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Landing on the morning of the 6th, of February, they took up the line of march to invest the fort, but learned that Commodore
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Foote had already taken it before their arrival. After remaining a week at the Fort, on the 12th of February, 1862, the march was resumed with Fort Donelson as the objective point, which point was reached next day. About 5 P. M .. , the seventh was ordered to the front to support battery H., first Missouri light artillery; and spent the night without shelter or blankets. The next day the regiment was ordered to take its place with the brigade as that was going into action. But after reaching headquarters it was not considered advisable to make the charge so the brigade remained all day in line of battle until the shades of night gave the neces- sary cover for their removal.
The weather became quite boisterous. A heavy shower of rain falling at midnight, but before morning had dawned it had changed to snow, and the face of the earth was covered with a wintry mantle, and the temperature remaining cold, the men suffered much, owing to their exposed . positions and general want of blankets.
On the morning of the 15th the skirmishers were deployed, and at 2 P. M. the brigade was ordered to charge the rebel works. The second Iowa never having been in a fight, having only joined the brigade on Friday the 14th, was given the post of honor in leading the charge, supported by the balance of the brigade. The seventh Iowa moved up to the works in fine style, entered the sally-port, and gained, with the second Iowa, a position inside the rebel works. Then were ordered to fall back and take shelter on the outside of the fortification, where they bivouacked all night with- out fires, and suffered much from the inclemency of the weather. Next morning, Sunday, February 16th, when the day dawned, the white flag from the grim summit of Fort Donelson, told quite plainly that the strife for its mastery was ended, and in a short time our boys were marching in and taking possession. So- fell this noted rebel stronghold, and the gallant seventh Iowa claims its meed of praise.
Here the regiment remained for three weeks, and were then ordered to proceed up the Tennessee river on transports to Pitts- burg Landing. They were nearly a week making the voyage, being unable to land, owing to the tempestuous weather. The regiment remained in camp until the memorable 6th of April, 1862, when Beauregard with his host of rebels attacked our whole line.
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The 7th Iowa was on parade for inspection when the battle com- menced, but in a few minutes it was moved to the front, where it was engaged the balance of the day. About four o'clock P. M. the whole brigade was ordered to fall back, in which retrograde move- ment Gen. W. H. L. Wallace, commanding the division, fell, and the 7th lost one officer, color-sergeant, and seven men killed, and a number wounded. The regiment was rallied in the edge of the timber, and helped- stop the advance of the rebels, and a short time afterwards fell back to the main road, where the weary troops bivouacked for the night, the rain falling in torrents.
The next morning the whole line advanced on the rebels, and before noon they were in full rout. At night the regiment returned to the old camp and got a warm supper, the first they had had in two days, but were compelled to lie without shelter, the tents being occupied by the wounded of both armies. They remained in camp here until the 27th of April, when the whole army moved to the memorable seige of Corinth. On this march the regiment- used the shovel for the first time in throwing up works and rifle pits, and about the first of June, when contiguous to Corinth, it was ascertained that the enemy had evacuated it, and the seventh, with the division, was ordered in pursuit of the enemy. After an arduous tramp without coming up with them, it returned and went into camp near Corinth and remained quiet for the balance of the summer, doing picket and guard duty.
On the 17th the regiment reached Iuka, having left camp two days before, and from Gen. Grant's order No. 1, the division to which it was attached, deserves as much credit and praise as the troops which were actually engaged.
Leaving Iuka the same night, the regiment tramped back to their old quarter at Camp Montgomery, where they remained until the 3d of October, 1862, when they were ordered to the front to meet the forces of Van Dorn and Price. The seventh was on hand, and a more gallant fight the men never made. On the 3d of October, in the afternoon, Gen. Dains, who commanded the division when our weak line was driven back to Fort Robinette, placed the seventh Iowa in a position of honor in support of a · battery, which was then stationed at the above fort. At 8 A. M. the next day they were thrown out to support skirmishers, the enemy being in strong force in front. The skirmish line fell back,
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and upon the fact being reported to Gen. Dains, he ordered the seventh to take position on their old ground, and but a few minutes elapsed before the enemy appeared in their front in vast numbers; but thanks to the nerve of Iowa's sons, the second and seventh Iowa held the ridge, when there was no support from the balance of the division. Gen. Sweeny, who was in command of the briga le, gave the order for them to retire a short distance, and in his official report made special mention of the two regiments in question.
