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 INGIIAM COUNTY

Samuel Crossman and Ephraim Hillaird. D. L. Crossman and
Dakin and Otis made additions and October 26, 1866, "Crossman's complete plat," embracing all others, was acknowledged.
March 9, 1867, the village was incorporated by act of the Legislature, and the first charter election was held May 6, 1867, at
which the following officers were elected: President, Daniel L.
Crossman; recorder, Marshall Hawcroft, he resigned and Z.
Ransom was appointed; treasurer, L. K. Strong; trustees, H. L.
Strong, M. V. Jessop and Joseph Keene. Churches, schools and
fraternal organizations were quickly organized, and its growth
only hampered by the lack of a railroad, but to offset this it has two
stage lines run by G. P. Glynn and L. Geer, who carry trade between the village and Mason.
Many of its citizens have gone out into the world where they
hold prominent positions and have written their names high on
honor's roll.
DANSVILLE REMINISCENCES.
By D. L. CROSSMAN, 1889.
A part of a letter written in reply to an invitation to address the
Masonic lodge in Dansville:
"Your kind invitation for me to address you on the evening of
St. John's day, as a feature of the annual installation of the officers of your lodge, and I write mainly to thank you for the courtesy
and for the compliment you pay me by such invitation.
"You can easily believe, when you recall that part of my history which relates to your locality, that the name of your lodge and
your village is of peculiar interest to me. The poetry of age is to
recall, and live over, anew, those events which happened in youth.
I have gotten far enough along in the journey of life to appreciate
the truth of this sentiment and to know now what I did not know
then, viz.: that I saw my best days in the village of Dansville.
That I lived my happiest years among her people and that the
memory of the friends of those years will outlast all later friendships. My boyhood reaches back to the joys and struggles of the
pioneers of that locality, and as I summon up the memories of