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O. C. Hill, 320 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, 1 young cattle, 2 swine, $287 personal property, $1387 real estate.
A. G. Towers, 120 acres, 1 horse, 1 ox, 1 swine, $126 personal prop- erty, $606 real estate.
John McLin, 40 acres, $400 real estate.
Samuel Van Doran, 40 acres, 2 horses, 3 oxen, 1 cow, 1 young cattle, 2 swine, $405 personal property, $525 real estate.
John Snyder, 160 acres, 2 horses, 1 ox, 1 cow, 2 young cattle, 2 swine, $150 personal property, $840 real estate.
Eli Douglass, 520 acres, 2 horses, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 1 young cattle, 3 swine, $440 personal property, $2630 real estate.
Samuel O. Wells, 880 acres, 6 horses, 1 ox, 1 cow, 6 young cattle, 6 swine, $435 personal property, $7935 real estate.
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Oramel Butler, Jr., 2 horses, 1 cow, 2 young cattle, 1 swine, $204 per- sonal property.
John McNett, 80 acres, 1 horse, $60 personal property, $370 real estate.
Henry McNeil, 160 acres, $550 real estate.
Daniel Ingram, 80 acres, $240 real estate.
William Sanderson, 2 horses, $75 personal property.
Cynthia Youngs, 80 acres, $240 real estate.
Allen McLin, 40 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, $70 personal property, $330 real estate.
Alvah Stevens, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 9 swine, $266 personal property. Asahel Nelson, 280 acres, $1120 real estate.
N. B. Maxon, 160 acres, 3 horses, 1 ox, 1 swine, $235 personal prop- erty, $715 real estate.
Nathaniel Reed, 80 acres, 1 ox, 1 cow, $90 personal property, $330 real estate.
Wm. R. Hawkins, 240 acres, 3 oxen, 2 cows, 1 young cattle, $362 personal property, $1222 real estate.
Ephraim Payne, 1 ox, 1 cow, $155 personal property.
Joseph Johnson, 160 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, $205 personal property, $790 real estate.
Isaac Gage, 160 acres, 2 oxen, 1 cow, $285 personal property, $765 real estate.
George H. Lake, 254 acres, $872 real estate.
John D. Ramsay, 80 acres, 1 ox, 1 cow, 2 young cattle, $170 personal property, $410 real estate.
Caleb Johnson, 4 horses, 1 cow, $555 personal property.
John Van Doran, 56 acres, 1 ox, 1 cow, $155 personal property, $323 real estate.
Isaac P. Morehouse, 240 acres, 1 ox, 1 cow, $210 personal property, $1130 real estate.
Richard Douglass, 272 acres, 1 horse, 1 ox, 1 cow, $355 personal prop- erty, $1410 real estate.
David Douglass, $80 personal property.
Edrick Atwater, 400 acres, $25 personal property, $825 real estate.
J. M. Morris, 92 acres, $620 real estate.
Smith Payne, 40 acres, $120 real estate.
EDUCATIONAL.
Records and traditions fail to answer the inquiry who taught the first school or when the first school-house was built. From the report of the proceedings of the township election held in 1840, we find that the place designated for holding the next annual township-meeting was the school- house in District No. 2, and at the same time the sum of $75 was voted for the support of primary schools. It is very probable that Districts 1 to 4, inclusive, were organ- ized at about this time (1840), and school-houses erected soon after, in Districts 1, 2, and 4.
No school records prior to the year 1849 seem to have been preserved. From them we find that the teachers licensed during the year were I. N. Cobb, Mr. Woodman, Ann Duncan, and Helen Tisdale. The amount of public money received from the primary-school fund was $29.04, apportioned as follows: To District No. 1, 40 scholars, $13.20; to District No. 2, 48 scholars, $15.84. During the fall of the same year District No. 4 reported 12 scholars.
The teachers licensed by the township board of educa- tion during the sixth decade were as follows :
1850 .- Lucinda Mattice, Jane Benedict, Isaac Stuart.
