L. A. Sherman & Company
Directory of St. Clair County
By Townships - 1888
Berlin Township
The southwestern township in the County, designated as Town 6 North, Range 13 East, is bounded on the north by Mussey township, east by the township of Riley, west by Lapeer County and on the south by Macomb County and contains 22,935 acres.
Belle River traverses the township from west to east in the northern part. The surface is generally level and contains some fine farming lands.
| NAME | STATUS | SECTION | POST OFFICE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wm. Abeal | general store | not given | Berville | |
| Mrs. Benjamin ALDRICH | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Darius ALLEN | farmer & grain | not given | Smith | |
| Jesse ALLEN | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Smith | |
| Wm. ANDERSON | farmer / owner | not given | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Abraham ARMSTRONG | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Jane ARNOLD | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Charles BAKER | laborer | not given | Capac | |
| Charles BANGHART | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Smith | |
| Charles BARCUM | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Mrs. Henry BARNES | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Albert BARTLETT | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Benjamin BARTLETT | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Wm. BARTLETT | laborer | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Herbert C. BARTON | hotel | sec 36 | Berville | |
| George BASS | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Elbert BEEBE | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Walter BEEBE | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Henry Bisher | sawmill | not given | Belle River | |
| Abel BROWN | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Allen BROWN | thresher | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Calvin BROWN | farm impts | not given | Berville | |
| Elijah Brown | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville | |
| Gabriel BROWN | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River | |
| Wm. BROWN | laborer | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Wm. J. BROWN | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Frederick BUNDY | farmer / tenant | sec 29 | Smith | |
| John BURLEIGH | hotel | not given | Smith | |
| Daniel BUTLER | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Wm. CAMERON | farmer / owner | not given | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Wm. A. CAMERON | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Thomas CAMPBELL | farmer / owner, postmaster | sec 29 | Smith | |
| George W. CARPENTER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| George R. CARPENTER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| William CAWTHORN | farmer / tenant | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Mrs. Margeret CHAPMAN | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| Miles CHRISIE | farmer / owner | sec 16 | Smith | |
| James C. CHURCHILL | general store | not given | Smith | |
| Silas CLARK | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith | |
| Joshua CLINE | mail carrier | sec 12 | Belle River | |
| David CLYDESDALE | farmer / owner | sec 17 | Smith | |
| John CLYDESDALE | farmer / owner | sec 17 | Smith | |
| Mrs. A. Agnes COCHRANE | farmer / owner | not given | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Abraham CODINGTON | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Thomas CONROY | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Smith | |
| James CORPRON | laborer | sec 36 | Berville | |
| S. W. CURRY | farmer / owner | sec 7 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Edward CUTCHER | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Alfred DALMAGE | constable | not given | Berville | |
| Alpheus DALMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| George DALMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| James DALMAGE | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Edgar DARLING | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Jacob DEMOTT | laborer | sec 10 | Belle River | |
| Maria DEMOTT | not given | sec 11 | Belle River | |
| Albert DENNIS | laborer | sec 27 | Berville | |
| John DENNIS | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville | |
| Ira DODGE | farmer / tenant | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Nelson DODGE | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Horace DOTY | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River | |
| Nelson DOTY | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River | |
| E.P. DRAPER | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith | |
| A.C. DRAPER | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Eslie DUNBAR | laborer | sec 30 | Smith | |
| Henry DYSINGER | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River | |
| Sanford EASTMAN | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac | |
| Clarence EGERTEN | farmer / owner | sec 21 | Smith | |
| William GGLEN | farmer / tenant | sec 33 | Smith | |
| James EVERTS | farmer / owner | sec 7 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| A. FERGUSON | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Daniel FERGUSON | farm implements | not given | Berville | |
| George FERGUSON | ff | sec 27 | Berville | |
| Austin FINCH | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville | |
| Cyrenus FINCH | farmer | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Gain FINCH | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville | |
| Walter FINCH | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Elizabeth FLOWERS | not given | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Lemrock FLOWERS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville | |
| Jesse FRANTZ | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River | |
| Benjamin F. FROST | general store | not given | Belle River | |
| Mrs. James GAFFNEY | farmer / owner | not given | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Mary GARFIELD | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River | |
