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APRIL, 1855. Prosecuting Attorney.
John Randall.
354
104
A. F. Bro .vn
250
Drainage Commissioner.
Thomas R. Points.
3.58
124
Benjamin Winsett.
234
County Seat.
Waterloo.
388
128
Cedar Falls
260
AUGUST, 1855. County Fudge.
John Randall.
343
80
Robert P. Speer.
263
Recorder and Treasurer.
O. E. Hardy
339
79
E. S. Wheeler
260
Sheriff.
Benjamin F. Thomas
314
42
Edward Butterfield.
272
Surveyor.
George W. Miller
332
8I
T. J. Jaquith.
251
Coroner.
John Switzer.
343
90
Benjamin Winsett.
253
APRIL, 1856. Recorder and Treasurer.
Oren E. Hardy . .
457
216
Wm. L. Christy.
241
School Fund Commissioner.
John Kerr.
350
56
S H. Packard.
294
Henry Sherman.
194
District Court Clerk.
J. B. Severance.
468
295
Morrison Bailey.
173
George B. Pratt.
105
Prosecuting Attorney.
Wm. M. Newton
656
543
C. D. Gray.
II3
AUGUST, 1856.
Congressman.
Timothy Davis.
528
262
Shepherd Leffler
266
George McCoy.
507
196
O. H. P. Rosell,
3II
Representative.
Morrison Bailey
496
IS7
Albert Clark.
309
District Clerk.
J. B. Severance.
519
246
George Ordway.
273
Prosecuting Attorney. 174
William Haddock
469
J. O. Williams.
295
Stephen Hempstead 153
45
Senator.
David S. Wilson. 167
POLITICAL HISTORY.
523
APRIL, 1857. Assessor.
S. D. McDowall.
354
24
Myron Smith. 330
Isaac Young.
76
AUGUST, 1857. County Fudge.
Julius C. Hubbard.
711
C. F. Jaquith.
547
Sheriff.
John Elwell.
659
L. C. Crittenden. .
549
Recorder and Treasurer.
A. C. Bunnell ..
494
Morrison Bailey
395
John L. Miller .
361
Surveyor.
J. W. Holmes.
656
Simon Clark.
588
Coroner.
Jesse Wasson
870
James Wallace
372
OCTOBER, 1857.
- Governor.
Ralph P. Lowe ....
476
Benjamin M. Samuels.
309
Lieutenant-Governor.
Oran Faville.
478
George Gillespie.
307
Representative.
Zimri Streeter
463
L. A. Cobb.
329
OCTOBER, 1858.
Congressman.
William Vandever
643
W. E. Leffingwell.
459
District Judge.
Bushrod W. Poor ..
575
Thomas S. Wilson
535
District Attorney.
Sylvester Bagg.
699
289
District Clerk.
J. B. Severance
694
J. H. Brown
413-
OCTOBER, 1859.
Governor.
Samuel J. Kirkwood
815
A. C. Dodge
550
Lieutenant-Governor.
Nicholas J. Rusch
808
253
L. W. Babbitt
5.55
Supreme Fudges.
Ralph P. Lowe.
797
L. D. Stockton. 694
Caleb Baldwin. .
674
Thomas S. Wilson
614
Charles Mason.
5.56
C. C. Cole
553
Senator.
A. F. Brown. . .
787
William H. McClure
5.52
Representative.
Zimri Streeter
702
Lucius A. Cobb
646
County Fudge.
George W. Couch
747
140
S. P. Brainard.
607
Sheriff.
John Elwell ..
802
276
Charles Singletary
526
Treasurer and Recorder.
A. C. Bunnell.
808
271
J. W. Hankinson .
537
Superintendent of Schools.
Truman Steed.
791
J. O. Williams
555
Surveyor.
M. L. Tracy
820
286
Simon Clark
534
Coroner.
Isaac Virden.
812
268
Lewis Turner
544
Drainage Commissioner.
