Aratus Smith continued President until 1865, when Joseph C. High was appointed. Mr. High was elected in 1866, and held the office until 1868, when R. H. Jenks was elected. The Secretaries of the company were Robert Irwin, elected in 1863; W. B. Bartlett, 1870; Watson W. Lyons, elected in 1874; holds the position at present.

The Directors have been:

1864-J. C. High, C. S. King, Amos N. Freeman, Charles McMullan, Loren Andrus. 1865--Same officers.

1866-H. H. Cady, R. H. Jenks, Charles Andrews, William A. Parsons, L. S. King, A. W. Clark.

1867-H. H. Cady, C. S. King, W. A. Parsons, George H. Stuart.

1868-Michael Plant, Silas Hart, E. W. True, Samuel Jones, Mason Cole.

1869-Officers re-elected.

1870 David Weeks, S. Jones, M. Plant, Henry Fries, S. S. Hart, James Durfee. 1871-Albert Sperry, D. S. Priest.

1872-David Weeks, C. D. Crittenden.

1873 G. Schuchard, M. Plant.

1874--D. S. Priest, John M. Hart.

1875--P. D. Smith, C. S. King.

1876-M. Plant, G. Schuchard.
1877-D. S. Priest Myron Kinyon.
1878-C. S. King, George H. Cannon.
1879-Gustave Suchard, M. Plant.
1880 D. S. Priest, Myron Kenyon.

1881-L. M. Sperry, Stephen B. Cannon.

The following table points out the progress made since 1869. The statistics for the previous years are not given, but it may be said that the same ratio of advance marked the transactions of the company from 1863 to 1868:

Agricultural statistics will be found in the chapter of county finances and statistics.

THE SHEEP-SHEARERS' ASSOCIATION.

This society was organized a few years ago. Its second annual meeting was held May 2, 1882, in the large building at the Fearnaught Driving Park, Romeo. Owing to the extreme coolness of the weather, two or three, at least, of our sheep men, declined to shear their sheep after their arrival on the grounds. Notwithstanding this and other drawbacks, the exhibition in point of attendance, and in quality of stock exhibited, was the finest ever held in this part of the State. There were many exhibitors, although all did not have

their sheep sheared. There were nineteen shearers engaged the greater part of the day, seven of whom competed for the prize. Outside of the building, the agricultural men had everything their own way and exhibited their improvements to large crowds of interested people. Among the visitors from abroad were Editor Gibbon of the Michigan Farmer; Butterfield, of the Post and Tribune; J. M. Norton and J. Van Hoosen, of Avon, T. M. Wycoff, of the Pontiac Gazette; J. Evarts Smith, of Ypsilanti, a noted breeder of merino sheep

A citizens' purse of $10 was competed for by the shearers with the following result: First prize, Corneel Lewis, $4; second prize, David Tucker, $3; third prize, E. F. Thomas, $2; fourth prize, Levi W. Cole, $1.

The whole number of sheep exhibited was ninety-three. The following is the tabulated statement of the result of the shearing:

Mr. John C. Thompson, of Romeo, exhibitea a fleece shorn a day or two before the exhibition, from a two-year-old ram, which weighed thirty-one and three-fourths pounds.

CHAPTER XXVII.

NECROLOGY.

In the chapter devoted to township history and biography, reference is made to the pioneers and old settlers of Macomb who are gone to the land beyond the grave. To insure

a more precise notice, their names are grouped under this heading, and, in a great number of instances, a brief sketch is given, while in other cases, the name of the pioneer is merely subscribed. From the records of the Pioneer Society, it is learned that the necrology of the pioneers comprises the following names:

Christian Clemens, Augustus Richards, Ashael Bailey, William Abbot. Nathaniel Bennett, N. T. Taylor, Isaac Thompson, James Thompson, George Smith, Reuben R. Smith, John Smith, Aratus Smith, Isaac Powell, Abram Powell, George Powell, Joseph Sikes, Jonas Crissman, John Proctor, Josiah Hamlin, Norman Perry, Hosea Northrup, Darius Sessions, Seaman Fillmore, Alva Sibley, A. Draper, Charles Davis, A. Pettibone, Solomon Dewey, Solomon Lathrop, Nathan Adams, Horace Heath, Michael Devine, Samuel Snover, Silas Scott, Silas Hayden, Nathan Nye, Jefferson Nye, Albert Nye, Heman Nye, John Garvin, Prescott B. Thurston, Aaron B. Rawles, Thomas Eldred, Gooding, Goodyear, Azariah Prentiss, John Townsend, William Baker, James Sharpstien, John Stranahan, Crippen, Alexander Tackles. John Taylor, Joseph Chubb, John Crawford, Charles Fowler, Elder Warren, George Bowerman, Z. Hayden, Russell Day, Daniel Day, Nathan Dickinson, Carlton Newbury, Rev. Taylor, Dr. Neil Gray, B. Freeman, Sr., Osni Miller, G. Powell, Sr., Wood, Sumner Pierce, Colatinus Day, Deloss Conklin, John Armstrong, Myron Armstrong, Whitbeck, Minot T. Lane, -- Bishop, Sr., Cyrus Hopkins, Chauncey Throop, George Throop, Nathan Keeler, Squire Parmellee, Henry Collins, Gould, William Alleu, Howard, Isaac Taft, Elisha Smith, John Soule, Clinton Soule, Squire Lawrence, Hiram Hopkins, Roswell Webster, Albert Finch, Ezra Finch, Sylvester Finch, James Leslie, Benjamin Leslie, Gideon Gates, Sewell Hovey, A. Sterling, Noah Cooley, Benjamin Cooley, George Brabb, Isaac Brabb, Marvel Shaw, James Thorington, Cusick, James Hosner, Aden Taft, Deusing, John Holland, Wilbur, Stitt, Ed Arnold, Joel Turrell, Philip Price, Henry Price, John Price, Peter Price, Noah Webster, Benjamin Freeman, Moses Freeman, William Hall, Carpus Redway, Andrew Southerland, David Southerland, Charles Chamberlain, Joseph Peters, Asa Curtis, Parker Adams, Asa Palmer, Asa Holman, Levi Holman, Nathaniel Cole, Charles Marble, Henry Lee, Deacon Goodell, Williard Church, Wiley Bancroft, Ira Phillips, George Chamberlain, Chamberlain, James Starkweather, Job Howell, Albert Edget, Peter Edget, Iddo Warner, Sylvester Warner, Edmund Stewart, Peter Woodbeck, Joseph Donaldson, James Donaldson, David Donaldson, Rev. Andrews, Peter Aldrich, Fred Aldrich, Ira Aldrich, Darius Finch, Tobias Finch, Melanchton Chamberlin, Chauncey Chamberlin, Albert Aldrich, Elijah Burke, Norman Burch, Allen Frost, John Hall, William A. Burt, Deacon Calkins, Ben McGregor, Ben Crissman, Lazarus Green, Burchard Throop, George Wilson, Otis Lamb, and Messrs. Haines and Moyers.

In the followins list, a large number of the deceased old settlers of Macomb are treated biographically, and the list brought down to the present time:

Reuben R. Smith, of Ray Township, died April 27, 1866, aged sixty-nine years.

Mrs. Mary Matthews died May 5, 1866, aged seventy-one years.

Mrs. Mercy A. Giddings died November 22, 1866, aged fifty-two years.

Stephen Giles, of Ray, died suddenly March 18, 1867.

Dr. Benjamin C. Sutherland died at his home in Ray Township, January 31, 1867, in the fifty-seventh year of his age. He was born in Rutland County, Vt., June, 1810. He studied medicine at Lewiston, N. Y., came to Michigan in 1836, and settled near Romeo. George Chandler died at Romeo February 18, 1867, aged sixty-six years. He located

there in 1845.

Asa, Curtiss, of Armada, died of apoplexy, at Romeo, March 15, 1867.

Mrs. Matilda Ward, wife of Andrew Ward, of Armada, died suddenly March 19, 1867.

Chauncey H. Whitney, Secretary of the County Agricultural Society, died at Utica April 21, aged fifty-five years.

Joshua Smith died at Almont July 29, 1867, aged eighty years.

James Benjamin fell forty feet from the staging of a church at Dryden, Lapeer County, and was instantly killed, September 12, 1867.

E. L. Stone, of Washington Township, died November 7, 1867.

Wesley Willey, of Ray. died suddenly January 25, 1868.

Mrs. Hugh Norton died in Macomb Township February 14, 1868.

Joseph Moyres died in Washington Township in April, 1866.

Mrs. Elijah Thorington died suddenly March 21, 1868.

Mrs. Sarah Beekman died March 31, 1868, aged seventy-five years.

She

Eli Mussey, father of Dexter Mussey, died August 18, 1868, aged eighty-eight years. Mrs. Sarah Harvey died suddenly September 19, 1868, aged sixty-eight years. was born at Morristown, N. J.

William Chandler, formerly of Romeo, was accidentally killed at Cleveland, Ohio, October 10, 1868.

Mrs. James Starkweather was killed a few miles north of Baltimore, Md., November 16, 1868, by being run over by the cars. She was born at Clarkson, N. Y., July 14, 1807,

and came to Michigan in June, 1825.

Dr. Neil Gray died December 14, 1868. land, in 1802, and, thirty years later located the Gray farm in Macomb County.

He was born at Kenwilligg, Ayrshire, Scot

Dr. Reuben Nims died at his home in Washington Township February 2, 1869, in his seventy-fifth year. He was born in Berkshire County, Mass.

