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1864-Chairman, Geo. Broderick ; clerk, Thos. W. Nash; treasurer, Arthur Doyle; assessor, Benjamin Straw.
1865-Chairman, clerk, and treasurer same as in 1864; assessor, Henry Mitchell.
1866-Chairman, Thomas G. Stephens; clerk, Thomas W. Nash; treasurer, Michael Kavanaugh; assessor, William Allen.
1867-Chairman and clerk, same as in 1866; treasurer, Wm. E. Dudley ; assessor, John B. Byrne.
1868-Chairman and clerk, same as in 1866; treasurer, Washing- ton Noland; assessor, Benj. Straw ; justices, Edward O'Neil, William Hodgson.
1869-Chairman, Thomas G. Stephens; clerk, Thomas W. Sum- mersides ; treasurer, Washington Noland ; assessor, James Birkett, Sr .; justices, Wm. E. Dudley, J. M. Chandler.
1870-Chairman, Thomas G. Stephens; clerk, Joseph Jackson; treasurer, Arthur Gribble; assessor, James Mitchell; justices, Joseph Mason, Josiah Thomas, E. M. Sanford.
1871-Chairman, Thomas G. Stephens; clerk, Thomas W. Ed- wards; treasurer, John M. Chandler; assessor, Robert Harrison ; jus- tices, Wm. E. Dudley, J. J. Vosberg.
1872-Chairman, Thomas G, Stephens; clerk, T. W. Edwards; treasurer, Arthur Thompson; assessor, James Birkett, Sr .; justices, Frank Lightcap, James Edwards.
1873-Supervisors, John M. Chandler, Amon Miller, Matthew Thompson ; clerk, T. H. Edwards ; treasurer, Arthur Thompson ; asses- sor, James Birkett ; justices, T. G. Stephens, T. W. Summersides, Jo- seph Vosberg, Joseph Mason; constables, John Clair, William Chan- dler.
1874-Supervisors, John M. Chandler, Hiel Rice, William Blight; clerk, Thomas W. Nash; treasurer, James Jackson; assessor, William Allen ; justices, William E. Dudley, James Lowry, Thomas Banning; William Chandler, Charles Altenberg, John Seely.
1875-Supervisors, Matthew Thompson, H. E. Rice, Thomas An-
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drew ; clerk, Thomas Magor; treasurer, Joseph Jackson ; assessor, Wil- liam Allen ; justices, Joseph Mason, W. D. Jones; constables, Thomas Anthony, Frank Lightcap.
1876-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1875; justices, James Lowry, W. D. Jones, F. B. Quimby ; constables, Thos. W. Williams, C. Thistlethwaite.
1877-Supervisors, W. D. Jones, W. Harvey, Nicholas Williams; clerk, A. J. Treganza; treasurer, John Gribble; assessor, Free Quimby ; justices, James Lowry, Joseph Mason, J. F. Eastman, R. Hayes; con- stables, John Treganza, W. Andrew.
1878-Supervisors, T. G. Stephens, John Muffett, James Blight; clerk, A. J. Treganza ; treasurer, M. Kavanaugh; assessor, James Har- vey ; justices, Joel Eastman, William E. Dudley; constables, Frank Chandler, John Moon.
1879-Supervisors, T. G. Stephens, James Harvey, Nicholas Wil- liams ; clerk, L. P. Reifsteck ; treasurer, John Kohl; assessor, William Allen ; justices, none qualified; constables, Frank Chandler, Robert Moon.
1880-Chairman, Joseph Harris; clerk, George Mills; treasurer, John Kohl; assessor, W. W. Allen ; justices, Joel F Eastman, Wash Nolan.
1881 .- Chairman, W. D. Jones; clerk, George Mills ; treasurer, John Kohl; assessor, W. H. Lightcap; justices, Thomas A. Williams, Josiah Thomas, M. A. Harper.
1882-Supervisors, J. M. Chandler, John Altenburg, Bennett An- drew ; clerk, F. E. Broderick; treasurer, John Kohl; assessor, W. H. Lightcap; justices, J. F. Eastman, J. L. Crawford; constables, Richard Glasson, Joseph Allen.
1883-Supervisors, Edward O'Neil, James Harvey, E. R. Patter- son; clerk, Peter Kavanaugh; treasurer, John Kohl; assessor, W. H. Lightcap; justices, R. Eustice, T. G. Stephens ; constables, Wm. Chan- dler, Geo. Kendall.