Jacob Wolf.
529
NOVEMBER, 1860.
President.
Abraham Lincoln
1,122
Stephen A. Douglas
557
John Bell
17
John C. Breckinridge ..
4
Congressman.
William Vandever
1,118
540
Ben. M. Samuels.
578
District Clerk.
Dempster J. Coleman
1,022
R. A. Whitaker.
650
Coroner.
W. O. Richards
I,093
505
R. S. Martin.
588
Drainage Commissioner.
A. G. Bannister
1,077
527
Lewis Turner.
570
OCTOBER, 1861. Governor.
Samuel J. Kirkwood.
1,077
620
W. H. Merritt.
457
Lieutenant-Governor.
J. R. Needham
1,079
820
Lorin Dewey.
259
Congressman.
Le Grand Byington
143
I43
Representative.
W. H. Curtiss
638
25
Cicero Close.
613
W. C. Porter
73
565
I34
184
265
244
138
60
164
IIO
99
68
498
167
171
40
372
W. T. Barker,
410
281
235
56
236
..
524
Sheriff.
W. F. Brown
750
John H. Brown, 527
John Hackett.
Coroner.
W. O. Richard
1,433
1,028
James Murray
405
Drainage Commissioner.
S. R. Crittenden ..
1,419
NOVEMBER, 1864.
President.
Abraham Lincoln.
1,489
1,056
George B. McClellan
433
Congressman.
James Wright.
1,492
1,058
J. H Wallace
434
Recorder.
James W. McClure. . .
J,484
1,050
P. S. Canfield.
434
OCTOBER, 1865. Governor.
William M. Stone
1,240
867
T. H. Benton.
373
Lieutenant-Governor.
B. F. Gue. .
1,329
1,106
W. W. Hamilton.
223
Senator.
J. B. Powers
1,301
Representative.
C. Close
916
250
P. McIsaac
666
Treasurer.
John Elwell.
922
302
G. E. Eberhart.
620
Sheriff.
W. F. Brown
988
401
T. C. Bird .
589
County Fudge.
S. D. Shaw.
1,527
1,527
J. C. Gates
966
A. A. Alline
578
Coroner.
L. N. Pierce
907
904
J. Wasson.
3
J. Ball
Surveyor.
1,557
1,557
Drainage Commissioner.
J. A. Loatwall.
619
John O. Evans.
486
E. F. Pendleton.
469
CTOBER, 1866.
Congressman.
A. W. Hubbard
1,695
1,175
E. W. Babcock
394
County Superintendent.
George Ord way . . ..
1,433
1,030
Surveyor.
George W. Miller.
1,389
989
Simon Clark
400
County Fudge.
S D. Shaw
759
40S
Henry Sherman 35I
George Ordway
122
Treasurer and Recorder.
A. C. Bunnell.
848
421
L. J. Hammond. 427
S. D. McDowall.
51
Surveyor.
M. L. Tracy.
652
Simon Clark.
665
R. G. Hazzard
77
County Superintendent.
M. H. Moore
691
J. H. Goodrich .
547
S. B. Van Buskirk
77
Coroner.
W. O. Richards
1,209
1,131
George Ham.
78
Drainage Commissioner.
A. G. Bannister. .
679
142
C. M. Turner
537
S. M. Knapp
78
OCTOBER, 1862.
Congressman.
A. W. Hubbard ...
820
425
John F. Duncombe
395
District Attorney.
George Watson
813
416
John H. O'Neil.
397
District Judge.
James Burt. .
789
357
OCTOBER, 1863.
Governor.
William M. Stone
1,137
705
James M. Tuttle.
432
Lieutenant-Governor.
Enoch W. Eastman
1,182
767
Representative.
Cicero Close.
1,447 ..
1,046
A. S. Smith.
401
County Fudge.
Samuel D. Shaw
1,426
1,020
S. D. McDowall.
4.06
Treasurer and Recorder.
