History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania; statistics, Part 15

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320

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G. C. DeGolier's appointment. This petition was granted. In June, 1858, Judge John Galbraith, of Erie, presided. H. G. Rogers and John H. Boyle were admitted to the bar, and in December William A. Nichols' name appears as a member of the bar. C. B. Curtis presided, vice White, in June, 1859. In September of that year Joseph J. Robbins was tried for firing John Dexter's house, and acquitted. B. D. Hamlin and Prosecutor Cowles represented the State, while L. D. Wetmore and W. A. Williams defended, twenty witnesses being called for the defense and twenty for the State. The trial of James Dunn, for the murder of James Stocker, in Ceres township, July 1, took place at this time, and resulted in a verdict of guilty in the second degree, in June, 1860; W. Cowles and L. D. Wetmore prosecuted, while B. D. Hamlin and S. P. Johnson defended. He was sentenced by Judge White to a fine of one dollar costs, and to twelve years solitary confinement. A. B. Armstrong, Philetus Ford and Samuel C. Hyde were admitted in 1860. In December, 1861, Attorney Struthers' name appears. Judge Peabody took the place of Judge Holmes. Fred. E. Smith was admitted in July, 1862, and J. W. Ryan, J. W. Conley and W. W. Williard, in December. In February, 1863, J. B. Newton and G. W. DeCamp were admitted.

In 1865 Judge Williams, with Associates Darling and Peabody, presided. The petition for the incorporation of Kane was reported on favorably. Attor- neys Laurie J. Blakely and - Beardsley were admitted, and Wallace W. Brown appointed district attorney, vice Cowles, resigned. Judges A. T. Bar- den and A. N. Taylor were present in December, 1866, with Judge Williams, presiding; William J. Milliken was admitted to the law circle, and William K. King was appointed county surveyor. In February, 1868, Nelson Medbery was appointed crier of the court, vice King, but the latter was reappointed. Henry King was admitted to the bar in June of that year, and Charles R. Saunders, in February, 1869. The petition against the election of C. C. Mel- viu as treasurer was received in December, 1870, and was considered and re- considered until the subject was dropped. Manley Crosby was admitted to the bar in June, 1871, and Delano R. Hamlin's* name appears on the records in August of that year. Associate Judges W. S. Brownell and Loyal Ward qualified in December, H. W. Williams presiding, and in February, 1872, S. F. Wilson, the additional law judge, was present. At this session the name of E. Brown appears as attorney. D. C. Larrabee* was admitted in April, and George A. Rathbun in June, when the charge of murder against the Burns brothers was tried, one of whom was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twelve years solitary confinement. Messrs. King, Williams and Clark prosecuted, while Backus and Milliken defended. In September F. W. Paine was admitted, the death of Warren Cowles announced, and H. E. Brown, of Warren, permitted to practice here, and later John G. Hall,* of Elk county. In June, 1873, Andrew Tracy signed the roll of attor- neys. J. R. Clark was present as an attorney in the fall, and Robert H. Rose was admitted to the bar. At this term the celebrated hunter, Leroy Lyman, was indicted for killing deer out of season. In June, 1874, Charles Dinsmore, of Warren, was admitted to practice, S. W. Smith in September, also F. D. Leet, of Cameron county; R. B. Power qualified as stenographer. The grand jury declared the jail and outbuildings nuisances; in December P. R. Cotter and C. Hollenbeck appeared as attorneys, and W. M. Lindsey was admitted. Edward Crow was indicted by a coroner's jury of killing Cal- vin H. Hobar, at Port Allegany, August 3, 1874. The same year he was tried for this offense and sentenced to a five-years term. He was defended by

