History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . e perspiration and fairly shaking with they entered, a sepulchral voice from some unseen cornerrolled forth the words, Guards, do your duty. Thiscapped the climax, and with a yell of fear, and a promisenot to reveal anything he had learned, Headley sprangthrough the doorway, rushed down the stairs mounted hishorse, and dashed away through the night as it pursued bya thousand spirits of darkness. During the war of the Rebellion, Gilead sent out 72 ofits citizens
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . e perspiration and fairly shaking with they entered, a sepulchral voice from some unseen cornerrolled forth the words, Guards, do your duty. Thiscapped the climax, and with a yell of fear, and a promisenot to reveal anything he had learned, Headley sprangthrough the doorway, rushed down the stairs mounted hishorse, and dashed away through the night as it pursued bya thousand spirits of darkness. During the war of the Rebellion, Gilead sent out 72 ofits citizens to battle for the Union cause. Of that numberabout one-third never came back, but gave their lives asnoble sacrifices upon the altar of their country. By refer-ence to the list of soldiers published in another part of thiswork, their names will be seen. But in the hearts of theirfriends and grateful fellow-citizens they need no other tabletthan the love and honor with which their names are evercherished. The town also expended about $3000, besideswhat money was raised by private subscriptions, in prose-cuting the HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 259 The following civil list of Giload shows the names anddate of election of all the town officers from 1837 to 1878: 1837-42. Abishai Jehiel H. Daniel Elsley W. John Marsh. 1852. Cyrus U. Luce. 1853. David N. Green. 1854. Lewiti J. Whitcomb. 1855. Daniel Marsh (res.).David N. Green (app.] 1856. Horace B. Will Cyrus G. Luoe.« 18.!7-38. Albert W. Glass. 1839. Levi Sanders. 1840. Elsley W. Emerson William McClerg. 1847. Elsley W. Fuller. 1848. Lorenzo C. Hurd. 1849. Abishai Mitchell Birce. 1852. Benjamin Sanders. 1853. Homer A. Loomis. 1854. Jared Fuller. CIVIL LIST. SUPERVISORS. 1858- 1860 1863- 1866. 1867. 1868- 1872. 1874- 1876. 1877. 1878. 1856. ?59. Edward Webb, •62. Job A. Smi
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