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Haying and harvest in the early years of the settlement, proved the most dangerous season. A constant watch was kept for these pests, and thousands were cut to pieces with the scythe. It often . happened that while loading hay or grain in the field, snakes would be pitched up to the loader, and then there was a tussle and scram- ble but always a dead snake.
John Knapp and Abel Platt followed a wolf, that had been caught in a trap without a clog, about six miles one day, and with the assistance of the faithful dog captured him alive in Hillsdale County. Not knowing about the bounty in that county, they se- curely tied the enraged beast and carried him back to Medina, where, after showing him to a sick woman, who had often heard the howl but never saw a live wolf, dispatched him and received the bounty.
At another time Abel Platt called for Mr. Knapp and his dog and gun to assist him in capturing a bear and two cubs. The bear track was followed to a tree, which was cut down. The old bear was wounded and the cubs killed, but the ammunition was exhausted. The wounded bear was followed in the direction of Mr. Platt's
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house, where upon arrival, Mrs. Platt was found actively engaged in barricading the doors and windows against the persistent entrance of the enraged brute. Mr. Platt siezed his axe and attempted to kill the animal, but was soon disarmed and chagrinned to see the bear make off in the direction of her dead cubs. She was finally killed. As a boy, John I. Knapp attended the first school in Medina township, which was taught by I. S. Hamilton, afterwards so long and prominently known in Tecumseh as Dr. Hamilton.
It no doubt will seem strange to most of the present people of Adrian to be told that the little creek now slowly meandering through the city, was in 1844 a large stream and at some seasons of the year a raging river, that overflowed its banks. What is known now as Lawrence Park was often under water. Near where the Detroit Southern Railroad depot now stands, once stood a large two story building, known as the Merrick Furniture Factory. In that building Rufus Merrick carried on the manufacture of bedsteads, -chairs, bureaus, etc., Amos Aldrich wool carding and cloth dressing, and William Nixon the manufacture of wagon hubs. This was not all. Alexander Mandeville owned a factory, making sash, doors and blinds. That building was situated directly north of land owned by John Mills, who lived where the Mineral Springs Hotel now stands. At that time the dam across the river was directly west and continued to the Merrick building, the river running around close to the bank on the west and north of the present Lawrence Park, (see old map of the original water power which was consid- ered very valuable.) This description of the Adrian water power leads to an explanation of how and why the old bed of the river be- came changed.
About the year 1845 or '46, George C. Knight came from Massa- chusetts, some said from Boston, and bought the old Franklin Hotel, built by Isaac French in 1831, which had been discontinued as a pub- lic hostelry, and one night it was "removed by fire." Mr. Knight built upon the old hotel site in 1847, a brick block, running from the present Franklin alley on Main street, south three stores. To get the brick for that purpose, he started a brickyard on the present Lawrence Park, taking the clay from the west bank of the river, wheeling it over on planks, moulding, drying and burning on the Park.
The hole from whence the clay was taken is still to be seen, and a stranger might wonder what freak of nature caused the bank to assume its present shape.
After Mr. Knight had gotten a large amount of brick almost ready for the kiln, there came an extremely high stage of water, and his brickyard was in imminent danger of being inundated. Mr. Knight persuaded Mr. Mandeville to open the watergate and allow the water to run under his mill. The action of the flood cut away the dam, the whole river rushing through, and instead of a little tail race, it became the bed of the river. Mr. Mandeville, being blind, was not
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aware of the situation or the danger. It saved the brickyard, but about ruined the water-power.
Mr. Knight, fearing a recurrence and not wishing to take any chances, served an injunction on Mr. Mandeville to prevent his re- pairing the dam until the brick were out of danger. Thus Mr. Knight showed his gratitude to Mr. Mandeville for his kindness.
RAISIN VALLEY SEMINARY.
This popular educational institution was founded in 1850, by the Friends of Adrian Quarterly Meeting. Its honorable and success- ful career of over fifty years has given it a prestige and good name, which is a legacy not to be lightly esteemed.
From time to time the school has been endowed by the generosity
View of Raisin Valley Seminary.
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of the friends of the institution, Moses Sutton alone having given over $23,000 as gifts and endowment.
