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about a mile up the creek from the village. When the Erie Canal was opened and Knowlesville came into existence, business left the flourish- ing village of Oak Orchard, and it now contains only a church, two stores and a few scattered dwellings. A post-office was established here August 24, 1817, with James G. Brown as postmaster.
The Presbyterian Church of Knowlesville was organized August 27, 1817, with eleven members, mostly New Englanders. It was first a Congregational Church, but on June 10, 1820, it adopted the Presby- terian form of church government, and it now belongs to the Presbytery of Niagara. The first ruling elders were John Hood, Zelotes Sheldon and Archie B. Lawrence, and the last named was the first clerk. The society was organized July 22, 1821, with Gilbert Howell, Amzi L. Mc- Connell, John Hood, Abel Perry, Lyman Turner and Daniel Hooker as trustees. It was the first religious society organized in the town, and as such received the donation of 100 acres of land (the gospel lot) from the Holland Land Company. For several years meetings were held alternately at Knowlesville and Oak Orchard in school houses ; but in 1832 a brick church edifice was erected at Knowlesville. The original building committee consisted of William Knowles, A. H. West and Dennis Kingsley. The structure has since been remodeled and much improved. The society also owns a good parsonage in the village. The pastors of this church have been :
Revs. Eleazer Fairbanks, David Pratt, - Kendrick, David Page, E. Mead, John Thalimer, John Partington, S. Payne, David Ames, J. J. Ward, R. S. Eggleston, I. O. Fillmore, A. A. Graley, A. L. Greene, T. M. Hodgeman, S. A. Whitcomb, William Mc- Beth, E. T. Salmon and Seth Cook.
The Baptist Church of Knowlesville .- As early as the decade be- tween 1820 and 1830 several Baptists resided in Knowlesville and its vicinity, and preaching was occasionally had. In 1832 the number had so increased that it was thought a church here should have public recognition, which was done in that year. Of the constituent members at that time Mrs. Clarissa Hicks was the last survivor.
The first pastor was Rev. William Sawyer, followed in succession by Revs. E. P. Griswold, S. Marshall, A. H. Stowell, William Sawyer again, W. F. Parrish, E. P. Gris- wold again, II. Fish, J. Withall. C. A. Skinner, William Darker, P. Goo, William Elgin, J. H. Langville, J. M. Jones, C. B. Parsons, H. H. Thomas and Spencer Fisher.
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Since the organization of the church there have been periods when it has been destitute of a pastor and was served by supplies. Since 1832 about 800 have been received into the church, very largely by baptism. The present membership is about 200. The church edifice was erected within two years after the organization of the society. It had only ordinary repairs till 1872, when it was remodeled and enlarged by the addition of a session room, and a baptistery was placed in it.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Knowlesville was legally organ- ized in 1833, and Dennis Kingsley, Sidney Starkweather, George An- drews, Edward Reymour and John Page were elected trustees. The society at Eagle Harbor, which has always been a part of this charge, was organized several years previously. The first Board of Trustees was made a building committee, and in 1835 a church edifice was com- pleted. It was a wooden structure and stood on the site of the present brick edifice. In 1863 it was burned and the present church building was erected. Since the organization of this society the Knowlesville and Eagle Harbor charges have been served by the following pastors, in the order named :
Hiram May, Josiah Towler, Josiah Brakeman, John B. Lankton, S. Salsbury, E. C. Sanborn, P. Powers, J. W. Vaughn, D. Nichols, Amos Worcester, W. D. Buck, J. B. Hoyt, A. W. Luce, D. B. Lawton, Allen P. Ripley, D. F. Parsons, B. F. McNeal, K. D. Nettleton, R. E. Thomas, E. S. Furnham, J. McClelland, Philip House Kinecht, L. Packard, C. D. Burlingham, Zenas Hurd, G. W. Terry, J. O. Willsea, J. Timmerman, Philo E. Brown, C. B. Sparrow, William Barrett, William Wolgemuth, A. Staples, E. S. Furman, J. D. Requa, I. B. Hudnut, E. Cook and L. T. Hawkins.
