Isabella County
Histories, Biographies
&
Michigan Pioneer and Historical
Collections
Act of the
State Legislature Establishing Isabella County
Isabella County was formally organized on
February 11th, 1859
Portrait
and Biographical Album, Isabella County, Michigan
containing Portraits and Biographical
Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens
of the County.....
Chicago: Chapman Brothers,
1884, 590 pages
Sketches of County History
By Chas. Taylor, from the
North-Western Tribune, February through April of 1888
This is the transcribed version of the original newspaper articles, which follow
in scanned
versions.
The following are the scanned newspapers of the Sketches of County History.
Sketches
Concerning the Settlement of Isabella County, by Chas. Taylor
North-Western Tribune, February 24, 1888
Pioneer Days, The Disappointments and Hardships Endured by Settlers,
by Chas. Taylor
North-Western Tribune, March 9, 1888
Pioneer Days, The First Church Service Held in the County,
by Chas. Taylor
North-Western Tribune, March 16, 1888
Pioneer Days, Miscellaneous Notes Relating to Early Settlers, by
Chas. Taylor
North-Western Tribune, March 30, 1888
Obituary of Charles Taylor, North-Western Tribune, July 16, 1897
Faces and Places Familiar Mount Pleasant, 1906 by Charles J. Seeley and R. A. Miller, Mt. Pleasant: Courier Press, 1906
Past
and Present of Isabella County Michigan
by Isaac A. Fancher
Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen &
Company, 1911, 729 pages
Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860, George W. Hawes, Detroit: R. F. Raymond and Company
Sherman Township, Isabella County, History and Anecdotes
by Fred L. Kent from the North-Western Tribune 1888
From the Enterprise: History of Isabella County by Fred Delo, Sr.
The Autobiography of David Ward.
This privately-printed narrative, written by a self-made
millionaire for his descendants, provides a personal mirror of Michigan's
development during the nineteenth century. Born in 1822 in Essex County,
New York, Ward moved with his family in 1836 to a farm on the St. Clair River
near Newport, Michigan, and spent the next thirteen years working at a variety
of jobs while recovering from respiratory ailments. Trained by his father as a
surveyor, he used his skill to benefit himself and others, laying claims to the
best stands of Michigan pine as soon as they became available. By the late
1850s, he had run his own lumbering operation in Sumner township on the Pine
River (where he served as town supervisor), and set up residence in Saginaw with
his wife, Elizabeth Perkins Ward, and their children. In 1863, when his vigorous
prosecution of "log thieves" caused his children to be harassed, the family
moved to a farm at Orchard Lake (Oakland County), near Pontiac, and lived there
year-round until business responsibilities obliged them to winter in Detroit.
From this new base, Ward began lumbering on the Tobacco and Chippewa rivers and,
later, the Manistee. He expanded his forest holdings in Wisconsin as well as the
Upper Peninsula and served for two years as president of the First National Bank
of Pontiac. During the 1870s and 1880s, Ward traveled extensively, describing
his impressions of West Coast forests, and journeying to the Southern
Appalachian region where he purchased land containing forests and coal and iron
deposits. He also purchased extensive stands of California redwood. In his later
years, he continued to make trips into the woods and actively supervised such
operations as grading railroad beds for lumber transport. Throughout his career,
Ward had to contend with sharp business practices and unscrupulous
associates--some within his family. It seems that he wrote this autobiography in
part as a warning and as a compendium of good advice.
Michigan
Pioneer and Historical Collections for Isabella County and the State of Michigan
Multiple article related to Isabella County History, Michigan History and the
Saginaw Valley, from the Michigan Pioneer and Historical publications.
Auxilary to the Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps Roster
WABUNO Post No.
56 Isabella County, Michigan
From the records at the Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan
University of Ella Viola Powers, Papers, 1874-1969.
List of the members of the post and their activities.
Isabella County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, early membership lists, 1912 - 1923
Miscellaneous News and Notes from
Isabella County Papers
The Enterprise -
Cass Mosher, Louis Stearns
The Enterprise - listing of WWI fatalities and soldiers from Isabella County
The Enterprise - First Train
From the Enterprise:
By
Mrs. Zelina Coszatt
From the Enterprise:
REV. ROBERT SHELDON
Written by Father Sheldon’s daughter; Mrs. Frank Butler
Eastland, Maryland
Jan. 25, 1922
From the Enterprise:
Enterprise Clippings by Lafayette P. Deming
From the Enterprise:
Wednesday, February 9, 1881
From the Enterprise:
Friday, March 17, 1922
Sketches of Isabella County early history compiled by
Charles Taylor (deceased) of Chippewa Township and first published in 1888; the
writer tells of his own experiences as a pioneer.
From the Enterprise:
Enterprise Clipping By Mrs. Martha Cullimore
From the Enterprise:
April 18, 1924
The story of the Adelbert Merrill family.
From the Enterprise: Adelbert A. Lance's Story
From the Enterprise: Enterprise Clippings by Vianna (Harper) Carr
From the Enterprise: Charlotte Sophia Sheldon
From the Enterprise:
Charles Sheldon
Vol. 9, no. 24, of Isabella County Enterprise,
August 1874.
ISABELLA
COUNTY ENTERPRISE
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN - FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1897
ISABELLA
COUNTY ENTERPRISE
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN - FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1897
VOL. XXXILL NUMBER
18
ISABELLA
COUNTY ENTERPRISE
VOL. XXXIIL MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN FRI., MAY 28, 1897
NORTH-WESTERN
TRIBUNE, VOL 13, NO. 6
MT. PLEASANT MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1891
E.
S. BOWEN & SON, EDITORS
NORTH-WESTERN
TRIBUNE
VOL. 13 MT. PLEASANT, MI - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1891
E. S. BOWEN, Editor
VERNON TWP,
ISABELLA COUNTY, MI
Historical News and Notes
[Information given by Mr. James C. WALSH, twp, Supervisor - October 25, 1941]
History of the Isabella County Sheriff's Office
Roses
for the Living
Biographical series from the
Weidman Messenger, circa 1939, written by R. E. Roe.
The series highlighted the
lives of prominent people in Weidman, Isabella County,
Michigan and the surrounding
area.
Weidman Boys Who Have Done
Good - from the Weidman Messenger
Hervey
A. Beutler,
Gerald
Bywater, George
Smith, Frank
Smith
Weidman Girls Who Have Done
Good - from the Weidman Messenger
Lucille Wiley
History
of Weidman
Rev.
J.B. McGinnis
George
Middlesworth
John
Otterbine
History of Beal City
Rev.
Father Alexander Zugelder, Part I
Part II
Priest's
House
Neighboring County Histories, Biographies and Statisticals
Gratiot
County, Michigan, Historical, Biographical, Statistical
by Willard D. Tucker
Saginaw, Michigan: Press of
Seeman and Peters, 1913
Portrait
and Biographic Album, Gratiot County, Michigan containing
Portraits
and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens
of
the County.........
Chicago: Chapman Brothers,
1884
Portrait
and Biographic Album, Mecosta County, Michigan containing Portraits
and
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County.....
Chicago: Chapman Brothers,
1883
Portrait
and Biographic Album, Midland County, Michigan containing Portraits
and
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the
County........
Chicago: Chapman Brothers,
1884
Portrait
and Biographic Album, Northern Michigan, containing Portraits and
Biographical
Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Area.......
Chicago: Chapman Brothers,
1895
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