History of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The amount of time and labor which has been expended in the preparation of this history is great. Iome of the material has been gleaned from the very few (reliable) published works which bear upon the ubject; much more from county, township, and society records, and files of old newspapers; but by far the greater part has been obtained from the oldest residents and best-informed people of the two counties, - of vhom more than three hundred have been applied to for information, and have given it.