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Corp. Jos. L. Carlin, e. July 1, 1861, m. o. August. 1864.
Conklin, Wm. E .. e. Jnly 1, 1861, m. o. August, 1864.
Stitsman, Rinehart, e. July 1, 1861, m. o. August, 1864.
Sixth Infantry.
Asst. Surgeon Norman 31. Smith, com. Oct. 29, 1862.
Eighth Infantry.
Kelley. A. W .. e. Aug. 14, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Primley, Wm .. e. Aug. 14, 1861, captd. at Shiloh.
Withell, Elias M., e. Ang. 14, 1861, disd. March 13, 1862, disab.
Eleventh Infantry.
Asst. Surgeon J. C. Batford, com. Oct. 25. 1803, resd. June 5, 1863.
First Lieut. John 1. White, com. July 26, 1865.
Musician Geo M. Titus, e. Sept. 18, 1861, . vet. Jan. 1, 1561.
Thirteenth infantry.
Second Lient. Abram E. Wood, prmtd. 20 lieut. June 7, 1865.
Bowman. Godfrey. e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. Feb. 3. 1865, disab.
Foot, Jas., e. Oct. 15, 1861, died Aug. 4, 1862. Lockwood, J., e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. Dec. 11, 1861, disah.
Postelwaight. J. J., e. Oct. 15, 1861, vet Jan. 1, 1864, wd.
Shaffer, Samuel B., e. Oct. 1, 1861, disd Jan. 1, 1862.
Selby, Henry, e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. March 3, 1862.
Sixteenth Infantry.
Blake, James, e. Dec. 9, 1861, wd. Shiloh. Brown, George, e. Dec. 12, 1861, trans. to Inv. Corps.
Bodenhoffer, John, e. Dec. 19, 1861, vet. Feb. 28, 1864, wd.
Corbin, Aaron F., e. Dec. 20, 1861, died June 30, 1862.
Hulett, Oliver B., e. Jan. 23, 1862, died Aug. 5.
Hamilton, Alexander, e. Feb. 23. 1863. vet. Feb. 28. 1864, died Aug. 7. 1864.
Capt. Marshall C. Fuller. com. March 24, 1862, m. o. June 10, 1862.
Corp. Alexander Maple, vet. Jan. 16, 1864, captd. July 22. 1804.
Eighteenth Infantry.
Corp. Henry A. Burch, e. July 11, 1862. m. o. July 20, 1865.
Bower. Wilson, e. July 9, 1862, m. o. July 20, 1863.
Dumont, Thomas R., e. July 9, 1862, m. o. July 20, 1865.
Hodge, Alfred, e. July 11, 1862, wd. Jan. 8, 1863.
Hazebrigg. 1. J., e. July 7, 1862, m. o. July 20, 1865.
Phillips, Jerome, e. July 21, 1862, disd. Feb. 19, 1863, disab.
Russell, C. C., e. July 17, 1862, in. o. July 20, 1865.
Twenty-first Infantry.
Bly, Joseph, e. June 25, 1862, m. o. July 15. 1865.
Beatty. David, e. Sept. 27, 1864, m. o. July 15, 1865. Jefferson, Charles H., e. Ang. 22, 1862, m. o. July 15, 1865.
Kress, II. W., e. Aug. 22, 1862, dlisd. March 20, 1963, disab.
McMahon, Patrick, e. Aug. 22, 1862, m. o. July 15, 1865.
Robins, Amos, e. July 28, 1862, in. o. July 15, 1865.
Twenty-sixth Infantry.
Corp. Albert B. Siles, e. Sept. 28, 1861, | Sergt. M. R. Brown. e. June 27, 1862, disd. died May 4, 1802.
May 22, 1863. disab.
Corp. Alonzo D. Linde. e. July 7, 1962, m. o. June 6, 1805.
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Farmer, S. H., e. July 7, 1862, died Oct. 19, 1863.
Kanally, James, e. Ang. 2, 1862, died Dec. 27, 1562. Low. Edwin, e. July 7, 1862. m. o. June 6, 1865. Reed, Charles, e. June 13, 1862, died Feb. 22, 1863.
Williams, John L., e. July 7. 1862, trans.
Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Gifford. C. M., e. Ang. 13, 1862, disd. Feb. 9, 1863.
Dickey. R. B., e. Jan. 23. 1864, in. o. Aug. 15, 1865.
Thirty-fifth Infantry.
Betzer, Aaron R., e. Ang. 19, 1862, trans.
