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About the same time a saw-mill was built by Peter Kent, for Philo Beers, on section 14. It was the first in Eagle, and did valuable service for several years. The re- mains of the dam built aeross the little stream are yet plainly visible.
Mr. Beers also opened the first blacksmith-shop. It stood by the quarter post on the south line of section 14. The settlers came with work from all quarters, and often from four o'clock in the morning until late at night was he kept steadily at the anvil.
Before coming to Michigan, Mr. Beers had been a man of considerable competence, but through an unfortunate business connection with the great showman, Barnum, he was financially ruined. He sought the woods of Michigan, and, like so many others, retrieved his broken fortune.
Lazarus Doty came to Eagle, aud entered a large tract of land for his three sons,-Oliver, Philo, and Charles. The
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three are residents of the township, and still oeeupy the land entered for them by their father. Oliver is on section 26, Philo is on 14, and Charles on 34. The family has been one of the most substantial and enterprising in the township.
The second saw-mill was built by Henry Gibbs, Jr., for Philo Doty, on section 14.
Henry Gibbs settled the farm upon which Isaac Brown now lives. Morris Allen settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 23. He has since moved to Iowa. His father, Nehemiah Allen, died in January, 1837. This was the first death iu Eagle. He was buried near the north bank of the river, on seetion 15, on land which was entered by Joseph Eddy in the spring of 1836. Mr. Eddy and his wife were both subsequently interred here. This was the first burial-place in the township. The land is now occupied by Christopher C. Tallman. Jacob De Witt settled ou the east half of the southeast quarter of section 15 in 1836, and remained there until his death. The place is now occupied by his son-in-law, William Sutherland.
In the same year Valeutine Cryderman came from Canada and located the east half of the northeast fractional quarter of section 13. He subsequently sold his land and returned to Canada. His daughter Sarah and Ezekiel Niles were married in 1841. At the marriage of his son William and Miss Alvira Niles, in the fall of 1837, David A. Simmous, who had recently come to the township and settled on sec- tion 9, officiated. The land entered by Mr. Simmons is now occupied by Hiram Briggs, who came in at the same time.
In 1837, Josiah Hogle entered the west half of the north- west quarter of section 13. The same year Isaae Phillips settled on the east half of the southwest quarter of seetion 10. This place is now occupied by his son, Joseph Phillips, whose elder brothers, Orin and Perry, are also old settlers of Eagle.
Jeremiah, Stephen, and Abraham Eddy, sons of Joseph Eddy, who settled on section 15, entered land in the town- ship in au early day. Jeremiah built a tavern, which still bears the name Western Grand River Ilouse. He sold it to Isaae Pennington, who came in an early day and settled on the southeast quarter of section 10. His eldest son, Josiah Pennington, at that time a young man, now occupies the old home. His daughter Lucinda married S. M. Iloward, who is also an early settler.
Jason Macomber entered the west half of the southeast quarter of section 4. It was subsequently purchased by Stephen Eddy. Abraham Eddy settled the northeast quar- ter of section 22. Luther settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 9. His son, Jefferson E. Eddy, now lives on section 4. Joseph Eddy, Jr., who married Miss Almeda Hill, lives on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 15. Her father settled on section 26 and opened a blacksmith-shop. The north half of the southwest quarter of seetion 15, now occupied by Joseph ITinman, was entered by his father in an early day.
Fletcher Jenison came to Eagle with his son, W. F. Jenison, and was appointed the first postmaster in the town- ship in 1841. A mail-route was established from Ann
Arbor to Ionia, and the mail was first carried, on horseback, by a man named in Ingersoll.
The names of Palmer Partelo and II. Lyon should not be omitted. The former settled on the southwest quarter of section 22. HI. Lyon settled on the west half of the southwest quarter of section 8, where he still resides. Wil- liam R. Howe occupies land settled by his father.
The names, also, of some of the carly settlers which we have omitted will be given in the following list, taken from the assessment-roll of 1841.
Acres.
George J. Phiney, section 1.