It was a pioneer school in Michigan, and during its period of existence has been recognized as a most helpful and stimulating in- fluence, not only in its immediate and surrounding country, but throughout the length and breadth of the land.
Conspicuous among its principals have been James P. Jones, son of Eli Jones, Daniel Satterthwaite, Oliver G. Owen, Benjamin F. Trueblood, Erastus Test, William W. White and Fred R. Hath- away.
While the school is under the management of Friends, its doors stand open to any who seek an education, irrespective of denomina- tional or religious views.
The seminary is located in Lenawee County, Michigan, four miles northeast of Adrian, on the road leading to Tecumseh, and is within half a mile of Birdsall station on the Detroit Southern Rail- road.
The officers of the Seminary are: President, J. Hoag, Adrian, Mich .; Secretary, May J. Taylor, Tecumseh, Mich .; Treasurer, Joseph Salter, Adrian, Mich. Jonathan Dickinson, Jr., A. M., Principal.
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COUNTY SCHOOL STATISTICS,
County Commissioner of Schools M. W. Hensel has furnished us: with the following statistics regarding the schools of Lenawee County, excepting the cities of Adrian and Hudson, where he has no jurisdiction, for the year 1902 :
School population
12,628
School enrollment.
9,606
Number of ungraded school districts, one teacher in school
177
Number of graded school districts
19
Number of school houses
208
Number of teachers necessary to fill schools
307
Estimated value of school property
$410,070
Average school year in months.
9
Number of different teachers employed during the year
females
285
Total number of teachers employed at one time
307
Total wages of teachers
$91,723.01
Average wages of teachers per month males
females
30.36
Number of volumes in school libraries.
31,601
Primary school money for 1903.
$39,004.20
School library money for 1903
552.30
§ males
80
46.31
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THE BANKS OF LENAWEE COUNTY.
There were twenty-one banks in Lenawee County in 1903, with an aggregate capital and surplus of $1,123,860, and deposits amounting to $5,551,052. These banks are well distributed throughout the county, and supply the cash facilities for doing the large business that is daily transacted.
Probably no county in Michigan has a better or more safe and conservative list of bankers, and men who have the interest and prosperity of the people at heart. All the banks are established on a sound basis and enjoy the utmost confidence of the business community.
Following is a list of the different banks, showing their loca- tion, capital, surplus and deposits in January, 1903 :
Capital.
Surplus.
Deposits.
Adrian Waldby & Clay's State Bank
$55,000
$13,350
$720,120
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State Savings Bank.
60,000
49,870
1,004,042
Commercial Savings Bank
110,000
22,000
550,000
Lenawee County Savings Bank.
100,000
25,000
580,000
Addison, O. B. Bowen
10,000
Blissfield, State Bank.
20,000
7,500
300,000
Jipson-Carter State Bank
25,000
8,000
244,310
Britton, Bank of Britton
4,000
1,000
3,000
Deerfield, Bank of Deerfield
Hudson, Boies' State Savings Bank.
..
Thompson Savings Bank.
100,000
20,000
746,530
Jasper, Bank of Jasper.
25,000
Responsibility.
Morenci, First National Bank.
25,000
8,610
161,840
Wakefield State Bank
30.000
14,000
390,000
Ogden, Bank of F. S. Phillips
130
35,090
Tecumseh, Lilley State Bank State Savings Bank.
26,000
7,600
180,000
Weston, Bank of Weston
4,550
60,190
Onsted
2,500
6,070
Total
$867,500
$256,360
$5,551,052
Clayton, Exchange Bank
100,000
Responsibility.
Clinton, Exchange Bank
60,000
Responsibility.
20,000
75,000
35,680
387,930
40,000
13,000
183,000
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THE CHEESE AND BUTTER INTEREST.
Lenawee County was the first in Michigan to engage in the manufacture of cheese, and Samuel Horton and Rufus Baker were the first to establish factories, in 1866. The product of these facto- ries was put upon the market and immediately found a ready sale, and Lenawee County at once became a factor in the cheese markets of the country. The business has steadily grown from that time until now there are many factories, located in different parts of the county. It is impossible for us to give the exact number of cows involved in the cheese and butter interests, within our limits, but practical men can easily estimate when the aggregate product is known.
