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Clemens, Earle R., 383.
Clement, Charles, 394.
Clements, F. W., 824.
Clute, Wilbur H., 336.
Coffinberry, S. C., 181, 301, 389. Coffinbury, Jacob W., 91, 176.
Cole, Ezra, 348.
Cole. G. W., 334.
Cole, Levi, 406.
Cole, Nathan A., 432.
Collins, T. J., 374.
Colon-Its projectors, 34; first mills founded, 391; Opera House block, 393; manufactories, 394; secures railroad connections, 394; in the seventies, 396; newspapers, 396; schools, 397; library, 398; churches and societies, 399.
Colon Baptist church, 399.
"Colon Express," 396. Colon Methodist church, 400.
Colon Seminary, 397.
Colon township-81; description of, 207; village platted, 210; roads and bridges, 213; first town meet- ing and officials, 213.
Colon village-Its platting. 210; in- dustries and business, 211.
Corry, Joshua, 175.
Connor, William, 36, 102, 115, 199, 203, 204, 292.
Constantine-Its original site, 33; founded, 375; development of river trade, 376; corporations of 1837
and 1861, 376; water-power im- provement, 377; early banks, 378; the town of the present, 380; news- papers, 381; churches, 383-9; so- cieties, 389.
"Constantine Advertiser-Record," 381. Constantine Board and Paper Com- pany, 378.
Constantine Casket Company, 378. Constantine Congregational church, 384.
Constantine Hydraulic Company, 377. Constantine Methodist church, 383.
Constantine Milling Company, 377.
"Constantine Record," 383.
Constantine Reformed church, 386. Constantine's "Safety Fund Bank," 378.
Constantine township-Meek's mills, or Constantine, 168; village sur- veyed, 169; first town meeting, 170; natural features, 171.
Constantine village-Founded as Meek's mills, 168; Judge Meek sur- veys Constantine, 169; early manu- factories, 169.
Constantine "Weekly Mercury," 382.
Converse, H. C., 432.
Cook, D. M., 190.
Cook, Joseph C., 400.
Cook, J. D., 359.
Cooke, George A. B., 683.
Cooley, Thomas M., 289.
Cooper, Cora B., 441.
County Agricultural Society, 50.
County records (robbery of), 87.
Cowen, James, 92, 223-4.
Cowen, Jane, 39. Cowen, Robert, 39, 223, 224.
Cowen Mills, 223.
Cox, Charles W., 334.
Crane, E. H., 16-17.
Crawford, David, 48, 146, 172-3.
Cross, Julius C., 256.
Cross, William H .. 36, 120, 292-3.
Crossman, Abel, 179.
Crossette, George I., 377, 379-80, 476.
Crossette, (Mrs.) Delia S., 10, 109, 380, 385, 468. Cummings, Frank S., 417, 493.
Cummings, Solomon, 82.
Cush-ee-wees, 237.
Cushman, Henry D., 417.
Cutler, Charles D., 594.
Cutler, Leonard, 32, 42, 43, 142, 168.
"Daily Commercial Hustler," 336. Daniels, Gilbert S., 580.
Day, Gershom B., 365, 366.
Defrees, John D., 48, 441. Denison, Arthur C., 284.
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Dr. Denton Sleeping Garment Knit- ting Mills, 417, 492.
Dickinson, George, 128, 129.
Diffusible Tonic Company, 374.
Dimick, Elisha, 173.
Doan, G. P., 403, 404. Dockstader, Cadalzo A., 292, 322. Donovan, James, 773.
Doty, Sherman, 336.
Doty, W. S., 396.
Douglass, Luther, 197.
Drake, John P., 378.
Draper, Hiram, 214.
Dudley, Augustus M., 461.
Dudley, G. M., 441.
Dukette, (Mrs.) Fanny, 406.
Dukette, Michael, 412.
Dunkin, Isaac B., 291.
Dunkin, James B., 37. Dunkin, Samuel, 37.
Dunn, Simeon, 656.
Eberhard, John P., 261-3. Eck, William R., 391, 398.
Eddy, Henry D., 309.
Eddy Paper Company, 309.
Edwards, Abram S., 42.
Ed. M. Prutzman Post, G.A.R., Three Rivers, 349.
Eesley (J. F.) Milling Company, 378.
Eldred, Andrew J., 339, 364.
Eldredge, H. O., 371, 372.
Eldridge, Elmer L., 560.
Elliott, W. N., 49, 103, 116, 440.
Ellison, Andrew, 125.
Ely, Lora S., 701. Embley, David W., 767.
Engle, George, 422.
Engle, Jonathan, Sr., 117, 203.
Erbsmehl, Charles, 801.
Ercanbrack, John, 342, 363, 364, 383. Evans, P. H., 366.
Evangelical Lutheran St. John's church, 433.
Eveland, Daniel M., 407, 519.
Eveland, T. Z., 405, 407. Evers, H., 433. Evert, John F., 96, 406.
Fairchild, Alfred, 740. Fabius township-Formation of, 174; its sparkling lakes, 174; first per- manent settler, 175; first elections and officers, 176.
