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Solomon Moss, a prominent pioncer of Essex, came here in 1841, from the town of Ira, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and set- tled upon section 33. He was born in Vermont in 1790. During the war of 1812-14 he was, while residing in Canada, drafted into the British service, but at some pecu- niary sacrifice le evaded doing duty for His Britannic Maj- esty by returning to Vermont. Ilis wife, formerly Miss Fanny Jones, of Shoreham, Vt., and six children, viz., Hiram L., William J., Edgar D., Vesta E., Laura K., and Myron S., came with him to this township. Mrs. Moss died in 1856. Mr. Moss survived to the age of eighty- one years. Their children all reside in Clinton County, except Mrs. M. Baker, of St. Louis, Gratiot Co.
Among other prominent early settlers were John Johnson, who suceceded Mr. Campau and, until the settlement of William A. Hewitt at Maple Rapids, did a thriving mer- cantile business with the Indians and early white settlers ; Chauneey S. Wolcott, who is still one of Essex's most re- spected citizens; Henry M. Starks, Levi D. Jenison, Samuel M. Scott, Daniel G. Smith, Obadiah Lyon, Walter Hubbell, Rufus Dinsmore, and others whose faces and peculiarities will be remembered when their names are found in accom- panying list.
In 1844 those residents of the township assessed for taxes were mentioned as owning property on the following sections :
Sec.
Sec.
Ephraim Rolfe.
7
George W. Gardner. 25
John Johnson ..
8
Christian G. Nestell 27
Levi D. Jenison ...
8 Daniel G. Smith 29
Hiram Benedict, Jr. 8,9 Nelson Delong. 30
Nelson Benedict ..
9 Solomon Moss
33
Timothy II. Pettit
9 Joshua Coomer.
34
Henry M. Starks.
9 Joshua Frink 34
Eleazer Toby
8 Lucene Eldridge,
35
George Starks ..
9 Chauncey S. Wolfeott 36
John W. Armstrong.
19 Walter Hubbell 36
Sylvester Stevens ..
19
Lewis Norton Personal
Daniel Kellogg.
Joseph Kellogg
Oliver Aldrich.
l'arley Gardner
=
Rufus Dinsmore ... 25,36
Lyman Webster 25
The population and number of dwellings were more than doubled during the succeeding six years, and in 1850 there were seventy-seven families and a total population of four hundred and ten inhabitants. The resident tax-payers at that time were named as follows :
Sec.
Sec.
Simon T. Ilill .. 3
3
Heirs of R. Dinsmore ...... 25,36
Thomas Stickney 6
Morgan Monroe .. 25
Ephraim Rolfe
7
'Theodore Webster.
25
Alfred Stone.
7 Lyman Webster.
25
Williama Perry
7
Joho Johnson
S
Truman B. Heath
26
Ransom S. Cook
8
Edwin W. Warrco 93
8 Obadiah Lyon. 26
27
Timothy II. Pettit
9
Nelson Denedict.
9
Peter Schanck.
9
Joseph O. Lyon
9, 11
Charles Carter
10
Aaron S. Baker.
17,18
Ransom Beach
19
Joshua Coomer.
34
D. W. C. Beach
19
Hiram L. Moss 33
David Blank.
19
William J. Moss. 33
Mrs. Frink. 3.1, 26
Lucene Eldridge. 35
John W. Armstrong ... 19, 30
30
Stephen McPherson .. 10
Joseph T. Hewitt ... Personal
Adam Ocobock
29
David F. MePherson ..
Jackson Ocobock
29
George R. Nestell.
Frederick Tuttle.
20
Isaiah Sherwood
James Skillman
Thomas Parr. 17. 20, 21
O. Dunkle ..
James Yondan.
29 Charles Turner
David Scott. 23
Eben B. Stiles.
Isaac Ocobock
At the expiration of another decade many improvements had taken place. Framed dwellings and broad cultivated fields had succeeded the log cabins and small " elearings;" the enterprising little village of Maple Rapids had sprung into existence, and Essex in 1860 contained two hundred and fourteen dwelling-houses and one thousand and thirteen inhabitants, thus taking third place among Clinton County townships. The tax-paying residents* of twenty years ago were:
Sec.
Aaron W. Phillips. 1
Martin V. Brown ..... Vitlage Lots
Lewis Bryant.
t
John N. Whitacre ...
William Brown
I
James K. Petteys ....
