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HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY.
The Noble Grands from 1874 to 1882 were: John Van Eps, 1874: Charles C. Lamb and Edgar Weeks, 1875; F. C. Lamb and John E. Van Eps, 1876; F. C. Lamb and F. H. Bentley. 1877: John Trufant and Adolph J. Okdle. 1878; M. L. Skillman and H. E. Rus- sell. 1879; Julius Koehler and Hiram D. Atwood, ISSO; James Broderick and E. J. Olde, 1881-82. The officers serving at present with Mr. OIde are: Frank Ramsay. V. G. : Charles Flnemer, Secretary; R. Oesterich, Permanent Secretary; and Gustave Waltzer, Treasurer. The term for which these officers are elected expires July 1, 1882. The number of members belonging to Lodge No. 13 is forty five. The financial condition compares favorably with any Odd Fellows Lodge in the State, and the greatest harmony prevails. Since 1874, it has taken a very important part in the benevolent work which it is formed to carry on.
Camp No. 81. I. O. O. F., was establishedI in August, 1881, with B. Rush Jackson. Chief Patriarch; Julius Koehler, S. W .; R. Oesterich. Scribe; Adolph J. Olde, Treasurer; H. D. Atwood, H. P. The officers of the camp at present are: Julius Koehler, C. P .; Richard Stone, H. P .: E. J. Olde, S. W .: James Broderick, Scribe: Gustave Waltzer. Treasurer. The charter members numbered fifteen. to which five have been added. Like the lodge, the camp is a prosperous organization.
Mt. Clemens Grange is one of the most important associations in the county. Its offi- cers at the present time comprise: A. H. Canfield, M .; H. D. Atwood, O .; G. J. Shoe- maker, Lect .; J. J. Kelley. S .; G. H. Little, Asst. S .: Mrs. T. Canfield, Chaplain: Will- iam Nunnely. Treasurer: J. C. Cady, Secretary: H. Carter, G. K .; Mrs. H. Canfield, C .; Mrs. William Nunnely, P .; Mrs. J. R. Trufant, F. : Mrs. William Green, L. A. S.
The sporting circles of the city are represented by the Mt. Clemens Hunting and Fishing Club, of which James B. Eldredge is President, and H. W. Babcock, Secretary.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
Van Eps & Co.'s tannery was established in 1839, by Hotchkiss & Moody, who disposed of their interests to the present firm in 1844. The tannery was destroyed by fire, again built and destroyed, rebuilt, and again burned June 5, 1581. The main building is 40x80 feet, two stories high, with engine house. The product is about three thousand hides an- nually, valued at $15,000. The members of the firm are J. E. Van Eps and G. B. Van Eps. The former superintends the tannery, while the latter manages the boot and shoe store, harness-shop and leather store, located on the public square.
Donaldson Bros., manufacturers of carriages, wagons and agricultural implements and castings, established this industry in 1859. During that year, W. S. Donaldson opened a blacksmith-shop. In 1860, he turned out a few wagons. Subsequently, the business so increased that. in 1865, he entered into partnership with his brother, Andrew Donaldson, entered on the manufacture of wagons extensively, and established a horse- shoeing shop in the old Chandler building. Thomas Donaldson, who died in 1869. be- came a partner in 1868. In 1870, the foundry and agricultural implement departments were added. In 1874, the large brick factory building was erected, and in the fall of 1SSI, the brick foundry building was raised. The main building is 40x50 feet: the foun- dry 45x62. with addition 12x22, together with a number of wooden buildings and a large brick structure now proposed. This manufacturing industry gives employment to thirty skilled workmen, is growing yearly in popular esteem, and gives promise of still greater advances.
C. S. & L. Groesbeck's stave factory was established by Charles A. Groesbeck in the fall of 1880. The machinery employed is known as Greenwood's latest improved, which is driven by a thirty-five horse-power engine. The capacity of the factory is 5,000,000 staves annually, the manufacture of which gives employment to from twenty-five to thirty men. The elm and basswood used are obtained from the Canadian forest -.
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The Groesbeck saw-mill, at Wallaceburg, Canada, where bolts are prepared for the stave-mill, as well as hard and soft lumber for the Detroit and Buffalo markets. must be considered a branch of the Mt. Clemens establishment.
