Flushing, Michigan history

In 1838, area settlers gathered at the home of Ezekiel Ewing for discussion of Genesee County’s decision to divide the area north of Flint into two separate townships.

Others who came before 1840 were Thomas L. Brent, David and James Penoyer, Ezra Smith, Origin Packard and Alexander Barber.

Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots (AKA Mother Moots) became a State Evangelist in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and in 1843, called for prohibition and women’s suffrage.

At the English settlement a school house was built in 1845.

Brent died in 1858 and his wife soon after, as creditors were removing the family furniture from their home.

The Flushing Ladies’ Library Association was started in 1873 and a small library established in Downtown Flushing.

Three years before Flushing was incorporated as a village (1877), the Wolverine Fire Company was created with Arza Niles as first engineer.

In 1892, he became the first black man in the Ithaca Fire Department.

In 1902, Fred Sayles of Flushing called on his friend, Joe Gage, to help him establish an athletic club in the village.

References American Lumberman Magazine. (1905). Lewis Penoyer.

Bernard Bueche opened a small grocery store in 1914 on the corner of Main and Maple Streets that would grow to become Bueche’s Food World.

Designed by Wilfred Reid and William Connellan, the Flushing Valley Golf Club opened for business in 1930.

In 1964, the Marian Packard Adult Reading Room was built.

In 1983, the Flushing Candle Walk began and has become a cherished part of Genesee County’s holiday festivities.