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CORNELIUS VIRGIL was born February 1, 1834, in Tompkins County, N. Y .; is son of Ira and Betsey (Van Inwagen) Virgil. He remained in his native county until the age of twenty-three. At nineteen, he went to Newfield, same county, to learn the trade of blacksmith. He served three years, and in 1857 came to Michigan and located at New Baltimore, where he worked at his trade nearly two years. He then went on a farm in Ray, where he remained upward of three years. He was married, August 22, 1861, to Polly, daughter of Joseph and Maria Chubb, a native of Ray. In August, 1861, he en- listed in Company A. First Michigan Cavalry, and served about six months. The regiment went to Washington, then to Maryland. Mr. Virgil was taken sick at Capitol Hill. Wash- ington, and was discharged. December 1, 1861. at Frederick City, Md., for disability. He returned home, and, after recovering his health, he went to Ray, where he spent two years farming one summer and working at his trade the balance of the time. In the spring of 1864. he came to Romeo and went into business with Gilbert Burnett, who had a shop in operation, and continued with him about six months, when he engaged with Alexander Shelp and worked with him now and then for two years. In 1868, he went to Oxford, Oakland County, and had a blacksmith shop there five years. In 1573. he opened a shop at Romeo, which he has managed eight years. He purchased his present residence. on Benjamin street, in 1866. Politically, he is a Republican.
JOSEPH WELLER was born July 4, 1831. in Chesterfield, Macomb Co., Mich .: is son of Elisha and Maria (Vannatta) Weller. His father was born July 23, 1800, and his mother in 1802, the former in Warren County, N. J., the latter near Philadelphia. They settled in Chesterfield in the spring of 1831, located three "eighties" of Government land, but retained but one of these tracts. The mother died March 25. 1863, aged sixty-one years. The father is still living, in his eighty-second year. They were German by de- seent. Mr. Weller was brought up on his father's farm, where he passed thirty-five years of his life. His early educational advantages were very limited, owing to the unsettled state of the country. In addition to agriculture, he engaged in threshing some months in each year for fifteen years, saving sufficient from his earnings to buy eighty acres adjoin - ing his father's farm, which he brought to an advanced state of improvement, and sold in 1866. He was married. January 26, 1865, to Jeannette, daughter of Theophilus Kennedy. a pioneer of the county. In October following, he moved to Romeo, formed an association with Albert Kennedy, and bought the sash and blind factory of Holman & Farrar, which they continued until 1871. Mr. Weller has since been engaged as a carpenter. In the fall of 1866, he purchased a residence on Benjamin street, to which he made an addition in 1869, and entirely remodeled in 1878. Politically, he is a Republican.
ROBERT WHITE was born December 25. 1815, in Donegal, Ireland: is son of Da- vid and Jane Elliott White. His father died in 1826. He is the oldest of six children, and came to America in 1841, bringing with him his wife, Elizabeth Robinson White, and four children. They located at Romeo, and, four years later, he bought twelve acres of wild land, cleared a space, wherein he built his house, and, with the aid of his children, has thoroughly improved the entire place, not a trace of a stump remaining. At the time he bought his land, Main street was inconveniently devoted to stumps, and one day he took up four large ones, receiving $1 for each one. Another party had refused $3 for the job. In the fall of 1853, Mr. White purchased eighty acres north of the fair grounds. which is in a state of advanced improvement. He is a mason, and worked at his trade more or less until 1867, when he met with an accident and broke his shoulder, which ne- cessitated the abandonment of severe labor. Mrs. White died May 17, 1863, in her fiftieth year. She became the mother of nine children. Their records are as follows: Eliza resides at Petrolia. Canada; David, twin, lives in Detroit and has five children; George, twin, died December 1, 1879, leaving six children; Robert lives at Lapeer, and has two
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children: James is on the farm, and has one child; John lives in Romeo, has two children; Anna Maria lives at Almont, and has five children; the others are Lydia and Martha; the latter died in October, 1861; all are married but Lydia. There are twenty grandchildren. Mr. White was married again. April 16, 1865, to Mrs. Susan M. Drake, born in County Armagh, Ireland. They have one daughter, Mary M., who lives at home. Four of Mr. White's sons are masons, taught by himself; two are carpenters. He has always been an adherent of the Republican party. He and his wife are enjoying the reward of frugal, well-ordered lives, and passing their last years in comfort.