David McClansey, section 1
10
Orange Eddy, section 2 40
Jason Macomber, section 4
160
Peter Carrow, section 6. 140
Jesse Munroe, scction 7. 160
Hiram C. Briggs, section 8
72
David A. Simmons, section ?
197
Richard Lewis, section 9
40
Isaac Phillips, section 10.
78
Nathaniel D. Macomber, section 10
SO
David F. Burgess, section II.
160
Henry Rowland, section 13.
155
Oliver Rowland, section 13.
182
Philo Beers, section 14
103
Philo Doty, section 14.
126
Joseph Eddy, sections 14, 15.
385
Jacob Dewitt, section 15
80
Itiram C. Briggs, section 18.
147
Nathan Stevens, section 21.
40
John G. Harrington, section 22
15
Abram Eddy, section 22
145
W. F. Jenison, section 22
240 120
Stephen B. Groger, section 22
80
John Benson, section 23
40
Daniel Clark, section 23.
80
Anthony Niles, section 23
J20
Philo Doty, section 23.
SO
David Clark, section 24.
40
Andrew Shadduck, section 24.
40
Henry Gibbs, section 25.
80
Chester Brown, section 25
160
Calvin Barber, section 25 ..
240
John B. Shear, section 26.
40
George W. Jones, section 31
SO
Joab Dobbins, section 32
40
Charles Jones, section 32
20
Oliver Doty, section 36.
80
Miles Mansfield, section 36
160
SCHOOLS.
Up to the summer of 1837 there had been no school taught in Eagle. In the spring of that year an informal meeting was called at the house of Anthony Niles, and it was resolved to build a log school-house and have a school. At the appointed time, accordingly, the men assembled, and, though few in numbers, strong in purpose, they took hold of the logs with hearty good will, and soon a commodious cabin stood ready For use on the east side of the quarter- line on section 23, nearly opposite the site of the brick resi- denee of G. W. Thomas. The benches were made of slabs, and the teacher's desk was a board resting upon two pins driven into the wall. The fireplace, such as was common in those days, was made of sticks lined with stones and mud. Mrs. Alice Allen, whose husband had died in the previous winter, taught the first school. The following are the names of some of the scholars : Fannie, Clarinda, and Charles Groger, Royal and Marian Benson, Emily, Julia, and Angeline Niles, and Phoebe Beers.
In the winter of 1837-38, W. F. Jenison taught four
Jeremiah Eddy, section 10
Jared ligbee, section 11
Heman Thomas, section 23
Ezekiel Niles, section 23.
Henry Gibbs, Jr., section 23
Oliver Doty, sections 25. 26
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months. He was the first male teacher in the township. The next summer Mrs. Amanda Blaisdale, usually known as Aunt Amanda, taught. She was subsequently married to Chester Brown. During the summer of 1839 the school- house known for many years as the Red School-House was built. It took its name from a liberal coat of red paint which it received when completed. It was the first frame school-house in the township, and said to be the first in Clinton County. It stood near the residence of Heman Thomas, on section 23. The first school in this building was taught by W. F. Jenison. It was composed of chil- dren from Watertown, some from the Canada settlement in Eaton County, and some from Delta.
The next school-house was built on the southwest quarter of seetion 32. Previous to the organization of the town- ship of Eagle its territory had been separated into school districts, but none were organized except district No. 1 and districts Nos. 2 and 5.
At the first meeting of the school board of Eagle, on the 1st of April, 1841, these districts were rearranged, as fol- lows : Distriet No. 1 comprised sections 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, and all of 24, except a part of the northeast quarter. Fractional districts 2 and 5 included sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 in Eagle, and the north half of 4, 5, and 6 in Oneida. No other distriets were formed until Feb. 4, 1843, at which time the board set off 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, and 18 as district No. 3; but this act became null and void through the failure of its officers to qualify and serve. This territory was set off on the 7th day of May, 1845, and numbered 4. In the mean time (on April 5, 1844) school district No. 3 was formed of the remaining sections in the northeast part of the township. In the re- port of this year, for the first time, three schools are repre- sented. The school fund disbursed among them was thirty dollars and eighty cents, of which district No. 1 received fourteen dollars and eighty-four cents, districts Nos. 2 and 5 received six dollars and sixteen cents, while No. 4 re- ceived nine dollars and eighty cents. The number of chil- dren enrolled in each district was fifty-three, twenty-two, and thirty-five, respectively.
