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The next year, 1835, other emigrants came. The following is a list of the settlers in the vicinity from the first settlement of the place up to 1840:
J. B. Morse located in the fall of 1833 on section 6, Metamora. Removed here July 11, 1834. Died here April 24, 1854.
H. M. Look, on section 1, Hadley, reached here July 11, 1834. Removed many years since to Rochester, Mich., where he still resides.
John Look, on section 1, Hadley, reached here May 18, 1834. Removed in 1877 to Lowell, Mich.
Ira Griggs and Almon Griggs, on section 1, Hadley, October 14, 1835. Ira Griggs died here November 16, 1859. Almon Griggs removed to Howell, Livingston County, Mich., where he died in 1882.
Reuben Underwood in 1835 located first on section 36, Elba; afterward on section 7, Metamora. Removed to Vermont, where he died about 1840.
About this time Messrs. Hart, Tunison and Campbell located on the site of Hadley village.
Jonathan Coverdale, February, 1836, first located on section 7, Metamora; afterward on section 36, Elba, the land first taken by R. Underwood. Died in California, 1851.
Andrew Merritt, fall of 1836, on section 8, Metamora. Still living; resides at Metamora village.
Augustus Davison, winter of 1836-'37, on section 35, Elba. Died here in 1863.
Nehemiah Tower, winter of 1836-'37, on section 7, Metamora. Died at Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1852.
Matthew Caley, 1837, section 5, Metamora. Died here Decem- ber 26, 1858.
Nelson Cady, 1837, section 12, Hadley. Died August 2, 1868, at Flint, Mich.
Lemuel Covil, 1837, section 6, Metamora. Died October, 1877. William Halpin, 1837, section 30, Lapeer. Died here August, 1862.
Eliezer Lundy, 1837, section 5, Metamora. Died here Septem- ber, 1873.
Samuel Perkins, 1837, section 8, Metamora. Died at Lapeer about 1865.
Abram Van Gelder, 1837, purchased of Coverdale his location on section 5, Metamora, and died here September 18, 1841.
John A. Merritt, 1838, section 7, Metamora. Died at Lapeer, December, 1881.
Alpheus Cady, 1838, section 12, Hadley. Died January 1, 1864.
John B. Cady, 1838, section 12, Hadley. Died September 29, 1846.
Samuel Redmond, 1838, section 6, Metamora. Died in 1842 or '43; buried on his farm.
Rev. Abijah Blanchard, 1838, section 6, Metamora. Returned to the East in 1840. Died in Wyoming County, N. Y., about 1865.
I. C. Smith, 1838, purchased of R. Underwood on section 7, Metamora.
Dr. J. S. Comstock, May, 1839. Still resides here.
John Merritt, Sr., 1840, section 7, Metamora. Died February 2, 1866, aged ninety-one years.
Zadoc Bates, 1840, section 31, Lapeer, where he still resides.
The first death in the place was that of an infant son of J. B. Morse in December, 1835. The second, an infant son of Ira Griggs. The first marriage was Mr. Reuben Underwood to Miss Lucia A. Morse, January 1, 1837, by Rev. Mr. Ruggles, who walked from Pontiac to perform the ceremony.
In these days the young people attended evening entertain- ments in their own carriages, heavy lumber wagons drawn by oxen. Maple sugar parties and quiltings were in vogue, and at the latter pumpkin pies and cookies were the usual evening refreshments, often served from huge platters, the nimble fingers of the guests being fork and plate; and often those who were so unfortunate as to fall under the ban of public displeasure were treated to Callithumpian serenades. These were served out impartially to all those who had offended, no respect being paid to age or station, the reverend clergy and the outcast from society being alike saluted.
These too were the days of wild cat money, when every hamlet had its bank and every other man was a bank official, and everybody was immensely rich-in paper-and of the inevitable crash that followed these wild speculations leaving the country poorer than be- fore.
