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The name was changed from Creaseville to Batavia, under special act approved January 19, 1853, in answer to a petition presented by William F. Hambrick, who secured the unanimous consent of the people of the town for that purpose.
The first train of cars on the Burlington & Missouri Railroad passed Bata- via in February, 1854.
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An addition, known as Whitwood's Addition, was made to the south side of the town, bounded by the line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (B. & M. R.), embracing about forty acres, in the year 1859. Whitwood was the agent of a Boston company, who purchased eighty acres of the land lying south of the original town site, which was divided into equal parts by the rail- road.
FIRST ELECTION.
Batavia was incorporated as a town in the year 1868, and the first election was held March 13, of the same year. M. S. Frisbie was elected Mayor; Cas- par Durr, Recorder ; C. W. Chase, Treasurer. The following-named gentle- men were elected members of the first Council: V. S. Carson, H Chase and a Mr. Graham. At the first meeting of the Council, W. P. Webb was appoint- ed to serve in the double capacity of Marshal and Street Commissioner. He resigned, however, and John Brown was chosen to fill the vacancy.
LAST ELECTION.
At the last city election, March 10, 1878, J. B. Kent was elected Mayor. He resigned soon after the election, and, on the 14th of November, 1878, C. W. Nutting was chosen to the vacancy. The board of city officers is now as follows:
Mayor, C. W. Nutting; Recorder, William R. T. Boggs; Treasurer, Cas- par Durr; Marshal, John Burnaugh; Street Commissioner, Adrian Baines ; Assessor, W. S. Alexander. Councilmen-J. T. Stephens, Dr. H. W. Shaffer, C. W. Chase, John Lapp and V. S. Carson.
THE FIRST SCHOOL.
In the center of a field, on the old town site, somewhere about the year 1849, stood a round-log cabin, which had formerly served some settler for a dwelling, but was now unoccupied. This primitive domicile was utilized by Elijah O'Bannon, who here opened the first school in Locust Grove Township. He taught a three-months subscription school, charging $2.50 per scholar, and is spoken of by those who attended his school as a good, kind-hearted man, and as an excellent teacher. Among the lads who composed the first school were William Jones, Henry Crease, Columbus Lafferty, Richard Jones, Jefferson Lafferty, and one or two others. The lasses were Virginia O'Bannon and her younger sister. These have long since grown to manhood and womanhood, and are verging into the " sear and yellow leaf."
Speaking of this primitive school, one who attended states that the cabin contained no window, and that in order to let in a better supply of light and air, the taller boys would rise up and shove aside the loose clapboards on the roof, and protrude their heads through the aperture, opening their mouths for air like a fly-trap. The door was swung from wooden hinges, and whenever it was opened, creaked with a soul-harrowing howl that echoed for a quarter of a mile.
PRESENT SCHOOL INTERESTS.
The independent school district of Batavia was organized in the year 1862, but as the records of those times were very imperfectly kept and eventually lost, it is found impossible to obtain much accurate information about it. The original district was divided in 1866, and the portion now known as the Batavia District purchased the schoolhouse then in use, and moved it to its present site. It is a commodious building, capable of comfortably accommodating all the
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pupils of the district. J. H. Hilton, W. H. Bartholomew, B. C. Sawyer, W. L. Alexander, Caspar Durr, C. W. Nutting and M. S. Frisbie compose the present School Board; J. H. Hilton, President ; C. W. Nutting, Secretary. Three teachers are usually employed. At present, however, as a measure of economy, only two are engaged.
RELIGIOUS INTERESTS.
The Methodist Church was the first regular religious society organized in Batavia, the first meeting having been held in an old round-log schoolhouse which stood in a field now owned by Dr. Baldridge. The first sermon was preached by Rev. Joseph Herington, while the town was still called Creaseville. The first regular church structure was erected and dedicated in the year 1865, and cost about $1,200. The lot was donated to the society by the Burlington & Missouri Railroad Company, and the house was built with money raised by subscription. The first sermon in the new building was preached by Rev. James Wilson. A Sabbath school was organized soon after, and is still in a flourishing condition. Rev. Mr. Swanson is the present Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Presbyterian Society was organized in 1858. It worships in a very hand- some and commodious church edifice, which was erected at a cost of $1,300. The lot on which it is built is in McQuery's Addition, from whom it was purchased. The first sermon rendered in the new building was preached by Rev. Mr. Cald- well. The present Pastor is Rev. James McIlroy. The congregation is in a prosperous condition, and maintains a good Sabbath school.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Baptist Church edifice was built about the year 1868, at which time the affairs of the society began to take rank among the other religious societies of the village. Rev. James Wilson, a Free-Will Baptist, was the leading spirit, and by his energy and perseverance raised money sufficient to build the church, and was chosen as the first Pastor. He was an untiring solicitor and a good financier. From some cause, however, he did not succeed so well in winning popularity as a Pastor as he did in raising money to build the church, and finally gave up the pastorate. After Mr. Wilson retired from the pastor- ate, other ministers came occasionally to preach to the society, but at present the Church is without services.
