The Junior Old Settlers’ Association of the Grand River Valley
Established December 1879, eligibility requirements were residence in Kent, Ionia or Ottawa counties, "twenty-five years prior to the date of his or her application to any member of the committee."
Names of Charter Members and Place and Date of Birth
Ambrose A. Luce, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 29, 1849
Charles H. Scribner, born at Grand Rapids, June 5, 1841
Julian M. Wheeler, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 28, 1846
Kryn Deykenna
W. B. Morrison, born at Grand Rapids, May 6, 1838
N. B. Scribner, born at Grand Rapids, March 15, 1849
Ira C. Hatch, born at Grand Rapids, March 15, 1849
James W. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, June 6, 1852
Charles J. Potter
Charles A. Hilton, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 21, 1841
Arthur M. Warrell, born at Detroit, Mich., May 1, 1851
J. H. Anderson, born at Grand Rapids, May 22, 1843
C. R. Williams
T. G. Winchester
Stephen H. Ballard, born at Bennington, Vt., July 19, 1836
Arthur K. Allen, born at Painesville, O., Nov. 6, 1849
John T. Holmes, Jr., born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 22, 1853
E. B. Dikeman, born at Grand Rapids, July 1, 1843
E. H. Foot, born at Niagara Co., N.Y., Jan. 5, 1850
C. R. Carpenter
A. P. Sinclair, born at Dixboro, Mich., Feb. 16, 1845
Washington Davis, born at Niagara Co., N.Y., Jan. 8, 1841
John S. Page, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 25, 1837
C. H. Bacon, born at Grand Rapids, June 29, 1852
New Members – 1881
L. K. Bishop, born at Jefferson Co., N.Y., Oct. 5, 1836
Calvin L. Ives, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 29, 1852
Merwin D. Folger, born at Oxford, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1851
Daniel H. Powers, born at Troy, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1841
John M. Melis, born at Poortfliet, Netherlands, Jan. 19, 1851
Charles G. Godfroy, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 16, 1851
Dick Warner, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 20, 1849
C. H. Withey, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 15, 1855
Richard E. Blumrich, born on the Atlantic Ocean, July 24, 1848
Eugene W. Jones, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 5, 1841
C. W. Mills, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 31, 1850
Moreau S. Crosby, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 2, 1839
Alfred Crawford, born at Romeo, Mich., Aug. 7, 1846
Robert W. Innes, born at Oswego, N.Y., March 2, 1851
W. H. Pease, born at Cannonsburg, Kent Co., Mich., July 4, 1847
A. S. Campau, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 15, 1840
Chas. K. Seymour, born at Paris, Kent Co., Dec. 24, 1858
Fred. D. Shriver, born in Buffalo, N.Y., March 5, 1852
Henry L. Covell, born at Grand Rapids, June 25, 1845
Chas. R. Sligh, born at Grand Rapids, Jan. 5, 1850
W. S. Gee, born at Kent Co., Canada, Aug. 15, 1845
Horace W. Davis, born at Niagara Co., N.Y., Dec. 11, 1833
Hugo B. Rathbun, born at Cayuga Co., N.Y., Nov. 30, 1841
Dayton S. Peck, born at Monroe Co., N.Y., June 26, 1842
Henry B. Davis, born at Grand Rapids, April 2, 1845
James M. Sligh, born at Rochester, N.Y., May, 19, 1845
Arthur Sharp, born in England, Aug. 10, 1847
I. L. Davidson, born at Grand Rapids, Oct. 21, 1845
Fred. R. Smith, born at Medina, N.Y., Aug. 2, 1850
Charles H. Leonard, born at Grand Rapids, Jan. 15, 1848
J. W. McTowen, born at Wayne Co., Pa., March 17, 1844
C. M. Maris, born at Netherlands, June 3, 1852
W. H. Calkins, born at Grand Rapids, Spet. 10, 1848
Wm. H. Powers, born at Troy, N.Y., April 7, 1848
Jay D. Utley, born at Portland, N.Y., July 14, 1845
Fred H. Smith, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 24, 1848.
