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Pioneers of Oakland County 1886-1938

Box	Folder	Description
1	1	Corrsepondence
1	1	O. Poppeleton, Birmingham June 3, 1886
1	1	To A.C. Baldwin From Dorus Fox - Early Settlers of Auburn - 1892
1	1	To A.C. Baldwin From Dorus Fox - History of Auburn in 1820s
1	1	Joseph L. Geiffiy February 18, 1890
1	1	To Mr. Jewell, Secretary OCPS from N.A. Clapp 1900
1	1	The Wilsey Family of Milford 1838
1	1	Rev. Ernest Hildner & Mrs. Ada Louise (Smith) Hildner 1909
1	1	Military Information for Joel Phelps of Milford 1909
1	1	Old Residents of Commerce 1926
1	1	Commerce Lake House "Song of the Fiddle"
1	1	E.S. Fish of Birmingham
1	1	Original Members of the Pontiac Company
1	1	Brief History Major Oliver Williams 1818 for Historic Marker
1	1	George Malcolm's Describes the Settling of Oakland Co. 1833
1	1	Basic Information about Oscar F. Wisner & Stuart S. Draper
1	1	William N. Terry, A Soldier of the Revolutionary War
1	2	List of Pioneers to Oakland County Ledger Sheets
1	3	List of Pioneers to Oakland County
1	4	Secretary Membership Records A - B
1	4	Adams, Uri
1	4	Allison, Edwin V. and Mrs. V.
1	4	Axford, Moryon
1	4	Bailey, Roy E. D.D.S., and Mrs. Prethena
1	4	Baker, Fred A.
1	4	Beach, Clark - Mary and Mrs. Mary
1	4	Becker, John L.
1	4	Benjamin, John L. and Ella S.
1	4	Bigelow, Mrs. J.A.
1	4	Blackmon, G.W. and Geo. W.
1	4	Blakeslee, Morris
1	4	Bowen, Albert O. and Henry J.
1	4	Brewster, Mrs. Harriet Hadsell
1	4	Brooks, Joseph and Mrs. Jos.
1	4	Brown, Asur
1	4	Buckell, Mrs. Walter J.
1	4	Burt, Mary B.
Box	Folder	Description
1	5	Secretary Membership Records C - D - F
1	5	Campbell, David L. and Julia H.
1	5	Carter, Mrs. William
1	5	Casamer, Cynthia
1	5	Chadwick, Samuel
1	5	Chapman, Dr. H.S.
1	5	Christian, A.S. and Mrs. A.S.
1	5	Christopher, George Atlee and Sarah Jane
1	5	Clapp, Mrs. Mary
1	5	Cole, Miss Dora
1	5	Collins, Mrs. Lucinda
1	5	Cooper, Mrs. Mary G.
1	5	Cotcher, Mrs. Dorcas Theresa
1	5	Covert, Binnie (Bonnie) and H.H.
1	5	Cravful [sic], Walter
1	5	Crohn, S.S.
1	5	Decker, Sabrina
1	5	DePuy, Mrs. Caspar
1	5	Drake, Elijah, Flemon, Thomas Jefferson, and Morgan L.
1	5	Durgie, Mrs. Mary L.
1	5	Durkee, Daisy M.
1	5	Fillingham, Nancy L.
1	5	Fisher, Josephine, L.W., Lizzie, and Martin
Box	Folder	Description
1	6	Secretary Membership Records G - H - K - L
1	6	Gale, Alfred and Lena
1	6	Gibbs, Adrain A.
1	6	Goodale, Moses
1	6	Graley, Mrs. Lewis
1	6	Green, H.W., Mrs. H.W., James Mosher
1	6	Greenhalgh, Mrs. Joseph W. (Katharine Dickie)
1	6	Greer, Geo.
1	6	Griggs, A.G.
1	6	Grow, Joseph B.
1	6	Hall, John
1	6	Harrison, Ellen L.
1	6	Hawthorn, Robt.
1	6	Heth, John M.
1	6	Hewitt, L. Virginia
1	6	Willsinger, Wm.
