History of the City of Grand Rapids
by Albert Baxter
New York and Grand Rapids
Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.

Baars, Anna F., 354 Baars, J. F., 281, 283, 394, 395, 409, 678, 681, 683 Babcock, B. H., 394 Babcock C. P., 44, II2, 308, 309, 384, 411, 439, 562, 587 Babcock, Eugene, 300 Babcock, W., 258 Bach, Louis 304 Bachman, W. H , 498 Backer, M., 342 Bacon, A. N., 401, 430 Bacon, Charles, 289, 290 Bacon, C. R.,  457 Bacon, Daniel, 219 Bacon, Misses, 241 Bacon, Mrs. C R., 248, 252 Bacon, Mrs. Viola D., 237 Bacon, Nathaniel, 732 Bacon, S. S., 290 Bagley, J. J., 83, 197 Bailey, Francis, 45, 46 Bailey, Hattie, 237 Bailey, J. S., 402 Bailey S J., 401 Bailey, S. S., 215, 366, 384, 388, 391, 509, 510, 512, 684 Bailey, Susie, 237 Baird, Robert, 268 Baisch, C. G., 448 Baker, "Big," 409 Baker, F. K., 685 Baker, Henry, 179 Baker, H. P., 514, 542, 685, 689 Baker, J. J., 275 Baker, Nicholas, 324 Baker, Sibelia F., 712 Baker, Samuel, 194, 409 Balch, N. A., 759 Balcom, C. A., 285 Balcom, J. M., 562 Baldie, J. W., 284 Baldwin, H. P., 197, 383 Baldwin, S. L., I22, 390, 394, 395, 488, 489, 556 Ball, Mrs. Catharine, 720 Ball, B. D., 83, 128, 182, 439, 519, 520, 737 Ball, Daniel, 95, 97, 99, 112, 124, 239, 387, 416, 417, 439, 516, 519, 520, 531, 544, 547, 646, 656, 672, 766 Ball, E. M, 389, 440, 441, 459, 461, 5I0 Ball, F. W., 250, 263, 267, 272 Ball, Jasper, 318 Ball, John, 11, 21, 60, 70, 76, 79, 90, 91, 112, 113, 143, 144, 174, 221, 222, 227, 230, 237, 238, 241, 251, 345, 414, 416, 420, 524, 525, 531, 747, 753, 763 Ball, J. P., 268 Ball, Lucy, 249 Ball, Maude, 235 Ball, Nathaniel, 112 Ball, O. A., 283, 395, 403, 486, 660 Ball, Mrs. O. A., 247 Ball, Sarah, 112 Ball, S. B., 308, 309, 655, 656, 766 Ball, Mrs. S. B., 309 Ball, S. S., 539, 564, 565 Ball, Wm., 112 Ballard, Addison, 239 Ballard, James, 74, 107, 113, 114, 168, 195, 199, 221, 223, 224, 238, 239, 251, 286, 288, 356, 409, 509 Ballard, S. H., 147, 737 Banaszewiez, Phillipp, 344 Banks, Charlotte A., 234 Bannister, W. D., 169 Baraga, Frederic, 52, 55, 340, 409 Barber, M. C., 388 Barber, Mrs. Miles, 283 Barclay, Charles, 313, 488, 556 Barendese, B.,  333 Bargelt, Henry, 314 Barker, G. J., 401 Barker, Geo M., 21, 88, 346, 506 Barker, H E., 258 Barker, J. T., 560 Barker, Mrs. J.T., 560 Barker, Mary Luther, 256 Barker, S., 529 Barker, Sarah, 232 Barker, W. P., 401 Barkley, M. Orinda, 237 Barkman, Frances, 232 Barlow, H. G., 274 Barlow, J. B., 274 Barnard, B. W., 313 Barnard, G. P., 274 Barnard, W. R., 59, 87, 559, 562, 665 Barnes, D. F., 311, 313 Barnes, O. M., 198 Barnett, Ada, 236 Barnett, James, 319 Barnett, J M, 216, 424, 543, 643, 