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CHAPTER XIII.
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JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP.
POSITION .- GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY .- LAKES .- FIRST SET- TLERS .- FIRST LAND ENTRIES .- GOING TO MILL UNDER DIFFICUL- TIES. - ARRIVALS IN 1836 .- KNOTT'S SAW AND GRIST MILLS .- POSTMASTERS AND POST ROUTES .- FIRST SCHOOLS .- EARLY RELIG- IOUS MEETINGS. - FIRST BLACKSMITHING .- PIONEER STORES .- WOLVES .- TROUBLESOME INDIANS. - OTHER EARLY SETTLERS .- PIONEER WEDDINGS .- FIRST BIRTH. - INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 1841. -PRIZE HUNTING .- A KNOWING HORSE .- JAMESTOWN'S EARLY DAYS .- ANOTHER MILL STORY .- MICHAEL DEPUE. - SUCCESSFUL HUNTER .- COLD DAY .- BARTON COLLINS .- PIONEER EXPERI- ENCES. - PUTTING UP A CABIN .- SCARCITY OF FOOD .- A HOUSE FULL OF IMMIGRANTS .- CALICO 25 CENTS A YARD .- FIRST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS .- POPULATION OF THE TOWNSHIP. - AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS .- PROPERTY AND TAXATION .- POLITICS. - VOTE FOR PRESIDENT SINCE 1844 .- DETAILED VOTE IN 1884 .- LIST OF TOWN- SHIP OFFICIALS SINCE 1850. - BIOGRAPHICAL.
Jamestown Township lies in the north tier, adjoining the State of Michigan, which bounds it on the north. To the east lies Fre- mont Township, to the south Pleasant, and to the west Mill Grove. The township is a little less than six miles east and west, and a lit- tle more than four miles north and south. It thus contains about twenty-four square miles, or about 15,500 acres, of which say 2,000 acres are covered by water. The township contains some of the finest lakes in the county, and offers unrivaled advantages to the sports- man who desires a successful fishing trip, to the city man who needs a few weeks quiet amid attractive scenery, or to the farmer who wants to locate in as beautiful a region as is in Indiana. Lake James, the largest body of water in the county, stretches from the south line nearly to the village of Jamestown, covering half of sec- tions 28 and 33, and parts of 21, 27 and 34. Lake Jimerson cov- ers half of section 32. Lake George lies on sections 14 and 15, near Jamestown, and stretches into Michigan, as does Hog Lake,
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on section 17, and Lake Pleasant, in the northwestern corner, on 18. Others are Upper and Lower Otter lakes, on sections 26 and 27; Green's Lake, on 26; Failing Lake, on 35; Marsh Lake, on 25; Mud Lake, on 22, and Walters's Lake, on 13.
Jamestown has no railroad, and its inhabitants do business at Fremont or Angola.
As mentioned in the history of Fremont Township, the first set- tlers arrived near Willow Prairie on one of the last days of Au- gust, 1835. Jamestown Township received some of its first per- inanent settlers only a few days later. Dennis Depue, John D. Depue, John Wilkins and Jared Fox were among the pioneers of the township. They arrived Sept. 8, 1835. Six weeks later, when the forests were gorgeously arrayed in all the bright and beautiful colors peculiar to the northern woods in autumn, the population of the settlement was materially increased by the arrival of Henry Depue, Sr., Michael Depue, Benjamin Depue, Henry Depue, Levi Depue and Mary Hoxter. Henry and Levi Depue settled in Or- land, and John D. and Benjamin Depue located in Branch County, Mich. John Wilkins and Dennis Depue, settled in Jamestown Township, near the village of that name. Jared Fox settled in Gil- ead, Branch Co., Mich.
The first entry of land in the township was made by Albert Ans- ley, May 10, 1835, it being the southeast fractional quarter of sec- tion 18, containing ninety-two and one-fourth acres. The second entry was made nine days later by Elon Elmore. The third entry was made June 27, 1835, by George Harding, who has long been a prominent citizen of Orland, and an active member of the Old Set- tlers' Association of Steuben County. He entered two pieces of land on Lake Pleasant, one on the northeast and the other on the southeast corner of the lake. Barton Collins entered his land on the 3d of July. He built the first house between Orland and Bean Creek, Ohio, fifty-three miles east, on the Vistula road. Thomas Knott built the second house in the township, on the southeast corner of section 15.
