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William S. Whitaker resides on section 20, and owns 430 acres of land, which, except a few acres, lies on sections 20 and 29. He has occupied his present farm since the fall of 1861. His father, Bland B. Whitaker (named after Bland Ballard, a noted Indian warrior), was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, November 30, 1803. He was reared in his native State, and was married in Gallatin County, that State, June 9, 1825, to Nancy Wigginton, born in Henry County, Kentucky, February 7, 1809. In 1827 Bland B. Whitaker removed with his family to Indiana, and in November, 1835, went to Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. There they remained but a short time, going thence to Bethel, in the same county, and coming to Logan County in September, 1836. They first settled in Chester Township, on section 25, where he purchased sixty acres of land, and resided till 1849,
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when he came to Etna Township, and settled on section 29. Here he purchased eighty acres from the Government, and located more by land warrant. He ultimately owned 220 acres, and here he resided till his decease, August 23, 1870, leaving his widow, who is still living on the homestead. Mr. Whitaker was a man highly respected in the community in which he lived. In religion he was & Universalist, and in politics a Democrat. He was possessed of quite a mechanical turn of mind, which was a matter of great con- venience in the early days, when mechanics were scarce. He was of rather a vivacious nature, playing the violin with much skill. He and his wife had fourteen children, ten of whom are living in 1885-Susan E., wife of Isaac J. Lane, in Sedgwick County, Kansas; William S., our subject; Nathaniel M., a resident of Macon County, Illinois; Mrs. Lucy J. Lincoln, residing in Lin- coln; Thomas F., living at the homestead; Seretta, wife of Alfred Christison, residing in Macon County, Illinois; Mrs. Martha J. Michener, living in Chestnut; Bland B., residing in this township; Mrs. Eliza H. Vandever, a resident of Barbour County, Kansas; and Lusetta, wife of Edward Anderson, residing in Macon County, Illinois. William S., whose name heads this sketch, was born in Indiana, November 13, 1831, and, though but four years old when he came to Illinois with his father, he remembers well the journey. The family.came in a wagon drawn by four horses, the father driv- ing with only one line, in the primitive style. They were accom- panied by N. M. Whitaker. William S. has made five trips to Kentucky, two trips of which he went by wagon. August 18, 1861, he was married in Kentucky to Loucetta Wigginton, born in Ken- tucky, January 16, 1840. They have nine living children-Alfred A., born November 25, 1863; George E., August 25, 1865; Mertis B., December 25, 1867; John M., October 4, 1870; Mary, March 29, 1872; William E., February 12, 1875; Loucetta, May 28, 1876; Mulvilda, November 28, 1878; and Carmi V., January 30, 1882. They have four children deceased-Alinanza, born August 4, 1862, died October 10, 1862; Ellenah, born September 13, 1869, died November 15, 1869; Louisa A., born December 17, 1873, died April 14, 1874; and Bessie W., born July 13, 1884, died October 8, 1884. Mrs. Whitaker's parents were Sidney and Elizabeth (Spillman) Wigginton, natives of Kentucky, where they resided until their death, the former dying in January, 1870, and the latter in August, 1865.
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CHAPTER XVIII. - ATLANTA TOWNSHIP.
GEOGRAPHY .- TOWNSHIP OFFICERS, 1867-'85 .- STATISTICS. - POLITI- CAL .- ATLANTA CITY .- EARLY HISTORY .- SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. -LODGES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS .- PRESS. - PROFESSIONAL MEN .- BIOGRAPHICAL.
This is just two-thirds of a congressional township, and is located in the northeast corner of Logan County. It is six miles east and west, and four north and south. It is bounded as fol- lows: On the north by McLean County, on the east by De Witt County, on the south by Oran Township, on the west by Emi- nence. It is drained by Kickapoo Creek. Among the earliest settlers were the Hoblits, Turners, Druleys, Bevans and Downeys, near where the city of Atlanta now is, and the Foggs, Tuttles, McFarlands, Kenyons, Haweses, Larisons and Barrs.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Following is a list of township officers elected each year since the organization of the township:
1867-Supervisor, James Tuttle; Clerk, J. Henry Ball; Asses- sor, Lewis Harley; Collector, Frederick J. Fields; Highway Com- missioners, J. D. Hoblit, Joseph Bell and A. Larison; Justices, William E. Dicks and James Kellar; Constables, John McKee and E. G. Bordwell.