The seventh Iowa retired about fifty yards, when they were rallied and made a charge on the enemy, which put him to flight, and the victory was won. Returned next day to Corinth, where they remained until the 6th, when they moved to Rienzi, from thence to Kossuth, then to Boneyard, where they staid a month, then returned to Corinth, where under tents they spent the winter. In March, 1863, the regiment went to Bethel, Tenn., where it remained until June 1st, when it was returned to Corinth. After much such marching and countermarching all summer, they arrived November 11, 1863, at Pulaski, Tenn., where they went into camp doing escort duty for the various trains of supplies.
About the 20th of December, 1863, orders were received allowing men who had been in the service two years to veteranize, and in a few days three-fourths of the men present for duty re-enlisted. The regiment started home on the 7th of January, 1864, and were furloughed for thirty days from the 20th of January. On the 20th of February the boys commenced to rendezvous at Keokuk with some two hundred recruits, which were mustered into the regi- ment. Left Keokuk February 27th, and proceeded to Prospect, Tenn., which point they garrisoned until the 27th of April, when they started on the ever-memorable Atlanta campaign.
This march was one of continual skirmishing and fighting. The seventh, upon crossing the Oostanaula river, at Lay's ferry, May 15th, was thrown to the front to feel the enemy, who were in strong force, and but a few minutes sufficed to bring on the deadly conflict, which lasted but a few moments, and terminated in the complete rout of the rebels, consisting of an entire division com- manded by Gen. Walker. The seventh Iowa did not number four hundred muskets, and yet out of this small number it lost sixty-five men, killed and wounded, inside of ten minutes. No
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regiment in the United States service ever behaved with more gallantry, and it was with difficulty that the men could be drawn off from a force five times their number.
This was the first severe fighting of the campaign, but it con- tinued from that time until the first of September, including Rome cross-roads, Dallas, New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Nick-a-Jack creek, and in close proximity to Atlanta, in all of which the seventh bore an honorable part. On the 22d of July, during the engagement in which Gen. McPherson fell, the regiment was an active participant, and added new laurels to her former bright wreath.
The regiment moved from the front of Atlanta, and struck the West Point railroad, near Palmetto, and from thence to Jonesboro, supporting Kilpatrick's cavalry in driving the enemy, and was with the command under Gen. Sherman, which compelled Hood to evacuate Atlanta. The regiment went by rail from East Point to Rome, Ga., where it arrived September 20th. It was then ordered to Allatoona on the 4th of October, but did not reach there in time to take part in the bloody fray of the 5th .. By orders received the regiment returned to Rome on the 7th of October, and remained until November 11th, when they took up the line of march with that dauntless band of heroes, who marched with Sherman from Atlanta through the heart of Georgia, and with that matchless captain entered the city of Savannah December 21, 1864.
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH IOWA INFANTRY.
In the fall of 1862, in response to a call for more troops, made by President Lincoln, the county felt its patriotism again aroused, and a full company was raised to go to the front. This was in- corporated in the 38th Iowa Infantry, and was known as company C., and as we before traced the movements of the Chickasaw boys by their regiment, we will once again follow their fortunes.
The regiment was organized at Dubuque, and mustered into the United States service November 4, 1862. The aggregate number at that date being 910 men.
In obedience to orders received, the regiment moved from the camp of organization December 15, 1862, and arrived at Benton barracks, St. Louis, December 17th, by way of the Illinois Central railroad. On the 28th they were ordered by Maj. Gen. Curtis, commanding the department of the Missouri, to report at Helena,
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Ark. Embarking on board the steamer Platte Valley, the regi- ment proceeded down the river as far as Columbus, Ky., where it was stopped on the 30th and ordered by Brig. Gen. Davies, com- manding department of Columbus, on an expedition out on the Ohio and Mobile railroad, to Union City, under the command of Col. Moore, of the twenty-fourth Missouri. On their arrival there the next day the forces were drawn up in line of battle to receive the enemy, after patiently waiting for it all day, they failed to make its appearance.
