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Hannibal was in these days a station for stages. Every morning a coach and four left Oswego for Auburn, and Auburn for Oswego; also a " coach and four" left Oswego for Rochester, and Rochester for Oswego, each changing horses at this place.
The following is a list of supervisors and town clerks :
Supervisors .- William Vaughan, 1806-7; Peter D. Hu- gunin, 1808-10; Eleazer Perry, 1811; Asa Rice, 1812; Eleazer Perry, 1813-14 ; Barnet Mooney, 1815-16; Sam- uel Farnham, 1817-21; Daniel Hawks, Jr., 1822; John Bullen, Jr., 1823-28; Arvin Rice, 1829-30; Archibald Green, 1831 ; Abram Watson, 1832; Jonathan Eastman, 1833; Asa Dudley, 1834; William Bullen, 1835; Jona- than Eastman, 1836-37 ; Samuel HI. Patchin, 1838; Isaac H. Ketcham, 1839; Arvin Rice, 1840; James A. Brackett, 1841; Thomas Sketton, 1842-43; Josiah Bidwell, 1844; Isaac H. Ketchum, 1845; Huet H. Brunson, 1846; Josiah Bidwell, 1847; John L. Kip, 1848; Palmer Ketchum, 1849-50; John McClaughry, 1851 ; Benjamin N. Hinman, 1852 ; Orson Titus, 1853; Giles C. Barrus, 1854 ; Alfred Rice, 1855; John Forsyth, 1856; William J. Acker, 1857- 58; Giles C. Barrus, 1859-60; Rensselaer Matteson, 1861- 64; Carson Wiltsie, 1865-70; Eli P. Barrett, 1871-76; Alexander H. Mitchell, 1877.
Town Clerks -Edward O'Connor, 1806-7; David Brace, 1808; Thomas W. Wentworth, 1809-10; Peter D. Hugunin, 1811; George W. Burt, 1812; Peter D. Hugu- nin, 1813-14; Edmund Hawks, 1815-18; Arvin Rice, 1819; John Brill, 1820; Martin Wiltsie, 1821; Arvin Rice, 1822-28; Abram Watson, 1829-30 ; Arvin Rice, 1831-32; George Bennett, 1833; William Bullen, 1834; Jonathan Eastman, 1835; Amos F. Kent, 1836-39; An- drew Beubes, 1840-41 ; E. L. Ormsby, 1842; William I. Acker, 1843; Elijah L. Ormsby, 1844-48; William Austin, 1849; John McClaughry, 1850; Norman Titus, 1851 ; Chauncey B. Hancock, 1852; Hale Worster, 1853; Isaac H. Ketchum, 1854; Hale Worster, 1855; John Wiltsie, 1856; Edmond M. Rice, 1857; Herman Hulett, 1858; William H. Wiggins, 1859; Darius T. Cook, Jr., 1860; Charles C. Blackmer, 1861-62; John McCrea, 1863; Lyndon Worster, 1864; John McCrea, 1865 ; S. M. Titus
1866; J. T. Brackett, 1867; R. M. Rogers, 1868; Charles Perine, 1869 ; Dillon F. Acker, 1870-76; A. N. Bradt, 1877.
The following resolution appears on the town-book of the town of Hannibal, under date of April 4, 1809.
" Resolved, That ten dollars bounty be given to any in- habitant of the town of Hannibal for every wolf that may be killed by said inhabitant within the said town for one year." The same appearing upon the book for some years following.
