History of Mason County, Michigan, Part 43

Author: H. R. Page & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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Number of Pages: 373

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The following is the list of supervisors, treasurers aud clerks to the present time:

SUPERVISORS. - A. S. Anderson, 1855-'56-7-8-'64-5-6-7-'70-'71- '75; Nelson Green, 1859-'60; Jason Carpenter, 1861; O. K. White, 1868; Harvey Tower, 1872-'78; M. Baker, 1874-76-7-8-9- '80; Joel D. Linsday, 1881-'82.

CLERKS .- Timothy Brigham, 1855-'56; James Cody, 1857; Jere- miah Collins, 1858-'61; Jason Carpenter, 1859-'64-5; A. A. Lillie, 1860-1866; Malcolm Campbell, 1868; S. G. Huston, 1867-'68-9- '70-4; Martin Baker, 1871-'72; Horace H. Keyes, 1878; Hugo Dey- mann, 1875-'76-7-8-9-80; O. E. Huston, 1881-'82.

TREASURERS. - Thomas Phillips, 1855; C. A. Rosevelt, 1856; Owen Farrell, 1857; Barton Haggerty, 1858-'59; E. B. Burrington, 1860; O. C.Perry, 1861-'62-3-4-5-6; M. B. Lillie, 1867-'68-9-70-1; O. E. Huston, 1872; A. S. Anderson, 1873-'74-6; Andrew Brady, 1875-'77-8; Joel D. Linsday, 1879-'80; Seneca Fuller, 1881-'82.

The first mill tax was in 1857, amounting to $142.68, of which $25 was for library.

List of voters at first town meeting, April 2, 1855: A. C. Hag- - gerty, Thomas Phillips, James M. Smith, James O'Hanlon, L. D. Eaton, Thomas Phillips, Jr., Richard E. Cater, Holoe Brady, L. N. Curtis, Patrick Jordan, M. Smith, James Cody, John Fordham,

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Hiram Wheat, Antoine Jero, John Fordham, Jr., C. B. Clements, Robert M. Barr, M. McGulfin, Timothy Brigham, Martin Tyson, Owen Farrell, Alexander S. Anderson, Peter Bowman, Charles McCune.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

RICHARD E. CATER, farmer, was born in Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., March 6, 1832. He went with his parents to Canada, and when eleven years old came with them to Lapeer County, Mich., in 1849. He came to this lake shore before there was any county organization. He states that when the county was organized it was constituted of Clay Banks, Stony Creek and Pentwater Townships. He wrought at lumbering, shingle making, etc., for three years, when he engaged in business for himself. When he was twenty-one years old, he had eighty acres of land paid for, and when twenty- three, he had paid for thirty more, constituting his present home on Sections 16 and 17, in Clay Banks. He has now about fifty-five acres under fine cultivation, with a fine orchard of some 200 trees. In October, 1855, he was married to Miss E. J. Stewart, of Rainham, Ontario. He obtained a divorce from her in 1875, and in 1877 he was married to Mrs. Esther J. Bezzo, of Clay Banks. He has three sons-Edwin M., Alexander S., and Abram. He has served as highway commissioner, school director, postmaster, and justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Cater are true patriots, liberal supporters of charitable and religious enterprises, and willing laborers for the right in their community and in their church.

MILITARY NOTES.

Mr. Cater enlisted in Company F, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, under Capt. Noah H. Ferry, August 13, 1862. Rendezvoused at Detroit until November; then went to Washington. In the Spring of 1868, he commenced picket duty at Fairfax Court House. About the last of June he was taken prisoner by Mosby's gang, at Chan- tilly, Va., and sent to Richmond. He remained a prisoner ten days, was then paroled, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, in parole camp. In the Fall he returned to his regiment, and did picket duty on the Rapidan until the last of February, 1864. Went with Col. Dalgreen's command to operate with Gen. Kilpatrick in his raid on Richmond.

