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A corresponding secretary was also named in each town- ship, as follows: Butler, Jason Bowen ; Quincy, Elijah Leland; Algansee, Asahel Brown; California, Israel R. Hall ; Ovid, Daniel -; Girard, Solomon L. Lawrence; Union, J. C. Leonard ; Batavia, Joseph Peterson ; Bethel, E. B. Williams ; Gilead, Emerson Marsh ; Noble, Darwin Wilson ; Bronson, John Holmes; Mattison, John Culver ; Sherwood, B. F. Ferris.
A constitution was also adopted for the government of the society. By its association the society was to be called the Branch County Agricultural Society, its design being . declared to be to promote improvement in agriculture and the kindred arts. There was to be an executive committee, consisting of the president, vice president, secretary, treas- urer, and two other members, who were to have the general management of the affairs of the society. The officers already ehosen were to hold office until the first aunual meeting, which was fixed for the 11th of November of that year. It was provided that any person might become a member by paying one dollar, and might continue so by paying half a dollar annually. The payment of five dollars made the payer a life-member, and authorized him to at- tend the annual meetings of the executive committee and participate in the discussions.
The first annual meeting was held at the time mentioned above, when the following permanent officers were chosen : President, J. B. Tompkins; Vice-President, Williaru Smith ; Secretary, F. V. Smith ; Treasurer, Elijah Leland ; Executive Committee, Dauiel Wilsou and L. P. Austin. Corresponding secretaries were again named, most of those before designated being selected.
The first annual fair of the society was held at Coldwater village, on the 7th of October, 1852. The whole sum ap- propriated for premiums was only two hundred dollars.
Joseph R. Williams, of Constantine, St. Joseph Co., was chosen to deliver the first address.
Brief and meagre indeed was the premium-list. Among the premiums offered were the following:
Class 1, short-horns : for the best bull, three years old or over, 83; for the best cow, $3.
Class 2, Devons : the same premiums.
Class 3, grades : the same.
Class 4, natives : the same.
Class 5, working oxen and steers: best yoke oxen, four years old, $2; best five yoke, from one town, $3; best yoke three-year old steers, 81; best two-year old steers, 81.
Class 6, fat cattle : best steer or ox, copy Michigan Far- mer.
Class 7, horses : best stallion for all work, four years old, $2 and Rural New Yorker ; best brood-mare, four years old, 81 and Rural New Yorker, etc.
The premium offered for the best cultivated and managed farm in the county was a set of silver teaspoons worth $6.
When the time came, the executive committee had their headquarters in the court-house, while the crowd and the exhibits occupied the ground outside. Members, their wives, and their children under eighteen were admitted ou the fifty- cent tickets of the members, while single tickets were placed at the moderate price of ten cents.
The principal awards to ladies at this first fair were the following: To Miss C. H. Williams, for best salt-rising bread, " Miss Leslie's Receipt Book"; to Mrs. E. Chapman, for best hop-rising bread, same; to Mrs. L. R. Austin, best milk-rising bread, the same; to Mrs. J. G. Brooks, ten pounds butter, $2 and copy " Modern Housewife"; to Mrs. JJane Lee, for best variety of wines, jellies, cakes, etc., copy " Modern Housewife"; to Mrs. Roland Root, for best cheese, copy " Modern Housewife"; to Mrs. L. D. Crippen, for best catsup of domestic manufacture; to Mrs. Horace Lewis, for best ten yards white flannel; to Mrs. W. H. Hanchett, best ten yards rag carpet ; to Mrs. A. Chandler, best pair knit stockings ; to Mrs. E. Martin, best patch-work quilt ; to Mrs. E. G. Parsons, for best specimen worsted work ; to Mrs. N. T. Waterman, best worked collars; to Mrs. L. D. Crippen, for best variety of dahlias; to Mrs. J. H. Beach, for best variety of house-plants ; to Mrs. Ed- ward Chapman, best dressed flannel ; to Mrs. D. C. More- house, best pair linen stockings ; to Mrs. N. D. Sykes, assort- ment needle-work ; to Mrs. F. V. Smith, saure; to Mrs. O. R. Clark, for beautiful, white, quilted spread; to Mrs. C. B. Fisk, for worsted work ; to Mrs. S. M. Denison, for woolen stockings; to Miss Harriett A. Crippen, for beauti- ful embroidered shoes ; to Miss R. A. Champion, for gent's dressing-gown; to Mrs. H. N. Hubbard, for one coverlid ; to Mrs. C. B. Fisk, for a parlor bouquet ; to Miss Amelia Noyes, for the same ; to Mrs. David Rice, ten yards yarn carpet ; to Mrs. T. J. Webb, for fancy work-box ; Mrs. W. H. Hanchett, one coral card-basket ; Mrs. J. R. Hall, one pair worked ottomans; Mrs. E. G. Parsons, one foot- stool.