A. C. Bunnell.
1,497
1,233
Sheriff.
W. F. Brown.
1,465
1,071
J. D. Thompson.
519
District Fudge.
James Burt
1,690
1,173
Thomas S. Wilson
517
E. Quackenbush.
403
223
HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
..
I33
L. A. Cobb.
264
County Superintendent.
388
John F. Duncombe ...
415
1,301
Thomas S. Wilson
432
S7
I44
1,419
525
District Attorney.
M. M. Trumbull ..
1,693
1,182
A. E. Hause. .
5II
District Clerk.
Senator.
G. W. Couch.
1,197
842
Samuel Owens
355
W. J. Ackley.
146
Representatives.
Jesse Wasson
1,170
T. B. Carpenter.
1,526
1,354
Robert Chapman
172
L. H. Barnes
178
Jesse Oren
343
Treasurer.
R. A. Whitaker
1,524
1,346
D. H. McCord
178
Auditor.
D. W. Foote
1,531
1,350
T. F. Rice.
18I
Sheriff.
W. F. Brown
1,523
1,341
T. G. Salisbury
182
County Superintendent.
E. G. Miller
1,525
1,342
H. B. Allen.
183
Surveyor.
John Ball
1,515
1,334
C. G. Ankeny.
18I
Coroner.
W. O. Richards
1,512
1,321
Ed. Lichty.
191
OCTOBER, 1870. Congressman.
Jackson Orr.
1,833
1,225
Charles Smeltzer.
608
District Judge.
John M. Brayton
1,605
736
W. T. Barker.
869
District Attorney.
Joseph B. Powers
1,626
780
Wm. H. McClure
846
Clerk of Courts.
G. E. Eberhart
2,488
Recorder.
James W. McClure
2,474
2,474
A. H. Nye
Supervisors.
George B. Van Saum
2,498
A. T. Weatherwax.
2,479
2,479
2,498
Cicero Close.
2,415
2,415
OCTOBER, 1871.
Governor.
Cyrus C. Carpenter.
1,931
1,317
J. C. Knapp.
614
Lieutenant-Governor.
Henry C. Bullis
1.926
1,296
A. P. Richardson.
207
1,309
District Attorney.
J. B. Powers.
1,495
1,284
S. G. Vananda.
2II
G. E. Eberhart
1,673
1,148
Recorder.
James W. McClure.
1,727
D. S. Canfield.
482
OCTOBER, 1867.
Governor.
Samuel Merrill
Soo
1,410
Charles Mason.
610
Lieutenant-Governor.
John Scott.
1,405
794
Representative.
George Ordway
1,263
520
County Fudge.
D. W. Foot.
1,388
752
Treasurer.
R. A. Whitaker
1,396
766
R. M. Cameron
630
Sheriff.
W. F. Brown.
1,309
Robert Chapman ..
703
County Superintendent.
Seymour Gookins.
1,374
C. O. Nepper
636
Surveyor.
E. A. Snyder.
1,370
726
Edwin Rodenberger
644
Coroner.
G. W. Dickinson
1,395
763-
NOVEMBER, 1868.
President.
Ulysses S. Grant.
2,580
Horatio Seymour
841
Congressman.
Charles Pomeroy.
2,579
1,737
Charles A. L. Rosell
842
Circuit Judge.
Sylvester Bagg.
2,548
Leander Chapman
829
District Clerk.
G. E. Eberhart
2,614
2,614
Recorder.
J. W. McClure.
2,616
OCTOBER, 1869.
Governor.
Samuel Merrill.
1,514
George Gillespie
208
1,306
Lieutenant-Governor.
Madison M. Walden.
1,516
1,739
1,719
County Superintendent.
2,485
2,485
Joseph Mead.
632
606
738
H. B. Allen.
743
Lewis Lichty
636
D. M. Harris.
6II
1,245
Henry J. C. Bowers.
525
827
POLITICAL HISTORY.
