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Howard, David S., 312.
Howard, H. A., 324.
Howard, H. N., 320, 321, 352.
Howarth, E. B., Jr., 125, 140.
Howlett, Edward V., 256, 257.
Hubbard, Diodate, 429.
Hubbard, Frank W., 426.
Hubble. W. H., 280.
Hubble, William H., 562.
Huff, Alexander G., 464.
Huff, John, 478.
Hulick, Derrick, 91.
Hull, William, 214. Humphreys, F. W., 315.
Hungerford, Samuel, 194.
Hunt, Henry I., 190.
Hunt, James B., 123, 172, 218.
Hunt, James W., 386.
Hunt, John, 120, 122, 174.
Hunter. Daniel, 373, 431.
Hunter, Elisha, 43, 373.
Hunter, John W., 31, 43, 372, 373. Hunter, Ledru R., 588.
Hurlburt, Cass, 300.
Hurd, Charles, 228, 335, 337.
Huron river, 445, 478, 469, 493.
Hymers, Elmer E., 140, 309, 472.
Idle, D. D., 346. Incorporated villages, 202.
Independence Camp No. 3127, Royal Neighbors of America, 369.
Independence township-Mention, 35, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; Sasha- baw plains, 466; water courses, 467;
settlers at Clarkston and on the plains, 467; the primitive schoolhouses, 468; Clarkston up to date, 468.
Indian and primitive record-Orchard lake and the great chief, Pontiac, 19; the legend of Me-nah-sa-gor-ning, 21 ; primitive tillage and industries, 22; contact with known tribes, 23; scars of battle, 24; C. Z. Horton's con- tributions, 24; Indian camping ground and cemetery, 24; queer customs, 25; the passing of We-se-gah, 25.
Indian reservations, 479.
Indians, 25, 372.
Industrial and business Pontiac-Direct successor of 1820 mill, 320; the Howard interests, 321; the old Pad- dack mill, 322; Charles Dawson and his work, 322; Pontiac City Mills, 322; pioneer machine shops and fur- niture factories, 322; early breweries, 323; fathers of the "auto" industry, 323; Pontiac and other mills of 1852,
323; Pontiac's early business men, 325; automobile industry of Pontiac, 327; Oakland Motor Car Company, 328; General Motors Truck Company, 329; the Flanders plants, 329; the Cartercar Company, 330; Monroe Body Company, 331; the Beaudett Body Works, 331; Slater Construc- tion Company, 331; Pontiac Brewery, Associa- 331; Pontiac Commercial tion, 332.
Industries (see early industries).
Ingals, Daniel F., 423, 425.
Ingersoll, E. S., 483.
Ingersoll, Erastus, 481, 483.
Ingersoll, George P., 712.
Ingraham, Roswell, 341.
Irish, Benjamin, 479.
Irish, Washington E., 876.
Irwin, Alexander J., 315.
Jackson, E. W., 315.
Jackson, Henry M., 677.
Jackson, Thomas J., 258.
Jackson, Washington, 447.
Jacokes, D. C., 342, 344.
Jacokes, James A., 120, 124, 245.
Jacokes, (Mrs.) J. A., 266.
Jacox, Linus, 467.
Jails, 183. Jalowski, John, 849.
Jamieson. William, 385. Jarrett Brothers, 797.
Jarrett, Duke, 797.
Jarrett, James, 797.
Jarvis, Joseph W., 359.
Jarvis, Minnie T., 244. Jarvis, Robert, 443.
Jenkins, Frank E., 140.
Jenkins, John, 322.
Jenner, G. L., 333, 337.
Jennings, Perry J., 656. Jennings, Stephen, 460.
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Jessup, Jesse, 451. Jewell, Anne E., 99. Jewell, Ezra W., 99, 100, 102, 109. Jobes, Samuel, 399. John P. Foster No. 2 fire engine, 298. Johns, Horace, 451.
Johnson, A. J., 309, 312. Johnson, Fred L., 258, 900. Johnson, John H., 550.
Johnson, Lyman, 474. Johnson, Schuyler D., 464.