The Universalist Church of Ridgeway .- It is remembered that Revs. Glezen Fillmore and Z. Paddock, itinerant Methodist clergymen, labored in this region prior to the organization of the Universalist Church at Ridgeway, and that this was one of their preaching stations. After the formation of the Universalist Church most of those who had constituted the Methodist society here became attendants at that church. It was organized December 14, 1833, at the house of Jasper Murdock. Philo Elmer, Daniel F. Hunt, Samuel Bidleman, Nathan Sawyer, and Sey- mour B. Murdock were the trustees chosen at the organization. The pastors, in the order of their pastorates, have been :
Revs. Charles Hammond, Russell Tomlinson, M. B. Smith. L. L. Spaulding, Thomas J. Smith, William B. Cook, D. C. Tomlinson, Joseph Hemphill, Alanson Kelsey, Nelson
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Snell, James Amies, Henry B. Howell, J. P. Maclean, W. B. Randolph, William Knott, O. F. Alvord.
The church edifice was erected in 1834 at Ridgeway Corners on a site donated by Mrs. Julia A. Perry. In 1854 it was repaired, and in 1871 it was again remodeled and improved.
The Seventh day Adventist Church of Jeddo was organized in 1871 with twenty-eight members. Worship was held in the houses of mem- bers of the society till 1887, when a church edifice was erected. Al- though this belonged to the Adventists, it is free to all other denomina- tions, when not used by them. The society has occasional preaching, but no regular pastor is employed.
The Baptist Chapel at Jeddo .- Prior to 1887 the Baptists in Jeddo, who were somewhat numerous, were members of the Baptist Church at Johnson's Creek, Niagara county, but held services in the school house at Jeddo. in that year they erected a chapel there, a tasteful wooden edifice, with a seating capacity of 150. Services are held weekly in this house by the pastor of the Baptist Church at Johnson's Creek.
The Baptist Chapel at Oak Orchard .- Previous to 1876 there was no house of worship in the village of Oak Orchard, but the people attended church at Knowlesville, and had occasional preaching in the school house here. In that year a revival occurred, and the result was the erection soon afterward of a chapel by the Baptists. It is a brick struc- ture, with a seating capacity of about 300. The society here is a por- tion of the church at Knowlesville.
Within a few years a Methodist class has been formed at Oak Orchard, with William Kenyon as leader. Their place of worship is a hall, built by the Good Templars in 1880.
VILLAGE OF MEDINA.
Medina is centrally located at the point where the lines between townships 14 and 15, and ranges 3 and 4 cross each other. No village existed here prior to the construction of the Erie Canal. At the time when the Holland Land Company's land was surveyed it was believed that the falls of the Oak Orchard Creek at Shelby Center gave promise of becoming an important village, and Joseph Ellicott secured for him-
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self and his relatives a large portion of the land in that vicinity. When the canal was located two miles north from that point, it became evident that this was the place where a village must spring up, and Mr. Ellicott and other agents of the company, at once took articles for the land here. The west part of lots 39 and 40, 14th township and 3d range, was articled to Joseph Ellicott, jr., in 1820, and was deeded to Joseph Elli- cott in 1822. The west part of lot 41, 15th township and 3d range was articled to Benjamin Ellicott in 1821, and was deeded to Joseph Ellicott in 1824. These purchases included the course of Oak Orchard Creek through the present corporation and through the next lot south from it. Lots I and 2, 15th township and 4th range, which include the north- west quarter of the village and the land through which Oak Orchard Creek runs north from it, were articled to William Peacock in 1821, and were deeded to Joseph Ellicott in 1824. Seventy-seven acres west from Gwinn street and south from West Center street were articled to Cornelius Ashton in 1816, to D. E. Evans and J. B. Ellicott in 1825, and were deeded to David E. Evans in 1833. The dates of these pur- chases show that it was the project of a village here that_prompted them.
It has been said that a saw mill was built here in 1805 by Samuel F. Gear. That such a mill was built here is certain ; for many now living remember having seen its ruins. There was not, however, a settler in the present towns of Ridgeway or Shelby till four or five years after that date, and there is little probability that a mill was built four years before a white man lived within twenty miles of it. The date was probably some years later. It was a rude structure, and it soon went to decay. The salt works north from the village have been elsewhere spoken of.
The houses in Medina were at first unsubstantial structures, built for the laborers on the canal. These remained after settlement commenced, and some of them were temporary residences of permanent settlers.