Farmers Creek was a place of some note in an early day. About the time of the founding of the Michigan University, and when it was proposed to establish preparatory schools for that insti- tution at convenient points throughout the State, an effort was made to induce the State to found such a school at Farmers Creek. So an academy was started with James R. Taylor, a man of liberal education, as principal, in 1837-'38. A building put up by Mr. Morse for a shop, but afterward used as church and hall, was oc- cupied as the academy building. This school was for a time quite a flourishing institution, and pupils gathered from all the settied towns of the county, Lapeer, Dryden and Almont. Among these were Miss Ann Rood, now Mrs. Cephas G. Woodbury of Lapeer Township, and Miss Phila A. Hart, afterwards Mrs. J. M. Wattles, of Lapeer City, Messrs. Lucius Kendrick and Farnham, of Dryden, and many others now prominent in society. But this did not last long. Some of the people thought it putting on too much style for a backwoods hamlet, and the academy, failing to get the aid ex- pected from the State, soon died a natural death.
About this time the school district here was formed, known as Fractional No.1, Hadley and Metamora, and the log school-house built as described in the history of the town of Hadley; but before this was finished and after the collapse of the academy, three terms were taught for the district in the shop, church, hall academy building, by Miss Marcia C. Morse, Mr. Adams Gibson, and Miss Laura E. Redmond, daughter of Samuel Redmond. Miss Redmond afterward
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married Daniel Wheeler, youngest son of Timothy Wheeler, and died about two years after, leaving an infant son, Mr. Wheeler was almost crazed with grief and survived his wife but a few months. Their son survived the father a few years, when he was laid by the side of his parents in the cemetery.
John C. Clark and his brother Hezekiah, were musical nota- bilities of that day. J. C. Clark trained the singers here, holding singing school in this same historical old building.
In the winter of 1842 a Mr. Loomis attempted to teach a term of school in the log school-house, but the large boys were so nu- merous and turbulent that he was glad to leave. Then an old feud, growing, we believe, out of some church trials of a few years before, broke out afresh, and the result was a general disorganizing, and the organization of the Fractional District No. 1, of Hadley, Meta- mora, Lapeer and Elba, which has ever since been known as the Farmers Creek School.
Among the men of note here, long since gone to their reward, were Ira Griggs, Timothy Wheeler and J. B. Morse. Mr. Griggs was a very strong man physically, extremely witty and somewhat eccentric. He had a large family of children, most of whom have gone the way of all the earth. Mr. Dennis Griggs, who married Adeline, daughter of Timothy Wheeler, resides on the Wheeler homestead. His sister, Miss Abbie M. Griggs, resides at Damon, Ogemaw County, Mich., the rest of the family are dead or living in distant parts of the country.
Nehemiah Tower was the chief justice of the peace in these early times, and was a man of considerable native talent and of excellent judgment. He had several sons and two daughters. J. N. Tower, his sole surviving son, resides in Marathon, Lapeer County. M. T. Tower married Harriet, daughter of Timothy Wheeler, and died about ten years since; his widow survives him. Timothy Wheeler was also a very public spirited citizen. He had two sons and three daughters, all grown to manhood and woman- hood when he emigrated to Michigan. His daughters are all living, the wives of John Collins, Dennis Griggs, and the widow of M. L. Tower; his two sons are both dead; Shepherd, the elder, married Miss Mercy Tower, daughter of Nehemiah Tower, Esq., and died at Ludington, June 7, 1879. His son, Hon. H. H. Wheeler, was a captain in the late civil war, and has since held many offices of trust with honor to himself. Daniel, the younger, married Miss L. E. Redmond, and both he and his wife died many years ago.
J. B. Morse had also a large family, ten sons and daughters. He was a very public spirited citizen, prominent in church and society. His wife was a superior woman. Of their large family but five are now living: L. D., C. F., and O. O. Morse and Mrs. David Embury, of Grand Blanc, and Mrs. H. C. Babcock, of Meta- mora. Alonzo M., oldest son, died at Lapeer the year following the removal to Michigan. Lucia married Reuben Underwood, and died in 1838, at the home of her husband's father in Vermont. Orlando married Jane Hartwell, of Atlas, and died about 1850, and Elizabeth married Dr. J. S. Comstock, and died May, 1874.
H. M. Look was a man of superior education and fully equal in natural ability to his neighbors. His family showed uncommon talent, but most of them died young. The only survivor, H. M. Look, Jr., has a considerable reputation as a speaker and writer. The oldest son, Geo. H. Look, went to Kentucky and thence to Indiana, where he practiced law, and at his death, though not over thirty years of age, was attorney-general of the State. The oldest daughter was a most successful teacher. She married Wm. H. Small, a native of Maine. He died of consumption a few months after their marriage, and she did not survive him three years. Their son, born after the death of his father, was taken, after the death of the mother, to Maine by his paternal grandfather, and
died in early manhood. The youngest daughter, a girl of brilliant intellect, died at fifteen years of age. Mrs. Ann Look died in 1830 and Mr. Look married Mrs. Jane Baldwin, of Rochester, and re- moved to the latter place a few years after.
