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whenever these five children were late it was necessary to delay the class till their arrival. One day the reading- lesson contained the phrase, " we often await the arrival of the mail." A lad named Newville, whose turn to read came with the verse containing this expression, was some- what waggish in his ways; and, with a droll expression and a sły look towards the Dobson children, he rendered it, " we often await the arrival of the-mule."
At the spring election in 1836 the town elected school- commissioners, and they set to work to organize the town into school districts. The first record of their action reads as follows :
"SCHOOL DISTRICT IST.
"We, the commissioners of Common Schools, of Township of Batavia, do hereby establish a School District, to be called District No. I, including Sections twenty-six, twenty-seven & twenty-eight & thirty -four, thirty-five, & the cast half of thirty-three, and the south half of twenty-one & twenty-two, in township Six South, Range Seven west. And the taxable inhabitants of Said District are hereby Noti- fied to Meet at the House of Benjamin Olmsted's, in Said District, on Wensday, the eighth Day of June Next, at one o'clock P.M., to choose the officers of Said District for the Ensuing Year, and to Transact such other business as may Come before Said meeting.
" BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, May the 27th, 1836.
" JOHN BASSETT, Commissioners of " JOHN M. CHAPIN. S Common Schools. " J. H. STEVENS, T. Clerk."
In the fall a site was purchased on the Chicago road, in section 27, of Benjamin and Catharine Olmstead, for the sum of $25. The deed was dated Nov. 15, 1836, and the title was to revert to the original owners when the premises should cease to be occupied for school purposes.
District No. 2 was also formed that year, and held its first meeting on the 12th day of December, probably at Taylor's tavern. The record of its action reads as follows, viz. :
" Chose Leonard Taylor moderator, and Francis Bassett clerk of the meeting.
" Resolved, That the site of the school-house be on the Land of Timothy R. Wallace, Nearly opposite the Perrins, and s'd Wallace agrees to Give sufficient Land to accommodate s'd House.
" Resolved, That Abel Olds, Timothy R. Wallace, and Ira Gifford serve as Trustees the Ensuing year.
" Resolved, That thirty Dollars, by Tax, build said House, to be of Logs, 16 by 18 feet.
" Resolved, That Leonard Taylor Serve as Clerk and Collector the present year.
" Resolved, That $12 of the Tax be paid in cash and the Remainder in Labor and Materials, if Performed by Saturday evening Next, un- less the Trustees Give further indulgence.
" Resolved, That the Trustees make out the appointment by Thurs- day Next."
This plan was subsequently modified, and a small frame house was substituted for the proposed log house. Iu this Miss Caroline Brink kept the first school.
From time to time, as the increase of the population de- manded, and the development of the country warranted, new districts were formed, until at present there are nine districts and six fractional districts in the town. Of the nine school-houses, three are of brick, the rest frame build- ings. The first apportionment of school money of which any record is in existence was made July 10, 1843. The number of scholars was then 134, and the amount dis- tributed was $49.58. The amount expended for school
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JOHN D IMBER.
JOHN D. IMBER.
John D. Imber was born in Dorsetshire, Eng- land, Nov. 24, 1815. His father and mother were natives of the same place.
James Imber was married to Miss Sarah Burt, and the result of that union was a family of fif- teen children, Mr. John D. Imber being the youngest of the family. All are deceased except John D. and one sister, Ann, who resides at New- bury, Berkshire, England, the wife of a Methodist clergyman. Mr. Imber was apprenticed at the age of fourteen to a carriage-maker in Shrofton. He remained there five and a half years, when he went to the city of Salisbury and worked at his trade. He remained there about four years, and from there went to Andover, and continued to work at his trade in that place about three years, whence he returned to Dorsetshire. In 1849 he set sail for America in the "Royal George," and landed in New York City, March 20, 1849. Remaining
only a few days in the city, he went to Pekin, N. Y., and engaged in carriage-making. Remain- ing there a year, he went to Royalton Centre, follow- ing his trade. Shortly after he returned to Pekin, and July 5, 1852, married Juliet, daughter of Orrin and Camille Sayles. The result of this union is a family of four children : Sarah, born March 20, 1853; Thyrza A., born Jan. 13, 1855; Eliza- beth C., born Jan. 6, 1857; James O., born Aug. 2, 1858. All of whom are living. He resided in Pekin about two years, and then removed to the town of Batavia, Branch Co., Mich., in the year 1854, settling on section 2. His fifty acres of unimproved land he purchased of Elijah Grove. By perseverance and energy Mr. Imber has ac- cumulated an abundance of this world's goods, and is now enjoying the fruits of his labor. He is in politics a Republican. He has been justice of the peace for eight years.
