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were consolidated, the territory comprising the new division taking the name of Union Township. Again, before the close of the year 1855. another change was ordered, and the old lines restored. Being again consolidated in 1858, the new arrangement re-established the original boundaries and the territory thus created was called Fairmount Town- ship.
At the September session of the Board of Commissioners, in 1863, a part of Township 25, situated west of the Mississinewa River, was
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added to Center Township, and at a later period that part of Sections II and 12, in Township 23, Range S, which lies south of the Mississinewa, was annexed to Fairmount Township. There has been no change in the boundary lines of the Township since 1863.
It may be remarked, in passing, that inasmuch as Fairmount Town- ship, while yet in her infancy, partook freely of the soil of Liberty and Union, seed fell upon good ground. The natives of this community point with a pardonable pride and satisfaction to the unusually heavy
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enlistments from Fairmount Township in the Union Army during the Civil War and the War with Germany.
Considering territorial area there is comparatively little or no un- productive land in the Township. Practically every foot of cleared ground is under cultivation. The earnest labors of the pioneer, re- enforced at a later period by the industry and enterprise of his sons and daughters, have transformed the bogs and the beaver dams of the early day into the fertile farms of the present.
The corduroy roads of more than half a century ago have been replaced by good pikes. The open ditches are practically a thing of the past. Chills and fever, relent- less enemies of our ancestors, have disappeared before the sweep of modern scientific knowledge and correct sanitary conditions. The percentage of mortality is now in- significant as compared with the appalling death rate of former times, when large families were invaded and homes almost broken up within a few weeks by diseases known to the pioneer.
At a meeting of Township Trus- tees held April 11, 1853, the bond of William Hall, as Township Treasurer, was accepted as suf- ficient and filed. The Trustees at that date were Jesse Brooks, THOMAS J. LUCAS Nixon Rush, Sr., and Joseph Hol- lingsworth. Ezra Foster was the Township Clerk. At this session of the Trustees seventy-five cents was allowed as compensation for one full day's service. This is the first meeting of Township Trustees, the law then providing for the elec- tion of three, instead of one, as shown by the official records of the Township now in possession of the present incumbent, Trustee David G. Lewis.
In April, 1854, there were six road districts in the Township. The list of road hands eligible for service was classified as follows :
District No. 1, James M. Ellis, Supervisor-Joseph W. Hill, Jesse Harvey, John Carey, Thomas Harvey, Jr., Henry Winslow, Linden Osborn, Joseph Carey, Robert Carey, Robert Corder. Samuel Radley,
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Allen Wright, George Rich, Samuel Dillon, Seth Winslow and James M. Ellis.
District No. 2, William Pierce, Supervisor-William Pierce, Clark- son Pierce, Thomas Newby, James Harrison, Andrew Lytle, John Phillips, Joel Phillips, Jesse Pemberton, Mordecai Davidson, Moses Larkin, James Davidson, Milton Winslow, Jesse Dillon and John Knox.
District No. 3, Hopkins Richardson, Supervisor-William Wins- low, Isaac Wright, Henry Level, Aaron Kaufman, Charles Stanfield, George Lewis, John Benbow, Isam Portice, Walker Winslow, Daniel T. Lindsey, Henry Winslow, Jonathan D. Richardson, Zimri Richard- son, Simon Kaufman, Isaac Roberts and James Quinn.
District No. 4, Phillip Patterson, Supervisor-Andrew Buller, Car- ter Hasting, James Nixon, Judiah Smithson, Daniel Thomas, John Seale, Nathan D. Wilson, Jesse E. Wilson, Jonathan Baldwin, Nathan Little, Isaac Hawkins, David Baldwin, Phillip Patterson, Mahlon Cook, John Henley, Joseph W. Baldwin, Isaac Stanfield, James Cammack, William Hundley, William Wright, Nixon Rush, Sr., Nathan Vinson, Seaberry Lines, William Hall, Solomon Parsons, Joshua Foster, An- drew Leverton, Calvin Dillon and Iredell Rush.
District No. 5, Lindsey Wilson, Supervisor-Hanley Broyles, Henry Wilson, Eli Neal, Micajah Wilson, Henry J. Reel, Andrew J. Mann, Albert Dillon, James Lytle, Calvin Bookout, Clayton L. Stanfield and Alfred Waldron.
