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Mr. Mel'arlan is the owner of large tracts of pine-lands in various parts of the State. Within the limits of the city of Flint he has a very heavy and valuable interest in the First Ward, having become the purchaser and owner of
a one-third portion of the Payne property, the entire cost of which was one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Ile is the president of the " Citizens' National Bank," and is its largest stockholder. He has been one of the aldermen of the city, and in 1876, the centennial year, became its popular mayor. As an agriculturist, he is the owner of some of the most valuable farms in the county.
In all the relations of life " honesty and economy" have been his motto, and these two cardinal principles are seen in his every-day walks of life.
Shunning ostentation of every kind, he seeks home for his happiness, and here, surrounded by his family, he finds his greatest enjoyment. His family now consists of his wife and three children-two daughters and one son-and two sons-in-law, the latter managing largely the practical por- tion of his business.
In business matters, Mr. McFarlan is a man of large dis- cernment, of most excellent judgment, firm and decided in his opinions, and, above all, resolute in the execution of his plans, and in all of his principles, whether religious or polit- ical, is as firm as the granite hills of old Scotland.
HON. JOSIAH W. BEGOLE.
This gentleman was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1815. His parental ancestors were French, and set- tled at an early period in Hagerstown, Md. His maternal grandfather, Capt. Bolles, of the same place, was an officer in the war of the Revolution. At the beginning of the present century, both of the grandparents of Mr. Begole, becoming dissatisfied with the institution of slavery, al- though themselves slaveholders, emigrated to Livingston Co., N. Y , then a new country, accompanied by a number of their former slaves. Mr. Begole's father was born in Maryland in 1786; was a non-commissioned officer in the war of 1812, and married a daughter of Capt. Bolles in 1814. Que year after the birth of Josiah Begole, his father moved to Mount Morris, where the son received his early education in a log school-house, and subsequently at the academy at Temple Hill, in Genesee County.
In August, 1836, Mr. Begole emigrated to Genesee Co., Mich.
During the winter of 1837 and 1838 he was engaged in school-teaching. In the spring of 1839 he married Miss Harriet A. Miles, daughter of Mauly Miles, formerly from Connecticut, and commenced work on a new and unim- proved farm. From that time onward his progress was steady, until he became the owner of a well-cultivated farm of five hundred acres.
Mr. Begole has served his townsmen in the capacity of school inspector and justice of the peace. In 1856 he was elected county treasurer, holding the office four successive terms, and during the civil war.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion he took an active part in recruiting, furnishing supplies to the army, and looking after the interests of soldiers' families. The death of his eldest son, near Atlanta, by a Confederate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest bereavement of his life. In 1871 he was nominated by acclamation for State senator, and was
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elected by a large majority. In that body he served on the committees of finance and railroads, and was chairman of the committee on the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. He took a liberal and public-spirited view of the question of a new capital of the State, and was an active member of the committee which drafted the bill for the es- tablishment of the same. Ile was a delegate to the National Republican convention held at Philadelphia in 1872. In the same year he was elected a representative from Michi- gan to the Forty-third Congress, in which body he was a member of the committees on agriculture and public ex- penditures, and took an efficient, though unobtrusive, part in all its proceedings. Since the close of his Congressional term he has devoted his entire time to his large and pros- perous business.
GEORGE M. DEWEY.
The life of this gentleman has been comparatively un- eventful, marked by few incidents save such as occur in the life of every successful business man. Industrious, saga- cious, and enterprising, and so thoroughly identified with the material interests and development of Genesee County that a sketch of his life will be appropriate at this time and in this connection.
Mr. Dewey was born at Canandaigua, N. Y., Jau. 1, 1817. His father, Ebenezer B. Dewey, was from Vermont, and returned to that State in 1822, where he was largely interested in staging between Albany and Montreal. In 1848 he came to Genesce Co., Mich., where he now resides on a farm in Mount Morris, at the advanced age of ninety years.
