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The lands embraced in the township of Caledonia were entered from the government or purchased of the State of Michigan by the following persons :
SECTION 1.
Acres.
S. M. Root (State), 1849.
311.05
P. J. Kinney, 1849. 187.12
T. L. Woodworth, 1849 80
Z. V. Spencer, 1850. 40
S. M. Roet, 1849. 40
Henry Wilcox, 1849. 40
SECTION 2.
Thomas R. Young (State), 1839 ..
120
G. W. Peek, 1819 .. 207.91
* By E. O. Wagner.
Acres.
Eli Bush (State), 1849. 160
A. P. Frary, 1848 40
David Wescott, 1849 160
SECTION 3.
D. P. Sturdevant, 1836. 107.62
D. P. Congdon, 1836 80
W. R. Seymour, 1836 80
Wm. Lyman, 1838 240
Theodore Champion, 1838. 186.97
SECTION 4.
D. P. Sturdevant, 1836. 106.71
D. P. Congdon, 1836 80
W. R. Seymour, 1836 .. 160
Luke lloagland, 1836 160
L. H. Parsons (State). 188.30
SECTION 5.
Cyrus Backus, 1837
S. M. Root (State), 1849 271
C. W. Butler, “ 1849
113.19
Henry Dwight (State), 1846 .. 160
William Caywood, " 1856 80
SECTION 6.
J. and S. D. Beers, 1836. 160
J. Kearsley, 1836 140.46
Robert Stewart, 1836 101.66
J. B. Smith, 1836. 113.28
Harvey Backus, 1837
David Gould, 1854 160
SECTION 7.
J. and S. D. Becrs, 1836. 160
J. L. Stevens, 1836
141.28
George Dickenson, 1836 160
B. W. Farnum, 1836 160
SECTION 8.
G. E. Peck, 1836 80
J. D. Overton, 1836 240
B. W. Farnum, 1836. 320
SECTION 9.
llorace Perry, 1836. 80
A. Newcomb, 1836. 80
Alexander Hilton, 1836 80
Allen Cadwell, 1836. 160
Joel Smith, 1836 .. 160
S. Il. Phelps, 1838 4
R. Freeman, 1839 40
SECTION 10.
Aaron Seymour, 1836, SO
T. Peck, 1836 80
Edwin Peck, 1836. 80
Silas Warner, 1837 160
R. P. Coddington, 1837. 80
L. II. Parsons (State), 1849 .. SO
SECTION 11.
T. R. Young 320
L. H. Parsons (State), 1850. 240
J. A. Clark, 1848. 40
S. M. Root, 1849 10
SECTION 12.
James Van Aukin, 1839. 80
T. R. Young, 1839 SO
C. S. Kimberley (State), 185-4 160
A. E. Babcock, 1854 80
40
Jesse Bradford, 1860
40
John Newton, 1858 10
S. T. Parsons, 1868 10
SECTION 13.
F. G. Macy, 1836. 320
D. D. Linge, 1854.
'40
D. Fraser, 1854. 40
John Newton (Stato), 1858 10
Daniel Fraser, 1858 80
A. P. Brower, 1868 120
SECTION 14.
F. G. Macy, 1836 480
A. B. Witherbee, 1854. 120
J. A. Thompson (State), 1865. 40
Etban Doane (Stato), 1862.
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SECTION 15.
Acres.
S. A. Pettus, 1836. 160
Thomas Croueb, 1836 320
12. (1. Macy, 1836. 160
SECTION 16.
Dorus Morton (State), 1854 ..
B. Stewart, 185-1. 40
Joseph Laucron, 1853 40
S. W. Cooper, 1854 40
A. Stewart, 1851 40
Faony Hamilton, 1853.
40
Edward Green, 1817 80
Louisa Cooper,
1848
40
A. M. Green,
1853
S. W. Coopor, 1853
40
J. M. Thayer,
1859
80
=
Il. S. Stewart, 18-15 10
SECTION 17.
S. and D. Ball, 1836 .. 160
J. and S. D. Beers. 480
SECTION 18.
A. L. and B. O. Williams, 1835 72.56
Kimberleys, 1835 ..
80
Henry Dwight, 1836.
J. Kearsley, 1836.
152.68
Schuyler Hodges, 1836.
