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SOCIETIES.
Bloomington Lodge No. 59, I. O. O. F .- This lodge was instituted December 9, 1868, with Jesse Brooks, George W. Nevins, Alonzo Wil- son, T. J. Brooks, Elijah Mount and Frank F. Grant as charter mem- bers. The first initiates were Samuel Woodhouse, G. W. Harger, D. L. Riley, I. Mc William, Robert Hicks and Linn Hoskins. Alfred Green, H. W. Johnson, John Woodhouse, Mark Hadley, and J. H. C. Sneclode were ancients. Of all these only Jesse Brooks remains. Two or three others are living in other places, but most have passed from earth. The lodge is now in a flourishing condition with the following officers: Thomas Smith, N. G .; George Budworth, V. G .; Jesse Brooks, R. Sec .; Samuel Kitto, Per. Sec .; Griffin Hickok, Treas.
Bloomington Lodge No. 253, F. & A. M .- Was chartered June 13, 1893. The first officers were: G. W. Nevins, W. M .; M. F. Woodhouse, S. W .; C. E. Spencer, J. W .; J. M. Lewis, S. D .; Wm. G. Mauger, J. D .; Ed Merrill, Tiler; H. C. Enke, Treasurer; R. N. Hoskins, Sec .; J. D. Clayton, Chaplain. The present officers are: A. C. Tubbs, W. M .; L. D. Holford, S. W; R. N. Hoskins, J. W .; H. C. Enke, Treasurer; L. H. Giffin, Secretary ; M. F. Woodhouse. S. D .; E. Merril, J. D .; T. Smith, Tiler.
Grant Lodge, No. 79., K. of P .- Was chartered April 6, 1891. The first officers were: L. D. Holford, P. C .; L. A. Frederichs, C. C .; J. M. Lewis, V. C .; W. H. Lewis, K. of R. and S .; H. C. Enke, M. F .; H. E. Taylor, M. of F .; George W. Nevins, M. A. The present membership is 56, and the present officers are: Oscar Knapp, P. C .; S. A. Hatch, C. C .; L. D. Holford, V C .; Lincoln Abraham, P .; R. N. Hoskins, K. of R. and S .; W. Garner, M. of W .; H. E. Taylor, M. of F .; Joseph Horsfall, M. of E .; Ernest Brooks, I. G .; Oscar Knapp, O. G.
Will Hickok Post, No. 134, G. A. R .- The post was organized Sept. 11, 1867, with the following officers: J.C. Frederich, Commander ; John E. Connell, S. V .; George H. Smith, Adjutant ; J. M. Roberts, Q: M. ; B. W. Breed, O. G .; R. J. Allen, Guard. The present officers are: L. D. Holford, Commander; Webster Cook, S. V .; Alfred Kinney, J. V .; Jacob Schreiner, Q. M .; George Day, O. D .; Homer Beardsley, Chap .; W. J. Ketner, Adj't; P. Brothers, O. G.
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BLAKE'S PRAIRIE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
This society was organized at a meeting held in Bloomington, August 15, 1868, and its first fair held September 16 and 17, the same year. The annual membership fee was made one dollar and the fee for life membership ten dollars. The following were the first officers: Pres- ident, Wm. Humphrey ; vice presidents, John Milner and John Batie; treasurer, D. F. Brown; cor. secretary, Jesse Brooks; executive com- mittee: J. M. Hickok, Robert Glenn, Robert Newman, L. M. Okey, A. A. Bennett. The first fair ground was on the bottom between Canal Street and the bluff. Although the space was very inadequate, the society managed to have some very interesting and successful fairs. For several years it has had spacious and commodious grounds about half a mile north of the village. In spite of adverse circumstances, the society has kept up its exhibitions. The present officers are: Presi- dent, C. W. Stone; secretary, Lincoln Abraham; treasurer, Samuel Kitto.
In the post-office Mr. Benham was succeeded by L. S. Osborne, Da- vid Parsons, and George H. Smith. In 1870 George W. Nevins was appointed postmaster and held the office (except during Cleveland's second term, when John Brady was postmaster) until his death in 1899, when his widow, Mrs, Elizabeth Nevins, was appointed.
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CHAPTER XII.
MILLVILLE AND MOUNT HOPE.
Settlement of Millville-Town Organization and Officers of Mill- ville-Mount Hope-Town Organization and Off- cars of Mount Hope.
MILLVILLE.
