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Rev. James Ashley was born in Toronto, Canada, and moved with his parents to Huron County, Ohio, where he married Polly McGee, in 1838. In 1842, he commenced his pastoral labors and was ordained an Elder in the Free-Will Baptist Church, and imme- diately became a very zealous worker in the Lord's vineyard. The service of the ministry called him to Seneca County, where he assumed the pastorate of
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four churches for ten years, when he severed his con- nections and came to Cass County, in 1855, and has been instrumental in sustaining and building up the church of his faith in this township. His labors were not confined to this one church, for, being an indefati- gable worker, he preached once in two weeks at Sum- nerville for twelve years, and every third week at Berrien for nine years, beside filling innumerable other appointments. In 1867, he was elected a member of the Legislature on the Republican ticket and receiving a majority of eighty, notwithstanding the Democrats possessed eighty majority in the dis- trict. He died in 1882.
Rev. Henry Luse, who is farming on Section 12, came from Pennsylvania in 1867. His record appears elsewhere. He and his wife P. (Hoopnogle) have been blessed with three children, viz. : Uriah, John M. and Agnes. We have noted the arrival of many of those earliest in the town, but that the list may be more complete we append the following list of
ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES : SECTION 1.
ACRES.
Abiel Silver, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 12, 1835. 160 Henry Arnold, Oct. 12, 1835 80 Manning Redfield, Ontario County, N. Y., April 21, 1836 80 Lawrence, Imlay & B., May 14, 1836. 80 N. & B. Smith, Washington County, N. Y., July 19, 1836. 240
SECTION 2.
Anson Dibble, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 1, 1834 .. 40 Stewart C. Gardner, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 1, 1834. 80 Benjamin O'Dell, Genesee County, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1835. 40 Lyman Graham, Cass County, Jan. 11, 1836. 120 Gardner Halsted, March 9, 1836. 80 Manning Redfield, April 21, 1836. 80 George Redfield, Dec. 12, 1836. 200
SECTION 3.
Augustus Bird, Cass County, Mich., April 9, 1835. 40 Sylvester Meacham, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 6, 1835. 40 Isaac Hulce, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 23, 1835. 80 William Sherwood, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 4, 1835. 80 John S. Brown, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 15, 1835 ... 80 Lyman Graham, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 11, 1836. 40 Jotham Curtis, Jr., Cass County, Mich., Feb. 10, 1836 40 Myron Strong, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 19, 1837. 240
SECTION 4.
Samuel Lafferty, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 9, 1833 40 Samuel Simonton, Elkhart County, Ind., Dec. 19, 1833 40
Henry Dwight, Seneca County, N. Y., July 25, 1835. 80 George Redfield, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 12, 1835. 80
George Redfield, Cass County, Mich., April 21, 1836. 40
George Redfield, Cass County, Mich., May 16, 1836 80 Lawrence, Imlay & B., May 14, 1836 120 Isaac Hulce, Oct. 23, 1835. 160
SECTION 5.
Asa Griffith, Otsego County, N. Y., June 20, 1835, entire ...... 640
SECTION 6.
ACRES.
Stirling Adams, Cass County, Mich., Aug. 25, 1834 107 Asa Griffith, June 25, 1835. 346
SECTION 7.
Ebenezer Johnson, Erie County, N. Y., April 11, 1832. 160
M. Sage and N. D. Snow, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 7, 1834. 44 S. & E. Worth, Washtenaw County, March 2, 1835. 125
S. & E. Worth, Washtenaw County, April 24, 1835 80
Nancy Sage, Cass County, Mich., March 2, 1835. 80
N. & M. Sage, March 2, 1835. 80
SECTION 8.
Abram Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 20, 1835 160 Lyman Stevens, Oneida County, N. Y., June 23, 1835. 80 Jonathan Stevens, Cayuga County, N. Y., June 23, 1835 80 George Redfield, Oct. 13, 1834 160
George Redfield, March 15, 1836. 80
Odin Grant, Oct. 29, 1835.
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William Sissons, Dec. 28, 1835.
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SECTION 9.
