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Soon after they had related their story, shots and the jingle of cow bells were heard a mile sonth, evidently on the old Indian trail which there had a sonthwestwardly eonrse. Hart proposed that, with their now augmented forces, they follow the Indians at once, but the seouts from Fair Haven were reluctant about doing so. So Hart, with several sokliers, started ont along the trail. After going about a mile, they came to a steer which the
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Indians had evidently killed. Quite a little meat had been re- moved. Ilart and his men then returned to the house, and he and one of the Holmes brothers went to Kingston to secure the aid of the cavalry.
The next morning the sixteen soldiers stationed at the Holmes house, the five from Fair Haven, and other scouts started out about sunrise, came upon the Indians' camp, and finally, in the present township of Cokato, discovered the two Indians at rest under a tree, while their horses were feeding in a small meadow. Over seventeen shots were fired at the Indians from ambush at short range, but none took effect, and the red men jumped on their horses and escaped through the woods, leaving behind sev- eral articles of dress, gun and ammunition, and a saddle and bridle.
In the meantime the cavalry from Kingston had started out at sunrise in the hope of intereepting the Indians at the point where the trail left the timbers for the prairies, near Rice City, now Darwin. But the horsemen were too late, so they followed the red men closely to Foot lake, near Willmar, where the Sioux abandoned their horses and escaped through a marsh. Some- thing like forty men, fully armed and prepared, had been in pursuit of two Sioux and had allowed them to escape.
The body of the Indian which Hart believed he killed was never found. Some of the seouts suggested that the Indians had concealed the body in the marsh, while others believed that Hart in his excitement had overestimated the deadliness of his charge of buekshot.
Indians Pursued. "Indians were seen in Silver Creek, in July, 1863. Col. J. S. Locke declared he saw six one evening while looking after his cows near Sanborn Prairie. These Indians are believed to be the same ones who stole two horses belonging to Henry Ferguson. The trail was taken up by the citizens. Later the soldiers followed the band as far as Swede Grove, in Meeker county, where the horses were recovered after a fight with the Indians, in which Capt. John S. Cady, of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was killed."
Such is the story told by D. R. Farnham. It is probable that these Indians seen in Wright county were members of Little Crow's immediate band. There has existed a conflict of testi- mony as to which raids Little Crow took part in personally, and also as to the exact identification of the Indians composing the various wandering bands that were marauding throughout this part of the state in 1862 and 1863. As before stated, there has always been considerable doubt cast upon the supposition that Little Crow was present at the Dustin massacre. So great was the terror this leader inspired, and so feverish was the public
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imagination, that he was often reported as being seen in widely different places at the same time.
"Minnesota in Three Centuries, " however, credits Little Crow with the Wright county raids in the following words: "In June, 1863, Little Crow's band that recognized his authority, ineluding his four wives and his children, did not number more than fifty persons. In the first part of the month, he with fifteen men and one woman, set out on a raid in Minnesota. Two of his warriors were his sons, Wo-wi-nah-pa or the Appearing One, a boy of six- teen years, and his son-in-law, Hinkpa (or Inkpa) or The End. Below the Sheyenne river the party separated, eight warriors and the woman going northward, and seven men proceeding southeasterly into Meeker county. June 29, they murdered the Dustin family, as far east as Wright county. June 11, three of them shot and killed Capt. John S. Cady, of the Eighth Regi- ment, near Lake Elizabeth, in Kandiyohi eounty. July 1, Hinkpa the chief's son-in-law, killed James McGannon, a settler, between Kingston and Fairview, in Meeker county, stripped the body and gave the coat to his father-in-law. Two days later, or in the eve- ning of July 3, in a berry patch, west of Hutchinson, Little Crow was shot and killed by a settler named Nathan Lamson."
Beebee Island Encampment. In August, 1862, the news reached Rockford of the Indian outbreak and massacre of the Lake Shetec settlers.
The whole countryside became panie strieken, the people, not knowing what to do or where to go for safety. The word soon became prevalent that the island in Lake Beebee offered the greatest security and protection. Lake Beebee is quite a large lake about six miles north of Rockford, and there is an island in it of about four aeres which, at that time, was heavily timbered. There were quite a number of settlers then living around the lake, nearly all having boats. These boats were soon pressed into serviee and by nightfall the island was quite a popular piece of ground, upward of 150 souls having taken refuge there, with nothing but the stars for a roof. The people had taken scarcely anything from their homes except the clothes they wore. It was mutually agreed that no fires were to be made. In the morning the men took turns and ventured back to the mainland for food, also procuring quilts and blankets, making things more com- fortable for the second night.
