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1886. President, James R. Hosie; Clerk, Wil- liam A. Marker and E. M Murphy each part of year ; Trustees, Edwin F. Steers, James R. Noble, Hiram Hawley, John Murphy, Jr .; Treasurer, Henry Loss; Assessor, Giles H. Collins ; Street Commissioner, James H. Pitcher ; Constable, John J. Downer.
1887. President, James R. Hosie; Clerk, Wil- liam A. Marker ; Trustees, T. E. Deming ; C. W. Chambers, S. D. Smith ; Treasurer, Jacob D. Bunting ; Assessor, Giles H. Collins ; Street Com- missioner, Francis H. Pitcher; Constable, John J. Downer.
1888. President, David Zimmerman; Clerk, William A. Marker and G. H. Collins, each part of a year ; Trustees, James R. Hosie, Wm. A. Cham- berlin, John Harrison; Treasurer, J. D. Bunting ; Assessor, Giles H. Collins ; Street Commissioner, Phillip Spann ; Constable, J. C. Smith.
1889. President, Theodore E. Deming ; Clerk, Giles H. Collins ; Trustees, Geo. H. Stellwagen, James M. Crouch, James R. Noble ; Treasurer, John C. Stellwagen; Assessor, Wm. R. Corlett ; Street Commissioner, Francis H. Pitcher; Con- stable, Joseph C. Smith.
1890. President, William R. Corlett ; Trustees, Theodore E. Deming, William Hoops James R. Noble, Geo. H. Stellwagen, Michael Schmidt, Al- mond C. Parsons; Giles H. Collins; Assessor, Daniel M. Chambers; Street Commissioner, Dan- iel Ackley ; Constable, Joseph C. Smith.
Appointments by council : President pro tem., James R. Noble ; Marshal. Joseph C. Smith ; Health Officer, Herbert E. Foster ; Village Attorney, John F. Cullen ; Chief Engineer Fire Department, Fayette Harris.
The first village lock-up was completed and oc- cupied on July 29, 1869. On January 31, 1876, fifteen street lamps were put up at a cost of $141.20, and at intervals since they have been lighted. The village hall, located in the public square, is a two story frame building. A portion of the lower store is used as a jail, and part for the township meetings.
The upper part was not finished off until August, 1880, it is used as a council room. The building was first occupied on November 14, 1878, and cost $1,400. In July, 1879, a special police force was organized, consisting of the village marshal and three policemen, L. E. Doolittle, E. Wilber Pate, and D. L. Adams, who were to act under instruc- tions from the village attorney. In July, 1881, two
Babcock fire extinguishers were purchased at a cost of $96. An effort was subsequently made to obtain a vote in favor of borrowing $2,500 to pro- cure fire apparatus, but it was unsuccessful. «On the morning of September 12, 1888, the O'Connor Block was destroyed by fire with a loss of $25,000, and during the winter of 1888-9 fires became so frequent that on January 18, 1889, the council of- fered a reward of $500, for the arrest and convic- tion of the incendiary.
The Union School building is a three story brick building, with seats for 300 pupils. It was erected in 1870 and 1871, cost $19,000 and was opened in the fall of 1871 by Prof. Boyd.
The population of Wayne in 1870 was 833, and in 1880, 919. The assessed valuation of the pro- perty in the village is $260,000 ; in the township, $1,100,000.
The Wayne County Review, an eight page, five column paper, is published every Friday at $1 per year, by E. F. Steers. Its beginnings were as fol- lows. In the fall of 1876 two boys, brothers, named E. F. and E. E. Steers, set up as amateur job printers, their outfit consisting of a 612 x 101/2 hand inking novelty press, for which they paid $10. With this and $18 worth of type they began. The following spring Mr. E E. Steers went to Califor- nia, and the job office was sold to their uncle, J. H. Steers, who in the fall of 1877 started the Weekly Review as a four column quarto without a sub- scriber or advertisement, and with little or no ex- perience. The paper was printed on a 13 x 19 half medium Universal press. The venture proved a success, and on April 12, 1878, the paper was en- larged to a five, and July 5 to a seven column quarto. On December 6, the name was changed to the Wayne County Review, with an office in both Plymouth and Wayne, the former in charge of O. S. Howard as editor. In July, 1887, it was purchased by the present proprietor, E. F. Steers.
