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In this town also resides Preston Martin, an aged citizen of the county, who has been identified with its history and its development from its organization. One of the earlier commissioners of the county and afterward associate justice of the county court, he filled each office with fidelity to the people and with credit to himself. A man of un- swerving integrity, with a high moral standard, he justly won the esteem of his fellow citizens, and the high regard of all. This town at present writing is contending for the locating of the seat of justice within her borders. The canvassing of the vote of the county for the election to be held in November goes on with great earnestness. The advocates of removal to Biggsville claiming that their town is nearer the geo- graphical center of the county, and therefore it is for the interest of the county to secure the county buildings at this point.
Gladstone (formerly Sagetown), was laid out by Gideon Sage, May 16, 1856, in Secs. 15 and 16, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., James R. White sur- veyor. The town is situated on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. The Galva branch of the same road terminates at this point from the north. The town contains about 400 inhabitants. At this point is located the Excelsior sugar refinery, a large and costly estab- lishment, owned principally by Amos T. Hall, of Chicago. It seems not to have been a success so far, although the works and machinery
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are of the most elaborate kind. Some glucose has been manufactured, but now the owners of the premises are preparing the works for work- ing sorghum cane, of which the surrounding country produces largely.
Gideon Sage, the original proprietor of this town, although far ad- vanced in years, still resides here, hale and hearty, and bids fair to yet renew his lease of life and outstrip in the raee many a younger com- petitor. The town has one Catholic, one Presbyterian, and one Meth- odist church, and is well provided with school-buildings.
Raritan, a town in the southeastern part of the county, was laid out by Isaac V. Kelley and James Hixton April 16, 1856, in Secs. 10, 11, 14 and 15, T. S N., R. 4 W., James R. White acting as surveyor for the proprietors. The record of its plat and survey may be found recorded in Vol. XII of deeds, p. 255, Henderson county. It is a beautiful and thriving village. Situated in the midst of an undulating, fertile prairie, surrounded by finely improved farms in a high state of cultivation, upon which means have been lavishly expended in the erection of fine buildings, this place presents an attractive appearance. The houses of the town are of a neat and commodious structure, and so neatly kept in all their surroundings that they tell at once the char- acter of its inhabitants.
Although possessing no near railroad or river facilities for ship- ping, they yet carry on a large trade in merchandise and stock and agricultural products. Roseville and Laharpe stations are their nearest railroad points. One will hardly find in days of travel anywhere a town surrounded by so many natural advantages, and which exhibits such thrift, unaided by artificial means.
Among the enterprising business men of this place I may mention William Tharp and Robert Barnes, but space prevents the naming of others equally enterprising and deserving of mention. Mr. Tharp has an extensive store, filled with a general stock of merchandise, which he purchases in Chicago and eastern eities. Making his own selections and purchasing from first hands when possible, he has been enabled to offer his numerous customers their supplies at such rates as to leave no inducement on their part to go to larger places to make their pur- chases. By energy and business tact, by fair dealing and unquestioned integrity, he established a business of great magnitude, and won for himself an enviable reputation. He is still a young man, with the ability to grow and advance with the enterprising and thrifty people by whom he is surrounded.
Robert Barnes began business here a few years ago. From small transactions at first his business has increased until at the present his sales are very large. His stock embraces almost every article of
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necessity or luxury required by the customers with whom he deals. Besides a general stock of merchandise, a line of agricultural machin- ery suited to all the wants of the country is carried in large stock. In addition to his mercantile business he is the proprietor, publisher and editor of the "Raritan Bulletin," a weekly newspaper of fair size, which is ably edited and constantly gaining in circulation. It is inde- pendent in all things, and deserves the success that has thus far attended it.
The town contains four churches: Dutch Reformed, Baptist, Metli- odist, and Roman Catholic. It has two hotels.
The town of Lynn, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, adjoining Gladstone, was laid out by Ezekiel W. Lynn on Sec. 10, T. 10 N., 5 W., June 28, 1858. It was surveyed by James R. White. The plat and record will be found in Vol. XV, p. 213, of deeds, in Henderson county.
