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Mulford, Henry J., private, Company D, Fifty-fourth O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1861; discharged September, 1864.
McDaniel, James, Company C, Sixty-ninth O. V. I .; enlisted 1862; dis- charged 1865.
Maurer, Frederick, private, Company K, Twelfth O. V. I .; enlisted Sep- tember, 1863; discharged May, 1865.
Mapes, Henry C., private, Company L, First O. Heavy Art .; enlisted June, 1863; discharged May, 1865.
Markley, John, private, Company B, Sixty-sixth O. V. I .; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1865.
McVay, James, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I .; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865.
Michael, Dewit C., private, Company K, One Hundred anl Thirty-ninth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
McVay, James, private, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V. I .; enlisted February, 1865; discharged September, 1865.
McCormick, James K., private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I .; enlisted February, 1862; killed February, 1863.
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McCormick, Valentine, brigade wagon master; enlisted December, 1863; discharged June, 1864.
Millhouse, Jacob J., corporal, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864.
McIntosh, Wm., private, Company E, Forty-fourth O. V. I .; enlisted Sep- tember, 1861 ; discharged November, 1864.
Mellinger, Joseph, private, Company K, Eighty-seventh O. V. I .; enlisted June, 1862; discharged October, 1862.
Maxwell, Capt. B. K., One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Morrow, Thomas E., private, Company F, Eleventh O. V. I .; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged July, 1864.
McGinness, Leander, sergeant, Company C, Forty-fourth Ind. V. I .; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged September, 1865.
Nuss, Andrew, private, Company A, Twentieth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged July, 1864.
ยท O'Neil, William, private, Company A, Fifty-second O. V. I .; enlisted August ; discharged June, 1865.
Phillips, John A., private, Company E, Thirty-sixth Ind .; enlisted August 1861; discharged September, 1863.
Potts, Harrison M., private, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Parr, Wm. A., private, Company G, Seventy-first O. V. I .; enlisted Janu- ary, 1862; discharged December, 1862.
Powell, William, private, Company F, Eleventh O. V. I .; enlisted June. 1861; discharged February, 1864.
Powell, William, private, Company D, Thirty-first O. V. I .; enlisted Feb- ruary, 1864; discharged July, 1865.
Pilliod, Francis, private, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I .; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864.
Proctor, John, private, Company F, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862 ; killed 1864.
Price, Wm. H., private, Company C, Ninth N. J. V. I .; enlisted Novem- ber, 1864; discharged May, 1865.
Patterson, Robt. M., first lieutenant, Company I, One Hundred and Eigh- teenth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged June, 1865.
Patterson, John H., corporal, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-sev- enth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; died August, 1864.
Patterson, Thomas R., private, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-sev- enth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864.
Quillen, Alvin E., private, Company L, Eighth U. S. Cav .; enlisted Febru- ary, 1864; discharged November, 1864.
Quinn, Michael, sergeant, Company H, Fifteenth O. V .I .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Russell, Joshua W., private, Company E, Second Heavy Art .; enlisted September, 1863 : discharged June, 1865.
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Rylatt, James, corporal, Company A, Fourth Del .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Rodifer, Wm. L., private, Second Bat. Light Art .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged August, 1865.
Reed, John J., sergeant, Company G, Twelfth O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1863; discharged November, 1865.
Rebstock, Adolphus, private, Company I, Twentieth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1864.
Rebstock, Adolphus, first class musician, Second Brig. First Div .; enlisted February, 1865; discharged July, 1865.
Roberts, Henry C., private, Company I, Fifty-first O. V. I .: enlisted May, 1863; discharged July, 1865.
Rike, Dayton, private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I .; enlisted Febru- ary 1862; discharged August, 1865.
Rike, Wm. E., private, Company E, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth O. V I. ; enlisted February, 1864; discharged September, 1865.
Reed, Wm. A., private, Company G, Twelfth O. V. Cav .; enlisted Septem- ber, 1863; discharged November, 1865.
Rasor, James A., private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864.
Steel, James A., private, Twenty-fifth O. V. I .; enlisted February, 1864; discharged 1864.
Shaw, William H., private; Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I .; enlisted April, 1861 ; discharged August, 1861.
Shellenbarger, Company M, First O. Art .; enlisted September, 1862; dis- charged March, 1865.
Shoup, John, private, Company C, Third U. S. Art .; enlisted December, 1862; discharged December, 1864.
