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mentioned in connection with the schools in No. 1. Ezra Pettibone taught in No. 7 a year or more. 1849-50. A. L. Bingham was the same thorough going teacher in No. 7 as in No. 1. Miss Leonard, since Mrs. J. Brigg, of Chesterfield, died in 1880. Miss Cyn- thia Cole is now Mrs. Melville Pashal, of Bay City, Mich. Charles Dennison is now a prominent lawyer of Bay City, and quite a politician withal. He commenced teaching in the fall of 1853, and continued the school till about Thanksgiving. 1854. He then left. and his assistant. Miss Kearney, assumed control, with Miss Mary Dixon as her assistant. The board earnestly requested Miss Kearney to teach a year, but she preferred to teach at Red Run. where she had formerly lived, and where her services were also in great demand. She conducted a school at Red Run in the winter of 1854-55. When Miss Kearney was assistant teacher, her wages were $3 per week; when Principal of the school. they were raised to $5 per week. Her board-bill had to be paid out of these wages. Board cost in those days from $1.25 to $1.50 per week. Wages were low, board low and clothing cheap. Miss Kearney was a most enthusiastic teacher. She has now in her possession some of the contracts and certificates upon which she used to teach. Edward Bentley recently died at Armada. Robert Campbell is now a farmer near Utica. No. 7 was merged into the Union School District in 1857.
The schoolhouse of No. 12 was situated near the present site of the Avery House barns. It was a brick building and was built in 1845. This was the largest district of the town, the enrollment of pupils usually reaching the respectable number or 90 to 100. No. 12 was organized as a district in 1843. schoolhouse built in 1845, burned in 1848 or 1849 and immediately rebuilt with improvements, making it by far the best schoolhouse then in Mt. Clemens.
Teachers of No. 12 -Miss Zemira Hall, in the winter of 1843-44: Miss Eliza Hall (Mrs. Thomas Forster), in the winter of 1844-45; Miss Josephine Cook, one year, 1845- 46; Miss Mary Murray, about 1846 or 1847: Miss May Fiero, about 1847, one term only: Miss Jane Dodge, about 1847 or 1848: Mr. Gibbs, about 1847 or 1848; Mr. Corbin, about 1847 or 1848; Miss Rich, about 1848 or 1849; Mr. Sibley, about 1848 or 1849; Mr. Flowers, about 1849 or 1850; Mr. Mason Cole. about 1850 or 1851: Mr. Perrin Craw- ford, about 1850 or 1851: MIr. Samuel Estabrook, about 1851 or 1852: Mr. Levi Craw- ford. about 1851 or 1852; Mr. Gilbert Bates, 1852-55; Mr. John Barry, 1855-56: Mr. Asahel Crawford, about 1855 or 1856; Mr. Arnold. 1856-57.
Miss Zemira Hall and Miss Eliza Hall taught in No. 12 before the schoolhouse was built; Miss Zemira Hall in the "Brown building" and Miss Eliza Hall in what was for- merly known as the "Roskopp House." now remodeled and forming the rear of the Cen- tral Park House. Miss Josephine Cook was the first teacher in the schoolhouse. After Mr. Gibbs completed his school, he was acting freight agent on the steamboat dock. He afterward went East. During Miss Rich's school. the house took fire from ashes in a barrel standing in the vestibule of the building. The janitor at the time was James Ma- garry, who cared for the building and took his pay in ashes from the school fires. The historian is unable to say whether he was allowed to claim the ashes of the building. Miss Rich finished her school in what was called the " pot-room " at the glass factory. lo- cated on the site of the Mt. Clemens Mineral Spring. The room was fitted up for tem- porary use only. The walls of the old school building were not seriously injured, and were largely used in the new house. The school in this district was larger than usual about this time. because of the increase in the number of families, due to the numerous employes of the glass works. Corbin has already been mentioned in connection with the school of No. 1. He is now an Episcopal clergyman. Mr. Sibley was obliged to give up his school from failing eyesight. Flowers was somewhat of a musician. He used to lead the singing with the violin. At the close of the term, his school had a picnic. They pa-
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raded the streets, brought up at the schoolhouse, " spoke pieces, sang, picnicked " on the school lawn, and had a grand time in general. Flowers is laconically described by one of Mt. Clemens' merchants as " business." Mr. Cole lives in the northern part of Macomb County, and is somewhat of a politician. He had some trouble with a boy named John ('Neil. Said John was so effectually scared by the declaration that "there's power in that right arm" he ( John) Hed from the schoolhouse in terror.