The town of Carman was laid out and platted by Joseph Carman, September 3, 1870, in Sec. 27, T. 9 N., 6 W., and recorded in Vol. XXIV, of deeds, p. 344, Henderson county. It is situated on the line of Carthage Division of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail- road, about one mile from the Mississippi river, and contains a popu- lation of abont 300. Shokokon lies between this town and the river. Carman is a flourishing town, and the center of a large grain trade. Large quantities of corn are annually stored at this point for distribu- tion to the different markets. It is five miles by railroad to Burlington, Iowa, and about fifteen miles to the county seat. Abont two miles east of this place resides John Fredericks Curts, on his place known as the "Bear Grove" farm, of which further mention will be made in this sketch. Near this place many of the earlier settlers of the county found a home. Alfred Knowles and Dr. Freeman Knowles came from the State of Maine soon after the laying out of the town of Shokokon, in 1836. They remained for a short time upon lands they had entered. The fever and ague, the pest of our bottom lands at that time, was more than they could successfully contend with, and they removed to more healthy locations, Dr. Knowles going to the town of Keokuk, Iowa, which then contained but a few hundred inhabitants, where his practice grew with the growth of that thriving city. He became one of the professors in the medical college of that place. He died in 1880, after a successful professional career. His brother, Alfred, removed to Oquawka, where, upon the organization of the county, he became county clerk. In 1855 he removed to the city of Galesburg, this state, where he still resides.
The last town laid out in the county is Lomax, on the Chicago, Bur-
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lington & Quincy railroad. It was laid out by Robert Lomax, May 11, 1882, in Sec. 15, T. S N., R. 6 W., J. Wilson Williams acting as sur- veyor; plat and deed recorded in Vol. I, of plats, p. 64, Henderson county. At this point there has been a railroad station and business point for many years. Prior to the opening of the railroad, William Lomax, the father of the present proprietor, owned and cultivated a large farm, through which the road was located and a station established at the point where the town is now laid out. The senior Lomax errected a dwelling and store, and also other buildings at the station, so that in fact it became quite a town years before any town was marked out in a regular way. The proprietor had resided on the place for many years ; in fact he was among the early settlers of the county, and owned this valuable property before railroads came to further enhance its value.
Although the population of the town is small, it has become an im- portant shipping point. Large shipments of cattle, hogs and grain are made at this station, and there is no reason why this should not, in in the near future, with such an enterprising business man as its pres- ent proprietor, become a flourishing town. The elder Lomax died in the year 1879, at an advanced age, loved and respected by all who knew him. He had lived to see the frontier upon which he had settled become a cultivated, populous community. He had, as a citi- zen, lent his aid to advance every laudible undertaking for the advancement of the interest of the county. He had served four years as associate justice in our county court, and well and faithfully did he discharge the duties of his office. With hands clear of official corrup- tion, with consciousness of having performed his duty, he retired from office and his remaining years were made pleasant with the kindest regards of his fellow citizens. ITis worthy son Robert succeeds him in the estate and business established by his father. The position has fallen to able hands. The father's wishes and plans will now be car- ried out by the son. Possessing youth, vigor and fine business capacity, he still retains that same modesty of character and moral conviction that endeared his father to the people among whom he lived. Mr. Lomax is at present, as will be seen elsewhere in this sketch, one of the commissioners of the county. Just north of this place the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw railroad forms a junction with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, and over the track of the latter runs on to the city of Burlington.
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NEWSPAPERS.
NEWSPAPERS.
The first newspaper published in the county was the "Oquawka Spectator," founded by Col. John B. Patterson, in the month of Febru- ary, 1848, at Oquawka, who issued the first number in February of that year. It was neutral in politics, and issued weekly continuously to the present time. Its founder, Col. Patterson, is still its editor and proprietor, and bids fair to continue its management for many years to come. Since the foundation of the paper, E. H. N. Patterson, a son of the present editor, was for many years associated with his father as junior editor. The latter severed his connection with the paper in the year 1859, and with the great army of gold seekers who set their faces westward, left his native state and took up his abode in the then territory of Colorado. Mining was not to his taste. He was pos- sessed of a fine intellect and was a brilliant writer. These qualities could not long be concealed and he was induced to attach himself to the editorial staff of the "Colorado Miner," one of the leading papers of the state, in which position he gained high rank by the ability he displayed in his editorials. He, in a short time, became one of the proprietors of the paper and its chief editor, in which position he died in the month of April, 1880, at Denver, Colorado. He married, in 1851, Laura Phelps, the daughter of Stephen S. Phelps, one of the founders of the town of Oquawka. His wife died in the year 1867, leaving three children : Harry N., Mattie, and Norman.
