OSCEOLA OFFICE HOLDERS

1876-1886

Source: reprint of "Clarke County History," Lewis Pub., Chicago, 1886.

Osceola was incorporated as a city December 24, 1866. The first mayor was Lyman Wilson. The first record book of the town of Osceola is lost, and accordingly the officers can be given for only the past ten years.

1876

• Mayor - O. P. Anderson
• Trustees - I.Q. Dague, D.H. Johnson, W.E. Harper, John F. Reed, W.H. Hall, and F.M. Kyte
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Marshal - J. M. Harrison
• Treasurer - W. S. Richards

1877

• Mayor - I.Q. Dague
• Trustees - D. H. Johnson, J. F. Reed, W. H. Hall, W. E. Harper, E. F. Riley
• Recorder - F.M. Kyte
• Street Commissioner - D. G. Edmonson
• Treasurer - W. S. Richards
• Marshal - J. M. Harrison

1878

• Mayor - S. P. Ayres
• Trustees - John Chaney, G. C. Holt, William Bauer, D. Sutherland, and J. Goldsmith
• Recorder - F. M. Watts
• Marshal - Joseph Harper
• Treasurer - J. O. McAuley

1879

• Mayor - I.Q. Dague
• Trustees - T. A. Trent, D. R. Raymond, John F. Reed, N. McGrew, D. H. Johnson, and N. W. Deering
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Marshal - A. J. Patten (succeeded by J. M. Harrison)
• Street Commissioner - J. Rothrock
• Treasurer - J. O. McAuley

1880

• Mayor - D. H. Clark
• Trustees - D. R. Raymond, N. McGrew, D. H. Johnson, John F. Reed, J. H. Reeves and M. Sheridan (Mr. Reed resigned and John M. Ball was chosen to fill out his term.)
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Treasurer - John H. Jamison
• Assessor - J. A. Woodbury

1881

• Mayor - T. A. Trent
• Trustees - George C. Holt, D. H. Johnson, J. H. Reeves, M. Sheridan, T. W. Armstrong, and John M. Ball
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Assessor - Nathan McGrew
• Treasurer - John H. Jamison

1882

• Mayor - T. A. Trent
• Trustees - J. H. Reeves, M. Sheridan, T. W. Armstrog, John M. Ball, S. B. Gafford and George C. Holt
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Treasurer - John H. Jamison
• Assessor - W. M. Graves
• Street Commissioner - Joseph Morehouse

1883

• Mayor - James Harrison
• Trustees - T. W. Armstrong, John M. Ball, S. B. Gafford, George C. Holt, B. Pritchett, and T. J. Morrow
• Assessor - P. L. Fowler
• Treasurer - E. F. Riley
• Street Commissioner - B. H. Conner

1884

• Mayor - W. B. H. Hutsinpiller
• Trustees - P. L. Fowler, A. B. Williams, B. Pritchett, D. Webster, Isaac Whaling and E. O. Wally
• Recorder - R. E. Jennings
• Treasurer - Henry Stivers
• Assessor - J. M. Estes
• Street Commissioner - Asa Fleming

1885

• Mayor - T. A. Trent
• Trustees - B. Pritchett, D. Webster, Isaac Whaling, E. O. Wally, M. Sheridan, and J. M. Moore
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Treasurer - John H. Jamison
• Street Commissioner - Asa Fleming

1886

• Mayor - John M. Ball
• Aldermen - John W. Hall and D. H. Sheaer (First Ward), M. Sheridan and J. H. Reeves (Second Ward), M. T. Johnson and C. W. White (Third Ward)
• Recorder - F. M. Kyte
• Treasurer - John H. Jamison
• Assessor - W. J. Estes
• Solicitor - J. J. McIntire
• Street Commissioner - Asa Fleming

Last Revised August 31, 2010