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THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH LYON.
The pleasant rural village of South Lyon, although as early settled as almost any portion of the township, as a village is of more recent origin. We find settle- ments perfected here as early as 1832, and what now constitutes a portion of the village was for many years known as " Thompson's Corners."
The first house was a plain log structure, built by the Widow Thompson, in 1832. It occupied the present site of the store of S. Calkins. The first store was kept in a small log addition to the house above mentioned, by William Thomp- son, a son of Mrs. Thompson. A post-office was established at the village in 1847, and called South Lyon, after which the village was named.
The postmasters have been as follows: Z. C. Colvin, William Palmer, Charles Borden, E. J. Knowlton, Hiram Jones, Charles Ellis, and Sylvester Calkins, the present incumbent.
Among the early settlers of the village now residing therein are S. and E. Calkins, Thomas and Dwight Dunlap, Charles Borden, and Albert Letts.
About 1847, Hiram Godfrey opened a small hotel in part of the building now owned by Henry Whipple, and conducted by him for the same purpose, called the " Whipple House." It was moved to its present location from the Calkins lot in 1872.
As early as 1835 William and Robert.R. Thompson erected a steam saw-mill on the lot now owned by Isaac Burnhunt, and operated it a number of years. The present mill, owned by Robert Dunlap and Robert Parks, was erected in 1871.
The same year the Detroit, Lansing and Northern railroad was constructed, and a depot erected at South Lyon. This gave an impetus to the prosperity of the village. In 1873 it received corporate honors.
THE VILLAGE INCORPORATION
was perfected by the State legislature, under a regular charter, in 1873, as above stated, and the first annual election was held on the second Monday in April of that year. The lists of presidents and clerks comprise the following names :
Presidents .- Hon. A. S. Knapp, 1873; Wilber Hodgman, 1874 and 1875; Kingsley Calkins, 1875 and 1876; Lewis Allen, 1877.
Clerks .- Dwight Dunlap, 1873 to 1875; E. D. Howell, 1875 and 1876; Frederick Spring, 1877.
The present trustees of the village are L. R. Mosher, Robert Parks, George Parker, J. W. Odell, Charles Ellis, and John Bay.
The educational interests of the place have received commendable attention ; and for the better education of the youth, in 1876 the west half of school district No. 3 was organized as a graded school, of which Horace Johns is principal, and Miss Aggie Clark assistant. The school enrolls one hundred and five scholars, and is in an eminently flourishing condition. In 1876 a large frame building was erected, at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars.
The business of the village is now represented by the following firms : Kingsley Calkins, M. W. Hodgman, and Dwight Dunlap, general stores. Thomas Dunlap, drug-store. Drugs and groceries, S. Calkins; groceries, Charles Borden ; hard- ware and groceries, J. B. Adams; hardware exclusively, Peebles & Berry; tin and hollow iron-ware and stoves, L. R. Mosher ; boots and shoes, H. L. Stevens ; furniture, Hiram Jones ; hotel, Henry Whipple ; post-office, Sylvester Calkins.
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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
The manufacturing interests are controlled by Wilber Jones and A. G. Barnes, planing-mill and lumber-yard ; steam saw-mill. Robert Dunlap and Robert Parks; steam grist-mill. William Weatherhead ; carriage- and wagon-shops, John Challis and Odell & Cooley ; blacksmiths, Richard Bridson and John Bay; cider-mill, Robert Parks.
The village is located on the Detroit. Lansing and Northern railroad, thirty- four miles from Detroit, and forty-nine miles from. Lansing. It is surrounded by a rich and fertile agricultural region, and it furnishes a good market for all the products of the farm. It has three churches, *- one Methodist Episcopal, one Presbyterian, and one Free Methodist,-and is in every respect a healthy, moral, and business-like village.
NEW HUDSON.
