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He thinks no other man in Genesee County ever under- took and completed as great a journey for as small a pur- pose or with as little money in his pocket. He states that the loaf of brown bread had disappeared beneath his waist- coat by the time he reached home, and he had not spent a cent for food while away.
During the early years of his residence in Michigan, Mr. Chapin was engaged in teaming over various portions of the State, transporting goods for settlers and making trips as far west as Lake Michigan. In this way he became ex- tensively acquainted with the pioneer families and the re- gion in which they located. When he came from the State of New York he brought with him a east plow of the Wood pattern, very likely the first one brought to the State. Upon arriving in Detroit he was accosted by a stranger who desired to purchase it, but was unwilling to sell. Finally the man told him he owned a furnace in the place, and if he (Mr. Chapin) would allow him to use the castings for patterns he would mould others and give him two for the one he had. The bargain was made, and the plows cast were undoubtedly the first of that design manu- factured in Michigan. Mr. Wood heard of the transaction, and came to Detroit and claimed damages for infringement. Hle finally, however, for a stated sum (in the shape of a note), gave the founder the right to manufacture the plows. Wood was a machinist, or woulder, by trade, and on one occasion while in Canada had secured the patent from the inventor, and returning to New York had the first ones in that State cast in the furnace where he worked.
Mr. Chapin has in his possession an old-fashioned splint-
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bottomed rocking-ehair, one of the first made in the town- ship. The frame was made by Seth Rhodes, an early settler at Linden, and the bottom was put in by a man named Ball. For the frame Mr. Chapin worked an entire day at breaking with two yokes of oxen. For the first two years after the chair was purchased it was scareely at home a day, being loaned to families afflicted with the ague or other ills which flesh was heir to in those days.
Mrs. Chapin has the second loom built in the township, upon which she wove cleth for settlers living far and near, and her fame as a weaver was something of which any matron in those days might well be proud. At one time she wove some eloth for Lauren P'. Riggs, one of the first settlers at Dibbleville, her charges amounting to three dol- lars, and for her labor she received an iron shovel and a pair of tongs. The former was eventually broken and the pieces lost, but the tongs she still possesses. The first loom owned in town was made by Zenas Fairbank, at Linden, for use in his own family.
The number of wolves and other wild animals which abounded in the forests was something remarkable. A ven- ture into the darkness of the night was almost certain to be rewarded with the sight of one wolf or more, and oeca- sionally a more savage animal made his appearance, to the terror of the settlers. One night, while living in the pres- ent Cheney neighborhood, Mr. Chapin was aroused by the barking of a small dog which belonged to him. It was during warm weather, and the door was usually left open, while a smudge was built outside to keep off the mosqui- toes. This night, however, owing to a rain, the door was closed. Anxious to see what the dog was barking at, he stepped from the door en déshabille, and noticing an ani- mal which in the darkness he took for a large dog, he threw several stones at it to frighten it off, but it only snapped at them and refused to move. Mr. Chapin, think- ing by this time that the better part of valor was disere- tion, made a quick spring inside the house, closed the door, and placed his back against it. No sooner had he done so, than crash ! came a huge form against the door, with such force as to nearly floor Mr. Chapin and frighten him into the belief that the door would be broken in despite his efforts to prevent it. The animal's designs were happily frustrated, and he bounded away into the forest. Mr. Chapin, Perry Lamb, and another settler were at the time the only persons in the neighborhood in sufficient health to attend to the needs of the sick, and they usually took cer- tain routes among the log cabins of their neighbors and administered to their wants. Near Silver Lake resided Harrison Tupper and his brother, and to the house of the former Mr. Chapin went one night on his charitable round some time after his adventure at home with the unknown animal. Arriving at Tupper's, he found the man lying siek, with the head of his bed next to the window ; Mrs. Tupper had gone out to milk. While Mr. Chapin sat in the room he noticed the eurtain moving at the head of the bed, and the next instant a huge paw pushed it aside and a savage looking head reached in and moved close to the face of the sick man. Mr. Chapin cried out aud started towards it with a chair, when it disap- peared from the window. Soon after, Mrs. Tupper came
in from milking, and Mr. C. asked whose large dog was prowling around. She answered that she did not know, but she had seen it in the darkness several times of late. Mr. Chapin stepped out, and the animal sprang upon the house of Mr. Tupper's brother, across the way. Ile threw a stone at it, and it leaped off and disappeared. The glance he obtained revealed to him the faet that the animal was a panther. It was shot at a number of times afterwards, and finally, doubtless considering the locality too warm for com- fort, went off into Springfield, Oakland Co., where it was at last killed and the settlement rid of a dangerous intru- der. Numerous similar experiences fell to the lot of others, and the stories which most of them delight in relating of their adventures here when yet the forest was almost un- broken and the Indian trails occupied the places where now are well-constructed highways and a prosperous community, would fill volumes.