Volunteered, with five others, to carry a dispatch from Dalgreen's command to Kilpatrick. When they had nearly reached Kilpatrick, they were fired into by a Rebel battalion. One man was wounded and two horses shot, and all were taken prisoners. They were then deprived of their overcoats, hats and boots, given some worn-out hats and shoes instead, and left out in a heavy rain-storm until 9 o'clock at night. They were then taken and lodged in the lower story of Libby Prison, all wet and cold, and kept lying on the floor all night, with heavy cold winds blowing through the open doors. Next morning, they were searched and robbed of all moneys and valuables, and put on Belle Island. Mr. Cater was seized with rheumatism and other complaints, and remained there about six weeks without fire or shelter, having for a pillow the old shoes given him by the rebels, as noted above. He had now become perfectly helpless, and was taken to Richmond, put into the hospital, and kept there until the first part of May, when he was taken from there under Gen. Butler's special exchange agreement, and sent to Jarvis hospital, Baltimore. When able to travel, went home on furlough; remained there, under medical treatment, until July, and was then ordered to report to Camp Chase, Ohio. In the Fall was examined by a med- ical board, pronounced unfit for field service, and sent to do garrison duty at Camp Douglas, Ill. He remained there until finally dis- charged, July 2, 1865, and has been an invalid ever since.

DR. THOMAS PHILLIPS was born in New Brunswick, April 4, 1817. When seven years old, he went to Canada with his parents, and remained there until 1847, when he came to Ionia County, in this state, resided there one year, and then came to White Lake, near where Whitehall now is. From there he came over north and west, and with five or six of his hired men, and with John Hanson and Walter Duke (a mulatto), he explored the lake shore, and then the interior, of what is now Oceana County. Finding inviting lands, he came with his family to Clay Banks, early in the Summer, of 1849. His father, Thomas Phillips, Sr., and family, came about the same time. C. B.Clemens and family had arrived in April before the doctor's family moved over from Silver Creek near White Lake. Thus, by his efforts and Mr. Hanson's, the settlement of our county was commenced. Mr. Phillips built the first sawmill in the county (a log one), at Stony Creek, for Rev. W. Ferry, and spent some time in lumbering and agriculture, but spent much of his time in medical practice; sometimes working day-times at home, and riding in the night-time for the relief of the sick, and then reversing the effort, and riding and practicing in day-times, and working at his home-work at nights. The doctor was married, in Canada, to Miss E. M. Bowman, of Burford, July 18, 1845, who died in 1874. He mar- ried Mrs. Annie M. Haggerty, of Clay Banks, in May of the same year. Hehas had seven children, four of whom -- Newton, Olive M. (now Mrs. James Fordham), George Byron and Thomas Bedford- are still living. Their present home on Section 21, Clay Banks, consists of nearly eighty acres, about fifty-five of which are cleared. The doctor is a Republican in politics, a craftsman in fraternity, and a well-wisher toward social and educational progress. He has been township treasurer and under sheriff, but has evaded official positions that he might be the more free in his duties as physician.

JOHN D. S. HANSON, farmer, was born January 1, 1852, in Whitehall, Mich. His parents, John D. and Betsy Hanson, came from Norway to Milwaukee, Wis., and thence to White Lake, where Whitehall now is, arriving in May, 1845. Mrs. Betsy Hanson was for some time the only white woman at White Lake, spending at one time three months without seeing any white person, whatever, and having only Indian women for associates. Mr. Hanson ex- plored the Clay Banks lake shore, with Dr. Thomas Phillips and others, and being leader in the enterprise, was accorded the first choice of lands, and was the first to select lands in Clay Banks. Indeed, he had previously resolved, when sailing in sight of those banks, that he would in the future choose lands in that locality. He afterward served as consul for Norway and Sweden to Northern Michigan for some years, and for four or five years as United States marshal.