Samuel 11. Griffith
2
Augustus Randolph. 4 4
Andrew J. Taylor.
2 Frederick Tuttle ... ¥
John Anderson.
2
Ransom Beach.
William S. Mathews.
3
James Carpenter. G
Marcus Annis. 4,14
Arnold Payne
G
M. J. Whitacre ..
5
Abigail Fulton
6
Reuben Smith
Personal
Daniel Webster 6
C. Hammond
26
Hiram Benedict ..
8,9
James Owen ..
Christian G. Nestell. 27
Frederick Delano. 19
James Sowle, Jr. 21,22
Edward Perrin
9
Humphrey Hammond 2S
Daniel G. Smith. 29
Riley Jones .. 32
David Bush 26,33
Joho Whitman 19
Josiah Cobb. 19
Cornelius Onderkirk 19
Levi D. Jenoison 35
Chauncey S. Wolcott 36
Nelson Delong
Palmer D. Bancroft. 30
Guy N. Wilcox
31
Guy N. Wilcox.
Thomas Irwin
20
Mrs. Scott ... 23, 24
John Young.
Iliran Richmond.
James Sowle, Jr. 21,22
David Scott ... 23
Joseph Nestell
Sec.
# In this and other lists of names errors may be found in spelling, but they cannot be avoided when not written correctly or legibly on original rolle.
Solomon Moss.
449
ESSEX TOWNSHIP.
Sec.
Sec.
J. R. Mosher. 6
Lyman Van Siekle ... 20
Hazen Jaquish
Warren Smith 20
Chauneey Jaquish Personal
Christopher M. Bannister. 20
Fra S. Baker.
7
William Parr 20
Betsey M. Stone. 7 William Mather.
Hewitt and Mather ... Village Lots
William A. Hewitt ...
Isaac Hewitt ..
Hannah Hewitt.
D. J. Rogers.
George Ilerrendeen .. =
Martin Fisher
Arnold L. Lake .. 22
Horace M. Skinner. 22
Nathan L. Carr. 22
Franklin IIndson .....
John D. Whitman 23 Francis A. Coats 23
Nathan R. Lowe. 23
Abram Annis.
Andrew Annis
24
John Young ...
William Young.
24
Joseph W. Hewitt.
Lafayette Brewn ... 4 €
Hiram Riebmond ...
Albert E. Fox
Charles Fox 24
Naney Webster
R. W. Boynton 25
Carmi Hammond 25,26
25
8, 18 25 Solomon Moss.
William J. Moss.
5, 8, 18
George Ralfe Personal
James H. Roberts, 26
Simon T. Hause 26
George Hewitt.
Obadiah Lyon 26
Lydia A. Lane.
A. Pietz. 26
Zachary Hewitt
John Cantwell ¥6 Paul Hewitt.
Anderson Stout
Dennis Webster S Ransom J. Cook
E. D. Webster.
27
William Benedict 8, 9, 18 Nelson Benedict.
John II. Parr 27
James Owen .. 27
Sanford Crowner. 27
James D. Crowner
27
John Farnsworth 27
Horace A. Sowle. 27
Moses Nestell 27
Hiram Nestell. 27 27
George R. Nestell
Albert Angell 27
Humphrey Hammond. 28, 33 George A. Britton 10
Alfred Russell
N. S. Hammond.
HI. C. Elkins
Richard Britton
28
Nelson Garner
28
S. Arnold
29
Mary Root.
14, 15 Thomas Luck 29
Henry Hinekley 15 Jackson Deoboek 29
29
James Youdan 11, 15 Thomas Parr. 15
Daniel Piniard 16
Loren Peet ..
29
John Baker 16
Nelson Delong 18. 30
Loren Miner ... 30
Benjamin F. Ocoboek 30
Cornelius Van Siekle. 16
Palmer D. Banereft 30
Simon T. Hill. 9. 31
Riley Jones ... 32
M. Chase .. 32
34
George Blank 17
David Bush ..
William Ward, 34
31
Chester Dean 3.f
J. C. Jewett. 26, 34
John Ward
Stephen Parr. 19
Queene Eldridge
John Bottum 35
Josiah Cobb.
