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J. M. Wetherbee; located at Lockport in 1833; native of New York; died at Three Rivers, at the age of forty-three years.
Isaac Crossette; located at Nottawa in 1832; native of New York; died at Three Rivers at the age of forty-nine years.
Powell C. Lown; located at Florence in 1836; native of New York; died at Three Rivers at the age of fifty-five years.
David Hazzard; located at Nottawa in 1828; native of Michi- gan; died at Centerville at the age of forty-five years.
A. M. Carter; located at Clinton in 1830; native of Massa- chusetts; died at Tecumseh at the age of sixty-nine years.
O. P. Wetherbee; located at Lockport in 1833; native of New York; died at Three Rivers at the age of fifty years.
Alvin Hoyt; located at Colon in 1835; native of New Hamp- shire ; died at Nottawa at the age of sixty years.
Gabriel Langdon; located at Florence in 1835; native of New York; died at Mendon February 7, 1875, at the age of sixty-five years.
W. F. Arnold; located at Fabius in 1832; native of New York ; died at Three Rivers, in 1890, at the age of sixty- one years.
William B. Langley; located at Centerville in 1832; native of Pennsylvania; died at Centerville March 1, 1896, at the age of fifty-one years.
Thomas C. Langley ; located at Centerville in 1832; native' of Pennsylvania; died at Centerville at the age of forty-five years.
William N. Elliott, M. D .; located at White Pigeon in 1832; native of New York; died at White Pigeon in 1892, at the age of sixty-six years.
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Southard Chapin; located at Sherman in 1836; native of New York; died at Burr Oak at the age of fifty-one years.
J. B. Millard ; located at Three Rivers in 1836; native of Penn- sylvania; died at Three Rivers at the age of fifty-six years.
C. K. Wilcox; located at Leonidas in 1836; native of New York ; died at Leonidas at the age of sixty-eight years.
David W. Birtch; located at Sherman in 1836; native of New York; died at Sturgis at the age of fifty-seven years.
James F. Thoms; located at Three Rivers in 1836; a native of Pennsylvania; died at Three Rivers, at the age of sixty years.
Peter Robinson; located at White Pigeon in 1833; native of New York; died at White Pigeon, at the age of sixty years.
Alfred Todd; located at Nottawa in 1838; native of New York; died at Nottawa August 17, 1877, at the age of seventy- four years.
Henry W. Laird; located at Nottawa in 1834; native of Ohio; died at Mendon in 1882, at the age of sixty years.
Stephen Price; located at Fabius in 1832; native of New York; died at Three Rivers at the age of sixty-seven years.
C. F. Dickinson ; located at Nottawa in 1836; native of New York; died at Nottawa at the age of sixty-six years.
Aaron McMillan; located at Nottawa in 1831; native of New Hampshire ; died at Centerville May 19, 1874, at the age of eighty- four years.
Andrew M. Leland; located at Park in 1835; native of Penn- sylvania; died at Mendon at the age of fifty-seven years.
Stephen W. Cade; located at Sherman in 1830; native of Eng- land; died at Sturgis at the age of forty-seven years.
Zerah Benjamin; located at Florence in 1835; native of New York; died at White Pigeon in 1883 at the age of seventy years.
Sutter Graves; located at Burr Oak in 1833; native of New York ; died in Burr Oak at the age of fifty years.
A. C. Purtzman ; located at Three Rivers in 1834; native of Pennsylvania; died at Three Rivers at the age of sixty years.
A. Harvey; located at Leonidas in 1837; native of New York; died at Mendon, at the age of fifty-nine years.
George McGaffey; located at White Pigeon in 1832; native of Ohio; died at White Pigeon at the age of fifty years.
Hiram Draper; located at Colon in 1836; native of Vermont died at Nottawa at the age of sixty-five years.
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J. R. Bonebright; located at Constantine in 1829; native of Ohio; died at Constantine in March, 1884, at the age of forty-nine years.
John Hamilton; located at Constantine in 1833; native of Ohio; died at Constantine at the age of sixty-one years.
E. H. Lathrop; located at Three Rivers in 1830; native of Massachusetts; died February 17, 1874, at the age of sixty-seven years.
