History of Oakland County, Michigan, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and important manufactories, Part 34

Author: Durant, Samuel W
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts & co.
Number of Pages: 553

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In 1848 the plank-road legislation was perfected, and lines projected from Rochester to Royal Oak, and thence to Detroit; but in after-years the law was amended, allowing the companies organized under the same to contract grave- roads or turnpikes instead of plank roads, which was done, and toll charged, as originally. The pike from Rochester to Royal Oak is a most excellent one.

STAGE LINES.

The first stage line established, connecting Rochester with the outside world, was during the war of the Rebellion, from Romeo and Almont via Rochester to Pontiac, tapping the Grand Trunk railway at Ridgeway and the Detroit and Milwaukee at Pontiac. For a time it had a heavy business, and Rochester was a relay station.

RAILROAD.

The only railroad Rochester has in its limits is the Detroit and Bay City rail- road. The company was organized May 16, 1871, in the office of the Hon. Elliot R. Willcox, who was the secretary and attorney, and also one of the first board of directors of the road. He and Lysander Woodward, of Avon township, the first president of the road, were largely instrumental in procuring the sub- scriptions to the capital stock of the company, and in acquiring the right of way of the road. The people of Rochester subscribed fifty thousand dollars in aid of

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the road, and have the evidence to-day that their money was well invested, in the increased prosperity of the village since the advent of the cars of the road, the first passenger train arriving in October, 1872. The road is now under the management and control of the Michigan Central Company, and its business for the seven months ending with March 1, 1877, was as follows : Freight forwarded, seven million one hundred and thirty-six thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven pounds ; freight received, four million two hundred and seventy-three thousand five hundred and seventy-seven pounds. About ten thousand barrels of apples were shipped. and the balance of the shipments was mostly wheat, a few car- loads of live-stock being shipped also. The passenger traffic in the same time amounted to one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-one cents. J. A. Swayze is the agent of the company, and by his courtesy the above state- meut of business was obtained.

THE BUSINESS OF THE PRESENT

comprises two flouring-mills, two paper-mills, one woolen-factory, one foundry, one planing-mill. three wagon- and carriage-manufactories, one bank (private), two newspaper- and printing-offices, four blacksmith-shops and carriage-ironers, one tailor-shop. two harness- and carriage-trimming-shops, two cabinet- and furniture- shops. one undertaking establishment, one jewelry manufacturer, one cigar manu- factory, two liveries, one cooper-shop, five general stores, four grocery- and provi- sion-stores. two drug-stocks, two hardware-stores, one shoe-store, one shoe-shop, two millinery- and ladies' furnishing-stores, two jewelers, two butchers and mar- kets. two hotels, one produce firm, and two lumber-yards.

The grand aggregate of business for the year 1876, aside from milling and the products of the paper-mills and woolen-factory, given elsewere, was estimated at the sum of one hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars.

SCHOOLS.

The first school taught on the site of the present village of Rochester was under the instruction of a Mr. Farrington, in 1823 or 1824, and was kept in the log house of Alexander Graham, the first house built in the county.

The first school-house built in Rochester was erected in 1828, by Gad Norton and William Burbank. on the lot now occupied by the Congregational church, and which lot was donated for school purposes by the proprietors of the village plat. It was a small frame building, and was subsequently removed to the corner v:' Main and Third streets, and occupied by Dr. R. C. Sprague as a drug store, and in 1850 removed again to the opposite side of the street, and used as a black- smith-shop until 1869. when it was destroyed by fire. Maria Le Roy, a niece of Hon. Daniel Le Roy, taught the first school in this house in the summer of 1828, and had about ten pupils, among them being Mrs. Harlow Green, now of Rochester. and daughter of William Burbank, one of the master-builders of this old temple of education. The pioneer school-ma'am subsequently married Harley Bronson. and, surviving him, was Mrs. Squiers, and died in 1876 near Silver lake. The second school-house was built in 1835, on Walnut street, opposite the present site of Dr. Wilcox's residence, and was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1843. From that time until 1846 the publicschool was taught in the basement of the Christian church. During the last-named year the third school-house was erected on Pine street, and subsequently removed to the east side of Walnut -treet, between Third and Fourth, and in 1857 sold to Henry Miller; and was fitted up and occupied as a town-hall, and for public worship by the Universalist church first. and subsequently by the Methodist society, who, in 1866, bought it, and on the erection of the chapel by that society in 1876 it was removed to Main street, and is now occupied by the Era office and McCornac's shoe-shop. In 1847 the people, having for some years previously been supporting select schools of a higher grade of education than the public school then was, subscribed liberally for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building for academic purposes. The site selected and purchased was the west half of outlots 6 and 7 of the vil- iage of Rochester, and the house was contracted for and paid for by the notes of the subscribers to the fund, and no debt remained on the building, which was known as the

