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PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Previous to 1850 the prosecuting attorneys were ap- pointed by the Governor, and the record at the county- seat does not necessarily show who filled the office, but we find the names of John W. Burchard and Daniel L. Case, and these were probably all. | Since they became elective the following persons have filled the office :
William W. Uptoa, 1851-52 ; O. M. Baracs, 1852-56; George I. Par- sons, 1857-60 ; Stephen D. Bingham, 1861-62; G. M. IInating- ton, 1863-64; R. C. Dart, 1865-68; II. B. Carpenter, 1869-74; Ilenry P. Henderson, 1874-76; Edward Cahill, 1877-80.
SURVEYORS.
Anson Jackson, 1838-48, and in 1851-52, '56; Lewis D. Preston, 1849- 50; Thomas J. Brown, 1857-60, and in 1873-74; James G. Staf- ford, 1861-62 ; William II. Raynor, 1865-70; John II. Mullett, 1871-72; Dwight A. Ilarrisoa, 1875-76; Aaron P. Drako, 1877-80.
# Previous to the adoption of the Constitution of 1850.
¿ Under Constitution af 1850.
| It is possible that W. W. Uptoa and George I. Parsons also filled the office previous to 1850.
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THE COURTS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.
CORONERS.
Horatio N. Forbes, James Phillips, and IIenry Wood, 1838-40 ; Pal- mer Rossman, Joseph IIunt, and Joseph L. Iluntington, elected in 1842; James Reeves and llenry Il. North, in 1844; Heary II. North, Stephen V. Kinney, in 1846 ; David Gorseline and John MeKernan, io 1848 ; Henry 11. North and William Pratt, in 1850 ; M. A. Baldwin and John C. Granger, in 1852; Mason Branch and Elihu Elwood, in 1854; Marvin Geer and Huram Bristol, in 1856; David F. Rath and John R. Bowdish, in 1858; Edwin Hubbard and Sidney O. Russell, in 1860; Philip J. Price and Samuel Skadan, in 1862; Orton Williams and S. R. Gidney, in 1864; James I. Mead and Elliott 1I. Angell, in 1866; Gardner Fletcher and James I. Mead, in 1868 ; Benjamin S. Peets and William W. Root, io 1870; Alexander Dockstader and Philip Taylor, in 1872; Levi Godding and Henry Weigman, in 1874; Jacob Switzgable and John J. Tuttle, in 1876; Jacob Switzga- ble and Samuel P. Reynolds, in 1878.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
From 1839 to 1842 a board of three commissioners was elected to transact the county business in place of township supervisors. The following are the persons who served :
Peter Linderman, Jacob Loomis, and Ilenry Lee, elected in 1838; William A. Dryer, elected probably in 1839; Caleb Carr, elected in 1840; George Mathews, in 1841, after which no more appear, the board of supervisors being restored.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
We find only one person elected to this office,-Elmer D. North, in 1871.
POLITICAL STATISTICS.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
1840 .- Harrison, 265; Van Buren, 261.
1844 .- Clay, 432 ; Polk, 441.
1848 .- Taylor, 473; Cass, 692; Van Buren, 332.
1852 .- Scott, 786; Pierce, 929; Hale, 128.
1856 .- Fremont, 1849 ; Buchanan, 1534.
1860 .- Lincoln, 2181 ; Douglas, 1838.
1864 .- Lincoln, -; MeClellan, -.
1868 .- Grant, 3004; Seymour, 2511.
1872 .- Grant, 3450 ; Greeley, 2265.
1876 .- Hayes, 4058; Tilden, 3994.
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR, 1854 TO 1878.
1854 .- Bingham, 939; Barry, 1182.
1856 .- Bingham, 1844; Felch, 1565.
1858 .- Wisner, 1917 ; Stuart, 1677.
1860 .- Blair, 2152; Barry, 1873.
1862 .- Blair, 1645 ; Stout, 1780.
1864 .- Crapo, 1803 ; Fenton, 1791.
1866 .- Crapo, 2538 ; Williams, 2050.
1868 .- Baldwin, 2988 ; Moore, 2540.
