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in the plow-now made of beautifully polished cast-steel, except the beam and handles. while in Canada and some portions of the United States these too are manufactured of iron. The cast-steel plow of the present manu- facture, in its several sizes, styles and adaptations to the various soils and forms of land, including the sulky or riding plow, is, among agricultural imple- ments, the most perfect in use.
The pioneer harrow was simply the fork of a tree, with the branches on one side cut close and on the other left about a foot long to serve the pur- pose of teeth. In some instances a number of holes were bored through the beams and dry wooden pins driven into them. It was not for some years after the first settlement that iron or steel harrow teeth were intro- duced in Hancock County.
The axes, hoes, shovels and picks were rude and clumsy, and of inferior utility. The sickle and scythe were at first used to harvest the grain and hay, but the former gave way early to the cradle, with which better results could be attained with less labor. The scythe and cradle have been replaced by the mower and reaper to a great extent, though both are still used in this county.
The ordinary wooden flail was used to thresh grain until about 1840, when the horse power thresher was largely substituted. The method of cleaning the chaff from the grain by the early settlers, was by a blanket handled by two persons. The grain and the chaff were placed on the blanket, which was then tossed up and down, the wind separating a certain amount of the chaff from the grain during the operation. Fanning-mills were introduced quite early, but the first of these were very rude and little better than the primitive blanket. Improvements have been made from time to time until an almost perfect separator is now connected with every threshing machine, and the work of ten men for a whole season is done more completely by two or three men, as many horses, and a patent separator, in one day. In fact it is difficult to fix limitations upon improvements in agricultural machinery within the last fifty years. It is, however, safe to say that they have enabled the farmer to accomplish more than triple the amount of work with the same force in the same time, and do his work better than be- fore. It has been stated on competent authority that the saving effected by new and improved implements within the last twenty years has been not less than one-half on all kinds of farm labor.
The greatest triumphs of mechanical skill in its application to agricult- ure are witnessed in the plow, planter, reaper and separator, as well as in many other implements adapted to the tillage, harvesting and subsequent handling of the immense crops of the country. The rude and cumbrous implements of the pioneers have been superseded by improved and appar- ently perfect machinery of all classes, so that the calling of the farmer is no longer synonymous with laborious toil, but is, in many ways, pleasant recreation.
The farmers of Hancock County are not behind the balance of the State in the employment of improved methods and in the use of the best machin- ery. It is true that in many cases they were slow to change, but much allowance should be made for surrounding circumstances. The pioneers had to contend against innumerable obstacles-with the wildness of nature, the immense growth of timber, the depredations of wild beasts and the annoy- ance of the swarming insect life, and the great difficulty and expense of
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procuring seeds and farming implements. These various difficulties were quite sufficient to explain the slow progress made in the first years of settle- ment. Improvements were not encouraged, while the pioneers generally rejected "book farming" as unimportant and useless, and knew little of the chemistry of agriculture. The farmer who ventured to make experiments, to stake out new paths of practice, or to adopt new modes of culture, sub- jected himself to the ridicule of the whole neighborhood. For many years the same methods of farming were observed; the son planted as many acres of corn or wheat as his father did, and in the same phases of the moon. All their practices were merely traditional; but within the last thirty years most remarkable changes have occurred in all the conditions of agriculture in this country.
The natural adaptation of the soil to grass, and the abundant supply of good water, early attracted the attention of many progressive farmers to the advantages of stock raising. Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs were brought into the county by the first settlers, though they were usually of an ordinary breed, and very little was done toward the improvement of stock for many years after the organization of the county. The advent of the Agricultural Society awakened an active and lasting interest in the growth and development of fine stock; and we now find in every township of the county some splendid specimens of Norman, Clydesdale and Hamble- tonian horses; Durham, Devon, Holstein and Jersey cattle; Merino and Cotswold sheep, and Poland-China, Berkshire and Chester White hogs. In fact nearly every live farmer takes pride in breeding and exhibiting a few good animals.
