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FRATERNITIES.
Pana Lodge No. 226, A. F. & A. M., was organized in 1856, with a charter membership of seven. The first officers were: J. Guilford, W. M .; T. Short, S. W .; H. Hobson, J. W. The officers in 1917 are as follows: J. M. Olinger, W. M .; Zeph Roseberry, S. W .; A. C. Stanfield, J. W .; L. W. Paul, Secy. ; Dr. J. D. Reid, Treas. ; H. C. Mohler, S. D .; S. Sve and J. M. Philips, J. D.'s; Chas. Hamilton, Chaplain; Chas. Glass- gow, Marshal; J. H. Barnett, Tyler. The lodge is in a flourishing condition. The present membership is 225.
Pana Chapter No. 115, R. A. M., was granted under dispensation in the latter part of 1865, and chartered October 9, 1868, with a charter
membership of nineteen. The first officers were : O. H. Paddock, H. P .; L. Johnson, King ; W. H. Watkins, Scribe. The officers in 1917 are as follows : Chas. Barnett, E. H. P .; J. M. Olinger, Scribe; Wm. P. Wade, E. King; L. W. Paul. Secy. ; Julius Broehl, Treas .; E. E. Mull, C. of H .; Harry Dalton, John Moyer and J. M. Little- john, M. of V .; C. A. Glassgow, P. S .; C. C. Neu, R. A. C .; J. H. Barnett, Sentinel. The present membership is 122.
The Adar Lodge No. 334, I. O. O. F., was char- tered October 9, 1866, with a charter member- ship of six. The first officers were: N. B. Jacoby, P. G. Deputy ; J. W. Stark, N. G .; W. T. Dobbs, V. G .; J. F. Harner, Secy .; J. C. Hel- mick, Treas. The present officers are: Ed Beihl, N. G .; Marshall Brewster, Secy .; Wm. Warren, Treas.
Halle of Arminia Lodge No. 610, I. O. O. F., was chartered March 10, 1876, with ten charter members. The first officers were: W. Stuhl- mann, P. G. Deputy ; O. Gossmann, N. G .; C. C. Schwartz, V. G .; R. A. Pranke, Secy .; L. Schlierbach, Treas. This lodge was later con- solidated with Adar Lodge, No. 334.
Besides the Adar Lodge No. 334, I. O. O. F., Pana has the following affiliated orders : Pana Encampment No. 78; Earl Gilman, Chief Patriarch ; Bert Mills, Scribe; Julius Hawker, Deputy. P. of M. Uniform Rank No. 20: George Call, Commandant; Roy Gilman, Lieutenant ; Frank Maisch, Ensign. Purity Lodge Rebekahs No. 81: Ida Clayton, N. G .; Miss Lydia Bartow, Secy. Fae Lodge Rebekahs No. 295: Mrs. Earl Gilman, N. G .; Rose Eible, Secy.
Pana Lodge No. 43, A. O. U. W., was char- tered February 28, 1877, with a charter mem- bership of thirty-eight. The first officers were : P. M. Nichols, P. M. W .; O. H. Paddock, M. W .; R. M. Henderson, G. F .; W. E. Scott, O .; F O. Paddock, Rec'd; E. C. Reese, F .; R. C. Coyner, Rec'v; E. F. Yamelle, G .; L. S. Ham, I. W .; Frank Forbes, O. W. This lodge, is not now in existence.
Other fraternal organizations that are rep- resented at Pana are:
The Pana Lodge No. 1261, B. P. O. E., was organized in 1910, with a charter membership of forty-nine. T. J. Vidler was the first Ex- alted Ruler. This lodge now occupies a place in the front ranks of Pana's fraternal societies, and Pana's foremost business and financial citizens grace its roster. The present member- ship totals 207. The present officers are: Frank
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Stamm, Exalted Ruler; L. E. Jordan, Secy. ; L. W. Paul, Treas .; H. A. Boering, Esteemed Leading Knight; R. M. Kirkpatrick, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Dr. D. M. Littlejohn, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; Theo. Vaughn, Tyler; A. F. Burt, Esquire; Z. M. Roseberry, Chaplain; E. Picquet, Inner Guard; Cyrus Strickler, Musi- cian.