MIt. Clemens City Mills were built in 1869, by William Flummer & Co .; were burned in 1871: rebuilt the fall of the same year by S. Kellogg & Co. Mr. Flummer purchased the interests of his partners in 1879. The mills contain three sets of buhrs, Cosgrove rollers, etc., etc. The machinery is driven by a seventy-five horse-power engine. The building is three stories high, with basement, supplied with all the modus operandi of a first class mill necessary for custom and merchant work.
Van Landeghem & Son's stave factory was erected in the winter of 1862-63, by Bruno Van Landeghem. The building is 40x50 feet, supplied with Greenwood. Dougherty & Trevor machinery, drive , by a thirty horse-power engine. The product equals 7,000 cords annually. The factory and vard are valned at $11,000. The additions made in 1881 are valued at $12,000.
The saw-mill, hub and spoke factories now operated by this firm were purchased from Hall & Shook in 1SS1. The mill was built in 1871. by the last-named firm. The pres- ent operators have converted the hub and spoke department of the concern into a stave factory. The lumber used is principally Canadian growth, and is rafted up the river to the saw-mill, where it is prepared for the stave factory. The mill has a custom trade of 5,000 cords annually, together with 1,000,000 feet of lumber. A seventy horse-power engine drives the machinery. During the summer months, these industries give employ - ment to 125 hands.
Snook & Robinson's stave factory was erected in 1868 by Snook & White, who ope- rated it until 1873, when it became the property of the present owners. The concern was burned in March, 1875, entailing a net loss of $12.000. It was rebuilt by T. W. Snook as a stave and heading factory immediately after. The owners were among the first to in- troduce the Tomlinson patent hoop machinery in 1874. The saw-mill was built in 1881. with all the advantages at the command of the firm. It is stated that orders already in front New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Detroit insure a steady business until July. 1883. Last year's produet was 8, 750,000 strives, together with the same number of head- ings. Steam power is used. The raw lumber is rafted to the mill, and there prepared for the factory.
Lewis Brehler & Co.'s sash, door and blind factory was established August, IS6S, by Potter & Armsby. The latter sold to Lewis in the fall of 1868. Five years later. Groes- beck purchased Potter's interest, and, in partnership with Lewis, operated it until 1878. when the concern was purchased by the present firm. It is the pioneer sash, door and blind factory of the city. In its early days, it was a small shed, standing on elm posts; to-day, it is a two-story building, 40x58 feet, with wing 20x20, shed 18x40, and storeroom 20x60 feet, giving employment to fourteen men. A full line of best machinery, including the Tompkins planer and matcher, is in use. The machinery is driven by a fifteen horse- power engine.
Kendrick's sash, door and blind factory and planing-mill is one of the principal man- ufacturing industries of the county. It was erected in the winter of 1874-75, by Benedict & Betts. In the summer of 1875, Benedict sold his interest to Allor & Betts, who, a few months tater, sold to F. G. Kendrick. Allor disposed of his interest to the present owner in April, ISS1. The main building is 40x60 feet, two stories high, with an addition 26x78, and a wing, now being built, 22x60 feet. The concern furnishes timber for build- ing purposes, together with manufacturing articles of furniture Steam power is used in the various departments. The land. buildings and machinery are valned at $11, 000.
Clinton River Brewery. established in 1873 by Aug Biewer, has a capacity of 1.000
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barrels per annum. Trade is principally local. The main building is 90x45, with ice honse 20x24, and store 20x28. The grounds have 161 feet frontage.
Mt. Clemens Lime Kilns were established in 1846, by Ed J. Tucker. He is the pres- ent owner of the works, and a dealer in land plaster, calcimine plaster, cement, cut hair. sheathing paper, etc.
Lufkin's Brickyard was established about 1955. by Varnum Lufkin, who operated it successfully until his death. in January. 1880. It is now managed by Floyd Lufkin. During ISS1. 675,000 brick were made. The Quaker brick machine has been recently in- troduced; also, Pallet's drying system is used. being the only yard wherein it is in use in this State. The capacity of the factory is 2,000,000 annually.