The prize for the best farm was given to Elijah Leland, of Quiney.
From these modest beginnings the progress has been slow but steady up to the present tique. At the second fair, in
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1853, four hundred dollars were allotted for premiums, and the prizes for the best cattle were advanced to five dollars. Hon. Charles E. Stewart delivered the address. The pro- vision in the constitution for corresponding secretaries in cach town was stricken out.
Iu 1854 the time of the fair was extended to three days. The premiums remained at about the same size as the year before, but a larger number were offered.
In 1855 two or three new features were introduced, premiums being offered for the best performances on the piano, melodeon, and dulcimer, and also for the best speci- mens of female horsemanship, both in riding on horseback and in driving one or two horses.
At the annual meeting, in 1854, it was resolved to buy land for a permanent fair-ground. A bargain was accord- ingly made with Mr. Bradley Crippen to purchase six acres on the Battle Creek road, near the north line of the vil- lage of Coldwater, the price being seven hundred dollars,- two hundred in cash, and the rest in three equal annual payments. As the society was not legally incorporated it could not hold land itself, and the contract was made by Darwin Wilson to hold the tract in question in trust.
In 1857 the society was incorporated, the official au- thority being vested in a president, secretary, treasurer, and five directors. The first officers under the new organization were Asahel Brown, President ; Hiram R. Alden, Secretary ; C. B. Fisk, Treasurer ; and Samuel Morey, Philo Porter, Ly- man Millett, Jas. Clisbee, and Oliver Burdick, Jr., Directors.
At the fair in 1857 no prizes were offered for female horsemanship, but several ladies volunteered to grace the occasion. The judges praised their proficiency, and also gave thanks to Capt. Andrews and the members of the Cold- water Light Artillery, for the gentlemanly escort afforded by them to the ladies. Some perhaps laughed at the mili- tary semblance of the gallant militiamen ; but when the time of trial came nearly every man of the Coldwater Light Artillery was to be found in front of the foe.
The report made in June, 1858, showed that the whole re- ceipts during the second year of the society's existence were two hundred and seventy-one dollars and nine cents, while in 1857 they had increased to nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents. At that time (1858) the associatiou numbered five hundred and fifty actual mem- bers. There was then a debt of two hundred and fifty- seven dollars,-one hundred and forty dollars being still due on the land contract and one hundred and seven dollars for fencing.
At the fair of 1858 new buildings were found necessary, and were erected. There were six hundred and forty-seven entries, but on account of bad weather the number of mem- bership-tickets was comparatively small. The annual mem- bership-fee was raised to one dollar, where it has been con- tinued ever since.
There were fairs held in 1859 and 1860, but there is no record of them on the books.
In 1861 the attention of the people was so completely taken up by the great war, and so many of the active young farmers had gone forth to meet their country's ene- mies, that it was determined to adjourn the fair till the next year.
In 1862 a fair was held, but the society seems to have been very much cramped for money, judging from a reso- Intion passed by the board of directors. It provided that the treasurer should pay, first, the current expenses of that year for labor, etc., next the debts of the society, and last the premiums which might be awarded. This left but a poor chance for the prize-takers, but they were allowed the privilege of applying the unpaid amounts in membership- tickets the next year.
In 1863 the number of directors was increased to six,- these being elected for two years, the terms of three ex- piring each year. It was about this time that the society sold its land on Grand Street, and bought twenty acres on Marshall Street, near the north line of the eity of Cold- water,-that is, the Agricultural Society and the Horse Breeders' Association bought it in company, the former fitting up the track and grand stand, while the latter feneed the ground. built walls, etc. This arrangement has been maintained till the present time.
