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The fame of the new discovery spread rapidly, and in June, 1894, the Palmer Oil and Gas Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, sent representatives to Iola, leased several thousand acres of land and proceeded at once to sink a number of wells. In nearly all of these wells gas was found, the rock pressure in each varying but slightly from 320 pounds, the volume ranging
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from 3,000,000 to 14,000,000 cubic feet daily, and the depth at which the "sand" was found varying from 810 to 996 feet. The success of the Pal- mer Company attracted other investors, and within four years from the date of the original discovery the field had been practically outlined in the form of a parallelogram extending from Iola eastward a distance of about eight miles, with a width of about four miles. Within these limits gas is regarded as a certainty, and the wells now drilled are supplying fuel for six large zinc smelters, three brick plants, one Portland Cement plant, and num- erous smaller industries, be sides furnishing heat and light for perhaps three thousand private dwellings. Even with this enormous drain but an insignifi- cant proportion of the gas which the field is capable of supplying is required. It is perhaps not the province of this chapter to speculate upon the life of the field; but it may not be without interest to state that a single well near Iola has supplied all the fuel that has been required for a large smelter for more than three years, and as yet shows no signs of exhaustion. At the rate at which it is now being used it is the opinion of experts that the field will not be exhausted during the life of this generation, and perhaps not for sixty or seventy years.
A number of wells have been drilled in the vicinity of Humboldt and gas enough has been found to supply the town with fuel and light for domestic purposes and for manufacturing to a limited extent. Nearly all the Humboldt wells have shown considerable oil and there seems good ground for the opinion that a profitable oil field may some day be developed there.
As this chapter is going through the press Mr. J C. Noble is sinking the first prospect well in Salem township, where he has leased several hundred acres of land, and where he hopes to develop another paying gas field.
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Churches and Schools
Among the pioneers of Allen County perhaps an unusual percentage were. educated, Christian people, and among the very first of the things to which they turned their attention after providing for the immediate neces- sities of life was the organization of churches and schools. In nearly every neighborhood there was a minister of the gospel who had followed his parishoners from their old home, and "colporteurs" or missionaries of the various churches were frequent visitors. And so it happened that al- most from the beginning religious services of some kind were held at some point in the county, at the home of one of the settlers or in the open air.
The first church regularly organized in the county was the Congre- gational church at Geneva, which dates its existence from the summer of 1858. It has been in continuous and prosperous existence ever since that date.
Probably the second organization was that of the Presbyterian church, June 25, 1859. It also has had a long, useful and prosperous life, and is now, as it has been for more than forty years, the center of the social as well as the spiritual life of the community.
Other churches were organized as rapidly as the increase of the popu- lation warranted. The Methodist Episcopal church has probably the largest membership, followed closely by the Presbyterian and Baptist. although most of the other prominent Protestant denominations are well represented. The Roman Catholic church has but two organizations in the county, one at Humboldt and one at Iola. although a considerable number of the communicants of the Piqua (Woodson county) church live in this county.
As.in all new countries, the "Camp Meeting" was one of the most important features of church work for the first twenty years of the County's history. These meetings were usually held in the summer or early autumn. A large and well shaded grove on the banks of some stream, where wood and water and the other necessities for comfortable camping could be found, was selected, and there the people would come in covered wagons or with tents, and spend two or three and sometimes four weeks. Three religious services were held each day and the degree of religious fervor excited was often very great. These annual meetings were but the earlier and cruder forerunner of the Chautauqua Assemblys which are now held annually in many parts of the country, combining religious worship and spiritual culture with rest, recreation and social enjoyment. Oc- casional meetings are still held in the various groves of the County, but the old-fashioned camp meeting, where a whole neighborhood, abandoning
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everything else except work of the most necessary character, came together and remained for weeks at a time, is a thing of the past.
