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At about the same time of Buell's coming, Ezra H. Martin settled on section 14, north of Buell's. He moved from there to the Taylor farm, in the west part of the town, and afterwards to Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
Thomas Aplin, at about the same time, made a settlement on the east half of the southeast quarter of section 18. He remained only a few years ; then removed to Flint, where he continued to reside till the time of his death.
Leonard Beckwith also settled, at this time, on the south- west fractional quarter of section 18. He lived here many years, and finally, about ten or twelve years ago, sold out and removed farther west, settling in Minnesota.
William Rice came from Batavia, N. Y., at about the same time, and located on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 18. He removed to Flint some years later, and died there three or four years ago.
William W. Boughton also came, about this time, and settled on the farm, on section 29, which is now occupied by his sons, W. O. and G. A. Boughton. lle died in this town some ten or twelve years since.
Reuben J. Dye was another of these settlers. Ilis farm was on section 25, and consisted of the west half of the northwest quarter of that section. Ile sold out in 1813 to Paschal Richardson, and moved to the town of Flint, where he died three or four years ago.
Nahum N. Wilson, who is the oldest resident settler of
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the town, and has always been among its most prominent citizens, purchased 80 acres of land on section 25, in the early fall of 1838. He did not, however, live upon his place until about five years later. Previous to this time he had been engaged in a store near Flint, where considerable trading was done with the Indians. While engaged in this business he was adopted by the Copneconnick tribe, and given the name of Winnebidagayis, signifying " the rising sun." From that place Mr. Wilson moved on to the Judge Hotchkiss farm, in Vienna, and worked it till he moved on to his own place in this town, in 1843. In July, 1840, he made the first improvement on his farm. Assisted by Humphrey McLean, Leonard Beckwith, and John Bart- lett, he chopped ten acres in a week's time. This was logged and burned the following April, and a crop of corn raised on it that yielded 300 bushels. On this farm Mr. Wilson has sinee resided, and has now one of the finest and pleasantest places in the vicinity. In his biography a more detailed story of his life will be found.
While living in Vienna, Mr. Wilson came from that place with Richard Andrews for the purpose of hoeing his corn, in which the weeds were getting too good a start to suit him. It was a hot Friday morning in July, and they expected to be able to finish the work in two days, and get back home on Saturday night. They worked along through the day until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when clouds began to form in the sky and the weather grew threatening. As is usually the case just before a storm at that season, the air grew muggy and the heat very oppressive. The swarms of flies, gnats, and musquitoes also became very savage in their attacks, and at last forced the men to retire from the field. Leaving Andrews at the rude shanty which afforded them shelter to cook some supper, Mr. Wilson took his gun and, followed by his dog, went out into the woods to try to get a shot at a deer. Before going far he saw a deer, shot at it, and succeeded in wounding it, but not severely enough to prevent its flight, followed by the dog. While Mr. Wilson was reloading he heard a sharp crackling in the bushes behind him, and turning about saw a large bear which was passing some six or eight rods dis- tant, and which seemed not to have discovered his presence. Ile made a noise to attract the bear's attention and hur- riedly finished reloading. The bear stopped to investigate the cause of the mysterious noise, but, having halted be- hind a tall oak-stub, did not offer a good shot. His hips were, however, exposed, and after waiting a little without having any better chance for a shot, Mr. Wilson aimed at this exposed portion of the bear's body and fired. Bruin fell to the ground and made the woods resound with his cries of rage and pain, but while Mr. Wilson was reloading began a retreat into the forest. Thinking him badly wounded, and expecting to soon overtake and finish him, Mr. Wilson pressed on in pursuit. The chase proved a long one, and after following the bear till dark and getting two more shots at him he finally lost him just at dark in a large swamp. With the fall of night the storm broke and torrents of water came pouring down through the trees. After a few vain attempts to start a fire Mr. Wilson shel- tered himself beneath the leaning trunk of a huge oak, and there spent the night, relieving the tedious hours by
walking back and forth between that and another tree, be- tween which the underbrush was less dense than on either side. In this manner he passed the night. With the first light of dawn he began his search for landmarks to deter- mine his whereabouts, and shortly found that he was near the northeast corner of the town of Forest. By aid of his pocket-compass he took his bearings, and fixing upon a course a little west of southwest began retracing his steps towards his clearing, which he reached about seven o'clock. He found Andrews and Reuben J. Dye (his nearest neigh- bor) just ready to start out in search of him. The dog had returned to the cabin in the night covered with blood from the deer, which he had caught and partially eaten, and they thought Mr. Wilson had cucountered and been killed by some ferocious beast of prey.
