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.

INDEX

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Elevations, I8.
Elizabeth lake, 2, 484.
Ellenwood, John, 218, 479, 767.
Ellerly, Edward, 479.
Elliott, Harry S., 229.
Elliott, Henry J., 322.
Elliott, Marcus D., 284.
Elliott, N. K., 465.
Elliott, W. G., 254.
Ellis, Charles D., 399.
Elmore, John, 483.
Elwell, Peleg, 415.
Elwood, B. F., 245.
Ely, Charles H., 807.
Emery, John C., 253, 482.
Emery, Josiah, 680.
Emmendorfer, F. A., 328.
Emmendorfer, J. William, 872.
Emmons, E. R., 4.
Eureka mills, 408.
Eveland, (Mrs.) Ida, 367.
Everett, Orion H., 822.
Everts, Caleb, 777.
Everts, William T., 778.
Fagan, Edwin, 393.
Fagan, John, 393.
Fagan, (Mrs.) John, 392.
Fagan, Peter, 393.
Fagan, Terrence, 389, 392.
Fagan, Thomas H., 393, 775.
Fagan, William, 392, 393.
Fairbank's Corners, 373.
Fairbanks, Joseph, 31.
Farmer, Edward R., 59I.
Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, 243.
Farmers' Bank of Oakland, 243.
Farmers' State Bank of Oxford, 247.
Farmington, 340.
Farmington Baptist church, 459.
"Farmington Enterprise," 457.
Farmington Exchange Bank, 246.
Farmington Lodge No. 15, A. F. & A.
M., 460.
Farmington Methodist church, 459.
Farmington township-Mention, 34, 198,
199, 20o, 207; the Power colony founds
Quakertown (Farmington), 452; other
pioneers of the township, 453; Dr.
Webb adds distinction, 453; first mills,
453; recollections of P. Dean Warner, 454; village of Farmington, 457;
Farmington schools, 458; the churches,
459; the Masonic lodge, 460; Clarenceville and North Farmington, 460.
Farmington village 201, 202, 457-460
(see Farmington township).
Farnham, L. A., 257.
Farnsworth, Elon, 124.
Fawcett, George, 449.
Fay, Ernest H., 309.
Feir, John M., I25.
Felshaw, C. P., 257.
Ferguson, Erastus, 429.
Ferguson, Robert Y., 333.
Ferguson. R. Y., 257.

Ferndale, 439.
Ferry seed farm, 417.
Fifteenth Michigan Infaittry, 280.
Fifth Michigan Infantry ("Fighting
Fifth"), 277
Finn, Silas, 436.
Fire of I840, 293.
Fire department, 294.
First Baptist church, Pontiac, 347.
First car into Rochester (view), 241.
First Commercial Bank of Pontiac, 245.
First Congregational church, Pontiac,
352, 353.
First court in Oakland county, 118.
First court houses, 289.
First land entries, 31.
First legal case recorded, 118.
First M. E. church, Pontiac, 34I.
First Michigan Infantry, 275.
First Michigan railway chartered, 237.
First National Bank of Birmingham,
244.
First National Bank of Holly, 244.
First National Bank of Pontiac, 243.
First National Bank of Rochester, 244.
First Oakland county highway, 234.
First official act, I89.
First Presbyterian church, Pontiac, 349.
First settlers and land owners-Great
set-back to settlement, 27; Oakland
county's first settlers, 29; the Mack
colony of Pontiac, 29; "Uncle Ben"
Woodworth, 30; first surveys, 30; locations under the "two dollar" act, 31;
the "ten shilling" act. 32; great event
for the pioneer land owner, 32; town
of Pontiac settled, 32; Avon and
White lake, 33; Springfield and
Groveland, 34; Farmington and West
Bloomfield, 34; Waterford and Independence, 35; Orion and Oxford, 35;
Royal Oak and Troy, 35; Brandon,
Southfield and Bloomfield, 36.
First State Savings Bank of Birmingham, 246.
First State Savings Bank of Holly,
244, 246.
First supervisors' meeting, I93.
First surveys, 30.
First things and events, 389.
Fish, Elijah S., 375, 376, 377, 385.
Fish, Fannie E., 375.
Fisher, Arthur W., 847.
Fisher, Charles A., 284.
Fisher, Matilda,' 416.
Fisher, W. J., 3I0.
Fitch, Ferris S., 3I5, 337.
Fitzgerald, Josiah, 45I.
Flanders Manufacturing Company, 329.
Flanders, Walter E., 329, 330.
Fletcher, William A., 112, I2I, 122, 159.
Flinn, Thomas, 429.
Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, 238,
447.
Flint River Baptist Association, 424.
Florence Avenue school, 338.
Flower, Andrew, 366.