District No. 6, William Fear, Supervisor-William Fear, John Smith, John W. Ridge, Aaron Cosand, James Williams, Isaac Thomas, William Parsons, Isaac Johnson, Clark A. Johnson, Jr., Henry Osborn, Jonathan Osborn, Charles A. Johnson and Nelson Thomas.
April 7. 1856, Phineas Henley was elected Justice of the Peace, William Hall, Treasurer, A. R. Williams, Clerk, and Samuel Dillon, Daniel Thomas and Micajah Wilson were chosen to serve on the Board of Township Trustees.
In 1858 Thomas D. Duling, Samuel Dillon and Seth Winslow were elected to the Board of Township Trustees, John S. Carey, Township Clerk and William Hall, Township Treasurer. This was the last year that a Board of Township Trustees was elected.
In 1859 the law was amended so as to provide for the election an- nually of one Township Trustee, for a term of one year.
On April 4, 1859, Henry Harvey was elected, being the first man to serve under the new law.
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The following Township Trustees have served since the election of Harvey :
1860-1865-Jonathan P. Winslow.
1865-M. C. Wilson.
1866-Jonathan P. Winslow. 1867-Samuel Dillon.
1868-Jonathan P. Winslow.
1869-J. F. Jones.
1870-Morgan O. Lewis.
1871-1872-J. Nixon Elliott.
1873-1874-Joseph H. Wilson.
1875-1877-Eli Neal.
1880-Lemuel Pearson.
1884-Joseph Ratliff.
1888-Lemuel Pearson.
1890-John Kelsay.
1894-Joseph Ratliff .*
1900-Joel (). Duling.
1904-Alvin J. Wilson.
1908-John R. Little. 1914-David G. Lewis.
The census of 1860 shows that Fairmount Township had a popula- tion of one thousand, three hundred and six, two colored. In 1870 the census shows a population of one thousand. five hundred and seventy- three, one thousand, five hundred and forty-three native, thirty foreign ; one thousand, five hundred and twenty white and fifty-three colored.
The taxable property of the Township in 1876 amounted to five hun- dred and sixty-three thousand, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.
"Joseph Ratliff, for many years Trustee of Fairmount Township, serving in this important office at different times, was a native of Henry County, Indiana, born March 27, 1838. His parents were Gabriel and Catherine (Pearson) Ratliff, natives of North Carolina, who came to Indiana and settled with their parents while small children, near Richmond. Joseph Ratliff came to Fairmount Township in 1870, and bought the farm one mile northeast of Fairmount, which he owned until his death. He was educated in Miami County, Indiana, where he was married, in 1859, to Miss Mary A. Lamb, a native of Madison County, Indiana. They were the parents of eight children, but two of whom, Ancil E., a prosperous Liberty Township farmer, and Dr. Milo E. Ratliff, a prominent citizen and dentist of Casso- polis, Mich., are the only survivors. Joseph Ratliff and family were con- sistent members of the Society of Friends, and were always active and influential in the church. He was during his entire lifetime engaged in farming. His broad experience and strict integrity in all the affairs of life soon won the confidence of the people of the Township and this confidence was fully justified by a number of years of faithful and efficient service rendered.
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In 1876 four hundred and forty votes were cast in the Township for the different candidates for President, of which number Rutherford B. Hayes received two hundred and ninety-six ; Samuel J. Tilden, one hun- dred and twenty-one, and Peter Cooper, twenty-three.
DAVID G. LEWIS
Township Trustee, was born two miles and one-half southeast of Fair- mount, on what was known as the John Leach farm, August 16, 1862. His paternal grandparents were David and Nancy (George) Lewis; his ma- ternal grandparents were Morgan and Susan Lewis. Morgan O. Lewis, the father, and a former Township Trus- tee, was born in Fairmount Township, January 21, 1836, and died January 18, 1884. The mother, Maria Lewis, was born at Narvou, Illinois, May 4, 1844, and died in November, 1901. David G. Lewis was educated in the commnon schools of Fairmount Township. In 1868 he attended his first school at Sugar Grove, which was taught by his father. All his life he has followed farming. For twenty-five years he has studied tree culture. His nursery on South Mill Street is an evidence of his perseverance and industry. For sev- eral years he was a stockholder and director in the Fairmount Fair Asso- ciation. Mr. Lewis is a self-made man. By his own unaided efforts he has met with success from humble begin- nings. As Trustee of Fairmount Township he was the first to secure State aid for vocational training, which enables boys over fourteen and under twenty-five to secure competent instruction in various vocations. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served his party as precinct committeeman, Sec- retary of the Township Committee, and as a member of the Finance Com- mittee. He has been active in all organized movements looking to the elim- ination of the saloon from County and Township. The esteem in which he is held is evidenced by his election as President, repeatedly, of the Grant County Township Trustees' Association. He was reared in the Methodist Protestant Church. In June, 1899, he was married at Jonesboro, to Miss Mintie Ward, only child of Austin P. and Lucinda A. Ward, and a grand- daughter of Elijah Ward, who helped to organize the first Methodist Church in Fairmount Township. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are the parents of one son, Iliff Ward Lewis, born January 30, 1903. All his life, with the exception of eleven months spent in Hand County, South Dakota, has been passed in Fairmount Township.
