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in this line than he. His disciples can be numbered by thousands."
Among the later settlers we find Hon. Cyrus G. Luec, who first took up his residence in Gilead in August, 1849. He has become the most distinguished citizen of the town, one of its most successful farmers, and receives, even as he merits, the affectionate regard, perfect confidence, and hearty esteem of his neighbors and ac- quaintances. A sketch of his life will be found in another part of this work.
The experiences of the pioneers of Gilead were neces- sarily very like those of all pioneers. They had their peculiar trials, troubles, hardships, and privations to undergo, and enjoyed, also, their peculiar pleasures. These reminiscences will long be preserved as traditions among their descendants, but their preservation in the pages of history would involve a superhuman task, and load down the library shelves with unread volumes. Consequently, we are obliged to confine ourselves to mentioning only the most essential facts and the most unusual incidents.
One Indian trail crossed this town from east to west, leading from an Indian camp or village in Kinderhook to English Prairie, in Indiana. There were many Indians here, pursuing their peculiar occupations, associating freely, and always on perfectly friendly terms, with the whites, and trading with them whenever opportunity offered. Before the whites had been long here these Indians were removed to their reservation in the Indian Territory.
About the first and most important work that the settlers had to perform was that of breaking up the soil for crops. This was usually done with what was called a " bar-share" plow, a brief description of which may not be considered out of place here. The base, or foundation, of the plow was a flat plate of iron about 30 inches long, 20 inches wide, thick on one edge and thin on the other, the thick edge forming a landside. The forward end of this was laid with steel and made very sharp. On this a strong wooden post stood, reaching to, and mortised into, the beam, the whole being fastened firmly together by strong bolts. This beam was of wood, about 9 feet long, and some 5 by 7 inches in size. A coulter, made of steel and ground sharp, was clamped to the beam and reached to a notch in the share. To the beam and share a mould- board, rived out of a log having the proper twist, was at- tached. This mould-board was generally protected with a covering of sheet-iron. The handles were attached to the beam and to the mould-board. A clevis and wheel at the forward end of the beam completed this heavy and cum- brons piece of agricultural machinery. It would weigh between 200 and 300 pounds, and, when drawn by from 6 to 12 yoke of oxen, would break up from 1 to 2 acres of land in a day, cutting a furrow about 18 inches wide and from 6 to 10 inches deep, and cutting off roots and stumps up to the thickness of a man's thigh without seriously checking the progress of the team. It required two men to use it, one to drive and the other to hold the plow. It is said that a man named Chauncey Morgan ran the first breaking plow in Gilead. Elisha B. Williams, Samuel Booth, and others, also did a good deal of this kind of work.
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Bishop Chase brought the lirst carriage into this town when he came, in 1831. Benjamin Booth brought the first single carriage when he came, in 1832. This vehicle was in great demand throughout the region by those who desired to ride out in style. It met with a tragic fate about two years after. Mr. Booth kept it sheltered in a small shed, near which stood a large black-oak tree. This tree it be- came necessary to cut down, and the work being done the tree began to fall. But ( the best-laid plans, etc. ), contrary to expectations, the tree in falling met with some obstruc- tion that caused it to sway from its proper direction, and fall with a thundering erash upon the shed and ill-fated carriage. A couple of years later Mr. Booth replaced the carriage with another, after which he drove to Syracuse, N. Y., and then drove back here, driving all the way, except from Detroit to Buffalo and from Buffalo to Detroit, This carriage lasted him as long as he lived.
