Marshall County, Indiana - Chapter 20, 1881

Chapter 20

STATE AND COUNTY OFFICIALS - J UDGES - SEN ATORS - REPRESEN TATIVES - CLERKS - A UDITORS - T REASURERS - SHERIFFS - RECORDERS - CORONERS - SURVEYORS - COMMISSIONERS - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Associate Judges

Elkhart, La Grange, St. Joseph and the territory thereto attached. 18386 - J. A. Liston, St. Joseph. Marshall, Kosciusko and Stark. 1837-89 - Thomas D. Baird, St. Joseph, Marshall, Kosciusko and Stark. 1842-H4+ - Jolin D. Defrees, 81. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1N4543 - Willinm G. Pomeroy, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton, 184-50 - Norman Eddy, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton, 1858 - Augustus P. Richardson, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton.

18545 - A. P. Richardson, St, Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1857 - Llugh Miller, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1858 - Rufus Brown, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton, 1861 - John F, Miller, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1863-65 - Horace Corbin, St, Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1867-H9 - John Reynolds, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1867-72 - Lucius Hubbard, St. Joseph, Marshall and Fulton. 1873-75 - Milo R. Smith, Marshall, Fulton and Pulaski. 1876-S0- - Charles H. Reeve, Marshall, Fulton and Pulaski. ISS0-S4 - William IT. Davidson, Marshall and Fulton.

REPRESENTATIVES. 1836-37 - Joel Long, Marshall and Kosciusko. Ik3d - Amzi L. Wheeler, Marshall, Kosciusko and Stark. Is40 - Peter L. Runyan, Marshall, Kosciusko and Stark. 1841 - William Runnels, Marshall and Fulton. 1842 - -Amzi L, Wheeler, Marshall and Fulton. Is48 - Joseph Robbins, Marshall and Fulton. IS44 - Williau G. Pomeroy, Marshall and Fulton. 1845 - Anthony F. Smith, Marshall and Fulton, I8d46 - James ©, Parks, Marshall, Fulton and Stark. 1847 - John B. Shryock, Marshall, Fulton and Stark, 1848 - Enos 8. Tuttle, Marshall and Fulton. 1849 - Hueh Miller, Marshall and Fulton, 1850 - William M. Patterson, Marshall and Fulton, 1852 - Thomas Sumner, Marshall and Stark. | 1858 - Eli Brown, Marshall and Stark. 1855 - Amzi L, Wheeler, Marshall and Stark. 1857 - Eli Brown, Marshall and Stark. 1859 - James O. Parks, Marshall and Stark. 1861 - Marcus A. O. Packard, Marshall and Stark. 1863 - M. A. O. Packard, Marshall and Stark. 1865 - Lloyd Gluzerbrook, Marshall and Stark. 1867 - D. E. Van Valkenburgh, Marshall and Stark. 1869 - Amasa Johnson, joint Representative of St. Joseph and Marshall. 186% - Daniel MeDonald, Marshall.

County Commissioners

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Names. Year. Tuwnsiele Circuit Judges

Of those who have served as Cirenit Judges, Horace Corbin is the only one who resided in this county. Samuel C. Sample and Thomas 5. Stantield were residents of South Bend: John B. Niles and Andrew L. Osborn, of La Porte; Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, of Goshen: Elisha V. Long, of Warsaw. and Sidney Keith, of Rochester.

Of the five who served as Associate Judges, viz.. Peter Schroeder, Samuel D. Taber, Sidney Williams. Elias Jacoby and David Steel, none are living. They were all residents of Marshall County.

Common Pleas Judges

Of the three who served as Judges of the Common Pleas Court, Elisha Egbert was a resident of South Bend, Edward J. Wood, of Goshen, and Daniel Noyes, of La Porce. The two former are dead, and the latter is Iudge of the La Porte Cirenit.

Probate Judges

Grove Pomeroy, the first Probate Judge, is dead, The other two - Austin Fuller and James A. Corse - are still on the green earth, and reside in the county.

SENATORS. Marshall County has had but four Representatives in the Senate - Pomeroy, Brown, and Reeve, Pomeroy and Brown were Whigs and slid into the Republican ranks when that party protoplasmed. Myr. Corbin is a Democrat, and was the first Democrat sent to the Senate from Marshall County. Mr. Reeve is a Demoerat, and represented the counties of Marshall, Fulton and Pulaski. David H. Colerick, who represented the greater portion of Northern Tndiana in 1835 - a territory sufficiently large to make a good-sized State - was a resident of Fort Wayne.