M. M. Ham ..
630
2,488
526
HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
Senator.
John H. Leavitt.
1,370
227
S. Owens 1,143
Representatives.
George B. Van Saum ..
1,658
1,213
347
O. M. Hayden
1,04S
A. T. Webster
462
A. Cottrell.
445
Treasurer.
R. A. Whitaker.
1,657
775
J. M. Benjamin
882
Auditor.
D. W. Foote.
1,932
1,932
Sheriff.
W. F. Brown.
1,777
R. W. Chapman. 765
County Superintendent.
W. H. Brinkerhoff.
1,542
755
A. H. Nye.
787
Surveyor.
John Ball.
1,776
1,123
C. G. Ankeny.
653
Coroner.
W. O. Richards.
1,689
1,029
Ed. Lichty.
660
Supervisors.
A. T. Weatherwax.
1,686
George F. Ward.
640
A. Rohrabacher
187
NOVEMBER, 1872.
President.
Ulysses S. Grant. 2,479
1,670
Horace Greeley 809
Charles O'Conor
23
Congressman.
H. O. Pratt
2,401
1,452
Circuit Judge.
Sylvester Bagg.
2,084
852
H. B. Allen.
1,232
District Judge.
David S. Wilson.
2,443
B. W. Poor
904
District Clerk.
J. C. Gates
2,50I
1,669
J. J. Tolerton
832
Recorder.
C. B. Stilson
2,561
1,761
O. G. Day
800
Supervisor.
A. T. Webster
2,541
1,734
W. H. White.
1,083
Supervisors.
J. C. Burnham.
260
84
A. T. Weatherwax.
274
54
Cyrus C. Carpenter
1,613
873
Lieutenant-Governor.
Joseph Dysart.
1,600
C. E. Whiting
597
1,003
C. E. Whitney
150
Senator.
Edward G. Miller
1,262
179
Samuel H. Rownd.
1,083
Representatives.
Charles B. Campbell.
1,316
Robert P. Speer.
1,239
Samuel Owens.
1,100
G. W. Howard.
991
Supervisors.
H. W. Jenney
1,385
388
H. P. Homer.
997
Nelson Hitchcock.
2,270
2,270
D. P. Washburn
1,414
Elon St. John.
968
Henry J. McCord.
1,273
226
Andrew Sutherland.
1,047
Caleb May
1,215
152
Wm. H. Philpot.
1,063
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote.
2,290
2,290
R. A. Whitaker
2,278
2,278
County Superintendent.
A. F. Townsend.
2,254
2,254
Sheriff.
George W. Hayzlett.
1,119
Andrew Thompson
816
Morris Case ..
415
Surveyor.
E. Rodenberger
2,283
Coroner.
G. J. Mack
1,273
A. J. Ball
597
J. M. Ball.
300
OCTOBER, 1874. Congressman.
J. Bowman.
1,621
286
H. O. Pratt.
1,335
District Fudge.
D. S. Wilson
1,814
594
E. McCeney.
1,220
District Attorney.
J. B. Powers
1,760
490
J. A. Peters.
1,270
Clerk of Courts.
J. C. Gates.
1,758
457
W. L. Carpenter.
1,301
Recorder.
C. B. Stilson
1,976
893
J. Q. A. Crosby
807
OCTOBER, 1873.
Governor.
Jacob G. Vale.
740
Wm. Rolph.
176
L. F. Walker
220
2,283
676
A. T. Lusch.
949
1,046
303
Treasurer.
446
325
139
1,012
Cicero Close. . 1,395
1,539
527
OCTOBER, 1875. Governor.
Samuel J. Kirkwood.
. 2,103
801
Shepherd Leffler . .
1,294
Lieutenant-Governor.
Joshua G. Newbold.
2,107
Emmett B. Woodward ..
1,309
Lieutenant-Governor.
Frank T. Campbell .
