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The Flint, Thread, and Kearsley Rivers are the principal water-courses. The former flows in a southwesterly course across the northwest corner of the township; the latter runs in a northwesterly direction across the northeast corner of the same; while Thread River enters the town from the south, and, flowing in a general northwest course, leaves the township near the centre of the west border.
Thread River mill-poud, formed by a dam across the river, lies mainly within section 20, and embraces an arca of about 140 acres.
The soil consists of an admixture of sand and clay loam, alternating with a dark vegetable mould, and in its general characteristics the same as predominates in all drift-forma- tions. It is highly productive, and, with careful cultivation, yields handsome returns to the husbandman.
The people are chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits. Their farms are under a good state of cultivation, and neat farm-houses and substantial outbuildings abound.
The population in 1874 was 1260.
LAND ENTRIES.
The first entry for land in this township was made by Rufus W. Stevens, March 10, 1829. His purchase con- sisted of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 19. Daniel Le Roy and Elisha Beach purchased 93 acres of section 18, March 3, 1830. Their purchase included all that remained of that section outside of the reservation. Levi Gilkey took up a portion of section 7, May 11, 1831. Peter Stiles, of Monroe Co., N. Y., purchased 120 aeres of section 32, June 13, 1834. The next was Reuben Tup- per, from Genesee Co., N. Y., who entered the east half of the southeast quarter of scetion 19, the west half of the northwest quarter of section 29, and the cast half of the northeast quarter of section 30, Aug. 29, 1834. Other carly entries were made by Samuel S. Todd on section 6,
Sept. 27, 1834, Levi Walker, June 24, 1835, and by Adonijah, Shubael, and Perus Atherton, and Pliny A. Skinner, July 10, 1835.
The following list of names embraces those who pur- chased of the general government, and whose lands were situated in this township :
1836,* section 1 : A. McArthur, A. D. Fraser, Chauncey Hurlbut, Enoch Jones, Thomas L. L. Brent.
1836, section 2: - McArthur, Fraser & Hurlbut, Lewis Goddard, William Shaver, Ogden M. Willey, Henry and Van Rensselaer Hawkins.
1836, scetion 3: James Barns, Ogden M. Willey, Jacob Eldridge, Moses W. Scott, H. and V. R. Hawkins.
1836, section 4: Enoch Jones, William Tilton, Jacob Plass, Daniel Powell, Simcon M. Johnson, Edwin P. IFoyt.
1835, section 5 : Benjamin Pearson, John Clifford, Levi Walker, Thomas Dole, Nathaniel Curtis, Shubael Ather- ton, Adonijah Atherton, Samuel Stewart.
1834, section 6: Samuel S. Todd, Levi Walker, Eliza- beth Smith.
1831, section 7: Levi Gilkey.
1835, section 8: Ephraim S. Walker, Levi Walker, Trumbull Carey.
1836, scetion 9 : Charles B. Hubbell, Joseph Thompson, Enos Talmadge, Lyman Sherwood, Samuel L. Fuller, Jona- than E. Robinson.
1836, section 10: Enos Talmadge, Lyman Sherwood, Charles B. Hubbell, Joseph Thompson, Edward Eldridge, Peter V. Moore, Seymour Boughton.
1836, section 11 : Philo Fairchild, Ralph Lester, IFiram Bellows, Ira Bellows.
1836, section 12: Enoch Jones, Thomas L. L. Brent, Oliver E. Maltby, Amon W. Langdon, Joseph Thompson, Ilanford Lyon, Ellen Jane Voorheis.
1836, section 13: William Ware, Seymour Boughton, Orson Beebe, Heman Ferris, Calvin Cartwright, Harris Hibbard.
1836, section 14 : Franklin Clark, Calvin Rosc, George Chandler, Ellen J. Voorheis, Anthony W. Martin.
1835, section 15 : Zenas Goulding, Thomas L. L. Brent, Enos Talmadge, Lyman Sherwood, Charles B. Hubbell, Joseph Thompson, Seymour Boughton.
Section 16: School-lands.
1834, section 17: Nathaniel Nelson, Jesse Whiteomb, Henry A. Brewster, James W. Cronk, Frederick W. Brewster.
1830, section 18: Daniel Le Roy, Elisha Beach.
1829, section 19: John A. Hoyes, Rufus W. Stevens,
# The figures show the year the first purchase was made upon each section.
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BURTON TOWNSHIP.