We herewith give the product of each cheese and butter factory for the year 1902, thus showing the magnitude of this branch of agriculture.
George B. Horton, of Fruit Ridge, Fairfield township, operated the following factories, and marketed the product :
Pounds of Pounds of
milk.
cheese.
Home factory
1,250,000
125,000
Sand Creek factory
1,400,000
140,000
Fairfield factory
1,500.000
150,000
Jasper factory
2,000,000
200,000
Weston factory
1,225,000
125,000
Seneca factory
1,300,000
130.000
Canandaigua factory
1,750,000
175,000
Hudson Center
1,500,000
150,000
Lyons, Ohio
1,500,000
150,000
13,425,000
1,345,000
Baker & Jurdon, Riverside factory, Adrian, Mich.
1,808,307
184,563
C. C. Colvin & Son Clayton factory
858,886
88,809
Medina factory, C. C. Colvin & Son.
1,603,272
162,217
P. T. Bogart, Adrian township factory
308,482
34,350
Eugene Jenkins, Rome Center Factory
437,424
42,719
L. W. Baker, Wolf Creek and Pentecost factories
1,250,000
125,000
William A. Beebe & Son, Tipton factory
1,041,669
103,144
S. S. Beatty, Morenci factory
1,456,228
148,597
Lime Creek factory. S. S. Beatty
1,251,659
128,739
Peebles factory, Rollin_
1,000,000
104,000
Brown Bros., Ogden Center factory
D. W. Rhead, Hudson cheese factory
1,250,000
131,000
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Butter Factories.
Most of the dairy business of this county is centered in the man- ufacture of cheese. As will be seen above twenty-one factories are en- gaged in cheese making, while there are only four devoted to butter.
The largest butter factory in Lenawee County is operated by Edward Mott & Co. at Tecumseh. This firm has several stations where milk is received and the cream separated, after which it is taken to Tecumseh to be worked into butter. The output of the Tecumseh Creamery is about 1,500 pounds per day.
The Locust Farm Creamery, owned by A. B. Graham, is located on his farm on Section 19, in the western part of Madison township. Mr. Graham keeps about forty cows of his own, and in 1902 made 57,054 pounds of choice butter.
The Cadmus Creamery is operated by L. McLouth & Son, at Cadmus Village. During eight months in the year the output is two hundred pounds per day, and about one hundred pounds per day for the other four months.
The Morenci Creamery is owned by the Ohio Dairy Company and has recently been transformed into a condensing factory. A large amount of milk is condensed daily, and the product sold in bulk.
The Hudson Creamery Co. is located in the City of Hudson, and is operated by H. E. Loyster. The factory was opened in April, 1902. In 1903 the product amounted to 46,020 pounds.
In 1902 a canvass of cheese factories of the State by Labor Com- missioner Griswold showed that they consumed 140,893,073 pounds of milk. It requires ten pounds of milk to make one of cheese, so the cheese production was 14,044,575 pounds, of a total value of $1,473,- 517. There are 150 factories in the State, 62 having been estab- lished since January 1, 1900. Seventy-three of the factories are owned by indviduals.
The number of persons supplying cheese factories with milk was 7,134, and the number employed by the factories was 298, at wages of $40.26 a month. Sixty-four per cent. of the product is sold in Michigan.
The total milk product in 1902 is shown in the report as follows : Manufactured into cheese, 140,893,073 pounds; manufactured into butter, 334,180,960; made into condensed milk, 50,419,282, bringing the total amount delivered to factories, 525,493,315 pounds, and its aggregate value is placed at $6,087,069.
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LIVE STOCK.
The live stock industry in Lenawee County is a very important one. Probably no other agricultural specialty involves as much cap- ital, distributed among so many farmers. The stock in question consists of cattle, sheep and hogs, fattened for market.
It is claimed that Hillsdale leads all other counties in Michigan in sheep feeding, and that Lenawee County is a good second.
