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Breedsville, Michigan 49027     Breedsville was established in 1835 and is the oldest settlement in the northern part of the county. In 1880 Breedsville had one church - the Methodist Episcopal - and today in 1998 the Methodist church still is the only one in town. There were lodges, Masons, Knights of Pythias, and Odd Fellow's.    One commodious hotel, three stores of general merchandise, one grist-mill, one saw-mill, one extensive tannery, several small mechanical shops, and about 350 inhabitnants.
    The original ownsers of its site were Barnard M. Howard, Miss Laura White, Amos S. Brown, Sr., Rev. Jonathan N. Hinckley, and Samuel Watson.
    Thomas P. Page kept the first tavern, and Lorenzo Painster, Woodson & Co. opened the first store. Previous to their establishment of a store here they had brought in goods and exchanged with the early settlers for shingles, produce, etc. The grist-mill was built by Wells G. Brown in 1873.