| Eugine GILBERT | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville | |
| James GILLAM | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Albert GOOCH | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith | |
| Rufus GOULD | sorgum mill | sec 33 | Smith | |
| Sabin S. GOULD | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith | |
| Stephen GOULD | farmer | sec 25 | Berville | |
| George GOYT | farmer / tenant | sec 24 | Berville | |
| David GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| James GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| John GRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville | |
| 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 | laborer | sec20 | Smith | |
| James GRANT | mail carrie | sec 20 | Smith | |
| Frank GROST | apple dryer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| James GUY | farmer / owner | sec 18 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Annie HALL | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith | |
| Sanford HALL | farmer / owner | sec 1 | Belle River | |
| Sidney HALL | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith | |
| James R. HAMILTON | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Thomas HANNAN | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Berville | |
| Wm. HANNAN | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Berville | |
| Maurice L. HEAD | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith | |
| Mrs. Arvilla HICKS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| C.P. HICKS | drover | not given | Berville | |
| Frank J. HILL | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith | |
| Wm. HOLMES | farmer / tenant | sec 33 | Smith | |
| Alonzo M. HOOVER | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River | |
| Charles HOOVER | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Henry A. HOOVER | general store | sec 23 | Berville | |
| Jeremiah HOOVER | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Berville | |
| George HOWARD | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Berville | |
| Asa B. HOWELL | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith | |
| George HOWELL | thresher | sec 28 | Smith | |
| Wm. C. HUGGETT | farmer / owner | sec 16 | Belle River | |
| Asa H. HULBERT | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith | |
| George T. HULBERT | gardener | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Robert HUNT | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River | |
| Nathan HURD | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Hiram INGRAHAM | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| H.L. IVES | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Smith | |
| Wm. JOHNSTON | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Berville | |
| Daniel JONES | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Elisha JONES | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Schuyler JONES | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Frederick JOURDEN | farmer / owner | sec 17 | Smith | |
| Bertie KIMBALL | laborer | sec 19 | Smith | |
| Charles KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 33 | Smith | |
| D.D. KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Henry KIMBALL | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| George KING | general store | not given | Berville | |
| Mrs. George KING | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Smith | |
| Levi KITCHEN | carpenter | not given | Belle River | |
| Jones KYLE | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac | |
| David LAFEVER | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Jasper LAFEVER | laborer | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Joseph LAMPEAR | cooper | not given | Capac | |
| Wm. LEE | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River | |
| Wm. F. LEE | farmer / owner | not given | Belle River | |
| Wm LEMONS | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Lewis LEMROCK | laborer | sec 3 | Belle River | |
| Harvey W. LEONARD | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Frank LEONARD | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River | |
| Hiram LESTER | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Cornelius LEWIS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| Mrs. Levi H. LOCKWOOD | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith | |
| Abner LOOMIS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Crowell LOOMIS | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Margaret LOOMIS | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River | |
| Wm McDONALD | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Alvin D. McGEORGE | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Capac | |
| Joseph McLAUGHLIN | farmer / owner | sec 18 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| James McNUTT | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River | |
| Walter McNUTT | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Adam MACKIE | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Alonzo MARTIN | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Berville | |
| John MARTIN | laborer | sec 36 | Berville | |
| George MERRILL | carpenter | #28 | Smith | |
| Joseph MILLER | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Martin MILLER | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Berville | |
| Sarah MILLER | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Berville | |
| Wm. MILLER | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Bros. MOOREHOUSE | painters | not given | Berville | |
| John MOOREHOUSE | drugs | not given | Berville | |
| John MORRIS | farmer / owner | sec 1 & 2 | Belle River | |
| George MORRISON | blacksmith | not given | Belle River | |
| Wm. MORRISON | farmer / tenant | sec 7 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| H.P. MOWERSON | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River | |
| Wm. O'CONNER | farmer / owner, blacksmith | not given | Berville | |
| Reuben ORMSBY | builder | not given | Smith | |
| Mrs. Charles ORR, Widow | farmer / owner | sec 26 | Berville | |
