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CIVIL LIST.
completed his studies in two years, and graduated at Wil- loughby Medical College, in Ohio, in 1846. Ile returned to the county and practiced in Bennington twenty years. In 1868 he removed to Owosso, gave up practice, and opened a drug-store, where he is still engaged in business. He was a member of the Legislature in 1857.
Dr. - Pierce left the city of Philadelphia and emi- grated to Michigan in 1842. IIe located at Corunna, where he was the first physician. He was very learned and methodical, but not a successful practitioner, and after about five years returned to Philadelphia, weary of the toil attendant upon country practice.
Dr. William Weir was an early resident of Shiawassee- town, and was, from 1840 to 1850, the leading physican in the county. He was not a graduate of any college, but was a close student and had a thorough knowledge of medicine as known in those days. Ile removed to Albion later, and while on his way to this county on a visit, died at a hotel on the route.
Dr. Nicholas P. Harder was a physician who located at Newburg, and lived at that place following his profession. Hle practiced a few years at Corunna and returned to New- burg, where he remained until his death. He was clected county treasurer and supervisor of his township.
Dr. John B. Barnes, a native of Lowell, Mass., graduated at Williamstown College, in that State, and practiced at Lock- port, N. Y. In 1842 he emigrated to Michigan, and com- menced practice at Owosso, where he still lives. Ile was foremost in this section in the anti-slavery struggle, a director of the "underground railroad," and intimately acquainted with Garrison, Phillips, and others of the anti- slavery leaders of that day.
Dr. E. M. Bacon, a former resident of Albion, N. Y., and a graduate of Geneva Medical College, emigrated to Michigan and located in Corunna in 1846. Dr. Bacon very early acquired a large practice, and experienced all the hardships of the pioneer physician, finding long rides on horseback a necessity of the undeveloped condition of the country. He removed temporarily to California in search of health, but returned and died in Corunna in 1869. His early death was doubtless hastened by ex- cessive application to the requirements of his profession.
Dr. Freeman Mcclintock and Dr. L. D. Jones, from Ohio, came to Laingsburg, in this county, in the spring of 1846, and commenced practice, but returned to Ohio in the autumn of that year. Dr. McClintock again visited Laingsburg in 1847 and resumed practice; he remained until 1851, when he removed to California, but in 1856 returned. From that time he has been engaged in mer- cantile pursuits. He was succeeded by Dr. J. D. North, of Washtenaw County, who practiced for three years, and returned to Ann Arbor. His practice was taken in 1862 by Dr. E. B. Ward, who is still the leading physician of the township.
" After the railroad was completed through the county, doctors swarmed in like the locusts of Egypt." This is the remark of one of the oldest physicians of the county, and it is the reason why it is thought impracticable to notice here in detail the physicians of later date than those who have already been mentioned.
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
In December, 1879, several physicians united in a call to the physicians of the county to convene at Owosso for the purpose of forming a county medical society. The meeting was held, and adjourned to meet at the same place in January, 1880, at which time Dr. Jabez Perkins was elected President; Dr. A. J. Bruce, Vice-President ; Dr. L. M. Goodrich, Secretary ; and Dr. W. C. Ilume, Treas- urer. Meetings are now held at Owosso every three months. The members of the society at present are Jabez Perkins, C. McCormick, and Charles A. Osborne, of Owosso ; A. G. Bruce, L. M. Goodrich, and C. F. Armstrong, of Corunna ; W. C. Hlume, Bennington ; D. C. Holley, Vernon ; G. O. Austin, Perry ; E. B. Ward, Laingsburg ; W. B. Fox and - Harvey, Bancroft ; - Tock, Lothrop.
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The first physicians of this school who came to this county were Dr. John D. Kergan and Dr. F. B. Smith, who entered into partnership in Corunna, about 1868. In 1871 the latter moved to Owosso. Dr. Kergan was a grad- uate of the Victoria College, in Canada, as an allopathist. In 1870 he was clerk of the State society, and is a member of the American Institute of Ilomwopathy. Ile removed to Newburg, remained there about a year, and in 1878 to Detroit, where he is now in practice.
Alexander McNeale, a native of Canada, came in 1870 to Corunna, where he practiced about two and a half years, and removed to New Albany, Ind.
