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1842. -- Benjamin Huddle, Samuel Gross, Joseph Mcclellan, trustees; John A. Morison, clerk.
1843. - Benjamin Huddle, Jacob Hossler, Joseph Swigert, trustees; Julius A. Treat, clerk.
1844 .- Jacob Hossler, Henry Opt, John T. Reid, trustees; Henry Perky, clerk.
1845 .- Henry F. Hall, Henry Opt. Jacob Hossler, trustees; Samuel Gross, clerk.
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1846 .- Jacob Hossler, James Boyd, Henry Opt, trustees; Abraham Kagy, clerk.
1847. - Same trustees and same clerk as in 1846.
1848 .- Nathan Martin, Louis Spitler, James Boyd, trustees; Abraham Kagy, clerk.
1849 .- Same trustees; Jacob Hossler, Henry Perkey, justices; Abraham Kagy, clerk.
1850. - Same as in 1848.
1851 .- Ira Gulick, Henry Opt, Nathan Martin, trustees; Lewis Seitz, Jr., clerk.
1852 .- Same as in 1851.
1853 .- W. H. H. Hedden, Henry Opt, Ira Gulick, trustees; H. M. Betz, clerk.
1854. - W. H. H. Hedden, John T. Reid, Ira Gulick, trustees; H. F. Hoss- ler, clerk.
1855 .- John Wax, J. T. Reid, H. F. Hossler, trustees; H. F. Hossler, clerk.
1856 .- George A. Blackwell, D. H. Watson, John Wax, trustees; John Newman, clerk.
1857 .- H. Opt, Ira Gulick, G. A. Blackwell, trustees; John Newman, clerk. 1858 .- John Einsel, D. H. Watson, G. A. Blackwell, trustees; Jacob Gei- ger, clerk.
1859 .- John F. Heilman, Henry Geiger, G. A. Blackwell, trustees; Jacob Geiger, clerk.
1860 .- D. H. Watson, I. B. Steinbaugh, L. R. Owen, trustees; W. T. Brown, clerk.
1861 .- D. H. Watson, I. B. Steinbaugh, L. R. Owen, trustees; W. T. Brown, clerk.
1862 .- D. H. Watson, I. B. Steinbaugh, Henry Geiger, trustees; W. T. Brown, clerk.
1863. - Ed Saul, H. Geiger, Daniel Spitler, trustees; William De Witt, clerk. 1864 .- Jacob Hossler, R. A. Blackwell, D. H. Watson, trustees; Jacob C. Geiger, clerk.
1865 .- R. A. Blackwell, J. Wax, John Newcomer, trustees; Jacob C. Gei- ger, clerk.
1866. - D. T. See, H. Einsel, John Wax, trustees; W. DeWitt, clerk.
1867 .- D. H. Patterson, H. F. Hossler, Henry Einsel, trustees; W. De- Witt, clerk.
1868 .- Edward Saul, Henry Geiger, D. H. Patterson, trustees; W. De- Witt, clerk.
1869 .- John Wax, William Mitchell, M. Finch, trustees; W. De Witt, clerk.
1870 .- Samuel Mull, H. F. Hossler, Henry Geiger, trustees; W. DeWitt, clerk.
1871 .- H. Kirgis, L. R. Owen, H. F. Hossler, trustees; W. DeWitt, clerk.
1872 .- I. B. Steinbaugh, L. R. Owen, H. F. Hossler, trustees; S. S. Leh- man, clerk.
1873 .- Daniel Seitz, I. B. Steinbaugh (I. G. Watson, deceased), L. R. Owen, trustees; S. S. Lehman, clerk.
1874 .- S. H. Wolf, I. B. Steinbaugh, L. R. Owen, trustees; S. S. Leh- man, clerk.
1875. - Daniel Seitz, S. H. Wolf, I. B. Steinbaugh, trustees; S. S. Leh- man, clerk.
1876 .- Daniel Seitz, Conrad Klahr, I. B. Steinbaugh, trustees; U. E. Cory, clerk.
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1877 .- Daniel Seitz, Conrad Klahr, Abraham Sponseller, trustees; S. S. Lehman, clerk.
1878 .- Michael McNamara, A. Sponseller, C. Klahr, trustees; S. S. Leh- man, clerk.
1879 .- Henry Einsel, Michael McNamara, A. Sponseller, trustees; S. S. Lehman, clerk.