At the meeting of the school board, for the purpose of ex- amining applicants to teach, Aug. 23, 1845, certificates were given to Misses Mary Gooch, Clarinda Groger, Emeline Higbee, and Lucinda Barut. On 16th of November fol- lowing similar permits were issued to Benjamin C. Mac- omber and Silas P. Fish, as teachers for one term of winter school each. In 1845 four schools were taught in the town- ship, and the amount of money distributed among them was forty dollars and sixty cents :
.
District.
Scholars.
Amount.
No. 1
50
$14.93
Nos. 2 and 5 .....
29
8.65
No. 3 ..
31
9.26
No. 4 ..
26
7.76
School district No. 5 was formed by the school board ou the 4th day of November, 1848, but in the report of 1849, and also of 1850, no returns were made from this district.
On Sept. 7, 1850, the school board formed distriets 6 and 7. No. 6 did not organize, however. District No. 8 was first organized on Feb. 27, 1858, and Dec. 24, 1859, district No. 9 was set off. Fractional district No. 10 was
formed June 3, 1865. Distriet No. 7 was discontinued and included in district No. 1, Dec. 28, 1872. This was brought about by the destruction of the school-house in that district by fire.
The aggregate value of school property in the township in 1879 was four thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars. The number of scholars enrolled in the township was three hundred and forty, and there were sixteen quali- fied teachers.
CHURCHES.
In the fall of 1835, Rev. Mr. Munett, a Methodist mis- sionary, as they were then ealled, visited the remote settlement in Eagle. He followed his circuit, which embraced a great extent of country, on foot, carrying a knapsack stored with a Bible, a hymn-book, a liberal supply of tracts, and a few articles of clothing. With these he went from one settle- ment to another, making his rounds about once in five or six weeks. At the time above stated he eame to the log house of Anthony Niles, and with his permission announced religious exercises for the next Sabbath. These exercises, the first of the kind in Eagle, passed off well, and while upon that circuit he visited this settlement as regularly as possible.
In the spring of 1837, Rev. Mr. Bennett came to Eagle and organized the first church society. It was composed of Anthony Niles, John Benson and wife, Heman Thomas, and Valentine Cryderman and wife. Mr. Cryderman was appointed class-leader. The class prospered for a little time, but was at length discontinued.
In 1840, John Thomas, a representative of the Baptist Church, came and held a series of meetings, which resulted in the formation of a Baptist Church. When it was or- ganized several persons who had previously been members of that denomination, reunited with it. The names of the persons composing this class were Anthony Niles, John Benson and wife, Heman Thomas and wife, John B. Shear and wife. Anthony Niles was chosen deaeon. About the same time the Methodist Church reorganized, with Oliver Doty as class-leader.
The Baptist Church in Eagle was finally disbanded, its members uniting with the society in Grand Ledge.
The Methodist class has not been discontinued, and was really the germ of the one now in existence. The meet- ings of this society were held for a number of years in the Thomas school, and more recently in the Jenison school-house. Its meeting-house was completed in 1876, and cost two thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. It was dedicated by Rev. George B. Jocelyn. F. J. Freeman is the present pastor. M. R. Hill is class-leader. L. W. Hill is superintendent of the Sabbath-school.
The Free Methodist Church was organized at the school- house in North Eagle in June, 1876. The church edifice of this society was built in 1879, and dedicated by C. W. Haines. The present membership is eight.
LIST OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
As has been stated, Eagle was set off from Watertown March 15, 1841. The act provided that the first town- meeting should be at the house of Philo Doty, and it was so held in accordance with the provisions of the act. The
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following-named persons were then to fill the several town- ship offices: Supervisor, Jared Higbee ; Clerk, Edward W. Higbee ; Treasurer, Henry Rowland ; Assessors, John Benson, David A. Simmons, Henry Rowland ; School In- spector, Elisha B. Isham; Collectors, Edward W. Iligbec, Thomas I. Allen, Nathan Stevens ; Directors of the Poor, Henry Rowland, Fletcher Jenison ; Highway Commis- sioners, Oliver Doty, Philo Doty, Jared Higbee; Justices of the Peace, Oliver Doty, David A. Simmons, Henry Rowland ; Constables, IJiram C. Briggs, Nathan Steveus, Thomas 1. Allen, Frederick M. Groger.