In the spring of the year 1835, Joseph Thorp, from Genesee Co., N. Y., came to what is now Fentou town- ship, and located on seetion 25. Having previously pur- chased land on section 36, and owning none where he first stopped, he soon after removed to his farm on 36,-this after he had built a log house and prepared it for the re- ception of his family. This house stood on the south side of what is now the street in Fenton village leading to HIolly, nearly opposite the present brick residence of his son, Joseph Thorp, and on the spot where now stands the dwelling of Charles Bush. Joseph Thorp was but a boy when his father settled here, and has grown to mature man- hood since he became a resident of the State. The elder Thorp passed his remaining days here.
Oliver Warren, now of the township of Holly, Oakland Co., arrived in Fenton July 10, 1836, with his father, Levi Warren, who purchased land on seetion 36 and ereeted his house near the site of the present residence of M. Wal- ton. The elder Warren had been a soldier during the war of 1812, and received the bounty for his services after coming to Michigan. Both he and his son were members of the first Methodist class organized in Fenton (then Dib- bleville) in March, 1837. Oliver Warren was at the time a young man of eighteen. The old farm is now within the limits of the Fenton corporation. Mr. Warren, Jr., in May, 1852, removed to the township of Holly, where he has sinee continued to reside.
William Remington, a native of Rhode Island, and after- wards a resident respectively of New Bedford, Mass., and Dutchess and Ulster Counties, N. Y., came from the latter to Michigan in November, 1835, the trip from New York being made by canal to Buffalo, thence up the lake by boat to Detroit, and on foot, in company with Elisha Larned, from the latter place to Fenton. Mr. Remington located where he now lives (land now partially within the corporate limits of Fenton), built a log house immediately south of the site of his present frame residence, and returning for his family brought it to the new home in 1836. Upon Mr. Remington's farm, bricks were first manufactured in 1870. His son, John Remington, is engaged in this busi- ness, and burns from three to four hundred thousand bricks annually. Some years none are burned. Mr. Remington has been engaged in farming during his residence in Michigan.
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. An amusing incident is related in connection with Mr. Remington's land-looking tour, and the parties concerned ean scarcely be offended if it is here placed in print. Mr. Remington's intention had originally been to go to Kalama- zoo, but in Detroit he met Elisha Larned, who was going out on the north trail and who persuaded him to do like- wise. Starting out afoot, they left the Saginaw trail in Springfield, Oakland Co., and procceded to Dibbleville and the southern portion of what is now Fenton township. A farm towards the southwest corner of town was selected by Mr. Remington, but Larned chose to take the same land himself, and it was given up to him. The next choice was where he now resides, but Larned also said he proposed to have the land if he could get to Detroit first and make the entry. As he had succeeded in procuring a horse to ride the chances appeared slim for Remington, but the latter took the matter coolly, and refused to start with Larned that evening for Detroit. Larned, however, pushed on, in com- pany with Morgan Baldwin, of Mundy, who had ascertained that Remington was a " Yankee," and told Larned he had better " look out or he would beat him yet." That idea was scouted, for with a horse to ride he was certain to reach De- troit before Remington could by any possibility do so. The man without a horse, however, might have been noticed to wink slyly after Larned and his companion had disappeared from view, and he, not long after they had departed, shoul- dered his pack and started through the woods to the turn- pike, which he reached in due time. Near the point where the trail joined the turnpike was a tavern, with another half a mile farther on. Towards the latter Remington bent his footsteps, thinking to stop there for a short rest, not dreaming but that his competitor in the race had stopped at the first one. What was his surprise at seeing, as he walked up towards the house, Larned pacing the floor ! Thinking no more of resting he resumed his journey, and neither stopped nor stayed till Pontiac was reached, although expecting every minute that his rival would over- take and pass him. Baldwin, at intervals, asked Larned if he didn't feel afraid " the Yankee" would get ahead of him, but the answer returned was full of confidence that such could not possibly be the case. In the mean time Reming- ton was plodding his weary way towards Detroit, which place he ultimately reached and entered his land in triumph, being hours ahead of the others, whom, to at least the sur- prise of one, he met on his return trip. Larned was crest- fallen, Remington triumphant, and Baldwin exultant over his correct estimate of the " Yankee's" character and per- severance. All three of the parties are yet living,-Mr. Remington on the farm he then located, Mr. Larned, in Fenton village, and Mr. Baldwin in the township of Mundy.
