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The previous year (1851) George R. Babcock had been re -. elected to the State senate, while for the assembly the success- ful candidates were Israel T. Hatch of Buffalo, Jasper B. Youngs of Amherst, Aaron Riley of Aurora, and C. C. Severance of Concord. At the same time, Jesse Walker was elected county judge, and Charles D. Norton surrogate. ʻ
In 1852 Judge Walker died, James Sheldon (son of the early lawyer of that name) was appointed in his place for a few months, and in November was elected for the full term. A lit- tle later, Mr. Williams resigned the district-attorneyship, and John L. Talcott was appointed for the remainder of the term. In that November, also, S. G. Haven was reëelected to Congress, Joseph Candee, of Sardinia, was chosen sheriff, and Wm. Andre, of Buffalo, county clerk. The members of assembly then elect- were Almon M. Clapp of Buffalo, Wm. T. Bush of Tonawanda, Israel N. Ely of Cheektowaga, and Nelson Welch of Eden.
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In 1853, Albert Sawin, who had removed from Aurora to Buffalo, was elected district-attorney, and James O. Putnam State senator. The assemblymen chosen were Wm. W. Weed and Rollin Germain of Buffalo, Charles' A. Sill of Wales, and Edward N. Hatch of Boston. Benjamin F. Greene, of Buffalo, was elected a justice of the Supreme Court in place of Justice Sill, deceased, or rather in place of Justice Taggert of Batavia, who occupied the seat of the deceased justice a short time, by appointment.
The supervisors up to the time of the extension of Buffalo were as follows :
Amherst, 1851 and '52, Emanuel Herr; 1853, Christian Z. Frick. Alden, 1851, Asa Munn ; 1852 and '53, Nathan Willis. Aurora, 1851 and '52, Daniel D. Stiles; 1853, George W. Bennett. Boston, 1851. Perry Cobb; 1852, Orrin Lockwood; 1853, F. Blanchard. Brant. 1851 and '52, Jonathan Hascall ; 1853, Kester Tracy. Black Rock. 1851, Warren Granger ; 1852, Samuel B. Love; 1853, Frederick P. Stevens. Buffalo, first ward, 1851 and '52, Miles Jones ; 1853, Patrick Milton. Second ward, 1851 and '52, Orlando Allen ; 1853, Charles E. Young.
Third ward, 1851, E. D. Loveridge; 1852, L. E. Harris : 1853, P. W. Sawin. Fourth ward, 1851, I. V. Vanderpoel; 1852 and 53, Joshua M. Wilbur. Fifth ward, 1851, E. J. Baldwin; 1852 and '53, Charles E. Clarke. Cheektowaga, 1851, Manly Brown ; 1852, Is- rael N. Ely ; 1853, Marvin Seamans. Colden, 1851 and '52, William A. Calkins ; 1853, O. P. Buffum. Clarence, 1851, '52 and '53, James D. Warren. Concord, 1851, '52 and '53, Seth W. Goddard. Collins. 1851, Thomas Russell ; 1852 and '53, S. Cary Adams. Ellicott, 1851. Amos Chilcott; East Hamburg, (to which the name of Ellicott was changed.) 1852, Isaac Baker; 1853, Jacob Potter. Evans, 1852, Jo- seph Bennett ; 1853, Myron D. Winslow. Eden, 1851 and '52, Nelson Welch ; 1853, Pardon Tefft. Grand Island, 1853, John Nice. Ham- burg, 1851 and '52, John Clark ; 1853. Ira Barnard, Jr. Holland. 1851, Moses McArthur; 1852, Abner Orr; 1853; Ezra Farrington. Lancaster, 1851 and '52, Henry S. Bingham ; 1853. J. Parker. New- stead, 1851, Lorenzo D. Covey ; 1852 and '53, Edward Long. North Collins, 1853, E. W. Godfrey. Sardinia, 1851 and '52, Joseph Candee : 1853. Mitchel R. Loveland. Tonawanda, 1851, '52, and '53, Theron W. Woolson. Wales, 1851, James Wood ; 1852 and '53, Charles A. Sill. West Seneca, 1852, Levi Ballou, Jr. ; 1853, Erasmus Briggs.