1884-Supervisors, Edward O'Neil, H. E. Rice, Geo. Jeffrey ; clerk, P. Kavanaugh: treasurer, T. G. Stephens; assessor, John Sherard; justices, Matthew Thompson, Joel F. Eastman, J. H. Cox, Philip Shilliam ; constables, Wm. Chandler, John C. Simmons.
1885-Chairman, Edward O'Neil; clerk, James McBrien ; treasurer, Thomas G. Stephens; assessor, Joseph Larkin; justices, Richard Eus- tice, Thomas A. Nash, A. G. Crane.
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1886-Supervisors, James Harvey, James Glasson, Sr., Jos. Runde; clerk, James McBrien ; treasurer, T. G. Stephens; assessor, Joseph Lar- kin ; justices, Thomas W. Nash, Wm. E. Dudley, P. H. Larkin ; consta- bles, Wm. Chandler, George Kendall.
1887-Supervisors, James Harvey, James Glasson, Bernard Miller ; clerk, James McBrien; treasurer, T. G. Stephens; assessor, Charles Doyle; justices, Patrick Larkin, Bement Cornelison, Louis Gentz ; con- stables, Wm. Chandler, Herman Rothe.
1888-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, same as in 1887; justices, Joseph Runde, Thomas W. Nash; constables, Frank Murry, James McBrien.
1889-Supervisors, Jos. Harris, M. Mills, John Altenberg; clerk. James McBrien ; treasurer, John Metters; assessor, Edward Beard; justices, T. H. Edwards, W. H. Budden; constables, James Grinyer, Wm. Curtis.
1890-Supervisors, James Harvey, Clem. Runde, Jr., C. W. Patter- son ; clerk, Jas. McBrien; treasurer, John Kohl; assessor, C. H. Doyle; justices, Thomas W. Nash, J. H. Jeffrey; constables, James Grinyer, James Noland.
1891-Supervisors, James Harvey, Thomas Banigan, C. W. Pat- terson ; clerk, Thomas W. Nash ; treasurer, John P. Metters; assessor, P. H. Larkin; justices, Richard Eustice, Thomas N. Edwards; con- stables, Wm. N. Morgan, Jr., Amon Miller.
1892-Supervisors, W. D. Jones, C. W: Patterson, Nick Hoffman; clerk, Thomas W. Nash ; treasurer, John P. Metters; assessor, Patrick H. Larkin; justices, W. H. Jeffrey, Thos. W. Nash, Wm. Harker; con- stables, Wm. Chandler, Wm. B. Morgan.
1893-Supervisors, Jas. Harvey, Ben Stoekel, P. H. Larkin; clerk, W. H. Jeffrey ; treasurer, John P. Metters; assessor, Benj. Glasson; justices, Richard Eustice, John Murphy; constables, Wm. Chandler, Clem. Runde.
1894-Supervisors, clerk, and assessor, same as in 1893; treasurer, Richard Pearce; justices, Herman Rothe, T. W. Nash ; constables, Wm. Chandler, Al. Eustice.
1895-Supervisors and treasurer, same as in 1894; clerk, W. Wil- liams ; assessor, Ed. Dugan; justices, J. H. Budden, J. P. Byrne; con- stables, none qualified.
1896-Chairman, James Harvey ; clerk, Peter Cavanaugh; treas-
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urer, J. R. James; assessor, Edward Dugan; justices, Wm. H. Jeffrey, C. M. Andrew ; constable, W. Chandler.
1897-Supervisors, James Harvey, Benj. Stoekel, T. Day; clerk, James Woland; teasurer, J. R. James . assessor, A. H. Hendricks; jus- tices, T. W. Nash, T. A. Williams; constables, Wm. Chandler, H. B. Straw.
1898-Supervisors, W. G. Williams, John Wills, Thomas Day ; clerk, E. Witherbie; treasurer, Joseph Lundy; assessor, A. H. Hend- ricks ; justices, Wm. Hodge, W. H. Budden ; constables, Frank Loving, Henry Horstman.
1899-Supervisors, P. H. Larkin, Wm. Simons, Wm. Curtis; clerk, E. Witherbee; treasurer, John Glasson, assessor, Wm. Andrew; jus- tices, James Harvey, Joseph Llewellen ; constables, Joseph Mauneman, Ed. Watters.
