West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 103 by Charlie Miller
West Jefferson Mayors 1884-1900
1876-1877- Thomas McDonald 1878-1879 – Eugene Fellows 1880 – James J. Booth
1881 – Wallace Lewis 1882 – Albert D. Burnham 1883 – 1885 Wm. H. Stutson
1886 – 1889 – Wm. H. Culp 1890 – 1893 -James J. Booth 1894 – 1897- Lot D. Hull
1898 -1899 – John Gregg 1900 – William H. Stutson
____May 17, 1906 – Dr. H. S. Quinn dies. Dr. A. F. Green rents Dr. Quinn’s office in June. (Dr. Homer Summerville Quinn was born at Fallsville, Ohio, on February 28, 1839, the son of Rev. Dr. Isaac Quinn, a pastor and medical doctor. Dr. Quinn settled in West Jefferson in 1862 and started his practice. On April 27, 1870, he married Bettie Putnam, sister of future mayor Horace Putnam. His home and office still stands on the corner of W. Main St. and N. West St. part of the old Parson’s Building.)
Dr. H. S. Quinn
____July 20, 1906 – George Carter of the National Pike says the party who left a lunch and bottle of XX pale in front of his mailbox the night of the 14th is very kind indeed. George says that he pays for what he gets and wished the party not to repeat it and he can have same back if called for!
____ September 4, 1906 – From The Madison County Democrat: The boys of ‘61 are the white-bearded vets of today. Each year finds their numbers sadly diminished and the sounding of the final reveille for the last survivor cannot be far away. Now and then, the present is forgotten, and war echoes.