History of Saginaw county, Michigan; together with ... portraits ... and biographies ... History of Michigan ...

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CLERKS.

John B. Adams.........1855
L. W. Berry..........1859
Stephen Crane.............. 1860
John D. Slider.........1861
Charles H. Cot-swell......1862
Franklin Berry.........1863
Perry Crane.....1864-'7

Giles McKeon.........1868-'-i0
B. J. Downing........1871-2
Hamilton Winter........1873-1
James Hart..........1878
Winsor Crane.........1879
Hamilton Winter........1880
Adam C. Higler........1881

TREASTJRERS.

Ezra T. Cogswell........1858
Columb. L. Luther.......1859.160
Levi W. Berry.........1861-'2
Jason P. Eldridge.......1863
Levi K. Perry....1864
Jason P. Eldridge ~ '
L. K. Perry..........1865-'6

George Ward.........1867.'9
Winsor Crane......... 1Si0
Jason P. Eldridge.......1871
I ra Smith..3........ 872
Winsor Crane.........187 3-8
Perry Crane..........1879-'80
Geo. Price...........1881

J USTICES.

Bushrod W. Lamb, Bradley
Adams and Jason P. Eldridge.1858
Ezra T. Cogswell........1859
Bushrod W. Lamb.....1860
Stephen Crane..1861
Orrin Limbocker........186-2.3
Ezra T. Cogswell........1864
Stephen Crane...........1865
Thomas Perry.........1866
Geo. Ward..1867
Orrin Limbocker........1868
~Stephen Crane........1869

Jason P. Eldiridge........1870
Franklin Berry.........1871
Columb. L. Luther.......1872
Ira Smith...........1873
Winsor Crane.........1874
Franklin Berry.........1875
Elkanah Ring.........1876
Jason P. Eldridge.......1877
James Hart..........1878
Allen McDougal........1879
Daniel Thompson........1880
James E. Brady, C. L. Luther..1881

The officers elected at the annual meeting, A-pril. 4, 1881, are as
follows: David J. Webb, Supervisor; Adam C. Higler, Clerk;
George Price, Treasurer; James E. Brady, Justice for full term;
Columbus L. Luther, Justice to fill vacancy; Charles L. Huntley,
Commissioner of Highways; Reuben Montague, School Superintendent; Joseph Whaley, School Inspector; Win. H. Smith, Drain
Commissioner; Charles Griffith, Charles Sweatland, Francis M.
Cobb and Judson Sorrell, Constables.
SCHOOLS.
The schools of the township are seven in number. The number
of children of school age is 334. The number reported in attendance during the year 1880 was 233. The school property is valued
at $2,375. The number of teachers employed is 12, three of whom
are male teachers. The total expenditures for the year ending
September, 1880, was $1,886.10. The amount derived from the
priniary school flund is about $150; the balance is derivable from
the two-mill tax and direct taxation for school -purposes.