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Michigan Pioneers[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Engravings[edit]

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