Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. 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 U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== PIONEER HISTORY OF HURON COUNTY, MICHIGAN by Florence McKinnon Gwinn Huron County Pioneer & Historical Society, 1922 [page 86] CHAPTER III EARLY TOWNSHIP HISTORY MEADE TOWNSHIP In 1867 Meade township was organized from Hume. At the election in April SPENCER A. CASE was elected su- pervisor. The first settlers were PETER RIVERS and AN- THONY LIBBY, who came in the spring of 1859, and CHAS. GILBERT, V. NELSON and J. MARTIN came in the fall. In 1861 DESIRE FILION located here and a couple of years later started a store. FILION is named after him. J. FLEMING came in 1867. LEONARD R. THOMAS came from Warwick, Ont., in 1878 and settled in this township. He afterwards represented Huron county in the state legislature and served many years as supervisor. Other early settlers were CHAS. ARMSTRONG, son of the first sheriff of the county, and also of Huron, St. Clair and Sanilac, when they were one. JOHN LACKIE, whose son WILLIAM is the present supervisor of Meade; D. McALPINE, two families of the NELSONS, who orginally came from Norway and WILLIAM and GEORGE KERR. Mr. KERR always took an active part in the affairs of the township. JOSEPH JEROUE came to Meade in 1859 and purchased land. FELIX FILION, who settled here in 1876 had made a trip to Huron County in 1859, purchasing land in Caseville township but on account of the ague returned to Canada, residing there until 1860 when he came to Hume, but [page 87] PIONEER HISTORY OF HURON COUNTY in 1862 he entered the Union Army. On receiving his dis- charge he once more came to Hume, remaining until 1869, then went to Canada, where he lived six years. In 1876 he came back to Port Austin for one year then moved to Meade where he established a home. Another pioneer family was that of A. LIPSIC. They built a pali- sade around their garden and orchard of cedar posts, pinned together and sharpened at the top. No deer could enter here to destroy the crop. The Methodist church in this township was built in 1881, after much sacrifice and toil on the part of the builders. The first child born in Meade was a son of CHAS. GILBERT. The land here is rolling in the northern part and flat in the southern. The clay loam soil is easily tilled and produces good crops. The east branch of the Pinnebog river drains this town- ship. The fire of '71 and '81 touched this township and did much damage especially that of '81. The township is named after General MEADE. The nearest trading place is Pinnebog, which lies partly in the township. ===========================================================================