Samuel Simonton, Elkhart County, Ind., Dec. 10, 1833 .. 80 Samuel Simonton, Elkhart County, Ind., Jan. 26, 1836. 40 George Redfield, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 13, 1835. 160 George Redfield, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 28, 1835. 80
David Bement, Ontario County, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1835 80
John S. Bement, Ontario County, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1835. 80 Mary Short, Ontario County, Dec. 12, 1835. 80
Sarah Stafford, Cass County, Mich., March 9, 1836. 40
SECTION 10.
Oscar F. Kingsley, Franklin County, Mass., Nov. 30, 1833 ... 80 Ezra Beardsley, Cass County, Mich., March 5, 1833. 40
Orlin Grant, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 18, 1834. 40 John Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 29, 1835 80
George Redfield, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 6, 1835. 320
Richmond Curtis, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 10, 1836 40
George S. Miller, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 15, 1836. 40
SECTION 11.
Fred W. Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 29, 1833 80
Wilson Blackmar, Oct. 12, 1833 40 Elizabeth Gardner, Genesee County, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1833. 200 Benjamin O'Dell, Genesee County, N. Y., June 28, 1833, 40
Richard Ross, Cass County, Mich., Nov. 9, 1835. 80
Edward Howes, Berrien County, Dec. 14, 1835. 120
William Snyder, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 12, 1837 40
Joseph E. Skinner, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 20, 1837 40
SECTION 12.
Elam Beardsley, Cass County, Mich., Jan. 4, 1830 80 Willis Jordan, Butler County, Oct. 11, 1831. 80
James Griffith, Cass County, Mich., Aug. 22, 1833. 40 Simon ('Dell, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 8, 1834 40
John O'Dell, Cass County, Mich., Aug. 22, 1835. 80
John Gill, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1835 80
Abiel Silver, t'ass County, Mich., Oct. 12, 1835 40
Ilenry Arnold, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 12, 1835. 160
George Arnold, Cass County, Mioh., May, 18, 1836. 40
SECTION 13.
Robert Cathcart, Cass County, Mich., July 30, 1833. 40 Simon O'Dell, Cass County, Mich., Dec. 8, 1834. 40
Stewart C. Gardner, Cass County, Mich., April 8, 1835 .. 40
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ACRE8.
Stewart C. Gardner, Cass County, Mich., March 9, 1836. 40 John O'Dell, Aug. 22, 1835. 80
Warren Patchen, Steuben County, N. Y., March 26, 1836. 80
Lawrence, Imlay & B , May 28, 1836. 80
Geerge Redfield, Cass County, Mich., May 28, 1836 160
Benjamin Sherman, St. Joseph County, Jan. 13, 1837. 80
SECTION 14.
Othni Beardsley, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 21, 1831 80
Thomas J. Curtis, Cass County, Mich., June 9, 1834. 40 John Richards, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 14, 1834 40
James McNeil, Cayuga County, N. Y., May 16, 1835 80
James McNeil, Cayuga County, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1835. 40
Jacob llaight, Otsego County, N. Y., May 14, 1835 40
Orlando Griffith, Otsego County, N. Y., June 20, 1835 80
Richard Ross, June 13, 1835. 40
Elizabeth Gardner, Oct. 16, 1835 .. 40
John Collins, Medina County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1836. 80
Benjamin Smith, Washington County, N. Y., July 19, 1836 ... 40
SECTION 15.
Chester Fanning, Cayuga County, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1831 160
Betsey Curtis, Cass County, Mich., March 25, 1833 80 Henry Whiting, Wayne County, Mich., April 23, 1833 240
Almon B. Kingsley, Franklin County, Mass., Nov 30, 1833 .. 80
Fred W. Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 24, 1835 80
SECTION 16.
School lands.
SECTION 17.
Levi Grant, St. Joseph County, March 28, 1832 .. 160
Charles Butler, Geneva County, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1833 80
Anthon Bronson, New York City, Aug. 9, 1833 80 Allen R. Kingsley, Cass County, July 4, 1834. 80
John Garmon, Cass County, Mich., June 6, and 8, 1835 160 Abram Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 20, 1835. 80
SECTION 18.