1868-Supervisor, James Tattle; Clerk, John M. Williams; Assessor, Solomon Morris; Collector, Fred J. Fields; Highway Commissioner, Joseph Bell.
1869-Supervisor, James Tuttle; Clerk, John H. Ball; Asses- sor, Solomon Morris; Collector, Warren L. Jones; Highway Commissioner, John W. Hawes; Constables, William Foltz and Solomon Morris.
1870-Supervisor, John A. Hoblit; Clerk, James Bourne; As- sessor, Solomon Morris; Collector, Charles Haise; Highway Com- missioner, Charles Warrick; Justices, William E. Dicks and Cor- (547)
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nelius Lambert; Constables, William Robinson and E. Bordwell.
1871-Supervisor, James Tuttle; Clerk, S. D. Fisher; Asses- sor, G. L. Parker; Collector, Charles Haise; Highway Commis- sioner, Lewis Foley; Justices, J. W. Hawes and Bartholomew Gardner; Constable, Charles H. Blessing.
1872-Supervisor, James Tuttle; Clerk, S. D. Fisher; Assessor, Lewis Harley; Collector, Solomon Morris; Highway Commis- sioner, William P. Hunt; Constable, Caton Hoblit.
1873-Supervisor, James Tuttle; Clerk, Oscar E. Harris; Asses- sor, Solomon Morris; Collector, John B. Lambert; Highway Com- missioner, Charles Warrick; Justices, Seth Turner and S. S. Keig- win; Constable, John Becker.
1874-Supervisor, James Tuttle; Clerk, J. Henry Ball; Asses- sor, M. L. Higgins; Collector, John B. Lambert; Highway Com- missioner, Benjamin F. Turner; Constable, Caton Hoblit.
1875-Supervisor, A. E. Church; Clerk, B. A. Field; Assessor, Joseph A. Tidd; Collector, Alfred Turner; Highway Commis- sioner, Ed. E. Beath; Constable, M. L. Higgins; Trustee, Samuel C. Field.
1876-Supervisor, A. E. Church; Clerk, M. H. C. Young; As- sessor, Joseph A. Tidd; Collector, Alfred Turner; Highway Com- missioner, Charles Warrick.
1877-Supervisor, A. E. Church; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, Joseph A. Tidd; Collector, N. N. Daves; Highway Commissioner, David Boroff; Justices, S. S. Keigwin and Seth Turner; Consta- bles, Caton Hoblit and M. L. Higgins.
1878-Supervisor, A. E. Church; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, N. N. Daves; Highway Commissioner, H. C. Hawes; Trustee, J. D. Hoblit.
1879-Supervisor, F. S. Capps; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, N. N. Daves; Highway Comissioner, C. C. Hoblit.
1880-Supervisor, A. E. Church; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, J. D. Haise; Highway Commissioner, John E. Hoblit.
1881-Supervisor, A. E. Church; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, J. D. Haise; Highway Commissioner, H. T. Campbell; Justices, A. J. Randolph and Seth Turner; Constables, M. L. Higgins and T. J. Worthington.
1882-Supervisor, S. H. Fields; Clerks, J. H. Ball and J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, James D. Haise; High-
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way Commissioner, C. C. Hoblit; Constable, Samuel Clay; Trus- tee, Samuel Bevan.
1883-Supervisor, S. H. Fields; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, A. C. Miller; Highway Commissioner, J. E. Hoblit; Trustees, J. A. Hoblit and Charles Warrick.
1884-Supervisor, S. H. Fields; Clerk, O. Brinkerhoff; Asses- sor, R. T. Gill; Collector, A. C. Miller; Highway Commissioner, B. F. Dunegan; Justice, R. T. Gill; Trustee, Joseph Field.