Perrin Crawford was the first of three brothers who taught in No. 12. He read law at the same time in the office of Eldredge & Hubbard. He taught one or two years, and died soon after at Mt. Clemens. Just previous to teaching in Mt. Clemens, Estabrook graduated from the State University, having been assisted in acquiring his education by his brother. He was not averse to using the birch, as some of Mt. Clemens' business men well recollect. Levi Crawford was Crawford No. 2. An event occurred while he was teaching which few, if any, of his pupils ever forgot. One afternoon at recess, some red pepper was thrown upon the hot stove. The ascending fumes caused irritation to the lungs and produced violent coughing. Crawford asked each pupil if he did it. All said " No, sir," of course. He accused some of falsifying, said he knew it was one of three boys. The circumstance necessitated the close of school for the afternoon. In the light of later events, it appears that three boys were the guilty parties. Darius Conner fur- nished the money to buy the pepper, George Wyles (now book-keeper for Viger, the De- troit coal dealer) bought the pepper, and William Walker put it on the stove.
William Walker was a soldier in the rebel army. He lost a leg in a battle, from the effects of which he died. These three Crawford probably had in mind when he said he knew who did it. Bates was one of the best of teachers. He also taught in No. 1.
John Barry could wield the birch with evident relish. Some of his pupils can feel, in imagination, the sting of the rod even now. His punishment of Nelson Edwards and Richard Conner caused considerable excitement and nearly a law-suit. Barry, while teaching, was a clerk in the County Register's office, doing his writing in the evening. He is now a lawyer in London, Ont. Asahel Crawford was Crawford No. 3. Arnold was the last teacher in No. 12 (1857). He afterward went out West and since died; some say he committed suicide.
Some of the officers of No. 12 were: James Snook, Cornelius Swartout. John Conner, Isaac Grovier and C. Generous. The latter was a good officer, but could not write.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
There have been but few private schools for this period, and these chiefly for children. Miss Emily Allen (Mrs. William Tucker, now deceased) taught a private school in the old academy building about 1860. In about 1861 or 1862. Miss Alice Traver (now Mrs. Har- rington, of Detroit ) taught a private school in a building standing about on the present site of the Clifton House. Miss Scott taught a school for children on South Gratiot street, in a building then standing on the present location of Kimmeritz's cigar manufactory, in about 1863, 1864 and 1865. Mrs. Campbell, in about 1868, taught a private school for children in the engine-house, a short summer term. Miss Cobb taught in the engine-house in 1869. A private school was taught in Mrs. Eastman's house, commencing 1868 and con- tinuing for some time. Children under ten years of age were admitted. Mrs. E. M. Ax- tell, at one time a teacher in the Union School, taught a private school at her own home on Shelby street, from about 1872 to 1875. It was a school for children. In 1877, Miss Kate Skinner taught a school for children in Arbeiter Hall, South Gratiot street. En- rolled about twenty pupils. Term continued eighteen or twenty weeks. Tuition, 25 cents per week. Miss Kittie Shepard, now Mrs. Simms, also taught a private school in Arbeiter Hall in the summer of 1880. In the summer of ISS1, Miss Jennie Phelps taught
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a private school for children in Arbeiter Hall. Enrollment, nineteen. School continued for a few weeks only. Tuition, $3 per quarter.
End of history of private schools for 1857 to 1881.
DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.
