SAMPLE BALLOT
To be voted at the Annual Election for Township Officers in the Town of Sheldon, April 3d, 1900.
| REPUBLICAN For Supervisor, 176 – R. B. MYERS For Town Clerk, 246 – A. F. MOORE For Assessor 259 – JOHN E. MORRIS For Collector 277 – WM. WEDGBURY For Commissioner of Highways 228 – JOHN EWEN For School Trustee 244 – J. R. RUSSELL | DEMOCRAT For Supervisor, 288 – A. GILMORE For Town Clerk, 216 – J. R. STRICKLER For Assessor, 201 – H. V. CROSSLAND For Collector, 184 – DAN’L FINLAYSON For Commissioner of Highways, 232 – DAN’L SCHLOTMAN For School Trustee, 216 – CHAS. FLEMING |
Notes
The numbers written on the ballot are total votes and difference in votes.
Here’s a little more information on the candidates, including their 1900 occupations
- Crossland, Hiram Venton (1848-1917) – Farmer
- Ewen, John (1863-1938) – Farmer
- Finlayson, Daniel – Unable to find information on him
- Fleming, Charles (1865-1939) – Farmer
- Gilmore, Albert P. (1857-1907) – Farmer
- Moore, Aaron Foreman (1842-1921) – Clerk
- Morris, John E. (1848-1917) – Day Laborer
- Myers, Reverdy B. (1848-1913) – Shoe Store Salesman
- Russell, James R. (1835-1919) – No 1900 occupation listed
- Schlotman, Daniel Franklin ‘D.F.’ (1850-1908) – Farmer, my ancestor
- Strickler, Joseph Richard ‘Tuck’ (1875-1936) – Insurance Agent
- Wedgbury, William (1829-1910) – Tax Collector