Branch County, Michigan Trio - Book #1 - A 20th Century History and Biographical Record of Branch County, Michigan By Rev. Henry P. Colling , 1906 879 pages, indexed, illustrated - Book #2 - Portrait and Biographical Album of Branch County, Michigan By Chapman Brothers , 1888 648 pages, indexed, illustrated - Book #3 - History of Branch County, Michigan With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers By Everts & Abbott, 1879 347 pages, indexed, illustrated, searchable **************************************************************************** Digital Book CD Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View **************************************************************************** $13.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Branch-County-Michigan-History-Trio-1-800-pages-/130340825509?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e58eb29a5 CONTENTS. HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY. The plan of this history of Branch County comprises in the first place a statement of all the feats of general interest relating to the territory now comprising t hat county, from the earliest accounts down to the present time, embracing a short description of its natural characteristics, and a pretty full record of all events occurring within its limits. The later and larger portion of the work embraces separate histories of the city of Coldwater, and of each of the sixteen townshipds of the county, going with considerable detail into their early settlement, showing the hardships and vicissitudes of pioneer life as narrated by the pioneers themselves, and giving lists of the township officers, together with separate sketches of all the churches, lodges and other local organizations. I.—Introductory 9 II.—Early French Discoveries 10 III.—The Pottawattamies 12 IV.—The Pottawattamies, continued .... 16 V.—The Pottawattamies, continued .... 26 VL—The Treaty-Making Period 32 VII.—The Situation at Settlement 35 VIII.—From Settlement to Organization of County . . 39 IX.—From Organization to 1840 48 X.—From 1841 to 1861 57 XL—First Infantry 59 XII.—Seventh Infantry 61 XIII.—Ninth Infantry 63 XIV.—Eleventh Infantry 66 XV.—Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Infantry . 71 XVI.—Nineteenth Infantry 73 XVII.—Twenty-Eighth Infantry and First Sharpshooters . 77 XVIIL—Fourth and Fifth Cavalry 79 XIX.—Eighth. Ninth, and Eleventh Cavalry ... 82 XX.—Battery A, First Light Artillery . . . .85 XXL—Battery D 90 XXIL—Battery F 91 XXIII.—Battery G 94 XXIV.—Other Branch County Soldiers 96 State Public School for Dependent Children (Frontispiece) facing title-page. Map of Branch County facing 9 City of COLDWATER History of Towns and Villages of Branch County Quincy Union Bronson Girard Algansee Gilead Batavia Bethel Kinderhook Butler Ovid Matteson Noble Sherwood California