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95,033
3.22
585
17,855
30.52
N. Salem.
28,039.07
101,747
3.62
38
405
488
19,015
38.96
Grantsvi'e
28,227.90
159,431
5.64
10
315
708
25,715
36.22
Enterpr's
15,879.97
75,145
4.73
40
3,370
399
13,770
34.51
Bucklin. .
38,113.41
183,420
4.81
323
31,590
758
26,255
34.63
Jackson. .
35,542.31
190,060
5.34
..
1088
37,830
34.77
Total .. 387,759.49
$2,061,760 $5.06 4004 $498,303 9025 $318,112
$ 35.24
ASSES- JENNETTS
MULES.
CATTLE.
TOWNSHIPS.
Number.
Value.
Average.
Number.
Value.
Average.
Number.
Value.
Average.
Parson Creek.
5$
73|$14.60|
139|$ 7,166|$50.55
2,396|$ 36,497 $15.23
Jefferson ....
3
210, 70.00
84
3,945
47.00
757
9,875
13.04
Brookfield ....
1
100.100.00
60
2,905
48.41
2,084
29,410
14.11
Locust Creek.
4
145
36.25
84
4,030
47:97
2,724
46,758
17.16
Yellow Creek.
2
200 100.00
96
4,625
48.17.
2,846
33,710
11.84
Benton .
2
110!
55.00
39
1,615
41.41
1,533
24,808
16.18
Clay
118
3,990
33.81
2,010
24,145
12.01
Baker
6
220
36.66
63
1,910
30.31
2,100
23,761
11.31
North Salem
20
1,285
64.25
2,172
25,776
12.78
Grantsville
51
2,565
50.30
2,572
35,379
13.75
Enterprise
45
2,140
47.55
2,114
36,016
17.03
Bucklin
13
314
24.15
149
4,840
32.48
2,924
39,203
13.40
Jackson
7
330
47.14
104
3,985
38.31
2,424
29,080
12.00
Total
43 $1,702 $39.35 1052 $45,001 $42.77 28,656|$396,418
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
LINN COUNTY ASSESSMENT 1881-CONTINUED.
SHEEP.
HOGS.
ALL OTHER LIVE STOCK.
TOWNSHIPS.
Number.
Value.
Average.
Number.
Value.
Number.
Value.
Average.
Parson Cr'k.
4,3751$
4,949|$ 1.13|
2,062|$
3,828
1|$
15|
. .. . .
Jefferson
5,380
6,280|
1.16
2,568
6,145
1,603
17,095 $10.66
Brookfield .. .
2,272
2,535
1.11
1,544
4,112
Locust Creek
2,387
2,387,
1.00
2,669
4,146
Yellow Cr'k.
3,254
3,315
1.01
2,416
4.230
1
190
Benton.
2,095
2,125
1.01
1,305
4,427
Clay
3,312
3,511
1.06
1,978
3.823
Baker
2,724
2,721
1.00
2,230
3,014
North Salem.
618
618
1.00
2,054
3,429
Grantsville
3,596
3,691
1.02
2,138
3,993
Enterprise
1,729
1,860
1.07
1,380
5,008
Bucklin.
3,610
3,941
1.08|
2,689
4,470
Jackson
2,067
2,290
1.10
3,817
6,705
Total
37,419 $ 40,233
28,850|$ 57,330
1,608 $ 17,300
Money, notes,
bonds, etc.
Am't return'd
by brokers ..
Am't return'd
by corpora-
All other per-
sonal
erty.
property.
Grand total of townships.
Parson Creek .
$ 38,354 $
..
.
$ 32,868|$ 150,380|$
415,993
Jefferson
19,495
25,785
117,875
387,545
Brookfield
71,360
10,000
11,000
58,003
215,895
653,535
Locust Creek
80,023
46.265
213,909
464,377
Yellow Creek
18,235
18,690
105,015
280,620
Bentor
32,414
13,347
96,336
233,935
Clay
31,946
19,227
112,714
295,666
Baker
11,505
10.282
71,268
166,301
North Salem
8,075
9,712
69,910
172,062
Grantville
19,734
16,263
107,340
267,086
Enterprise
16,514
7,984
83,292
161,807
Bucklin
20,678
27,116
126,817
341,827
Jackson
35,465
25.585
141,270
331,330
Total
$403,798|$10,000|$11,000 $311,127|$1,612,021 $4,172,084
TOWNSHIPS.
tion.
prop-
Total personal
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When you come to hogs there is almost an equal preference expressed for the Berkshire and the Poland-China. Some farmers prefer one, and some the other. In a dry season, the Berkshire is said to stand it best. They are larger boned and stronger than the Poland-China, and get around more. The latter is said to fatten the quickest, and mature earlier. The Poland is a first-class lazy hog, and would much rather have its food brought to it than to go after it. The Berkshire will do either: go after it, or eat it when brought. What it cares for is something to eat. There is a good deal of the " hog " about the Berkshire, and it must be a good breed that gets away with it. Take the two, and there are no two others found to equal them.
