MARTIN'S FERRY INCORPORATED

From "History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties" - J. A. Caldwell, 
1880, page 291.


This town was incorporated by the commissioners of Belmont county,
August 5, 2865.  The first election was held on the 15th day of December,
1865.  The following is a list of the several officers since its incorporation:

MAYORS
1865 - 1867 - A. D. Rice
1867 - 1869 - W. H. Orr
1869 - 1870 - James Eagleson
1870 - 1872 - J. W. Buckingham
1872 - 1874 - James Kerr
1874 - 1876 - James Dean
1876 - 1878 - J. W. Buckingham
1878 - 1880 - James Kerr
1865 - 1870 - S. F. Dean
1870 - 1873 - David Park, Jr.
1873 - 1874 - Richard Swartz
1874 - 1880 - J. T. Hanes

TREASURERS
1865 - 1868 - James S. Gray
1868 - 1874 - David Park, Jr.
1874 - 1878 - John L. Vanpelt
1878 - 1880 - Abram Lash

MARSHALS
T. R. Carter
Robert Hays
Robert Hanson
Nathan Borham
L. N. Soles
Benjamin McFarland
S. G. Cochran

COUNCILMEN
1865 - 1871 - William Wiley
1865 - 1871 - Jonas Rounch
1865 - 1869 - John Reyner
1867 - 1869 - James M. Lytle
1867 - 1869 - Joseph T. Hanes
1869 - 1870 - David Park, Sr.
1869 - 1871 - Joel C. Hobensack
1869 - 1871 - James A. Gray
1870 - 1872 - S. B. West
1870 - 1872 - James R. Griffith
1871 - 1872 - August Rutherman
1871 - 1876 - Theodore Swartz
1871 - 1877 - Levi James
1872 - 1875 - George Deits
1872 - 1874 - Michael Sweeny
1872 - 1874 - Joseph Robinson
1872 - 1874 - H. W. Smith
1874 - 1878 - Georger Robinson
1874 - 1876 - J. W. Buckingham
1875 - 1877 - James McCahan
1875 - 1876 - Joseph Medell
1874 - 1878 - E. J. Hoyle
1874 - 1876 - R. E. Sweeny
1876 - 1878 - James Crossley
1876 - 1878 - Henry Hellings
1877 - 1879 - James McCahon
1877 - 1879 - William Sloan
1877 - 1879 - J. D. Hobensack
1878 - 1880 - H. W. Smith
1878 - 1880 - Benjamin Exley, Sr.
1878 - 1880 - Finley Taylor
1879 - 1881 - J. P. Crowl
1879 - 1881 - James Crossley
1879 - 1881 - William H. Ford    


Contributed by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.