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PLEASANT VALE. The first settlers were John Wood, afterward Governor of Illinois, Willard Keyes and David Dutton, who came in 1821 and 1822, and settled on sections 16 and 22. Mr. Dutton was one of the county commissioners in 1822. Amos and Joseph Jackson, Major Hinckly, Parley Jackson, Levi Howard, Mr. Rice, Daniel Mitchell and Andrew Shearer were also very early settlers. Mr. Shearer "blazed out" the first road from where New Canton now is to the town of Washington, now Eldara. The first white child born in the township was An- drew J. Stanley, in 1823. The first death was Mary Jane McDaniel in the same year, and the first marriage was Peter J. Saxbury and Ma- tilda Stanley in June, 1827. These early settlers endured many hardships and privations in pre- paring the way for future generations and future prosperity, which the people of to-day know not of. They ground their corn for food on a hand mill, and at times crushed it in a hominy block. The latter consisted of a hole burnt in a stump or block of wood, in which corn was placed and crushed with an iron wedge or mallet. In a short time, however, these odd and rude pieces of pio- neer machinery were replaced by horse mills. These were generally situated eight or ten miles from the settlers here, and although they were a great improvement upon the hand mills and the hominy blocks, the process of grinding would be considered very slow, indeed, by the people of this day and age of steam mills. The boys then went to mill on horseback, and seldom ever re- turned the same day. They would congregate under the old shed of the horse mill while wait-
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ing for their turn, and there make a fire and parch corn, tell jokes, etc. In this way they would pass the night very pleasantly without sup- per or sleep; for the supper could not be had, and there was no place to sleep, save on the sacks of corn.
Then came the days of schools and churches. The first schoolhouse erected by the settlers was on section 22, in 1825. It was a log cabin with a clapboard door, puncheon floor, slab benches for seats and a huge fire place at one end of the room. The desks consisted of puncheons sup- ported by pins in the wall; the fire place had no chimney except above the roof; there were two. doors, one at each side of the fire place. The . fuel used consisted of huge logs, which were of- ten dragged into the house by a horse coming in at one door and passing through and out at the other. Around and near the fire place there was 10 floor except the ground, the puncheon floor covering the back part of the room only. The window consisted of a log removed from one side of the room, with greased paper pasted over the aperture. The first teacher here was a Mr. Ran- kin. The pioneer teacher was of the ox driver class, and generally carried a large "gad" in his hands, to maintain order in the school.
Religious worship was early instituted in the first settlement of this township. The first ser- mon was preached by Rev. Mr. Hunter, of the Methodist denomination, and the first regularly organized religious society was also that of the Methodist. This society first worshiped in the house of Mr. Jackson, and afterward in the schoolhouse on section 22. The Mormons also figured largely in a church organization here some years later. They at one time had a society of about 100 communicants, and erected a house of worship in the northwest part of the township. When the Nauvoo trouble came, however, they left this neighborhood to join their brethren at that place. The old Mormon church was after- ward moved to the Mississippi river, and there used for a warehouse.
In those early days the wagons, for the most part, were rudely constructed by the settlers themselves, and consisted wholly of wood. The wheels were sawed from large sycamore trees,
and holes were bored in the center, in which to insert the axletree. The farmers often used these wagons in going to mill, hauling their produce to market, and for a conveyance in which to at- tend church.
In pioneer times, when there were scarcely any fences, and not land enough under cultivation to stop the great prairie fires which occurred in the fall of the year, they proved very disastrous to those living in the prairie. This township, consists, for the most part, of Mississippi river bottom land, a large portion of which is prairie. The grass on this bottom land grew to an enor- mous height, was very thick, and as high as a man's head while on horseback. This grass was so heavy and thick that when the settlers went a- fishing in the sny they would hitch the team to a large bush or tree and drag it through the grass and mash it down, to make a road for them to pass over. In the fall of the year this luxuriant growth of grass would be set on fire by the In- dians or hunters, and 'especially when the wind was high, would sweep resistlessly over the whole country, high and low, destroying a great deal of property.
The pioneers early learned to guard against this destructive element by plowing wide strips of land around their premises and around their grain and hay. As soon as the alarm of fire was given, each settler would immediately begin to "back fire." This was done by setting the grass on fire next outside the plowed strip, which would burn slowly and meet the rapidly advancing flames that came rolling in majestic grandeur. from twenty to thirty feet in the air.
