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CARE OF THE COUNTY'S POOR.
The provision which has been made by St. Joseph county for the care of its poor commenced at an early date, but was not inau- gurated on modern methods until 1848. On the first day of that year the board of supervisors ordered the superintendents of the county poor to purchase a farm of from one hundred to one hun- dred and sixty acres. Before the year closed one was bought of Cyrus Schellhous in the township of Colon, for which the county paid $2,800. In 1857 the old Latta farm in Fawn River township came into possession of the county through the prosecution of its proprietor for counterfeiting and the flight of the criminal from the country. This fine piece of property, comprising two hundred and forty acres of land, was east of Sweet lake, in section 3, of Fawn River township, and section 34, of Burr Oak. The county
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THE COURT HOUSE OF TODAY
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poor-house was a large two story building, about seventy by seventy feet on the ground, and accommodated fifty persons com- fortably.
The unfortunate poor have not only been cared for with humanity from the first, but through the initial efforts of Hon. Isaac D. Toll, while he was a member of the board of supervisors, the dead have been decently buried in Fawn River cemetery-at their graves neat marble headstones bearing appropriate records of the deceased.
COUNTY OFFICIALS (1830-1910).
The first sheriff elected by the people of St. Joseph county was Edward A. Trumbull, in 1836, his successors up to 1878 being as follows : Charles H. Knox, 1838-42; Horace Metcalf, 1842-3; Hor- ace M. Vesey ; John Hull, 1850-4; William Harrington, 1854-8; William K. Haynes, 1858-62; William L. Worthington, 1862-6; William M. Watkins, 1866-70; Alvah F. Pierce, 1870-2; John A. J. Metzger, 1872-4; and Daniel H. Hawley, 1874-6.
David Page was the first clerk of the county, being appointed in 1830 and appearing at the first term of the county court. He was succeeded by Isaac W. Willard, who was also the first clerk of the circuit court. On September 6, 1834, Dr. Truesdell assumed the position and retained it until 1838, when he was succeeded by Albert E. Massey, who had been elected at the November election of that year, and held the county clerkship for two years. The place was filled by Asher Bonham from 1840 to 1846; Massey held it again in 1846-8; Charles Upson, 1848-50; C. D. Bennett, 1850-4; Hiram Lindsly, 1860-4; John C. Joss, 1864-76, and R. W. Melendy, 1876-8.
John W. Anderson was register of probate from the civil or- ganization of the county until March 21, 1834; T. W. Langley, March, 1834, to April 22, 1835. The first register of deeds was Jacob W. Coffinbury, who served from April, 1835, to December 31, 1838; Allen Goodridge, 1838-46; Edmund Stears, 1847-55; Asahel Clapp, 1855-65; Leverett A. Clapp, 1865-6; Myron A. Bene- dict, 1866-76; Thomas G. Greene, 1876-82.
The first county treasurer of St. Joseph county, John Win- chell, was elected in April, 1830, and held the office one term; Isaac I. Ulman, 1833-5; Columbia Lancaster, 1836-8; Alexander V. Sill, 1838-9; W. B. Brown, 1839-40; John W. Talbot, 1840-4; Jacob W.
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Coffinbury, 1844-6; William Laird, 1846-52; William McCormick, 1852-6; William Hutchinson, 1856-60; David Oaks, 1860-1; Wil- liam Allison, 1861-6; William L. Worthington, 1866-70; James Hill, 1870-8.
The first prosecuting attorney elected in the county was E. B. Turner, in 1850; Charles Upson served from 1852-4; William L. Stoughton, 1854-8; William Sadler, 1858-62; Henry F. Severnes, 1862-4; Germain H. Mason, 1864-8; Talcott C. Carpenter, 1868-72; E. W. Keightley, 1872-4; R. R. Pealer, 1874-6; Orlando J. Fast, 1876-8.
The first county surveyor elected was James Cowen, in Novem- ber, 1836, who held the office until 1838; his successor, Hiram Dresser, held it from 1838 to 1840; Hiram Draper, 1840-2; Simeon Gilbert, 1842-4; James Hutchinson, 1844-6; Josiah Knauer, 1846- 50; James Hutchinson, 1850-2; A. F. Watkins, 1852-4; Norman S. Andrews, 1854-62; Hiram Hutchinson, 1862-4; Jere. H. Gardner, 1864-70; John S. Rose, 1870-2; Jere. H. Gardner, 1872-4; Norman S. Andrews, 1874-8.
