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grown in wealth, wisdom and usefulness, until, in their declining years, they are respected and honored patriarchs in the community, owing so much of its character to the influences they established in pioneer times.
Among the pioneer settlers of any new country, sincere, warm and endur- ing friendships spring up-friendships that are cemented by ties of mutual obligations unknown in later years-friendships that grow stronger and brighter with the passing years. The trials and hardships, privations and sufferings peculiar to life in a new country-trials and hardships that are now unknown, and are only remembered in history-rigidly test not only the physical powers of endurance, but all the kindly, generous impulses and attributes of manhood and womanhood. Those were the times that tried men's souls and brought out all there was in them-either good or bad. There is an equality of condition in new settlements that recognizes no distinctions. All stand upon a common level, all endure together the dangers and privations of frontier life ; and, because it is true that a fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind, a spirit of fraternity and mutual friendship and good-will inevitably springs up that endures all the changes of subsequent years, and ties are created that death itself cannot sever. There is a generous hospitality, a hearty kindness, an unostentatious and sincere benevolence, an unselfish charity in this pioneer settlement, unknown and unpracticed among the older, richer, more densely populated and more artificial communities.
The surroundings of pioneer life thoroughly test the " true inwardness " of the human heart. As a rule, the men and women who first occupy a new country-the advance guard of the coming civilization-are bold, hardy, indus- trious, fearless and self-reliant. In these elements they are alike, no matter from what remote countries they may have come. In birth, education, language and religion, there may have been an almost infinite variety of differences, but they gathered here for a common purpose-that of finding and building homes for themselves and their posterity ; and imbued with this purpose, the differences of birth, education or religion were soon lost by association and common interest, and they became one people. Seasons come and go, and changes without num- ber have taken place, but amid all, the memory of the friendships and associa- tions of those early years, before men and women learned to wear masks, never dims. Raven locks may whiten beneath the snows of many Winters; full, round and ruddy cheeks may become shriveled, wrinkled and sunken ; bright eyes become dim, the fair brow furrowed with age and care, and the erect form bow beneath the burdens of accumulated years, but the true friend of the " auld lang syne " will never be forgotten.
In pioneer life there are always numerous incidents of interest to the actors in these stirring scenes, which, if properly preserved, while they are yet fresh in memory, would be of inestimable value to coming generations ; and it is to be regretted that in so many parts of the county the formation of " old settlers' associations " has been entirely neglected ; while in others, as in Fayette, after meeting a few years and confining their mission to the meager records of birth and date of settlement, they have been suffered, if not to die, at least to become inactive.
The active existence of such an association as was organized in the county in 1868, with well-kept records, not only of the incidents of early years, recalled and preserved, but of the more important events of more recent date- dates of arrivals, births, marriages, deaths, removals, changes, etc .- would be the direct and reliable means of preserving to the literature of the country the history of this community that would be invaluable to posterity as a record of
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reference and accurate authority, it may be, for the settlement of important questions of controversy. The importance of these historical associations is not yet fully appreciated, and much of the early history that would even now be of absorbing interest is already lost-utterly and entirely lost. The facts and figures they might have preserved cannot now be obtained from any other source. Aside from their historical importance, they serve as the means of keeping alive and cementing old friendships and preserving the honest simplici- ty of early days. But these associations generally make the mistake of con- fining their memberships to dates long since passed, forgetting that the people of 1878 are as truly making history as were the people of 1848, and that, fifty years hence, the history of the prominent events of the Centennial year will be of as much interest and value as the forgotten events of thirty years ago would be now had they been recorded and preserved. And it is to be hoped that when the publishers of this history of Fayette County shall have completed their work, that the Historical Society will be revived and continue the record, from which the future historian can draw ample material for the history of the coming thirty years. The record of the present becomes history in the future.
Actuated by the purposes above suggested, and appreciating to some extent the importance of the work, the pioneers of Fayette County, in 1868, organized a society that was known as
THE FAYETTE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND PIONEER ASSOCIATION.
The first meeting of the pioneer settlers of Fayette County was held, pursu- ant to a call, at the hotel of H. S. Brunson, in the village of Fayette, January 1, 1868. The meeting was called to order by Col. Aaron Brown, on whose motion M. C. Sperry was elected temporary Chairman. Jacob W. Rogers was appointed temporary Secretary. Mr. Rogers being called upon, stated the objects of the meeting to be "to renew and perpetuate the associations and friendships of earlier times among the living pioneer settlers ; to preserve a record and cherish the memory of the dead; and to collect and preserve histor- ical data and interesting incidents and transactions in general connected with the settlement of our county."