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purposes in 1878 was 82395.744. Among the early teachers of the schools in this town were Amanda Porter, Bethany Smith, Caressa Smith, C. P. Woodard, Martha Sherwin, Peter B. Porter, Joseph A. Albertson, Harriet E. Twichell, Roxana Hoag, Philo Porter, Miami Patchen, Amelia Bas- sett, Amelia Woodard, Evan Davis, Samuel Taber, Harriet Demarest, Julia Brink, and Ineinda Fairbanks.
Probably the first white child born in this town was Naney A., daughter of Martin Olds. She was born in Octo- ber, 1834, and grew to young womanhood in this town. At the age of eighteen she went with her father's family to Oregon, was there married to HI. S. Jacobs, and in 1860 returned East. After living a couple of years in New York they removed to Clyde, Ohio, where she now resides with her husband and three children.
The marriage of Israel Mudge to Miss Melissa Olds, a sister of Martin Olds, is supposed to have been the first wedding in Batavia. The affair took place at the residence of Martin Olds in the fall of 1835. The records show that there were two other weddings the next summer, as witness the following extracts :
" July 27, 1836. Gave Jirris Parker License to Mary* Sarah Wilder."
" July 29, 1836. Gave John M. Chapin License to Mary Bethany Smith."
Among the earliest deaths was that of Franklin Taylor, a son of Leonard and Caroline Taylor, which occurred in August, 1835.
The first saw-mill in the town was a water-mill on Mill Creek, then called Mud Creek, and was built by Alphens, William, and John Reynolds, in 1836. The mill was built under the supervision of Charles W. Weatherby, who was an accomplished millwright. It was subsequently twice rebuilt, and owned by several different parties, among them Philo Porter and Samuel Woodard (from whom the mill obtained its name, " the Woodard Mill"), and is now owned by Henry C. Lewis. In 1871-72 the mill was fitted with steam machinery. For nearly twenty years it was the only mill in the town, which now boasts four, all run by steam power.
The population of this town has ever been classed as rural, no villages having grown up within its borders. Probably its proximity to the city of Coldwater, and to the thriving village of Bronson, is largely responsible for this state of things. In the first few years after the New York Hlouse was opened a little hamlet grew up about it, which at one time contained about a dozen or fifteen buildings of various characters. This has, however, all disappeared, and the old tavern itself has been out of existence more than a seure of years.
At a subsequent date an attempt to found a village on scetion 28 was made. A plat of ground was surveyed and laid out in streets and lots. It was near the pond of the Woodard saw-mill, and was named " Lawtonville," after the man who owned the land. It is said that William Rey- nolds was also interested in the project to some extent. That the scheme was entered upon in good faith is senreely probable when the nature and location of the land is con-
sidered. The lots were largely sold to Eastern people, who bought them probably in most cases for purposes of spee- ulation. No village ever had even the most incipient ex- istence there.
It is said that one afternoon a weary, travel-stained, and dusty individual, mounted on a jaded horse, rode up to the Woodard saw-mill, and, hailing one of the men, asked where the village of Lawtonville was. The man ques- tioned pointed in the direction of the pond and said, " It lies right out there, sir." The traveler looked incredu- lous, and then, as the truth of the situation dawned upon his mind,-disgusted and muttering angrily to himself', -- wheeled his horse, ejaculated the single but expressive word " sold," and rode away in the direction whenee he eamc.
