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Narrin ; 1863, Alexander Downey; 1864, Horatio Wright; 1865, Thomas Phipps, Jr. ; 1866, William L. Narrin, John H. Thomas; 1867, Alexander Downey ; 1868, Horatio Wright; 1869, Benjamin F. Miller; 1870, William L. Narrin ; 1871, John Campbell; 1872, Horatio Wright; 1873, Benjamin F. Miller; 1874, John Bird; 1875, Moses Carr; 1876, Robert Potter, Worthington Thompson ; 1877, James Algoe, John H. Thomas.
THE FIRST PUBLIC ROAD
recorded on the township books was laid out June 2, 1835. It started at the line between sections 1 and 12, where it is crossed by the United States road, and continued west and southwest about four miles to the centre of a highway leading into Genesee county.
Previous to this time the Detroit and Saginaw turnpike had been laid out, and finished in 1834 to a point six miles north of Flint, Genesee county. This was long the great thoroughfare of the township, and for a number of years presented a busy scene. During the days of immigration and stage-coach travel the white tops of the pioneers' wagons, the crack of the stage-driver's lash, and the merry notes of his horn were heard " all along the line," but those were accompaniments of "long ago."
SCHOOLS.
Groveland township was divided into eight school-districts in the spring of 1838. The districts were afterwards changed, more or less, and at present the township contains eight districts besides those which are fractional.
The first school-house in the township was a small log building which stood immediately on the line between Groveland and Holly. It was built about 1832- 33. The school was quite popular, and was attended by many of the older children of the settlers,-those who had reached a more mature age than that of pinafores and jackets. The first teacher was an Irishman named Hugh Dough- erty, called by some of the Galloways, out of mischief, " Dog-harty." The Had- leys, Hortons, and others attended the school. The building was burned down several years afterwards, having been abandoned for school purposes. This school- house was used for various purposes ; occasionally " preaching" was held in it, and meetings of different kinds were here convened. Nothing is left to mark the spot where it stood.
The first school in the township was taught in Henry W. Horton's house, for the benefit of his own children, in the winter of 1832. The teacher was Miss Sallie Parshall. These two schools were indeed primitive affairs, yet were all- sufficient in their time and place.
In district No. 5 a frame school-house was built as early as 1840, and is still standing, though at present unused. Among the early teachers Lewis Husted figured prominently. The present frame school-house was built some twenty years ago, and stands on the northwest corner of section 22.
In district No. 2 a log school-house was built about 1838, and was used for a number of years. It stood on the spot now occupied by the " cobble-stone" school-house, on the southeast corner of section 4. The first teacher was Mary Ann Johnson, who lived in the western part of the township. The present stone building has been standing four or five years. The present
TOWN-HALL
was built in 1876, at a cost of four hundred dollars. It is a neat, substantial frame building, standing on section 22.
THE FIRST DANCE
in Groveland township was held in 1834, at the house of William Husted, on the Saginaw turnpike. The settlers sent to Flint, or Grand Blanc, Genesee county, for a fiddler named Cronk, but failed to secure his services, as he was not at home. Accordingly, as music must be had of some kind, a couple of the women volun- teered to sing dancing-tunes for them ! Their repertoire of tunes was exceedingly limited, there being but two on their schedule, and those were " Miss McCloud's Reel" and one other. However, they made the most of circumstances, and " tripped the light fantastic toe" to the repeated strains of those old-fashioned pieces. What they would have done for waltz or polka music, had they wished it, is left to the reader to surmise ; but happily those were days when the reel, hornpipe, and other dances of a like character were greater sources of enjoyment than the fancy dances of the present would have been, and the Terpsichorean art was unembellished in the cabin of the backwoods settler, and devoid of the touches given it by association with city ball-rooms and professional dancing-masters.
RELIGIOUS.
The first preacher who ever held forth within the limits of Groveland township was a minister of the Baptist persuasion, who was familiarly known as " Old Elder Gamble." He lived in Grand Blanc, Genesee county, and used to come and
* See history of Holly township for incidents at this election.
t Ter Bush moved out of township, and Calvin Husted was appointed to fill vacancy.