After three days and three nights on the island, word eame that the Indians were cheeked in their mareh toward civilization, and that the danger had passed, so the people returned to their homes.
July 3, 1863, the settlers of North Rockford were again thrown into a panic on account of the reported massacre of the Dustin family on the Waverly and Rockford road.
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Again we sought refuge on the island in Lake Beebee. This time the settlers took the precaution to provide themselves with axes and cross-eut saws, with which they felled trees and cut them into logs to erect a fort. Of course there were no oxen nor any beasts of burden taken onto the island, so the men had to haul, carry, or roll the logs to the site of the fort. In due time the fort was erceted and named " Fort Steel." after Thomas Steel, the oldest man on the island. We spent about two weeks on the island that time.
After gathering on the island they soon formed a regular military organization, with my father, Thomas Walker, as com- mander, and Thomas Steel and Amos Denney as second officers. Disciplinary rules and regulations were rigidly enforced. At night. each man, in his turn, was assigned to so many hours pieket duty.
These piekets were placed in regularly designated positions on the shore of the island behind logs or brush, so that they could not be seen from the mainland.
It was Thomas Walker's duty to make the rounds several times during the night to see that the pickets were on duty and not asleep. On one oceasion he found two of the pickets, a father and his son, had deserted their posts and were asleep in their tent. The next day the two men were courtmartialed and sen- teneed to be shot. However, this part of the proceedings was never carried out, the officers postponing it under one pretext and another until we disbanded. Nevertheless the incident had a very salutary effeet on the discipline of all the men from that day until we disbanded.
One of the rules was that no guns were to be shot off either on or off the island except at Indians, but on one oceasion a settler, George Avery, living on the south shore, who had moved to Rock- ford during the summer, came up to look after his crop and, find- ing a drove of hogs in his field, began shooting to scare the hogs. He succeeded in scaring the hogs, sure enough, but he scared the occupants of the island more than the hogs, for the people were sure that the shooting was either by Indians or at Indians, and were every minute expecting to see Indians making for the island. To make matters worse it was at a time of day when every man who could get a "leave of absence" was away on the mainland for supplies or looking after his affairs at home, so that an attack at that time, when our forees were so weakened by absentees, would have made hard fighting for the few left to hold the fort. It was a great comfort to the women and children when the men began to return to the island and tell the cause of the shooting.
A few days after this scare a detail of men was sent to Roek- ford for supplies and news. They were told of Little Crow's
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death, and the settlers were assured that there was no further danger. Then began a regular stampede to return to our homes once more .- By John B. Walker.
CHAPTER X.
LAND OFFICE RECORDS.
The Pre-emption Act-The Homestead Law-The Railroad Grant -The Townsite Act-List of Those Who Obtained the Original Patents to Land in Wright County-The Roll of Honor of the Men Who First Broke and Developed the Farms.
The original patents to land in Wright county, upon which all subsequent deeds and transfers are based, were obtained in four ways: under the pre-emption act, under the homestead law, under the townsite act, and from the railroads. The first settlers obtained their homes under the pre-emption aet, by the provisions of which they were required to make certain improvements, to live upon their land a certain length of time, and to pay $1.25 an acre. There were certain restrictions as to the size of the elaim and as to the eligibility of those who filed. Instead of paying money the settlers often paid soldiers' seript which they had purchased at a discount. This script had been issued to soldiers, entitling each veteran to a certain number of acres free. Few of the soldiers ever used this script to obtain land, and thousands of these papers fell into the hands of speeulators, by whom they were sold to settlers. Under the homestead aet, which replaced the pre-emption act, the government issued a patent after a person had lived on an eighth or quarter seetion (according to location) for a certain period, and made certain improvements. Many of the people obtained their land from the railroads, who had a land grant of each alternate township along their improved rights- of-way. There was also a townsite act under which villages could be entered, platted, and lots sold.
The following transcriptions from the land office records gives the original owners of all the land pre-empted and homesteaded in Wright eounty. This is the roll of honor of those who dared the rigors of a pioneer country and started the first developments. The list is in the main accurate, though, through carelessness of the land offiee registers and their clerks, the original entries are often misspelled, and transcriptions of more or less illegible hand- writing since that date have distorted some of the names in vari- ons ways. But especial efforts have been made to insure accuracy in this printed list, and the names of thousands of old pioneers will be recognized. A few of the original claimants are still living, and many families are still residing on the original claim
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of their father or grandfather. For the most part, however, the original elaimants moved away, on account of Indians, grass- hoppers and hard times.
