History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical, Volume I, Part 52

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The German M. E. Church, composed of German citizens, was the result of a mission started in 1855, which finally cul- minated in the present society. . The first building owned by the society was burned in 1868, but the society immediately began the work of erecting the present commodious place of worship, which stands on Warren street. Among the pastors of this Church were Rev. Chas. A. Melitzer and Rev. J. R. Rodmer.

The Colored M. E. Church and the Hess Street M. E. Church pertain to this denomination, and form very important branches of it.

The First Baptist Society was organized in 1858, and in the great year for East Saginaw church building, 1868, the present church edifice was built, at a cost of $36,000. This church stands upon the corner of Jefferson and German streets, and is one of the finest edifices in the city; it is built of red brick, with gray stone trimmings. The church resembles the Methodist Episcopal building, and has an andience-room capable of seating 600. The basement is divided off into lecture and Sabbath-school rooms, and pastor's study. Like the other churches, it is heated with steam and well lighted. The existence of this fine building is largely owing to the indefatigable labors of Rev. H. L. Morehouse, who was pastor for 12 years. Rev. Theodore Nelson is the present pastor.

The Church of South Saginaw is an important addition to the Baptist churches of the city. This is now in charge of D. L. De Land.

The Zion (Col.) Baptist Church, of which Rev. John Collins is pastor, is located on Johnson and Second streets.

St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church was organized under the ministration of Rev. V. Spaulding, in 1854, and in the inter- vening time has been under the pastorate of nine rectors belong- ing to the Saginaw City mission. The society, like all the others,

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was for a time homeless, and dependent upon public halls in which to worship. Finally, Jesse Hoyt made the society a present, of the valuable property upon which the present church edifice stands, and the work of erecting the building was immediately proceeded with. The building is of wood. It is of the medieval style, and is comfortably furnished, heated and lighted, and has a seating capacity for 800. The parish of St. Paul's has been attended by Rev. G. B. Eastman, Rev. Geo. W. Wilson, Rev. L. S. Stevens, and the present rector, Rev. W. A. Masker, who assumed the duties of his position May 25, 1881. The church is, located on Lapeer and Warren streets, and with the buildings and other property is valued at $22,000. The debts of the society have all been paid off, and an era of prosperity entered upon.

Holy Trinity Church holds another congregation of Episco- palians. Its services are given by the rector of St Paul's.

The Catholic Church .- The history of the Catholic Church in its relation to East Saginaw is contained in that of St. Andrew's Church np to 1866, when East Saginaw was erected a parish. Now there are three Catholic churches in the city; the church of the Sacred Heart, on 5thi and Cherry streets; St. Joseph's, on 6th and Sears; and St Mary's, on Wells and Hoyt streets.

The latter church was built in 1853 and rebuilt ten years later: Rev. Father Schutzes was its first pastor, and continued to minis- ter to the parish until 1863, when Father Vanderhayden was ap- pointed pastor. In 1866 Rev. Francis Vanderborn succeeded to the pastorate, and has since that period been the priest in charge. The congregation numbers about 2,000. The regular services of the Church are similar to those of all other Catholic Churches, with the one exception, that the sermon is preached in the German tongue.

St. Joseph's Church .- St. Joseph's congregation was organized in the summer of 1873, with Rev. Richard Sweeny as pastor. It consisted of 135 families, among them the IIon. M. Jeffers, one of Saginaw's wealthy men, who took a great interest in the organiza- tion and also the erection of St. Joseph's church. This structure was commenced in the spring of 1872 and was not finished when Rev. Sweeny took charge of it. He perfected the organization of the parish, built a pastoral residence and school-house, and at the present time, has the Church nearly out of debt. The church is a frame structure and cost, including furniture, some $10,000. The pastoral residence is also a frame building and cost $2,500. The school-house is a frame, and cost $1,500. There is a debt, at the present time of only $900 on all the property. The real estate of St. Joseph's comprises eight lots. The grounds are beautifully laid out and are an ornament to that part of the city.

The Church of the Sacred Heart is the last addition to the Catholic churches of the city. It is a neat edifice, capable of seat- ing 800. The congregation numbers abont 1,000. Rev. Joseph Ries is pastor.

