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. =========================================================================== Centennial History of Menominee County by Hon. E. S. Ingalls, Menominee: Herald Power Presses; 1876 [page 69] CHAPTER XI SECOND CLASS OF OLD SETTLERS Alexander Loughry came to Menominee in 1842; Jacob Kern in 1846; John Breen, Adolph Wilson, Daniel Corry, Morris Hanly, in 1849; Thomas, Bartley, James, Daniel and Michael Breen, and their mother; John Corry and his sister, Catherine Louis Hardwick, Josiah R. Brooks and his father, Nathaniel, in 1850. Daniel Breen was killed in 1860 while breaking a jam on [page 70] the Little Cedar River -- by the logs rolling over him. George W. Lovejoy came in 1851, Gilbert Moreau in 1852, John N, Theriault in 1853, Nicholas Gewehr, Henry Newberry built the first house in the village of Menominee after those of Andrus Eve- land and John Quimby. He perished in the great woods fire of 1871, being then on his farm at Peshtigo Sugar Bush. John Hanley, Daniel Nason, Alanson F. Lyon, William G. Boswell, William Hackerman, Henry Bade, Sr. and family. Frederick and Henry Sieman came in 1855; Samuel W. Abbott, Henry Nason, Andrew McIver and Albert W. Boswell in 1856. Thom- as Caldwell in 1857; Leon Cota, Frank Eggert and Lewis Do- beas in 1861; William Lehman in 1862. Jacob Johnson came as early as 1849 and lived here several years. He now resides on a farm at Peshtigo Sugar Bush. LAWYERS The writer is the first lawyer who settled in the county. He came to the Menominee river in 1859 and to the Michigan side in 1862. The next was Thomas B. Rice who came in the spring 1871. He is now Probate Judge. Benjamin J. Brown came to Menominee in 1873 from Saginaw, Michigan. William A. Franklin came here in March 1876. BRICK BUILDINGS The first brick dwelling erected was the residence of S. M. Stephenson, which has once been burned and rebuilt. Augustus A. Spies has lately completed another such residence. The first brick store erected was by Augustus A. Spies and Harlan P. Bird, which was built in 1872, at a cost of $12,000. FIRE ENGINES In 1872 Engine No. 1, a hand engine, was bought. About the same time the Kirby, Carpenter Company bought another, but these being insufficient an Amoskeag (N. H.) steam engine was bought in 1874. The first officers of Engine No. 1, were George Harter, Foreman; Henry Nason, First Assistant; John J. Far- rier, Second Assistant; Augustus Spies, Treas.; Edward Leake, Secy.; Charles E. Aiken, Assistant Sec'y. The present officers are Henry Nason, Foreman, Pascal Perket, 1st Assistant; Philip Harter 2d Assistant, Albert Pauli, Sec'y; Joseph Wanek, Treas. [page 71] The officers of No. 2 (steamer) are Robert Stephenson, Capt.; J. C. Sherman, 1st Assistant; Harlan P. Bird, 2d Assistant; Joseph Fleshiem, Secy; Wm. H. Jenkins, Treas.; Louis Gram, Chief Engineer; Nelson Gram, 2d Engineer. Edward Bent- house and Nelson Gram have charge of the Engine and horses. THE HARBOR An appropriation of $16,000 was made, which was used up in surveys; afterward an appropriation of $25,000 was made and in 1874 the work of driving piles and building breakwaters was commenced. The channel of the river is wide but is obstruct- ed by a bar of sand running across the mouth. Other appro- priations have since been made and the work has progressed each year. Although the Harbor is not completed the ordinary sized vessels came in to load. THE MENOMINEE RIVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY Was incorporated in 1856, The incorporators were Jesse Spald- ing, Harrison Ludington, Nelson Ludington, Daniel Wells Jr., Abner Kirby, S. M. Stephenson, Isaac Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, W. O. Carpenter, Truman Woodford, Ely Wright and R. L. Hall, who were constituted the first board of direct- ors. The first officers were Harrison Ludington, Pres.; Isaac Stephenson, Vice-Pres.; Agustus C. Brown, Sec'y and Treas. The first meeting for the election of officers was held at the store of N. Ludington Company in Marinette, Feb. 15th 1867. The company immediately constructed a dam across the river at the head of the rapids, to set the water back and create a pond to hold the logs. They have since built another across the river where the old Dr. Hall mill stood, and a wing dam below that. The company has also put in a large number of piers and booms, and have now completed arrangments for holding and dividing the logs. In 1875 there passed through the dividing booms 602,285 logs, amounting 112,056,280 feet of lumber board measure. The largest amount that has passed through the booms in one year is 142,917,228 feet (in 1872). The present officers are H. Ludington, Prest.; I. Stephenson, Vice-President; Charles J. Ellis Sec'y and Treasurer. The Board of Directors are Harrison Ludington, I. Stephenson, F. Carney, A. C. Mer- riman, S. M. Stephenson, and Jesse Spalding. [page 72] GILMORE MILL At the mouth of the Menominee, on the point between the river and bay shore, was built in 1867, by Charles H. Spafford, of Rockford, Ill., and William Gilmore. ==========================================================================