Town Officers of Blue Mound, Illinois

Below is given in table the names of those who have served the town in an official capacity during its history:

DateSupervisorClerkAssessorCollecttor
1858J.H. DoyleN.T. LinthicumA.J. WillhoiteD. Wheeler
1859J.H. DoyleJ.T. SmithA.J. WillhoiteD. Wheeler
1860D. WheelerJ.T. SmithJ. SnailWilliam Elbert
1861D. WheelerJ.T. SmithJ.A. BartonW.T. Elbert
1862J.T. SmithJ.M. CareyM.S. GillP.J. Foster
1863William ElbertD. WheelerJ. SnailIsaac Smith
1864William ElbertD. WheelerJ. SnailIsaac Smith
1865William ElbertD. WheelerA. McMullenMilton Barton
1866J.H. NewtonWilliam ElbertA. McMullenW.H. Russell
1867J.H. NewtonWilliam ElbertRobert BarrA. Cumming
1868D. WheelerH. GreenScott ArnoldJ.K. Blandon
1869William McHughH. GreenS.A. StoopsScott Arnold
1870William McHughH. GreenG.L. LibbeyB. Brigham
1871William McHughH. GreenJ. SpawrH.C. Hayes
1872William McHughB. BrighamW.T. BransonT.H. Newton
1873W.H. RussellJ. R. TavenerH.C. HayesIsaiah W. Farquhar
1874W.H. RussellJ. R. TavenerB. BrighamH.C. Hayes
1875William McHughGeorge CooneyB. BrighamEd. Allen
1876William McHughI.W. FarquharC.H. PersonEd. Allen
1877William McHughI.W. FarquharW.H. RussellEd. Allen
1878William McHughI.W. FarquharB. BrighamEd. Allen

The following persons have served as Justices of the Peace : J. M. Rayborn, Isaac Smith, P. Barnhouse, G. L. Libbey, J. Van Bushkirk, D. Wheeler, E. Easley, J. B. Bender, L. C. Blake, Thomas Arnold.

The following have had charge of highways: J. Lupton, J. S. Stagner, H. Horney, H. Coal, W. Newton, William McHugh, Isaac Smith, J. W. Abbott, W. H. Hayes, William Benjamin, James Smith, Wesley Lewis, W. I. Arnold, D. Wheeler, W. H. Murphy, J. Arnold, W. L. Sapp, M. S. Sill, L. Bender, E. H. Burbank, E. B. Johnson.

D. Wheeler served as Township School Treasurer three years, Isaac Smith ten years, until his tragic death. After him, William McHugh for some time, then Benjamin McCoy, the present very efficient officer.

On the death of Mr. Isaac Smith, a deficit was discovered in his affairs ; demand was made upon the signers of his bond; they resisted payment for several reasons which seemed sufficient to them, the principal one being that the School Trustees, whose officer the Treasurer is, had been derelict in duty, in not sufficiently examining his affairs, and in permitting him at the time of his last election to serve six months without a new bond. Hon. William H. Smith, of Lexington, was one of the bondsmen. and he was known to be wealthy, which was thought to have bad its influence on the Trustees, they probably reasoning that he was “good for it.” The case was tried before Judge Tipton and decision given against the Trustees and in favor of the bondsmen, on the ground that the office was an annual office and that an annual bond must be signed, and for this neglect the signers of the bond were released, following the decision given in the case against the bondsmen of Duff, Treasurer of the State Reform School. The amount was not large; but the legal principle and its effects were important ant to every township in the State. Capt. Rowell, attorney for the Trustees, carried the case to the Supreme Court, where Judge Tipton’s decision was reversed and a new trial granted, which resulted in holding the bond good, thus throwing an additional security over all school funds. The Reform School case was never carried to the Supreme Court, through the negligence of the State officials, or it might have been reversed.


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History,

Collection:
Le Baron, William., Jr. & Co. The History of McLean County, Illinois: portraits of early settlers and prominent men. Chicago. W. Le Baron, Jr., 1879.

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