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The affairs of the Association are managed by a board of five directors, elected annually, from whom the officers are elected, those for 1889 being: President, Irving S. Harrington ; Vice President, Merrill E. Webb ; Financial Secretary, William P. Gutmann; Corresponding Secretary, George J. Gutmann ; Treasurer, John M. Gutmann-and it is their intention at an carly day to erect a large brick building the entire size of the lot. Besides the active members on the roster, they have an Honorary Roll, on which there are the names of five ex- captains, three first and four second lieuten- ants, and about fifty ex-privates and citizens, and steps are being taken to form a Veteran Reserve Corps.
The evening before starting for Camp Smith the citizens presented the Company with a silk flag, as a token of the appreciation in which they were held, and which was proudly carried to camp, ex-Captain A. Rupp as color bearer.
CHAPTER XLI.
HISTORY OF TOWNSHIPS OF MONROE COUNTY."
ASH TOWNSHIP.
A SH township was organized out of French- town by act of the legislature in 1837, and was all that part of Frenchtown which now comprises the townships of Ash and Berlin. The first election was held at the house of John M. Beaubien in the spring of 1837. A record of the officers of the township from that time to the present will be found on pages 267-270 of this volume. It is an excel- lent farming country. Until the introduction of railroads this township was sparsely settled and very heavily timbered ; now comprises many of the finest and most productive farms in the county, settled by an industrious and intelligent class of farmers. It comprises the thriving village of Carleton, and few villages hold out better inducements for settlers and business enterprises, enlivened as it is by keen, wide-awake business men.
The village of Carleton was laid out in April, 1872, by Daniel A. Matthews and Charles A. Kent, its plat comprising eighty acres. Eighty acres more were soon after added by D. A. Matthews and William A. Hickok. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and Flint and Pere Marquette Railroads cross in the village, have a neat frame depot, with agencies of Western Union Telegraph Company and of the United States and American Express Com- panies.
The first building erected was the Matthews House, a two-story frame building of good size near railroad crossing, which is still the only hotel of the town. D. A. Matthews built a saw-mill by which the lumbering industry of the neighborhood was developed, and in 1874 Edwards & Blinn started a stave mill and head- ing works which did a fine business until the summer of 1887, when it burned down. These
establishments were the main support of the village for a number of years, until D. A. Matthews and John L. Hood creeted a number of brick kilns for the manufacture of charcoal in 1876 and 1877, and this industry largely helped to get the timber land of the neighbor- hood cleared up, thereby creating fine farms and establishing a brisk mercantile business, which has steadily increased and which is now, considering the size of the village, almost without equal in Monroe county.
In 1884 Edwards & Adams started a good brick and tile yard adjoining the village.
In 1885 Edward Kahlbaum bought the grain elevator formerly owned by D. A. Matthews and added a roller process flouring mill thereto, which is now equipped with all the best machinery and doing an immense business.
A fine brick building on Monroe avenue comprising three stores, was built by Edwards & Adams in 1886.
Several fine residences now adorn the streets, including those of D. A. Matthews, H. C. Tal- bot, and the just finished elegant brick dwell- ing of F. L. Edwards.
The present industries of the village are the . following :
Edwards & Adams, general merchandise, clothing and hardware.
Edward Kahlbaum, grain dealer and flouring mill.
II. C. Talbot, general merchandise.
D. A. Matthews, saw-mill.
J. L. Hood, charcoal manufacturer.
A. Gee, furniture and undertaker.
M. Artley, cistern factory and planing mill.
J. Asam, lumber yard.
M. F. Skidmore, photograph gallery.
W. L. Hause, steam cider mill.
# The Monroe County court house in the City of Monroe was consumed by fire, and the most of the Township records prior to 1872 were destroyed.
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A. McCollum, agricultural implements.
Also one basket factory, three drug stores, one produce market, two meat markets, three wagon and smith shops, one harness shop, two shoe shops, one barber shop, one jewelry store, one bazaar, two millinery shops, three physi- cians, one dentist.
There is a good two-story brick school-house, one Evangelical and Free Methodist frame
church, and one Methodist Episcopal brick church.
The village has a good uniformed brass band, a Grand Army post, and an Ancient Order United Workmen lodge.
The Carleton Opera House and Edwards Hall furnish ample accommodations for public assemblies, and Matthews race course for the lovers of fast stock.
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP.
