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in the evening of the same day. At another time he started for Paw Paw, three miles distant, with two bushels of wheat on his back, intending to have some milling done. When about half way he was overtaken by a team, and his burden was carried for him. In this manner he kept the wolf from the door until he could harvest a crop of his own, and since then his energy has been exerted in clearing and fencing his land, and at times increasing the extent of his posses- sions. He is now the owner of two hundred acres of land, one hundred and sixty being under the highest state of cul- tivation ; has a fine lot of stock and excellent buildings, and is free from debt. His son Walter is settled on eighty acres in the immediate neighborhood, his younger son, Henry, remaining at home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of seven children: Eliza Jane, born Feb. 20, 1846, died March 30, 1864; Cornelia A., born May 9, 1848, died March 13, 1873; Warren H., born Aug. 30, 1850, died March 10, 1864 ; Walter H., born Aug. 18, 1854 ; Lowell H., born Aug. 13, 1856, died March 24, 1864; Cora J., born January 1, died March 21, 1864; Henry, born March 27, 1867. Mr. Wilson's education was limited to six months' tuition in the common schools, but he has always been able to transact successfully his own business and keep his accounts straight, and is emphatically a self- made man. By the aid of his faithful and most excellent wife, who has stood by him through sorrow, adversity, and every trial, he has been enabled to acquire a competence, and both are living to enjoy it. In religious matters Mr. Wil- son is liberal, having due respect for the opinions of others, and in politics is a Jacksonian Democrat.
G. F. HARRINGTON.
This gentleman was born April 25, 1827, in Oneida Co., N. Y., and was the second in a family of nine children,- six sons and three daughters. His father, H. C. Harring- ton, was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1804; his mother, Catherine (Marshall) Harrington, was a native of the same county, and was born the same year. Her grandfathers and his maternal grandmother were natives of Rhode Island, and his paternal grandmother was born in Vermont.
Until he was twenty-one years of age he worked on his father's farm, and after that was engaged for seven years in farming and dealing in produce. In the fall of 1855 he came to Michigan, in company with Rev. A. C. Tuttle, and purchased one hundred and thirty acres of land on sec- tion 10, Paw Paw township, Van Buren Co. Mr. Tuttle moved upon it, and Mr. Harrington boarded with him. In 1864, Mr. Harrington's father came from New York and purchased Mr. Tuttle's interest in the farm. On the 10th day of April, 1864, G. F. Harrington was married to Ruth M., daughter of Calvin and Emily Cross. She was born in Bangor, Mich., July 28, 1846, and is the fifth in a family of eight children,-three sons and five daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington are the parents of the following chil- dren : Delos, born April 29, 1865, died Aug. 3, 1865; Edward J., born Oct. 6, 1866 ; Wayne Cross, born July 11, 1868; Fred, born Aug. 13, 1870; Lou, born Jan. 24, 1872; Harry C., born March 3, 1879, died Feb. 14, 1880.
FIRST HOME.
MRS. HENRY WILSON.
HENRY WILSON.
RES. OF HENRY WILSON, PAW PAW, MICH.
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After the death of his father, which occurred in July, 1878, Mr. Harrington purchased the old homestead, and now owns four hundred and fifty-eight acres of land, with one hundred and sixty acres under good improvement. He pays considerable attention to raising fine stock,-horses, merino sheep, and Poland China swine being his specialties. In this enterprise he is greatly assisted by his three fine boys, even though they are yet small. Mr. Harrington markets most of his own stock, occasionally shipping a car- load at a time, and accompanying it himself. In religious matters he entertains liberal views, and endeavors to the extent of his power to inculcate strictly moral principles in the minds of his children, and give them the benefit of his own example. In politics he is a conservative Republican, never seeking for office nor taking an active part in politi- cal matters.