1	6	Holur, L.J. and Sarah A.
1	6	Houghton , L.L.
1	6	Keith, J.H.
1	6	King, Fred
1	6	Laich, John
1	6	Laiseuring, Willis and Mrs. Willis
1	6	Leach, Mrs. James
1	6	LeBaron, Dr.
1	6	Look Sr., H.M.
1	6	Lovejoy, Charles E.
Box	Folder	Description
1	7	Secretary Membership Records M - N - O - P - Q - R
1	7	Marsh, Amy M. and E.W.
1	7	Martin, Betsey Ann, Edward, Elias, and Myra E. (Mrs. Charles H.)
1	7	McCracken, Harry N.
1	7	Mella [sic], Ediam [sic]
1	7	Muamer [sic], Martha
1	7	Narsbanmer [sic], Joseph
1	7	Orr, James W. and Mrs. James W.
1	7	Page, Mrs. Mary
1	7	Parke, John Hervey, Mrs. John H., and Hervey
1	7	Parke, Mrs. Hervey (Mercy Bronson) and Mrs. Hervey J. (Frances L. Tucker)
1	7	Patterson, John H. and Thomas S.
1	7	Peirce (Pierce), C.J.
1	7	Petter (Peter), Hamilton A.
1	7	Phillips, William N.
1	7	Phelps, Philip B.
1	7	Potter, Mrs. Rosetta
1	7	Quine, Mrs. Henry (Annie Thorpe)
1	7	Rakwee [sic] Mrs. E. (Abigail)
1	7	Rise (Rice), Richard H. (Justice of Peace-Royal Oak)
1	7	Ross, D.H.
1	7	Rueson [sic], W.M.
1	8	Secretary Membership Records S - T - V - W
1	8	St. Louis, Frank Anthony and Hercules A.
1	8	Seeley, Betsey, Elizabeth, Harvey, and L.L.
1	8	Sibley, H.A.
1	8	Sly, Miss Sarah E.
1	8	Smith, Aaron, Chas. M., and Mrs. E.R.
1	8	Spencer, Arthur W.
1	8	Spring, J.F. and Mrs. J.F.
1	8	Starker, Aaron and Mrs. Margaret O.
1	8	Stearus [sic], Mrs. Addis L.
1	8	Thompson, Mrs. Lyene M.
1	8	Voorhees, Alma M., C.S., and Wm S.
1	8	Walker, Mary Jane
1	8	Walton, Beulah
1	8	Warner, Fred M.
1	8	Webster, Elmer R. and Birdie
1	8	Weston, Howey and Mrs. H.
1	8	Whalen [sic], Mrs. Harvey
1	8	Whitfield, H.O. and Mildred
1	8	William, Sherman
1	8	Williamson, W.H.
Box	Folder	Description
1	9	Reminiscences
1	9	Oakland County and City of Pontiac 1916
1	9	Social and Economic Conditions - Pontiac
1	9	Commerce and Trade - Pontiac
1	9	Indian Stories about St. Clair and Port Huron
1	9	Masonic Order - Farmington Lodge # 151
1	9	Pioneer Incidents - 1st Prayer Meeting in Pontiac
1	9	Historical Facts - Small Booklet - Firsts in Oakland County
1	9	Stage Coach Stories - Lapeer to Pontiac - Holly between Pontiac & Saginaw
1	9	Pioneer Life in Oakland County - Observation from May 2, 1829 & 1832-33
1	9	Michigan Territorial Pioneers - Knapp Family of Avon
1	9	A Page from the "Log" - Mrs. Martha Ferris pages 323-324
1	9	The West Novi Debating Club
1	9	Statement of Service 1917 - World War I
1	9	Early Business History - Building in Farmington (Destroyed by Fire)
1	9	The Methodist Epicopal Church (Destroyed by Fire)
1	9	Adventures of the Pioneers in Michigan, by Dorothy Sutton
1	9	Take from the Log of Ensign George S. Hodges, U.S.N.R.F.
1	9	Settling Clarkston, Independence Twp. And Shashabaw Plains
1	9	Domestic Life in Pontiac or Oakland Co.