As illustrating the perfect confidence existing between the early settlers, we relate the following incident: Elisha B. Williams once wished to use $100 in his business, and went to Abishai Sanders to borrow that amount. Mr. San- ders was at work at a distance from the house, and, when Mr. Williams had made known his errand, said to him, " I guess I can let you have it. You'll find the pocket-book on the mantel-shelf over the fireplace. Go and get it, take out what you want, and then put the book back." Mr. Wil- liams preferred to have him go and get it, but he refused to do so. So he went to the house, took down the pocket- book, which contained $500, and counted ont the amount he wanted. Mrs. Sanders was present, but refused to get the money, saying she was " no hand to count it." When Mr. Williams went to pay back the borrowed money, he found Mr. Sanders in the woods, and tendered him the money. Sanders refused to take it, saying, " You borrowed the money of the pocket-book, now you must pay it back to the pocket-book." And so he did. In the present age of the world such a method of conducting business transactions would seem very novel indeed. Is it because people are less honest now than they were then ?
The first post-office in town bore the name of Gilead, and was established in 1834, with Bishop Chase as the postmaster. It was kept afterwards for many years by Emerson Marsh at his store at " The Corners." His sue- eessors were Robert Ward, Theron Spring, and Dr. N. B. Hewett, who is the present incumbent. James Glass took the first contract for carrying the mails over the route, which was then only from Bronson to Gilead, and he sub- let it to Samuel Booth. The compensation was $30 per year. This office is now on the route from Bronson to Orland, Ind., and is supplied with a daily mail. The East Gilead post-office was established in May, 1857, and Sam- uel Arnold was first commissioned as postmaster. lle served ten years, and was succeeded by Almond S. Graves, who is the present postmaster.
The first school in the town was the one kept by Samuel Chase ; but the first public school was kept by James Mc- Kinley, about 1836-37, in the first school-house erected in the town, a primitive structure occupying the site of the present residence of D. C. May, near the east shore of Gilead Lake. The building was not over 15 hy 20 feet in 33
size, and built of logs hewed to some semblance of smooth- ness upon the inside of the room. Miss Charlotte HIum- phrey was also an carly teacher there. The first school in the east part of' the town was kept by Viola Collins, about a mile east of Arnold's Corners, as early as 1840. In the matter of education Gilead keeps pace with the times. Her schools are numerous and well sustained, and her school buildings indicative of good taste as well of a deep interest taken by the people in the cause of intellectual improvement.
It is told by some people, whose powers of memory reach back to the earliest existence of the town, that Bishop Chase once platted a village on the shore of the lake; and they find much amusement in recalling the fact that on his plat a lot reaching to the lake was designated " a mill-seat." It is probable that the bishop referred to a steam-mill seat. But, however this may be, no village ever existed there. Within a few years a little hamlet sprung up at Arnold's Corners, which bears the name of East Gilead, and boasts a dozen dwellings, a store, blacksmith-shop, church, and steam saw-mill. The saw-mill was a portable one, and was brought to its present location in the summer of 1870, by Messrs. Quimby Bros. It is now owned by Luke J. Carpenter and Thomas Clay, and is doing a good business. The blacksmith-shop was opened in 1871, by Adam Baker. A wagon-shop was added by Franklin Piatt, in 1873. John Haynes opened the first store (a small grocery), and kept it a year, commencing in the winter of 1875. The present store of Charles Carroll was opened by him in June, 1878, in the building fitted up in 1877 for that purpose by L. J. Carpenter.
The town of Gilead was separately organized by the Legislature of 1836-37. Previously it had been first a part of the town of Green, and then either of Batavia or a township called Prairie River, There are no records or traditions that have enabled the writer to exactly determine what its political and civil relations were previous to its erection as a town by itself.
The first town-meeting was held on the third day of April, 1837, and, though the place of meeting is not recorded, was probably held at the house of Benjamin Booth. Abishai Sanders was elected Supervisor, and Albert W. Glass, Town Clerk. The names of others elected to office will be found elsewhere. Among others the following resolution was passed ; " That all the officers elected at that election should (so far as they were entitled by virtue of their offices to draw compensation from the town) serve gratis." The record shows that the highest vote polled by any one candidate was 35. William Purdy was elected Poundmaster, and Jesse Booth and Daniel Marsh, Fence-Viewers.
The bounty on wolves was fixed at one, two, and three dollars, respectively, for whelps, males, and females.
