{ Isaac Shepherd, _Commissioners of Highways_ { Asel Marvin, { William Angel. _Overseers of the poor_ { George W. Smith, { Samuel Carpenter. _Collector_, Hiram Shepherd. { Hiram Shepherd, _Constables_ { David Sullivan, { Emanuel Northrup, { Robert S. Cook. { Obadiah Gifford, _Commissioners of schools_ { Peter Dietz, { Joseph Walling. { Samuel H. Case, _Inspectors of schools_ { Washington Throop, { Amos Cook. _Sealer of weights and measures_, Eliakim R. Ford. { Beers Peet, _Pound-masters_ { Joseph Walling, { William Dietz, { Elisha Shepherd." In 1835, five years after the organization of the town, the whole tax-paying population of Oneonta was 261. The grand total tax-levy of the town was $781.48. The amount of public school money raised by the town was $100.45. William Angel was supervisor and David Sullivan collector for that year.[A] [Footnote A: No historical sketch of Oneonta would be regarded complete that failed to mention another name which no one can recall without a feeling of good-will. Dr. David T. Evans was born in Washington county, in 1789 and settled here in 1829. He first began business as a tailor, but afterwards became a well-known and successful farrier. He was a famous story-teller and everybody gave a respectful hearing to the Doctor's tales regarding the strange characters he had known or heard of. At least two generations of boys have grown up and gone out from the village who have listened to his stories. Wherever those boys are now--scattered far and wide--they recall no scenes or events of their springtime without a remembrance of Dr. Evans and his tales, none of which were wanting in pith or amusement.] In 1840, a newspaper was established here which was thereafter conducted by Wm. J. Knapp for about two years when, owing to poor health, Mr. Knapp was compelled to discontinue its publication. It was the "Oneonta Weekly Journal." The growth of the village of Oneonta from 1840 to 1850 must have been very slow. The building of a house in those days was an act of no little importance. For ten years there were but few dwellings erected, and those few were of a cheap and inferior class. The population hardly kept pace with the building. The young went west, and the number of families that moved out was about equal to the number that moved in.