Dr. B. F. Knapp came to Byron about 1874, and is still there. Dr. John Babbington, a native of Canada, came to Corunna in 1876, studied with Dr. Kergan, graduated at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, and commenced practice in Corunna in 1876. Dr. - Knapp, now of Ban- croft, came to that place in 1877, and is now in practice there. Dr. Alexander R. Ball came from Canada to Co- runna in 1878, and commenced practice. He graduated at the Western Homeopathic College, Ohio, in 1862, and practiced in Mason and Marshall in this State before coming to this county. Dr. A. H. Annis is a practicing physician in Hazelton. Ile commenced practice about 1878.
SHIAWASSEE CIVIL LIST.
This list embraces the names of residents of Shiawassee County who have held important civil offices in the State or national government, and also of principal officers of the county since its organization.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN.
Andrew Parsons, elected Nov. 2, 1852 ; term commeneed January, 1853; inaugurated acting-Governor, March 8, 1853; served to Jan. 1, 1855.
STATE SENATORS.
Sanford M. Green, elected November, 1842; re-elected in 18-4-4.
Andrew Parsons, elected in November, 1845 ; term com- menced on Jan. 1, 1846; re-elected in 1847. Amos Gould, elected Nov. 2, 1852. John N. Ingersoll, elected November, 1860. Hugh MeCurdy, elected November, 1865.
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Jerome W. Turner, elected Nov. 3, 1868.
James M. Goodell, eleeted Nov. 5, 1872. Lorison J. Taylor, elected November, 1876.
REPRESENTATIVES IN THIE LEGISLATURE.
Robert G. MeKee, elected November, 1838.
Lemuel Castle, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1839; re-elected November, 1840.
Francis J. Prevost, elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842.
Robert R. Thompson, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
Mortimer B. Martin, elected Nov. 2, 1847. Ilerman C. Noble, elected Nov. 7, 1848.
Ebenezer C. Kimberly, elected Nov. 5, 1850.
Nicholas Gulick, elected Nov. 2, 1852.
Andrew Parsons, elected Nov. 7, 1854.
Dr. Charles P. Parkill, elected November, 1856.
Sullivan R. Kelsey, elected Nov. 2, 1858 ; re-elected Nov. 6, 1860.
l'aul C. Sprague, elected Nov. 4, 1862.
S. Titus Parsons, elected Nov. 4, 1862.
William P. Laing, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
Nathan G. Phillips, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
S. Titus Parsons, elected Nov. 6, 1866. Charles Locke, elected Nov. 6, 1866.
John N. Ingersoll, elected Nov. 3, 1868.
Edgar B. Ward, elected Nov. 3, 1868.
William D. Garrison, elected Nov. 8, 1870.
Charles Y. Osborne, elected Nov. 8, 1870.
Frederick G. Bailey, elected Nov. 5, 1872; re-elected Nov. 3, 1874.
Benjamin Walker, elected Nov. 5, 1872.
Lorison J. Taylor, elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Benjamin Walker ; re-elected Nov. 3, 1874.
Rasselas Reed, elected Nov. 7, 1876 ; re-elected Nov. 5, 1878.
Derwin W. Sharts, elected Nov. 7, 1876; re-elected Nov. 5, 1878.
MEMBERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Francis J. Prevost, elected Nov. 6, 1849, convention of 1850, convened at Lansing, June 3d.
Josiah Turner, S. Titus Parsous, elected Nov. 6, 1866, convention of 1867, convened at Lansing, May 15th.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES.
Sanford M. Green, appointed iu 1848, served until 1857.
Josiah Turner, appointed by Governor Bingham, May 9, 1857, to fill vacaney caused by resignation of S. M. Green ; held till January, 1858.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES.
Sanford M. Green, elected April, 1852 ; term commenced May, 1852.
Josiah Turner, elected April, 1857; term commenced May, 1857; re-elected three times and still holds the office.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
Andrew Parsons, 1852 to 1854.
Luke II. Parsons, elected April 16, 1857.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
A. I. Williams, eleeted November, 1837.
James Rntan, elected November, 1837.
