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Alfred J. Scarisbrick, Elgin; transferred to Regiment Band May 20, 1898.
Henry F. Volstorff, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. William H. Welsby, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899.
John G. Westveer, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899.
Edward A. York, Elgin; transferred to United States Hospital Corps June 4, 1898; S. O. No. 26.
Transferred from Company I.
Alfred S. Bennorth, Elgin; mustered out January 13. 1899. Stuart Barlow. Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Edward G. Daugherty, Elgin; mustered out January 13. 1899. Chas. E. Hunt, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899.
Clair E. Colburn, Elgin ; died September 23. 1898, Guayama, P. R. Carleton C. Taylor, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899.
Marceus Veure, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Transferred from Company D.
Joseph Apple, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Harry W. Dean, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. John Farrel, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Frank N. Gilles, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Wm. A. Thompson, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Recruits.
George O. Apple. Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Fred E. Barnes, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Walter H. Brown, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Albert H. Chapman, Elgin ; mustered out January 13. 1899. August E. Frank. Elgin ; mustered out January 13. 1899. William E. Foster. Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. James C. Humphrey. Elgin : mustered out January 13. 1899.
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James F. Hennessey, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Fred H. Meister, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Etienne Noiret, Elgin ; transferred to band July 20, 1898. Frank D. Newton, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Edward Paul, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Harry A. Quackenbush, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Guy D. Reid, Hampshire; mustered out January 13, 1899. John D. Smith, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Fred E. Seymour, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Ray W. Shultz, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Frank W. Sawyer, Dundee; mustered out January 13, 1899. Adolph C. Stover, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Fred S. Smith, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Harry Wendell, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899. Ulysses J. Wanemaker, Elgin ; mustered out January 13, 1899. Park J. Whipple, Elgin; mustered out January 13, 1899.
COMPANY F. Private.
Leonard P. Schoeberlein, Aurora; transferred to Company A May II, 1898.
COMPANY G. Corporal.
Laverne I. Dolph, Elgin; mustered out January 14, 1899.
Privates.
Edgar D. Beebe, Elgin; died May 16, 1898, at Springfield, Illinois. Mark Conley, Elgin; transferred from Company I; mustered out January 14, 1899.
Carey A. Dolph, Elgin; transferred from Company I; mustered out January 14, 1899.
Lee J. Laurie, Aurora ; transferred to Company I May 11, 1898.
COMPANY I. Captain. Charles N. Greene, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. First Lieutenant. William Kline, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Second Lieutenant. Albert Lindsey, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1898. Privates.
Robert L. Angell, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Joseph F. Apple, Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 1I, 1898. John W. Althen, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Louis Andrews, St. Charles; mustered out January 18, 1899. James A. Bedford, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Alfred Bedfard, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Frank Burns, North Aurora; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Alfred S. Bennorth, Elgin; transferred to Company E May 11, 1898. Stuart Barlow, Elgin; transferred to Company E May 11, 1898.
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Martin Bickler, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Charles Coon, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
William Calahan, Aurora; promoted corporal July 19, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Harry Cowan, Aurora ; transferred to Company B June 8, 1898. Mark Conley, Elgin ; transferred to Company G May 11, 1898.
Clare E. Coburn, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Glen F. Collins, St. Charles; discharged May 17, 1898; S. O. No. 115. Claud C. Colie, Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Louis A. Drake. Aurora; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Seth Dyer, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Frank Drew, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Edward G. Dougherty, Elgin; transferred to Company E July 19, 1898. Albert H. Drew, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Henry B. Damon. Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Harry W. Dean. Elgin : transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Harry F. Dyer, Elgin : transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Carey Dolph, Elgin : transferred to Company G May 11, 1898.
Fred Eardley, Aurora; promoted corporal July 19. 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Harry H. Elmore. Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Henry Greiner. Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Chester S. Goddard, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11. 1898. Frank M. Gillis. Elgin : transferred to Company D May 11. 1898. J. L. Gulig, St. Charles; mustered out January 18, 1899. Henry Hedin, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Cornelius Holdren, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Albert Hippe, Aurora ; discharged August 3, 1898; S. O. No. 181.