Not only as a newspaper writer did the subject of this sketch ex- hibit marked ability, but many of his publications in verse, as well as in prose, bore testimony of the peculiarly fine literary cast of his mind. A specimen is here quoted as illustrating the style of his writings, and the sentiments of its author. It was written nineteen years ago, and is now published for the first time. The original is in the possession of the writer :
" THE PATRIOT MOTHER.
"Dead ! No, no! surely you do but mock me ! He's but sleeping ; - Why all these tears, this agony of mourning ? Why such weeping? Death has not come to rob me of the lad. 'Tis only gentle sleep - Deadlike perchance, in being dreamless ; yet only slumber, wherefore weep? When first the tocsin rung the battle blast, Charlie, brave boy, stepped out, Full panoplied, in triple armor clad ; his voice in the great freedom-shout Rising above all others - louder, clearer, filled with grandeur of the Cause For which he fought : his nation's constitution, the supremacy of its laws ! 'Twas but as yesterday I saw him girding his loins for the fight,
Conscious of victory, confident of success, because the Right.
Ne'er fell before the opposing hosts of Treason's clan-
Ne'er failed because opposed by jaundiced Error's ban !
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Then say not he is dead ! He lives- his faith, example, deeds,
Will nerve his patriot-brothers' arms! Away with funeral weeds ;
I will not wear them! Charlie lives -his spirit is away.
In hottest battle-men will feel its power ; death cannot mark him for its prey 'Till war shall cease in all the land - 'till peace resume her sway-
And Treason's cloud obscure no more the brightness of the Nation's day."
It should be stated that the "Spectator," which commenced its career as a neutral, was, in the year 1863, transformed into a democratic organ of its party in the county, and to this time has been an advocate of conservative democratic principles, through the long pilgrimage of defeat to which its party has been subjected. Its venerable editor stands high with his professional brethren and earns the esteem of his political opponents. ' Few men have wielded the editorial pen for so many consecutive years, as editor and proprietor of one newspaper. All his acquaintances join in wishing him many happy years of success in the path he has so long and successfully traveled.
The " Oquawka Plaindealer" was the next newspaper enterprise started in the county. This was a weekly publication, commenced July 24, 1852, by Francis A. Dallam, editor and proprietor, and so continued until March 6, 1855, when Horace Bigelow, Esq., purchased a half interest in the establishment; from that time until May 6, 1856, when Mr. Dallam sold his interest to James H. Reed. The firm of Reed & Bigelow continued the publication of the paper until May 1, 1857, when they sold the whole concern to J. K. Magie and David Mitchell. It was whig in politics at its commencement and after the defeat of Scott, in 1852, it shared the fate of its party, and drifting with the wreck until the formation of the republican party in 1856, when it cast its fortunes with that organization, to which it ever afterward adhered. Magie & Mitchell disposed of their interest and the paper was next under the control of Lewis Leslie ; then of M. H. Jamison, when, under the editorial control of a Mr. Chamberlain, it was removed to Biggsville, in this county. Shortly after Chamberlain retired from the paper and Judson Graves became its editor. Subse- quently Graves removed the paper to Kirkwood, in Warren county, when, after a brief period, he again moved, and this time to the city of Galesburg, in this state.
The " Clipper" is a small weekly paper, established in Biggsville by M. M. Rowley, editor and proprietor, about the year 1874. It is republican in politics, and still continues under its first management, and is meeting, as it deserves, with very fair success. Its editor is an excellent writer for such a paper and earns the deserved success he has enjoyed.
W.A. Costelyou
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The " Raritan Bulletin," a weekly paper, is published in the town of Raritan, in the southeast part of the county, by Robert Barnes, as editor and proprietor. It was established in the year 1875. It is inde- pendent in politics and is meeting with deserved success. Its editorials evince marked ability and its circulation is rapidly increasing.
