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Roswin Kingsbury, Monroe Co., N. Y., July 6, 1836. Samuel Lyon,* Steuben Co., N. Y., July 7, 1836. Conrad Woll,* Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 27, 1836. Jonathan Seeley, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 15, 1836. Edward Esteys, Wayne Co., Mich., May 12, 1837. Zebulon M. Drew,* Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 8, 1838.
SECTION II.
Israel Branch,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., July 10, 1835. John D. Riddle and Reuben Moore, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 29, 1835. Israel Branch (2d), Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 23, 1835. Charles Mosely, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 27, 1835. Israel Branch,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 27, 1835. Elisha S. Avery and Charles Eldredge, Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 11, 1837.
SECTION 12.
John M. Brown, Ontario Co., N. Y., July 16, 1835. John P. Thornton, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 14, 1835. Adna Sawyer, Yates Co., N. Y., June 4, 1836. Giles Church, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 13, 1836. Enoch Webster, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 22, 1836. Edward G. Wilber, Columbia Co., N. Y., June 23, 1836. Verry Goldthwait, Washtenaw Co., Mich., March 10, 1837.
SECTION 13.
John M. Brown, Ontario Co., N. Y., July 16, 1835. Dwight Hawks, Oakland Co., Mich., March 17, 1836. William J. Webster,* Steuben Co., N. Y., June 22, 1836. Edward G. Wilber, Columbia Co., N. Y., June 23, 1836. William J. Webster,* Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 30, 1837. William C. Decker, Livingston Co., Mich., April 15, 1853.
SECTION 14.
John M. Brown, Ontario Co., N. Y., July 16, 1835. Walter R. Seymour,* Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 14, 1835. John P. Thornton, Wayne Co., Mich., Nov. 14, 1835. Aaron Seymour,* Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 20, 1836. Edgar M. Galloway, Wayne Co., Mich., March 14, 1836. William Clay, Wayne Co., Mich., June 16, 1836. Edward Estes, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 18, 1836. Zebulon M. Drew,* Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 9, 1837. Joseph Sexton, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 25, 1837. Parley H Stevens, Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 13, 1846.
SECTION 15.
Hiram Wing* and John L. Wing,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 26, 1835. Josiah Doty, Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 19, 1835. William Kirtland, Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 1, 1836. Jeremiah Kent,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 31, 1836. Kinneth Davison,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 7, 1836.
SECTION 16.
William Huntington,* Dec. 20, 1854.
J. N. Bashford,* Sept. 26, 1849. S. W. Coffey,* Oct. 24, 1848. M. S. Havens,* Sept. 16, 1841. Lyman Clark,* March 14, 1849. Nelson Coffey,* May 8, 1849. James Harger,* Nov. 29, 1858. H. C. Mallory,* July 22, 1857. C. Coleman, Oct. 9, 1850. Pierce Elwell,* Nov. 11, 1856. A. T. Albright, March 8, 1855. James Harger,* Nov. 29, 1858. Chester Goodrich, Nov. 29, 1858.
SECTION 17.
Seth C. Darwin,* Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1835. Lyman E. Beach, Erie Co., Pa., April 23, 1836. Asahel W. Prior, Madison Co., N. Y., Jan. 14, 1837. Waters Clark,* Madison Co., N. Y., June 1, 1837. Nelson A. Smith,* Erie Co., Pa., June 20, 1836.
Lyman Clark,* Livingston Co., Mich., March 2, 1849, and Sept. 1, 1868.
SECTION 18.
Jeptha Jewett, Wayne Co., Mich., Oct. 2, 1835. Alvin S. McDowell, Niagara Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1835. IIiram Fisk, Niagara Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1835. George and Livy Rash, Washtenaw Co , Mich., Dec. 29, 1835. George Rash, Washtenaw Co., Mich., April 15, 1836. William Davis,* Erie Co., Pa., April 23, 1836. Robert Munns,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 28, 1838. John A. Ezel, Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 4, 1847.
SECTION 19.
Sylvester Rounds,* Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 14, 1836. Robert Munns,* Wayne Co., Mich., Feb. 8, 1836. Hiram P. Baker,* Monroe Co., N. Y., May 18, 1836. Joseph Walker,* Allegany Co., N. Y., May 23, 1836. William Hines, Washtenaw Co., Mich., July 12, 1838.