The Loyal Order of Moose, Pana Lodge, was organized in 1913 with a charter membership of 230, by J. R. Burkett, Deputy State Organizer. The present officers are as follows: Will F. Jordan and H. S. Taylor, Past Dictators; H. S. Taylor, Dictator; John A. Endris, Vice-Dicta- tor; Clyde Clayton, Prelate; G. F. Morgan, Secy .; O. M. Otloe, Treas .; John Schempf, Mas- ter-at-Arms.
The Litta Lodge No. 159, Knights of Pythias, was organized in 1888. The present officers are as follows: G. F. Morgan, C. C .; Logan Griffiths, V. C ;. Prentis Fellows, Prelate; Au- gust Molz, M. of W .; George Hill, M. of A .; Walter Price, K. of R. & S .; J. R. Babcock, M. of F .; Edw. 'Picquet, M. of Exchequer ; J. B. Walker, Harry Williamson, Ira Coburn, Trustees ; Jas. Rayhill, I. G .; Jake Metzger, O. G .; H. B. Kirkpatrick, Deputy. The lodge is in a very flourishing condition.
The Arcana Chapter No. 493, Order of East- ern Star, was organized in 1902, with a char- ter membership of nineteen. The officers in 1917 are: Mrs. Cleda Wade, Worthy Matron; E. E. Mull, Worthy Patron; Miss Jessie Voght, Associate Matron; Clara Neu, Secy .; Anna Newcomb, Treas .; Mrs. Christina Rollo, Chap- lain ; Mrs. Myrtle Seiler, Marshal; Miss Grace Mouts, Conductress; Mrs. Carrie Kennedy, Associate Conductress; Miss Jennie Neu, Organist; Mrs. Ida Finch, Adah; Mrs. Saralı Springstun, Ruth; Miss Eleanor Beatty, Esther ; Mrs. Della Barnett, Martha; Mrs. So- phia Olinger, Electa ; Mrs. Lillie Wilson, War- den; Mrs. Chas. Cutler, Sentinel.
CLUBS.
The Commercial Club has never been active. The Pana Lotus Club was organized March 27, 1898, by local men for social purposes. The first officers were as follows: Wm. Kuhn, Pres. ; Emanuel Metzger, Secy. ; Wm. Maisch, Treas. The present officers are: Geo. Barrett. Pres .; Oscar Maisch, Secy .; Will. Maisch,
Treas .; Chas. Seiler, Henry Schempf and Harry Dalton, Directors.
Henry A. Pope Post No. 190, Woman's Relief Corps, was organized at Pana, Ill., on November 17, 1891, with the following charter members : Lydia Cushman, Emma Wagener, Kate Stech, Anna Russell, Mary Kregar, Anna Price, Nellie Price, Etta Price, Elizabeth Hart, Susey Shanks, Emma A. Wilcox, Maria A. Paine, Caroline Guth, Laura D. Lamb, Emma Clark, Nancy Allison, Susan Glasgow, Cynthia A. Tate, Eva Allison, Anna M. Jehle, Emma Lynam, Amanda Chalfant, Mary A. Coyner, Mollie Rayhill, Mary E. Metsger, Margaret Young, Kate E. Clark, Sarah Thomas, Delia Williams, Mary Jehle, Bell Griffith, Jennie C. Coyner, Edna Clark, Jessie Williams. As a patriotic society it is identified with all movements pertaining to patriotic education, and for the betterment of the city. The order has presented flags to all the schools and churches in the city, and to a number in the country. A steel flag pole and a large flag, a boulder and a bronze tablet were recently erected to the memory of Captain J. W. Kitchell and then were presented to the city. It is now active in Red Cross work, and is especially devoted to the interests of Pope Post 411, to which it is an auxiliary. The present membership is 126. The officers are: Viola Cothern, president; Lucie Weber, secretary ; Amanda Chalfant, treasurer ; Flora Simpson, senior vice; Mary Rhodes, junior vice; Mattie Fisher, chaplain ; Mary Lohr, conductor ; Emma Canann, guard ; Laura Murray, assistant conductor; Maria Howell, assistant guard; Caroline Ludewick, patriotic instructor; Laura Porter, press cor- respondent; Clara Tunison, musician; Emma Dowell, color bearer No. 1; Pearl Travis, color bearer No. 2; Lida Lytle, color bearer No. 3; Emna Lytle, color bearer No. 4.
