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The following is an official list of the county officers, as nearly perfect as it is possible to compile it. Some of the early records are missing, so that it was impossible for Mr. Carroll, the County Auditor, to make it entirely full and complete:
Senators—J. J. Matthews, 1855; J. W. Cattell, 1856-58; J. M. Kent, 1859-63; Henry Wharton, 1864-67; W. P. Wolf, 1868-71; J. C. Chambers, 1872-75; H. C. Carr, 1876-78.
Representatives—Amos Witter, 1852-53; A. D. Graham, 1854-55; Ed. Wright, 1856-57; Ed. Wright and Wm. Lundy, 1858-59; Ed. Wright, 1860-61; J. H. Rothrock and H. C. Loomis, 1862-3; J. W. Stanton and W. P. Wolf, 1864-65; Ed. Wright, 1866; C. P. Sheldon, 1867; W. S. Chase and C. P. Sheldon, 1868-69; J. Q. Tufts and J. W. Beatty, 1870-73; J. Q. Tufts and Henry Wharton, 1874-75; R. G. Scott and Alex. Moffett, 1876-77; Elwood Macy, 1878.
County Judges*--S. A. Bissell, 1852-55; Wells Spicer, 1856-57; Geo. Smith, 1858-59; W. P. Cowan, 1860-61; J. C. Betts, 1862-68.
Auditor—The office of Auditor was created under the law abolishing the office of County Judge. The same law provided that the County Judges should serve as County Auditor until the first regular election next succeeding, and J. C. Betts being County Judge became County …
*Office of County Judge discontinued; office of Auditor created, 1868.
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. . . Auditor, and served until January 1, 1869. In October, 1871, E. M. Brink, was elected to succeed Betts, and served until January, 1874. October, 1873, Moreau Carroll was elected as Brink’s successor, and re-elected in 1875 and again in 1877.
Clerks—Wm. K. Whittelsey, ____; Jno. P. Cook, 1841; Patterson Fleming, 1842, resigned Aug. 14, 1844; John Culbertson, 1844-47; James H. Leech, Jan. 1, 1848 to Sept. 1848; Saml. D. McCauley, 1848-49; Jos. K. Snyder, 1850-51; J. W. Cattell, 1852-55; S. W. Young, 1856-58; Saml. Stafford, 1859; Alonzo Shaw, 1860-64; Sylvanus Yates, 1865-68; Wm. Elliott, 1869-72; W. H. Van Ness, 1874-76; T. C. Prescott, 1877-78.
Treasurers—Wm. K. Whittelsey, 1848-49; J. C. Betts, 1850-55; H. C. Piatt, 1856-59; Saml. Wampler, 1860-61; G. P. Ingman, 1862-67; E. H. Pound, 1868-71; T. C. McClelland, 1872-73; Saml. Wampler, 1874-77; Geo. Huber, 1878.
Recorders—Wm. K. Whittelsey, 1848-49; J. C. Betts, 1850-55; H. C. Piatt, 1856-59; Saml. Wampler, 1860-61; G. P. Ingman, 1862-64; J. C. Betts, 1865-66; Jesse James, 1867-72; C. W. Hawley, 1873-78.
Sheriffs—Geo. McCoy, (____); Patterson Flemming, 1844-47; Jas. H. Robinson, 1848-49; Charles Sweatland, 1850-55; J. H. Birely, 1854-57; George Huber, 1858-59; J. L. Bradshaw, 1860-61; David Platner, 1862-65; J. D. Shearer, 1866-75; A. B. Maynard, 1876-78.
Supt. of Schools—Joshua Maynard, 1858-59; Jas. McClung, 1860-61; W. P. Wolf, 1862-63; C. A. Pound, 1864-67; E. L. Bassett, 1868-69; A. B. Oakley, 1870; C. W. Rollins, 1871-75; Eunice E. Frink, 1876-78.
Surveyors—A. Shaw, 1849; Saml. Dewell, 1850-55; Geo. Whister, 1856-57; M. G. Miller, 1858-61; L. D. Durbin, 1862; Jas. McClung, 1863-65; F. A. Gates, 1866-67; M. G. Miller, 1868-73; F. A. Gates, 1874-75; M. G. Miller, 1876; S. Y. Yates, 1877; John Buck, 1878.
Coroners—Andrew Ford, 1854-55; Jacob Shawver, 1856-57; C. A. Pound, 1858-59; A. Parsons, 1860-61; Noah Green, 1862-63; G. W. Smith, 1865-65; T. James, 1866-67; W. H. Hammond, 1868-69; A. Parsons, 1870-71; B. Wilhelm, 1872-75; L. L. Sweet, 1876-78.
Chairmen Board of Supervisors (created in 1861)-C. P. Sheldon, 1861-62; Henry Wharton, 1863; C. P. Sheldon, 1864-66; Jno. Leith, 1867-68; J. P. Ferguson, 1869-70; S. W. Young, 1871; H. C. Gill, 1872-73; Alex. Moffit, 1874; H. G. Coe, 1875; O. H. Helmer, 1876; N. E. Smith, 1877; D. T. Hedges, 1878.
Drainage Commissioners—R. Gower 1860-67. (Drainage Commissioners discontinued in 1867.)
County Assessors—C. Sweatland, 1850-53; Saml. Hanlin, 1857.
School Fund Commissioners-Wm. Mason, 1847-49; P. J. Friend, 1850; Wm. Morton, 1851-53; J. K. Snyder, 1854-58. (School Fund Commissioner discontinued in 1858.)