Is it possible that the immortal Dickens was familiar with the history of Lawtonville, and drew therefrom the lugubrious situation which afforded Tapley the satisfaction of knowing that at last he had reached a point in his ex- istence where there was some merit in being " jolly ?"
The next symptom of village growth was manifested in 1855, at the centre of the town. F. A. Ilall, of Cold- water, in that year built a steam saw-mill there. Three or four years before, Melchor Reik built an addition to his log house (formerly built by the first settler on the place, John Grable) and opened it as a tavern. It was afterwards kept by Peter Grove, and was discontinued when the pres- ent hotel was built by Curtiss Sterne, in 1865-66. From this the hamlet has grown until at present it has a saw- mill, blacksmith-shop, hotel, fine brick school-house (built in 1869, at a cost of $2200), and about a dozen dwellings.
The next effort at forming a village was made when the railroad station was established at the northwest corner of section 35, in 1875. The railroad company required 10 acres of land to accommodate their buildings. and agreed to make a stopping-place in the town if the citizens would furnish the land. A subscription was started, and some- thing over $200 raised. There were two locations in view, one at Barnes' Crossing, on the turnpike, and the one finally fixed upon. Barnes, whose location was considered the most desirable, would not accept the amount raised in payment for his land, and the other site was purchased of Aaron J. and Hubbard F. Buffham. The railroad com- pany have done but little to improve the site thus gener- ously donated for their use.
Soon after this, E C. Bowers put up a small store near the station, where he opened a small stock of goods. He was also the railroad company's agent at this place. The other store was built and occupied by Benjamin S. Wilcox, who was then appointed postmaster. A blacksmith and wagon-shop was also erceted by a Mr. Wessell, and a little hamlet has sprung up there containing some half a dozen dwellings in addition to the buildings already mentioned.
About 1837 or 1838 the State authorized the laying of a State road, which passed through the centre of the town from cast to west. It was surveyed by Jared Pond, and Martin Olds was one of the commissioners in charge of the work. The line was surveyed and marked, but the road was not improved very much until some years later. It was then worked by the inhabitants along its route. When the
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Michigan Southern Railroad reached Hillsdale, quite a traffic passed over this road from the mills to the westward, which sent their flour by teams to Hillsdale, there to be shipped east on the railroad. In bad weather the teams would come with four barrels of flour till they had got through the timbered lands, when they would unload and return for four more. When they returned with that, they would reload the first lot and proceed on their way to Hills- dale with the cight barrels. The road through the timber was generally bad, while on the openings it was compara- tively good.
The first post-office was established at the house of Samuel H. Cary, who was the postmaster, about 1840. It was called Batavia, and has been located in that part of the town ever since. Upon the completion of the railroad the office was removed to the " Dudley" tavern, near the crossing, and Mr. Barr was commissioned as postmaster. He was suc- ceeded by William Barnes, and upon the establishing of the railroad station at its present location, the post-office was removed there. The only other post-office in the town was established at North Batavia in the spring of 1877, with Gideon D. Baggerly as postmaster.
TIIE CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY
of this town properly begins with the meeting held at the New York House in the fall or winter of 1835-36, at which it was resolved to petition the Legislature to organize this town under the name of Batavia. This name was selected in accordance with a request of William Reynolds, who de- sired to have the town named after his former home in western New York. In accordance with this petition the Legislature passed an act erecting the town, and appointing the first town-meeting at the house of William Reynolds. The meeting was held accordingly, and the following tran- script from the town records shows what action was taken at it. Following this will be found a civil list of the town, showing the names and dates of election of all the town officers from 1836 to the present time. The record of the first meeting is as follows :
FIRST TOWN-MEETING IN BATAVIA.
(Copy.)
