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Honey Creek.-Justice, James K. Alcorn; Assessor, C. T. Peet; Clerk, Seymour Platt; Trustees, J. F. Graham, Robert Fishel and Elias Way; Constables, G. S. Snover, H. C. Steele; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, R. N. Steele; No. 2, F. B. Peet; No. 3, H. Ryan; No. 4, J. E. Eldredge; No. 5, William Parker; No. 6, E. L. Jerrod; No. 7, R. Van Sickle; No. 8, C. A. Grow.

Richland.-Assessor, W. P. Sheldon; Clerk, L. S. Sherwin; Trustees, H. Middleton, A. E. Lawrence, William Weston; Constable, V. Wheeler; Road Supervisor, District No. 2, Thomas Clark.

Bremen.-Justice, Jacob Klespies; Assessor, Arnold Bockenstedt; Clerk, F. Rubly; Trustees, A. Honkamp, A. Bockenstedt, F. Kramer; Road Super-visors, District No. 1, B. D. Naber; No. 2, A. Honkamp; No. 3, B. Nurre; No. 4, Conrad Schmenker; No. 5, John Schleikman; No. 6, John Kenn.

Oneida.-Assessor, R. H. Van Wagenen; Clerk, L Wheelock, Jr.; Trustees, John Cruise, Jr., Delos Gillespie, W. W. Shaw; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, J. Box; No. 2, E. Hulbert; No. 3, M. F. Hunt; No. 4, J. Deily; No. 5, J. Medland; No. 6, J. Breckon.

Delaware.-Justice, Charles Husted; Assessor, H. L. Ryan; Clerk, S. L. Doggett; Trustees, Alonzo Shew, Ira Howland, Lewis Paxson; Road Supervisors, none elected.

Coffin's Grove.-Assessor, Oscar Wellman; Clerk, F. S. Harris; Trustees, T. E. Smith, C. P. Tripp, David Buck; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, C. Glitcher; No. 2, G. Trumblee; No. 3, R. P. Harris; No. 4, William Cook; No. 5, M. S. Van Auken; No. 6, P. McCann; No. 7, H. G. Wellman; No. 8, John Conner; No. 9, H. Hilton.

North Fork.-Assessor, J. B. Galyean; Clerk, E. B. Gould; Trustees, Robert Nicholson, J. J. Smith, H. Arnold; Constable, A. Macomber; Road Supervisors, District No. 2, Simon Ganser; No. 3, A. Macomber; No. 4, Richard Cook; No. 5, John Goldsmith; No. 6, Eli Ruddlesdin; No. 7, C. Page.

Delhi.-Assessor, Samuel Allison, Sr.; Clerk, Henry Harger; Trustees, R. W. Furman, L. Terpening, Mortimer Smith; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, John W. Corbin; No. 2, Wm. Robinson; No. 3, V. M. Babcock; No. 4, Andrew Sweeney; No. 5, a tie on A. Tegard and J. Crosier; No. 6, Frank Real; No. 7, C. T. Fitzsimmons; No. 8, Mr. Wheelock; No. 9, J. Pettilon.

Milo.-Assessor, L. F. Muckler; Clerk, H. G. Porter; Trustees, William Crosier, Judson Muzzy, S. R. Young; Constable, Joseph Kenney; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, a tie on M. Lanning and T. Elder; No. 2, Isaac Wright; No. 3, A. Estabrook; No. 4, John Wiser; No. 5, Jacob Banta; No. 6, John Clark; No. 7, A. F. Tanquary; No. 8, E. M. Hamblin; No. 9, a tie on Judson Muzzy and George Belknap; No. 10, S. R. Young; No. 11, H. J. Vanfleet.

Prairie.-Justice, Fred. Durey; Assessor, Geo. E. Gemmill; Clerk, H. C. Wiley; Trustees, James Lendrum, Andrew Miller, H. Stiles; Constables, Albert Durey, J. D. Annis; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, R. W. Porteous; No. 2, H. W. Lawrence; No. 3, W. B. Britton; No. 4, R. F. Stewart; No. 5, Michael Hahessy; No. 6, J. S. Barry; No. 7, Thomas Hines; No. 8, C. W. Carrothers.