Settlements were made in the vicinity of the present village of New Hudson as early as 1831 or 1832. Among the first settlers in the neighborhood were Daniel Richards and Russel Alvord (who laid out the village in 1837), Mark N. Spellar, John A. Hand, William Goldy, Heman Smith, and others. The village is located on both sides of the Detroit and Howell turnpike, and is surrounded by a rich farming country.
The first log house was erected by Daniel Richards, in 1832.
The first frame dwelling was built by A. I. Allen, in 1837.
The first brick house was erected by Lansing Smith, in 1853.
The first tavern in the village was erected by Russel Alvord. It is a frame structure. the original portion of it still doing duty. Heman Smith purchased it about 1842. and built the ball-room. After passing through several other hands, it came into the possession of the present owner and proprietor, Albert Hollon- back, in 1868.
The first store was kept by Dr. John Curtis and John A. Hand, in a small log building on the site of the dwelling now occupied by the widow of John B. Taylor. This establishment was first opened in 1834, but was preceded by a very small mercantile venture by one Goodspeed, who had formerly dispensed a small stock of goods from the same building.
The first post-office established at New Hudson was in 1834, and Dr. Curtis was appointed postmaster. It was known to some that the doctor contemplated moving to Kensington, and to those he promised not to move the office. He took it and its enormous emoluments with him, however. 'Twas worth from ten to fifteen dollars a year.
The first blacksmithy was that of Joseph Elder, in 1839. The shop was burned during his occupancy of it.
The first school was taught in the old district No. 6, about 1836. This, with district No. 7, was consolidated in 1867, and organized into a graded school. The year following a fine brick school-house was erected, at a cost of six thou- sand dollars. The building committee consisted of Messrs. George Vowles, War- ren Hodges, and N. G. Pinney. The first teacher was Thomas Bogart; the present one is Miss Hattie Warren.
The business of the village is now represented by two general stores, a hotel, post-office .- Henry Vowles, postmaster,-a wagon-shop, which was established by Orlando Gurnee in 1855, employs four hands, turns out work to the amount of three thousand dollars annually. There is a blacksmith's shop, two harness- shops, two churches,-one Universalist and one Methodist Episcopal, *- and the graded school above noticed.
The Detroit and Howell Turnpike Company was organized in 1850, and the road constructed through the village about that time. The toll-gate was estab- lished there, and Lansing Smith was made the first toll-gate-keeper. The village is in a flourishing condition generally, and is a neat and tasty place.
LYON GRANGE, NO. 452,
was organized May 29, 1874, with twenty-nine charter members, namely :
E. I. Arms. W. M .; J. B. Adams, O .; H. H. Smith, S. ; C. H. Smith, Chap. ; D. B. Stark, L .; W. Yanson, Asst. S. ; W. D. Corson, Treas .; Alonzo Borden, Sec. ; A. Herald, G. K .; Sarah Smith, Ceres; E. Yanson, Pomona ; A. Berden, Flora ; R. Gready, L. A. S .; George Gready, Sophia Gready, Mrs. A. J. Stark, Mrs. C. A. Corson, Mrs. Mary Adams, Morris Gready, W. Callen, Mary Gready, Marie Gready, Thomas Gready, J. Dailey, Jennie Dailey, E. E. Gage, Carrie Borden, S. F. Borden. The grange meets in the Masonic hall at South Lyon, and now has a membership of forty.
The present officers are : A. Borden, W. M .; D. B. Stark, O .; A. S. Knapp, L .; J. Dailey, S .; A. Hagadorn, Asst. S .; Marie Gready, Chap .; W. D. Corson, Treas. ; O. M. Bentley, Sec. ; J. B. Adams, G. K .; Carrie Borden, Ceres ; Rose Gready, Pomona; Jennie Gready, Flora ; H. M. Knapp, Lady Assistant Steward.
RELIGIOUS.
Many events of secular historical importance cluster around the religious history of Lyon township, particularly as regards that of the Methodist Episco- pal church of South Lyon, which is the pioneer religious organization in the township.
