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1858-Supervisor, William Arnold; clerk, Daniel Pletcher; treasurer, J. Haines Emery; number of votes, 56.
1859-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, Daniel Pletcher; treasurer, David Gibbard; number of votes, 62.
1860-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, Almon Wood; treasurer, David Gibbard; number of votes, 56.
1861-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, John C. Emery; treasurer, David Gibbard; number of votes, 73.
1862-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, Almon Wood; treasurer, David Gibbard; number of votes, 84.
1863-Supervisor, David Gibbard; clerk, Franklin Keeler; treasurer, Lorenzo Evans; number of votes, 73.
1864-Supervisor, David Gibbard; clerk, Franklin Keeler; treasurer, Lorenzo Evans; number of votes, 60.
1865-Supervisor, David Gibbard; clerk, John Sinclair; treas- urer, Lorenzo Evans; number of votes, 52.
1866-Supervisor, David Gibbard; clerk, Alexander Sinclair; treasurer, Lorenzo Evans; number of votes, 81.
1867-Supervisor, Almon Wood; clerk, Daniel Webster; treasurer, Lorenzo Evans; number of votes, 99.
1868-Supervisor, Almon Wood; clerk, Alexander Sinclair; treasurer, Lorenzo N. Gardner; number of votes, 120.
1869 -- Supervisor, William B. Hamilton; clerk, Alfred J. Shaw; treasurer, Alexander Sinclair; number of votes, 116.
1870-Supervisor, Alexander Sinclair; clerk, James R. Bruce; treasurer, Abram Bolton.
1871-Supervisor, Alexander Sinclair; clerk, Daniel Webster; treasurer, Abram Bolton.
1872-Supervisor, Alexander Sinclair; clerk, John Sinclair, Jr .; treasurer, Abram Bolton.
1873-Supervisor, Alexander Sinclair; clerk, Lyman J. Lintz; treasurer, Charles Cole.
1874-Supervisor, Alexander Sinclair; clerk, William Stiles; treasurer, Charles Cole.
1875-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk; William Stiles; treasurer, Charles Cole.
1876-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, Frank B. Davison; treasurer, Charles Cole.
1877-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, Frank B. Davison; treasurer, Charles Cole.
1878-Supervisor, Simeon P. Gates; clerk, Edward Best; treasurer, John Henn.
1879-Supervisor, William Stiles; clerk, James Cooper; treas- urer, John Henn.
1880-Supervisor, John Henn; clerk, James Cooper; treas- urer, George B. Wilcox.
1881-Supervisor, John Henn; clerk, Pulaski Middleditch treasurer, George B. Wilcox.
1882-Supervisor, John Henn; clerk, Pulaski Middleditch; treasurer, James Cooper.
1883-Supervisor, John Henn, clerk, Pulaski Middleditch; treasurer, James Cooper.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
JOHN H. PRINGLE was born in Monroe County, N. Y., Septem- ber 19, 1833. Was brought up to farming, and also learned and
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worked at wagon-making, carpenter work and blacksmithing. From Monroe County he went to Oxford County, Canada, and remained three years. Here he made his first start in life manufacturing hoops and carrying on a small rented farm. At the end of three years he had $1,000. In November, 1855, he came to Burnside and bought 160 acres of government land, the northeast quarter of section 36, township 9, range 12 east, on which he now resides. He also bought forty acres of school land, southwest quarter of southwest quarter section 16. He has 100 acres of land in the town of Maple Valley, Sanilac County, and forty acres in the town of Goodland. In 1874 he bought out Cohn Bros.' stock of general merchandise, and has since carried on an extensive business, having a large and complete stock, and buying extensively of farm produce. During his early residence in Burnside he was for several years en- gaged in lumbering, to his success in which his subsequent success is largely due. He still retains his interest, worth about $9,000, in the old homestead, in Monroe County, N. Y. Mr. Pringle's first marriage was to Eliza Ann Barnhart, who died in August, 1877, leaving one daughter. In 1878 he married Sophronia MeNutt, by whom he has one son, John H., Jr.