Wayne Masonic Lodge, No. 112, secured a dis- pensation on January 14, 1858, and held its first regular meeting on July 19, following
A Universalist Society was organized about 1858 by the Rev. Andrew J. Stebbins, and the first ser- mon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Snead. A church was built and dedicated in 1863, and was under the charge of Rev. Chauncey Knickerbocker, until his death in 1884. Since then only occasional services have been held.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, U. A. C., was organized by the Rev. George Deckinger in the fall of 1876. For a time the meetings were held in Steer's Hall. A lot was afterwards pur- chased for $100, and a church erected, which was dedicated on August 12, 1877. It cost $1,350. The pastors have been : Rev. George Deckinger,
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from September, 1876 to April, 1878; Rev. George Tierck, from May, 1878, to May, 1880; Rev. George Deckinger until September, 1880 : Rev. J J. Bichsenstin, from January, 1881, to October, 1883 ; Rev. Robert Weise, from May, 1885, to May, 1886; Rev. Wm. Renz, from May, 1886, to May, 1888 ; Rev. John Baumann, from July, 1888. From October, 1883, to May, 1885, the church was with- out a pastor, occasional services being held by neighboring ministers. They had twenty-five mem- bers when the church was organized, 'and now have thirty.
Wayne has several advantages as a manufactur- ing center. The Michigan Central and the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroads intersect at Wayne Junc- tion less than a mile west of the village. A Citizen's Improvement Committee of ten was organized in 1887 for the purpose of holding out inducements to manufacturing establishments to locate in Wayne, and on December 5, 1887, at a special election, there was a unanimous vote to bond the city to purchase three acres of land as a site for public buildings. The land was purchased and at a spec- ial meeting of the Council on January 7, 1888, it was sold to the Prouty & Glass Manufacturing Company, of Detroit for $8,000. Their establish- ment, which manufactures carriages and sleighs, was started in Detroit in 1881, and moved to Wayne in November, 1887. They give employment to an average of fifty men with a pay roll of $500; the annual output being estimated at $80,000. They make an average of 100 carriages monthly, and about 125 cutters, besides white work in the rough.
The elevator of Hosie & Stellwagen, located on the Michigan Central track near the north end of the village, was put in operation in 1880, and has a storage capacity of ten thousand bushels. They have handled an average of twenty-five thousand bushels each of wheat and oats annually, and one year reached seventy-five thousand bushels.
COUNTY HOUSE STATION.
This station on the Michigan Central Railroad, as its name indicates, is for the convenience of the county establishment known as the Poor House and Insane Asylum. The history of these institu- tions up to 1886 is given in Chapter LXVII. In the latter year a building designed for use as a chapel, offices, and store room was erected at a cost of $23,000, and other buildings, such as gas and boiler houses, at a cost of $12,000 additional. In 1888 further additions were made to the main build- ing at a cost of $60,000, and the establishment is now one of the largest and most complete in the country.
INKSTER, FORMERLY MOULIN ROUGE.
This place, laid out in 1839 is on the northeast quarter of Section 25. and is named after Robert Inkster, one of the early settlers. The post-office was formerly called Moulin Rouge (Red Mills). It is on the Michigan Central Railroad.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at this place formed part of the Huron Mission in 1832, and has always been attached to either Wayne or Dearborn. The church building was erected in 1860. It will seat 250, and is worth about $2,000.