Jonathan A, Liston was a resident of St. Joseph County, a lawyer by profession, and was looked upon as being one of the foremost men of the time. He was well known to the early settlers of Marshall County,

Thomas D. Baird resided either in St, Joseph or Kosciusko, probably the latter, Our limited investigation has failed to bring to light anything in regard to him.

Norman Eddy was a resident of Sonth Bend, and perhaps as well and favorably known as any man in the State. His career as a citizen, a politician, and soldier in the late war is without blemish. At the time of his death, which occurred in 1871, he was holding the office of Secretary of State.

John F. Miller also resided in South Bend. He was elected to fill the yacaney oceasioned by the death of Rufus Brown, The war coming on, he went into the army, and was promoted to the rank of General. After the close of the war, he received an appointment from the Government and removed to California, where he has since resided, He was elected United States Senator in January, 1881.

A. P. Richardson resided in St, Joseph County, and served one term in the Senate, after which he removed to MeGregor, Towa. where he established the MeGregor Times, which was, under his editorial management, one of the spiciest local papers in the West. He was of Irish descent, and was familiarly known as "Pat Richardson." He died in MeGregor a few years ago, lamented by all who knew him.

A. L. Wheeler was born in Seneca County, N. Y., June 13, 1811. He removed to Hudson, La: Porte Co., in 1835, and from there to Plymouth in 1536, where he has remained to the present He was a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention in 1850, and was also a member of the Legislatures of 1839, 1842 and L845. He has always been a Democrat of the old Jeffersonian stamp, and, during his career as a politician, had few equals in manipulating the political wires so as to bring about the desired result. He never made any pretensions as a speaker - never having attempted to make a public speech in his life. Having laid the pipes, he was contented to remain a silent spectator, while others did the spouting.

Milo R. Smith lives in Rochester. He was elected from the Senatorial district composed of the counties of Cass and Fulton. Fulton having been attached to Marshall and Pulaski for Senatorial purposes, Mr, Smith became the Senator to represent the interest of Marshall County. His time expired in October, 1876. While eleven citizens of Marshall County have been members of the House of Representatives, but four - Messrs. Pomeroy, Corbin, Reeve and Brown - reached the dizzy heights of Senatorial greatness,

Rufus Brown was an old resident of Plymouth, and was a man of general utility. He was one of the most genial and companionable men anywhere to be found. He was full of life, and was always" counted in" when there was anything going on that promised fun, He was of a military turn of mind, and during his term of office as Senator directed his efforts prineipally to perfecting the military law of the State. He was authorized and made an effort to organize a regiment for the Ninth Congressional District, but failed to " enthuse" the people, and after meeting with indifferent success the whole thing ecollapsed. He was a physician by profession, and, in his day, was quite popnlar with the people. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, sang in the choir, belonged to all the temper- ance organizations and about all the other societies and associations organized at that time: was prompt and zealons in the discharge of all duties imposed upon him, and was, take him all in all, a man whose like we shall never look upon again. He died before his Senatorial term expired, at his house in Plymouth, July 4, 1859.

Although up to 1864, Marshall was attached to other counties for legislative purposes, she has had her full share of distinguished individuals in the lower branch of the legislative halls of the State. Of the personal history of those who have represented Marshall County, residents of other counties, it is not necessary to speak at length.

Joel Long, the first Representative after the county was organized, was a resident of Kosciusko County. He is said to have owned a large farm on a beautiful prairie about midway between Warsaw and Milford. He passed off the stage of action a few years ago, and sleeps with the innumerable throng who passed on before him.

Joseph Robbins, William Runnells, Anthony F. Smith, John J. Shryock and Hugh Miller were all residents of Fulton County. Mr. Smith is now a resident of Logansport. Mr. Miller died a few years ago, and nothing is known as to the others.

Enos S. Tuttle was bern near New Haven, Conn., in 1796, and removed to the southwestern part of Indiana in 1517, and settled in Marshall County in 1841. He was elected and served one term as County Commissioner in 1845-46. In 1548, he was elected Representative from the counties of Fulton and Marshall, and served during the session of that year. He died in this county in 1850, aged fifty-four years.

James O. Parks is a native of Kentucky, born March 20), 1813. He came to Marshall County in 1836, and located at Bourbon, where he has resided up to the present time.