In September, 1870, a petition, properly drawn, and signed by a sufficient number of voters of Fairmount, was presented to the County Commissioners, requesting that an election be authorized for the pur- pose of determining whether or not the town should be incorporated.
The election was held on September 26 of that year. The total vote cast was sixty-five. Of this number, forty-four were in favor of incorporation and twenty-three voted against it.
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The first election of officers, on December 10, 1870, resulted as follows: Trustee First Ward, Enoch Beals; Trustee Second Ward, Elwood Haisley ; Trustee Third Ward, Milton Gossett ; Trustee Fourth Ward, Dr. P. H. Wright ; Trustee Fifth Ward, C. T. Schooley. A. M. Raper was elected Clerk; Micajah Wilson, Town Assessor, and Fos- ter Davis, Marshal.
The Board of Trustees met January 23, 1871, and adopted By- Laws. At a meeting held on April 4, 1871, William Hall, Alex Pickard and Joseph N. Rush were elected School Trustees.
BY-LAWS ADOPTED.
Fairmount, Indiana, Monday Evening, January 23, 1871.
The Board met by call of the President and the following members were present, viz. :
First District-Enoch Beals.
Second District-Elwood Haisley, President.
Third District-Milton Gossett.
Fifth District-C. T. Schooley.
P. H. Wright, of the Fourth District, was absent.
The Clerk then presented the bonds of Clerk, Treasurer, Marshal and Assessor, which were accepted by the Board.
On motion the Board adopted the following By-Laws, viz. :
Article One .- It shall be the duty of the President to call the mem- bers to order and conduct all business before the Board to a speedy and proper result.
Article Two .- He shall state all questions to the Board before put- ting it to vote, shall ask, "Are you ready for the question?" Should no member of the Board offer to speak, he shall rise to put it and after he has arisen no member shall be allowed to speak on it without the consent of all the members present.
Article Three .- A motion must be seconded and afterward repeated from the chair or read aloud before it is debatable.
Article Four .- The President shall have a casting vote in case of a tie, but in ordinary cases shall not vote. He shall announce all votes and decisions and his decision shall not be debatable, unless he invites discussion.
Article Five .- Hle may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose, and he shall de- cide points of order subject to an appeal by any member of the Board.
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Article Six .- When an appeal is taken from the decision of the President, he shall put the question thus: "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained ?"
Article Seven .- It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to call any member to order who violates any established rule of order.
Article Eight .- It shall be the duty of the Secretary, or Clerk, to call the roll of the members at each meeting, note absentees, and read -
the minutes of the previous meeting, and keep a true and accurate rec- ord of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees.
Article Nine .- When a member is called to order he shall take his seat until the point is settled.
Article Ten .- When two or more members rise to speak at the same time, the presiding officer shall decide who is entitled to the floor.
Article Eleven .- No member shall speak more than twice, nor longer than five minutes each time, without consent of the Board.
Article Twelve .- While the member is speaking no one shall inter- rupt him, except for the purpose of an explanation.
Article Thirteen .- Any conversation by whispering or otherwise, which is calculated to disturb a member while speaking or hinder the transaction of business, shall be deemed a violation of order and if persisted in shall incur censure.
Article Fourteen .- When a question is before the Board the only motion in order shall be, first, to adjourn ; second, the previous ques- tion : third, to lay on the table ; fourth, to postpone indefinitely.
Article Fifteen .- A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, except. first, while a member is in possession of the floor ; second, while the yeas and nays are being called ; third, while the members are voting, and fourth, when any business of importance is before the house.
