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Iowa History
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HISTORY OF IOWA
Volume 4
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Table of Contents
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Biographical Sketches of Notable Iowa Men and Women
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Samuel H. Fairall |
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David S. Fairchild |
89 |
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Sewell S. Farwell |
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Oran Faville |
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Joseph D. Fegan |
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Liberty E. Fellows |
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Stephen N. Fellows |
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Andrew J. Felt |
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Robert S. Finkbine |
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Maturin L. Fisher |
92 |
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William H. Fleming |
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James P. Flick |
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John G. Foote |
94 |
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Sidney A. Foster |
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Suel Foster |
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Benjamin T. Frederick |
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Alice French |
95 |
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William E. Fuller |
95 |
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Ambrose C. Fulton |
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Alexander R. Fulton |
96 |
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Abraham B. Funk |
97 |
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James H. Funk |
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Washington Galland |
98 |
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William H. Gallup |
98 |
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Hamlin Garland |
99 |
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John A. Garrett |
99 |
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Conduce H. Gatch |
99 |
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John H. Gear |
100 |
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James L. Geddes |
101 |
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James I. Gilbert |
102 |
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Gilbert S. Gilbertson |
102 |
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Edward H. Gillette |
102 |
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Charles G. Gilman |
103 |
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Josiah Given |
103 |
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Welker Given |
104 |
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Samuel L. Glasgow |
104 |
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George L. Godfrey |
104 |
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Stewart Goodrell |
105 |
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Joseph R. Gorrell |
106 |
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James O. Gower |
106 |
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Harvey Graham |
106 |
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Barlow Granger |
106 |
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Charles T. Granger |
107 |
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James Grant |
107 |
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Julius K. Graves |
108 |
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George Greene |
108 |
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James W. Grimes |
109 |
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Josiah B. Grinnell |
111 |
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Benjamin F. Gue |
111 |
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David J. Gue |
112 |
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Edward A. Guilbert |
113 |
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Francis Guittar |
113 |
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William H. F. Gurley |
114 |
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A. L. Hager |
114 |
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Augustus Hall |
114 |
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Benton J. Hall |
115 |
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Jonathan C. Hall |
115 |
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Moses M. Ham |
115 |
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John T. Hamilton |
116 |
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William W. Hamilton |
117 |
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William G. Hammond |
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Philip C. Hanna |
118 |
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James Harlan |
118 |
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W. F. Harriman |
120 |
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Elden J. Hartshorn |
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Serranus C. Hastings |
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Edward Hatch |
121 |
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Frank Hatton |
121 |
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Gilbert N. Haugen |
122 |
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Walter I. Hayes |
122 |
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Edward R. Hays |
122 |
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William C. Hayward |
122 |
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Albert Head |
123 |
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Thomas D. Healy |
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Alfred Hebard |
124 |
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Thomas Hedge |
124 |
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John M. Hedrick |
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Herman C. Hemenway |
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Stephen Hempstead |
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Henry B. Hendershott |
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David B. Henderson |
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Paris P. Henderson |
127 |
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Joel E. Hendricks |
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Bernhart Henn |
128 |
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William P. Hepburn |
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John Herriott |
129 |
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Francis J. Herron |
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Sumner B. Hewett |
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Azro B. F. Hildreth |
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Gershem H. Hill |
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Sylvester G. Hill |
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David B. Hillis |
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John Hilsinger |
132 |
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Alfred N. Hobson |
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Adoniram J. Holmes |
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William H. Holmes |
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Asa Horr |
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Charles C. Horton |
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Henry Hospers |
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Emerson Hough |
134 |
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Noel B. Howard |
135 |
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Orlando C. Howe |
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Samuel A. Howe |
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James B. Howell |
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Asahel W. Hubbard |
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Elbert H. Hubbard |
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Nathaniel M. Hubbard |