This bottom land is now under a high state of cultivation, and since the completion of the levee has become one of the richest farming dis- tricts of America. The land lying between the sny and the Mississippi is timber land, and as fertile as the prairie. It is now rapidly being cleared and improved.
On the northwest quarter of section 29 is a salt spring, which at one time afforded considerable salt water. Mr. Keyes carried water from this spring to his home on section 22, a distance of a mile and a half, boiled it down, and made salt for family use and for his neighbors.
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As the bluffs extend from the northwest to southeast through the township, the up land is divided from the bottom land, forming a trian- gular section. This land is very rough and broken, and is underlaid with a heavy bed of limestone, and is consequently better adapted to the growing of small grain and fruit than to gen- eral farming. There is some excellent farming land along the course of Keyes creek, which ex- tends along the eastern portion of the township. This creek was named in honor of Mr. Keyes, of whom we have spoken in the first part of this sketch. At one time this creek and others abounded in countless numbers of fish, and thus aided in furnishing the settlers with the neces- saries of life. Although the pioneers were de- prived of many things that are enjoyed at the present day, yet they always had abundance to eat and wear. If their store clothes or homespun gave way, they would simply construct clothing from the hides of animals. The first justice of the peace of this township was Major Hinckley.
New Canton is the only town in Pleasant Vale township, and has nearly 600 population. It was founded April 2, 1835, by Charles T. Brewster, Hiram Smith and Jesse Titsworth. New Can- ton has two churches, Methodist and Union, open to all denominations, but mostly used by the Christian society, flourishing Sunday schools ; and Epworth League and Christian Endeavor are held at both churches, with large attendance and great interest. The first school was on sec- tion 9, in 1832, and the first schoolhouse was built in 1836, a Mr. Hale being the first school master. The present school building was erected in 1866, with an addition a few years later. The principal and assistants are Miss Emma Gard, Misses Flossie Shearer, Clyde Temple and Edith Gard, and the gems of knowledge are cheerfully imparted to the young citizens that will take them. The town was incorporated in 1869. The present officers are: Abraham Likes, president; trustees, M. H. Fuller, L. Gard, Jr., H. A. Mas- sie, H. Koeller, James Temple and D. Godfrey. The business of the town is three general stores, three grocery stores, one drug store, one jewelry store, one restaurant, one hotel, two barber shops, two blacksmiths, one wood worker, two grain ele-
vators, one lumber yard, one livery and feed stable, two physicians, four notaries public, three magistrates, three constables, seven carpenters, five stone masons and plasterers, a postoffice with three rural routes, one bank, and the following secret societies : Masons, Woodmen, Knights of Pythias, Mutual Protective League, Pike County Mutual, Knights and Ladies of Security, Royal Neighbors, Loyal Americans, Mystic Circle and Grand Army of the Republic. A few years ago the town had a pork packing and milling indus- try, but they were smothered out like all modest plants have been in the rural districts. New Can- ton is on the branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, twenty-eight miles from Quincy, Illinois, and, sixteen miles from Louisi- ana, Missouri, and six miles from the Mississippi river. The town has telegraph and telephone connection with the outside world, also a band hall and an excellent cornet band, a billiard hall, two entertainment halls and a lodge hall, a town hall and a "cooler." The town has had several destructive fires and numerous costly burglaries. The agricultural and live stock interests are well conducted by up-to-date and enterprising farm- ers, which makes the town one of the best ship- ping points in the county. Chicago and St. Louis are within a few hours' run, and are the town's principal markets. The old-time business men were John Webb, Shipman & Freeman, W. P. Freeman, William Turner, Hugh Barker, Warner & Blain, Perry H. Davis, Amos Morey, A. Shewe, Massie & Gray, Massie, Heid- loff & Company. The business men of to-day are Atkinson & Son, H. Koeller, W. Ware, D. God- frey, Dudley Brothers, H. A. Massie, Ed. Up- pinghouse, Ellis Gard and G. W. Staff ; and the physicians and surgeons, James H. Rainwater, George U. McComas. Joseph Jackson was the first postmaster, and John L. Morey the last one. The elevator men are Shaw-Garner Company, with Joseph McFarland, manager, and Werner Heidloff. R. E. Funk is the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad agent.
