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JOHN MORGAN was appointed mayor by the City Council to serve the unexpired term of John H. Jones upon his death, October 27, 1876, and he filled the office until the following March, when, as the Democratic candidate, he was defeated by James W. Ayers. He was a silver-plater, born in Philadelphia, and, coming to Camden in 1841, he carried on an extensive business in his line. He died some years ago.
JAMES W. AYERS, elected mayor on the Repub- lican ticket in 1877, over John Morgan, by a vote of 3907 to 3030, was born in New York City, No- vember 24, 1822, of New Jersey parents, and, when ten years of age was apprenticed to the hair cloth and curled hair trade, serving six years. At sixteen he was employed as a journeyman. In 1841 he came to Camden, and, for sixteen years, worked for Samuel Ross, the hair cloth manufac- turer, at Fourth and Federal. He was on the po- lice force in 1861, and again, from 1864 to 1874, under Mayors Budd, Cox and Gaul. When not on the police force, he was employed by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad in various capacities, as also since the expiration of his term as mayor, in 1880. He was chief engineer of the Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, and was elected a member of council from the Middle Ward in 1859.
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HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
CLAUDIUS W. BRADSHAW was born in Sheffield, England, October 29, 1835 ; came to America with his parents in 1840, who located in West Philadel- phia, and in 1843 removed to Camden, where, after obtaining his education, the son learned the trade of a wood-turner. He worked at this busi- ness for many years; in the meantime was an active member of the Independence Fire Company. In 1870 he was elected city marshal by the Demo- crats, and in 1872, at a special election, he was elected Councilman-at-large, and broke the dead- lock in the Council, which had continued for sev- eral weeks. In 1876 he was appointed chief of the Fire Department by the City Council. In 1880 the Democrats elected him mayor by a vote of 3511 to 3470 for Benjamin F. Archer, Republican, and re-elected him in 1883 by a vote of 4317 to 3342 for Henry H. Davis, Republican. He was again a candidate in 1886, when Mayor Pratt was elected.
JESSE PRATT, the present mayor, who illustrates in his success what can be accomplished in even a short career, was born at Blackwood, Camden County, March 27, 1848, and was a son of William and Deborah Pratt. He obtained his education at the public schools of his native village, and worked as a farmer near by until he became of age. In November, 1869, he opened a store in Stockton (now the Eighth Ward of Camden), and, after doing business there six years, went to Lower Providence, in Montgomery County, Pa., where he engaged in farming. In February, 1876, he returned to Cam- den and entered the provision business at his present store, 122 North Third Street, and took up his residence in the Eighth Ward. In 1883 Mr. Pratt was elected to the City Council. He had always entertained pronounced temperance views, and he voted against license in the municipal body to which he was chosen ; hence it was not unnat- ural that upon the expiration of his term, in 1886, he was elected mayor as the Prohibition-Republican candidate. He received five thousand seven hun- dred and fifty-eight votes, to the three thousand nine hundred and ninety cast for Claudius W. Bradshaw, Democrat.
Mr. Pratt was married, November 28, 1868, to Jane, daughter of John and Ann Thornton, of Roxborough, Philadelphia. Their children are William Henry, Walter T., Edna, Thomas B. and Byron B. Pratt.
THE CITY COUNCIL .- The following are those who, as aldermen, acted as members of Council from 1828 until 1851, when aldermen ceased to be Councilmen :
1828. Samuel Laniog.
John K. Cowperth waite.
James W. Sloan.
Gideon V. Stivers.
. 1820. Isaac Smith. 1844. Charles Kaigha.
1833. Joseph W. Cooper. 1846. Thomas B. Wood.
1834. Robert W. Ogden.
1848. Philip J. Grey.
Richard Fetters.
Edward Browning.
1835. Eliae Kaighn.
1840. Aula McAlla.
1837. Isaac Wilkine.
Ellie B. Hall.
1838. Isaiah Toy.
1850. Charles Sexton.
1839. Wm. J. Hatch.
James W. Shroff.
Lorenzo F. Fisler.
COMMON COUNCILMEN (elected annually).