Thirty-ninth Infantry.
Cline, Chas .. e. Aug. 22, 1862, kld. Oct. 5, 1864.
Rye, Wm., e. Aug. 22, 1862, in. o. June 5, 1865. . Snyder. J. F., e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd. Oct. 5,1864. Wry, Absalom, e. Aug. 22, 1862, in. o. June 5. 1865. Wry. James, e. Aug. 22, 1862, died Feb. 19, 1865.
Forty-sixth Infantry.
Thurlow. L. C., e. May 30, 1864. m. o. Sept. 23, 1864.
Coolsmith, Wm., e. May 30, 1864, m. o. Sept. 23, 1864.
Klise, Chas. F., e. May 30, 1864. m. o. Sept. 23, 1864.
Fourth Cavalry.
Second Lieut. Michael MeLaughlin, e. as sergt. Sept. 23. 1861. com. 2d lieut. Sept. 28, 1864, returned to 1st sergt.
Corp. George M. Stewart, e. sept. 23, 1861, m. o. Aug. 10, 1865.
Pierce, Laban, vet. Dec. 19, 1863.
Fifth Cavalry.
Painter, Wm. II., e. Feb. 26, 1864. m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Fifth Veteran Cavalry.
Burlingham. Mark. e. Feb. 20, 1864. Newcomb, Geo. W .. e. Feb. 29, 1864. samons, Curtis, e. Feb. 29, 1861.
Sergt. Luther V. Brainard. Oct. , 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, prisoner of war.
Sergt. William D. Gleason, e. Oct. 25, 1861, vet. Jan. 1. 1864.
Brainard, John F., e. Feb. 6, 1861, vet. Feb. 6, 1864.
Edwards, G. IL., e. Oct. 25, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Ensign, G., e. Feb. 26, 1861, vet. Feb. 26, 1864.
Isabell. M. M., e. March 7, 1861, vet. March 7. 1864.
Parmenter, Wm. II., e. Feb. 26, 1861. Randall, O., e. Feb. 26, 1861.
Third Battery Light Artillery.
Dodge, Frederick D., vet. March 21, 1864, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
Waudick, Thos., vet. Dec. 22. 1863, m. o. Oct. 3. 1865.
Waddick, Win., vet. Dec. 22, 1863, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
Engineer Regiment of the West.
Artificer J. P. Davis, e. Sept. 21, 1861. Artificer Andrew J. Norton, e. Sept. 21, 1861.
Thirteenth Illinois Infantry. Musician Samuel Huber, e. April 24, '61.
Thirty-third Illinois Infantry.
Cole, Edmund F., e. Ang. 21, 1861, disd. May, 1864.
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry.
Black, Jas., e. Sept. 8, 1861, m. o. May 15, 1866.
Fifty-first Illinois Infantry.
Gavin, Win., e. Jan. 28, 1862, m. o. Sept. 25, 1865.
Second Kansas Cavalry.
Corp. Jacob S. Ray, e. Sept. 28, 1861. Hays, Horace, e. Sept. 14. 1861.
Hoskins. P. L., e. Nov. 14. 1861.
Tyrell, Isaac N., e. Oct. 28, 1861.
Thirteenth Infantry.
Wood, Abram E., e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1. 1864.
Sergt. Hector E. Baldwin, e. Sept. 17, 1861. vet. Jan. 1. 1864.
Breithaupt, C. F., e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Brundage, Oliver, e. Sept. 17. 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Bunce, Wesley, e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1. 1801.
Coffee, Ezra, e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Davis, Wm., e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1. 1864. Gibbony, Jas., e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Kane, Peter, e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1. 1864.
Kohl, D., e. Sept. 17. 1861. vet. Jan. 1. 1961. McArthur. John, e. Sept. 17. 1861. Vet. Dec. 1. 1863.
Phelan, D. J., e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1. 1864.
Warrington, I. C., e. Sept. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
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HORRIBLE MURDER IN JONES COUNTY.
On Sunday, the 19th of September, 1858, Sheriff Newton S. Noble received information that an atrocious murder had been committed in Wash- ington Township. The Sheriff immediately repaired to the place of the mur- der and succeeded in arresting the murderer.
