Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-02-19
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1885.
cHJcAeos EARLY PosTMAsTERs.

Jonathan N. Bailey and John S. G. Hogan
tho First two, Former Residents of Mack
inac.
The following letter to the later Ocean
will be OF interest TO many Old settlers
in this section. We surmiss that tn o
James Lasley referred to as clerk in the
Chicago post Office uadsr Mr., Hogan, is
the pl ssent deputy collector Of customs
at Aaekinac:
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Noticing the yalu-
able Communications FROM the Hon.
John Wentworth in your paper of the 20
and 31st OF January, will with your
leave, offer few facts by way of supple
msnt to the papers referred to. Not very
long since correspondent at Mackinaw
Ian army officsr) who was posted, sent
ms the greater part OF the items given
below.
Johnathan N. Bailey appears to have
acted in tho position of sutler in the
garrison at Maekinaw from 1920 or 1921
TO 1925.
HIS name appears as one of the County
Commissioners in December 1922, and
no was third postmaster at Mackinaw
1926 TO 1929. s.
He was lawyer, and the late Henry
8. Baird, Of Green Bay, was law stu
dent in his Office at Maeklnaw: and
when Mr. Baird married Elizabeth f..
Fisher, Aug. IL, 1924, Mr.. Bailey official
ed, being justice of the peace. The moth
er of Miss Fisher was daughter of Mrs.
SCHNEIDER formerly Miss Theresa Mar
sOt) by her first husband, Mr. Leeellier,
from whom she was separated. Mr.. Le-
cellisr aftsrward lived in Chicago.
/ 1t will be understood what the afflic-
tiOn attending Mr., Bailey was, as refer
red to in one of Mr.. Wentworth's papers,
when it is known that Mrs. B. for some
years was at times insane. For some
time she was IA inmate Of an asylum.
She attempted to drown herself once,
but was saved by the efforts Of Mr.. Sam
uel c, Lasley. Mr.. Lasley was the first
keeper Of the light house at Chicago; his
name Is misprinted "Lasby" in Mr..
WentwOrth's Fort Dearborn pamphlet.
An old lady at Mackinaw, whose faith.
er and grandfather were soldiers i'm the
fort there, says that Lieutenant A. M.
Wrights wife was a sister Of Mr.. j. N
Bailey. Lieutenant Wright of the Third
Infantry arrived at Mackinaw in 1923.
Mr. Bailey, thinking change of sur
roandlngs might benefit Mrs. B., remoy.
ed to Chicago.
There was however still another do.
mestie misfortune" "a skeleton behind
the door" TO ANNOY the worthy j. n. Bail.
sy.
Mr.. B. had brother, Thomas Bailey
who with William Holiday aud JOshus
Boyd, was implicated in the murder of q
Chippewa squaw. T. Bailey immediate.
ly left for the east, and soon afterwarG
died. On his death bed, hsweyer, he cen
fessed the whole matter. Boyd and HOl
iday were both killed by relatives Of the
Indian woman.
The father of John s. G. HOgan-sec
ord Postmaster at ChicagO-was Stephen
Hogan, and it is said that he was ser
gsaht in the garrison at Mackinaw
when he married on the 18th of October,
1901, Marie ValllancOurt. Her father
was'an early resident and believed t.
have been a soldier at Mackinaw. Hen
ry a brother Of Marie, was a drummer
boy at the Fort 9years old when thu
British under Coptain Roberts, captured
Maeklnaw July II, 1912. Henry Vaillan
court was enlisted by Lieutenant Porter
Hanks, March 1. 1912.
John Coates QrOm whom ]. S. G. HO-
gam received part Of his name, was 6
notary public at Mackinaw in 1881. Hi
widow and the mother Of eur SECOND
Postmaster, it is said, had been frisnd
when young, and she MRS. COates) tool
]. S. g. Hogan from MackiMaw, where
she had been on q visit and where sh,
had property, to Detroit, and the lad wa
raised by her.
About 1917 or 1918 the widow of Stsph
en- Hogan was at Mackinaw performing
the duties Of hospital nurse, which posi-
tiOn she retained until she went to Chi
cagO. The names Of the children of Mr.
Hogan senior, are given correctly in TIT
Chicago Antiquity, excepting that 10
soph g., and the names Mary and Lev
were omitted. Levi, 1t is said, was il
business in Chicago and died In Morris
Ill. Alice became insane. CarOlin
married a SaltOnstall, q butcher a
Mackinaw. After her death Mr.. S. mar
risd again: two sons by the second mar
rage live in Chicago. Joseph G. HOgal
was living at MackInaw in 1882, wher
he was clerk for tho County Commits
siOners.
James Laslsy youngest SON of samn
ell G. Lasley) was clerk for Mr.. Hoga
while no was postmaster la Chicago.
Samuel G. Lasley (Our first light hous
, keeper as before Ramed) was q Virginia
, and came to Mackinaw as a sOldier abou
the year 1900.
HENRY II. lIURLBUT.