Trade began here before the opening of the canal. In 1824 Sylva- nus Coan opened a small store, and others soon followed ; but of course only a limited business could be done before navigation commenced. The village began on the bank of the canal east from Shelby street and north from Center street. This was the point where passengers disem-
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barked from boats and landed their goods, where merchandise was re- ceived and where the surplus produce of this region was shipped.
In 1824 Ebenezer Mix was employed by Mr. Ellicott to survey and lay out a village here. He commenced this survey in that year and completed it later. Some of the principal streets were laid out and named as early as 1826. It is said that he gave the place the name, probably because of its euphony ; but the story was told that the name was suggested by his saying to a colored woman who was frightened at his sudden appearance in the hotel : " It's me, Dinah !"
Of the beginnings in Medina Judge Thomas says :
Mr. Sylvanus Coan opened the first store in 1824, before the canal was finished, and some small establishments for selling goods to those working on the canal soon fol- lowed; but the opening of navigation was the signal for improving the water power on the creek and building up the town. Uri D. Moore kept the first hotel on Shelby street in 1824. Asahel Woodruff and brother were merchants here in 1826. Artemas Allen came to Medina in 1822, and was the first mason who settled in the village. He had charge as master mason in building the aqueduct for the Erie Canal over Oak Or- chard Creek. The stone for this work were mainly obtained from the bank of the creek, north of the canal. The remaining stone were from Shelby Center or from Clarendon, and a few from Lockport. Mr. Allen built a large brick tannery and dwell- ing for Justus Ingersoll, and a large stone building called the Eagle Hotel, which was burned some years since.
John Ryan, mason, came here in 1825 ; Simeon Downs, blacksmith, in 1825 ; Dr. Rum- sey, the first regular physician, in 1827 ; Dr. Lathrop soon afterward. The first attorney was Nathan Sawyer ; the first carpenter was Samuel F. Gear; the first iron founder was Simeon Bathgate. The post-office was established in Medina in 1829, and Justus In- gersoll was the first postmaster. The present official is J. D. Brennan.
David Ford and John Parsons were tinsmiths; Otis Turner and Chase Britt were grocers ; Clark & Fairman were early merchants. The first fire company was organ- ized August 16, 1832. The first bell in a steeple was raised on the Presbyterian Church in 1836. This was the first bell in the village and the only church bell between Albion and Lockport for several years. It was rung several times every day to regulate the hours of labor and rest of the inhabitants. A town clock was afterward procured and placed in the steeple of the Methodist Church to serve in place of so much bell ringing. The clock proving a poor machine was soon given up.
Justus Ingersoll moved to Medina in 1826 and built a large brick building for a tan- nery west of the creek, on the north side of East Center street. This was afterward converted into a flouring mill, and was burned in 1858. Mr. Ingersoll was justice of the peace, postmaster, Indian agent, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county and an active man in village affairs.
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In 1832 the village had between forty and fifty dwellings, stores, shops, etc., and of these twenty-six were on Shelby street north from the railroad. Since that time the village has had a healthy, though not a steadily uniform growth. It has been visited by many destructive fires and in periods of financial depression that have prevailed in the country, it has suffered as well as other places. With the return of better times it has promptly recovered from temporary business depres- sion, burned buildings have been replaced by better structures, others have been torn away to make room for the spacious and elegant blocks which increasing business demanded, and good taste dictated, and now Medina, in all things, compares quite favorably with any place of its size in Western New York.
In 1849 William Hedley purchased 78 acres of unoccupied land in in the southwest part of the village, laid out streets, surveyed lots, and erected dwellings thereon. These have been sold as well as other lots on which the purchasers have erected houses, and the area is covered with tasteful and pleasant residences. In 1871 Henry Bancroft made a similar addition in the northwest part of the village, and others in differ- ent quarters have disposed of village lots as the increasing population has required, and the expansion of the place is now as rapid as at any period in its history. Its principal business streets are bordered by blocks of buildings most of them erected on sites that have been burned over once or more, which are a credit to the enterprise of the citizens. Among the more conspicuous of these are French's block, Bent's block, the Fuller block, J. D. Kearney's building.
