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David A. Lindley, formerly of Livingston County, first located in Deerfield, in that county, and later in Shiawassee, where, in 1852, he purchased one hundred and forty acres on section 9. William Hicks, a former occupant, had built a house, to which he removed, and also improved five acres. Few highways other than the State road were found in the north portion of the township, though Shiawassee took precedence of the other townships of the county in the general aspect of civilization which pervaded it. Mr. Lindley still retains his original purchase and resides upon it.
William B. Ellsworth, from Livingston County, settled in 1854 upon eighty acres on section 21, which were pur- chased of G. W. Whitney. Upon this stood a substantial frame house, and some land had been cleared. Richard Jackson was one of the nearest settlers, and had made con- siderable progress in the improvement of his farm. Mr. Ellsworth now has four hundred acres, upon which many evidences of labor and care are apparent.
Among other foremost settlers were David Bush, a promi- nent lawyer of Shiawasseetown and an early supervisor, Daniel Hall, Avery Shipman, Dr. William Weir, William Collins, Milan Glover, and Nicholas P. Harder, of whom the last-named two were both early officers of the town- ship.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.
The exterior lines of township No. 6 north, of range No. 3 west, were surveyed by John Mullett in 1823. The township was erected, to include the entire county of' Shiawassee, by an act of the Legislature, approved March 23, 1836. On the Ilth of March an act of the State Legislature was passed organizing the three townships of Owosso, Burns, and Vernon, Owosso embracing the entire north half of the county, including townships 7 and 8 north, of ranges 1, 2, 3, and 4 east, Vernon township 6 north, of range 4 east, and Burns township 5 north, of range 4 east, thus leaving Shiawassee as townships 5 and 6 north, of ranges 1, 2, and 3 east. By au act of the State Legislature, approved March 6, 1838, township 5 north, of range 3 east, was organized as Antrim, and town- ships 5 and 6 north, of range 2 east, as Bennington. By an act of the Legislature, approved April 2, 1838, town- ships 5 and 6 north, of range 1 east, became Woodhull, reducing Shiawassee to its present limits. By the provis- ions of the act crecting the township, the house of Hosea Baker was designated as the place of holding the first township-meeting, which was accordingly held there in April, 1836 ; but as the earliest records of the township are missing, the result of that first election cannot be given, nor can any complete list of township officers be given prior to the year 1854. A partial list of the super- visors is, however, appended. The first township-meeting having taken place at the house of Ilosea Baker, that gentleman was chosen supervisor for the years 1836 and 1837, and Thomas Beal in 1838. The county commis- sioners met at the house of Lucius Beach from 1839 to 1842, during which latter year David Bush was chosen supervisor, and re-elected in 1843, '44, and '45. Milan Glover was chosen in 1846-47, Aaron Swain in 1848, and Nicholas P. Harder in 1849-53. The township officers from that time until the present have been as fol- lows :
1854 .- Supervisor, Isaac Castle; Township Clerk, John Lemon ; Treasurer, Josiah Fuller; School In- spector, G. M. Reynolds; Director of Poor, Isaac Castle ; Justices, Alonzo Howard, J. E. Chase ; Constables, Theodore Barnes, Collins Sargent, Orson Post.
1855 .- Supervisor, Isaac Castle ; Township Clerk, J. Q. Van Valkenburg; Treasurer, Theodore Barnes ; Justice, J. E. Chase ; Ilighway Commissioners, William Johnson, 11. Humphrey ; School In- spector, J. Q. Van Valkenburg; Directors of Poor, J. Goodspeed, A. P. Greenman ; Consta- bles, Theodore Barnes, George Colt.
1856 .- Supervisor, C. Il. Leach ; Township Clerk, John S. Harder; Treasurer, Theodore Barnes; Justice, B. F. Bush; Highway Commissioner, G. N. Merrill ; Directors of l'oor, J. Goodspeed, Wil- liam Newberry ; School Inspector, T. F. Shelton ; Constables, Il. C. Woodward, Theodore Barnes, C. M. Sargent.
1857 .- Supervisor, N. P. Harder ; Township Clerk, J. S. Harder; Treasurer, Theodore Barnes; Justice, Elisha Brewster ; School Inspector, W. R. Sel-
MRS. A. P. GREENMAN.
