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WYOMING COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY.
IN the year 1851, the Wyoming County Mutual Insurance Company was formed and a charter obtained, authorizing a working capital of $100,000. Its founders were among the leading men of Warsaw, possessing probity of character and business capacity. Its principal office was located at Warsaw, and the following persons composed the first Board of Direc-
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tors: John A. McElwain, Isaac C. Bronson, Elijah W. An- drews, George Reed, Augustus Frank, Seth M. Gates, F. C. D. Mckay, Israel Hodge, Charles J. Judd, Timothy H. Bux- ton, E. II. Lansing, W. Riley Smith, and Joshua H. Darling. J. A. MCELWAIN Was elected President; SETH M. GATES, Vice President; J. H. DARLING, Treasurer, and C. J. JUDD, Secretary. In 1853 Mr. Judd retired from the office of Sec- retary, and was succeeded by L. A. HAYWARD, who was after- wards also elected Treasurer.
The Company's field of operations was restricted to the western counties of the state, in which it very soon secured a good position. Its risks for the first few years embraced both a merchants' and a farmers' class; but in 1856 the former class was dropped, and all the risks afterwards confined entirely to the latter. Its reputation as a prudently managed and secure company was maintained throughout its entire career.
The following named persons, in addition to the above, were elected Directors of the Company at different periods during its existence: James G. Hoyt, James C. Ferris, John B. Hal- sted, W. J. Chapin, Joel S. Smith, L. A. Hayward, Nelson Wolcott, Linus W. Thayer, Wm. Bristol, Ezra Bishop, Peter Patterson, Ira F. Pratt, James H. Loomis, Jedediah S. Walker, Noble Morris, and Alanson Holly.
The Company continued to do business until the latter part of 1865, making no assessments, paying all its losses with promptness, steadily accumulating a surplus fund, and gaining, year by year, in the confidence of the community. In the meantime rival companies had multiplied, and, in the intense competition that had sprung up, the rates of insurance were forced down below the point at which a company could safely do business. The Directors therefore prudently resolved to cease the further issue of policies, and take measures to close up the affairs of the Company. A re-insurance of all the exist- ing risks of the Company was accordingly effected with the Home Insurance Company of New York, for the sum of $5, 000. Its risks have all expired; and it is now without liability or indebtedness of any kind. Its financial record has but few parallels in the history of Insurance in this state.
LATE FIRE.
THE great fire of 1867, and the speedy covering of all the vacant ground with new and elegant buildings, have been men- tioned, [p. 69.] Since the writing of that item of our history, three of those buildings, owned and occupied by Palmer and Brininstool, James Wilkin, and E. Weisenbeck, were destroyed by fire, October, 1868.
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WARSAW GAS WORKS.
THESE works were built in 1859 by Abram B. Lawrence and Horace A. Metcalf; and buildings on the principal streets of the village were lighted with gas about three years. The price of resin, a material used in the manufacture of gas, was in New York less than two dollars a barrel. Being a product of the Sonth, the price advanced during the war to sixty dollars! Be- fore the price of this material had reached this point, the con- sumers of gaslight being indisposed to pay compensatory prices for it, the proprietors shut up their works. Since the close of the war, they were sold to parties in Rochester, by whom they were operated successfully about a year, when, for a certain cause, they were again stopped. They have recently been leased to our fellow-citizen, Mr. James O. McClure, by whom they are soon to be again put in operation.
ADDITIONAL FAMILY SKETCHES.
[The facts from which the following sketches have been prepared, were received too late to admit of their insertion in their proper places.]
GEORGE W. BATES came from Gainesville to this town, where he pursned his trade as a tin-smith and the Hardware business, for abont twenty-five years. He married Jane E. Tay- lor, daughter of Samuel Taylor, of this town. He removed from this town in 1866, and now resides in Albany, Wis., where he is engaged in the Hardware business. Newton Taylor, a bro- ther of Mrs. Bates, married a daughter of Hugh Harding, of Mount Morris, and is a merchant in Chicago.