The immediate subject of this sketch was educated at the Royalton Acadamy, Vermont. After leaving school he was clerk for his father in the stage-office until 1837, when
he came to Michigan, stopping at Detroit one year. He came to Flint in the fall of 1838, with a stock of goods, and opened a general store, in which business he continued until 1843, when he sold the stock and good-will to his brothers, Charles E. and D. D. Dewey.
When Mr. Dewey commenced business at Flint, the In- dians were not only numerous but well represented among his customers, bringing to him their characteristic com- modity, furs, which were exchanged for goods, and con- stituted an important part of the commerce of the country. Mr. Dewey saw in the fertile soil and dense forests of the new country future wealth, and commenced buying land soon after his arrival. Ile has continued to purchase and sell lands from that time to the present, making it the busi- ness of his life, and being one of the largest land-owners in the State. Ile has also been largely interested in agricul- ture; has improved and now owns several fine farms. The home, or " Dewey farm," in Mount Morris embraces more than six hundred aeres improved. He was one of the first to advocate the formation of a county agricultural society. He was also one of the projectors of the Flint and Père Marquette Railroad, and was its first president.
Politically, Mr. Dewey is a Republican, and although not an office-seeker he has been honored with several important positions, notable among which was that of Receiver of Publie Money for the United States Land-office at Flint, under Presidents Taylor and Fillmore.
In 1848, Mr. Dewey married Miss Ellen, youngest daughter of Judge Simeon Cummings, of Batavia, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey have been identified with St. Paul's Church at Flint since its organization ; he has served as vestryman, assisted in building the first church, and con- tributed liberally towards the erection of the present church edifice. In social relations Mr .- Dewey is genial and com- panionable; in business matters prompt and reliable ; and as a citizen, respected and influential.
HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIPS OF GENESEE COUNTY.
FLINT TOWNSHIP.
TilE township of Flint was originally organized in 1836, by act of Legislature, from " all that part of the county embraced in surveyed townships 7, 8, and 9 north, in ranges 5, 6, and 7 cast," and the first township-meeting was held at the house of Wait Beach, at the Flint River settle- ment. In the year 1855 the city became a separate cor- poration, and the territory of the township was divided,- the west half retaining the name of Flint, and the east half receiving the name of Burton.
This history of the township is so closely allied to the carly history of the city that it is difficult to define the line which separates them, and the interest which attaches to the settlement of the township is so entirely absorbed by the city record as to leave but a mere mention of the arrival of early settlers,-their location and the story of carly strug- gles, persevering effort, and a final condition of compe- tence, as the reward of their industry. The township as it at present exists, together with its carly settlement, will be described and the original eutries given, which were as follows :
SECTION 1.
Acres.
Luther Dickenson, June 9, 1834.
94.44
= Oct. 8. 1835. 80.80
John P. Kellogg. May 9, 1835
160
Robert Mathes, Jan. 26, 1836.
80
SECTION 2.
Daniel Curtis, Dee. 17, 1834 40
John P. Kellogg, May 19, 1835.
80
Peabody Pratt, July 10, 1835. Aug. 1, 1835 34.92 61.92
John Prek, Dee. 9, 1834 157.30
Josiah Kellogg, Jr., March 19, 1836 40
Simcon M. Johnson, June 28, 1836 40
Jason Swift, 4 120
SECTION 3.
David M. Jewett, May 27, 1836 137.56
SECTION 4.
Nathan M. Miles, June 5, 1833 139.9.1
Andrew Hyslop, July 13, 1835. 158.70
Wm. W. Brewster, Oct. 12, 1535. 45.95
SECTION 5.
Nathan M. Miles, June 5, 1833. 55.21
Levi Gilkey, Aug. 21, 1833.
50.01
John Patten, June 17, 1834 65.71
Sept. 2, 1834 .. 47.52
Daniel Sullivan, Oct. 25, 1834. 39.65
38.77
Russell Welsh, June 3, 1835 June 9, 1835.