A cursory examination of the records reveals a few amusing entries, among them the following in the record of " estrays," viz. : " A dark sorel or light Chestnut mare with dark mane and tail supposed to be three or four Years Oald." And, again, " a bay mare three white feet Star in the forward;" and also, " one heifer Read white under her," etc. In the record of the town-meeting of 1858 is the following leid paragraph : " Resolved, that all Bucks
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be restrained from running at large ; voted, that every sutch Breach thereof, after one day's Notice, Shall forfit five dollars for the same for every day it runs at large," and, further, " voted that it shall be fifty cents penality ahead for every horse runing at large." The school inspectors, too, do not seem to have been selected entirely for their educational acquirements, for they are reported to have granted certificates to persons whom they, "the under- sighned," had examined in " Othography, Gramumer, Geog- raphy, and Arithmatic." Said certificates were to be good for two years, unless "anuld acording to law." At least once in the past the town is credited with having elected " Overceers" of highways.
On the question of liquor selling, and liquor drinking as well, the town of Gilead has ever opposed the traffie and taken a bold stand for temperance. Shall we say that this fact, coupled with that of the material growth and pros- perity of the town, has no significance, and teaches the observant student of cause and effect no useful lesson ? In 1850 the town voted against license, and June 20, 1853, the vote on the adoption of the Maine law stood 65 to 14 in favor of it.
When the question of adopting the first State constitu- tion was being agitated, a convention was called to meet in Branch, and this town sent Elisha B. Williams and Jesse Booth as delegates. They traveled with one horse. One of them would ride it a couple of miles, then dismount, hitch the horse beside the road, and press forward on foot. The other one coming up would then mount the horse, pass the first, and riding a couple of miles dismount and leave the horse for the other when he came along. In this way they progressed till they reached their destination.
The political history of Gilead has not been of' a very exciting character. Moving along in the even tenor of' her way, paying more regard to the personal qualifications than to the personal political affiliations of candidates for towu officers, she has, in the main, chosen wisely, and escaped any serious maladministration of her affairs. Previous to 1854 the political sentiment in the ascendancy was the Whig principle, though the strength of the parties was pretty evenly balanced. In the fall of 1854 some Gilead people became inquisitive to know something about the " American" party, but their queries were always met with the stereotyped phrase, " I don't know." This served to stimulate their curiosity, and some of them resolved to solve the mystery by bearding the bugbear in his den,-that is, they resolved to go to Coldwater, where a lodge had been started, and join it. In pursuance of this resolve David N. Green, George J. Langs, and Benjamin Sanders presented themselves at the proper time and received three degrees each, and were vested with authority to organize a lodge in Gilead. Upon their arrival home they began to talk privately with their friends and a meeting was agreed upon, which was held in an upper room in the Seminary building erected by Bishop Chase, and a lodge was organized with twenty-five members. The meetings were held weekly and the membership rapidly increased, until before the fall election came off they had a majority of the voters of the town in their ranks. They carried that election by a fair majority. But the thoughtful members of the party, after
a careful and painstaking investigation of its principles, became convinced that they were pernicious in their tend- eney, and would, if carried out, result in the overthrow of free republican institutions. They therefore abandoned it, and organizing the Republican party marched to victory in the spring election, with Daniel Marsh heading their ticket. From that time on the Republicans gained in numbers and strength, and the Democrats met with corresponding losses until they became so reduced as to maintain but a nominal existence. During the war, Gilead was the banner town for the Republican party in Branch County. In the spring of 1878 the National party was organized in a manner very similar to that which characterized the formation of the " Know-Nothings," and they carried the town by an average majority of about eight votes. At the election last fall, however, the tables were reversed, and the vote stood, Re- publicans, 106; Nationals, 89 ; Democrats, 9.