B. A. MURDOCK.
Mr. Murdock was born in Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 17, 1815, and was the second in a family of five children,-two sons and three daughters. His father, Ariel Murdock, a native of New York, was a farmer. He held a captain's commission in the war of 1812, and was for a time stationed at Sacket's Harbor, N. Y. He died September, 1826. His wife Tryphosa (Bonney) Murdock, a native of Chesterfield, Mass., was a member of the Baptist Church for over a third of a century. She died Jan. 6, 1867.
B. A. Murdock remained at home until twenty-one years of age, working the farm in the summer season, and attend- ing school in winter. On the 22d of March, 1836, he started for Michigan, arriving in Van Buren County, in the latter State, on the 10th of April following. In the same year he located one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 24, South Haven township. From 1836 to 1839 he worked at farming, except in winter, when he employed his time in teaching school. In 1839 he returned to New York, and in October of that year, in company with Benjamin Parlin, started on a tour of the States, returning to New York in June, 1840. He taught school in Madison County the following winter, and about July 10, 1842, came again to Michigan. From that time until his marriage he engaged in different occupations, teaching school, merchandising, and speculating in land. May 1, 1859, he was married to Mary V. Anderson, daughter of Le Grand and Catharine (Shaw) Anderson, both natives of Virginia, who emigrated in an early day to Pickaway Co., Ohio, where Mrs. Mur dock was born, Feb. 13, 1824. In 1832, Mr. Anderson moved, with his family, to Van Buren Co., Mich., having previously visited what is now Van Buren County as early as 1828.
Mr. and Mrs. Murdock have had two children,-a son and a daughter,-both of whom died in infancy. Two nieces of Mrs. Murdock (and adopted daughters), M. Grace and Clara S. Anderson, whose mother died in 1869, are much- loved members of Mr. and Mrs. Murdock's happy home. Mr. and Mrs. Murdock have been members of the Chris- tian Church since 1861. He has been trustee and clerk of the same church many years. He has been a school-
teacher in the counties of Allegan, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Cass, and Van Buren.
Mr. Murdock has been an extensive land-holder, having owned at one time sixteen hundred acres. He has now five hundred acres, aside from his present residence and several locations in the business portion of Paw Paw. He is en- gaged in farming. He votes with the Republicans, but was never an active politician. He attends strictly to his business, and is a quiet, upright, and highly-honored citi- zen. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Murdock, together with a view of their home, are given in this volume.
CHAPTER LXV.
PINE GROVE TOWNSHIP .*
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Location, Topography, and Population-First and Early Settlements -Civil History-Later Settlements in Pine Grove-Village of Kendall-Pine Grove Mills and Gobleville-Educational-Relig- ious Worship.
LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY, AND POPULATION.
THIS township, which derives its name from the fact that the major portion of its surface was originally covered with pine forests, is situated in the northeast corner of Van Buren County. According to the field-notes of the original survey, other varieties of timber then growing here were beech, cherry, elm, white oak, linn, white ash, black ash, tamarack, butternut, whitewood, aspen, hickory, yellow oak, maple, and sycamore.
The surface is broken by irregular ranges of low hills dotted with several small lakes, and intersected by numer- ous unimportant water-courses. The lake surface embraces a total area of about 600 acres, Clear, Brandywine, and Lilypad lakes being the most important.
In the eastern part of the township are situated some three or four thousand acres of black-ash and tamarack swamps. Much of this swamp-land, however, will be re- claimed ultimately by drainage.
A sandy loam predominates, which with intelligent cul- ture yields average crops of the earth's products common to this region. The soil and climate are also peculiarly well adapted to fruit culture.
During early years the people were chiefly engaged in lumbering; but with the almost total disappearance of their pine forests, attention has been turned more particu- larly to the pursuits of agriculture, and commodious farm buildings, surrounded by well-tilled acres, now appear where but a decade ago naught was seen but the woodman's shanty and its necessary adjunct, the "slashing."
Since 1870 population has rapidly increased, the census of 1874 returning a total of 1851 inhabitants.