BIBLE CHRISTIANS.
A society known and called Bible Christians was organized by Rev. Henry Phillips in 1855, who came here from Fairfield for that purpose. Among the original members of the society were George W. Troy, Gannon Bradshaw, Mrs. Sarah Jones, Elder Long, and others of the old settlers to the number of 100 persons. The services of this society, until about 1861, were attended by the whole people of the country roundabout ; but at the commencement of the late civil war, there was such a diversity of opinion on war points that the society fell to pieces. In 1863, Rev. Mr. Fordice came and undertook to re-unite the inharmonious elements. He labored most earnestly to accomplish the purpose of his mission, but, at the end of one year, the seeds of discord, previously sown, took new root, or had grown so strong that he saw the fruit- lessness of the undertaking, and abandoned the field.
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HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
INDEPENDENT ORDERS-MASONIC.
Killomy Lodge, No. 198, A., F. §. A. M., was organized August 30, 1856, under dispensation granted to Joshua Wright by Grand Master Peck, of the Iowa Grand Lodge. Charter granted in June, 1867. Charter members- Joshua Wright, A. D. Griffin. Jacob Collins, J. D. Kirby, M. D. Baldridge, T. A. Robb, William Templeton, J. M. Rust, Andrew Smith, J. Wilson, John Stansbury, Henry M. Smith, William Pratt, R. B. Wright, George Allen, James M. McClelland, H. M. Henderson, J. S. Mount, M. S. Crawford, J. A. Willis and Thomas Shively.
Present officers-W. W. Whittaker, Worshipful Master ; E. A. Collins, Senior Warden ; E. T. Winsell, Junior Warden ; D. B. Clarke, Treasurer ; M. S. Frisbie, Secretary ; T. A. Robb, Senior Deacon ; H. Grover, Junior Deacon ; C. S. Hill, Senior Steward : George Whitmore, Junior Steward: W. H. Howell, Tiler.
PERLEE.
The village of Perlee is situated in Penn Township, on the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, six miles northeast of Fairfield. Prior to the completion of the railroad, the coal-mines known to exist for twenty years had been operated in a small way, and the product hauled in wagons to Washington. La Grange and Miller had done the principal business in that line. F. J. Demarsh had erected a saw-mill as early as 1860, and the first house built on the town site was a log-cabin erected by Israel Snook to accommodate the workmen at the mill.
The railroad was completed in 1870. The Jefferson County Coal Company was organized in that year, and the town laid out. The post office, established soon after, was named Perlee at the Post Office Department, Washington, D. C. Previous to this, the station had been known as Acheson, named by P. J. Demarsh in honor of George Acheson, Esq., of Fairfield.
Perlee is now a thriving town of 500 inhabitants, with three dry goods stores, one grocery, one drug store, one saw-mill, which also grinds cornmeal ; a hotel, blacksmith and other shops, one church (Presbyterian), etc. The Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias each have a flourishing lodge. Mr. Demarsh, the principal merchant, opened his present store in 1872, and is doing a busi- ness of $12,000 per year. The town also supports a good school, with two teachers and an attendance of 130 scholars. The principal trade of the place is derived from the coal-mines.
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COAL COMPANY.
This Company was organized June 3, 1870. Its mines are located at Perlee, where the Company owns 300 acres of fine coal lands, employs about sixty men, and mined, during the year ending November 1, 1878, 374,600 bushels of coal. The present officers of the Company are as follows: James F. Wilson, President ; R. H. Hufford, Vice President ; C. W. Slagle, Secretary ; George Acheson, Treasurer.
