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The Kalamazoo Valley Family News Letter Vol. 2, No. 1 September 1972 Page 15 |
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The boundary lines of the' township were run in 1826, and first
settlers arrived in 1835. In 1838, Rev. James Selkrig visited Sagamaw, Chief of the Ottawas and Pottawattomies, to offer the Indians the benefits of a mission home and the Indians consented to settle on lands near Selkirk (Selkrig) Lake, where the Mission was established. Wayland was a part of Plainfield Township until in 1839 it was made a part of Martin. It was known as Lumberton, until it was set off from Martin in 1843; Leighton was separated from Wayland in 1848. The village of Wayland was first known as Chambers' Corners, was platted in 1861 as Lomax City, and after opening Wayland House, the post office was established as Wayland about 1838 or 1839. It was incorporated as a village in 1868 by the Board of Supervisors. The unincorporated village of Bradley derived its name from its first postmaster. |
| SUPERVISOR | CLERK | TREASURER |
| George W. Barnes (1844) | Luther Martin (1844) | O. H. Rounds (1844) |
| Joel Browson (1845) | S. B. Hooker (1845-6) | William H. H. Gregg (1845) |
| Stephen S. Germond (1846) | Luther Martin (1847) | Abel Angel (1846-7) |
| Nelson Chambers (1847) | Nelson Chambers (1848) | William H. H. Gregg (1848) |
| Joel Brownson (1848) | Stephen S. Germond (1849) | H. Gardner (1849-69) |
| Abel Angel (1849-60) | S. S. Germond (1850-1) | N. Chambers (1870) |
| Ralph Pratt (1861) | A. Mosher (1852-4) | Frank Heniker (1871-2) |
| Abel Angel (1862-72) | George Haywood (1855) | William L. Heazlit (1873-5) |
| Orrin W. Nash (1873) | G. B. Manchester (1856) | Lee Denel (1876-7) |
| Abel Angel (1874-5) | George Haywood (1857) | William Stackdale (1878) |
| David Stockdale (1876-84) | Ralph Pratt (1858-9) | Charles H. Adams (1879-80) |
| R. M. Congdon (1885-91) | T. J. Linton (1860) | R. M. Congdon (1881-2) |
| S. S. Fox (1892-1902) | David M. Swett (1861) | L. M. Doxey (1883-7) |
| Frank Chamberlain (1903 - | W. R. Harrison (1862) | John C. Yeakey (1888) |
| Edwin E. Hoyt (1863) | William L. Heazlit (1889) (1890) | |
| William H. White (1864) | S.S. Fox (1891) | |
| E. G. Seaver (1865-6) | William L. Heazlit (1892) (1893) | |
| UNINCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BRADLEY SHOWN BELOW: |
G. C. Goodwin (1867) | Arthur Denel (1894-5) |
| 1971 Officials (reference: County Clerk) |
H. C. Garrett (1868) | L. D. Chapple (1896) |
| Clayton P. Jackson, Supervisor | Hiram S. Warren (1869) | John C. Yeakey (1897) |
| Emelda A. Andringa, Clerk | William R. Harrison (1870) | Frank Chamberlain (1898) (1900) |
| Pearl M. Fox, Treasurer | Lee Denel (1871) | W. L. Heazlit (1901) |
| Eric Seymoure, Trustee | C. H. Adams (1872) | Frank Chamberlain (1902) |
| Donald Culver, Trustee | William V. Hoyt (1873-6) | Harry R. Rickett (1903-4) |
| L. D. Chapple (1877-82) | Charles J. Ross (1905- | |
| Frederick D. Quinlan (1883-1884) | ||
| C. E. Davison (1885-6) | ||
| L. D. Chapple (1887-8) | ||
| George A. Mosher (1889-90) | ||
| L. D. Chapple (1891-2) | ||
| George A. Mosher (1893) (1902) | ||
| John B. Stockdale (1903) | ||
| Guert V. Fales (1904) | ||
| George A. Mosher (1905) | ||
| Walter B. Sherwood (1906) |
The missionary
was the speaker at a dinner in his honor before he was to embark for a distant land. "I
want to thank you for your kindnesses,
" he concluded, "and I want
all of you to know that when I am out there, surrounded by ugly, grinning savages,
I shall always think of you people."
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