Mr. John Look had also four children; of these, the two oldest, Orson H. Look, of Lowell, Michigan, ,and Helen M., married to the Rev. D. L. Eaton, are dead. Of the two surviving children, the daughter resides in St. Louis, Mo., the son in Lowell, Mich.
Rev. Abijah Blanchard, who resided at Farmers Creek for two years as a pastor of a Presbyterian Church organized there in 1838, was a singular character. He was an old-school teacher, and seems to have endeavored to govern his church as he had been wont to govern the boys of his New England academy. He did not find the experiment a success, for it was not long before the church was rent in twain by internal dissensions and church trials were the order of the day. One of the brethren was tried, and we believe expelled from the church, for returning home on Sunday morning from Lakeville or Orion to mill. He had been overtaken by a violent storm and was unable to drive home with his grist on Saturday night, and had no money to pay his expenses over Sunday; but it was a breach of the commandment and he was brought before the bar of the church. Of course a trial for an alleged offense committed under such circumstances created much feeling, and was not at all less- ened when one of the deacons of the church was tried for the grave charge of having said that he considered a certain young lady of his acquaintance "no better than she ought to be." He did not deny the charge and proceedings were had at great length. At last the church was dissolved. Mr. Blanchard went back to the East, not, how- ever, until he had been "charivaried" by the indignant young men of the community, who followed him several miles with guns, bells and horns. Of course this latter proceeding caused a good deal of feeling in the community, and it was many years before these fool- ish quarrels were forgotten. Mr. Blanchard had a son who was a soldier in the Mexican War. He was no doubt a good man, but had been too long a teacher and had too high an idea of the pre- rogative of the ministry, to succeed as a missionary in the Western country.
In 1849-'50, three men in this neighborhood: Jonathan Coverdale, Q. P. Bruce and Curtis, left their families and homes to seek gold in California. Mr. Coverdale died in a few months, and not long after Mr. Bruce was reported to have died. Some time after, Mrs. Curtis, who was somewhat notorious for many peculiari- ties, took her children and joined her husband. They have both since died. Mrs. Bruce died December 25, 1881. Mrs. Coverdale afterwards married James Gark, was a second time widowed and died at North Branch about two years since.
TOWN OF ELBA.
Elba, known as township 7 north, of range 9 east, belongs to the western tier of towns in Lapeer County. It is bounded on the north by Oregon, east by Lapeer, south by Hadley and west by Gen- esee County. The Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad traverses the northern portion of the township. Farmers Creek is the principal stream and Lake Nepessing the principal body of water.
The population of Elba in 1840 was 100.
Census of 1874: Population, 1,108; acres of taxable land, 22,991; of improved land, 7,738; number of sheep, 3,282; of horses, 492; of cows, 491; pounds of wool sheared, 17,849; of pork marketed, 18,178; of butter made, 28,395; bushels of wheat raised preceding year, 33,564; of corn, 19,330; of apples, 4,654, of pota- toes, 6,630; tons of hay cut, 1,838.
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According to the census of 1880, the town had a population of 1,291.
The aggregate valuation of real and personal property as equal- ized by the board of supervisors in 1882 was $549,000.
ENTRIES OF LAND.
The following list shows the entries of land prior to the year 1841:
TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST.
SECTION 1. Anastasia Thayer, November 6, 1835. Robert McMillan, February 12, 1836. Oliver B. Hart, February 12, 1836. Increase Van Deusen, March 24, 1836. James Turrill, May 6, 1836.
SECTION 2. Chas. R. Griswold, April 3, 1836. Darius Lamson, April 11, 1836. Darius Lamson, April 20, 1836. Thomas O. Hill, April 21, 1836. Moses Dole, May 16, 1836.
SECTION 3. Ira Davenport, May 25, 1836.
SECTION 4. James Turrill, May 6, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836. O. E. Maltby and A. W. Langdon, May 23, 1836.
SECTION 5. James Turrill, May 6, 1836. Henry Isaacs, May 25, 1836.
