HISTORY OF TUSCOLA COUNTY

 

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STATISTICAL

     Census of 1854.  Population 148; males, 79; females, 69; number of acres of taxable land, 3,240; number of acres improved, 178; bushels of corn preceding  years, 100; bushels of wheat preceding year, 75; bushels of potatoes preceding year, 180; pounds of butter made preceding year, 1,195; number of horses, 1; number of oxen, 28.

     Census of 1860:  Population, 309; families, 66: dwellings, 66; number of horses, 35; number of cows, 121; bushels of wheat, 2,124; bushels of rye, 862; bushels of corn, 2,891; bushels of oats, 2,551; bushels of potatoes, 1881; pounds of butter, 9,445; pounds of cheese, 100; tons of hay, 209.

     Census of 1864:  Population, 368; number of acres of taxable land, 1,473; bushels of corn preceding year, 2,420; bushels of wheat preceding year, 2,420; bushels of potatoes, 2,313; tons of hay, 468; pounds of wool, 546; pounds of butter, 7690; pounds of cheese, 400.

     Census of 1870:     Population, 816; dwellings, 166; families, 167; farms 113; voters, 172; number of acres of improved land, 3,408; number of horses, 166; pounds of wool sheared, 3,529; pounds of butter made, 31,143; pounds of cheese made, 580; bushels of wheat raised, 7,416; bushels of rye, 96; bushels of corn, 4,942; bushels of oats, 9,409; bushels of potatoes, 9,546; tons of hay, 1,208.

      Population in 1880, 1643.  Total equalized valuation of real and personal property in 1882, $575,390.  Number of farms in 1881, 167; acres improved, 7,073.  Bushels of wheat in 1880, 33,542; of corn, 65,455; tons of hay, 1,459.

TOWN OFFICERS.

YEAR      SUPERVISOR                      CLERK                                    TREASURER                                        COMMISSIONER
1883       John J. Rogner                   James N. Taylor                Reuben Alexander                          Fred Wirth
1882       John J. Rogner                   James N. Taylor                Reuben Alexander                          Fred Wirth
1881       John J. Rogner                   James N. Taylor                Lester M. Sherwood                       Fred Wirth
1880       Charles R. Selden             James N. Taylor                Carl C. J. Schultz                                Fred Wirth
1879       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                Fred Wirth
1878       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 John J. Rogner                                   Fred Wirth
1877       Charles R. Selden             George Buehner              John J. Rogner                                   Fred Wirth
1876       Charles R. Selden             George Buchner               John J. Rogner                                   Fred Wirth
1875       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                Fred Wirth
1874       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                John Persing
1873       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                Fred Wirth
1872       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                Reuben Alexander
1871       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                John Persing
1870       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                Fred Wirth
1869       Charles R. Selden             Samuel Persing                 Carl C. J. Schultz                                Reuben Alexander
1868       Charles R. Selden             T. H. Smith                          Carl C. J. Schultz                                Dean Smith
1867       Charles R. Selden             T.H. Smith                           George R. Degroff                           Fred With
1866       Charles R. Selden             T. H. Smith                          Daniel Robinson                               Reuben Alexander
1865       Charles R. Selden             E. G. Doud                           Daniel Robinson                               John A. Wilson
1864       Charles R. Selden             E. G. Doud                           Daniel Robinson                               Fred Wirth
                                                                                                                                                                                Matthew Wilkinson
1863       Charles R. Selden             E. G. Doud                           Daniel Robinson                              
1862       James Sanders                  E. G. Doud                           Daniel Robinson                               Zelotes Martin
1861       James Sanders                  E. G. Doud                           Daniel Robinson                               John G. Edelman
1860       James Sanders                  Charles R. Selden             E. G. Doud                                           Matthew Wilkinson
1859       James Sanders                  Charles R. Selden             E. G. Doud                                           Fred Wirth
                                                                                                                                                                                Samuel Garner
1858       James Sanders                  Charles R.Selden              E. G.Doud                                            Andrew Wilkinson
                                                                                                                                                                                Fred Wirth
1857       James Sanders                  E. B. Hayes                          Henry Atwood                                  John A. Hayes
1856       Joseph Selden                   E. B.Hayes                           Charles R. Selden                             Henry Carr
1855       Joseph Selden                   E. B. Hayes                          Frederick Schultz                              Fred Wirth
1854       Joseph Selden                   Charles R. Selden             J. B. Thompson                                 John A. Hayes
                                                                                                                                                                                John E. Freeman
                                                                                                                                                                                Michael Groover