Herriman, of Wayne Co., N. Y., June 7, 1835; she was born May 8, 1817. Mr. M. received a common-school education in England and was adapted to most any position in rural districts; was Commissioner of Highways for several terms, and School Director; the latter has always been his pride; he took an active interest in politics, being a stanch Democrat, and when he passed away every one who knew him lamented his loss; the minister who fficiated at his funeral said: "Never has it been my privilege to see such a triumphant death as was his; he was one of the happiest of men; the last word to his family was 'It is all satisfactory."" His funeral was the largest one ever known in this district; the funeral services were conducted by Rev. John Armstrong. The names and ages of

his family are as follows: Ford Lee Milton, born April 11, 1836; Obed Arnold, September 24, 1837; Charlotte Ann, February 13, 1839; Gaylord Donaldson, December 2, 1849; Mirthy Treasure, April 29, 1862.

WARREN PARKER, son of Joshua C. Parker, born in Putney, Vt., January 9, 1806, was born in Greig, Lewis Co., N. Y., November 15, 1829. Joshua C. and family came to Michigan in 1833, and settled in the township of Chesterfield; bought his land from the Governinent, the same being the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 18. At that period, the Indians dwelt on the lake shore, three or four miles distant, while wolves, bears and deer were plenty round the neighborhood. Mr. Parker, Sr., died July

24, 1860. Warren was married to Miss Adeline Snover, December 3, 1851, to whom one Ichild was born. This lady died November 6, 1861. He married Miss Mary A., daughter of William Carpenter, November 9, 1865, to whom two sons-George and William-were born. Mrs. Mary A. Parker died October 3, 1871. October 22, 1872, he married Helen Carpenter, sister of his second wife, of whom two children were born-Warren and Joshua C., the first deceased. Mr. Parker has filled the offices of Highway Commissioner, School Inspector, Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and was elected Representative of the Legislature in 1878 and again in 1880. The family in America dates back to the first settlement of Connecticut, when five brothers came from England; three settled in New England and two in Virginia. The great-grandfather of Warren Parker was the son of Ebe nezer Parker, and named Joshua, born in Boston June 5, 1720. The son of Joshua was Samuel D., born April 24, 1763, and his son was Joshua C., father of Warren, and a pioneer of Chesterfield.

WILLIAM RANDALL, born at Benton, Yates Co., N. Y., May 24, 1821; was educated in Ontario County, N. Y., and traveled West in 1840, locating in Illinois; in 1851, he arrived at Mt. Clemens and the year after settled in New Baltimore; he was engaged there as a photographic artist for a short time. During four years, he has been manager of the McElroy Mill and manager for Perkins & Son for three years. He married Miss M. M. Dean, of Winnebago County, March 27, 1851; they are the parents of five children Cornelia M., born September 8, 1857; Winfield E., March 4, 1861; Caroline C., June 26, 1865; James W., April 4, 1868, and Arthur E., April 10, 1870.

JACOB REHFUSS was born in Germany November 30, 1828; came to Philadelphia in 1852, where he engaged in shoemaking for one year; he settled in New Baltimore in 1853. He married Christiana Scott, of Philadelphia, in 1859, by whom he has five children-two boys and three girls. He has carried on business in New Baltimore for twenty years.

A. D. RICE, P. O. Milton, dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, etc., was born in Madison County, N. Y., in 1836; came to Michigan with his parents the same year; entered the army at the outbreak of the rebellion, participating in its conflicts till its close, accompanying Gen. Sherman on his grand march to the sea; then returned and settled on the old homestead in Macomb Township. Mr. Rice resided on the farm until he established the business above referred to in October, 1880. His marriage with Miss

Cleanthe Storm took place, April 2, 1867; they are the parents of four children-Rollie E., born January 14, 1868; Hila Mable, June 29, 1870; Winfield S., June 18, 1873, and Alford, November 20, 1881.

CAPT. PAUL RIVARD, born in Chesterfield September 24, 1847; received a common-school education there; in 1861, he took to the lakes, shipping before the mast, and, in 1867, he was promoted to the office of first mate, which position he held until 1870, when he was appointed Captain, which office he holds at the present time. He was married in 1873, and has three children.

M. M. SANDERS, manager of the Hatheway planing mill and sash, door and blind factory, was born at Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., in 1822; he is an engineer by profession, having served under Johnson, of Geneva, and followed that trade for a number of years, until he accepted the management of the New Baltimore Planing Mill, etc. He was mar

ried to Miss Elizabeth Hess, of Waterloo; to them was born one child, now aged thirtytwo years.

C. SCHLOSSER, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, who purchased the store and the business established by Benedict in 1875; has carried on an extensive trade here ever since May 1, 1878; he carries a stock valued at over $3,000, and his business is based on cash principles. Mr. S. was born in Alsace, Lorraine, France, September 15, 1842; emigrated to Iowa in 1869, and settled in Detroit in 1872, where he learned his trade. He married Miss Eliza Wagnar, in January, 1874; they are the parents of one boy, aged four months, and one girl, aged six years.

CYRUS B. SIMMONS, P. O. Milton, was born in the town of Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 4, 1810; there he received a common-school education; bis father died in 1818; his mother moved to Florence, north part of Oneida County, in 1820; he came to Macomb County in May, 1834, when the most of the State was a wilderness; he has held the office of Supervisor for three years, and was elected Justice of the Peace, but did not qualify; he has ever taken an active part in education and politics; was Notary Public for one terin. Mr. S. was married to Miss M. Stanford, of Rockdale, Erie Co., Penn., in 1836; has two sons and one daughter living, who are married and settled in Michigan. His wife died in 1863 and one daughter in 1870.

GEORGE C. WALKER, successor to J. S. P. Hatheway's store, established in 1852, by the Kern Bros., and sold to Mr. Hatheway in 1855. Mr. Walker bought the mercantile interest March 20, 1882, from Mr. Hatheway, and now carries on the business of general merchant under the name of George C. Walker; he was born in Tioga County, N. Y., in October, 1832; he came to Michigan in 1855, and located at Fair Haven.

ELISHA WELLER, born July 23, 1800, in Mansfield, now Washington, N. J.; came to Michigan in May, 1831; he was married in his native county to Maria Van Atta, November 13, 1822, by whom he had twelve children, of whom eight are living, three girls and five boys, all of whom are married. Mr. Weller began life in Michigan as a blacksmith; for years he labored earnestly at his trade, but was not exposed to the privations of pioneer life in any serious form, as he brought with him some money and necessaries of life, which proved an efficacious remedy against the evils entailed by the Michigan Narrows and the panic of 1837.

F. M. WOOLLEY, P. O. New Baltimore, clerk and part owner on a boat, was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., January 6, 1843; came to Michigan October 23, 1852, and received his education at Mt. Clemens; then went to New Baltimore, where he learned the harness maker's trade with A. J. Heath; he enlisted in the Army of the Cumberland and served for two years; was wounded and taken prisoner July 13, 1862, at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn; he was paroled by the rebels and rejoined his regiment and was afterward discharged for disability; came home and engaged as a commercial traveler. March,

1875, he accepted a position as clerk on the steamer City of Baltimore. He was married to Miss Fanny A. Wilson, of New Baltimore, in October, 1868; they are the parents of three sons and one daughter. Mr. Woolley takes an active interest in education and politics.

RECENT HAPPENINGS.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE PIONEER SOCIETY, 1882.

The meeting of the pioneers, held in June, 1882, was attended by all those pleasing characteristics which have marked all former re-unions of the old settlers of Macomb. This annual meeting was held in the opera house, Mt. Clemens, June 13, 1882. Owing to the busy season of the year and the soldier's re-union at Detroit, which many were making preparations to attend, the meeting did not attract the numbers expected. About 200 were present, however, and the interest manifested could not have been greater.

The morning session opened at 11 o'clock. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved, and a committee appointed to report officers for the ensuing year. The afternoon session was opened with singing by the choir, led by S. H. Davis, which reminded President Cady that fifty-five years ago he was chorister of a company of singers who were wont to meet on the very site of the opera house.

George H. Cannon, Chairman of the committee appointed to recommend officers, reported in favor of Horace Cady, of Macomb, for President, and J. E. Day, of Armada, for Secretary. Mr. Cady declined the office assigned to him, and, after some debate, the pioneers decided to continue Chauncey G. Cady as President. Mr. Cady was averse to accepting, but none the less yielded, and thanked the pioneers for the new honor and past support. J. E. Day was elected Secretary, and George H. Cannon, of Washington; James B. Eldredge, of Mt. Clemens, and George W. Phillips, of Romeo, Executive Committee; John C. Cady was designated as singing master.

