LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA

EARLY LOUISA COUNTY OFFICALS
(from the History of Louisa County and other sources)

Assessor (County)
1837 - I. H. Rinearson
1838 - S. S. Gourley
1839 - Daniel Brewer
1840 - Reuben S. Searle (died in office)
1840 - J. W. Isett
1840 - Levi Thornton
1841 - J. S. Rinearson
1841-1843 - W. H. R.Thomas
1927-1931 - C. W. Johansmeier
1954- Allen James
 
Attorney
1954 - Ed A. Hicklin
1977 - Jay Schweitzer
 
Auditor
1869-1874 - William G. Allen
1875-1883 - James B. Gibboney (died 1883)
1883-1889 - R. E. Archibald
1890-1898 - James S. Kelly
1899-1904 - C. J. Ives
1905 - H.W. Baker
1949 - E.W. Fullerton
1954 - E.W. Fullerton
1975-199? - Kay Skipton
 
Clerk of Court
1837-1847 - Zadok C. Inghram
1847-1850 – James McKay
1850-1852 - Jacon Mintun
1852-1856 - Lewis Kinsey
1856-1871- John Hale
1871-1882 - John Huff
1883-1889 - G.W. Thomas
1889-1895 - H. M. Holler
1895-1903 - Ed Hicklin
1950-1954 - Oscar C.Davis
 
Coroner
1837-1839 - Isaac Parsons
1840 - P.B. Harrison
1841-1842 - Isaac Parsons
1843 - William Milligan
1845-1846 - James B. Milligan
1847-1850 - Benjamin Robinson
1851-1852 - Charles F. Morris
1853-1857 - T. M. Parsons
1858-1859 - John Studdard
1860-1861 - T. R. Ellis
1862-1863 - William Butler
1863-1864 - James C. Sterlin
1864-1865 - Joseph Martin
1866-1867 - James Semple
1868-73 - George Presbury
1874-75 - John C. Duncan
1876-83 - Frank Tustison
1884-91 - M. W. Lilly
1894-97 - John F. Saunders
1898-1901- G. W. Younkin
1902-1910- C. P. Wagner
1954 -Dr. J. W. Pence
1955 - Victor Stacey
 
Justices of the Peace
- Isaac Rinearson, William Milligan, Christopher Shuck, William L. Toole, appointed by the governor Dec. 8, 1836
- James Hall, Zadok C. Inghram, John Ronalds, William Kennedy, and Isaac Parsons were appointed Jan. 15, 1838.
- William Milligan, John Gilliland, John Ronalds, Jacob Minton, Maximillian Eastwoods, Isaac Parsons, Samuel Woodside, Truman S. Clark, Joseph Crane, George Humphrey, William Fowler, Thomas Stoddard, Hiram Smith, and Christopher Shuck were appointed Jan. 18, 1839.
 
County Judge
1851 - Wright Williams (died 1854)
1854-1856 - Francis Springer
1857-1859 - Joseph L. Derbin
1862-1865 - Lewis W. Vale
1866 - S. E. Jones
1866-1868 - William G. Allen
 
Probate Judge
1838 - R. S. Searle
1840-1841 - Henry Rockefeller
1841-1849 - George L. Coe
1849-1850 - G. W. McCleary
1850-1851- Merit Jamison.
 
Sheriff
Samuel Smith was the first county sheriff. He was appointed by the governor Dec.8, 1836 and took office Feb. 18, 1837.
1837 - Martin Harless
1839-1840 - C. M. McDonald
1842 -William H. R. Thomas
1845 - C.M. McDaniel
1847 -William H. R. Thomas
1849 -Samuel Smith
1851 -Samuel K. Helmick
1853-1860 - A. M. Taylor
1862 – Henry McClurkin
1866 - E. B. Lacey
1870 – John L .Grubb
I876 - Albert Ellis
1882 – John C. Smith
1888 – Isaac Black
1894-1900 - William Deford
1900 - W. C. Saunders
1907 – Jacob C. Smith
1913 - J. M. Guthrie
1917 - R. S. McDaniel
1921 - F. T. Schwob
1925 - George W. Oakes
1952 - Robert R. Lewis
1960 - Ralph McDowell
1973-July 1976 - Robert Wilke
July-November1976 - Ron Gardiner appointed after Wilke's resignation
1976-1988 - Billy Don Havenhill
1988-1990 - Ron Gardiner
1990-2001- Herb Eutsler
2001-present- Curt Braby
 