William McFarlin Patterson, was born in Cincinnati, February 10, 1807. Thence he moved with his parents in an early day to Lexington, Ind., where he was married in 1824. He took a liking to politics in his youth, and was an active participant in all the campaigns that followed tothe day of his death. He was a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, and any one who disputed his Democracy was sure to hear from him in the most emphatic language. He was elected and served as Sheriff of Seott County, Ind., in 1832, and moved with his family and settled in La Porte County in 1836, where he resided until the fall of 1847, when he became a resident of Plymouth. In 1850, he was elected a member of the Indiana Legislature from the counties of Marshall, Fulton and Stark, served one term, and was defeated for re-election by Col. Thomas Sumner in 1851. He was elected doorkeeper of the Senate in 1851, and in the same year was appointed Appraiser of Canal Lands. In the year 1856, he was appointed Receiver of the Land Office at Winamac, all of which positions he tilled with satisfaction to all parties concerned. He was appointed Deputy United States Marshal in 1860, and died at his home in Plymouth

Thomas Sumner was born in Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., September 22, 1820. He settled in Marshall County in 1849, and still resides here.

Of the remainder of those who were residents of Marshall County, Daniel E. Van Valkenburgh is dead; M. A. O. Packard, Amasa Johnson, D. MeDonald, D. A. Snyder, John W. Houghton end James M. Confer are residents of Plymouth; Milton M. Galentine, New Paris, Elkhart Co.; Reason B. Eaton, Argos, Marshall Co.; and Joseph W. Davis, Bourbon. For want of proper data and lack of room, biographical sketches of these ex-lawmakers are necessarily omitted. The future historian will have ample opportunity to supply the omission.

Jeremiah Muncy held the office by appointment from the Board of Commissioners. His appointment was the first order that appears on the Commissioners' Record after the organization of the county, Those who remember him represent him to have been a sprightly business man of about forty summers, of the " stub-and-twist '' build, and a good looking specimen of the genus homo, His court records are clean and perfectly legible, and show plainly the traces of the now almost forgotten goose quill. The office at the time he flourished was more honorable than profitable, and having extracted all the honor there was in it, he went off with the " bloody Injuns" about February, 1839, locating in Clay County, Mo., since which time nothing has been heard from him.

William G. Pomeroy followed Mr. Muney, by appointment of the Associate Judges, as appears from the following entry on the order book of the court: "At a meeting held at the house of David Steel, in Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind., on the 23d day of February, 1839, there were present Peter Schroeder and David Steel, the two Associate Judges of Marshall County Cirenit Conrt, as Jeremiah Muncy, late Clerk of the same, had vacated said office by removing from said County. Thereupon said IJndges, according to the statute in such case made and provided, proceeded to fill said vacancy, and thereupon appointed William G. Pomeroy Clerk of the Marshall County Cireuit Court pro tem- Mr. Pomeroy resigned the office April 17, 1843, and on February 10, 1844, was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Osear I'. Norton. He held the office till March 14, of the same year, when he againresigned. Mr. Pomeroy was aman of more than ordinary capabilities, being competent to conduct the Clerk's office, act as Justice of the Peace, practice law, keep a hotel, run aslaughter yard, keep a dry goods and hardware store, and do anything else that happened to come in his way, all at the same time. He is now near the " sear and yellow leaf," if his photograph, which hangs in the Clerk's office, is a correct likeness as he now appears. He resides at Rolla, Mo.. and is enjoying acompetency accumulated in the practice of law.

Charles Palmer was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. How. He seems to have concluded very quickly that he would have "none of it in his'n," for on the next day the following entry appears of record:

"To tne Honorasre Assocrare JODGES or THE MAnsiALL Crreurr Court: I hereby resign the office of Clerk of said Circuit Court into your hands, from whence it came, Respeetfally, Cnantes PALMER."

Mr. Palmer was not ent out for a political man, and has accumulated sufficient quantity of this world's goods to keep him and his family comfortable, by keeping entirely out of the political arena. He enjoys his quiet home in the suburbs, and is one of

"None knew him but to love him, None name him but to praise," He was engaged in merchandising, doing business in the name of Hewett & Woodward. He died January 11, L863. James Buffum was appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Hewett, and held the office from March until September +, 1544, when he took a severe attack of the "gold nutil about five years ago, when he returned to this place. In the spring of ISSU, he again went West for the purpose of making it his future home.

Richard Corbaley was elected and qualified September 4, 1849, and served until April 30, 1850, when the full term expired. He was appointed April 30, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the failure to elect. He served under this appointment until September 24, 1550, when, having been elected in August for the term of seven years, he was qualified and entered upon the discharge of the duties of the office, The new constitution was adopted in 1854, and the term of the Clerk was fixed at four years, und accordingly the term for which he had been elected was eut short, and expired November 1, 1855. After his term of office expired, he returned to his farm, near Argos, where he made an honest living tilling the soil and preaching the Gospel at "Antioch." About nine vears ago, owing to failing health, he sold ont and meved to Healdsburg. Cal, where he uow resides, in the enjoyment of good health and with a fair prospect for a long life.