Elisha Larned was from Yates Co., N. Y., and settled on the farm he had located in 1835 (section 32). Ile moved in the spring of 1837, arranged for improvements to be made upon his plaec, and came to the village and was employed by Messrs. Le Roy & Fenton, then just starting business in the place. Ile is at present engaged in the sale of agricultural implements in Fenton.
C. Kelly settled near Long Lake in 1844 with his fam- ily, consisting altogether of cleven persons. This was in the fall of the year, and he had not a dollar left with which
to help him through the long winter. Ile " made a party," sent out invitations to the settlers, and, with the proceeds, paid part down for a fat hog, promising to pay the balance before tax time. It is not stated whether the family had anything besides the " fat hog" mentioned to live on during the winter.
Walter Sluyter, froom Broome Co., N. Y., purchased land on sections 10 and 11 in Fenton, and settled here in 1839. The farm occupies a most picturesque location on the northwest shore of Long Lake, and is now the property of Mr. Sluyter's son, Isaac Sluyter. It is finely im- proved and a most desirable property.
Theophilus Stone emigrated to Michigan in 1834 from Niagara Co., N. Y., and in 1838 settled upon section 10 in Fenton township, where his son, Samuel Stone, at pres- ent resides.
Charles Cooper, from Bradford Co., Pa., located on see- tion 28 in 1840. Elijah Bird settled early on section 21 in Argentine, purchasing from government ; and Norman Collins, from Lewis Co., N. Y., located on section 36, in the same township, in 1838. These latter afterwards be- came residents of Fenton (?).
Among others who settled in this township, the following names appear in the records of the Genesee County Union Pioneer Society :
George S. Woodhull, now president of the society men- tioned, 1843; M. Walton, from Genesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1837 ; A. Kirby, 1836; R. A. Carman, 1831; Joel Dibble, born in township in 1837; Jonathan Shepard, of Linden (now deceased), 1835; H. M. Thompson, 1836; HI. Lee, 1836; George Murray (Linden), in State, 1831 ; S. P. Thompson, 1839; L. D. Sweat (Linden), 1845; G. W. Curtis, 1841; E. G. Traver, now of Fenton, settled early in Livingston County, afterwards removing to Linden -came to State in 1831; J. Van Winkle (Fenton), 1837 ; A. S. Donaldson, 1834; James Woodruff, 1840; William Middlesworth, carly (now deceased) ; John Reeson, carly, now living west of Fenton. Many others will be found mentioned in the history of the respective villages of the township in which they settled and became influential citizens. Comparatively few of the early pioneers of the township are now residing within its limits, and it is a most difficult matter to procure satisfactory information concerning those who once lived here but have since died or removed to other localities.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-CIVIL LIST.
