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SEMBLY REPRESENTING HANCOCK COUNTY
Prior to the organization of Hancock County as a separate municipality, the territory was included in that of some other county, or was attached to another county for governmental
purposes, and the senators and representatives of those counties during those periods respect- ively may be regarded as representing Hancock County territory in the General Assembly. This state of things continued until the Eighth Gen- eral Assembly, when Hancock participated in the election of members of the General Assem- bly, as an individual county, duly organized, and not as included within or attached to some other county.
First General Assembly, 1818-20. At this time Hancock was part of Madison County. The sen- ator from Madison was George Cadwell, and the representatives from Madison were John Howard, Abraham Prickett and Samuel White- side.
Second General Assembly, 1820-1822. The senator from Madison was George Cadwell, and the representatives were Joseph Borough, Na- thaniel Buckmaster and William Otwell.
Third General Assembly, 1822-1824. At the time of the election of members of the Third General Assembly Hancock territory was in- cluded within the County of Pike. Greene and Pike counties together had one senator, George Cadwell, and Nicholas Hansen was at first the representative from Pike, but his seat was con- tested, and he was ousted, and John Shaw of Pike was seated in his place. Thomas Rattan was the representative from Greene.
Fourth General Assembly, 1824-1826. The election occurred in 1824, when Hancock County territory was attached to Pike. For senatorial purposes, Pike, Greene, Morgan and Fulton constituted one district, and Thomas Carlin of Greene was elected senator at a special election held on December 13, 1824, to fill a vacancy occasioned by a contest. Pike and Fulton con- stituted a district for the election of representa- tives. Nicholas Hansen of Pike was elected rep- resentative, but he resigned and Levi Roberts of Pike was elected in his place.
Fifth General Assembly, 1826-1828. When the election was held in 1826 Hancock County territory was attached to Adams. At this time Adams, Pike, Fulton, Morgan, Peoria and Schuy- ler constituted one senatorial district, and Arch- ibald Job of Morgan was elected senator. Adams, Pike, Schuyler, Fulton and Peoria con- stituted one district for the election of repre- sentative and Henry J. Ross of Pike was elected the representative.
Sixth General Assembly, 1828-1830. At this time the districts for senator and representative embraced the same counties, to-wit, Adams,
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Pike, Fulton, Schuyler, Peoria and Jo Daviess. Hancock was still attached to Adams. Henry J. Ross of Pike was elected senator and John Turney of Pike was elected representative.
Seventh General Assembly, 1830-1832. While Hancock County had been fully organized in 1829, it was, in this election, included with Adams and not under its own name. The dis- tricts were the same as at the time of the elec- tion of the Sixth General Assembly. Henry J. Ross of Pike was elected Senator and Joel Wright of Pike was elected representative.
Under the census of 1830, an Apportionment Act was passed by the General Assembly, which went into effect on February 7, 1831, by which the counties of Hancock, Pike and Adams, to- gether, were entitled to two representatives and one senator. Under this Act, the following was the representation :
Eighth General Assembly, 1832-1834. Senator, Archibald Williams of Adams. Representatives, William G. Flood and Philip W. Martin.
Ninth General Assembly, 1834-1836. Senator, Archibald Williams. Representatives, Thomas H. Owens and William Ross.
A new apportionment was made by Act in force January 14, 1836, by which it was pro- vided that the counties of Hancock and Mc- Donough should have one representative each, and the two together one senator.
Tenth General Assembly, 1836-1838. Senator, Thomas H. Owens of Hancock. Representa- tives, Mark Aldrich of Hancock and William Edmonston of McDonough.
Eleventh General Assembly, 1838-1840. Sen- ator, Sidney H. Little of Hancock. Representa- tives, Mark Aldrich of Hancock and William Edmonston of McDonough.
Twelfth General Assembly, 1840-1842. Sena- tor, Sidney H. Little of Hancock. Representa- tives, John F. Charles of Hancock and William W. Bailey of McDonough.
By Act in force February 26, 1841, Hancock was made a district of itself, and given two representatives and one senator.
Thirteenth General Assembly, 1842-1844. Sen- ator, Jacob C. Davis. Representatives, Thomas H. Owens and William Smith.