With sheep, like the hog, the farmers of Linn county have placed their affections upon two kinds: the Cotswolds and South-Downs. Here and there will yet be found the Merinos, and there are quite a number in the county, but the two breeds mentioned above lead. The Leicester is liked by some, and it is a good sheep, but there are not many in the county. The Cotswolds, and then the South-Downs, will hold the lead undoubtedly for years to come.
THEIR CHOICE.
Of apples, the " Ben Davis " leads all others in Linn county. There are some better apples for winter use and for eating, but they do not bear so well, and are scarcely so hardy as the " Ben Davis." The latter is a good apple, very hardy, and the trees bear abundantly. This is given as the reason for its preference.
Horses are improving, and it is the general opinion now that if some good draught horses, of the Percheron or Clydesdale breed were brought in, the latter being rather the choice, they would take quicker with the farmers of Linn than blooded, or what they call racing stock. There are, however, quite a number of blooded horses in the county, and they are increasing.
In cattle the " Short-Horns " lead. The value of the Herefords is little known. They are, however, very little, if any, inferior to the Short-Horns. Now and then a "Jersey" is to be found, but, take it generally, the blooded cattle are of the noted Short-Horn breed.
TRANSPORTATION.
One germ of progress in the growth of a county, and in fact a leading one, is to have rapid and cheap freighting facilities. The home market is everywhere supplied, and the surplus stock of the farmer, which is for sale, must be sent to the centers of consumption-large cities, that are consum- ers, not producers. The county, then, which is provided with cheap and rapid facilities for sending its surplus to market is the county which will gain the most rapidly in population and wealth. Undoubtedly railroad
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
transportation has cost our people dearly, and the burden of this has fallen on the pioneer generation of our county's history, for, in the progress of nations, the United States is yet not out of its infancy; or, if so, has simply passed from infancy to boyhood growth. Another century will have passed ere lusty manhood shows its stalwart front.
Linn.county, with her productive soil, running streamns, and transporta- tion facilities, is well worthy the attention of the immigrant. Having a north and south line of railroad, and an east and west one, her facilities for cheap and rapid transit are equal to almost any county in the State. At no distant day, at least one other road will pass through her boundary; and when with these shall be added good county roads, there would be nothing to stop the onward progress of Linn county. There is rock enough in the county to macadamize every road within its limits, and there could be notli- ing that would so advance its progress and invite immigration as good county roads. With these Linn county could defy all rivalry. With the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad running through from east to west, and the Chicago, Burlington, & Kansas City, north and south, and macadam where needed, the future prosperity of the county would be as certain as the re- volving year. Fertile territory has done much for Linn county; railroads have added to its value.
The history of cities and the growth of states can easily be followed by the gradual increase of transportation facilities; and the towns which can show this in the largest proportion will generally be found to have the business, and the greatest amount of wealth and population. As before remarked, the pioneer age has had to bear the brunt of the cost of this work, but future generations will be apt to say that our forefathers built wiser than they knew, if they could but see the prosperity of this country. Two centuries from now this country would indeed be a marvel to the in- habitants of to-day, and that marvel will have been produced as much from improved and rapid means of communication between distant points as any one thing in the wonderful history of its progress.
LAND VALUATION.
Why seek in the dreary desert waste for cheap lands, when the same can be found with all the comforts of civilization around them. There are over 100,000 acres of good fertile land for sale in Linn county, from $5 to $25 per acre, contiguous to schools, churches, mills, and with cheap transportation facilities. Then why go to a new country and endure the privations of a pioneer's life? If these lands were not rich, and fertile in production, there would be some excuse; but as land to-day in Linn county can be purchased at the above price, fully as cheap as it was nearly twenty years ago, it looks like folly to go to the western wilds. The inducements
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
this county can offer to the immigrant, if widely known, would bear rapid fruit in an increase of population, and her enterprising people can do no greater work than to spread before the world this information.
