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WILLIAM B. O. SANDS was born in Boone County, III., July 2, 1838. Enlisted August 16, 1861, in the Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, as private; served in the department of the Southwest; dis- charged January, 1865, with a captain's commission. Settled at Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich., in 1866, and engaged in lumbering and merchandising, and with his partner, E. G. Maxwell, does a yearly business of $300,000 in Pentwater, Crystal and Benona.
FRED. NIELSEN was born in Aarhus, Denmark, November 16, 1844. Received a high school education in his native city, acquir- ing a knowledge of English, German and other languages. Settled at Pentwater, Oceana Co., Mich., in 1865, engaging in different pursuits till 1877, when he commenced banking, which he still con- tinues at Pentwater. Married, in 1872, Nina M. Bacon.
EDWIN NICKERSON was born in Canada, March 17, 1838. His father settled in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1885; thence to Lake County, Ind., in 1839, and Barry County, Mich., in 1842. In 1885 he made Pentwater, Oceana County, his home, and built a planing- mill. Is now extensively engaged in lumbering; also owns the flour and custom mill at Pentwater. Has been township supervisor; is the present (1882) president of the village. Married, December 24, 1878, Maria A. Carmichael.
L. M. HARTWICK was born in St. Joseph County, Ind., in 1848. Settled in Hillsdale, Mich., in 1860, where he received his literary education at Hillsdale College; subsequently, in 1870, graduated in the law department of the University at Ann Arbor. Practiced law two years in Hillsdale County, then, in the Spring of 1872, made Pent- water, Oceana Co., Mich., his home, where he has since resided in the practice of his profession. He also became proprietor and editor of the Pentwater News, March 1, 1880 -- still managing that paper. Has been justice of the peace, village recorder, village attorney, deputy collector of customs, circuit court commissioner, etc. Mar- ried, December 17, 1871, Alice A. Tuller, who was born in Hillsdale County, Mich., May, 1853. Two children-L. W. and R.
CHARLES R. WHITTINGTON was born in the Isle of Wight, England, January 12, 1835. Settled at Port Huron, Mich., in 1845, and in Pentwater in 1859, engaging in the grocery business. In 1871 he changed his business to furniture, sewing machines and undertaker's
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goods. Married September 27, 1856. Three children-Charles H., Ida May and Della.
DR. G. O. SWITZER was born in Erie County, Pa., March 8, 1854. Settled in Barry County, Mich., in 1861. Received his literary edu- cation at Hastings, Mich .; subsequently graduated at the Bennett i ing and lumbering, owning a sawmill. Settled at Pentwater, in 1874, Eclectic Medical College, Chicago, in 1881. The same year commenced the practice of his profession at Ludington, and in April, 1882, made Pentwater, Mich., his home, where he intends to reside permanently.
DR. WILLIAM E. DOCKRY was born in Ontario, Canada, June 6, 1842. Moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1849, and to Ashtabula County in 1853. Enlisted, April 27, 1861, in the Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, three months' service. Re-enlisted September of the same year in Company D, Twenty-ninth Ohio. Discharged July 22, 1865. Graduated at the Cleveland Medical College, February 18, 1867. Commenced practice immediately. Settled at Peut- water, Mich., in 1873, where he still resides, practicing his profession, being also examining surgeon for Oceana County since 1873.
DR. C. W. CRAMER was born in Washtenaw County, Mich., April 19, 1848. Commenced the practice of medicine in 1875, which he still continues at Pentwater, Mich.
E. W. HODGES was born in Worcester County, Mass., August 18, 1836. Early learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. Settled at Pentwater in 1865; followed his trade, being builder and contract- tor. Has been identified in village affairs by being commissioner, first assistant chief of fire department, and on the village board four years. Married, July, 1861, Mary A. Carr, who was born in Dubuque, Iowa. Four children.
