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The present officers of Leaf Valley township are as follow : Michael Kelly, Jr., clerk; W. H. Venzke, treasurer; H. Julig, assessor; Charles L. Julig, J. G. Loeffler and William Schmidt, supervisors.
MILLERVILLE TOWNSHIP.
Millerville township was established on November 23, 1867, by the board of county commissioners, in answer to a petition signed by sixteen legal voters from congressional township 130, range 39. The first meeting was to be held at the house of John Miller, one of the early and prominent settlers, for whom the township was named.
Some of the first settlers on each section in Millerville township, with the year about when they located, are mentioned in the following list. Nicholas Langshausen took land on section 1 in 1869, August Keplien on section 2 in 1870, Rolden M. Finch on section 4 in 1871, Ignatz Kroll on section 6 in 1876, John Schwartz on section 7 in 1871, Andrew Bader on section 8 in 1872, Aaron Dewey on section 9 in 1871, John Engler on section 10 in 1873. Bernhard Nuss on section 11 in 1873, John Woyda on section 12 in 1873. Anton R. Cicky on section 13 in 1872, Mathias Portz on section 14 in 1872,
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Mathias Wunch on section 15 in 1871, John F. Busse on section 17 in 1875, Hans G. von Stackhausen on section 18 in 1870, Olof Landin on section 20 in 1873, John Schafer on section 22 in 1868, John Flesch on section 23 in 1873, John N. Peck on section 24 in 1871, Joseph Goetz on section 25 in 1872, George Wagner on section 26 in 1873, William W. Arness on section 27 in 1873, Andrew J. Arness on section 28 in 1871, Magnus Johnson on section 29 in 1871, Edward Uhde on section 30 in 1872, Thomas Lauder on section 32 in 1876, Andrew J. Goodwin on section 33 in 1872, and Henry Mckibben on section 34 in 1873.
Charles Debetzan, who died at St. Cloud in 1906, was one of the early settlers in Millerville township. He and his family moved to this state from Pennsylvania in 1688, settling in Douglas county. At the time of his death Mr. Debetzan had twenty-nine grandchildren and fifty-two great-grand- children.
The present officers of Millerville township are as follow: John M. Prazak, clerk; Henry Meissner, treasurer; Albin Beckman, assessor; John Bitzan, Peter Renkes and Frank Lederman, supervisors.
EVANSVILLE TOWNSHIP.
Evansville township was established on January 7, 1868, and originally included all of congressional townships 129 and 130, range 40. At present it comprises only congressional township 129, range 40. The first meeting was to be held at the house of Jacob Shaw, February 24, 1868. The town- ship was named for a Mr. Evans, who carried the mail through here in 1859 on the old St. Cloud and Ft. Abercrombie stage road. Later he put up a little store on the present site of the town of Evansville and the village was also named for him. Evans was killed by the Indians during the outbreak. A number of claims were taken about 1860 but the country was deserted dur- ing the Indian troubles.
In the fall of 1865, L. E. Thompson took a homestead on the banks of Lake Fanny, and was the first settler to locate after the outbreak. A number of the sections in Evansville township were first settled by the men named in the following list, at about the years given, as nearly as can be ascertained. Luther Dearborn took land on section 1 in 1865, Gustav Willius on section 2 in 1866, Ole H. Lockren on section 3 in 1865, John Johnson on section 5 in 1866, Monroe Nichols on section 6 in 1866, John Partridge on section 7 in 1867, Hans Hanson on section 8 in 1866, Olof Dahlheim on section 9 in
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1870, Jacob Shanar on section 10 in 1865, James G. Butterfield on section II in 1866, Robert White on section 13 in 1865, Pascal Smith on section 14 in 1869, Knut Larson on section 15 in 1865, Thomas Aadson on section 17 in 1866, Martin Erickson on section 18 in 1870, Ole A. Knutson on section 19 in 1867, Andrew Nass on section 21 in 1869, Joseph A. Jenkin on section 22 in 1867, Isaac Skiles, Jr., on section 24 in 1865, Jonathan Morrell on section 25 in 1868, William H. Sanders on section 26 in 1871, Mordecai C. Plummer on section 27 in 1871, Edward Peterson on section 29 in 1866, Ole Alberts on section 30 in 1865, Varano G. Bryant on section 32 in 1866, James A. Beaver on section 34 in 1866, and George Ward on section 35 in 1867.
