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RESIDENCE OF O.PALMER, JONESVILLE, MICH .
RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL E. JOHNSON, SCIPIO, HILLSDALE CO., MICH.
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to stand guard first night; took cold, causing an expectora- tion of blood from the lungs, a complaint which had troubled him from childhood, which caused the surgeon, S. P. Root, to refuse to muster him. After this, in 1863, he bought a farm in section 16, Jefferson, and hired help to clear it in summer time and taught school in winter until nearly the entire eighty acres were cleared. Was elected justice of the peace in Jefferson ; moved to Osseo, and commenced to study law; bought a building for an office, and finding the business of a justice rather light, it presented a good opportunity for study without interruption ; after two years' quiet study in this way he applied to E. L. & M. B. Koon for permis- sion to read in their office in Hillsdale, where he read some time together with Eugene A. Merrill, a thorough scholar, now a member of the law firm of Koon & Merrill, of Min- neapolis, Minn., and with him was admitted to the practice of law, a member of Hillsdale County bar, on the 22d day of May, 1874, Hon. Daniel L. Pratt, judge presiding. After his admission to the bar he removed with his family to Jonesville, and opened an office in Commercial Block, where he enjoys an increasing practice. During the fall of 1878 he built a nice residence on Maumee Street, near the Presbyterian church, and has acquired a very good law library. His family now consists of his wife, his youngest sister, Emma, and an only daughter, Juna, who was born Feb. 17, 1864.
CHARLES P. OSIUS
was born in Erie City, Pa., Jan. 20, 1832. Son of Wm. F. Osius, who emigrated to America from Frankfort on
the Main, Germany, about 1827, having a stormy passage which occupied ninety-nine days ; he was a volunteer in the German army, and participated in the battle of Waterloo. Not fancying the life of a soldier, he came to this country, married, and settled in Washtenaw Co., Mich., where he has followed the occupation of a farmer ; raised a family of five children, all living except the oldest daughter. Charles P. was the oldest son; lived with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he rented the farm for six years, during which time, and on the 15th day of January, 1859, he was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Kesselring, daughter of Jacob Kesselring, who came from Henrietta, Monroe Co , N. Y., and settled in Moscow, this county, in 1836, taking eighty acres of land from the government in an unbroken forest, there being no settler for several miles. Here he commenced a battle with the forest, with the wild beasts, and the battle of life anew, unaided pecuniarily ; raised a family of nine children ; made himself a good farm, where he now resides at the mature old age of eighty-four years. Mr. Osius came to Fay- ette, this county, in 1860 ; purchased two hundred acres of land, with small improvements. Since then he has extended its borders until he now has three hundred and twenty acres, with broad fields, a large and fine house, several barns and out-buildings, all of which he has erected ; he has a timber lot of pine and cedar in Montcalm County, convenient to the railroad, from which he furnishes the farm with choice building material, as well as some for market ; he has a large and well-cultivated farm, the St. Joseph River running through it, which furnishes convenient water for stock. Mr. Osius is one of the enterprising men of the county.
SCIPIO.
THE original township of Fayette included the whole of range 3 west of the principal meridian, within the county of Hillsdale, extending south to the State line. By an Act passed by the Legislature March 23, 1836, the new town- ship of Scipio was created, including township No. 5 south, of range 3 west. The village of Jonesville and the northern tier of sections of the present township of Fayette then formed a part of Scipio, and so remained for a number of years, when the change was made, leaving Scipio but five miles in extent north and south.
The surface of this township is considerably diversified. In places the land rises to the dignity of hills, and in others is marshy, while several fertile plains are found, which were originally in the region of the famous "oak openings." The most notable plain in the township is the one at and east of the village of Mosherville.
The principal stream is the south branch of the Kala-
mazoo River, which furnishes very good power. Other smaller streams and spring-brooks abound, and several lakelets of limited area add to the beauties of the land- scape. Scipio is emphatically a Michigan township, with all the peculiarities of this region of "hills and dales," drift soil, and pleasing lakes and streams.
From the State census for 1874 are gleaned the following items for the township of Scipio :
Total population (539 males and 470 females) 1,009
Acres of taxable land
16,000
Land owned by individuals and companies (acres)
16,087
Improved land (number of acres).
10,000
Land exempt from taxation (acres)
87
Value of same, including improvements $13,800
Number of acres in school-house sites
3
" church sites.
1
burying-grounds.