A. P. GREENMAN.
AUGUSTUS P. GREENMAN.
Among the early settlers in the township of Shia- wassee, Angustus P. Greenman holds a conspicuous position, both by reason of his early association with the county and his deservedly high character as a citizen. His father, Augustus Greenman, was a na- tive of Rhode Island, and his mother, Mary Ann Shepard, was born in Massachusetts. Their son, Augustus P., was born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 9, 1810, where the family located at an carly day. He was afflicted when quite young by the loss of his father, and when he had attained sufficient age assumed the management of the farm, mean- while devoting himself during the winter to such in- struction as was afforded by the common schools of the time. At the age of thirty-three he purchased a small farm at Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y., and
in 1844 bought land in the State of Michigan, em- bracing eighty acres in Genesee County and one hundred and sixty at Fremont, Shiawassee town- ship.
Mr. Greenman's health having proved unequal to the arduous labor of the farm, he went to New York and sought in travel and change of scene the benefit he ultimately received. Returning again to Mich- igan, he has since been engaged in agricultural pur- snits. He married, May 23, 1852, Mrs. Almira Curtis, daughter of Isaac Holmes, of New York. Two sons have been born to them, both of whom reside with their parents. Mr. Greenman is a Re- publican in his political sentiments, and in religion a consistent member and generous supporter of the Baptist Church.
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lam ; Highway Commissioner, E. Eddy ; Direc- tors of Poor, William Newberry, J. Goodspeed ; Constables, H. C. Woodward, William Hart, Thomas Barnes.
1858 .- Supervisor, N. G. Phillips; Township Clerk, F. E. Sheldon ; Treasurer, George N. Merrill ; Justiec, Alouzo Howard ; Highway Commissioner, E. E. Sheldon ; Sebool Inspector, John Lemou ; Direc- tors of Poor, A. P. Harder, J. L. Simouson ; Constables, Theodore Barnes, Levi Morris, J. L. Banks
1859 .- Supervisor, O. F. Greenman ; Township Clerk, F. E. Sheldon ; Treasurer, T. II. Lemon ; Justice, J. E. Chase ; Highway Commissioner, J. S. Harder; School Inspcetor, G. M. Reynolds ; Directors of Poor, William Newberry, John L. Simonson ; Constables, J. L. Banks, Francis Ackley, Levi Morris.
1860 .- Supervisor, George Sugden; Township Clerk, F. E. Sheldon ; Treasurer, G. N. Merrill ; Justice, Henry Peace ; School Inspector, William R. Sel- lam; Highway Commissioner, Enoch Eddy ; Constables, M. C. Doty, J. L. Banks, W. II. Hadeock.
I861 .- Supervisor, George M. Reynolds ; Township Clerk, F. E. Sheldon ; Treasurer, George N. Merrill ; School Inspectors, George M. Reynolds, Thomas L. Sheldon ; Commissioner of Highways, E. E. Sheldon ; Justices of the Peace, Elisha Brewster, Alonzo II. Crandall; Constables, Ileury C. Woodward, M. C. Doty, E. W. Drum.
1862 .- Supervisor, George Sugden ; Township Clerk, Charles A. Osborne ; Treasurer, George N. Mer- rill ; Justices of the Peace, Francis B. Ackley, Ambrose Baker; Commissioner of Highways, John S. Ilarder; School Inspectors, T. F. Shel- don, F. E. Sheldon ; Constables, M. P. Gardner, Alonzo Johnson, Levi Morris, James Vanderhoof. 1863 .- Supervisor, George Sugden ; Clerk, C. A. Osborne ; Treasurer, William Johnson ; Justice of the Peace, William J. Mosely ; Highway Commis- sioner, J. L. Gardner ; School Inspector, G. M. Reynolds; Constables, M. P. Gardner, HI. A. Hall, George Drum, John Q. Adams.
1864 .- Supervisor, Oscar F. Greenwau ; Clerk, Henry A. Hart ; Treasurer, William Johnson ; Highway Commissioner, E. E. Sheldon ; Justices of the Peace, Oscar C. Moore, Perry Trim; School Inspector, William G. Smith ; Constables, B. F. Lemon, R. H. B. Morris, E. Wheeler.