From Rev. H. Gundert I learn the following facts concerning the German School: It was established in 1860. It does not in the least conflict with the work of the public schools, as the common branches are not taught there. The aim of the school is to teach the German language and to give religious instruction. All exercises are conducted in German. The school is maintained only during the months from November to April. All who desire can attend. Frequently American children attend to learn the German language. Instruction is given in church history also. The enrollment usually reaches about forty-five or fifty. The school-room is located in the rear end of the church build- ing.
I am indebted to Rev. Father Ryckaert for the following facts: St. Mary's Catholic School is a parochial school, established in 1870 and annually enrolling about 170 pupils. The instructors are three Sisters of Mary, from Monroe, Mich. They receive $500 per year, besides a furnished house, wood and lights, Instruction is given in all the elemen- tary branches, and church doctrine is thoroughly taught. After completing their work in this school, many of the pupils enter the public school, being usually classified in the sixth grade, sometimes in the fifth and sometimes in the seventh, depending, of course, upon their attainments. So far as your historian is aware, no jealousy exists between the public and the Catholic schools. The work of the one scarcely clashes with the work of the other.
I have received the following letter, which will throw some additional light upon the history of the academy. I give it in full:
MACOMB, November 23, 1881.
PROF. SEARS, MOUNT CLEMENS-Sir : I have been very much interested in reading your com- munications to the Monitor containing all that can be ascertained, of a reliable nature, of the history of education in Mount Clemens during the prehistoric era. In the chapter on the Academy I observe you speak with uncertainty about the time that the school was under the control of the Hon. S. B. Axtell. Ax I was an assistant during a part of the time of his occupancy of the school-room, I can speak with certainty in regard to the date of his teaching. Hle rented the room of "Bob" Thompson, who had leased the first story of the building for a term of years and finished it off for school purposes. and, I believe, taught a term of school in it himself. My brother commenced his school in the latter part of August or beginning of September, 1844. I was his assistant during the winter of 1844-45. Ican- not say when he discontinued the school, as I went to New Jersey early in the spring and did not return until autumn, when he was in other business. At this distant day, I have a distinct recollection of only a few of the pupils. Among them were William and Edgar Weeks, Henry and Seymour Taylor and J. B. Eldredge. There were some Canfield boys in the school, but I do not remember their names. The Taylor brothers used to recite their Latin grammar to me. Miss Hillis taught a select school a short distance from the academy at the same time, and she was teaching as recently as 1847.
In your list of teachers in No. 12, yon omitted the name of Miss Emline Williams, of Akron. Ohio, a sister of the wife of Gov. S. B. Axtell. She spent the summer of 1846 or 184% in Mount Clemens and taught one term of school in the Stephens house.
E. S. AXTELL.
UNION SCHOOL.
The organization of the Union School District met with much opposition from vari- ous sources. Although the system had been successfully tested in several parts of the State, still Mt. Clemens hesitated a long time before choosing between the old and the inferior and the new and superior. Some excuse may be found in the fact that for quite a number of years the "academy" had furnished opportunities for acquiring a knowledge of the higher branches.
By the consolidation of Districts Nos. 17 and 12, of Clinton Township, the present
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Union School District of Mt. Clemens was formed. The organization bears date of Feb- rnary 20, 1857. The limits of the district and the boundary of the city of Mt. Clemens are not coincident, a portion of the district being in the town of Clinton, outside the city. The district should properly be called "Fractional No. 1," of city of Mt. Clemens and Clinton Township.
The first annual meeting was held March 9, 1857. The resolution for building a schoolhouse to cost $11,000 passed, at a regular annual meeting of the district. Septem- ber 26, 1859.
Previous to 1861-the schoolhouse not being built until 1860-the school was taught in the old academy building and in No. 7 Schoolhouse. The building is three stories high, fifty-seven feet long and forty-six feet wide. It contains two rooms on first floor for primary departments, two on second floor for grammar departments, and on the third floor one large room. formerly used for the high school, one recitation-room and library room.