The first settlers in the present town were Elihu Warner, Jared Warner, Isaac Revel, and Henry Foster, who came with their families in April, 1838, from Ohio, in a large keel-boat, by way of the Ohio, Mississippi, and Wisconsin Rivers. Elihu Warner brought with him a house all framed and ready to be put up. It was mostly of black walnut and endured to a recent day. It was put up on Section 26. In 1839 Lewis E. Dewey settled in the neighborhood. William Kidd came from Ohio in 1844 and settled on Section 2, Town 6, Range 5, and Norman Washburn settled on Section 1 in the same town in 1846. William Morse and Joseph Horsfall came in 1849. The latter lived there until his death a few years ago. The first saw-mill was built by Jared Warner in 1840, on Section 34. It had a capacity of only 1,000 feet a day. In 1844 Mr. Warner built a second saw-mill with a capac- ity of about 2,500 fect a day. The same year William Kidd built a flouring mill on Section 2. In 1845 C. C. Drake, a son-in-law of Elihu Warner, put up a chair and bedstead factory, which did a good busi- ness for many years. In 1850 Joseph Horsfall built a small woolen mill. In 1865 he erected a large building 32X44 with two wings, cach 15X24 and equipped it as a woolen mill. This was burned in 1869. Mr. Horsfall rebuilt the mill in 1871, but misfortune again attended his enterprise, for the mill was swept away by the flood of 1876 de- scribed on page 62. Nothing daunted, Mr. Horsfall erected a fourth mill.
In 1849 Jared Warner opened the first store in the place, but did not carry it on long. In 1855 Henry Horsfall opened a store.
In 1852 the cholera visited Millville. The infection was supposed to have been introduced by a family of German immigrants. The
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woman died and some of the women who visited her, among them Mrs. Manchester, took the disease and died. The whole Dyer family, six or seven persons, died of the epidemic. Sylvester Webb, a nephew of Jared Warner, died. Henry F. Young, now a well-known resident of Bloomington, was attacked but recovered.
In 1845 a horse-ferry across the Wisconsin was established by a Mr. Manchester, who ran it until 1861, when the boat sank. George Schlund then put on another boat and ran it until 1865, when it was discontinued.
The post-office was established in 1855, with C. C. Drake as post- master. He was succeeded by William Kidd, Jr., who died soon after- ward and his widow was appointed and held the office until 1867, when Joseph Horsfall was appointed.
In 1853 a Methodist church was built on Section 35. The dedica- tory sermon was preached by Rev. Alfred Brunson. Previous to this meetings were held at the residence of William Kidd and in the school- house. The place was in the Patch Grove circuit.
The first school was taught in 1847 in the dwelling of Jared War- ner, by Cassanna McDonald. In 1848 a school-house was built and paid for by subscription.
MILLVILLE, TOWN ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.
Millville was made a precinct in 1844 with the boundaries shown in the map on page 135; but in the reorganization of 1849 it was in- cluded in the town of Patch Grove. The town was organized in 1853, including the present town, the towns of Mount Hope and Wood- man, and the northern part of the present towns of Patch Grove and Wyalusing. In 1854 Wyalusing was cut off, in 1864, Woodman, and in 1865, Mount Hope, reducing the town of Millville to its present dimen- sions. Since that time the population has been: in 1865, 231; in 1860, 223; in 1875, 206; in 1880, 204; in 1885, 176: in 1890, 197; in 1895, 222. The town includes Sections 1 to 18, inclusive, of Town 6, Range 5, and Sections 25, 26, 34, 35, and 36, of Town 7, Range 5. The land, except the bottom of the Wisconsin River, is very rough and broken. The town officers have been as follows :
1854-Supervisors, Jared Warner, J. A. Kingsley. Charles Bland- ford; clerk, R. Burrows; treasurer, James Ballantine; assessor, M. W. Vanausdal; supt. of schools, Waldo Brown ; justices, Preserved Albee, John B. Lynn ; constables, David Braudt, Anson B. Lynn.
1855-Supervisors, Jared Warner, Justus M. Dickinson, J. J. Sni-
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der; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1854; supt. of schools, Ora Garvin; justices, Joseph Horsfall, J. A. Kingsley; constables, An- son B. Lynn, C. W. DeLap, H. L. Foster.
1856-Supervisors, William Kidd, Jr., Elijah Patch, William Har- locker ; clerk, C. W. Gulick; treasurer, Ira W. Brunson; assessor, M. W. Vanausdal; supt. of schools, William J. Quick ; justices, J. G. Bishop, Samuel Braudt, Justus M. Dickinson ; constables, C. W. DeLap, John- son Casler, James Hicklin.
