History of Lapeer County, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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SECTION 27. George A. Neal, July 6, 1836.
David Churchill, March 1 6, 1839.
Zachariah Sage, April 1, 1839.
Zachariah Sage, April 13, 1839.
Nathan Galpin, February 15, 1842.
James Mair, August 30, 1844.
Zacharial SSage, June 11, 1840.
SECTION 28. William Betts, January 21, 1836.
James Allen, January 27, 1837.
James S. De ming, October 13, 1837.
Sanford Porter, May 10, 1839.
Marvin Wilber, September 18, 1839.
Marvin Wilber, November 11, 1839.
Stephen Grinnell, December 7, 1839.
SECTION 29. Brainard Osborn, June 17, 1836.
William- Betts, June 21, 1836.
William H. Farrand, June 21, 1836.
Hollister Lathrop, September 14, 1836.
James Alilen, May 27, 1837.
Marvin Wilber, December 7, 1839.
Caleb Wilber, Jr., April 23, 1841.
Caleb Wilber, November 5, 1841.
Corydon Wilber, November 25, 1844.
SECTION 30. Stillman Bates, June 3, 1836.
Horace A. Jenison, June 11, 1836.
Samuel Ewell, June 17, 1836.
Silas Tichenor, July 11, 1836,
SECTION 31. Henry Churchill, April 20, 1836.
Daniel W. Camp, April 20, 1836.
Thomas Greenfield, April 20, 1836.
Giles M. Boardman, April 20, 1836.
William Plumb, 2d, April 20, 1836.
William Humphrey, June 1, 1836.
SECTION 32. William Hodkinson, June 9, 1836.
Samuel Ewell, July 8, 1836.
Stephen Grinnell, October 12, 1836.
SECTION 33. Washington Allen, October 12, 1886.
George Smith, January 16, 1837.
James Allen, May 27, 1837.
David Hill, July 7, 1838.
John Sowles, May 17, 1844.
SECTION 34. Ebenezer M. Phelps, December 20, 1836.
Abel Williams, January 1, 1839.
Marvin Cady, February 25, 1839.
Sanford Porter, May 10, 1839.
Marvin Cady, August 21, 1839.
George W. Dwelle, November 19, 1840.
George W. Dwelle, October 21, 1841.
James Mair,-August 30,1814.
SE-rION 35. Abram Robeson, September 26, 1836.
Isaac Parshall, April 15, 1837.
Marquis Nye, December 15, 1838.
George Boyer, May 1, 1840.
Edward Meeker, May 12, 1840.
Ezra S. Perry, December 25, 1841.
Archibald Johnson, November 29, 1844.
SECTION 36. James Scott, June 4, 1836.

John S. Townsend, June 7, 1836.
Noble Culver, July 27, 1835.
Miles J. Beach, February 17, 1836.
Elias Beach, February 17, 1836.
Edward Eells, May 17, 1836.
Milton Beach, May 25, 1842.

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EARLY HISTORY.
In tracing the early history of Dryden there is some doubt as
to the accuracy of a few dates, but the statements are generally as
correct as can be made after the lapse of nearly fifty years. Most
of the early actors upon the scene are gone, and those who remain
are aged people wbose memories have weakened with the increase
of years. A historical sketch of Dryden was written in 1876 by the
late Lucius Kendrick, some portions of which are given in this
chapter.
The history of Dryden dates back to the year 1834, when
Andrew Mattoon settled on section 2. He had come up the year
before and built a shanty in Almont Township. The settlers of
1834 were Andrew Mattoon, Levi Washburne, Amasa Messenger,
Jedediah Messenger and Hugh McKay. They came from Macomb
County, and made their way from the northern settlements of that
county by a road of their own construction, some fourteen miles
through the woods. This road was known for years as the "old
Messenger road." These men all settled in the north part of the
town upon the heavy timber land, and what they esteemed to be
the most desirable portion. The oak timbered land was held in
rather low estimate by these early settlers, as land that would not
pay to cultivate.
Silas Southwell entered land in the fall of 1831, but never
became a settler in the town.
In the year 1836 the greater portion of what is now Dryden,
was bouglht principally by actual settlers. In this year large additions were made to the population. John M. Lamb, Sanford Kendrick, Holden Tripp, Arick Sutherland, Ethan Squier, Luman Squier,
James E. King, Isaac Smith, Dnliiel Smith, Timothy Utley, James
P. Whittaker, Jason Gibbs, John Freer, Oliver A. Lewis, Deacon
Elijah Look, Deacon Tainter, Peter and Aaron Moe, Jonathan T.
Walton, John Thompson, James Goodenough, Henry and Andrew
Mahaffy, Marcus Billings, John C. Hincks, Luke Perkins, Seth
Hall, James Hodges, Martin Quatermass and Cyrus Perkins were
among the principal settlers of that year; all men of moderate
means but with more than the average energy of the men of those
times; as evidence of which it is only necessary to refer to that
and the five years that followed to substantiate the claim.
Those already named were followed by the following additions
which were made to the population: Mr. John Gould, Henry Van
Kleeck, Rufus and Erastus Wethey, James Hines, Elijah Bartlett,
Joseph Winslow, James Miller, Andrew Wood, James H. Holcomb,
Ira P. Holcomb, Abel Williams, Chauncey Morgan, Bowdowine Terwillager, J. F. Jackman, Moses F. Jackman, Sanford Maynard, N.
T. Taylor, Miles Cody, Augustus Hilliker, Philo Atwell, Thomas
Stafford, Jacob Miller, Homer N. Parker, John Meaker, Philo
Meaker, Nathan S. Beardsley, Noble Calver, Nathaniel Terry, Jas.
Howard, Benjamin Kniffin, John S. Fellows, H. B. Fall and Benjamin Thorne.
WHIGVILLE.
In the winter and spring of 1837 and '38, quite a colony from
some of the southern counties located in the southwest part of the
town, chief among whom were Joel Dudley, James Allen, Washington Allen, Stephen Grinnel, John and James Phelps,'James Dem

ing, Robert Townsend, Uriah Townsend and Jacob Moore. With one
or two exceptions they were all Whigs, and hence the name of Whigville was given to the locality. Mr. Dudley and Jas. Alien were among
the many who left this town at the first excitement as to gold in
California, in 1849. Mr. Allen lived to get back, but Dudley died
before reaching the much desired El Dorado. Mr. Allen died
soon after his return. Mr. Uriah Townsend is the only one of all that

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