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NEWSPAPERS OF ST. CHARLES
There have been several papers published since the first newspaper was started by MJ. I. Bean in 1884.
The St. Charles Watchman was the first paper published by M. I. Bean in 1884. After two or three years the paper was purchased by A. L. Wood and the name changed to the St. Charles Reporter. About the year 1893 or there- abouts Mr. Wood moved the outfit to Winterset and changed the name to the Winterset Reporter, and this made the second republican paper in the county seat.
Mr. P. S. Wise then started the St. Charles Hawkeye, operating it five or six years with success. He then sold it to D. F. Peffley-then the next owner was Al P. Haas, followed by W. O. Hodgson, Fred Bolte, Otto Engstrom, Mrs Wilton, Mr. Eldridge, Cope & Long, J. U. Gitzy, and finally Joe Long of Osceola, who sold the outfit to Mr. Eldridge and moved it away. This was in 1907. In February, 1909, Mr. P. S. Wise started the St. Charles News and is running a bright little country newspaper.
THE EARLHAM ECHO
The Earlham Echo, a weekly newspaper, was established in 1890 and for many years it was edited and published by A. L. Rowen. Some four or five years ago Paul R. Stillman took charge and is now in full control. Mr. Stillman is quite a young man, but promises to develop the newspaper instinct and "nose for news" so prominently manifest and known to be characteristic in other Stillmans of the state, one of whom was an able editorial writer on the old Des Moines Register and later, about the breaking out of the Civil war, founded the Sioux City Journal. The son of this pioneer editor is Pant Stillman, editor the Jefferson Bee, and late speaker of the lowa House of Representatives.
Truro has had two papers, the Graphic and the Star. Neither, however, was published there, nor is one of them left. A paper, taking the title of the Macks- burg Record, is edited by Mrs. Schell. It is a five-column quarto and is printed at Lorimer.
STAFF OF THE IOWA PILOT, 1856
Frank Foster First " Devil "'
James Iler First editor
John C. Foster First solicitor
Mary Her-Newton First compositor
CHAPTER NI
POSTOFFICES
When the first settlers came to Madison County ( 1846) there were no rail- roads west of the Mississippi River, and probably none west of Chicago. The mail at that time was carried by steamboats, stages and on horseback. Until the first postoffice was established at Montpelier ( 1848) the people had to go to Fort Des Moines after their mail and the necessities of life.
After the postoffice was moved to Winterset ( 1849) this became the post- office and trading point for nearly all the people of Madison County. Soon post- offices were established in other parts of the county along stage routes or roads leading to other towns. Winterset became the starting point for these post- offices. Nearly all the early postoffices have been discontinued and forgotten. With the advent of rural free delivery all the country postoffices have been aban- doned. The postoffices now in Madison County are along the line of a railroad.
Winterset .- The first postoffice established in Madison County was called Montpelier. Alfred D. Jones came up from Des Moines in June, 1848, and built a log store east of Tileville, on the ridge in section 26, Union Township, then called the "Narrows," and secured a postoffice. Mail was brought from Des Moines on horseback. Later it was brought by stage until the railroad was built. Samuel Snyder and his brother Alfred carried the mail. They lived at Norwalk. They would go to Des Moines one day, and then to Montpelier and back to Norwalk the next ; thus they would have mail every other day. Later the office was moved to Winterset and Mr. Snyder and his brothers continued to carry mail until 1852.
In 1849 the name of the office was changed to Independence and Enos Berger became postmaster. In September of the same year the name was again changed to Montpelier. May 30, 1850, the office was changed to Winterset and Enos Berger came along with the mail. The officials since then are as follows: John A. Pitzer, D. C. McNeil, Thomas C. Bird, William M. Knowlton, M. Glaze- brook, J. J. Davies, E. O. Burt, F. M. Cassidy, D. E. Cooper, Thomas J. Hudson, William R. Shriver, T. J. Hudson, A. L. Wood, J. W. Miller, Ed M. Smith, W. H. Vance and Arthur E. Goshorn. Of the postmasters, let it be noted that the term of office was the shortest for E. O. Burt, who held the place less than one month. while that of his successor, F. M. Cassidy, was the longest, extending for a period of nearly fifteen years. It may also not be improper to say that with a few exceptions these have been representative men and as a general thing changes have been the result of changes in the national administration rather than from any fault in the management of the office. Should some one write a true and detailed account of the exciting contests about the postmasterships of
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Winterset, he would have to deal with some of the most exciting incidents of our city's history. What has been said of Winterset does not apply with equal force in the case of the other postoffices, although there have been exciting contests at Earlham, St. Charles, Truro, Peru, Patterson and Macksburg, but these rural offices were not much sought after, as the compensation was not sufficient to recompense the official for the labor, worry and responsibility incident to the office. In many cases, some public-spirited individual assumed these duties and responsibilities simply to accommodate his neighbors.
