ANDREW SMITH
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.145-146.
Andrew Smith, who has been conducting a hardware and steamfitting
establishment at No. 1412 Nineteenth street since 1901, was born in
Mishicot township, Manitowoc county, on the 5th of November, 1860, a son
of Andrew and Rosa Smith. Like many others of the early settlers of
Manitowoc county, the father came from Germany. His birth occurred in
Bavaria, where he remained until 1849, the year in which he set out for
the United States. After arriving here he located first at Buffalo, New
York. Subsequently he came to Two Rivers and accepted employment with a
lumber company. After a short time, however, he gave up this position and
settled on a farm of eighty acres in Mishicot township. At that time this
property was wilderness and wholly unimproved but at the time of his death,
which occurred when he was seventy-five years of age, he had brought his
farm under a high state of cultivation. The mother died at the age of
eighty—six years and they are both buried in the Catholic cemetery of Two
Rivers.
Andrew Smith acquired his education in the Werner district school but at
the age of fifteen years laid aside his text—books and gave his undivided
attention and energy to farm work, assisting his father upon the home place
until 1886.
Desiring to enter upon a career of an independent nature, he went to
Milwaukee, where he was employed in the E. P. Allis Machine Shop as
machinist. He remained there for fourteen years. At the end of that time
he came to Two Rivers and engaged in the hardware business. Later he added
a plumbing business and has since been meeting with unqualified success.
He is himself an expert workman in these lines and is thus able to
carefully direct the labors of those whom he employs. He has a good
business, which has grown to substantial proportions, and enjoys an
enviable reputation not only by reason of his excellent workmanship but
also owing to the straightforward methods which he follows in the conduct
of his trade interests.
In 1890 Mr. Smith was married, at Two Rivers, to Miss Leona Henry, a
daughter of Captain William and Katherine Henry. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith two
children have been born: Katherine, who is a student in the high school;
and Edna, who is attending public school. They are residing with their
parents at the family residence, which is situated at the corner of
Jefferson and Nineteenth streets.
Mr. Smith is independent in politics, voting for candidates rather than
party, and in his progressive citizenship indicates his loyalty to the
general good. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being grand master and treasurer
of the latter organization. There have been no unusual chapters in his life
history and yet his record has been characterized by those qualities which
ever command regard and admiration, for he has been diligent, honest,
determined and faithful.
EDWARD SMITH
(contributed by a researcher, see contributors page.)
From the Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, 1891-Lewis
Publishing Co., page 261
Edward Smith, proprietor of the Smith Hotel, and also a farmer of Longwood,
was born in Hull, England, October 5, 1830, the son of William Smith
(deceased), also a native of England. He brought his family to the United
States in the spring of 1831, settling in Albany, New York, where the father
was engaged in blacksmithing until his death, which occurred in 1838. Our
subject's mother, formerly Elizabeth Doyle, was a native of Ireland. The
parents had four children, of whom three are still living, Edward, William
and Elizabeth. After the father's death, the mother removed with her family
to Troy, New York.
The subject of this sketch came to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1844, which was
then a mere hamlet or village, where he first engaged in making shingles. He
afterward sailed on the lakes for many years, making his home in Manitowoc.
He began as cabin boy, and rose to the position of first and second mate, and
then of Captain. He was captain of thirteen different vessels, encountered
many storms and met with many accidents, having fallen overboard several
times. He came to this county in 1879, settling at Christie, thence to
Greenwood in 1880, and to Longwood in 1881, where he is engaged in running a
hotel and also in farming. He owns ten acres of land. Dr. Smith has cooked in
logging camps every winter but this (1890-'91).
He was married July 7, 1852, to Amanda M. Barnes, a daughter of Harry Barnes,
of Antelope County, Nebraska; she was born in Rutland County, Vermont. They
have eight children: William H., Harriet E., Nancy (deceased), Una L., Amy,
Walter H., Edward H. and Mildred. William married Hattie Colley, lives in
Washington State, and has four children: Harriet married Charles Kayhart, of
Christie, this county, and they have three children; Una married Christopher
Musselman, of Washington; Walter married Clara Moody, and live in Withee
Station, Clark County; Amy is engaged in teaching school in Washington. Una
and Hattie were formerly teachers. Mr. Smith was brought up in the Episcopal
religion, but is now a member of no church. Politically he is a Republican.