January 1, 1863, orders were received from Brig. Gen. Davies for the expedition to return to Columbus, where further orders were awaiting the regiment from Gen. Curtis, to re-embark on the steamer and proceed to New Madrid, Mo .; all orders to the contrary countermanded. On the arrival of the thirty-eighth at New Madrid, on the 2d, it took possession of Fort Thompson, which had been evacuated, magazines blown up, guns spiked and dis- mounted, and carriages burned, as also were the barracks. The boys, however, went to work, built new barracks, unspiked and remounted the guns, and remained at New Madrid doing guard duty until June 7th, when, by order of Gen. Curtis, the regiment embarked on the steamer Daniel G. Taylor, and proceeded down. the Mississippi and up the Yazoo to Sherman's Landing, where they arrived on the 11th, and were ordered to report at Young's Point, where they arrived the same day. From thence marching across the point, and crossing-the river at Warrenton on the 15th found themselves in front of the enemies' works at Vicksburg, and on the extreme left of Grant's army. Here the regiment was assigned to the first brigade, second division, thirteenth army corps, and were constantly engaged in filling details, supporting. the first Missouri battery, constructing earthworks, digging rifle- pits, and advancing our lines until the glorious 4th of July, when the city capitulated.
Many of the regiment were overcome by the heat and the ardu- ous duty, and the miasma which was constantly arising from the swamp on whose border the regiment was encamped, was the cause of fevers and disorders which arose, and reduced it to half its original number. Disease thinned the ranks each day while the casualties resulting from the siege were slight.
July 5th, in company with the other troops, it marched into the
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works, and on the 12th, while embarking for Port Hudson, the news was brought of the capture of that place, and the regiment ordered up the Yazoo river.
It was with Gen. Herron at the capture of Yazoo City, and in the raid into the country of the Big Black river, from which they returned laden with horses, cotton, mules, and negroes.
Returned to Vicksburg on the 21st, and on the 25th again embarked for Port Hudson, La., where it arrived the 27th. At this place the regiment was so reduced by sickness, that the morning report for August 13th shows only eight officers and twenty men fit for duty. Many valuable officers were lost, among whom was Col. D. H. Hughes, who died on the steamer Lebanon, August 7th.
August 15th, embarked on the steamer Sally Robinson for Carrollton, La., and arrived the following day. While at this place many who had been sent up the river sick, or had been left in the hospital at Vicksburg, rejoined the regiment, which was now again ready for the field, and joined the expedition under Gen. Banks against Texas.
The fleet sailed from New Orleans, October 23, 1863, and after experiencing a heavy gulf storm, arrived at Brazos Santiago, Texas, November 2d. The regiment with the balance of the com- mand was landed on the 3d, and on the 6th moved forward toward Brownsville, encamping the same night on the old battle ground of Palo Alto. On the 9th the regiment advanced to Brownsville, which it found in possession of our forces, to whom it had been surrendered without opposition.
Here the regiment went into camp and continued to do guard duty until the evacuation of the place, which took place July 28, 1864, when it returned to New Orleans.
Arriving at that port on the 5th of August, the thirty-eighth was ordered again to embark on the steamer Josephine, and sailed for Mobile bay, arriving at Fort Gaines (which had been taken on the 7th), on the 9th, and were landed on Mobile point, in the rear of Fort Morgan, the same day. While here the regiment was engaged in picket and fatigue duty, until the surrender of Fort Morgan, on the morning of the 23d of August. After remaining on Mobile Point until September 8th, the regiment was ordered back to New Orleans, where it remained for some time, The
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regiment was engaged in the last battle of the war, which was the taking of Fort Blakely the day before Lee's surrender. The regi- ment was mustered out of the service at Houston, Texas, but did not disband until its arrival in Davenport. While at Morganzie Bend, above New Orleans, the regiment was consolidated with the thirty-fourth, but still retained its old number; by this consolida- tion some officers were necessarily dispensed with.
