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Subject: [NewCastle] History of Wilmington. Part X
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:39:27 -0400


con't. - Presidents of Council.— From 1832 to 1868 the president of
Council was elected by the members, and since 1868 has been chosen by
the people at the regular election. The salary in fifty-six years has
been increased from fifty to three hundred dollars yearly. The
incumbents of the office have been:

William Seal1840Enoch Moore1840
Joseph C. Seeds1840Allan Thomson1840
William P. Brobson1840George McGee1841
William F. O’Daniel1841Wm. Hemphill Jones 1841
Henry Hicks1841John L. Hadden1841
George Baird1841Daniel Wring1841
William Townsend1842John Harris1842
Joseph A. Hunter1842Dr. Allen McLane 1842
Jacob Miller1842Benjamin Webb1842
William R. Sellars1843Richard B. Gilpin 1843
Edwin A. Wilson1843Evan C. Stotsenburg1843
Elisha Huxley1843John Rice1843
Achilles Hollingsworth 1843Wm. F. O’Daniel1844
James Elliott1844Henry Hicks1844
Joseph Seal1844Dr. Henry F. Askew1844
James Canby1845William Townsend1845
Samuel McCaulley1845Spencer D. Eves1845
Achilles Hollingsworth 1845William R. Sellars1846
John M. Turner1846John Rice1846
Aaron Hewes1846Abraham Boys1846
Eli Todd1847Edward Moore1847
George Read Riddle1847Henry Hicks1847
Dr. Robert R. Porter1847Abraham Boys1848
Henry Bleyer1848Samuel McCaulley1848
James Canby1848Achilles Hollingsworth 1848
John McClung1849William Campbell1849
Jacob Jefferes1849John M. Turner1849
Dr. James W. Thomson 1849Jesse Sharpe1850
Eli Todd1850Jesse Lane1850
Cyrus Pyle1850John Rice1850
J. Morton Poole1851Henry Bleyer1851
Samuel McCaulley1851Achilles Hollingsworth 1851
Vincent C. Gilpin1851John McClung1852
Joshua S. Valentine1852Dr. A.H. Grimshaw1852
John Cochran1852Joseph T. Price1852
George Magee1853Lewis Paynter1853
Cyrus Pyle1853Jesse Lane1853
John Rice1853John Rudolph1854
John S. Brady1854Samuel McCaulley1854
Vincent G. Gilpin1854Thomas Z. Mahaffey1854
J. Morton Poole1855John P. Springer1855
James Elliott1855Joseph A. Hunter1855
Jacob S. Weldin1855Samuel F. Betts1855
Lewis Paynter1856James Bradford1856
Joseph Pyle1856Edward Betts1856
Dr. Robert R. Porter1856Albert Thatcher1856
John P. Springer1857Dr. John A. Draper1857
Thomas Young1857Edwin J. Horner1857
Vincent C. Gilpin1857Joseph M. Pusey1857
Spencer D. Eves1858William H. Alderdice1858
John H. Stidham1858James Scott1858
John M. Turner1858Samuel F. Betts1858
George Nebeker1858George S. Hagany1859
John Aikin1859Edward Betts1859
Wm. H. England1859Achilles Hollingsworth 1859
Joseph M. Pusey1859Henry Bleyer1860
John Aikin1860William S. Hayes1860
Edwin I. Horner1860Henry W. Bartram1860
Edward T. Bellak1861Gregg Chandler1861
John M. Turner1861Joseph W. Day1861
William H. Pierce1862Abraham Boys1862
Dr. James F. Wilson1862Achilles Hollingsworth 1862
Dr. James F. Wilson1862Joseph M. Pusey1862
Philip Plunkett1863George H. Walter1863
William S. Hayes1863Edwin I. Horner1863
Philip McDowell1863Edward T. Bellak1864
Thomas Titus1864Gregg Chandler1864
John A. Duncan1864Joseph W. Day1864
David Woolman1865Morris Weldie1865
Edward McInall1865Joseph D. Pierson1865
John H. Adams1865Samuel F. Betts1865
George W. Dorsey1865Philip Plunkett1866
Joseph C. Rowland1866Henry F. Pickels1866
John K. Kirkman1866William C. Leibrandt1866
Charles H. Gallagher1866Ralph McCall1867
James Conner1867Gregg Chandler1867
Edwin Lewis1867George W. Dorsey1867
Thomas Johnson1868William H. Quinn1868
E.C. Stotsenburg1868John H. Adams1868
Charles S. Weldie1868Charles H. Gallagher1868
William Bright1869George Simmons1869
William H. Quinn1869William Stilley1869
Henry Finnegan1869Edward J. McManus1869
Edward McIntire1869Charles McCloskey1869
Henry F. Pickels1869William S. Hayes1869
George H. Walter1869William H. Foulk1869
John Jones1869M.L. Lichtenstein1869
Charles H. Gallagher1869Joseph R. Phillips1869
Christian Febiger1869Edward C. Johnson1869
Patrick Dillon1870William L. Gilbert1870
Albert Thatcher1870John W. Walker1870
Lewis Paynter1870Wm. H. Foulk1870
William S. Bullock1870Joseph R. Phillips1870