" At a Township Meeting held at the House of Win. Reynolds, in the Town of Batavia, April 4th, 1836, Whereas Alpheus Reynolds, Esq., was called to the chair. Martin Olds chosen Moderator. J. II. Stevens, Jabes Bronson, Clerks, unanimously chosen to form the Board of Election, the following Persons were duly Elected to Office, To Wit Anexed to their Names : Samuel Woodard, L. Taylor, Able Olds, Assessors ; Morgan Smead, Shirlock Cook, Amasa Miller, Commis- sioners of Highways; Martin Oldls, Supervisor; T. R. Wallis," Con- stable and Collector ; James L. Young, Ira Gifford, George D. Bahbet, Constables; lforrace Field, L. Taylor, John Bassett, Martin Olds, Magistrates ; J. H. Stevens, Town Clerk; John M. Chapin, John Bassett, Moses Olmsted, Sehool Commissioners; Abel Olds, Moses Oliusted, Directors of Poor: and on further consideration it was Re- solved, that the town be Divided into Districts for the Accommodation of the Path Masters.
" In District No. I, Benjamin Parker, Path Master; No. 2, T. R. Wallis, Path Master; No. 3, Shirloek Cook, Path Master; No. 4, John Woodruff, Path Master ; No. 5, Moses Olmsted, Jr., Path Master : No. 6, Jra Gifford, Path Master ; No. 7, John Woodruff, Path Master. "On motion, Resolved, that Constables are elected fence viewers. "On motion, Resolved, that there be A Bounty on wolf scalps to the
Amount of one dollar for each and every scalp, if Provided Neverthe- less, that it be caught within the County of Branch, and by a Citizen of the town of Batavia in said County.
"On motion, Resolved, that this Meeting Adjourn to L. Taylor's, in Batavia, for the next ensuing year."
CIVIL LIST.
SUPERVISORS.
1836-42. Martin Olds.
1861-62. Ifarrison Cary.
1843-47. Philo Porter.
1863-65. David Fonda.
1848. Smith Dow.
1866. Morgan L. Tyler.
1849. Philo Porter.
1867-70. James Campbell.
1850-51. Nathaniel Woodard.
1871-72. Charles W. Fairbanks.
1852. Smith Dow.
1873. Hiram Simmons.
1853-54. James Murphy.
1874. William M. Tyler.
1855. David Fonda.
1875. James Campbell.
1856. Philo Porter.
1876-77. William M. Tyler.
1857-58. Morgan L. Tyler.
1878. Mablon W. Browo.#
1859. William Skioner.
Bennett L. Tripp. t
1860. David Fooda.
TOWN CLERKS.
I836-38. Jobu Il. Stevens.
1858. Martin P. Olds.
IS39. Elijah Thomas. 1859. Carlos Dnobain.
1840-41. Samuel II. Cary.
1860. lliramu Simmons.
1842-44. Lewis Kingsbury.
1861-62. Luther C. Stone.
1845-46. Martin Olds.
1863-66. James Campbell.
1847. Smith Dow.
1867-69. Fuller Atchinson.
1848-49. James Murphy.
1850-51. D. G. Olds.
1852-53. Harrison ('ary.
1871. Benjamin F. Rolph.
1854. Martin P. Olds.
1872-74. George Miller.
1855. Harmon M. Loomis.
1875-76. Admiral Burch.
IS56. Martin P. Olls.
1877. Pliny W. Titus.
IS57. Carlos Dunham.
1878. Libheas M. Bowers.
TOWN TREASURERS.
1839-41. Shirlock Cook.
1863. Job Eldred. t
1842. Samnel II. Cary.
1864. William Nivison.t
1843-46. Timothy L. Miller. David C. Fonda. t
1847-48. Martin Olds.
1865. David C. Gould.
1849-52. George Ifoag.
1866. Itiram Simmons.
1853-54. Samuel D. Parker.
1867. George Miller.
1855. James D. Cole.
1868. Marshall D. Bonney.
1856. Samuel D. Parker.
1869-70. George Miller.
