Town Officials Of Orwell, Oswego County, N.Y.

TOWN OFFICIALS OF ORWELL,
OSWEGO COUNTY, NY

Source: Information was obtained from the History of Oswego County, N. Y., 1789 – 1877, published by Everett & Ferriss, 1878. For further information on any of the names, please contact the local Historical Society or Town Historian.

The Supervisors of Orwell-with years of service have been as follows:

John Reynolds, 1817-24, l826-30, 1833;
John Wart, 1825;
Jabez H. Gilbert, 1831-32, 1835-36;
Alban Strong, 1834, 1837, 1842;
Theodore S. Gilbert, 1838;
Mason Salisbury, 1839;
John Beadle, 1840, 1843;
Henry Tillinghast, 1841;
Orimel B. Olmstead, 1844, 1856, 1862,1863;
Nathan Simons, 1845, 1847-48;
William Beecher, Jr., 1846;
Flavel Crocker, 1849;
Edward Allen, 1850-52;
William Strong, 1851,1860
Daniel Pryun, 1853;
Orrin Beadle, 1854;
Floyd W. Aldrich, 1855;
Hoyt N. Weed, 1857-59, 1861;
Alexander Potter, 1864-1873;
H. H. Potter, 1874-75;
Norman Hall, 1876-77;

The Town Clerks have been:

Elis Strong, Jr., 1817-18
Samuel Stowell, 1819-21;
James B. Sandford, 1822, 1824;
Moses Snyder, 1823;
Reuben Snyder, 1825;
J. H. Gilbert, 1826-29;
Alban Strong, 1830-33;
Hiram Towsley, 1834,1842;
Edward Allen, 1835;
Dolson Morton, 1836-37;
Mason Salisbury, 1838;
Alanson Strong, 1839,1843;
John H. Cook, 1840-41 ;
Orimel B. Olmstead, 1844;
William Strong, 1845;
S. F. Mason, 1846-47, 1849, 1852-55,1857,1861;
James F. Davis, 1848;
Milo C. Beman, 1850 ;
M. H. Thomas, 1851;
George E. Stowell, 1856, 1858, 1862;
Ira S. Platt, 1859 ;
Hoyt N. Weed., 1860, 1865-66;
Homer J. Burch, 1863;
T. T. Richards, 1864;
Robert N. Sawyer, 1867-68;
Nelson C. Burch, 1869-72;
Frank J. Parker, 1873-74,1876;
A. E. Olmstead, 1875;
George W. Nelson, 1877.

The Present Officers of Orwell are as follows:

Supervisor, Norman Hall;
Town Clerk, George W. Nelson;
Justices of the Peace, James Shores, George F. Woodbury, Edward Near, John Parker;
Assessors, Truman Salisbury, Lewis E. Joy, S. C. Davis;
Commissioner of Highways, James E. Fisher;
Overseer of Poor, H. H. Finster;
Town Auditors, Dwight McKinney, Hiram Snow, Elvin G. Potter;
Inspectors of Election, Henry Bonner, George E. Stowell, George D. Thomas;
Constables, Ralph W. Pratt, Walstein Balch, Henry Van Auken, Samuel King;
Game Constable, Henry Bonner;
Sealer of Weights and Measures, N. C. Burch
Excise Commissioners, B. F. Lewis, C. McKinney, D. S. Pratt

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