THE FOURTH IOWA CAVALRY. -
Chickasaw county raised a company for this favorite and gallant regiment, which was known as company H, and also furnished some more men for company B. The regiment was organized with Asbury B. Porter, as colonel; Thos. Drummond, as lieut. col .; S. D. Swan, J. E. Jewett, and G. A. Stone, as majors, and was mustered into the service of the United States at Mount Pleasant, November 21, 1861.
Of the service performed by the cavalry it is difficult to give a connected history, so much of it being done by detached com- panies, but this regiment has covered itself with unfading laurels throughout its numberless campaigns, distinguishing itself and losing men at Guntown, Miss .; Helena, Ark .; Bear Creek, Miss .; near Memphis, Tenn .; Town Creek, Miss .; Columbus, Ga .; Mechanicsburg, Miss .; Little Blue River, Ark .; Brownsville, Miss .; Ripley, Black River Bridge, and Tupelo, Miss .; Little Red River, Ark .; Granada, Miss .; Yazoo River, Miss .; White River, Ark .; Osage, Kan .; Lick Creek, Ark .; Okalona, Miss., and St. Francis River, Ark. After partaking of the hardships of many a weary campaign, and suffering the privations and losses attendent on a mounted regiment, it was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., August 10, 1865.
ROSTER OF VOLUNTEERS FROM CHICKASAW COUNTY.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Major G. W. Howard, Lieut. G. J. Tisdale,
Captain Gideon Gardner,
Lieut. Albert E. Rupe,
Captain J. H. Powers,
Lieut. John A. Green,
Captain H. C. Baldwin,
Lieut. F. W. Barron,
Captain D. E. Bronson,
Lieut. Geo. Dodge,
Captain S. S. Troy,
Lieut. F. D. Bosworth,
Captain C. W. Foster,
Lieut. E. A. Haskill,
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Captain D. McTaggart,
Lient. J. A. Albertson,
Captain D. C. Crawford,
Lieut. R. W. Foster,
Lieut. W. W. Birdsall,
Lieut. O. O. Poppleton,
Lieut. Chas. Trout,
Asst. Surg. S. C. Haynes.
The following is a list of the non-commissioned officers and privates as far as can be gathered from the reports of the State Adjutant General. It has been found almost impossible to pre- pare a complete list at this day, but no pains have been spared to make as full a report as possible.
THIRD INFANTRY. George W. Stocks.
SEVENTH` INFANTRY-CO. B.
Dudley L. Campbell,
D. Campbell,
Gilbert J. Tisdale,
Irving M. Fisher,
Dan. McTaggart,
C. M. Fisher,
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Wm. W. Birdsall,
C. W. Foster,
Andy J. Felt,
E. A. Haskell,
Geo. S. Arnold,
F. M. Hurley, 1
Geo. Morse,
T. Horton,
O. A. Holmes,
Jas. R. Howard,
H. S. Wisner,
Benj. E. Morton,
Geo. Pease,
A. H. Morton,
C. J. Channer,
Jno. McGee, R. H. Mills,
F. Albertson,
J. B. Bailey,
Henry W. Montrose,
· Zelotes Bailey, Frank Birdwell, H. Bean,
Wm. Nurman, Burton H. Poppleton,
L. L. Bean,
Julius H. Powers,
Z. Z. Bryant,
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Levi Carkin, Allen Case,
Horatio P. Smith.
D. H. Shannon,
E. M. Thayer,
E: J. Taylor,
C. F. Palmester,
Jno. Thomas,
A. G. Strong,
Wm. Tannehill,
W. H. Mills,
Jeff. Thomas, Jno. Morse,
O. O. Poppleton,
Chas. J. Channer.
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Meltiah Nye,
Josiah A. Rutherford,
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NINTH INFANTRY-CO. E.
David VanKleick, G. J. Tisdale.
CO. F.
D. L. Benedict, Myron R. Benedict.
CO. H. Wm. Everingham. CO. I.
A. C. Johnston,
Geo. W. Johnston,
Jno. W. Stuart.
Jno. Williams, Isaac Demott, Sam. Sutton.
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY-UNASSIGNED.