Charles Swain, born in Oswego, N.Y., May 28, 1843
Cyrus E. Perkins, born at Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 9, 1847
A. B. Turner, born at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N.Y., Aug. 1, 1827
C. B. Trixberry, born at Hamtramck, Mich., Aug. 28, 1838
Isaac F. Lamoreau, born in Lower Canada, April 8, 1851
John Brady, born at Newton Butler, Ireland, Aug. 18, 1838
John Widdicomb, born at Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 4, 1846
W. A. Shurkman, born at Reichenberg, Bohemia, Dec. 25, 1847
N. Fred Avery, born at Grand Rapids, Jan. 15, 1855
D. O. Belknap, born at Massena, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1845
Le Grand Prince, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 6, 1848
H. S. Bailey, born at Niagara Co., N.Y., April 26, 1846
Don J. Leathers, born at Oneida, N.Y., July 28, 1844
Chas. A. Luce, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 27, 1854
M. M. Moore, born in Somerset Co., Maine, May 2, 1844
Frank E. Leonard, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 19, 1855
M. R. Melis, born in Holland, Feb. 16, 1849
Hiram L. Johnson, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 19, 1851
Ernest Inilmine, born at Princeton, C. W., Feb. 3, 1854
Samuel Heyman, born at Morrisania, N.Y., Sespt. 2, 1853
Charles P. Rathbun, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 29, 1852
J. J. Belknap, born in St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., Sept. 15, 1849
Fremont Kellogg, born at Cazenovia, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1836
Jas. C. Herkner, born at Kurtzan, Bohemia, Dec. 1, 1840
Byron Morrison, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 30, 1843
E. W. Withey, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 25, 1852
J. F. Nelson, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 13, 1847
Geo. K. Nelson, born at Grand Rapids, July 1, 1842
H. W. Calkins, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 10, 1843
Frank W. Foster, born at Grand Rapids, Oct. 10, 1849
Cassius H. Sweet, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 15, 1848
Anton G. Hodenpyl, born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 7, 1852
Frank H. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, Oct. 24, 1845
Chester B. Hinsdill, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 4, 1835
Frank L. Yale, born at Grand Rapids, March 22, 1854
Edward M. Adams, born at Grand Rapids, June 6, 1851
A. D. Rathbun, born at Grand Rapids, June 14, 1842
Hugo Schneider, born at Ochringer, Germany, Feb. 13, 1832
Frank L. Noble, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 8, 1850
Albert H. Guild, born at Paris, Kent Co., Sept. 7, 1844
L. E. Carroll, born at Lamont, Ottawa Co., Aug. 15, 1852
Fred C. Steglich, born at Ionia Co., Oct. 7, 1852
Chas. W. Eaton, born at Grand Rapids, April 14, 1840
Chas. D. Lyon, born at Parrishville, N.Y., June 28, 1836
Henry G. Allen, born at Painesville, Ohio, July 12, 1852
Geo. W. Gage, born at Grand Rapids, March 7, 1853
Warren Y. Barclay, born at Smyrna, Ionia Co., March 27, 1851
Geo. K. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, May 4, 1853
Solon W. Baxter, born at Grand Rapids, July 1, 1844
M. L. Shafer, born at Yates, N.Y., Dec., 1834
L. G. Winchester, born in Maine, April 6, 1848
H. S. Holden, M.D., born at Reading, N.Y., July 6, 1847
Geo. G. Steketee, born in Holland, March 12, 1835
Lewis Hart, born at Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 25, 1854
Eliza P. Page, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 16, 1840
I. B. Folger, born at Oxford, Chenango Co., N.Y., Dec. 17, 1823
Edna Claid, born at Paris, Kent Co., June 13, 1849
Fred. L. Claid, born at Plainfield, Ills., June 16, 1848
Sarah N. Ballard, born at Grand Rapids, March 28, 1840
James G. Coats, born at Ypsilanti, Feb. 14, 1845
I. W. Boynton, born at Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Sept. 17, 1837
Warren C. Weatherly, born at Grand Rapids, June 1, 1846
D. Wallace Giddings
Chas. W. Jones, born at Grand Rapids, Sept. 18, 1851
Chas. F. Kusteren, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 11, 1854
Lucy E. Noble, born at Grand Rapids, Feb. 20, 1855
Glenn E. Seymour, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 1, 1850
B. C. Girdler, born at Grand Rapids, July 8, 1846
Adolph Wurzburg, born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 8, 1852
Frank Berles, Jr., born at Grand Rapids, March 26, 1852
Wm. S. Hovey, born at Cambridge, N.Y., Oct. 1, 1842
W. D. Stevens, born at Harrisonburg, Va., April 19, 1844
F. Stewart White, born at Grand Haven, June 28, 1840
B. T. Pierce, born in Monroe Co., N.Y., Jan. 9, 1854
W. W. Hyde, born in Macomb Co., Mich., Aug. 17, 1853
Erwin M. Rogers
G. W. Perkins, born at Grand Rapids, July 16, 1847
Francis Letellier, born at Antwerp, Belgium, July 25, 1839
E. E. Judd, born at South Hadley, Mass., Sept. 13, 1841
Geo. Gray, Jr., born at Detroit, Mich., March 8, 1854
Charles Hoffman, born in Germany, Aug. 15, 1842
Geo. E. Doe, born in New York, April 23, 1842
John E. Judd, born in Massachusetts, March 23, 1838
Milo B. Stewart, born at Cascade, Mich., June 12, 1852
W. P. Williams, born at Grand Rapids, Dec. 15, 1857
Mrs. Minerva Elliot, born at Walker, Mich., Sept. 28, 1848
E. B. Tanner, born at Bristol, R. I., Oct. 29, 1837
Arthur Sharp, born in England, Aug. 10, 1847
J. Emmer, Jr., born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 26, 1849
F. J. Wurzburg, born at Grand Rapids, Nov. 26, 1849
M. L. Fitch, born at Grand Rapids, Aug. 6, 1845
A. D. Noble
Milan L. Northrup, born at Lysander, N.Y., Nov. 6, 1848
Transcriber: Jennifer Godwin
Created: 13 February 2002
URL: http://kent.migenweb.net/organizations/oldresidents/junior.html