Fourteenth General Assembly, 1844-1846. Senator, Jacob C. Davis. Representatives, J. B. Backenstos and A. W. Babbitt.
Fifteenth General Assembly, 1846-1848. Sen- ator, Jacob C. Davis. Representatives, James Stark and Thomas Morrison.
Sixteenth General Assembly, 1848-1850. Sen-
ator, Jacob C. Davis. Representatives, George Walker and S. H. Tyler.
Seventeenth General Assembly, 1850-1852. Senator, Jacob C. Davis. Representatives, Joseph Sibley and John Carlin.
Eighteenth General Assembly, 1852-1854. Senator, Jacob C. Davis. Representatives, Jo- seph Sibley and David Gochenour.
On February 27, 1854, a new Apportionment Act went into effect whereby the counties of Schuyler, Henderson and Hancock were con- stituted the Eleventh Senatorial District, enti- tled to one senator, and Hancock was consti- tuted the Thirty-first Representative District, entitled to one representative.
Nineteenth General Assembly, 1854-1856. Sen- ator, Jacob C. Davis of Hancock. Representa- tive, George Walker of Hancock.
Twentieth General Assembly, 1856-1858. Sen- ator, Hiram Rose of Henderson. Representa- tive, William Tyner of Hancock.
Twenty-first General Assembly, 1858-1860. Senator, John P. Richmond of Schuyler. Rep- resentative, William H. Rosevelt of Hancock.
Twenty-second General Assembly, 1860-1862. Senator, John P. Richmond of Schuyler. Repre- sentative, William H. Rollosson of Hancock.
Under the census of 1860 an Apportionment Act was passed, which. went into effect on Jan- uary 31, 1861, by which the counties of Adams and Hancock were constituted the Thirteenth Senatorial District, entitled to one senator, and the County of Hancock the Thirty-first Repre- sentative District, entitled to one representative.
Twenty-third General Assembly, 1862-1864. Senator, Bryant T. Scofield of Hancock. Rep- resentative, Milton M. Morrill of Hancock.
Twenty-fourth General Assembly, 1864-1866. Senator, Bryant T. Scofield of Hancock. Rep- resentative, Milton M. Morrill of Hancock.
Twenty-fifth General Assembly, 1866-1868. Senator, Samuel R. Chittenden of Adams. Rep- resentative, John G. Fonda of Hancock.
Twenty-sixth General Assembly, 1868-1870. Senator, Samuel R. Chittenden of Adams. Rep- resentative, Andrew J. Bradshaw of Hancock.
Twenty-seventh General Assembly, 1870-1872. Senators. James H. Richardson of Adams and Jesse C. Williams of Hancock. Representatives, Milton M. Morrill of Hancock and Lemuel Mus- setter of Hancock.
In explanation of the fact that there were two senators from the Thirteenth Senatorial Dis- trict, composed of Adams and Hancock, in the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, and two rep-
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resentatives from Hancock in the same Assem- bly, reference is made to the Constitution of 1870, which went into effect on August 8th of that year. Section 13 of the schedule provided that immediately after the adoption of the con- stitution, the governor and secretary of state should proceed to ascertain and fix the appor- tionment of the state for the members of the first of House of Representatives under the con- stitution. This was done, and the state was divided into ninety-seven districts, of which Hancock constituted the fifty-eighth, with two representatives.
Section 15 of the schedule provided that the Senate, at its first session under the new con- stitution, should consist of fifty members to be chosen as follows: at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1870, two senators should be elected in districts where the term of senators would expire on the first of January, 1871, or where there should be a vacancy, and that in the re- maining districts one senator should be elected. Senators so elected were to hold office for two years. This entitled the district composed of Adams and Hancock to two senators. The rep- resentation thus provided for was temporary and applied simply to the Twenty-seventh Gen- eral Assembly, 1870-1872.
By act of the General Assembly in force July 1, 1872, the state was redistricted for senators and representatives in the General Assembly, in accordance with the constitution of 1870, un- der which each district was entitled to one sen- ator and three representatives, the minority system of representation prevailing as to repre- senatives. Under this apportionment act the counties of Henderson and Hancock constituted the Twenty-fourth District.
