Story, Amos

1771 - 1862  (90 years)

• Name	Story, Amos
  Birth	25 Apr 1771	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Political Office	Between 1857 and 1858	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  First Mayor of Appleton, Wisconsin
  Captain Amos Story was the first mayor. He was elected in April 1857 and reelected in 1858. Issues included high taxes, licensing taverns, moving the cemetery and getting more bridges across the Fox river. Anson Ballard, his son-in-law, was the opposing candidate. A new survey was made of the city and it was replatted. There were three wards and the population was 3,000.
  1860 Census	1860	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  William Johnson48 Lydia S Johnson33 Amos A Johnson14 Sarah L Johnson11 Dewitt S Johnson9 Frances S Johnson7 Lina A Johnson2 Amos Story57
  Death	13 Feb 1862
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  	Aged 67 Years 10ms, 11 ds. (Date of birth calculates to apr 2, 1794 ) Buried within the Ballard Family plot.
  		Story, Amos Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA First Mayor of Appleton
  Notes	dates could be mixed up with son? amos 1803 - 1862 his father Amos 1771??
  Person ID	I146567	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family	Tourtelotte, Sarah   d. Bef 1860
  Marriage	Bef 1828
  Children	+ 1. Story, Lydia Sophia,   b. 8 Jul 1827, , , New York, USA d. 17 Jan 1907, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 79 years) + 2. Story, Harriet,   b. 29 Mar 1833, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA d. Abt Mar 1900, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F61336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2014

  
  

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  Story, Amos bef 1840 - bef 1940