Factoryville, 228. Fanning, Gamaliel (murder of), 191. Farmers' Savings Bank of White Pigeon, 441. Farquhar, John M., 382. Farrand, Grant E., 393, 603. Farrand, Henry K., 211, 395, 397. Farrand, James, 268.
Farrand, Joseph, 393, 660. Farrand, Phineas, 397. Fast, O. J., 405. Fawn River, 2.
Fawn River Manufacturing Company, 377.
Fawn River township-Formation and first settlers, 186; first postmasters, 187; rise of manufactories, 188; first elections and roads, 188; prop- erty and population, 189; village of Freedom, 190; Fawn River vil- lage, 192; Fawn River mills, 193; present township, 194. Feas, Daniel W., 663.
Fellows, Clarence A., 322.
Felton, Erastus, 146, 161, 198, 337, 338, 342, 383, 425, 442.
Fenner, R. J., 378. Ferguson, James W., 601.
Ferrier, Edward A., 371.
Ferris, R. B., 431.
Fillmore, Lucius F., 756.
First National Bank, Burr Oak, 431. First National Bank of Centerville, 418.
First National Bank, Three Rivers, 334.
First State Bank of Mendon, 404.
First things and events-Land en- tries, 41; land offices, 42; orchards, live-stock and agricultural imple- ments, 43; mills, 43; merchants, 46; hotel, postoffice and mail route, 46; railroad, 47; marriage, birth and death, 47; churches, schools and newspapers, 48; physicians, 49. Fisher, J. Emery, 444, 445.
Fitch, Charles B., 163, 165, 169, 176, 291, 440.
Fitch, Samuel, 118.
Flanders, (Mrs.) E., 406.
Flanders, Francis, Jr., 194, 240.
Flanders, Francis, Sr., 187, 193, 194, 369. Flanders, J. W., 301, 372.
Flanders, John S., 301, 359, 372, 374, 801. Flanders, L. I., 374.
Fletcher, John W., 32, 33, 113, 120. 188, 203.
Fletcher, William A., 287, 288.
Florence township-Formation of, 172; earliest settlements, 172; Al- vin Calhoon, 172; banner mint and oil township, 174.
Flowerfield township-Old township, 217; Flowerfield and Howardville, 218; reduced to present area, 219; noted trail, 219; first township of- ficers, 220.
Fogarty, (Mrs.) Mary, 448.
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Foley, Nelson, 378. Foote, Harriet, 183. Foreman, Alexander, 223. Foss, Christopher, 817. Foster, John J., 322. Francisco, Daniel, 321. Frank, Richard H., 721. Frays, Henry J., 548.
Freedom village, 190. Freeland, Curtis A., 361, 792.
Freeman, E. W., 372. French, Ebenezer, 272.
French, Jacob, 359. French, J. W., 309. French, Willard W., 322. Frisbie, John F., 609. Fulkerson, William, 256-60.
Gallaher, John A., 344, 539. Garrison, Norman W., 334, 706. Gascon, Washington, 166.
Gaston, Albert H., 344. Gates, Alvin, 214.
Geer, Everard, 563. George, John B., 378, 573.
Gibson, Ethelyn, 397.
Gibson, John, 109. Gibson, Samuel, 380, 480. Gilbert, Henry, 48, 252-3.
Gill, Robert, 218. Gillet, D. A., 340.
Givan, Thomas D., 605.
Gladdy, C. L., 333.
Gleason, Henry C., 558.
Glover, William, 153.
Gloyd, Martin, 400.
Godfrey, Erwin L., 524.
Goff, E. J., 429.
Goldsmith, J. D., 405.
Goodrich, Benjamin D., 192.
Goodrich, Roscoe B., 561.
Gose, H. 367. Graham, Ezra C., 653. Granger, T. B., 342-3. Green, Cogswell K., 300. Greene, Thomas G., 91, 92, 347. 348, 710. Grimes, James C., 720. Grobhiser, W. C., 373. Grobhiser-Cabinetmakers' Companies, 372. Grove, G. C., 793.
Gurley, Lyman B., 338, 383.
Haas, John A., 412. Hackstaff, (Mrs.) Mary, 371.
Hagenbuch, Aaron, 379-80. Hagenbuch, Samuel B., 380, 557. Hagerman, Herbert W., 777.
Hagerman, William, 174.
Hahn, Theodore, 367. Halbert, Chauncey J., 482.
Hall, Henry, 7. Hall, Robert, 7, 322. Hall, Thomas, 187.
Hamilton, (Mrs.) Burritt, 371.
Hamilton, John, 237. Hamilton, Robert C., 63, 371, 451.
Hampson, Henry J., 422, 614.
Handy, John B., 256, 260. Hartman, Peter L., 641. Hartman, Solomon, 160.
Harvey, George Crossett, 380.
Harvey, Norman, 379. Harvey, N. S. & Company, 403.
Harvey, O. K., 378.
Harvey, W. W., 379-80.
Harwood, E. E., 335.