John D. S., the son, occupies a part of the old homestead farm, consisting now of 178 acres, 150 of which are under improvement. He has been township supervisor and school super- intendent, and is now notary public. He was married to Miss Ada Tower, of Grant, October 22, 1876. They have three children- Laura B., Edith B., and Vernie Idel. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson are liberal-minded, industrious and enterprising citizens, and take pleas- ure in rendering life pleasant to others.

JOHN FORDHAM, farmer, was born at Mount Pleasant, Can- ada, May 19, 1823. He came, with his parents, to Monroe, Mich., before the state was organized. He remained there some four years and returned to Canada. He came to Clay Banks on February 9, 1850, driving from Grand Haven on the beach of the lake. He crossed Muskegon Lake on the ice. The only bridge he found was at Duck Lake. There were six or seven persons in the load, and when they arrived at White River, they remained one night, and then pressed on to old Mr. Phillips', in Clay Banks. He engaged in lum- bering for some time, with various losses and successes, and run

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Mr. Ferry's mill, at Stony Creek, one year, in company with Dr. Phillips, and afterward bought forty acres of land, and still later, forty more, on Section 27, where he now resides. He has since owned, at one time, 340 acres, and has now unsold 180 acres in his 1 farm home. He has, under improvement, nearly eighty acres, including an orchard of about six acres, mostly apple, but with some cherries, peaches, etc. He was married, in 1848, to Lydia A. Bow- man, of Canada. He was divorced in 1872, and in March, 1880, was married to Miss Helen E. Bezzo, of Clay Banks. He has two sons and two daughters-Charlotte, Mary, James A., and Ulysses. Mr. Fordham has served as constable, highway commissioner, town- ship treasurer, and justice of the peace. He served his country in the latter part of the late civil war, and was discharged at Jackson, July 30, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Fordham are liberal supporters of charitable and religious enterprises.

JOEL D. LINSDAY, farmer, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., October 5, 1822. When fifteen years of age he came with his parents to Branch County, in this state, where he spent the rest of his youth, and received his early training and education. From thence he came to Clay Banks, in 1866, and settled in his present home, on Section 25. He has 195 acres of land, about sixty of which are already under improvement. He has nearly ten acres of fine orchard, consisting of apple, peach, cherry and plum trees, of excellent varieties. He was married to Polly H. Peabody, of Eck- ford, Mich., May 6, 1846. She died August 25, 1856. He was married to Eunice A. Draper, of Kinderhook, Mich., July 4, 1857. He has four children-Jennett D., Engene L., Emmerson J., and Edith Arabele. Mr. Linsday was township treasurer, and is now township supervisor. Mr. and Mrs. Linsday are earnest friends of industry and education.

GEORGE C. MYERS, farmer, was born in Grand Haven, Mich., January 21, 1848. He came with his parents to Clay Banks, in the Fall of 1861. He has in his farm home, on Section 1, sev- enty acres of land, about twenty-five of which are already under cul- tivation. On October 2, 1874, he was married to Miss Lena S. Hanson, of Clay Banks, who was the first white female child born between Grand Haven and Manistee. They have three children Earnest B., Vida K., and Edwin D. Mr. Myers has been school superintendent five years, and has just received the entire vote of his township for re-election as justice of the peace. He is also a member of the county board of school examiners and takes a lively interest in the social and educational improvement of all classes of our citizens.

STEPHEN KEENE, farmer, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., July 26, 1823. He went from that state to Wisconsin, in 1858, and came to Clay Banks, and purchased lands on Section 25, in 1861. EARLY REMINISCENCES. He had to make his own road for several miles in reaching his When their homestead had first been selected, Mr. Powers was obliged to remain for some weeks at his former employment, but Mrs. Powers took their two children, and started alone for the chosen spot. When she reached Pere Marquette River there was neither bridge nor boat available, but she succeeded in crossing on a raft selected home, but by patient perseverance and hard labor, he has prepared a beautiful and inviting home, where once all was wilder- ness. He was married to Hannah M. Chichester, of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., July 26, 1846, who died November 24, 1854. His second marriage was to Miss Sophia Allen, of the same county, Oe- . made of small logs or poles, and then walked through the woods, tober 24, 1855. He has one daughter Florence Jennett, (now Mrs. S. B. Smith, of Clay Banks). In politics Mr. Keene is Republican. Religiously they are Episcopal Methodists, and are ever desirons for the highest welfare of those around them.

