[St. Clair County Marriges & Deaths]
Extracted from
History of St. Clair County, Michigan
by A.T. Andreas
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The
Michigan County Histories collection |
History of St. Clair County, Michigan
Containing
An Account of its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Cities, Towns and Villages - Their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; its War Record, Biographical Sketches; the Whole Preceded by a History of Michigan, and Statistics of the State.
Chicago: A.T. Andreas & CO. 1883
Transcribed by Suzette Bromley
It is for personal use and not for profit.
The Biographical Sketches have already been posted on the internet by Angie Wesch.
NOTES: Not all pages have been
typed. I still need copies of pages 93-132, 139-483 and 748-49. Other pages will be posted soon. Page numbers are
noted in brackets [...] at the start of that page.
Map of St.
Clair County, Michigan (1883)
History of Michigan
| Chapter | Subtitle |
Page Number |
| CHAPTER I | ||
| The Aborigines |
17 |
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| The First Immigration |
18 |
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| The Second Immigration |
19 |
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| The Tartars |
21 |
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| CHAPTER II | ||
| French Exploration and Settlement |
22 |
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| The Recent Discoveries of St. Ignace |
29 |
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| LaSalle's Travels |
34 |
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| Detroit |
35 |
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| CHAPTER III | ||
| The French and Indian War |
38 |
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| CHAPTER IV | ||
| National Policies |
42 |
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| British Policy |
44 |
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| American Policy |
44 |
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| Ordinance of 1787 |
45 |
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| CHAPTER V | ||
| Pontiac's Siege of Detroit |
48 |
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| Expeditions of Harmar, Scott and Wilkinson |
50 |
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| Expeditions of St. Clair and Wayne |
53 |
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| Gen. Wayne's Great Victory |
54 |
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| Revolutionary War |
56 |
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| Hull's Surrender |
58 |
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| Perry's Victory |
59 |
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| Close of the War |
61 |
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| The Tecumseh War |
62 |
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| The Black Hawk War |
66 |
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| The Toledo War |
66 |
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| The Patriot War |
74 |
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| The Mexican War |
78 |
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| The War of 1861-65 |
78 |
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| Political History |
79 |
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| Administration of Gen. Cass |
82 |
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| Gen. George B. Porter's Administration |
89 |
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| Administration of Geo. Horner (need copies of pages 92-133 to type) |
91 |
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| State Officers |
97 |
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| Political Statistics |
101 |
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| Fur Traders and Slave Owners |
103 |
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| Slavery in Michigan |
103 |
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| Sale of Negro Man Pompey |
106 |
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| Public School System |
106 |
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| State University |
107 |
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| State Normal School |
108 |
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| Agricultural College |
108 |
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| Other Colleges |
109 |
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| Charitable Institutions |
111 |
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| The State Public School |
111 |
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| Institution for Deaf, Dumb and Blind |
112 |
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| Asylums for the Insane |
113 |
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| Penal Institutions |
113 |
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| The State Prison of 1880 |
114 |
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| State Reform School |
115 |
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| The Land Office - State Library |
116 |
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| State Fisheries |
118 |
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| Pioneer Society of Michigan |
118 |
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| First State Historical Society |
126 |
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| State Agricultural Society |
126 |
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| State Pomological Society |
126 |
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| State Fireman's Association |
126 |
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| State Board of Public Health |
127 |
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| Iron and Steel Industries |
127 |
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| The Copper Product |
128 |
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| The Products of a Year |
128 |
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| The Vessel Interest |
131 |
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| Growth of Forty Years |
131 |
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| Leading the Van |
131 |
Portraits
EARLY HISTORY 133
Origin of the Name St. Clair
(need copies of pages 139-483 to type)139
TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY 142
Lost Names of Western States 144
Superficial Materials 146
Subterranean Channels 150
Water Reservoirs 150
Marshes 152
Magnetic Wells 153
Mineral Waters 153
The Salt Spring of 1797 153
Soil 154
Archaeological 155
Mounds of St. Clair County 158
Climatology and Meteorology 161
Disease 162
The Big Snows 163
The Black Days 163
Inundation of 1827 164
Tornado of 1835 164
The Meteor 164
The Comet 164
Eclipse of the Moon, 1881 164
The Storm of July 6, 1879 165
Botany and Zoology 167
THE INDIANS The Otchipwe Invasion 177
The Miamis and Pottawatomies 179
The Hurons 179
The Chippewas 181
Death of the Indian Megish 181
Drowning of Indian Refugees 181
Cum-e-kum-e-non 182
Chief Wing 183
John Riley 184
O-Ge-Ma-Ke-Ga-to 184
Black Duck Murders a British Indian 187
Okemos 188
Indians in 1812 189
Early Traders and Interpreters 189
Joseph Reveur 192
Distinguished Early Visitors 193
Manners and Customs 194
The Game of La Crosse 195
An Indian Village 196
The Small-Pox 197
Ge. St. Clair's Letter 200
Treaties with the Otchipwes 200
Treaty at Detroit 201
Treaty at Washington 201
Cession of Lands 201
Otchipwe Nagamon 202
Indian Oratory 203
Reign of the Cholera 203
PIONEER MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 204
Pioneer Mothers 207
The Old Whipping-Post 207
Seasons of Sickness 208
Evening Visits 209
Nuptial Feasts 209
The Pioneer Funeral 210
The Old Post Office 210
Retrospect 211
FRENCH PIONEERS La Salle and Hennepin 212
Private Claims 215
Michigan in 1805 216
Pioneer Land Buyers of St. Clair 219
Squatters' Claims 220
Land Board, Detroit District - 1807 220
Private Claims in St. Clair 221
Claims Along St. Clair River to Milk River 225
Northern Claims 233
La Riviere de Vases and Maconce River 235
THE PIONEER SOCIETY 237
Assessment Roll in 1821 238
St. Clair Pioneer Society 239
Summer Meeting of 1882 244
Retrospect 245
MORAVIANS, MORMONS AND GERMANS 246
The Moravians 247
Mormonism 249
The German Immigration of 1845 251
Hollanders 252
PIONEER REMINISCENCES AND SKETCHES 253
The First Four Villages 253
The Pioneers of Port Huron 257
St. Clair Militia, 1805-11 259
Wheeler's Reminiscences 260
The Couriers' Settlement 262
