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Congress, Bela Jones, of Susquehanna county ; Senator, Geo. Kinney, of Sheshequin ; Representatives, C. Frisbie, of Orwell, and Eli Baird, of Troy ; Commissioner, John
# This was at the State election in October,-but 26 votes were cast for the presidential candidate on the Liberty ticket in 1840.
¡ Names of the leading political papers in the county.
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Van Dyke, of Canton ; Treasurer, Wyllys Brownson, of Towanda; Auditor, Milton Bailey, of Ulster.
The Whigs made no nomination for senate or congress. Jones carried Susquehanna and Kinney carried Bradford ; but there was no organization in Tioga, and a part of the Whigs in Bradford helped to elect the Democratic nominees, Read and Sherwood. The average vote of the three parties in the two years was as follows :
1842
941
2239
1662
1843.
1289
1750
938
Grin ... 348
Los ... 489
Loss ... 724
As usual, the votes were varied by local and personal in- fluences, but the lowest vote on representatives may serve for a test of the strength of the three parties in 1843:
Laborers.
Democratic.
Whig.
Athens
168
33
37
Albany
21
44
4
Asylum.
27
24
11
Burlington
60
48
35
Canton
21
71
93
Columbia
17
73
75
Durell
22
51
12
Franklin
23
27
17
Granville
33
22
34
Herrick
39
42
Le Roy
52
5
... 20
Litchfield
17
56
3
Monroe
7
73
53
Orwell
126
22
12
Pike ..
94
60
6
Ridgberry
22
86
3
Rome
89
43
15
Sheshequin
86
53
8
Smithfield
37
112
14
Springfield
43
88
12
South Creek
14
14
2
Standing Stone.
5
43
31
Towanda
23
118
103
Troy
186
72
25
9
30
23
Ulster.
17
51
3
Warren
68
56
Wells.
5
115
6
Windham
14
58
5
Wyalusing ..
9
76
56
Wysox
33
55
44
But Texas and tariff began to absorb attention; the Laborers' press was taken to Tunkhannock, and the excit- ing campaign of 1844 dissolved the party between the two old national parties.
Bradford has given to the State and nation many promi- nent statesmen and politicians. Perhaps none of them were more noted nationally than the Hon. David Wilmot, the author of the famous Wilmot proviso, a salient feature in the slavery agitation, and which eventually crystallized about it the liberty element of both of the great parties of its day, working into grander significance in the Kansas-Ne- braska struggle of 1854-56. Judge Wilmot was a member of the Democratic party until 1856, when he cast in his fortunes and faith with the Republican party, then organ- ized, and adhered to it till his deatlı. He was member of congress from his district from 1844 to 1850; was elected to fill out the unexpired term of Hon. Simon Cameron in the United States senate, on the appointment of that gen- tleman as secretary of war in 1861,-the term expiring March 4, 1863. He received the appointment of judge of the court of claims of the United States from President Lincoln in 1863, and held the position till his death. His biography, which appears on another page of our work,*
will show how intimately Judge Wilmot was connected with national and State affairs, and with what honor he discharged his high duties.
Gen. Samuel Mckean was another prominent figure in the politics of the county and State, and possessed for years a powerful influence in the councils of his party, the Democratic. IIe was a member of congress from his dis- trict in 1822-24; United States senator, 1835-39; secre- tary of the commonwealth, 1829-32; and a member of the lower house of the State legislature from 1815 to 1819.
Hon. John La Porte was also a prominent character in the Democratic party of the old-fashioned school, an ardent admirer of " Old Hickory" and the measures of the sterling iron-sided patriot, and a most estimable and courteous gen- tleman. His father, Bartholomew La Porte, one of the French exiles who remained in the land that gave him shelter when his own country rejected him, after the Resto- ration, and he was at liberty to return, was also a noted man in the country. Judge La Porte was born in Asylum, Nov. 4, 1798, and died Aug. 22, 1862. He was first elected to office in the county, in 1822, as auditor. From 1827 to 1832, inclusive, he served his district in the legis- lature, being speaker of the house during the latter year ; was elected to congress in 1832, and re-elected in 1834; was appointed associate judge of the county in 1840, and held the position until 1845, when he was appointed sur- veyor-general of the State by Gov. Shunk, and held that position until 1851.