Harwood, Hiram, 176. Haslet, Samuel, 35, 215. Hass, Sherman D., 772. Hatch, Indian trader, 222, 237.
Haynes, William K., 356, 361.
Hazard, William, 794.
Hazen, Wirt M., 582. Hazzard, Helen B., 582.
Hazzard, William, 111, 126, 200.
Heald, Arba, 33, 42, 43, 143.
Hecox, Hiram A., 201, 203.
Heimbaugh, A. C., 430, 431.
Henkel, G. A., 367.
Hennicke, F. J., 366. Hewitt, Adolphus E., 325. Heywood. Henry, 161.
Hill, Edwin R., 393, 395, 646.
Hill, Mrs. Edwin R., 646.
Hill. Frank E., 393-4.
Hill, G. C., 832.
Hill, Thomas J., 393-4, 489.
Hill, William T., 442.
Hill, E. & Sons, 393, 396.
Hill, (E. & Sons) State Bank, 393.
Hoffman, C. B., 391, 395.
Hoffman, John, 391. Hoffman, Philip H., 163, 164, 165, 322.
Hoffman & Troy, 396. Hogle, Seymour H., 431, 752.
Hollingshead, James, 391. Holmes, John T., 431.
Hood, Calvin C., 242. Hopkins, Winfield S., 570.
Hoshal, Walter J., 430, 763.
Hotchin, E. S., 378.
House, Peter, 228.
House, W. T., 379.
Hovey, W. S., 328. Howard, Clarence A., 322, 336.
Howard, Edward W., 482.
Howard, Franklin, 218. Howard, John, 173.
Howe, Amos, 33, 101, 112, 201.
Hubbard, George, 32, 199. Huff, Charles S., 747. Huff, Lemuel S., 719.
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Hull, (F. W. & L. W.), 383.
Hull, Lee G., 382, 383.
Humphrey, Hiram, 182.
Hunt, John, 286-7.
Huss, M. J., 325, 328, 336.
Hutchinson, James, 234.
Hutton, Hiram W., 523.
Ikeler, William M., 50. Indians-Nottawa-seepe reservation, 17; the Pottawatomie nation, 18; the Pottawatomies in 1830, 19; Sau-au-quett relinquishes reserva- tion, 20; started for Kansas, 21; the Black Hawk war, 22; killing of Sau-au-quett and Morreau, 26. Ingersoll, Cyrus, 292, 416. Irwin Brothers, 378. "Items of Constantine," 383.
Jacobs, Crebilion, 360, 362-3.
Jacobs, Hiram, 116, 198, 199, 362.
Jacobs, Orange, 301.
Jacobs, Oscar E., 442. Jacobs, Theo T., 784.
Jewett, Joseph, 231.
Johnny Cake prairie, 175.
Johnson, James, 188.
Johnson, J. Eastman, 50, 119, 292, 300.
Johnson, Lyman H., 433.
Johnson, Samuel E., 231. Johnson, S. S., 182.
Johnson, William, 180.
Jones, Charles, 181.
Jones, DeGarmo, 357.
Jones, E. L., 373.
Jones, Henry B., 718.
Jones, John H., 380.
Jones, Mero, 181.
Jones, William, 145, 181, 442, 444.
Jorn, G. N., 373. Joss, John C., 268. Joss. John J., 417. Judson, Melancthon, 291.
Kasdorf, John, 822. Kass, H. C., 431. Kaufmann, H. J., 369.
Kaufmann, Henry J., 346, 407, 411, 447.
Keech, George, 182.
Keightley, Edwin W., 92, 109, 132, 134, 291, 303, 305, 451. Kellogg, (Mrs.) A. E., 156.
Kellogg, Charles B., 107, 125, 127, 129, 130, 132, 134, 149, 151, 465.
Kellogg, Edwin, 45, 149.
Kellogg, Elizabeth, 107.
Kellogg, Erastus, 174, 363, 383, 425.
Kellogg, George, 149.
Kellogg (R. M.) & Co., 329-333.
Kellogg, Russell M., 330.
Kellogg & Brothers, 148, 149.
Kelsey, James, 325, 327.
Kelsey, Stephen, 322, 327.
Kennedy, J. B., 266. Kepler, Charles H., 643.
Ketchum, Isaac S., 425.
Kingsley, Chandler R., 704.
Kinne, A. J., 395, 398, 400-1. Kinney, Harvey, 232.
Kinsey, F. C., 827. Klady, Francisco, 592.
Kline, A. J., 211. Kline, George, 808.
Klinger, Peter, 117, 147.
Klose, H. James, 664.
Knapp, James, 145.
Knapp, John, 297, 298.
Knapp, Joseph, 47. Knappen, Loyal E., 284.
Knevels, George F., 679.
Knights of Pythias, Three Rivers, 348.
Knowles, Francella W., 459.
Knowles, Lawrence D., 49, 454.
Knox, Charles H., 416.
Knox, David, 198, 363.
Knox, Sarah, 188, 202.
Korst, C., 410, 447.
Kroh, Daniel, 345.
Kruger, Frederick J., 818.
