Montcalm County MI

Biographical Sketch of Dr. R. F. Burgess

Dr. R. F. Burgess of Santa Ana, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1834, and when he was quite young the family removed to New York State, and three years afterward to Michigan, locating in Washtenaw County, where they remained about twelve years. The father died in Montcalm County, that State, when the subject of this sketch was seventeen years of age, and the latter therefore had to look after the welfare of the family. He served three years in Company A, Twenty-first Michigan Infantry, during the last war, going out as a wagoner and having charge of an ordnance … Read more

1894 Michigan State Census – Montcalm County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Belvidere Township – Martin Gray, David Perkins, Lemuel Reed, John Vannorthwick, William Wakely, Isaac Underwood, Charles G. Washburn, Roswell Fleck, Harmon Cole, Riley Dean, Aaron Kolben, James S. Simmons, John Duhioy (?), Erastus Wall, William Crandall, James D. Dunn, Benjamin Parker, George Kellsey, James Rogers, Charles Hunt, John Richardson, Jefferson Reed, E. Plumb, Walter S. Merritt, Albert Smith, Stephen A. Cole, John Corey, Judson Pond, Charles Delaney, William Burnes, Thomas F. Headley, John Fouts, Aaron Grosh. Bloomer Township … Read more

Biography of William Henry Van Meer, M. D.

William Henry Van Meer, M. D. A comparatively recent recruit to the medical fraternity of Elk County, Dr. William Henry Van Meer is a physician and surgeon of more than a quarter of a century of standing and experience. When he entered upon his professional career it was as a man of matured mind, thoroughly alive to the responsibilities of the course which he had chosen, and one whose broad experience in other fields of endeavor had given him a keen insight into human nature, as well as developed his sympathies and spirit of kindliness. During the short time that … Read more