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The officers of the board have also been the same since the society organized. They are B. F. Reed, president; Myron Schenck, vice-president; C. T. Chubb, treasurer ; Edwin Blackford, secretary, Mrs. E. M. Horton, curator.
Conforming to the provisions of the constitution, the board admits applicants to membership upon its approval. While the board is thus required to vote on the matter of the admission of applicants, anyone interested in the cause will be gladly received into fellowship. Any member upon the payment of five dollars becomes entitled to a certificate of life membership, the wife or husband of such person being also included. The dues of all other members are one dollar per year. The pres- ent board has shown no disposition to collect these annual dues, after those of the first year have been paid, and it is not probable that they will do so unless the money is needed for some specific purpose.
The following names are on the list of life members: William H. Ingham, Caroline A. Ingham, B. F. Reed, Stella E. Reed, Edwin Blackford, Emma Black- ford, C. T. Chubb, Laura T. Chubb, Myron Schenck, Sadie Schenck, Geo. E. Boyle, Mrs. Geo. E. Boyle, H. C. Adams, Irma D. Adams, J. W. Hinchon, Theo. Chris- chilles, Elise Chrischilles, J. R. Jones, Flora A. Jones.
Names on the list of annual members are as follows: Elizabeth M. Horton, J. E. Blackford, Rod Jain, Joan Pettibone, Harriette E. Stacy, F. M. Taylor, J. W. Robinson and A. Hutchison.
To keep a record of the passing of the old settlers, to collect pioneer relics, and to preserve resource material pertaining to the county for the benefit of future historians, are the principal objects of the society.
The meetings are held in the library assembly room, but no place as yet has been secured for the keeping of pioneer relics. The society is badly in need of a fire- proof room for this purpose. It has in its possession numerous small articles that have a history that is interesting. Among the relics in its possession is the first safe used by the county treasurer, in which for years the funds of the county were deposited. This safe is neither iron nor steel but is made of leather-an ordinary portfolio, such as bankers now use for keeping their notes. This gift to the society is from Mrs. Harriette E. Stacy whose husband used it in the office in early days. The record of the Algona Reading Club, as kept by its numerous secretaries from the fall of 1857 until it ceased to exist, is another of the relics. This gift is also from Mrs. Stacy, who was one of the active members of that social organization, and was the first editor of the Algona Bee, which the club maintained and had read
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at its sessions. The most important of all the historic relics in its possession is the old Sanitary flag, which the Northwest Sanitary Commission presented to the county in 1864 for excelling the other counties in the state in the amount of contri- butions-in proportion to the population-for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers. The board of supervisors May 19,1911, designated the historical society as its proper custodian.
The organization of the historical society was the result of a meeting that had been held on Saturday evening, November 9, 1909, at the Library Assembly hall, under the auspices of the Woman's Library Aid Society. The ladies had published their program several months previous to that time, of the meetings that were to be held during the coming year, and had set apart this particular meeting for a dis- cussion on the general subject of the value and need of a historical society. They departed from their usual custom by naming several men on the program who were to lead in the discussions.
At the meeting, President Irma D. Adams, of the W. L. A. S., tendered the chair to Mrs. Caroline A. Ingham, pending the discussions. Speeches and remarks were made on the subject by B. F. Reed, C. T. Chubb, W. H. Ingham, W. C. Dewel, Mrs. E. M. Horton, J. E. Blackford, J. R. Jones, G. W. Pangburn, Edwin Blackford, Joan Pettibone, S. A. Thompson and J. W. Robinson. Upon the passing of the motion of C. T. Chubb that "we now proceed to organize a county historical so- ciety," B. F. Reed was named as president, and Edwin Blackford, secretary. Then W. H. Ingham, C. T. Chubb and W. C. Dewel were elected as a part of the direc- tors. Next it was decided that the elections at that time were premature, and that the whole matter be deferred until the 14th of that month, when a consitution could be adopted which should provide the method for the organization.