B. B. Gardner; located at Sturgis in 1831; native of Virginia; died at Sturgis at the age of sixty-four years.
A. R. Hunt; located at Florence in 1834; native of Vermont; died at Three Rivers at the age of sixty-three years.
Lewis M. Knox; located at Sturgis in 1829; native of New York; died at Nottawa August 23, 1878, at the age of seventy years.
Daniel West; located at Leonidas in 1834; native of New York; died at Leonidas at the age of fifty-eight years.
William O. Austin; located at White Pigeon in 1834; native of Massachusetts; died at White Pigeon in 1889, at the age of sixty- one years.
F. Putnam; located at White Pigeon in 1836; native of New York; died at White Pigeon at the age of fifty-three years.
Charles R. Monroe; located at Burr Oak in 1836; native of New York; died at Colon at the age of seventy years.
H. A. Hecox; located at Nottawa in 1829; native of Michigan ; died at Centerville at the age of forty-eight years.
G. W. Buck ; located at Lockport in 1830; native of Ohio; still living at Three Rivers.
Hiram Lindsley ; located at Constantine in 1832; native of New Jersey ; died at Constantine June 2, 1878, at the age of sixty-three years.
Orrin F. Howard; located at Florence in 1831; native of Con- necticut; died at Florence, November 19, 1875, at the age of sixty- one years.
Isaac Major; located at Lockport in 1833; native of New York ; died at Centerville, March 23, 1877, at the age of eighty-one years.
Whitfield Troy; located at Park in 1835; native of Pennsyl- vania ; died at Mendon at the age of fifty-one years.
Isaac Runyan; located at White Pigeon in 1835; native of New York ; died at Sturgis at the age of fifty-one years.
C. F. Runyan ; located at White Pigeon in 1835; native of New York; died at White Pigeon at the age of forty-five years.
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William Hutchison; located at Lockport in 1835; native of Pennsylvania ; died at Three Rivers February 15, 1878, at the age of seventy-one years.
Josiah Livermore; located at Burr Oak in 1834; native of Massachusetts; died at Burr Oak at the age of sixty-seven years.
Asahel Clapp; located at Mottville in 1835; native of Massa- chusetts; died at White Pigeon, December, 1876, at the age of seventy years.
John M. Leland; located at Lockport in 1833; native of Penn- sylvania; died at Three Rivers, November 7, 1873, at the age of sixty-six years.
Asahel Savery; located at White Pigeon in 1829; native of Vermont; died at Sturgis in June, 1882, at the age of eighty-six years.
Adam Bower; located at Colon in 1836; native of New York ; died at Colon, in 1889, at the age of fifty-nine years.
Joseph Russell; located at Nottawa in 1833; native of Ohio; died at Nottawa at the age of fifty-seven years.
Andrew Good; located at Lockport in 1834; native of Penn- sylvania; died at Park at the age of seventy-four years.
J. C. Stowell, located at Burr Oak in 1835; native of New Hampshire ; died at Burr Oak at the age of sixty-three years.
L. E. Schellhous; located at Colon in 1831; native of Ohio; died at Parkville, at the age of fifty-four years.
Hiram Jacobs; located at Sturgis in 1831; native of New York; died at Sturgis in February, 1884, at the age of seventy-one years.
Gilbert Liddle; located at Colon in 1831; native of New York ; died at Colon in July, 1884, at the age of seventy-one years.
Samuel P. Williams; located at White Pigeon in 1832; native of Connecticut; died in California, in 1897, at the age of fifty-eight years.
George W. Beisel; located at White Pigeon in 1832; native of Pennsylvania; living at White Pigeon, aged eighty-nine years.
William Minor; located at Leonidas in 1836; native of Ver- mont; died at Mendon, July 28, 1875, at the age of seventy-six years.
Henry Yauney; located at Florence in 1836; native of New York; died at Three Rivers at the age of fifty-one years.
Gardner W. Pitts; located at Florence in 1833; native of New York; died at Three Rivers at the age of fifty-one years.
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Orrin Arnold; located at Fabius in 1832; native of New York ; died in June, 1883, at Three Rivers, at the age of fifty-one years.
Andrew J. Knapp; located at Centerville in 1836; native of New York; died at Constantine at the age of forty-six years.
William Hull; located at Three Rivers in 1840; native of New York; died at Three Rivers, at the age of sixty-seven years.