The third story was entirely burned in 1861. The fire probably caught from light- ning, as it seemed to start in the tower. The flames were subdued before reaching the second story.
While the house was being repaired, the schools were carried on in the present Bap- tist Church and in the old No. 7 Schoolhouse. At the church, the body of the house' was occupied by the high school, the vestibule and gallery being used for lower grades.
The resolution for building the second house was passed at a special school meeting June 30. 1875. The house was ready for occupancy the year following. The building is fifty-seven feet long and forty-six feet wide, two stories in height. It has two rooms on the first floor, now occupied by primary departments, two rooms on the second floor, besides recitation-rooms now used by the high school.
A nucleus for a library was started in 1865 or 1866 by Prof. Wood; since that time it has grown till at the present time it, numbers 710 well-selected volumes, including en- cyclopedias and books of reference.
TEACHERS-UNION SCHOOL-1857 TO 1882.
1857-58-S. S. Gale, Principal: James Jenney, Elizabeth Stanton, Benjamin Eckler, Miss Rice, Mary McLeod.
1858-59 S. S. Gale, Principal: Miss Rice, Esther Jones, Mary McLeod, Miss M. Dixon, Miss Crawford.
1859-60 -- O. A. Hotchkiss, Principal: Ed S. Jenney. Lucy Giddings, Alice Traver, Esther Jones, Lorain Pratt, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Dixon.
1860-61-William Campbell, Principal: Miss Newman, Miss Bryan, Miss Dixon, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Jennie Dean.
1861-62-Silas Wood, Principal; C. J. Wood, Miss Hitchcock, Miss Beebe, Miss Bryan. Miss Davis.
1862-63-Silas Wood, Principal: Mrs. Wood, Miss H. M. Hale, Miss Smith, Miss Jennie Dean, Mr. Harley, Jane McChesney, Miss Allen, William Campbell, Mrs. Phillips. 1863-64 Andrew Montgomery. Principal; Mary McLeod, Lizzie Moon, Mary Smith, Esther Culver. Mrs. E. Shook, Lizzie Gleason, Frances Buck.
1864-65 -- Andrew Montgomery. Principal: Frances Buck, Helen Buck, Esther Cul- ver, Mary Montgomery, Isabell Ross.
1865-66 -- Silas Wood, Principal: Isabell Ross, Lucy Nichols, Mrs. O. E. Verrall, Mary Wood.
1866-67- Silas Wood, Principal; Isabell Ross, Mary Wood, Helen Buck, Anna Ruck- man, Lurk Nichols.
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1867-68-Silas Wood. Principal; Mary Wood, Minnie Gibbs, Martha Harvey, Helen Buck. Maggie Blackwood. Theresa Sterling. Mrs. S. Wood. Elinina Morton, Olive Dixon, Rev. H. Gundert.
1868-69 -- Slias Wood, Principal: Elmina Morton, Fannie Gilbert, Olive Dixon. Mary Wood. Lizzie McGovern, Rev. H. Gundert.
1869-70-F. A. Herring. Principal; L. D. Culver, Sarah Green. Lizzie McGovern. Fannie Gilbert. Mary Wood, Elmina Morton.
1870-71-F. A. Herring, Principal; Mary Wood, Fannie Gilbert, L. D. Culver, Miss C. L. Smith. Fannie Loucks.
1871-72-D. B. Briggs, Principal; Carrie Richardson, Fannie Gilbert, Mary Wood,
L. D. Culver, Susie Watterson, Fannie Loncks, Mary Crocker, Mary Siegel.
1872-73-J. E. Bissell, Principal; Carrie Richardson, Mary Wood, Fannie Loucks, Mary Siegel, Susie Watterson.
1873-74 -J. E. Bissell, Principal; Miss Turner, Mary Wood, Mary Forster, Susie Watterson, Miss C. Smith. Fannie Loucks.