THE OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION
The formation of a historical society was the slow outgrowth of the Old Set- tlers' Association which flourished for a long term of years, but which became defunct after the directors of the fair began setting apart one day as "an old set- tlers' day." The old settlers had formed no definite organization until October 23, 1886, although they had been meeting from time to time for several years to renew friendships and talk over the events that had transpired years before. At this meeting W. B. Carey presided and O. F. Hale recorded the minutes of the pro- ceedings. J. E. Blackford, J. R. Armstrong, Samuel Reed and A. L. Seeley were the committee that reported the constitution which was adopted. The preamble recited: "We, the undersigned, residents of Kossuth county, Iowa, for the pur- pose of renewing old associations and perpetuating the memories of our early pio- neer life, do hereby form ourselves into a society to be known as The Old Settlers' Association, and agree to be governed by the following rules and regulations." The first article read as follows: "Any person having been a resident of the county for twenty years may become a member of this association by application to the secretary and by signing these articles of agreement."
The first officers elected were: J. E. Blackford, president ; John Reed, secre- tary ; Mrs. W. F. Hofius, treasurer, Addison Fisher, S. S. Rist, Lizzie B. Read, Eugenia Smith and Mrs. L. K. Garfield, vice-presidents.
The officers-president, secretary and treasurer-elected in succeeding years were as follows:
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1887-W. H. Ingham, B. F. Reed, J. E. Blackford.
1888-August Zahlten, Harvey Ingham, William Johnson.
1889-R. J. Hunt, B. F. Reed, William Johnson.
1890-Samuel Reed, Bertha Carey, William Johnson.
1891-Horace Schenck, Emma Zahlten, William Johnson.
1892-No meetings or elections held.
1893-Dr. M. H. Hudson, Geo. C. Call, F. M. Taylor.
1894-L. Witham, Ed. Blackford, John Reed.
1895-C. D. Pettibone, Ed. Blackford, John Reed.
1896-F. M. Taylor, Ed. Blackford, John Reed.
1897-Geo. C. Call, Ed. Blackford, John Reed.
1898-Lewis H. Smith, Ed. Blackford, C. C. Chubb.
At the time of the last meeting in 1898 there were 350 members of the asso- ciation. The annual meetings were full of interest, no part of the program being better enjoyed than the picnic dinners. J. E. Blackford was always present to read the list of the deceased old settlers. His remarks concerning them were a review of the early settlements and conditions, and were always listened to with the closest attention. In those days no one took a deeper interest in the welfare of the early settlers than did Mr. Blackford.
JAMES C. TAYLOR POST
The James C. Taylor, G. A. R. Post, No. 165, was organized by Mustering Offi- cer Col. Burrell, May 4, 1883. The soldier in whose honor the post was named, Jas. C. Taylor, offered his services to the government soon after the opening of hositilities in the rebellion, and lost his life from disease while in a military camp at St. Louis. He was the youngest son of Father Taylor; was among the first volunteers from this county, and was a member of Company F, Second Iowa Cavalry.
The first officers chosen were: L. A. Sheetz, commander ; John Wallace, senior vice commander ; A. E. Wheelock, junior vice commander ; J. C. Heckart, quarter- master ; Anthony H. Durant, sergeant ; L. M. B. Smith, chaplain ; R. H. Spencer, O. of D .; Hugh Waterhouse, O. of G .; John Reed, adjutant ; A. A. Brunson, senior major ; G. H. Lamson, quartermaster sergeant.
For a long period of years the evening of the 22d of February was given over to the old soldiers. No greater crowd ever assembled in the rink or armory than at the annual "bean supper" banquets. It was the principal social event of the year. Old and young looked forward to its approach with pleasure. The program following the banquet was so varied as to be instructive and entertaining. Lofty eloquence frequently came from the lips and soul of local talent, and campfire stories were recalled and related by the veterans. Business and professional men had their turn in addressing an audience that would have been a credit to a Clay or a Webster. The clergyman in particular found such occasions to be golden opportunities for inspiring the rising generation to be loyal to the stars and stripes.