Newton R. Packard was elected and served fron November 1, 1845, to November 1, 1.55!) iness man, and made an excellent Clerk. He now resides at Bakersfield, Cal.

Hezekiah R. Pershing was elected and served from November 1, 185. to November 1, 1868. He gave general satisfaction as Clerk, but the political elements were against him, and he failed He resides in Plymouth, a respected eiti-

John C. Cashman was elected and served from November 1, 1863. to November 1, 1867, and was re-elected and served from November 1, 1867, to April 3, 1S71, when, owing to his dislike of the "Fee and Salary Law" in particular, and his engagements as Chairman of the Court House Building Committee, and Seeretary of the Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific Railroad Company, he resigned the office, having served seven years and four months,

Oliver P. Klinger, present incumbent, was born in Ohio. Served in the ranks three years during the war, came to Plymonth in 1865, and has been connected with the Clerk's office most of the time since.

Jeremiah Muney served as Auditor and Clerk, the two offices being combined in one uatil Jone, 1844. He left the Anditor's office in the same uncerewonious manner that he vacated the Clerk's office, 'The connty was in its infancy at that time, and the emoluments acerning by virtue of his two official positions were barely sutlicient to keep soul and body together. Nevertheless, the records now in the Anditor's office made by him seem to have been thoroughly and well kept, wp to the date of his taking off. He is represented to have been a "man of the world," and kept himself up to, if not a little ahead of, the age in which he lived.

William G. Pomeroy was appointed Anditor, and discharged the duties of the office until June 29, S44. At that date, the offices of Auditor and Clerk were separated, and the business of each office siuce that time has been performed by one officer appointed for the purpose. Mz. Pomeroy wrote a fine business hand, and left the office in good shape, when he was succeeded by

William M. Dunham, June 28, IS44. My. Dunham had served as Justice of the Peace, and was one of the leading men of the county at that time. He was small in stature, but was "wide enongh out" to make up for the deficiency in height. He delighted to smoke a white clay pipe, and if there was any happiness he did not derive from it, it was not because he did not make an honest effort to patiently distill it out. He wrote a pecnliar hand, and his records are uniform, clean and perfectly legible. He was married to Zippora Ann McElrath in 1543, by Austin Fuller, and died in this place February 25, 1855.

Thomas McDonald succeeded Mr. Dunham March 4, 1850, and, owing to the change made in the commencement of the term of that office, by the adoption of the new constitution of the State, and a re-election when his first term was out, he served in all nine years. He came to Marshall County in October, 1835, and purchased a piece of land near Lake Maxenkuckee, on which he moved with his family the spring following. He was honored by his constituents in an early day with the office of Justice of the Peace, and assessed the property of the county for taxable purposes, and was elevated to the honorable position of County Commissioner, which he held for two years and resigned. He was elected Auditor in 1549, and took up his abode in Plymouth in the fall of the same year. About the time he flourished as Auditor, he "fleshed up,' and bronght down the seales at 251) pounds avoirdupois. He was attentive to business, and prided himself on the facility and correctness with which he conld "add up a row of figures," his knowledge of the descriptions of real estate, and the large number of people he was personally acquainted with. He established the Plymouth Democrat in November, 1855, As a financial investment it was a failure during the time he owned it. The number of duecats that found their way into his coffers, on account of profits derived from the investment, was exceedingly small, and the satisfaction of having started tho first Democratic paper in the county is about all he got ont of it. He died in Plymouth, Ind., March 26, 1875, loved and respected by all who knew him.

came to Marshall County in an early day, and managed the Plymouth Water-Mills, which was then known as 'Fuller's Mill." He has been a preacher of the Gospel, according to the Wesleyan view of-Methodism, for many years, and on several occasions has taken an active part in polities - always in opposition to the Democracy. He has united more people inthe " holy bonds of matrimony," than any man in America. He was Judge of the Marshall Probate Court from November, 1843, to November, 1850, He served but one.term as Auditor. He resides in the suburbs of Plymouth, and has given up politics as a "means to an end."

Alexander C. Thompson served two terms immediately following Mr. Fuller. He then dropped out one term, at the expiration of which he was re-elected for the third time. He settled in Marshall County in July, 1836, and has resided here most of the time since.

Hiram ©. Burlingame served four years immediately following Mr. Thompson's second term. He is a native of New York, and spent his youthful days on his father's farm. He came West according as Horace Greeley had commanded, tanght the young idea how to shoot, and cultivated the soil after the manner of the posterity of Noah. He came to Plymouth from La Porte County and took charge of the public schools, shortly after the completion of the "Seminary." Having finished his engagement as teacher, he was employed in the railroad office, and later as bookkeeper for the Bank of the State of Indiana, in this place. Upon his retirement as Auditor, he located on a farm west of Plymouth, but has since removed und now resides in town.