From 1836 until 1838 the present township of Fenton was a part of Argentine, and officers were elected jointly for both. In the spring of 1838, however, a petition having been sent forward praying for a division, owing to some dissatisfaction over the election of officers as affairs then existed, the new township was organized under the name of Fenton. " At a town-meeting held at the Fenton- ville hotel, April 2, 1838, Samuel W. Pattison was chosen moderator and Benjamin Rockwell clerk. It was resolved that the officers be appointed on general ticket ; also it was voted to elect three constables; also a vote was taken to raise a tax of $50 towards building a bridge over the river at Fentonville, and carried unanimously ; also a vote for
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raising $140 for town expenses, and carried ; also a vote for raising $25 for poor-money ; also it was voted to raise $12.50 to compensate the highway commissioners for lay- ing and surveying roads in this town the past year; also it was directed by a majority that the next annual town- meeting be held at the house of H. Harris, in Linden ; also it was directed by a majority of 34 votes that it was unex- pedient to authorize the supervisor to borrow money towards erecting county-buildings at Flint."* The following officers were chosen, as attested by the record, " by decided major- ities :" Supervisor, Walter Dibble; Town Clerk, Lauren P. Riggs; Justices of the Peace, Asahiel Ticknor, Thomas Irish, John Cook, Elisha Larned ; School Inspectors, Asa- hel Tieknor, Charles J. Birdsall, R. J. Gage ; Assessors, P. H. McOmber, Herman Lamb, Jacob Knapp; Commis- sioners of Highways, James Thorp, Seth C. Sadler, H. Garfield; Collector, Elisha W. Postal; Directors of the Poor, James Thorp, E. A. Byram ; Constables, John Nichols, Norris Thorp; Pathmasters, William Nichols, Seth C. Sadler, Elisha Bailey, Perry Lamb, Charles Tup- per, William Remington, Philip HI. McOmber, John Cook, Iliram Lamb.
The principal officers of Fenton township from 1839 to 1879, inclusive, have been the following persons, viz. :
1839 .- Supervisor, Wallace Dibble ; Town Clerk, William M. Fenton; Justice of the Peace, Asahel Tieknor; Assessors, II. L. Lamb, William M. Fenton, A. D. Hunt ; Collector, John Hermau ; School Inspectors, William M. Fenton, Abel D. Hunt, D. F. Morris ; Directors of the Poor, Jacob Little, L. Fairbank; Commissioners of Highways, Jacob Little, Seth C. Sadler, Hollis Garfield. The latter removed from town, and Lauren P. Riggs was appointed to fill vacancy.
1810 .- Supervisor, Wallace Dibble; Towo Clerk, William M. Fenton ; Justices of the Peace, William Tanner, William M. Fenton (to fill vacancy ) ; Treasurer, O. P. Lamb ; School Inspectors, Il. W. R. Donaldson, A. D. Hunt, M. W. Easton ; Poormas- ters, Peter Lamb, Thomas Fairbank; Commissioners of Highways, Elisha Holmes, Hiram L. Lamb, J. Harris, Jr. ; Assessors, Heman llarris, William M. Fentoo, Abel D. Ilunt ; Collector, Jouas G. Wieker.
1811 .- Supervisor, Asahel Ticknor; Town Clerk, William M. Fenton ; Treasurer, O. P. Lamb; Justice of the Peace, William M. Fenton ; Assessors, E. C. Waterman, D. F. Morris, Henry Bradley ; Collector, Jouas G. Wicker ; Commissioners of llighways, Jacob Little, Seth C. Sadler, John Herman ; School Inspectors, Don F. Morris, II. Bradley, Abel D. Iluut.
1842 .- Supervisor, Wallace Dibble; Town Clerk, William M. Fenton ; Treasurer, Abel D. Hunt ; Justices of the Peace, William F. Moseley, Ileman Harris : Assessors, Edgar C. Waterman, Ileman Ilarris; Commissioners of Highways, Morris Rip- ley, Elisha Ilolmes, Seth C. Sadler; School Inspectors, Abel D. Hunt, Thomas Steere, Jefferson Bowen ; Directors of the Poor, O. P. Lamb, Levi Warren.
1813 .- Supervisor, Wallace Dibble ; Town Clerk, James M. Wilcox; Treasurer, Abel D. Hunt ; Justice of the Peace, Seth C. Sadler ; Assessors, Elisha Holmes, Morris Ripley : Commis- sioners of Highways, Elisha Ilolmes, Seth C. Sadler, Morris Ripley ; School Inspectors, D. F. Morris, Jeferson Lowen ; Directors of the Poor, Levi Warren, Samuel Carter.