ROBERT A. YOUNG, D. D. S., was born March 4, 1855, at Lodi, Columbia Co., Wis. His parents, John A. and Elsie (Erwin) Young, were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was Principal of the High School at Lodi, which he attended until he was nineteen years old. June 3, 1874, he came to Romeo with his parents, where his father is pastor of the Christian Church, and where he attended school. In the fall of 1876, he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Isaac Douglass, D. D. S. He attended the university at Ann Arbor two years, and graduated with honor in March, 1880, entering upon dental practice in September following. He is a member of the State Dental Society, and belongs to the Sons of Temperance. He has fine rooms on Main street, handsomely fitted; is a gentleman of social. genial character, and popular as a mechanical operator and as a citi- zen.
CHAPTER XXXI.
ARMADA.
In the compilation of the histories of the townships, care has been taken to exclude all descriptions which have been fully dealt with in the general history of the county. The fact that large numbers of the people who made subject for history are treated bio- graphically, in connection with the history of the township to which they belong, ren- dered an extensive historical sketch unnecessary, because in the personal history inci- dents and names are given so intimately associated with the township, and withal so appropriate to the biography in which they occur. that to separate or remove the one would have a tendency to destroy the other. For this reason, a great portion of the history of each township will be found woven with the sketches of its principal inhabitants.
ORGANIZATION.
The township of Armadia, or Armada, was organized under a legislative enact- ment, approved April 22, 1833, laying off from the surveyed townships, Town 5 north, Ranges 13 and 14 east of the meridian, and ordering the first township meeting to be held at the house of Edmund Stewart the first Monday in April, 1834. The formal meet- ing of the people to consider the question of organization was held in the year 1832, at Armada Corners (Selleck's), and the organization was strenuously opposed, as uncalled for and unnecessary, but was carried later in the day. When the subject of a name came up, but little time remained. Several names were proposed which did not meet with approval, until Hosea Northrup jumped np and shouted the name Armada. The name was carried at once, and probably without a knowledge of its meaning or its fitness.
THE FIRST TOWN MEETING.
The first town meeting was held April 7, 1834, in accordance with the statute. Henry B. Ten Eyck presided, with Roswell W. Green, Clerk; Darius Sessions and Minot T.
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Lane were Inspectors of Election. The officers chosen were: Alfred Goodell, Supervisor; Leonard Lee, Clerk; Erastus Day, Eden Armstrong and Iddo Warner, Assessors; Edmund Stewart and Norman Burk, Overseers of the Poor: John Proctor, Chauncey Bailey and Hosea Northrup, Commissioners of Highways; Asa Palmer, Constable; Martin Buzzell, Alfred Goodell, Minos T. Lane, School Commissioners; Aden Armstrong, E. Steward, M. Buzzell, Asa Hohnan, Charles Farrar, School Inspectors; Henry B. Ten Eyck, A. Goodell and Darius Sessions, Pound Masters; Joel Cartwright, Job Howell, Peter Woodbeitz, Jos- eph C. Donaldson, A Goodell, Benoni Knapp and Nathaniel Carter, Overseers of High- ways. Justices were appointed by the Governor of the Territory.
Roll of Supervisors-Alfred Goodell, 1833 to 1836; Minot T. Lane, 1836 to 1839; Solomon Lathrop, 1840 to 1844; Norman Perry, 1844 to 1852; Darius Sessions, 1852 to 1854: Norman Perry, 1854 to 1856; Warren Tibbetts, 1856 to 1859; Charles Andrews, 1859 to 1864; Erastus Dav, 1864 to 1866; George E. Burke, 1866 to 1867; Hiram Bar- rows, 1867 to 1869; Gideon Draper, 1869 to 1870; Charles Andrews, 1870 to 1873; Gid- eon Draper, 1873 to 1874; Holly Goyer, 1874 to 1880; Charles Andrews, 1880 to 1881; Charles Andrew, ISS1 to 1882.