1870 .- Baldwin, 2864; Comstock, 2483.
1872 .- Bagley, 3462; Blair, 2353.
1874 .- Bagley, 3032; Chamberlain, 3085.
1876 .- Croswell, 4043; Webber, 4005.
1878 .- Croswell, 3141 ; Barnes, 2646; Smith, 1584.
VOTE ON THE VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS.
1850 .- Yea, 1000; nay, 300. 1867 .- Yea, 2193; nay, 2846.
1873 .- Yea, 1191 ; nay, 3424.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF INGHAM COUNTY.
Number of acres of improved laods.
160,822
unimproved lands
113,155
wheat in 1879
44,441
bushels of wheat
819,863
=
acres of corn
19,872
bushels of corn
1,312,875
acres of oats ..
... 9,678
Number of bushels of oats in 1879
365,857
acres of clover
7,061
bushels of clover-seed 1879
12,113
acres of barley
542
bushels of barley
16
248
bushels of peas
5,136
acres of potatoes
1,682
bushels of potatoes
163,933
acres in grass
24,044
toos of hay cut
=
8,328
milch cows
7,655
cattle
"
11,888
66
sheep
sheep sheared
60,990
pounds of wool
329,181
acres in apple-orchards "
6,723
acres in peach-orchards "
54
pounds of grapes sold"
8,770
CENSUS OF INGHAM COUNTY FROM 1840 TO 1880.
1840.
1850.
1854.
1860.
1864.
1870.
1874.
1880.
Alaiedon
221
370
518
969
806
1,296
1,293
1,474
Aurelius.
148
501
773
1,167
949
1,50G
1,330
1,478
Bunker Hill
93
374
457
672
657
957
925
1,100
Delhi.
402
646
928
919
1,259
1,357
1,543
Ingliam
273
739
861
1,161
1.141|
1,392
1,338
1,410
Lansing ..
1,216
1,556
496
47
823
871
1,208
Lansing City
110
254
415
621
647
859
1,205
1,911
Leslie.
281
673
320
1,247
1,169
1,996
2,615
2,511
Locke ....
321
499
863
827
1,115
1,384
1.466
Meridian,
367
582
825
915
1,374
1,407
1,532
Onondaga ...
276
819
920
1,188
1,006
1,229
1,252
1,453
Stuckhridge
385
657
763
875
715
892
872
993
Vevay ..
223
781
919
1,297
1,197
2,332
2,597
1,207
Wheatfield.t
231
359
572
630
781
942
1,209
White Oak.
270
508
618
777
732
979
955
1,038
Williamstown.t
121
393
510
693
774
1,237
1,405
1,852
Totals.
2,401
8,606
10,722 17,398 17,128 25,268 29,493 33,640
* Mason City organized in 1875. Included in Vevay for 1874.
+ Formerly called Brutus.
# Formerly called Phelpstown.
The apparent discrepancies in population were caused hy changes in terri- tory. By the census of 1837, Ingham County contained 822 inhabitants; in 1845, 5240. These figures up to 1874 have all been carefully compiled from of- ficial State and United States census returns in the State Library. The figures for 1880 are from returns filed in the conoty clark's office by the United States marshals.
CHAPTER II.
THE COURTS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.
County Court-Circuit Court-Probate Court *- Agricultural Soci- cties-Bible Societies -- Pioneer Society.
THE earliest court held in Ingham County was denomi- nated the Circuit Court, held in the school-house at Mason, Nov. 12, 1839. Hon. Wm. A. Fletcher was the presiding judge, with Amos E. Steele and William Child as associate justices. Peter Lowe, clerk.
The first grand jury was composed of the following per- sons : Jacob Countryman, Robert Chappel, Joshua Đoanc, Marvin Gear, Zenas Atwood, Benjamin P. Avery, Lucius Wilson, Jonathan Thomas, Marshall Hicks, John B. Lob- dil, Joseph L. Handee, John Dakin, Crandall M. Howard, Oliver M. Smith, John C. Haines, Nathan Searles, Henry A. Hawley, Enos Northrop, Hiram II. Smith, Hiram Con- verse, Wm. HI. Horton, David Wait, Emmons White. Hiram II. Smith, foreman.