2,069
1,004
W. C. James.
1,065
A. Macready
III
Senator.
Herman C. Hemenway .
2,055
869
Jefferson Jaquith.
1,186
Representatives.
Jeremiah Gay.
2,067
Lore Alford.
1,927
684
Henry H. Bezold.
1,243
Benjamin Winsett.
1,048
J. C. Burnham.
I33
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote.
2,221
1,264
William Strayer
957
Treasurer.
Daniel P. Washburn
2,031
950
Joseph H. Mead.
1,08I
George Tuthill.
120
Sheriff.
George W. Hayzlett.
1,970
703
Daniel R. Weaver
1,267
County Superintendent.
James S. George.
2,025
858
E. M. Sharon ..
1,167
County Surveyor.
E. Rodenberger
2,058
Isaac Giger
1,179
Coroner.
Walter O. Richards.
2,009
807
O. S. Knox
1,202
Supervisor.
Samuel Owens.
447
Andrew Thompson ..
I34
OCTOBER, 1878.
District Judge.
Nathaniel C. Deering.
2,986
1,350
Circuit Judge.
Sylvester Bagg.
3,027
1,465
A. E. House
1,562
Supervisors.
H. W. Jenney
430
241
George F. Ward. 189
B. F. Rodamar .. 355
154
John McQuilkin.
392
J. C. Burnham.
296
Clerk of Courts.
John C. Gates.
3,018
J. P. Keefer
1,592
Recorder.
C. B. Stilson.
3,012
1,409
OCTOBER, 1877. Governor.
John H. Gear.
1,780
John P. Irish.
I, III
Elias Jessup. .
244
Daniel P. Stubbs.
95
669
Representatives.
Herinan C. Hemenway
2,070
Harlan P. Homer. 2,029
Frederick F. Butler
1,366
Carlton F. Couch.
1,365
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote.
2,261
1,104
Hutchison M. Smith.
1,157
Treasurer.
David B. Washburn
1,930
460
August C. Bratnober
1,470
Sheriff.
George W. Hayzlett.
2,161
Andrew Thompson.
1,248
County Superintendent.
James S. George.
808
· 2, 104
Albert U. Evarts.
1,296
Surveyor.
Edwin Rodenberger
2,102
Hardin Nowlin ..
1,32I
Coroner.
Walter O. Richards
2,051
Joseph A. Burt.
1,361
690
Supervisors.
Jefferson Jaquith.
167
Urias Casteel. 138
John Tennyson.
IOI
Caleb May ..
385
William Morris.
265
Henry J. McCord.
167
14
Aa on Chaplin
153
NOVEMBER, 1876. President.
Rutherford B. Hayes.
2,980
1,388
Samuel J. Tilden. .
1,592
Peter Cooper ....
40
Congressman.
Sylvester Bagg
. 2, 100
679
J. H. Preston.
1,42I
District Attorney.
Joseph B. Powers.
2,088
H. B. Fouke.
1,433
Clerk of Courts.
John C. Gates.
2,194
823
George W. Barnes
1,371
Recorder.
Chester B. Stilson.
2,226
908
A. Leversee.
1,318
Supervisors.
Thomas Welstead.
258
54
1,426
Jefferson Jaquith
204
E. Townsend
377
M. J. Philleo.
187
Wallace M. Young.
243
Elon St. John.
189
54
190
E. K. McGoggy
1,603
798
705
663
913
781
29
I20
879
313
Cyrus Foreman.
1,636
655
George W. Wilson. 201
96
POLITICAL HISTORY.
1,019
528
HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
OCTOBER, IS79.
Governor.
John H. Gear.
2,334
1,160
H. H. Trimble. 1,174
Daniel Campbell 178
D. B. Dungan.
144
Lieutenant-Governor.
Frank T. Campbell.
2,49S
J. A. O. Yeoman 1,165
M. H. Moore .. IS3
Circuit Fudge.