1885-Supervisor, S. H. Fields; Clerk, J. L. Bevan; Assessor, R. T. Gill; Collector, A. C. Miller; Highway Commissioner, Charles Reise; Justices, R. T. Gill and A. M. Dills; Constables, M. L. Higgins and S. W. Clay.
STATISTICS.
Atlanta Township had in 1870, according to the United States census, 1,932 inhabitants; in 1880 it had 2,339-an increase suffi- cient to affirm a present population of 2,500. The township had in 1880 but 564 inhabitants outside of the city.
We give below the valuation and taxation of the township in 1875, for comparison with that of 1885, given just after:
1875 .- Equalized valuation, $782,043; State tax, $2,346.14; county tax, $1,564.09; town tax, $234.62; district school tax, $8,485.89; district road tax, $104.07; road and bridge tax, $1,564.09; county bond sinking fund tax, $782.04; county bond interest tax, $1,016.66; town bond interest tax, $4,770.46; city and corporation tax, $2,104.58; back taxes, $376.38; total taxes, $23,349.02.
1885 .- Eqnalized valuation, $381,405; State tax, $1,450.66; county tax, $2,694.10; township tax, $373.02; road and bridge tax, $911.85; county bond interest tax, $538.82; township bond interest tax, $3,440.15; township bond sinking fund tax, $1,- 782.24; corporation tax, $1,923.48; district school tax, $6,235.86; dog tax, $27; back taxes, with interest and costs, $2,395.44; total taxes, $21,772.62.
POLITIOAL.
Atlanta has always been a strongly Republican township. Un- til about 1878 the Republican vote was more than double the Democratic; but of late years this ratio has been somewhat di- miuished. The majorities have ranged as high as 200. Follow- ing is the vote for President from 1868 to 1884:
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1868-Ulysses S. Grant. .845 197
1880-James A. Garfield ... .. 286 110
Horatio Seymour. 148
Winfield S. Hancock ... 176
James B. Weaver ..... 18
1872-Ulysses S. Grant'. .296
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1884-James G. Blaine.
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Grover Cleveland
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John P. St. John.
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Horace Greeley. 110
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes .. . 318 Samuel J. Tilden .155
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Benj. F. Butler. 9
ATLANTA CITY.
No sooner was the survey of the Chicago & Alton Railroad made than the location of a town somewhat in the northeast part of the county was agitated. The village of Mt. Hope, a few miles northeast of the site of Atlanta, was staked off, but being off the railroad was abandoned. It is now part of a farm. New Castle, to the southeast, had received quite an impetus, but for the same reason was abandoned on the survey of Atlanta and became in- corporated therein, the majority of its residents moving to the new town. The Baptists had built a house of worship there, and some trade was established by 1853. Early in this year R. T. Gill, then a resident of Pekin, entered the land on which the city of Atlanta now stands, at $1.25 an acre. The assessed valuation was then $1,200. It is now nearly $400,000. On the 23d of June he offered the lots at public auction, and by a liberal policy secured a large sale, and before the close of the season fifteen or twenty buildings were ready for occupancy. The first of these was built by R. T. Gill. The freight house was erected by the railroad company about the same time, and shortly after a passen- ger depot.
When the town was surveyed, it received the name of Xenia. This name was suggested by Mrs. James Downey, in remembrance of her former home in Xenia, Ohio. On application for a. post- office, it was ascertained that an office by that name already existed in the State, and the founders of the town changed it to Hamilton, in honor of Colonel L. D. Hamilton. Applying the second time for a postoffice, they met with the same difficulty, and to avoid having a town and postoffice of different names, a third name was chosen. Mr. R. T. Gill had some time previously spent a portion of a year in Atlanta, Georgia, and remembering the beauty of that city, suggested that name. As no postoffice of that name existed in Illinois, the appellation was adopted. Several persons yet hold deeds of lots in the town of Xenia.
For several years following, the history of Atlanta is one of un- precedented growth and prosperity. Stores, shops and dwellings
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were rapidly erected; schools and churches were established, and the highest hopes of the founders were being speedily realized. By the close of 1854 the town contained about 500 people, and nearly a hundred houses. The grain trade was assuming vast proportions, and, indeed, within a few years Atlanta was the largest grain market on this railroad between the two cities at either extremity.
