History of Lewis County, New York; with...biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 12

Author: Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Syracuse, New York : Mason
Number of Pages: 712


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255


Osceola ..


43


58


95 77


278 40


256


68


Turin.


504


385


425


372


44


Tanneries


19


16


18


Inns.


28


Stores


33


45


6


1,014


1,135


1,531


2,035| 2,146


2.433


2,828


8,374


309


449


883


793


970


1,177


1,483


1,645


1,776


1,925


2.026


662


538


692


880


1,074


1,203


1,733


1,946


2,638


1,626


1,570


Harrisburgh,


1.125


1,170: 1,130


1.051


1,085


541


Martineburgh,.


571


707


643


718


730


975


New Bremen,


1,786 1,966


1,908


2,190


2.414


Osceola,


404


507


664


763


796


907


1,208


1,039


1,393 1,291


1,149


1,144


1,152


Turin,


Montague ..


Asheries.


15


New Bremen.


120


138


ço


160


144


Lowville.


Lyonsdale ..


246


492 120


85


Distilleries


100


I2


Iron Works


Wooleo Factories


106


Breweries ...


105


55


Watson.


tive.


Na-


ural-


Nat-


Nat-


Groceries.


-


213 996


Lewis,


1,406 1,475


73


58


85


In 1810 the population was not reported by towne. The total of the county we6 6,438.


80


HISTORY OF LEWIS COUNTY.


The apparent decrease in population is in some cases due to changes of boun- dary, or the erection of new towns. In a dairying region, there is a tendency, however, to the consolidation of smaller farms with larger ones, and a conse- quent diminution of the population by removal. In such towns, the number of inhabitants can scarcely be expected ever to increase, so long as dairying is the principal business of the farmers.


If we take a comprehensive view of the distribution of the population throughout the country, and compare one period with another, we cannot fail to be impressed with the great and rapid growth of cities and villages, and the increase of numbers in centers of trade and manufactures. Something of this may be seen in Lewis county, where villages have increased in population, as the rural districts have declined. This effect is strikingly shown in the attend- ance at district schools, which in the farming sections does not now average more than one-fourth as much as it was forty or fifty years ago. In all of the older towns, through the central portion of the county, there has been more or less of consolidation of school districts as the result of this change.


The relative standing of some of the towns in 1803, as then bounded, was as follows :-


Turin, 145 residents, valuation, $279,824 Leyden, 183 residents, $287,385.77


Lowville, 161 residents, $41,300


Martinsburgh, 53 residents, $45,818.50


In the direct tax imposed upon the country in August, 1813, to raise the sum of $3,000,000 for the war, the share assigned to the State of New York was $430,140.62, or about 14 1-3 per cent. Lewis county was called upon for $1,960, or a little less than half of one per cent. of the State. The county formed a part of the 17th collection dis- trict.


POLITICAL STATISTICS.


In the early years, county politics ap- pear to have been nearly evenly bal- anced between " Federal " and " Repub- lican," as parties were then named. The latter gradually came to be known as the Democratic party, and for some years was strongly in majority. The political campaign of 1840, in which log cabins, hard cider and other incidents of that day played so memorable a part, among those supporting the nomination of Gen- eral Harrison wrought a great change, but still did not turn the balance. The excitement of that campaign is probably without a parallel, before or sincé, and many persons now growing old will re- member the log cabins of that day, which were erected in the genuine pio- neer style as political rallying points in all of the great towns and villages in the country. One of these stood close ad- jacent to the old Martinsburgh hotel, on the site of what is now Lovejoy's hotel, but then kept by Elijah L. Thomp- son. After giving the notes of the former edition as regards the total vote of the county for the office of governor from the beginning, we will present the vote of single towns for the office of governor in recent years, as a subject convenient for reference and compari- son, and of interest with those who watch the tide of politics as it ebbs and flows.


The vote upon governor at the several elections in this county, has been as fol- lows :--


1807 .- Morgan Lewis, 419; Daniel D. Tompkins, 41 1.


1810 .- Daniel D. Tompkins, 533 ; Jonas Platt, 302. The former had majorities in every town except Denmark and Har- risburgh.


1813 .- Daniel D. Tompkins, 313; Stephen VanRensselaer, 229. The for- mer had majorities except in Denmark, Martinsburgh and Turin.


