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Van N. Miller, physician.
Kornelis Mulder, grocer and miller.
H. Northway, hardware merchant.
Mrs. Noble, milliner. James R. Odell, druggist.
Charles A. Pearson, general merchant.
G. H. Pearson, baker.
Charles I. Rathbun, jeweler and watchmaker. Rutherford & Misner, grocers.
T. R. Rittenhouse, dentist.
Mrs. Rittenhouse, milliner.
Alonzo Sweet, harness-maker.
E. D. Sage, barber.
C. E. Stearns, furniture dealer.
Charles Sears, blacksmith.
W. G. Slater, shoemaker.
Clinton Upton, restaurateur.
A. E. Upton, lumber dealer.
Mrs. Wilkins, musical instrument dealer.
A. K. Wager, grocer and express agent.
W. A. Webber, banker.
Thomas L. Woods, furniture dealer.
William E. Woodard, saloon-keeper. A. O. White, insurance agent.
CHURCHES.
Among the religious societies in Fremont the Meth- odists are most prominent, being here, as almost everywhere throughout the West, the pioneer denom- ination. They have an elegant church, built at a cost of about $4,000. Under Rev. Mr. Montford, the present pastor, the membership is about 125. The Congregationalists organized a society July 24, 1865, with five members. Their first pastor, Rev. Gerritt Dangremond, remained till January, 1878, when he was succeeded by Rev. Francis Wrigley. He remained till Sept. 1, 1883, since which time the society has had no regular services. The meniber- ship is now 11. In 1879 they purchased the store building of J. M. Barnett, opposite the present St. Charles Hotel, at a cost of $1,000, in which their meetings have been held. The Church of Christ has a large following here, and is one of the oldest organizations in Fremont. It has now about 50 mem- bers. Its church was completed in 1882, at a cost of $2,000. The Dutch Reformed Church has about 90 communicants, and a church which cost in the neighborhood of $2,500. The United Brethren have a church, built in 1881, at a cost of $1,600. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Wood. The members of this Church are principally resident in the country.
SOCIETIES.
The secret societies of Fremont are five in num- ber, of which the principal is the Order of Chosen Friends.
OLIVE BRANCH COUNCIL, NO. 14, of Michigan, was organized in August, 1880, with a membership of 98. The first officers were: Joseph Gerber, C. C .; E. E. Edwards, P. C. C .; Ida Rathbun, D. C. C .; Jesse Mc- Intyre, V. C .; Mrs. Joseph Gerber, D. V. C .; Mrs. A. Barnhardt, Prel .; C. I. Rathbun, Rec .; John W. Rutherford, Fin .; William Gerber, Treas .; Fred. Mar- shall, Mar .; Mrs. Mary J. Marshall, Warden; A. O. Hoyt, Guard ; Louis Vallier, Sent .; J. W. Mc- Nabb and G. W. Nafe, Physicians. The present officers are as follows: Joseph Gerber, C. C .; R. W. Rutherford. V. C .; E. E. Edwards, P. C. C .; C. I. Rathbun, Sec .; S. P. Barnhardt, Treas ; G. W. Nafe, Med. Ex .; Sarah A. Barnhardt, Prel .; D. Kuypers, Mar .; C. C. Paradise, Ward .; Fred. Marshall, Guard ; W. W. Wright, Sent. The pres-
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ent membership of the Council is 75. It meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Odd Fellows' Hall.
PILGRIM LODGE, NO. 180, F. & A. M., was organ- ized about 1865, and is now one of the leading organizations of the village. Its principal officers now are : E. E. Edwards, W. M .: A. H. Northway, S. W .; N. B. Clark, J. W .; C. E. Stearns, Sec .; John Cole, Treas.
FREMONT CENTER LODGE, NO. 242, I. O. O. F., was organized Oct. 6, 1874, with 22 memhers. G. F. Cole was the first Noble Grand, and John Harwood the first Vice Grand. The present officers are as fol- lows : Fred. M. Nay, N. G .; H. S. Garrison, V. G .; Louis Addison, Sec .; Alonzo Sweet, Treas .; Louis Vallier, Perm. Sec. The present membership is about 40. The lodge meets every Tuesday night.
