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Kalamazoo Printing Company, $300. No insur- ance.
J. M. Allen, dwelling house and livery stable, $2,-
500. No insurance.
C. A. Banker, blacksmith shop, $500. No insur- ance.
Congregational Church, $3,000. No insurance.
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Charles Atwood, dwelling, $200. No insurance. A. P. Day, house and barn, $1,000.
Ed. Pine, personal property, $700. No insurance Joe. Maynard, personal property, $100. No in- surance.
S. D. Thompson, damage to store building, $300. Covered by insurance.
S. K. Riblet, damage to store, $500. Covered by insurance.
David Millard, goods, $200. No insurance.
E. I. Hewes, damaged goods, $700. Insured. Jerome Carpenter, stock and goods, $1,200. No insurance.
Scarcely had the ruins stopped smoking, when the work of rebuilding began, and, before the winter set in, several brick structures were completed, or well under way. "The Courtright," which succeeds the Brooks House, was formally opened Nov. 16. Severe as the individual losses were, it is certain that by an- other year Newaygo will be all the better for the fire. A better class of buildings are going up, and the village is to have better protection from the de- stroying element. A liberal sum has been voted for water works.
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Croton Township.
ROTON Township, 12 north, 11 west, lies in the eastern tier of the county. It is bounded on the north by Big Prairie, on the east by Montcalm County, on the south by Ensley and on the west by Brooks. The Muskegon River flows through the northwest- ern part, crossing sections 4, 5, 8, 7, 18 and 19. The Little Muskegon flows from east to west through the township, crossing sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 9 and 8. It joins the Muskegon in the southwestern part of sec- tion 7. In the southwestern part of the township are Pettit and Bills Lakes.
At the forks of the Muskegon is situated the vil- lage of Croton. This was once an important point, before the pine forests were cut away, but now its business is purely local. The first mill there was built at about the same time the first settlement was made at Newaygo, and the first land taken up in the county is at Croton.
Croton Township was called Newaygo until 1855. It was organized under that name in 1851, at the same tinie with Brooks Township, and then included the eastern half of the county. It was cut down to form Big l'rairie, Ensley and other townships, until it contained but a township and a half. It remained of this size until 1880, when half a township became a part of Brooks Township, and Croton was reduced to its present limits.
At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the follow- ing township officers were elected : David Collins, Supervisor; Walter M. Pace, Clerk; Jerome A. Bots- ford, Treasurer; George Backart, Highway Commis- sioner; Lafayette Keeney, Drain Commissioner; Alfred E. Hall, School Inspector ; Wesley C. Dancer, Justice of the Peace; Simon Dancer, Gilbert Grow, William Cram, and Ambrose Fitzgerald, Constables.
The population of the township in 1880 was 807; that of the village of Croton, 118.
There are in the township at the present time four whole school districts and two fractional ones. For the year ending Sept. 3, the number of children be- teen the ages of 5 and 21 was 238; number of chil- dren that attended school, 166; number of non-resi- dent pupils, 6; number of days of school taught, 860; number of school-houses (all frame), 6; num- ber of pupils that can be seated, 350; value of school property, $2, 100 ; number of male teachers employed, 4; number of female teachers employed, 7; wages paid to male teachers, $573; wages paid to female teachers, $672.60.
The valuation of property in this township in- creased from $38,736.01 in 1853 to $80,755 in 1883; and the taxation of property from $351.37 in 1852 to $2,251.18 in 1883.
SUPERVISORS.
James Barton, 1851
Christopher Culp, 1852
J. Ryan, 1853
Hugh Rice,
1854
George Backart, 1855
Christopher Culp,
1856
Loyal Palmer, 1857-8
George Backart 1859-62
Chas. Carmichael,
1863-4
Geo. Backart, 1865-7
Arthur Truesdell, /
1868
W. W. Irons,
Geo. Backart, 1869-70
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William Rice,
187 1-2
David Collins,
1873-4
P. L. R. Fisk,
1875
Wm. Rice,
1876
M. S. Kline,
1877
Wm. Rice,
1878-9
David Collins, )
M. F. Cline,
1880
David Collins,
188I
P. A. Harrison,
1882
David Collins,
1883
Dayton Township.