1874-75-S. S. Babcock, Principal; Elmina Morton, Mrs. S. S. Babcock, Mary .Fors- ter, Susie Watterson, Miss C. Smith, Fannie Loncks, Miss M. Allen ..
1875-76-S. S. Babcock, Principal: Elmina Morton. Mrs. S. S. Babcock, Mary Fors- ter, Mrs. E. M. Axtell, Caroline Smith, Fannie Loucks, Marie Van Eps.
1876-77 -- Wesley Sears, Principal; Miss Harriet Culver, Mary Forster, Maria Tate, Maria Mills, Emma Snook, Florence Dixon, Fannie Loucks.
1877-78-Wesley Sears, Principal: Harriet Culver, Mary Forster, Maria Tate, Mercie Briggs, Marie Van Eps, Cary Knox. Fannie Loucks.
1878-79-Wesley Sears. Principal: T. Forster, Mary Forster, Marie Tate, Lilian Norton, Mercie Briggs, Marie Van Eps, Carrie Knox, Fannie Loucks.
1879-80-Wesley Sears, Principal; Maria J. Tate, Lilian Norton, Mercie Briggs, Eliza Wood, Marie Van Eps, Carrie Knox. Fannie Loucks.
1880-81-Wesley Sears, Principal: Maria J. Tate, Eliza Wood, Mercie Briggs, Ruth Russell, Carrie Knox, Marie Van Eps. Julia Gundert, Fannie Loncks.
1881-82-Wesley Sears. Principal; Maria Tate, Eliza Wood (Tucker), Mercie Briggs, Ruth Russell, Carrie Knox, Minnie Martell, Julia Gundert, Fannie Loucks.
OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES.
E. Wright Hall, Moderator and Director, 1857.
Moore Stephens. Director and Moderator. 1857. 1860, 1862; Trustee. 1862, 1863.
E. L. Raymond, Assessor. 1857, 1864: Trustee, 1864, 1865.
J. E. Van Eps, Moderator, 1857, 1860.
A. S. Robertson, Director, 1857, 1863.
Silas Dixon, Trustee, 1857, 1862; Moderator, 1862, 1864.
W. S. Robinson, Trustee, 1857. 1860; Moderator, 1864, 1866; Assessor, 1867, 1870; Trustee, 1866, 1867.
W. A. Edwards, Trustee, 1857, 1858.
Giles Hubbard, Trustee, 1857, 1864.
J. B. Eldredge, Trustee. 1867, 1864, 1865 and 1875; Director, 1864. 1865.
Norton L. Miller, Trustee. 1858, 1859.
August Czizek. Trustee, 1863, 1864. 1867, 1868: Assessor, 1864, 1867.
S. S. Gale. Director, 1862. 1864. 1867. 1869. 1875; Moderator, 1866. 1867. 1877, 1882: Trustee, 1864, 1866, 1876, 1877.
T. M. Crocker, Director. 1865, 1867: Trustee, 1864, 1865; Moderator, 1867, 1876. H. Carter. Moderator, 1866. 1867; Trustee, 1865, 1866.
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O. Chapaton, Trustee, 1867, 1870: Assessor, 1870, 1575.
T. W. Snook. Trustee. 1866, 1867; Director. 1869, 1875.
G. B. Van Eps. Trustee, 1867, 1868, 1871, 1875; Assessor, 1875, 1882.
Dr. L. Younghusband, Trustee, 1868, 1871.
William Flumer, Trustee, 1870, 1876.
William Canfield, Trustee, 1875. 1876: Moderator, 1876, 1877.
Edgar Weeks, Trustee, 1875, 1879: Director, 1878, 1882.
T. H. Forster, Director, 1876, 1879.
F. G. Kendrick, Trustee, 1876, 1882.
G. M. Crocker, Trustee, 1877, 1882.
A. T. Donaldson, Trustee, 1879, 1882.
STATISTICS.