1851 .- Juliana Douglass, Mary Allen, Julia Hill, Thomas Fitzsim- mons, S. W. Deming, Angeline Russell.
1852 .- Fanny Beckley, Adeline Mccrary, Miss H. Hunt, Celina Reese.
1853 .- Helen M. Stuart, Mary Heydenburk, Sarah Gray, Eveline Robbins, L. G. Hunt.
1854 .*- Miss Frances Austin.
1855 .*- Loisa Foote.
1856 .- Jennie McCall, Ann M. Fitzsimmons, Catharine McCall, Sarah E. Russell, Louisa Tisdale, Julia A. Church, George T. Hall, Ellen Weston.
1857 .- Jeannette Fisk, Ann Abbey, Mrs. F. M. Warren, Ellen Butler, Allen Beebe, Charles G. Weed, E. P. Mills.
1858 .- Adeline Hathaway, Sarah Weed, Ann Wagar, Emily Douglass, Sarah Decker, J. H. Breed, J. D. Rowe, L. C. Woodhull.
1859 .- Minerva Barney, Mary Ann De Wolf, Adelaide Sartell, Caroline Fisk, Anna L. Weed, Sarah O. Weed.
The apportionment of primary-school funds for the year 1860, was as follows : District No. 1, 30 scholars, $12.69 ; No. 2, 50 scholars, $21.16; No. 4, 21 scholars, $8.88; No. 7, 47 scholars, $19.88; No. 8, 34 scholars, $14.39; No. 9, 32 scholars, $22.69 ; No. 10, 34 scholars, $14.39.
The same for 1870 was: Fractional District No. 1, 31 scholars, $14.88; District No. 2, 33 scholars, $15.84; No. 4, 28 scholars, $13.47; Fractional No. 6, 45 scholars, $21.60 ; Fractional No. 7, 82 scholars, $39.36; District No. 8, 46 scholars, $22.08; No. 10, 71 scholars, $34.08; No. 11, 40 scholars, $19.20; No. 12, 43 scholars, $20.64.
From the annual report of the township board of educa- tion for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879, are taken the fol- lowing statistics.
Number of districts (whole, 6; fractional, 3) = children of school age residing in the township .. 414 9
" attending school during the year .... 350
frame school-houses. 9 Seating capacity of school-houses. 431
Value of school property. $5300
Teachers employed during the year (males, 9; females, 11) .. 20
Months taught (males, 37} ; females, 374). 742 Paid male teachers $868
Paid female teachers. $472
Total resources for the year $3088.73
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
The original members of Texas Grange, No. 171, P. of H., held their first meeting Dec. 24, 1873. A dispensation from the National Granget was granted Jan. 3, 1874; a charter, March 23d of the same year; and the lodge was regularly incorporated, according to the laws of the State of Michigan, Feb. 17, 1877. The charter members were Mr. and Mrs. David F. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kronkite, Mr. and Mrs. David In- gersoll, William D. Munson, Mr. and Mrs. John Shirley, Elmer Parsons, Wallace Parsons, Edwin Wright, Charles E. Hope, Warren W. Hill, James Angell, Thomas J. Howe, Nelson Parsons, Sarah E. Long, Theodore Francis, Mrs. Theodore Francis, William Borden, Joseph A. Braden, Miss Jane Munson, L. A. Parsons, Mrs. Sallie Hill, Mrs. Ella Hill, Lafayette Hill, Charles S. Whipple.
The first board of officers, elected in 1874, were William Borden, Master ; Robert Towers, Overseer ; Lafayette Hill, Lecturer ; Daniel Hending, Steward; Warren W. Hill, Asst. Steward; Mrs. Mary Douglass, Lady Asst. Steward ; Mrs. David Lane, Chaplain ; Joseph A. Braden, Sec. ; John Shirley, Gate-Keeper ; George W. Douglass, Treas. ; Mrs. Josie Towers, Pomona ; Mrs. Joseph A. Braden, Flora ; Mrs. Sallie Hill, Ceres.