HIS township is 13 north, 14 west, and lies in the western tier of the county. It is bounded on the north by Denver, on the east by Sherman, on the south by Sheridan, and on the west by Oceana County. Half of the village of Fremont lies in Dayton Town- ship, on sections 35 and 36. Through those sections also runs the C. & W. M. R. R. The township con- tains no large streams, but several creeks rise in it, and almost all of them flow from the center of the township. The creek which runs through Fremont, in the southeastern corner, connects a chain of lakes with Fremont Lake, in Sheridan Township. It af- fords excellent water power for the mill at Fremont, just below the mill-pond. This chain of lakes con- sists, besides the mill-pond, of Lakes No. 1, 2, 3 (or Joslin Lake), 4 (or Waters Lake), and others. Mar- tin's Lake, on section 19, is a good-sized body of water. Devil's Lake is on section 22, and Clark's Lake on section 23, in a large swamp. There are also a number of smaller lakes and ponds.
Dayton was erected into a township by the Board of Supervisors Jan. 5, 1857, and the first township meeting was held the first Monday in April follow- ing, at the house of M. D. Bull, and presided over by Jacob Barnhard, Sylvanus Reid and James Bogue. Melvin W. Scott was chosen as the first Supervisor. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the follow- ing township officers were elected: Solomon V. Walker, Supervisor; Charles I. Rathbun, Clerk; Flood Mis- ner, Treasurer; Alphonso M. Curtice, Highway Com- missioner; Thomas Hopkins, Drain Commissioner; S. Peter Barnhard and Shinar Preston, School In- 1
spectors ; Charles Hasse, Justice of the Peace; Red- mond E. Misner, James N. Faught, Henry S. Angle and James Caldwell, Constables.
The population of the township in 1880 was 1,588. It is now much larger.
There are now in the township four whole school districts and four fractional districts. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between 5 and 20 was 500 ; number of children that attended school, 400; number of non-resident pupils, 18; number of days of school taught, 889; number of frame school-houses, 6; number of log school-houses, 2; number of pupils that can be seated, 451 ; value of school property, $4,500; number of male teachers employed, 6; number of female teachers employed, 14; wages paid to male teachers, $447.50; wages paid to female teachers, $1,150.
The valuation of property in this township has in- creased from $71,834.49 in 1859 to $236,380 in 1883, and the taxation from $287.33 to $3,421.25.
SUPERVISORS.
Melwin W. Scott, 1859-64
Jacob Barnhard, 1864
William Martin, 1865-7
John Brotherton, 1868
Melvin W. Scott,
1869-72
J. B. Jewell,
1873-6
I. C. Fox,
1877-8
J. B. Jewell,
1879
Irwin C. Fox,
1 880-2
S. V. Walker,
1883
Denver Township.
ENVER Township, 14 north, 14 west, lies in the western tier of the county. It is bounded on the north by Beaver, on the east by Lincoln, on the south by Dayton, and on the west by Oceana County. White River flows through the township from east to west, crossing sections 25, 24, 23, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 30. Midway across the township it is joined by Harring- ton or Heald Creek, which is the outlet of a chain of lakes to the north. In the northern part of the township are several good-sized lakes,-Half-Moon Lake, Mountain Lake, Martin's Lake, Wittie Lake, Flanders Lake, Stony Lake and others.
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The township of Denver was organized in 1867. William A. Anderson was chosen the first Supervisor. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the follow- ing township officers were chosen: William A. An- derson, Supervisor; William Maynard, Clerk ; John D. Gowell, Treasurer; James Robertson, Highway Commissioner; Henry Covil, School Inspector; John D. Gowell, Justice of the Peace ; Henry E. Stebbins, George Miller, A. C. Gowell and David Hopkins, Constables.
The population of Denver Township in 1880 was I,II2.
