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John Hamilton, a millwright by trade, came from Vir- ginia to Michigan, and worked a year or two in a mill on the Dowagiac Creek, near Niles. He came to Buchanan in 1839, and with Mr. A. C. Day built the grist-mill. He
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laid out the first village plat, which was recorded in 1842. He lived here until his death.
Edward Ballengee, although not as early a settler in the township as some, has been identified with the earliest movements of several of the townships. He emigrated from Virginia to this county in 1833, and located at Berrien Springs when but two houses were there. He erected a dwelling-house and store together, his being the third dwelling there. He moved his stock of goods from Crawfordsville, Ind., in April, and his family came in June. He was very instrumental in getting the court-house located at that place, and was elected supervisor two terms. In the fall of 1843 he moved to Buchanan, and was elected super- visor, and justice of the peace in 1844. In 1845 he lived in Lake township, where he was foremost in getting that town set off, and was its first supervisor. In 1850 he re- moved to New Buffalo, and was general purchasing agent of the Michigan Central Railroad. He went to California in 1853, remained until 1865, and was justice of the peace two terms in Todd's Valley, Placer Co., Cal. In January, 1866, he settled in Buchanan, where he still resides, and has been justice from that time to the present, except in 1878.
L. P. Alexander came from Belfast, Allegany Co., N. Y., with Price Cooper and his family. The latter settled on section 35, where F. F. Clarke now lives. Mr. Alex- ander afterwards married his daughter. They reached here Oct. 16, 1841, and Mr. Alexander worked at his trade, which was that of a carpenter and joiner, until 1849, when he engaged in the boot and shoe business, and soon after in merchandising. In 1846 he was elected constable and treasurer, and held the position till 1851. In that year he was elected supervisor, and was re-elected in 1852. He served again from 1861 to 1866, and from 1871 to 1878. In 1860 he was elected a member of the Legislature, a mem- ber of the Constitutional Convention in 1867, and of the Senate in 1870. He was postmaster from 1863 to 1866. He was again appointed in 1877, and still holds the posi- tion.
John D. Ross emigrated from Indiana to Niles in the spring of 1834, where he worked a short time and went to Valparaiso, and in 1847 came to Buchanan. He purchased five acres on the south side of Front Street for $9000. The north side of Front Street was the village plat. The Day & Hamilton mill, a distillery run by - Hilton, and the dwelling-house now owned by Mr. Terriere were the only buildings south of Front Street, and they were on five acres purchased by Mr. Ross. He opened a store in a building that stood where Roe's block now stands. In 1864 the banking business was commenced by Ross & Fulton, and Mr. Ross still continues in the business.
Garrett Morris emigrated from Ohio with his parents to Terre Coupée Prairie in 1833, but returned to Ohio. In 1837 he went to New Carlisle, Ind., and opened a grocery business, and in 1840 was appointed postmaster. Schuyler Colfax, then a lad of seventeen years, was deputy under him for three years, and at that time Colfax was in the habit of noting down, in an ordinary brown-paper journal, the doings of Congress,-storing up facts that were of bene- fit to him in after years.
In the spring of 1844, Mr. Morris moved to Buchanan, and in 1846 built on Main Street the first hotel in the vil- lage. He also conducted a store where the bank building now stands. About 1856 he sold the hotel to Russell Mc- Coy. He sold the store in 1859 to John C. Dutton, but afterwards repurchased it. He afterwards became agent for Call, Lockwood & Co., book publishers, of Hartford, Conn. He still lives in Buchanan.
David Sanford settled, in 1836, on a small farm near the village of Buchanan, and died in a few years after coming in. His brothers, Philo and Levi, lived in Bertrand.
Watson Roe came from Henry Co., Ind., about 1836, and settled on what is known as the David Gitchell farm, in the township of Bertrand, in section 18. He did not purchase, but a little later came to Buchanan and purchased 160 acres in section 27, now owned by A. Broceus. He removed to Iowa in 1852. His brother, Eli Roe, came to Portage Prairie at the same time, and in 1856 removed to the village of Buchanan. His son, Dr. J. M. Roe, re- moved to this village in 1851, commenced practice, and is still living there. J. H. Roe, E. J. Roe, and J. J. Roe, sons, are all living in Buchanan.