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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
preach occasionally in the old town-line school-house and the log dwellings of Lot Tobey and Henry W. Horton. He was a very eccentric man, and is well remem- bered by those who are living and heard him preach.
MOUNT BETHEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
In the winter of 1837-38 a Methodist class was organized in the southeast part of the township, with seven members, by Rev. - Smith, who was at the time preaching in this section of the country, it being as far west as the society had at the time ventured. Smith was here under an appointment from the presiding elder of the Ohio conference, and stayed about six months. In 1839 the class was increased to the number of nine by the addition of Henry Cogshall and wife. Meetings were at first held in the school-house. In the fall of 1840 the cemetery on section 34 was staked out, and a church, twenty-two by thirty-two feet in di- mensions, built of hewed logs. The church was not entirely finished until the spring of 1841, and was considered quite a fine structure for that day. It was used until 1872, when the present frame church was built. This building is a neat and commodious structure, surmounted by a spire, and will seat about three hundred people. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Hedger, now on his second year at the place. A Sabbath-school was organized several years after the first church was built, when the children had become large enough to attend. The first superintendent was Bela Cogshall, now of Holly village.
GROVELAND METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (NO. 2)
was organized about 1839-40, and was the second church organized in the town- ship. It started on a firm basis, having originally some forty or fifty members. Some of those who united with it were originally Presbyterians, but as there was no church of that denomination nearer than Grand Blanc, Genesee county, they assisted in establishing a Methodist class, a revival being held at the school-house, at which forty-four persons joined. Besides these, there were ten or twelve per- sons in the neighborhood who were " old Methodists." They at first held meet- ings in private houses and school-houses, and some ten years after the organiza- tion erected a frame church, which is still standing, on section 7. When the class was organized it was on a mission, but finally a circuit was established which embraced a large territory, including Groveland. The first pastor was Rev. William Mothersill. Local preachers held meetings the greater part of the time. Before the class had any regular appointment they hired Elder Jones, of Rose town- ship, to come and minister to them. They were old church-members, and had become, as Alexander Downey says, "hungry for preaching." When Mr. Mothersill came he was accompanied by Rev. William Bigelow, now a presiding elder. Soon after Mr. Mothersill's advent the members subscribed means and erected a log parsonage, in which Mr. Mothersill lived during his two appointments. It was built on laud owned by Henry W. Horton, as was also the church. The latter will seat about two hundred persons. Alexander Downey was on the church- building committee, and has been a trustee from the organization. The present membership of the society is seventy or eighty. A Sabbath-school has been kept up nearly every year. The appointment is now on the Goodrich circuit. A re- vival was held during the winter of 1876-77, and the congregation increased by thirty-five or forty members. The present pastor is Rev. Nelson Lyon, of Good- rich, Genesee county.
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OLIVE-BRANCH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI.
This is the latest church organization in the township, a class having been made up about 1842-44, with some fifteen members. A local preacher named Jacob Van Steenberg, who was the first at the place, organized the society, and named it from the locality he was from in Ulster county, New York, where he had been a presiding elder.
In 1857 the present frame church was built, when the membership was about fifty. The building is thirty by forty feet in dimensions, surmounted by a spire, and will seat about two hundred persons. It stands on section 31. A cemetery is located opposite. For about seven years the church has not been used for meetings, most of the members having changed to Holly. Before the church was built the congregation formed a part of the one at " Groveland." A Sab- bath-school was always sustained until the congregation broke up, and for many years was the largest in this part of the county. When the church building was erected Rev. Thomas Wakelin was preacher in charge of Groveland circuit.
CEMETERY.
The largest cemetery in the township is known as the " Hadley Cemetery," and is located on sections 18 and 19, west of the Detroit and Saginaw turnpike. The first burial in it was that of Lot Tobey, who died September 7, 1836, at the age of fifty-four years. His wife died September 21, 1854, aged eighty-one. The cemetery contains the remains of many of the pioneers of the neighborhood, principally those of Groveland and Holly townships. Among them are the following :
DIED AGED
DIED AGED
Merret Hall, a native of
Peter Ingersoll.
April 22, 1868. 78
Massachusetts ... ....