The following also came to the county before 1840:
A. J. Troy, Leonidas, 1835. 2
Mary Ann Middagh, White Pigeon, 1827.
Henry Bonebright, first child born in Constantine, 1830.
C. B. Kellogg, born February 6, 1840, at White Pigeon.
Edmund H. Stears, Mottville township, 1839; living in Con- stantine.
Elizabeth Kellogg, Three Rivers, 1837.
J. H. Worthington, born at Mendon, 1837.
Caroline Troy, Three Rivers, in 1838.
Elizabeth Miller, Three Rivers, 1835. Susan Mckinley, Mendon, 1840.
Mary D. Dockstader, Three Rivers, 1836. C. G. Langdon, Mendon, 1835. Myra Covey, Leonidas, 1839. Charles King, Colon, 1834. James A. Todd, Burr Oak, 1828. W. B. Corey, Sturgis, 1832. B. F. Fillmore, Nottawa, 1837.
Alden W. Chase, White Pigeon, 1839.
Henry L. Root, Constantine, 1839.
Richard Wade, White Pigeon, 1830. George Lutz, Constantine, 1839. Marvin Cole, White Pigeon, 1835. R. M. Wetherbee, Florence, 1832. Mrs. Salsig, Three Rivers, 1829. Samuel Pugh, Three Rivers, 1837. Ruth Hoppin, Three Rivers, 1837. Rev. A. J. Eldred, now Saginaw, 1834. Mrs. Maria Richards, Florence, 1836. Mary J. Yauney, Florence, 1839. Mrs. Anna E. Austin, Florence, 1839. George W. Buck, Lockport, 1831. L. W. Ulrich, Park, 1834.
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Whitfield Troy, Mendon, 1835.
David Handshaw, Mendon, 1836.
James C. Bishop, Burr Oak, 1836.
Henry Yauney, Three Rivers, 1836.
James Yauney, Florence, 1836.
George W. Osborne, Parkville, 1838.
John Yauney, Florence, 1836. William Slote, Florence, 1837.
B. F. Hibbard, Sturgis, 1840.
David Beedle, Three Rivers, 1827.
F. C. Knapp, Centerville, 1836.
David W. Barnes, White Pigeon township, 1837.
John J. Peak, Mendon, 1833.
John F. Wolf, Lockport township, born at Centerville, 1834. Mrs. E. B. Dewing, Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Joseph Dixon, Seattle, Washington.
Mrs. Mary Cook, Seattle, Washington.
Lyman Benjamin, Constantine.
Joseph R. Watson, White Pigeon.
Major Robert C. Knaggs; all through the war of the "Sixties".
Mrs. Hannah Harvey, Seattle, Washington.
E. B. Gray, Daniel M. Harvey, Mrs. Geo. J. Crossette, Judge E. W. Keightley and Hon. Samuel Gibson.
Mrs. Henry Middagh (nee Betsey Klinger), the first white child born in White Pigeon township on the banks of Klinger's Lake, daughter of Peter Klinger (1827).
Mrs. James Voorhies, born in 1829.
The members of the society who came here previous to 1840 number about four hundred and fifty. The total membership en- rolled, dead and living, to date is about eight hundred. The active membership is about four hundred.
The following pioneer members of the society are still living (November, 1910) :
Mrs. Maria Richards; located in Florence township, in 1836; still living there, 76 years of age.
Mrs. Anna E. Austin (daughter of Norman Roys) ; located in Florence township in 1839; living there, aged 71.
Mrs. Mary J. Yauney (daughter of O. F. Howard) ; located in Florence township, in 1839; living in Three Rivers, 71 years of age.
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Frank D. Johnson; born in Florence township in 1845 and still. living there.
John Gibson (poet) ; located in Nottawa township in 1830; living there at the age of 80.
Mrs. Delia H. Crossette; born at Constantine, where she is living at the age of 74.
E. S. Amidon; located at Sturgis in 1840; still living there.
Judge E. W. Keightley ; located at Constantine in 1840 ; pres- ent place of residence.
Henry Middagh; located at White Pigeon in 1840; still re- siding there.
Mrs. Betsy (Klinger) Middagh, wife of Henry; born on banks of Klinger lake in 1827, where still resides; first native white child of White Pigeon township.