Clerks-Leonard Lee, 1834; Chauncey Bailey. 1835-36; James Flower, 1837; Urial Day, 1838-39; Ira Selleck, 1840-41; Charles W. Chamberlain, 1841; James McCracken, 1842: Charles W. Chamberlain, 1843; James McCracken, 1844-45; Andrew Ward, 1846- 51; George Andrews, 1852-53; Andrew Word, 1854-55: Winfield Wisner, 1856: Charles A. Lathrop, 1857; Crawley P. Dake, 1858; Winfield Wisner, 1859. Nathan Adams, 1860; Michael R. Weir, 1861; Nathan Adams, 1862-64; Henry C. Aldrich, 1865-66: George MeClusky, 1867: Perrin C. Goodell, 1868-70: Charles A. Snover, 1871; James E. Vin- cent, 1872; David H. Barrows, 1873-75; Robert B. Vibbert, 1876; George F. Adams, 1877-81.
Treasurers-Asa Palmer, 1834; George T. Powell, 1835; J. S. Becraft, 1836; Abner Barrington, 1837-38; Minot T. Lane, 1839; Sanford H. Corbin, 1840; Joseph C. Don- aldson, 1841; Elijah Burke, 1842-44; Samuel Wizner, 1845-50; Perrin C. Goodell, 1851-52: John Johnson, 1853; David T. Pratt, 1854-57; Thomas M. Gould, 1858; Benja- min F. Kellam, 1859: Daniel D. Dunham, 1859; Dounce D. Dunham, 1860: Crowley P. Dake, 1861; H. H. Spencer, 1862; Binton W. Seeley, 1863: Beach G. Whitney, 1864; Burton W. Seeley, 1865-67; Thomas Proctor, 1868-69; Michael R. Weir, 1870-71; George F. Adams, 1872-73; John E. Barringer, 1874-75; David H. Barrows. 1876-77; Elisha D. Lathrop, 1878-79; David H. Barrows, 1880-81.
Justices of the Peace-Minot T. Lane, 1836; Joseph C. Donaldson, 1836; Alvah Sibley, 1836: Elijah Burke, 1836; M. T. Lane, 1837; Darius Sessions, 1838; Sanford H. Corbin, 1838; Erastus Day, 1839; Darius Sessions, 1840; Solomon Lathrop, 1840-41; Warren Tibbits, 1842: Daniel W. Day. 1843; Darius Sessions, 1844; John P. Hall, 1845: Warren Tibbits, 1846; Urial Day, 1847; Amassa W. Sutton, 1848; Charles Farrar, 1848; John P. Hale, 1849; Joseph P. Foster, 1849; Warren Tibbits, 1850; Gideon Draper, 1850; Seth Aldrich, 1851; A. W. Sutton, 1852; Erastus Day, 1853; Holly Goyer, 1853; Timothy Adams, 1855; Warren Tibbits, 1855; Henry O. Smith, 1855; Erastus Day, 1857; Warren Tibbits, 1858: Horace H. Spencer, 1856: Gideon Draper, 1859; H. H. Spencer, 1860; Erastus Day, 1861; Michael R. Weirs, 1862; Charles A. Lathrop, 1862; Gideon Draper, 1863: H. H. Spencer, 1864; William H. Clark, 1864; Eleazer W. True, 1865; David Mc- Crossan, 1866; Gideon Draper, 1867; H. H. Spencer, 1868; Nathan Adams. 1869; Eli G. Perkins, 1870; Nathan Adams, 1870: Henry W. Bradley, 1871; Gideon Draper, 1871; Lonis Granger, 1872; Erastus Day, 1872; Lonis Granger, 1872, Merril P. Farrar, 1873; Horace H. Spencer, 1874; Gideon Draper, 1875; Abram S. Hall, 1876; Merrill P. Far-
More. G. W. Phillyny
G.W. Phillips
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rar, 1877; Horace H. Spencer, 1878; Gideon Draper, 1879; John E. Barringer. 1879; Albert F. Stowe. 1880; E. Wells True, 1SS0; Merril P. Farrar, 1881.
