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Mr. Decker selected a claim in section 17, now in Exira township, where Boy Herrick now resides. The Hoggards settled in section 26, where Isaac Lewis afterward resided many years. William P. Hamlin immediately set- tled in section 6, in what is now Benton township, Cass county, at the same place afterward occupied many years by Almond Goodale. Later, Mr. Ham- lin settled on Buck creek, in Cass county, afterward known as the Barney Harris place. In 1860 he moved to Exira, where he lived many years. Will- iam Powell came the same year and settled in section 3, where Ad. Seibert now lives.
An important addition to the new settlement, the same year, was Dr. Samuel M. Ballard, a wealthy man for that period, and a physician, then residing at Iowa City. I was often entertained years ago by his graphic recitals of early times and events in this county. He was a rare story teller.
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One event in connection with the early settlement is particularly apropos- his first meeting with "Uncle" John Jenkins. The doctor said that he had heard of the fine land and timber on the Botna river in this county and decided to examine it personally. He had also heard of the settlement here of Mr. Jenkins, and, securing direction as to his place of abode, started afoot and alone from Lewis to find the place. After traveling many miles, he reached the foot of the hill south of the present town of Oakfield and supposed he was near the place sought, and there discovered a new path leading north into the timber. Soon he saw some white children, who fled at his approach. Continuing his way, he soon met a man with a rifle, who demanded of him: "Are you for peace, or are you for war?" "I replied," said the doctor, "'I feel very peaceful at this time, and I have been traveling since morning and am getting hungry. I am wanting to find a man named Jenkins, who I sup- pose lives somewhere in this vicinity.'" The doctor introduced himself, and Mr. Jenkins invited him to his cabin and provided refreshments. Then the doctor explained the object of his visit; that he was seeking a tract of prairie and timber land for himself, and that what he had seen suited him if he could secure it. Mr. Jenkins informed him that the rules of the Settlers' Club provided that no individual could take a claim for more than one hundred and sixty acres of land. But the doctor expressed a desire to obtain a greater amount. At that period the government land was not in market and had not been surveyed. The settlers were clubbed together to make rules and regula- tions regarding individual claims and for mutually protecting them. The doctor suggested the advisability of having a physician in the settlement, also the propriety of having a man possessed of wealth among them to assist in developing the country, etc. And he told the story of a once famous doctor, who, on sending his pupil out to practice medicine on his own account, gave this advice: "If you shall ever discover in your practice that you can do the patient no good, be sure that you do no harm." The story is too long and too awfully funny to relate here. But the doctor averred that if he did settle here he would endeavor to do the people no harm. The subject was discussed among the few settlers, who consented to make an exception in the case of Doctor Ballard and to allow him to select his claim as proposed, and to protect him in it. The result was that he secured the beautiful tracts of prairie and timber lands since known as the Ballard estate in Exira and Oak- field townships and adjoining in Cass county.
John M. Donnel came in 1851, or soon after, and lived in the vicinity of Hamlin's Grove many years. He drove the mail hack in early days from the east: to Hamlin's Grove.
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After Mr. Hamlin had finished his breaking and put in his crops, he returned to Mahaska county, closed out his business there and returned with his family, consisting of his wife, Margaret (Aunt Peggy), and children, Mary, Hannah, Rose, Melinda and W. Allan. They arrived here on Septem- ber 13, 1851. With them came the widow Hoggard, the mother of John and Betsey Ann, and the wife of Philip Arthur Decker. Probably John Hog- gard and Decker went back to Mahaska county for their people with Mr. Hamlin. Benjamin and Isaac Jenkins went back with an ox team at or about the same time, to move the family of William P. Hamlin to Cass county.
There has been contention as to who was the first settler, Nathaniel Hamlin or John S. Jenkins. The honors are easy. Hamlin was here and made his claim in March, 1851, and followed it by actual settlement on May 6, 1851. He built the first cabin and broke out his land the same season and his family came on September 13, 1852. Jenkins came May 6, 1851, and decided to settle and made his claim not earlier than May 7. His family came with him, so they were actually the first family settled in the county. Hamlin himself must be held to be the first actual settler here.
SETTLERS WHO CAME BEFORE 186I.