March 10, 1829, Ohnsted Chamberlin, and Gideon O. Whittemore, Augustus C. Stevens, Reuben Tupper, Elijah Smith, James Reed, James W. Crouk, Henry Dwight, Mark H. Sibley, Reuben HI. Tupper, Mark II. Sibley.
1835, section 20: John L. Gage, Orlando Murray, Albert G. Gage, Frederick Buhl, Eliza Alexander, James C. Delong.
1835, seetion 21 : John L. Gage, Perus Atherton, Shu- bael Atherton, Adonijah Atherton, Jonathan Harrington.
1835, section 22: Shubael Atherton, James Ingalls, Elihu Atherton, Thomas L. L. Brent, Jacob Alexander, Asahel Robinson, Joseph Thompson, Hanford Lyon.
1836, section 23: Daniel Hiller, William D. Chambers, Joseph Thompson, Hanford Lyon, Elihu Atherton, Sey- mour Broughton.
1836, section 24 : Daniel B. Dye, Nathan Larson, James N. Smith, George A. Neal, Silas O. Long, Bradford Knapp.
1836, section 25 : James Whyte, Amasa Short, Daniel Estes, Nathan Lamson, Peter Jay, Charles P. Day, Brad- ford Knapp.
1836, section 26: Henry Schram, Ira Donelson, John Hiller, Jr., Chauncey Baker, Adonijah Atherton.
1835, section 27 : Nathaniel Curtis, James Ingalls, Bar- nabus Norton, Tunis Cole, Timothy B. Tucker, Ira Donel- son, Pliny Curtis.
1835, section 28: Pliny A. Skinner, Nathaniel Curtis, Sidney S. Hosmer, James M. Heath, George Beckwith.
1834, seetion 29: Renben Tupper, Andrew Cox, Cephas Carpenter, Nathaniel B. Overton, James M. Heath, Ste- phen Hill.
1834, section 30: Reuben Tupper, John A. Hoyes, Jesse Chapman, Horace Blackmer, Thomas B. Worden, Henry Dwight, Rexford Wittum, Origen D. Richardson.
1835, section 31 : Ebenezer Bishop, Ira Donelson, Joseph M. Irish, Joel Bardwell, Jr., James Jones, Samuel C. Stiles, Abel S. Donelson, Origen D. Richardson. .
1834, section 32: Peter Stiles, Traey W. Burbank, Isaae N. Stage, Ilenry Dwight, Joseph Gamball, William Churchill.
1834, seetion 33: John Hollister, William Churchill, Lot Clark, Stephen Warren, Warren Annable.
1834, section 34 : Uriah Short, Oliver Short, Colonel T. Gorton, Benjamin Bullock.
1836, section 35: Josiah W. Alexander, Charles B. Hubbell, Joseph Thompson.
1836, section 36: Levi M. Fox, Mark M. Jerome, Alvah Bishop, Deborah Ewer, Adouiram Dan, Col. 'T. Gorton.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
Levi Gilkey, one of the very earliest pioneers in the vicin- ity of the city of Flint, came from Genesee Co., N. Y., and on the 11th day of May, 1831, purchased of the general government 684 aeres, described as " being the fractional part of section 7," or all that part remaining of said section outside of the reservation. ITis location was on and near the mouth of the small stream which still bears his name. Ile became a resident soon after the date of his land-entry, thereby becoming the first settler in the surveyed township outside of the city limits. Very little is known, or can be learned, concerning the history of Mr. Gilkey. It transpires,
however, that he became involved in many law-disputes, and remained here but a very few years ; doubtless he left the country, as many have since done, and will yet do, in disgust.
Reuben Tupper, brother of a numerons family of the name, who settled at an early period in Grand Blanc, was the next settler in the township. He also came from Greene Co., N. Y., and purchased lands situated upon sections 19, 29, and 30. Aug. 29, 1834, during the fall of the same year, he located upon the Saginaw road, section 19, where he erected a small log house, which stood nearly opposite the present residence of Mr. Ball.
About 1830, Shubael Atherton came from Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and settled in Pontiae. In 1833 he was joined by his brother Perus, a soldier of 1812. The brothers continued their residence in Oakland County until the fall of 1835, when, having purchased lands of the gov- ernment situated in this township, they began preparations for a removal to their new homes. At the time last men- tioned, Perus Atherton and Pliny A. Skinner -- the latter of whom had also purchased land at the same date as the Athertons-came on from Pontiac, and found Reuben Tupper settled, as before stated. They began their labors by cutting out a road sufficient for the passage of a team and wagon, commencing at the point where the railroad erosses the old Saginaw turnpike, thence dne east along the seetion lines to Thread River, or the proposed " Atherton settlement." This was the first road opened in the town- ship other than the Saginaw road. The two pioneers then constructed two log houses, one for each of them, and after their completion a third one was erected for Shubael Ather- ton.