Earlham became a postoffice January 12, 1869, and Martin Cook was first postmaster. He was followed by John R. Thomson, Dayton Barnett, D. M. Roberts, John B. Davis, AA. J. Davis, Isaac K. Wilson, M. E. Wilson, John E. Chamness and E. M. Crosswait and W. 11. Dudley.
St. Charles .- This office was established December 13, 1853, with David Downs as postmaster. Those succeeding him were as follows: Milton Thomp- son, William McCreery, L. P. Thompson, J. 11. Stiffler, William L. Browne, J. L. Browne, S. S. Switzer. A. L .. Wood, S. S. Switzer, J. L. Fleming. O. M. Horton and Philip D. Switzer.
Peru .- For many years this was one of the important points on the Winterset and Osceola route. The office was established April 18, 1853, and was discon- tinued August 21. 1903. This is the long and honorable list of worthy postmas- ters: B. F. Brown, Peter R. Lilley, B. F. Brown, J. P. Boyd, 11. C. Wright, William C. Smith, C. D. Clark, J. W. Likens, B. R. Rankin, M. C. Lorimor, Mary E. Travis, J. W. Keller, R. F. Bush, William 1 .. lliatt and A. C. Turner.
East Peru was established November 7, 1888. The following have been post- masters ; Charles W. Wright, William Painter, J. M. Allen, Jr .. Joseph Harwood. Robert Greene, Ullrich %. Waechter, .A. C. Creger, F. Il. Greene and S. B. Hamand.
Patterson .- This office was established June 10. 1872, with Sol. B. Catterlin as postmaster. His successors in order named were L. C. Doan. Butler Bird. W. . A. Wright. George R. Branscom, Douglas Debord, George .\. Wall, Harvey Brown, Douglas Debord, Thomas S. Love, W. 11. Doan, George .\. Potter and Roy Gillogly.
Bevington, was established June 4. 1872. The following have been the officials : Cornelius Haight, R. A. Wilson, Campbell Hughart, William T. Cason, Campbell Hughart, George W. Shreeves, William W. Fraser, J. T. Cash, H. D. Harrell, Robert Clelland, Harry D. Harrell, William Cody and Merton C. Doak.
Amazon was the name of a postoffice established July 16, 1850, and discon- tinned the following year. It was located on the southwest quarter of the south- east quarter of section 12, Scott Township, a short distance south and west of Union Chapel and cemetery. Emanuel J. Henkel was the postmaster. He was a physician and laid out a town there called Richmond. There was at one time a store there, kept by some one whose name we cannot learn. The mail was brought from Winterset.
Banner was the name of a postoffice established in June, 1874, and discon- tinued the following year. It was located at the northwest corner of the north- west quarter of the southwest quarter of section 7. in Virginia Township. Warren County, but was thought to be in Madison County. Mail was brought
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from Bevington via St. Charles, Banner, New Virginia to Osceola. John S. Crawford was the first and only postmaster.
Barney .- This postoffice was established in November, 1888. The following have been postmasters: J. W. Galbraith, Richard Beardsley, B. R. Rankin, Charles Klein, J. H. Woods, Richard Beardsley, Sophia Beardsley and Milton Stephenson.
Bell's Ridge was located on the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 1, South Township, land now owned by C. E. Huglin. It was estab- lished October 31, 1851, and discontinued November 27, 1854. Henry A. Bell was the postmaster. It was learned from a letter that A. D. Bell was the mail carrier, that he was sworn in by Judge Pitzer and the mail was brought every Thursday from Winterset.