The record of justices of the peace, according to the town-books, dates back to 1829, and the following are the names of those who have served as such, viz. : 1829, Arvin Rice, Isaac Kenney, Cephas Weed, William Hawks; 1830, James A. Brackett; 1831, Jonathan Eastman and James A. Brackett; 1832, Zenas Haven; 1833, Arvin Rice ; 1834, Benj. F. Gifford; 1835, James A. Brackett ; 1836, Mason Pierce and Zenas Haven ; 1838, Josiah King; 1839, James A. Brackett ; 1840, Andrew W. Foster and Orson Titus; 1841, Hale Worster; 1842, Benj. F. Gif- ford ; 1843, Jno. Titus; 1844, James Burt; 1845, Orson Titus and Hale Worster; 1846, Sidney Hulett and James A. Brackett ; 1847, Benj. F. Gifford and James A. Brackett, for four years ; 1848, Orson Titus; 1849, Jno. P. Storms ; 1850, Ransford Case ; 1851, Benj. F. Gifford ; 1852, Alex. McInvoy ; 1853, Benj. Hinman; 1854, Jno. McClaughry ; 1855, Alex. Hulett and Benj. F. Gifford ; 1856, Jehial E. Blodgett; 1857, Benj. N. Hinman; 1858, Levi Brackett ; 1859, Benj. F. Gifford ; 1860, Henry M. Brackett; 1861, Benj. N. Hinman ; 1862, Levi Brackett; 1863, Benj. F. Gifford; 1864, Henry M. Brackett; 1865, Jno. A. Cox ; 1866, Levi Brackett; 1867, James F. Cooper ; 1868, Geo. Van Petten ; 1869, Jno. A. Cox; 1870, Levi Brackett ; 1871, Benj. F. Gifford.
The first white settler in town was Thomas Sprague, who came from Massachusetts in 1802, located on the south line of the town on lot 95, and built the first house, which of course was a log one.
Among the first frame houses was one built by Mr. Ure about 1817, and known as the Durham house. It is still standing a short distance from its original site, in Hannibal village.
The first house erected without the use of liquor was built by Isaac Sykes. Mr. Arvin Rice erected the first barn raised without ardent spirits.
The first land cleared was by Arvin Rice, who also set out the first orchard. He also brought into town the first iron plow to supersede the old one-handled " bull plow." It was manufactured at Schenectady, being known as the " Clute plow," and was universally condemned by the people before being brought into use.
The first surveyors were J. W. McFadden, Peter Schenck, Benjamin F. Gifford, and Samuel Barron.
Among the carly marriages were those of Daniel Thomas and Prudence Sprague, in 1803; of Arvin Rice and Polly Cotton, March 18, 1812; of Asa Dunton and Lois Hawks, in 1815; also those of Win. Stephenson and Marilla Dun- ton, of Daniel Hawks and Emily Field. and of Wm. Hawks and Eliza Dunton, in the last-named year.
The first birth was that of Carr Sprague, in 1805. The
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first death was that of a daughter of Thos. Sprague, in 1806.
The first saw-mill was erected by Silas Crandell, in 1811. The first store was built by Benjamin Phelps, in 1818. The second school-house was a small frame building, erected about 1820. In 1868 a fine brick school-house was built at Hannibal village. Its size is forty-two by fifty-four feet, and it is two stories in height. It has three rooms and a large recitation-room ; employs four teachers, the usual number attending being about one hundred and thirty, and the names on the roll about two hundred and thirty.
The first fulling-mill erected was by Towsley and Dunton, in 1820. The first tannery was built by Jno. Brill, about 1820, and this business has gradually increased until there are now three tanneries, all doing well. The first frame tavern was erected about 1815 by Amos Field, from Ver- mont, who kept it for a long time. The first blacksmiths were Thos. West, Trumbull Kent, and John Toppen. The first carpenter was Moses Farnham. The first distillery was built by Field & Dunton and Jason Peck.
The early physicians were Drs. Ure and Moore. Later (about 1822) there was Dr. Arden Allen, from Clinton, Oneida county. The earliest lawyers were Messrs. Riggs and Abrams, who came in 1836, remaining a few years.
Among the early residents of prominence were Arvin Rice, Abram Watson, Wm. Stephenson, Isaac Kinney, Jnu. Bullen, Alex. M. Kent, Jas. D. Curtis, Waters Towsley, Isaac Sykes, Cephas S. Kent, Samuel H. Patchen, Truman Burroughs, Wm. Earl, Elihu Gifford, and James W. Jones.
There are three cheese-factories in the town, one at South Hannibal and one at Hannibal, both owned by stock companies. The third one is in the northeast part of the town, owned by E. S. Tallman.
It is related of Mr. Cox, an early settler on lot 51, that one afternoon while chopping in the woods his attention was attracted by the squealing of a hog, and upon approaching the place whence the sound eame he found a huge bear gnawing away at the head of the unfortunate porker. Mr. C. would rap on a tree with his axe, when Bruin would look up for a moment and then resume his gnawing. The night following, Mr. Cox resolved to catch the marauder, and fixed his trap accordingly. During the night the bear returned for the rem- nants of his prey, and, as was expected, fell into the trap, He, however, proved equal to the emergency, and winding the chain of the trap around a small tree, gnawed his foot off, and thus escaped.