Soldier Settlers 263
The First Mill on Black River 263
The Relief of Fort Gratiot by Brown 263
Incidents of Early Settlement 263
Reminiscences of Judge Bunce 265
Memoirs of Aura P. Stewart 272
Flugal's Reminiscences 297
Early Lake Navigators 299
Pioneer Sketches 303
ORGANIC HISTORY 320
St. Clair Township 321
Old Court House Grounds 321
Macomb County Erected 322
Establishment of St. Clair County 323
The Division of the County into Townships 324
First County Seat War 324
Acts of the Commissioners 329
County Poor House Troubles 332
Supervisors' Board 333
County Commissioners 334
Township and City Organization 334
Prosperity of the County 336
POLITICAL HISTORY 337
County Elections 340
MILITARY HISTORY The War for the Union 359
Military Statistics 361
General Officers 361
Record of Commissioned Officers 362
First Michigan Infantry 367
Second Michigan Infantry 367
Third Michigan Infantry 367
Fourth Michigan Infantry 368
Fifth Michigan Infantry 369
Sixth Michigan Infantry 371
Seventh Michigan Infantry 371
Eighth Michigan Infantry 371
Ninth Michigan Infantry 372
Tenth Michigan Infantry 372
Eleventh Michigan Infantry 373
Twelfth Michigan Infantry 373
Thirteenth Michigan Infantry 374
Fourteenth Michigan Infantry 374
Fifteenth Michigan Infantry 374
Sixteenth Michigan Infantry 375
Seventeenth Michigan Infantry 375
Eighteenth Michigan Infantry 375
Nineteenth Michigan Infantry 375
Twentieth Michigan Infantry 376
Twenty-first Michigan Infantry 376
Twenty-second Michigan Infantry 377
Twenty-third Michigan Infantry 383
Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry 383
Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry 383
Twenty-sixth Michigan Infantry 384
Twenty-seventh Michigan Infantry 384
Twenty-eighth Michigan Infantry 385
Twenty-ninth Michigan Infantry 385
Thirtieth Michigan Infantry 385
First Michigan Calvalry 386
Second Michigan Calvalry 386
Third Michigan Calvalry 387
Fourth Michigan Calvalry 388
Fifth Michigan Calvalry 388
Sixth Michigan Calvalry 390
Seventh Michigan Calvalry 390
Eighth Michigan Calvalry 390
Ninth Michigan Calvalry 391
Tenth Michigan Calvalry 391
Eleventh Michigan Calvalry 392
First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics 392
First Light Artillery 392
Other Military Organizations 395
First Michigan Colored Infantry 396
Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention 396
Veterans 397
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Reunion 400
Our Country's Defenders 400
The Guards 400
Phil Sheridan's Horse 401
Conclusion 401
COURTS AND BAR 402
St. Clair County Court 403
Roll of Attorneys 406
Trial of Abbott 408
Trial of Collins 408
Judges of the Circuit 409
Reminiscences 409
THE PRESS 412
The St. Clair Whig 413
The Port Huron Observer 413
The Port Huron Commercial 415
Port Huron Times 418
Port Huron Journal 419
The Tribune 420
The St. Clair Banner 420
The St. Clair Republican 421
Marine City Reporter 422
The Fort Gratiot Sun 422
Other Papers 423
RELIGIOUS HISTORY 424
MARINE OF THE LAKES 431
Ship-building 432
Lighthouses 442
FINANCES AND STATISTICS 443
Decennial Census 445
Military Expenditures 446
Dealers in Spirituous Liquors 447
Social Statistics 448
International Comparisons 448
A Pair of Pioneer Letters 449
Poor-House and Farm 449
Schools 450
COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS Medical Society 452
Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Society 453
City Village Insurance Company 454
Agricultural Society 454
FIRST INDUSTRIES Fur Traders 456
The Pine 458
Cutting the Key Log 459
The Saw-Mill Changes 460
The Oil Well Boom 464
A Retrospect 467
ROADS AND RAILWAYS 469
Railroads 470
Reminiscences of the Northern Railroad 475
Grand Trunk 480
Port Huron & Northwestern 480
Apportionment of State Taxes 483
PORT HURON Geology 484
Early Patents 486
Indian Reserve 486
Supervisors 486
Justices of the Peace 487
Bounty for Wolf Scalps 488
Port Huron City 488
Topographical 489
Early History 494
Fur Traders 495
Port Huron in 1826 497
Sale of Building Lots 497
After the Crisis 498
Organization of the Village 498
Organization of the City 499
City Officers from 1858 500
Financial 501
The Saw-Mill City 503
The Press 505
International Spelling Match 506
Fire of 1854 506
The Progressive Party of 1865 507
Fire of April 21, 1866 508
The War of 1861-65 508
The Cause of Temperance 508