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First Congregational Church. East Saginaw .- During the first few years in the religious history of East Saginaw, the Congrega- tionalists and Presbyterians united in worship with the Methodist congregation. When at length it seemed desirable to have another church in the placc, the Congregational and Presbyterian element united in the employment of Rev. Wm. C. Smith, of Lapcer. He began his work May 3, 1857, in Buena Vista Hall, which had been placed at their disposal by Jesse Hoyt, of New York city. A Sab- bath-school was formed on the first Sabbath of June following, and C. B. Jones elected superintendent. The school, which soon numbered about 150 scholars, was provided with a library of over 600 volumes, many of which were the gift of friends in the East and presented through John P. Allison of this city.

At a meeting held Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1857, the subject of the organization of a new Church was considered. A formal ballot being taken on the form of Church government, it was decided, 18 to 4, to organize as a Congregational Church. At this meeting 23 persons were present, 22 of whom subsequently united with the Church. Their names are as follows: Rev. Wm. C. Smith, W. H. Warner, Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Voorhies, Jacob E. Voorhies, Henry Woodruff, Mrs. Woodruff, Geo. Morris, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Jane A. Little, wife of N. Little; Nancy M. Webber, Clarissa Stevens, Catherine Gage, Margaret Pearson, Eliza Knapp, Nancy Brown, Jane Elseffer, Laura A. McKnight, Miss Catherine Lathrop, Solomon Lathrop, Edwin A. Moore, Horace B. Hubbard, Chester B. Jones.

The official organization was completed by an ecclesiastical council, which convened Oct. 7, 1857, with Rev. P. R. Hurd, D.D., as moderator, and Rev. H. D. Kitchel, D.D., as scribe. The latter also preached the sermon. The number of members received at the organization was 26, namely: Wm. H. Warner, Clarissa D. Warner, Solomon Lathrop (dead), Jane A. Little, Clarissa Stevens, Chester B. Jones, Catherine A. Gage, Nancy M. Webber, Jacob E. Voorhies, Harriet Voorhies, Henry Woodruff, Abbie Wood- ruff, Geo. Morris, Amelia Morris. F. Eliza Knapp, Elizabeth Woodruff, Margaret Pearson. Jane Elseffer, Edwin A. Moore, Horace B. Hubbard, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Smith, Augusta E. Kimball, Helen R. G. Derby, Amanda Woodruff. Of this number Win. II. Warner, Mrs. Stevens, Chester B. Joncs, Edwin A. Moore, Elizabeth Woodruff, Catherine A. Gage, and, perhaps, F. Eliza Knapp, with a few others, are living.

The first preparatory lecture was given Oct. 31, and the sacra- inent of the Lord's Supper was first celebrated by the Church Sab- bath, Nov. 1, 1867.

There have been four pastors: Rev. Wm. C. Smith, who served eight years, or from the 1st of May, 1857, to the last of April, 1865 ; he died at Urbana, Ill., Sept. 8, 1871. Rev. J. G. W. Cowles served nearly six ycars, from May 1, 1865 (installed by council Sept. 6 fol- lowing), to Jan. 25, 1871. Rev. Wm. De Los Love, D. D., served from June 1, 1871; installed Nov. S following. The present pastor,

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Rev. Warren F. Day, began his pastorate Oct. 1, 1877, and with the 20th anniversary of the organization of the Church. Rev. Joseph Mills and Prof. Joseph Estabrook each supplied for several months, the former during Rev. Mr. Cowles' pastorate, while he was absent on account of ill health; the latter during the interimn between the pastorates of Mr. Cowles and Mr. Love.

The original deacons (elected Oct. 31, 1857) were Solomon La- throp, who died five years after, and Wm. H. Warner, who still continues in his office. Since then, Alfred T. Silsby, Orville L. Mason, David B. Reeve, Chester B. Jones, Henry Estabrook, Geo. F. Cross, Lucius C. Storrs, Egbert Ten Eyck, Gurdon Corning, and Samuel J. Dickinson have served. The present deacons are Messrs. Corning, Cross, Dickinson, Jones, Reeve, and Warner. In January, 1881, three deaconesses were added. The present incumbents are Mrs. J. K. Rose, Mrs. Chas. Straw, and Mrs. Archie Brown. The deacons, deaconesses and pastor constitute an advisory committee.

