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AUDITORS.
B. A. Ogle, 1870 ; John B. Maring, 1874; J. C. Crawford, 1880; O. H. Law, 1882; James Merritt, 1886.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
J. J. Cummins, 1858; Rev. James Shields, 1859; Henry Hakes, 1863 ; Thomas M. Fee, 1865; Madison M. Walden, 1866 ; L. N. Judd, 1867 ; Matthew Berrington, 1867; Thomas Wentworth, 1868 ; D. T. Monroe, 1870; G. C. Goodenough, 1872; G. W. Taylor, 1874; J. W. Cary, 1876; D. R. Guernsey, 1878 ; C. J. Brower, 1880; Elon G. Ashby, 1886.
SURVEYORS.
J. F. Stratton, 1846 ; George W. Taylor, 1855 ; James H. Hough, 1857 ; Asa Dudley, 1859; E. D. Skinner, 1862; J. J. Wall, 1868; D. N. Miner, 1874; Cyrus Kerr, 1878 ; O.
C. Whitsell, 1880; Cyrus Kerr, 1882; S. T. Galbraith, 1884 ; Charley A. Miller, 1886.
SUPERVISORS (TOWNSHIP SYSTEM).
1861 .- Joseph Armstrong, Taylor, Chair- man ; James B. Beall, Center ; James S. Wakefield, Johns; Edward J. Gault, Pleasant ; William B. Packard, Sharon ; C. B. Miller, Union ; E. F. Horton, Udell; James May, Wells ; T. J. Killion, Washing- ton ; William McDanel, Chariton ; E. D. Skinner, Caldwell; E. Glass, Douglas; H. S. Rogers, Franklin ; Henry Morlan, Independence ; Robert P. Wilson, Shoal Creek ; L. D. Dudley, Walnut, and Joseph McGowan, Bellair.
1862 .- James S. Wakefield, Johns, Chair- man ; William McDanel, Chariton ; Joseph McGowen, Bellair; E. D. Skinner, Cald- well ; H. S. Rogers, Franklin ; Robert P. Wilson, Shoal Creek ; L. D. Dudley, Wal- nut; T. J. Dillon, Independence ; William Swiney, Douglas; Joseph Armstrong, Tay- lor; William B. Packard, Sharon ; James Huffman, Udell; T. J. Rogers, Wells; John N. Dunbar, Washington ; George W. Wise, Center; J. K. Boyles, Pleasant, and David Groom, Union.
1863 .- James S. Wakefield, Johns, Chair- man ; John N. Dunbar, Washington ; J. K. Boyles, Pleasant ; David Groom, Union ; James Huffman, Udell ; William B. Pack- ard, Sharon ; T. J. Rogers, Wells ; George W. Wise, Center ; George Gollaher, Tay- lor; Robert Kaster, Chariton; J. R. P. Garrison, Caldwell; Reuben Denney, Douglas; A. E. Carson, Franklin ; Joseph McGowan, Bellair ; Robert P. Wilson, Shoal Creek ; Govy Wade, Independence, and L. D. Dudley, Walnut. J. K. Boyle resigned, and his place was filled by A. S. Brown.
1864 .- L. D. Dudley, Walnut, Chairman ; Joseph McGowan, Bellair ; J. R. P. Gar- rison, Caldwell; Reuben Denney, Doug- las; Govy Wade, Independence ; R. P.
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Wilson, Shoal Creek ; Jesse M. Ellis, Cen - ter ; John Hudson, Johns; Phineas Porter, Pleasant ; Isaac A. Brannon, Sharon ; S. M. Andrews, Taylor ; John Lynch, Union ; James Huffman, Udell; John N. Dunbar, Washington; James May, Wells; Robert Kaster, Chariton, and A. E. Carson, Frank- lin.
1865 .- James May, Wells, Chairman ; J. M. Ellis, Center ; Henry Kearsey, Doug- las ; John Hudson, Johns; Phineas Porter, Pleasant ; Isaac A. Brannon, Sharon ; S. M. Andrews, Taylor ; John Lynch, Union ; James Huffman, Udell ; John N. Dunbar, Washington ; Nathan Earlywine, Bellair ; William McDanel, Chariton ; D. T. Ste- vens, Caldwell; E. O. Smith, Franklin ; Joseph Bland, Independence ; John V. Criswell, Shoal Creek, and W. T. Wade, Walnut.