HOWARD BOSWORTH came to this town in 1817, and with Gerard Fitch, established the Cabinet Making business in the old "Cider-mill " building, [p. 97.] This is believed to have been the first shop in the town. He married in this town Elizabeth Fitch, formerly from Vermont, and a sister of Mrs. Mayhew Safford. After many years' residence here, he re- moved to Le Roy, whence he removed to Milwaukee. He there engaged in the Drug and Medicine trade, in which he was highly successful. The wholesale house of H. Bosworth & Sons was one of the most widely known in the West. The firm was a few years ago broken up by the death of Mr. Bosworth and one of the sons. Mr. B. was an active and devoted Christian. Mrs. B. and the other son of the firm reside in Milwaukee.
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JAMES M. DARLING was born in Henniker, N. H., and removed to this town about the year 1832, and was for many years engaged in the Dry Goods trade, and afterwards in the Hardware and Grocery business. In 1862, he removed to Washington, where he has since been employed in the Treasury Department. IIe has been twice married, both of his wives being daughters of William Raymond. [See Sketch of Mr. Raymond. ] His son, Charles, died in the war. [See War His- tory. ]
REV. TIMOTHY DARLING, brother of Joshua H. and James M., was a resident and practicing lawyer in this town. He soon entered the ministry, and is now a Congregational clergyman residing in Bergen.
REV. ZACHARIAH EDDY commenced his ministry at an early period of life, and preached at Springville and several other places. He was afterwards, for several years, pastor of the Congregational Church in this village. He has since preached in Northampton, Mass. ; and is now pastor of a church in Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Eddy has written a work, lately published,-the " Life of Christ."
ANDREW FRANK, a nephew of Dr. Frank, was for several years a member of his family and engaged in his busi- ness, and was afterwards a merchant in Sheldon. In 1835 he removed to Hadley, Ill., where he now resides. He is a farmer, is married, and has several children.
BYRON HEALEY was born in Dansville, Steuben .Co., Jan. 10, 1830. He graduated at the State and National Law School at Ballston, N. Y., and practiced his profession in Ar- cade, in this county, from 1854 to 1857, when he removed to Warsaw and formed a partnership with Harlow L. Comstock, which continued until after his election as District Attorney. In 1863 and 1864 he represented this county in the Assembly, and in November, 1867, he was elected County Judge. He married, in 1868, Mary C., daughter of Timothy H. Buxton, of this town.
WOLCOTT J. HUMPHREY was born in Canton, Conn., in 1818. IIe was the son of Dea. Theophilus Humphrey, one of the early settlers of Sheldon. He was engaged in the farm- ing and mercantile business in Sheldon and Java, during which time he held various town offices. IIe was also Postmaster. In 1850 he was elected to the Assembly, and was reelected in 1851. In 1864 he removed to Warsaw and engaged in the manufacture of leather. In 1865 he was elected to the State Senate, and reelected in 1867. He married, in 1841, Amanda Martindale of Dorset, Vermont.
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CYRUS JEFFERSON was born in Douglass, Mass., June 8, 1805, and removed with his father to Gainesville at the age of 12, where he resided until 1865, when he removed to War- saw, where he now resides. He married, first, Eunice Conable, and had four children: Sophia, who married James Bristol; Willard, who died at 3; Rufus, who married Genevieve Church, of Woodstock, Ill., and resides there; and Dora, who died at the age of 20 years. He was for many years engaged in farm- ing, and subsequently in the purchase and sale of wool exten- sively, and in other business; and has, by industry and prudent management, attained a rank among the most wealthy citizens of Wyoming county.
GIDEON JOHNSON was born in Sudbury, Mass., and settled on East Hill about 1818. He was for many years an elder of the Presbyterian Church. In 1833 he removed to Erie Co., Pa., where he lived 33 years, and where his wife (lied, by whom he had three sons and a daughter. He married a second wife, by whom he had a son, who lost an arm in the late war. Dea. Johnson died at Saybrook, O., Jan. 8, 1869, aged 76 years. Many in this town remember him well as a faithful laborer in the Lord's vineyard. He was an active and a zealons friend of sabbath schools, temperance, and other religious and benevolent institutions.
REV. RICHARD KAY was for five years minister of the Presbyterian church in this town. IIe afterwards preached successively in Groveland and Oakland, Livingston Co., and now resides in Woodhull, Mich. Two of his sons served in the late war. Mr. Kay was born in Ireland, well educated and a thorough biblical scholar, and a man of decided character and ability.
