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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ONONDAGA TOWNSHIP AND ITS HISTORY

Buckland; 1841-1842, Josiah C. Preston; 1843, Horace Carlick;
1844, W. B. Buckland; 1845-1852, Perez Howlans; 1853, Clinton
D. Griffith, resigned, and Merrick Nicholas appointed; 1854-1855,
Joseph S. Pierson; 1856, George Phelps; 1857, Hilon Osborn;
1858, James E. Howland; 1859, Wm. 0. Callahan; 1860, G.
Hutchings; 1861, William Wilkinson; 1862, William Carll; 1863,
James E. Howland; 1864, George H. Waggoner; 1865, Benjamin
E. Sawtell; 1866, Wm. H. Plummer; 1867, Wm. L. Cochrane;
1868, William Hutchings; 1869-1870, William Ryan; 1871, Garrett VanRiper; 1872, Frank Hoes; 1873, P. P. Crain; 1874, Albert
Sanford; 1875, Frank Hoes; 1876, James P. Townsend; 1877,
Frank Hoes; 1878, Fred D. Woodworth; 1879, Albert Sanford;
1880, Albert Sanford.
The township treasurers during the same period were as follows: 1838, Peter Cranson; 1840, Moseley A. Baldwin; 1841,
Henry Fray; 1842-1843, Lyman Elderkin; 1844, M. A. Baldwin;
1845-1846, David M. Perrine; 1847-1854, Leonard Gilman; 1855,
Henry Gibbs; 1856, W. S. Wilkinson; 1857, Elisha Smith; 1858,
Peter I. Elting; 1859, James Baker; 1860, Theodore Wisner; 1861,
Wm. Hutchings; 1862-1863, John WV. Jordon; 1864, Garrett Van
Riper; 1865, Gabriel Trefry; 1866-1867, Garrett VanRiper;
1868-1870, Abner S. Noble; 1871-1872, Philip P. Crain; 1873 -1875, George H. Waggoner; 1876, James Stringham; 1877-1878,
Luther L. Stone; 1879-1880, Geo. II. Waggoner.
Other men holding township offices during this period were
Hazen Rolfe, Cyrus Hampton, Peter Earle, Franklin Elmer,
Nathan J. Stark, Richard Ferris, Joseph Sibley, John Matteson,
Ruel Perrine, Marshall Campbell, Isaac Tyler, W. H. Town,
Horace Haynes, Horace M. Buck, Benjamin Rossman, D. C. Griffith, E. S. Haynes, John Sherman, Aid Garfield, James Baker,
John Brown, Rufus Swart, E. A. Parker, James Potter, Henry S.
Willis, Brutus Hill, Edwin Miller, Thaddeus Slaght, Frank Norris, B. F. Morris, Win. Longyear, Levi F. Slaght, Thomas M.
Cranson, Richard S. Colby, David W. Lane, T. Murray Cranson,
Wallace Rossman, John W. Jones, Ward Lesher, L. B. Hatt,
Edward Morrison, Seth Jones.