Taken from The History of Tuscola County, Biographical Sketches and Illustrations, H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. Transcribed by Bonnie Petee.

Population, 100; number of acres of taxable land, 4,547; number of acres improved, 111; number of acres of wheat, 28; number of bushels of corn preceding year, 270. No wheat was raised the preceding year. Number of horses, 4; number of work oxen 24; number of cows, 41.

Population, 128; number of families, 26; number of dwelling houses, 32; value of real estates owned $62,815; number of farms, 22; number of acres improved, 790; number of horses, 27; number of cows, 38; number of bushels of wheat raised, 1,011; bushels of rye, 47; bushels of corn, 990; bushels of oats, 1,072; bushels of barley, 57; bushels of potatoes, 633; pounds of butter made, 3,350; tons of hay cut, 101; saw-mills, 1; feet of lumber sawed, 500,000.

Population, 249; number of marriages preceding year, 11; number of deaths preceding year, 16; number of acres of taxable land, 4,559; number of acres of improved land, 984; number of acre of wheat, 226; number of bushels of corn preceding year, 2,440; bushels of wheat preceding year, 2,343; tons of hay cut, 246; pounds of wool sheared, 481; pounds of butter made preceding year, 3,980; pounds of cheese made preceding year, 200; number of horses, 61; number of flouring-mills, 1; number of barrels of flour made preceding year, 1,500; number of saw-mills, 1; feet of lumber cut, 350,000.

Population, 826; number of families, 169; number of dwellings, 173; number of voters, 203; number of deaths, 7; bushels of wheat raised, 8,445; corn, 5,765; oats, 4,002; buckwheat, 319; potatoes 4,387; saw-mills 2; feet of lumber cut, 980,000; flouring-mills, 2; barrels of flour made, 4,300.

Population, 1,006; males, 541; females, 465; number of horses, 138; number of working oxen, 37; number of cows, 101; number of sheep, 659; number of swine, 80; bushels of wheat, 7,354; bushels of corn, 11,733; bushels of apples, 600; bushels of potatoes, 6,754; tons of hay cut, 507.

Population: 1,871. Total equalized valuation in 1882, $789,915, number of farms in 1881, 61; acres of improved land, 3, 552; bushels of wheat raised in 1880, 16,147; of corn, 23,094; tons of hay, 405.

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