On the 2d day of December, 1853, a new town was formed, called Marilla. It comprised all of the old Buffalo Creek reser- vation within the limits of Wales and Alden, except the mile- and-a-half-strip on the north side, first sold off. A strip about a mile and a quarter wide, within the limits of the survey town- ship, (township Ten, range Five,) but lying outside and east of
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the reservation, had for convenience been left in Genesee county at the original division, in 1808, so that Marilla is only about four and three fourths miles wide by five and a half long. A settlement had grown upon the east line of the tract first sold, which in its early days went by the uncouth name of Shanty Town, the inhabitants being largely devoted to the manufacture of shingles. When the rest of the reservation was sold, the rude hamlet began to assume the appearance of a village. Niles Carpenter built a store there about 1850, and afterwards a tavern. When the new town was organized, the chief settle- ment, too, soon took the name of Marilla, white houses began to appear, streets were laid out, and in a very short time the an- cient "Shanty Town" became one of the handsomest little vil- lages in Western New York.
Up to this time (1853) the Whig party had, during its whole existence, maintained complete control of the county, electing every member of Congress, every State senator, nearly every assemblyman, and all the county officers except in 1847, when there was a temporary defection. At each election the result could be predicted with almost infallible certainty. But in 1854 came the repeal of the Missouri compromise, followed by the general indignation of the North, and the taking of steps to organize a new, anti-slavery party. Almost at the same time the American, or "Know-Nothing," party began its existence in secret lodges, which soon spread rapidly over a large portion of the country. Its creed of opposition to foreign and papal in- fluence found many supporters, but its chief strength was received from the conservative members of the Whig party, who saw the time had come for abandoning that organization, but were un- willing to join either the Democrats or the anti-slavery men. The new party made a full set of nominations in this State, their candidate for lieutenant-governor being General Gustavus A. Scroggs, of Buffalo. The Whigs, however, maintained their organization till the fall election, and carried the State. In this county, Mr. Haven, who had voted against the Nebraska bill, was elected member of Congress, and James D. Warren, of Clarence, county treasurer. The assemblymen chosen were William W. Weed and Daniel Devening of Buffalo, Lorenzo D. Covey of Newstead, and Seth W. Goddard of Concord.
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In that year the old Recorder's Court, of Buffalo, was reorgan- ized as the Superior Court, with three judges, holding six years each. The recorder, Geo. W. Houghton, was continued as one of the Superior Court judges till the expiration of his term, two years later. The two judges elected in 1854 were George W. Clinton and Isaac .A. Verplanck. When Judge Houghton's term expired, Hon. Joseph G. Masten was chosen in his place, and then the court was maintained by successive reelections as thus constituted until within a few years past.
In 1855 the Republican party was organized, and received in- to its ranks a large proportion of the voters of Erie county, but not a majority, nor even a plurality. Three tickets were nomi- nated. For the first time in over a quarter of a century, the Democrats carried the county, at a regular election, electing James Wadsworth, of Buffalo, State senator ; Orrin Lock- wood, of Boston, sheriff ; Peter M Vosburgh, of Buffalo, county clerk ; and Abram Thorn, of Hamburg, surrogate. Mr. Deven- ing was reëlected to the assembly, his associates being John G. Deshler of Buffalo, John Clark of Hamburg, and Benjamin Maltby of Colden.
The next year came the exciting triangular contest between the Democrats, Republicans and Americans, the three parties being more nearly equal in strength in Erie county than in al- most any other in the Union. In February, the National Amer- ican convention nominated Millard Fillmore for the presidency, with A. J. Donelson, of Tennessee, as the vice-presidential can- didate. But that party, after a few spasmodic successes, was al- ready on the wane. In some parts of the country it had almost entirely disappeared. Probably Mr. Fillmore's candidacy helped to keep it alive in this county, and caused the comparative equality, just mentioned, between the three parties. Notwith- standing, however, all local pride as to the candidate, and not- withstanding the eloquence of Solomon G. Haven, who again acted as Mr. Fillmore's lieutenant, and was for the fourth time a candidate for Congress, the American party was third in the race, even in Erie county.