G. H. Cannon, in the necessary absence of the author, read Dr. Andrus' paper on the Clinton Canal and Shelby Railroad. This paper we briefly sketch. The Clinton Canal and Shelby Railroad were two of the many remarkable manifestations of the crazy fever of speculation that infatuated the people of Michigan in the period extending from 1833 to 1840. The State was sparsely settled, but still the need of water and railroad connections was strongly felt. The successful construction of the Erie Canal stimulated Michigan to a like endeavor, and a canal from the Clinton River, Mt. Clemens, to the Kalamazoo River soon took definite form. March 21, 1837, the Legislature authorized Gov. Stephen T. Mason to contract a loan for the construction of several great public works, among which were a canal from Mt. Clemens to Rochester, a railroad from Shelby to Detroit, a railroad from Detroit across the State (the Michigan Central) and a railroad from Port Huron into the interior, to be known as the Port Huron & Grand River road. In the spring of 1838, a Board of Commissioners composed of seven men, was appointed to take in charge the canal work and a survey was ordered. The work began; there was for a time a great excitement among those locally interested in the canal and the wildest hopes were aroused among the sturdy pioneers of Macomb County and what is now Oakland County. Every year there were changes in the Board of Commissioners, but the subordinate officers, in the main, continued undisturbed in their duties. Among those interested in the work at one time or another were James B. Hunt, William R. Thompson, Levi T. Humphrey, John M. Baird, Alvin Turner, David Shook, Edward Wesalonski and Amanza Davis, who will be remembered by some of our older citizens. A dam was built at Frederick across the Clin

ton to supply the locks, and, in 1845, boats were running from Utica to Frederick. In that year, the revenue to the State from canal tolls was $46.90; year following, it was $43.44; in 1847, the income was less yet, and, in 1848, the canal was in disuse. At that time the bottom fell out of the vast scheme of improvements inaugurated by the State, and work stopped on the canal as it did on the other works. The effect of the bankruptcy of the State, for such it was, virtually, on the Clinton & Kalamazoo Canal was demoralizing in the extreme. The locks were pillaged and burned, the iron stolen, and, in 1850. hardly one stone remained upon another. Such was the ignominious end of an enterprise that was to span a great State and join the waters of Lake Michigan and St. Clair. Traces of the canal are still plainly discernible along its route and at Utica it has been kept in good repair and is now utilized as a water-power.

The companion project of the canal, the Shelby Railroad, was begun about the same time, and likewise came to naught. Just before the expiration of its charter, wooden rails were laid down, and a hastily contrived car, drawn by horse-power to Detroit. Only one trip was made, but this was sufficient to preserve the charter, and, some years afterward, when the Detroit & Bay City was constructed, the old road-bed came into service here and there.

Excellent singing by the choir reminded President Cady of some happy reminis cences, which he related with zest. Lew M. Miller, of Lansing, read a paper on the Early Banks and Bankers of Macomb County. This paper reminded President Cady that he was a stockholder in the Bank of Macomb County, and didn't lose a cent by it, either, as he hastily sold out. S. H. Ewell, of Romeo, said that he had been held accountable for the failure of the Utica Bank, to which Mr. Miller made reference, as one day he presented $10 in bills for redemption, and it cleaned out the institution. They never redeemed a bill after that.

The choir sang again, and this called to the mind of President Cady the fact that some fifty years ago, the Board of Supervisors of Macomb County, then embracing a large part of Eastern Michigan, held its first meeting in Mt. Clemens. The board was composed of six members and met in a store belonging to Mr. Cady, just north of the court house, where Dahm's new block now stands. The board voted to have some whisky, got drunk, stayed up all night and adjourned the next morning without paying for the drink! A temperance sentiment existed among a certain class of people, who would drink nothing but cider, so he mixed five gallons of cider with five gallons of whisky, and it was high fun to see the temperance folks boozy on Cady's cider.

George H. Cannon read a paper on the life of Judge Burt, who died in 1858, one of the most remarkable men of the early Northwest. President Cady was reminded of an election argument that was used against Burt when he ran for the Legislature. The Judge had a new suit of clothes and was so careful of it that he never sat down without putting a piece of clean paper on the chair. Mr. Cady said the argument(!) was used with no inconsiderable effect. Orrin Freeman, of Romeo, told tales of pioneer life, and put in a good word for Freeman's great excursions to the West.

Mr.

Representative Parker was called upon and addressed the meeting briefly. Parker dwelt especially upon the history of Chesterfield, and among many facts stated that the first land located in Chesterfield was on the site of the village of New Baltimore, in 1808, being private claim 343, taken up by Pierre Yacques. Mr. Parker was proud of the fine progress of Chesterfield Township and of its people. After the singing of "Northfield," in ye old-fashioned way, the pioneers proceeded to elect Vice Presidents, who were selected as follows:

Romeo-S. H. Ewell.

Mt. Clemens-N. L. Miller.
Richmond-David Flagler.

Armada--Hiram Barrows.
Utica-James Alexander.
Washington-Loren Andrus.