19
Levi D. Jenison. 26, 35
David Ridenour 19
Chauncey S. Wolcott .. 25, 34, 36 Warren Pect 19 Jerome Clark. 30 Ransom Beach 19
Barney Bond 36 Peter and David Blank
S. Bottum. 36 Alonzo Potter.
11. Houck 36 Themas Irwin. 20
Prominent among the citizens of to-day of those whose names are mentioned in the foregoing list are Rowland S. Van Scoy, the owner of about fifteen hundred acres in Essex,
and one of the wealthiest men in the county ; Isaac Ilewitt, a merchant and capitalist, who owns nearly six hundred acres ; Horace M. Skinner, a thorough-going farmer, who has done much to improve live stock ; and Richard B. Ca- russ, who, although a more recent settler, is deserving great credit for his efforts in behalf of an improved stock of cattle, sheep, and hogs, and true farm culture.
CIVIL HISTORY, FIRST TOWNSHIP-MEETING, AND LIST OF OFFICERS.
Essex, which comprises territory designated in the orig- inal survey-township No. 8 north, of range No. 3 west, formed part of Wandaugon (afterwards Lebanon) township from March 6, 1838, to March 19, 1840, when it became part of Bengal. It continued thus until 1843, when by an act of the State Legislature, as follows, approved March 9th of the same year, it began a separate existence.
" All that part of the county of Clinton designated in the United States survey as township No. 8 north, of range No. 3 west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Essex, and the first township-meeting therein shall be held at the house of James Sowle, Jr., in said township."
Pursuant to the foregoing act, twenty-eight electors as- sembled at the house of James Sowle, Jr., April 21, 1843, to hold their first township election, and as a result the fol- lowing township officers were declared elected: Hiram Benedict,* Supervisor ; Daniel Kellogg, Clerk ; Lyman Webster, Treasurer ; Henry M. Starks, Solomon Moss, Chauncey S. Wolcott, Highway Commissioners ; Solomon Moss, Daniel Kellogg, Chauncey M. Stebbins, Justices of the Peace ; Daniel Kellogg, Chauncey M. Stebbins, Asses- sors ; Chauncey S. Wolcott, Chauncey M. Stebbins, School Inspectors ; Benjamin F. Doty,' Chauncey M. Stebbins, Directors of the Poor; lohu W. Armstrong, Chauncey S. Wolcott, Constables. Samuel M. Scott, Solomon Moss, James Sowle, Ir., Hiram Benedict, aud Timothy H. Pettit served as inspectors of this election.
Two days later a special township-meeting was held, when the following-named citizens were chosen pathmasters: Henry M. Starks, distriet No. 1; James Sowle, Jr., district No. 2; John W. Armstrong, district No. 3; William L. Delbridge, district No. 4; Solomon Moss, district No. 5 ; and it was resolved that James Sowle, Jr., serve as pound- master ; that the township buy books for records; that two hundred and fifty dollars. be raised for highway purposes; that two dollars be paid for wolf-scalps; that one hundred and fifty dollars be raised for contingent expenses, and that the next township election be held at the house of William L. Delbridge.
In 1845 the people voted to pay as town bounties two dollars for each wolf-scalp, one dollar for each bear-scalp, and two cents for each blackbird killed in the township.
During a few years preceding 1856 or 1857 the present townships of Newark and Fulton, in Gratiot County, were attached to Essex.
# Itiram Benedict had served as the first supervisor of Wundaugon in 1838, also of Lebanon in 1839. He was elected the first supervisor of Bengal in 1840, also to the same office in ISII, and on the 3d of April, 1843.
57
T. P. Hoyt. 20
Charles Bentley 21
A. Stevens. 21
Stephen MePherson 21
Jehn Piniard 21 Mary MePherson 21
James Sowle, Jr ... 15, 21, 22, 28 22
Henry C. Lyon ..... ...
B. F. Herrendeen .... Owen Holland
Michael Lestrange ...
Iloraec S. Taylor ....
John Johnson .. 3, 7,8 Chandler Freeman ... Village Lots C. W. Brown ..
24
George B. Andrus. Personal
Luther Wheat. 24 21
William P. Bolds .. =
Elisha Mudge.
Henry Lyon. 24
Daniel Pratt.
Edgar D. Moss
8, 18
B. Taylor.
Watson Rolfe.
Eli Madison .. .Village Lots
William Annis.
R. Danby. 10 R. T. Sumner 10
12 William M. Stevees. 12
Nathan S. Ellis 13
Edgar C. Van Vleet 13, 14
Martin I. Hulbert
14
Jotın Groal. 15
Isaae M. Ocohock
Adam Ocoboek
29
Hamilton Oeobock
29
Charles Carter. 10, 16 William J. Havens 16
Maria Perrin 1, 5, 10, 16 Newman Terry. 16
O. F. Bristol. 16
Isaac T. Bentley
Iliram L. Moss 26, 33, 34
George Babarsh .. IS und Vil. Let Ilarvey White 18 John P. Smith. 18 Jacob Ridenour, Jr ..