The Democrats carried the county, as well as the nation, elec- ting Israel T. Hatch member of Congress, and James M. Hum- phrey district-attorney. Judge Sheldon, however, was reelected
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by the Republicans. Rufus Wheeler, of Buffalo, was chosen presidential elector, the State being carried by the Republicans. The assemblymen elected that fall were Augustus J. Tiffany and George De Witt Clinton of Buffalo, Horace Boies of Hamburg, and S. Cary Adams of Collins.
This was the last appearance of our Erie county President in the political field. The remainder of his life was passed in quiet and dignified retirement, mostly at his residence in Buffalo. I have mentioned several relatives of Mr. Fillmore, all men of grand physical proportions and more than ordinary mental vigor, and all of some local prominence. His father, Nathaniel Fill- more, whom I well remember, living in a low, red house on his farm, a mile south of Aurora village, was, I think, the finest and most venerable looking old man that I ever saw. Some time after his son ceased to be President, the "Old Squire," (as he was commonly called from having been a justice of the peace at some time of his life,) sold his farm and came to live in the village. He was then nearly eighty, tall, large-framed, but not fleshy, nearly erect, with large, intellectual and benevolent fea- tures, crowned with perfectly white hair, and, as he walked the streets of the little village, always neatly attired, the old farmer was the impersonation of venerable dignity. His distinguished son was an eminently fine-looking man, but was not the equal in that respect of the "Old Squire."
The President's uncle, Calvin Fillmore, less dignified than his brother Nathaniel, was noted among his townsmen for his genial ways and quaint sayings. Having been a colonel of militia, (as well as a mill-owner, tavern-keeper, and member of assembly.) he was in his later years dubbed "the Old Colonel," by his ac- quaintances. He was a great admirer of Shakespeare, and might frequently be heard in some village resort, quoting passages from his favorite bard, an acquaintance with whom was not, as may be imagined, a common accomplishment among frontier settlers. After he became quite aged he leased his house-a large, old-fashioned, red, frame building, between the two villages of Aurora-to Mr. David Johnson, with whom he boarded. Mr. J. was a shoemaker by trade, but, being himself quite old, did only such work as he could perform at his residence.
J. H. Shearer, of Aurora, relates a curious incident which he ob-
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served at the house just mentioned, one winter afternoon, about 1858 or 1859. Mr. Johnson had located his shoe-bench and its accessories in one of the most comfortable rooms in the house. and there the old colonel was accustomed to sit, and chat, and tell stories, and quote Shakespeare, to such of his neighbors as might happen in.
On the occasion in question Mr. Shearer, on entering the room, found Mr. Johnson on his bench, pegging away at a dilap- idated sole, the old colonel near by with a look of eager inter- est on his face, two or three other elderly gentlemen of the neighborhood in listening attitudes, while in the midst of them sat Hon. Millard Fillmore, reading Shakespeare under the direc- tion of his venerable relative.
Mr. S. quietly took a seat and the reading proceeded, the deep voice of the ex-President being but slightly interrupted by the noise of Mr. Johnson's shoe-hammer. One selection being con- cluded, the colonel would say :
"Now, Millard, read that passage about-" referring to some favorite portion of " Macbeth," or "Julius Cæsar," or "Coriola- nus," as the case might be-and "Millard" would accordingly turn to the designated place, and again deliver the lofty thoughts of Avon's bard in sonorous tones, with a subdued accompani- ment of pegging-hammer. Then another and another passage would be pointed out, and thus for an hour or more the enter- tainment proceeded, apparently to the great interest of the little audience, and certainly to the intense delectation of the old · colonel.
It was a peculiar scene, and one oddly illustrative of several phases of American life.
In 1857 the assemblymen elected were Albert P. Laning and Andrew J. McNett of Buffalo, John T. Wheelock of Lancaster, and Amos Avery of Evans. At the same time Lyman B. Smith. of Buffalo, was chosen county treasurer, and James Wadsworth was reelected State senator. Both were Democrats.
. By 1858 the American party had become so feeble that it was clearly seen that its continued existence could be of no practi- cal use. In this county it dissolved, some of its members join- ing the Republicans, some the Democrats, and some endeavoring to stand aloof from the constantly deepening strife. A combi-
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nation was formed between the Republicans and a portion of the Americans, by which Elbridge G. Spaulding was elected mem- ber of Congress, Gen. G. A. Scroggs sheriff, and O. J. Greene, of Sardinia, county-clerk. The assemblymen elected were Daniel Bowen and. Henry B. Miller of Buffalo, John S. King of Amherst, and Wilson Rogers of North Collins.