Bloomingdale was established in September, 1857. It was located on the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 35, Jefferson Township, land now owned by William Schoen estate. The office was discontinued in De- cember, 1858. Henry du d'Huy was the first postmaster and was succeeded by John McManus in 1858.
Brooklyn was a town laid out by J. W. Guiberson and located on the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 14, Walnut Township, land now owned by L. F. Clifton. A postoffice was established there in February, 1857, and dis- continued in June, 1860. The following were the postmasters: William S. Quick, William Mills, J. W. Guiberson and D. D. Drake.
Charlottesville was the name of a postoffice located on the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 24. Jackson Township, land now owned by S. D. Ford. It is said the name was selected in honor of Charlotte Welch. wife of A. G. Welch, the first postmaster. This office was discontinued in October, 1861. The office was supplied from a mail route leading from Winterset through Redfield and Panora.
Clanton .- This office was established in February, 1859, and discontinued in March, 1894. It was located in Monroe Township, and at the homes of various farmers living near the center of that township. The first official was Blewford Boling. Then came Wesley Wilson, William H. West, L. C. MeKibbon, William H. West again and then in 1876 Hugh Alexander, who handed out mail at his hospitable home until 1892, when he was followed by M. R. Sheldon and Elbert Bullock, who was postmaster when the office was discontinued.
Ellsworth was established August 3. 1861, and discontinued August 19, 1873. It was located on the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 21. Crawford Township, land now owned by C. S. Crawford. Oliver Crawford was the first postmaster and the mail was supplied by a route leading from Des Moines to Winterset. Lucinda Crawford was postmistress and then came James Bell.
Foster postoffice was established November 7, 1879, located first at the home of Nathaniel Foster, Walnut Township, and then at the home of George H. Orr, in Scott Township. The office was discontinued October 30, 1882. Mail from Winterset. Foster, Gear to Murray.
Gear .- This office was named in honor of Gov. John H. Gear, and was estab- lished November 18, 1879. It was located first at the home of John Reasoner and then at the home of William N. Bowman, both in Monroe Township. It
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was on the mail route from Winterset to Murray. Later mail was brought from Barney. It was discontinued September 12, 1903.
Gilpin was located at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 1, U'nion Township, on land now owned by Nick Nolan. The office was established November 9, 1885, and discontinued January 1. 1888. H. 1. Bigelow was the first and only postmaster.
Hanley postoffice was established December 6, 1880. The following have been postmasters: J. G. Martin, S. S. Nicoson, Lydia Schoonover, A. 11. Bishop, William T. Lee, S. S. Nicoson, F. M. James, Jesse Lee, R. H. Glasgow, P. F. James, Laura E. Glasgow, W. C. Montgomery and Jennie J. Howard. The office was discontinued May 1, 1911.
Harrison office was established April 27. 1900, and discontinued with the coming of rural free delivery, June 15, 1905. It was located near the center of Webster Township. J. B. Wilkinson, John F. Craven and George 1. Rippey were the postmasters.
lleaton was named in honor of "U'nele Billy" Heaton, one of the early settlers of Lee Township. It was established August 6, 1858, and discontinued February 14, 1861. It was located on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 33, Lee Township, land now owned by Julia Mulvihill. The first and only postmaster was Francis B. Wilson.
Kasson was named in honor of J. A. Kasson, for several terms member of Congress from this district. It was located in the southwest corner of Monroe Township. The office was established September 4, 1861, and discontinued June 30, 1905, by reason of the rural free delivery. The following were the postmas- ters: Benjamin Blythe, C. L. Kirk, J. V. Kirk, Lemuel Bishop, William 1. Harris, William E. Berry, C. C. Bancroft, C. Il. Lewis, William Bivin. J. M. Newton and J. M. Archer.
Lefever is located on the southwest quarter of section 31, Grand River Town- ship, on land owned by J. M. Lefever, south of the large stock farm owned by the late L. N. Conway. The office was established April 14, 1892, and was dis- continued October 3. 1894. Mary E. Lefever was the postmistress.