It has at present (1880) a voting population of 570, show- ing an estimated total of at least 2300 inhabitants.
FIRST AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
The first settler within the boundaries of this township was Joseph H. Hawks, who in 1839 purchased from the
* By John S. Schenck.
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general government lands, situated upon section 21, and in the following year (1840) his name appeared upon the Clinch assessment rolls as a resident owner of a portion of that section, lying in township 1 south, of range number 13 west. About a year after Hawks' settlement on section 21 a man named Stone purchased a part of section 30, in this township, and erected thereon a log habitation for him- self and family, situated about sixty rods south, and a little east of the present village of Pine Grove Mills. He re- mained there until 1842 or 1843, clearing about ten acres.
There seems to have been no further attempt looking towards permanent settlements until the years 1847 and 1848.
Messrs. Morrill & Dyckman then owned several thousand acres of timbered lands, situated in this township. In 1848 they erected upon section 32 the old Pine Grove saw-mills, and established a store. They employed a large number of men in and about the mills, and here was formed the nu- cleus of a settlement which in thirty years has expanded to the present populous township.
In 1849, with about 30 voters, the township was set off from Bloomingdale and began a separate existence.
Among the residents at that time were Charles M. Mor- rill, the first supervisor ; Dewitt C. Lockman, first township clerk ; Aaron S. Dyckman, first treasurer ; C. B. Palmer, Ephraim Taylor, Peter T. Valleau, Jephtha Waterman, E. B. D. Hicks, Uriah Stevens, Thomas Southward, Free- man Southward, Henry F. Bowen, John Pettibone, Benja- min P. Wolcott, Robert Love, James Clark, Edwin Petti- bone, Benjamin H. Blair, Clark Brewer, Myron Parks, John Greenwood, Grove Love, Royal Cooley, Robert Ivy, Daniel Frary, James Ketchum, Sylvester Brown, W. H. Stevens, Horace H. Hadley, and Moses Waterman.
Additional early settlers to 1852, inclusive, were Harmon Ostrander, Abel P. Conant, Newell Nash, Philip M. Brooks, David Salisbury, Jason Russell, William B. Clement, Je- rome Thrasher, Samuel Impson, Samuel Impson, Jr., Wil- liam Impson, Abram Nash, William Adair, Jordan H. Jones, Rudolph Rogers, Peter Miller, Albert Abrams, and David Wise.
William B. Clement erected a saw-mill on section 20 in 1851, and engaged in lumbering quite extensively for a number of years. His mill was twice burned and as often rebuilt. In 1879 the machinery of this mill was removed to Montcalm County by his son.
David Wise and family came from Lysander, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in May, 1852, and settled upon section 32. The following year he was elected supervisor of this town- ship. His son, David D. Wise, besides serving in many other honorable capacities, has filled the office of supervisor ten terms, and is the present incumbent. He is also station- agent at the village of Pine Grove Mills.
Chauncey Wise, another member of this family, served as supervisor during the years 1868-70.
Henry Veley, if not the first, was one of the very earliest settlers in the northern part of the township.
Among the residents here in 1854 and not already men- tioned were James Hall, Henry Brown, George Clugston, Charles Jefferson, Amasa Southward, John Story, John Southward, Dewitt Church, William J. Charles, Sylvester
G. Baker, Thomas Story, Stephen Remalig, James Earl, Chapman Lay, John J. Charles, Benjamin Earl, Volney Blanchard, Abram Fitzgerald, James Clement, C. M. Blanchard, Philip Strong, Myron Austin, Oscar Everest, Elias J. Aldrich, J. G. Ostrander, George Cook, Seth Munn, Hiram Hiscock, Henry Packer, William Ash, A. C. Hiscock, Ebenezer Van Tassell, A. M. Morrill, Richard Salisbury, C. C. Westcott, Nathan Baker, and W. L. Conant.
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CHAUNCEY WISE.