The murdered man was a Mr. Keneily, an Irishman, and Ned Penderghast the murderer. The erime was the result of the too free use of the " ardent." These two men were at work mowing, when, having drank too freely, a quarrel ensued, and resulted in the killing of Keneily by Peuderghast with a scythe. A Mr. Clancy was badly wounded by the blow that caused the death of Keneily, he (Claney) standing near at the time. A good deal of excitement prevailed, and there was much talk of lynching Penderghast, but he was taken to Marion by the Sheriff and confined in jail to await trial. There was no jail in Anamosa at the time. In due time, Penderghast was tried in the Dis- triet Court at Anamosa, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve at hard labor for two years in the State Penitentiary at Fort Madison. He was taken to Fort Madison by Sheriff Noble, there to serve his time; returned to Jones County and soon after died.
OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
According to previous announcement, the Old Settlers of Jones County assembled in the City Hall, Anamosa, on Wednesday, April 4. 1866. The meeting was organized by appointing Dr. N. G. Sales, Chairman. Dr. S. G. Matson was chosen Secretary, and T. E. Booth, Assistant Secretary. The object of the meeting was stated by Mr. Otis Whittemore.
On motion, a Committee of three was appointed to draft a Constitution and By-Laws for the government of the Association, to-wit : C. T Lamson, Dr. S. G. Matson and Otis Whittemore.
While the Committee was out, Mr. John Merritt, being called upon, gave a brief history of his early life. He came to Jones County in January, 1837. In the June following, he selected a claim near Rome. He afterward returned to New York, and, in 1839, again started West, by water, bringing his family with him. Ile arrived near where Clinton now is, and had not a dollar in his pocket ! Those who are acquainted with Mr. Merritt will appreciate the con- trast'in his financial affairs at that time and now. After much trouble and delay, he succeeded in reaching his elaim, where he, like many others of the pieneers of the county, by perseverance and frugal industry, attained wealth and comfort for his old age. At the conclusion of the remarks of Mr. Merritt, the Committee reported a Constitution and By-laws for a permanent organiza- tion, and the following officers were chosen for the ensuing term :
President, S. G. Matson ; Vice President, Otis Whittemore : Secretary, J. D. Walworth ; Treasurer. C. T. Lamson.
The following gentlemen were elected Vice Presidents at large :
Cass Township, John Powell ; Fairview Township, Joseph A. Secrest ; Greenfield Township, E. V. Miller ; Hale Township, L. A. Simpson; Monti- eello Township, Thomas J. Peek ; Rome Township, Timothy Stivers ; Rich- land Township, Barrett Whittemore ; Scotch Grove Township, John E. Love- joy ; Washington Township, Thomas MeNally : Wayne Township, Daniel
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Soper ; Wyoming Township, Thomas Green. (All the townships were not represented.)
The following named persons were present at the meeting: N. G. Sales, S. G. Matson, John Merritt, Henry Koffitz, J. Clark, E. Brown, B. Chaplin, D. Graham, O. Whittemore, G. HI. Ford, J. Hutton, N. B. Homan, H. Booth, I. Fisher, W. W. Hollenbeck. J. D. Walworth, C. T. Lamson, S. F. Glenn. 1. Sutherland, J. E. Lovejoy, G. L. Yount, S. Kelly, G. Brown. E. Brown, H. C. Metcalf, J. Powell, E. Booth, Benjamin L. Matson, J. Graham, T. E. Booth, II. Hollenbeck, C. W. Ilollenbeck. B. Brown.
Another meeting was not held until the 2d of September, 1875. The fol- lowing are the minutes of their doings at the time :
The old settlers of lowa, residing in Jones County, met in the observ- atory of the exhibition hall, on the Fair Ground, to the number of about twenty.
Short remarks were made by Whittemore. Russell, Marvin, Rynerson, Sti- vers and Mckean. On motion of Rynerson. the Secretary was instructed to procure the book and funds of the old organization of J. D. Walworth, of Bos- ton, Mass.
On motion of Pangburn, voted an Executive Committee be appointed, con- sisting of Whittemore. Russell, Marvin, Rynerson and Moulton, to draft a Constitution and By-Laws for the society, and report at next meeting. The President gave notice that there would be a meeting of the Committee at Moul- ton's office, on Saturday afternoon, the 18th inst. On motion of Judge Mc Kean, voted to adjourn, subject to the call of the President for a permanent organiza- tion.