When business changes caused the armory to be abandoned as an assembly room, the attendance at the bean suppers became less than formerly. Moreover, the veterans have become too old to engineer the annual programs on these occa-
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sions with the same enthusiasm that they manifested during the thirty years follow- ing the close of the war.
The officers of the Post, whose terms expire January 1, 1913, are : Col. R. H. Spencer, commander ; H. C. Parsons, senior vice commander ; Amos Stewart, jun- ior vice commander ; F. L. Ranney, adjutant; Alonzo Kennedy, quartermaster ; D. A. Haggard, O. of D .; Geo. Turner, O. of G .; William Cleary, chaplain ; C. W. Sarchett, P. S.
Following will be found the names of all those who are now, or have been members of the G. A. R. Post. It is both possible and probable that the list will never again be printed. When the next history of Kossuth county is written in thirty, forty or fifty years from now, there will be no Grand Army Post, no bean suppers, and no one to urge the publication of the names of the veterans who by that time will have been in their graves. There is sadness in the thought that the list is being compiled for the last time, and that death will soon disband the organ- ization forever.
LeRoy D. Setchell, Sergeant. Company B, Twenty-third New York Infantry.
L. M. B. Smith, Captain, Company H, First Wisconsin Cavalry.
P. L. Slagle, Corporal, Company B, Eleventh Minnesota Infantry.
R. H. Spencer, Captain, Company H, Tenth Wisconsin Infantry ; Lieutenant Col. Forty-seventh Infantry, Brevt Colonel United States Volunteers.
Charles Wilkins, Twenty-seventy Iowa Infantry, Company E, Corporal.
A. M. Horton, Company E, Sixth New York Cavalry, Private.
A. E. Wheelock, Private, Company E, Third Wisconsin Infantry.
J. C. Heckart, Company A, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry.
D. H. Hutchins, Second Lieutenant, Company E, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry.
G. H. Lamson, Company A, Twenty-first Massachusetts Infantry, Private. Samuel Benjamin, Second Lieutenant, Company E, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry.
John Wallace, Private, Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry.
A. H. Durant, Private, Company K, First Wisconsin Infantry.
E. Williams, First Lieutenant, Company K, Second Wisconsin Cavalry.
L. A. Sheetz, Adjutant, Eighth Illinois Infantry.
John Reed, Private, Company A, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry.
John N. Weaver, Private, Company D, Twelfth Iowa Infantry.
Hugh Waterhouse, Private, Company K, private, Second Wisconsin Cavalry.
A. A. Brunson, Company H, First Lieutenant, One Hundred and Sixth New York Volunteers.
H. . C. McCoy, Private, Company F, Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry and Assistant Surgeon.
D. C. Ackley, Sergeant, Company D. Fourteenth Ohio Battery.
O. H. Marvin, Private, Company H. Eleventh New York Infantry.
J. W. Robinson, Private, Company A, Eleventh New Hampshire Infantry. Charles C. Chubb, Sergeant, Company E, Third Wisconsin Infantry. Edwin P. Crockett, Private, Company F. Second Iowa Cavalry.
I .. F. Robinson, Private, Company G, Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry.
P. A. McGuire, Private, Company D, Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry.
T. W. Gilbert, Private, Company A, Third Wisconsin Cavalry.
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JAMES C. TAYLOR Of Company F, 2d Iowa Cavalry
DR. AND MRS. M. H. HUDSON
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D. B. Avey, Private, Company B, Seventh Illinois Cavalry. A. M. Johnson, Private, Company F, Thirty-first Iowa Infantry. E. Loomis, Private, Company F, Thirty-first Iowa Infantry. Colman C. Chubb, Private, Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry. F. C. Dormoy, Private, Company K, Seventy-fifth Illinois Infantry.
James Barr, Private, Company C, Twelfth Iowa Infantry and Assistant Surgeon.
J. B. Jones, Private, Company C, Thirty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry. D. A. Haggard, Sergeant, Company C, Twenty-first Iowa Infantry. Rufus Waltson, Private, Company H, 16th New York Infantry. Paul Tromlee, Private, Company E, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry. James McConkey, Private, Company H, First Wisconsin Infantry.