1857-Supervisors, Jared Warner, George Ballantine, Allen Garvin ; clerk, Thomas Nagle; treasurer, James Ballantine; assessor, William Whiteside; supt. of schools. William J. Quick ; justices, P. Albee, John B. Lynn, Joseph Horsfall; constables, Silas B. Simpkins, Byron Bishop.
1858-Supervisors, George Ballantine, William Humphrey, C. F. Hopkins ; clerk, Thomas Nagle; treasurer, William Kidd, Jr., assessor, William Whiteside; supt. of schools, William J. Quick ; justices, Charles Lester, B. L. Loomis; constables, Silas B. Simpkins, H. W. Gilliard, Dennis Sheedy.
1859-Supervisors, Levi Brown, J. A. Kingsley, John B. Lynn; clerk, treasurer, and supt. of schools same as in 1858; assessor, James Weeks ; justices, John B. Lynn, S. A. Quincy ; constables, Allen Garvin, Alfred Brunson, Cornelius Nice.
1860-Supervisors, Joseph Horsfall, S. L. Stratton, James Trainer; clerk, T. S. Carmody; treasurer, William Kidd, Jr .; assessor, James Weeks; supt. of schools, Alanson Lester; justices, Michael McNamee, Robert Harrower; constables, Richard Keating, William Whiteside, J. W. Kelly.
1861-Supervisors, Joseph Horsfall. James Trainer, R. G. Hum- phrey ; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1860; supt. of schools, George R. Garvin ; justices, C. W. Grimesey, John B. Lynn ; constables, Richard Keating, Joseph Tomlinson, Silas B. Simpkins.
1862-Supervisors, Jos. Horsfall, R. G. Humphrey, Patrick Coyne; clerk, T. S. Carmody; treasurer, William Kidd, Jr .; assessor, John Chisholm ; justices, Robert Harrower, G. W. Washburn, John Chis- holm; constables, Richard Keating, Joshua Gould.
1863-Supervisors, same as in 1862; clerk, A. J. Smith ; treasurer, Theodore Taylor; assessor, John B. Lynn; justices, John B. Lynn, T. S. Sampson ; constables, H. W. Gilliard, C. W. Grimesey.
1864-Supervisors, Jos. Horsfall, D. D. Snider, Isaac H. Gibbons; clerk, A. J. Smith; treasurer, Samuel Braudt; assessor, T. S. Sampson;
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justices, T. S. Sampson, S. L. Stratton, George Winsworth; constables, George Harmon, Franklin Austin.
1865-Supervisors, Jos. Horsfall, Almond Foster, Cornelius Nice; clerk, J. G. Bishop; treasurer, George Winsworth; assessor, C. W. Grimesey ; justices, George Winsworth, D. H. Ballou; constables, J. G. Bishop, O. L. Hart, A. L. Foster.
1866-Supervisors, George H. Washburn, L. E. Dewey, A. R. Fos- ter; clerk, A. H. Mumford; treasurer, George Winsworth; assessor, C. W. Grimesey; justices, D. H. Ballou, Robert Wiseman; constables, Franklin Austin, D. H. McKey.
1867-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1866; justices, C. W. Grimesey, George Winsworth; constables, Franklin Austin, George Couillard.
1868-Supervisors and treasurer, same as in 1866; clerk, E. I. Kidd; assessor, A. H. Mumford; justices, A. R. Foster, Edward Wise- man; constables, R. H. DeLap, Jerome Perry.
1869-Supervisors, Edward Wiseman, J. S. Markham, I. H. Gib- bons; clerk, E. I. Kidd; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; assessor, A. H. Mum- ford ; justices, Joseph Horsfall, B. H. Tripp; constables, Jerome Perry, R. H. DeLap.
1870-Supervisors, Joseph Horsfall J. S. Markham, L. E. Dewey; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1869; justices, E. I Kidd, Ja- cob Creager, R. R. Spraggon; constables, E. A. Hackett, G. H. Foster.
1871-Supervisors, E. I. Kidd, L. E. Dewey, Jacob Creager; clerk, A. H. Mumford; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; assessor, A. R. Foster; jus- tices, R. R. Spraggon, James Foster; constables, E. A. Hackett, Jer- ome Perry.
1872-Supervisors, E. I. Kidd, L. E. Dewey, A. R. Forter; clerk, F. S. Kidd; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; assessor, Wm. Horsfall; justices, A. R. Foster, Jacob Creager; constables, George Foster, Edward Beit- kr.