T. J. Hunter came with his father and family in 1831, and located on the east bank of St. Joseph River, in Niles township, where Mr. Batchelor now owns. Thomas J. came to the west side of the river in 1835, and bought 120 acres on section 10, where Joseph Fuller now lives. He was active in the formation of the Methodist Church. He lived on the farm until 1876, when he moved into the village, and still resides there.
John Weaver emigrated from Ohio, in 1829, to a place about two and a half miles above Bertrand township, on the St. Joseph River; and in 1837 he located a claim of 160 acres, where his son Samuel now lives, on section 28. Jacob Weaver, a son, owns land on sections 7, 8, 17, and 18. Esther, a daughter, married Russell McCoy. who lived for many years in Buchanan. Fanny married Charles Clark, of Indiana. Elizabeth married Andrew Inglewright, who settled in 1835 or 1836 on section 7. Polly married John Juday. David Weaver, another son, lives in Day- ton, Bertrand township.
Joseph Coveny, a native of Ireland, emigrated to this country, and in 1836 located 40 acres, where he now lives, on section 5. He now has 600 acres. Of thirteen chil- dren, ten are living,-four are on the farm, two are settled near. John Gordon came from Portage in 1835, and set- tled on the same section. Absalom Colvin and his brother Wilkinson came from Ohio in 1838, and located on sections 3 and 4, where his son George now lives. He was justice of the peace, and went to California in 1852, and died there. John Inglewright settled near St. Joseph River, on section 2. He manufactured wooden bowls and sold them through the country. His son Andrew lives south of James Coveny.
Godfrey Boil, in 1834 or 1835, settled on section 6, where his descendants still reside.
John Juday, a tanner by trade, came from Portage in 1834 or 1835, settled on sections 7 and 18, and married Polly, daughter of John Weaver. David and Jacob Weaver, sons of John Weaver, came to this part of the town. Jacob
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still lives here. David lives in Dayton. Charles Mc- Cracken emigrated in 1837 from Pennsylvania, and located 160 acres on section 5, where he still lives. In 1835, Amos Irwin took up 160 acres on section 16, where Alvan Tom- linson now lives In 1854 he moved to Dayton, Ohio.
Jacob Dragoo emigrated from Virginia in 1834, and bought a claim of Robert Martindale. He lived here about three years when his wife died, and he soon followed. Uel Dragoo, a son, emigrated in 1835, with his wife and son, and bought a claim of 80 acres, adjoining his father, of - Blake. He lived there two years, when, upon the death of his father, he with his brothers and sisters returned to Vir- ginia. The lands they had located having been selected as seminary lands, $20 per acre was the price settled upon, and they gave them up. After about two years, or in 1840, John F., Peter, and Michael returned to Buchanan. John F. settled near Wagner's saw-mill, and in two or three years bought on Moccasin Flat on the river, and was boating for several years. Michael went to California. Uel came back from Virginia in 1844, and bought 47 acres on Moccasin Flat of a Frenchman by the name of Louis Cotoway, who married an Indian woman, and had lived there many years. In 1835, Uel went to California, but soon returned, and is now living in the village of Buchanan.
Hiram Weese emigrated from Ohio to Indiana, and in 1837 to Niles township, on the east bank of St. Joseph River, opposite the village of Buchanan, with his wife and three children, and in 1840 crossed the river, bought two acres of land of Jacob D. Dutton, and built a log house and blacksmith shop where Thomas Long lives. Here he opened the first blacksmith-shop in this section. He after- wards built the log house in which school was kept two terms in 1841 and 1842 by Angelina Bird. Mr. Weese was justice of the peace and postmaster in an early day, and is still living here. At that time Jacob Dutton lived under the hill at a place near the little mill of Rough & Pears. Robert Cathcart lived on the farm where Edward Smith now lives; John Hamilton, where John D. Ross resides; A. C. Day, where he still lives; Charles Cowles, where Horace Black resides ; John Hatfield, east of Mr. Day. Dr. C. C. Wallin lived near Dutton, but soon afterwards moved to Terra Coupée Prairie, where he practiced medicine.