Until after the close of the late war the township in- creased but slowly in population or material wealth, and but twice had there been polled more than 100 votes at township elections, viz., in 1861 and 1864.
With the establishment of peace between the warring sections of our common country came many additional settlers to Pine Grove, in the persons of ex-soldiers, men who of all others are entitled to citizenship in a free land and under the flag they so bravely defended.
By this influx and the contemplated building of the Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad, the population was augmented to such an extent that in the spring election of 1868, 240 votes were cast.
The Pine Grove Mills post-office, on section 32, was first established in 1857, David D. Wise, postmaster.
The first framed dwelling was erected in the same local- ity in 1856, by Wise, Morrill & Co., and used as a board- ing-house for their employees.
The only water-power saw-mill was built on Pine Creek, section 1, about the year 1865.
The Allegan State road, which ran along the west border of the township, was authorized by the authorities of Al- mena and Waverly, and surveyed by A. Crane, county surveyor, Sept. 2, 1844. The first road laid out by the highway commissioners of Pine Grove was of date July 12, 1849, upon the application of E. B. Dyckman and others, through whose land it was to pass.
CIVIL HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP.
The territory designated as township No. 1 south, of range No. 13 west, formed part of the original township of
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Clinch. It was set off as Almena in 1842, Bloomingdale in 1845, and by an act of the State Legislature became a separate organization under its present name in 1849.
First Township Election, etc .- Pursuant to the act of organization, the legal voters to the number of 25 as- sembled at the place designated April 2, 1849, and chose Charles M. Morrill, Moderator ; Aaron S. Dyckman, Clerk ; Henry F. Bowen and Jephtha Waterman, Inspectors of Election.
At ten o'clock A.M. the polls were declared open by Jephtha Waterman.
It was then voted "To divide said township into two equal road districts by an east-and-west line." Board adjourned for half an hour.
Upon reopening the polls, proclamation was made that the same would close at half-past four o'clock P.M.
By a viva voce vote, Uriah Stevens was elected road overseer of District No. 1,-the north half of the town- ship,-and Ephraim Taylor road-master of District No. 2, being the south half of the same.
By a majority vote other resolutions, as follows, were passed :
" That $200 be raised for township purposes.
"That a bounty of $5 be paid on full-grown wolves, and $2.50 for each wolf-whelp killed in said township.
" To raise 50 cents on each scholar between the ages of four and eighteen years, for the support of common schools.
" To raise $200 for the improvement of roads, to be equally divided between the two road districts.
" That the next annual meeting be held in the school- house near Horace H. Hadley's."
As a result of the canvass of votes, it was found that Charles M. Morrill was the unanimous choice of the 25 electors present, and the remaining officers elected were named as follows : Dewitt C. Lockman, Township Clerk ; Aaron S. Dyckman, Treasurer; C. B. Palmer, Ephraim Taylor, School Inspectors ; Peter T. Valleau, Jephtha Waterman, Directors of the Poor; E. B. D. Hicks, Peter T. Valleau, Uriah Stevens, Highway Commissioners ; Thomas Southward, Henry F. Bowen, Horace H. Hadley, Dewitt C. Lockman, Justices of the Peace; John Petti- bone, Benjamin P. Wolcott, Robert Love, James Clark, Constables.
At the general election held Nov. 6, 1849, the whole number of votes polled was fifteen, of which John S. Barry received 12 and Flavius J. Littlejohn 3.
Residents of 1849 .- The names on the first assessment roll of Pine Grove Township, in 1849, were as follows :
Sec.
Daniel Frary 7
Myron Parks. Personal.
James Ketchum
17
Jephtha Waterman .. "
Sylvester Brown. 7
John Greenwood 66
W. H. Stevens. 32
E. B. D. Hicks.
Horace H. Hadley. 19
Chauncey B. Palmer 60
Benjamin P. Wolcott ... Personal John Pettibone. ¥
Grove Love ..
Royal Cooley
Edwin Pettibone.