Smeltzer, Thomas, commissary sergeant, Company G, Ninth O. V. Cav .; enlisted August, 1863; discharged August, 1865.
Swearinger, G. A., corporal, Company B, Ninety-fourth O. V. I .; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Strunk, Levi, private, Company A, Eleventh O. V. Cav .; enlisted October, 1861; discharged April, 1865.
Starret, David, private, Company I, Fortieth O V. I .; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864.
Soupp, Victor, private, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I .; enlisted October, 1861; discharged December, 1864.
Stewart, Robert, private, Company B, Seventy-sixth O. V. I .; enlisted Feb- ruary, 1864; discharged July, 1865.
Stewart, William, Company E, Forty-fifth O. V. I .; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Snodgrass, James H., sergeant, Company A, Twenty-eighth Mich. ; enlisted January. 1864; discharged June, 1866.
Snell. John, private, Company E, Fortieth O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864.
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Shanely, Isaac, private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I .; enlisted Novem- ber. 1861 ; discharged December, 1864.
Shue, John, private, Company E, Second O. Heavy Art .; enlisted July, 1863 ; discharged August, 1865.
Shue, Conrad. private, Company K, Thirty-first O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1861 ; discharged July, 1865.
Shanely, John, corporal, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I .; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864.
Spears, David, sergeant, Company A, Fifty-fifth Mass .; enlisted May, 1863; discharged August, 1865.
Shaw, James W., sergeant, Company K, Twelfth O. V. I. ; enlisted October, 1863 : discharged November, 1865.
Shue. Henry, private, Second Bat .; enlisted January, 1864; discharged July, 1865.
Souder, Henry J., private, Company K, Twentieth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862 ; discharged May, 1865.
Sparling, John S., private, Company I, Twentieth O. V. I .; enlisted Janu- ary, 1864; discharged March, 1865.
Shaw, David, private, Sixteenth O. V. I .; enlisted November, 1861 ; dis- charged November, 1862.
Scott, George, private, Company E, Fifty-fourth O. V. I .; enlisted Jan- uary, 1864: discharged August, 1864.
Smith, Robert, private, Company H, Fifty-fourth Mass .; enlisted April, 1863 : discharged August, 1865.
Surin, Deamons, sergeant, Company G, Seventy-first O. V. I .; enlisted January, 1864; discharged November, 1865.
Staley, Valentine, first sergeant, Company E, Fifteenth O. V. I. ; enlisted Angust, 1862 ; discharged March, 1865.
Staley. Philip, private, Company H, Eighth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged July, 1865.
Shearer, Jeremiah, private, Company B, Fiftieth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Surin, Henry, private, Company G, Seventy-first O. V. I .; enlisted Janu- ary, 1862: discharged February, 1865.
Stewart, Luther, private, Benton Cadets.
Snodgrass, Finley, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. V. I. : enlisted January, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Smith, S. D., assistant surgeon U. S. navy; enlisted spring of 1863; dis- charged fall of 1863.
Smith, Wm. P., orderly sergeant, Company E, One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I. : enlisted 1862 ; discharged July, 1865.
Schenck, Geo. W., sergeant, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. : enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864.
Schenck. John, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864.
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Staley, Daniel, private, Company F, Fourteenth O. V. I .; enlisted October 1861; discharged November, 1863.
Stockstill, Henry I., private, Company D, Fifty-first O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1864; discharged September, 1865.
Stewart, Thomas D., corporal, Company E, Benton Cadets; enlisted Sep- tember, 1861 ; discharged January, 1862.
Sparling, James, private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. : enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged September, 1864.
Staley, David, private, Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Staley, Armstrong, private, Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G. : enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Slagel, Jacob S., private, Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864 ; discharged 1864.
Sceyster, Wm. H., private, Company G, Seventh N. Y. I., Mexican war : enlisted 1846; discharged 1848.
Schwartz, Samuel, private, Benton Cadets; enlisted 1861 ; discharged 1861.
Stewart, Wm. D., private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. V. I .; enlisted January, 1864 ; discharged August, 1865.
Stewart, Willoughby, private, Company F, Forty-seventh O. V. I. ; enlisted September, 1864; discharged July, 1865.
Skillen, James F., bugler, First O. V. Cav .; enlisted 1862; discharged 1865.
Stewart, Joseph, private, Company E, Forty-fifth O. V. I .; enlisted July, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Smith, John, private, Company B, Twentieth O. V. V. I .; enlisted Septem- ber, 1861 ; discharged June, 1865.
