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EDMESTON VILLAGE
Edmeston village is pleasantly located, and contain four church, Methodist,
Free Methodist, Baptist and Universalist, and the following business interests:
physicians, Wm. B. Chambers, Wm. M. Spencer; general stores, J. J. Talbot, Wm.
Talbot & Son, Truman Barrett; grocer, Geo. M. Pitts; postmaster, F. A.
Bilyes; hotels, Delos Davis, S. W. Barton; harness-shop, Wm. H. Humphrey;
hardware, etc., chamberlain & Hopkins; Tannery, Lewis Spencer; blacksmiths,
Levi Brown, M. Smith; wagon-shop, Chas. Squire; furniture, Arthur M. Worden;
foundry and machine-shop, Nelson L. Green; cooper, H. G. Talcott; grist- and
saw-mills, Edgar Bassett; boots and shoes, Wm. Joselyn.
TOWN OFFICIALS
The records of this town are lost prior to 1831; from that date to 1878 we
give below the names of those who have occupied the offices of supervisor and
town clerk:
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Year |
Supervisors |
Town Clerk |
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1831 |
Erastus Waldo |
Joseph Bootman |
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1832 |
Artemus Goodenough |
- |
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1833 |
- |
- |
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1834 |
- |
- |
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1835 |
Halsey Spencer |
- |
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1836 |
- |
I. P. Brown |
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1837 |
- |
- |
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1838 |
Artemus Goodenough |
Joseph Bootman |
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1839 |
Ephraim Chamberlain, Jr. |
Silas Burleson |
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1840 |
- |
- |
|
1841 |
Abijah Beardsley |
Chas. Hammond |
|
1842 |
- |
- |
|
1843 |
K. Chamberlain |
- |
|
1844 |
- |
O. W. Calkins |
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1845 |
Chas. Hammond |
Samuel Hopkins |
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1846 |
Abijah Beardsley |
Julius Lines |
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1847 |
- |
- |
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1848 |
Lyman Deming |
- |
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1849 |
- |
- |
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1850 |
- |
- |
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1851 |
- |
Lyman White |
|
1852 |
- |
- |
|
1853 |
Wm. M. Spencer |
Jobe Perry |
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1854 |
- |
- |
|
1855 |
Walter H. Chapin |
- |
|
1856 |
Ephraim Chamberlain |
Oliver B. York |
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1857 |
Levi A. Beardsley |
- |
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1858 |
Daniel R. Barrett |
- |
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1859 |
Joshua Masson |
- |
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1860 |
Levi A. Beardsley |
- |
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1861 |
Julius Lines |
- |
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1862 |
- |
- |
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1863 |
Wm. H. Spencer |
- |
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1864 |
Solomon Husic |
- |
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1865 |
- |
- |
|
1866 |
- |
Hamilton G. Talbott |
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1867 |
- |
- |
|
1868 |
Truman Bootman |
Julius Lines |
|
1869 |
Wm. M. Spencer |
Ely Chamberlain |
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1870 |
Truman Bootman |
F. H. Bilyes |
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1871 |
Wm. M. Spencer |
- |
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1872 |
Nelson Matteson |
- |
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1873 |
Ely Chamberlain |
- |
|
1874 |
- |
Arthur A. Pope |
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1875 |
Lewis Spencer |
Edgar Bootman |
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1876 |
William Talbot |
- |
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The present officers (1877) are as follows:
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Supervisor |
William Talbot |
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Town Clerk |
Edgar Bootman |
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Justice of the Peace |
Truman Bootman, Orrin Howard |
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Collector |
George Wright |
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Assessor |
Thomas A. Page |
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Commission of Highway |
Erastus G. Waldo |
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Overseers of the Poor |
W. Burlington, Samuel C. Bassett |
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Trustees of School Fund |
G. W. Arnold, H. Langsworthy |
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Inspectors of Election |
Theo. C. Hinds, L. J. Dupee, Dr. F. David, Hollum Langsworthy, John
Page, Delos Silts |
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Constables |
Lewis Lamb, D. C. Talbot, D. Silts, George Wright |
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Game Constable |
Erastus G. Waldo |
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Town Auditors |
M. Coos, C. W. Hopkins, W. B. Chambers |
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Commissions of Excise |
Moses W. Taylor |
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