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HISTORY OF MANISTEE COUNTY.
clerk of the board. The board being organized, adjourned to the house of William Magill for the transaction of business.
May 4th the second meeting was held and a resolution adopted to license Joseph Smith to keep a ferry across the river at his mill. Also, a resolution to receive proposals for the location of the county seat.
The August meeting was held at the store of John Canfield. A bounty of $8 was granted John Matowen for killing a full grown wolf.
At the October meeting the assessment rolls were examined and the aggregate valuation of taxable real and personal property in the townships determined as follows: Manistee, $58,122.40; Stronach, $32,946 .; Brown, $22,157. It was determined to raise $800 for county purposes, $500 of which should be used for the erection of county buildings, and $300 for incidental expenses. A resolution was adopted prohibiting the throwing of saw dust, slabs, etc., into the Manistee River.
At a meeting held November 27th, the following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, By the Board of Supervisors of Manistee County, that the county seat be located on Lot 6, Section 1, of Town 21, north of Range 17 west, to consist of a tract of land twenty rods square, to be selected by a committee to be appointed for that pur- pose, as most suitable for a site for county buildings, etc.
The first meeting in 1856 was held January 26, at which An- drew C. Sherwood was appointed a committee to draft plans for a court house and jail.
February 9th, a meeting was held and bids for the construc- tion of a court house examined. William Magill being the lowest bidder, the contract was awarded to him at $3,000.
At a June meeting the assessment rolls, as equalized, were ex- amined and determined as follows:
At a June meeting the assessment rolls, as equalized, were ex- amined and determined as follows:
MANISTEE.
Number of acres of land assessed,
12,989.88
Aggregate valuation,
$63,163.15
Aggregate valuation of personal property,
$38,390
Aggregate tax,
$649.85
BROWN.
Number of acres of land assessed,
16,488.29
Aggregate valuation,
$56,738.38
Aggregate valuation of personal property,
$12,188.50
Aggregate tax,
$502.65
STRONACH.
Number of acres of land assessed,
8.182.77
Aggregate valuation,
$18.937.86
Aggregate valuation of personal property,
$23,113.55
Aggregate tax,
$247.84
At a meeting in September the two offices of clerk and register of deeds were united.
In July, 1857, the board adopted a resolution authorizing the sheriff to keep the river free from obstructions to navigation. The aggregate amount of real and personal property assessed for 1857 was as follows: Manistee, $189,318.51; total tax, $246.94. Brown, $94,411.17; total tax, $167.64. Stronach, $64,104.24; total tax, $113.84.
In 1858 the amount of state tax apportioned to the county was $121.88. For contingent expenses there was raised $1,100; also, $250 for a bridge over Bear Creek, and $128.17 for a poor fund. In October, 1858, a settlement was had with William Magill,
contractor for the erection of county buildings. He had con- structed a jail, but the supervisors had withdrawn the contract for the court house, and he was awarded suitable damages.
The amount of state tax apportioned for the county for 1859 was $290.25; total county tax, $2,702.99.
For 1859 the salaries of county officers were fixed as follows: Clerk, $125; treasurer, $75; prosecuting attorney, $50.
In March, 1860, a contract for building a dwelling for the sheriff at the jail was let to Holden N. Green, the consideration being $290. The aggregate valuation of real and personal property in 1860 was as follows: Manistee, $145,695.63; Brown, $32,967.88; Stronach, $55,658.78.
The county treasurer's salary was raised to $100 for 1860. Three thousand dollars was raised for a contingent fund. The pros- ecuting attorney's salary was also raised to $250.
At the October meeting a license was granted Charles Secor to keep a ferry across the river.
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS.
In 1854, one year prior to the organization of the county, the population of Manistee was 394.
In 1860 the county had been divided into three townships, and the population of each was as follows: Brown, 219; Manistee, 594; Stronach, 106. Total population of county, 919.
In 1861 the state tax was $905.54, and the contingent fund $1,700.
In 1864 the total valuation of the county was $1,673, divided as follows: Brown, $368; Manistee, $1,127; Stronach, $178. There were 1,154 acres of improved land. The products were as follows: Wheat, 950 bushels; corn, 1,224 bushels; wool, 5 lbs .; lumber, 33,600,200 feet; hay, 259 tons.