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A. G. Olmsted, W. A. Williams and Charles Dolan. Charles H. Noyes was enrolled in September, 1875, and in December the contested election case-C. K. Sartwell vs. John R. Chadwick-in re office of prothonotary, was entered. B. A. Green was admitted to the bar at this time. In February, 1876, A. W. Barry, M. F. Elliott and George A. Berry were admitted attorneys, and H. N. Gardiner appointed stenographer. Eugene Mullin signed the roll in June, 1876, and Roger Sherman, C. J Curtis and G. W. Kelly in December. Dur- ing the year a number of divorce cases were presented, and the records of the court began to assume large proportions as the population increased. In Feb- ruary, 1877, Associate Judges Brownell and F. N. Burnham were present; among the members of the bar were *O. A. Hotchkiss, R. B. Stone, L. H. Cobb and C. H. Sherwood. Julius Byles was admitted a member. In September Sheridan Gorton, David Sterrett and H. McClure were admitted; in October H. C. Dornan, and in December D. E. Dufton, J. C. Sturgeon and C. L. Peck. In February, 1878, A. F. Bole was admitted and C. D. Longfellow was enrolled; in April J. C. Johnson, W. I. Lewis and W. B. Graves were en- rolled as members, and E. B. McCleery was admitted. Edward McSweeney's name appears upon the records of 1876, and also that of W. B. Boggs.

Andrew Tracy, a young lawyer of Smethport, was tried in February, 1879, for the murder of his cousin. Miss Mary Reilly, at Smethport. District At- torney S. W. Smith, M. F. Elliott and W. W. Brown represented the State, while C. B. Curtis, A. B. Richmond, George A. Jenks, A. G. Olmsted and N. McSweeney defended. He was found guilty of murder, and, in April, sen- tenced by Judge Williams to death. The Judge, in passing sentence, said: " The victim was a friend, not an enemy; a relative by blood; a modest and lovely woman, whose only offense was that she had struggled to overcome her affection for you, from a sense of duty toward the church to which she be- longed, and toward her parents whom she honored " Every effort was made to save this unfortunate man, but the board of pardons refusing to interfere with the sentence the law was carried into effect in December. 1879. This tragedy of September 18, 1878, may be said to have broken up one of the most hospitable homes of Mckean county.

The trial of Robert Butler for murder took place in March, 1880, resulting in a sentence of eight years solitary confinement. In December. 1886, the trial of John Thompson for the murder, on previous July 24, of John Yohe at Mount Jewett was heard. Messrs. Koester, Cotter, Mullin and MeClure rep- resented the State, while Morrison, Apple, Elliott and Hastings defended. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment.

Anthony Anderson Oaks, a Swede, was tried in May, 1889, for the murder of Henry Robinson, in Long Hollow, Annin township, February 12, 1889, Messrs. Sturgeon and P. R. Cotter prosecuting, and Messrs. Mullin and Me- Clure defending. ... In October, 1889, one of the heaviest cases ever brought before this court was presented-The Mckean & Elk Land & Improvement Company us. Elizabeth D. Kane. Plaintiffs originally owned 120,000 acres of land in this section of country, of which Gen. T. L. Kane was agent. The case involved the title to a large portion of this territory. A brilliant array of legal talent was employed in the litigation. F. B. Gowan and William W. Wilbank, both of Philadelphia, and R. B. Stone, of Bradford, were for the prosecution, and C. H. McCauley, of Ridgway, J. G. Johnson and E. W. Hanson, of Philadelphia, B. D. Hamlin, of Smethport, and M. F. Elliott, of Wellsboro, represented the defendant. Judgment was rendered in favor of Mrs. Kane, and the title to the lands aud lots thereby settled.

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In February, 1890, a Salvation Army case was presented to the grand jury. Three of the bills, ignored by that body, were brought by Capt. Charles Lock yer, the commander of the Salvation Army in Bradford. He charged two boys with disturbing one of the meetings at their barracks. In addition to ignoring the bills the grand jury placed the costs upon the prosecutor. The costs of the three cases amounted to $93.SS. Neither the captain nor the members of his army who were present in court had the money, and the captain was com- mitted to jail in default thereof. The parting scene between the captain and his followers was an emotional one. He kissed the weeping sisters amid a chorus of " God bless you," and the prison door closed. The inmates of the jail, upon seeing the badge of their new comrade, welcomed him with a shout and a rapturous medley of "war cry " choruses.

Another bill was presented to this jury asking an indictment for assault against G. W. Kelly. This indictment was the outcome of the trouble between the members of the W. V. R. U. which the national president, Mrs. Camp bell, attempted to adjust, and whom Kelly had arrested for the larceny of a charter. Kelly had the costs to pay in that case, when Mrs. Campbell was discharged. The grand jury in ignoring the bill against Kelly placed the costs on the county.

The attorneys admitted to practice here since the May term of 1878 are named as follows:

George A. Allen, 1878; James Addle, 1877; George W. Allen, 1879; Isaac Ash and Harrison Allen, 1880; John N. Apple, 1882, and Fred L. Armstrong, 1884.

