SUPERVISORS 1875-1876
MARSHALL MESSENGER
10-MARCH-1876
At the March term of the Board of Supervisors of said
county and state, began and held at the court house in Marshall on
Monday the 6th day of March 1876, the following supervisors were
present. Some of these supervisors will be replaced at
the upcoming election.
Anderson
Twp
Nivan Craig
Auburn
Twp
Absolom Murphy
Cumberland Twp
Harry Hedges
Dolson
Twp
J.C. Phillips
Douglas
Twp
A.J. Wilson
Darwin
Twp
Clark S. Hall
Johnson
Twp
Lewis R. Beason
Marshall
Twp
John M. Archer
Melrose
Twp
Wash Kreager
Martinsville
Twp V.
B. Bean
Orange
Twp
J. Ellington
Parker
Twp
William Barbee
Westfield
Twp
B.A. Lowry
York
Twp
A.J. Raridon
Wabash
Twp
Phillip Benallack
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 1876
MARSHALL MESSENGER
6-APRIL-1876
Tuesday’s elections in most places in this county
passed off quietly while in a few instances the fist and knife were
used as knock down arguments. This township was
harmonious in every particular. The front doors of the
groceries were closed. Jugs were brought into livery
requisition and a wonderful number of drunken men were the result.
The following is a list of the newly elected
Supervisors of the County.
Marshall
Twp
John M. Archer, Democrat
Anderson
Twp
Nineveh Craig, Democrat
Darwin
Twp
C. S. Hall, Republican
Wabash
Twp
Phillip Benallack, Democrat
Douglas
Twp
John Hornbrook, Democrat
Dolson
Twp
J.C. Philips, Democrat
Martinsville
Twp
William Towell Jr., Democrat
Casey
Twp
William Bridgeman, Democrat
York
Twp
Albert Prevo, Democrat
Westfield
Twp
Squire Drake, Democrat
Parker
Twp
W. Barbee, Democrat
Auburn
Twp
Nelson Shaffner, Democrat
Johnson
Twp
Bennett, Democrat
Melrose
Twp
Joseph .S. Wells, Republican
Orange
Twp
Jonathan C. Ellington, Democrat