1866 .- Thomas M. Fee, Center, Chair- man ; Joseph Bland, Independence ; Isaac A. Brannon, Sharon; John V. Criswell, Shoal Creek; John N. Dunbar, Washing- ton ; William Dougherty, Union; J. M. Huffman, Udell; Henry Kearsey, Doug- las; Noah Lantz, Bellair ; W. A. McDanel, Chariton ; A. C. Reynolds, Taylor; D. T. Stevens, Caldwell ; E. O. Smith, Franklin ; W. T. Wade, Walnut; J. S. Wakefield, Johns; George Wolf, Wells, and G. W. Wyckoff, Pleasant.
1867 .- G. W. Wyckoff, Pleasant, Chair- man ; Isaac A. Brannon, Sharon ; William Crow, Udell; John N. Dunbar, Washing- ton ; William Dougherty, Union ; Noah Lantz, Bellair ; A. C. Reynolds, Taylor ; E. O. Smith, Franklin ; J. S. Wakefield, Johns ; George Wolf, Wells ; Horatio White, In- dependence; Robert Goldsberry, Chariton ; E. J. Brown, Walnut; Joseph Morris, Douglas ; Caleb Wentworth, Center ; John V. Criswell, Shoal Creek, and James Hutch- inson, Caldwell.
1868 .- G. W. Wyckoff, Pleasant, Chair- man ; E. J. Brown, Walnut ; John V. Cris-
well, Shoal Creek; James Hutchinson, Caldwell ; Noah Lantz, Bellair ; Joseph Morris, Douglas ; E. O. Smith, Franklin ; Caleb Wentworth, Center; Isaac A. Bran- non, Sharon; Horatio White, Independ- ence ; George Wolf, Wells ; S. M. Andrews, Taylor; John A. Pierson, Johns; D. W. Hardman, Udell; John N. Dunbar, Wash- ington, and Robert Goldsberry, Chariton.
1869 .- E. J. Brown, Walnut, Chairman ; Caleb Wentworth, Center; Noah Lantz, Bellair ; G. W. Boston, Caldwell; William Evans, Chariton ; Alfred Hiatt, Douglas ; E. O. Smith, Franklin ; R. E. Davidson, In- dependence ; John A. Pierson, Johns ; G. W. Jackson, Lincoln; Isaac A. Brannon, Sharon ; S. M. Andrews, Taylor ; James F. Hicks, Union; D. W. Hardman, Udell ; George Wolf, Wells; G. W. Wyckoff, Pleasant, and John N. Dunbar, Washing- ton.
1870 .- E. J. Brown, Walnut, Chairman ; G. W. Boston, Caldwell ; John N. Dunbar, Washington ; R. E. Davidson, Independ- ence ; William Evans, Chariton; Alfred Hiatt, Douglas; James F. Hicks, Union ; D. W. Hardman, Udell; John Hudson, Johns; G. W. Jackson, Lincoln; Noah Lantz, Bellair ; E. O. Smith, Franklin ; G. S. Stansberry, Wells; J. M. True, Chari- ton ; Caleb Wentworth, Center, and G. W. Taylor, Taylor.
SUPERVISORS-BOARD OF THREE.
1871 .- G. M. Teagarden, Independence, Chairman; J. B. Gedney, Center, and J. G. West, Washington.
1872 .- G. M. Teagarden, Independence, Chairman ; J. B. Gedney, Center, and J. W. Moore, Washington.
1873 .- J. W. Moore, Washington, Chair- man; J. B. Gedney, Center, and G. M. Teagarden, Independence.
1874 .- J. W. Moore, Washington, Chair- man; J. B. Gedney, Center, and R. K. Johnson, Chariton.
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1875 .- J. B. Gedney, Center, Chairman ; R. K. Johnson, Chariton, and W. S. Llew- ellyn, Franklin.
1876 .- J. B. Gedney, Center, Chairman ; R. K. Johnson, Chariton, and W. S. Llewel- lyn, Franklin.
1877 .- Claudius B. Miller, Union, Chair- man; W. S. Llewellyn, Franklin, and R. K. Johnson, Chariton.