1828. Ebenezer Toole. 1838. Isaac Wilkine.
Richard Fetters. Isaac Vansciver.
John Lawrence. John W. Mickle.
Edward Daugherty.
Benjamin Springer.
William Ridgway.
Amos A. Middleton.
1829. Ebenezer Poole. Edward Dangherty. Isaac Wilkine. John Lawrence. Joseph W. Cooper.
1839. Richard Fetters.
Isaac Vansciver.
Isaac Wilkins.
Amos A. Middleton.
Benjamin Springer.
1830 Charles H. Ellis. Ebenezer Toole. John Lawrence. Richard Fetters. Charles Stokes.
1840. Seth Matlack. Isaac Vansciver.
Isaac Wilkine.
Amos A. Middleton.
Benjamin Springer.
1831. John Lawrence.
1841. Richard Fetters. Amos A. Middleton.
Richard Fetters. Charles H Ellis. Ebenezer Toole. Joseph W. Cooper.
Elias Kaighn. Joab Scull.
1832. Joseph W. Cooper. Isaiah Toy.
Ebenezer Toole.
Amos A. Middleton.
Richard W. Howell.
Robert W. Ogden.
Charles S. Garrett, Joseph Sharp.
1833. Isaiah Toy.
1843. Benjamin Springer. Amos A. Middleton.
Richard H'etters. William Ridgway.
Ebenezer Poole. Isaac Vansciver.
1844. Isaac Cole.
1834. Isaiah Toy. Richard W. Howell.
John L. Rhesse.
Isaac Vansciver. Joshua Burrough. John Thorne.
Clayton Truax.
1835. Isaac Vansciver.
1845. Charles J. Hollis. Benjamin A. Hammell.
Isaac Wilkins. William Ridgway. Isaac M. Everly.
Charles Sexton. Amos A. Middleton.
Jacob W. Sharp.
1836. Isaac Vansciver.
1846. Charles S. Garrett. John Thorne.
Isaac Wilkins.
Isaac Cole.
Isaac M. Everly. Benjamin Burrough.
Amos A. Middleton.
1837. John W. Mickle. 1847. Isaac Mickle.
Isaac Vansciver.
Joseph P. Huyck.
Isaac Wilkins. Peter R. Walker.
Charles S. Lewis.
Benjamin Burrough.
Amos A. Middleton.
(In 1848 a change in the charter divided the city into North, Middle and South Wards, each to elect six Councilmen).
1848. Richard W. Howell. Charles S. Lewis. Charles S. Garrett. Wm. D. Hicks.
1840. Florance M. Bingham. John Sands.
Jamee W. Shroff.
Matthew Miller, Jr. John R. Thompson. Joseph Sharp. William B. Mulford. Joseplı J. Moors.
Charles S. Garrett.
1842. Gideon V Stivers. Richard Fetters.
Isaac Cole. Joab Scull. Charles S. Garrett.
Amos A. Middleton. Charles S. Garrett.
John W. Mickle.
John W. Mickle.
John K. Thompson.
John Thorne.
passe Pratt
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1850. Richard Fetters. Joshua J. Beneon. Wm. D. Hicks.
Wm. Lore. Josiah Sawn. George F. Ross.
(The new charter of 1851 dispensed with the mayor, recorder and aldermen as municipal legis- lators, and confined them to the duty of adminis- tering the law as magistrates, and judges of the city sessions of court. It continued the division into three wards, and made the council consist of eighteen members,-six from each ward, elected for three years, two from each ward annually, and, instead of the mayor or recorder, Council elected a president).
1851. Richard W. Howell.
Aula McAlla.
Samnel Lytle. Samuel Scull.
Joseph W. Cooper. Samuel Lummis.
Joseph H. Peck.
Ralph Lee.
Joseph R. Hamell.
Samuel Anderson.
Wm. H. Hood.
Benjamin A, Hammell. Wm. Pinyard.
Joseph N. Emery. Wm. Lore.
Charles Sartora.
Josiah Sawn.
Robert Y. Bannin.
Jamee W. Ayers. Mark B. Wills.