A Committee on Permanent Organization was appointed, consisting of Thomas Kincaid, Aaron Brown, Thomas R. Talbott, Mrs. L. Dutton, Mrs. A. Brown and Mrs. James E. Robertson. This committee reported a constitution, which was adopted. The first section of the constitution declared " The object, of this Association to be, first, to perpetuate the memories and friendships of the past ; second, to collect and preserve a record of incidents connected with the early settlement of the county ; " and the historian regrets that the second object was not more thoroughly accomplished.
A committee consisting of A. Brown, John Webb, P. F. Newton, S. Hol- ton and H. Waner, was appointed to report the names of permanent officers for the ensuing year, which reported as follows : For President, M. C. Sperry ; Vice President, Aaron Brown; Recording Secretary, Jacob Wentworth Rogers ; Corresponding Secretary, Curtis R. Bent ; Chaplain, Rev. John Webb ; Treas- urer, Harvey S. Brunson ; Executive Committee, Thomas Kincaid, P. F. Newton, Horatio Warner. The report was accepted and the officers declared- elected.
On motion of Col. Brown, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That Jacob Ly Brand, Henry C. Lacy and other pioneers who have removed to other parts, be enrolled as members, and that the Corresponding Secretary be directed to notify
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them of the fact, and solicit such incidents connected with the early history of the county as they can furnish, to be spread upon the records of the Association.
Resolved, That we will perpetuate the memory of our pioneer brethren and sisters who have preceded us in that emigration allotted to all, by inscribing their names first on the roll of mem- bers, and (that ) the friends of each be requested to furnish the Association a summary of their pioneer lives.
At this meeting, the following names were registered : Jacob Wentworth Rogers, born in Moultenboro, N. H., Aug. 15, 1820; settled in West Union Township Sept. 7, 1849 ; present business, farming ; residence in West Union. Daniel J. Finney, born in Ohio in 1819 ; settled in Fairfield Township July 5, 1845; farmer. M. C. Sperry, born in New York State in 1827 ; set- tled in Fairfield Township March 20, 1847; resides in Illyria; merchant. Chauncy Brooks, born in New York ; age, 50; settled in Smithfield Township May 13, 1847 ; farmer. Thomas Kincaid, born in Indiana ; age, 46; settled in Dover Township in May, 1851; farmer. Samuel Holton, New York ; age, 42; settled in Illyria Township in May, 1850; now resides in West Union ; hardware merchant. Horatio Warner, Vermont; settled in Pleasant Valley Township in April, 1851; farmer. L. Dutton, New York; age, 41; settled in West Union Township Sept. 11, 1848 ; farmer. James E. Robertson, Ken- tucky ; age, 46; settled in Westfield Township in September, 1849. Harrison Butler, Ohio ; age, 52; Westfield Township, May, 1850; farmer. William H. Way, New York; age, 58; Oran Township, May, 1853; farmer. Elisha Hartsough, Michigan ; age, 54; Dover Township. May, 1850 ; now resides in Center Township ; farmer. Lookings Clark, born March 5, 1825, in Northum- berland Co., Penn .; Dover Township, November, 1849; married Mary Kinney Jan. 1, 1852. Absalom Butler, Ohio; age, 42; Dover Township, April, 1849 ; removed to West Union ; farmer. John T. Hanna, Pennsylvania ; age, 38; Westfield Township, June 6, 1850; butcher. Benjamin Iliff, born in Pennsylvania in October, 1820; Dover Township, Sept. 12, 1849; died Sept. 14, 1870. James Iliff, born in Dover Township, Fayette