Keim K. Brooke, present incumbent, became a resident of Plymouth in 1852. He is thoroughly conversant with the multifarious duties of the office, and, being a fine penman and an excellent accountant, prompt and attentive, courteous and obliging | in the discharge of his duties, he has won golden opinions from the public, who have had business to transact with him.

John Houghton was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners May 3, 1536. He was elected in August, 1836, and qualified September 5, and held the office under the election until August, 1839, when he was again re-elected, and having served out the term, was again re-elected and held the office until August 5, 1850. He was born in Swanwich, Pichfield Parish, Hampshire County, near South Hampton, England, December 12,1790. He learned the shipwright-carpenter trade and worked in the King's Navy Yard during the reign of George IV, at Portsmouth. Having a desire to see more of the world than could be seen in a shipyard, he sailed from Southampton for Havre de Grace, France, and from thence to the United States, where he landed in New York harbor in 1817. He remained in New York about one year, and assisted in building two vessels | designed for the Liverpool trade, and then sailed for the Island of Jamaica. He remained on the Island about one year and then returued to England. He left England the second time for New York in 1820, and left New York shortly after his arrival there for what was then called the "New Purchase,' being what is now known as "the State of Indiana," and arrived in the dominions of the Hoosier State a few days before the sale of public lands, held at what is now known as Brookville, Franklin Co. He purchased a piece of land in Rush County and resided there until the year 1834, when he removed to Marshall County, where he resided until the date of his death, 1877.

Joseph Evans is one of the old "landmarks" of Marshall County. He served two terms as Sheriff, and also two years as a County Commissioner, and in other minor official positions too numerous to mention, in all of which he proved himself a competent and honest official. He is now on the shady side of sixty, resides on his farm one mile and a half west of Plymouth, and is the same straightforward and affable gentleman he has always

David Vinnedge was born in Butler County, Ohio, and while quite young removed with his parents to Uniou County, Ind., and from there, about the year 1846, to Marshall County. He was a dashing, go-ahead, wide-awake sort of fellow. and was not afraid to "rush im where angels would fear to tread." He was always on hand for anything that promised fun. He was kind-hearted, liberal to a fault, and peculiarly jovial and social, and was himself the worst enemy he had. He had just reached the meridian of life when he died in this place on the 14th of October, 1554.

Nathan H. Ovlesbee followed Mr. Vinnedge, and succeeded so well in pleasing the people that he was honored with a re-election Mr. Oglesbee is a gentleman of good business qualifications, pleasant manners, attended strictly to his own business, and performed the duties of the office to the He is still an honored and rewhen his first term expired.

Daniel O. Quivey went to California during the early "gold excitement," and before he had reached the years of manhood. Having spent several years in the gold " digvins," he returned to He was a young man of more than ordinary ability and experience in business matters, and being honorable and upright in all his dealings with mankind, he was well liked and very popular with all who knew him, His peculiar fitness for political positions attracted the attention of the voters of the county holding to the Democratic faith, and he was elevated to the office of County Treasurer from among a He held the office two terms, and transacted the business in a manner satisfactory to the people. His health began to fail during his term of office, and finally culminated in a paralytic stroke, from the effects of which he died at his home in this place July 11, 1869.

Michael W. Downey succeeded Mr. Quivey Angust 12, 1867, and having been re-elected on the expiration of his first term, served in all four years. Mr. Downey was raised a farmer's boy, and was engaged in farming and lumbering at the time he was selected as a candidate for Treasurer. Since his retirement frem the Treasurer's office, he has been engaged in mannfacturing lumber, and at this writing is located in Missouri.

John Soice is a German by chance, and American by design, and a good fellow because he ean't help it! He lived in Plymouth several years, and finally settled down to the active duties of life in Bremen, in this connty, some fifteen or twenty years ago. He was engaged in saddle and harness making while there, was also Justice of the Peace one term, and made himself generally useful among his numerous friends in that locality. His peculiarly happy disposition enabled him to maintain his equilibrium under all circumstances. He is firm in his convictions of right, and does not hesitate to do his daty as he understands it, regardless of public or private opinion.

By industry, economy and a fine financial ability, he has sueceeded in acenmulating something for a "wet day," and is now engaged in farming, and lives in Plymouth.

