Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Rachel Fuller 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 [445] LINCOLN TOWNSHIP Lincoln Township was organized in April, 1877, by order of the Board of Supervisors made in June, 1876. The meeting was held at GEORGE COLLINS' house. Before this time it was within the juris- diction of Dwight. It was settled in 1865, by JOHN H. PROVORSE, who still resides in the township. It is numbered 17 north, of range 13 east, and is bounded on the north by Dwight; on the east by Bloomfield; on the south by Verona, and on the west by Meade. The whole of this township was burned over in 1871; and the east- ern side again in 1881. It is drained by Willow Creek, which empties into Lake Huron at Huron City. The principal crops raised are wheat and hay. This township is better adapted to stock or dairy business than to agriculture. Fruit is reported to do well. The location is healthful. The people pride themselves on having good roads. The Port Austin division of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad passes along the western line of the township, and has a station at Filion, where there is a postoffice. There are no villages in this township, but they have three school- houses, located on sections 26, 19 and 6, in which good schools are kept. The great fires have done much to retard the progress of this town- ship, but the people look for a brighter future and a more general development of its resources. The township was named after the great President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. SUPERVISORS Below are given the names of the gentlemen who have represented Lincoln Township in the local government: Felix Filion . . . . . . . . . . . .1877-81 Walter Kapson. . . . . . . . . . . .1882 John Gordan. . . . . . . . . . . . .1883 Barzel R. Church . . . . . . . . . .1884 =========================================================================== 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/ ===========================================================================