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Their young lives were ended, Their young spirits fled, And now they are sleeping In peace with the dead.
Every spot in that old log tavern that could be occupied, was covered by a sick man. How many of those brave boys were buried in that little graveyard, I never knew.
On the removal of the detachment to Little Rock, it was relieved for a time from all guard or other duty, except the care of its own sick, by order of General Davidson, adding that the care of its own sick in camp, was all it was able to do. But death had then fastened his cold, icy hand upon a number of boys. Calvin M. Sayre, John L. Sayre, Jesse Shultz, Nathan R. Austin and Ira G. Christian were soon numbered with the dead. Little Rock proved to be a very healthy place for us, and while there the company, considering its reduced condition, improved rap- idly. It may not be generally known that that Arkansas expedition of General Steele's, was one of the most destructive of life, of any campaign of the war. Steele started with 1,200 men; he received re-en- forcements of at least three brigades, making at least 15,000 effective men; 100 would cover all his loss in killed and wounded, and yet by the time he had possession of Little Rock, and was fairly settled down to his gambling and horse racing, he had barely 5,100 effective men fit for duty. And of General Steele I will say that he had no sympathy in common with a Union Soldier, save his opposition to the abstract idea of secession.
General McPherson, Medical Director, afterwards at Vicksburg, said that the sending of our four companies through on that campaign to keep up with the cavalry, was a burning shame, one of the outrages of the war, and no wonder the
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men were used up; they remained at Little Rock until the middle of October, when it moved to Benton, twenty-five miles distant. It returned to Little Rock, where they remained till January, 1864, when it started to Memphis, which place it reached on the 5th of February. Here it was ordered to report to Brigadier-General A. J. Smith at Vicksburg. It reached Vicksburg on the 9th, and remained there till the 27th, when it marched out to Black river to await the army on its return from the interior.
Meanwhile, Colonel Scott established his headquarters at New Madrid, and assumed command of the post. On the 17th of December, 1862, he sent out a de- tachment of one hundred men, under Capt. Peebles, who went as far as St. Francis river, bringing back several prisoners, much pub- lic property, and valuable information.
On the 28th of December, Colonel Scott destroyed the public property, and evacu- ated New Madrid, by order `of General Davies, after which he proceeded to Fort Pillow, reaching there on the 29th. They remained at Fort Pillow for nearly. six months, in the performance of garrison duties. The command embarked for Columbus, Kentucky, on the 17th and 18th of June, 1863, in detachments, and went into camp there on the 19th, and there regimental headquarters remained for more than seven months, Col. Scott being most of the time in command of the post.
On July 10, Union City, in Tennessee, was captured by the rebels. The com- mand hastened to that place, but arrived too late to find the enemy. After burying the dead and caring for the wounded they returned. The command was soon after- ward again divided into fractions. Com-
panies B and I, under command of Cap- tain Millier, alone remained at regimental headquarters; Company C was attached to the Fourth Missonri Cavalry; Company E was placed at Fort Quimby, not far from Columbus, whilst Companies H and K, Captain Bensen commanding, proceeded down the river to Island No. 10. From this time forth until January, 1864, the liistory of each of these detachments, ex- cept that of Company C, is devoid of re- markable events. This detachment was actively employed during most of this period, and the labors of officers and men were arduous in the extreme. They scouted a wide extent of country infested by guer- rillas, marched oftentimes a considerable distance from Columbus, going out in all weather, by night as often as by day. They braved many perils and endured many hardships.
In the month of January, 1864, these six companies were brought together and soon embarked for Vicksburg, where they were assigned to the Second Brigade. Perhaps there was not a single organization in the whole army under Major General Sherman that so gladly commenced that singular campaign as the one under Colonel Scott. If the battalion left Vicksburg joyfully, its return was still more joyful, for here were found Major Eberhart and his four companies, and the whole regiment was together for the first time since November, 1862. The re-union brought great satisfac- tion to officers and mnen. Shortly after, the regiment was ordered to the Depart- ment of the Gulf, and there accompanied the disastrous Red river expedition.