South Fork.--Assessor, Charles Crocker; Clerk. J. A. Rollins; Trustees, G. R. Browder, G. H. Crawford, E. M. Chaplin; Road Supervisors, District No. 2, E. Green; No. 3, D. H. Tate; No. 4, Alex. Livingstone; No. 5, R. L. Ambrose; No. 6, John Mullen; No. 7, Thos. Dewalt; No. 8, H. W. Reed; No. 9, G. H. Brown.

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Union.-Assessor, R. C. Winch; Clerk, Ed. Barnes; Trustees, J. D. Smith, J. C. Thompson, Wm. Porter; Constable, J. E. Stanger; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, W. B. Keith; No. 2, Wm. Loveland; No. 3, Nicholas Wilson; No. 4, Thomas Kelley; No. 5, John Lyon; No. 6, W. B. Wheelis.

Hazel Green.-Assessor, Č. H. Stillwell; Clerk, C. H. Stillwell; Trustees, S. S. Squires, William Thomas, B. P. Miller; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, N. Green; No. 2, Wm. P. Dickey; No. 3, Clarence Tinkham; No. 4, S. S. Squires; No. 5, D. O'Kane; No. 6, J. Grover; No. 7, M. Summers; No. 8, S. Ellison.

Adams.-Assessor, Dennis Magirl; Clerk, Wm. Dover; Trustees, A. G. Todd, Henry Ehlers, James Robinson; Road Supervisors, District No. 1, W. F. Titus; No. 2, J. Magirl; No. 3, J. Robinson; No. 4, P. McEnany; No. 5, A. G. Todd; No. 6, J. K. Hallam; No. 7, P. Beham; No. 8, Christopher Smith.

SOCIETY OF EARLY SETTLERS OF DELAWARE COUNTY.

On Wednesday, January 17, 1877, the pioneers of Delaware County assembled in goodly numbers in the City Hall at Manchester. E. O. Clemens, Esq., was called to the chair, and Mr. E. Healy elected Secretary. The objects of the meeting were stated by Mr. B. H. Keller, after which a constitution was adopted and officers elected as follows:

President, Hon. Joel Bailey; Vice Presidents, J. S. Barry, Prairie; B. H. Keller, Delaware; John Magirl, Adams; L. McNamee, Colony; John Lillibridge, Milo; Aaron Sullivan, Coffin's Grove; A. A. Strong, Honey Creek; H. D. Wood, Richland; A. Parliman, Elk; John W. Penn, Delhi; James Le Gassick, Bremen ; William Nicholson, North Fork; Leroy Jackson, South Fork; C. L. Flint, Hazel Green; S. B. Whittaker, Union, and H. C. Merry, Oneida, Secretary; L. L. Ayers, Recording Secretary and Treasurer.

By a vote of the society, the wives of all pioneers were declared honorary members.

The following is the roll of members so far as can be ascertained, with the places of nativity and date of settlement in Delaware County:

Joel Bailey, born in New York, came to Delaware County, March, 1838; Henry Baker, New York, June, 1841; John Lillibridge, Mrs. J. Lillibridge, New York, October, 1843; Aaron Sullivan, Ohio, November, 1844; C. G. Reynolds, Pennsylvania, 1844; Mrs. S. E. Tilton, Pennsylvania, 1845; E. D. Olmstead, New York, 1847; Joseph S. Belknap, Vermont, May, 1848; H. D. Wood, Kentucky, November, 1848; E. Tilton, Pennsylvania, 1850; G. R. Buckley, New York, 1850; D. S. Potter, New York, May, 1850; Henry Acers, New York, March, 1850; S. Knickerbocker, New York, 1851; James Lewiston, Ireland, June, 1852; E. J. Skinner, New York, 1852; J. C. Skinner, New York, 1852; N. Andrews, New York, 1852; T. Crosby, Massachusetts, 1852; J. W. Robbins, Massachusetts, 1852; Allen Love, Scotland, September, 1852; W. Potter, Iowa, November 18, 1852; Mrs. T. Crosby, Massachusetts, 1852; Mrs. E. A. Strong, New York, 1853; Mrs. W. B. Smith, New York, 1853; W. B. Smith, Canada, Spring, 1853; A. Swindle, Ireland, April, 1853; Jas. McLaughlin, Ireland, 1853; A. A. Strong, Ohio, 1853; Rufus Dickinson, New York, May, 1853; Chauncey M. Mead, Indiana, May, 1853; J. F. Gillespie, Michigan, Fall, 1853; W. J. Doolittle, New York, October, 1853; H. L. Ryan, New York, July, 1854; H. Munson, New York, 1854; S. P. Moshier, New York, 1854; M. Eldridge, June, 1854; William Ryan, New York, 1854; S. J. Edmonds, Winter, 1854; Mrs. A. Kirkpatrick, May, 1854;

