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CHAIRMEN OF TOWN SUPERVISORS.
Edwin DeWolf 1843, '45
Enos J. Hazard 1844, '50
Orison Gray Ewing. 1846
James Lauderdale __ 1847-9, '51,
David S. Elting 1852
Richard Fairchild 1855
Dewitt Clinton Barron 1856-7
John Lee Duffin 1896-1907, '12
Seymour A. Cook 1908-1I
Mr. Hanson served the city of Whitewater in like capacity, in after years. Mr. Bishop had lived earlier in Troy. Mr. Dow was of a Palmyra family, and was later a member of Assembly.
ASSOCIATE SUPERVISORS.
Horace Adams 1848
James N. Case 1859. '61-2
Andrew W. Arwood 1889-90
Sextus A. Case 188I
Asmund Asmundson 1890
Samuel N. Case 1882-4
Thomas Astin
1859, '61. '65
Alfred Cooley_ 1885-7, '99
Dewitt C. Barron 1855
Daniel C. Coombe 1909-II
Amos Bird 1056
Andrew B. Coonrod 1892
Squire P. Blomily 1894-5
John H. Cooper 1847
Edward Bromley. 1882, '98
Augustus W. Dickenson 1862, '80
George H. Bromley_1875-7, '93,
Edward J. Crane 1876-7
Hiram Cross
1849-50
'96, 1901-5
Charles Heath 1861
James Holden 1862
George Augustus Ray ___ 1863-8, '70 William Greening __ 1874-5, '80, '83-7 Matthew P. Bishop 1876-9, '81-2 `53-4, 69, '71-3
James H. Lawton 1888-91
Everett E. Dow 1892-95
Sylvester Hanson 1858-60
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Ira E. Doolittle
1878, '80-I
Ezekiel Lewis
1847
Charles McNaughton, 1891
Duncan McNaughton
1869. '85
Asmund Emerson
1897, 1907-8
Arthur Ewing
1893-4
Orison Gray Ewing.
1844
Harry A. Fowler
1891
William H. Gibbs
1872, '74
William Greening
I873-74
Oliver P. Gunnison
1851
Caleb Harris
1853-4
Charles Heath
1849-50, '58-
60, '64
James Holden
1852, '56
William Holgerson
1897-1900
William Houghton 1845
Frank C. Taylor
1905
Joshua Taylor
1852-3, '69
Thomas Waterman
1857
John Weld 1848 1 I
John W. Weld
1870, '83
Ole O. Welkos
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1888
Andrew Lackey.
1900-190I
William H. Lawton
1912
John G. Wood
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C. Edward Lean
1906-8
Elijah Worthington
1843
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Wayne D. Zelie
1868
TOWN CLERKS.
Thomas Waterman
1843-4, 47
Enos J. Hazard 1845, '55
Benjamin Swett 1846, '48-9
Henry Adkins
1850-4
Oliver P. Gunnison 1856
William King .1857,'59
James W. Knight 1858, '62-5
John King.
1860
Sylvester Hanson 1861
James HI. Lawton 1866,'72-8
George W. Alexander
1867
William R. Taylor
1868-71
William Thomas Taylor
1879-85
Everett E. Dow
1886-90
John Lee Duffin 1891-95
Harry A. Fowler
1896-98
Seymour A. Cook
1899-1907
Bert Lawton
- 1908
John T. Tobin, Jr.
.1909-12
John Moyse
1879
Marshall Newell
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Charles D. Olds. -1912
John Padley
-1854
Albert E. Peterson
.1909-II
William Phelps
1902-4
Moses Rand
1844
Daniel K. Sanford
1870-I, '73
Harley P. Sanford
1888
James H. Sanford
1851
Samuel Stewart
-1892
E. William Taylor
1906
Eric Johnson
1884
Willliam W. Johnson 1879
George H. King
889-90, '95
Jolın King
1863, '66-7
James W. Knight
1863
Iver Wickinson
1878
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Thomas E. Lean
1886-7
WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
Charles Perkins Ellis_1845, '55,
57-60, '68, '74-5
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TOWN TREASURER.