3
railroad right of way and depot grounds ... 50
Number of farms ..
147
acres in same ..
11,793
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HISTORY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
Average number of acres in farms.
80.22
3,063
Acres of wheat raised in 1874. " harvested in 1873.
2,437
corn
1,110
Section 11 .- Entered entire by Stillman Ralph.
Section 12 .- Jacob K. Camburn, John M. Chapin, Peter J. and Oscar Whitney, Tompkins C. Delavan.
Section 13 .- Samuel Knowles, Matthew Buchanan, Philo Mills, Horace Burnett, Lyman Willson.
Section 14 .- Levi Haskell, Richard Dobson, John Dray, John W. Collins, McClelland and Harleston, Philo Smith, A. A. Rabineau, John R. Willis.
Section 15 .- Lyman Johnson, Robert Cook, Jacob Am - bler, John Lusk, Clinton Strong, James Olds.
Section 17 .- J. Olmstead, Cyrus Smith, Horace Case, J. C. Dennis, Daniel Oakley, George Lovett, Charles But- ler.
Section 18 .- J. Olmstead, Henry Stevens, J. C. Dennis, Samuel Shaw.
Section 19 .- Clark Sutton, Uriah B. Couch.
Section 20 .- Jay Olmstead, Cyrus Smith, T. H. Wil- kinson, Uriah B. Couch.
Section 21 .- Hiram Mckinstry, John Woods, Uriah B. Couch, Horace Case, A. Ten Eyck.
Section 22 .- William F. Nelson, Dexter Olds, Isaac Van Riper, John Miller, Charles Osgood, Charles Gregory, M. Olds, Harley J. Olds, James Olds.
Section 23 .- James Winter, Simon Drake, John Pope, Stephen Warren, Daniel Couch, Conrad Kimble.
Section 24 .- Silas N. W. Benson, S. N. Edmunds, T. Cowles, Eli R. Sayles, Simon Drake, Oliver Bates, Philo Mills, Hosea Wheeler, Job S. Comstock.
Section 25 .- S. N. W. Benson, John Briggs, Truman Cowles, Alvah Gregory, Charles T. Delavan, Tompkins C. Delavan, John Jermain.
Section 26 .- N. Bacon, Jane L. Benson, Peter S. Sayles, Daniel Nichols, William Benson, Jr., Daniel S. Wilkinson, Lyman Willson, J. D. Van Hoevenbergh.
Section 27 .- Nathaniel Bacon, Henry W. Sisson, Daniel Nichols, Stephen Haviland, Jesse Button, Philip E. Man- chester, Margarette Brown, J. C. Dennis, Charles Gregory.
Section 28 .- Uriah B. Couch, James -Olds, Ammon Sperry, Eliza Ann Wheeler, S. C. Le Barron, Phineas Swarthout.
Section 29 .- Cyrus Smith, Marcus N. Mulliner, Uriah B. Couch, Joseph Burk, William W. Dodge.
Section 2 .- Stillman Ralph, Nathan Palmer, James R. Carey, John B. Brown, George B. Harleston, John R. Willis.
Section 3 .- Ira Hinkley, Samuel Mosher, James R. Carey, Darragh, Keighly, and McClelland.
Section 4 .- Hezekiah Morris, Samuel Mosher, I. H. Hatch.
Section 5 .- Philo Taylor, Daniel Oakley, H. Morris, John Redfield, Samuel E. Smith, Centre Lamb.
Section 6 .- Barton Tiffany, John Hart, Cornwell Mc- Louth, Marcus N. Mulliner.
Section 7 .- Peleg Corey, Olney Tiffany, Caleb Wilcox, Chester Nimocks, Eliphalet Tower, Amos Carpenter.
Section 8 .- Hezekiah Morris, James Sturgess, Nathaniel Swarthout, Joseph Hall, Sullivan Holman, John McLouth, Charles Butler.
Section 9 .- James Sturgess, Nathaniel Swarthout, Rich- ard Hinkley, Samuel Mosher, John Sanford, Jasper Burk.
Section 10 .- Richard Hinkley, Amos Carpenter, Lyman Johnson, Clinton Strong, Philo Doolittle.
Bushels of wheat raised in 1873.
27,848
corn
all other grain raised in 1873.
13,530
potatoes raised in 1873 ..