In 1864 the exigencies of the war, then in the very crisis of decision, again prevented the holding of either a fair or an annual meeting.
Just after the close of the war the jubilant farmers, whose sons and brothers were then returning home by the hundreds, held a peculiar festival under the auspices of the authorities of the association. It was called a sheep-shear- ing festival, and occurred on the 7th of June of that year. Premiums were offered for the best sheep and one of five dollars for the best shearer. A large number of shearers attended with their sheep, but probably the trouble was thought to be greater than the enjoyment or profit, for the scene was not repeated.
The following year, 1866, a large hall was built for the exhibition of flowers, fruits, and other delicate products, and called Floral Hall. The cost was about two thousand four hundred dollars.
This year a premium of ten dollars was offered for the best span of draft horses, while the prizes for choice cattle were somewhat reduced. The total receipts were about eight hundred dollars.
The institution was now well started on the road to sue- eess ; and in 1867 the receipts were much larger than the year before, and the debts of the association were nearly paid up. In 1867 the total receipts were fourteen hundred and twenty-seven dollars and uinety-nine cents; of which nearly a thousand dollars was applied in payment of debts. This necessarily involved a very meagre premium list, and the next year the receipts fell to three hundred and ninety- three dollars and forty-seven cents. A very decided effort was made to improve on this situation, a judicious premium list was offered, and the affairs of the institution were again put in the proper train.
In 1871 the number of the board of directors (quite as commonly called the executive committee) was increased to ten, the terms of five expiring every year.
From this time to the present the society has been pros- perous both in regard to its financial condition and as to the interest excited among the farmers. In 1875 the receipts amounted to $1809.34; in 1876, to $2968.84; in 1877, to $2983.70 ; and in 1878, $2682.71. For the last four
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years the society has employed the same secretary (Mr. J. D. W. Fisk ) continuously ; a fact which has condueed much to its success.
In 1878 the association bought eight acres more of land, on the north side of its former purchase, for sixteen hundred dollars, and two acres on the south side for eight hundred dollars, thus making a traet of thirty aeres in all.
The following are the present officers of the association : President, William Joseph ; Secretary, J. D. W. Fisk ; Treasurer, Charles H. Austin ; Board of Directors, John II. Jones, A. M. Drumm, E. C. S. Green, Charles llamil- ton, A. C. Fisk, Myron A. Holway, J. M. Selover, George W. Vanaken, R. E. Copeland, and E. W. Treat.
We elose with a list of the previous presidents : James B. Tompkins, 1851-52; Darwin Wilson, 1853; Alvarado Brown, 1854; Elijah Leland, 1855 ; Darwin Wilson, 1856; J. H. Culver, 1858; Harvey Warner, 1859; James S. Antisdale, 1861-62-63 ; J. B. Crippen, 1864-65 ; Cyrus E. Imee, 1866-67 ; Albert Chandler, 1868-69; John Allen, 1870; George W. Van Aken, 1871; Henry C. Lewis, 1872; Charles Upson. 1873; Cyrus G. Luce, 1875-76; Ilenry B. George, 1877-78.
THE COUNTY GRANGE.
Branch County Pomona Grange, No. 22, was organized on the 21st of March, 1878, by C. L. Whitney, general deputy for Michigan, on a petition presented by George W. Van Aken, John G. Parkhurst, Mrs. J. G. Parkhurst, Eli Bidleman, Il. B. George, Mrs. HI. B. George, Charles H. Austin, D. C. Fonda, A. S. Archer, J. C. Pierce, Mrs. J. C. Pierce, Wm. Joseph, Wallace E. Wright, John II. Jones, Mrs. John H. Jones, Darwin Thompson, and John Bell.
The first officers were as follows : Worthy Master, Henry B. George, of Coldwater Grange ; Overseer, Darwin Thomp- son, of Gilead Grange; Lecturer, John G. Parkhurst, of
Batavia Grange; Steward, C. H. Austin, of Batavia Grange; Assistant Steward, J. C. Pierce, of Coldwater Grange; Treasurer, George W. Van Aken, of Girard Grange ; Secretary, Wallace E. Wright, of Champion Grange ; Ceres, Mrs. William Joseph, of Quiney Grange ; Flora, Mrs. J. G. Parkhurst, of Batavia Grange; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Iliram Horton, of Coldwater Grange.
