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County Officials

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Manchester, Iowa

 

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Surveyors

1841 - 1909

 

 
Official Year in Office  Official Year in Office
Joel Bailey 1841-1847 Henry Harger 1882-1884
John W. Clark 1847-1853 P. H. Warner 1885-
Joel Bailey 1853-1855 D. O. Potter 1886-1887
       
W. P. Cunningham 1855-1857 P. H. Warner 1888-1889
Hiram D. Wood 1857-1859 A. G. Wilson 1890-1891
Henry L. Ryan 1860-1861 E. B. Porter 1892-
       
Charles Harger 1862-1863 D. O. Potter 1893-1897
James G. Verplank 1864-1865 Thomas Wilson 1898-1900
Henry G. Doolittle 1866-1871 D. O. Potter 1901-
       
Silas Sawyer 1872-1875 Thomas Wilson 1902-1908
Orin E. Noble 1876-1878  L. Matthews, Jr. 1909
Charles Crawford 1879-1881    
       
Simeon Phillips 1844-1845 Henry A. Carter 1849-1850
Missouri Dickson 1844-1845 Daniel H. Thornburg 1849-1850
       
Henry A. Carter 1845-1846 Lawrence McNamee 1850-1851
Simeon Phillips 1845-1846 John W. Penn 1850-1851
Lawrence McNamee 1845-1846 Daniel H. Thornburg 1850-1851
 

 

Superintendents of Schools

1858 - 1911

 

 
Official Year  Official Year
Horatio N. Gates 1858-1859 Robert M. Ewart 1876-1879

Ezra F. Chase

 1860-1861 Q. M. Ewart 1880-1881
John L. McCreery 1862-1863 Horace G. Miller 1882-1887
       
Rodney W. Tirrill 1864-1867 A. O. Stanger 1888-1895
Ferdinand W. Dunham 1867- L. T. Eaton 1896-1899
Samuel Calvin 1868- H. J. Schwietert 1900-1903
       
Jerome B. Satterlee 1869 Frank D. Joseph 1904-1910
John Kennedy 1870-1871 Guy D. Ribble 1911-
William H. Merton 1872-1875    
 

 

School Fund Commissioners

1849 - 1856

 

 
Official Year  Official Year
John Benson 1849-1851 John Hefner 1855-1856
Joel Bailey 1851-1853    
Peter Case 1854-1855    
 

 

Clerk of the Court**

1841 - 1913

 

 
Official Year  Offical Year
Charles W. Hobbs 1841-1846 Jerome B. Satterlee 1875-1882
J. W. Clark 1846-1847 H. J. Jackson 1883-1884
Charles W. Hobbs 1847-1850 H. C. Jackson 1885-1888
       
James E. Anderson 1850-1851 F. H. Paul 1889-1900
William Price 1851-1854 John Georgen 1901-1904
James Wright 1854-1862 James Bishop 1905-1910
       
Eli O. Clemens 1863-1868 R. D. Graham 1911-
A. J. Brown 1869-1872    
G. B. Beveridge 1873-1874    
 
** The offices of clerk of the courts and clerk of county commissioners and supervisors were held by the same person, although distinct under the law, until the creation of the office of county auditor.

 

Auditor

1892 - 1913

 

 
Official Year  Offical Year
S. M. Chase 1892 Will J. Crosby 1909-1910
R. R. Robinson   (to fill vacancy) 1892 W. J. Davis 1911-1912
R. R. Robinson   1892 - 1896 C. H. Bunker 1913 -
       
H. E. Stetson 1897-1902    
Roy B. Davis 1903-1906    
W. J. Davis 1907-1908    
 

 

Sheriff

1841 - 1907

 

 
Official Year  Offical Year
Leroy Jackson 1841-1844 William M. Williams 1868-1869
John W. Penn 1844-1850 C. H. Smith 1870-1871
Isaac Smith 1850-1853 Abner Dunham 1872-1875
       
John W. Penn 1853-1855 John W. Corbin 1876-1877
Cornelius T. Peet 1855-1857 E. S. Cowles 1878-1881
Samuel F. Parker 1857-1859 John Cruise, Jr. 1882-1889
       
Rensselaer Eddy 1859-1861 G. H. Odell 1890-1897
Jeremiah B. Boggs 1862-1863 R. W. Fishel 1898-1903
Ancil E. Martin 1864-1865 T. J. Hennessey 1904-1906
       
M. P. Hennessey 1907-    
 

 

County Treasurer

1841 - 1909

 

 
Official Year  Offical Year
Robert B. Hutson 1841-1842 Joel Bailey 1858-1859
Theodore Marks 1842-1843 Ray B. Griffin 1860-1861
Joel Bailey 1843-1844 Z. D. Scobey 1862-1865
       
Drury R. Dance * 1844-1845 Joseph M. Holbrook 1866-1881
Oliver A. Olstead   [appointed to fill vacancy] 1845- John M. Holbrook 1882-1883
Joel Bailey 1845-1846 H. C. Haeberle 1884-1893
       
Ira A. Gree 1846-1847 C. E. Smith 1894-1897
William Phillips 1847-1853 L. Matthews 1898-1901
Zina A. Wellman 1853-1855 F. E. Dutton 1902-1908
       
George Wattson 1855-1857 George A. Newman 1909-
 
* Murdered in February 1845
 

~ source: History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, Illustrated, Volume I. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914, Chicago. Pages 75 - 78.   Call Number 977.7385 H1m

~transcribed by Constance Diamond for Delaware County IAGenWeb

 

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