The East Nankin Presbyterian Church, located about two miles west of Inkster, was organized in August, 1840. Their church building was first used on October 1, 1846. It will seat 140, and is worth about $300. They had 17 members in 1840; 26 in 1850; 36 in 1860; 55 in 1870; 44 in 1880; and 52 in 1889. The first pastor, Rev. Joshua A. Clay- ton, served from 1840 to 1845, when the church building was erected. The society left the old school Presbyterian body, and organized as an as- sociate Presbyterian Society subordinate to the Associate Presbytery of Richland, Ohio. Joseph McClintock then served for two years, and was fol- lowed by stated supplies at short intervals, no less then forty different ministers of the Associate and United Presbyterian Churches serving until Sep- tember, 1872, when the church left the United Presbyterian Synod and joined the Detroit Pres- bytery.
PERRINVILLE.
This is one of the oldest villages in the county and is named after Abraham Perrin, who bought land here in 1829 The Methodist Episcopal Church at this place was organized in 1864, and is attached to Wayne. They worship in the Union Church building erected in 1845. It will seat 200 and is worth about $1,000.
PIKE'S PEAK.
This locality, about the middle of the extreme north part of the township, is said to have received its name from the fact that a man named Sheperd, from Pike's Peak, erected a mill here. It contains a general store, blacksmith shop and water grist mill, the latter built in 1848 by Samuel Harden- berg, and since owned by I. M. Lewis.
SCHWARTZBURGH.
This locality is one mile west of Pike's Peak, and is named after John E. Schwartz, who filled various State Offices, and was a prominent charac- ter in early territorial days
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
EBENEZER O. BENNETT, M. D., was born January 16, 1838, at Maumee, Ohio, and is the son of Ebenezer O., and Laura (Scott) Bennett. His father, who was of English descent was born on June 13, 1806. His mother, who was a second cousin of the late General Winfield Scott, and of Scottish ancestry, was born February 10, 1810. Both of his parents were born and reared at Ridge- field, Connecticut, from which place they moved to Ohio in the fall of 1837, and to the township of Nankin, in Wayne County, Michigan, in 1840, set- tling on a farm adjoining what is known as the Nankin Mills. Their family consisted of five sons and one daughter, of which Ebenezer O. Bennett, Jr., is the third. As they were pioneers in their section of the country they suffered the hardships usual to such a life, yet they managed to give their children a good education, one graduating from the State Normal School and two from the University of Michigan. The father died on June 17, 1883, and the mother on December 26, 1888. Both of them were highly respected and widely known throughout Wayne County.
The boyhood days of Ebenezer O. Bennett, Jr, were spent on the farm in Nankin, and in 1855 he entered the Union School at Ypsilanti, where he remained for three years receiving a good academic education. On leaving school he engaged in teach- ing until the Civil War broke out. He with others, listened to the call for men, and on October 23, 1863, he enlisted at Detroit in Company M, of Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, and was at once sent to the scene of action. He was engaged with his regiment in the battle of Lookout Moun- tain, and in 1864 was placed on detached service until the close of the War, and on May 8, 1865, was mustered out of service. On his return home, he again engaged in teaching until 1875, when he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, and on graduating in 1878 was ap- pointed by the regents house surgeon of Univer- sity hospital. He held this position for one year, and then resigned to become Medical Superintendent of the Wayne County Asylum, which position he still
holds. Since Dr. Bennett has become Superintend- ent of the Asylum he has introduced some radical changes in the management of the institution and in the care and treatment of the insane. He has profited by the field offered for observation and in- vestigation into mental diseases, and to-day is an acknowledged expert on insanity. Though advanc- ing many new ideas on this subject, his views have been vindicated by the successful manner in which he has treated many desperate cases, while the af- fection and esteem with which he is regarded by those under his charge, and the model condition of the Asylum testify both to the good qualities of his heart and to his executive ability and foresight.