Johnson, W. J., 414. Johnston, Daniel M., 383. Johnston, George C., 310, 546. Jones, Albert D., 544.
Jones, George, 848.
Jones, J. C., 337. Jones, Samuel, 435. Jones, Solomon, 91. Jones, Thomas, 449.
Joslin, A. M., 393.
Joslin, James, 393. Joslin, John, 393. Joslyn, George B., 423. Jossman, Esidor, 862. "Journal of the Oakland Medical So- ciety," 256. Judd, D. M., 212. Judd, J. K., 310. Judd, Samuel A., 277. Judges (see bench).
Judiciary-Territorial supreme court, IIO; old district court, III; county courts, III ; change in supreme court, II2; circuit courts and judges, 112; the "one-horse" court, 112; under the 1850 constitution, 113; a summary, II4.
Justices of the peace, 115.
Kearsley creek, 463. Keeling, Relph F., 140. Kedzie, Robert, 409. Kedzie, W. Roscoe, 353. Keller, Frank S., 780.
Keller, Otto, 437. Kelley, Elbert J., 312.
Kelley, E. A., 369. Kelsey, M. W., 43.
Kelsey, Sullivan R., 374.
Kemp, Henry, 867. Kemp, Michael, 33. Kemp, William H., 883. Kenaga, Joseph, 528. Kensar, John, 423. Kensington, 450. Kent, Franklin, 578. Keokuk Canning Company, 452. Kerr, Charles W., 882. Kerr, William R., 882. Kidder. A. D., 433. Kimball, Charles F., 315. Kimball, David L., 284, 285, 360. Kinney, Robert C., 749. Kinney. William A., 899. King, Charles, 388.
King, George W., 904. Kinsman, George O., 140.
Kline, T. C. V., 247.
Knight, Alvin M., 536.
Knight, Belle D., 537.
Knight, Benjamin, 425.
Knight, Henry C., 172.
Knight, Z. B., 120. Knights of Columbus, Pontiac, 369.
Knowles, Frank L., 432, 433.
Kraft, F. F., 385.
Kyle, Henry G., 828.
Ladies' Library Association, Birming- ham, 385. Ladies' Library Association of Holly,
270. Laing, A., 444. Lake, E. H., 399.
Lake Maumee, 14, 15. Lake Orion, 4, 443. Lake Orion Assembly Resort, 5.
Lake Orion Summer Homes Company, 5. Lakeville, 461. Lakeville lake, 5, 461.
Lakes, 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 14, 371, 388, 420, 441, 461, 467, 469, 473, 476, 478, 484. Lake Warren, 17. Lake Whittlesey, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Lakie, William D., 771.
Lamb, Caleb, 253, 255.
Lamb, William H., 765.
Lambertson, J. V., 415.
Lamond, R. D., 253.
Lamoreaux, Fred A., 541.
Land entries, 31, 372, 388, 402, 429, 440, 489. Land titles, 215. Landon, Nathan, 94.
Larned, Charles, 405. Larzelier, George, 462.
Lathrop, Horace, 30.
Laubley, Joseph, 272.
Laurent & Emmons, 323.
Lawson, Finley O., 633.
Lawson, Jacob M., 434, 815.
Lawyers (see bar).
Le Baron, Alfred F., 787.
Le Baron, Robert, 254, 257. Lederley, E. J., 435.
Lee, George, 473. Lee, Martin, 491. Lee, William, 491. LeFavour, Heber, 281.
Legal Tender mills, 322. Leggett, M. A., 323.
Leggett, Percy S., 275.
Leggett, Samuel M., 21.
Lehring, Frederick, 393.
Lehring, Henry, 393. Leonard, 5, 200, 202, 463.
Leonard, John W., 212. Leonard, Mason N., 383. LeRoy, Clare J., 140.
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LeRoy, Daniel, 33, 34, 118, I2I, I22,
123, 126, 163, 190, 216, 221, 237, 243, 286, 291, 362, 406, 471. LeRoy, Edward H., 710. LeRoy, John P., 295.
McCook, R. W., 451.
McCord, Don C., 330.