WASHINGTON COAL COMPANY,
organized January 25, 1876. Present officers: William Elliott, President ; D. W. Templeton, Vice President; William A. Thompson, Secretary and Treasurer. Capital, $20,000. Mines located at Perlee, where it owns nearly
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two hundred acres, beside leases on additional tracts. Employs about seventy- five men. Product for the year ending November 1, 1878, 750,000 bushels, mostly consumed by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad.
LIBERTYVILLE.
Libertyville was originally known as " The Colony," but, in 1845, John Jewett conceived the idea of founding a village there, and John Pitzer was employed to survey and plat a town site.
A. N. Bissell opened to sale the first stock of goods. The building in which he " kept store " is now used as a barn.
John Jewett was the first Postmaster ; A. N. Bissell the second.
The first church edifice was erected by the Methodists in 1846, at a cost of $500. Rev. Mr. Airington was the first Pastor. The congregation now num- bers about one hundred and fifty persons.
The Presbyterian Church was organized by Rev. Mr. Bell in 1850. A temporary building was used until 1857, when a handsome brick edifice was erected.
The town has three general stores, that keep a general stock of drugs, dry goods, groceries, etc. ; one lumber-yard, one grain-elevator, one hotel, one wagon and carriage shop, one harness-shop, two shoe-shops, one cabinet-shop, one blacksmith-shop, one beer-saloon, one meat-market and one barber-shop.
The first school was taught about 1843, by John Young. John Garfer and William Clarridge were also among the first teachers.
The first time the people observed America's national day by public dem- onstration was in the year 1842, when a barbecue was given and a general good time indulged in. Mrs. Carns and Mrs. Alden were mainly instrumental in getting up the affair. The address was delivered by C. T. Alden.
Emmett Lodge, No. 295, I. O. O. F., was organized September 15, 1874, with seven charter members. The first officers were Jacob Wagner, N. G. ; J. S. Wagner, Secretary : A. J. Hague, Vice Grand.
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BAKIR CO-
OFFICIAL VOTE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, AT THE ELECTION HELD OCTOBER 8, 1878.
1
Sec'y of Auditor Treas. of R. State Judge of Su- Attorney Clerk of Rep'r S. Represen'tive D. Judge, D. Att'y, Clerk of
State. of State.
State. L. Office. preme Court.
Bemis.
Devin.
Powers.
Farrington.
Rothrock.
Jos.C. Knapp
J. C. Knapp.
McJunkin.
Gibbons.
Holmes.
Runyon.
Runnells.
Elliott.
McCoid.
Hobbs.
Bereman.
Winslow.
Cook.
Ryan.
Stone.
Jaques.
Ball.
124
56
55
123
3 159
Penn
177 122 177
122
177 122
177 122
177
122
92
95
92
95
92
95
92
92
17
75
95
92
94
93
97
91|
95
93
97
91
17 102
Polk ...
120 142 120 142
120 141
120
142
119
143
120.
142
120 142
159
315
88
116
88
110
35
55
117
97
71
47
71
97
71
93
72
97
71
11
105
Cedar ..
49
78
47
80
48
78
79
48
79
88
140
88
140
88
140
88
140
89 138
...
...
.0G
140
881
140
88
140
89
131
98
139
87
226
Des Moines.
78 114
78 114
78
114
78, 114
78 114
78
114
78
114
78
114
771
25
88
78
114
78
114
78
113
75
117
78
114
3
172
Total
1709 1477 1706 1481 1707 1479 1709 1479 1707 1326
645 839 1695 1489 1704.1492 1712 1460 1675 1505 1712 1467 745 1615
Majorities .
232
225;
228
230
222
231
229
227
206
212,
1 252
120
255
For Selling Poor
Against Selling Poor Farm.
Walnut ..
56 124
56 124
56
124
56 124
56
8
55
124
56
124
56
124
52.
92
34
56
124
177
122
176
121
178; 1211
177
121
12 241
Black Hawk.
95
92
95
92
95
92
95
92
159
119
158
321
1
531 117
87 116
85, 132
97
71
97
71
97
44
14
66
47
,9
48
79
48
79
4.5
79
50
76
49
46
Liberty ..
152
86 140
88 140
71
97.
71
97
......
71
97
71
79
48
79
48
79
85 129
16
69 132
85
132
85
132
82
124
88
132
80
10
95
Lockridge
132
85 132
85
132
85 132
85 132
85:
...
Round Prairie
97
71
116
88 115
89
116
88
117
87
......
