The History of Kent County, Michigan
Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1881You can find the pages for the Chapman's Biographies
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Index to Articles From Chapman's History
Table of Contents: History of Michigan, History of Kent County, History of Grand Rapids
Newspapers - Chapter XIII
A Listing of the Newspapers in Kent CountyPioneers - Chapter V
Page Numbers of Biographies and Portraits
Township Histories/Biographies
Ada Algoma Alpine Bowne Byron
Caledonia Cannon Cascade Courtland
Gaines Grand Rapids Grattan Lowell
Nelson Oakfield Paris Plainfield
Solon Sparta Spencer Tyrone
Vergennes Walker WyomingBelow is a listing of the page that the township information begins and the pages on which you will find the biographical sketches for each township and the City of Grand Rapids.
Township
Page
Pages of Sketches
ADA
487
498-517
ALGOMA
518
529-552
ALPINE
553
562-583
BOWNE
584
588-602
BYRON
603
609-639
CALEDONIA
640
647-676
CANNON
677
682-690
CASCADE
693
701-718
COURT
719
723-729
GAINES
730
734-754
GRATTAN
755
764-776
G. R. TP.
777
781-793
G. R. CITY
794
938-1178
LOWELL
1179
1211-1231
NELSON/SOLON
1232
1254-1274
OAKFIELD
1275
1283-1289
PARIS
1290
1293-1305
PLAINFIELD
1306
1311-1321
SPARTA
1322
1329-1349
SPENCER
1350
1354-1357
TYRONE
1358
1362-1367
VERGENNES
1368
1373-1384
WALKER
1385
1391-1407
WYOMING
1408
1414-1425
LISTING OF PAGE NUMBERS FOR
BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS FOR 1881 CHAPMAN'S HISTORY
NAME
PORTRAIT
PAGE
TWP/CITY
ABEL, JULIUS C.
1414
WYOMING
ADAMS, ALANSON R.
1283
OAKFIELD
ADAMS, F. D.
1211-1212
LOWELL
ALBEE, ARTHUR N.
938
GRCITY
ALBEE, NELSON F.
1362
TYRONE
ALBRIGHT, J., M. D.
938
GRCITY
ALDEN, ELIJAH D.
647-648
CALEDONIA
ALDRICH, JAMES L.
609
BYRON
ALDRICH, PETER M.
529-530
ALGOMA
ALGER, LEWIS
1373
VERGENNES
ALGER, WILLIAM M.
938-939
GRCITY
ALLEN, ASA M.
530
ALGOMA
ALLEN, GEORGE W.
939
GRCITY
ALLEN, HIRAM H.
1293-1294
PARIS
ALLEN, J. W.
PG. 528
1391
WALKER
ALLEN, WILLIAM T.
734
GAINES
ALLYN, OSCAR
1254
NELSON-SOLON
ALMY, ALPHONZO W.
1391
WALKER
AMES, JOHN
499
ADA
AMSDEN, JAMES B.
781
GRTP
ANDERSON, CHARLES
562
ALPINE
ANDERSON, EBENEZER
939-940
GRCITY
ANDERSON, WILLIAM H.
1329
SPARTA
ANDOR, ADAM
565
ALPINE
ANDRUS, CHARLES
562, 565
ALPINE
ANGELL, CRAWFORD
940
GRCITY
ANSON, CHARLES W.
781-782
GRTP
ANTISDEL, ARTHUR R.
940-941
GRCITY
ARMSTRONG, GEORGE W.
682
CANNON
ARNOLD, ALONZO J.
1414
WYOMING
ATHERTON, GEORGE
1329
SPARTA
AUBLE, ANDREW J.
701
CASCADE
AUBLE, ISAAC E.
701-702
CASCADE
AUKNEY, JONATHAN
734
GAINES
AVERY, NOYES L.
PG. 801
941-942
GRCITY
AYLSWORTH, WILLIS
682
CANNON
BAARS, J. FREDERIC
942-943
GRCITY
BABCOCK, CHAUNCEY
648
CALEDONIA
BAECHLER, BASILIUS
1414
WYOMING
BAILEY, DE WITT C.
530
ALGOMA
BAILEY, FREEBORN F.
1294
PARIS
BAILEY, JOHN L.
530
ALGOMA
BAILEY, SLUMAN S.
943-944
GRCITY
BAILEY, SMITH
1373
VERGENNES
BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM R.