Dec. 8, 1841. 64
Catherine (his wife). June 6, 1858. 71
Henry R. Montgomery,
Henry Covert ..
Dec. 20, 1866. 71
a native of Ireland ....
July 6, 1852. 43 Ann (his wife).
Matthew Walker.
Jan. 17, 1872. 103
Dec. 4, 1861. 78
April 15, 1846. 20
William Becket ..
May 26, 1849. 70
of the parish of Ba- hamlish, county Sligo, Ireland
Nov. 9, 1852. 60
George Wiggins.
Feb. 8, 1854.
67
John Tobey.
Dec. 6, 1854.
42
Esther A., wife of John Husted
Dec. 14, 1865. 64
Solomon Tobey
Sept. 18, 1856.
42
Adah, wife of Henry W.
Horton ..
Jan. 20, 1856.
56
Jane, wife of Alexander Downey
April 4, 1875. . 67
Northumberland, England ..
Sept. 1, 1873.
84
Abram D. Perry.
Jan: 3, 1851. 56
Martha (his wife) ...
Aug. 8, 1870.
72
Margery (his wife), na-
John Ritchie.
Aug. 21, 1872.
72
Benjamin Husted ..
Sept. 3, 1855. 81
Thomas Petherbridge ...
April 12, 1861. 69
Terrance Fagan, a na-
tive of Ireland.
Jan. 20, 1852.
85
John Burns, from co.
Down, Ireland.
Sept. 25, 1862. 47
Jacob Deeter.
Feb. 21, 1858.
62
Julia Ann (his wife) ....
Jan. 19, 1851.
54
Burns, Sr. ? ) ...
Sept. 20, 1862. 75
Ellen, wife of Samuel
Gilmore, native of co.
Down, Ireland.
Mar. 24, 1863. 65
Thomas McWhinney .....
July 7, 1875. 84
Elizabeth, wife of Wil-
Rosey Ann (his wife) ....
Aug. 15, 1861. 82
liam Hamilton ...
Mar. 12, 1865. 79
Robert Algoe.
Jan. 2, 1872.
62 Noah Owen.
Feb. 6, 1846. 65
The cemetery is on a side-hill, and has a very pleasant location. Many tasty head-stones and monuments are seen, and the ground is kept in good order. It is a credit to the citizens of the township who have here provided a last resting- place for those who settled and lived in the neighborhood so long. Green be the turf above them !
The neighborhood in which the cemetery is located was the first settled in the township, and the improvements are here of a high order. Within a short distance are the fine farms of David Hadley, Ira H. Marsh, Henry W. Horton, and others -names well known among the early pioneers, and men who have gained for themselves a wide reputation and become prominent in the township and county.
THE MICHIGAN MIDLAND RAILWAY
was surveyed about 1868-69, and it was supposed that the road would certainly be built. But through certain parties lending their aid to the building of the Detroit and Bay City Railway the Midland fell through, and nothing has since been done. No stock had been subscribed, consequently no loss was sustained.
Groveland Grange, No. 443, Patrons of Husbandry, was organized at the house of J. W. Perry, May 20, 1874, with thirty-four members. The first offi- cers were,-
Master, J. W. Perry ; Overseer, John Campbell; Lecturer, Oscar Horton ; Steward, William Morehouse; Assistant Steward, Lewis H. Marsh ; Treasurer, William Campbell; Chaplain, David Hadley ; Secretary, Byron S. Foskett ; Ceres, Mrs. Mary J. Hadley ; Pomona, Mrs. Lewis H. Marsh; Flora, Mrs. Sarah Perry ; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. William E. Morehouse.
