay dead. He had deliberately fastened the gun to the trunk of a tree, and, placing the muzzle against his heart, fired the fatal shot.
Col. Alonzo M. Keeler engaged in the work of preparing abstracts of title to all the lands in Macomb County, April, 1869.
Lewis Tanner committed suicide by cutting his throat. April 15, 1869.
The M. E. Church of Chesterfield was dedicated October 3, 1869.
Rev. P. R. Hurd, Pastor of the Congregational Church, Romeo, for two decades. resigned in October. 1869.
The second annual re-union of the Eighth Michigan Cavalry was held at Mt. Clemens October 26, 1869.
Samuel H. Ewell became editor and publisher of the Observer October 20, 1869.
A son of Aratus Pool, of Bruce, fell from a wagon and dislocated his neck. He died October 19, 1869.
Mary Jane Terry died suddenly April 22, 1869, at Romeo.
The dwelling house of Rev. W. P. Russell, of Memphis, was destroyed by fire April 24, 1869.
The examination of Dr. Thomas Stitt, charged with the murder of Mary Jane Terry, on April 22, 1869, took place before C. F. Mallary, May 7. 1869.
The explosion of a Grand Trunk Railroad locomotive. May 29. 1869, at Ridgeway. resulted in the death of Joseph Grinnell. Robert Davis, and a daughter of Mr. Warren.
The corner-stone of the M. E. Church at New Haven, formerly Baltimore Station, was laid June 16, 1869.
Dwight N. Lowell and James Beardon, of Romeo, were admitted to the bar of Ma- comb County June 22, 1869.
George Ironmonger, Barbara Stow and Eliza White were drowned in Aldrich's mill pond, near Utica, July 6, 1869.
The foundation for the Gray Block, at Romeo, was laid in July, 1869.
A destructive storm swept over Macomb County July 15, 1869.
Arthur Bottomley, aged eight years, was killed by a kick from a horse, August 4, 1869.
Green Bigsby's dwelling, in Washington Township, was destroyed by fire August 13, 1869. The comet of 1869 was visible in Macomb County.
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A son of Robert Rood was drowned in the race near Proctor's Mill. August.25. 1869. Dinah Smith's will was established before Judge Sackett, September 6, 1869.
An extensive conflagration at Richmond. September 13, 1869, resulted in the destruc- tion of property valued at $5,000.
Luther W. Farrar died March 12, 1870.
Albert Graham was accidentally shot by Ira Weeks, in Richmond Township, April 5. 1870.
A child of Mr. Rice, of Memphis, fell into a pail of boiling water, April 6, 1870, and was scalded to death.
A fire broke ont in the old Brabb warehouse April 21. 1871, entailing a total loss of $13,000; insurance, $11,200.
A survey of the Romeo & Almont Railroad was made in April. 1870. by Fessenden & Mellen.
The old well bored at Memphis in 1865 proved to be a magnetic well in 1870.
The mill-race of N. W. Gray, in the town of Ray, burst its confines during the rain- storm of July, 1870.
The house of George Johnson, at MI. Vernon, was torn to pieces by the storm of July, 1870.
Mrs. Sarah Robeson passed through Romeo in 183;, en route to her husband's land, four miles northwest, since which time she never revisited the village, nor had she ever seen a railroad up to 1870, though then sixty-nine years old.
The grist-mill built at Romeo in 1856, by S. H. Ewell and O. W. Hopkins, was burned in April, 1870.
The celebration of Memorial Day, 1870, was creditable to Macomb County.
The Neil Gray steam grist-mill was inaugurated in September, 1870.
A young man suffered from religions mania at Memphis, as a result of attending a camp meeting in Wales Township. During the first days of September, 1870, it required the strength of five mnen to hold him.
The number of volumes in the public and private libraries in several villages of Ma- comb County, in 1870, were as follows: New Baltimore. 2,800; Memphis, 1,000; Armada Village, 1,400; Romeo, 9,757; Mt. Clemens, 9,000; not heard from Utica.
There is church capacity in this county for seating about one- sixth of the population, and nearly one- half of the room is unoccupied on an average. If these figures are cor- rect, only about one person in ten attends church on an average. Statistically speaking. even the people of this Christian county are irreligious. 1870.
Manley Thurston hanged himself March 3, 1870.
The corner-stone of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Mt. Clemens was laid Sep- tember 8, 1870.
The Republican County Convention was held at Brooklyn September 28, 1870.
The Democratic County Convention was held at New Haven October 4, 1870.