Elias Comstock, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840. Joseph P. Roberts, eleeted Nov. 2 and 3, 1840. Isaac Castle, elected Nov. 6 and 7, 1844.
Jonathan M. Ilartwell, eleeted Nov. 6 and 7, 1844.
George W. Sloeum, elected Nov. 14, 1848. James Cummin, elected Nov. 14, 1848.
COUNTY JUDGE.
Robert R. Thompson, elected Nov. 3, 1846 ; re-elected Nov. 5, 1850.
SECOND JUDGES.
Isaac Gale, elected Nov. 3, 1846.
Anson B. Chipman, elected Nov. 5, 1850.
CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS.
Ebenezer Gould, elected Nov. 2, 1852; re-elected Nov. 7, 1854.
Samuel T. Parsons, elected Nov. 4, 1856.
George K. Newcombe, elected Nov. 2, 1858.
Gilbert R. Lyon, elected Nov. 6, 1860; re-elected Nov. 4, 1862.
Henry M. Newcombe, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
James M. Goodell, elected Nov. 6, 1866.
Hiram L. Chipman, elected Nov. 3, 1868.
R. Bonner Wyles, elected November, 1870.
Lucius E. Gould, elected Nov. 5, 1872 ; re-elected Nov. 10, 1874.
Curtis J. Gale, elected Nov. 10, 1874.
James G. Miller, elected Nov. 7, 1876.
Lucius E. Gould, elected Nov. 7, 1876.
Seldon S. Miner, elected Nov. 5, 1878.
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
Elias Comstock, elected November, 1837.
Ira B. Howard, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840.
Amos Gould, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
Luke II. Parsons, elected Nov. 14, 1848.
Robert R. Thompson, elected Nov. 2, 1852.
John B. Barnes, elected Nov. 4, 1856.
Hugh MeCurdy, elected Nov. 6, 1860.
Sullivan R. Kelsey, elected Nov. 8, 1864; re-elected Nov. 3, 18G8 ; Nov. 5, 1872, and Nov. 7, 1876.
SHERIFFS.
Levi Rowe, elected May, 1837.
Elisha Brewster, elected November, 1838; re-elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840.
David Bush, elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842.
Elisha Brewster, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844; re-elected Nov. 3, 1846.
Alonzo Howard, elected Nov. 14, 1848; re-elected Nov. 5, 1850.
Johu M. Fitch, elected Nov. 2, 1852; re-elected Nov. 7, 1854.
William P'. Laing, elected Nov. 4, 1856 ; re-elected Nov. 2, 1858. Jonah Fuller, elected Nov. 6, 1860; re-elected Nov. 4, 1862.
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Seymour Shipman, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
David Parker, elected Nov. 6, 1866; re-elected Nov. 3, 1868.
George A. Winans, elected November, 1870.
Benjamin B. Swain, elected Nov. 5, 1872.
Andrew G. Kelso, elected Nov. 10, 1874.
William J. Lewis, elected Nov. 7, 1876.
Clark D. Smith, elected Nov. 5, 1878.
COUNTY CLERKS.
Andrew Parsons, elected May, 1837.
Ira B. Howard, elceted November, 1838.
John K. Smith, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840.
Joseph Purdy, elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842; re-elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844, and Nov. 3, 1846.
Ebenezer F. Wade, elected April 7, 1848, to fill vacancy caused by death of Joseph Purdy ; re-elected Nov. 4, 1848 ; Nov. 5, 1850.
Elias Comstock, elected Nov. 2, 1852. Cortes Pond, elected Nov. 7, 1854.
Elias Comstock, elected Nov. 4, 1856 ; re-elected Nov. 2, 1858.
George C. Holmes, elected Nov. 6, 1860 ; re-elected Nov. 4, 1862; Nov. 8, 1864.
Philip W. Coleman, elected Nov. 6, 1866.
John E. Graham, elected Nov. 3, 1868; re-elected November, 1870; Nov. 5, 1872.
Almon C. Brown, elected Nov. 10, 1874; re-elected Nov. 7, 1876.
Newton Baldwin, elected Nov. 5, 1878.
COUNTY REGISTERS.
No record of Register in 1837 or 1838.
John M. Gilbert, elected November, 1838.