734-735
GAINES
BALCOM, GEORGE BRIGHAM
1212
LOWELL
BALCOM, JOHN M.
1329
SPARTA
BALDWIN, WILLIAM
723
COURTLAND
BALE, PETER A.
648
CALEDONIA
BALL, JOHN
949-950
GRCITY
BALL, JOHN
PG. 948
944-946
GRCITY
BALLARD, LYMAN S.
1330
SPARTA
BANKS, WILLIAM H.
499-500
ADA
BARBER, O. B.
648-649
CALEDONIA
BARNABY, REV. HORACE F.
735-736
GAINES
BARNARD, ROZINA
1283
OAKFIELD
BARNES, A. M.
764
GRATTAN
BASS, W. S.
1330
SPARTA
BATES, MARCUS W.
950-951
GRCITY
BATTERSON, WILLIAM N.
1362
TYRONE
BEACH, BENJAMIN
500
ADA
BEACH, SAMUEL
500-501
ADA
BEALES, SAVOY
1414
WYOMING
BEARDSLEY, WILLIAM L.
530
ALGOMA
BECKWITH, CHARLES W.
1373
VERGENNES
BECKWITH, PETER
782
GRTP
BEEDE, FRANKLIN
1391
WALKER
BELKNAP, JOHN J.
951
GRCITY
BELL, CHARLES F.
1254
NELSON-SOLON
BENEDICT, E. R., JR.
1254-1255
NELSON-SOLON
BENEDICT, J. O.
1255
NELSON-SOLON
BENHAM, FERNANDO
723
COURTLAND
BENHAM, FREDERICK
723
COURTLAND
BENNETT, WILLIAM H.
530-531
ALGOMA
BERGER, HENRY R.
1391
WALKER
BERGY, TOBIAS
649
CALEDONIA
BERLES, FRANZ
951-952
GRCITY
BERRIDGE, JOHN
1255
NELSON-SOLON
BEST, JONATHAN
1391
WALKER
BETTERLY, ALBERT
1330
SPARTA
BICKNELL, C. C.
1255
NELSON-SOLON
BILLINGS, CALVIN
1330
SPARTA
BILLINGS, EZRA
1311
PLAINFIELD
BIRDSALL, WILLIAM
PG. 1109
565-567
ALPINE
BISHOP, LOOMIS K.
952
GRCITY
BLACK, WILLIAM
1255-1256
NELSON-SOLON
BLACKMER, D. W. C.
1414-1415
WYOMING
BLAIN, JOSEPH
736
GAINES
BLAIN, SARAH A.
PG. 746
BLAIN, WILMOT H.
PG. 747
736-737
GAINES
BLAIR, JONATHAN, JR.
1392
WALKER
BLAISDELL, W. R.
1212
LOWELL
BLAKELEY, DR. RUSSEL L.
531
ALGOMA
BLAKELY, WILLIAM I.
952-953
GRCITY
BLAKESLEE, C. D.
1212
LOWELL
BLIVEN, HENRY M.
953
GRCITY
BLODGETT, CHANCY
1294
PARIS
BLOOMER, REUBEN
1330
SPARTA
BLOOMFIELD, JAMES
1256
NELSON-SOLON
BLOUNT, FREDERICK R.
953-954
GRCITY
BLUSH, RODOLPHUS
1362
TYRONE
BOER, G. E. (REV.)
954
GRCITY
BOISE, EUGENE, M. D.
954-955
GRCITY
BOOROM, A. J.
1330
SPARTA
BOOROM, LEWIS
1330-1331
SPARTA
BORST, J. R.
1256
NELSON-SOLON
BOTSFORD, MRS. SARAH
1283
OAKFIELD
BOWERS, BENJAMIN
531-532
ALGOMA
BOWMAN, LEVI
649-650
CALEDONIA
BOXHEIMER, FRANCIS J.
955
GRCITY
BOYD, JAMES
567
ALPINE
BOYLON, THOMAS
501
ADA
BOYNTON, EBENEZER L.
1354
SPENCER
BOYNTON, JEREMIAH W.
955-956
GRCITY
BOYNTON, JERRY
PG. 765
609-610
BYRON
BOYNTON, WILLIAM
610-611
BYRON
BOYNTON, WILLIAM
609-610
BYRON
BOYNTON, WILLIAM F.