Names of those present. their nativity, and the year they came to Iowa :
B. Whittemore. New Hampshire, 1837; Edmund Booth, Massachusetts, 1839; Thomas Green, Indiana, 1840; Timothy Stivers, New York. 1840: R. J. Cleveland, Massachusetts. 1841; William Brazleton. Illinois, 1842; E. V. Miller, Ohio, 1843; Otis Whittemore. New Hampshire, 1543: William Cline, New York, 1>44; Elijah Pangburn, New York. 1845: R. A. Rynerson, Kentucky, 1845; John Young, England, 1848: A. D. Kline. Virginia, 1849 ; Richard Il. Simpson, -; J. C. Austin, Vermont, 1850: John Russell, Scotland, 1852; S. S. Farwell. Ohio, 1852: John White, Pennsyl- vania, 1852; David Ralston, Virginia, 1853: M. M. Moulton. New Hamp- -hire, 1854 ; John McKean, Pennsylvania, 1854; Robert Dott, Scotland, 1854; Dr. T. E. Mellett, Indiana, 1855; A. G. Pangburn. New York, 1855; A. H. Marvin, New York, 1855; John Clark, Pennsylvania, 1855.
M. M. MOULTON, Secretary. OTIS WHITTEMORE, President.
THE ADDITIONAL PENITENTIARY AT ANAMOSA.
On the 8th of May, 1872, the Penitentiary Commissioners. Messrs. Martin Heisey, formerly Warden of the State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, William L're, of Linn County, and Maj. F. L. Downing, of Oskaloosa. inspected sev- eral sites talked of for the location of the Anamosa Penitentiary building. The Commissioners were accompanied by Messrs. John McKean. John Tasker. B. F. Shaw, C. II. Lull, Dr. N. G. Sales, T. W. Shapley, E. C. Ilolt, G. W. Field, J. S. McClure and others. The tract first examined is the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 3. and at the time was the property of Dr. N. G. Sales, except ten aeres owned by R. N. Fowler.
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Having made an examination of this tract, the party returned by way of what was known at the time as the thirteen-acre tract talked of for a county fair ground, lying within the northwestern limits of the corporation. An examination of this tract over, the party returned to the Fisher House. At 1 o'clock, a complimentary banquet was given in honor of the Hon. John McKean, Hon. P. G. Bonewitz and Hon. John Tasker. the Jones Coutity mem- bers of the General Assembly, as a recognition of their efforts in behalf of the Penitentiary project, and also in honor of the Commissioners, who were present for the first time in official capacity. At the conclusion of the banquet, Sena- tor John McKean called the house to order, and Capt. E. B. Alderman was made Chairman.
Messrs. H. C. Metealf, C. H. Lull and R. N. Fowler were appointed a committee to act for the city of Anamost with the Penitentiary Commissioners. in matters pertaining to the location of the Penitentiary buildings, and other things coming within the province of the Commissioners as to the city of Anamosa. T. R. Ercanbrack, Milton Remley and J. L. Sheean were appointed a committee, and reported resolutions expressive of the senti- ments of those present toward the Jones County members and others, for their efforts and services in behalf of the penitentiary project. The report was unanimously adopted, after which the meeting adjourned, and the Com- missioners took their departure for a tour of observation to the prisons of other States.
About the 4th of June, 1872, the Commissioners met and located the Pen- itentiary just northwest of the town, on the ground in the angle formed by the Dubuque & Southwestern Railroad and the public highway leading from Ana- mosa to Fisherville. A subscription of $3.500 was raised by the citizens to purchase such lands as were not donated. Dr. Sales donated twelve lots. and sold two more at 850 each. On the west side of the Buffalo, the Doctor donated thirty-six acres, and sold twenty-five acres for 81,250, the citizens paying for the same. The Doctor also gave the right of way over his land to the quarries, as did also Mr. Israel Fisher. The first quarry bought by the State lies three miles west of the land donated to the State. This quarry includes twenty acres within boundaries, more or less being suitable for the purpose for which it was purchased. The second quarry comprises a tract of eighty acres, a large part of which is underlaid with the finest of building- stone. The latter was the well-known and valuable quarry of Messrs. Krause. Shaw & Weaver, which had been running for years, and, at the time, was owned by Dr. Sales.
The State has 100 acres of land at the quarries, sixty-one acres of pasture or tillable land in the forks of the Buffalo, and fifteen acres for the Peniten- tiary buildlings-in all, about 175 acres. The State paid to Dr. Sales for the quarries, 815.000; the citizens paid to him, 81.250; Orrin Sage. of Ware. Mass., donated one block of ten lots for the buildings, and other lots were pur- chased by the citizens to the full amount of their subscriptions, and donated by them to the State. The State thus secures more than was called for in the bill for its location, to wit : Ten acres of stone quarry, at a cost not to exceed $15,000, and seventy acres for penitentiary and other purposes. The pledges of the citizens to the State were fully carried out. we are glad to record, to the honor of the people of Jones County.