Orrin Preston entered the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 19, and settled on that piece. He went to mill at Constantine, Mich., once, and when he arrived there he found the mill broken down, and was obliged to go to Montville, seven miles farther on. He started away from home Monday morning, and when he arrived at Montville the miller told him he could not grind his grist, for a man was there who had come fifty miles. Parties had
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been there from Chicago to buy flour, and he expected other buyers at any time, and he had no flour to supply them, for his custom was so large he was obliged to run day and night. He could not grind Mr. Preston's, as he was full. Mr. Preston finally induced the miller to grind his grist so that he could start for home in the morning. He told how many hardships he had passed through, coloring the story all it would bear. Five days from the time he left James- town he returned, being well-nigh exhausted with his long jaunt.
In 1836, besides Mr. Collins, Judge Storrs, John Wilkins, Val- orous Baker, Jobn Brown and some others settled in the neighbor- hood. Jane E. Bending (Mrs. A. W. Gillett) arrived in James- town village with her parents Sept. 8, 1836. At that time there were but three white families in the village, their heads being John Knott, Thomas Knott and John Bell.
In the winter of that year John Knott built a saw-mill on the creek or outlet of Lake George, and shortly thereafter he built a grist mill at the same point. He also brought a small stock of goods. Mr. Knott, in company with a Mr. Bell, thought to lay out a town, and selected a location to the southward of the present . site of the village. This they proceeded to survey and lay out into town lots, naming the place Waynesburg. This place was, how- ever, abandoned. A man by the name of Johnson bought out Knott's interest in the mills and the "burg. "
It is thought by some, that Mr. Knott was the first Postmaster in this vicinity; while others think that it was William A. Bliss, who had settled about that time some two miles to the eastward, on the Vistula road, at a point afterward for a long time known as Dewey's Corners. It is quite certain that Bliss had the post-office awhile. He was the contractor for the mail route, and superin- tended the carrying of the mail for a number of years. This mail was carried on horseback once a week each way, east and west, be- tween Van Buren in Lagrange County, and Toledo, Ohio. The route included Lima, Orland and Brock ville.
The first school was taught on Ezekiel Brown's place. Subse- quently it was moved nearer town, in the Collins neighborhood. Fidelia Tillotson was the teacher. She commenced her school in a house belonging to Zeph. Wilkins, but finished it in the house of Michael Depue.
Religious meetings were held in those days in the neighbors' houses. People would come from a distance of thirty miles to attend a quarterly meeting. They were frequently held at the
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house of Henry Depue, in Mill Grove Township, and would con- tinue for two weeks. Father Stealey was the preacher. The second minister was Leland H. Stocker.
The first blacksmith in the neighborhood was Mr. Tousley. The first frame house that was built within the present limits of the village was situated a few rods to the north of where Esquire McAlister's shops have since been erected, and was put up by Thomas Knott. Mr. McAlister afterward moved it over by the mill pond and used it as a blacksmith shop for a number of years.
Dennis Depue made the first garden in the township. In 1835 Messrs. Knott & Bell built the first tannery. John Nichols, who owned a large farm to the west of the "burg," had also at one time a stock of goods which he traded mostly to what few Indians there remained in the vicinity, whisky being the staple, and may therefore be said to have kept the first store.