80
F. G. Macy, 1836.
160
SECTION 19.
Jos. Parmley, 1835. 207.40
A. Kellogg, 1835. 81.83
P. A. Coudrey, 1835 71.40
S. Hodges, 1836.
SO
J. Pitcairn, 1836.
Clark and Ware, 1836 SO
SECTION 20.
A. Randolph, 1836. 244.07
Trumbull Cary, 1836. 64.52
Comstock and Beach, 1835 146.99
S. and D. Ball, 1835. 160
SECTION 21.
Trumbull Cury, 1835. 97.26
Comstoek and Beach, 1835. 120.87
W. C. Baldwin, 1835. 78
S. P. Germain, 1836 160
N. Prouty, 1836 ..
SU
T. J. Owen, 1836.
SECTION 22.
Blossom and Efner, 1835. 207.96
A. D. Fraser & Co., 1836 116.25
1 .. B. Migner, 1836 .. 49,40
Van Dyke and Mcf lure, 1836 .. 95,09
Benjamin Lebroton, 1836.
A. Abbott, 1836 80
SECTION 23.
J. Kearsley, 1822. 11.17
J. Greenfield, 1836 .. 62.88
A. D. Fraser & Co., 1836, $0.07
J. and S. D. Beors, 1836 160
Luther Smith, 1836
160
F. G. Maoy, 1836 160
SECTION 24.
Entries not found.
SECTION 25.
J. F. Swain, 1834. 32.07
11. B. Brown, 1836 .. 118.32
A. MeArthur & Co., 1836 160
Anthony Ten Eyck, 1836. 80
E. W. Doane, 1836. So
S. C. Ilolden, 1836. 80
SECTION 26.
S. Ilawkins, 1835. 97.48
Cornelius Bergen, 1836. 154.12
Charles Jackson, 1836 170.83 Silas Ball, 1836. 16(
J. and S. D. Beors, 1836 40)
SECTION 27.
Acros.
Blossom and Efner, 1835. 320
E. Farnsworth, 1836.
320
SECTION 28.
J. Kearsley.
80
N. Clark
80
Audrew Mack, 1836.
317.77
llenry Raymond, 1836.
11. 11. Comstock, 1836
SO
James Bowman, 1836.
80
SECTION 29.
N. Clark, 1835.
10
Joseph Pitcairn, 1836.
Clark and Warron, 1836 SO
E. Farnsworth, 1836 280
William Gage, 1836. 160
SECTION 30.
William Gage, 1836 150.24 S. and D. Ball, 1836. 400
Mary Williams, 1836 68.48
SECTION 31.
B. F. Larned, 1836
77
Honry Bush, 1836.
150.92
James Valontinc, 1836.
160
Samnel Warren, 1836.
40
Ellis Doty, 1836.
80
Desnoyers and Whipple, 1836.
SO
J. A. Van Dyke, 1836.
40
SECTION 32.
C. Blake, 1836.
160
G. C. and I. F. Lieb, 1836 ..
2.40
D. J. Campau, 1836 ... SO
Nathaniel Preuty, 1836. 160
SECTION 33.
James Churchman, 1836 320
G. C. and I. F. Lieb, 1836. 320
SECTION 34.
llartford Cargill, 1836.
160
E. Farnsworth, 1836. 160
G. C. and H. F. Lieb, 1836. 160
S. P. German, 1836. 160
SECTION 35.
J. P. Clark, 1836.
S. W. Harding, 1836 ..
160
Hartford Cargill, 1836.
160
J. L. Barton, 1836.
J. and S. D. Beers, 1836
SO
W. W. Whitney and Eher Crawford, 1836.
SO
SECTION 36.
J. F. Swain, 1834
40
Philo Rockwell, 1835 ..
160
Patrick and Hitchcock, 1836.
54.42
H. If. Brown, 1836.
41.58
J. P. Clark, 1836 ..
10
Cbesley Blake, 1836.
131.79
J. and S. D. Beers, 1836
SO
S. C. Holden, 1836.
SO
EARLY SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENTS.
But few of the original pioneers of Caledonia remain. Many have died, while others years since removed to adja- cent portions of the county, or found homes in other counties or States. The names and faces of most of these indi- viduals have passed from the recollection of the survivors, and very few facts of a reliable and interesting eharaeter are obtainable, which may account for the barrenness of material regarding the township's early history.
