HISTORY OF TUSCOLA COUNTY

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THE TOWN OF ALMER

Almer embraces township 13 north, of range 9 east, and is bounded north by Columbia east by Ellington, south by Indian Fields, and west by Fair Grove and Akron. The first settlers found a township of comparatively high land having an undulating surface, and covered for the most part with beech, maple, ash and oak timber. The soil is mostly clay loam.

Caro is the market place of the town. This village is situated so near the south line of the township that all the people of the town are at a convenient distance; consequently, since the fall of Richland, no business center has ever sprung up with the township.

ENTRIES OF LAND PRIOR TO 1850

TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST.

SECTION 1. Derias H. Gould, February 26, 1855.
John Patterson, November 1, 1855
Daniel Pattison, August 12, 1857
Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855

SECTION 2 Wm. W. Sherman, July 5, 1855
David McMichael, August 12, 1856
Philip Chant, September 19, 1856
T. North, no date

SECTION 3 Jas. Cleaver, November 26, 1854
David Plewes, November 20, 1854
Jas. Cleaves, July 26, 1855

SECTION 4 Wm. Griggs, June 10, 1854
Thos. Coverdale, November 20, 1854
Jacob D. Klein, May 30, 1855
Geo. Smith, December 20, 1855
Geo. Smith, December 19, 1855
Geo. L. Klein, June 23, 1856

SECTION 5 Jonas Hayman, May 30, 1855
John B. Edgar, May 30, 1855
Geo. L. Klein May 30, 1855
John Hate, October 3, 1855
Geo. L. Klein, June 23, 1856

SECTION 6 Hermon Camp, June 9, 1854
Daniel Marvin, August 26, 1854
Stott E. Colley, May 1, 1855
Levi Fritz, April 28, 1856

SECTION 7 Oscar W. Corbin, April 26, 1854
Hermon Camp, June 9, 1854
Jesse Westfall, December 20, 1854
Alfred S. Richards, September 22, 1855

SECTION 8 Thomas Chapman, May 4, 1855
John Hate, October 3, 1855

SECTION 10 James H. C. Blades, August 18, 1853
John L. Ireland, August 13, 1856

SECTION 11 James Cleaver, June 15, 1853
Owen Simmerson, December 12, 1854
Laurence Roelofson, November 10, 1856
Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855

SECTION 12 David H. Andrews, April 28, 1853
Wm. Richards, Jr., and John Richards, 1853
John Richards, August 22, 1853
Jas. Andrews. January 20, 1854
David H. Andrews, April 7, 1854
Derias H. Gould, November 25, 1854
David H. Andrew, December 11, 1854

SECTION 13 William McPhail, November 15, 1852
William W. Wilber, April 28, 1853
Benjamin W. and John A. White, May 2, 1853
William A. Heartt, January 13, 1853
James Andrews, April 28, 1853
George Brownell, April 23, 1853
George Brownell, May 5, 1853
Ralph C. Smith, June 20, 1850
John Richards, August 22, 1853
William E. Sherman, October 13, 1853

SECTION 14 William McPail, November 15, 1852
George Cleaver, June 15, 1853
Ralph C. Smith, June 20, 1853
James H. C. Blades, August 18, 1853

SECTION 15 Joseph A. Hamilton, December 30, 1854
James Ennis, September 26, 1855
William S. Belden, September 25, 1855
Harvey Belden, May 2, 1856
William S. Belden, May 2, 1856
James Ennis, May 15, 1856
Isaac J. Hartshorn, May 26, 1856

SECTION 17 Calvin Gallop, October 3,1855
John Clobridge December 14, 1857

SECTION 18 David J. Pulsipher, April 11 1854
Hermon Camp, June 9, 1854
Calvin Gallop, October 3, 1855
Edmund Dolton, May 3, 1856

SECTION 19 Edmund Dolton, May 3, 1856

SECTION 20 Alfred Harrison, June 14, 1856

SECTION 21 Polly Ann Court, February 6, 1857
C. M. Cameron, April 13, 1859
C. M. Cameron, March 22, 1859

