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CHAPTER XXVII
COUNTY OFFICES AND OFFICIALS
FIRST ELECTION LAW - ELECTIONS - TWO EARLY ELECTIONS - OFFICIAL ROSTER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - ADOPTION OF TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION - COUNTY CLERKS - COUNTY TREASURERS - CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURT - COUNTY SHERIFFS - COUNTY JUDGES - COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS - COUNTY SURVEYORS - COUNTY CORONERS - REGISTERS OF DEEDS - COUNTY ATTORNEYS - COUNTY ASSESSORS - TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLIES - HOUSE OF REPRE- SENTATIVES - MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL - STATE LEGISLATURES - MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
At the second session of the legislative as- sembly of the territory of Nebraska, begun and held at Omaha December 16, 1855, a gen- eral election law was passed and approved January 26, 1856, which, amongst other things, provided that "an election for mem- bers of the house of representatives shall take place on the first Monday in August, 1856, and on the same day of each year there- after." It was further provided that an elec- tion for a delegate to congress and for terri- torial and county officials should be held on the first Monday in August in 1857, and on the same day in every second year thereafter.
The official history of Gage county began on the 7th day of August, 1857, with the form of an election by the members of the Beatrice Townsite Company, for the purpose of effect- ing county organization by the election of a full corps of county officials. This election was wholly irregular, though held probably on the proper date fixed by statute. It re- quired a special act of the legislative assembly of 1859 to validate this election and give ef- fect to the official acts of the officers so chosen. In 1858 a special election was called by the county board for the purpose of filling vacancies in certain county offices where those who had been chosen the previous year had failed to qualify. For the purpose of elec-
tions, the county board divided Gage county into two election precincts. Precinct No. 1 included the south half of the county ; pre- cinct No. 2 the north half, as then organized. The dividing line between the precincts was the line between townships 2 and 3. The en- tire county participated in the special election, and in 1859, at the regular election, a full set of county officials was chosen by the voters of the county.
For a period of sixty years Gage county has gone through a procession of elections, un- eventful as a rule, but effective in results. If that nation is happy whose annals are without interest, then the citizens of Gage county have enjoyed great felicity during these three score years, if their annual and biennial elections are to be regarded as barometers of domestic felicity.
Perhaps an incident of the election of 1859 and one of the election of 1860 may be of sufficient interest to justify their preservation in this history. Of both elections and the inci- dents here narrated the writer can speak with the authority of an eye-witness.
The election of 1859 occurred on a mellow day in August and was well attended by the voters of precinct No. 2. It was held in the open street, at the corner of Second and Court streets, where the ground about the middle of
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Court fell away to the north in a wide de- pression, to include about one-third of block 46, now owned by the Burlington Railroad Company. On the southeast corner of this block, lot 12, was the plain, board shanty of Orrin Stevens, well back from Court street, near the alley, and south of the house, at the edge of the depression, stood his straw-cov- ered shed or stable. The entire population of the county did not exceed three hundred white persons, the majority of whom were residents of precinct No. 2. The voters about the polls that day and the spectators com- bined probably numbered fifty persons. The voting began some time in the afternoon. Probably about three o'clock anxious in- quiries began to be made as to the where- abouts of "Orr Stevens." Presently there arose from the edge of the prairie at Fifth and Court streets a fierce Comanche-like yell, and coming toward the polls the spectator saw a new, partly covered wagon, drawn by a span of fine mules, plunging under whip down . street toward the voting place, every crack of the whip being punctuated by yells from the driver, who stood erect in the front end of his wagon. Then the cry was raised "There comes Orr Stevens," and the crowd gathered about the voting place. The team was brought to a sudden stop in their midst, the driver, a spare, light-complexioned man, slightly above medium height, with reddish- brown hair and beard, blue eyes, high, nar- row forehead, descended to the ground, and with many good-natured oaths in reply to the banter of the crowd, proceeded to take out the rear endgate of his wagon, and with the help of other willing hands, brought forth a barrel of perfectly good whiskey.
It was election whiskey furnished by the candidates and representatives of the Beatrice Townsite Company, to be used in celebrating the first general election held in Gage county. The head of the barrel was knocked in and all who would helped themselves without invita- tion to its contents.