SECTION 6. Henry Isaacs, May 25, 1836. Wain-ge-ke-shick, May 13, 1846. George Bradley, November 3, 1848. Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, November 3, 1848.
SECTION 7. Henry Isaacs, May 25, 1836. Francis G. Macey, July 16, 1836.
SECTION 8. Gersham M. Williams and Peter Deyenoyer, April 9, 1836. Charles and Gasca Rich, May 12, 1836. Henry Isaacs, May 25, 1836. Francis G. Macey, July 16, 1836.
SECTION 9. James Turrill, May 6, 1836. George Otto, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836. Charles Curtis, August 4, 1845. Arzy Smith, October 7, 1850.
SECTION 10. Peter G.Desnoyer and Francis Desnoyer, April 12,1836. George Otto, May 10, 1836. Oliver E. Maltby and Amon W. Langdon, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836. Reuben R. Shadbolt, November 3, 1847.
SECTION 11.
Nathan Dickenson, William H. Imlay and George Beach, April 2, 1836.
SECTION 12.
Morris T. Allen, August 12, 1833.
Nehemiah M. Allen, August 12, 1833.
Trumbull Carey, March 22, 1836.
James Turrill, May 7, 1836.
SECTION 13. George F. Porter, April 19, 1833. Ira Howland, March 8, 1836. Trumbull Carey, March 28, 1836. James Turrill, May 6, 1836. Jabish M. Corey, January 24, 1837.
SECTION 14. Minor Y. Turrill, June 28, 1832.
Trumbull Carey, March 22, 1836.
Ira Howland and Isaac Wheeler, March 20, 1837.
SECTION 15. George Otto, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836. Oliver E. Maltby and Amon W. Langdon, May 11, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 17, 1836.
SECTION 17. Charles and Gasca Rich, May 12, 1836. Newell Kinsman, July 16, 1836. Francis G. Macey, July 16, 1836.
SECTION 18. Newell Kinsman, July 16, 1836. Francis G. Macey, July 16, 1836. Isaiah Eggleston, May 2, 1839. Willis F. Eggleston, May 2, 1839. John Loudon, November 1, 1839. John Lamoreaux, August 1, 1850.
SECTION 19. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836. Sophronia Farnham, September 11, 1839. John Loudon, November 1, 1839. Thomas M. Slayton, September 25, 1847. John S. Winters, October 11, 1847. SECTION 20. James A. Vandyke, April 23, 1836. Oliver E. Maltby and Amon W. Langdon, May 10, 1836. Charles and Gasca Rich, May 12, 1836. Newell Kinsman, January 16, 1836. SECTION 21. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836.
Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836.
SECTION 22. Francis G. Macey, May 10 and 23, 1836 Oliver E. Maltby and Amon W. Langdon, May 23, 1836. SECTION 23. Julius Beardsley, July 10, 1834. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836. Eleazer Lundy, October 25, 1836. Charles McNeil, Jr., December 13, 1839. Sylas Moor, December 16, 1839. John C. Meacham, February 19, 1840. David C. Wattles, December 31, 1841. Henry Stringer, January 15, 1842.
SECTION 24. Henry M. Look, October 18, 1832. Julius Beardsley, July 10, 1834. Trumbull Carey, October 29, 1835. William Moore, March 26, 1835. Ira Howland, March 26, 1835. James Turrill, May 6, 1836. Center Lamb, July 16, 1836. Calvin Carter, August 26, 1836.
SECTION 25. William Moore, March 26, 1836. Calvin Rose, March 26, 1836. Daniel H. Chandler, May 2, 1836. William S. Bird, June 6, 1836. Smith Titus, June 23, 1836, Nathan Seely, July 6, 1836.
SECTION 26. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836. James Bullock, August 26, 1836.
SECTION 27.
Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836.
Oliver E. Maltby and Amon W. Langdon, May 23,
1836.
Joshua B. Chapel, August 27, 1836.
Joseph Hoffman, October 28, 1837.
SECTION 28. Charles and Gasca Rich, May 12, 1836.
Levi Bishop, Jr., July 6, 1836.
Isaac Wheeler, July 6, 1836. .
Harvey Bordman, October 12, 1836.
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Isaac Wheeler, November 22, 1836. Joseph Hoffman, November 23, 1836. Francis G. Macey, December 19, 1836. Joseph Hoffman, October 28, 1837.