KINDERHOOK. Kinderhook is west of Barry and joins Adams county on the north. Its south- west corner is a half mile from the Mississippi river. The first settlers were David Cole, Bird
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Brewer, Mr. Lyle, Amasa Shinn, Mr. McCraney, James Hull, Charles Smith, Charles and James' Stratton, Thomas Orr and C. Devoll. The town of Kinderhook was laid out in 1836 by Chester Churchill and Bridge Whitten. The Wabash Railroad touches the town. Two churches and an excellent school are the town's pride. Hull, in this township, is at the junction of the Wabash and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads. Hull has a bank and a newspaper, two churches, a large grain elevator and is a good business cen- ter. The town was laid out in 1871 by David Hull, Rensselear Sweet and William Bridge.
CINCINNATI. Cincinnati is a fractional town- ship taken from Pleasant Vale in 1881. It con- sists of eighteen full sections and six fractional sections and contains the old-time town of Cin- cinnati that in 1848 was the greatest business town in Pike county, but the great flood of 1851 almost obliterated the town. During the palmy days of steamboating it was the greatest shipping. point on the west side of the county. After the coming of the railroad the shipping interests have become a dead letter. It has some as good and fertile lands as are on the earth. It has one Methodist Episcopal church in the township, known as the Wike Chapel, and numerous com- modious schoolhouses. The township is noted for its abundant production of wheat and corn. It used to have a postoffice, with W. H. Odiorne as the first postmaster .. Its first school treasurer was Nelson Morey.
LEVEE. Levee was originally a part of Kinder- hook township and was set off in 1875. It con- sists of eighteen full sections and five fractional sections, nearly all of which are as good land as the sun shines on. The township has several good school buildings and a church at Spencer switch, owned and occupied by the Methodists. It has a good macadamized road leading through the township, partly sustained by the Hannibal busi- ness men. Levee has two railroads, the Wabash and the Quincy & Hannibal branch of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
The business men of the various towns and villages of the county are progressive, active and enterprising, and in the past as well as the pres- ent have been an important factor in the county's
development, in the way of schools, churches, public improvements and all matters that were for the people's best interests, but in the past decade all have been seriously handicapped in their business enterprises by a lack of home reci- procity and the blighting cry for cheap and cheaper supplies. It has closed the factories and decreased the population of the county. There is a great cry against trusts and combines, and yet perhaps unconsciously, the general public are play- ing into the hands of their enemies, greatly to their own detriment. A few are awakening to the fact that the great money powers are only inter- ested in the plain people just as far as the al- mighty dollar goes. Pike county is one of the best agricultural sections in the great military tract, and should be a good manufacturing center, having, as it has, all the natural advantages of two great rivers and three great railroads. The old-time residents were blessed with pure foods and unadulterated material. Now laws are in force forbidding adulterations, but the suffering public are greatly imposed upon and the law seems to be a dead letter.
SUPERVISORS.
Below we give a full list of all the Supervisors from the time the county was organized under the township law till the present time, by years, together with the name of the chairman and the township each member is from :
1850-William Ross, Newburg, Chairman ; Archibald Brooks, Chambersburg; Darius Dex- ter, Perry; Amos Hill, Griggsville; David Pre- ble, New Salem; John McTucker, Hadley ; Mont- gomery Blair, Barry; Jesse Seniff, Detroit; Thomas Hull, Kinderhook; A. W. Bemis, Mar- tinsburg ; J. M. Seeley, Atlas ; J. F. Hyde, Pitts- field; R. C. Robertson, Milton (Montezuma) ; Wilson Adams, Hardin; Hazen Pressy, Wash- ington, Derry; James Talbott, Pleasant Vale ; William Turnbull, Flint ; William Morrison, Fair- mount ; Thomas Barton, Pleasant Hill; J. P. Stark, Spring Creek.
1851-William Ross, Newburg, Chairman; Amos Hill, Griggsville; Thomas Odiorne, Atlas ; Hazen Pressy, Derry; William Morrison, Fair-
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mount ; William Turnbull, Flint; Thomas Bar- ton, Pleasant Hill; William Grammar, Hadley; John Lyster, Detroit; Worden Willis, Pleasant Vale; Montgomery Blair, Barry ; Darius Dexter, Perry ; D. H. Gilmer, Pittsfield ; R. C. Robertson, Montezuma; William Adams, Hardin; Harvey W. McClintock, Martinsburg; David Preble, New Salem; J. P. Stark, Spring Creek; Thomas Hull, Kinderhook; Constantine Smith, Pearl; Peter Karges, Chambersburg.