James Clark
Dewitt C. Lockman
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Charles M. Morrill 66
Benjamin H. Blair 66
Aaron S. Dyckman.
Ephraim Taylor
Thomas Southward
Robert Love.
Freeman Southward.
Clark Brewer Henry F. Bowen ..
Robert Ivey
The total amount of taxes levied upon residents during the same year was $19.07.
The township was then a lumbering region, and the fore- going list comprises for the most part lumbermen and their employees.
The whole number of votes polled for presidential elec- tors in 1852 was 27, of which the ticket headed by John S. Barry received 19, and that headed by John Owen received 8.
Voters of 1854 .- The voters at the spring election in 1854 were James Hall, Henry Veley, Henry Brown, George Clugston, Charles Jefferson, Amasa Southward, Jerome Thrasher, John Story, W. B. Clement, John Southward, Dewitt Church, Robert Ivey, William J. Charles, Syl- vester G. Baker, Thomas Story, Stephen Remalig, James Earl, Chapman Lay, John J. Charles, Benjamin Earl, Vol- ney Blanchard, Thomas Southward, Abram Nash, Abram Fitzgerald, James Clement, C. M. Blanchard, Philip Strong, Samuel Impson, Samuel Impson, Jr., James Clark, Myron Austin, Oscar Everest, Elias J. Aldrich, J. G. Ostrander, George Cook, Seth Munn, Chauncey B. Palmer, Hiram Hiscock, Henry Packer, William Ash, A. C. Hiscock, Chauncey Wise, Ebenezer Van Tassell, A. M. Morrill, Richard Salisbury, A. P. Conant, David Salisbury, Newell Nash, C. C. Westcott, Nathan Baker, W. L. Conant.
Township Officers .- The following is a list of township officers from 1849 to 1879, inclusive, with years of their election :
SUPERVISORS.
1849, Charles M. Morrill ; 1850-51, Harmon Ostrander ; 1852, Charles M. Morrill ; 1853, David Wise; 1854, Seth Munn ; 1855, Abel P. Conant; 1856-57, Newell Nash; 1858, Philip Strong; 1859, Moses A. Norris ; 1860-66, David D. Wise; 1867, William Z. Bronson ; 1868-70, Chauncey Wise; 1871, F. E. Adams; 1872, John Fessenden ; 1873-74, David D. Wise; 1875-78, Tobias John- son ; 1879, David D. Wise.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1849, Dewitt C. Lockman ; 1850, Abel P. Conant; 1851, Henry F. Bowen ; 1852, A. M. Morrill; 1853, Abel P. Conant; 1854, Wil- liam J. Charles ; 1855, Amos D. Stocking; 1856, James L. Clement ; 1857-58, David D. Wise ; 1859-62, Charles R. Nightin- gale; 1863, S. B. Farr; 1864, James L. Clement; 1865, Seth N. Clement ; 1866, William Z. Bronson ; 1867-68, Seth N. Clement; 1869-70, Solomon Jewell ; 1871, Seth N. Clement ; 1872, William F. Winterburn; 1873-74, J. B. David; 1875-76, William O. Bond ; 1877-78, George P. Stearns; 1879, George F. Stevens.
TREASURERS.
