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In the fall of 1833, Alvah and Rufus Tenny arrived from Wheatland, Monroe county, New York, and purchased the south half of section 30, and the north half of section 31, and returned home. Alvah's wife's friends were opposed to his coming to Michigan, so he sold his interest to his brother Jesse, who started from his home in the east in the month of February, 1833.
Rufus Tenny continued to reside on the farm he located in section 31 until his death, which occurred in the spring of 1858, aged sixty-five. His wife, Eunice, died in the spring of 1875, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Some of their descendants still occupy the old homestead. Jesse Tenny was accompanied by John C. Morse, and came with a two-horse team through Canada, arriving at their destination on the 7th of March of the same year.
In May, 1833, Noah P. Morse came in with his wife and father-in-law, Almer Hyde, and his family, and commenced clearing up the farm on which he now resides. Aliner Hyde and family, with Mr. Morse, were from the town of Nor- wich, New London county, Connecticut.
Among the most prominent of the early settlers of Highland was Jonathan F. Stratton, the first justice of the peace of the township, who came from Erie county, Pennsylvania, to Ann Arbor in 1825, and to Highland in 1833. He settled on section 27, on the farm now owned by Chester M. Chatfield and others, constituting the south half of the northwest quarter of the above section, and the : east half of the northeast quarter of section 28.
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Michael Beach came from Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, in 1833 or 1834, and settled on the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 28. He made but a brief stay on his first purchase, for we find that he sold it to Madison Adams in 1836-37, and subsequently purchased of the government the east half of the southeast quarter of section 21, and of a Mr. McCormick the west half of the northeast quarter of section 28. He settled on the lot contained in section 21, on the farm now owned and occupied by his son, Davis Beach. The lot on 28 is now owned by William E. Clark, who bought it of Benjamin Beach, another son of the original purchaser, in 1875.
- Robert Findley emigrated from Scotland with his son Alexander-then a boy, but now a prominent citizen of Milford-and his son-in-law, Duncan McCall, in 1834, and settled on the southwest quarter of section 34. After Robert Findley's death the land was divided, Alexander taking the south half of the quarter sec- tion, which he subsequently sold to a Mr. Pierce, of the State of New York. The latter traded with Samuel Burtch, and it is now owned by Cornelius, a son of the Samuel Burtch above mentioned. Mrs. McCall took the north half of the quar- ter section, which, after her death, was sold to T. A. Smith, and by him to J. C. Lanning, and by him to William N. Burnett, the present owner, in the winter of 1875.
Lockwood Clark and his father, E. A. Clark, came in 1834 or 1835, and settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 15, and sold to Wil- liam A. Waterbury about 1845, and he to John Van Wormer, the present owner, in 1855 or 1856.
Peter McPherson and wife emigrated from Scotland (came in with Messrs. Findley and McCall) in 1834, and settled on the south half of the southwest quarter of section 27, now owned by his widow and their son William.
P. W. Wheaton came from New York State in 1835. He took up the east half of the southeast quarter of section 5 and the northeast quarter of the north- east fractional quarter of the same section, in all one hundred and thirty-six and one-quarter acres. In 1840, after having built a house and made some other im- provements on his place, he returned to New York, and brought his family to his new home the year following. He still resides on the old homestead.
Elijah Dunham arrived from Monroe county, New York, in 1835, and took up two eighties on section 18 and six eighties on section 17.
* " Territorial Laws," vol. iii. p. 1404.
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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Purdy A. Tuttle came from Steuben county, New York, and settled on sec- tion 1, where he now resides, in 1836.
Elias Cowles, from Erie county, New York, May 10, 1836, and settled on sec- tion 18, where he still lives.
Daniel M., Major F., and Martin Lockwood, three brothers, came in from Monroe county, New York, in 1836, and settled in the neighborhood where Wil- liam M. Lockwood, a son of the first named of the three brothers, now resides.
Henry Hurbert, who was afterwards elected a justice of the peace for the town- ship, came in from New York in 1836, and took up two hundred acres on sections 1 and 2. He subsequently returned to Detroit.
