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Fairplains Township
Montcalm County, Michigan |
by Gerry Christiansen
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Rural Property Inventory
Conducted in 1939 by WPA and the Michigan Treasury Department.
Each property in the township is described with details, sketches and ownership.
See what home life was like at this time.
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Fairplains
Fairplain Township Hall
Pamela Claire Johnson Russell
at Fenwick store
Clear Lake: Selah Lake became the first postmaster in 1859. This post office was closed in 1869.
Fairplain Assessment Roll 1863
Stumping near Fenwick
Cemeteries
Clear Lake
Fairplains
Fairplains
Burial Index
Cemetery Assoc. 1903
Cemetery Assoc. 1904
Expenses 1904-05
Cemetery Assoc. 1905
Cemetery Assoc. 1910
Cemetery Assoc. 1914
Cemetery Assoc. 1918
Cemetery Assoc. 1925
Cemetery Assoc. 1933
Cemetery Assoc. 1936
Cemetery Assoc. 1937
Cemetery Assoc. 1938
Cemetery Assoc. 1943
Cemetery Assoc. 1944
Cemetery Assoc. 1945
Cemetery Assoc. 1946
Cemetery Assoc. 1980
Cemetery Assoc. 1981
County Farm
County Poor Farm
Homecoming
Homecoming - 1928
Ladies Aid
South Fairplains-1943
South Fairplains-1961
Maps
Township - 1875
Pioneer Association
Picnic - 1900
Roads
M57 & M66 Intersection
Schools
Amsden School
Fairplains School
Fenwick School
Tobey School
Tobey School - 1916
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Biographical
Adams, Fern Rasmussen
Anderson, Theresa
Briggs, O.A.
Carpenter, A. G.
Couchman, George D.
Couchman, Gertude
Couchman, Maude
Dailey, James A.
Dilley, D. Darwin
Fargo, John D.
Fargo Home
Fredericks, Nora
Frost, James
Greenwalt, Maybelle
Hansen, Hans
Hansen, Hans L.
Hansen, Jens P.
Jenks, Earl
Kent, Silas
Kindell, Edwin J.
King, George
Larsen, Chris
Lillie, Will
Lipar, Anna
Loper, Marvin L.
Loring, Justus
Lunn, William P.
McGowan, John
Miller, Bessie Davidson.
Miller, George W.
Miller, H. Burr
Miller, John C.
Morris, Frances J.
Morris, W.C. - Family
Mount, Louis - Farm
Newton, Rudolph
O'Connor, Mike
Olsen, Marie S.
Phelps, Hattie A.
Phelps, W.S. (Bio)
Phelps, Walter (obit)
Porter, John & Ella
Rasmusen, Willard C.
Root, Walter
Snow, Bert R.
Staines, William J.
Stone, Luther R.
Summers, S. Clay
Swartz, Hugh
Tallman, W.A.
Thomas, Ernie
Walker, Lewis & Sara
Walker, Sarah H. (obit)
Walkington, Fred
Wheeler, Squire
Wheeler, Wilson
Wilkenson, Minnie Bell
Worden, Thomas W.
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Amsden
Amsden was founded by J. P. Shoemaker around 1850, originally named Fair Plain. It was later changed to Amsden, a combination of Hiram Amsberg's name and his dam on Dickerson Creek.
Amsden Mill
Ladies Aid
Maps
Shoemaker, Mrs. J.P.
Miller
Miller was also known as Miller's Station and was a depot stop on the Grank Trunk R. R.
Greenville Independent
January 3, 1906
Hansen, Vego
Postmark
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