History of Hillsdale county. Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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HISTORY OF HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

King; Justice of the Peace, Chester Stoddard; Constables,
Dennis D. Wright, Romanta Phinney; Overseers of Highways, District No. 1, William Saxton; No. 2, Cyrus Patterson; No. 3, Samuel Wheeler; No. 4, Chester Stoddard;
No. 5, Patrick McCartney; No. 6, Joseph Divine; No. 7,
William D. Stout.
Following are the names of the principal township officers
from 1842 to 1878, inclusive:
SUPERVISORS.

1868. Samuel Divine.
Merritt J. Chappell.
1869. Nathan C. Gavitt.
Lewis ILarington.
1870. Francis D. Young.
Elijah G. Gibbon.
1871. Luther G. Rogers.
Merritt J. Chappell.
1872. Warren Atwood.

1873. Nathan C. Gavitt.
James Noble.
1874. Francis D. Young.
1875. Joseph Divine.
Jonathan Sherman.
1876. Jonathan Sherman.
1877. Frank Van Duzen.
1878. George Blount.
Francis D. Young.

COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.

1842-43. Chester Stoddard.
1844-46. Cyrus Patterson.
1847-48. John King.
1849. Lewis Sprague.
1850.* William Bryan.
1851. Cyrus Patterson.
1852. Richard Bryan, Jr.
1853-54. Lewis Sprague.
1855. Joel B. Norris.
1856-58. Sylvester W. Farr.

1859-60. Lewis Sprague.
1861-63. William Divine.
1864. Warren Atwood.
1865. William Divine.
1866-67. Jason B. Norris.
1868-69. Warren Atwood.
1870-76. Peter Hewitt.
1877. Jason B. Norris.
1878. Amos H. Bartholomew.

TOWNSHIP CLERKS.

1842. Burton H. Lamphere.
1843. Samuel Wheeler.
1844-47. Robison S. Lockwood.
1848. Gideon G. King.
1849. Robison S. Lockwood.
1850-51. Richard Bryan, Jr.
* -1852-53. Jonathan B. Abbott.

1854-57. Alanson Van Vlack.
1858-60. William Divine.
1861-64. Horace Carbine.
1865-71. William A. Calkins.
1872-74. John D. Freed.
1875-77. Warren Atwood.
1878. John E. Hueston.

1842. Jared B. Norris.
John W. Johnson.
John King.
1843. Joseph Divine.
Burton H. Lamphere.
Cyrus Patterson.
1844. John W. Johnson.
Gideon G. King.
Richard Bryan.
1845. Gideon G. King.
Joseph Divine.
Richard Bryan, Jr.
1846. Gideon G. King.
Lewis Sprague.
Isaac P. Hoag.
1847. Gideon G. King.
Lewis Sprague.
William I. Bennett.
1848. Charles Clark.
1849. Isaac P. Hoag.
Orrin Johnson.
1850. Jason B. Norris.
Alanson Van Vlack.
Walter Baker.
1851. Walter Baker.
Levi Hills.
1852. Josiah Jenkins.
1853. Alanson Van Vlack.
Harvey J. Cox.
1854. Joel B. Norris.

1854. Harvey J. Cox.
1855. Alden B. Nash.
1856. Jason B. Norris.
Harvey J. Cox.
David L. Russell.
1857. Harvey J. Cox.
1858. Merritt J. Chappell.
Robert Martin.
1859. Harvey J. Cox.
Peter Hewitt.
1860. William Fitzgerald.
Joseph Ellis.
1861. Peter Hewitt.
Albert E. Weston.
1862. Albert E. Weston.
1863. William Fitzgerald.
1864. David N. Hatch.
1865. John Ingalsbee.
1866. Peter Hewitt.
1867. Joseph Stoddard.
1868. Peter Hewitt.
1869. Hugh Loughrey.
1870. Benjamin Rochelle.
1871. Andrew A. Ewin.
1872. Franklin Fuller.
1873. Albert Vincent.
1874-75. Andrew A. Ewing.
1876. Franklin Fuller.
1877. Washington Whitney.
1878. Hiram M. Powers.