The Sunday-school superintendents have been C. B. Jones, H. M. Flagler, H. T. Collins, L. C. Storrs, and G. F. Cross

The " First Congregational Society of East Saginaw " was formed Sept. 8, 1857, to co-operate with the Church, and the following elected trustees: Norman Little, D. W. C. Gage, C. B. Jones, J. E. Voorhies and G. J. Dorr. The present board consists of Messrs. B. B. Buckhout, G. Corning, G. F. Cross, E. Hallinbeck, I. W. Howry, J. R. Livingston and Wm. H. Warner. J. C. V. Wheat, Alfred H. Bissell and Prof. H. B. Roney, who has nearly completed 11 years in this position, have presided successively at the organ.

Four places of public worship have been occupied. Buena Vista Hall from May, 1857, to January, 1861-three years and nine months; the small edifice on the corner of Washington and German streets, erected in the winter of 1860-'1, at a cost of $13,200, occu- pied Feb. 3, 1861, and enlarged in 1862, at an additional expense of $1,282.56. The erection of the present house of worship was undertaken in the autumn of 1866. It was dedicated Sunday, June 14, 1868. The cost of the ground, building and furnishing was $66,472.82. The dedicatory sermou was preached by Rev. Prof. Jo- sepli Haven, of Chicago. At the morning service the subscription reached the sum of $22,000, while over $6,000 were collected at the evening service. The style of architecture is what might be termed composite, being a combination of all orders. The material is white brick, with gray stone facings, mullioned windows, slated roof and tower for spire, which latter is not yet built. This spire will reach a height of 80 feet from the capital of the tower, and there is every prospect of the building taking place within a short time. The auditorium will seat 1,000 persons comfortably, and is finished in oil and varnished pine, and finely upholstered. Off from the auditorium is a commodious chapel for prayer-meetings, lectures, etc., which will seat 300. Beneath this is the Sabbath-school room, very finely and comfortably finished, divided into the various

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class rooms, etc. The whole building is heated by steam and finely lighted. The organ cost $5,000. The bell, weighing with attach- ments about 3,000 lbs., was presented to the Church and society anonymously, through Rev. Warren F. Day, pastor, on the Sabbath of May 5, 1878. It is now understood to be chiefly the gift of Mrs. Miriam Seymour.

Of the former pastors of the Church, Rev. Mr. Smith died at Ur- bana, Ill., Sept. 8, 1871, aged 40 years. Rev. Mr. Cowles is now in secular business at Cleveland, O., being unable to perform the duties of his ministry on account of injuries received while here, which impede his speech. Dr. De Los Love is the pastor of the Congre- tional church at Hadley, Mass.

For the first four years this Church received aid from the Ameri- can Home Missionary Society to the amount of $200 annually. Since assuming its own support it has been a liberal contributor to the leading benevolences ot the denomination, and also to various other canses. For many years the ladies connected with the Church and society have sustained a foreign missionary. Two mission Sunday-schools in this city have their chief support and workers from this Church, while the reformatory and charitable institutions of this city also receive their share of attention.

The reverses in business which followed soon after the dedication of the present edifice threw a large amount back upon the treasury unpaid, which at length footed up a debt of $15,000, that eneum- bered the society and detracted from its usefulness nntil May, 1880, when pastor and people resolutely took the debt in hand. The best business ability came to the front, and in about four working days the entire amount was subscribed, and Nov. 1, 1880, was hon- orably and fully paid.

Since the organization of this Church there have been 699 admnis- sions, of which about 350 have been on confession of faith. The largest number received at one time was 72, on July 1, 1866. Present membership (May, 1881), 368, of whom 99 are males and 269 are females.

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran .- This church was built in 1868, at a cost of $30,000, resembles the Methodist Episcopal and Baptist churches in the style of architecture, and has a very fine chime of bells in the tower.

