Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY

President: Dr. Minos McRobert, of Mason.
Vice President: Uriah Coulson, Stockbridge.
Secretary: Peter Lowe, Mason.
Treasurer: Samuel Skadan, Ingham.
Executive Committee:
Wm. A. Dryer, Lansing; Arnold Walker, Leslie; J. M.
Williams, Williamston.
On motion the following were named to prepare histories of the
townships of the county, giving date of organization, first settlement, etc.:
Jas. S. Pierson, Onondaga. H. H. North, Delhi.
James Birney, Bunkerhill. O. B. Stillman, Aliedon.
James Reeves, Stockbridge. G. Fletcher, Wheatfield.
Abram Hayner, White Oak. Edmund Allchin, Leroy.
Samuel Skadan, Ingham. David Phelps, Locke.
J. P. Cowles, Lansing. J. M. Williams, Williamston.
Peter Lowe, Vevay. J. H. Kilbourne, Meridian.
R. Hayward, Aurelius.
0. M. Barnes was appointed to make a condensed history of the
several townships of the county.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee on May 15, 1873, it
was voted that the secretary should extend an invitation to Hon.
J. W. Longyear and Hon. D. L. Case to be present at the annual
meeting and give short addresses.
It was recommended that the annual dues be twenty-five cents
per year instead of fifty, as was voted at the time the society was
organized.
They also recommended the appointment of a Historian, for
the purpose of having collected and compiled facts and incidents
of the early history of the county with a view to having the first
volume published during the ensuing year.
Each member of the society was requested to hand his individual statement to the secretary, and the committee appointed
to write township history hand the results to the secretary as
soon as possible.
The first annual meeting of the Pioneer Society was held at the
court house in Mason on May 27, 1873, President Minos McRobert