Twenty-eighth General Assembly, 1872-1874. Senator, Benjamin Warren of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, William Scott and Edward E. Lane of Hancock and David Rankin of Henderson.
Twenty-ninth General Assembly, 1874-1876. Senator, Benjamin Warren of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, Wellington Jenney of Hancock, and David Rankin and Paul D. Salter of Henderson.
Thirtieth General Assembly, 1876-1878. Sen- ator, William Scott of Hancock. Representa- tives, Charles F. Gill, George P. Walker and John J. Reaburn, all of Hancock.
Thirty-first General Assembly, 1878-1880. Sen- ator, William Scott of Hancock. Representa- tives, Thomas B. Brumback, John J. Reaburn and Brooks R. Hamilton, all of Hancock.
Thirty-second General Assembly, 1880-1882. Senator, John Fletcher of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, John A. McKinley, Henry M. White- man and James Peterson, all of Henderson.
Under the census of 1880, a new Apportion- ment Act was passed, which went into effect on July 1, 1882. Under this act the Twenty-fourth District was composed of the counties of Han- cock, Henderson and Mercere.
Thirty-third General Assembly, 1882-1884. Senator, John Fletcher of Hancock. Represen- tatives, John D. Stevens of Hancock, David Rankin of Henderson and J. M. Ansley of Mer- cer.
Thirty-fourth General Assembly, 1884-1886. Senator, Alson J. Streeter of Mercer. Repre- sentatives, Alfred N. Cherry of Hancock, Clar- ence R. Gittings and Abner W. Graham of Hen- derson.
Thirty-fifth General Assembly, 1886-1888. Sen- ator, Alson J. Streeter of Mercer. Representa- tives, Wesley C. Williams of Hancock, Clarence R. Gittings of Henderson and William C. Gal- loway of Mercer.
Thirty-sixth General Assembly, 1888-1890. Senator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, James O. Anderson of Henderson, John P. McClanahan and Thomas A. Marshall of Mercer.
Thirty-seventh General Assembly, 1890-1892. Senator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, Amos Edmunds of Hancock, and James O. Anderson and William H. Myers of Henderson.
Thirty-eighth General Assembly, 1892-1894. Senator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, James O. Anderson and William H. Myers of Henderson, and William H. Guthrie of Mercer.
By act in force July 1, 1883, the state was redistricted for the election of senators and representatives and Hancock, McDonough and Schuyler were placed together in the Twenty- eighth District.
Thirty-ninth General Assembly, 1894-1896. Senator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, Louis Kaiser of McDonough, and Ulysses A. Wilson and James A. Teel of Schuy- ler.
Fortieth General Assembly, 1896-1898. Sena- tor, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Representa- tives, William A. Compton and Lawrence Y. Sherman of McDonough, and Ulysses A. Wilson of Schuyler.
Forty-first General Assembly, 1898-1900. Sen-
Omma . Bradshaw Jamest Bradshaw
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ator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Represen- tatives, James A. Anderson of Hancock, Law- rence Y. Sherman of McDonough, and George M. Black of Schuyler.
Forty-second General Assembly, 1900-1902. Senator, William F. Harris of Hancock. Rep- resentatives, Lawrence Y. Sherman and S. J. Grigsby, Jr., of McDonough, and J. E. Wyand of Schuyler.
By act in force July 1, 1901, the state was redistricted under the census of 1900, and the counties of Hancock, McDonough and Warren constituted the Thirty-second District. These districts have remained unchanged to the pres- ent time.
Forty-third General Assembly, 1902-1904. Sen- ator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Represen- tatives, Lawrence Y. Sherman of McDonough, and William Mckinley and Everett C. Hardin of Warren.
Forty-fourth General Assembly, 1904-1906. Senator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock, Repre- sentatives, William Mckinley and Everett C. Hardin of Warren, and John Edward Harris of McDonough.
Forty-fifth General Assembly, 1906-1908. Sen- ator, Orville F. Berry of Hancock. Representa- tives, John A. Califf of Hancock, John Edward Harris of McDonough and Henry L. Jewell of Warren.