In this expedition the Thirty-second Iowa suffered more severely, perhaps, than
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any other regiment. It formed a part of General A. J. Smith's com- mand, consisting of ten thousand in- fantry and three batteries of artillery, which left Vicksburg, March 9, on trans- ports, accompanied by gunboats. At the mouthi of the Red river this fleet was joined by Admiral D. D. Porter, with a large fleet, including several iron-clads. The fleet entered Red river by the south- crn stream and passed thencc into Acha- falaya, procceding as far as Semmesport, where the troops disembarkcd on the night of the 13th and immediately commenced a march on Fort De Russey. No halt was ordered till the army had marched some seven miles. It was twenty-eight miles from here to Fort De Russey. Neverthe- less the army marched that distance the next day, constantly harrassed by rebel cavalry; delayed once two hours at a stream over which a bridge had to be made; attacked the fort and carried it by storm before sundown and before the gun- boats had arrived. In this assault the Thirty-second was on the right, and "the men on the right took the fort," said the prisoners. Colonel Shaw, commanding the brigade, speaks in unqualified praise of all the officers and men in his command. The loss was slight on either side. Of the Thirty-second, one man was killed and two were wounded.
At Fort De Russey they re-embarked and proceeded to Alexandria, where the troops again disembarked and remained nearly two weeks. At this point the col- umn under General Smith formed a junc- tion with the column which had marched from New Orleans. The boats could not be taken over the rapids while laden, so
the troops marched to Cotile Landing, some twenty-five miles up the river. Here our regiment had its first battalion drill, with all the companies in line, since leav- ing Dubuque, in November, 1862. On April 3 the command again embarked and reached Grand 'Ecore on the next even- ing, where it remained till the morning of the 7th, when it marched to the front of the battle of Pleasant Hill, where the brigade to which the Thirty-second be- longed, commanded by Colonel Shaw, of the Fourteenth Iowa, stood the brunt of the fight, being the first in the battle, fight- ing longer than any other, in the hardest of the contest, the last to leave the field, and losing three times as many officers and men as any brigade engaged.
"Of Colonel John Scott, Thirty-sccond Iowa," says the brigade commander, "it is sufficient to say that he showed himself worthy to command the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry- a regiment which, after having been entirely surrounded and cut off from the rest of the command, with nearly one-half of its number killed or - wounded, among them many of the best and prominent officers, forced its way through the cnemy's lines, and was again in line, ready and anxious to meet the foc, in less than thirty minutes." It is certain no regiment ever fought with a sublimer courage than did the Thirty-second on the battle-field of Pleasant Hill. Its heroism and its sacrifices were worthy of a better fate than a retreat from the scene of its . splendid daring and its glory. The fame of its gallant conduct spread all over Iowa, as it would have spread over the whole country had the commanding General accepted the victory which the troops had
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given him. But sad losses befell the regi- ment. Lieutenant-Colonel Mix was slain on the field, also many of the officers were · either slain or wounded. The regiment lost, in all, two hundred and ten officers and men, killed, wounded and missing; most of the missing were also wounded- any so reported, no doubt slain. Iowa gloried in the fame of her honored sons, and wept for their dead comrades who fell on the stricken field. The following beauti- ful lines were written by Mrs. Caroline A .- Soule, upon hearing of the sad losses sus- tained by the Thirty-second at Pleasant Hill:
Cold are the sleepers Wrapt in their shrouds- Pale are the weepers The battle has bowed; Softly they slumber, Our soldiers in death- While hearts without number
Cry, with hushed breath- O God, are they dead !
Pale are the sleepers, Like marble they lie- Sad are the weepers, Tear-stained their eyes; Quiet they slumber, Soldiers entombed, While hearts without number, All shrouded in gloom, Cry -- O, are they gone !
Calm are the sleepers, Taking their rest- Sad are the weepers, Joyless their breasts; Softly they slumber, Our soldiers to-day, While hearts without number Cry, only this way Can our battles be won?