34 35
Jehn W. Armstrong. 19,30
Rodney Eldridge. 35
John Ridenour 19
.Personal
J. F. Frink 26
Joseph Parr. 27
Joseph C. Lyon. 9
Henry Dimon.
James Skinner. Personal Peter Schanek 9 Rowland S. Van Seoy. 9, 10
Guy N. Wilcox 10
Jacob Britton ... 10
Personal
Joseph Ellicott 17
Joshua Coomer
11. P. Lansing.
John Beach. 20 Bennett Cook
Lewis Bentley .. 20 Azro Jaquish
450
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
The following tables embrace the names of those who have been annually elected supervisors, clerks, treasurers, justices of the peace, highway commissioners, sehool in- spectors, drain commissioners, and school superintendents for the years from 1844 10 1880, inclusive; but where vacancies have been filled by appointments and special elec- tions, such changes are not shown. Possibly errors will be found; if so, the fault must rest upon successive township clerks, who at the conclusion of each township-meeting failed to summarize and declare who were elected :
SUPERVISORS.
1844-45. Walter Ilubbell. 1857. John Yonng.
1846. Hiram Benedict.
1858. lliram Benedict.
1847. Samuel M. Scott.
1859-65. Rowland S. Van Seoy.
1848. Hirnin Benedict. 1866. Hiram L. Moss.
1849. Samuel M. Seott. 1867-69. James Youdan.
1850. Daniel G. Smith. 1870. Justus Root.
1851-52. lliram Benedict.
1871. James Youdan.
1853. William A. Ilewitt.
1872. Richard B. Carnss.
1854. Thomas Parr.
1873-74. James Youdan.
1855. Timothy II. Pettit.
1856. Joseph T. Hewitt.
CLERKS.
1844. Lyman Webster.
1859-62. William J. Moss.
1845. Levi D. Jenison.
1863. Myron S. Moss.
1846-47. Daniel G. Smith.
1864. Martin V. Brown.
1848. Obadinh Lyon.
1865-66. Myron S. Moss.
1849. Daniel G. Smith. 1867. Henry D. Sanders.
1850-53. David F. McPherson. 1868. Daniel Lyon.
1854. Robert W. McCartney. 1869-74. Orin F. Peek.
1855. John S. Bristol.
1875-78. Murdo MeDonald.
1856. Martin V. Brown.
1879. William F. Petteys.
1857. William J. Moss.
1880. Sanford W. Smith.
TREASURERS.
1844-46. Daniel Kellogg.
1865. Thomas Parr.
1847. H. M. Starks.
1866. Rowland S. Van Seoy.
1848. James Sowle, Jr.
1867. Simcon Hewitt.
1849-51. Humphrey Hammond.
1868. Edwin D. Webster.
1852. Timothy II. Pettit. 1869. Alfred Shaw.
1853-54. Joseph T. llewitt. 1870. James Yondan.
1855. William A. Hewitt.
1871-77. Simcon llewitt.
1856-62. George Daharsh. 1878-79. John Chiek.
1563-64. Robert T. Sumner.
ISSO. Simeon Ilewitt.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1844. Ilenry M. Starks.
1859. David Blank.
Walter Hubbell.
1860. Edwin D. Webster.
1845. Solomon Moss. 1861. William A. Hewitt.
1846. Daniel Kellogg.
1862. Ruel W. Boynton.
Christian G. Nestell.
1863. Nathan J. Ellis.
1847. Channecy S. Wolcott. Isnae Hewitt.
18IS. No record. 1864. Edwin D. Webster.
18-19. Ransom Beneh.
1865, James Sowle, Jr.
William Sherwood. 1866. R. 11. Sanborn.
1850. Stephen MePherson. 1867. Jacob Britton.
1851. James Sowle, Jr. Obadiah Lyon.
1868. John R. Bottom. Ransom J. Cook.
1852. William A. Hewitt.
1853. Charles Townsend.
1854. Ransom Beach.
1855. John Young.
David F. MePherson.
1872. Nelson Delong. Franklin Hudson.
1873. Robert B. Burt.
1857. Chauncey S. Woleott.
1874. James D. Covert.
IS75. Walter Floate. James D. Covert.
