Friday, May 16, 2014

Governmental Positions and Assignments - Oak Creek Township and Residents


Governmental Positions and Assignments
Oak Creek Township and Residents


[Source: Currier & Ives, “Home in the wilderness,” c1870; Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov : accessed 31 Dec 2012)]


Centennial Book Outline - 4-15-2014 update


“American Centennial at the Homeplace: The Founding (1833-1876)”

Table of Contents
[Partial]


**Part II - Oak Springs, Oak Creek Township Stories to 1861

Governmental Positions and Assignments - Oak Creek Township and Residents

Before the war...

**U.S. Postmaster

Jake Patton, 1842-1846
Kate Patton, 1846-1854
Victoria Truesdale, 1854-1865

**U.S. Assistant Postmaster

Kate Patton, 1842-1846
Victoria Truesdale, 1846-1854
Anna Olson, 1854-1865

**Oak Creek Township Trustees

****Eastern Trustee

Robert Baldridge, 1841-1847
Hugh Truesdale, 1847-1860
David Baldridge, 1860-

****Central Trustee

Jake Patton, 1841-1846
Owen Olson, 1846-

****Western Trustee

Victor Campbell, 1841-1865

**** Justice of the Peace

George King, 1842-


**Oak Creek County Commission

Robert Baldridge, elected in 1847; failed re-election bid in 1857
Jake Patton, 1859-


**Missouri House of Representatives

Jake Patton, elected 1846-1859
Hugh Truesdale, 1860-


**Oak Springs Town Council - initial Council served through the War years, as well

Jake Patton, 1848-1861
Owen Olson, 1848-1861
Victor Campbell, 1848-1861
Hugh Truesdale, 1848-1861

Robert Baldridge, 1848-1861

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