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Excerpt from Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Mich It was not until the Slst of December, 1836, that Lenawee County became fully organized by act of the Legislative Council. The seat of justice was then established On the northwest quarter of section numbered thirty-four, in township five south, range four east, in said County of Lenawee, on lands owned by Messrs. Wing, Evans and Brown, agreeably to the plan of a town or village (tecumseh), situ ated on the said northwest quarter section, and recorded in the Regis ter's office in the county of Monroe the twenty-sixth day of June, By this act the inhabitants of Lenawee County were entitled to all the rights and privileges to which, by law, the inhabitants of the other counties of the Territory are entitled. Gen. Joseph W. Brown was the first judge of the county, and the original plat of the village (now city) of Niles was recorded in the first volume of the registry of deeds of Lenawee County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In 1822, Gov. Lewis Cass defined the boundaries of six counties, including Lenawee. The Pottawattamies inhabited Lenawee County before settlers, many of Quaker descent, migrated from eastern states, predominantly New York. Abundant forests, prairies, hills, lakes, and streams surrounded by uncultivated fruit, berries, nuts, and wild game had enabled the county to lead the state in agricultural and industrial wealth by 1900. This early success is also partially owed to the establishment of the Grange by George B. Horton in 1873. Lenawee led the state with 34 Granges and more than 3,500 members by the turn of the century. Adrian would become known as the fence capital of the world, while Tecumseh was referred to as the celery capital. Michigan's first cheese factories began in Fairfield Township in 1866, with Samuel Horton creating a new form of soft cheese. Recognition of the historical significance of this area is shown throughout the region today with landmarks that pay tribute to the pioneers.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...to Miss Lusanah Richardson, of Cummington, Mass. After his marriage he made Cummington his home until 1818, and raised a family of eight children, of which Dr. I. S. Hamilton, now the only survivor, was the youngest. In 1818 he moved with his family to Perinton, Monroe county, N. Y., and purchased a farm. He lived there until his death, in 1828. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The mother, Lusanah Hamilton, died in Medina, this county, in 1843. When Increase S. Hamilton was fourteen years old he was thrown entirely upon his own resources, and learned the carpenter, s trade, which he followed for several years. At the age of sixteen he commenced a course of study, with a definite idea of first getting an education, and subsequently choosing a profession. He worked at his trade during the summer months, and went to school and tanght school until he was twenty-two, and in September, 1830, he went to Painesville, Ohio, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. James Willard, and regarded him as his private preceptor for three years, although he spent considerable of the time during the years 1832-3, in Pennsylvania, teaching school. In the fall of 1833 he entered Fairfield Medical College, at Fairfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., and graduated in March, 1835. Previous to going to College the Doctor studied Latin and Greek for nearly three years under a tutor, and was a proficient scholar. May 28, 1835, Dr. Hamilton landed in Detroit. On the following morning he started for Adrian, and after a two days, walk he arrived at the residence of his brother-in-law, Wanton Graham, who lived five miles south of Adrian. During the following month he prospected through Lenawee, Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun and Hillsdale counties, with the idea of..