LeRoy, Maria, 409.
McCracken, William J., 808.
Lessiter, Floyd J., 567.
Lessiter. Frank H., 741.
Letchfield, H., 248.
McDowell, Ebenezer, 436.
Letts, Albert E., 632.
Mace Day lake, 5.
Levamseler, L. J., 433.
McGaffey, Daniel A., 648.
Lewis, George, 755.
McGee, Clinton, 140.
Lewless, Alexander, 433.
McGee, Thomas H., 543.
Licenses, 299.
Mckinney, A. D., 257.
Lillis, Michael F., 125.
Mckinney, J. W., 247.
Linabury, Joseph, 324.
Linn, Charles M., 278.
Mckinstry, David C., 35, 190, 429.
McLaren, Charles M., 733.
McLaren, James W., 703.
McLaughlin brothers, 474.
McOmber, Philip, 493. McWhorter, John J., 864.
Mack, Almon, 76, 77, 272, 288, 289, 405. Mack, C. W., 257.
Mack, Connant & Sibley, 287.
Mack, John M., 77, 406.
Mack, Lovina, 288.
Mack, Stephen, 29, 31, 33, 39, 75, 76, 96, 189, 192, 216, 272, 286, 287, 320.
Mack, S., 221, 320.
Mackinnon, G. W., 247.
Macomb, Alex., 190.
Macomber, Phillip A., 168.
Maetrott, Fred S., 518.
Main street, Holly (view), 396.
Mairs, William, 887.
Maitrott, Elmer E., 865.
Makelv, Peter, 423.
Makely, Peter D., 418.
Malcolm, Frank J., 624.
Malcolm. Robert W., 503.
Maloy, Peter, 312.
Maltby, Sara E., 472.
Manlv, Ora, 257.
Manning, Randolph, 129, 166, 181, 218
Mansfield, Samuel, 453, 454.
Marcero, J. L., 369.
Marjison, William, 285.
Marlin, Ira, 212.
Marsh, Elisha, 393.
Marsh, Elmer, 393.
Marshall, John D., 334.
Martin, Joseph W., 308.
Martin, William W., 21I.
Mary D. Hive No. 393, L. O. T. N. M .. 386. Mason, Stevens T., 441.
Masonic Temple Association, 367. Mather, Asher F., 274. Mathews, E. R., 246.
Mathews, George B., 321.
Mathews, John B., 140.
Mathews, Lucy J., 367. Mathews mill, 320.
Mathews, Solomon S., 315.
Look, (Mrs.) HI. M., 109.
Loomis, Delos P., 565.
Loomis, L. C., 283.
Loomis. Oscar D., 556.
Loop, Jacob. 363, 364.
Losee, J. W., 257.
Loughman, Edmund, 437.
Lounsbury, Robert J., 140, 145, 239, 262, 310, 312.
Lovejoy. Charles E., 595.
Lovejoy, Earl A., 140.
Luce, George A. C., 121, 169.
Ludwig. William, 560.
Lull, Alba A., 245, 301, 303, 321.
Lull, Augustus A., 518.
Lumby, L. R., 257.
Luther, L., 35, 429.
Lynch, James H., 125, 140, 154, 202, 333, 369. Lyon, G. M., 472.
Lyon First Presbyterian church, 451. Lyon township-Mention, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; first settlers, 449; New Hudson and Kensington, 450; village of South Lyon, 450; schools and churches, 451; South Lyon indus- tries, 452. Lyons, D. B., 248. Lyons, W. W., 247.
Mabley, Thomas, 312. McAlvey, John, 440. McArthur, Abigail H., 93. McBride, James, 377. McCabe, James, 123. McCarroll, Sarah, 333. McCarroll, William, 255, 256, 257. McCauley, William, 564. McClaren, (J. D.), Company, 452. McConnell, B. B., 255. McConnell, Joseph, 275.
McConnell, Willard M., 212, 218, 274,
292, 325, 341, 342. McConnell school, 338.
McCracken, S. B., 61.
McDace, George, 356.
McDonald, T. E., 257.