The new Congregational Church of Ray Center was dedicated November 2, 1870.
During the earthquake of October 20, 1870, the shock was felt at Utica by Prof. Briggs, and ad Romeo by Ben Cuyler.
The new M. E. Church of New Baltimore, Built at a cost of $4,000, was dedicated October 26, 1870.
Mary E. Garry committed suicide at Jackson, Mich., October 27, 1870. She was formerly a resident of Romeo.
The criminal charges against the patent-right men, Ammon F. Webster and Frank M. Kimball, of Jackson. were inquired into by Justices Sackett and Crocker, at Mt. Clem- ens. in October, 1870, and the parties sent for trial.
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R. F. Selfridge, one of the Trustees of the Michigan Homestead Colony, left for Kansas December S. 1870, to locate lands.
The fire at New Baltimore, December 21, 1870, resulted in the destruction of property valued at $37,500.
At the annual re-union of the Gass family. held in Ray Township December 29, 1870, of the 281 members then living, 154 were present, representing five generations.
The re-union of the Cannon family was held December 31, 1870, at the residence of E. J. Cannon, in Shelby Township. It was stated then that no divorce was ever applied for or obtained by any member of the family.
The Christian Chapel at Romeo was dedicated February 10, 1871.
Patrick Redmond was killed at Utica Station January 30, 1871, by being run over by the cars.
C. F. Mallary was elected a Director of the Romeo & Western Railroad February +, 1871.
A deficiency of 83.400 was reported in the accounts of Postmaster William Wilkin- son. of Romeo, in February, 1871.
The Utica Cheese Factory was inaugurated in April. 1871.
A Democratic victory in April, 1870, varied the monotony of Macomb County politics. The question of building a new M. E. Church was agitated at Romeo in April. 1871. Fleshout. a farmer of Erin Township, was killed April 12. 1871. by his runaway team.
The General Association of the Congregational ministers and churches of Michigan convened at Romeo May 17, 1871.
Palmer, Bottomley & Co. recovered $1.285 from the Michigan Air- Line Railroad Company. the amount sued for before the Macomb County Circuit Court, in April, 1871.
The Macomb County Teachers' Institute met at Armada April 20, 1871.
Giles Hubbard removed from Mt. Clemens to Chicago, April. 1871, yet without giv- ing up the practice of law at Mt. Clemens.
The machine y for May & Moser's woolen-mill arrived at Mt. Clemens in May.
The steam fire-engine was brought into the village of Romeo May 23, 1871.
Randolph Reynolds died from the effects of injuries caused by the running away of his horses, May 17, 1871.
The St. Clair war created some excitement in May, 1871.
The potato bug visited the county in swarms during May, 1871.
Decoration Day of 1871 was not observed at Romeo.
The Union Club had a plowing match on George W. Phillips' farm June 15, 1871. The Gravs. A. B. Rawles and Ketcham Bros. commenced work on their new brick blocks in June, 1871.
The subject of a railway from Detroit to Bay City via Utica was agitated in June, 1871.
William J. French, Mary French, Jane Carter, Daniel McLean, James French, Selena French, W. H. French. Jennie A. Gates, Susan Butterfield, Philander Fillmore, Eleeta McLean and Matthew French gave notice of taking French leave from the membership of the Christian Church of Romeo. June 19. 1871.
The "wild horse " of Brooklyn attacked Edwin Smith. Charles Whitney and others, in June. 1871, and inflicted severe injuries on the men named.
The Council of the First Christian Church of Romeo convened May 24. 1871.
During the wool season of 1571. 155, 500 pounds of wool were purchased at Romeo.
The fourth anniversary of the Romeo High School was observed June 21 and 22. 1871. Miss Lou M. Reid delivered a discourse on the newspaper.
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Josiah Sanborn's barn was burned July 3, 1871. The fire was supposed to be the result of an incendiary's mania.
The Mt. Clemens City Mills were destroyed by fire June 28, 1871. The citizens offered to assist Hess. Kellogg & Co. in rebuilding the concern.
John R. Webster, convicted of murder, was sent from this county to the State Prison in 1854. under a life sentence, and died in prison June 22, 1871.
The Romeo District Camp Meeting, which closed June 29, 1871, was the largest ever held here.
The stockholders of the Romeo & Western Railroad met at the American Hotel July 11, 1871.
The re-union of the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry took place at Romeo August 31, 1871.
Rev. J. Warren Weeks was arrested on a charge of slander July 24.
