Pleasant Township Officials
From History of Madison County, W. H. Beers & Co, Chicago, 1883
This township, organized in 1810, was put in working order by the election of officers, held by order of the Commissioners at the house of Forgus Graham; but who the officers were, or who their successors were down to the year 1869, we have no means of knowing or finding out, as the records of the township prior to that date are all lost or destroyed by fire; hence, we can only give them since the above-mentioned date:
Trustees.–1869-70, Abraham Alkire, William Heath and Courtney Wood; 1871, A. R. Alkire, William Heath and J. D. Abernathy; 1872-73, A. R. Alkire, William Heath and John M. Robison; 1874, A. R. Alkire, William Heath and Henry Bower; 1875, Henry Bower, J. D. Abernathy and William Bennett; 1876, William Bennett, Henry Bower and P. A. Zahn; 1877, F. A. Wickle, William Taylor and J. D. Abernathy; 1878, William Taylor, William Heath and F. A. Wickle; 1879, William Taylor, William Heath and John W. Rea; 1880, John Anderson, William Taylor and William Heath; 1881, C. H. Miller, J. W. Anderson and J. W. Rea; 1882, C. H. Miller, J. W. Rea and William Heath.
Treasurers.–1869-78, D. H. Douglass; 1879-82, Samuel McClintick.
Clerks.–1869, James Marshall; 1870, J. W. Riggin; 1871-79, J. N. Nicodemus; 1880, J. G. Loofburrow; 1881-82, J. N. Nicodemus.
Justices of the Peace.–1810-14, William Ware; 1836, John J. Smith; 1837-49, Edward Fitzgerald; 1837, John H. Alkire; 1837, Otho Williams; 1838-47, John R. Robinson; 1839, Robert Abernathy; 1840, Henry Blair; 1843, William B. Leach; 1845, John Smith; 1846, Stephen Anderson; 1849-52, Thomas S. Robison; 1850-59, William McClintick; 1850, Jesse Timmons; 1852-64, Stephen Anderson; 1860, Lewis Timmons; 1863, Smiley Hughs; 1869, C. H. Hanawalt; 1870, James Hughs.
Assessors.–1869, Henry Shanebridge; 1870-73, William C. Douglass; 1874, William Taylor, 1875-76, J. Smith Abernathy; 1877, J. S. Abernathy; 1878-79, A. Tanner; 1880-82, C. H. Hanawalt.
Constables.–1869, Thomas W. Crabb and J. B. Buzick; 1870, Thomas R. Crabb and John R. Ring; 1871-73, Thomas R. Crabb and J. W. Wickle; 1874, J. W. Wickle and G. W. Durham; 1875, J. W. Wickle and Thomas Crabb; 1876, I. C. Riggin and E. J. Stone; 1877, Thomas R. Crabb and E. J. Stone; 1878-79, D. W. Wickle and Thomas McDonald; 1880, D. W. Wickle and Matthew Cannon; 1881, Nimrod Fetty and Robert Trimble; 1882, D. B. Wheeler and Robert Trimble.
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