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Fennville
was the first village in Clyde Township (named after Clyde, New York),
was settled in 1860 by Henry Blakslee, who joined the Union Army in
1861 and was killed in action. Elam A.
Fenn, in company with Levi Loomis, built a sawmill here in 1862. It was given a post office as Fenn’s Mill, on
February 27, 1868, with Mr. Fenn as its first postmaster.
The village was platted in 1871 by Emmerson
& Company,
who owned much of the land here, and its post office was renamed
Fennville on September 27 of the same year. Later
that year the village burned down and was restored on adjacent land
platted by M.C. Wilson. Fennville was
incorporated as a village in 1889, and as a city in 1961.
MORE: FENNVILLE, Mich; 1913.--As
an outlet for the product of the famous Michigan fruit belt, the
thriving village of Fennville ships as high as 50,000 packages a day.
Location on Pere Marquette railway main line, six miles from east shore
of Lake Michigan. Main street, shown above, and village lighted by
electricity. Town owns water system, has two telephone services, three
churches and excellent grade school. Many kinds of business enterprise
are represented. FENNVILLE, Mich., July 19
1933(AP) -- A 45-year-old farmer and his wife, who told Sheriff's
deputies they were "nearly starved all the time," were in jail today
after wounding three men in a daring daylight hold-up of the old State
Bank here. The $2,000 cash they obtained was recovered.
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