Benjamin Swett 1843. '45-6
Frank P. Bishop 1882
Charles Perkins Ellis_1844. '47. '51-3
Robert J. Lean
1883-4
Enos J. Hazard 1848
Charles H. Taylor
1885-6, '88-9
Oliver P. Gunnison 1849-50
Jesse James Rundle
1887
William Bromley 1854
Seymour A. Cook 1890-1
Caleb W. Harris. 1855. '65-7. '70-I
William C. Wait 1892
William Battell 1856
John E. Menzie
1 1893-4
Thomas Astin 1857
William Phelps
1895-6
John S. Lewis 1858 1
William Lawton 1 1897-8
Adam Martin 1 1
1 859-60
Frank Fisher
1 899-1900
Amos Bird 1861 1
Will M. Bromley 1 1
1901-2
James H. Lawton 1862-4 1
E. Will Taylor I 1903-4 I
George Taylor Jr. 1
1868
Edward Malcomb 1
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1 1905-6
George H. Bromley I I 869 1 1
Frank J. Garbutt J 1907-8
Fred W. Blomily 1872-6
George F. Reddy 1909-10
William Taylor, Jr. 1877-81
John R. West
1911-12
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
AAndrew W. Arwood 1886-7
Zerah T. Baker 1874-6
John W. Blake 1 884-6
George F. Lull 1860-1, '63
William Bromley 1904-5. '07-8
Augustus W. Dickenson 1875-8. '80
John Lee Duffin 1894, 1904
Arthur Ewing 1895-7
Charles H. Nott -1903
Cyrus C. Gibbs 1882-5
Owen Reddy I 897-8
William Greening 1865-19II
Jolın Ridge 1873
Sylvester Hanson 1859-64
Charles S. Vedder 1885
James W. Knight 1859-66
Grant H. Lawton 1893-4
Robert J. Lean 1887-90
Edwin McDougald 1901-2, '07-10 George MeDougald_1886-96, '99-1900 Wm. McDougald_1861, '64-9. 74-81
The pastors of Heart Prairie have been: J. D. Graham, 1858: Delos White, 1859; Erastus Sylvester Grunley, 1860; J. B. Cooper, 1862, 1875; Rufus 11. Stinchfield, 1865: Theron O. Hollister. 1867; Joseph H. Jenne, 1868; Russell P. Lawton, 1869: J. C. Robbins, 1871; John V. Trenery, 1873: Charles R. Chapin, 1874: Martin Van Buren Bristol, 1875; A. J.
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Brill. 1877; John Varty, 1881; William R. Mellott, 1884: Benjamin T. White, 1885; T. M. Ross, 1887; William E. Morris, 1890; W. G. Cooper, 1892 ; John H. James, 1899; John C. McClain, 1902; Ambrose C. Jett, 1905; George N. Lester, 1908.
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CHAPTER XXX.
TOWN OF LINN.
Town I north, range 17 east, was set off from Geneva, January 23, 1844. and was named for Dr. Lewis Field Linn, of Missouri, who from 1833 to his death, October 3. 1843, was Colonel Benton's colleague in the Federal Senate, and of whose character and ability the Colonel wrote most appreciatively. It may be noted that at the naming of the town Doctor Linn's death was yet fresh in the memory of the territorial Democracy. Next southward lie the towns of Hebron and Alden, in Illinois. About one-sixth of the town's area is covered by Geneva lake, of which fair body of cold, pure, deep water much the greater part is in Linn. The area of that part of the town lying north of the lake is about two and one-half square miles. Thirteen sections of this town are more or less lake-covered. Of section 7 only Cedar Point, at the east side of the entrance to Williams bay, about six acres of high and dry land are heaved up from the general submergence of that section. The greatest lake depths are found near the line of section 7 of Linn and section 12 of Wal- worth. Williams bay, an almost rectangular indentation, a scant half-mile wide and reaching a large half-mile northward, is wholly in section 6. The shores of the lake are high and uneven, were once thickly wooded. and are not now bare nor in any way unsightly, though architects and landscape makers have somewhat changed their primitive aspect.