In the following list, where a person's farm lay in several sec- tions, or where a second elaim was later taken in another section, only the first section of the first filing is given, except in special cases, for a constant repetition of names would needlessly cumber the rolls.
Township 118, Range 25 (Franklin). The first elaims in the Congressional township were entered in 1857. Those who filed that year were: 1-Samnel P. Spear. 5-Susanna Bauman, Oe- tober 9. 8-Graee Wilson, October 31. 9-Wilford L. Wilson, October 31. 17-John Stewart, October 19. 22-William Bar- rett, October 6. 23-A. J. Stevenson, November 9. 31-Thomas Madden, October 17. 33-Ilenry Doyle, October 5. Those who filed in 1858 were: 2-M. Flakker, May 26. 7-J. W. Moore February 18. 9-J. Il. Stewart, February 22. 17-C. F. Mahler, January 23; E. Field. June 11. 19-J. Fewer. February 9. 20- T. C. Field, January 23; D. W. Ingersoll, JJanuary 27 ; HI. Wagner, February 9; E. R. Cramer, February 22. 24-F. P. Wallis, Febru- ary 20. 25-N. B. White, October 11. 27-J. Briggs, December 30. 28-A. Wiekert, December 30. 29-E. S. Allen, February 27 : P. Stone, October 4. 32-Eliza M. Anderson, October 29.
1859: 2-C. Stewart, July 12. 8-F. Adicks, September 6. 18-L. Kundle, May 2; L. Torinus, May 2; J. W. Benning. Febru- ary 26. 22-P. Martin, September 30. 26-C. A. Wright, Octo- ber 15. 30-J. Dugan, July 17. 32-H. J. McKee, November 5. 35-J. J. Wright, August 11 ; J. M. Waid, October 14.
1860: 1-W. McKinley, November 26; James Patten, Novem- ber 26: J. Quinn, November 27. 3-W. Ziebarth, October 6: 1. Matter, October 18. 4-C. Shroder, October 18; T. Strauch, No- vember 26: F. J. Bauman, October 20. 5-F. Schwerin, October 6; J. O. Connell, November 27. 6-C. Crawshaw, March 2; Ezra Stacy, October 2. 9-F. J. Bauman, October 20. 10-J. Matter. October 18; L. Matter, October 18; G. Geiger, November 26. 12- James Finnegan. November 26. 13-F. Sutton, October 16. 14-D. White, November 21. 17-A. Voelker, January 21. 19- V. Fautseh, October 3. 21-1. Kespohl, November 27. 23-R. Sturman, August 21. 25-J. M. Depue, September 28. 26-P. Bark, November 21; J. Murphy, August 21. 28-W. Doyle, No- Vember 22. 29-E. M. Munger, October 16.
1861: 10-J. Dick, July 19.
1864: 3-F. Ziebarth, December 16. 5-John Bain, December 26. 11-S. Patton, December 26; J. B. White, December 26; }. Bernick, November 10; J. E. Ellis, December 26; J. P. Lyle, De- cember 26. 13-L. Walter, December 26. 23-G. Robertson, December 26. 25-P. Welker, December 26. 27-J. Martin, De-
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cember 26. 33-C. Walquist, November 28; S. Halgren, October 22. 35-W. A. Mara, December 26.
1865: 3-J. M. Dircks, April 19. 5-J. Hartmon, January 24. 22-J. O. Kelsa, August 14. 23-Harriett Cunningham, No- vember 9. 28-C. Mayforth, May 23. 30-M. O. Rourk, Septem- ber 7. 33-J. Carlson, January 19.
1866: 15-E. D. and F. A. Atwater, March 7; J. H. Kloss, 27-J. Martin, April 16; I. Nason, April 10. 28-C. Mayforth, May 23. 29-M. Trohliet, March 5. 31-A. Noonan, April 21. 32-W. Koran, February 23.
1867 : 7-J. Alley, April 9. 9-F. I. Metzer, August 20. 19- J. Probst, March 2.