The presiding officers for the years from 1875 to 1878, inclusive, have been George W. Douglass, in 1875 ; Lafay- ette Hill, 1876 ; Charles S. Whipple, 1877 and portion of 1878; Daniel Hending, to fill vacancy, in 1878.
# Record for 1854 and 1855 incomplete. t State Grange ?
PHOTO'S BY J.VAN SICKLE.
MRS. WM. HAYNES.
WILLIAM HAYNES.
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MRS.SYLVIA JOHNSON.
LEWIS JOHNSON.
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The present officers of the grange are Lansing P. Staf- ford, Master ; Charles E. Hope, Overseer ; Lewis Johnson, Lecturer ; William W. Harrison, Steward ; Frank E. Kinne, Asst. Steward; Mrs. Sarah Hope, Lady Asst. Steward; Mrs. Sallie Hill, Chaplain ; Warren W. Hill, Sec .; La- fayette Hill, Gate-Keeper; Edward Hope, Treas .; Ella Towers, Flora; Eva Towers, Pomona ; Carrie Briggs, Ceres.
A commodious grange hall was erected on the south west corner of section 14, in February and March, 1876, at a cost of $1200, and was dedicated April 22d of the same year. The lower portion of the building is also used for township purposes.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
OWEN P. MORTON.
The name Morton can be traced back to the days of the early settlement of Massachusetts. Ambrose Morton and his brother were members of the colony which settled Plymouth in December, 1620, and among those " Pilgrim Fathers" the name first appears in America. In later years the Morton family became connected with the Tolinans, by marriage. Thomas Tolman (1st) was the only one of the name early known in New England. He had crossed the Atlantic, with a number of others, in a vessel of four hun- dred tons, and landed on Nantasket Beach, May 29, 1630. They reached Dorchester on the same day, with the aid of Indian canoes, and Mr. Tolman built for himself a house, a quarter of a mile north of the site of Neponset bridge. The colony purchased from the Indians the lands covering the sites of Dorchester, Milton, Canton, Stoughton, Sharon, and Foxborough, and divided them among themselves ; that taken by Mr. Tolman has never been out of the hands of the family.
Ambrose Morton,* the grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this article, removed finally to Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he died Jan. 8, 1832, aged seventy-five years. His son, Ambrose Morton, was a farmer in good circumstances, and served in the war of 1812. His wife, whose maiden name was Sabrina Cotton, was de- scended from Rev. John Cotton, the first minister of Bos- ton, Mass., who settled in 1634, and was born April 2, 1796, being one of a family of eleven children. She in turn became the mother of eleven children,-five daughters and six sons,-her son Owen P. Morton having been born in the town of Lafayette, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 3, 1831.
Owen P. Morton received an academical education, and, aside from his agricultural knowledge, made himself ac- quainted with the mysteries of the carpenter and joiner's trade. In the autumn of 1851 he removed to Michigan. On his arrival at Toledo, Ohio, he found his supply of ready money reduced to ten cents, but through the aid of friends he was enabled to proceed to Dowagiac, Mich., where he found employment at his trade. In the spring following he began work for the Michigan Central Railway Company,
and about a year later was promoted to the position of fore- man, which he held while his connection with the company lasted. In 1854 he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, in the township of Texas, Kalamazoo Co. This is one of the best improved and most valuable farms in the township, and contains over three hundred acres. In March, 1858, Mr. Morton was married to Miss Julia A. Mills, of Van Buren County. She was born near Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 30, 1832, and is the daughter of Samuel Mills, a farmer, who removed with his family to the township of Almena, Van Buren Co., Mich., in 1840. She is also related to the Gen. Mills who was stationed at Buffalo, N. Y., at the time it was burned, in 1813. Mrs. Morton was educated at the " Cedar Park Female Seminary," at Schoolcraft, and became a successful teacher in the com- mon schools, following that avocation in Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties until her marriage. She has always taken great interest in the advancement of the school near her own home. She is an accomplished musician, and her qualifications-both domestic and social-are such that she is enabled to fill any position required of a true woman, whose heart is in her work, and whose inclination is not to the shoddy side of life.