TREASURERS.

1842. Jacob Sumner.
1843. Chester Stoddard.
1844. William Bryan.
1845. Chester Stoddard.
1846-48. Jared B. Norris.
1849. Harvey Fish.
1850. Daniel D. Divine.
1851. Lewis Sprague.
1852. Robison S. Lockwood.
1853-57. Walter Baker.
1858. Lewis Sprague.
1859-61. Jason B. Norris.

1862. Peter Hewitt.
1863. Warren Atwood.
1864. Joseph Ellis.
1865. Jason B. Norris.
1866. Alonzo Hewitt.
1867. John W. Johnson.
1868-69. William N. Lewis.
1870-71. Henry M. Ewing.
1872. Thomas C. Robinson.
1873-76. Hiram M. Powers.
1877. Samuel Ingalsbee.
1878. Orrin Carpenter.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1842. Chester Stoddard.
1843. John King.
Richard Bryan.
1844. Jared B. Norris.
1845. Cyrus Patterson.
Lewis Sprague.
1846. John King.
Milton Young.
1847. Lewis Sprague.
Urias Hoyt.
1848. Eleazer Millard.
1849. Orrin Vanaken.
John P. Covey.
1850. Samuel Wheeler.
Levi Weston.
1851. William Bryan.
1852. Harvey Fish.
Walter Baker.
Milton Young.
1853. Walter Baker.
Rufus Willis.

1854. Walter Baker.
Robison S. Lockwood.
1855. Joseph Divine, Jr.
1856. Milton Young.
1857. Allen S. Perry.
1858. Robison S. Lockwood.
1859. Luther Rogers.
John P. Pettibone.
1860. Milton Young.
1861. John P. Pettibone.
1862. Francis D. Young.
1863. Joseph Divine.
1864. William Divine.
Henry W. Comfort.
1865. John P. Pettibone.
Luther G. Rogers.
1866. Francis D. Young.
Luther G. Rogers.
James G. Rounds.
1867. Warren Atwood.

ASSESSORS.
Urias Hoyt and Luther Phinney were elected in 1842; Harvey Fish
and Lemuel Blount in 1843; and Cyrus Patterson and Alanson
Van Vleck in 1852. In all the remaining years the supervisor
has served as assessor.
TOWNSHIP LEGISLATION IN REGARD TO SOLDIERS
BOUNTIES, ETC.
" To the Town Board of the township of Woodbridge,
in the county of Hillsdale, and State of Michigan: We;
the undersigned legal voters of the township of Woodbridge,
in the aforesaid county and State, do hereby request your
honorable body to issue an order, and call a special townmeeting in the aforesaid township, according to provisions
of the law in such case made and provided, for the purpose
of taking a vote to raise by tax on the taxable property of
the township (and to issue bonds of the township for the
same) the sum of one thousand three hundred dollars, or a
sum of money sufficient to pay to each person who may
volunteer into the service of the United States (under the
call of the President of the United States, dated Oct. 17,
1863, for three hundred thousand volunteers) the sum of
one hundred dollars, and to transact such other business as
may come before the meeting. Dated at Woodbridge this
12th day of December, 1863." Signed by D. C. Cherrington, James Divine, C. L. Northrup, T. P. Carbine, L.
Benson, O. Carpenter, D. Divine, W. D. Harrington, Joseph
Divine, A. Baker, A. E. Weston, and Peter Hewitt.

* Atthe annual spring election of 1850, Gideon G. King was chosen
upervisor, and John King justice of the peace. A few days subsequently Amboy was formed. As the Kings resided in Amboy, a
ecial town-meeting was held, April 29,1850, and Bryan and Wheeler
were elected to fill vacancy.