1868: 2-C. Stewart, January 14; S. Patton, January 14. 4 J. Horsch, February 6; J. Derriek, February 6; J. Houser, February 6. 6-H. Marshall, February 6. 8-P. Stoltz, Febru- ary 6. 9-Minnesota Land Company, April 30. 10-J. Greiger, April 29; J. Dick, July 19. 12-O. Stewart, January 14; E. Freeman, January 14; J. C. Ellis, July 1; J. P. Lyle, January 14. 14-J. Bernick, January 22; T. Bernick, January 22. 18-J. Stoltz, February 6; J. Plattner, February 6. 19-J. Dugan, June 5. 22-U. Martin, January 16; James Martin, January 16. 24- J. Drody, December 9; Margaret Robeston, December 9. 26-C. Stein, January 14. 27-J. C. Stuman, August 21. 30-M. Davis, January 1; J. Perry, January 1; O. Early, January 24; A. Spikle, February 13. 32-E. F. Hainlin, February 18; F. Algner, Febru- ary 18; F. Stephens, February 18. 34-S. Peterson, January 9; J. Peterson, January 9. 35-J. C. Reihl, December 2.
1869: 6-J. Quinn, March 10. 14-M. Anderson, October 1: L. Cunningham, February 23. 19-J. Platner, January 2. 34- T. J. Sturman, February 1; S. S. Sturman, February 1; J. J. Mara, February 23.
1870: 25-F. M. Cooper, March 18. 31-A. Speckel, February 10; J. K. P. Blacksetter, July 1.
1871: 4-C. Marth, October 27; F. Strauch, October 27. 10- G. Geiger, April 6. 13-N. Peterson, June 6. 30-J. P. Baldery, February 1. 34-Isaac Nason, August 26. 35-S. Murphey, Sep- tember 27.
1872: 12-J. Finnegan, August 10. 16-J. L. Dohl, May 31. 27-D. F. Justus, June S. 31-J. Dugen, June 16.
1873: 24-J. Sutton, April 17. 28-P. Olson, March 5; Peter Church, March 5.
1874: 16-M. Farnick, January 27. 24-J. Nolon, December 9. 29-J. Menth, July 13.
1876: 5-G. E. Stacy, May 29. 25-C. Swanson, March 27.
Township 118, Range 26 (Woodland). The first claims in this Congressional township were taken in 1857. Those who filed that year were: 4-Thomas Gargan, October 7. 5-Jonah Davis,
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October 24. 6-Pat Ilays, October 19. 8-Patrick Casey, No- vember 24. 9-Thomas Gargan, October 7. 25-John Galvin, December 9. 29-Benjamin Cole, October 15. Those that filed in 1858 were: 5-C. H. Sawyer, January 6; E. A. Crumsie, February 27. 9-John Whealen, December 9. 12-John W. Moore, Febru- ary 18. 23-J. H. Chandler, February 25. 26-John Baxter, May 24. 29-W. G. Flonseea, August 13. 30-Robert Eckford, January 15. 34-William Dunn, February 16; Stephen Lambert, February 17.
1859: 2-Andrew J. Stacy, October 25. 6-Joli Casey, Sep- tember 6. 13-Joseph A. Leiter, October 25. 20-Mareus Fosket, October 7. 22-George R. Stearns, April 14.
1860: 1-Ezra M. Stacy, October 2. 2-John Young, October 27; Thomas Young, November 27; James N. Stacy, August 18. 4-James Broderick, October 5; Patrick Clemmens, October 5. 6-Joseph Mec, September 27. 7-George Scott, October 31. 9- Miles MeDermott, November 8. 10-Catharine Hinds, October 27; Miles McDermott, November 8; Nicholas V. Streeter, October 17. 11-Nicholas V. Streeter, October 17. 13-Cramer Swar- tout, November 26. 22-Thomas Quincannan, October 17. 24- Michael Frohlick, October 16. 28-Amos F. Blanchard, October 2.
1861: 6-J. K. Sidle, December 5. 20-John Brabec, Decem- ber 6.
1865: 1-John Alley, June 28; Newton E. Harris, June 28. 11-John Alley, June 28; James Murphey, September 21. 13- Peter Weiderko, December 26. 25-Ellen Crolly, October 23; Michael Dungen, October 26. 26-Patrick O'Brien, January 4. 35-Hezekiah Alley, December 16.
1866: 1-George W. Stacy, June 28. 23-Patrick McNeily, March 17. 25-Patriek Rogers, July 12. 26-Patrick O'Brien, January 4.
1867: 35-Hezekiah Alley, June 7.