SECTION 20.
Seth C. Darwin,* Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1835. Joseph Walker,* Allegany Co., N. Y., May 23, 1836. Robert Munns,* Livingston Co., Mich., May 23, 1836. George Mitchell, Madison Co., N. Y., June 1, 1836. Hiram Mitchell,* Livingston Co., Mich., June 1, 1836. Spencer Mitchell, Madison Co., N. Y., June 1, 1836. Hiram Mitchell,* Livingston Co., Mich., June 4, 1836. George Bates, Plymouth Co., Mass., June 18, 1836.
SECTION 21.
Seth C. Darwin,* Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1835. Hiram Wing,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., March 8, 1836. Samuel Clark, Wayne Co., N. Y., May 18, 1836. Henry Van Geison, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 31, 1836. George Bates, Plymouth, Mass., June 18, 1836. Henry H. Smith,* Genesee Co., N. Y., June 3, 1836, and May 16, 1837. David T. Wood,* Livingston Co., Mich., April 15, 1847.
SECTION 22.
George Rash, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 29, 1835. John L. Wing, Washtenaw Co., Mich., March 8, 1836. William R. Marshall,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 6, 1836. Charles Van Winkle,* Allegany Co., N. Y., June 6, 1836. Ezra N. Fairchild,* Macomb Co., Mich., June 11, 1836. Joseph H. Steel, Wayne Co., Mich., June 24, 1836. James Bavin,* England, June 25, 1836.
SECTION 23.
George W. Moore, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1835. Edgar M. Galloway, Wayne Co., N. Y., March 14, 1836. Morris K. Henry, Wayne Co., Mich., June 16, 1836. Jason Butterfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., June 18, 1836. Jenks Chase, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 18, 1836. James Bavin,* England, June 24, 1836. John C. Bull, Wayne Co., Mich., July 11, 1836.
SECTION 24.
Timothy R. Bennett, Livingston Co., Mich., July 24, 1835. Justus E. Brown, Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1835. Horace Griffith,* Steuben Co., N. Y., May 26, 1836. Eastman Griffith, Livingston Co., Mich., June 8, 1836.
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Jenks Chase, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 18, 1836. Horace Griffith,* Steuben Co., N. Y., June 22, 1836. Catharine Griffith, Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 3, 1836. William L. Tompkins,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 29, 1836. Jacob D. Gale, Livingston Co., Mich., Aug. 24, 1846.
SECTION 25.
James Sloan,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 17, 1836. Jenks Chase, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 18, 1836. Christopher Hoagland,* Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 3, 1836. Jacob Fishbeck,* Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 20, 1837. Levi Fishbeck,* Livingston Co., Mich., Jan. 20, 1837. Adam Rubbins,* Livingston Co., Mich., July 14, 1837. James D. Gale, Livingston Co., Mich., June 9, 1847. Richard D. Bentley,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 3, 1853, and Feb. 8, 1854.
SECTION 26.
Reuben H. Bennett, Livingston Co., Mich., May 26, 1836. Eastman Griffith, Steuben Co., N. Y., May 26, 1836. James Sloan,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 17, 1836. Jenks Chase, Ontario Co., N. Y., June 18, 1836. Verry Goldthwait, Washtenaw Co., Mich., March 10, 1837.
SECTION 27.
William Forshee, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 25, 1836. C. Hoagland* and H. Griffith,* Steuben Co., N. Y., May 26, 1836.
John Holden, Providence, R. I., May 30, 1836. Charles Van Winkle,* Allegany Co., N. Y., 1836. Stephen Thomas Probet,* England, June 10, 1836.
SECTION 28.
Ezra N. Fairchild,* Genesee Co., N. Y., May 23, 1836. Stephen Thomas Probet,* England, June 10, 1836, and June 11, 1836.
Joseph H. Steel, Wayne Co., Mich., June 24, 1836, and June 28, 1836.
SECTION 29.