Wherever the Christian religion has gained a foothold there it may be counted as certain that the cause of education is firmly entrenched. The pioneers of Allen County lost no time in organizing school districts, build- ing school houses and employing teachers for the instruction of their children. In the beginning, as must necessarily be the case where the people are few in number and poor in purse, the school house was poor, (although it was usually the best house in the neighborhood), and rudely furnished, and the school term lasted but three or four months in the year. But as fast as the ability of the people increased they improved their school facilities and extended the length of the term. It may not be amiss here to record that without doubt the best of the district schools maintained in the County from the years 1867 to 1872 was that at Carlyle, taught by David Smith. Professor Smith was an ex-college professor who had been driven out of Tennessee during the war on account of his strong Union senti- ments, and after a few years in Illinois had come to Kansas. He taught first at the Academy at Geneva, and was then employed by the people of Carlyle . on a contract requiring him to teach ten months each year for a term of ten years at a salary of fifty dollars a month. It required a heavy tax to meet this expense, for so high a salary and so long a school term were unheard of in the County at that time. But the result was a remark- able school, a school the curriculum of which ranged from the primer to the higher mathematics, Latin and Greek, and in which a morality as stern as that ever taught by the most rigid of the Puritans was daily incul- cated. Having no patience with stupidity, stern to the verge of cruelty sometimes in discipline, David Smith reverenced learning almost as he reverenced his God, and there was nothing too much for him to do when the result was to push a bright boy forward. Declining health and unfor- tunate dissensions in the neighborhood compelled the cancellation of the contract before the ten years for which it provided had expired. But those who were pupils in that school during the few years while David Smith ruled it with the authority of an absolute monarch, count the experience now as a rare privilege.
While the common schools of the County gradually improved, there was no attempt at grading them or bringing them up to a uniform standard until the administration of Mr. Ed. T. Barber as County Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Barber had received at the State Normal a thorough training in the most modern methods of teaching and school organization. He was a young man of fine executive ability, of untiring energy, of attractive personality, and with an allconquering enthusiasm, and upon his election in 1888 he entered at once upon the work of organiz- ing the common schools, and grading them to a uniform course of study. He introduced also the "grade privilege" which means so much to the teachers. During the four years that he held the office of superintendent Mr. Barber labored incessantly and with rare intelligence, and the result
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was a stimulus to the common schools of the County that is felt to this day.
Prior to Mr. Barber's administration, as the schools had not been graded there had been no classes graduated. The pupils simply went until they thought they had learned all the teacher could teach them or until they got tired, and then quit. The first graduation from the common schools of the County therefore took place in 1889. Since that time nine hundred and fifty boys and girls have been graduated from these schools. The course of study now includes a thorough training in orthography. reading, writing, grammar, history, arithmetic, geography, physiology and composition, so that the student who has successfully passed through the common school is prepared to enter the high school, which in its turn leads up to the freshman class of the University. Allen County as yet has no county high school, but the place is to a large degree filled by the ex- cellent schools of Iola and Humboldt, the students from which are fully prepared for the University.
The impetus given to the schools of the County by Superintendent Barber has been re-inforced by the excellent administration of the present incumbent, Mr. Grant Billbe. Mr. Billbe will be chiefly remembered as the originator of the Annual School Exhibit and Contest, which he in- augurated in 1900 and which was repeated in 1901 and will doubtless be- come a permanent feature of the school work.
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The Criminal Record.
The early as well as the later settlers of Allen County were for the most part orderly and law abiding citizens, and in the forty-six years of its history its records have been darkened by comparatively few crimes of so shocking and unusual a nature as to attract general attention and interest.
The first tragedy to arouse public sentiment after the two or three homicides growing out of early land troubles and already recorded, was the lynching of E. G. Dalson which occurred on the night of June 27, 1870. Dalson lived in the south part of the County and was accused of the murder of his adopted son. He was brought to Iola and placed in jail. Late in the night of the above named date three men appeared at the jail and demanded admittance telling the sheriff that they had brought a prisoner from Neosho county for safe keeping. Sheriff John Harris (still living in Iola), opened the door when a number of men crowded in and demanded the key to Dalson's cell. This was refused
The mob quickly overpowered the sheriff, however, and the deputy who had come to his assistance, and placing a rope around the prisoner's neck they led him away. The next morning his body was found hanging in a deserted house on the old townsite of Cofachique. It was reported that before being hanged the old man had confessed the crime with which he was charged, but said that it was not intentional. He said that he had occasion to punish the boy and finding him hard to conquer had thrown him down and placed his foot on his neck, with no thought of doing him serious in- jury. On raising his foot he found the boy lifeless and fearing the consequences of his act he had concealed the body where it was found. Dalson had some friends and there was a good deal of indignation over his summary execution. Efforts to ferret ont the perpetrators of the lynch- ing resulted in the arrest of R. T. Stephens, but he was released on bail and it appears that he never came to trial.