* No returns.
# For history of the various courts of the State, see Chapter XI., General History.
7,745
8,326
Le Roy.
1,929
Mason City .*
3,047
3,573
5,241
8,386
hogs
66,288
26,51]
horses
14,260
acres of peas
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HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY, MICIIIGAN.
l'etit Jury .- Nicholas Lewis, James Phillips, Joel Strick- land, Nathan Davidson, Win. C. Leek, Adam Overacker, Egbert Patterson, Wright Horton, James Shafer, Lorenzo Daggett, Henry E. Fifield, E. S. Howe, Iliram Austin, Wm. Page, Jr., Mahlon Covert, S. D. Russell, Benjamin Davis, V. II. Powell, Henry Meeker, Densel Roice, B. F. Smith.
Simeon Ford seems to have furnished a large share of the business before the court, for the docket shows the fol- lowing entries : Joshua Crandall es. Simeon Ford ; John Southworth rs. Simeon Ford; Phineas Farrand s. Simeon Ford.
The first attorney admitted to practice was Augustus D. Ilawley. Among the eases presented were the following : The people against Elijah Woodworth, indicted by the grand jury for disturbing a religious meeting. Continued to next term. The people against Ezekiel T. Critchell,- assault and battery. Bound over to appear at the next term. P. Farrand, attorney.
The first applications for naturalization papers were made by James Allchin, a native of Great Britain, March 28, 1840; James Coatsworth, a native of Canada, April 13, 1840; Edmund Allchin, a native of England, May 22, 1840 ; and George Reason, Jr., a British subject, Sept. 19, 1840.
The early judges who held courts in the county were Wm. A. Fletcher, Alpheus Felch, Charles W. Whipple, George Miles, Edward Mundy, George Martin. Among the associate justices were Amos E. Steele, Wm. Child, E. B. Danforth, John R. Bowdish, and David Johnson.
The presiding judges were members of the Supreme Court of the State; the assistant justices were elected in their respective counties. There seems to have been no definite distinction made on the records between the old County Courts and the Circuit Courts.
Ingham County has been in the Fourth Judicial Circuit since the organization of the Circuit Courts under the constitution of 1850. The district as organized in 1851 comprised the counties of Washtenaw, Jackson, and Ing- ham, which arrangement continued until 1877, when a new district was constituted of Washtenaw and Monroe, leaving Jackson and Ingham as the Fourth, which has since con- tinued.
The judges of the Fourth Judicial District have been as follows, with terms of office : David Johnson,* clected in 1851, and held until 1857; Edwin Lawrence,* elected in 1857, re-elected in 1863, and held until 1869 ; Samuel Iligby, elceted in 1869, resigned in 1873; Alexander D. Crane, appointed to fill unexpired term of Samuel Higby in 1873, served until 1875 ; George M. Huntington, elected in 1875, term expires in 1881.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court of the State holds four terms at the Capitol in Lansing annnally,-in January, April, June, and October. The court consists of a bench of four judges, who are elected one every two years at the spring elections
for eight years respectively. Each in turn serves during the last two years of his term as chief justice. The re- maining three are designated as associate justices.
This court was organized iu 1858, and the judges have been : George Martin, Randolph Manning, Isaac P. Chris- tianey, James V. Campbell, Thomas M. Cooley, Benjamin F. Graves, Isaac Marston. The latter is at present chief justice. The clerk of the court is E. W. Lowe.
PROBATE COURT.
PRO JAM COURT The first entry on the record of the Probate Court ap- pears Aug. 3, 1840, in the matter of the estate of Asa Rowe, of Onondaga Co., N. Y., the petition of Sally Ann Rowe to sell real estate in Ingham County, by George C. Bates, her attorney.
INCH
O BATE
MICH
OLD SEAL .- 1840.
"Ordered that parties in- terested in the ostate be eited to appear at the probate office, in Masen, on the first Menday in November, 1840. " VALOROUS MEEKER, " Judge of Probate."
The settlement of this estate continued through a number of years, and into the administration of Judge Ilenny Fiske.