Arthur L, Thomson is of Scotch descent, and a native of New York State. He was born March, 1834, and educated on the Thousand Islands, Alexandria Bay. He became a resident of Marshall County in IS64, and has resided in Plymouth to the present time. He has, all his life, been an uncompromising Democrat. In his business relations he is prompt and courteous; in his manners quiet and nnassuming, and has a kind word for every one he meets. As an officer, he attended strictly to business, and in the discharge of his duties gave universal satisfaction.

- Frederick Tescher, present Treasurer, as his name indicates is a German; he was born in Bern, Switzerland, November 30, 1840, and came to America in 1S(4, settling in Wooster, Ohio; he cane to Marshall County in 1872, locating in the town of Bourbon, where he was engaged in the hardware trade. In politics he is a Republican, and was nominated and elected by his party in October, 1878, and re-elected in October, 1580. He is a gentleman of good business qualifications, and prompt and courteous in his intercourse with the people. He now resides in Plymouth.

Adam Vinnedge held the office, by virtue of an appointment from the Board of County Commissioners. An election was held in Angust of the same year, 1836, at which a successor was elected, and le seems to have dropped out of politics entirely, as his name doves not appear as an officer on any of the records after that time, except as " Collector of the State and county revenue," by appointment of the Commissioners. He owned a farm and resided on the Michigan road, a few miles north of Plymouth, for some time, He removed from the county several years ago, and, if living, his residence is unknown.

Abner Caldwell was the first Sheriff elected after the organization of the county. He was a resident of what is now Walnnt Township - then Green Township. There were but three townships in the county at that time, and comprised about an equal amount of territory, and were culled North, Center and Green. He resided with Sidney Williams, or near his farm, which by the lapse of time, has been metamorphosed into the thriving village of Argos. When his first term expired, the political elements began to work, and the race for a re-election was spirited and hotly contested. He was defeated by seven majority, out of between three hundred and four hundred votes cast in the county. He left the county shortly after his defeat, and his whereabouts are unknown. He is represented to have been a business man of fair capacity, with some idiosynerasies that cansed him to be unpopular with the people.

Patrick Logan was elected in August, 1838, over Mr. Caldwell, by a bare majority of seven votes. The race for Sheriff was an exciting one, and was conducted more on personal considerations than on political principle, although the candidates were members and representatives of their respective parties, Mr. Caldwell being a Whig and Mr. Logan a Democrat. Mr. Legan served two years, and was re-elected. His second election was contested by Silas Morgan, 2s appears by the records in the Anditor's office. The oftice, however, was awarded to Mr. Logan, and he served out his full term. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, about 1510, and became a resident of Rush Connty, Ind., in an early day, and settled in this connty in 1836, where he remained until 1852, when he removed with his family to Montgomery County, this State, where he died abont 1860.

Jacob K. Hupp, as we remember him, was a man of the world, a dashing, devil-may-care sort of a fellow, who had no particular fear of the world, the flesh or the devil; he served two terms as Sheriff, and died in this county, March 7, 1856.

Seth Hussey was elected in August, 1850, and served until February 25, 1852, when he resigned. He was a shoemaker by trade, and some time before his. election to the office of Sheriff, he accidentally cut one of his arms with a shoe-knife, producing a severe wound; he suffered great pain for a long time, and finally amputation became necessary. He died shortly after he vacated the office.

William C. Edwards was appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr, Hussey, and served until November of the same year. My. Edwards made a good officer. He was one of the early settlers of the county, and has resided here since 1536. He and resides in Plymouth.

John L. Thompson was one of the early settlers of Marshall County, and resided on a farm near Wolf Creek Mills until he was elected Sheriff, when he removed to Plymouth and remained until his death, which oecurred in May, 1856, five months before his second term expired. Mr. Thompson was a kind-hearted, social man, and although lacking in what would now be termed a " finished education," made an acceptable officer.

James F. Yan Valkenburgh was appointed by the Board of Commissioners to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Thompson, and was elected at, the October election following. He was born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N. Y., February 1%, 1810, where he lived until 1837, when he removed to La Porte County, Ind., and from there to Marshall County, twenty-five years the coming August. He held the high and honorable position of Postmaster of Plymouth, under a portion of the administration of Frank Pierce, and also held the same position under the administration of James Buchanan. He received the Democratic nomination for State Senator for the counties of St. Joseph and Marshall some years ago, but the " district'' being largely Republican, he was defeated. Hedied at Walnut Station, in this county, December 15, 1880. His father resides at Plymouth, and is now in his one hundredth year, hale and hearty.

