What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Monroe County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1890.
History
Of
Monroe County
Michigan
ILLUSTRATED
TALCOTT E. WING, Editor
NEW YORK:
MUNSELL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
1890
650 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.
This book on CD is SEARCHABLE *
CONTENTS
Chapter I. - Early discoveries Chapter II. - Count Frontenac Chapter III. - Early missionaries in the northwest Chapter IV. - Plot for obtaining the lower peninsula of Michigan from the United states in 1795 Chapter V. - Early settlements Chapter VI. - Causes that led to the War of 1812 - surrender of Detroit by General Hull Chapter VII. - From the surrender of General Hull to and including the massacre at the river raisin Chapter VIII. - Correspondence of Colonel Proctor, Commander of British Army at Battle of river Raisin, and reports after the battle Chapter IX. - Monroe County veterans of the War of 1812 Chapter X. - General Lewis Cass Chapter XI. - Biographies of residents on the river Raisin prior to the War of 1812 Chapter XII. - Events in Michigan from 1814 to 1834 Chapter XIII. - Events in Monroe County from 1825 to 1834 Chapter XIV. - Biographies of pioneers, 1818-1837 Chapter XV. - The United States Government improvements of La Plaisance and Monroe Harbors Chapter XVI. - The Toledo war Chapter XVII. - Monroe steamers and sail vessels Chapter XVIII. - The Patriot War Chapter XIX. - Railroads Chapter XX. - The bar of Monroe in 1837 Chapter XXI. - Statistics Chapter XXII. - Biographical sketches of United States and representatives Chapter XXIII. - The Geology of Monroe County Chapter XXIV. - Biographies of present and former citizens of Monroe Chapter XXV. - Secret Societies Chapter XXVI. - The Mexican War Chapter XXVII. - Sketches of some of the later residents of Monroe County Chapter XXVIII. - History of state administrations Chapter XXIX. - Aquatic sports and oarsmen of the river raisin Chapter XXX. - Business Interests of Monroe Chapter XXXI. - Monroe water company Chapter XXXII. - Benevolent and social clubs and societies Chapter XXXIII. - The medical profession Chapter XXXIV. - The bar of Monroe Chapter XXXV. - Fisheries Chapter XXXVI. - Biographical sketches Chapter XXXVII. - The press of Monroe Chapter XXXVIII. - History of the churches of Monroe County Chapter XXXIX. - Our schools Chapter XL. - The war of the rebellion Chapter XLI. - History of townships of Monroe County General Index Individual index Personal histories
BIOGRAPHICAL
Adams, Alford, Alger, Allen, Allouez, Anderson, Angerer, Armitage, Arnold, Aselstyne, Austin, Bacon, Bagley, Baldwin, Barry, Bates, Beaman, Beck, Begole, Benson, Bentley, Billmire, Bissonette, Blair, Blanchard, Bliss, Boyd, Bragdon, Brigham, Bruckner, Buck, Bulkley, Candee, Cass, Chapman, Choate, Christiancy, Clark, Clarke, Cole, Conant, Corbin, Crampton, Crapo, Critchett, Croswell, Curtis, Curtiss, Custer, Dablon, Daiber, Damon, Dansard, Darrah, Davis, Dawe, Dazet, Disbrow, Dorsch, Dunbar, Durocher, Edwards, Egnew, Eldredge, Fay, Felch, Ferry, Fifield, Frontenac, Gale, Galloway, Gifford, Gilday, Godfroy, Golden, Gonsolus, Goodwin, Gordon, Gorman, Grant, Greeley, Green, Greene, Grosvenor, Hackett, Hardy, Heath, Hitchcock, Hoffman, Hogarth, Horner, Hubble, Humphrey, Hurd, Ilgenfritz, Jackson, Jaminet, Jerome, Johnson, Joliet, Jones, Joos, Joslyn, Kedzie, Keeney, Kirby, Knaggs, Knapp, Lacroix, Lafontain, Landon, Lanman, LaSalle, Lasselle, Lauer, Lawrence, Lewis, Lockwood, Loranger, Luce, McCallum, McMillan, Man, Marquette, Martin, Masecar, Mason, Menard, Moore, Morris, Morrow, Mulhollen, Munro, Murphy, Navarre, Noble, Osgood, Paquette, Parker, Peabody, Peters, Randall, Ransom, Rauch, Rawson, Raymbault, Regal, Richard, Richardson, Robert, Root, Russell, Sancraint, Sawyer, Schmittdiel, Slayton, Smith, Soffers, Soleau, Southworth, Spalding, Sterling, Stevens, Stockbridge, Stone, Strong, Studdiford, Stump, Thurber, Tibbetts, Toll, Tull, Valade, Van Kleeck, Wakefield, Waldron, Weier, Wells, West, White, Wilkerson, Willett, Willitts, Winans, Wing, Wisner, Winney, Wood, Woodbrdige, Zabel
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