The next record appears in the matter of the estate of John Wilson, April 3, 1843, at which date Robert Wilson was appointed administrator, and gave bonds in the sum of $1000, with William Ballentine and Jonathan Thomas as sureties. The bond was approved by Henry Fiske, judge.
On the 8th of the same month Lucius Wilson, Ilenry Wood, and Jouathan Thomas were appointed appraisers of the estate.
On the 5th of June the bond of Isaac Coleman, admin- istrator of estate of Isaac Carmer, deceased, was filed, with E. B. Danforth and Peter Lowe as sureties. Amount of bond, $360.
On the 4th of March, 1844, Gardner Fletcher filed his bond in the sum of $3000 as administrator of the estate of John Fletcher. Sureties, R. W. Whipple, Elijah Ham- mond.
On the same date William Ballentine was appointed guardian of the minor heirs of John Wilson, and filed his bond for $200, with James Graham and Lucius Wilson as suretics.
EARLIEST MARRIAGES.
The earliest marriages on record at the county clerk's office are the following :
William Coddington and Ilarriet Wheaton, married by Orrin Gregory, justice of the peace, May 6, 1838.
Joseph E. North, Jr., and Emily Rolfe, married by Peter Linderman, justice of the peace, July 1, 1838.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The organization of this flourishing society is largely due to the determined efforts of Rev. L. B. Potter, who in the beginning of November, 1865, drew up and circulated a call for the formation of a " Union Agricultural Society,"
" Judges Johnson and Lawrence also held terms of the State Supreme Court.
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THE COURTS AND COUNTY SOCIETIES.
to embrace some of the counties of Central Michigan. Among the prominent names attached to that call were those of L. B. Potter, N. B. Jones, F. M. Cowles, E. H. Davis, George W. Peck, Charles W. Butler, William H. Pinckney, E. H. Whitney, Harley Ingersoll, and Ephraim Longyear.
A society was organized under the name of the " Central Michigan Agricultural Society" on the 31st of January, 1866. It then embraced the counties of Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Livingston, and Shiawassee. The first officers were William A. Dryer, President ; L. B. Potter, Secretary ; E. H. Whitney, Treasurer. Two vice-presidents were also chosen from each county, and an executive board consist- ing of two members from each county was established for the transaction of business.
In the mean time the society was really doing business without authority of law, but at the winter session of 1867, Dr. Ira H. Bartholomew and Rev. L. B. Potter were in- strumental in getting a law passed by the Legislature au- thorizing the organization of district agricultural societies, for which no provision had previously been made. The needed act was passed and approved, and under its provisions the society was fully organized on the 29th of January, 1868, with Ira H. Bartholomew as President ; E. H. Whit- ney, Secretary, and L. B. Potter, Treasurer.
In the spring of 1866 the executive committee pur- chased of various parties about forty acres of land eligibly located, mostly on the northeast quarter of section 20, bor- dering over a quarter of a mile on Grand River, and lying in the southwestern part of the city of Lansing, about one mile and a quarter, by the streets, from the Capitol.
Upon this ground the society has expended, including the purchase price, something over $20,000 in fitting it up with necessary buildings, sheds, etc. A half-mile track was laid out and graded in 1866,* and the society have thirteen wells, ten of which are " drive" wells, as they are called, and the rest partly bored and partly dug. There is also a good spring upon the ground.
For several years the society labored under very dis- couraging circumstances ; the seasons were wet and bad ; debts accumulated, premiums could not be paid, and little progress was made; but since 1873 a better state of things has existed, and the society is now out of debt, with over $700 in the treasury. For some three or four years the grounds were leased to the Central Michigan Horse- Breeders' Association, which held one or two exhibitions. The society is now expending annually several thousand dollars for improvements.
The first public meeting took the form of a sheep-shear- ing festival, which was held at the State Agricultural Col- lege, May 24, 1866, at which time Governor Crapo de- livered an address. One or two similar festivals have since been held.
The first regular fair was held on the grounds Sept. 12, 13, and 14, 1866, and, though the weather was rainy, a very good show was made, and the friends of the enter-
prise were not discouraged. The fairs have been held an- nually since, and have generally been well attended, as many as 15,000 tickets having been sold in a single day.