DUNCAN HOSSACK was born in Invernesshire, Scotland, August 12, 1830. His early occupation was farming and milling. In 1855 he came to Canada and remained about two years engaged in farming. In October, 1858, he came to Burnside and bought the eighty acres of land on which he now lives, the west half of south- west quarter of section 9, township 9, range 12 east, to which he has added northeast quarter of southwest quarter and west half of west half of northeast quarter section 9. Mr. Hossack endured the usual privations and hardships of pioneer life. He logged his first seven acres by hand, living in a shanty, sleeping on hemlock boughs, his food potatoes with the cccasional luxury of a hedgehog. He has now a large and well improved farm. Mr. Hossack is also operat- ing a saw and grist-mill opposite his residence. He was married in June, 1863, to Lucy A. Babcock, of Ohio. They have eight children.
A. B. MILLER was born in Greene County, N. Y., November 27, 1834. During his infancy his parents moved to Michigan and settled in the town of Bruce, Macomb County. At the age of twenty-two years, he went to Dryden, Lapeer County, and engaged in farming. Sold out and went to Kansas, where he lived three years. Returned to Almont, Lapeer County, and in March, 1875, moved to Burnside and bought the west half of southeast quarter and northeast quarter of northeast quarter section 16. In Febru- ary, 1857, he married Sarah J. Morgan, a native of Lapeer County. They have five children, of whom two are at home, one is a drug- gist in Burnside, one clerking at Brown City, and one at Burnside.
JOSHUA GUNN was born in Nova Scotia, March 2, 1827. During his infancy his parents moved to Canada, where he was brought up on a farm. In 1862 he came to Burnside and bought a farm in section 17, northeast quarter of northeast quarter, and afterward bought west half of northeast quarter and northeast quarter of northwest quarter section 16. These lands he has since sold. He operated for several years the Emery mill at the village of Burn- side. In 1875 he built a steam saw-mill, in section 26, village of Deanville, which he is now operating. Has also a farm of 280 acres in the town of Maple Valley, Sanilac County. Married in 1850 Catherine Cooper. They have three children.
JEROME B. BUTLER was born in Avon, Livingston County, N. Y., October 22, 1827. In 1843 the family came to Michigan and settled in Oakland County. In 1849 he went to Lake Superior, and was there employed in the copper mines, as superintendent, until 1858, when he came to Burnside. He located his present farm in section 32, township 10, range 12 east, in 1854. In 1872
he built a steam saw-mill, in the southeast quarter of section 32, which he is now operating. It has a capacity of about thirty thousand feet of lumber per day. He was married in 1851, to Margaret Col- lins, a native of Eastport, Me. They have ten children. Mr. But- ler has dealt extensively in lands in Burnside, and elsewhere. Now owns about 2,000 acres in the town of Burnside, besides lands in other counties. His father, Isaiah Butler, who now resides in North Branch, came into the town of Burnside in the fall of 1854.
PULASKI MIDDLEDITCH, dealer in agricultural machinery and farming tools, is a native of Boston, Erie County, N. Y. Was born February 1, 1820. He remained there until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Almont, Lapeer County, and was there employed in farming. Afterward worked for several years at carpenter and joiner work. Moved from Almont to Dryden, and thence to Imlay. At Imlay he built the mill now owned by Henry Woodbury. He practiced medicine for about fifteen years, having studied in New York. Came to Burnside in 1875, and was employed in farming until 1880, when he engaged in his pres- ent business. Mr. Middleditch was married in 1849 to Be- linda Mix, a native of Erie County, Penn. They have had nine children, of whom five are now living. For about twenty-eight years Mr. Middleditch has held the office of justice of the peace, for the last seven years in Burnside. He is also present town clerk, which office he has held three years. His residence is in the village of Burnside, though he still retains his farm, in section 16, which is carried on by his son.