In 1866 the valuation of real and personal estate was $818,258.82. This included the unorganized counties of Wexford and Missaukee. The state tax was $1,536.71.
In 1870 the total population of the county was 6,074. The valuation of real and personal estate was $4,411,460. State tax, $1,043; county tax, $16,544; town and city tax, $18,340. Num- ber of dwellings, 1,180; families, 1,193; voters, 1,324. There were 2,629 acres of improved land; 21,051 acres of wood land; 1,544 acres of other unimproved land. Cash value of farms, $229,100. Value of farming implements and machinery, $3,133. Value of live stock, $36,990. Number of horses, 101; sheep, 42; swine, 327. There were produced as follows: 1,089 bushels Spring wheat; 4,428 bushels Winter wheat; 10,509 bushels corn; 4,743 bushels oats; 183 pounds wool; 29,360 bushels potatoes; 12,730 pounds of but- ter; 565 tons of hay; 8,495 pounds of maple sugar.
In 1873 the products of the county were as follows: Bushels of wheat, 9,196; average per acre, 15.50; corn, 19,728, average per acre, 30.43; potatoes, 32,735; 1,919 tons of hay; 528 lbs. wool; 15,141 lbs. of pork; 10 lbs. cheese; 38,550 lbs. butter; 702 bushels apples; 30 bushels peaches; 11 bushels pears; 56 bushels plums; 20 bushels cherries; 900 lbs. grapes; 396 bushels strawberries.
In 1874 the total population of the county was 8,471, of whom 4,792 were males, 3,679 females. There were 259,363 acres of taxable land, and 6,534 acres of improved land. Number of farms, 513; average number of acres in farms, 136.21. There were 4,205.47 acres of land exempt from taxation; 10.50 acres for school house sites; 33.75 acres in burying grounds.
In 1876 the assessed valuation of real estate in the county was $1,118,807,19; personal estate, $339,685; total as equal ized $2,000,000. 771 acres of wheat were harvested, yielding 7,623 bushels.
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HISTORY OF MANISTEE COUNTY.
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In 1878 there were 1,605 acres of wheat harvested, yielding 21,340 bushels.
In 1879 there were 8,620 acres of improved land in the county. There were 1,764 acres of wheat harvested. The products of the county were as follows :
Wheat, 22,573 bushels; barley, 2,045 bushels; corn, 81,764 bushels; oats, 17,359 bushels; peas, 1,126 bushels; potatoes, 40,410 bushels; hay, 2,110 tons; wool, 1,266 lbs .; apples, 756 bushels; peaches, 337 bushels; grapes, 1,778 lbs.
In 1880 the population of the county was 12,533, of whom 6,970 were males, 5,563 females, 7,418 native, 5,120 foreign, 12,508 white, 25 colored. Number of children in the county between the ages of 5 and 20 years, 3,445. Total amount of school money apportioned, $3,651.70. There were 10,863 acres of improved land, and 27,246 acres unimproved land, 883 farms, aver- aging 97.67 acres each. In May, 1880, there were 2,343 acres in wheat, 662 acres of apple orchards, 9.41 acres of peach orchards. The following was the number of live stock, six months old and over, in May, 1880: Horses, 451; milch cows, 766; other cattle, 920; hogs, 778; sheep, 280; sheep sheared in 1879, 234.
The farm products of the county for 1880 were as follows:
Wheat, 80,001 bushels; corn, 72,800 bushels; oats, 84,789 bushels; clover seeds, 4 bushels; barley, 2,483 bushels; peas, 1,359 bushels; potatoes, 71,360 bushels; hay, 3,428 tons; wool, 1,724 lbs .; apples, 9,754 bushels; peaches, 808 bushels; grapes, 4,215 lbs .; other fruits, 1,647 bushels.
In 1881 the number of acres of land assessed in the county was 812,024.07, the equalized valuation of which was $1,224,- 417,00. There were 12,899 acres of improved land, an increase of 2,536 acres over 1880. The number of acres of unimproved land was 85,174. Number of farms, 487-an increase of 104 over the previous year. Average number of acres in each farm, 98.80. Number of acres in wheat in May, 1881, 1,963. There were 940.12 acres in apple orchards, and 13.25 acres peach. The number of live stock six months old and over, May, 1881, was as follows: Horses, 620; cows, 978; other cattle, 1,224; hogs, 920; sheep, 497.