CHAPTER X.
THOSE WHO HELD . OFFICE AND SECURED THE EMOLU- MENTS.
County Judges, Sheriff's, Clerks, Treasurers, etc.,-Senatorial and Congressional Districts -Senators and Representatives-Present Congressman and the Vote-Judicial Circuit- Judges and Attorneys-The Full List of Patriots Who Served the People, for the Hon- ors and Salaries Attached-History of the Probate Court.
COUNTY JUDGES.
1837-William Howell, presiding justice; William Bowyer and Robert Warren.
1838-Meredith Brown, presiding justice; Robert Warren and Alexander Ogan.
1840-Alexander Ogan, presiding justice; John J. Flood and Thomas Barbee. Thomas Barbee resigned May 5, 1841, and the Governor appointed C. C. P. Hill.
1842-John J. Flood, presiding justice; Thomas M. Rooker and Alexan- der Ogan. John J. Flood resigned August 4, 1842, and Alexander Ogan presided.
1842-Lot Lantz, presiding justice; William Bowyer and Thomas M. Rooker. February 8, 1844, Rooker took Lantz's place as presiding justice.
1846-William B. Woodruff, presiding justice; Thomas M. Rooker and John Botts. Thomas M. Rooker resigned August 16, 1847, and Joseph C. Moore was appointed.
1850-Henry Wilkinson, presiding justice; Joseph C. Moore and John Botts. John Botts resigned Augifst 9, 1852, and Daniel Beals appointed.
1854-S. J. Phillips, presiding justice; William M. Maxwell and P. W. Banning.
1858-S. P. Phillips, presiding justice; Joseph C. Moore and William M. Maxwell. William M. Maxwell resigned July, 1860, and James A. Maddox appointed. James A. Maddox resigned February 3, 1862, and James M. Bryan appointed.
1862-Joseph C. Moore, presiding justice; John Botts and James M. Bryan.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
1864-James M. Bryan, presiding justice; John Botts and Harrison E. Bigger. John Botts resigned June 4, 1866, and William B. Brinkley ap- pointed.
1866-James L. Jones, probate judge; presiding justice County Court.
1867-Carlos Boardman, probate judge; presiding justice County Court. Harrison E. Bigger and O. P. Louthon. O. P. Louthon resigned Decem- ber 21, 1868, and Daniel Beals appointed. Daniel Beals resigned May, 1870, and T. B. L. Hardin appointed.
1871-Ell Torrance, presiding justice; Harrison E. Bigger and George W. Minor.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
1872-Jeremiah Phillips, Locust Creek township.
William D. Southerland, Grantsville township.
Alfred Williams, Jefferson township.
W. H. Hale, Brookfield township.
J. R. Grenhalgh, Yellow Creek township.
R. J. Wheeler, Bucklin township.
J. W. Huffaker, Baker township.
George W. Minor, North Salem township.
Frank Kinman, Enterprise township.
Silas Hale, Benton township. Alexander Sayers, Jackson township.
Charles J. Fore, Clay township.
Thomas D. Evans, Parsons Creek township.
1873-Beverly Neece, presiding justice, four years.
Noah Capon, John M. Pratt, J. W. Southerland, and G. N. Blos- som.
1875-Alexander Purdin, appointed.
1875-J. T. Fleming, elected January 26.
1876-Beverly Neece, presiding justice.
John M. Pratt, J. T. Fleming, Presley Moore, and G. N. Blossom. 1877-Beverly Neece, presiding justice, August' 6.
John M. Pratt and Presley Moore.
1878-J. M. Cash, Robert Cochran (November). Joseph Schrock, presiding justice.
1880-Joseph Schrock, presiding justice. . J. M. Cash and W. J. Cox, resigned in January, 1882.
John M. Pratt appointed by the Governor January 19, 1882.
COUNTY ASSESSORS.
1837-John J. Flood, May, appointed. 1838-Abraham Venable, elected, August.
256
HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
1839-William Clarkson, elected.
1844-Pearson Tyer, elected.
1846-Beverly Neece, appointed, February 4.
1846-Thompson K. Neal, elected August; resigned December 3, 1849. 1850-William Clarkson, appointed February 4; resigned November 3, 1852.
1852 -- William Purdin, appointed December 14.
1854-J. E. Quick, elected August.
1856-William N. Hamilton, appointed December 15.
1857-J. M. Hamilton, appointed June 1.
