They Voted For Fremont

THEY VOTED FOR FREMONT

ADHERENTS OF THE PATHFINDER STILL LIVING

A Long List of Washtenaw County Men Who Voted in the Campaign of 1856

Below is given a partial list of Washtenaw citizens still among the living who took an important step in 1856, by stepping out from old party lines and voting their convictions by casting their ballots for Gen. John C. Fremont. These men were pioneers in a great movement, the consummation of which marks one of the greatest epochs in our nationa l history. Time has completely vindicated the soundness of their judgement in thus early stepping out of old party lines and voting for the great Pathfinder and what he stood for. It requires no small amount of courage to break away from party ties and stand out against former associates for conscience's sake. But these men had that courage and many of them also went farther and shouldered a musket when that stage of the conflict began. And in both acts they honored themselves and their country.

D.W. Rogers of Ypsilanti, served under Fremont in the civil war. A few years ago Mr. Roger's daughter met Fremont in California. The latter remembered Mr. Rogers very well, and related incidents of their war time experiences. Mr. Rogers, when a boy, was a classmate of Gen. Rosencrans. When he called on the general at a G. A. R. reunion in 1892, in company with a number of other soldiers, Rosencrans said:
"Now, don't tell me your name. I know it; just let me think for a minute." Yet the men had not met in many years.

Below is an additional list of these honored citizens still residing in Ypsilanti:
Dr. L. D. Coombs, William Densmore, Capt. Henry S. Boutell, Erastus Samson, William B. Seymour, Frederick A. Graves, Dr. Daniel Putnam, Dr. O. S. Bonsteel, S. P. Ballard, Jas. M. Chidester, Ancil Williams, Edgar M. Comstock, D. W. Rogers, Spencer L. Shaw, Charles N. Ellis, Rev. Wm. Tuttle, W. J. Canfield, Edmund Hendrick, William Campbell, Andrew Campbell, J. A. Fowler, Capt. M. S. Hall, C. F. R. Bellows, Fred P. Hunt, Ira P. Davis, C. B. Earle, Rev. O. J. Perrin, Lewis Warner, J. P. Dickinson, Charles M. Bowen, George W. Kishlar D. S. Varnum, W. B. Clarke, J. Evart Smith, William C. Smith, Azro Harris, A. H. Collins, Thomas C. Judd, George Fuller, Norman Redner, W. J. Canfield, George W. Walterhouse, Sr., Don C. Batchelder, Henry E. Stone, Fountain Watling.

And here are some from other sections of Washtenaw:
Dexter - George Alley, Thomas Birkett, James L. Smith, J. T. Toney, Isaac Terry, S. R. Wheeler, E. A. Nordman, Zera Burr, B. C. Whittaker, H. I. Phelps, G. Yearance, G. A. Peters, I. P. Savery, John L. Smith, Richard Smith, A. A. Buckalew, Foster Litchfield, S. Francisco, Leander Easton, Charles Lemon, Elisha White, V. L. Northrup, Harvey Muscott.

Manchester - L. M. Baldwin, P. F. Blosser, L. D. Baldwin, B. G. Lovejoy, J. R. Holmes, James Gage, I. M. Robison, N. H. Welles.

Chelsea - Warren Cushman, Charles M. Davis, Leander Tichenor, Elijah Hammond, Loren Babcock, Perry Barber, George J. Crowell, George V. Clark, Curran White.

Lima - James McLaren, Elisha Keyes, Lewis Freer.

In the avove list of voters for Gen. Fremont no Ann Arbor names are given, although there are a considerable number within the city. The Argus would be glad to publish the names of all of Ann Arbor's original republicans of the Fremont campaign, if they will kindly send them in, together with such brief incidents as are of interest.