The value of shore property is now based on measurement in feet along its water front. The general effect of shore improvement has been to raise the average value (in 1910) of all the 18,961 acres of Linn to $264.77 per acre. Such average acre-value for other towns ranges from $59.43 in Rich- mond to $140.25 in Delavan. The surface of the town is as variously fair to look upon as in the neighboring towns. A branch of the Nippersink and several smaller and nameless streams carry its waste of waters to the Fox, while a little tribute is paid to the lake. The town was once well wooded, with alter- nations of prairie, and is now well cultivated. Several of the most active and useful members of the farmer's and dairyman's societies have been and are men of Linn. Bloom prairie lies partly in this town.
There was no village in the town ; but in 1901 the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company built its Chicago and Janesville line across sec-
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tions 36. 35. 27, 28. 29. 30, making a station named Zenda. in the southeast quarter of section 28, where a village may grow about its store and creamery and add its own to some larger history of Linn. At this point is the only postoffice in the town. At an early time, about 1843, and as late as 1869, there was a postoffice. named Tirade, near the state line and in section 32. dis- continued in 1876. What suggested such a name is now among those things unknown that men are fond of calling mysteries. About 1897 an office named Bissell was established near a cheese factory, in section 32. This was soon discontinued, and another office named Linton, was placed on the line of sections 20 and 21 and on the road from Lake Geneva to Fontana. This office, too, had a short existence.
On a map of the roads a noteworthy feature is the course of the old and well-made highway from Lake Geneva to Fontana, which follows mostly the Pottawattomie trail, and makes nine oblique angles and six slight turns before it reaches the Walworth line, having crossed eight sections from sections I to IO. both included. This, of course, avoids the long line of the south shore highlands and the few low places, and makes a somewhat striking exception to the more general movements by section lines and right angles. This road was of early importance to dwellers at each end of the lake as well as to those along its slightly devious course through a rich and pleasing part of the town.
The crop acreages returned for 1910 were: Barley. 565; corn. 3.475: hay. 2.128: oats, 1,902: orchard. 56: potatoes, 60; rye, 6: timber, 708; no wheat shown. Number and value of live stock : 3.068 cattle, $100,600 : 975 hogs. $11.700 : 818 horses, $64.600 : 746 sheep. $2.700. There were five anto- mobiles. valtied at $5.500 : 220 other vehicles at $10,000: lake vessels, sail and steam, valued at $100.000. Total value of personal property. $451.400.
John Powers ( 1803-1867), a native of Maine, made his claim in section I in 1836 and built the first house in Linn the next spring. He married Laura Stevens (born 1807) at Geneva, January 31, 1841. He died at Lake Geneva. Other settlers in 1837 were Benjamin Ball, section 34: Allen McBride, sections 31. 33: Samuel Ryland, section 31 : Israel Williams, section 6. Within the next few years patents were granted at the land office to Joseph Bailey, Thomas Baker. John Barr. Sr., Lewis Barrett, Charles Beardsley (1819-1903). John W. Boyd, Peleg C. and Solomon C. Burdick. Thomas Chrystal. Peter S. Cooper. George and Peter Crayton, John Cumming, Thomas Davis, Daniel Downs. James Duncan, Thomas Dyer, John Chesley Ford. Daniel E. Franklin. Benj. F. Fridley. William Greenman, Francis Hanmore Hale. Seymour N. Hatch, Lorenzo Hinman. Joel Hopkins, Thomas Hovey, Joseph Edwin Howe, William Hubbard, Silas Ingalls. James and William Johnson, Lyman Jones,
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Michael Keenan, Terence Kennedy, Daniel Lloyd. Jonathan Lockwood, Mah- lon McBride, Charles McNamara, Dr. James McNish, Samuel Madison, Amos Makyes, James B. Martin, John Matthews. John Millard. Frederick A. Mun- den, James Nelson, Benson Pierce, Caleb Preston, Edwin and John Henry Prime, Lyman Redington, Isaac M. and John Reed, John Reek, William Orson Roblee, John Conrad Shaver, George Smith, John P. Snell, George Trimble. Abram Van Orden, Julius Wadsworth, Marshall Franklin Winters.