SECTION 29. Andrew Turk, May 5, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 11, 1836. SECTION 30. Harry Bordman, October 12, 1836. Daniel H. Chandler, May 2, 1836. Oliver Maltby and A. W. Langdon, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836. O. E. Maltby and A. W. Langdon, May 23, 1836. John Starkweather, October 13, 1836.
SECTION 31. O. E. Maltby and A. W. Langdon, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836. Charles and Gasca Rich, May 12, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836.
SECTION 33.
SECTION 32. O. E. Maltby and A. W. Langdon, May 10, 1836. Francis G. Macey, May 10, 1836. William D. Potter, Oct. 12, 1836. Stephen Grant, April 1, 1836. Charles and Gasca Rich, May 12, 1836. Henry I. Wilcox, June 17, 1836. Loren Benedict, October 14, 1836. John McKay. November 8, 1837. John Hersey, October 23, 1838.
SECTION 34. Francis G. Macey, May 23, 1836. Henry I. Wilcox, June 17, 1836. Joseph Fiefield, January 18, 1838. James R. Van Vranken, July 6, 1841.
SECTION 35. Charles Hannibal, July 23, 1835. John Davison, June 6, 1836. Ezekiel Skinner, July 13, 1836. Samuel Davenport, August 26, 1836. SECTION 36. Trumbull Carey, October 29, 1835. C. C. Palmer and Charles Coventry, April 29, 1836. Thomas Battans, April 29, 1836. Daniel H. Chandler, May 2, 1836. Rufus Cram, December 20, 1836. Philip Crankshaw, October 15, 1850. Thomas Shortall, October 15, 1850.
EARLY HISTORY.
The first settlers in the town of Elba v. ere Hozial Howland and his son Ira, the latter the oldest living settler in the town. They located on section 24, in the year 1835, the entry of land being dated March 26, 1835.
Hozial Howland was a native of Rhode Island, where his son Ira was born. He moved thence to Connecticut, and from there to Tioga County, Pa. In 1835 he came as has been stated to Lapeer County. He died in September, 1865, aged eighty-four.
The same year with the Howlands, came William Sherwood and William S. Bird. In 1836 came William Ross, Augustus Davison, Almon Brookins and Richard Pemberton. The next year came Lewis Bullock, James Bullock, Jonathan Coverdale, and Alanson Hammond. In 1838 William Nowell, Morris Perry, Chauncey Nye and Perry Parker.
From 1839 to 1846, the following persons settled in the township: Silas Moore, Daniel Horton, Sidney Creagor, Alvin McMaster, Calvin Carter, Benjamin Horner, William D. Potter, A. S. Hatch, I. P. Bruce, Robert Rozier, David C. Wattles, Henry Bronson, John Ivory, Samuel Bird, C. P. Goodrich, John Hannan, William Beach, Asa Preston, James Hodgson, G. W. Davis,
Samuel Davenport, J. D. McIntyre, R. C. Shadbolt, Tobias Reeser, John N. Briggs.
Of the persons named in this sketch, only Silas Moore, Ira Howland, Alanson Hammond, Sidney Creagor, Samuel Daven- port and John N. Briggs, are known to be living in town. Wm. D. Potter, J. D. McIntyre and C. P. Goodrich have removed to Hadley, and most of the others have gone to the regions of the dead. Hozial Howland was a very prominent citizen of the town and county; was judge of probate at an early day. He had a large family all grown to manhood and womanhood, when he emi- grated to Michigan. Two of his sons, Thomas and Ephraim Howland, who married Harriet and Mary Ann, daughters of Henry Bronson, were long engaged in mercantile business, and specu- lations of all kinds, and finally became bankrupt. Afterward uniting with the Protestant Methodist Church, they became acceptable ministers of that denomination. Both died of con- sumption. Another old pioneer of Elba, Richard Pemberton, had six daughters, three of whom became the wives of Silas Moore, Alanson Hammond and Ira Howland, and one son, who became insane in early manhood, and was for many years an inmate of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo, where he died a few years since.
The first school in the town was taught in 1836 in a log school-house on section 19. There were about seventeen scholars. One of the earliest and perhaps the earliest was Robert Mckay.
The first marriage was John Shafer to his second wife, Mary Loisa Wait, by Ira Howland, J. P.