1868: 2-John Young, October 29. 10-James Hinds, De- cember 16: Patrick Flannigan, January 28; Richard Burk, Janu- ary 28; John Burk, February 19. 12-Lorana Stacy, May 26. 14-Thomas Clarke, February 14; John Kennedy, February 19. 20-Mary Jordan, February 6. 21-Thomas Jordan, February 17; Austin Devitt, February 17. 24-Patrick MeNeiley, July 2; Michael Early, January 24; Thomas Craly, January 24. 25- Ellen MeKierman, February 15; Patrick Rogers, February 17. 26-Patrick O'Brien, January 24; James MeGraugh, January 24. 30-Robert Porter, February 17.
1869: 2-Adam Legier, January 21. 4-Patrick Connery, July 14. 6-Andrew Beek, June 5. 21-Owen Devaney, Septem- ber 7; W. Brabec, August 11; Fred Doering. August 11. 24- Michael Dugan, July 17. 30-John Lauzer, February 20. 33- G. Hoag, August 20.
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1870: 3-Richard Bennett, March 1. 8-Michael Derrig, De- cember 16. 12-Joseph Harris, May 26. 15-John Keyne, Mareh 24; Martin Boyle, March 24. 17-Mathias Lauzer, February 17. 18-James Lindsey, October 21; Headley Pannett, October 21; .John Pannett, October 21. 20-Henry Ruekle, September 13; J. Joseph Brabee, September 13. 30-John Peterson, June 20; Frank Lanzer, September 13; Joseph Brabec, September 13.
1871 : 2-Elisha Ferrell, February 1. 3-Patriek Mckeon, October 3; Michael Clemmens, October 19. 8-William Griswold, November 14. 14-Patriek Brannon, February 5. 26-George Ray, February 1; Thomas Haverty, February 1. 28-James M. Halliday, November 14. 34-The Heirs of Peter Gratton, Feb- ruary 1.
1872: 8-John Casey, March 22; John Green, March 22. 14 -John Powell, March 22. 28-Ewen MeDonald, August 2. 32- Albert Stacher, May 17. 34-Owen Gratton, March 22.
1873: 5-John Casey, June 2. 12-Levi W. Streeter, Feb- ruary 5; Mary Bagley, December 22. 14-Thomas Connelly, February 5. 24-Ignatius Prelinger, February 5. 28-Joshna S. Bryant, March 17; William Eagan, Jamary 1. 30-Joseph Monroe, Angust 18. 32-Silas W. Belt, January 1.
1874: 7-Cord and Fritz Prigge, July 31. 10-John Fitzpat- riek, March 27. 15-Thomas Coneoneon, February 4. 17-C. Wildung, March 20. 22-William J. Griffin, October 25.
1875: 7-Peter Miller, September 14. 11-Patrick Briee, June 8. 17-C. Wildung, March 20. 19-Herman Deirs, Janu- mary 8; Mrs. C. Wildung, January 8; Samuel Berg, June 30. 27- F. Horn, November 3; George Ray, August 28. 31-Nils Pierson, November 26; Louis Peterson, January 6; John Magnuson, June 8; O. Olson, May 31 ; Johanas Peterson, May 31. 32-Louis Peter- son, May 10; F. Felipakp, March 10. 33-Thomas Stackhart, June 15; Louis Johnson, September 24.
1876: 9-J. K. Cullen, February 8; John T. Sungen, May 31. 15-John Kennedy, May S. 17-M. Derrig, November 9. 27- M. Reed, March 30; Thomas Haverty, June 15. 31-Peter Blam- quist, Mareh 8; A. G. Gustavson, December 11. 33-John S. Johnson, March 22.
1877: 17-Mary Grum, June 2. 27-George Ray, November 30; L. Conolly, August 28. 31-John Linquist, June 29. 33-0. Dahlquist, February 9; Peter Boylender, August 20.
1878: 5-John Casey, May 13. 7-John Fitzpatrick, Novem- ber 26. 9-A. Berkner, April 29; A. Nee, February 18. 17-J. K. Kullen, July 16. 19-Owen J. Beal, July 24. 28-Franeis M. Horn, January 1. 29-John Anderson, June 3. 33-Charles Oslund, March 14; Nils Swanson, February 1; E. Noystrom, Feb- ruary 1.
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1879: 7-Philip Gerther, February 26. 27-John MeDonakl, April 18. 29-Niles Anderson, March 26.