Kums, John, 183.
Kyte, J. A., 371.
Laffey, William, 87.
Laird, Glover E., 667.
Laird. John M., 595.
Lamb, Isaac W., 393.
Lamb Knit Goods Company, 393, 397.
Lamberson, Conrad A., 618.
Lamberson, C. A., 392.
Lamberson, Frank D., 392.
Lamphere, C. H., 277.
Lancaster, Columbia, 91, 118, 205, 298, 299, 300, 418. Land offices, 75, 77.
Langley, M. S., 336.
Langley, Thomas C., 103.
Langley, Thomas W., 205, 296, 415, 416. 418. Langley, William B., 103, 124, 415.
Lanrick, John, 199.
Lantz, Philip, 321.
Larkin, John B., 621.
Laughran, Peter, 410.
Lawrence, Jeremiah, 173.
Lawrence, Wolcott H., 174.
Leaders, Frederick, 570.
Lee, S. P., 340. Leland. John M., 163.
Leland, Louis A .. 210. Leonard. William, 183. Leonidas township-How it was named, 220; description, 221.
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Leonidas village, 228. Levison, Henry, 123. Lilley, E. F., 426. Linsley, Edward B., 324, 328, 329, 335, 336, 499. Livermore, Josiah, 215. Livermore, Marshall, 214, 215. Lock, William, 428. Lockport Hydraulic Company, 310. Lockport township - Formation of, 161; drainage of, 162; first settlers, 162; Eschol's rise and fall, 163; early mill enterprises, 163; Moab and St. Joseph villages, 164; Three Rivers platted, 164; first town meeting and officers, 164; boat building and boating, 166.
Lockwood, C. J., 372. Logan, Samuel C., 384. Longaker, George, 345. Loomis, Hubbel, 48, 49, 79, 145, 292, 294-5. Lovell, Cyrus, 300. Luce, Cyrus G., 123. Ludwig, Samuel, 345. Lyman, Lewis B., 403.
McCrary, Henry, 256-60. McCune, Newell A., 343, 485.
MacDonald, J. C., 366. McDowell Brothers, 396.
McGaffey, George, 125.
McGaffey, Neal, 48, 79, 145, 148, 298, 300, 440, 443, 444. MeInterfer, Jacob, 34, 47, 162, 164. McInterfer, Mary, 166. McKee, Jeff P., 327, 334.
McKee, William E., 808.
Mckenzie, J. H., 369. McKerlie, James, 189. McKindley, John A., 776. McLaughlin, William, 368.
McLean, W. A., 424. McMath, Robert, 344. McMillan, Alexander, 33, 38, 49, 202. McMillan, Paulina (Harmon), 412. McNeish, David, 386-7.
Maffett, C. A., 337. Mail routes and stage lines, 31.
Major, John J., 417. Major, P. P., 334. Major, W. J., 417.
Mallory, L. H., 432.
Mandigo, Robert, 774.
Manning, Randolph, 289. Marantette, Franklin C., 828. Marantette, Mary E., 831.
Marantette, Patrick, 18, 19, 24, 29, 30, 34, 229, 230, 402, 406, 408, 409, 410.
Marantette, Patrick H., 412. Marantette, William W., 591. Vol. II-21
Marsh, James A., 380. Martin, George, 289. Martin, John, 172. Mason, J. J., 389. Masonic lodges, Three Rivers, 346.
Massey, Albert, 91. Matthews, George, 36, 222.
Matthews, Otis, 173. Matthews, Reuben, 173.
May, Chauncey, 291. Medical societies, 48. Meek, Richard C., 338, 342, 363, 383. Meek, William, 11, 33, 44, 45, 168, 169, 170, 297, 389. Melendy, R. W., 291, 303. Mendenhall, Frank, 596. Mendenhall, Lillie W., 599.
Mendon-French pioneers of, 34; the present village, 401; early manu- factories, 402; old hotels, 402; the corporation, 404; schools, 405; township library, 406; newspapers, 406; churches and societies, 407.
"Mendon Eagle," 406. Mendon Exchange Bank, 404. "Mendon Globe," 407. "Mendon Independent," 406.
"Mendon Leader," 407. Mendon M. E. church, 412. Mendon township-How named, 228; Mendon village founded, 230; set- tlers of 1833-7, 231; old-time offi- cials, 231; physical features, 232. Mendon Township Free Public Lib- rary, 406. "Mendon Weekly Times," 407. Merrill, Fred D., 322. Messiah Evangelical Lutheran church, 387. Metcalf, Ezekiel, 41, 195.
Metha, Leander, 35, 230, 231, 402. Mexican war, 238. Meyer, William, 821. Michigan Boxboard Company, White Pigeon, 442. "Michigan Statesman and St. Joseph Chronicle," 441. Middagh, (Mrs.) Henry (nee Betsey Klinger), 108, 117. Millard, Elisha, 166.
Millard & Troy, 310. Millard, Joseph B., 310, 325.
Miller, Alfred D., 814.
Miller, Charles L., 211, 292, 392, 398.