William Cattron, May, 1854; B. M. Amsden, New York, Spring, 1854; Justin Healy, Vermont, 1854; H. P. Duffy, Ohio, Spring, 1854; E. Healy, Can ada East, May, 1854; J. B. Robertson, Prince Edward's Island, 1854; Mrs. H. Ryan, New York, 1858; A. N. Smith, Winter, 1855; E. L. Tomlinson, 1855; John Towslee, Spring, 1855; Mrs. F. Dunham, New York, February, 1855; I. U. Butler, New York, Spring, .1855; F. Dunham, New York, Feb., 1855; W. H. Hollister, New York, 1855; A. Shew, New York, 1855; Thos. Toogood, England, Jan., 1855; S. G. Van Anda, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; S. R. Young, Maryland, Oct., 1855; James Dunham, Indiana, 1855; Henry Lister, England, March, 1855; Thomas Hilliar, England, 1855; F. Bethell, England, 1855; W. H. Board, June, 1855; A. Kirkpatrick, Indiana, 1855; R. M. Marvin, Ohio, 1855; A. Dunham, Indiana, 1855; Edson Merrell, New Hampshire, Aug., 1855; H. M. Congar, New York, March, 1856; Oliver Cronk, New York, April, 1856; E. Hamblin, New York, 1856; E. P. Orvis, New York, 1856; L. S. Shirwin, New York, 1856; B. H. Keller, New York, April, 1856; John S. Barry, Massachusetts, April, 1856; Alfred Durey, England, April, 1856; Mrs. Alfred Durey, England, April, 1856; R. W. Tirrell, New Hampshire, November, 1856; D. Young, Maryland, 1856; Mrs. E. Hamblin, Ohio, Spring, 1856; D. P. Ferris, Ohio, 1856; D. Magirl, Ireland, May, 1856; A. H. McKay, Virginia, April, 1856; James Clugston, Indiana, August, 1856; N. Denton, England, 1856; Chas. Paxson, Pennsylvania, 1856; John Magirl, Ireland, 1856; D. Pierce, Massachusetts, 1856; G. S. Snover, New Jersey, March, 1856; Mrs. E. P. Orvis, Maine, 1856; A. F. Coon, New York, June, 1857; H. N. Cornish, New York, 1857; D. R. Lewis, New York, 1857; A. Sheldon, Massachusetts, April, 1857; Thomas Vibbard, New York, 1858; A. S. Blair, New York, October, 1858; Seth Brown, England, January, 1858; J. U. Schelling, Switzerland, 1858; J. B. Frentress, Illinois, March, 1860; L. S. Gates, Ohio, 1860; Mrs. J. F. Gillespie, Michigan, June, 1861; S. W. Green, New York, 1861; E. O. Clemans, Massachusetts, June, 1855; Alfred Coates, New York, October, 1854; Ann Coates, New York, Oct., 1854; Philemon Stowe, Thomas E. Averitt, Wisconsin, July, 1855; William S. Adams, from Pennsylvania, 1854; Thomas Cole, New York, June, 1847; Daniel S. Cairl, Pennsylvania, November, 1854; Michael Cole, Tennessee, September, 1853; Thos. Carrigan, Canada, November, 1851; Benj. Coleman, Pennsylvania, April, 1850; Marion Cloud, Pennsylvania, November, 1848; Francis Curler, Vermont, June, 1849; George Conrad, Illinois, April, 1849; Joseph Chapman, New York, December, 1850; P. C. Boisinger, Pennsylvania, April, 1847; Wm. Bohnenkamp, Germany, August, 1846; John V. Bush, Pennsylvania, October, 1852; Wm. Barker, Rhode Island, 1857; Geo. W. Bush, Pennsylvania, 1853; C. Bockenstedt, Germany, 1856; James Dickson, Indiana, 1857; Robert Dickson, Scotland, 1851; Wm. Ellis, New York, 1860; John Fishel, Ohio, June, 1850; Joseph Grimes, New York, June, 1845; Wm. H. Graves, New Hampshire, April, 1848; G. H. Goodken, Ohio, 1846; J. Hubbard, Connecticut, April, 1841; Patrick Hogan, Pennsylvania, May, 1845; Hezekiah Hubbard, Pennsylvania, 1846; James Hughes, New York, May, 1852; Harmie Hulbert, Illinois, May, 1853; Joseph Holbert, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; Jerome B. Jacobs, New York, June, 1856; John D. Klaus, Missouri, August, 1842; H. H. Klaus, Missouri, June, 1845; Anton Knipling, Germany, June, 1854; Rudolph Keller, Pennsylvania, March, 1855; Henry Kipp, Illinois, April, 1857; David Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; S. G. Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; John H. Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; James Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; Frank Keller, Pennsylvania, March, 1855; O. H. T.