The following is the list of settlers who came to Audubon county before 1861, with places of residence and dates of settlement : David L. Anderson and family, Exira, 1855; William S. Anderson, Exira, 1855; Lysanius M. Anderson, Exira, 1855; John A. Anderson, Exira, 1855; Samuel Anderson, Exira, 1855; Adelbert Anderson, Exira, 1855; Norman Archer and family, Oakfield, 1855; W. Herbert Archer, Oakfield, 1855; Thomas Archer, Oak- field, 1855; Alonzo N. Arnold and wife, Oakfield, 1855; Rev. Baker and family, Dayton, 1855; Dr. Samuel M. Ballard, Oakfield, 1851; Osceola R. Ballard, Oakfield, 1852; Byron Ballard, Oakfield, 1852; William F. Ballard and family, Oakfield, 1855; Darius Barlow and wife, Exira, 1857; Peter B. Barlow, Oakfield, -; Washington Bartlett, Oakfield, 1856; Lee L. Bart- lett, Oakfield, 1857; Hiram M. Beck and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1856; Will- iam P. Beck, Hamlin's Grove, 1856; Miles Beers and family, Oakfield, 1854; John W. Beers, Oakfield, 1854; David B. Beers, Oakfield, 1854; Bradley Beers and family, Oakfield, 1857; Avery Belcher, Hamlin's Grove, 1857; James W. Benedict and family, Dayton, 1855; Elijah Birge and family, Troublesome, 1856; James M. Blackmar and family, Exira, 1857; William H. H. Bowen and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1853; John Bowen, Hamlin's
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Grove, 1853; Hugh L. Bowen, Hamlin's Grove, 1853; Erasmus D. Bradley and family, Oakfield, 1855; Albert I. Brainard and family, Exira, 1860; J. C. Brown, Hamlin's Grove, 1860; James M. Brown and family, Oakfield, 1856; Franklin Burnham and family, Big Grove, 1856; Silas D. Burns, Oak- field, 1860; John D. Bush, Exira, 1856; Deacon Lyman Bush, Exira, 1857; Mrs. Mary Bush (wife), Exira, 1858; William S. Bush and family, Exira, 1858; Mrs. Maria D. Butler, Oakfield, 1860; John Calder, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; George Calder, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Stephen T. Campbell and fam- ily, Oakfield, about 1855-56; George W. Cannon, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; Reuben Carpenter and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1852; William Carpenter, Hamlin's Grove, 1852; Elijah Carpenter, Hamlin's Grove, 1852; George Car- penter, Hamlin's Grove, 1852 ; John Carpenter, Hamlin's Grove, 1852; Henry Carpenter, Hamlin's Grove, 1852 ; David A. Carpenter, Hamlin's Grove, 1852; W. S. Carter, Big Grove, 1855; Charles L. Chapin and family, Big Grove, 1856; John Countryman and family, Troublesome, 1852; Daniel Crane and family, Exira, 1855; John Crane, Exira, 1855; VanBeuren Crane, Exira, 1855; John W. Davis, Exira, 1860; Robert N. Day and family, Oakfield, 1857; Stephen Deborde, David's Creek, before 1856; Philip A. Decker and family, Big Grove, 1851 ; Boynton G. Dodge and family, Exira, 1856; John W. Dodge, Exira, 1856; James B. Donnel, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; James H. Donnel, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; John M. Donnel, Hamlin's Grove, 1851; Henry T. Eagan, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; James Eagan, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; Samuel Eagan, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; Leonard Earley and family, Exira, 1859; Joseph Eaton, Big Grove, 1856; Alfred Eddy, Big Grove, 1856; David Edgerton and family, Exira, 1852; Zel Edgerton, Exira, 1857; Will- iam B. Felch and family, Exira, after 1856; J. Lyman Frost, Hamlin's Grove, 1853; Carlos E. Frost and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1853; Mr. Gage, Exira, 1853; Richard