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probate judge, O. B. Morse; attorney, G. M. Cameron ; surveyor, A. D. Brown; coroner, P. C. Berry. Hathaway was elected reg- ister of deeds, otherwise the nominees of the Lansing school house convention were successful.
1869. Smith, the county treasurer, was under fire, and on March 16 his resignation was accepted. Litigation later arose in respect to his official conduct. Two years later the board of county commissioners ordered suit brought against him on account of money converted. October 15 the Republican county convention was held at Adams. The Page and anti-Page fight which occupied the boards in Mower county politics had now become serious. The Page faction claimed to be a reform move- ment and only sought office for the purpose of purifying the county politics by ousting the "ring."
The nominees of the convention were "Reform" men and were as follows: Representatives, W. G. Telfer, H. A. Brown; treasurer, J. S. Irgens; clerk of court, John F. Atherton ; court commissioner, E. O. Wheeler. Sherman Page was elected chair- man of the county central committee.
On the same day the Democratic convention was held at Austin and placed in nomination the following men: Representa- tives, G. M. Cameron, L. E. Pearce; treasurer, J. M. Wyckoff; clerk of court, C. J. Paddock ; court commissioner, E. B. Clark. L. A. Sherwood ran independent for clerk of court. The election was a close one and the two parties obtained even honors. Cam- eron and Brown were sent to the legislature. Irgens was elected treasurer; Atherton, clerk. Clark was returned as being elected court commissioner by a plurality of one vote, but E. O. Wheeler was sworn in and held the office.
1870. The political complexion of the tickets were now Page and anti-Page. The Democratic ticket resolved itself into a "People's" ticket, in opposition to the Republican ticket which was known as a Page ticket. The Republican convention was held at Brownsdale October 11 and nominated the following men : Representatives, H. W. Page, W. G. Telfer; auditor, J. P. Will- iams ; register of deeds, G. W. Robinson; sheriff, A. B. Meiggs; probate judge, Jesse Rose; attorney, L. Bourgard; surveyor, G. W. Clough. The People's convention was held the day previous and nominated the following: Representatives, A. E. Peck, A. D. Fairbanks; auditor, H. H. Shook ; register of deeds, J. D. Allen; sheriff, Allan Mollison ; attorney, G. M. Cameron ; probate judge, L. N. Griffith ; coroner, W. L. Hollister ; surveyor, P. D. Vaughan. Dunnell was elected to congress over his Democratie opponent, Buck, by two to one, but all the county nominees on the Re- publican ticket met defeat. The campaign had been a mud- slinging one, the most scurrilous articles were published in the
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papers and each party most bitterly denouneed the other. It was a part of the Page and anti-Page fight which continued through the impeachment of Judge Page and even until his removal from the state some time thereafter, and which is handled elsewhere in this work.
CHAPTER L.
EARLY SETTLERS.
Land Office Records-Date of First Claims Taken in Each Town- ship With the Names of the Pre-emptors-Honor Roll of Those Who Braved the Hardships of Pioneer Life and Ful- filled the Government Requirements of Actual Residence in the Earliest Days-Old Settlers' Association.
The question of the first actual settlement in a county is al- ways a matter of doubt. This is the case of Mower county. The time has come when these questions should be agreed upon con- elusively. There have been those in time past who have denied that the MeQuillan party reached Racine in 1852. However, the fiftieth anniversary of this first settlement was duly celebrated in Austin in 1852, and the date is now generally agreed upon. In regard to the settlers of 1853, some would place many of the settlers of 1854 one year earlier in history. In those days the frontiersmen did not keep diaries, and their testimony in after years was vague and uncertain. However, it is certain that whatever forerunners of civilization eame in in 1852 and 1853 no claims were filed until 1854, and the one elaim filed that year is not now in Mower county. There were many elaims filed upon in 1855 and a great number in 1856.