The coroners who have served in St. Joseph county from 1833 to 1878 are as follows: Benjamin Sherman, 1833-7; Samuel Pratt and Isaac G. Bailey, 1837-9; John V. Overfield, 1840; William Thackery and Joseph Pharana, 1840-2; Peter F. Putnam, Charles McNair, Joseph Miller, John Aiken and Lyman Bean, 1842-52; A. D. Sprague and William Morrison, 1852-4; Fordyce Johnson and Orrin F. Howard, 1854-6; John S. Williams and Elisha Foote, 1856-8; H. Brazee and William Arney, 1858-60; Charles E. Simons and Isaac Howard, 1860-2; Isaac Howard and Nathan Mitchell, 1862-4; Joseph W. Pike and James W. Mandigo, 1864-6; Nathan Mitchell and James W. Mandigo, 1866-8; William Harrington and Nicholas I. Sixbey, 1868-70; Isaac Howard and J. A. Rogers, 1870- 2; Isaac Howard and A. C. Williams, 1872-4; L. R. Weinberg and Charles J. Beerstecher, 1874-6; A. C. Williams and Seth W. Keasey, 1876-8.
Since 1878, the officers who have served St. Joseph county have been as follows:
1878-80 : Sheriff, Charles Coddington; clerk, Levant E. White; register, Thomas G. Greene; treasurer, Amos C. Wolf; prosecuting attorney, Orris P. Coffinbury ; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coroners, Leander Weinberg and Daniel W. Shaw.
1880-2: Sheriff, John A. Dice; clerk, Levant E. White; regis- ter, Thomas G. Greene; treasurer, Arthur E. Howard; prosecuting
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attorney, Daniel E. Thomas; surveyor, Norman S. Andrews; coro- ners, Oliver S. Norton and John Ferris.
1882-4: Sheriff, Carlos E. Dexter; clerk, Charles A. Sturgis ; register, Nicholas Hill; treasurer, Josephus Mosher; prosecuting attorney, David L. Akey; surveyor, William M. Mclaughlin ; coroners, William F. Arnold and Andrew M. Leland.
1884-6: Sheriff, Carlos E. Dexter; clerk, Charles A. Sturgis; register, Nicholas Hill; treasurer, Josephus Mosher; prosecuting attorney, David L. Akey; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coroners, Jay Seymour and William F. Arnold.
1886-8: Sheriff, John Dunham; clerk, Charles A. Sturgis; treasurer, Henry S. Leinbach; register, Nicholas Hill; prosecuting attorney, Frederick W. Knowlen; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coro- ners, William F. Arnold and George Start.
1888-90: Sheriff, J. Dunham; clerk, Charles Erbsmehl; treas- urer, Charles S. Perrin; register, John B. Handy; prosecuting attorney, Hugh P. Stewart; surveyor, Samuel S. Reed; coroners, Oliver S. Norton and Oscar Hartranft.
1890-2: Sheriff, William Beard; clerk, Charles Erbsmehl; treasurer, Charles E. Perrin; register, John B. Handy; prosecuting attorney, Hugh P. Stewart; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coroners, Oliver S. Norton and Oscar Hartranft.
1892-4: Sheriff, James H. Manbeck; clerk, John Farrow; treasurer, Samuel H. Angevine; register, Josephus Mosher ; prose- cuting attorney, David L. Akey; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coro- ners, Edwin P. Wellesley and John T. Masterman.
1894-6: Sheriff, Charles L. Seekell; clerk, Jay J. Stanton; register, Benjamin O. Gladding ; treasurer, Alexander Sharp; pros- ecuting attorney, Bishop E. Andrews; surveyor, Samuel S. Reed; coroners, John G. K. Ayers and James McKerlie.
1896-8: Sheriff, Charles Felker ; clerk, DeLacy R. Hazen ; reg- ister, Leonard Valentine; treasurer, Darius A. Babcock; prosecut- ing attorney, George H. Arnold; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coro- ners, John Masterman and Charles L. Hauer.
1898-1900: Sheriff, Fred J. Avery; clerk, J. Mark Harvey, Jr .; register, Henry H. Ruggles; treasurer, Fabius A. Fisk ; prose- cuting attorney, Wilbur F. Thomas; surveyor, Samuel S. Reed; coroners, Frank H. Church and George E. Grout.
