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M. Abbott, born in LaPorte, Ind. To them was born one child-Albert Eugene. In 1866 his wife died, and on Dec. 11, 1868, he was united in marriage with Florence I. Breck, born in Van Buren Co., Mich. This union has been blessed with two children-Florence A. and Glenn Allen. Dr. Bulson is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Brodhead, and an earnest worker of temperance reform.
Dr. Robert Willis
is the homeopathic physician of Brodhead. He was born in Iowa Co., Wis., in 1859. He was educated at Platteville State Normal School, and entered Hahnemann Medical College, Chi- cago, in 1881; graduated in the class of 1883, and soon after came to Brodhead.
Dr. Frank R. Derrick
is the dentist of Brodhead in 1884. He suc- ceeded Dr. Joseph S. Reynolds, in 1876, with whom he was a student for two years. He is a skillful dentist, and has a large and growing practice. Dr. Derrick is a representative of one of the early families of Green county. He is a son of Frank H. Derrick, of Brodhead, and was born in the town of Spring Grove in May, 1850. Ile was married to Arabella N. Moore, a native of Vermont, and a daughter of William H. Moore.
W. F. Howe, M. D.,
is a son of Rev. D. R. and Mary A. Howe. He was born in Princeton, Ill., March 8, 1857. He commenced the study of medicine in 1876, with Dr. William Monroe as preceptor, and graduated at the Rush Medical College in 1880. March 15, 1880, he located at Brooklyn, where he has since practiced.
Jeremiah II. Stealy, M. D.,
was born in Milton township, Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1858. He received his literary educa- tion in his native county. In April, 1875, he removed to Monroe, and in 1877 engaged in teaching. He began the study of medicine with Dr. William S. Caldwell, of Freeport, Ill. In 1879 he entered the medical department of the University at Ann Arbor, Mich., remaining
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there one year, when he returned to Freeport and continued his studies. In 1881 he entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, graduating therefrom in 1882. Dr. Stealy, al- though a young man, is possessed of excellent attainments, and is thoroughly educated in the modern school of medicine. His ability and success is well attested by his large and increas- ing practice. On the 31st of May, 1883, he was united in marriage with Emma, a daughter of John and Catherine Sullivan.
Dr. A. L. Day
was born in the town of York, Green Co., Wis., July 28, 1845. He received a liberal education in the Monroe Seminary, Albion Academy and the Algona College. In the last named institu- tion he occupied the chairs of anatomy, physi- ology and hygiene for some time. In March, 1863, he enlisted in the 37th regiment, Wiscon- sin Volunteers, serving as non-commissioned officer till the close of the war. In the summer of 1866 he began the study of medicine under a preceptor, and in the fall and winter of 1866 and 1867 was a student in the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the spring of 1867 he began the practice of medicine at Post- ville, Wis. In the spring of 1868 he married Emma N. Fellows, of that place. She was born in the city of Kenosha, Wis., March 7, 1850. When she was about two years of age her par- ents removed to Monroe, where they remained until the fall of 1863, when they removed to Postville, where she resided until her marriage. She received her education in the schools of Monroe and Postville, and removed with her husband to Palo Alto Co., Iowa, where, during the year 1870, she taught school. Dr. Day, having located in Iowa, continued the practice of his profession there for about five years; during which time he was elected county super- intendent of public schools for two years, the duties of which office he performed in connec- tion with those of his profession. In the fall of 1875 he returned to Postville, where he has since been the resident physician, although in
the year 1.879 he attended the Bennett Medical College, where he graduated. Again, in the spring of 1883, leaving his practice in charge of his student, Dr. E. L. Clark, who had grad- nated the previous winter in Chicago, he at- tended the practitioner's course in the Rush Medical College, also a course in the Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 1882 he was appointed on the board of censors by the State Eclectic Med- ical Association, which position he now holds. He has gained considerable celebrity in the pro- fession, having not only acquired the reputation of being a very skillful practitioner, but has also performed a number of important surgical operations, among which was the amputation of the leg, at the thigh, of John Paulson, of Adams, who is now (1884) in the employ of Samuel Mack, of Monroe, as machine agent. He has also performed a number of operations on the eye that, it is believed have never been per- formed by a resident physician in the county. He is a correspondent to the Chicago Medical Times. Mr. and Mrs. Day have four children- May R., born in Palo Alto Co., Iowa, Jan. 1, 1871; Maude L., born in Palo Alto Co., Iowa, Oct. 18, 1872; Edward C., born in Palo Alto Co., Iowa, June 30, 1874; and Myrtle G., born in Postville, Wis., Dec. 14, 1876.
