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Transcribed
by
Ann Selvig, from:
Allerton, Iowa Centennial,
INCORPORATION
Proceedings were
begun at the August term of the Circuit Court.
The court appointed C. R. Wright, J. P.
Hartman, Peter Martin, I. H.
Meekins, and W. H. H. Rogers commissioners, to
hold an election to decide for
or against incorporation. The
election
was held Oct. 1, and resulted in forty-nine
votes for incorporation and three
against.
“To the
Honorable, the Circuit Court of the State of
Iowa in and for Wayne County:
“In conformity
to Chapter Ten, of Title Nine, of the Code of
Iowa, we, the undersigned, being
qualified resident electors of the territory to
be embraced, do respectfully
petition the court that the town of Allerton
situated on and including the east
one-half of the northeast quarter of section
number ten (10), and the west
one-half of the northwest quarter of section
eleven (11); the first addition to
the town of Allerton, situated on the southeast
quarter of the southeast
quarter, and east half of the southwest quarter
of the southeast quarter of
section 3, and east half of west half of
northeast quarter of section 10; the
second addition, situated on southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter and
west half of southeast quarter of southwest
quarter of section 2; the west
one-half of the east one-half of the northwest
quarter of section 11 all in
Warren Township (68) sixty-eight, range
twenty-two (22) west of the fifth
principal meridian, in the county of Wayne and
State of Iowa, as will more
fully appear by referring to the town plat
hereto annexed, marked Exhibit “A”,
and made part of this petition, be incorporated
and known by the name of
Allerton.
“Said town is
not embraced in the limits of any incorporated
town or city, and contains 394
inhabitants by actual enumeration, taken on the
23rd day of July,
A.D. 1874, by John L. McKamy, the correctness of
which is subscribed and sworn
to by him and marked “B”, annexed to and made
part of this petition.”
A town election
was held and the first Town Council meeting was
held Nov. 7, 1874, J. P.
Hartman, Mayor, R. K. Hay, Treasurer; J. D.
Coddington, Street Commissioner;
and W. H. H. Rogers, Recorder and Assessor for
the Town of Allerton.
The first
attorney was John L. McKamy. The
first
physician, H. U. Nichols.
In 1874, a band
was organized under the leadership of R. J.
Hartman. Earnest
Wilson of Lineville was the next
director with Will Goughnour and O. G. Puckett
following.
Mr. Puckett directed the band 14 years
and
Mr. Goughnour 30 years.
The first
newspaper in Allerton was published in 1872, C.
F. LeCompte was the
editor. In
1875 a second news office
opened with H. M. Belvel as editor.
The
Organizations of 1874 were: Allerton
Lodge
No. 80, G. T. 1; Advance Lodge No. 372, A. F.
& A. M.; Allerton Lodge
No. 310 I.O.O.F. and David Harding Post No. 28,
G.A.R. There
was also a strong Anti-Horse Thief
Assoc. and a volunteer Fire Department.
Churches were
soon being organized. The
Disciples
Church (Christian Church) was organized in 1867
with Elder Levi Fleming. Methodist
Episcopal Church organized in 1874
with Rev. G. W. Patterson. Old
School
Presbyterian organized in 1875 with Rev. D. R.
Hindman and the United Presbyterian
Church organized in 1876 with Rev. Leonard
Proudfit. The
Baptist Church was organized in 1876 with
Rev. Wm. Sturgeon.
The Nazarene Church
wasn’t organized until 1919 with Rev. Will
McFarland as pastor. |