1900-2: Sheriff, William R. Addison ; clerk, Edward F. Hack- man ; register, William W. Slote; treasurer, Byron D. Goodrich ;
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prosecuting attorney, Wilbur F. Thomas; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coroners, John Masterman and Charles L. Hauer.
1902-4: Sheriff, William R. Addison; clerk, Edward F. Hack- man ; register, William W. Slote; treasurer, Byron Q. Goodrich; prosecuting attorney, Roy J. Wade; surveyor, Oliver H. Todd; coroners, Charles L. Hauer and John T. Masterman.
1904-6: Sheriff, Mortimer C. Flewelin ; clerk, Christ E. Fou- sel; register, William H. VanBuren; treasurer, Charles O. Bous- sum ; prosecuting attorney, Theodore T. Jacobs; coroners, Gillespie B. Southworth and Bert H. Parker.
1906-8: Sheriff, Carl C. Wing; clerk, Christ E. Fousel; regis- ter, William H. VanBuren; treasurer, Charles O. Boussum ; prose- cuting attorney, Theodore T. Jacobs ; surveyor, William P. McCoy; coroners, Bert H. Parker and Albert C. Sheldon.
1908-10: Sheriff, Carl C. Wing; clerk, Herman C. Kaas; reg- ister, Charles P. Savory; treasurer, W. Irving Ashley ; prosecuting attorney, E. H. Andrews; surveyor, William P. McCoy; coroners, William C. Davis and Lewis J. Twitchell.
1910 (elected in November) : Sheriff, George W. Watkins; clerk, Herman C. Kaas; register, Charles P. Savory ; treasurer, Wil- liam Harrison ; prosecuting attorney, George H. Arnold; surveyor, George A. Eagleton ; coroners, William C. Davis and Albert C. Sheldon.
EDUCATION IN THE COUNTY.
From the last accessible report covering the statistics re- lating to the public schools, teachers and pupils, included in the educational system of the county, definite information is obtained and a fair general picture of the entire subject. The last per capita apportionment of the school interest fund indicates that the total school population (from five to twenty years) is slightly in excess of 5,900. There are 123 districts in the county, and the valuation of school property is over $348,000. The number of teachers employed is 217, of whom thirty-six are men; 92 are employed in the graded schools and the balance in the ungraded. The total amount of wages is more than $80,000, the average monthly wages of male teachers being $58 and of female, $40. From the one-mill tax, primary school interest fund, library fund, tuition of non-resident pupils, district taxes, etc., the total re- ceipts amount to more than $121,000; added to this, the money
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received from loans and on hand, the total resources available for educational purposes are found to be $178,500.
The total ordinary expenditures for the year, including salaries, building repairs and library expenses, are over $92,000. To this are added the $8,600 paid on the principal of the indebted- ness and the amount on hand ($58,000) to bring the total ex- penditures up to $178,500. The total indebtedness of the dis- tricts is given at $55,600, of which $51,500 is bonded. It costs the tax-payers of St. Joseph county $23, on an average, to give one pupil the various privileges of the public school system; of this amount more than $16 goes toward instruction alone. The balance is expended on libraries, interest fund, teachers' insti- tutes, etc. The private and parochial schools of the county, ac- cording to official reports, do not cut much of a figure in its scheme of education ; only four institutions of this character are returned to the enumerators, with an enrollment of 62 pupils.
The following interesting statistics are presented in con- nection with the graded school districts of the county :
District
Attendance
Property Value
Teachers Employed
Annual Expense
Burr Oak
141
$20,000
7
$ 4,195
Constantine
222
25,000
9
5,400
Mendon
164
25,000
7
6,155
Sturgis
689
50,000
18
12,060
Three Rivers
888
80,000
33
26,785
White Pigeon
145
18,000
7
4,259
Colon
214
32,000
7
4,828
The table below shows the school population of the cities and villages of the county, and the enrollment of scholars in the high schools and other departments of the public system :
Corporation
High School
Other Dep'ts
Total
Three Rivers
148
740
888
Sturgis
100
613
713
Constantine
77
221
298
Burr Oak
66
115
181
Centerville
39
117
156
Colon
59
156
215
Mendon
66
132
198
White Pigeon
67
113
180
Total
545
1,986
2,531
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The total amounts paid in the cities (Three Rivers and Stur- gis) and villages of the county for the instruction of pupils are as follows :
Corporation
Superintendent
Regular Teachers
Total
Three Rivers
$1,400
$15,453
$17,518
Sturgis
1,200
6,721
8,348
Constantine
1,000
3,127
4,127
Burr Oak
850
2,237
3,087
Centerville
840
1,845
2,687
Colon
765
2,295
3,060
Mendon
1,000
2,309
3,309
White Pigeon
900
2,295
3,195
The St. Joseph County Teachers' Association was organized in 1860 at Constantine. It meets annually in the different towns where there are union schools.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.
