EARLY ONEIDA OFFICERS

From "History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan" - 1880

The following is a list of the principal officers of the township
from 1839 to 1880:

SUPERVISORS.
1839, Addison Hayden; 1840-42, T. W. Nichols; 1843-44, Erastus Fisher; 1845, George Jones; 1846-47, Ephraim Stockwell; 1848, L. H. Ion; 1849-52, Smith Johnson; 1853, George Jones; 1854, Smith Johnson; 1855, Thomas B. Lamb; 1856, George Jones; 1857, Smith Johnson; 1858, Ephraim Stockwell; 1859, Smith Johnson; 1860, Abram De Groff; 1861, Samuel Chadwick;
1862, Robert Nixon; 1863, Peter M. Kent; 1864, George Jones; 1865, George W. Nichols; 1866, Peter M. Kent; 1867-71, Chauncey Goodrich; 1872-75, George Jones; 1876-78, Orange Johnson;
1879, G. Homer Jones.

TOWN CLERKS.
1839-40, John Strange; 1841, Azariah Williams; 1842, John Strange;
1843-46, Launcelot H. Ion; 1847, Orange Johnson; 1848, George W. Nichols; 1849-52, George Jones; 1853, Reuben Wood; 1854 -60, Samuel Chadwick; 1861, James A. Wickham; 1862, Edmund S. Tracy; 1863-69, Samuel
Chadwick; 1870, Alfred D. Sprague; 1871, Jonathan S. Holmes; 1872, George
W. Irish; 1873-74, Orange Johnson; 1875, Edwin A. Mead; 1876, Charles T.
Russell; 1877, John W.Fitzgerald; 1878, S. L. Morely; 1879, E.S. Hammond.

TREASURERS.
1839, James H. Nichols; 1840, Samuel Preston; 1841, John Strange;
1842, William Johnson;t 1843-44, Isaac C. Ludden; 1845-47, Smith Johnson;
1848-49, Ephraim Stockwell; 1850, Thomas B. Lamb; 1851-52, Reuben Wood;
1853-54, George W. Nichols; 1855-57, Ora nge Johnson; 1858, James M. Clark; 1859, Orange Johnson; 1860, Abram D. Hixson; 1861, Michael V. Hamill; 1862, Abram D. fisxson; 1863, M. V. Hamill; 1864-65, A. D. Defore
Hixson; 1866, Chauncey Goodrich; 1867, Orange Johnson; 1868-76. Truman Johnson; 1877, Calvin Johnson; 1878-79, W.W. Babcock.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1839, Jacob Dobbins, Oramel D. Skinner; 1840, D. R. Carpenter, B. F. Bailey; 1841, Azariah Williams; 1842, James H. Nichols, Hosea Hovey, Peter M. Kent, John Viall; 1843, L. H. Ion, Truman Johnson; 1844, T. Johnson, Samuel
Preston; 1845, John Strange, Ephraim Stockwell, T. W. Nichols, Joel Bailey;
1846, Martin Nichols; 1847, L. H. Ion, Augustus Barker; 1848, J. H. Waldo, Moses Beach; 1849, G. Jones, R. K. Stark, R. Lovell; 1850, E. Stockwell,
Amadon Aldrich: 1851, E. Lamson, J. H. Waldo; 1852, George W. Nichols; 1853, W. D. Brown, Robert Nixon; 1854, E. Stockwell, George Jones; 1855, E.
Lamson, Daniel O'Neil; 1856, Daniel O'Neil; 1857, Samuel Chadwick; 1858, Robert Pointer; 1859, Ephraimn Stockwell; 1860, Martin Nichols, George Jones; 1861, Milton P. Burtch; 1862, Sidney Frary, Ilenry Quaile; 1863, Samuel
Chadwick; 1864, Martin Nichols; 1865, J. A. Wickham, Charles Kennedy; 1866, Julius A. Squier; 1867, Samuel Chadwick; 1868, Charles Kennedy, Ira W. Enos;
1869, Ira W. Enos; 1870, Julius A. Squier; 1871, Samuel Chadwick; 1872, Charles Kennedy; 1873, J. L. McPeek, J. A. Squier, S. Chadwick, Ira W. Enos; 1874, J. M. Clark, J. L. McPeek, S. Chadwick, Edwin Nixon; 1875, S. Chadwick, M. P. Burtch, N. G. Watson, G. W. Nichols; 1876, Charles F. Baxter; 1877, Charles F. Baxter, Milton P. Burtch, Samuel S. Chadwick, Andrew Mitchell; 1878, George B. Brown; 1879, George W. Irish.

The following township officers were elected for 1880:
Supervisor, G. Homer Jones;
Town Clerk, E. S. Hammond;
Treasurer, E. J. Stark;
Justice of the Peace, George W. Nichols;
Township Superintendent of Schools, J. V. Jones;
School Inspector, Frank A. Taber;
Commissioner of Highways, Herman Backus;
Drain Commissioner, George W. Gates;
Constables, Wesley Stroble, Emmet Cole, Charles M. Derbyshire,
J. W. Gladding.

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