The swine of the early settlers, compared with those they now possess, present a very wide contrast, for whatever the breed may have been called, running wild, as was customary, the special breed was soon lost in the mixed swine of the country. They were long and slim, long-snouted and long-legged, with an arched back, and bristles erect from the back of the head to the tail, slab-sided, active and healthy; the "sapling-splitter" or "razor back," as he was called, was ever in search of food, and quick to take alarm. He was capable of making a heavy hog, but required two or three years to mature, and until a short time before butchering or market- ing was suffered to run at large, subsisting mainly as a forager, and in the fall fattening on the "mast" of the forest. Yet this was the hog for a new country, whose nearest and best market was Detroit, to which point they were driven on foot. Almost every farmer raised a few hogs for market, which were gathered up by drovers and dealers during the fall and winter seasons. In no stock of the farm have greater changes been effected than in the hog. From the long-legged, long-snouted, slab-sided, roach-backed, tall, long, active, wild, fierce and muscular, it has been bred to be almost as square as a store box and quiet as a sheep, taking on 250 pounds of flesh in ten months.
In 1824 there were assessed by Wilson Vance, inside of Hancock County, 22 horses and 105 head of cattle over three years old. In 1829 there were returned for taxation 93 horses and 279 head of cattle. These were the beginnings of the present flourishing stock interests of the county, and the following table, compiled from the State reports, will serve to illus- trate the growth and progress of this important feature of agriculture dur- ing the past thirty-three years:
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1852
1859
1867
1870
1875
1880
1884
Horses
4,116
9,073
9,635
9,313
10,523
10,533
9,774
Cattle
9,710
22,835
18,757
19,750
23,216
23.478
22.129
Hogs
9,502
28,995
35,311
28,299
34,121
43,677
38,192
Sheep.
14,877
31,562
84,735
56,622
46,111
43,942
52,045
From the same source is gathered the following table of crop statistics since 1859, giving the number of bushels of each crop produced annually for six years selected from that period:
1859
1866
1870
1875
1880
1884
Wheat
342,836
101,938
514,183
538,984| 1,063.019
640,030
Corn.
442,428
803,552
701,222
1,365,589
1,857,830
1,825,487
Oats ..
86,499
317,793
286.822
208,448
240,356
438,573
Buckwheat.
16,299
21,378
1,336
2,152
1,152
614
Rye. .
7,627
6,344
5,536
2,725
1,378
3,614
Barley.
5,862
8,234
2,868
3,644
3,250
2,442
Irish Potatoes.
29,922
80,763
193,030
92,617
133,781
Apples
172,332
182,665
57,658
629,666
289,940
Though the several agricultural products of Hancock County have been usually successful, wheat and corn have always been its two greatest staples. The average annual wheat product of the county from 1869 to 1884, inclusive, was 14.86 bushels per acre, while the average corn yield for the same period was 34.92 bushels per acre. The total annual average wheat product of the county from 1878 to 1882, inclusive, was 877,458 bushels, ranking sec- ond in the Maumee Valley and sixth in the State, Seneca, Stark, Wayne, Darke and Pickaway being the only counties of Ohio during that period whose total annual average wheat yield exceeded that of Hancock. The county's total annual average corn crop for the same five years was 1, 701, - 285 bushels, ranking seventeenth in that cereal and leading the remaining seventy-one counties of Ohio in the growth of corn. Truly this is a grand testimonial to the fertility of her soil and the intelligence of her farmers.
The Hancock County Agricultural Society has, no doubt, done more toward building up and developing the agricultural interests of the county than all other social agencies combined. The annual fairs held at Findlay during the past thirty-four years have created a friendly rivalry among agriculturists in the breeding of fine stock, and brought about the introduc- tion of better machinery and more scientific modes of farming. The first active effort made to organize this society was through a call published in the Hancock Courier of August 21, 1851, and signed by Abner Evans, Henry Lamb, John Lafferty, Charles Eckels, Abner Leonard, C. O. Mann, Robert L. Strother, Alexander Phillips, William Taylor, A. H. Fairchild, C. Folk, D. J. Cory and John Strother, for a meeting to be held at the Court House on Saturday, August 30, 1851, for the purpose of forming a county agri- cultural society, and "to organize and transact business necessary to the furtherance of the plow." Pursuant to this notice a goodly, number of citizens met on the day specified, and organized by appointing Aaron Hall, president, John Cooper and William Taylor, vice presidents, and Robert Coulter, secretary of the meeting. Henry Brown then read, for the infor- mation of those interested, an "act for the encouragement of agriculture,"
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passed March 12, 1844. . It was afterward decided to hold the next meet- ing at the Court House on the first Saturday of October following, when permanent officers would be elected. A membership subscription paper was drafted and left with William Taylor for the procurement of names.