Rowley Morris, M. D.,
was born at Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1811. He began studying for the med- ical profession in 1840, with Dr. Peter Caner, of Warsaw, and graduated at the Albany Med- ical College, in his native State in 1844. IIe came to Green county in 1848. By close appli- cation to his profession he soon established a worthy reputation, and enjoyed a wide reputa- tion as a skillful and successful physician. He was married in 1844, to Harriet J. Foster, who died in 1857. In 1857 he was married the second time, to Ann Mitchell, and by her has two children.
Dwight Flower, M. D.,
resident physician, of Monticello, was born in the town of West Rupert, Bennington Co., Vt., in 1840. He received his early education in
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the district school. When he was sixteen years old his parents moved to Iowa, and settled in Humboldt county. At the age of twenty-one he entered Antioch College, Green county, and studied one year. He then went to Schenectady, N. Y., and entered Union College, where he graduated. He afterwards attended medical lectures at Long Island Hospital, and at Albany Medical College. He graduated and received his diploma at the latter institution .* He com-
* But before beginning the practice of medicine, he went to Heidelberg. where he spent six months in the study of the German language, chiefly. Then he went to Berlin, where he spent one year in the study of chemical medicine, in the hospitals at that place; and before returning home he passed three months in the hospitals at Vienna.
menced the practice of his profession in Bu- chanan Co., Iowa, where he remained a short time. He then came to Wisconsin and settled at Arena, Iowa county. Two years later he came to Monticello where he has since resided. He was married Oct. 23, 1879, to Kate L. Roser, a native of St. Louis. They have one child, -Dwight. Dr. Flower is a gentleman of superior ability, and as a physician, is popular and successful. He has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and has an exten- sive practice.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
THE COUNTY BOARD-PAST AND PRESENT.
There is much in the early government of Green county to demand attention and awaken an interest in the mind of the reader. Nor is that interest lessened to any great extent as we examine the proceedings of the "county legisla- ture" down even to the present day. Only the most important of the measures adopted by the board, from the organization of the county to this date (1884), can be given in this chapter. But first we will mention the various changes that the board itself has undergone since its first creation and the names of all those who have acted as its members to the present day.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
From the organization of the county, in 1838, down to the date of the admission of Wisconsin into the Union as a sovereign State, in 1848, a period of ten years, Green, as well as other counties of Wisconsin Territory, was governed by a county board, formed of three commission- ers. When in session, they held what was de- nominated a commissioners' court. The first term is given in their proceedings as "commis- sioners' court, March term, 1838," and so on.
The following are the names of the commis- sioners and the dates of their election:
NAMES.
When ele'd
NAMES.
Wh'n
elec.
Daniel S. Sutherland.
Mar.,
1838 Thos. S. Bowen .. 1844
Wm. Bowen.
1838 Wm. C Green .. 1844
Daniel Harcourt ..
1838 Hiram Rust .. 1844
Jas. Riley vice D. Harcourt Sept.,
1838 Hiram Brown 1845
Jer. Bridge, vice D. S. S. .. Oct.,
1838 Win. C. Green. 1845
Win. Boyls. .
1839 R. D. Derriek 1845
Asa Bowen, vico J. Bridge!
1840 Hiram Caulking ..
11846
Davis Bowen.
1841|T. W. Thompson. 1841 |Win. Boyls.
1846
Josiah Pierce ..
1841 Henry Adams
1847
Davis Bowen.
1842 Wm. Boyls.
1847
Asa Bowen.
1842 Wm. Brown
1847
Daniel Smiley.
1842 Win. Brown ..
1848
Henson Irion.
1843 Wm. Coldren. 1848
Asa Brown.
1843 Thos. L. Sommers 1848 1843
Joseph Kelly.
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At the general election in September, 1841, the question as to whether the county would adopt the town government system was voted upon by the electors of the county and voted down by the following decisive majority:
For town government twelve votes, against town government forty-eight votes.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
From 1849 to 1861, inclusive, the chairman of each town board of supervisors in the county was ex officio a member of the county board; so that the number corresponded exactly with the number of towns in the county (if there were no vacancies and if all the members were pres- ent), at the meetings of the board.