1852-H. R. Ramsay, Atlas, Chairman ; James Brown, Chambersburg; Darius Dexter, Perry ; David Preble, New Salem; John E. Ayres, Fair- mount; M. B. Churchill, Kinderhook; S. K. Tay- lor, Derry ; D. H. Gilmer, Pittsfield; M. J. Noyes ; Amos Hill, Griggsville ; John Lyster, Detroit ; Wil- liam Turnbull, Flint; H. W. McClintock, Mar- tinsburg ; E. C. Thurman, Pleasant Hill; William Grammar, Hadley; B. F. Brownell, Barry; S. Grigsby, Pleasant Vale; Richard Robertson, Mon- tezuma; A. Main, Hardin; John P. Stark, Spring Creek.
1853-William Turnbull, Chairman; James Brown, Chambersburg; William Dustin, Atlas ; Daniel Fisher, New Salem; Thomas Hull, Kin- derhook; Harlow Huntley, Hadley; Tyre Jen- nings, Barry; B. L. Matthews, Perry; H. T. Mudd, Pittsfield ; Constantine Smith, Pearl, Wil- liam E. Smith, Spring Creek ; Cornelius Sullivan, Martinsburg; Jonathan Frye, Detroit; Dennis Leary, Montezuma; William Kinman, Griggs- ville; Samuel G. Sitton, Hardin; William C. Crawford, Fairmount: L. H. Stone, Pleasant Hill; F. A. Landrum, Derry.
1854-J. S. Roberts, Martinsburg, 'Chairman : James Brown, Chambersburg ; Calvin Greenleaf, Flint ; Jonathan Frve, Detroit; Dennis Leary, Montezuma; Constantine Smith, Pearl; B. L. Matthews, Perry; James Winn, Griggsville; B. F. Westlake, Newburg ; John Heavener, Hardin ; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek; Daniel Fisher, New Salem; Henry T. Mudd, Pittsfield; L. H. Stone, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Grammar, Hadley ; Jethro Petty, Derry; Wm. Dustin, Atlas ; Tyre Jennings, Barry ; Charles T. Brewster, Pleasant Vale ; S. B. Gaines, Kinderhook ; Wm. C. Craw- ford, Fairmount.
1855-B. F. Westlake, Newburg, Chairman ;
John Loer, Chambersburg; Wm. Thackwray, Flint; D. Leary, Montezuma; Constantine Smith, Pearl; B. L. Matthews, Perry; James Winn, Griggsville; Wilson Adams, Hardin; Wm. C. Smith, Spring Creek; Wm. C. Crawford, Fair- mount ; Daniel Fisher, New Salem ; H. T. Mudd, Pittsfield; John S. Roberts, Martinsburg ; John Ray, Pleasant Hill; Joseph P. Smith, Hadley ; J. S. Vertrees, Perry; Simon K. Taylor, Derry ; Tyre Jennings, Barry ; Thomas Odiorne, Atlas; Charles T. Brewster, Pleasant Vale; S. B. Gaines, Kinderhook ; R. C. Allen, Detroit; Nicho- las Hobbs, Fairmount.
1856-J. S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chairman ; John Loer, Chambersburg ; Jonathan Frye, De- troit ; Wm. Wheeler, Pearl ; O. M. Hatch, Griggs- ville ; Joseph G. Colvin, Hardin; Wm. H. Love, Fairmount ; Daniel D. Hicks, Pittsfield; Alex. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; Josiah Long, Atlas ; Daniel Pyle, Flint ; Edwin Wooley, Montezuma ; John L. Gaine, Perry ; B. F. Westlake, Newburg ; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek; Wm. F. Hooper, New Salem; Richard Hayes, Hadley; James Wallace, Pleasant Vale; A. Landrum, Derry ; John P. Grubb, Barry.
1857-John W. Allen, Detroit, Chairman; B. B. Metz, Chambersburg ; Joseph G. Pyle, Flint ; Spencer Hudson, Montezuma, Constantine Smith, Pearl; Thos. Reynolds, Perry; Alfred Gordon, Griggsville; B. F. Westlake; Newburg; J. G. Colvin, Hardin; John H. Brewer, Fairmount ; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek ; Wm. F. Hooker, New Salem; Daniel D. Hicks, Pittsfield ; Joshua Butler, Martinsburg; Alex. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; Richard Hayes, Hadley; John L. Under- wood, Derry ; Jesse Long, Atlas ; J. R. Williams, Barry; James Wallace, Pleasant Vale; M. B. Churchill, Kinderhook.