The earliest settler within the township of Caledonia was John Swain, who removed from Chenango Co., N. Y., and loeated upon thirty-two acres on seetion 25. He entered this land in 1834, and erected a log house upon it probably
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in the same year. Mr. Swain was for a while a resident at the Williams trading-post in Shiawassee township, and while there did something towards clearing the land and rendering it habitable. Ile was by occupation a carpenter and joiner, and also filled the sacred office of' preacher at a very early date. The first religious services in the town- ship were conducted by him, and the latter years of his life were entirely devoted to the duties of an evangelist. Mrs. Swain's death occurred in 1836. She was buried on the farm, and the funeral services were the earliest held in Caledonia. The first birth in the township occurred in the family of Mr. Swain in the same year. At a later period Mr. Swain purchased a farm in Vernon township, upon which he died, as nearly as can be ascertained, about thirty years sinec.
The farm which had been partially cleared by Swain, the first settler, was purchased by Capt. John Davids, the car- liest agent of the Shiawassee County-Seat Corupany, who, after relinquishing his official duties in Corunna, removed to the farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
The next settler was Philo Rockwell, who removed from Saratoga Co., N. Y., and in 1835 entered one hundred and sixty acres on section 36 in Caledonia. At this date John Swain was the only resident of the township. Mr. Rock- well returned to the East, and in 1837 came again to Michigan for the purpose of erecting a log house and mak- ing a preliminary clearing upon his land. Ile found dur- ing this interval a welcome to the household of William Black, of Shiawassee township, and a year later his family removed to their Western home. Capt. Davids had mean- while purchased the Swain farm and become a resident of the township, and two other settlers, whose names are not recollected, had arrived. Mr. Rockwell, in addition to the clearing already effected, improved five acres and sowed wheat, which yielded a bountiful crop. Many Indians passed the house on their way to the Williams trading-post, and occasionally shelter was afforded them for the night. They were generally laden with supplies, which were ex- changed with the traders for wares in use among the In- dians. Other settlers followed Mr. Rockwell, though for years much of the land of Caledonia remained uneleared. In 1855 his log cabin gave place to a substantial frame house, which is still occupied as the family residence.
Thomas R. Young left the Empire State in 1838, and located in Lapeer Couuty. In the following year he entered a tract of land on sections 1, 2, 11, and 12 of Caledonia, embracing six hundred and forty acres. He retained two hundred and sixty aeres of this purchase on section 11, upon which he settled, and sold the remainder. The land immediately near him was entirely uncleared, and a pil- grimage of two miles was necessary to visit the house of the nearest neighbor. Mr. Young remained with Joel B. Goss, in the township of Venice, while erecting the log house, to which he soon after removed. Six acres were cleared the first year, and later improvements made. as opportunity offered. Mueh inconvenience was experienced from the frequent visits of wolves and bears, who made serious inroads upon the sheep-folds and rendered constant watchfulness a necessity. Soon after Mr. Young's arrival there came in as settlers William Lemon, Gerry Tuttle, and
Auburn Stuart, whose location made them his near neigh- bors. The log house erected in 1839 gave place in 1867 to the comfortable frame residence which Mr. Young at present occupies. Mrs. Young, whose pioneer recollections are very vivid, is the daughter of Horace Hart, the earliest settler within the township of New Haven.
In point of chronological order, the arrival of William H. Jewett should antedate that of Thomas R. Young, the former having located eighty acres upon section 4 as carly as 1838. It is probable that the land was bought from speculators, as no record of a purchase by Mr. Jewett from the government is found. Ile procceded at once to the erection of a log house and to the clearing of his farm, which was little else than a wilderness on his arrival. Upon this land he remained for many years, but ultimately re- moved to New Haven, where he died.
At his house in Caledonia, in February, 1841, there was celebrated the earliest marriage service in the township,- that of Lewis Hart, of New Haven, to Miss Cordelia Sey- mour. Early religious gatherings also occurred at the same place, and these were generally conducted by Seneca Pettis.