The county supervisors present at the meet- ings of the board while it had an existence, with the towns and villages represented by them, were as follows :
JUNE, 1849.
Daniel S. Sutherland, chairman, Monroe ; Henry Adams, Mount Pleasant ; John Porter, Exeter ; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno ; James W. Kildow, Spring Grove ; Thomas W. Thompson, Sylvester ; Aaron Broughton, Albany ; Jere- miah Bridge, Jefferson ; George Gardner, De catur ; Elijah Roby, Washington ; S. Kelly, Adams; J. Porter, W. Osgood, John Wood, A. D. Kirkpatrick. L. Richards, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1849.
Daniel S. Sutherland, chairman ; Thomas S. Bowen, E. Roby, A. D. Kirkpatrick, A. Brough- ton, J. W. Kildow, W. Osgood, George Gardner, William C. Green, John Wood, Jeremah Bridge, Samuel Kelly, Joseph Reeder and II. Adams. L. Richards, clerk.
1846
Wm. Boyls.
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JANUARY 1850.
D.S. Sutherland, chairman; Henry Adams, A. Broughton, S. Kelly, George Gardner, John Stewart, Thomas S. Bowen, Warren Osgood, J. Bridge, John Wood, J. W. Kildow, E. Roby, A. D. Kirkpatrick, Joseph Reeder. H. B. Poyer, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1850.
John Wescott, chairman, New Glarus; James Hare, Exeter ; William C. Green, York ; Julius Hurlbut, Albany ; Henry Adams, Mount Pleas- ant; Albert Pierce, Washington ; S. Kelly, Ad- ams ; Alexander Clark, Decatur ; C. Benson, Sylvester ; HI. Rust, Monroe ; Thomas White, Jordan; Abner Mitchell, Spring Grove; William Coldren, Jefferson ; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno ; Emanuel Divan, Cadiz; Chester Witter, Brook- lyn. H. B. Poyer, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1851.
E. T. Gardner, chairman, York; Chester Wit- ter, Brooklyn; James Hare, Exeter; John Wes- cott, New Glarus; John Broughton, Albany; A. Thomas, Mount Pleasant ; E. Roby, Washing- ton; A. L. Grinnell, Adams ; Alexander Clar- ick, Decatur ; William Bulfinch, Sylvester; T. N. Machin, Monroe ; Thomas White, Jordan ; A. Mitchell, Spring Grove; William Coldren, Jefferson ; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno ; Alfred Flowers, Cadiz. H. B. Poyer, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1852.
William C. Green, chairman, York ; II. M. Allen, Brooklyn ; James Hare, Exeter ; Joshua Wild, New Glarus ; John Broughton, Albany ; Thomas Fenton, Mount Pleasant; Albert Pierce, Washington ; Jonas Shook, Adams ; Samuel Northcraft, Decatur ; Zina Rounds, Sylvester ; Charles S. Foster, Monroe ; Thomas White, Jordan ; Abner Mitchell, Spring Grove ; Wil- liam Coldren, Jefferson; Henson Irions, Clarno; Wesley Swank, Cadiz. H. B. Poyer, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1853.
Henry Adams, chairman, Mount Pleasant ; Martin Flood, Brooklyn; W. C. Kesler, Exeter; Rudolph Bumgardner, New Glarus; John Stew art, York ; U. B. Welton, Albany ; E. Roby,
Washington ; James Smith, Adams ; Samuel Northcraft, Decatur ; M. H. Pengra, Sylvester ; Charles S. Foster, Monroe; William Munson, Jordan; R. D. Derrick, Spring Grove ; Hiram Dunwiddie, Jefferson ; Israel Smith, Clarno ; William Brown, Cadiz. II. B. Poyer, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1854.
F. F. West, chairman, Monroe; William Brown, Cadiz; Levi Spalding, Jordan; James Smith, Adams; William P. Green, York; Israel Smith, Clarno; E. Roby, Washington; M. Stuessy, New Glarus; William Coldren, Jeffer- son; M. II. Pengra, Sylvester; Thomas Fenton, Mount Pleasant; Julius Stone, Exeter; R. D. Derrick, Spring Grove; John J. Putnam, Deca- tur; John Broughton, Albany; William Mc Laughlin, Brooklyn. H. B. Poyer, clerk.
MAY, 1855 (SPECIAL SESSION).