Lester, William, 29, 287.
McDowell, F. H., 432.
Little creek, 388.
"Little Dick," 5.
Livermore, John S., 218.
Lockwood, D. M., 474.
Lockwood, Floyd W., 258.
Lodge, Edward A., 257.
Look, Henry M., 123. 138.
Mckinnon, George W., 258.
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Mathews, ( Mrs. ) S. S., 267.
Mathews. S. S., 369.
Matthews, A. B., 295, 321, 324, 367.
Matthews, Charles, 140.
Matthews, Charles S., 125.
Matthews, Edward, 374.
Matthews, S. S., 245.
Matthews, Salmon J., 212.
Matthews, Salmon S., 870.
Maybee, John, 671.
Mead, Amos, 193, 445.
Mead, Henry, 212.
Mead, John H., 879.
Mead, Polly A., 458.
"Mechanics and Engineers," 282.
Medical profession-Pioneer conditions, 249; primitive state and medical prac- tice, 250; physicians of Oakland county prior to 1837, 251; Dr. Will- iam Thompson, 251; Dr. Ezra S. Parke, 252; Dr. Cyrus Chipman, 252; Dr. Ebenezer Raynale, 252; Drs. Lamb, Lamond and Alger, 253; Dr. John C. Emery, 253; the old county medical society, 253; the Northeast District medical societies, 253; allopathic prac- titioners from 1837 to 1866, 254; three early-time homeopaths, 255; present County Medical Society, 255; Pontiac Medical Society, 256; present prac- titioners, 256.
Meigs, Margaret, 264.
Merrell. Caleb B., 86, 96.
Mellen-Wright Lumber Company, 434.
Merrell, John J., 471.
Me-nah-sa-gor-ning ( Apple island), 21. Men's rest room, IOI.
Merrill, R. T., 374.
Merrill, Roswell T., 381.
Merritt, John A., 433.
Merz, Julius, 315.
Mexican war, 273.
Michigan Air Line, 239.
Michigan Bass Hatchery, 486.
Michigan Central Railroad, 240.
Michigan Light Artillery, 283.
Michigan Manufacturing & Lumber Company, 397.
Michigan Military Academy, 338, 479.
Michigan Pressed Brick Company, 426. Michigan State Medical Society, Branch No. 5, 256. Michigan State Telephone Company, 308.
Miles, Johnson, 237. Milford, 474.
Milford Milling Company, 447.
Milford Presbyterian church, 448.
Milford township-Mention, 195, 198,
199, 200, 201, 207; formed, 445; rea- son for names, 445; the Ruggle Broth- ers, 445; pioneer mills, 445; societies, 448; the present village, 447; churches, 447.
Milford village, 201. 202, 445-448 (see Milford township).
Military matters-Oakland county sol- diers of the War of 1812, 271; Na- poleonic soldiers, 272; early military organizations, 272; the Mexican war, 273; the War of the Rebellion, 274; the First Michigan Infantry, 275; the Second Michigan Infantry, 275; the Third Infantry, 277; the Fifth Infan- try, 277; the Seventh Infantry, 278; the Eighth and Ninth Infantry reg- iments, 278; the Tenth Infantry, 278; the Fourteenth Infantry, 279; the Fif- teenth and the Sixteenth, 280; the Twenty-second Infantry, 280; Moses Wisner, 281 : Twenty-ninth Infantry, 281; Thirtieth Infantry and "Mechan- ics and Engineers," 282; Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade, 282; the Eighth Cavalry, 282; Ninth and Tenth Cavalry regiments, 283; Michigan Light Artillery, 283; One Hundred and Second U. S. Colored Troops, 284; military matters of late, 284. Millard, Nathaniel, 119, 191.
Mill pond nuisance, 293. Miller, David, 674.
Miller, Darwin, 708.
Miller, Edward J., 806.
Miller, Henry, 409.
Miller, J. A., 258.
Miller, John, 33.
Miller, L. P., 465.
Millerd, Nathaniel, 405.
Milligan. J. R. J., 351.
Milliman, George M., 258.
Mills, 403, 445, 453.
