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 188 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY practically strangers, the people in the different localities having" had their previous intercourse with towns to the north, east, south and Avest and not with each other. Therefore each group of electors wanted to vote for men in their own locality, with whom they were acquainted. After the first two or three elec- tions friendly relations were established and the machinery of the town government has since moved harmoniously. The first officers were : Supervisors, K. K. Finseth (chairman). H. C. Klemer, Charles Nichols ; town clerk. L. K. Aakers ; assessor. C. Nichols: collector, Charles Fogelsang; justices of the peace, W. C. Crandall, Ole Oleson ; constables. Peter N. Langemo and H. E. Vraalstad. During the following four years the chairmen were K. K. Finseth, L. K. Aakers, Ira Babcock and L. Stagner, and the clerks were Lucius Oakes, A. H. Bjoraker, Peter Nelson and Peter Lengmoe. During the Civil War the aggregate amount of $14,000 was raised to give as a bounty to volunteers, and consequently no drafting was needed to fill the required quota. Those who en- listed from Holden were: Byron Aufmson, Lieutenant Lars K. Aakers, Henry Aspen. John Ericson, Henry Ericson. Filing Eng- berson, Joseph Fogleson. Arthur A. Flom, Andrew Hanson, Ole Halverson. Halver Halverson, Ole 0. Huss, George Johnson, John K. Lysing. Aslack Oleson. Ole' Oleson. Ole Osker. Butler Oleson, Edward Oleson, Edward Oleson. Olans Oleson. Thurston Opdahl, Christopher Peterson. Peter J. Peterson, Peter Quam. John J. Peterson. [ngvall Thorson. Holton 0. "Wing. Charles Zimmerman, Fred Zimmerman, German Anderson, Frederick Bowers, Louis Bratsell. Edward Boutsell, James Coburn, Andrew M. Crane, John Ellis, John Ferrin. Uriah Perrin, William A. Fendley, Robert Fairbanks. Andrew Hanson. William Harrison. Hans Hanson, Griffin Holmes. Ameal Hillig, James F. Hyland, James Isenhour, Richard M. Johnson, Norman Kinney, Thomas Ken- nedy, Joseph Lapaire, Samuel Murphy, H. AY. AIcGowan, Charles H. Parish, Sebastian Paulley, Leonard S. Ricord. Riley Sturman, Edwin M. Snow. AYilliam Starkey, Champion Shilling. James Byrne. Charles Boatman, Sydney Brownson. John Weaver, Thomas Ward, Abraham Zimmerman, C. AY. Zeiaka, Elling En- gerbretson. Fin gal Fingalson. G. Grant, Thomas Walker De- Ruyter Buck, Edwin Cross. Charles Farrell, John E. Jelly, Evan Johnson. Kaut Oleson. F. J. Ridgway. Nels Oleson. Knut Quam, Andrew Scott. Daniel Glenn. Alichael Hayes, Eric Bergland. Michael Hartman, Captain Thomas Carney, Andrew Cahill. James A. Lesson, Hans H. Oleson. J. L. Amundson. Ole Jacobson, Jr., Fred Schmidt, G. AY. Avery, Henry Knutz, Edward Kohler,