Martin Flood, chairman, Brooklyn; James Smith, Adams; Daniel Smiley, Albany; William Brown, Cadiz; Israel Smith, Clarno; Alexander Clark, Decatur; C. D. W. Leonard, Exeter; D. W. Ball, Jefferson; William Munson, Jordan; L. Hurlbut, Monroe; Samuel Johnson, Mount Pleasant; Peter Jenny, New Glarus ;- Spring Grove ; M. H. Pengra, Sylvester; E. Roby, Washington; William C. Green, York. B. F. Hancock, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1855.
Martin Flood, chairman, Brooklyn; E. A. Newton, Spring Grove; Daniel Smiley, Albany; Samuel Johnson, Mount Pleasant; M. H. Pengra, Sylvester; D. W. Ball, Jefferson; Israel Smith, Clarno; L. Hurlbut, Clarno; E. Roby, Washing- ton; Joshua Wild, New Glarns ; William C. Green, York ; James Smith, Adams; William Munson, Jordan; William Brown, Cadiz. B. F. Hancock, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1856.
E. T. Gardner, chairman, Monroe; E. A. New- ton, Spring Grove ; William Blackford, Jeffer- son; William Brown, Cadiz; Samuel North- craft, Decatur; D. Smiley, Albany; Samuel Johnson, Mount Pleasant; E. Roby, Washington; James Smith, Adams; William C. Green, York;
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M. Stuessy, New Glarus; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno ; William Munson, Jordan ; Joseph Clemmer, Sylvester; A. D. Kirkpatrick, Brook- lyn; Exeter, clerk. E. Bartlett, deputy.
JUNE, 1867 (SPECIAL SESSION).
Israel Smith, chairman, Clarno; William Brown, Cadiz; Isaac Trembly, Jefferson; Dan- iel Dunwiddie, Spring Grove; E. T. Fleek, Decatur; J. M. Searles, Sylvester; H. Rust, Monroe; William Munson, Jordan ; Jonas Shook,Adams; Albert Pierce, Washington; Ran- som Drake, Mount Pleasant; John Broughton, Albany; -- , Brooklyn; M. M. Morse, Exeter; Henry Trumpy, New Glarus; Corbley Johnson, clerk, York. E. Bartlett, deputy.
NOVEMBER, 1857.
Israel Smith, chairman, Clarno; William Brown, Cadiz; Isaac Trembly, Jefferson; Daniel Dunwiddie, Spring Grove ; E. T. Fleek, Deca- tur; J. M. Searles, Sylvester; Hiram Rust, Mon- roe; William Munson, Jordan; Jonas Shook, Adams; Albert Pierce, Washington; R. Drake, Mount Pleasant; John Troy, Albany; U. V. Wel- ton, Brooklyn; M. M. Morse, Exeter; Henry Trumpy, New Glarus; Corbley Johnson, York. A. W. Potter, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1858.
F. H. West, chairman, Monroe; Levi Craw- ford, Brooklyn; C. D. W. Leonard, Exeter; Israel Smith, Clarno; Ezra Westcott, Cadiz; Isaac Trembley, Jefferson ; Ransom Drake, Mount Pleasant; Fredolin Egger, New Glarus ; Jasper Clemmer, Sylvester; Isaac Martin, Spring Grove; Elijah Roby, Washington; J. Y. Cleveland, Jordan; James Smith, Adams; John Wood, Albany; E. T. Fleek, Decatur; Philander Pee- bles, York. A. W. Potter, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1859.
C. F. Thompson, chairman, Decatur; H. Hurl- but, York; J. Y. Cleveland, Jordan; Ezra Wescott, Cadiz; A. L. Cleveland, Monroe; J. W. Stewart, Monroe village; A. Loveland, Washington; H. Dunwiddie, Jefferson ; E. R. Allen, Spring Grove ; D. Dunwiddie, Decatur ;
Levi Crawford, Brooklyn; Jacob Mason, Clarno; Daniel Smiley, Albany ; C. D. W. Leonard, Exeter; Melchior Stuessy, New Glarus ; R. M. Jackson, Adams; A. W. Sutherland, Sylvester. A. W. Potter, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1860.
C. F. Thompson, chairman, Mount Pleasant; Ezra Westcott, Cadiz; Tayler Wickersham, Jordan; R. M. Jackson, Adams; John Stewart, York; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno; D. S. Suther- land, Monroe ; A. H. Pierce, Washington ; M. Stuessy, New Glarns; J. H. Bridge, Jefferson ; J. M. Bennett, Sylvester; M. Flood, Exeter; E. R. Allen, Spring Grove; David Dunwiddie, Decatur; John Broughton, Albany; W. W. McLaughlin, Brooklyn; J. W. Stewart, Monroe village. A. W. Potter, clerk.
