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<p>Created page with &quot; Stephentown’s Officials The Town board is the official governing body of the town. It is composed of four Councilmen, a Town Clerk, and a Town Supervisor. the Supervisor...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> Stephentown’s Officials<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Town board is the official governing body of the town. It is composed of four Councilmen, a Town Clerk, and a Town Supervisor. the Supervisor is the chariman of the Town Board and the head of the government.<br /> <br /> The Town Clerk has many duties, including recording and issuing minutes of Town board meetings, certificates of birth, death and marriage, hunting, fishing and dog licenses, and records of all town expenses. The Town Justices werve as judges in minor town criminal matters.<br /> <br /> As times change so do town officials. In 1880 the Town Board had an Overseer of the Poor, or Poormaster, Fence Viewers, Pathmasters, and a Commissioner of Highways. These offices have long since been abolished or changed.<br /> <br /> Early Town board meetings were held at the Mt. Whitney School (presently the home of Mrs. Thelma Elwell. Written in 1980), and later at School #4 (now the Stephentown Memorial Library). Finally the town purchased the Taconic Valley Grange Hall and converted it into the Town Hall, where most town business is conducted, including Town Board meetings, court hearings, and elections. In addition, the Town Hall houses the Assessor's office and official town records. <br /> <br /> Were your ancestors civic minded? None of my ancestors appear on these lists, but maybe one or more of yours does. <br /> <br /> Town Supervisors<br /> &lt;poem&gt;<br /> 1784 - Caleb Bentley<br /> 1786 – John W. Schermerhorn<br /> 1790 – Jonas O’Dell<br /> 1791 – John Wylie<br /> 1795 – Samuel Vary<br /> 1798 – Henry Platt<br /> 1806 – Hosea Moffitt<br /> 1810 – Henry Platt<br /> 1811 – Rowland Hall<br /> 1817 – John Babcock<br /> 1818 – William Douglas<br /> 1819 – James Jones<br /> 1822 – Henry Platt<br /> 1824 – Simon Cranston<br /> 1825 – Henry Platt<br /> 1827 – James Jones (Brown?)<br /> 1828 – Claudius Moffitt<br /> 1831 – Randall A. Brown<br /> 1834 – Rufus Rose<br /> 1836 – Eldridge G. Green<br /> 1840 – Henry W. Brown<br /> 1844 – Eldridge G. Green<br /> 1845 – Stephen V.R. Jones<br /> 1847 – George W. Glass<br /> 1848 – John L. Sheldon<br /> 1850 – Rufus Rose<br /> 1852 – G. Lansing<br /> 1853 – Randall A. Brown<br /> 1855 – Theodore G. Platt<br /> 1856 – Edwin Adams<br /> 1858 – Ralph Rose<br /> 1859 – Solomon Carpenter<br /> 1861 – Thomas G. Carpenter<br /> 1864 – Lewis Brown<br /> 1868 – Ezra Chase<br /> 1870 – Spencer C. Brown<br /> 1872 – Rufus Sweet<br /> 1873 – William A. Gile<br /> 1874 – Rufus Sweet<br /> 1875 – Gideon S. Hall<br /> 1876 – Rufus Sweet<br /> 1878 – Gideon Hall<br /> 1880 – Rufus Sweet<br /> 1882 – William A. Gile<br /> 1884 – John A. Kittell<br /> 1886 – Rufus Sweet<br /> 1889 – Eldorus G. Eldridge<br /> 1892 – William C. Woodward<br /> 1894 – Henry Snell<br /> 1898 – Duane H. Newton<br /> 1903 – Charles W. Kittell<br /> 1906 – Henry Snell<br /> 1910 – Stanley H. Mathew<br /> 1914 – Edward J. Quinlan<br /> 1918 – Dr. Clarence Chaloner (served short term as he died in office)<br /> 1918 – John Snell (finished term)<br /> 1920 – Jessie F. Snow and George Callahan<br /> 1922 – Avery G. Hall<br /> 1924 – Leo W. Fitzgerald<br /> 1928 – Jessie F. Snow<br /> 1930 – Homer B. Silvernail<br /> 1936 – Lewis Griffin<br /> 1942 – Arthur Pease<br /> 1952 – Clarence Carpenter<br /> 1963 – John M. Garvin<br /> 1965 – Bert R. Bullion<br /> 1968 – Carl Jensen<br /> 1974 – Patricia O. Mohos (resigned in third term May 26, 1978)<br /> 1978 – Frederick Haley (took over May 26, 1978 then resigned Oct. 12, ’78)<br /> 1978 – Kenneth Brown (took over and finished term Dec. 31, 1978)<br /> 1980 – Joseph Manns<br /> <br /> Town Clerks<br /> <br /> 1784 – Jonathan Niles<br /> 1790 – Hezekiah Hall<br /> 1791 – Hosea Moffitt<br /> 1792 – Henry Platt<br /> 1795 – Ichabod Cone – Jonathan Niles<br /> 1796 – Henry Platt<br /> 1797 – Hosea Moffitt<br /> 1798 – William Douglas, Jr.<br /> 1815 – Eber Moffitt<br /> 1817 – Aria Pardee<br /> 1823 – Ira Gardner<br /> 1829 – Randall A. Brown<br /> 1831 – Elijah Graves<br /> 1834 – Hosea W. Brown<br /> 1840 – Caleb Chapman<br /> 1843 – Henry Platt<br /> 1844 – Alexander Gardner<br /> 1848 – Theodore D. Platt<br /> 1849 – Eber M. Rollo<br /> 1850 - Joseph R. Reynolds<br /> 1851 – Thomas G. Carpenter<br /> 1852 – Edwin Adams<br /> 1853 – Philander Woodward<br /> 1856 – Ezra B. Chase<br /> 1860 – Lewis Brown<br /> 1863 – Orra G. Strait<br /> 1864 – Charles H. Vary<br /> 1869 – Walter B. Goold<br /> 1870 – Andrew J. Brown<br /> 1872 – Edwin A. Cranston<br /> 1873 – Walter B. Goold<br /> 1874 – William H. Brimmer<br /> 1875 – Edwin E. Doty<br /> 1876 – William H. Brimmer<br /> 1877 – Andrew J. Brown<br /> 1884 – George T. Chittenden<br /> 1886 – John Reynolds<br /> 1888 – Eldorus G. Eldridge<br /> 1889 – William C. Woodward<br /> 1892 – John R. Palmer<br /> 1894 – Fred G. Gardner<br /> 1896 – John R. Palmer<br /> 1898 - Frank Segar<br /> 1914 – Edwin B. Wheeler – resigned in 1917. Helen Sweet Wheeler replaced him until 1918<br /> 1918 – Avery Hall<br /> 1922 – George Hatch<br /> 1926 – Frank R. Worthington<br /> 1930 – George Hatch<br /> 1934 – Orson J. Holt<br /> 1937 – Minnie Holt<br /> 1940 – Albert Silvernail<br /> 1948 – Orin J. Meddaugh, served until his death in 1969. Alma (Carr) Meddaugh took over until Betty Olson was appointed to finish his term to 1971.<br /> 1971 – Richard Demick<br /> 1974 – Sylvester Close<br /> &lt;/poem&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Individuals]]</div>

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