Benjamin Ball ( 1780-1868) had wife Daphne (1790-1873). He was one of the first county commissioners, a native of Massachusetts, and for a few years resident in Dupage county, Illinois.
John Barr ( 1792-1860) married Barbara Black ( 1789-1883) in Scot- land and came to America in 1828. About twenty years later he bought land in sections 10, 15. One of his sons was for some years chairman of the county board of supervisors.
Charles Beardsley ( 1819-1903) had wife Susan A. Copeland ( 1825- 1903).
Peleg C. Burdick ( 1787-1854) and wife Olive ( 1814-1858) came to section 21. Solomon Champlin Burdick ( 1812-1891), perhaps Peleg's son, came to section 29.
Thomas Chrystal (born 1813) and wife Margaret (born 1807) bought in sections 20, 25, 28.
Peter S. Cooper ( 1809-1893) and wife Lovina ( 1829-1907) were of section 19.
John Cumming ( 1781-1854) had wife Mary, born 1781, died October 21, 1839, and buried in Walworth. He bought in section 9.
Michael Keenan (born 1820) and wife Ann ( born 1823) settled in sec- tion 21, and Daniel Lloyd (born 1818) and wife Mary (born 1825) in sec- tion 28.
Allen MeBride ( 1809-1884) married Latha Collier (born 1814). Both were natives of Ohio, and came in 1837 to section 31, and also bought land in section 33. He was in various official ways useful to his townsmen.
John Millard ( 1798-1887) and wife Elizabeth (1815-1877) bought in sections 19, 30.
John Reek (born 1815), son of John Reek and Mary Garside. a native of Cheshire, came to the states in 1837 and about 1845 to Linn and proved that a good carriage maker may be also a good farmer. His wife was Amelia Bennett. Their sons Joseph and James S. ( 1850-1911) have been prosperous farmers and active men in town affairs.
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Samuel Robinson (born ISII), a native of Massachusetts, came to sec- tion 14 in 1844 from Chenango county. His first wife was Freelove Thorn- ton ; the second, Mrs. Jane Marshall (born 1807).
John Peter Snell (1796-1852) and wife, Mary Ann Scouton (1798- 1858), came to section 19. He at once took his place among men of property and of influence in town and county affairs.
Israel Williams ( 1789-1846), son of Ephraim, of Franklin county, Massa- chusetts, with his wife, Lavina Joy ( 1787-1852), came in 1837, at first to section IS, a little later to section 6, and thus was named for him the bay which cuts so deeply and squarely into that section. So little of Linn west of the bay is land that he bought also in section I of Walworth, and, too, in section 24 of that town. His brother, Austin, and son, Moses Daniel Williams, settled in Walworth. His sons, Israel, Jr., Royal Joy and Festus A., came with him. and in the same year Henry was born. The exact birth-date is not told, and it is thus uncertain whether the first-born of Linn was Henry, or a son of William K. May, or a daughter of Benjamin Ball.
Zenda, the one railway station and postoffice now in the town, is 67.5 miles from Chicago and 31.5 iniles from Janesville. Besides from this office, mail is distributed by rural delivery routes from Lake Geneva and Walworth and from Hebron, Illinois.
There are two school districts jointly with Bloomfield, one with Wal- worth, and three are wholly within the town. The school at Zenda has two departments.
The population of Linn at the decennial census was: 1850, 630; 1860, 1,008; 1870, 895; 1880. 823 : 1890, 854 : 1900, 1.082: 1910, 1,201. This in- crease in the number of inhabitants for the past twenty years is mostly attrib- utable to the coming of families from the din and inurk of the city Enormous to the strips of wooded highland along the shores of the lake Beautiful. These newcomers brought with them wealth and cultivated tastes, whence slopes so fair in their savage state have been made yet more sightly to unenvying eyes. and this without needlessly marring primitive comeliness.
CHAIRMEN OF TOWN SUPERVISORS.