Silas Raymond, Erie Co., N. Y., June 13, 1836. Edwin M. Cust, England, June 20, 1836. Elijah F. Burt,* Windham Co., Vt., June 15, 1837. Joseph H. Steel, Wayne Co., Aug. 14, 1837. Eri Coleman,* Livingston Co., Mich., Sept. 3, 1849.
SECTION 30.
Jesse Shaffer,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Jan. 13, 1836. Stephen Averill, Erie Co., Pa., April 23, 1836. Henry Bower, Genesee Co., N. Y., May 13, 1836. Lewis Pardee,* Monroe Co., N. Y., May 18, 1836. Benjamin Hill, Wayne Co., Mich., April 11, 1837. Rial Lake, Philadelphia, Pa., June 15, 1837.
SECTION 31.
Thomas Hoskins, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 17, 1836. Benjamin Nichols, Columbia Co., N. Y., June 17, 1836. Caleb Rice, Yates Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1836. Jeremiah D. Samson, Wayne Co., Mich., Aug. 10, 1837. Ira Annis, Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1852.
SECTION 32.
John S. Farrand, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 30, 1836. Lemuel Bryant, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 31, 1836. William Wing, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., May 31, 1836. Thomas Hoskins,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 21, 1836. Horace H. Smith, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Nov. 29, 1836. William Love," Livingston Co., Mich., May, 1837. Elizabeth Basing,* Livingston Co., Mich., July 15, 1844.
SECTION 33.
George P. Jeffries,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 31, 1836. Aaron Younglove,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 1, 1836, and June 4, 1836.
Russell Palmer, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 17, 1836. Henry G. Love,* England, June 25, 1836.
SECTION 34.
George Corselus, Wayne Co., Mich., March 14, 1836. William Forshee, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 25, 1836. John Holden, Providence, R. I., May 30, 1836. George P. Jeffries,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 31, 1836. Aaron Younglove,* Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 1, 1836. Randall Holden, Providence, R. I., June 8, 1836.
SECTION 35.
Miles Chubb,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 14, 1835. Ephraim C. Hendee,* Livingston Co., N. Y., June 9, 1836. John Holden, Providence, R. I., June 9, 1836. Randall Holden, Providence, R. I., June 28, 1836.
SECTION 36.
Miles Chubb,* Livingston Co., Mich., Dec. 14, 1835. Ephraim C. Hendee, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 9, 1836. James Tate, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 14, 1836. Lewis Austin, Wayne Co., Mich., Jan 10, 1837, and Jan. 14, 1837.
Thomas Morrissey, Washtenaw Co., Mich., April 26, 1837. CIVIL AND POLITICAL.
By an act of the State Legislature, approved March 23, 1836, the township of Putnam was formed, and included the present towns of Putnam and Marion. One year later, Marion was organ- ized as a separate township by the same authority. The act of organization, approved March 11, 1837, provides as follows :
" All that portion of the county of Livingston, designated in the United States survey as township two north, of range four east, be, and the same is, hereby set off and organized into a separate town- ship, by the name of Marion, and the first township-meeting therein shall be held at the house of Hiram Wing."
Under the organizing act the legal voters of the township of Marion assembled, for their first town- ship election, at the house of Hiram Wing, on the 3d day of April, 1837. Guy C. Lee was called to the chair, and Hiram Wing appointed clerk. On motion of Thomas Hoskins, William Younglove, Sardis Davis, and Thomas Hoskins were elected inspectors of the election, and the result of the balloting was the election of the following officers: Thomas Hoskins, Supervisor; Hiram Wing, Town- ship Clerk; Price Morse, George W. Lee, William Younglove, Assessors; Samuel Lyon, Collector ; Sylvester Rounds, William Hudson, Directors of the Poor; Guy C. Lee, Sardis Davis, Robt. Munns, Highway Commissioners; Sylvester Rounds, Ed- ward F. Gay, Cornelius Potter, School Commis- sioners; Sardis Davis, William Younglove, George W. Lee, Hiram Wing, Justices of the Peace; Aaron Younglove, Price Morse, George Sewell, Thomas
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Hoskins, William R. Marshall, School Inspectors; Samuel Lyon, Constable.