The election of 1860 was of great dramatic interest throughout the entire United States. That was the election that sounded the doom
of human slavery in our country. The poll- ing place in Beatrice was at "Pap's Cabin." The population of the county had materially increased since the last election, the census of that year showing 421 white inhabitants. The voters, to the number of probably one hun- dred, gathered early in the forenoon about the voting place. Nebraska Territory was strongly Republican, and at this polling place but two parties were represented, "Douglas Demo- crats" and Republicans. The seriousness of the situation seemed to be impressed upon all those present, regardless of party. There was some delay in opening the polls, and inquiry was made as to the cause. The information was then given out that those in authority were waiting the arrival of Frederick Elwood and Johnathan Potts, who were to act as clerks of election. Presently two fresh- faced young men arrived and took their places at a table prepared and in readiness for the judges and clerks of election. They were Elwood and Potts, both residents of the Cub creek neighborhood and squatters on the pub- lic domain. Less than a year afterward they were the first to volunteer from Gage county in the service of their country in the great Civil war. They went to Nebraska City and both enlisted in Company H, First Regiment of Nebraska Volunteers, the regiment of Gen- eral John M. Thayer, John McConihe, Thomas J. Majors, Silas D. Strickland, and other Ne- braska heroes of that great struggle for hu- man liberty,
The reader may find from the following of- ficial roster of Gage county officials some in- formation which may be of interest.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1857 -- Albert Towle, George D. Bonham.
1858 - Albert Towle, H. M. Reynolds.
1859 - Albert Towle, H. M. Reynolds.
1860-H. M. Reynolds (resigned, suc- ceeded by J. M. Summers), J. T. Alex- ander, J. B. Mattingly.
1861-J. B. Mattingly, J. C. Waldrip, J. T. Sargent.
1862 -Fidillo H. Dobbs, Fordyce Roper, William Tyler.
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1863 - William Tyler, Fordyce Roper, Fi- first each township was represented on the dillo H. Dobbs.
1864 - William Tyler, Fordyce Roper and Fidillo H. Dobbs.
1865 - Fidillo H. Dobbs, William Tyler, H. T. Pierce.
1866 - William Tyler, George Grant, H. P. Freeman.
1867 - H. P. Freeman, William Tichnor, Horace M. Wickham.
1868 -II. P. Freeman, William Tichnor, Horace M. Wickham.
1869 -- Horace M. Wickham, J. M. Pettegrew, William Tichnor.
1870 - Horace M. Wickham, J. M. Pette- grew, Solon M. Hazen.
1871 - Horace M. Wickham, Solon M. Ha- zen, Elijah Filley.
1872-W. S. Guffy, Elijah Filley, H. M. Wickham.
1873-W. S. Guffy, Elijah Filley, H. M. Wickham.
1874 - Elijah Filley, H. M. Wickham, W. S. Guffy.
1875 - Solon M. Hazen, Elijah Filley, H. M. Wickham.
1876 - Solon M. Hazen, Elijah Filley, H. M. Wickham.
1877 - Solon M. Hazen, Elijah Filley, Henry Albert.
1878 - William Lamb, Henry Albert, George W. Talbot.
1879 - Henry Albert, George W. Talbot, Wil- liam Lamb.
1880 - J. Blackman, Henry Albert, William Lamb.
1881 -J. 1. Gumaer, William Lamb, Henry Albert.
1882- T. B. Essex, J. I. Gumaer, Henry Al- bert. 1883 - T. B. Essex, J. I. Gumaer, T. J. Ches- ney.
1884-T. B. Essex, T. J. Chesney, E. W. Lane.
1885 - E. W. Lane, T. J. Chesney, J. W. Wil- liams.
1886- Township Supervisors.
