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Charles Mears
Hamlin
Township was formed in 1860. At that time, Charles
Mears owned much of the land and the main industry was logging
Mears built sawmills in the
Ludington area in settlements then called Little
Sauble (1851) and Big Sable (1854).
These two settlements were later renamed by Mears to Lincoln
and Hamlin in 1861 in honor of the successful Republican
Presidential ticket.
Mears served in the
Michigan
senate and was a member of the
Republican Party.
He was a personal friend to
Abraham Lincoln and had the town he lived in near
Ludington renamed to "Lincoln."
See this Wikipedia reference for more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mears#cite_ref-cabot1_3-4
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