Gault, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Dawson Glasgow and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1856; Edward Gingery, Oakfield, 1855; A. M. Graves, Oak- field, about 1856; Howard J. Green and family, Big Grove, 1855; Isaac P. Hallock, Sr., and family, Oakfield, 1856; Richard S. Hallock and family, Oakfield, 1856; John A. Hallock, Oakfield, 1856; Isaac P. Hallock, Jr., Oak- field, 1856; Nathaniel Hamlin and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1851 ; William P. Hamlin and family, Exira, 1860; John Hammer, Exira, 1860; Andrew M. Hardy and family, Big Grove, 1859; George W. Hardy, Big Grove, 1859; Daniel M. Harris and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; William J. Harris, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Daniel W. Harris, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Asa Has- kins, Exira, 1857; Amherst Heath and family, Oakfield, 1857; Hiram Heath and family, Oakfield, 1857; Mark Heath and family, Oakfield, 1852; Milton
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Heath and family, Oakfield, 1852; Hiram Heath 2d, Oakfield, 1852; Alvin Herrick and family, Big Grove, 1853 ; Urbane Herrick and family, Big Grove, 1853; Edson Herrick, Big Grove, 1854; Augustus C. Herrick, Big Grove, 1854 ; Coit Herrick, Big Grove, 1854; Curtis Herrick, Big Grove, 1854; Elisha D. Herrick, Big Grove, 1854: Emerson Herrick, Big Grove, 1854; Jud- son D. Herrick, Big Grove, 1854; Benjamin M. Hyatt and family, Oakfield, 1852; William H. Hyatt, Oakfield, 1852; Alexander High, Oakfield, about 1855; Franklin Hobbs, Exira. 1855; Mercy Hobbs (wife), Exira, 1856; Moses Hockman, Hamlin's Grove, 1855 : Samuel Hockman, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; Mrs. Hoggard, Hamlin's Grove, 1851 ; Betsey A. Hoggard, Hamlin's Grove, 1851; John Hoggard, Hamlin's Grove, 1851; William Holcraft, Troublesome, 1855; Samuel B. Hopkins and family, Oakfield, 1853; A. B. Houston and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1856; Henry B. Houston, Hamlin's Grove, 1856; Oswold J. Houston, Hamlin's Grove, 1856; Samuel Howlett and family, Oakfield, 1860; James Howlett and family, Oakfield, 1860; Samuel Howlett, Jr., Oakfield, 1860; Samuel Howlett, 3d, Oakfield, 1860; Lambert Howlett, Oakfield, 1860; Julius M. Hubbard and family, Oakfield, 1857 ; Lud- wig Hummel and wife. Troublesome, before 1857: Walter J. Jardine and family, Big Grove, 1853; Lyman Jardine, Big Grove, 1853; John S. Jenkins and family, Oakfield, 1851 : Benjamin F. Jenkins, Oakfield, 1851 ; John T. Jen- kins, Oakfield, 1851; Isaac H. Jenkins, Oakfield, 1851; George Jenkins, Oakfield, 1851; Samuel Johnson, Exira, 1856; John S. Johnston and fam- ily, Big Grove, 1855; Giles N. Jones and family, Oakfield, 1856; James M. Jones and family, Oakfield, 1856; Orlin E. Jones, Oakfield, 1856; George L. Kellogg; Big Grove, 1856; Charles Kemp, Big Grove, 1856; Reuben C. Ken- yon, Exira, 1855: Alexander Kincaid and family, Big Grove, 1855; James Kincaid and family, Big Grove, 1855; Henry K. Kincaid, Big Grove, 1855; Joseph S. Kirk and family, Big Grove, 1855; Andrew J. Leffingwell and family, Big Grove, 1860; Horace F. Leffingwell and family, Big Grove, 1856; William Leffingwell, Big Grove, 1856; Mrs. Sarah G. Lewis, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Richard M. Lewis and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Thomas S. Lewis and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Isaac V. D. Lewis and family, Hamlin's Grove, 1854: Charles E. Marsh, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; Walter Marsh, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; John McConnell, Big Grove, 1856; Allen McDonnel, Troublesome, 1855; Rev. Richard C. Meek and wife, Big Grove, 1855 ; Bryant Milliman and wife. Exira, 1854; Levi B. Montgomery and fam- ily, Exira, 1856; William N. Montgomery, 1856: George S. Montgomery, Exira, 1856; John W. Montgomery, Exira, 1856; Joel B. Montgomery, Exira, 1856; Eli Montgomery, Exira, 1856; Levi J. Montgomery, Exira,
