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1876-Supervisors, treasurer, and assessor, same as in 1875; clerk, William Taylor; justices, John Taylor, Ira W. Brunson; constables, William Keating, John Lawless.
1877-Supervisors, E. Abraham, John McKichen, Reuben Cooley; clerk, A. H. Mumford; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, William Chisholm; justices, R. G. Humphrey, B. L. Loomis; constable, James Clark.
1878-Supervisors, Ezra Abraham, John McKichen, R. M. Day; clerk, William E. Sloat; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, William Chisholm; justices, Ira W. Brunson, J. A. Walsh; constables, Reuben Cooley, A. B. Lynn, Charles Crow, W. L. Taylor.
1879-Supervisors, Ira W. Brunson, Ezra Abraham, J. G. Harsh- berger; clerk, William E. Sloat; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, William Mulrooney; justices, B. L. Loomis, R. G. Humphrey ; consta- bles, Ora Loomis, G. Lambert.
1880-Supervisors, W. H. Gilliard, John McKichen, George White- side ; clerk, W. L. Taylor; treasurer, B. L. Loomis; assessor, William Mulrooney ; justices, Ira W. Brunson, J. Scanlan; constables, Ora Loomis, D. B. Brunson.
1881-Supervisors, John McKichen, George Whiteside, J. W. Alex- ander ; clerk, William E. Sloat; treasurer, John G. Harshberger ; asses- sor, William Mulrooney ; justices, B. L. Loomis, R. G. Humphrey, Ira W. Brunson, John Scanlan; constables, D. B. Brunson, G. W. Gilliard, J L. Loomis.
1882-Supervisors, R. M. Day, Reuben Cooley, George Whiteside; clerk, W. E. Sloat; treasurer, John G. Harshberger; assessor, O. E. Cooley ; justices, Leonard Ransom, Ira W. Brunson, Alexander Cairns; constables, Wm, Culkins, D. B. Brunson, Allen Storrs.
1883-Supervisors, clerk, and treasurer same as in 1882; assessor, D. B. Brunson ; justices, B. L. Loomis, R. G. Humphrey, Wm. Culkins, constables, Ray Townsend, Ed Pendleton, Frank Collins.
1884-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1883;
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justices, William Culkins, Leonard Ransom; constables, G. W. Tandy, Ed Pendleton, Frank Collins.
1885-Supervisors, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1883; clerk, Ray Townsend ; justices, George N. Baker, B. L. Loomis.
1886-Supervisors, R. M. Day, John Halferty, M. J. Whiteside ; clerk, A. E. Cooley; treasurer, John G. Harshberger; assessor, D. B. Brunson; justices, William Culkins, Leonard Ransom, R. Davidson; constables, H. Handy, William White, J., M. Walsh, E. Walsh.
1887-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, R. M. Davidson, Wm. Proudfoot, Wm. Murphy; constables, A. L. Snider, Henry Cull, William Rogers.
1888-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, P. F. Walsh, William Culkins; constables, John Day; A. L. Snider, A. N. Crow, Frank Place.
1889-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, Alex. Cairns, L. F. Ransom, William Proudfoot; constables, John Day, Henry Cull, A. N. Crow, Frank Braudt.
1890-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, William Culkins, John Lawless constables, John Day, Henry Cull, Frank Braudt, Frank Place.
1891-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, John N. Day, William Alderson; constables, Frank Braudt, Fred Schnever, L. Ransom.
1892-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, George N. Baker, William Culkins, E. F. Walsh; constables, Fred Schneyer, Frank Braudt, Henry Cull, John McKichan.
1893-Supervisors, James McCluskey, William White, E. O. Pen- dleton ; clerk, A. E. Cooley ; treasurer, Alex. Cairns; assessor, D. B. Brunson ; justices J. G. White, T. F. O'Brien, E. F. Walsh; constables, U. T. Schneyer, Fay Parks, James Alderson.
1894-Supervisors and clerk same as in 1893; treasurer, Burt Ad- ams; assessor, W. R. Storrs; justices, George N. Baker, John N. Day, Frank Place; constables, U. T. Schneyer, M. J. Whiteside.
1895-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1894; justices, John Lawless, E. F. Walsh; constable, U. T. Schneyer.