Mills, Ada P., 803.
Mills, ( Mrs.) Fred M., 264.
Mills, Joseph E., 207, 263.
Miner, Clement E., 140.
Minnock, Daniel, 393.
Minnock. Michael, 393.
Mitchell, David, 392, 393, 774.
Mitchell, George, 392.
Mitchell, George H., 244.
Mitchell, James G., 394.
Mitchell. L. T., 413.
Mivels, George, 437.
Mock, F. E., 475.
Monroe, H. G., 300.
Monroe, Hector L., 309.
Monroe, R. F., 312.
Monroe Body Company, 331.
Montieth, John, 31.
Montgomery, John, 581.
Moore, Andrew L., 140, 155, 202, 218, 309. Moore, ( Mrs.) A. L., 261, 267.
Moore, Joseph B., 123, 178, 180, 202.
Morrell, K. N., 425.
Morell, George, 121, 123.
Morris, Benjamin B., 218.
Morris, Benjamin, 326.
Morris, C. D., 257.
Morris. William, 162, 362, 374. Morrish, J. J., 451. Morrison, J. S., 258.
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Morrison, (Mrs.) L. L., 270. Morrison, Thomas W., 535. Mormons (1832), 67.
Morse, J., 255, 256. Mosey, Emma, 472.
Mosher, Abraham, 730.
Mosher, C. W., 399.
Moseley, William F., 119, 123, 127, 191, 216, 221. Moss, R. E., 257.
Mother Hur Court, No. 17, 399.
Mothersill, (Mrs.) J. W., 392.
Mow, John C., 433.
Mount Judah, 443.
Mowry, Zebina M., 218. Moyer, Douglas B., 725.
Mullet, John, 197.
Munson, Samuel C., 320, 324, 351, 352, 440, 486. Munger, Charles A., 791.
Murphy, Anne, 261, 263.
Murphy, Edwin M., 263, 328, 706.
Murphy, James J., 257.
Murphy, Mary, 707.
Mutual Fire Prevention Bureau, 427. Myers, J., 33.
Nall, James, 436. Napoleonic soldiers, 272.
Narrin, William, 537.
Nash, William I., 563.
National banks, 243.
Neal, John A., 140.
Neal & Wieland, 443.
Needham, John F., 437.
Nelson, Albert A., 602.
Nelson, J. C., 745.
Nesbett, William P., 312.
Newberry, A. F., 246.
Newberry, ( Mrs.) A. F., 97, 265.
Newberry, James, 212.
Newberry, Seneca, 218, 219, 237, 405. New Canadiagua (Orion), 441.
New Hudson, 450.
Newell, E. M .. 247.
Newkirk, Chauncey F., 125.
Newman, Ezra, 30.
Newton. F. H., 366.
Newton, Gilbert M., 438.
Newton, Isaac, 558.
Newton, J. G., 365.
Niles, Johnson, 488.
Niles, Joseph, Jr., 237.
Niles, Samuel, 88, 96.
Ninth Michigan Cavalry, 283.
Ninth Michigan Infantry, 278.
Nixon, Volney, 244.
Noble, Donald F., 140, 888.
Norris, Caroline, 394.
North Farmington, 460.
North, Oscar F., 120, 326.
North. William F., 140, 275.
Northeast District Medical & Scientific Association, 253.
Norton, Gad, 33, 409.
Norton, John D., 245, 301, 303. Norton, John M., 58.
Norton, Lewis, 470. Norton, Samuel H., 299, 312. Norton sawmill, 408. Norvell, Freeman, 282. Nott, Stephen, 840.
Novi, A. F., 258. Novi Corners (Novi), 483.
Novi (postoffice ), 483.
Novi township-Mention, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; the name Novi, 482 ; the colony of 1825-26, 482; Novi Cor- ners, or Novi, 483.
Nushaumer, George, 369.
"Oakland Advertiser," 397.
Oakland Avenue M. E. church, Pontiac, 345. Oakland Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., 366. "Oakland Chronicle," 312. "Oakland Gazette," 312. Oakland Lodge, No. 343, A. F. & A. M., 362.