In 1885 the county adopted the township- supervisor system of county government. At
county board by a supervisor, the city of Bea- trice by four supervisors. This large repre- sentation, which was both cumbersome and expensive, was changed by the legislature in 1911, providing that counties under township organization should be divided into seven su- pervisor districts, with a supervisor for each district. Under this law township organiza- tion in Gage county has been very effective, and the county boards have uniformly been composed of men of ability and character. The limitations of this work render it impractical to set forth the names of the supervisors from the beginning of township organization in this county. At present the 1st district, composed of Adams, Filley, Hooker, Logan, Hanover and Nemaha townships, is represented on the board of supervisors by B. H. Siefkes. Dis- trict No. 2, composed of Blakely, Grant, Cla- tonia, Highland, Holt and Midland townships, is represented by Warren E. Chittenden. Dis- trict No. 3, comprising Riverside township and wards one and three of the city of Bea- trice, is represented by W. P. Carrithers. Dis- trict No. 4, comprising wards two and four of Beatrice, is represented by John O. Essam; District No. 5, comprising Rockford, Blue Springs, Sherman, Island Grove and Liberty townships, by J. W. Marples, resigned, John W. McFarren appointed to fill vacancy ; Dis- trict No. 6, composed of Wymore and Barnes- ton townships, by Anton Scheideler; District No. 7, composed of Sicily, Paddock, Lincoln. Elm and Glenwood townships, by J. R. Sailing.
COUNTY CLERKS
1857, L. H. Johnson ( failed to qualify ; Na- than Blakely by appointment) ; 1858-1860, Na- than Blakely; 1861, C. C. Coffinberry ; 1862- 1869, Oliver Townsend ; 1870-1871, Daniel E. Marsh; 1871-1876, William D. Cox; 1876- 1882, J. E. Hill; 1882-1886, A. J. Pethoud, 1886-1890, George E. Emery ; 1890-1894, Al- bert G. Keim; 1894-1898, Thomas E. Wilson ; 1898-1902, Joseph D. White; 1902-1906, James R. Plasters : 1906-1910, Benjamin H. Conlee ; 1910-1917, Jesse C. Penrod (died before close of term and his deputy E. M. Burnham ap-
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pointed for the unexpired term) ; 1917-1919, E. M. Burnham, (resigned, and Mrs. Mabel C. Penrod appointed to fill unexpired term).
COUNTY TREASURERS
1857, Isma P. Mumford ; 1858-1860, Albert Towle; 1860-1862, Theodore M. Coulter ; 1863, Herman M. Reynolds ; 1864-1870, Albert Towle; 1870-1876, Hiram P. Webb; 1878- 1882, John Ellis; 1882-1886, James F. King; 1886-1890, Evan J. Roderick; 1890-1892, Harry W. Davis; 1892-1896; Isaac J. Frantz ; 1896-1898, Jacob Klein; 1898-1902, George W. Maurer ; 1902-1906 William W. Wright ; 1906-1910, Julian A. Barnard ; 1910-1915, El- mer E. Hevelone; 1915-1919, Andrew An- dersen.
CLERKS OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Prior to the passage of an act of the state legislature under date of June 22, 1867, it seems to have been the custom for judges of the district court to appoint clerks of the court in all organized counties of the territory. The act named not only authorized but also di- rected the judges to make such appointments. By an act of the legislature approved February 9, 1867, amending the act of June 22, 1867, the county clerks of the several counties of the state were declared to be ex officio clerks of the district court of their respective counties. This act continued in force till 1879, when an act was passed directing that in each county of the state "having a population of eight thousand inhabitants or more there shall be elected in the year 1879, and every four years thereafter, a clerk of the district court in and for such county."
The first clerk of the district court for Gage county of which we have any record was Rienzi Streeter, of Nebraska City. He was represented at the first term of the district court of which there is any known record, beginning November 26, 1863, by Oliver Townsend as depty. At the second term of the court, held in September, 1865, he was represented by Herman M. Reynolds as deputy, and at the fall term (third), which convened October 7, 1867, he was again rep-
resented by Herman M. Reynolds. It was probably to remedy this situation that the act of June 22, 1867, was passed.
Those who held the office by appointment from the bench were H. M. Reynolds, 1867; H. P. Webb, 1868; Oliver M. Enlow, 1874; O. H. Phillips, 1876; and J. E. Hill, 1878. Those who have held the office by election under the act of 1879 are:
A. V. S. Saunders, served from 1880 to 1888, inclusive. Frank H. Holt, 1888 to No- vember, 1891. He died on the night of the election, having been rëelected for an ensuing four years' term. His wife was appointed to fill out his unexpired term, and R. W. Laflin was then appointed to hold office till the gen- eral election of 1892, when he was elected for the full term of four years. He was suc- ceeded by John A. Weaver, who was elected at the general election of 1895, for the full term of four years. On the expiration of his term he was succeeded by Charles L. Brewster, January 1, 1900, and the latter was succeeded, in 1904, by John R. Quein, who held the of- fice, by a reëlection in 1907, till January 1, 1908, and was succeeded by Frank E. Lenhart, the present incumbent.