As is stated elsewhere the dispute over land titles in the eastern part of the County, out of which grew the organization known as "The League" resulted in a number of crimes of a more or less serious nature. And the singular part of it is that the most serious of these crimes resulted from disputes among the Leaguers themselves. Perhaps the most noted of these cases was the killing of James Harclerode and Robert McFarland by Hugh, Isaac, Joseph and William Guilliland which occurred in 1884. All the parties concerned were members of the League. Har- clerode and McFarland were building a house on land which the Guillilands, father and sons, claimed. The latter went to where the two former were at work to drive them away and the quarrel which ensued
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resulted as above noted. The Guillilands were brought to trial and were all convicted. Hugh Guilliland and two of his sons were sent to the peni- tentiary for life, and the third son was sentenced for three years. After serving a few years of their sentence all were pardoned and when last heard from were living in one of the central counties of the State.
Shortly after the above occurrence one Columbus Carter, living in the same neighborhood, quarreled with an old man by the name of Grisham and in the fight which followed gouged out one of his eyes. A few days afterwards Carter was waylaid and shot. It was very naturally suspected that a son of Grisham had done the deed, but no arrests were ever made.
On December 8, 1884, A. W. Ashcraft, a constable, attempted to arrest one Voght, at Humboldt, on a warrant charging him with violation of the liquor law. Voght resisted arrest and was killed. Ashcraft was exonerated.
On November 23, 1885, J. W. Browning shot and killed A. A. Earle in front of what is now the Hotel Thomson in Iola. Earle lived at Bronson where Browning had been selling organs. Earle charged Brown- ing with the ruin of his daughter and forced him to come with him to Iola to be delivered over to the officers to stand trial for the crime. From the Iola depot they drove to the hotel in an omnibus. Earle got out first, and as he did so Browning shot him twice, killing him instantly. Browning was tried and acquitted, claiming self-defense. He immediately left the State and has not since been heard of by any of his old associates.
On July 9, 1896, the body of Della® Hutchison, a young girl, was found in a pond some miles east of Humboldt, nude and shockingly mutilated. Jacob S. Rogers, a farmer living near, was convicted of the murder, the testimony showing that he was the father of the girl's unborn child, the concealment of the lesser crime being the motive for the perpetration of the greater one. Rogers was sentenced to a term of twenty- one years in the penitentiary.
On July 4, 1898, Byron Cushman was shot and killed by J. W. Bell at Humboldt. Both of the men were said to have been intoxicated. Bell was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years.
HISTORY OF ALLEN AND
Election Returns and Other Statistics
As has been already indicated in previous chapters of this work, the early settlers of Allen county were very largely Free State men and there- fore Republicans. The immigration of the years immediately following the war, made up as it was to a very great extent of ex-Union soldiers, strength- ened this sentiment, and it has persisted so strongly that Allen county has been regarded as practically a safe Republican county through all its his- tory. The Grange movement in 1874 resulted in the defeat of a few Republican candidates for county office, but the "Reform" wave soon sub- sided and the Republican party quickly regained its normal majority. Even the Farmers' Alliance storm, which swept Kansas as a State into the People's Party column in 1892 and kept it there for eight years, did not shake Allen county from its Republican moorings, and it was one of the very few Kansas counties that never returned a Populist majority. An occasional opposition candidate has of course been elected from time to time, even from the beginning, but such an event has always resulted from a personal and not a party vote.
