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The Kalamazoo Valley Family
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Vol. 2, No. 1         September 1972

Page 42 & Bottom of Page 57

City of Plainwell and City of Wayland

Topics
City of Plainwell City of Wayland

City of Plainwell
Village 1869   City 1934

PRESIDENT OR MAYOR
Joseph W. Hicks (1869) Morrison Bailey (1876) Joseph W. Hicks (1885-8)
Jonas Rouse (1870) Daniel Earle (1877) F. M. Stonus (1889-1901)
Henry H. Mills (1871) Ogden Tomlinson (1878-81) F. A. Harwood (1902-04)
A. H. Hill (1872) Daniel Earle (1882) A. L. Nichols (1905)
Joseph W. Hicks (1873-5) O. J. Woodard (1883-4) F. A. Harwood (1906-4)
 
CLERK
H. W. Church (1869) John S. Havens (1873-5) Charles D. Hart (1879-81)
John H. Madden (1870) G. W. Merriam (1876) Peter Hatfield (1882-7)
Oziel H. Rounds, Jr. (1871) George Scales (1877-8) Fred F. Patterson (1888-1906)
Clarence M. Giles (1872)    
 
TREASURER
A. H. Hill (1869) G. G. Soule (1882) C. W. Machemer (1896-7)
William Hay (1870) H. W. Chamberlin (1883-4) C. E. Spencer (1898-9)
O. J. Woodard (1871-2) F. M. Stonus (1885) C. W. Machemer (1900-01)
G. G. Soule (1873-77) O. B. Granger (1886-8) C. E. Spencer (1902)
G. W. Merriam (1878) J. H. Hitchcock (1889) E. J. Chart (1903-04)
H. W. Chamberlin (1879) J. A. Sherwood (1890-2) Fred R. Chart (1905)
William Crispe (1880) James N. Hill (1893) F. C. Smith (1906-?)
H. W. Chamberlin (1881) J. S. Madden (1894-5)  
 
1971 OFFICIALS
Richard P. Farr, Mayor Fannie M. Pell, Clerk Fannie M. Pell,Treasurer
James Higgs, Councilman Clarence Koster, Councilman James VanLent, Councilman
Jack Shattuck, Councilman Thurl G. Cook, Supt Lincoln Dupon, Assessor
Joseph Drobny, Police Chief Lincoln Dupon, Fire Chief David Morris, Attorney

 

CITY OF WAYLAND
Village 1868     City 1966

PRESIDENT OR MAYOR
Edward M. Fitch (1868-9) William V. Hoyt (1883-4) Eli F. Clark (1896)
James F. Halbert (1870) Ensign W. Pickett (1885) David Stockdale (1897-8)
William Seaver (1871-2) J. W. Humphry (1886) John C. Yeakey (1899)
Minot Hoyt (1873) James H. Avery (1887) William Stockdale (1900-1)
John Graham (1874) Edward S. Fitch (1888) David Stockdale (1902)
William E. White (1875) John Chapple (1889-91) Frank Coville (1903)
William Seaver (1876-8) Ensign W. Pickett (1892) William Stockdale (1904)
David Stockdale (1879-81) Eli F. Clark (1893) L. F. Wallbrecht (1905)
William Seaver (1882) Edward S. Fitch (1894-5) William Stockdale (1906-?)
 
CLERK
H. C. Garrett (1868-9) David Stockdale (-1882 ) George A. Mosher (1897)
J. B. Smith (1870) Peter Ross (1883-4) Olis E. Harwood (1898)
David Stockdale (1871) John Chapple (1885-7) George A. Mosher (1899-1900)
E. M. Fitch (1872) George A. Mosher (1888-90) Frank C. Elliott (1901)
W. V. Hoyt (1873-6) William V. Hoyt (1891-3) D. Jay Chapple (1902-5)
John Chapple (1877-81) George A. Mosher (1894-5) Walter B. Sherwood (1906-?)
O. E. White (1882-) L. D. Chapple (1896)  
 
TREASURER
Norton Briggs (1868-74) John Chapple (1884) Ensign W. Pickett (1899)
Eli F. Clark (1875) William L. Heazlit (1885-94) William L. Heazlit (1900-1)
Frank Henika (1876-7) Leander D. Chapple (1895) Alanson Tanner (1902)
T. B. Garrett (1878) Frank E. Pickett (1896) Samuel J. Newton (1903-4)
B. D. Smith (1879) William L. Heazlit (1897-8) C. G. Devenwater (1905-6)
Bradley Smith (1880-3)    
 
1971 OFFICIALS
Philip L. Reno, Mayor M. John Hefner, Jr., Clerk Rose Marie Feldwisch (Treasurer)
Max Barnes, Councilman Willard Benedict, Councilman Donald Shafer, Councilman
Ted Green, Councilman Walter B. Gurney, Councilman  Forrest Reichenbach  (Police Chief)
Robert Swart out, Councilman Ernest C. Martin, Assessor  
Hugh G. DeWeerd, Fire Chief Keith R. Wellington, Attorney  

 


INDEX
Allegan City Douglas Village Just so you know Pioneer Society
Allegan County History Drinkwine Bible Record Kalamazoo Library Plainwell City
Allegan County Officials Early Marriages Laketown Township Presbyterians
Allegan Township Editorial Lee Township President Message
Allegan Vacations Family Names, and how they came about -"The Dutch" Leighton Township Salem Township
Allegan's Oldest Living Graduate Fennville City Library References Saugatuck Township
Biographical Historians Fillmore Township Manlius Township Saugatuck Village
Casco Township Ganges Township Martin Township Smile, you've been in Allegan County
Cheshire Township Gravestone of a Genealogist? Martin Village Source of the Quarter
Clyde Township Gun Plain Township Monterey Township Trowbridge Township
County Clerk's Letter Hamilton High School Band Photo News Clippings Valley Township
County Commissioners 1971 Heath Township Nostalgia Anyone Watson Township
Credits and Dedication Help!! Old Fashioned Wayland City
Daniel Like Record Hopkins Township Otsego City Wayland Township
Dann Family Hopkins Village Otsego Township  
Dorr Township Hyder Family History Overisel Township  

 

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