Samuel Scull.
Lambert F. Beatty.
Walter Nangle. Benjamin G. Peck.
1860. Jacob H. Sides. Alden C. Scovel.
Clayton Truax.
Jamee H. Stevena.
John R. Thompson. Wm. Sharp. 1861. Aaron Ward.
David M. Chambers.
Jesse E. Huston.
Samnel McLain.
John W. Stutzer.
John G. Neff.
1862. Ralph Lee.
Samuel C. Cooper. James Elwell.
John T. Davis.
Mark B. Wills. George W. Watson.
1863. John S. Read.
Wm. J. Miller.
1855. Samuel Andrews.
Wm. J. Hatch.
Clayton Truax. Edmund E. Read.
Thomas Shields.
George W. Watson. John G. Hutchinson.
1856. Benjamin Browning. David Corson. Abraham W. Nash. Jesse E. Huston. Josialı D. Rogers.2 Josiah F. Dorman. William Sharp.
1857. Joseph Trimble.
John Ambrueter. Isaac W. Mickle.
Charles B. Colee. Levi B. Newton.
1 Vice L. F. Beatty, resigned. 2 Vice Wm. Lore, deceased.
3 Vice J. H. Peck, resigned.
1866. Alexander T. Wilson. Henry L. Moulton. John Hood.
James Elwell. Henry Pierson. Thomas Merry weather.
1869. William Calbonn. Samuel C. Harbert. Jonathan Kirkbride. Samuel Iszard. Richard Perks. Jehu Oeler.
1867. William Stiles. Thomas C. Knight. Ehenezer Wescott. John Fine. John Goldthorpe.
Mayberry E. Harden. Job Channel.4
Charles Pine.
John Goldthorpe .. Alonzo B. Johnson.
(The revised charter of 1871 divided the city into eight wards, each ward having three elected for three years, each ward electing one every year).
1871. Charles A. Sparks. William Stiles, William H. Cole.5 Charles Mayhew. Frederick Bourquin. Jacob C. Daubman. Charles C. Moffett.6 Horacs Hammell.
Thomas H. Albright.
James Kennedy. Anthony Voll. Andrew Cunningham. Ellis Boggs. John Dobbins.
1876. E. D. French. James P. Michellon. Josiah S. Hackett. George Johneon. Samuel P. Dubois.10 William Evans. Alonzo D. Nichols.
Joseph Smith. John Heim.
1877. Charles P. Stratton. John T. Bottomley. Frederick P. Pfeiffer. Charles N. Pelouze. Henry B. Wilson. Thomas Fields. John Stone. Joeeplı H. Hall.
1878. Richard Perks. 11 William Ables. J. Willard MorgaQ. Angus B. Cameron. Crawford Miller. Edward D. Knight. John H. Dialogue. Elwood W. Kemble. Jolin W. Donges.
1879. Joseph McAllister. James P. Michellou. Andrew Rabeau. Alexander J. Milliette. Henry B. Francis.
4 Vice S. C. Harbert, removed.
5 Vice R. Perka, removed.
6 Contested and was given Mead'e seat, and Josiah Matlack was elected vice Hammell, resigned.
7 Was elected vice Boggs, resigned. Claudius W. Bradshaw was clected councilman-at-large under a supplement to the charter.
8 At large.
Contested and was given the eeat. 10 At large. 11 Contested and won the seat.
1875. Wm. D. Middleton.º Emmor D. French. James A. Parsons. Augustus J. Fulmer. Thomas J. Mason. Edward Lewis. Henry B. Francis.
James S. Henry. Winfield S. Plank.
1852. Samuel Andrews.
Wm. D. Hicks. Samuel Lytle. John R. Thompson. George W. Watson. Robert Folwell.1
1853. Joseph W. Cooper.
Andrew W. Adams. Matthew Miller.
Thomas B. Atkinson. Thomas A. Wilson. Elias Kaighn.
1854. Jesse Townsend.
Grundy Hindle. Ellwood K. Fortner. Wol. Lore. Samuel Scull.
Alexander T. Wileon. Henry M. Innis. Clayton Truax.