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1856; James Mounts, Big Grove, 1855; Henry S. Myers, Big Grove, about 1859; William N. Nelson, Exira, 1856; Mrs. Margaret Nelson, Exira, 1857; William C. Norton and family, Oakfield, 1856; John C. Norton, Oakfield, 1856; Charles H. Norton, Oakfield, 1856; Robert A. Oliphant, Hamlin's Grove, 1854; Ozro Othout, Oakfield, 1856; William Pangburn, Exira, 1859; Dennis Parmeley and family, Troublesome, 1854; Richard F. Parmeley, Troublesome, 1854; Lemuel Parmeley, Troublesome, 1854; John Patterson and family, Big Grove, 1856; James Patterson, Big Grove, 1856; Elam W. Pearl, Oakfield, 1857; Joshua A. Pearl, Oakfield, 1857; Hiram Perkins, Exira, 1855; Stillman H. Perry and family, Exira, 1859; Zelotes A. Phelpes, Troublesome, about 1856; James B. Pixler, Audubon township, 1859; James Poor, Hamlin's Grove, 1857; Joseph Porter and family, Oakfield, after 1856; William Powell and fam- ily, Exira, 1851; W. Scott Rice, Oakfield, 1860; Robert Robinson and fam- ily, Exira, 1859; William Robinson, Exira, 1859; James Robinson, Exira, 1859; John Robinson, Exira, 1859; Hamilton Robinson, Exira, 1859; Lewis Robinson, Exira, 1859; Palmer Rogers and family, Exira, 1856; Thomas T. Rogers and family, Oakfield, 1857; Meridith Rowland, Big Grove, 1857; Thomas A. Rowland, Oakfield, 1856; Michael Scharff, Hamlin's Grove, 1855; John Seiford and family, Big Grove, 1853; Harry D. Shelley, Oak- field, 1860; William Shirley, Big Grove, 1854; Reverend Spooner, Big Grove, 1860; Brad. Spurling, Exira, 1853; George W. Sharp and family, Exira, 1856; Samuel Smith and family, Oakfield, 1854; William F. Smith, Oakfield, 1854; James S. Smith, Oakfield, 1854; John F. Smith, Oakfield, 1854; Samuel Smith, Jr., Oakfield, 1854; Samuel Smith, David's Creek, 1856; Hendrick R. Smith, David's Creek, 1856; William F. E. Smith, David's Creek, 1856; Andrew Smith, David's Creek, 1856; Oliver Smith, Trouble- some, 1858-9; Robert Stansberry and family, Big Grove, 1854; William B. Stone, Big Grove, 1853; Colbert Strahl and family, Oakfield, 1855; Barzilla Sylvester, Exira, 1856; George W. Taylor and family, Big Grove, 1855; John R. Thacker and family, Big Grove, 1856; Isaac Thomas, Ham- lin's Grove, 1860; William Thompson and family, Exira, 1856; Thomas Truman, Exira, 1858-9; Charles Van Gorder, Exira, 1860; John J. Van Houghton, Hamlin's Grove, 1860; Asahel Wakeman, 1860; William Walker, Troublesome, 1855; Chauncey E. Ward, Big Grove, 1856; C. Dwight West, Big Grove, 1854; Peoria I. Whitted, Hamlin's Grove, 1853; William Wiggins and family, Big Grove, 1855; Nathaniel Wiggins and family, Big Grove, 1855; Charles Wiggins, Big Grove, about 1860; Whitman Wilcox and family, Hamlin's Grove, after 1856; John Wilcox,
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Hamlin's Grove, after 1856; Mr. Wilkins, -; Mr. Wilkin- son, , 1853; Joseph J. Williams and family, Brushy, 1859; George Wire, , 1855; George Wise and family, Oakfield, 1855.
In some instances in the foregoing list, the dates of settlement are given as before the respective towns were actually laid out and platted. In such instances, the intention is to say that the parties settled at or near where these towns were afterward located, respectively.