Mr. Morton has been very successful in his chosen calling, working his way to affluence-or, at least, a position of com- fort-from a humble condition. Among his fellow-citizens he is known as a man of unquestioned integrity and ex- cellent social qualities. In 1878 he was the supervisor of his township. He is a Democrat in politics, and both him- self and wife are connected with the Presbyterian Church.
LEWIS JOHNSON.
This gentleman was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1819. His father, Joseph Johnson, was a farmer. In 1835 the latter removed to Michigan, with his family of nine children, and settled in the township of Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., where he worked one year for John Has- kell. In the spring of 1837 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of government land, eighty acres of which he sold to his son Lewis as soon as they occupied it, and the latter eventually bought the other eighty. In 1856, Mr. Johnson, Sr., moved again westward, and took up his abode in Kansas, but returned in 1858, and died in this . town about 1867-68. His wife died in 1837; he was married a second time, but his fortune was no better, for his second partner died in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. Johnson built the first school-house on Dry Prairie.
Lewis Johnson was married, Nov. 19, 1846, to Mrs. S. Whipple, daughter of Rev. Amos Whitcomb, of Charles- ton. Their children are two in number, as follows : Emily, born May 17, 184-, married to J. Stephens, and now living in Alabama ; Henry L., born April 5, 1849, married Frances Reed (second wife), now living in Kansas. Mrs. Lewis Johnson has two children by her former husband,- Phoebe, married to John Ray, and Charles, twice married, his second wife being Mary McEntee. Since Mr. Johnson was twenty-one years of age he has been much of the time in office, and has held every official position in his town- ship, including a seven years' term as supervisor.
* Grandson of Ambrose Morton, first mentioned.
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The father of Mrs. Johnson, Rev. Amos Whitcomb, was eminently a self-made man. He was formerly from the State of New York. He was a very ingenious mechanic, and could make almost anything to which his labor might be directed. He lived and died in a log house.
Lewis Johnson practically began life in 1837, in very close circumstances. At that time there was no near mar- ket, and it was necessary for him to take his wheat to St. Joseph with an ox-team. The trip usually occupied five , days, and the price paid was only forty-four cents a bushel. Mr. Johnson built most of the house in which he lives in the township of Texas. Until recently he was the owner of two hundred acres of land, but has lately sold one hun- dred acres. His son Charles served during the Rebellion in the Michigan 25th (Volunteer Infantry), and was hon- orably discharged at the close of the war. Mr. Johnson, in company with Eli Douglass, engaged in raising funds to pay volunteers during the war, and paid three hundred dollars to his first man, using most of his time for three years.
WILLIAM HAYNES
was born in the village of Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England, April 1, 1830. He was the only son of William
and Susannah Haynes. The elder Haynes was a farm laborer, an honest, industrious man of temperate habits and sterling integrity. William received a good common-school education, and upon the completion of his studies obtained a situation in a glass-factory as inspector of glass, where he remained six years. At the expiration of this time he decided to come to America, and accordingly, in 1850, he and his father took passage for the United States. They settled in the town of Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y., where they worked by the day and month. In 1854 they came to Kalamazoo County, and settled in the south part of Texas, where they purchased eighty acres of land. Upon this farm Mr. Haynes resided six years, when he sold and purchased the farm where he now resides. Here his parents died,-his father in 1873, at the age of seventy-four, and his mother in 1870, at the age of seventy years. Just previous to his emigration to this country, Mr. Haynes was married to Miss Mary Stanley, who was born in the village of Smithwich, Worcestershire, England. She is a thrifty housewife and an excellent mother, and to her Mr. Haynes attributes much of his success in life. By industry and good management he has acquired a competency. He owns two hundred and ninety acres of valuable land, and is re- garded as a successful farmer and an estimable citizen.
WAKESHMA.
NATURAL FEATURES.