Andrew Parsons, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840; re-elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842, and Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
Luke H. Parsons, elected Nov. 3, 1846.
James E. Chaffee, elected Nov. 14, 1848 ; re-elected Nov. 5, 1850.
Owen Corcoran, elected Nov. 2, 1852; re-elected Nov. 7,1854.
George W. Goodell, elected Nov. 4, 1856.
Chauncey S. Converse, elected Nov. 2, 1858 ; re-elected Nov. 6, 1860, and Nov. 4, 1862.
William Oakes, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
Charles Holman, elected Nov. 6, 1866; re-elected No- vember, 1868; November, 1870; November, 1872; No- vember, 1874; November, 1876; and November, 1878.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Josiah Pierce, elected May, 1837 ; re-elected November, 1838.
Isaac Castle, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840 ; re-elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842.
Alfred L. Williams, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
Nicholas P. Harder, elected Nov. 3, 1846. Archibald Purdy, elected Nov. 14, 18-18. James Cummin, elected Nov. 5, 1850 ; re-elected Nov. 2, 1852; Nov. 7, 1854.
Ransom W. Hlolley, elected Nov. 4, 1856. 18
Pliny S. Lyman, elected Nov. 2, 1858; re-elected Nov. 6, 1860 ; Nov. 4, 1862.
James Cummin, elected Nov. 8, 1864; re-elected Nov. 6, 1866; Nov. 3, 1868; November, 1870.
Matthias L. Stewart, elceted Nov. 5, 1872 ; re-elected Nov. 10, 1874; Nov. 7, 1876; and Nov. 5, 1878.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Lemuel Castle, Ransom W. Ilolley, Ephraim II. Utley, elected November, 1838.
Levi Rowe, elected April 29, 1839.
David Bush, Jr., elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1839.
Peter Cook, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840.
Francis J. Prevost, elected April 5, 1841.
Archibald Purdy, elected Nov. 1 and 2, 1841.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Ezekiel J. Cook, eleeted April, 1870 ; re-elected April 7,1873.
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
No record of Surveyor in 1837-38.
Daniel Gould, elected November, 1838.
Philander T. Maine, elected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840.
Nelson Ferry, elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842; re-elected
Nov. 7 and 8, 1842; Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
Andrew Huggins, elected Nov. 3, 1846 ; re-elected Nov. 14, 1848; Nov. 5, 1850.
Josiah B. Parker, elected Nov. 2, 1852.
Andrew Huggins, elected Nov. 7, 1854.
Monroe Holley, elected Nov. 4, 1856.
Ezra L. Mason, elected Nov. 2, 1858 ; re-elected Nov. 6,
1860; Nov. 4, 1862 ; Nov. 8, 1864, and Nov. 6, 1866. Horace C. Maine, elected Nov. 3, 1868.
Ezra L. Mason, elected November, 1870.
Abner B. Wood, Jr., elected Nov. 5, 1872; re-elected Nov. 10, 1874.
Lyman Mason, elected Nov. 7, 1876 ; re-elected Nov. 5, 1878.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS."
Sanford M. Green, appointed 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841.
J. C. Smith, appointed 1842-13.
William F. Mosely, appointed 1844.
Andrew Parsons, appointed 1845-16.
William F. Mosely, appointed 1847-48.
Amos Gould, appointed 1849.
Richard B. Hall, elected Nov. 5, 1850.
Luke II. Parsons, elected Nov. 2, 1852.
William F. Mosely, elected Nov. 7, 1854.
S. Titus Parsons, elected Nov. 4, 1856 ; re-elected Nov. 2, 1858.
Spencer B. Raynole, elected Nov. 6, 1860.
Benton Hanchett, elected Nov. 4, 1862.
James M. Goodell, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
Ebenezer Gould, elected Nov. 6, 1866.
James M. Goodell, clected Nov. 3, 1868.
Spencer B. Raynole, elected November, 1870.
* Prosecuting Attorneys were appointed by the Governer until the adoption of tho constitution of 1850, when the office becamo elective.
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HISTORY OF SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
S. Titus Parsons, cleeted Nov. 5, 1872.
Ingh MeCurdy, elected Nov. 10, 1874.
William M. Kilpatrick, cleeted Nov. 7, 1876; re-elected Nov. 5, 1878.