No records of attendance, enrollment, averages, per cents, etc., have been preserved that antedate 1865. From 1865 to 1869, the record is not quite asfull as since that time. The statistics of greatest importance since 1869 have been preserved in tabulated form. It is the opinion of the historian that this table will give a satisfactory idea of the method now pursued in preserving the records, and hence will not go back further than that date (1869). The table is given in full on the following page:
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YEARS INCLUDED.
Number.
ITEMS.
1
1860-70.
1870-71.
1871-72.
1872 73.
1873-74.
1
1874 75.
1875-76.
1876-77. J 1877-78
1878-79.
1879-80.
1880-81.
1 No. of half days' attendance ..
91102
82176
86565
8-1571
91333
05095
102553
112284
128371
124855
131995
146439
2 No. of cases of tardiness.
2356
1081
3059
1860
1647
1615
1237
464
321
160
145
290
3 No. of pupils enrolled.
406
348
362
411
126
460
465
516
506
508
573
5 No. of pupils left for all canses.
....
361
458
733
588
555
576
555
665
756
6 No. of pupils suspended.
.....
175
553
349
74
399
377
505
501
8 Whole unmber belonging ..
57658
46759
52186
51590
53012
524-17
58180
625-46
69553
67175
72144
80303
9 No. cases of corporal punishment
113
138
90
164
62
1.19
70
76
10
49
11
10 Average daily attendance. .
213.8
212.3
219.2
218.5
231.8
240.7
259.0
284.0
321.0
312.1
330.0
366.1
11 Average tardiness per session. .
6.1
7.7
1.8
4.1
3.1
. - 1
.36
.73
12 Average number belonging.
298.8
241.6
264.2
266.6
272.7
265.6
293.8
316.0
347.8
339.0
360.7
101.5
13 Per cent of attendance.
81.6
87.9
82.9
82.0
86.1
90.4
88.2
90.0'
92.3
92.1
91.5
91.1
14 Per cent of tardiness.
2.0
1.2
2.9
1.8
1.5
1.5
1.1
.4
.1
.1
.18
15 No. of school days
193.0
193.5
197.5
193.5
194.5
197.5
198.0
198.0
200.0
200.0
200.0 |
200.0
16 No. of visits. .
139.0
516.0
312.0
235.0
360.0
183.0
152.0
337.0'
257.0
270.0
209.0
207.0
18 No. of minutes lost by tardiness.
1423
3482
1701
1653
2760
19 No. of non-resident pupils. .
31
30
14
17
13
20 Tuition rec'd from non-residents. $140 82
$97 27 8142 87
$73 38 8101 76
$25 25
21 Total amount paid to teachers. ..
$2980 00 $2980 00 $3600 00 83740 00 $3000 00 $3280 00 $3280 00 $3180 00 $3180 00
29|No. children in dist. of school age
701
732
826
926
900
965
1012
928,
908
. .
...
81
71
14
1
6
1
52
4 No. of pupils rec'd by transfer. .
()
1
1
7 No. of pupils re-entered .
17 No. of volumes in library .
477
501
501
520
520
718
$129 60 $190 80
$140 45 8241 20, $139 70: $170 70
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The average per capita cost for superintendence and instruction, based on " average number belonging," has been as follows: 1874 75, 813.55: 1875-76, $12.70; 1876-77, $9.45; 1877-78. 89.43: 1878-79, $9.68: 1879-80, $8.82; 1880-81, 87.92.
All records are kept in a satisfactory manner in the high school. The exact standing of each pupil in every branch is on file.
MASONIC.
Lebanon Lodge, No. 7. was proposed at Mt. Clemens May 5, 1841. . Among the mem- bers present were A. C. Smith, Eben Hall, Henry M. Dodge, J S. Parke, Allen Fish, Thomas M. Perry, Dan Shattuck, Joseph Cole. The lodge was organized June 7, 1841: Eben Hall, W. M .: J. S. Parke, S. W .; A. Fish. J. W .; H. M. Dodge, Secretary.