CONRAD MASTER was born in Switzerland, September 29, 1824. Settled in Hastings, N. Y., in 1853, and in Pentwater, Oceana County, in 1855. Is a miller by trade, which he has followed since 1858. At present is the headmiller in the custom and flouring mill of Nickerson & Collister, Pentwater. Married, in 1848, Catherine Locher, who died in 1858. Second marriage in 1855, to Catherine Tobin.
JOHN M. CAHILL was born in County Limerick, Ireland, June 24, 1839. Settled in Washington, D. C., in 1863, and was engaged in the quarter-master department for a year, when he settled at Pentwater, Mich., remaining till 1873, when he went to Chicago and was on the police force, where he remained till 1876, when he re- turned to Pentwater, where he still resides, being engaged in busi- ness. Married, August 27, 1868, Kate McAndrew, who was born in Canada in 1846.
FRANKLIN PIERCE was born in Huron County, Ohio, September 7, 1856. Settled at Hart, Oceana Co., Mich., in 1868. Now is tinsmith with F. O. Gardner, Pentwater. Married, February 25, 1880, Ella A. Falkner, born in Indiana, May 5, 1859. One child.
PETER LA BONTA was born in Canada, in 1833; went to Detroit the year following. He early became a mechanic by trade, working in sash, door and blind factory. In 1859, settled at Pentwater. Enlisted, in 1863, in the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry; served till close of the war. In 1880 he purchased the planing mill at Pent- water, which he still operates, also making sash, doors and blinds. Married, in 1858, Mary Riley.
JAMES BROOKER was born in Tioga County, N. Y., February 15, 1825. Settled at Detroit in 1830, and in Pentwater in 1855, being one of its first settlers. He kept the boarding house for Charles Mears till 1857, when he engaged in farming in Hart Township. Has made at least three farms in the county, and built the Elliott Hotel, Pentwater, in 1863. Now resides in the village of Pent- water, leading somewhat of a retired life, owning several houses. Married, June 15, 1843, Anna Rocole, who was born in Germany, 1824.
F. O. GARDNER Was born in Medina County, Ohio, February 28, 1845. Enlisted, June, 1861, in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry. Served till the close of the war with Sherman as orderly sergeant. Settled in Golden, Oceana Co., Mich., in 1865. Engaged in farm- and is engaged in saw and shingle milling, hardware, brick- making, etc., doing some $30,000 worth of business annually. Married, June, 1878, Carrie Aubrey.
PETER DREVES was born in Aarhus, Denmark, August 31, 1842. Settled at Pentwater, Mich., in 1868. In 1880 he purchased the Temperance Billiard Saloon, in which he still continues.
WILLIAM KUHN was born in Prussia, October 16, 1833. Settled in Chicago in 1857, being a merchant tailor, which he followed till 1866, when he settled at Pentwater, and followed the same line of business for two years, when he built the Pacific Hotel, which he run for eight years, still owning it, though rented. Married, February 25, 1860, Henrietta Marks, who was born in Germany, February 25, 1835. Four children-Fred, Martha, Charlie and Willie.
HENRY C. FLAGG was born in Hartford, Conn., December 12, 1819. Settled in Hamden Co., Mass., 1842, and in Kent County, Mich., in 1849, Mason County in 1852, and in Pentwater, Oceana County, in 1857. Mr. Flagg traces his genealogy on his mother's side to Mr. Brewster, who came in the "May Flower" to America. Has been supervisor seven terms, on the village board eight years. Married, September 12, 1842, Lucy H. Nickelson, also born in Hart- ford, Conn., April 3, 1820.
HI. H. BUNYEA was born in Oakland County, Mich, April 5, 1847. Enlisted in July, 1868, in the Tenth Michigan Cavalry; served in the western department under Gien. Thomas till the close of the war. Settled at Pentwater in 1871; worked at his trade, cooper, carrying on business in that line till 1878. In 1880 estab- lished grocery business, which he still continues. Has been post- master, township and village treasurer. Married, November 29, 1876, Miss A. F. Bacon, who was born in Canada, May 22, 1854. One child-Edith.