Obed M. Barnard succeeded Mr. Van Valkenburgh and served two terms. He was a Republican, politically speaking, and suceeeded in capturing the Sheriff's office on account of the unsettled state of political feeling existing at that time. He was aman of "corpulent proportions," and a social and congenial gentleman in his intercourse with all those with whom he had official relations. He left Plymouth several years ago and resides in Portland, Oregon.

Henry M. Logan served two terms, and retired in good order on the 12th day of November, 1866. He came to Marshall County in 1536, and remained until a few years ago, when he removed to Missouri Valley, Iowa, where he now resides.

David How served two terms, and was a remarkably prompt, energetic and efficient officer. Whatever his hands found to do he proceeded to do with all his might. When his last term expired, he tnrned over his unfinished business to the incoming Sheriff, and delivered the keys to the "cross bar exchange," and went hence without day fully discharged and acquit. He resides on his farm a short distance southwest from Plymouth, and is one

Daniel K. Harris was born in Wayne County, Ohio, November 27, 1833, and removed to Holmes County, Ohio, in 1842. He settled in Marshall County in 1851. He was " grafted into the army " in 1864, and donned the loyal uniform and went forth as courageous as one of Sir John Falstaff's recruits, determined to save the Union or perish in the attempt. He participated in the famous raid with Sherman and his *" bummers" and managed to escape unhurt, without so much as a strawberry mark on his arm to tell the tale of hairbreadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly peril of the breach. He resides in North Township and is engaged in

Lewis C. Fink was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, October 26, 1840. In 1861, he was the Democratic candidate for Recorder of St. Joseph County, but as that county at that time was overwhelmingly Republican, he was, of course defeated. He was for some time a resident of German Township, and at the time of his election, was a resident of Walnut Township, engaged in the saw-miJl business. He now resides in Missouri.

John V. Astley was born in Perry Village, Wyoming Co., N. Y., October 8, 1838. He came with his parents to Marshall County in 1844, where he has resided most of the time since.

Silas Morgan served one year and retired to the walks of a private citizen. He wus a dignified appearing gentleman, about six feet in height and slender build. He was a carpenter by trade, and built the first bridge across Yellow River at Plymouth. He was also architect and builder of the old seminary. His health declined rapidly during the last year of his life, and he released his hold on vitality December 14, 1863.

Evan B. Hobson served less than one year. Outside of his services as Recorder, nothing concerning him worthy of mention is known. He seems to have been a fair business man, and kept the books in good shape. He died in office September, 1838.

Gilson 58. Cleaveland held the office about fifteen years. His wife, who was an excellent penman, assisted him in the discharge of his official duties, and he was thus enabled to give all necessary attention to the dry goods and grocery trade in which he was engaged. He has always borne an enviable reputation for honesty and integrity of purpose. He has retired from business pursuits, and is still a resident of Plymouth.

Johnson Brownlee came to Marshall Connty about 1840, and had just $1 left when he arrived in the then rural village of Plymouth, and now, at the end of about forty years of toil and trouble, he finds himself in about the same financial condition, He is one of the most industrions men on earth, He hasn't a lazy bone in his body, and has done as much or more to adyance the material interests of Plymouth in a general way than any other man in if. He is still a resident of Plymouth.

Thomas K. Houghton is one of the pioneers of Marshall County, having resided here since 1835. Prior to his election, he was engaged in the mercantile business. In polities he was a Republican, and secured his election by a majority of only seventy-six. He was re-elected when his first term expired, and having served eight years in all, to the satisfaction of the people irrespective of party, he formed a partnership in the grocery and provision trade in Plymouth, in which he is still engaged.

John W. Houghton, brother of Thomas K. Houghton, was elected in October, 1865, and entered upon the discharge of his official duties August 21, 1866. He made perhaps the best Recorder the county ever had. He has lived in Marshall County

John L. Place, the present incumbent, was a citizen of Bremen at the time of his election as Reeorder. He was engaged as teacher in the High School of that place. He is a strict disciplinarian, a good penman, and consequently makes an acceptable publie official. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, May 3, 1S40. At the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted in the Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, and served four years, during which time he was twice wounded in battle, but not seriously.

Daniel Roberts acted as Surveyor four years. The records are somewhat imperfect, owing, perhaps, to the lack of proper books and materials. He left the county several years ago, and died in or near Indianapolis.