Supervisors (1838-1860 the title was Commissioner)
1837 - Jeremiah Smith, William Milligan, John Ronalds. William Kennedy was the clerk.
1838 - William L. Tool, William Milligan, P.B. Harrison. William H. R. Thomas, clerk.
1839 - William Milligan, Wright Williams, Israel L. Clark, Robert Childers. John Gilliland filled clerk vacancy
1840 - John Deihl, William Milligan, Wright Williams, Robert Childers. J. S. Rinearson, clerk.
1841 -Wright Williams, Robert Childers, John Deihl
1842 - Wright Williams, John Deihl, Robert Childers, Spencer Wilson, Daniel Brewer, clerk pro tem.
1843 - Wright Williams, Spencer Wilson, John Deihl
1844 - Wright Williams, Spencer Wilson, Merit Jamison, John McGannon
1845-1846 - Merit Jamison, John McGannon, Henry Rockefeller. John Gilliland, clerk; Francis Springer in April 46, followed by Samuel M. Kilpatrick.
1847 - Merit Jamison, John McGannon, Henry Rockefeller, James G. Hall. S. M.Kilpatrick, clerk.
1848 - Merit Jamison, John McGannon, Henry Rockefeller, James G. Hall, Jared H. Trask
1849 - Merit Jamison, James G. Hall, Jared H. Trask, Morton Brown, Leonard Robinson. Lewis Kinsey, clerk.
1850 - Robert Newell, clerk
1937 - Floyd Johnson was Board Chairman
1850 -James G. Hall, Morton Brown, Leonard Robinson, Thomas Stoddard, John N.McConnel
1851 -Morton Brown, Thomas Stoddard, John N. McConnell.
1861 -Samuel Townsend, Samuel Reiner, T. M. Parsons, Seth C. Curtis, RobertA. White, Shakespeare McKee, C. F. Stauber, G. W. Maxwell, AlbertEllis, G. H. Crow, Henry McClurkin, David Edmondson
1953-1955- J. O. Hininger
??-1953 - E.V.Humphreys
1954-1957- James Helmick, Cecil McClurkin
1958 -Joe Reiman
1972 -Dale Schlutz, Leonard Elliott
Since about 1975: Leonard Elliott, Jack Estle, Keith Street, Jim Crawford, Jeff Story, Warren Kemper, Ken Purdy, Jim Howell, David Wilson, Frank Jamison
 
Recorder
1837 - Zadok C. Inghram
1839-1842 - Jacob S. Rinearson
1845 - John Gilliland
1846 - George W. McCleary
1847 - Samuel Townsend
1849 - Dennis Williams
1851 - Samuel Townsend
1853 - John C. Tucker
1855 - Samuel Townsend
1857 - William A. Colton
1859-1865 - Benjamin F. Coe
1867-1868- John A. Brown
1869-1876 - N. W. McKay
1877-1880 - Manasseh Edwards
1881-1884 - N. W. McKay
1885-1890 - V. B. Beane
1891-1894 - Nora Cornelius
1895-1908 - Milo A. Kelly
1909 -Jennie Roberston
?-1937 - Jessie Lockwood
1937 - Mildred Baird
1954 - Mildred Baird
 
Superintendent of Schools
1858 - J. B. Brigham
June 28,1858 - W.R. Woodruff
1859 - R. N. Fee
1860 - O.H. Miller
1861 - S.E. Jones
1862- 1863 - J. K. Sweeney
1863-1864 - A. S. Prather
1865 - William J. Ronalds
1868 -1869- J. B. Porter
1870-1871 - L.A. Riley
1872-1873 - W. C. Sigafoos
1874 - C. H. G. Frey
1870-1871 - D. T. Campbell
1876-1877 - J. A. Kennedy
October16, 1877 - Daniel Helmick to fill vacancy
1878-1879 - Daniel Helmick, elected
1883 - Milton D. Nichol
1880-1887 - Mrs. L. G. Murdock
1888-1891 - W. A. Lester
1892-1897 - Lizzie Hughes
1898-1901 - C.M. Donaldson
1902-1907 - C.R. Wallace
1907 - R.R. Hunt
1954 - J. O. Mecklenburg
 
Surveyor
1839-1843 - John Guilliland
1844-1849 - Aaron D. Hurley
 
Treasurer
1837 - Zadok C. Inghram (acting)
1837 - P.B. Harrison
1838 - Zadok C. Inghram
1838 - Hiram Smith
1839 - John Bevins, gave bond April 6, 1839
1840 - Cicero M. Ives, gave bond Oct. 8, 1839
1840-1846 - George F. Thomas
1847-1849 - Samuel Townsend (and recorder)
1849 - Dennis Williams (and recorder)
1851 - Samuel Townsend (and recorder)
1853 - John C. Tucker (and recorder)
1855 - Samuel Townsend (and recorder)
1857 - William A. Colton (and recorder)
1859-1865 - Benjamin F. Coe
1866-1873 - W. S. Kremer
1874-1875 - John L. Merrill
1876-1877 - W. S. Kremer
1878-1878 - Edson F. Smith
1882 - Milo Smith
1888-1895 - N. W. McKay
1896-1903 - R. F. McConnell
1904 - J.F. Chandler
1912 - Fred M. Cutcomp
1925 - H.L. Davison
1954 - Florence Swanson

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