SILAS KIDDER came to this town about 1818. He was a carpenter and joiner, having served his apprenticeship with James Webster, then living in this town. He made a profes- sion of religion in early manhood, and united with the Presby- terian church, of which he was an elder. He also held, for several years, the office of Justice of the Peace. He married in this town a niece of Dr. C. L. Sheldon, and had by her sey- eral children. He removed with his family to Westfield. He has since removed to the West, where he married his third wife. Ilis two eldest children married in Chautauqua county.
RICHARD ALLEN KIDDER, brother of Silas, married Eleanor Rumsey, daughter of Dr. Cyrus Rumsey. He re- moved with his father-in-law's family to Medina, Orleans Co. Ile died in Westfield. The family of Dr. Rumsey removed to the West, and are all believed to have died.
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SAMUEL LADD, from Granville, was for many years a member of the family of his uncle, Dr. Augustus Frank. He married Elizabeth McNeil, a niece of Mrs. Frank, and about 1833 removed to Michigan. He is a farmer, and resides in Utica, in that State, and has a large family of sons.
JOIIN H. MORRISON, removed from the City of New York, in 1841, and carried on the mercantile business about four years, and returned to New York, where he has since been connected, most of the time, with the firm of Lathrop, Ludington & Co., in the wholesale dry goods trade. He mar- ried Catharine Gibson, daughter of a prominent citizen of that city, and has four children :
JOIN GIBSON, who was born in Warsaw; JOHN HAMILTON, AUGUSTUS F., and CATHARINE, all residing in New York. Of Mr. Morrison's regard for the place and its inhabitants, he has given evidence in a substantial manner, on several occasions, since his residence here.
FREDERICK NICHOLSON was born in Whitestown, Oc- tober 15, 1806. He married, Feb. 11, 1830, Sally Green, who was born at Fairfield, Sept. 16, 1808. He removed, in 1835, from Westfield to Warsaw, where for many years he carried on the Tailoring business. His children were as follows:
JOSEPH MARION, who married Nellie Reed, and resides in Galesburg, Ill. He had three children : Freddie R. and Fanny, who both died young, and Jennie May.
GRANVILLE, who married Susan Clark, of the city of New York, where they reside. Their children are Florence and Fanny W.
OSCAR, who was in the war, and resides in New York.
GEORGE, who died in Ohio, at the age of 21 years.
GEORGE W. PATTERSON, of Westfield, came to this town with his brother William, in 1821, (as has been elsewhere stated,) and resided here four years. He settled in Leicester, where he resided many years. He was, within nine years, elected eight times a member of Assembly, of which he was the last two years chosen Speaker. Ile removed the next year (1841) to Westfield to take charge of the Chautauqua County Land Office. IIe was elected in 1846 a member of the Conven- tion to revise the Constitution of the State. In 1848, he was elected Lieutenant-Governor; and has held several other offices of responsibility. He married Hannah Dickey, formerly of Londonderry, N. II. Hle has two children : George W., Jun., a Banker in Corning, who is married, and has several children; and Hannah W., residing with her parents in Westfield.
ISAAC PRESTON, came from Granville to Warsaw about 1818. After a short residence, he removed to Hanford's Land-
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ing, and carried on the tanning and shoe business. Ile returned to Warsaw; and during his second residence here, in company with Frank Miller, bought the tannery of Calvin Rumsey. In 1835 or'36, he sold out to Miller, and removed to Illinois. He was one of Warsaw's best citizens-a working Christian and an active promoter of social reforms. His wife was a sister of Deacon Ezra Walker.
His eldest son was JonN B., whose death by drowning in the canal near his father's residence at Lockport, Ill., in April, 1865, was noticed in our village papers. IIe had been an engineer during the construction of the Illinois canal. He held, under President Fillmore, the office of Surveyor General of Oregon; and after his return was Superintendent of the Canal about ten years, when, in 1864, he resigned, and removed to St. Louis, where he resided at the time of his death. Ile was married and had several children. Another son, JOSIAHI, married, re- sides at Lockport, Ill. There were also, three daughters : ELIZA- BETH, who married Mr. Daniels; MARIA, who married Mr. Codding, in Illinois, (Mr. C. lately deceased;) and JULIA, all residing in Illinois.
