Moscow Township Officers
1839-1877

Source: History of Hillsdale County, Michigan, page 246.

The township records for the first three years after its organization are missing, and it is impossible to give all the officers for that time. Zachariah VAN DUZAR, who settled in the township in 1834 was its first supervisor, elected in 1835. Lyman BLACKMAR was a justice of the peace the same year, and Parvis ROUND was one of the highway commissioners. Major Daniel AKIEN was also living in the township at that time.

The following were elected in 1838, viz.: Supervisor, Zachariah VAN DUZAR; Town Clerk, George GALE; Assessors, Benjamin FOWLE, Osman B. BLACKMAR and Alva BLODGETT. Commissioners of Highways, Abraham VANDEBOGART, Aaron SPENCER and John S. WEAVER; Justice of the Peace, Zachariah VAN DUZAR; Collector, Parvis ROUND. The following persons were also living in the township at the time and held various offices: Benjamin C. PIERCE, James A. STEWART, Lot FALKERSON, Lyman SMITH, James H. KING, Charles FOWLE, William BENSON, Garrett MORFORD, Daniel A. WISNER, Sheldon W. SHARP, Geo. W. JACKSON and Isreal BUCK.

Supervisors

1839 Othniel ALLEN
1840 Daniel A. WISNER
1841 Zachariah VAN DUZAR
1842-44 Brooks GALE
1845 Zachariah VAN DUZAR
1846 Osman D. BLACKMAR
1847-48 Joel MOORE
1849 Zachariah VAN DUZAR
1850-51 Wallace H. GODFREY
1852 Benjamin FOWLE
1853 Orlando C. GALE
1854 Benjamin I. KENYON
1855 Horatio N. ROWLEY
1856 Abram RAMSDELL
1857 Horatio N. ROWLEY
1858 Henry C. MALLORY
1859 H.N ROWLEY
1860 Wallace H. GODFREY
1861-62 Joel MOORE
1863-65 Horatio N. ROWLEY
1866-67 Albert KENYON
1868-72 E.C.L. MUMFORD
1873-75 Parker B. SHEPARD
1876 William ARMSTRONG
1877 E.C.L. MUMFORD

Town Clerks

1839-42 George GALE
1843 Moses A. TAYLOR
1844-45 George GALE
1846 Benjamin FOWLE
1847 John M. FORD
1848 Smith C. MERWIN
1849-52 Orlando C. GALE
1853-54 Amandur THOMPSON
1855-56 Volney V.B. MERVIN
1857-59 John D. VAN DUYN
1860 V.V.B MERWIN
1861-65 Amandur THOMPSON
1866 Amaziah BIBBINS
1867-71 Seneca W. PERRY
1872 Adam MARKS
1873 Oliver HITT
1874 Addison J. ROWLEY
1875 Seneca W. PARKER
1876-77 Cyrenus M. PARKER

Justices of the Peace

1839 Azariah MALLORY
1840 George GALE
1841 Lyman BLACKMAR
1842 Samuel A. WHITTAKER
1843 Wallace H. GODFREY
1844 George GALE
1845 Alexander PROUDFIT
1846 Samuel A. WHITTAKER
1847 Wallace H. GODFREY
1848 Benjamin FOWLE
1849 George GALE
1850 Samuel A. WHITTAKER
1851 Dr. Stillman RALPH
1852 Wallace H. GODFREY
1853 Henry MCCOWEN
1854 Samuel A. WHITTAKER
1855 Schuyler P. SIMONS
1856 Wallace H. GODFREY
1856 Horatio N. ROWLEY
1857 Henry MCCOWEN
1858 Calvin WISNER
1859 John DONOVAN
1860 Robert T. LEWIS
1861 George C. WYLLIS
1861 Horatio N. ROWLEY
1862 George NUTTEN
1863 no record  
1864 Benjamin I. KENYON
1865 George C. WYLLIS
1866 John W. DONOVAN
1867 Daniel TIMMS
1868 Benjamin I. KENYON
1868 John PETTIT
1869 George C. WYLLIS
1869 Ira M. WARING
1870 Frederick S. GODFREY
1871 Daniel MCNABB
1872 Amos GOULD
1873 George C. WYLLIS
1873 Augustus BORDEN
1874 Isaac TRAVIS
1875 Daniel MCNABB
1876 Orlando C. GALE
1877 Seneca W. PERRY

Treasurers

1839-42 Lyman BLACKMAR
1843-44 Benjamin FOWLE
1845-46 Calvin GRISWOLD
1847 Nathaniel R. HAMMOND
1848 Peter ATWELL
1849 Horatio N. HOLMES
1850 Joel MOORE
1852-52 John C. MCKERCHER
1853 Walter HUNTINGTON
1854 William R. PERRY
1855-58 David CHEENY
1859-60 Daniel MCNABB
1861 Seneca W. PERRY
1862 James A. LYNCH
1863 Seneca W. PERRY
1864 Joseph MCKERCHER
1865 Dolphin A. KNIGHT
1866 James WHEELER
1867 Cyrenus M. PARKER
1868-70 Amos GOULD
1871 Amaziah BIBBINS
1872 Alonzo F. EDDY
1873 Edgar A. BLACKMAR
1874 Edward CREECH
1875-77 Oliver HITT

Assessors

     
1839 Daniel A. WISNER
1839 Osman B. BLACKMAR
1839 Charles FOWLE
1840 Orson B. BLACKMAR
1840 Charles FOWLE
1840 Uriah MALLORY
1841 John MCKERCHER
1841 Isaac A. CENTER
1841 John S. WEAVER
1842 Alvah BLODGETT
1842 Otis BRIGGS
1843 John MCKERCHER
1843 D.P. GEORGE
1844 John MCKERCHER
1844 D.P. GEORGE
1845 Daniel A. WISNER
1845 John BISSELL
1846 Alonzo KIES Biography
1846 Horatio N. HOLMES

Collectors

1839 Parvis ROUND
1840 Calvin WISNER
1841 Daniel H. SINCLAIR


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