In these early days wolves were very plenty. The hardy frontiers- men would stand in their cabins and shoot at the animals as they prowled around, the cracks between the logs serving as loop holes. The Indians were civil, but the settlers had to feed them a great deal in order to keep them on good terms. If they were refused anything they remembered it. When Mrs. Gillett was only twelve yeas of age she was left alone from Saturday morning until Mon- day. In that time she saw only three white people. The family had hardly gone away when five of the dusky sons of the forest came to the house and were determined to take away some meat. There was only a wooden latch on the door, so she took some large sticks of wood and rolled them against it so as to effectually pre- vent the entrance of the Indians. They were drunk and remained in the vicinity of the house nearly all night. Sunday evening an old Indian called and desired to stay all night. Finally he was persuaded to leave when he saw a large dog come toward him, growling fiercely. Mrs. Gillett was well acquainted with the squaw who killed her husband near Jamestown, and who was killed the following day by the next of kin to the murdered man, according to the custom of the Indians. An account of this affair is given in the chapter devoted to Fremont Township. She says the squaw was really beautiful, and that she traded with her the day before the killing.
Others who came into the township prior to 1840 were E. Le- land, John Archer, Henry Burdick, S. Chase, Jacob Mallory, Clayton Mallory, E. Mallory, Asa Mallory, Cephas McCuller, L.
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B. Eaton, William Martin, R. Gaines, J. Burdick, Joseph Tousley, Henry Snow, R. Stiles, Thomas Failing, John Green, Theron Storrs and Chester D. Salisbury.
Martin Tillotson and Minerva Mallory were the first couple married, according to some, while others give the honor to Chester D. Salisbury and Julia Collins. The latter kept house on the Hayes place. Catharine Depue was the first white child born in the township.
The first Fourth of July celebrated at Jamestown was in 1841. A premium was offered to those who brought in the first game. Dennis Depue was the successful Nimrod, bringing in a fine deer. The people had a substantial, old-fashioned dinner, and in the evening a dance was held in the mill, which was just then un- finished.
John Depue, who entered land just across the line in Michigan, had a very wise old horse, which he used to send on errands. Mr. Depue would write a note and pin it to the mane of the faithful equine. He would then start him to his brother's house. The horse would carry the note all right, and after an answer had been fastened to his mane, would return home. The brother referred to lived in this township.
It was not until April, 1853, that the present village was laid out and platted on section 15, at the southwestern end of Lake George. This was done by Simeon Gilbert and Joseph Hutchin- son. The village was first named Eagleville, but this was after- ward changed to Jamestown. The postoffice, however, was named Crooked Creek, on account of there being already a Jamestown in the State (in Boone County). In that year (1853) there was a bank in Jamestown, John Dutton being the Cashier. "Lant" Carpenter, now of Angola, kept a store. Dr. Waterhouse, now of Washington Territory, commenced practice here in 1854, he being the first regular physician, though John Wilkinson, a root and herb doctor, had been here for some time previous to the arrival of Dr. Waterhouse. Mr. Wilkinson was also a preacher. George R. Hershey opened a hotel in the spring of that year, it being the first in the place. In the same year, also, a stage line was estab- lished from Coldwater to Fort Wayne, Seeley & Fox being the contractors. It was first run to Auburn, and then it was extended to Fort Wayne.
William Simmons was the first person interred in the James- town Cemetery. He was buried on the 15th of January, 1841. In
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the afternoon of the same day Diana Harding, wife of George Harding, was buried. Mrs. Charlotte Richfield attended the funeral of Mrs. Harding, was taken sick the next day, and after an illness of about ten days crossed the dark river. She was buried on the 28th. No more graves dotted the cemetery until the following year, when John Howe was called to "that bourne whence no traveler returns." His funeral took place Jan. 3, 1842.
Michael Depue was a pioneer of Jamestown Township, but after residing here a term of years fixed his home for the remainder of his life at Hall's Corners, Mich. In early days he went to Martin's Mills, eight miles from Lima. He was gone four days. He bought corn on English Prairie for which he paid 50 cents per bushel, and he had to husk it at that. The corn was buried be- neath a heavy covering of the "beautiful snow." The work of husking was not nearly so pleasant as it would have been in a barn with a host of pretty country lassies gathered around watching with a great deal of interest for the " red ears," for then the swain who luckily found it claimed the right to kiss his sweetheart, or in case she was absent, the sweetheart belonging to some one else. About a third of a century since Mr. Depue moved to Orland and kept hotel there for a time, and then removed to Michigan. He was a mighty Nimrod, and helped wonderfully to fill the general storehouse of the settlement with venison. He would frequently kill from one to three deer before breakfast. It is related by one of the oldest inhabitants that he killed twenty-three deer in twenty- four consecutive days, and did not make a business of hunting a single day. He would take his gun with him in the evening when he went to look after his cattle, and would find the deer with the cattle.