In the summer of 1876 a fine hall was built for the use of the grange, at a cost of about sixteen hundred dollars. It is a neat frame building, and stands on the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 17. It contains five rooms, besides a good cellar and an attic, or store-room. One room contains a small stock of groceries, for the use of those living in the vicinity. The dining- room and kitchen have stove, tables, benches, etc., and the main hall is fitted up conveniently for all purposes required of it. A ladies' room occupies the south- west corner, furnished with the various articles used in such a place. The hall proper is twenty-four by forty-four feet. The building has the shape of an " L," and is fifty-four feet front on the west and south each. The two small rooms are ten by twelve feet, and the dining-room and kitchen (one room) twenty by twenty- four feet. The store is ten by twenty-four feet, and occupies the southeast cor- ner. The hall proper occupies the greater part of the main building. The en- trance is on the south front. Sheds are built in the rear for the accommodation of forty horses. The land was donated for grange purposes by J. W. Perry. The membership May 2, 1877, was seventy-six. A porch extends twenty-five feet north and east from the southwest corner.
At what is known as
Jonathan T. Allen ....... Mary C. (his first wife). Rebecca (his wife). .....
Jan. 18, 1820. 29
Aug. 18, 1835. 33
Bridget (his wife) ..
Dec. 10, 1857. 82
Margaret (wife of John
Henry W. Peck.
Dec. 25, 1864.
66
Thomas Phipps ...
April 4, 1870. 81
Submit Phelps, of Au- burn, N. Y.
Sept. 14, 1854. 68
Lovina (his wife), a na- tive of Chautauqua co., N. Y
Feb. 23, 1851. 35
Sarah (wife of same) .... Mercy (wife of same) ... Hugh Queenen, a native
Lydia, wife of Henry S. Husted.
Oct. 12, 1855.
55
Ephraim Husted.
Mar. 6, 1846. 72
Elcy Husted
Mar. 15, 1848. 64
John Hadley, native of
tive of Northumber-
land, England.
July 28, 1854. 64
Nov. 26, 1865. 85
May 29, 1865. 70
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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
GROVELAND COTTAGE
there was at one time a considerable settlement, including two hotels, a store, sev- eral blacksmith-shops, etc. This was during the days of stage-coach travel, the place being located on the old turnpike. It was then a place of considerable im- portance, and was well known by all who traveled over the Saginaw turnpike. Groveland post-office was originally established here, probably about 1837, with Elbridge G. Knowlton as first postmaster. The building known as " Groveland Cottage" was a large log house, built by Philip H. McOmber, the first settler on the site. He sold to Knowlton. The original post-office had the same name as at present. viz., "Groveland Post-office."
AUSTIN POST-OFFICE
was established about 1845-46, during Polk's administration, through the efforts of David A. and Horatio Wright. It derives its name from David Austin Wright. At the time it was established a stage-line had been running since about 1837 ; E. N. Pettee had opened a hotel at the " corners," and teams were changed here on the stages. Pettee was one of the proprietors of the line be- tween Pontiac and Flint, and built the hotel purposely for a changing station. He lived at the place but a short time. The first postmaster at Austin was David A. Wright. Previous to the establishment of this office the nearest place to get mail was several miles away, at Springfield post-office, in Springfield town- ship. Mr. Wright kept the office a number of years, and was succeeded by Thomas H. Terwilligar, during whose stay the name was changed to Taylorsville, but finally changed back again. Terwilligar was postmaster but a short time, and the office was again settled on Mr. Wright,-this during the early part of Lin- coln's administration,-and he continued in the capacity of postmaster until the present occupant, Robert Potter, came in. Mr. Wright had at one time a foundry and a blacksmith-shop at the corners. In the foundry he manufactured castings for plows and other articles as they were ordered.
When the post-office was first established it was kept in Mr. Wright's house, he being at the time a resident at the place. It was afterwards located in a store owned by John Snyder, who now lives on a farm in Flushing, Genesee county. Mr. Wright afterwards kept it at his house, half a mile down the turnpike, in Springfield township, on a farm to which he had moved. It was finally taken back to the corners, where it has since remained. Mr. Potter, the present occu- pant, also has a wagon-shop, and does a considerable business in that besides the necessary labor of attending to the office.
A portion of the hotel building now standing was built by Thomas H. Terwil- ligar. who kept the house some twelve years, and amassed a considerable fortune during the time, the custom being very heavy.