Nicholas Cox (father), Chas. Cox, and Jno. Cox, a min- ister, also settled on lot 51, about 1828 or 1829.
The post-office at Wheeler's Corners was established in 1867, and named North Hannibal. Joho Farnham was appointed postmaster, with M. H. Cox as deputy. John A. Cox was appointed postmaster in 1872, and M. H. Cox, the present incumbent, in 1873.
William Ames, from Windham county, Connecticut, settled on lot 57 in 1818, on the farm now owned by Jason Kent.
Cephas S. Kent, a native of Vermont, settled on lot 57 in 1815, clearing up a small portion, and moved his family in 1816, coming all the way in a sleigh, reaching his home in the wilderness in the month of March.
Alanson Blodgett, from Onondaga county, located on lot 50 iu 1817, where he still resides. Lot 50 was first settled by Artemus Blodgett.
Henry and Benjamin Wiltsie, natives of Dutchess county, took up Jot 47 in about 1811. Cornelius, a son of Henry, moved in about 1813, and Frederick, a son of Cornelins, now resides on lot 47. Martin Wiltsie early settled on lot 48, the present residence of C. Perry Campbell.
W. W. Brackett, a native of Washington county, was the first merchant at Hannibal Centre, and remained in that business and other industrial pursuits forty-six years. He ereeted a peppermint distillery at the same place, and was also proprietor of a store at Hannibal village. He died November 23, 1876.
Captain Hector Gillis was an early settler at Oswego, and was a sailor on Lake Ontario, commanding two vessels, viz. : " Betsey" and "Julia." He was at the capture of Oswego in 1814. Ile settled in Hannibal about the year 1818, on the farm now occupied by one of his sons. Mr. Gillis died in 1864.
John Green, a native of Massachusetts, and later a resi- dent of Oneida county, was an early settler in Mexico, and at the time of the attack on Oswego was called out as a minute-man. He brought the first , carding-machine to Mexico.
James W. Jones, from Saratoga county, settled on lot 76 about 1816, purchasing near two hundred aeres, for which he paid five dollars per acre. His son, Powell Jones, now owns and resides on a portion of these lands.
Rubert Hall, from Ireland, settled on lot 39 about 1811 or 1812.
The first newspaper in Hannibal was published in 1866 by George V. Emens, rather a small monthly sheet, called the Hannibal Reveille. In 1872 Mr. Emens changed it to a semi-monthly, and in January, 1873, issued it as a weekly. July 1, 1873, it was purchased by A. N. Bradt, the present editor and proprietor, and has a circulation of about five hundred.
VILLAGES.
Io the town of Hannibal there are four small hamlets and one considerable village. Hannibal village, known more familiarly as Hannibalville, is an incorporated village, with about six hundred inhabitants, comprising the larger portion of lot 67, and some of lot 58, and being located on Nine-Mile creek. Within the corporation, on this ereek, are two mills, one grist-mill, two saw-mills, a tannery, a stave-factory, a barrel-factory, a cheese-factory, and a cheese- box-factory. The tannery was established in 1822 by Thomas Shelton. It was destroyed by fire December 3, 1875, and rebuilt early the following year. It goes by steam, and can turn out fifty hides per week. The grist- mill employs both water and steam, and is owned by Wil- liams & Misen. One of the saw-mills, and the stave- and barrel-factories, all employing steam, were built in 1866 by William R. Cox, and are now owned by R. M. Rogers. The other saw-mill (steam) is owned by Wooster & Parsons, and the cheese-box-factory (also steam ) by W. Dada & Son. The cheese-factory, built in 1869, is owned by a stock company.
