Bearinger Township History
Contributed by Jody Doran & B.J. Kemme




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Bearinger Township originally included Ocqueoc Township but in 1918 the two separated.  It included three post offices: Hammond Bay,
which was a Coast Guard station, Grace, and Grace Harbor. 
BEARINGER TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS 1894-1987 1894 – Denton G. Finlayson 1896 – George Banne 1897 – Charles Bryton 1909 – John W. Lewis 1910 – Arthur McArthur 1911 – Ed. E. Garden 1916 – Charles Roberts 1919 – Samuel E. Werner 1920 – Thomas Le Tourneau 1921 – Charles Roberts 1923 – Charles Schell, Sr. 1925 – George Spiekhout 1953 – Lawrence Mitchell 1969 – Byron W. Dailey 1974 – Raymond Schack 1978 – Harold DeHart, Jr. 1980 – Joyce Nolde 1984 – Vernon Wilson BEARINGER TOWNSHIP CLERKS 1895-1988 1895 – John Geddent 1897 - John Ferguson 1899 – B. Kelly 1902 – Arthur McArthur 1904 – Fred McIntyre 1906 – John W. Lewis 1909 – George Reph 1910 – Jacob Erb 1912 – John Fuller 1913 – Thomas Hodgett 1914- John W. Lewis 1918 – Albert Domke, Sr. 1920 – Godfrey Garden 1922 – George Spiekhout 1923 – Claude Tenny 1923 – Henry Hanson 1925 – August Herrick 1926 – Merle Dymond 1928 – Charles Cole 1930 – Edith Parkes 1934 - Grettis VanZant 1941- John Spiekhout 1942 – Jennie Koss 1942 – Caroline Freeman 1944 – Oda Roberts 1947 – Ralph Winn 1953 – John Muetzner 1956 – Charles Schell, Jr. 1972 – Tony Gahs 1974 – Patricia Bosley 1980 – Ruth Chimer 1982 – Darlene Tucker BLACK FOREST – CHIEF FORESTER 1922 – 1923 Wm. Everingham 1923 – 1924 Sid Godin 1926 – 1940 Dave Green & Ida Green 1942 – 1975 Andy Braidwood Some early names from Bearinger Township The Coles John Fuller & family (moved to Canada) Ed Garden Godfrey Garden Edward Goupell Delena Goupell Peacock Joseph Goupell & Bertha Goupell Ike Grady Thomas LeTourneaus – from Alpena John Lewis Charles Roberts Charles Schell Sr. Barbara Schell & 5 children: Chas Jr., Joe, Frank, Elizabeth, & William George Spiekhout John Temple Ted Thorne This material came from an article by Charles Schell, Jr. & Claire Walter

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