660, 674, 675, 678, 689 Barnhart, I. W.. 232 Barnhart, Roy, 25I Barnhart, W. H., 258 Barnhart, Willard, 355, 431, 433, 675, 689, 697 Barns, Asenath, 622 Barns, E. W., 345, 385 Barns, Henry, 597 Barns, Isaac, 86 Barns, Jacob, Sen., 60, 87, 108 Barns, Jacob, 90, 108, 181, 261, 262, 273, 385, 510 Barns, James, 261 Barns, John, 261 Barns, Nancy, 623 Baroth, H., 258 Barr, A. A., 255 Barr, A. E., 283 Barr, Mrs A. E., 283 Barr, R. M., 58, 59, 85, 100, 167, 258, 477, 566, 665 Barrett, H. J., 389 Barrows, J. G., 255 Barrows, Asa, 272 Barry, E. D., 751 Barry, John S., 74, 83, 191, 197 Barry, Garret, 241 Barry, J. S., 197 Barry, Wm., 241 Barstow, C. F., 87, 262 Barstow, H. F., 116 Barth, Jacob, 273, 300, 501 Barth, John, 317 Barth, Louis, 699 Barth, Wm., 316 Bartlett, Mrs. A. B., 358 Barzynski, O. V., 344 Bass, J., 317 Batchelder, F. L., 281 Bates, Frederick, 731 Bates, L. J., 264 Bates, Mary, 235 Bates, M. W., 290, 291, 661, 673, 684 Bates, Mrs. M. W., 290, 291 Batt, Andrew, 343 Bauer, Robert, 302 Baxter, Albert, 58, 196, 251, 264, 266, 267, 452, 477 Baxter, Mrs. Albert, 266 Baxter, Alfred, 486 Baxter, Charles, 217 Baxter, Edwin, 394 Baxter, E. H., 266 Baxter, Mrs. Emily, 219 Baxter, Mrs. Irene C., 266 Baxter, J. J., 60, 114, 206, 401, 410, 452, 563, 665 Baxter, J. L., 452, 648 Baxter, John, 746 Baxter, Julia A., 410, 509 Baxter, L. G., 58, 60, 102, I94, 452 Baxter, S. W., 148, 186, 187, 576 Baxter, U. J., 270 Bayless, Misses, 560 Bayne, James, 255 Beach, Mrs. A. E., 232 Beach, Jane, 120 Beach, J. G., 387 Beach, John, 294, 487, 652 Beach, S. E., 584 Beal, Mary J., 562 Beamer, R. M., 314 Bean, G. H., 313 Bear, I. J., 349 Beardslee, J. W., 324 Beattie, R. M., 357 Beauharnois, Marquis, 81 Becker, Louis, 350 Beckwith, Sidney, 300 Beckwith, W. G., 200, 311, 385, 402, 589, 591, 592, 593, 684 Bedell, Mrs. M. E., 197 Beebe, C. N., 187 Beebe, Daniel, 403 Beebe, David, 318 Beebe, Luther, 72, 87, 288 Beebe, Lydia, 318 Beebe, Sarah, 318 Beecher, H. W., 274 Beecher, J. G., 271 Beers, Philo, 75, 387 Begole, J. W., 83, 198 Behl, Frederick, 492 Behnke, G. H., 504 Beierly, Peter, 410 Bellamy, Wm., 293, 294 Bellamy, Mrs. Wm., 294 Belden, Harriet, 127 Belden, O. E., 291 Belknap, C. E., 83, 186, 228, 395, 455, 456, 687 Belknap, H. P., 455 Belknap, J. J., 404 Bellaire, T. E, 186 Bell, D. V., 73, 74 Bell, G. H., 225 Bell, Mrs. G H., 225 Bell, Harvey, 732 Bell, J. H., 316 Bell, Thomas, 529 Bement, Edmund, 257 Bement, H. H, 306 Bement, H. P., 314 Bement, Leonard, 227,257, 376, 393, 401, 742, 745, 746 Bemis, C. C., 251, 477, 487 Bemis, John, 566 Bemis, Wm., 144, 391, 401, 650, 653 Bemis, Zelotes, 88, 280 Bender, A., 562 