39.82
John Greenfield, Ang. 5, 1835 .. 153.87
Levi Gilkey, May 30, 1835 Sept. 11, 1835.
38.77
SECTION 6.
Acres.
Nathaniel Nelson, Sept. 11, 1833 15.30 Henry Cobb, March 30, 1835 80 .- 17
Dudley Brown, May 26, 1835. 13G Anson Gilbert, June 21, 1836. 160
Robert Mathes, Juno 21, 1836 74.66
lleury Diamond, May 25, 1836. 147.48
SECTION 7.
Thos. L. L. Brent, March 28, 1836. 160
Caty E. Balding, April 16, 1836 ..
Robt. 11. Wallis, June 4, 1836. 117.20 1. R. Bowman, June 13, 1836. 149
Wm. Lockyer, July 6, 1836. 40
Thos. J. Drake, July 16, 1836 40
SECTION 8.
John Evans, Nov. 9, 1835 80
William Tilton, Jan. 8, 1836 40
John Groenfield, Jan. 25. 1836 10 Norton Cronk, Mareb 28, 1836 40
T. L. L. Brent, 160
John Taylor, April 1, 1836 120
SECTION 9.
Wm. W. Brewster, Oct. 12, 1835. 129.58 W'm. Tilton, Jan. 8, 1836.
W. Barelay, and Greenfield, June 13, 1836. 113.59
SECTION 10 .- Reservation.
SECTION 11.
Oliver G. Wesson, Dec. 16, 1835. .......... 206
SECTION 12.
Oliver G. Wesson, Dee. 16, 1835. 44.71
SECTION 13 .- Reservation.
SECTION 14 .- Reservation.
SECTION 15.
Thomas L. L. Brent, March 28, 1836. 153.72
Section 16 .- Public School Lunds.
SECTION 17.
David MeDonald, April 25, 1836. SO
John and Thos. Kenedy, April 25, 1836 .. 160
Royal Chamberlin, May 2, 1836. 160
4. May 27, 1836 80
James Wadsworth, July 7, 1836 80
Royal Chamberlin, May 4, 1836
SECTION 18.
Clinton D. Cuddeback, June 3, 1836. 119.4.1
Henry Spencer, July 7, 1836. 149.80
dames Wadsworth, "
Thos. J. Drake, July 16, 1836 ..
183
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SECTION 19.
Acres.
Thomas Slade. June 2, 1836 80
llinman Rexford, Sept. 12, 1836
Eben and Ilenry Freuch, Oct. 11, 1836. 70.44
Win. B. Clifford,
Eleazer G. Belknap, 46
160
O. D. Richardson, Oct. 19, 1836. 152
SECTION 20.
John and Thos. Kennedy, April 25. 1836. 160
Royal Chamberlin, May 25, 1836 160
David M. Jewitt, May 27. 1836 160
Thomas Slade, June 2, 1836. SO
Thomas J. Drake, June 16, 1836 SO
SECTION 21.
John D. MeIntire, April 25, 1836. 240
Jobn and Thos. Kennedy, April 25, 1836. 400
SECTION 22.
Morrison Paulding,
D. S. lickcox, Jan. 1, 1836. 80
W'm. P. Patrick,
Calvin Hotchkiss, Jan. 4, 1836. 75.05
W'm. Payne, March 28, 1836
John D. MeIntire, April 25, 1836
Daniel Mekercher,
160
Archibald Kennedy,
160
SECTION 23.
Alonzo Torrey, July 21, 1835.
John Getten, Sept. 21, 1835. 80
Timothy Walkley, Nov. 19, 1844 SO
Morrison Pauhling.
D. S. Ilickcox, Jan. 1, 1836 137.12
Win. P. Patrick,
Calvin Hotchkiss, Jan. 4, 1836. 94.26
SECTION 24.
Jesse Torrey, July 21, 1835. 397.91
SECTION 25.
