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six and twenty-one years of age, resident within the district, and not tempo- rarily there, designating also the number between sixteen and twenty-one years of age, the number residing in the Western Reserve, the Virginia Military District, the United States Military District, and in any original surveyed township or fractional township to which belongs Section 16, or other land in lieu thereof, or any other lands for the use of schools or any interest in the proceeds of such land: Provided, that in addition to the classified return of all the youth residing in the district, that the aggregate number of youth in the district resident of any adjoining county, shall be separately given, if any such there be, and the name of the county in which they reside." The Clerk of each Board of Education is required to transmit to the County Auditor an abstract of the returns of enumeration made to him, on or before the second Monday of October.
The County Auditor is required to transmit to the State Commissioner, on or before the 5th day of November, a duly certified abstract of the enumera- tion returns made to him by Clerks of school districts. The law provides that "the Auditor of State shall, annually, apportion the common school funds among the different counties upon the enumeration and returns made to him by the State Commissioner of Common Schools, and certify the amount so apportioned to the County Auditor of each county, stating from what sources the same is derived, which said sum the several County Treasurers shall retain in their respective treasuries from the State funds; and the County Auditors shall, annually, and immediately after their annual settlement with the County Treasurers, apportion the school funds for their respective counties accord- ing to the enumeration and returns in their respective offices."
The law provides that the school year shall begin on the 1st day of Sep- tember of each year, and close on the 31st of August of the succeeding year. A school week shall consist of five days, and a school month of four school weeks. The law also provides, in relation to common schools, that they shall be "free to all youth between six and twenty-one years of age who are children, wards or apprentices of actual residents of the school district, and no pupil shall be suspended therefrom except for such time as may be necessary to con- vene the Board of Education of the district, or local Director of the subdis- trict, nor be expelled unless by a vote of two-thirds of said Board of local Directors, after the parent or guardian of the offending pupil shall have been notified of the proposed expulsion, and permitted to be heard against the same; and no scholar shall be suspended or expelled from the privilege of schools beyond the current term: Provided, that each Board of Education shall have power to admit other persons, not under six years of age, upon such terms, or upon the payment of such tuition as they prescribe; and Boards of Education of city, village or special districts shall also have power to admit, without charge or tuition, persons within the school age who are members of the family of any freeholder whose residence is not within such district, if any part of such freeholder's homestead is within such district; and provided fur- ther, that the several Boards of Education shall make such assignments of the youth of their respective districts to the schools established by them, as will, in their opinion, best promote the interests of education in their districts; and provided further, that nothing contained in this section shall supersede or modify the provisions of Section 31 of an act entitled "an act for the re-or- ganization, supervision and maintenance of common schools, passed March 14, 1853, as amended March 18, 1864."
Provision is made by law for the establishment and maintenance of teach- ers' institutes, which are established for the professional improvement of
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teachers. At each session competent instructors and lecturers are employed to assist the State Commissioner, who is required by law to superintend and encourage such institutes. They are either county, city or joint institutes of two or more counties, and the examination fees paid by teachers to Boards of Examiners are devoted to the payment of the expenses incurred by these instructions.
History teaches us that no art or science, wealth or power will compensate for the lack of moral and intellectual stability in the minds of a nation. Hence it is admitted that the strength and perpetuity of this Republic must consist in the morality and intelligence of its people. Every youth in Ohio under twenty-one years of age may have the benefit of a public school education, and since the system of graded and high schools has been adopted, may obtain a general knowledge from the alphabet to the classics. The enumerated branches of study in the public schools of this State are about thirty-four, including mathematics and astronomy, French, German and the classics. Thus Ohio, which was in the heart of the wilderness one hundred years ago, and has been a State only eighty-two years, now presents to the world not merely an unriv- aled development of material prosperity, but a good system of popular educa- tion.
CHAPTER IX.
