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.

490 HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY
GOODISON'S
When Mr. Hemingway came into the country, in I826, he put up
quite a substantial house, instead of the customary log cabin. This he
used until the summer of 1827, when he erected the first frame house
in the township. In 1835 he built a dam across Paint creek, on section
28, and dug a race three-fourths of a mile to the east line of the
same section, where he constructed a two-story frame building for a
gristmill. A few years after it passed out of his hands. Among its later
owners was William Goodison, who enlarged it and made other improvements.
That gentleman's energy and public spirit were so evident that the
settlement around the mills became known as Goodison's, and in 1872,
when the Detroit & Bay City railroad was built through the township
it was made first a flag station, and afterward a regular stopping place.
In 1874 a postoffice was established. About all that is left of Goodison's, as the Michigan Central station is still called, is a general store,
a flouring mill, a little Methodist church and a few scattering houses
centered in a productive agricultural district.