The Sherman Company's
Directory of the Townships of
St. Clair County - 1893/4
Berlin Township
Berlin Township is situated in the extreme western part of the county, and was first organized as a township in 1839. It is bounded on the North by Mussey township, East by Riley Township, south by Macomb County, and west by Lapeer County, and is designated as town 6 north, range 13 east. The township was covered with timber of the hardwood variety, but has been cleared, developing some very fine farming lands, generally level. It is well watered by Belle River, which traverses the northen part from west to east. There are three post offices in the township, Belle River in the northen part, Berville in the south-eastern part, & Smith in the western part. the Almont division of the Flint and Pere Marquette railroad crosses the southern portion of the township, with stations in Berville & Smith. There is but one church in the township, a Methodist Protestant, situated in the southwestern part. There are two cemeteries and eight school buildings.
The township officers for 1893-4, and their post office addresses are:
| NAME | STATUS | SECTION | POST OFFICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin ALDRIDGE | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Berville |
| Darius ALLEN | farmer / owner & grain buyer | sec 28 | Smith |
| George ALLEN | farmer | sec 28 | Smith |
| Jesse ALLEN | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| James ANDERSON | farmer | sec 19 | Almont |
| William ANDERSON | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| Abel ARMSTRONG | laborer | not given | Berville |
| Mrs. Jane ARNOLD | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Charles BARCUME | laborer | [not given] | Smith |
| Mrs. Henry BARNES | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Albert BARTLETT | laborer | [not given] | SMITH |
| Benjamin BARTLETT | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| William BARTLETT | farmer | sec 1 & 2 | Belle River |
| Charles BANGHART | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Smith |
| Elbert BEEBE | farmer /owner | sec 4 | Capac |
| Walter BEEBE | farmer /owner | sec 4 | Capac |
| Edward BURGESS | farmer /owner | sec 14 | Berville |
| Henry BLISHER | saw mill | [not given] | Belle River |
| Henry BLISHER Jr. | miller | [not given] | Belle River |
| William BRIGHT | farmer / tenant | sec 9 | Belle River |
| Marshall BROCK | farmer /owner | sec 12 | Belle River |
| Abel BROWN | farmer /owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Allen BROWN | thresher | sec 25 | Berville |
| Calvin BROWN | farm implements | [not given] | Berville |
| Elijah BROWN | farmer /owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| Gabriel BROWN | farmer /owner | sec 11 | Belle River |
| William BROWN | retired farmer | [not given] | Berville |
| William J. BROWN | farmer/o | sec 36 | Berville |
| George B. BURK | farmer /owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Isaac BURLEIGH | farmer /owner | sec 9 | Belle River |
| Mrs. John BURLEIGH | farmer | sec 20 | Smith |
| Daniel BUTLER | farmer /owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| William CAMERON | farmer /owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| William A. CAMERON | farmer /owner | sec 18 | Almont |
| John CAMBELL | farmer /owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Ernest CANNIS | farmer /owner | sec 33 | Smith |
| George CARPENTER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith |
| George R. CARPENTER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith |
| Walter CARPENTER | farmer | sec 19 | Almont |
| Alvin CASWELL | farmer /owner | sec 3 | Belle River |
| Mrs. Margaret CHAPMAN | farmer /owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| Charles CHRISTIE | farmer | sec 17 | Smith |
| Miles CHRISTIE | farmer /owner | sec 16 | Smith |
| Fred L. CHUBB | general store | [not given] | Berville |
| James C. CHURCHILL | general store | [not given] | Smith |
| Daniel CLARK | farmer /owner | sec 34 | Smith |
| Silas R. CLARK | farmer /owner | sec 23 | Smith |
| Joshua CLINE | mail carrier | sec 12 | Belle River |
| Reubin CLUBINE | farmer / tenant | sec 17 | Belle River |
| David CLYDESDALE | farmer /owner | sec 17 | Smith |
| David CLYDESDALE Jr. | farmer | sec 17 | Smith |
| John CLYDESDALE | farmer /owner | sec 17 | Smith |
| David COCHRANE | farmer /owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| Abram CODDINGTON | farmer /owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Guy CODDINGTON | farmer | sec 15 | Berville |
| Thomas CONROY | farmer /owner | sec 1 | Belle River |
| James CORPORAN | farmer /owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| S.W. CURRY | farmer /owner | sec 7 | Almont |
| Mrs. Annette DAVIS | farmer /owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Jacob DEMOT | laborer | sec 10 | Belle River |
| John DEMOTT | laborer | [not given] | #VR |
| Maria DEMOTT | farmer /owner | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Alonzo DENNIS | farmer | sec 27 | Berville |
| Charles DENNIS | farmer | sec 27 | Berville |
| Herbert DENNIS | farmer | sec 27 | Berville |
| John DENNIS | farmer /owner | sec 27 | Berville |