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W. Brewster & Son,-a three-story brick building; and a jewelry store connected, or in the same building, by C. P. Almroth. The other business interests of the village are : H. M. Pierce, hardware ; George Leonard, grocer, and boots and shoes ; Wilson Cooper, merchant tailor; J. W. Burt, clothing and postmaster ; two harness-shops, one by Brad- ford Byrne, and the other by Deacon Lazelere ; carriage- manufactory, by H. Matteson ; boot and shoe store, by Peter Dillabough ; one meat-market; two small confec- tioneries and saloons ; five blacksmith-shops ; Burt & Both- well, dealers in general merchandise ; and a fine hotel, by Eli C. Van Auken. The physicians are E. H. Boyd, Dillon F. Acker, Alfred Rice, retired ; George V. Emens, dentist ; also Dr. - Acker (father of D. F. Acker), a retired physician. The lawyers are H. M. Barrett, D. J. Van Auken, Sr., and N. B. Brower.
The newspapers are the Hannibal Reveille and Hannibal News, both mentioned in the chapter on the press.
Hannibal has also a fine town-hall, nearly new, the third floor of which is occupied by the Masonic fraternity.
Hannibal Centre has one store, managed by Hubert Dickinson, who is also postmaster ; a small grocery, grist- mill, and the steam-mills run by Orville J. H. Reed and his father. Dr. Cooley is the physician.
South Hannibal has one store, blacksmith-shop, and post- office.
Fairdale has a post-office, grocery, wagon-shop, and blacksmith-shop.
North Hannibal has a store run by M. H. Cox, post- master; also a grocery, by Erwin Shutts, a wagon-shop, and one or two blacksmith-shops. D. D. Metcalf, a prom- inent lawyer, has a residence at this place.
HANNIBAL LODGE, No. 550, F. AND A. M .- This lodge was instituted June, 1865. The following were eharter- members : Albert B. Worster, George L. Carr, George V. Emens, James W. Jones, E. M. Allen, A. S. Archer, Wil- liam H. Wiggins, David Bothwell, Robert M. Rogers, Jr., Nicholas B. Brower, Eli C. Van Auken, Heman Myres, C. M. Cogswell, William Titus, William R. Conger, J. H. Whitman.
The first officers were A. B. Worster, W. M .; G. L. Carr, S. W .; G. V. Emens, J. W .; W. R. Conger, Treasurer ; N. B. Brower, Secretary.
About twelve thousand dollars was spent in fitting up their lodge-room, which made it one of the finest to be found in any small village in this part of the State.
The lodge was very prosperous and harmonious from its organization.
On the evening of July 3, 1873, the lodge-room and nearly everything it contained was destroyed by fire. Four hundred and fifty dollars was received as insurance, and with this the members started anew, somewhat disheartened but not discouraged. A room was procured in the hotel of E. C. Van Auken, which was occupied about one year. In the mean time a room was being built for the lodge by the Union Hall company, which they have leased for a term of ten years. This room has been furnished in much better style than the old one, and is a credit to the fraternity.
At the present time the lodge consists of one hundred
and two members in good standing. The officers for the present year are as follows : G. V. Emens, W. M .; S. W. Crandall, S. W .; Cyrus Haven, J. W .; J. W. Burt, Treasurer ; Cyrus Burnes, Secretary ; Frederick Blodgett, S. D. ; Andrew Byrne, J. D .; Geard Clark, S. M. S .; A. Archer, J. M. S .; B. F. Byrne, Tyler ; M. H. Van Auken, Chaplain ; D. F. Acker, Marshal.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HANNIBAL
was organized December 4, 1816-present, Rev. David R. Dixon, of Mexico, and Rev. Henry Smith, from the Oneida female missionary society. Eleven members took part in the organization, viz. : Alexander M. Kent, Trumbull Kent, Cephas S. Kent, Barraleel Worster, William Grant, Laura Kent, Polly. Rice, Betsey Worster, Betsey Curtis, Marilla Stevenson, and Phobe Fellows. The only names of the first officers given on the records are those of Cephas S. Kent, deacon, and Alexander M. Kent, clerk.
The place of meeting for many years was in the village school-house. The first church in town was built in 1826, by this society conjointly with the Masonic fraternity, who occupied the second floor as a lodge-room. It was a frame building, and cost abont two thousand dollars. In 1860 the present church edifice was erected, costing about four thousand dollars. It is a tasteful wooden building, forty by sixty feet, with a commodious lecture-room in the rear.