Colonel Shaw's brigade covered the retreat of the army to Grand'Eeore, when the Thirty-second Regiment, after a move-, ment up Red river to aid the fleet in escaping from eminent peril, went into encampment. It joined in the retreat down the Red river on the 21st, and fre- quently met light bodies of the enemy in skirmish. The retreat from Alexandria to the Mississippi was also harassed by the enemy, and considerable skirmishing took place at Bayou La Morge, Marksville and Bayon de Glaize, in both of which the regiments took part. Colonel Shaw in his report of the latter battle, says to "Colonel Gilbert, Twenty-seventlı Iowa, Major Eberhart of the Thirty-second Iowa, Captain Crane of the Fourteenth Iowa, and their commands, is due the safety of the army. Had they failed to move into the position assigned them (although a difficult one, that of changing front under fire) with less celerity, or failed to hold it steadily after taking it, our left and rear would have been enveloped by overwhelm- ing numbers, and nothing could have saved us-not even the fighting qualities of the Sixteenth Army Corps."
The regiment reached Memphis on the 10th of June, from there the command moved to Moscow, and thenee to La Grange in the latter part of June. From this point it marehed with General Smith's forees on the Tupelo campaign. It returned to Memphis, and having eneamped there about ten days, joined in the Oxford expedition. The next active campaign in which the Thirty-second took part, was in Missouri in the pursuit of Price. It was a campaign of severe marching, but not of battle. The regiment marehed at least
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six hundred and fifty miles, averaging twenty miles a day. It marched across the State and back again. Halting a few days at St. Louis, it moved to Cairo by steamer, arriving November 27th.
From here it moved to Nashville, which was soon afterwards besieged by the rebel General Hood. In the battle of Nashville, December 15th and 16th, the Thirty-second, fighting in General Gilbert's Brigade, was warmly engaged, and won great credit for daring, efficient behavior. It captured a battery of five guns and many prisoners, and lost about twenty-five killed and wounded. With the pursuit of the defeated rebels, closed the campaigning of the regiment for the year 1864, in face of the enemy.
Early in 1865, the regiment marched to Clifton, Tennessee, whence it moved by steamer to Eastport, Mississippi. Its next and last campaign, was that of Mobile, under Major-General E. R. S. Canby. It remained in Alabama some time after the fall of Mobile, and was mustered out at Clinton, Iowa, August 24, 1865. Return- ing to Iowa, the Thirty-second Iowa was in due time disbanded, the officers and men receiving everywhere along the line of their journey, the kind greetings and hearty welcome of a grateful people, whose hearts had been with them through all their hardships.
THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
COMPANY B. Musician: Cassius P. Inman.
A history of this regiment will be found in connection with the history of Bremer county.
FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
COMPANY A. Sergeant: Edward C. Bristol.
Corporal: Campbell McClen.
Privates:
Baker, Albert C.,
Pattee, Adam C.,
Daily, Anthony, Smith, Isaac,
Gilbert, James W., Smith, Benjamin,
Harris, Benjamin, Smith, Orrin,
Mann, Isaac B., Wemple, Philip.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
COMPANY E. Captain: Hugh F. L Burton.
Sergeants:
Hiram W. Babcock, Orin F. Shaw,
'Edward Nutting, George A. Mead.
Corporals:
Amos G. Waters, John C. Jerome,
William Farlow, Milo E. Mather,
Eliphalet W. Ensign, Ezra Winship, Willet A. Willis.
Musicians:
Henry F. Blakenship, George Adair.
Wagoner: John L. Eddy.
Privates:
Ackerson, Joseph, Mather, Milo E.,
Alexander, Frank E., Mills, Adarian D ,
Colver, Walter J., Orvis, Fletcher L.,
Dobbins, George P., Overacker, Ransom P.,
Edson, William, Fulsom, Lewis L., Fague, Calvin J., Goodhue, James M., Guthrie, Thomas E., Gilmore, Samuel, Hilton, Seth,
Parthemer, Arthur A., Porter, George L., Spawn, Marion, Smith, Oliver J., Scribner, John W , S urdevant, Harvey B .. Tibbles, James,
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Harmon, Charles R., Voltz, Ferdinand, Hopkins, Harvey H., Wright, Eugene A.,
Hunt, Hiram T., Wieser, Andrew,
Kenison, Solvin S., Wheeler, John,
Kenison, George, Walter, John W.,
Low, Walter W., Willett, Aaron B.,
Maxwell, John E., Wilcox. Jacob.