While the " Know-Nothings" were in full blast an amus- ing incident occurred which still remains fresh in the minds of those who were witnesses. Rev. Silas Headley, a minister of the Free-Will Baptist denomination, had been prevailed upon to send in his name, and being accepted, presented himself for initiation along with Robert Purdy and several other candidates. The meetings were then being held in a partially finished house, and the floor of the first ante-room was covered with shavings. One of the workmen had in some way injured himself, and on the shavings which strewed the floor there was considerable blood. Headley was a somewhat nervous and timorous man, and Purdy was quite a wag, so, to beguile the weary moments of waiting, he detailed, for the benefit of his auditors, and especially of Headley, all the horrible tales he could invent regarding the awful and lawless procedures of the " Know-Nothings." Headley grew nervous and fidgety under this treatment, and several times declared that he thought perhaps he had better " back out." At last Purdy began to comment upon the sanguinary appearance of the shavings, and said he had no doubt that it was caused by the blood of some traitor to the order, whose throat had been cut to punish him for his duplicity and treachery. Just at this moment a door opened and the candidates were ushered into another room, Headley being in a free perspiration and fairly shaking with fright. As they entered, a sepulchral voice from some unseen corner rolled forth the words, " Guards, do your duty !" This capped the climax, and with a yell of fear, and a promise not to reveal anything he had learned, Headley sprang through the doorway, rushed down the stairs mounted his horse, and dashed away through the night as if pursued by a thousand spirits of darkness.
During the war of the Rebellion, Gilead sent out 72 of its citizens to battle for the Union cause. Of that number about one-third never came back, but gave their lives as noble sacrifices upon the altar of their country. By refer- ence to the list of soldiers published in another part of this work, their names will be seen. But in the hearts of their friends and grateful fellow-citizens they need no other tablet than the love and honor with which their uames are ever cherished. The town also expended about $3000, besides what money was raised by private subscriptions, in prose- cuting the war.
RESIDENCE OF HON. C.G. LUCE, GILEAD, BRANCH COUNTY , MICHIGAN .
HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
The following civil list of Gilead shows the names and date of election of all the town officers from 1837 to 1878:
CIVIL LIST.
SUPERVISORS.
1837-12. Abisbai Sanders. 1858-59. Edward Webb, Jr.t
1843-45. Jebiel H. llard. 1860-62. Job A. Smith.
1846-47. Daniel Marsh. 1863-65. Cyrus G. Luce.
1818. Elsley W. Faller.
1866. Lemuel L. Graham.
1849-51. John Marsh.
1867. Albert A. Luce.
1852. Cyrus G. Luce.
1868-71. George 1. Langs.
IS53. David N. Green.
1854. Lewis J. Whiteomh.
1873. George J. Langs.
1855. Daniel Marsh (res.).
1874-75. Cyrus G. Luce.
David N. Green (App.).
1876. Thomas Lazenby.
1856. Ilorace B. Will ams. 1877. Cyrus G. Luce.
1857-58. Cyrus G. Luce .* 1878. Joseph Kecslar.
TOWN CLERKS.
1837-38. Albert W. Glass.
1855. George J. Langs.
1839. Levi Sanders,
1856. Elijah Sanders (rem.).
1810. Elsley W. Fuller.
Benjamin Sanders (app.).
1841-42. Emerson Marsh.
1857-58. Eliab S. Ililton.
1859-62. Dwight C. Marsh (res.).
1847. Elsley W. Fuller. 1862-63. R. Purdy (app. 1862).
1818. Lorenzo C. Ilurd.
1864. Edward Purdy.
1849. Abisbai Sanders.
1865-69. Robert Purdy (died).
1850-51. Mitchell Birce.
1869-75. E. Purdy (app. 1869).
1852. Benjamin Sanders.
1876-77. Giles A. Bixler.
1853. Ilomer A. Loomis.
1878. Goorge J. Langs.
1854. Jared Fuller.
TREASURERS.
1839-41. Abishai Sanders.
1842-46. William Purdy.
1847. Joseph Freeman.
1858-59. Jared Fuller.
1848, Edward Webb.