Morris K. Henry, of Utica, shot S. M. Loveridge, at Pittsburgh, Penn., July 19, 1871. Joseph French, Cashier in the office of the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune, was drowned in the Sydenham River July 30, 1871. He was engaged in the milling business at Clifton, this county, and was a resident since 1833.
The hoop-skirt factory of Bottomley & Gray was inaugurated at Romeo, August 1871. The first engine house was built at Romeo in May, 1871.
The Woman's Missionary Society was organized by the ladies of the Congregational Church, and the first quarterly meeting held August 11, 1871.
The question of boring for artesian water was first discussed at Romeo in August, 1871.
The pioneers of Romeo and vicinity mnet September 5, 1871, for the purpoes of organ- izing a society.
James Shingleton, formerly a resident of Romeo, was killed at Clinton, Iowa. August 21. 1871, owing to the caving-in of a stone quarry. He came to the United States in 1861, and located with his uncle in ilay Township.
The Michigan Baptist Association held an anniversary meeting at Romeo September 19 and 20, 1871.
Mellen. Tackels & Co. began operating the steam mill for grist work and flouring in September, 1871, at Clifton.
The subscription books of the Northern Michigan Railroad Company were opened at the office of C. F. Mallary, of Romeo, in September, 1871.
The Macomb County Agricultural Society held the annual fair at Romeo. September 22, 1871.
The modern fire department of Romeo was organized in 1871.
The fourth annual session of the Romeo District Sunday School Institute was held at Mt. Clemens October 24 and 25, 1871.
During that month of fires, October, 1871, a few houses were destroyed near Ridge- way.
A sum of $1,500 was raised in Romeo in aid of the fire sufferers in October. 1871.
The first agricultural exhibition of the Armada Farmers' and Mechanics' Club was held October 19, 1871, at Armada.
Charles Mignault, of Mt. Clemens, was lost in the wreck of the steamer Coburn, on Lake Huron, October, 1871.
David Moore, of Warren Township, shot himself September 28, 1871.
The Rosa D'Erina concerts, and the Laura Cuppy Smith lectures, were the principal entertainments given in the village of Romeo in November, 1871. Miss Smith's lecture on Spiritualism was disturbed by members of the orthodox churches.
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Gilbert L. Hathaway willed $15,000 to the village of New Baltimore. to be applied on the building of a union school, in November. 1871.
The Romeo Musical Union was organized November 25, 1871, with Watson Loud, President: H. O. Smith. Vice President: G. D. Mussey. Secretary; and L. G. Norton. Conductor.
The council of the Christian churches of the E. C. C. of Michigan met at Romeo December 27, 1871.
Dr. J. G. Holland delivered a lecture at Romeo January 15, 1872.
In January, 1872, there was but one criminal in the county jail.
January, 1872, was something similar to, January, 1552. Little or no snow fell until the 15th of that month.
The Eastern Convocation of the Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Michigan was held at Romeo in January. 1872.
George Francis Train came to lecture the Romeans March 4, 1872.
The charter election of officers for the village of Romeo took place March 5. 1872.
The dwelling house of James Jones, Macomb Township, was totally destroyed by fire February 27. 1872.
The contract for building the new Methodist Episcopal Church of Romeo was granted to J. C. Kanmeir, of Adrian. at $27.465, in February. 1872.
Frederickia Meitz, a young girl in the employ of the Ulrichs, of Mt. Clemens, com- mitted suicide, March 21. 1872, by taking strychnine.
A large number of Macomb County citizens visited Detroit. April 9, 1872, to par ticipate in the ceremony of unveiling the soldiers' monument.
John W. Cowles, a resident of Romeo, lost his life, April 3. 1872, while braking on the Marquette & Iron Mountain Railroad.
A verdict for $10.000 in favor of James Starkweather, in his suit against the Balti more & Ohio Railroad Company, was recorded April 13, 1872. The cause rested on the fact that Mrs. Starkweather died from the result of injuries received November IS, 1868. through the negligence of the company's servants.
The Liberal Christian Union Society was organized at Romeo in April. 1872.
An accident on the Grand Trunk Railroad, April 21, 1872. between Ridgeway and Smith's Creek, resulted in the death of two men.
A county convention was held at Mt. Clemens May 2, 1872.
The corner-stone of the Arbeiter Hall. Mt. Clemens, was laid May 20, 1872.
Decoration Day of 1872 was observed at Armada.
During the spring of 1872, a few cases of small pox were reported throughout the county.
The annual convention of members of Macomb County Sunday School was held at Mt. Vernon June 4, 1872.
The dedication of the Union Church at Ray took place June 27, 1872.