The Forty-fourth Regiment was one hundred day men, and contained eight hundred and sixty-seven officers and men. It was mustered at Davenport, the Ist of June, 1864, with Stephen H. Henderson as colonel.
FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
COMPANY E. Corporal: Leonidas L. Lush.
SECOND CAVALRY.
COMPANY E. Corporal: Herman Margaretz.
COMPANY I. Surfus, Abraham. ADDITIONAL TO COMPANY A. Dunham, Alfred G., Hunter, David H.
SEVENTH CAVALRY.
COMPANY D. Quartermaster Sergeant-Orville H. Hammond.
COMPANY K. Privates: Baker, Albert C., Mann, Isaac B ,
Gilbert, James W., Smith, Isaac A.,
Harris, Benjamin P., Smith, Benjamin,
Leffler, Godfrey, Smith, Orin C.,
Wemple, Philip.
VETERANS. Sergeant: Edward C. Bristol.
Corporal: Campbell McLean.
Privates:
Baker, Albert C.,
Mann, Isaac B.,
Daily, Anthony,
Smith, Isaac A.,
Gilbert, James M.,
Smith, Benjamin F.,
Harris, Lord M., Smith, Orrin C.,
Leffler, Godfrey,
Wemple, Philip.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
COMPANY G. Corporal: James J. Phillips.
Privates:
De Witt, Charles E. D., Marquand, Charles H., Hickle, Alfred, Quillen, William,
Hodgson, Samuel, Tharp, Washington. "
NINTH CAVALRY.
COMPANY G.
Captain: S. B. Cunningham. Corporal: Nathaniel N. Simpson. Privates:
Cramer, Adam W.,
Daniels, Alfred,
Caldwell, Stephen S.,
Daniels, Lemuel.
THIRD BATTERY.
The Third Battery, more generally known, perhaps, as the "Dubuque Bat- tery," was organized at the eity of Du- buque, in the month of August, 1861.
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Captain M. M. Hayden was in command. This battery distinguished itself at Pea Ridge. Afterwards, its principal battle was that of Helena, where it won high praise. It was subsequently engaged in the campaign of Arkansas.
THIRD BATTERY IOWA LIGHT ARTIL- LERY.
Corporals:
Seymour Brookman, Harvey Quinn.
Musicians:
Joseph Waters, Orvell O. Williams.
Artificers:
Zur H. Graves, William H. Bisbee.
Privates : .
Baker, John N., Kelly, John F.,
Brooksland, Albert,
Martin, Charles S.
Brown, Andrew H.,
Maxwell, George W ,
Clark, William H. H.,
Owens, John D ,
Daniels, Samuel A., Davis, William W.,
Owens, Ludlow D.,
Owens, Chancy F.,
Dawson, William,
Overacker, Henry D.,
Dockstader, L. F.,
Richardson, Wm. H.,
Folsom, Daniel, Wright, Samuel J.,
Hyde, Charles B.,
Wells, Sidney H.,
Hall, Lewis G., Yocum, Christopher.
VETERANS.
Sergeants:
Charles S. Martin, Hiland H. Wcaver.
Corporals: Natlian W. Apliugton, William H. Maiu.
Bugler: Joseph S. Waters.
Privates:
Brooksland, Albert,
Hall, Lewis G.
Bisbee, William H., Owen John D.,
Folsom, Daniel. Quinn, Havey.
IOWA SOLDIERS IN MISSOURI REGI- MENTS.
ENGINEER REGIMENT OF THE WEST.
COMPANY F.
Hawley, Gustave,
Mullins, William N.,
Stewart, John L.
ROLL OF HONOR.
