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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and judges, I 8; circuit courts and
judges, 120; prosecuting attorneys,
123; the court of chancery, 123; circuit court commissioners, 124.
Bench and bar (reminiscences), I58-I87.
Benjamin, Colonel E., 830.
Benjamin, John, 439, 830.
Benjamin, Terrel. I94.
Bennie, J. W., 258.
Benson, (Mrs.) Catherine, 102.
Benson, John H., Io2.
Bent, Samuel, 352, 354.
Benton, John, 216.
B. P. 0. E. Lodge No. io, Pontiac,
370.
Berry, Bertha, 264.
Bettes, Ambro, 412.
Betzing, Peter, 368.
Big Beaver, 488.
Bigler, Jacob, 440.
Bigler, Philip, 440.
Bingham, Charles A., 5oi.
Bingham, George, 819.
Biological Farm, Parkdale, 416.
Bird, Eli, 247.
Bird, J. T., 257.
Birge, Henry, 324.
Birmingham-Mention, 200, 202; first
settlement on site of, 373; village plats,
374; (see also Bloomfield township,
381-387, and Piety Hill).
Birmingham Baptist church, 385.
Birmingham Lodge No. 44, A. F. &
A. M., 386.
Birmingham M. E. church, 385.
Birmingham Presbyterian church, 385.
Birmingham societies, 386.
Birmingham United Presbyterian
church, 489.
Birney, Daniel, 413.
Bishop, Hooper, 90.
Bishop. Julian, 474.
Bissell, Edward J., 124.
Black, John C.. 258.
Black Hawk war, 48.
Blackwood, Joseph, 451.
Blair, Maurice R., 438, 814.
Blair, Nellie, 438, 8i5.
Blakeslee, Elmer E.. 125, I40.
Blanchard, Charles E., 349.
Blanchard. John, 93.
Blodgett, Herbert S., 548.
Bloomfield township-Mention, 36, 38,
190, I98, I99, 200, 206; physical features, 371; a good many dead Indians,
372; first land entry. 372; formative
township period, 372; three competing taverns, 373; mills and stores outside of Birmingham, 373; Bloomfield
Center, 374; Birmingham village
plats, 374; old times at Piety Hill,
375; village of Birmingham, 381; reincorporated, 381; public works, 383;
soldiers' monument, 384; Birmingham
churches, 375; secret and fraternal
societies, 386.
Board of county commissioners, 193.

Board of supervisors, I93.
Bodine, John, 383.
Bogie, George, 569.
Bond, Fred M., I25.
Book, James B., 330.
Bostwick, Lafayette, 650.
Boughner, Charles B., 668.
Boughton, Lyman, 194, 462.
Bowman, Joseph R., 124, 295.
Boyle, Dennis, 597.
Brace, Chauncey, 528.
Brace, Harry R., 433
Bradford, Andrew, 212.
Bradley, F., 212.
Bradley, Morton L., 715.
Braid, Edward, 512.
Brakeman, Isaiah, 34I.
Brandon township-Mention, 36, 194,
195, I98, 199. 200, 207; its pioneer
settlers, 463; village of Oakwood,
464; township organization, 464; village of Ortonville, 464.
Brannack, A. L., 256.
Brewer, John J., 246.
Brewer, Louise P., 261, 543.
Brewer, Mark S., 124, I39, 541.
Brewster, William A., 212, 312.
Brey, Helen, 269.
Bridges, 293.
Bristol, William A., 820.
Brodhead, Thornton F., 273, 282.
Bromley, Peter B., 125, 140, I56, 304,
310, 64I.
Bromley, (Mrs.) Peter B., 261.
Brondige, George F., 687.
Brondige, John E., I40.
Brondidge, John F., 309.
Bronson, Daniel, 33, II7, 118, 162.
Bronson, Henry 0., 272, 429.
Brooks, Eugene, 244.
Brooks, Joseph, 818.
Broughton, Herbert J., 6I2.
Brown, Arza, 343.
Brown, Avery, 419.
Brown, Benjamin, 483.
Brown, George A., 315.
Brown, Hugh, 337.
Brown, John B., 538.
Brown, Mills S., 788.
Brown, Vincent, 444, 743.
Brown, Willard M., 687.
Brown, William, 386.
Bruder, Charles, 636.
Buchanan, Alexander, 322.
Buchanan, James G., 315.
Buck, F. P., 337.
Buckhorn, (Rose), 477.
Buckland. Don Carlos, 315.
Buckland, (Mrs.) D. C., 265.
Buckland Memorial Chapel (view), 314.
Buckley, Jennie, 680.
Buckley, Pierre, 679.
Buhaczkowski, Witold, 481.
Bulson. Benjamin, 94.
Burbank, William, 33, 405, 409.
Burgess. Joseph, 433.
Burns, Edward, 626.