William F. Herlehy, Aurora; transferred to Hospital Corps September I, 1898.
Rudolph Hanson. Elgin : transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Harry Howard, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Oscar Hegland. St. Charles; mustered out January 18. 1899. Charles E. Hunt, Elgin ; transferred to Company E May 11, 1898. Claude A. Hayford, Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. William A. Jerl, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Charles Joslyn. Aurora ; mustered out January 18. 1899. Joseph Johnson, Aurora ; mustered out January 18. 1899. Charles Jeffries, Elgin : transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. John Kolf. Aurora : mustered out January 18. 1899. Gus A. Krueger. Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Burt Kaiser. Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11. 1898. Charles Kingburg. Batavia; mustered out January 18. 1899. Fred E. Landburg. Aurora; mustered out January 18. 1899. John Lorang. Aurora : mustered out January 18. 1899.
Lee J. Loria, Aurora : transferred from Company G; mustered out Jan- uary 18. 1899.
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William C. Munson, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Charles Monroe, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. John McCarthy, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Waldo Mills, Aurora; transferred to Hospital Corps June 13, 1898. Otto Messner, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898.
Emil Mattson, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. William McCarthy. Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Frank M. McQueeny, Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 1I, 1898. Herman C. Niss, Elgin : transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Richard Nass, Elgin ; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. John J. Nepomick, Aurora ; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Fred Parks, Attrora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Alexander Plant, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Lee Ryan. Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Henry C. Rhan, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Edward Runge, Elgin; transferred to Company D May II, 1898. Henry Rowcliff, Batavia; mustered out January 18, 1898.
John W. S. Soost, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. John Schrepfer, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898.
Hugh C. Taylor, Elgin; transferred to Company D May II, 1898. William A. Thompson, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. Carlton C. Taylor, Elgin ; transferred to Company E May 11, 1898. Marcus Veuve, Elgin; transferred to Company D May 11, 1898. John Wantz, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Chas. Zimmerman, Elgin ; transferred to Company D May II, 1898. Transferred from Company D.
John Burkel, Aurora; promoted corporal, then sergeant, then quarter- master sergeant, November 3, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
William H. Branson, Aurora; promoted sergeant May 11, 1898; mus- tered out January 18, 1899.
Stephen Boone, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
John Custer, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
George Dunn, Aurora; promoted corporal August 16, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
George Gharet, Aurora; promoted corporal July 19, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Ralph Gharet, Aurora; promoted corporal June 17, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
George Harnell, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Albert W. Hendricker, Aurora; promoted sergeant, then first sergeant, May II, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Fred Dano, Aurora; promoted corporal May 20, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Lawrence Krantz, Aurora; promoted corporal August 11, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
George A. Law, Aurora ; promoted sergeant May 11, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
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Peter Johnston, Batavia; mustered out January 18, 1899. Charles Johnston, Batavia ; mustered out January 18, 1899. John Jackson, Geneva; mustered out January 18, 1899. Chas. F. Kuehn, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Roy E. Knight, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
George H. Lippold, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Thomas Manion, Aurora; promoted corporal May 26, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Fred A. Martin, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Fred Martin, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Lester K. Oakley, Aurora; mustered out January 18. 1899.
Elmer Phillips, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Charles Pfister, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. A. Eugene Pierce, North Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Edmond Russ, Aurora ; promoted corporal July 19, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Henry Russ, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Edward Pfister, Aurora; promoted sergeant May 1I, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Clare Weaver, Batavia; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Frank Wellman, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Frank Seigmund, Aurora ; discharged September 15, 1898; disability. out January 18, 1899.
Louis E. Shoyer, Aurora; promoted musician May 11, 1898; mustered Transferred from Company C
Adolph R. Bergeman, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Robert M. Dyer, Aurora; died June 8, 1898, at Chicakamauga Park, Georgia.
Chas. O. Miller, Aurora; promoted corporal May 11, 1896; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Adolph Martin, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
John Paulus, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Mont L. Robinson, Aurora ; promoted corporal May 26, 1898.
Sam F. Stilson, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
WV. E. Ferriere, Aurora ; promoted artificer June 11, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Recruits.