In 1865, the equalized valuation of real and personal estate in the county was as follows:
MANISTEE TOWNSHIP.
21,527.12
Valuation of real estate.
.$176,034.94
4 personal estate
99 622.00
Total.
.$275,656.94
REAL ESTATE.
TOWNS.
No. Acres| Valuation Assessed.
as Assessed.
Valuation HA Equalized.
Average Valuation Per Acre.
Valuation of Personal Estate.
Total Valuation as Equalized.
Per Capita of Per. Estate
Per Capita of Real & Per. Estate
Total Valuation Oct. 1880.
Increase over Valuation of 1880.
Decrease from Valnation of 1880.
CITY OF MANISTEE.
First Ward
78.990.00
78,990.00
51.400.00
130,390.00 304,660.00
38.28 62.55
97.67 174.29 114.27 92.03
90,295.00 285.420.00 219,845.00
19,240.00
Third Ward
154,100.00
154,100.00
80.050.00 60,100.00
179,740.00
30.77
156,9 $5.00
22,805.00
Total, (City)
548.040.00
548.040.00
300,900.00
848,940.00
42.45
119.81
752,495.00
96,445 00
Filer
8.969 89
59,110.00 138.487.00
59,110.00 138.487.00
6.59
27,870.00
31.74
99.06
84.79.1.00
2,189.00
1,047.00
Manistee
25,823.40
125,100.00
125,100.00
4.84
59,310.00
76.63
238.30
124,361.00
60,079.00
Brown.
63,240.78
100.970.00
100,970.00
1.50
4.450.00
105.420.00
8.35
197.76
93.486.00
11.934.00
Marilla
20,155.34
30.440.00
1.51
2,150.00
32,590.00
12.95
196.32
29,920.00
2,670.00
Maple Grove.
19,845.05
28.215.00 40,745.00
* 45,745.00
2.28
13.015.00
58.760.00
16.76
75 59
53,154,07
5,605.93
Onekama
10,471.31
31.050.99
31,050.00
2.96
13,310,00
44,360.00
19.46
64.85
33,909.00
10.451.00
Pleasanton
18.692.35
32,803.00
$ 34.771.00
1.87
6,843.00
41,614.00
14.22
86.51
38.138.00
3.476.00
Npringdale.
16.336.07
13,650.00
13,650.00
80
2.790.00
16,440.00
27.35
161.17
15,338.00
1.102.00
Cleon.
21,815.67
42,999.00
+ 40,499.00
1.97
5,940.00
46,439.00
12.12
94.77
46,439.00
Grand Totals. Add $5.000.
312.024.07 1.219.949.00 1.224.417.00
2.16
466.873.00 1.691,280 00
35.84
129.87 1.438,831.07 253.495.93
1,047.00
$ Add $1.968.
+ Deduct $2.500.
Net Increase. $252,448.93.
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" Stronach,
' Brown,
59,015
13,720
95,975
109,695
" Onekama,
5,952.30
11.453
15,286
26,739
" Cleon,
9,600
4,901
15,972
20 873
" Filer,
10,965
21,225
55,176
76,401
" Bear Lake,
11,279
10,551
16,863
27,414
Arcadia,
6,672
4,494
12,571
17,065
Pleasanton,
9,166
11,517
17,280
28,797
Marilla,
11.200
3,680
29,995
33,675
TAXABLE PROPERTY AND TAXES FOR 1881.
The following table shows the valuations of real and personal property of the several wards and towns of the county, as equalized, by the board of supervisors, together with the taxes for the year 1881, and the valuation of 1880, with the increase or decrease:
No of Acres
Value of personal
Real Estate.
and Real Estate Valuation.
2d
67,000
145,910
212.910
3d
4
52,587
142,325
194,912
4th
31,400
65,410
96,810
Township of Manistee,
16 566.81
15,300
64,820
80,120
103,643.68 129,293.68
51,708.52
25,650
COUNTY TAX.