PUBLIC OFFICERS-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-STATE SENATORS-TERRITORIAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -TREASURERS - CLERKS-RECORDERS-AUDITORS-SHERIFFS-CORONERS-SURVEYORS - PRO- BATE JUDGES-SEAT OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS-PRISON BOUNDS- COUNTY INFIRMARY-POLITICAL STATISTICS OF PORTAGE COUNTY-FIRST ELECTION HELD; WITHI THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES AND VOTERS- GUBERNATORIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
A FTER much labor and research among the musty, age-dimmed records stowed away in the Court House vaults, we have carefully compiled the roster of Portage County officials embraced in this chapter, together with their respective terms of service, from the organization of the county up to the pres- ent. In regard to the members of Congress, State Senators and Representa- tives, the reader will bear in mind that they respectively represent the district of which the territory now embraced in Portage County formed a part since the organization of the second grade of Territorial government in 1799. The latter lists were obtained from the annual reports of the Secretary of State, and may therefore be regarded as reliable .*
Members of Congress. - William H. Harrison, of Hamilton County, 1799, resigned in 1800, to accept the Governorship of the Territory of Indiana; William McMillan, of Hamilton County, vice Harrison, resigned, 1800 to 1801; Paul Fearing, of Washington County, 1801 to 1803; Jeremiah Mor- row, of Warren County, 1803 to 1813; John S. Edwards, of Trumbull County, 1813, resigned in April, 1813; Rezin Beall, of Wayne County, vice Edwards, resigned, April, 1813, Beall also resigning in August, 1813; David Clendenen, of Trumbull County, vice Beall resigned, August, 1813 to 1817; Peter Hitch- cock, of Geauga County, 1817 to 1819; John Sloan, of Wayne County, 1819 to 1823; Elisha Whittlesey, of Trumbull County (now Mahoning), 1823 to
* For Common Pleas and Associate Judges, and Prosecuting Attorneys see Chapter X.
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1833; Jonathan Sloane, of Portage County, 1833 to 1837; John W. Allen, of Cuyahoga County, 1837 to 1841; Sherlock J. Andrews, of Cuyahoga County, 1841 to 1843: Daniel R. Tilden, of Portage County, 1843 to 1847; John Crowell, of Trumbull County, 1847 to 1851; Eben Newton, of Mahoning County, 1851 to 1853; George Bliss, of Summit County, 1853 to 1855; Ben- jamin F. Leiter, of Stark County, 1855 to 1859; Sidney Edgerton, of Summit County, 1859 to 1863; James A. Garfield, of Portage County, 1863 to 1879; William McKinley, Jr., of Stark County, 1879 to 1881; Ezra B. Taylor, of Trumbull County, 1881, third term expires in 1887.
State Senators .- Samuel Huntington, district Trumbull County, 1803; Benjamin Tappan, same district, 1803 to 1804; George Tod, same district, 1804 to 1806; Calvin Cone, district Trumbull and Geauga, 1806 to 1808; David Abbott, district Portage and Geauga, 1808 to 1810; David Abbott, dis- trict Portage, Geauga and Cuyahoga, 1810 to 1812; Peter Hitchcock, district Portage, Geauga, Cuyahoga and Ashtabula, 1812 to 1816; Aaron Wheeler and Almon Ruggles, district Portage, Geanga, Cuyahoga, Ashtabula and Huron, 1816 to 1818; Aaron Wheeler and John Campbell, same district, including Medina County, 1818 to 1819; John Campbell and Almon Ruggles, same dis- trict, 1819 to 1820; Jonathan Foster, district Portage and Medina, 1820 to 1822; Jonathan Sloane, same district, 1822 to 1824, Aaron Norton, same dis- trict, 1824 to 1825; Elkanah Richardson, vice Aaron Norton, deceased, same district, 1825 to 1826; Jonathan Sloane, same district, 1826 to 1828; Darius Lyman, district Portage; 1828 to 1832; Chauncy Eggleston, same district, 1832 to 1834; Darius Lyman, same district, 1834 to 1835: Frederick Wads- worth, same district, 1835 to 1836; Daniel Upson, same district, 1836 to 1838; Gregory Powers, same district, 1838 to 1839; Simon Perkins, Jr., same district, 1839 to 1840; Elisha N. Sill, same district, 1840 to 1841; Elisha N. Sill, district Portage and Summit, 1841 to 1842; John E. Jackson, same dis- trict, 1842 to 1844; William Wetmore, same district, 1844 to 1846; Asahel H. Lewis, same district, 1846 to 1848; Lucian Swift, same district, 1848 to 1850; Darius Lyman, same district, 1850 to 1851.
