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Book Title: Madison, Dane County And Surrounding Towns...

List of Principal Town Officers from 1846 to 1877.

Fence viewers and sealers of weights and measures omitted.

1846. Supervisors — James R. Larkin, ch'n, Edward Campbell, Wm. C. Wells. 
Road Commissioners— John M. Griffin, Thos. Rathbone, Abiram Drakely. 
Clerk — J. Duane Ruggles. 
Collector— Andrus Viall. 
Treasurer— Darwin Clark. 
Assessors — Geo. Vroman, John W. Thomas, William Larkin. 
School Commissioners — J. G. Knapp, Benjamin Holt, F. H. Talcott. 
Justices — Wm. N. Seymour, Nathaniel Wheeler, Alonzo Wilcox.
Constables — John Cottrill, Jas. Moore, Albert Skinner.

1847. Supervisors — Wm. C. Wells, ch'n. Chester Bushnell, Abel Rasdall. 
Road Commissioners — J. M. Griffin, Lucius M. Palmer, Daniel Larkin. 
Clerk — J. Ripley Brigham. 
Collector — Squire Lamb. 
Treasurer — Darwin Clark. 
Assessors—Harmon J. Hill, D. A. Barnard, Nicholas Smith. 
School Commissioners—David H. Wright, Benjamin Holt, A. L. Collins. 
Justices — Charter Bushnell, Allen Harris, Geo. M. Oakley. 
Constables — John D. Welch, Wm. Rasdall, Joseph Pettin.

1848. Supervisors —Wm. C. Wells, ch'n, Casper M. Rouse, N. S. Emmons. 
Road Commissioners — This office seems to have been abolished by the
     legislature of 1847.
Clerk—Robert L. Ream. 
Collector—B. P. Larkin. 
Treasurer—Daniel B. Sneeden. 
Assessors —Arch. Tredway, Alfred Main, S. M. Van Bergen. 
School Commissioners — Benj. Holt, John Nelson, D. H. Wright. 
Justices — H. J. Hill, Abram Ogden, B. M. Caswell. 
Constables — Andrew Bishop, Alfred Main, John D. Welch.

1849. Supervisors—John Nelson, ch'n, Andrus Viall, R. F. Davis. 
Clerk—Robert L. Ream. 
Collector—Office abolished. 
Treasurer — M. G. Van Bergen. 
Assessor — Newton Emmons (but one elected). 
Supt. of Schools — D. H. Wright (but one elected). 
Justices — Abram Ogden, David H. Wright, William Welch. 
Constables— Alfred Main, A. M. Rasdall, Henry Carman.

1850.* Supervisors— Wm. N. Seymour, ch'n, Joel P. Mann, David A. Barnard. 
Clerk — Julius T. Clark.

  * I find no entry of record of a town election having been held in 1850. The
above officers, however, are recorded as having served.

1851. Supervisors — Leonard J. Farwell,+ Joel P. Mann, Richard T. Davis. 
Clerk—Johnson J. Starks. 
Collector — N. S. Emmons. 
Assessor— John T. Wilson. 
Supt. of Schools —D. N. Johnson. 
Justices — Geo. C. Albee, Wm. N. Seymour. 
Constables — Thos. Heeran, Squire Lamb, Wm. H. Foot.

  + Leonard J. Farwell purchased most of the northeast part of the village in
1847, visited Europe in 1848, and commenced improving his estate in 1849. Among
the work he projected in 1851, was a large amount of ditching, etc. While
absent, the whigs nominated him for chairman of the board of supervisors, and it
was at once seen by the democrats that it was a formidable name to run against.
To incite the needed opposition, Andrew Bishop, better known as "Elder,"
harrangued a crowd, saying, in substance, "that if Farwell was elected he would
put the town into $10,000 expense for ditching his marsh, while his opponent,
Barnard, would be eminently a safe man. Upon this, an Irishman on the outside of
the crowd, nudging another, thus expressed himself: "Pat, do yes mind that now?
If Farwell's elected he will spind tin thousand dollars a ditchin' the marsh,
and Barnard niver a cint. Bish says so. Farwell's the man for us, be jabers.
Divil a ha'p'orth do we give Barnard a vote." The result of Bish's effort was to
give Farwell the whole Irish strength —a whig victory for the first time in many
years. The notoriety given to the event made Farwell a year later, governor of
Wisconsin. Simeon Mills and Gov. Farwell were the real founders of about every
early enterprise to improve the country, and make Madison what it has since
become. "Bish's" speech was the prime inspiration of Farwell's political
advancement, aided by Col. Botkin and others.