MAY, 1861, (SPECIAL SESSION.)
Ezra Wescott, chairman, Cadiz; Taylor Wick- ersham, Jordan; Richard Scott, Adams; John Stewart, York; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno; C. S. Foster, Monroe; John W. Stewart, Monroe village; Leopold Seltzer, Washington; Melchior Stuessy, New Glarus; Isaac Trembly, Jefferson; Lewis Frankenburger, Sylvester; C. F. Thomp- son, Mount Pleasant; J. W. Norton, Exeter; E. R. Allen, Spring Grove; David Dunwiddie, De- catur; Daniel Smiley, Albany; W. W. Mc- Laughlin, Brooklyn. M. Marty, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1861.
Ezra Wescott, chairman, Cadiz; TaylorWick- ersham, Jordan; Richard Scott, Adams; H. H. Hurlbut, York; Thomas S. Bowen, Clarno; C. S. Foster, Monroe; John W. Stewart, Monroe village; Leopold Seltzer, Washington; Isaac Trembly, Jefferson; Lewis Frankenburger, Syl- vester; J. W. Norton, Exeter; E. R. Allen, Spring Grove ; David Dunwiddie, Decatur; Daniel Smiley, Albany; W. W. MeLaughlin, Brooklyn ; M. Stuessy, New Glarus; C. F. Thompson, Mount Pleasant. M. Marty, clerk. COUNTY SUPERVISION CHANGED.
A State law approved March, 1861, made the board of supervisors to consist of three electors, one to be elected in each of three supervisor
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districts. Elections were to be held in Novem- ber of each alternate year, and the term of of- fice was to begin the first of the following January.
Elected in 1861-Ezra Wescott, E. R. Allen and Henry Adams.
These supervisors divided the county into three supervisor districts, as follows:
First district-New Glarus, York, Exeter, Brooklyn, Washington, Mount Pleasant.
Second district-Jefferson, Spring Grove, De- catur, Sylvester, Albany.
Third district-Adams, Jordan, Cadiz, Clarno, Monroe.
ELECTED IN 1863.
First district-Henry Adams.
Second district-E. R. Allen (resigned, Hiram Dunwiddie appointed by the governor).
Third district-Ezra Wescott (died, J. V. Richardson appointed by the governor).
ELECTED IN 1865.
First district-Albert Pierce.
Second district-Hiram Dunwiddie.
Third district-J. V. Richardson (resigned, William Brown appointed).
ELECTED IN 1867.
First district-J. W. Smith.
Second district-William Coldren.
Third district-J. M. Staver.
By a change in the law, supervisors elected in 1867 from the odd numbered districts held office for one year, while those from even numbered districts held office two years.
ELECTED IN 1868.
First district-J. W. Smith.
Third district-J. M. Staver.
THE BOARD INCREASED.
The number of county supervisors in Green county was by the following act increased from three to nine:
An Act to increase the number of county su- pervisors in the county of Green, and to pro- vide for their election.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre- sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. At the first annual town meeting after the passage of this act, to-wit, 1869, the electors of the supervisors representing the even numbered districts in said county shall elect two additional supervisors, whose term of office shall expire at the same time, and who shall be elected in the same manner as the super- visor for such district is now elected, and the electors of the supervisors representing the odd numbered districts in said county, shall elect two additional supervisors in each district, whose term of office shall expire at the same time and who shall be elected in the same man- ner as the supervisors for said districts are now elected, and at each succeeding general election thereafter for the election of county supervisors, three supervisors shall be elected for the term of two years in each supervisor district.
SECTION 2. The supervisors elected at the aforesaid town meeting shall meet with the county board of supervisors in the county of Green, at their first meeting after their election, and qualify by taking the oath of office as now provided by law in relation to county boards of supervisors, and shall thereby become members thereof, with all the powers and duties now con- ferred upon such county boards of supervisors.
SECTION 3. All acts or parts of acts contra- vening the provisions of this, so far as the same , may relate to the county of Green, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 3, 1869.
Under this law, there were elected in April, 1869 :
First district-F. R. Melvin and Leopold Seltzer.