FOUR DISTRICTS, ONE TO FOUR.
1858-Number one, William Banning. Number two, D. Shiffleth. Number three, James C. Connelly.
Number four, James L. Phillips."
1859-Number one, William Banning. Number two, J. M. Hamilton.
Number three, William L. Howell. Number four, Philip W. Christy.
1860-William L. Howell, appointed February 6.
1860-Jeremiah M. Hamilton, elected August; resigned Februray 3, 1862.
1862-James P. Witherow, appointed February 3.
1862-William L. Howell, appointed November 3.
1865-Fielding Lewis, appointed September 4; resigned August 6, 1866. 1866-C. G. Bigger, appointed August 7.
1867-Thomas Carter, appointed; resigned February 2, 1868.
1868-John Carter, appointed March 2.
1870-George W. Martin, appointed February 8.
1872-W. J. Porter, elected November.
1877-James P. Witherow, appointed August 6.
1878-James P. Witherow, elected November.
TREASURERS.
1837-Thomas Barbee, July 1.
1838-Augustus W. Flournoy, May 7.
1839-Jeremiah Phillips, July 20; resigned September 17, 1840.
1840-Daniel Prewitt, appointed September 17.
1851-Edward Hoyle, appointed October.
1854-John G. Flournoy, elected August.
1856-Thomas H. Flood, elected August.
1860-John W. Sandusky, elected August.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
1862-W. H. Brownlee, elected August; resigned December 1.
1862-Edward Hoyle, appointed December 1; resigned November 6, 1865.
1865-A. W. Mullins, appointed December 4.
1866-Marion Cave, elected November.
1868-A. W. Mullins, elected November.
1870-H. C. Clarkson, elected November.
1872-Milton Goldman, elected November; resigned October 20, 1874.
1874-John C. Phillips, appointed October 20.
1878-Thomas H. Flood, elected November.
SHERIFFS.
1837-Joseph W. Minnis.
1840-Jeremiah Phillips.
1844-Whorton B. Barton.
1848-John G. Flournoy.
1852 -- Beverly Neece.
1856 -- Peter Ford; died October, 1857.
1857-Thomas M. Rooker, appointed November 2; resigned December 7, 1861.
1862-Joel H. Wilkinson.
1864-James A. Neal.
1868-Marion Cave, elected November.
1870-E. C. Brott, elected November.
1874-Elias Chesround, elected November.
1876-John P. Phillips, elected November.
1880-Marion Boles, elected November.
The first constable in the county was John Yount, for Locust Creek township.
COUNTY CLERKS.
1837-James A. Clark, February 2, pro tempore, appointed. E. T. Dennison, May, appointed.
1838-E. T. Dennison, Angust, elected.
1839-E. T. Dennison resigned.
A. W. Flournoy, appointed July 23.
1840 -- Enoch Kemper, appointed June 6. 1852-Enoch Kemper died.
T. T. Woodruff, appointed April 5. 1862-William S. McClanahan, December 1.
1870-George W. Martin, November election.
1878-B. A. Jones, November election.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
COUNTY ATTORNEYS.
1844-James Carson, November 26; held for two years.
1854-Carlos Boardman, October 9.
1862-J. H. Routan, August 4; removed March 2, 1863.
1864-Carlos Boardman, February 1.
1868 --. William H. Brownlee, February 1.
1869-George W. Easley, January 1.
1871 -- Carlos Boardman, January 1.
1875 -- E. R. Stephens, January 1.
1877-Ed W. Smith, January 1; present incumbent.
COLLECTORS.
1877-James Tooey, appointed August 6.
1878-James T. Lay, elected November 18; resigned April 11, 1879- ill health. James Tooey, appointed May 5, 1879. CIRCUIT CLERK.
1838-E. T. Dennison, August 13.
1843-John J. Flood, February 5.
1848-Whorton R. Barton.
1850 .- Jeremiah Phillips.
1866 .- George W. Thompson.
1870 .- Fred W. Powers, November. Still in office.
ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS.
1857-James A. Neal, December 21.
1867 -- James A. Neal, reappointed, June; resigned December, 1868.
1869-Benjamin F. Northcott, appointed January 5.
1870 -- Thornton T. Easly, appointed January 5.
1872-C. G. Bigger, appointed Jannary 22.
1876-J. P. Witherow, appointed January.
1877-E. B. Roberson, August 6.
1879 -- J. M. Pratt, appointed January 2.