Though a Republican in principle, Dr. Bennett has been too deeply engrossed with the cares of the large institution under his control to give much at- tention to politics. He is a member of the Congre- gational Church, and belongs to the State Medical Society, to the American Medical Society, and was a member of the Ninth International Medical Con- gress held at Washington in 1887.
Physically he is a man of prepossessing and schol- arly appearance. Quiet and unostentatious in his ways, he nevertheless posessses great energy of char- acter and strong reserve power. Slow in forming his judgments, he nevertheless acts promptly on them when once formed. Of a friendly, hospitable na- ture, he quickly makes friend and long retains them His career is a good illustration of what industry, determination, correct habits and upright conduct do to create success. He is eminently a self-made man, starting out with nothing but the talents which nature ,had conferred on him, he steadily persisted, overcoming obstacles, and slowly rising, until today he holds one of the most responsible medical posi- tions in the State.
On October 28, 1863, he married Janetta D. Fel- ton. They have one son Joseph E. Bennett, and one daughter Mary A. Bennett. His son is also a member of the medical profession, having gradu- ated from the medical department of the Univer- sity of Michigan, in June, 1890.
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PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP.
The preliminary meeting which led to the organ- ization of this township was held in February, 1827, at the house of John Tibbits, who was made chair- man of the meeting; A. B. Markham was chosen secretary It was agreed to ask for a township organization by the name of Plymouth, the name being proposed by William Bartow. The township was duly created by the Legislative Council and included the two government townships now known as Plymouth and Canton.
The first township meeting was held at the house of J. Tibbits on May 4, 1827. Wm. Bartow was elected moderator, and A. B. Markham, clerk. The officers elected in that and subsequent years have been as follows :
1827. Supervisor, William Bartow; Clerk, Allen Tibbits ; Assessors, Roswell Root, Henry Lyon, E. W. Starkweather; Overseers of the Poor, A. B. Markham, Cyrus Cole, Luther Lincoln; Commis- sioners, G. W. Benton, Rufus Thayer, Benj. Slocum ; Constable, A. Bradford.
1828. Supervisor, William Bartow; Clerk, Jona- than D. Davis ; Assessors, R. Root, E. W. Stark- weather, H. Lyon ; Highway Commissioners, A. Y. Murray, R. Thayer, E. Hussey; Collector, E. H. Utley ; Poor Directors, L. Lincoln, A. Y. Murray ; Constables, Z. Bird, E. H. Utley, Wm. Tibbits.
1829. Supervisor, William Bartow ; Clerk, Henry Lyon; Assessors, R. Root, E. W. Stark- weather, P. Taylor ; Collector, E. H. Utley ; Poor Directors, L. Lincoln, B. Slocum ; Highway Com- missioners, R. Thayer, E. Hussey, A. Moore ; Con- stables, E. H Utley, Z. Bird, G. Ramsdell ; Trus- tees of School, J. Purdy, I. Davis, S. Sterling.
1830. Supervisor, Roswell Root; Clerk, H. B. Holbrook ; Assessors, P. Taylor, R. Holmes, I. M. Hough ; Collector, E. H. Utley ; Highway Commis- sioners, R. Thayer, A. Moore. I. Nash ; Constables, E. H. Utley. G. W. Dunn ; Poor Directors, Wm. Bartow, H. Ward, J. Purdy, J. Tibbits, L. Lincoln ; Treasurer of the Poor, Wm. Starkweather.
1831. Supervisor, James Purdy ; Clerk, Henry Lyon; Treasurer, Wm. Starkweather ; Collector, E. H. Utley; Highway Commissioners, I. Nash, P. Bird. M. Andrews; School Commissioners, R. Thayer, Jr. Wm. Packard, A. Moore, I. M. Hough, R. Holmes ; School Inspectors, H. B. Holbrook, Wm. Markham, E. Hussey, J. F. Chubb, A. Tib- bits; Constables, E. H. Utley, J. Westfall, G. W. Dunn ; Poor Director, J. Tibbits.