Austin Lodge, No. 48. F. d. A. M., was organized in 1850, with eight mem- bers, as follows : Bela Cogshall, John B. Hamilton, James Webster, James and Samuel Wilkins, S. S. Lord. Daniel R. Lord, and John Bowman. The officers were-W. M., Bela Cogshall ; S. W., J. B. Hamilton ; J. W., John Bowman ; S. D., James Wilkins ; J. D., D. R. Lord. Mr. Cogshall held the office of W. M. for four successive years. David A. Wright and Edgar C. Bartlett held the office next. one year each, after which Mr. Cogshall filled out the time until 1867. The present officers (May, 1877) are-W. M., Horatio Wright ; S. W., John D. Ogden ; J. W., Porter Wright. Membership about ninety. This lodge was the third one of the kind in Oakland County.
Austin Chapter, No. 44, R. A. M., was organized in 1863 or 1864.
Horatio and David A. Wright, natives of Granville, Washington county, New York. removed with their parents, in 1824, to Oneida county. They afterwards went to Genesce county, and in 1843 they all came to Michigan, arriving in Springfield township August 15 of that year. They purchased land in the north part of Springfield, close to the Groveland line, and near Austin Corners. In the spring of 1847 Horatio Wright removed to his present location, on section 34 in Groveland township, just east of Austin. David A. Wright died January 19, 1877.
PATRIOTISM OF GROVELAND CITIZENS.
On the 22d day of February, 1864, a special town-meeting was held for the purpose of voting pro and con on the subject of raising money on the taxable property of the township to pay bounties to persons enlisting from it. The said township had a quota to fill on the call made by the president, January 20, 1864. The question was also to be decided whether bonds should be issued sufficient to pay one hundred dollars to each volunteer or drafted man accepted and credited to quota of said township, to fill the call made by the president, February 1, 1864. One hundred and fifty-two votes were cast at this meeting, as follows: For raising entire tax required by both calls, one hundred and twenty-one; for raising bounty for last call, seven ; for raising no tax, twenty-four.
The following persons advanced money to the township to pay bounty to volun-
teers to fill quota of township on the call made by President Lincoln, January 20, 1864 :
John B. Auton, $14; Jerome Austin, $23 ; Ransom E. Burgess, $20 ; Ben- well Brosius, $10; Seth Arnold, $14; Albert Austin, $20; John Brannack, $16; Wm. Brosius, $5; Peter Brosius, $5; Jonas Bowman, $5; Joseph Bird, $3; E. C. Bartlett, $10; John Boughtenfellow, $5; Thomas S. Bird, $20; T. S. Bird, Jr .. $5; Israel S. Bird, . $20; John Buckell, $10; Walter Buckell, $5; John Bird, $20 ; George Campbell, $16; Charles Buzzard, $19; George Brockenshaw, $14; Wm. Campbell, $14; Allen Campbell, Jr., $14; Allen Campbell, $5; Henry Cogshall, $5; Leander Clark, $5; Wm. H. Case, $7; Isaac Case, $18; Carlton Cornell, $2; Bela Cogshall, $20; Alexander Downey, $3 ; N. F. Decker, $10; Otis Donpier, $5; Thomas J. Ewell, $41 ; John Daly, $10; Charles Dixie, $2; Luther Felton, $10; John Frick, Jr., $20 ; George Fall, $8; Daniel Fuller, $3; Hiram Greene, $15; James Algoe, $20; Wm. Gotwalt, $5; Edmund Husted, $8; Alva Husted, $8; Henry S. Husted, $11; Lewis H. Husted, $3; Austin B. Hathaway, $14; Charles Henry, $1 ; Thomas Halsted, $14; Alfred B. Husted, $25; Charles Halsted, $18; Henry Horter, $14; Sydney Hovey, $8; Alvord I. Holmes, $5 ; James M. Houghton, $14; Perry Hunt, $10; An- drew J. Hill, $14 ; Wm. Hollister, $5; Archelaus Hibbler, $2; Lyman Herrick, $11 ; Seth L. Herriman, $4; Isaac