John R. Thompson,
1874. Charles S. Ridgway. John T. Bottomley. Charles H. Riceman. Frederick Bourquin. Jacob C. Daubman.
John Guthridge.
Caleb F. Rogers. Thomas B. Wood.
Charles W. Sutterly. Thomas McDowell. Henry B. Wileon.
1870. David H. Munday. John S. Read. Josiah S. Hackett.
1868. Wileon Fitzgerald. William H. Cole. George W. Watson.
1858. Samuel Andre we.
Joshua M. Lindale. Samuel MeLain. George W. Watson. Wm. F. Colbert.
1859. Charlee P. Stratton. Ralph Lee. Joshua W. Roberte.
Christopher J. Minee. Charlee Sharp.3
1872. William T. Bailey. James A. Parsons. Angustue J. Fulmer. Samnel E. Radcliff. Charles C. Moffett. Alfred H. Mead. Thomas McDowell.7 James S. Henry. Joseph H. Hall. John Dobbins.6
1873. William S. Scull. John S. Read. Josiah S. Hackett. George Johnson. William W. Mines. William C. Figuer. Edward Martin. John M. Harden.
1864. David L. Taylor. John Begary. Samuel McLain. Grundy Hindle. Henry B. Wilson. Jesse Hall. 1865. Samnel C. Cooper.
Benjamin F. Archer. John S. Lee. Wilson Fitzgerald.
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Edward J. Dougherty.
George H. James.
James A. Worrell.
William T. Mead,
1828. Samuel Ellis.
1829. William W. Butler. 1859. Samuel W. Thoman.
1880. Daniel R. Smith.
George Pfeiffer, Jr.
1831. Thomas Green.
1866. Joseph C. Nichole.
1872. Frederick W. Tarr.
1873. Joseph C. Nichols.
Jesse Pratt.
1844. Thomas W. Mulford.
1874. Joseph Boutemps.
William Y. Sloan. James S. Henry. Joho Stone.1
Frederick A. Rex.
Samuel A. Murray.
John Heim.
Jonathan Duffield.
1881. John W. Braoning.2
Charlee F. Hollinshead.
John H. Dialogue.
Frederick A. Rex.
John Stone.
Angus B. Cameron.
Thomas Harman.
Goldeon Test. 1885. George Barrett.
Robert C. Baker.
John Campbell.
John H. Dialogue.
Henry M. Spyder.8
William Myers.
Mahlon T. Ivine.
John D. Leckner.
David T. Campbell.
1844. Thomas W. Mulford.
1864-65. Abner Sparke.
1845. Jesse Smith.
1866-74. Samuel Hufty.
1846-50. Thomae W. Mulford.
1874. Randal E. Morgan.º
1851. Thomas H. Dudley. 1875. James W. Wroth.
1852-53. Alfred Hugg.
1878. Joseph A. Porter.
1854-55. Isaac H. Porter.
1881. Richard F. Smith.
1856. James B. Dayton.
1884. Frank F. Michellon.
1857. Isaac H. Porter.
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FRANK F. MICHELLON, present city treasurer, was born in Philadelphia November 7, 1844, and was the son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Dorr) Michellon, both of old families in this country, that of the former originally from France, and that of the latter from Germany, and long settled in Lancaster County, Pa. The family removed to Camden in 1848, and the father was for many years cashier of the old Kaighns Point and Phila- delphia Ferry Company. Young Michellon, after leaving school, became a clerk in the hardware store of Henry B. Wilson, and, later, was in the office of Peter L. Voorhees, Esq. In 1862 he entered the office of Benjamin F. Glenn, a real estate agent and conveyancer of Philadelphia, and there learned conveyancing. He constantly maintained his re- sidence in Camden, and, in 1877, was elected city clerk and clerk of Council, which office he held for five years. In 1884 he was elected on the Repub- lican ticket to the more responsible position of city treasurer, for the duties of which his services in the lesser place had indicated his fitness. Mr. Michellon was united in marriage, May 4, 1881, to Elizabeth L. (daughter of Alfred and Catharine) Vandegrift, of an old Bucks County, Pa., family.