John B. Brawley, 1877; Lewis F. Barger, W. D. Brown, C. L. Baker, R. C. Beach, F. L. Blackman, David Ball, W. E. Burdiek and M. II. Byles, 1879; James C. Boyce. II W. Blakeslee and Eben Brewer, 1880; B. T. Ball and W. C. Brown, 1881; Joseph W Bouton and C. Benedict, 1885; George H. Bemis and Charles E. Boyle, 1887.

W. B. Chapman, 1877; S. E. Cheeseman, E. Crossman, A. A. Craig, F. J. Corbin? and C. L. Covell, 1878; John B. Chapman, S. M. Crosby and J. H. Conningham, 1879; Mahlon J. Coleord and David Cameron, 1883: A. L. Cole and James Cable, 1889.

M. E. Dunlap and W. M. Dame, 1878; John W. Dunkle, 1881; Joshua Douglass, 1883. W. F. Doyle, 1887, and S. M. Decker, 1889.

Thomas F. Emmens and M. T. H. Elliott, 1880.

John Forrest, 1879; W. L. Foster, 1883; G. N. Frazier, 1886.

W. B. Graves, 1878; James George, F. F. Guthrie and J. T. Healy, 1879: S. S Geisinger, 1880; Henry N. Gardner, 1882; Sam. Trumbine, 1885, and S. B. Griffith, 1886.

D. S. Herron, 1878; P. T. Hallock, William C. Holahan and C. A. Hitchcock, 1879; I. D. Hancock, M. J. Ileywang, A. P. Iluey and George H. Higgins, 1880; Watson 1. Hinckley. F. W. Hastings, Jacob Hockley, 1881; T. B. Hoover, 1882: 1I. J. Hammond, ; J. D. flancock. 1885, and C. Heydrick, 1889.

Il. C. Johns, 1878: David H. Jack, 1880; Charles E. Jndd, 1884; A. L Kinkcad, 1878; E. Koester, J. L. Kinkead and E. L. Keenan, 1879; W. C. Kerr, ISSO; H. O. Kline, 1881. George C. King, 1882.

W. J. Lewis, 1878; A. H. Low, 1879; William L. Lillibridge, 1881: W. H. Latham, 1884. J. W. Lee, 1886, and George A. Lukehart, ISSS.

*B. S. MeAllister, A. M. Metzger and C. II. MeCauley, 1877: * E. B. MeCleary. E. R. Mayo, G. B. McCalmont, II. N. McIntyre and William McSweeney, 1878; W. M Mere lith, Samuel Minor, Graham McFarlane, W. A. Mason, C. H. McKee, H. J. Muse, Henry McSweeney. T. A. Morrison, Robert Mackwood, William E. Marsh. Joseph M. Mot lure and J. O. Marshall, 1879; J. C. Metzger, Miles S. Plummer and J. V. Mcintyre. 1880; Joseph A. McDonald, 1881; II. C. MeCormack and J. P. MeNarney, 1883; James J. Mc- Carthy, 1884; Charles MeCandiess. 1885; T. F. Mullin, 1886: J. B. McAllister and R M. Magee, 1888.

Herman II. North, 1880; Samnel T. Neill, February, 1890.

N. M. Orr and *Omer Osmer, 1878; John Omerod, 1882: J. H. Osmer. 1983, George M. Orr, 1887.

Louis K. Purviance and II. S. Payson, 1879; M. J. Peck. 1887.

A. B. Richmond, 1878: F. D. Reaves, 1879: George L. Roberts, 1830; L. Rosenzweig and Hamlet E. Rossell, 1881: Thomas F. Richmond, 1882; J. E. Rounseville, 1SsSs, and W. E. Rice, October 15. 1889.

G F. Stone, N. B. Smiley* and J. W. Shaw. 1978: H. C. Scoville. G. A. Sturgeon.

* Removed by death or emigration.

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William Swanson, F. L. Seeley. William A. Stone and G. J. Stranahan, 1879; O. L. Sny- dler and M. Sullivan, 1880; H. N. Snyder, 1881, and W. R. Scott, 1884. E. E. Tait, 1883; C. C. Thompson, 1885.