Henry Brewster, Private, Company D, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry.
James M. Comstock, Private, Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry and Cap- tain Company F.
Frank Nicoulin, Private, Company E, Third Wisconsin Infantry. A. G. Cornish, Private, Company K, Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry. John E. Webster, Sergeant, Company D, Forty-third Massachusetts Infantry.
H. C. Parsons, Sergeant, Company C, Sixth Michigan Infantry. John T. Davis, Revership "Ohio."
Thomas Hanna, Private, Company E, One Hundredth Pennsylvania. T. M. Clark, Corporal, Company G, Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry.
G. M. Parsons, Private, Company D, Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry. D. D. Dodge, Second Lieutenant, Company D, Second Wisconsin Infantry. William Peck, Private, Company A, Indiana Artillery.
Charles W. Parker, Private, Company F, Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry. Mark Simpkins, Private, Company D, Twentieth Wisconsin Infantry. Sidney C. Cottrell, Private, Campany B, Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry. M. B. Chapin, Private, Company C, Eleventh Minnesota Infantry.
James A. Archibald, Private, Company I, One Hundredth Pennsylvania In- fantry.
George H. Williams, Private, Company E, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry. Jason W. Hull, Private, Company H, Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry. H. S. Vaughn, Company H, New York, Heavy Artillery.
Simon C. Spear, Private, Company C, Forty-second Massachusetts Infantry. Henry H. Patterson, Private, Campany F, Second Iowa Cavalry. S. B. McClellan, Private, Company E, Ninth Illinois Cavalry.
W. M. Colby, Lieutenant, Company A, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry. J. Evans, Private, Company B, Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry. Daniel McCain, Seaman, Ship No. Eight.
M. Hare, Private, Company I, Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
H. W. Walston, Private, Company I, Ninety-first New York Infantry. James Miracle, Private, Company A, Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry. Lafayette Turner, Private, Company G, Second Iowa Infantry. Albert H. Phillips, Private, Company A, Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry. M. Stephens, Private, Company D, Fifth Illinois Infantry. George C. Turner, Private, Company I, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry. R. J. Hunt, Sergeant, Company B, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
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C. E. Hyde, Private, Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
T. V. Robinson, Private, Fourth Minnesota Infantry.
A. W. Harmon, Private, Company C, Fourteenth Iowa Infantry.
Webster Cook, Private, Company F, Seventh Wisconsin Infantry.
Thomas Hodson, Private, Company D, Twenty-second Indiana Infantry. John A. Millis, Private, Company B, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry.
S. I. Plumley, Private, Company G, First Indiana, Heavy Artillery.
G. W. Daniels, Private, Company I, Sixth Wisconsin Infantry.
G. W. Eddy, Private, Company I, Fifty-fifth New York Infantry.
E. Fitzsimmons, Private, Company K, One Hundred and Sixth Ohio Infantry. Charles S. Porter, First Lieutenant, Company B, Thirty-fifth Iowa Infantry. C. W. Sarchett, Private, Company C, Ninth Iowa Infantry.
N. C. Taylor, Private, Company C, One Hundred and Forty-second Illinois Infantry.
A. C. Johns, Private, Company F, Twenty-first Wisconsin Infantry.
John Ray, Private, Company A, Thirty-fifth lowa Infantry.
W. H. Nycum, Private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsyl- vania.
A. B. Shipman, Private, Company K, Second Wisconsin Cavalry.
T. W. Sarchett, Private, Company I, Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry. William A. Sroufe, Sergeant, Company G, First Missouri Cavalry.
Adam Palmer, Private, Company F, Fifth Iowa Cavalry.
Lemuel L. Foster, Private, Company K, Seventeenth Wisconsin Infantry. Robert Henderson, Private, Company I, Seventh Iowa Infantry.
C. H. Turner, Private, Company I, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry.
I .. C. Lindsay, Private, Company C, One Hundred and Fifth Illinois Infantry.
