FIRST MAYOR OF CLEGHORN
The
October – November 1977 issue of the Newsletter carried an article
entitled the First Mayor of Cleghorn. That article stated that
Elijah A. Allen was the first mayor and gave a very brief sketch of his
life. The source for that article was McCulla’s 1914 History of
Cherokee County in a biographical sketch of Mr. Allen.
Below is
a list of mayors of Cleghorn. This list is of mayors of the
incorporated town of Cleghorn. The Bicentennial history also
states that the Village of Cleghorn prior to incorporation had a mayor
and town council. Mr. Allen came to Cleghorn in 1899. He
must therefore have served as mayor in the years 1900 and 1901.
| W. P. Roberts | 1902 - 1905 | | P. P. Holm | 1905 - 1907 | | John Patton | 1907 - 1908 | | S. Florine | 1908 - 1909 | | R. Snyder | 1910 - 1911 | | D. W. Prunty | 1912 | | H. E. Sove | 1912 | | M. E. Goodrich | 1913 - 1914 | | J. H. Smith | 1915 - 1919 | | A. W. Shafer | 1920 - 1932 | | J. H. Smith | 1933 - 1939 | | Otto Sneider | 1939 | | A. W. Shafer | 1940 - 1942 | | D. A. Springer | 1942 - 1944 | | A. W. Shafer | 1944 - 1948 | | E. G. Goodrich | 1948 - 1952 | | J. A. Janurin | 1952 | | Ralph Shafer | 1952 | | Ralph W. Shafer | 1953 - 1961 | | E. G. Goodrich | 1962 - 1967 | | Francis Treptow | 1968 - 1969 | | E. G. Goodrich | 1969 - 1970 | | Ronald Wetherell | 1970 - 1977 |
Source:
Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol 13, No. 1, Jan 1978. (
Their source:Ten Score, the American Way, Pub.1976 – by Bicentennial Committee of Meriden-Cleghorn.)
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