In previous chapters has been told the story of the early set- tlement of the various townships as commonly accepted in years past by the old settlers themselves. However, there is one in- fallible witness as to what settlers were actually here in the early days. The land offiee records of the United States government are still in existenee, and these records show the actual settlers of the earliest days.
In the following artiele is given the names of those who pre-empted land in the days when the land was open to home- stead settlement. The seetion, the name of the settler and the date the claim was proved up are given.
The names are dim and faded and often misspelled, while in some instances the handwriting is misleading. However, with the exception of minor mistakes which may occur in the spelling
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of names the following is the correct list of the first homesteaders. In cases where the claimant entered land in more than one see- tion only the first section is given.
Some of these settlers stayed and became distinguished eiti- zens. Others moved away after selling their claims to others. But their names still remain on the honor roll of Mower county.
In the following list the lines of the government townships have been followed. Some of those given in Frankford are now included in the southern tier of townships in Racine, while a few given in Pleasant Valley and Racine were afterward cut off and put in Olmsted county :
Bennington. Township 102, range 14. The first claims taken in this township were in 1856. Those who filed that year were: 1-Henry M. Slater, August 23; Vernon Townsend, June 21; John Fegin, November 1; Seth A. Brooks, September 22; 2- John De Groodt, November 22; 3-James Marrin, December 2; 4-Samuel Bardin, December 3; 8-Johnston Horner, December 10; 9-John Gardner, December 8; William Wallace; December 6; John Sullivan, December 6; 10-William Haney, December 6; George W. Wood, November 25; Charles Lamb, November 13; 12-Nelson Moore, November 24; William Chadister, June 21; 13-Samuel B. Decker, May 9; 17-Robert Horner, December 10; William Horner, December 10. Those who took elaims in 1857 were: 1-Charles L. Walker, January 15; Martin MeTigue, . September 14; 2-Charles N. Walker, January 15; George W. Campfield, September 5; 3-George W. Cummings, September 15; Frederick A. Abbott, May 5; Charles Watson, June 17; 4- Aaron Dunn, February 4; George Dunn, February 4; Martin F. Bigby, August 24; 5-Abial Sessions, June 8; Mary S. Baldwin, September 4; Basil Bishop, September 21; 8-Nicholas Blaek- man, July 1; John L. Ellis, July 1; 11-Seymour Cummings, October 10; James Hawks, August 27; William B. Niekolls, De- cember 22; 13-Samuel Parks, September 5; Henry Guy, Sep- tember 1; 14 Jacob Heidell, June 5; 15-Seeley W. Laraway, August 1; 22-Charles E. Peabody, September 1; Luther Ben- nett, November 7; 23-Joseph Purdie, January 2; Charles Sim- mons, January 2; 24 Hiram Pancost, August 19; George W. Farmer, August 19; 25-Luther T. Ninkler, September 14; 27- Joseph Meliveg, November 27; James N. Coe, September 24; 28-Benjamin Dorance, December 16; 30-Elisha Walden, Sep- tember 3; 31-Herbert Farnsworth, September 3; John McFad- din, April 29; 32-John Walden, July 16; George T. Angel, June 9; 33-Henry S. Hathaway, October 15; 34-Willard C. Hull, September 24; Ann Page, October 6; Austin Cole, September 29; Richard Hall, October 6; 35-Henry Coe, September 24; Stephen B. Field, August 22; John Bary, September 29.