Geography .- The township of Wakeshma, which lies in the extreme southeast portion of the county, is bounded on the north by Climax, south by St. Joseph County, east by Calhoun County, and west by Brady.
The township lines were surveyed by John Mullett in 1825, and the subdivision survey made by Robert Clark, Jr., in 1826. Much of the land was entered in 1836 by Eastern parties for purposes of speculation, but for many years after it remained unimproved, and the township continued a wilderness while the adjoining townships of the county were being rapidly settled and the land cultivated.
In 1842 the axe of the earliest settler was heard, and soon after, on section 32, the few acres that had been cleared yielded a bountiful crop of wheat, and indicated the remark- ably productive quality of the soil. Other settlers followed, but for years the population of the township was meagre, and it was not until 1850 that the Territory showed indica- tions of activity and growth. Since that time, energy, capital, and well-directed labor have done much to develop the land and promote the prosperity of the township.
Lakes and Water-Courses .- Wakeshma differs from most of the townships of the county, in the fact that it has not a single lake within its borders .*
* There are several small ponds, however.
The Portage and the Bear Creeks, both considerable streams, rise in the township of Climax and flow through this township. The first flows through the centre in a southwest direction. Bear Creek flows nearly south, bear- ing towards the west as it leaves the township on sections 34 and 35. The two unite and form the Portage River, which empties into the St. Joseph River.
Soil .- The soil of the township is a gravelly loam inter- mixed with clay. It is easily tilled, making large yields with a comparatively small amount of labor. It was in an early day especially rich in timber, and much maple, beech, whitewood, elm, and basswood, is still uncut. Black walnut and cherry, which were formerly abundant, are now found only in limited quantities.
In the year 1873 the township produced 51,262 bushels of wheat and 84,691 bushels of corn, the latter yield ex- ceeding that of any other township of the county.
ORGANIZATION.
The township was organized March 25, 1846, under the following act:
" AN ACT to organize certain townships and for other purposes.
"All that part of the county of Kalamazoo designated by the United States survey as township number four south, of number nine west, be and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate
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township by the name of Wakeshma, and the first township-meeting shall be held at the house of Jacob J. Gardner.
" Approved March 25, 1846."
There was a strong desire expressed on the part of the early settlers to have the township called " Maple," but the Legislature christened it by its present appellation.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
The first township-meeting of the newly-organized town- ship of Wakeshma was held at the house of Jacob J. Gardner, April 6, 1846. The inspectors of election, who were chosen by the qualified voters present, were Jacob J. Gardner, Caleb Orcutt, John Ker, Elias Stilwell, Asa Wixson.
The following officers were elected : Jacob J. Gardner, Supervisor ; Caleb Orcutt, Township Clerk ; Asa Wixson, Treasurer ; Elias Stilwell, Justice of the Peace ; Matthew Cullen, Highway Commissioner ; Joseph Heminway, School Inspector ; John Stilwell, Director of the Poor; Charles Carver, John Stilwell, Matthew Cullen, Constables. The following list embraces the remaining township officers to the present date :
SUPERVISORS.
1847, Caleb Orcutt; 1848, Joseph Heminway ; 1849-50, Jacob J. Gardner; 1851-52, Joseph Heminway; 1853, Jacob J. Gardner; 1854, Henry Feed; 1855, A. R. Scott; 1856-57, Washington Noble; 1858-59, Ambrose B. Halsey ; 1860-66, Samuel R. Culp; 1867, David Kindy; 1868-71, Sylvester Fredenburg; 1872-73, H. J. Daniels ; 1874-76, Sylvester Fredenburg ; 1877, David J. Fritz; 1878-79, Barnard Mathes.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1847, Joseph Heminway ; 1848-49, A. R. Scott; 1850, Caleb Orcutt; 1851, John G. Lipe ; 1852, John D. Ker; 1853, Morris B. Dal- son; 1854, Oliver Jones ; 1855, Israel Leighton ; 1856-57, Syl- vester Fredenburgh ; 1858, Edward H. Wood; 1859-63, Harvey Jones ; 1864-66, Sylvester Fredenburgh ; 1867-69, A. E. Brockett; 1870, S. C. Rosenberry ; 1871, G. O. Byington ; 1872-74, O. G. Cook ; 1875-76, Horace W. Green ; 1877, E. B. Skidmore; 1878, N. R. Hakes ; 1879, John R. Mears.