Ira Turner 1844
John William Boyd 1845-6, '73-4
Israel Williams 1847
John Peter Snell
1848,'50-I
Solomon C Burdick 1849. '57
William H. Lewis 1852
Albert T. Wheeler 1853
George Allen 1854-5, 63-7
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Allen McBride 1856
Benjamin F. Groesbeck. _1858-9. '61
James Emery 1860. '71-2
James A. Benedict 1862
John McKibbin 1868-9
George W. Barr. 1870, 91-1902
Amzy Merriam
1875-6
Dwight Sidney Allen 1877-90
John C. Brennan 1903-12
ASSOCIATE SUPERVISORS.
Benjamin M. Ball 1873
George W. Barr 1864-5, '68-9, '72
George Batschelet -1912
Jolın C. Brennan 1898-1903
Charles Edwin Buell 1866-7
Ira Buell 1854
Solomon C. Burdick 1848. '54
Thomas Cady 1863-4
Charles Cornue
1858
Daniel I. Cornue 18.45 1 I I 1
Jacob I. Cornue
1850-2
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Jacob S. Cornue 1858 5
William H. Crandall 1 1
1877
Edward Cullen 1876
James Emery 1856-7. '59
George C. Gardner
1862
John Gavin 1 883-90
Benjamin F. Groesbeck 1855-7
John W. Groesbeck 1847
Ilobart M. Hatch
1 896-7
John G. Wilson 1863, '70-1
Seymour N. Hatch
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Warren Holmes 1853
John Judson 1877-82
Addin Kaye 1
1 1868.'72
Addin Philip Kaye
1904, '06-1I
William J. Kaye
I878-84
Thomas Ledger
1875-6
Walter E. Ledger 1912
Joseph Leedle
1905
William H. Lewis
1859
Amzy Merriam_1860-1. '66-7, '69-70 Fordyce B. Merriam 1874
John Murphy
1903-1I
Samuel J. Nichols
1865
Byron S. Palmer 1894-5
Henry T. Palmer 1860-I
Samuel T. Powell
1849.'53
John Powers
1846-7. '50-2
James S. Reek
1885-95
Joseph Reek
1875
Samuel Ryland
1844-6, '48
Samnel Smith
1891-3. '96-1902
Ira Turner
1849
.Perry Wilson
1862
Jesse Wright
1855
Samuel B. Wynn
1873-4
TOWN CLERKS.
Israel Williams, Jr 1844-5
Daniel 1. Cornue 1846
Henry Bailey 1847-8
John McKibbin. -1849-'50, '52. 55-7
Abraham Kaye 1851
Otis K. Hale. -1853
Albert A. Thompson
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Alexander H. Button 1858-90
Charles S. Cooper
1891-2
Artemus Alexander
-1893-8
Frank Walsh
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TOWN TREASURERS ..
Benjamin Ball 1844
Israel Williams 1845
R. G. Webster 1870
Daniel I. Cornue 1846-50, '58
James Smith 1871
James A. Benedict -1851
G. Smith Conklin 1872
Alfred Haywood _1873
Nathaniel Grout 1854
Dwight Sidney Allen 1874, '76
Amzy Merriam I
1855-7
William J. Kaye 1875
Perry Wilson
1859
Peter Gavin 1877, '82-5
Loretto W. Fuller I 1860, '65
William Towl
1878
Ira Turner 1861
George Rowbotham
1879
Arthur Kaye 1862 1
Artemas Alexander
1880
Solomon C. Burdick 1863
Jolın Gavin
1881, '99-1909, '12
Samuel J. Nichols 1864
Frank Walsh 1886-98
Noah Merriam :866
George Tappen
1910-II
N. Robert Colbert
1867
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Dwight Sidney Allen 1899-1903
George Allen 1866-99
John Raymond Allen 1894-6
Ira Buell 1860-5
Edmund F. Thacher
1901-2, '05-II
Solomon Champlin Burdick 1861-2
James F. Thacher
1891-4, '96
L. D. Tracy
- 1892-1901
Abraham Van Orden
I865-6
James M. Walsh
1906-7
Mahlon P. Weter
1878-81
H. C. Iverson
1887-8
Walter E. Ledger 1907-9
Allen B. McBride 1860-I
Joseph Reek 1870-3
Melvin C. Cornue 1883-4
Patrick Cullen 1859-60
John W. Groesbeck 1861-2
Silas Ingalls
1896
Jonathan Powell I 868-9
Daniel Downs 1852-3
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CHAPTER XXXI.