Article Sixteen .- The Board shall be called to order by the Presi- dent within fifteen minutes of the time the Board agreed to meet at its last session, or if he is not present, the Board will be allowed to call one of its members to the chair, for the transaction of business.
Article Seventeen .- It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all money assessed by the Board, and pay it out on an order from the Board attested by the President and Clerk.
Article Eighteen .- It shall be the duty of the Marshal to exe- cute and put in force all the ordinances and laws passed by the Board of Trustees, and perform all the duties prescribed by law for the action of the corporation.
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Article Nineteen .- It shall be the duty of the Assessor to make a true and correct assessment of all the property, both real and personal, within the corporation limits, and make a return to the Board of the same, according to law.
Article Twenty .- The Marshal shall be allowed one dollar per each arrest he may make and sustain, and for serving subpoena, or other writs, such fees as are allowed constables by law, and for collecting taxes he is allowed five per cent. on the amount collected.
Article Twenty-one .- The Assessor shall be allowed one dollar and a half a day for each day he may be occupied in making the assessment of the corporation.
Article Twenty-two .- The Clerk shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents for each regular meeting and for each called meeting and for other services he shall receive a reasonable compensation to be al- lowed by the Board.
Article Twenty-three .- The Treasurer shall be allowed a reasona- ble compensation by the Board for his services.
Article Twenty-four .- It shall be the duty of each member to vote on every question before the house, either for or against.
On motion the Board adopted Ordinance No. 1, which is recorded in Ordinance Book, Page 1; also Ordinance No. 2, recorded in said Book, Page 2: also Ordinance No. 3. recorded in said Book, Pages 2 and 3 ; also Ordinance No. 4, recorded in said Book, Pages 3 and 4.
On motion Ordinance No. 3 should not take effect until thirty days after its publication.
On motion the Clerk was requested to ascertain whether two blank books for the use of the Board could be obtained for an order from the Board for their cost, and if so to order such books.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet on Thursday evening. January 26, 1871, at 6:30 o'clock p. m.
E. HAISLEY, President.
A. M. RAPER, Clerk.
The 1870 census shows that Fairmount had a total population of three hundred and thirty-four native and three foreign ; three hundred and thirty-one white and six colored.
In 1875 there were two hundred and fifty-three children of school age in the corporation. The amount of tuition fund drawn during the year was seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty cents.
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In 1876 Fairmount corporation had enumerated two hundred and thirty children of school age, one hundred and twenty male and one hundred and ten female. The average daily attendance was one hun- dred and thirty-five. There were three teachers, one male and two females. The teachers' wages per day average, male four dollars and female two dollars and a half. Days taught during the year, one hun- dred. One frame school house was sufficient to accommodate the pupils. The estimated value of the school building and school appara- this was two thousand and fifty dollars.
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NAMES OF OFFICIALS OF FAIRMOUNT CORPORATION From 1871 to 1917 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Year
First District
Second Distriet
Third District
Fourth Distriet
Fifth Distriet
Clerk and Treasurer
Jan. 1871 to May 1872
Enoch Beals* Willls Spennyt W'm. Wilkinson W. J. Nealt W'm. Fogelman Alex Little
Elwood Haisley* A. R. Williams
Milton Gossett
P. H. Wright* Foster Davis
C. T. Schooley
A. M. Raper
May 1872 to May 1873
Isaac Smithson
W. B. Hollingsworth Jacob Woollen
Wm. Wilkinson
J. N. Elliott
May 1873 to May 1874
John Lillibridge
WV. D. Montgomery
W. B. Hollingsworth
Jacob Woollen* Joseph Wilson Thomas Beck
Wm. Wilkinson
J. N. Elliott
May 1874 to May 1875
May 1875 to May 1876 May 1876 to May 1877
John Lillibridge Jonathan Baldwin J. B. Hollingsworth
Micajah Wilson James Tuttle
Dr. Alpheus Henley 'Dr. Alpheus Henley Dr. Alpheus Henley
J. H. Shepard Wm. Woollen
Wm. Wilkinson* H. W. Winslow
J. N. Elliott Samuel Knight Samuel Knight
Robert Bogue
May 1878 to May 1879
D. M. Nottinghamt Nathan Vinson
Isaac Smithson
J. N. Wheeler
Henry Love
Robert Bogue
May 1879 to May 1880
Nathan Vinson
A. D. Bryan
J. N. Wheeler
WVm. Hasting
Robert Bogue
May 1880 to May 1881
Nathan Vinson
Wm. R. Woollen
Benj. F. Frazier
May 1881 to May 1882
Foster Davis
Thomas J. Nixon* John F. Jones
W. D. Montgomery W. D. Montgomery
David A. Baldwin Geo. W. Butler
Wm. Woollen
Nathan W. Edwards
May 1884 to May 1885
Jacob Adell
Geo. W. Butler
Wm. Woollen
Nathan W. Edwards
May 1885 to May 1886
Jacob Adell
H. H. Wiley
M. A. Hiattt Thos. P. Latham Thos. JJ. Nixon
Ryland Ratliff
Cornelius R. Small
Nathan W. Edwards
The Making of a Township.
