Over one hundred pioneers of Hancock county met in Carthage June 15 for a day of pleasant visiting and the formation of an Old Settlers Association.  Major Robert M. Claughrey [sic] presided.  These officers were elected:

President, David Greenleaf; vice presidents, Wesley Williams, John S. Johnson, Elisha Worrell, Amos Davis, E. S. Freeman, Reuben Graves, George Walker, I. N. Waggoner, Miles B. Mann and Thomas Geddes; secretaries, Thomas Gregg and W. F. Barnes. Registrations showed dates when pioneers came to the county and from what state:

1824--I. N. Waggoner, Ohio.

1826--Amzi Doolittle, N. Y.; A. A. Perkins, Tenn.

1827--James Wilson, Ky.

1829--Wesley Williams, Ky.; Joseph Caldwell, Ky.

1830--Benj. C. Owen, Ky.; Cyrus Felt, N. Y.; James Brattle, Mass.

1831--Robert Wilhite, Va.; Samuel Gordon, N. H.; Alexander Saylors, William Pike, Ky.; Jabez A. Beebe, Conn.; Fred Loring, N. H.

1832--S. G. Ferris and wife, H. G. Ferris and wife, H. Woodworth and wife, Penn.; Silas Griffit [sic], Tenn.; James Welch, Tenn.; John Welch, Tenn.; Thomas Crawford, Ky.; J. M. Ferris, N. Y.; S. A. Smith, Ala.; L. T. Ferris, N. Y.

1833--W. C. Williams (first child born in Carthage); Mark Phelps, Ohio; J. McAuley, N. Y. , Martha Cox, Va.; F. E. Erwin, Ky.; George W. Hawley, Ohio; William Golden, Ky.; John D. Stevens, J. Castlebury, Tenn.; Mathew Gray, Maine; M. H. Day, Ill.; J. H. Catlin, Ga.; J. C. Anderson, Ky.; William McAuley, N. Y.

1834--B. Whitaker, N. J.; William Woodburn, Ky.; J. W. Browning, Tenn.; W. G. McCubbin, Ky.; H. C. Stigall, Ky.; James Woodard, Ill.; J. Kimbrough, Ill.; H. Wright, Va.; P. M. Williams, Ky.; J. McCubbin, Ky.; Elisha Worrell, Penn.

1835--D. Greenleaf, Conn.; H. D. Fonda, N. Y.; Nicholas Lincoln, Ill.; Alex Findley, Ky.; W. R. Hamilton, N. Y.; Neil McKay, Va.; A. Bryant, Va.; J. M. Browning, Tenn.; G. M. Browning, Tenn.; J. C. McQuary, Ky.; A. McQuary, Ky.; D. W. Browning, Tenn.; J. L. McKay, Va.; J. H. Lawton, N. H.; Mrs. S. K. Crowley, Ct.; C. S. Hamilton, N. Y.; R. Graves, Ky,; Pat Cambron, Ky.; John Haskins, N. H.; R. G. Bernethy, Ohio; J. M. Robinson, Va.; L. C. Maynard, Mass.; J. S. Findley, Ill.; D. P. Greenleaf, Conn.

1836--E. H. Williams, Ky.; W. A. Patterson, N. Y.; Thomas Gregg, Ohio; Duncan Edge, Ky.; John Wilson, Ky.; Sam Harris, N. H.; Peter Bean, Va.; G. N. Crowley, N. J.; Thomas Geddes, Penn.; William T. McCants, Ky.; George Oatman, Va.; W. N. Comstock, Mass.; J. R. Tull, Del.; Amos Davis, N. H.; Jonas Hobart, N. H.; James Shields, Va.; J. S. Wilson, Ill.; W. P. Barnes. N. Y.; James Gibson, N. Y.; M. McClaughry, N. M.; A. Duffy, Penn.; Henry Comstock, Mass.; James Tweed, Del.

1837--L. C. Stevenson, Ohio; B. F. Peterson, Tenn.; W. J. Dale, Ky.; T. Nicholson, England; L. W. Davis, Tenn.; J. D. Bolts, Ky.; Joseph O. Stevens, James Curry, Penn.; A. Wardwell, Mass.; D. F. Parker, Penn.; L. L. Calkins, Penn.; H. K. Calkins, Penn.; Joel Howd, J. M. Glass, Penn.; J. Irwin, Ohio; E. B. Huckins, N. H.; Eben Rand, Mass.; P. D. Williams, N. Y.; O. G. Todd, Va.

1838--H. A. Davis, Ill.; H. P. Harper, Ohio; Alfred J. Davis, Tenn.; John Huey, Ky.; Thomas G. Moore, Del.; Alex Walker, Penn.; J. S. Spangler, Penn.; John M. Moore, J. S. Burner, Penn.; John E. Johnston, H. H. Bliss, Mass.; J. S. McCants, Ill.

1839--R. W. McClaughry, Ill.; M. Goodrich, N. Y.; W. W. Chittenden, Ohio; George Benner, Oh.; J. M. J. Cox, Ky.; J. T. Johnson, Ohio; B. L. Tool, Vt.; J. Brian, N. J.; Edward Daw, George Carlton, M. B. Mann, N. Y.; Thomas Gurl, Ill.

O. H. Browning, of Quincy, delivered a splendid address on old times in the Middle West and there were reminiscent talks by pioneers.  It was a day of pleasure to all who attended.