CORONERS.
David H. Tyler, elected November, 1838.
Ephraim H. Utley, elected November, 1838.
John Woodhull, cleeted Nov. 2 and 3, 1840 ; re-elected Nov. 7 and 8, 1842.
Lyman Melvin, clected Nov. 2 and 3, 1840.
Henry Leach, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
George Harrington, elected Nov. 4 and 5, 1844.
Horace B. Flint, elected Nov. 3, 1846.
Eliphalet B. Tooker, elected Nov. 3, 1846.
Aaron Swain, elected Nov. 14, 1848. Henry Leach, elected Nov. 14, 1848.
George Harrington, elected Nov. 5, 1850. Levi Rowe, elected Nov. 5, 1850.
Humphrey Wheeler, elected Nov. 2, 1852.
Joseph Howe, clected Nov. 2, 1852.
Humphrey Wheeler, elected Nov. 7, 1854.
Palmer C. Card, elected Nov. 7, 1854.
William II. Eddy, elected Nov. 4, 1856. David Ingersoll, elected Nov. 4, 1856.
Jonah Fuller, elected Nov. 2, 1858.
Eli D. Gregory, elected Nov. 2, 1858.
Enoch Eddy, elected Nov. 6, 1860.
James Garrison, elected Nov. 6, 1860.
George L. Hitchcock, elected Nov. 4, 1862.
James Garrison, elected Nov. 4, 1862.
Garry Tuttle, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
Tohunan Warren, elected Nov. 8, 1864.
S. M. Marshall, elected Nov. 6, 1866; re-elected Nov. 3, 1868.
Mills Tuttle, elected November, 1866; re-elected Nov. 3, 1868.
HI. M. Marshall, elected November, 1870.
George T. Swimm, elected November, 1870.
Benjamin F. Taylor, elected Nov. 5, 1872; re-elected Nov. 10, 1874.
Wells B. Fox, elected Nov. 5, 1872; re-elected Nov. 10, 1874.
John L. Miller, elected Nov. 7, 1876.
Ezra M. Harvey, elected Nov. 5, 1878.
John L. Miller, elected Nov. 5, 1878.
CHAPTER XXVI.
COUNTY SOCIETIES-AGRICULTURE-MANUFAC- TURES-POPULATION.
Old Settlers' Society of Shiawasseo County-Shiawassee County Firo Insurance Company-Shiawassee County Agricultural Association- Agriculture of tho County-Manufacturing Statisties-Population.
OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY OF SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.
EARLY in February, 1873, a call was issued through the county newspapers for the holding of a meeting to form a pioneer society in Shiawassee, similar in its objects to so-
cieties of the kind existing in many other counties of the State. The tenor of this call was as follows:
" Desiring to perpetuate the history of Shiawassee County, and the personal reminiscences of its early days, as well as to foster a social feeling among the pioneers, we respectfully invite such of the present residents of the county as had settled in Michigan previous to Jan. 1, 1845, to meet with us at the court-house, in Corunna, on the 22d inst., at one o'clock P.M., to form an old settlers' society for the county.
" Isaac Galc. Alex. McArthur.
S. R. Kelsey. Wm. Frain.
J. II. Hartwell. S. B. Bugbee.
F. P. Guilford. Allen Beard.
G. G. Doan. James Cummin.
John O. Henkley.
John Spaulding.
S. Hawkins.
Roger Haviland."
Jonah Fuller.
Pursuant to this call a large number of old settlers con- vened at the court-house in Corunna, and organized by choice of the Hon. Isaac Gale, of Bennington, as chairman, and John N. Ingersoll as secretary. S. R. Kelsey, J. N. Ingersoll, and William Newberry were appointed to draft a constitution, which was prepared, presented, and adopted, naming the association the " Old Settlers' Society of Shia- wassee County," and setting forth that " the objects of the society are to cultivate social relations, and to collect and preserve biographical sketches, statistics, and historical facts and reminiscences which are fast fading from memory."