JOHN G. ANDERSON, farmer, was born in Lanarkshire, Scot- land, May 25, 1833. He came to Canada in 1855, and to Clay Banks on May 5, 1866. He bought 160 acres of land where he now lives, and now has about sixty-five acres under cultivation. He has some 200 fruit trees-apple, pear, plum and cherry. He was married to Miss Sarah Delamater, of Grant, November 25, 1869. They have

three living children-Peter Henry, Francis, and Lewis. His polit- ical preferences are Republican, the church of his choice the Pres- byterian.

MARVIN B. LILLIE, farmer, was born in Poland, N. Y., October 2, 1839. He came with his parents to Kent County, Mich., when about fourteen years old, and came to Clay Banks in March, 1861. He bought 100 acres of land and began opening up a home on Section 26. His present home is on Sections 22 and 27, and consists of eighty acres, about fifty of which are under cultivation. His thriving orchard, consisting of four acres, contains choice varie- ties of apple, pear, peach and cherry trees. Mr. Lillie was married to Sarah M. Mclellan, of Oakfield, Mich., January 28, 1859. They have three children-Sylva R., George A., and Fanny Jane. On Christmas day, 1863, Mr. Lillie enlisted in Battery B, First Michi- gan Artillery, under Captain A. F. Arnt, and served his country in the late civil war until discharged, June 8, 1865, for disability, from wounds received at Resacca, Ga., from which he is still a severe sufferer, having never since then seen a well day. He has been township treasurer six years, but has persistently avoided the other offices of his municipality. In politics he is a Republican, and in fraternity a Granger. Mr. and Mrs. Lillie find pleasure in pro- moting charity and good will around them.

JOSHUA CYRUS POWERS, engineer, was born in Beaver County, Pa., March 1, 1848. He left his native state for Michigan, in 1869, and resided three years in the city of Grand Rapids. He was mar- ried, July 18, 1869, to Miss Eleanor E. Cooper, of Flint, Genesee County. He settled in Farwell, Clare County, and resided in that region, engaged in his profession, until 1875, when he and his fam- ily settled on a homestead of forty acres, on Section 34, in Custer, Mason County, where they have prepared them a pleasant home. They have nineteen acres improved, have comfortable buildings, and have four acres of beautiful orchard, consisting of apples, pears, peaches and plums, and a variety of small fruits. They have had six children-three of whom-Ira J., Nelson and Nellie, have been removed by death, but the other three -- Louisa M., Albert J., and Herbert Edwin are still the comfort of the home. Mr. Powers still pursues his profession a part of the time, being now in the mill at Homer Lake, Benona, but expects, ere long, to settle permanently in the home of their choice. Religiously, Mr. Powers is a Meth- odist: fraternally, a Royal Arch Mason. Mrs. Powers, in her church choice, is Presbyterian. Mr. Powers was the first white school officer in Custer, for three years contending with difficulties fierce and many, but rejoices now in the existence of a permanent and thriving school in their district.

and with some assistance she and her children reached the rude cabin previously prepared. Some time after this she was one day attacked, right in the door yard, by a species of wild-cat jumping upon her shoulder, but with a quick stroke of a stick which she was then picking up, she drove it from her. At another time, it dashed : into the house and sprang upon the little boy lying in the cradle. Mrs. Powers was all alone, and when she tried to drive the beast out of the dwelling, it ran under the bed. She took scalding water and dashed into its face, and thus at last got it out, and when it was afterward killed, its face was literally in a cooked condition.