The following is a list of old settlers who came before 1861 and now reside here, with places of residence and dates of settlement: Lysanius M. Anderson, Audubon, 1855; Mrs. Nettie Bartlett, Hamlin township, 1855; David B. Beers, Brayton, 1854; Frank Beers, Greely township, 1857; Mrs. Mary I. Crane, Exira, 1854; Arthur Dodge, Hamlin township, 1855; Mrs. Catherine L. Gearheart, Brayton, 1857; Mrs. Hannah M. Hawk, Exira, 1851; Hiram Heath, Exira, 1852; Lewis C. Heath, Brayton, 1857; Judson D. Herrick, Exira, 1854; Mrs. Mary B. Hicks, Exira, 1856; John T. Jenkins, Brayton, 1851; Mrs. Darthula Jenkins, Brayton, 1857; Irving Jones, Exira township, 1856; George Leffingwell, West Exira, 1860; Elbert M. Lewis, Exira township, 185 ; Isaac V. D. Lewis, Exira township, 1854; Mrs. Jane Milliman, Exira, 1854; William H. Milliman, Exira, 1855; Mrs. Malinda C. Radcliff, Exira township, 1851; Horatio W. Rogers, Exira township, 1857; Hendrick R. Smith, Exira, 1856; Mrs. Ella M. Temple, Exira town- ship, 185 ; Charles Van Gorder, Audubon, 1860; C. Dwight West, Hamlin township, 1854; Mrs. Louisa C. Whitted, Exira, 1856.
THE HOMESTEADERS.
The "homestead" excitement of 1870 to 1880 was an era which brought many new people to Audubon county, who would not otherwise have settled here. The facts were substantially these: The title to the lands afterwards mebraced in Iowa, was vested in the United States by the Louisiana Pur- chase from France in 1803, and so remained when Iowa was admitted a state in 1845, except a few small grants, notably Dubuque, etc., made by Spain before the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1856 Congress granted large amounts of land in Iowa to aid in the construction of railroads. One of those grants was for a railroad from Davenport to Council Bluffs, made to the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company. It gave to the company all land not then already disposed of, in odd numbered sections on each side of the proposed route for six miles, or not to exceed fifteen miles. The grant was in the nature of a float, the title not
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fully vested, but conditioned upon future acts of the government, and of their compliance by the proposed railroad company. The principal require- ments were the survey of the proposed route, the selection of their lands, and the building of the road. The survey was soon made by Granville M. Dodge, of Council Bluffs, who is still living, and passed through the town of Exira. It was called the Dodge survey. The lands were promptly selected in conformity with the survey. Afterwards, the rights of the Mississippi & Missouri Company were transferred to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company. A new survey was made, deflecting south from the original line, the new line running from what is now the town of Adair, by way of what is now Atlantic, thence on to Council Bluffs. The new line was about thirteen miles south of Exira. A new and additional grant of land was made by Congress to further aid in construction of the road, giving to the company all lands not previously disposed of, for twenty miles on each side of the route.
The railroad was completed through to Council Bluffs on the new route in 1869, and the lands were certified by the government to the company in conformity with the grants.
It was disclosed by the survey and selection of the lands, that most of the government lands across Iowa along the route of the proposed road, had already been disposed of at the tinie the grants were made. The bulk of the lands actually selected for the company were found to be located in Audubon and Shelby counties.
About 1870, a lawyer, named Joseph A. Straight, a pleasant, accom- plished gentleman, located at Exira. He conceived the opinion that the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company had forfeited its right to the grants in question in so far as they related to lands lying more than twenty miles from the line of the road as actually constructed. His opinion was promulgated and caught like wildfire ; people here and from abroad adopted and acted upon it, and by the hundreds rushed to secure the unoccupied railroad lands as homesteads. They settled and built upon the lands and proceeded to improve and convert them into farms and homes. It was the prominent theme of business in the northern portion of the county for several years. Actions were brought against the so-called "homesteaders" to eject them from the lands. George W. Capron came here from Illinois, bought land from the railroad company, partially improved and built a house upon it, then sold the house which was removed, and returned to Illinois. Three forty-acre tracts of his land were settled on by William Emery, H. P. Emery and Robert Campbell, respectively, who sought to hold the lands as
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homesteads. Here was a dilemma. Capron did not desire to lose his prop- erty and could not recover his purchase money from the railroad company until he was legally ousted from the land. So he reluctantly brought actions in 1874 against each of the parties to eject them from his lands. The case of George W. Capron vs. William Emery involved the title to the south- west quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27, township 80, range 35, and was the first of the many homestead cases. It was tried by a jury, before Hon. T. R. Stockton, circuit judge, and decree was entered for plaintiff, October 1, 1874. The other two cases were decided in favor of plaintiff. H. F. Andrews was attorney for plaintiff, assisted by Thomas S. Wright on behalf of the railroad company. Charles D. Gray was attorney for defendants.