The annual meetings of the society are held at the court- house in Corunna. Pienies have been held during the summer months at the following places :
Caruthers' Grove, near North Newburg, June 13, 1873; Ilawkins' Grove, Caledonia, June 20, 1874; Grove near Pitts Corners, Bennington, June 26, 1875; Hawkins' Grove, Aug. 19, 1876; Caruthers' Grove, Aug. 11, 1877 ; Gates' Grove, near Owosso, Ang. 17, 1878 ; Court-House, Corunna, June 14, 1880. At these meetings addresses are made by speakers from different parts of the county, essays are also read, all bearing on the early settlement and incidents connected with it.
The roll of the society shows the names of its members, their place of residence, and place and date of birth, as follows :
Ebenezer F. Wade, Burns ; Massachusetts, 1810 ; settled in Michigan in August, 1843.
John N. Ingersoll, Corunna ; Massachusetts, 1817 ; settled in Michigan in 1837.
John R. Barnes, Owosso; Massachusetts, 1807; settled in Michigan Sept. 7, 1842.
Samuel W. Cooper, Corunna; New York, 1812 ; settled in Michigan in May, 1842.
James Renney, Middlebury; New York, 1800 ; settled in Michigan in April, 1845.
Anson B. Chipman, Owosso; Vermont, 1812; settled in Michigan in January, 1837.
Jonah Fuller, Corunna ; Massachusetts, 1820; settled in Michigan in 1835.
Henry W. Becker, Caledonia; New York, 1818; settled in Michigan in 1836.
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COUNTY SOCIETIES.
William Newberry, Shiawassee ; New York, 1812; settled in Michigan July 2, 1836.
Sullivan R. Kelsey, Byron; Vermont, 1805 ; settled iu Michigan in December, 1842.
Isaac Gale, Bennington; New York, 1808; settled in Michigan in April, 1840.
John Innes, Bennington ; Scotland, 1815 ; settled in Mich- igan in August, 1836.
Roger Haviland, Burns; Ireland, 1812 ; settled in Michi- gan in February, 1840.
George W. Slocum, Middlebury ; New York, 1810; settled in Michigan in January, 1838.
C. S. Johnson, Corunna; Massachusetts, 1804; settled in Michigan in November, 1838.
William G. Smith, Woodhull; New York, 1804; settled in Michigan in April, 1842.
A. H. Owens, Venice; New York, 1823; settled in Michi- gan in July, 1835.
J. S. Simonson, Shiawassee; New York, 1820; settled in Michigan in October, 1845.
James Cummin, Shiawassce ; Ireland, 1814; settled in Michigan in December, 1840.
N. G. Phillips, Shiawassee ; Connecticut, 1825 ; settled in Michigan in April, 1838.
William Morris, Perry ; Scotland, 1801 ; settled in Michi- gan in August, 1836.
Joseph Parmenter, Shiawassee ; Vermont, 1810; settled in Michigan in September, 1835.
11. J. Van Aukin.
Ilenry Wiltsie, Corunna; New York, 1812; settled in Michigan in October, 1838.
J. M. Van Aukin, Vernon; New York, 1820; settled in Michigan in 1843.
S. B. Bugbee, Bennington ; New York, 1811; settled in Michigan in October, 1837.
Archibald Purdy, Bennington ; New York, 1811; settled in Michigan in November, 1836.
George Rowell, Bennington ; New York, 1828; settled in Michigan in March, 1841.
I. M. Chipman, Owosso; New York, 1817; settled in Michigan in 1840.
T. H. Lemon, Shiawassee; New York, 1816; settled in Michigan in 1843.
Cortes Pond, Corunna ; New York, 1812; settled in Mich- igan in 1842.
H. S. Allen, New York, 1818; settled in Michigan in 1832. Andrew Huggins, Corunna; Massachusetts, 1817; settled in Michigan in 1839.
Benjamin Hulick, New York, 1825; settled in Michigan in 1845.
E. Gould, Owosso; New York, 1818; settled in Michigan in 1837.
Jolın Spalding, Perry ; New York, 181.1 ; settled in Mich- igan in 1840.
J. R. Thompson, Caledonia; New York, 1809; settled in Michigan in May, 1833.
Reuben Place, Shiawassee ; New York, 1814; settled in Michigan in 1835.
Allen Beard, Antrim ; New York, 1810; settled in Michi- gan in 1836.