B. D. & W. Eddy, Washtenaw County, June 30, 1834. 160
S. S. & E. Worth, Washtenaw County, March 2, 1835. 122 Reuben Allen, Jr., Rutland County, Vt., June 9, 1835. 160 George Redfield, Cass County, Nov. 6, 1835. 38
B. Eddy, Washtenaw County, June 30, 1834 80
SECTION 19.
Jacob Allen, June 2, 1834 40
Luke Allen, June 25, 1834 40
James Benedict, April 10, 1835. 114
Medad Terwilliger, Genesee County, N. Y., June 23, 1835. 74
SECTION 20.
Samuel Simonton, Elkhart County, Ind., Dec. 19, 1833.
Myron Holmes, Chautauqua County, N. Y., May 29, 1834. Abram Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 20, 1835
Sarah Stafford, Wayne County, Jan. 9, 1836 ..
SECTION 21.
Saxton P. Kingsley, Cass County, Nov. 12, 1833 ... 120
Saxton P. Kingsley, Cass County, Mich., Feb. 20, 1834 72
John Worst, Cass County, Mich., June 3, 1835 110
SECTION 22.
Jotham Curtis, Cass County, April 28, 1834. 40 John Miller, Monroe County, June 12, and 29, 1835. 80 Fred W. Miller, Cass County, Mich., June 12, 1835. 40
Charles B. Pullman, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 21, 1846 70
SECTION 23. ACRE8.
Saxton P. Kingsley, Cass County Mich., June 3, 1835. 40
Jotham Curtis, Cass County, Mich., June 24, 1835 40 N. & B. Smith, Washington County, N. Y., July 19, 1836. 80 John J. Jones, Erie County, Penn., March 10, 1838 65
J. D. Mann, Cass County, Mich., Oct. 24, 1846. 68
SECTION 24.
Lawrence, Imlay & Beach, Onondaga County, N. Y., May 28, 1836 144 Benjamin Sherman, St. Joseph County, June 12, 1837 144
ERECTION OF MASON TOWNSHIP.
This township was erected by an act of the Terri- torial government approved March 23, 1836, reading as follows : " All that portion of Cass County desig- nated by the United States survey as Township 8 south, of Range 14 west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Mason. And the first township meeting therein shall be held at the dwelling house of Jotham Curtis in said township."
The boundaries were surveyed by William Brook- field, D. S., and the subdivisions by Robert Clark, Jr., he completing them July 21, 1828. It is cur- tailed in size on the south by the State of Indiana, it being but three and a fraction sections north and south, and is located between Porter and Ontwa on- the east and west respectively, and Calvin on the north.
The soil is a sandy loam in the western and south- ern portions, while toward the center it partakes more of a clayey nature, but it is all very productive, and yields ample returns to the husbandman for labor be- stowed. In the early days, when sheep and cattle ranged through the fenceless woods, they became fre- quently intermingled, and the marking of ears, so they could be identified was an important science. He who first, recorded a certain combination of slits, crops and holes, obtained a copyright on its use while he lived in the town ; after his death or removal, an- other might take it. The old town books contain the records of many such marks, which were illustrated by rude, grotesque drawings, showing the exact loca- tion of the crops, holes or slits on which a patent was claimed. One registered by Joseph A. Curtis, in 1837, reads as follows : " An upper bit out of the right ear, and an under bit out of the left ear."
The officers of this township were evidently conver- sant with the law and punctilious in obeying its man- dates, for, commencing in 1863, a five-cent internal revenue stamp was attached to the oaths of those elected to office, and among the first was a stamp at- tached to the record when Henry Thompson, Super- visor, agreed to " faithfully and impartially discharge
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the duties of a member of the Board of Registration." It is doubtful if any other township officials in the county complied with the full requirements of this law.
FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
The inception of the Free-Will Baptist Church dates back to the time Rev. Nelson Thomas, of Kala- mazoo, a Baptist clergyman, preached in school and private houses on the Chicago road. He soon gath- ered around a following of twelve persons, who were constituted a church organization by Elders N. Put- nam and George Fellows, of Niles. Elder Thomas continued his labors until his death in July, 1848. The funeral sermon was preached by Elder Samuel Ketchum, who assumed the pastorate, and so con- tinued for several years, when he was succeeded by Elder James Ashley, and under his ministrations the church became so strong that a house of worship was erected at Adamsville at an expense of $2,300. This was consumed by fire in about one year, and some fourteen years since the present neat church building erected in Section 5. It now has a membership of fifty, but no regular pastor. The officers are: J. H. Burnes and S. Moyer, Deacons; H. E. Stevens, Clerk.
UNITED BRETHREN.
When Rev. Henry Luse came to this township from Lebanon County, Penn., he found but few of his particular religious faith, and no church organization. In about one year, he commenced to proclaim the Gospel, in his then broken English, and soon insti- tuted a revival that became so widespread that many attended the meetings from Elkhart, Ind., and the house was filled to overflowing with people desiring to "flee from the wrath to come." The members be- came so numerous that evening meetings were of a necessity discontinued, the house being totally inade- quate to accommodate them, and services were com- menced at 8 o'clock in the morning and continued until 12 M., and again resumed at 2 o'clock P. M., and continued until 5 o'clock. The singing formed quite an important part of the services, for the new melodies sung, accompanied with appropriate words, were to a certain extent soul-converting, and in con- nection with the pointed sermons and exhortations, were so effective that 100 converts were made before the meetings closed.
A United Brethren Church was formed in March, 1869, with seventy-nine members, some of the con- verts having joined other churches.
In 1874, they erected a church edifice, worth some $1,500, on Section 14.
The present officers are Uriah Luse, Steward ; Rev. Henry Luse, Class-leader ; J. Worth, D. Fisher,
Uriah Luse, Moses McKissick and Dr. H. E. Wood- bridge, Trustees.
Rev. H. Luse preached for eighteen months after the church was organized, since which time various ministers have presided, Rev. Mr. Johnson being the present pastor.
THE EVANGELICAL PARADISE CHURCH.
This church was organized, in 1874, with twelve members, by Jacob Young, who had organized a class some three years previous.
In 1874, a church building was constructed at an expense of some $1,500. It now has a church mem- bership of forty-six, and a Sunday school which aver- ages an attendance of sixty scholars.
The present officers are Elias Minnig, Cyrus Dil- ler, John Ord, Adam Ord, George Young, John Swartz and Joseph Luse, Trustees; Elias Minnig, Class-leader.
SCHOOLS.
The first schoolhouse was erected in 1836, near " Five Points," so called, because five roads center here. The material of which it was constructed was logs, and great haste was evidenced, for sufficient time was not taken to square off the logs at the corners, and they presented anything but an inviting appearance. O. Grant taught the first school. This, in turn, was supplanted by a rough frame house, erected by David Thompson, which in turn gave place to some- thing more in keeping with the progress made by the people. In January, 1869, this was burned, and the people became possessed with an apathy on school matters, and concluded to wait until the next annual school meeting before raising money to build another ; but by the persistent efforts of Henry Thompson, a special meeting was called, and a petition framed and sent to the Legislature, then in session, praying that they be allowed to issue school bonds with which to procure money to erect another schoolhouse, and it was pushed with such vigor that, in February, Mr. Thompson received a certified copy of the special act, granting them authority to issue bonds for the pur- poses therein specified. The bonds were sold, and a $1,500 house erected that season, and the whole debt liquidated the following year. A little leaven in this case was fruitful of great results. May 19, 1837, the whole township was constituted a school district by O. Grant, Frederick W. Miller and Edward Howe, School Commissioners ; and the 27th of the same month the eastern portion was set aside into District No. 2. The township now contains seven school districts, two of thiem being fractional with a brick house in Ontwa and frame house in Porter. District No. 1 has a frame house valued by school
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officers in their report (the valuation of each house is that placed upon it by the officers) at $600. It has a seating capacity of forty-four. District No. 2 has a brick house valued at $500, with a seating capacity of forty. Dictrict No. 4 has a brick house, valued at $1,500, with a seating capacity of seventy-two. Dis- trict No. 5 has a brick house, erected in 1874, valued at $3,000, with a seating capacity of 110, and is a credit to the district and township, for it is the best rural schoolhouse in the State, being complete in all its appointments. It is divided into two rooms, and two teachers are employed during the winter months. District No. 6 has a frame house, valued at $50; seat- ing capacity, forty. The whole number of school children between the ages of five and twenty years- not including fractional districts-is 259.