This is another model church edifice, and stands on the corner of German and Rockwell streets. The form of worship observed by the society is distinctively Lutheran, as laid down in the rubrics of the Reformed State Church of Germany. Rev. Conrad Voltz has been the pastor for many years, and under his admin- istration this German society continues to advance its interests.

St. Paul's German Lutheran, with Rev. H. Kraeling. pastor, and the German Lutheran, with Rev. Conrad Voltz, pastor, sum np the establishments of this section of the Christian Church within the city.

In addition to all these houses of Christian worship, there is a Spiritualist society, a union Church organization, a school of

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free thinkers, a limited number of pantheists, a society of Uni- tarians, one of Universalists, and a number of other equally con- scientious organizations. There is, therefore, sufficient variety in the religious opinions of the city's population to strip worship of its monotony, and render life in East Saginaw pleasant to those who may love change of opinion. It doubtless tends also to uproot the upas tree of religious intoleration by creating a doubt regarding the correctness of any one of all opinions, and urging men to search abroad for that which seems the best. The true searcher after religion fails to behold a terrible inonster in that which he was tanght to hate and despise. He looks upon his fellow with a sympathetic eye, and by degrees casts aside the shade of bigotry to enter a world where both good and evil exist in about equal proportion.

CEMETERIES.

Brady Hill Cemetery .-- In 1854 the Board of Health of Buena Vista township purchased of Alfred M. Hoyt the property known as Brady Hill for cemetery purposes, and occupied the same as a burial ground until February, 1859, when the city of East Sag- inaw was incorporated. Included in the territory acquired by such incorporation under act of the Legislature was Brady Hill cemetery.

The city authorities took possession of the same and held it up to May 19, 1881. Within a month of the time when the rights of Buena Vista, if it possessed any, would have been determined by the statute of limitations, suit was commenced by the Board of Health of that township in the Circuit Court, to recover possession of the cemetery, and the case was heard by Judge Shipman, of Coldwater, who rendered a decision in favor of the city. The matter was carried to the Supreme Court, and in January, 1881, the judgment of the lower court was reversed, and a judgment entered for the Board of Health of Buena Vista, as owner in fee, with costs of both courts.

Some negotiations were had between the Township Board of Buena Vista and a committee of the Cominon Council relative to the city acquiring the cemetery by purchase, but the terms were not mntnally satisfactory, and the negotiations fell through. A committee was also appointed to select grounds for a cemetery, and it recommended the purchase of the Eaton property, at the south end of the city; but this recommendation was not eoncnrred in. At a citizens' meeting it was recommended to the common council to purchase about seven acres of Mr. Hoyt, adjoining Brady Hill cemetery, which it was thought would, with the present cem- etery, afford ample facilities for some years to come. Before this recommendation could be acted upon, the Township Board of Buena Vista acquired a possessory title to the seven aeres. The result of the watchfulness of the Buena Vistians and the apathy

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of the City Council was, that the sheriff of the county took pos- session of the cemetery grounds, May 19, 1881, placed David Le Roy in charge, and ordered W. T. Arnold -- the sexton for the last 22 years-to give up possession of his official residence on the 20th of the same month.

By an act of the State Legislature, approved by Governor Jerome, June 1, 1881, the question of title to the cemetery is settled for the time being. It provides, " That the care, custody and control of the Bracy Hill cemetery, in the city of East Saginaw, is hereby conferred upon and vested in the said city of East Saginaw, the same to be exercised in accordance with the charter of said city, as therein provided for the control of city cemeteries.

" The city of East Saginaw shall pay to the treasurer of the township of Buena Vista such proportion of the purchase price in the year 1854, of said cemetery, as the valuation of that por- tion of Buena Vista township, as now constituted, bears to the val - uation of that portion of Buena Vista as it was in 1854, and which is now within the city of East Saginaw, as the same was valued upon the assessment roll of 1854,as a basis for State and county taxes, and also interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent., frown and after the first day of January, 1855. to date of payment; and upon such payment being made or tendered, the authority of the Board of Health of said township shall cease; and the Board of Health of said township shall use said money only for the purchase or im- provement of a cemetery for said township. The Township Board of Buena Vista is at liberty to test the constitutionality of the Act. Equity will sustain the city's claim to its necropolis.