4,244 752
Tons of hay cut in 1873
Pounds of wool sheared in 1873.
pork marketed in 1873.
butter made in 1873
34,055
« fruit dried for market in 1873 ..
5,262
Barrels of cider made in 1873
235
Acres of land in orchards.
311
Bushels of apples raised in 1872. " 1873.
6,715
Value of all fruits and garden vegetables, 1872.
$1,792
"
1873 ..
$3,368
Number of horses owned in township in 1874 .. ..
356
"
work oxen
milch cows
66
373
neat cattle one year old and over, other than oxen and cows, in 1874
327
Number of swine over six months old
538
sheep
" sheared in 1873.
3,438
" flouring-mills in township in 1874. persons employed in same.
2
Amount of capital invested in same. Barrels of flour made ...
2,600
Value of products of flouring-mills.
$19,000
Number of saw-mills in township in 1874. persons employed in same.
2
Amount of capital invested.
$2,000
Feet of lumber sawed
25,529
Value of products.
$383
The returns from this town were not as complete as some, and there are numerous items which cannot be given. By reference to the figures giving the amount and value of agricultural products it will be seen that Scipio ranks well among her sister townships, and proves the fertility of her soil by her productions.
LAND ENTRIES.
At the close of the year 1833 there had been but 300 acres of land entered in what is now Scipio, and this was divided between William H. Nelson, Dexter Olds, S. N. W. Benson, and Nathaniel Bacon. The following is a list of those who had made entries in the township previous to the 27th of April, 1838, as recorded at the land-offices in Mon- roe and at Hillsdale :
Section 1 .- Lyman Nethaway, James R. Carey, Conklin Nethaway, W. R. Spencer, John R. Willis.
Section 30 .- David Schott, Nelson Chittenden, Peter Schott, Uriah B. Couch, Elijah King, Jesse Swarthout, John Hepburn.
A reference to the records shows that the greater part of the land in the township had been entered at the date given (1838). Among those who had made claims were many afterward residents of Jonesville, and who became prominent in their various callings,-as physicians, lawyers, merchants, literati, etc.
Railway facilities are afforded the inhabitants of Scipio by the Fort Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw Railway, which has a station at East Mosherville. The famous " Chicago road" crosses the southeast corner of the township, entering from Moscow at the stone school-house. Over this turn- pike, in days gone by, the tide of emigration flowed west- ward, and within the memory of the oldest inhabitants
mules
8
18
.....
.....
3,056
4
$20,000
1
54,965
17,195
38,995
4,525
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HISTORY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
the lumbering ox-carts and rude pioneer wagons, with their white covers and precious freights, moved slowly along the broad highway, while the easy stage-coaches, with their strap-springs, burly drivers, and crowds of pas- sengers, raised clouds of dust in their swift passage, and the sound of the coachman's horn rang merrily through the land. Those were days long to be remembered by those who were actors in the stirring scenes, and a charm will always attach to tales of the time when the wilderness was being developed into a habitation for the race of people from towards the rising sun ; when everything was enjoyed with a hearty zest unknown to the present inhabitants, and when a helping hand was always extended to the needy, and neighbors, though often miles apart, lived as members of one family.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
The territory adjacent to the Chicago Turnpike was, naturally, settled before that more distant had been im- proved. Jonesville, which was for a long time within the bounds of Scipio, received the first settler in the person of Benaiah Jones, Jr., and, following him, came many who located in the vicinity,-the village becoming well known as a business centre in a very few years. Soon, however, the neighboring region began to receive its quota of set- tlers, and the openings northward from Jonesville were soon producing crops in return for the labors of the hus- bandman.
Among those residing in the township in 1836 were William Porter, Dr. Stillman Ralph, Silas Benson, Oliver Bates, Oliver C. Pope, Uriah B. Couch, Samuel E. Smith, Cyrus Smith, Lyman Nethaway, Nelson Bates, Hezekiah Morris, Eli R. Sales, Marvin Kimble, James Winters, Rufus Cole, Allen Briggs, Sanford Curtis, Seeley Blatch- ley, William Whitehead, the widow Bucklin, Wilson Gage, and others.
Samuel E. Smith came to this State from Colerain, Mass., and settled, with his family, in Scipio, in 1835, on the farm east of Mosherville, at present belonging to his estate. This farm is a portion of the plain previously men- tioned.