County, April 13, 1850. Thomas J. Kinsey, England; age, 60; Illyria Township, October, 1852; farmer. Samuel H. Robertson, Kentucky ; age, 56; Westfield Township, November, 1850; farmer. Harvey S. Brunson, Ohio; age, 53; Dover Township, May, 1850; removed to Westfield; occupation, various. C. R. Bent, born in Windham Co., Vt., Aug. 23, 1820; Auburn, February, 1852; removed to West Union; farmer. Aaron Brown, Mississippi ; age, 45; Westfield Town- ship, October, 1852 ; farmer. John Webb, Indiana; age, 42; Dover Town- ship, September, 1851; removed to Center ; clergyman. Palmer F. Newton, New York ; age, 47; Fairfield Township, Nov. 12, 1847; farmer. Charles Glidden, Maine; age, 56; Fairfield Township, March, 1846; farmer. Thomas R. Talbot, Ireland; age, 50; Westfield Township, July, 1849 ; farmer. Will- iam Morras, England; age, 39; Illyria Township, September, 1850; farmer. Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander, maiden name Christ, widow of Robert Alexander, Indiana ; age, 71; Westfield Township, Sept. 13, 1849. Mrs. Lorenzo Dut- ton, maiden name M. A. Hawley; age, 38; West Union Township, May, 1850 ; died Oct. 1, 1868. Mrs. Aaron Bunn (Elizabeth Lingrel); age, 45 ;
settled here in October, 1852. Mrs. John Webb (Frances Jones) ; age, 45; settled September, 1851. Mrs. E. Hartsough (Martha Brunson), Ohio ; age,
48 : settled May, 1850. Mrs. S Holton (Mary S. Strong), Ohio ; age, 38 ; settled May 18, 1850. Mrs. William Morris (Elizabeth -), England ; age, 35; settled in July, 1852. Mrs. E. B. Chamberlain (Hannah Alexander), Indiana; age, 38; Westfield Township, Sept. 13, 1849; removed to Center 'Township. Mrs. Thomas Kincaid (Catharine Dannee), Ohio ; age, 41 ; settled
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May, 1851. Mrs. P. F. Newton (Harriet Seely), Pennsylvania ; age, 43 ; settled Nov. 12, 1847. Mrs. S. H. Robertson (Sabra Alexander), Indiana; age. 49; settled November, 1850. Mrs. J. W. Rogers (Sarah Jane Simons), born in New York April 14, 1830; settled in West Union Township Sept. 7, 1849. Jacob LyBrand, botn in Philadelphia, Penn. ; settled in West Union Township in September, 1849, from Wisconsin ; removed to Ly Brand, Allama- kee County, in 1850; thence to St. Nicholas, Freeborn Co., Minn .; thence to. Redwood Falls, Minn .; thence, in 1864, to West Union ; thence to Alexandria, Douglas Co., Minn .; died 1875. Henry C. Lacy, Ohio; age, 45; West Union Township, May 31, 1851; farmer and surveyor; removed to Minne- sota.
Votad, That all persons entitled to membership be requested to forward (their) names and data for record, to the Recording Secretary.
Thomas R. Talbot presented a journal of events by Capt. R. R. Richardson, deceased, which, by a vote of the Association, was placed among the archives. of the Association. This was a journal of events in Mexico in 1842-3.
The first annual meeting of the Association was held Jan. 1, 1869, at the United States House, West Union, kept by J. D. Straw. At this meeting, the following additional names were reported and placed on the roll :
Remembrance Lippincott, West Virginia ; age, 63; West Union Township, June 27, 1850; farmer. Eleanor (Davis) Lippincott, born in 1805, in West. Virginia, and came with her husband. Humphrey Tibbetts, Ohio; age, 43; West Union Township, Oct. 25, 1849; blacksmith ; removed Illyria Township. Sylvester Underwood, New York; age, 47; Pleasant Valley Township, Sept. 1, 1850; farmer. Sally Ann (Smith) Underwood, New York, in 1825; came September, 1850, and died - Harriet (Sawyer) Underwood, New York ;