The first actual settler in the township of Bedford was probably Benjamin Sulier, who located where he still lives on section 35, in town 8, range 7 east, in the year 1828. Several other Frenchmen located in the vicinity soon afterwards, but at exactly what time it is im- possible at this late date to determine. The first American resident within the limits of the township is believed to have been a Mr. Owen, who located in 1820 on what is known as the old Silas Smith farm, on section 5, town 9 sonth, of range 6 east. It will be remembered that General Harrison marched from Fort Meigs to Frenchtown in 1813, and having artillery necessitated bridging the streams. He with his army crossed Half-Way Creek, on the above mentioned tract, and we suppose that Owen followed the road as far from the settlement on the Maumee and Ten-Mile Creek as he thought safe, as Indians were at that time very numerous and not to be trusted too far.
After Mr. Owen, a man named Sibley occu . pied the house, and often sold whisky to the Indians. One evening they came for whisky, and not being able to obtain any, made an assault upon Sibley with their knives, wound- ing him severely, and left him for dead. His wife ran for help to the nearest neighbors, four miles distant, probably at Tremainesville, and when she returned with the help her husband was missing. After a diligent search he was found under the bridge at Half-Way Creek. This terminated his dealing with the Indians in whisky, also his residence in Bedford. In 1830 or 1831, Silas Smith purchased the farm, and it is still owned by his descendants.
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Bedford township was, prior to 1836, a part of the township of Erie, and was then called West Erie, but in 1836 was organized as the town of Bedford. There were at that time
fifty or sixty residents, including several Frenchmen. Of the American residents who were heads of families at that time, the follow- ing only are left in the township, viz .: Levi Lewis, Lucas Adams, Theophilus Osgood, and Edmund Rawson. William P. Hubbell, one of the number, died during the past year.
The first township meeting was held at the house of Levi Lewis on the second day of May, 1836. Twenty-five votes were polled, and the following named officers, twenty-eight in num- ber, were elected, viz .: Supervisor, William Dunbar, who was a man very highly esteemed, and subsequently represented Monroe county in our State legislature and was for a number of years the sheriff of Monroe county. Late in life removed to the township of Monroe, where he resided until his death, which occurred August 2, 1870, leaving a widow and one son, Edwin Dunbar, who occupies the homestead farm, and like his father has enjoyed the con- fidence of his fellow-citizens. He has frequently been elected to offices of trust, and is the present representative of our county in the State legis- lature. Theophilus Osgood was elected clerk. John Glass, Henry Mason, Nathan G. Watkins, Samson Vrooman, justices of the peace. Com- missioners of highways were Stephen Brad- ford, William Filkins and Ebenezer Thornton. Elisha B. Hitchcock, Jacob Cronkite and Joel Hitchins, assessors. For collector, Charles F. W. Rawson. For directors of the poor, John Lambert, and Thomas Sammons. School com- missioners, John Lambert, Levi Lewis and Jackson Hoag. For constables, Charles F. W. Rawson, John M. Gilman and Oliver S. Keene. School inspectors, D. P. Hurlburt, Cyrus Wing . and Obediah De Land. For fence viewers, Ebenezer Thornton and William P. Hubbell : and for poundmaster, Joshua Merrills,
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At the general election in November, 1837, fifty-one votes were polled. In September, 1841, Bedford reported one hundred and forty- four children of suitable age for attending the common schools.
There are three postoffices in Bedford town- ship, viz. : Lambertville, Samaria and Willetts. Lambertville is located on the line between sections 19 and 30, three-fourths of a mile from the west line of the township, and was estab- lished in 1836. There are three stores, two blacksmith and wagon shops, two churches, school-house, Masonic hall, with many very creditable residences.
Samaria is on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railroad, one mile from the north line of the township. Besides the post- office and railroad offices there is a telegraph office, express office, two stores, two blacksmith shops, two saw mills. Willetts postoffice was established in 1880 on the southeast corner of section 26.
The Methodist Episcopal church was organ- ized at Lambertville in 1835. The old church has given place to a new church erected in 1887; dedicated January 1, 1888, at a cost of three thousand dollars, with a membership of one hundred and ten; annual expenses six hundred dollars. The clergymen that have ministered thereto are, in the order named, viz. : M. G. Perkinser, R. Triggs, J. Chase, W. Brock, A. Fitch, L. Coleman Gibson, J. R. Gillett, G. Shurtliff, J. Scotsford, W. P. Jacobs, R. Pen- field, P. Burrat, A. Curtis, A. F. Cummings, V. J. Boynton, C. A. Bruce, R. McConnel, E. Steele, D. R. Kelley, R. Bird, R. Dubois, William Taylor, S. Hendrickson, P. Sharpe, W. Cay- son, J. Dobbins, A. B. Greenlaw, T. Seeley, G. W. Lowe, A. I. Black, G. W. Holt, S. W. Noyes, J. H. Camburn, P. L. Turner, D. A. Curtis, J. B. Russell, E. Van Orman, J. Johnston, E. Bibbins, J. S. Paull, J. W. Dunlap, M. J. Scott, P. J. Wright, T. S. Osborne, A. Whitcomb and E. W. Baldwin.