EDWARD R. SMITH
Soldiers’ And Citizens’ Album
Biographical Record
Grand Army Of The Republic
1888
Page 559:
EDWIN R. SMITH, principal of the high school at Manitowoc (1888) and a member
of G. A.R. Post No. 18, was born March 27, 1844, at Spring Prairie, Walworth
Co, Wisconsin. To the age of 18 he was engaged in attendance at school
preparing for the profession of a teacher and engaged in teaching several
terms before the Government had need of his services as one of her sons in
the defense of the National integrity. The attack on the forts in Charleston
harbor and the surge of public sentiment awakened in him a spirit that demanded
expression and he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company F, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry.
He was under age and still within paternal jurisdiction and was refused muster
on account of the determined opposition of his father. He did not relinquish
his purpose and, August 14, 1862, he enlisted in an organization at that date
called the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Artillery but which became Battery A, 1st
Regiment Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. The command was sent to Washington where
it was engaged in garrison duty during its entire period of service.
Mr. Smith received honorable discharge July 13, 1865, at Milwaukee, after a
most creditable service in behalf of the protection of the National Capital.
The battery to which he belonged became so efficient in duty and so proficient
in drill, as to attract much attention and was inspected by two British
military officers who had been sent to this country to take observations and
they reported Battery A, one of the best that had fallen under their notice
as Foot Artillery. The commendation of English military officials at that
date had a peculiar weight.
On his return from the army after the close of the war, he resumed teaching.
In 1868 he assumed charge of the public schools of East Troy, Walworth county,
and discharge the duties of that trust three years. His next engagement was
in the same capacity in Burlington, Racine county, here he was occupied 11
years. In 1883 he became connected with his present position, in which he is
discharging his obligations with the same quality of credit to himself and
satisfaction to his patrons that has characterized his entire career as an
instructor. He was married in 1871 to Harriet May Dickerman and they have
three children–Oliver Edwin, born Aug. 26, 1872, Florence May, born
Aug. 21, 1874 and an infant born Nov. 26. 1887.
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page/Soldiers’ And Citizens’ Album)
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Edwin R. Smith(sic), superintendent of the Two Rivers Schools, 1895 and
1896 died Friday last at Riverside, California where he had made his
home in late years. Decedent also was at one time principal of the
Northside School, Manitowoc and county superintendent of schools,
1896-1898. For a number of years he was head of the Manitowoc Seating
Company until the plant was destroyed by fire in 1892. He was a Civil
War veteran. It was thought interment would be in Riverside.
The Reporter, Feb. 23, 1917
HEZEKIAH HUNTINGTON SMITH
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.654-659.
Born at Windham, Connecticut, December 2, 1798.
Died at Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 9, 1886.
Hezekiah Huntington Smith was the son of Minor Smith and Submit
(Huntington) Smith of Windham, Connecticut, and a grandson of Hezekiah
Huntington Smith also of Windham, who was an officer in the American
Revolutionary army and whose commission as major was returned by General
George Washington to enable him to start the manufacture of fire arms at
Windham for the Continental troops, and he is credited with the claim of
being the first man in America to have made a gun. This Hezekiah
Huntington, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a first
cousin to Samuel Huntington, president of congress from 1779-1781, and a
signer of the Declaration of Independence, a man who stood second only to
Trumbell in the estimation and confidence of General Washington during the
trying days of the Revolution.
