Here on this 18th day of July, A. D. 1956, the people of St. Johns, Michigan, dedicate this tree and monument to the courage and sacrifice of our forebears, who founded this city 100 years ago. Beneath this monument is buried a metal . . . — — Map (db m213099) HM
Blue Star Mothers Chapter 88 wish to pay tribute to all from Clinton County who served in Korea and Vietnam when our country needed them To those who gave their lives we will never forget the sacrifice you made bless you as you rest . . . — — Map (db m213100) WM
Lured by the railroad, John W. Paine (1821-1870) moved from the nearby Rochester Colony to St. Johns. In 1860 he built the town's first brick store and this house. The office was later added to this site. Dr. Samuel Gillam (1845-1908) remodeled . . . — — Map (db m215902) HM
In lasting memory of
the Clinton County
men and women
who serve in the
armed forces,
past, present
and future
Civil War
James Abbottu
George Albert
Edwin Ammerman
George Anderson
Ira Armstrong
Abijah Arnett . . . — — Map (db m217876) WM
This tablet is dedicated to the settlers who came from Rochester, N.Y., and marks the first organized settlement in Clinton County, Mich. - 1836 — — Map (db m217495) HM
In 1836 a Rochester, New York, association purchased land here and by winter several families were settled in newly built log homes. Methodist circuit riders in 1837 organized a class which became center of the three-county Mapleton circuit. In 1841 . . . — — Map (db m217494) HM
The Reverend William Benson organized a Methodist class for this area in 1849. The class, which had seven members, held its first worship service in a log school south of Eureka. Later it met in the Sherwood School and the Keystone Grange Hall. . . . — — Map (db m217225) HM