The receipts for 1879 were over $9600, and the pre- miums paid amounted to $2173.05. Addresses have been delivered by Hon. Zachariah Chandler and other prominent gentlemen on various occasions.
The counties of Ionia and Calhoun were admitted to the ranks Jan. 29, 1880, and competition is open to Jackson, Gencsee, and Montcalm Counties.
The presidents in their order have been Wm. A. Dryer, Ira H. Bartholomew, A. N. Hart, L. B. Potter, J. N. Smith, Roland E. Trowbridge, and O. M. Barnes.
The present officers are Hon. O. M. Barnes, President ; Benj. B. Baker, Secretary ; D. F. Woodcock, Treasurer. Mr. Baker has filled the position of secretary for seven years.
INGHAM COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,
This body was organized at Mason, about the year 1854, but we have been unable to find records of its early pro- ceedings, the secretary's book going back only to 1860. Among the gentlemen most prominent in supporting the interests of the society were Franklin La Rue, Ferris S. Fitch, Kueeland Sweet, and Henry A. Hawley.
The first regular fair was held in the Court-House Square at Mason, probably in the fall of 1854. There was a very good showing of the products of the county, and George W. Peck, then a prominent lawyer of Lansing, de- livered an address to a very enthusiastic and numerous au- dience.
The officers, commencing with the year 1860, have been as follows :
PRESIDENTS.
Perry Henderson, elected in the fall of 1860; Franklin La Rue, fall of 1861; Alfred Parker, fall of 1862; John W. Post, fall of 1863 ; Huram Bristol, elected in 1864, 1865, and 1866 ; Thaddeus Dens- more, elected January, 1868; L. H. Ives, January, 1869-71; W. W. Root, 1872-73, 76-77; D. L. Cady, 1874; Samuel Skadan, 1875 ; Amos F. Wood, 1878 ; Ferris S. Fitch, 1879; Caleb An- gevine, 1880.
SECRETARIES.
A. E. Steele, Jr., 1860-61; Erastus Peck, 1862; H. P. Henderson, 1863, 1866-67; George W. Bristol, 1864-65, 1868-79 ; John C. Squires, 1880. George W. Bristol, who had held the office of sec- retary for Thirteen years, resigned in 1879, and the board of di- rectors adopted by a unanimous vote a resolution complimenting him upon the faithful and efficient manner in which he had dis- charged his duties.
TREASURERS.
Henry A. Hawley, elected in 1860-64; Perry Henderson, 1865-66 1 Lorent Sweet, elected Jan. 1, 1868; D. C. Smith, Jan. 1, 1869, 1874-76; A. D. Kingsbury, 1871 ; Thaddeus Densmore, 1872-73; R. F. Griffin, 1875; Alexander Bush, 1877; William W. Webb, 1878-79; Willis Horton, 1880.
In 1868 the present constitution was adopted and the society placed on a solid basis; and in 1870 the articles of association under which the society is now operating were adopted, and it then really became a legal body.
The first purchase of land was by deed from Jabez Wightman and wife, May 13, 1856, of four and sixty-one one-hundreth acres, on the southwest quarter of section 9, Vevay township. It was of irregular shape and too small
* To show the interest taken by the members of the society, it may be proper to state that James M. Shearer drove the team and Rev. L. B. Potter held the plow to turn the first furrow for the trotting-track.
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HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
for the purposes of the society, but was fitted up with a track and used until 1871. It was, however, sold to Jo- sephine Wightman in 1863, and leased from that time until the new grounds were purchased. Ou the 10th of January, 1871, the society purchased of Charles Noble and others eighteen aeres in the southwest corner of section 8, Vevay township, for $400. It is within the corporate limits of the city of Mason, and very eligibly located, with running water passing the northeast corner.