81


POLITICAL STATISTICS.


1816 .- Daniel D. Tompkins, 326; Ru- fus King, 228. Mr. King had a majority only in Denmark.


1817 .- De Witt Clinton, 381 ; Peter B. Porter.


1820 .- DeWitt Clinton, 334; Daniel D. Tompkins, 304. The former had ma- jorities except in Harrisburgh, Lowville and Pinckney.


1822 .- Joseph C. Yates, 776; Solomon Southwick, I, in Martinsburgh. The vote on Lieutenant-Governor was 467 for Root, and 300 for Huntington.


1824 .- Samuel Young, 678; DeWitt Clinton, 502. Clinton's only majority was in Denmark.


1826 .- William B. Rochester, 768 ; De Witt Clinton, 726. The towns of Denmark, Harrisburgh, Turin and Wat- son, gave majorities for Clinton.


1828. - Martin VanBuren, 964; Smith Thompson, 778 ; Solomon South wick, 66. VanBuren had majorities in Greig, Ley- den, Lowville, Martinsburgh, Pinckney, Turin and Watson, and Thompson in all the other towns.


1830 .- Enos T. Throop, 1031 ; Francis Granger, 618 ; Erastus Root, 14. Throop had majorities in Diana, Greig, Leyden, Lowville, Pinckney, Turin, Watson and West Turin, and Granger in the other towns.


1832 .- William L. Marcy, 1450; Fran- cis Granger, 836. Marcy had majorities in all the towns except Denmark, Har- risburgh and Lowville.


1834 .- William L. Marcy, 1230; Will- iam H. Seward, 952. The majorities were the same as in 1832.


1836 .- William L. Marcy, 101 ; Jesse Buel, 400. Marcy had majorities in every town except Lowville.


1838 .- William L. Marcy, 1308 ; Will- iam H. Seward, 1156. Marcy had ma- jorities in Greig, Leyden, Martinsburgh, Pinckney, Turin, Watson and West Turin, and Seward in other towns.


1840 .- William L. Marcy, 1786; Will- iam H. Seward, 1690; Gerrit Smith, 40. Marcy had majorities in Diana, Greig, Leyden, Pinckney, Watson and West Turin, and Seward in the other towns.


1842 .- William C. Bouck, 1716, Luther Bradish, 1519; Alvin Stewart, 64. Bouck had majorities in Croghan, Diana, Greig,


Harrisburgh, Lowville, Martinsburgh, and Turin, and Bradish in the other towns.


1844 .~ Silas Wright, 2080; Millard Fillmore, 1649; Alvin Stewart, 153. Wright had majorities in Croghan, Greig, Leyden, Osceola, Pinckney, Tu- rin, Watson, and West Turin, and Fill- more in the other towns.


1846 .- John Young, 1828; Silas Wright 11 72; Henry Bradley, 166. Young had majorities in every town except Cro- ghan, Diana, Osceola, Pinckney and Watson, which went for Wright.


1848 .- Hamilton Fish, 1216; John A. Dix, 1250: Reuben H. Walworth, 804 ; William Goodell, 10. Fish had majori- ties in Denmark, Diana, Harrisburgh, Lowville, Martinsburgh, Pinckney and Turin ; Dix in Croghan, Leyden, New Bremen, Osceola, Watson and West Turin, and Walworth in Greig.


1850 .- Horatio Seymour, 2004 ; Wash- ington Hunt, 1618; William L. Chaplin, 5. Seymour had majorities in every town except Denmark, Harrisburgh, Low- ville, and Martinsburgh, which went for Hunt.


1852 .- Horatio Seymour, 2549; Wash- ington Hunt, 1121: Minthorne Tompkins, 268. Seymour had majorities in Diana, Greig, Leyden, Martinsburgh, Mon- tague, New Bremen, Osceola, Pinckney, Turin, Watson and West Turin ; Hunt in Denmark, Harrisburgh, and Lowville, and Tompkins in Croghan.


1854 .- Horatio Seymour, 1583 ; Myron H. Clark, 1449; Daniel Ullmann, 138 ; G. C. Bronson, 131. Clark had major- ities in Denmark, Greig, Harrisburgh, Lowville, Martinsburgh, Montague, Os- ceola, and Turin, and Seymour in the other towns.