The Pana Women's Club was organized June 14, 1904, and joined itself to the State Federa- tion the same year. This association was or- ganized for philanthropic, civic, literary and educational improvement. The club bases its qualifications for membership upon character, intelligence and sympathy with the objects for which it was instituted. For the better accom- plishment of its purpose, the association is divided into four sections known as depart- ments of Literature, Music, Domestic Science and Civics. Some of the works accomplished
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have been the complete furnishing of a room at the Huber Memorial Hospital ; the maintenance of a city rest room; the giving of prizes each year to the school children for best flower and garden plats; large donations for charity and, municipal Christmas trees; in fact, many things which have tended toward making bet- ter social conditions and civic improvement's in and about Pana. The presidents of the club have been as follows: Mrs. Anna Glassgow, 1904-06; Miss Ione Hayward, 1906-07; Miss Anna Raymond, 1907-09; Mrs. Jennie Russel, 1909-11; Mrs. Anna Uhl, 1911-12; Mrs. Della Lyon, 1912-14; Miss Nelle Reese, 1914-16; Miss Bertha Aughinbaugh, 1916. The present officers of the club are as follows: President, Miss Bertha Aughinbaugh; vice president, Miss Lela Glassgow; treasurer, Mrs. Martha Burt; corresponding secretary, Miss Margaret Mor- gan; recording secretary, Mrs. Edith Corley ; directors : Mrs. Orphah Howell, Mrs. Lucy Mc- Taggart, Mrs. Emma Conner, Miss Nelle Reese, retiring president; chairman of Music Depart- ment, Miss Lydia Hebel; chairman of Civics Department, Mrs. Caroline Ludewick ; chairman of Literature Department, Mrs. Mary Hamilton ; chairman of Domestic Science Department, Mrs. Mary Shaffer.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
Among those who have served Pana Town- ship as assessors are the following: J. P. Walker, 1876; S. S. Vrooman, 1877-78; J. D. White, 1879-80; William Smith, 1881; William Tribbett, 1882-90; C. S. Stocker, 1891; William Tribbett, 1892-93; J. J. Ricketts, 1894; William Tribbett. 1895-1911; Frank Howell, 1912-13; Oren L. Ross, 1914-17.
COLLECTORS.
The following have served Pana Township as collectors : William J. Jordan, 1866; Andrew Brishew, 1867; G. J. Ladd, 1868; A. G. Nell, 1869; W. H. Topping, 1870; J. V. Roseberry, 1871-72 ; I. Thomas, 1872; I. Thomas Mull, 1873; S. V. Roseberry, 1874-75; William Tribbett, 1876; C. A. Overholt, 1877-78; Wil- liam Tribbett, 1879-80; L. T. Watkins, 1881; Chas. Nadenbush, 1882; W. H. Alexander, 1883- 84; C. W. Nadenbush, 1885; Ottis W. Little, 1886-87; B. A. Cox, 1SS8; James Curry, 1889;
II. Eichelberger, 1890; William Elmore, 1891; D. D. Elliott, 1892-93; William M. Baldwin, 1894; Thomas IIaddow, 1895; F. T. McFall, 1896; E. I. Cothern, 1897; William Reitz, 1898; George G. Cravens, 1899; James For- tune, 1900; George A. Handschy, 1901; Abra- ham Gordon, 1902; Sherman Denbow, 1903; J. F. Hamlin, 1904; Frank Yenck, 1905; Charles Cutler, 1906; Ephriam Mills, 1907; Peter Kroninger, 1908; J. E. Crow, 1909; Hugh Maples, 1910-11; Charles Whitehouse, 1912-13 ; Edward A. Simmons, 1914-15; Jessie Winters, 1916-17.
CLERKS.