1879-Angus Rhein, appointment revoked and surveyor made ex officio road and bridge commissioner August 7, 1879.
1880-C. G. Bigger, elected November, 1880.
COUNTY RECORDERS.
Circuit clerks acted as recorders until 1870: Whorton R. Barton, John
J. Flood, Jeremiah Phillips, and George W. Thompson.
1870-Thomas Kille, elected November.
1874-W. W. Peery, elected November.
1878-John H. Craig, elected November.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
1853-Joseph B. Fields, appointed; held till January 1, 1863.
1863-W. S. McClanahan, acting commissioner.
1866-B. J. Northcott, appointed May 8.
1868-E. D. Seward, elected November.
1870-Ed Hamilton, killed by lightning.
1871-Charles Hamilton, appointed to succeed.
1873-H. B. Van Volkenburg.
1876-B. A. Jones. 1878-George M. Elliott.
1880-J. T. Nickerson.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
1839 -- John D. Grant; died in December, 1839.
1839 -- B. W. Foster, appointed December 30. 1841 -- Irvin Ogan, appointed February 3.
The county attorneys, but principally the county clerks, held the posi- tion from time to time, by appointment from the County Court, the pres- ent county clerk being the county commissioner.
LINNEUS COMMISSIONERS.
1839-John D. Grant. 1840 -- R. W. Foster; removed February 12, 1842. 1842 -- Charles A. Fore; until death, in 1881.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
1837-John D. Grant.
1837-R.JW. Foster, died, appointed December.
1847-William G. Sanders, appointed November 4.
1853-William S. McClanahan, appointed April 12. 1862-C. G. Bigger, elected August. 1872-M. L. Weeks, elected November. 1874 -- Alexander Cairns, appointed.
1874-J. P. Witherow, elected November.
1877-Angus Rhein, elected November.
1880-C. G. Bigger, elected November.
INSPECTOR OF WINES AND LIQUORS.
1862-H. De Graw, May 5. 1862-L. W. Clark, December 1.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
CORONERS.
1847-William Sanders, February 5.
1850-H. H. Gibson.
1852-B. H. Russell.
1854-Isaac Shirley.
1856-H. L. Cherry.
1864-Levi Lake, November election.
1870-B. H. Russell, November election.
1872-M. G. Roush, November election.
1874-Jeremiah Morris, November election.
1876-A. Carroll, November election.
1880-J. C. Scott, November election.
CLAIM AND BOUNTY AGENT.
1864-George W. Stephens, May 25; office abolished June 12, 1865.
SWAMP LAND COMMISSIONERS.
1860-Beverly Neece, May 7.
1865-W. L. McClanahan, June 12.
1866-C. G. Bigger, January 2.
1866-William L. McClanahan, November 5.
1871-George W. Martin, February 23.
1875-E. Chesround, appointed May 18.
1879-B. A. Jones, appointed April 9.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.
Carlos Boardman, appointed February 12, 1848; Charles A. Fore.
Carlos Boardman, resigned January 1, 1867, and Chester Pratt appointed 1867. Harvey and Black were elected afterward but never qualified. Wil- liam G. Gooch elected November 18, 1874. J. D. Shifflett, November, 1880.
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
1855-Jacob Smith.
1857-Thornton T. Easley.
1860-William H. Brownlee, elected August; resigned January 2, 1865.
1865 -- George W. Stephens, appointed February 6.
1866-James L. Jones.
1866-Carlos Boardman, elected November.
1870-Ell Torrance, elected November.
1874-J. D. Shifflett, elected November.
1878-John B. Wilcox, elected November.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
1867-Harry Landers, June. 1868-William H. Brownlee, elected November; resigned April, 1873. 1873-C. L. Dobson, appointed May. 1874-Thomas Whitaker, November, 1874; held until court was abol- ished January 1, 1881.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1838 -- James A. Clark, Democrat.
1840-Irvin Ogan, Democrat.
1842 -- Jenkins, Whig. 1844-E. C. Morlock, Democrat.
1846-Jeremiah Phillips, Democrat.
1848-G. W. Guinn, Democrat.
1850 -- Jacob Smith, Whig.
1852-Wesley Haliburton, Democrat.
1854-John Botts, Democrat.
1856-Beverly Neece, Democrat.
1858 -- John Gooch, Democrat. 1860 -- E. H. Richardson, Democrat.
1862 -- A. W. Mullins, Republican. 1864-Dr. John F. Powers, Republican; died in 1865. R. W. Holland, unexpired term, Republican. 1866-T. J. Stauber, Republican.