This record of progress is very conciliating: but yet much remains to be done The first, and perhaps most important, work in which the city could engage. is that of laving down a wooden pavement from the Grand Trunk Railroad depot to the public square, round the square itself. and thence easterly to the line of Harrison Township. The con- dition of the public thoroughfares of Mt. Clemens from November, ISSI, to the beginning of the summer of 1882 was, to say the least, one which might characterize a village of the last century. The winter was a very exceptional one indeed. Throughout Macomb County. the atmosphere seemed to shower down mud. and when the atmospheric phenom- enon ceased, the very earth appeared to be undergoing a process of muddleization. A street railway and paved thoroughfares are now the only requisites to prove that this city keeps pace with the Century. In the personal history of the city, references are made to these and other industries.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
So much has been said and written already of this division of the county. that little remains to be told. Within the limits of Clinton, the Moravian missionaries and their converts of the Delaware Indians made their first settlement in Michigan. Here, too, the first American pioneers located. and hither may be said to come all the white Americans who made the county their home previous to its organization. The beginnings of Ma- comb County were made here. and here stands to-day that well-built pile, the county court house, to show, as it were, that the spot which the first American settlers dedicated as the seat of justice for their county, is still guarded by their descendants and the many who have reaped the reward of their early enterprise and industry.
In the following brief sketch of the township's history. the names of the principal town officers, from date of organization to the present time, are given. It is beyond the range of practicability to refer to the various acts of the different town boards or adminis- trations. That the well-being of this division of the county was their object cannot be doubted. since the present prosperous cordition, the growth of its educational affairs, and. we might add. the very habits. manners and customs of its population tell of precedents laid down by these township legislators and followed by their constituents.
ORGANIZATION.
Clinton Township, or Town 1. in Range 12. and Towns 1. 3 and part of 2. in Ranges 18 and 14. was erected April 12. and the first town meeting ordered to be held in the court house at Mt. Clemens May 28. 1527. At the meeting held on the latter date, Will- lam Olds presided as Moderator, with Ephraim McCall, Clerk. The election resulted as follows: Job C. Smith, Supervisor: Thomas Ashley, Town Clerk; William Olds. Collector; Harvey Cook, Joseph Hayes and Joseph Sansfacon. Assessors: James Connor and Elisha
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Harrington, Overseers of the Poor; Ezekiel Allen, James Connor and Elisha Harrington, Commissioners of Highways; Silas Haley and William Olds, Constables; James Connor, William Olds, Ephraim MeCall and Peter Alor, Overseers of Highways: Hiram Atwood, John Miller and Charles Rivard, Fence Viewers; William McDonald, Pound keeper. A special meeting was called June 16, 1827, when Alfred Ashley was erected Clerk, vice Thomas Ashley, resigned. Baptiste Rattell was chosen Pound-master, vice William McDonald, resigned; John Cotteral was elected a third Constable, and John Rhodes elected Overseer of Highways, vice James Connor.
TOWN ROSTER.
Supervisors- Job C. Smith, 1827-28: James Connor, 1828-29; Harvey Cook. 1829- 30; John Stockton, 1830-33; Christian Clemens, 1833-35; Rodnoy O. Cooley. 1835-36; Richard Butler, 1836-37: Rodney O. Cooley. 1837-38; Richard Butler. 1838-39; Pres- cott B. Thurston, 1839-40: Chauncey G. Cady. 1840-41; Isaac J. Grovier. 1841-42; Richard Butler, 1842-43: Porter Kibbee, 1843-45: David Shook, 1845-49; Andrew S. Robinson, 1849-50; Charles H. Carey, 1550-51; Channeey G. Cady, 1851-52; Wesley Hinman, 1852-54: Lemuel Sackett, 1854-56; Andrew S. Robertson, 1856-57: John 1. Trevor, 1857-59; Thomas L. Sackett, 1859-62: Joshua B. Dickenson, 1862-63; Angust Czizek. 1863-65; Thomas L. Sackett, 1865-68; John I. Trevor, 1868-69; Thomas L. Sackett, 1869-70; George W. Robertson, 1870-75: Judson S. Farrar, 1875-79; Alfred W. Little, township, Judson S. Farrar, city, James A. Canfield, Ar hur Van Eps, 1879-80; William A. Rowley, township, Judson S Farrar, city. Henry W. Babcock, city, Arthur E. Van Eps. city: 1880-81: William A. Rowley, township, William E. Hall, city, Henry W. Babcock, city, Arthur E. Van Eps, city, 1881-82.