The families of Skinner and Perus Atherton were settled in November; Shubael Atherton joined them a few weeks later. These three families passed the winter alone in the wilderness, and formed the nucleus of what was destined to be a thriving settlement of thirty families ere the lapse ot the ensuing twelve months.
Henry Schram was born in Seheneetady, N. Y., and with his father's family settled in Jefferson County, of the same State, at an early period. In September, 1835, he left Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and arrived in the "Atherton settlement" October 3d. Ile was accompanied by his wife, a daughter of Nathaniel Curtis. His first work was to build a log house for the reception of Curtis' family. He pur- chased the west half of the northwest quarter of seetion 26 of the government, March 16, 1836, and 80 additional acres on the same section May 26th of the same year. His father, John Schram, and brothers Isaac, William, Truman, James, George, David, and one sister, Mary Jaue, became settlers in the township in the spring of 1836.
In May, 1836, Capt. Nathaniel Curtis (a soldier of 1812), Adonijah Atherton (brother of Shubael and Perus), Asahel Robinson, Elisha Salisbury, all with families, and IFarmon Clark (a young man employed by Capt. Curtis), came from Adams, JJefferson Co., N. Y., and, after a journey of fourteen days, arrived in the settlement during the same month.
Barnabus Norton, James Ingalls, Joseph Chambers and sons, also from Jefferson Co., N. Y., became settlers soon
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after. It is related that William and Jeremy Chambers walked the entire distance from Jefferson Co., N. Y., to their place of settlement in Michigan.
John Hiller, from Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., purchased 320 acres upon sections 23 and 26 in June, 1836, and set- tled upon his purchase in September following. His present residence was the first framed house erected in the eastern part of the township; it was built in 1843, and his barn, the second framed one, in 1842.
Among others who settled in 1836 and early in 1837 were William Tilton, Thomas Bownes, William Bendle, Benjamin Boomer, Horace Boomer, Clark Boomer, Cephas Carpenter. Tunis Cole, Adoniram Dan, Daniel Estes, Col. T. Gorton, John L. Gage, Ovid Hemphill, Harris Hibbard, Charles Johnson, John McCormick, Samuel McCormick, Benjamin F. Olmsted, Walter Rall, William Rall, Thomas Sweet. Ephraim Walker, and Jesse Whitcomb.
The following-named settlers purchased lands of the general government, and located in the township at an early day : Jacob Eldridge. Edward Eldridge, from Liv- ingston Co .. N. Y. ; John Clifford, from Genesee Co., N. Y .; Levi Walker, from Cayuga Co., N. Y .; Ben- jamin Pearson, Samuel S. Todd, Zenas Goukling, Charles P. Day, Nathaniel B. Overton, Jesse Chapman, and Joel Bardwell, Jr., from Oakland Co., Mich. ; Jonathan Har- rington and Albert G. Gage, from Ontario Co., N. Y .; Daniel Hiller, Ira Donelson, Timothy B. Tucker, Peter Stiles, Samuel C. Stiles, and Abel S. Donelson, from Mou- roe Co., N. Y .; George Beckwith, Oneida Co., N. Y .; Warren Annable, Oliver Short, and a large family of sous, from Otsego Co., N. Y .; Nathan Lamson and Mark M. Jerome, from Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; and Andrew Cox, from Montgomery Co., N. Y.
A majority of the early settlers of Burton, or, as it was then known, Flint township, came from the towns of Adams and Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and their location was known for many years as the " Atherton settlement."
Here they eleared up the forests, built themselves houses, established a school and a church, and laid the foundation of a thriving Christian community. Of those who came among them and settled here during the fourth decade of the present century, none became better known in the county and State, and in later years in many of the Eastern, Middle, and Western States, than Rev. Orson Parker, the evangelist.