Benedict, C. B., 270, 393 Benedict, E. D., 217 Benjamin, Catherine C., 436 Benjamin, David, 436 Benjamin, D. M, 347, 430, 435, 436, 437 Benjamin, Mrs. D. M, 252, 347 Benjamin, F. W., 436 Benjamin, H., 320 Benjamin, Mrs. H, 320 Benjamin, John, 390, 395, 402 Benjamin, L., 314 Benjamin, Lewis, 314, 315 Benjamin, Martha, 436 Benjamin, Samuel, 435, 436 Benjamin, Wm., 262 Benjamins, Leonard, 484, 656 Bennett, C. H., 654 Bennett, E. C., 574 Bennett, E. R., 283, 284 Bennett, G, C., 509 Bennett, G. M., 574 Bennett, Isaac, 312 Bennett, J D., 402 Bennett, J. H., 401, 402 Bennett, Levonia M., 622 Bennett, S. P., 320, 504 Bennett, W. B., 319 Benning, Joseph, 341, 355 Benson, N. I., 301 Bentham, James, 403, 665 Bentham, G. W., 402 Bentley, Charles, 538 Bentley, George, 317 Bentley, Grant, 361 Bentley, W, T., 496, 538 Bentum, Jacob, 699 Berger, Charles, 184 Berger, Fred G., 267, 268 Berhorst, Henry, 342 Berkey, C. H., 472 Berkey, Julius, 281, 310, 311, 357, 464, 465, 472, 476, 496 Berkey, Mary, 200 Berkey, Wm. A., 267, 276, 312, 464, 465, 467, 468, 643 Berkey, Mrs. Wm. A, 359 Berkhof, G., 337 Berkhoff, J., 337 Berles, Frank, 410 Berles, John, 403 Berles, Joseph, 342, 447 Berles, T., 342 Bernard, Mrs. Wm. B., 651 Bero, John, 123 Berridge, John, 386 Berry, D. T., 365 Berry, G. S., 228 Berry,Georgietta, W., 236 Berry, J. W., 290 Berry, John, 488 Berry, Philip, 323 Berry, W. S, 365 Bertram, Gustav, 316 Bertsch, Amy, 237 Bertsch, Christian, 350 Bertch, John, 377, 494 Berwin, G. A., 301 Best, James, 699 Best, Jonathan, 313 Best, L. E., 699 Bevier, Andries, 522, 541 Bettes, Anna, 234 Bettes, Lucy, 235 Betts, Geo. I., 44 Betts, G. W., 390 Betts, John, 495 Betz, G., 317 Betz, M., 317 Beyer, Andrew, 244 Biddalph, Mary, 622 Bidwell, A. B., 312, 493 Bidwell, Austin, 493 Bidwell, Benson, 271 Bidwell, J. B, 493 Bidwell, George, 493 Bienemann, Mrs. Elise, 486 Bieroe, D. E., 326 Biglelow, E B., 592 Bigelow, L. G., 255 Bignell, C. W., 365 Bingham, Abel, 281, 680 Bingham, A. J., 281 Bingham, Ira, 708 Bingham, K. S., 83, 197, 266, 531 Bingham, Mary A., 679 Bird, E, 316 Birge, M. A., 251 Birney, J. G., 197 Biscomb, Mrs. M., 232 Bishop, J. C., 737 Bishop, Lana, 237 Bishop, L. K., 384, 385, 387, 574, 737 Bisschop, A., 335, 336 Bissell, Mrs. Anna, 783 Bissell, H. L., 597 Bissell, M. R., 473, 474, 475, 476, 496 Bissell, O. J., 597 Bissonette, C. A., 403, 459 Black, C. W., 469 Black, James, 197 Blackbird, A. J., 8, 41, 42, 60 Blackman, Amelia, 252 Blackney, Caroline, 623 Blackney, W. A., 295, 484 Blackskin, Chief, 28, 167 Blades, F. A., 168, 309 Blain, John, 447 Blain, O. W., 361 Blaine, J. G, 141, 197 Blair, Austin, 83, 197, 368, 476 