On the 4th of October, 1851, the embryo society met according to ap- pointment, and organized by calling Robert L. Strother to the chair and appointing Henry Brown, secretary. A constitution previously prepared was read and adopted, and the following officers elected for the ensuing year: John Cooper, president; Robert L. Strother, vice-president; William Taylor, secretary; D. J. Cory, treasurer; Aaron Hall, John Dukes, Will- iam Yates, Henry Lamb, John Moore, John Lafferty and Alexander Phil- lips, managers. After the disposal of a few other matters the society ad- journed until November 13, 1851. During this year the following members were obtained, each of whom paid $1, except D. J. Cory, who gave $10 toward the enterprise: Robert L. Strother, Henry Lamb, Alexander Phil- lips, William Taylor, John Cooper, David Dorsey, Jesse George, T. G. Pumre, Hiram Cox, John P. McNeaill, A. H. Fairchild, A. P. Byal, Jesse Ford, Paul Sours, Jonas Hartman, Edson Goit, William Yates, Aaron Hall, Robert Coulter, D. J. Cory, Peter George, Henry Davis, Samuel Spitler, Elijah Barnd, James Elsea, Ebenezer McIntire, James H. Barr, L. G. Flenner, William Mungen, Samuel Howard, Moses McAnelly, John Moore, Miles Wilson, Jr., E. P. Coons & Co., Charles Osterlen, Joshua Hartman, E. B. Vail, Thomas Buckley, A. H. Bigelow, Abner Leonard, Thomas H. Taylor, David Patton, John Dukes, John Lafferty, Henry Folk, Alonzo Pangburn, Eli Detwiler, John Johnston, Edwin Parker and Brown & Blackford.
The second election of officers took place at the Court House April 10, 1852, and resulted as follows: John Cooper, president; Robert L. Strother, vice-president; Henry Brown, secretary; D. J. Cory, treasurer; Aaron Hall, Moses McAnelly, Jonas Hartman, John Dukes and Alexander Phillips, managers. Under this management the society held its first fair October 15 and 16, 1852, on rented grounds west of Main Street in North Findlay, which were temporarily fitted up for the occasion. The secretary in his report says "the attendance was very large," and, doubless, it was a very good fair, considering the circumstances under which it was given, but when he informs us that the total premiums awarded amounted to $99.12 we can then easily realize what wonderful progress the society has made since it gave its first fair. The same grounds in North Findlay were annually rent- ed, and used up to and including the fair of 1858. The lack of permanent grounds and suitable buildings were the main drawbacks under which the society labored during those seven years. Nevertheless the fairs were usually successful, and at the close of the one of 1858 the society was out of debt and had about $100 in the treasury.
In January, 1859, the subject of securing permanent grounds began to be agitated. The officers chosen on the 15th of this month were Israel Green, president; A. P. Byal, vice-president; Samuel F. Gray, secretary; A. M. Hollabangh, treasurer: A. W. Strother, Ezra Karm, William Vance, William Martin, Abner Leonard, Abel F. Parker, Aaron Hall, John Moore, Daniel Alspach and Daniel Fox, board of managers. On the 5th of Feb- ruary a meeting of the society was convened, and the president, secretary, treasurer, and board of managers were appointed a committee to view
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sites and receive proposals for the purchase or lease of suitable grounds, and to report at the next meeting, February 9, 1859. On that date the com- mittee reported the selection of a tract of eight acres lying on the Mount Blanchard road, in East Findlay, which was purchased of James H. Wilson for the sum of $800. Measures were soon afterward taken to fence and fit up the ground for the succeeding annual fair, which was held thereon October 5, 6 and 7, 1859. Nine annual exhibitions were held on these grounds, and the inter- est and attendance had so increased that the society felt justified in seek- ing a larger tract. In October, 1867, a committee was appointed to sell the old grounds, but nothing definite was then accomplished. In July, 1868, John Markel, A. W. Frederick and C. L. Turley were appointed a committee to dispose of the grounds, which were sold to Samuel Hoxter.