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Silas A. Hudson |
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Joseph C. Hughes |
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John A. T. Hull |
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John D. Hunter |
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James S. Hurley |
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Stilson Hutchins |
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James G. Hutchison |
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Harvey Ingham |
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William H. Ingham |
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John P. Irish |
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John N. Irwin |
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Norman W. Isbell |
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Charles J. Ives |
144 |
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Frank D. Jackson |
144 |
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Berryman Jennings |
145 |
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Edward Johnston |
145 |
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George W. Jones |
146 |
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Edmund L. Joy |
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William L. Joy |
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Joseph M. Junkin |
148 |
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William W. Junkin |
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John L. Kamrer |
149 |
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John A. Kasson |
149 |
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Benjamin F. Keables |
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John H. Keatley |
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Racine D. Kellogg |
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John C. Kelly |
153 |
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Daniel Kerr |
153 |
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Harriet A. Ketcham |
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Charles R. Keyes |
154 |
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Lucien M. Kilburn |
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John King |
155 |
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William F. King |
155 |
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La Vega G. Kinne |
156 |
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John F. Kinney |
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William H. Kinsman |
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Samuel J. Kirkwood |
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Charles W. Kittredge |
158 |
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Joseph C. Knapp |
159 |
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John B. Knoepfler |
159 |
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Frederick M. Knoll |
159 |
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John F. Lacey |
160 |
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Scott M. Ladd |
160 |
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Jed Lake |
161 |
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James T. Lane |
161 |
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Joseph R. Lane |
162 |
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James L. Langworthy |
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William Larrabee |
163 |
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Henry W. Lathrop |
163 |
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Jacob G. Lauman |
164 |
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Albert M. Lea |
164 |
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Joseph B. Leake |
165 |
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Antoine Le Claire |
166 |
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Henry W. Lee |
166 |
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Shepherd Leffler |
167 |
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Frank Leverett |
167 |
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Lorenzo D. Wewelling |
168 |
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Warner Lewis |
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W. R. Lewis |
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James R. Lincoln |
169 |
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Charles Linderman |
169 |
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Mathias Loras |
170 |
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William Loughridge |
170 |
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James M. Love |
170 |
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Enos Lowe |
171 |
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Ralph P. Lowe |
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Robert Lucas |
172 |
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Joseph Lyman |
172 |
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William C. McArthur |
173 |
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Cornelius G. McCarthy |
173 |
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Emil McClain |
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Moses A. McCoid |
174 |
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George W. McCrary |
174 |
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James W. McDill |
175 |
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W. J. McGee |
176 |
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John F. McJunkin |
176 |
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John McKean |
177 |
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Horace G. McMillan |
177 |
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Samuel McNutt |
178 |
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Smith McPherson |
178 |
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Alfred H. McVey |
178 |
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Cyrus H. Mackay |
179 |
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George F. Magoon |
179 |
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John Mahin |
179 |
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Dennis A. Mahoney |
180 |
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Smith H. Mallory |
181 |
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Edwin Manning |
301 |
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Orlando H. Manning |
181 |
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Jacques Marquette |
181 |
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William B. Martin |
183 |
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Charles Mason |
183 |
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Edward R. Mason |
184 |
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William E. Mason |
185 |
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Sylvester G. Matson |
185 |
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Charles L. Matthies |
185 |
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Sara B. Maxwell |
186 |
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Peter Melendy |
186 |
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Nathaniel A. Merrill |
187 |
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Samuel Merrill |
187 |
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William H. Merritt |
188 |
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John F. Merry |
189 |
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Stillman T. Messervey |
189 |
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George Metzgar |
189 |
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John Meyer |
190 |
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J. Fred Myers |
190 |
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Lewis Miles |
191 |
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Daniel F. Miller |
191 |
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Samuel F. Miller |
191 |
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William E. Miller |
192 |
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James C. Milliman |
193 |