1896-Supervisors, James McCluskey, William White, John Hal- ferty ; clerk, A. E. Cooley ; treasurer, Burt Adams; assessor, William Rogers; justices, John Lawless, George N. Baker; constables, Frank Alexander, U. T. Schneyer.
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1897-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1896; justices, John Carmody, Benj. McCormick, Harry Snider; constables, U. T. Schneyer, Frank Collins.
1898-Supervisors, James McCluskey, Frank Place, John Har- rower; clerk, A. E. Cooley; treasurer, Anthony Abraham; assessor, William Rogers; justice, John Lawless, constables, George Mitchell, Frank Braudt, U. T. Schneyer.
1899-Supervisors, John Harrower, Frank Place, Frank Braudt; clerk, treasurer, assessor and constables same' as in 1898; justices, John Carmody, B. F. McCormick, Thomas Roseman, Fay Parks.
1900-Supervisors, clerk, and treasurer same as in 1899; assessor, James K. Hoyle; justice, Ernest Carnes; constables, none qualified.
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CHAPTER XIII.
BOSCOBEL.
Origin and Growth-Wisconsin River Bridge-Post-Office-Fire Department-Boscobel Agricultural and Driving Associa- tion-Trout Pond-Town Organization and Off- cers-Village Officers-City Officers-News- papers-Schools-Churches-Secret Societies.
ORIGIN AND GROWTH.
The first white residents of this place, as far as can be learned, were Thomas Sanders and Asa Wood, who camefrom Galena in 1846, and built a cabin on what is now Block 6 of the city, and engaged in cutting logs for rafting to Warner's and other saw-mills. The name of Sanders is prepetuated in the creek which flows through the city. The earliest actual settlers were John Newberry and the Widow Pow- ell, but the date of their coming cannot be ascertained. Mrs. Powell lived on Section 35. Louis Wayne came in 1847, and Walker McCord in 1848. In the spring of 1849 Joshua Brindley with his family moved in and settled near McCord. Wayne was a noted hunter and did not remain after a few other settlers came in. He wanted solitude.
Among those who came soon after 1850 were Mark Bailey, Charles K. Dean, Alvin Hall, George Crandall, John Partlow, Horace Watkins, Jacob Ostrander, and Madison Ward. . These settlers turned their backs on the rich prairies of Fennimore and opened farms on the sandy, flea-breeding and burr-producing bottom of the Wisconsin, near mosquito-infested swamps, for the sake of the timber. As late as 1854 the land where the business part of the city now is was farmed by Joshua Brindley. A small saw-mill had been built on Crooked Creek, about a mile below McCord's. A ferry had been established by M. Woodward and D. Thompson to Georgetown in Crawford County (a town which long ago disappeared), from a point in Section 14.
The land on which the city was located was bought in 1854 by C. K. Dean, Adam E. Ray, and John Mortimer. The first-named, after- ward a prominent citizen of the place, was then a civil engineer em-
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ployed by the Milwaukee & Mississippi (now the St. Paul) Railroad. The village was surveyed in 1856 by John Mortimer, and named Bos cobel. A good deal of misinformation has been written about the origin of this name. Of course, it is from the French bosque belle, beau- tiful woods, but as there has been a Boscobel somewhat prominent in the annals of England for centuries, the name cannot correctly be said to have originated in the inspiration of either the engineer or officials of the railroad which was then being built there. The original plat was afterward enlarged by Parker's, Brown's, Brindley's, and Wat- kins's additions.
Late in the fall of 1856 the railroad was completed to the village, and the building of the town began in earnest. Previous to this, how- ever, in 1855, Dr. Panchard, Horace Watkins, and Moors Rice set- tled in the place; John Ruka put up a blacksmith shop just west of the site of Dr. Carley's residence; James Dickerson put up a frame building and opened a store. Dr. J. O. Beals, the first permanent phy- sician, came in 1856. In 1857 Dr. D. W. Carley came in and engaged in practice. In 1857 Dwight T. Parker came in and established the extensive store of Parker, Hildebrand & Co. The next year the large store of Fleete, Meyer & Co. was established. Under the changed styles of Meyer, Hildebrand & Co., and Meyer Bros., this continued to be one of the largest business houses of the city.