Halsted, $3; David Hadley, $20; Damon Irish, $14; Daniel Johnson, $20; George Irish, $10; Jesse Jones, $5; D. F. Johnson, $3; Fred Long, $5; Alexander N. Jones, $4; Joseph Lepard, $10; Dennis Lamb, $11; George S. Leland, $10; Bernard Lennon, $3; Wm. Lacey, $5; James Lawrence, $14; Lafayette Mitchell, $5; B. F. Miller, $21 ; James M. Merwin, $4; Robert Martin, $8; Truman Moore, $5; Jeremiah Miller, $2; Emery Moore, $21 ; John M. McGinnis, $10; Daniel Merritt, $5 ; Jacob Moore, $4; Samuel Malby, 814; Wm. Van Steenberg, $7; Oscar Mudge, $14; Sarah Miner, $0.25 ; Charles Mosher, $20; Andrew B. Marquette, $1; Hiram Malby, $14; Charles McGinnis, $6; Michael McCabe, $5; Salem Marsh, $3; John S. Narrin, $5; Norman Mills, $10; Wm. L. Narrin, $10; Wm. A. Narrin, $5; Harvey Phelps, $20 ; Sarah E. Ogden, $1; Derbin Ogden, $1 ; Joseph Perritt, $10; Henry Quick, $10; John Peck, $13; Henry C. Phipps, $25 ; John Ritchie, $3; Benjamin T. Richmond, $15; Wm. H. Ritchie, $5; Fitch J. Richmond, $14; John Ritchie (2d), $14; O. C. Swift, $15; James E. Smith, $14; Lafay- ette Stranahan, $10; Irving G. Smith, $14; Sidney Smith, $25.25 ; Joel Snyder, $7; Abram V. Shepard, $3; Peter C. Sargent, $2; Albert Shepard, $14; Seth D. Thayer, $14; Elstin J. Tobey, $14; George J. Thomas, $14; W. B. Thomp- son, $10; Stephen Woodruff, $5; Wm. Wolf, $5; Charles C. Walton, $14; Nelson Wilkins, $5; Alexander Downey, Jr., $14; Oliver C. Miller, $27. Total, $1401.50.
On this call the following persons enlisted, were accredited to the quota of the township, and received their bounties of one hundred dollars each :
Oliver C. Miller, Charles J. Whartman, Robert W. Ironshaw, Abram De Graff, Peter Shein, John Dibler, Jerome Ferguson, Daniel Rohum, Francis Smith, Thomas Mc Whinney, James E. Richmond, Barney Leonard, Henry Harter, and Joseph Halsted,-a total of fourteen.
Those who enlisted to fill the call made February 1, 1864, were as follows, each receiving a bounty of one hundred dollars : February 29, 1864, Luman G. Husted, Wellington V. Husted, George W. Horton, Wm. T. Phillips,-four; March 7, 1864, Wm. H. Moore, Abraham Frick, Campbell P. Miller, Wray Mitchell, Edwin C. Peck, Harmon Brant,-six.
Succeeding the call of July, 1864, the following persons enlisted and were paid bounties of one hundred dollars each : August 25, 1864, Daniel Parkhurst, Wm. Phipps, Franklin W. Thayer, Thomas J. Ewell (enlisting officer), Henry Hanert, Wm. A. Narrin, Francis A. Peck, Norman P. Leland, George L. Wheeler, John N. Perritt, Michael Lennon. Total, eleven.
Bonds were delivered to the following persons (one hundred dollars each) in the spring of 1865 : James L. Horton, Charles R. Fuller, Cassius M. Burt, Allen Campbell (2d), James Campbell, Robert Martin, George Gotwalt, Wm. H. Bige- low, James Danser, Wm. Hollister, Wm. Brokenshaw, Nelson Bowman, James L. Johnson,-thirteen in all.
The total number of bonds issued was therefore forty-eight, amounting to the sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars.
The following is a list of persons to whom we are indebted for valuable infor- mation, furnished us while making researches into the eventful history of the township:
Henry W. Horton, Alexander Downey, Daniel F. Johnson, John Campbell, Mrs. Algoe, Thomas Van Tine, Carrh D. Barron, Darius Thayer, Jacob Bicksler, Mrs. Woodruff, Jesse Jones, D. C. Narrin, Sidney Smith, J. W. Perry, Lyman Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Wright, G. Danforth Covert, and many others.
It will thus be seen that our historical items have been gleaned from every
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