Manistee,
$651.39
$3,376.79
Brown,
180.06
923.42
Stronach,
160.01
829.51
Bear Lake,
78.72
408 09
Total
$33,314.05
Total number of acres in county, 80,860.50.
Total valuation of real and personal estate, $452,884.51.
The apportionment of the state and county tax among the townships was as follows in 1865:
TOWNSHIP.
STATE TAX.
8,056.65
Number of acres.
$25,325.65
Valuation of real estate.
$45,725.76
Valuation of personal estate.
21,990.00
Total.
STRONACH TOWNSHIP.
Number of acres.
.19,278.98
Valuation of real estate ..
.$69,763.75
Valuation of real estate.
.. personal estate
6,434.00
Total.
$76,197.75
.$67,715.76
TOWNSHIP OF BEAR LAKE.
Valuation of personal estate. 7,988.40
The salaries of the county officers for 1865 were as follows: Judge of probate, $50; prosecuting attorney, $300; county treas- urer, $300 ;. county clerk, $100.
In 1870 the several assessment rolls were equalized as follows:
Value of Personal and
property.
1st Ward City of Manistee,
$31,520 $ 40.060
71,580
Second Ward.
195.310.00
195.310.00
109.350.00
234,150.00
39.06|
298.96
26.535.00
2,465.00
Arcadia ..
11,854.81
28.340.00
28.340.00
2.39
6.275.00
34.615.00
18.73
103.32
23,975.00
10.640,00
1.42
785 00
29.000 00
8.09
Bear Lake
20,029.00
30,440.00 28,215 00
1.74
23,195.00
86,980.00 161,682.00 184,440.0 1
37.17
260.35
Stronach
74,790.40
162,729.00
40.095.00
14,305.00
Fourth Ward.
119.640.00
119.640.00
BROWN TOWNSHIP.
No. of acres
31,997.55
No. of acres
16
HISTORY OF MANISTEE COUNTY.
Township.
!Popula- tion.
Rep. vote.
Dem. vote
G'b'k vote.
Total vote.
Arcadia.
335
46
10
24
76
Cleon . . .
270
34.
3
68
Bear Lake
925
120
43
39
198
Brown
533
60
24!
23
107
Third Ward
524.66
3.145.45
3,670.11
Total, (City)
$2.478.05
$14.856.45
17.334.50
Filer
253.89
1,522.15
1.776.61
Stronach
472 95
2.829.44
3 302.39
Manistee
538.29
3.227.18
3.765.17
Brown.
307.72
1,844.85
2.152.57
Marilla
95.13
570 32
665.45
Maple Grove. Bear Lake .. Onekama
124.49
776.30
905 79
Arcadia.
101.04
605.76
706.40
Pleasanton
121.47
724.24
849.71
Springdale
47.99
287.70
335.69
Cleon
135.55
812.68
918.23
Grand Totals
$ 4.937.74
$29.596.87
$34.534.61
SUMMARY OF POPULATION.
TOWNSHIPS.
1880.
1874.
1870.
1864.
| 1860.
Arcadia
335
226
175
Cleon ..
270
85
Bear Lake.
925
561
417
Brown.
533
526
459
219
Filer
878
386
376
Manistee
774
457
271
1,127
594
Manistee City
7,075
4,894
3,343
Maple Grove.
97
Marilla
166
133
129
Onekama
535
327
255
Pleasanton .
481
419
283
Springdale.
102
49
Stronach.
354
493
281
178
106
Total .
12,525
8,471
6,074
1,673
919
ELECTION STATISTICS.
The first election held in the county of Manistee was in the Spring of 1855, at which the whole number of votes cast was 139.
In 1856, at the Fall election, the total vote for president was 198, of which Fremont received 185, and Buchanan 18. For Con- gress, D. C. Leach received 184, and F. J. Littlejohn 12. For state senator, Thomas W. Ferry received 188 votes to 1 for I. V. Harris.
In 1860, at the presidential election for governor, Blair re- ceived 125 votes, and Barry 60.
In 1862 Blair received sixty four votes, and Stout sixty.
In 1864 the Republican ticket received 145, and the Democratic ticket 70 votes.
In 1866 Crapo, Republican candidate for governor, received 271 votes, and Williams, Democrat, one vote.