Mr. Parker was the grandson of a veteran of the Revo- lutionary war, and was born near where the city of Law- renee, Mass., now stands, in 1800. In 1814 he went to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where his father had removed with his family in 1811. They settled in the town of lleuderson, not far from Henderson Harbor, Lake Ontario. In 1821 he began the study of law with the late Judge Thomas C. Chittenden. " Hle eventually became the law partner of Mr. Chittenden, and continued to practice with marked success until au eveut occurred which completely changed the whole course of his life, and led to results in after-years which far exceeded in their importance the most brilliant successes which he could possibly hope to gain in the profes- sion of law."*
ITe was married in 1827 to Miss Celestine Gridley. One boy was born to them, who lived but three months. A year and a half after their marriage the young wife died. Hle then began a careful study of the Bible. The effect produeed upon his mind by the loss of his wife and child, and his strong desire to fulfill his promise to her to meet her in heaven, made his heart peculiarly susceptible to re- ligious influenees, and during a revival in Adams, under the ministrations of Rev. Jedediah Burchard, he became con- verted. He then gave up the practice of law, and entered the Auburn ( N. Y.) Theological Seminary. After a year's study he returned to Adams, was examined and licensed to preach by the Black River Association. In 1832 he mar- ried Diana Eleanor, a daughter of Adonijah Atherton, of Henderson, N. Y. The same year he was called by the Presbyterian Church of Belleville, N. Y., where he con- tinned one year. He was then employed by the Black River Association to hold protraeted meetings in the churches within their limits. He was called to Cassville, N. Y., in 1834, remaining two years. From there he went to Ohio, held revival meetings all through the Western Re- serve, and for a few months supplied the pulpit in Painesville.
In August, 1837, he came from Ohio with his family, consisting of his wife and three young children. With a single horse and buggy, he brought his family from Detroit -to which place they had come from Sandusky-to his father-in-law's house, in the wilds of Northern Michigan. At that time, the country north of Detroit was sparsely settled ; only here and there was a little clearing in the forest, where some sturdy pioneer had begun to hew out a home for himself and family. There was no public cou- veyanee. The road was a mere trail through the woods, almost impassable except in the driest part of the season. Leaving his family at the home of Mr. Atherton, he began a mission, which ended only with his life, March 14, 1876. His first work in the State was in the village of Flint, then a place of a dozen or twenty houses. The first communion was administered by Mr. Parker, in the fall of 1837, the congregation meeting in the unfinished loft of a store. At an early period he purchased the fine farm in Burton at present oeeupied by his widow. This place, and Flint, with the exception of a few years spent elsewhere, have been the residence of the family since 1844. Mr. Parker labored incessantly in promoting revivals. Ilis seasons of work were usually from about the first of September till the last of April or May. His field extended from Massachusetts to Iowa, from Canada to Maryland. He died at Havana, N. Y., of paralysis, while in the midst of his labors. He died, as he wished to die, with the harness on. During the last months of his life he wrote a work, entitled " The Fire and the Hammer, or Revivals, and how to Promote them," which was published soon after his death.
The first years were trying ones to the people in the Atherton settlement. The removal from New York to Michigan and the purchase of their lauds had, in most instanees, exhausted their all. For a year or two many of them worked for the Atherton brothers, Capt. Curtis, and Pliny A. Skinner, who, at this time, were considered fore- handed. Soon their resources were gone, eaten up; poor erops followed an unfavorable season, and all were poor in
# Extract from a biographical sketch of his life.
RESIDENCE OF HENRY SCHRAM, BURTON, GENESEE COUNTY, MICH.
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common. Destitution and privations existed upon all sides ; women nurtured amid the comforts and luxuries of their Eastern homes wept and prayed alternately, as their vision took in the waste of forests and the few acres of cleared, yet stumpy land, which environed their rude cabins.
But the bond of common suffering more firmly knit the ties of friendship and neighborly affection. With strong arius and undaunted hearts, the men whose names are mentioned in this chapter finally wrought from the frown- ing wilderness a competence, and many of them are to-day, with their children, enjoying the fruits of an honorable, industrious life in one of the most fertile regions of the State of Michigan.
The resident tax-payers in 1844 were,
Allen, Isaac P.
Alger, George.
Annabel, Warren.
Allen, James. Allen, Jason. Alexander, William E.
Atherton, Shubael.
Atherton, Elihu N. Atherton, Adonijah.
Jerome, Mark M.
Atherton, Perus. Alexander, John F. Brown, Chaunecy. Bowns, Thomas. Bowns, John.
Bentley, James.
Bentley, Henry.
Bentley, Seymour. Bendle, William.
Knowlton, Abraham. Lamson, Nathan. McCormick, John. McCormick, Samuel. Neidhammer, Jno. F. Norton, Barnabas. Norton, Nelson. Olmsted, Benjamin F.
Best, Richard.
Parker, Orson.