AVON LYCEUM.

The movement for this school was largely aided by Professor Peter Myers, a teacher at the time, but who died before the completion of the building in 1847. A. B. Cudworth also was instrumental in the work, and made the contract for the building. The Lyceum was opened in the fall of 1847 by Professor Robert Kedzie. now of the Agricultural College of Michigan, and his assistant was Miss Fairchild. who is the present wife of the professor. Professor Kedzie was fol- lowed by Professors Adam and Edward Clisbee, Rev. S. N. Hill, J. L. Waldo, Keeler, and Elliot R. Willcox. In 1855, Professor Dwight Gilbert, from Ohio, calle to the school, but died after but five weeks' services. C. H. Green taught in 1836-57, when the Lyceum as a private school ceased to exist, and the property

was transferred, March 20, 1857, by John Pixley, Edward P. Harris, C. F. Cook, C. M. Griffin, and Lysander Woodward, to school district No. 5 of Avon township (Rochester), and has since been known as the high school of Rochester. The Lyceum under its various instructors attained to a high grade of excellence, and numbered among its pupils young ladies and gentlemen from considerable distances beyond its immediate precincts.

The school district adopted the graded or union school system, September 4, 1865, by a vote of forty-two yeas to four negative votes. The first board of edu- cation was composed of the following-named gentlemen : Hosea B. Richardson, Bartholomew Calahan, Charles Adams, Milo P. Newberry, John H. Hutaf, and Charles S. Goodison. The first tax for the support of the school was, for in- cidentals and back indebtedness, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty cents; for teachers' wages, five hundred dollars; and ten months' school during the year was voted. The second year's wages amounted to ten hundred and sixty- two dollars and twenty cents; third year, ten hundred and eighty dollars; fourth year, eleven hundred and eighty dollars; fifth year, twelve hundred and eighty dollars. The principals of the school since the present building passed into the possession of the district have been as follows : Professor Gorton, 1857-59; C. H. Green, 1859-60; Miss Bancroft, Professor J. B. Allen, Professor Carlton, Miss Cole, 1865; P. M. Parker, 1866 (county superintendent), F. D. Newberry, F. Stoflett, Byron G. Waite, 1874-75; George W. Davis, 1875-77. The present board of education consists of D. L. Jennings (moderator), W. H. Barnes (asses- sor), Joseph Reimer (director), H. B. Richardson, Lemuel Sharp, and Samuel Barnes. The return of the director for the year ending September 1, 1876, makes the following exhibit of the district and its school. There were two hundred and forty-one children of the requisite school age, between five and twenty years, in the district, and two hundred and two pupils attended the school, which was in session ten months during the year. One male teacher taught eight and a quarter months, and received seven hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents for his services ; and two females taught twenty months, and received six hundred and ten dollars for their work. The school property was valued at three thousand dollars, and the house affords two hundred and fifty sittings. The total resources of the district amounted to eighteen hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents, and included one hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty-four cents received for tuition from non-resident pupils, and twelve hundred and forty dollars raised by district tax. The whole amount was expended : for teachers' salaries, as above, thirteen hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents ; building and repairs, five hundred and twenty-three dollars and nine cents ; incidentals, two dollars and thirty-four cents. The higher branches of education taught in the school include algebra, geometry, book-keeping, natural philosophy, and drawing.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