1865 .- Supervisor, Austin A. Baldwin ; Township Clerk, Fordyce F. Potter; Treasurer, Albert Bain- bridge ; Justices of the Peace, King W. Fenton, Harvey Adams ; School Inspector, Frank Grid- ley ; llighway Commissioners, W. W. Bartlett, Freeman Howard ; Constables, Geo. W. Warren, Theodore Barnes, Levi Morris, Newton Linley. 1866 .- Supervisor, N. G. Phillips; Clerk, Peter C. Caru- thers; Treasurer, F. E. Sheldon ; Justices of Peace, Harvey Adams, W. G. Smith ; Highway
Commissioner, D. N. Sabin ; School Inspector, F. E. Sheldon ; Constables, Charles E. Devias, John L. Banks, Levi Morris, Truman See.
1867 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Clerk, Peter C. Caru- thers; Treasurer, F. E. Sheldon; Justices of the Peace, William J. Mosely, C. 11. Powell ; School Inspector, Frank Gridley; Highway Commis- sioners, C. H. Powell, E. Eddy ; Constables, David Kittle, R. H. B. Morris, John L. Banks, Alfred Ilunt.
1868 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Clerk, Il. A. Hart ; Treasurer, J. M. Gorham ; Justice of the Peace, Levi Morris; School Inspectors, E. J. Cook, C. A. Osborn ; Highway Commissioner, Hiram Davis; Constables, George Cram, J. Q. Adams, R. HI. B. Morris.
1869 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Township Clerk, II. A. Hart ; Treasurer, Bruce Haight ; Justice of the Peace, Caleb II. Powell; Highway Commissioner, William Gunderman ; School Inspectors, J. II. Hartwell, F. E. Sheldon ; Constables, R. II. B Morris, David Kittle, J. S. Matthews.
1870 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Township Clerk, H. A. Hart ; Treasurer, J. S. Harder; Justices of the Peace, William Johnson, James HI. Hartwell ; Highway Commissioners, J. S. Alcott, H. R. Waldron; School Inspector, Frank Whelan ; Constables, R. H. B. Morris, E. O. Place, Wil- liam Merlin, J. L. Banks.
1871 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Clerk, H. A. Hart ; Treasurer, F. H. Potter ; Justice of the Peace, P. V. Brake; Highway Commissioner, II. R. Waldron ; School Inspectors, F. E. Sheldon, James Heath ; Drain Commissioner, Harvey Adams; Constables, R. II. B. Morris, G. II. Crane, Joseph L. Morris, William II. Van Otter.
1872 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Clerk, IJ. A. Hart ; Treasurer, F. II. Potter ; Justice of the Peace, J. W. Forsyth ; Highway Commissioners, Peter V. Brink, James Ileath ; School Inspectors, F. E. Sheldon, Charles Watson ; Drain Commis- sioner, William S. Hodges ; Constables, R. II. B. Morris, William J. Kent, Sylvester Babcock, Edwin Place.
1873 .- Supervisor, E. E. Sheldon ; Township Clerk, Il. A. Hart; Treasurer, F. H. Potter ; Justice of the Peace, P. C. Caruthers ; Highway Commis- sioner, F. E. Sheldon ; Drain Commissioners, 11. R. Waldron, P. B. Reynolds ; Constables, 1I. S. Allen, Charles Launey, George II. Berrin, John L. Banks.
1874 .- Supervisor, C. S. Watson ; Township Clerk, A. F. Litchfield; Treasurer, F. 11. Potter; Justice of the Peace, Charles Coleman ; llighway Commis- sioners, J. M. Harder, John Lemon ; School In- spectors, F. E. Sheldon, John W. Forsyth ; Drain Commissioner, F. E. Sheldon ; Constables, E. W. Loomis, John L. Banks, J. W. Morris, S. D. Griffith.
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1875 .- Supervisor, Charles S. Watson ; Clerk, A. F. Litch- field ; Treasurer, F. IF. Potter ; Justices of the Peace, O. C. Moore, James H. HJartwell ; High- way Commissioner, O. C. Moore ; Superin- tendent of Schools, A. F. Litchfield ; School Inspector, Frank Sergeant ; Drain Commissioner, Sammel S. Morris; Constables, J. W. Morris, Dexter Morris, Irwin W. Loomis, Aaron De Frize.
