History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . surer. ST. JOHNS POST-OFFICE. In 1852 the first post-oflSce in the township of Binghamwas established, and located at the house of George , who was appointed postmaster. He lived then onsection 17. The office was named Bingham, and was keptat the house of Mr. Estes until his removal, in 1854, tothe site selected for the village of St. Johns. He carriedthe office with him, and kept it there until 1856, whenTimothy Baker received the appointment, upon Estesrecommendation, and at that time too the name of theoffice was changed to St. J
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . surer. ST. JOHNS POST-OFFICE. In 1852 the first post-oflSce in the township of Binghamwas established, and located at the house of George , who was appointed postmaster. He lived then onsection 17. The office was named Bingham, and was keptat the house of Mr. Estes until his removal, in 1854, tothe site selected for the village of St. Johns. He carriedthe office with him, and kept it there until 1856, whenTimothy Baker received the appointment, upon Estesrecommendation, and at that time too the name of theoffice was changed to St. Johns. To the time of the com-pletion of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad to St. Johns,mail was received over the route from De Witt to theRochester Colony over the State road. The postmasters succeeding Mr. Baker in regular orderwere Thomas J. Urie, H. S. Gibbons, Richard Bay lis, J. , and George A. Wells. Mr. Wells, the present in-cumbent, was appointed in 1875. It is related that thefirst mail brought to St. Johns was carried in the mail-. VILLAGE OF ST. JOHNS. 373 riders hat, and that the first postmaster kept his o£Ece ina cigar-box, but these stories are probably pure imagina-tion. The early history of the St. Johns post-office boastedno incident out of the ordinary course of such business. The business of the St. Johns post-office during thethree mouths ending March 31, 1880, aggregated as fol-lows : Receipts for stamps, envelopes, etc $ Money orders issued $^ paid $:iU92.:i6 Registered letters mailed 143 SOCIETIES AND JOHNS LODGE, No. 105, F. AND A. M. This, the first lodge of a secret order organized in , received a dispensation from the Grand Lodge , 1857, and held its first communication December 3dof that year. On that occasion the officers present wereTimothy Baker, W. JM.; George P. Mead, Sec.; W. , S. W.; J. E. Leech, J. W.; H. C. Hodge,Treas.; John Ransom, S. D.; L. S. Conn, J. D.; GeorgeRichmond, Tile
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