On the first day of July, 1877, the following facts of the history of this church in Rochester were read by Rev. C. O. Brown, the present pastor of the church, who prepared the able and exhaustive resume of the history of the society from which these facts are taken. The church was formed on the first day of July, 1827, by ten individuals. The names of that original band are Daniel Bronson and Hannah Bronson, his wife, Wm. Burbank and Olive, his wife, Lewis G. Bebee and Mary, his wife, Wm. Abbott and Patience, his wife, Mrs. Mary Dort, and Mrs. Betsey Morrison. These all presented letters from other churches. Of this number only three are living, Deacon Wm. Burbank of this place, Mrs. Betsey Morrison, of Utica, Michigan, and Lewis G. Bebee, at present a resident of New York.

The minister instrumental in bringing about and completing the organization was the Rev. Isaac W. Ruggles, residing at that time in Pontiac.

At the first election of officers Wm. Abbott and Wm. Burbank were chosen elders. The church worshiped at first in a little log building on the Burroughs farm, and went from house to house for other matters of business or discipline.

There is no record of the length of time that the church continued to worship in the log house or from house to house, as the case might be. We have consequently no positive means of ascertaining, but according to the memory of those who were then present it was about twelve or thirteen years, at the end of which period the first church building was erected where it now stands, on the first corner-lot south- west of this church, and is now occupied as a dwelling. This first house of worship was erected towards the close of Rev. P. Barbour's three-years' pastorate, 1837- 40. Too much cannot be said in praise of the faithfulness and efficiency of this beloved brother, if the results as shown in the records are any indication. Prior to his coming there had been hard work and in its way efficient labor by occa- sional ministers and two settled pastors, Rev. Luther Shaw, 1831-33, and Rev. A. S. Wells, 1836-37.

Prior to Mr. Barbour's coming the real advancement was very slight. Under the occasional labors of Father Ruggles there were the first accessions to the

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church which he organized, numbering four in all,-two by letter, Mark Adams and Deborah, his wife, and two on profession, Leonard and Charles Adams. Under the labors of Rev. Luther Shaw, 1831-35, there were eleven additions,- eight on profession,-and during the one year of Brother A. S. Wells' labor there were three added by letter and one on profession, a total of nineteen addi- tions from the organization of the church to the coming of Brother Barbour in May, 1837. During this period of ten years the church had lost by death and removals at least six members ; it may be there were others, as on page 7 we find this entry : " The following page denotes a long time in which no regular records were kept."

The break here indicated in the records is the only one of any consequence during the entire fifty years. At the coming of Brother Barbour all seems to have been changed. The way had been partly prepared by a series of meetings during the latter part of Mr. Wells' administration. Henceforth for several years there were continuous accessions, led off by the results of a revival, which marked the coming of Brother Barbour. During the three years of Mr. Bar- bour's stay there were one hundred and five additions to the church,-eighty- three on profession and twenty-two by letter,-the first house of worship was built, and the whole work brought into admirable shape -for a successor !

The uneventful pastorate of Rev. Joseph Smith followed, covering two years, -1840-42,-during which time, so far as appears, there was but one accession and four removals, all by letter. Mr. Smith preached but one-half of the time.

The labors of Rev. E. P. Ingersoll, 1842-44, were more fruitful ; there were nineteen accessions, two of which were by letter.

The Rev. Harvey Hyde, who succeeded Brother Ingersoll, began labor in 1844, and continued two years. Seven accessions by letter, four excommunicated, one removal by death, and one by letter, mark the two years of Mr. Hyde's labor. He was followed by Rev. O. Parker,-1846-48. Results of this pas- torate which appear on the records were a total of twenty-seven accessions, six of which were by letter, and nine removals, all by letter.