Benjamin W. Lacy
2,453
Representatives.
Lore Alford.
2,442
1,294
Jeremiah L. Gay 2,424
Martin Blim ..
1,207
S. L. Wilson.
1,148
H. Stears.
I86
Jesse D. Oren.
ISI
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote
2,534
1,412
John Ortner 1,122
George Tuthill.
173
Treasurer.
David B. Washburn.
2,511
1,391
W. S. Dietrick 1,120
A. C. Torrey.
192
Sheriff.
George W. Hayzlett
2,540
Levi Strayer 1,105
D. C. Henry
182
County Superintendent.
Wilford M. Smith.
2,567
Ella Rice.
1,234
Surveyor.
E. Rodenberger
2,407
1,127
M. L. Newton 1,280
Coroner.
J. M. Ball.
2,349
973
J. W. Young.
1,376
Supervisors.
George W. Miller
334
Michael Reber. 155
B. J. Rodamar. 317
177
Thomas Heitter 140
John McQuilkin.
298
J. C. Burnham. 231
NOVEMBER, 1880. President.
James A. Garfield. 3,014
1,455
Winfield S. Hancock 1,559
James B. Weaver. 70
Neal Dow.
5
Circuit Judge.
Benjamin W. Lacy.
3,033
1,447
Shubael P. Adams.
1,586
Congressman.
Nathaniel C. Deering. 3,013
1,480
Constitutional Convention.
No.
1,962
1,109
Yes.
853
Striking out " free white."
Yes.
1,930
1,128
No.
So2
Clerk of Courts.
Albert J. Edwards
3,026
1,451
Clark W. Ravlin.
1,575
Recorder.
Chester B. Stilson.
3,048
1,474
Warren H. Cottrell.
1,574
Supervisor.
Samuel Owens
584
John H. Smith
248
OCTOBER, 1881. Governor.
Buren R. Sherman.
1,676
958
L. G. Kinne.
718
D. M. Clark.
58
Wm. Johnston
6
Lieutenant-Governor.
Orlando H. Manning.
1,669
938
J. M. Walker
731
James H. Holland.
58
J. M. Kent.
5
Senator.
Herman C. Hemenway .. .
1,646
845
H. H. Bezold
801
Representatives.
Charles A. Bishop.
1,668
823
Thomas Welstead
1,529
682
Martin Blim.
847
William H. Palmer.
845
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote.
1,707
993
Philip Bonesteel.
714
Treasurer.
Frank M. Shoemaker.
1,789
1,020
Austin Leversee
769
Sheriff.
George W. Hayzlett.
1,703
1,008
Jefferson Sager
695
County Superintendent.
Loren E. Churchill.
1,667
926
Benson Crownover
741
Surveyor.
Martin L. Newton
2,407
2,407
Henry W. Brown
1,660
886
J. W. Young.
774
Supervisors.
George Tuthill.
191
48
Milton J. Finch.
143
Milton Philleo. 202
16
Isaac M. Reed. .
I86
Charles B. Campbell.
159
5
John Hanton.
154
JUNE, 1882.
Prohibitory Ainendinent.
Yes
2,226
No.
1,755
471
E. J. Dean.
Joseph S. Root. 1,533
M. B. Doolittle. 183
IO
1,333
2,453
3.36
1,217
1,435
1,333
179
67
Coroner.
POLITICAL HISTORY.
NOVEMBER, 1882.
Congressman.
David B. Henderson.
2,546
1,093 C. M. Durham. 1,453
Roswell Foster
I16
Congressman.
David B. Henderson ..
3,201
1,176
John J. Linehan.
2,025
Clerk of Courts.
Albert J. Edwards.
3,197
1,148
E. B. Walker.
2,049
Recorder.
Charles D. Becker.
3,164
1,077
Buren S. Wasson.
2,087
Supervisors.
H. W. Bucher
486
D. C. Henry
308
178
Edward Townsend.
