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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. ============================================================================= The Muskegon Weekly Chronicle Thursday, 21 September, 1899 Sturdy Pioneers Old Settlers Hale and Hearty Yet Quite Numerous - Members of the Rugged Regiment which Formed the Advance Guard of Progress Here. Muskegon still has a goodly number of the early settlers, members of the detachments of pioneers who came here when the country was new, aided by their sturdy industry in its development, and who have seen the city grow from a mere hamlet to the metropolis of the west shore of Michigan. In the following The Chronicle gives a list of 207 now living who have resided here or hereabout at least 30 years. Some could not give the day of the month, but in such cases the month is given, and in the few lacking this we give the year. The senior settler is G. B. WOODBURY, who came here in 1840. Two who came in 1844, and are still residing here are MRS. WILLIAM McCOLLUM and E. W. MERRILL. Among those who came in 1847 are PETER LANSIFF, HENRY EGELSTON, LOUIS ELLENS, MRS. FANNY SHEPHERD and JOHN WITHERELL. Among those mentioned below one settler came in 1848, four in 1849, two in 1850, one in 1851, six in 1852, one in 1853, nine in 1854, eight in 1855, fifteen in 1856, ten in 1857, six in 1858, eight in 1859, four in 1860. Most of those with us yet are hale and hearty, and Muske- gon will have many of them for years to recall the trials and triumphs of the olden times. It has been quite a task to collect all of these names and dates and while the list does not give those of all pioneers it presents a sufficient number to mank an in- teresting article. As far as we have been able to complete the list it is as follows. George Arms October 18, 1859 Mrs. Geo. Arms October 18, 1859 John Amiott March 20, 1862 John Albers Spring, 1862 Frank Alberts April 20, 1865 A. B. Brittin April 5, 1850 Adolph Belfy January, 1852 Julius Bocksch April 1, 1852 August Ball April 29, 1855 E. Bertrand September 5, 1855 Isaac Brandt November, 1855 Mrs. Katharine Blake September, 1861 Mrs. Alex Boyd April, 1863 Mrs. Henrietta Banksy August 15, 1863 H. D. Baker January 4, 1864 G. H. Bennink June 28, 1864 Wm. Brinen March 21, 1865 D. A. Boelkens March 10, 1867 A. D. Boelkens March 10, 1867 C. C. Billinghurst March 21, 1867 Mrs. G. H. Bennink June 17, 1867 A. H. Burch September 31, 1867 W. H. Barney June 20, 1868 Mrs. C. L. Bradford January 15, 1869 Julle Bierema March 12, 1872 Michael Crowley April, 1848 P. J. Connell August, 1851 John Carmichael June, 1853 Alex. Coutchie May 14, 1856 J. D. Cheeseman 1862 John M. Carr December 5, 1862 C. B. Cotie September 1863 W. F. Chrystal 1865 T. B. Callan March 22, 1868 Timothy Cramer May 16, 1869 F. W. Cock December 20, 1870 C. J. Chaddock July 1, 1872 Ferdinand Dietrich June 27, 1850 J. D. Davis Summer, 1852 Patrick Dunn September 15, 1852 Patrick Dowd September 4, 1854 Mrs. Patrick Dunn August 1, 1855 Mrs. H. L. Davis Spring, 1857 John Anton Drake August 28, 1859 John DeHaas December, 1862 Martin DeBaker May 15, 1865 J. A. Dratz February 1, 1866 John Dorman 1874 Henry Egelston Spring, 1847 Louis Ellens 1847 George Easton January 1, 1852 R. P. Easton January 26, 1856 William Elmore September 7, 1859 Leonard Eyke June 1, 1863 Mrs. Magadline Eimer July, 1864 John English April, 1867 D. D. Erwin May 3, 1867 Martin Engle September 22, 1867 Mrs. John English September 25, 1867 Lawrence Flarry August 25, 1867 Mrs. Elizabeth Franke March, 1868 Dennis Garvey September 27, 1849 John Garvey September 27, 1849 Mrs. Martin Griffin July 6, 1862 Mrs. Russell Gibbs April 25, 1865 C. T. Hills May 26, 1852 Michael Hamen June 15, 1855 Jacob Hoogstraat November, 1855 C. H. Hackley April 17, 1856 Mrs. Henry H. Holt April 15, 1859 John Hughes May, 1860 Mrs. C. T. Hills September, 