1880 .- John Newcomer, J. P. Echelberry, Eli Spitler, trustees; P. F. Samsel, clerk.
1881 .- S. B. Hossler, George M. Martin, Eli Spitler, trustees; P. F. Samsel, clerk.
1882. - Same as in 1881.
1883 .- Daniel Seitz, Eli Spitler, George M. Martin, trustees; P. F. Sam- sel, clerk.
1884. - John E. Miley, Henry Scheerer, W. L. Reid, trustees; P. F. Sam- sel, clerk.
The officers of Bloom Township in 1885 are William Reid, Republican, S. B. Hossler, Republican, Henry Kirgis, Democrat, trustees; P. F. Samsel, Democrat, clerk; H. S. Samsel, Republican, treasurer; S. S. Lehman, Repub- lican, assessor: B. H. Spitler, Democrat, Fred Bolland, Republican, constables.
Pioneers of Bloom Township .- When Hadley and Hampton beheld this township in 1821, it appeared beautiful in its wildness. In 1822 the van- guard of the pioneers arrived, and then was begun that round of labor which resulted in giving to the county even before its organization, a garden spot for all time and a well-organized community. In reviewing the history of the settlement of the county, the following names are selected to represent the pioneers of Bloom. The few who may chance to be left unnoticed in this partic- ular portion of the work, find mention in one or other of the many chapters de- voted to general, local and personal history.
James Beauchamp, who owned 135 acres on the southwest quarter of Sec- tion 6, died in 1830, when Thomas McMillan was appointed administrator of the estate. Sidney Smith was appointed guardian ad litem for his five chil- dren .... Jacob and Rosa Bessey, natives of Germany, parents of Mrs. Abraham Sponseller, who was born in this county in 1842, came to Bloom Township in an early day. Mr. Bessey died in 1867 ; his widow now resides in Crawford County .... Joseph Burnsides or Birnside, who subsequently settled near the present City Cemetery of Tiffin, located land near Bloomville in 1822, but found it to have been previously purchased .... The Bixler family must be named among the pioneers, so also Henry Blackman, a name familiar in all old resi- dents' societies .... George Bever, Robert Mcclellan, Jacob Black, Noah Rhine- hart were the only supporters in this township of Butterfield's History, in 1848 .... Thomas and Elizabeth (Hughes) Boyd, located on Honey Creek in 1822, being the first permanent settlers, where they resided until their death- Mrs. Boyd dying in 1834, Mr. Boyd November 27, 1847 .... James Boyd, born in 1805 in Pennsylvania, came to Bloom with his parents in April, 1822, married Miss Eliza Steele and after her death married Miss Mercy Smith, who died in 1865. Mr. Boyd died in 1871 at his home on Honey Creek . ... James T. Boyd, son of James Boyd, was born in Bloom Township in 1842. ... Adam and Cath- erine (Fike) Buchman, natives of Bavaria. came in 1833 to Bloom Township, where the former died in 1881 .... James and Eliza Boyd (both deceased), par- ents of Mrs. George Shumaker, of Pleasant Township, came from Pennsylvania to Bloom Township in an early day.
Edward Cooley was one of the early settlers, but the exact date of his com- ing cannot be ascertained. He erected the first house on the site of the present
William ash
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village of Bloomville .... David Crapo was among the pioneers of the third decade of this century.
John and Hannah (Kershner) Davis, former a native of Maryland, born in 1785, latter of Pennsylvania, born in 1790, were married in 1816, and Novem- ber 12, 1824, came from Perry County, Ohio, to Section 8, Bloom, where they permanently settled. John Davis and Russel Munsell built, in 1826, a saw-mill on that farm, which mill was rebuilt later and sold to John Shoutz. Mrs. Davis died in 1840, Mr. Davis in 1849. Their son, William M., of Bloom Township, was born in 1819, in Perry County, Ohio .... Jacob and Elizabeth Detwiler, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Jacob Detwiler, who was born in 1828 in Columbiana County, Ohio, settled here in 1844. Jacob Detwiler, Sr., died in 1850, his widow in 1860 .... Edward Delaney came from Ireland in 1831 or 1832, and selected the beautiful wilderness of Bloom for a home .... Mrs. Mary Donnell widow of James Donnell and sister of the pioneer, Thomas Boyd, came in 1822. James Boyd, a brother, arrived at the same time. The latter moved to Iowa in later years with his sister, and died there .... James Donald, who was one of the builders of the first saw-mill, arrived prior to 1826 .... Evan Dorsey first settled in Bloom, and afterward became interested in other townships .... William DeWitt, father of Mrs. James T. Boyd, of this township, was a pioneer of Bloomville,
John and Elizabeth Einsel, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respect- ively, parents of Henry Einsel, who was born in 1834, came from Fairfield County, Ohio, to this county in 1833, where Mrs. Einsel died in 1865, and Mr. Einsel in 1872.