HENRY SILLIMAN was born in Newport, R. I. He re- moved to Perry in 1836, where he married Mary H. Noyes. He removed to Warsaw in 1841, and was for many years Deputy County Clerk. He died in July, 1867, aged 56 years. Ile had a daughter, Mary A., who resides with her mother in this village. Mr. Silliman was a nephew of the late Benjamin Silliman, long a distinguished Professor in Yale College.
HORACE THAYER removed to this village from Sheldon in March, 1845. In September following, he removed to New York and engaged in the Map Publishing business. In 1854, he returned to Warsaw, having purchased the farm of Dr. Caner, including the old homestead of Judge Webster, the present residence of Henry B. Jenks, where he resided until 1859. After a second residence in New York, he returned to Warsaw in 1864, and in 1866 removed to Johnsonsburg, where he resides. He procured a survey of the village, and published a map of the same, in 1861. The land for Wyoming street was given by him, and forms part of the highway from Buffalo street along the foot of West Hill to the "Old Buffalo Road." Mr. Thayer has for a long time been a member of Congrega- tional and Presbyterian churches. He was born in Hartwick, Otsego Co., June 29, 1811. He married Mary M. Dodge, who was born in Delhi, N. Y. They have two children, Charles M. and Harriet Newell.
WARREN THORP was born in Connecticut, and in 1819, at the age of 24, he removed with his mother to Gainesville.
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He married Lucy Pattison, daughter of Rev. William Pattison. His occupation has been and is that of a farmer. In 1856 he purchased the Deacon Munger farm near this village, where he now resides. He has four children : Juliet, who married Joh W. Hawley; Julia Ann, who married Leander L. Chaffee; Laura, who married Edward Wood,, and lives in Joliet, Ill. ; Sarah, who married William Windsor, and lives in Detroit, and Lydia, nnmarried. All but Laura and Sarah reside in Warsaw.
ABEL WEBSTER was for many years a resident of Weth- ersfield, engaged in the mercantile business. In 1846 he was elected clerk of Wyoming county, and removed to Warsaw. He soon after engaged in trade, in which he continued until his death in 1861. He was twice elected Supervisor of War- saw. He married Caroline, danghter of Ormus Doolittle, of Wethersfield. They had seven children :
JAMES A., who married Martha, daughter of David Mc- Wethey, and is now a merchant in Nashua, Iowa.
CAROLINE O., a teacher of music in Burlington, N. J.
HIELEN E., a teacher in Mary Institute, Carlisle, Pa. LYDIA LUCELIA, a teacher also in Mary Institute, Carlisle. ORMUS M., now residing in Nashua, Iowa.
CHARLES ABEL, attending Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. GEORGE EDWARD resides with Mrs. Webster, in Wethersfield.
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OFFICIAL REGISTER.
COUNTY OFFICERS. -
THE county of Wyoming was formed from Genesee in 1841; and a special election for choosing county officers was held in June. The regular triennial election of Sheriffs, Clerks, etc., throughout the state, had occurred in Novem- ber, 1840; and the official terms of persons elected at the special election were by law made to expire with the terms of those who had been elected in other counties at the last preceding election.
As the people of Wyoming county, before its formation in 1841, were for nearly forty years politically associated with those of Genesee, living under the administration of the same officers, and having assisted in the election of many of them, we give the names of the officers of Genesee county prior to the organization of Wyoming. Under the first Constitution, county officers were appointed by the Council of Appointment, composed of the Governor and four Senators, one from each of the four districts into which the state was then divided. Since the adoption of the Constitution of 1821, Sheriff's and County Clerks have been elected by the people at the elections in November, going into office the 1st of Jannary following.
SHERIFFS OF GENESEE COUNTY.
Richard M. Stoddard ... April 4, 1803
Worthy L. Churchill Nov., 1822
Benjamin Barton March 17, 1807
Asher Bates. .Feb. 4, 1808
Nathan Marvin March 7, 1810
Earl Kidder .Feb., 1831
Aaron Van Cleve Feb. 21, 1811
John A. McElwain Nov., 1831
Parmenio Adams. March 16, 1815
Nathan Townsend Nov., 1833
William Sheldon. March 1, 1816
John Wilder Nov., 1837
Parmenio Adams. . March 16, 1818
Rufus Robertson .Nov., 1840
SHERIFFS OF WYOMING COUNTI.