1876 .- Supervisor, Charles S. Watson ; Township Clerk, A. D. Topping ; Treasurer, Fordyce H. Potter ; Justices of the Peace, William J. Mosely, J. B. Curtis, John L. Banks ; Highway Commissioner, E. E. Sheldon ; Superintendent of Schools, George M. Reynolds ; School Inspector, Frank Sargent ; Drain Commissioner, J. L. Banks ; Constables, William H. Van Otter, J. Q. Adams, E. W. Drum, A. D. Herrick.
1877 .- Supervisor, Charles S. Watson ; Clerk, J. H. De Hart ; Treasurer, F. H. Potter; Justice of the Peace, William W. Moore; Highway Commis- sioner, William Johnson ; Superintendent of Schools, G. M. Reynolds ; School Inspector, Frank Sargent; Drain Commissioner, A. D. IJerrick ; Constables, S. P. Smedley, Elias Brannon, William H. Van Otter, Ebenezer Drum.
1878 .- Supervisor, Charles S. Watson ; Township Clerk, J. II. De Hart ; Treasurer, F. H. Potter ; Jus- tice of the Peace, Peter C. Caruthers ; Highway Commissioner, Seth E. Sheldon ; Drain Commis- sioner, A. P. Greenman ; Justice of the Peace, H. V. Manzer; Superintendent of Schools, Charles S. Watson ; School Inspector, Frank Sargent; Constables, J. Q. Adams, F. C. Fer- guson, William HI. Van Otter, George E. Mills. 1879 .- Supervisor, C. S. Watson ; Township Clerk, J. H. De Hart ; Treasurer, F. H. Potter; Justices, J. B. Curtis, Albert D. Topping ; Highway Com- missioner, E. O. Place ; Drain Commissioner, J. B. Curtis ; Superintendent of Schools, G. M. Reynolds ; School Inspector, F. Sargent ; Con- stables, George E. Mills, R. H. B. Morris, Wil- liam Il. Van Otter, C. B. Hoard.
1880,-Supervisor, Charles S. Watson ; Township Clerk, James J. Spence ; Treasurer, Charles A. Whe- Jan ; Justice, William R. Sutton ; Highway Commissioner, F. 11. Potter ; Superintendent of Schools, F. C. Greenman ; School Inspector, Frank Sargent; Drain Commissioner, Henry Williams; Constables, Henry Herrick, Leonard Morris, Chauncey Hoard, R. II. B. Morris.
EARLY HIGHWAYS.
The first road that traversed the township was known as the Pontiac and Grand River road. It was the chief thoroughfare of the day, and entered Shiawassee at the extreme southeast corner, passing in an oblique line to the centre of section 26; thence slightly deviating from a straight course, it ran to the centre of the cast section-line
of section 20; thence it pursued a westerly course with a slight variation to the south, and passed out of the town- ship on section 19. The earliest recorded road is without date, and no mention is made of the surveyor. It is de- scribed as beginning at the quarter stake on section 36, town 6 south, of range 3 east, and running north eighty- seven degrees cast forty chains; thence north three degrees west fifty-one chains and twenty-five links; thence north twelve degrees east eighteen chains twenty-five links; thence north fourteen and a half degrees cast seven chains and fifty links; thence north three degrees east five chains ; thence north sixteen and a half degrees east and seventy- five chains to its termination.
The second recorded road began at the centre of the highway leading past N. W. Phelps' on the section-line, and pursued a northerly course to the village of Shiawassee. A road was surveyed under the direction of James Phelps and Ephraim Wright, highway commissioners, April 12, 1837, " Beginning on the south line of the village-line of Shiawasseetown at the centre of Chestnut Street; thence running south two and a half degrees east thirty-two chains fifty links ; thence north eighty-seven and a half degrees west thirty-one chains thirty-five links ; thence south two and a half degrees east one hundred and fifty-six chains ; thenee south twenty and a half degrees east twenty-five chains fifty links ; thence south fourteen and a half degrees east fourteen chains twenty-five links ; thence south seven and a half degrees west thirty chains seventy-five links ; thence north twenty-three degrees east seven chains ; thence south twenty-nine and a half degrees east thirteen chains seventy-five links; thence running south two and a half degrees east ninety-five chains to the Red Cedar trail."
THE SIHIAWASSEE EXCHANGE.
