Log Mark Holders of Muskegon

Registered Log Mark Holders

Of Muskegon County

Taken from the Book, "Michigan Log Marks", The book is "compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Michigan" Edited by Clifford Allen Harold Titus, State Supervisor. It's put out by Michigan State College, Agricultural Experiment Station, East Lansing. Issued November 1941; First Reprinting, January 1942. Log marks were to Michigan what cattle brands are to the grazing states. A means of identifying ones logs. In 1842, Michigan Legislature enacted a law requiring log marks to be registered in the county where the logs were to be manufactured into lumber.

The following is a list of registered log marks for Muskegon County. A number after the name indicates the number of log marks registered. Actual drawings of the log marks are in the book.

MUSKEGON COUNTY

A. B. Watson

J. H. Hackley & Co.

Eldred & Farr

Wilcox & Pearson (2)

L. G. Mason (2)

Alex Blake

Thomas McDonald

C. P. Lyman

John Headley

Everett Douglas

James H. Rogers

Augustus Paddock (2)

J. H. & William Miles

Fetter & Wood

Foster, Day & Latimer

Ryerson & Morris

Sextus N. Wilcox (10)

T. B. Wilcox (7)

Pingree, Tift & Mason

John F. Brown (2)

Phillips & Brown

Hasbrook & Conro

Geo. W. Crawford

J. & F. Phelps

Fitch Phelps (2)

Geo. R. Roberts & Co. (2)

O. P. Pillsbury & Co.

Culbert & Lewis

William McKillop

Smith & Anderson

Geo. F. Outhwaite

Peter Swanson

G. B. Peck & Co.

S. M. Allen (2)

Bullock & Hall

S. C. Hall (3)

Nicholas Zuidema (2)

Storrs & McDougall (2)

William Anderson

Enoch Weston

Everett Douglas

Carson & Weatherwax

Jefferson Carson (3)

J. H. Hardy

W. S. Gerrish (2)

Gerrish, Murphy & Co.

Gerrish & Wood

M. F. Rainier (2)

Sanford, Nelson & Royce

Terry Dowling, & Co. (4)

Thomas Byrne & Co. (2)

Alanson & Wood

John H. Simons

M.B. Atwater & Co. (2)

George B. Warren (2)

Gray & Woodruff (3)

C. B. Seaman

Seaman, Jones & Barton

Hedges & Green (2)

William West

Truesdell Bros. & Co.

S. C. Dorr

McKay & Hood (2)

Esau Torrent

Arba B. Kent (3)

William Glue & Co. (2)

D. C. Brown & Co.

Andrew Olson (3)

G. F. Goodrich & Co.

John Eldred

Mason Lumber Co.

D. C. Mills & Co.

Mears, Bates & Co. (3)

O. L. Noble (2)

W. J. Mead

W. D. Foster

A. M. Steele

Reddington & Hale (2)

A. B. Blodgett

Stewart Ives

Frank Gould

G. W. Crawford

Tioga Mfg. Co.

Montague & Hamilton (2)

Cornellsville Lbr. Co.

Davis & Botsford

James Kennedy

Lewis & Page

Cooley & Jewett

Bunker, Littlejohn & Chamberlain

Fruitport Mfg. Co.

Culbert & Lewis

Chapin, Marsh & Foss

William Sadner

John Cameron'

L. H. Green

S. H. Boyce

D. A. Blodgett

Torrent & Ducy (2)

James M. Darrah (2)

J. P. Cook & Foss

William Brockway

Rueben Whiteman

O. E. Dale & Co.

George H. Hess

Stephen H. Hall

T. W. Palmer

William Rutherford

Gow, Green & Co.

J. & H. Biedler

John Conger

D. M. Benjamin

Kelly, Wood & Co.

N. W. Goches

Frank Bennett

Bradley S. Williams

Unusual Log Marks

Davis & Whitney "Hanging Man"

Hovey & McCracken "Eagle Beak"

Glue & Smith "Crosscut Saw" 1875

Muskegon Shingle & Lumber Co. "Pig Head" 1882

Muskegon Shingle & Lumber "Lady Bug" 1883

Torrent & Arms "Barred Triple Bend"

S. N. Wilcox "Barrel" 1871

S. N. Wilcox "COW" 1873

Fitch Phelps "Box Phelps" 1869

Hackley & McGordon "Crown" 1868

D. C. Bowen "Two Face" 1871

Storrs & McDougall "Bed Bug" 1872

Stickney & Son "SIN" 1874

Sylvester Wheelock "marks at both ends" 1870

C.N. Storrs Lumber Co. "A One Boot" 1882

Blodgett & Byrne "Z Z Z" 1871

Farr & Dutcher & Co. "Snow Woman" 1874

Farr Dutcher & Co. "Fork for a Barn" 1874

S. H. Boyce "Ox Yoke" 1871

Roskoff & Atherton "Pair of Legs"

William Webber "HOG" 1873

Submitted by Diane Weaver- Thanks Diane!

Graphics from-

Return Home