Enos Leek, Esq., came into Highland from Ann Arbor, where he settled in 1828, this year (1836), and located on the old Stratton farm .*
Simon Hough came from Warrensburg, New York, in 1836, and settled on the southwest quarter of section 26 and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 27.
Phineas Davis arrived from New York in 1837, and took up eight hundred acres on sections 2 and 3 and 10 and 11. He came in as a speculator, and was drowned while returning from the Sandwich Islands.
Alfred Barrett came in February, 1838, from Ashtabula county, Ohio, and set- tled on section 6, about eighty rods north of where his son David now resides.
The next important item in the history of a locality to the early settlement is its subsequent improvement and development. We find that the first farm opened in Highland was that of Naham Curtis, who commenced clearing, fencing, and tilling his land immediately after settling on the same, in the early sum- mer of 1832. He sowed the first wheat the ensuing fall, which turned out advantageously, and tolerably free from smut.
The first orchard was planted by J. F. Stratton, Esq., who brought in a variety of trees from Ann Arbor, and put them in during the spring of 1834. It is the orchard now owned by Lyman B. Congdon.
The first log house was erected by Naham Curtis, in 1832. It was built of round logs, he evidently not deeming it expedient to hew them, as he only occu- pied the house for about two years. He built the first frame barn erected in the township, in 1833. Its dimensions were thirty by forty feet.
The first frame house was built by Eber Adams, about 1835. It is the same now occupied by Elisha and Melvin A. Grow, on section 29.
The first brick house was erected by Luther Freeman, in 1845. It is located at Clyde, and is now occupied by Lyman Johnson.
THE FIRST ROAD
was that known as " Tenny's road," and is described in the survey as follows :
"Commencing at the county line, at the northwest corner of section 31, in township 3 north, range 7 east, and running north 894, east 101.50 chains, on section line (68.50 to the northeast corner of section 31); thence south 47}, east 59.90 chains ; thence south 29}, east 44.00 chains to the Territo- rial road leading from Livingston to Pontiac ; thence 50 links west to the south- west corner of section 33, in township 3 north, range 7 east. Variation, 3 degrees east.
"Surveyed May 25, 1835.
" J. F. STRATTON, Surveyor. " J. F. STRATTON,
" H. H. GRAVES,
" Commissioners of Highways.
" Recorded March 31, 1836.
" Attest : J. F. STRATTON, Clerk."
THE FIRST SAW- AND GRIST-MILLS.
In the year 1834 or 1835, Eber Adams located the east half of the southeast quarter of section 22 and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 23, and thereby secured a good water-power. A few years afterwards he sold to O. P. Davison, who sold to Major F. Lockwood and Jonas G. Potter, then doing business in Milford as the firm of Lockwood & Potter, who bought of Major Alderman the privilege of raising the water on the northwest quarter of section 23, thereby making a double water-power; and in the spring of 1846 built a saw-mill near the south end of east half of the southeast quarter of section 22. In May, 1863, the mill was destroyed by fire. Lester St. John. had a turning-lathe and some joiner and cabinet tools burnt in the mill. Lock- wood & Potter dissolved partnership about 1835, and the former moved to Spring Mills (then Highland), and in 1856 built the present flouring-mill. In the fall of 1859, Lockwood sold the property to J. B. Baker, of Detroit, who took pos- session of it January 1, 1860. September 24, 1864, Baker sold to Daniel B. Chatfield and Robert Boyce. In April, 1865, Chatfield purchased the interest of Boyce. September 22, 1868, Chatfield sold the flour-mill to J. B. Crouse,
who operated it until October 1, 1871, when he sold it to W. C. Lockwood, the present owner. The amount of work done during the past year (1876) was eighteen hundred barrels of flour and eight thousand bushels of custom-work.
THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS
of the township have been few, as Highland is almost exclusively an agricultural region. The first who worked at any sort of manufacturing were the blacksmiths, and we find that among the earliest of these was Lyman Shattuck, who established himself at Highland Corners as early as 1835. Isaac Waterbury had a shop on the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15 in 1847 or 1848; Elihu Wait had one on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 22 in 1855.
HIGHLAND CIDER- AND VINEGAR-WORKS.
In the spring of 1867, Daniel B. Chatfield sold to Chester M. Chatfield the lower water-power (the old saw-mill power). The latter gentleman, the same year, put up a building for a water-power cider-mill, and in 1869 sold the same to John B. Crouse, the present owner. He put on additions to the building, and con- verted it into the Highland cider- and vinegar-works, as at present. The product of the works for the past year was twenty-five hundred barrels of cider and vinegar.
EARLY STORES AND MERCHANTS.
In the year 1836, Simon Hough brought on a small stock of goods and sold them at his house, but did not replenish. In the fall of 1842, Hough sold to Daniel St. John, and he to D. B. Chatfield, and he to J. B. Crouse, the present owner.
THE FIRST MARRIAGE.
The first marriage in Highland township was celebrated in the fall of 1834. The contracting parties were John Cranson and Mary, daughter of Abner Hyde. Mr. Cranson came in from Pleasant valley in 1833.
As showing the nature of an old-time divorce, we quote from Squire Stratton's official record the subjoined marriage-license:
" MR. WILLIAM GARDNER, April 4, 1836.
" MRS. BETSY SESSIONS.
" On application of the said William Gardner, I examined him, the said Wil- liam, on solemn oath respecting the legality of such contemplated marriage with Mrs. Betsy Sessions, who made the following statement on oath: I have had a wife, who I do not know to be dead. I received an acquittal from her by giving a covenant bond for her maintenance, and securing her acknowledgment to an ac- quittal from all matrimonial contracts. This acknowledgment was taken by David Sweet, Esq., justice of the peace and commissioner for the acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for the county of Herkimer, State of New York. This acknowledg- ment bears date March 5, 1834. This was considered a lawful acquittal from the marriage covenant by James Hyde, Esq., master in chancery for Herkimer county, New York. I know of no lawful objection why the marriage covenant may not be solemnized between me and Mrs. Betsy Sessions.
"Therefore license is hereby granted by me.
" Married by me April 10, 1836.
" J. F. STRATTON, Tp. Clerk.
"J. F. STRATTON, Justice of the Peace."
THE FIRST BIRTH
was that of Mary, daughter of Lavins Tenny, in May, 1833. She afterwards married James Ramsy, and resided till her death near the village of Howell, Michigan.
The first death was that of Samuel Stratton, who died April 24, 1834, and was interred on the farm of J. F. Stratton, Esq., his son.
THE FIRST CEMETERY
in the township was located in the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section 29, and was laid out about 1835 or 1836. The first interment therein was that of an infant child of Isaac Cornell. The first adult burial in the ceme- tery was that of a Mrs. Davis, the wife of a transient settler who worked for Eber Adams.
THE HIGHLAND CENTRE BURYING-GROUND.
In the year 1849 the township bought of William H. Leonard one acre in the southeast corner of the north eighth of the west half southwest quarter of section 22, and one acre of Germain St. John in the northeast corner of the south five-eighth of the same lot, for a burying-ground. It was surveyed and platted into burial-lots by L. L. Armstrong, surveyor, on the 13th, 14th, and 15th days of August, 1849.
The first interment in the new burying-ground was that of Harden Eddy. There were a number of bodies removed that had been buried on farms before the
* See under head of "Spring Mills."
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Clarissa Tuttle
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RESIDENCE OF PARDY A . TUTTLE, HIGHLAND TP., OAKLAND CO., MICHIGAN.
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ground was laid out, who were reinterred in it, but none, we believe, before Mr. Eddy.
FIRST TOWNSHIP-MEETING.
We quote from the early records of the township the subjoined matter relative to the first township-meeting :
" A record of the doings of the electors of the township of Highland, county of Oakland and Territory of Michigan, at their first regular township-meeting, held on Monday, the 6th day of April, A.D. 1835.