177| 122
177
122
177
122
172
28
04
168
123
141 121 141 149
159 119 159 123
142
117
160
117
160
52 117
Locust Grove*
118'
159 119
159
119 159
119
316: 531
315
529
530
316 526
210
104 526
326 529.
87 116
88 116
88
117
87:
115
30
Buchanan
116
88
316
530
326 500
347
Stephenson.
Walker.
Mitchell.
Gobble.
Farm.
HulI.
Farnsworth.
Sherman.
Eibock.
53 126
56
113
120
141
119
130°
325 534 87 117
317
453, 186
Fairfield ..
529 316 529
123
38, 119
55
120
119| 159 117
142
117
85
119, 158
119
316 530
48
159 1707 1478 1708 1479 1708 1481 1671
1 780
* The poll book of Locust Grove Township was returned without the certificate of the Judges of the Election. They were telegraphed for, and appeared at the Auditor's office Monday evening following the election, and certified to the returns,
TOWNSHIPS.
General. S. Court.
Court. in Congress. 6th Dist. 6th Dist. Courts. Recorder
Supervi- sor.
124
523
71
97
48
88 140
--
85 132
120
20 136
95
116
132
71'
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY.
ABBREVIATIONS.
agt. ... agent
carp .. .carpenter mech
clerk
Co ... .company or county
mfr.
mkr. manufacturer dIr .dealer
far
farmer P. O. Post Office
gro ..
grocer
prop ... proprietor
S. or Sec .Section
.. street st ..
supt .. .superintendent
Treas. .Treasurer lab.
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP.
(P. O. FAIRFIELD.)
A CKERMAN, M., shoemaker. Adams, William, laborer.
Alexander, R. W., clerk.
Allender, E. M., farmer, Sec. 13.
Alexander, F. W., clerk.
Alexander, R. E., merchant.
Alexander, W. K., shoemaker.
ALLEN & CO., dealers in groceries,
feed, flour and grain, north side of square, Fairfield ; commenced business in 1877; they carry a full line of
goods, and the patronage of the people ; Their flour is manufactured by Allen Allen & Co., at Brighton, Washington Co.
Allmayer, Benjamin, merchant.
Alston, William, retired.
Alters, D. M., farmer, Sec. 1.
Anderson, A. P., laborer.
Anderson, James, farmer, Sec. 16.
Anderson, Louis, farmer, Sec. 16.
Angstead, I. F., clerk in saloon.
Armstrong, Frank, farmer, Sec. 9.
Armstrong, Henry, farmer, Sec. 9.
Armstrong, John, Rev., President of Par- sons College.
Armstrong, Johnson, medical student.
Ashby, J. N., lumber merchant.
Ashby, William, laborer.
Atkinson, J. H., clerk.
AXLINE, JOHN T., teacher, Fairfield ; born in Jessamine Co., Ky.,
in 1846; came to Jefferson Co., in 1865. Married in 1877 Miss Laura J. Whitson, of Jefferson Co. Mr. Ax- line has taught in Jefferson Co. for ten terms, and is regarded as one of the best teachers in the county. He was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in Fairfield ; has always been an active, working member. Republican. Was educated at Fairfield College.
B AKER, N. H., pump-peddler.
Balderson, R. C., laborer.
BALL, GEO. W., far., Sec. 19; owns 295 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Hancock Co., Va .; came to Jefferson Co. in 1845. Mar- ried in 1872, Miss Maggie Laughlin ; has three children-Chas., born in 1874; Harvey, born in 1876; and Jo- seph L., born in 1878. Mr. B. has held various offices of trust in the township. House cost $1,600. Liberal.
BALL, WM. C., farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 24 ; owns 93 acres of land, valued at $100 per acre; born in Han- cock Co., Va., in 1846; came to Iowa in 1852. Married, in 1872, Mary Camp- bell, of Fairfield; has two children- Annie, aged 5, and Frank, aged 2. Enlisted, in 1863, Co. I, 45th I. V. I .; mustered out at Keokuk. Mr. Ball is a
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I. V. A Iowa Volunteer Artillery
I. V. C. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
I. V. I. lowa Volunteer Infantry
laborer
mach. .machinist
.mechanic clk
mer . merchant
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lawyer; has practiced for four or five years, but left the office for the farm on account of his health ; was for two years with D. P. Stubbs, of Fairfield.
Baltzell, A. C., shoemaker.