The contention of plaintiff in these cases was that the conditions in the grants to the railroad company, which had not been actually performed by the company, had been waived by implication by the government. and that the title to the lands had fully vested in the railroad company before the attempted homestead entries.
A large number of ejectment suits were afterwards maintained against the homesteaders by the railroad company. None of the homestead claim- ants were successful, but they caused a world of trouble and unsettled the title to the railroad lands for several years. A large number of claimants were forcibly ejected and removed from the lands by the sheriff, who set out their property and household effects into the public highway. Some of the claimants yielded, compromised and bought their lands from the railroad company.
Joseph Tharnish was the first homestead settler on Blue Grass creek about 1871. His claim included part of the present site of the town of Audubon.
These affairs engendered much bitterness against the railroad company ; but, on the whole, the contentions were conducted with decorum. Happily, the whole of that unpleasantness has long since vanished.
FIRST EVENTS.
First Settlers: Nathaniel Hamlin, May 6, 1851 ; John S. Jenkins and family, May 6, 1851 : Philip A. Decker, May 6, 1851 ; John Hoggard, May 6, 1851 ; Betsey A. Hoggard, May 6, 1851.
First log cabin, Nathaniel Hamlin, May 7, 1851 ; first birth, child of
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Philip A. Decker, December, 1851; first death, Mrs. Philip A. Decker, December. 1851 ; first physician, Samuel M. Ballard, 1851; first saw-mill, John Countryman, 1852-3; first frame building, John Countryman, 1852-3; first postmaster, Nathaniel Hamlin, December 5, 1853: first lawyer, Daniel M. Harris, 1854; first school house, private, Hamlin & Harris, 1854; first school teacher, Ellen Northgraves, 1854: first blacksmith, Charles Marsh, 1855 ; first store, Erasmus D. Bradley, Oakfield, 1855: first election. April 2, 1855 ; first town platted, Dayton, July 9, 1855 ; first term of court, November, 1855 ; first marriage, George L. Kellogg and Susannah Kenyon, April 16, 1856: first shoemaker, John S. Johnston, 1856; first steam-mills, Green, Chapin & Burnham and Samuel M. Ballard. 1856; first public school house, Hamlin's, 1856; first Fourth of July celebration, 1856; first brick-makers, James Poor, Avery Belcher, Thomas Stevens, 1857-8; first county fair, 1859: first newspaper, Audubon County Pioneer, J. C. Brown and John J. Van Houghton, 1860; first hotel, Palmer Rogers, Exira, 1858: first harnessmaker, David E. Soar, Exira, 1866; first church edifice, Exira, 1870; first brick building, H. F. Andrews, Exira, 1873 ; first pool hall, John Hilton, Exira, 1874-5: first bank, Charles Van Gorder, Exira, 1876; first notary public, Alonzo N. Arnold, Oakfield. 1855.
EARLY MARRIAGES.