William R. Groger June, 1841
Newcomb Demary, Jr .... Nov., 1855
Roswell Gardner Nov., 1843
Mills L. Rice. Nov., 1858
Abraham Smith Nov., 1846
William D. Miner Nov., 1861
Timothy II. Buxton Nov., 1849
John Renwick. .Nov., 1864
Jairus Moffett Nov., 1852
William W. Davis .Nov., 1867
CLERKS OF GENESEE COUNTY.
James W. Stevens April 4, 1803
Josiah Babcock March 7, 1810
Simeon Cumings Feb. 21, 1811
Timothy Fitch .Nov., 1831
Timothy Fitch Nov., 1834 John Z. Ross March 1, 1816
Simeon Cumings March 16, 1818
Horace U. Soper Nor., 1837
Chauncey L. Sheldon Feb. 14, 1821
Chauncey L. Sheldon Nov., 1822
Ralph Coffin Nov., 1825
David C. Miller Nov., 1828
Ilorace U. Soper Nov., 1840
Worthy L. Churchill ... Feb. 12, 1821
W. R. Thompson .Nov., 1825
John Wilder Nov., 1828
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
CLERKS OF WYOMING COUNTY.
Nelson Wolcott June, 1841
John II. Bailey
Nov., 1855
Walter Howard. Nov., 1843
Charles O. Shepard. .Nov., 1858
Abel Webster
Nov., 1846
Charles W. Bailey.
Nov., 1861
Ransom B. Crippen Nov., 1849
Ransom A. Crippen. Nov., 1864
Nathan P. Currier Nov., 1852
John P. Robinson Nov., 1867
SURROGATES OF GENESEE COUNTY.
Jeremiah Munson April 2, 1804
Andrew A. Ellicott April 17, 1815
Richard Smith April 8, 1805
Ebenezer Mix Feb. 14, 1821
Andrew A. Ellicott. March 23, 1811
Harvey Putnam May 20, 1840
Richard Smith March 10, 1812
Timothy Fitch May 25, 1841
SURROGATES OF WYOMING COTNTY.
Harvey Putnam. . - March 25, 1841 William Mitchell Jan. 14, 1843
Surrogates, prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1846, were appointed in the same manner as Judges. By that constitution, the duties of Surrogate, in counties whose population does not exceed 40,000, are devolved upon the County Judge. In counties having a larger population, a Surrogate is elected.
TREASURERS OF WYOMING CONNTY.
Connty Treasurers, formerly appointed by the Boards of Supervisors, are, under the Constitution of 1846, elected by the people for three years, at the general election. The first election for Treasurers took place in November, 1848.
Truman Lewis 1841
Peter Caner, appointed to fill va-
cancy. Sept. 18, 1850
John A. McElwain. 1850
Roswell Gould. 1853
Lloyd A. Hayward 1856
John A. McElwain 1846
John A. MeElwain 1847
Leonard W. Smith 1862
Leonard W. Smith 1865
Harwood A. Dudley 1868
FIRST JUDGES OF GENESEE COUNTY.
Under the first Constitution, all Judges were appointed by the Council of Appointment. Under the Constitution of 1821, they were appointed by the Governor and Senate for the term of five years. Under the Constitution of 1846, a County Judge is elected for four years in each county, except New York.
Joseph Ellicott March 22, 1806
William H. Tisdale . Jan. 18, 1827
Ezra Platt June 9, 1807
Isaac Wilson Feb. 2, 1830
John H. Jones June 10, 1812
Phineas L. Traey Jan. 23, 1841
FIRST JUDGES OF WYOMING COUNTY.