1900-Supervisors, C. W. Patterson, W. H. Simmons, James Tre- wartha; clerk, Wm. Morgan; treasurer, John Glasson ; assessor, Bert Sampson ; justices, Ed. Watters, Wm. Scadden, Wm. Trewartha; con- stables, Wm. Kay, Peter Pedalty.
VILLAGE OFFICERS.
The village was incorporated in 1869 and has had the following officers.
1869-President, John M. Chandler; trustees, Joseph Clementson, R. D. Roberts, Charles Schabacker, J. L. Crawford, B. Cornelison, William Allen.
1870-President, Joseph Clementson ; trustees, Conrad Gentz, Hen- ry Magor, W. R. Jackson, Josiah Thomas, James Johns, Jacob Steppee.
1871-President, George Broderick; trustees, Solomon Hatheral, Matthew Thompson, J. A. Gribble, J. F. Walsh, John Kohl, Philip Sul- livan.
1862-President George Broderick ; trustees, Washington Noland, William Allen, James Johns, J. F. Walsh, T. W. Summersides, Edward O'Neil.
1873-President, George Broderick ; trustees, T. W. Summersides, Edward O'Neil, Joseph Clementson, J. F. Walsh, Arthur Gribble, Hor- ace Curtis.
1874-President, George Broderick ; trustees, Edward O'Neil, J. F. Walsh, Edward Thompson, Charles Schabacher, B. Cornelison, W. R. Jackson.
1875-President, Joseph Clementson; trustees, Edward O'Neil,
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Edward Thompson, Henry Magor, Conrad Genz, Charles Schabacher, J. R. Fisk.
1876-President, Joseph Clementson; trustees, John Looney, Ed- ward Thompson, J. F. Eastman, Josiah Thomas, J. R. Fisk, Charles Schabacher.
1877-President, Matthew Thompson; trustees, E. Wynne, James McBrien, Henry Magor, Wm. R. Jackson, Christian Andrew, George Broderick.
1878-President, Matthew Thompson; trustees, Ellis Wynne, Wm. R. Jackson, John Gribble, James McBrien, Thomas Andrew, Philip Sullivan.
1879-President, George Broderick; trustees, John Cox, Wm. R. Jackson, James Johns, William Chandler, Richard Williams, Christian Andrew.
1880-President, George Broderick; trustees, Richard Williams, William Harvey, Jefferson Crawford, John Cox, James Gribble, Ed- ward Thompson.
1888-President, T. H. Edwards; trustees, John Heffron, Joseph Johns, Conrad Genz, James Grinyer, Johnson Stephens, John R. James.
1889-President, T. H. Edwards; trustees, Jefferson Crawford, L. H. Genz, James Gribble, L. P. Reifsteck, Geo. K. Mills, John Looney.
1899-President, George K. Mills; trustees, Jefferson Crawford, Dr. Blair, J. Birkett, J. R. James, Thomas Millins.
1900-President, James Edwards; trustees, Frank Salzman, Geo. Kendall. John Bartlett. John Metters, C. M. Andrew.
Clerks .- John M. Chandler, 1869-80; James McBrien, 1888-89; Henry Lightcap, 1899; W. H. Jeffrey, 1900.
Treasurers .- Henry Magor, 1869; J. L. Crawford, 1870; Solomon Hatheral, 1871; T. W. Summersides, 1872-73; Edward O'Neil, 1874- 75; Josiah Thomas, 1876; Wm. R. Jackson, 1877-79; John Birkett, 1880, 1888-89; John Kohl, 1899-1900.
Marshals .- William Chandler, 1869; T. W. Seals, 1870; William Chandler, 1871-74; Thomas Anthony, 1875; John Treganza, 1876; John Treganza, Jr., 1877-78; F. M. Chandler, 1879-80; John H. Rowe, 1888; James Grinyer.
THE GREAT CYCLONE.
The most appalling catastrophe that ever occurred in Grant Coun- ty was the cyclone that struck Hazel Green on the afternoon of March
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10, 1876. The following detailed account is extracted from the Galena Gazette.
"A thick, black, miniature cloud, away off in the west, and fully five hundred feet above the earth, was the only premonition of the terrible scenes of suffering, death, and destruction which followed. It bore eastward, gaining in size as it approached the village, and when a half mile from the outskirts, the earth fairly shook with the noise of its rumbling, mighty tread. On it came, until, reaching a grove on the western outskirts of the village, it shot down to the surface, and scooping up a stock shed, rent it and contents into atoms; then rush- ing across a level space of perhaps a quarter of a mile, entered the village at the southwest quarter, and turned across the south and middle part of the town leaving a path from thirty to forty rods in width in utter ruin.