The list of supervisors, township clerks, treasurers, jus- tices of the peace, and school inspectors from 1842 to 1880, inclusive, is as follows :
SUPERVISORS.
1842. Jared Iligbco. 1863-64. Charles M. Dorbyshine.
1843-46. William F. Jenison.
1865-66. William F. Jenison.
1847-50. David C. Clark. 1867-68. Philo Doty.
1851. Ezekiel Niles.
1869. Ezekiel Niles.
1852. Ira W. Ilill.
1870. David Clark.
IS53-54. Ezekiel Niles. 1871-72. Iliram C. Briggs.
1855. James W. McMillan.
1873. George W. McCrumb.
1856-57. Elisha I. Higbec.
1874-77. Philo Doty.
1858. John C. Scadia.
1878. George W. Thomas.
1859-60. B. H. Beers.
1879. Philo Doty.
1861-62. William F. Jenison.
1880. Ilenry Il. Jonison.
TOWN CLERKS.
1842-44. Edward W. Iligbco.
1861-63. James W. McMillan.
1845-50. Ezekiel Niles.
1864. llenry J. Stark.
1>51. B. II. Beers.
1865-66. James W. McMillan.
1852-54. Elisha I. Iligbec.
1867. Sheridan F. Ilill.
1855. Archelaus Silsbee. 1868. Ezekiel Niles.
1856. Thomas J. Allen.
1869. Loyal W. Ilill.
1857. G. W. Thomas.
1870-77. Ezekiel Niles.
1858. James W. MeMillan.
1878-79. Edward W. Stephenson.
1859-60. George W. Thomas.
1880. Eugeno Marsh.
TREASURERS.
1842. David C. Clark. 1864. Iliram C. Briggs.
1843-44. Elisha B. Isham.
1865. Silas P. Fish.
1845-47. Cyrus Briggs.
1866. Josiah Monroe.
IS48-50. Thoions I. Allen.
1867. David Taylor.
1851-52. Elisha B. Isham.
1868. G. W. McCrumb.
1853-56. Philo Doty.
1869. James J. Kerr.
1857. Oliver Doty.
1870-71. Josoph Hlinman.
1858. George R. Stark.
1872-73. James J. Kerr.
1859-60. Silas P. Fish.
1871-77. Henry P. Finney.
1861-62. Iliram C. Briggs.
1878-79. James F. Baker.
1863. John C. Scadin.
1880. Joseph Ilammon.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
18.12. llenry Gibbs.
1857. David Taylor.
Anthony Niles.
1858. Nelson M. Stark.
1813. Jacob Dobins.
Jaines W. McMillan.
1814. Henry Rowland.
1859. Milton P. Burtch.
1815. Anthony Niles.
1860. Oliver Doty.
1846. Iloratio Lyon.
1861. Burtis HI. Beers. David Taylor.
1847. Milton P. Burtch.
1848. Henry Rowland.
1849. James W. McMillan.
1850. Henry M. Stark.
1863. James W. McMillan.
1851. Lewis S. Niles.
1864. Oliver Doty.
1852. Morton Lyon.
1865. John C. Scadin.
Benjamin C. Macomber.
1853. James W. McMillan.
1854. B. C. Macomber.
IS67. Ezekiel Niles.
1855. Oliver Doty.
1868. Oliver Doty.
1856. lloratio Lyon.
1869. James J. Kerr.
Almond Partelo.
1870. Thomas Il. Caso.
1875. Ezekiel Niles.
1871. Ezekiel Niles. 1876. Levi Partelo.
1872. Almond Partelo. 1877. Thomas II. Case.
1873. Almond Partelo. Loyal W. Ilill.
1879. George W. Thomas.
1874. Levi Partelo.
ISSO. lliram F. Jones.