J. C. Cover, in the Herald, thus describes Boscobel as he saw it in the winter of 1856-57:
"We camped in the Hall Tavern, erected last fall and roofed with a sort of cement which has checked and lets the water through in a thousand places. The table supplies only salt venison, corn bread baked in grease, and rye coffee without milk or sugar. Lib Brown keeps a grocery store and whisky shop and is doing a thriving busi- ness. James Dickerson has moved in from Platteville and is post- master. Among other citizens are Dr. Beals, J. Brindley, Mat. Ward, H. Watkins, D. McCord, and Bailey. The railroad was completed to Prairie du Chien last fall, but is blockaded. In November an icy mail of sleet several inches thick fell and upon this a deep snow, followed by drifting winds, rain and freezing The country is blockaded. The cars had to stop where luck would have it. The cars were used as camps for several days. At last the road between Muscoda and Bos- cobel was cleared and held open by a single engine and freight car, by which means several made their escape to Muscoda where tolerable
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plenty could be had. The sixth day we found means to escape to Fen- nimore and home, as well cured of a slight attack of Boscobel fever as could be."
In 1857 John Pepper came in and opened the Barnett House, which he conducted for about six months when the proprietor, "Andy " Barnett, took it. It was a good house. April 17, 1858, it was destroyed by fire. It burned so quickly that some of the guests had to get out of the second story windows. The Philbrick House, kept by a widow of that name from Fennimore, was the principal hotel remaining after the destruction of the Barnett House, until that hotel was rebuilt, and run successively by Andrew Barnett and James Barnett. It then passed into the hands of Terrence Carrier, who had come to Boscobel in 1858 and set up a wagon-shop. The Carrier House, as it was then called, gained a high reputation throughout the State. It is now the Grant House. The Central House, a three-story stone structure, is the new first-class hotel.
Among the early lawyers of the place were Messrs. Hartshorn, Stevens, Crawford, and Ben Shearer. Only the last-named remained to become an "old settler." In 1863 George C. Hazelton came to Bos- cobel. His career has been described in Chapter III, Part II.
For several years the growth of Boscobel was phenomenal. It received its first severe check when the railroad was built from Wood- man to Fennimore and Montfort, cutting off the trade of the wealthy region of Fennimore Prairie. Since then the town has held its own by hard work. The fluctuations of growth are shown by the census re- ports. In 1865 the city had a population of 1,127; in 1870, 1,509; in 1880, 1,428; in 1885, 1,398; in 1890, 1,570; in 1895, 1,479. The remainder of the township outside the corporation is poor land and thinly settled. Its population in 1865 was 162; in 1870, 141; and in 1880, 178; in 1885, 156; in 1890, 122; in 1895, 129.
A system of electric lights, belonging to the city, was put in in 1899.
WISCONSIN RIVER BRIDGE.
Among the improvements to draw trade to Boscobel this bridge is a work of which the people of Boscobel are justly proud. A large region in Crawford County was without any convenient market on that side of the river, and a ferry was a very unsatisfactory means of crossing the river. In 1868 a road had been carried over the slough, by means of an embankment and piling, to the bank of the main river.
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But money could not be raised to build the great bridge. No way of raising money was open except to issue bonds, and Boscobel could not do this without becoming a city. So it was incorporated in 1873 and legislative authority obtained to issue bonds, which were issued to the amount of $30,000. A contract was let to Mr. Pestell of Mil- waukee, to build the bridge for $22,000, but unforeseen items made the cost nearly $4,000 more than this. The cost of the "dump" had been $2,000, making the total cost nearly $38,000. Part of the bonds were for five years and the revenues from the bridge when completed enabled these, together with the current interest, to be paid without difficulty.
The bridge was completed early in 1874, ahead of contract time. It is 665 feet, including a draw of 150 feet, 405 feet of covered bridge and 100 feet of approaches. It is supported by close piling covered with plank and filled with stone. It has protecting ice-breakers. Its capacity is 78,000 pounds to the linear foot. In 1879 and 1880 much of the piling across the slough was filled in with earth and a substan- tial bridge made over the rest of this water. The "dump" is 2,025 feet long, making a total of 4,157 feet of bridge and approaches. The total cost was nearly $45,000, exclusive of interest on the bonds. It required a good deal of grit in a place the size of Boscobel to under- take such a work and carry it out, but the result was financially sat- isfactory.