Blair, James, 215, 216, 229, 251, 347, 363, 393, 541, 542, 674, 685, 688, 755 Blair, Jonathan, 88, 312 Blair, Milo, 251 Blake, Joseph, 77, 387 Blake, Mary, 232 Blake, Ophelia C., 232 Blakely, Wm. I., 60, 87, 97, 118, 181, 220, 371, 389, 429, 556, 646, 662 Blakely, Mrs. W. I., 223, 349 Blakeslee, C. D., 430 Blakeslee, Charles, 286 Blakley, Armintie, 237 Blanchard, H. L., 425 Blanchard, H. P., 425 Blanchard, Ira, 389 Blanchard, J. C., 267 Blasle, Franz, 258 Blick, M, 333, 334 Blickle, C., 317 Blickle, C. G., 302 Blickle, G., 316 Blickle, G. F., 365 Blickle, Gottlieb, 302 Blickle, J., 316, 3I7 Blickle, J. J., 500 Blickle, L., 316 Blickle, M., 316 Blickle, Paul, 365 Bliss, Almira E., 622 Bliss, A. T., 366, 369 Bliss, D. W., 572, 577, 691, 694, 699, 700 Bliss, E. B., 700 Bliss, Eugenie P., 700 Bliss, Marilla, 699 Bliss, Obediah, 699 Bliss, W. P., 700 Bliss, Z. E., 577, 694, 700 Bliss, Mrs. Z. E., 252 Blodgett, D. A., 138, 267, 347, 430, 685, 686, 688 Blodgett, Mrs. D. A., 347, 359 Blodgett, J. W., 542, 686 Blodgett, Susan R., 686 Blood, Frances M., 236 Bloxton, W. E., 403 Blumrich, Robert, 403 Blumrich, Wenzel, 691, 698, 700 Boardman, F. D., 227 Boardman, G. D., 35 Bocher, M., 320 Bock, John, 342 Bode, C., 360 Bodelack, Anthony, 377 Bodle, A. T., 719 Bodmer, J. R., 316 Boehm, Father, 341 Boer, G. E., 244, 271, 360 Boer, J. E., 335 Boerns, A., 316 Boertje, C., 331 Bogardus, P. A., 401 Bohne, Henry, 304 Boise, E., 289 Boise, Eugene, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 700 Boise, Mrs. L. A., 290, 291 Boise, Mrs. L. M., 358 Boivin, Mrs. J. G., 234 Boland, J. D., 373, 374 Bole, John, 273 Boiler, John, 331 Bolles, E. E., 478, 498 Bolt, J., 335, 336 Boltwood, G. S., 751 Bolza, C. E., 487 Bommelje, Wm., 329, 330, 331 Bond, Miss, 51, 219, 223 Bonnell, J. C., 688 Bonney, Orris, 281 Bonser, J. B, 459 Booth, M. P., 496 Boot, T. A., 701 Boozer, H. W., 255, 345 Boozer, Mrs. M. J., 345 Booyer, J. A., 283 Borden, Baker, 182, 223, 312, 313, 401, 403, 571, 662 Borgess, C. W., 341, 342 Borrendamme, Cornelius, 338 Borst, C. W., 225 Bostock, W. B., 534 Bostwick, E. B., 60, 73, 74, 79, 87, 110, 121, 192, 295, 464, 556, 663, 670 Bosworth, E. F., 510 Bosworth, J. L., 251 Botsford, A. B., 719 Botsford, A. H., 318, 717, 720, 721 Botsford, Mrs. A. H., 656 Botsford, J. E, 320 Boughton, F. W., 268 Boughton, T. C., 246 Bouma, G. B., 141 Bouwman, D., 339 Bovyer, J. A., 395 Bowman, P. H., 87, 237, 390, 393, 691 Bowman, T., 350 Bowne, A. J., 541, 542, 685, 688, 770 Bowne, Mrs. A. J., 355, 697 Bowne, John, 416 Boxheimer, Emma C., 249 Boxheimer, Francis, 394, 402, 559 Boyce, C. F., 218 Boyd, J. D., 289 Boyd, W. S., 