The worthy master, secretary, and four other members constitute the executive committee. The first members were William Joseph, G. W. Van Aken, Eli Bidleman, and D. Thompson.
Regular annual meetings are held on the third Thurs- day of March in each year, at the hall of Coldwater Grange. Regular quarterly meetings are held on the Tuesday nearest the full moon, in the first month of each quarter, at the same place. There are now forty-five members.
The society is designed to promote social intercourse among the members, and especially to form a link between the State granges and the subordinate granges, and thus conduce to the beneficent workings of the order of Patrons of Husbandry.
BRANCH COUNTY PIONEER SOCIETY.
Meetings of the pioneers of Branch County have been held for several years, at which the remnant of those who
led the way in the conquest of the widerness have assembled to revive their recollections of the olden time, and compare them with the facts of the present day.
On the 16th of August the organization of the Branch County Pioneer Society was perfeeted, its object being to promote the social intercourse of the old settlers, and to preserve whatever relates to the history of the county, and especially to its early settlement. The present officers are as follows :
President, Harvey Warner ; Recording Secretary, Harvey Haynes ; Corresponding Secretary, T. C. Etheridge ; Treas- urer, S. N. Treat ; Executive Committee, Albert Chandler, H. D. Miller, and Henry Lockwood; Vice-Presidents, Algansee, F. D. Ransom ; Batavia, M. P. Olds ; Bethel, Nel- son Card; Bronson, Wales Adams; Butler, Milo White ; California, James HI. Lawrence; Coldwater township, Ori- gen F. Bingham ; First Ward Coldwater City, William B. Sprague ; Second Ward, D. I. P. Alger ; Third Ward, Allen Tibbits ; Fourth Ward, Dr. J. II. Bennett ; Gilead, Samuel Booth ; Girard, J. B. Tompkins; Kinderhook, George Tripp; Mattison, William W. MeCarty; Noble, Walter W. Smith ; Ovid, Stewart Davis; Quincy, W. P. Arnold ; Sherwood, Isaac D. Beall ; Union, Hiram Double- day ; village of Quincy, Samuel P. Mowry ; village of Union City, David Cooley ; village of Bronson, James Ruggles.
BRANCHI COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
This is a very youthful society, having been formed in February, 1879. Its object is not only to promote good feeling among the members, but to elevate the tone of the profession and to frown down all unworthy practices which may possibly gain ground among the lawyers of Branch County. The following were the first officers elected : President, Noah P. Loveridge; Vice-President, M. A. Merrifield ; Secretary, A. J. McGowan ; Executive Com- mittee, Chas. Upson, F. L. Skeels, and HI. H. Barlow.
CHAPTER XXIX.
BRANCH COUNTY CIVIL LIST.
State Officers-Representatives in Congress-Judges of Circuit Court -- Probate Judges-Proscenting Attorneys-Sheriffs-County Clerks -Registers of Deeds-County Treasurers-County Commissioners -Associate Judges of Cirenit Court-County Judges and Second Judges-Circuit Court Commissioners-County Surveyors-State Senators-Representatives in Legislature-Members of Constitu- tional Conventions.
STATE OFFICERS.
Charles G. Hammond, Auditor-General (appointed), April 13, 18-12, to May 31, 1845.
George A. Coe, Lieutenant-Governor ; elected in 1854 for two years; served in 1855-56; re-elected in 1856 for 1857-58.
Charles Upson, Attorney-General; cleeted for two years, in 1860; served in 1861-62.
J. H. MeGowan, Regent of State University ; cleeted in April, 1869, for eight years.
Charles A. Edmonds, Land Commissioner ; elected for two years, in 1870; served in 1871-72.
C. D. Randall, Commissioner of State Public School ; appointed in 1873; on supersession of Commissioners by Board of Control in 1874 ; appointed member of that board for six years.
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S. S. Cutter, appointed Commissioner of State School in December, 1873; appointed member of Board of Control in 1874; resigned.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
Charles Upson, elected in 1862; re-elected in 1864-66; served from March 4, 1863, to March 4, 1869.
J. Il. McGowan, elected in 1876; re-elected in 1878; service began March 4, 1877.
JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURT.
Charles Upson, elceted in spring of 1869, for six years, from Jan. 1, 1870.