" Assembled at the school-house on the farm of Jesse Tenny, agreeable to an act of the legislative council authorizing the holding of said meeting.
" After calling the electors to order, the motion being made and seconded, Rufus Tenny was chosen moderator and Noah P. Morse clerk of the meeting.
" The necessary oaths of the moderator and clerk were administered by Jonathan F. Stratton, Esq., justice of the peace.
" On motion, the meeting adjourned to the house of Noah P. Morse by the unanimous vote of the electors present.
"On motion, it was agreed that the vote be balloted by general ticket.
" A motion being made and seconded, it was voted that all actual settlers should have the privilege of voting for township officers.
"The polls being opened, the following persons were elected to the offices op- posite their names, respectively : Supervisor, Rufus Tenny ; Township Clerk, Jonathan F. Stratton; Constable and Collector, Noah P. Morse; Assessors, Jesse Seeley, Daniel Dunham, John Williams, Jr., Maxfield Ludlow ; Commissioners of Highways, Jonathan F. Stratton, Cornelius G. Wikoff, Harley H. Graves ; Commissioners of Common Schools, Jesse Tenny, John R. Howlin, Noah P. Morse; Overseers of the Poor, Naham Curtis, Eli Lee. Twenty-two votes were polled for each of the above-written officers.
"The following persons were chosen overseers of highways: Jesse Seeley, district No. 1; Erastus Hopkins, district No. 2; Ira Stowell, district No. 3; Naham Curtis, district No. 4; Jonathan F. Stratton, district No. 5; Jesse Tenny, district No. 6; Eli Lee, district No. 7; Harley H. Graves, district No. 8.
" On motion, the several overseers of highways were chosen fence-viewers in their respective districts.
"On motion, twenty-five dollars was voted to be raised the current year for the support of the poor of the township of Highland.
" On motion, it was voted that the next annual township-meeting should be held at the house of Jonathan F. Stratton, Esq. ; and the meeting was adjourned accordingly."
Annexed we give a list of the supervisors, township clerks, and justices of the peace of Highland from 1835 to 1877, inclusive :
Supervisors .- Rufus Tenny (two years), Stephen Armstrong, Simon Hough, Lyman Shattuck, Major F. Lockwood (two years), Rufus Tenny, Hiram A. Hills (two years), 'Squire W. Rowe, Enos Leek, Nelson Tenny,* Rufus Tenny, Edwin A. Tenny, Nelson Tenny (two years), Enos Leek, Nelson Tenny, Enos Leek (two years), Major Alderman (two years), 'Squire W. Rowe, Benjamin F. Davison, 'Squire W. Rowe (two years), Alonzo Tenny (two years), 'Squire W. Rowe, Henry E. De Garmo, 'Squire W. Rowe, Henry E. De Garmo, Franklin Cate, Henry E. De Garmo, Elijah W. Kent (four years), Henry A. Kipp, Jesse G. Lindsley, M.D., Benjamin F. Davison, Jesse G. Lindsley, M.D., present incumbent.
Township Clerks .- Jonathan F. Stratton (two years), Enos Leek (eight years), James B. Lord, William Waterbury, Enos Leek (three years), William H. Leon- ard (two years), Isaac Waterbury, William Alderman, Isaac Waterbury (two years), Lorenzo D. Ruggles, Elijah W. Kent (two years), John Dunhamt (by lot), Elijah W. Kent, Enos Leek (eight years), Archibald D. De Garmo (four years), Enos Leek (three years), Frederick Harris, present incumbent.