In April, 1867, Charles M. Temple was elected superintendent of schools for St. Joseph county, his successors having been as fol- lows : Luther B. Antisdale, 1867-73; John W. Beardsley, 1873-5; 1875-93-a superintendent of schools elected for each township dur- ing this period; 1893-1901, John F. Evert; 1901 to date, Lewis E. Miller.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PIONEER HISTORY.
A general, and yet a definite idea of the first settlement of the sixteen townships which constitute St. Joseph county, as well as the platting of its principal communities, may be gained from the following tabular statement :
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Township Year First Settled Village or City Year Platted
White Pigeon
1827
White Pigeon
1830
Fawn River
1828
Sturgis
1828
Sturgis
1832
Mottville
1828
Mottville
1830
Nottawa
1829
Centerville
1831
Constantine
1829
Constantine
1831
Florence
1829
Lockport
1829
Three Rivers
1830
Flowerfield
1829
Flowerfield
1833
Colon
1829
Colon
1832
Sherman
1830
Fabius
1830
Leonidas
1831
Leonidas
1846
Burr Oak
1831
Burr Oak
1851
Mendon
1831
Mendon
1845
Park
1834
In drawing this chronological picture of the pioneer period of the county's history, the year 1840 has been made, substan- tially, the dividing line, in conformity with the original division made by the Pioneer Society.
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CHAPTER VI.
COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY.
LEADING ORGANIZERS-CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY-FIRST OFFICERS -ANNUAL MEETINGS FROM FIRST TO THIRTY-SEVENTH (1873- 1910) -CAME PRIOR TO 1840-DEATH OF HON. E. H. LOTHROP (SECOND ANNUAL MEETING) -YEAR 1845 MADE MEMBERSHIP LIMIT (FOURTH MEETING)-SETTLERS OF THIRTY YEARS ELIGI- BLE (FIFTH MEETING) -HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN 1880-1 -PETER KLINGER, OF KLINGER'S LAKE-DEATH OF THREE FOR- MER PRESIDENTS (FOURTEENTH MEETING)-MINISTER PAID IN CATS AND DOGS-LETTER FROM SAMUEL P. WILLIAMS (TWENTY- FIRST MEETING) -DEATH OF HON. ANDREW ELLISON AND HON. S. P. WILLIAMS (TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING)-GREATEST SUC- CESS UP TO DATE (THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING).
The following complete history of the St. Joseph County Pioneer Society has been furnished by its secretary, the well-known citizen, son of a pioneer merchant and an associate editor of this work-Charles B. Kellogg.
LEADING ORGANIZERS.
The St. Joseph County Pioneer Society was organized October 15, 1873, under the leadership of such citizens as J. Eastman John- son, Louis A. Leland, David Knox, James Thoms, John Loomison, John E. Overfield, James C. Bishop, Elijah Lancaster, Alfred R. Metcalf, William M. Watkins, Edward K. Wilcox, John C. Kinnie, Gersham Doane, Henry K. Farrand, Edmund Stears, John M. Le- land, Adam Wakeman, Lorance Shellhouse, Hiram Lindsley, Isaac D. Toll, David H. Johnson, A. C. Prutzman, E. H. Lathrop, Amos Howe, Jonathan Engle, John W. Fletcher, William Hazzard, O. M.
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Howard, E. C. Wellesley, Ansel Clapp, George W. Beisel, Calvin H. Starr, W. H. Castle, John Hull, Stephen Barnabee, N. S. John- son, Phineas Farrand, Sam P. Williams, William B. Langley, John B. Howe, Elisha Hill and Samuel Burnell.