Under the Constitution of 1851 the State was divided into fixed Senatorial districts. Portage and Summit were designated as the Twenty-sixth District, and have so remained to the present time. The Senators since then have been as follows: Ransom A. Gillett, 1852 to 1854; William H. Upson, 1854 to 1856; Oliver P. Brown, 1856 to 1858; George P. Ashmun, 1858 to 1860; James A. Garfield, 1860 to 1862; Lucius V. Bierce, 1862 to 1864; Luther Day, 1864, resigned in the summer of 1864, and was succeeded the following October by Alphonso Hart, who served until 1866; N. T. Tibbals, 1866 to 1868; Philo B. Conant, 1868, resigned in August, 1868, and was succeeded by William Stedman, who served until 1870; Henry McKinney, 1870 to 1872; Alphonso Hart, 1872 to 1874; N. W. Goodhue, 1874 to 1876; Marvin Kent, 1876 to 1878 ;. David D. Beebe, 1878 to 1882; S. P. Wolcott, 1882, second term expires in 1886. Senator Wolcott, under the apportionment of 1881, was chosen to represent the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth Districts, the former embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga, and the latter Summit and Portage.
Territorial and State Representatives. - James Pritchard, district Jeffer- son County, 1799 to 1801; Edward Paine, district Trumbull, 1801 to 1803; Ephraim Quimby and Aaron Wheeler, same district, 1803; David Abbott and Ephraim Quimby, same district, 1803 to 1804; Amos Spofford and Homer Heine, same district, 1804 to 1805; Homer Heine and James Kingsbury, same district, 1805 to 1806; John P. Bissell and James Kingsbury, district Trum-
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bull and Geauga, 1806 to 1807; John W. Seeley and James Montgomery, same district, 1807 to 1808; Abel Sabin, district Portage, 1808 to 1809; Benjamin Whedon, same district, 1809 to 1810; Elias Harmon, same district, 1810 to 1812; Rial McArthur, same district, 1812 to 1815; Moses Adams, same dis- trict, 1815 to 1816; Darius Lyman, same district, 1816 to 1818; Darius Lyman, district Portage and Medina, 1818 to 1820; Jonathan Sloane and James Moore, same district, 1820 to 1822; George B. DePeyster and Joseph Harris, same district, 1822 to 1823; George B. DePeyster and James Moore, same district, 1823 to 1824; William Coolman, district Portage, 1824 to 1828; Van R. Humphrey, same district, 1828 to 1830; Thomas Earl, same district, 1830 to 1832; Gregory Powers, same district, 1832 to 1833; Roan Clark, same district, 1833 to 1834; Amos Seward. same district, 1834 to 1835; Joseph Lyman, same district, 1835 to 1836; William Quimby and Thomas C. Shreve, same district, 1836 to 1837; Solomon Day and William Wetmore, same dis- trict, 1837 to 1838; Elisha Garrett and George Kirkum, same district, 1838 to 1839; Rufus P. Spalding and Ephraim B. Hubbard, same district, 1839 to 1840; Jason Streator and Hiram Giddings, same district, 1840 to 1841; John Streator, same district, 1841 to 1842; Thomas Earl and Samuel H. Pardee, same district, 1842 to 1843; Plimman C. Bennett, same district, 1843 to 1844; Robert F. Paine, same district, 1844 to 1845; David McIntosh and Thomas C. Shreve, district Portage and Summit, 1845 to 1846; Luther Russell, district Portage, 1846 to 1847; William Coolman and Amos Seward, district Portage and Summit, 1847 to 1848; George Sheldon, district Portage, 1848 to 1850; Lorin Bigelow, same district, 1850 to 1851.