531 Boyer, Emma, 623 Boyer, George, 285 Boyer, J. A., 320 Boyer, Mrs. J. A., 320 Boyer, Joshua, 76, 97, 168, 227, 559, 746 Boyle, Bernard, 401 Boynton, C. A., 460 Boynton, Edith K., 235 Boynton, Jerry, 387 Boynton, Jeremy, 310 Boynton, J. W., 137, 540, 542 Boynton, L. S., 313, 314 Boynton, Nathan, 71 Boynton, Perry, 71 Boynton, Wm., 71 Brace, Avery, 88 Bradfield, Edward, 508 Bradfield, John, 472 Bradfield, T. D., 695, 698, 701 Bradford, Aruna, 492, 493 Bradford, Edwin, 685 Bradford, Sarah L., 442 Bradford, V. L, 20 Bradish, G. M., 716 Bradley, Dorr, 382 Bradley, D. W., 436 Bradley, George, 309 Bradley, J. W., 436 Bradley, S. K., 449 Bradley, W. S., 539 Bradley, Wm H., 436 Brady, John, 694, 696, 697, 701 Brady, Thomas, 340 Brakeman, C. A., 264 Branch, H. A., 309 Brandt, Elizabeth B., .... Brandt, George, 204 Brandt, G. W, 204 Breed, Mrs. Mary E., 682 Breed, H. P., 542 Bremer, Henry, 119, 302, 385, 394, 400, 491 Brenner, C. T., 166, 377, 395 Brewer, Aaron, 387, 510, 684, 685 Brewer, Alonzo, 386 Brewer, L. A., 694, 701 Brewer, L. B., 728 Brewster,  ______, 48 Brezee, Lloyd, 267, 268 Bridge, Abba G., 623 Bridge, B. G., 95 Bridge, H. P., 74, 87, 97, 109, 172, 294, 426, 556 Bridges, C. J., 529 Bridgeman, J M., 727 Briggs, Barber, 511 Briggs, Mrs. Cordelia T., 250 Briggs, E. L., 197, 386, 511, 512 Briggs, F. M., 535 Briggs, G. G.. 170, 363, 378, 403, 404, 497, 541, 594, 595, 596, 666, 681 Briggs, Mary (Swan), 511 Briggs, N. H., 594 Briggs, Robert, 511, 513 Brigham, H. C., 721 Brigham, G. N., 277, 347, 721 Brigham, W. I., 730 Brink, Adrian, 335 Britt, H. A., 204 Brink, J., 336 Brink, W., 335 Brinsmaid, Mr.,113 Brinsmaid, C. G., 228, 247, 319, 320, 394 Brinsmaid, H., 487 Brinsmaid, T. C., 70, 71 Brisbin, N. B., 684 Brittain, J. B., 559, 563 Brittain, Mrs J. B., 563 Brittan, S. B., 345 Britton, P. J. 389 Broad, Alfred, 666 Broadfoot, John, 459 Brobst, Henry, 440 Brockway, W. H., 598 Brodhead, T. F., 587 Broene, G., 339, 360 Brogger, Anthony, 343 Brogger, Frederick, 562 Bronkaw, B. P., 492 Bronson, Arthur, 20 Bronson, Isaac, 19, 20 Brooks, E. C, 387 Brooks, E H., 269, 283, 285 Brooks, Horatio, 224, 308, 309, 488 Brooks, H. A., 271 Brooks, H. C., 470 Brooks, J. A., 75, 434 Brooks, Lucina P., 434 Brooks, Martha A., 434 Brooks, Mrs. Sarah, 696 Brooks, Sophia, 85 Brooks, T. C., 209 Brooks, T. J., 354 Brooks, W. C, 349 Brooks, Wm., 137 Brosseau, G. A,, 320 Brothers, Mrs. F. H., 232 Brouwer, Henry, 401 Brown, Mrs. A. C., 333 Brown, C. R., 218 Brown, Daniel G., 225, 648 Brown, E. G., 739 Brown, H. D., 289, 292 Brown, Henry, 318 Brown, H. M., 389 Brown, J. A, 184, 402 Brown, J. B., 285, 286 Brown, J. W., 404 