Benjamin C. Gunn, Collector of Internal Revenue in this county, was tried, in June, 1872. for neglecting to account for public moneys said to have been received by hint. Two judgments were rendered against him-one for 85,918.03, and one for $1.601.32.
Joseph Chubb was appointed a member of the State Central Prohibition Committee June 12. 1872.
Asahel Bailey and John Holland, of Romeo, were born in the same State, in the same county, on the same day and month, and both came to Michigan about the same time. Mr. Bailey was the first settler in the town of Bruce. For some years prior to 1872, the two friends were accustomed to visit each other on their birthday. In 1860, Bailey visited Holland, and, upon leaving, said, "It will be your turn to visit me next year." At the
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appointed time, Holland went to the Bailey house, but it was to attend the funeral of his life-long friend.
Incendiaries set fire to the house and barn of Joseph Marshall, at the Corners, two miles north of Romeo. June 29, 1872.
The suit of Joseph E. Young, of Chicago, to recover $25,000 on account of railroad aid honds, granted by the township of Washington, was discontinued in June, 1872.
The corner-stone of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Romeo was laid July 30, 1872. The son of Rev. J. S. Smart, of Romeo, was drowned in Procter's mill pond June 15, 1872.
The officers of the Episcopal society of Romeo were appointed by Rev. A. M. Lewis July 3, 1872.
An attempt to kill Dr. William Brownell, of Utica, was made by Lewis C. Butler, June 24, 1872. The would-be murderer is a native of Troy, Oakland County.
Harry Warrington, of Sterling, died while under the influence of strong drink, at Mt. Clemens, November 21, 1872.
Marshal D. Ewell. formerly of Romeo, was elected Judge of Probate for Mason County, Mich .. November, 1872.
The Agricultural and Mechanical Union was organized at Memphis in December, 1872. Mrs. Pamelia Lamphere. of Ridgeway, was accidentally shot by her daughter in Sep- tember. 1872.
The Detroit & Bay City Railroad was opened for regular traffic on October 7. 1872. between Detroit and Rochester.
The horse disease made its appearance in Macomb in November, 1872.
Lentz's brewery, at Mt. Clemens, was burned December 31, 1872.
1873 .- The heaviest snow-storm that passed over Michigan within the last half-con- tury was that of January 23 and 21. 1873.
The electric wire was laid between Romeo and Ridgeway January 31. 1873. The first message was one from the people of Ridgeway to those of Romeo, sent by F. Walker, H. Berlatotte, and William J. Elliott. The second was Romeo's reply, sent by Thomas Robb, P. H. Casey and Eugene Sovereen.
A shocking accident, resulting from the careless use of gunpowder, happened near MIt. Clemens July 28, 1873. Five little boys-Charlie Drake, Earnest Rottman, George Ormsby, Joseph Dahm and Reuben Ullrich -went up the river in a boat to a point just the other side of the Frederick bridge. On the bank of the river they built a fire, and for some reason they tried to pour a quantity of gunpowder from a flask into the fire. As a natural consequence, an explosion of all the powder in the flash was the result. Char- lie Drake and Earnest Rottman were severely burned on the hands and face. Young Rottman was so crazed by the pain that he jumped into the river. A double barreled pis tol in the hands of George Ormsby exploded at the same time, lodging three shot in the boy's leg, not inflicting any very serious injury, however. The other two boys were un- hurt. Reuben Ullrich being in the boat at the time. On their way home, they were over- taken by Dr. Hayward, who brought young Drake and Rottman home with him and dressed their wounds.
So recently as April, 1873, wrestling bouts were common in the stores of Romeo.
The citizens of Mt. Clemens subscribed $25,000 toward the establishment of a na tional bank there in April, 1873.
The result of the elections of April, 1873, in this county, was 3,952 votes for Chris- tiancy; the Democratic majority for Regents of the State University, 171; and for S. B. Russell as Superintendent of Schools, 233 majority.
The brick work and roof of the M. E. Church of Romeo were finished April 22. 1873.
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The Mt. Clemens Press re-appeared May 1, 1873, with S. B. Russell as editor.
According to the Mt. Clemens Monitor, Romeo struggled to become the great fashion center of the United States in the spring of 1873.
The Masonic Hall at Brooklyn was burned May 14, 1873.
The United States Collector's office for the Fifth Michigan District was removed to Romeo in May, 1873, and opened at that place, under Maj. C. P. Dake, on May 20.
The case of Keeler versus Robertson was carried before the Supreme Court of the State June 18, 1873.