TREASURERS.
1847, Asa Wixson ; 1848-49, Elias Stilwell; 1850, John Heminway ; 1851-54, A. R. Scott; 1855, John R. Lee; 1856-57, Jacob J. Gardner; 1858-60, Rufus Tyler ; 1861-64, Seeley W. Merrill ; 1865, Wm. H. Overholt; 1866-69, Charles C. Crotser ; 1870-76, David I. Fritz; 1877, Washington Mapes ; 1878-79, W. C. Smith.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1847, Russell Worden ; 1848, J. J. Gardner, Asa Wixson, John Ker; 1849, A. R. Scott, William Fairchild ; 1850, Asa Wixson, A. W. Finch ; 1851, Russell Worden, Lot North; 1852, John F. Lipe, Allen Rawson ; 1853, George Pickard, A. M. Mead ; 1854, John F. Tyler; 1855, Myron Lamunyon, George Pickard; 1856, Asa Wixson, Jacob Krader ; 1857, Peter L. Rynearson, J. W. Cod- man ; 1858, John Cullen, Charles Brown ; 1859, Seeley W. Mer- rill, Parker Gilhams ; 1860, J. W. Codman, E. V. Case ; 1861, J. J. Gardner, J. W. Codman, Wm. Bradshaw; 1862, Parker Gil- hams ; 1863, P. L. Rynearson ; 1864, J. W. Codman ; 1865, Henry J. Daniels ; 1866, Benjamin Matthews ; 1867, P. L. Rynearson ; 1868, J. O. Wilsey ; 1869, H. J. Daniels; 1870, G. O. Byington ; 1871, Henry Copley ; 1872, J. W. Codman ; 1873, H. F. Bartshe, G. A. Van Norsdell ; 1874, A. E. Brockett; 1875, W. H. Overholt, G. O. Byington ; 1876, James Griggs ; 1877, D. F. Bartshe ; 1878, Alex. Ritter, O. M. Gates; 1879, Rufus Skidmore, S. C. Rosen- berry, D. V. Thomson.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
1847, A. R. Scott; 1848, Caleb Orcutt; 1849, J. J. Gardner; 1850, Joseph Heminway ; 1851, Charles Root ; 1852, Joseph Heminway,
J. J. Gardner ; 1853, R. R. Heminway, George Rickard ; 1854, James Hawes, George W. Corliss; 1855, Israel Leighton ; 1856, Walter F. Lovin, J. W. Codman ; 1857, Samuel R. Culp ; 1858, E. B. Skidmore; 1859, Valentine Cornwell; 1860, William Brad- shaw ; 1861, E. B. Southwick ; 1862, David Kindy; 1863, Wm. H. Overholt; 1864, David Kindy; 1865, C. C. Crotser; 1866, David Kindy, A. E. Brockett; 1867, A. W. Pierce; 1868, J. O. Wilsey ; 1869, A. W. Pierce; 1870, O. M. Gates; 1871, P. M. Thomson, A. W. Pierce; 1872, no record; 1873, A. W. Pierce ; 1874, P. M. Thomson ; 1875, A. E. Brockett; 1876, O. M. Gates ; 1877-78, Samuel Rosenberry ; 1879, S. B. Snyder.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS.