DAVID C. WICKHAM was born in Orleans County, N. Y., Decem- ber 7, 1843. Enlisted July 15, 1862, in the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry; afterward transferred to the Eighth Heavy Artillery; served in the Second Army Corps on the Potomac till the close of the war, with a first lieutenant's commission. Settled at Peutwater, Occana Co., Mich., in 1872, and is the present harbor in- spector; also deals in lumber. Married, December 8, 1873, to Addie Cornell, who was born April, 1852. Two children-Maud and Niel Roscoe.
GEORGE W. IMus, who was born in Bennington County, Vt., July 14, 1840, came with his parents to Kent County, Mich., in 1844. In 1868 he made Pentwater his home, engaging in merchan- dise and hotel, still owning the Elliott Hotel, which he rents and gives his entire attention to his business. Has been township super- visor, village assessor, on school board, etc. Married, March 17, 1865, Sarah S. Benham, who was born in Calhoun County, Mich., September 10, 1844. Two children-Roy 1 .. , Georgia F., and lost one by death-R. L., born Aug. 6, 1872, and died February 11, 1875.
TOWNSHIP OF HART.
This fine agricultural township was, prior to 1861, a portion of Elbridge, which then included four towns, extending from east to west. The following is a list of the leading officers of the town: SUPERVISORS .- Josiah Russell, 1861-'62; Robert F. Andrews, 1863-'65; David L. Garver, 1864; Abijah W. Peck, 1866; Theron S. Gurney, 1867; Ahaz A. Darling, 1868-'69-'70; William J. Sprigg,
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1871-'72; David Johnson, 1873-'74; Enoch T. Mugford, 1875-'76-7- '78-9-'80-1-2.
CLERKS .- James H. Slater, 1879-'80-82; Abijah W. Peck, 1861-'62; Leonard E. Clark, 1863; Peleg A. Hubbard, 1864; William H. Cheney, 1865; William H. Leach, 1866; William A. Peck, 1867; C. A. Gurney, 1881; John M. Rice, 1868; Theron S. Gurney, 1869-'70-1; Charles W. Slaten, 1872; Marcus H. Brooks, 1873-'74-5-6-7-8.
TREASURERS .- Charles W. Wilson, 1861; Daniel M. Went- worth, 1862-'64-5; Nehemiah Miller, 1868; George B. Rollins, 1866-'82; David Benham, 1867; Frederick G. Reeding, 1868-'69; John Westbrook, 1870-'71-2-5; Josephus S. Peach, 1873-'74; Peleg A. Hubbard, 1876; Mills H. Bosworth, 1877-'78; William D. Mark- ham, 1879; Isaac D. Reed, 1880.
The first birth in the town was that of Flora McAllister, May 22, 1856.
The first boy born was George A. Glover, December 16, 1856. The first house was built by Nelson Glover, on Section 6, in 1856.
The first marriage was that of Charles Williams to Mary O. Rollins.
The first death was that of the wife of James Mooney, in 1859. The first school was taught by Mary O. Rollins.
The first marriage in what is now the village of Hart, was that of Melvin A. Luther to Ida J. Corbin, at her father's house, by Rev. G. D. Lee, Angust 5, 1866.
Huff & Cheney kept the first store, in 1865.
The first man buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery was H. H. Fuller, killed by a falling tree, in 1861.
Among the early births may be mentioned that of W. E. Mug- ford, November 3, 1858.
Hiram E. Russell visited the township in 1855, and located a homestead on Section 18, January 1, 1856, when there was not a house in the town. In that year Glover, Jenks and Rollins built, and Russell built in November.
The first brick store was erected in 1881, by W. Coolidge,- " The house that Jack built."
The first postmaster was W. H. Leach, in 1864.