SHERIFFS
1857, Daniel P. Taylor, failed to qualify ; 1858-1860, Philetus M. Favor; 1860-1862, Eli B. Hendy; 1862-1866, Joseph Clyne; 1866- 1868, Thomas W. Brown; 1868-1870, Luther P. Chandler; 1870-1872, Daniel Freeman; 1872-1876, Leander Y. Coffin ; 1876-1878, A. P. Hazard; 1878-1880, Eugene Mack; 1880- 1886, Nathaniel Herron; 1886-1890, E. F. Davis; 1890-1892, William R. Jones; 1892- 1896, Robert Kyd; 1896-1900, Lind Nelson ; 1900-1904, William A. Waddington; 1904- 1910, Alonzo J. Trude; 1910-1915, John L. Schiek ; 1915-1919, Frank W. Acton.
COUNTY JUDGES
1857, Obediah B. Hewett: 1858, Nathan Blakely; 1859-1860, William Blakely; 1861 - 1868, Albert Towle; 1868-1870, Herman M. Reynolds; 1870-1872, C. A. Pease; 1872- 1876, J. W. Carter; Carter resigned in 1875
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and Alfred Hazlett was appointed to serve re- mainder of term; 1876-1878, Alfred Hazlett ; Hazlett resigned in 1877 and William M. Forbes was appointed to complete the term: 1878-1880 Peter Shaffer; 1880-1882, Joseph E. Cobbey; 1882-1886, Ernest O. Kretsinger ; 1886-1890, Oliner N. Enlow ; 1890-1896, Wil- bur S. Bourne ; 1896-1900, M. B. Davis ; 1900- 1906, Frederick E. Bourne; 1906-1910, Harry E. Spafford; 1910-1917, Herbert D. Walden, 1917-1919, J. A. O'Keefe.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS
1857, N. B. Belden; 1858-1861, Henry El- liott ; 1861-1866, B. F. McNeil; 1866-1867, Nathan Blakely; 1867-1869, H. M. Reynolds ; 1869-1870, B. F. McNeil; 1870-1874, Lucius B. Filley ; 1874-1878, Joseph R. Little; 1878- 1884, Matthew Weaverling; 1884-1888, M. D. Horhum; 1888-1892, Marie P. Upson, 1892- 1894, A. A. Reed; 1894-1898, W. J. Todd; 1898-1904, A. R. Staller ; 1904-1910, Anna V. Day ; 1910-1915, Jessie V. Pyrtle ; 1915-1919, T. J. Trauernicht.
COUNTY SURVEYORS
1857-1860, G. H. Tobey; 1861-1863, A. J. Pethoud; 1864-1868, Isaac Newton Headley ; 1868-1870, A. J. Pethoud; 1870-1872, Alfred Gale; 1872-1876, A. J. Pethoud; 1876-1882, Willis Ball; 1882-1884, G. W. Minkler; 1884- 1890, Willis Ball ; 1890-1894, R. D. Kennedy ; 1894-1896, Joseph Pasco; 1896-1906, Willis Ball; 1906-1915, A. J. Pethoud; 1915-1919, John L. Hershey.
COUNTY CORONERS
H. M. Wickham was the first coroner, elected in 1861, served to 1862, one year ; 1863-1866, J. B. Mattingly ; 1866, J. L. Brown ; 1867-1871, Daniel Freeman; 1871-1878, Job Buchanan ; 1878-1880, Joseph C. Fletcher ; 1880-1882, D. A. Walden ; 1882-1884, Osceola O. Wells ; 1884-1886, M. P. Walsh ; 1886-1890, Frank M. Somers; 1890-1892, Osceola O. Wells; 1892-1894, Robert H. Albright; 1894- 1896, Joseph C. Fletcher; 1896-1898, Louis Miller ; 1898-1902, John Q. Reed; 1902-1906,
Clifford W. Walden; 1906-1915, John Q. Reed; 1916-1919, the county attorney, ex of- ficio.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
The legislature of 1887 created the office of register of deeds in counties having a stipu- lated number of inhabitants. Prior to that time the duties of this official had been per- formed by the county clerks of the several counties in the state. At the election in No- vember, 1887, J. E. Hays was elected to this office, and he served till January 1st, 1894; 1894-1898, John T. Greenwood; 1898-1906, Charles L. Reed ; 1906-1910, Charles B. Hens- ley ; 1910-1919, John A. Weaver.