Incas Adams, one of the five remaining pio- necrs, was born in Lester, Addison county, Vermont, in April, 1806. Mary, his wife, was born in Elizabethtown, in the province of Upper Canada, as it was then called, now Ontario, December 23, 1812. They were mar- ried at Lester, Vermont, September 17, 1834. The following year they concluded to try their fortunes in the then far West, and came to Bed-
ford and settled on the farm where they now live, on section 22. There were about fifty inhabitants in the township, several of them single men, but mostly young married people. The necessities of life they raised on their farms, the comforts they had to go to Monroc or Toledo for, while the luxuries were not to be thought of. Mr. Adams erected a small log house and immediately set about improving his farm ; has never been a strong, healthy man, yet by steady labor and economy in his younger days, is now in his old age able to sit down and enjoy the fruits of his labor. Though seldom absent from the polls, he has never sought and seldom accepted office of any kind. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have both been members of the Wesleyan Methodist church for many years.
Theophilus Osgood was born in the township of Fort Ann, Washington county, New York, April 27. 1808. In the year 1816 his parents emigrated to Seneca county, New York, which was then the western goal for emigrants from the East. There he lived seventeen years. On the 19th of October, 1827, he was married to Roxanna Breitman, and in the autumn of 1833 he joined the tide of emigration that was at that time settling very strongly westward. Hc located on section 1 in the township of Bed- ford, and like all the rest of the carly settlers, began by building a log cabin and going to work clearing up his farm. By hard work and economy in early life, he in conjunction with his excellent helpmate, raised a large family and at the same time accumulated a consider- able property. At the organization of the township in 1836, Mr. Osgood was elected township clerk, and he has been an office holder in the township a large part of the time since. Mr. Osgood died April 16, 1883.
Levi Lewis was born in Ontario county, New York, in August, 1809. His wife, Experience Colbath, was born in the same county in 1811. They were married in June, 1833. In June, 1832, Mr. Lewis caught the western fever, but being a prudent man did not as many have done before that time and as many have done since, pull up, take all they have and go, with- ont knowing whether they will be suited with the soil, climate, or other characteristics of the country to which they are going. Mr. Lewis went alone to the far West, to the township of Erie, county of Monroe. He liked the place so
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well that he seenred a location, went back to his native place, married, and with his bride returned to Erie. In 1835 he sold his posses- sions in Erie and bought a quarter of a section of land in section 2 in what was then called West Erie. The place had a log house with a small clearing around it, and that small begin- ning has, under his industry and careful man- agement, expanded into one of the best farms in the township, capable of furnishing the old couple a good living in their old age without care or trouble on their part, if they chose to do so. The next year after Mr. Lewis moved on to his new farm the inhabitants of the west half of Erie asked for a separate township organization, which was granted, and the new township was named Bedford. The first elec- tion was held in May at Mr. Lewis's house, and he was elected commissioner of schools. The next year he was elected assessor and re-elected the following year. The fourth year he was elected constable, which office he held three successive years. Since that time he has re- fused office, except occasionally taking his turn as overseer of highways. They have always been among the prominent citizens of the township; and always known as kind, char. itable and ready and willing to aid the needy.
William P. Hubbell was born in Delaware county, State of New York, in December, 1811. He emigrated to Monroe county in 1827 when only sixteen years old, locating in Monroe, then a small village, with a capital of twelve and a half cents, a strong constitution and an abundance of energy and willingness to work. His wife, Mary Willard, was born in Old Gil. ford, Connecticut, in 1816. She came to this county in 1827. They were married in March, 1832, he being but three months over twenty . years of age, she about sixteen, and their present circumstances prove that early mar- riages are not always a bar to prosperity. About a week before their marriage, Mr. Hub- bell bought of the United States Government eighty acres of land, and some time after- wards he bought the adjoining forty acres, which together constitute his present farm. Of this one hundred and twenty acres he has cleared and drained a large portion, and tilled it to a great extent with his own exertions. Mr. Hubbell has always been a very positive man in conversation as well as in his actions, and those who know him best
appreciate his worth as a citizen and friend. He has always been inclined to some specialty in farming ; at one time it was small fruits, once apples, and in fruit growing he is prob- ably as good authority as Monroe county affords. His last specialty was pork on a very extensive scale. Mr. Hubbell has never been active in politics : while he has his opinions and votes to sustain them, he has not been to any extent an office holder and never an office seeker. At the organization of the township in 1836 he was elected to the office of fence viewer; the next year he was elected highway commissioner ; since that time he has not held a township office, except overseer of high ways, and that not very often. He has been one of the most active and efficient members of the Bedford Farmers' Club since he has been a member of that organization.