575
290
A. F. Raymond.
285
George W. Chatfield
286
Thomas Gilley.
283
3
NOVEMBER, 1885. Governor.
William Larrabee.
2,784 .
839
Charles E. Whiting.
1,945
James Mickelwait. .
2
Lieutenant- Governor.
John A. T. Hull.
2,797
S64
E. H. Gillette.
1,933
Wm. M. Steere.
2
Senator.
Matt Parrott
2,737
743
A. T. Lusch.
1,994
Representative.
George W. Hayzlett.
2,697
675
E. M. Sharon.
2,022
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote
2,863
Wm. J. Penne.
1,855
Treasurer.
Frank M. Shoemaker.
2,787
844
Sheriff.
W. W. Edgington
2,827
96 1
T. N. Kellogg.
1,866
County Superintendent.
Jacob E. Buechele.
2,857
988
John Cunningham
1,869
Surveyor.
John Ball.
2,800
871
J. P. Keiffer.
1,929
Coroner.
James M. Ball, Sr
2,754
775
O. J. Fullerton
1,979
Supervisors.
Frank Neely.
425
J. L. Hagerman.
206
John S. Halley.
317
IO
John M. Lichty
307
John McQuilkin.
364
Percival Hummel ..
247
I17
55
Circuit Judge.
W. H. Utt.
3,193
1,128
John J. Ney
2,065
District Judge.
Carl F. Couch.
2,352
647
District Attorney.
Daniel W. Bruckart
2,389
672
James H. Shields
1,717
Cierk of Courts.
Albert J. Edwards. .
3,570
3.570
Recorder.
Chester B. Stilson
3,610
3,610
Supervisors.
Frank Neely
577
J. M. Lichty
255
John S. Halley.
253
John McQuilkin
302
D. B. Fox
236
Poor Farm Appropriation.
No
1,652
Yes
1,125
OCTOBER, 1883.
Governor.
Buren R. Sherman.
2,395
701
L. G. Kinne 1,694
James B. Weaver.
45
Lieutenant-Governor.
Orlando H. Manning.
2,407
72I
Justus Clark.
1,686
Sanford Kirkpatrick.
43
Representative.
George W. Hayzlett. ..
2,393
E. M. Sharon.
1,739
Auditor.
Daniel W. Foote.
2,512
Austin Leversee ..
1,626
Treasurer.
Frank M. Shoemaker.
2,520
931
Amasa Cottrell.
1,589
Sheriff.
Wm. W. Edgington
2,386
663
County Superintendent.
Loren E. Churchill.
2,283
469
A. A. Hatch.
1,814
Surveyor.
John Ball ..
2,354
M. L. Newton.
1,783
Coroner.
James M. Ball.
2,391
656
Samuel Owens.
785
785
NOVEMBER, 1884.
President.
James G. Blaine. 3,157
1,073
Grover Cleveland. 2,084
John P. St. John. .
8
Benjamin F. Butler
5
571
J. W. Young.
1,735
Supervisor.
654
886
1,008
N. H. Defoe.
1,943
D. B. Stanton.
1,723
527
577
2
66
529
219
Joseph B. Powers
1,705
530
HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
CRUSHING THE REBELLION.
BOUT daybreak on the 12th of April, 1861, the stillness of Charles- ton Bay was disturbed by the firing 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 Re- bellion was begun. In the North the hope had been tena- ciously clung to that the peace of the country was not to be disturbed. This dream was rude- ly broken by the siege of Fort Sumter. The North awakened suddenly to the awful certainty that civil war was begun. There was a deep feeling of indig- nation at the traitors who were willing to ruin their country that slavery might be secure. There was a full appreciation of the danger, and an instant universal deter- mination that, at whatever cost, the nation- al life must be preserved. Personal sacri- fice was unconsidered ; individual interests were merged in the general good. Politi- cal difference, ordinarily so bitter, was for the time almost effaced. Nothing was of interest but the question how this audacious rebellion was to be suppressed 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 Southrons 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- tions 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
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and wounded soldiers. It had been fabled that the North would not fight. With a fiery promptitude unknown before in mod- ern history, the people sprang to arms.