John and Barbara (Myers) Fisher, of Maryland, located here in 1835. John Fisher died in 1879, his wife in 1859 .... James Fisher, M. D., a name well known in the history of Tiffin, and who is referred to in the chapter on physicians, first settled in Bloom .... George Free settled here about 1823, and was known as "Section 3;" he passed to his reward long years ago. . George and Elizabeth (Ellenberger) Free, former born in 1785, died in 1848, latter born in 1796, died in 1867 (parents of John Free, late of Reed Town- ship, born in Virginia in 1819, died in 1874), came to Bloom Township in 1822.
Samuel Gross, one of the oldest men living here, was born in 1810 in Pennsylvania, and in 1831 moved with his parents to Tiffin. He married, in 1830, Miss Ann Owen, born in Pennsylvania in 1807, and they then located in Bloom in 1831. The old couple still occupy the log house which they built on coming here, which is the oldest residence in the township, and Mr. Gross' workshop still stands, a well-known landmark.
Nehemiah Hadley and J. C. Hampton, who settled in Bloom in 1822, are referred to in the chapter on pioneers. It is there related that they were tem- porary settlers as early as 1821, the former accompanying the latter on a com- mercial incursion. Hadley was a great hunter, and was known to the pioneers of Iowa, where he settled .... John Coles Hampton, born in Virginia in 1803, settled permanently in Bloom Township in 1822, and here married, in 1832, Elizabeth Long. He was an auctioneer here for nearly forty years, until his death in 1885. ... Rev. Henry F. and Susan (Sellon) Hall, parents of Mrs. John Rice, of Bloom Township, who was born in New York State in 1826, settled here in 1835. (vide Pioneer Chapter) .... John George and Cath- erine Hawblits, natives of Germany, came to Stark County, Ohio, in 1830, bringing their son, Peter Hawblits, now of Bloom Township, who was born in 1829. After nine years' residence in Stark County, Ohio, they settled in Bloom Township, but are now residents of Venice Township .... Jacob Hoss- ler, born in 1806, in Pennsylvania, father of Samuel B. Hossler (latter born
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there in 1842), moved with his parents (his father, Frederick Hossler, was born in Pennsylvania in 1782) to Stark County, Ohio, in 1821, and there mar- ried Anna Funk, a native of the place, and in 1834 came to Bloom. ... Jonas Hossler, Benjamin Hottel and Isaac Jeffries are named among the old resi- dents of the county .... Michael and Hannah Hunsicker, parents of Mrs. Con- rad Briner, of this township, were early settlers here.
Abraham Kagy, born in Virginia in 1803, came with his parents, in 1820, to Fairfield County, Ohio, there married Miss Elizabeth Ruch, of that county, and in 1823 they settled in Bloom Township. They had a large family, and at one time owned over 1,000 acres of land. John, their son, has lived all his life in Bloom Township. Abraham Kagy still lives on the old homestead. His wife died in 1863. His mother, Hannah Kagy, died in this township when over ninety years of age .... Truman King, George King and Rufus Kirstmer were all early settlers here. . . . John and Eve (Reigle) Koller, former a native of Pennsylvania, settled on Honey Creek, Bloom Township, from Pennsylvania, in 1834. Mr. Koller built the first brick house in the township. He died in 1845, and his widow, who subsequently married William Watson, died in 1863. Nathaniel, son of John and Eve Koller, was born here in 1834 .... Simon Koller was born in 1802, in Pennsylvania, married there Mrs. Mary Magdalena Bricker, also a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1810. In 1838 they came to Ohio, and to Bloom Township in 1846. Mrs. Koller died in 1881, Mr. Koller in 1882.