In 1868, at the presidential election, Grant received 656 votes, to 282 for Seymour.
In 1872 the vote was as follows: Grant, 785; Greeley, 424; O'Conor, 8.
In 1874, for governor, Bagley, Republican, received 635 votes, and Chamberlain, Democratic, 785. There were 237 votes cast in favor of Woman Suffrage, and 846 against.
In 1876 the vote at the presidential election was as follows: Hayes, 896; Tilden, 811; Cooper, 76. There were four votes cast for the Prohibition ticket in Manistee City.
In 1878 the Republican vote was 591; Democratic, 816; Na- tional, 354.
In 1880 the total vote of the county was 2,354. The vote by townships was as follows:
BIRTHS.
1870|1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876|1877 1878 1879|1880|1881
Arcadia.
13
4
6
8
8
3
10
4
7
16
Pleasanton
13
12:
13
24
16
15
16
11
9
13
13
Springdale
4
1
5
2
10
21
11
16
7
13
12
Bear Lake.
7
4
14
16
24
19
8
9
26
12
Maple Gr.
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
6
5
3
Brown ..
13
16
14
26
17
20
12
25
14
24
11
16
Manistee. .
9
30
12
11
6
12
15
11
18
8
Filer ..
3
7
9
9
16
16
15
21
23
33
20
22
22
1st Ward. .
3
4
18
30
31
34
43
51
38
54
2d Ward ..
45
68
41
19
18
43
53
51
35
3d Ward ..
65
47
54
84
34
17
51
68
83
44
4th Ward.
20
68
67
113
108
94
136
87
102
Total. .
225
142
282
335
306: 299: 335
428 378 387
MARRIAGES .- 1868. 28; 1869, 83: 1870, 84; 1871, 85; 1872, 51; 1873, 97; 1874, 75; 1875, 65; 1876, 79; 1877, 57; 1878, 56; 1879, 111; 1880, 36; 1881, 121.
The above tables do not give the statistics for the city of Manistee for 1880-'81, which were as follows: Total number of deaths in 1880, 64; 1881, 94. Total number of births in 1880, 280; 1881, 256.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The following statistics of births, deaths and marriages since 1869, are taken from the records:
DEATHS.
1870 1871|1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877|1878 1879;1880 1881
Arcadia
1
1
1
1
2
1
8
Pleasanton
6
4
8
2
2
3
4
2
11
Springdale
1
2
3
5
2
4
5
12
Bear Lake.
5
1
5
6
6
4
2
6
4
Maple Gr
1
1
1
1
Marilla.
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
6
5
3
7
1
3
5
3
6
12
8
9
12
5
6
7
9
11
Filer ..
3
7.
3
9
6
2
4
7
5
15
1st Ward. .
1
·)
6
7
7
7
16
13
14
2d Ward. .
9
14
7
17
1
13
18
9
3d Ward.
15
8
32
15
10
33
22
4th Ward ..
15
30
18
2.2
16
13
40
6
31
Total.
71;
42 102: 104
70
69
82
98
94
115
4
30
Marilla.
166
7
33
44
Onekama.
535.
72
32
35
148
Pleasanton.
481|
71
10
16
96
Springdale
102
13
2
24
Stronach
354
2
41
1
45
Total
12,525 1.162
957
237
2,354
Filer .. .
878
58
74
36
166
Manistee.
774
71
10
128
Manistee City
7,075|
584
581
41
1,148
Maple Grove ..
97
14
122
Second Ward
₴ 380.61 889.30 583.48
$ 2.281.82
2.662 43
5 331.55
6 220 85
4.097.68
4.741.11
Fourth Ward
TAXES FOR 1881.
TOWNS.
State.
County.
Total.
CITY OF MANISTEE.
First Ward.
84.65
507.50
592.15
171.5%
1.028.30
1,199.82
.
1
4
2
8
19
Stronach.
7
3
Onekama
2
4
1
2121
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3
1
4
Onekama ..
6
25 1
Marilla ..
4
2
33
14
Stronach . .
24
17
20
13
16
7
27
17
6
Brown .. . .
Manistee. .
368
1
6
HISTORY OF MANISTEE COUNTY.