McBride office was established May 16, 1889, and was discontinued May 23. 1901. It was located on the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 34. Jefferson Township, on land owned by August Burger. The following were the officials: Ellen Burger, D. A. Litton, Grant Taylor and George M. Powell. The mail was brought from Van Meter.
McPherson .- This office was launched under the supervision of Charles Polk, in June, 1876. The office remained at that hospitable home for about one year, when it was removed across the road to the residence of E. B. Thom- son, where it remained until it was discontinued April 21, 1900. It was on the direct road from Winterset to Macksburg and was supplied by the daily route which has for so many years been operated between these two cities. It is sup- posed the office got its name from the popular and well remembered pioneer lawyer of Winterset, M. L. MePherson.
Maple Grove .- This office was located at the home of E. G. Perkins, in Jack- son Township, in June, 1874. where it remained until October, 1880, when it was removed to the residence of Mr. Grosscup across the road. It was dis- continued in 1003. Mr. Perkins and Miss Janie Grosscup were the only officials.
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Middle River postoffice was located at the town of Webster, December 12, 1855. Otho Davis was the first postmaster and his successors are as follows: F. M. McAferty, J. V. Nelson. J. E. Shidler, Luther Fox, F. B. McAferty, F. M. Tidrick, Rufus Ulery, Edward Loucks, L. J. Cook and John Craven. The office has been discontinued.
North .- This office was located in the vicinity of Worthington, in the south part of Madison Township. It was established June 19. 1861. Alexander Kirk- land, William H. Clampitt, George T. Nichols and A. M. Clements were post- masters. Mail was carried from Winterset. The office was discontinued August 4, 1869, soon after Earlham postoffice was established.
North Branch was located on the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, Madison Township, on land now owned by J. L. Peters and S. D. Palmer. The office was established November 16, 1853, and discontinued Oc- tober 18, 1860. The first and only postmaster was Jacob Bennett.
North River, southwest quarter northwest quarter of section 5, Jackson Township, was established April 1, 1872, with George Rose as postmaster. The office was discontinued January 3, 1876.
Ohio .- This office was located near the east line of Walnut Township, in the vicinity of Ebenezer church and cemetery. It was established February 10, 1862, and discontinued in 1889. The office was for many years in the store carried on at that place and S. M. Walker and J. W. Smith presided over its destinies for nearly twenty years. Fred Beeler became postmaster in 1881 and was the official at the time the office was discontinued, Chas. W. Wright having served from August, 1884, till April, 1888. The mail was carried along the well known and much traveled road leading from Winterset to Osceola.
Ord was made a postoffice in 1888 and went out of commission June 15, 1905. It was located in the Macumber neighborhood on the Winterset and Macksburg road. C. G. Bertholf, A. M. Bertholf, E. M. Rippey, Henrietta Rippey, A. M. Bertholf and J. W. Rippey in the order named sold stamps and handed out letters at this Government station.
Pitzer was named in honor of J. A. Pitzer, one of Winterset's pioneers. The office was established July 13, 1889. Mary Speer was the first official and was followed by J. L. Fox, R. C. Speer, H. B. Jones, C. Van Stigt and E. E. Brooker. The office was discontinued September 29, 1906.
Pleasant View was located in Webster Township, in March, 1870, and dis- continued in 1876. The location was the homes of O. H. Smith and David Rich- mond, who were the postmasters. The following is gathered from a letter written by O. H. Smith : "I live in the same place that I did when I was postmaster and the mail was carried from Winterset to Cromwell, and a Mr. Hawley was a carrier. Delos Campbell and Merid Craven were also carriers."
Price was for a short time a postoffice. It was located at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34, Lincoln Township. It was located where B. L. Thrift now lives. It was on the Win- terset and Creston road via Macksburg, also the Winterset and Afton road ; the former was daily and the latter tri-weekly. The office was established June 8th and discontinued in November of the same year, 1876. L. C. Mckibben was the postmaster.
Queen's Point was an office established May 16, 1854, at the residence of
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Hogan Queen, in South Township, on the road leading from Winterset to St. Charles. It was discontinued in 1855, reestablished in 1856 and again discon- tinued in 1867. Ilogan Queen was the postmaster all the time.