1876. Martin Hubbell.
1876. Albert T. Cross. 1878. Joseph Parr.
1877. Gabriel Anderson. 1879. Winfield Stitt.
Franklin Iludson. 1880. Robert Anderson.
Robert B. Burt. Albert T. Cross.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
1844. Solomon Moss. IS59. James Sowie, Jr.
Chauncey S. Wolcott. 1860. Robert T. Sumner.
Nelson Benedict. 1861. James Sowle, Jr.
1845. Rufus Densmore. 1862. James Youdan.
Iliram Benedict. 1863. Henry B. Dimon.
Daniel G. Smith. 1864. Samuel Reed.
1846. Rufus Densmore. William Parr.
1847. Lyman Webster. 1865. James Youdan.
Sherman Baldwin.
1866. Simeon Hewitt.
Rufus Densmore. 1867. James Anderson.
1848. Iliram Benedict.
IS68. Stephen M. Parr.
1849. Aaron S. Baker.
1869. Theodore P. Iloyt.
1850. John Young. 1870. James Anderson.
1851. Thomas Parr. 1871. Milton L. Hildreth.
1852. Arunah Hubbell.
1872. William B. Smith.
1853. James Youdan. 1873. James Anderson.
1854. David Blank. 1874. William S. Hanc. 1855. Edwin D. Webster. David II. Payne.
1856. James Youdan.
Nathan Ellis, Jr.
1857. Joseph T. Hewitt.
1875. James Youdan.
1858. Daniel T. Iloyt.
IS76-78. Jacob Iloover.
Alfred Cowles.
1879. Walter Floate.
1859. James Youdan.
1880. James K. Davison.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1841. Timothy 11. Pettit.
1862. Myron A. Dunning.
1845. Walter Hubbell.
1863. Charles P. Lyon.
1846. Ilumphrey Hammond. Myron A. Dunning.
Timothy 11. Pettit.
1864. James O. Bates.
1847. Ilumphrey Hammond.
1848. Timothy II. Pettit.
1849. Samuel M. Scott.
1866. Hervey Lyon.
1850. D. W. C. Bench.
1867. Myron S. Moss.
1851. Ilumphrey Ilammond.
1868. Daniel B. Chase.
1852. D. W. C. Beach. 1869. James S. Bristol.
1853. William J. Moss. 1870. Daniel B. Chase.
1854. D. W. C. Beach. 1871. James S. Bristol.
1855. William J. Moss. 1872. William IIcek.
1856. Eleazor N. Darrow.
1873. James S. Bristol.
1857. Humphrey Hammond.
1874. Murdo McDonakl.
1858. William Mather.
1875. Robert B. Burt.
1859. Elisha Mudge.
1876. Munson Chase.
1860. Chandler Freeman.
1877. George Ewers.
IS61. Elisha Mudge.
1878-79. Munson Chase.
1862. Humphrey Hammond.
1880. William J. Moss.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1871. William J. Moss.
1876. Lewis Bentley.
1872. Daniel Lyon. 1877. No record.
1873. Robert B. Burt.
1878. John L. Lyon.
1874. No record. 1879. No record.
1875. James C. Jewott. 1SS0. Franeis W. Redfern.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1875. Charles M. Perry. 1879. Oliver G. Webster.
1876. Elisha Mudge. 1880. Mrs. Lihbie Anderson.
1877-78. W. II. Owen.
EDUCATIONAL.
In the winter of 1840-41, while Essex formed part of Bengal, the first school was established in township S north, of range 3 west. Its sessions were held in the upper part of James Sowle's log house, and Miss Emily Moss, daughter of Solomon Moss, presided as teacher. Her pupils, seven in number, were the children of James Sowle and Parley
1858. Daniel Webster. Rnel W. Boynton.
1859. Thomas Parr.
1869. Robert B. Burt. Whipple Martin.
1870. Solomon P. Creasinger.
1871. Jobn N. Whitnere.
1856. William A. Hewitt. Jerome Clark.
1858. Charles W. Brown.
IS75-80. Orin F. Peck.
Humphrey Hammond.
1865. Ruel W. Boynton. Nathan Ellis, Jr.
451
ESSEX TOWNSHIP.
Gardner. According to the school law then prevailing, nine scholars or children of school age were necessary to form a district and enable it to draw money from the public- school fund. As the two families could mnster but seven children, Bengal authorities refused to organize a district, consequently Miss Moss' school was a private one.