On motion of Sardis Davis, it was voted "that a bounty of five dollars be paid out of the township treasury to any and every person who shall prove to have killed or destroyed a wolf in the township of Marion." On motion of Sylvester Rounds, the sum of one dollar and seventy-five cents was al- lowed Sardis Davis for expenses incurred in divid- ing the township. On motion of Price Morse, it was voted " that the next annual township-meeting be held at the house now occupied by Hiram Wing, and that this meeting do now adjourn."
On the 21st of May, 1837, a special township- meeting was called to elect officers to vacancies existing by reason of the non-qualification of per- sons elected at the first meeting. Thereupon, Elisha Martindale was elected constable, and Wm. Younglove, Price Morse, and George W. Lee in- spectors of schools.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
The following is a list of township officers from
1 1837 to 1879, inclusive :
SUPERVISORS.
1837, Thomas Hoskins; 1838, George W. Lee; 1839, Guy C. Lee ; 1840, George W. Lee; 1841-42, Edward F. Gay ; 1843, Elijah F. Burt; 1844. Horace Griffith ; 1845, George W. Lee ;* 1846, Ezra N. Fairchild; 1847, William Younglove; 1848, Pierpont L. Smith ; 1849, Hiram Wing; 1850, Pierpont L. Smith ; 1851-53, Elijah F. Burt; 1854, Lyman E. Beach, Jr. ; 1855-56, Pierpont L. Smith ; 1857, Elijah F. Burt; 1858, Nelson G. Isbell; 1859, Pierpont L. Smith; 1860, Elijah F. Burt; 1861-64, Nelson A. Smith ; 1865-68, H. J. Haven ; 1869-70, Nelson A. Smith; 1871-72, Theodore Welcker; 1873-74, George Coleman ; 1875, David O. Smith; 1876, Jonathan M. Hoagland; 1877-78, George Coleman ; 1879, Thomas Ross, Jr.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1837-39, Hiram Wing; 1840-42, John T. Watson ; 1843, Lyman E. Beach, Jr. ; 1844, George Sewell; 1845, Lyman E. Beach, Jr. ; 1846-47, Hiram Wing; 1848, George Sewell; 1849, James R. Sage ; 1850, Peter L. Wilhelm ; 1851, David Parker; 1852-53, Hiram Wing; 1854, Frederick Saunders; 1855, John Van Winkle; 1856, James R. Sage; 1857, Ezra N. Fairchild; 1858-59, James Harger; 1860, Peter L. Wilhelm ; 1861-66, Ezra N. Fairchild; 1867, Harvey Harrington ; 1868, Edward C. Brown; 1869, A. N. Fairchild; 1870, Theodore Welcker; 1871-72, Silas Smith ; 1873-75, Theodore Welcker; 1876-78, Albert N. Fairchild; 1879, Frank O. Burt.
TREASURERS.
1839, Price Morse ;; 1840-42, Henry H. Smith; 1843, John L. Wing; 1844, Samuel Lyon ; 1845, William J. Webster; 1846- 47, Lyman E. Beach, Jr .; 1848, William Tompkins; 1849, Hiram Beardsley ; 1850, David Parker; 1851, John L. Wing ; 1852, Thomas Love; 1853, Frederick Saunders; 1854-56,
* Resigned; Elijah F. Burt appointed to fill vacancy, Oct. 13, 1845.
+ Resigned; Horace Griffith appointed to fill vacancy, Sept. 26, 1839.