The following have served Pana Township as clerks : F. O. Paddock, 1876; A. W. Parker, 1877; E. S. Davis, 1878-79; Charles Naden- bush, 1880; Thomas Kelligar, 1881; Dias Butts, 1882; I. N. Weaver, 1883; George Casey, 1884; John Hughes, 1885; Thomas J. Vidler, 1886- 87; I. N. Weaver, 18SS-89; Frank McElroy, 1890-91; Louis Roley, 1892-93; I. N. Weaver, 1894; H. B. Kirkpatrick, 1895-96; W. F. Jor- dan, 1897-98; John M. Kuhn, Jr., 1899-1901; J. A. Foil, 1902-08; Homer C. Newcomb, 1909-11; Walter A. Lester, 1912-13; William N. Par- ker, 1914-15; Ben F. Seiler, 1916-17.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
The following men have served Pana Town- ship as commissioners of highways: W. A. Webber, 1876; T. J. Lester, 1877; Daniel Keys, 1878; Fletcher Anderson, 1879; J. H. Smith, 1880; D. D. Ross, 1881; L. N. Sallee, 1882; J. H. Smith, 1883; T. J. Lester, 1884; C. D. Cutler, 1885; John Rayhill, 1886; George W. Etter, 1887; C. D. Cutler, 1888; John Rayhill, 1889; George W. Etter, 1890; George Bond, 1891; John Priest, 1892-93; Robert Kennedy, 1894; John Rayhill, 1895; A. A. Anstin, 1896; George Bond, 1897; J. Houston Smith, 1898; Dillard D. Ross, 1899; George Bond, 1900; Da- vid M. Pence, 1901; Martin McGinley, 1902; Fletcher Anderson, 1903; E. J. Breen, 1904; Martin McGinley, 1905; Fletcher Anderson, 1906; E. J. Breen, 1907; Martin McGinley, 190S; Fletcher Anderson, 1909; E. J. Breen, 1910; Martin McGinley, 1911; Ephriam Bond, 1912; E. J. Breen, 1913; Joseph Pence, 1914-17.
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CONSTABLES.
The following men have served Pana Town- ship as constables : J. H. Pratt, 1879; A. Har- vey, 1880; S. V. Roseberry, James P. Chapman, H. B. Hubbard, George Marsland, 1881-84; S. V. Roseberry, and George Marsland, Charles Pittinger and James P. Chapman, 1885-88 ; G. W. Marsland, S. V. Roseberry, J. P. Chapman and Daniel Barris, 1889-90; Ira Coburn and Frank Williams, 1890-93; Ellis Scott, 1894; C. B. Ray- hill, 1895; S. V. Roseberry, William Snyder, John Cowie, I. L. Griffin, 1896-97; John Wil- liamson, 1898-1900; S. V. Roseberry, James Higgins, J. Sheean, John Williams, 1901-04; S. V. Roseberry, Albert Vickers, Frank Cheney, William Jones, 1905; Walter Johnson, 1906; W. H. Aughinbaugh, 1907; John Castle, John P. Williamson, 1908-09; John Williamson, Frank Cheney, Samuel Robb, Charles Austin, 1910-11; Frank Cheney, Samuel Smith, William Jones, W. C. Profitt, 1912-13; William Reitz, 1914-15; W. B. Atkins, 1916-17.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The following men have served Pana Town- ship as justices of the peace: John H. Dawdy, 1878-80; A. G. Neel, J. E. Southwick, J. N. Pat- ton, I. T. Colby, 1881; Rezin Perry, 1882; J. O. Henderson, 1884; G. P. Lawrence, W. T. Dobbs, J. O. Henderson and D. V. Canan, 1885-87 ; H. J. Atkins, 1888; W. L. Cohenour, A. Brisben, W. T. Dobbs and G. P. Lawrence, 1889; W. H. Alexander, 1890; W. Pierce, 1891-94; J. O. Henderson, 1895-96; William Pierce, H. W. Springstun, L. S. Ham, John Robb, 1897-1900 ; ' William Pierce, H. W. Springstun, John Robb and Benjamin Simpson, 1901-03; G. W. Mars- land, 1904; William Pierce, William Ross, J. H. Robb, J. V. Henderson, 1905; H. W. Spring- stun, 1906; John Bird, 1907-08; William Pierce, H. W. Springstun, W. H. Aughinbaugh, J. O. Henderson, 1909; George F. Morgan, 1910-11; Joseph Alexander, 1912; W. H. Aughinbaugh, George F. Morgan, Joseph Alexander, Christian Hills, 1913-17.
SUPERVISORS.