611
BYRON
BRACE, AVERY
PG. 837
1392
WALKER
BRACE, EMMET
1392
WALKER
BRADFORD, ARUNA
956
GRCITY
BRADFORD, E. A.
1331
SPARTA
BRADFORD, EDWIN
1331
SPARTA
BRADFORD, JASON S.
1331
SPARTA
BRADFORD, MOSES
782
GRTP
BRADFORD, PERRY
1331
SPARTA
BRAGG, ALEXANDER
737-738
GAINES
BRANDT, J. GEORGE
956-957
GRCITY
BRASS, JOHN
702
CASCADE
BREMER, HENRY
957-958
GRCITY
BREWER, FRANCIS C.
567
ALPINE
BREWER, WESLEY M.
738
GAINES
BRIGGS, B. B.
723-724
COURTLAND
BRIGGS, COL. GEORGE G.
PG. 366
958-959
GRCITY
BRIGGS, HORACE J.
1256
NELSON-SOLON
BROOKMAN, JOHN
782, 785
GRTP
BROOKS, ABIJAH E.
959-960
GRCITY
BROWER, SYLVESTER
1212-1213
LOWELL
BROWN, A. H.
1256
NELSON-SOLON
BROWN, BESTER
785
GRTP
BROWN, CHARLES H.
1415
WYOMING
BROWN, CHESTER C.
1415
WYOMING
BROWN, CHRISTIAN
567
ALPINE
BROWN, ELISHA T.
PG. 564
567-568
ALPINE
BROWN, EPHRAIM C.
1312
PLAINFIELD
BROWN, FLETCHER
738
GAINES
BROWN, FRANCIS
785
GRTP
BROWN, GEORGE E.
650
CALEDONIA
BROWN, JOHN
1331
SPARTA
BROWN, K. J.
PG. 1056
568
ALPINE
BROWN, MARCUS P.
960
GRCITY
BROWN, THOMAS E.
1294
PARIS
BROWN, WILLIAM H.
PG. 656
650-651
CALEDONIA
BRUMMELER, JOHN A.
960-961
GRCITY
BUCHANAN, JOHN C.
961-962
GRCITY
BUCHANAN, SAMUEL
1331
SPARTA
BUCK, REV. S. C.
738-739
GAINES
BUCK, SEELEY S.
1294-1295
PARIS
BUELL, MARCUS
651
CALEDONIA
BUHRMANN, HENRY M.
962
GRCITY
BULLARD, EDWIN M.
1392
WALKER
BULLIMENT, JOHN
1415
WYOMING
BULLIMENT, THOMAS
1415
WYOMING
BURCH, HARMOND A.
724
COURTLAND
BUSH, JAMES
764
GRATTAN
BUSH, REV. DANIEL
PG. 186
1392-1393
WALKER
BUSH, WILLIAM
682
CANNON
BUSS, CHARLES
962-963
GRCITY
BUTLER, JOHN
1256
NELSON-SOLON
BUTTERFIELD, R. W.
963
GRCITY
BUTTERWORTH, R. E. E.
963-964
GRCITY
BUTTRICK, CHARLES, JR.
702
CASCADE
BYRNE, JAMES
1312
PLAINFIELD
CALKINS BROTHERS
964, 967
GRCITY
CALKINS, CHARLES P.
967-968
GRCITY
CAMP, PHINEAS S.
1393
WALKER
CAMPAU, ANDREW S.
968
GRCITY
CAMPAU, DENIS L.
968-969
GRCITY
CAMPAU, EDWARD
PG. 692
651-652
CALEDONIA
CAMPAU, F. E.
652
CALEDONIA
CAMPAU, LOUIS
PG. 131
CAMPBELL, JOHN J.
588
BOWNE
CARL, W. P.
501
ADA
CARLTON, PHILIP P.
682-683
CANNON
CARLYLE, ROBERT
532
ALGOMA
CARPENTER, BENJAMIN T.
1256
NELSON-SOLON
CARPENTER, FRANK L.
969
GRCITY
CARPENTER, LEVI
652-653
CALEDONIA
CARPENTER, OSCAR P.
739
GAINES
CARPENTER, TIMOTHY
1312
PLAINFIELD
CARREL, CHESTER J.
611
BYRON
CARTER, H. L.
1256, 1259
NELSON-SOLON
CASEY, JAMES
1373
VERGENNES
CASWELL, EDWIN D.
969
GRCITY
CAUKIN, RUFIN
1283-1284
OAKFIELD
CAUKIN, VOLNEY W.