1878 .- Claudius B. Miller, Union, Chair- man ; W. S. Llewellyn, Franklin, and J. L. Earnest, Washington.
1879 .- Claudius B. Miller, Union, Chair- man ; W. S. Llewellyn, Franklin, and James W. Wailes, Chariton.
1880. - James W. Wailes, Chariton, Chairman ; W. S. Llewellyn, Franklin, and Peter Koontz, Douglas.
1881 .- George Wolf, Wells, Chairman : James W. Wailes, Chariton, and Peter Koontz, Douglas.
1882 .- Peter Koontz, Douglas, Chair- man ; Edward Broshar, Walnut, and G. WV. Wyckoff, Pleasant.
1883 .- G. W. Wyckoff, Pleasant, Chair- man ; Timothy. Jennings, Wells, and J. B. Maring, Center.
1884 .- G. W. Wyckoff, Pleasant, Chair- man; J. B. Maring, Center, and S. B. Short, Washington.
1885 .- J. B. Maring, Center, Chairman ; S. B. Short, Washington, and Edward Broshar, Walnut.
1886 .- S. B. Short, Washington, Chair- man ; Edward Broshar, Walnut, and John Dailey, Pleasant.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Andrew Leech, 1846; Reuben Riggs, 1848; Reuben Riggs and Samuel Riggs, 1850; Abraham Putnam, 1852; William Monroe, 1854 ; James Galbraith, 1856 ; John A. Pierson, 1858 ; Frederick A. Stephens, 1860; George B. Stewart and Edward J. Gault, 1862; Edward F. Morton, 1864; Madison M. Walden, 1866; Bannock Phil- lips, 1868 ; Claudius B. Miller, 1870; Sam- uel Jordan, 1874; James B. Stuckey, 1876 ; Samuel T. Sherrod, 1878; Samuel Hixon, 1880; Eph. M. Reynolds, 1882; Samuel Jordan, 1884; Eph. M. Reynolds, 1886.
SENATORS.
John J. Selman, 1846; Amos Harris, 1852; Nathan Udell, 1854; John W. War- ner, 1856; Nathan Udell, 1860; Madison M. Walden, 1868 ; W. F. Vermillion, 1870 ; Edward J. Gault, 1872; Joshua Miller, 1876; Jesse J. Wall, 1880; Edward J. Gault, 1884.
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WAR
BOUT day-break on the 12th of August, 1861, the stillness of Charleston Bay was disturbed by the fir- ing of a large mortar and the shriek of a shell as it rushed through the air. The shell burst over Fort Sumter, and the war of the great Rebellion was be- gun. In the North the hope had been tenaciously clung to that the peace of the country was not to be disturbed. This dream was rudely broken by the siege of Fort Sumter. The North awakened sud- denly to the awful certainty that civil war was begun. There was a deep feeling of indignation at the traitors who were willing to ruin their country that slavery might be secure. There was a full appre- ciation of the danger, and an instant uni- versal determination that, at whatever cost, the national life must be preserved. Per- sonal sacrifice was unconsidered ; individ- ual interests were merged in the general good. Political differences, ordinarily so bitter, were for the time almost effaced. Nothing was of interest but the question how the audacious rebellion was to be sup- pressed and the American nation upheld
in the great place which it claimed among men.
Two days after the fall of Fort Sumter Mr. Lincoln intimated by proclamation the dishonor done to the laws of the United States, and called out the militia to the ex- tent of 75,000 men. The free States re- sponded enthusiastically to the call. So prompt was their action that on the very next day several companies arrived in Washington. Flushed by their easily won victory, the Southerners talked boastfully of seizing the capital. In a very short time there were 50,000 loyal men ready to pre- vent that, and the safety of Washington was secured.
The North pushed forward with bound- less energy her warlike preparations. Rich men offered money with so much liberality that in a few days nearly $25,000,000 had been contributed. The school-teachers of Boston dedicated fixed proportions of their incomes to the support of the Government while the war should last. All over the country the excited people gathered them- selves into crowded meetings and breathed forth in fervid resolutions their determina- tion to spend fortune and life in defense of the Union. Volunteer companies were rapidly formed. In the cities ladies began to organize themselves for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers. It had been
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fabled that the North would not fight. With a fiery promptitude, unknown before in modern history, the people sprang to arms.