The next year the line was pretty closely drawn between Re- publicans and Democrats, the former carrying the county and electing Erastus S. Prosser State senator, Freeman J. Fithian district-attorney, and Charles C. Severance, of Concord, surro- gate. The following gentlemen were the successful candidates for the assembly : Orlando Allen and Henry B. Miller of Buffalo, Hiram Newell of Tonawanda, and Joseph H. Plumb of Collins. This brings us to the eve of the great political struggle of 1860. Before narrating that, however, I will turn back and devote a few pages to other matters.
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The tide of prosperity, which in the middle of this decade had been growing and swelling for ten or twelve years, maintained its onward course until the autumn of 1857. The commerce of the West continued to roll through Buffalo, leaving golden deposits as it passed. The county had a ready market for its produce, and the numerous plank-roads teemed with wagons in summer and sleighs in winter, laden with hay, grain, potatoes, and other products of the farm. Similar prosperity was seen throughout the country, though it was more marked here, in consequence of the nearness of a great commercial city. But, as has so often been the case, prosperity brought recklessness and over-trading. The. banks inflated the currency beyond what was necessary for bus- iness purposes, and again, as in 1837, inflation was followed by disaster. The crisis came in the fall of 1857.
It was not, however, by any means as injurious in its results in this section as that of 1837, both because the preceding spec- ulation and inflation had been less· reckless, and because the people were far better prepared to meet it. Their farms were paid for, and their houses were seldom covered with second and third mortgages, as in the time of the great wreck of 1837. There was a good reserve of crops on hand, of valuable improvements, and of other actual property, to resist the shock of financial dis- aster. In some parts of the Far West, where there was no such
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reserve, the hard times which followed the panic of 1857 bore a strong resemblance to those consequent on the disaster of 1837, in the East.
Still, compared with previous prosperity, the times were "hard" throughout 1858 and '59, and had only just begun to be ameli- orated when the alarum of war gave notice of still severer troubles.
On the 4th of December, 1857, a new town was formed from that part of the Buffalo Creek reservation within the limits of Aurora and Lancaster. As in the case of Marilla, it included the mile-strip on the south side, but left the mile-and-a-half- strip, on the north side, in Lancaster. It received the name of Elma, in commemoration of a grand old elm, near the village of that name. Some cynic, who thought the names of Marilla and Elma rather " soft," said that the next new town had better be called "Miss Nancy." To me, however, "Elma" sounds like a very appropriate and euphonious appellation. At all events there has been as yet no opportunity to put the sugges- tion in practice, for no town has been formed since that time, and Elma is still the municipal baby of the county.
The managers of the Ebenezer Society found that the prox- imity of a growing city interfered seriously with their control over the younger members of the fraternity. There was alto- gether too much communication with the unregenerate Yankees, for what they considered the spiritual health of those under their charge. Besides, they wanted more land for cultivation and pasturage. Accordingly, after due invocation of the great spirit of wisdom, they sent agents in 1856 to the West, who se- lected a new home in Iowa. The managers approved their choice, and the rest had naught to do but obey. A large tract of wild land having been secured, the leaders applied to Hon. George R. Babcock to sell their real estate in West Seneca. Some of the circumstances attending the subsequent transac- tions well illustrate the business principles of these men. Mr. B. agreed to sell their land, on condition that they should divide it into suitable tracts, and fix the price and terms on each tract, from which he should make no deviation ; though they might revise the whole whenever they saw fit. To this they readily assented, appointed appraisers who determined the value of each
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piece of land, and these prices were marked on a map hung in Mr. B.'s office.
In 1857 he began selling. After he had disposed of about a hundred thousand dollars worth, the financial crisis just described came upon the country. Sales suddenly stopped. After wait- ing several months for better times, which did not come, Mr. Babcock notified his principals that they would either have to postpone selling or lower their prices. They decided on the latter course. They accordingly caused a new appraisal to be made, re-marked their map at an average reduction of about twenty per cent., and again brought it to Mr. Babcock. That gentleman promised to press the sales as rapidly as possible, but said :
"I suppose some of those who have bought heretofore will feel somewhat dissatisfied at having to pay a larger price than those who purchase hereafter."