"The Henderson County Journal " was established in Oquawka by Eugene A. Hail, editor and proprietor, in the month of May, 1872. It was a weekly paper and republican in politics. In June, 1872, Mr. Hail, its editor, removed the establishment to Macomb, in McDonough county, in this state, where he continued its publication until August, 1878, when he returned with his paper to this county and again com- menced its publication at the county seat, under the name of the "Henderson County Journal," a weekly issue, devoted to the interests of the republican party. The paper is ably edited by Mr. Hail, its proprietor, a gentleman of refinement and sterling worth, and is prov- ing for its owner a good investment.
All the papers here named have received not alone from their party friends, but from the general public of the county, a generous support, which bears evidence of the intelligence of the inhabitants.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
The names of the county officers from the date of the organization of the county is shown in the following table, with the date of their election or appointment :
NAME.
OFFICE. DATE.
John S. Pollock.
Clerk Circuit Court .. . April 5, 1841.
Alfred Knowles. Clerk County Commissioners' Court April 5, 1841.
John Mckinney. Recorder . April 17, 1841.
William C. Rice, Surveyor . April 17, 1841.
William Cowden.
Probate Justice of the Peace April 22, 1841.
William Elliott. State's Attorney. May 20, 1841.
Alfred Knowles. Probate Justice of the Peace. June 30, 1841.
Joseph B. Jamison School Commissioner . Aug.
2, 1841.
W. D. Henderson Sheriff .
April 5, 1841.
Francis J. C. Peasley
County Commissioner Aug.
2,1841.
Joseph B. Jamison School Commissioner Aug.
2, 1841.
Preston Martin. .
.County Commissioner. April 5,1841.
Benjamin C. Coghill.
. County Commsisioner April
5,1841.
William D. Henderson. . Sheriff.
Aug.
1, 1842.
Michael Crane. County Commissioner
Aug.
1, 1842.
John F. Morgan
.Coroner. Aug.
1,1842.
Isaiah J. Brooks
.County Commissioner Aug.
7, 1843.
Alfred Knowles County Commissioner's Clerk
Aug. 7, 1843.
Wilson M. Graham
Recorder. Aug. 7,1843.
William C. Rice.
Probate Justice of the Peace Aug.
7, 1843.
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NAME.
OFFICE.
DATE.
William E. Hopkins. .Surveyor
Aug. 7, 1843.
Alexander Marshall School Commissioner . Aug. 7, 1843.
William Cousland. . County Commissioner
.Sept. 12, 1844.
S. S. Leet. Sheriff ..
D. B. Rice . Coronor Feb. 5, 1845.
Jer. Rose
. County Commissioner
Aug.
1846.
Matthew Findley
County Commissioner
Aug.
1846.
Julius Gifford.
Sheriff
Aug.
1846.
David B. Rice.
. Coroner
Aug.
1846.
Ebenezer Chapin
County Commissioner Aug.
Charles S. Cowan
County Commissioners' Clerk . Aug.
1847.
Harvey Russell
Probate Justice of the Peace.
Aug.
18447.
Samuel Mitchell
Recorder. Aug.
Ang.
1847.
Joseph B. Jamison
School Commissioner. Aug.
Aug.
1847.
Robert S. Blackwell
States Attorney . Nov. 1847.
Matthew Findley
. County Commissioner. Aug.
1848.
William C. Rice.
. County Judge.
Nov.
6, 1849.
Daniel Edmunds.
County Justice of the Peace.
Nov.
6, 1849.
George W. Penny
County Justice of the Peace. . Nov.
6, 1849.
Charles S. Cowan
County Clerk
Nov.
6, 1849.
Robert Crownover
. County Treasurer
Nov.
6, 1849.
A. N. Armstrong . Surveyor
Nov.
6, 1849.
William McMillan . School Commissioner
Nov.
6, 1849.
Booth Nettleton.
.Coroner
Nov.
6, 1849.
Booth Nettleton.
Sheriff.
Nov.
5, 1850.
James A. Maury
Coroner
. Nov.
5, 1850.
John S. Pollock
Clerk of the Circuit Court. Nov.
2, 1852.
James H. Stewart
. State's Attorney
Nov. 2, 1852.
Samuel P. MeGaw
Sheriff.
Nov.
2, 1852.
James A. Maury
Coroner.
. Nov.
2, 1852.
Peter Downey.