Forty-sixth General Assembly, 1908-1910. Sen- ator, James F. Gibson of Hancock. Represen- - tatives, Henry L. Jewell of Warren, and John Huston and Henry Terrill of McDonough.
Forty-seventh General Assembly, 1910-1912. Senator, James F. Gibson of Hancock. Repre- sentatives, Isaac M. Martin of Hancock, and John Huston and Henry Terrill of McDonough.
Forty-eighth General Assembly, 1912-1914. Senator, William A. Compton of McDonough. Representatives, John Huston of McDonough, Robert A. Elliott and J. H. Jayne of Warren.
Forty-ninth General Assembly, 1914-1916. Senator, William A. Compton of McDonough. Representatives, John Huston and James M. Pace of McDonough, and Robert A. Elliott of Warren.
Fiftieth General Assembly, 1916-1918. Sena- tor, Clarence F. Buck of Warren. Representa- tives, Ernest O. Reaugh and Rollo R. Robbins of Hancock, and James M. Pace of McDonough.
Fifty-first General Assembly, 1918-1920. Sen- ator, Clarence F. Buck of Hancock. Represen- tatives, Ernest O. Reaugh and Rollo R. Robbins of Hancock, and James M. Pace of McDonough.
Fifty-second General Assembly, 1920-1922. Senator, Clarence F. Buck of Warren. Repre- sentatives, Rollo R. Robbins of Hancock, and James M. Pace and Charles E. Flack of McDon- ough.
POSTOFFICES IN THE COUNTY-1920
Adrian in Rock Creek Township.
Augusta in Augusta Township.
Basco, Bear Creek Township.
Bowen, Chili Township.
Burnside, Pilot Grove Township.
Bentley, Harmony Township.
Carthage, Carthage Township.
Colusa, Rock Creek Township.
Dallas City, Dallas City Township.
Disco, La Harpe Township.
Denver, Harmony Township. Elvaston, Prairie Township.
Ferris, Rock Creek Township.
Fountain Green, Fountain Green Township.
Hamilton, Montebello Township.
La Crosse, Pilot Grove Township.
La Harpe, La Harpe Township.
Nauvoo, Nauvoo Township.
Niota, Appanoose Township.
Plymouth, St. Mary's Township.
Pontoosuc, Pontoosuc Township.
Stillwell, St. Albans Township.
Sutter, Walker Township.
Tioga, Walker Township.
Warsaw, Warsaw Township.
Webster, Fountain Green Township.
West Point, St. Albans Township.
These twenty-seven postoffices include more third-class offices than are found in any other county in Illinois. The rural free delivery routes of the county are quite complete in their or- ganization, furnishing mail to the rural districts in a wonderfully uniform and prompt manner.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
The following shows the vote in this county for presidential electors from Andrew Jackson's time in 1832 to the present day :
Andrew Jackson (D), 39 votes, Henry Clay (Whig), 42 votes; Martin Van Buren in 1836 (D) 260, W. H. Harrison (Whig), 340; 1840- William H. Harrison (Whig), 1,352 against Martin Van Buren (D), 624; 1844-James K. Polk (D), 2,399, Henry Clay (Whig), 747 ; 1848- Taylor, 1,087, Cass and Butler, 1,074, Van Buren (Free Soil), 67; 1852-Franklin Pierce, 1,466,
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Winfield Scott, 1,286, Free Soil, 34; 1856-James Buchanan (D), 2,011, John C. Fremont (R), 1,120, Millard Fillmore, 998; 1860-Douglas and Johnson (D), 3,063, Lincoln and Hamlin (R), 2,674, Bell and Everett, 121, Breckenridge and Lane (D), 31; 1864-Lincoln and Johnson (R), 2,654, Mcclellan and Pendleton (D), 2,929 ; 1868 -Horatio Seymour and Blair (D), 3,687, U. S. Grant (R), 3,596; 1872-Horace Greeley (Lib. Dem.), 3,328, U. S. Grant (R.), 3,141, Charles O'Connor (Ind.), 59; 1876-Hayes and Wheeler (R), 3,496, Tilden and Hendricks (D), 4,207; 1880-Garfield and Arthur (R), 3,609, Hancock and English (D), 3,957; 1884-Cleveland and Hendricks (D), 3,875 ; James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R), 3,272; 1888-Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D), 3,911, Benj. Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R), 3,569; 1892-Grover Cleveland and A. E. Stevenson (D), 4,132, Benja- min Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R), 3,393; 1896-William McKinley and Hobart (R), 4,250, William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D), 4,575; 1900-William McKinley and Theo. Roosevelt (R), 3,907, William J. Bryan and A. E. Steven- son (D), 4,657; 1904-Theo. Roosevelt and Chas. W. Fairbanks (R), 3,887, Alton B. Parker and Henry C. Davis (D), 3,456; 1908-William H. Taft and James S. Sherman (R), 3,781, William J. Bryan and John Kern (D), 4,260; 1912-Wil- liam H. Taft (R), 1,577, Theodore Roosevelt ' (Progressive), 1,937, LaFollette (Ind.), 186, Woodrow Wilson (D), 3,692; 1916-Woodrow Wilson (D), 7,711, Charles E. Hughes (R), 6,472; 1920-James M. Cox (D), 5,125, Warren G. Harding (R), 7,579. (See last chapter.)