Henry Lea1870Joshua Maris1871
Peter B. Huested1871William H. Quinn1871
Joshua Baker1871Henry Finnegan1871
John G. Baker1871Philip W. McDowell1871
Gilpin P. Underwood1871Christian Febiger1871
Dennis J. Menton1871William L. Gilbert1872
Henry B. McIntire1872August Bicta1872
James P. Hayes1872William Canby1872
Wm. H. Foulke1872M.L. Lichtenstein1872
John T. Richardson1872Eli Mendenhall1872
Lewis P. Lynch1872Isaac Murray1873
Robert H. Taylor1873William Green1873
John G. Baker1873Henry F. Pickels1873
John P. McLear1873John H. Adams1873
Joseph R. Phillips1873Gilpin B. Underwood 1873
Christian Febiger1873Myles Burke1873
William M. Canby1873Thomas Johnson1874
H.B. McIntire1874James P. Hayes1874
A. Bicta1874William Canby1874
Wm. McMenamin1874William M. Canby1874
M.L. Lichtenstein1874Henry W. Downing1874
Martin Farrell1874Louis P. Lynch1874
David Ireland1875Robert H. Taylor1875
James McGlinchey1875Lewis Paynter1875
Dr. Obed Bailey1875Joseph K. Adams1875
John Jones1875Gilpin B. Underwood 1875
Christian Febiger1875Thomas Ford1875
Thomas Johnson1876B. Frank Townsend1876
Caleb P. Windle1876John G. Baker1876
William Canby1876Henry F. Pickels1876
Seth H. Feaster1876Philemma Chandler1876
Henry W. Downing1876John Davis1876
Lewis P. Lynch1876Wm. J. Maxwell1877
R.H. Taylor1877Samuel A. Price1877
Lewis Paynter1877Henry Evans1877
Aaron Conrad1877Joseph K. Adams1877
H.W. Downing1877John Jones1877
William B. Norton1877Bennett Hazlett1877
Edwin C. Knight1877John Guthrie1877
Peter B. Huested1878B.F. Townsend1878
James McGlinchey1878Alex. J. Hart1878
Aaron Conrad1878H.W. Downing1878
Philemma Chandler1878Peter Wood1878
Richard Rowe1878Lewis P. Lynch1878
Merris Taylor1879Robert H. Taylor1879
William H. Blake1879Lewis Paynter1879
George Abele1879James Carmichael1879
Joseph K. Adams1879Caesar A. Rodney1879
William McMenamin1879George T. Barnhill1879
David R. Smith1879Dennis J. Menton1879
William Hanna1879James McKenna1880
Benj. E. Townsend1880William F. Robinson1880
George Abele1880Edwin C. Moore1880
Charles W. Talley1880Abner P. Bailey1880
David R. Smith1880Robert C. shaw1880
Abraham P. Beecher1880William G. Baugh1882
James McKenna1882Thomas Johnson1882
William H. Blake1882Lewis Paynter1882
F.B.F. Miller1882David Stevenson1882
Levi Garrett1882Lewis T. Grubb1882
Joseph C. File1882Dennis J. Menton1882
Alfred S. Denny1882John M. Newell1882
Amos A.E. stburn1882W.H. Quinn1882
James McKenna1883Robert H. Taylor1883
William H. Blake1883George Abele1883
Martin Farrel1883Henry F. Pickels1883
Edwin C. Moore1883Samuel Speakman1883
Joshua S. Stitzenberg1883James Lynn1883
James Murray1883John M. Newell1883
David R. Smith1883William G. Baugh1884
Thomas B. Brison1884Merris Taylor1884
Martin Farrell1884B.F. Miller1884
Samuel H. Baynard1884Thomas H. Latimer1884
Lewis T. Grubb1884D.R. Smith1884
Dennis J. Menton1884Alfred S. Denny1884
James McKenna1885Robert H. Taylor1885
William H. Blake1885George Abele1885
Thomas Mitchell1885Edwin C. Moore1885
John W. Hawkins1885Francis T. Barney1885
George T. Barohill1885James Murray1885
John M. Newell1885Preston Ayers1886
Thomas B. Brison1886Merris Taylor1886
Isaac Dillin1886F.B.F. Miller1886
S.H. Baynard1886Samuel Chambers1886
William B. Norton1886Daniel A. Forrest1886
Owen J. Hession1886Francis T. Sawdon1886

The City Council, since the addition of the Twelfth Ward, is composed of
twenty-four members, twelve of whom are elected annually. The following
is the entire membership for 1887:
William G. Baugh.John W. Hawkins.Preston Ayars.
Samuel Chambers.William H. Quinn.William McMenamin.
John McVey.Aaron S. Beale.Daniel McKenney.
Daniel A. Forrest.Merris Taylor.M.J. Sharkey.
James F. McGonigal.Charles A. RyanIsaac Dillin.
John White.Lewis A. Bower.Francis T. Sawdon.
F.B.F. Miller.Owen J. HessionEdwin C. Moore.
James F. McBride.Samuel H. Baynard.

The following has been the population of Wilmington at the dates given:
1739610
17902,335
18003,241
18104,416
18205,268
18306,628
18408,452
184510,639
184712,532
185013,979
186021,258
187030,841
188042,499
188856,188



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