Edmund Rawson was born in Clermont town- ship, Dutchess county, State of New York, September 25, 1810. He was married to his first wife, Charlana Phillips, February 18, 1832 ; came to Bedford June 8, 1833. His wife died November 25, 1835, leaving him two daughters, Emeline, wife of Robert S. Hitch- cock, and Charlana, wife of A. J. Russell. In 1850 he was married to Mrs. Mary McLouth, widow of Farley McLouth. Mrs. McLouth, whose maiden name was Doty, was born in the State of New York in May, 1806; was married to Farley MeLouth in Wayne county, New York, in 1831, and came to Bedford in 1834. Although Mr. Rawson was a resident at the time, he does not appear to have attended the meeting for the organization of the township in May, 1836; he consequently failed to get a township office, but he has fully made up for the neglect since, having been an office holder nearly all of the time since. At a special meeting in October, 1836, he was elected treasurer, or collector as they called it then, and constable at the second annual meeting ; was re-elected to the same office and continued to be elected to both offices for thirteen years afterwards, making fifteen successive terms that he held both offices. At the sixteenth annual meeting he failed to be elected con- stable, but still held the office of treasurer. The next year he was again elected to both offices, and so on for seven years afterwards; was elected again in 1862. Thus held the office of treasurer for twenty-seven successive terms.
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In 1865 he was elected justice of the peace to fill a vacancy of two years, in 1867 was elected for the full term, and has been elected every four years since. In 1872 he was elected drain commissioner, which office he held for one year. Thus since the organization of the town he has been treasurer twenty-seven years, con- stable twenty-five years, justice of the peace eighteen years, and drain commissioner one year, in all seventy-one years; though in politics he belonged to the party in the minority in the township, yet such was his popularity with the citizens. As a citizen, he has always been regarded upright, honest and straightforward; as a neighbor and friend, genial, whole-souled, always ready to lend a helping hand where it is needed, always ready to give or take a joke; one of the " laugh and grow fat " kind.
1836 - The first town meeting was held in the house of Levi Lewis, on the south west quarter of southeast quarter of section two, on the second day of May, 1836. John Glass was chosen moderator, and Henry Mason clerk, and on canvassing the votes it was found that the electors had chosen the following officers for the year 1836: Supervisor, William Dun- bar; clerk, Theo. Osgood ; justice of the peace, John Glass.
1837 - April 3, elected supervisor, Elisha B. Hitchcock ; clerk, Isaac N. Russell ; justices of the peace, Simeon Tillotson, John Glass.
1838 - April 2, elected supervisor, Henry Mason ; clerk, Isaac N. Russell ; justices of the peace, I. N. Russell, F. McLouth.
1839 - April 1, elected supervisor, Elisha B. Hitchcock; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson ; treasurer, Jackson Hoag; justices of the peace, E. B. Hitchcock, L. Adams.
1840 - April 6, elected supervisor, Henry Mason ; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson ; treas- urer, Jackson Hoag ; justices of the peace, one year, E. B. Hitchcock ; three years, Farley McLouth; four years, Henry Mason.
1841 - April 5, elected supervisor, Henry Mason ; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson; treas- urer, Jackson Hoag; magistrates, Henry Mason, four years ; Oliver S. Keene, three years.
1842 - April 4, elected supervisor, Farley McLouth ; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson ; treas- urer, Edmund Rawson ; magistrate, four years, Thomas P. Aldrich.
· · 1843-April 3, elected supervisor, Farley
MeLouth ; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson ; treas- . urer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, four years, F. McLouth.
1844-April 1, elected supervisor, Elisha B. Hitchcock ; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, George Kirtland.
1845-April 7, elected supervisor, Farley McLouth ; clerk, Henry Mason ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, Henry Mason.