In fat cattle, we are not positively informed, but believe that Lenawee stands among the first. Among the townships, Ogden leads all the others, sending to market in 1902 fully 2,600 head of well-fattened steers. Add to this 9,600 hogs, fattened after the steers, and it shows a thrifty and prosperous township. Very few sheep are fed in Ogden.
The township of Adrian and Madison probably lead in sheep feeding. The largest feeder in Adrian is Jay Stevenson, who annually feeds from 1,000 to 1,500 head. In Madison the Illenden Bros. feed about the same number. The stock is mostly lambs, purchased in the fall in Chicago, coming from the western ranges. It is impos- sible to state the number of sheep annually fattened in this county, but it is estimated by those who are closely identified with the busi- ness, that the number will reach from fifty to seventy-five thousand.
Hogs are an unknown quantity, and it would be impossible to estimate the number marketed. It is safe to say, however, that this. animal returns the farmer more actual money than any other variety of stock, because he breeds them himself, and realizes all their profit.
The number of carloads of live stock taken to market from the different stations along the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and Wabash Railways in Lenawee County in 1902, aggregated fully 1,232. Besides these carload lots, several hundred head were driven into the Toledo markets from the southern and eastern townships.
Baled Hay.
To further show what the farmers are doing it is proper to say that this same year two thousand one hundred carloads of baled hay were shipped out of the county. Each car contained from ten to eleven tons, making an aggregate of about twenty-two thousand tons.
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THE WOOL CROP,
That wool is an important product of Lenawee County the fol- lowing figures will show. The reports for 1902 indicate that the principal buyers from the growers of the county purchased 506,382 pounds, the price ranging from 14 to 17 cents.
The prominent buyers in 1902 in the county were :
L. Frensdorf & Son, Hudson
190,000 pounds
Charles W. Kimball, Adrian.
155,000
William H. Rogers, Adrian
62,838
Charles E. Rogers, Adrian
45,000
Otis Clapp, Adrian
17,000
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Mark Rorick, Morenci.
14,000
6.
H. C. Hayward, Morenci
10,000
Clark Knowlan, Dover
12,000
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Bunch lots amounting to fully 100,000 pounds were also pur- chased from smaller dealers in the county.
Mr. Frensdorf, at Hudson, during the year handled about 1, 200, 000 pounds, his business being largely outside the county.
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ERRATA,
On page 135, Dr. D. K. Underwood, on thirteenth line from commencement of sketch, read "1630."
Page 409, D. H. Warren, second line, read "June 26."
Page 212, thirty-third line from top of page, Mrs. F. B. Stebbins died "Jan- uary " and not October.
Page 32, seventh line from bottom of page, should read George "Green" and not Breen.
OMISSION.
The following was received by the publishers after Albert B. Graham's record [see page 246] was in type : Smith Thompson, son of Benoni and Anna Thompson, was born July 14, 1829, in Schoharie County, N. Y., and came to Michigan with his parents in 1836, who settled in this county in that year. Smith Thompson and Lucinda Phillips were married February 27, 1853, and they had two children : Mrs. A. B. Graham, of Madison, and Mrs. J. L. Wood, of Lynch- burg, Va. Smith Thompson died January 11, 1892. His wife, Lucinda Phillips, was born June 16, 1835, in the State of New York, and came to Michigan with her parents when a child. She died January 8, 1881. Benoni Thompson was born in Schenectady, N. Y., June 4, 1791. In 1800 he moved to Schoharie and came to Michigan in 1836. In 1814 he married Anna Jones, and they had nine children. Benoni Thompson died in Ingham County, Michigan, May 31, 1877. His wife, Anna, died in October, 1873.
INDEX.
Historical and Statistical,
Adrian Brick and Tile Plant 456
Brown's Business College
50
60 College.
High School in 1840 50
Public Schools 48
43 18
Times and Expositor
473
Blissfield, the Second Settlement
16
Church Organizations, First. 66
32
Clayton
29
Clinton
28
County Offices, the Old
68 31
Deerfield
29
Eminent Men of Lenawee
63
Errata
508
Forestry and its Importance
493
Hay
506
Haviland, Mrs. Laura S 70
26-
-478
Judges of Probate
66
Last Hunt, The
30
Live Stock Interests of Lenawee
506
Mayors of Adrian for 50 years
63
Michigan
9
Morenci.