Soon after the coming of the brothers A. L. and B. (). Williams a double log house was erected by them on the Shiawassee River, on, or near the east township line. This building was in use as a trading-post, and in 1835 a dwelling was attached twenty by fifty feet in dimensions, which was occupied by A. L. Williams and wife as a resi- dence. It was in 1837 rented to and later purchased by Andrew Parsons and Lemuel Brown for a hotel, and was so occupied by them for several years, Levi Rowe having been the landlord, who was in turn succeeded by .others. Connected with this house was a frame barn built by Henry Leach, in 1835, the first in the county, the lumber for which was all drawn from Oakland County on wagons. Soon after its first occupaney as a public-house, Messrs. Morehouse, Bell, Toll, and others arrived from Ohio, and established a banking enterprise under the title of the " Ex- change Bank of Shiawassee." By an act of the State Legislature passed Dec. 30, 1837, three bank commissioners were appointed, who were to begin their official duties ou the 10th of January, 1838. the Shiawassee Exchange Bank having meanwhile based their business transactions upon specie certificates then in use by them to the amount of twenty-seven thousand dollars. During a visit by the commissioners to the bank, and a consequent examination of their reserve, a small amount of paper and seven coppers were discovered, against which were bills in circulation to
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the amount of twenty-two thousand two hundred and sixty- one dollars, thirty per cent. of the capital stock having been required by law. It will readily be seen that on the discovery of this fact the Exchange Bank shared the fate of similar wildcat enterprises of the day, and ceased to exist.
The " bank" having had its quarters in the building erected by A. J. Williams, that became known by the name of the bank itself,-" Shiawassee Exchange," and the designation was also applied to some extent to the locality as well as to the house.
EARLY SCHOOLS.
The earliest school in the township and in the county of Shiawassee was opened at the tavern of Lucius Beach, in Shiawassetown, in December, 1839. The county at that time offering no educational advantages, Mrs. Beach deter- mined to open her house for a school and secured the ser- vices of Mr. Wilcox, later familiarly known as Judge Wil- cox, who conducted the enterprise at a compensation of forty dollars per month for four months. The school opened with seven scholars, four of whom belonged to the family of Mr. Beach and three to William Hart. The second day the number was increased to twenty-five, and the beginning of the second week enrolled a class of forty, many of whom rode a distance of several miles.
A very early school was also taught at the house of Aaron Swain, on section 23, by Miss Mary Ann Post, and it is possible this may have antedated the one already men- tioned, though no date is given by which the fact can be determined.
The first teachers examined and found qualified to teach primary school, and who received certificates in 1844, were Miss Anna Lyman, Miss Esther L. Rowe, Miss Clarissa Pond, Miss Julia Ann Dorsey, and Charles D. Parkill. In 1845, William Lovejoy, Irene II. Beach, Maria Wright, and Samantha Chapin were also candidates.
The State money of 1841, as apportioned on the 6th of July, 1842, by the school inspectors, was as follows :
District.
Scholars.
Amount.
No. 1
26
$8.32
9
21
7.68
3
2.4
7.68
4
30
9.60
..
5
26
8.32
..
6.
36
10.88
Totals.
164
$52.48
The library fund for 1843 was divided, and books pur- chased as follows :
District.
Volumes.
No. t ...
.. 2
S
64 4
-1
5.
-1
6.
Jacob S. Harder and William Kimball were school in- spectors at the time.
On Nov. 14, 1837, the school inspectors convened for the purpose of dividing the township of Shiawassee into school districts, it then having comprised township 6 north,
of ranges 1, 2, 3 east, and townships 5 north, of ranges 1,
2, 3 cast. The present Shiawassee was divided as follows : District No. 1 embraced sections 1, 2, 11, 12.
District No. 2, sections 13, 14, 23, 24.
Distriet No. 3, sections 25, 26, 35, 36.
District No. 4, sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34. District No. 5, sections 9, 10, 34.
District No. 6, seetions 5, 6, 7, 8.
District No. 7, sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, 32.