The following men have served Pana Towil- ship as supervisors : William B. Little, 1866; J. H. Hawker, 1867; Joel Beckwith, 1868-70 ; A. C. Vandewater, 1871; William B. Little,
1872; Mr. Lawrence, 1873; G. I. Ladd, 1874-78; William J. Jordan, 1879; E. S. Davis, 1880; E. S. Davis and A. A. Rhodes, 1SS1-82; F. M. Stockbridge and A. A. Rhodes, 1883; William J. Jordan and Cyrus Rayhill, 1884; J. H. Robb and W. O. Little, 1885; W. J. Jordan and Fletcher Anderson, 1886; W. J. Jordan and Fletcher Anderson, 1887-88; W. Stuhlman and S. S. Reynolds, 1889; Louis Jehle and S. S. Reynolds, 1890; S. S. Reynolds, 1891; T. J. Lester, 1892-93; W. M. Warren, 1894; S. F. Winters and C. D. Cutler, 1895; J. M. Johnson, 1896; W. J. Jordan, John Uhl (assistant super- visor), 1897; David M. Pence, 1898; John E. Downs and Andrew Eberle (assistant super- visor), 1899; J. H. Morgan, 1900; C. L. Cut- ler and Henry Spears (assistant supervisor), 1901; John Orr, 1902; John Gillispie and W. L. Cohenour (assistant supervisor), 1903; John Orr, 1904; John Gillispie and W. L. Co- henour (assistant supervisor), 1905; John Orr, 1906; John Gillispie and George Bond, 1907; John Orr, 1908; John Gillispie and George Bond, 1909; John Orr, 1910; John Gillispie and W. L. Cohenour, 1911; John Orr, 1912 ; John Gillispie and J. W. Brown, 1913; W. M. Warren, 1914; Charles Roger and C. D. Cut- ler, 1915; W. M. Warren, 1916-17.
CHAPTER XXIX.
PRAIRIETON TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARIES-EARLY SETTLERS-EARLY INDUSTRIES -TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-RADFORD-LAND EN- TRIES-TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS-ASSESSORS-COL- LECTORS - CLERKS - COMMISSIONERS OF HIGH- WAYS-CONSTABLES-JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ---- SUPERVISORS.
BOUNDARIES.
Prairieton Township comprises the south half of township 14 north, range 1 east, and the north half of township 13 north, range 1 east, and is bounded on the north by Macon County, which also forms its eastern boundary ; on the south by Assumption Township, and on the west by May
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and Stonington townships. During the summer of 1821, the United States government had its surveyor William S. Hamilton make a survey of the lands comprised in the present Prairieton Township, and not long thereafter, pioneers were attracted toward the prairies of this region, from which the township gained its name. Flat Branch not only affords ample drainage and water supply, but in the early days, the timber along its banks contributed very materially to the comfort and well being of the early set- tlers. Unfortunately in those days the value of conservation was not known, and many thousand acres of valuable woodland were de- nuded of their supply of timber, a loss that cannot be remedied.
EARLY SETTLERS.
Among those who were venturesome enough to locate in Prairieton Township before it was at all developed, were the following: Aaron and John McKinzie, George Jacobs, Sr., Michael Schneider, Samuel McKinzie, Jacob Trauber, Martin Stumbaugh, Elijah B. Hymer, John H. Bilyeu, Daniel B. Hymer, Ellington Adams, Pious Durbin, David Simons, Andrew Simons, Washington Crooks, Samuel Wydick, Henry Porter, James Strain, Frederick Hammer, John Young, Job B. Davis, Thomas C. Skiff and R. R. Adams. These pioneers endured all the pri- vations and experienced all the hardships that would naturally come up in frontier life. Among other things they were seriously inconvenienced by the lack of proper postal facilities. For years after they came to this locality, there were no post offices nearer than Decatur, and the charge was twenty-five cents per letter during the earlier years, although later on the price was cut in half. It is interesting to record that in those days envelopes were not used, but the outer sheet was folded, and sealed with a red wafer.
EARLY INDUSTRIES.
John Young and Job B. Davis started what was perhaps the first industry of Prairieton Township, a tan yard, which they located in the southeastern part of the township, and here they tanned hides for the farmers, who in this way obtained leather with which to shoe their families. Another crying need of the pioneers was for a mill, for in order to have their corn
ground, it was necessary to carry the grain on horseback to Spengler's mill at Shelbyville, or Archies' mill on the North Fork, and then bring back the meal in the same way. Aaron McKinzie tried to supply this need by erecting and con- ducting a horsemill, a very crude affair and its full capacity was only one bushel and three pecks per day, and yet it was patronized by the early settlers who preferred to wait for its slow operations, than to take the long journeys other- wise necessary.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
When Christian County was organized under the act regarding the adoption of township or- ganization, Prairieton Township was formed with its present boundaries, which embrace thirty-six square miles, or 23,040 acres. Per- haps this township contains more productive farms than any other in the township, for the soil is so very fertile, and grain and stock raising form the leading industries. The Illinois Central Railroad which runs through the south- eastern corner of this township affords ample transportation facilities. The village of Radford which is located in the southeastern part of the township is an important grain center for the farmers of this community.