TOWN OF LYONS.
Town 2 north, range 18 east, was set off from the town of Geneva by Act of January 23, 1844, and was named Hudson. James C. and Thomas K. Iludson came in 1846 and William Hudson lived there before 1860; but, as their names are not found in earliest records it is not very probable that they named their town. It is rather likelier that men of Columbia county, New York, chose thus to remind themselves, of their old home. A few years later the city of Hudson, in St. Croix county, seemed to have the stronger right to the name, and in 1865 the name of the older town was changed to Lyons, to avoid some geographical confusion. The village of Lyonsdale had been founded, named for the early settling Lyon family and, as Lyons, had be- come a railway station and gave its name to the township.
Burlington and Wheatland lie next eastward. the one in Racine county, the other in Kenosha county. The outlets of Duck and Geneva lakes meet in section 20 and thence White river winds its way to the Fox and thus by the Illinois and the Mississippi to the Gulf. The united river affords a good water-power at the south side of section 10, and this was improved at an early time. The lowest lying rock surface, as found in sixteen measurements for Lyons, is in the southwest quarter of section 1, 772 feet above sea level. The highest measured point, near the middle of the south line of section 10, east of the dam, is 944 feet above sea level. Parallel ridges of gravelly soil give a somewhat rugged appearance to the middle belt of sections from east to west : but these are owned and profitably cultivated now, as seventy years ago. The two northern tiers of sections are an extension of the fertile fields of Spring Prairie.
Allen Perkins ( 1802-1882), who had left his claim of 1836 on Turtle creek and returned to Spring Prairie. settled in 1837 near the mill-site in sections 10, 15 and disputed with the Lyons the ownership of the water-power.
The Lyons were Thomas ( 1766-1847) and wife. Benjamina Valentine, and their sons, David. Isaac, Thomas and William Fletcher Lyon. The father and two or three of the sons came in 1837 to sections 11, 15, 22, began to build their dam in 1838, and their saw-mill in 1840. Other settlers of 1837 were John Brown to section 35, Daniel Campbell to section 4, and James Curran
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to section 25. Peter Campbell came in 1838 to section 10. Ebenezer Dayton, Michael Farley, Thomas Fowlston ( 1805-1878), Tompkins Matteson, William Schurman, Sidney Wait and Edward Warren were of the men of 1839.
Among those of 1840 and later years were Daniel Adams, Sebastian Amend, Stephen Taber Ashley, Sylvester Barnes, Campbell Barrett. Thomas S. Bartholomew, Harvey Birchard, Harvey Blodgett, Edwin Booth, George Brennan, Lewis Brown, Lathrop and Thomas B. Bullen. Charles E. Butler, Zenas B. Burk, Thomas Byrnes (died 1859), Joseph Cahoon, Patrick Cary, Patrick Carlin. Abner B. and Elias Cole, Jolin Corley. Cyrus F. Cowles. Chauncey O. Cummings, James Curran, Valentine Dahler (died 1858). Thomas Delaney (born 1814), Daniel W. Derby, Elijah Dunn, Thomas Dyer. Cornwell Esmond. Michael Farley ( 1800-1894), Franklin S. Farnum, Thomas Fowlston ( 1805-1878). Damarius, David P. and Raymond Gardner. Adolph Gega, Lorenz Giese, Josiah B. and Russell Thaddeus Gleason, Ben- jamin Goodwin. Nathaniel W. Gott, Gilbert T. and Joseph Griffin, Alborn Hall, Harvey, Henry, Jesse. John S. and Nathan B. Hand. Stephen Heffernan. Thomas W. Hill. Adolph Holcamp, Robert Holley, Bartolomeus Homan. Stephen Houghton. Theron Humphrey, Harvey H. Ingham (died 1868). Thomas Ingham. Reuben Irish. Eliphalet Johnson, James Kelley, Enos Kin- ney (1808-1887), Franz Xavier Leity, Jesse Lilly (1785-1852), Jones C. Locke, Leonard and Zephaniah Lockwood, James B. Martin, Reuben E. Maynard. Enoch Newton Miner, Enoch Waters Miner, Joel Guild Miner, Edward Nield. A. Sperry Northrop, William Peers, Patrick Powers, Jona- than Pratt. Philip Prueck. Jonas and Martin O. Pulver, Pat- rick Quigley, Hugh Reed, Valentine Scheller, Stephen Skiff, Charles H. Smedley, Seneca Smith. Erastus Sparrow, John S. Spoor. John and Loren Stacy, Nelson Starke, Edward Stevens, Berthier Stork, Jesse L. and Linus Taylor, Henry H. Terry, Jeremiah Van Ness. Joseph E. and Russell Wait. Jr., Arnold and Spencer Weeks, Jacob Whitaker, Alonzo C. and Joseph Huge Wilcox, Edwin Williams.