In this town the whole Republican ticket was elected in 1SS2. as follows: Super- visor -- Charles Andrews, Republican, 196; A. H. Peabody, Democrat, 98: Sabin O. Stump, Greenback, 23: Andrews' plurality. 9S. Clerk-B. C. Preston, Republican, 181; Thomas A. Flower. Democrat, 118; Preston's majority, 63. Treasurer -- Hiram J. Bar- rows. Republican, 187: G. F. Hebblewhite. Democrat. 113; Barrows' majority. 74. Justice of the Peace-George F. Adams, Republican, 156; H. H. Spencer. Democrat, 148; Adams' majority, S.
PIONEERS OF ARMADA.
Among the first settlers of the township were John Proctor, Erastus, Day. Nathan Rowley. Neil Gray, Norman Perry. Eri Butterfield. Elisha D. Andrews, Elijah Burke. Norman Burke, Chauncey Bailey, Leonard Lee, Darius Sessions, Israel G. Belknap and Daniel Draper. and a man named Aldrich.
A trip from the Eastern States to Armada, so late as 1831 was one attended with many difficulties. The usual vicissitudes of canal travel from Rochester to Buffalo, and thence per steamer to Detroit, had to be experienced. The journey from Detroit via Royal Oak to Armada, so well known by many an old settler, was traversed; Mother Handsom's house was visited, and the nucleus of Romeo surveyed. S. H. Corbin and other settlers came in 1831. After a short time passed at Romeo, the land-hunters pushed forward by the locations of Leslie. Day. Edget. Farrar, Iddo Warner, Job Howell, and stayed that night with a man named Belknap, whose log shanty stood on the corner of Section 29.
The travelers next packed the necessaries for a two-days' journey, and proceeded en route to Section 25, driving their oxen in the yoke. The only houses on the trail at that time were Edmund Stewart's and Andrew Ward's. Previous explorers had cleared a road as far east as Belle River, and so the present travelers had comparatively few obstacles to encounter. They camped on the site of Holly Goyer's house, where they were entertained by whip-poor-will songs and the hum of the ubiquitous mosquito. Goodell, who formed one of the party, is inclined to think there were no less than one hundred whip-poor-wills and ten millions of mosquitoes round their camp-fire that night. The next day, the party was joined by Goodell, Sr., who brought his family to Romeo from Detroit the day pre- vious. Within a few days, the family went ont to their future home, and entered the pro- verbial log house of the pioneer June 17, 1831, just one month after they left the old homestead in York State. Here they found themselves in the position of Robinson Crusoe. Leonard Lee was the nearest neighbor, two miles distant, and his home unknown; the Wards were three miles westward. and Peter Aldrich was living on the John Corbin farm. There were no settlers between them and the Tittabawassee River on the northwest. Lake Huron on the northeast. and St. Clair River on the east. Mrs. Goodell did not see the face of a white woman for almost three months, until Mrs. Nathaniel Carter and her sister came, in the latter part of September, and passed a portion of a day with her. The In. dians were frequent visitors during the summer, and at one time they were in camp close by for nearly two weeks. Those savages came from their village west of Romeo. They brought with them about five bushels of whortleberries in bark mocacks, which they traded for flour and meal. At this time, the forest was full of strawberries and blackberries, so in this respect the pioneers were fully supplied. During the summer, an acre of land was cleared round the house. and on July 1. 1832. a tract laid down under oats. During the fall, six acres were cleared, and timber prepared for a story-and-a-half house, 18x24 feet. This house was boarded and shingled, the lumber being procured at the Tremble Mill, three miles from Romeo. Steward, Sessions and Mather came to assist the Goodells in raising this house.
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Leonard Lee was appointed Postmaster about that time. Richards was mail-carrier , between Romeo and St. Clair, over the Hoxie trail.
S. H. Corbin left the Goodell settlement for Rochester, to follow his trade of house- builder. In 1832, he revisited the place, and aided Mr. Goodell, Sr., in getting out tim- ber for his barn.