The pastors have been as follows: 1824, John Alex- ander ; 1825, William Clark ; 1829, Martin Powell ; 1831, William P. Eells, died 1832; 1833, James T. Ilough ; 1835, Lemuel Dady ; 1840, Edward Reynolds; 1843, John N. Hubbard ; 1854, H. H. Morgan ; 1856, E. P. Cook, died in 1857; 1858, Lucius Barnard; 1859, P. W. Emens; 1861, John N. Hubbard; 1867, E. P. Adams ; 1870, Alfred Snashall ; 1873, F. W. Seward.
The church was originally organized as Presbyterian. It was changed to Congregational February 20, 1822, and again changed to Presbyterian, July 25, 1870.
There are now ninety-six members of the church and eighty-nine of the Sunday-school, which last has a library of a hundred and fifty volumes.
The present elders are as follows : S. W. Brewster, A. F. Allen, Eliab Scott, Horatio Dunham, I. E. Hull.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
In the month of January or February, 1817, the Baptist church of Sterling was organized, with Mr. and Mrs. Wil- mouth, Mrs. Esther Devine, Mary Dumass, John Lake, Sarah Lake, Mrs. Joshua Lake, and Amos and Annie Wiltse as members. Meetings were held at the different dwellings. There was no stationed pastor, but a missionary frequently preached to the people. There was no regular pastor until what was known as the Sterling and Hannibal church was organized, in 1825, with Rev. Mr. Carpenter as pastor. It was subsequently called the Hannibal Baptist church. The first church edifice was erected in the village of Hannibal in 1827, just north of the present residence of Dr. Rice. The size was about thirty-six by forty feet, and the seating capacity about three hundred. It is a frame building, and cost in 1827 two thousand two hundred dol- lars. Some ten or twelve years ago repairs were made to
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the amount of about a thousand dollars. The following are the names of some of the pastors officiating, viz. : Rev. Mr. Carpenter, Rev. Mr. Upfold, Joseph More (who used to preach to them occasionally some ten years before there was a resident pastor), Rev. Mr. Watkins (the three latter all died at this place within a few years), Peter Woodin, Elder Ira Dudley, Elder Caperin, Elder Foot, Elder Graham, Elder Dudley, Judson Davis, E. B. Law, Elipha- let Owens, Elder Reynolds, and Charles C. Smith. The present membership of the church is near one hundred.
THE HANNIBAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY.
The Hannibal Methodist Episcopal society originally be- longed to what was known as Granby eireuit. The class from which this society was organized was formed in 1835. On the 26th of February, 1839, a meeting was held for the purpose of incorporating the society, and the certificate of incorporation was recorded in the county clerk's office March 13, 1839. Some of the first trustees and members were as follows : David Peckham, John L. Kipp, Alva Worster, William Nipper, William A. Jacobs, Nathan Drury, William Williams, and their wives. The total number of members at organization was twenty-five. John Whitcomb was then pastor.
The society held their meetings about three years in a school-house that used to stand opposite the present Pres- byterian church, near ten rods from the present Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Benj. F. Brown came in 1840, and remained until 1842. During his pastorate the mem- bership was largely increased. As a result of this revival the society, in 1841, built a new brick church, thirty by forty fect, costing eleven hundred and fifty dollars. From 1842-43 Rowland Soule was pastor; 1843-44, W. Mason ; 1844-45, J. W. Coope; 1845-47, Rev. Alvin Robbins ; 1847-49, Rev. M. H. Gaylord ; 1849-51, Rev. O. Squires ; 1851-53, Rev. David Smith ; 1853-55, Rev. S. B. Cro- sier ; 1855-56, Rev. Wm. Merrifield ; 1856-58, Rev. H. Kingsley ; 1858-60, Rev. R. N. Barber ; 1860-62, Rev. O. C. Lathrop; 1862-63, Rev. - Ellis; 1863-66, Rev. H. Skeel.
Through the financial management of the last-named pastor and a united society, a second church edifice of brick, forty-four by sixty-eight feet, was built in 1864. This church was built in front of the old one, causing the removal of about one-third of that church, the remainder being open for social meetings.
The whole cost of the church, including lot and old church, is about nine thousand dollars. From 1866-68 the pastor was Rev. S. O. Barnes; 1868-69, Rev. F. A. O'Farrell; 1869-71, Rev. W. F. Markham; 1871-73, Rev. H. C. Abbott.