Knee, Pennsylvania, April, 1855; Jacob Landis, Pennsylvania, April, 1842; Joshua Landis, Pennsylvania, April, 1842; Jacob Landis, Jr., Pennsylvania, April, 1842; Theo. Lampman, Germany, April, 1849; B. H. Luhrsman, Ohio, April, 1855; J. B. Moreland, Pennsylvania, April, 1839; George Link, Germany, April, 1858; Fred. Merten, Missouri, May, 1843; John S. Merten, Missouri, September, 1843; L. McNamee, Missouri, September, 1842; E. L. McNamee, Missouri, September, 1842; Joseph Malvin, Pennsylvania, September, 1846; John McMahon, Iowa, September, 1846; F. C. Nichols, New York, September, 1852; Herman Ovel, Germany, September, 1852; John Platt, Pennsylvania, September, 1843; Jacob Platt, Pennsylvania, September, 1843; Jeremiah Page, Missouri, September, 1847; Perry Perkins, Missouri, September, 1848; Daniel Partridge, Ohio, September, 1853; James Rutherford, Illinois, July, 1838; Wm. Reueepiper, Germany, July, 1846; G. W. Rea, Ohio, July, 1848; A. Ree, Ohio, July, 1848; Geo. T. Rea, Ohio, July, 1848; R. Steadman, Canada, July, 1855; Chas. Simon, New York, May, 1849; F. B. Simons, New York, April, 1849; Jacob D. Smith, Pennsylvania, April, 1843; Philip Stillinger, Ohio, 1855; Edward Smout, Pennsylvania, April, 1852; Jacob H. Smith, Pennsylvania, April, 1858; Henry Tapka, Ohio, April, 1855; John C. Wood, England, June, 1848; R. Wilson, New York, May, 1851; A. Partridge, Ohio, April, 1853.

The society resolved to meet at Manchester, June 13, 1877, and the arrangement was to have a picnic dinner at the Park; but the weather being inauspicious, the meeting was held in the City Hall, and the dinner served in the Mayor's office. The programme has been published for the second re-union, to be held at Manchester, Wednesday, June 12, 1878.

DELAWARE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

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The first Agricultural Society in Delaware was organized at Delhi, in 1855, the preliminary meeting being held in J. M. Brayton's law office. Officers were elected, and the association was regularly incorporated June 9th, of that with John Hefner, President, and J. M. Brayton, Secretary. The other incorporators were J. W. Penn, A. E. House, L. Burrington, David Connor, George Shelden, James Wright, Hiram Kaster, Sealy Kaster, B. Kaster, O. S. Boggs, Alexander Loban, Marshall Hancock and F. B. Doolittle. A fair was held that year, the Court House being appropriated for the floral and art hall, and the fair of 1856 was held at the Court House also. It is stated that Asa Belden, who had rented N. Wilson's farm, exhibited at the fair of 1855 some wheat he had raised that season, and that Wilson competed with him from the same crop. A dispute arose as to who should receive the premium; but how the matter was settled is not recorded.