D. T. Lee settled in the township about 1835. . .. John Lewis, wife, four sons and one daughter came to Bloom Township in December, 1833, and settled on the Marion State road near the county line. John Lewis died there about 1845, and Mrs. Lewis in 1840. Both are buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Eden Township ... . In June, 1835, Henry F. Hall settled in the northeast corner of Bloom Township, having come from Steuben County, N. Y., in June of that year. His daughter, Mrs. John Rice, refers to the farm as fol- lows: "There was also a pretty good log-house that the original builder had intended to be a nice one for those pioneer times. The doors and windows were cased nicely; the gable ends were sided up and the roof was covered with shingles instead of clapboards, but he had sold out before it was all finished, and a man named John Lowman owned it. He was a rare specimen of the genus homo, and spent his time in studying out a perpetual motion, and the doors, both outside and inside, were covered with circles, angles and curves and all sorts of geometrical designs that would almost have driven an inventor crazy. He was too much of a genius to spend his time on commonplace things. He had lived there five years without any sash or glass in his windows. In winter they hung blankets over them, and in summer he said they put a chair in at night to keep out the dogs. Unlike most of the houses of that day, the chim- ney was built inside of the house, but the big fire-place occupied a large place below the stairs, and the chickens had a nice comfortable roost behind the chimney on the ends of the sticks of which it was made, and those that did not come in at the door, found their way in through the chinks between the logs. Father had the true Yankee pluck and went to work, and soon the dogs and chickens found out that a new family had moved in."
Nathan and Elizabeth (Devins) Martin, former born in Pennsylvania in 1785, came from Canada to Bloom, in 1839, where his two brothers had set- tled at an earlier date. He died in 1862, his widow in 1870. This old settler was a soldier of the Revolution .... John Chapman Martin born in 1798, in Pennsylvania, came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1812, and there married Miss Mary Ann McCandlish, a native of Ohio. They came here in 1828.
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Mrs. Martin died in 1870, Mr. Martin in 1881 .... George and Magdalena (Troxel) Muckley, former a native of Germany, latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Mrs. Jacob Detwiler, of Bloom Township, who was born here in 1834, came from Stark County, Ohio, in 1833. Mr. Muckley died in 1843, and his widow married Isaac Rohrer and now lives in Mahoning County, Ohio .... Joseph McClelland, born in Mifflin County, Penn., August 25, 1787, moved to Shelby County, Ky., in 1815, to Bloom Township in 1822, to Hopewell in 1854, where he died aged seventy-two years, four months and thirteen days .. .. A. B. McClelland, born January 7, 1818, in Centre County, Penn., settled in Bloom in November, 1834. ... Jacob Meyer was a settler of the third decade . . Butler and Mary (Boyd) Munsell, parents of Mrs. Isaac S. Baldwin, of Bloom Township, who was born in this township in 1838, were early settlers here .... Roswell Munsell settled in Bloom in 1822, and the following fall as- sisted Davis in erecting the first saw-mill .... Aaron Malony and wife, Mrs. Edwin Bristol, S. G. Malony and John C. F. Malony left Maryland in October, 1830, and arrived in Bloom Township in January, 1831. Rachel McLelland, two daughters and one son, James Beecham and wife and children came also to Bloom in 1831, and the three families settled in this township.
Levi Neibel, John Newman, Samuel and Henry Nisley were all old and useful residents.
Lewis R. Owen, born in 1815, in New York State, came to Bloom Town- ship from Scipio Township, in 1835. ... Zeli Owen and William Owen were also old settlers.
John Pennington and Henry Perkey, are named among the old residents. .... Philip J. Price one of the early settlers of Eden, moved to Bloom Town- ship, and is mentioned in the history of Tiffin.
Samuel and Elizabeth (Parks) Ralston, parents of Mrs. Samuel B. McClel- land of Bloom Township, who was born in Virginia in 1828, settled in this township in 1834. Mr. Ralston died about 1867; his widow still resides here. . . John T. Reid, born in Maryland in 1807, came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1813. with his uncle, and to Bloom Township in 1831. It is also stated that this settler arrived in 1828 .... Lowell Robinson settled in Bloom in 1823; died in California. He served the county as associate judge, and for this reason, a sketch of him appears in the law chapter .... Gain Robinson and Ly- man Robinson are names identified with the early years of Bloom .... Rev. James Robinson settled here in 1830, and took a prominent part in the church work of that period .... Jacob Rodezel settled in Bloom about 1829 .... Timothy P. Roberts, so well known in the history of Scipio, is said to have erected the first frame house in this township .... Isaac Rohrer was another old settler.