age, 35; came here single in 1849. Phineas T. Sturges, born in Pennsylva- nia; age, 38; West Union, June, 1851; merchant. Rachel (Irvin) Sturges, Pennsylvania; West Union, September, 1852. James George, England ; age, 52; Dover Township, March, 1851 ; farmer. Sarah M. (Albright) George, Ohio ; age, 48; came here in November, 1850. Alexander Winston, New York; age, 40; Fayette, June, 1851; wheelwright. Mrs. E. A. (Bent) Winston, Vermont; age, 40; Fayette, June, 1851. Elizabeth (Chenoweth) Kerr, Kentucky ; age, 80; Dover Township, June, 1849. William Red- field, New York ; age, 44; West Union, May, 1849; hardware merchant. Sarah (Adams) Redfield, Ohio; age, 38; West Union Township, 1849. William Wells, Ohio; age, 57; West Union Township, April 23, 1849; farm- er. Eliza (Abbott) Wells, Ohio; age, 55; West Union, 1849. William Rob- inson, Ohio; age, 50; West Union Township, June, 1852; farmer ; removed. to Mills Co., Iowa, in 1869. Benjamin Dimond, Pennsylvania ; age, 51 ; Pleasant Valley, May, 1849 ; millwright. Mary J. (Forbes) Dimond, Indiana ; age, 42; came in 1849. F. S. Palmer, New York ; age, 42; Clermont, April, 1850; merchant. E. (Agard) Palmer, Ohio ; age, 42; came here in April, 1850. Samuel Conner, Ohio ; age, 50; Pleasant Valley, July, 1848 ; farmer ; Marilla (Nicholson) Conner, Pennsylvania ; age, 42; came here in June, 1851. A. M. Quivey, New York ; age, 62; West Union Township, April, 1851; farmer. E. (Olmstead) Quivey, New York ; age, 53 ; came in November, 1851. Jere- miah House, New York; age, 44; West Union, August, 1851; farmer ; Nancy A. (Cobb) House, Canada ; age, 35; West Union, August, 1851. Cor- nelius Lacy, New York ; age, 67; West Union, July, 1851 ; farmer. William. McClintock, New York; age, 47; West Union, June, 1851; lawyer. A. M. (Lacy) McClintock, Ohio ; March 2, 1827 ; came here in June, 1851. Joseph
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Nicoll, Ireland ; age, 47; West Union, May 3, 1851 ; shoemaker. Jane (Rob- inson) Nicoll, Ireland ; age, 47 ; came here May 3, 1851.
The following officers were elected for the year 1869: Horatio Warner, President ; William Wells, Vice President ; Wm. McClintock, Treasurer ; John Webb, Chaplain ; William Redfield, Aaron Brown, P. F. Newton, Executive Committee.
The Second Annual Meeting was held in Calom's Hall. Clermont, January 1, 1870, when the following were added to the roll : James B. Stephenson, Scotland ; age, 66 ; Pleasant Valley Township, June 1, 1849; farmer. Trone Andersen, Norway ; age, 40; Clermont, July, 1852 ; farmer. E. H. Dibble, New York ; age 66; Clermont Township, May, 1852; farmer. Harriet (Tin- com), New York ; age; 55 ; settled May, 1852. David Wells, Ohio ; age, 41; West Union Township, April 11, 1850 ; farmer ; died January 2, 1876. Elvira (Chilton) Wells, Greene Co., Wis .; age, 37. Edwin Stedman, Ohio ; age, 44; Cler- mont Township, October, 1850; merchant. Nancy B. (Hine) Stedman, Ohio ; age, 42; came October, 1850 ; died February 15, 1872, at Pottsville. Andrew Martin, New York ; age, 58 ; Clermont, June, 1850 ; farmer and mechanic ; died February 22, 1871. Alzesta (Sawyer) Martin, Vermont ; age, 48 ; came in June, 1850. William Edgar, Pennsylvania ; age, 69; Dover Township, May, 1851; farmer ; removed to West Union. Rebecca (Gray) Edgar, Pennsylvania ; Dover, May, 1851.
The following officers were elected for the year 1870: President, Horatio Warner ; Vice President, William Wells ; Treasurer, Wm. McClintock ; Chap- lain, John Webb ; Recording Secretary, J. W. Rogers ; Corresponding Secre- tary, C. R. Bent ; Executive Committee, Wm. Redfield, Aaron Brown, P. F. Newton.