Darius Jennings emigrated from the State of New York and lived for a time at St. Joseph, during which time he was boating on the river. He was a captain of the " Mish- awaka" at a later date. In 1835 he located on section 26, now owned by Hannah Montague, it being at the foot of Moccasin Bluff. He was well educated, was the first town- ship clerk, and filled other positions of importance. He afterwards removed to Illinois and died there. Seth Sher- wood was the first settler on the flats. His son Alonzo is living in Weesaw, and was an early settler in that township.
Sebastian Overacker in 1834 settled up the McCoy Creek, near what became known as the Martindale settlement, on section 34. He afterwards removed to Bertrand. William McIntyre settled in 1835 on section 33, now owned by S. Allen.
Enos Holmes in 1836 emigrated from Attica, N. Y., purchased 135 acres, part of it in the township of Buchanan, but the greater part being that part of section 4 in Bertrand
that was ceded in 1828. He went back to New York State and lived there ten years, but in 1846 returned and lived here till his death, May 23, 1869. He has three sons living-Eli, on the homestead, John G., editor of the Berrien County Record at Buchanan, and Daniel, who lives on section 36, in Weesaw.
ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIP.
The town derived its name from James Buchanan. At the time of its organization there were about 27 families in its territory. The act by which it was erected (approved March 11, 1837) provided that " all that portion of the county of Berrien, being so much of township seven south, of range eighteen west, as lies west of the St. Joseph River, be, and the same is hereby, set off and organized into a separate township, by the name of Buchanan, and the first township-meeting shall be held at the house of C. C. Wal- lin in said township."
In accordance with this act the first meeting was held at the house of Charles C. Wallin, near the mouth of McCoy's Creek, on the 3d of April, 1837. C. C. Wallin was chosen moderator of the meeting, and Darius Jennings clerk. Fif- teen votes were cast, and the following officers were declared elected : Supervisor, Charles C. Wallin ; Township Clerk, Darius E. Jennings ; Assessors, S. S. Sherwood, John Hat- field, and D. E. Jennings; Highway Commissioners, Charles Cowles, Absalom Colvin, William Wagner ; Constable, A. C. Day ; Collector, A. C. Day ; Justices, Wm. Wagner, A. Colvin, D. E. Jennings, Charles Cowles.
EARLY ELECTIONS.
The second election was a special election for members of Congress. It was held at the house of John Weaver, Aug. 21 and 22, 1837. Twenty-seven votes were cast, 25 for Hezekiah G. Wells and 2 for Isaac E. Crary.
The third election was held Nov. 6th and 7th, and was a general election for Governor, State senators and representa- tive, judge of probate, and register of deeds. At the election 31 votes were cast, of which Charles C. Trowbridge received, for Governor, 24, and Stevens T. Mason 7.
The first Presidential election after the organization of the town was held Nov. 2 and 3, 1840. Sixty-one votes were cast ; 31 were cast for the Democratic electors and 30 for the Whig electors, this being the exciting campaign of " Tippecanoe and Tyler, too." Every voter was undoubtedly out, and from 15 votes the number had increased fourfold. At the Presidential election in 1844 it had increased to 124; in 1848, -; in 1852, 215; in 1856, 260; in 1860, 340; in 1864, 410; in 1870, 520; in 1874, 483; in 1876, 739.
The first census taken in the township was in 1840, when the population was 264; in 1845, 630; in 1854, 1282 ; in 1860, 1728; in 1864, 1974; in 1870, 2973; in 1874, 2880.
The report of the last census (1874) showed 15,613 acres in farms, 179 farm-houses, 2321 acres of wheat grow- ing, and 444 acres devoted to orchards. The same census shows the following crops raised in 1873: 28,481 bushels of wheat, 44,999 bushels of corn, 12,707 bushels of all
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other grain, 6896 bushels of apples, 1040 bushels of peaches, 300 bushels of pears.
The valuation of the township by the first assessment (1837) was : real estate, $45,000; personal estate, $1377 ; total, $46,377. Valuation of real estate, 1876, $461,730; personal estate, $92,795 ; total, $554.525. Increase in thirty-nine years, $508,148.
