Mundy
Mundy
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Mundy Local History It was first settled by Daniel Williams, Morgan Baldwin and Volney Stiles, successively, but all in 1833. The township was named Independence, but owing to duplication, it was renamed for Lieutenant-Governor Edward S. Mundy. John C. Griswold became the first postmaster of Mundy of May 1, 1848 with the name changed to Long Lake, with George Judson as postmaster, on March 6, 1851 and then back to Mundy on March 24, 1852. The office operated until December 31, 1900. The earliest land entries in Mundy Township were made in 1833 on sections 13, 14, 11 and 12, respectively, by Daniel Williams, of Lapeer County, Michigan, John Richards, of Niagara County, New York, and Bradbury Eastman, of Tompkins County, New York. The only lands of the township in the hands of the government at the end of 1836 were forty acres in section 28, which were taken up in 1837. The first permanent settlements effected in this township were by Daniel Williams, Eli Gilbert and Jason L. Austin in 1833 on section 13. Volney Stiles settled soon afterward on section 11. In the following year came Morgan Baldwin and George Judson. All of the settlers were from the state of New York. Among those who had made their homes in Mundy township before Michigan was admitted to the Union are the following: Thomas Glover, David Gibson, Seth Kitchen, Ebenezer Bishop, Josiah Alger and family of ten children, Mr. Barnum, Asa Pierce, William Odell, Jeshurum Leach, Jonathan G. Firman and others. The first white male child born in the township of Mundy was Thomas Glover’s son, Henry Glover, and the first white female child was Hannah Baldwin, daughter of Morgan Baldwin, her birth occurring March 30, 1835. The township was named in honor of Edward S. Mundy, who was lieutenant-governor of Michigan when the township was organized, March 11, 1837. On April 3, the first township meeting was held at the house of Josiah Alger, when eighteen votes were cast, of which only three were from the west half of the township. The following officers were chose: Supervisor, John Alger; town clerk, Morgan Baldwin; assessors, Jonathan G. Firman, Morgan Baldwin, Benjamin Simmons and Seth Kitchen; collector, George Judson; commissioners of highways, J. G. Firman, George Judson and Jeshurum Leach; school inspectors, Jonathan G. Firman, Ira Dunning and Dudley Brainard; justices of the peace, Benjamin Simmons, one year, Josiah Alger, two years, Morgan Baldwin, three years and Henry M. Thompson, four years; constables, George Judson and Volney Stiles. The condition of settlement in 1840 is reflected in the vote at the general November election, whose interest was sufficient to bring out the total voting strength of the township. Eighty-nine votes were cast. The first school district organized in the township was in the Baldwin neighborhood, in the spring of 1837. A school was taught the summer following by Miss Mary Gazley in a log school house which stood on the corner of the farm later owned by LaFayette Odell. Mrs. Conant kept school temporarily in her own house in the summer of 1836 before the school house was built. The first winter term was taught by a Scotchman named McClergan, or McClagan. DeWitt C. Leach taught a number of terms afterwards. In 1837, the Methodists formed a class at or near the Odell school house, but it was not of long duration there. A Presbyterian society was formed in 1844. The first services were held by Rev. P. H. Burghardt. This church was for many years a mission, receiving aid from the Home Missionary Society. In 1845, a Baptist society was organized near Mundy Center.
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