The Catholic Cemetery is located near the city cemetery of Brady Hill. Both burial grounds are neatly arranged and contain many fine memorial monuments.

MASONIC HISTORY.

St. Bernard Commandery, No. 16, K. T., was organized in 1866 At the annual conclave of the commandery, the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: F. E. Hoyt, E. C .; T. E. Bor- de 1, Gen'l: Geo. L. Remington, Capt. Gen .; Ed. Saunders, Prel. ; F. A. Ashley, S. W .; A. D. Macomber, J. W .; Wm. H. Clark, Treas .; J. H. Woollacott. Rec .; Win. Grant, St. B .; W. H. Cam- brey, Swd. B .; Chas. A. Lee, Warden; Win. Cole, Sent. ; Wm. Will- iamson, C. W. Gray, O. J. Hetherington. Guards.

Saginaw Lodge, No. 77, F. & A. M., was organized under dis- pensation, and its first meeting held June 23, 1855. The dispen- sation was granted by the Grand Lodge to M. B. Hess. as W. M .; David Hughes, S. W., and James A. Large, I. W. The charter members were S. C. Munson, S. C. Beach, Absalom F. Hayden, and David F. Hess. On the last two days of July, 1855, R. W. Bela Cogshall, then G. V. and L., assisted in conferring the degree of E. A. on Norman Little, W. L. P. Little, W. L. Webber

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and C. B. Mott. The charter was granted in January, 1856, and a meeting held Feb. 27, 1856, when J. A. Large was elected W. M .; W. L. Webber, S. W .; C. W. Grant, J. W .; H. S. Roberts. D. G. M. John B. Hamilton, J. G. W., dedicated the lodge. Among the W. M.'s of the lodge since charter were W. L. Webber, W. J. Bartow, J. S. Goodman, and the present president, Frank Law- rence. The officers at present are: Frank Lawrence, W. M .; George B. Gage, S. W .; Henry Williams, J. W .; Fred E. Rich, S. D .; W. G. Ayles, J. D .; S. P. Bliss, Sec .; Wm. Cole, Treas.

Saginaw Valley Chapter, No. 31, R. A. M., received its charter Jan. 12, 1864, with W. L. Webber, H. P .; Chas. B. Mott, K .; S. W. Yawkey, S .; W. J. Bartow, Ezra Rust, E. W. Lyon, L. S. Leinheim, Geo. W. Merrill, J. C. Lowell, Chas. E. Gillett, Geo. F. Lewis, John J. Wheeler, R. H. Weideman, Addison P. Brewer, M. B. Hess, John S. Estabrook, I. M. Smith, Chas. W. Grant and Wm. Hodson, charter members.

The first meeting of the Chapter was held Feb. 4, 1864, when the following officers were elected: W. L. Webber, H. P .; Jud- son C. Lowell; K .; S. W. Yawkey, S .; W. J. Bartow, C. H .; C. E. Gillett, P. S .; J. S. Estabrook, R. A. C .; E. W. Lyon, M. 3d Veil; Geo. F. Lewis, M. 2d Veil; Fred E. Hoyt, M. 1st Veil. The cere- mony of installation took place April 20, 1864, under Francis Darrow, of Pontiac, R. E. D. H. P., and Stillman Blanchard, R. E. G. V. & L.

The present officers are W. J. Bartow, H. P .; I. L. Winn, K .; George C. Warner, S .; Charles Straw, C. of H .; J. S. Goodman, P. S .; Fred A. Ashley, R. A. C .; William Grant. G. M. 3d Veil; H. Williams, G. M. 2d Veil; Walter Fitzgerald, G. M. 1st Veil; George B. Gage, Sec .; William Cole, S.

Saginaw Council, No. 20, R. & S. M. was organized July 25, 1866. This lodge holds a high place among the Masonic circles of the State. Its present officers are Fred E. Hoyt, T. J. M .; D. B. Reeves, D. J. M; Chas. Doughity, P. C. of W .; W. Fitzgerald, C. & G .; D. Hoyt, Treasurer; Geo. B. Gage, Recorder; H. H. Cheeney, Steward; Wm. Cole, Sentinel.