1873-Supervisors, Joseph Horsfall, Jerome Perry, A. R. Foster; clerk, A. H. Mumford; treasurer, Lewis Beitler; assessor, William Horsfall ; justices, Edward Wiseman, Joseph Horsfall; constables, Jer- ome Perry. George Foster.
1874-Supervisors, Joseph Horsfall, L. E. Dewey, Joseph Beadle; clerk, A. H. Mumford; treasurer, Jacob Creager; assessor, William Horsfall; justices, Jacob Creager, A. R. Foster; constables, Edward Beitler, George Foster.
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1875-Supervisors, B. I. Kidd, A. R. Foster, L. E. Dewey; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1874; justices, Joseph Horsfall, A. R. Foster; constables, Jefferson Day, Samuel Goan.
1876-Supervisors, E. I. Kidd, L. E. Dewey, James Beadle; clerk, D. F. Horsfall; treasurer, James Horsfall; assessor, William Horsfall; justices, Joseph Horsfall, Joseph Beadle; constable, Edward Beitler.
1877-Supervisors and clerk same as in 1876; treasurer, Joseph Horsfall; assessor, Jerome Perry; justices, Joseph Horsfall, Jorome Perry; constables, Edward Hall, Edward Beitler.
1878-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables same as in 1877; justices, S. F. Hart, Henry Taylor.
1879-Supervisors and clerk same as in 1876; treasurer, I. H. Gib- bons; assessor, T. B. Anderson; justices, Joseph Horsfall, Jerome Perry ; constables, Luther Perry, Edward Beitler, Edward Hall.
1880-Supervisors, E. I. Kidd, J. H. Taylor, James Beadle; clerk, D. F. Horsfall; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; assessor, T. B. Anderson; justices, Jerome Perry, J. H. Taylor; constables, Edward Hall, Wil- liam Posten, Edward Beitler.
1881-Supervisors, E. I. Kidd, L. E. Dewey, James Beadle; clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables same as in 1880; justices, Joseph Horsfall, Jerome Perry.
1882-Supervisors, treasurer, assessor, and constables, same as in 1880; clerk, Joseph Horsfall, Jr .; justices, none qualified.
1883-Supervisors, E. J. Kidd, Edward Wiseman, J. H. Taylor; clerk, Joseph Horsfall, Jr .; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; assessor, A. R. Foster; justices, Joseph Horsfall, Jerome Perry, Edward Beitler; con- stables, Edward Beitler, Wm. Posten, R. B. Nice.
1884-Supervisors, clerk, and treasurer same as in 1883; assessor, T. B. Anderson; justices, L. A. Tyler, Samuel Goan; constables, Ed- ward Beitler, William Posten, William Young.
1885-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables same as in 1884; justices, Joseph Horsfall, Jerome Perry.
1885-Supervisors, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1884; clerk, Will L. Taylor; justice, Jerome Perry ; constable, William Posten.
1887-Supervisors, Edward Wiseman, T. B. Anderson, H. C. Farnsworth; clerk, Joseph Horafall, Jr .; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; as- sensor, A. R. Foster; justices, Joseph Horafall, W. L. Selleck; consta- bles, William Posten, A. L. Horsfall, L. A. Tyler.
1888-Supervisora, Edward Wiseman, H. C. Farnsworth; W. L.
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Selleck ; clerk, W. L. Taylor; treasurer, I. H. Gibbons; assessor, Jerome Perry justices, Jerome Perry, L. A. Tyler; constables, William Posten, R. B. Nice, W. E. Pease.
1889-Supervisors, Edward Wiseman, H. C. Farnsworth, Edward Beitler ; clerk, Will L. Taylor; treasurer, O. J. Day; assessor, Jerome Perry ; justices, Will L. Taylor, W. L. Hoyle; constable, Wm. Posten.
1890-Supervisors, treasurer, assessor, and constable same as in 1889; clerk, Joseph Horsfall, Jr .; justices, L. A. Tyler, R. Robertson. 1891-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constable same as in 1890; justices, W. L. Taylor, W. L. Hoyle, Jerome Perry.
1892-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constable same as in 1890; justices, L. A. Tyler, Jerome Perry.
1893-Supervisors, Edward Wiseman, Edward Beitler, William Spraggon ; clerk, W. L. Taylor ; treasurer, O. J. Day ; assessor, Jerome Perry ; justices, W. L. Taylor, Frank Perry ; constables, Wm. Posten, R. B. Nice, Truman Nice.