1	9	Treasure Hunt - Petrie Family and Lillian Avery
1	9	The Adventures of a Pioneer - Nemiah Toms travel Detroit to the Ohio Valley
1	10	Historical Research
1	10	Dates of Townships settled in Oakland County
1	10	Partial List for Members of the Bar
1	10	Boundary Dispute between Ohio and Michigan 1834-1837
1	10	History of Pontiac Government
1	10	List of Names from Oxford
1	10	Extracts from N.W. Territory - 1787 with dates
1	10	Marriage Information from 1844-46 (8 pages) (Handwritten)
1	10	Godfrey, Hiram and Phebe Ann of South Lyon
1	10	List of Early Settlers of Independence
1	10	Bill Poster Notices 1877-79 (2 pages)
1	10	Information about A.C. Baldwin
1	10	List of Death Notice 1872-1874
1	10	Blackmen, Phebe Ann of South Lyon
1	10	Jewell, Brothers, John and Daniel (2 pages)
1	10	Walker, Hon. James M.
1	10	Coleman, Mrs. Ann Loomis Richards
1	10	Jewel, Ezra W. (Handwritten Death Notice)
1	10	Drake, Hon. Thomas J. (Handwritten Death Notice)
1	10	Early Settlers in Oakland County (Handwritten List)
Box	Folder	Description
1	11	Historical and Genealogical Research
1	11	Ingersall Family Genealogy
1	11	History of Oakland County (1912) page 635
1	11	Pioneers Buried - Cemeteries in Rochester, Stoney Creek, and Sprague Farm
1	11	History of Farmington (Handwritten Booklet)
1	11	Methodist Episcopal Church (Oakland Co. History pg. 173
1	11	Death Notice - Bill Poster 1877
1	11	Town Officers continued from Oakland Co. History (1877)
1	11	The Lowell Birthday Book
1	11	Rev. A.S. Hollister Officiating Bapthisms (1837-1851)
1	11	New Jersey Settlers in Oakland County
1	11	Oakland County Settlers from Massachusetts and Connecticut
1	12	Miscellaneous Research
1	12	List of 13 Pioneers of Oakland County
1	12	Stafford Family
1	12	Doney, William Henry and Fred Doney
1	12	Revolutionary Soldiers of Oakland County (List of 12 Men)
1	12	Hamon, Jacob, wife Ann Lucretia and list of children
1	12	Liber Pages for Property Owned by Stephen Mack (Handwritten Notes)
1	12	Adams Family of Highland Township (Handwritten Notes)
1	12	Merrill, Phineas Pension Paper (Handwritten Notes)
1	12	Bachelor - Young - Hate Bible Records (Handwritten Notes)
1	12	Erastis, Jedeiah, an Lucreita in Oakland County
1	12	General Research Information about People in Oakland County (7 pages)
1	13	Published Material for Research
1	14	Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Programs
1	15	Reminiscences
1	15	A Quilting Bee - 1903
1	15	Counterfeiters of 1850
1	15	"The Flag Goes By" Poem
1	15	"A Biographical Sketch of Oakland County" Read by Vice-Pres. Norton
1	15	The Irish-American
1	15	"History of Banking in Michigan" Speech by A. Parker from 1911
1	15	The Cholera in Oakland County, by Nathan Power in 1924
1	15	A Modern Pioneer Picnic, by J. Allen Bigelow in 1919
1	15	Oakland Co. Roads (Old and New) - Ross Thompson Supervisor of Highland
1	15	Letter to Mr. Josh. W. Bird, Secretary Pioneer Society
1	15	Diodate Hubbard, 1st White Man in Oakland Co. by Mrs. S.E. Soper 1911
1	15	Address to the Pioneer and Historical Society of Oakland County
1	15	Major Oliver Williams, by George Hodges in 1919
Box	Folder	Description
2	1	B - Miscellaneous
2	1	Bagg
2	1	Bailey, Leslie Reame
2	1	Belding, Hon. Friend
2	1	Betteys, William H.