C. D. Creed, Private, Company A, Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
Michael Shea, Private, Company K, Forty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry.
Lafayette F. Carr, Private, Company G, First Indiana Artillery; Captain Company A, One Hundred and Forty-first Illinois.
C. L. Harris, Private, Company A, Second Ohio Cavalry.
A. E. Kennedy, Private, Company G, Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry.
O. A. Potter, Private, Campany D, Eighty-second Illinois Infantry. Phil H. Carr, Private, Company I, Thirteenth Illinois Infantry.
James A. Orr, Private, Company E, First Pennsylvania Cavalry. Steven Tjaden, Private, Company A, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry. J. S. Esterly, Private, Company A, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry. William H. Campbell, Seaman, Navy.
Alec Gillingham, Private, Company D, Second Pennsylvania Artillery.
John Sharp, Private, Company G, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Infantry. Thomas H. Lantry, Private, Mechanic, Q. M. Department.
William Decker, Private, Company F, Fourth New York, Heavy Artillery. Joseph W. Bartlett, Private, Company H, Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry. Joseph D. Crandell, Private, Company A, First Wisconsin, Heavy Artillery. John Grover, Private, Company H, Second Wisconsin Volunteers.
Henry A. Smith, Private, Company H, Second Wisconsin Infantry.
George Smith, no record, Company A, One Hundred and Forty-third New York Infantry.
George Smith, Company A, One Hundred and Forty-third New York In- fantry.
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J. B. Jain, Private, Company K, Thirty-third Wisconsin Infantry.
O. F. Hale, Private, Company D, Forty-forth Ohio Infantry.
W. H. Fox, Private, Company F, Seventh Missouri Cavalry.
J. N. Fox, Private, Company F, Seventh Missouri Cavalry.
W. A. Chipman, Corporal, Company H, Forty-second Illinois Infantry.
Lewis P. Chamvler, Private, Company H, One Hundred and Sixth New York Infantry.
Remmington Bidgood, Private, Fourteenth New York Artillery.
Eugene Tellier, Private, Company H, Twenty-second New York Volunteer Infantry.
J. D. McDonald, Private, Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth In- fantry.
J. D. Starks, Private, Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry.
John Lattimore, Private, Company C, Ninth Illinois Cavalry.
George C. Allen, Private, Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry.
W. P. Winter, Private, Company B, Twelfth Iowa Infantry.
D. Manwaring, Private, Company I, One Hundred and Eighth New York Infantry.
John Tiss, Private, Company F, One Hundred. and Eighty-sixth New York Infantry.
William B. Bossingham, Private, Company E, Thirty-first lowa Infantry.
William Steele, Private, Campany A, First Wisconsin Cavalry.
George M. Roe, Private, Company B, Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
John Chapin, Private, Company C, Twenty-first Iowa Infantry.
Russel Buckner, Private, Company K, Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry.
George J. Green, Private, Company B, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Infantry. A. B. Sheldon, Private, Company G, First Pennsylvania Reserve Artillery. Benjamin Smith, Private, Company C, Seventy-sixth Illinois Infantry.
Robt. F. Hedrick, Private, Company D, Fourth Illinois Cavalry.
P. M. Barslou, Private, Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry.
Ed Clemmens, Private, Company C, Fifty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry. W. W. Waldo, Private, Company B, Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
Warren B. Coffin, Private, Company L, Seventh Illinois Cavalry.
M. C. Bailey, Private, Company K, One Hundred and Forty-sixth New York Infantry.
William Cleary, Sergeant, Company C, Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry.
P. C. Bailey, Captain, Company H, Nineteenth New York Cavalry.
John McDermott, Private, Company D, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry.
Fred Damman, Private, Company C, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry. S. B. Shadle, Private, Company A, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
David Price, Private, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry.
Chandler Ward, Private, Company A, One Hundred and Forty-second Illinois Infantry.
A. Carpenter, Company H, Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry.
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J. W. Tennant, Corporal, Company B, Forty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry.