In 1875 many improvements were made on the grounds, among them the erection of a new floral hall of a very original and unique design, by Mr. S. A. Paddock, of Mason. The floral hall of the Central Michigan Agricul- tural Society, at Lansing, is modeled after this, and others in the region are also copied from it. The cost of this structure was $1895. A good half-mile track has been fitted up, and the sheds, stands, etc., are convenient and ample. Every year since the organization of the society has witnessed a successful fair, and addresses have been delivered by President Abbott, of the State Agricultural College, Dr. W. H. Perrine, of Albion College, Erastus Peck, and other distinguished gentlemen.
The financial condition of the society is very satisfactory. The indebtedness is about $1700, payable in six years, and to meet this 100 patrons have pledged themselves to pay fifteen dollars each. The value of property belonging to the society, as exhibited by the books of the secretary, is as follows :
Eighteen aeres of land at $100.
$1800
Floral ball, cost
1895
Dining-ball “
350
Ticket-office "
200
Grand and judges' stands, cost.
250
Stables
350
Total .. $4845
COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
A County Bible Society was probably organized as early as 1855, but there are no records to show the exact date or the names of officers. In 1867 a change was made, and the original society divided into two, one still called the County Bible Society, located at Mason, and the other called the Lansing Bible Society, located at Lansing.
The officers of the County Society at the present time are, Dr. W. W. Root, President ; George W. Bristol, Secretary ; J. H. Sayres, Treasurer ; Henry Whitely, Depositarian. This society includes the eight southern townships of the county. No great amount of business appears to have been done by this branch in recent years. At one period there was an auxiliary society at Dansville, and perhaps a few at other places.
LANSING BIBLE SOCIETY.
The earliest records of this society which we have been able to find date from May 19, 1867, from which it appears that an earlier society was changed, and, as stated above, probably two societies were formed out of an original county society. The first meeting of the last-named society was convened at the First Presbyterian church in Lansing, from which it adjourned to meet in the evening of the same day at the Methodist Episcopal church. At this meeting the
following officers were elected : President, J. B. Porter ; Vice-President, James Turner ; Secretary, H. T. Chandler ; Treasurer and Depositarian, A. J. Viele.
Executive Board, L. B. Baker, S. II. Rowe, J. C. Arm- strong, C. B. Stebbins, J. Van Auken. By a vote of the meeting the pastors of the several churches were made ex- oficio members of the executive board.
In 1868, Mr. Viele, the treasurer and depositarian, was burned out, and the society lost quite a large quantity of books then ou deposit. The loss was about $300, and fell heavily upon the society, which was owing a considerable sum to the American Bible Society. An attempt was made to collect in union meetings sufficient funds to liquidate the debt, but it proved only partially successful. The Amer- ican Bible Society finally compromised the matter by divid- ing the loss, and about 1878 the account was settled.
The Lansing society is auxiliary to the American Bible Society, and embraces the city of Lansing and the eight northern townships of Ingham County. The design is to include all the Protestant denominations whose pastors take part in the work of the society.
The officers of the society have been as follows: Presi- dents, J. B. Porter, C. H. Hickox, L. B. Porter, J. R. Esselstyn, W. H. Faxon, J. R. Esselstyn, H. N. Lawrence. Secretaries, II. T. Chandler, L. B. Potter, E. H. Porter, C. H. Thompson, A. O. Bement, Mrs. V. A. Allen. De- positarians, A. J. Viele, J. S. Baker, E. D. Keyes, H. P. Hitchcock, Wesley Emery. The depositarian is also treas- urer.
THE PIONEER SOCIETY OF INGHAM COUNTY.
This society was organized at the court-house in Mason, on the 28th day of May, 1872, with the following officers : President, Dr. Minos MeRobert ; Vice-President, Uriah Coulson ; Secretary, Peter Lowe; Treasurer, Samuel Ska- dan.
The officers for each successive year since have been as follows :
1873 .- President, Rev. E. K. Groute ; Vice-President, Uriah Coulson ; Secretary, Peter Lowe; Treasurer, Samuel Skadan.
1874 .- President, J. M. Williams; Vice-President, Henry A. Hawley ; Secretary, Peter Lowe ; Treasurer, Samnel Skadan. 1875 .- President, William A. Dryer; Vice-President, Henry A. Hawley ; Sceretary, Peter Lowe; Treasurer, Samuel Ska- dan.