George L. Kellogg and Susannah Kenyon, April 16, 1856; William, Carpenter and Martha H. Johnson, June 22, 1856; Barzilla Sylvester and Beulah Thacker, April 13, 1857; William Walker and Nancy J. Bowen, February 18, 1858; Charles E. Marsh and Elizabeth Millholland, November 28, 1858: Lee L. Bartlett and Sarah B. Jenkins, 1859; John C. Morrison and Margaret I. Robinson, December 15, 1859: John Crane and Mary I. Harris, December 24. 1859: John A. Hallock and Katherine Crane, January 30, 1860; Peoria I. Whitted and Louisa C. Montgomery, February 28, 1860; John W. Dodge and Eliza Smith, March 12, 1860; William Queery and Sarah E. Kirk, March 13, 1860; Isaac Thomas and Mary M. Hamlin, March 14, 1860; Thomas A. Rowland and Melvina C. Lewis, March 16, 1860; Richard Gault and Mary L. Herrick, May 1, 1860: George H. Calder and Judith A. Howlett, April 14, 1861 ; Elam W. Pearl and Sarah F. Norton, April 23, 1861 : Thomas W. Osborn and Lucy Dungan, May 5, 1861 ; James B. Root and Martha I. Donnel, October 19, 1861 ; Luke Imus and Caroline Parmley, December 12, 1861 ; Richard F. Parmeley and Mary E. Johnston,
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August 26, 1862; Avery Belcher and Thersa Earley, March 14, 1863; Oliver Smith and Emily J. Beers, March 20, 1864; Christian J. Wyland and Amanda H. Dunington, April 11, 1864; James A. Poage and Priscilla J. Hopkins, July 28, 1864; George W. Cannon and Harriet Jenkins, September 27, 1864; Samuel Howlett and Mary E. Brown, October 27, 1864; W. A. Ellis and Caroline Earley, January 9, 1865; John T. Jenkins and Darthula Rogers, January 19, 1865; Chauncey E. Ward and Maria A. Bowdish, February I, 1865; Washington M. Harmison and Sarah M. Bailey, March 7, 1865; Franklin Salter and Mary A. Crane, August 27, 1865; Joseph Dungan and Alice Carley, October 8, 1865; Jacob Lawrence and Martha Wilson, Novem- ber 28, 1865; George Lawrence and Mary E. Wilson, November 28, 1865 ; William Bice and Susan Wilson, December 6, 1865; Robert A. Oliphant and Mrs. Sarah M. Harmison, January 1, 1866; Abram Van Winkle and Harriet Schultz, April 18, 1866; Charles H. Norton and Charlotte Howlett, April 29, 1866; Charles E. Hawk and Hannah M. Hamlin, May 20, 1866; Xerxes Knox and Nancy C. Smith, July 29, 1866; Judson D. Herrick and Mrs. Louisa Strickland, November 8, 1866; Jaynes Robinson and Mary Heuthern, December 30, 1866; George Gingery and Virginia Goodale, February 2, 1867; William Radcliff and Malinda C. Hamlin, February 28, 1867; Ayers D. Martin and Sarah L. Whitney, March 3, 1867; George W. Bowdish and Ellen Clark, April 28, 1867; N. C. Maffitt and Josephine Lewis, June 3, 1867 ; James Luckenbill and Sarah A. Carpenter, June 19, 1867; J. H. Harrington and Maggie M. Montgomery, June 31, 1867; Joel H. Basham and Melissa Hallock, July 2, 1867: Vincent Bateham and Maria Paige, September 7 1867; John C. Donnel and Hattie M. Donner, September 28, 1867; Edward Calph and Martha J. Hamlin, November 17, 1867; Henry Decker and Mary Wilson, December 25, 1867 : John C. Norton and Susie M. Ostrander, Febru- ary I, 1868; Isaac H. Jenkins and Clarissa W. Chase, March 15, 1868; Henry D. Martin and Eliza V. Reynolds, March 28, 1868; Hugh E. McNutt and Sarah A. Griffin, March 28, 1868; Joseph Walker and Juliet F. Bowen, April 19, 1868; Isaac P. Hallock and Malinda A. Norton, May 10, 1868; Samuel Smith and Mrs. Louann Bailey, June 1, 1868; Henry T. Egan and Mary A. Reynolds, July 6, 1868; David E. Soar and Rebecca N. Harris, July 17, 1868; Lysannius M. Anderson and Tryphenia Hopkins, November 12, 1868; Samuel F. Donnel and Mrs. Tamzey Flora, November 15, 1868; G. R. Trowbridge and Elizabeth J. Hamlin, November 19, 1868; Adam B. Griffin and Sarah A. Wiggins, November 26, 1868: Daniel Heald and Mary J. Wood, December 29, 1868.
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