District No. 4 has 108, and District No. 6, forty- seven volumes in their libraries, the other districts having no libraries. The past fiscal year $547 were paid for male, and $510 for female teachers.
INITIAL EVENTS.
The first frame house was erected by Dr. Henry Follett, in 1838, who was also the first practicing physician. He came here from Cayuga County, N. Y., and remained in the township until his death, in December, 1849. No representative of his family now resides in the county.
Mr. Edwin W. Reynolds, who came from Medina County, Ohio, was the first practicing attorney in the township. His death, which occurred in 1862, was occasioned by injuries inflicted when run away with by a high-spirited horse. His widow is now the wife of D. M. Howell, of Penn.
The first brick houses, which are still standing, , stone was propelled in a rotary motion from right to were erected in 1849, one by Walker Miller and the other by Henry Thompson.
As before noticed. the first fruit trees were set out Elam Beardsley, in 1830 ; the next were planted by Darius Beardsley, in 1832, who procured the seed of his brother Ezra, who brought them from Ohio. Isaac Mosher has 800 fruit trees, the greatest num- ber possessed by any one man in the township. There are no extensive mills in the township, but one is located near Mud Lake, and another in Section 9.
Mr. C. O'Dell was among the jolly landlords of the olden time, and his tavern was located on the farm now owned by John Smith. Stewart C. Gardner, as before noticed, also acted in the same capacity.
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The marriage bells, had there been any at that early time, would have first been rung in 1833 to celebrate the ceremony which made Clara Beardsley the wife of John H. Smith.
In 1836, an infant child of John Worst was killed
by a falling tree, and was the first child interred in the cemetery at Five Points.
The first and only post office was called Legar, and was located on the farm of Moses McKessick. Ezra Hatch officiated as Postmaster, in 1852.
In- 1870, G. H. Mann came from Medina County, Ohio, and, soon thereafter, started a blacksmith shop on Section 8. which, with one at Kessington, com- prises all the disciples of Vulcan.
When the sturdy pioneers had assembled for the first time to perform the duty incumbent upon every male citizen of the United States, no ballot-box had been provided, and the time allotted was not sufficient to enable them to manufacture one. At the suggestion of one inclined to be humorous, a mitten, was used as a receptacle for the ballots then and there cast, and one would be safe in the assertion that no mitten stuffing was indulged in on this occasion.
When we consider the primitive methods employed by the ancient Egyptians in grinding their corn, and the stump-pounding process used by the Indians, it would seem as if simplicity of mechanism had been exhausted and no expediente could be adopted that could compare with their methods, unless it be the breaking of one kernel at a time upon a stone, by the concussion of another, and it would be about as effective as the method employed by John Novel, who operated the first and only grist-mill in the township. One common stone-hard-head-was placed upon an- other, and near the outer surface of the uppermost one a hole was drilled, into which an iron-pointed stick was inserted, which was long enough to extend up to and through a circular crevice in the ceiling above, and this stick was the fulcrum with which the left-just opposite from the direction mill-stones usually revolve-with the left hand, while the right was busily employed in throwing one kernel after an- other into the eye of the stone. From the degree of fineness obtained, the meal would appropriately come under the appellation of cracked corn.
By industry one peck of grain could be manufact- ured in one day, and it was only when the family supply ran low that the proprietor would grind one quart for present use, not that other business pre- vented, for this was not a merchant mill ; its location in the midst of a thick forest in Section 9 prevented its being utilized for such a purpose. Curiosity im- pelled many people to visit this mill, long since de- stroyed, and one of the stones can now be seen in the Pioneer Museum at Cassopolis. The proprietor of this mill was a native of Virginia, and as to whether he was an F. F. V., cannot now be determined, as he long since moved away.
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The first road through the township ran from Union to Cassopolis, and was surveyed by John Bogart in 1832. The first road of record as laid out by Joseph McNeil and John Gorman, Road Commissioners, in May, 1830, and extended around Section 1.