Barger, E., farmer.
Barnes, W. H., laborer.
Barnes, T., sexton of cemetery.
BARR, JOHN C., farmer, Sec. 6 ; owns 365 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre ; born in Erie Co., Penn., in 1819. Married, in 1847, Miss Eliza Markham ; has eight children-Emma, born in 1849; Alonzo, born in 1851; John A., born in 1853; Caroline, born in 1855; Anna, born in 1857; Het- tie, born in 1860 ; Mary, born in 1862; Kate, born in 1864. Mr. Barr took an active part in the Mexican war; was wounded several times ; was a member of the 1st Ill. V., and fought in the bat- tle of Buena Vista, under Col. Harden. Barley, Josiah, carpenter.
Bartholomew, Thomas, farmer.
Bartlett, J. W., carpenter.
Bates, Jeremiah, farmer, Sec. 12.
Bates, William H., farmer, Sec. 12.
Beatty, D. R., Township Clerk.
Beatty, Guy, clerk. Beatty, Walker, clerk.
Beck, D. R., clerk.
Beck, J. A., merchant.
BECK, W. G., farmer, Sec. 1; residence in the city; born in Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn., March 9, 1819; moved with his parents to Wheeling, Va .; thence to Fairfield in March, 1847; in 1851, was Route Agent for the Western Stage Company ; in 1854, engaged in farming; in 1856, sold out, and moved with his family to Owen Co., Ky .; in 1860, returned to Fairfield. Married, Oct. 4, 1847, Mar- garet Ramsey, daughter of Alexander Ramsey, of Washington Co., Penn. ; they have five children living-James A., David R., Charles E., Fannie M. and Kate W. Democrat.
Belknap, D. C., laborer.
Belknap, R. N., laborer. Bell, J. J., peddler.
Bell, Thomas, merchant.
Bennett, J. D., carpenter.
Bickford, S. M., retired. Bickford, Wm., farmer. Bigelow, S. E., shoemaker.
BILLS, C. M., dealer in marble and granite tombstones, Fairfield, with a business extending into adjoining coun- ties ; born in Marshall Co., Tenn .; settled in Iowa in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. E, 39th Iowa V. I .; was one of the youngest members of the regiment ; participated in the marches and battles of his command through the war; Atlanta campaign-from Atlanta, via New York and the Atlantic Ocean, to Savannah, through the Carolinas and Virginia, and the grand and closing re- view of Gen. Sherman's army at Wash- ington City, at the close of the war; during the campaign from Savannah, was on detached service at his brigade headquarters under Gen. Rowett. Mar- ried Laura E. Hickenlooper July 2, 1868; they have two children-Lillie M. and Annie L.
BIRT, JEMIMA, MRS., farming, Sec. 27 ; owns twenty-five acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in En- gland in 1823. Married Mr. John Birt in 1850, also a native of England ; have three children living-James J., aged 23 ; Frank, aged 17; and Lincoln, aged 15; came to Iowa in 1857. Mrs. Birt has made all the improvements on her place, and is very pleasantly situated, three miles west of Fairfield. Member of the Congregational Church.
Black, F. J. L., clerk.
Black, Henry, broom manufacturer.
Black, Wm. G., grocer.
Black, Wm., loan agent.
BLAIR, GEORGE H., M. D., office over post office, Fairfield ; born May 3, 1830, in Oneida Lake, Madison Co., N. Y .; gradnated in 1851, at the Cleve- land Homeopathic College ; came to Fair- field in 1871. Married in January, 1853, Mary J. Wilson, sister of Hon. J. F. Wilson ; they have three children -Minnie W., Alice W. and Susan W. Dr. Blair was surgeon at the U. S. Marine Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, dur- ing the years 1868-69 ; was President of the Visiting Board of the Wilson Street Hospital, Cleveland ; Physician to the Protestant Orphan Asylums at Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; was Professor of Theory and Practice at the Woman's Medical College, Cleveland ; in 1874, was elected President of the
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FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP.
Iowa State Homeopathic Society; and at present is Examiner in the Homeo- pathic Medical Department of the Iowa State University ; also U. S. Examiner of Pensions.
Bleakmore, F. F., insurance agent.
Bloss, J., carpenter.
Bockins, A. W., plasterer.
Boerstler, C. H., clerk.
Boling, S. M., County Auditor.
Bond, J., mason.
Bonewitz, J. E., merchant.