Township 118, Range 27 (Victor). The first claims in this Congressional township were taken in 1857. Those who filed that year were: 22-J. S. Smith, August 29; E. S. Smith, August 29. 23-Elias Underwood, July 23. 25-Amos J. Gardner, October 23. Those that filed in 1858: 11-Thomas Mitehell, August 11. 24-Abraham Freeman, November 18. 25-John Lewis, danu- ary 19. In 1859: 13-A. V. Lobdell, February 18. 14-A. V. Lobdell, February 18.
1860: 3-M. V. Cochrane, November 24. 13-Jason B. Lob- dell, September 1. 24-George Holt, November 27.
1862: 24-Mareus Fasket, February 26.
1865: 12-August Streich, June 24; C. Steich, May 23. 14- Michael Folz, April 28. 28-George Gamble, April 1. 30- George Gamble, June 1.
1868: 6-Charles S. Graves, November 12. 10 - Michael Zieser, July 1. 12-August Streich, March 24; Christoph Streich, July 1. 24-Marens Fosket. 26-David Irons, July 1. 2-Gott- lieb Gess, July 15: Jacob Shaffer, July 1.
1869: 2-James Z. Cochrane, August 2; Michael Engel, June 15. 4-Noah Nilson, October 1; Peter Pearson, October 1; Peter Fritz. December 11. 6-Albert G. Pearson, April 29. 10-Will- iam Gess, December 11. 14-Franeis Shanley, December 7. 15- Edwin Brewster, December 29; Sarah E. Brewster, December 29. 25-William W. Patterson, December 3. 26-Parker Cole, De- eember 7; William Walters, February 20. 32-Ezra Baker, Feb- ruary 2; Aaron Baker, February 2. 34-Andrew MeCormick, December 7; Alanson G. Butler, December 7.
1870: 1-J. Dunn and II. Tanner, July 13. 2-Joseph Pear- son, April 27. 4-Charles Goodsell; April 27; G. Pearson, April 8. 8-John Phillips, December 19. 10-William Gess, July 11. 18-Laxley R. Wood. 24-lsaae S. Crooks, October 21; Ardell D. Pinkerton, April 26; John Q. A. Braden, January 19; William Walters, February 20.
1871: 6-William Oliver, November 6. 8-Amos G. Strahl, December 4: Anthony King. December 4. 10-John C. Riebe, March 24. 12-Amias Streich, March 24. 22-Michael Folz, March 24.
1872: 4-Daniel C. Budd, January 5. 6-William B. Frank- lin, June 25. 8-Charlotte Sumner, September 4; James M. Sumner, September 12. 10-William Schumming, February 10; Christopher Klucas, January 10. 11-E. Streich, April 13. 14- John Gremer, May 8. 18-Sanford Huddle, December 2: Jessie Lyons, December 2. 20-David Alexandria, October 25; William Peterson, June 25; George Huddle, December 2. 22-Albert Copeland, December 2. 30-Herman Gee, January 1; Scarlet F.
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Smith, January 1. 32-Basdell D. Massay, February 3; Charles Duffee, February 3; John Kalble, August 26; Nathaniel Chaffins, January 1.
1873: 4-Austin Merriman, July 9. 6-Walter Fisher, De- cember 15. 8-Jabez Tney, July 9. 9-Thomas Montgomery, December 28. 10-Albert Riebe, April 10. 11-F. Wildung, March 5. 14 John Goetz, April 3. 20-James M. Corey, July 10; William Montgomery, July 1; Cassel Thompson, July 9; Ste- phen Thompson, July 10. 22-James B. Nelson, April 10. 23- M. Fisher, February 15. 26-Jesse Christopher, April 10. 28- David Babb, April 10. 32-John Sherman, April 29. 34-Con- rad Griswold, July 11.
1874: 3-Jones & Alguire, May 2; Thomas & Jones, May 8. 5-John F. Pearson, October 22; Peter Frykman, July 31. 6- Jonas Nelson, November 13. 11-F. Wildung, August 4; W. Schumming, July 31. 13-Fred Brose, September 25; William Kranel, September 25. 15-Christopher Dangers, September 30. 23-William Bokberg, October 1. 27-Fred Klamer, October 22. 30-Elizabeth Wise, March 24; William E. Patrick, March 24. 33-Thomas Graham, January 26; I. Gulzog, October 8; John Schlagel, September 7. 34-A. Larson, November 4.
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