THE VOTES OF THE PEOPLE
of Bradford County have been as follows at the general elections for governor down to 1823, and for presidential electors since that date to and including 1876, as follows :
For Governor .- 1814 (Lycoming and Bradford con- bined), Simon Snyder, 724, Isaac Wayne, 11, George Lat- timer, 13; total, 748; Democratic majority, 700. 1817, William Findlay, 929, Joseph Hiester, 353; total, 1282; Democratic majority, 576. 1820, William Findlay, 915, Joseph Hiester, 788; total, 1703; Democratic majority, 127. 1823, J. Andrew Shulze, 977, Andrew Gregg, 804; total, 1781; Democratic majority, 173. In 1826, Mr. Shulze received 1753 votes; and Governor Wolf in 1829, 1832, and 1835 received respectively, 1219, 1685, and 1504 votes, Governor Porter receiving in 1838 2420, against 2219 for his opponent, Joseph Ritner.
Presidential Votes .- 1824, Jackson, 1640, Adams, 31, Crawford, 16; total, 687 ; Democratic majority, 1593. 1828, Jackson, 1553, Adams, 910; total, 2463; Democratic ma- jority, 643. 1832, Jackson, 1598, Wirt, 1221; total, 2819; Democratic majority, 377. 1836, Harrison, 1521, Van Buren, 1463; total, 2984; Whig majority, 58. 1840, Van Buren, 2844, Harrison, 2631, Liberty, 26; total, 5501 ; Democratic plurality, 213. 1844, Polk, 3495, Clay, 3164, Liberty, 63; total, 6722; Democratic plurality, 331. 1848, Taylor, 3272, Cass, 1889, Van Buren, 1780; total, 6941; Whig over Democratic, 1383; Whig over Free- Soil, 1493; Cass and Van Buren over Taylor, 397. 1852, Pierce, 3930, Scott, 3526, Liberty, 281; total, 7737; Dem- ocratic plurality, 404. 1856, Fremont, 6969, Buchanan, 2314, Fillmore, 71, Liberty, 7; total, 9361; Republican
# Sce History of Towanda.
Laborers.
Democratic.
Whigs.
Tuscarora.
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majority over all, 4571. 1860, Lincoln, 7091, Douglas, 2176, Breckenridge and Bell, 31 ; total, 9298 ; Republican majority, 4884. 1864, Lincoln, 7530, Mcclellan, 3195, total, 10,725 ; Republican majority, 4335. 1868, Grant, 7768, Seymour, 3538; total, 11.306; Republican majority, 4230. 1872, Grant, 7452, Greeley, 3563, Temperance, 16; total, 11,031 ; Republican majority, 3873. 1876, Hayes, S008, Tilden, 4989, Cooper (Greenback), 59, Temperance, 40, Anti-Secret Society, 22; total, 13,118 ; Republican ma- jority over all, 2898.
The election of 1876, by districts, was as follows :
Alba .......
Hayes. 36
Tilden.
Total.
15.
51
Albany
217
113
330
Armenia.
75.
24
99
Asylum.
124
152
276
Athens township.
308
388
696
: borough
163
123
286
Barclay
96
188
284
Burlington
171
81
252
borough
West
124
75
199
Canton borough
174
65
239
township.
304
87
391
Columbia
202
146
348
Franklin
96
83
179
Granville
254
54
308
Herrick
162
70
232
Le Raysville
208
57
265
Litchfield ..
185
127
312
209
97
306
= borongh
66
18.
84
Orwell
262
50
312
Overton
19
79
98
Piko.
309
60
369
Ridgberry
182
156
338
Rome township
161
58
219
¥ horough
50
18
68
Sheshequin
274
9.1
368
Smithfield
322
129
451
South Creek.
160
86
246
Springfield
248
109
357
Standing Stone ..
59
165
224
Sylvania borough.
43
23
66
Terry.
146
126
272
Towanda township
119
117
229
North
83
68
151
borough, 1st ward
123
125 )
2d
197
135
146
88 )
Total-borough 466
348 814
Troy township.
246
95
341
borough
168
90
258
Tuscarora
231
65
296
Ulster
162
Warren.
299
83
305
Wells ...
96
188
284
Willnot
165
189
354
Windham
160
117 279
Wyalusing.
229
160 389
Wysox.
164
175 339
Popular questions, submitted to the people for the ex- pression of their desires for or against the adoption of the propositions treated therein, have resulted as follows :
1825 .- For convention to amend constitution. 832
Against 503
1835 .- For convention to amend constitution. 2,842
Against .. 63
1854 .- For prohibition.
4,353
Against.
1,672
1857 .- For constitutional amendments (average) .. Against.
1,257 212
1864 .- For constitutional amendments ..
4,913 209
1870 .-- For poor-house. Against 4,385
4,138
1871 .- For constitutional convention. S,297 Against. 222
1872 .- For constitutional amendments .. 11,344
Against 9 1873 .- For new constitution ...
4,340
1,193
THE BRADFORD CIVIL LIST.
OF THE NATION.
United States Senators.
Samuel MeKean, 1835-39.
David Wilmot, 1861-63.
Members of Congress-XIX. District.
1822-24. Samuel Mckean.
1834-36. John La Porte.
1844-50. David Wilmot.
1862-64. Henry W. Tracy.
1864-71. Ulysses Mercur.
1874-76. Joseph Powell.
1876-78. Edward Overton.
Judge of the United States Court of Claims.
David Wilmot, appointed 1863.
Consul to Santa Cruz, West Indies.
Edward H. Perkins, appointed 1862.
Surveyor of Port of Philadelphia.
E. O'Meara Goodrich, appointed March, 1869.
OF THE STATE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Samuel Mckean, appointed Dec. 26, 1829.
Surveyor-General. John La Porte, May 10, 1845 to 1851.
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Elisha S. Goodrich, appointed Jan. 21, 1852.
Justice of the Supreme Court.
Ulysses Merenr, commissioned Dec. 2, 1872; term ex- pires December, 1887.
State Senators.
1815. Dist .- Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, MeKean, Brad- ford, and Tioga ; Henry Welles, four years.
1829. Bradford, Susquehanna, and Tioga ; Samuel Mc- Kean, 1 year (resigned to accept appointment of secretary of commonwealth).
1830-37. Bradford, Susquehanna, and Tioga ; Reuben Wilbur (to fill vacancy).
1837-41. Susquehanna and Bradford; Elihu Case, four years.
1850-53. Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming; Geo. Sanderson, three years.
1856. Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming ; E. Reed Myer, three years.
1859. Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming ; George Landon, three years.
1865. Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming; George Landon, three years.
1874. Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming; Delos Rockwell, three years.
1877. Susquehanna, Bradford, and Wyoming; William T. Davies, three years.
Against.
25
13
38
68
15
83
Le Roy
Monroe township
Against ..
140 302
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HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Members of the House of Representatives.
From 1774 to 1782, inclusive, Bradford County formed part of Westmoreland, State of Connecticut, and sent members to the semi-annual sessions of the legislature, at Hartford, as follows :
April, 1774. Zebulon Butler, Timothy Smith.
Sept., 1774. * Christopher Avery, John Jenkins. April, 1775. Capt. Z. Butler, Joseph Sluman. Sept., 1775. Capt. Z. Butler, Maj. Ezekiel Pierce. May, 1776. John Jenkins, Solomon Strong. Oct., 1776. Col. Z. Butler, Col. Nathan Denison. May, 1777. John Jenkins, Isaac Tripp.
May, 1778. Nathan Denison, Anderson Dana. Oct., 1778. Col. N. Denison, Lieut. Asahel Buck.
May, 1779. Col. N. Denison, Deacon John Hurlbut. May, 1780. John Hurlbut, Jonathan Fitch.
Oct., 1780. Nathan Denison, John Hurlbut. May, 1781. John Hurlbut, Jonathan Fitch.
Oct., 1781. * Obadiah Gore, *Capt. John Franklin. May, 1782. * Obadiah Gore, Jonathan Fitch.
Oct., 1782. * Obadiah Gore, Jonathan Fitch.
1813-14. Henry Welles, district Lycoming, Bradford, Tioga, and Potter counties.
1815-19. Samuel McKean, district Bradford and Tioga. 1820-22. Simon Kinney, district Bradford and Tioga. District Bradford, 1 member.
1822-23. William Myer.
1823-26. Lemuel Streator.
1824-28. Constant Mathewson.
1828-29. John La Porte.
District Bradford and Tioga, 2 members.
1829-32. +John La Porte.
1832-33. Ellis Lewis.
1833-35. Lockwood Smith.
1835-36. Darius Bullock, Isaac Myer.
District Bradford, 1 member.
1836-37. Isaac Cooley.
1837-38. George Kinney.
1838-40. David F. Barstow.
1840-41. Stephen F. Pierce.
1841-43. W. Elwell.
District Bradford, 2 members.
1843-45. John Elliott, Irad Wilson.
1845-47. John L. Webb, Victor E. Piollet.
1847-48. Francis Smith, Allen E. Thomas. 1848-49. Charles Stockwell, Arunah Wattles.
1849-50. Charles Stockwell, Joseph C. Powell. 1850-52. Addison McKean, Henry Gibbs. 1852-54. John Passmore, William E. Barton. 1854-56. Judson Holcomb, Barth. La Porte.
1856-58. John B. G. Babcock, Cullen F. Nichols. 1858-60. O. H. P. Kinney, Thomas Smead. 1860-62. Chester T. Bliss, Henry W. Tracy.
1862-63. Barth. La Porte, Dummer Lilley. 1863-64. Joseph H. Marsh, Dummer Lilley. 1864-65. Joseph H. Marsh, Lorenzo Grinnell.
1865-66. G. Wayne Kinney, Lorenzo Grinnell. 1866-67. G. Wayne Kinney, James H. Webb. 1867-70. John F. Chamberlain, James H. Webb. 1870-71. Perley H. Buck, James H. Webb.] 1871-72. Perley H. Buck, B. S. Dartt. 1872-73. E. Reed Myer, B. S. Dartt.
1873-74. E. Reed Mycr, James II. Webb. 3 members.
1875-77. George Moscrip, Elijah G. Tracy, Uriah Terry. 1877-78. E. Reed Myers, James Foster, John F. Gillette.
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions.
1837. Senatorial, Bradford and Susquehanna, Almon H. Read. Representative, Bradford, Nathaniel Clapp.
1873.
George F. Horton, William J. Turrell||, Joseph G. Patton.
THE JUDICIARY. President Judges.
John B. Gibson, 1812 to Sept., 1816.
Thomas Burnside, 1817.
Edward Herrick, Sept., 1818, to Sept., 1839.
John N. Conyngham, 1839 to 1849.
Horace Williston, 1849 to 1851.
David Wilmot, 1852 to 1861.
Ulysses Mercur, 1861 to 1865.
Farris B. Streeter, 1865 to 1874.
Paul D. Morrow, 1874, and present incumbent.
Associate Judges.
George Scott, Oct. 13, 1812, to May, 1818.
John McKean, Oct. 13, 1812, to May, 1837.
Jonathan Stevens, May 22, 1818, to 1840-41.
John La Porte, 1837 to 1845.
Abraham Goodwin, 1841 to 1844.
David M. Bull, 1845.
Harry Morgan, 1846 to 1851.
Reuben Wilbur, 1846 to 1851.
Myron Ballard, elected 1851.
Harry Ackley, elected 1851. Aaron Chubbuck, elected 1856.
John F. Long, clected 1856.
John Passmore, elected 1858.
V. M. Long, elected 1861.
L. P. Stalford, elected 1863.
J. Wilson Vandyke, elected 1866. Zebulon Frisbie, elected 1868. Stephen D. Harkness, elected 1871. Chauncey S. Russell, 1873 to 1875.
Additional Law Judge.
Paul D. Morrow, 1870 to 1874.
# Speaker of the House, 1871. ¿ Speaker of the House, 1878. | Not of Bradford County.
# From Bradford County. + Speaker in 1832.
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HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
THE COUNTY.
Prothonotary-Clerk of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions.
Charles F. Welles, 1812 to 1818. George Scott, 1818 to 1830. Darius Bullock, 1830 to 1831. Alpheus Ingham, 1831. James P. Bull, May 7, 1831, to 1836.
Samuel Strait, 1836.
Joseph C. Powell, Oet. 21, 1836, to 1839. David Cash, elected 1839.
Aaron Chubbuck, elected 1842.
Addison Mckean, elected 1845.
Allen Mckean, elected 1848, 1851, 1854, and 1857. E. O'Meara Goodrich, elected 1860 and 1863.
Wm. A. Thomas, elected 1866 and 1869.
Benj. M. Peck, elected 1872 and 1875.
Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds, and Clerk of Orphans' Court.
Charles F. Welles, appointed July 13, 1812, to 1818. Geo. Scott (clerk), orphans' court, 1818 to 1830. Eliphalet Mason (register and recorder), 1818 to 1827. Alpheus Ingham (register and recorder), 1827 to 1830. Alphens Ingham (clerk and register and recorder), 1830 to 1831.
Elisha S. Goodrich, 1831 to 1836. Geo. A. Mix, 1836 to 1839. Dummer Lilley, 1839. Ephraim W. Baird, elected 1839.
Julius Russell, elected 1842. Lyman E. De Wolf, elected 1845. Horatio Black, elected 1848.
H. Lawrence Scott, elected 1851. James H. Webb, elected 1854 and 1857. Nathan C. Elsbree, elected 1860 and 1863. Henry J. Madill, elected 1866. Charles E. Gladdiog, elected 1869.
Otis J. Chubbuck, elected 1872. Cephas E. Andrus, elected 1875.
Sheriff's.
Abner C. Rockwell, appointed* Dec. 9, 1812. John Spalding (2d), appointed Dec. 9, 1815. Lemuel Streator, appointed Dec. 14, 1818. J. C. Powell, appointed Oct. 30, 1821. Reuben Wilbur, appointed Oct. 28, 1824. Benjamin Mckean, appointed Nov. 27, 1827. Lockwood Smith, Jr., appointed Dec., 1830. John L. Webb, appointed Dec., 1833. Guy Tozer, appointed Nov., 1836. Ira H. Stephens, elected Oct., 1839. John N. Weston, elected Oct., 1842. John F. Means, elected Oct., 1845. William S. Dobbins, elected Oct., 1848. Chester Thomas, elected Oct., 1851.
# The two having the greatest number of votes were returned to the governor, of whom he appointed one to be sheriff. The same rule held in regard to coroner.
John A. Codding, elected Oct., 1854. Thomas M. Woodruff, elected Oct., 1857. A. Hanson Spalding, elected Oct., 1860. J. Monroe Smith, elected Oct., 1863. William Griffis, elected Oct., 1866. J. Perry Van Fleet, elected Oct., 1869. J. Monroe Smith, elected Oct., 1872. Andrew J. Layton, elected Oct., 1875.
District Attorneys.
Thomas Smead, elected Oct., 1850. James Macfarlane, elected Oct., 1853. Paul D. Morrow, elected Oct., 1856. Guy H. Watkins, elected Oct., 1859. George D. Montanye, elected Oct., 1862. William T. Davies, elected Oct., 1865.
Warner H. Carnochan, elected Oct., 1868. Joseph B. Reeve, elected Oct., 1871. John N. Califf, eleeted Oct., 1874. Isaiah McPherson, elected Oct., 1877.
Coroners.
John Horton, appointed May 10, 1813. John Minier, appointed Feb. 24, 1819. Chauncey Frisbie, appointed Feb. 26, 1822. John Fox, appointed Dee. 27, 1824. John L. Webb, appointed Dee. 27, 1827. Aaron Knapp, appointed Dec. 27, 1837. Henry J. Salisbury, eleeted Oct., 1839. Calvin Storm, elected Oet., 1842. John Hatch, elected Oct., 1845. Thomas I. Ingham, elected Oct., 1848.
George M. Black, elected Oct., 1851.
W. W. Estabrooks, elected Oct., 1854. Newell Leonard, elected Oct., 1857. Jeremiah Culp, elected Oct., 1860. Abram Snell, Jr., elected Oct., 1863. Joseph H. Hurst, elected Oct., 1866. John F. Dodge, elected Oct., 1869. J. Volentine Geiger, elected Oct., 1872. D. B. Walker, elected Oct., 1875.
County Treasurers. Harry Spalding, ; appointed Jan. 1, 1813-14.
Wm. Means, appointed 1815. Simon Kinney, appointed 1816-17.
Henry Mercur, appointed 1818-20. Gordon Hewitt, appointed 1821 and 1822.
George Scott, appointed 1823. Andrew Irvine, appointed 1824-26. J. P. Bull, appointed 1827-28. Alpheus Ingham, appointed 1829.
Andrew Irvine, appointed 1830. Wm. Russell, appointed 1831 and 1832.
Chauncey Frisbie, appointed 1833 and 1834. David M. Bull, appointed 1835-37. John E. Hale, appointed 1838. Charles Stockwell, elected October, 1839.
t Appointments were made by the commissioners.
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HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Win. B. Storm, elected October, 1841. Leonard Pierce, elected October, 1843. Jacob Reed, elected October, 1845. James M. Peck, elected October, 1847. John Horton, elected October, 1849. Benj. Wilcox, elected October, 1851. Preceptor Forbes, elected October, 1853. Ezra C. Kellogg, elected October, 1855. E. Percival Shaw, elected October, 1857. Wm. Griffis, elected October, 1859. Francis Watts, elected October, 1861. Stephen D. Harkness, elected October, 1863. J. Perry Van Fleet, elected October, 1865. Charles A. Mory, elected October, 1867. C. K. Ladd, elected October, 1869. Wm. Bunyan, elected October, 1871. Mathew Marshall, elected October, 1873. Jas. C. Robinson, elected October, 1875-78.
County Commissioners.
Joseph Kinney, elected in 1812. Justus Gaylord, elected in 1812-15. Wm. Myer, elected in 1812-16. Burr Ridgeway, elected in 1813-17. Clement Paine, elected in 1814. Samuel Mckean, elected in 1815. Salmon Bosworthi, elected in 1816-18. Nathaniel Allen, elected in 1816-17. Eliphalet Mason, elected in 1817-19. Joseph C. Powell, elected in 1818-20. Barth. La Porte, elected in 1819-21. Wm. Myer, elected in 1820-22. George Hyde, elected in 1821-23. Lemuel Streator, elected in 1822-24. Darius Bullock, elected in 1823-25. John Taylor, elected in 1824-26. Theo. Leonard, elected in 1825-27. Gonld Seymour, elected in 1826-28. Burton Strait, elected in 1827-29. Churchill Barnes, elected in 1828-30. Hezekiah Dunham, elected in 1829-31. Eliphalet Mason, elected in 1830-32. John L. Webb, elected in 1831-33. Isaac Cooley, elected in 1832-34. John Elliott, elected in 1833-35. Morris Spalding, elected in 1834-35. Elias Rockwell, elected in 1835-36. Harry Morgan, elected in 1836-38. E. S. Goodrich, elected in 1836. Daniel Parke, elected in 1837-39. Ira Stevens, elected in 1838-39. Myron Ballard, elected in 1839. Irad Wilson, elected in 1839. Benjamin Buffington, elected in 1840. Edson Aspenwall, elected in 1841. Daniel Brink, elected in 1842. Joseph Turner, elected in 1843. Luman Putnam, elected in 1844. Ashbel S. Cramer, elected in 1845. John H. Black, elected in 1846.
Hiram Spear, elected in 1847. Simeon Decker, elected in 1848. Aug. I. Smith, elected in 1849. Sturges Squires, elected in 1850. Daniel B. Cotton, elected in 1851. Isaac A. Park, elceted in 1852. Stuart Smiley, elected in 1853. George H. Bull, elected in 1854.
Perley H. Buck, elected in 1855. Dummer Lilley, elected in 1856. Daniel Decker, elected in 1857. Perley H. Bnck, elected in 1858.
William A. Thomas, elected in 1859.
William H. Decker, elected in 1860. Isaae Lyon, elected in 1861. Joseph Campbell, elected in 1862. William B. Dodge, elected in 1863. John Beardslee, elected in 1864. Sterne McKee, elected in 1865. William B. Dodge, elected in 1866. John A. Moody, elected in 1867. Asa McKee, Jr., elected in 1868. John B. Hindes, elected in 1869. E. C. Kellogg, elected in 1870. Morris Shepard, elected in 1871. Benjamin Kuykendall, elected in 1872. Abram Snell, elected in 1873.
Morris Shepard, elected in 1874.
M. J. Coolbaugh,* elected in 1875.
George W. Kilmer,* elected in 1875. John Baldwin,* elected in 1875.
County Auditors.
Clement Paine, Moses Coolbaugh, 1813, and Jonathan Stevens, 1814.
Eliphalet Mason, William F. Dininger, Salmon Bos- worth, 1815.
Ethan Baldwin, vice Bosworth, 1816.
Lemuel Streator, Edward Herrick, 1817. Jonathan Stevens, 1818. William Means, George Hyde, B. J. Woodruff, 1819. Samuel Bartlett, 1820.
Harry Morgan, 1821. J. M. Piollet, 1822.
Nathaniel Clapp, 1823. Burton Strait, 1824-26. Charles Comstock, 1825-27. Asa Pratt, 1826-28.
John La Porte, 1827-28. Harry Morgan, 1828-30. J. M. Piollet, 1829. Isaac Cooley, 1829-31. John E. Hale, 1830-32. Myron Ballard, 1831-33. Samuel Stevens, 1832-34. Abraham Goodwin, 1833-35.
Alpheus Holcomb, 1834-36. Aaron Chubbuck, 1835-37.
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200
HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
A. MeKean, 1836-38.
G. F. Horton, 1837.
H. Ackley, 1838. L. Putnam, 1839. James M. Edsall, 1840. Arunah Wattles, 1841.
Chester Wells, 1842.
Horace Willey, elected in 1842. John Watkins, elected in 1843.
J. M. Bishop, elected in 1844. Charles Homet, elected in 1845.
Lemuel S. Maynard, elected in 1846. Samuel W. Shepherd, elected in 1847.
F. S. Whitman, elected in 1848.
W. H. Peek, elected in 1849. William Overton, elected in 1850. Edward C. Welles, elected in 1851.
W. H. Peck, eleeted in 1852. C. F. Nichols, eleeted in 1853. Jonathan Buttles, elected in 1854.
Christopher Child, eleeted in 1855.
Francis Homet, eleeted in 1856.
Lewis B. Pieree, elected in 1857. Robert Mason, elected in 1858.
Jeremiah Travis, Jr., eleeted in 1859.
E. Reuben De Long, eleeted in 1860.
Robert Mason, eleeted in 1861. George R. Acroyd, elected in 1862. C. H. Corbin, elected in 1863. Robert Mason, elected in 1864. George W. Elliott, eleeted in 1865. Isaae D. Soper, elected in 1866. O. D. Field, elected in 1867. Asa McKee, Jr., elected in 1868.
Walter S. Bowman, elected in 1869.
John S. Quick, elected in 1870. A. R. Brown, elected in 1871. Ira Crane, eleeted in 1872.
E. Reuben De Long, elected in 1873. George W. Brink, elected in 1874. Danverse Bourne,* elected in 1875. J. R. Brasted,* elected in 1875. William L. Lantz,* elected in 1875.
Jury Commissioners.
Joseph Foulke, elected in 1867. E. Reuben De Long, elected in 1870. B. Frank Knapp, eleeted in 1873. Thomas A. Lee, elected in 1876.
Clerks of Commissioners.
Joseph Kingsbury, 1812-14. George Scott, 1815-19. Burr Ridgway, 1820. Edwin Benjamin, 1821-22. Morris Spalding, 1823-24. James P. Bull, 1825, 1826. Warren Brown, 1827-29.
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Miller Fox, 1830-35.
John E. Hale, 1836, 1837. Charles Stockwell, 1838-41.
A. S. Chamberlain, 1842-44. John M. Wattles, 1845-47. Chauncey S. Russell, 1848-50.
E. M. Farrar, 1851-56.
E. B. Coolbaugh, 1857-62, and 1864-75.
G. E. Fox, 1863.
William Lewis, 1876-78.
County Surveyors.
Jonathan Stevens, f appointed deputy-surveyor May 11, 1812.
Zephon Flower, appointed deputy-surveyor Aug. 29, 1821.
James M. Edsall, appointed deputy-surveyor 1833.
Rowland Wilcox, appointed deputy-surveyor 1836.
Edgar G. Nichols, elected 1850.
James A. Paine, elected 1853.
Joseph E. Spalding, eleeted 1856.
Josiah J. Newell, eleeted 1859, 1862, and 1865.
Oliver W. Stevens, eleeted 1868.
Joseph E. Spalding, elected 1871.
George V. Myer, elected 1874.
T. A. Seward, elected 1877.
CHAPTER XVII.
MILITARY HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY.
THE part which the carly settlers of this county took in the Revolutionary struggle, and the events in that contest of which our territory was the theatre, have been related in a former chapter.
Soon after the establishment of Luzerne county, for con- venience in training, the county militia were divided into several battalions or regiments. The one ineluding the people of our county was called the upper battalion, in Lu- zerne county, and was composed of eight companies, viz., " the Tioga, the Sheshequena, Wyasoek, Meshoping, Tunk- hannuek, Wylusink, Pittstown, and Exeter companies." In the return of Aug. 25, 1788, John Jenkins was lieutenant- colonel, and John Swift major. In the Tioga company, Solomon Bennett was captain, Lucas Detrick lieutenant, and John Depew ensign. In the Sheshequin company, John Spalding was eaptain, Samnel Gore lieutenant, and Samuel Southworth ensign. In the " Wyasock" company, Roswell Franklin was captain, Jehiel Franklin lieutenant, and Isaac Strope ensign. In the Wyalusing company, Daniel Shaw was the captain, Joseph Elliott lieutenant, and Stephen Durell ensign. The other companies were com- posed of men lying outside the county. Col. Franklin was evidently, by common consent, to be the colonel, but at this time was confined in Philadelphia jail on the charge of
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