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 INGHAI COUNTY

Mrs. Kirkpatrick, millinery; Bouthroyd and Van Kuren, boots
and shoes, and on the corner where the Prudden Building now
stands, Grove and Whitney hardware store.
The following men were among Mr. Whiteley's business associates in the early fifties and sixties:
Christopher Columbus Darling, John Billings, Henry Rodney
Gibson, James Bascom, J. H. Beebe, Stanley Briggs, W. M.
Clapsadle, Jacob Gibbs, Elder Greene, Charles Butler, F. M.
Cowles, David Eckstine, John N. Bagley, Ebbin Dart, A. V.
Dearin, John J. Bush, Andrew Birch, Henry Leader, Cyrus
Hewitt, Daniel W. Buck, George W. Peck, Thomas Westcott,
Harley Ingersol, John A. Kerr, James I.Mead, Judge W. H.
Pinckney, Johns and Bailey, Ephraim Longyear, John Robson,
Peter Wiswold, Mr. Quackenbush, Smith Hunter, Samuel R.
Coryell, A. W. Williams, Daniel Parker, Washington Wiley,
Hiram H. Smith, E. H. Davies, Frank Weller, H. H. Lee, William
Hinnen, James Seymour, Thomas Bell, Orange Butler, George I.
Parson, Thomas J. Ramsdell, Camell and Edwards, W. W.
Upton, George I. Parsons.
Among the early physicians were Dr. H. B. Shank, Dr. I. H.
Bartholomew, Dr. Daniel Johnson, Dr. John Goucher, Dr. J. W.
Holmes, Dr. H. S. Burr, Dr. David E. McClure, Dr. Russel
Thayer, Dr. Price, Dr. B. F. Bailey, Dr. S. W. Wright and Dr.
Jeffries.
The arrival of the old fashioned stage coach in the early evening
was the event of the day to the Lansingites, to see the stage
arrive and who had come to town. The stage could be heard a
number of miles out on the plank road which led to Detroit. The
coach was built with massive wheels and the body hung in leather
braces. The driver's seat was in the front with the trunk rack in
the rear. In these old fashioned stage coaches the passengers
soon became well acquainted as the roads were often so full of
ruts and deep holes they would all be in a heap in the bottom of
the coach. The driver with the reins in his hands and his long
whip cracking over the four prancing horses and often blowing a
long tin horn would suddenly come to a stop with a great flourish
in front of the Veile book store, where the American State Savings
Bank is now located.
During the Civil War Stephen Bingham or some other promi