Committee of organization met at Marion, Linn county, Iowa.
Resolved, that a sufficient number of gentlemen in each township be appointed to act as a committee of organization.
Franklin Township—C. C. Haskins, S. Elliott, Robt. Smyth, A. M. Artz, Jno. Wolfe, Jas. Stewart, Benj. De Witt, Henry Kepler.
Linn Township—William T. Gilbert, Sam'l C. Stewart, Ira Sammons, And. Safely, Jno. Scott.
Brown Township—Geo. Perkins, Jas. V. Hill, Isaac Butler, Horace N. Brown, Sam'l Kelly.
Washington Township—Bart Magonigle, Sam'l Lockhart, Ben D. Springer, Wm. B. Davis, Thos. Lockhart, Sr., A. Moats, Wm. Cress, Wm. B. Harrison.
Lafayette—Gilman Clark, Chas. Cantonwine, Daniel Richards, Sam'l Brazier, Jacob Cress.
Putnam—Jno. Barnet, Jno. Hile, Alex Cox.
Marion—M. Strong, Geo. Greene, Iram Wilson, Prior Scott, Perry Oxley, S. H. Tryon, Joel Leverich, John Hunter, Thos. Railsback, S. W. Durham.
Rapids—N. B. Brown, P. W. Earle, Baker, Gainor, Justus Wells, John G. McLoud.