PIONEER'S ASSOCIATION
In almost every community in America the early settlers have from time to time organized "Old Settler's Societies," "Pioneer Re-Union As- sociations" and other organizations of like char- acter. These societies have and are still doing much to preserve local history and cement the earlier and later generations together in one family tie. The fires of patriotism and love of country and home are strengthened by a narra- tion of such important events as tend to stir the blood and quicken to life the more truly divine affections in man. The love of home and parents and kindred have thus been strengthened by oft- told tales of aged fathers or mothers who toiled early and late to give their descendants the price- less boon of a home and plenty, of refinement and love of God and humanity. The pioneers in
gathering in these annual meetings seem to "live life over again." Their eyes sparkle and they grow young as the fading reminiscences of other days are recalled. As was well stated by a pioneer of Illinois at a meeting of this character :
"You come together with varied emotions. Some of you almost at the foot of life's hill look back and upwards at the path you have trod while others who have just reached life's sum- mit gaze down into the valley of tears with many a hope and fear. You, gray-headed fathers have done your work ; you have done it well; and now as the sunset of life is closing around you, you are given the rare boon of en- joying the fruits of your own labor. You can see the land won by your own right arm, from its wilderness state and from a savage foe, passed to your children and children's children -literally 'a land flowing with milk and honey'; a land over which hover the white-robed angels of religion and peace ; a land fairer and brighter and more glorious than any other land beneath the blue arch of heaven. You have done your work well and when the time of rest shall come you will sink to the dimless repose with the calm consciousness of duty done.
"In this hour let memory state her strongest sway ; tear aside the thin veil that shrouds the misty past in gloom ; call up before you the long forgotten scenes of years ago; live over once again the toil, the struggles, the hopes and fears of other days. Let this day be a day sacred to the memory of the olden time. In that olden time there are, no doubt, scenes of sadness as well as joy. Perhaps you remember standing by the bed-side of a loved and cherished, dying wife-one who in the days of her youth and beauty, when you proposed to her to seek a home in a new wild land, took your hand in hers and spoke to you in words like this: 'Whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God ; when thou diest I will die and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me and also if aught but death part me and thee.' Or perhaps some brave boy stricken down in the pride of his strength ; or some gentle daughter fading away in her glorious beauty ; or some little prattling babe closing its weary eyes in the dreamless sleep. If there are memories like these and the unbidden tear wells up to the eye let it come, and today one and all, shed a tear or two, to the memory of the loved and lost."
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The pioneer comes to dig and delve, to plant and sow, to hew and to build, the crooked to make straight, the rough to make smooth. Neither the river, the lake or the sea, or the mountain chain, or the vast wilderness have obstacles for the pioneer. As sentinels on the outer walls they have stood for many years eye to eye.