The 19th of June, 1836, is noted among the old settlers as being extremely cold. The ground froze, and the corn and potatoes were killed.
As before stated, Barton Collins was one of the pioneers of Jamestown Township. The following data are taken from a jour- nal kept by his daughter, Mrs. Mallory :
He was born Feb. 23, 1794, in Ira, Richland Co., Vt., and his wife was born in Rehobath, R. I., Jan. 2, 1797. They were married in 1820. Mr. Collins same West in 1834 and visited LaPorte, but did not enter any land at that time. In the spring of 1835 he sold his land in the East and started again with his family, consisting of himself, wife and nine children, six daughters and
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three sons. He sent his goods by water to Detroit and he came by land with his team. They were three weeks on the road. At Buffalo they took the boat to Detroit and came from there to Cold- water. When they arrived at the latter place there was but one log house. The next place reached was Bronson. The town con- sisted of two log cabins joined together which served as an hotel.
They stopped and inquired for the Vermont settlement, as Orland was then called. They rested at Vermont settlement a few days and found one of their old neighbors, Mr. Blanchard and family.
He advised Mr. Collins to buy land there, but the latter was not satisfied with the timber, so he came out into what is now James- town Township. The general appearance of the land and timber suited him very much, so he went to Fort Wayne and entered his land, paying $1.25 per acre. He then returned to Jamestown Township and hired two men, George Stocker being one, to help him "butt" logs enough for a cabin. When enough had been prepared for a house, all the men and boys in Vermont settlement came out and helped roll up the first cabin in Jamestown Township.
Shakes were split for the roof. It was not long until the shakes became seasoned, and then they rolled up so badly that the stars could be seen through the roof at any time during the night by looking up. When winter came the snow blew through the open- ings, and many times the bunks up stairs would be covered to a depth of two inches. A few boards were laid down to sleep on, and a quilt hung up for a door. A piece of oil-cloth covered the window opening when the storm king held undisputed sway out- side. The wolves would howl fearfully around the house every night. When Mr Collins had a fire started great pains had to be taken to prevent it going out, for there were no neighbors to borrow any of, and lucifer matches were unknown. They had a log-and- stick chimney built outside of the house.
When Mr. Collins went to mill he bought his wheat and corn on English prairie. He paid $2.00 for wheat and $1.00 for corn, and then had to go to Burr Oak to mill, and would be gone two days and sometimes longer. It was difficult to get enough to eat those days, for there was not enough raised in the country. Sometimes they would have nothing but potatoes and salt. Land had to be cleared off before they could raise anything.
They did not hear anything from their goods until October. In the summer John Preston and Orrin Preston and wife came out from New York State. John Preston went back and Mr. Collins
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requested him to look for the lost goods in Detroit. He found them stowed away in the wareroom. When Mr. Collins found where they were, he got ready to go after them but had only one horse, the other having strayed off into the woods, so he had to go to English Prairie and buy a yoke of oxen. They cost him $100. When he was ready to start he put the horse ahead of his cattle. His motto was, " Slow, but sure."
Mr. Collins was gone some time. During his absence his family had devoured almost everything that was eatable in the house, so as soon as he returned he had to start off for provisions. There were no neighbors to borrow of then. Two men in Jamestown oc- cupied a little shanty and were keeping bachelor's hall. They put up a saw-mill, and then Mr. Collins was enabled to get some lum- ber, so his family lived a little more comfortably. He laid a floor and had a door and window made.