Barber, Elisha M.
Peck, Jesse P.
Boomer, Benjamin. Boomer, Horace.
Boomer, Clark.
Parrish, Jasper. l'icree, Caleb. Pierce. Silas R. Preston, Daniel. Plass, Jacob. Rall, Walter. Rall, William.
Beasley, Jesse J. Brown, Isaac. Brown, David E. Bingham, Lorenzo. Barkham, Joseph. C'raper, Albertus. Cole, Tunis.
Rall, Benjamin.
Robinson, Asahel.
Robinson, Isaac N.
Seymour, Burr.
('lark, Harmon. Curtis, Crandall N. Cox, Andrew. Carpenter, Cephas.
Short, Uriah. Short, Amasa.
Short, Augustus. Short, Charles.
Chambers, William D. Curtis, Charles G. Chambers, Joseph. Chambers, Enoch N. Chambers, Jeremy R. Curtis, Nathaniel. Chase, Ira.
Short, Albert. Short, Delos.
Schram, Truman.
Smith, David. Skinner, James M.
Stone, Salmon.
Sehram, John 1.
Schram, Henry. Skinner, Pliny A.
Sweet, Thomas. Tilton, William. Tupper, Reuben. Thompson, Francis D. Volden, Henry.
Whittlesey, William.
Estes, David. Field, Bethuel. Forton, James, Griswold, John C.
Greer, James.
Whittlesey, llarlow. Walker, Ephraim S. Whitcomb, Jeare. Webster, Steward II.
Wolcott, Jno. J. Wittum, Rexford.
Wittum, Sylvester.
CIVIL HISTORY.
Burton township, originally a part of Grand Blanc, be- came a portion of Flint in 1836.
In 1839, sections I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, by an act of the State Legislature, became the south part of the now obsolete township of Kearsley. By the same authority, these sections were reannexed to Flint, March 7, 1843.
The Board of Supervisors of Genesee County, by pre- amble and resolutions, of date Oet. 12, 1855, resolved as follows :
" Whereas, Application has been made, according to law, to divide the township of Flint into two townships; and whereas, the township of Flint includes two surveyed townships, except that part included in the city of Flint.
" Therefore, resolved, by the Board of Supervisors of the county of Genesee :
"SECTION 1. That all that part of the township of Flint included in township No. 7 north, of range No. 7 enst, he, and the same is hereby, set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Burton ; and the first township meeting for the election of officers shall be held ou the first Monday of April, 1856, at the Atherton school-house in said township ; and that Ilarlow Whittlesey, Henry D. Frost, and Nelson Norton, be, and they are hereby, appointed to preside at such meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as inspectors of elections at any town- ship meeting; and that llarlow Whittlesey be, and he is hereby, appointed to post up notices, according to law, of the time and place of such meeting, in the newly organized township of Burton."
By sections 2 and 3 of the same resolution, township No. 7 north, of range G east (Flint), was organized into a separate township by the name of Garland. These see- tions were amended at a session of the board of super- visors, held Feb. 5, 1856, and the name of Flint substi- tuted in the place of Garland.
FIRST TOWNSHIP-MEETING.
At the first township-meeting of the town of Burton, held on the 7th day of April, 1856, Henry D. Frost, Nel- son Norton, and Charles G. Curtis served as inspectors of election, and Henry D. Frost as chairman of the board. The whole number of votes given the candidates for the office of supervisor was 159, of which Harlow Whittlesey received 103, and John L. Gage, 56. The following- named officers were elected at this meeting : IIarlow Whit- tlesey, Supervisor ; Daniel E. Salisbury, Township Clerk ; Robert Chambers, Treasurer; Henry D. Frost, School In- spector ; Jacob M. Eldridge, Talman Frost, Nelson Norton, Joel Bardwell, Justices of the Peace ; Enoch M. Chambers, Abalino Babcock, Harrison G. Conger, Highway Commis- sioners ; Ira Chase, Salmon Stone, Directors of the Poor ; Edward Eldridge, Lorenzo T. Frost, Charles Pettis, Perry Judd, Constables. Overseers of Ilighways: District 1, William Van Buren; 2, Francis Hitchcock; 3, James Bigelow ; 4, Jacob Plass; 5, Richard Bush ; 6, Joseph W. Metcalf; 7, Salmon Stone; 8, John F. Alexander ; 9, Caleb Gillett ; 10, Daniel Jeffers ; 11, Ambrose Jones ; 12, Wil- liam L. Van Tuyle; 13, Perus Atherton ; 14, Henry F. Franklin ; 15, John O'Conor; 16, David Smith; 17, Joel Bardwell; 18, Asa Wolverton; 19, Ira Chase; 20, Wallace W. Gorton; 21, Rufus Chase; 22, Henry F. Ilill.