The first hotel was opened in 1867 by B. Moore.
The first county building in Hart was occupied in 1864, and still stands on the hill east of the old sawmill and gristmill. The county officers all occupied one room. The only other buildings in the village then were Corbin's log boarding-house and the house and office now occupied by L. A. McIntyre & Son.
The first house in the village was Corbin's log boarding-honse. The first drug store was by Dr. M. R. Chadwick, in 1868; the second was by J. K. Flood, in 1869.
The first hardware store was by Culver and Slater, about 1866. The first newspaper was the Journal, May, 1869.
The first church built was by the Old School Baptists. EARLY SETTLEMENT.
In the Spring of 1856 Nelson Glover settled on the farm on which he still resides, and the same Spring there also settled a man with his family just across the river from him, named William Dun- ham, and east of Glover, on the same side of the river, was Jacob Schrumpf, another Scotchman named McAllister, and also Joseph Booth, and a Mr. Green. In the same Spring Dr. Ira Jenks came from Kent, in company with two other men, wending his way via Croton, on the Muskegon, across the Marengo Plains, through the wilderness, with a pocket compass, to the lake shore below Pent- water, and two sawmills and a boarding-house, with one partly built, was all there was then of Pentwater. Dr. Jenks came up the woods, and called on Mr. Glover. In June he came again, and
chopped on his place, having had to cut a road four miles into his place. His bark shanty had no floor, no door, no windows, and the bark had curled so that one could put one's head out of the cracks, if one wished. In about three weeks, George W. Light and Edward Davis, with their families, settled on what is Van Wickle's place. Judge Russell, with his two sons, Hiram and George, came in for a few weeks, and did some chopping on their place this season, but the judge and his family did not move in until 1859. In the Spring of 1857 there were ten families,-N. Glover, W. Dunham, J. Schrumpf, J. McAllister, S. Rollins, James Brooker, Ira Jenks, V. Satterlee, G. W. Light, E. Davis, H. H. Fuller.
W. H. Leach put up the first frame dwelling in the village, and was the first postmaster, succeeded by the present Circuit Judge Russell. Robert McAllister was the first stage, as he carried the mail on his back from Pentwater to White River. If he had pas- sengers, it is not known how he carried them, as even " the boot" of the stage was full. After this, the mail was carried by one man and three horses. The man rode one horse, and the two remaining horses brought up the rear. Until 1865 the people of Hart got their mail at Pentwater. In 1869 Collins & Roddy carried the mail. The Methodist Episcopal Elder A. A. Darling was the first preacher. In 1869 Elders Crane and Pratt preached in Huff's Hall, and a church was commenced that year. H. Brooks and Miss Ettie Van- wickle were the first teachers in the new union school. B. Moore erected and kept the first hotel. Nelson Green was the first judge of probate, followed by Josiah Russell, Charles Camp, and Amos Crosby, etc. Nelson Green was the first county surveyor, succeeded by Josiah Russell, and then H. C. Hawley. Tyler Carmer was the first jailer, succeeded by O. P. Fortner. J. Palmiter published the first newspaper. In 1869 36,036 pounds of maple sugar were made in this town. The first Episcopal service in Hart was in 1869, by the Rev. Dr. Pitkin.
G. Rollins, Daniel Wentworth and Mr. Spoor, who were among the earliest settlers of Hart, were three ship carpenters, who came to build a vessel for C. Mears, at Pentwater, and Rollins come in first and picked out land for himself and the others. It was his house that the first town meeting of Elbridge was held in, that town then including four towns. Rollins and Spoor are dead, and Mr. Wentworth is in Maine, visiting the scenes of his boyhood.
THE VILLAGE OF HART.