Miller, George, 35, 215, 216.
Miller, George E., 550.
Miller, Hagenbuch & Harvey, 376.
Miller, John W., 645.
Miller, Lewis E., 96, 737. Miller, W. E., 328-9. Mills, John A., 553.
Miner, William, 404. .
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Miskill, J. D., 373. Mitchell, George S., 655.
Moe, Charles, 187. Moe, Jane, 188. Moe, Otho, 790. Moffatt, Orlando, 398.
Moore, Edward S., 165, 233, 234, 310, 312, 325, 327, 334, 343.
Moore & Prutzman, 310, 312.
Moore Park, 234. Moore Park Reformed church, 345.
Morell, George, 287, 288.
Morreau, Isadore, 26.
Morrison, William H., 545.
Morse, Charles H., 328, 329.
Morse, J. C., 320, 321, 322.
Morton, (Mrs.) F. H., 398.
Mosher, C. D., 419.
Mottville township-Its creation, 158; first settlement, 159; Mottville vil- lage platted, 160; first bridge, 160; a great shipping point, 161. Mound builders-Garden beds in St. Joseph county, 16; the Colon mounds, 16; fortifications, 16; sac- rificial fireplace, 17. Moutan, Frances, 230.
Moutan, Francois, 34, 229, 402. Mowry, H. P., 431.
Naggs, William (Billy), 145, 155.
Nallinger, Albert, 823.
National Bank of Sturgis, 374.
Neddeaux, Peter, 35, 230.
Newhall, John S., 196.
Newsom, C. B., 366.
"News Reporter," Three Rivers, 337. Newton, Luther, 42, 43, 79, 145, 291, 297.
Nichols, George, 220.
Nicholson, S. H., 398. Nidy, Simon W., 814. Noffze, Paul, 399, 434.
ยท Nottawa, 428. Nottawa Creek, 2.
Nottawa-seepe reservation, 17, 36, 235.
Nottawa township-Creation of, 81; its beautiful prairies, 199; Judge William Connor, first settler, 199; Judge John Sturgis arrives, 200; other early comers, 200; introduc- tion of fruits and grains, 203; or- ganized, 204. -
Oakes, David, Jr., 242. Odd Fellows lodges, Three Rivers, 348. Odell, Thomas, 161. Ogden, Benjamin, 344. Oil distillation, 7. Olds, Joseph, 144. Osbon, Henry R., 792.
Osborn, Nathan, 291, 301. Osborne, S. A., 340, 383. Osgood, Benjamin, 292. Osgood, Grace, 406.
Pack, William F., 279.
Packard, Ira F., 49.
Packard, J. J., 359.
Packard, (Mrs.) J. J., 63.
Packard, Nelson I., 17, 49, 369, 374, 804. Packard, (Mrs.) Nelson I., 804.
Page, David, 33, 49, 91, 144, 440.
Page, William, 344.
Paine, Philander A., 45.
Palmer, Charles A., 637.
Park township-Its creation, 232; first settlers along Fisher's lake, 232; first town meeting, 233; Park- ville and Moore Park, 234.
Parker, John, 181, 196.
Parker, J. E., 196.
Parker, J. J., 337.
Parkville, 234.
Patterson, (Mrs.) S. G., 360.
Pealer, Russel R., 92, 119, 235, 280, 284, 291, 304, 327, 334, 349, 508.
Pealer, Sue S., 518.
Pealer, W. O., 335.
Pearsoll, Rice, 199.
Peatling, J. D., 407, 413.
Peirce, Jarius, 227.
Pendleton, (Mrs.) E. W., 128.
Pengelly, Richard, 383.
Perrin, Amos T., 734. Perrin, Andrew, 182.
Perrin, Lewis C., 720.
Perry, David B., 733.
Petty, David, 180, 196.
Phillips, (Mrs.) Ada, 448.
Physicians, 49. Pitts, Levi W., 626.
Place, Lester B., 129, 130, 322, 567.
Platt, Henry S., 242.
Plummer, William F., 579.
Podgham, Philip, 304.
Porter, C. G., 432.
Post, Henry, 203. Post, Russell, 33, 200, 202.
Powell, Gardner, 334.
Powers, Henry, 33, 79, 201, 203.
Powers, James, 101.
Pratt, Samuel, 45, 92, 145, 151.
Probst, John B., 731.
Prutzman, Abraham C., 165, 310, 313, 325, 327.
Prutzman, Edward M., 260. Prutzman, J. E., 313. Prutzman, J. P., 313. Purdy, David B., 682. Putney, L. S., 372.
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Quimby, Joseph, 159.
Railroads-First in the county, 47. Randall, C. L., 407.
Ranney, Joseph A., 344. Ransom, Epaphroditus, 48, 287, 288, 291. Raymond, Oliver, 182, 196, 197, 198, 214.
Reading, (Mrs.) George B., 63.
Redfield, Alexander H., 300.
Reed, Richard, 374.
Reichert, Selinda, 47.
Rengler, George, 574.
Reynolds, A. H., 417.