JOHN G. BRUCE is a native of Fifeshire, Scotland. Was born December 6, 1839. In 1855 he came to this country with his par- ents, who settled in Almont, Lapeer County, where they still reside. He was employed as clerk in a store in Almont until 1866, when, in company with Daniel Webster, he established his present busi- ness of general merchandizing in the village of Burnside. He has an extensive store building and carries a large and complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, etc. He has for the last sixteen years been postmaster at Burnside. He was mar- ried in 1861 to Jane Webster, daughter of Elisha Webster, one of the earliest settlers of Almont, Lapeer County. They have three children. Mr. Bruce is cultivating a farm of forty acres, on which he has one of the largest and finest residences in Lapeer County.
C. B. GOULD, a native of Genesee Co., N. Y., was born July 12, 1821. February 19, 1837, his parents moved to Dryden, Lapeer County. His occupation there was farming. In 1863 he went to the town of Goodland, Lapeer County, and made his home there for twelve years. He moved to Burnside in 1877 and bought the farm on which he now resides, west one-half of southeast quarter section 36, township 10, range 12 cast, eighty acres, of which sixty acres are cleared. He was first married in 1842 to Phobe Wilcox, by whom he had seven children. She died in January, 1867. His second wife was Rhoda Dowling, a native of Canada, to whom he was married in 1867. One son, Martin J., remains with his father and assists in the cultivation of the farm.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR is a native of North Ireland and of Scotch descent. He was born January 1, 1830. From his twelfth to his eighteenth year he was employed in a linen bleachery. Came to this country, to Canada, in 1849, and was there engaged in farming until 1859 when he came to Burnside and bough the land on which he now lives, south one-hali of southeast quarter section 5, town- ship 9, range 12 east, to which he has since added northeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 5. He also owns eighty acres in section 34 of township 10, same range, (north half of southeast quarter:) He was married in October, 1872, to Eliza Cooper, of Canada, and has three children living, two having died. Mr. Sinclair was four years town clerk, one year town treas-
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urer, one year highway commissioner, five successive years super- visor, four years justice of the peace, and for the last two years has been drain commissioner. Mr. Sinclair's father and two brothers came to Burnside in the summer of 1859. Mr. Sinclair, Sr., is now living with his son James on his farm, at the ripe age of 83 years.
GEORGE GLASURE was born in Cork, Ireland, September 18, 1834. In 1850 he came with his parents to this country, settling in Canada, where he was employed on a farm for five years. In 1855 he came to Burnside (then Allison,) arriving in the town December 18, and bought of government, under the graduation act, the northwest quarter and north one-half of southwest quarter of section 36, township 9, range 12 east. He has since added south one-half of northeast quarter and northeast quarter of southeast quarter section 35, making in all a farm of 360 acres on which he now resides. He has 320 acres improved. Has also 40 acres in the town of Goodland. During his early residence in Burnside he was for several years successfully engaged in lumbering. That he was shrewd and a successful farmer is shown by the extent and condition of his farm, his commodious and convenient farm buildings, and his large and beautiful residence. Mr. Glasure was married in 1864 to Ursula Haley, a native of Oxford County, Canada.
S. W. Howe was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1817 ;- settled on section 18, Burnside, in 1856, and still resides on the same place. Married in 1854 Orpha Kelsey, who was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1823; one child, John E., born in 1856, married in 1880 Frances J. Bolton, who was born in 1858.
TOWN OF NORTH BRANCH.
This town is known as township 9 north, of range 11 east, and is bounded on the north by Burlington, east by Burnside, south by Arcadia, and west by Deerfield. The Flint River flows through the township in a northwesterly direction and is the principal stream.
The population of the town according to the census of 1880 was 1,655.
Census of 1874: Population, 937; number of acres of taxable land 23,400; of improved land 4,304; number of sheep 444; of horses 213; of cows 233; products of the preceding year: pounds of wool sheared, 1,287; of pork marketed, 6,717; of butter made, 14,715; bushels of wheat raised, 8,595; of corn, 3,700; of other grain, 12,280; of apples 154; of potatoes, 5,360; tons of hay, 735; pounds of maple sugar made in 1874, 4,276.
ORGANIZATION.