This is the county seat, and although settlement to any extent began only in 1864-'65, it has become in this short space of time, a rising and lively place, with considerable enterprise, and an excellent society, in which the literary taste is commendable. A literary society is kept up, which has been quite successful, and books of standard value find a ready sale with quite a number. Hart is pleasantly situated, on rising ground, and is healthfully located. The residences, many of them fine, are all neat and well kept, and there is an air of thrift and comfort about the whole village. Man- ufactures are beginning to be introduced, and the time will shortly come when a railroad will be carried on farther north, and this will give additional impetus to the place. The country around is improv- ing, and as agriculture, stock raising and fruit growing develop, the village will steadily rise. Hart has a sure future. It is the county seat, and the county officials reside there.
Section 17, on which Hart stands, was first taken up by George, a son of the late Josiah Russell, but owing to his sickness and death, it reverted to the Government. Elbridge G. Farmer then took it, and commenced the erection of a sawmill. Corbin & Ford, from Tompkins County, N. Y., bought of Farmer and completed the sawmill and old grist mill, the latter running in 1862. The first house erected was a building on the hill, west of the mill, afterward used as a blacksmith shop, and now removed. The big boarding house,
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still standing, on the east side of the old grist mill, was the next. Corbin & Ford, the former of whom has passed away, and the latter still resides in Hart, succeeded in inducing the county to locate the county seat on their ground, giving the present site and $1,000 to bring it. In 1864 the county seat came to Hart, when it was almost a wilderness, and but a half dozen families in the village.
POSTOFFICE.
The first postmaster was W. H. Leach, appointed in 1864, and holding office until about January, 1869, in the building now occu- pied by the Argus, when F. J. Russell took charge, and continued until May 12, 1873. A. R. Chappell then held the position for eight years, until June 4, 1881, when L. A. McIntyre was postmaster until October 1, 1881, after which the present incumbent, James K. Flood, has been postmaster, and has put in an elegant new case, one-third larger than before. The office was moved by Mr. Russell to the building next north of the present office; Mr. Chappell moved it first to his hardware store, then to Flood's (now Hatch's) drug store, then to his hardware store, where Bates' restaurant now is, next to where his own store is; on December 15, 1881, the postoffice was in its present place.
It became a money order office on July 15, 1869, and last year there were issued over 1,300 orders, the number of orders to date being over 12,000. Culver & Slater received the first money order.
BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
In Hart village there are two hardware stores, three general stores, one grocery, exclusively, one dry goods, exclusively, one boot and shoe store, two furniture stores, one grocery and millinery, two restaurants, one harness shop, two newspapers-Journal and Argux- two drug stores, one bank, two wagon makers, four blacksmiths, six practicing lawyers, four doctors, one dentist, two saloon keepers. There is also a large flouring mill, a sawmill, a planing mill, and the large institution of the Hart Manufacturing Company. Bricks are being manufactured on a small scale, and new marble works are about to open up.
THE HART MANUFACTURING COMPANY
This company was organized October, 1879, for the purpose of manufacturing staves, heading and hardwood lumber. The ma- chinery is propelled by a forty-five horse power engine, and consists of a fifty-two inch circular saw, cross-cut saw, planer, heading machine, heading turner, stave machine, extra boiler for running dry kilns and steam boxes. The size of the main building is 40x60 feet, with wings 20x30, and there are three dry sheds for staves, each 100 feet long. The officers are: David Benham, president; W. McRae, vice-president; O. W. Knox, secretary; A. R. Chappell, ' in 1876, and does a business of $12,000 annually.
treasurer; W. McRae, mill foreman; D. Benham, yard foreman. The company employ fifteen men, use 3,000 cords of bolts annually, and saw 1,000,000 feet of hardwood. Capital stock, $10,000, and besides lumber trade, they do a business of $15,000 annually. Joseph Codd is engineer, John Carey head sawyer, W. McRae filer. The business is about to be enlarged, as it has paid well, so far.
VAN WICKLE & RIDDELL'S PLANING MILL, for the manufacture of sash, door and blinds, and general planing, was established in 1881. Size of building, 24x56 feet. The machinery, consisting of planer, matcher, moulder, scroll saw, turning lathe, and sash machinery, is propelled by a twenty-two horse power engine.