1331-1332
SPARTA
CHADWICK, GEORGE W.
1295
PARIS
CHALMERS, ANDREW
532
ALGOMA
CHAMBERLAIN, NIJAH D.
702-703
CASCADE
CHAMBERLAIN, NORMAN, M. D.
611-612
BYRON
CHAMPLIN, JOHN W.
969-970
GRCITY
CHAPEL, L. B.
501-502
ADA
CHAPMAN, ANTHONY
1332
SPARTA
CHAPMAN, W. M.
1213
LOWELL
CHAPMAN, WILLIAM H.
1332
SPARTA
CHAPPELL, DAN N.
PG. 1228
1393
WALKER
CHAPPELL, GEORGE S.
1393-1394
WALKER
CHASE, ABEL
568-569
ALPINE
CHASE, AMOS G., M. D.
502
ADA
CHASE, LA FAYETTE
1213
LOWELL
CHENEY, HON. AMHERST B.
PG. 1316
1332
SPARTA
CHENEY, Z. V.
1332-1333
SPARTA
CHESEBRO, ISABELLA
1295
PARIS
CHESTER, E. F. (DR.)
1259
NELSON-SOLON
CHICKERING, FRANK
970
GRCITY
CHIPMAN, WALTER
532-533
ALGOMA
CHITTENDEN, FLAVEL
786
GRTP
CHRISTENSON, JOHN C.
970-971
GRCITY
CHRISTY, WILLIAM H.
533
ALGOMA
CHUBB, URIAH
1362-1363
TYRONE
CHURCH, CALVIN
739
GAINES
CHURCH, HON. THOMAS BROWNELL
971-972
GRCITY
CHURCH, MELVIN B.
971
GRCITY
CHURCH, REV. CHESTER
1374
VERGENNES
CLARK, ALEXANDER H.
1295-1296
PARIS
CLARK, ASA
1363
TYRONE
CLARK, C. E.
1213
LOWELL
CLARK, EDWIN W.
653
CALEDONIA
CLARK, ERASTUS
PG. 239
972-973
GRCITY
CLARK, FRED S.
973
GRCITY
CLARK, THOMAS
1312
PLAINFIELD
CLARK, WILLIAM
703
CASCADE
CLARK, WILLIAM M.
973-974
GRCITY
CLAY, SAMUEL D.
974
GRCITY
CLEMENS, A. C.
588
BOWNE
CLEMENS, NOAH B.
739-740
GAINES
CLEMENTS, JOHN L.
502-503
ADA
CLIFFORD, FREDERICK
1333
SPARTA
CLOSE, CONVERSE
767
GRATTAN
COFFEE, JOHN
569
ALPINE
COFFINBERRY, WRIGHT L.
974-975
GRCITY
COGSHALL, HENRY
1333
SPARTA
COLEMAN, WILLIAM S.
1213
LOWELL
COLLINS, GEORGE W.
533
ALGOMA
COLSON, FRANK L.
588-589
BOWNE
COMSTOCK, HON. CHARLES C.
PG. 912
975-977
GRCITY
CONSIDINE, JOHN
612
BYRON
CONVERSE, JAMES W.
977
GRCITY
COOK, GEORGE
977
GRCITY
COOK, MARIETTA
PG. 1377
COOK, ORSON
PG. 1376
740-741
GAINES
COOK, WILLIAM NEWTON
977-978
GRCITY
COOLBAUGH, REV. FRANK C.
978
GRCITY
COOLEY, GEORGE N.
653
CALEDONIA
COON, GEORGE F.
1394
WALKER
COON, JACKSON
533
ALGOMA
COONS, A. L.
589
BOWNE
COOPER, HARRY E.
979
GRCITY
COOPER, J. E.
786
GRTP
COOPER, JOHN A.
569
ALPINE
COPPENS, CHARLES L.
589-590
BOWNE
COPPENS, GEORGE F.
590
BOWNE
CORDES, CASPER
569
ALPINE
CORDES, EBER
569
ALPINE
CORDES, FREDERICK W.
569-570
ALPINE
CORDES, JOHN
979-980
GRCITY
CORDES, WILLIAM
PG. 581
570
ALPINE
CORY, EDWARD S.
980
GRCITY
COSTER, RICHARD L.
PG. 1277
1333
SPARTA
COURT, MARCUS D.
1213-1214