2	1	Bradley
2	1	Brewster, Grace Thomas
2	1	Brown, John W.
2	1	Bryson
2	1	Burch, Mrs. Belle H.
2	1	Burton, Solomon
2	1	Butler, Helen Lane
2	1	Butterfield, Dr. Kenyon L.
2	2	Baker
2	3	Baldwin
2	4	Ball
2	5	Bancker
2	6	Barnett
2	7	Beach
2	8	Becker
2	9	Beekman
2	10	Bishop
2	11	Blackwood
2	12	Blanchard
2	13	Botsford
2	14	Boughner
2	15	Brown
2	16	Burks
2	17	C - Oakland Co. Genealogy
2	17	Chamberlain Family of Ball Mountain
2	17	Casamer Family of Oakland Twp and Orion Twp
2	17	Coonley Family
2	17	Cotcher Family of Ball Mountain
2	17	Canfield, Sarah Maria (Bishop)
2	17	Carroll, Mary Thacher
2	17	Coe, J. Harrison of Brighton, Mich.
2	17	Crohn, Birtha (Bertha) Elizabeth Miller
Box	Folder	Description
2	18	C - Miscellaneous
2	18	Campbell, Helen Chapel
2	18	Case, Co. Nathaniel
2	18	Cleary, Mrs. Sybil
2	18	Coomer, B.G. and H.E. of Farmington
2	18	Crampton, William and Catherine Drullard
2	18	Crotty, John
2	19	C - Clippings
2	19	Campbell, John of Groveland Twp.
2	19	Clark, Thomas of Pontiac
2	19	Chamberlain, Mrs. Sarah of Pontiac
2	19	Chapman, Pauline daughter of Dr. and H.S.
2	19	Charles, Mrs. Alice M.
2	19	Charles, Mrs. Maud Pound of Pontiac
2	19	Colvin, Rev. Hiram
2	19	Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E.
2	19	Comstock, Albert H.
2	19	Comstock, Elkana B.
2	19	Coulter, Margaret
2	19	Crawford, Mrs. Sarah Eliza Howarth of Pontiac
2	19	Crawford, Mrs. Sarah of Milford
2	19	Cuthbert, Edmund
2	20	Cady
2	21	Carpenter
2	22	Chadwick
2	23	Clark
2	24	Coates
2	25	Collins
2	26	Cook (Koch)
2	27	Coomer
2	28	Covell
2	29	Crawford
Box	Folder	Description
2	30	D - Miscellaneous
2	30	Dady, Noah and Elizabeth Rust
2	30	Danielson, Altamont (military record)
2	30	Dawson, Richard
2	30	Davison, James Clark
2	30	Dennison, Wm
2	30	Dickson, George and Margaret
2	30	Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. A.B.
2	30	Doney Family
2	30	Donohue, Mary (Burke)
2	30	Downing, Sarah
2	30	Dunham, Edward
2	31	Daniels
2	32	Davis
2	33	Depuy
2	34	Dewey
2	35	Dodge
2	36	Doherty
2	37	Donelson
2	38	Dooling
2	39	Downey
2	40	Drake
2	41	Draper
2	42	Durkee
2	43	E - Miscellaneous
2	43	Earl, Oliver and Elizabeth William of Pontiac Twp.
2	43	East, Thomas of Rose
2	43	Eddington, John T.
2	43	Eddy, P.C.
2	43	Eisenlad Family
2	43	Elliott, John L. M.D.
2	44	F - Miscellaneous
2	44	Farmer, Elisha of Avon Township
2	44	Farrell, Mrs. Eliza of White Lake Township
2	44	Fellows Family of St. Joseph
2	44	Fisher, Walter J. of Pontiac
2	44	Foster, G.H. of Pontiac
2	45	Flower
2	46	Frost
Box	Folder	Description
2	47	G - Miscellaneous
2	47	Gailey, Dr. John Knox
2	47	Gaylord, Mrs. Harriety M. Atchinson
2	47	Gelston, Mrs. J. Mills
2	47	Gillick, Olive Ann
2	47	Gleeson, Eugene
2	47	Goble, Albert N.
