TOWN OF BRADFORD. 



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1867. 

 1868. 

 1869. 



1870. 

 1871. 



1872. 

 1873. 



1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 



Supervisors, 

 Lewis Bennett. 

 B. B. Switzer. 

 Frank Aulls. 



Lewis Bennett. 

 Theron Cole. 



Alonzo Eveland. 



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J. M. Gillmore. 



Isaac Easterbrook. 

 Ephraim Bennett. 



Town Clerks. 

 W. A. Talmadge. 



Geo. D. Woodard. 



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P. A, Bryant. 

 W. A, Talmadsce. 



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Jersey Green. 

 G. P. Morris. 



Collectors. 

 Byron Ferris. 

 Van RensseFr Dykes. 

 Thomas Walling. 

 D, A. Grander. 

 Erastus Ropalee. 

 Ira Dennis. 



Isaac Eveland. 



Frank Dorman. 

 Wm. Cook. 

 Charles Walling. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, 



1836. 



James Wolverton. 



1860. 



Evan F. Thomas. 





James Barkley. 



1861. 



Charles Tompkins. 



1837. 



Milton S. Wells. 





John F. Havens. 



1838. 



Henry H. Tupper. 



1862. 



James S. Tobias. 



1839. 



Wm. H. Seybolt. 



1863. 



William Willover. 





James Buckbec. 



1864. 



Hosea Longwell. 



1840. 



James Wolverton. 



1865. 



Charles Tompkins. 





Ephraim Bennett. 





John F. Havens. 



1841. 



Orin Tompkins. 



1866. 



Evan F. Thomas. 





Henry Switzer. 



1867. 



Wm. H. Genung. 



1842. 



Milo Sexton. 





James C. Goble. 



1843. 



Wm. H. Seybolt. 





John F. Havens. 



1844. 



James Wolverton. 



1868. 



H. H. Kelly. 



1845. 



John F. Havens. 





Azariah Longwell. 



1846. 



Milo Sexton. 



1869. 



Alonzo Eveland. 



1847. 



Alva Clement. 





Martin Longear. 



1848. 



James Wolverton. 



1870. 



Jacob S. Zimmerman 



1849. 



John E. Havens. 



1871. 



C. M. Merriman. 



1850. 



Abel Eveland. 





Wm. Matthews. 



1851. 



Amos Crosby. 



1872. 



Alonzo Eveland. 



1852. 



Henry Conkrite. 



1873. 



Robert Lantz. 



1853. 



Geo. S. Patterson. 



1874. 



John Swart. 





James C. Goble. 



1875. 



Richard M. Blaine. 



1854. 



Abel Eveland. 



1876. 



E. F. Thomas. 





Orin Buckingham. 





Joseph Dennis. 



1855. 



Orin Buckingham. 



1877. 



John Kishpaugh. 





E. F. Thomas. 





Charles Switzer. 



1856. 



Evan F. Thomas. 





E. S. Bennett. 



1857. 



James C. Goble. 





Wm. Matthews. 



1858. 



Hosca Longwcll. 



1878. 



Wm. Elyea. 



1859. 



Milo Drake. 





E. S. Bennett. 





Amos Sherwood. 



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Wm. Matthews. 





John Kishpaugh. 









SCH( 



)OLS. 





The first scliool building in the village of Bradford was a 

 log house, on the flat just back of the present site. of J. F. 

 Ward's hotel. Thirty-one scholars reported in 1814. First 

 teacher in the frame building, Jesse Rose. Among the 

 teachers at that early day were John Broderick and Elder 

 Fuilerton. In 1815 (Charles Bartles and Joshua King, 

 trustees), a log school-house was built and ceiled inside to 

 the rafters on the side hill back of the lot now occupied by 

 John Stetlar. Still later, about 1838, a frame building 

 was erected on a lot southwest of the present dwelling of 

 Jesse Munson (2d), — carpenter, Barzilla King. Since 

 about 1854 that building has been torn down, and a new 

 one, with more modern fixtures, built on the same site, — 

 Henry Switzer, carpenter. About thirty years ago a little 

 building, known as the " Little Academy," was built at the 

 mouth of the glen on the northwest side of the village, 

 under the supervision of Jesse Munson and Hiram Merri- 

 man, where, in an unpretentious w^ay, much good in edu- 

 cation was done for the community. Among the teachers 



in that place were Bev. Wm. B. Atwell, Bev. Mr. Benton, 

 George Ford, D. M. Merriman, Wm. H. Brown, and 

 Alonzo Eveland. 



In 1869, the district school-house above spoken of was 

 moved to the glen, and joined to the '' Little Academy," at 

 a cost of about $500 (Oscar Genung, carpenter), and the 

 district was at that fime organized into a union free school. 

 John A. Stewart, C. M. Merriman, Wm. Hedges, Wm. S. 

 Knapp, and B. B. Switzer were chosen members of the 

 board of education ; Alonzo Eveland, teacher. The present 

 board is composed as follows : Jacob Zimmerman, 0. B, 

 Whitehead, Frank Longwell, Benjamin Hedges, and Jacob 

 Carmen ; Bobinson, teacher. 



School district No. 1 was organized about 1846, and a 

 frame building was erected on the present site the same 

 year. A few years previous, a neighborhood school was 

 held at different places, in vacant houses, and among the 

 teachers at that time were Joseph Crane and Abel Eveland. 

 At the time of the organization of the district, Thomas 

 Scott, Henry Axtell, and John Inscho were elected trustees. 

 The first teacher was Hannah Miller, and Ansel Hill the 

 second teacher. At that time James Barkley was town 

 commissioner of schools. 



In an early day, in district No. 1, a log school-house 

 stood on the corner opposite where Clark Carr now lives. 

 In 1841, 55 children of school age were reported. Money 

 received from the commissioners, $23.62, for school pur- 

 poses. Library money, $5. The library was commenced 

 in that year, 21 volumes. Willard Childs and John W. 

 Silvernail were trustees. In 1846 the south part of the 

 district was added to the South Bradford district, and the 

 north part, with a portion taken from the Bradford village 

 district, was organized into the present district No. 1. 



In an early day, in what is now known as district No. 5, 

 school was taught in a log house near the present site of 

 the Methodist church. The next school was taught in a 

 log house on the corner opposite S. Borman's store. After- 

 wards a frame building was erected on the present site, and 

 school has been held there to the present time. 



Some of the early teachers were Abbey Scudder, Eliza 

 Bobins, and Jacob Snell. Thos. Eveleth and John Diven 

 were trustees in 1825. The trustees in 1830 were John 

 B. Stilts and Moses Ellas. Ninety-four children reported 

 • that year. The present trustee is Jacob Fragles. Teacher, 

 Peter Dennis. 



The father of Christopher Cramer first settled the Phelps 

 property. 



James Boyd settled the Nicholas Myres farm and the 

 Hosea Longwell farm. 



Jacob Switzer first settled the farm where B. B. Switzer 

 died. 



The first marriage was that of Frederick Bartles to his 

 second wife, by Henry Switzer, justice of the peace; the 

 first innkeeper, John N. Hight \ the first substantial frame 

 house was built by John Zimmerman ; the first justice of 

 the peace was Frederick Bartles, appointed; the first justice 

 elected by the people was Henry Switzer ; John N. Hight 

 was the first surveyor; Henry Switzer carried the first 

 mail, and mails continued to be carried by him or under 

 his supervision during a period of twenty-four years. 