By an act of the Legislature, approved February .14, 1855, the town was incorporated. Its boundaries then embraced, by that charter, the east half of the northwest quarter and west half of the northeast quarter of section 20, in all 160 acres. The same charter provided for the election of a board of five trustees. Be- fore the incorporation act, and when there were no village officers to execute the law, a number of the citizens organized a company known as the " Big Grove Rangers," whose object was to secure and bring to justice all violators of the law. The organization did effective work, and kept this part of the county comparatively free of outlaws.
During the year 1855 no Western town eclipsed Atlanta in its growth. Until this date the buildings, though of wood, were commodious and ample for the wants of trade; but a necessity for a more substantial class was becoming apparent, and early in the year the first brick building in town was erected. It stood on the corner of Vine and Railroad streets, and is yet used and known as the Atlanta House. It was opened July 4, 1855. During the early summer 100 houses were "raised " in two weeks, and before the close of the season 155 buildings were added to the already conspicuous town. In August the Logan County Forum, an en- terprising and well-edited weekly newspaper, was established by S. B. Dugger. About this time the town was visited by the editor of the Springfield Register, who thus wrote of Atlanta to his paper:
"Two years ago there was not a building in the place or within a mile of it. Now the village numbers 260 houses and 1,000 in- habitants. The buildings are all good, many of them large and splendid, and all painted. The men appear energetic, self-confi- dent and intelligent."
The same summer the Atlanta Seminary was established. The old seminary building was built in 1853, when there were not more than twenty buildings in town. The Illinois Cross Railroad Com- pany was also incorporated; but the failure to act promptly in this matter caused its construction to be defeated at the time.
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During the next summer the important buildings erected were H. Armington's brick block, the Logan House, by G. A. Colton, Dills & Howser's warehouse, and the large frame building, on what is now the postoffice block. None of these remain save the Logan (Grant) House, each succumbing to the ravages of the fire- fiend. In the spring of this year T. N. Gill & Co. opened a bank, which they conducted some time, and, retiring from the business, were succeeded by David Kern & Co., who were in turn succeeded by Dills, Kern & Co., who conducted the business until 1866, when it passed into the hands of Frank Hoblit and his brothers. In 1875 they changed the bank into a National Bank, and so con- ducted it until 1879, when it again became a private institution, under the name of the Atlanta Bank, with about twenty stock- holders, the management remaining essentially the same. The most wealthy and influential men in the county are interested in this bank, which is prudently and conservatively managed, and is one of the safest and strongest institutions in the country. It has a capital of $25,000, and a surplus of equal amount. The present officers are: John A. Hoblit, President; C. (). Aldrich, Vice-Presi- dent; Frank Hoblit, Cashier; Sylvester Hoblit, Assistant Cashier and active Manager.
A steady advancement marked the year 1855, which continued uninterrupted several years. In 1861 an act relating to the ad- vancement of agricultural societies passed the State Legislature, which gave aid to the Atlanta Union Central Agricultural Society, which held its first meeting in the fall of 1860. It, is one of the best agricultural societies in this portion of Illinois, and since its incorporation has held annually an excellent fair. For further ac- count, see Chapter XII.
Not long after this date the war of the Rebellion broke out, and a call for troops was the result. The Seventh and Eighth Regi- ments of Illinois Infantry were each mustered into service the same day, the 25th of April, 1861. In the former of these two regiments Atlanta was well represented. Company E, the first in the State to report for duty at Camp Butler, contained eighty-five men from Atlanta, and Company D had twenty-nine privates, while two companies contained four others. Of the officers in this regiment seven were from Atlanta. The Thirty-eighth Infantry had sixty men in Company E, three in Company B, and seven commissioned officers. In the One Hundred and Sixth there were sixty-eight men in Company E, seven scattering, and six officers. The Second
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Cavalry was furnished with nineteen privates and three officers from Atlanta, and in the Forty-fourth and Sixty-sixth were found quite a number. As the war progressed these officers were pro- moted, while their places were filled from the rank of the privates. Of those who enlisted from this town all but one or two honorably acquitted themselves, and all those who survived the conflict came home with an untarnished record, while in many a Southern field and in many an unknown grave there sleep in quiet rest the re- mains of many of these brave men who were willing to lay their lives on their country's altar in her defense.
