Convis Township CIVIL GOVERNMENT

The first annual town-meeting in Convis was held on April 3, 1837, at the house of James Lane. The number of voters is unknown, but a full ticket was chosen as follows: Supervisor, Elisha Brace; Town Clerk, Thomas L. VanGeisen; Assessors, Asahel Hawkins, Daniel Beers, and Ira H. Ellsworth; Highway Commissioners, Hiram Brace, George W. Bentley, and O. B. Austin; Justices, Elisha Brace, Daniel Beers, S. D. Bardon, and Asahel Hawkins; Directors of the Poor, Harvey Parkhurst and E. N. Naramore: Collector and Treasurer, Levi Rowley; and Constables, Levi Rowley and Harvey Parkhurst. Among present town officers are--Supervisor, Alvin L. Ford: Town Clerk, Thomas Templeton; Treasurer, Robert E. Cornhurst: Superintendent of Schools, Charles P. Chidster; School Inspector, Ira O. Eaton; and Justices, James Haggett, Thomas Moor, B. M. Templeton, and Alvin L. Ford. Fifty-five votes were cast in 1840. The highest number cast at a town election was two hundred and twenty-one. At the general election of 1876 the vote was two hundred and fifty-five. The following have held the offices of supervisor and town clerk in Convis: Supervisors.--1837-39, Elisha Brace; 1840, Leach T Loomis; 1841, Leon Cleveland; 1842-43, Leach T Loomis; 1844, Jasper Haywood; 1845-46, John T Ellis; 1847-48, William R Carpenter; 1849-50. John T. Ellis; 1851, Joseph Haywood; 1852, Asahel Hawkins; 1853, John T. Ellis; 1854,Robert Hueston; 1855-56, John T Ellis; 1857-59, Joseph Bentley; 1860, John T. Ellis; 1861-64, Joseph Bentley; 1865-77, James Walkinshaw; 1877, A. L. Ford. Town Clerks.--1837.T. L. Van Geisen; 1838, Nathan Chidster; 1839, Asahel Hawkins; 1840-42, O. B. Austin; 1843 Rueben B. White; 1843-44, Philo Callender; 1845-46, R. B. White; 1847-48, Asahel Hawkins; 1849, James Lane; 1850-52, Ira Andrus; 1853-56, R. B. White; 1857, L. F. Brown; 1858, Ira M. Lawrence; 1859-60, R. B. White; 1861; O. B. Austin; 1862, Asahel Hawkins; 1863, O. B. Austin; 1864, L. F. Brown; 1865-68, R. B. White; 1869, Ira Andrus; 1870, S. A. Randall; 1871, Ira Andrus; 1872, A. R. Upright; 1873-77, Thomas Templeton. James Wsalkinshaw was elected in 1876 as representative to the State legislature. STATISTICS FROM CENSUS OF 1874 Population.--Total population, 941: males, 519; females, 422. Live-Stock.--Horses, one year and over, 406; mules, 4; work oxen, 29; milch cows, 459; neat cattle, one year and over, other than oxen and cows, 514; swine, over six months, 814; sheep, over six months, 4761; sheep sheared1873, 6000. Wheat in the ground May, 1874, 2708 acres; wheat harvested 1873, 2624 acres; corn harvested 1873, 1208 acres; wheat raised 1873, 33,878 bushels; corn raised 1873, 75,130 bushels; other grain raised 1873, 21,070 bushels; potatoes raised 1873, 13,225 bushels; hay cut 1873, 1581 tons; wool sheared 1873, 27,056 pounds; pork marketed 1873, 99,143 pounds; butter made, 43,690 pounds; fruit dried for market, 6100 pounds; cider made, 453 barrels; orchards, 408 acres; apples raised 1873, 15,206 bushels; peaches 1873, 8 bushels; pears 1873, 104 bushels; plums 1873, 29 bushels; cherries 1873, 232 bushels; currants and gooseberries 1873, 192 bushels; melons and garden vegetables 1873, 311 bushels.