1857. Jesse C. Martin.
1871-72. Leroy E. Graves.
1858. Ifiram Brink.
1873. Jedediah Wilcox.
1859. Warren Holcomb.
1874. Admiral Burch.
1860. Saunders Richardson.
1875. Archibald R. Grove.
1861. William M. Tyler.
1876. Homer F. Saunders.
1862. Elijah C. Sterne.
1877. Peter Manguse.
1863. Jacob Daharsh.#
1878. Benjamin S. Wilcox.
' JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1836. Horace Field.
1848. Timothy L. Miller.
Leonard Taylor.
1849. Smith Dow.
John Bassett. 1850. Morgan L. Tyler (f. t.). Martin Olds. Benjamin F. Pond (v.).
1837. Lot Whitcomb.
1851. William L. Parker (f. t.). Jesse C. Martin (J. v.). James Murphy (s. v.).
1839. Martin Olds (4 years).
Saml. Woodard (3 years).
1852. James Murphy.
1853. Smith Dow.
Tim. R. Wallace (2 years). Elijah Thomas (1 year).
IS54. William Skinner (f. t.). William Webb (v.).
1840. Smith Dow (f. t.). Samuel If. Cary (v.).
1855. Daniel Miller (f. t.). Samuel V. Barton (v.).
1841. Timothy R. Wallace.
1842. Timothy Larrabee.
IS43. David Fonda.
1857. Smith Dow (f. t.).
1844. Smith Dow.
George G. Gilbert (v.).
IS45. Timothy R. Wallace.
1858. William Smith (f. t.).
1846. Timothy Larrabee.
Isane Sprague (v.).
1847. Martin Olds.
1859. Northrup Sweet.
# Failed to qualify.
@ Wallace.
# Resigned. + Appointed.
1856. William Webb.
1838. Philo Porter.
1870. Marshall D. Bonney .* Aaron J. Duff ham. t
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1860. Daniel Miller.
1870. Austin Noyes (f. t.).
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
1836. Abel Ohls. 1850. 1. W. Howd.
Moses Olmstead. 1851-52. Wilham Webb.
1837. Jabez Bronson. George Hoag.
Benjamin Olmstead.
1853. Leonard Taylor.
1838. No record. William Webb.
1865. Leonard Adams (f. t.). Fuller Atchinson (I. v.). David Fonda (s. v.).
1866. David Fonda.
1876. John B. Imber.
1867. Delanson J. Sprague.
1877. David J. Perrin.
1868. Daniel Miller.
1869. Leonard Adams.
1878. Lor. D. Walsworth (f. t.). Bennett L. Tripp (v.).
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
1836. Morgan S. Smead.
1817. Nath. Woodard (1 year).
Shirlock Cook.
IS48. Nathaniel Woodard.
Amasa W. Miller. 1849. Jesse C. Martin.
1837. Samuel Fairbanks. 1850. William L. Parker.
Abel olds. Augustus Miller. 1852. Jesse C. Martin.
1838. Iwconard Taylor.
1853. Archibald Hanks.
Joel Woodard.
1854. Smith Dow.
John Reynolds.
1855. Jacob Reynolds.
1839. John Bassett. 1856. Archibald Hanks.
Martin Olds. 1857. Isaac Sprague.
Abel Olds. 1858. Northrup Sweet.
ISIO. Albert Dudley. 1859. Hiram Barrett.
Joel Woodard.
1860. Isaac Sprague.
Thomas Davis.
1861. Hiram Brink.
IS41. Wiram Brink.
1862. No record.
Thomas Davis.
1863. David C. Fonda.
David Fonda.
1864. Hiram Brink (f. t.). Ira Martin (v.).
1842. Morgan L. Tyler. Abel Olds. 1865. Daniel Miller.
Samuel Woodlard.
1866. John C. Thayer.
1813. Leonard Taylor.
1867. William R. Card.
William L. Parker.
1868. David C. Fonda.
Lewis Kingsbury.