1844 .- Supervisor, Augustus C. Riggs; Town Clerk, William M. Thurber ; Treasurer, Abel D. Ilunt : Justice of the Peace, Samuel M. Marcy ; Assessors, C. W. Johnson, H. Ilarris ; Commissioners of Highways, Morris Ripley, Lauren P. Riggs, Elisha Holmes ; School Inspector, 11. P. Steward ; Directors of the Poor, Elisha Holines, H. W. Cooper.
# Township records, 1838.
1315 .- Supervisor, Augustus C. Riggs; Town Clerk, William M. Thurbor : Treasurer, Abel D. Hunt ; Justice of the Penec, Chirles Kelly ; Assessors, Seth C. Sadler, William Thurber ; Commissioners of Highways, Lauren P. Riggs, Charles Cooper, Morris Ripley : School Inspector, Don F. Morris ; Directors of the Poor, Levi Warren, II. W. Cooper.
1846 .- Supervisor, Augustus St. Aman1; Town Clerk, William M. Thurber ; Treasurer, Seth C. Sadler; Justice of the Peace, Clau lius T. Thompson ; Assessors, Charles Kelly, Pardon Ilicks ; Commissioners of Highways, Charles W. Johnson, David H. Baker, Elisha flolines ; School Inspector, William H. Shaw ; Directors of the Poor, Elkanih Parker, Parley Warner.
1817 .- Supervisor, Hetuan Harris ; Town Clerk, David Smith : Treas- urer, Seth C. Sadler ; Assessors, Parley Warner, William Tanner ; Commissioners of Ilighways, D. Il. Baker, Pardou Hicks, William W. Booth; School Inspector, Henry C. Riggs ; Directors of the Poor, James Thorp, Parley Warner.
1848 .- Supervisor, J. P. C. Riggs; Town Clerk, George Le Roy ; Treasurer, Seth C. Sadler ; Justices of the Peace, William M. Thurber, R. F. Morris; Assessors, William If. Shaw, Charles W. Johnson ; Commissioner of Ilighways, Joseph Harris, Jr .; School Juspector, R. F. Morris; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, James Thorp, Hiram B. Madison.
1849 .- Supervisor, J. P. C. Riggs; Town Clerk, J. B. Hamilton ; Treasurer, Seth C. Sadler; Justice of the Peace, Charles Kelley ; Assessors, Parley Warner, William Tanner; Com- missioner of flighways, Martin Dast; School Inspector, H. C. Riggs ; Directors of the Poor, P. Warner, J. Thorp.
1850 .- Supervisor, Heman Harris ; Town Clerk, David Smith ; Treas- urer, Abel D. Hunt; Justice of the Peace, S. N. Warren ; Assessors, Iliram Lamb, Walter Davenport ; Commissioner of llighways, John Sackner; School Inspectors, Luther Field, Abel D. Huut; Directors of the Poor, James Thorp, Parley Warner.
1851 .- Supervisor, S. N. Warren ; Town Clerk, Luther Fiehl; Treas- urer, Win. II. Shaw ; Justice of the Peace, Seth C. Sadler ; Assessors, Daniel Odell, Parley Warner; Commissioner of Highways, Joseph Harris; School Inspector, Abel D. Hunt ; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, James Thorp.
1852 .- Supervisor, Morris Ripley : Town Clerk, Charles II. Turner ; Treasurer, William HI. Shaw; Justice of the Peace, Henry C. Riggs; Commissioner of llighways, Charles E. Stroup ; School Inspector, Thomas Ilollowell; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, James Therp.
1853 .- Supervisor, Joseph Harris; Town Clerk, William H. Shaw ; Treasurer, William Colbrath ; Justices of the Peace, William Birdsall, Ilomer B. Smith; Commissioner of Highways, E. M. Crane; School Iospeetors, Charles 11. Turner, Abel D. lluut; Directors of the Poor, l'arley Warner, James Thorp. 1854 .- Supervisor, Lorin C. Miles; Town Clerk, Alva U. Wood; Treasurer, Abel D. Hunt, Jr .; Justiees of the Peace, Win. H. Shaw, Charles Kelly ; Commissioner of Ilighways, 11. W. R. Donaldson ; School Inspector, Marshall M. Johnson; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, James Thorp.
