I was researching when George Chubb may have owned a store in Harlan, and I found a listing of U.S. postmasters for our area. In the very early years, the postmaster in a certain area was often also the owner of a store. I found George Chubb in the list -- appointed in 1899. I also found Alfred Churchill who sold one of the Harlan stores to Egbert Marcellus Wagner. Both Churchill and Wagner were appointed postmasters in the years that I assume they owned the store. It is interesting to see that each of the small communities began to lose their post offices as mail service became consolidated in the village of Copemish. Here is the list I made from information in the National Archives volumes.
U.S. Postmaster Appointments
Marlene, you had asked me about George L. Chubb and a real estate office. I thought I had remembered finding a reference to one and here it is....
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Alonzo Chubb was born in Monroe County, NY, in 1823. His people moved to Michigan soon after the state was admitted to the Union. Mr. Chubb enlisted soon after the war of the Rebellion in the 105th Ohio Volunteers, serving 2 years, at the end of which time he was mustered out of account of wounds and sickness, having attained the rank of lieutenant. In 1867, he came to northern Michigan, settling in what is now the township of Cleon in Manistee County. He often tells of how he wintered some pigs he brought with him when he moved into the wools. The snow got so deep that it was impossible to get to Traverse City, the only place where feed could be procured, and as a last resort he drove them into the woods with the rest of his stock to see if they would "browse." To his utter surprise they took right hold of the tender maple twigs and lived on a "browse" diet the balance of the winter. Mr. Chubb also says that there are not many people who can truthfully boast of holding office in two counties, living in two representative and two senatorial districts, and yet never changing his residence from the town he first settled in. Of course this state of affairs came about by reason of the township of Cleon having been attached to this county for a number of years, during which time Mr. Chubb served a term of four years as Judge of Probate of Wexford County. He is still hale and hearty at the age of 80 and has a real estate office in the village of Copemish in Manistee County. ttp://www.migenweb.org/wexford/history/pioneers.html taken from The History of Wexford County, MI compiled by John H. Wheeler, 1903.
Thanks, Cathryn!
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