1856 -- John A. King, 2949; Amasa J. Parker, 1173 ; Erastus Brooks, 431. King had majorities in every town except High Market and Lewis, which went for Parker.


1858 .- Edwin D. Morgan, 2557 ; Am- asa J. Parker, 1861 ; Gerrit Smith, 126 : Lorenzo Burrows, 38. Morgan had ma- jorities in every town except Croghan, High Market, Lewis, Montague, New Bremen, Osceola, Pinckney and West Turin, which went for Parker.


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HISTORY OF LEWIS COUNTY.


VOTE OF THE TWO PRINCIPAL POLITICAL PARTIES AT EACH ELECTION FOR GOV- ERNOR, COMMENCING IN 1860.


Towns.


Parties.


1860. 1862. 1864. 1866. 1868. 1870. 1872. 1874.


1876.


1879. 1882.


Republican.


87


545


90


106


118


109


170


106


191


147


143


Croghan .


Democratic.


192


210


279


247


318


289


344


334


395


343


332


Denmark


Democratic.


145


140


150


139


147


147


197


171


243


182


115 237


Greig.


Democratic.


158


140


196


170


288


276


278


194


206


202


154


Harrisburgh


Republican. Democratic.


117


95


107


IIO


I18


88


98


85


II4


64


124


High Market.


Republican. Democratic.


202


19


27


42


36


63


35


40


157


192


87


157


Lewis.


Democratic.


148


210


207


154


202


136


158


159


21 3


151


173


Republican.


363


209


249


253


277


247


261


216


262


234


153


Leyden.


Democratic.


158


171


186


192


218


201


201


226


234


166


289


Lowville


Democratic.


175


152


183


188


235


224


231


381 255


287


27 1


436


Lyonsdale.


Democratic.


145


I47


II2


201


Martinsburgh.


Democratic.


66


144


169


I42


369 177


299


319 214


190


213


205


228


Republican.


298


64


79


91


93


74


66


51


79


90


73


Montague.


Democratic.


108


52


54


75


86


88


84


92


I20


I18


108


New Bremen.


Democratic.


186


192


233


283


249


259


280


312


305


277


Republican.


56


50


69


69


78


67|


So


53


70


61


55


Osceola.


Democratic.


53


69


76


66


78


64


56


64


89


69


87


Republican.


165


I4I


152


155


152


125


I22


95


I26


I44


96


Pinckney


Democratic.


II7


118


128


139


150


157


164


170


84


183


181


Republican.


293;


258


291


317


293


263


266


215


265


231


182


Turin.


Democratic.


93


96


140


IO3


120


123


I24


I21


265


I55


153


Republican.


I21


96


22I


124


J37


118


118


82


I35


162


108


Watson


Democratic.


107


99


136


I2I


169


145


200


190


209


165


203


Republican.


232


175


194


239


259


257


258


22I


245


217


159


Democratic.


22I


264


284


242


292


245


250


224


254


204


240


Total.


Republican.


3,257 2,654 3, III


3,182


3,397 3,036 3,332


2,764 3,585 3-397 2,447


Democratic. |2,274 2,476 2,896 2,670 3, 258 2,893 3, 170 3, 219 3,724 3, 160 3,787


ELECTIONS HAVING REFERENCE TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION, AND TO QUES- TIONS SUBMITTED TO A POPU- LAR VOTE.


1821. For the holding of a Convention, 958; against 94.


1822. Ela Collins, of Lowville, elected delegate to Convention.


1822. For the new Constitution, 550; against 138.


1845. For the holding of a Convention, 1,277 ; against 738.


1846. Russell Parish, of Lowville, elected delegate to Convention.


1846. For the new Constitution 1,828; against 370.


300


403


391


150


207


Diana


Democratic.


143


147


170


166


187


160


I68


192


234


212


169


180


Republican.


174


147


175


218


258


222


309


15I


171


46


36


38


87


177


176


192


194


155


19I


57


52


5I


50


42


Republican.


81


52


55


58


6 L


46


Republican.


241


331


408


390


422


410


429


483


485


325


Republican.


123


16 1


155


III


Republican.