Receivers of Taxes .- Prior to 1871 taxes were gathered by the ward collectors, but the charter of that year abolished the office of ward collector
9 Samuel Hufty died in 1874, and the City Council appointed Ran- dal E. Morgan to act until the election, in 1875.
1 At large.
2 Elected vice Hollinshead, resigned.
3 Contested and attained the seat, holding it until ousted by the Supreme Court, a short time before the term expired.
4 Elected vice Baker, deceased.
6 Elected vice Dougherty, resigned.
6 At Large.
7 Elected vice J. W. Morgan, resigned.
8 Vice C. B. Cole, resigned.
City Treasurers were appointed by Council an- nually until 1866, when they were made elective by the people for terms of two years, changed to three years in 1871,-
1828. Reuben Ludlum. 1858. Charles S. Garrett.
1829-38. Isaac Smith.
1859. Reilly Barrett.
1838-42. Josiah Harrison. 1860. Isaac H. Porter.
1843. Thomas H. Dudley.
1861-63. Reilly Barrett.
1882. Joseph McAllister. James M. Stradling. 8 John Campbell.
John W. Wartman.
D. Cooper Carman.
Frederick Bourquin.4
Henry M. Soyder. Robert M. Barber.
George Harneff.
George S. West.
. B. Franklin Bailey.5 Edward J. Dougherty. John Hughes.
Maurice A. Rogers.
David C. Vannote.
William W. Smith.
Joseph R. ROBB.
1883. Frank A. Kendall. J. Willard Morgan.
William Dorell.
Presidents of City Council .- Previous to 1851 the mayor or recorder presided over the deliberations of City Council, and since then the Council elected a president annually.
1851. Richard W. Howell. 1873. John S. Read.
1854. Samuel Andrews.
1874. William C. Figner.
1859. Samuel Scull.
1876. Charles S. Ridgway.
1860. Samuel Andrews. 1877. John T. Bottomley. .
1863. John R. Thompson. 1880. William Ables.
1865. Jesse Hall. 1881. James P. Michellou.
1867. Benjamin F. Archer. 1882. John W. Donges.
1868. Thomas C. Knight.
1883. John H. Dialogue.
1870. Henry B. Wilson.
1884. James M. Stradling.
1871. Samuel Iszard.
1885. Frederick A. Rex.
1872. Josiah S. Hackett. 1886. Jonathan Duffield.
City Recorders .- Until 1850 the recorder was chosen by the Legislature, since then by the people,-
1828. John K. Cowperth waite. 1862. Joseph J. Moore.
1840. James W. Sloan. 1865. Isaac L. Lowe.
1848. Philip J. Grey.
1866. Robert Folwell.
1850. Jonathan Burr. 1868. Levi B. Newton.
1853. Wm. D. Hicks.
1871. Charles Cox.
1856. Thomas B. Atkinson. 1874. Paul C. Budd.
1859. Eleazer J. Toram.
1877-86. Benj. M. Braker. .
City Clerks.
1858. Alexander A. Hammell.
Benjamin H. Smith.
Maurice A. Rogers.
David T. Campbell."
1832. Josiah Harrison.
1843. Thomas H. Dudley.
1876. Frederick W. Tarr.
1851. Joseph Myers.
1877. Frank F. Michellon.
1856. Alfred Hugg.
1882. Richard C. Thompson.
1857. William J. Miller.
1884. D. Cooper Carman.
Wilbur F. Rose. Frederick P. Pfeiffer. William T. Mead.
Francie F. Souders.
Lewis Holl. 1884. William B. E. Miller.7 James M. Stradling.
1850. Alfred Hugg.
Heury C. Moffett.
James S. Heury.
John W. Donges.
James Godfrey,
Charles II. Helmhold.
1886. Isaac C. Githene.
Frank offence
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and provided for the election of a receiver of taxes by the people for terms of three years,-
1871-77. A. Clifford Jackson. 1883-86. William H. Rightmire. 1877-83. George M. Thrasher.
