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HomeMy WebLinkAbouttown clerk historyEnfield Town Clerk, Deputy Town Clerk and Tax Collector 1 Enfield Town Clerk 1 1821 – 1828 Samuel Rolfe 1830 – 1831 Amzi Wood 1832 William Pudy 1833, 1835 William Rudes 1834 Benjamin B. Hunter 1840 Daniel L. Starr 1849 Elihu Dennis 1853 – 1854 John T. Broas 1857 J.D. Conkle 1858 John M. Baker 1859 – 1861, 1863 John G. Wortman 1862, 1864 James Marshall 1865 Samuel D. Purdy 1866 John M. Baker 1867 Benjamin J. Horton 1868 John P. Broas 1869 Wiilliam .H. Jones 1870 – 1871 Joshua S. Miller 1872 – 1873 Theodore J.Baker 1874 – 1875 William Barber 1876 – 1878 John Russell 1879 Horace Russell 1880 – 1881, 1884 – 1885 Charles Wright 1882 – 1883 Judson Wortman 1886 Frank Barber 1887 – 1888 William V. Rumsey 1889 Frank Barber 1890 George Darragh 1891 J.M. Russell 1892 – 1893 Riley Wright 1894 William Barber 1895 Frank Barber 1896 – 1897 William V. Rumsey 1898 – 1900 Herbert Bailey 1900 – 1902 Clinton Updike 1902 Harry S. Bullard 1903 – 1906 George Herbert Nobles 1907 – 1913 William V. Rumsey 1913 – 1917 Devoe Rumsey 1918 – 1921 Clarence Fitchpatrick 1922 – 1929 John Thall 1 References: Board of Supervisors Proceedings for Tompkins County. Ithaca, New York; Board of Elections of Tompkins County; Minutes of the Town Board of Enfield; Ithaca Journal, Ithaca, NY. Copies of the Supervisors Proceedings may be found on the Tompkins County Clerk’s website and Minutes of the Town Board can be found on Enfield Town Website under Archives. Enfield Town Clerk, Deputy Town Clerk and Tax Collector 2 1930 – 1935 Herbert D. Bailey 1936 – 1951 Margaret Laughlin 1952 – 1977 Mabel Purdy 1978 – 1981 Bertha Hubbell 1982 – 1983 Patricia Podufalski 1984 – 1986 Shirley Holcomb 1987, 1988 – 1992 Jean Scofield2 1987 Joanne Lychalk 1987 Shirley Holcomb 1993 Betty Poole 1993 Jean Scofield 1994 – 2009 Alice Laue 2010 – 2019 Alice Linton 2020 Ellen Woods 2021 – Ellen Woods3, Mary Cornell4 Enfield Deputy Town Clerk 1894 Edwin F. Bailey 1894 Frank Barber 1896 Frank A. Barberr 1936 Leon Laughlin 1958 – 1977 Charles Sheffield 1979 – 1981 Kenneth Hubbell 1982 – 1983 Beverly Brown 1984 – 1986 Vivian Holcomb 1989 – 1993 Linda Stillwell 1994 Bertha Hubbell 1994 Michelle Humphries 1995 Michelle Townley 1996 – 1997 Michelle Humphries5 1998 - 2000 Dianne McFall 2001 – 2002 N. Patricia Dougherty 2003 Dianne McFall 2004 – 2010 N. Patricia Dougherty6 2010 – 2019 Sue Thompson 2020 - Patricia Speno 2021 – Patricia Speno7, Mary Cornell8, Laura Cornell9, Alice Linton10 2 Three Town Clerks in a two month period 1987. Shirley Holcomb resigns May. Joanne Lychalk apointed June 3rd resigns in June. Jean Scofield appointed July 1st. 3 Ellen Woods Town Clerk resigns March 10, 2021. 4 Mary Cornell appointed March 14, 2021 to fill Town Clerk vacancy. 5 Resigned September 1997 as Deputy Town Clerk 6 Resigned August 2011, Sue Thompson appointed August 2011. 7 Patrica Speno resigns March 2021 as Deputy Town Clerk. 8 Mary Cornell appointed as Second Deputy Town Clerk February 10, 2021. 9 Laura Norman appointed as Deputy Town Clerk, April 2, 2021 10 Alice Linton appointed as Second Deputy Town Clerk, April 2, 2021. Enfield Town Clerk, Deputy Town Clerk and Tax Collector 3 Enfield Tax Collector 1891 Michael Norton Jr. 1894 John Johnson 1896 Fred Jackson 1897 Charles F. Teeter 1899 Fred L. Aiken 1907 Frank VanMarter, Frank Bagley, Julius Hollister, James P. Goff 1907 Septa J. Babcock 1909 Irwin Potter 1911 Hugh Curry 1915 Thomas Brown 1915 David Fisher 1919 Olin King 1932 – 1935 Harry Willis 1936 – 1939 Neva Laue 1940 – 1943 Hilda Hubbell 1944 – 1947 Roy Linton 1948 Lestor Johnson 1948 Sarah Johnson 1949 – 1951 Emily Warren 1952 - 1972 Edna Palmer 1973 Beverly Brown, Deputy Tax Collector 1973 Edna Palmer 1974 Warena Ramsey, Deputy Tax Collector 1974 Edna Palmer 1975 Ruth VanOrder, Deputy Tax Collector 1975 Edna Palmer 1976 Ruth VanOrder, Deputy Tax Collector 1976 Edna Palmer 1977 Irene Hubbell, Deputy Tax Collector 1977 Edna Palmer11 11 March 1977 Town Board Resolution to combine Town Clerk and Tax Collector positions starting January 1, 1978.