| Rev. William DOBBIN | farmer /owner | sec 1 | Belle River |
| George DODGE | farmer /owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Horace DOTY | farmer /owner | sec 1 | Belle River |
| Nelson DOTY | farmer /owner | sec 12 | Belle River |
| Adam C. DRAPER | farmer /owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Edward P. DRAPER | farmer /owner | sec 33 | Smith |
| Samuel DRAPER | farmer /owner | sec 9 | Capac |
| Alfred DULMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| Edson DULMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| George DULMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River |
| James DULMAGE Sr. | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| James H. DULMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Peter DURANCE | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River |
| Sanford EASTMAN | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac |
| Andrew EGERTON | farmer | sec 20 | Smith |
| Berton EGERTON | farmer | sec 20 | Smith |
| Clarence EGERTON | farmer / owner | sec 21 | Smith |
| Myron EGERTON | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| ARA FERGUSON | farmer / tenant | sec 20 | Smith |
| Daniel FERGUSON | farm implements | [not given] | Berville |
| George FERGUSON | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville |
| Austin FINCH | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville |
| Gain FINCH | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| Lemrock FLOWERS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith |
| Andrew FOX | farmer / tenant | sec 1 | Belle River |
| Mrs Mary GARFIELD | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River |
| Anson GILBERT | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Eugene GILBERT | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| James GILLAM | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Albert GOOCH | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith |
| Rufus O. GOULD | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith |
| David GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| James GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Smith |
| John GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| William GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Smith |
| Alvin GRANGER | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| Dighton GRANGER | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River |
| Mortimer GRANGER | general store | [not given] | Belle River |
| Vernon P. GRANGER | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| David GRANT | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| Mrs. James GUY | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| Mrs. Annie HALL | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith |
| Sanford HALL | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River |
| Sidney S. HALL | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith |
| Dr. William HAMILTON | farmer / owner | sec 31 | Almont |
| James R. HAMILTON | farmer / tenant | sec 31 | Almont |
| John HAMILTON | farmer / owner | sec 31 | Almont |
| Edward HANDLEY | farmer | sec 18 | Almont |
| Elmer HANNAN | farmer | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Thomas HANNAN | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Maurice HEAD | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith |
| Cameron P. HICKS | drover | sec 36 | Berville |
| Mrs. Arvilla HICKS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Harry F. HILL | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| William HILL | farmer | sec 33 | Smith |
| Alonzo M. HOOVER | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Charles HOOVER | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Henry A. HOOVER | retired farmer | sec 29 | Smith |
| Jeremiah HOOVER | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Berville |
| Asa B. HOWELL | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Berville |
| Herbert HOWELL | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| Homer B. HOWELL | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| William C. HUGGETT | farmer / owner | sec 16 | Belle River |
| Robert HUNT | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River |
| Nathan HURD | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville |
| Chauncy A. HURLBERT | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| Cynthia HURLBERT | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| George L. HURLBERT | gardener | sec 32 | Belle River |
| L.D. HURLBERT | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Hiram INGRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| William JOHNSON | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Bryon JONES | farmer | sec 32 | Smith |
| Daniel JONES | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Elisha JONES | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Ezra JONES | farmer | sec 32 | Smith |
| Hiram JONES | farmer | sec 32 | Smith |
| Schuyler JONES | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Wellurn JONES | farmer | sec [82?] | Smith |
| William W. B. JONES | farmer | sec 32 | Smith |
