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)”

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**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