1832. Supervisor, Philo Taylor; Clerk, J. F. Chubb; Assessors, R. Thayer, Jr., E. Hussey, T. F. Sheldon; Highway Commissioners J. Yerkes, R.
Root, J. Safford; Collector, E. H. Utley ; Con- stables, G. Carlton, E. H. Utley, C. F. Bradshaw, J. B. Clark; Treasurer, R. Root; Poor Director, J. Tibbits.
1833. Supervisor, Philo Taylor ; Clerk, J. F. Chubb ; Treasurer, R. Root; Poor Director, Wm. Bradner; Assessors, R. Thayer, J. Safford, W. Dun- lap; Highway Commissioners, Wm. Bradner, H. Lyon, J. Safford ; Collector, Peter Berdan ; School Commissioners, Wm. Utley, E. Hussey, A. Y. Mur- ray ; School Inspectors, L. Wittie, J. F. Chubb, W. W. Markham, W. Hanford, R. Holmes ; Constables, S. Sterling, P. Berdan, J. J. Downer.
1834. Supervisor, Roswell Root; Clerk, Jona- than D. Davis ; Assessors, D. L. Cady, E. Hussey, H. Larraway; Highway Commissioners, P. Teeple, T. Bradner, G. Ramsdell; Collector, P. Berdan ; School Commissioner, J Crane ; School Inspectors, J. D. Davis, E. Hussey, W. W. Markham, J. Crane, H. B. Holbrook ; Poor Directors, W. Bradner, W. Starkweather ; Constables, P. Berdan, R. D. Power, O. Spaulding, W. Joy.
1835. Supervisor, J. M. Mead; Clerk, W. S. Gregory ; Assessors, H. F. Bradley, Wm. Utley, E. Hussey; Highway Commissioners, M. Allen, N. Ramsdell, R. Holmes; Collector, P. Berdan; Poor Directors, J. Tibbits, P. Taylor; Constables, O. Spaulding, P. Berdan, M. Thompson.
1836. Supervisor, Horace A. Noyes; Clerk, William S. Gregory ; Justices of the Peace, for one year, Roswell Root, for two years, Daniel L. Cady, for three years, Caleb Harrington, for four years, Horace A. Noyes; Assessors, H. S. Bradley, C. Harrington. J. Westfall; Collector, W. D. Robin- son ; Poor Directors, W. Bradner, J. Tibbits; High- way Commissioners, R. Holmes, N. Ramsdell, 2d, P. Teeple; Common School Commissioners, J. Cram, P. Taylor, E. Woodruff ; School Inspectors, J. Cram, J. Beal, W. G. Smith, H. A. Noyes, D. A. McFarlin ; Constables, M. Randolph, J. Harrington, J. W. Root, W. D. Robinson.
1837. Supervisor, Jonathan Shearer ; Clerk, Wm. S. Gregory ; Assessors, J. Westfall, J. Purdy, E. Moore ; Collector, J. Harrington ; Poor Direct- ors, W. Bradner, P. Westfall; Highway Commis- sioners, W. Bradner, C. Harrington, P. Westfall ; School Inspectors, H. A. Noyes, J. Cram, L. W. Purdy ; Justice of the Peace, R. Root; Constables, J. Harrington, J. W. Root, M. Randolph, W. D. Robinson.
1838. Supervisor, James DeMott ; Clerk, Wil- liam S. Gregory ; Assessors, H. S. Bradley, Wm. Utley, W. W. Markham; Poor Directors, R.
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Thayer, Jr., C. B. Packard ; Highway Commission- ers, A. B. Markham, G. Ramsdell, R. Holmes; Collector, J. Harrington ; School Inspectors, W. Starkweather, T. T. Lyon, J. Cram ; Justice of the Peace, J. Cram ; Constables, J. W. Root, J. Har- rington, L. J. Thompson, H. Cady.