Franklin E. Dodge and Daniel F. Bennett, in 1845. Na- poleon B. Fay, in 1846, and Amasa Carrier, in 1852, were among the most prominent of the later settlers. Biog- raphies of some of them accompany this work.
The heavy growth of excellent pine timber that clothed the surface of a large portion of the town afforded a lucra- tive business in preparing it for market, and necessitated the erection of a number of mills for the performance of that work. The first of these mills was the one built about 1846, by Gordon & Cook, on Butternut Creek, on section 36. It was a water-mill, the creek at that point furnishing sufficient fall to make it a desirable mill-seat. Some six years later, Richard Buell and his son Jay built a steam saw-mill, the first in the town, . about eighty rods north of the southeast corner of section 14. Three or four years later, Root, Anderson & Co. built a mill on section 13, uearly opposite the Buell mill. A. N. Baird owned a mill which stood about a mile north of the centre of the town, and Capt. J. T. Baird owned another, still farther north, on section 3. There were two other mills devoted to the making of shingles, the one farthest north owned by Delos I. Johnson, the other by Jacob Smith & Bro. The busi- uess of lumbering in Thetford is now among the things that were, the pine lumber being nearly all used up, and what little remains is being worked into shingles by the mills now running in the town. The mill built by Root, Anderson & Co. was afterwards owned by Eben B. Parker, and was twice burned, and then, after being changed to a shingle-mill, was burned a third time. Mr. Parker then purchased the Buell mill, and shortly after that too was de- stroyed by fire. This was rebuilt as a shingle-mill, and is still in use. The Gordon & Cook mill was sold to Argalus S. Matthews about 1848, by him to Clark White, and by him to Henry Hollister. Since 1862 it has run down and the machinery has been removed.
The first and only grist-mill iu Thetford was built at Whitesburg, in 1852-53, by Isaac O. Rogers. It was a water-mill and had two runs of stones. The water-power was supplemented by steam-power some three years ago, and the mill-now owned by Dodge & Schroeder-is doing a very good business.
As before mentioned, the first erop of wheat was raised by Grovener Vinton and was harvested in the summer of 1836. The first wheat sown in the cast part of the town was put in by Reuben J. Dye. He had a four-aere lot pre-
MRS. D.F. BENNET.
D.F. BENNET.
MRS.D.F.BENNET ( DECEASED)
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pared, and went to Vienna for his seed. He proenred of N. N. Wilson sufficient seed of the best quality of red chaff bald wheat,-a variety which Mr. Wilson thinks identical with the present widely-known and highly-valued " Clanson" wheat,-and sowed his ground. The wheat grew nicely and the next spring gave promise of an excellent crop. Just as it had begun to head nicely a heavy rain came on, followed by a nipping frost that ent the wheat to the ground. In a few days a new growth sprang from the roots, and grew so strong and thrifty that Mr. Dye congratulated him- self upon it and told his neighbors he would have a fine piece of wheat yet, in spite of the unseasonable cold. But as its growth was nearly finished, and he examined it more closely to find the incipient heads, he made the exasperating discovery that his wheat was nothing but chess, and went at work to cut and cure it for fodder.
Among the earliest births in Thetford was that of John N. Wilson, a son of N. N. Wilson, who was born on the 19th of November, 1813. IIe grew to manhood in this town, and received his education in the common schools. He became a member of the Disciples, or Camp- bellite Church, and was finally ordained as a preacher of that denomination, and is now preaching in Rupert, Ben- nington Co., Vt.
The first job of blacksmithing done in Thetford was per- formed by Corydon E. Fay, and consisted of making a plow-clevis out of the poles of two old axes. The clevis was made for Grovener Vinton, and was used by him for many years.