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INDIVIDUAL INCOMES IN 1868.
Fay, Michael.
500 | Ramsdell, E. A
225
Grandjohn, N. C.
1,461 ; Randall, C. H. 4,000 Shrigley, J. H ..
500
Green, H. N .
Hadsell, John
520
Secor, D. D.
2.729
Milmoc, B.
977 |Secor, Chas.
509
Benedict, E. E.
1,780 Markus, Wm. 575
Canfield, John 29,000 Magill, Wm.
1,222
STATISTICS OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Engelman, M
1,500
Peters, R. G 17,422
NO. DEALERS.
TAX COLLECTED. | NO. DEALERS.
Ellis, L. S ..
1,318 Paggeot, Chas.
9,000
1875
42
$4,488.39
1879
42
TAX COLLECTED. $4,975.44
Filer, D. L
12,713 Robinson, G. W.
17.722
1876
4,964.97
1880
45
8,127.95
Filer, E. G.
9,000 Ramsdell, T. J.
2,500
1877
35
4.061.76
1881
53
9,258.33
Filer, D. W.
9,000 Risdon, R. M ..
3,640
1878
40
4,580.59
The following list furnishes a statement of the liquor traffic for the year ending December 1, 1881:
NAMES OF PERSONS.
RESIDENCE.
KIND OF BUSINESS.
PLACE OF DOING BUSINESS.
AMOUNT OF TAX.
George Andree
City of Manistee.
Spirituous liquors at retail City of Manistee.
$ 30.00
Charles D. Phillips
50.00
Charles Mckinley & Co
3
50.00
John Dehner.
50.00
Michael Kehoe.
=
44
44
S
50.00 50.00 200.00 200.00
James McAnley .
Charles Wenzel & Co
Clara Kanonse ..
J. B. Johnson & Co.
Charles D. Phillips
John Beck & Co.
Henry Tiedemen
Frank Firzlaff.
John Banr
Joseph Baur
3
:
retail
John Higgins
George Andree.
Eugene Bonlle
E. A. Hornkohl.
Frank Herman
John Kehoe
John Bartelson
44
¥
Andrew Kihnke
John P. Mason
19
John L. Sorenson
46
Joseph Radka.
German Workingmen's Society
Malt
L. Jepson.
=
Spirituous
Mat Peterson
Andrew Eckwald.
Charles Beinke.
44
44
James Madison.
John Waeir.
Andrew Johnson.
Nordisk Fremskridts Forening.
Malt
44
44
Andrew Grzhwiak
=
44
46
Peter Hawley.
Peter Hanson
Township of Manistee.
Township of Manistee.
Louis Swan ..
John Block.
of Stronach.
John Mews.
46
Brown.
Malt
Brown.
Andrew Berg
City of Manistee.
Spirituous
City of Manistee.
183.33
Charles Springborn
150.00 150.00
Joseph Baur.
44
=
150.00
John Mason & Co.
44
S
150.00
Manistee County has thirty two pensioners, and their pay- ments, with arrears, amount to $6,884.
MANISTEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
In October, 1871, a county fair was held at Bear Lake. George B. Pierce, of Pleasanton, was president of the day; Russell F. Smith, Bear Lake, secretary; J. M. Tillson, Pleasanton, treasurer. A per- manent organization was not effected until 1876. September 5,
1876, a meeting of delegates from the various townships was held at Bear Lake for the purpose of taking preliminary steps in organ- izing a county fair association. At that meeting James McKay, J. Hilliard and J. E. Bodwell were appointed a committee to draft constitution and by-laws. It was also voted that the fairs should be held at Bear Lake.
Final organization was effected at a meeting, September 14, at which the following officers were elected.
Digitized by
.
:
3
64
wholesale
44
46
S
44
$
=
C. Pomeroy
44
3
$
200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 400.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 65.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 65.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 65.00
Ernest Mamerow
Charles Bigge.
=
6
1
3
"
44
3
..
:
:
Eugene Boulle ..
1
3
=
46
3
44
Anna Blondin.
Spirituons ¥
44
Stronach.
John Paape.