The present school territory of the township is divided into five whole and five fractional districts, over which pre- side, as a board of directors, J. N. Morris, F. H. Potter, N. G. Phillips, H. II. Hart, Isaac T. Gould, I. C. Heath, J. B. Ellsworth, Charles S. Watson, W. S. Hodges, Wil- liam Hughes
Five hundred and twenty-eight scholars received instruc- tion during the past year, of whom eleven were non resi- dents. Nine male and nineteen female teachers are em- ployed in the various distriets. The school property of Shiawassee includes two brick and nine frame buildings, some of which are of modern architecture and imposing proportions.
CHURCH HISTORY.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHI
on Maple River was organized July 13, 1839. Its con- stituent members were Deacon Ezekiel Cook, Isaac Castle, Bethuel Hayward, John D. Overton, Myron Murdock, Orsinus Doty, Barbara A. Cook, Neana Cook, Ada Wellman, Harriet Castle, Anna Doty, Lonisa Vanwoemer, and Eleanor Vanwoemer.
A council of recognition met on Jan. 22-23, 1840, and extended the hand of fellowship to the church on behalf of the denomination. Elders James Eldridge, S. Barnes, John Martin, - White, - Delano, J. Gamball, - Call, George Reynolds, E. E. Bayliss, and George Atchinson have officiated as its preachers and pastors.
At first the church held its meetings in the school-house near its present honse of worship. In the year 1868 the work of building an edifice was undertaken, and the structure was completed the following year at a cost of about two thousand seven hundred dollars.
In reviewing the history of the society it is found that the summers and winters of church experience have alter- nated with pretty uniform regularity. Once, five years after its organization, a motion to dissolve the church was made and sustained; but at a subsequent meeting it was rescinded. Since that time it has passed through many seasons both of spiritual depression and spiritual elation and fervor.
Several of the original standard-bearers are deceased ; others still have removed to neighboring churches. Only oue-Deacon Ezekiel Cook-now remains a member. The growth of the church has been slow. Six years after its organization the number of its membership rose to forty- five. In 1852 it had decreased somewhat ; in 1863 sixty- four members were reported; in 1870, seventy-six; and in 1880 it numbers ninety-one upon its roll.
The members of the church and Sabbath-school sustain an efficient temperance organization.
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NEWBURG METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
A class was organized very early in Newburg, but the date of its formation has passed from the recollection of the present members. The present church edifiee was erected in 1865 under the ministrations of Rev. Isaac Crawford, meetings having previously been held in the brick school- house of the hamlet. The pastors in succession since the departure of Rev. Mr. Crawford have been Rev. - Shank, Rev. - Whitcomb, Rev. - May, Rev. Charles Aus- tin, Rev. - Richards, Rev. - Howard, Rev. Pierce, Rev. - Thompson, Rev. Lang, and the preseut minister in charge, Rev. Fred. Strong. The trustees are J. S. Harder, J. L. Gardner, P. C. Caruthers, C. P. Dev- ereaux, and William Johnson.
A Sabbath-school, with fifty scholars, is maintained, which convenes each Sabbath at the church, John S. Ilarder being the active superintendent.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Shiawassee was or- ganized in 1878, under the direction of Rev. Mr. Tedwan, of Byron, who conducted services in the hall of the village hotel during the winter, and in the adjoining grove when the weather permitted. Meetings had been held the year previons, but the elass was not regularly formed until 1878. Ground was early selected for a church, and arrangements with reference to the building of a church edifice partially perfected, but circumstances intervened to arrest the further progress of the work. In the year 1880 another site was chosen, and measures are now being taken for the erection of a building which will cost two thousand dollars when completed. The present pastor is Rev. R. C. Lanning, of Byron, and the board of trustees embraces the following gentlemen : Hiram Elton, J. S. Simonson, William War- ren, N. G. Phillips, John Warren, N. S. Van Tuyl, Charles Drum.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHI.
The church of the Seventh-Day Adventists was early or- ganized in the township of Antrim by Elders S. Lawrence and Corliss, with the following membership : J. B. Trim, Elizabeth Trim, M. Banks, O. F. Olmstead, Melissa Olm- stead, Laura Allison. Services were at first held at Hag- gerty's school-house, in the township of Antrim, and con- tinued until 1879, when a church edifice was erected in Bancroft, the organization having been removed to that place the year previous. The pastors in succession have been Elders Corliss, Miller, Stewart, Jones, and White. The trustees are O. F. Olmstead, M. Banks, Edgar Rathbun.
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