The next meeting was at the United States House, West Union, December 31, 1870, when officers for 1871 were elected as follows: President, P. L. Hinkley ; Vice President, Mrs. Athalia M. McClintock ; Treasurer, Thomas Kin- caid ; Chaplain, John Webb ; Secretary, J. W. Rogers ; Executive Committee, M. C. Sperry, F. S. Palmer and Benjamin Dimond. The time of meeting was changed to the first Saturday in September, and the following names were enrolled : Edwin Smith, born January 13, 1812, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. ; West Union, May 12, 1851 ; farmer. Mary (Riche) Smith, born November 14, 1819, in Franklin Co., Ind. ; came with her husband. John Phillips, born in Greene Co., N. Y., June 4, 1807 ; West Union in September, 1850 ; farmer and car- penter ; married, January 15, 1832, Mary Reeve, born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, November 16, 1812, who came here with her husband. Jacob K. Rosier, born in Harrison Co., Va., June 18, 1823; West Union, September, 1850; farmer ; married, October 1, 1849, Susanna Chambers, who came here with her husband. George Smith, Virginia ; age, 58; removed to Fayette Co., Iowa, April 22, 1849. Louisa (Drake) Smith, Ohio; came with her husband; died July 15, 1853. Royena (Butler) Smith, Ohio ; age, 40 ; married November, 1854. Daniel Cook, born in New York in 1818; settled in Fayette County September 1, 1850; died October 10, 1854. Elizabeth Cook, Ohio; age, 49; came with her husband in 1850. Ambrose Dudley Davis, Indiana ; age, 30 ; West Union, September, 1849. Eli Sherman, Fairfield Co., Conn .; age, 76 ; West Union, April, 1852 ; married, March, 1814, Mrs. Margaret (Lane) Pitt- inger ; married second time in 1842, Mrs. Lucy (Austin) Zeak ; Mr. Sherman taught school for many years of his life until 1859. Myron Peck, Allegany Co., N. Y. ; age, 40; West Union, October 15, 1853 ; wagon maker. Melissa Stafford) Peck, born April 1, 1838, at Auburn, Geauga Co., Ohio ; settled
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here June 6, 1851. Porter L. Hinkley, born March 9, 1820, in Geauga Co., Ohio ; West Union, June 12, 1851 ; farmer ; married, November 9, 1851, Miss Lucretia McCool, born in Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn., Aug. 9, 1824. Isaac F. Clark, born in Otsego Co., N. Y., April 24, 1829; West Union, April 1, 1853 ; mechanic; married February 4, 1849, Ada L. Cummings, born Decem- ber 1, 1828, who came here with her husband.
The last meeting held by the Association was at the fair grounds in West Union September 2, 1871, when the following officers were elected : Presi- dent, Thomas Kincaid ; Vice President, P. L. Hinckley ; Secretary, J. W. Rogers ; Chaplain, John Webb; Executive Committee, M. C. Sperry, F. S. Palmer and B. Dimond. The following additional names were enrolled : Andrew Hensley, Kentucky ; age, 68; moved to Southern Illinois in 1822; to Grant Co., Wis., in September, 1839; to Fayette County and made his claim in 1842, on which he settled in the Spring of 1844; farmer ; married Susan Lewis in 1823 ; she died in 1837 ; married Sarah Lovell in 1839. Andrew J. Hensley, Missouri; son of A. Hensley ; age, 38; Fayette County, 1844 ; married, in 1858, Loretta Smith, born in Winnebago Co., Ill., age, 30, who moved to this county in the Spring of 1846. Ella C. Clark, daughter of Isaac F. and Ada L. Clark; born in Cooperstown, N. Y .; age; 21 ; came to Fayette County April 1, 1853. Lucretia Brunson, daughter of H. S. Brunson ; born September 29, 1850, in Fayette County. Louisa Hinkley, daughter of P. L. Hinkley ; born in Fay- ette County January 29, 1853. Amanda Robertson, daughter of Samuel H. Robertson ; born in Indiana May 27, 1848. Anna M. Clark, daughter of I. F. Clark; born in Fayette County December 5, 1851. Martha S. Calvin ; born May 31, 1840 ; came to Elkader in 1847, and to Fayette County October, 1849; daughter of C. D. Carleton and wife of J. P. Calvin ; died. Charlotte A. (Simmons) Brewer ; age, 47; wife of John S. Brewer. Hettie (Brewer) Kinsey, daughter of J. S. and C. A. Brewer, wife of Mr. Kinsey, age, 24. Eli Abbott, born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 1, 1815; West Union, May, 1851. Eveline C. Abbott, Lorain Co., Ohio; age, 53; came with her