83


320


368


352


107 258


95


III


79


109


92


146


121


86


Republican.


106


65


165


164


167


I39


152


129


164


15I


9I


76


170


41I 172


130


419 138


369 128


384


15I


I49


169


24I


Republican.


164


360


410


Republican.


415


143


344


171


249


165


286


West Turin.


83


POLITICAL STATISTICS.


1846. For equal suffrage to colored persons, 379; against 1,189.


1849. For new school law, 1,961 ; against 1,206.


1853. For amendment, relating to Ca- nal debt, 1,572 ; against 907.


1854. Vote on the amendment allow- ing soldiers to vote while absent from the State, in the military service 2,312 for; and 301 against.


1865. On amendment relating to Com- missioners of Appeals, 546 for; 685 against.


1866. On the holding of a Constitu- tional Convention, 3,143 for; 2,001 against.


1867. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention were chosen in part by election from Senatorial Districts .- From the 18th district, the delegates chosen were Edward A. Brown, of Low- ville, James A. Bell, of Dexter, Marcus Bickford, of Carthage, and Milton H. Merwin, of Watertown.


1869. For the new Constitution, 309; against 2,374.


1869. For Article VI, 1,866; against 1,926.


1869. For uniform rate of assessment, etc., 3,613 ; against 2,361.


1869. For abolishing property qualifi- cations of voters, 2,054 ; against 2,183.


1870. For creating a State debt to pay deficiences, etc., 2,318 ; against 2,985.


1872. For amendments relating to Court of Appeals, 2,918 ; against 12.


1872. For creating State debt to pay Canal and General Fund Deficiencies, 1,616 ; against 30.


1874. For amendment of Article II, 1,314; against 3,836.


1874. For amendment of Article III, Part 1, 1,073 ; against 4,081.


1874. For amendment of Article III, Part 2, 1,231 ; against 3,933.


1874. For amendment of Article IV, 1,196; against 3,957.


1874. For amendment of Article VII, 38; against 5,118.


1874. For amendment of Article VIII, Part 1, 1,239; against 3,914.


1874. For amendment of Article VIII, Part 2, 1,230; against 3,923.


1874. For amendment of Article XII, 1,256; against 3,897.


1874. For adding Article XV, 1,286; against 3,885.


1874. For adding Article XVI, 1,275 ; against 3,878.


1879. For amendment of section 6, Article VI, 5 ; against 2.


1880. For amendment of sections 12 and 13, Article VI, 813; against 1,200.


1882. For amendment relating to Free Canals, 3,797 ; against 769.


1882. For amendment increasing the number of Justices of the Supreme Court, 1,863 ; against 522.


STATISTICS OF TAXATION IN LEWIS


COUNTY, FOR A SERIES OF YEARS ;


FROM THE RETURNS TO THE COMPTROLLER. FOR THE YEARS PREVIOUS.


Years.


Town Taxes.


County Taxes.


School Taxes,


State Taxes,


Aggregate Taxation.


Rate of Tax on $1.00


|Valuation, (cents).


1853 $ 12,331.71 $ 15,059.43


$ 5,615.00 $ 33,006.14


1854|


11,282.31


13,253.54


4,266.00


28,801.85


5.100


1855


11,282 31


13,253.54


7,110.00


1856


13,822.72


23,494 00


5,528.00


7 900


1857


12,631 80


11,248.16 $ 3,846.75


11,540 25 8,977.50


7.700 7.200 7.600 9,700


1861


15,962.141


9,867.00


3,371.40


14,047.50


1862


15,962 141


9,867.00


3,959 46


1863


26,663.90|


12,583.70|


4,043.68


21,117.10 23,914.20


1865


80,655.56


12,047.53|


3,404.04


17,757.74


173,864.89 3.830


1867


37.302 69


100,110.60


5,311.39


21,645.03


5.600


1868


56,012.22


26,785.00


5.360.62


26,96 94 19,512.68 18,544.26 23,828.22


3.990 2.510 2.835 2.460


1870


47,312 47!