2	47	Going, Henry Johnson
2	47	Goodwillie, Mrs. Kittie
2	47	Gordon, Mrs. Martha
2	47	Gray, Dr. Mason W.
2	48	Gerls
2	49	German
2	50	Gilbert
2	51	Glaspie
2	52	Grace
2	53	Graham
2	54	Green
2	55	Gregory
2	56	H - Miscellaneous
2	56	Haddrill, Philip of Orion Township
2	56	Hadley, Jacob
2	56	Hagadon, Charles M. of South Lyon
2	56	Hagerman, Fredericka Wilhemina of Pontiac
2	56	Hart, Levi
2	56	Higley, Josiah
2	56	Hildner, Ada Louis Smith
2	56	Holmes Family
2	57	H - Clippings
2	57	Hale, Mrs. R.D.
2	57	Harger, Miss Harriet
2	57	Harger, J.H.
2	57	Hauxwell, Mrs. Mira
2	57	Hodges, Miss Agnes Bacon and Clarence K. Patterson
2	57	Hodges, Schuyler Gardner
2	57	Holly, Mrs. Marian
2	57	Hotchkiss, Joseph
2	57	Houghtailing, Mrs. Rhoda
Box	Folder	Description
2	58	Hadsell
2	59	Hamilton
2	60	Harrington
2	61	Heath
2	62	Hersey
2	63	Homer
2	64	Howard
2	65	Horton
2	66	Howlett
2	67	Hubbell
2	68	Hulick
2	69	Hunt
Box	Folder	Description
3	1	Ingersoll
3	2	J
3	2	Johnson Family
3	2	Johnson, John (military history)
3	2	Johnson, Mrs. Minnie
3	2	Johnson, Sarah Van Hoosen
3	2	Jones, Solomon
3	2	Joslin, Henry and Elizabeth Matteson
3	3	K
3	3	Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob of Ortonville
3	3	Kelly, Christopher of Highland
3	3	Kelly, Hugh
3	3	Keosgen, Mrs. Fred
3	3	Kimball, Alice E. Martin
3	3	King, Mrs. Andrew W.
3	3	Knight, Peter A.
3	3	Knowles, Freeman
3	4	L - Miscellaneous
3	4	Ladd, Mrs. Frank M.
3	4	Ladd, Sanford B.
3	4	Lambert, Ruel W. of Farmington
3	4	Laudine Family
3	4	LeRoy, Edward Garlock
3	4	LeRoy, J.A.
3	4	LeRoy, Peter and Miss Laura C. Riggs
3	4	Lodge, Dr. Edward A.
3	4	Loundsbury, Harriet Beach
3	4	Lovejoy, C.E.
3	5	Lamb
3	6	Lapham
3	7	LeBaron
3	8	Leggett
3	9	Linabury
3	10	Lobingier
3	11	Lytle
Box	Folder	Description
3	12	M - Miscellaneous
3	12	McConnell, Ada Cleanthea
3	12	Mallory, Capt. Abner
3	12	Maters, Alice (Kimball)
3	12	Mathews, James LeRoy
3	12	Mathews, George Marion
3	12	Merritt, Mrs. Edith Kelly
3	12	Miller, John Capt.
3	12	Miller, Abram
3	12	Morgan, James
3	12	Murlin, Thomas
3	13	M - Clippings
3	13	McCracken, Archibald Rowan
3	13	McGaffey, Judge Dan A.
3	13	Madison, Mr. and Mrs. George
3	13	Mahoney, Mrs. Elizabeth
3	13	Manly, Dr. Ora
3	13	Marsh, Mr. Lyman
3	13	Maslin, Mrs. George H.
3	13	Merriam, C.A.
3	13	Mitchell, Dr. J.R. and Mrs. J.R.
3	13	Moreland, Mrs. Frank
3	13	Morgan, Mrs. Emma Webster
3	13	Murphy, E.M.
3	14	Mack
3	15	McKinley
3	16	Merrell
3	17	Moore
3	18	Mudge
3	19	N - Miscellaneous
3	19	Niles, George
3	19	Niles, Samuel
3	19	Norton, Hon. John D.