Brown, John, 388 Brown, Joseph, 307 Brown, L., 350 Brown, Michael, 366, 369 Brown, M. P., 324, 452, 456 Brown, O. E., 425, 660 Brown, Rev., 291 Brown, S. B, 593 Brown, T. L., 509 Brown, T. T., 285 Brown, Wm., 388 Brown, W. A., 390, 401, 449 Brown, W. H., 63, 284, 387 Browne, S. A., 513 Brownell. J. H., 270 Bruer, K., 342 Brummeler, Wm., 348 Bruss, Evert J., 328 Bryan, D, W., 394, 651 Bryan, Mrs. Mary E., 241 Buchanan, A. W., 290 Buchanan James, 196, 197 Buchanan, J. C., 181, 280, 281, 283, 448, 727 Buchanan, R. R., 274 Buchanan, Samuel, 448 Buchanan Sophia, 283 Buck, P. H., 530, 531 Buck, S. S., 316 Buckley, Mrs. Nellie, 486 Buddenbaum, Henry, 316 Budington, C. O., 401, 576 Buehler, Daniel, 302 Buell, Miss, 258 Buell, J. I., 311 Buell, Lorenzo, 254, 255, 728 Buell, Marcus, 387 Buhrmann, H M., 268, 348 Bullman, Ora F., 313 Bulkley, W. F., 299 Bulkley, Mrs. W. F., 355, 697 Bundy, McGeorge, 289, 678 Bunyan, J. R., 532 Burall, Mary, 623 Burch, Carrie E., 233 Burch, M. C., 170, 470, 737, 746 Burchard, Lucia, 396 Burd, Edward, 321 Burford, Spruille, 170, 298 Burger, D. J, 294 Burgett, Gabriel, 124 Burgwin, H. P., 534 Burke, John, 123 Burlingame, E. A, 737, 743 Burlingame, Eseck, 510 Burnett, David, 60, 72, 97, 106, 181, 221, 227, 346, 429, 543, 545, 655, 662 Burnham, Z, W., 251 Burns, David, 309 Burr, E. D., 261, 263, 270, 727 Burr, F., 576 Burr, John, 576 Burrows, John, 459 Burt, Judge, 676 Burt, Richard, 263 Burt, W. R., 198 Burtch, H. F., 661 Burton, Mrs. A. S. K., 359 Burton, Barney, 59, 61, 63, 64, 72, 77, 85, 87, 100, 418, 495, 586 Burton, Elizabeth, 62 Burton, Harriet, 54, 56, 58, 85, 140, 144, 167 Burton, J. C., 317 Burton, Josiah, 20, 59, 62, 88, 100, 426, 761 Burton, Lewis, 62 Burton, W. S., 588 Bush, Daniel, 307, 308 Bush, O. C., 182 Buss, Charles, 443 Buss. E. P., 443 Buss, G. F., 443 Buss, H. C, 443 Buss, W. R., 443 Buter, H., 337, 339 Butler, B. D., 263 Butler, B. F., 197 Butler, D., 318 Butler, John, 235, 345 Butler, Mrs. Lydia, 321 Butler, M. B., 751 Butler, N. T., 246, 487 Butler, S. F., 60, 97, 110, 239, 287, 321, 322, 323, 356, 401, 403, 461 Butler, T. D, 293 Butterfield, Isaac, 281, 755 Butterfield, R. W., 283, 478, 734, 755, 756 Butterworth, R. E., 114, 189, 416, 420, 439, 501, 556 Button, Alphonso, 402 Button, D. F., 497 Button, Ransom, 727 Butts, L. C., 481 Butts, Louisa M., 722 Butts, W. M., 481 Buursma, Ale, 332 Buxton, Thomas. 307 Buys, Adrian, 329 Bylsma, John, 327, 400, 402 Byrne, Thomas, 686

Document Source: Baxter, Albert, History of the City of Grand Rapids, New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.
Transcriber: Ronnie Aungst

Created: 26 September 1999