1852. Supervisors — Philo Dunning, ch'n, Jas. R. Larkin, Xavier Jordan. 
Clerk — James Donnellon. 
Treasurer—Casper Zwickey. 
Assessor — Robt. L. Ream. 
Supt. of Schools — Darwin Clark. 
Justices — Abram Ogden, William Welch. 
Constables— Thos. Heeran, Jos. Williams, Isaac Robertson.

1853. Supervisors — J, T. Marston, ch'n, D. A. Barnard, Wm. D. Bird. 
Clerk — James Donnellon. 
Treasurer — Carl Habich. 
Asssessor — C. M. Rouse. 
Supt. of Schools— John W. Hunt. 
Justices — Wm. N. Seymour, James R. Larkin.
Constables — Michael Joyce, Daniel Cleghan, F. Guild.

1854. Supervisors—Jehu H. Lewie, ch'n, Earnest Somers, H. J. Hill. 
Clerk — James Donnellon. 
Treasurer — Ernest Doerschlag. 
Assessor — C. G. Mayers. 
Supt. of Schools—David Holt. 
Justices — Abram Ogden, A. B. Braley.
Constables — J. L. Roundy, J. P. Howard, C. Cleghan.

1855. Supervisors — H. J. Hill, ch'n, S. M. VanBergen, Richard T. Davis. 
Clerk — Willett S. Main. 
Treasurer — Geo. C. Albee. 
Assessor — (No record made). 
Supt. of Schools — Darwin Clark. 
Justices — Wm. N. Seymour, Wm. Welch. 
Constables —I. E. Brown, Henry Rouse, Wm. McPyncheon.

  The legislature of 1856 chartered the city of Madison, and the town, in area
nearly as now organized, held its election in April. The following were the
first officers chosen:

Supervisors — H. J. Hill, ch'n, B. F. Larkin, Philo Dunning. 
Clerk — H. A. Tenney. 
Treasurer — Daniel Larkin. 
Supt. of Schools — Joseph Chandler. 
Justices — Abel Dunning, Charles E. Morgan, Caleb Jewett. 
Assessor— Benjamin Piper. 
Constables — Chancellor Hill, R. G. Sheldon, Frank Mahew.

  The whole number of votes cast at this election was 124, as against 1,425 the
year previous, when connected with the city. The vote of the town during the
past twenty years has rarely reached above 300, and then only in very exciting
elections.

  The following named gentlemen, in the order given, have served the town in the
offices named since 1846:

Chairmen of Board of Supervisors—-H. J. Hill, two terms, W. D. Bird, Thomas
Reynolds, two terms, H. A. Tenney, Andrus Viall. Chancellor Hill, two terms,
Abel Dunning, two terms, Henry Turvill, Ed. E. Bryant, George C. Russell, Henry
A. Draper, William Windsor.

Clerks — Charles E. Morgan, Charles L. Ferris, James Kavanaugh, three years,
Sinclair W. Botkin, two years, George W. Horton, George H. Mercer, William J.
Petherick, Myron S. Piper, George W. Horton in 1866, 1867, 1868, 1870, 1871,
1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877.

Treasurers — Earnest Somers, Edward Newcomb, Michael Dunning, Benjamin Piper,
two years, A. Phillips, C. H. French, H. J. Hill, Joseph Chandler, S. Williams,
Samuel S. Chase, George A. Cary, Chancellor Hill, E. Hammersly, Charles Nelson,
R. W. Rowe.

Supt. of Schools — H. A. Tenney, two years, Caleb Jewett and Henry Turvill, two
years. By change in the school system, this office was abolished at the close of
Mr. Turvill's term.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Dane County Towns Section

MADISON, DANE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING TOWNS;
BEING A HISTORY AND GUIDE
TO PLACES OF SCENIC BEAUTY AND HISTORICAL NOTE FOUND IN THE TOWNS OF DANE COUNTY
AND SURROUNDINGS, INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNS, AND EARLY INTERCOURSE
OF THE SETTLERS WITH THE INDIANS, THEIR CAMPS, TRAILS, MOUNDS, ETC.

WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF
COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND OFFICERS,
AND
LEGISLATIVE MEMBEES, MADISON VILLAGE AND CITY COUNCIL.

ILLUSTRATED,
MADISON, WIS.:
PUBLISHED BY WM. J. PARK & CO.,

BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND BINDERS, 11 KING STREET.
1877.

COPYRIGHT.
WM. J. PARK & CO. 1877.

DAVID ATWOOD, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER, MADISON, WIS.

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