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Michigan Pioneers
Index of persons profiled in Michigan Pioneers: the First One Hundred Years of Statehood, published by J.L. Hudson Company, 1937

There is no TOC or index in the pamphlet. All the profiles include an engraved image. The profiles are as much about a place as about the individual.


 * Alexander Emanuel Agassiz 1835-1910 p 42 copper magnate in Calumet, Michigan
 * John Allen 1796-1851 p 22 (founded Ann Arbor -- not a U.S. Rep from CT)
 * John Jacob Astor 1763-1848 p 82 fur-trader, made Mackinac Island into fashionable resort
 * Martha Baldwin 1840-1913 p 38 librarian in Birmingham, Michigan
 * Austin Blair 1818-1894 p 66 governor of Michigan, a founder of U.S. Republican Party, U.S. Representative, associated with Jackson, Michigan
 * Titus Bronson 1788-1853 p 70 founded Kalamazoo, Michigan
 * Louis Campau 1791-1871 p 58 founded Grand Rapids, Michigan
 * Lewis Cass 1782-1866 p 122 governor, Secretary of War, Minister to France, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, named Royal Oak, Michigan
 * Addison J. Comstock 1802-1867 p 6 founded Adrian, Michigan
 * Jesse Crowell 1797-1872 p 10 founded Albion, Michigan
 * General George Armstrong Custer 1839-1876 p 94 Monroe, Michigan claims tangential connection with Custer -- he went to school and married his wife there. Also has some bits about Toledo War
 * Henry Dearborn 1757-1829 p 50 Rev. War general, Dearborn, Michigan named after him
 * Samuel Dexter 1787-1856 p 62 founded Ionia, Michigan NOT politician from MA
 * Herbert Henry Dow 1866-1930 p 90 industrialist, founded Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan
 * William C. Durant b December 8, 1861 p 54 C. = 'Crapo', grandson of governor Crapo, auto pioneer in Flint, Michigan
 * Thomas Alva Edison 1847-1931 p 118 inventor, grew up in Port Huron, Michigan
 * Isaac A. Fancher 1833-1934 p 102 lawyer, legislator, pioneer from Mount Pleasant, Michigan
 * John Baptiste Ford 1811-1903 p 144 industrialist from Wyandotte, Michigan
 * George N. Fletcher 1814-1899 p 18 lumber magnate in Alpena, Michigan
 * James Fraser 1803-1866 p 34 founded Bay City, Michigan -- common name
 * Judge Amos Gould 1808-1882 p 110 first mayor of Owosso, Michigan
 * Charles H. Hackley 1837-1905 p 106 lumber magnate in Muskegon, Michigan
 * Perry Hannah 1824-1904 p 134 lumberman from Traverse City, Michigan
 * Alvin N. Hart 1804-1874 p 78 newspaper editor, pioneer of Lapeer, Michigan
 * Erastus Hussey 1800-1889 p 30 abolitionist, Quaker, mayor of Battle Creek, Michigan, a founder of U.S. Republican Party
 * Chancellor John Lansing 1754-1829 p 74 Chancellor of state of New York, Lansing, Michigan named after him
 * Norman Little 1806-1859 p 126 "The Father of Saginaw, Michigan"
 * General Alexander Macomb 1782-1844 p 98 platted village of Mount Clemens, Michigan with Lewis Cass and Christian Clemens
 * Charles S. Osborn born 1860 p 130 governor, scholar, newspaper publisher in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
 * Chief Pontiac 1720-1769 p 114 Pontiac, Michigan named for him
 * Jacob Sammons 1804-1959 p 46 founded Cheboygan, Michigan
 * Albert E. Sleeper 1862-1934 p 26 governor of Michigan, banker in Bad Axe, Michigan
 * George Brigham Truax 1819-1868 p 138 founder of Trenton, Michigan, son of Major Abram Caleb Truax
 * Peter White 1830-1908 p 86 involved with iron ore in Marquette, Michigan
 * Ammi W. Wright 1822-1912 p 14 founded Alma, Michigan
 * Demetrius Ypsilanti 1793-1832 p 146 hero of the Greek war of independence, Ypsilanti, Michigan named for him

Tuttle's General History
Index of persons profiled in General History of the State of Michigan with Biographical Sketches, Portrait Engravings, and Numerous Illustrations: A Complete History of the Peninsular State from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, compiled by Charles Richard Tuttle, published by R.D.S. Tyler &Co., Detroit, 1873

Biographical Sketches

 * Lewis Cass 20
 * Andrew Parsons 40
 * John J. Bagley 60
 * Henry P. Baldwin 65
 * Frederick L. Wells 69
 * Elihu L. Clark 73
 * Henry Fish 77
 * William M. Fenton 83
 * Martin S. Brackett 91
 * Timothy Jerome 95
 * Thomas P. Sheldon 99
 * Jonathon B. Tuttle 103

Engravings
Indian Council at St. Mary's Falls 89 LaSalle in the Griffin and Death of LaSalle 107