Curtis, Asahel. Calvin, Randall. Delbridge, John. Dan, Adloniram. Donelson, Horace L. Donelson, Abel S. Day, Charles P.
Estes, Daniel.
Gorton, Col. T. Gage, John L. Hifler, John. 4.4
Hemphill, Ovid. Hall, Truman. Hall, Willard.
Ilibbard, Harris. Ingalls, James. Johnson, Charles. Judd, Asahel. Judd, Henry.
Jerome, Nathaniel C.
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The following is a list of the principal township officers from 1856 to 1878, inclusive :
Supervisors.
Township Clerks.
1856. Ilarlow Whittlesey. D. E. Salisbury.
1857.
=
1858.
Dewitt Parker.
1859.
66
Samuel It. Atherton. Wm. J. Montgomery.
1860.
1861.
66
16
Oscar M. Cole. David Schram. =
1863.
1864. David Schram.
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IS65.
1866.
66
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Charles G. Curtis. Romain Putnam. Walter Phillips.
1867.
$6
186S.
1869. Samuel R. Atherton. George M. Curtis.
1870.
Jesse J. Beasley.
1871.
John C. Wolverton.
1872.
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No record.
IS73.
Fred. W. Fuller.
1874.
Iliram Bidleman.
Andrew J. Cronk. Harvey Noble.
1875. Andrew J. Cronk.
1876.
16
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Jesse J. Beasley.
1877.
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Daniel R. Pratt. Thomas Baker.
JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE.
Talmon Frost, William Hammond, Joel Bardwell, 1857 ; Nelsen Ner- ton, Robert Chambers, 1858; William Bendle, 1859; Joshua Vose, James Forton, 1860; Robert Chambers, Albert Short, 1861; Abalino Babcock, Robert Chambers, 1862; James Forton, 1863; Talmon Frost, 1861; Robert Chambers, 1865; Peter A. Montgomery, 1866; John Webber, 1867 ; Charles (. Curtis, 1868 ; Robert Chambers, 1869; Peter A. Montgomery, Adelbert C. Schram, 1870; David Schram, Nathan Lampson, Abalino Bab- cock, 1871; no record for 1872; Harrison G. Conger, George R. llowe, 1873; John D. Joslin, Samuel R. Atherton, 1875; George R. Ilowe, Samuel R. Atherton, 1876; Harrison G. Conger, llar- vey Noble, 1877; John Webber, 1878.
HIIGHIWAY COMMISSIONERS.
Enoch N. Chambers, Abalino Bahcock, Harrison G. Conger, 1856; Henry Schram, 1857; Enoch N. Chambers, 1858; Harrison G. Conger, 1859; Henry Schram, 1860; Robert Chambers, 1861; Harrison (. Conger, 1862; Henry Schram, 1863; Uriah Pratt, 1864; Robert Chambers, 1865; Ilenry Schram, 1866; James R. Bigelow, 1867; Harris Ilibbard, Allen B. Joses, 1868; Charles G. Curtis, 1869; Harrison G. Conger, 1870; Robert Chambers, Henry Schram, 1871; no record, 1872; Isaac Johnson, 1873; Robert Chambers, 1874; Ilenry Schram, Robert Chambers, 1875; Henry Sebram, 1876-77; William Murrill, 1878; Henry h. Franklin, Drain Commissioner, 1878.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
Heury D. Frost, 1856-57; David Schram, 1858; Henry D. Frast, 1859; II. JI. Schram, IS60; Ilenry D. Frost, Charles A. Crapser, 1861; Walter Phillips, 1862; llenry D. Frost, 1863; Adelbert C. Schram, 1864; George M. Curtis, 1865; Adelbert C. Schram, 1866; George M. Curtis, 1867; Adelbert C. Schram, 1868; John C. Wolverten, 1869; Adelbert C. Schram, 1870; John C. Welver- ton, 1871; Henry D. Frost, Thomas H. Baker, 1873; no record for 1872; Thomas II. Baker, 1874; Henry D. Frost, 1875; Sam- uel R. Atherton, 1876; Adelbert C. Schram, 1877; Theophilus Ilarrington, 1878 ; Robert F. Baker, Town School Superintendent, 1878.
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