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Lyle. Township 101, range 18. The first elaims taken in this town were in 1855. Those who filed that year were: 3-James Foster, April 28; 4-Return B. Foster, April 28; 17-George W. Jordan, November 2. Those who filed in 1856 were: 3-Charles E. Bigelow, August 12; Van Ranslaer Petis, November 21; 4- John Phelps, July 21; Eben L. Merry, June 14; John Tifft, July 3; 7-Hannah E. Leverich, November 12; Charles Shepard, No- vember 17; Matilda Leverich, November 12; 8-Charles D. Rice, June 30; 9-Robert Ralph, November 18; Robert P. Tifft, July 3; 10-John S. Greggs, November 21; 15-William A. Ware, De- cember 26; Calvin W. Pierce, September 29; 17-Gilbert Bustin, November 18; 18-Orin M. Harris, July 30; 19-Samuel Me- Cluer, October 17; 20-Alexander Johnson, September 4; Sam Ritter, August 14; D. J. Grant, September 29; 21-Ezra D. Ames, July 21; 22-D. J. Grant, September 29; Lyman Sprague, August 27; 27-Moses Gage, August 26; Matilda Sprague, No- vember 28; 28-William Ford, November 19; Horaee E. Sprague, November 20; 30-D. Mosher, November 18; 31-Robert Fletehes, October 1; Edward Kesbaugh, October 3; James M. Garden, September 19; Henry Vanaker, September 19; 32- Thomas J. Duneas, June 20; Orlando Wilder, June 20; N. Wilder, June 20; 33-Fredrick Ebbers, November 28; Benjamin . T. Coe, June 20; Joseph Richards, June 20; William N. Bean, June 20; . 35-Herman Warner, December 18; Stephen R. Douglas, Decem- ber 18; Joseph T. Donnivan, December 18.
Nevada. Township 101, range 17. Nearly all the first elaims taken were in 1857. Those who filed that year were: 7-Alden H. Chaffin, September 22; Barnabas D. Nye, September 22; 8- Charles C. Oaks, December 2; 10-William G. Saunders, May 5; Ruben Jones, June 11; 14-William Gabespie, June 22; 15- Jonathan Waterman, September 23; 17-John S. Soules, No- vember 14; George Joiner, June 11; 19-John Gairson, Novem- ber 14; John MeCourt, August 8; 21-Truman McKee, March 2; Edward Sampson, May 18; 23-Napoleon Davis, September 21; 24-Mark L. Laring, October 21; 25-Abner Forbes, Oe- tober 21; 26-William H. Barrett, August 8; 27-Anders Ander- son, October 12; Francis Hearsch, August 29; 29-Ole Severson, July 1. June 16, 1856, Torger Olsen filed on section thirty-two and three days later James Jured filed on seetion twenty-one.
Adams. Township 101, range 16. The first elaims were taken in 1856. Those who filed were: 2-Albert Knudsen, October 29; John Olson, October 17; Thomas Kreston, November 7; 34- Albert Hart, December 20. Those who came in 1857 were: 4- Ole Jacobson, November 20; Henry Holland, September 17; Ed- ward Maling, August 22; 6-Joseph H. Germain, August 15; John Bartorne, August 15; 9-Jens Tweed, July 24; Peter Straus,
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August 5; John Johns, August 1; 15-R. Green, February 2; 21-Mathias Blake, April 28; Lyman Metealf, May 26; 22-Sam- uel S. Barker, February 2; 30-Edmund Hart, September 11; 31-Robert Sloan, August 7; 33-John Floyd, April 28; 34- Albert Hart, December 20.
Lodi. Township 101, range 15. The first elaims taken were in 1855. Those who filed that year were: 1-Edward B. Munsell, November 13; David Marty, November 10; 2-Edward B. Mun- sell, November 10; 6-C. G. Ripley, November 26; Eugene Wil- son, November 26; Edw. Munsell, November 24; Reynold Olson, July 20; 10-Edmund Davis, November 8; Osman Hutchins, No- vember 8; 11-Jesse Martz, November 10; Thomas Campbell, November 6; Edmund Davis, November 8; 12-Thomas Camp- bell, November 6; David Martz, November 10; Edward Owen, August 15; 13-Hugh Owens, November 8; Almond Frazer ; July 16; John Owens, August 29; Benjamin Chamberlain, November 9; Nathan Updegraff, November 14; 14-Orlin Root, October 17; David Martz, November 10; James S. Wood, November 16; 15-Osmond Hutchins, November 8; 18-Martha Wetworth, May 23; 23-John Payne and Ezra Congden, November 5; 24-Ezra Congden, November 8; 25-Olson Congden, November 5; W. Hayes, November 9; 27-George W. Harris, November 26; 31- John C. Martin, November. 15; Austin Carbin, November 19; Abraham Hay, November 15; 32-John H. MeKeny, November 15; 35-Samuel W. Leigh, November 6.