1858-Wm. Turnbull, Flint, Chairman; Har- Vvey Dunn, Chambersburg; Jonathan Frye, De- troit; E. N. French, Montezuma ; Hiram Hess, Pearl; Thos. Reynolds, Perry; James Winn, Griggsville; B. F. Westlake, Newburg; Adam Puterbaugh, Hardin; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek ; John H. Brewer, Fairmount ; Thos. Gray, New Salem; Austin Barber, Pittsfield; Joshua Butler, Martinsburg; John G. Sitton, Pleasant Hill: Wm. Grammar, Hadley; John L. Under-
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wood, Derry; Sherman Brown, Atlas ; James B. Williams, Barry ; James Wallace, Pleasant Vale ; A. T. Love, Kinderhook.
1859-John S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chair- man; Wilson S. Dennis, Chambersburg; James L. Thompson, Flint; Jonathan Frye, Detroit ; Isaac S. Brown, Montezuma ; Constantine Smith, Pearl; B. L. Matthews, Perry; James Winn, Griggsville, Benj. F. Westlake, Newburg; Wil- son Adams, Hardin; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek; John Vail, Fairmount ; James C. Conk- right, New Salem; Isaac W. Jones, Pittsfield ; Thos. Barney, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Grammar, Hadley; Simon K. Taylor, Derry; Sherman Brown, Atlas; Richard St. John, Barry; James Wallace, Pleasant Vale ; John G. Wheelock, Kin- derhook.
1860-John S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chair- man ; James H. Dennis, Chambersburg ; Jas. L. Thompson, Flint ; John W. Allen, Detroit ; E. C. Clemmons, Montezuma; Hiram Hess, Pearl; James Johns, Perry ; T. H. Dimmitt, Griggsville ; B. F. Westlake, Newburg ; J. C. Colvin, Hardin ; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek; John Vail, Fair- mount ; Jas. C. Conkright, New Salem ; David A. Stanton, Pittsfield; Alex. Parker, Pleasant Hill ; Wm. Grammar, Hadley; James B. Landrum, Derry ; Sherman Brown, Atlas ; Lewis D. White, Barry ; Harrison Brown, Pleasant Vale ; John G. Wheelock, Kinderhook.
1861-John S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chair- man ; J. H. Dennis, Chambersburg ; Geo. H. San- ford, Flint; John W. Allen, Detroit; Wm. B. Grimes, Montezuma; Andrew N. Hess, Pearl ; Geo. W. Baldwin, Perry; Thos. H. Dimmitt, Griggsville; B. F. Westlake, Newburg; Jos. G. Colvin, Hardin; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek ; John Vail, Fairmount; A. J. McWilliams, New Salem ; D. A. Stanton, Pittsfield; A. J. Lovell, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Grammar, Hadley; Isaac Pryor, Perry; J. G. Adams, Atlas; John Mc- Tucker, Barry ; Perry H. Davis, Pleasant Vale ; John Aron, Kinderhook.
1862-John S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chair- man ; James H. Dennis, Chambersburg; Geo. H. Sanford, Flint ; Jonathan Frye, Detroit ; Geo. Un- derwood, Montezuma; Andrew N. Hess, Pearl; James W. Brown, Perry ; T. H. Dimmitt, Griggs-
ville; B. F. Westlake, Newburg; J. G. Colvin, Hardin; Wm. E. Smith, Spring Creek; Wm. Morrison, Fairmount; A. J. McWilliams, New Salem; D. A. Stanton, Pittsfield; L. H. Stone, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Grammar, Hadley; J. B. Landrum, Derry; J. G. Adams, Atlas; Henry Wallace, Barry ; P. H. Davis, Pleasant Vale; John Aron, Kinderhook.
1863-John S. Roberts, Martinsburg, Chair- man; James H. Dennis, Chambersburg; Wm. Thackwray, Flint; L. J. Smitherman, Detroit ; J. O. Bolin, Montezuma ; A. N. Hess, Pearl; Au-X gustus Akin, Perry ; T. H. Dimmitt, Griggsville ; Strother Grigsby, Newburg; B. F. Westlake, Newburg; J. G. Colvin, Hardin; D. Hollis, Spring Creek; Wm. Morrison, Fairmount; A. J. McWilliams, New Salem ; S. R. Gray, Pittsfield ; A. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Grammar, Had- ley; Thos. Harris, Derry; J. G. Adams, Atlas ; Wm. P. Shields, Barry; J. R. Thomas, Pleasant / Vale ; John Aron, Kinderhook.