The principal officers elected since that time were:
Worshipful Masters-Eben Hall. 1842-43; A. C. Smith, 1844; Eben Hall, 1845-47; John S. Parke, 1848: Allen P. Bentley, 1849: A. C. Smith, 1850-51: O. B. Smith, 1852; Harelehigh Carter, 1853; Eben Hall, 1854; Harelehigh Carter, 1855; Henry Taylor, Sr., 1856.
Recorders -- A. G. Parke, 1842-16: Allen P. Bentley, 1847; Robert P. Eldredge, 1848; A. G. Parke, 1849; A. P. Bentley, 1850; James Fenton, 1851-52: A. C. Smith, 1853; Harelehigh Carter, 1854; A. C. Smith, 1855; W. S. Robinson, 1856.
Mt. Clemens Lodge, No. 6, was organized September 4, 1×57:
Worshipful Masters- Robert P. Eldredge, 1857-60: William S. Robinson, 1861-62; R. P. Eldredge, 1863-66; T. M. Crocker, 1867; Cephas Farrar, 1861: James B. Eldredge, 1869-70; James Kurn, 1871: G. W. Robertson, 1872-78: A. E. Van Eps, 1879-80; Wes- ley Sears, ISS1-S2.
Recorders- William S. Robinson, 1857-58: Judson S. Farrar, 1861; R. P. Eldredge. 1862; Theo Traver, 1863: H. B. Hall, 1864; W. S. Robinson, 1865-71; L. D. Culver, 1872; James M. Heath, 1873: L. E. Woodruff, 1874-75; Joseph Lonsby, 1876; A. E. Van Eps, 1877; George M. Crocker, 1878; T. H. Foster, 1879; G. W. Robertson, 1880; G. W. Robertson, 1881-82.
The present officers are: Wesley Sears, W. M .; G. M. Crocker, S. W .: Joseph Lons- by J. W. ; Alex Jacobi, S. D .; Philo Widrig, Jr., J. D .; G. W. Robertson, Secretary; G. B. Van Eps, Treasurer: John Allmand, Tiler; E. W. Lewis and F. A Keith, Stewards.
The Mt. Clemens Chapter, R. A. M .. was organized February 28, 1870. with R. P. Eldredge, H. P. The High Priests elected since that time were: R. P. Eldredge, 1870-75; G. W. Robertson, 1875-77; S. B. Russell, 1877-78; T. W. Newton, 1878-79; W. C. Tennant, 1879-80. The officers elected December 8, 1881, are: Joseph Upleger, H. P .; T. W. Newton, K .; Alfred Stewert, S .; E. W. Lewis, C. of H .; A. E. Van Eps, P. S .; F. Lonsby, C. of G .; Abner Hayward, M. of 3d V .; William G. Crittenden, MI. of 2d V .; Alex Jacobi. M. of Ist V .; Paul Ulrich, Treasurer; G. W. Robertson, Secretary; and John Allemand, Sentinel.
I. O. O. F.
Macomb Lodge, No. 13, was organized under dispensation March 9, 1846, in response to the petition of Henry D. Terry, C. G. Cady, Henry C. Kibbee, Joshua B. Dickenson and Horace K. Dickenson. The lodge was installed March 11, 1846, by Most Worshipful Grand Asher S. Kellogg. The first officers were: C. H. Carey. N. G. : H. D. Terry, V. G .; H. C. Kibbee, Secretary: J. B. Dickenson, Treasurer. This lodge continued in exist- ence until June 30, 1854. Subsequently, the charter was revoked by the Grand Lodge, which, on the re-organization of No. 13. March 20, 1874, was returned, with the effects of the old lodge, by Deputy Harris. The first officers of Macomb Lodge. No. 13, re-organ - ized, were: John E. Van Eps. N. G .; C. C. Lamb, V. G .: George B. Van Eps. Secre- tary; Henry Connor, Treasurer; J. C. Ross. P. S .: William Roy, Conductor.
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