John Dehn, Aurora; promoted corporal August 11, 1898; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Alexander Dissell, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
William Edwards, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Arthur H. Fuller, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Chrib Hennes, Aurora; died September 22, 1898, at Guayama, P. R. Rufus Lincoln, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Wm. McNally, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
James McCullom, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
Frank H. Michaels, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899.
HIGHLAND AVENUE BRETHREN CHURCH, ELGIN
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John Rousell, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Byron Rogers, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Walter S. Shackley, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. George Schneider. Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Frank G. Sperry, Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899. Mathew Schmit, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Jacob C. Trumbull, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Edward Whitmore, Aurora; mustered out January 18, 1899. Fred Young. Aurora ; mustered out January 18, 1899.
CHAPTER XVIH.
POLITICAL.
The political complexion of the county of Kane for many years from the date of its organization was democratic. At the first presidential election, in 1836, the county polled 334 votes, of which the democrats cast 235 and the whigs 93. At the general election of August 6, 1838, Thomas Cralin, demo- crat, received 511 votes for governor, and Cyrus Edwards, whig, 323. B. F. Fridley was elected sheriff on the same ticket by a clear majority of 301 over both his whig opponents. Leonard Howard and William L. Church, and two out of the three commissioners were also democrats. The tide was turned in 1840, when the exciting Harrison campaign brought out a vote of 1,584, the whigs carrying the county by a majority of 36. The lead was reversed in August, 1842, when out of a total vote of 1,240 Thomas Ford, democratic candidate for governor, received 750; Joseph Duncan, whig, 457, and Charles W. Hunter, the first candidate of the liberty party, 32. Of the liberty votes 13 were cast in St. Charles and 6 in Elgin. This was the beginning of the wonderful action against slavery and its ills, which was brought to full fruition by the ever memorable Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. To be an aboli- tionist in those days meant far more than a casual glance at the printed word today could possibly reveal, an abolitionist then being considered no more favorably than is a socialist now.
In August, 1843. John Wentworth, democrat, beat Giles Spring, whig, 247 votes for congress in Kane county. In 1844, at the presidential election, the fight was hot, and resulted in the democrats polling 1,046 votes, the whigs- 748, and the liberal party 299. In March, 1848, the county cast 1, 108 votes for the new constitution and 348 against ; and upon the question of a two-mills tax, for the support of schools, the 221 persons who in their blindness voted against it were overwhelmed by the 1,176 who were wiser and voted for it. At the general election in August following, B. C. Yates, whig, was elected sheriff, but John F. Farnsworth, liberty candidate for state senator, was defeated by William B. Plato, democrat. John Wentworth was reelected to congress, his competitors being J. Young Scammon, whig, and Owen Lovejoy. liberty candidate. The latter received 418 votes, which showed that the little
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seed sown in 1842 was growing. Aside from the three regular tickets there were two others in the field, a "people's" ticket and the "barn-burners" or Van Buren nominations. Mr. Yates was elected upon the people's ticket, as was also Charles B. Wells, for circuit clerk. Wentworth's majority for con- gress in the county was 368, which was only exceeded by Lake, LaSalle and DeKalb. The district (fourth) was then composed of the counties of Cook, Lake, McHenry, Boone, DuPage, Kane, DeKalb, Kendall, Will, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Livingston, Champaign, McLean. Vermilion and Iroquois- seventeen in all. Among the candidates for circuit judge were Theophilus L. Dickey of Ottawa, and Onslow Peters, of Peoria. The latter withdrew and Mr. Dickey was elected. The death of this estimable gentleman and able judge occurred July 22, 1885. At the presidential election in 1848 the heaviest vote was polled which up to that time the county had given-2,858.
In 1849 the democratic ticket was again successful in the county. By 1850 the whig party had gained such strength that it began to make itself heard and felt. At a whig meeting held at Geneva, August 10, 1850, Leonard Howard was chairman and T. C. Moore, secretary. Other prominent whigs, whose names appear in the record of this meeting, were B. C. Yates, M. V. Hall, Ira H. Fitch, Wm. Debit, Charles Clark, Thomas H. Thompson, C. F. Buck, A. C. Gibson, Peter Sears, L. A. Norton and Dr. Tyler. Resolutions were adopted opposing the extension of slavery in any manner; endorsing Daniel Webster's remarks on the subject of slavery; approving Senator Seward's course on the slave question; lauding the dead president, Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850), for his manly and judicious course ; and expressing confidence in the then president, Millard Fillmore; also favoring a free bank- ing system in Illinois, "in which the interests of the bill holder shall be under all circumstances fully and completely secured."