4
44
Jolin Schultz
=
3
200.00
5
Elias Johnson
44
6,000
The following were the incomes above the exemption of $1,000 in Manistee County, in 1868:
Barnes, Russell. $ 293 Moore, Wm. $ 1,000
Dougherty, P 977 Magnan, A .. 500
6
18
HISTORY OF MANISTEE COUNTY.
President, A. W. Farr; vice presidents, James McDiarmid, James Dodd, S. W. Patch, M. Orrorke, K. Dunke, J. B. Mason, S. W. Fowler, J. Hilliard, W. Probert, G. McKnight, J. Bradford. Secretary, J. E. Bodwell; treasurer, J. E. Cody.
EXECUTIVE BOARD .- G. W. Hopkins, William Probert, L. Chamberlain, S. Calkins, E. G. Stokman, C. W. Perry, E. A. Bodwell, James Dodd, James McKay, S. W. Fowler, William Crosby.
The first fair of the association were held in Hopkins Hall, at Bear Lake, September 28, 1876. Fairs continued to be held in this hall until 1879, when it was held, September 30, and October 1, at the new grounds located about one hundred rods west of the village of Bear Lake. Buildings were erected and grounds fenced this year. The association is in a prosperous condition. The present officers are as follows: Michael Dunke, president; G. K. Estes, secretary; James Dodd, treasurer.
VICE PRESIDENTS. - S. W. Fowler, first vice; James Mc- Diarmid, second vice; E. A. Bodwell, third vice.
EXECUTIVE BOARD .- George W. Hopkins, David Lumley, D. R. VanAmburg, E. A Bodwell, Stillman Green, Nelson Keillor, Henry Danville, J. L. Bradford, S. W. Fowler, App. M. Smith, Josiah Hilliard.
James D. McDiarmid, general superintendent of fair.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN MANISTEE COUNTY.
At the time of the temperance crusade in 1878-'74, Mrs Fowler, wife of Hon. S. W. Fowler, editor of the Times and Standard - in an editorial headed "the Woman's Crusade," said :- "As this innovation receives the sanction and support of the highly respect- able of both sexes in society, we hope that they will be so well satisfied with the experiment that they will not fear contamination if some of their wives and sisters suggest the practicability of placing the ballot in the hands of women as a means of protection from the evils this movement is intended to mitigate, and to further the cause of moral reform in general. * * Let us sup- * pose that the army of praying women, who are now besieging the saloons of cities, were invested with the rights of citizenship.
* * * They would have the majesty and power of the law to protect them, and having a voice in the making of those laws, would not detract from their purity and influence. True it is, that the elective franchise is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and therefore it is consistent with the principles on which our govern- ment is founded, that there should be no class distinctions in the exercise of its rights."
March 16, 1874, the Legislature of Michigan by a decisive majority, voted to submit a woman suffrage amendment to be voted on separately, at the November election. The State Suffrage Association appointed a committee of three, of which Hon. S. W. Fowler was one, and who did much effective work in the northern towns of the county during the Fall campaign, as the result of the election showed those towns to be largely in favor of the amend- ment. In an editorial, just after the election, Mrs. Fowler said:
"The combined forces of ignorance, vice and prejudice have blocked the wheels of advancing civilization, and Michigan, once the proudest of the sisterhood of states, has lost the opportunity of inaugurating a reform. * * Now let the women of Michigan organize for a final onset.
* Through your woman suf- frage associations and temperance leagues, by every honorable resource left open to you, fight out this battle with a zeal that shall know no discouragement, a courage, that shall never tire. * * * * This question must be decided by the whole people before we will bow to any adjustment contrary to the consent of the governed."
From 1874 no suffrage work was publicly done, except an occasional editorial upon the subject in the Times and Standard until December 3, 1879, when that grand apostle of the cause, Susan B. Anthony, was induced to stop over in Manistee on her way from Traverse City to Ludington, and give her great lecture, "Bread, not the Ballot." She was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fowler, and it was through her influence at that time that a suffrage association was eventually formed. A "Woman's Department" had in the meantime been added to the Times and Standard, which is still a feature of that journal. The following year a similar column was for a few months pubished in the Manistee Times under the able editorial management of Mrs. S. M. Barnes, who was also secre- tary of the M. W. S. A., in 1881.
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