The politics of Allen county has been maintained, happily, on a high plane of honesty and decency. There has rarely been a campaign of bitter personal vituperation, and there has never been a serious charge of flagrant corruption of the ballot. The administration of the public affairs of the county has also been free from scandal, no officer in the history of the county having been called to account for the dishonest use of public funds com- mitted to his care.
The publishers of this history are indebted to Mr. H. M. Miller, ex- clerk of the District Court, for the election returns which follow, and to Mr. Melvin Fronk, deputy county clerk for the other statistics. It is believed that the election returns, showing as they do the name, date of election and politics of every county officer since the adoption of the Wyandotte constitu- tion, will be found of special interest and value. In the following table names of Democrats are marked by an *, names of Populists by a t. Names not thus marked are of Republicans.
Allen County Election Returns
WYANDOTTE CONSTITUTION
Vote for 244 | Against 1,59
HOMESTEAD CLAUSE
Vote for 201 | Against 152
REPRESENTATIVE 25TH DISTRICT-Jno. W. Scott, November, 1859.
FIRST ELECTION IN ALLEN COUNTY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 6. 1859 GOVERNOR
Charles Robinson 174 | Samuel Medary 136
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
.
J. P. Root.
175 | *John P. Slough
124
SECRETARY OF STATE
J. W. Robinson
175 | *A. P. Walker 135
TREASURER
Wm. Tholen. 176 | *Robert L. Pease 135
AUDITOR
G. S. Hillyer
175 | *Joel K. Goodin.
135
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS
Wm. R. Griffith
175 | *J. S. Magill.
135
CHIEF JUSTICE
Thos. Ewing
172 | *Jos. Williams
132
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
S. A. Kingman (four years)
174
*S. A. Stinson
135
L. D. Bailey (two years) 164 *R. B. Mitchell 135
ATTORNEY GENERAL
B. F. Simpson 165 | *Orlin Thurston 141
CONGRESSMAN
M. F. Conway .175 *J. A. Haldeman 135
DISTRICT JUDGE, FOURTH DISTRICT
S. O. Thacher
172 | *Jas. Christian 136
SENATOR, TENTH DISTRICT
P. P. Elder.
169
*Wm. Pennoch
76
W. Spriggs.
169 *Jno. R. Goodin 139
REPRESENTATIVE TENTH DISTRICT
w. W. Lawrence 172 *Jno. M. Beck 130
Jacob Morrall.
:71
*J. L. Arnold 131
W. F. M. Arny 173
*A. R. Morton 120
S. J. Crawford 172 *J. M. Wilson 121
B. L. G. Stone.
168 *Samuel Anderson 120
N. B. Blanton
179 *P. Bowen. 121
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1860
REPRESENTATIVE TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT
John W. Scott 224 *N. B. Blanton
I. W. Tibbits 108 *John Mesel.
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1862
REPRESENTATIVE FIFTY-FOURTH DISTRICT
A. W. J. Brown 162 | *Jas. Faulkner. 86
REPRESENTATIVE FIFTY-FIFTH DISTRICT
*J. H. Campbell
48 | J. A. Christy
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GENERAL ELECTION, DECEMBER 6, 1859-Votes cast, 310
County Attorney S. A Ellis
Snpt. of Instructions. Merritt Moore
Register of Deeds J. M. Perkins
Surveyor
A. G. Carpenter
County Clerk J. H. Signor
*Coroner
.Chas, Fussman
SPECIAL ELEOTION, MARCH 26, 1860-Votes cast for ticket, 607;
Probate Judge J. G. Rickard - Treasurer H. W. Signor
Sheriff J. C. Redfield
Assessor H. Doran
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 1861-Votes cast, 209
County Attorney *S. A. Riggs
Probate Judge
J. E. Childs
Sheriff J. O. Redfield
District Clerk
B. F. Pancoast
Surveyor. A. G. Carpenter
Treasurer
N. Hankins
Assessor. A. Stewart
Coroner,
J. A. Hart
Register of Deeds .E. A. Honse
NOVEMBER, 1862-Votes cast, 369
Probate Judge A. L. Dornburg
Surveyor
W. W. Murray
Clerk District Court Wm. C. O'Brien
Coroner
S. K. J. Collins
Treasurer. John Harris
Assessor.
