Have you ever wondered how orders were given by the officers’ during a typical day to the hundreds of soldiers in camp? How about during a battle with the piercing sounds of booming cannon fire and musket rifle blasts? The man whose job was to sound the commanders’ orders was the bugler. The bugler played […]
A mother gave birth to her only child October 10, 1820, in Ireland. Not long after she died. Her husband, Julian Carter, emigrated to the United States, settling in Oswego, New York, the following year. The child, John L., was raised in Ireland by his grandparents.
Wirt Beurmann and wife lived and farmed at THE MAPLES at the turn of the century. The 95 acres were located on the north side of Brighton Road, just east of Clifford.
L. R. Bird’s VALLEY VIEW Farm and Adeline Bird’s BLUFF VIEW are the subjects of this issue. In 1833, Gardner Bird came with his family from Ontario County, N.Y. to the 240 acres purchased in Section 11 and 14, Brighton Township; Pleasant Valley Road running down the middle. (General Motors bought 120 acres c 1925 […]
Each year in Brighton the Veterans’ Organizations conduct Memorial Day observances. This has been happening since May 30, 1884, when the Samuel B. Appleton Post #179 of the G.A.R. held Memorial Services for their fellow comrades.
Originally purchased by Richard J. and Martha Lyons in 1834, the W ½ SE ¼ and E ¼ SW ¼ of Section 22, Brighton Township, was in the hands of Henry Weber c. 1900. At that time the original 120 acres totaled 118.5 acres. In 1842 Richard and Martha had set aside land for use […]
Among the press of pioneers from the east, Cyrenus Morgan and brothers, Nathaniel G. Sr, and Benjamin, came from New York to Michigan to find new homes, 1835-37. The opening of the Erie Canal, in 1825, greatly reduced the labor, time, danger and expense of the journey.
As early as 1785 the Brighton area was under the influence of the Federal Ordnance of that year. This ordnance called for a survey, prior to settlement, of the lands north and west of the Ohio River to the Mississippi. These lands were ceded to the U.S. at the end of the Revolutionary War in […]
One finds the Hicks name in Livingston County in the 1830s. This writer has not been able to prove the connection between these Hicks that also came from New York, to those who settled in Brighton Township by 1859.
Born in Bennington County, Vermont, June 10, 1805, Aaron H. Kelley (or Kelly) headed west to Michigan in 1830. At the time Chief Black Hawk’s threatening activities were causing serious concerns to area settlers. That and the spread of the cholera epidemic (brought by the soldiers under orders to bring Black Hawk under control) sent […]