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Frederick D. Mills |
193 |
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Noah W. Mills |
194 |
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Oliver Mills |
194 |
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Thomas Mitchell |
195 |
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William O. Mitchell |
195 |
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Samuel A. Moore |
195 |
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Welcome Mowry |
196 |
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Charles W. Mullan |
197 |
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Samuel Murdock |
197 |
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Jeremiah H. Murphey |
197 |
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John S. Murphy |
198 |
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John A. Nash |
198 |
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John R. Needham |
199 |
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C. C. Nestlerode |
199 |
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Joshua G. Newbold |
199 |
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John W. Noble |
200 |
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Reuben Noble |
201 |
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Ada E. North |
201 |
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Charles C. Nourse |
202 |
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Hardin Nowlin |
202 |
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Maurice D. O'Connell |
203 |
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Henry O'Connor |
203 |
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Addison Oliver |
204 |
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Jackson Orr |
204 |
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Herbert Osborne |
205 |
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Stephen B. Packard |
206 |
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David J. Palmer |
206 |
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Francis W. Palmer |
207 |
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Jonathan W. Parker |
207 |
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Leonard F. Parker |
208 |
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James C. Parrott |
208 |
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Matt Parrott |
209 |
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John A. Parvin |
209 |
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Theodore S. Parvin |
210 |
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William Patterson |
211 |
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Emlen G. Penrose |
211 |
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Charles E. Perkins |
212 |
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George D. Perkins |
212 |
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William B. Perrin |
213 |
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Theodore B. Perry |
213 |
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Josiah L. Pickard |
213 |
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Charles Pomeroy |
214 |
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Asbury B. Porter |
214 |
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Joseph B. Powers |
214 |
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Alfred N. Poyneer |
215 |
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Henry O. Pratt |
215 |
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Gilbert B. Pray |
215 |
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Isaac M. Preston |
216 |
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Hiram Price |
216 |
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Solomon F. Prouty |
217 |
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William H. M. Pusey |
217 |
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John W. Rankin |
218 |
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Levi B. Raymond |
218 |
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Wilber A. Reaser |
219 |
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Joseph R. Reed |
219 |
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Hugh T. Reid |
219 |
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Robert C. Reiniger |
220 |
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Melton Remley |
220 |
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Elliott W. Rice |
221 |
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Samuel A. Rice |
221 |
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A. P. Richardson |
221 |
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David N. Richardson |
222 |
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Jocob S. Richman |
223 |
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Benjamin S. Roberts |
223 |
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George E. Roberts |
223 |
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Gifford S. Robinson |
224 |
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Lewis W. Ross |
225 |
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George W. Ruddick |
225 |
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John N. W. Rumple |
225 |
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Nicholas J. Rusch |
226 |
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Edward Russell |
226 |
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John Russell |
227 |
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David Ryan |
228 |
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Henry Sabin |
228 |
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Mary A. Safford |
228 |
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William Salter |
229 |
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Ezekiel S. Sampson |
230 |
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Addison H. Sanders |
230 |
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Alfred Sanders |
231 |
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James H. Sanders |
232 |
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James P. Sanford |
232 |
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William F. Sapp |
233 |
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Alvin Saunders |
233 |
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Charles A. Schaffer |
233 |
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William O. Schmidt |
234 |
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Henry P. Scholte |
235 |
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John Scott |
235 |
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William A. Scott |
236 |
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Eugene Secor |
237 |
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Edward P. Seeds |
237 |
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Homer H. Seerley |
238 |
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John J. Seerley |
238 |
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William H. Seevers |
238 |
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Cato Sells |
238 |
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Elijah Sells |
239 |
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Joshua M. Shaffer |
239 |
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Benjamin F. Shambaugh |
240 |
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John Shane |
240 |
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Albert Shaw |
241 |
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Leslie M. Shaw |
241 |
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William T. Shaw |
242 |
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Stephen B. Shelledy |
242 |
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Buren R. Sherman |
243 |
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Hoyt Sherman |
243 |
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John C. Sherwin |
244 |
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James H. Shields |
244 |
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John G. Shields |
244 |
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Oliver P. Shiras |
245 |