Paul Richards May 25, 1841
John B. Skinner May 25, 1846
W. Riley Smith June, 1847
Marvin Trall Nov. 1851
Byron Healy Nov. 1867
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Under the Constitution of 1821, in force when Wyoming county was formed, the County Court was composed of a First Judge and four Associate Judges, appointed by the Governor and Senate. Below are the names of Associate Judges appointed for this county before the Constitution of 1846 went into
William Bingham. 1842
William Bingham 1843
Roswell Gould 1844
Roswell Gould 1845
Lloyd A. Hayward 1859
Samuel S. Blanchard 1848
John Z. Ross Feb. 10, 1823
Ilarlow L. Comstock Nov. 1855
Harlow L. Comstock Nov. 1859
Harlow L. Comstock .Nov. 1863
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effect, (Jan. 1, 1847.) The dates show the days when they took the oath of office.
Alonzo B. Rose June 29, 1841
Dr. Augustus Frank .... May 3, 1842
Joseph Johnson Aug. 28, 1841
(In place of Johnson, resigned. )
Peter Patterson. June 21, 1841
James Sprague, 2d June 21, 1843
Moseley Stoddard. Feb. 25, 1845
By the Constitution of 1846, the office of Associate Judge, by that name, was abolished. Two persons are chosen at the general election, from the Justices of the Peace in the county, who sit with the Presiding Judge.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
By an act passed in 1801, the office of District Attorney was created, though not as yet in every county. In 1818, each county was made a separate district. Under the Constitution of 1821, District Attorneys were appointed by the Conrt of Generat Sessions in each county. Since 1846, they have been elected. Before 1821 they were appointed by the Council of Appointment.
GENESEE COUNTY.
Daniel D. Brown. June 11, 1818
Daniel H. Chandler. 1834
Heman J. Redfield .Feb. 14, 1831
Isaac A. Verplanck 1838
Levi Rumsey 1829
WYOMING COUNTY.
W. Riley Smith. June 21, 1841
Thomas Corlett Nov. 1859
James R. Doolittle.
June, 1847
Byron Healy .Nov. 1865
Harlow L. Comstock .Nov. 1850
Elbert E. Farman Nov. 1868
F. C. D. Mckay Jan. 12, 1856
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY FROM WYOMING COUNTY.
The years in which they were elected, and the towns in which they resided when elected.
1841 Eleazar Baldwin. .. Sheldon 1853
John W. Brownson. Gainesville
1854
John C. Paine . Covington
1842 Eleazar Baldwin Sheldon 1855
Truman Benedict
Perry
1856
Cyril Rawson Eagle
1843 Truman Benedict Perry
1857
Cyril Rawson Eagle
Leverett Spring China
1858
Elias C. Holt Bennington
1844 Leverett Spring China
1859
Geo. G. Hoskins .. Bennington
Andrew W. Young . Warsaw
1860
1845 Andrew W. Young Warsaw
1861
John J. Doolittle. Wethersfield Lucius Peck Java
Arden Woodruff Sheldon
1862
Byron Healy
Warsaw
1846 Arden Woodruff Sheldon
1863
Byron Healy Warsaw
1847 Paul Richards Orangeville
1864 Geo. G. Hoskins. . Bennington
1848 Paul Richards. Orangeville
1865 Geo. G. Hoskins .. Bennington
1849 James Sprague . Covington
1866
William Bristol
.. Gainesville
1850 Wolcott J. Humphrey. Sheldon 1867 William Bristol . Gainesville
1851 Wolcott J. Humphrey_ Sheldon
1868
Marcus A. Hull. .Pike
1852
Alonzo B. Rose. Castile
SENATORS FROM WYOMING COUNTY,
Elected for the Senatorial District of which this county is a part.
The term of office of Senator, under the Constitution of 1821, was four years, and one Senator was chosen in each of the eight senatorial districts every year. Under the Constitution of 1846, one senator is chosen every two years in each of the thirty-two senatorial districts.
1842 Harvey Putnam, 4 yrs .... Attica 1855 John B. Halsted, 4 yrs. .. Castile 1847 J. W. Brownson, 2y. Gainesville 1865 W. J. Humphrey, 4yrs. . Warsaw 1851 John A. McElwain, 2 y. . Warsaw
Alonzo B. Rose. Castile
John C. Paine Covington
Nyrum Reynolds Feb. 19, 1845
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CONGRESSMEN AND DELEGATES.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
Residing at the time of their election within the Congressional District of which Wyoming was a part.
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