Robert MeBride was a native of Kingston, N. Y., and when a lad removed to Canada. In 1836 he became a pio- neer in Michigan, having chosen a residence in Detroit, where he remained two years and engaged in wagon- making. In 1838 he removed to Shiawassee County, and purchased a farm of forty acres on section 36, which was later increased to one huudred and twenty acres. It was uncleared, and Mr. McBride found the usual labor of the pioneer awaiting him. He spent the elosing years of his life on this farm, and died in the year 1879. His sons are the present occupants.
The family consisting of W. R. Seymour and his two sons, George R. and Walter, were pioneers of 1839, the former having entered land on sections 3 and 4 as early as 1836. Upon this land they settled, and at once became prominent in advancing the interests of the township. They exercised a generous hospitality to all new-comers, and by their uni- form kindly bearing won the esteem of the community. George R. died on the homestead, and his widow subse- quently made the township of Vernon her residence. Walter removed to New Haven, where he remained until his death.
Ninion Clark in 1835 located one hundred and twenty acres on sections 28 and 29, which is now occupied by Wil- liam Ames, and upon which he found a home in 1839. Mr. Clark began at once the improvement of his land, upon which he expended much labor, but meanwhile found leisure to devote to public interests. He was a member of the first board of highway commissioners, and with his col- leagues laid out many of the carly roads of the township. He removed from Caledonia to Shiawassee, and later to Vernon, where he died.
Don C. Griswold purchased of parties who had bought for purposes of speculation a farm on section 20, south of the Shiawassee River, now occupied by D. B. Reed. This and was rapidly eleared under his energetie management, and converted into productive fields. Mr. Griswold was an active partisan in political campaigns of an early day, and was clothed with judicial honors as one of the first
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justices of the peace. IIe later removed from Caledonia, and is since deceased.
Abram Garrabrant, a pioneer from New Jersey, ar- rived in 1839, and purchased forty acres on section 29, to which he at once removed. He devoted much labor to the clearing and cultivating of this land, and converted it into one of the most productive farms in the township. Hle resided upon it until 1875, when he removed to Ten- nessee and died there.
Ammon Blain, from New York State, also came in 1839, and selected a tract of land embracing one hundred and twenty acres on section 20, formerly occupied by a Mr. Dunning. Upon this he erected a temporary shelter and began the work of improvement. His progress was suf- ficiently rapid to satisfy the most ambitious pioneer, but he was attracted by a more eligible farm in Oakland County, to which he soon after removed.
Benjamin M. Waterman was a former resident of Niag- ara Co., N. Y., from whence he came to Michigan in 1840, and located upon eighty acres on section 4 in Caledonia, purchased of David Potter, of New York. The latter gentleman had effected no improvement on the land, and Mr. Waterman found it necessary at once to erect a log honse and clear a tract sufficiently extensive to afford a erop of wheat for future subsistence. Ilis family were meanwhile welcomed to the residence of their neighbor, Mr. Seymonr, and remained there for two months. After a residence of some years upon his farm, Mr. Waterman removed to his present residence on the same section. Co- runna at this time afforded a fair market, though much of the milling was done at Pontiac and Owosso. Religious services were held at the school-house in the neighbor- hood, which was crected in 1842. and to which the settlers went with ox-teams. Mr. Waterman is still a resident of the township.
Norman L. Jennings was a resident of Monroe Co., N. Y. He became a settler in this county in 1836, and four years later removed to the township of Caledonia, where he purchased one hundred and fifty-six acres on section 31. No clearing had been effected upon this land, which was still in its primitive condition. Mr. Jennings found shelter in a hut that had been erected south of his land, and in this he lived for some months the solitary life of a bach- clor. On completing his own house he removed to it, and in 1841 brought a wife as mistress of the establishment. Emanuel Yonng was then the nearest neighbor, who was located on the same section, but Stephen McCoy followed soon after. Indians were occasional visitors, and supplied game and fish in abundance, for which other commodities were given in exchange. Owosso was the most accessible village, and there they purchased their household supplies. Mr. Jennings still resides upon his purchase.
Robert R. Thompson, previously a resident of Washte- naw County, came in the following year, and located upon a farm in section 25. He was engaged with Alexander McArthur in the saw-mill, and also embarked in commer- cial ventures in the village. lle afterwards sold and re- moved to Saginaw, where he died.
Following is a list of the resident and non-resident tax- payers in the township of Caledonia for the year 1840 :
N. L. Prouty.
Fraser, McArthur & Hul- bert.