Bourmaster, F. A., far., Sec. 17.
Booth, J. T., far., Sec. 14.
Boswell, H. M., laborer.
Boyd, A. J., saloon.
Bradley, Joseph, merchant. Bradshaw, A. C. D., druggist.
Brier, John, laborer.
Bright, N. M., merchant.
Bright, N. S., merchant.
BROWN, C. N., gardener, Fairfield ; owns fifty acres of land, valued at $50 per acre ; born in Suffolk Co., N. Y., Feb. 29, 1824; came to Jefferson Co. in 1864. Married, in 1856, Miss R. Mor- ris; has three children-Edwin M., 21 years old; Rosa I. and Lillie A., twins, 13 years old; Edwin graduates next year at Parsons College, Fairfield ; is now teaching school. Mr. B. is a mem- ber of the Fairfield Congregational Church; Republican. Mrs. B. was born on the 29th of February; has a birthday only once in four years.
Brown, H. L., merchant. Brown, J. L., plasterer. Brundage, E. W., laborer. Bryant, R., far., S. 5.
BURGESS, W. T., P. M., Fairfield ; born Nov. 25, 1837, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. His father W. P. Burgess, died in 1846 and left him entirely on his own efforts ; he acquired a good com- mon-school education, learned the tin and copper smith trade; during this time he studied law and soon after was mitted to the bar; removed to Bloom- field, Iowa, in 1860; in 1861, was admitted to practice in this State ; moved to Brighton the same year, and was engaged in recruiting for the army; in July, 1862, organized Co. E, 30th I. V. I., and was commis- sioned Captain ; was engaged with his regiment in the battles at Haines' Bluff,
Vicksburg, Fort Hindman and Gren- ada; in 1863, was confined in hos- pital at Memphis for several months with heart disease and pneumonia ; was finally compelled to resign and return home. The following winter, removed to Fairfield and engaged in merchandising. Has served three years as member of the Board of Supervisors in his county, and chairman one year ; was Overseer of the County Farm during the same time ; in 1873 and 1874, was Clerk of the Com- mittee on Railways and Canals, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C .; re- ceived his appointment as Postmaster at Fairfield in January, 1875 ; took charge of the office April following; in the spring of 1878, was chosen as a member of the School Board for the term of three years. His marriage with Kate Downs occurred at Brighton July 4, 1862; has two interesting children-George L. and Nellie P. ; lost one child.
BURNETT, JOHN W., hardware, stoves, and lumber dealer, south of C., B. & Q. R. R., near depot, Fairfield ; born April 28, 1847, in Passaic Co., N. J .; moved to Ohio with his parents in 1855, thence to Union Co., Iowa, in 1869, and to Fairfield in 1874. Mar- ried May 3, 1871, Rosetta Zimmerman, who was born in Mansfield, Ohio; they have two children-Jennie E. and James M.
Burrow, H. B., far., Sec. 2.
Byrkett, A. R., gunsmith. Byrkett, Jesse, gunsmith. ADE, MARTIN, laborer.
Campbell, Ed., clerk. Campbell, Joel E., far., Sec. 11.
Campbell, J. P., plasterer.
Campbell, J. W., plasterer.
Campbell, Mark, clerk.
Canaday, J. W. and J. L., fars., Sec. 7. Canaday, Hugh, blacksmith.
CANTERBURY, JAMES M., stone and brick mason, Fairfield ; born Nov. 9, 1846, in Lawrence Co., Ohio ; moved to Jefferson Co., in 1867. En- listed Feb. 14, 1865, in Co. I, 189th Regt. Ohio V. I .; mustered out at the close of the war. Married, Dec. 12, 1867, Mary E. Orth; have three chil- dren-Viola A., Nellie B. and Rosa B. Canterbury, W. A., far., Sec. 28.
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Carbaugh, A. R., laborer.
Carpenter, William, far., Sec. 19.
Caster, James, far., Sec. 12.
Carson, Alexander, far., Sec. 12. Carter, H. B., laborer.
Carter, Sprague, laborer. Chester, S. J., trader.
Clarke, C. S., druggist.
Clarke, George D., druggist.
Clark, Peter, far., Sec. 33.
Clark, Walter A., farmer, Sec. 8.
Clinkenbeard, Jos., teamster.
Clinton, John, retired.
Cockley, Samuel, trader.
Coffin, S. W., City Marshal.
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