Reynolds (Mrs.) Jessie A., 436, 448. Rhodes, Lewis, 122.
Rice, Clark, 535.
Rich, L. B., 322.
Richards, J. S., 587.
Richards, Mariah, 584. Richardson, Orlo W., 317-20.
Richter, H. C., 367. Riley, H. H., 301, 377.
Ringe, Alfred, 407.
Risdon, Orange, 160.
Risley, Carl S., 425.
Roatch, Clark, 587.
Sheldon, Benjamin F., 823.
Sheldon, E. H., 378, 379.
Sheldon, T. P., 42.
Sherman, Benjamin, 38, 92, 117, 164, 203.
Robinson, (Mrs.) Alma, 371.
Robinson, James D., 372-3.
Robinson, Richard, 363.
Roderick, Edward, 442.
Roe, Alfred, 238.
Rolfe, James, 182.
Romeig, Robert, 702.
Roode, J. Q., 381. Root, H. E., 121.
"Rosette" paper mill, 309. Rowen, Matthew, 166. Roys, Norman, 173. Rudd, F. M., 334.
Ruggles, Ziba B., 770.
Ruggles, (Mrs.) Z. B., 339.
Runyan, Isaac, 199.
Russell, Orlando D., 805.
Russell, Rector R., 603.
Rusterholtz, Jacob, 806.
Ryan, William, 400.
Ryckaert, C., 368, 410, 447.
Sabin, Marden, 130, 131, 722. Sabin, Peter, 364, 383. Saddler, William, 302. Salsig, (Mrs.) Louis 338. (McInterfer),
Sau-au-quet, 20, 24, 26.
Savery, Asahel, 42, 46, 78, 100, 106, 144, 145.
Schaeper, Fred, 411. Schalm, W. T., 367. Schellhous family, 34.
Schellhous Brothers, 391.
Schellhous, Charles W., 6, 799.
Schellhous, Cyrus, 209, 291.
Schellhous, George F., 208, 209, 213.
Schellhous, Lorensie, 101, 208, 209, 210, 399. Schellhous, Martin G., 208, 209, 210, 213.
Schellhous, Robert, 81.
Schellhous, Roswell, 208, 210, 213.
Scidmore, Arthur W., 50, 322, 325, 528. Sears, Reuben, 297.
Seaver Brothers, 432.
Severens, Henry F., 92, 130, 284, 302.
Shank, George E., 405.
Sharp, Alexander, 132, 819.
Sheffield Car Company, 327, 329.
Sheffield, George S., 328, 329, 430, 753.
Sheffield (George S.) & Company, 328.
Sheffield Manufacturing Company, Burr Oak, 430.
Sheldon, A. C., 327.
Sherman, E. B., 298.
Sherman township-Its formation, 178; early settlers, 179; lands, taxes and products, 180; cultiva- tion of mint, 181; township officers,
181; roads and postoffice, 182; schools, 183; population, 185; poli- tics, 185.
Sherman (see Sturgis).
Shimmel, Albert C., 538. Shinnaman, Christopher, 164.
Shipman, John B., 291, 302.
Shoecraft, (Mrs.) F. W., 361.
Showerman, R. E., 433.
Sibley, Solomon, 286, 287.
Sickles, Garrett, 175.
Sides, I., 401. Sidner, Jacob, 359.
Silliman, Arthur, 315. Silliman, Sue I., 325. Simonds, C. E., 372.
Simons, J. W., 380. Simpson, H. A., 133, 417, 426.
Simpson, James, 572. Simpson, William G., 657. Sixbey, Nicholas I., 92. Slote, George W., 588.
Slote, James, 343. Smith, George F., 359. Smith, James L., 732.
.
Roberts, Cyrus, 335, 348.
Roberts, H. S., 241.
Roberts Wheel and Car Company, 308, 310.
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Smith, Niles F., 414.
Smith, Perrin M., 291, 301, 304.
Smith, William, 769.
Snyder, Stephen M., 729.
Snyder, William H., 594.
Southern Michigan Telephone Com- pany, Burr Oak, 432.
Spade, Fred A., 709.
Spencer, A. F., 378.
Spencer, W. M., 378.
Sperry, T. A., 334.
Starr, C. H., 122.
State Bank of Burr Oak, 431.
State Savings Bank, Three Rivers, 334.
Steele, Salmon P., 339, 342.
Stevens, Wilmot E., 384. .
Stewart, Alanson C., 42, 46, 187.
Stewart, Charles H., 300.
Stewart, Hart L., 42, 46, 160, 161, 196, 291, 298.
Stewart, H. P., 417, 419.
Stewart, Samuel, 187.
Stewart, William, Jr., 183.
St. Edwards Parish (Catholic), Men- don, 408-12.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, 345.
St. Joseph Canal and Lockport Manu- facturing Company, 309.