1860-61. Benjamin S. Wilkins.
1849. John Crumpbell.
1862-63. Virgil Little.
1850-51. Horace B. Williams.
1864-68. Ilugh W. Martin.
1852. David N. Green.
1869. William Keeslar.
1853. John Whitcomb.
1870-71. Edward Webb, Jr.
1854. Lorenzo C. Hurd.
1872-74. Alexamler R. Green.
1855. Edward Webb.
1875-77. Darwin A. Thompson.
1856. Joseph Keeslar.
1878. Chauncey H. Brooks.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1837. JJames Glass ( + years). 1855. I. A. J. Metzgar (f. t.).
Thomas Gothrep (3 years).
Arunah Ransford (v.).
1×56. Mitchell Birce (f. t.).
Obed Dickinson (2 years). Wm. MeClerg (1 year). James Morrell (v.).
1838. lloraco B. Williams (f. t.). Benjamin Booth (v.).
1857. Almood S. Graves (f. t.). Arunah Ransford (v.).
1839-40. No record.
1858. John &. Merritt (f. t.).
1841. Samuel Arnold.
1842. Horace B. Williams.
1843. William McClerg.
1844. Emerson Marsh.
1860. Mitchell Birer.
COLLECTORS.
1837-38. Lyman W. Lyon. 1840. Lyman W. Lyon.
1839. Samuel Booth. IS41. Jared Fuller.
OVERSEENS OF THE POOR.
1837. Job Williams. Benj. Leverich. 1817. John MeKinley.
1838. John Mckinley.
1848. David Green.
1838-39. Benjamin Booth.
1840-41. Benjamin Leverich.
1841-42. Ezekiel Fuller.
1842-41. John McKinley.
1843. Benjamin Leverich.
1852. Robert llard.
1814. Emerson Marsh. John Campbell.
1815. William Purdy.
1851. John McKinley.
1855. Elisha B. Williams,
# Elected county treasurer and resigned.
t Appointed in 1858, rice Luce, resigned.
1870. Lester M. Marsh (s. v.). 1871. Squire G. Beers.
1871. Jobn W. Arnold (f. t.). 1875. Allen Weaver.
Emanuel Gilbert (1. v.).
E. C. S. Green (s. v.).
1876-77. E. C. S. Green (v. and
1872. Lester M. Marsh. f. t.).
1873. Albert A. Lnce. 1878. John II. Wilkins.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
1837-39. Daniel Marsh. 1851. Johnston Ferguson.
Elisha B. Williams. 1852. Edward Webb.
Benjamin S. Wilkins. 1853. Major D. Williams.
1$38. James Mills. 1854. Isaac Adams (f. t.). Silas Ilendley (v.).
Jesse Booth.
1839. Joseph Freeman. 1855. Benjamin S. Wilkins.
Samnel Arnold. 1856. A. W. Miller (f. t.). James Foglesang (v.).
1840. Chester Adams.
Wmn. MeClerg. 1857. George Mott (f. t.). Benjamin Leverich. Joseph Keeslar (v.). Samuel Arnold (Rpp.).
1841. Leander Merrill.
Daniel Marsh.
1858. Constant Voinett.
Joseph Freeman.
1859. Johu Feller (f. t.).
1842. David Green. Jared Fox.
1861. Virgil Little.
Jesse Booth.
1862. J. A. J. Metzgar.
1843. Joseph Freeman.
1863. Benjamin S. Wilkins.
1864. Squire G. Beers.
1865. Daniel Marsh.
1844. Daniel Marsh.
1866. Virgil Little.
Ilorace B. Williams.
1867. Squire G. Beers.
Samuel Arnold.
1868. Job A. Smith (f. t.). William Meek (v.).
1845. James McWethy.
1845-46. Jesse Barrett. Benjamin Leverich.
1870. Squire G. Beers.
1846. Ilarrison Nash.
1847. Benj. S. Wilkins (3 years). David N. Green (2 years).
Mord. Leverich (1 year).