| Milo PARKS | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Morgan PARKS | farmer / owner | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Annanias PICKARD | carpenter | sec 20 | Smith | |
| Edward POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| John POWERS | laborer | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Levi POWERS | farmer / tenant | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Mrs Mary POWERS | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| Wm. POWERS | farmer / tenant | sec 28 | Smith | |
| Emerson PRATT | laborer | sec 3 | Capac | |
| Nelson P. PRATT | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac | |
| Louis PRESLEY | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| John RAYMOND | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Joseph REID | farmer / owner | sec 18 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Stephen RICE | laborer | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Thomas RIDLEY | farmer / owner | sec 11 | Belle River | |
| Samuel ROBB | farmer / tenant | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Thomas J. ROBINSON | farmer / owner | sec 30 | Smith | |
| George SAVAGE | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac | |
| Charles SHOCK | farmer / tenant | sec 18 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Ephraim SCOTT | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River | |
| Samuel L. SCOTT | farmer / owner | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Reuben M. SHAFER | general store | not given | Berville | |
| John L. SHEPHERD | farmer / owner | sec 17 | Smith | |
| Elijah SHERRARD | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Joseph SHERRARD | thresher | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Joshua SHERRARD | thresher | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Lafayette SHERRARD | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Peter SHERRARD | thresher | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Philip SHERRARD | farmer / owner | sec 4 | Capac | |
| Sherman SHERRARD | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Capac | |
| A.A. SMITH | farmer / owner | sec 10 | Belle River | |
| Edward SMITH | farmer / tenant | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Garrison E. SMITH | general store | not given | Belle River | |
| George SMITH | farmer / tenant | sec 23 | Berville | |
| Hiram SMITH | farmer / owner | sec 10 | Belle River | |
| John SMITH | farmer / tenant | sec 21 | Smith | |
| Wm. SMITH | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River | |
| Jesse c. SNOVER | veterinary surgeon | not given | Berville | |
| Charles B. SPENCER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Charles H. SPENCER | flour & saw mill | not given | Smith | |
| Horace SPENCER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Homer SPERRY | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville | |
| Leander SPERRY | farmer / owner | sec 25 | Berville | |
| Lewis SPERRY | farmer / owner | sec 35 | Berville | |
| Frank STANLAKE | farmer / tenant | sec 17 | Smith | |
| Avery STEWART | laborer | sec 36 | Berville | |
| Mrs. Marshall STEWART | not given | sec 36 | Berville | |
| George STINSON | farmer / owner | sec 27 | Berville | |
| John STOKER | farmer / owner | sec 9 | Capac | |
| Byron STRINGHAM | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Wesley STRINGHAM | laborer | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Ann SUMMERS | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River | |
| A.M. SUTHERLAND | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Henry J. SWEET | farmer / owner | sec 20 | Smith | |
| Joseph C. SWEET | farmer / owner | sec 28 | Smith | |
| William SWEEK | town clerk | sec 20 | Belle River | |
| Oscar TENANT | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River | |
| Walter TENANT | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Belle River | |
| Lewis TERRY | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River | |
| Nathaniel TERRY | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Norman TERRY | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| David TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith | |
| Henry TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith | |
| John TIBBITS | 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 | Smith | |
| Willard TIBBITTS | farmer / owner | sec 34 | Smith | |
| Wm. TRIPP | farmer / owner | sec 19 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Daniel TROTT | farmer / owner | sec 33 | secmith | |
| John VEYSEY | farmer / tenant | sec 12 | Belle River | |
| Louis WADE | laborer | sec 23 | Berville | |
| Mrs. Susan WADE | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Belle River | |
| Wm. WADE | farmer / owner | sec 23 | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Mary WALKER | farmer / owner | sec 12 | Belle River | |
| Nelson WALKER | farmer / tenant | sec 26 | Berville | |
| John WALLACE | laborer | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Edward WETMORE | farmer / tenant | sec 1 | Belle River | |
| Eslie WARNER | laborer | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Wm. N. WARNER | farmer / owner | sec 29 | Smith | |
| Albert P. WHEELER | farmer / owner & supervisor | sec 15 | Belle River | |
| Mrs. Louisa WHITCOMB | farmer / owner | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Milton WHITCOMB | laborer | sec 32 | Smith | |
| Charles H. WHITE | farmer / owner | sec 14 | Belle River | |
| Frank M. WHITE | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Charles WILERY | farmer / owner | sec 2 | Belle River | |
| Anthony WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 3 | Riley | |
| Frederick WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 18 | Riley | |
| James WILSON | farmer | not given | Belle River | |
| Robert N. WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 31 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Mrs. Sarah WILSON | farmer / owner | sec 31 | Almont, Lapeer Co. | |
| Walter WING | farmer / owner | sec 24 | Berville | |
| Seth WOOLMAN | farmer / owner | sec 13 | Belle River | |
| Mortimer WARDEN | farmer / owner | sec 22 | Belle River | |
| Charles WYCKOFF | retired farmer | sec 36 | Berville |