The father of Hezekiah Huntington Smith died before he became of legal age,
and he went to live with two maiden sisters in Connecticut with whom he
remained until he arrived at young manhood. He was married to Diantha
Haile, of Gouverneur, New York, resided for a time at Cape Vincent, in the
same state, and removed to Youngstown, Niagara county, New York, where five
of his children were born, including Mrs. Diantha Hamilton, of Two Rivers,
mother of J. E. and H. P. Hamilton. His first wife, Diantha, mother of all
his children, died in 1866 and is buried at Two Rivers. He was again
married to Mary Hendrickson, who died in 1874, and was survived by his
third wife, Rachael Wright, who died in 1911. His children by his first
marriage were: Laura Ann, born at Cape Vincent, New York, November 24,
1821, who died at Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 1896; Edwin, also born at
Cape Vincent, New York, February 10, 1824, who died at the same place, July
20, 1824; Edward H., also born at Cape Vincent, New York, August 3, 1828,
whose death occurred at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, August 20, 1850; Diantha
Jane, born July 29, 1830, who resides at Two Rivers, Wisconsin; George
Dwight, born January 15, 1838, whose death occurred the same day; Stella
Amelia, born January 8, 1839, who died at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, September
13, 1892; Bradford Haile, born November 14, 1840, whose death occurred at
Two Rivers, Wisconsin, February 3, 1876; and James Brainard, born August
12, 1843, who died at Cincinnati, Ohio, July 24, 1867. The last five
mentioned were born at Youngstown, New York.
At Youngstown he operated a flour mill and also engaged in lumbering on the
Grand river in Ontario, Canada. Failing in his business operations at
Youngstown, he came with his family to Two Rivers in 1845 and purchased
the old Law sawmill located on the river bank at the foot of Washington
street. This mill, one of the first buildings erected in Two Rivers, was
destroyed by fire November 27, 1905.
He came to Two Rivers at a time when it required brains and brawn and
bravery to overcome the obstacles and endure the hardships necessary to
conquer the wilderness that frowningly met the advance of civilization and
to carve from its gloomy fastness the beautiful homes and farms that are
now seen in all directions. With clear-sight and fore-sight he began
carrying forward the work of establishing industrial institutions which
could flourish long after he was dead and gone. The factories that are now
the pride of the community are in a measure monuments to his energy and
impellent sagacity. Elements of energy in business affairs are transmitted
in communities by families and groups of individuals. Through his
descendants and business associates the manufacturing interests of the city
of Two Rivers have always been foremost in this section of the state.
But not alone as a successful business man was he known. In this county for
many years he was the widest known and the most influential citizen. He
operated the sawmill alone for a time and later took as a partner Silas G.
Butler, a young man from Youngstown, New York. Mr. Butler died shortly
after on October 17, 1848, and is buried in the Smith family lot in the
cemetery at Two Rivers.
His next partner was his son-in-law, Marcena W. Clarke, of Medina, New
York. At that time the firm built at Milwaukee the Eliphalet Cramer, a
sailing vessel which was used in conveying the product of the mill to other
lake shore ports.
His next partners were the two brothers, William H. and James Aldrich, and
the two brothers Medberry, the firm name being Aldrich, Smith & Company.
This firm, of which Mr. Smith was the active head, was instrumental in
starting the early industries which have contributed so largely to the
industrial growth of Two Rivers as a manufacturing city.
The chair factory was built in 1856 by the New England Manufacturing
Company, of which the firm of Aldrich, Smith & Company were copartners, and
they acquired the property the year following the building of the factory.
In 1857 the pail factory was built by Henry C. Hamilton & Company. This
firm, as well as Aldrich, Smith & Company, failed to weather the panic of
that year and in 1857 the business of these two pioneer companies was taken
over by S. H. Seamans & Company of Milwaukee, with Hezekiah H. Smith
remaining as the active local manager. This arrangement continued until
the winter of 1860-1861, when the Mann Brothers of Milwaukee joined
interests with Mr. Smith and took charge of the business with Mr. Leopold
Mann as resident representative and Mr. Smith as active manager. From that
time on the manufacture of chairs and pails and the general mercantile
business of the new firm comprised the principal business interest of Two
Rivers.
He was also a leading factor in the establishment of The Badger State
Manufacturing Company in the early '70s. This concern engaged in the
manufacture of sash, doors and interior woodwork. A factory was erected and
the business continued many years. The firm was succeeded by The Hintze &
Baker Company, who operated the factory for some years. This factory
building was finally merged into the present plant of The Hamilton
Manufacturing Company, organized by J. E. Hamilton and H. P. Hamilton and
other associates January 1, 1890, and succeeding the business started by
J. E. Hamilton in 1882.
Mr. Smith remained identified with his firm—The Two Rivers Manufacturing
Company—until the year 1883 when his interests were purchased by his
partners, the Mann brothers. He removed in that year to Grand Rapids,
Michigan, where he resided until his death in 1886. He was buried in the
old family lot at Cherry Valley, New York.