The plan of the new Penitentiary was the work of L. W. Foster & Co., and the proper authorities approved the same, at Des Moines, about the Ist of Sep- tember, 1872.
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The following is a synopsis of the plan adopted: The structure is to be of cut stone, 636x933 feet on the ground. In the center of the front is the Warden's house, 50x60 feet and five stories high, the last a tower whose summit is 112 feet above the base. These apartments will be furnished in comfortable and substantial style. In the rear of the Warden's house is the guardhouse, 20x40 feet in size, and in the rear of that the guards' rotunda, 50x50 feet. Opening off from the rotunda to the right and left are the cellrooms, each 52x190 feet, and each containing 320 cells. In the rear of the rotunda is the dining-room, 50x120 feet. Over this apartment are the chapel, schoolroom, library and hospital, all con- nected with the center building by an inclosed corridor. All the rooms are well lighted and fully ventilated. The grounds are to be inclosed with a stone wall twenty-two feet high, six feet thick at the base and four feet thick at the top.
Whoever remembers the State Penitentiaries of forty years ago, will readily see and appreciate the vast progress made in a single generation in providing for the prisoners a dining-room. chapel, library and schoolroom. Such things were undreamed of by lawmakers not many years ago.
The work on the buildings was commenced on the 28th of September, 1872. A good degree of progress has been made. and. at present writing. there are cells and accommodations for about two hundred conviets, who are employed in the quarries and in labor at stone-cutting and construction labor. The cells, dining-room, cook department, chapel and hospital are now in what is to be one of the workshops, when the additional buildings are completed. About 20 per cent of the work necessary to the completion of specifications laid down in the plan is already accomplished, and the work is progressing nicely under the present management. The building, when completed. will be an imposing structure, one of the largest and most thoroughly modern. in all of its appointments, of any prison in the country. When completed, the War- den's house, prison cells, guards' hall, entrance hall to the dining-room, will be in the shape of a cross, and a guard standing in the center of this hall can see to the extremity of either wing. A provision is made whereby the guards mount the wall from the outside. and avoid the necessity of passing among the prisoners in mounting guard. The buildings, shops and walls will be built of stone obtained from the State quarries, elsewhere described, and the labor is done by the prisoners.
On the 13th of May. 1873, twenty convicts were transferred from the Penitentiary at Fort Madison, and with these there have been received, up to present writing, 606 conviets ; 435 have been discharged, by reason of expira- tion of terin of service, by pardon and other causes, leaving in the prison 171 prisoners. A few have escaped during the time, but are counted with the 435.
Of the Commissioners first appointed, Mr. Heisey was made Acting Warden and served in that capacity until the 1st of April, 1876, when the IIon. A. E. Martin, of Delhi, was made Warden. and still continues in that position. The financial affairs during Mr. Heisey's administrarion seem to have been some- what defective, as disclosed by an examination of the books. We understand that an investigation has been had, and that a final adjustment was made with the State of Iowa, and Mr. Heisey exonerated from any criminal negligence while acting in the capacity of Warden.
The accommodations for prisoners, to the number now held, are passably commodious, and as healthful as it is possible to make them under the
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circumstances. The prisoners are kindly treated, and most excellent dis- cipline secured by firm and judicious treatment. The present officers are :
Hon. A. E. Martin, Warden.
L. B. Peet, Acting Deputy Warden.
W. H. Pearson, Clerk.
L. J. Adair, Physician.
Mrs. A. C. Merrill. Chaplain.
Lew Kinsey, Turnkey.
Number of guards, twenty-one.
Mr. Martin not only insists that each one shall be faithful to the purposes for which he is appointed, but likewise is always on hand to give personal super- vision to all matters of importance.
Mrs. A. C. Merrill is the only lady chaplain of a similar institution in the United States, and is eminently satisfactory to the officers, and universally pop- ular with the prisoners. With the assistance of some of the citizens of Anamosa, she conducts a good Sabbath school each Sunday morning. after which the chapel exercises continue for the space of an hour. The convicts who are well enough are required to attend chapel service, but volunteers com- pose the Sunday-school scholars. In addition to the devotional and singing exercises at the chapel service, a sermon is delivered by some one-Mrs. Mer- rill frequently acting in this capacity herself-or some one is invited to deliver a didactic discourse. From a small beginning a library of upwards of 700 vol- umes has been secured, and the prisoners-a goodly number of them -- thoroughly interested in reading. The books are mostly standard works, and reflect credit upon those who have made the selections from time to time. Those in the hospital are well and kindly cared for. The treatment of the sick is both rational and scientific.