It is not definitely known who was the first person that died in this town. Among the carliest were those of Phoebe Clapp, a niece of Benoni Clapp, Mrs. Benoni Clapp, and Mr. Martin, father of Ezra H. Martin. All of these were buried in the Upton burying-ground in the town of Genesee.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN
was brought about in accordance with the wishes of its eit- izens during the meeting of the State Legislature in the winter of 1841-42. By that act the tract of land known in the records of the United States survey as township 9 north, of range 7 cast, was erceted into a separate town under the name of Thetford, and the first town-meeting was appointed to be held at the school-house near Corydon E. Fay's. The name was taken from the town of Thetford, in Orange Co., Vt., and was selected by Nahum N. Wilson. The territory thus made a town lies on the north line of the county, in the second range of townships from the eastern boundary. It is bounded north by Arbela, a town of Tus- cola County, east by Forest, south by Genesee, and west by Vienna, towns of this county. Its surface is lightly roll- ing. The south half of the town was originally heavily timbered with a variety of hard-wood trees, and its soil is composed of a rich clay loam very evenly distributed, easily worked, and very fertile. The north half of the town was covered with fine timber, generally of excellent quality and large size, interspersed with other kinds of forest trees. The soil in this part is lighter, composed mostly of sandy loam, but is still valuable for agricultural purposes. Un- derlying the surface soil in the southwest part of the town is a soft, blue clay of a putty-like consistency, which also
probably extends throughout the town, though perhaps at a greater depth below the surface.
The only bodies of water in the town are Buell and Little Lakes in the northern part. The largest part of these is the first named, which covers an area of about 100 acres. Its length is about one mile from cast to west, and its av- erage width is from forty to fifty rods. It is irregular in form, surrounded by pine ridges and knolls, is quite deep, and has a generally muddy bottom. This lake lies par- tially in each of three sections, 2, 3, and 11. Little Lake lies south from Buell Lake, and is wholly in section 11. It covers but a few acres, and in general character resembles the other one. Both these lakes empty their waters through " Perry Creek," which flows northward, and finally empties into the Cass River.
The other streams of the town are Butternut Creek, which crosses section 36 in a southwesterly direction, and Clapp's Creek, which rises near the centre of the town, flows southeast, and empties into Butternut Creek.
Taken as a whole, the town ranks well as to the produc- tiveness and value of its land with other towns in the county, and the south part is, especially, a fine farming country.
The following statistics, taken from the report of the census of 1874, show what its productions for 1873 were : wheat, 21,759 bushels; corn, 18,272 bushels ; other grain, 32,490 bushels ; potatoes, 11,657 bushels; hay cut, 1591 tons; wool sheared, 7182 pounds; pork raised, 32,297 pounds ; cheese made, 600 pounds; butter made, 40,330 pounds ; fruit dried, 2172 pounds ; cider made, 8G barrels ; maple-sugar made, 3345 pounds.
The amount of live stock kept that year was as fol- lows: horses, 380; mules, 2; working-oxen, 115; milch- cows, 464; other neat-cattle, 501; swine, 451; sheep, 1081.
It contains a total area of 21,383.82 acres, according to the figures of the United States survey, of which 471 aeres were designated as swamp lands. The census reports 19,877 acres of taxable land and 6710 acres of improved land ; also that this was divided into 220 farms, averaging 75,7% acres cach. There were 252 acres of orchard, which pro- duced, in 1872, 7622 bushels of apples.
In 1850 the population of the town was only 303; in 1860 it had risen to 934, and in 1870 to 1260, divided as 1058 native born, 202 foreign born, and 3 colored. The census of 1874 reports a population of 1184, a loss of 76 in four years, and classifies them as single, 662; married, 489; widowed and divorced, 33; males under five years, 95; from five to ten years, 66; from ten to twenty-one years, 157 ; from twenty-one to forty-five years, 204; from forty-five to seventy-five years, 112; from seventy-five to ninety years, 8; females under five years, 73; from five to ten years, 69; from ten to eighteen years, 102; from eighteen to forty years, 194; from forty to seventy-five years, 101 ; from seventy-five to ninety years, 3.
Pursuant to the provisions of the act erecting the town, the first annual town-meeting was held at the Fay school- house on the first Monday in April following the passage of the act. The following account of the proceedings is taken from the town clerk's record :
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" At the first annual township-meet'ng held in the township of Thetford, this fourth day of April, 1842, Isane Van Tuyl was chosen chairman of said meeting, nod Richard Buell, Albert Castle, Grovener Vinton, and Corydon E. Fay inspectors. Said board of inspectors appointed (. E. Fay as clerk. Said board being duly sworn by Isaac Van Tuyl, Esq., the inhabitants present proeceled to vote for the following officers."
Then follows a list of the officers to be chosen, and a statement of the number of votes cast for each candidate for the several offices. From this we learn that there were 23 votes cast. Isaac Van Tuyl, the Whig candidate for supervisor, reecived 18 votes, and Benoni Clapp, his Demo- cratie competitor, received 5. Corydon E. Fay, for the office of town clerk received 22 votes, showing conclusively that he had seruples against voting for himself. The rest of the officers received about the same vote as did Van Tuyl for supervisor.