Turner, George, private, Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-second O. V. I .; enlisted February, 1865; discharged April, 1865.
Trapp, P. M., sergeant, Company G., First O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1861; discharged August, 1864.
Tourdot, Chas., private, Company I, Fortieth O. V. I .; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864.
Thompson, Robt. J., private, Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged August, 1864.
Unum, David, private, Company E, Fortieth O. V. I .; enlisted October, 1861 ; discharged September, 1864.
Van Ripley, William L., private, Company K, O. V. I .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1865.
Verdier, William I., private, Company I, Forty-second O. V. I .; enlisted November, 1861 ; discharged December, 1864.
Viney, Charles, private, Company F, Forty-third U. S. C. T .; enlisted April, 1864; discharged October, 1865.
Voorhees, Charles F., corporal, Company E, Benton Cadets; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged January, 1862.
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Williams, William H., private, Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I .; enlisted for three months.
Woodruff, John A., private, Company K, Fifty-seventh O. V. I .; enlisted October, 1861 : discharged August, 1865.
Waldon, Alex., private, Company K, Thirty-second O. V. I .; enlisted March, 1864; discharged August, 1865.
Wicker, James, private, Company B, Fifth U. S. C. T .; enlisted Novem- ber, 1863; discharged September, 1865.
Wirich, George, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1861; discharged October, 1863.
Wright, Charles, Company F, Twentieth O. V. I .; enlisted September, 1861 ; discharged October, 1864.
Wyatt, Adam B., Company F. Eleventh O. V. I .; enlisted June, 1861.
Weigend, Vinzing, Company D, First O. Heavy Art .; enlisted June, 1863; discharged July, 1865.
Williams, Elijah A., Company F, Nineteenth O. V. I .; enlisted February, 1865; discharged August, 1865.
Wones, Simon, private, Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Wambaugh, B. F., private, Company A, Forty-seventh O. V. I .; enlisted March, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
Wilson, Dr. Albert, surgeon, First O. V. I .; enlisted April, 1861; dis- charged July, 1865.
Wilson, Isaac N., private, Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Wenrick, John A., private, Company C, Twenty-fifth O. V. V. I .; enlisted October, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Wilson, J. Wesley, private, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth O. N. G .; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Wilkinson, Isaac N., private, Company D, One Hundred and Thirty- fourth O. N. G. ; enlisted May, 1864; discharged September, 1864.
Wilson, Joshua, private, Company B, One Hundred and Fourth Ill. V. I .; enlisted August, 1861; discharged July, 1865.
Williams, Job W., corporal, Company A, Seventy-first O. V. I .; enlisted 1861 ; discharged 1865.
Zerbe, George W., private, Company H, Fifteenth O. V. I .; enlisted August, 1862; discharged June, 1865.
NEAL POST
Shelby county bore its full share in the great contest in the sixties. As the years have passed this war has shown that it had far more to do with the world's history than the mere settlement of our own local questions. Ther- mopylae and Marathon held back the lower civilization of Persia, which was hurled against the higher civilization of the Greeks. Lepanto witnessed the destruction of the Turkish Mohammedan fleet and Christian civilization was granted a new life. The hands on the dial of time moved forward.
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In the sixties the North had free speech, free schools and above all the right to labor without stigma. In the South free speech was at the risk of life: there were no common schools worthy of the name and the laborer was put upon the level of the slave. For a century this had dominated its people, and they had a lower and a higher civilization separated by only imaginary or natural lines. It was a conflict between them that called forth the war- riors. The destruction of slavery lifted not only our land but the whole of humanity to a higher plane and the conflict continued until the grave was dug so deep that a resurrection could never be possible. Our political status was placed on a safer foundation and our soldiers look at it with eminent satisfaction. This satisfaction is very much enhanced when the results are more fully known and realized.
Had the Southern Confederacy succeeded, the first thing would have been the reestablishment of negro slavery on such a firm basis, that it would have remained for centuries, with all its evil influences, not only on their own people but with a reflex action on our side. They being the stronger, would have compelled the North to enter into such a treaty as would have made every civil officer responsible for the escape of their negro chattels. We would have been compelled to use all diligence, and to invoke all the powers of law to apprehend and hold property that belonged to the other side. From the Atlantic to the Pacific the border would have had its fortifications which would require armaments and men-this on both sides.