| Frederick JOURDEN | farmer / owner | sec 17 | Smith |
| Frederick KERSTEN | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Berville |
| Hibbard KILE | farmer / tenant | sec 4 | Capac |
| Jonas KILE | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac |
| Willis KILE | farmer | sec 4 | Capac |
| Bert KIMBALL | farmer | sec 24 | Berville |
| Bert A. KIMBALL | farmer / tenant | sec 19 | Smith |
| Charles KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith |
| Darius D. KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Fred KIMBALL | farmer | sec 24 | Berville |
| Mrs. B. KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| William & Henry KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville |
| Mrs. George KING | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Levi KITCHEN | carpenter | [not given] | Belle River |
| Gottleib KORTH | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| William KRUEGER | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Joseph LAMPHERE | cooper | sec 4 | Capac |
| Edward LATHROP | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River |
| George LEE | farmer / tenant | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Richard LEE | farmer / tenant | sec 11 | Belle River |
| William LEE | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River |
| William F. LEE | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Belle River |
| William LEMONS | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Frank LEONARD | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River |
| Harvey W. LEONARD | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| Hiram LESTER | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| Adelbert LEWIS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith |
| Cornelius LEWIS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| Reuben LEWIS | farmer | sec 20 | Smith |
| George LOCKE | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac |
| Abner LOOMIS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Crowell LOOMIS | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Belle River |
| David McCOLEMAN | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| Seth McDONALD | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River |
| Alvin D. McGEORGE | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Capac |
| William McGEORGE | farmer | sec 9 | Capac |
| Joseph McLAUGHLIN | farmer / owner | sec 18 | C |
| James R. McNUTT | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River |
| James W. McNUTT | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Belle River |
| Walter McNUTT | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville |
| Adam MACKIE | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| John C. MACKIE | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| Robert MACKIE | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| Andrew MACKLEM | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| Mrs. Mary S. MACKLEM | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| John MARTIN | RR section boss | sec 35 | Smith |
| James MASSEY | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Berville |
| George MERRILL | carpenter | sec 28 | Berville |
| Anson MILLER | farmer | sec 36 | Berville |
| Joseph MILLER | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville |
| Martin MILLER | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Berville |
| John C. MOOREHOUSE | painter | [not given] | Berville |
| John MORRIS | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River |
| Henry P. MOWERSON | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River |
| Frank PARKER | farmer | sec 34 | Berville |
| Thomas PARKER | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| Alexander PARKS | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Morden PARKS | farmer | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Mrs. Morgan PARKS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Oswald PARKS | farmer | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Willard PARKS | farmer | sec 11 | Belle River |
| Walter PAGE | farmer | sec 32 | Smith |
| Alfred PERKINS | hotel | [not given] | Berville |
| David J. PERKINS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Annanias PICKARD | carpenter | sec 20 | Smith |
| Edmund POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| Edward POWERS | farmer | sec 28 | Smith |
| Jacob POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| John POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Levi POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| Mrs. Mary A. POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith |
| William POWERS | farmer / tenant | sec 28 | Smith |
| Nelson PRATT | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac |
| Mrs. L. RAYMOND | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Berville |
| Christian RHODA | farmer / tenant | sec 11 | Belle River |
| John ROACH | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| Thomas J. ROBINSON | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| John ROLF | farmer / tenant | sec 13 | Belle River |
| Sarah P. ROLLISON | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| William ROSS | shoemaker | [not given] | Berville |