We present the subjoined historical sketch of Methodism in Lyon, from data furnished by S. Calkins, a gentleman eminently qualified for the task by a life- long association with the Methodist church herein described.
In 1832, Eleazur E. Calkins and Levi Wilson located lands on sections 22, 27, and 28, and in the month of November settled in log cabins with their families. In January, 1833, only a few weeks after the settlement of these two families referred to, one Saturday evening, the family of Mr. Calkins was seated around a bright and cheerful log fire, and the conversation had for some time been of loved ones left in New York State, and of the more advanced religious privi- leges and associations from which they had so recently separated. While in the midst of this conversation a vigorous rap was heard at the door. The hearty " Walk in" was responded to by the appearance of a venerable man, who greeted those present with the scriptural salutation, "The peace of God be upon this house." He then went on to introduce himself as Jesse Jessup, an exhorter of the Methodist Episcopal church. He had come from Plymouth on foot, following a brush road which wound around swamps and over rough places, and reached the Calkins dwelling between eight and nine o'clock at night. On the Sabbath morning following, some five or six families-all that were within reach-were notified that there would be a meeting at the Calkins residence at eleven o'clock. A congregation of about twenty listened to an earnest and touching exhortation,- the first ever delivered in Lyon township. From this time Mr. Calkins' house was a place of worship, until the Lord's house was built. At first, services were held every two weeks, but soon each succeeding Sabbath found a small band of faithful and earnest worshipers there, listening to the words of comfort from the mouths of local preachers or exhorters ; among whom-names of precious memory -were Jesse Jessup, Samuel White, David H. Rowland, Jacob Dobbins, Hil- man Dobbins, Father Law, Father Lewis, Elisha Bibbins. These have, all but one,-Jacob Dobbins,-finished their work and gone to their reward.
In the month of September, 1833, Alvah Billings, then preacher in charge of the Ypsilanti circuit, preaching on a week-day, held a class-meeting and organ- ized a class of six members, namely : Eleazur E. Calkins, Anna Calkins, Levi Wilson, Benjamin E. Calkins, and Malinda Calkins. From this time until the division of the Plymouth charge, the appointment was known on plan as the Calkins appointment, but was for several years a week-day meeting. At the Ohio conference of 1833, Marcus Swift and R. Dawson were appointed to the circuit, which forty-three years ago embraced the following stations: Ypsilanti, Wayne, Dearborn, Redfield, Centre, Plymouth, Northville, South Lyon, Northfield, and Salem and Dixborough, with other places, probably in all eighteen appointments. This year the class was increased by the names of William M. Calkins, Eliza Calkins, and Nancy Calkins, who were received by letter.
In 1834, M. Swift and S. Davis were appointed to the circuit. The appointees from this time to the present have been as follows : in 1835, Elijah Crane and O. Mitchell; in 1836, Mr. Sprague and David Burns. This year was a memora- ble one in the history of the church. A protracted meeting was held, and about fifty converts were added to the church.
In 1837, William Sprague and O. F. North (the former was subsequently elected to Congress, and after serving a term at Washington came back with his influence as a minister of the gospel sadly impaired). In the words of Elder Calkins, " the ministerial calling is so infinitely above political callings, that I doubt if any ever have yielded to its preferments without very great and serious loss." O. F. North located and went into business at Pontiac, and after- wards held the office of probate judge of the county. Both are now dead. In 1838, John Kinnear and A. Minnis ; 1839, Robert Triggs and Alanson Flem- ing ; 1840, Larman Chatfield and Robert Triggs; 1841, George Bradley and Ebenezer Steele.
In this year the church edifice of the society was erected, and dedicated in the spring of 1842. Rev. J. A. Baughman preached the dedicatory sermon, which was a masterpiece of pulpit eloquence.