May 1877 to May 1878
D. M. Nottingham
A. Frank Norton
Dr. Alpheus Henley
Wm. Woollen
Wm. Woollen* Eli J. Scottt Levi Scott Levi Seott* Irvin Galloway Wm. Hasting
Wm. Hasting
Dr. Chas. V. Moore
Benj. F. Frazier (a) Nathan W. Edwards
May 1882 to May 1883 May 1883 to May 1884
Henry M. Crilley Henry M. Crilley
Gabriel Johnson
Jasper N. Wheeler |Nathan W. Edwards
Enoch Beals* Alex Little John S. Baker
W. D. Montgomery
Albertson Relfe* Gabriel Johnson Gabriel Johnson
A. Frank Norton
Win. Woollen
Wm. Hastingt Joseph Wilson Levi Scott* Wm Hasting
Isaac Smithson*
Ma; 1886 to May 1887
May 1887 to May 1888
May 1888 to May 1889 May 1889 to May 1890
May 1890 to May 1891 May 1891 to May 1892
Josiah G. Worley Josiah G. Worley
Matthias S. Friend Matthias S. Friend
May 1894 to May 1895
May 1895 to May 1896 May 1896 to May 1897
Matthias S. Friend Matthias S. Friend Harry Davis
J. Hamilton Dean John H. Wilsont Jehu Hardwick Jehu Hardwick Jason B. Smith Jason B. Smith Samuel Fritch Samuel Fritch
Thos. J. Nixon
Ryland Ratliff
WVm. F. Fink
Cornelius R. Small
Ephraim Smith
Cornelius R. Smal Ephraim Smith Wm. R. Pearsont Ephraim Smith Joel B. Wright Theo. W. Bryan Theo. W. Bryan
Lew A. Cassell Ephraim Smith
Ephraim Smith Ephraim Smith Ephraim Smith Ephraim Smith J. H. Winslow (b)
Ephraim Smith Geo. A. Fletcher Geo. A. Fletcher Jacob Briles
Jacob Briles Jacob Briles
May 1903 to May 1904
James Phillips
Nathan W. Hunt Nathan W. Hunt Alonzo Thomas
John H. Simons John H. Simons
Robert J. Beals
John H. Simons
John Borrey* Fred H. Macy Fred H. Macy
Albert Paulus Wm. L. Henley
Jacob Briles Jacob Briles
Jan. 1910 to Dec. 1911
Lemuel Pearson
Oz B. Wilson
Clark D. Overman Clark D. Overman James T. Hill
F. M. Wood (a) Oliver R. Scott Thos. J. Lucas Curtis W. Smith Curtis W. Smith
J. C. Albertson J. C. Albertson Homer L. Leer
Walter L. Jay Earl Morris
Jan. 1912 to Dec. 1913 Jan. 1914 to Dec. 1915
Lemuel Pearson
Oz B. Wilson
Wm. Z. Payne
Wm. Z. Payne
James T. Hill
John M. Harvey
Homer L. Leer
Earl Morris
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t Moved from district.
(a) Deceased. (b) Sick. Deputy Clerk, Ephraim Smith.