On the 2d of January, 1845, School Inspectors Lyman Webster, Timothy H. Pettit, and Chauncey S. Wolcott formed school district No. 2, and ordered that it should include sections 21, 22, 15, 10, and 3, the east hall' of sec- tions 4, 9, 16, and the southwest quarter of 16. The first meeting to be held at the house of James Sowle, Jr., Wed- nesday, Jan. 15, 1845, at one P.M.
Distriet No. 1 was formed in December, 1846, and Rufus Densmore and others of this district were duly notified that its boundaries be as follows: " Commencing at the southeast corner of section thirty-six, thence west to the quarter post on the south line of section thirty-four, thence north through the centre of sections thirty-four and twenty-seven to the centre of section twenty-two, thence cast through the centre of sections twenty-three and twenty- four to the east line of the township, thence south to the place of beginning; and the first school-meeting therein shall be held at the house of Chauncey S. Wolcott, Tues- day, December 15, 1846, at six P.M."
So says the record. But why district No. 2 was formed prior to No. 1 we cannot determine. Probably the latter description was a change of the boundary-lines of original district No. 1, for of the primary-school fund (twenty-three dollars and fifty-five cents) drawu in 1845, fourteen dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents was apportioned to dis- trict No. 1, and eight dollars and sixty-seven and a half cents to district No. 2. But eighteen dollars and eighty- eight cents was received from the primary-school fund in 1846. In April, 1847, it was determined to build a school- house for district No. 1 on the northwest corner of section 36, land owned by Chauncey S. Wolcott.
District No. 3, comprising sections 13, 14. 23, 24, south half of 11 and 12, and portions of 26 and 27, was formed in September, 1848.
District No. 4 was organized in May, 1849. The first meeting was held at the house of Hiram Benediet, and the district comprised sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, and the west lialf of sections 4, 9, and 16. This was the first district organized which included the territory now occupied by the village of Maple Rapids. The amount of primary- school funds received the same year was sixteen dollars and seventeen cents, which was apportioned to districts 1 and 2. In 1850 twenty-six dollars and fifty-two cents was received from the same fund, which was apportioned to the two dis- tricts as before.
Of the seven districts counted as organized in 1851, but four were entitled to public-school funds, viz., 1, 2, 3, and 5. Since the latter date many changes have taken place in the numbers* and boundaries of school districts, and it is impracticable to follow their history further.
# In 1855 There were eleven sehool distriets, but distriets in the present townships of Newark and Fulton, Gratiot County, were then included.
EARLY TEACHERS.
Miss Martha Grooch or Gooeh received a teacher's eer- tificate May 26, 1849, and is the first mentioned in the school inspectors' books as having received one. Other early teachers are mentioned by years, as follows :
1850 .- Harriet Bliss, Sarah Jane Lyou, Helen E. Stevens, Mary Richmond, and Lovina Stone.
1851 .- Miss T. M. Doty, William Mather, David F. Mc- Pherson, D. W. C. Beach.
1852 .- Emeline Moss, Francis A. Chappell, Mrs. Arm- strong.
1854 .- Emeline Moss, Catherine Ocobock, Mary P. Rich- mond, Mary L. Kipp, Maria Hawkins, Miss T. M. Doty, William J. Moss, Martha Pierson, Hannibal Gaskell, Mrs. Gunsolly.
1855 .- Mary L. Webster, Miss H. L. Cole, Mary L. Seaver, Mary Hill, Mary A. Moore, America Hoyt, and Eleazer A. Darrow.
1856 .- Sarah L. Cole, Julia A. Skinner, Mary J. Vail, Pamelia Bliss, Mr. E. I. Abbott, William J. Moss, N. K. Hane.
1857 .- Alice Moore, Mary J. Partridge, Adelia M. Smith, Martha Avery, Mary Ilill, T. R. Bush, Elisha Mudge, Eleazer N. Darrow, Elizabeth Doane.
1858 .- Mary Coryell, George W. King, Mary A. Moore, Miss Baker, Lucy E. Freeman, O. S. Ingham, James N. Wallace, Miss H. A. Taft.
1859 .- Charlotte Nethaway or Hathaway, Laura Flar- ringtou, Charlotte H. Miller, Julia Sessions, Martha Avery, Anderson Stout, O. B. Guunison, Myron S. Moss, Oliver G. Webster, Charles T. Lyon, Lois Mudge, Eunice M. Eddy, Elon Rey- nolds, Ely Reynolds, Charles E. Hollister.