City Hall and Court House 509
The Custom House and Post Office 511
City Water-Works 519
Postmasters and Revenue Collectors 520
The P.H. & N.W. R.R. Depot 521
The Iron Bridge 521
Telephone Exchange 522
Societies 522
The Port Huron Relief Committee 522
The Congregational Church 523
The Baptist Church 526
The Catholic Church 529
Grace Episcopal Church 531
Methodist Episcopal Church 532
Other Churches 533
Schools 533
Ladies' Library Association 535
The Lotos Club 539
Shakesperian Class 541
The Port Huron Literary Club 542
The Musical Society 542
The Opera House 542
Hospital and Home Society 542
Good Templars 542
Masonic 543
Odd Fellows 543
Knights of Honor 543
A.O.U.W. 544
Other Societies 545
Boat Club 545
Fire Department 546
Hotels 546
Manufacturing Industries 546
Meteorological 549
Biographical 551
FORT GRATIOT TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE Organic 605
Land Buyers 606
Fort Gratiot 606
History of the Post 607
War of 1812 611
The Fort in 1832 613
Military Reservation 614
Gratiot Light 616
Establishment of the Village 617
Thomas A. Edison 619
Charles P. Edison 625
St. Paul's Mission 626
Biographical Sketches 629
ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP AND CITY 636
Organic 637
Supervisors 637
Justices of the Peace 638
Early History 638
St. Clair City 639
Nomenclature 641
Pioneer History 643
St. Clair Militia 644
First County Seat War 644
Historical Reminiscences 644
The First Newspaper 646
The Fire Department 647
Official Roster 648
The War Period 649
Congregational Church 650
First Baptist Church 657
Episcopal Church 657
Methodist Church 658
Catholic Church 659
The Protestant Methodist 659
Schools 660
Social, Benevolent and Commercial Societies 661
Secret Societies 662
Business Organizations 664
The Oakland House 664
Biographical Sketches 667
COTTRELLVILLE TOWNSHIP AND MARINE CITY Early Land Buyers 687
Reminiscences 687
The Division of Cottrellville 691
Supervisors 692
Justices of the Peace 692
Marine City 693
Salt Well 694
Newspapers 694
Schools 694
Religious 694
Centennial Year 696
Shipping Interests 697
Stave Manufacturing 697
Biographical Sketches 697
CLAY TOWNSHIP First Land Buyers 709
Supervisors 710
Justices of the Peace 710
Religious 710
Biographical Sketches 714
CHINA TOWNSHIP 717
The Pioneers 718
Early Land Buyers 719
Supervisors 719
Justices of the Peace 720
Biographical Sketches 720
EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP Supervisors 725
Justices of the Peace 725
Biographical Sketches 726
IRA TOWNSHIP 728
Indian Reserve 729
Justices of the Peace 729
Tremble Creek 730
Biographical Sketches 730
CASCO TOWNSHIP Early Land Buyers 731
Supervisors 731
Justices of the Peace 731
COLUMBUS TOWNSHIP Early Land Buyers 732
Official Roster 733
Biographical Sketches 733
KIMBALL TOWNSHIP Early Land Buyers 734
Supervisors 735
Justices of the Peace 735
Personal Sketches 735
CLYDE TOWNSHIP 738
The First Land Buyers 739
Supervisors 739
Justices of the Peace 740
Biographical Sketches 740
BURTCHVILLE TOWNSHIP 746
Supervisors 747
Justices of the Peace 747
Biographical Sketches 747
GRANT TOWNSHIP Early Land Buyers 748
Supervisors 748
Justices of the Peace 748
Personal Sketches 749
BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP Supervisors 755
Justices of the Peace 755
Biographical 756
EMMETT TOWNSHIP Supervisors 760
Justices of the Peace 760
Personal Sketches 760
RILEY TOWNSHIP 762
Early Land Buyers 763
Supervisors 763
Justices of the Peace 763
Memphis 763
Biographical 766
BERLIN TOWNSHIP Supervisors 767
Justices of the Peace 767
Biographical Sketches 768
MUSSEY TOWNSHIP Supervisors 769
Justices of the Peace 769
Capac Swamps 769
Capac Village 770
Biographical 771
LYNN TOWNSHIP Supervisors 779
Justices of the Peace 779
Personal History 780
WALES TOWNSHIP Supervisors 781
Justices of the Peace 782
Biographical 782
KENOCKEE TOWNSHIP 785
Supervisors 786
Justices of the Peace 782
Biographical 786
GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP Supervisors 787
Justices of the Peace 787
Biographical 787
ADDENDA* Biographies [*This section is not listed in the original table of contents.] 789
James Beard 513
Samuel L. Boyce 496
Z.W. Bunce 561
John Howard 545
William Jenkinson 577
C. McElroy [Crocket? McElroy] 657
C.G. Meisel 529
C.G. Meisel 529
Nelson Potter 753
William Stewart 593
H. Whiting [Henry Whiting] 673