THE POST-OFFICE.
The first postmaster was James Dickerson, who was commissioned in 1855 and held the office until 1857, keeping it in his store on Block 34. O. P. Knowlton succeeded in the office and retained it until May, 1861, when Mr. Dickerson was reappointed and held the office until his death in November, 1875. His administration was very satisfac- tory and his widow was appointed in his place, retaining the office until about January, 1880, when William E. DeLap was appointed. He was succeeded by John Pepper, F. A. Meyer, Levi Muffley, V. J. Kratochwill, and Fred A. Meyer, the present incumbent.
FIRES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The first fire, the burning of the Barnett House, has been noted. The next fire of any importance was the burning of the house of Frank Lewis in 1863. In 1868 there were two separate fires: the burning of the Catlin House and its barn, and a few months later the destruc-
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tion of Ziegelmaier & Biederman's brewery. Another fire January 24, 1869, burned up the Gault House, kept by Fred Fritz, the saloon of John Comstock, and the Norris agricultural depot, with a loss of $12,000. On August 30, 1870, the railroad depot and Alfred Palmer's warehouse with a large amount of grain was burned. Only the heroic exertions of the firemen in these two large fires saved many other buildings. McSpaden's elevator was burned July 7, 1877, and September 22 of the same year the Heim stave factory was destroyed by fire. In 1878 two buildings and their contents on the corner of Oak Street and Wisconsin Avenue were burned. In 1880 a large barn be- longing to Parker, Hildebrand & Co. was burned.
January 7, 1881, the Central House, a stone building, was burned out but not entirely destroyed. Extreme cold had frozen the couplings of the fire engines, so that they could not be worked for a time.
On the 4th of July, 1886, fire destroyed the store of Churchill & Son and Walker's brick block containing the post-office, music hall, and G. A. R. rooms. It was supposed to be incendiary.
In 1867 a small second-hand engine was bought for $300. In 1868 the city authorities put in hydrants in the mill-race running through the city for the attachment of the fire-hose. Immediately after the fire of 1869 steps were taken to organize fire companies. January 27, " Protection Engine Company No. 1" was organized with the follow- ing officers: Foreman, W. H. Rose; first assistant foreman, H. D. Farquharson; second assistant foreman, W. W. Watkins; secretary, O. E. Comstock ; treasurer, J. H. Sarles. At a meeting held January 28 the "Hook and Ladder Company" was organized with the follow- ing officers : A. Bobel, foreman; George Scripture, first assistant fore- man; John Kelty, second assistant foreman; secretary, L. G. Arm- strong; treasurer, Robert Anderson. The company had twenty-eight members.
In the summer of 1869 another second-hand engine with a hook and ladder cart, hose and appurtenances was bought. The same summer Engine House No. 1 was built. The upper story was fur- nished for a city hall and the basement for a calaboose.
On September 8, 1870, a second engine company, "Rough and Ready, No. 2" was organized with the following officers: G. W. Cowan, foreman; J. W. Watson, first assistant foreman; A. M. Mc- Kinney, second assistant foreman; treasurer, Austin Decker; secre- tary, John Classon. The old engine was given to this company. Oc-
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tober 30, 1876, a hose company was organized from the members of this second engine company, with M. M. Mckinney captain, and John Ricks assistant.
The fire department was organized under an ordinance passed in January, 1874. G. W. Cowan was elected the first chief engineer. The present officers are: C. A. Armstrong, chief; Joseph B. Nauert, assistant chief; C. W. Menkhausen, secretary ; J. T. Ruka, treasurer.
Joseph Rogers is foreman of Engine Company No. 1, and Wm. Benoy is foreman of the Hook and Ladder Company.
Engine Company No. 2 now has the following officers: G. T. Cooper, foreman ; John McCord and Will Nice, assistants; Sherman Shipley, secretary ; C. A. Armstrong, treasurer; T. M. Crinklaw, L. Evert, S. Bartholowew, trustees.
BOSCOBEL AGRICULTURAL AND DRIVING ASSOCIATION.