1873. Squire G. Beers.
1848. Joseph Keeslar.
1874. Darwin A. Thompson.
1849. Simon Z. Williams.
1875. Miles Wheeler.
1850. Isaac Adams (f. t.). 1876. Iliram Brown.
Isaae Freeman (v.).
1877. Chauncey 11. Brooks.
John Freeman (app.).
1878. Edward M. Williams.
ASSESSORS.
1837. William MeClerg.
1842-43. Samuel Arnold.
1837-38. Thomas Leverich.
1843. Jobn MeKinley.
1837-39. Joshua W. Marsh.
1844. John Marsh.
1838. Elisha B. Williams.
1844-47. Ezekiel Fuller.
1845. Thomas Leverich.
1846. Elsley W. Fuller.
1840. F. C. Ball.
1847. Jared Fuller.
Isaac Freeman.
1848-19. John Mckinley. Jared Fox.
William MeClerg.
1841-42. John Marsh.
1850. Ezekiel Fuller.
Chester Adams.
Lorenzo C. Hord.
1845. Ezekiel Fuller (f. t.). John Marsh (v.).
1861. James Foglesang (f. t.). George J. Langs (1. v.).
1846. Horace B. Williams.
1861-62. A. Blass (s. v. and f. t.).
1847. Lorenzo C. Hurd.
1863. Benjamin S. Wilkins.
1848. David N. Green.
1849. Samuel Aroold.
1850. Mordecai Leverich.
1851. C. G. Luec (res. 1852).
1852. Adam Blass (f. t.). Juhn A. J. Metzgar.
1853. John II. Wilkins (f. t.). Lorenzo C. Ilurd (v.).
1854. John S. Merritt (f. t.).
Arunah Ransford (v.).
1866. Huratio N. Richards (f. t.). James Foglesang (I. v.). Job A. Smith (s. v.). 1867-69. No record.
1870. John Waterhouse (f. t.). Robert Ward (1. v.).
Daniel Marsh. 1846. John Marsh.
1846. Elisha B. Williams.
1848-50. Emerson Marsh.
1849. Abishai Sanders.
1850-51. David Green.
1851. Ilorace B. Williams.
1864. Stephen Krum (f. t.). Robert Purdy (v.). 1865. James Foglesang (f. t.). Squire G. Beers (v.).
James Foglesung (v.).
1859. Arunah Ransford (f. t.). Benjamin Sanders (v.).
John Mckinley.
1871. Job A. Smith.
1872. William Meck (f. t.). Darwin A. Thompson (v.).
1839. Samuel Arnold. Jesse Booth.
1869. George J. Langs.
John Marsh. Benjamin S. Wilkins.
1859-60. J. F'ergoson (v. and f. t.).
1843-46. William MeClerg.
1857. Joseph Baker (res.). Daniel Marsh (app.).
1872. Jared Fuller.
1876. Lester M. Marsh (f. t.).
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SCHOOL, INSPECTORS.
1837. William MeClerg.
Thomas Gothrop.
1837-38. Obed Diekinson.
1857. Robert Purdy (app.).
1838. Albert W. Glass.
Cyrus G. Luee (app.).
1838-39. Levi Sanders.
1858. Daniel Spring (f. t.). Samuel Arnold (v.).
1839. Emerson Marsh.
1839-40. Elsley W. Fuller.
1859. Job A. Smith.
1840. William MeClerg.
1860. John A. Blass.
1840-41. Obed Diekinson.
1841. B. D. Gray.
W. J. Phelps.
1862. James M. Birce.
1842. Esley Fuller.
1863. Squire G. Beers.
William MeClerg.
1864. William llagne.
1842-44. Samuel Arnold.
1865. Albert A. Luee.
1843. Jared Fuller.
1866. Milo 11. Mott.
1844-45. Jehiel H. Hard.