1849, Aaron S. Dyckman ; # 1850-51, Charles M. Morrill; 1852-53, Chauncey B. Palmer ; 1854, James Clement; 1855, Oscar Ever- est; 1856, Henry C. Story ; 1857, Oscar Everest; 1858-59, Harvey M. Babbitt; 1860, John Goble; 1861-70, David Wise; 1871-76, David O. Everest; 1877, Hiram Cobb; 1878, George R. Elms ; 1879, Jonathan McMichel.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1849, Thomas Southward, Henry F. Bowen, Horace H. Hadley, De- witt C. Lockman; 1850, Clark Brewer, Newell Nash, P. M. Brooks; 1851, David Salisbury, Philip M. Brooks, Chauncey B. Palmer ; 1852, Jason Russell ; 1853, Philip Strong, W. B. Clem- ent, Samuel Impson ; 1854, Nathan Baker, Sylvester G. Baker, David Salisbury ; 1855, Newell Nash, William J. Charles ; 1856, Victory P. Jones, T. G. Cutler ; 1857, Philip Strong, Elias J. Aldrich, Harvey M. Babbitt; 1858, Moses A. Norris, James C. Chaffee; 1859, T. G. Cutler, Samuel Impson, Charles A. Clement ; 1860, David O. Everest, William Bradshaw; 1861, S. B. Farr ; 1862, Samuel Wells; 1863, Henry Miller, James L. Clement; 1864, John H. Chamberlain, David O. Everest ; 1865, S. B. Farr, David
* Harmon Ostrander appointed to fill vacancy, Feb. 25, 1850.
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Myers, Orrin Plumb; 1866, Edmund R. Allen, William Z. Bron- son, Henry C. Story ; 1867, Elijah J. Heath, John J. Starr; 1868, Benjamin Depuy ; 1869, Martin Joslin; 1870, W. H. Gregory, Benjamin Depuy; 1871, Ransom Snell; 1872, William Jones, Hiram Cobb; 1873, Lawson D. Herman ; 1874, William O. Bond, Henry C. Story, David R. Wheeler; 1875, James H. Eldridge, Solomon Jewell; 1876, A. H. Haines; 1877, James H. Underhill, Horace Ward; 1878, James H. Underhill; 1879, James H. El- dridge.
ASSESSORS.
1850, Chauncey B. Palmer, Henry F. Bowen; 1851, Henry C. South- ward, Robert Love; 1852, W. B. Clement, Jerome Thrasher ; 1875, William H. Gregory, Edson Howard. Supervisors all other years.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
1849, E. B. D. Hicks, Peter T. Valleau, Uriah Stevens ; 1850, William Impson ; 1851, C. B. Palmer, Abram Nash; 1852, Jerome Thrasher; 1853, Philip Strong; 1855, Samuel Impson ; 1856, Tarrant G. Cutler ; 1857, Chauncey Wise ; 1858, Samuel Impson ; 1859, Tarrant G. Cutler ; 1860, Henry C. Strong; 1861, Oscar Everest; 1862, William T. Perrin ; 1863, Charles R. Nightingale; 1864, Salmon B. Farr, John W. Veley, Elias J. Aldrich ; 1865, Charles Goodwin ; 1866, Henry S. Sheldon, John G. Davis, Samuel Becker; 1867, Leander Simons, David Wise ; 1868, John W. Veley ; 1869, William H. Gregory ; 1870, John V. Daratt; 1871, Hurlbut Brooks; 1872, M. W. Henry ; 1873, George R. Palmer ; 1874, John Graham ; 1875-76, George R. Palmer; 1877, George R. Elms; 1878, John V. Daratt ; 1879, Newland N. Nash.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1872, George W. Howland ; 1873, Mathew Atmore; 1874, John W. Veley ; 1875, William Healey ; 1878, Elijah M. Brown.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1849, C. B. Palmer, Ephraim Taylor ; 1850, Abel P. Conant; 1851, Newell Nash, William Adair ; 1852, Aaron S. Dyckman, W. B. Clement ; 1853, Chauncey B. Palmer, Jordon H. Jones; 1854, James Clement ; 1855, Abel P. Conant ; 1856, Victory P. Jones ; 1857, John Smolk, John Draper ; 1858, Chauncey Wise, James C. Chaffee; 1859, Augustus House; 1860, David D. Wise, John Goble; 1861, Stephen L. Babbitt; 1862, David D. Wise; 1863, William P. Perrin, David D. Wise; 1864, Lewis A. Churchill; 1865, William Bronson, Milton G. Wise ; 1866, Leander Simmons, Edmund R. Allen ; 1867, John J. Sturr ; 1868, Leander Simmons; 1869, John J. Sturr; 1870, William Z. Bronson; 1871, John Fessenden ; 1872, George R. Elms, T. S. Potter; 1873, David H. Smith ; 1874, David D. Wise, Hiram Cobb; 1875, Lawrence Knowles; 1876, James H. Eldridge; 1877, David D. Wise; 1878, Arthur Webster; 1879, John Graham.