Enoch Bray
Supt. of Instructions. Z. J. Wisner
NOVEMBER, 1863-Votes cast, 314
Sheriff
J. C. Redfield | Assessor F. M. Power
1
Votes cast locating county seat. 971
Supt. of Instructions Z. J. Wisner
County Clerk.
M. A. Simpson
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County Clerk
-John Francis
Supt. of Instructions I. B. Hitchcock
Treasurer ..
___ John Harris
Register of Deeds.
.. \'has. Boland
Commisioner Ist Dist
Wm Jones
Commissioner 2nd Dist
.H. D. Parsons 1
NOVEMBER, 1864-Votes cast, 332
County Attorney Jus. H Campbell
Probate Judge.
A. L. Dornhurg
Supt. of Instruction E. K. Lyon
NOVEMBER, 1865-Votes cast. 368
Sheriff
. C. F. Coleman
Coroner J. T. Cornell
Clerk District Court
John Francis
Surveyor J. M Cowan
County Clerk.
John Francis
Treasurer
John Harris
Commissioner 2od Dist H. D. Parsons
Register of Deeds.
Chas. Boland
Assessor.
F. M. Power
NOVEMBER. 1866-Votes cast 586
Sheriff
Wm Y. Crow
Clerk District Court.
John Francis
Probate Judge
A. L Doroburg
Connty Attorney
N. F. Acers
NOVEMBER, 1867-Votes cast 661
Sheriff
John Harris
Coroner D. Horville
Treasurer John Francis
Conoty Clerk W. F. Waggoner
Register of Deeds
G. M. Browo
Assessor
Ioho Paxson
Commissioner 3rd Dist
Peter Long
NOVEMBER, 1868-Votes cast 896
Assessor J. H. Vannuys
Supt. of Instruction
M. Simpson
Clerk District Court John Francis
NOVEMBER, 1869-Votes cast 735
Treasurer
John Francis
Coroner C. Gillihan
Surveyor G DeWitt
County Clerk
W. F. Waggoner
Commissioner Ist Dist Z. J Wisner
Register of Deeds
G. M Browo
Commissioner 2nd Dist D. Horville
Clerk District Court
John Paxson
Commissioner 3rd Dist
Peter Long
NOVEMBER, 1870-Votes cast 1273
Probate Judge
John Paxson
Clerk District Court John Paxson
Supt. of Instruction
M. A. Simpson
County Attorney
H M. Burleigh
NOVEMBER, 1871-Votes cast 1460
Surveyor G. De Witt
Treasurer
W. C. Thrasher
Commissioner 1st Dist Paul Fisher
County Clerk
H. A Needham
Commissioner 2nd Dist Dan Horville
Register of Deeds
R. B. Stevenson
Commissioner 3rd Dist
A. W. Howland
Coroner
C Gillihao
-
Probate Judge
.John Paxson
County Attorney *J. C. Murray
Clerk District Court
C. M. Simpson
Supt. of Instruction .G De Witt
NOVEMBER, 1873-Votes cast 1359
Coroner F. Root
County Clerk
H. A Needham
Commissioner 1st Dist I. Bonebrake
Sheriff
J. L. Woodin
Register of Deeds
G. M. Brown L. J. Rhoades
Commissioner 3rd Dist A W. Howinod
Surveyor
NOVEMBER. 1874-Votes cast 1325
Clerk District Court
C. M. Simpson
Probate Judge *N. F. Acers
*Supt. of Instruction
.. J. E. Bryan
Rept. 47th Dist. E. H Funston
*County Attorney. J. H. Richards
Rept. 44th Dist R. V. Blair
NOVEMBER, 1875-Votes cast 1205
Treasurer
J. B. Young
Commissioner Ist Dist .M. Hawley
Sheriff.
J. L. Woodin
Commissioner 2od Dist L H. Gorrell
County Clerk
T. S. Stover
Commissioner 3rd Dist J. W. Christian
Register of Deeds
G. M. Brown
Rept. 47th Dist. J. L. Arnold
Coroner.