Oliver Doty.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1842. David Clark. 1860. William P. Esler.
Henry Rowland.
1861. Benjamin C. Mneomber.
William F. Jenison.
1862. Perry Shepard.
1843. William F. Jenison.
1863. William F. Jeaison.
Thomas J. Allen.
1864. Orville Bates.
1844. William F. Jenison.
1865. Alanson J. Iloglo.
Ilenry Rowland.
1866. Nathan Stevans.
1845. David Clark.
1867. Perry Shepard.
1846. Benjamin C. Macomber. 1868. Sheridan F. Hill.
1847. Silas P. Fish.
1869. Perry E. Sbepard.
1848. Lewis S. Niles.
1870. Loyal W. ITill.
Moore Whitmore.
1871. Iloratio ITunter.
1849. B. H. Beers.
1872. Loynl W. Ilill.
1850. Silas P. Fish.
George W. Thomas.
1851. William F. Jenison.
1873. L. S. Briggs.
1852. James W. MeMillan.
1874. Ezekiel F. Brown.
1853. W. E. Barber.
1875. George W. Thomas.
1854. William F. Jenison.
1876. George W. Thomas.
1855. James W. McMillan.
1877. William S. Tallman.
1856. W. P. Esler.
1878. Ezekiel F. Brown.
1857. Silas P. Fish.
1879. Jacob Morris.
1858. William F. Jenison.
1880. A. S. Kerr.
1859. Moses Hall.
EAGLE VILLAGE.
The location and platting of the village of Eagle followed the opening of the Ionia and Lansing Railroad. It will therefore be proper to preface a sketch of the village by a brief history of this thoroughfare in its connection with the township.
While the subject of a railroad through Eagle was being agitated a meeting was called by George W. MeCrumb at Jenison Hall, by request of many prominent citizens desirous of expressing their opinion in favor or against the measure. At a later meeting a resolution was passed, with but one dis- senting vote, offering aid to the company, and the township officers were subsequently authorized to issue bonds against the township, bearing ten per cent. interest, for the sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars, payable in four equal installments, the first of which should become due six months after the completion of the road. The time for the first payment on these bonds having expired, at the date specified the amount was promptly muet. Before the suc- ceeding obligations had matured the Supreme Court had declared the issuance of township bonds for. such purposes unconstitutional. The bonds had meanwhile been disposed of or fallen into the hands of other parties. Action was brought against the township, as represented by its super- visor, George W. McCrumb, who engaged counsel, and in the suit which followed was victorious. An appeal was taken, however, and ultimately the township was compelled to pay principal and interest, amounting in the aggregate to about twenty thousand dollars.
The site of the depot having been determined, George W. McCrumb in 1872 purchased forty acres of land on sec- tion 21, of the estate of John H. McCrumb, a part of which was formerly owned by Amos Nichols, the remainder
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1857. Burtis II. Beers.
1862. A. Josinh Ilogle. Horace Brown.
1866. Alanson J. Hlogle. Thomas II. Case.
1878. Eugene Marsh.
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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
being a portion of the Townsend tract. To this Jacob Schott added ten acres, the whole of which was platted as the village of Eagle and recorded May 6, 1873. Mr. McCrumb may therefore be regarded as the projector of the village. He removed from Lorain Co., Ohio, in 1845, with his father, William McCrumb, who located upon eighty acres on section 17. This land was uncleared on their arrival, and a cabin built in the immediate neighbor- hood afforded them a home while erccting a log house. The father survived his arrival but a year, when George W. purchased the estate and remained with the family at the homestead until 1859, when he removed to his present farm of two hundred and forty acres, to which he later added two hundred and sixty acres adjacent to it. Upon this land he ereeted in 1877 his present spacious residence.
