Excerpt from History of Branch County, Michigan, Vol. 3: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Some others, who have been consulted on particular points, will be mentioned as those points are discussed. Those who have furnished material to the writers on the city and town ships may be numbered by the hundred, and it would be impracticable to include them here. Many of them will be mentioned in the city and township histories, and to all we return the thanks of the publishers and writers. And now we submit our work to the people of Branch County. We trust they will be pleased with it in spite of some imperfections, which keen eyes will doubtless find in its pages, and that not only they but their children and their children's children will occasionally turn thither from more exciting tales and more eloquent periods to learn the humble but honorable story of their home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.