1846-April 6, elected supervisor, Farley Mc- Louth ; clerk, Henry Mason; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, T. Osgood.
1847-April 5, elected supervisor, Farley McLouth ; clerk, Henry Mason ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justices of the peace, F. McLouth, Charles F. W. Rawson.
1848-April 3, elected supervisor, Farley Mc- Louth ; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson; treas- urer, E. Rawson; justice of the peace, George S. Hillar.
1849-April 2, elected supervisor, Henry Mason; clerk, Charles F. W. Rawson ; treas- urer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, S. Bristol.
1850 -- April 1, elected supervisor, Thomas P. Aldrich ; clerk, Silas Bristol ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, Charles F. W. Rawson.
1851-April 7, elected supervisor, Charles F. W. Rawson ; clerk, Wm. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, J. G. Keller.
1852-April 5, elected supervisor, Charles F. W. Rawson ; clerk, Wm. Dunbar; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justices of the peace, J. L. Stearns, G. Ketcham.
1853 - April 4, elected supervisor, George Kirtland ; clerk, William Dunbar; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, S. Bristol.
1854 -April 3, elected supervisor, Henry Mason ; clerk, William Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, R. Thornton.
1855-April 2, elected supervisor, Caleb D. Sumner ; clerk, Robert S. Janney ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justices of the peace, Geo. Kirtland, W. Rawson.
1856-April 7, elected supervisor, Caleb D. Sumner; clerk, Robert S. Janney; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, T. P. Aldrich.
1857-April 6, elected supervisor, Robert S. Janney ; clerk, Richard Thornton ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justices of the peace, S. Bristol, G. Hitchcock.
1858-April 5, elected supervisor, Caleb D.
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Summer ; clerk, Henry Mason ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, J. W. Janney.
1859-April 4, elected supervisor, Caleb D. Sumner ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, George Kirt- land.
1860-April 2, elected supervisor, Caleb D. Sumner ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, G. Hitchcock.
1861-April 1, elected supervisor, James W. Janney ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, S. Bristol.
1862- April 7, elected supervisor, Caleb D. Sumner ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Rawson ; justice of the peace, W. Rawson.
1863 -- April 6, elected supervisor, Chester D. Mason ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar; treasurer, George Hoag ; justices of the peace, M. Blouch, James Ilitchcock.
1864-April 4, elected supervisor, Chester D. Mason ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Bristol; justice of the peace, J. S. Hitch- cock.
1865-April 3, elected supervisor, Robert S. Janney ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Bristol ; justice of the peace, J. J. Sumner.
1866- April 2, elected supervisor, Amos Me- Louth ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar; treasurer, E. Bristol ; justice of the peace, S. K. Kinney.
1867- April 1, elected supervisor, Amos Mc- Louth ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer, E. Bristol ; justice of the peace, E. Rawson.
1868-April 7. elected supervisor, James W. Janney ; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer. T. Osgood : justice of the peace. J. S. Hitch- cock.
1869-April 5, elected supervisor, John J. Sumner; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar ; treasurer. E Bristol ; justice of the peace, L. Farnham.
1870-April 4, elected supervisor, John J. Sumner; clerk, Addison E. Dunbar; treasurer, E. Bristol ; justice of the peace, George Kirk- land.
1871-April 3, elected supervisor, John J. Sumner; clerk, John J. Dixon ; treasurer, E. Bristol ; justice of the peace, E. Rawson.
1872-April 1, elected supervisor, John J. Sumner; clerk, John J. Dixon; treasurer, E. Bristol ; justice of the peace, J. S. Hitchcock.
For town officers from 1873 to 1888, see page 271.
BERLIN TOWNSHIP.
The township of Ash was organized out of Frenchtown in 1837. In 1867 Berlin was organized out of Ash. The first supervisor elected was John Strong, in 1868 Wm. S. Morey. In 1869, 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874 Fred Neidermeier, and for officers to and in- clusive of 1889, the reader is referred to state- ment in this volume on page 271.
Within the limits of this town are two thriv- ing villages. South Rockwood is on the Lake Shore Railway. The leading and main pro- prietor, John Strong, has in successful opera- tion a two-story brick store with an extensive stock of merchandise, a public assembly room, a flouring and stave mill, with all modern im- provements ; a number of improved farms, well stocked with imported stock ; a compet- itor at county and State fairs, and having ever been an industrious, prudent and enterprising business man, is regarded one of the wealthiest men of the county, through whose generosity the substantial church was mainly built.
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