Mrs. James (Bonebright) Voorhies ; born in Constantine town- ship in 1832; still living there.
Henry Bonebright; born in Constantine township in 1830; first native white child of township; still living there.
Henry L. Root; born at Constantine in 1839; now at home there.
Richard Wade; born in White Pigeon township, in 1835; residing there still.
George Lintz; came to Constantine township in 1839; living in village.
George W. Buck; located at Three Rivers in 1830; still living there.
Samuel Pugh; born at Three Rivers in 1837, and still a resi- dent of city.
Edmund Stearns; located at Mottvile in 1839; now living at Constantine.
Rev. A. J. Eldred; came to county in 1834; a resident of Sagi- naw, Michigan.
David Handshaw; located at Mendon in 1835; still living there (president, Pioneers' Society).
James Yauney; located in Florence township in 1836; still a resident of it (ex-president of society).
John Yauney; came to Florence township in 1836; resident of Three Rivers.
William Slote; located at Constantine in 1837; living in Flor- ence township.
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David W. Barnes; located on Klinger's lake in 1837; still living in White Pigeon township.
John F. Wolf; located in Lockport township in 1834; resi- dent of Centerville.
John J. Peak; came to Mendon in 1833; resident of Three Rivers.
Marvin Cole; came to St. Joseph county in 1835; living at White Pigeon.
C. B. Kellogg; born at White Pigeon in 1840; living in Flor- ence township (secretary, Pioneers' Society).
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING.
On Wednesday, June 10, 1874, the society met at the Agri- cultural Society grounds, in Centerville, for their first annual meet- ing. The day was very pleasant and a large number of the pion- eers and their friends were in attendance. An old-fashioned pic- nic was organized by the families and enjoyed each in its own chosen way, the early part of the day being passed in friendly greetings and social intercourse.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon the society was called to order, and the president, Asahel Savery, being absent, Alvin Calhoon, vice president from Florence, was placed in the chair, with Gen. Isaac D. Toll, vice-president from Fawn River, as assist- ant chairman. The secretary of the society reported the trans- actions of the last meeting and the death of members since the previous October. This mortuary list was as follows: John M. Leland, died at Lockport, aged sixty-six years; Russell Post, Nottawa, seventy-five; Edwin H. Lothrop, Three Rivers, sixty- seven; John Hutchinson, Park, sixty-seven; Dr. Aaron McMillan, Nottawa, eighty-four; Margaretta Mathew, Leonidas, seventy- eight; Henry W. Hampson, Centerville, sixty-eight.
After the report of the secretary was made and accepted, a motion was made to add the following to the constitution as Article X. That an executive committee of five members be chosen at each annual meeting to take charge of the general business of the society and to make arrangements for the history of the early settlement of the county.
Whereupon William B. Langley, of Nottawa; Edmund Stears, of Centerville; Ansel Tyler, of Colon; John Hull, of Constantine, and William M. Watkins, of Leonidas, were appointed on said com- mittee.
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The following officers were then elected for the ensuing year ; president, Alvin Calhoon; vice presidents, Leonidas, Jairus Pierce ; Colon, Lorensie Schellhous; Burr Oak, Samuel Needham; Fawn River, George Thurston; Mendon, Patrick Marantette; Nottawa, Amos Howe; Sherman, Ralph Taylor; Sturgis, Hiram Jacobs; Park, Isaac F. Ulrich; Lockport, Elisha Millard; Florence, Norman Roys; White Pigeon, Lewis Rhodes; Flowerfield, Challenge S. Wheeler; Fabius, Stephen A. Rice; Constantine, John Hamilton; Mottville, Edward Gray ; treasurer, J. Eastman Johnson ; secretary, William H. Cross.
DEATH OF HON. E. H. LOTHROP.
At the time of the election of vice-presidents, when Lockport was called, General Toll spoke of the departure of one vice-pres- ident, Hon. E. H. Lothrop, in a most feeling, appropriate and mer- ited manner, as an honored official in county and state, a loved citizen, a veteran pioneer and a peace-loving and respected neighbor.