In May, 1868, a tract of twenty and one-half acres on the Bellefontaine road immediately south of Findlay, were purchased of Timothy L. Russell for $3, - 075. These grounds were fitted up and the first fair held upon them October 15, 16 and 17, 1868. This fair was reported as the most successful held by the society up to that time. Five acres bought of John Powell at a cost of $1,000 were added to the grounds on the south in August, 1871, and in Au- gust, 1882, seven and two-fifths acres adjoining the grounds on the west were purchased of A. P. Byal for the sum of $1,850. In May, 1884, the society bought a strip of half an acre running along the north part of the grounds for which they paid Francis Davis $200. The last addition made to the grounds was a tract of two acres on the west side and purchased of Morrison & Baker, in September, 1885, for the sum of $500. The grounds now contain thirty-five and two-fifths acres, which have cost the society $6,625. It is claimed by the secretary that about $4,000 have been expended in buildings and other improvements, making a total expenditure of over $10, - 000. About one-third of the grounds is covered by the original forest, and their location is perhaps the most beautiful that could have been selected in the Blanchard Valley. For many years the annual exhibitions of this society have been recognized as among the most successful in Northwestern Ohio, and its offi- cers of the past and present deserve great credit for their indefatigable labors in building up an institution which every progressive citizen feels is an honor to Hancock County. The officers of the society for 1885 were as fol- lows: Samuel D. Frey, president; James A. Vickers, vice-president; D. B. Beardsley, secretary; J. M. Vanhorn, treasurer; David Downing, Jas- per Dukes, Josiah Fahl, Isaac N. Teatsorth, Calvin W. Brooks, Hiram Huffman, J. W. Marshall, John Cusac, James A. Vickers, Joseph Foreman, James Cox and Samuel D. Frey, managers.
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CHAPTER V.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-STATE SENATORS-STATE REPRE- SENTATIVES-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, AND MEMBERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS - COMMISSIONERS-AUDITORS-TREASURERS - RECORDERS- CLERKS-SHERIFFS-SURVEYORS-CORONERS-PROBATE JUDGES - PUBLIC BUILDINGS-COURT HOUSES, JAILS AND INFIRMARY-POLITICAL STATIS- TICS.
M ANY unforeseen obstacles were met with in the compilation of a reliable and authentic roster of public officials. Comparing the lists hereto- fore published with the records, it was soon discovered that, though most of the names are given, the dates of service are very erroneous, and re- liance had to be almost solely placed on the musty, age-dimmed election returns stowed away in the clerk's office. The result derived from a careful inspection of these returns fully repaid the time expended, and the lists are here given with confidence that they are correct and beyond dispute. The roster of members of Congress, State senators and representatives begins with the erection of the county in 1820, while the balance of the lists date from its organization eight years later. The reader will therefore bear in mind that wherever Wood County appears as a part of the senatorial or legisla- tive district, prior to 1828, it also includes Hancock, which was under the jurisdiction of Wood till March, 1828 .*
Members of Congress .- Joseph Vance, of Champaign County, 1821 to 1835; Samson Mason, of Clark County, 1835 to 1843; Henry St. John, of Seneca County, 1843 to 1847; Rodolphus Dickinson, of Sandusky County, 1847, died in 1849; Amos E. Wood, of Sandusky County, vice Dickinson deceased, 1849, died in 1850; John Bell, of Sandusky County, 1850 to 1851; Alfred P. Edgerton, of Defiance County, 1851 to 1855; Richard Mott, of Lucas County, 1855 to 1859; James M. Ashley, of Lucas County, 1859 to 1863; Francis C. Le Blond, of Mercer County, 1863 to 1867; William Mun- gen, of Hancock County, 1867 to 1871; Charles N. Lamison, of Allen County, 1871 to 1873; Charles Foster, of Seneca County, 1873 to 1879; Frank H. Hurd, of Lucas County, 1879 to 1881: John B. Rice, of Sandusky County, 1881 to 1883; George E. Seney, of Seneca County, 1883 to 1887.