" We have considered that matter," replied the men of Eben- ezer, "and have determined to lower the price for those who have already bought, in the same proportion as the others."
"Indeed," said Mr. B., " and how about those who have paid for their land in cash ? "
"The same reduction must be made," replied the Germans, "and the surplus must be refunded to them in money."
And these remarkable ideas were actually carried out. The payments of those who had previously bought were reduced as much as those of subsequent purchasers, and to those who had paid in cash an equal percentage was refunded. This was really going further than the strictest honesty required, and might fairly have been called quixotic conduct, yet it forms a not un- pleasant contrast to the ordinary run of business transactions.
As soon as the selling was well under way, the managers be- gan transferring their people to Iowa. There was none of the confusion usually attendant on the migration of large numbers. None were removed until there was a place for them at their new home, and work ready for them to engage in. As the sales went forward, the people were transferred, but it was not until 1863 or '64 that the work was entirely completed, and the colonists all settled in their western home. Their lands in West Seneca were almost all purchased by Germans, but in separate tracts,
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for the use of individuals. Yet, as the houses were already built in villages, and as the farmers who bought the land could buy those houses cheaper than they could build, the locality in question is, to some extent, a reproduction of a German dis- trict, where the peasants live in a hamlet and cultivate the land outside.
The supervisors of the various towns and wards, from the re- organization of Buffalo to the close of the decade, were as follows :
Alden, 1854, John B. Pride; 1855, Lester Gary ; 1856 and '60, Herbert Dayton ; 1857, Nathan Willis; 1858 and '59, Festus Tenny. Amherst, 1854 and '56, Peter Grove; 1855, Samuel L. Bestow; 1857 and '58, Miranda Root; 1859 and '60, Charles C. Grove. Aurora, 1854 and '55, George W. Bennett ; 1856, Hiram Harris; 1857 and '58, Edward Paine; 1859 and '60, William N. Bennett. Boston, 1854, John Churchill ; 1855, Palmer Skinner; 1856, '57, '58 and '59, Martin Kel- ler ; 1860, George Brinley. Brant, 1854, '56, '58 and '59, Nathaniel Smith; 1855, Jonathan Hascall; 1857; David Gail; 1860, Thomas Judson.
Buffalo, First ward, 1854, Patrick Milton ; 1855, '56, '57 and '58, Thomas Edmonds; 1859, Michael Collins; 1860, John O'Donnell. Second ward, 1854, Charles E. Young; 1855, Nelson K. Hopkins ; 1856, Orlando Allen ; 1857, '58, '59 and '60, William C. White. Third ward, 1854, N. H. Gardner; 1855, '56 and '59, Zadoc G. Allen ; 1857, John M. Daniel ; 1858, William M. Scott; 1860, Whitney A. Case. Fourth ward, 1854 and '55, O. Vaughn ; 1856, S. Bettinger ; 1857, Harry Slade; 1858, Nicholas Ottenot; 1859, George P. Stevenson ; 1860, Richard Flach. Fifth ward, 1854, A. Webster; 1855 and '56, Sebastian Diebold ; 1857 and '58, George Zillig ; 1859 and '60, Andrew Gross. Sixth ward, 1854, John Schwartz; 1855, Peter Rechtenwalt ; 1856, '57, '58 and '60, John Davis ; 1859, John Stengel. Seventh ward, 1854 and '56, Samuel Hecox; 1855 and '59, Anthony Kraft ; 1857 and '58, Volney Randall; 1860, George Reichert. Eighth ward, 1854; David Page; 1855 and '56, Thomas O'Dwyer; 1857, James Duffy ; 1858, John P. O'Brien ; 1859, William Ashman; 1860, John H. Not- ter. Ninth ward, 1854, '55, '56, '58 and '59, George L. Marvin ; 1857; Nelson Randall; 1858, Fayette Rumsey. Tenth ward, 1854, '55, '56, 57 and '59, Wells Brooks; 1858, O. G. Steele; 1860, Joseph Candee. Eleventh ward, 1854, '55, '58 and '59, Harry Thompson ; 1856 and 57, James Patterson ; 1860, Thomas Stocking. Twelfth ward, 1854, Sam- uel Ely ; 1855, Harmon H. Griffin ; 1856 and '57, G. W. Hall ; 1858, Charles Manly ; 1859, Job Gorton ; 1860, Elisha Safford. Thirteenth ward, 1854, Horace A. Buffum ; 1855 and '56, Job Taylor ; 1857, George Moore; 1858, John Kelly ; 1859, William B. Hart ; 1860, Aaron Martin.