The vicinity of the picturesque Hoosac Falls furnished several settlers to Scipio among the earlier arrivals. In 1836, Jerab Culver located, with his family, in the centre of the township, and in 1838 he was followed by his son- in-law, William Baker, and family, from the same neighbor- hood. Mr. Baker lived on Mr. Culver's farm until the spring of 1839, and died about the fall of 1841. His sons,. Philip S. and William P. Baker, are both residents of the village of Mosherville, the latter being the township clerk.
Hosea Wheeler was one of the earliest settlers in the township, and at the first town-meeting, in 1836, was ap- pointed assistant clerk of election.
In the early part of 1835 but very few were living in what is now Scipio. Among the residents at that time were Judge Stevens, the Bucklin family, Hezekiah Morris, John Howard, and some others. Mr. Bucklin, who lived in the southeast part of the town, died not long after his settlement, and in 1837 the second annual township-meet- ing for Scipio was convened " at the house of the widow Bucklin."
Thomas French and Joseph Riggs also came early, and the latter is now living in Mosherville. The great majority of the pioneers of this town became worthy citizens, and a glance at the accompanying list of township officers re- veals the fact that most of them were honored by various offices and trusted as administrators of the law.
Sanford Curtis and family arrived in the town of Scipio on the 11th of June, 1835, in company with Samuel and Cyrus Smith,-the latter gentleman not related to the Samuel E. Smith before mentioned. They had stayed a week at Jonesville on arriving in the county, living in a new barn which had been erected in the rear of the corner upon which afterwards stood the " Waverley House." On reaching their farms in Scipio, they at first built board shanties, in which they sheltered themselves until more comfortable and substantial buildings could be raised.
Mr. Curtis located three miles west of what is now Mosherville, on the farm at present owned partly by his son, William Curtis. Another son, Ezra S. Curtis, is a resident of Jonesville.
Samuel Smith (who with his brother accompanied Mr. Curtis to the township) afterwards kept the old "St. Charles Hotel," at Jonesville, and was well known as a genial landlord. The name of "Sam Smith" is yet often spoken by those who were then acquainted with him and his house, and tales of dances held in his rooms, and various merry-makings, are often told.
Horace Case settled in Scipio in the summer of 1835. He is since deceased, but his family yet reside here.
James Sturgis located in the fall of 1835, on the place now belonging to his estate and occupied by his family. The fashion of the day was faithfully observed by him, and a substantial log house was his first habitation.
George Satterlee, yet living in the southwest part of the township, is also numbered among the " old settlers."
Jonah B. Tyler, a native of Broadalbin, Montgomery Co., N. Y., settled in Scipio in August, 1836; his occupa- tion was that of a farmer.
Jonathan B. Graham, now of Jonesville, was for some years a resident of this town, and held numerous offices.
Capt. Oliver C. Pope, a native of Middlesex Co., Mass., settled in Scipio in July, 1835. During the war of 1812- 15 he had served in the United States navy; was taken prisoner in the South Atlantic Ocean, carried to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to Dartmoor prison, in England, where he was confined at the time of the brutal massacre of American prisoners, on the 6th of April, 1815. On the 6th of July following he was released. He followed the sea for some time, and subsequently sailed a vessel on the Hudson River between New York and Troy. Capt. Pope died in 1878, aged over eighty years.
Richard Fogg, from Yorkshire, England, settled in this township in 1841. In his early days he was a millwright, but after 1842 attended only to his farm.
Jeduthan Lockwood, a native of Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt., and later a resident of Ontario Co., N. Y., removed to Scipio in 1837. By profession he was a Universalist preacher. The following, from his pen, is copied from the records of the Hillsdale County Pioneer Society :
" In the year 1838 we passed through the ' narrows' in
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the narrowest place. Once we ate the last morsel of pro- visions we had for breakfast. We had four children. I started for Jonesville, and all I could get there was the upper part of a hog's head and a few pounds of middlings. With these supplies I went home rejoicing. Before leaving Jonesville I learned there were two teams coming from Fort Wayne with pork, and one from Three Rivers with flour."
Mr. Lockwood is since deceased. His brother, Alanson Lockwood, came to Michigan in 1833, arriving at Detroit the last of April. About May 1 he moved to Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., and in 1839 to what was then Scipio, now Fayette. He is at present residing at Jonesville with his son-in-law, James W. Button. David Lockwood, the father of Jeduthan and Alanson Lockwood, emigrated from Spring- field, Vt., to the State of New York, about 1803.
