History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers.

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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

I

The petition was presented to the Board of Supervisors,
and at a meeting held Oct. 15, 1857, an order of incorporation was entered, and John Swegles, Charles Kipp, and
Alonzo Plumstead appointed inspectors of an election to
be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1858, at Hicks'
Hotel, in the village of St. Johns.
The election was accordingly held on the 2d of March,
as provided. The officers elected on that occasion were:
President, William H. Moote; Clerk, John Ransom; Treasurer, Alonzo Plumstead; Trustees, John Swegles, George
W. Stephenson, David Sturgis, George W. Emmons, William W. Flagler, and William L. Hicks; Assessors, Marvin
E. Palmer, Ransom Plumstead; Street Commissioners, S.
T. Hayward, Spencer W. Gibbs, John B. Lucas; Marshal,
George W. Estes; Poundmaster, Charles 0. Stiles.
At the fourth meeting of the board of trustees, April
17, 1858, by-laws and ordinances were adopted, and at the
meeting of April 24th the street commissioners were authorized to contract with Marvin E. Palmer for the grading
and filling of Clinton Avenue, at sixteen cents per yard.
Following is a list of the persons chosen annually to the
chief village offices of St. Johns from 1859 to 1880:
1859.-President, W. W. Flagler; Clerk, John Ransom;
Treasurer, George W. Estes; Trustees, Ransom
Plumstead, Archelaus Silsbee, James W. Hungerford, W. L. Hicks, George W. Stephenson,
George W. Emmons.
1860.-President, Marvin E. Palmer; Clerk, R. V. Briggs;
Treasurer, Ransom Plumstead; Trustees, George
W. Stephenson, S. T. Hayward, John Hicks,
George W. Emmons, Charles Plumstead, William H. Moote.
1861.-President, William L. Hicks; Clerk, George F.
Mead; Treasurer, Hiram C. Hodge; Trustees,
W. W. Brainard, George W. Emmons, Jacob
Brown, Louis W. Fasquelle, Marvin E. Palmer,
Henry W. Walton.
1862.-President, R. M. Steel; Clerk, George F. Mead;
Treasurer, Hiram C. Hodge; Trustees, M. E.
Palmer, Jacob Brown, Charles Plumstead, L.
W. Fasquelle, George W. Emmons, Joab
Baker.
1863.-President, G. W. Stephenson; Clerk, George F.
Mead; Treasurer, Ransom Plumstead; Trustees,
M. E. Palmer, John Hicks, J. W. Paine,
Thomas S. Congdon, George Worden, Celestin
Loranger.
1864.-President, Alonzo Plumstead; Clerk, Charles
Plumstead; Treasurer, Alpheus F. Cowell;
Trustees, John H. Corbit, Thomas J. Uric, A.
G. Higham, Spencer W. Gibbs, Mina Boyd,
John Hicks.
1865.-President, Alonzo Plumstead; Clerk, Charles
Plumstead; Treasurer, Jacob Brown; Trustees,
William L. Hicks, Theodore W. Ferry, Archelaus Silsbee, Andrew J. Wiggins, Frederick
Wilkinson, George Worden.
1866.-President, Robert McFarlan; Clerk, L. G. N. Ran

dolph; Treasurer, Samuel S. Walker; Trustees,
A. H. Walker, E. D. Tripp, William W. Brain

ard, William Sickels, Henry M. Perrin, James
W. Reid.
1867. — President,* Thomas J. Urie; Clerk, E. D. Tripp;
Treasurer, George W. Stephenson; Trustees
(one year), Joseph H. Ingalls, Paul De Witt,
L. Z. Munger (for two years), John Hicks,
Thomas S. Congdon, William S. Decker.
1868.-President, H. M. Perrin; Clerk, E. D. Tripp;
Treasurer, P. L. Vancousant; Trustees, Henry
Walbridge, George W. Emmons, John C. Dayton.
1869.-President, Alvah H. Walker; Clerk, G. W. Wells;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, Robert
McFarlan, Stephen J. Wright, Harvey W. Carrington.
1870.-President, A. 1. Walker; Clerk, George A.
Wells; Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees,
Richard Moore, John H. Corbit, John C. Dayton.
1871.-President, A. H. Walker; Clerk, George A. Wells;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, H. M.
Lamphere, Henry S. Hilton, Charles Fowler.
1872.-President, James Kipp; Clerk, George A. Wells;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, L. C.
Kellogg, Warner Bunday, Asher Teachout.
1873.-President, 0. W. Barker; Clerk, George A. Wells;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, Charles
Fowler, A. J. Nelson, John D. Henderson, Jr.
1874.-President, Samuel S. Walker; Clerk, George A.
Wells; Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees,
Thomas Padley, Warner Bunday, Harvey W.
Carrington.
1875.-President, Samuel S. Walker; Clerk, James H.
Collins; Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees,
Charles Fowler, John D. Henderson, John M.
Easton.
1876.-President, Samuel S. Walker; Clerk, James H.
Collins; Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees,
Isaac Hclton, Gilbert L. Goodyear, William
H. Hoffman.
1877.-President, D. S. French; Clerk, James H. Collins;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, John
D. Henderson, Charles H. Eaton, E. L. Nichols.
1878.-President, D. S. French; Clerk, James H. Collins;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, P. K.
Perrin, H. H. Hawley, Henry Fildew, Jr.
1879.-President, D. S. French; Clerk, J. H. Collins;
Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees, J. D.
Henderson, E. L. Nichols, Charles H. Eaton.
1880.-President, Charles Fowler; Clerk, James H. Collins; Treasurer, Charles E. Grisson; Trustees,
A. L. Butler, Warner Bunday, Robert Young.
The votes cast at the first village election in 1858 numbered one hundred and sixty-six; the number polled at the
election in 1880 reached five hundred and thirty-nine.
The Legislative act of incorporation, passed March 2,

1867, described the village territory as including the whole
of sections 9 and 16, the east half of section 17, the south

* Reincorporated by act of Legislature.