Cheektowaga, 1854, Marvin Seamans; 1855, Gardner J. Kip; 1856 and '57, Frederick Loosen ; 1858, '59 and '60, Eldridge Farwell. Clar-
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ence, 1854, James D. Warren ; 1855, Thomas Durboraw ; 1856, '57, '58 and '59, Henry S. Cunningham ; 1860, David Woodward. Colden, 1854, O. P. Buffum ; 1855, '57 and '58, Benjamin Maltby ; 1856, A. G. Buffum; 1859, Moses Calkins; 1860, Nathan C. Francis. Collins, 1854 and '55, J. H. McMillan ; 1856, Benjamin W. Sherman; 1857 and '58, Joseph H. Plumb; 1859 and '60, Anson G. Conger. Con- cord, 1854, '58, '59 and '60, Seth W. Goddard; 1855, Lucius B. Tows- ley ; 1856, -; 1857, Morris Fosdick. East Hamburg, 1854, L. B. Littlefield ; 1855 and '56, John T. Fish ; 1857 and '58, L. M. Bullis ; 1859, Ivory H. Hawkins; 1360, James H. Deuel. Eden, 1854, Par- don Tefft ; 1855, Homer J. Redfield : 1856, '57 and '58, Nelson Welch ; 1859, Lyman Pratt ; 1860, Azel Austin. Elma, 1857 and '58, Paul B. Lathrop ; 1859, ---; 1860, Zina A. Hemstreet. Evans, 1854 and 55, Peter Barker; 1856 and '59, Myron D. Winslow ; 1857 and 58, Ira Ayer; 1860, James Ayer. Grand Island, 1854 and '60, John Nice ; 1855, '56 and '59, David Morgan ; 1857 and '58, Asa Ransom. Ham- burg, 1854, Ira Barnard, Jr. ; 1855 and 56, G. N. Barnard ; 1857 and '58, Maurice Osborn; 1859, J. S. Parkhill ; 1860, Hoel White. Hol- land, 1854, Abner Orr; 1855 and '60, Philip D. Riley ; 1856 and '58, O. G. Rowley; 1857, Ezra Farrington ; 1859, John A. Case. Lancaster, 1854, J. Parker; 1855, Eli H. Bowman ; 1856, Henry L. Bingham ; 1857, '58, 59 and '60, Robert Looney. Marilla, 1855, S. P. Taber ; 1856, Niles Carpenter; 1857, Peter Ostrander ; 1858, S. Franklin ; 1859, J. Stedman; 1860, Harrison T. Foster. Newstead, 1854, H. S. Haw- kins ; 1855, B. K. Adams; 1856, L. D. Covey ; 1857 and '58, E. J. Newman ; 1859 and '60, Ezra P. Goslin. North Collins, 1854 and '55, E. W. Godfrey; 1856 and '57, Lyman Clark; 1858, '59, and '60, Charles Kirby. Sardinia, 1854, B. H. Colegrove ; 1855, Seymour P. Hastings ; 1856, Mitchell R. Loveland ; 1857 and '58, James Hopkins ; 1859 and '60, George Bigelow. Tonawanda, 1854, Theron W. Wool- son ; 1855 and '56, Warren Moulton; 1857 and '58, Paul Roberts ; 1859, Christopher Schwinger; 1860, Emanuel Hensler. Wales, 1854, D. S. Warner ; 1855 and '56, Harry A. Stevens ; 1857, Comfort Par- sons; 1858 and '59, Jared Tiffany ; 1860, John McBeth. West Seneca, 1854 and '55, Erasmus Briggs ; 1856, Levi Ballou; 1857 and '58, Aaron P. Pierce ; 1859 and '60, J. C. Langner.
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