. The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. . the township has increased to about twohundred. The present officers of the township are: Royal Corbin, Supervisor;W. P. Strong, Clerk; William Nelson, Assessor; Peter Ohlhues, Collector:Cornelius Murphy and Edward Gurney, Justices of the Peace; Wesley Cookand William G. Cutshaw, Constables ; Patrick Naughton, David Forsythe andJohn Hay den, Commissioners of Highways; John M. White, William Kerrand David Forsythe, School Trustees, and W. P. Strong, School Treas-urer. Florence Township was no idle spectator to the s
. The history of Will County, Illinois, containing a history of the county .. . the township has increased to about twohundred. The present officers of the township are: Royal Corbin, Supervisor;W. P. Strong, Clerk; William Nelson, Assessor; Peter Ohlhues, Collector:Cornelius Murphy and Edward Gurney, Justices of the Peace; Wesley Cookand William G. Cutshaw, Constables ; Patrick Naughton, David Forsythe andJohn Hay den, Commissioners of Highways; John M. White, William Kerrand David Forsythe, School Trustees, and W. P. Strong, School Treas-urer. Florence Township was no idle spectator to the struggle of the countryduring the years 1861-65, to maintain the Union, but gave many noble sacri-fices, that the Government might live. The township was not drafted during thewhole war, but furnished its full quota at every call. Among those who notonly risked their lives in the service of their country during this momentousperiod, but of whom even that was demanded and freely given, are remembered:Walter Van der Bogert, killed by a shell; Charles Morey, died of disease con-. ,^
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