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Milan Township Records
April 6, 1858.
The first annual Town Meeting met aggreable to notice at the House of Benjamin Banfield in the town of Milan in the county of DeKalb and the state of Illinois. This 6th day of April A.D. 1858: said meeting was called to order by the Electors present and organized by appointing Lewis, M McEwen Moderator and DeWitt Vanvleit clerk. The oath was administered by the Moderator to the clerk and by the clerk to the moderator !
Poll list kept by the clerk at the Town meeting held at the house of Benj. Banfields in the town of Milan and county of Dekalb, on the day of April 6, 1858 on which is entered the name of each person voting at said town meeting:
1. John Mandeville
4. Abraham Mandeville
7. Jese Howard
10. Wm. Brown
13. J. H. Crawford
16. W N Downing
19. Benj Banfield
22. Wm Butler
25. Domnik Minnehan
28. Linderman
31. S G Vanvleit
34. Dewitt Vanvleit
2. J J Decker
5. Nicholas Mandeville
8. Luther L Estabrooks
11. Nathaniel Brown
14. David Ceimel
17. John Turnbull
20. James Morse
23. Michael Minnehan
26. Patrick Butler
29. George Milton
32. W F Shield
3. P H Cook
6. Henry Christie
9. Thomas Kennedy
12. Reuben Mandeville
15. Clark Egleston
18. R.C. Morse
21. A Mitchell
24. John Banfield
27. Nathan Applebee
30. Edwin Pierce
33. Lewis, M McEwen
Polls closed, the moderator proceeded to canvas the votes, which resulted as follows (to wit)
For Supervisor:
Lewis M McEwen
Weinen F Shedd
For Town Clerk:
James B Morse
Werner F She
Clark Egleston
For Commisioner of Highways:
R M Smiley
N Mandeville
S G Vanvleit
Benj Banfield
John Turnbull
A Mitchell
Received
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Eighteen votes (18)
Fifteen “ (15)
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Nineteen (19)
Nineteen (19)
Eighteen (18)
Fifteen (15)
Fifteen (15)
Sixteen (16)