SLATER'S HARNESS SHOP was established at quite an early day. The present owner having purchased, in May, 1881, the interest of C. E. Croff, is doing a good business on Main Street, manufactur- ing and dealing in saddles, collars, harness, whips, etc.
THE OCEANA FLOURING MILL .- The first flouring mill was built in 1862, by Corbin & Ford, at the foot of the old pond, to the west of the village; the old mill is still standing, but is going to decay.
In January, 1866, Mahar Wigton purchased the mill and ran it as a custom mill, having two sets of buhrs three and a half feet in size. The water power that ran the mill is now utilized to drive Wigton & Bosworth's sawmill. In 1875 the last-named firm erected their present fine flouring mill, 40x65 feet, and five stories, with the basement, and with four sets of buhrs, two of four feet, and two of three and one-half feet; machinery propelled by water. An addition 30x60 feet, two stories, is used as an elevator for grain storage. The mill has a capacity of 120 barrels of flour in twenty-four hours, and is about the largest in the state. It has also a set of stones for feed and coarse grain, and another for middlings, making the new pro- cess flour. It is fitted up throughout with the most modern and latest improved machinery. Stephen Burdick is the head miller, succeeding, in 1882, W. L. Miller.
T. J. MAIN's livery has been about ten years established, and since 1873 Mr. Main has run a stage, in connection with his livery, to Mears. His stable is on Courtland Street.
THE PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY of Curtis A. Gaines, on State Street, was established in 1879, and since 1877 he has repaired clocks and watches.
C. W. SLAYTON's furniture shop is located on State Street, and contains a general assortment of furniture, sewing machines, organs and other musical instruments. Mr. Slayton purchased, in 1870, the business of C. Miller, which had been running several years.
WATERS & Co's furniture shop was established in 1879, by J. A. Sackrider, and sold to Waters & Co., February 1, 1882. The firm deal in all kinds of furniture, and do a large business.
WIDOE's clothing store was established in October, 1873, and is located on Main Street. Mr. Widoe is a young man of energy and good business talent, and is about to extend his already exten- sive business by fitting up a large adjoining building into a clothing factory. Mr. W. carries one of the heaviest stocks of ready-made clothing and furnishing goods between Manistee and Muskegon, doing, in 1881, a business of $16,000.
WIGTON's boot and shoe store, on State Street, was established in 1881, and does a business of $10,000 annually.
BAILEY & CAHILL's agricultural implements agency carries a stock of $5,000, and does a business annually of double that amount.
THE CITIZEN'S EXCHANGE BANK Was established in November, 1874, and is a private banking firm, the members being A. S. White, F. J. Russell and J. K. Flood, Mr. White being cashier, and G. Alverson assistant cashier.
W. E. THORP's general store, on Main Street, was established
MATTHEWS & CHAPPELL's hardware business was established in October, 1878, carrying a stock of $4,000.
JOHNSON & Co.'s hardware business was purchased in 1870 by Johnson & Chappell, from Mr. Staler, who had commenced busi- ness two years before. Johnson & Co. carry a stock of $4,000.
THE SAW AND PLANING MILL of C. G. Russell, with sash, door and blind factory attached, was established in 1867 by Rutherford & Benham, after which Jacob Hiles purchased Mr. Rutherford's inter- est. In 1879 D. F. Rice became owner, and in 1881 Mr. Russell purchased. The machinery is propelled by a thirty-five horse power engine, and consists of a circular saw, moulding, mortising, shap- ing machine, etc., with sand paper machine, scroll saw, blind, sash and door machinery.
W. COOLIDGE (JACK's), State Street, carries a $3,000 stock of groceries, doing a business of $15,000 annually. He established business in 1875, and built his brick block, the first in Hart, in 1881, He has a public hall above.
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