Windon. Township 101, range 17. The first elaims were .taken in 1856. Those who filed this year were: 3-Stephen B. Gifford, November 15; 4-Quiney A. Truesdell, September 24; Gustavus C. Barker, November 10; Graham R. Seott, November 18; 5-Thomas Wilson, August 14; 6-Martin Maly, October 15; James Mann, November 28; 7-Bucklin H. Wood, July 31; Obediah Smith, October 29; Samuel Rice, June 30; James Lock- ard, October 22; John A. Thompson, July 31; 8-A. J. Thorp, September 25; 13-Jessie Little, November 5; 18-William H. Hotchkiss, November 18; 19-Thomas Brown, June 13; 20-0. Lawerence, June 20; Alfred Richardson, June 20; 21-George Shephard, November 11; Edgar W. Dewey, November 11; 22- Augustus Butler, November 14; 28-Peter Benson, November 11; Andrew Coon, November 11; Charles Shepard, November 11; 29 -Hall Hoagland, November 18; 30-George N. Conkey, July 17; Horaee Seofield, April 7; William Manderville, June 12; 31- Andrew P. Thompson, October 8; C. Poller, April 2; John Ban- bring, April 2; 32-Firman Conover, April 16; 33-Charles E. Zuriek, July 17; 34-John Stine, August 23; Wales Gudson, Au- gust 8; 34-Albert W. Griswold, August 23; Fredrick Pierce, August 18; 35-C. Shuber, November 6.
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Marshall. Township 101, range 16. The first claims were made in 1855. Those who filed that year were: 2-Edward B. Munsel, April 24; 3-Abram H. Planty, July 11; Dexter Barrett, September 13; 4-William B. Updegraph, November 14; 5- Mitchell Lunney, September 22; 6-Peter Henyan, September 22; Supply C. Fop, October 13; John Hodgden, October 13; 7- Joel Parker, December 31; 17-Joshua Reed, September 11; 26- William N. Smith, November 26; 27-Jerimiah P. Boyle, Sep- tember 3; 32-Christopher G. Ripley, November 26; 34-Filo S. Beers, November 6.
Clayton. Township 102, range 15. The first claims taken in this town were in 1855. Those who filed that year were: 2- John F. Randall, December 11; 3-Benjamin Wilson, December 11; John F. Peterson, December 20; 31-Phenias Wilcox, Novem- ber 12; John Oleson, July 20; Christopher G. Ripley, November 26; 35-Andrew McDonald, December 11.
Le Roy. Township 101, range 14. The first claims taken were in 1855. Those who filed that year are: 19-P. Huntley, October 10; 20-A. D. l'arks, October 10; 22-William M. Bishop, October 22; 27-Timothy Caswell, October 15; 28-Lester Cong- den, November 2; Frederick Bovee, November 2; Wentworth IIayes, October 25; 32-Ruben Allen, William H. Morrison, De- cember 10; 34-Nathan MeNeaill, A. J. Palmer, November 7.