Appanoose County had at this time less than 12,000 inhabitants. With a popula- tion mainly devoted to agriculture, who knew nothing of war except by history and tradition, it could hardly be expected that a warlike spirit would soon disturb the peaceful population. But we know little of the fire that slumbers in quiet breasts until occasion calls it forth. Under the call for 75,000 volunteers the quota of Iowa was fixed at one regiment. The re- sponse was prompt from all parts of the State, and from none more hearty than from Appanoose County. From that time on the patriotic county poured forth for its country's services a continuous proces- sion of volunteers, and in all nearly 800 enlistments were credited to Appanoose, or seven per cent. of the population, and thirty per cent of the voting strength.
The stars and stripes were unfurled in all the principal public and business places in Centerville, and meetings were held all over the county to express the loyal sen- timent of the people. The promptness and unanimity with which Appanoose County's citizens set about contributing their quota for the Union army will ever be a source of pride and wonder. At this date it seems almost inconceivable that the young farmers, mechanics, clerks and pro- fessional men could so soon drop their respective avocations and arrange them- selves by companies and regiments to march at the word of command. Political and other differences seemed completely forgotten.
The first entire company raised in this county was that which became Company D, Sixth Infantry. The men were mostly enlisted in June, 1861. Madison M. Wal- den was the first Captain of the company,
but resigned in December, 1862. He was succeeded by John L. Bashore, who had been First Lieutenant. He resigned in March, 1864, and was succeeded by Thom- as J. Elrick, who had gone out as Sergeant, and was promoted through the grades of Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant. He held the commission of a Captain but a short time, being killed at Atlanta. Will- iam H. Alexander, who had commenced as Corporal, became Captain in July, 1865, after the close of the war. Eugene C. Haynes became First Lieutenant of the company in July, 1864. William A. E. Rhodes, Cyrus P. Wright and Henry H. Wright were at different times Second Lieutenants.
Companies A, E, G and H, of this regi- ment, also contained men from Appanoose County.
In the Seventh Infantry was the greater part of one company from this county. Its letter was F. Captain John F. Walden, of this company, was promoted Major, and afterward made a paymaster. Evan E. Swearngen enlisted as a Sergeant, was promoted to Second Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant, and just after the cessation of hostilities was made Captain. Robert S. Morris was Second Lieutenant of the com- pany for a year. Joshua R. Arthur was at first Corporal, and at the close of the war became First Lieutenant.
In the Eighteenth Infantry was nearly half of a company, F, from Appanoosc. J. K. Morey, First Lieutenant, became Cap- tain, then Major, and in May, 1865, was honored by being made Lieutenant-Colo- nel.
Nearly half of all the Appanoose County volunteers belonged to the Thirty-sixth Infantry, which was raised in the summer of 1862, Appanoose contributing four com- panies-C, F, G and I. Francis M. Drake, of Centerville, was commissioned Lieuten- ant-Colonel, and in May, 1865, Colonel.
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He was brevetted a Brigadier-General. Dr. Sylvester H. Sawyer was for a time Surgeon of this regiment.
The first Captain of Company C was James G. Philip. He resigned in a few months and Allen W. Miller (promoted from First Lieutenant) was then Captain until his death, in September, 1864. K. P. Morrison was Second Lieutenant, then First, and then Captain for a short time. William F. Vermilye enlisted as Sergeant, and was promoted through the different grades, being the last Captain the company had. The last First Lieutenant was Clau- dius B. Miller, who went ont at first as Sergeant. Marion H. Skinner was com- missioned Second Lieutenant before his discharge.
William F. Vermilye was Captain of Company F, which was captured at Mark's Mills in a body. Thomas M. Fee was Captain of Company G. The First Lieu- tenants were, at different periods, William M. McCreary, Benjamin F. Pierson and Nicholas Snedecker. Lemuel J. Spooner and Samuel J. Boston attained the rank of Second Lieutenant.
Joseph B. Gedney was Captain of Com- pany I; George R. Hutson, First Lieuten- ant, and Walter S. Johnson, Second Lieu- tenant. Most of companies C, G and I were captured at Mark's Mills, Arkansas, and all of Company F.
The Thirty-seventh Infantry contained about twenty-five Appanoose volunteers, and the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh (100-days) regiments also included a num- ber from this county.