The following-named citizens of Buchanan have repre- sented their districts in the Senate and House of Represen- tatives : Senate, L. P. Alexander, 1870; Levi Sparks, 1873; Francis H. Berrick, 1875. House of Representa- tives, John Grove, 1845-46; John D. Ross, 1854; L. P. Alexander, 1860 ; E. M. Plimpton, 1866.
Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867, L. P. Alexander.
Below is given a list of persons who have held the offices of supervisor, clerk, and justice of the peace in Buchanan, from the organization of the town to the present year :
SUPERVISORS.
1837, Charles C. Wallin ; 1838-40, Darius Jennings; 1841, Henry Vanderhoff; 1842, John Juday ; 1843, Darius Jennings ; 1844, Edward Ballengee; 1845-46, John Juday ; 1847, George A. De- mont; 1848-51, John Juday ; 1852, Wm. S. Merrill ; 1853, L. P. Alexander; 1854, Wm. S. Merrill; 1855, Darius Jennings; 1856, John Newton ; 1857-58, L. P. Alexander; 1859-61, Charles Clark ; 1862, John Newton ; 1863, George F. Hemingway ; 1864 -72, Amos H. Clark ; 1873, Lorenzo P. Alexander; 1874, Na- thaniel B. Collins; 1875-77, L. P. Alexander; 1878, Leander P. Fox ; 1879, Benjamin F. Fish.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1837, Darius Jennings ; 1838-40, Aaron Chapman ; 1841-43, John Martindale, Jr .; 1844, David Sanford ; 1845, J. H. Service ; 1846, G. W. Reynolds ; 1847-48, John Grove; 1849-53, Hiram Weese; 1854-56, Nathaniel B. Collins; 1857-58, Zalmon Lyon; 1859, Hiram Weese; 1860-62, Wm. S. Merrill; 1863, Daniel M. R. Wilson ; 1864, Wm. S. Merrill; 1865-67, Norris H. Merrill ; 1868, Enoch A. Ross; 1869-72, David E. Hinman; 1873, Wm. H. Epley ; 1874, L. P. Alexander; 1875-77, Willie E. Plimpton ; 1878, Levi Sparks; 1879, Albert A. Worthington.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1837, John Juday, Robert Cathcart were elected ; 1838, Robert Cath- cart, Robert Martindale; 1839, Absalom Colvin, .Hezekiah Mitchell ; 1840, Darius Jennings, John Gordon ; 1841, John Mar- tindale; 1842, Hiram Weese, John F. Dragoo, John Juday ; 1843, Edward Ballengee, Absalom Calvin; 1844, Watson Roe; 1845, David Fish; 1846, Hiram Weese; 1847, Absalom Colvin ; 1848, David Wagner; 1849, John F. Dragoo; 1850, Hiram Weese; 1851, Darius E. Jennings; 1852, Nathaniel B. Collins; 1855, Amos Clark ; 1856, Nathaniel B. Collins, Hiram Weese; 1858, Jacob Henry ; 1859, Amos H. Clark ; 1860, Wm. S. Merrill; 1861, John Newton; 1862, Peachy Wray ; 1863, Alonzo Sher- wood, Enoch A. Ross; 1866, Edward Ballengee, John T. Beck- with ; 1867, Enoch A. Ross; 1868, Wm. S. Merrill, David Fisk ; 1869, David Fisk, Jacob E. Miller; 1870, Edward Ballengee, Levi W. Spaulding; 1871, David E. Hinman, Levi W. Spaul- ding; 1872, Levi W. Spaulding; 1873, Nathaniel B. Collins, Lorenzo P. Alexander; 1874, Edward Ballengee; 1875, L. P. Alexander, John T. Beckwith; 1876, Levi W. Spaulding ; 1877, J. T. Beckwith ; 1878, John W. R. Lister, Henry Bradley ; 1879, John C. Dick, Edward Ballengee.
SCHOOLS.
School District No. 1 in the township was organized May 12, 1838, and comprised sections 33, 34, 35, 36, 25, 26, 27, and 28, being four miles long and two wide. The first school inspectors were Aram Chapman and John Martindale.