The present officers of Evansville township are as follow : A. B. Ander- son, clerk; John Saterlie, treasurer; J. H. Kronberg, assessor; T. C. Thron- son, Fritz Lindstrom and Ole O. Larson, supervisors.
ORANGE TOWNSHIP.
Orange township was established on January 7, 1868, by the board of county commissioners, in answer to a petition from a majority of the legal voters in congressional township 127, range 36. The first meeting was to be held at the house of I. S. English, February 24, 1868.
Among the early settlers who located in Orange township were Donald Stevenson, who took land on section I about 1864, James B. Wickham on section 2 in 1864, Elijah G. Gibbs on section 3 in 1864, Gilbert Sargent on section 4 in 1865, Thomas Smith on section 5 in 1866, Julia M. Allen on section 7 in 1866, George Plank on section 8 in 1864. James Holes on sec- tion 9 in 1864, Daniel W. McCart on section 10 in 1864, George E. Hanford on section II in 1866, Albert A. Gilbert on section 13 in 1865, Oliver Han- ford on section 14 in 1866, John M. Scott on section 15 in 1866, Charles Walker on section 17 in 1866, John W. Fulkerson on section 18 in 1866, Nelson H. Miner on section 20 in 1866, Isaac T. Andrews on section 23 in 1865, Morris Ladd on section 25 in 1865, Luther LaPlant on section 26 in 1864, Gustavus Klatt on section 28 in 1863, John F. Walker on section 29 in 1864, Patrick Maloney on section 30 in 1865, Robert Thomas on section 31 in 1863, Jeremiah Plank on section 32 in 1864, George W. Radabaugh on section 33 in 1864, and William T. English on section 34 in 1863.
The present officers of Orange township are as follow: W. W. Rarick, clerk; Mike Dunn, treasurer; August J. Mechels, assessor; M. G. Dockham, Lewis Baker and John Cassell, supervisors.
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IDA TOWNSHIP.
Ida township was established on March 2, 1868. It comprises con- gressional township 129, range 38. The first meeting was held at the house of Robert Angus, on the first Tuesday in April, 1868.
James F. Dicken, who located on the shores of Lake Ida, was one of the first settlers of Ida township. James Barr and Myron Coloney were also early settlers. Some of the first to locate on a number of the sections of Ida township, with the approximate date of their settlement, are mentioned in the following list of homesteaders who secured a patent to their land from the government. Thomas Brown took land on section 2 in 1864, John Torry on section 3 in 1863, August F. Braski on section 4 in 1868, Claus V. John- son on section 5 in 1871, Leonard West on section 6 in 1871, Pehr Anderson on section 7 in 1873, Sylvester Dicken on section 8 in 1865, John Reid on section 9 in 1864, Gilbert Brakken on section 12 in 1873, Lars Pederson on section 14 in 1871, Erick Ersson on section 15 in 1873, Daniel Russell on section 16 in 1863, Solomon R. Kaiser on section 17 in 1864, Benjamin Stewart on section 20 in 1868, Jesse Hosford on section 21 in 1864, Erick Larson on section 22 in 1871, Henry Richards on section 24 in 1870, Charles E. Thomas on section 25 in 1868, William Rutherford on section 27 in 1864, J. M. Smith on section 28 in 1865, John J. Muir on section 29 in 1868, James Holes on section 30 in 1864, Alexander Richardson on section 31 in 1864, Julius Frost on section 32 in 1863, Owen Osborn on section 34 in 1863, and S. M. Thompson on section 35 in 1864.
The present officers of Ida township are as follow: C. J. Christopher- son, clerk: Charles Kloehn, treasurer; John A. Norgren, assessor; P. M. Videen, Charles G. Olson and Emil Bruske, supervisors.
CARLOS TOWNSHIP.
Carlos township was established on May 1, 1868, at which time the board of county commissioners gave notice that the first meeting should be held at the house of A. H. Hall, on May 19, 1868. As originally established Carlos township included all of congressional townships 129 and 130, range 37: township 130, range 36, and the west half of township 129, range 36. At present it comprises only congressional township 129, range 37.