The Third Cavalry, raised in the sum- mer of 1861, contained afull company from Appanoose. Cornelius A. Stanton rose from Sergeant to be Major of the regiment.
Thomas J. Taylor was the first Captain of Company I, and Edward F. Horton its second. The latter was promoted from Second Lieutenant. Thomas H. McDanel
was First Lieutenant for one year. Several other companies in this regiment contained representatives of Appanoose patriotism.
The Seventh Cavalry had some thirty men from this county, and the Eighth had the greater part of two companies. Ephraim Cummins was Captain of Compa- ny F until he resigned, his place then being taken by Jackson Morrow, promoted from Second Lieutenant. James Ewing, Henry Parker and John B. Morrison were suc- cessively First Lieutenant, and Charles R. Rogers was promoted from the ranks to be Second Lieutenant. Madison M. Wal- den was Captain of Company H, resigning in May, 1865. William T. Ogle had been First Lieutenant, and was now made Cap- tain. Jefferson D. Brown had been pro- moted from Sergeant to Second Lieuten- ant, and was now made First Lieutenant. Benjamin Morrison, Columbus N. Udell and Jonathan Harris earned Second Lieu- tenant commissions.
Appanoose County also furnished Com- pany B to the Southern Border Brigade of Iowa, an entire company to the Sixth Kan- sas Cavalry and a number of volunteers to a dozen or so other Iowa and Missouri regiments.
The Board of Supervisors took ap- propriate action from time to time with regard to the claims of the volunteers' families.
September 3, 1862, the township trustees were asked to report to their respective supervisors such families of soldiers as might need clothing, provisions or other sustenance.
By statute of the State the soldiers from Iowa were allowed to vote at improvised polling places in their camps and send home abstracts of the result, so that their votes might be added to those of the home voters. In 1863 over 400 votes were thus cast by the soldiers, and the counting of
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this vote reversed the political result in Appanoose County. The Board of Super- visors, Democratic in leaning, had counted only the home vote, and declared the Demo- cratic candidates elected, by majorities of over 200. The soldiers were more than 80 per cent. Republican, and, counting these, the Republican ticket was elected by small majorities (less than a hundred). The constitutionality of counting the votes of citizens absent from the State was brought before the Supreme Court, and the board, at its November meeting, decided to await the decision of the Supreme Court, which was in favor of the Republican view. The Board met December 26, and, counting the soldiers' vote, declared the Republican ticket, for the first time in Appanoose County.
At the June session, 1864, in compliance with State law, the Board levied a two-mill tax upon the county to be known as the "relief fund." The money was expended in each township under the direction of the respective supervisors, and only families in needy circumstances were given aid. This policy was followed until the close of the war.
At the close of the war some $500 of this relief fund was unused, and by authority of the Board of Supervisors it was contrib- uted to the
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
The beautiful marble shaft in the south- west part of the public square in Center- ville deserves a few words of mention here. The first inception of the project for build- ing a monument to the memory of the fal- len volunteers of Appanoose was due to the forethought and public spirit of R. Stephenson, Jr., J. B. Maring, D. D. Stur- geon, C. N. Udell, J. F. Stephenson, C. N. Henkle, Ed Lane, Miss Hattie Wilson, Miss Emma Shanks and Miss Sallie Shanks, who formed a dramatic association in the win-
ter of 1865-'66, for the purpose of beginning a monument fund.
On account of a great revival in progress in Centerville, the intended exhibitions were postponed from time to time until March, during which month the club ap- peared four times to crowded houses, and twice in April. The net result of these exhibitions was gratifyingly large, but not much more was done toward advancing the project till February, 1867, when a call for a public meeting to push the measure was made by Elder Sevey, Judge Tannehill, C. H. Howell, D. M. Rice, Jacob Rummel, J. A. Breazeale, Isaac S. Adams, C. Hollings- worth, D. L. Strickler, S. M. Moore, Will- iam Bradley, B. Adamson, General Drake, J. R. Wooden, D. C. Campbell and J. Lank- ford. By means of this call, a county or- ganization was effected, and a director was appointed for each township. A meeting was again held January 8, 1868, at which time it was reported that $171.25 had been collected, and $413 pledged in addition. John Hughes was elected president; Colonel J. F. Walden, Vice-President ; Jacob Rum- mel, Secretary ; C. H. Howell, Treasurer. It was resolved at this meeting to accom- plish the end originally proposed ; and during that year the funds were pledged, and in the winter of 1868-'9 the contract was let for the construction of the monument.