A. McArthur.
McArthur & Hulbert.
G. C. & F. Leib.
I. A. Blosum and E. D. Efner.
County-Seat Company. Stephen Hawkins. D. P. Sturdevant.
J. & S. D. Beers.
Luther Smith. Bishop.
Jonathan Kearsley.
George E. Peck.
Elon Farnsworth.
John Dorelan.
Electa M. Dean.
Joel Smith.
Samuel C. Holden.
Allen Cadwell.
M. Reynolds.
Alex. Hilton:
Cornelius Burger.
Ilorace Perry.
Silas Ball.
Asahel Newcomb.
Charles Jackson.
Philo Peck.
Henry Raymond.
Phelps.
Joseph Pitcairn.
Francis G. Macy.
Wm. Gage.
Comstock & Beach.
James A. Van Dyke.
S. & D. Ball.
Elias Doty.
Silvenas German.
S. N. Warren, formerly of Oakland County, became owner in 1841 of the farm now occupied by C. Flint on section 31, which he cleared and cultivated. Mr. Warren was known as a skillful farmer and a public-spirited citizen, who manifested a lively interest in the advancement of the township. He remained for many years in Caledonia, but ultimately removed to the city of Flint, where he now re- sides.
Auburn Stewart came to the township from Ypsilanti in 1841, and purchased sixty acres on section 3. Upon this land he built a log house and made some improvement, but soon after sold to S. W. Cooper. He then removed to a farm on section 16, and later to the village of Corunna.
William Lemon came from Livingston County in 1842, and located in this township on section 3. He was en- gaged in farming for a time, but afterwards lived in Co- runna, and eventually removed to the West and died there.
Arthur Huntley formerly resided near Detroit, and in 1845 purchased forty acres of land on section 3, Caledonia, upon which he has since lived. After clearing a small tract he built a log house, meanwhile having found a home with his neighbor, M. Jewett. In the first year after his arrival a serions. calamity befell the family in a conflagra- tion which swept away their household effects and con- snmed a little child in the flames. The kindness of friends in Detroit soon supplied the loss of furniture, with which they recommenced their pioneer life. They still reside on the same farm.
Samuel Young, a brother of Thomas R., removed from Lapeer County in 1847 and settled on forty acres on sec- tion 12, upon which the usual labor incident to clearing was bestowed. The log house he erected was later super- seded by a frame one of more extended proportions, in which he still resides.
John Kelly, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, purchased in 1846, and in the following year became a resident on, one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 9, formerly
Desnoyers & Whipple. Henry Rush. Carlton Sawyer. Chelsey Blake.
.
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owned by George Kirkland, of Ohio. Joseph Kelly took sixty acres of this land, upon which he early erected a log house, and thus afforded his brother a welcome on his arrival, and during the interval required for clearing and building. Mr. Kelly cleared but three aeres the first year, but has sinee that time made rapid progress, and has now a well-cultivated farm and a spacious residence as the reward of his labor. Joseph Kelly died at his home in 1875.
Philo H. Currier, a pioneer from Ohio, located upou eighty acres on section 9 in 1850, which he found little else than a vast forest on his arrival. lle found in John Kelly a hospitable neighbor while building a cabin. He early planted an orchard, which afforded an ample supply of fruit when apples were so rare as to be regarded a lux- ury. Mr. Currier died on the homestead in 1867. Mrs. Currier's residence is now with her son in the township.
John Brands came from Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1845. He remained for a while in Corunna, engaged in daily labor, but in 1852 became the owner of his present farm of ninety acres on section 26. His father, David Brands, had two years before purchased one hundred and twenty aeres on seetion 25, upon which he lived until his death in 1865. Mr. Brands at once built the usual primitive abode of logs, which in 1864 was displaced by a more substantial frame residence,-his present home. His land is now cleared and much of it highly improved.
O. B. Townsend was a pioneer of 1836 from Ontario Co., N. Y., having first selected Ingham County as a loca- tion. He was led to a favorable opinion of the lands in Shiawassee County, and in 1854 selected one hundred acres on section 7, in Caledonia, as a home, upon which he at once located. Half of this had already been eleared by Elijah Moak, whose father formerly owned it and built a log house upon it. The immediate neighborhood was en- tirely nuimproved and destitute of roads. Mr. Townsend obtained a contract and cut the road running from his farm to Owosso, as he did also other highways adjacent to his farm. Ifis present spacious residence was built in 1858, which was much superior to most of the dwellings of that day. Ilis ownership of a saw-mill and pinery in Mont- calm County enabled him to build of excellent material and at reduced cost. Mr. Townsend still occupies the farm he originally purchased in the township.