David Thompson, to fill vacancy, 1878.
John B. Shipman, elected in 1878, for six years, from Jan. 1, 1879.
PROBATE JUDGES.
Peter Martin (appointed), 1833-37.
Martin OIls (appointed), 1837-40.
Edward A. Warner (appointed), 1841.
William B. Sprague (appointed), 1842-44.
Esbon G. Fuller (appointed ), 1844-48.
Harvey Warner (appointed), 1849; afterwards elected by the people ; held till Dec. 31, 1856.
Jonathan HI. Gray, elected in 1856, for four years, from Jan. 1, 1857. Nelson D. Skeels, elected in 1860, for four years, from Jan. 1, 1861. David Thompson, elected in 1864, for four years, from Jan. 1, 1865. David W. Green, elected in 1868; re-elected in 1872-76.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Eshon G. Fuller, appointed in 1837; reappointed in 1840.
H. C. Gilbert, appointed in 1843; reappointed in 1846.
Elon G. Parsons, appointed in 1849; served till elose of 1850.
James W. Gilbert, elected in 1850; served in 1851 and 1852. John G. Parkhurst, elected in 1852: served in 1853 and 1854. John W. Turner, elected in 1854; served in 1855 and 1856.
Egbert K. Nichols, elected in 1856; served in 1857 and 1858; re- elected in 1858; served in 1859 and 1860; re-elected in 1860; served in 1861 and 1862.
L. T. N. Miller, elected in 1862 ; served in 1863 and 1864.
George A. Coe, elected in 1864; served in 1865 and 1866.
Wallace W. Barrett, elected in 1866; served in 1867 and 1868.
Jonas Il. MeGowan, elected in 1868; served in 1869 and 1870; re- elected in 1870; served in 1871 and 1872.
Frank L. Skeels, elected in 1872; served in 1873 and 1874; re-elected in 1874; served in 1875 and 1876.
Simon B. Kitchell, elected in 1876; served in 1877 and 1878; re- elected in 1878.
SHERIFFS.
William MeCarty, elected in 1833 ; served to end of 1834 ; re-elected in 1834; served in 1835 and 1836.
James B. Stewart, elected in 1836; served in 1837 and 1838.
John H. Stevens, elected in 1838 ; served in 1839 and 1840 ; re-elected in 1840 ; served in 1841 and 1842.
Anselm Arnold, elected in 1842; served in 1843 and 1844; re-elected in 1844 ; served in 1845 and 1846.
lliram Shoulder, elected in 1846; served in 1847 and 1848.
James Pierson, clected in 1848; served in 1849 and 1850.
Philo Porter, eleeted in 1850; served in 1851 and 1852; re-elected in 1852; served in 1853 and 1854.
Daniel Wilson, clected in 1$54; served in 1855 and 1856.
David N. Green, elected in 1856; served in 1857 and 1858; re-elected in 1858; served in 1859 and 1860.
John Whitcomb, elected in 1860; served in 1861 and 1862; re-elected in 1862; served in 1863 and 1864.
Charles Powers, elected in 1864; served in 1865 and 1866.
Lueins M. Wing, elected in 1866 ; served in 1867 and 1868 ; re-elected in 1868; served in 1869 and 1870.
Lewis B. Johnson, elected in 1870 ; served in 1871 and 1872 ; re-elected in 1872 : served in 1873 and 1874.
Jason T. Culp, elected in 1874; served in 1875 and 1876 ; re-elected in 1876; served in 1877 and 1878.
Loring P. Wilcox, Coldwater, elected in 1878.
COUNTY CLERKS.
Wales Adams, elected in 1833; served to end of 1834; re-elected in 1834; served in 1835 and 1836.
C. P. West, elected in 1836; served in 1837 and 1838; re-elected in 1838; served in 1839 and 1840.
lienry B. Stillman, elected in 1840; served in 1841 and 1842; re- elected ia 1812; served in 1843 and 1844.
C. P. Benton, elected in 1844; served in 1845 and 1846 ; re-elected in 1846; served in 1847 and 1848.
S. C. Rose, elected in 1848 ; served in 1849 and 1850.
P. P. Wright, elected in 1850 ; served in 1851 and 1852; re-elected in 1852; served in 1853 and 1854.
Eben O. Leach, elected in 1854; served in 1855 and 1856.