Mr. McCrumb at once built a depot upon his plat, bear- ing himself the entire expense of its construction. In the same ycar (1873) Loyal W. Hill removed from the town- ship and built a store, in which he placed a general stock of goods. This was the beginning of business enterprise in the village. He was followed by John Force, who be- came the pioneer blacksmith, after which Loyal Ilill and others erected dwelling-houses and Mr. MeCrumb laid the foundation for a spacious building, which was later rented to Messrs. Cole & Marsh, who opened a general store which supplied the wants of the surrounding country. In 1876, Messrs. Cole & Fletcher built a store in which was placed a stock of hardware, and the church edifice was erected in the same year. The first public-house was opened by Eugene Marsh in a building originally designed as a dwell- ing. A spacious and well-appointed hotel was erected in 1879, of which Washburn Strickland is proprietor and landlord. The present business of the place embraces, in addition, a general store, owned by Messrs. Pearl & Starch ; a grocery and hardware, kept by Eugene Marsh, who is deputy postmaster, the commission being held by George W. McCrumb ; two blacksmith-shops, Robert Pullen and Josiah HIogle presiding at the forge ; a milliner, who is Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer ; and a saw-, planing-, and moulding- mill, with feed-mill combined, owned by Mr. McCrumb and located one mile from the village. The teacher of the public school is Miss Diana Pennington.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
DAVID CLARK.
The ancestors of Mr. Clark were early emigrants from Great Britain to America, and among the primitive settlers in the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His grand- father, John Clark, was actively engaged in the battle of Bennington, and participated also in the engagement which resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne. John Clark, the father of David, was born about the year 1770, at Phelen, Mass., and at the age of seven years removed with his parents to Bennington, Vt., where he resided when the famous battle occurred. He was taken to the battle-field by his father, and witnessed the encounter.
Having lost his mother at the age of fourteen, a home was open to him at the residence of a relative, Daniel Mc- Nutt, where he remained until he attained his majority, and at the age of twenty-nine was married to Miss Mary Knowlton. Their son David was born in Castleton, Vt., June 13, 1817, and at the age of sixteen accompanied his parents to Pontiac, Mich., where they located in 1833. In 1835 the family removed to the township of Eagle, on land entered by Mr. Clark, which his son assisted in clearing and improving. They were in an eminent sense pioneers, having discovered no evidenecs of civilization on their arrival.
On Jan. 1, 1857, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Sarah Smith, whose parents-natives of New York State-were settlers in Eaton County in 1839. They have had three children, -.- David, Jr., born April 17, 1862; Fred, whose birth occurred July 4, 1864, and who died Oct. 20, 1868; and Charles Henry, born Sept. 5, 1868.
Mr. Clark was formerly a strong Democrat, but subsc- quent developments occasioned' a change in his political views and have since eaused him to join the ranks of the Republican party.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark are supporters of the Congre- gational Church, the latter being a member and an active worker in its interests.
GEORGE W. McCRUMB.
William McCrumb, who was descended from Scotch an- cestry, was an early settler in Canandaigua, N. Y., and a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married Dec. 4, 1815, to Miss Mary Stewart, and George W., the seventh of their children, was born in Medina Co., Ohio, April 26, 1827, to which State his parents had emigrated a few months previous. They, however, soon after removed to Lorain County, and remained until 1844, when the family re- paired to the township of Eagle, where Mr. McCrumb died the year following. The mother survived until March, 1853. George W. at the age of eighteen was left with the care of the family almost entirely devolving upon him. He was married June 14, 1856, to Miss Calauthe M. Hill, whose parents are inmates of her own cheerful home.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. McCrumb were born in the following order : Helen M., March 24, 1857; Floid, Feb. 1, 1858 ; Charles, Aug. 3, 1860; Nettie and Mattic (twins), Aug. 25, 1863 ; George W., Jr., Sept. 14, 1866 ; Jennie, Jan. 18, 1869; Calanthe May, June 11, 1875. Of these children have died Charles and Mattie, October, 1863 ; Floid, Nov. 13, 1874; Calanthe May, May 11, 1876; Helen, Aug. 28, 1876; leaving still three to brighten the home circle. Mr. McCrumb is actively en- gaged in business pursuits, and is at present largely inter- ested in the saw-mill on the Looking-Glass River, of which he is proprietor, and which has a capacity of one million fect of lumber per year. He has been especially prominent in politics, having held many influential offices and been a recognized leader in his township. His convictions have caused him until recently to affiliate with the Republican party.
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