WILLIAM H. RIGHTMIRE is of Holland extrac- tion, being a grandson of James Rightmire, who resided in Middlesex County, N. J., where he was both a farmer and a school-teacher. Among his six children was Jacob V., born March . 4, 1800, who also resided in Middlesex County, where he filled the double role of farmer and merchant. He married Isabella Franks and had twelve chil- dren-nine sons and three daughters-all of whom reached mature years. The death of Mr. Right- mire occurred in October, 1880. He was in his political predictions a Whig, and later a Republi- can. Though averse to office, he was the recipient of many distinctions conferred by citizens irre- spective of party. A man of public spirit, he was liberal with his means in enterprises pertaining to both church and state. His son, William H. Rightmire, was born May 19, 1845, in Middlesex County, N. J., where his youth was spent. At the age of seventeen he entered the army as a soldier in the Twenty-eighth Regiment New Jersey Vol- unteers, and remained in service ten months. He was taken prisoner at Chancellorsville and con- fined for three months at Belle Isle, opposite Rich- mond, enduring meanwhile many privations. Having effected an exchange, he was sent to the convalescent camp at Annapolis, Md., and soon after returned to his home. On recovering, he removed to South Amboy, and later came to Cam- den as an employee of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. He subsequently entered and was graduated from the Eastman's Commercial College, Poughkeepsie, when, having made Jersey City his residence, he remained for four years associated with the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad. Mr. Rightmire then returned to Camden and embarked in the marble business. In 1883 he was elected receiver of taxes for Camden for a term of three years, and re-elected in 1886 by the largest majority ever given in Camden, his support not being con- fined to the Republican party, whose principles he espouses. He is a member of T. M. K. Lee Post, No. 5, Department of New Jersey, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Rightmire is a supporter of the Baptist Church, of which his wife is a member. He was, on the 9th of June, 1869, married to Miss Lydia A., daughter of Augustus Vansciver, of Camden, whose mother, Mrs. Rebecca Stow, grand- daughter of - Stow, a member of the firm of Percival & Stow, who cast the Independence bell.
The Stows came originally from Edinburgh, Scot- land. Their children are Maud and Harry K.
FRANK S. JONES is of Welsh descent. His great- grandfather was Nathaniel Jones, who, on his emi- gration, settled in Kalamazoo, Mich. His children were seven sons, among whom was Theophilus, born in Michigan, who married a descendant of General Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. Their children were seven sons, among whom was William D., born in Utica, N. Y., where he fol- lowed the trade of a painter. He later removed to Philadelphia, and there conducted business for several years. In 1855 he located in Camden, where his death occurred in 1862. He married Elizabeth D., seventh daughter of Benjamin Grover, a tanner of Salem, Mass. His children were seven sons,-Philip H., Benjamin D., Charles, Marcus T., John W., Charles P. and Frank S. The last- named, and only survivor, was born in Philadel- phia, May 21, 1845, and spent his youth in that city, whence he removed to Camden in 1855. His early education was received at the Southeast Grammar School, Philadelphia, and he afterward entered the Northwest Grammar School, in the same city. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourth New Jersey Regiment, and remained in the service until May, 1862, the date of his dis- charge as a consequence of a wound received at Annandale, Va. In 1863 he re-enlisted in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, was wounded a second time, and, being discharged after one year of service, returned to Camden. Mr. Jones then resumed his trade-that of a painter. He was, in 1876, employed by the gov- ernment in the clothing department of the Schuyl- kill Arsenal, Philadelphia, and, in 1884, appointed by the Board of Assessors of Camden, as clerk of the board. He was, in 1876, elected justice of the peace, which office he holds for the third terni, and alderman, in which capacity he is serv- ing his second term. He was appointed, in 1886, assistant receiver of taxes for the term of three years, and is now filling that office. As a Repub- lican, Mr. Jones has been actively engaged in politics. He is a comrade of T. M. K. Lee Post, No. 5, G. A. R., and held for three years the office of adjutant. He is secretary of the Veteran Charitable Association, of Camden, and a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and of the Heptisophs. He was appointed by Governor Lud- low, in March, 1881, notary public. Mr. Jones worships with the congregation of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he is a supporter. He was, on September 12, 1870, married to Mrs. Han- nah S. Pierce, daughter of John W. Sapp, of Cam-
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den. Their only surviving child is a son, William H. Jones.