"Twenty-six houses were totally demolished-razed-and their contents borne upon the wind in every direction. Fields, yards, streets, and even the cemetery, over which the storm passed but slightly, are filled with the débris, and immense timbers, boards, scantlings, and posts, were thrown heavenward and driven deep into the ground in their descent. The first house in the village struck by the whirlwind was a wooden structure, one story high, owned by John Funk, the roof of which was partly carried away, without damage to the in- mates. Farther on it lifted a small tenement in its mighty arms, com- pletely razing the building, not a vestige except the floor being left. The family, consisting of Mrs Farrally and two daughters, took ref- uge in the cellar and escaped injury. Crossing the street, it swept the three-story stone structure known as the Odd Fellows' Hall from its foundation and left it a shapeless pile of stone, mortar, and shattered timbers. Only a few feet to the eastward the storm struck the stone residence of Mrs. E. Richards and tumbled its roof and a part of its walls on the inmates, consisting of Mrs. Richards and her daughter Lizzie, aged sixteen, and Mrs. T. H. Edwards and her infant child, all of whom were instantly killed by the falling stones. Johnson Rich- ards, the son of the dead lady, was in the hay-loft of the barn at the time and was instantly killed, while Thomas Magor, who was on the first floor of the barn, received a cut in the face which will disfigure him for life. The barn was totally demolished and a fine trotting horse belonging to Mr. Magor was instantly killed. Across the street from the Richards house the wooden building occupied by Levi East-
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man was hopelessly racked and the outhouses on the grounds com- pletely destroyed. Mr. Eastman was reading a paper at the time, and was thrown violently against a partition, his wife being thrust through a hole in the west end and upon the ground outside, although fortunately escaping serious injury. A little above Mr. Eastman's the house of John Looney was lifted from its foundation, and, strange to relate, carried directly in the face of the wind to the west a distance of perhaps a hundred feet and dashed to pieces. Mrs. Looney was found among the ruins so badly injured that she died within an hour. Thence to the house of Dr. Kittoe, on the eastern outskirts of the village, and in a path from thirty to forty feet wide, houses, shops, barns, outbuildings, trees, fences, etc., were scooped up and scattered into numberless pieces, leaving a great swath with its furrow of de- moralization, involving a loss of thousands upon thousands of dollars and sorrow which cannot be computed. The large and handsome res- idence of Matthew Thompson is utterly ruined, while the escape of the whole family from instant death was a providence unaccountable to man. The inmates were all assembled in the sitting-room at the time, and without a moment's warning the timbers came crushing in upon them from every side. Mr. Frank Thompson was in a room on the second floor and was thrown to the ground outside, sustaining a bad cut on the head and serious bruises on the right arm. Miss Dora, Frank's sister, was buried under the ruins, from which she was extri- cated by her brother, who, regardless of his own injuries, heroically saved the life of the girl, as shortly afterward the whole mass settled and would undoubtedly have crushed her.
" The house of Joseph Jackson was among the ruined dwellings, and his son Alfred, a fine lad of fourteen, instantly killed. Mrs. Jack- son was seriously bruised in the back and it is thought that her spine is injured.
"The home of Dr. Kittoe was the last demolished in the village, and there is scarcely timber in the whole structure that does not bear evidence of the assaults of the cyclone, while the building is moved more than three feet from its foundation, the second story blown off and the eastern end blown away. The Doctor perceived the coming danger, and gathering his family together, he calmly awaited its com- ing; and come it did with a fury that rent the frail tenement from top to bottom and scattered débris about and upon the pale inmates, not one of whom was injured in the least. The barn at the rear of Dr.
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Kittoe's residence was leveled to the ground and almost every vestige of it carried from the spot on which it stood. A span of horses be- longing to the Doctor were standing in the barn at the time and were lifted to the hight of fully sixty feet and carried more than twenty rods to the northeast and dashed to the ground bleeding and dead, only a few feet from Mr. Jackson's house. If the storm had come later in the evening the young children of Dr. Kittoe would have been crushed to death, as a part of the roof fell directly across the bed in which they slept.