G. C. Reed,
A. J. Allen,
Jno. Welsh, F. M. Drake.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY-CO. B.
Thos. R. Boyce, Chas. Bird.
L. P. Hawley.
TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY -- CO. G.
Jno. E. Beitler,
Richard Bean,
Frank McConnell,
Sylvester Bement,
Wm. Dyas,
W. F. Clark,
Robt. Beck,
N. W. Cotton,
Chas. Victor,
D. J. Caswell,
Jno. McConnell,
Albert Cuffell,
Newel Helms,
J. S. Dowd, Jno. Felcher,
Amos F. Ripley,
L. S. Bullard,
B. G. Feeney,
Geo. W. Bean,
Henry Greineisen,
Jacob Beck,
Chas. Hickok,
E. W. Hall,
D. Hall.
John Harris,
Alex. Jones,
B. R. Horton,
E. Ludden,
Byron Hovey,
John McConnell,
J. W. Pratt,
J. Morris,
Smiley Sample,
Warren Parrish,
Geo. Wood,
Benj. Parker,
Jno. Rowe.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY-CO. G.
Jas. M. Jackson, Z. H. Morton,
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John Pullar, C. W. Sherman,
D. D. Beynolds, L. H. Yeager.
THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. Sergent Major, C. W. Foster. CO. A. Gulman Kelley, -
CO. C.
James N. Kerr,
Jethro Jones,
F. D. Barron,
Henry Kepler,
T. D. Cotant,
Samuel Kephart,
F. Loveless,
C. O. Kingsberry,.
Henry L. Sholts,
R. W. Kidder,
H. B. Trask,
J. A. King,
O. H. Clause,
J. D. Keith,
C. E. Tyler,
E. G. Miller, Jr.,
A. B. Legg,
Luke Milmine,
C. H. Rogers,
T. E. Mills,
Wm. Johnson,
J. H. Parsons,
Geo. Strong,
H. H. Parks,
James A. Glass,
Chas. S. Parks,
H. H. Huffman,
M. C. Roby,
Ozro Hill,
W. C. Rembaugh,
Jacob Horning,
John Roe,
Wm. W. Hawkins,
Henry Shoemaker,
D. Henderson,
Geo. Strong,
M. B. Johnson,
F. F. Still,
Henry F. Steindroph,
Chas. P. Snow,
S. W. Byers,
G. W. Simpson,
F. M. Appleberry,
G. C. Scripture,
Zenas Bigelow,
W. H. Stone,
Geo. W. Beach,
Alvin A. Brown,
Chas. Stowell,
H. Baker, Jr.
Josiah Spencer,
Allen Vaughn,
N. Vaughn,
A. Vantassell,
John G. Wright,
S. A. Wood,
Benj. Carter, D. F. Culver,
Jos. Stutton, Jr.,
A. M. Coffinger,
Wm. Cotant,
W. A. Cole,
Richmond Carkins,
Abram Wortendyke,.
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O. J. Clapper, Jos. Dupas, John Dayton,
Geo. Demiston, E. H. Ellis, Geo. Forsman, L. Fairbanks,
J. Weiler, John C. Whittier, T. W. Williams, Alonzo Wheeler, Allen Wheeler,
L. Yeager, Albert Slater,
CO. F. Jacob Rush.
FORTY-FIRST INFANTRY-CO. B.
Jno. W. Dixon,
Jos. Dixon.
SECOND CAVALRY-CO. I.
Howard Weikle, Fred Young,
Jesse Weikle, Peter Young.
FOURTH CAVALRY. E. A. Haskell, 3d Brig. Q. M. CO. B.
Andw. Bray, Thomas Legg, .
W. G. McDonald,
George Miller, Milo S. Pelton, Levi M. Smith.
CO. H.