In 1873, Rev. D. W. Beadle acted as pastor five months. His health failing, Rev. C. E. Beebee came in the fall of 1873, and remained until 1876. In 1876, Rev. W. F. Brown, the present pastor, was installed. Only the names of senior pastors have been given in the foregoing list, though assistants have sometimes been employed.
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The present number of members of the society is one hundred and sixty-seven. The Sunday-school contains about one bundred and thirty members, and has near two
hundred books in its library, besides which seventy semi- monthly papers are taken by the school.
HANNIBAL CENTRE CHARGE,
constituting the Hannibal Centre and South IIannibal churches, being one pastorate, was organized from two charges, viz., South Hannibal from Granby, and Hannibal Centre from Hannibal Village, in 1871. Hannibal Centre church was erected about 1862 or '63. South Hannibal was erected about 1860. The first class organized at Han- nibal Centre was in 1830, with Mr. James A. Brackett as first class-leader. Members of the first class were Sarah Brackett, Wight Church, M. A. Thompson, Jane Havens, Wm. Brackett, John J. Scott and wife, Alva Worster, Saml. Frost, Truman Brackett and wife, John Hutchinson, Hannah Perkins.
Among the first preachers were Benj. Ryder, Samuel Bibbins, and Mr. Seymour. The present pastor is Esquire Boyd.
The size of the church at South Hannibal is thirty-six by fifty-two feet. A Sunday-school has been connected with it for twenty-five years, with Hubert Diekinson as the present superintendent.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTHI HANNIBAL
was organized August 7, 1851, with the following officers : John Chapman, deacon, J. B. Chapman, church clerk, and the following members: Arris Chapman, S. Hulett, E. T. Hulett, Ira Dibble, Elis Dibble, G. James, Catherine James, E. R. Chapman, E. T. Pierce, Anna James, Sally Terpaning, Betsy James, Hannah B. Armstrong, and Helen Lathrop. Late pastor, S. G. Jones ; present pastor, E. D. Cross. The church was erected in 1851, and dedicated May 7, 1852. Present membership, thirty-five.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
JONAS SHUTTS
was the eldest in a family of twelve children, consisting of four sons and eight daughters. He was born in the town of Claverack, Columbia county, New York, on the eighteenth day of March, 1814. Of this large family of children Jonas and five sisters are all that survive.
John Shutts, the father of our subject, about the year 1815 removed to Montgomery county, where he engaged in farming until 1829, when he again removed, this time to Oswego County, and for the first few years was engaged in farming lands on shares. Ile afterwards purchased a farm of his own. In the year 1834, at twenty years of age, Jonas was united in marriage to Miss Clarissa A. Demott, of the same place. Three children were born of this mar- riage,-Laura E., Mary E., and John, who died when an infant of six months. Mrs. Shutts died in 1840, leaving these three children and a bereaved husband. In the fol- lowing year Mr. Shutts filled the vacancy in his home by choosing another companion. Ile was married to Miss Emeline C. Lane, of the same town, daughter of Colonel
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Roswell Lane. She is one of nine children,-three sons and six daughters, all of whom are living except two. Col- onel R. Lane lived to the advanced age of seventy-four years, dying in 1874 ; his wife is still living, and is seventy- five years of age. John Shutts, the father of Jonas, lived to the age of seventy-three years, dying in 1863; his wife still survives at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. Jonas Shutts by his last marriage is the father of seven children, -Alvina A., Clarissa A., George W., Gilbert J., Sarah E., Lettie M. J., Eva D., all living to-day except Lettie, who died in 1874, aged seventeen. They are all married and have families except Eva, who is a young lady of eighteen, and is at home with her parents. Mary E., a daughter of his first wife, died in 1873, aged thirty-five years.
The home farm consists of two hundred acres, and he owns other farms of two hundred acres more. We present our readers with a fine view of the residence, and portraits of Mr. Shutts and his wife.
MILITARY RECORD OF HANNIBAL.
Jobu Allen, Co. I, 184th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1864; dis. with regt .; died of disease contracted in the service.
Iforace Acker, Co. H, 111th Inf. First man in regt. killed in battle. W. Il. Acker, corp. and sergt., Co. F, 110th N. Y. Inf. Must. Aug. 25, 1862; died in the service.
Cornelius Adamy, corp., Co. F, 110th N. Y. Must. Aug. 25, 1862; dis. for disability.
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