When the fairs were held at the Court House, an entry fee was exacted from exhibitors, which enabled the society to pay its premiums. The last two fairs were held on the land owned by Andrew Stone, just north of the village, and here an admission fee was charged, the percentage on premiums being abandoned. It is said that the exhibitions, considering the youth of the county and its scanty population, were very creditable, and one or two especially so.

In 1860, the society indicated a willingness to locate permanently at such town as should offer the most substantial inducements in the way of ground and buildings. Accordingly the people of Nottingham (Earlville), Delaware, Manchester and Delhi submitted propositions. The society appointed Mr. Robinson, of Prairie, H. D. Wood, of Richland, and L. McNamee, of Colony, a committee to visit the proposed sites and report thereon. Robinson and Wood re

ported in favor of Manchester, the proposition from that town pledging $1,500 in money and the use of forty acres of ground owned by Allen Love. The society met to consider the report, which was concurred in by Mr. McNamee except as to the recommendation of Manchester. The vote of the Directors split up, Manchester having just half, and the other towns having each a few votes. The situation grew critical, but, it is said, a solution was reached by a hurried consultation between a keen-witted resident of Manchester and a gentleman who was once Sheriff of the county, and at that time owner of a large tract of land just west of Manchester. These gentlemen concluded that a ten-dollar bill, judiciously invested, would be a persuasive argument with the Director from Union. His vote was won, and Manchester had secured the prize. Her delegation hurried home to make a night of it with an oyster supper and the music of an anvil. The society employed an attorney to draw up a lease between that body and Mr. Love, but that gentleman would not sign the document as prepared. The Board afterward met and reconsidered its vote, defeating the application of Manchester and making the expenditure of the ten dollars, just alluded to, a needless one, and the society remained at Delhi.

The last annual fair was held in 1861. The outbreak of the civil war, together with the disgust of the unsuccessful contestants for the location of the society, tended to impair its usefulness, and the corporation quietly yielded up the ghost.

About 1863, the farmers of Delaware had organized a Farmers' Club, which held monthly meetings at Manchester, the records of which are not now accessible. March 3, 1866, this club held a meeting in Manchester. At this meeting, a committee that had been previously appointed reported that nothing had been accomplished in regard to fair grounds. The sam committee was then instructed to call a meeting of the citizens of the county at Manchester, on the 17th day of March, 1866, to organize a County Agricultural Society for Delaware County.

On the day appointed, a large number of citizens assembled in Carpenter's Hall. A. F. Coon was elected Chairman of the convention, and A. S. Blair, Secretary. March 17th, 1866, an Agricultural Society was formed, with the following officers: President, T. Crosby; Treasurer, F. Dunham; Secretary, L. S. Gates; Vice Presidents, S. Gilmore, H. C. Drybread, O. S. Boggs, H. D. Wood, H. Gardner, N. Ruggles, C. Sanborn, James Le Gassick, Philip Stoner, Washington J. Graham, J. J. Cleveland, T. J. Annis, James Robinson, N. J. Wolcott, A. P. Blanchard, Leroy Jackson. An effort was made to procure fair grounds. Several meetings were held, but the organization apparently lacked vitality, and after lingering about a year, it ceased to be.

In 1869, the project was revived, and, upon call, a meeting of the farmers of Delaware County was held in Burnside Hall, Manchester, January 30, 1869, for the purpose of organizing an Agricultural Society. N. Ruggles was Chairman of the meeting, and J. Piper, Secretary. At this meeting a constitution was adopted and adjourned to February 20th, when the organization of the Delaware County Agricultural Society was fully organized by choice of the following officers: President, N. Ruggles; Vice President. W. J. Graham; Secretary, J. Piper; Treasurer, C. L. Flint; Directors, Silas Gillmore, Colony; J. H. Robinson, Elk; A. A. Strong, Honey Creek; H. D. Wood, Richland; J. Le Gassick, Bremen ; H. C. Merry, Oneida; A. F. Coon, Delaware; A. Sullivan, Coffin's Grove; J. B. Bailey, North Fork; A. E. Martin, Delhi; O. E. Taylor, Milo; M. Stimpson, Prairie; P. H. Warner, South Fork; J. M. Ames, Union; J. B. Dickey, Hazel Green; James Taylor, Adams. Messrs. Coon,

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