Carlos township settled up rapidly after the Indian outbreak, the greater part of the land being taken up under homestead entry. Some of the first settlers on a number of the sections of this township, with the year of their
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arrival, as nearly as can be ascertained, are mentioned in the following list of those who secured title from the government. Joseph B. Plymouth took land on section I about 1864, William A. Wheeler on section 2 in 1870, Charles Engstrom on section 6 in 1865, Sarah J. Brown on section 7 in 1868, Antoine Klein on section 8 in 1871, John Torrey on section 10 in 164. William H. Sparrell on section II in 1864, Timothy Enright on section 12 in 1864. Samuel Beidleman on section 13 in 1863, Ova A. Hall on section 15 in 1864, William A. Cosgrove on section 17 in 1864, Gustav O. Hegg on section 18 in 1864, James F. Dilley on section 19 in 1863, Joshua N. Daudna on section 21 in 1868, William W. Kaine on section 22 in 1863, Alfred W. Prettyman on section 24 in 1863, Hugh Hamill on section 27 in 1864, John Van Hoesen on section 28 in 1864, John B. Ellison on section 30 in 1864, Daniel McCarthy on section 31 in 1864, and Napoleon Beedan on section 32 in 1866.
The present officers of Carlos township are as follow: A. F. Miller. clerk ; J. O. Stedje, treasurer ; W. B. Nelson, assessor ; Emil Lundeen, Albert Ritten and Tollef Dahl, supervisors.
URNESS TOWNSHIP.
On March 22, 1869, the board of county commissioners set apart con- gressional township 128, range 40, as a separate civil township, to be known as Red Rock. The first meeting was held at the house of Ole Moe, on April 13, 1869. On February 7, 1871, the commissioners received a petition re- questing that the name of the township be changed to Urness, in memory of a certain district in Norway.
In the following list are given the names of some of the first settlers in a number of the sections of Urness township, together with the approximate date of their arrival. Ole Strand took land on section 1 in 1871, John John- son on section 2 in 1864, Christopher Isakson on section 3 in 1864, Martin Anderson on section 4 in 1864, Johannes Hanson on section 5 in 1864, Karie Petersdatter on section 6 in 1871, Christopher Christopherson on section 7 in 1864, Hans Johnson on section 8 in 1864, Erick Paulson on section 9 in 1863, Andrew J. Burke on section 10 in 1863, Thomas S. Holleque on sec- tion 11 in 1863, Ole J. Urness on section 12 in 1865, Bernt J. Burke on section 15 in 1870, Erick Nelson on section 17 in 1871, J. Henry Holmes on section 18 in 1867, John L. Merriam on section 20 in 1864, Ole E. Fjeld on section 21 in 1866, Jens Olsen on section 23 in 1869, Andrew J. Urness on section 24 in 1865, John Johnson on section 25 in 1864. Nels Iverson on sec-
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tion 27 in 1863, Edwin O. Hillstad on section 29 in 1863, William H. Brad- ford on section 30 in 1868, Ole Olson on section 32 in 1866, Charles R. Stewart on section 33 in 1863, Isaac Oberg on section 34 in 1863, and Nels O. Shattleboe on section 35 in 1862.
The present officers of Urness township are as follow: O. A. Burkee, clerk; Oscar Barsness, treasurer; John Endreson, assessor; Nils Bye, Olaf Hakenson and A. K. Burkey, supervisors.
HUDSON TOWNSHIP.
On March 30, 1869, the board of county commissioners granted a peti- tion to establish congressional township 127, range 37, as a separate civil township. The first meeting was held at the house of John Brown, on April 16, 1869. Later the name of this township was changed to Hudson.