Clerks-Thos. Ashley, Alfred Ashley, 1827; Robt. P. Eldredge, 1828; Richard Butler, 1829-31: Rodney O. Cooley. 1832-34: Elisha L. Atkins, 1835: Prescott B. Thurston, 1836- 38: Henry D. Terry, 1839; Ira Stout, 1840-41; Giles Hubbard, 1842; Ira Stout. 1843-45; Andrew S. Robertson, 1846; Sam B. Axtell. 1847: Jesse Kibbee, 1848; Edward Fishpool. 1849-50; George Scott, 1851-57; Charles B. Lee, 1857: Theo O. Leonard, 1858; George Scott, 1859-60; Abram Wise, 1861; George Scott, 1862-65; Charles Wood. 1866; F. H. Beney. 1867: George H. Pelton. 1868-71: John Trevidick. 1871; Henry W. Babcock, 1872-79; Joseph Immens, 1879-80; Leslie H. Duncan. 1880-81; John T. Weiss, 1881-82.
Collectors-William Olds. 1827-30; James C. Allen, 1830; Hiram Atwood. 1831; William Olds, 1832: Charles S. Mather. 1833: Horace H. Cady. 1834; Charles S. Mather, 1835; Joseph Hubbard, 1836-38.
Treasurers-William Henry Warner, 1839; Charles A. Emerson, 1840-41: Eleazer L. Goodman, 1842; Sylvanus Leonard, 1843-45; William Roy, 1846; George Dixon, 1847; Hiram Bentley, 1548-49: Harvey Kibbep, 1850-51; Dennis McCaffrey, 1852-53: James Fen- ton, 1854; John Barry, 1855; Varnum Lufkin. 1856-57; Myron White, 1858-59; A. Czizek, 1860-62: R. Steiger, 1863-64; John C. Riemold. 1865 68; Casper Peters, 186S- 69: Edward Tremble, 1870-71: Trangott Lungerhausen, 1872 74; Victor A. Morass, 1874-77; William E. Hall. 1877-78: George H. Pelton, 1878-79: John V. Wiegand, 1879-81; John Priehs. 1SS1-82.
Justices of the Peace-The Justices appointed by the Governor of the Territory pre- vious to 1836 are referred to in the pages of the general history. William H. Warner, Prescott B. Thurston, Elisha L. Atkins, Israel Curtiss, 1836; Richard Butler, Joseph Cole, 1837: Thomas R. Bourne, A. B. Adams, 1839; John Stockton. Robert Welter, 1540: Chauncey G. Cady, 1841: T. B. Thurston, 1842: R. Weltes. 1843-47: John Stock- ton. 1844: Chauncey G. Cady, 1845; Allen P. Bentley, 1845-45; Lemuel Sackett, John Stockton, Fred Hatch, 1849; Porter Kibbee, 1850; Fred Hatch, 1851; Lemuel Sackett,
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1853: Robert B. Granby, 1854: Fred Hatch, 1855-59; John Stockton, 1856-57: Henry P. Mitchell, 1857; Robert B. Granby, 1858; John Stockton, 1860; Harlehigh Carter, 1862; Fred Hatch, 1863; Robert B. Granby, 1864; John Stockton, 1865; James Whiting, 1866: Lemuel Sackett, Charles Cox, 1867: Fred Hatch, 1868, John Stockton, 1869; George M. Crocker, 1870; John Mitchell, 1871; William L Curtiss, 1872; Charles S. Groesbeck, John T. Weiss, 1873; George M. Crocker, 1874; Patrick O'Sullivan, 1875; Charles S. Groesbeck, 1876; John T. Weiss, 1877; Spencer B. Russell. 1878; Lewis A. Fox, Horace R. Beebe, 1879: Louis A. Fox, 1880; August Dietrich, 1881. Henry D. Terry was elected attorney for the township.
SCHOOLS.
Reference is made to the early schools of Mt. Clemens in the history of that city. The first record of township, school matters appears under date April 9, 1839, when Ebe- nezer Hall, Henry Taylor and Henry D. Terry formed the Board of School Inspectors. A second meeting of the board was held May 22, 1839, when it was ascertained that the rec- ord of schools, if such ever existed, could not now be found in the Clerk's office, and the board resolved, "that there is no legal school district organized in the township of Clin- ton." A second resolution provided for the division of the township into school districts, which latter resolution was given effect to May 25, 1839, when the township was laid off into eight districts, the territory in and adjacent to the incorporated village of Mt. Clemens forming No. 1 District. The amount of first school and library moneys apportioned to Clin- ton Township was only $90.40, the notice of apportionment being made in February, 1840.
SCHOOL STATISTICS OF THE PRESENT.