Jeremiah O. Dennis, from Seneca Co., N. Y., settled in Scipio in November, 1844.
Washington S. Sawyer, a carpenter and joiner by trade, and a native of the town of Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., located in this township in August, 1842.
THE FIRST PHYSICIAN
who settled in the township of Scipio was very probably Dr. Stillman Ralph, who came as early as 1834-35, and located near the site of the station at East Mosherville. He subsequently removed to Jonesville, where he had an office as early as the spring of 1839, and possibly earlier, and finally went to Moscow.
The first physician to locate permanently at the village of Mosherville was Dr. Abner Dayton, although a young physician named Cornell had been in the place about six months previously, but did not stay. One Dr. Jenkins succeeded Dr. Dayton, and others have practiced for a short time each. Dr. Edgar Bagley at present resides in the village.
ITEMS FROM TOWNSHIP RECORDS.
" At a meeting held for the town of Scipio on Monday, the 4th day of April, at the house of William Porter, ac- cording to appointment of law, on motion, Stillman Ralph was appointed moderator, and Silas Benson was elected clerk, pro tem., and Hosea Wheeler was appointed assistant clerk. After being duly sworn proceeded to business. The following men were elected to office : Supervisor, Stillman Ralph ; Town Clerk, Silas Benson; Justices of the Peace, Oliver Bates, Oliver C. Pope, Uriah B. Couch, and Samuel E. Smith ; Assessors, Cyrus Smith, Oliver Bates, Lyman Nethaway ; Collector, Nelson Bates ; Direc- tors of the Poor, Hezekiah Morris, Eli R. Sales; Commis- sioners of Highways, Cyrus Smith, Marvin Kimble, Wil- liam Porter; Constables, James Winters, Rufus Cole, Allen Briggs; Commissioners of Common Schools, Sanford Cur- tis, Lyman Nethaway, Silas Benson ; Inspectors of Common Schools, Oliver C. Pope, Lyman Nethaway, Stillman Ralph, Uriah B. Couch, Nelson Bates ; Fence-Viewers, Silas Ben- son, Stillman Ralph, Seeley Blatchley ; Poundmasters, William Porter, William Whitehead.
" Meeting adjourned to Widow Buckland's* house."
At an election held in Scipio on the 12th of September, 1836, for the purpose of choosing a delegate to the State
convention to be held at Ann Arbor on the fourth Monday of the same month, eleven (11) votes were given for Zach- ariah Van Duzar, and nine (9) for Heman Pratt.
The town-meeting for 1837 convened as per adjournment at the house of the Widow Bucklin, but adjourned to the house of Jerab Culver. The following officers were elected, viz. : Supervisor, Jesse Button ; Town Clerk, Silas Benson ; Justices of the Peace, Lyman Nethaway, Jonah G. Tyler ; Commissioners of Highways, Jonah G. Tyler, Eli B. Sayles, Joseph Sill ; Assessors, Lyman Nethaway, Oliver Bates, Joseph Sill; Collector, Rufus Cowles.
The following is a list of the principal officers of the township, from 1838 to 1877, inclusive :
SUPERVISORS.
1838-39. Jesse Button.
1853-56. Alanson Lockwood.
1840. Jonah G. Tyler.
1857-59. Leonard Miller.
1841-42. Jonathan B. Graham.
1860-65. Charles B. Cleveland.t
1843-44. Jonah G. Tyler.
1845. Elisha P. Champlin.
1846. Lyman Nethaway.
1847. Jonathan B. Graham.
1872. Ezra J. Hodges.
1848. Lyman Nethaway.
1873. Lee Conklin.
1849. Sherburn Gage.
1874-76. William E. Gregory.
1850-51. Alanson Lockwood.
1877. Samuel E. Johnson.
1852. Elisha P. Champlin.
TOWN CLERKS.
1838-40. Rufus Potter.
1859-60. David G. Mosher.
1841-42. Lyman S. Wilson.
1861-62. Ezra J. Hodges.
1843-44. Lyman Nethaway.
1863-64. Haynes B. Tucker.
1845. Lyman A. Brewer.
1865-67. Ezra J. Hodges.
1846. Giles E. Sill.
1868. Willard Richards.
1847. William H. Ames.
1869. John J. Riggs.
1848. Giles E. Sill.
1870. Rollin T. Starr.
1849. Samuel M. Stillwell.
1871-72. Smith G. Palmer.
