William Caffrey

 

William Caffrey takes ownership of Lincoln County leader Jan 20, 1883

 

Civil War Veteran – Union

Died at the age of 62 yrs. 5 months, 6 days of dropsy

Major. 1831-1893. Editor of Lincoln County Leader since 1883. Born Canada June 28. 1831. From the Old Abe Eagle

 

BIRTH Canada
DEATH 4 Dec 1893 (aged 62)
BURIAL
Cedarvale Cemetery

White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
PLOT Row R – Southside

 

STERLING NEWSPAPERS
1854-1857
Times – Dec. 12, 1854, Charles Boynton, editor. First paper in Sterling.
1856 Sterling Republican – July 1856, Wm Caffrey prop/editor
1857
Republican and Gazette – proprietors of the Republican & the Gazette united the two papers under the name of Republican and Gazette. Mr. Grattan sold his interest to Walter Nimocks, firm became Caffrey & Nimocks. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Caffrey became sole proprietor. The name of Republican was dropped.
1857-8 Sterling Gazette – Caffrey sole prop. 1861, Mr. Caffrey sold to C.M. Worthington & Co., Mr. Worthington soon becoming sole proprietor.

Republican And Gazette
OCLC#: 8821267
Published Weekly From 1858 To 1861 In Sterling, Ill. : Caffrey & Grattan, 1858-1861.
Published as: Sterling Republican and gazette, Dec. 29, 1860.

     Microfilm held by: University of Virginia

          Related Titles:
          Continues Sterling Republican (Sterling, Ill.)
          Continued by Sterling Republican gazette

Below taken from: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/sterling.html

HISTORY of STERLING TOWNSHIP

Sterling was organized as a city under a special charter granted by the Assembly of the State, and approved February 16, 1857. The first election undere the charter was held in April of that year, and resulted in the choice of Lorenzo Hapgood for Mayor; John Pettigrew and David H. Myers, as aldermen for the First Ward; Henry Bush and D. R. Beck, for the Second Ward and James Galt and B. G. Wheeler, for the Third Ward. The City Council met for organization at Boynton’s Hall, on the evening of April 23 1857, William Caffrey was appointed Clerk pro tem, after which Mayor Hapgood delivered his inaugural address. Some preliminary business was transacted, and the Council adjourned to meet at the same place on the evening of April 25th. At that meeting L. King Hawthorne was elected City Clerk; Edward N. Kirk City Attorney; and Winfield S. Wilkinson, City Surveyor. Mayor Hapgood appointed the following committees: On Finance, Ald, Galt, Beck, and Pettigrew; On Claims, Ald. Beck, Wheeler, and Myers; On Judiciary, Ald, Bush, and Pettigrew; On Printing, Ald. Myers, Galt, and Beck; On Streets and Alleys, Ald. Pettigrew, Bush, and Galt; On Ordinances, Ald. Bush, Galt, and Pettigrew. The first ordinance was passed by the Council, and approved by the Mayor, May 2, 1857, and related to the duties and salary of the City Surveyor. The second, relating to shows and exhibitions, was also passed and approved at the same meeting. Something of a contest arose over the selection of an official newspaper organ, there being two newspapers published in the city at the time, known as the Sterling Times, and the Republican. To ascertain which one was entitled to the honor, the Committee on Printing required both to furnish sworn lists of their subscribers, and when these verified lists were handed in, it was found that the Times had 187 subscribers, and the Republican 186, the former therefore winning the prize by a single name. This did not satisfy Mr. Caffrey, publisher of the Republican and at the next meeting of the Council he sent in a petition asking for a reconsideration of the vote which gave his rival the coveted honor of calling his paper the official organ. A special committee consisting of Ald. Bush, Pettigrew, and Galt was appointed to consider the matter, but before they reported a compromise was effected by which each paper agreed to publish the proceedings of the Council gratis, and charge the same rates for publishing ordinances and notices as had been before charged by the Republican. Ald. Myers resigned his seat in June, 1857, and on the 30th of that month a special election was held, at which Asa F. R. Emmons was chosen to fill the vacancy. Sterling Aldermen were fined at that day, one dollar and costs, for every time they were absent from a meeting of the Board. At the meeting of the Council held on the 6th of August, 1857 Hezekiah Windom, and two hundred and forty-five other residents of the Second Ward, presented a petition praying the Council not to grant any license for the sale of spirituous liquors in that Ward. The petition was referred to a special committee who reported on the 13th of the same month, adversely to the prayer it contained. The report stated that some eleven weeks previous to the presentation of the petition, the City Council had adopted the policy of refusing to grant license for the sale of liquor in any part of the city, and passed an ordinance strictly forbidding its sale within the city limits, but that no effort had been made to enforce the ordinance, and in consequence parties sold openly in each Ward. Under such a state of affairs the Council had thought it best to repeal the prohibitory ordinance, and license a limited number of houses to sell spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors, in the respective Wards. The Committee did not, therefore, deem it policy to discriminate as to license in favor of any Ward. The report was adopted by the Council. This was the first attempt on the part of any of the citizens of Sterling, as such simply, to secure the intediction of the sale of intoxicating liquors in any part of the city limits. The principle, however, had taken root, and finally triumphed. The charter was amended by an act of the General Assembly in 1869, and the city has been working under the amended charter since that time. Under this charter the corporate limits of the city are described to be all that district embraced in the platted town of Sterling, including the several additions thereto, as now platted and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Whiteside county; also all that part of the Southwest quarter of section twentytwo, in said town, which lies north of Rock river, and all that part of the said town of Sterling lying between the said platted town and the central line of Rock river and bounded on the east by the section line running between sections twenty two and twenty-three, in said town, and on the west by the line of G street, in Wallace’s addition to the said city of Sterling, extended southerly to the middle of Rock river.” Section three provides that whenever any tract of land adjoining the city shall be laid off into town lots, and duly recorded, the same shall be annexed and form a part of the city. Section four divides the city into Wards as follows: “All that part of the city lying east of the center line of Broadway, extending to the north and south boundaries of the city, to constitute the First Ward; all that part lying west of First Ward and east of the center line of Locust street, extending to the north and south boundaries of the city, to constitute the Second Ward; and all that part of the city lying west of the center line to Locust street to constitute the Third Ward.” The Mayor or any two Aldermen may call special meetings of the city Council. City elections are held on the first Monday in March, in each year.

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Lincoln County Ownership

 

Type Grantee Rec Book Page #   Grantor Instrument Description Doc#
QCD CAFFREY WILLIAM 1 D 297 1   LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER NEWSPAPER 18830406 ALL PRINTING EQUIPMENT 188310297
    1         TOMLINSON JAMES A     188310297
WD CAFFREY WILLIAM 1 D 345 2   TOMLINSON JAMES A 18830428   188310345
  Track Unit Block 9 Lot 7 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188310345
WD CAFFREY WILLIAM 1 N 422 2     18910116   189110422
    1         BONNELL VIOLA J     189110422

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