In addition to this, each side would have required an army of revenue officers. to guard and collect the revenue according to such tariff laws as might have been enacted. All this expense would have come from a divided country, harrassed by constant internecine contests.
The right of secession would have been settled affirmatively and we would have had that to face. New England would have said that she had no frontier to guard and why should she be taxed for the civil and military expenses -- and she would have seceded. Likewise the Pacific coast, guarded on the east by the Rockies, would have done as New England did, and how could it be helped ?
Disintegration would surely have followed and we would have gradually become separate principalities without prestige or power. Taxes would have increased so that, as a whole, the amounts now paid as pensions would be but a drop in the bucket. Opportunity for English extension would have been manifest and in the course of time the English flag would have floated where now is the Star Spangled Banner.
Shelby county sent into the ranks much of its best blood and when times of stress occurred, her soldiers carried themselves through with credit and honor to their country. On their return home they took up the work their hands had laid down and never faltered in their civil duties any more than in their military ones.
The organization of the Grand Army of the Republic became a national one, and almost every community had its post. A, call was made April 5, 1881, for the purpose of establishing one in Sidney. The charter members
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were C. W. McKee, W. A. Nutt, Thomas Wright, W. A. Skillen, W. M. Van Fossen, E. E. Nutt, Albert Wilson, J. A. Montross, G. S. Harter, H. B. Neal, Hugo Stahl, C. R. Joslin, J. S. Laughlin, J. C. Haines, C. E. Fielding, H. A. Ailes, Renben Smeltzer and Pember Burch. The name selected was "Neal," in honor of Capt. William D. Neal, Company K, Twentieth O. V. I., who was killed in front of Kenesaw mountain, June 26, 1864. At the date of compiling this history there have been mustered 489 veterans, coming from twelve different states and representing all arms of the service.
The post has passed through many vicissitudes, and yet was generally prosperous, as it had the sympathy of a large majority of our citizens. But age is fast thinning its ranks. Many live at a distance and the attendance is now' small and soon Neal Post, No. Sixty-two, G. A. R., Department of Ohio, will be numbered among the things that were. In the organization Neal Post has borne no small part. On May 16, 1894, Capt. E. E. Nutt was elected Ohio department commander for one year. He appointed from the post, T. B. Marshall as his adjutant and H. C. Roberts as his quartermaster. At that time the department had nearly 44,000 members in some 650 posts.
To formulate the necessary orders; receive and reply to the thousand and one questions was a task of no small dimensions. The year's administration was a very successful one and much praise was accorded to Commander Nutt in consequence. While in this connection it seems proper to give Mr. Nutt's history, both civil and military, as he was all his life one of the leading citizens of the county.
He was born near Sidney in October, 1837, on a farm and prepared him- self for college. When teaching a district school he resigned and enlisted in the three months' service upon the firing on Fort Sumter. The regiment was the Fifteenth O. V. I. At the expiration of his enlistment, he joined the Twentieth O. V. I. for three years and advanced from private to captain. From the official records of the war, and while a lieutenant, he was awarded a silver medal for conspicuous bravery in the battle near Atlanta, July 24, 1864, by Maj .- Gen. F. P. Blair. His civil life was uneventful. He engaged in the grain trade, which he successfully pursued, and except for an interval of a few years continued until the close of his life in 1911. Outside of his busi- ness he was always interested and took an active part in various municipal affairs, chiefly in school matters. , His influence was long felt and he was considered a man of forceful character, a lifelong republican in politics and a professing Methodist in religion. The post now numbers eighty and its present commander is Dr. B. M. Sharp.
THE MONUMENTAL BUILDING
One of the most imposing structures in Sidney is this memorial edifice erected to the fallen heroes of the Civil war by a grateful people. In the year 1865, just at the close of the war, a town meeting was called to con- sider the proposition to erect a monument in the'public square in memory of the martyred dead heroes of Shelby county. Many plans were suggested by various speakers but no definite action was taken at that meeting. After
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considering the matter for some time Messrs. C. W. Van De Grift, Frank B. Carey and Cyrus W. Frazer organized a private association for the purpose of conducting a lottery, the proceeds of which should be devoted to that pur- pose. Mr. Frazer withdrew and J. R. Fry became his successor. The lottery was established with real or personal property and the tickets were placed on sale at one dollar each.