Oakland Motor Car Company, 328. "Oakland Whig," 312.
Oakland county in state politics-Ques- tion of land titles, 215; Governor Cass brings stability, 215; champions of public improvements, 216; the state constitutions, 216; Oakland county's part in constitution making, 218; Doc- tor Raynale, delegate to 1835 conven- tion, 219; Lysander Woodward, dele- gate to 1873 convention, 220; state of- ficials, elected and appointed, 221 ; ter- ritorial council representatives, 221 ; speakers and clerk of the house, 221 ; Michigan legislators from Oakland county representatives, 222; disturbances of war issues, 225. Oakland county court house (view), 203.
Oakland county's first legal writ (fac- simile), 116.
Oakland County Home, 210.
Oakland County Medical Society, 250, 253, 255.
Oakland County Pioneer Society Founded, 99; the supervisors' "pic- nics," 100; better preservation of rec- ords, 100; society incorporated, 101 ; pioneer women, IO1 ; officers of the so- ciety, IO1; pioneer relics in the col- lection of the society, 102. Oakland County Savings Bank, 245.
Oakland County Telephone Company, 308.
Oakland township. 190, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207, 313, 489.
"Oakview," 417. Oakwood, 464. O'Connor, T. J., 369.
Odell, Bert A., 689.
Ogden. Mary, 472.
Old Hodges house (view), 326.
Old Union school, 335. Old Mathews mill, 320. Olds, Ira M., 451.
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Oliver, Dwight I., 667. Oliver, John, 272. Olmstead, Harley, 33. "One-horse" court, 112. One Hundred and Second U. S. Col- ored troops, 284. On the Shiawassee river (view), 477. On the shores of Pine lake (view), 478. On the shores of Stony lake (view), 421. Orchard lake, 2, 19, 21. Orchard Lake (postoffice), 479.
Orchard Lake Military Academy, 2. Orchards, 7.
Orion, I.
Orion Congregational church, 444. Orion M. E. church, 444. Orion Park Association, 5. "Orion Review," 443.
Orion township-Mention, 35, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; first settlers and events, 440; a township of lakes, 441 ; ( Orion village, 443; Orion churches, 444; other stations, 445.
Orion State Bank, 247.
Orion village, 201, 202, 443, 444 (see Orion township).
O'Riley, James A., 716.
Orr, Eleanor J., 835. Orr, James W., 834. Orton, Amos, 464.
Orton, Elsworth, 257, 312.
Ortonville village, 200, 201, 202, 443, 444, 464, 465.
Osman, Mortimer F., 21I.
Osmun, Charlotte M., 97. Osmun, Israel, 486.
Osmun, John, 486.
Osmun, William H., 310, 526.
Ostrander, Charles J., 125. Otis, Amos, 457, 573.
Owen, Asa, 36.
Owen, George W., 432.
Oxford Agricultural works, 426.
Oxford Baptist church, 424.
Oxford carriage factory, 426.
Oxford creamery, 427.
Oxford Institute, 421.
Oxford machine works, 426. Oxford M. E. church, 422.
Oxford township-Mention, 35, 194, 195,
198, 199, 200, 201, 207; civilly organ- ized, 418; first settlers, 418; first roads and railroad, 420; Thomas, 420; lakes, 420; Oxford village incorporated, 421 ; schools, 421; Oxford churches, 422; the Methodists, 422; the Baptists, 424; newspapers and societies, 425; Ox- ford industries, 425; Michigan Pressed Brick Company, 426; C. L. Randall & Company, 427. Oxford steam planing mills, 426.
Oxford Union school (view), 422. Oxford valley mills, 426.
Oxford village, 201, 202, 421-427 (see Oxford township).
Paddack. Daniel, 123. Paddack, David, 123, 322. Paddack's mills, 322.
Paint creek, 441, 489. Palmer, (Mrs.) B. A., 265.
Palmer, Charles H., 221.
Palmer, R. A., 540.
Palmer, William C., 294.
Parke, Ezra L., 250, 253.