J. K. Wilson, J. K. Wallace and *C. L. Wescott, 1878; W. P. Weston, 1879; O. H. Wheeler, A. Leo Weil, George J. Wolfe, 1880; Irvine Watson, 1882; M. A. K. Werdner, 1843: S. C. White, 1887.

In the history of Smethport the first night's experience of the pioneer law- yer. Orlo J. Hamlin, at the Willard House is described. Next morning Paul E. Scull and Judge Sartwell, then the only merchants at the county seat, in- vited him to visit the court-house. Accepting, the trio had to creep along the fence to escape the quagmire then occupying the present main street. To ameliorate matters, the merchants offered the young lawyer a retaining fee of 850, and immediately the cloud of disappointment vanished, and Smethport seemed clad in sunshine. He decided to stay, and was permitted to occupy the west wing of the brick court-house, then completed. Obtaining some rough furniture he ranged " Blackstone." "Peak's Evidence" and a borrowed vol- uma of " Pardonis Digest " on the cross-legged pine table, and in December, 1826, opened the first law office in Mckean county. Practice was very primitive then. Prior to his coming a justice of the peace, afterward an associate judge here, rendered a judgment against the defendant for "six yards of calico " (enough then to dress a woman), and in another case for "twenty five hemlock saw logs." The constable did not know how to execute the judgments legally, and time alone canceled them. The first case in which Mr. Hamlin partici- pated here was tried in the Willard tavern. An employe of a saw-mill owner sued his employer for assault and battery with intent to kill. Hamlin was retained for the defense, while Counselor T- prosecuted. The counselor was athletic and illiterate, but naturally a speaker and full of assurance. The bar-room was crowded, and the young lawyer determined to prove his profes- sional training. He was very technical, and the justice was there to listen. Eleek Hall, equally powerful as a counselor, was then bar-tender, and while the case proceeded, he helped the audience to what drinks were called for. Mr. Hamlin, knowing the physical character of his opponent, called Hall to assist him, and when Hamlin had examined and cross-examined the witnesses and badgered the counselor, he would wink to Hall to answer Counselor T -. Eleek would step forward, smacking his lips and foaming with vehemence, and continue a doggerel speech until exhausted. The sun had set, and the jus. tice had sent the case to quarter sessions, holding the mill owner under bonds. The latter soon drove away his employe, holding his wife as hostage for a small debt. At quarter sessions the banished employe did not appear nor did he ever come to claim the wife he left as a hostage.

Abont the third week in December, 1826, John W. Howe came to Smeth- port, ostensibly to seek employment as a school-teacher. His baggage was a small wooden box, which proved to contain only law books. The people soon learned that he was a lawyer and not a teacher. He was something of a wag, eccentric, sensible, honorable and energetic. After a stay of six years he moved to Franklin, Penn , and thence to Meadville. In May, 1827, Thomas Fuller came hither to settle, but after a few months returned to Bethany, N. Y. In the spring of this year Counselor T- fell into a hornets' nest. It appears Hamlin, Howe and Fuller determined to oust this individual, and their deter- mination succeeded; for the counselor, being unable to make war against the trio, became irritable and sat down, exhausted. Leaving Smethport at once, he never returned to practice here. No doubt he felt like the physician in the drama of Macbeth:

Were I from Dunsinane away and clear,

Profit again should hardly draw me here.

AS. Anola

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CHAPTER VI.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS.

INTRODUCTORY-ORLO J. HAMLIN-ELECTIONS FOR GOVERNOR, 1835-ELECTIONS FROM 1840 TO 1883-GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1884 TO 1899-PROHIBITORY AMEND- MENT VOTE, 1889.

T THE early election returns of Mckean county are among the very few records which have been lost: so that the writer had to rely upon the commissioners' records as well as court records for the names of men successful in the political battles prior to 1840.

In 1831-33 Orlo J. Hamlin represented the district in the legislature, and was re-nominated in 1833; but his name not being placed on the legislative ticket in Lycoming county he withdrew. He refused the nomination in 1835. but served in the great constitutional convention until the poor condition of his health compelled him to retire, when Hiram Payne, the alternate, took his seat. It was Delegate Hamlin who proposed to give a representative to each county, a proposition which has been carried out only in recent years.