Second district-David Dunwiddie and J. B. Perry.
Third district-Samuel Chandler (resigned, S. W. Abbott, appointed) and A. DeHaven.
Those elected in the second district held office only until November, when three supervisors were elected : J. B. Perry, R. J. Day and M.
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H. Pengra. But the law under which these men were elected was repealed by the following act :
An Act to repeal chapter sixty-two of the general laws of 1869, entitled : "An Act to increase the number of county supervisors in the county of Green, and to provide for their election."
The people of the State of Wiconsin, repre- sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows :
SECTION 1. Chapter sixty-two of the general laws of 1869, entitled, "An Act to increase the number of county supervisors in the county of Green, and to provide for their election," is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 15, 1870.
After the spring election of 1870, the county returned to the system of government wherein each town in the county, the city of Monroe, and the incorporated villages of Brodhead and Al- bany are represented by the chairman of the local board of supervisors-the city of Monroe sending two members to the county board; one from the first ward and one from the second ward. This was under the general law passed in 1868.
The members present at the meetings of the county board in 1870, and since, with the towns, wards of the city and incorporated vil- lages represented by them, were as follows :
APRIL, 1870, (SPECIAL SESSION.)
E. R. Allen, chairman, Spring Grove; Adam Shrake, Adams; E. F. Warren, Albany; H. R. Allen, Brooklyn; J. M. Staver, Cadiz; Simon Bartlett, Clarno; R. J. Day, Decatur; II. G. Silver, Exeter; David Witner, Jefferson; Iver Iverson, Jordan; James H. VanDyke, Monroe; Brooks Dunwiddie, Monroe village; G. W. Baker, Mount Pleasant; Melchior Stuessy, New Glarus; M. H. Pengra, Sylvester; L. Selt- zer, Washington; D. Stewart, York. J. Jacob Tschudy, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1870.
E. R. Allen, chairman, Spring Grove; Adam Shrake, Adams; E. F. Warren, Albany; H. R. Allen, Brooklyn; J. M. Staver, Cadiz; Simon Bartlett, Clarno; R. J. Day, Decatur; W. A. Wheaton, village of Brodhead; H. G. Silver, Exeter; David Witmer, Jefferson; Iver Iver- son, Jordan; James II. VanDyke, Monroe; F. F. West, Monroe village; G. W. Baker, Mount Pleasant; M. Stuessy, New Glarus; M. H. Pen- gra, Sylvester; L. Seltzer, Washington; D. Stewart, York. J. Jacob Tschudy, clerk.
APRIL, 1871, (SPECIAL SESSION.)
R. J. Day, chairman, Decatur; Simon Bart- lett, Clarno; B. B. Brownell, Exeter; Warren Clark, Cadiz; S. T. Clayton, Washington; Will- iam DuBois, Sylvester; Daniel Dunwiddie, Spring Grove; Iver Iverson, Jordan; John Luchsinger, New Glarus; W. W. McLanghlin, Brooklyn, (absent); A. H. Pierce, Mount Pleas- ant; W. H. Pierce, Monroe; Adam Shrake, Adams; D. Stewart, York; C. F. Warren, Al- bany; F. F. West, Monroe village; W. A. Wheaton, village of Brodhead; D. Witmer, Jefferson. J. J. Tschudy, clerk.
NOVEMBER, 1871.
R. J. Day, chairman, Decatur; John Bolen- der, Monroe; Warren Clark, Cadiz; S. T. Clay- ton, Washington; William DuBois, Sylvester; Daniel Dunwiddie, Spring Grove; John Luch- singer, New Glarus; William W. Mclaughlin, Brooklyn; Adam Shrake, Adams; C. F. Thomp- son, village of Brodhead; E. F. Warren, Al- bany; F. F. West, village of Monroe; David Witmer, Jefferson; Simon Bartlett, Clarno; Decatur Stewart, York; B. B. Brownell, Exeter; A. H. Pierce, Mount Pleasant; I. Iverson, Jor- dan. J. Jacob Tschudy, clerk.
JULY, 1872, (SPECIAL SESSION).
A. C. Dodge, chairman, Monroe village; John Bolender, town of Monroe; R. J. Day, Decatur; C. R. Denniston, Cadiz; William Du- Bois, Sylvester; Daniel Dunwiddie, Spring Grove; William J. Hodges, Clarno; George R. King, Jordan; John Luchsinger, New Glarus;
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