In 1842, William Sprague and George King were in charge ; in 1843, Henry Van Orden and John Scotford. This year the church was blessed with a gracious revival, and many were added to it in 1844, John K. Gillett and F. W. Warren were the preachers in 1845. In 1846, Horace Hall and F. W. Warren; in 1847, James F. Davidson and P. J. Buchanan ; in 1848, David Burns and A. Minnis ; in 1849, David Burns and F. Brittain ; in 1850, Thomas Wakelin and J. H. Burnham ; in 1851, George Smith and J. H. Burnham ; in 1852, E. W. Borden. Brother Borden left the M. E. church because he did not receive ap- pointments equal to his ability.
# See under head of " Religions."
HIRAM COVEY.
MRS. HANNAH COVEY.
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HIRAM COVEY.
HIRAM COVEY was born at Mount Washington, Berkshire county, Massa- chusetts, January 17, 1802. He remained there until 1814, and then removed to Oswego county, New York, where he continued to reside until 1837. This year he removed to Livingston county, Michigan, and settled at the village of Brighton. On the 1st of April, 1839, he removed to Lyon township, in which he has since resided.
In early life Mr. Covey was apprenticed to the carpenter and joiner trade, and after serving about three months, his "boss" informed him that he could teach him nothing further, but that experience would do that for him. He subse- quently worked at the trade, and was eminently successful. He has for many years been a farmer, having had a farm in Lyon of two hundred and ten acres, one hundred and eighty acres of which he cultivated up to within a few years. He has recently sold his farm, and now only retains enough on which to spend his idle time.
November 1, 1827, he was married to Hannah Fuller, at Dutchess county, New York, by Rev. John Culver. She was born in Columbia county, New York, March 15, 1802.
The family record is as follows :- Juliet, born August 2, 1828, married George W. Button, Esq., March 17, 1846; Hiram S., born March 31, 1830,
married Margaret Marlatt, November 11, 1855; Nelson F., born January 25, 1832, married Harriet Curtis, January 1, 1856; Leonora, born August 20, 1833, married John T. Andrews, April 20, 1853; Mary E., born January 17, 1835, married George W. Pennell, July 16, 1857; Frances A., born October 31, 1840, married John R. Sherman ; Sarah, born October 13, 1843, married George M. Tucker, December 20, 1861. These all reside in the State, several of them in this county.
In politics Mr. Covey is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school. In religion he is a Universalist, being one of the original members of the Universalist church of Lyon township, and to the support of which he has always liberally contributed.
This couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Covey, will have been married fifty years on the 1st of November next. They have pulled together through life's pathway, experiencing much of the sorrows and vicissitudes of life, and, also, many of its joys and pleasures. They carry their almost fourscore years well, as the reward of temperate lives; and when called upon to pass to the world beyond will leave behind them a memory blessed by good deeds and hallowed by noble actions. Their large progeny will ever cherish their honored parents' names with filial affection, and remember them with a fond regard.
PHILIP MARLATT . ( NEW HUDSON )
RESIDENCE OF WM. BLACKWOOD, LYON TP, OAKLAND CO, MICH.
RESIDENCE OF REV. S. CALKINS, COMMERCIAL FLORIST AND HORTICULTURIST, SOUTH LYON, OAKLAND CO., MICHIGAN.
SARAH A. MARLATT.
JAY MARLATT.
RESIDENCE OF JAY MARLATT, LYON TP, OAKLAND CO., MICH.
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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
In 1853 the Plymouth circuit was divided ; the western portion of the work was called Northfield, and Ransom Goodall was appointed to the charge. During the year the parsonage property was purchased at South Lyon, and since then the charge has borne that name.
In 1854, E. R. Hascal; 1855 and 1856, J. E. McAllister; 1857 and 1858, S. P. Warner and S. F. Ramsdel. These years were noted for several additions to the church. In 1859, William Birdsall and S. F. Ramsdel; 1860, William Birdsall.
This year the present church edifice was erected. The dedicatory sermon was preached by F. A. Blades. It is a frame structure; cost two thousand dollars, and has a seating capacity of three hundred persons.
