Township Organization

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

The following is the roll of officers who have been elected to the various township offices since its organization:

Date	Votes Cast	Supervisor	Clerk	Assessor	Collector
1859	27	J.S.W. Johnson	M. Brooke	E.W. Anderson	S.W. Bray
1860	35	J.S.W. Johnson	M. Brooke	E.W. Anderson	H.C. Langstaff
1861	33	H.C. Langstaff	M. Brooke	E.W. Anderson	P. Horney
1862	30	H.C. Langstaff	M. Brooke	R.D. Anderson	W.G. Anderson
1863	38	J.S.W. Johnson	M. Brooke	W.G. Anderson	J.W. Ritter
1864	33	R.R. Williams	J.E. Wood	W.L. Anderson	H.C. Langstaff
1865	31	W.G. Anderson	J. Pool	J.S.W. Johnson	B.W. Smith
1866	63	W.G. Anderson	B.J. Wiley	B.W. Smith	A. Hudson
1867	80	S.W. Wiley	B.J. Wiley	J. Mundell	W.L. Foster
1868	100	S.W. Wiley	J.S. Wiley	J.W. Ritter	W.L. Foster
1869	94	J. Kennedy	W.P. Brooke	George Little	J.E. Walden
1870	108	W.P. Brooke	W.R. Smith	Isaac Bunn	W.L. Foster
1871	115	James Gillan	M.S. Morris	J.O. Mundell	J.H. Richie
1872	76	James Gillan	M.S. Morris	J.O. Mundell	J.H. Richie
1873	90	Jacob Richie	M.S. Morris	Isaac Bunn	M. Brooke
1874	93	James Kennedy	M.S. Morris	J.O. Mundell	William Penell
1875	85	J. Kennedy	M.S. Morris	G.W. Keller	J.M. Wilson
1876	97	James Gillan	M.S. Morris	G.W. Keller	William Gillan
1877	84	James Gillan	M.S. Morris	G.W. Keller	William Gillan
1878	77	James Gillan	M.S. Morris	G.W. Keller	William Gillan

Those who have served as Justices of the Peace are B. V. Smith, J. R. Williams, R. Horney, W. H. Anderson, N. Hawk, James Gillan, C. W. Spawr, D. Bierbower and S. T. Ridgeley. The following have been Commissioners of Highways: R. R. Williams, S. W. Wiley, H. C. Langstaff, C. Batterton, H. G. Anderson, A. S. Hudson, J. Lyons, L. Warner, J. Carter, J. Bunn, J. R. Williams, J. Twogood, William Wilson, S. Dean, Joseph Nye, William Hurt, T. Wilson, W. H. Anderson, L. J. Willhoite.

Milton S. Morris, Treasurer of the School Trustees, reports, in 1877, the following Number of school districts, 7 ; number of schoolhouses, 6; number of children under twenty-one years, 419; number between six and twenty-one years, 276; number of children enrolled, 256; amount of school fund, $3,478; amount paid teachers, $1,786.66; total expense of every kind, $3,354. Like many other townships, Martin "fooled" away the school section, which, with proper care, would have made a fund large enough to support all the schools in the town.

Source: Martin Township, McLean County, Illinois

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