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Christian W. Slagle |
245 |
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Robert Sloan |
301 |
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Hiram Y. Smith |
245 |
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Lewis H. Smith |
246 |
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Milo Smith |
246 |
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Roderick A. Smith |
246 |
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Walter I. Smith |
247 |
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William R. Smith |
247 |
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Robert Smyth |
248 |
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William Smyth |
248 |
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Francis Springer |
248 |
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Frank Springer |
249 |
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Edgar W. Stanton |
250 |
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Thaddeus H. Stanton |
250 |
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John L. Stevens |
251 |
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Edward H. Stiles |
251 |
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Lacon D. Stockton |
251 |
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George A. Stone |
252 |
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John Y. Stone |
252 |
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Joseph C. Stone |
252 |
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William M. Stone |
253 |
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Henry L. Stout |
253 |
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Joseph M. Street |
254 |
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George R. Struble |
254 |
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Isaac S. Struble |
254 |
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Daniel P. Stubbs |
255 |
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Samuel W. Summers |
255 |
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Adeline M. Swain |
256 |
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Albert W. Swalm |
256 |
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Pauline G. Swalm |
257 |
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Joseph H. Sweney |
257 |
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Richard H. Sylvester |
257 |
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Stephen J. W. Tabor |
258 |
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Hawkins Taylor |
259 |
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William H. Tedford |
259 |
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John Teesdale |
259 |
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Edward A. Temple |
260 |
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Marcellus L. Temple |
260 |
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Edward H. Thayer |
261 |
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Lot Thomas |
261 |
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James K. P. Thompson |
261 |
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William Thompson |
262 |
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William G. Thompson |
262 |
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James Thorington |
263 |
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Rodney W. Tirrill |
264 |
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George M. Titus |
264 |
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Lewis Todhunter |
265 |
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William M. G. Torrence |
265 |
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Horace M. Towner |
266 |
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John S. Townsend |
302 |
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Henry C. Traverse |
266 |
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James H. Trewin |
266 |
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Henry H. Trimble |
267 |
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Mathew M. Trumbull |
268 |
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John Q. Tufts |
268 |
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Asa Turner |
268 |
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James M. Tuttle |
269 |
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Voltaire P. Twombly |
270 |
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Nathan Udell |
271 |
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Thomas Updegraff |
271 |
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William Vandever |
271 |
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George Van Horne |
272 |
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Francis Varga |
272 |
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Philip Viele |
273 |
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Henry Vollmer |
273 |
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Charles Wachsmuth |
273 |
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Martin J. Wade |
275 |
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John L. Waite |
275 |
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George W. Wakefield |
275 |
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Madison M. Walden |
275 |
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William W. Walker |
276 |
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John H. Wallace |
276 |
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Fitz Henry Warren |
278 |
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Charles M. Waterman |
279 |
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James B. Weaver |
279 |
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Silas M. Weaver |
281 |
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Andonijah S. Welch |
281 |
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Mary B. Welch |
282 |
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Luman H. Weller |
283 |
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D. Franklin Wells |
283 |
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Clark R. Wever |
283 |
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Loring Wheeler |
284 |
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Charles A. White |
284 |
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Frederick E. White |
285 |
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Charles E. Whiting |
285 |
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Leonard Whitney |
286 |
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Elias H. Williams |
286 |
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Joseph Williams |
287 |
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J. Wilson Williams |
287 |
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William Williams |
287 |
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Wilson G. Williams |
288 |
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James A. Williamson |
288 |
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David S. Wilson |
289 |
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James Wilson |
289 |
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James F. Wilson |
290 |
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Thomas S. Wilson |
290 |
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Walter C. Wilson |
291 |
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Edward F. Winslow |
291 |
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Thomas F. Withrow |
292 |
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Annie T. Wittenmyer |
292 |
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William P. Wolfe |
293 |
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Marcus C. Woodruff |
294 |
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Joseph J. Woods |
294 |
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William G. Woodward |
295 |
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John S. Woolson |
295 |
|
Ed Wright |
295 |
|
George F. Wright |
296 |
|
George G. Wright |
296 |
|
Joseph A. O. Yeoman |
297 |
|
Stephen P. Yeoman |
298 |
|
George H.Yewell |
298 |
|
Lafayette Young |
299 |