| David RUSSELL | farmer / tenant | sec 25 | Berville |
| George SAVAGE | farmer / tenant | sec 3 | Capac |
| Ephraim SCOTT | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River |
| George SCOTT | farmer / owner | sec 21 | Smith |
| Samuel L. SCOTT | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| John L. SHEPARD | farmer / owner | sec 17 | Smith |
| Joshua SHERRARD | thresher | sec 4 | Capac |
| Peter SHERRARD | thresher | sec 4 | Capac |
| Philip SHERRARD | thresher | sec 4 | Capac |
| Sherman SHERRARD | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac |
| Charles SHOOK | farmer / tenant | sec 18 | Almont |
| Robert SHOWLER | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac |
| Samuel SHOWLER | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac |
| Edward SMITH | farmer / tenant | sec 24 | Berville |
| George SMITH | farmer / tenant | sec 23 | Berville |
| Hiram SMITH | farmer / owner | sec 10 | Belle River |
| William SMITH | farmer / tenant | sec 30 | Smith |
| Jesse C. SNOVER | veterinary surgeon | [not given] | Berville |
| Charles H. SPENCER | saw & flour mill | [not given] | Smith |
| Horace SPENCER | farmer | sec 29 | Smith |
| Mary A. SPENCER | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Homer SPERRY | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Leander SPERRY | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Lewis M. SPERRY | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| Arthur STANLAKE | farmer | sec 19 | Smith |
| Frank STANLAKE | farmer / tenant | sec 19 | Smith |
| George STANLAKE | farmer | sec 20 | Smith |
| Avery A. STEWARD | farmer / tenant | sec 36 | Berville |
| Mrs. M. STEWARD | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| George STINSON | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville |
| John STOKER | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Capac |
| Byron STRINGHAM | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith |
| Warren STRINGHAM | farmer | sec 19 | Almont |
| Wesley STRINGHAM | laborer | sec 32 | Smith |
| Rev. H.H. SWAYZE | [not given] | Belle River | |
| Henry J. SWEET | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| Wid. J. SWEET | Supervisor | [not given] | Smith |
| Ann SUMMERS | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River |
| A. M. SUTHERLAND | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| William R. SUTTON | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith |
| Norman TERRY | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville |
| David TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| Elizabeth TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville |
| Henry TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| John TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| Mrs. Julia A. TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| Oren E. TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |
| Simon TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| Williard TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville |
| William TRIPP | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| William J. TRIPP | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont |
| Frank TROTT | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River |
| Riley VANCOUGHNETT | thresher | [not given] | Berville |
| Lewis WADE | farmer / owner | sec 22 | Belle River |
| Susan WADE | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Belle River |
| John WALLACE | laborer | sec 23 | Smith |
| Nelson WALKER | farmer / tenant | sec 26 | Berville |
| Mrs. Mary WALKER | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River |
| Mrs. Nelson WALKER | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| Elsie WARNER | laborer | [not given] | Smith |
| William N. WARNER | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith |
| Charles S. WARREN | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| Edward WETMORE | farmer / tenant | sec 1 | Belle River |
| James WHALING | farmer / owner | sec 22 | Belle River |
| Albert P. WHEELER | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River |
| Milton WHITCOMB | farmer / tenant | sec 32 | Smith |
| Charles H. WHITE | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River |
| Frank M. WHITE | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River |
| Anthony WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Riley Center |
| Frederick WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Riley Center |
| Robert N. WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 31 | Almont |
| Roswell J. WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River |
| Mortimer WORDEN | farmer / owner | sec 22 | Berville |
| Rankin WORKMAN | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville |
| Edward P. WYCKOFF | mason & carpenter | [not given] | Berville |
| Charles WYCKOFF | retired farmer | sec 35 | Berville |
| Roxana WYCKOFF | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville |
| Charles YOUNGS | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville |
| Mrs. Lovina YOUNGS | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville |