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"The recently enacted school law, which imposes many duties upon teachers, directors, etc., will re- ceive such attention as will prove advantageous to patrons and taught.
" The gentlemen who will lecture to or address the institute, so far as we are able to announce at present, are as follows :
"Rev. E. O. Ward, F. B. Penniman, Dr. C. Cutter is expected to be present, E. Brooks, C. S. Minor, Esq. " Lectures will be given on reading, arithmetic, geography, grammar, the art of teaching, etc. Topics pertaining to school government, school-houses, boarding round, etc., may come up for discussion, in which it is hoped all members of the Institute will participate.
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" Teachers will be subject to no expense, the people of Honesdale having generously tendered their hos- pitality to the teachers of the county, pleased to as- sist in elevating the standard of education. Ladies will be accommodated with board in private families in preference to gentlemen ; still we hope to be able to accommodate all, as the provision already made ap- pears ample.
" WM. H. HAM, Committee "G. A. FULLER, " M. L. TRACY, Arrangements.
" It is hoped that every individual designing to teach either in the winter or summer will not fail to attend this Institutc.
" Your Obedient Servant, "J. F. STODDARD, " County Supt."
The programme was carried out substantially as announced, and the institute was generally regarded as an agreeable success, the attendance of teachers and others interested in education being very large. The secretary, William H. Ham, reported that eighty-two teachers were present. As these instructors of thirty-odd years ago were the representative ones of the county, and those from whom many of the men and women now in middle life obtained the rudiments of their education, we present the entire list, together with the location of each individual,-
Adelia Justin, Rileyville; Mary Beadle, Mary H. Robinson, Joanna C. Palmer, Maria Henshaw, Beth- any ; Fannie Blois, Mary J. Swartz, Olive Power, Mary H. Schoonover, Isabel Brown, Clara Hubbell, Honcsdale; Charlotte Ellis, Herrick ; Ellen E. Bush, Margaret Baxter, Ann C. Monroe, Mary A. Brooking, Jane T. Brooking, H. Sulina Bush, Mary Harrison, Ann E. McDermott, Lucy M. Gates, Mount Pleasant; Ann M. Dibble, Texas; Alice Morgan, Rebecca Cle- ment, Fannie Jamcs, Sarah Jones, Salem ; Delphine Adams, Lebanon ; Mary M. Keen, Mary E. Rogers, Martha Munson, Waymart ; Geo. B. Curtis, Edenvale; Charles Torrey, James Reed, Bethany ; W. Van Sickle, Jeremiah Regan, South Canaan; William Brown, William Orchard, William Schoonover, Honesdale ; P. F. Dix, John F. Hyer, George W. Hyer, Rockdalc; Rebecca L. Writer, Cherry Ridge; Eliza Surrene, Scott; Caroline Brisack, Manchester; Caroline Knight, Mary E. Knight, E. P. Knight, A. Gardner, Stockport ; Sylvina Fletcher, Margaret J. Tobin, Emily V. Star- bird, D. Crosby, Adcline G. Laking, Preston ; Augusta Cook, Ledgedale; Ruth E. Terril, Hill Top; Mary A. Lord, Susan H. Longstreet, Hawley ; Sarah J. Lee, Martha Catterson, Francis A. Bortree, Mary E. Catterson, Sterling; Julia Curtis, Edenvale; Sarah
Collins, Jonesville; Harriet Sterling, Lauretta Stearns, Harriet Stearns, Irene J. Stearns, Eldred ; Lucy Phelps, Dyberry ; Angeline Swingle, Canaan ; Mar- tha A. Writer, Cherry Ridge; Jeremiah Rogers, Ca- naan ; Oliver M. Fleming, Paupack; William C. Knight, Stockport; Darwin C. Cook, George T. Cook, Ledgedale; Nelson J. Gates, Mount Pleasant ; Giles H. Lyon, Herrick ; Maurice Bortree, East Ster- ling; J. K. Hotchkiss, Susquehanna Depot ; Paul MeAvoy, Jr., Henry Connelly, Samuel Stanton, Rock- dale.
In 1855 three institutes were held, one be- ginning March 7th at Pleasant Mount, one March 12th at Salem, and the third September 11th at Waymart. The latter appears to have been the regular County Institute.
There was a Wayne County Teachers' Asso- ciation in 1861, and a meeting of that body was held in the academy at Prompton on October 29th, remaining in session three days. There were sixty teachers present. The officers elected for the year were: President, Rev. E. O. Ward ; Vice-President, Rev. D. Brundage ; Secretary, W. H. Schoonover ; Treasurer, James · B. Torrey ; Executive Committee, Charles L. Wheeler, C. W. Torrey, J. E. Hawker, Thomas Hawkey, Stephen Brundage, Ellen Tomlinson, H. Moriah Schoon, Harriet Stearns, Harriet E. Burns. In 1862 the session of this associ- ation was held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hawley. In 1866, upon November 12tlı, what was denominated as the "First Annual Institute " convened at the Presbyterian Church at Waymart. It remained in session four days, and before adjonrnment a " Teachers' Association " was formed, of which J. E. Hawker was elected president; William H. Lee, secretary ; and A. W. Sinnock, treasurer.
All of these institutes were held without the aid of any State appropriation, but on April 19, 1867, the value of the annual meetings of teachers having become generally recognized, a legislative act was passed compelling the county school superintendent to hold one each year and providing for the appropriation of from sixty dollars to two hundred dollars for the support of each one. Under this law the institutes have flourished and become from year to year a more and more potent factor in the advancement of the common schools. The institutes of 1867,
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1868 and 1869 were held respectively at Waymart, Hawley and Honesdale, with in- creasing interest and attendance. Each year the instruction by lectures and other means has been made more ample and practically valuable, until at present the institute is in effect an excel- lent normal school.
The teachers of the county in 1874, as repre- sented at the institute of November 16th-20th, of that year, were the following :
L. A. Barnum, Honesdale; Sheldon Norton, Alden- ville; E. C. Foster, Honesdale ; F. A. Whitlock, Honesdale ; C. M. Bushnell, Bethany ; North F. Oris, Beech Pond ; W. H. Dee, Honesdale ; F. D. Barry, South Sterling ; D. H. Brown, Waymart ; J. B. Wil- liams, South Sterling; J. W. Nolen, Cherry Ridge; J. E. Tiffany, Pleasant Mount; C. D. Brooks, Beth- any ; J. G. Morse, Starrucca; W. B. Guinup, Nar- rowsburgh ; Lewis W. Seely, Honesdale; Ira W. Swingle, South Canaan ; Joseph Pritchard, Pleasant Mount; M. E. Bortree, Sterling ; J. W. Bucking- ham, Waymart ; Sidney Mumford, Pleasant Mount; William R. Longstreet, Prompton; Marcus Peak, Long Eddy ; F. A. Dony, Honesdale ; Frank Tuthill, Waymart ; G. S. Henshaw, Bethany ; Stewart O. Lin- coln, Rileyville ; Charles J. Uban, Ledgedale; Irvin S. White, Honesdale ; Isaac E. Tibbetts, Honesdale ; W. J. Turner, Lake Como ; Michael Brennan, Pleas- ant Mount ; H. E. King, Starrucca ; G. M. Cooper, Waymart; Thomas Pentecost, Prompton ; J. M. Case, Hawley ; Eugene Peck, Pleasant Mount ; A. D. Stan- ley, Prompton ; Samuel K. Dills, Honesdale; G. M. Pattersou, Waymart ; A. R. Waguer, South Canaan ; W. G. Trim, Seelyville; Walter Burrows, Honesdale ; E. H. Noel, Dyberry; Simon J. Buckley, Cherry Ridge; James A. Kennedy, Steveuson's Mill; Charles Avery, Bethany; E. K. Curtis, Aldenville ; F. E. Brooks, Bethany ; S. E. Vastbinder, Eldred ; F. E. Bortree, Ledgedale ; J. E. Eliot, Hamlinton ; George H. Spencer, Honesdale ; Martin Bolkcom, Rileyville ; A. S. Benedict, Starrucca ; N. A. Reynolds, Starrucca ; Charles Utt, Hemlock Hollow ; Orson Shafer, Hau- cock ; A. J. Wilcox, Waymart ; J. A. McLaury, El- dred; Ruth E. Terrel, Honesdale ; Kate McGrath, High Lake; Addie Stevenson, Waymart; Kate Cas- sidy, Mount Pleasant ; Mrs. Sarah H. Clark, Pleasant Mount ; Jessie Cobb, Hamlinton ; H. Maud Bushnel, Bethany ; Alice Bortree, Ledgedale ; Abbie Beardslee, Honesdale ; Rose Clineburgh, Lake Como; Amanda Frailey, Honesdale; Jennie Wheeler, Honesdale ; Jennie Cooper, Waymart ; Chrissie Varcoe, Riley- ville ; Eunice A. Compton, Honesdale ; Jennie Un- derwood, Lake Como; Celia Ledyard, Pleasant Mount ; Jennie Sillyphant, Honesdale; Maria Mc- Farland, Hawley ; Lucy E. Abby, Hamlinton ; Han- ualı Marks, Damascus ; Mary Haggerty, White's Val-
ley ; Florence L. Jenkins, Prompton ; Dora Cady, Prompton ; Amanda Compton, Cherry Ridge ; Minnie Matthews, Cherry Ridge ; Annie Russell, Honesdale; Edith Hoyle, Honesdale; Sarah A. Woodbridge, Hamlinton ; Sate E. Jones, Factoryville ; Lannie Lass- ley, Narrowsburgh ; Emma Hawley, Equinunk ; Lil- lian Stevens, Holsterville; Mary Church, Bethauy ; Mary E. Farrell, Sherman ; Frankie Rockwell, Beech Pond; Selina Sluman, Honesdale; Eliza J. Orr, El- dred; Eda M. Brown, Honesdale ; Libbie Crocker, Bethany ; Amelia Best, Dyberry ; Lizzie A. Box, Bethany ; Ella C. Long, Honesdale ; Victoria Bortree, Sterling; Emma E. Stevens, Sterling ; Lillie A. Woodley, Honesdale; Mary M. Hurly, Honesdale ; Mabel Allen, Eldred ; Mary Bryant, Dyberry ; Re- becca McIntyre, Eldred ; Nellie Avery, Damascus ; Annie M. Miller, Susquehanna Depot; Mary C. Roche, Waymart; Helen L. Raymond, Hamilton ; Louisa C. Keen, Honesdale; Matilda Murphy, Hones- dale; Eliza J.Stanton, Waymart; Mary Pulis, Dyberry ; Amelia J. Murphy, Honesdale ; Olive Allen, White's Valley; Mary Bush, Damascus ; Sadie Longstreet, Prompton ; Mary Simons, Sterling ; Cornelia Benney, Honesdale ; Mrs. A. J. Dennis, Honesdale; Lizzie J. Stephens, Honesdale; Jennie Darling, Honesdale; Louise Reynolds, Honesdale ; Rena Spencer, Hones- dale; Bridget E. Flannigan, Honesdale; Vickie Spencer, Prompton ; Amanda Thorp, Waymart; Josie Leonard, Hamlinton ; Lillie G. Eno, Seelyville ; Lucy M. Belknap, Rileyville; Rose Galvin, Honesdale; Harriet E. Stearns, Eldred ; Sarah Simrell, Hones- dale; Sarah Case, Hawley ; Sofie E. Brigham, Da- mascus ; Mary E. Avery, Bethany ; Mary A. O'Neill, Pleasant Mount; Isabella Hawkens, White's Valley ; Mary Strongman, Bethauy ; Bridget Kilpatrick, Way- mart; Allie Gammel, Bethany; Carrie E. Sears, Honesdale ; Susie Compton, Hawley ; Emma Holbert, Equinunk ; Amanda Miller, Honesdale ; Jennie Pcn- warden, Prompton ; Sarah H. Baker, South Canaan ; Emma Woolheater, Equinunk ; Mary Curran, Way- mart; Anna Gorr, Beech Pond; Ettie Henshaw, Beech Pond; Ida E. Hawker, Honesdale ; Ella Dills, Honesdale ; Ellen J. Reilly, Waymart ; Angie Varcoe, Rileyville ; Reua Hopkins, Honesdale ; Eliza Murray, Hawley ; Anna McHale, Hawley ; Mary Temperton, Starrucca; Mary A. Neville, Sterling ; Louie Tyler, Callicoon; Salina Varcoe, Cherry Ridge; Alice Curran, Waymart ; Evelyn Noble, Eldred; Delly Cady, Prompton ; Mrs. Fannie Margisou, Damascus; Liz- zie S. McIntyre, Eldred ; Ella Scott, Honesdale; Sarah Hubbard, Waymart; Bell Starkweather, Way- mart ; Lizzie J. Curtis, Aldenville ; Agnes Plumb, Prompton ; D. G. Allen, Prompton; F. N. Fraden- burgh, Prompton; W. W. Woodruff, Promptou ; R. Curry, Promptou.
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CHAPTER VII.
War of the Rebellion-Wayne County Troops-Inci- dents of a Local Nature.
THE first great popular demonstration in Honesdale, after the firing upon Fort Sumter, was upon April 20th, in a mass-meeting held at Liberty Hall, in pursuance of a call signed by over four hundred citizens and addressed to " all Union and Constitution-loving men, with- out regard to party," asking them to take ac- tion and make expression upon the existing state of affairs in the country.
F. M. Crane, Esq., was president of the meeting, R. L. Seely, W. R. McLaury, Wm. Wefferling and E. H. Clark, vice-presidents; and E. A. Ludwig and E. A. Penniman, editor of the Democrat, secretaries. Messrs. Francis B. Penniman, C. S. Minor, Esq., F. M. Crane, Esq., S. E. Dimmick, Esq., and others made short patriotic speeches. On motion of Francis B. Penniman, the chair appointed Messrs. S. E. Dimmick, A. Strong, Henry Peet, Henry Win- ter, William Turner, John Hennegan, John Kelly, John J. Schenck, E. E. Gilbert and G. G. Spettigue a committee to report resolutions and business for the consideration of the meet- ing. Following is a portion of the preamble and resolves which were returned by them and warmly indorsed by the assemblage :
" Whereas, several of the States of this confederacy have professed to Secede from the Union, and actuated by a bitter and determined hostility to the Federal Government, are seeking to destroy the same, and by a recent and unprovoked attack upon Fort Sumter have insulted our glorious flag, aud involved the coun- try in war ;
" Therefore Resolved, That the people of the loyal county of Wayne, 'without distinction of party and laying aside all party ties and obligations,' are ready to stand by the Union, the Constitution and the en- forcement of the Laws.
" Resolved, That in the present extraordinary emer- gency, which threatens the very existence of the gov- ernment, it is the imperative duty of every citizen, without hesitation, to decide in favor of the Federal Government and to sustain it by his words, his exam- ple and action.
" Resolved, That as several of the citizens of Wayue County are forming themselves into military compa- nies in response to the call of the President of the United States for volunteers, and may be called upon
to do actual service in behalf of the country, and as many of them, in such case, will leave families with- out a protector or provider, we pledge ourselves to contribute liberally to the support of their wives aud children." * ** * *
The remaining resolutions appointed two committees to carry out certain purposes agreed upon, as the encouragement of the military and volunteer movements and the care of enlisted men's families. These were constituted as fol- lows :
Military Committee .- Coe F. Young, James Brown, William Wefferling, Johu Gerry, Jr., Samuel Allen and Henry Peet.
Finance (or Family Aid) Committee .- Z. H. Russell, William Turner, R. Heuwood, J. Hennegan and Hen- ry Winter.
This committee was instructed to solicit sub- scriptions to be used for the benefit of the fam- ilies " of such citizens of Wayne County as should organize into volunteer companies and march to the defense of the country." S. D. Ward, cashier of the Honesdale Bank, was ap- pointed treasurer of the military fund. Over seventeen hundred dollars was immediately sub- scribed. At a subsequent meeting the finance committee decided to give to each married man who should volunteer the sum of three dollars per week, for the support of their families, during the periods of their enlistment.
Upon the 25th of April the following editor- ial appeared in the Democrat (now the Citizen), and did much toward stirring the people to action in organizing troops :
" VOLUNTEERS.
"Our country demands that at least one volunteer company should be formed in every township and borough of this county, who are ready to march to the defense of its constitution, capitol and flag in this- hour of peril.
"Fellow-citizens, will you pardon us for urging upon you immediate action ? Our government must be protected-our constitution maintained-our flag defended.
"The citizens of other counties of our good old com- monwealth are marching by hundreds and thousands to their country's defense. Shall old Wayne be be- hind? Never! Delay not! Act! Organize! Be ready, so that when old Wayne is called she will be ready to respond, as we all shall wish she had when the peril shall be over aud the victory won.
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" Fellow-citizens, we are contending for the Union our fathers gave, for the constitution they framed, and for the flag they bequeathed to us. Shall we permit traitor hands to destroy the one and traitor feet to trample upon the other? That question we shall have to answer, and we must answer. Shall we answer it as the men of the Revolution did? Shall we be true to the past, the preseut and the future ? God forbid we should be otherwise. What the fathers of our land gave us, let us transmit to all who shall come after us. Right proved to be might when the foundations of our government were laid, and it will so prove in this, the hour of her peril, if we but do our dusy.
" And what man will not do it? Has Wayne Coun- ty one that will not? God forbid that a traitor should be found in her borders. Again permit us to press on your attention the urgent necessity of immediate action. No time is to be lost. The hour is upon us. Shall traitor hands seize our capitol, and as the chief of them, Davis, declared, carry their war and impose their government upon the States of the North ?
" A large subscription of money has been made to assist and provide for the families of those who may volunteer and go from Wayne County. We ask all to contribute to it, as we know all will desire to. We ask you to do so liberally. Ask yourselves what value do you put upon your country, her government and her glorious Flag, aud then give to support the families of those who are fighting for them all. Let no man with- hold from volunteering for fear his family may suffer. They will be taken care of. To this we feel we can safely pledge every man in Wayne County.
" To those desiring to volunteer residing out of the borough of Houesdale, in sections where companies may not be forming, we say come here-enroll and help organize companies and drill.
" Fellow-citizens, we know you will cordially re- spond to the call of your country. Let every man re- member it is his business to act. Act now ; act prompt- ly. Let every man but say 'The Union-it must and shall be preserved,' and it will be."
Other great meetings followed that of April 20th. One was announced to be held in the public square on May 6th, but rain prevented an ont-door convocation, and the gathering was held at Liberty Hall, to which but com- paratively few of the great number who had came to town, from all parts of the county, could find admittance. The hall was packed. F. M. Crane, Esq., presided, and the vice-presi- dents were E. W. Hamlin, of Bethany; R. R. Purdy, of Paupack ; J. R. Dickson, of Clinton ; W. Starbird, of Buckingham ; C. Freeman, of Mount Pleasant; R. L. Seely, W. R. McLaury,
William Wefferling, of Honesdale; and E. H. Clark, of Cherry Ridge. The principal speaker on this occasion was Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, of Wilkes-Barre, who was received with tre- mendons enthusiasm, and made a strong speech glowing with patriotic fervor.
The ladies here, as elsewhere throughout the North, took early steps toward rendering such aid as was within their power to the soldiers who had gone and were abont to go to the field. The Ladies' Aid Society was organized at a meeting held at the Allen House on May 6, 1861. At that time the following officers were elected, viz. :
Moderatress, Mrs. C. S. Minor ; Corresponding Sec- retary, Mrs. D. P. Kirtland; Recording Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Caroline Torrey. Managers : Mrs. W. T. Estabrook, Mrs. J. N. Foster, Presbyterian ; Mrs. R. F. Lord, Miss Russell and Miss McIntosh, Episco- pal; Mrs. A. Flower, Mrs. M. B. Bennett, Methodist ; Rev. Mrs. Grenell, Mrs. G. Knapp, Miss Leonard, Baptist ; Mrs. Charles Petersen, Mrs. F. Schuler, Luth- eran; Mrs. J. M. Brown, Miss Murray, Catholic.
A few days later the society met at the Pres- byterian session-rooms and began to make up garments for the soldiers.
The society maintained its organization dur- ing the war aud accomplished an immense amount of valuable work, which was appreci- ated by the soldiers at the front.
Monday, May 20th, was the day of the de- parture of the Honesdale Guards for the field, and it is one of the most memorable ones, lo- cally, in the war period. The company formed on Front Street, accompanied by the fire com- panies, the Union and the Silver Cornet Bauds, the Washington Guards, under Captain Kubach, the Jefferson Rifles, nuder Captain Teubner, and Wayne Artillery, under Captain Loeven.
During the parade through the principal streets, the procession was followed by an im- mense crowd. All along the route the soldiers were greeted with cheers and the waving of flags and handkerchiefs. They took the cars for Carbondale at the head of the plane, and as they moved off the artillery fired a resounding salute. They were accompanied by the firemen, and by C. S. Minor, Esq., F. M. Crane, Esq., and General Lord. At Prompton, Waymart
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and Carbondale, cannon belched forth noisy welcome, and rousing cheers went up from great throngs which had gathered from the country for miles back from the railroad. At Carbondale, before resuming the ride to Scran- ton, the guards and their friends partook of a substantial dinner, provided for them by the people, at Burnham's. The company arrived safely at Harrisburg, and on May 28th the men, with the exception of nine rejected for various causes, were sworn into the service.
The Honesdale Guards became Company C of the Thirty-fifth Regiment, or Sixth Reserves, and as such their roster appears under the regi- mental history in this chapter.
On the 8th of June, 1861, occurred an in- teresting event, in the raising and consecration of a banner on the Presbyterian Church in Honesdale-a gift from the ladies' society. Coe F. Young presided at the meeting, and the Revs. Grenell and Dunning and Mr. F. B. Penniman made addresses.
There was no regimental organization in Wayne County and not more than two compa- nies in any one regiment. About ten full com- panies went from the county ; there were de- tachments of considerable size in several other companies and a large number of scattering men, not only in Pennsylvania, but in New York and New Jersey regiments.
The following table shows the number of troops, as compared to population by townships, that had gone out up to August 28, 1862, not including the companies of Captains Mumford, Buckingham and Tallmadge :
Townships.
Troops.
Population in 1860.
Buckingham. 28
1,415
Bethany.
16
235
Berlin.
34
1,789
Clinton.
25
1,200
Canaan.
23
971
Cherry Ridge
19
1,092
Dyberry
47
1,120
Damascus
57
2,399
Honesdale
69 2,506
Lebanon.
17
670
Mt. Pleasant.
28
2,378
Manchester. 75
988
Orego
28
865
Paupack.
14
580
Palmyra
67
2,560
Townships.
Troops.
Population in 1860.
Prompton.
27
290
Preston
42
1,574
Sterling
64
1,301
Salem. 95
2,296
South Canaan
40
1,231
Scott.
38
872
Texas
90
3,201
Wayne borough 1
27
540
Total.
965
32,455
The following table gives the number of Wayne County men in service, including drafted men.
The whole quota of Wayne County was 1892.
In service at the marshal's report 950
Discharged disabled.
45
Died in service. 32
Entered service between report and draft. 171
Number drafted 700
Total 1898
The men who entered service between the re- port of marshal and draft were thus distributed :
In Wayne County Cavalry 83
Captain Comfort, Co. I, 84th Pa 54
Captain Cooley's Co. 1
Captain Schooley's Battery 4
Enlisted under Lieut Thayer. 10
Enlisted in Pike Co. (Capt. Mott). 6
In service, omitted by marshal and dis-
covered by commission 13
Total. 171
In addition to the foregoing, there were at least three hundred Wayne County men among the troops credited to New York and New Jer- sey and some in the regular army.
The people of Honesdale (and of the county as well) were very liberal in financial "support of the war." The contributions of the citizens of the borough to the bounty fund alone amounted to over twenty thousand dollars.
The subscriptions inade to the county bounty fund, made in 1862, were as follows :
Honesdale Bank . $5,000
S. E. Dimmick $100
R. F. Lord 500
Z. H. Russell. 100
John Torrey 500
R. L. Seely 100
John McIntosh 100
Foster Bros. 100
C. F. Young.
100
M. L. Tracy 100
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F. B. Penniman $ 100
S. D. Ward. $50
Wm. Weiss. $ 100
W. H. Dimmick .... $ 100
Patrick McKanna ... 50
G. G. Waller. 100
C. W. Spencer 60
S. B. Wood. 50
Patrick Stanley 70
H. Grambs. 50
Wm. Wefferling. 50
Thomas Coyne 50
John O'Neill. 50
J. E. Hawker 50
Patrick O'Brien 50
W. H. Ham 50
T. J. Ha 50
John Goldsmith 50
Thomas Brown 50
R. H. Tobi 50
Henry Rogers. 50
William Turner. 50
Herman Rogers. 50
P. Kaschenback. 50
Martin Hessler 75
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Marshal Wheeler 50
W. B. Hohnes. 50
E. E. Eaton .. 50
George Birdsall. 50
R. Manville 50
M. H. Stanley 50
M. F. Vankirk 75
C. S. Dunning. 50
Isaac Freeman 50
S. D Ward 50
J. S. Freeman.
50
Rodney Tillou. 50
U. V. Wheeler 50
Stephen Miehle. 50 C. C. Lane 50
John Ball. 75
Charles Nelson 50
J. D. Hopkins. 50
L. D. Swenton. 70
Oliver Rodgers 50
C. L. Whitney. 50
C. P. Frace 50
G. W. Hubbell. 50
G. Knapp 50
R. S. Dorin. 20
H. W. Bessoe. 5 J. C. Gunn. 20
C. A. Dusenberre ... 50
M. B. Peck 50
M. Wiser. 25
J. Lercher.
70
E. T. Becrs. 25
David Becrs. 25
Z. H. Russell. 200
Wm. Riley 100
W. H. Foster. 200
Joseph Zahn. 100
E. G. Reed. 100
H. H. Roe. 100
John Kraus 100
W. W. Weston 100
John Owen 100
Gilbert Knapp .. 50
G. G. Waller. 50
U. V. Wheeler .. 25
E. F. Torrey 25
A. Wheeler.
25
H. J. Conger. 100
Miles L. Tracy 150
S. O. Terrel. 100
C. Petersen. 100
S. Torrey 50
W. H. & E. G. Rced.
25
E. A. Penniman 100
H. C. Hand. 125
William Weaver. 100
George Foster. 100
C. C. Jadwin. 100
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