Justices of the Peace .- Jonathan F. Stratton, Daniel Dunham, Abner Hyde, Jason W. Crandall, Hiram A. Hills (full term), Simon Hough (three years), Daniel M. Lockwood (two years), Daniel M. Lockwood (full term), Jason W. Crandall, Henry Hurlbert, Hiram A. Hills, Simon Hough, Daniel M. Lockwood, Archi- bald Waterbury, Oliver P. Davison, Pardy A. Tuttle, Daniel M. Lockwood, Archi- bald Waterbury, Gershon G. Everts, Pardy A. Tuttle, Stephen A. Lockwood, Archibald Waterbury, 'Squire W. Rowe, Daniel Phipps, Stephen A. Lock wood, Archibald Waterbury, 'Squire W. Rowe, Pardy A. Tuttle, Orin Cole, John Dun- ham, Mark T. Boice, Jackson Gifford, Orin Cole, John Dunham, Anson W. Baker (vacancy), Thomas Curdy, Jackson Gifford, Daniel B. Chatfield (vacancy), Anson W. Baker, Lorenzo D. Ruggles (vacancy), William F. Auton, Daniel B. Chat- field, James D. Rowe (vacancy), Pardy A. Tuttle, Joseph S. Stockwell (vacancy), Orin Cole, James D. Rowe, Anson W. Baker (vacancy), Daniel B. Chatfield, Calvary Richman, Anson W. Baker, James D. Rowe, Newton B. Babcock.
The first audit of township accounts, made for the year 1835, was as follows :
"C. G. Wikoff, highway commissioner.
$1.00
A. H. Graves,
3.00
John Williams, Jr., assessor
3.50
Daniel Dunham,
3.00
Jesse Seeley,
4.50
. Maxfield Ludlow,
"
3.00
J. F. Stratton, township clerk and highway surveyor.
10.00
Total
$28.00
(Signed)
"RUFUS TENNY, Supervisor. " J. F. STRATTON, Clerk."
SPRING MILLS (HIGHLAND).
This village was platted under the name of Highland in 1846, by Jonas G. Potter and Major F. Lockwood, and an addition made thereto by the latter and John Dunham, May 27, 1859. It is located on the southeast quarter of section 22. In the summer of 1846 they erected a saw-mill, and in the fall erected the house now standing on lot 2, block 2, of the village plat.
A POST-OFFICE
was established here in 1857, and was at first supplied by special from Milford, and afterwards attached to Pontiac and Howell route. Enos Leek, Esq., was ap- pointed the first postmaster, and held the office until the 1st of January, 1874, when the name was changed, and the office removed to Highland Station, and Newton B. Babcock appointed postmaster, as mentioned under the head of " Highland Village."
Among the old and prominent citizens of Spring Mills is Enos Leek, who came from New Haven, Connecticut, to Michigan in 1828. He came via New York city, and up the North river to Albany, thence by Erie canal to Buffalo, thence across the lake in the steamer " William Penn," Captain Wight, and after a tempestuous voyage landed in Detroit, October 8, 1828. The next day he went to Ann Arbor, and he and his brother, who accompanied him, located together on sections 9 and 10, Scio township, Washtenaw county. In April, 1836, he removed to Oakland County, and lived in the south half of the north- west quarter of section 27 (the Stratton farm) until the winter of 1839. In the fall of 1836 he located the north half of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 35. He sold the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of 35 to James Everts, which is now owned by Jacob Buffle, and the northwest quarter of southeast quarter and ten acres of the east of north half of the southwest quarter to John Taylor. The remainder his family lived on until the fall of 1862. In the fall of 1856 he settled in the village, and sold goods in the mill-office, and in 1858 erected the building for a store and dwelling he now occupies, which was the first store in the place. The building is on lot 25, block 3. Mr. Leek has held the office of either township clerk, supervisor, or justice of the peace nearly all the time since 1836, and has always transacted the business of these various offices with fidelity and ability.
Spring Mills now contains two stores, a grist-mill, blacksmith- and wagon-shop, and several other industries.
HIGHLAND VILLAGE
was first started as such on the completion of the Flint and Pere Marquette rail- way, in 1871. It was laid out and platted by German St. John and Almon Rug- gles, in 1872. It includes parts of sections 22 and 27.
The first store was erected by H. H. Willover, of Fentonville, in the fall of 1872. About one year from that time he sold out to N. B. Babcock, Esq., who conducted the business until 1874, when he built another store building, and in 1875 purchased his present store of J. B. Cross.