Since the adoption of the Constitution of 1851, Portage County has com- posed a separate legislative district, and has been represented in the Lower House by the following citizens: Lorin Bigelow, 1852 to 1854; L. W. Coch- ran, 1854 to 1856; Erasmus Needham, 1856 to 1858; Cyrus Laughlin, 1858 to. 1860; William Stedman and A. J. Squire, 1860 to 1862; David L. Rockwell, 1862 to 1864; Samuel E. M. Kneeland, 1864 to 1866; William Stedman, 1866 to 1868; Reuben P. Cannon, 1868 to 1872; Joseph R. Conrad, 1872 to 1874; Orvil Blake, 1874 to 1878; Charles R. Harmon, 1878 to 1882; Egbert S. Woodworth, 1882 to 1884; Aaron M. Sherman, 1884, term expires in 1886. County Commissioners. - Abel Sabin, from June 8, 1808, to October, 1808; Joel Gaylord, June 8, 1808, to October, 1809; Lewis Day, June 8, 1808, to October, 1810; Joseph Harris, October, 1808, to October, 1811; Oliver Snow, October, 1809, to October, 1812; Samuel King, October, 1810, to October, 1813; John T. Baldwin, October, 1811, to October, 1814; Oliver Snow (re- elected), October, 1812, to October, 1815; Owen Brown, October, 1813, to October, 1816; John T. Baldwin (re-elected), October, 1814, to October, 1817; Amzi Atwater, October, 1815, to October, 1818; Owen Brown (re-elected), October, 1816, to October, 1819; Rufus Ferris, October, 1817, resigned March, 1818; Alexander K. Hubbard, April, 1818, to October, 1820; Dillingham Clark, October, 1818, to October, 1821; George Clark, October, 1819, to October, 1822; Asa K. Burroughs, October, 1820, to October, 1823; James Coe, October, 1821, to October, 1824; Elkanah Richardson, October, 1822, to October, 1825; Asa K. Burroughs (re-elected), October, 1823, to October, 1826; James Coe (re-elected), October, 1824, to October, 1827; Asaph Whittlesey, October, 1825, to October, 1828; Owen Brown, October, 1826, to October, 1829; James Coe (re elected), October, 1827, to October, 1830; Hiram Giddings, October, 1828, to October, 1831; Jonathan Foster, October, 1829, to October, 1832; Edwin Wetmore, Octo- ber, 1830, to October, 1833; Andrew Bassett, October, 1831, to October, 1834; Elisha Garrett, October, 1832, to October, 1835; Alanson Baldwin, October,
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1833, to October, 1836; Solomon Day, October, 1834, to October, 1837; Henry Chittenden, October, 1835, to October, 1838; Royal Taylor, October, 1836, to October, 1839; Ephraim L. Williams, October, 1837, to October, 1840; Henry Chittenden (re-elected), October, 1838, resigned June, 1840; Moses Eggleston, October, 1839, to October, 1842; Arthur Anderson, June, 1840, to October, 1840; Miner Merrick, October, 1840, to October, 1841; Leverett Norton, Octo- ber, 1840, to October, 1843; Miner Merrick (re-elected), October, 1841, to Octo- ber, 1844; Moses Eggleston (re-elected), October, 1842, to October, 1845; William R. Kelso, October, 1843, to October, 1846; Benjamin Marshall, October, 1844, to October, 1847; Caleb Carleton, October, 1845, to October, 1848; William R. Kelso (re-elected), October, 1846, to October, 1849; Orsa- mus L. Drake, October, 1847, to October, 1850; Carnot Mason, October, 1848, to October, 1851; Hiram Spencer, October, 1849, to October, 1852; Joel H. Curtis, October, 1850, resigned December, 1852; Moses A. Birchard, Decem- ber, 1851, to December, 1854; Ebenezer S. Harmon, November, 1852, to Decem- ber, 1855; David K. Wheeler, December, 1852, to December, 1856; Sylvester Huggins, December, 1854, to December, 1857; Evan E. Davis, December, 1855, to December, 1858; Charles Goodsell, December, 1856, to December, 1859; Horace Adams, December, 1857, resigned January, 1858; David K. Wheeler, February, 1858, to December, 1858; S. A. Hinman, December, 1858, to December, 1860; E. D. Carlton, December, 1858, to December, 1861; A. H. Weatherbee, December, 1859, to December, 1862; L. C. Merrill, December, 1860, to December, 1863; Thomas Gorby, December, 1861, to December, 1864; E. D. Carlton (re-elected), December, 1862, to December, 1865; P. P. Daw- ley, December, 1863, to December, 1866; Joseph. R. Conrad, December, 1864, to December, 1867; Ozias Allyn, December, 1865, to December, 1868; P. P. Dawley (re-elected), December, 1866, to December, 1869; Joseph R. Conrad (re-elected), December, 1867, to December, 1870; H. J. Noble, December, 1868, to December, 1871; N. B. Jennings, December, 1869, to December, 1872; Smith Sanford, December, 1870, to December, 1873; Isaac Brown, December, 1871, to December, 1874; Luther H. Parmelee, December, 1872, resigned December, 1874; Smith Sanford (re-elected), December, 1873, to December, 1876; Edward A. Parsons, December, 1874, to December, 1875; Wanzer Holcomb, December, 1874, to December, 1877; Edward A. Parsons, December, 1875, to December, 1878; Edgar Whittlesey, December, 1876, to December, 1879; P. C. Nichols, December, 1877, to December, 1880; A. B. Merrill, December, 1878, to December, 1881; Edgar Whittlesey (re-elected), December, 1879, to December, 1882; P. C. Nichols (re-elected), December, 1880, to December, 1883; A. B. Merrill (re-elected), December, 1881, to Decem- ber, 1884; Orrin Smyth, December, 1882, term expires in December, 1885; J. L. Thompson, December, 1883, term expires in December, 1886; Wanzer Holcomb, December, 1884, term expires in December, 1887.
