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The Heavy Tax Payers 1881From the Jersey County Democrat, July 21, 1881
The following is a list of persons in Jersey county who pay taxes on personal property to the amount of $1,000 and upwards assessed valuation:
Jersey Township
Hugh N. CROSS – $17,305
BOWMAN & WARE – $6,455
John N. ENGLISH – $6,330
J. L. TERRELL – $6,175
C. B. FISHER – $5,330
B. C. VANDERVOORT – $4,395
Robert NEWTON – $4,135
LIPE & HOLMES – $4,035
BEARDSLEE & STELLE – $4,025
TREPP & HALL – $4,000
Geo. H. JACKSON, guardian – $4,000
J. A. & J. C. BARR – $3,970
George EGELHOFF – $3,800
A. W. CROSS – $3,330
Joshua NEELEY – $3,250
P. D. CHENEY – $3,200
Robert LATHAM – $3,000
Mrs. Ann M. SHPHARD – $2,935
Mrs. Clara M. TOLMAN – $2,890
W. C STRYKER – $2,850
J. T. GRIMES – $2,710
L. F. HANKISON – $2,660
Wm. FLETCHER – $2,510
F. BERTMAN, Sr. – $2,340
Charles CATT – $2,338
J. O. HAMILTON – $2,325
J. S. DANIELS – $2,275
E. A. HAMILTON – $2,225
J. M. BACON – $2,170
W. H. FULKERSON – $2,130
A. H. RUE & Co. – $2,100
SMITH & WARREN – $2,050
Wm. KIRBY – $2,050
A. H. BARRETT & Co. – $2,035
Henry MARTINA – $2,000
John A. SHEPHARD, guardian – $2,000
John I. WHITE – $1,990
O. P. POWEL – $1,925
John W. DAVIS – $1,911
Jane B. PITMAN – $1,910
H. C. MASSEY – $1,900
George W. WARE – $1,900
E. H. SHORT – $1,710
John C. TACK – $1,600
E. COCKRELL & Bro – $1,555
Jacob WAGGONER – $1,555
HALL & NEVIUS – $1,500
C. W. ENOS – $1,450
John C. DARBY – $1,400
Wm. KEITH – $1,365
F. X. SCHATTGEN – $1,355
Wallace LEIGH – $1,310
J. E. COOPER – $1,300
Nicholas WALLACE – $1,275
A. W. CHRISTY – $1,270
YOUNG & SULLARD – $1,235
R. C. GLEDHILL – $1,225
W. H. HAUGHTLIN – $1,220
Charles M. BOYLE – $1.190
Theo. F. REMER – $1,190
John M. SMITH – $1,185
John E. BOYNTON – $1,160
Julia B. DUNSDON – $1,160
D. G. & H. N. WYCKOFF – $1,150
T. J. McREYNOLDS – $1,145
L. D. & J. E. CORY – $1,140
Robert WHITEHEAD – $1,125
Jacob HESTER – $1,115
H. E. HAYES – $1,115
John JENNINGS – $1,100
George H. SCHROEDER – $1,100
MARSTON & HALLIDAY – $1,090
Tissier CRAY – $1.090
EDGAR & Co. – $1,085
Geo. W. ELY – $1,070
Jas. M. CONKLIN – $1,050
Mrs. Ella HAYNES – $1,032
W. P. WILLIAMS – $1,030
English Township
Elizabeth RITCH – $3,026
L. T. ENGLISH – $2,979
Margaret J. CRAIN – $2,672
Stephen FUNKY – $2,600
Oscar LANDON – $2,200
E. C. JEWSBURRY – $2,020
Bridget POWER – $1,775
J. H. KIRBY – $1,520
James RUSK – $1,468
R. D. POWELL – $1,380
John H. BELT – $1,201
J. L. POST – $1,172
John A. CAMPBELL – $1,140
Thomas ERWIN – $1,078
Edwin COLEAN – $1.075
James S. ROWDEN – $1,067
A. C. HOUSEMAN – $1,042
Otter Creek Township
B. F. WAGGONER – $10,399
John G. DOUGHERTY – $6,832
W. D. CURTIS – $3,122
Marion McDOW – $2,913
Wm. McADAMS, Sr. – $2,725
WAGGONER BROS – $1,975
J. K. CADWALADER – $1,933
Caleb NOBLE – $1,812
Noah T. RODGERS – $1,637
Charles McDANIEL – $1,628
John W. SISSON – $1,581
Silas W. ROGERS – $1,207
Andrew SPANGLE – $1,155
Henry L. GIERS – $1,000
Fidelity Township
James MOORE – $6,723
D. P. PRITCHETT – $4.175
Henry CHRISTOPHER – $1,418
Peter R. PARSELL – $1,342
Wm. BIRKAMEYER – $1,308
Benjamin FOSTER – $1.302
Henry TURNER – $1,301
Silas BATES – $1,178
Richwood Township
C. C. BUZBY – $5,174
Jacob REDDISH – $4,163
Zeddock REDDISH – $3,266
W. PARK & Sons – $2,700
GOETTEN & WEIGHARD – $1,500
Henry WEIGHARD – $1,312
Jas. H BELT (in two townships) – $1,275
T. J. CAMPBELL – $1,235
W. J. NELSON – $1,072
Wesley PARK – $1,054
Piasa Township
Dixon MUNDLE – $1,633
William CHAPPELL – $1,573
J. N. LURTON – $1,500
Illinois Township
Thomas WEDDING – $1,609
William G. THOMPSON – $1,038
Elsah Township
Enos T. DORAN – $1,930
Christian LOEHR – $1,557
Elizabeth LOCKE – $1,541
J. E. S. SCOTT – $1,165
J. M. GIBERSON – $1,050
Michael KEEGAN – $1,040
Quarry Township
MEYSENBURG & STAFFORD – $2,000
J. M. & H. C. ALLEN – $1,600
W. S. BRINTON – $1,087
M. E. LUND – $1,074
Ruyle Township
Charles SANDERS – $4,720
Mrs. Wm. PALMER – $4,000
J. W. BARNES – $3,818
William L. RUYLE – $3,319
Lewis ELLIOTT – $2,295
Henry RYAN – $2,295
G. D. TWITCHELL – $2,072
John C. DANNEL – $1,906
John V. ROADS – $1,743
Elias PALMER – $1,084
Amos L. RUYLE – $1,061
Richardson RYAN – $1,012
Lydia TWITCHELL – $1,000
Mississippi Township
John C. CUMMINGS – $5,336
Mrs. Sarah WYCKHOFF – $4,000
M. C. STELLE – $3,380
Henry ROSS & Son – $2,430
Lewis RANDOLPH – $2,185
Mrs. N. GARDNER – $2,084
Spencer WYCKOFF – $1,305
Mrs. N. HASELTON – $1,200
George W. REED – $1,128
John A. CORY – $1,222
Ephraim CHAPPELL – $1,008
Note: there may be typos in this transcription.
Judy Griffin
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