This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mississippiriverrat Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.calhoun/4055/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Go to auction and do a search for "1904 CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN BK" copy and paste in search with the quotation marks then scroll down the page to find it. This is a very rare and old find of one of the original county history books. Its not mine but may be of interest to someone. A bit to high for my budget, well worth it in value. If you don't like their price you can always try to "make an offer" as stated on their page. VERY SCARCE 1904 CALHOUN COUNTY MICHIGAN GENEALOGY One of the great old genealogical volumes which were published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, this is: BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF CALHOUN COUNTY MICHIGAN Containing Historical, Biographical, and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of Today and Also of the Past. Published in 1904 by Hobart & Mather. First Edition. 8 1/4" by 11 1/4" hardcover (full leather, gilt lettering, all gilt page edges). 699 pages plus index. Very Scarce. Numerous biographical sketches, many accompanied by full-page portrait, some including both husband and wife. Skimming through, we see the following cities and towns represented in this volume: Battle Creek; Marshall; Albion; Athens; Tekonsha; Burlington; etc. Following is a partial listing of surnames from the index (feel free to email questions): Abbey; Addington; Alexander; Alvord; Andrus; Ashley; Austin; Bangham; Barrick; Batdorff; Batt; Beardslee; Benriter; Bentley; Blanck; Boehme; Bradley; Brigham; Brokaw; Bryce; Burbach; Burnham; Caine; Caldwell; Chase; Cole; Columbus; Court; Crosby; Cummings; Cunningham; Cushman; Decker; Dennison; DeShon; Dibble; Dickey; Doolittle; Dowsett Egeler; Eldred; Encke; Eslow; Everts; Fall; Farrington; Finch; Flagg; Fonda; Foss; Francisco; Fredenburg; French; Gardner; Garfield; Geddes; Goldup; Grandin; Greenfield; Guiteau; Hafford; Halbert; Halladay; Harbaugh; Hartung; Huag; Herns; Hiscock; Hoffmaster; Houghtaling; Hovey; Howell; Howes; Hurley; Hussey; Ingram; Ireland; Jenkins Keep; Keet; Kessler; Kingman; Kneeland; Kuechle; Kulp; Lane; Latta; Ludlow; Lusk; Macomber; Mallow; Marxen; Mather; McAuliff; McCrea; Metcalf; Minty; Morehouse; Munroe; Newland; Noble; Osborn; Packer; Palmer; Pattison; Peabody; Peet; Pitman; Powers; Pullman; Ramsdell; Randall; Rathbun; Retallick; Roe; Roper; Rose; Rowland; Rupert Salisbury; Sawdy; Sharpsteen; Shipp; Sibley; Silliman; Standiford; Stewart; Swift; Tait; Thunder; Tillotson; Tingay; Titus; Townsend; Tredwell; Van Wormer; Van Zandt; Wakelee; Walbridge; Warburton; Waterman; Webb; Whitney; Wiederwax; Willis; Woodhead; Woolnough Lots more. Condition: Both boards detached but present. Leather rubbed at corners, edges, ends of spine. Prior owner's name pencilled on front endpaper. Binding shaky but pages very good - excellent candidate for repair or rebinding. Heavy. U.S. media rate s&h $2.60. Insurance and/or tracking number extra/optional. Check, money order or paypal. We combine multiple wins for savings on shipping. Of interest to collectors in the populated places of Calhoun County which include Albion Albion Landing Athens Babcock Battle Creek Beadle Lake Bedford Bentleys Corners Brownlee Park Burlington Ceresco Charlotte Landing Clarence Center Clarendon Condit Duck Lake East Leroy Eckford Greenfield Park Homer Joppa Lakeview Lee Center Level Park Maplehurst Marengo Marshall Morgan Corners Morgan Corners Oak Park Old Mill Gardens Orchard Park Partello Pennfield Pine Creek Rice Creek Sonoma Springfield Springfield Place Stanley Corners Tekonsha Urbandale Verona Park Walnut Point Wattles Park West Leroy Wrights Corners Hope it helps someone! Bonnie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.