Very little punishment is necessary. for the rules of discipline are so reason- able that only the most obstinate and willful could refuse to obey them. Out of seventy-six last discharged, forty-six gained a full reduction in time by reason of good conduct. Most of the others gained nearly full time, losing a few days only. Everything in and about the building is neatly and cleanly kept, and bears a cheerful and healthful appearance.
An examination at sundry times of the management of affairs warrants the conclusion that the interests of the State at this institution are carefully guarded. Mr. Pearson, the clerk, is an accurate and faithful accountant, and the books of the institution are kept by the most approved methods.
PRISON STATISTICS.
Statement of convicts received into and discharged from the Additional Penitentiary from October 1, 1877, to September 30, 1879, both dates inclusive:
In confinement October 1, 1877. 149
Received by conviction of courts up to September 30, 1879
Received for safe keeping ..
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Escaped prisoners, recaptured and returned.
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Total 455
Convicts Discharged-By expiration of term. 178; by pardon, 41 ; by commutation. 2; by escape, 14; by death, 3; by order of State Courts, 10: by order of United States Court, 6; sent to Asylum, 1; by transfer to Fort Madison Prison, 20: in confinement September 30, 1879, 180; total, 455.
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Statement of Habits-Temperate, 199; intemperate, 101 : total, 300. Social State-Married, 92; widowers, 11; single, 197.
Sex -- Male, 299; female, 1.
Education-Good, 36: fair, 8; common. 215; poor, 41.
Religious Education-Adventist, 2; Baptist, 12; Catholic, 65; Christian, 6; Congregational, 7; Episcopal, 10; Evangelistic, 1; Friends. 1; Jew. 1; Lutheran, 26; Methodist. 87 ; None, 53: Presbyterian, 23; Quaker, 1 ; Uni- tarian, 1; United Brethren. 2; Universalist, 2.
Statement of Term-Thirty days, 1; sixty days, 1: seventy days. 1; three months, 7 : one hundred days, 3; four months. 7; five months, 1; six months, 37; eight months, 5: nine months, 12; ten months, 3; one year, 44; fourteen months, 1; fifteen months. 3: sixteen months, 4; eighteen months, 16 ; twenty months, 2; two years, 51; twenty-seven months, 1; thirty months, 15; three years, 30; three years and eight months, 1; four years, 10; four and one-half years, 1; five years, 17; six years, 2; seven years. 3; eight years, 1; ten years, 8; twelve and one-half years, 1; fifteen years, 1; sixteen years, 1; twenty years, 1; life, 3; safe keeping, 5: total, 300.
Statement of Age-Sixteen years, 6; seventeen, 7; eighteen, 16; nine- teen, 24; twenty, IS; twenty-one. 16; twenty-two, 20; twenty-three, 26; twenty-four. 22; twenty-five, 12: twenty-six, 10; twenty-seven. 6: twenty- eight, 10; twenty-nine. 15; thirty. 11; thirty-one, 10: thirty-two, 7; thirty- three, 5; thirty-four, 7; thirty-five, 3; thirty-six, 1; thirty-seven, 7; thirty- eight, 4; thirty-nine, 6; forty, 2; forty-two, 4: forty-three. 3; forty-four, 1; forty-six. 2; forty-seven. 1; forty-eight, 2; fifty, 2; fifty-one, 4; fifty-two, 2; fifty-three, 1; fifty-four. 1; fifty-five, 1; fifty-seven, 1; fifty-eight, 1; sixty. 2; sixty-nine. 1: total. 300.
Statement of Nativity-Alabama. 1; Florida, 1: Illinois, 29: Indiana, 10; Iowa, 29; Kansas, 1; Kentucky, 4; Massachusetts, 7; Maine, 2; Mary- land, 1; Michigan, 6; Minnesota, 2; Mississippi, 2; Missouri, 7; New Hampshire, 1; New Jersey, 4; New York, 44; Ohio, 29; Pennsylvania, 18; Rhode Island, 1; Tennessee, 1; Vermont, 2; Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, 24; West Virginia, 1; Canada, 10; Denmark, 3; England. 10; France, 1; Ger- many, 15; Ireland, 12; Norway. 5; Ocean, 1; Poland, 1; Prussia, 5; Scot- land. 4; Sweden, 2; total, 300.
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