John Seitz, a native of Virginia, born in 1790, came to Fairfield County, Ohio, with his parents, in 1801. There he married, in 1811, Miss Magdalena Spitler, also a native of Virginia, and in 1823 they located permanently in this township, the name of which was bestowed by Mr. Seitz the year previous. Mrs. Seitz died in 1862, Mr. Seitz in 1874. Their son Daniel, born in 1825, and the first white male child to see the light of day in Bloom Township, is now the oldest resident of this part of the county .... Elder Lewis Seitz, a na- tive of Fairfield County, Ohio, born in 1802, father of Aaron Seitz of Bloom Township (who was born in the township in 1844), married, in 1823, Miss Bar- bara Kagy, and in 1824 moved here. Mrs. Barbara E. (Bretz) Seitz, wife of Daniel Seitz, of Bloom Township, daughter of David and Frances Bretz, natives of Virginia, was born here in 1834. ... Martin Shaffner, father of W. H. Shaffner, of Tiffin, came to Bloom Township from Crawford County (formerly
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from Pennsylvania), in 1843. He was the father of twenty-one children .... George Showman was a settler of 1835 .... Jacob Shock, a native of Stark County, Ohio, (father of Mrs. Aaron Seitz, born there in 1842.) was an early settler. Died in 1878 .... Jacob and Catharine (Seitz) Spitler, natives of Vir- ginia, parents of Martin J. Spitler, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, born in 1824, came to that county about 1802, where they were married, and in 1850 they moved to Bloom. They had seventeen children, and at their death left 127 descendants. Jacob Spitler died in 1865, his wife in 1863. Martin J., their son, came to this township in 1845 .... Lewis Spitler is also an old settler ... Frederick and Elizabeth (Prouse) Sponseller, natives of Stark County, Ohio, former born in 1815, latter in 1818. parents of Abraham Sponseller of Bloom Township, who was born in the township in 1845, were married in 1840 and then located here .... James Steele put up a saw and grist-mill about 1833 or 1834. ... Adam Stinebaugh. born in 1799, in Pennsylvania, moved when very young with his widowed mother to Maryland. There he married, in 1829, Miss Susanna Bowser, sister of the old pioneer of this county, Jacob Bowser, and same year came with her father, John Bowser, to Seneca County. He bought a tract of land where Republic now stands, and which he sold in 1835. In 1836 he bought land in Bloom Township, and here made a permanent settle- ment. Mrs. Stinebaugh died in 1856. Their only child, Isaac B., of Bloom Township, was born in 1829, on the site of Republic Village. .... Mrs. John Swigert, who died August 18, 1884, and her husband are numbered among the pioneers. .. . John Stinchcomb came from Maryland to this county in 1825, settled in Bloom Township, and there remained until 1851, when he moved to Clinton Township, where he died. His father, George Stinchcomb, was a native of Scotland, and died in Maryland. James Stinchcomb, his son, now of Clinton Township, was born in Bloom in 1831. .... Bart Stout was one of the settlers of 1833. .... John Stroh settled in Bloom in 1823. ... Edward Sutherland came in subsequently .... Joseph and Susana Swigart. natives of Maryland, parents of George Swigart of Seneca Township (who was born in Maryland in 1825), came to this county and first settled in Bloom Township, afterward in Eden Township, where Mrs. Swigart died. Mr. Swigart is also deceased.
The Trail family, Thomas T. Treat and Julius Treat are names well known in the early history at Bloomville.
George and Mary (Grove) Valentine, former a Revolutionary soldier, a native of Pennsylvania, latter of Maryland, came to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1807, but spent their latter days in Bloom, and Mr. Valentine's grave in Woodland Cemetery is one of the few Revolutionary soldiers' graves in Sen- eca County. John Valentine, their eldest son, born in Maryland, for a time a soldier in the war of 1812, was married to Miss Sarah Talbott, also a native of Maryland; they settled in 1829 on a quarter section of land in Bloom Township, obtained from the government in 1822, and Thomas George, of this township, their son, born in 1826, a soldier three years and three months in the war of the Rebellion, now occupies that same quarter section of land.