After spending a time in cordial, kindly greetings and par- taking of a beautiful dinner provided at the Reformed church and at the hotel, the meeting, at 2 o'clock P. M., was called to order by Hon. J. Eastman Johnson and upon his nomination, Asahel Savery, of Sturgis, formerly of White Pigeon, was called to the chair. He was assisted by David Knox, of Sturgis, and Wil- liam H. Cross, Thomas C. Langley, George W. Beisel and George Osborn were appointed secretaries. A committee of three was appointed by the chair to present a constitution for the pioneer society ; Judge J. Eastman Johnson, Hon. A. R. Metcalf and John Hull, so appointed, presented the following :
CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY.
Preamble: We, whose names are hereto subscribed, having settled in this county previous to the year 1840, do hereby form ourselves into an organization under the following constitution :
Article I. This association shall be called the Society of Pio- neers of St. Joseph County.
Article II. Its objects are to promote the social intercourse of our citizens, to rescue from oblivion the early annals of our county, to obtain written statements from the settlers of the cir- cumstances of their emigration and settlement here, and to pro- mote the general good of the community.
Article III. The officers of this society shall be a president, sixteen vice presidents, one from each township, a treasurer, a sec- retary, and as many assistant secretaries as may from time to time be thought expedient.
Article IV. Said officers are to be chosen on the 15th day of October, 1873, for the ensuing year, and at the annual meeting thereafter.
Article V. The time of the annual meeting of the society shall be on the second Wednesday of June, and a special meeting in each year at such other time as the president and the majority of the vice presidents may, by six weeks' notice in one or more of the newspapers of the county, designate.
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Article VI. In the absence of the president a vice president may be called on to preside at any meeting of the society.
Article VII. The members of this society are requested to prepare a full statement of the circumstance of their settlement here and file the same with the secretary.
Article VIII. The business to be done at the annual meeting of the society may be whatever shall be thought most suitable to promote its objects.
Article IX. This constitution may be changed at any annual meeting of the society.
FIRST OFFICERS.
The constitution, after being read and considered was adopted and the following officers elected for the ensuing term (year) :
President : Asahel Savery.
Vice Presidents: Leonidas township, William M. Watkins; Burr Oak township, Samuel Needham; Colon township, Lorensie Schellhous; Fawn River township, Isaac D. Toll; Mendon town- ship, Patrick Marantette; Nottawa township, Amos Howe; Sher- man township, Stephen Cade; Sturgis township, Hiram Jacobs; Park township, Isaac F. Ulrich; Lockport township, Edwin H. Lothrop; Florence township, Alvin Calhoon; White Pigeon town- ship, George W. Beisel; Flowerfield township, Challenge S. Wheeler; Fabius township, William Arney; Constantine township, William Hamilton, and Mottville township, Thomas Burns.
Treasurer : J. Eastman Johnson, Centerville.
Secretary : William H. Cross, Centerville.
It was then resolved that the vice presidents act as the exec- utive committee of the society and that, "as those who have borne the heat and burden of the early days, who met the privations, who encountered the dangers and difficulties of the early settlements, we most respectfully ask the board of supervisors of our county such aid and assistance to gather together the incidents connected with such settlement and preserve a history of our county as it was, as is possible for them to render." An adjournment was taken to the annual meeting, second Wednesday in June, 1874.
CAME PRIOR TO 1840.
Among the charter members of the St. Joseph County Pioneer Society, settlers prior to 1840 who enrolled themselves at the meet- ing of October 15, 1873, were the following :
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Lorance Shellhouse; located at Colon in 1831; native of Ver- mont; died at Colon, June 28, 1877, aged eighty years.
Charles H. Thoms; located at Lockport in 1835; native of Switzerland; died in Centerville.
Norman Roys; located at Florence in 1832; native of Mass- achussetts; died at Florence in 1891, at the age of seventy-six years.
Alonzo Douglass ; located at Sturgis in 1832; a native of New York ; died at the age of fifty-seven years at Sturgis.
William H. Castle; located at Colon in 1835; a native of Con- necticut; died at the age of sixty-two years at Colon.
Ariel C. Chaffee; located at Colon, in 1835; a native of New York; died at the age of sixty years, at Colon.
John E. Overfield; located at Nottawa in 1830; a native of Virginia ; died at Centerville, January 9, 1875, at the age of seventy years.
