This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: NMancuso1108 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.nebraska.counties.douglas/4758.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The first trustees of the town were P. W. Birkhauser, H. Price, J. Van Dervoort, and Anson Rising. The first Mayor, S. H. Roberts. After passing through the bitter controversy of the location of the county seat, Salem, in 1871, was made a city, the action taking effect on March 1 under the mayoralty of O. W. Dunning. During the continuance of its existence as a city the following gentlemen held the Mayor's office. S. H. Bayne, O. W. Dunning, W. Abby, D. W. Scott, G. W. Pampel, and Dr. J. R. Brooke. By the act of 1879 which established more definite laws in relation to cities Salem was forced to return to the village form of government which has ever since continued. The present trustees of the town are O. W. Dunning, W. W. Spurlock, M. Malone, Dr. C. C. Kenney. The first postmaster of Salem was J. C. Lincoln, a distant relative of President Lincoln and said to bear a strong likeness to the martyred victim of Booth's bullet. He was followed by John W. Holt, who resigned the office to D. A. Tisdel, on the first of March, 1869. The office has been continuously held since that time by Mr. Tisdel. The business of the office was first transacted in the store of Lincoln, removing from thence to the log part of the store now used by Dr. Clarke, in March, 1869. Subsequently it was where the bakery now stands, then again in Clarke's building, in the hardware store on the corner, on the opposite corner and finally in the building where it is now located. Nancy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.