21,211.87


4,953.63


1871


38,965 44


31,333.96


4,915 47


17.335.23


92,550.10 116,609.71 107,371.14 103,451.90 94,234 60


2.704 2.438 2.037


1815


37,339.11


29,147.04|


5,780 93


22.629.61 25,457.30 21,967.52 13,988 79


88,393.18 1.396


1877


42,887.53


28.985.22


9,112 81


16,884.32


97,523.62 1.204


1878


34.721.90


25.545.55


8,186 06|


14,021.20


82,474.71 78,101.08


1.077


1879


29,857.67


26,137.80


8,385. 15


13,720.46


1,011


1880


33,136.04


46,747.68


8,335.14


18,552.41


106,771.27


1.078


1881 32,063.49


26,584.25


8,764.67


8,534.01|


75,946.42


0.988


1858


12,600 00


11,500.00


3,847.50


1859


14.674.40


11,745.42


3,746 40


1860


14,674.40


11.745.42


3,371 00


8,741.60 18,860.20


251,770.92 169,712.62 107,670 52 99,575.67 97,306.19


2.350 2 960


1872


47,778.94


31.999.96


4.910 77


31,920 04


1873


47.778.94


31,999.96


4,962.68


1874


36,116.07


36.574.23


5,303.60


1876


37,339.11


29,147.04


7,918.19|


24,417 02


1866


38.427.64, 188,325.00


3.373 25


1869


52.793.85


22.939.20


5,298.36


5,600 31,645.85 42,844.72 39,266.96 36,925.00 38,907.82 43,651.42 43.248.04| 9.600 9,600 50,905 70 66,205.52 12.300 7.240 392.758.06|


1864 178.122.70 186, 148.84:


4,069 31


5.900


The census of 1880, reported the amount of town bonded debts in Lewis county as $156,805, and the amount of School District debt, (not bonded,) as $1,667.


84


HISTORY OF LEWIS COUNTY.


STATISTICS OF ASSESSMENT IN LEWIS COUNTY.


Years.


Acres of Land Assess'd


Aeseeeed | Aeseseed Value of Value of Real Estate.


Correct-


Aggre- gate


Pereonal Eetate.


gate Val-, Equaliz'd uation.


Valuat'n.


1853.


៛60,189


$4,937 508


$ 677,005 $ 5,615,000


1854 ..


759,152


4.987,909


697,256


5.688,000


1855


759, 152


4,987.909


697.256


5,688 000


1856


761,843


4,661,175


666,004


5,528,000


1857


741.814


4,528,415


599,778


5,129,000


1858.


740 000


4,530,000


600,000


5,130,000


1859


743,909


3,572.904


590,119


4,995,200


1860


743,900


3,572,904|


590,119


4,995,200


4,495,200


1861


731,651


3 581,769!


592,074


4,173,000


4,495,200


1862


731,651


3,581,769|


592,074


4,173,9001


5,279.275


1863


735,873


3,638.413


526,005


4,164,500


5,391,577


1864


:28,613


3,626,470


581 366


4,208,000|


5,426,005


1865


732,950


3,677,431


445,087|


4,123,000


4,538,719


1866


731.069


3,641.286


408,626


4.050,000


4,497,668


1867.


726,843


3,582,026


406,473


3.988.500|


4,249,911


1868


733,893


3,548,609


390.076


3.939,00 /


4,288,498


1869


735,946


3,583,205


379,697


3,963,000


4.238.688


1870


743,419


3,536,550


395 827


3.933,000


3.962,902


1871.


747,788


3,544,299


384,318


3,929,000


3,932,377


1872


735,184


3.596,744


373,363


3,970,200


3,928,617


1873


735,184


3,596,744


373,363


3,970,200


3,970,107


1874


752,218


9,150,992


1.360,841


10,512,000


4,242,883


1875.


755,511|


8,175,205


961.165


9,137,200


4,624,742


1876


755,511


8.175,205


961,165


9,137,200


6,334,549


1877 ..


762,689


7,878.652


904 530


8,783,182


8,100,275


1878


753,309


7.413,480


824.740


8,240,220


7,657,677


1879.


754,258


6,998,317


867.395


7,865,712


7.721.136


1890


754,288


6.867,415


809,810


7,677,225


7,682,156


1881


749,631|


6,781,367


825,200|


7.606,567


7,688,301


CHAPTER X.


SCHOOL STATISTICS; PERSONAL MEN- TION.