LAND ENTRIES.
The following are the first land entries in Prairieton Township: Township 14 north, range 1 east, March 29, 1836, Daniel Wydick, north- east 1/2, southwest 14, section 35, forty acres ; John McKinzie, southwest 14, northeast 1/4, sec- tion 31, forty acres ; Aaron McKinzie, south 5/s, northwest 14, section 27, eighty acres; and east 1/2, southwest 14, section 27, eighty acres, all on the same date. Township 13 north, range 1 east, March 29, 1836, Henry McKinzie, north 1/2 (lot 1) northwest, section 6, forty acres; same date John McKinzie, northeast 12, northeast 1/4, section 6, forty acres. On July 4, 1836, Richard F. Barrett entered four or five hundred acres in sections 6 and 7.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
Those who have served Prairieton Township since its organization in 1866, in an official ca- pacity, have been as follows :
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ASSESSORS.
A. T. Catherwood, 1876; C. T. Chapman, 1877 ; J. H. McGrath, 1878; R. R. Gordon, 1879; C. T. Chapman, 1880; James H. McGrath, 1881; C. T. Chapman, 1882-83; Isaac Bilyeu, 1884-85; G. W. Adams, 1886; William Watson, 1887; George W. Hays, 1888-89; Isaac Bilyeu, 1890; George W. Hays, 1891-98; William Wydick, 1899-1900; John A. Adams, 1901; John H. J. Bilyeu, 1902; Clark Bowersock, 1903; A. C. Zeigler, 1904; J. P. Dinkins, 1905; W. J. Penny, 1906; A. C. Zeigler, 1907; J. P. Dinkins, 1908; A. C. Zeigler, 1909; T. J. Gordon, 1910-11; Edward Bilyeu, 1912-13; J. C. Adams, 1914-15; E. H. Bilyen, 1916-17.
COLLECTORS.
Dudley J. Watson, 1866; J. B. Gordon, 1867 ; Bishop A. Wash, 1868; J. B. Gordon, 1869-71; Isaac Bilyeu, 1872; J. H. Bilyeu, 1873-74; G. W. Adams, 1875; J. H. Bilyeu, 1876-77; P. A. Palmer, 1878; William Wydick, 1879-81; J. H. Bilyeu, 1882; William Wydick, 1883-85; Isaac Bilyeu, 1886; S. W. Blackburn, 1887; John Hensie, 18SS; Isaac Bilyeu, 1889; William Wydick, 1890; J. S. Eaton, 1891; W. E. Corring- ton, 1892; J. W. Myers, 1893-95; Rheem E. Wetzel, 1896; T. D. Traughber, 1897-99; E. H. Bilyeu, 1900; T. D. Traughber, 1901; Allen Pea- body, 1902 ; George T. Jacobs, 1903 ; Oscar Moore, 1904-05 ; B. A. Allison, 1906 ; A. B. Orange, 1907- OS; George T. Jacobs, 1909-11; Melvin Burns, 1912-13; J. W. Smith, 1914-15; J. L. Blosser, 1916-17.
CLERKS.
B. F. Wetzel, 1876-80; G. M. Workman, 1881 ; S. M. Workman, 1882; J. W. Gregory, 1883; S. M. Workman, 1884-85; William Bowersock, 1886; J. W. Gregory, 1887-SS; William Bower- sock, 1889-90; R. E. Wetzel, 1891-92; B. F. Wetzel, 1893-95; Andrew E. Adams, 1896-99; Charles Kramer, 1900; Isaac Bilyeu, 1901; Charles Adams, 1902; J. M. Holderby, 1903-04; George T. Jacobs, 1905; Thomas J. Adams, 1906- 11; John H. Lawrence, 1912-17.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
H. B. Hurd, 1876; George Bilyeu, 1877 ; Alfred Breggs, 1877 ; R. A. Radford, 1877; E. S. Valen-
tine. 1878 ; George Bilyeu, 1879; Michael Work- man, 18SO; Isaac Bilyeu, 1881; E. G. Coonrod, 1882; John Salmons, 1883; T. I. Gordon, 1884 ; I. S. Bilyeu, 1885; E. Forrester, 1SS6; T. J. Gordon, 1887; Edward O. Smith, 1888; T. J. Radford, 1SS9; David Workman, 1890; C. W. Rice, 1891; Samuel Jacobs, 1892; I. B. Gore, 1893; J. R. Vaughn, 1894; H. C. Odell, 1895; I. B. Gore, 1896; Samuel Jacobs, 1897; I. T. Kramer, 1898; F. J. Gordon, 1899; Jacob Bilyeu and George Nichols, 1900: Jacob Bilyen, 1901; Thomas J. Gordon, 1902; James A. Jacobs, 1903 ; R. E. Wetzel, 1904; J. H. Wyckoff, 1905; C. W. Beathards, 1906; James Adams, 1907; M. D. Burns, 1908 ; J. H. Wyckoff, 1909; James Adams, 1910; T. D. Traughber, 1911; J. H. Wyckoff, 1912; James Adams, 1913; T. D. Traughber, 1914; Frank Moore, 1915; Richard Dorsey, 1916; Orval Osborn, 1917.