In 1861, A. F. Bourns; 1862, C. M. Anderson and George Stowe; 1863, George Taylor ; 1864, James S. Caster; 1865 and 1866, S. Calkins and James Wells (supply) ; 1867, S. Calkins; 1868, M. B. Wilsey and W. C. Climo; 1869, J. M. Corden. A large number added to the church under this and Brother Calkins' pastorate.
In 1870, 1871, and 1872, B. F. Prichard, with J. G. Sparling, Matthew Halls, and Brother Hedger, Junior, preachers, successively. In 1873 the charge was again divided, and S. E. Warren was pastor, also in 1874; in 1875 and 1876, A. F. Hoyt; in 1877, Rev. Frank Bradley, the present incumbent.
The present officers are S. Calkins, Joshua Harker, David Brown, David Gage, William Stryker, trustees; David Gage, Albert Hagadorne, E. A. Calkins, Joshua Harker, Kingsley Calkins, stewards. The present membership of the church is ninety.
In 1836 the Sunday-school was organized. It was held once in two weeks in the school-house, and the alternate Sabbath in the house of Franklin Gardner. The first superintendent was S. Calkins; present superintendent, S. Calkins ; membership, one hundred and thirty; number of volumes in the library, six hundred.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF NEW HUDSON.
In 1837 a class of eight members was formed at New Hudson. They were Mr. Comstock and wife, Nehemiah P. Smith and wife, Francis Cole and wife, and David Cole and wife. The class worshiped in private dwellings and in the school-house until 1847, when they purchased their present church edifice, which had been built by Heman Smith three years previous, and used by the Presby- terians. This year (1847) the Methodist Episcopal church was regularly organ- ized with the following members :
Alfred Town and wife, Robert C. Bell and wife, Ebenezer Heath and family, Joseph Hayes and wife, James St. Clair and wife, Truman Rathbun and wife, Mrs. William Goldy, Mrs. Alanson Smith, and Mrs. Samuel Donnaldson. It is a part of the South Lyon charge, and its membership is contained in the statistics of that body.
THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF LYON
was organized November 27, 1858, with the following-named persons as original members :
George Vowles, N. F. Butterfield, George Voorheis, Hiram Covey and wife, Artemus Fisher and wife, Roxana Fisher, J. S. Birdsall and wife, John Parks and wife, Jonathan Shores and wife, A. F. Chambers and wife, Harvey Skinner and wife, Frank Heath and wife, John D. Parks and wife, Jesse Cady and wife, John Voorheis and wife, Alva Mead and wife, Martha Graham, Mrs. Walter Bowers, Livona Potter, Mrs. Juliet Button, Delana Bowen, and Helen M. But- terfield.
The first pastor was Rev. C. W. Knickerbocker, who remained with the con- gregation from 1858 to 1868. His successors in the pastorate have been Revs. E. Case, W. Sisson, Samuel Ashton, C. F. Dodge, and A. M. Soule. The first trustees were N. F. Butterfield, George W. Button, George Vowles, Hiram Covey, Silas N. Rose, and Walter Bowers. The present trustees are A. F. Chambers, Jonathan Shores, and Henry Bowers. The membership of the church is eighty.
The church edifice, located at New Hudson, was erected in 1859. The build- ing committee consisted of George W. Button, Esq., N. F. Butterfield, Silas N. Rose, and Hiram Covey. In June of the same year the building was dedicated to the service of God by Rev. C. W. Knickerbocker, assisted by Revs. Gilmore and Livermore. The building is of wood, and cost about three thousand dollars. Its seating capacity is about three hundred.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF LYON.
On the 17th of May, 1858, a meeting was held for the purpose of organizing a Presbyterian church. We quote from the records of said meeting as follows: " We, the undersigned, agree to associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a religious society, to be called the ' First Presbyterian Society of Lyon.' Joseph Blackwood, Ira M. Olds, David Dunlap, James S. Rodger, E. K.
