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 XXIV
PONTIAC CHURCHES
EARLIEST METHODIST PREACIIERS-FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN
COUNTY-PASTORS FROM I826 TO THE PRESENT —MRS. SHATTUCK'S
REMINISCENCES-CENTRAL METHIODIST EPISCOPAL CIHURCI —THE
FIRST BAPTIST CIIURCII-FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-How THE
CHURCH WAS BUILT-FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CIIURCH —THIRD
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH1 IN TIlE STATE-NEW BI3UILDING-ST.
VINCENT DE PAUL'S CHURCH-ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCHST. TRINITATIS LUTHERAN CHURCIH-THE AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH
-YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION —RED RIBBON CLUB OF
PONTIAC. 340
CHAPTER XXV
PONTIAC'S FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
MASONRY IN PONTIAC-THIRD LODGE IN TERRITORY-PONTIAC LODGE NO.
21-PAST MASTERS-PONTIAC COUNCIL No. 3, R. & S. MI.-OAKLAND
CHAPTER NO. 5, R. A. M.-PONTIAC COMMANDERY NO. 2, K. T.PONTIAC CHAPTER NO. 228, 0. E. S. —MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION-CANTON PONTIAC No. 3, I. O. O. F.-PYTHIAN KNIGHTS AND
SISTERS-DICK RICHARDSON POST, G. A. R.-KNIGITS OF COLUMJ:BUS Ro.\L NEIIGHICORS OF AMERICA-B. P. 0. E.-OTHER LODGES,
362
CHAPTER XXVI
BLOOCMIFIELD TOWNSHIP
PHYSICAL FEATURES —A GOOD IMANY DEAD INDIANS —FIRST LAND EINTRY-FORMATIVE TOWNSHIP PERIOD —TIREE COMPETING TAVERNSMILLS AND STORES OUTSIDE OF BIRMINGHA\M —BLOOMFIELD CENTER
-BIRMINGHAM VILLAGE PLATS-OLD TIM\ES AT PIETY HILL-VILLAGE OF BIRMINGIIAM-REINCORPORATED-VIILAGE PRESIDENTS AND
CLERKS-PUBLIC WORKS-SOLDIERS' MIONUMENT-BIRMINGIIAM
CHURCHES-SECRET AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. 371
CHAPTER XXVII
HOLLY TOWNSHIP
DRAINAGE AND LAKES-FIRST ENTRY AND SETTLEMENT-OTHER PIONEERS OF THE TOWNSHIP-SETTLERS IN I832-I837 —FIRST THINGS
-QUAINT ALONZO R. ROOD —DESCENDANTS OF THE PIONEERSFOUNDING OF HOLLY VILLAGE-VILLAGE SCHOOLS —NEW UNION
SCHOOL-TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE LIBRARIES-THE WATERWORKSHOLLY NEWSPAPERS-INDUSTRIES-TIIE CHURCHES-SOCIETIES. 388