CONSTABLES.
William Robinson, 1873: William C. Mauzy, 1874-76; S. M. Workman, 1877 ; William Robin- son, 1877 ; J. M. Jacobs, 1878-80; William Robin- son and James Elliott, 1881-82; S. M. Workman, 1883; Ezra Law, 1884; William Pruitt and John Skiff, 1885-86: Ira B. Gore, 1887; Thomas Hays, 1SSS; T. D. Traughber and George Dyle, 1889; A. J. Tyler, 1890; C. W. Rice, 1891; H T. Salisberry, 1892; S. H. Myers, 1893-94; J. C. Tryon, 1895-96 ; Walter R. Scott and Amos Van- cil, 1897-98; C. O. Adams and William Pruett, 1899; Arthur Porter, 1900; John W. Rigsby and Ezra Law, 1901-04; John W. Rigsby, Noah Rittgers and E. G. Moss, 1905-06; F. P. Reedy, 1907; Jacob Bilyeu and Hiram Johnson, 1908; Monroe Burnett and Christian Dial, 1909-10; William O. Workman, 1911; Josiah Bilyeu, 1912 ; Thomas Traughber and Christian Dial, 1913; Elmer Newcome, 1914-15; William Adams, 1916; John Ellison and D. T. Workman, 1917.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
B. M. Burdick and William P. Mauzy, 1866 ; Dudley G. Watson, 1866-69; Bishop A. Walsh, 1870; H. L. Reans, 1870-72; William L. Cohe- nour and Peter A. Palmer, 1873; Edward S. Valentine, 1874-76; P. A. Palmer and J. M. Brown, 1877-80; M. Bowersock and J. R. Work. 1881-83; T. I. Radford, 1884; M. Bowersock and B. F. Wetzel, 1885-86; A. T. Hays, 1887 ; Asa Buffington, 1SS8; Ezra Law and John Skiff,
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HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
1889-92 ; A. Workman, Henry, 1893; M. E. Lewis, 1894; Isaac Corzine, 1895; J. Benson Simpson, 1896; J. W. Meyers, 1897-99; C. D. Adams, 1900; J. Benson Simpson, 1901; John D. Skiff, 1902; Thomas F. Barrett, 1903; S. J. Jacobs, 1904; J. Benson Simpson and J. A. Lambden, 1905-07; W. S. Hays and Samuel Montgomery, 1908; A. B. Orange and Ezra Law, 1909; I. S. Blosser, 1910; A. B. Orange, 1911; M. D. Burns, 1912; Ezra Law and George De Walt, 1913; John Nichols, 1914-16; R. E. Wetzel and J. S. Deam, 1917.
SUPERVISORS.
William M. Eaton, 1866; A. D. Northcutt, 1867; Joseph Adams, 1868-69; A. D. North- cutt, 1870; George F. Rice, 1871; A. D. North- cutt, 1872-73; C. D. Burdick, 1874; E. S. Valentine, 1875-76; Joseph Adams, 1877-80; M. Workman, 1881-82; Joseph Adams, 1883-85; E. G. Coonrod, 1886; J. W. Brown, 1887; Joseph Adams, 1888-90; E. Forrester, 1891-92; J. W. H. Chapman, 1893-94; E. O. Smith, 1895-96; Joseph Adams, 1897-98; G. W. Adams, 1899-1902; Allen Peabody, 1903-04; J. M. Holderby, 1905-08; George W. Adams, 1909-10; Jacob Bilyeu, 1911- 16; E. O. Smith, 1917.
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