1873-77. John J. Riggs.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1838. Elisha P. Champlin. Rufus Potter.
1857. William L. Wolcott.
1858. Daniel W. French.
1839. Jonathan B. Graham.
1859. William Richards.
Uriah B. Couch.
Ezra J. Hodges.
Marcus N. Mulliner.
1860. Ezra J. Hodges.
1840. Jonah G. Tyler.
1861. Erastus T. Dunham.
1841. Barton Tiffany.
1862. D. W. Finch.
1843. Joseph Sill.
Grove Walter.
1844. Jonah G. Tyler.
1864. Leonard Miller. Joseph Riggs.
Joseph Riggs.
1865. Ephraim Barkman.
Moses Neal.
1866. Erastus T. Dunham. Joseph Riggs.
1845. Moses Neal.
1867. Willard Richards.
1847. Gera Hastings.
1868. Joseph Riggs. Leonard Proper. Rialto Philleo.
1848. Charles Mosher. Jonah G. Tyler.
1869. John S. Kirkwood.
1849. Thomas Knott. Jeduthan Lockwood.
1870. Leonard Proper. Russell D. Miller.
1850. Samuel E. Smith. George C. Taylor.
1871. Willard Richards.
1851. John W. Dryer.
1852. Samuel Brown. Jonah G. Tyler.
1873. George E. Green. Joseph Riggs.
1853. William L. Wolcott.
1874. L. Proper.
1854. Leonard Proper. Benjamin French.
1876. Joseph Riggs.
1855. Leonard Proper.
1856. Harley J. Olds.
1877. George W. Proper. Nelson Brown.
t In 1865 Mr. Cleveland was unable to attend to the duties of the office, and Charles Mosher was appointed at a special meeting to serve in his place.
* Usually spelled Bucklin.
1842. Uriah B. Couch.
1863. William Richards. .
Austin T. Miner.
1846. Joseph Riggs.
1872. Russell D. Miller.
1875. Willard Richards.
1850-56. Harley J. Olds.
1857-58. Willard Richards.
1868-70. Ezra J. Hodges.
1871. Lee Conklin.
1866-67. Sidney B. Vrooman.
PHOTOS. BY CARSON & CRAHAM.
ISAAC SMITH
MRS. ISAAC SMITH
RESIDENCE OF ISAAC SMITH, SCIPIO, MICHIGAN.
HISTORY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
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ASSESSORS.
1838. Lyman Nethaway.
1844. Alanson Lockwood.
Oliver Bates.
1845. Charles Mosher.
Jonah G. Tyler.
Alanson Lockwood.
1839. Jonah G. Tyler.
1846. Isaac Ambler.
Horace Case.
Richard Starr.
Lyman Nethaway.
1847. O. J. Tiffany.
1840. John G. Hall.
Morris Leonard.
Lyman Nethaway.
1848. Horace Case.
Jeduthan Lockwood.
Leonard Miller.
1841. Uriah B. Couch.
1849. Almond M. Whipple.
E. R. Sayles.
Alexander Pope.
Oliver C. Pope.
1850. Horace Case.
1842. Marcus N. Mulliner.
Silas Benson.
Oliver Bates.
1851. No record.
1843. Lyman Nethaway. Isaac Ambler.
1852. Isaac Ambler.
William Dryer.
1844. Isaac Ambler.
1853. Same as previous year.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
1838. Gera Hastings.
1849. William H. Amnes.
Simon Drake.
1850. Thomas Luce.
Jonah G. Tyler.
Edmund J. Olds.
1839. Gera Hastings.
1851. Lewis H. Weir.
Jonah G. Tyler.
1852. Benjamin F. Stookey.
Barton Tiffany.
Henry W. Sisson.
1840. Barton Tiffany.
1853. Thomas Luce.
Uriah B. Couch.
1854. Benjamin:F. Stookey.
1855. William Dryer.
1841. Silas Benson.
Henry C. Tuller.
1857. Benjamin French.
Samuel Smith.
1858. William Dryer.
1842. S. M. Stillwell.
1859. Thomas Luce.
Samuel Smith.
William H. Tuller.
T. Andrews.
1861. Jerome G. Cleveland. Benjamin French.
1862. H. M. Dresser.
1843. Samuel E. Smith.
Simon Drake.
Benjamin K. Wood.
1844. Benjamin K. Wood.
Hamlin Tyler.
1865. Joseph Winfield. William Dryer.
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