Reed .- This office was located in 1881 at the southeast corner of the north- east quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21, Ohio Township. That was on the farm now owned by Isaac Holmes, who was the first postmaster. In 1882 it was moved to the new town of Ego. In 1884 the name of the new town was changed to Truro, and the name of the office was also changed. After Isaac Holmes. G. N. Skinner became postmaster; then Holmes served again and was followed by George Patton. J. D. Hillman, Ella Earl, J. W. Smith, George W. Caskey, J. A. Bardrick and Isaac E. Holmes, nephew of the first postmaster, Homer D. Brown and Brada Brown
Venus .- In 1863 there was a postoffice established with this classic name. It was situated near the center of Grand River Township and A. J. Hasty was the dignified and genial autoerat who first presided over its destinies. Ile was followed in the order named by John D. Craven, Sylvester Bennett, Wm. O. Lee, John 11. Bray, John D. Craven, E. E. Stewart, Martin Jessup, George W. Lowry and Peter HI. Seay, when it was discontinued October 4. 1870. It was reestab- lished in 1871, with Mary A. Miller as postmistress. Then John D. Craven re- appeared and was followed by J. 11. Marley and J. 11. Mack, when the town of Macksburg was laid out and the name of the postoffice was changed to conform with it. Since then the postmasters have been Madison Osborn, B. F. Conway. J. M. Lee. D. A. Sawyer, J. D. Love, B. S. Bonham, William H. Armstrong, H. H. Saxton, I. C. MeKibben and Ethel M. Busch.
Wells .- On the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 6, Grand River Township, there lived for many years one Ira W. Brownell. At that place was established a postoffice, October 19, 1871, and named Wells. The office was discontinued in 1896. During the life of the postoffice, Wells, Mr. Brownell held an uninterrupted term of office, a period of nearly twenty-five years, which speaks well for the patience, politeness and integrity of that much respected Government official.
CHAPTER XV
FIRST MARRIAGES IN THE COUNTY By A. J. Hoisington
The marriage records of Madison County begin with a book now marked "B." The first entry is No. 105 of date July 4, 1855, when license to marry was issued to George Harman and Anna Smares. But following this license are a few that evidently are duplicates of those issued previous to the beginning of this record. The one reaching farthest back in point of time is that of Jonas Shreves and Elizabeth Longabaugh, whose license to wed was of date June 28, 1854, and they were married July 9. 1854, by Justice of the Peace W. H. Comp- ton, who made return thereof July 14, 1854. Six licenses are duplicated in this book from a previous record.
What became of the previous records we may never know. Anyhow we do not learn that there is in existence any record preceding this book "B" of marriage records. The loss is accounted for differently but generally credited to have occurred at the time the courthouse was burned in 1875.
However, there is what purports to be a reversible alphabetical index of marriage records wherein is given the names of persons married, the number of the license, the book in which recorded and the page number of the record. This list begins with No. I and includes all those numbers to and including 104 and states they were recorded in "Book A." This index also includes marriages recorded in "Book B," which is in existence. It is all of "Book A" that is missing.
This alphabetical index of marriages marked as recorded in "Book A," of which we assume there were 104, because in marriage register marked "B," the first number is given as 105, contains at least three omissions, providing no errors in giving the serial number were made by those who entered the record in "Book A." The numbers 4. 59 and 62 are missing. However, the copyist who made this alphabetical index was grossly careless in doing the work, as it is plain to one who checks it over. Therefore, it may be that three marriages are omitted in this index, or else there were but 101 instead of 104.
Besides these three numbers in doubt there are at least six duplicates in "Book B" from "Book A," as before described. Thus the serial number of marriage licenses in the first series appears to be long of the true number. This purported index to "Book .\" may contain still other omissions. Among those married not found in this index, it was learned from Samuel Fife, of St. Charles, that he attended the wedding of a Mr. Simmons and a Miss Marshall in February, 1854, in St. Charles, at the home of Milton R. Thompson, the bride being a sister of Mrs. Thompson, and the ceremony being performed by Justice of the Peace David Fife.