There are now in the township four whole school districts and two fractional districts. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between the ages of 5 and 20 was 524; number of children that attended school, 335 ; number of non-resident pupils, 17 ; number of days of school taught, 1,030; number of school-houses (all frame), 6; value of school property, $7,500; number of male teachers employed, 4 ; number of female teachers employed, II; wages paid to male teachers, $598; wages paid to female teachers, $1,081.
The equalized valuation of property in the town- ship in the year 1867, was $144,484, and the taxation $1,900.06. In 1883, according to the records the valuation was $149,065, and the taxation $1,977.05.
SUPERVISORS.
William A. Anderson 1867
William A. Haskins 1868
A. J. Spencer 1869-72
Solon Webster 1873-81
W. A. Anderson
1882
HESPERIA VILLAGE.
BOUT 1860, a man by the name of Streeter settled on the west side of the county line, near the present village. He afterward sold out to Joseph Sweet. The origin of the village is thus described by Mr. T. L. Waters : " In the winter of 1865-6, Daniel Weaver and his wife came up here to visit Uncle Joe, when Mr. Weaver made the remark to his wife that here was a fine place to build a village. The following spring, being at Father Weaver's, he said to me, 'Thad, I know where there is a good place to start a town, on the banks of the White River where it crosses the county line; the land is level, the soil is sandy, and
there is a good water-power there. I have $800 in the bureau drawer, am out of debt, and if you will lay out the town, and the boys all stick by me, we will make the strike.' To this we all agreed, and there, in the old house at Fremont, the village of Hesperia first took shape. The never tiring energy of Daniel Weaver, who had already plunged into the forest three times and opened up a new country, now took a turn in a different direction. Going to Hills- dale, he enlisted John P. Cook, of that city, to go in partnership with him, build a saw-mill and stock it, and erect a store and fill it with goods. The sum of $20,000 was invested in the store and goods, and $11,000 in the mill, logs and land; making in all $31,000 invested in the village at the start. The lumber for the store was picked up at different places ; some of it was hauled from Whitehall, a dis- tance of twenty-five miles. The only house in Hes- peria at that time was the old log house back of Mr. Weaver's present residence ; an addition was built to this, and the building turned into a boarding-house, Uncle Joe Sweet being . Brigadier General.'
" In the fall of 1866, Mr. Hoskins and myself com- menced to lay out the town. After ' fifing around' a few days and accomplishing nothing, I took the whole matter in hand, and with Sam Shaw as 'assis- tant engineer,' laid out and platted a town. The streets north and south ran parallel with the county line, while those east and west were parallel with the south line of the section. John P. Cook, coming out at this time, examined the plat, and finding the streets were not at right angles, concluded to throw it up. We then went over the ground, looked it over carefully, paced it out, and in the upper part of what was afterward Webster's store Mr. Cook planned and I drafted the present plat of the village. The saw-mill was completed, and the boilers, engine, etc., put in. It was run a few weeks, when, in the spring of 1867, the boiler and machinery were moved back to Montague, and put in Charles Cook & Co.'s mill at that place. The new survey and plat was finished in the fall of 1866, and it was proposed to call the village 'New Ocea,' combining half of the names of the two counties in which it stands. This matter was finally submitted to Miss Mary Cook, the daughter of John P., who has the honor of giving the village its present name, 'Hesperia,' or the beautiful garden."
Hesperia has the best location, perhaps, as far as
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ground to build on is concerned, and farming country to support it, of any village in Northern Michigan. It has two magnificent water powers. With a good railroad, Hesperia would soon become one of finest manufacturing towns in the State. No better place can be found than this to locate a tannery on a large scale. There is no better place in the country for a. woolen factory, a large number of sheep being already kept by the farmers in the vicinity, and the country around it being peculiarly adapted to sheep raising. Any person having capital to invest in manufactures will do well to look up Hesperia's advantages.
The greatest need of the place is a good railroad. Several schemes have at different times been pro- posed, but have all fallen through. Just now, how- ever, the prospect is really fair for a railroad to be built from Pentwater to Howard, through Hart, Hes- peria and Fremont. It is greatly to be hoped that this project will succeed. The Hesperians will give any reasonable assistance to a railroad.