3	20	O - Miscellaneous
3	20	Ogden, Charles
3	20	Osburn, or Osborn, Abram
3	21	Oren
Box	Folder	Description
3	22	P - Miscellaneous
3	22	Paddack, Hedges L.
3	22	Perkins, Charles
3	22	Perry, Aaron
3	22	Petrie Family
3	22	Phelp, Edwin
3	22	Pittman, Charles
3	22	Poole, Margaret Mary (Monroe)
3	22	Porter, Mrs. Eliza Jones
3	22	Porter, Moses
3	22	Potts, Marshall
3	22	Pound, John
3	22	Prall, Minnie H.
3	23	Palmer
3	24	Parke
3	25	Parker
3	26	Perry
3	27	Pettibone
3	28	Phelps
3	29	Postal
3	30	Potter
3	31	Power
3	32	Pratt
Box	Folder	Description
4	1	R - Miscellaneous
4	1	Ramsdell, Mrs. William
4	1	Reed, John K.
4	1	Richardson, Mrs. Minnie J.
4	1	Risley, Helen (Nisbett)
4	1	Roberts, Elisha
4	1	Robinson, Mr. Walter C. and Miss Anna Clark Mackie
4	1	Rodenbough, John
4	1	Rodger, Dr. James G.
4	1	Robinson, Belle (Harper)
4	1	Rood, Moses
4	2	Riddle
4	3	Riker
4	4	Robbins
4	5	Rockwell
4	6	Ruggles
4	7	S - Miscellaneous
4	7	St. John, I.W. and Elisha Mudge
4	7	Skerritt, Richard and Catherine
4	8	S - Clippings
4	8	Seeley, A.P.
4	8	Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. John
4	8	Seeley, John Voorheis (J.V.)
4	8	Seeley, Mrs. Webb
4	8	Schultz, Miss Irene L. and Earl N. Miles
4	8	Smith, Horatio N.
4	8	Smith, John
4	8	Stoddard, Mary
4	8	Stonwell, Almeda
4	8	Short, Fanny V.
4	8	Squier, Maj-Gen. George O.
4	9	Satterlee
4	10	Smith
4	11	Snell
4	12	Sprague
4	13	Stanton
4	14	Steele
4	15	Stephens
4	16	Sutton
Box	Folder	Description
4	17	T - Miscellaneous
4	17	Talbot, Theodore
4	17	Taylor, James
4	17	Taylor, Lemuel
4	17	Taylor, Robert S.
4	17	Thompson, Mary E.
4	17	Trump, Will D.
4	17	Travis, Daniel W.
4	17	Trains, John
4	18	Taft
4	19	Tanner
4	20	Todd
4	21	Toms
4	22	Torrey
4	23	Tremper
4	24	Tripp
4	25	Utter
4	26	V - Miscellaneous
4	26	Vaughan Family
4	26	Van Hoosen, Joshua
4	26	Van Swearingen Family
4	27	Voorhies
4	28	W - Miscellaneous
4	28	Walter, Mattie A.
4	28	Warren Family
4	28	Warren, Mrs. Dallas
4	28	Warner, Governor Fred M. (D.P. Warner and Samuel Davis)
4	28	Warner, Seth A.L.
4	28	Watson, Mrs. A.B.
4	28	Webster, Hope Naomi and Henry Dewey
4	28	Weeks, James Anderson
4	28	Wells, Mrs. Maude Van Leuven
4	28	Wilber, Mr. and Mrs. J.L.
4	28	Whiting, Joseph P.
4	28	Wiest, Mrs. Elizabeth Elmendorf
4	28	Williams, Oliver
4	28	Willis Family
4	28	Wyckoff Family
Box	Folder	Description
4	29	Waite
4	30	Wellman
4	31	Wetmore
4	32	White
4	33	Whitfield
4	34	Whittemore
4	35	Williams
4	36	Willitts
4	37	Windiate
4	38	Wood
4	39	Y - Miscellaneous
4	39	Yawger Family