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The following comprises a list of those gallant soldiers who left their homes, their wives and babies and took up the musket for the defense of their country's honor, never to return, finding graves in southern soil; who laid down their lives in defense of the Union. "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country," should be en- graved over the grave of each in charac- ters that will perpetuate throughout all coming time and proclaim to the future generations their noble sacrifice :
Lieutenant John Braden, died of wounds at Rolla, Missouri, October 31, 1864.
Lieutenant. Edward H. Mix, killed in battle, April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisi ina.
Abrens, John, died at Macon, Georgia, Septeni- ber 25, 1862.
Allen, Sylvester E., died September 26, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas.
Blackman, Anson, died March 3, 1865, at Nash- ville, Tennessee.
Burgess, Eli S., died March 7, 1863, at Fort Pil- low, Tennessee.
Bird, William O., died at Macon, Georgia, Sep- tember 29, 1862.
Booram, John, died June 29, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi.
Blass, John. W., killed in battle, April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Burton, George H., killed April 9, 1864, at Pleas- ant Hill, Louisiana.
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Boon, Sylvester M,, died January 3, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Boon, James H., died September 26, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Babcock, Joseph, died June 5, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Brooksland, Albert, died September 5, 1865, at Fort Smith.
Considine, Peter, died at Kcokuk, December 5, 1862, of typhoid fever.
Champlain, William R., died May 21, 1864, .at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, of wounds.
Clawson, Phineas, died June 5, 1864, at Mem- phis, Tenness( c.
DeWitt, Stephen, killed April 6, 1862, at Shiloh, Tennessee, in battle.
Dodge, Mordecai, died March 5, 1864, at Colum- bus, Kentucky.
Daniels, Alfred, died March 2, 1864, at Benton Barracks, Missouri.
De Moss, James, dicd October 10, 1862, at Cor- inth, Mississippi, of wounds.
Davis, William W., killed July 14, 1863.
Doekstader, Leonard T., died August 24, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ferris, Theodore H., died April 26, 1863, at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
Farlow, Uriab, died July 1, 1864, at Cedar Falls. Horsington, Hiram, died at Atlanta, Georgia. June 30, 1862.
Hopkins, Harvey W., died at Memphis; Tennes- see, September 19, 1864.
Hogdson, Samuel, died May 7, 1865, at St. Louis, 'Missouri.
Halstead, William R., died July 8, 1864, at Mem- phis, Tennessee.
Henderson, David M., died March 12, 1865, at Davenport.
Hites, Elijah, killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Hough, Nehemiah R, died June 4, 1864, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Hesse, Stephen, died February 9, 1863, at Fort - Pillow, Tennessee.
Inman, Cas-ius, died September 13, 1863, at New Orleans, Louisiana.
Johnson, Charles, died September 11, 1862, at Macon, Georgia, of starvation, while pris- oner of war.
Kelly, Marshall, died at New Madrid, December 21, 1862.
Kimmel, George W., died March 8, 1863, at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
Kimmel, Zacheus F., died April 5, 1863, at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
Leverich, Willard, killed March 7, 1862, at Pea Ridge.
Long, Wesley H., died April 27, 1864, at New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lewis, Charles, died September 16,1864, at Tyler, Texas, while prisoner of war.
Lewis, Wilbert L., killed April 9, 1864, at Pleas- ant Hill, in battle.
Mason, George, died at St. Louis, January 25, 1862.
Martin, Henry, killed June 23, 1863, at Vicks- burg, Mississippi.
Mix, Thomas M., killed September 17, 1861, at Blue Mills, Missouri.
Myers, Philip B., died of wounds received at Atlanta, Georgia, August 1, 1864.
Myers, John M., killed Mareh 7, 1862, at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in action.
McCain, John, died September 12, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas. r
Miller, Francis M., died January 20, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Miller, Elias G., died December 12, 1863, at Benton, Arkansas.
Nutting, Edmond, died at Memphis, June 29, 1864.
Olmstead, Robert L, died April 20, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, of wounds.
Parks, George, died of wounds received at Mata- inora, Tennessee, October 18, 1862.
Panley, Charles, died at Huntsville Missouri, February 13, 1862.