SCHOOL STATISTICS.


THE School system of New York I dates as a connected and continued organization from 1812; but from the beginning of settlement, schools had been an object of carly care, and volun- tary expense. In the second or third year from the first arrival, in fact as soon as there were children enough to form a school, they were gathered for instruc- tion, and until other provision was made by law, the expenses were equalized upon the basis of attendance, and before the establishment of free schools, the rate bills of the poor were charged to the school fund, and to those who were able to pay.


By an act passed April 13, 1843, and in force till March 13, 1847, the Common Schools of the State were, (excepting in


certain cities,) under the supervision of a County Superintendent, who received his appointment from the Board of Su- pervisors. As this law came to be ap- plied in Lewis county, it was found no easy matter to harmonize opinions, for the Board then consisted of twelve mem- bers equally divided as to politics, and each party appeared determined to elect its own candidate. In the fall of 1843, after balloting three days every vote re- sulting in the equation 6=6, nothing was accomplished. The candidates were at first Lewis G. VanSlyck, of Martins- burgh, [a clerk of William King, mer- chant], and William C. Lawton, of Co- penhagen, They next tried VanSlyck against Duel Goff, of Turin, and then against Ziba Knox, of Lowville. They finally gave it up as something that could not be done.


Notice was in due time given by the Secretary of State, then ex-officio State Superintendent of Schools, that unless the county complied with the statute, the public school moneys would be with- held. This led to a special meeting of the Supervisors on the 15th of January, 1844, and every member of the Board was punctually on hand, for there was an office to be gained or lost. The fore- noon of the first day was spent in ballot- ing, and twenty-four efforts were made to agree, but failed. Upon assembling after dinner, it was found that eleven persons were present, the twelfth being on his way from the hotel. The vote was at once pressed to an issue, and the dilemma was solved, the choice falling upon Sidney Sylvester, of Copenhagen.


He was succeeded by Alfred H. Bush, of Turin, who was chosen November, 1845, and began his term January 16, 1846. He remained in the office until it was abolished March 13, 1847. For about ten years next following, a Town Superintendent was elected in each town; but by Chapter 179, Laws of 1856, the


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SCHOOL STATISTICS.


office of School Commissioner was cre- ated, and the county was soon after di- vided by the Board of Supervisors into two Commissioners' Districts, as fol- lows :-


District No. 1 .- (Or the Southern District), including what are now the towns of Greig, High Market, Lewis, Leyden, Lyonsdale, Martinsburgh, Osce- ola, Turin and West Turin.


District No. 2 .- (Or the Northern District), including Croghan, Denmark, Diana, Harrisburgh, Lowville, Mon- tague, New Bremen, Pinckney and Wat- son.


The succession of School Commission- ers has been as follows :-


District No. I .- (Southern Dist.) :


William J. Hall, (by appointment) I I-2 years.


R. Sanford Miller, (by election), 3 years. Henry C. Northam, (by election), 6 years.


William Adams, (by election), 6 years. William D. Lewis, (by election), 6 years. Boardman S. Hough, (by election), 3 years.


Royal P. Damuth, (by election,) in office.


District No 2 .- (Northern Dist.) :


Wayne Clark, (by appointment), I I-2 years.


Wayne Clark, (by election,) 6 years.


School Statistics of Lewis County, as compared with those of the whole State, as reported in 1882.


Lewis County


State.


Population,


Number of children, 5 to 21 years old, in the county and State, September 30, 1881,


10, 326


1,662, 122


Number of children attending school during the year, Residing in the district, Residing in other districts,


Total,


7,494


1,022,276


Number of children over 5 and under 21, for each qualified teacher,


45


80


Per cent. of average daily attendance on whole number of children between 5 and 21,


33.55


33.75


Number of districts,


214


12,001


Number of private schools,


I


1,159


Number of pupils in private schools,


50


108,309


Average number of weeks school, were kept by licensed teachers,


29.5


35 5


Teachers licensed by local officers,


402


28,787


2


964


Number of male teachers,


75


7,669


Number of female teachers,


331


23,157


Number of inspections by Commissioners,


365


18,489


Days attendance,


3,665, 827


559,399,382


District Libraries, number of volumes,


6,126


707,155


Number of school houses, log,


5


78


Number of school houses, framed,


200


10, 073


Number of school houses, brick,


4


1,343


Number of school houses, stone, .