Gurdon Hovey died at Romeo June 11, 1870. It is stated that he was a centenarian. Mrs. Celia Van Atter died at the home of A. M. Leach, Romeo, December 13, 1870, aged seventy-five years.

Mrs. Emma Lathrop, of Armada, died March 21, 1871, aged seventy-five years.
Luther Farrar died March 12, 1870.

She

Mrs. Clarissa Goff died in Shelby, Mich., April 8, 1871, aged eighty-one years. was the wife of Harvey Goff, and daughter of Squire Goff, the first Baptist preacher who settled at Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y. She was born near Hartford, Conn. William M. Connor, a soldier of the United States in the late war, died at Mt. Clemens May 14, 1871.

Neil Gray, son of Dr. Neil Gray, died at Romeo June 10, 1871.

Mrs. Lemrock Bailey died August 7, 1871, at Union, Canada West.

ette Curson, she was favorably known to old settlers.

As Miss Mary

Mrs. Eliza Carpenter, aged sixty-one years, died tragically August 25, 1871.
Manly Thurston met a tragic death in 1870.

Aaron B. Rawles, one of the pioneers of Romeo, and one of its most prominent citi

zens, died April 4, 1872. He was born at Albany, N. Y., in 1812, and came to Detroit in 1832, and to Romeo in 1834.

Mrs. Levi D. Chamberlain died at Romeo June 27, 1872. She was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., June 15, 1793. In 1813, she was married to Levi D. Chamberlain.

Charles Peltier, aged seventy-eight years, died at Mt. Clemens June 27, 1872. He served with the Irish and French under Richard Smythe in the war of 1812, and settled at Mt. Clemens in 1814.

Mrs. Fannie Baldwin was born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1794; married Nehemiah Baldwin, who died in 1832; came to Michigan with her daughter, Mrs. Jeremiah Ayres, in 1841, and died at Romeo August 24, 1872.

Dr. J. E. Davis was born in Shelby Township in 1825; settled in Macomb Township as a practicing physician about forty years ago, and died there August 23, 1872.

Mrs. Lydia Adams Buzzell died at the house of her son, Martin Buzzell, November 10, 1872, aged eighty-seven years. The lady was born in 1787, being the first white child born in the town of St. Johnsbury, Vt. She came to Romeo in 1831.

Jeremiah Curtiss died in Shelby Township November 3, 1872, aged eighty years. He was born near Albany, N. Y., August 2, 1793; served in the war of 1812; married Mercy Ewell June 10, 1817; moved West in 1832 and settled in Shelby, where he lived continuously until his death.

years.

Aaron Stone died in Washington Township November 28, 1872, aged eighty-two He settled in Washington Township in 1820, and dwelt there until his decease. Isaac Monfore died April 28, 1871, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, at his resi dence in the village of Disco.

Mrs. Suel Hovey, formerly Lucinda Holmes, was born at Derby, Vt., October 13, 1798; married Suel Hovey in January, 1818, and, coming with her husband and family to Michigan in May, 1826, settled in Macomb County in June of that year. She died August 31, 1877.

George Hovey, born in Genesee County, N. Y., in 1819, came to Michigan about 1829; was married in 1843, and deceased November 25, 1879. His death was sudden. Having left for the timber lands of Nathan Eldred, for the purpose of chopping logs, at an early hour, and not returning, his daughters induced some neighbors to go in search of him. Those searchers found him in the woods dead.

Mrs. Ruth Thurston, wife of B. H. Thurston, died March 1, 1873. She was born in Madison, N. Y., in 1814.

Suel Hovey, born at Lebanon, N. H., March 9, 1875, died at his residence, one mile north of Romeo, March 2, 1873. The deceased moved westward in advance of the civilizers, and was from his boyhood a pioneer. After the war of 1812, he became acquainted with Lucinda Holmes, and married her January 25, 1818.

John Wesley Shaw, born in Canada October 3, 1839, died at Romeo March 3, 1873. He was married to Maggie Overton April 17, 1867.

Miss Sophia Chamberlin, formerly of Romeo, died in Alabama December 2, 1872. James Starkweather was born October 26, 1801, at Norwich, Conn. He came to Michigan in September, 1824, and settled in the township of Washington; moved into Bruce in 1826, and to Romeo in 1872, where he died February 10, 1873.

Hannah Miller, wife of Daniel Miller, died March 8, 1873. Her maiden name was Phillips. She was born at Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 9, 1811. In 1833, she married Nicholas Wheeler, and with him moved to Chicago, Ill. He dying in 1841 left her at liberty to marry Daniel Miller, October 9, 1843, with whom she came to Macomb County.

William P. Washer, father of George Washer, died suddenly April 25, 1873. The deceased was born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1801.