The city has at different times suffered disastrously from fire. In 1857 a fire destroyed the Atlanta House, and in 1865 laid in ashes all the buildings between Armington's block and Arch street. This same year another equally disastrous fire destroyed other buildings in the central part of town, at which time the town rec- ords were wholly destroyed. At later dates Armington's block, Beath & Hoose's manufactory and planing mill, Dills & Howser's warehouse were destroyed ; and on April 7, 1867, Mix & Co.'s hardware store, and other adjacent buildings, suffered a like fate. In 1882, Turner's mill and Armington's elevator succumbed, and also the Midland Railroad station. In 1885 Hilbert's wagon shop and several carpenter shops adjoining were burned at one time, and the Cumberland Presbyterian church at another. These losses have taught the citizens a severe lesson. The buildings burned were almost all wooden structures, which have been replaced by commodious brick houses, which of themselves will serve as an ex- cellent safeguard against this element.
Until 1866 Mr. Harvey Turner was almost the only person who maintained that good brick could be made from prairie soil. That year, however, a company representing a capital stock of $2,000 began operations, and continued the manufacture of brick two years. Among the more prominent buildings erected at that time as monuments of this industry was the Union Hall block, it being the first of their work. The manufacture is yet carried on in several places, generally along the creek, or in the edge of the timber.
In 1867 a company was formed for the purpose of sinking a coal shaft. The boring for coal began November 26, and after several attempts reached a good vein of coal, at the depth of 245 feet. This is the same vein of coal now mined by the Lincoln Coal Company, and underlies several counties, at a very uniform depth. Had the
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company continued their operations, a good article of coal would have rewarded their efforts; but Atlanta still imports her coal.
CITY ORGANIZATION.
All these years the town had been under the control of the vil- lage trustees, five in number. The population had increased to more than a thousand persons, and the advisability of a city gov- ernment was considered by the citizens. The incorporation act, as a town, was passed by the Legislature, February 24, 1855, and on April 2 the first Board of Trustees was elected. It consisted of the following persons : A. N. Dills, A. K. Martin, William P. Hunt, William S. Leonard and Cornelius Lambert. R. T. Gill was chosen president of the board, which met on the 7th, and ap- pointed J. Henry Ball, Clerk; E. H. Dunagar, Constable, and H. Armington, Street Commissioner. This form of government was used until 1869, when a city charter was obtained, on March 8, of that year, and on the 16th the question was submitted to a vote of the people. One hundred and seventy-three votes were cast in favor of a city organization, nineteen against; seven votes were cast against the city charter. This left a majority of 147 votes in favor of the movement. On the 23d of the same month the election for city officers was held, at which time a mayor, a city clerk, a city marshal, a treasurer, an attorney, an assessor and collector, one justice, a street commissioner, and a city surveyor were elected.
CITY OFFICIALS.
1869-Mayor, Samuel H. Fields; Clerk, J. Henry Ball; Marshal, J. B. Ransel; Treasurer, L. James; Assessor and Collector, S. D. Fisher; Attorney, W. E. Dir, also elected Surveyor ; Street Com- missioner, J. Frinfrock ; Aldermen : First Ward, W. P. Hunt ; Second Ward, George Esterbrook; Third Ward, E. Stuart.
1870-Mayor, G. 1. Harry ; Clerk, Arthur Paullin ; Assessor and Collector, C. T. Rock ; Treasurer, L. James; Street Commis- sioner, Dietrich Martin ; Marshal, Charles Blessing; Aldermen : First Ward, Andrew Turner ; Second Ward, R. A. Super ; Third Ward, E. Stuart.
1871-Mayor, Benjamin Bean; Clerk, Arthur Paullin; Assessor and Collector, G. L. Parker; Street Commissioner, Hiram Law- rence ; Magistrate, J. Henry Ball ; Marshal, Charles Blessing ; Aldermen : First Ward, Seth Turner ; Second Ward, Thomas Camerer; Third Ward, S. D. Fisher.