The people of Kane county condemned in strong language the fugitive slave act, passed by congress in 1850. Mass meetings were held and resolu- tions adopted opposing the act, and asserting that "the doctrine of property in man is directly opposed to the principles of our government, at war with Christianity, and repugnant to the common sense of mankind." The previous heavy democratic majorities in the county were so reduced in 1850 that the greatest was but IIO, which William B. Plato received for state senator over T. C. Moore. A portion of the whig ticket was elected. For the legislature, Augustus Adams, whig, and B. F. Hall, democrat, were chosen. B. C. Yates had ninety-six votes majority over James Hotchkiss, for sheriff, and J. P. Bartlett, for coroner, defeated Seth Marvin by 100. For congressman the Kane county vote stood : Richard S. Molony, democrat, 978; Churchill Coffing, whig, 938; James H. Collins, free soil, 237. The district elected Molony.
The intense feeling upon the slavery question brought out the warmest advocates for either side of the controversy, and on more than one occasion serious trouble was threatened. The pro-slavery men were bitter in their denunciation of the action of their anti-slavery opponents, but the latter man- fully stood their ground through all the stormy years, until the terrible war of the Rebellion forever settled the question and saw the star of their hope arise and lead all the world to the contemplation of a land whose people were
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free-where the fetters were stricken from four million human beings, whose days had been previously passed in bondage. At one time a series of abolition lectures was delivered at the courthouse in Geneva, by Ichabod Codding, and the bitter pro-slavery men threatened to mob the speaker. John F. Farns- worth, of St. Charles, and Isaac Preston, of Aurora, paroled the ante-room of the courthouse with slugshots in their sleeves, made of chunks of lead encased in old stockings, ready to give the rioters a warm reception should they attempt to carry out their threats and interrupt Mr. Codding's speeches. Such episodes as these led to the tremendous revulsion of feeling which finally over- threw the old order of things, and established a new one from which the county has never since departed. It is true that in certain years, and on purely home issues, the question of politics has scarcely entered into the fight, but on all matters of national importance the voice of Kane county has been distinctly heard upon the platform where it became anchored in the great presidential campaign of 1856-that of the republican party. The men who so zealously advocated the abolition of slavery went out in the dark years of 1861-65 and fought for the principles in which they believed. The political struggle through which the nation passed during the decade preceding the Civil war was shared in most earnestly by the people of this county; and none were readier than they to advance to the country's aid in time of trouble.
The assertion has been made by more than one person that the repub- lican party was organized in Kane county, but a few dates will dispel that illusion :
On the 22d of February, 1854, a free-soil or free-democratic convention was held at Jackson, Michigan, a mass convention at Kalamazoo, on the 21st of June following, and a grand mass convention at Jackson on the 6th of July. All of these were prior to anything held in Kane county, or, so far as known, in any other part of this or any state. A republican platform was adopted. At Madison, Wisconsin, a republican state convention met and adopted a sterling platform on the 18th of July, 1854. August 4, of the same year, a call was circulated in Kane county for a republican county convention, to be held at Geneva, on the 19th of the same month. This call was signed by George S. Bangs, William McMicken, William A. Tanner, William McMicken, Jr., I. W. Phillips, A. Woodworth, A. Huntington, P. A. Allaire, A. R. Bart- lett, F. A. Munson, R. G. Montony, I. A. W. Buck, I. T. Bevier, J. H. Thompson, A. D. Warner, Holmes Miller, Ira Fox, A. Hard, C. Osborn, Rev. Lewis Benedict, Austin Mann, E. K. Isbell, C. S. Roe, Burr Winton, L. D. Brady, S. Hoyles, Z. Church, and many other well-known citizens of the county. The convention was temporarily presided over by Hon. A. C. Gibson, of Aurora, and Rev. A. J. Joslyn, of Elgin, was secretary. The permanent organization had E. W. Brewster, as president; L. A. Winslow, A. H. Baird, J. P. Bartlett, and T. H. Thompson, vice presidents; H. T. Kingsbury, of Aurora, and E. W. Vining, of Elgin, secretaries. Prominent delegates made rousing speeches, and emphatic resolutions were adopted.