Ancient Landmarks Lodge, F. && A. M, No. 303, was organized in the spring of 1871, with C. H. Gage, W. M. The present officers are Dr. Benjamin B. Ross, W. M .; Lawson C. Holden, S. W .; Henry B. Roney, J. W .; Charles F. Weber, S. D .; P. Heimick, J. D .; J. M. Brooks, Sec .; Douglas White, Treas .; William Cole, T.

Salina Lodge, No. 155, is one of the morerecent lodges of the Masonic orders instituted in the city. Organized in 1867, its progress has been remarkable, and its present condition pros- perous.

East Star Lodge, No. 6 (colored), was chartered in 1862.

Saginaw Valley Conclave No. 4, of Red Cross of Constantine, was organized April 27, 1874, with D. J. Evans as M. P. S.

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I. O. O. F.

O-saw-wa-bon Lodge, No. 74, was the first Odd Fellows lodge organized here, and was started June 2, 1855. Owing to the limited population, and many other causes, the organization ceased in 1857 and was not resuscitated till 1865. The first officers of the lodge formed in 1855 were C. B. Mott, N. G., and A. Furguson, V. G. The charter members included Jay S. Curtis, M. Smith, S. B. Knapp, Thomas M. Birdsall. The lodge resuscitated was organized withi J. S. Curtis, N. G .; A. Ferguson, R. S .; C. H. Burton, P. S., and W. F. Glasby, S.

Valley Encampment, No. 20, was instituted May 10, 1866, with J. S. Curtis, C. H. Burton, A. Ferguson, T. E. Doughity, W. H. Southwick, J. M. Luther and J. H. McFarlin, charter members. The officers were J. H. McFarlin, C. P .; J. S. Curtis, N. P .; T. E. Doughty, S. W .; A. Ferguson, S .; C. H. Burton, P .; and J. M. Luther, J. W.

The Uniformed Company of the I. O. O. F. is presided over by George S. Gould, Capt .; James Ayles, 1st. Lieut .; William Richardson, Secretary.

Herman Lodge (German) No. 195. The present officers are: P. K. Frank, N. G .; Henry Schmidt, V. G .; Julius Guenther, R. S.

The other lodges of the order comprise the Empire, organized Aug. 12, 1874; the Buena Vista Lodge, Feb. 26, 1872; Oriental, organized in 1872, with Le Roy H. De Lavergne, N. G., and the Magara Encampment, organized April 28, 1875.

KNIGHTS OF PYTIIIAS.

Saginaw Lodge, No. 10, K. of P., was organized March 28, 1873, with James G. Terry as C. C. This important lodge is well maintained, and its social and financial condition prosperous.

DAUGHTERS OF REBECCA.

A lodge of this order, known as Azure Lodge, No. 43, was organized in 1871.

GOOD TEMPLARS.

East Saginaw Lodge, No. 172, the first lodge of Good Templars in the city, was established Nov. 24, 1865, with Rev. B. S. Taylor, W. C. T .; Jane Smith, W. V. T .; D. W. Perkins, W. S .; C. B. Jones, W. T .; W. H. Burrill, W. F. S .; Anna West, W. I. G .; Dr. O. L. Mason, W. C .; Wm. Willey, P. W. C. T .; Amanda Allen, W. A. S .; Cornelius Wilson, W. M .; Margaret Coggswell, W. D. M .; and O. P. Davison, W. O. G.

Fountain Head Lodge was instituted May 19, 1875, with Geo. Stevens, W. C. T .; Lucy Clark, W. V. T .; Laura Wilde, W. Sec .. Mary Fenno, W. Treas., and 40 charter members.

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NON-SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.

The other societies, benevolent, literary, etc., are numerous and influential.

The East Saginaw Library Association .- On the 18th of Au- gust, 1865, this association was organized with Dr. H. C. Potter, President; Geo. K. Newcomb and I. M. Smith, Vice Presidents; L. C. Storrs, Treasurer; Geo. F. Lewis, Recording Secretary, and Geo. B. Boardman, Financial Secretary. It is still one of the institutions of the city.

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History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical, Volume I, Part 52

Author: Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co. Number of Pages: 962

Author:
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Number of Pages: 962