Resolutions were passed, that, at any called meeting of the vice-presidents, if any are unable to attend personally, they may appoint others to represent them, and that Judge Connor was asked to donate to the society copies of newspapers of an early date, and Messrs. Schellhous of Colon, Ulrich of Park, Toll of Fawn River, and Draper of Colon, presented various statements of facts and manuscripts descriptive of pioneer times, for which a vote of thanks was passed. Pioneer Hazzard, J. G. Wait, Beadle Thur- ston, Jacobs, Ulrich, Schellhous and Toll made remarks and re- lated incidents of interest and profit to the meeting. Many pledges were given for future manuscripts to be furnished the society.
Henry W. Laird, Patrick Marantette, William M. Watkins, S. C. Coffinberry, Joseph Jewett and E. K. Wilcox be a committee to gather together the history of the treaty with the Indians for their removal from the county.
Miss Lawrence, of Florence, described how she had labored and enjoyed the trials and privations of pioneer life, and drew a com- parison between the wives and women of these early days and the young ladies of the present, not altogether flattering to the latter.
FIRST NATIVE MALE SPEAKS.
William Hazzard, Jr., was called on as the first male child born in St. Joseph county of white parents. At about five o'clock the --
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society adjourned to meet at the same place on the second Wednes- day of June, 1875.
THIRD ANNUAL MEETING.
The third annual meeting of the society was held at the St. Joseph county fair grounds, Centerville, Wednesday, June 9, 1875, and in accordance with the programme of the executive committee, it was called to order by the president, Alvin Cal- houn, at 10 o'clock A. M. Reports of committees were then called for and Henry W. Laird, chairman of the committee on the "His- tory of the Removal of the Indians from Nottawa-seepe Reserva- tion," asked for more time to prepare a more complete report, which was granted.
Election of officers for the ensuing year resulted in the fol- lowing selection :
Amos Howe, Nottawa, president; vice-presidents, Edward K. Wicox, Leonidas township; Lorensie Schellhous, Colon; Josiah T. Livermore, Burr Qak; Joseph Johnson, Fawn River; Hiram Wakeman, Mendon; Jonathan Engle, Nottawa; Stephen Cade, Sherman; David Knox, Sturgis; John Lorinson, Park; Jonas Fisher, Lockport; Orrin F. Howard, Florence; John Hotchin, White Pigeon; Leander Weinburg, Flowerfield; Benjamin King, Fabius; Franklin Wells, Constantine, and Edward Gray, Mott- ville; treasurer, John W. Fletcher; secretary, Edmund Stears; executive committee, John W. Fletcher, James C. Bishop, Isaac D. Toll, Henry K. Farrand and Elisha Millard.
It was decided to meet at the same place on the second Wednesday of the following June, and soon afterward an ad- journment was taken to discuss the picnic dinner. Upon re-as- sembling in the afternoon, the early pioneers took the east end of the grand stand and the entire stand was soon well filled with those assembled.
After the secretary's report was read announcing the offi- cers elected for the ensuing year, General Isaac D. Toll arose and after paying a just and beautiful tribute of praise to the two former presidents, related facts and incidents in the life of Presi- dent-elect Howe that showed him to be in truth the pioneer in very many ways, not only of St. Joseph county, but also of the territory of Michigan outside of Detroit and Monroe.
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These interesting remarks were followed by the announce- ment of the pioneers who had been taken away by death since the last annual meeting, being thirty-four, as follows: John Howard, Hiram A. Pitts, and Mrs. Richard Garton, Florence township; William Klady, Thomas Engle, John W. Talbot, Mrs. John Rutherford, Mrs. Robert Mckinley and Mrs Esther Adams, Nottawa township; John Smith Klady, Ben Danberry, Tobias Teller, Charles Rumsey, Christian B. Hoffman, Colon township; Mrs. Betsy Douglas, James Buys, Henry M. Ransom, John Parker and John B. Parker, Sturgis township; Charles Klady, John Mossir, Mrs. Martha Buck, Lockport township; Hosea Bar- nabee, Moses Taft, Mrs. Moses Taft, William Miner, Joseph Wood- ard, Gabriel Langdon, Mendon township; William Clark, Mrs. Mary C. Bishop, Henry Burger, Burr Oak township; Isaiah Sweet, Laurine Washburn, Fawn River township; John Hutch- inson, Park township.