The first school-house was built of logs, and stood on the east side of section 25, on the west bank of McCoy Creek. It was burned in 1841. Another was built in its place. Angelina Bird was the first teacher in the town- ship. She taught in a log house that had been used by Mr. Wallin, near the mouth of McCoy Creek. After the log house was built in the village she taught there. Jane Porter also taught in this house. Eggleston Smith was the first to teach in the frame house built in 1843, and was succeeded by Theron Bordan, Charles Comstock, W. S. Merrill, and others. In 1843 a frame school-house 20 by 40 was erected on lot No. 23, in the John Hamilton plat, at a cost of $170. The district at that time contained 50 children of school age.
In 1854 the district reorganized, under the law, into a union school district, and erected a two-story brick edifice, 30 by 40 feet in size, at a cost of about $4800. At this time there were in the district 160 children enrolled. In 1871, the number of children having increased to 570, between the ages of five and twenty years, it was deemed advisable to erect a new school building, and the present edifice was erected, 78 by 80 feet on the ground and three stories high above the basement, containing eight recitation-rooms and one lecture-room, and furnished throughout with mod- ern furniture. It is located on the south side of Chicago Street, on a square containing seven acres, in the southwest part of the village. The lot was purchased of N. B. Col- lins for $3500, and the building was erected at a cost of $36,500, including the furniture and fixtures.
In 1869, $5000 was raised by tax ; in 1870, $2000 ; and in 1871 bonds were issued to the amount of $32,000. The indebtedness is at present $22,000.
The report of the director of the district (L. P. Alex- ander) for the year 1878 gives the number of children in the district between the ages of five and twenty years as 620; school attendance, 360; 1 male teacher, 7 female; amount paid teachers, $2845. Receipts for the year : on hand, Sept. 1, 1877, $1965.66; 2-mill tax, $601.04 ; pri- mary-school fund, $322; tuition of non-resident scholars, $39.30 ; district tax, $6207.80. Expenditures : on bonded indebtedness, $4662.79 ; other purposes, $1280.47.
The records of the union school district for the years prior to 1870 are lost. From that year to the present time, the list of trustees of the district is as follows :
1870 .- William Osborne, Charles Clark, William Pears, George H. Richards, John D. Ross, and William S. Merrill.
1871 .- William Osborne, Charles Clark, William Pears, John D. Ross, George H. Richards, and W. W. Wells.
1872 .- William Osborne, George H. Richards, Seth Smith, William Pears, John D. Ross, W. W. Wells.
1873 .- Alfred Richards, W. W. Wells, J. J. Van Riper, George H. Richards, Seth Smith, William Pears.
1874 .- Alfred Richards, W. W. Wells, J. J. Van Riper, William Pears, J. M. Roe, S. Smith.
1875 .- Alfred Richards, W. W. Wells, J. J. Van Riper, L. P. Fox, L. P. Alexander, J. M. Roe.
1876 .- F. H. Berrick, E. M. Plimpton, J. M. Roe, L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox, William Pears.
1877 .- L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox, F. H. Berrick, E. M. Plimpton, J. M. Roe, William Pears.
1878 .- L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox, J. M. Roe, William Pears, F. H. Berrick, E. M. Plimpton.
1879 .- E. M. Plimpton, J. J. Van Riper, L. P. Alexander, L. P. Fox, J. M. Roe, William Pears.
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School District No. 2, known as Sherwood District, was organized May 12, 1839, to comprise sections 22, 23, 14, 15, 16, 11, 12, and 13, and the south half of sections 9 and 10, being nearly three miles square. The first school-house in this district was built in 1839. The children in the dis- trict at that time between four and eighteen years of age were 9 in number. In 1875 there were 50 children from five to twenty years of age. A frame school-house was erected, at a cost of $400; wages of teachers, $158; total expenditure, $204.47.
William Kelly, director of District No. 2, makes the following report for 1878: number of children of school age, 48; number of children attending school during the year, 58; non-resident pupils, 11; one frame school-house, value, $1000; teachers employed, 2; amount paid teachers, $274; total expenditure for the year, $336.51; no indebt- edness.
School District No. 3, known as Marshall District, was organized April 6, 1839, and formed principally from Dis- tricts Nos. 1 and 2. It had at that time 13 children be- tween four and eighteen years of age. In 1873 a brick school-house was erected, at a cost of $1800.
