History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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CHAPTER V
PICTURES OF THE PAST
HERVEY PARKE COMES TO OAKLAND COUNTY-BLOOMFIELD AND ROYAL
OAK IN I82I-INFANT VILLAGE OF PONTIAC-GOVERNOR WISNER AND
HIS MULLET STORY-BECOMES HORATIO BEALL'S ASSISTANT-JOSEPH
WAMPLER'S ASSIGNED TERRITORY-A SURVEYOR'S HARDSHIPS-RETURNS WITH HIS FAMILY-BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN H. PARKE-HOMESTEAD AT LAST-SURVEYS FROM PONTIAC-RUNNING LINES UNDER
DIFFICULTIES-FRESH TRAILS OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR-BETWEEN
SAGINAW BAY AND LAKE HURON-SURVEYS IN BLACK HAWK RESERVATION, IOWA-ANOTHER IOWA CONTRACT-CAPTAIN PARKE'S RECAPITULATION-RECOLLECTIONS OF BENJAMIN O. WILLIAMS-INDIAN
NEAR DEATH-DEAR OLD OAKLAND, THE BEST OF ALL-A PICTURE
OF MEMORY (BY JOHN M. NORTON)-ADVENT OF TIE PIONEER-.
RAILROAD AS A FUN-MAKER-THE LIFE BEQUEATHED BY THE PIONEERS-FIFTY YEARS AGO AND NOW (BY S. B. MCCRACKEN)CONTRASTS OF LIFE-"GRANNY" MCCRACKEN-FATIHER AND MOTHER
MCCRACKEN —THIE SCHOOLS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO-MORMON VISITATION OF 1832-AUBURN AND TIHE YOUNG PIONEERS. 37
CHAPTER VI
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AND "DAUGHTERS"
COUNTY'S FIRST SETTLER, A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER-THE GRAIAM
FAMILY-NATHANIEL BALDWIN-GEORGE HORTON-STEPHEN MACK
-COLONEL MACK'S FAMILY-JOSEPH TODD AND PARTY-ITHAMAR
SMITH-WILLIAM NATHAN TERRY-JOSHUA CHAMBERLIN AND
ENOCH HOTCHKISS-ELIJAH DRAKE-EZRA PARKER-JEREMIAH
CLARKE-BENJAMIN GRACE-CALEB BARKER MERRELL-LEVI GREEN
-JOEL PHELPS-ELIAS CADY-SAMUEL NILES-SILAS SPRAGUEESBON GREGORY-ZADOCK WELLMAN-CALEB CARR-HOOPER BISHOP
-DERRICK HULICK - CALEB PRATT - SOLOMON JONES - LYDIA
BARNES POTTER-JAMES HARRINGTON AND JACOB PETTY-JOHN
BLANCHARD-ALTRAMONT DONALDSON-JOSEPH VAN NETTERBENJAMIN BULSON-NATHAN LANDON-GENERAL RICHARDSON
CHAPTER, D. A. R.-THE REVOLUTIONARY GRAVES MARKED-MEMBERSHIP OF THE DAUGHTERS 72
CHAPTER VII
PIONEER RECORDS
COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY FOUNDED-THE SUPERVISORS' PICNICS-BETTER PRESERVATION OF RECORDS-SOCIETY INCORPORATED-PIONEER
WOMEN-OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY —PIONEER RELICS IN THE COL1,ECTION OF THE SOCIETY 99