Under the call of President Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers, the quota of Iowa was fixed at one regiment. The response was prompt from all parts of the State, and from none more hearty than from Black Hawk County. Iowa proved herself the peer of any loyal State. The proclamation of her Governor, responsive to that of the President, calling for volunteers to compose her First Regiment, was issued on the fourth day after the fall of Sumter. At the end of only a single week, men enough were reported to be in quarters (mostly in the vi- cinity of their own homes) to fill the regi- ment. These, however, were hardly more than a tithe of the number who had been offered by company commanders for ac- ceptance under the President's call. So urgent were these offers that the Governor requested (on the 24th of April) permission to organize an additional regiment. While awaiting an answer to this request, he con- ditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regi- ments. In a short time, he was notified that both of these would be accepted. Soon after the completion of the Second and Third regiments (which was near the close of May), the Adjutant-General of the State reported that upward of 170 companies had been tendered to the Governor to serve against the enemies of the Union.
Black Hawk County had at this time less than 9,000 inhabitants. With a population mainly devoted to agriculture, who knew nothing of war except by history or tradi- tion, 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 un- til occasion calls it forth. Immediately after the news was flashed through this
county that civil war was begun, public excitement ran so high that it could no longer confine itself to promiscuous ex- pression about the street corners, and peo- ple held informal and formal meetings in the city halls and country school-houses everywhere.
A volunteer military company had been organized at Cedar Falls in February, 1861, with J. B. Smith as Captain; C. D. Billings, First Lieutenant; W. Francis, Second Lieutenant ; F. Sessions, C. H. Mullarky, W. Hamel, F. H. Cooper, Sergeants; William McCoy, John Brown, George Le- land, J. Rosenbaum, Corporals. The com- pany bore on its roster sixty names. The name adopted was " Pioneer Grays." Late in April, 1861, the Pioneer Grays began to prepare for marching to the front, under the following order:
"ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, "IOWA CITY, April 18, 1861. "J. B. Smith, Captain of the Pioncer Grays:
" SIR-The President of the United States has made a requisition upon Iowa for a regi- ment of volunteers, to defend the Govern- ment against traitors and rebels in arms.
" The Governor has directed me to call on you, and to request you to fill up your ranks to the number of not less than sev- enty-eight men, including officers; and if that number should be exceeded, there will be no objection to it. When your number is completed, your company will proceed to elect a Captain and two Lieutenants, and transmit the result to this office, when the officers will be immediately commis- sioned.
" As soon as your company is organized and officers are elected, unless you get other orders from the Governor, let the men go home, holding themselves in readi- ness to march at a moment's warning. They must be at the rendezvous by the 20th of May, at the farthest, and may be called sooner at the proper time. You will be
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notified when and where to meet to be mus- tered into the service, and will be furnished with funds for all expenses from that time until received by the United States officers.
" The United States will furnish arms and accouterments for the use of the regi- ment.
"I am very respectfully your obedient servant,
“ J. BOWEN,
" Adjutant-General of the Militia of Iowa."
The company met at their armory on the evening of the 20th, and adopted the fol- lowing resolutions by a vote of fifty to three:
" WHEREAS, The Government of the United States, in the peaceful exercise of its rights, has been threatened by rebellion and insurrection in some of the States, by armed mobs seizing the Government prop- erty and holding it in defiance of law; in refusing in those States to execute the laws of Congress, made under and by virtue of the Constitution of the United States ; attacking their army when peace- fully occupying their forts and other prop- erty, and destroying the same ; therefore,
"Resolved, Ist, That we condemn in the severest terms the actions of those engaged in the insurrection, and all who sympathize with them, as unpatriotic, disloyal and traitorous to the country.
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