TOWNSHIP SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1875-77, Otis L. Moshier; 1878, Arthur Webster; 1879, Otis L. Moshier.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.
1849, Peter T. Valleau, Jephtha Waterman; 1850, P. M. Brooks, Clark Brewer; 1851, Charles M. Morrill, Newell Nash ; 1852, Rudolph Rogers ; 1854, Henry Brown, Thomas Story; 1855, Henry Brown, Philip Strong; 1856, Andrew H. Jones; 1857, Abram Nash, Thomas Randall ; 1858, David O. Everest, Thomas Story ; 1859, David Wise, Samuel Impson ; 1860, David D. Wise, Newell Nash ; 1861, Henry C. Cutler, Marvin Lowell ; 1862, David Wise, Arnold Clement.
CONSTABLES.
1849, John Pettibone, Benjamin P. Wolcott, Robert Love, James Clark; 1850, Ephraim Taylor, Royal Cooley; 1851, E. B. D. Hicks, Peter Miller, Freeman Southward, Abram Nash ; 1852, E. B. D. Hicks, Albert Abrams; 1853, Isaac H. Conklin, John Dodson, Dewitt Church, Obadiah Munn; 1854, Robert Ivey, James Clement, John J. Charles, J. G. Ostrander ; 1855, Alanson His- cock, T. G. Cutler, Samuel Impson, Jr., David Deforest ; 1856, S. B. Farr, T. G. Cutler, Andrew H. Jones, Abram Nash; 1857, William Rapp, Seth Newcomb, Philip Strong, Jr., Erastus P. Brown; 1858, Charles Clement, Jacob Gruber, Syrenus Daniels,
Charles Finch ; 1859, Edwin T. Phelps, Henry C. Cutler, Syrenus Daniels, John Allen; 1860, William H. Bradshaw, Charles H. Finch, Ezra Fasmire; 1861, Samuel Impson, David Wise ; 1862, John W. Veley, Nathan A. Wood, Charles F. Norton, David M. Dayton; 1863, William Stevens, Nathan A. Wood, Lyman Milliman, Elias J. Aldrich ; 1864, Charles Stamp, Charles F. Norton, Benjamin Depuy, Abram Nash ; 1865, Mason Cutler, Nathan A. Wood, Alexander Baxter; 1866, Charles A. Clement, Lorenzo D. Story, Nathan A. Wood, Loren W. Norris; 1867, Jon- athan C. Thompson, John W. Veley, James B. Chilson, Lee Mason ; 1868, Orrin Phelps, Lee Mason, Lewis Camfield, James B. Chilson ; 1869, Samuel Hayes, William Stevens, W. R. Story, Edwin Aldrich; 1870, Porter Salisbury, Lee Mason, Shepard Baldwin, Edwin Aldrich ; 1871, A. O. Story, C. W. Stamp, J. P. Williams ; 1872, Frank Jones, Judson Bennett, George Conway, Abraham Gregory ; 1873, Augustus Smith, George Galland, James Lane, Charles Veley ; 1874, John Slover, Charles Veley ; 1875, Eugene Dustin, Frank Everest, John F. Slover, Bradley Lane; 1876, M. Woodward, E. D. Bradley, Frank Everest, Eugene Dustin ; 1877, Millard Woodward, Edward Aldrich, Shepard H. Baldwin, George Walker; 1878, Charles A. Spencer, Bradley Lane, Warren Green ; 1879, Charles A. Spencer, John Slover, George Smith, and James Whelpley.
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