In 1835 there was an election for governor, Wolf being the nominee of the Democrats, and Joseph Ritner of the Anti-Masonic party. When the votes were counted Wolf was leading, and the merry Democrats of Mckean county never dreamed of such a thing as defeat. To memorialize this victory a party of Democrats went out at night and imitated the howls of the wolf so thor- oughly that Squire Williams arose from his bed to re-examine the sheep-fold. Next day he met Squire Crow, Asa Sartwell, and others, to whom he related his night's experience with the pack of wolves; but Squire Crow knew all about the howlers, and turning to his Democratic audience said, "Well, boys, you have made your last howl." He was correct, for Ritner was chosen gov- ernor. Among the old voters of the county are N. W. Abbey, of Smethport; H. W. Burlingame, of Kasson; J. P. Evans, of Norwich; M. Ostrander, of Liberty, and Moses Dillenbach, of Annin, all of whom voted for Harrison in 1840. Philetus Ford and A. H. Cory gave their votes to Martin Van Buren. C. D. Calkins, of East Smethport is said, by B. D. Hamlin, to have voted that

year. Jeremiah Chadwick was here then. John Cousin, now of Friendship, N. Y .; Amos Briggs, still a resident; Daniel Crossmire, a resident of Farmers Valley; James Daly, Jabez F. Gallup, James Hoop, and a few others named in the township sketches, are living representatives of the voters of 1840.

The elections of 1840 gave 263 Harrison votes to Bernard Connelly, Jr., and 275 Van Buren votes to William Philson, the presidential electors. Davis Dimmock, Jr., received 305 votes and George Kress 211, for congress; James L. Gillis (D.) 266, and Perry Shearman (W.) 240, for assembly; Nelson Rich- mond (D.) 323, and James Taylor (W.) 205, for sheriff; Abner O. Hunt (D.) 307, and Leavitt C. Little (W.) 220 votes for commissioner; Samuel Eastey (D.) 297, and William Smith (W.), of Ceres, 220 votes for auditor.

In 1841 L. B. Dunham (D. ) received 242 votes, and C. C. Gaskill (W.) 187, for representative; Jedediah Darling (W.) was elected coroner; David Crow (W.), treasurer; Nathaniel Robbins (D.), commissioner. and Ben. C. Corwin (D.), auditor.

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In 1842 the county gave marked majorities to William P. Wilcox for senator; Joseph Y. James for representative; F. B. Hamlin for prothono- tary, and Asa P. Barnaby, for auditor, all Democrats.

In 1843 Henry Chapin was chosen treasurer; David R. Bennett, sheriff, and J. F. Melvin, auditor. At this time the question of establishing a poor- house was defeated by a vote of 310 contra, 163 pro. The successful can- didates were all Democrats.

The elections of 1844 show 419 votes for the Democratic elector, N. B. Eldred; 340 for John Killinger (W.), and 3 for James Wood, the elector on the Abolition ticket. The vote for member of congress was given in the same ratio to James Thompson, Charles M. Reed and John S. Mann, respect- ively. For the assembly and county offices there were only Democratic and Whig candidates, Rasselas Brown receiving 408 votes, and L. C. Little re- ceiving 314, for representative; Oshea R. Bennett (D.) was chosen coroner, A. H. Cory (D.) auditor. There were 151 votes recorded for and 498 against the sale of the main line of the Pennsylvania canal and railway. The three Abolitionists were John King, Henry Chevalier and Eleazer Wright.

In 1845 Thomas Struthers ( W.) received a majority over James L. Gillis (D.) for senator, Benjamin Bartholomew (W.) over Sol. Sartwell, Jr. (D.), for representative; Richard Chadwick (W. ) over W. A. Williams (D.) for pro- thonotary; Benjamin C. Corwin (D.) was elected treasurer almost unani- mously, and Joseph Morse (D.), auditor.

James Thompson (D.) defeated James Campbell (W.) for congress in 1846 in this county; Henry P. Kinnear (W.) received a majority over Solomon Sartwell for representative; Philetus Ford (D.) defeated Jeremiah Chadwick (W.) for the office of sheriff, and J. F. Gallup (D.) was chosen auditor. The charge of youth was preferred against Mr. Ford by the friends of Chadwick, who was then eight years younger than the victor.

In 1847 Alonzo I. Wilcox (D.) received a majority vote for representative; Ezra Bard (D.) for treasurer; B. C. Corwin (D.) was elected coroner, and J. F. Melvin (D.) and E. F. Carrier (D.), auditors.