Elijah Carmon, June 9, 1835 SC
Juseph Carmon, Sept. 1, 1835
John Beaman, Sept. 21, 1835 160
Asa Torrey, Oct. 29, 1835.
Margaret Moon, Jan. 23, 1836.
SO
W'm. Moon,
SO
Alonzo Torrey, April 2, 1836
SECTION 26.
Lysander Phillips, Sept. 16, 1835. 80
Jeremiah Relsey, Sept. 17, 1835 160
Iliram Judd, Oct. 19, 1835 .. SO
Delia Walkley, March 22, 1836. SO
Thos. L. L. Brent, March 28, 1836 SO
Juba Barrows, May 4, 1836 80
Joseph Nichols, May 6, 1836. SO
SECTION 27.
Jesse Welch, Oct. 29, 1835. 40
James M. Welch, Dec. 26, 1835 40
Timothy Walkley, March 28, 1836 160
William Bendle, SO
Willard Eddy, 16 SO
Thomas L. L. Brent.
44 SU
James Warren, May 6, 1836 Henry Warren, = 80
SECTION 28.
William Bendle, March 28, 1836 240
George Crocker, 160
William Bendle, April 4, 1836. 80 Nathan C. Dayton, May 2, 1836 80
P. G. Cochrane, .4 80
SECTION 29.
David McDonald, April 25, 1836 320
II. M. Henderson, May 30, 1836 160
Orion Blodget, June 2, 1836. 160
SECTION 30.
H. M. Henderson, May 30, 1836 .. 80 Edmund F. Opps 236.12
Mark Healy and B. B. Kercheval, May 21, 1836 .. 311.65
SECTION 31. Acres.
John W. McNair, May 30, 1836. 318.88
George Jasperson, June 10, 1$36 159.50 Erastus Cash, June 25, 1836 160
SECTION 32.
Timothy Walkley, April 6, 1836
John D. Tole, June 1, 1836 .. 240
Hiram Wright, June 25, 1836. 160
Erastus Cash, 160
SECTION 33.
George Crocker, March 28, IS36. 160
John Thorne,
..
Willard Eddy, 160
George Crocker, April 4, 1836. 80
Jonathan Shearer, May 6, 1836. 160
SECTION 34.
T. G. Holden, May 4, 1836. 160
Juba Barrows,
160
William A. Rupp, May 4, 1836. 160
Amander Gardner, July 5, 1826 80
Thomas II. Perkins, July 6, 1836
SECTION 35.
William N. Stanard, April 22, 1836. 400
Timothy Walkley, May 20, 1836 80 John Keale, May 26, 1836. 120
M. Ifcaly and B. B. Kercheval, May 31, 1836 ... 40
An effort has been made to obtain the early records of the township from its organization, but the most diligent search has failed to discover any book of records earlier than 1854. When the city was set apart some discussion arose as to which organization should have the custody of the old records, each having claimed them. It was finally determined that Flint township was entitled to them, and they were consequently accorded her. The present clerk has never had them in his custody ; the oldest township official has no knowledge of them; neither are they to be found among the archives of Burton or the city of Flint. The historian also applied to the county clerk for aid, but was successful only in obtaining a list of the supervisors from 1836, and not finding the memory of any okl settler suffi- ciently retentive to fill in the blank, submits the fragment- ary list as the best obtainable :
1836-37 .- Lyman Stow, Supervisor.
1838,-Robert F. Stage, Supervisor.
1839-41 .- No supervisor's name recorded.
1842 .- John L. Gage, Supervisor.
1843 .- G. II. Hazelton, Supervisor.
1844 .- John L. Gage, Supervisor.
I845-46 .- William Patterson, Supervisor.
1847 .- William M. Fenton, Supervisor.
1848-49 .- John L. Gage, Supervisor.
1850 .- A. P. Davis, Supervisor.
1851 .- William Patterson, Supervisor.
I852-53 .- Porter Ilazelton, Supervisor.