It was resolved to raise $60,000 and when $40,000 was realized $30,000 was used in the purchase of real estate and personal property for prizes. When the sale of tickets was exhausted the lottery was drawn, the prizes distributed and the proceeds of the drawing, $11,473.97, delivered to the council.
On the 2d of May, 1871, the general assembly of Ohio passed an act providing for the appointment of trustees and the disposition of moneys or other property held in trust for the erection of soldiers' monuments. This act provided for the appointment of trustees by the court of common pleas, who should give bond for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office; that such board of trustees should not exceed seven members, each of whom should be a resident of the county in which a monument was to be erected; that the board, or a majority thereof, should determine whether to erect a monument or a monumental building : that permanent tablets should be pro- vided, on which should be inscribed the name of each soldier who lost his life in the service of his country ; that vacancies in the board should be filled by the court of common pleas; that all monuments or monumental buildings should be forever free from taxation.
On the 27th of May, 1871, W. P. Stowell, Esq., presented a petition to the court of common pleas, asking that the funds held by J. F. Frazier, George Vogle, and J. R. Fry, being the proceeds of the lottery; be placed in the hands of trustees under the act of May 2, 1871. Messrs. Frazier and Vogle appeared in court, waived service, and on June 12th the court determined, after due examination, that there were in the hands of said persons money, property, and assets to the value of $11,473.97, the same being a fund set apart for the erection of a soldiers' monument. The court thereupon appointed a board of trustees, consisting of Levi C. Barkdull, Nathan R. Wyman, H. S. Gillespie, Daniel Staley, Hugh Thompson, Joseph C. Haines, and R. R. Lytle. The court further directed the original trustees, Messrs. Frazier, Vogle, and Fry. to bring said amount of $11,473.97 into court on the 17th of June inst. This order was complied with, the new trustees gave approved bonds, and received the property in trust with instructions to loan the same in good and sufficient security. The trustees met on the same date and organized by electing Hugh Thompson, president ; N. R. Wyman, secre- tary; and Hugh Thompson, N. R. Wyman, and L. C. Barkdull, executive committee.
On May 27, 1873. the trustees purchased the corner lot, known as the Ackerly corner, and being the south half of the lot on corner of Court and Ohio streets, Sidney. The consideration was $4,500 and possession until the Ist of April, 1874.
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On February 15, 1874, A. J. Robertson and Col. Harrison Wilson were appointed members of the board of trustees vice R. R. Lytle and H. S. Gillespie, who became non-residents. The property was then rented to John Mather for one year at $50 per annum.
In the autumn of 1874 Mr. Robertson suggested the idea of requesting an additional legislative act to authorize the town and township to raise a joint fund which, with the amount already in the hands of the trustees, should be applied to the erection of a monumental building. This action was approved by the legislature, and the people were authorized to hold an elec- tion to determine whether the town and township should contribute to the project. Under this provision the corporation of Sidney and Clinton town- ship each voted $13,000, and issued bonds for said amount.
On March 21, 1875, the board had resolved to erect a monumental build- ing if sufficient aid could be obtained from Sidney and Clinton township to make an aggregate fund of $40,000, and as noted above, said fund was raised by taxation.
On May 30, 1875 Hugh Thompson and Col. H. Wilson were appointed to take proper measures to have another amount of $12,000 voted by Sidney and Clinton township, or a tax of $6,000 each. This was done March 15. 1876, the same having been changed to $7,500 each, or an aggregate of $15,000.
On the 14th of April the trustees rented a room for office uses in the residence of Hugh Thompson, and authorized A. J. Robertson to act for the board in arranging terms with the town and township as to the rights and privileges of each concerning the proposed building. Levi C. Barkdull, Harrison Wilson, and N. R. Wyman were appointed a committee on plan of building, subject to the approval of the full board. Hugh Thompson and L. C. Barkdull were authorized to dispose of the building which occupied the lot already purchased. The trustees, town council, and township trustees elected representatives to report plans and confer in joint session. A. J. Robertson was chosen by the building trustees, Samuel McCune by the town council, and John Wagner by the township officers, as representatives of the three bodies concerned. Plans were received, and, after a full examination by the joint bodies, the plans submitted by Samuel Lane of Cleveland were adopted, and on May 10, 1875, a committee on contracts was appointed, con- sisting of A. J. Robertson, L. C. Barkdull, and N. R. Wyman, their action to be subject to the approval of the whole board. A. J. Robertson was appointed to superintend the construction of the building.
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