Below are given the names of some of the early settlers on each section in Hudson township, with the approximate date of their arrival. William Smith took land on section 1 in 1871, Joseph Strong on section 2 in 1870, John M. Sissler on section 3 in 1868, William H. Rowe on section 4 in 1869, William P. Burgan on section 5 in 1869, James H. White on section 6 in 1870, Edward Phernetten on section 7 in 1867, Orson Shippey on sec- tion 8 in 1866, Henry H. Russell on section 9 in 1868, Jacob Gasper on section 10 in 1867. Thomas Stricker on section 11 in 1869, Pleates Fry on section 12 in 1868, James Purdon on section 13 in 1867, Edwin R. Childs on section 14 in 1867, Nelson B. Fullmer on section 15 in 1869. Creighton J. Bondurant on section 16 in 1869, Hiram Shippey on section 17 in 1868, George G. Mitchell on section 18 in 1867, Rial Moulton on section. 19 in 1869, Thomas Parks on section 20 in 1869, Marden Brown on sec- tion 21 in 1869, James W. Meyers on section 22 in 1869, William W. Sheldon on section 23 in 1867, William H. Briggs on section 24 in 1868, John Mc- Cellan on section 25 in 1869, John Meyers on section 26 in 1868, Benjamin Sheldon on section 27 in 1868, Hollis S. Boyd on section 28 in 1868, Eleazer C. Phelps on section 29 in 1868, Leander Kellogg on section 30 in 1864, Nancy Campbell on section 31 in 1865, William Hogan on section 32 in 1866, William H. McGee on section 33 in 1866, Porter Davis on section 34 in 1869, Joseph DeCramer on section 35 in 1868, and George Cassell on section 36 in 1869.
The present officers of Hudson township are as follow: Fred C. Meade, clerk; John Lorenz, treasurer; Peter Cassell, assessor; George Mc- Mahan, James Butler and John Lorenz, supervisors.
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BELLE RIVER TOWNSHIP.
On March 8, 1870, the board of county commissioners received a peti- tion to establish congressional township 129, range 36, as a separate civil township. This petition was granted and the township named Riverdale, with instructions that the first meeting should be held at the house of Mathias Klein, March 22, 1870. On January 4, 1871, a communication was sent to the county board saying that the township meeting had adopted the name of Belle River, instead of Riverdale. This action was approved by the commissioners.
Some of the first to locate on a number of the sections in Belle River township are mentioned in the list which follows, together with the date of their arrival, as nearly as can be ascertained. John Moriarty took land on section 1 in 1865, Martin Lee on section 2 in 1873, Martin Crowson on sec- tion 4 in 1873, Michael Fitzgerald on section 6 in 1865, Peter Henry Jr., on section 7 in 1865, John Clouser on section 8 in 1868, Frank Quinn on sec- tion 9 in 1870, Henry Cook on section 10 in 1867, Johnston W. Lowry on section 11 in 1865, John Dunn on section 12 in 1865, John Collins on sec- tion 13 in 1871, John Petruick on section 15 in 1873, Charles Baumers on section 17 in 1868, Stephen Miller on section 18 in 1865, Anders G. Sjogren on section 19 in 1875, Nicholas Botzel on section 20 in 1873, Gustav Ander- son on section 22 in 1875, George B. Craig on section 23 in 1871, Andrew Ellsworth on section 24 in 1870, Luther Dearborn on section 25 in 1865, Anders L. Helrud on section 26 in 1875, Lars Bergsten on section 27 in 1875, Haymond W. Clark on section 28 in 1865, John B. Gilfillian on sec- tion 31 in 1865, August Forsgren on section 32 in 1873, John A. Nelson on section 33 in 1869, Joseph Van Epps on section 34 in 1866, and Obadiah Brown on section 35 in 1865.
George B. Craig, who arrived in 1865, is referred to as probably the first settler in Belle River. Several others soon settled in that same neigh- borhood, among these being John Anderson and his brother-in-law, M. A. Anderson. The country in general thereabout was very marshy at that time. Mr. Craig had a yoke of steers and a wagon. One of these steers had the bad habit of balking in the most undesirable places in the road, and would lie down when the roadway didn't suit him. One day Mr. Craig prepared to go to market with a load of potatoes. He had no sacks and no money with which to buy them and the potatoes were loaded into the wagon-box loose. The roads were bad and, sure enough, in crossing one of the difficult spots in the road the balky steer laid down on the job. Mr. Craig was thus
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put to the tedious task of carrying the potatoes across to a dry spot. When the wagon-box was emptied the steer concluded to get up and go.