Medina was incorporated by an act of the Legislature, passed March 3, 1832. Its limits were defined as :
All that district of country in the town of Ridgeway and county of Orleans contained within the following buundaries, that is to say : Commencing at the point where the Erie Canal crosses Oak Orchard Creek; thence south along the west margin of said creek to the south line of Oak Orchard street; running thence west to the mill race ; thence north along said race to the south line of Mill street; thence west to the west line of Prospect street, thence north to the canal, thence westwardly along the south margin of said canal to the place of beginning.
This charter was from time to time amended to meet exigencies arising by reason of changing circumstances and to keep pace with im- proved methods in municipal government. In 1874 a commission was
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appointed to revise the charter and the several acts amendatory thereof, to recommend such changes as they might deem expedient, and to con- dense the whole into a single charter. The result was the present charter, which was enacted by the Legislature on the 28th day of Feb- ruary, 1874. This charter with some amendments and supplementary provisions, is still in force.
OFFICERS OF THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PREEENT TIME.
1832 .- Trustees, Justus Ingersoll, Nathan Sawyer, Asahel Woodruff, James C. Evans, Halsted H. Parker; clerk, H. Yerrington (part of the term), Henry Phelps (vacancy).
1833 .- Trustees, Botsford Fairman, Roswell Starr, Justus Ingersoll, Uri D. Moore, John Bagley, jr .; clerk, Henry Phelps ; treasurer, Henry Phelps,
1834 .- Trustees, Artemus Allen, Otis Turner, Orin Britt, Botsford Fairman, Simeon Bathgate ; clerk, Henry Phelps; treasurer, Nathan Sawyer.
1835 .- Trustees, Justus Ingersoll, Uri D. Moore, Artemus Allen, Orin Britt, John A. Ross ; clerk, Silas M. Burroughs; treasurer, Nathan Sawyer.
1836 .- Trustees, Joseph Nixson, Silas M. Burroughs, John A. Ross, Charles Warner, Roswell Starr; clerk, Charles J. Rumsey ; treasurer, Nathan Sawyer.
1837 .- Trustees, Orin Britt, Halsted H. Parker, John A. Ross (resigned), Charles Warner, Joseplı Nixson, Justus Ingersoll (appointed) ; clerk, R. C. Baker; treasurer, Cornelius M. Van Doren ; attorney, Charles J. Rumsey.
1838 .- Trustees, Samuel F. Geer, Horace Chase, William R. Gwinn, Botsford Fair- man, Myron P. Hopkins; clerk, A. Hogeland (resigned), George H. Thatcher (ap- pointed) ; treasurer, Christopher Whaley ; attorney, Henry Angevine.
1839 .- Trustees, John A. Ross (died), John Patterson (died), Joseph Craig (resigned), Green R. Lewis (appointed to fill vacancy), William Walsh (appointed), Silas M. Burroughs (appointed), Orin Britt (appointed), Charles Warner ; clerk, Nathan Sawyer (resigned), R. C. Baker (appointed) ; treasurer, Christopher Whaley; attorney, Charles J. Rumsey.
1840 .- Trustees Joseph Craig, John Parsons, Simeon Bathgate, Caleb Hill, James Hamilton; clerk, J. H. Denio; treasurer, Christopher Whaley; Attorney, Henry Angevine.
1841 .- Trustees, William R. Gwinn, Roswell Starr, Simeon Bathgate, Green R. Lewis, William Bidleman; clerk, Elisha S. Whalen ; treasurer, Christopher Whaley ; attorney, Charles J. Rumsey.
1842 .- Trustees, Charles J. Rumsey, Orin Britt, Charles Warner, Roswell Starr, William Walsh; clerk, T. C. Smith, I. F. Taft (last half of term) ; treasurer, Elisha S. Whalen ; attorney, Epliriam Garter.
1843 .- Trustees, Simeon Bathgate, William Bidleman, Charles Warner, Silas M. Burroughs, John Ferguson; clerk, Elisha S. Whalen ; treasurer, Ephraim Garter ; at- torney, Ephraim Garter.
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1844 .- Trustees, William Baker, William Walsh, Roswell Starr, James Hamilton, Levan W. Merritt; clerk, Alexander Pike; treasurer, Christopher Whaley ; attorney, George C. Northrop.
1845. - Trustees, William Baker, M. W. Clark, Silas M. Burroughs, Roswell Starr, Chandler Farnham ; clerk, Alexander Pike; treasurer, George C. Northrop; attorney, Silas M. Burroughs.