Alexander M. Boyd; 1857-58, John M. King; 1859, James W. Dickerson ; 1860, Asa Van Kleeck; 1861, George W. Smock; 1862, Asahel A. Abbott; 1863, William C. Criss; 1864-65, Leonard S. Haynes; 1866, Stephen II. Aldrich; 1867, Augustus R. Sewell; 1868-69, Lyman K. Beach; 1870-71, John Lee; 1872, John Stoddard; 1873, William T. Ely ; 1874, Adelbert Smith; 1875-76, John H. Rubbins; 1877-78, Albert Welcker; 1879, Henry G. Bucknell.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Sardis Davis, William Younglove, George W. Lee, Hiram Wing, 1837; Miles Chubb, Edward F. Gay, 1838; George W. Lee, 1839; Edward F. Gay, 1840; Seth C. Darwin, 184t ; Horace Griffith, 1842; George W. Lee, 1843; John T. Watson, 1844; William Younglove, 1845; Nelson G. Isbell, Sylvester Rounds, Zebulon M. Drew, 1846; Miles Chubb, 1847; Ezra N. Fair- child, 1848; William Tompkins, 1849; George T. Sage, George H. Switzer, 1850; Aaron Younglove, 1851; Ezra N. Fairchild, 1852; George H. Switzer, Ezra N. Fairchild, George Cameron, 1853; George Cameron, 1854; David Dick- erson, 1855; William T. Totten, John Van Winkle, 1856; William Younglove, 1857; Pierpont L. Smith, 1858; George H. Switzer, George Cameron, 1859; George Coleman, 1860; William Younglove, 1861 ; Stephen H. Aldrich, Thomas Love, 1862; Joseph Brown, 1863; George Coleman, 1864; Charles Bailey, 1865; Iliram Beardsley, 1866; George H. Switzer, 1867; George Coleman, 1868; no record for 1869; Hiram Beardsley, 1870; John Stoddard, 1871; William Gilks, 1872; James Harger, 1873; George Smock, Theo- dore Gorton, 1874; Robert H. Holland, 1875; George Younglove, Andrew Rounds, 1876; Asahel A. Ahbott, John Brigham, Alexander Smock, 1877; Henry Padley, John T. Oliver, Charles O'Connor, 1878; Israel Bailey, Nathan Fields, 1879.
ASSESSORS.
Price Morse, George W. Lee, William Younglove, 1837; Price Morse, William Younglove, Horace Griffith, 1838; Horace Griffith, William Younglove, Ebenezer Stearns, 1839; Charles Clark, Joseph Walker, Ebenezer Stearns, 1840; Ebenezer Stearns, Joseph Walker, Horace Griffith, 1841 ; Ephraim C. Hendee, Pierpont L. Smith, 1842; Edward F. Gay, William Younglove, 1843; Ebenezer Stearns, Hiram Mitchell, 1844; Elijah F. Burt, Edward F. Gay, 1845; Elijah F. Burt, Hiram Beardsley, 1846; Daniel Bentley, Lyman E. Beach, 1847; Thomas Love, William T. Totten, 1848; Ezra N. Fairchild, Ebenezer Stearns, 1849; Chester Goodrich, Samuel Lyon, 1850. See list of supervisors 1851 to 1879, inclusive.
SCHOOL INSPECTORS.
Aaron Younglove, Price Morse, George Sewell, Thomas Hoskins, William R. Marshall, 1837; Ezra N. Fairchild, George W. Lee, Edward F. Gay, 1838; George W. Lee, Edward F. Gay, Horace Griffith, 1839; Ephraim C. Hendee, John T. Watson, Horace Griffith, 1840; George W. Lee, Horace Griffith, Ephraim C. Hendee, 1841; Horace Griffith, J. H. Cardell, George W. Lee, 1842; Ezra N. Fairchild, Horace Griffith, 1843; Horace Griffith, 1844; Elijah F. Burt, Allen C. Stearns, 1845; Sylvester Sexton, 1846; John W. Sted- man, 1848; John Rodgers, 1849; James Harger, Lyman E. Beach, Jr., 1850; Elijah F. Burt, 1851; Lyman E. Beach, Jr., 1852; Elijah F. Burt, 1853; Thomas Gilks, 1854; Elijah F. Burt, 1855; James Harger, 1856; Lyman E. Beach, Jr., 1857; William K. Sexton, 1858; Andrew I. Itsell, Jonathan M. Hoagland, 1859; Wm. M. Beach, 1860; Myron Rogers, 1861; Wm. M. Beach, 1862; H. J. Haven, 1863; Wm. M. Beach, 1864; Wm. J. Hazard, H. J. Haven, 1865; Milo M. Abbott, 1866; Wm. K. Sexton, 1867; Milo M. Abbott, 1868; Theodore Welcker, 1869; George Coleman, 1870; Hiram E. Reed, 1871; John Rubbins, 1872; John Clements, Hosted by 1, 8725 John Cleen
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1873; John Faulk, 1874; Frank O. Burt, 1875-76; Hiram E. Reed, 1877; Frank O. Burt, 1878; Irving J. Abbott, 1879.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
Sylvester Rounds, E. F. Gay, Cornelius Potter, 1837.
