At the Annual Town Meeting of the Electors of the town of Otsego held at the
House of William Lewis in the Village of Cooperstown on Tuesday the Sixth day of March 1855
Present Seth Doubleday )
E. B. Crandall ) Justices
Ezra Badger )
Francis H. Williams)
The following persons were duly Elected to the Several offices to which their names are annexed
for the ensuing year or term of years.
Eliab. P. Byram Supervisor
Edmund D Persons Town Clerk
Fayett Hinds Assessor
Francis Taylor Com Highways
George Mc Namee ) Overseers of
John K Leaning ) Poor
Seth Doubleday Justice 4 years
Stephen Williams Collector
Daniel Peck Appointed)
Stephen Peck )
Edward A Olendorf ) Constables
Richard Thurston crossed out, Smith Bailey added, appointed)
Benjamin F. Kipp ) Inspectors of
Herman N Robinson) Election District
Henry P Metcalf ) No 1
Alson Preston ) Inspectors of
Charles Childs ) Election of District
Sandford G Knowlton) No 2
From the Minutes E D Persons, Town Clerk
Path Masters
1 Phillip Potter 32 William Wickof
2 Richard Van Horne crossed our, John Kellogg added 33 Lester Taylor
3 George Johnson crossed out, annexed to no 19 added 34 William Missen
4 Cornelius Van Horne 35 Patrick Langdon
5 John Tarpining 36 Lodwick Mott
6 Hugh M Seaton 37 Peter King
7 Buckingham Fitch 38 John Eldred
8 Leander Weldin 39 A E Olmstead
9 Orlando Coats 40 Levi Russell
10 Sherman Williams 41 Oliver Freeman
11 Thomas Higby 42 Tolman C Smith
13 Constantine King 43 Francis F Johnson
14 Edwin Lake 44 Gilbert Coonrod
15 Beecher Higby 45 James Allen
16 Rufus Preston 46 Horace Taylor
17 Edwin Coleman 48 Smith Congdon
18 C. P. Judd 49 Philo Perkins
19 Albert Wood 50 Wm Russell
20 Colonel Eldred 51 Amos Mathewson
21 James Fern 52 Delos Thayer
22 Joshua Byard 53 Peter Van Valkenburg
23 Hiram Barton 54 Valentine Turpening
24 David crossed out, James Kelly 55 Chester Babbitt
25 Russell Bourn 56 Joseph Pashley
26 Orson Benjamin 58 Chester Taylor
27 Orton Rose 59 Samuel H Kinney
28 Albert Johnson crossed out, Russell Warren added 60 Onley Z Andrews
29 Peter Edget 61 S F Pashley
30 Hiram Pierce 63 Daniel Williams
31 Adam Truax
From the Minutes E. D. Persons
No Rateables 800
Days Assessed 2400 Town Clerk