David Page
From Black Hawk Slept Here
From stjoseph-1877, page 33
David Page was the first clerk of the county of St. Joseph and of the courts therein, and was appointed in 1830, and appears at the first county court term. Isaac W. Willard succeeded Page, and was the first clerk of the circuit court, at its first term held in the county. Willard held the position until September 6, 1834...
- Barnett's roster lists him as a Private in Jackson's company, with service dates May 21-June 24.
- A resident of St. Joseph County at the time he made his purchases at White Pigeon
- The land patent records list 10 patents for David Page, nine of which are probably the David Page who bought land on Climax Prairie.
From stjoseph-1877, page 62
The next comer to the prairie after the tripartite division of the land was Dr. David Page, who was the first physician in the county. He was an unmarried man, of an extremely youthful appearance, and was accompanied by a brother, Reed Page; they built themselves a house of logs, not far from the present site of the village of White Pigeon, westerly there from.This made him the first settler on White Pigeon Prairie, after Heald and Winchell, who came in 1826.
From stjoseph-1877, page 66
The first physician in the village was Dr. WV. N. Elliott, who located therein in the spring of 1832. Dr. Page and Dr. Hubbel Loomis were on the prairie before Dr. Elliott, and are so named in the township history.
From stjoseph-1877, page 80
On June 20, 1859, the council passed an order to buy a fire-engine, and one was accordingly bought, with a hose-cart and two hundred feet of hose; and a fire-company organized, called the "Watchword Fire-Company," with William Hammond as foreman; Daniel Flynn, first assistant; Henry M.cAfee, secretary; C. B. Peck, treasurer; John P. Gilmer, company engineer, and fortv-three other members. David Page was the second foreman. This machine is familiarly known as the " Old Tub,"
From the same page:
In 1831 the White Pigeon Academy was chartered, Dr. Isaac Adams, Charles B. Fitch, Albert E. Ball, David Page and Neal McGaffey being the incorporators named in the bill.