1846 .- Trustees, Silas M. Burroughs, John Ryan, Charles Warner, Roswell Starr, George Bathgate; clerk, Edwin Masten (resigned) ; William M. Gibson (appointed) ; treasurer, Smith Vibbard ; attorney, Silas M. Burroughs.
1847 .- Trustees, John Ryan, Roswell Starr, George Bathgate, Silas M. Burroughs, George C. Northrop; clerk, William L. Gibson; treasurer, Smith Vibbard; attorney, Silas M. Burroughs.
1848 .- Trustees, Archibald Servoss, Cabel Hill, Isaac W. Swan, William Baker, Charles Warner ; clerk, I. F. Taft ; treasurer, Hiram M. Beers; attorney, Archibald Servoss.
1849 .- Trustees, Levan W. Merritt, Elisha S. Whalen, Isaac W. Swan, Oliver E. Watson, George Bathgate; clerk, Horatio Stewart; treasurer, Edmund Fuller, jr .; attorney, George C. Northrop.
1850 .-- Trustees, George Bathgate, P. V. Fox, Elisha S. Whalen, William Brown, William P. Foster; clerk, L. Timmerman (removed), William L. Bathgate (appointed) ; treasurer, John S. Jennings ; attorney, George C. Northrop.
1851 .- Trustees, Asa P. Stanford, Charles Warner, Abram Stratton, Solomon G. Purdy, William Van Keuren; clerk, James Depuy ; treasurer, John S. Jennings ; at- torney, James Depuy.
1852 .-- Trustees, Charles Warner, Solomon G. Purdy, Abram Stratton, Darius W. Cole, William A. Bent; clerk, Daniel D. White; treasurer, John S. Jennings; attorney, James De Puy.
1853 .- Trustees, Robert L. Hill, Edward Hedley, Chandler Farnham, William A. Bent, Benedict H. Alford; clerk, Lafayette Carver ; treasurer, John S. Jennings ; at- torney, Lafayette Carver.
1854 .-- Trustees, Benedict H. Alford, Elisha S. Whalen, John W. Graves, William Brown, Mortimer W. Ryan; clerk, Curtis Barnes; treasurer, Absalom F. Bush ; at- torney, John W. Graves.
1855 .- Trustees, Robert L. Hill, Solomon G. Purdy, John R. Weld, William S. Tamblin, Jonah Allen; clerk, Curtis Barnes ; treasurer, Absalom F. Bush ; attorneys, Sickels & Graves.
1856 .- Trustees, John Ryan, Henry Flagler, John Firth, Sylvester S. Sherman, Benjamin M. Anthony ; clerk, Prentiss D. Knight ; treasurer, Alexander Pike ; attorney, Archibald Servoss.
1857 .- Trustees, Samuel C. Bowen, Benedict H. Alford, Edward Davey, Joseph Clyde, Hiram E. Sickels; clerk, Solomon G. Purdy ; treasurer, Alexander Pike ; at- torneys, Sickels & Graves.
1858 .-- Trustees, John Ryan, Erastus B. Knapp, Edwin F. Brown, William W. Pot- ter, Arthur Newell ; clerk, Erastus B. Knapp; treasurer, Marcus Chase ; attorneys, Sickels & Graves.
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1859 .-- Trustees, John Ryan, John Parks, William W. Potter, Eugene Smith, Thur- man S. Shaw ; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, Marcus Chase; attorneys, Sickels & Graves.
1860 .-- Trustees, John Ryan, John Parks, William W. Potter, Eugene Smith, Daniel Starr; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, Alexander Pike; attorneys, Sickels & Graves.
1861 .- Trustees John Ryan, Augustus M. Ives, John Parks, Eugene Smith, William W. Potter ; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, James C. Sheppard ; attorney, Hiram E. Sickels.
1862 .- Trustees, John Ryan, Augustus M. Ives, John Parks, Elisha S. Whalen, Henry A. Childs ; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, John M. Kennan ; attorney, John W. Graves.
1863 .- Trustees, Richard Becker, Benjamin M. Anthony, John D. Kearney, Soloman G. Purdy, Elisha S. Whalen ; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, Henry A. Fairman ; attorneys, Bowen & Pitts.