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HISTORY

MANISTEE COUNTY,

MICHIGAN,

WITH

Illustrations Biographical Sketches OF

SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.

CHICAGO: H. R. PAGE & CO. 1882.

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CONTENTS.

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Manistee County.

Bigge, Charles,

History of . Manistee County,

Blanchard, J.,

Manistee County Organized,

Bodwell, E. A.,

Pre-Historic Remains,

Bodwell, J. E.,

Manistee Fruit Region,

Bristol, P. M.,

Acts of the Early Supervisors,

Brooks, Richard,

Election Statistics,

Brownrigg, William,

Vital Statistics,

Buckley, J. A.,

County Agricultural Society,

Woman Suffrage in Manistee County,

Manistee City,

Incorporated as a City,

Canfield, John,

Press of Manistee,

Conover, S. S.,

Manistee River Improvement Company,

Cook, M. S.,

The Vanderpool-Field Tragedy,

Cook, Prof. Webster,

The Great Fire of 1871,

Cross, M. J.,

Manistee Banking Business,

Culver, A. C. & Son,

Public Buildings,

Cutcheon, Gen. B. M.,

Business Blocks,

Davidson, J. S.,

Elegant Residences,

Davies, Evan T.,

Church Societies,

Dempsey, James,

Public Schools,

Denning, M. R.,

Tug Lines,

Doelle, Louis,

Societies,

Douville, E. E.,

Boom Companies,

Douville, W. W.,

Manistee Lumber Interests,

Dunlap, Alexander H.,

Manistee Salt Interests,

Manistee Harbor,

Suburban Towns,

Manistee Township,

Emery, Andrew J.,

Filer Township,

Engelmann, M.,

Stronach Township,

Bear Lake Township,

Bear Lake Village, -

Fagan, John,

Township Histories,

Filer, D. L.,

Arcadia Township,

Pleasanton Township,

Springdale Township,

Finch, Henry,

Cleon Township,

Firzlaff, Frank,

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Onekama Township,

Pierport Village,

Brown Township,

Frisbie, A.,

Biographies.

Gardner, C. D.,

Andrews, Dr. F. E.,

Gnewuch, Capt. Charles,

Andrus, C. A.,

Grannis, C. D.,

Arnold, John L.,

Babcock, S.,

Gray, Wilson H.,

Baer, William,

Haines, Abel S.,

Baker, Dr. Seth E.,

Hale, L. F.,

Baldwin, F. B.,

Harley, David S.,

Balsam, Frederick,

Harrison, I. M.,

Barry & Finan,

Harrison, Agnes B.,

Baumann, Albert, -

Hart, Geo. A.,

Baumann, Otto,

Hasenfuss, J. H.,

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Baur, Joseph,

Helgesen, Harvey,

Baxter, John P., Bedford, S.,

Henderson, James,

Beebe, Dr. C. V.,

Higgins, Andrew,

Benedict, E. E.,

Hilton, Henry S.,

Berkman, Swan,

Hislop, T. George,

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Marilla Township,

Foster, H. D.,

Maple Grove Township,

Fowler, Hon. S. W.,

Franck, John C.,

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Friend, A., -

Graves, Gurden,

74 77 67 68 81

Baumgardner, W. G., .

Hausen, Christian,

Hellesvig, John,

69 66 74 59 74 58 81 81

Erb, Henry,

Estes, G. K.,

Faulkner, A. L.,

Filer, D. W.,

Filer, E. Golden,

58 67 66 66 79 82 56

Cady, Edward J.,

Calkins, Seymour,

65 59 69 74 71 71

Dunlap, Fletcher W., Eaton, Edward B., Ellis, Lathrop S.,

Bunton, Charles B., Burch, Samuel,

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Russell Brothers,

Hoffman, Richard,

Salling, E. N.

Hopkins, George W.,

Sands, Louis

Hopkins, David H.,

Seymour Brothers,

Hughes, David,

Shattuck, E. M.