5


400


214


11,894


Valuation, 1881,


$7,688,301


$2,681,257,606.00


Amount of tax paid in 1881,


8,764.67


3,056,633.67


Amount of school moneys received in 1881,


21,328.13


2,750,000.00


Received from school fund,


1,460.28


245,000,00


Apportionment teacher's wages ; district quotas,


10,555 50


964, 596.00


Apportionment for Libraries,


309.04


50,000,00


Value of school district Libraries,


2,284.00


479, 576.00


Value of school house sites,


11,640.00


6,651,989.00


Value of sites and school buildings.


76,323,00


31,091,630.00


Amount on hand October 1, 188c,


365.75


1,088,950.14


Apportioned to districts.


22,873.07


2,995,452,12


Proceeds from Gospel and school lands,


12,249.31


7,393,890.33


From teacher's board,


1,636.00


111,075.60


From other sources,


517.48


363, 169,71


38,142.63


11,984,715.08


For teacher's wages,


₹1,791.57


7,775, 505.22


For Libraries.


30,96


35,499.22


For school apparatus,


74.80


174,813.08


For Colored schools,


For school house sites, fences, out-houses, repairs, furniture, etc.,


3,055.42


1,467,361 00


For all other incidental expenses.


2.363.40


1,311,434.46


Forfeited in hand of Supervisor, Ist Tuesday in March, 1881,


6.54


92.88


819.94


1,175.912.68


Amount on hand September 30, 1881,


Total payments, etc ,


38, 142.63


11,984,715.08


16


27


Per cent of average daily attendance on whole number of children attending school any portion of the year, Licensed teachers employed 28 weeks or more,


48.48


55.10


227


20,763


Whole number of children attending school any portion of the year, to each qualified teacher, Average daily attendance per teacher,


7,309


1,000,072


185


21,204


33


49


Teachers licensed by State Superintendent, Teachers licensed by Normal Schools,


2


1,095


Financial Statements


Total receipts,


22,788.41


2,995,000.00


Apportionment teacher's wages ; according to population,


11,923.87


1,929, 192.00


Receipts for the year ending September 30, 1881.


1,02


32,177.18


Raised by tax,


Total receipts,


Payments for the year ending September 30, 1881.


44,096,44


Total,


31,416


5,087, 578


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HISTORY OF LEWIS COUNTY.


Elbridge R. Adams, (by election,) 24 years, 7 months.


Charles A. Chickering, (by appointment,) 5 months.


Charles A. Chickering, (by election,) 9 years.


Joseph A. Harvey, (by election,) 6 years. Julian H. Myers, (by election,) in office.


DOLLARS OF SCHOOL TAX, AND SCHOOL MONEYS SINCE 1863.


Years


School Tax Paid


School Tax Received


Com School | Fund Rec'd


Total Received


r864


4,043.68


9,877.08


2, 163.20


12,040.28


1865


4,069.51


10, 1 86.81


2, 168.62


12,355.43


1866


3,404.04


10, 145.83


2,153.86


12,299.69


1867


3,373.25


10,411.91


2, 132.83


12,544.74


1868


5,312.39


18,341.38


1,872.86


20,214.24


1869


5,360.62


19,887.71


1,814.31


21,702.02


1870


5,298.36


19,455-53


1,947.55


21,403.08


1871


4,953.63


20,728.95


1,927.88


22,658.83


187


4,915.47


20,006.80


1,779.53


21,786,33


1873


4,910.77


20,219.06


1,769.11


21,988.17


1871


23


94


II7


1,129


1872


33


118


151


1,243


1873


36


138


I74


1,258


1874


36


II7


153


1,124


1875


28


I22


150


1,022


1876


32


IO7


139


881


1877


33


I35


I68


744


1878


25


115


140


615


1879


38


128


166


562


1880


28


65


93


237


1881


I2


58


70


220


1882


8


77


85


322


-


--


IIO


1,386


1868


25


100


125


1,545


1869


25


82


107


1, 18I


1870


22


79


IOI


866


1874


4,962.63


20,513.77


1,756.32


22,270.09


1875




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