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1872-Mayor, William P. Hunt; Clerk, Andrew P. West; Mar- shal, L. C. Lambert ; Street Commissioner, Hiram Lawrence ; Assessor and Collector, S. S. Keigwin ; Aldermen : First Ward, Seth Turner ; Second Ward, John M. Gallon ; Third Ward, Ed- ward E. Beath.
1873-Mayor, E. Stuart ; Clerk, Andrew P. West ; Justice, J. Henry Ball ; Assessor and Collector, S. S. Keigwin ; Marshal, L. C. Lambert ; Street Commissioner, Hiram Lawrence; Aldermen : First Ward, Seth Turner ; Second Ward, Solomon Morris ; Third Ward, F. J. Fields.
1874-Mayor, James Shores ; Clerk, William H. Mason ; Mar- shal, C. Hoblit ; Assessor and Collector, S. S. Keigwin ; Street Commissioner, Hiram Lawrence ; Aldermen : First Ward, Seth Turner ; Second Ward, Frank Hoblit ; Third Ward, E. E. Beath.
1875-Mayor, Andrew P. West ; Clerk, B. A. Field ; Marshal, L. C. Lambert ; Street Commissioner, H. Lawrence ; Aldermen : First Ward, J. G. Reise ; Second Ward, Thomas Worthington ; Third Ward, R. D. Kesler, elected at a second election, the vote at the first being a tie.
1876-Mayor, Benjamin Bean ; Clerk, M. H. C. Young ; Mar- shal, L. C. Lambert ; Street Commissioner, Scott Martin ; Alder- men : First Ward, J. Q. McKinon ; Second Ward, H. C. Hawes ; Third Ward, E. E. Beath.
1877-Mayor, P. R. Marquart ; Clerk, M. H. C. Young ; Magis- trate, Edmund Hill ; Marshal, John Becker ; Street Commissioner, Hiram Lawrence; Aldermen : First Ward, J. S. Perriton; Second Ward, Thomas Camerer ; Third Ward, Elias Harness.
1878-Mayor, P. R. Marquart ; Clerk, M. H. C. Young ; Mar- shal, M. L. Higgins ; Street Commissioner, Nathan Keyes ; Alder- men : First Ward, Alfred Turner ; Second Ward, Andrew P. West ; Third Ward, Elias Harness.
1879-Mayor, F. J. Fields ; Clerk, W. H. Mason ; Marshal, John B. Lambert ; Street Commissioner, H. Lawrence; Alder- men : First Ward, Alfred Turner ; Second Ward, S. H. Nolder ; Third Ward, Albert Hamilton.
1880-Mayor, F. J. Fields ; Clerk, J. H. Ball ; Marshal, Thomas McFarland ; Street Commissioner, Nathan Keyes ; Alder- men : First Ward, Alfred Turner ; Second Ward, S. H. Nolder ; Third Ward, Albert Hamilton.
1881-Mayor, S. H. Fields ; Clerk, J. Henry Ball ; Marshal, Thomas McFarland ; Police Magistrate, Edmund Hill ; Street 35
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Commissioner, Nathan Keyes; Aldermen : First Ward, Gibson Bail; Second Ward, Sylvester Hoblit ; Third Ward, Elias Harness.
1882-Mayor, A. C. Church ; Clerk, J. Henry Ball ; Marshal, M. L. Higgins ; Street Commissioner, H. Lawrence ; Aldermen : First Ward, A. J. Randolph; Second Ward, George F. Bennett ; Third Ward, James Shores.
1883-Mayor-Alfred Turner ; Clerk, W. [H. Mason; Marshal, Henry O. Dalzell ; Street Commissioner, Frank Burns; Alder- men : First Ward, P. R. Marquart ; Second Ward, James Ruch ; Third Ward, A. V. Scott.
1884-Mayor, C. H. Turner; Clerk, R. H. Gill ; Marshal, L. M. Coons ; Street Commissioner, M. Keene ; Aldermen : First Ward, F. J. Fields ; Second Ward, J. M. Ruch ; Third Ward, A. V. Scott.
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