Grove Pomeroy was one among the first settlers in Marshall County, and was well known to the people generally up to the time of his death. He was the first resident of Plymouth. He built the old Plymouth Hotel, that stood on the lot where Corbin's brick block now stands, and for many years it was the office and stopping-place for the stage line between Niles, Mich., and Logansport. There were no saw-mills in those days, and the lumber for the "tavern" was made with a "whip-saw." Roll your log up on a frame six feet in height, with one man on top and one below, and push and pull your " whip-saw" alternately, and you will have a practical illustration of the modus operandi of making lumber hereaway forty years ago. Mr. Pomeroy was Judge of the Probate Court for some time, and took an active part in the organization of the county, and in everything looking toward its prosperity. He died in Plymouth in 1854,

* Henry B. Pershing is another old citizen, and his wife is the oldest resident of Plymonth now living here. Mr. Pershing was in an early day engaged in the tailoring business. He was a Democrat, but became politically demoralized, and has followed the fortunes of the opposition in its various changes since the demise of the old Whig party. He was engaged in the drug business for a long time, and finally discovered "Dr, Leibig's" ague cure, which is warranted to take the chill out of everything animate and inanimate. He has also discovered the "philosopher's stone." He can manufactnre stone by a chemical process, and make it so hard a "nigger's head" couldn't break it. He made a good Surveyor; at least that's the verdict of those who profess to be informed, and there is no reason to doubt it.

A. W. Reed was "an old bachelor," formerly from Northern Ohio. But very little concerning him is known either before or since his services as Surveyor. He left the county some time ago,

Jacob B, N. Klinger served six years in all, and understands more about the intricacies of county surveying than any other of the distinguished gentlemen who have carried the tripod before or since his time. He left Preble County, Ohio, in 1841, and settled in Bourbon Township, a short distance north of the town of Bourbon. He came West in 1835-36, and " footed it" from La Porte to Plymouth on his return home. The country from Lemon's bridge across the Kankakee to Plymouth, was one " vast wilderness' with only a few houses to mark the commencement of eivilization; prairie wolves were plenty, Indians were still prowling about seeking whom they might devour, and a journey on foot and alone through the swamps and marshes, brush and tree-tops, under such circumstances, was not calenlated to inspire him with Nevertheless he reached home without mecting with any serions mishaps, and returned five

Oliver W. Morris was a resident of Bourbon Township, a farmer, a good fellow, and performed his duties well and satisfactorily. He left Marshall County some time ago, and now resides in the southern part of the State. and was sneceeded by Mr. Klinger, who also served one term, when he was again succeeded by Mr. Morris, who served another term and then retired to private life. Mr. Klinger and Mr. Morris seemed to have organized a kind of " Surveyor's Mntnal Admiration Society," and "run it" on that "line" for about ten years, when Jonathan S. Crampton stepped in and spoiled the fun. He served about seven months and died in June, L861.

Frederick H. Hall was appointed by the Commissioners to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr, Crampton. He was elected in October following and served one full term. Fred was a good looking, congenial man, and eould pull down the scales at two hundred pounds without the least effort on his part. engaged in the grocery business for some time, and built and operated the "foundry" on La Porte street, east of the post office. He failed to realize very large profits out of his business. and closed out, settling in Indianapolis, where he died in 1875.

Jeremiah M. Klinger is a " Buckeye," having been 'born and raised" in Preble County, Ohio. He came to Plmnonth some thirty years ago. He is endowed with one most excellent quality which every Surveyor ought to possess - muecle !

To see him slash through the mud, water and underbrush, and over logs. and through tree-tops with 'those'? rubbers and that long, gray overcoat of his'n, one would naturally suppose he imagined the d - 1 was after him; buthe don't; it's only a way he has of making ax-men and chain-men earn their money.

Martin H, Rice was for some time engaged in civil engineering on seyeral lines of railroad in this and other States, and was considered a competent and intelligent engineer. While here he became thoroughly proficient in all that pertains to right-angles, horizontals, perpendiculars, and the principle upon which the forty-seventh problem of Euclid is based, and also the difference between "an angle of ninety degrees and the fonrth part of a circle." He served four years as Surveyor, and having in the meantime been three or four times elected to the office of Grand Master of Masons, in Indiana, he turned his attention, in 1569-70, to the exemplification of the tenets of masonry - "Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth," throngh the medium of the Masonre Advocate, at Indianapolis, where he now resides,

Morgan Johnson was appointed April 17,1872. John Patrick Hawkins had been elected in 1S70, but, having other business on hand of more importanee, he did not qualify, and the Board of Commissioners selected Mr. Johnson, who served until the Ocetober election 1872, when Jerry Klinger was elected. Mr. Johnson is a pleasant gentleman, anda straightforward business man. He is at present engaged in selling dry goods, groceries, ete., at Granger prices in the town of "La Paz," eight miles north of Plymouth.

Achilles North, was elected in 1876 and again in 1878. He eame to Marshall County some fifteen years ago, from the southern part of the State, and prior to his elevation was engaged in teaching school.