Edwin Booth ( 1810-1875) married Martha Turner ( 18II-ISS7). He settled on section 8, and was later and for long one of the active business men at Springfield.
Zenas Baker Burk ( 1814-1894). a native of Maine, came in 1842 to sec- tion 10. He married Mary, daughter of Amos Cahoon. It is not known how long he served as justice of the peace, owing to the absence of record previous to 1859, but more than forty years.
Daniel Campbell ( 1796-1879), son of Jolin, married Mary Nichols ( 1805-1872), and came to section 4 in 1839. His son. Wesley John, and
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grandson, Lewis A., have served the town many years as clerk, and the citizens of the village as business men.
Peter Campbell (1786-1854) was Daniel's brother, both natives of Clinton county, New York. He married Ann ( 1802-1883), daughter of Garret and Catherine Barron, and in 1838 they made their home in section 10.
Cyrus Fellows Cowles ( 1820-1889) was son of Moses ( 1785-1848) and Pamela. He came in 1840 to section 5. He married Louisa ( 1828-1881), daughter of Samuel Lytle and Harriet (Campbell) McGee.
Ebenezer Dayton ( 1810-1885) was son of Abram ( 1771-1848) and Levina ( 1775-1853). He came from the Genesee valley in 1839 to section 15. Ilis wife, Emily Malvina ( 1814-1891), was daughter of Thomas and Tirzah West. Two sons died in military service.
Ezra B. Fowlston ( 1820-1896) was son of Thomas and wife Hannah Barton. He came from Otsego county to section 3 in 1844. He married Almira ( 1827-1906), daughter of Peter and Ann Barron Campbell.
Josiah Burroughs Gleason married Sarah Bacon, November 5, 1840. His farm was in section 2.
Benjamin Gardner married Clarinda Wait, October 13, 1842.
Adolph Ilolcamp ( 1805-1871) and wife Mary Catherine ( 1817-1898) came to section 29.
Robert Holley ( born 1791) and Amelia (born 1798) came in 1844 to section 18. The family removed to Elkhorn about 1856, and later went west- ward. He was enrolled as an attorney, and was for some years a justice of the peace.
Thomas K. Hudson ( 1807-1891 ) was born in Utica, New York. With wife Elizabeth ( 1812-1889) he came in 1846 to section 10. He had sons in military service. William Hudson was born 1808, died 1886.
Erastus and Theron Humphrey were first cousins. Erastus ( 1810-1881) was son of Roswell and wife Ruth Gillet. His first wife was Mary Porter Wilcox ; his second wife was named Avis. Of his children, Rosell Pembroke Humphrey (born 1823) was long an active citizen. Theron, son of Jonathan, married Jane A. Barker. The ancestors of Jonathan and Roswell were Mich- ael1, Samuel 2 3, Isaac4.
Eliphalet Johnson ( 1781-1855) and wife Margery ( 1787-1863) came in 18.12 to section 17.
Cyrus King ( 1801-1879) and wife Margaretta ( 1806-1880) came early to the town. If, as seems probable, he was a young uncle of Cyrus K. Phelps, of section 1 of Geneva. he was son of Israel King and Elizabeth Johnson. His grave is at Springfield cemetery.
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