1839. Supervisor, James DeMott; Clerk, Wil- liam S. Gregory ; Treasurer, H. M. Perrin; Justice of the Peace, Wm. N. Stevens; Collector, H. Lewis ; Poor Directors, B. G. Barker, Wm. Dunlap ; As- sessors, R. Thayer, Jr., H. S. Bradley, W. W. Markham ; Highway Commissioners, C. Johnson, A. Burr, J. L. Johnson; School Inspectors, J. Cram. E. Welch, S. Jones; Constables, H. Lewis, A. Plumsted, J. W. Root, D. Ramsdell.
1840. Supervisor, William W. Markham ; Clerk, Joshua Scattergood ; Justices of the Peace, H. A. Noyes, L. Ferguson ; Treasurer, H. M. Per- rin ; Assessors, J. Westfall, H. Lyon, H. S. Brad- ley ; Collector, J. W. Root ; School Inspectors, T. T. Lyon, E. Welch, J. Brearley ; Highway Commis- sioners, R. Holmes, A. Burr, J. DeMott ; Poor Directors, R. Blackwood, J. Kellogg; Constables, E. W. Chaffee, J. W. Root, W. A. Wilson, D. Wood.
1841. Supervisor. Caleb Harrington ; Clerk, Horace A. Noyes ; Justice of the Peace, H. Fra- lick ; Treasurer, D. H. Rowland; Collector, E. W. Chaffee ; Assessors, H. S. Bradley, H. Lyon, J. Westfall; Highway Commissioners, L. Ferguson, A. Stevens, G. Barlow; School Inspectors, D. H. Rowland, H. A Noyes, L. J. Thompson ; Poor Directors, A. W. Holliday, W. S. Gregory; Con- stables, J. Fuller, E. W. Chaffee, A. Whittaker, R. B. Stewart.
1842. Supervisor, Ebenezer J. Penniman ; Clerk, Jesse Cram; Treasurer, P. Fralick ; Justices of the Peace, L. Ferguson, P. Taylor; Assessors, E. Morse, Z. Phelps; Highway Commissioners, G. Barlow, E. Morse, E. Pennell; School Inspectors, B. M. Noyes, L. J. Thompson, D. H. Rowland ; Poor Directors, L. Ferguson, J. Kellogg; Con- stables L. A. Cook, J. M. Bentley, A. Fralick, M, Randolph.
1843. Supervisor, Ebenezer J. Penniman ; Clerk, Jesse Cram; Treasurer, L. J. Thompson ; Justice of the Peace, Wm. N. Stevens; Assessors, L. Ferguson, R. Holmes; Highway Commissioners, A. Burr, J. Westfall, E. Morse ; School Inspectors, N. W. Cram, two years, B. Noyes, one year; Overseers of the Poor, A. Shattuck, E. Morse ; Constables, J. M. Bentley, M. Randolph, L. A Cook, A. Fralick
1844. Supervisor, Ebenezer J. Penniman; Clerk, Jesse Cram; Treasurer, Wm. N. Stevens ; Justice of the Peace, L. J. Thompson; Assessors! J. Westfall, E. Morse; Highway Commissioners, M. L. Shutts, G. Barlow, E. Morse; School In-
spector, C. J. Kellogg ; Poor Directors, A. Shat- tuck, L. Ferguson ; Constables, J. M. Bentley, T. D. Winchester, M. Randolph, E. Whittaker.
1845. Supervisor, Henry B. Holbrook ; Clerk, Nathaniel W. Cram ; Treasurer, Wm. N. Stevens ; Justice of the Peace, J. Scattergood ; Assessors, A. Burr, R. Blackwood; Highway Commissioners, D. D. Johnson, M. Lockhead, J. W. Root ; School In- spectors, W. W. Markham, S. S. Bullock ; Poor Directors, J. Scott, J. Davis ; Constables, D. Con- nor, T. D. Winchester, N. H. Cady, J. M. Adams.