Treasurers. - Elias Harmon, June, 1808, resigned November, 1810; Gersham Bostwick, from November, 1810, to June, 1814; Heman Oviatt, June, 1814, to June, 1815; Gersham Bostwick, June, 1815, to June, 1816; William Wetmore, June, 1816, to June, 1824; Isaac Swift, June, 1824, to June, 1832; Frederick Williams, June, 1832, to June, 1840; Henry L. Tilden, June, 1840, to June, 1846; Enos P. Brainerd, June, 1846, to June, 1848; Jackson T. Green, June, 1848, to June, 1852; Charles Green, June, 1852, to June, 1856; Lyman Bryant, June, 1856, to June, 1858; Harvey C. Newberry, June, 1858, to September, 1860; George Sanford, September, 1860, to September, 1862; Samuel D. Har- ris, September, 1862, to September, 1866; Gustavus P. Reed, September, 1866, to September, 1870; Edward G. Hinman, September, 1870, to Septem-
Thomas Gorby
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ber, 1874; John C. Beatty, September, 1874, to September, 1878; Nathan H. Smith, September, 1878, to September, 1882; Wilbur A. Jenkins, September, 1882, second term expires in September, 1886.
Clerks .- Benjamin Whedon, August, 1808, to December, 1809; William Wetmore, December, 1809, to March, 1813; Ira Hudson, March, 1813, to Octo- ber, 1817; Seth Day, October, 1817, to October, 1831; George Kirkum, Octo- ber, 1831, to October, 1838; William Coolman, Jr., October, 1838, to June, 1845; Horace Y. Beebe, July, 1845, to February, 1852; Ebenezer Spalding, February, 1852, to February, 1855; Edmund Bostwick, February, 1855, to February, 1861; Horace M. Clark, February, 1861, to February, 1867; Andrew Jackson, February, 1867, to February, 1873; John Meharg, February, 1873, to February, 1882; John Porter, February, 1882, second term expires in February, 1888.
Recorders. - Titus Wetmore, October, 1808, to April, 1810; William Wet- more, May, 1810, to February, 1813; Ira Hudson, March, 1813, to September, 1817; Seth Day, October, 1817, to August, 1831; John N. Skinner, August, 1831, to October, 1849; Rodolphus Bard, October, 1849, to October, 1852; Andrew Jackson, October, 1852, to October, 1855; Joshua T. Catlin, October, 1855, to January, 1862; James Norton, January, 1862, to January, 1868; George W. Barrett, January, 1868, to January, 1877; Philo Bierce, January, 1877, third term expires in January, 1886.
Auditors .- This office was created by an act of the Legislature passed February 8, 1820, the duties then belonging to the position having previously been performed by a clerk appointed by the Commissioners. Under the old regime but six men filled the office, viz .: Abel Sabin and Seth Day, in 1808; Seth Day, 1809; Oliver C. Dickinson, 1810-11: Stephen Mason, 1812-17; Alexander K. Hubbard, 1818; Orvill Crane, 1819 to February, 1820. Since that time the Auditors have been as follows: Rial McArthur, February, 1820, to February, 1823; Samuel D. Harris, March, 1823, to February, 1831; Sam- uel Foljambe, March, 1831, to February, 1841; George B. De Peyster. March, 1841, to January, 1844; Charles L. Rhodes, February, 1844, to February, 1847; Caleb Atwater, March, 1847, to February, 1849; John G. McBride, March, 1849, to February, 1853; Lorenzo Frost, March, 1853, to February, 1855; Thomas W. Browning, March, 1855, to February, 1857; H. L. Carter, March, 1857, to February, 1859; Alfred Baldwin, March, 1859, to February, 1861; Frank L. Sawyer, March, 1861, to February, 1863; Henry H. Stevens, March, 1863, to February, 1869; William Grinnell, February, 1869, to Novem- ber, 1880; Le Grand A. Olin, November, 1880, second term expires in Novem- ber, 1886.