The population of Hesperia is now about 500, as nearly as can be estimated from the last school census. The village has no debt, the school district owes only $1,000, at seven per cent., and this small indebtedness, contracted in building the new school- house, will soon be paid. Hesperia is connected with the outer world by a daily stage to White Cloud, a daily stage to Fremont, and two weekly stages northward.
The village was incorporated early in 1883, and held its first village election April 16. The officers are as follows: D. Weaver, President; L. W. King, Clerk; P. Monroe, Treasurer; George Overly, Marshal ; William Leland, Constable ; H. K. Bush, J. C. McCowen, Abraham Fisher, E. B. Slocum, William Fleming and John Ash, Trustees.
Hesperia supports several religious societies. The Adventists have two organizations, which hold oc- casional services, but have no church. The Presby- terians have a fine church, built in 1880, at a cost of $3,000. Rev. Mr. Walker, the pastor at that time, should have much of the credit of this. He was succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. Mr. Coulter. The Methodists have the oldest and largest society in the village. They have a neat and commodious church, built in 1869, at a cost of about $1,000. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Beach. The Baptists 1
completed a substantial church in 1877, at a cost o $2,500. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Gostelow.
The secret societies are well represented here. Hesperia Lodge No. 346, F. & A. M., received its charter Jan. 24, 1877, though it was organized under dispensation in December, 1875. It has now a membership of 45, and is a flourishing organization. The present officers are as follows: Charles Starks, W. M .; John Smith, J. W .; William Fleming, S. W .; J. D. Gow, Secretary; Ephraim Utley, Treasurer.
Hesperia Lodge, No. 334, I. O. O. F., was organ- in November, 1879, with 13 charter members. It has now a membership of 40. The officers are as fol- lows : William Chandler, N. G .; L. E. Norton, V. G .; J. B. Smith, Secretary; and William Fleming, ยท Treasurer.
Hesperia Lodge, No. 552, I. O. G. T., was organ- ized Feb. 1, 1879, with seven members. It has now a goodly membership, and the following officers : John Ash, W. C. T .; Esther Wilber, V. C. T .; D. Gostelow, Rec. Sec .; O. B. Walters, Fin. Sec .; Su- sanna Gilbert, Treasurer.
Gen. Dix Post No. 9, G. A. R., was " mustered " in August, 1880, with 18 members. This number has now increased to 60. The principal officers are as follows: W. C. Simmons, Com .; Charles Robbins, O. D .; William Chandler, Adj .; Richard Slocum, Chap .; George Robbins, S. V. C .; Henry E. Water- man, J. V. C .; Henry Brooks, Q. M .; John Wyman, O. G.
The manufacturing interests of Hesperia are al- ready important. First in importance comes the grist-mill of D. Weaver, built about 1873, at a cost of $10,000. G. D. Webster's grist-mill was built in 1881, at a cost of $3,500. He has also a saw-mill. Then there are McDonald's saw-mill and A. P. Big- elow's steam grist-mill.
The general business interests of Hesperia are rep- resented in the following list :
John Alderman, pump manufacturer.
Amos Bigelow, miller.
J. O. Brown, prop. Forest House.
L. Brown & Co., clothiers.
I. H. Barlow, saloon-keeper.
Frank Burt, blacksmith.
C. M. Barnes, general merchant.
H. K. Bush, hardware merchant.
William Fleming, boarding house, and prop. wagon-shop.
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H. K. Fisher, saloon-keeper.
John Grumley, shoemaker. Uri Gillett, shoemaker.
R. Husband, harness-maker. Hawley & Son, jewelers.
N. D. Holt, hardware merchant.
Howard & Pembroke, shoe dealers.
Leaton & Leland, livery keepers.
McCowen & Warren, general merchants. McCowen & Strowbridge, fancy dealers.
L. E. Norton, physician.
Thomas O'Sullivan, barber.
O. A. Rowland, furniture dealer.
Sullivan & Gordon, blacksmithing.
E. B. Slocum & Co., general merchants.
Frank Utley, druggist.
S. W. Wilbur, blacksmith.
D. Weaver & Co., general merchants.
Wilson & Baker, grocer.
Frank Whitney, prop. meat market.
O. B. Walter & Co., marble workers.
L. S. Weaver, druggist.
G. D. Webster, miller and merchant.
Miss Mattie Weaver, milliners.
Weaver & Heim, millers.
C. N. Young, editor News.
Ensley Township.
HIS township is 11 north, 11 west, and oc- cupies the extreme southeastern corner of Newaygo County. It is bounded on the north by Croton Township, on the east by Montcalm County, on the south by Kent County, and on the west by Grant Township. In the eastern part of the township are Round (or Conover) Lake, Baptist Lake, and Inglewright Lake, each about 20 acres in extent. On the middle of the south line is County Line Lake, and in section 7 is part of Moore's Lake. Ensley is one of the best agricultural townships, if not the best, in the county, and is well developed.
The township of Ensley was erected Oct. 18, 1858, and the first township meeting was held the first Monday in April, 1859, at the house of Benjamin Ensley, with Otis H. Kellogg, William S. Hillman and Hiram Suter as Inspectors. Augustus A. Kel- logg was chosen the first Supervisor. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the following township officers were elected: George Wright, Supervisor ; William H. Cook, Clerk; Andrew Flynn, 'Treasurer ,
Luke Cook, Highway Commissioner; Charles H. Button, Drain Commissioner; Harvey Unrue and George W. Mutchler, School Inspectors; Marshall Buchanan, Alton S. Frey and James H. Haskins, Justices of the Peace ; Luke Cook, Richard Terwil- liger, Marshall Buchanan and S. Wilbur Frey, Con- stables.
The population of Ensley Township in 1880 was 1,388.
There are now in the township eight whole school districts and one fractional district. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the numberof children between the ages of 5 and 20 was 456; number of children that attended school, 363; number of days of school taught, 1,2991/2 ; number of school-houses (all frame), 8 ; value of school property, $5,775; number of male teachers employed, 2; number of female teachers employed, 16; wages paid to male teachers, $240; wages paid to female teachers, $1,684.40.
The total equalized valuation of property in the township in 1859 was $26,618.50, and the taxation $226.25. In 1883 the valuation had increased to $162,725, and the taxation to $1,562.2 1.
SUPERVISORS.
Augustus A. Kellogg, IS59
John V. Crandall IS60
Ransom E. French 1861
John V. Crandall 1862
Jerome A. Bottsford
1863
Smith Cook
1864-5
Abram Terwilliger
1866
Smith Cook 1867
Ransom E. French I 868-70
T. S. Frey IS7 1
Ranson E. French
1872-4
T. S. Frey I 874-8
John V. Crandall
IS78-80
George Wright
ISSI-
Everett Township.
VERETT Township is 13 north, 12 west, with the exception of the north half of sections 4, 5 and 6, and with the addition of the south half of sections 34, 35 and 36 of township 14 north, 12 west. It is bounded on the north by Wilcox, on the east by Big Prairie, on the south by Brooks, and on the west by Sher-
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man. In the southern part are Bass Lake, Crooked Lake and two lakes known as Twin Lakes, and in the township are other smaller bodies of water. The Newaygo division of the C. & W. M. R. R. runs almost due south across sections 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32, passing between Twin Lakes and turning to the southeast on section 32. Cold Creek and Bigelow Creek flow southward from the township.
Everett was erected into a township, then the seventh in the county, by order of the Board of Su- pervisors Jan. 7, 1856. It was made to include four townships,-13, 14, 15 and 16 north, 12 west. It was in after years reduced to form Wilcox and Mon- roe Townships. The first election was held at the school-house on Big Prairie, presided over by Alden Angevine, Everett Douglass and Ephraim H. Utley. The last named was elected the first Supervisor of the new township. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen : J. Ohrenberger, Supervisor ; John Harwood, Clerk ; George C. Williams, Treasurer; William J. Harris, Highway Commissioner; Merton Beckwith, Drain Commissioner; William M. Davenport, School In- spector; Horace Warren, B. H. Coolbaugh, Everett Douglass and Michael Walsh, Justices of the Peace; Thos. Hogan, William J. Harris, Joshua Ellsworth and Daniel Crofoot, Constables.
The population of Everett Township in 1880 was 784.
There are now in the township five whole school districts and one fractional district. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children be- tween the ages of 5 and 20 was 293; number that attended school, 163 ; number of non-resident pupils, 7 ; number of days of school taught, 735 ; number of frame school-houses, 6; number of log school- houses, I; number of pupils that can be seated, 377 ; value of school property, $4,500; number of male teachers employed, 1 ; number of female teach- ers employed, 7; wages paid to male teachers, $700; wages paid to female teachers, $727.77.
The equalized valuation of property in the town- ship in 1856 was $46,270 and the taxation $212.89. In 1883 the valuation was $100,885 and the taxation $1,063.47 .
SUPERVISORS.
Ephraim H. Utley,
1856
C. J. Bigelow,
1857
Ephraim H. Utley, 1858
Benj. H. Coolbaugh, 1859
Everett Douglass, 1860-3
C. J. Bigelow, 1864
Everett Douglass, S
Everett Douglass, 1865-8
Benj. H. Coolbaugh,
1869
C. J. Bigelow, 1870-6
J. M. Gibbs, 1877
J. M. Grovesteen, 1878-82
J. Ohrenberger, 1883
ALLEYTON.
Alleyton is a small village near the northwestern corner of the township, on the railroad. It was once a flourishing village, and the census of 1880 gave it 464 inhabitants ; but in March, 1882, it was almost entirely consumed by fire, 47 buildings yielding to the devastating element. Nothing has been done to- wards rebuilding the village, and most of the citi- zens have gone away. Proctor & Davenport operate a large saw-mill on White River at this point; and they also have a store of general merchandise. The Pacific Hotel is kept by Albert C. Masson, and the post-office by H. Warren.
Garfield Township.
ARFIELD Township is 12 north, 13 west, and is bounded on the north by Sherman, on the east by Brooks, on the south by Ash- land, and on the west by Sheridan. Section 24 and half of section 13 lie within the village corporation of Newaygo. The Muskegon flows through the southeastern corner, crossing sections 24, 23, 26, 25, 36, 35, 27, 34, 33 and 32. In the western part are a number of creeks flowing to the west, and in the northeastern part are Kimbell, Pickerel and Cope Lakes. The Newaygo division of the C. & W. M. R. R. runs across sections 24, 25, 26 and 36, and a branch from Newaygo to Pickerel Lake crosses sections 13 and 12.
The township was erected by the Board of Super- visors, Jan. 6, 1881, taking 18 sections from Sher- man and 18 sections from Brooks. The first election was held at Daniel E. Soper's store in Newaygo, April 4, following. Thomas H. Stuart, Daniel E.
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Soper and Lewis Eckard were Inspectors of the election, and E. O. Shaw was chosen the first Super- visor. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen: Francis M. Pike, Supervisor; Tyson Smith, Clerk; Joseph But- ler, Treasurer ; Thomas H. Stuart, Highway Com- missioner; Robertus Nall, Drain Commissioner; Wal- ter Stirling, School Inspector; David W. Flora, Will- iam Edwards and Francis F. Hall, Justice of the Peace; Wilkes C. Stewart, Matthias Murphy, Joseph Famby and James M. Murray, Constables.
There are now four school districts in Garfield Township. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between the ages of 5 and 20 was 194; number that attended school, 152 ; num- ber of non-resident pupils, 7; number of days of school taught, 574; number of frame school-houses, 3; number of log school-houses, 1 ; number of pu- pils that can be seated, 159; value of school prop- erty, $1,150; number of teachers (all female) em- ployed, 9; wages paid to teachers, $755.40.
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