State Senators. - George Fithian, district Clark, Champaign Logan, and Wood, 1820-21; James Cooley, same district, 1821-23; George Fithian, same district, 1823-24; Robert Young, district Miami, Shelby, Logan and Wood, 1824-26; Daniel M. Workman, same district, 1826-28; David Camp- bell, district Hancock, Wood, Seneca, Sandusky and Huron, 1828-30; Samuel M. Lockwood, same district, 1830-32; Philip Lewis, district Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union and Madison, 1832-34; Samuel Newell, same district, 1834-36; John E. Hunt, district Hancock, Wood, Henry and Lucas, 1836-37; Curtis Bates, district Hancock, Hardin, Wood, Lucas, Henry, Williams, Paulding, Putnam, Allen, Van Wert and Shelby, 1837-
*For Common Pleas, and Associate Judges, and Prosecuting Attorneys see Chapter VI.
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39; John E. Hunt, same district, 1839-40; John Goodin, district Hancock, Wood, Seneca, Sandusky and Ottawa, 1840-42; Moses McAnelly, same dis- trict, 1842-44; Charles W. O'Neal, district Hancock, Wood, Lucas and Ottawa, 1844-46; Jesse Wheeler, same district, 1846-48; Joel W. Wilson, district Hancock, Seneca and Wyandot, 1848-50; Michael Brackley, same district, 1850-51. Under the constitution of 1851, the State was divided into fixed senatorial districts, and the counties of Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry and Putnam, became the Thirty-third District. The senators since that time have been as follows: William Mungen, 1852-54; Samuel H. Steedman, 1854-56; William S. Lunt, 1856-58; Josiah N. Westcott, 1858-60; George Laskey, 1860-62; Charles M. Godfrey, 1862-64; James C. Hall, 1864-66; James C. Hall and Parlee Carlin, 1866-68; Abel M. Corey and James C. Hall, 1868. The latter died in 1868, and in December of that year Charles A. King was elected to fill vacancy, and with Mr. Corey served till 1870; Abel M. Corey, 1870-72; Dresam W. H. Howard and Hanks B. Gage, 1872-74; William A. Tressler and Emery D. Potter, 1874- 76; T. P. Brown and Charles J. Swan, 1876-78; James B. Steedman and David Joy, 1878-80; John A. Wilkins, 1880-82; Joseph H. Brigham and Jonathan D. Norton, 1882-84; William H. McLyman and Orlando B. Ramey, 1884-86; Ezra S. Dodd and Herman C. Groschner, 1886-88.
State Representatives .- John Shelby, district Logan and Wood, 1820- 28; Samuel M. Lockwood, district Hancock, Wood, Seneca and Sandusky, 1828-30; Josiah Hedges, same district, 1830-31; Harvey J. Harmon, same district, 1831-32; Samuel Newell, district Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Union and Madison, 1832-34; Nicholas Hathaway, same district, 1834-36; John Hollister, district Hancock, Wood, Lucas, Henry and Williams, 1836-37; Parlee Carlin, same district, 1837-38; William Taylor, same district, 1838- 39; Moses McAnelly, same district, 1839-40; Amos E. Wood and Moses McAnelly, district Hancock, Wood, Seneca, Sandusky and Ottawa, 1840-41; Amos E. Wood and George W. Baird, same district, 1841-42; George W. Baird and Henry C. Brish, same district, 1842-43; William B. Craighill and Samuel Waggoner, same district, 1843-44; Elijah Huntington, district Hancock, Wood, Lucas and Ottawa, 1844-45; Lyman Parcher, same dis- trict, 1845-46; John McMahan, same district, 1846-47; Emery D. Potter, same district, 1847-48; Machias C. Whiteley, district Hancock and Wyan- dot, 1848-50; Henry Bishop, same district, 1850-51. Since the adoption of the constitution of 1851, Hancock County has formed a separate legislative district, and has been represented by the following citizens: Henry Bishop, 1852-54; John F. Perkey, 1854-56; Parlee Carlin, 1856-58; John Westcott, 1858-62; William Gribben, 1862-64; Gribben obtained certificate of re- election in 1863, but near the close of first session in 1864, the seat was given on contest to his opponent, Parlee Carlin, who served till 1866; Isaac Cusac, 1866-70; Aaron B. Shafer, 1870-72; Charles Osterlen, 1872-1874; William M. McKinley, 1874-76; Alexander Phillips, 1876, died in office, same year; Henry Sheets, 1877-80; William H. Wheeler, 1880-84; Absalom P. Byal, 1884-88.
