![]() ![]() The first frame building was a dwelling erected by John D. Others say that Isaac Harvey and Marisa Blood were the first couple married. The first marriage, that of Thomas Ariss and Catharine McCloud, was solemnized by Solon Hall, a Justice of the Peace, in 1866. Catharine Robitzsch died about the same time. the first death was that of John Norman September 28, 1864. The first birth was that of Ellen Hall, daughter of Solon and Mary Hall, in the summer of 1861. Solon Hall located on section 36, the same year. The first white settler was William Schiedel, who located on section 24, in September, 1860. The township of Wheatland was organized in October, 1862 and its first Supervisor was Jacob Schiedel. Wheatland contains no villages, although Millbrook lies just on its borders. The township is crossed by a railroad recently constructed, the Detroit, Lansing & Northern, - which runs through the southwestern part. 6, and others, which form the head-waters of the Little Muskegon and Pine Rivers. Wheatland Township has a number of lakes, - Lake No.1, Pine Lake, Pickett s Lake, Gay Lake, Mud Lake, Lake No. Pointer and other creeks tributary to the Little Muskegon drain the northwestern part, while the greater part of the township is drained by Pine River and its branches (of which the most important is Pony Creek), which flow eastward into the Tittabawassee. It is on the divide between the watershed tributary to Lake Michigan, and that tributary to Lake Huron, and its land is accordingly higher than that of surrounding counties. It is bounded on the north by sheridan Township, on the east by Isabella County, on the south by Millbrook Township, and on the west by Morton Township. ![]() Wheatland township is township fourteen north, range seven west, Congressional survey, and is in the eastern tier of townships of Meocsta County. This is from the Mecosta County Portrait and Biographical Album by Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1883. ![]()
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