husband. Jerome Boswell ; born in July, 1815, in Knox Co., Ky. ; Fayette County in 1851. Joshua G. Webb, born September 7, 1819, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y .; West Union, September, 1851. Lucinda (Ketchum) Webb, born July 4, 1822 ; came with her husband. Joseph Shipton, Lincoln- shire, England ; age, 44; Fayette County November, 1851 ; married, in 1855, Sarah Cumming. John C. McDowell, Ohio; age, 19; Fayette County, 1852. Miron C. Mead, McHenry Co., Ill. ; age, 21; Clermont, 1851 ; son of A. A. Mead. Adaline Jones, wife (or widow) of Henry Jones ; Utica, N. Y. ; age, 42; Fayette County in 1851. Albert R. Sutherland, Union Co., Vt. ; age, 28; Fayette 'County, October, 1853. Mary A. (House) Sutherland ; age, 21; Fayette County, June, 1853. John S. Brewer, Seneca Co., N. Y. ; age, 52; West Union, June, 1852 ; farmer. David F. Soward, Madison Co., Ohio ; age, 48; Fayette County, June 24, 1851; Catherine (Hill) Soward ; Sage Co., Ohio ; age, 45. Frances A. Soward, daughter of D. F. and Catherine Soward ; born in Logan Co., Ohio, March 31, 1848. Mary B. Soward, daughter of D. F. and C. Soward; born in Fayette County ; age, 19. John McMillan, born in Huron Co., Ohio, December, 1822 ; Illyria, June 11, 1851 ; farmer. Henry H. Carmichael, Greene Co., Penn. ; age, 48 ; Illyria, April 17, 1852 ; farmer. Nancy M. Carmichael, daughter of H. H. Carmichael ; Indiana ; age, 21. Mor- gan M. Carmichael, son of H. H. Carmichael ; Indiana ; age, 19. Ada Augusta Rogers, daughter of J. W. and Sarah J. Rogers ; born in Monroe, Greene Co., Wis., February 25, 1849; came to West Union with her parents September 7,
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1849. Oscar W. Rogers, son of G. W. and S. J. Rogers ; born in West Union, Fayette Co., October 2, 1850, in the first house built in the town of West Union, on Lot -, Block 17 ; married, May 30, 1874, Mary F. Putnam. Anna A. Rogers, daughter of J. W. and S. J. Rogers ; born in West Union January 2, 1852.
This is the last record of the Fayette County Historical Society, but it is to be hoped that it will be revived and will spread open its records, incidents and events, both of pioneer and recent times, and that it will be a Historical Society indeed.
THE FAYETTE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.
Early in the Winter of 1854-5, a number of the leading citizens of Fayette County, among whom were Sylvester Underwood, P. L. Hinkley, J. W. Rogers, William McClintock, Lewis Davis and others, discussed the propriety and feasi- bility of organizing a County Agricultural Society. At last a call was issued for a meeting, on Saturday, March 3, 1855, at the Baptist Church in West Union, for the purpose of taking the matter into consideration, and, if decided to be practicable, to organize a society. At the time appointed, about sixty gentlemen were in attendance, indicating a deep interest in the project. R. A. Richardson was called to the Chair, and Oliver Somers appointed Secretary ; P. L. Hinkley, George Murphy and John Gharky were appointed a committee to draft and report a Constitution and By-Laws for the government of the pros- pective society. These indispensable documents were all prepared in anticipation, it seems, for they were promptly reported and read by Mr. Hinkley, and unan- imously adopted by the meeting.
S. Underwood and E. Z. Stowe were nominated for President of the Society. Levi Fuller and C. A. Newcomb were appointed Tellers, who reported the result of the ballot to be, for Underwood 30 votes, and for Stowe 27. Mr. Under- wood was declared elected. The following officers were then elected: Vice Presidents, J. B. Earll, of Auburn ; P. L. Hinkley, West Union ; Palmer F. Newton, of Fairfield; Samuel Holton, of Illyria ; W. R. Flint, of Eden, and Curtis R. Bent, of Auburn ; Recording Secretary, J. W. Rogers; Correspond- ing Secretary, C. A. Newcomb ; Treasurer, Wm. McClintock ; Directors, Mor- ris B. Earll, of Auburn ; J. N. House, of Eden ; Thomas Turner, of Windsor; Lemuel Iliff, of Dover ; Charles Sawyer, Clermont ; Bliss W. Webb, Pleasant Valley ; John McMillan, Illyria ; Lewis Eaton, of Fairfield ; E. L. Stowe, of West Union, and Martin Durham, of Westfield.
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