This ssociation was organized at a meeting held June 17, 1874, with the following officers : B. M. Coates, President ; George C. Haz- elton, Vice President ; T. J. Brooks, Secretary ; John Pepper, Treasurer. An executive committee consisting of Ed. Meyer, G. F. Hildebrand, and Charles McWilliams, with the officers of the association as ex-officio members of the committee, was appointed. The society was incorporated August 26, 1874, with the above named persons, and M. B. Pittman, J. H. Sarles, H. Dankleff, J. N. Comstock, John Ruka, A. Bobel, N. P. Miller, and Henry Bugbee, as incorporators. The association bought thirty-six acres of the Powell estate just south of the city and made an excellent track. The first fair was held October 7-9, 1874. The present officers are: L. B. Ruka, President ; George Kruel, Vice President; F. C. Muffley, Secretary ; F. B. Sarles, Treasurer; Timothy Murley, Marshal.
TROUT POND.
Early in 1864 Alfred Palmer started a trout pond on Sanders Creek. It was soon afterward abandoned on account of scarcity of water. In.1866 Mr. Palmer constructed a pond on Crooked Crook, one mile south of the city. About five thousand young trout were raised the first year. After that Mr. Palmer turned in from ten to twenty thousand fry every spring, while his annual sales of food-fish were about two thousand pounds. His annual hatch was about 200,000 trout in a season. Eggs from his pond were sold in every state and territory in the Northwest and even in the Hawaiian
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Islands, the largest shipment being 50,000 eggs. Mr. Palmer left his farm and trout pond to reside in the city in 1884 and died in 1894.
The flouring-mill built in 1866 by D. R. Sylvester, near the rail- road depot, is now operated by Joseph B. Nauert and Anton Dilger. Its race runs along the principal business street and forms Boscobel's only waterworks.
TOWN ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.
This town was cut off from Marion in 1859. It is that part of Town 8, Range 3, lying southeast of the Wisconsin River. It contains less than ten square miles, being the smallest town in the county. It has had the following town officers :
1860-Supervisors, J. A. Houghtaling, Wm. S. Coates Francis Mc- Spaden; clerk, George Haw; treasurer, R. J. Hildebrand; assessor, George B. Shipley, supt. of schools, A. S. Sampson; justices, Mark Bailey, Ephraim Moody ; constables, George L. Bowen, H. B. Gleason, Richard Frankland.
1861-Supervisors, John Pepper, Gustavas Guentzel, Conrad Fritz ; clerk, J. W. Quackenbush ; treasurer, R. J. Hildebrand; assessor, Asa W. Ray; supt. of schools, A. S. Sampson; justices, Andrew McFall, Martin DeWitt, Peter Rae; constables, G. L. Bowen, J. J. Button, Jon- athan Walker.
1862-Supervisors, Conrad Fritz, Joseph Molle, E. Halloran ; clerk, Wm. F. Crawford; treasurer, John F. Shipley; assessor, A. J. Houghtaling; justices, Peter Rae, George Cole; constables, George W. Kendall, J. J. Button, Charles Contoit.
1863-Supervisors, D. T. Parker, John H. Sarles, James Barnett ; clerk, I. M. Richmond; treasurer, John Pepper; assessor, Asa W. Ray ; justices, L. J. Woolley, O. M. Graves; constables, W. W. Watkins, Robert P. Clyde, Marvin DeWitt.
1864-Supervisors, Austin Ransom, John R. Muffley, D. G. Seaton ; clerk, Andrew McFall; treasurer, D. R. Walker; assessor, Caleb B. Taylor ; justices, George Cole, Peter Rae; constables, John S. Eastman, Robert P. Clyde.
1865-Supervisors, John H. Sarles. G. W. Cowan, F. Carver; clerk, Hiram W. Favor; treasurer, G. Guentzel; assessor, C. K. Dean; jus- tices, L. J. Woolley, Mark Bailey ; constables, C. Parce, Wm. W. Wick- ens, John S. Eastman.
1866-Supervisors, E. DeLap, Philo Dempsey, William S. Coates; clerk, J. D. Meeker; treasurer, W. L. Jacobs; assessor, C. K. Dean ; jus-
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tices, Peter Rae, C. B Sylvester; constables, Alfred M. King, Arnold A. Petty, C. Parce.
1867-Supervisors, John Pepper, Wm. S. Coates, Leo Anschutz; clerk, J. D. Meeker; treasurer, W. L. Jacobs; assessor, Chester B. Syl- vester ; justices, James Seaton, M. DeWitt ; constables, C. Parce, James Kelty, J. Closson.