James R. Wilson, one of the lawyers of the county, settled in Bloom in 1834, and thirty-two years later was admitted to the bar ..... I. G. Watson, father of Mrs. Frank A. Chatfield, of Bloomville. was one of the pioneers of Bloom Township, where he died in 1873; his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wat- son, an old settler of Eden Township (1845) survives. Mrs. Margaret Wat- son, born in Centre County, Penn., June 25, 1823, settled in Bloom in 1830. . Jacob Webster is named in the pioneer roster ... . Thomas West, born in
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1800, in New York State, came to Bloom Township in 1823, and here married, in 1824, Miss Margaret C. Donnell, who was born in 1804, in Pennsylvania, coming to Bloom Township with her parents, John and Mary (Boyd) Donnell, in 1822. She died in 1836, and Mr. West then married Miss Nancy B. Boyd, born in Pennsylvania in 1806. Mr. West died in 1879; his widow, who resides on the family homestead, is the second oldest pioneer in the township, and the only representative of her father's family in the county.
BLOOMVILLE VILLAGE.
Bloomville was surveyed in December, 1837, by James Durbin, for P. J. Price, Thomas T. and Julius Treat, on Section 16. John C. Hunsicker's addition was surveyed June 4, 1852, by G. H. Heming. Huddle's addition was sur- veyed in April, 1863, by G. H. Heming, for Lewis Huddle, north of New Haven Street. Henry Schearer's addition was surveyed April 6, 1871, by Dennis Maloy. Conrad Klahr's addition was surveyed by P. H. Ryan, in February, 1872. Ed P. Bliss made an addition in February, 1872, the survey being made by P. H. Ryan. E. J. Turner's addition was surveyed in July, 1873, by Samuel Gray. At the same time he surveyed the plat of Thomas West's addition. Henry Dittenhafer's addition was surveyed by Samuel B. Gray, in March, 1873, and his out-lots in August, 1873. John Kriley's addition was surveyed by S. B. Gray, in April, 1873.
The following additions to the town have since been made:
West & Knapp's, surveyed July, 1873; Eli Winter's, surveyed September, 1873; Eli Winter's, surveyed September, 1874: Conrad Klahr's. surveyed Octo- ber, 1873; West's, surveyed August 11, 1873; Melinda Lee's, surveyed March, 1875; Benjamin Knapp's, surveyed January, 1877: Melinda Lee's, surveyed April, 1876; Henry Schafer's, surveyed September, 1880; Northwest, sur- veyed June, 1880; Kriley's, surveyed May, 1882; Martin Koller's surveyed July, 1883.
Organization and Officers .- A petition, signed by 112 residents of Sections 9, 10, 15 and 16, Town 1 north, Range 16 east, asking for the incorporation of Bloomville, was presented to the commissioners by John Andrews and Albert Gaetz, agents for petitioners, and then August 22, 1874, permission to organ- ize was given. The first elections were held in 1875, when Jacob Hossler was elected mayor, rice James Turner, declined nomination; S. S. Lehman, clerk; J. T. Reid, S. Holt, L. D. Revington, E. J. Turner, Conrad Klahr, and C. B. Walker, councilmen; John Swigert, treasurer, and E. B. Watson, marshal. In 1876, Henry Schearer, Jefferson Freese and D. H. Watson were elected councilmen.
The elections of 1877 resulted in the choice of Jacob Hossler, mayor; S. S. Lehman, clerk; Dr. J. W. Bell, Jacob Beelman and N. S. Lehman, coun- cilmen. In 1878 the councilmen elected were Alfred Owen, A. Einsel, D. R. Whiteman, James Turner and J. Basore. In 1879 Henry Einsel was elected mayor; S. S. Lehman, clerk; John Winters, L. D. Bevington, F. P. Klahr, councilmen, and in 1880, David Blaney, A. Owen and J. Beelman, councilmen. The elections of 1881 resulted in the choice of John Andrews, for mayor; S. S. Lehman, clerk; D. Snyder, H. W. Patterson, John T. Reid and F. P. Klahr, councilmen. In 1882 F. D. Wilsey, was elected clerk; J. S. Ink, J. F. Wilsey, John Hershberger and Sol. Hilbert, councilmen.
The elections of 1883 resulted in the choice of James Turner, for mayor; A. F. Walker, clerk; H. Sheer, Jacob Beelman, N. J. Farnsworth and A. F. Spitler, councilmen. The mayor resigned, when John Swigert was appointed. In 1884, O. M. Holcomb was elected mayor; A. F. Walker, clerk; Jefferson
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