J. R. Laird, Company C, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry.
F. J. Disbrow, Sergeant, Company C, Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry.
Mike O'Rourke, Company H, Twenty-first Iowa Infantry.
William B. Ward, Private, Company A, Fourth United States Cavalry.
C. N. Oliver, Company F, Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry. A. Sawvel, Private, Company C, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry.
Henry A. Clock, Private, Company H, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry. Horace Schenck, Private, Company F, Second Iowa Cavalry.
A. W. Patterson, Private, Company H, Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry. James Price, Private, Company A, Second Pennsylvania Reserve. William B. Carey, Private, Company F, Second Iowa Cavalry.
James E. Manning, Private, Company A, Eighty-ninth New York Infantry.
George E. Fuller, Private, Company F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery.
August Schroeder, Private, Company G, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry. B. Amelsberg, Private, Company K, Fifty-fourth New York Infantry.
A. L. Goddard, Private, Company D, Thirty-eighth Iowa Infantry.
Frederick Miller, Private, Company - Twelfth Illinois Infantry.
Elijah Hulbert, Private, Company A, Eleventh Illinois Infantry.
George W. Pratt, Twelfth Maine Infantry.
E. E. Thomas, Company D, Second Lieutenant, Fifty-third Illinois Infantry. Isaiah Fry, Private, Company K, Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry.
S. D. Platt, Corporal, Company K, Ninth Iowa Infantry.
J. K. Thornton, Private, Company D, Sixteenth New York Artillery. Elias Clark, Private, Company F. Seventy-fourth Illinois Infantry.
A. Erickson, Private, Company D, Fifty-second Wisconsin Infantry.
J. P. Gray, Private, Company C, Sixth Iowa Cavalry.
John F. Ellwell, Private, Company F, Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
W. H. Dorward, Private, Company E, Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry. Sylvester N. Brace, Private, Company A, Eleventh Illinois Infantry.
B. P. Dawson, Private, Company K, Third Iowa Infantry Volunteers. Horace Wheeler, Private, Company G, Twelfth lowa Infantry. Allen J. Sprague, Private, Company G, Third New York Infantry. James W. McMahon, Private, Company L, Third Wisconsin Cavalry. J. C. Raymond, First Sergeant, Company H, Sixth Iowa Cavalry.
P. C. Phillips, Private, Company F, One Hundred Fifty-first Pennsylvania Infantry.
John G. Rawson, Private, Company C, Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry. Alonzo D. Clark, Private, Company H, Forty-second Wisconsin Infantry. Francis Ranney, Private, Company C, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry. Clark Peck, Private, Company B, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry. Nathan A. Pine, Private, Company K, Fifteenth Illinois Infantry. L. D. Dickinson, Private, Company A, Second Iowa Cavalry,
George C. Shelley, Sailor, United States Steamer "Cohasset."
M. W. Davids, Private, Company G, Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry. Abraham Wolf, Private, Company C, One Hundred Forty-fourth New York Infantry.
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Edgar W. Young, Private, Company H, Fourth Regular Vermont Infantry. R. M. Naudain, Private, Company H, Fourth Regular Iowa Infantry. Charles C. Mantor, Private, Company C, Nineteenth Maine Infantry.
George Hendron, Private, Company G, Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. S. S. Page, Private, Company H, Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry.
Henry P. Hatch, Company B, Fourth Minnesota Infantry.
O'Donnell,
Amos Stewart, Company F, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, Private.
Thomas Dailey, Company B, Fifty-first Infantry, Private.
THE K. C. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The Kossuth County Agricultural Society had its beginning three years before the war, when the settlers held the first fair, October 8, 1858. The few exhibits were in the town hall in Algona, except the few head of stock that were tied back of the building. There are four or five yet in the county who remem- ber the event but none of them recall who the officers were or just how the organization was formed. There were several fairs held in that same hall, and a couple in Irvington, one of the exhibits at the latter place on one occasion being a plug of tobacco manufactured by Charley Easton.
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