Udolpho. Township 104, range 18. William B. Tullis filed on section twenty-one in 1855, October 10. Soloman Wilcox filed on section twenty-two November 14, and Silas Dutcher, Jr., and John G. Vaughan on section thirty-five the same month of the same year. Those who filed in 1856 were: 1-Jonathan Jimeson, October 29; 2-Fredrich Lambrecht, August 26; 3-Obid Averill, November 8; 4-Niles Evertson, June 23; 5-Jacob Van Horn, October 28; 9-John R. Reed, July 12; 10-Thomas Reed, Janu- ary 12; 11-John A. Scott, October 28; 12-Edwin Lester, Oc- tober 28; 13-Nathan R. Weaver, July 24; William H. Pratt, November 17; 14-Lucas C. Hobert, October 30; 15-John Mop- pen, November 8; 17-Alfred Van Horn, October 28; 19-Knudt Oleson, June 26; 20-William Pitt, November 1; Jonathan Mack, September 23; 21-Edw. Bassett, July 25; Levi Smith, July 17; Reuben Smith, September 17; 23-Joseph Reed, September 23; Hiram Luce, August 28; 24-Nathan Weaver, July 24; George Fowler, September 23; James B. Weaver, July 25; IIenry C. Rogers, November 17; 25-Nathaniel N. Reed, November 17; George W. Durand, September 29; Abraham Bigler, October 16; 27-Timothy B. Andrews, September 29; Edwin Spersy, Novem- ber 17; James Howard, November 2; John Johnson, November 2; 28-William Stephenson, September 24; Robert Stephenson, August 28; Herman Larr, September 23; Warren A. Brown, No-
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vember 4; 29-Alfred Cooper, November 1; 30-Knudt Oleson, June 26; John Trickerson, July 21; 33-James Burt, July 24; Martin Weatherwax, July 24; 34-James Howard, November 2; Ivory Colloway, June 12; 35-Edward Ells, October 16; David L. Courtney, June 13; Ivory Collings, June 12.
Waltham. Township 104, range 17. Most all the land in this county was taken in 1856. Those who came in 1855 were: 7- George W. Evans, November 13; 19-John F. Peterson, Decem- ber 20; Christopher G. Ripley, December 18; Gunder Neverson, May 27; 21-Bernard Develin, September 25; 22-Halvor Gun- derson, May-24; Gunder Burgeson, August 18; 26-James Rice, November 21; 28-Simon Waller, April 27; 29-Mary E. Wood, November 16; 30-Henry Cobb, December 15; 31-Charles Me- Elrath, August 29; Thomas Campbell, November 6; Buel Cobb, December 15; 32-John Tarr, September 27; 34-John Hodg- den, October 13; 35-Engene Wilson, November 26.
Sargeant. Township 104, range 16. The first claims in this town were taken in 1855. Those who filed that year were: 1- Thomas Campbell, November 6; Townsend W. Horton, Decem- ber 12; 11-George W. Lemont, November 15; 12-Philo S. Beers, November 6; 13-James W. Jackson, November 14; Ole Erickson, July 20; Christopher Ripley, November 26; Edward Thorn, November 14; 23-Edward D. Munsell, November 24; 21-A. Knudson, July 20; 25-William Tuttle, November 15; 26-James Herman, May 26; Patrick Jordan, May 26; Halver Gunderson, May 24; Warren A. Sumner, November 15; 35- Frederick Pierson, August 14; Howard Cramer, June 26; Joel Parker, November 26.