1894-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables same as in 1893; justices, L. A. Tyler, Jerome Perry.
1895-Supervisors, Edward Beitler, Edward Wiseman, William Spraggon ; clerk, W. E. Taylor : treasurer, O. J. Day ; assessor, Jerome Perry ; justices, W. L. Taylor, L. A. Tyler; constables, Wm. Posten, John Beitler.
1896-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1895; justices, Jerome Perry, Harry Horsfall, John Beitler ; constables, Wm. Posten, Frank Vance.
1897-Supervisors, O. J. Day, Edward Wiseman, Wm. Spraggon; clerk, W. L. Taylor; treasurer, Joseph Horsfall; assessor; Jerome Perry ; justices, L. A. Tyler, W. L. Taylor; constables, William Posten, Frank Vance.
1898-Supervisors same as in 1897; clerk, A. B. Williamson; treasurer, Joseph Horsfall ; assessor, Peter Campbell; justices, T. M. Pallett, George H. Foster; constables, none qualified.
1899-Supervisors, Wm. Spraggon, John McKee, Wiliiam Posten; clerk, A. B. Williamson; treasurer, Joseph Beadle; assessor, Peter Campbell; justices, Jerome Perry, W. L. Taylor; constable, William Posten.
1900-Supervisors, clerk, and assessor same as in 1899; treasurer, J. I. Beitler; justices and constables, none qualified.
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The narrow valley in which the village is situated came at an early day to be known as the " Pocket."
Joseph Horsfall, so long a prominent figure in Millville, died Janu- ary 29, 1897.
MOUNT HOPE.
The first settler within the limits of the present town was perhaps the most prominent, Hon. Thomas P. Burnett. In 1836 he entered the east half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of Section 19, Town 6, Range 4. He afterward added considerably to this purchase, and in 1840 he built a double log cabin. An account of his homestead has been given on page 119. The next settler was Ira W. Brunson, who settled in 1841 upon the farm which became his life- long residence. In 1842 William Whiteside located on the Military Road and opened a hotel. B. L. Loomis settled on Section 8 in 1850. Ezra Abraham settled in the town in 1855. The village originated in the effort to establish an academy. In 1856 William Whiteside and Thomas Taylor donated twenty acres of land each and William Har- locker twelve acres, which was laid out in lots to be sold and the pro- ceeds to be given to found an academy to be called the Brunson Insti- tute. The first house in the new village was erected by W. H. Gilliard in 1856. He also put in a blacksmith shop the same year. In 1857 Jonathan Heberlin opened a small stock of goods in his dwelling. The same year another store was put in by Herman Clark. Dr. Clark, and Bluford Stone moved into the place before the war. A. L. Stratton established a wagon-shop in the place about the close of the war. In 1867 George W. Nevins established a harness shop in the vil- lage. About the same time A. B. Lynn and Oswald, Nathan & Co. put in stores. The latter firm withdrew in a few years. The former continued in business until his death in 1897. In 1881 J. G. Snider and A. S. Osborn started a creamery half a mile south of the village, the churns of which were run by water-power. The village contains at present two stores, one by Anthony Abraham and the other by R. M. Day. Mr. Abraham in 1899 finished a large new store building. There is also a hotel, blacksmith shop, and creamery. Dr. E. D. Orr attends to the needs of the sick and wounded.
The settlement called Irish Ridge will be noticed in the history of Woodman.
Suicides and Homicide .- Andrew Snider committed suicide August 6, 1856, by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. Bluford Stone
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shot himself with a revolver near the house of E. Carr. April 16, 1867. On June 22, 1886, David Tyrell, residing about two miles east of Mt. Hope village was killed by his wife, Sarah. He was about 75 years old and Sarah was his third wife. She was the daughter of Travis Day, an old pioneer. He was a harsh man and she was not of a meek and forgiving spirit, and she had a good deal of muscle; consequently in the many quarrels they had she held her own pretty well. This time they fought to a finish, using firewood and furniture as weapons. She came out with a few bruises, leaving him with his skull broken in two or three places. He soon died of his injuries. She was tried, con- victed of manslaughter, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
Schools .- The Brunson Institute before mentioned was built up with difficulty and misfortune. The building had been erected slowly during the war and was hardly completed in 1867, when it was burned. It was insured for $1,800. The debts of the Institute were paid with this money and the remainder given by the trustees to the school district. A high-school building was erected, since which time Mount Hope has enjoyed very good school privileges. The town has always prohibited liquor-selling.