.C. Gillihan
Rept. 48th Dist. S. H. Stevens
Surveyor
G. De Witt
NOVEMBER, 1876-Votes cast 1563
Clerk District Court
.C. M. Simpson
Probate Judge W. G. Allison
Supt. of Instruction
Frank Root
Rep. 52nd Dist. J. L. Arnold
County Attorney
Peter Bell
Rep. 53rd Dist L. W. Keplinger
Surveyor .W. W. Murray
Coroner Chas. Fussman
Commissioner 3rd Dist. D. B. Stewart
Clerk District Court .. Geo. A. Miller
Commissioner 1st Dist J. M. Mattoon
Commissioner 3rd Dist Peter Long
Supt. of Instruction M. A. Simpson
Surveyor G. De Witt
Surveyor G. De Witt
Commissioner Ist Dist Z. J. Wisner
Commissioner 2nã Dist J. L. Arnold
Probate Judge
Joho Paxson
County Attorney
N. F. Acers
Sheriff John Harris
Sheriff
E C. Amsden
NOVEMBER, 1872-Votes cast 1:26
Treasurer . W. C. Thrasher
Commissioner 2nd Dist D. Horville
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NOVEMBER. 1877-Votes cast 1258
Treasurer
Coroner .C. Gillihan
Commissioner 1st Dist Peter Long
Commissioner 2nd Dist J. D. Sims
Surveyor.
1
NOVEMBER, 1878-Votes cast 1770
Clerk District Court County Attorney.
Wm Davis .W. H. Slavens
| Probate Judge. W. G. Allison
Supt. of Instruction.
Frank Root
NOVEMBER, 1879-Votes cast 1575
County Clerk
T. S. Stover W. H. Mcclure
Treasurer
Coroner A. J. Fulton
Register of Deeds
Sheriff.
Jesse Fast J. D). Sims
NOVEMBER. 1880-Votes cast 2427
Rep. 52nd Dist R. B. Stevenson Rep. 53rd Dist. J. W. Cox
Probate Judge W. G. Allison
Commissioner 3rd Dist H. Lieurance
('lerk District Court Wm Davis
NOVEMBER, 1881-Votes cast 1679
Treasurer
W. H. MeClure
Surveyor G. DeWitt
County Clerk. T. N. Stover
Coroner A. J Fulton
Register of Deeds J. T. Fast
Commissoner 1st Dist. G. W. Moon
Sheriff. D. Worst
NOVEMBER. 1882-Votes cast 2205
Clerk District Court
A. C. Scott .G. A. Amos
Supt. of Instruction
J E. Henderson
NOVEMBER, 1883-Votes cast 2802
Treasurer County Clerk.
*H. H. Hayward
Surveyor. F. Kelsey
Sheriff
R. W. Duffy -* S. Riggs J. P. Duncan
Commissioner 3rd Dist
W. A. Ross
Register uf Deeds
NOVEMBER. 1×84 Votes cast 3193
Probate Judge
Clerk District Court
Supt. of Instruction.
W. G. Allison M. P. Jacoby J. E. Henderson NOVEMBER, 1885-Votes cast 2545
Surveyor G. De Witt
Coroner A. J. Fulton
Sheriff.
-* H. H. Hayward .. R. W Duffy -J L. Brown J. P. Duncan
Commissioner 2nd Dist
.H. L. Henderson
Register of Deeds
NOVEMBER. 1886-Votes cast 2304
County Attorney.
Probate Judge
Clerk District Court
* C. E. Benton .J. L. Arnold M. P. Jacoby
Supt. of Instruction ____* M. E. Chamberlain Commissioner 3rd Dist W. A. Ross
NOVEMBER, 1887-Votes cast 2698
County Clerk.
Coroner.
A. J. Fulton
Treasurer
Surveyor A. O. Christian
Commissioner 1st Dist C. C. Kelsey
Sheriff.
J. P. Duncan . D. D. Britton
NOVEMBER 1888-Votes cast 3332
Probate Judge
Supt. of Instruction E. T. Barber
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