History of Delaware County, 1878

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History of Delaware County

History of Delaware County	Page 331
First Election	Page 337
First Marriages	Page 341
Organization of County	Page 342
First County Election	Page 346
First Court House	Page 351
First Tax	Page 353
First Civil Case	Page 367
First Criminal Case	Page 368
First Divorce Case	Page 368
Jail and Court House	Page 379-380; 386-387
New Townships	Page 380
County Judge System	Page 381
Great Flood	Page 382
Township Boundaries	Page 387
Land Case	Page 389
Incorporation of Delhi	Page 390
Railroad Strangled	Page 391
Broom Corn	Page 392
Murder in Delhi	Page 392
Poor Farm	Page 403
Poor House	Page 407
County Seat Contests	Page 408
Harvest Home	Page 410
Miscellaneous	Page 411
Property Settlement	Page 414
Tax Statement	Page 414
Vote 1876	Page 415
County Officers, 1841 to 1878	Page 416
Township Officers	Page 418
Old Settler's Society	Page 422
Agricultural Society	Page 424
Farmer's Institute	Page 426
Patrons of Husbandry	Page 427
Sabbath School Association	Page 428
Post Offices and Postmasters	Page 428
Fire and Lightening Insurance Company	Page 431
Dairy System	Page 432
Nurseries	Page 434
War Record	Page 435
Educational	Page 459
Bowen Collegiate Institute	Page 462
Railroads	Page 468
Press	Page 471
Medical Society	Page 475
Musical Society	Page 476
Bible Society	Page 417
History of Towns:
Manchester	Page 477
Delhi	Page 514
Earlville	Page 520
Delaware	Page 525
Greeley	Page 530
Colesburg and Colony	Page 533
Hopkinton	Page 537
Sand Spring	Page 543
Forestville	Page 547
Almoral	Page 549
Rockville	Page 551
Hartwick	Page 552
Delaware Township	Page 553
Masonville	Page 554
Coffin's Grove Township	Page 555
Yankee Settlement	Page 556
Hazel Green	Page 557
Delaware Center	Page 558
Petersburg	Page 559
Millheim	Page 560
York	Page 560
Elk Township	Page 561
Bremen Township	Page 561
Too Lates:	Page 561

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Centennial Medals	562

LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

Bailey, Joel	329	Drybread, J. S.	455	Martin, H. H..	527
Belknap, J. S.	563	Emerson, F.	491	Martindale, John	227
Bronson, Chas. E.	509	Flint, C. L.	401	Peters, J. H.	599
Baker, Henry	35	Griffin, R. B.	163	Swinburne, J. B.	473
Cowles, E. S.	419	Gilmore, Silas	193	Stone, Andrew	383
Carr, E. M.	211	Hobbs, Chas. W.	365	Stewart, John	581
Coffin, Clement	99	Jackson, Leroy	617	Sullivan, A.	347
Denton, M.	67	Klaus, H. H.	653	Van Anda, S. G.	437
Doolittle, F. B.	51	Le Roy, M. F.	295	Wood, H. D.	131
Drybread, H. C.	545	McNamee, L.	635	Wellman, O.	245

DELAWARE COUNTY WAR RECORD.

Infantry:		Infantry:		Cavalry:
First	441	Forty-fourth	448	Fourth	450
Third	441	Forty-sixth	448	Sixth	452
Fifth	441	Miscellaneous Infantry	449	Seventh	453
Ninth	442	Cavalry:		Eighth	453
Twelfth	442	First	449	Miscellaneous Cavalry	453
Twenty-first	444	Second	450	Artillery, etc.
Twenty-seventh	447			Third Battery	453

BIOGRAPHICAL TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY.

Every surname Index organized by Township

Township	Pages	Township	Pages	Township	Pages
Adams		Elk		Oneida
Adams A - W	684-689	Elk A-F	625-629	Oneida A-F	637-639
Bremen		Elk G-N	629-632	Oneida G-N	639-644
Bremen A-L	703-704	Elk O-Z	632-639	Oneida O-Z	644-649
Bremen M-Z	704-705
Colony		Hazel Green		Prairie
Colony A-G	608-610	Hazel Green A-Y	693-700	Prairie A-Z	700-703
Colony H-R	610-613
Colony S-Y	613-615	Honey Creek		Richland
Coffin's Grove		Honey Creek A-G	649-656	Richland A-M	677-680
Coffins Grove A-L	660-663	Honey Creek H-M	656-658	Richland N-Z	681-684
Coffins Grove M-R	663-665	Honey Creek N-W	658-660
Coffins Grove S-W	667-669			South Fork
Delaware		Milo		South Fork A-H	669-672
Delaware A-G	565-577	Milo A-H	615-621	South Fork J-M	672-674
Delaware H-R	577-589	Milo J-Y	621-625	South Fork N-Z	674-677
Delaware S-Y	589-595
Delhi		North Fork		Union
Delhi A-G	595-602	North Fork A-W	689-692	Union A-W	705-707
Delhi H-R	602-606
Delhi S-Z	606-608

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