Benjamin C. Wehb, cleeted in 1856; served in 1857 and 1858; re- elected in 1858; served in 1859 and 1860; re-elected in 1860; served in 1861 and 1862.
llenry N. Lawrence, elected in 1862; served in 1863 and 1864; re- elected in 1864; served in 1865 and 1866; re-elected in 1866; served in 1867 and 1868.
Francis M. Bissell, elected in 1868 ; served in 1869 and 1870; re-elected in 1870; served in 1871 and 1872; re-elected in 1872; served in 1873 and 187t.
Frank D. Newberry, elected in 1874; served in 1875 and 1876; re- elected in 1876 ; served in 1877 and 1878; re-elected in 1878.
REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
Seth Dunham, elected in 1833; served to end of 1834; re-elected in 1834; served in 1835 and 1836.
Leonard Ellsworth, elected in 1836; served in 1837 and 1838; re- elected in 1838; served in 1839 and 1840; re-eleeted in 1840; served in 1841 and 1842; died in October, 1842; George A. Coe acted till Dec. 31, 1842.
Jared Pond, elected in 1842; served in 1843 and 1844; re-elected in 1844; served in 1845 and 1846.
Selleck Seymour, elected in 1846; served in 1847 and 1848; re-elected in 1848 ; served in 1849 and 1850.
Albert L. Porter, elected in 1850; served in 1851 and 1852; re-elected in 1852; served in 1853 and 1854.
Curtis S. Youngs, elected in 1854; served in 1855 and 1856.
Francis B. Way, eleeted in 1856 ; served in 1857 and 1858.
Franklin T. Eddy, elected in 1858; served in 1859 and 1860; re- elected in 1860; served in 1861 and 1862,
Phineas P. Nichols, elected in 1862; served in 1863 and 1864; re- elected in 1864; served in 1865 and 1866.
Charles A. Edmonds, elected in 1866; served in 1867 and 1868; re- elected in 1868 ; served in 1869 and 1$70.
Daniel A. Donglas, elected in 1870; served in 1871 and 1872; re- elected in 1872 ; served in 1873 and 1874.
Franklin T. Eddy, elected in 1874; served in 1875 and 1876; re- elected in 1876; served in 1877 and 1878. William H. Denaldson, elected in 1878.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Seth Dunham, elected in 1833; served in 1833 and 1834.# J. G. Corhus, clected in 1840 ; served in 1841 and 1842.
John T. llaynes, elected in 1842; served in 1843 and 1844: re-elected in 1844; served in 1845 and 1846; re-elected in 1846; served in 1847 and 1848 ; re-elected in 1848; served in 1849 and 1850.
lliram R. Alden, elected in 1850 ; served in 1851 and 1852.
Wales Adams, elected in 1852 ; served in 1853 and 1854.
Hiram Shondler, elceted in 1854 ; served in 1855 and 1856 ; re-elected in 1856; served in 1857 and 1858.
Cyrus G. Luce, elected in 1858; served in 1859 and 1860; re-elected in 1860; served in 1861 and 1862.
Moses V. Calkins, elected in 1862 ; served in 1863 and 1864 ; re-elected in 1864; served in 1865 and 1866; re-elected in 1866; served in 1867 and 1868.
John Whitcomb, elected in 1868; served in 1869 and 1870 ; re-elected in 1870 ; served in 1871 and 1872.
Loring P. Wilcox, elected in 1872 ; served in 1873 and 1874 ; re-elected in 1874; served in 1875 and 1876.
James R. Dickey, elected in 1876 ; served in 1877 and 1878; re-elected in 1878.
* No record of treasurers to be found from 1835 to 1840.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.$
1838 .- Charles G. Ilammond, chairman; Enos G. Berry, Wales Adams.
1839 .- Same commissioners.
1840 .- Enos G. Berry, chairman ; Wales Adams, Hiram Shoudler.
1841 .- Wales Adams, chairman ; Hiram Shondler, Oliver D. Colvin.
1842 .- Hiram Shoudler, chairman ; O. D. Colvin, Iliram Gardner.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURT.
Silas A. Holbrook (appointed), 1833-36.
William A. Kent (appointed), 1833-36.
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