"Deacon" Smith, as he was familiarly known to all of his acquaintances,
was a peculiar type of pioneer. Apparently by nature unsympathetic, and
always the master of his emotions; as erect in carriage as the proverbial
Indian, he moved about the pioneer community with stately dignity. He was
stern and unyielding in business affairs, associating with few on terms of
familiarity, yet he was the mainstay of the community for a generation in
matters sacred, medical, legal and financial.
In his youth, being compelled to leave school at the early age of ten years
to enter an apprenticeship, by close application and study he acquired a
liberal education, meeting the demands of the pioneer community in many
capacities. In case of serious sickness or in the event of a workman being
maimed in the mill, his was the ministering hand, even in so serious an
operation as the amputation of a limb. He was the advisor of the living and
officiated at the burial of the dead, and for many years was a familiar
sight in the pulpit of the little church on Washington street near his
residence.
His word was truly as good as his bond. Thousands of the early transactions
in the community are stamped with his identity. When he came here the
country from the river's mouth to Green Bay was a virgin forest of white
cork pine, presumably the finest stand of merchantable timber that ever
stood in the northern part of the United States. His was the directing hand
in cutting this timber and clearing the land for the advent of the
permanent settler and in marketing the splendid product at prices which at
this time appear ridiculously small.
He directed the affairs at the company's store, managed the lumbering camps
in Manitowoc and Brown counties, and disposed of the cut-over lands to the
coming settlers to be developed later into the splendid dairying farms in
what is now of the banner dairying section of the United States. Between
times in his active business affairs he continued to serve the community
as physician, lawyer, preacher and town officer, superintending the
building of residences, factories, churches, school houses and other public
improvements. At intervals between the years 1861 and 1876 he was
identified with the schools, being the prime mover in erecting the graded
school building in 1866 and also superintending the building of the first
high school building in 1876. These structures were demolished in 1904 to
be replaced with the splendid modern building which now occupies the site
opposite the city park. In every way he was identified with the nucleus of
commercial industry and the social life of the community until his
retirement.
Truly a man of another generation from that in which we live and product of
the time when one man must needs serve his fellows in various capacities.
How well this duty was performed is abundantly manifest. But withal, the
financial returns accruing to him as compared with present day standards
were pitifully small.
He was considered wealthy in his day and retired with a competence
sufficiently large to tide him over comfortably during his declining years,
but he left no large fortune. He survived his departure from Two Rivers
but three years, with a constant yearning for the old scenes and old
associates. The disappointment of severed business connections and his
residence in a strange city rapidly sapped his remaining strength. He died
on March 9, 1886, aged eighty-seven years, three months and seven days,
failing by nearly three years of living to a long-coveted age of ninety
years. In his death there passed away a strange character not often met in
the twentieth century. A connecting link between the old Puritan and
Revolutionary stock that laid the foundation of this country on the
Atlantic seaboard; himself-truly the father of the commercial activity of
Manitowoc county and Two Rivers in particular.
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From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 539
H.H. Smith, retired merchant, Two Rivers, was born in Windham, Conn.,
December 2, 1798. At the age of twenty-one he came to St. Lawrence Co.,
N. Y., where he was married to Miss Deantha Hale, of Putney, Vt. She
was three years his junior, and died in 1863. They had three daughters,
still living. Miss Mary Hendricksen, who is a native of Denmark, became
his second wife. In 1824 he removed to Cape Vincent, N. Y., and engaged
in lumbering and merchandising, continuing in that line four years, when
he went to Youngstown, Niagara County, N. Y., and engaged in the same
business. At both of these places he carried on an extensive trade in
lumber with Quebec companies. Mr. Smith located in Two Rivers in 1845,
purchasing an old saw mill and engaging again in lumbering and a general
merchandising business. Thus he continued alone until 1851. The visitation
of cholera in 1850 having so disorganized his business that he formed a
partnership under the firm name of Aldrich, Smith & Co. This connection
continued until 1860, when the Two Rivers Manufacturing Company was formed.
This corporation now has the controlling interest in the extensive tub
and pail and chair factories, formerly owned and operated by Mr. Smith.