1864 .- Trustees, Marcus Chase, Spencer Jackson, Edwin F. Brown, Benjamin M. Anthony, Samuel C. Bowen; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, John M. Kennan ; attorney, Henry A. Childs.
1865 .- Trustees, Darius W. Cole, B. C. Blake, John M. Pitts, John D. Kearney, Soloman. G Purdy ; clerk, John W. Card; treasurer, John M. Kennan ; attorney, Adna Bowen.
1866 .- Trustees, Mortimer W. Ryan, Hiram E. Sickels, Edwin P. Healy, Soloman G. Purdy, B. C. Blake; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, Henry A. Fairman ; attor- ney, Henry A. Childs.
1867 .--- Trustees, Henry A. Childs, Edwin M. Card, Absalom F. Bush, Edward Davey, James Kearney ; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, John M. Kennan ; attorney, Hiram E. Sickels.
1868 .- Trustees, Elisha S. Whalen, Edward Davey, Oscar Whedon, Henry A. Childs, John Kearney ; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, Jacob Gorton ; attorney, Stanley E. Filkins.
1869 .- Trustees, John R. Weld, George W. Frary, Henry A. Childs, Hiram Deuel, John Bacon; clerk, Simeon Downs, treasurer, Jacob Gorton; attorney, Henry A. Childs.
1870 .- Trustees, George W. Frary, James S. McCormick, Alfred Dawson, John D. Kearney, Henry A. Childs; clerk, Simeon Downs; treasurer, Jacob Gorton : attorney, Henry A. Childs.
1871 .- Trustees, John Filer, John Bacon, William Lozier, James A, Hanlon, Fred M. Ives (failed to qualify) ; clerk, Burrie Swift ; treasurer, Jacob Gorton; attorney, Henry A. Childs.
1872 .- Trustees, John Bacon, John R. Weld (failed to qualify), Jacob Gorton, Samuel C. Brownell, John W. Graves (appointed), Patrick Horan ; clerk, Burrie Swift (part of term), George A. Newell (appointed) ; treasurer, Smith Tucker ; attorney, Henry A. Childs.
1873 .- Trustees, Lewis J. Ives, John Bacon, Lafayette Robinson, Isaac M. Knapp, John Kearney ; clerk, Thomas A. Burke; treasurer, Smith Tucker; attorney, Henry A. Childs.
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1874, village officers elected and appointed under the new charter .- President, Henry A. Childs ; trustees, Timothy O'Brien, Michael Cooper, Jacob Gorton, Lyman F. Zim- merman, George W. Frary, James Chapman; clerk, George A. Newell; treasurer, Smith Tucker; attorney, Edmund L. Pitts ; chief of police, Edmund Fuller.
1875 .- President, Joseph Clyde (failed to qualify), Henry A. Childs (appointed) ; trustees, Michael Slack, Michael Cooper, Jacob Gorton, Erwin A. Bowen, George W. Frary, James Chapman ; clerk, George A. Newell ; treasurer, Smith Tucker ; attorney, Edmund L. Pitts ; chief of police, Edmund Fuller.
1876 .- President, Edward Posson; trustees, Graham H. Hill, Erwin A. Bowen, Jacob Gorton, Michael Cooper, Michael Slack, James Chapman; clerk, George A. Newell ; treasurer, E. Chapin Bennett; attorney, Edmund L. Pitts ; chief of police, Edmund Fuller.
1877 .- President, George W. Frary ; trustees, Graham H. Hill, Edward Davey, Jacob Gorton, Michael Cooper, Michael Slack, Alfred Dawson ; clerk, George A. Newell ; treasurer, E. Chapin Bennett; attorney, Edmund L. Pitts ; chief of police, Edmund Fuller.
1878 .- President, George W. Frary ; trustees, Michael Cooper, Graham H. Hill, Alfred Dawson, Edward Davey, Oscar K. Johnson, Jacob Gorton ; clerk, John Allen ; treasurer, E. Chapin Bennett; attorney, Edmund L. Pitts ; chief of police, Edmund Fuller.
1879 .- President, George W. Frary ; trustees, Graham H. Hill, Edward Davey, Alfred Dawson, Michael Cooper, Oscar K. Johnson. Jacab Gorton ; clerk, Myron S. Newell ; treasurer, E. Chapin Bennett; attorney, Edmund L. Pitts ; chief of police, Edmund Fuller.
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