1855 .- Supervisor, John P. C. Riggs; Town Clerk, Alva U. Wood; Treasurer, Juba Sackner; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Harris ; Commissioner ef Ilighways, George F. Gamber ; School Inspector, George W. Wilmot; Directors of the Poor, William 11. Shaw, Charles Cooper.
1856 .- Supervisor, John Galloway ; Town Clerk, Constance G. Young; Treasurer, John Sackner; Justices of the Peace, Lorin C. Miles, Luther Field; Commissioner of Highways, David Springsteen ; School Inspectors, Lewis Severance, William F. Ilovey; Directors of the Poor, Parley Warner, Morris Birdsall.
1857 .- Supervisor, John Galloway : Town Clerk, William P. Guest ; Treasurer, F. A. Waterman; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Little; Commissioner of llighways, Asa Martin; School Inspector, W. II. Cook; Directors of the Poor, Seth C. Saller, D. Smith.
1858 .- Supervisor, Claudius T. Thompson; Town Clerk, Elias M. White; Treasurer, Frederick A. Waterman ; Justice of the Peace, Robert B. Reed ; Commissioners of Highways, Ben-
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jamin Bange, Elam W. Crane; School Inspectors, John Booth, Wm. White; Directors of the Poor, Seth C. Sadler, John Sackner.
IS59 .- Supervisor, Claudius T. Thompson ; Town Clerk, Elias M. White; Treasurer, James B. Moshier ; Justice of the Peace, Benj. F. Fry ; Commissioner of Highways, Y. E. Benton ; School Inspector, B. F. Stone; Directors of the Poor, J. B. Ilyatt, Elam W. Crane.
1860 .- Supervisor, Claudius T. Thompson ; Town Clerk, George W. Wilmot; Treasurer, James B. Moshier ; Justiers of tho Peace, William P. Guest, Henry C. Riggs; Commissioner of Highways, George W. Ripley; School Inspector, Dexter Horton.
1861 .- Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, Cicero J. K. Stoner; Treasurer, P'. Y. Foute ; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Little ; Commissioner of Highways, H. W. R. Donaldson ; School Inspector, Edwin Hovey (resigned, and William R. Marsh appointed to fill vacancy ).
1862 .- Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk. James F. Bishop ; Treasurer, P. Y. Foote ; Justices of the Pence, H. C. Riggs, Win. 11. Cook ; Commissioner of Highways, Julian Bishop ; School Inspectors, James M. Jameson, William R. Marsh. 1863 .- Supervisor, David Smith; Town Clerk, C. J. K. Stoner ; Treasurer, Myron Ripley ; Justice of the Peace, Aaron B. Durfee; Commissioner of Highways, George W. Ripley ; School Inspeetor, Thaddeus G. Smith.
18G1 .- Supervisor, David Smith ; Town Clerk, James E. Bussey ; Treasurer, Myron Ripley ; Justice of the Peace, William P'. Guest; Commissioner of Highways, Fre lerick Waterman ; School Inspector, Nelsou B. Covert.
1865 .- Supervisor, David Smith ; Town Clerk, J. E. Bussey ; Treas- urer, Allen Beach; Justice of the Peace, Jacob Little ; Commissioners of Highways, A. B. Durfee, John Reeson, Asahel Martin; School Inspectors, Thaddeus G. Smith, Lorenzo D. Cook.
1866 .- Supervisor, Jamies B. Moshier: Town Clerk. J. E. Busscy ; Treasurer. John Sackner; Justice of the Peace, Erastus M. Stevens; Commissioners of Highways, Henry G. Clark, John Reeson ; School Inspector, William R. Marsh.
1867 .- Supervisor, James B. Moshier; Town Clerk, John W. MeCol- lum; Treasurer, Elbert N. Chan ller; Justice of the l'eace, . J. B. Fairbank ; Commissioner of Highways, Johu Reeson ; School Inspector (no record).
1868 .- Supervisor, Lorenzo D. Cook ; Town Clerk, James E. Bussey ; Treasurer, Elbert N. Chandler; Justice of the Peace, Wil- liam B. Cole; Commissioner of Highways, Aaron B. Dorfee ; School Inspector, Edwin MI. Adams.
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