The town of North Branch was organized in 1855. The first annual town meeting was held at the house of Richard Beach in April, 1866. The whole number of votes polled was twenty-six and the following officers were elected, viz: Supervisor, James S. Dem- ing; clerk, Nathan Brazie; treasurer, Calvin Carpenter; school inspectors, James S. Deming and John Skym; highway commis- sioners, John Beach for one year, Solomon Stone for two years and N. S. Shippey for three years; justices of the peace, James P. Keeler for one year, Richard Beach for two years. James S. Dem- ing for three years, and John Skym for four years; directors of the Poor, Henry Banker and James P. Keeler; constables, Warren Perry and Platt Banker.
LAND ENTRIES PRIOR TO 1860. TOWNSHIP 9 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST.
SECTION 1. Dearborn H. Sanborn, April 15, 1854. Robert Deming, May 5, 1854.
SECTION 1. James P. Keeler, June 26, 1854. David D. Farrand, June 26, 1854. Daniel Weaver, November 25, 1854. John Lister, December 1, 1854. Richard Beach, April 19, 1856.
SECTION 2. Pesh-sche-nan-ne-shaw-way-gon and Shaub-won-naw- quot-to-way-be, February 2, 1853.
Matthias Dauser, May 3, 1854. Warren M. Perry, May 13, 1854. William H. Haze, June 24, 1854. James P. Keeler, June 26, 1854. John Lister, December 1, 1854. James P. Keeler, January 4, 1855. Nicholas S. Shippey, July 28, 1856.
SECTION 3. Jane Bennett, April 1, 1854. Jane Bennett, May 4, 1854. Warren M. Perry, May 13, 1854. Daniel Eldredge, June 24, 1854. William H. Haze, June 24, 1854. John M. Wattles, August 15, 1854. Frederick Caley, August 15, 1854. Alford Chase, October 2, 1854. Thomas McGlogblin, November 9, 1854.
SECTION 4. Richard Beach, April 25, 1854. Charles Deo, May 4, 1854. William O. Smith, July 14, 1854. Richard Beach, August 4, 1854. Henry Banker, August 5, 1854. Frederick Caley, August 15, 1854. John Deo, October 2, 1854.
SECTION 5. Nam-macke-che-unk and others, November 5, 1851. Nam-way-ke-che-wonk, January 5, 1853. Jolın M. Beach, April 25, 1854. Jehiel Dayis, July 3, 1854. Henry Banker, August 5, 1854. John M. Beach, August 8, 1854. Ambrose C. Pemberton, November 18, 1854. Daniel Weaver, November 25, 1854. Elias Spencer, March 22, 1855. Calvin Carpenter, May 17, 1855. Egbert Hilliker, June 7, 1855. James Patrick, October 12, 1855.
SECTION 6. Amos C. Wadsworth, January 16, 1837. Seth P. Beers, January 16, 1837. John B. Evans, August 6, 1855.
SECTION 7. Samuel Clark, January 16, 1837. Tomlinson Wells, January 16, 1837. Seth P. Beers, January 16, 1837.
SECTION 8. Samuel Clark, January 16, 1837. Fayette Clark, March 20, 1837. Alfred Williams, April 7, 1854. Lovisa Loomis, August 12, 1854. Oliver H. Goodwin December, 25, 1854. David M. Connell, July 2, 1855.
SECTION 9. Eugene Smith, March 7, 1853. Alfred Williams, April 7, 1854. Moses S. Yaran, June 1, 1854. Richard Beach, June 12, 1854. Frederick W. Sikes, August 12, 1854. Lovisa Loomis, August 12, 1854. Joseph Barton, January 15, 1855. Solomon Youran, April 25, 1855. William Skym, July 7, 1855.
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SECTION 9. Solomon Yuran, September 12, 1855. SECTION 10. Eugene Smith, March 7, 1853. John M. Wattles, April 3, 1854. Jane Bennett, April 3, 1854. David C. Wattles, May 11, 1854. Nathan Brazie, June 19, 1854. Lydia Ann Turner, August 14, 1854. David W. Crownover, September 7, 1854. David C. Wattles, September 4, 1854. Susan M. Wattles, December 30, 1854.
