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 ICOUNTY

Horace Angell; county clerk, D. D. Bolton; county register, HI. J.
Haight; county treasurer, Thadeus Densmore; prosecuting attorney, H. B. Carpenter; coroners, B. S. Peets, W. W. Root.
Mason village officers: President, John A. Barnes; clerk, Geo.
W. Bristol; treasurer, A. D. Kingsbury; assessor, Lucian Reed;
marshall, Geo. W. Sackrider; trustees, H. P. Henderson, Wm. F.
Near, C. D. Huntington, J. E. Spencer.
Our practicing physicians were W. W. Root, C. H. Sackrider,
R. TI. Davis, 0. B. Moss, our first homeopathic physician, and Dr.
Tyler. Drs. McRobert and Phelps had given up their active
work, as had also Drs. Darrow and Hammond.
The lawyers were W. I-. Francis, Lucien Reed, M. D. Chatterton, Ed B. Sackrider, Horatio Pratt, then judge of probate,
G. W. Bristol and Huntington and Henderson.
There were two banks, H. L. Henderson and Company, and
Lowe, Near and Company, afterward Lowe, Smead and Company.
Elzey Flora advertises boots, shoes and gaiters. G. W. Polar
and Charles Huntington were also among our early shoe men.
John Dunsback advertises a big sale of shoes in connection with
his dry goods store. Other dry goods men were Day and Burnham, Wm. Spear, who was afterward sheriff, Darrow and Co.,
Bunnell and Butterfield.
The grocers advertising were Smith and Hunt, N. A. Dunning,
Swart and Kingsbury, M. A. Sweet, Merritt and Casterlin,
Barnaby and Merritt and Vandercook Brothers.
A. P. VanDeusen was the dentist and one whom many can still
remember for his exceilent work.
The druggists were HI. M. Williams, IIalstead and Smith, afterward 0. W. Halstead.
Elias Culver carried a stock of jewelry.
S. P. Stroud was the undertaker then, and at his death carried
remarkable record of having conducted 2,200 funerals.
A little later M. C. Bowdish opened a furniture store and advertised
"My hearse is free without fee
To all who buy coffins of me
In the limits of Mason City,"
but he was never able to compete successfully with Mr. Stroud,
who was one of the cemetery committee.