St. Joseph county-Drainage, 1; rivers and lakes, 2; prairies and oak open- ings, 3; geological features, 3; building materials, 4; soil and agri- culture, 5; peppermint and oil, 5; the county in 1838, 10; St. Joseph river, 10; land and water area, 10; government inaugurated, 78; origi- nal townships, 78; first election, 79; changes in government, 79; sub- division of townships, 81; first town meeting, 81; county seats, 82; first county building, 83; court houses, 85; the county's poor, 89; county officials (1830-1910), 91; education, 94; bird's-eye view of pioneer history, 96.
"St. Joseph County Advertiser and Constantine Weekly Mercury," 382. "St. Joseph County Advertiser," 381. St. Joseph County Bank, 417.
"St. Joseph County Democrat," 372. St. Joseph's Mission, White Pigeon, 447.
St. Joseph County Pioneer Society (1873 to 1910)-Organized, 98; con- stitution, 99; first officers, 100; came prior to 1840, 100; death of Hon. E. H. Lothrup, 111; first na- tive male speaks, 111; year 1845 made membership limit, 114; set- tlers of thirty years eligible, 114;
historical contribution in 1880, 117; death of three former presidents, 120; letter from Samuel P. Wil- liams, 123; last (thirty-seventh) annual meeting, 134.
St. Joseph County Republican, 423.
St. Joseph river-Drainage by, 1; Mrs. Delia S. Crossette's paper on, 10; first bridge on, 12; first dam across, 13; Indian name, 155.
St. Joseph township, 77.
Stoner, W. G., 364.
Stoughton, W. L., 241, 245, 301, 303. Stoughton, William L., 356, 359, 361. Stoughton, (Mrs.) William L., 360.
Sturgis, Albert, 373.
Sturgis, Amos, 198.
Sturgis, Charles A., 333.
Sturgis, David, 187, 198.
Sturgis, John, 33, 41, 78, 79, 181, 186, 187, 198, 200, 291, 297.
Sturgis, Thomas, 198. Sturgis, William, 120.
Sturgis-Its railroads, 353; replatted
under present name (1858), 356; present city, 357; public schools, 358; city water, light and power, 359; free public library, 360; cor- poration and fire department, 361; Oak Lawn cemetery, 362; churches, 363-9; societies, 369-71; newspa- pers, 371; manufactories, 372-4.
Sturgis township-Organization of, 195; settlers on site of Sturgis, 195; first hotels and landlords, 197; other first things, 197.
"Sturgis Journal," 371.
Sturgis "Michigan Democrat," 371.
Sturgis Steel Go-Cart Company, 373. Sumner, Watson, 170, 376.
Swan creek, 2.
Swartwout, Wade L., 279.
Sweet, Charles P., 407. Sweet, Ebenezer, 187, 188. Sweetland, John J., 527.
Sweitzer, F., 336.
Swihart, Frank L., 810.
Taft, Moses, 228, 231. Talbot, George, 417. Taylor, Elias, 48, 79, 144, 160.
Taylor, William, 365.
Tedrow, W. L., 389. Temperance societies, 48. Temple, C. M., 360, 440. TenBrook, G. N., 427. Terry, Elmore G., 228, 399.
Three Rivers-Its original site, 34; its founding, 307; water power and manufactories, 307-10; Moore & Prutzman, 310; Home-coming pi- oneer literature, 314-21; corpora-
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tion of Three Rivers, 321; public schools, 322; public library, 324; fire department and water works, 325; Riverside Cemetery, 325; banks, 334; civic league, 336; news- papers, 336; churches, 337; socie- ties, 347. Three Rivers Baptist church, 344. "Three Rivers Herald," 337.
Three Rivers Methodist church, 337.
Three Rivers Presbyterian church, 343.
Three Rivers Publishing Company, 336.
Three Rivers Reformed church, 345. "Three Rivers Reporter," 336. Three Rivers Robe Tannery, 333.
Thomas, D. E., 360.
Thomas, F. W., 417.
Thomas, Wilbur F., 292.
Thompson, David, 291.
Thompson, Elijah, 179.
Thompson, Julius A., 213, 214, 428, 429.
Thoms, James F., 327.
Thoms, John C., 835.
Thorne, Edward, 377.
Throop, W. A., 266.
Thurston, George, 114, 187.
Tinker, Chauncey, 218.
Tinker Town, 218.
Tisdel, Freeman A., 188, 189, 190.
Titus, A. C., 335.
Todd, Albert M., 7.
Toll, Isaac D., 91, 112, 187, 191, 238, 240, 414, 415.
Toll, Philip R., 187, 192, 193, 414, 416. Tomlinson, William B., 658.
Town meetings (first), 81. Townships (original), 78, 81.
Trowbridge, Luther H., 345.
Troy, Sylvester, 316, 391. Truesdell, S. W., 49, 91.
Trumbull, Edward A., 91.
Trussell, Reuben, 214.
Tucker, E. G., 132, 133, 141, 318, 320.
Tulloss, R. E., 389.
Turner, E. D., 92, 301.
Tyler, Ansel, 102.
Tyler, Comfort, 211, 396.
Tyler family, 227. Tyler, Job, 212. Tyler, Samuel, 102.
Tyler, William, 102.
