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

VEVAY TOWNSHIP AND ITS HISTORY

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short for all the papers and the discussions which should have
followed them.
The next Vevay meeting will be at the call of the president.
The pot luck dinner at noon was an enjoyable affair, and the
music in charge of Mrs. Carrie Chapin was a pleasing feature.
VEVAY.
KIPP, NO. 3, FRACTIONAL.
By MRS. JAY HULSE.
This district being fractional, the history cannot be given
without telling something of the early life in western Vevay and
eastern Aurelius.
The first land taken up on the Vevay side was on section 18,
the patent being issued by the United States to Ormon Coe, and
dated May 1, 1839, while on the Aurelius side Daniel Wilson took
land from the government in section 13, under date of November
10, 1841. The S. W. 14 of N. W. 14 is the 40 acres now owned by
Jay Hulse, the third one to hold a deed of this land, and he has
lived there 49 years.
The first school house was built in 1854 on the southwest corner
of section 18 in Vevay. It was a frame building, and the seating
arrangement was very unique, the pupils when reciting sat facing
the back of the building with their backs toward the backs of the
the other scholars.
The first teacher was Miss Ruth Bateman, who later became
Mrs. Bradley Matteson, and they lived all their married life in
Aurelius Township.
When the time came to build the school house the people of
that section, and they were few in number, made a bee and cleared
the woods from that corner, and Wm. Reeves, one of the residents of the district, and David Hurlbert from over on the Columbia road erected a small frame building about 16 x 18 feet in size.
There were six windows, the panes 8 x 10 inches, with two doors
on the south side, reached by steps made from squared logs.