27
Newspapers of Lenawee County
61
Omission
508
Pioneer Incidents
497
Pioneer Mill, A
451 480
Railroad History
56
Sheriffs of Lenawee County
61
State Industrial Home for Girls
53
Tecumseh, the First Settlement
10
Unincorporated Villages
29
Wool
507
The Third Settlement.
Banking Resources and Statistics of Lenawee.
503
Brown, Gen. Joseph W., the First Pioneer of Lenawee
Cheese and Butter Industry
504
Comstock, Hon. Addison J., the founder of Adrian
County School Statistics
502
Frontispiece, Pioneer Log Cabins
Hudson, the Second City.
Morden, Drs. M. R. and Esli T.
488
Poem, A Reminiscent
Seminary, Raisin Valley 500
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INDEX
Biographical Records,
Alchin, Willis E 446
Edwards, Alfred 437
Allen, John 206
Eldridge, Col. Nathaniel Buel 233
Anderson, John C 181
Ellis, Amaziah DeEstine 110
Angel, Henry A. 339
Elliott, Col. Lyman S. 140
Everiss, Joseph E. 112
Bailey, Peter L. 366
Farrar, James 299
Baker, Dr. Vincent A. 97
Baker, Albert G. 142
Baker, Rev. Jacob 148
256
Frensdorf, Edward. 457
Baker, Delos M. 295
Baker, Edwin L. 393
Galloway, David A.
367
Baker, Hon. Lewis C. 426
Geddes, Hon. Norman
79
Baldwin, Samuel Cutler 132
Gilbert, Warren 223
Goff, Warner W. 99
Graham, Albert B., (see Omission) 246
Baragar, Abram W. 245
Grandon, David W. 419
Bates, Winslow 201
Beal, Warren M. 249
Green, William 101
Green, Orin E. 411
Beck, Leonard_ 406
173
Green, Jonathan H. 198
Gregg, Charles W. 398
Gustin, Charles F. 166
Hahn, Charles 305
213
*Bliss, Almond L.
207
Bliss, W. Irving
267
Bliss, Almond W.
489
Henderson, Nathaniel
315
Blood, Hiram H.
351
Boies, Hon. John K.
204
Bond, George W. 103
Bond Steel Post Company 363
Bonner, Richard I. 452
Buck, Frederick James 380
Hopkins, Howard M. 384
Horton, Hon. George B. 388
Hotchkiss, Deacon Oliver C. 433
76
·Carpenter, James L. 120
Howell, Major Seymour
288
Carpenter, Edward J.
148
Carpenter, Hon. Joel.
150
Humphrey, Rev. George
268
Carr, John E.
353
Humphrey, Gen. William 376
Humphrey, Charles 467
Illenden, Richard_ 219
Jipson, Webster C. 184
128
Kayner, Charles
171
Conklin, C. A. 253
King, Capt. Henry N.
430
Conkling, Hudson W. 306
King, William F. 465
Kirk, James William 413
Crockett, William 83
Cross, Darius 382
Knapp, Eugene Byron 202
Curtis, Stephen W. 460
Knapp, Hon. Cornelius 280
Knapp, John I. 439
Knight, William H. 123
Knowlan, Clark.
199
Lamb Wire Fence Company 463
*See errata.
Curtis, John D. 490
Dailey, Thomas A. 476
Davidson, Minor 482
Dewey, John W. 273
Hart, Henry
Hensel, Michael Wesley
187
Henig, Charles E.
253
Hibbard, William R.
252
Hicks, Benjamin L. 320
Hixon, Mrs. Maria H. 113
Holland, Thomas R. 165
Holloway, Major James M. 429
Burdick, Clark L. 355
Bury, Richard A. 276
Cadoo, John 182
Hough, Flavius J.
Howell, Dr. George.
238
Chappell, James Nelson 291
.Clark, De Witt C. 182
Clay, Frank W. 258
Cleveland, Edgar F.
169
Johnson, Squire
.Combs, Hon. John H. 369
Crane, William 87
Kirby, John 81
Faxon, Thomas J. 94
Fellows, Grant 447
Force, Solomon 2nd 365
Baker, Joseph M.