Thomas Burns; located at Mottville in 1830; a native of Penn- sylvania; died at the age of sixty-seven years, at Mottville.
Amos Howe; located at Nottawa in 1828; a native of Vermont; died at Centerville, August 24, 1875, at the age of eighty years.
James Powers; located at Nottawa in 1830; a native of New York ; died at the age of sixty years, at Mendon.
Robert K. McMillan; located at Nottawa in 1831; a native of Indiana; died August 7, 1875, at Mendon, at the age of fifty-one years.
A. R. Metcalf; located at Constantine in 1834; a native of New York; died at Constantine, at the age of seventy-one years.
D. H. Johnson; located at Constantine in 1835; a native of Maine; died at Constantine, at the age of sixty-two years.
Samuel A. Fitch; located at Lockport in 1830; a native of Ohio; died at Florence in 1891, at the age of sixty-two years.
David Knox; located at Sturgis in 1832; a native of New York; died at Sturgis at the age of sixty-seven years.
Dwight Stebbins; located at Lockport in 1836; a native of Pennsylvania ; died at Parkville, April 17, 1874, at the age of fifty- eight years.
John Lomison; located at Park in 1836; a native of Penn- sylvania ; died at Park at the age of sixty-six years.
John Hutchison ; located at Park in 1834; a native of Penn- sylvania ; died in April, 1874, at the age of sixty-seven years.
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John Trog; located at Park in 1835; a native of Pennsylvania ; died at Park on December 25, 1884, at the age of seventy-one years.
Jairus Pierce; located at Leonidas in 1836; a native of Massa- chusetts ; died at Leonidas at the age of seventy-four years.
Samuel Tyler ; located at Colon in 1834; a native of New York ; died at Centerville, aged forty-seven.
Ansel Tyler; located at Colon in 1834; a native of New York; died at Nottawa at the age of forty-five years.
Asher Tyler; located at Colon in 1834; a native of New York; died in California at the age of forty-one.
William Tyler; located at Colon in 1836; a native of Michi- gan; died at Nottawa, at the age of thirty-seven years.
H. W. Hampson; located at Centerville in 1833; a native of Pennsylvania; died at Centerville, May 14, 1874, at the age of sixty-eight years.
Thomas Cade; located at Sturgis in 1830; a native of Eng- land; died March 9, 1879, at the age of eighty-seven years.
Alvin Calhoon; located at Florence in 1829; a native of New York; died at Constantine in 1888, at the age of seventy-one years.
Jacob Lintz; located at Constantine in 1835; a native of France; died at Constantine, April 21, 1879, at the age of sixty- one years.
Samuel Burnell; located at White Pigeon in 1829; native of England; died at Lima, Indiana, January 7, 1889, at the age of sixty-three years.
Samuel Needham; located at Burr Oak in 1836; native of Vermont; died at Burr Oak at the age of sixty-one years.
William Connor; located at Nottawa in 1829; native of New Hampshire; died at Saugatuck, Michigan, at the age of seventy- one years.
J. F. Ulrich ; located at Park in 1834; native of Pennsylvania; died at Park, April 17, 1879, at the age of seventy-three years.
Cornelius Cline; located at Nottawa in 1839; native of New York; died at Nottawa in 1891, at the age of fifty-seven years.
James C. Bishop; located at Burr Oak in 1834; native of New York; died at the age of forty-seven years.
H. K. Farrand; located at Colon in 1836; native of New York; died at Colon at the age of sixty-one years.
L. W. Ulrich; located at Park in 1834; native of Pennsyl- vania; died at Parkville at the age of forty-seven years.
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J. A. Libhart; located at Leonidas in 1836; native of New York; died at Leonidas at the age of fifty-four years.
H. H. Lawrence; located at Florence in 1829; native of Michi- gan; died at Florence in 1888, at the age of forty-eight years.
William Major; located at Lockport in 1834; native of New York; died December 15, 1876, at the age of seventy-seven years.
John Hull; located at Florence in 1837; native of New York; died December 24, 1884, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Oliver P. Arnold; located at Constantine in 1839; native of New York; died at White Pigeon, at the age of fifty-seven years.
George Pashby; located at Florence in 1834; a native of Eng- land; died March 10, 1886, at the age of seventy years.
Peter Putnam; located at White Pigeon in 1836; native of New York; died at the age of thirty-seven years, at White Pigeon.
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