Pleasant Valley. Township 104, range 15. One claim was taken in this township in 1854, September 23, by John Pierson. This claim is not now in Mower county. In 1855 James Welch filed on section twelve, June 29. Those who filed in 1856 were: 1-Frederick M. Pierson, January 25; Rosamund M. Calef, July 15; 2-Charles Berryman, August 18; 2-Sampson Berryman, August 18; 3-George Pease, August 6; Jacob Peiffer, August 6; Andrew Mclellan, July 22; 4-John Powell, August 5; John King, November 21; 5-George Pearson, July 21; C. D. Knapp, September 21; 6-William Foot, August 5; George Church, Au- gust 5; Austin Joyce, September 14; 7-Thomas Joyce, July 9; James Edward, September 24; James Tripp, August 12; Mary Gowen, September 24; 9-Ezra Tual, September 9; 10-S. Mun- son, July 22; Patrick Jordon, December 1; 11-William Hill, August 7; 12-Cyrus Derby, July 7; 13-K. B. Pullen, August 25; Daniel Fisher, August 2; 14-Daniel Congden, July 16; 15- John D. Bartlett, July 17; William Finch, July 21; 17-Ezekel Hawkins, October 30; Joseph Vorse, October 30; 17-Stephen
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Pratt, October 30; 18-Mary Gowan, September 24; Joel Saw- yer, October 15; David Wells, October 24; 19-Charles Van Flick, October 27; Jerimiah Felton, October 23; Henry Slater, October 30; Zeno C. Brayton, October 30; 20-Edward Hallosan, December 2; Timothy Hallosan, December 2; William Wide- man, November 11; 22-Stelman Smith, November 24; Warren E. Pate, November 24; 24-George Peckham, October 26; Charles Pratt, November 19; 25-Daniel Twitchell, October 15; Charles Arthur, September 18; 26-Eri Baker, November 15; Benjamin Baker, November 15; 27-John Tuttle, December 9; 32-Cyril Wilson, December 12; 33-Eli Dunham, September 30: Abram Wilson, December 12; D. Baker, September 30; 34-William Harrison, November 17; John Orcutt, July 25; Wilbur Mosher, September 30; 35-Andrew Gorden, December 24; William W. W. Smith, October 28.
Racine. Township 104, range 14. Practically all the land in this township was taken in 1856. Those who came in 1855 were: 3-William V. Wooldridge, September 21; Noah Lincoln, September 21; 5-William Carson, May 19; 5-John Robinson. April 12; 6-John B. McCain, April 12; Henry K. White, April 11; 7-Frederick Brisgrove, November 8; 8-Charles L. Grannis, May 19; 10-William Buck, February 19.
Lansing. Township 103, range 18. The first claims taken in this town were in 1855. Those who filed that year were: 1- John L. Johnson, October 25; 11-John Pettibone, October 25; Jeremiah B. Yates, September 14; 14-V. P. Lewis, September 14; 27-Joseph Miller, October 10; 33-Oliver J. Beemis, No- vember 17; 34-Joseph Miller, October 10; 35-David L. Smith, November 8. Those who came in 1856 were: 2-Alanson B. Vanghan, June 23; 3-Michael Burns, June 16; 6-Lawrence Wallace, December 31; 8- James MeIntire, December 31; 9- James C. Cummings, July 24; Joseph Miles, July 26; Rufus Kim- ball, August 13; 10-William Curtain, July 25; Enough G. Vaughan, June 13; John A. Hunke, June 12; 11-Peter Burns, March 7; 12-Samuel Gartin, September 25; John Degnan, Sep- tember 25; 14-David Russel, August 6; Robert Crippen, May 12; 15-John Lyons, April 26; 17-Emery A. Snow, December 17; 18-Lowell Bullen, December 17; 21-Azariah II. Chapin, September 18; 22-II. C. Nutes, August 13; Hosea Day, May 23; John F. Cook, August 13; 23-Roland B. Malene, September 25; Silas Dutcher Len, July 7; Joseph Haskins, September 2; Samuel Dixon, October 15; 25-Harvey Wilkinson, September 2; Edw. Green, September 25; 26-Franklin Broundfoot, Sep- tember 2; John Clanton, December 12; 27-Stephen Cook, No- vember 25; Robert Dobbins, July 8; 28-A. Chapin, September 18; Harvey Allen, September 18; Joseph Lovel, August 6; 29-
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George Baird, November 3; William Hunt, August 6; 30-Will- iam Bartlett, August 12; Robert Keornes, November 29; William Whitford, July 23; 31-William Yaw, July 9; Strange Il. G. Rathborn, September 8; Mareus Whitford, July 23; Stephen L. Wood, September 8; 32-Even Nelson, September 16; Levi Watrous, August 12; Horace Silver, July 23; Marcus Whitford, July 23; Elishia Beeman, October 31; 33-William Thompson, June 30; Wilbour Kimball, July 16; George Hangmann, Novem- ber 29; 34 J. P. Jones, July 3; William Baudler, July 7; Thomas Gilliland, May 23; 35-Homer Higgins, December 12; William Brown, July 22; Orvice Hudson, May 24.