County Judge. Nov.
8, 1853.
Lambert Hopper
Associate Justice . Nov.
8, 1853.
John Logan
Associate Justice. . Nov.
8, 1853.
Charles S. Cowan
County Clerk . Nov.
8, 1853.
George W. Connelly
Treasurer Nov.
Nov.
8, 1853.
Wm. L. Stockton. School Commissioner
. Nov.
8, 1853.
Richard W. Richey
County Judge
Feb. 18, 1854.
Jonathan Simpson
School Commissioner Nov.
1855.
Asahel Johnson . Associate Justice
Nov.
3, 1857.
Melzer C. Paul.
Associate Justice. Nov.
3, 1857.
Charles S. Cowan County Clerk Nov.
3, 1857.
George W. Connelly
County Treasurer Nov.
3, 1857.
Garrett Nevins. County Surveyor
Nov.
3, 1857.
Jonathan Simpson.
School Commissioner Nov. 3, 1857.
George W. Cowden Sheriff. Nov.
2,1858,
.
Richard W. Richey
. County Judge. Nov.
3,1857.
8, 1853.
A. N. Armstrong. .Surveyor
1847.
John S. Peasley Treasurer
1847.
A. N. Armstrong Surveyor.
1847.
J. B. Jamison
School Commissioner
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
NAME.
OFFICE. DATE.
Wm. B. Jamison County Surveyor . Nov. 2, 1858.
Charles E. Birdsall
. Coroner
.Nov.
2, 1858.
J. Eldridge Barnes.
School Commissioner.
Nov.
8, 1859.
Geo. W. Connelly
Assessor and Treasurer.
. Nov.
S, 1859.
Wm. B. Jamison. County Surveyor. . Nov. 8, 1859.
James H. Stewart State's Attorney 1860.
1860.
Hugh L. Thomson Clerk Circuit Court.
1860.
Z. D. Fanning. Coroner
1860.
Richard W. Richey County Judge Nov. 5, 1861 ..
Preston Martin Associate Judge . Nov. 5, 1861 ..
Wm. Hartford. Associate Judge. Nov.
5, 1861 ..
Wm. Hopkins
County Clerk
Nov.
5, 1861.
J. Eldridge Barnes School Commissioner Nov. 5, 1861 .-
Nov.
5,1861.
Win. H. McChesney . County Surveyor. . Nov.
5,1861.
R. S. McAllister .County Clerk . . (appointed) Aug. 15, 1863.
Nov.
3, 1863.
Hugh L. Thomson. Clerk Circuit Court.
Nov. 8, 1864.
James A. Mckenzie State's Attorney
Nov.
8, 1864.
Davis S. Brainard
Sheriff ..
Nov.
8, 1864.
Samuel H. Ruple.
Coroner
. Nov.
8, 1864.
Wm. Ingerun. School Commissioner.
.Dec.
8, 1864.
Cornelius D. Eltinge County Judge.
Nov.
7, 1865.
Wm. Lomax. Associate Justice. Nov.
7, 1865.
Wm. H. Mills. Associate Justice
. Nov.
7, 1865.
Robert S. McAllister County Clerk Nov.
7, 1865.
Simeon Donaldson. County Treasurer . Nov.
7, 1865.
Isaac N. J. Hartford. County Surveyor. . Nov.
7, 1865.
Marion F. Button County Superintendent of Schools. Nov. 7, 1865.
Simeon Donaldson . County Assessor
Nov. 7, 1865.
Wm. Bunger Sheriff and Collector . Nov. 6, 1866.
Hinton Park Coroner .Nov.
6, 1866.
Matthew H. Jamison . County Superintendent of Schools. Sept. 14, 1867.
.Nov. 5, 1867.
Simeon Donaldson. .County Assessor
Nov. 5,1867.
Isaac N. J. Hartford.
. County Surveyor. Nov.
5, 1867.
John A. Summers
Superintendent of Schools
Mar.
6, 1868.
Joseph Braden Sheriff and Collector Nov.
3, 1868.
Harry F. McAllister Clerk Circuit Court Nov.
1868.
James A. Mckenzie. State's Attorney
. Nov.
1868.
Joseph Brader. Sheriff. . . Nov.
1868.
