. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . The ideaseemed to suit the others, and they with one accord assentedto it. Swegles said he would submit the proposition at thenext meeting of the company, and so the conference Estes goes on to say that before the next meeting ofthe company Jolin T. Newell came in with goods for theopening of a store, and that his boxes were marked , thus showing that the name had already goneabroad. Estes took the cover from one of Newells boxesand nailed it against a tree, with the name St. Johns show- ing in bold relief. It was there
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . The ideaseemed to suit the others, and they with one accord assentedto it. Swegles said he would submit the proposition at thenext meeting of the company, and so the conference Estes goes on to say that before the next meeting ofthe company Jolin T. Newell came in with goods for theopening of a store, and that his boxes were marked , thus showing that the name had already goneabroad. Estes took the cover from one of Newells boxesand nailed it against a tree, with the name St. Johns show- ing in bold relief. It was therefore already practicallysettled as to the name, although the company did notformally adopt the designation until some time Lamb says that at the conference about a nameonly he, Swegles, Sturgis, and Mead were present, and thatafter the names of Richmond, Swcglesville, and Johnsvillewere proposed, he (Lamb) said, Call it St. Johns. replied, For some reasons I should be in favorof St. Johns, addinir, Amen, St. Johns let it JOHN SWEGLES. In this connection it will be appropriate to note the factsthat John Swegles was born in Hector, N. Y., April 10,1819 ; commenced the study of medicine at the age ofeighteen, and abandoned it to become pursers clerk on thebrig Porpoise of the Atlantic Coast Survey ; was later aschool-teacher, and in 1840 removed to Jonesville, was chosen clerk of Hillsdale County, and .served sev-eral terms; became editor and publisher of the HillsdaleGazelle, and in 1850 was elected auditor-general. Allusion to the company suggests the explanationthat such was the collective title by which the associationof the village proprietors was by common consent was no incorporation, but there was a community ofproperty, and it was further agreed that each owner shouldbear his proportionate share of expenses and receive like-wise his due share of the gains. At the outset there weresix proprietors, and each owned one-sixt
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