POST HENRY DOBSON, NO. 182, G. A. R., was mus- tered Sept. 13, 1883, with 42 members. The follow- ing is a list of its present officers : J. R. Odell, Com .; C. I. Rathbun, S. V. C .; A. H. Northway, J. V. C .; Walter S. Platt, Adj .; Orlando McNabb, Q. M .; J. A. Lemoreaux, Surg .; S. P. Odell, Chap .; George McNutt, O. D .; R. P. Piper, O. G .; S. P. Barnhardt, S. M .; John Delamater, Q. M. Sergt. The present strength of the post is 46. It meets the first Satur- day night of each month, at Odd Fellows' Hall.
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FREMONT LODGE, NO. 741, K. of H., was organized Sept. 14, 1877. It now has 13 members, and meets the first and third Thursdays of each month, at Ma- sonic Hall.
Sherman Township.
S HERMAN Township is 13 north, 13 west, and is bounded on the north by Lincoln, on the east by Everett, on the south by Garfield, and on the west by Dayton. Sher- man contains a number of lakes, of which the most important are, Long Lake, on sections 27, 28, 33 and 34; Robinson (or Big) Lake, on sections 9 and 10; Crystal Lake, on sections 16, 21 and 22 ; Peterson Lake, on section 5 ; Peck Lake, on sections 20 and 29; Ford Lake, on sections 28, 29, 32 and 33. The C. & W. M. R. R. runs diagonally through the township, crossing sections 1, 12, 11, 15, 16, 21, 20, 29, 30 and 31.
Sherman was erected as a township in 1867, when the township of Fremont was divided up. Charles IV. Stone was the first Supervisor. At the last elec - tion, held April 2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen : Lafayette Waters, Supervisor ; James B. Mallery, Clerk; Samuel D. Coburn, Treas- urer; Edward W. Eldred, Highway Commissioner ; William Galbreath, Drain Commissioner; Cassius J. Galbreath, School Inspector; Isaac Johnson and William McWhinney, Justices of the Peace; Cassius J. Galbreath, William B. Sherwood, John C. Hill and Orrin W. Hopkins, Constables.
The population of Sherman Township in 1880 was 644.
There are now in the township two whole and one fractional school districts. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between the ages of 5 and 20 was 101 ; number of children that attended school, 70; number of non-resident pupils, 1; num- ber of days of school taught, 260; number of frame school-houses, I; number of log school-houses, I; num- ber of pupils that can be seated, 75; value of school property, $800 ; number of teachers (all female) em- ployed, 5; wages paid to same, $406.20.
The equalized valuation of the property of the township in 1867 was $87,489.54, and the taxes col. lected was $1, 150.54. In the year 1883 the valua- tion had increased to $125,760. and the taxes to $1,- 224.17.
SUPERVISORS.
Charles W. Stone, 1867-70
Benjamin Alton, 187 1
Charles W. Stone, 1872-8
Lafayette Waters, 1879-81
J. B. Mallery, I882
Lafayette Waters,
1883
Troy Township.
OMPRISING township 16 north, 14 west, and the west half of township 16 north, 13 west, is the territory of Troy Township It occupies the northwest corner of the county ' and is bounded on the north by Lake County on the east by Monroe Township, on the south by Beaver Township, and on the west by Oceana
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County. The south branch of the Pere Marquette River flows through the western portion, and into it flow Freeman Creek, Allen Creek, Cedar Creek and others. Into Cedar flows Pickerel Creek. Troy is a very new Township. The principal industry is of course logging and lumbering. In 1880, the town- ship had a population of 180, which is but a fraction of the present population. The recent extension of the Newaygo division of the Chicago & West Mich- igan railroad through the township has given an im- pulse to its development which will soon produce wonderful results.
On section 32, by Blue Lake, is located the young village of West Troy. It was started by Messrs. Grosvenor and Brener, who built a small mill and began sawing lumber in 1881. They first called the place "Walkup City." This name it retained until the mill was sold to the West Troy Lumber Co., con- sisting of Thom is Walkup, President ; A. F. Fisher, Vice President; E. P. Barnard, Treasurer ; and J. C. Patterson, Secretary. They built the large saw-mill containing two sets of circular saws, and having a capacity of 90,000 feet per day. In September, 1883, they sold out to A. E. Cartier & Co. They have laid the village out into lots, with about 60 buildings and 45 families. They employ about 150 men in the mill, and as many in the woods.
Troy was erected into a township Oct. 17, 1879, out of Beaver Township, and the first township meet- ing was held the first Monday in April, 1880, at the house of Gilbert Yates. Alonzo Yates, F. A. Basford and B. Freeman were Inspectors, and Frank A. Bas- ford was elected the first Supervisor. At the last elec- tion, held April 2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen : Frank A. Basford Supervisor; Charles Freeman, Clerk ; A. H. Freeman, Treasurer; William Cross, Highway Commissioner; Henry Jackson, Drain Commissioner; Joseph A. Todd, School Inspector; Hiram S. Miller, A. Yates, and Gilbert Yates, Justices of the Peace ; G. B. Free- man, David More, Mike McCafferty and A. J. Paint- er, Constables.
In 1880 the equalized valuation of property in the township was $95,990 and taxes collected $1,215.91. In 1883 the valuation had increased to $198,400 and the taxes to $1,924.90.
Frank A. Basford has held the position of Supervi- sor since the organization of the township.
Wilcox Township.
ILCOX Township is 14 north, 12 west, with the exception of the south half of sections 34, 35 and 36, which belong to Everett, and with the addition of the north half of sections 4, 5 and 6, of township 13 north, 12 west. White River drains this county flow- ing nearly south through the middle of the township. The Big Rapids branch of the C. & W. M. R. R. runs diagonally through the township, crossing frac- tional sections 5 and 6, and sections 32, 33, 28, 22, 15, 10, IT and 2. The Newaygo division of the same road crosses fractional section 5, and sections 32, 33, 28, 29, 20, 19 and 18. At the crossing of the two lines is the village of White Cloud, which aspires to be some time the county seat.
Wilcox Township was erected Jan. 15, 1880, out of territory previously belonging to Everett. The first township meeting was held the first Monday in April following, at the house of Charles Decker. Lee A. Mason, George Ehle and James L. Morgan were Inspectors, and James M. Smith was elected the first Supervisor. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen : Reuben S. Trask, Supervisor; Alpheus W. Sidebot- tom, Clerk ; Hollis T. Reed, Treasurer ; Henry Cardi- nal, Highway Commissioner; Andrew G. Clark, School Inspector; Edward Grosvenor, Justice of the Peace ; Edward Grosvenor, George W. C'handler, George W. Flack, Howard Helms and William Fulk- erson, Constables; and William Fulkerson, Drain Commissioner.
The township had in 1880 a population of 850.
There are now two whole and one fractional school districts. For the year ending Sept. 3. 1883, the number of children of school age was 193; number of children that attended school, 117; number of non-resident pupils, 2 ; number of days of school taught, 319; number of school-houses (frame) 2 ; value of school property, $700; number of teachers employed, 5 ; wages paid to same, 8523.
In 1880 the equalized valuation of property in the township was $134,145 and the tax collected was
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$2,635.II ; and in 1883 the equalized valuation was only $122,100, and the tax collected $984.64.
SUPERVISORS.
James M. Smith, 1880
J. M. Popple,
1881
R. S. Trask,
1882-
WHITE CLOUD.
The village of White Cloud is near the south- western corner of Wilcox Township. It owes its ex- istence to the Chicago & West Michigan railroad. It was first called Morganville, and then, after the road was extended through the village from the south, it acquired its present name. It now has two railroads, and a chance for a third; and as one sees four passenger trains meet at this point a little before noon, the visitor does not wonder that it hopes some day to have the county seat. It is growing rapidly, having now a population of perhaps 550.
White Cloud was incorporated in 1879, and held its charter election March II of that year. The following officers were then elected: President, Fred Ramsey; Trustees, Jantes L. Morgan, Robert A. Moon, James M. Gibbs, James H. Decker, James McLeod and Lee A. Mason; Clerk, William Ross; Treasurer, Charles S. Wilcox; Street Commissioner, David Smith ; Assessor, David S. Benson; Constable, Richard Doyle. At the last election, held April 2, 1883, the following village officers were elected: President, J. M. Popple; Trustees, Henry Cardinal, Hollis T. Reed, Richard Doyle, Richard Gannon, R. S. Trask and James McLeod; Clerk, A. W. Side- bottom; Treasurer, Miles Standish; Street Commis- sioner, E. C. Bracy; Assessor, M. A. Teachout; Constable, George Chandler.
The following is a list of the business firms of White Cloud :
E. C. Bracy, wagon shop.
Jacob Cohen, clothing. A. G. Clark, drugs.
George Clover, American House. James Doucett, Travelers' Home.
C. H. Decker, barber.
R. J. Doyle, restaurant and saloon.
Fox Bros., livery.
E. A. Grosvenor, furniture. James Harris, livery.
C. B. Jones, Atlantic Hotel. W. F. Latham, post-office.
John Labock, saloon. D. Mathison, saloon.
James McLeod, saloon.
James McLeod, Commercial House.
J. R. McMann, White Cloud Hotel. Morgan Lumber Co., lumber.
John Newberg, shoe-shop.
D. O'Sullivan, blacksmith.
Hollis T. Reed, drugs.
J. M. Roedel, general merchandise.
Fred Ramsey, general merchandise.
J. M. Romans, saloon.
Dan Shea, saloon.
Townsend & Gannon, grocery and meat market. Teachout & Roedel, hardware.
R. S. Trask, drugs.
S. N. Wilcox, lumber.
B. E.Wells, furniture.
White & Hill, saloon.
S. E. Woodworth, tailor.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH .- There is but one church in White Cloud,-the Congregational. It was built in 1875, at a cost of $800, as a union church. The Congregational society was organized Dec. 20, 1877, with eight members, but services had been held from the early part of 1876. The first pastor was Rev. James Worden. He was followed by Revs. John Dongerman, John Holloway, D. Bettes, Wm. G. Puddefoot and John Jeffries, the present pastor. The society now numbers about 25.
WHITE CLOUD LODGE, No. 34, I. O. O. F., was organized July 15, 1883, and the following were its first officers: James McLaughlin, N. G .; S. D. Withereli, V. G .; George Williams, Secretary ; R. J. Doyle, Treas. The present officers are: James Mclaughlin, N. G .; George Williams, V. G .; D. O'Sullivan, Perm. Sec .; Jacob Cohen, Rec. Sec .; R. J. Doyle, Treas. The membership of the lodge is about 40, and the meetings are held Wednesday evenings.
WHITE CLOUD LODGE, No. 1,997, K. of H., was organized the latter part of 1879, and now has a membership of 34. A. G. Clark is Dictator; E. A. .Grosvenor, Secretary ; and M. A. Teachout, Treas. The lodge meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.
WHITE CLOUD LODGE NO. 452, I. O. G. T., was organized July 5, 1882, with D. C. McIntosh as Chief Templar. The present officers are as follows : L. M. Clover, C. T .; Mrs. C. N. Draper, V. T .; Wm. Cameron, Sec .; Frankie Clark, Treas .; Walter With- erell, Mar .; Mrs. Chandler, Chap .; Anna Hagen, I. G .; Antone Weiker, O. G. The lodge has a member- ship of 25, and meets every Tuesday evening.
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