1860 C. J. Hamilton April, 1867 H. N. Hovey May 1, 1867 H. J. Hoyt September 20, 1867 John Hoos October 5, 1868 Thomas Hume May 31, 1870 James Hutchinson October, 1870 J. J. Howden May 10, 1871 P. O. Holthe August, 1872 James Hawkins March 30, 1874 Mrs. Louisa A. Johnson April 23, 1856 Peter Jeannot August 15, 1864 Francis Jiroch April 26, 1866 W. R. Jones December, 1866 Morris Kolkema March, 1858 Daniel Kelly May 15, 1865 Richard Kent January 15, 1866 L. N. Keating April, 1875 Peter Lansiff November 6, 1847 E. H. Lesperance August 10, 1852 Herman Lange August 20, 1854 Andrew Laube October 18, 1854 J. H. Lewis Spring, 1856 Mrs. Larry LeVaque September 20, 1856 Charles Leonard April 11, 1859 Mrs. L. O. Lyon August, 1866 L. O. Lyon August, 1866 Max Lange November 12, 1870 Mrs. Sarah Ann Lee 1875 Mrs. William McCollum Fall, 1844 E. W. Merrill September 6, 1844 Alex. McHale September, 1854 James McMichael May, 1856 A. V. Mann August, 1857 Jerry Medema 1857 Mrs. Thomas MacSorley 1859 R. Mueller May, 1862 L. B. Morse Fall, 1864 Ronald MacDonald November, 1864 Mrs. Ronald MacDonald November, 1864 D. McShannock July 14, 1865 David Mangin May 11, 1866 Mrs. David Mangin May 11, 1866 Mrs. John A. Miller September 23, 1866 Mrs. Anna G. Miller September 23, 1866 J. A. Miller September 23, 1866 Charles Miller Fall, 1866 William McKillip March 20, 1867 Mrs. Wm. McKillip April, 1867 C. E. Moulton April, 1867 Mrs. Ella McIneray September 25, 1867 P. P. Misner March 11, 1869 Thomas Munroe April, 1870 Dr. L. R. Marvin April 20, 1870 Newcomb McGraft July 5, 1871 F. A. Nims November 1, 1865 N. P. Nelson July 5, 1867 Charles O'Dell August 22, 1855 Wm. Pickett June 1, 1857 Miss Millie M. Peck October 21, 1859 L. E. Patten May, 1863 Julius Peppler May 15, 1867 E. F. Parker August, 1867 F. A. Perry May 14, 1869 Mrs. M. Peterson April, 1870 Mrs. Albert Quinn August, 1858 Wm. Reese September, 1854 Burnett Ripley July 15, 1856 Mrs. Burnett Ripley January 8, 1857 Dennis Rafferty July 10, 1857 Alex Rodgers April, 1858 Mrs. Dennis Rafferty May, 1862 F. L. Reynolds April 6, 1866 John Riordan May 23, 1870 Mrs. Fanny Shepherd April, 1847 Mrs. Michael Slone September, 1849 Nicholas Schuler 1854 Michael Sullivan April 5, 1855 S. H. Stevens July 6, 1856 Narzis Steiner Summer, 1857 J. F. Silkey May, 1858 Mrs. S. R. Sanford October, 1858 Mrs. W. D. Smith April, 1861 Henry Schallmo May, 1861 L. A. Smith November, 1862 Mrs. Matilda Schultz November, 1862 G. B. Smith November 22, 1863 William Schallmo May, 1864 C. Steketee September 17, 1864 George Schmidt November 18, 1865 Mrs. Fanny Sturgis December, 1865 Peter Schnitzler April 2, 1866 Mrs. James Smith April 15, 1866 Francis Smith May 26, 1866 W. A. Sibley December 24, 1867 W. W. Stevens November, 1869 G. D. Smith August 27, 1872 J. F. Stulp April, 1873 Mrs. W. W. Stevens April, 1874 John Torrent 1855 B. F. Thomas Spring, 1856 Mrs. Adeline Tarte October, 1856 Peter Thiel June 22, 1857 Dr. C. L. Thompson April 16, 1866 G. J. Tillotson June 1, 1866 Albert Towl April 18, 1867 Siebolt Temple May, 1867 J. E. Tuuk June 10, 1867 Egbert Tuuk June 10, 1867 E. W. Thayer April 10, 1874 E. N. VanBaalen September, 1857 Mrs. Louis Vincent March, 1865 Louis Vincent Spring, 1866 Dr. J. S. Vaughan August 9, 1866 J. D. VanderWerp October 17, 1873 Geo. B. Woodbury November 16, 1840 John Witherell April, 1847 Mrs. G. B. Woodbury November 5, 1854 Mathias Weiskopf November 24, 1854 Mathew Wilson August, 1855 Wesley F. Wood 1856 John Waalkes 1856 Frank Wood 1857 G. Wagner November, 1858 Mrs. Caroline Widekind June 27, 1860 Luther Whitney April, 1864 Albert Waldron May 16, 1866 Dr. O. C. Williams November 16, 1866 M. Waalkema March, 1867 W. F. Wiselogel March 19, 1869 John Walters September 2, 1869 Mrs. W. S. Wood July 15, 1875 John W. Yates February 1, 1872 Peter Zimmer May, 1854 ===============================================================================