The village has two churches, a Methodist Episcopal and a Sev- enth Day Adventist. Both buildings were erected shortly after the war. Rev. G. Bird is pastor of the Methodist Church.
St. Lawrence O' Toole's Catholic Church .- Until 1860 mass was oc- casionally said in farmers' houses in the neighborhood, but in that year a small church was built. In 1844 Mt. Hope was made a separ- ate parish. The corner-stone of the present church was laid July 4, 1883. It is located in the northwest corner of Section 11. Mt. Hope Township, about three miles from the railroad station of Werley. Father M. H. McNulty has been the pastor ever since Mt. Hope became a separate parish.
The village has a lodge of Odd Fellows with the following officers : George Zimmerman, Jr., N. G .; J. Snider, V. G .; U. T. Schneyer, Sec .; A. E. Cooley, Treas .; and a Rebekah Lodge with the following officers : Mrs. Lucy Lynn, N. G .; Mrs. Ida Cornell, V. G .; Mrs. Vieva Lynn, Sec .; Mrs. U. T. Schneyer, Treas.
ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS OF MOUNT HOPE.
The town was organized in 1865 and held its first town meeting April 4 of that year. The town comprises all of Town 5, Range 4, ex- cept Sections 1 to 6 inclusive-or thirty square miles. A considerable
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part is fine prairie land, while part is broken by the valleys at the headwaters of Little Grant and Green Rivers. The population of the town has been: in 1870, 758; in 1875, 781; in 1880, 742; in 1885, 761; in 1890, 640; in 1895, 664.
The town has had the following officers :
1865-Supervisors, Ira W. Brunson, Warren Courtwright, George Rouse; clerk, J. B. Lynn; treasurer, Theodore Taylor; assessor, J. B. Lynn ; justices, J. B. Lynn, Allen Garvin, S. L. Stratton.
1866-Supervisors, George Rouse, Warren Courtwright, Samuel Braudt; clerk, C. A. Garvin; treasurer, Theodore Taylor; assessor, Michael McNamee; justices, Wm. Harlocker, Michael McNamee, S. L. Stratton, B. L. Loomis; constables, Richard Keating, Amos Hazen.
1867-Supervisors, Ezra Abraham, Samuel Braudt, L. A. Town- send; clerk, Charles Soward; treasurer, Thedore Taylor; assessor, J. A. Kingsley ; justices, Johnson Casler, D. D. Casler; constables, A. Hazen, R. E. Rouse, James Whiteside.
1868-Supervisors. Ezra Abraham, Reuben Cooley, L. A. Town- send; clerk, Charles Soward; treasurer, Theodore Taylor; assessor, Wm. Harlocker; justices, C. F. Falley, George Nevins, B. L. Loomis; constables, H. Harlocker, R. E. Rouse.
1869-Supervisors, Israel Miles, Wesley Crow, Reuben Cooley; clerk, A. J. Smith; treasurer, Theodore Taylor; assessor, Michael Mc- Namee; justices, M. McNamee, David Weaver, B. L. Loomis; consta- bles, H. H. Harlocker, R. Keating, A. L. Stratton.
1870-Supervisors, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1869; clerk, C. W. Grimesey ; justices, J. B. Fox, Ezra Abraham, B. L. Loomis; constables, J. H. Clark, R. Keating.
1871-Supervisors, E. Abraham, Johnson Casler, Reuben Cooley ; clerk, C. W. Grimesey ; treasurer, J. J. Oswald; assessor, J. G. White; justices, B. L. Loomis, Michael McNamee, J. C. Williams ; constables, J. H. Clark, A. Hazen, A. L. Stratton.
1872-Supervisors and treasurer, same as in 1871; clerk, J. C. Williams; assessor, Israel Miles; justices, J. C. Williams, Israel Miles, D. D. Snider ; constables, J. H. Clark, William Weaver.
1873-Supervisors, Reuben Cooley, Wesley Crow, E. Y. Ouśley ; clerk, Chris. Storm; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, C. W. Grime- sey ; justices, Israel Miles, John Taylor; constable, William Keating.
1874-Supervisors, R. G. Humphrey, Wesley Crow, J. Scanlan;
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clerk, Chris. Storm; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, J. G. White; justices, Israel Miles, John Taylor ; constable, William Keating.
1875-Supervisors, D. D. Snider, R. M. Day, Johnson Casler ; clerk. Chris. Storm; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, William Chisholm; justices, B. L. Loomis, C. Storm, Ira W. Brunson; constables, J. H. Clark, William Keating.
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