Hulburt, Capt. R. W.,

Short, William E.

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Hyland, Joseph,

Shrigley, James H. -

Jack, Andrew,

Smith, Appleton M.

James, T. B.,

Smith, Russell F.

Joys, C. E.,

Somerville, James E.

Kies, B. W.

Sorenson, J. L.

King, Lyman T.

Steadman, T. P.

Kinsley, Dr. J.

Steele, S. J.

Krempel, Henry

Sweet, Benjamin

Kuester, H. F.

Taber, Austin

Laird, Capt. W. R.

Taber, Horace

La Montague, George

Taber, Lewis

Larsen, H. B.

Tillson, Isaac N.

Leonard, Azro B.

Tomlin, Dr. C. W.

Lewis, C. B.

Udell, Henry S.

Long, L. B.

Ward, A. O. -

Lucas, Jacob

Wente, William

Lyman, A. H.

Wheeler, A. O.

McAlvay, A. V.

Wheeler, Edward D.

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McGuire, John

White, Jerry

McGuineas, Alex.

Wilcox, Dr. J. B.

McKee, Allen

Willard, W. H.

Mamerow, Ernst

Manseau, Joseph L.

Mead, Richard T.

Illustrations.

Mee, Harry

Baldwin, Pierce & Co., Store,

Mee, John

Baur, Joseph

Miller, L. W.

Bear Lake Roller Mills,

Moody, D. F.

Beebe, Dr. C. V.

Morris, Louis E.

Cutcheon, Gen. B. M.

Mowatt, David W.

Douville, E. E. Residence,

Noble, Fred.

Filer, D. L. & Sons, Mill,

Nungesser, William

Filer, D. W. Residence,

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Nuttall, L. W.

Fowler, S. W. Standard Block,

Oglethorpe, John

Hopkins, D. H. Residence,

Oldfield, H. V.

Hopkins, Geo. W. Residence,

Overpack, A. L.

Leonard, A. B.

Overpack, S. C.

Leonard, A. B. Residence,

Peck, C. J.

Mamerow House,

Perry, C. W.

Mowatt, D. W. Residence,

Peters, Richard G. .

Perry, C. W. Residence,

Peterson, Thorwald

Peters, R. G. Residence,

Pfeiffer, August

Rademaker, H. Livery Stable,

Pomeroy, J. C.

Ramsdell, Hon. T. J

Rademaker, Henry -

Russell House,

Ramsdell, J. M.

Sands, Louis

Ramsdell, Hon. Thomas J.

Sands, Louis Gang Mill,

Richardson, V. W.

Sands, Louis Red Mill,

Rietz, Charles

Sands, Louis Residence,

Rivers, J. V.

Sorenson House,

Robinson, N. G.

Ruggles, Charles F.

Taber, Horace & Sons, Mill Property,

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Nuttall, J. F.

Filer, E. G. Residence,

McAnley, James

Wheeler, Hon. H. H.

Magnan, Adolphus -

Wood, John P.

Yoss, Peter A.

Smith, D.D.

Jones, Peter,

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HISTORY OF MANISTEE COUNTY.

The history of American civilization and progress is thronged with instances of rapid development and sturdy growth.

Since the " Star of Empire " first took its way into the track- less wilds of a now busy West, wonder has been added to wonder by the transformations that have been wrought. Less than fifty years ago, foxes, wolves and Indians were in possession of the quagmires, upon which has since grown the opulent and magnifi- cent city of Chicago; the pride of its half million inhabitants, and the envy of the East.

Fifty years ago, the waters of Lake Michigan were unruffled, save by the bark canoe and the storms of heaven. To-day her sky is blackened with the smoke and whitened with the sails of a busy commerce, and her ports are known in the trading centers of all the world.

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History of Mason County, Michigan, Part 43

Author: H. R. Page & Co. Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Number of Pages: 373

Author: H. R. Page & Co.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 373