R. Morgan, director of District No. 3, reports for 1878: 55 children of school age, 48 attending school; 1 brick school-house, capacity 60 sittings, value $1800; 2 teachers employed; amount paid teachers, $184; received of primary- school fund, $27 ; total expenditures, $268.86. No indebted- ness.
School District No. 4, known as Coveney District, was organized March 1, 1845, to comprise sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the northwest quarter of section 18. The first school house was built of logs, and was erected in the year of the organization of the district. It then had 14 children enrolled. The present frame building was erected in 1868, at a cost of $1200.
L. W. Spaulding, director of District No. 3, makes the following report for 1878 : 46 children enrolled, 40 attend- ing school ; 1 frame school-house, with capacity of 50 sit- tings, value $1000; 2 teachers employed ; amount paid, $155 ; primary-school fund received, $25.50; total expen- ditures, $278.07. No indebtedness.
School District No. 5, known as Wagner District, was organized March 1, 1845, and had at that date within its territory 16 children of school age enrolled. The first building was frame and built in the same year. The pres- ent house was built in 1864, at a cost of $1200.
E. A. Beckwith, director of District No. 5, reports for 1878 as follows: 90 children enrolled, and 62 attending school; 1 frame school-house, capacity of 100 sittings, value $800; 2 teachers employed ; amount paid teachers, $228.75 ; received from primary-school fund, $44.50; total expenditures, $440.04.
School District No. 6, known as Inglewright District, was organized July 15, 1848, and contained at that time 17 school-children ; a frame school-house was erected that year. In 1876 a brick edifice was erected at a cost of $1000.
Frank Bolton, director for this district, reports for 1878: 38 children enrolled, 30 of whom attend school ; 1 brick school-house, with a capacity of 56 sittings, value $1000;
2 teachers employed ; amount paid teachers, $118; primary- school fund received, $19.60; total expenditures, $245.18. Indebtedness, $500.
School District No. 7, known as Kelsey District, was organized in 1875. A brick school-house was erected in the same year, at a cost of $900; 35 school-children of school age were enrolled.
In 1878, Erastus Kelsey, director for this district, re- ported 40 children enrolled, of whom 31 attended school ; 1 brick school-house, with 52 sittings, value, $1000; 2 teachers employed ; amount paid them, $80; received pri- mary-school fund, $19; total expenditures, $809.07. No indebtedness.
Besides the districts above mentioned there are three fractional school districts in Buchanan, with houses in other towns.
The first primary-school money drawn from the State funds for this township was in June, 1839, and amounted to $32.64. At that time there were three school districts, and the apportionment of money was as follows : District No. 1, $18.56; District No. 2, $5.76; District No. 3, $8.32,-being divided on a basis of 64 cents to each scholar.
The office of school inspector in the township of Bu- chanan has been held, since 1837, by the following-named persons, viz. :
1838, Aram Chapman, John Martindale; 1839, Robert Cathcart, John Martindale ; 1840, Darius E. Jennings, Robert Cathcart, Charles C. Wallin ; 1841, John Martindale, Darius Jennings, Hiram Ben- nett; 1842, John Martindale, Robert Cathcart, Hiram Bennett; 1843, Alonzo Bennett, A. B. Staples; 1844, John Grove, John Martindale, Jr. ; 1845, John Martindale, Jr. ; 1846, John Grove, William C. Harrison ; 1847, John Grove, John Martindale; 1848, Daniel B. Mide; 1849, William S. Merrill ; 1850, Andrew Foster; 1851, 1853-54, William S. Merrill; 1855, John M. Roe, William B. Perrott; 1856, David Fisk, John Newton ; 1857, John Newton, J. M. Roe; 1858, William M. Roe; 1859, Hezekiah J. Home; 1860, William M. Roe; 1861, Elisha B. Sherwood; 1862, William M. Roe; 1863, Stephen P. Bassett ; 1866, William M. Roe, Emory M. Plimpton ; 1867, Emory M. Plimpton, David Fisk ; 1868, David Fisk ; 1869, William M. Roe; 1870, Charles H. Parketon ; 1871, John M. Roe, John Graham; 1872, Emory M. Plimpton ; 1873, John M. Roe; 1874-77, Emory M. Plimpton; 1878, John M. Roe; 1879, George H. Richards.
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