The record then continnes :
" It was also resolved that the southwest quarter of said town shall constitute rond district No. 1, and that the northwest quarter of said town shall constitute road district No. 2, and the cast half of said town shall constitute road district No. 3.
" Also voted, that all town officers shall receive one dollar per day, for every day actually spent in town business. Also voted, to raise the sum of $125 for contingent expenses the current year. Also voted, to raise the sum of $38 for the support of schools. Also voted, that the next annual township-meeting shall bo held at the school-house near C. E. Fay's. Also voted $10 for books for the town clerk."
The justices of the peace then drew lots to determine their respective terms of service, and then the meeting adjourned.
The following list contains the names of all the town officers from 1842 to 1879, inclusive :
CIVIL LIST OF THETFORD.
SUPERVISORS.
1842-43. Isaac Van Tuyl.
1844-45. Corydon E. Fay.#
1846-48. Daniel F. Bennett.
1819. Corydon E. Fay.
1850. Nelson S. Van Tuyì.
1851. Daniel F. Bennett.
1852. Jose M. Riddle.
1853. Daniel F. Bennett.
1871-78. Jacob W. White.
1879. Daniel F. Bennett.
# At the election of 1844 a Mr. Tasehal Richardson was elected supervisor, and also school inspector. Mr. Richardson moved into the town and State in the month of October previuus, but not at as carly a day in the month as that on which the election occurred in April. From this arose a question regarding his eligibility, and the following formal protest was recorded, following the record of the proceedings of the meeting, viz. :
" Isaac Van Tuyl objects to election of Supervisor and School In- spector Mr. Paschal Richardson, for the reason that he (Richardson) has not been in the State long enough to vote.
" ISAAC VAN TUYL, "Justice of the Peace."
Soon after this Richardson removed to Flint, and on the Sth of May following, Van Tuyl, who had held over pending the decision of the question, resigned his claims to the office, and the town board met and appointed Corydon E. Fay to fill the office for the unexpired term.
TOWN CLERKS.
1842. Corydoo E. Fay.
1843-44. Nahum N. Wilson.
1845. Nelson S. Van Tuyl.
1846. Nahum N. Wilson.
1847. William L. Van Tuyl. 1848. Nahum N. Wilson. 1849. William L. Van Tuyl.
1850. Daniel F. Bennett.
1851. Nahum M. Wilson. 1852. John Taylor, Jr.
1853. Nahum N. Wilson.
1851-55. N. S. Johnson.
IS56. Delos I. Johnson.t Daniel F. Bennett.#
1857-60. David Long.
1861-64. Samuel Graham.
1865-66. Jacob W. White. 1867. John Walter .? 1867-69. David Long.[ 1870. Nahum N. Wilson. 1871-73. Rodney Lyman.
1874. Juhn N. Wilson.T
1874-78. William 11. Long.4* 1879. William E. Price.
TREASURERS.
1842-43. Simcon Simmons.
1841. Grovener Vintun tt
1844-45. Simeon Simmons.##
1846-48. Franklin E. Dodge.
1819-50. Joseph S. Bartholomew.
1861. Napoleon B. Fay. 1865-68. William S. Johnson.
1869-70. Jacob W. White.
1852. Samuel Grahamu.
1871-74. Sherman Moulthrop.
1853. Henry Merrow.
1875-78. James W. Averill.
1879. Thomas D. Fletcher.
JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE.
1842. Isane Van Tuyl (1 year). Richard Bnell (2 years). William Riee (3 years). Ezra H. Martin (4 years).
1813. Isaac Van Tuyl.
1841. John W. Johnson (f. t.).45 Elias Randall (v.) .***
1845. Benoni Clapp (ť. t.). John W. Johnson (v.).
1846. Richard Buell.
1847. Corydon E. Fny.
1848. Judah Butler.
1849. IFenry Merrow.
1850. Nahum N. Wilson.
1851. Corydon E. Fay.
1852. Daniel F. Benneit.
1853. Jose M. Riddle.
1871. Clark White.
1872. Rodney Lyman (f. t.).
1872-73. Thomas D. Fletcher (v. and f. t.).
1873-74. Daniel F. Bennett (v. and f. t.). 1875. Philander B. Taylor.