There was no mill nearer than Melrose at that time and thither the set- tlers went to grind. The first year Mr. Anderson was on his place he raised but twelve bushels of rye, which was to be the year's supply for his family. He started to Melrose, a trip requiring about five days at that time. When he arrived at the mill there the miller declined to grind rye and Mr. Ander- son had to return with the grain, which Mr. and Mrs. Anderson ground during the winter in their coffee-mill. Mr. Craig did the same. He bought a coffee-mill of Johnson, the Osakis merchant, the latter guaranteeing the machine. After a few weeks of use the coffee-mill was worn out by the extraordinary demand upon it and Mr. Craig took it back to the store and claimed a new one, under the terms of the guarantee. This second machine also wore out in due course and another machine was secured on the guar- antee, this process being repeated a third or fourth time during the winter and it was not until long afterward that Mr. Craig told Mr. Johnson how those coffee-mills failed to stand up to the guarantee.
For about two years during the most trying period a band of about two hundred Indians camped on the other side of the river, on the land now known as the Reuter farm. These Indians were friendly and often visited with the new settlers. The Indians had plenty of meat and fish and would give liberally of these stores in exchange for potatoes, salt, rye and the other products of the white man's husbandry. That they were perfectly honest is shown by the following incident. John Anderson had a sieve, which he had brought from the old country, and which he used in sifting the grain at threshing time. An old Indian had borrowed this sieve and one night ahout two o'clock he brought it back, explaining to Mr. Anderson that the Sioux were coming and that the Chippewas were going. The entire camp was gone in the morning. The traditional enmity existing between the Sioux and the Chippewas from time inmemorial made it impossible for bands of the two rival tribes to live in peace in the same neighborhood. A gruesome reminder of this ancient feud was unearthed in the neighborhood of Chippewa Lake some years ago, when the curiosity aroused over the probable cause of a slight mound led to an excavation which revealed a few feet under ground the bones of a considerable number of human beings, clearly those of Indians. From the promiscuity with which the hones were mingled it is evident that the bodies had been thrown into a shallow trench without regard to any orderly arrangement and had then been covered over. These evidently were the bodies of the victims of one of the numerous battles which were fought
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between warring tribes in this section long before the coming of the white man.
The present officers of Belle River township are as follow: L. E. Olson, clerk: Nicholas Hintzen, treasurer; John L. Reuter, assessor; Mattis Clark, John J. Dunn and Paul Blank, supervisors.
SOLEM TOWNSHIP.
Solem township was established on March 10, 1870, in answer to a petition signed by Osmund Thompson and others. It comprises congres- sional township 127, range 40. The first meeting was held at the house of Ole O. Sauslin. The township takes its name from a district in Norway, from which place many of the pioneers came.
In the list which follows are mentioned some of the pioneers who settled on a number of the sections of Solem township, with the approximate date of their arrival. Erick Johanson took land on section I in 1870, Jens Lekan- der on section 2 in 1871, Ole O. Sarsland on section 3 in 1869, Ole E. Field on section 4 in 1866, John Johnson on section 5 in 1866, Daniel Linquist on section 6 in 1871, Ole Olson on section 9 in 1871, Paul Nielson on section 10 in 1869, John Hedstrom on section II in 1870, Olof Paulson on section 12 in 1871, Abraham Nilson on section 13 in 1871, Halvor Halvorson on section 14 in 1866, John Peterson on section 15 in 1872, Jens Fahlin on sec- tion 17 in 1872. Peter Knutson on section 18 in 1872, Andrew Kullander on section 21 in 1871, Christen Olson on section 23 in 1874, Isaac Peterson on section 24 in 1870, Andrew G. Sohlberg on section 25 in 1867, Erick Hagg on section 26 in 1872, Erick Snar on section 27 in 1871, Peter Swenson on section 28 in 1872, Erick Pehrson Eng on section 30 in 1873, and Joseph E. Wetterling on section 34 in 1872.
The present officers of Solem township are as follow: Jorgen Spilseth, clerk: Frank Kullander, treasurer; John S. Benson, assessor; L. A. Larson, N. M. Anderson and William Peterson, supervisors.
MILTONA TOWNSHIP.
