Branch County, Michigan History and Biographical Sketches Trio
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- Book #1 -
A 20th Century History and Biographical Record of Branch County,
Michigan
By Rev. Henry P. Colling , 1906
879 pages, indexed, illustrated
- Book #2 -
Portrait and Biographical Album o fBranch County, Michigan
By Chapman Brothers , 1888
648 pages, indexed, illustrated
- Book #3 -
History of Branch County, Michigan
With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Of Some of Its Prominent
Men and Pioneers
By Everts & Abbott, 1879
347 pages, indexed, illustrated, searchable
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CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY.
The plan of this history of Branch County comprises in the first place
a statement of all the feats of general interest relating to the
territory now comprising that county, from the earliest accounts down
to the present time, embracing a short description of its natural
characteristics, and a pretty full record of all events occurring
within its limits.
The later and larger portion of the work embraces separate histories
of the city of Coldwater, and of each of the sixteen townshipds of the
county, going with considerable detail into their early settlement,
showing the hardships and vicissitudes of pioneer life as narrated by
the pioneers themselves, and giving lists of the township officers,
together with separate sketches of all the churches, lodges and other
local organizations.
I.—Introductory 9
II.—Early French Discoveries 10
III.—The Pottawattamies 12
IV.—The Pottawattamies, continued .... 16
V.—The Pottawattamies, continued .... 26
VI—The Treaty-Making Period 32
VII.—The Situation at Settlement 35
VIII.—From Settlement to Organization of County . . 39
IX.—From Organization to 1840 48
X.—From 1841 to 1861 57
XI—First Infantry 59
XII.—Seventh Infantry 61
XIII.—Ninth Infantry 63
XIV.—Eleventh Infantry 66
XV.—Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Infantry . 71
XVI.—Nineteenth Infantry 73
XVII.—Twenty-Eighth Infantry and First Sharpshooters . 77
XVIII—Fourth and Fifth Cavalry 79
XIX.—Eighth. Ninth, and Eleventh Cavalry ... 82
XX.—Battery A, First Light Artillery . . . .85
XXI—Battery D 90
XXII—Battery F 91
XXIII.—Battery G 94
XXIV.—Other Branch County Soldiers 96
State Public School for Dependent Children (Frontispiece)
facing title-page.
Map of Branch County facing 9
City of COLDWATER
History of Towns and Villages of Branch County
Quincy
Union
Bronson
Girard
Algansee
Gilead
Batavia
Bethel
Kinderhook
Butler
Ovid
Matteson
Noble
Sherwood
California
CONTENTS. HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY.
"The plan of this history of Branch County comprises in the first
place a statement of all the feats of general interest relating to the
territory now comprising that county, from the earliest accounts down
to the present time, embracing a short description of its natural
characteristics, and a pretty full record of all events occurring
within its limits. The later and larger portion of the work embraces
separate histories of the city of Coldwater, and of each of the
sixteen townshipds of the county, going with considerable detail into
their early settlement, showing the hardships and vicissitudes of
pioneer life as narrated by the pioneers themselves, and giving lists
of the township officers, together with separate sketches of all the
churches, lodges and other local organizations."