His interest in both of these large and prosperous establishments was
disposed of to Mann Brothers, of Milwaukee, in July 1881, of both he was
the founder and active manager for many years. The company has handled
and taken up about 20,000 acres of pine land, and which has since been
sold and cleared for farming. Mr. Smith is considered not only the founder
but the father of Two Rivers. For nearly forty years he has resided in this
vicinity, a large portion of the village depending upon him and the
enterprises which he has carried on for their support and comfort. Although
kind and generous, and virtually retired from business, at the advanced age
of eighty-three, Mr. Smith still maintains a fresh heart and a bright intellect.
Hezekiah Huntington Smith
H.H. Smith
taken from "Early Days In Two Rivers, Wisconsin" by Arthur Lohman
JOHN SMITH
(from the Manitowoc Co. Chronicle, July 9, 1872)
Married at the Catholic church, Manitowoc, June 30, 1872, by the Rev.
Father Feszler, Mr. John Smith of Two Rivers, and Miss Anna Koch of
Kossuth. A number of John's friends from Two Rivers accompanied the happy
couple to the home of the bride, where the merry-making festivities were
kept up for a day or two. It would be idle to wish the happy couple
sunshine through the whole journey of life, but the hope that they may
know and appreciate the silver lining to every cloud that may arise, is
one that is rationally and joyfully indulged in by the Chronicle and all
their acquaintances.
PERRY PETER SMITH
From Manitowoc Chronicle
July 14, 1892
MRS. A. R. SMITH of St. Louis has been spending a few days with
Mr. Perry Smith of this city.
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This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.42-47.
Among those who have been active factors in the upbuilding, development,
progress and prosperity of Manitowoc, Perry Peter Smith was prominent. He
became a resident of this city in 1837, when only a tiny hamlet of a few
houses marked the site. Around was the unbroken wilderness, but gradually
the growth of the city encroached upon the virgin forests and today
Manitowoc, strong, vigorous and enterprising, stands as a monument to the
labors of those early settlers.
Mr. Smith was born in Victor, New York, February 15, 1823, and his life
record covered the intervening years to the 23d of January, 1906, when he
was called to his final rest. Just two weeks before he and his wife had
celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary. His father was a
soldier of the War of 1812. Perry P. Smith was in his fifteenth year when
he arrived in the Middle West, having come to Manitowoc on the schooner
Oregon in 1837 in company with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Jones, who
owned the site of the city, then covered with a dense growth of native
timber. From that time forward Mr. Smith was closely associated with the
growth and development of the city and there are few of the early works of
improvement that did not bear the impress of his individuality and
enterprise. He built the Jones mill, which employed one hundred men and
also was the owner of one of the first schooners ever constructed here.
Later he took charge of the Jones interests at Manitowoc and in 1846 he
opened the first store in the city; buying a small stock of groceries and
general merchandise on credit. His trade came from a wide territory and
the business gradually grew and success attended his efforts in large
measure not only as a merchant but also in his other business connections.
He possessed sound judgment, keen discrimination and unfaltering energy and
carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook. Moreover,
his business methods were at all times reliable, commending him to the
confidence and support of the public. In 1853 he became totally blind but
five years before his death recovered his sight. His nature was largely
indicated in the fact that when the financial panic of 1857 swept over the
country and many of the poor people of the city were in a suffering
condition, he came promptly forward and rendered immediate and needed
assistance in many ways.
On the 8th of January, 1849, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss
Esther A. Champlin, of Manitowoc, and their wedding journey consisted of a
trip to Kenosha, one hundred and ten miles away, in a sleigh. Mrs. Smith's
people had come to this city in 1843 from Vermont. Her father, Hiram H.
Champlin, engaged in the lumber business, being one of the early
representatives of that industry on the Lake Michigan shore. His wife, who
bore the maiden name of Almira Boardman, was also a native of Vermont,
and they became the parents of five children who reached years of maturity:
Mrs. Smith, Mary Jane, Mrs. Murphy, Hiram H. and Mrs. Laura Morse, of
Manitowoc. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith three sons were born: Hiram C., who is
living in San Francisco; A. R., who is vice president of the
Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Company, of St. Louis, Missouri; and Ira P.,
superintendent of red wood interests at Los Angeles, California.
