Michael, Hugh, Thomas, Patrick (3), James, Edward and Mathew McCabes and their wives were born in Ireland. They came to Green Oak, Hamburg, Unadilla and Genoa Township by way of Canada, New York or Illinois, to find a life tilling the soil. By 1844, several are listed as resident taxpayers in Green Oak Township sections […]
Making his home in New York, Lewis Crout was killed (1863) while serving in the Civil War. This left his wife, Hannah, with nine sons, the oldest 15 years, to make their way in the world. Five years later (1868) this plucky widow moved her family to the Brighton Area by means of a lumber […]
Amrod and Catherine Moon, of Niagara Falls, New York, arrived in Hamburg Township c. 1837. They came with sons Luther (b. 1824), Alfred (b. 1827), Samuel P. (b. 1829), Hiram (b. 1832) and William (b. 1836).
The Old Homestead, owned by S. Bert Appleton, was located in Section 2, Hamburg Township on the south side of Cunningham Lake Road. Among the very first settlers in the area were Isaac W. and Lydia (Brower) Appleton. He and brother Daniel, both from Tompkins, N.Y., scouted land in the SE ¼ of Livingston County […]
In the 1870 census of Livingston County we find the first evidence of Myron West living in Brighton Township. He is working for Hiram Nichols who has 120 acres in Section 35, SE ¼ (The present side of Brighton Hospital. The house, which formed the nucleus of the hospital was moved to its present location […]
Evergreen Lodge, in Mrs. George W. (Alice) Conleys name, is the subject of this article. In the days before Michigan became a state, many from the east traveled the Erie Canal over the Adirondack Mountains; many boarding a boat at Buffalo to cross Lake Erie, to finally arrive in Detroit. To reserve acre of land […]
In a report on religious activity in Brighton Township in the 1880 History of Livingston County, writer John Ellis notes the early beginnings of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the area. March 9, 1873 the Pleasant Valley Congregation was organized, meeting in the log one room Lyons Schoolhouse. In spring, 1874, it was decided to […]
Over the radios came the news, D-Day, the Invasion of Europe! Those over the age of 65 are all too able to recall that day. As with December 7, 1941, and November 22, 1963, one will always remember that momentous event. Following high school graduation, June 8, several of the 18 year olds found themselves […]
It was 1871 when William and Rachael Hunter arrived in the South Lyon area from Ontario, Canada. John Hunter’ parents had been born in Scotland, as were several of his eight siblings, before migrating to a new life.
Phillip Standlick, born in England in 1846, was in Brighton and married to Hannah Hartman, by the 1870 census. (Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1848, was a daughter of John and Maria Westphal Hartman of Genoa Township, settlers who came from Germany in 1836.)