Mr. Preston and wife lived with them until they built a house of their own. In the spring of 1836 Mr. Theron Storrs, of Fremont, and his family moved in with them. He bought eighty acres of Mr. Collins and broke some of it. He built a cabin and moved into it, so Mr. Collins' family were left alone for a few weeks. Then David Mallory came out and stayed until the first of October, when his family of eight came. Mr. Mc Cullough was with them, so there was quite a house full. The boys helped Mccullough build his cabin and then moved in with him. David Mallory bought forty acres of land of Mr. Collins and then built him a cabin. In 1837 all the settlers raised abundant crops. If they had wheat to sell they had to haul it to Adrian, where they sold it for 50 cents per bushel. Brown " factory" was 25 cents per yard, and calico the same. Mrs. Mallory was then ten years of age. An elder sister made herself a dress and also one for Mrs. Mallory out of eight yards of calico. What would a young miss in these days think of having a dress made out of four yards of calico ?
A Miss Mary Roberts was the first school-teacher in that neigh- borhood. She taught in 1839. The first religious meeting was at the residence of Mr. Collins. Old Mr. Phillips preached. The first school-house was built where the one now known as No. 3 is lo- cated. Jan. 2, 1878, the Collins family held a reunion, it being the occasion of the eightieth birthday of Mrs. Collins. She was the mother of eleven children, grandmother of thirty-eight, and had seven great-grandchildren. There were present at the reunion, forty-two persons.
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The population of Jamestown was in 1870, 779; and in 1880, 715, a decrease of sixty-four. This is a population of twenty-nine to the square mile.
The following crop statistics are for the last census year-1SS0: Acres of wheat sown, 2,086; average yield per acre, fifteen bushels; total crop, 31,290 bushels; acres of corn, 1,228; average yield of same per acre, upland, forty bushels; bottom, twenty-five bushels; total crop, 46,495 bushels; acres of oats, 278; average yield per acre, thirty bushels; total crop, 8,340 bushels; acres of meadow, 264; av- erage yield per acre, a ton and a half of hay; total crop, 396 tons; acres in potatoes, thirty-five; average yield per acre, thirty bush- els; total crop, 1,050 bushels.
In 1884 the number of acres of land assessed was 12,999.84; value of same, $101,225; value of improvements, $36,660; value of personal property, $37,835; total valuation, $175,720; number of polls, 126; number of dogs, sixty-two; total taxes levied, $3,325.10. As property is assessed on a basis of one-third, this would indicate a wealth for Jamestown Township of $527,160.
As to political complexion, the township has been uniformly Re- publican since 1860, previous to which time its vote was variable. In 1844 and 1848 it was Whig, and in 1852 and 1856 it was Demo- cratic by a small vote. The smallest plurality ever given was one, which was returned both in 1856 for the Democracy and in 1860 for the Republican ticket. The largest plurality was in 1876, be- ing seventy-six for Hayes. The vote cast at each presidential elec- tion has been:
1844-Henry Clay. 23
2
1864-Abraham Lincoln. 85 34
James K. Polk.
21
James G. Birney
1
1868-Ulysses S. Grant.
125
72
Horatio Seymour. 53
1848-Zachary Taylor. 23
Lewis Cass. 17
Martin Van Buren 11
1852-Franklin Pierce 38
7
Sam'l J. Tilden. 60
Peter Cooper. 4 John P. Hale 5
1856-James Buchanan. 55 1
John C. Fremont. 54 .
Millard Fillmore. . 1
1860-Abraham Lincoln. 66
1
1884-Jas. G. Blaine.
124
48
S. Grover Cleveland.
76
Benj. F. Butler.
7
Jno. C. Breckinridge
1
Jno. P. St. John.
1
The vote of 1884 on State and local tickets was as follows:
Governor.
Congressman.
Wm. H. Calkins .. 124
48
Isaac P. Gray.
76
Theron P. Keator
124
48
Rob't Lowry
76
Jesse M. Gale ..
1
Rob't S. Dwiggins. 1
6
1872-Ulysses S. Grant. 113
71
Horace Greely 42
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes 136
76 Winfield Scott. 31
1880-Jas. A. Garfield . 132
71 Winfield S. Hancock 61 Jas. B. Weaver. 3
Stephen A. Douglas. 65
Hiram Z. Leonard. 7
Geo. B. McClellan.
51
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Prosecutor.
Commissioners (continued).
Henry C. Peterson.
124
41
John Dygert.