Ulmann, Isaac J., 196. Ulrich, Isaac S., 233, 234, 832. Upson, Charles, 291. Urie, C. P., 359.
Valentine, James, 177. Van Buren, E. J., 416, 423.
Van Buren, George, 403.
Van Buren, Rosslyn H., 791. Vander Mel, C., 387.
Van Doren, D. A., 346.
Van Patten, John P., 193.
Vansaw, R. P., 397. Van Vleck, V. H., 360.
Van Vranken, A. H., 426.
Vieman, Andrew N., 813.
Voorhis, Isaac S., 211. Vough, Justus L., 227.
Wagner, Daniel B., 669.
Wagner, Elias, 628.
Wagner, Joshua, 834.
Wagner, Peter, 396.
Wahl, William F., 820.
Wait, Frank W., 359, 452.
Wait, Jonathan G., 354. Wakeman, Adams, 231.
Wakeman, Mark H., 50.
Wakeman & Lewis, 403.
Wakeman House, 403.
Wakeman township, 82, 228.
Walker, George W., 338.
Wallace, E. H., 357.
Walton, A. P., 374.
Walton, J. E., 374. Walton, J. F., 373, 374.
Walton, Samuel A., 334, 694.
Ware, Freeman, 345, 447.
Warren, Charles C., 334.
Warriner, P. W., 156, 384.
Wasepi, 428.
Washburn, Sarah, 214.
Washtenaw trail, 35.
Waterman, John A., 275.
Waterman, Levi, 197.
Watkins, Andrew, 40.
Watkins, L. D., 51.
Watkins, Levi, 221, 224, 226, 227.
Watkins, Martin C., 227.
Watkins, William M., 122, 226.
Watson, F. B., 336.
Watson, James V., 442.
Wayne county-Pioneers, 32; orga- nized, 74.
Webster, Daniel, 157, 376.
Weir, John, 378.
Weir, Robert, 378.
Wells, Franklin, 125, 377. Wescott, Allen, 317, 742.
Wetherbee, Asa, 166.
Wheaton, James H., 266.
Wheeler, Challenge S., 218.
Wheeler, Charles P., 279, 280, 689.
Wheeler, C. S., 220.
Whipple, A. V., 345.
Whipple, Charles W., 291.
White, Elisha, 43.
White, Levant E., 374.
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White Pigeon-Sketch of village, 435; historical review, 437; White Pig- eon Academy, 440; district and union schools, 440; newspapers and banks, 441; churches, 442; so- cieties, 448. White Pigeon Academy, 146, 440. White Pigeon M. E. church, 442. "White Pigeon News," 441. White Pigeon Presbyterian church, 442.
White Pigeon Reformed church, 446. White Pigeon river, 2.
White Pigeon township-Original, 81;
The prairies, 135; story of Chief White Pigeon, 136; unveiling of memorial by Willie White Pigeon, 137; Mrs. W. C. Cameron's address, 140; the three pioneers, 142; first farms, 144; "Old Diggin's," first hotel, 144; village platted, 145; first schools and churches, 146; changes in area, 146; natural features, 147; pioneer incidents, (Charles B. Kellogg), 148; Web- ster's visit to White Pigeon (Mrs. A. E. Kellogg), 156. White, William L., 770.
Whitehouse, Alfred I., 431. Whitehouse Underwear Mills, 431. Whitmer, J. H., 798. Whitmore, W., 401.
Wickett, Alfred M., 584. Wiegand, Henry, 446. Wilcox, Edward K., 119. Wilcox, Luther T., 327. Wilhelm, Christian, 361, 468.
Wilkins, John, 287.
Wilkins, Ross, 287. Will, John S., 630.
Will, Mary H., 636. Willard, Isaac W., 91.
Williams, Joseph R., 50, 376.
Williams, Samuel P., 106, 125.
Willis, Joseph, 372. Willits, Warren J., 327, 329, 335.
Wilson, Isaiah, 341.
Wilson, William H., 748.
Winchell, David, 166. Winchell, John, 32, 42, 46, 79, 91, 142.
Witherell, James, 286-7.
Wolf, (A. C. & Bros.) Bank, 418.
Wolf, Amos C., 92, 335, 543.
Wolf brothers, 6, 165, 417.
Wolf Brothers Bank, 419.
Wolf, Frank, 419, 442.
Wolf, George M., 335.
Wolf, George T., 334, 335, 759.
Wolf, John, 421.
Wolf, Josiah, 419.
Wolf, Morris D., 422, 785.
Wolfinger, Clinton J., 816.
Wood, A. R., 271-2.
Woodbridge, William, 144, 286, 287, 298.
Woodman, John B., 779.
Woodward, Augustus B., 285, 287.
Worthington, Delmar L., 677.
Worthington, John H., 671.
Wright, W. A., 359.
Yaple, George L., 119, 291.
Yauney, Henry, 327.
Yauney, James, 127.
Yauney, (Mrs.) Mary J., 108.
Yeatter, Martha B., 678.
Yeatter, Solomon, 677.
Zabel, Christian, 815. Zacharias, Allen H., 261.
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