"From this point the cyclone traveled due east, passing over the cemetery, damaging a large number of slabs and monuments, and covering the mounds with boards, limbs of trees, pieces of furniture, clothing, etc. On it went, until reaching the residence of Thomas Al. len, which it lifted as if it had had been a feather, and carrying it a short distance, dashed it in pieces, instantly killing Mr. Allen and his son, aged twelve, and badly injuring the other members of the family.
"The large furniture establishment of Ed and Matthew Thomp- son was totally demolished. It contained a valuable stock of furni- ture, coffins, etc. Charles Schabacher's blacksmith shop was also destroyed, as was the extensive wagon and carriage manufactory of Joseph Clementson, which, with its contents, is a total loss.
"Following is a correct list of the killed and wounded :
"Killed-Mrs. E. Richards, Johnson Richards, aged 18, Lizzie Richards, aged 16, Mrs. T. H. Edwards and her child, Alfred Jackson, aged 14, Thomas Allen and his son, Mrs. John Looney.
"Injured-Joseph Clementson, leg broken; Edward Thompson, hip injured ; child of Fred Plude, arm broken; Amanda Morcom, head cut; Thomas Magor, badly cut about the face; Mrs. Tregoning, arm injured; Joseph Mason, slight in- jury on the head; child of William Fiddick, head cut; Dora Thompson, arm in- jured; Mrs. Joseph Jackson, badly injured; Mrs. Fairly, leg injured; Mrs. James Edwards, face hurt; James Treganza, slightly injured; Frank Thompson, head and arm bruised ; Miss Eliza Rodda, badly injured. Several in the family of Thomas Allen are reported badly injured.
"The loss of property is estimated at about $50,000. The follow ing are the principal losers :
"Edwards estate, stone store containing the Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall, loss $2,000; Mrs. Fairly, house, $1,000; Fred Plude, $600; Joseph. Clementson, house and shop, $4,000; Will Fiddick, house, $600; Levi Eastman, house, $1,500; Mrs. E Richards, house and barn, $2,500; John Gribble, barn, $100; J. Mason, picture gal- lery $250; Mrs. Oats, house, $750; M. & E. Thompson, furniture store, $4,000; Ed- ward Thompson, dwelling, $2,000; John Looney, house, $1,000; Chas. Schabacher, shop and contents, $2,000; Primitive Methodist church, $2,000; J. Jackson, house,
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$1,500; K. Andrew, house and barn, $700; Mrs. Hobbie, house and barn, $1,200; J. F. Eastman, barn, $400; Chris Noltie, barn, $200; Dr. Kirby Kittoe, house and barn, $2,000."
There were numerous lesser damages.
C. Andrews
P. M. Church
J. Jackson
Shabacher's Shop
Mrs. Hobbie
J. Edwards
Clementsons' Shop
Dr. Kittoe
J. Looney
B. Thompson
W. Fiddick
L. Rastman
J. Clementson
Mre. Richard
Thompson's Shop
John Plude
M. Thompson
Mrs. Farley
Smithshop.
Mrs. Berryman
I. O. O. P. and Mason's Hall.
The above diagram illustrates the position of the buildings refer- red to. The streets do not run exactly north and south, but about north-northwest by south-southeast,
MINOR TRAGEDIES.
Although in an early day Hazel Green was the residence of a good many rough characters, affrays were not very common and deadly weapons were not used in them. However, on the 3d of December, 1845, Jesse Reed got into a quarrel with Boston Danewood and stab- bed him in the side with a large pocket knife, from the effects of which Danewood died in a short time. Reed was convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison for four years.
On the 20th of September, 1877, Jefferson Crawford, Jr., shot and killed John Cox. The latter was a man of violent temper and 'bad disposition, although he had been a man of some prominence in the place. On account of some difficulty he came to Crawford and threat- ened him with a large revolver. Crawford quickly drew a small revol- ver and shot Cox dead. It was adjudged to be a justifiable homicide.
Edward Harvey was killed by the caving in of a mine two miles east of the village in January, 1876.
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An explosion occurred June 9, 1873, at the nitroglycerine works of Crawford, Mills & Co. A workman named Joseph Rogers was warming some of the explosive at a forge fire, when it exploded and blew him to pieces. Some months before this a boy took a load of ni- troglycerine to the mines, and some of the fluid trickled down upon the springs of the wagon, where it received a concussion that caused an explosion, blowing the boy into a tree-top, but not killing him.
SCHOOLS.