Mr. Smith was one of the original republicans of Wisconsin and was a
prominent political speaker of an early day, making campaign addresses in
support of Fremont in 1856 and also advocating political principles from
the public platform on other occasions. He never sought office, however,
nor cared for political preferment. As it was impossible for him to go to
war when the Union was endangered, he did everything in his power to
encourage the enlistment of men and to care for the families of the
soldiers, rendering assistance in many instances where husband or father
was at the front. It was characteristic of Mr. Smith that he always
listened to a tale for aid and rendered whatever assistance was in his
power to give. On the organization of the Old Settlers Club in 1879 he was
elected its first president. He was also a charter member of Chickering
Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., and its first treasurer. He became one of the early
members of the Methodist church and its first meetings were held in the
upper story of the Jones warehouse. No movement for the material,
intellectual, social, political or moral progress of the community sought
his aid in vain. He always stood for progress and improvement, for reform
and for righteousness, and his life proved a blessing and benefit to the
community in which he had so long resided. He was for almost seventy years
a resident of Manitowoc and his were "the blest accompaniments of
age—honor, riches, troops of friends."
Perry P. Smith and Mrs. Perry P. Smith
REUBEN A. SMITH
"The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive"
Published 1884 Original from the University of
Michigan.
REUBEN A. SMITH, lumberer, was born in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, in 1845.
On Sept. 20, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin
Volunteers, for one year's service. He entered the regiment at Little Rock,
Ark. They soon moved to Mobile Point, Ala., and thence to Spanish Fort, Ala.,
where they took part in the bombardment and conquest of the fort, under
command of General Canby. All the rebel artillery and equipments were taken,
and the rebels were hotly pursued to Fort Blakely, when their works were again
charged, and nearly every thing captured. From there they moved to Mobile.
This, also, they captured, and then followed the rebels who had taken twenty-
six transports, one hospital ship three gun boats and a rebel ram, and started
up the Tombigbee River. They encountered them slightly at Whistler Station,
but at McIntosh's Bluff they captured 18,000 prisoners, all the transports and
the rebel ram, and forced the gunboats to come under terms of peace. These
boats forthwith surrendered to Admiral Farragut, but had sunk their sheeting.
They returned to Mobile, and thence went under General Steele to Brazier, Texas,
and thence to Clarksville, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, where Mr. Smith was
discharged for disability, and returned home in September, 1865. In the fall of
1867 he went to Charlevoix, Mich., and a little later took up a homestead on the
South Arm. His family joined him the following summer, and for nearly two years
shared with him the severe privations of pioneer life, having to carry all their
provisions about fourteen miles.
They came to Mancelona from Monestique, in August, 1870. Here Mr. Smith assisted
Mr. H. H. Bradfort to build a dwelling. They bought lumber at Elk Rapids at six
dollars per thousand, brought it by water to Spencer Creek, and thence with teams
at ten dollars per thousand, for hauling. After this he engaged for a while in
lumbering. Later he spent three years at Torch Lake, and then bought thirty acres
of land, at five dollars and a half per acre, and settled in Mancelona, and worked
in the lumber woods to secure a living, and also to pay for his land. He sold his
land last summer for 1,000 in cash, and now has a fine residence on Main Street.
He has a wife and two children.
He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He assisted in organizing the
township, at a meeting in the Mountain House, at Mr. Perry Andress place, in
April, 1871. There were just enough persons present to effect an organization.
In the fall of 1877 Mr. Andress platted about fifteen acres on the north one-half
of Section 20.
The plat was surveyed by D. E. McVean, of Kalkaska, and was put on record in
January, 1878. The names of property owners recorded on the plat are as follows:
Perry Andress, Jacob H. Passage, A. Lybarker, Peter M. Emery, Josiah Potter,
James Campbell and Leander C. Handy.
JACK SMOKE From the Manitowoc Pilot, JANUARY 27, 1870
In the River:
Jack SMOKE, a lad about 18 years of age, and son of David SMOKE, Esq.,
of this village, fell through the ice, while skating, last Friday,
and narrowly escaped drowning.