The township is laid off into seven school districts and one fractional district. The directors for the year 1881-82 are Edgar Weeks, of the Mt. Clemens School, known as District No. 1: Mendon Dunham, of No. 2: Charles Dans, of No. 4; Robert E. Miller, of No. 5; Ernest Hagan, of No. 6; Michael Barry, of No, 7, and Norton Savage, of No. 10. Alfred Stead is Director of School No. 3. The total number of children, aged between five and ten years, enumerated in the school returns as belonging to the township, is 1,552, of whom 935 are in District No. 1: 75 in District No. 2; 66 in District No. 4: 174 in District No. 5: 42 in District No. 6; 54 in District No. 7: 114 in Distriet No. 10, and 92 in fractional District No. 3. The two school brick buildings at Mt. Clemens, with other school property, are valued at 822,000. The other seven buildings in the township are valued at $3,500, showing the total value of school property in 1882 to be $25,500. The total sum paid the teachers of the township for the year ending September, 1881, was $4,- 195, of which sum the teaching staff at Mt. Clemens received $3. 180. The total expendi- tures for the year ending September, 1881, amounted to $7,454.68. The public school fund yielded $1.634.52, the I mill tax, 81,565.65 and the balance received from the ordi- nary school revenue of the township.
VILLAGES OF THE TOWNSHIP.
The village of Cady, or Cady's Corner, is a small settlement composed chiefly of Ger- man farmers and their families, dating from 1834. It is on Clinton River, in the center of a rich agricultural region, about seventeen miles above Detroit, five southwest of Mt. Clemens, the county seat, and near Fraser Station, on the Grand Trunk Railway, to which depot goods should be shipped. It has a German Lutheran Church and common school.
Mt. Clemens was established an incorporated village in 1837. Warsaw, Frankfort, Marcellus, Frederick and other little centers of population wished to be incorporated. The first allowed its village charter to lapse, and did not re-seek incorporation until IS51;
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the other villages died away in toto. The last building of Frederick is now a total wreck, its debris of timber and brick reminding the traveler of what the city of Mt. Clemens might have been had not the following citizens laid the foundations on which its present citizens built and continue to build: Christian Clemens. John Stockton. Giles Hubbard. Robert P. Eldredge, Thomas L. Sackett, William Canfield. Henry R. Babcock, M. D., Henry Taylor, Sr., M. D., George Lee, M. D., Perrin Crawford, Dr. Hall, J. B. Dickinson, T. M. Crocker, Thomas Ashley, James L. Conger, Henry Harrington, Aaron Weeks, Varnum Lufkin, John Dixon, Abner C. Smith, Thomas M. Perry. Frederick Hatch, Henry D. Terry, Andrew S. Robertson, William Jenny, John Stephens, Moore Stephens. Henry M. Dodge.
PERSONAL HISTORY.
History is a relation of facts, while biography is actually a history of the lives and characters of those men who caused such facts to have an existence. One should be in- separable from the other; and so apparent is this, so apparent has it been, that for some years we made it a practice to deal fully with the people who have made subject for the histories of our counties, and particularly with those whose intelligence now guides them to place confidence in our work, to realize its value, to take an especial pride in its success. In the following sketches, it will be evident to the reader that an effort has been made to deal fairly with the people of this city. We owe them a bona fide history for the special support they have given the work. We owe them our thanks for the hearty co-operation extended to ourselves and to our employes.
MOUNT CLEMENS AND CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
LOUIS A. ALLOR, son of Lonis Allor. of Trois Rivieres, near Quebec City, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., October 2, 1835; came to St. Clair County, Mich., in November. 1852; to Macomb County in 1865 and settled in Ray Township; was foreman in Schmoor's stave and saw mill, in St. Clair County, for two years; in Cooper & Lathrop's mill, at Richmond, for one year; farmed in Ray for a few years: in Snook & White's stave and heading mill for about two years: in Hazleton's heading factory, at Baltimore Station. for about two years; came to Mt. Clemens in 1875, and was partner with F. G. Kendrick, in sash, door and blind factory, until ISSI, since which time he has had charge of the ma- chinery in Lewis & Brehler's planing-mill. Previous to 1862, he held the offices of Super- visor, Justice of the Peace and School Inspector, and was Notary Public for four years. and taught school in one district for ten terms before the war. In 1862, he enlisted in Company E. Twenty-second Michigan Infantry; promoted Orderly Sergeant at muster-in; Second Lientenant 'October, 1862; First Lieutenant, July, 1863; Adjutant, June, 1864: was commissioned Captain by President Lincoln, but declined: was appointed Assistant Adjutant General Reserve Brigade, Division of the Cumberland. in 1864, which office he held nutil the close of the war. A reference to the military history of the county will point out the varied services of this soldier. Mr. Allor was married, in IS56, to Miss Octavia Landry, who died in 1.859. He married Miss Mary Jean some time after, to whom were born four children, two of whom are living- Nellie and Elmer. Rolla was killed at the age of fifteen years by falling on a sharp stick in a hay rack; Ellen died from natural causes. Fabien Jean, father of Mrs. Allor, was born in Clinton in 1805, and died October 26, 1878. He married Miss Magdaline Sear at an early date, and, after her death, married Miss V. Griffard. He was the father of six children by his first wife and eight by his second. In the history of Chesterfield, a full reference is made to this native pioneer.
