Information was obtained from the History of Oswego County, N. Y., 1789 – 1877, published by Everett & Ferriss, 1878. 

The first village officers were as follows:

President
Wm. FOSTER

Trustees
Asher S. POTTER
James CARROLL
Ebenezer KNIBLOE
Seth P. DUNCAN
Henry J. CASWELL

Clerk
Lucian J. SANDERS

Assessors
Franklin STEVENS
James W. ASPEES
Walter D. SPERRY

Treasurer
Cyrus MARBLE

Constable and Collector
David HAZEN

The village presidents have been as follows:
1857-58  Wm. FOSTER
1859  W. D. SPERRY
1860  Wm. FOSTER
1861 Seth P. DUNCAN
1862  L. J. SANDERS
1863  Chas. CATHERN
1864  Henry J. CASWELL
1865-66  Seth P. DUNCAN
1867-68  A. S. CHISHOLM
1869–70  Crawford GETMAN
1871 Wm. FOSTER
1872 Archibald CHISHOLM
1873  G. W. LANE
1874  H. J. CASWELL
1875 Wm. FOSTER, Jr.
1876 H. J. CASWELL
1877 Geo. HARDING

The village officers elected April 10, 1877, are as follows:

President
George HARDING

TRUSTEES
Charles CUMMINS
John EXTALE
E. T. EARL
Martin APP
Albert MORSE, Jr.

Clerk
Frank G. TERPENNY

Treasurer
Henry GARBER

Collector
Alfred SEAMANS

Assessors
Seth P. DUNCAN
J. E. EARL
Philip KIRNE

Police constable
Silas H. DUNN

Engineers
H. W. TRAVIS
C. C. MARBLE

The Following are present business men in the village:

Dry Goods and Groceries
A. J. & J. MORSE
Stedman & Hale
J. A. Turck
Caswell & Getman

General Merchant
Wm. Foster

The store of the Union Glass company also does a general business.

Druggists
D. F. Whyborn
F. J. Allen

Hardware Merchant
D. M. Alger

Butchers
H. Travis
John Fosdick

Harness-maker
George Harding

Jeweler
S. P. Duncan & Son

Shoe stores
S. Dunn
N. Gorman

Tailor
P. Keogh

Barber
Casper Birkle

Physicians
D. T. Whyborn
V. A. Allen

Lawyers
D. Wilder
Henry Garber

Hotel-keepers
A. Morgan, proprietor of Marble House
A. M. Wilson, proprietor of Cleveland House

Saloon-keepers
E. M. Fern
J. Housiers
Wm. H. Foster
Globe Hotel, Schuler & Knight

Photographers
Charles H. Whitney

Gristmill
James Carroll & Sons