And of those who resided in the county during its early days, but who had left it previous to their death, were: Albert E. Massey, Cleveland, Ohio; John E. Overfield, Missouri, and Edwin Kellogg, Toronto, Woodson county, Kansas. After which an- nouncement, some allusions were made to those departed fellow pioneers and the meeting was open to general remarks by the old settlers.
Captain Alvin Calhoon, of Florence township; James John- son, Fawn River; David Knox, Sturgis; Alfred R. Metcalf, Con- stantine ; Elisha Millard, Three Rivers; George Thurston, Stur- gis, and William B. Langley, Nottawa, gave interesting sketches of the early trials and joys of the days previous to 1835.
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING.
The fourth annual meeting was called to order at 10 A. M., June 14, 1876, in accordance with the order of the executive com- mittee, and the president of the society, Amos Howe, of Nottawa, having died, Josiah Livermore, vice president for Burr Oak, acted as president and chairman. The secretary, Edmund Stears, be- ing absent, William H. Cross was chosen pro tem.
The following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, John W. Fletcher, of Nottawa; vice-presidents, Ed- ward K. Wilcox, Leonidas township; Lorensie Schellhous, Colon ; Vol. 1-8
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Josiah Livermore, Burr Oak; Joseph Johnson, Fawn River; Hiram Wakeman, Mendon; Jonathan Engle, Nottawa; Stephen Cade, Sherman; David Knox, Sturgis; John Lorinson, Park; Jonas Fisher, Lockport; Norman Roys, Florence; John Hotchin, White Pigeon; Leander Wineberg, Flowerfield; Benjamin King, Fabius; Franklin Wells, Constantine, and Edward Gray, Mott- ville; treasurer, Edmund Stears, Centerville; secretary, W. H. Cross, Centerville ; executive committe, John Hull, Constantine; Isaac D. Toll, Fawn River; James C. Bishop, Burr Oak; Henry K. Farrand, Colon, and Elisha Millard, Lockport.
YEAR 1845 MADE MEMBERSHIP LIMIT.
At this meeting the time was extended to make persons eligible to membership who came here previous to 1845. Hon. Isaac D. Toll delivered an address abounding in historical and most interesting reminiscences of the early days; a song of a pio- neer was then read by Hon. John Hull. The names of the officers elected in the morning were then announced.
The call for volunteer addresses brought out Judge Johnson, John Hull, William Hayward, William M. Watkins, Daniel H. Johnson, Isaac Kimball, and a few others, after which there was presented to the society a fine photograph of its deceased presi- dent, Amos Howe, by his son, William W. Howe, of Burr Oak, as well as one of the first president, Asahel Savery, by William H. Cross.
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING.
The fifth annual meeting, June 13, 1877, was held in the fifti- eth year of the settlement of the county, and was called to order by John W. Fletcher, president.
A full and lengthy report was made by Henry W. Laird, giving a history of the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians from Nottawa- seepe reservation.
SETTLERS OF THIRTY YEARS ELIGIBLE.
The constitution was also so amended that those who had been here thirty years were eligible to membership.
The following were elected officers of the society for the en- suing year : President, George Thurston, Sturgis; vice-presidents-
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E. K. Wilcox, Leonidas township; Lorensie Schellhous, Colon; J. T. Livermore, Burr Oak; James Johnson, Fawn River; Hiram Wakeman, Mendon; Jonathan Engle, Nottawa; Stephen Cade, Sherman; David Knox, Sturgis; John Lorinson, Park; Jonas Fisher, Lockport; Norman Roys, Florence; John Hotchin, White Pigeon ; Leander Wineberg, Flowerfield; Benjamin King, Fabius; Franklin Wells, Constantine; and Edward Gray, Mottville; secre- tary, William B. Langley, Nottawa; treasurer, Edmund Stears, Centerville; executive committee-William M. Watkins, Leonidas township; John Hull, Florence; Isaac Runyan, Sturgis; Thomas Cuddy, Nottawa; Edmund Stears, Centerville.
The Constantine cornet band discoursed fine music and the picnic dinner commenced at noon.
When the meeting re-assembled in the afternoon Capt. Isaac D. Toll, of Fawn River; Hon. Orange Jacobs, later a delegate to Congress from Washington ; John Hull, S. C. Coffinberry; Samuel P. Williams, of Lima, and many others addressed the pioneers. Forty old pioneers had passed away since the last meeting.
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