8
76
Frank M. Powers .. 83
Jno. M. Sewell.
Sheriff.
Allen Fast. .
124
48
Charles Squires.
76
Thos. R. Moffett.
7
Representative.
Treasurer.
Doak R. Best ..
124
40
Edwin Jackson.
76
Wm. W. Wyrick
84
Martin V. Garn.
8
Commissioners.
Surveyor.
Herman C. Shutts
117
38
Moses J. Parsell.
76
Coroner.
Daniel P. Rummell
124
48
T. Ray Morrison.
124
48
Alvah Carpenter.
76
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Edward B. Simmons
76
Following are the names of the various township officers elected since 1860, so far as obtainable, with the years in which they were respectively chosen.
Assessors-1850, Lucien B. Eaton; 1851, same; 1852, Warren Wheaton; 1854, Rensselaer Wallace; 1856, Moses Hastings; 1858, Orange Potter; 1860, Samuel Milnes; 1862, F. F. Burdick; 1864, C. M. Wilder; 1866, Amos M. Corey; 1868, Charles McClue; 1870, Amos M. Corey; 1872, George W. Collins; 1874, David B. Tee- ters; 1878, Ira Reed; 1880, Joshua Weyburn; 1882, W. A. Parish.
Justices of the Peace-1851, John McClew; 1852, Warren Whea- ton : 1853, Samuel A. Stewart; 1854, Cephas McCuller and L. S. Eldridge; 1855, Eben P. McAllister; 1856, John J. Rubly ; 1858, Charles D. Chadwick; 1859, Eben P. McAllister; 1860, William H. Coe; 1861, Cephas McCuller and Martin Stodard; 1862, C. D. Chadwick and Martin Stodard; 1863, Eben P. McAllister; 1864, Cephas McCuller; 1865, James M. Hall; 1866, C. D. Chadwick; 1868, Thompson C. Terry ; 1869, Eben P. McAllister; 1870, James M. Hall and Thompson C. Terry; 1872, Eben P. McAllister; 1874, Joel E. Shutt and Thompson C. Terry; 1876, Eben P. McAllister; 1878, Joel G. Shutts; 1880, Thompson C. Terry and Charles W, Gray; 1882, Sylvester McNett; 1884, Thompson C. Terry and Charles W. Gray.
Constables-1858, E. G. Hastings and G. H. Hobson; 1859, Nor- ton C. Wilder, Samuel Chadwick and Moses Hastings; 1860, Moses Hastings and Samuel Chadwick; 1861, same; 1862, George Osburn, Levi Cosper and Henry Webb; 1863, C. N. Wilder, Joshua Osburn and Hezekiah Depue; 1864, James Baker and L. T. Lincoln ; 1865, J. H. Wilder and T. C. Terry; 1866, T. C. Terry, J. Baker and E.
Senator.
Nicholas Ensley.
124
41
Lafayette J. Miller.
83
Clay Lemmon. .
124
48
Rob't G. Morley
124
48
Adam Failing.
79
Thos. McClure
10
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Peavy; 1868, Francis M. Green, J. J. Brown and Henry Webb; 1869, A. Weichman, L. B. Reed and G. W. Baker; 1870, James Terry, John Peavy and William Merrill; 1872, James Terry, John Hall and A. R. Hughs; 1874, Lewis B. Reed, S. B. Dewey and Joseph Wickman; 1878, J. H. Wilder, Levi Clark and Samuel P. Casebeer; 1880, Thomas Hall, Isaac Eckhart and Joseph Wilder; 1882, Thomas Hall, E. B. Clock and George Collar; 1884, G. W. Harding and Joseph Wickman.
Trustees-1859, Clayton Mallory; 1860, Simeon Gilbert; 1861, same; 1862, Elias Cosper; 1863, same; 1864, Ezekiel Brown; 1865, same; 1866, same; 1867, same; 1868, Elias Mallory; 1869, H. C. Austin; 1870, Joshua Weyburn; 1872, Harmon Shutts; 1874, Geo. Collins; 1878, E. Brown; 1880, Henry C. Miller; 1882, same; 1884, A. J. Wickman.
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