COLLECTORS.
Samuel Lyon, 1837; John L. Wing, 1838; Elias H. Bristol, 1839; Ozro F. Olds, 1840; Samuel Lyon, 1841.
DRAIN COMMISSIONERS.
Robert H. Holland, 1871; Philo L. Reed, 1872-73; William Wilcox, 1874-75; Eugene Brown, 1876; Ira A. Marble, 1877; John Lee, 1878-79.
TOWN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
John E. Clements, 1875-77; Hiram E. Reed, 1878-79.
HIGHWAYS.
The first highway laid in the township was opened in 1835 or 1836. This road followed no sec- tion lines, but, starting on the south line of Marion, ran north to what was then termed Prevost's Plains, its general course being about one-half mile east of the west line of the township. It is difficult to determine whether this road was laid by the town of Dexter in 1835, as claimed, or by the town of Put- nam in 1836, for no transcribed records relating to it are to be found on the Marion books. The first highway projected by the township authorities of Marion was surveyed by Ezra N. Fairchild, June 16, 1837, and described as follows : " Beginning at the southwest corner of section nineteen, township two north of range four east; thence east on the south line of said section to the centre of a high- way running north and south. Distance, 27 chains, 23 links. Variation, 3º 30' to the right." During the succeeding twelve months eighteen more high- ways were laid by the highway commissioners, and surveyed by Mr. Fairchild.
The town was first divided into road districts in 1838, as follows :
District No. I contained sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10; Samuel Hubbard, Overseer.
District No. 2, sections 11, 12, 13, and 14; Jo- seph Sexton, Overseer.
District No. 3, sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36; Horace Griffith, Overseer.
District No. 4, sections 32, 33, 34, 27, 28, and 29; Ezra N. Fairchild, Overseer.
District No. 5, sections 21, 22, 15, 16; Henry H. Smith, Overseer.
District No. 6, sections 5, 6, 7, and north half of section 8; Alexander Boyden, Overseer.
District No, 7, sections 17, 18, and south half of section 8; Nelson A. Smith, Overseer.
District No. 8, sections 19, 20, 30, and 31 ; Hiram Mitchell, Overseer.
A town-house, situated nearly one mile south
of the geographical centre of the township, was completed in 1856, costing about $500.
WAR BOUNTIES.
On the 10th of February, 1864, a petition, signed by B. E. Mitchell, George Younglove, George H. Switzer, David Dickerson, James W. Dickerson, Hiram Wing, James Harger, Henry Bucknell, Daniel Jeffrey, Robert Holland, Robert Holland, Jr., Leonard S. Haynes, George Driver, Joseph Brown, and William Younglove, was presented to the town board, asking that a special township election be held at the earliest practicable day, "to determine by vote what sum of money shall be raised as a bounty fund to be paid volunteers en- listed and mustered into the military or naval ser- vice of the United States from this township ; also to determine by vote whether such sum shall be raised by tax or a loan." In accordance, a special election was ordered to be held in the town-house, on Saturday, Feb. 20, 1864. This meeting failed of being a legal one, in consequence of not posting up a sufficient number of notices. Another peti- tion, signed by James Harger and fourteen others, was thereupon presented to the town board on the day last mentioned, and an election was ordered to be held at the town-house, Monday, March 7, 1864. At this meeting 89 votes were polled, of which 84 were cast in favor of a loan, and 5 against a loan.
On the 15th of August, 1864, James Harger, Hiram Wing, S. W. Dickerson, Theodore Welcker, Charles O'Connor, Philip Prior, Samuel Lyon, William P. Fitch, J. W. Dickerson, William Sex- ton, David Dickerson, Harvey Harrington, and Aaron Younglove presented another petition to the honorable body composing the township board, calling upon them to appoint a special election to determine " whether a bounty of $100 be paid each volunteer who enters the military service of the United States upon the President's call for 500,000 men, dated July 18, 1864, and also to determine whether the money be raised by tax or loan." In pursuance, notices were posted designating Wednes- day, Aug. 31, 1864, as the time for holding at the town-house a special election. At this election 81 votes were polled, and all of them were for a tax.