The republican congressional convention was held September 20, 1854, in the Congregational church at Aurora. The first republican ticket contained the names of the following candidates: For congress, J. H. Woodworth,
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of Chicago; for senator, Augustus Adams ; for members of assembly, Benjamin Hackney, of Aurora, and William Patten, of Sandwich; for sheriff, Edward Alexander, of Geneva; for coroner, J. P. Bartlett, of Campton. The entire ticket was elected with the exception of Alexander, who was beaten for sheriff by L. P. Barker, democrat, of Batavia.
A claim made that the party was organized in LaSalle county must be set aside in the light of the foregoing facts, for the first republican county convention in that county was held in Ottawa, on the 30th of August, 1854, eleven days after the one at Geneva. But it cannot be denied that the great movement was stirring the entire region at one and the same time, and the stupendous republican party was finally fully organized and united at the national convention held at Philadelphia in 1856.
In 1873 the farmers' movement gained footing in Kane county, and numerous local organizations of the Patrons of Husbandry, known as Grang- ers, were formed; the first of these was at St. Charles. Mark H. Bisby, of the township, was county deputy and organizer, and most of the prominent farmers in the county were engaged in the movement. Several candidates upon the county ticket were elected by the Grangers in 1873, but as a political card the order did not continue long in importance, and the star of the insti- tution finally set.
From the days of the early settlements a strong temperance feeling has existed among the people, and we find that, in Aurora at least, a temperance organization existed as early as 1837, presided over by Elias D. Terry. Var- ious societies have been formed in the different towns and villages, most of which are now out of existence. Their places have been largely filled by the Woman's Christian Temperance Unions, the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Unions, the Young Men's Christian Association and prohibition party. The work these bodies are doing is of almost incalculable magnitude, and its influence for the good of the race is undisputed.
In 1884 there were four presidential candidates, viz. : Blaine, republican ; Cleveland, democratic; St. John, prohibition, and Butler, independent green- back. At the election this year ( 1908) the candidates of seven different parties will have a place on the ticket, which will be nearly three feet wide and two feet in length.
The most important political change in the past fifty years has been the passing of the new primary election law, which practically destroys the influence of the county convention in the nomination of candidates for office. Two primary laws were declared unconstitutional. The present one is yet to be tested. Its practical effect has been on its first trial. to afford the voter a choice of from three to six candidates for each, where under the old system the voters elected the delegates and they chose the candidates. On the first trial for direct nominations the voters apparently used good judgment, for the list of nominees is made up of men apparently capable of filling the positions for which they seek election.
Since the convention of 1854 Kane county has continued republican by a large majority, the present plurality being six to one. Democrats have, . however, been elected to the county judgeship three times, owing to local con-
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ditions. The modern tendency is the development of two contending repub- lican factions.
Names of county officers, from organization of the county in 1836 to 1871 :
County Clerk-1836 to 1847, Mark W. Fletcher; 1847 to 1849, J. L. Warner; 1849 to 1857, James Harrington; 1857 to 1861, John Green; 1861 to 1869, H. B. Pierce; 1869 to 1872, Frank P. Crandon.
Circuit Court Officers : Recorder-1836 to 1843, David Dunham; 1843 to 1847, George W. Gorton; 1847 to 1849, E. H. Swarthout. Clerk-1836 to 1837, Allen P. Hubbard; 1837 to September, 1848, M. W. Fletcher; Sep- tember, 1848 to 1849, Charles B. Wells. Clerk and Recorder-1849 to 1852, Charles B. Wells; 1852 to 1856. Luther Dearborn; 1856 to 1860, Paul R. Wright; 1860 to 1864, Thomas C. Moore; 1864 to 1868, Pindar F. Ward; 1868 to 1872, J. W. Parrington.
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