1867. Albert A. Luee.
1846. Samuel Arnold.
1868. Lester M. Marsh.
1847. Elijah Sanders.
1869. John W. Arnold.
1848. Edward Webb.
1870. Lester M. Marsh.
Abishai Leverich.
1871. John W. Arnold.
1849. Robert B. Sawyer. Samuel Arnold (app.).
1872. Daniel Spring.
1873. Albert A. Luee (f. t.).
1850. James B. Robertson.
1873-74. Lester M. Marsh (v. and
1851. Samuel Arnold.
f. t.).
1852. Clark R. Dowling.
1875. Newell May.
1853. Jared Fuller.
1876. Byron Hoopingarner.
1854. Lewis J. Whiteomb.
1877. Edward Purdy.
1855. F. E. Marsh.
1878. Charles E. Griffin.
1856. D. F. Dayton.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1875. Albert A. Luce.
1878. Charles S. Dean.
1876-77. Sewell May.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1872. Walter B. Carpenter.
1878. Jared R. Preston.
1873-77. Squire G. Beers.
CONSTABLES.
Johu Marsh, Joseph Bogardus, Henry II. Glass, 1837; Josiah San- ders, 1837, '38 : Edward M. Green, 1838; Samuel Booth, 1838, '39 ; Major D. Williams, 1838, '41, '42; Jared Fox, 1839, '45; Obed Diekinson, 1840: Lyman W. Lyon, 1840-42, '48, '19 ; Jared Ful- ler, 1841 ; James Sweeting, 1841. '44; Cornelius Freeman, 1842 : Perry HI. Bower, 1842, '51, '52; George Ferguson, 1843; Law- renee B. Williams, 1843, '44; John G. Bartlett, 1844; Don C. Mather, 1845 ; Chauneey H. Blanchard, 1845, '46; John Rohert- son, 1845, '51, '52; Carpenter T. Williams, 1846 ; Isaae Adams, 1846-50; Philip Lent, 1846, '47, '49. '50; Elijah Sanders, James Bartlett, 1847; Edward M. Williams, 1848; Judson Sweeting, 1848-51; Ebenezer Marsh, 1850; Iliram Stiles, 1851, '52; Charles 11. Blass, 1852, '53; Hiram Palmateer, Constant Voinett, Samuel Davis, 1853 : Ileman B. Williams, Clarkson Blass, Henry Shaw, 1854; John Skinner, 1854, '55, '57 ; G. D. Blass, Timothy Lane, 1855; Robert Purdy, 1855-58 ; George J. Langs, Richard R. Clark, Willis Carpenter, 1856; Noah Nash, 1857: Barton C. Robinson, 1857-60 ; Virgil Little, 1858, '59; Lewis Pierson, 1858, '60; Edward Purdy, 1859-77; James Pierson, 1859; Walter S. Ernst, 1860 ; Lorenzo Taylor, Gideon D. Baggerly, Enoch Davis, 1861 ; William Martin, Daniel Marsh (2d), 1862; Hugh W. Mar- tin, 1862, '65, '67; Ilumphrey Foster, Benjamin S. Wilkins, Franklin Smith, 1863; Philip Marquett, 1864 ; Truman O. Tay- lor, 1864, '65 ; William A. Hagne, 1865 ; Charles S. Dean, Daniel Spring, 1866; Charles W. Ilartwell, 1866, '67 ; John W. Arnold, 1868-70; Ephraim Deeds, Job A. Smith, 1870; George Inman, F. E. Headley, 1871 ; Jonathan Knight, 1871-73; William Har- ris, 1872; Samuel S. Rupright, 1872-75; Luke J. Carpenter, 1873; Emanuel Gilbert, John Beers, 1874; Theodore Carpenter, Daniel Immel, 1875; Aaron Davis, 1876 ; Charles N. Carpenter, Albert W. Foglesang, 1876-77; Jerome B. Vandevanter, 1877 ; James Pevy, Gilbert Hoopingarner, Elisha B. Williams, Frederick Pothoof, 1878.
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