Parriott Jasper, killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Phillippi, Jehu, killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
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Pierce, Moses, died July 14, 1864, at Cairo, Illi- nois.
Spears, William, died of chronic diarrhea, No- vember 10, 1864, at Sedalia, Missouri,
Surfus, Emanuel, died at Camp Franklin, No- vember 6, 1862.
SLeffer, James M., died July 8, 1864, at Mem- phis, Tennessee.
Smith, Isaac A., died March 10, 1865, at Spirit . · Lake
Stockdale, William, died March 4, 1864, at Mound City, Illinois.
Smith, James, died July 24, 1863, at Columbus, Kentucky.
Sperry, James U., died February 8, 1864, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Swim, John B., killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Sturtz, Solomon, died June 6, 1864, at Vicks- burg, Mississippi.
Sturtz, Michael, died November 3, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Sturtz, Adam, died May 22, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana,
Sturdevant, Harvey B, died August 30, 1864, at Keokuk.
Thomas, Henry, died March 4, 1863, at Fort Pil- low, Tennessee.
Winchell, Lyford, died at Shell Rock, Butler · county, Iowa, November 12, 1863.
Wilson, Ezra S , died May 19, 1863, at Fort Pil- low, Tennessee.
Waters, Julius A., killed April 9, 1864, at Pleas- ant Hill, Louisiana.
Wamsly, Martin V , died June 26, 1864, at Tyler, Texas, while prisoner of war.
CHAPTER XVII.
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OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY.
This organization was effected in 1882, and is therefore so young that there is not much history connected with it. But we present the proceedings of the last two meetings in this connection, and from this, all information can be gleaned. The best and most prominent men in the county are taking an active interest in the matter, and the result will be that Butler county will have an Old Settlers' organization that will be second to none. All persons who have been residents of Butler county for fifteen years are eligible to membership in the society.
The following are the proceedings of the society at their first meeting.
OLD SETTLERS' MEETING.
Pursuant to a call of the president, the Old Settlers' Society of Butler county met in Clarksville, on Saturday, September 30, 1882.
The meeting was called to order by the president, G. W. Poisal.
It was moved and seconded that the constitution of the society be amended so as to read as follows:
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The officers of this society shall consist of a President, sixteen Vice-Presidents (one in each township,) Secretary and Treasurer.
Carried.
The following officers were then elected for the ensuing year:
President, J. R. Jones.
Vice-Presidents: Fremont-S. Bonwell.
Dayton-C. H. Forney.
Coldwater-J. Hart.
Bonnezette-M. Wilson. Pittsford-J. Harlan. West Point-C. L. Jones. Jackson-Cyrus Doty. Shell Rock-J. H. Carter. Jefferson-Martin Bailey.
Ripley-Henry Trotter. Madison-E. Coyle. Washington-M. Parrott. Monroe-J. M. Caldwell. Albion-Richard Daniels. Beaver- James Collar. Secretary, Cyrus Doty. Treasurer, G. W. Poisal.
The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the president and vice-presi- dents appoint a committee to examine and cor- rect the manuscript history of Butler county, which is now being prepared by S. J. Clarke and his corps or historians.
The meeting adjourned to meet at Harrison's Hall, in the village of Clarksville, on Saturday, October 14, 1882. at 1 o'clock P. M.
CYRUS DOTY, Secretary.
Shortly afterwards the following call was made for the meeting on October 14th, viz:
The Old Settlers' Society of Butler county will meet at Harrison's Hall, Clarksville, Saturday, October 14th, at 1 o'clock P. M. All persons residents of Butler county fifteen years, are eligible to membership in the society, and are therefore respectfully invited to attend.
J. R. JONES, President.
CYRUS DOTY, Secretary.
The society met as per adjournment, at Clarksville, and the following appeared as their proceedings:
OLD SETTLERS' MEETING.
On Monday, according to adjournment, the Old Settlers' Association met at Harrison's Hall. The President called the meeting to order. Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
The object of the meeting was for the ratifica- tion of the constitution and by-laws, and to more fully complete an organization.
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