Before the organization of this county it was attached to Marion County
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for various purposes. As there was then no official machinery for issuing mar- riage licenses in this county until its permanent organization, January 1. 1849. it would be interesting to know who were married in this county under licenses issued in Marion. Existing records in this county give no clue. There is said to have been one, probably more. Who knows?
As before stated, there is no marriage register before No. 105, of date July 4. 1855, except the few duplicated marriage records in "Book B" referred 10. Since the early marriages in any newly settled country always remain a matter of interest to succeeding generations, and because the record is given we give the following as found in the index of the missing "Book A." In a few cases we have secured marriage dates and those are added. The list is here given in the order found in the index: David S. Smith to Jane Cason, April 19, 1849: Mesheck Casteel to Sarah Evans, August 13, 1849; Lewis Baum to Barbara Jane Wolverton: No. 4. missing : George W. Guye to Lorena Harris, September 2. 1849; Samuel W. Poffinbarger to Hannah Smith : David Fleener to Mary M. Wilkinson: Charles Wright to Rachel Waymire: Charles Clanton to Mary C. Allcock; William Butler to Anna Evans; James Phipps to Minerva Viney : Elijah Perkins to Julia Ann Ansley, February -. 1850: Thomas Wilkinson to Nancy Jane Brinson ; 11. James Perkins to Elizabeth Moody: James W. Guye to Irena Smith : Joseph Randall to Rebecca Ann Henry : James M. Lee to Elenor Cason ; William R. King to Esther Jane Jessup : George W. Richardson to Edna Burgess; John J. Cason to Mary Ann Brinson : William A. Williams to Susan Clair ; Hiram J. Barns to Harriet Elizabeth Gentry. December -. 1850: David Fife to Mary Jane Smith : Amos Fife to Lucy Ann Smith, March 15, 1851, by Rev. Thomas Cason: Frederick Waymire to Mary Wright; Jonathan W. Rob- bins to Frances Sheppard ; Andrew G. Week to Mary Jane Adamson : Henry Sin- mons to Nancy Ann Pender : Elisha B. Bell to Abigail Watson : Milton Smith to Permelia Johns: John Esley to Catharine Johns; Thomas Brown to Elizabeth Moore; Erastus S. Jones to Mary E. Guiberson: Luther W. Boxley to Phoche Queen ; Elias Burgess to Hester Ann Bishop; Thomas Castel to Mary J. Bow- man; Jesse Bell to Hulda Adamson ; Martin Wheeler to Mary Blair: Thomas Hooten to Lucinda Casebier : Jesse Reeves to Elizabeth Barlow : Alfred Queen to Susan Ann Hinkle: Samuel Snyder to Julia Blair, February 17, 1852, by County Judge John A. Pitzer: Lemuel Dorrell to Ursula Stephenson; David Brinson to Sarah Evans : Lorenzo Harmon to Frankly Ann Evans; Benjamin F. Miller to Elizabeth Peter; Sherwood Howerton to Ann Fry : David J. Casebier to Alartha Chiles : Dickson Webster to Susan J. Perry ; Charles Clark to Minerva Farris ; F. William L. Schoen to Dorothea Lorenzen, July 6. 1852, by Justice N. 1. Guiberson: Charles Chin to Jane Matheny: Sanford Haines to Bashabeth Foster : William Stean to Susanna Bertholf : Andrew Johns to Mary Ann Smith : William Ballen to Margaret S. Allcock, January 9. 1853: Martin B. Ruby 10 Mary F. Myers : Sammel Clevenger to Temperance White : No. 59 missing : Daniel Miller to Lucy Jane Campbell : William Garrett to Tabitha Evans; No. 62 missing : C. D. Bevington to Philena Parker; William H. Shaikler to Ruth Pitts: Alex- ander Blair to Martha Terry, his second wife: Levi Smith to Margaret Ann Cochran ; Jacob Watson to Sarah Ann David: Alfred Brittain to Eliza Sturman. March 8, 1853. by Rev. John Evans: Dexter Howard to Elizabeth Moore : Andrew J. Hogg to Rebecca Humphry : James M. Watson to Ann Marshall ; Wil-
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