HIRAM ATWOOD (deceased), son of Peter Atwood, was born in Vermont June 9, 1801; was educated in the common schools of Vermont and Canada; settled on Section 1,
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Clinton Township. in 1822, at a time when bear, deer and wolf would come leisurely to the dooryard. Mr. Atwood married Miss Fannie Cook, March 13, 1525. They were the parents of three boys and one girl. After the death of this lady, he married Miss Aurilla A. Douglass, July 7. 1833. to whom were born three boys and one girl. Of Mr. Atwood's children. Alonzo. Adeline, William and Phoebe A. are living: Charles, Sylvester, Richard and Hiram D. Atwood are deceased. Hiram D. Atwood was born in Clinton Township. Macomb County, November 29, 1835; educated in Mt. Clemens schools and was a farmer. He married Miss Allie M. Watterson, in 1865, daughter of Robert Watterson, of Vernon, V. Y. They were the parents of three children -Mary C., Agnes C. and Luallie. Mr. Atwood died December 31, ISS1.
FRED S. AVERY, partner with F. M. Sackett, born at Ann Arbor, Mich .. is a son of Frederick Avery, the original proprietor of the Cook House, at Ann Arbor, and now one of the proprietors of the Mt. Clemens Mineral Springs. He was educated at Ann Arbor and at Helmuth College, London. Ontario: came to Mt. Clemens in 1879. and married Miss Jennie Sackett, daughter of the late Hon. Thomas Sackett, May S, 1SS1. Sackett & Avery's boot and shoe store was established in the spring of 1879, by George C. Fenton. who sold his interest to F. M. Sackett soon after. The present firm took charge of busi- ness in May, ISSI : keep a good assortment of fine goods. and pay that attention to busi- ness which insures success.
HENRY W. BABCOCK was born at Mt. Clemens December 1, 1542: son of Henry R., deceased, an early settler of Macomb. Mr. B. was educated at Mt. Clemens and at the normal school of Ypsilanti: served three years in the war: he enlisted as a drummer- boy in Company C, Fifth Michigan Infantry. under Capt. Trowbridge, of Saginaw; served in the regiment nine months and left after the seven days' fight at Harrison's Landing. He then went into the hospital at Harrison's Landing as dispensing clerk; went thence to Craney Isle, Va., where he filled the same office for a few months: then detailed on transport service for two months, and the remainder of the time (three years) was in Medical Purveyor's office, under Dr. J. Bernard Brinton. Assistant Surgeon United States Army: returning subsequently, he filled the same office as a civilian until the close of the war. He purchased a drug store in 1865 from J. S. Farrar, in Metropolitan Block, where he still continues the business. Mr. Babcock was manager of the Western Union Telegraph office here for twelve years: was Town Clerk four years, Corporation Recorder for three years and City Clerk for two years. He was also Secretary of the Macomb County Agricultural Society four years. He is now Supervisor-second term. Mr. Bab- cock married. May 10, 1865. Miss Maria F. Bonnie, a niece of Lemuel Sackett, a pio- neer of Macomb County. They are the parents of six children- Bernard B .. Blanche B., Delia F., Henry R .. Frank and Courtney (. The drug business of Mr. B. amounts to about $5,000 annually. Dr. H. R. Babcock died Thursday, September 25, 1876, aged sixty-two: was the father of six children, of whom two are living-H. W. Babcock and Mrs. J. H. Westendorf. Hecame to Mt. Clemens in the year 1837; graduated at Fairfield Medical College, in the State of New York, at the age of twenty-two years: was one of the first original members of the Macomb County Medical Association: he carried on the drug business in connection with his profession from the year 1843 up to 1561: was Post- master twelve years.
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