1876. Augustus Holden.
1877. William S. Coddington.
1859. R. P. Baker.
1878. Daniel F. Bennett.
1879. Theodore Johnson.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
1842. Benoni Clapp.
Crawford Barkley.
Thomas Aplin.
1843. Benoni Clapp. William Rice.
1845. Benoni Clapp. Milton Johnson.
llenry Merrow.
John W. Johnson.
+ Resigned May 22, 1856, because of poor health.
# Appointed May 22, 1856. 2 Removed from tho town.
|| Appointed Sept. 9, 1867.
" Resigned Oct. 7, 1874.
** Appointed Oet. 7, 1874. ++ Resigned.
## Appointed.
22 Resigned Dee. 5, 1851.
" " Full teroi.
*** Vacancy.
1860. Jacob W. White (v.).
ISGI. Abram Cuduey (f. t.). Ilarrison Lewis (v.).
1862. Ezra Cleveland.
1863. Joseph B. Drudge (f. t.). Alonzo Dickinson (v.).
1864. David Long (f. t.). Harrison Lewis (v.).
1865. Clark White (f. t.). Daniel F. Dennett (v.).
1866. Isane O. Rogers (f. t.). Harrison Lewis (v.). 1867. David Case.
1868. Rodney Lyman.
1869. William Il. Randall.
1870. Daniel Morse.
1854. Nahum N. Wilson (f. t.). Lebbeus D. Stanard (v.).
1855. Corydon E. Fay.
1868-69. Isaac O. Rogers.
1870. Daniel F. Bennett.
185-1. Nahum N. Wilson.
1855-56. John Brabazon.
1857. Daniel F. Bennett.
1858-60. John Brabazon.
1861-64. Ithiel W. Wilber.
1865-66. David Casc.
1867. Ithiel W. Wilber.
1856. Clark White (f. t.). Orlando Johnson (v.).
1857. David Casc.
1858. Nahum N. Wilson (f. t.). William 11. Randall (v.).
1860. Clark White (f. t.).
1856. Charles Scott.
1857. Horace 11. Ramsdell.
1858. Nelson S. Van Tuyl.
1859-63. Charles Seott.
1851. William H. Randall .¿ 2 Richard Sutton |||
1854-55. Sherman Moulthrop.
||| Appointed Dee. 5, 1851.
1844. Benoni Clapp. Crawford Barkley. Uzial Boutwell.
VIEW FROM THE SOUTH WEST.
JACOB W. SHARICK.
MRS. JACOB W. SHARICK.
RESIDENCE OF JACOB W. SHARICK , THETFORD, MICH .
THETFORD TOWNSHIP.
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IS16. Perry Kroll.
Jose M. Riddle. Charles M. Bouttell.
1817. Perry Kroll (3 years). Jose M. Riddle* (2 years). Milton Johnson (I year). Simeon Simmons.f
JS48. Charles M. Bouttell.
1819. Benoni Clapp.
1850-51. Franklin E. Dodgo. M. Johnson (appointed). Charles M. Bouttell (f. t.). Luther Scott (v.).
1853. Benoni Clapp.
1854. Joseph S. Bartholomew.
1855. Edmund Jones.
1856. David Long (f. t.). Joseph B. Drudge (v.).
1873. Ziba E. Sanborn.
1857. Williani S. Johnson.
1858. Joseph B. Drudge.
1859. Samnel Graban.
1860. William S. Johnson.
1861. Henry Knickerbocker.t
1862. Alonzo llurd.
1879. Nathan F. Scott.
ASSESSORS.
1842. Albert Castle.
Nelson S. Van Tuyl.
1843. Quartus W. Clapp. Grovener Vinton.
1816. Qua. tus W. Clapp. Uzial Bontwell.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
IS42. Richard Buell.
Isaac Van Tuyl.
Nelson S. Van Tuyl.
J862. William H. Long (f. t.).
1843. Isane Van Tuyl.
1862-63. J. Brabazon ( v. and f. t.).
1844. Paschal Richardson.
1845. Isaac Van Tnyl.
1816. John Taylor, Jr.
1847. Nelson S. Van Tuyl.
1848. John Brabazon .**
Daniel F. Bennett.++
1849. Elizur Andrewstt (f. t.). Daniel F. Bennett (v.). Jay Buell.tt
1850. Nahum N. Wilson (f. t.).
1850-51. William L. Van Tuyl (v. and f. t.). 1851. Daniel F. Bennett.tt
1852. Richard Buell.
1853. John Brabazon.
J854. William L. Van Tnyl.