The Mt. Clemens Bath House was opened to the public July 10, 1873.
The body of Robert A. Barton, of Erin, was found in Lake St. Clair July 13, 1873.
The wool-buying season closed at Romeo in August, 1873, when a total of 211,500 pounds of wool was reported.
The steamer Emma Dwyer was launched at Mt. Clemens August 23, 1873.
The body of a man supposed to be John Miller, of Royal Oak, was found in the woods of Warren Township August 21, 1873.
The German farmers of Wayne and Macomb Counties met at Mt. Clemens October 30, 1873, for the purpose of organizing a German Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Asso- ciation.
The twenty-fourth annual fair of the Macomb County Agricultural Society was held at Romeo in September, 1873.
The first fair of the Armada Agricultural Society was held at Armada October 8, 9 and 10, 1873.
A Grand Trunk Railroad accident, near Mt. Clemens. October 28, 1873, resulted in the death of fifty hogs. None of the managers of that railroad were among the deceased.
While the railroad train was making its down trip, July 18. 1872. nine horses came on the track about a mile east of Armada, and, in spite of the screaming engine, that threatened them with a speedy death if they didn't get off the track, they insisted on a trial of speed as far as Armada. The race was very even and quite exciting, but, when the horses came to the bridge near Armada Station, one of the luckless racers fell through and hung to the timbers. The engineer had anticipated this, and stopped the train in time to save the horse's life. The train hands and passengers rolled them on their sides and slid them off the bridge with no other damage than a few slight bruises. The horses belonged to R. Bailey.
A party of citizens, comprising Edgar Weeks, H. W. Babcock, George Crocker, Dan iel C. Tilden, Frank Tucker, -- Brown, left the village June 4. 1873, in pursuit of the sail-boat Belle, which was stolen the previous night. The boat had reached mid-channel when one of those hurricanes peculiar to the Lake and River St. Clair sprang up, capsiz- ing the craft one-half mile south of the Detroit Club House. The affair was witnessed from that house by a boy named George Warner, who pushed off in a small skiff to the rescue of the men. Warner reached the wreck, when Tilden and Crocker got into the little boat, while Babcock held on to the stern, and the gallant boy pulled for the light-house where he landed the trio. The propeller Mary Jarecki sent out a boat to the rescue of the others, on which Weeks and Tucker embarked. Brown, the owner of the capsized yacht, remained on the wreck until help arrived. He succeeded in saving both himself and his boat.
A son of Charles Eilbert, of Mt. Clemens, was poisoned, October 24, 1873, by eating henbane seeds. He died ou the 25th of that month.
Mrs. Ann Lavine's trial for the murder of Anson Henderson, at Armada, on the night of November 5, 1873, came before Judge Harris at the November session of the Cir- cuit Court. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
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The biographical sketches of the Chamberlins began to be published January 7, 1874. The fourth annual meeting of the U. F. C., of Armada, was held at the Day School- house Jannary 13, 1874.
A number of houses were burned in the county during Jannary, 1874.
The Armada Agricultural Society held its second annual meeting at Armada. January 13. 1874.
The annual session of the Macomb County Sunday School Association was held at Richmond January 20, 1874.
The fourth annual meeting of the Union Temperance Association was held at Romeo February 29. 1874.
The Romeo Pioneer and Historical Society was organized March 14, 1874.
Rev. J. Weeks resigned the charge of the Christian Church of Romeo May I, 1874. The Washington Grange was instituted April 18, 1874, with William A Stone, Master. The pledge was circulated in Armada Village April 1. 1874.
A marine engine. built at Romeo by Morton & Hamblin, for a Clinton River barge, was finished May 2, 1874.
The new M. E. Church of Romeo was dedicated June 7, 1874.
Frederick Hebblewhite, of Armada, was drowned in Norway Lake, near Lapeer, June 12, 1874.
The comet of July, 1873. caused much speculation.
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Drs. Greenshields and Tillson amputated the entire breast of Mrs. Gibson, June 9, The lady survived the operation until November 29, 1874, when she died.
The electric storm of August 25 and 26. 1874, was the most terrific remembered by the American settlers of this county.
The council of the Granges of Macomb County was organized September 2. 1874. with Henry Bennett. Washington, Master.
In September, 1874, Samuel Aldrich, of Armada. possessed a hen aged twenty-one years.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Macomb County Agricultural Society was hold at Mt. Clemens September 30, 1874.
In October. 1874. Lee & Stockton enlarged the Mt. Clemens Monitor.
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