Furman, Dusenbury J. 130
Baldwin, Nelson. 342
Baldwin, John W. 414
Beaman, Hon. Fernando C. 73
Green, James H. 175
Bell, Joseph H. 387
Bennett, Hon. Joseph R. 125
Bennett, John A.
352
Bertram, Ezra, Jr.
179
Beers, Edward W.
Graves, Col. Benjamin F. 159
Applegate, Tom S 328
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INDEX.
Lane, George 193
Lane, James T. 92
Larwill, George Washington 435
Lesh & Young Company 425
Lewis, Ladd John 396
Lilley, Lucius 177
Linnell, James C. 106
Lowe, Coonrod L. 485
Luyster, Abram, Jr. 459
Mace, Wendell A. 164
Mann, Leonard S. 341
Mason, William S. G. 372
May, James H.
423
Mead, Thomas G. 358
Measures, Thomas, 2nd 402
Meech, Lorenzo Dow
358
Merrick, Rufus.
277
Metcalf, David. 307
Michigan Granite Company 385
Miller, Capt. Charles Rollin
241
Miller, James Francis 364
Moreland, Robert S. 152
Morden, Marshall R.
Mosher, Isaac H. 174
313
McComb, William 2nd 332
McIntyre, James 481
Nash, Nathan 191
North, Dr. Lucian Gregory 309
Packard, Marvin A. 292
Page, J. Wallace 321
Park, Ambrose B. 294
Payne, William. 421
Porter, Cullen R. 139
Porter, Deacon Asaph K.
301
Pratt, Henry C.
360
Pratt, Alton F. 356
Price, David A. 361
Reed, Hon. Marshall
334
Reynolds, Dr. James Henry 303
Reynolds, Wesley 201
Robertson, James 379
Robertson, George P. 403
Robertson, Martin L. 348
Robertson, Alpheus J 373
Robertson, Isaiah W.
133
Robinson, Murray L.
318
Rorick, Cosper 311
Rorick, Elias B. 337
Schureman, Samuel T. 145
Scofield, Silas A. 263
Scott, William H.
327
Schuyler, Adolphus A.
349
Sell, John W. 392
Sellick, Charles W. 114
Service, James Jr. 180
Service, William B. 227
Service, Edward 286
Service, John, Sr. 329
Service, Robert. 336
Sims Frederick
197
Smith, Hon. Henry C. .217
Smith, David Sr. 185
Smith, Joseph H. 272
Smith, Wellington C. 433
Spielman Bros.' Nursery 250
Stearns, Hon. Willard 417
Stebbins, Francis R. 225
Stevenson, Archimides 261
Stone, Hon. Alvah G. 405
Sutton, Andrew J. 343
Sutton, Charles W. 418
Sutton, John D. 449
Taft, Rev. Howard B. 346
Tayer, Alfonso R. 157
Teachout, Franklin Dewey 88
Tingley, Samuel, Jr.
Titus, Franklin 119
168
Tobias, Burton E. 190 Tolford, Robert J. 95
Tolford, John C. 316
Tufts, Aaron R ._ 274
Turner, Eugene C. 374
*Underwood, Dr. Daniel Kingsley 135
Underwood, William Allen 156
Vogt, Andrew 415
Wakefield, Charles C. 283
Waldby, Ebenezer I. 109
Walker, Charles M. 244
Wallace, Prof. Thomas 344
*Warren, Darwin H. 408
Weatherby, William
116
Welch, Daniel 105
Westerman, Hon. Walter S. 85
Westgate, Dr. Julius E 161
Westgate, Orlando 282
Whaley, George E. 196
White, Lewis A. 188
Whitney, Mrs. Dorcas (Fisk) 228
Whitney, William A 352
Whitney, Channing 468
Wightman, James W. 286
Wiggins, Hon. William H. 410
Wilcox, Henry 194
Wilcox, Hon. William Seward 269
Wilcox, James S. 280
Wilcox, George A.
289
Willey, Job 477
Woolsey, John W. 229
Woolsey, Rudolph A. 230
Young, Francis.
237
Young, Samuel
298
*See errata.
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