1869. John C. Thayer.
IS44. William L. Parker.
Samuel 11. Cary. Thomas Davis.
1871. Elijah Grove.
IS45. Peter Grove.
1872. John C. Thayer.
Nathaniel Woodard.
1873. Il. F. Buffhanı.
Isaac Sprague. 1874. Ransom W. Covey.
1846. Jesse C. Martin.
1875. John Martin.
William L. Parker.
1876. Nelson II. Saunders.
Ira Thurston.
1877. William R. Card.
1847. Wm. L. Parker (3 years). Jesse C. Martin (2 years).
ASSESSORS.
1836. Samuel Woodard.
1844, Evan Davis.
Leonard Taylor.
David Fonda.
Abel Olds.
1845. Joel Woodard.
1837-38. No record.
Evan Davis.
1839. John Bassett.
Samuel Fairbanks,
David Fonda.
Charles W. Weatherby.
1847. No record.
1840. Evan Davis.
Samuel Woodard.
1848. Morgan L. Tylor. John II. Stevens.
Martin Olds.
184]. Joel Woodard.
Samuel Woodard.
Evan Davis.
11. N. Hubbard.
1842. No record.
1851. Morgan L. Tyler. Benjamin F. Pond.
Peter Grove.
1852. Archibald Hanks. James Morphy.
COLLECTORS.
1836. Timothy R. Wallace. 1837. Timothy L. Miller.
1839. lfiram Iladley. 1840-11. Com'dore P. Woodard.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1836. John M. Chapin.
1853. Ilerman M. Loomis.
John Bassett. 1×54. William Skinner.
Moses Olmstead.
1855. Carlos Dunham (f. t.).
1837-38, No record. l'hilander H. Sprague (v).
1839. Samuel II. Cary.
1856. Loren R. Austin.
Lewis Kingsbury.
1857. No record.
Smith Dow.
1858. Philander 1. Sprague.
1840. Lewis Kingsbury.
1859. John R. Bonney.
Smith Dow. 1860. Carlos Dunham.
Philo Porter. 1861. Loren R. Austin.
1841-42. Samoel II. Cary.
1862. No record.
Lewis Kingsbury. Philo Porter.
1864. John R. Bonney.
1813. Evan Davis.
1865. David H. Crittenden.
Smith Dow.
1866. John R. Bonney.
Timothy Miller.
1867. Aaron J. Buffham.
1844. Philo Porter.
1868. John R. Bonney.
1815. Smith Dow.
1869. Lorenzo D. Walsworth.
1816. Philo Porter.
1870. JI. F. Buffham.
1817. David Thompson.
1848. Timothy Larrabee.
1849. Philemon S. Field.
1872. William M. Tyler.
1850. Philo Porter.
1873. Nelson II. Saunders.
1851. Philemon S. Field (f. t.).
1874-76. Pliny W. Titus.
David J. Perrin (v.).
1877. Bennett L. Tripp.
1852. David J. Perrin.
1878. Philo Porter.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1875. Loren R. Austin. 1878. Pliny W. Titus.
1876-77. Orrin A. Vanderbilt.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS,
1871. Calvin Burrows (appt'd).
1875. George Whiteomh (res.).
1872. William S. Card. John Bowers (nppt'd).
1873. Leonard Taylor, Jr. 1876-77. Avery S. Pront.
1874. Avery S. Prout.
1878. Admiral Burch.
CONSTABLES.