C. C. Rowell, Owosso; New York, 1835 ; settled in Mich- igan in 1841.
J. M. Fitch, Corunna ; 1832.
E. W. Wallis, Perry; New York, 1818; settled in Michi- gan in 1844.
A. Van Aukin, Shiawassee; New York, 1814; settled in Michigan in 1835.
Hiram Davis, Shiawassee; New York, 1813; settled in Michigan in 1837.
J. W. Dewey, Owosso ; New York, 1818; settled in Mich- igan in 1827.
L. H. Chappen, Bennington ; New Hampshire, 1797; settled in Michigan in 1844.
C. S. Cronkhite, Venice ; New York, 1818; settled in Michigan in 18-14.
I. W. Rush, Owosso; New York, 1822; settled in Michi- gan in 1840.
L. Hopkins, Owosso; New York, 1826 ; settled in Michi- gan in 1836.
J. G. Marsh, Woodhull; Maine, 1830; settled in Michi- gan in 1837.
John A. Mason, Perry ; Michigan, 1841.
James HI. Ilartwell, Shiawassee; New York, 1824.
B. O. Williams, Owosso; Massachusetts, 1810; settled in Michigan in 1815.
Freeman MeClintock, Laingsburg; New Hampshire, 1811; settled in Michigan in 1846.
Almon B. Clark, Bennington ; Michigan, 1837.
Phineas Burch, New Haven ; Canada, 1814.
Thomas R. Young, Caledonia ; Connecticut, 1812; settled in Michigan in 1839.
M. L. Stevens, Perry ; New York, 1820; settled in Mich- igan in March, 1847.
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J. B. Wheeler, Corunna; New York, 1829; settled in Michigan in March, 1838.
Charles Wilkinson, Venice; New York, 1813; settled in Michigan in 1834.
Schuyler Ferris, Caledonia; New York, 1818.
G. M. Roberts, Caledonia ; New York, 1813.
S. A. Yerkes, Bennington ; Michigan, 1827.
Mrs. Susan A. Burgess.
Elnathan Brown, Venice ; New York ; settled in Michigan in 1837.
B. M. Waterman, Caledonia ; Vermont ; settled in Michi- gan in 1839.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Mrs. Sarah Bacon. Mrs. B. Allen.
Mrs. Lucius Beach. Mrs. Marietta Gale.
Mrs. H. II. Johnson. Mrs. Julietta Rowell.
Mrs. Manning Hathaway. Mrs. Anna Olcott.
Mrs. N. P. 1Iarder. Mrs. Marie E. Cronkhite.
Mrs. James Cummin. Mrs. Rosina Simonson.
Mrs. E. F. Wade. Mrs. Lorinda Williams.
Mrs. Catherine Haviland. Mrs. J. B. Wheeler.
Mrs. Susan Spaulding. Mrs. Margaret Innes.
Mrs. Caroline A. Parsons. Mrs. Ruth Phelps.
Mrs. Emmeline R. Wallis.
Mrs. Eunice Cooper.
The following is a list of the officers of the society from its formation to the present time :
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HISTORY OF SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
1873 .- President, Isaac Gale ; Vice-Presidents, A. B. Chip- man, William Newberry ; Secretary, E. F. Wade ; Treasurer, S. R. Kelsey.
1874 .- President, John Spaulding ; Vice-Presidents, A. B. Chipman, William Newberry ; Secretary, E. F. Wade; Treasurer, S. R. Kelsey.
1875 .- President, A. B. Chipman ; Vice-Presidents, G. W. Slocum, Roger. Ilaviland; Secretary, E. F. Wade ; Treasurer, S. R. Kelsey.
1876 .- President, George W. Slocum ; Vice-Presidents, William Newberry, Ebenezer Gould ; Secretary, Ebenezer F. Wade ; Treasurer, S. R. Kelsey.
1877 .- President, George W. Slocum; Vice-I'resideuts, William Newberry, Roger Hlaviland ; Secretary, James B. Wheeler ; Treasurer, E. F. Wade.
1878 .- I'resideut, Roger Haviland; Vice-Presidents, B. O. Williams, A. B. Clark ; Secretary, James B. Wheeler ; Treasurer, E. F. Wade.
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