1846. Supervisor, Henry B. Holbrook ; Clerk, David Clarkson; Treasurer, Wm. H. Ramsdell ; Justices of the Peace, Wm. Hinsdill, J. Elwell ; Assessors, D. Kingsley, J. Westfall ; Highway Commissioners, M. L. Shutts, B. Gooch, F. Rit- nour; School Inspector, B. Noyes ; Poor Directors, S. H. M. Obea, D. L. Cady ; Constables, W. Wil- son, T. D. Winchester, M. Randolph, J. R. Gear.
1847. Supervisor, Jonathan Shearer; Clerk, Walter D. Whalen ; Treasurer, Wm. Taft ; Justices of the Peace, W. N. Stevens, C. Pudney ; Highway Commissioners, J. W. Root, three years, H. Colton, two years, G. Ramsdell, one year ; School Inspector, W. Sickles ; Poor Directors, A. Mead, J. Tibbits[; Constables, T. D. Winchester, T. Tozer, C. N. Booth, W. W. Wilson.
1848. Supervisor. Jonathan Shearer; Clerk, William H. Gregory ; Treasurer, W. H. Ramsdell ; Justices of the Peace, B. Holbrook, C. B. Packard ; Assessors, H. H. Bradley, R. Thayer ; School In- spector, J. S. Tibbits; Poor Directors, W. S. Greg- ory, A. Mead ; Highway Commissioner, G. Rams- dell ; Constables, T. D. Winchester, M. L. Whit- ney.
1849. Supervisor, Henry Fralick; Clerk, Wil- liam H. Gregory ; Treasurer, D. F. Mitchell; Jus- tice of the Peace, H. Colton; Assessors, H. S. Bradley, R. Thayer; School Inspector, M. A. Mosher ; Poor Directors, A Mead, W. S. Gregory; Highway Commissioner, G. Barlow; Constables, C. A. Robinson, J. Miller, T. D. Winchester, M. L. Whitney.
1850. Supervisor, Ebenezer J. Penniman ; Clerk, William H. Gregory ; Treasurer, T. Stev- ens ; Justice of the Peace, C. Pudney ; Assessors, H. S. Bradley, R. Thayer; Highway Commis- sioner, M. L. Shutts; School Inspector, J. S. Tib- bits ; Poor Directors, W. S. Gregory, A. Mead ; Constables, A. Fralick, M. L. Whitney, T. D. Winchester, S. B. Bryant.
1851. Supervisor, Jacob B. Covert and Thomas P. May, Jr., each part of a year; Clerk, William H. Gregory ; Treasurer, T. Stevens ; Justices of the Peace, I. N. Hedden, J. Fuller ; Highway Commis- sioner, W. Scott ; Assessors, J. Westfall, L. Tur- rill ; School Inspector, E. Adams; Constables, W.
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W. Wilson, S B Bryant, J. McCarn, H. H. gers; Highway Commissioner, W. V. Ely ; Poor Baker.
1852. Supervisor, Henry Fralick; Clerk, Wil- liam H. Gregory; Treasurer T. Stevens; Justice of the Peace, C. B. Packard ; School Inspector, J. S. Tibbits ; Assessors, R. Thayer, H. S. Brad- ley; Highway Commissioner, G. Ramsdell; Poor Directors, J. Clarkson, J. M. Adams; Constables, R. Stilwill, G. W. Swift, S. J. Chilson, S. Bryant.
1853. Supervisor, John S. Tibbits; Clerk, Wil- liam H. Gregory ; Treasurer, W. B. Sellick ; Jus- tices of the Peace, G. A. Starkweather, M. Ran- dolph ; School Inspector, D. F. Mitchell ; Highway Commissioner, J. M. Adams ; Poor Directors, J. M. Adams, D. Clarkson ; Constables, M. L. Whitney, D. Ramsdell, H. Baker, J. N. McFarlan.
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