1854 .- William Patterson, Supervisor; John C. Griswold, Treasurer ; Daniel S. Freeman, William S. Crandell, Justices of the Peace; Orville D. Chapman, Township Clerk : William Gage, Highway Commissioner ; Robert D. Lamond, School Inspector : John Delbridge, Daniel Mathew, Overseers of the Poor ; Alonzo Cary, Philo Fairchild, D. L. Nash, and M. Ide, Constables.
1855 .- John L. Gage, Supervisor; Harlow Whittlescy, Township Clerk ; Daniel Torrey, Treasurer; Robert P. Aitkin, II. G. Conger, Abel S. DoncIson, Chandler H. Rockwood, Justices of the Peace; William Boomer, Highway Commissioner; Dwight Frost, Danicl MeKercher, School Inspectors; Lewis Buckingham, Lysander Phillips, Directors of the Poor; An- drew J. Eggleston, Charles R. Bristol, Dewitt Parker, Jacob Eldridge, Constables.
IRA D.WRIGHT.
MRS. IRA D.WRIGHT.
IRA D. WRIGHT.
Ira D. Wright, one of the founders of the city of Flint, was born in Washington, N. H., August 3, 1809. His father, William Wright, moved with his family to Genesee Co., N. Y., where he carried on the business of farming, in connection with tanning and shoemaking, until 1837, when he died, leaving four sons and three daughters.
In 1834, Ira D. Wright, Robert F. Stage, and A. C. Stevens came to Flint, and purchased some three thou- sand acres of land in Genesee County, including a tract of two hundred acres which embraced what is now a portion of the city of Flint, lying between Court Street and the river, and east of Saginaw Street. Upon this land no improvements had been made. They at once employed men to clear a portion of this tract, and re- turned to the State of New York.
The next spring Mr. Stage and Mr. Wright came on and commenced the improvement of their property. In October, 1835, they opened the first general store in the county, at Grand Blanc, and were thus engaged until a suitable building could be erected at Flint, which was done, and the goods moved to Flint the following June. This building had an upper room where the pioneers, without regard to sect or creed, met for their deliberations.
Messrs. Stage and Wright have also the honor of erect- ing the first building for school purposes in Flint. This was a board shanty, twelve by sixteen feet, erected in 1836, on the cast side of Saginaw Street. They
employed Miss Philinda Overton, and furnished free education to the rising pioneers. There was an attend- ance of twelve scholars, and the school was maintained for two terms, when a school-house was erected. About this time they built a saw-mill where the old mill now stands, just above Hamilton's flouring-mill. This was the first mill on the Flint River.
In 1840, Messrs. Stage, Wright, Payne, and Mor- rison, built a large mill on the north side of the river, on the site now occupied by the Crapo mill. This they operated for six or seven years, when Mr. Wright turned his attention to dealing in lands. He was appointed timber agent for the government, the duties of which office took him through all the forests of Michigan, giving him a valuable experience. He made several trips with Prof. Houghton, and assisted in selecting the Salt Springs lands, the Internal Improvement lands, and others.
In 1853 he moved to the farm where he now resides, -adjoining the city,-and since that time has made farming his avocation.
In 1842 he was married to Miss Marietta Ingersoll, daughter of Peter Ingersoll, who settled in Oakland County in 1836; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and participated in all the battles of the frontier under Gen. Scott; the last few years of his life were spent with his daughter, Mrs. Wright ; he died April, 1869, in his seventy-eighth year.
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FLINT TOWNSHIP.
1856 .- R. P. Aitkin, Supervisor ; D. MeKercher, Township Clerk ; Clark Boomer, Treasurer ; William J. Colvin, Commissioner of Highways; Elijah D. Farnham, Charles C. Parrish, School Inspectors ; Thomas B. Begole, Abel S. Donelson, Directors of the Poor; Lorenzo D. Morse, Horace Bristol, Lewis Buckingham, Justices of the Peace; Andrew Fau- cheon, Theodore Tupper, llenry Bristol, Abram D. Cadney, Constables.