Knowlton, Josiah Fitzgerald, William Hannan, Robert Dunlap (first), and J. Duncan." The trustees elected at this meeting were Robert Dunlap (first) and Josiah Fitzgerald, one year; Joseph Blackwood and James S. Rodger, two years, and William Hannan for three years.
March 28, 1859, a contract for the " carpenter and joiner work on the church building was let to Adam Dean for two thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars on house, and seventy dollars on steeple." The sacred edifice was dedi- cated in December of the same year.
The pastors of the church have been Revs. Ira M. Olds, Donaldson, Snyder, Charles Dunlap, and Maltby Selstin. The present membership is forty ; value of church property, eighteen hundred dollars. Present trustees, Martin Rohra- bacher, Andrew Rodger, Charles E. Walton, James Blackwood, and T. A. Sayre.
The Sabbath-school was formed about the same time as the church. The first superintendent was James Duncan, next James S. Rodger, and the present in- cumbent is C. E. Walton. Number of teachers, eight; number of scholars, sixty-five; number of volumes in Sunday-school library, one hundred.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF LYON,
a body of Christians who seceded from the Methodist Episcopal church in 1873 and formed themselves into a separate society. The leader of the movement was Asa Hudson. In 1874 they erected their present house of worship, which is a frame building, and cost about fifteen hundred dollars. The original membership was nine; it is now about twenty. Pastor, Rev. J. C. Chamberlain.
YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY OF LYON.
In 1837 a society was organized, the stated object being "the moral and intel- lectual improvement of the young men of Lyon and vicinity."
The original members of this society were : Robert R. Thompson, president ; Benjamin F. Smith, vice-president ; Lucius C. Walton, secretary ; Reuben Smith, treasurer; James S. Rodger, John Rodger, James W. Smith, De Witt C. Olds, William M. Sewell, Charles A. Smith, Adam Rohrabacher, John C. Rohra- bacher, and Robert R. Thompson, honorary members.
The society existed for a number of years, and there are several now living in the township and vicinity who were identified with it.
, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
PHILIP MARLATT,
one of the very first settlers of Farmington, and among the early pioneers of Lyon township, was born in Schoharie county, New York, April 1, 1798. At the age of twelve years he removed with his parents to Mendon, Monroe county, New York, where he continued to reside until 1825, when he emigrated to Michigan, and settled in Farmington township, this county. He remained there until 1839, when he removed to Lyon, and settled permanently on the farm now occupied by his son, Jay Marlatt, on section 2, where he lived until his death, which occurred May 25, 1869.
Mr. Marlatt was a man very generally known and universally respected. As an evidence of his popularity, we will state that he was elected to several offices of trust, both in Farmington and Lyon townships. He was among the very first appointees to the office of postmaster at East Farmington. We have before us his appointment and commission, the former bearing date December 16, 1830, and the latter March 7, 1831. He was elected supervisor of that township at an early day ; also one of the justices of the peace of Lyon for many years, and a notary public for a long period. All these offices, and others, he filled faithfully and well, and to the general satisfaction of the people. In politics he was originally a Whig, and afterwards a Republican, to which party he adhered until his death.
On the 5th of September, 1819, he married Thirsa Stanton, who was born November 22, 1797. The subjoined is the family record :
Rachel, born May 17, 1823; married E. Mead, and removed to Gratiot county, where she subsequently died.
Jay, born September 12, 1826; married Sarah A. Baker, February 22, 1875. Margaret, born July 19, 1833; married Hiram J. Covey, and now resides with her husband near Holly.
Mary, born February 24, 1836 ; married Spencer J. Renwick, and resides in Lyon township.
Mrs. Marlatt was a woman of strong character and indomitable energy, -- just such a one, in fact, best qualified to be a pioneer wife and mother. She was a milliner by trade, and used to make her own and the family's garments from the raw material. She would gather and split her own straw, and make it into bonnets for her own and the children's use. In those days a patch of flax could
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