The first birth was Hozial, son of Benjamin Horner. He was named for Hozial Howland.
The town of Elba was organized in 1838. First township meeting held at the house of William S. Bird, May 5, 1838, with Lewis Bullock as chairman; Augustus Davison and Almon Brookins, clerks; Lewis Bullock was elected supervisor; Philander P. Parker, clerk; Hozial Howland, Augustus Davison, Charles Hannibal and Almon Brookins, justices of the peace; William Bird, Morris Perry, and Ira Howland, highway commissioners; Hozial Howland, Augustus Davison, and Calvin Carter, assessors; Thomas Howland, constable and collector; Charles Hannibal and Calvin Carter, constables; Hozial Howland, Morris Perry, and Augustus Davison, overseers of the poor.
The records of the town from the date of organization to 1846 are missing.
TOWN OFFICERS.
The following is a list of town officers since 1846, the records prior to that time being lost.
1846-Supervisor, William Beech; clerk, Reuben R. Shad- bolt; treasurer, Thomas Howland.
1847-Supervisor, Chancy S. Randall; clerk, J. P. Bruce; treasurer, William Clark; number of votes, 35.
1848-Supervisor, William H. Clark; clerk, Lewis Bullock; treasurer, William Clark; number of votes, 32.
1849-Supervisor, William H. Clark; clerk, Joel D. McIntyre; treasurer, Chancy Merwin; number of votes, 44.
1850-Supervisor, William H. Clark; clerk, Joel D. McIntyre; treasurer, Chancy Merwin; number of votes, 38.
1851-Supervisor, Thomas M. Slayton; clerk, John J. Wat- kins; treasurer, Joseph Treadway; number of votes, 40.
1852- - Supervisor, Thomas M. Slayton; clerk, Alanson Ham- mond; treasurer, Joseph Treadway.
1853-Supervisor, Charles Rich; clerk, Oreb Vilas; treasurer, Chancy Merwin.
1854-Supervisor, William H. Clark, clerk, Oreb Vilas; treas- urer, Chancy Merwin.
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1855-Supervisor, Charles Rich; clerk, Oreb Vilas; treasurer, Chancy Merwin; number of votes, 69.
1856-Supervisor, Charles Rich; clerk, John Allen; treasurer, Chancy Merwin; number of votes, 94.
1857-Supervisor, William D. Potter; clerk, Alanson Ham- mond; treasurer, Alexander Hoffman.
1858-Supervisor, William D. Potter; clerk, Alanson Ham- mond; treasurer, Alexander Hoffman; number of votes, 108.
1859-Supervisor, Alexander Hoffman; clerk, Joel D. McIn- tyre; treasurer, Benoni Bullock, number of votes, 134.
1860-Supervisor, Stephen V. Thomas; clerk, Joel D. McIn- tyre; treasurer, Benoni Bullock ; number of votes, 157.
1861-Supervisor, Stephen V. Thomas; clerk, Joel D. McIn- tyre; treasurer, Benoni Bullock ; number of votes, 129.
1862-Supervisor, Stephen V. Thomas; clerk, Joel D. McIn- tyre; treasurer, Benoni Bullock; number of votes, 138.
1863-Supervisor, Stephen V. Thomas; clerk, Lewis Bullock; treasurer, Abram B. Gates; number of votes, 131.
1864-Supervisor, Joel D. McIntyre; clerk, Lewis Bullock; treasurer, Benoni Bullock ; number of votes, 125.
1865-Supervisor, Joel D. Mcintyre; clerk, Martin P. Moor; treasurer, Reuben H. Slayton; number of votes, 126.
1866-Supervisor, Joel D. McIntyre; clerk, Martin P. Moor; treasurer, Reuben H. Slayton ; number of votes, 151.
1867 - Supervisor, Joseph Treadway; clerk, Sackett Ostrom; treasurer, Johu Selby.
1868-Supervisor, William H. Clark; clerk, Sackett Ostrom; treasurer, John Selby; number of votes, 218.
1869-Supervisor, John T. Rich; clerk, Sackett Ostrom; treasurer, John Selby.
1870-Supervisor, John T. Rich; clerk, Sackett Ostrom; treasurer, Alanson Hammond.
1871-Supervisor, John T. Rich; clerk, Warren Perry; treasurer, Alanson Hammond. .
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