History of Hillsdale county. Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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HISTORY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

Barrels of cider made in 1873........................... 514
Number of acres in orchards, 1874..................... 456
Bushels of apples raised in 1872........................ 22,209
4" "t 1873........................ 22,647
" cherries " 1872........................ 299
" " " 1873........................ 314
Value of fruit and garden productions, 1872........ $9,057
i" " " "i 1873........ 9,209
Number of horses in township one year old and
over, 1874............................................ 602
Number of mules.......................................... 12
" work oxen.................................... 12
" milch cows.................................... 513
" neat cattle one year old and over,
other than oxen and cows........... 499
" swine over six months old............... 827
sheep " " "............... 3,765
" sheep sheared in 1873...................... 5,139
flouring-mills in township................
(" persons employed in same................ 8
Capital invested in same................................... $17,500
Number of runs of stone in same...................... 5
" barrels of flour made........................ 3,200
Value of products................................. $27,600
Number of saw-mills................................... 1
" hands employed in same.................. 2
Amount of capital invested.............................. $2,000
Feet of lumber sawed................................... $50,000
Value of products.......................................... $800
Agricultural implement works........................... 1
Persons employed in same................................ 4
Capital invested............................................ $10,000
Value of products........................................... 5,000
Steam carriage factories................................... 1
Persons employed in same............................. 9
Capital invested............................................. $6,000
Value of products................................... 7,614
LAND ENTRIES.
At the close of the year 1833, but 3320 acres of land
had been entered in what is now Moscow, and this was
much more than was taken in any other township. It was
divided among the following persons, viz.: Benjamin Fowle,
S. N. W. Benson, Samuel Aiken, O. B. Blackmar, Pontius
Hooper, Stephen Scott, David Hiller, Thomas Watts, John
Simmons, James Winters, T. C. Delavan, Lewis T. Miller,
Simon Jacobus, Charles T. Delavan, Lucius Lyon, Alonzo
Kies, Mary Miller, and Charles Stuck. Mr. Benson also
had land in what is now Scipio.
In the present township of Moscow (township 5 south,
range 2 west), the following persons had entered land previous to the 27th of April, 138:
Section 1.-Benjamin Fowle, Milo Tracy, Seth Farewell, Clarissa Monroe.
Section 2.-Samuel Aiken, David Hiller, Thomas Watts,
Aaron Spencer, Moses Beaman.
Section 3.-Thomas Watts, Amos Spencer, Esek Finch,
William H. Hoag, Leander Kimball, Sarah Moore, John
P. Cook.
Section 4.-Lyman Smith, Esek Finch, Leander Kimball, Tompkins C. Delavan, Daniel McNabb, C. J. Delavan,
0. B. Blackmar.
Section 5.-Simon Jacobus, John D. Sinclair, William:t. Schuyler, James H. Miller, C. Pratt, C. L. & W. G.
Grant.
Section 6.-M. Camburn, John Espie, Isaac Amerman,
Ralph Pratt, Phebe Booth, I. P. Christiancy, and II. Forester.
Section 7.-W. Potter, Luke Taylor, E. G. Delie, Levi

Camburn, Jr., T. C. Delavan.
Section 8.-John Simmons, James Winters, O. L.
Church, Duncan Sinclair, Hugh Sinclair.
Section 9.-0. B. Blackmar, Peter Benson, James Armstrong, J. R. Frink, Anson Mapes, Simon Jacobus..:

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Section 10.-0. B. Blackmar, H. Crittenden, P. Rorend,
T. C. Delavan, W. Porter, W. Durant.
Section 11. —Silas N. W. Benson, Benjamin Fowle, Jo
L. Guion, Aaron Spencer.
Section 12.-Benjamin Fowle, S. Scott, Charles Fowle,
A. Little, A. White, J. Scott, W. W. Gale, S. W. Sharp.
Section 13.-James Gregory, John Keyes, W. Yeow,
W. Chaffee, J. Boulton, Benjamin Fowle, Morris Barton.
Section 14.-Benjamin Fowle, Caroline Fowle, Edward
Griscom, James L. Guion, Samantha Tracy, John Boulton,
J. C. B.
Section 15.-Lyman Smith, G. Morford, Abram Cutler,
Benjamin Fowle, Caroline Smith, Jonas Bond, Simon
Jacobus.
Section 17.-Pontius Hooper, Tompkins C. Delavan,
L. B. Miller, Simon Jacobus, O. L. Church.
Section 18.-C. T. Delavan, R. W. Engle, A. M. Eagles,
John Blain, A. T. Dyers, Simon Jacobus.
Section 19.-Lucius Lyons, S. N. W. Benson, A. Kies,
T. Cowles, 0. Rankin, S. P. & A. Jermain.
Section 20.-Tompkins C. Delavan, Alonzo Kies, Mary
Miller, Ira Mumford.
Section 21.-A. Kies, S. Ray, S. P. & A. Jermain, E.
R. Howe, A. Mercer, J. Morford.
Section 22.-E. R. Howe, A. Mercer, J. Williams, B.
K. Wood, Simon Jacobus.
Section 23.-Seth Farewell, D. A. Wisner, C. Wisner,
Alfred Brown, Charles Fowle, Benjamin Fowle.
Section 24.-Joseph Burges, Benjamin Fowle, Levi
Woodward, Edmund Randolph, Isaac Lamb, Myron Russell, Robert McClelland.
Section 25. —Charles Stuck, Zachariah Van Duzar, Lot
Fulkerson, James Tilton, Sheldon W. Sharp, William Talbot, E. Burgess, Zera Ballard, W. P. Van Vechten, William W. Murphy, W. S. Landon.
Section 26.-John B. Putnam, Thomas Gilmore, Alfred
Brown, S. A. Whittaker, James Tilton, Salmon Sharp,
James H. Miller, Charles Butler.
Section 27.-George Bansill, George W. Jackson, Ira
B. Putnam, Alanson Jermain, Amos Strong, Seth Strong,
Charles Noble.
Section 28.-William Munroe, Levi Burditt, Ebenezer
G. Mills, Philo Mills.
Section 29.-Tompkins C. Delavan, Israel Buck, Ira
Mumford, John Jermain, Fernando Kies, Pratt & Grant.
Section 30.-Stephen N. Edmonds, S. P. & A. Jermain,
George Omans, Hewitt Dakin, John Jermain, Alanson
Jermain, C. Pratt, and C. L. & W. G. Grant.
Section 31.-G. C. Vanhorn, S. P. Jermain, Alanson
Jermain, S. B. Blackmar, Sarah Jermain.
Section 32.-Justis Vaughn, John Jermain, J. W.
Miller, Alfred Brown, Simon Jacobus.
Section 33.-Philo Mills, Foster St. John, Salmon Sharp,
Isaac Center, Henry Wilcox.
Section 34.-S. A. Whittaker, J. A. Center, H. N. Wilcox, Seth Strong, T. 0. Bargarrow, William J. Delavan.
Section 35.-Samuel Sharp, Samuel A. Whittaker, Asa

Eddy, B. C. Pierce, George W. Nicholas, Samuel Healey,
W. Stone.
Section 36.-Charles Stuck, Wm. G. Sprague, Zachariah