Historical Review of Branch County, Michigan: Comprising the Townships of Algansee, Batavia, Bethel, Bronson, Butler, California, Coldwater, Girard, Gilead, Kinderhook, Noble, Matteson, Ovid, Quincy, Sherwood, and Union |
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Abram acres Algansee Algansee Township Baptist BATAVIA BATTERIES became Benj Bennett Bethel blacksmith Branch county BRONSON PHONE Bronson township Burr Oak Burr Oak openings Butler Chicago Road Chicago St CHICAGO STREET church Clark clerk COLDWATER Continued Coldwater river Coldwater township Corbus corner David early settlers east election erected factories farm flour frame house Garage Gilead Girard Greene township grist mill GROCERIES Hanchett Highways Hiram HISTORY OF BRONSON Hodunk house was built Ira Bonner Jabe Bronson James John Joseph river Kinderhook Lake later legislature located log cabin log house log school house Marsh Martin Martin Olds Masonic Masonville Matteson Methodist Michigan miles west mounds Olmstead organized physician pioneer post office postmaster Prairie River Prop railroad Robert S. S. Bushnell Samuel saw mill sawmill Service Sherwood station supervisor tavern trading post Union City Union township William York