way Commissioner in 1875. He was married, in 1838, to Elvira Crosier, daughter of Samuel and Rhoda Orvis Crosier, natives of Halifax, Vermont, to whom eight children were born. He was married a second time, May 10, 1860, to Elizabeth C., daughter of Frederick and Sarah A. Higgins Van Fleet, to whom four children were born. His family belongs to the M. E. Church, of which Mr. Harwood was local preacher for a quarter of a century.

HENRY HENDRICKX was born in the Province of Limburg, Holland; his parents Mr. Hendrickx were natives of North Brabant; father died in 1871; the mother in 1852. was educated in colleges in Belgium and Holland; after his father's death, he, with two brothers, came to the United States in 1872; continued studies at Cincinnati, and at Westmoreland County, Penn.; settled in Warren Township, where he established a large grocery house. In 1874, Mr. Hendrickx married Miss Gertrude Raltz, daughter of John Joseph Raltz, a native of Germany and a farmer of Warren; they are the parents of five children.

REV. W. J. V. HENDRICKX descended from the Hendrickx and Sassen families of Holland, was born August 13, 1843; at the age of eleven, he was sent to the C. B. College of Ruwenerg, North Brabant, Holland; in 1856, he matriculated at St. Michael's Seminary, near Bois Le Duc, where he was educated for the priesthood; during six years, he studied Latin, Greek, French, Dutch and German languages; in 1862, he entered his two-years study of philosophy, and in 1864 began the study of theology at Roermond, Province of Limburg; there he was ordained priest by Bishop Paredis, March 28, 1868. July 3 of that year, he left his native country for the United States, and arrived here July 19, 1868; he was welcomed by the late Bishop Lefevre, who appointed him assistant to Rev. Van Den Dreische, at Connor's Creek; there he labored until appointed Pastor of St. Clemens Parish, of Center Line, January 27, 1869; in 1880, May 1, the foundation of the beautiful St. Clemens Church was laid, and finished and dedicated by Bishop Borgey on November 6, 1881; the church cost about $16,000, which sum has been paid already. It may be said with truth that this priest loves his people; and they return his love unmeasured.

ALMON D. JENNEY, son of Ebenezer, of New Hampshire, was born in Addison County, Vt., September 25, 1816; came to Macomb County in 1836; taught school at Stony Creek in 1836 and 1837; in the neighborhood of Utica and Romeo for five or six winters, and entered his farm in 1838, three miles south of Utica, on which he located in 1841; in 1850, went to Oakland, where he remained till 1852, when he located on Section 3, Warren Township; he was Justice of the Peace for fifteen years; has been Notary Public for many years past; Commissioner of Highways for three years, and is a member of the Masonic order; married, July 1, 1841, Miss Zadia N. Haff, a native of Rensselaer County, N. Y.; were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living.

ROYAL A. JENNEY, son of Almon D. Jenney, formerly of Vermont, was born in Sterling, Macomb County, June 27, 1845; enlisted in Company D, Twenty second Michigan Volunteer Infantry, in 1865; he taught school in Wayne County and Macomb County for seven years; in 1870, he entered the employ of the Union Iron Company of Detroit, and the same year purchased an interest in the concern; he is now Assistant Secretary of the company; superintends the manufacture of charcoal, and is one of the managers of the firm. He was married, in December, 1871, to Miss C. Hoxsey, daughter of Edward Hoxsey; their children are Edith, Estelle, Pearl and Lee. Mr. Jenney was Township Clerk for one year, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Utica.

PAUL LEFEVRE, P. O. Center Line, son of John and Amelia (Vandamme) Lefevre, was born in Passchendaele, Belgium; was educated in the township schools until 1863, when he entered the college of Trelinghien; in 1864, he entered the high school at Zoun

Tewksbury, 1878; Robert Warner, 1879; Mason Cole, 1880; Bela R. Davis, 1881; Helm Hazleton, 1881.

In 1882, W. W. Lyons, Democrat, was elected Supervisor; the remainder of the ticket is Republican: Supervisor, W. W. Lyons, Democrat, 142; A. Hazelton, Republican, 129; Democratic majority, 13. Clerk, M. W. Davis, Republican, 179; William Dove, Democrat, 85; Republican majority, 94. Treasurer, J. Gass, Republican, 151; W. T. Switzer, Democrat, 122; Republican majority, 29.

ECCENTRICITIES OF THE TOWN BOARD.

The vote of the township on the question of State government, taken October 3, 1832, was thirty-three for and two against.

The survey of the Armada & St. Clair Plank Road was made in April, 1853.

In 1860, the Town Board granted a bounty of 25 cents on every crow killed within the township. Under this rule, one Orrin Gass received in one payment no less than $5.25; Orsamus Lathrop, $1.25; George Rowley, $1; D. Sutherland, 50 cents; and Munson E. Lyons, 75 cents. Ray Township escaped the bonus of a railroad tax.

TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

The first Teachers' Educational Association organized in the county was that in 1847, Prof. Nutin Ray Township. Dr. Philo Tillson was President; Mason Cole, Secretary. ting delivered the inaugural address. The first meeting was held in the Baptist Church, Ray Center. At the second meeting, held the same winter, in the Congregational Church, Romeo, Peter Moyers, a native of Washington Township, and a graduate from Oberlin College, addressed the teachers. The association existed for five years, when it merged

into the Teachers' Institute.

THE PATRIOT WAR.

The Canadian patriots claimed the sympathy of the early settlers of Ray. So intense was the feeling of the Americans, that Great Britain was about to declare war against the United States. The people of Ray were among those prepared to treat Great Britain to another Yorktown. Weekly drill was held for six weeks under Capt. Willey, of Mt. Clemens. The Ray company was present at the review held at Mt. Clemens May 12, 1838.

THE CRAWFORD SCHOOL.

The schoolhouse of the Crawford settlement was located almost on the line of Ray and Macomb. It was built in 1839. Among the early teachers were: Mary E. Garvin, Sarah O. Garvin, Mr. Thurston, in 1844-45. In 1846, Mason Cole took charge of the school. He says, speaking of the school of that time: "It was the most interesting school that was ever in Ray, because the material composing the school was probably superior to what was there before, and what has been there since." In 1846-47, algebra was introduced into the school at Crawford, being its first introduction into the district schools of Macomb County. Among the pupils were the Crawford brothers, Henry Castle, the Misses Wycoff, the Misses Hall, Jones, Charles and Lorenzo Culver, the Misses Woodard, R. Wycoff.

SCHOOLS IM 1881-82.

The School Directors for 1881-82 were: George W. Garvin, Amos Van Horn, George Bottomley, John J. Hartway, Oscar Chamberlin, Elijah Costar, Joseph A. McInnes and Harrison Stone, presiding over Districts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and Fractional Districts 2, 8 and 15, respectively. The number of children of school age in the township in September, 1881, was 429. There are eight frame school buildings valued at $3,250. The total expenditure of the town on account of schools during the year ending September, 1881,