1857 .- Robert W. Dullam, Supervisor; Thomas Il. Nesbitt, Town- ship Clerk ; Marvin Tupper, Treasurer: Andrew Hyslop, Justice of the Peace; George Crocker, Highway Commis- sioner ; John Russell, School Inspector ; Lysander Phillips, Dewitt C. Cuddeback, Directors of the Poor; William V. Hilton, Philip Washburn, Corydon Cronk, John Lane, Jr., Constables.
1858 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookias, Township Clerk ; byman M. Murray, Treasurer; Elijah Faruham, School Inspector; Fred. A. Begole, Justice of the Peace; Lysander Phillips, Roswell Hilton, Directors of the Poor; George Persons, Highway Commissioner; Ephraim Foster, Ileury Bristol, William V. Hilton, Abram D. Cudney, Con - stables.
1859 .- R. P. Aitkiu, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township Clerk ; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer ; John Russell, School lu- spector ; Georgo C. Marray, Highway Commissioner; Ben- jamin Boomer, Sr., Horace Bristol, Directors of the Poor ; George F. Hood, Justice of the Peace; Henry Bristol, Fran- cis F. Brewer, Martin Cuddeback, Constables.
1860 .- Robert P. Aitkiu, Supervisor; John Brookios, Township Clerk ; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer ; Thomas Partridge, Justice of the Peace ; George Crocker, Highway Commis- sioner; Barnabas M. Fay, School Inspector; Ephraim Foster, Jesse Birdsall, Harman W. Whitney, William Part- ridge, Constables.
1861 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township Clerk; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer; Andrew Hyslop, Isane N. Robinson, Justices of the Peace; A. Clark Merritt, School Inspector: Peter Sellers, Highway Commissioner ; William Turver, William Parkhurst, Squire E. Foster, Ben- jamin Boomer, Constables.
1862 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor : John Brookins, Township Clerk ; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer ; Barnabas M. Fay, School Inspector; Marvin B. Person, llighway Commis- sioner ; Frederic A. Begole, Justice of the Peace; Benja- min Boomer, Jr., John Hodge, De Witt C. Cuddeback, Win. V. Hilton, Constables.
1863 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; Charles M. Williams, Township Clerk ; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer ; John Russell, School Inspector ; John Brookins, Highway Commissioner; Isuac N. Robinson, E. M. Tupper, Justices of the Peace; Stephen Hempsted, Henry C. Gilbert, David Rush, Benjamin B. Boomer, Constables.
IS6.1 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Brookins, Township Clerk ; Lyman M. Murray, Treasurer ; Abel S. Donelson, Justice of the Peace; John M. Dresser, Highway Commis- sioner; A. Clark Merritt, Barnabas M. Fay, School Inspec- tors; Albert Van Slyke, Benjamin Boomer, Stephen Hemp- sted, Henry C. Gilbert, Constables.
1865 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor: Leander Church, Township Clerk ; Hornce Bristol, Treasurer ; John Russell, School In- spector; Horaco J. Brockway, Henry C. Van Tifflin, High- way Commissioners; Andrew Hyslop, Justice of the Peace; Charles Rice, Horaee J. Brockway, Stephen lempsted, Ben- jamin Boomer, Constables.
1866 .- R. P. Aitkin, Supervisor; John Wilson, Township Clerk ; John Brookins, Treasurer; W. J. Cronk, School Inspector ; Geo. Crocker, Highway Commissioner ; Edward M. Tupper, Justice of the Peace; James Funcheon, Thos. D. Partridge, Stepben Hempsted, A. Van Slyke, Constables.
1867 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor ; John Wilson, Township Clerk ; Andrew Hyslop, Treasurer ; Edward M. Tupper, School In- spector ; Philip Bettesworth, Isaac N. Robinson, Ilighway Commissioners ; Isaac N. Robinson, Justice of the Peace ; David Persons, Horace B. Boomer, Wi. Y. Hilton, Wurren Buckley, Constables.