Red Rock. The first elaims taken in this town were in 1856. Those who filed that year were: 1-James Kanes, September 30; William H. Lewis, September 8; 2-Henry W. Stevenson, September 22; Abram E. Howard, September 30; John J. Malter- son, October 3; John F. Hill, July 31; 3-John Cretzer, July 15; Willard Brown, April 21; Elizah Sanborn, April 21; Nehemiah Woodward, November 30; 4 Noal Stevens, March 17; Joseph Wilcox, July 14; 5-Washington Mason, October 25; John W. Woodward, November 20; Lyon King, July 15; 7-Solomon Coats, April 26; 8-Oliver Knox, July 14; 9-Dexter D. Hardy, September 11; Charles Atwood, June 18; 10-Henry Shook, July 15; Andrew Parkhurst, August 13; 11-George W. Dennis, April 7; Philip Millard, June 25; 14-Thomas Allred, June 25; John Fox, September 6; William Reeves, August 27; 15-R. C. Heath, June 25; Nathan Millard, June 25; E. F. Chase, August 5; Davis Bemis, August 13; 17-David Weaver, November 26; John B. Kinsley, November 26; 20-Inman J. R. Wright, July 22; Mar- riet J. Spooner, August 28; John Spooner, August 28; James Spooner, July 15; 21- James Steward, July 15; Ulysses Hoadley, July 22; Benjamin North, August 28; 22-Lewis Colby, August 5; Hampton Piper, September 30; 23-William H. Dotz, Novem- ber 3; 24-William H. Brown, July 21; 29-Luke Page, August 19; Joseph Wright, August 9; 30-George Miller, April 16.
Grand Meadow. Township 103, range 15. The first claims were taken in 1856. Those who filed this year were: 1-Charles E. Thurber, September 13; Bruno Frank, April 2; George W. Williams, December 3; 2-Corinthia Williams, October 28; Daniel S. Satterton, September 19; Amos B. Stepenson, September 19; 3-Charles Arnold, July 24; Milo White, December 22; George C. Shaffer, September 22; 10-Jonathan Elwood, December 22; 11-Alfred Lee, September 27; 12-Benjamin Langworthy, Oc- tober 15; Charles Schroth, September 1; 13-Mary MeCabe, Sep- tember 1; Andrew MeCabe, September 13; Silas Garber, Sep- tember 12; Arthur McNelly, July 9; Edw. Floyd, November 17; Sylvester Harris, November 3; 14-Peter Merier, September 29;
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Joseph Campbell, August 30; 15-Gustave Maas, September 19; 22 -- Nelson Babeoek, October 30; William Holhofer, September 19; 23-Philip Eppard, September 19; Paul MeKinley, Septem- ber 8; Nelson Smith, September 8; 24-Theodore B. Allbee, Au- gust 25; Edwin Lloyd, November 17; Joseph Allen, October 30; William Allen, August 25; Maxon L. Potter, November 3; 25- Barney MeDonnough, November 22; 25-David Dewey, Sep- tember 1; Nelson Manchester, November 14; 26-Stephen Wiek- ham, November 22; Darbey Cobey, November 22; 35-Jerome Wieker, September 1; Jefferson Palmer, September 9; Joel Dens- more, September 1.
Dexter. Township 103, range 16. Practically all the land in the township was taken in 1856. Those who came earlier and filed in 1855 were: 2-William D. Mead, November 26; Chris- topher G. Ripley, November 26; 11-Townsend N. Horton, December 12; 26-John F. Peterson, December 20; Edward B. Munsell, November 24; 31-William Updegraff, November 15; 32 -- Nathan Updegraff, November 15; 33-James W. Jackson, November 14; Dexter Parritt, September 26; 34 Michael J. Slaven, November 8; James Slaven, November 8; Edward Thorn, November 14; Simon Waller, July 11.
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