COUNTY ASSESSORS
This important, not very desirable, and poor- ly paid office of county assessor has been the subject of a good deal of legislation. On the 26th day of January, 1856, the territorial as- sembly passed a general statute respecting assessors and assessments. By that act the office of county assessor was created. By the act of February 22, 1873, provision was made for the election of precinct assessors. This was followed by an act of the legislature in 1879, becoming effective September 1st of that year, which provided for the election of town- ship assessors. The general revenue law of 1903 provided for the election of county asses- sors, who should hold office for four years and be ineligible for reelection while in office. The legislature of 1913 provided that at the general election of 1916 and each four years thereafter there should be elected in each county in the state a county assessor, whose term of office should be four years and who should be ineligible for two successive terms. The act then provided that upon presentation of a petition to the county board not less than sixty days before a general election, signed by a prescribed percentage of the electors of the county, and praying that the question of electing the county 'assessor of said county be submitted to the electors therein, the county board should order that question to be submit- ted at the general election, and that if a ma-
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jority of the votes cast should be opposed to the election of county assessors in that county, the office should cease with the expiration of the term of the then incumbent, and the duties of the office be thereafter performed by the county clerk. The last statute is the one now in force.
The condition of the Gage county records as respects this office is such as to render it ex- tremely difficult to make up an accurate list of those who have held the office of county asses- sor under the act of 1856. In 1867 William Blakely was elected to that office, for a term of two years. He was succeeded by George Gale, in 1869, and at the general election of 1871 Charles H. Slocum was elected county assessor. He served until January 1, 1874, when, by the change in the law, as above noted, precinct assessors came into existence: Under the act of 1903 Walter W. Scott was the first assessor and held the one term. He was suc- ceeded by R. C. Hemphill, in 1908. At the general election of 1911 A. K. Smith was elected county assessor, but he died before taking office, and Oliver M. Enlow was ap- pointed to and held the office of assessor until the act of 1913 came into effect and the duties of the office devolved upon the county clerk.
DISTRICT AND COUNTY ATTORNEY
The legislature of 1885 created the office of county attorney in all counties of the state having 2,000 population. Prior to the passage of this act the duties of a prosecuting attorney had been performed by district attorneys elect- ed for each judicial district of the state. Dis- trict attorneys for the district in which Gage county is located were uniformly lawyers of ability and high character. One of the early district attorneys was the late Jefferson H. Broady, who, in the '70s, although a Demo- crat of the old school, was elected to the office in a strong Republican district, which at the time comprised the counties of Richard- son, Nemaha, Otoe, Johnson, Pawnee, Gage, Jefferson, Saline, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Clay,
Adams, Kearney, Harlan, Thayer, Franklin, and Webster. In 1883 he was elected judge of the First judicial district, then composed of Richardson, Pawnee, Nemaha, Johnson, and Gage counties, and he was reëlected to the office in 1887, making eight years' service on the district judicial bench. He was a splendid citizen, an able lawyer, and a wise and conscientious judge.
Judge Broady was succeeded in the district attorney's office by John P. Maul, of Fair- mont, Fillmore county, who, after a four years' term, ending about 1879, was succeeded by Judge William H. Morris, of Crete. In 1881 Robert W. Sabin, of Beatrice, was elect- ed to this responsible office, and at the close of the two years' term he was succeeded by Dan- iel F. Osgood, of Tecumseh, in 1883. Be- fore the election of 1885 occurred, the office of district attorney was abolished by the legis- lature and that of county attorney created.