Miltona township was established on December 19, 1871. It comprises congressional township 130, range 37. The odd sections in this township were secured by the old St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company. The even sections were mostly taken by homestead entry and some of the early settlers on the various sections are mentioned in the list which follows, together with
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the dates of their arrival, as nearly as they can be ascertained. Durfee Mar- quette took land on section 2 in 1878, James H. Abbott on section 4 in 1880, Frederick W. Balfour on section 6 in 1871, Sven Olson on section 8 in 1878, Jason Bumpus on section 10 in 1875, Mary Hill on section 12 in 1885, George L. Taplin on section 14 in 1874, Joseph C. Carter on section 18 in 1877, Delia Lucas on section 20 in 1876, Harrison Foster on section 22 in 1880, Timothy Martin on section 24 in 1875, Charles Jungrath on section 26 in 1871, Frank Schram on section 32 in 1877, and Garrett Cronk on section 34 in 1879.
The present officers of Miltona township are as follow: John O. Hiller, clerk; Edward Miller, treasurer ; G. J. Thompson, assessor; William Better- man, Lewis Olbeckson and John Eggleston, supervisors.
LUND TOWNSHIP.
Lund township was established on March 1, 1872. It comprises con- gressional township 130, range 40. The first meeting was held at the house of John Wahlin. The original petition asked that the township be named Christina, but the name Lund was adopted. About two weeks after the new township was established the commissioners received a petition asking that it be set back in the township of Evansville, to which it had formerly been attached, but as all the signatures to the petition were in the same hand- writing it was not given any serious consideration.
Some of the homesteaders on the various sections of Lund township located about the years given in the following list: They were among the first to settle in the township. Hans F. Peterson took land on section 2 in 1877, Nils J. Walstad on section 4 in 1876, Ole Peterson on section 6 in 1868, Sven S. Ebbjorn on section 8 in 1869, Thomas Olson on section 10 in 1871, Lars Ellingston on section 11 in 1877, Anders N. Fjillstrom on section 12 in 1877, Andrew Janson on section 13 in 1876, Ole S. Hernm on sec- tion 14 in 1876, Olof Larson on section 15 in 1875, August Peterson on section 18 in 1874, Kam Swenson on section 19 in 1869, Anders Janson on section 21 in 1876, Gabriel Peterson on section 22 in 1876, Andrew Skon on section 28 in 1869, Grager Kittelson on section 30 in 1876, Charles Johnson on section 31 in 1873, Andrew Johnson on section 32 in 1875, John John- son on section 33 in 1866, and Milton M. Morrell on section 34 in 1868.
The present officers of Lund township are as follow: Victor E. John- son, clerk; Andrew A. Lang, treasurer; A. G. Johnson, assessor; Anton Olson, A. G. Olson and Andrew P. Nelson, supervisors.
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LA GRAND TOWNSHIP.
On September 4. 1873, the board of county commissioners established congressional township 128, range 38, as a separate civil township, to be known as West Alexandria. The first election was held at the school house in district No. 47, on September 23, 1873. On December 11, 1873, the com- missioners were notified that the legal voters of the township had chosen the name of La Grand, instead of West Alexandria, and the county board had the change properly recorded in the archives of the state.
Andrew Darling was the first settler to locate in what is now La Grand township. He took up a claim in 1860. Others came in about the same time but there was very little permanent settlement until after the Indian troubles were quieted. Robert Smith took land on section 1 about 1864, Jacob Ly Brand on section 2 in 1862, James F. Dicken on section 3 in 1863, Engebret Nielson on section 4 in 1870, Carl G. Johnson on section 5 in 1868, Charles Peterson on section 6 in 1871, Francis B. Van Hoesen on section 7 in 1865, Niels P. Christenson on section 8 in 1869, George F. Cowing on section 9 in 1861, L. J. Brown on section 10 in 1868, Samuel B. Cowdry on section II in 1860, James Bedman on section 12 in 1861, Hugh O'Donnell on section 13 in 1861, George Diment on section 14 in 1861, Samuel B. Pinney on section 15 in 1864, Daniel Egan on section 17 in 1864, Caroline S. Edwards on sec- tion 18 in 1863. John O'Brien on section 19 in 1862, George B. Wright on section 20 in 1862, James Knapton on section 21 in 1871, Oscar W. Day on section 22 in 1865, Mary A. Kinkaid on section 24 in 1861, Louis Morain on section 25 in 1860, James B. Lattimer on section 26 in 1861, Sophus N. Miller on section 27 in 1868, Amund Mattison on section 28 in 1871, Anders O. Solberg on section 31 in 1865. George W. McComber on section 32 in 1863, and Hendrick Erickson on section 34 in 1872.
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