Soon after, the proper township authorities issued township bonds to the amount of $1900, payable in two years, with interest at seven per cent.
SCHOOLS.
It is probable that the first school-house was built on "the plains," near the central part of sec- tion 7, in 1838, and that Miss Laurella Lee, a daughter of Guy C. Lee, taught the first school in
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the same building, during the summer of the same year. Other schools quickly followed this in various parts of the township, but as early school- records have not been preserved, it is impossible to furnish statistics of their number and condition. The first school-house in the district of the " Eng- lish Settlement" was built near Mr. Fuller and Bryant's, north part of Putnam. Thomas Love made the sash for the windows.
The following statistics, taken from the annual report of the school inspectors, show the condition of the township schools for the year ending Sept. 1, 1879:
Number of whole districts
fractional districts. 6
4
Children of school age residing in the township. 484
Children attending school during the year 430
Frame school-houses
8
Stone
2
Value of school property. $3650.00
Qualified male teachers employed during the year
7
Qualified female “ 66 66 66
14
Months taught by males. females
27.25
49
Paid male teachers
$768.00
Paid female teachers.
$617.25
RECEIPTS.
Moneys on hand Sept. 2, 1878. $277.51
Two-mill tax.
534.87
Primary-school fund ..
223.52
District taxes for all purposes.
793.81
From other sources.
6.95
Total resources $1836.66
EXPENDITURES.
For teachers' wages, building, and repairs, on bonded
indebtedness, and all other purposes.
$1661.28
Amount on hand, Sept. 1, 1879 ...
175.38
Total expenditures. $1836.66
RELIGIOUS.
Although no house of worship has ever been erected within the limits of this township, the pio- neers and their descendants have not been neg- lected in a religious sense. As early as 1837, Rev. Washington Jackson, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, visited the settlements, and preached at irregular intervals in the dwellings of Elisha Love and Guy C. Lee. Elder Cosart, who lived in the town of Hartland, was also a pioneer preacher of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. He held meetings in 1838, and, for a few years im- mediately succeeding, in the houses of Sylvester Rounds, Guy C. Lee, Horace Griffith, David Dick- erson, and Elisha Love. Later, classes and organ- izations of various denominations have been formed, who held meetings in district school-houses.
The First Baptist Society of Marion was regu- larly incorporated Jan. 5, 1853, and Thomas Love, J. D. Bull, John Van Winkle, Ezra N. Fairchild, George Sewell, T. Bennett, and Lyman Clark elected trustees.
CEMETERIES.
The first place of burial was on the Pinckney road, near Joseph Walker's residence. The Lake Burying-Ground, situated upon section 5, was also a place for early interments. The grounds of the East Marion Burying-Ground Corporation, con- taining one acre, and situated near the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 23; were surveyed by Ezra N. Fairchild, March 15, 1849. On the 9th of February, 1878, these grounds were incorporated under the foregoing title, and the fol- lowing officers elected : Joseph Brown, President ; James Harger, Clerk; Alfred Wright, Treasurer ; and James W. Dickerson, Sexton. The Putnam and Marion Burying-Ground Corporation was in- corporated March 17, 1851. The grounds are situated on the northeast corner of section 5, Put- nam township. The first officers were William Younglove, President ; David Parker, Clerk ; John Love, Collector; Elisha Love, Treasurer; and Nehe- miah Gilks, Sexton. Other incorporators, Aaron Younglove, Thomas Love, John Larkin, J. Barney, Frederick Saunders, I. H. Shaw, Ezra N. Fair- child, Enos Burden, A. H. Smith, S. H. Hazard, William P. Fitch, Lorenzo Smith, Henry G. Love, and John Van Winkle. This association was re- organized April 10, 1869, and the name changed to the Marion and Putnam Burying-Ground Cor- poration. Thereupon Ezra N. Fairchild was chosen President, George Younglove, Clerk, and William H. Gilks, Treasurer.
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