J. A. Thompson emigrated from Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1857, and located upon one hundred and twenty acres on section 14, which he has since increased to oue hundred and eighty acres. Though central in point of location, Mr. Thompson was for a time comparatively isolated, from the fact that much of the adjacent land was held by speeu- lators who saw prospective fortunes in the coal and oil to be developed upon them. There was at this time no road from Corunna, the way being opened from that point with the axe, as Mr. Thompson sought his purchase. Four months were spent with a settler named Moe, who re- sided upou the southwest corner of the same section. Meanwhile a log house had been built and a considerable elearing effected. Ilis time at first was spent in chopping and clearing, for which he obtained extensive contracts. The second year twelve acres of his own land was improved, and the family, for whom he returned to the East, comfort-
ably established in their Western home. In 1879, Mr. Thompson erected his present imposing residence, which is one of the most attractive in Caledonia.
Other settlers arrived at a later date, and, though aetive in developing the interests of the township, may not, strictly speaking, be entitled to mention among the number of its pioneers.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.
The township of Caledonia was formerly a portion of the township of Owosso, and was separately organized by the following act of the State Legislature, approved March 22, 1839 :
" Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the State of Michigan, that all that part of the county of Shiawassee designated by the United States survey as township No. 7 north, of range No. 3 east, which lies east of the west line of sections Nos. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29, and 31, in said township, be and the same is bereby set off and organized into a township by the name of Cale- donia, and the first towuship-meeting thereof shall be held at the house of Alexander McArthur in said township." This left sections 6, 7, 18, 19, and 30 in township 7 north, of range 3 east, attached to Owosso. After much oppo- sition these were embraced in Caledonia by an act of the State Legislature, approved Feb. 16, 1842. By the incor- poration of the city of Owosso the west half of sections 18 and 19 were made a part of that city, leaving Caledonia as it at present exists.
The first meeting of the electors of the township of Cale- donia was held, pursuant to public notice, on the 29th day of April, 1839, for the purpose of electing township officers. Alexander McArthur was chosen Moderator; Samuel N. Warren, David Warren, Stephen Hawkins, and Heury L. Bangs, Inspectors of Election ; and Don C. Griswold and David Lester, Clerks. The following officers were declared elected : Supervisor, Alexander McArthur ; Township Clerk, Samuel N. Warren ; Treasurer, Samuel N. Warren ; As- sessors, D. P. Congdon, Alexander McArthur, W. R. Sey- mour; School Inspectors, S. N. Warren, John Davids, Alexander McArthur; Highway Commissioners, Stephen Hawkins, Ninion Clark, John Davids; Justices of the Peace, Samuel N. Warren, Alexander McArthur, John Davids, Don C. Griswold; Constable and Collector, Ninion Clark.
The names of the officers of the township from that time to the present are given in the following list :
SUPERVISORS.
1840. Alexander MeArthur.
1859-64. Hugh MeCurdy.
1841. A. H. Beach. 1865. Pliny S. Lyman.
1842-16. Andrew Parsons.
1866. Hugh MeCurdy.
1847-18. Luke II. Parsons. 1867. William Oaks.
1849. Andrew Parsons. 1868. William D. Holt.
I850-51. Luke JI. Parsons. 1869-73. John M. Fitch.
1852. Androw Parsons.
1874-75. James A. Thompson.
1853. L. Il. Parsons.
1876. D. B. Reed.
1854-56. Edward Green. 1877-78. Charles Wren.
1857. James Cummin. 1879. Jason W. Sanders.
1858. Edward Green.
1880. Hornce W. Bigelow.
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TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
1840. S. II. Petteys. 1860-62. George Wilcox.
1841-42. John R. Smith.
1863. J. W. Turner.
1843-46. Nelson Ferry. 1864. P. W. Coleman.
1847-48. P. S. Lyman. 1865. Alexander Cummin.
1849. George W. Harris. 1866. James Anderson.
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