1868 -- A. W. Mullins, Republican.
1870 -- Alexander W. Meyers, Democrat.
1872-S. P. Houston, Republican. 1874-Abner Moyer, Democrat.
1876 -- George W. Easley, Democrat.
1878-W. H. Patterson, Democrat.
1880 -- E. D. Harvey, Democrat.
SENATORS.
1840-Thomas C. Burch, Macon county, Democrat. 1842-Dr. John Wolfscale, Livingston county, Democrat. 1846 -- Augustus W. Flournoy, Linn county, Democrat. 1850 -- Augustus W. Flournoy, Linn county, Democrat. 1854 -- Frederic Rowland, Linn county, Democrat. 1858 -- Wesley Haliburton, Sullivan county, Democrat. 1862-John McCollough, Sullivan county, Radical; died in 1863. 1863 -- I. V. Pratt, unexpired term, Linn county, Radical. 1866 -- I. V. Pratt, Linn county, Radical.
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
1870-William A. Shelton, Putnam county, Radical.
1874-E. F. Perkins, Linn county, Democrat.
1878-Andrew Mackey, Chariton county, Democrat.
1882-Election to be held November next.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
1837-Thomas Reynold.
1839 -- Thomas C. Burch, April term.
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ORGANIZED 1839.
1839-James A. Clark, commissioned in December by Governor Briggs. 1861-Jacob Smith.
1864-R. A. Debolt, elected in November.
1874-Gavon D. Burgess, reëlected in 1880.
CIRCUIT ATTORNEYS.
1837-James A. Clark.
1839-Benjamin F. Stringfellow. Wesley Haliburton.
Robert D. Morris.
John C. Griffin. Daniel Metcalf.
L. W. Wright.
Office abolished by the new constitution.
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
The first senatorial district in which Linn county was connected was composed of the counties of Macon, Livingston, and Linn. In 1842, Grundy county was added to the list, it having been organized the year be- fore. In 1853, the district was again changed, and was known as the Tenth Senatorial District, and composed of the counties of Macon, Chariton, and - Linn. This remained until the year 1865, when Sullivan and Putnam counties were added, and Macon taken off; the counties composing the dis- trict being Chariton, Linu, Sullivan, and Putnam. This remained until 1881, when the legislature failing to district the State, the State officers, Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney-General, as required by the constitution, met and performed the work. This took from this district Putnam county, leaving Chariton, Linn, and Sullivan as the Sixth State Senatorial District.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The State Convention, which convened in Jefferson City, June 2, 1862, among its many acts, districted the State into congressional districts. Linn
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HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY.
county was at first placed in the Seventh Congressional District, but the matter was amended the next day, and Sullivan county was placed in the Seventh Congressional District, and Linn in the Eighth.
The State was divided into nine congressional districts, and the Eighth was composed of the following counties: Linn, Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby, Macon, Randolph, and Howard.
This was the first time the State had been made into congressional dis- tricts. Prior to this the members had been voted for by the State at large.
This remained as the Eighth District until after the census of 1870, when the State being entitled to thirteen members, it was redistricted, and Linn county was placed in the Tenth Congressional District, composed of the following counties; to-wit, Randolph, Chariton, Linn, Sullivan, Mercer, Grundy, Livingston, Daviess, and Harrisón; nine counties in 1870 com- posed the district, and in 1860, some fifteen constituted the Eighth Con- gressional District. Missouri is expected to gain one member of Congress by the census of 1880, if not two, but the redistricting is not likely to be accomplished in time to have it published in this work, but it is not likely to affect this district very seriously. The present congressman from this district is the Hon. Joseph H. Burrows, of Mercer county, in politics a Greenbacker, who was elected by the combined Republican and Greenback vote. His majority in the district was sixty-five, as follows:
Joseph H. Burrows 17,284
Charles H. Mansur. 17,219
Majority . 65
At this writing Congress is in session, and the member from this district is proving himself a capable and diligent representative of the people. He succeeded the Hon. Gideon F. Rothwell, of Randolph county, a Democrat.
IN WHAT DISTRICTS.
Linn county is placed politically and judicially in the following districts: Sixth State Senatorial District.
Tenth Congressional District.
Eleventh Judicial District.
And has one member of the House Representatives, or lower house of the State legislature.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The county was organized December 26, 1836. While a County Court convened on the first Monday in February, 1837, it was not until December that the Circuit Court met.
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