Rev. S. N. Hill, 1849-55, followed. During this time there were received to the church's communion thirty persons,-fifteen by letter and fifteen on profession. There were twelve removals,-four by death to the church above, seven to sister churches, and one by excommunication. One of those who died was the wife of the pastor. During Mr. Hill's pastorate this house of worship was built, and dedicated on the 19th of April, 1854, entirely free from debt. Total cost, in- cluding furniture and bell, was two thousand six hundred dollars. It was remodeled and refurnished inside a year ago last summer, prior to the coming of Mr. Hig- gins, at a total cost of nearly seven hundred dollars, and three hundred dollars have recently been expended in painting, graining, and upholstering.

Rev. F. L. Waldo began labor November 16, 1856, and ended probably in May of 1857. The records are very meagre in their account of his labors. Mention is made of two accessions and four removals.

The Rev. N. J. Morrison, since president of Olivet, and now president of Drury college, in Springfield, Missouri, followed Mr. Waldo. Mr. Morrison was installed by a council, entered zealously upon those two years of Christian labor which have left so fragrant and affectionate memory among those who knew him, -a memory which the older members of this church can scarcely recall to this day without tears of regretful affection. There were in his pastorate thirty-eight accessions, eleven of which were by letter, and one removal by letter.

The Rev. L. P. Spellman began labor January, 1860, a few months after Mr. Morrison's departure, and continued just three years, to January, 1863. In March, 1860, he was regularly installed over the church. During his pastorate nine were received on profession and four by letter, and four were removed by excommunication.

The Rev. Mr. Strickland followed with only a few months' labor, and after him Rev. W. Platt, of Utica, preached every Sabbath afternoon, and continued this kind of labor for six months.

Rev. Calvin P. Quick (1866-69) followed, during whose pastorate there were accessions at every communion but three, amounting in the aggregate to twenty- nine, five of whom were by letter. There were six removals by letter and two by death.

July 11, 1869, Rev. J. S. Kidder began his labors, and continued until April, 1871. The record shows eighteen accessions-nine by letter and nine on profes- sion-and four removals,-one by death and three by letter.

After Brother Kidder follow the two brief terms of W. H. Thomas and K. H. Crane, each three months. They were students from Olivet and Oberlin respect- ively, and labored here during their vacations, and both are now settled pastors in the State. During Brother Crane's stay there were two accessions, one by letter.

With September, 1872, began the term of Rev. S. D. Breed, which continued till September, 1874. Thirteen accessions mark these years, with no removals, except such as may have been cut off in a new correction of the roll.

After an interim of a year began the pastorate of Rev. J. E. Higgins, in Au- gust, 1875, which continued one year. Brother H. was regularly introduced to the work of the gospel ministry by an ordaining council, which met in September of 1875. During the nine months of Mr. Higgins' active service there were six additions-four upon profession and two by letter-and five removals, by excom- munication.

The present pastor, Rev. C. O. Brown, began his labors here the first Sabbath of September, 1876. There have been in all fifty-seven additions, seven of which were by letter.

Of the fifty years thus hastily reviewed, thirty-six have been filled with regular pastoral service; of the remaining fourteen, six were passed in the irregularity of the first years. More or less of all this time was filled in some way with irreg- ular service from temporary supplies. Counting the two students before men- tioned, twenty ministers of the gospel have served the church for a longer or shorter period each. Counting out the very brief terms of the students, the average length of service has been two years and a fraction.

The following are the pastors and ministers who have served this church :

Feb., 1831-Feb., 1833, Rev. Luther Shaw; Feb., 1833-May, 1837, Rev. A. S. Wells; May, 1837-June, 1840, Rev. P. P. Barbour; Sept., 1840-Oct., 1842, Rev. Joseph Smith ; Nov., 1842-1844, Rev. E. P. Ingersoll; May, 1844- May, 1846, Rev. Harvey Hyde; Sept., 1846-Sept., 1848, Rev. O. Parker; May, 1849-April, 1855, Rev. S. N. Hill; Nov., 1856-1857. Rev. F. L. Waldo; Jan., 1858-Oct., 1859, Rev. N. J. Morrison ; Jan., 1860-Jan., 1863, Rev. L. P. Spellman ; April, 1863-Jan., 1864, Rev. Strickland; Oct., 1864-, Rev. W. Platt; July, 1866-May, 1869, Rev. C. P. Quick ; July, 1869-April, 1871, Rev. J. S. Kidder ; July, 1871-Oct., 1871, Mr. W. H. Thomas; Dec., 1871- Feb., 1872, Mr. K. H. Crane ; Sept., 1872-Sept., 1874, Rev. S. D. Breed ; Aug., 1875-Aug., 1876, Rev. J. E. Higgins; Sept., 1876, Rev. C. O. Brown.