Robert S. Bibb was the first county attor- ney of Gage county, being elected to that of- fice in November, 1886. In 1888 Hugh J. Dobbs was elected, and in 1890, Charles O. Bates. Mr. Bates afterward resigned his office and left the state, whereupon his part- ner, Alfred Hazlett, was appointed to serve the remainder of his term. In 1892 Robert W. Sabin was elected county attorney, and after two years' service he was succeeded by George Arthur Murphy, who was reelected in 1894. He was succeeded by Samuel Rin- aker, who, by reëlection in 1898, held the office four years. He was succeeded, in 1900, by H. E. Sackett, who was reëlected in 1902, and who was succeeded, in 1904, by Samuel D. Killen, who was himself succeeded by Menzo Terry, in 1906. Frederick O. McGirr was elected in 1908, and in the presidential election of 1912 his successor, Jean Cobbey, was elected. He served two years and was de- feated for reelection in 1914, by Frederick Messmore, who was reëlected in 1916 and is the present incumbent of the office.
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TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLY - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DATĘ NAME
RESIDENCE
COUNTIES REPRESENTED
1859 Dr. Charles A. Goshen
Tecumseh Gage, Clay, Johnson
1860 Hiram W. Parker
Austin
Gage, Clay, Johnson
1861 Nathan Blakely
Beatrice
Gage, Clay, Johnson
1862 Nathan Blakely
Beatrice
Gage, Clay, Johnson
1863 John Cadman
Lancaster
Gage, Clay, Johnson
1864 John Cadman
Lancaster
Gage, Clay, Johnson
1865 Herman M. Reynolds
Beatrice
Gage, Jones
1866 Hugh M. Ross
Unknown
Gage, Jones
1867
Nathan Blakely
Beatrice
Gage, Jones
TERRITORIAL ASSEMBLY - MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
1865
Dr. Jeremiah N. McCasland
Pawnee City
Pawnee, Gage, Clay, Johnson, Jones
1866
Dr. Jeremiah N. McCasland
Pawnee City
Pawnee, Gage, Clay, Johnson, Jones
1867
Dr. Alexander S. Stewart
Pawnee City Pawnee, Gage, Clay, Johnson, Jones
STATE LEGISLATURE - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1867
Oliver Townsend
Beatrice
Gage, Jones
1869
Nathan Blakely
Beatrice
Gage, Jones
1871
Fordyce Roper
Beatrice
Pawnee, Gage, Saline, Jefferson and Lancaster
1873 J. B. McDowell
Beatrice
Gage
1875 J. B. McDowell
Beatrice
Gage
1877
William Anyan
Beatrice
Gage
1879
L. B. Boggs
Beatrice
Gage
John Sparks William Curtis
Beatrice
Gage
1881
H. H. Silver
Silver
Gage
Elijah Filley
Beatrice
Gage
1883 G. R. Turner
Blue Springs
Gage
W. W. Morrison
Beatrice
Gage
G. H. Castle
Blue Springs
Gage
1885 F. H. Holt
Beatrice
Gage
S. M. Hazen
Blue Springs
Gage
J. R. Buffington
Liberty
Gage
1887 J. M. Wardlow
Pickrell
Gage
C. C. Gafford
Wymore
Gage
J. N. Fuller
Hanover
Gage
1889
F. E. Whyman
Adams
Gage
F. C. Severin
Cortland
Gage
A. B. McNickle
Cortland
Gage
W. C. Hill
Blue Springs
Gage
1891 J. W. Williams
Filley
Gage
J. W. Faxon
Lanham
Gage
Edward Arnold
Odell
Gage
Henry Albert
Wilber
Gage
1893 J. M. Wardlaw
Pickrell
Gage
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Adams
Gage
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H. J. Merrick
Adams
Gage
P. H. James
Cortland
Gage
E. B. Hinds
Odell
Gage
F. W. Miles
De Witt
Gage
1895 E. B. Hinds
Odell
Gage
H. J. Merrick
Adams
Gage and Saline
J. C. Birch
Wymore
Gage
1897
G. U. Jones
Wymore
Gage
G. R. Fouke
Liberty
Gage
W. E. Chittenden
Cortland
Gage
J. H. Casebeer
Blue Springs
Gage and Saline
1899 W. E. Chittenden
Clatonia
T. E. Hibbert
Adams
G. U. Jones
Wymore
1901
A. D. Spencer
Barneston
Gage and Saline
T. E. Hibbert
Adams
Gage
Henry Steinmeyer
Clatonia
Gage
R. W. Laflin
Wymore
Gage
1903
W. E. Robbins
Cortland
Gage
J. H. Ramsay
Filley
Gage
S. S. Spier
Odell
Gage
Herschel W. Smith
Tobias
Gage and Saline
1905
Robert K. Kyd
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