In the summer of 1832, Ira Butterfield and Hinckman Butterfield located just north of the Goodells. In the winter of 1832-33. Erwin Rose came in. Elijah Burke came in April. 1833, and purchased the S. H. Corbin house frame. previously prepared. now form- ing a portion of William H. Clarke's barn. Ingraham came in September, 1833. About the same time. S. H. Corbin revisited the settlement, and, in partnership with one of the first settlers, raised the mill there, and inaugurated the industry in 1834. The wheat crop of 1833 was remarkably good, so that the new mill was a most useful addition to the industries or the entire district. During that year. the Black Hawk war, and the extraor- dinary precautions taken by Asahel Bailey, troubled the settlers more or less.
The district settled very fast from 1833 to 1836. Perrin Goodell cut a corner on log houses every month in those years, and sometimes assisted in raising four houses per month.
The nearest schoolhouse to the Goodell settlement was on the southeast corner of Nor- man Perry's farm until 1834. when a school building was erected and Miss Betsy Day ap- pointed first teacher.
From 1831 to 1840, the roads through the timber lands were almost impassable in the spring and fall. The Fort Gratiot Turnpike was built by the State, and was laid out from Detroit into the town of Lenox in 1831, and finished as far as Port Huron in 1833.
Elijah Burke and a few neighbors laid out the Ridge road in September, 1834, ent- ting a wagon road from the Parker Adams farm to the lands of Phillip Cudworth. This road soon became famous, and formed a part of the immigrant road from Port Huron to Romeo, so that the Burke location was known to great numbers of immigrants as Burke's Corners, now Armada Village.
During the years 1834, 1835 and 1836, the $5,000,000 Ioan created excitement, and settlers looked for railroads in every direction. One line-the Northern Michigan Rail- road-was run through on the quarter line of the south tier of sections in Armada Town- ship. It was the era of paper enterprises, yet settlers continued to come in great num- bers, and, as a rule, had to pass through "The Narrows." The immigrants had a certain amount of money -- just enough to purchase a forty or eighty acre tract of land. build a log shanty and begin housekeeping. Then they found their means were exhausted, and that they had to work for others. Many of them performed the duties of day laborers until sufficient cash was saved to enable them to proceed with the clearing and cultivation of their land. During this time, their wardrobes were very limited, and the bottom of their flour and pork barrels easily found. However, there were only five cases where peo- ple actually suffered, the interchange of kindnesses preventing anything like a famine. Whenever a deer was killed, portions of the meat were distributed throughout the district.
After Hinckman Butterfield had been here some three years, he miscalculated his re- sources, and found, to his surprise, that his provisions could not last beyond June 1. He was equal to the occasion. Without means to buy flour, he still possessed two good cows, and, with the milk which they produced, and boiled basswood leaves, this settler contrived to eke out an existence for thirteen days. Subsequently, he borrowed $10 from a neigh- bor, which sum he invested in five bushels of corn.
On another occasion, two brothers drove to N. B. Freeman's store, intent upon pur- chasing a barrel of flour. They had no money, so they said nothing on financial affairs until the flour was placed in their wagon, when one drove off with it, leaving the other to
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explain to Mr. Freeman that they had no money just then, but, so soon as they would oh- tain some, the barrel of flour should be paid for. Freeman had no alternative but to wait.
In 1832 or 1833, there was a small grocery store established at the Branch. The owner was generally employed clearing land in the vicinity. To render himself equal to the work of watching two things at the same time, he hung a dinner-horn on the door, with a notice below, stating. "If no one is here, blow the horn."
The winter of 1842-43 was known as the hard winter. The weather continued severe from "Cold Friday," in November, until the first Monday of April. 1843. when the snow was two and one-half feet deep on the level.
The first child born in the eastern part of the town was Solomon Butterfield.
The first death in the eastern part of the town was that of Mrs. David Page. She was buried with her head to the north, on a spot where the old cemetery of years ago was located.
The number of acres of improved land in the township in 1850 was 7,600; of unim- proved lands, 9.711; total cash value of same. $222, 880. Agricultural products: Wheat. 8,615 bushels; corn, 20,070 bushels; oats, 25,186 bushels: all other kinds of grair, 2,960 bushels: potatoes, 5.696 bushels: wool. 11,632 pounds. Dairy products: Butter, 23,- 916 pounds: cheese, 7,410 pounds. Value of orchard produce, $729. Live stock: Horses, 230; milch cows. 486; working osen. 215; other neat cattle, 657: sheep, 5.191; swine, 1.112; total value of live stock, $34.820.