The number of voters in 1844 was seventy-eight, of which sixty-three were Democrats, twenty-four Whigs, fourteen doubtful, and one Abolitionist. At the general election in 1881, the total number of votes cast was 221; of these 141 were cast for the Demo- cratic candidates, seventy-four for the Republicans and six for the Greenback candidates.
When the first settlers located, the forests were des- titute of tangled underbrush, the annual fires kindled by the Indians burning it clean, and one's vision could extend for miles through the woods, and discern the graceful deer, the ferocious bear or cunning fox, as they traveled their various ways in search of food. Since then, small trees and bushes of various descrip- tion have grown up and encumbered the woods, but a much greater change has been made in the face of the country by the industrious, progressive white man, for where the smoke wreathed from the simple wig- wam of the Indian, can now be found the commo- dious farm-house with its accompaniment of other farm buildings ; where the deer fed in comparative quiet, can now be found finely cultivated fields, which annu- ally yield many fold for seed planted therein, and thrift and comfort is visible on every hand, and all this has been accomplished within one-half a century.
The township now contains 140 farms, having a total of 12,282 acres, or 87.73 acres in each, 9,228 of which is improved. In 1879, from 2,327 acres sown to wheat, 54,578 bushels were threshed, an aver- age of 23.45 bushels per acre ; from 1,582 planted to corn, 109,450 bushels were harvested, and 486 acres of oats yielded 15,432 bushels. There was also raised 507 bushels of clover seed, 302 bushels of peas, 5,075 bushels of potatoes, and 1,488 tons of hay. There was also possessed in the township in 1880, 377 horses, 629 head of cattle, 968 hogs, and in 1869, 1,403 sheep that sheared 6,130 pounds of wool, 439 acres are planted to orchards, while small fruits and berries are raised in abundances.
CIVIL LIST.
The following names are those of the principal township civil officers from the year 1836 :
SUPERVISORS.
1836, Moses Stafford ; 1838, Saxton P. Kingsley ; 1839-40, Reuben Allen; 1841, S. P. Kingsley ; 1842-44, John S. Bement; 1845, George Arnold ; 1846-48, Ezra Hatch ; 1849-51, John S. Bement ;
1852, George Arnold; 1853-54, Ezra Hatch ; 1855- 56, George Arnold; 1857-60, E. W. Reynolds ; 1861-63, Henry Thompson ; 1864, George Arnold ; 1865, W. H. Stevens; 1866-67, J. H. Graham ; 1868, William Allen ; 1869, J. H. Graham ; 1870, Lewis H. Miller ; 1871-72, Henry Thompson; 1873- 78, J. H. Graham ; 1879, *Henry Thompson ; 1880- 82, J. H. Graham.
TREASURERS.
1836, John Worst ; 1837, O). Grant; 1838-39, C. C. Landry ; 1840-41, Henry Follett ; 1842-49, John Miller ; 1850-52, William B. McNeil ; 1853- 56, John Miller ; 1857, James C. Meacham ; 1858, Joseph H. Burns ; 1859, W. O. Hatch ; 1860, S. B. Glines ; 1861, Henry Olds ; 1862-67, J. A. McNeil ; 1868-72, H. F. Garmon ; 1874-77, Aaron Dicker- hoof; 1878-79, Edward J. Bement; 1880, Charles A. Thompson ; 1881, Edward J. Bement.
CLERKS.
1836, S. P. Kingsley ; 1837-38, J. McNeil ; 1839, Henry Follett ; 1840, A. A. Goddard ; 1841-42, Henry Follett; 1843-45, W. W. Bird; 1846-47, P. Sutton ; 1848, William Allen ; 1849-51, P. Sut- ton ; 1852-56, John S. Bement; 1857-59, H. C. McNeil; 1860, Anson L. Dunn; 1861, Stephen Colby ; 1862-64, H. C. McNeil; 1865, William D. Coe; 1866-68, George B. Harker ; 1869-78, H. C. McNeil; 1879, George H. Redfield; 1880, Hugh C. McNeil ; 1881, George H. Redfield.
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