1868-Supervisors, Edwin Meyer, B. T. Martin, John Kelty ; clerk, J. D. Meeker; treasurer, J. L. Taylor; assessor, N. Brainard ; justices, J. W. Limbocker, Henry Taylor ; constables, C. Parce, Arnold A. Petty, John Closson.
1869-Supervisors, C. K. Dean, John Kelty, Austin Ransom ; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1868; justices, Peter Rae, James Seaton ; constables, C. Parce, O. E. Comstock, L. J. Woolley.
1870-Supervisors, T. Carrier, William T. Scott, Wm. S. Coates; clerk, J. D. Meeker; treasurer, Lou. P. Lesler; assessor, John H. Sarles ; justices, L. J. Woolley, Ben Shearer; constables, John Kelty, Arnold A. Petty, C. Parce.
1871-Supervisors, Alfred Palmer, Jacob Hinn, Wm. S. Coates; clerk, J. D. Meeker; treasurer, Lou P. Lesler; assessor, L. J. Woolley ; justices, Thomas R. Seaton, Henry Taylor; constables, John Kelty, Arnold A. Petty, Charles W. Ricks.
1872-Supervisors, L. J. Woolley, J. Hime, S. D. Curry ; clerk, J. D. Meeker ; treasurer, A. Houghtaling; assessor, G. W. Limbocker; jus- tices, L. J. Woolley, A. F. Snow; constables, John Kelty, C. Parce, C. W. Ricks.
1873-Supervisors, William T. Scott, John W. DeLap, N. Brainard; clerk, J. D. Meeker; treasurer, Lou. P. Lesler; assessor, G. W. Lim- bocker; justices, Thomas R. Seaton, A. F. Snow ; constables, C. Parce, Isaac F. Woodward, James Bailey.
1874-Supervisors, Wm. T. Scott, A. J. Renshaw, Wm. S. Coates; clerk, C. H. Contoit ; treasurer, R. S. Lathrop; assessor, G. W. Lim- bocker ; justices, George R. Frank, Martin DeWitt; constables, James Bailey, C. Parce, Isaac Woodward.
1875-Supervisors, B. M. Coates, W. S. Coates, John DeLap; clerk, Jacob Mclaughlin ; treasurer, J. P. Willis; assessor, G W. Limbocker; justices, Jacob Mclaughlin, Ole Christopherson, N Brainard; consta- bles, C. Parce, James Bailey, Isaac Woodward.
1876-Supervisors, T. N. Hubbell, N. Brainard, John DeLap; clerk, M. DeWitt; treasurer, William Thompson; assessor, J. P. Willis; jus-
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tices, L. J. Woolley, James M. Kinney, John Bowers; constables, John Kelty, C. Parce, Charles Ricks.
1877-Supervisors, L. J. Woolley, N. Brainard, Austin Ransom; clerk and assessor same as in 1876; treasurer, Theodore Kronshage; justices, G. W. Limbocker, O. E. Comstock; constables, C. Parce, John Kelty, Isaac Woodward.
1878-Supervisors, Edwin Meyer, N. Brainard, Anson McGraw; clerk, M. DeWitt; treasurer, L. P. Lesler; assessor, O. E. Miller; jus- tices, Wm. Dutcher, S. D. Curry, J. E. Duncan; constables, C. Parce, James Bailey, John Kelty.
1879-Supervisors, Edwin Meyer, A. Ransom, N. Brainard; clerk, and constables same as in 1878; treasurer, Theodore Kronshage; assessor, Jacob Mclaughlin ; justices, L. J. Woolley, Peter Rae.
1880-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1879; justices, none qualified; constables, James Bailey, C. Parce, Amos Devoe.
1881-Supervisors, James Barnett, N. Brainard, Wm. S. Coates; clerk, H. W. Favor; treasurer, Theo. Kronshage; assessor, Jacob Mc- Laughlin; justices, Peter Rae, L. J. Woolley, J. H. Wino ; constables, C. Parce, John Kelty, James Bailey.
1882-Supervisors, James B. Ricks, Charles Menkhausen, John F. DeLap; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1881; justices, C. H. Sylvester, J. B. Ricks; constables, C. Parce, D. R. Lawrence, Thomas H. Bailey.
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