Timothy R. Wallace, James L. Young, Fra Gifford, George D. Bab- bitt, 1836; Iliram Hadley, 1839, '40; Nathaniel Woodard, 1839; Commodore P. Woodard, 1839-42; Hiram C. Welch, 1810, '41, '51; Albert Burgess, 1841; Evan Davis, 1842, '43; Matthias Woodruff, 1842; Ephraim Case, Benjamin II. Parker, 1843; A. W. Miller, L. Warner, Peter Grove, 1841; George Iloag, 1844- 52; Samnel D. Parker, 1845, '46, '53, '54, '56; D. Wilcox, 1845: Job EkIred, 1845, '46, '55, '57, '64; John Reynolds, 1816; John Bassett, 1847; Lewis Wilcox, 1847, '48, '52, '54, '56; Darwin G. Oles, 1847, '48; Horace Wilkinson, 1848, '49, '53 ; John Sprague, William Smith, 1819; Martin P. Olds, 1850-52 : John C. Thayer, 1850, '58-60; Marshall Miller, 1850; Ira Martin, 1851; James Martin, 1852, '53: Nicholas Van Alstine, 1853, '50; Philo Mar- tin, George Purdy, 1851; James D. Cole, M. C. Powers, C. C. Brown, 1855; Jacob Dabarsh, James S. Mills, 1856; Wmn. Rey- nolds, 1857, '60; Peter Manguse, George Clark, 1857 ; William MI.
1861. Marshall D. Bonney (f. t.).
David Fonda (v.).
IS71. John Reynolds.
1862. No record.
1872. John B. Imber (f. t.). James Wilson (v.).
1863. Northrup Sweet.
1864. Daniel Miller.
1873. Leonard Adams.
1871. Sidney Field (f. t.). David JJ. Perrin (v.).
1875. John Whitcomb.
1840, Shirlock Cook. Benjamin Olmstead.
1855. John Reynolds. William P. Morey.
1811, Leonard Taylor. Abel Olds.
1856. Isaac Sprague. John Bowers.
1842. loel Woodard. Abel Olds.
1857. John Reynolds. Benjamin Boell.
1858, David Fonda.
John Reynolds.
1844-49. Benjamin Ohinstead.
1844-50. George Hoag.
1859. Job Eldred. John Reynolds.
1851. Smith Dow.
IS13. George Hong. Abel Olds.
1851. Jesse C. Martin.
1839. George Hoag. Benjamin Olinstead. Morgan L. Tyler.
Leonard Adams (v.).
1878. Alonzo Olmstead.
1846. Daniel Sprague.
1849. Morgan L. Tyler. Daniel Miller. 1850. David Fonda.
1843. Samuel Woodard. Elijah Thomas.
1838. Ira l'. Strong.
1870. William R. Card (f. t.). Edward P. Gates (v.).
1871. Nelson H. Saunders (f. t.). Charles B. Noyes (v.).
1863. Fuller Atchinson.
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HISTORY OF BRANCHI COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Tyler, 1858, '67, '70; Hiram Brink, 1858; Hiram Raymond, 1859; Joseph R. Harris; 1860; Isaac C. Dair, 1861, 'GS: John Skinner, Lucins Hibbard, 1861 ; Lyman Grove, 1863; Charles C. Lippincott, 1863, '64 ; Leonard Taylor, 1863, '76; Elijah Grove, Jr., 1864, '68, '77; Alonzo Ohinstead. 1864, 76, 77; Truman Ter- rill. Hiram Simmons, David C. Gould, 1865; George Miller, 1867. '69; Ezra Bair, 1867, '74, '75; Silas F. Wilkinson, 1867; Mar- shall D. Bonney, Henry H. Halleck, 1868; Allen C. Andrews, 1869, '70, '72; Martiu Castle, Fra Holdridge, 1869; Alphonso Tyler, Sylvester D. Bailey, 1870; Mahlon W. Brown, 1871; Ed- ward D. Smith, 1871-73; Bronson Hawley, 1871, 76; Alfred Williams, 1871; Leroy E. Graves, John T. Martin, 1872; Nelson E. Willis, Jedediah Wilcox, William Wilcox, 1873; Aaron J. Buffham, Peter Pitcher, Philo Porter, 1874; Daniel W. Bates, Edwin Fox, 1875; Archibald R. Grove, 1875, '78; Homer F. Saunders, 1876; Lewis Pierce, Simcon Culver, 1877; Alanson Miller, Peter Sprague, Mason Shenneman, 1878.
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