SECTION 11. Charles Merrill, July 23, 1852. Giles Bishop, August 22, 1854. Gibson Fox, November 24, 1854.
SECTION 12. Charles Merrill, July 23, 1852. Daniel Weaver, November 25, 1854.
SECTION 13. Charles Merrill, July 23, 1852.
Charles Merrill, November 11, 1852. Samuel Pitts, June 29, 1853. Harvey Smith, December 21, 1854. Franklin Pierce, September 24, 1855.
SECTION 14. Charles Merrill, June 26, 1852.
SECTION 15. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837. Charles Merrill, July 23, 1852. Charles Merrill, November 10, 1852. David C. Wattles, May 11, 1854. Nathan Brazie, July 2, 1855. David C. Wattles, July 29, 1858.
SECTION 16. Reuben Moore, November 17, 1853. George A. Wilcox, March 3, 1855. D. C. Wattles, October 5, 1855. D. C. Wattles, October 25, 1855. William H. Clark, January 17, 1857.
SECTION 17. Samuel Clark, January 16, 1857. Nathan Dickenson, William H. Imlay, George Beach, March 20, 1857. Frederick Bushnell, March 20, 1857.
SECTION 18. Samuel Clark, January 16, 1837. Fayette Clark, March 20, 1837. Samuel Clark, September 25, 1837.
SECTION 19. Frederick Bushnell, March 20, 1837. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 20. Frederick Bushnell, March 20, 1837.
SECTION 21. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 22. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
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23. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837. Charles Merrill, July 23, 1852. Jas. S. Deming, December 4, 1855. Warren Perry, April 12, 1859.
SECTION 24. Charles Merrill, February 25, 1853. Eugene Smith, March 7, 1853. Colonel Salisbury, February 9, 1855. John Skym, May 28, 1855. John Skym, Sr., July 2, 1855, John C. Wade, April 22, 1856. Joseph Krimer, October 7, 1859. Caroline Krimer, November 15, 1859. James P. Keeler, March 15, 1855. Joseph Kramer, December 7, 1859.
SECTION 25. Charles Merrill, February 25, 1853. Eugene Smith, March 7, 1853. Samuel Pitts, June 29, 1853.
SECTION 26. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837. SECTION 27. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 28. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 29. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 30. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837. Solomon Stone, November 12, 1855. Solomon Stone, April 5, 1858.
SECTION 31. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 32. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 33. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837.
SECTION 34. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837. Chester Cooly, September 13, 1853. Noah Cooly, October 2, 1854. Charles W. Perkins, May 5, 1859.
SECTION 35. Francis G. Macey, March 27, 1837. Charles Merrill, February 25, 1853. Eugene Smith, March 7, 1853. Chester Cooly, June 29, 1853. Joseph A. Spencer, August 20, 1853. Chester Cooly, August 20, 1853. William Cooly, August 23, 1853. Noah Cooly, October 2, 1854.
SECTION 36. Charles Merrill, February 25, 1853. Samuel Pitts, June 29, 1853. Chester Cooly, August 20, 1853.
EARLY HISTORY.
The township now known as North Branch was first visited for the purpose of settlement by David C. Wattles and Geo. Bennett about the middle of February, 1854. They left Lapeer village for that purpose, camping out the first night in this town near the cor- ner of sections 9, 10, 15 and 16. After some examination of the soil and surrounding country, they returned to Lapeer without mak- ing any positive selection. The only inhabitants of this region at that time were Indians, there being two villages, one located on section 2 and the other on section 5.
Messrs. Wattles and Bennett again returned to this town about the middle of March. Mr. Wattles located land on the southwest quarter of section 10 and Mr. Bennett on the southeast quarter of section 3 and northeast quarter of section 10.
They at once began clearing and built log shanties but did not remove their families until the following year.
John and Richard Beach were the next to locate land, which they did about the last of April, on sections 4 and 5. They first chopped some, built a log shanty, and moved their families here in July.