1860,-Naomi J. Everett, Mary Hill, Angeline Rush, Amelia Brown, Oliver G. Webster, Mary M. Coryell, America Hewitt, William Scott, Alan- son Mathews, Jane Strever, Myron A. Dunning, William M. Colby, William Ifill.
1861 .- Myron S. Moss, D. B. Creasinger, M. R. Eaton, Elvira S. Cole, Naomi J. Everett, Rebecca T. Young, Albert 11. Burch, II. W. Stiles, J. M. Ilarrison, Elisha MeCall.
1862 .- Mary L. Gillett, Miss L. Bentley, Minerva A Bachelor, Naomi S. Everett, Sarah E. Smith, Sophronia L. Burch, Jaue Strever, Mary B. Harmon, F. M. Chase.
1863 .- America Ilewitt, Elizabeth Benjamin, Gertrude Benjamin, Jane Strever, Sarah Smith, Catharine R. Chase, Mary E. Chase, Peter Benjamin, Mary Stafford, Naomi J. Everett, Myron A. Duuning, Myron S. Moss, L. C. Shelley, Sarah E. Smith, C. C. Collins, James Jewett.
1864 .- Jane Strever, C. R. Chase, Laura Eldred, Miss L. Bentley, Eva E. Wilson, Lucy J. Peet, Eliza- beth Taylor, Helen L. Ilewitt, Mary Coryell, Peter Benjamin, Messrs. L. C. Shelley, Joslin O. G. Webster, and O. M. Wood.
1865 .- Mary Moore, Jennie Strever, Nellie L. Hewitt, Helen Carrier, Elizabeth A. Benjamin, Amanda Wilcox, Mary Coryell, Myron A. Duuning,
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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Esther Swayze, Elva J. Wells, Delana Hoyt, Caroline Rouse, Oliver G. Webster, Munson Chase, L. C. Shelley, Elmer D. North, Alice L. Woodruff, Alice N. Taft, Naomi J. Everett, Miss E. M. Williams.
1866 .- Caroline Rouse, Amanda E. Wilcox, Helen F. Snyder, Elva Wells, Emma L. Beebe, Livonia S. Holmes, Elvira M. Sturgess, Mrs. Lorado Dowd, Lois Van Vleet, Emily Skinner, Naomi J. Everett, Amelia Rogers, Helen Lyon, IIar- riet H. IIolmes, Emma L. Beebe, Elisha Mudge, Edwin E. Stone, Mr. O. A. Price, Margaret E. Reeee, Nancy Chase, Almy Bent- ley, and Amelia Rogers.
1867 .- Miss A. Ferguson, Rhoda J. Mosher, Rebeeea Chase, Nancy Chase, Mary Smith, Lucinda Ilanse, Annie Wakeley, Emma Rogers, and Marie Thornton.
APPORTIONMENT OF PRIMARY-SCHOOL FUNDS.
1860 .-- To Distriet No. 1, $26.68 ; Distriet No. 2, $27.60; Distriet No. 3, $29.90 ; District No. 4, $41.40; Distriet No. 5, $9.66 ; District No. 6, $21.62; Distriet No. 7, $8.28.
1870 .- To District No. 1, 825.44; Distriet No. 2, $15.84; Distriet No. 3, $38.88; Distriet No. 4, $69.12; Distriet No. 5, $19.68 ; District No. 6, $8.64; Distriet No. 7, $20.16; Distriet No. 8, $17.28; District No. 9, $13.92; and Fractional Distriet No. 8, $25.44.
The following statisties are taken from the school in- speetors' annual report for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879 :
Number of districts (whole, 8; fractional, 1) ... 9
Number of children of school age residing in the township. 590
Number of children attending schools during the year. 534
Number of children, non-residents, attending schools during the year .. 41 9 Number of school-houses (brick, I ; frame, 8) .. Number of sittings, 640
Value of school property .. $7850.00
Number of men teachers employed. 5 Number of women teachers employed. 15
Amount paid men teachers $751.00
Amount paid women teachers. $1267.00 Total resources for the year $3046.89
VILLAGE OF MAPLE RAPIDS.
The village of Maple Rapids, an unincorporated town of about six hundred inhabitants, is situated in the northwest corner of Essex township, on the south side of Maple River, and occupies portions of sections 5 and 8.
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