1864-James H. Dennis, Chambersburg, Chair- man; Wm. Thackwray, Flint; L. J. Smitherman, Detroit ; E. N. French, Montezuma ; A. N. Hess, Pearl; Harvey Dunn, Jr., Perry; Thos. H. Dim- mitt, Griggsville ; Nathan Kelley, Newburg ; B. C. Lindsay, Hardin ; David Hollis, Spring Creek ; John Vail, Fairmount ; John Preble, New Salem ; N. A. Wells, Pittsfield; J. S. Roberts, Martins- burg ; Alex. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Gram- mar, Hadley; Thos. S. Harris, Derry; J. G. Adams, Atlas; Wm. P. Shields, Barry; James Wallace, Pleasant Vale; John G. Wheelock, Kin- derhook.
1865-P. H. Davis, Pleasant Vale, Chairman ; Jas. H. Dennis, Chambersburg; Wm. Turnbull, Flint ; L. J. Smitherman, Detroit ; Robert E. Gil- liland, Montezuma; A. N. Hess, Pearl; John EX Morton, Perry ; T. H. Dimmitt, Griggsville ; Wm. J. Ross, Jr., Newburg; Samuel Heavener, Har- din; David Hollis, Spring Creek; John Vail, Fair- mount ; Asahel Hinman, New Salem ; J. M. Bush, Pittsfield ; David Roberts, 'Martinsburg; Alex. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; Wm. Grammar, Had- ley; Albert Landrum, Derry ; Wm. Dustin, Atlas ; Wm. P. Shields, Barry; John G. Wheelock, Kin- derhook.
1866-James H. Dennis, Chambersburg, Chair-
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man; William Turnbull, Flint ; L. J. Smitherman, Maberry Evans, Derry; A. Simpkins, Atlas; Detroit ; George Marks, Montezuma; Joshua VMontgomery Blair, Barry ; P. H. Davis, Pleasant Hill; John Aron, Kinderhook. Hanks, Pearl; John E. Morton, Perry; T. H. Dimmitt, Griggsville; Strother Grigsby, New- burg; David Hollis, Spring Creek; John Vail, Fairmount; John Preble, New Salem; James M. Ferry, Pittsfield; R. A. McClintock, Martins- burg; A. F. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; William Grammar, Hadley ; Albert Landrum, Derry ; J. G. Adams, Atlas; William M. P. Shields, Barry; James Wallace, Pleasant Vale; R. M. Murray, Kinderhook.
1867-James H. Dennis, Chambersburg, Chair- man; James L. Thompson, Flint ; L. J. Smither- man, Detroit ; John O. Bolin, Montezuma ; Joshua XHanks, Pearl; John A. Morton, Perry; Thomas H. Dimmitt, Griggsville; Strother Grigsby, New- burg; Jos. G. Colvin, Hardin; David Hollis, Spring Creek; John Vail, Fairmount; John Pre- ble, New Salem; George W. Jones, Pittsfield ; William M. McClintock, Martinsburg; A. F. Hemphill, Pleasant Hill; William Grammar, Had- ley ; Albert Landrum, Derry ; J. G. Adams, Atlas ; VM. Blair, Barry ; Perry H. Davis, Pleasant Vale; Thomas McIntire, Kinderhook.
1868-James H. Dennis, Chambersburg, Chair- man; William Anderson, Flint; John W. Allen, Detroit ; James A. Brown, Montezuma; Joshua X Hanks, Pearl; Harvey Thornbury, Perry ; T. H. Dimmitt, Griggsville; Strother Grigsby, New- burg; John C. Dinsmore, Hardin ; F. J. Halford, Spring Creek; John Vail, Fairmount; John Pre- ble, New Salem; George W. Jones, Pittsfield; John Melton, Martinsburg; William Grammar, Hadley; Albert Landrum, Derry ; Montgomery Blair, Barry ; P. H. Davis, Pleasant Vale; A. J. Lovell, Pleasant Hill; J. G. Adams, Atlas ; R. M. Murray, Kinderhook.
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