The above is quite a creditable showing, but appears somewhat meager when com- pared with the statistical report as returned by the Supervisor in the spring of 1874. We quote: "Number of acres of improved land in occupied farms, 11,922; wood and other un- improved land, 9,340 acres; cash value of farms, $935,895. Agricultural products: Wheat, 20,751 bushels; corn, 32,126 bushels; oats, 43,800 bushels; all other kinds of grain, 13,891 bushels; potatoes, 10,932 bushels; wool, 34.577 pounds; pork marketed, 73,- 211 pounds. Dairy products: Butter, 45,070 pounds: cheese, 9,420 pounds: cheese, 9,- 420 pounds. Live stock: Horses, 605: milch cows, 625; working oxen, 17; mules, 3; number of neat cattle (other than oxen and cows), 830; sheep, 16,592; swine. 875; value of live stock of all kinds. $130.653."
These figures show an average increase of 250 per cent for the past quarter of a century. The population of the township in 1880 was 1,734. including Armada Village, 800. In 1850, there were only 1,146 inhabitants; in 1874. 1.562.
ARMADA VILLAGE.
Armada is a thriving incorporated village of 800 inhabitants, settled in 1830, and pleasantly situated in Armada Township, Macomb County, about midway between Romeo and Ridgeway. It is on the Michigan Air-Line Railway, and is the center of a prosper- ous farming region. It has no water-power, and its manufacturing enterprises are lim- ited, embracing a stave and handle factory, sash and blind factory, cheese factory and a flouring-mill. Armada has four churches-Methodist, Congregational, Baptist and Ad- ventist. The Telegraph is published by C. J. Seely. A good hall in connection with the National Hotel h-s recently been built. Grain, flour. apples, cheese, staves and handles constitute the principal shipments.
Among the principal business men of the village are : Hiram Barrows. Postmaster, general store-keeper and cheese manufacturer: Elbert M. Cook, C. A. Lathrop, Theodore H Hinchman, J. W. Jackman, E. D. Lathrop, G. C. Phillips, William E. Preston. Rob- ert F. Robertson, S. B. Shaw, R. B. Stevens, A. H. Telfer and Ephraim A. Jennings. mer- chants: Edward Bailey, operator of a grist-mill and foundry, three miles east of the vil- lage: Lewis Granger, proprietor of Evaporated Fruit Factory: Horace, William and Albert
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Perkins, owners of the stave and handle factory: Henry Thomson, flour and grist mill ope- rator. The professions are represented by John E. Barringer, S. T. Beardsley, Charles H. Lincoln, physicians; William H. Clark, Jr., lawyer; Gurdon H. Millard, dentist; Charles J. Seely, editor; Rev. Messrs. D. H. Lamson, of the Adventist; Silas Finn, of the Baptist; Rev. H. N. Bissell, of the Congregational; J. L. Walker, of the Methodist. are the ministers of the Gospel.
The village of Armada was organized under authority given by the Board of Super- visors, October 15, 1869. The original plat of the village comprised the northeast quar- ter of Section 23: the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 23; the northwest quar- ter of the southeast quarter of Section 23; the northwest quarter of Section 24; the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 24; the northeast quarter of the southwest quar- ter of Section 24, in Town 5 north, of Range 13 east, or the township of Armada. The act of incorporation ordered the first election to be held at the National Hall. on the sec- ond Tuesday in January, or January 14, 1868, under the superintendence of William H. Clark, Jr., William E. Preston and Francis M. Gront. The record of this election is set forth as follows:
President-Hiron Hathaway, 45 votes.
Trustees -Elisha Davis, 19 votes; William E. Preston, 47; James Flower, 51; Eben - ezer Brooks, 32; J. E. Barringer, 31: Cyrus S. Farrar, 31: Silas Finn, 31; Charles A. Lathrop, 20: Allen L. Frost, 16.
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