Parke, Ezra S., 43, 252, 372, 385.
Parke, Hervey, 37-55, 120, 287, 290, 372. Parke, John H., 43.
Parker, Ezra, 83, 96. Parker, Henry, 392. Parker, John D., 392.
Parker. Philip M., 229.
Parker, Ralzemond A., 634.
Parker, William, 798.
Parker. W. H., 465.
Parks, Calvin C., 124.
Parks, Robert, 452.
Parmalee, Edward W., 720.
Partridge, Lemuel M., 372.
Patrick, Pierce, 294, 295.
Patrick, William, 218.
Patten, George, 212.
Patterson, E. & F., 397.
Patterson, Fred, 397.
Patterson, James, 393.
Patterson, James K., 123, 124.
Patterson, James W., 397.
Patterson, John H., 140, 153, 202.
Patterson, John H., (portrait), 153.
Patterson, John W., 835.
Patterson, Samuel J., 140.
Patterson. Thomas L., 102, 120, 140, 392, 393, 513. Patterson, Thomas L. (portrait), 126.
Patterson, (Mrs.) T. L., 392.
Patterson, William F., 393, 514.
Patterson Manufacturing Company, 397.
Pauli, Henry, 284, 623.
Payne, Gennette H., 367. Peabody, Lyman B., 383.
Pearce. Samuel, 275.
Pearsall, Sherman, 334.
Pearson, E. F. H., 315.
Pearsons brothers, 323.
Peck, Edward W., 10I.
Pelton, Carl H., 123, 140, 523.
Pelton. Homer J., 897.
Pepper. William H., 793.
Pere Marquette Railroad. 240.
Perkins. Thomas V., 397.
Perrin, David. 362.
Perrin, Jonathan, 362.
Perry, Aaron, 1I, II0, 123, 140, 148, 182. 204, 263. Perry. Aaron (portrait), 147.
Perry. ( Mrs. ) Aaron, 261, 266, 267.
Perry, Gleason F., 247.
Perry, John, 443.
Perry, John G., 463.
Perrv. Jonathan, 486.
Peters. William C., 607.
Pettibone creek, 445, 473. Pettibone, Levi, 445.
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Pettibone mills, 447.
Petty, Jacob, 93.
Phelps, Benjamin, 237.
Phelps, Edwin, 102.
Phelps, Guy, 488.
Phelps, Joel, 87.
Phelps, William W., 124.
Phelps, Zenas, 473.
Pheney, Sylvester, 140.
Phillips, Archibald, 30, 31.
Phillips, Theodore S., 803.
Physical features-Surface and eleva- tions, 9; surface geology, II.
Physicians (see medical profession).
Pickering, Effie G., 826.
Pickering, George H., 825.
Pierce, A. K., 451.
Pierce, Benjamin H., 36, 372.
Pierce, Delavan J., 802.
Piety Hill (Birmingham), 340, 373, 374, 375.
Pilcher, E. H., 343.
Pilcher, Leander W .. 337.
Pine Knob, 466.
Pine lake, 2.
Pine lake (postoffice). 479.
Pinkerton, Thomas, 483.
Pioneer records, 100.
Pioneer relics, 102.
Pioneer times-Hervey Parke comes to Oakland county, 37; Bloomfield and Royal Oak in 1821, 38; infant village of Pontiac, 39; Governor Wisner and his "mullet" story, 39; becomes Horatio Ball's assistant, 40; Joseph Wamp- ler's assigned territory, 40; a sur- veyor's hardships, 41 ; returns with his family, 42; birthplace of John H. Parke, 43; homestead at last, 44; sur- veys from Pontiac, 45; running lines under difficulties, 45; fresh trails of the Black Hawk war, 48; between Saginaw bay and Lake Huron, 50; surveys in the Black Hawk reserva- tion, Iowa, 52; another Iowa con- tract, 53; Captain Parke's recapitula- tion, 53; recollections of Benjamin O. Williams, 55; dear old Oakland, the best of all, 57; a picture of mem- ory, 58; advent of the pioneer, 59; railroad as a fun maker, 60; the life bequeathed by the pioneer, 61; fifty years ago and now, 61; contrasts of life. 61; "Granny" McCracken, 64; Father and Mother McCracken, 66; the schools of fifty years ago, 67; Mormon visitation of 1832: 67; Au- burn the young pioneers, 69; social and industrial revolution, 70.