During the winter of 1868-9, there was an agitation concerning the formation of an old settler's society in the county, which resulted in June, 1869, in the organization of what was styled the "Pioneer's Association for Hancock County." The meeting for organization was a well-attended one. Judge David Greenleaf was chiarman with a number of vice presidents and secretaries. A constitution was adopted and David Greenleaf was elected president; a vice president was chosen for each township; David E. Head, treasurer, and Thomas Gregg and Wil- liam F. Barnes, secretaries.
As a rule these re-unions have been held an- nually, sometimes at one city in the county and sometimes in another. It is certain they have been held at Warsaw, Hamilton, Carthage, Dallas City and possibly at other places, but generally at Carthage.
At Carthage, August 1, 1870, David Green- leaf presided and Mr. Sharp delivered the address.
At Warsaw, September 7, 1871, Mr. Greenleaf in the chair ; Thomas Gregg, secretary ; William N. Grover, Warsaw, delivered the address.
At Carthage, August 8, 1872, president David Greenleaf in the chair; Dr. William Booz of Hancock Township delivered the annual address, and Miss Mary Safford of Hamilton, recited a lengthy poem.
At Carthage, September 4, 1873, Ebenezer Rand, of Carthage, presided ; Thomas Gregg was secretary. The annual address was delivered by Hiram G. Ferris, of Carthage.
At Dallas City, September 10, 1874. President, Judge John M. Ferris, of Carthage; . Thomas Gregg, secretary. The annual address was de- livered by Hon. Augustus C. Dodge, of Bur- lington.
At Hamilton, September 23 and 24, 1875. Hiram G. Ferris, of Carthage, president; John Harris, of Walker, presided on the second day. Thomas Gregg was secretary. The annual ad- dress was delivered by President Ferris. Mrs. Pollard, of Keokuk (Kate Harrington) recited an original poem.
At Warsaw, July 4, 1876, John S. Johnson, vice president, presided ; George D. Gates was secretary. This meeting as well as those of 1877 and 1878 were failures so far as attendance was concerned.
At Warsaw, August 5, 1879, Col. John M. Ferris, presided ; Lemuel Mussetter, Warsaw, secretary. Hon. O. H. Browning, of Quincy, and Maj. Robert W. McClaughry, of Joliet, delivered the annual addresses.
The record faithfully kept by the various secretaries of this Association is said to con- tain more than a thousand names of "old set- tlers."
We give the names of a few of the oldest settlers.
Names and Nativity :
1831-Atchison, John, Ireland.
1829-Ayers, David, Ireland.
1830-Brattle, James W., Mass.
1831-Beebe, Jabez A., Conn.
1829 -- Caldwell, Joseph, Ky.
1830-Cochran, Isham, Ky.
1828-Crenshaw, Theophilus, Ill.
1831-Cochran, Charles L., Maine.
1826-Doolittle, Amzi, N. Y.
1830-Felt, Cyrus, N. H.
1831-Gordon, Samuel, N. H.
1832-Kremer, C., Prussia.
1831-Loring, Frederick, N. H.
1826-Perkins, A. A., Tenn.
1832-Pike, Wm. and Sons, Ky.
1829-Robinson, Chauncey, N. Y.
1830-Rose, A. G., Ind.
1830-Royce, Benj.
1831-Sailor, Alex, Ill.
1824-Waggoner, Isaac N., Ohio.
1827-Wilson, James, Ky.
1829-Williams, Wesley, Ky.
1831-White, Robert W., Va.
These annual meetings were kept up from year to year, generally, and "Old Settler's" day is looked forward to with much interest by both older and younger people of the "Kingdom of Hancock." At the first one of these re-unions in this century-that held at Carthage in 1901, the subjoined facts have been extracted from local newspapers of that date. The date of this meeting was September 25 and all present agreed that it had never been equaled for attendance and interest. Fully 5,000 persons were present at the park. As fast as the country people ar-
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rived in the city they were escorted to the Sheriff's residence where the persons who came to the county or were born here prior to 1865 were provided with means for registering their names, etc., and were then given a handsome badge made of aluminum, with a bright one- cent piece set in it, and these badges were worn throughout the day and then preserved as.keep- sakes. Over S00 old settlers (as thus defined) registered that day.
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