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Northern railroad, organized a Market Fair Association, which has appar- 

 ently become a permanent institution. 



The people of Fowlerville, in 1884, set aside, laid out, and planted a ceme- 

 tery, which is named Oakwood, embracing ten acres of land. Cemeteries 

 doubtless exist at other towns, but no information is available respecting 

 them. 



Notwithstanding the adaptation of the county for horticultural pursuits, 

 and the universality of orchard planting, the region contributed nothing to 

 the Centennial display of fruits, has never competed for orchard premiums, 

 nor is it known to have a horticultural organization of any kind within its 

 borders. 



Livingston county, according to the census of 1884, has of apple orchards, 

 7,754 acres, 197,701 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 135,621 bushels of fruit. 



Peach orchards, 279 acres, 20,929 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 1,116 

 bushels of fruit. 



The value of orchard products of all kinds sold or consumed in 1883, was 

 $57,941.00. 



Vineyards, 35 acres: grapes sold in 1883, 21,635 pounds. 



wine made in 1883, 



Nurseries, 2 acres ; product sold in 1883, $272.00. 



Market garden products sold in 1883, $1,912.00. 



INGHAM COUNTY. 



This county was set off by act of the Territorial Legislature, approved 

 October 29th, 1829, and its organization was effected in pursuance of an act 

 of the State Legislature, approved April 5th, 1838, and which took effect on 

 the first Monday of June following. 



The county was named Ingham, in honor of Samuel D. Ingham, secretary 

 of the treasury under Andrew Jackson. 



Mason, the county seat, was settled in 1838 and was incorporated as a 

 village in 1865. 



Mrs. D. L, Case states (in vol. 7, Pioneer Collections) that Elijah AVood- 

 worth removed from the State of New York, and, in 1835, located with his 

 family at the present village of Leslie, adding that he thus became the first 

 pioneer of Ingham county. 



More recently, however, in a communication direct to the author, Mrs. 

 Case states that the first settlement was at Stockbridge, in 1834, by David 

 Eogers, Thomas Sill, A. Standish and Mr. Law. In her earlier statement 

 (in Pioneer Collections above) she adds that only the families of E. T. 

 Critchett, S. 0. Eussell, James Royston and ElijaTj Wood worth were residents 

 of Ingham county during the winter of 1836 and '7, during which winter 

 Michigan was admitted into the Union. From the above it seems probable 

 that the four settlers at Stockbridge may have merely purchased lands in 

 1834, but delayed a permanent settlement upon them. 



David Rogers and Thomas Sill, before mentioned, planted an orchard in 

 the town of Stockbridge in 1836. Peach pits also were, this year, brought 

 from the State of New York and successfully planted in Stockbridge. 