City Assessors .- Ward assessors were continued under the charter of 1871 nntil 1874, when an amendment called for the election of three asses- sors for the city at large, whose duties are to make the assessments, while the duty of the ward asses- sors is to sit as a court of appeal in cases of unjust assessments. The city assessors are elected for three years, and the first elected drew lots for the one, two and three year terms.
1874. Edw. H. Bolgiana, 2 years. 1874. E. Allan Ward, 3 years. M. E. Harden, 1 year.
1875. Chas. S. Simmerman. 1882. Charles Janney.
1877-79. E. H. Balgiana.
1883-86. Allen C. Wood.
1877. Charles W. Johnson. 1884. John Corbett.
1878-81. Renben B. Cole.
1885. William Thompson.
1880. John R. Grubb.
City Solicitors were appointed annually by the Council from 1851 to 1864, when they were made elective by the people for terms of two years. Under the revised charter of 1871 the duty of selection was made to rest with the City Council,-
1851-54. James B. Dayton. 1864-66. George M. Roheson.
1855. Thomas P. Carpenter. 1868-70. Alden C. Scovel.
1856-57. Thomas H. Dudley. 1872-75. Alfred Hngg.
1858. Peter L. Voorhees. 1878-81. James E. Hayes.
IS59-63. George M. Robeson. 1884. J. Willard Morgan.
City Surveyors were chosen by the City Council until 1870, when they were elected by the people for two years. The charter of 1871 restored the power to Council. Edward H. Sannders was elected city surveyor in 1851, and re-elected annually until his death, in May, 1869, when Jacob H. Yocum was appointed until the election in March, when he was elected for two years, and on the ex- piration of his term, 1872, was elected by the Council for three years, and re-elected in 1875. In 1878 John S. Shults was elected, re-elected in 1881, and again in 1884.
JOHN S. SHULTS .- When Charles Shults, the progenitor of the family in America, arrived in New York, in 1750, he brought with him a wife and three children. He died two weeks after his arrival, which caused the separation of the family. His children were Charles, Richard and Anna. Charles moved to Philadelphia, where he was em- ployed in a bakery sitnated on Arch Street, above Front. On one of his daily trips to the public pump he met a young lady of his own name, and upon inquiry he was astonished to know she was his sister, lost when a child, and from her he learned that his mother, who was then dead, had accompanied Richard to North Carolina where he had married and at his death had a large family. Charles was married to a Miss Kelly, by whom he
had two children,-Charles and Sarah. A few years after the death of his first wife he was mar- ried to Mrs. Richmond, of Salem County, N. J., and two children were born to them,-Nancy and Rebecca. His son Charles became a prominent citizen of Philadelphia; was a supervisor of streets and highways and one of those who as- sisted in laying out Washington Square. He was married to Anna M. Bussier, of Huguenot ances- try. Her father, Dr. Bussier, graduated in Paris and fled from France on account of his religious convictions. On the passage he met Miss Rey- bold, a Swiss lady, to whom he was married on his arrival in this country. He served in the Revolution in 1776 with distinction. The chil- dren of Charles and Anna M. Shults were Charles, Richard, Philip M., Jane, Rebecca, Eliza, Susan- na and Maria. The eldest of these children, Charles, was married to Charlotte Spangenberg, daughter of John and Charlotte Spangenberg, who were natives of Philadelphia, but whose pa- rents came from Germany. They had eleven chil- dren,-Charles, Alfred, Leonard (who died an in- fant), John, Anna M., Mary S., Charlotte K., Theodore B. and Sarah C. About 1832 Charles moved to Berks County, Pa., where, as a clergy- man in the German Reformed Church (English branch), he preached for a number of years and then removed to Reading. He lived in that city until 1857 and then removed to Atlantic County, N. J., near Absecom, and from thence to Camden in 1860.
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