The work was completed and the monu- ment set up about July 4, 1869, and the oration was pronounced by General J. B. Weaver, of Bloomfield, as part of the im- mense celebration on that day.
The shaft stands at the southwest side of the public square, and is about. twenty-two feet high. The first three bases are of lime- · stone, each one something over a foot in thickness. The fourth base is of marble. The die is about two and a half feet square at the bottom, and four feet high. On the southwest face of the die is the inscription, " Union Soldiers' Monument, erected July
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4, 1869," while on the three other faces are carved the names of the dead heroes of Ap- panoose. The plinth is about two feet square, ornamented with lily work. The spire is six feet high, and perfectly plain, except bearing the national coat-of-arms on the southwest face. The cap is about two
and a half feet square, and of correspond- ing height. On this rests an urn of suita- ble proportions. The design is severely plain, but the monument is admirably pro- portioned, and is an object which at once attracts the eye of a stranger. Its cost was about $2,000.
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THE PRESS.
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ITH the exception of | the public schools, there is no agency so educational as the local press. 3 Journalism itself has passed through several stages of development, and has but recently found its true position. A paper of the style of those published thirty years ago would have but few admirers. Local news was then not thought worthy of being printed, and the country press was filled with learned disquisitions on national politics and foreign wars. Now these things are wisely left to the more widely circulated city papers, which by fast mail trains are distributed throughout the West on the same day with their publication. Appa- noose County takes many thousand papers each week from Chicago, Des Moines, Keo- kuk and other cities, and also supports four local weekly papers, three at Centerville and one at Moulton. These are all edited ¿with more than average ability, and all have a good circulation. Several papers have, in times past been established that had not the elements of success. The first was the
APPANOOSE CHIEFTAIN.
This was the first venture in journalism
in Appanoose County, its hardy projectors being two young men named Fairbrother, who, on the receipt of a suitable bonus col- lected in Centerville and vicinity, and a further sum in advance payments on sub- scriptions, established a paper at Center- ville, in 1857, bearing the above name. It was a six-column-folio sheet, independent in politics. The Fairbrothers got tired of this easy way of making a fortune, and went West in about six months. They were succeeded as publishers by Al and George Binkley, who continued the Chief- tain as a Democratic paper for about two years, when W. P. Gill bought the concern. The publishers of 1886 would turn green with envy at the sight of a county judge's entry of October 30, 1860, who, on that day, allowed Mr. Gill, $1,332 as remunera- tion for publishing the tax-list in that year. Shortly after this bit of business, Mr. Gill took in a partner, who remained a while, after which Mr. Gill failed and went to Burlington, where he worked as a com- positor for a year or two, then returned to Centerville and died of consumption. He sold his material to G. N. Udell, who pub- lished the paper from about January, 1863, till some time in 1864, when the paper was merged into another concern, having run about seven years without any long breaks, the only interruptions being when the stock of the paper would run out, and another
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supply depended on the weather and roads. CITIZEN.
This paper was started in 1864 by D. L. Strickler, on second-hand mate- rial, who, soon after its establishment, bought out the Chieftain and merged the rival interests into one. Not being anx- ious for either immortality or wealth, Strickler sold the business to M. M. Wal- den in 1865, in whose hands the paper was built up in revenue and reputation, until it became justly regarded as a leading Re- publican paper. While connected with the Citizen, Mr. Walden became Lieutenant- Governor in 1869, and soon after was elected to Congress, where he served one term ; but Washington life was little to his taste, and he gladly retired to the editor's desk. A power-press was added to the office in 1872, and an engine two years later. In November, 1874, Mr. Walden sold the property to W. O. Crosby, who, with J. C. Barrows, still publish the paper under the firm name of W. O. Crosby & Co. The Citizen is regarded at home with pride, and abroad with respect. Before leaving the subject of the Citizen, it should be men- tioned that in 1874 W. O. Crosby & Co. started the Centerville Times, which was merged into the former paper when it was purchased by them.
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