Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1884 [page 437] CHANDLER TOWNSHIP THE Board of Supervisors at their annual meeting in 1879 adopt- ed resolutions providing for the organization of this township. In accordance with this action of the Board, a meeting was held on the first Monday in April, 1880, when the town officers were duly elected, the organization perfected, and the township of Chandler assumed the duties of self-government. These responsible proceed- ings were held in a school-house on section 3. WILLIAM SMITH was elected Supervisor. It was named after Michigan's great statesman, the late ZACHARIAH CHANDLER. It was organized from the township of Lake, and is numbered 17 north, in range 11 east. Its boundar- ies are as follows: On the north by Lake, the east by Meade, the south by Oliver, and on the west by Caseville. THOMAS EDWARDS located in the township in 1860, and is reputed to be the first settler. The land is rolling in the north and east; in the south and west, flat; and the soil is clay loam. Two-thirds of the township was burned over in the fire of 1871, and three-fourths in 1881. There still remains about 10,000 acres of wild land. The Pinnebog River makes a circuitous passage through the township, affording excel- lent facilities for drainage, and for floating their logs down to the mills at Port Crescent. All kinds of northern fruits do well here except peaches. Good water is readily obtained. The nearest port and railroad depot is Caseville. The little town of Soule, which is located on a branch of the Pinnebog, affords the people a place to trade and exchange their products. There is at this hamlet a flouring-mill, saw-mill and two stores; also a blacksmith, and boot and shoe shop. SAMUEL D. GRUMNEY operates the mills, and S. A. MOSHER, who is the Post- master, owns one store, and B. W. BAYED the other. There are four school-houses in this township, located respectively on sections 5, 12, 20 and 24. Two of the school-houses are frame, and two log buildings. The largest yield of wheat in this township is 60 bush- els per acre; corn, 100, and potatoes, 150 bushels. There is a large Catholic society, who have a good-sized substan- tial church building. Rev. N. L. MASCHINO, from Port Austin, holds service here every fourth Sunday. There is a Methodist charge, with twenty members, presided over by Rev. Mr. DIEHL. The first regular service was held in 1871. Only two gentlemen have had the honor, so far, to represent this township in the capacity of Supervisor, namely: WILLIAM SMITH, who served from 1880 to 1883, and MOSES E. SOULE, the present incumbent. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================