Then came Nicholas S. Shippey and located on the northwest quarter of section 2 in May, 1854. During the summer he chop- ped over four or five acres, planted some potatoes, built a log shanty and moved his family here about November 1st, following.
N. S. Shippey selected land for Geo. Simmons on the northeast quarter of section 2 and moved his family the following February.
James P. Keeler located on the same quarter section about the last of May. During the summer he built a shanty and moved his family during the following November.
David D. Farrand took up land on the northwest quarter of section 1. James S. Deming located on the southwest quarter of the same section, and Nathan Brazie located on the southeast quar- ter of section 10. These men moved their families in the latter part of 1854 and early in 1855.
When these families settled here the region was one dense pine forest from Haskell's Tavern, six miles from Lapeer, to North Branch River, with the exception of one house. The distance was
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about fifteen miles, but a winding road around hills and swamps made it a great deal farther.
During the year 1855 the following men located land and moved their families into town: Charles Deo, Warren Perry, D. McConnell, Franklin Pierce, Henry Banker, Solomon Stone, John and William Skym, A. C. Pemberton, Calvin Carpenter, Alfred and John Chase.
Richard Beach was the first postmaster. The mail was car- ried from Lapeer to Lexington via North Branch, by Chester Hatch, who made the trip on foot, most of the way through an unbroken wilderness, and requiring four or five days to make the round trip. Mr. Beach also kept some groceries and other goods at the same time.
The first births in town were a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. R. Beach, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Simmons.
The first death was one of Mr. R. Beach's children. The first death of an adult was that of Joshua Gregory.
During the year 1855 Elder Tuttle came to the town and preached in different localities. He was sent by conference and used to make his home at the house of R. Beach. James S. Dem- ing also preached at his own house on Sundays during the first winter he lived here. A missionary by the name of Goodridge also preached. He was a missionary and traveled on foot along Indian trails or through the woods, as at this time there were neither roads nor bridges.
The assessed valuation of the town in 1856 was $62,666.
The first steam saw-mill in town was built by Joseph Applebee, in 1857. It was located on the northeast quarter of northeast quar- ter of section 16.
The first wedding in town was the marriage of Warren Perry to Charlotte Deming in 1857.
The first blacksmith was Alfred Chase.
In 1857, Richard and John Beach built a small water saw-mill on section 5.
During the war, North Branch furnished its quota of men for the army for volunteers, with the exception of one call, when a draft was made and the following men drafted: John C. Wade, C. W. Shippey, Daniel H. Stone and Leland Kittredge. All of these fur- nished substitutes. George Simmons was released on account of age and David Yates disappeared.
SCHOOLS OF NORTH BRANCH.
District No. 1 was organized in 1858, in the northeast part of the township. School-house located on the southeast quarter of section 2. Number of children between the ages of five and twenty for 1882, was ninety-five, of whom seventy-five attended school. Value of school property, $700. George W. Richards, director.
District No. 2 was organized in 1855 and includes the village of North Branch, school-house being located on section 5. It is a graded school of three departments. Whole number of scholars, 202, of whom 167 attended school in 1882, with an addition of nine non-resident pupils. Since being graded the school has had for princi- pals, V. S. Miller, three years; Hickey, one year; William French, two years; R. V. Langdon, two years; George Dole, one year. Value of school property, $1,600. Charles W. Ballard, director.
District No. 3 was organized in 1860 and school-house located on section 13. Whole number of scholars, eighty-one; attended school, forty-eight; value of school property, $500. John Swaish, director.
District No. 4 was organized in 1861. House located on sec- tion 15. Whole number of scholars for 1882 seventy-two; attended school, fifty; value of school property, $650. John Hallard, direc- tor.
District No. 5 was organized in 1873. House located on sec-
tion 19. Whole number of scholars for 1882, was thirty-two, of whom twenty-seven attended school. Value of property $600. David W. Craig, director.
District No. 6 was organized in 1873. House located on sec- tion 36. Whole number of scholars is sixty, attended school forty-nine. George Crawford, director.
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