SECTION 22 Sylvester Smith, May 15, 1854
William Delling, October 7, 1854
Travis Leech, October 20, 1854
Samuel P. Shearman, May 29, 1856
Ransom L. Feerin, September 27, 1859
C. M. Cameron, April 13, 1859
Jared R. Lathrop, June 4, 1856
Samuel P. Shearman, December 2, 1856
C. M. Cameron, March 29 1859
John C. Cameron, November 21, 1859

SECTION 23 Peter Davis, November 15, 1852
William E. Sherman, December 3, 1852
Jacob Eshleman, January 24,
Ralph C. Smith, August 15, 1853
Samuel P. Shearman, December 24, 1853
William E. Sherman, May 3, 1854
Inman J. B. McKinney, June 5, 1854
Reuben Hitchcock, July 6, 1854
Sault St. Marie Canal Co., May 25, 1855

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SECTION 24 Henry Parks, September 8, 1851
Jacob Sherman, September 8, 1851
Samuel R. Dudley, September 8, 1851
Richard H. Speed, September 8, 1851
Christopher Callan, November 15, 1852
William W.Wilber, April 28, 1853
Sumon Wittum, August 18, 1853
William Richards, Jr., August 22, 1853

SECTION 25 Pachal Richardson, September 7, 1847
J. Eldridge and C. Emerson November 11, 1847
Paschal Richardson, February 21, 1848
Granville Nichols, April 26, 1852
George M. Dewey, March 14, 1853
George M. Dewey, March 19, 1853

SECTION 26 Paschal Richardson, February 21, 1848
Artemas Knowles, November 11, 1851
Benjamin Rynders, September 8, 1851
Clark Waring, September 8, 1851
Joseph Tibbits, September 8, 1851
Christian Shadley, April 17, 1852
Granville Nichols, June 2, 1852
Edgar Sheldon, October 20, 1852

SECTION 27 Cladius S. Roberson, August 17, 1852
Christopher Howard, April 21, 1852
Charles M. Delling, September 17, 1852
Samuel P. Shearman, August 26, 1854
Peter Fox, December 12, 1854
Solon Burgess, January 13, 1855

SECTION 28 Charles M. Delling, September 7, 1853
Edward Belmer, November 1, 1853
Samuel Lake, January 24, 1854
John Beach, February 11, 1854
John Beach, March 1, 1854
William Palmer, April 6, 1854
Silas S. Bliss, May 22, 1854
Lewis Richards, November 16, 1854
Alexander Belmer, August 31, 1855
A. Trumbull, March 19, 1859
C. Dean, March 19 1859

SECTION 29 Peter Raymer, July 23, 1855

SECTION 31 David H. Andrews, November 2, 1853
John L. Ireland, August 13, 1856
Burton Tillotson, August 13, 1858

SECTION 32 Edgar Sheldon, October 20, 1852
Edgar Sheldon, December 13, 1852
Lucious Marvin, July 13, 1853
Lucius Marvin, June 6, 1854
James Dorr, July 25, 1855
John H. Richardson, October 19, 1855
Peter D. Bush, July 5, 1856

SECTION 33 Edgar Sheldon, September 27, 1852
Patrick Archer, September 23, 1852
Aaron Dickinson, November 1, 1852
William E. Sherman, December 3, 1852
Samuel P. Shearman, December 24, 1852
Samuel Lake, January 24, 1854

SECTION 34 Levi A.Rapplege, March 20, 1850
Josiah Taylor, January 10, 1851
Leonard L. Witbeck, September 27, 1852
Isaac N. Craine, October 8, 1852

SECTION 35 Lorenzo B. Curtis, and Samuel Hubbard, June t, 1847
Paschal Richardson, September 7, 1847
D. & S. Johnson, September 1

SECTION 35 Lorenzo B. Curtis, and Samuel Hubbard, June t, 1847
Paschal Richardson, September 7, 1847
D. & S. Johnson, September 14, 1847
Pachal Richardson, October 14, 1847
Daniel and Solomon Johnson, February 18, 1851
Artemas Knowles, November 6, 1851
Samuel Ingersoll, April 17, 1852
Jospeh Roberson, June 30, 1852
Ken-ne wap-be, March 19, 1855
Robert Law, May 1, 1855

SECTION 36 Paschal Richardson, September 7, 1847
Samuel T. Atwater, July 1, 1854
Horace T. Parsell, September 8, 1854
James S. Ketchum, June 23, 1859
C. M. Cameron, April 13, 1859