Pittman, C. C., 301.
Plummer, Ada, 394.
Poe, O. M., 276.
Polish Catholic Seminary, Orchard lake, 479, 481.
Pontiac Academy. 228, 334.
Pontiac & Paint Creek Turnpike Com- pany, 236.
Pontiac & Orchard Lake Railroad Com- pany, 239.
Pontiac & Sylvan Lake electric road, 6. Pontiac armory, 284.
"Pontiac Bill Poster," 312.
Pontiac Board of Water Commission- ers, 30I.
Pontiac branch State University, 228, 333.
Pontiac breweries, 323, 331.
Pontiac Buggy Company, 328.
Pontiac Chapter No. 228, O. E. S., 367. Pontiac (chief), 19, 21, 24.
Pontiac churches - Earliest Methodist preachers, 340; first Methodist church in county, 341 ; pastors from 1826 to the present, 342; Mrs. Shattuck's re- miniscences, 342; Central Methodist Episcopal church, 345; the First Bap- tist church, 347; First Presbyterian church, 349; how the first church was built, 351 ; first Congregational church, 352 ; third Congregational church in the state, 353 ; new Congregational church. 354; St. Vincent de Paul's church, 355; All Saints Episcopal church, 356; St. Trinitatis Lutheran church, 358; the African M. E. church, 358; Young Men's Christian Association, 359; Red Ribbon Club of Pontiac, 360.
Pontiac city-Mention, 198, 200, 201, 202, 207; population by wards, 207; chartered, 296; first election, 297; city police department born, 297; first city hall, 297; value of property in 1876, 298; John P. Foster No. 2, 298; smallpox epidemics of 1881-82, 299; newspaper sensation, 299; in- vestigating light and water systems, 300; resignation of Chief Engineer Foster, 300; city finances in 1886, 301; Board and Water Commission- ers created, 301 ; the new Fifth ward, 301 ; original system of waterworks, 302; electric lighting and telephone systems, 304; first Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph, 304; ยท municipal government in 1894, 304; first three years of water service, 306; lighting and telephone service again, 306 ; sew - erage system inaugurated, 307; ex- tension of waterworks, 307; telephone service 11D-to-date, 308; commission government adopted, 309; increased efficiency of fire department, 311; the present city hall, 311 ; mayors of Pon- tiac, 312: the city press, 312; Oak Hill Cemetery, 313; gas lighting and electric power, 314; postoffice and postmasters. 315; the Pontiac State Hospital. 316.
Pontiac city hall, 311.
Pontiac City Hospital, 261, 262 (view). Pontiac City mills, 322.
Pontiac Commandery No. 2. K. T., 366. Pontiac Commercial Association, 332.
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Pontiac Company, 75, 76, 163, 189, 286. Pontiac Council No. 3, R. & S. M., 365. "Pontiac Courier," 312.
Pontiac Drop Forge Company, 329.
Pontiac Educational Society, 335.
Pontiac electric lighting, 304, 306. Pontiac English and Classical school, 334. Pontiac Fire Company No. 1, 294.
Pontiac fire department, 298, 390, 31I. Pontiac Foundry Company, 330.
Pontiac's fraternal societies-Masonry in Pontiac, 362; third lodge in terri- tory, 362; Pontiac Lodge No. 21, 364; Pontiac Council No. 3, R. & S. M., 365; Oakland Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., 366; Pontiac Commandery No. 2, K. T., 366; Pontiac Chapter No. 228, O. E. S., 367; Masonic Temple As- sociation, 367; Canton Pontiac No. 3, I. O. O. F., 368; Pythian Knights and Sisters, 368; Dick Richardson Post, G. A. R., 369; Knights of Col- umbus, 369; Royal Neighbors of America, 369: Order of Elks, 369; other lodges, 370.
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