Stephen W. Grosbeck, Seth Martin,
D. A. Babcock,
E. W. Beach,
Norman A. Chapell,
T. W. Robb, A. R. Toms,
Geo. W. Miller, Wm. Doyle, Oreites Wilcox, D. Campbell, N. J. Watson, W. Reardon, J. H. Stocks, Jas. Albertson, S. M. Legg, Jas. Miller,
Chas. W. Session, Jas. Rooney,
Henry K. Martin,
Geo. Patrick,'
Jas. Arnott,
A. J. Bray,
C. A. Baldwin, Martin Bigger,
Lewis Choate, F. A. Coe, H. A. Cornet, And'w Gibson, Adin B. Harris, L. H. Huffman, Zenas Thomas, H. K. Thomas, Thos Legg,
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Geo. Miller,
C. P. Campbell,
C. K. Miller,
F. R. Coe,
M. S. Pelton,
And'w Laird,
Oliver Pelton,
Jas. Miller,
L. Patrick,
E. W. Swift, 1
Amos C. Rowley.
Chas. Ready.
SIXTH CAVALRY-CO. B.
M. E. D. Witted,
M. V. Marion,
Jerome Bourcey,
T. H. Merritt,
J. H. Brown,
Frank Stephenson,
J. F. M. Clark,
Wm. F. Tucker,
V. A. Fuller,
M. S. Whitney.
CO. C.
Francis Burdick,
M. Nolan,
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Geo. Hawkins,
Fred Padden,
R. L. Bean,
J. R. Stephenson,
Daniel Blorhan,
C. H. Starboard,
M. Hinchy,
S. H. Todd.
W. McNoble,
CO. L.
Ambrose Legg, L. Phillips.
MISCELLANEOUS. -
Lucius Bemet, 14th U. S. Regulars.
Morgan A. Hance, 1st Nebraska Cavalry.
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CHAPTER XIV.
RECORD OF EVENTS OCCURRING IN THE COUNTY FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT TIME CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED.
This chapter is largely devoted to a brief review or chronology of prominent events in the history of the county, bringing them down to the present; omitting, however, the records of elections, and the officers elected each year, as they are given elsewhere.
1836.
About this year a trading post was established, by the govern- ment, at or near where the town of Bradford now stands.
1840.
Land broke and fenced at the forks of the Cedar river for Indians to cultivate; the government treating it as a reservation. 1847.
Reported massacre of women and children, belonging to a large party of Sioux Indians, by a land of Winnebagoes on the warpath. This was in Deerfield township as now known.
1848.
Truman Merritt, the first white man to make a settlement within the boundaries of the county, located near the Cedar river, in the southwestern part of the county.
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1850.
First white child born in the county, being a daughter of Truman Merritt.
T. G. Staples made the first settlement in what is now known as Stapleton township.
Terrence Cummerford, first man to locate in Utica township.
1851.
First male white child born within the limits of the county, Elmer Case, at Greenwood.
John and J. A. J. Bird and others settled at Bradford village. 1852.
First school at village of Bradford and the first one in the county.
James Lyon, afterwards the first county judge, located in what is now Utica township.
1853.
During this year the first attempt was made towards organizing the county and an election was held, but John Bird, organizing sheriff, for some reason withheld all returns and it was a failure.
The first settlement made in what is now Chickasaw township by William and Joel Bartlett, Jos. Lee, L. D. Hoisington, Samuel Monroe, James L. Frazee, and others.
Henry Shaffer located in the township of Jacksonville, being the first to do so within its limits.
The first sermon was preached during the year by Mr. Ingam at the house of John Bird at villiage of Bradford.
The first store in the county was also opened this year at the same place by J. A. J. Bird.
The first marriage license was granted to Joseph Aving and Eliza- beth Jarrard, September 5.
1854.
- County organized, with but one election precinct, called Bradford, May 3rd.
First license to peddle issued to L. E. Hackleton, Feb. 10, by the county court.
Commissioners, appointed for that purpose, locate the county seat at Bradford village.
First court house built the same year, being a log house, with- out ceiling.
Andy Sample, built the first saw mill and George Bronson the
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first hotel in the county, both these at Bradford, where alone there was any settlement to amount to much. William Dow, who has the honor to be the first blacksmith also located this year.
The town of Chickasaw surveyed and platted, and the sawmill at that place erected, this year, as was also the school organized and taught by Miss Jane Billings.
September 1st, Frederick Padden, located at Fredericksburg, being the first settler in that township Samuel Marsh and others follow- ing in this same year.
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