”FIRST TOWN ELECTION, OFFICERS, VALUATION, ETC.

In pursuance of the above act, the first corporation election was held April 5, 1834, which resulted in the election of Joseph S. Rathburn as Mayor; Isaac Putman, Recorder; Ebenezer Owen, J. H. Spain, William Neal, David L. Tullis and Isaiah R. Ware, Trustees.”

Reference Data:

The History of Champaign County, Ohio, by John W. Odgen, 1881, page 601