Sheriffs .- Alva Day, June 8, 1808, to December, 1810; John Campbell, January, 1811, to November, 1812; Stephen Mason, November, 1812, to Novem- ber, 1816; Asa K. Burroughs, November, 1816, resigned in March, 1820; William Coolman, April, 1820, to November, 1824; John King, November, 1824, to November, 1826; James Perry, November, 1826, to November, 1830; Frederick Wadsworth, November, 1830, to November, 1834; George Y. Wal- lace, November, 1834, to November, 1838; Laurin Dewey, November, 1838, to November, 1842; Willam Frazer, November, 1842, to November, 1844; David W. Jennings, November, 1844, to November, 1846; John Gillis, November, 1846, to November, 1850; James Woodward, November, 1850, to November, 1854; Ferris Couch, November, 1854, to November, 1856; Ira Gardner, November, 1856, to January, 1859; Thomas R. Williams, January, 1859, to January, 1863; William F. Parsons, January, 1863, to January, 1865; Henry, C. Jennings, January, 1865, to January, 1869; Otis B. Paine, January, 1869, to
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January, 1873; O. C. Risdon, January, 1873, to January, 1877; Benjamin F. Keller, January, 1877, to January, 1881; William Wilcox, January, 1881, to January, 1885; H. T. Sheldon, January, 1885, term expires in January, 1887. Coroners .- Lewis Day, June 8, 1808, to October, 1808; Lewis Ely, October, 1808, to 1814; William Frazer, 1820, to 1823; J. V. Gardner, 1832, to 1839; William Frazer, 1840, to 1841; E. M. Crane, 1842, to 1843; R. J. Thompson, 1844, to 1845; A. W. Stocking, 1846, to 1847; E. Needham, 1848, to 1849; J. M. Tilden, 1850, to 1851; E. B. Babcock, 1852, to November, 1854; Ephraim B. Hubbard, November, 1854, to November, 1856; D. R. Bissell, November, 1856, to October, 1857; George Sanford, October, 1857, to January, 1860; James O. Gurley, January, 1860, to January, 1862; D. C. Stockwell, January, 1862, to January, 1864; Chauncy B. Curtis, January, 1864, to January, 1866; E. W. Crain, January, 1866, to February, 1866; Luther H. Parmelee, March, 1866, to January, 1869; Recellus Root, January, 1869, to January, 1871; Lyman Bryant, January, 1871, to January, 1874; Thomas R. Williams, Jan- uary, 1874, to January, 1876; Aaron M. Sherman, January, 1877, to January, 1879; A. H. Barlow, January, 1879, to January, 1885; O. D. Olds, January, 1885, term expires in January, 1887.
Surveyors .- Among the first Surveyors of Portage County were Amzi Atwater, Rial McArthur, Abel Sabin and A. K. Burroughs, who discharged the duties of the office for the first seven years of the county's history, since which time the following citizens have filled the position: John Harmon, 1815 to 1827; Orrin Harmon, 1828 to 1832; Samuel D. Harris, 1833, to 1835; John E. Jackson, 1836, to 1838; Samuel D. Harris, 1839, to 1840; Daniel Woodruff, 1840, to 1843; Samuel D. Harris, 1844, to 1857; Ruggles Bostwick 1858 to 1863; Isaiah Linton, 1864 to 1866; C. J. Gillis, 1867 to 1869; Jede- diah Cole, 1870 to 1884; C. B. Wadsworth, 1885, term expires in December, 1887.
Probate Judges .- Luther L. Brown, February, 1852, to February, 1855; Darius Lyman, February, 1855, to February, 1864; Oliver P. Brown, February, 1864, resigned in May, 1864; Joshua T. Catlin, May, 1864, to February, 1867; Jacob V. Mell, February, 1867, to February, 1873; Gideon Seymour, February, 1873, to February, 1882; Cornelius A. Reed, February, 1882, sec- ond term expires in February, 1888.
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