1855. Nahum N. Wilson (f. t.). Alfred N. Baird (v.).
1856. Bradford Goodell.
1857. Joseph B. Drudge .** John Taylor.tt
1858. Daniel F. Bennett (f. t.). John Taylor (v.).
1877. James HI. Jones.
1859. Christian Rhoados.
1878-79. George Pierco.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1875-76. Philander B. Taylor. 1878. Philander B. Taylor.
1877. Abram II. Coddiogton. 1879. Abram II. Coddington.
" Removed from the town in 1847.
+ Appointed rice Riddle.
į Removed from the town in 1863.
¿ Resigned 1863.
|| Appointed vice Knickerbocker.
" Elected Dee. 9, 1867, rice Long.
›› Did not qualify.
tt Appointed. ## Resigned.
22 Appointed Sept. 9, 1867, vice Penoyer.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
1842-43. Benoni Clapp. 1853. Henry Knickerbocker.
Grovener Vioton.
1854. David Long.
Nelson S. Van Tuyl,
1844. Elias Randall (died). Benoni Clapp.
Q. W. Clapp (app'd).
J845. Paschal Richardson. Uziad Boutwell.
J846-47. Ilepry Knickerbocker.
18446. David Newbegin.
1847. Simcon Simmons.
1848. Asa Parker.
ISIS-50. Charles M. Bouttell.
1819. Heury Knickerbocker.
1850. Walter Knickerbocker.
1851. No record.
1852. Orson C. Jacobs.
Isaac Moulthrop.
1859. llenry Drudge.
. Jacob Shafer.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1871-72. David Inog.
1876. Nahum N. Wilson.""
1873-71. Clark White. 1877. Philander B. Taylor (res.).
1875. David Long.
1878. Win. O. Boughton (app'd).
1876. Charles Ogd' n.
1879. Nathan F. Scott.
CONSTABLES.
William W. Bunghton, 1842-44, '47; Quartus W. Clapp, 1812, 'H- 17; Uzial Bontwell, 1812, '48-19, '51, '53, '56; Samuel Aplin, 1813, '41; Joseph S. Bartholomew, 1845; David Newbegin, 1846 ; William 11. Randall, 1847, '56-57; Willinm 11. Butler, 1848, '63- 65, '74-75 ; William P. Patterson, 1819-53 ; Sherman Moulthrop, 1850; Myron C. Butler, 1851 ; Charles Scott, 1852; Silas II. Payne, 1853 ; Carlos P. Wilson, Isaac Moulthrop, 1854; Andrew C. Beckwith, 1854-55; Judah Butler, 1851, '56, '60 ; J. B. Keu- dall, Joseph Bidwell, 1855; John Rhoades, 1855-56, '66: J. L. Russell, Nathaniel McComb, Asa White, 1856; Horace Buell, 1856, '58-60; Daniel Morse, 1857, '65; Randolph W. Willis, 1857-58, 'ti5: Peter P. Angle, 1857; Jacob Anderson, C. A. Bell, 1858; William O. Boughton, 1859; Joseph B. Drudge, 1859-62; Casey Potter. 1859-63: Luther Scott, 1860, '64; Leonard O. Johnson, 1861-62; Orson C. Chapel, 1861; Elias Randall, 1862; Ezra S. Cleveland, 1863; Henry Drudge, 1863-64, '68-72, '77; Philo Dewey, 1864; Dennis Gilbert, 1865; Edmund D. Hurd, B. Lung, Sherman Scott, 1866; Christian Rhoades, Parker Scott, 1867; Clarence 1 .. Case, 1867, '69-70; William H. Long, 1867, '69: Ephraim Back. Eber Woolfit, Andrew Bureb, 1868; Levi Darling, 1869-70; William Mead, 1870; John N. Wilson, 1870- 71; Andrew Cole, 1871; Samuel C. Fuller, 1871-72; Shaunon W. Scott, 1871-72, '74, '77-79; John Tryon, 1872; Stephen Stonchonse, 1872-75; Henry Cimmerer, William M. Ellis, Jacob Jobson, Horace Scott, 1873; Daniel C. Crandall, James Fuller, 1874; Charles S. Griswold, Enos A. Lauer, 1875; George Buell, William E. Price, Albert Holden, 1876; Franklin Bennett, 1876, '78; Jacob Rhoades, 1877; William H. Fairman, 1877-79; Nol- son Dake, 1878; Myron L. Swartz, Frederick J. Wilber, 1879.
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