1847, Russell Worden, Frederick Harrison; 1848, J. J. Gardner ; 1849, Charles Carver; 1850, Nathan C. Ker, John Beard; 1851, Matthew Cullen ; 1852, J. W. Farr, Russell Worden; 1853, Na- than C. Ker; 1854, Jesse Reynolds; 1855, Rufus Tyler; 1856, J. J. Gardner; 1857, S. P. Beard; 1858, Jesse Reynolds; 1859, Frederick S. Foote; 1860, William Van Vleet, J. L. Hull ; 1861, J. J. Gardner; 1862, George P. Mason ; 1863, George W. Cary ; 1864, A. A. Holcomb; 1865, M. T. Leggett, Charles S. Brown ; 1866, A. H. Sherman ; 1867, Frederick Steele, A. Harrison ; 1868, William H. Overholt; 1869, E. B. Codman ; 1870, James Griggs; 1871, Robinson Randall; 1872, Stephen P. Marsh, J. A. Van Debogert; 1873, P. M. Thomson ; 1874, Jesse F. Alford ; 1875, J. A. Van Debogert ; 1876, E. B. Skidmore ; 1877, William Beard ; 1878, James Van Debogert; 1879, Ephraim Camp.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.
1847-48, John Beard; 1849, John Stilwell ; 1850, John C. Ker ; 1851, A. R. Scott; 1852, Russell Worden; 1853, J. J. Gardner ; 1854, Allen Ransom ; 1855, John F. Lipe ; 1856, Jacob Krader; 1857, Warren Beard ; 1858, John Hannible.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
1873, G. P. Mason ; 1874, George Ensminger; 1875, Thomas Copley ; 1876, S. P. Marsh; 1877-78, W. C. Minnas ; 1879, George P. Mason.
CONSTABLES.
1847, George Beard, John D. Ker, C. S. Crofoot, Charles Carver; 1848, Wm. Fairchild, Charles Carver, Matthew Cullen, John Stilwell ; 1849, Matthew Cullen, Abner Goodrich; 1850, Nathan C. Ker, Andrew Foote ; 1851, Silas Wooden, Matthew Cullen, J. J. Stil- well, Elias Stilwell ; 1852, Andrew T. Foote, John D. Ker, Charles H. Ker, John Ker; 1853, J. J. Gardner, A. Ransom ; 1854, W. J. Simpson, Stephen Tapping, Frederick Foote; 1855, Warren Beard, John Der, Wm. Fairchilds; 1856, Wm. Fair- childs, Samuel Bailey, Jesse Reynolds, S. F. Lafler ; 1857, Abel Miller, Wm. Fairchilds, Jesse Reynolds, Fletcher Fredenburgh ; 1858, Jesse Reynolds, George Cary, Henry G. Buffington, John H. Kearns; 1859, C. C. Hinckley, John Der, F. S. Foote, Wm. Van Vleet; 1860, F. G. Keeler, W. S. Tuttle, Win. Van Vleet, Reuben Griggs ; 1861, Orlando Porter, George Ensminger, Thomas J. Pierce, Hiram Der ; 1862, Jesse Reynolds, A. R. Scott, Ben- jamin Atwood, E. Codman; 1863, Jonathan Hull, Isaac Johnson, S. P. Beard, Zurdus Jones ; 1864, George W. Carr, A. W. Nash, M. F. Fredenburg, Charles Goisline; 1865, M. F. Fredenburgh, James Lynn, Aaron W. Nash, Cyril Tyler ; 1866, Jacob Sherman, Frederick Steele, John E. Fritz, M. F. Fredenburgh ; 1867, J. W. Barnes, H. H. Bradshaw, R. Randall, James McGurer; 1868, Charles Paige, Sylvanus Reed ; 1869, David Carnes, A. Hunt, J. Seymour, Sylvanus Reed ; 1870, Charles Haines, J. V. Frisby, Hiram Der ; 1871, Hiram Der, Samuel Stein, Jr. ; 1872, James Fulton ; 1873, Arthur Longman, Hiram Der; 1874, James Griggs, Arthur Longman ; 1875, John P. Pease, James Griggs; 1876, no record ; 1877, Wm. Culp, John B. Pease, John Berger; 1878, Ralph Case, Charles Haines, Wm. Culp, Charles Potter; 1879, Lafayette Gardner, Charles Haines, Ralph Case.
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