1876 .- The same as for 1875.
1877 .- President, Alonzo M. Chapin ; Vice-President, Henry II. North ; Secretary, Peter Lowe; Treasurer, Minos McRobert. 1878 .- President, William H. Clark; Vice-President, William A. Dryer ; Secretary, Peter Lowe; Treasurer, J. A. Barnes.
1879 .- President, William A. Dryer ; Vice-President, John J. Tuttle; Secretary and Treasurer, Peter Lowe.
-1880 .- President, Samuel Skadan ; Vice-President, Sydney O. Rus- sell; Secretary and Treasurer, Peter Lowe; Executive Com- mittee, John R. Price, Lansing; A. R. L. Covert, Leslie; Thaddeus Densinore, Mason.
Members .- M. V. Armstrong, Jacob Armstrong, A. D. Aldrich,* Oramel Arms," Horace Angell, Darius Abbott, John A. Barnes, R. R. Bullen, Marcus Beers, Zaccheus Barnes, O. M. Barnes, D. L. Case, Uriah Coulson, Joseph P. Cowles, J. F. Cooley, Albert B. Clough, James Chase, William II. Clark, A. M. Chapin," Wil- liam Cook, A. R. L. Covert, Mahlon Covert, Nathan C. Branch, Freeman Bray, Jabez W. Brown,# T. P. Baldwin, George Beeman,
* Deceased.
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THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE.
Asahel Baldwin, Edy Bakor, Charles Cogswell, C. C. Darling, Charles S. Davis, Thaddeus Densmore, William E. Everett, Ran- som Everett, Gavin Fellows, Gardner Fletcher, John M. French, George B. Fuller, Jonathan C. Freeland,# IIcory Gibbs, Alfred F. Gallup, E. K. Groute,# R. F. Griffin, Oscar S. Gregory, Ira IIubbard, Andrew Hunt, Horace Ilaynes, Carlos A. Holden, Matthew Kiog, William M. Case, Nathan L. Cooley, Israel Chap- man, Richard H. Davis, William A. Dryer, Alexander Dobic, William Drowo, Edmund Hubbard, Amidon Holden, Henry A. Hawley, Thales W. Iluntoon, Joseph L. Huntington," Josiah Hedden, James M. Iludson, Robert Haywood, Ahram Hayner, William II. IIorton, IIenry P. IIenderson, II. II. Hodges, J. W. Hopkins, George M. Huntington, S. W. Hammond, Bowen Hicks, Silas Holt, Enos Northrup, J. R. Price, Chauncey A. Osborn, James D. Phelps, Joseph II. Kilbourne, Ephraim Long- year, Peter Lowe, Richard R. Lowe, William Long, Nicholas Lewis, R. D. Lyon, Chauncey Murphy, Minos McRobert, Eph- raim Meech, Jesse Monroe, Patrick Markee, Waldo May, Henry II. North, Manning K. North, John D. Reeves, J. P. Reed, Amos E. Steelc," E. B. Smith, George W. Shafer, Joel B. Strickland, David M. Strickland, D. V. Smith, Daniel Searl, Samuel Skadan, Russell D. Sowle, Orlando B. Stillman, George D. Pense,# Alfred Parker, Hiram Parker, William Potter, John Potter, Lemuel Pierce, Daniel C. Potter, George W. Polar, Samuel Proctor, Ira Rolfe, S. O. Russell, Ephraim Rolfe,# Alvin Rolfe, James Reeves, E. D. Rumsey, C. C. Rolfe, Isaac II. Tall- man, Smith Tooker, Winslow Turner, J. J. Tuttle, Reuben Torrey,# Jonathan Thomas, Micajah Vaughan, Elijah Wood- worth, Arnold Walker, E. Ward, David Wait, Martin A. Sweet, W. Sommerville, C. H. Sackrider, Rodolphus Tryon, Frank White, Isaac B. Woodhouse, Wm. Woodhouse, Marcus Whitney, Amaziah Winchell, J. H. Webb, G. C. Young, Joseph Wilson, Randolph W. Whipple, A. H. Whipple, George B. Wehb, James M. Williams.
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