Cairo
- Justices of the Peace, Town Clerks and Supervisors 1803-1883
From Beers, History of Greene County. Retyped by Annette
Campbell
Additional information for the Town Supervisors courtesy the
Durham Center Museum, the Borthwick notes, 1884-1940
"At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Canton held at the house
of Mary Carbine, on Tuesday the 5th day of April 1803 for the purpose of
choosing Town officers. The following were chosen;"
Supervisor--Daniel Sayre
Town Clerk--James Gale
Assessors--Wesel Salisbury, Samuel Foster and Benjamin Hine
Collector--Joseph Sheperd
Poor Masters--Henry Person, Jonathan Nickerson
Commissioners--John L. Darby, Joseph Reed, Ezra Rundel
Constables--Joseph Sheperd, Samuel J. Haight, Stephen Olmsted
Fence Viewers--Oliver Palmer, Jonathan Allenton, Goodman Noble and Benjamin
Foster
Poundmasters--Stephen Bentley, Jonathan Allenton, Warren Hamlin
This is the list of Supervisors and Town clerks and Justices from 1803 to
1883.
SUPERVISORS 1803-1883:
Daniel Sayre 1803, 1804, 1807
Benjamin Hine 1805, 1808-1814, 1816, 1818-1820
John E. Darby 1806
Joseph Reed 1815
James Gale 1817
Alpheus Webster 1821, 1823, 1825
Moses Olmstead 1822, 1826
George A. Crooker 1824
Ira T. Day 1827-1831, 1841, 1842
Daniel Lennon 1832
Samuel L. Hayes 1833, 1834
Isaac Bogardus 1835, 1838, 1839
Horace Austin 1836, 1837
Oliver Eggleston 1840
Leonard Yeomans 1843
George Wickes 1844-1846
Joseph H. Bowman 1847, 1848
Amasa Keith 1849, 1850
Joel Wickes 1851
Peleg C. Mattoon 1852
Elias L. Dutcher 1853, 1854, 1863, 1871-1874
John Greene 1855
Horatio L. Day 1856, 1857
Luke Roe 1858, 1859, 1865, 1866
Ambrose L. Walters 1861, 1862
Edward C. Stevens 1864
Edwin E. Darby 1867, 1868
Charles W. Weeks 1869
Edward C. Stevens 1870
Augustus Hill 1875, 1876, 1884
D. Alanson K. Stevens 1877
Egbert Paddock 1878
Frank S. Decker 1879
George Wickes 1880
J. Leroy Jacobs 1881, 1882
Edward C. Stevens 1883
Reuben W. Greene 1885
Edward Adams 1886
Alzamore B. Stevens 1887
John A. Mower 1888-1889
David T. Jerome 1890-1891
Arthur J. Lock 1892
George Dederick 1893-1895
S. Merit Jones 1896-1899
Solon W. Stevens 1900-1903
Charles Porter Jones 1904-1911
Floyd F. Jones 1912-1921
Lysander Lennon 1922-1923
Herbert Bogardus 1924-1929, 1932-1937, 1940-
Harvey S. Olmsted 1930-1931
Charles G. Harring 1938-1939
TOWN CLERKS 1803-1883:
James Gale 1803-1810
Simon Sayre 1811-1823
William Pierson 1824-1830
Samuel L. Hayes 1831-1832
Benedict W. Hazard 1833-1837
Levi King 1838
George Wilkes 1839, 1841-1843
Peleg C. Mattoon 1840, 1844
Ira B. Day 1845
George W. Noble 1846-1848, 1852-1858
Philander Stevens 1849, 1850
Horatio L. Day 1851, 1876, 1877
David Johnson 1856-1859
Edward C. Stevens 1860-1862
Wesley A. Shaw 1863
Daniel P.Tremain 1864-1867
Frederick H. Ford 1868, 1869, 1871, 1872
James G. Wooster 1870
D. Alanson K. Stevens 1873-1874
George Wickes 1875, 1879
A. B. Stevens 1878, 1882
George R. Patrie 1880
Hiram S. Stevens 1881
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 1811-1883:
Daniel Sayre 1811-1819
Wessel Salisbury 1811-1813
Jonathan Nickerson 1812-1817
James Renne 1813-1820
Neri Stoddard 1813
John C. Burhans 1814
Aaron Dibol 1815
Watson Dimond 1816
Alpheus Webster 1820-1821, 1834-1837
J. G. Prout 1821-1822
Joel Curtis 1822-1833
James Earl 1823
James C. Blanchard 1825-1836
J. Stoutenburgh 1828-1829
William Burroughs 1830-1834
James C. V. Hammond 1831
William Pierson 1832-1838
Lewis Northrup 1833
William Burroughs 1834
James C. Blanchard 1834-1836
John Rouse 1836-1839
Henry P. Darby 1836
Robert C. Field 1838
Ira Morrison 1839
Stephen Ryon 1840
Leonard Yeomans 1840-1843
Elisha Blackman 1842-1846
Clark Beckwith 1842-1850
William Telfair 1843-1849
Joseph H. Bowman 1844-1853
P.C. Mattoon 1846-1852
Alanson Lathrop 1847-1883
Gilbert Merritt 1848-1852
Augustus Hill 1851-1873
William Pierson 1852-1856
George W. Mead 1853
Francis Elting 1855-1858
Daniel S. Lennon 1859
Lucius D. Hill 1863-1883
Jasper N. Bennett 1867-1870
George W. Renne 1868-1876
Egbert Yeomans 1871-1875
Frederick H. Ford 1873-1880
Edward Adams 1878-1883
Alfred Bennett 1878
O.T. Schermerhorn 1882
W. B. Hall 1883
The present (1883) town officers are:
Edward C. Stevens---supervisor
Amos S. Cornwall---town clerk
Edward Adams---Justice of the Peace
W. Burr Hall---Justice of the Peace
Martinus Laraway---assessor
Philo Richards---commissioner of hiways
Orlando Post---Overseer of the poor
John G. Olmstead---Overseer of the poor
S. Merritt Jones---collector
William H. Rice---constable
Robert Apjohn---constable
George Palmatier---constable
Hiram Groat---constable
William Smith---excise commissioner
Henry B. Whitcomb---town auditor
Melford Coffin---town auditor
Leonard White---town auditor