IS68 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor ; John Wilson, Andrew Hyslop, Treasurers : George L. Walker, School Inspector; Clark Boomer, Highway Commissioner ; Abram S. Donelson, Justice of the Peace; Benjamin Boomer, Newall Bristol, Elisha Brewer, Stephen Hempsted, Constables.
1869 .- Robert I'. Aitkin, Supervisor; George F. Hood, Township Clerk ; John H. Carey, Treasurer; Edward M. Tapper, School Inspector; Lyman P. Andrews, Highway Commis- sioner; Marvin B. Persons, Justice of the Peace; Ilorace B. Boomer, Wmn. H. Utley, James Williams, Eugene Curtis, Constables.
1870 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; James Williams, Township Clerk ; Jobn HI. Carey, Treasurer; George Walker, School Inspector; Philip Bettesworth, Highway Commissioner ; Edward M. Tupper, Charles Riec, Justices of the Peace ; Bradford G. Reed, Oliver Dye, George Darling, Abram V. Green, Constables.
1871 .- R. P. Aitkin, Supervisor ; William II. Aitkin, Township Clerk ; Mortimer Carter, Treasurer ; E. A. Brewer, School Inspector; Clark Boomer, Alfred Gifford, Highway Commissioners ; Hugh Nichols, Justice of the Peace; Bradford G. Roed, Henry Olds, George Persons, Horace B. Boomer, Consta- hles.
1872 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor : William Ransom, Mortimer Carter, Treasurers; Minor S. Newhall, School Inspector ; Alfred Gifford, Highway Commissioner; John II. Gotsball, Drain Commissioner ; Frederick A. Begole, Samuel Biekley, Justices of the Peace ; Bradford G. Reed, Horace B. Boomer, Samuel Bickley, James Begole, Constables.
1873 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; Thouins HI. Nesbitt, Township Clerk : E. A. Brewer, Treasurer ; Stephen R. Hall, Highway Commissioner; John C. Vincent, Justice of the Peace ; James M. Torrey, School Inspector ; Heury C. Gilbert, Drain Commissioner ; Peter Gordon, Horace B. Boomer, Samuel Sellers, George Utley, Sr., Constables.
1874 .- Rohert P. Aitkin, Supervisor; A. Torrey, Township Clerk : E. A. Brewer, Treasurer; Minor S. Newall, School Inspector ; John Mackin, Highway Commissioner ; Albert Torrey, Drain Commissioner; Edward M. Tupper, Justice of the Peace; William II. Darling, Samuel Bickley, William D. Johnston, Peter Gordon, Constables.
1875 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor ; Andre Torrey, Township Clerk ; Stephen R. Hall, Treasurer; Clark Boomer, Justice of the Peace; James M. Torrey, Soperintendent of Schools; S. Eugene Warner, School Inspector; Ilugh Nichols, Highway Commissioner ; Milo Donelson, Drain Commissioner ; Ilor- ace Boomer, Robert Ellsworth, Bradford G. Reed, Peter Gordon, Constables.
1876 .- Robert P. Aitkin, Supervisor : Thomas II. Nesbitt, Township Clerk ; Stephen R. Hall, Treasurer ; James M. Torrey, Su- perintendent of Schools ; Hugh Nichols, Highway Commis- sioner; Milo Donelson, Drain Commissioner ; F. A. Begole, Justice of the Peace ; Wm. Blackinton, Peter Gordon, Hfor- ace B. Boomer, W. D. Johnston, Alvaro Boucher, Constables. 1877 .- Thomas H. Nesbitt, Supervisor ; James M. Torrey, Township Clerk ; Andre Torrey, Treasurer ; B. II. J. Jackson, School Inspector ; Robert A. Bluckinton, Superintendent of Schools; Ilagh Nichols, Commissioner of Ilighways; John C. Vin- cent, Draiu Commissioner ; Joho Mackin, Justice of the Peace ; Peter Gordon, Hiram Hall, George Sellers, William Weleh, Constables.
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