The elections of 1848 showed 367 votes for Taylor and Fillmore; 418 for Louis Cass and Butler, and 22 for Van Buren and Adams. James Thompson (D.) received a majority for congress; Timothy Ives (D.) for senator; A. I. Wilcox (D.) for representative; Richard Chadwick (W.) for prothonotary; Samuel Smith (D.) defeated William K. King (W.) for treasurer; B. C. Corwin (D.) defeated Jedediah Darling (W.) for coroner. while O. L. Stanton (D. ) and Benjamin F. Cory (D.) were chosen auditors.

In 1849 Glen W. Scofield (D.) carried the county for representative: Ezra Bard (D. ) was chosen sheriff, and A. K. Johnson (D. ), auditor. Sheriff Bard died during his term, when W. J. Colegrove (W.) was appointed.

Carlton B. Curtis (D.) received 454 votes and J. H. Walther (W.) 292 for congress in 1850; W. J. Hemphill (D.) was chosen representative; Byron D. Hamlin (D.), treasurer by 391 votes against 356 received by Jedediah Darling (W.); Robert Hines, Jr. (D.) was elected auditor; A. D. Hamlin (D.), county surveyor; William A. Williams (D.), district attorney by 84 to 54 received by N. W. Goodrich, while 588 votes were recorded for Constitutional Amend- ment and 2 against it.

In 1851 James L. Gillis (D.) defeated Reuben Winslow (W.) here for representative: Robert G. White (D.) was elected president judge, receiving the whole vote (799). Richard Chadwick (W. ) and O. L. Stanton (D.) re- ceived majority votes for associate judges; David R. Bennett (D.) was chosen sheriff; A. W. Needham (W. ), coroner; Paul E. Scull (D. ), prothonotary; John

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C. Backus (D.), recorder. by a vote of 412 against 366 for C. D. Webster ( W. ), and C. K. Sartwell (D.), auditor.

The elections of 1852 gave 597 votes to Pierce and King for Democratic president and vice-president; 405 to Scott and Graham, Whigs, and 78 to Hale and Julien, Free-soil candidates. C. B. Curtis (D. ) defeated Patrick Kerr (W.) for congress; Byron D. Hamlin (D.) received a majority vote for senator, but the election was almost unanimous; A. S. Arnold (D.) for repre- sentative; B. O. Burdick (D.) for auditor; Jedediah Darling (W.) for treas- urer, and William Tenney (W.) for coroner.

In 1853 A. S. Arnold (D.) was re-elected representative; N. W. Goodrich (D.), prosecuting attorney; Henry Hamlin (D.), auditor; Jasper Marsh (D. ). surveyor; A. M. Benton (D.), commissioner.

David Barclay (D.) received 441 votes for congress in 1854, against 228 recorded for Richard Arthur (W.), Alexander Caldwell (D. ) received a large majority for representative; William M. Smith (D.) for sheriff; Wilber H. Sartwell (D.) for treasurer; Samuel C. Hyde (D.) for prothonotary; Jasper Marsh (D.) for recorder, John Campbell for auditor, and John C. Backus (D.) for prosecuting attorney. The prohibitory liquor law was defeated by a vote of 481 against 415.

In 1855 Henry Souther (W. and K. N.) received a majority vote for sena- tor; William A. Williams (D.) for representative, and A. J. Otto (D.) for auditor.

The elections of 1856 show majorities for James S. Myers (R. ) for con- gress; John Brooks (R. ) for representative; Jedediah Darling (R. ) and Syl- vanns Holmes (R. ), associate judges; W. A. Williams (R.). treasurer; Joseph Housler (R.) and B. C. Corwin (D.), auditors; Alexander T. Barden (R. ). coroner, and Horatio Bell (R.), surveyor. The vote in favor of Constitu- tional Amendment was 257 and against it 126.

In 1857 Robert Matson (D. ) and W. P. Wilcox (D. ) had the highest num- ber of votes for representatives; Joseph Morse (D. ) was elected sheriff; Samuel C. Hyde (D.), prothonotary; C. K. Sartwell (D.), recorder; L. R. Wisner (D.) coroner; A. L. Rifle (R.) and Gideon Irons (D.), overseers of the poor; E. B. Eldred (D.), prosecuting attorney.

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1320

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320