Contemporary with the establishment of the first store Mr. Willover built a grain-warehouse, which is now conducted by Mr. Babcock. Highland is a good grain-market, being surrounded by a fine agricultural region. The amount of grain annually shipped here is about thirty thousand bushels.
The Highland Centre House was erected by H. H. Bush in the fall of 1870. He continued its proprietor until 1875, when he disposed of it to Patrick Kelley, the present owner.
The post-office (Highland Station) was removed from Spring Mills and estab- lished at Highland in 1874. N. B. Babcock was appointed postmaster, and holds that position at present. The gross proceeds of the office from June 1, 1876, to June 1, 1877, for stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards, was one hundred and fifty dollars.
The wagon-shop was established by Charles St. John in 1874, and is still operated by him.
The blacksmithy was erected by Samuel Bache in 1874. It is now owned by H. H. Calvin, and conducted by Frederick Harris.
The religious interests of the village and vicinity are represented by the
* On a tie vote, himself and Rufus Tenny each receiving fifty-six votes. t A tie vote, himself and Enos Leek each receiving eighty-eight votes.
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HIGHLAND CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
which is composed of various religious denominations. The association was or- ganized March 25, 1875. The chaplain is Rev. E. C. Harrington. The officers are : President, George St. John ; First Vice-President, S. S. Lawrence ; Second Vice-President, R. H. Waterbury ; Secretary, N. B. Babcock ; Treasurer, R. H. Waterbury. The membership is eighty-four. The association holds its meetings in the school-house of district No. 4. It is in a generally flourishing condition.
HIGHLAND CENTRE CLASS
of the Methodist Episcopal church, Detroit conference, Owosso district, and Hartland circuit, was organized January 8, 1866, with seven members, namely : Benjamin Predmore, Mrs. Mary A. Predmore, Mrs. Salim Otis, Joseph Stratton, Mrs. Rosanna Stratton, Mrs. Julia Eddy, and Mrs. E. Woodworth. A change in the designation of the class recently occurred, whereby it was attached to Flint district and Highland circuit, the conference remaining as above. The first pastors were Revs. J. M. Holt and A. B. Clough. The class-leader from its organization to the present has been Joseph Stratton. The present pastor is Rev. F. E. Pearce. The membership is fifteen. Place of holding meeting, the school- house of district No. 4. Society in a generally prosperous condition.
HIGHLAND RED RIBBON REFORM CLUB
was organized May 8, 1877, with a membership of about sixty, which has since increased to seventy. The first and present officers are : President, D. B. Chat- field ; Vice-President, S. S. Lawrence; Secretary, Miss M. St. John ; Financial Secretary, Mrs. M. Ruggles ; Treasurer, N. B. Babcock ; Marshal, Fred. Law- rence ; Sergeant-at-Arms, Martin Yarbell. The place of holding meeting is the Highland Centre school-house (district No. 4).
HIGHLAND CORNERS
is a hamlet and post-office located on sections 19 and 20, and 29 and 30. It was settled at an early day, probably about 1835. Zenas Phelps and George Lee were among the first settlers of the place.
The first store was kept by David Allison, about 1845. He had a small general country store, in the house now occupied by Mrs. Myra Stockwell as a grocery-store and post-office.
The first tavern was kept by Zenas Phelps, as early as 1840. He was followed in the business by C. L. Northrup, now a merchant of Milford; and he by Hiram Giddings.
The postmasters have been as follows: George Showerman, the first appointee, in 1845, O. P. Davison, Mrs. Rachel E. Perry, O. P. Davison (re-appointed), William Fulford, Jonas Hewitt, Alva Stockwell, who died in office, and his widow, Mrs. Myra Stockwell, the present incumbent, was appointed.
The place now contains a general store, blacksmithy, Baptist church, post-office, and an assemblage of a few families. The village at Highland Station has superseded the old village of Highland Corners.
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