Presidential Electors and Members of Constitutional Conventions .- John Dukes, of Blanchard Township, was the elector of this district on the Harrison and Tyler ticket in 1840; William Taylor of Findlay, was the Fre- mont and Dayton elector in 1856; and Jacob F. Burket, of Findlay, the Gar- field and Arthur elector in 1880. These were the only citizens of Han-
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cock County who ever filled that position in the district to which Hancock belonged. John Ewing, of Findlay, served in the Constitutional Convention of 1850; and Absalom P. Byal, of Findlay, in that of 1873.
Commissioners .- Godfrey Wolford, from April, 1828, to October, 1828; John Long, April, 1828, to October, 1828; John P. Hamilton, April, 1828, to October, 1828; John Long (re-elected), October, 1828, to December, 1829; Charles McKinnis, October, 1828, to December, 1830; John P. Hamilton (re-elected), October, 1828, to December, 1831; Mordecai Hammond, Decem- ber, 1829, to December, 1832; Charles McKinnis (re-elected), December, 1830, to December, 1833; Robert L. Strother, December, 1831, to December, 1834; John Rose, December, 1832, to December, 1835; John Byal, December, 1833, to December, 1836; John L. Carson, December, 1834, resigned in Decem- ber, 1835; William Taylor (of Findlay), December, 1835, to December, 1838; Darius Smith (to fill vacancy caused by Carson's resignation), December, 1835, to December, 1837; John Byal (re-elected), December, 1836, to Decem- ber, 1839; Aquilla Gilbert, December, 1837, to December, 1840; Daniel Fair- child, December, 1838, to December, 1841; George Shaw, December, 1839, to December, 1842; Aquilla Gilbert (re-elected), December 1840, to December, 1843; Andrew Ricketts, December, 1841, to December, 1844; George Shaw, (re-elected), December, 1842, to December, 1845; Peter George, December, 1843, to December, 1846; John Lafferty, December, 1844, to December, 1847; William Taylor (of Findlay), December, 1845, to December, 1848; Peter George (re-elected), December, 1846, to December, 1849; William W. Hughes, December, 1847, to December, 1850; Thomas Kelley, December, 1848, to De- cember, 1851; Elias Cole, December, 1849, to December, 1852; William W. Hughes (re-elected), December, 1850, to December, 1853; Thomas Kelley (re- elected), December, 1851, to December, 1854; Elias Cole (re-elected), Decem- ber, 1852, to December, 1855; Jacob Bushong, December, 1853, to December, 1856; William Davis, December, 1854, to December, 1857; John McKinley, December, 1855, to December, 1858; Jacob Bushong (re-elected), December 1856, to December, 1859; John Graham, December, 1857, to December, 1860; John McKinley (re-elected), December, 1858, to December, 1861; Isaac Cusac, December, 1859; resigned late in 1861, or early the following year; John Graham (re-elected), December, 1860, to December, 1863; Conrad Line, De- cember, 1861, to December, 1864; Jacob Bushong, appointed in February, 1862, to serve the unexpired term of Isaac Cusac up to December, 1862; John Cooper, December, 1862, to December, 1865; William Taylor (of Washington Township), December, 1863, to December, 1866; David W. Engle, December, 1864, to December, 1867; John Cooper (re-elected), December, 1865, to De- cember, 1868; William Taylor (re-elected), December, 1866, to December, 1869; David W. Engle (re-elected), December, 1867, to December, 1870; William M. Marshall, December, 1868, to December, 1871; Samuel Creigh - ton, December, 1869, to December, 1872; Joseph Saltzman, December, 1870, to December, 1873; William M. Marshall (re-elected), December, 1871, to December, 1874; John D. Bishop, December, 1872, to December, 1875; Joseph Saltzman (re-elected), December, 1873, resigned June 9, 1876; John Edgington, December, 1874, to December, 1877; John D. Bishop, Decem- ber, 1875, to December, 1878; Ross W. Moore appointed June 9, 1876, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Saltzman, and elected as his own successor the following October, first regular term expiring in December, 1879; John Edgington (re-elected), December, 1877, to December,
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