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

was formed in 1835, of the following members : Deacon Orange Foote and wife, David Barger and wife, James Wells and wife, and James Cheney and wife. Elder Joseph Smith was the minister by whose labors the organization was effected. He was succeeded by Elder Carmon. The church edifice was erected in 1843, but not completed until 1855, when it passed into the possession of the Baptist society, which finished it. The Christian church was dissolved in 1850.

THE UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY

was organized under the statute March 10, 1838, by the election of six trustees (lay members), viz. : Samuel Axford, Seneca Newberry, Hiram Andrews, Hiram Higley, Samuel F. Chipman, and Ephraim Calkins. The church organization of this society was not effected until June 9, 1861, at which time twenty individuals met and adopted articles of faith, thirteen being received by the right hand of fellowship, and seven by baptism. The present church edifice was erected in 1868, the church worshiping previously in the school-house. It contains about four hundred sittings, and cost three thousand dollars. Rev. C. W. Knicker- bocker has preached to this church the greater part of the time since its organi- zation. Revs. Gorton, John Palmer, and Chaplin have also been over the con- gregation as pastors. Mr. Knickerbocker is the present pastor. The society numbers some ninety to one hundred members, and the church thirty-six. A Sunday-school was organized about the same time as the church, and now num- bers seventy scholars, Nelson Earle superintendent. Arthur Beebe is the clerk and treasurer of the church.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

This society was formed in the Stony Creek Baptist church edifice-of which society the original members of the Rochester church were constituents-June 1, 1854, and the following trustees elected : L. W. Cole, L. G. Tanner, N. J. Millerd, Lemuel Taylor, and Charles Copeland. At the annual meeting January 1, 1855, trustees were again elected to fill vacancies, and a building committee appointed. In 1855 the society purchased the unfinished Christian church edi- fice and completed it, and occupy it at the present time. It affords three hun- dred sittings, and is valued at three thousand dollars. Zenas Coleman was the first pastor, and served from June, 1855, to 1857. He has been succeeded in the pastorate as follows : Elder E. Steele, 1857-59 ; Martin Coleman, 1859-61 (the latter died November 4, 1861); Elder Snyder, supply from November, 1861, to September 4, 1862; Elder King, 1862, till he went into the service of the United States in the war of the Rebellion, and again on his return therefrom in 1865. During Mr. King's absence the society had no pastor. Mr. King resigned October 1, 1866, and was succeeded by Rev. E. Tenney from January 1, 1867, to December, 1868; Rev. D. Gostellow, 1868-69 ; Silas Finn, February 1, 1870, to July 1, 1871 ; A. M. Swain, October 29, 1871, to February, 1874; Rev. E.

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D. Daniels, supply August 18, 1874, to April 10, 1875; R. S. Chase, supply to September 1. 1875, when he was succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. T. S. Wooden. The church numbers one hundred and nineteen members, and its present officers are : Deacons, N. J. Millerd, James E. Riggs, George W. Stiff ; S. P. Hartwell. treasurer ; J. C. Baker, clerk ; Trustees, N. J. Millerd, Jas. E. Riggs. T. C. Cook. A. Parker, George W. Stiff, and John Miller.

The Sunday-school in operation in connection with the church has one hundred and seventy-five scholars and teachers enrolled. The pastor is the superintendent, Miss Clarabel Smith secretary, Miss Carrie Wooden treasurer, and William J. Harrington librarian.

THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

In 1858 several places were opened for Methodist services, and the pastor of the Oakland circuit requested to supply preaching, but the size of the circuit pre- vented the granting of the request. Application was then made to the presiding elder. Rev. S. Calkins, who sent Rev. Daniel Birney, from Canada West, to the new territory as a missionary. He occupied the waste places by preaching at Mount Vernon, Stony Creek, Hubble's school-house, Rochester, Ewell's school- house. and other points. until the meeting of the annual conference, in 1859, when these points were formally organized into a circuit, called the Rochester and Stony Creek circuit. and Rev. L. T. Mitchell appointed preacher in charge. The next year the circuit was changed to the Stony Creek circuit, and Mitchell re- appointed preacher. At the October conference, in 1859, held at Troy, present, Rev. S. Calkins, presiding elder ; Daniel Birney, pastor ; Daniel S. Dewitt, John W. De Witt, Silas H. Douglass, and Jesse Fangboner, the following trustees of the circuit were elected : Conrad Walter, John W. De Witt, Silas H. Douglass, Jesse Fangboner, Daniel S. Dewitt. Daniel Birney's stipulated salary was three hun- dred and seventy-six dollars, of which he received two hundred and seventy-four dollars and thirty-five cents. At the conference of 1860, a committee was ap- pointed to purchase a parsonage at Stony Creek, and one was accordingly pur- chased. and eighty-one dollars subscribed for repairs on the same. The entire cost was five hundred dollars. In 1861 the Rev. Alexander Gee was appointed preacher in charge. In 1862 the conference united the Stony Creek circuit to the Utica circuit, but disunited them in 1863. Revs. Jas. R. Nobles and Francis W. Berry were the pastors of the united circuit. In 1863, Rochester was made one of the regular appointments of the Stony Creek circuit, and Rev. W. J. Johnson was the preacher in charge. In 1866-67, Rev. William Taylor was presiding elder, and Rev. James E. Armstrong, pastor. The parsonage at Stony Creek was burned July 7, 1866, and the lot was sold to pay the incumbrances on the same, and a church edifice (the old school-house) having been purchased in Rochester, in 1866, and the greatest number of members of any one point in the circuit being located there, the name of the circuit was changed to the Rochester circuit, and a church formally organized as the First M. E. church of Rochester, July 7, 1866. Rev. R. McConnel was the pastor in this year, and the first trustees of the church to effect its legal organization under the laws of the State were Jonathan Hale, John N. Dewitt, Samuel G. Niles, William Newell, and James Riggs. The church and lots at Rochester cost about six hundred dollars. Revs. J. B. Varnum, 1867-69 ; H. Hood, 1869-70 ; and S. Johnson, 1870-71, were successively pastors over the circuit. In 1871 a church was built at Mount Vernon, costing two thousand dollars, and the parsonage at Rochester commenced, and completed in 1872, Mr. Johnson being largely instrumental in effecting these much-needed conveniences. In 1872, Rev. A. B. Clough was pastor, and Mount Vernon and Graham were appointments of the Rochester circuit ; but during the last six months the latter appointment was supplied from Troy, and the numerical strength of the Rochester charge lessened materially. Rev. R. Bird was the pastor in 1875-76, and the present pastor, John Armstrong, came to the charge in October of the latter year. In 1876 the present elegant chapel was built, at a cost of three thousand eight hundred dollars, on the old site, which affords three hundred sittings, and has been constructed with a view to the erection of a main edifice in front at such time as the society shall find it convenient so to do. The church numbers one hundred and thirty-five members at the present writing, and its Sunday-school, under the charge of the pastor, has one hundred and ten scholars on its rolls, and one hundred and fifty books in its library.

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History of Oakland County, Michigan, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, palatial residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and important manufactories, Part 34

Author: Durant, Samuel W Publication date: 1877 Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts & co. Number of Pages: 553

Author: Durant, Samuel W
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts & co.
Number of Pages: 553