A subscription school was started in a private building in the fall of 1843, and taught till spring. The next summer a school-house was built and in the fall a Mr. Bingham opened school in it and taught till the holidays, when he resigned and was succeeded by H. D. York, who is still a prominent resident of the place. The summer school of 1845 was taught by Mrs. Jane Clark and in the fall James A. Jones (after- ward a prominent and long-time resident of Lancaster) commenced teaching and taught two years, and was succeeded by Leroy Lock- wood. In 1849, with the reorganization of the county, Hazel Green was divided into two school districts and a second school building, a frame, was built north of the Crawford residence. In 1853, the small school-house being inadequate to the demand, a two-story brick build- ing 40X70 was erected at a cost of $6,000. It accommodated four departments.
The Hazel Green Collegiate Institute was established in March, 1856, by Rev. J. Loughron. A. M. It was a graded school, having primary, academic, collegiate and seminary grades, with a course of seven years. Prof Loughron was assisted by I. H. Miller, Professor of Mathematics, Mrs. Mary L. Culver in the academic department, Miss Almira Culver in the preparatory department, and Miss Delia C. Sanford, teacher of music. The school gained an enviable reputation and flourished for a time; but was suspended on the breaking out of the war and never resumed, as immediately after the war graded pub- lic schools took the place of academic institutions.
CHURCHES.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church .- The first services of the Catholicfaith were held at the house of Mr. Hinch, by the Rev. Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, the society consisting of the families of Patrick Murphy, Sylvester Bryan, Timothy Brien, Michael Flynn, John Faherty, M. Heffron, J. V. Donohoo, .Thomas Neehan, and others. In
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1846 the building of a church was begun and completed in 1847. It was of brick 30X50, and cost $1,500. From 1847 to 1866 the con- gregation was attended by Dominican Fathers, but since the latter date it has had the following resident priests: Revs. George Prender. gast, 1866-67; J. A. Birkhaeuser, 1867-68; James Stehl, 1868-70; Joseph Kleiber, 1870-71. During a part of the year 1873 Hazel Green was attended as a mission from Sinsinawa, by Rev. J. Cleary, but toward the last of the year Rev. Father Andrew Ambauen be- came resident pastor and remained until 1875, when Rev. M. Zura came and remained until 1877, when St. Francis again became a mis. sion to Sinsinawa. In 1879 the resident pastor was Rev. Jas. O'Neil- From 1880 to the present time St. Francis has been a mission to Sin- sinawa: On July 11, 1895, the corner-stone of a new St. Francis church was laid in Hazel Green and the building was dedicated November 13, 1895.
The members of this congregation maintain an Altar Society for Married Ladies and St Agnes's Sodality for Young Ladies. The pres- ent officers of the congregation are Thomas Brien, secretary and Jos. Rund, treasurer.
St. Joseph's Church, Sinsinawa Mound .- This parish, in the town of Hazel Green, is situated at "the Mound," four miles west of the vil- lage. From 1837 until 1842 Rev. Father Samuel Mazzuchelli said mass in the houses of a number of the settlers about the Mound. In the latter year a log church was built on the land of Kieran Murray, half a mile south of the Mound. In 1845 this building was moved to the Mound. In 1882 the present St. Joseph's church was built three- quarters of a mile east of the Mound. The pastors of the church have been as follows: Father Samuel Mazzuchelli 1842-49; Dominican Fathers, 1849-66; Rev. Charles Exel, 1866-67; Bernard Fortune, 1867-69; Thomas Power, 1869-70; A. J. Mueller, 1870-72; M. J. Meuer, 1872-78; J. M. Cleary, 1878-80; Theodore Jacobs, 1880-90; Bernard Nuttman five months in 1890; Rev. Philip Schweitzer, 1890 to the present time.
In connection with the church will be noticed the schools at the Mound. Sinsinawa Mound College wasincorporated March 11, 1848, with Bishop Henni, Revs. Samuel Mazzuchelli, Francis Maz, and Victor Jonanneault, and Messrs. Aug. L. Gregoire, Patrick Quigley, George W. Jones, and Nicholas Dowling as trustees. Sinsinawa Female College was incorporated August, 1848, with Seraphina McNulty,
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Elizabeth Disney, Emeline Ruteen, Clara Conway, et al., as trustees. It was stipulated in the charter of both institutions that no religious opinion should be necessary for admission and attendance on religious worship should not be required. The Female Academy became a per- manent and flourishing institution. The master spirit of these insti- tutions, as of most of the early Catholic churches in southern Grant. was Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, an Italian and a Dominican mission- ary.
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