"Vigilant Hook and Ladder Company No. 1," Bluffton's first fire department
Formed November 19, 1879

McDowell, E. B.
Peppard, J. H.
Blooser, J. A.
Kornblith, A.
Wilhelm, O. A.
Stout, Jacob
Hall, Adnah
White, Montero
Loser, A. B.
McDowell, T. S.
Ayers, J. M. 
Brunn, John
Stout, William
Shaffer, C. F.
Sprauge, A. M.
McDowell, Douglas
Harbaugh, F. C.
Bulger, D. E.
Tribolet, A. J.
Schultz, F.
Schultz, Bert
Poffenberger, Elias
Eaton, J. G.
Walmer, D. A.
Thomas, W. M.
Starr, D.
Mock, Thomas
Wisner, H. L.
Gardiner, George W.
Clark, W. D.
Stout, Louis
Christmas, Frank
Grover, H. E.