Jonathan Simpson. School Superintendent. Aug.
1869.
Richard W. Richey County Judge. Nov. 2, 1869.
Preston Martin . County Justice of the Peace. Nov.
2, 1869.
Robert W. Goddis County Justice of the Peace . Nov. 2,1869.
Roswell P. Randall . County Superintendent of Schools. Nov. 2, 1869.
3, 1863.
Francis A. Raper. Assessor and Treasurer Nov.
J. E. Barnes. . School Commissioner
Nov.
3, 1863.
Isaac N. J. Hartford Surveyor
Moses McElhinney Assessor and Treasurer
R. S. McAllister . County Clerk. (elected) Nov. 3, 1863.
John M. Wilson. . Sheriff.
Simeon Donaldson. County Treasurer
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HISTORY OF MERCER AND HENDERSON COUNTIES.
NAME.
OFFICE.
DATE.
D. C. Hanna.
County Clerk Nov. 2,1869.
Wm. B. Jamison
. County Surveyor Nov.
2, 1869.
George Bell. Sheriff. . Nov. 8, 1870.
Daniel I. McMillan
Coroner. Nov.
8, 1870.
Jefferson H. Jenings
State's Attorney.
. Nov: 1872.
HI. F. McAllister
. Clerk of Circuit Court
Nov. 1872.
George Bell Sheriff.
Nov. 1872.
W. K. Smith.
Coroner
.Nov.
1872.
William C. Rice County Judge
Nov.
4, 1873.
D. Caswell Hanna
County Clerk.
Nov.
4, 1873.
John A. Brook ..
. County Treasurer. Nov.
4, 1873.
James McArthur
.Superintendent of Schools Nov,
4, 1873.
Joseph Allen. .
County Commissioner.
Nov.
4, 1873.
Robert A. Mckinley
. County Commissioner.
. Nov.
4, 1873.
George Bell. Sheriff
. Nov.
3, 1874.
Francis M. Jackson . Coroner
Nov.
3, 1874.
Isaiah J. Brook
. County Commissioner Nov.
3, 1874.
W. A. M. Crouch
. County Commissioner. Nov.
Nov.
2, 1875.
Eli W. Smith.
County Treasurer
Nov.
2, 1875.
William H. McChesney . . County Surveyor.
. Nov.
2, 1875.
George Curry.
. County Commissioner
Nov.
7,1876.
H. F. McAllister.
Clerk of Circuit Court.
Nov. 7, 1876.
James O. Anderson .
Sheriff.
. Nov. 7, 1876.
Jefferson H. Jenings.
State's Attorney
Nov.
7,1876.
Millard F. Brown. Coroner. .Nov.
7,1876.
William C. Rice ..
County Judge
Nov.
6, 1877.
G. F. Wm. Froehlich. . County Clerk
Nov.
6, 1877.
Eli W. Smith .County Treasurer. Nov.
Nov.
6, 1877.
James Duke. County Commissioner . Nov.
Nov.
5, 1878.
James O. Anderson Sheriff
Nov.
5, 1878.
Isaac I'. Cowdon. . Coroner.
Nov.
5, 1878.
George Curry. . County Commissioner Nov.
4,1879.
Adam B. Hamill . County Treasurer
Nov. 4, 1879.
Pitt K. Jagger.
County Surveyor Nov. 4, 1879.
Harry F. McAllister
.Clerk of Circuit Court Nov.
2,1880.
James O. Anderson.
Sheriff. .Nov.
2, 1880.
Rauseldon Cooper.
. State's Attorney Nov.
2, 1880.
James A. Caswell. . Coroner. Nov.
2, 1880.
Samuel Pickering. . County Commissioner . Nov.
2, 1880.
Robert A. Lomax . County Commissioner. Nov.
8,1881.
Appleton Park
County Surveyor. .Nov. 8, 1881.
James M. Akin. .Superintendent of Schools.
.Dec.
5, 1881.
Among the old citizens of this county there is one who should not be overlooked in these brief biographies. It is the colored man com- monly called "Nigger Dick," Richard being his true name, and, like
6, 1877.
J. M. Akin.
.Superintendent of Schools ..
6, 1877.
Elijah Beal . County Commissioner.
3, 1874.
Joseph Aller
.County Commissioner
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