Township Officers

The following data is extracted from Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois.

The following list shows the Township officers who have been elected from 1858, the year township organizations took effect, until 1879.

Date	Votes	Supervisor	Clerk	Assessor	Collector
1858	56	E. Arrowsmith	S. O'Neal	A. Fenstermaker	J. Fenstermaker
1859	47	James Ellis	J. Fenstermaker	A. Fenstermaker	F. Kimler
1860		James Ellis	J. Fenstermaker	S. O'Neal	P. Hileman
1861		Jacob Smith	J. Fenstermaker	P. Hileman	J. F. Payne
1862	54	Jacob Smith	J. Fenstermaker	A. Fenstermaker	Hugh Birney
1863	81	John McDowell	J. Fenstermaker	A. Fenstermaker	S. F. Bane
1864	97	John McDowell	J. Fenstermaker	A. Fenstermaker	J. F. Payne
1865	73	S. F. Bane	J. Fenstermaker	Samuel O'Neal	James Crosson
1866	96	W. Vanscoyoc	J. W. Stansbery	G. W. Rayburn	Alex Coss
1867		Jacob Smith	A. G. Barnes	W. W. Moore
1868	98	W. Vanscoyoc	A. Robinson	G. W. Rayburn	J. W. Barnes
1869	93	W. Vanscoyoc	A. Robinson	James Crosson	J. W. Barnes
1870	135	P. Hileman	J. W. Barnes	A. Brannaman	John Foust
1871	107	Jacob Smith	J. W. Barnes	A. Brannaman	J. W. Barnes
1872	113	T. W. Maurice	S. E. Cline	James Crosson	J. L. Arbogast
1873	95	T. W. Maurice	G. W. Payne	A. Brannaman	W. W. Moore
1874	118	John Marsh	J. M. Thompson	A. Brannaman	Thomas Clary
1875	139	T. W. Maurice	G. W. Payne	A. Brannaman	S. E. Cline
1876	129	J.A Larimer	G. W. Payne	A. Brannaman	J. M. Stipp
1877	170	J. Robinson	O. G. Atherton	J. M. Stipp	S. E. Cline
1878	173	S. Porter	J. S. Mills	J. M. Stipp	A. H. Webber
1879	183	T. W. Maurice	J. C. Bane	A. Brannaman	B. Cornell

The following gentlemen have been elected Justices of the Peace: Walter Vanscoyoc, D. G. Tear, W. H. Thompson, Jeremiah Reed, J. R. Lewis, A. G. Barnes, J. M. Thompson, James Crosson. And the following Commissioners of Highways; Isaac Cornell, Jacob Smith, R. Porter, O. H. P. Vanscoyoc, Thomas Fry, Henry Hickman, John Marsh, James Cundiff, John Coss, H. R. Rayburn, R. C. Watson, J. M. Green, John Deutsch, W. C. Jones, J. R. Lewis, William Spencer.

At a special town meeting, June 3, 1867, held, according to notice, to vote for or against subscribing $ 25,000 to the capital stock of the La Fayette, Bloomington & Western Railroad. The vote resulted; For such subscription, 76; against such subscription, 12. At a special town meeting, February 19. 1868. to vote for or against $5,000 additional subscription to the capital stock, the vote resulted; 41 for to 3 against such additional subscription. Ten-per-cent bonds, running ten years were issued for this $25,000, and they are now just about due.

An election was held August 17, 1869, to vote on the question of giving $15,000 to the Decatur & State R. R., which resulted 23 for to 85 against such aid. The bonds that were issued in aid of the L., B. & M. R. R. were issued before the road was built. The terms upon which they were voted, included a stipulation that the road should establish a depot in the town. It was agreed that there was no authority to issue until such depot was established, and that hence the issuing was illegal. It was believed that the three years' interests that was paid before such depot was established could be recovered. A suit was the result, which, after costing the township a few hundred dollars in the way of expenses, lawyers' fees and fee-bills, was discontinued, the Court holding in a similar case that bonds were good.

Source: Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois

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