Cornelius R. Smal Nathan W. Edwards
Thos. J. Nixon
Hasting Wm. Hasting
Joseph W. Patterson Joseph W. Patterson
Wm F. Fink Wm. F. Fink
Wm. F. Fink Gabriel Johnson Gabriel Johnson
M. A. Hiatt M. A. Hiatt
N. A. Wilson* Wm. R. Pearson Win. R. Pearson
May 1897 to May 1898
Harry Davis
Samuel Fritch
Isaac Elliott
M. A. Hiatt
Samuel Fritch
Isaac Elliott
Nathan W. Hunt
Isaac Elliott
Robert J. Beals
Robert J. Beals
A. M. Presnall (a) Robert Dare Albert Paulus
May 1901 to May 1902
James Phillips
May 1902 to May 1903
James Phillips
Albert Paulus Albert Paulus
Jacob Briles
May 1904 to Dec. 1905 Jan. 1906 to Dec. 1909
J. W. Kester
M. S. Friend
Alonzo Thomas Alonzo Thomas
Frank Andrick
Harmon T. Newby* E. J. Seale
M. A. Hiatt
Lee R. Whitney Lee R. Whitney
May 1900 to May 1901
James Phillips
Nathan W. Hunt
John H. Simons
Robert J. Beals
May 1898 to May 1899
Henry M. Crilley
May 1899 to May 1900
Henry M. Crilley
Lemuel Pearson (a) John W. Smith John W. Smith
Earl Morris
Jan. 1916 to Dec. 1917
Asa Carter H. H. Wiley H. H. Wileyt Asa Carter Daniel Baldwint Chas. T. Parker Matthew M. Symons Micajah Wilson Matthew M. Symons J. Hamilton Dean
WVm. F. Fink WVm F. Fink
Joseph W. Patterson Joseph W. Patterson Joseph W. Patterson Joseph W. Patterson Isaac Elliott
.Wm. R. Pearson Wm. R. Pearson Wm. R. Pearson Wm. R. Pearson
May 1892 to May 1893 May 1893 to May 1894
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SCHOOL TRUSTEES From 1871 to 1917
Apr. 1871 to Apr. 1873 William Hall
Apr. 1873 to Apr. 1874 | William Hall*
Jos. K. Bennett (a)
Isaac Smithson Isaac Smithson (b)
April 4, 1874
April 3. 1875
I. N. Elliott
James Tuitle
August 15. 1876
J. N. Elliott
Andrew Buller
Enoch Beals
April 24, 1877
J. N. Elliott
Andrew Buller
Enoch Beals
.lune 10, 1878
J. N. Elliott
Andrew Buller
P. H. Wright
June 3. 1879
J. N. Elliott
Andrew Buller
P. H. Wright
June 1. 1880
J. N. Elliott
Andrew Buller
P. H. Wright
.June 6. 1881
JJ. N. Elliott
Andrew Buller (d)
Alpheus Henley
. June 3, 1582
Foster Davis
Thomas J. Nixon
Alphous Henley
June 11, 1883
Poster Davis
Enoch Beals
.Iphous Houley
Juno 7, 1884
Foster Davis
Enoch Beals
AM!phous Henley
June 1, 1885
7, 1886
Mrs. Alice Nixon
Enoch Beals
Alphous Henley
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6. 1887
Mrs. Alice Nixon
Enoch Beals*
Elwood Davis
June
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1. R. Long
Clarkson D. Overman
Elwood Davis
.lune 3. 1889
A. R. Long
Clarkson D. Overman
Elwood Davis
JJune 9, 1890
A. R. Long
Warkson D. Overmian
June
1. 1891
Oliver R. Scott
Clarkson D. Overman 'N. W. Edwards
lune 9, 1892
Oliver R. Scott
John H. Wilson
N. W. Edwards
lune 7. 1893
Oliver R. Scott
John H. Wilson
. N. W. Edwards
June 6. 18:4
Oliver R. Scott
John H. Wilson
N. W. Edwards
June 1, 1895
Oliver R. Scott
Gurney Lindley*
IN. W. Edwards
June 10, 1896
( liver R. Scott
Fred H. Macy
Nathan W.
Edwards
June 8. 1897
Gabriel Johnson
Fred H. Macy
Nathan
Edwards
June 15, 1898
Gabriel Johnson
Fred H. Macy
Nathan W. Edwards
June 3, 1899
Gabriel Johnson
Fred H. Macy
Nathan
Edwards
July 5, 1900
Dr. J. W. Patterson
John Flanagan
Nathan
Edwards
June 6. 1901
Dr. I. W. Patterson
John Flanagan
Nathan W. Edwards
June 1. 1903
Dr. J. W. Patterson
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