Paradise Township Officers

1899 - 1916

Excerpts From the Township Clerk's Combined Record and Accounts

and

Marks and Brands Book

The following data was extracted from the "Township Clerk's Combined Records and Accounts and Marks and Brands Book for Paradise Township, Crawford County, Iowa". The book itself is hardbound, about 14 by 9 inches, and would appear to be designed to be a preprinted fill-in-the-blank type of book published for townships of Iowa to provide for a uniform system of record keeping for townships of Iowa near the turn of the 20th century.

The book contains space for Township plats (this section was unused); the official register for keeping a list of the names of all officers, dates of election, etc.; the Clerk's cash account for keeping a record of funds; the Highway Supervisor's accounts (unused); the Record of Proceedings and Orders of Trustees (the board meetings, that is); the record of tools and machinery belonging to the township (unused); and record of marks and brands (cattle, I would assume - unused).

The data provided was from the section containing the names of all officers, dates of election, etc. -- all information has been transcribed as accurately as possible, and as it appears in the original.

Brian Allen

Names of Officers	Office	When Elected/Appointed	Term Expires	Remarks
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1899
Peter J. Hallowell	Trustee	Nov 7th 1899	January 1st, 1900	Elected
Saml Fox	"	Jan 20 1900		Appointed
	Clerk
	Jus. of Peace
	Constable
	Assessor
Dist. No.
1 Alex Lawson	High'y Sup.	Jan 20 1900	Jan 1900
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1900
J.P. Duncan	Trustee	Nov 3 1900	Jan 5 1903
F. M.Arnold	Clerk	Nov 5 1900	January, 1902
W.B. Evans	Jus. of Peace	Nov 5 1900	January, 1902
James Healy	"	Nov 5 1900	January, 1902
J.B. Thompson	Constable	Nov 5 1900	January, 1902
Andrew Grainger	"	Nov 5 1900	January, 1902
J.J. Carson	Assessor	Nov 5 1900	January, 1902

Dist. No.
1 W.N. Schouten	High'y Sup.	Jan 20 1901
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1901
W.M. Feinhold	Trustee	Nov 5 1901	Nov 1904	Elected
	Clerk
	Jus. of Peace
Ed Duncan	Constable	Nov 5 1901
John Reimer	"	Nov 5 1901
R.J. Farrelly	Assessor	Nov 5 1901		To fill vacancy

Dist. No.
1 W.N. Schouten	High'y Sup.	Jan 20 1901
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1902
Robert Bell	Trustee	Jan 13 1902		Appointed
	Clerk
	Jus. of Peace
	Constable
	Assessor
Dist. No.
1 John Rockwell	High'y Sup.	Jan 18 1902	Nov 3 1902
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1903
M.D. Mahoney	Trustee	Nov 4 1902	Jan 1 1906
F.M. Arnold	Clerk	Nov 4 1902	Jan 1 1905
E.D. Barnes	Jus. of Peace	"	"
J.N. Bell	"	"	"
R.H. Houston	Constable	"	"
J.C. Saul	"	"	"
Elmer C. Newkirk	Assessor	"	"

Dist. No.
1 S.H. Miller	High'y Sup.	Jan 24 1903	Until Discharged
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1904
F.W. Feinhold	Trustee	Nov 8 1904	Jan 1 1907	Resigned 12/30 07
Bunton Sharpe	"	"	"
F.M. Arnold	Clerk	"	Jan 1 1906
W.B. Evans	Jus. of Peace	"
	Constable
S.H. Miller	Assessor	"	Jan 1 1906

Dist. No.
1 S.H. Miller	High'y Sup.	Jan 24 1903	Until Discharged
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1906
M.D. Mahoney	Trustee	Nov 6 1906	Jan 1 1908
Wm Myers	"	"	"
Jay Bell	"	Dec 30 1907	Jan 1 1909	To fill vacancy
Clarence Bryan	Clerk	"	Jan 1 1908
	Jus. of Peace
Sam Fox	Constable	"	"
Ed Grainger	"	"	"
S.H. Miller	Assessor	"	Jan 1 1906

Dist. No.
1 S.H. Miller	High'y Sup.	Jan 26 1907	Until Discharged
2 Carey Saxton	"	Jan 26 1907	Until Discharged
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1908
J.N. Bell	Trustee	Nov 3 1908	Jan 1 1911
Wm Vogt	"	"	"
John Witt	"	"	"
Clarence Bryan	Clerk	"	"
John Reimers	Jus. of Peace	"	"
N. F. Stilson	"	"	"
Oakar Feinhold	Constable	"	"
Ed Duncan	"	"	"
S.H. Miller	Assessor	"	"

Dist. No.
1	High'y Sup.
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1910
Wm. Vogt	Trustee	Nov 8	Jan 1 1913
John Witt	"	"	"
Fred Nelson	"	"	"
Clarence Bryan	Clerk	"	"
Sam Fox	Jus. of Peace	"	"
Henry Duncan	"	"	"
Oskar Feinhold	Constable	"	"
Henry Petersen	"	"	"
Walter M. Soules	Assessor	"	"

Dist. No.
1	High'y Sup.
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1912
Wm. Vogt	Trustee	Nov 6 1912	Jan 1 1915
Fred Nelson	"	Nov 6 1912	Jan 1 1915
J.W. Coon	"	Nov 6 1912	Jan 1 1915
Clarence Bryan	Clerk	Nov 6 1912	Jan 1 1915
N.J. Stilson	Jus. of Peace	Nov 6 1912	Jan 1 1915
	Constable
S.H. Miller	Assessor	Nov 6 1912	Jan 1 1915

Dist. No.
1 H.C. Petersen	High'y Sup	Feb 1 1913	Feb 1 1914
2 J.B. Garrett	"	Feb 1 1913	Feb 1 1914
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1914
Wm. Vogt	Trustee	Nov 3 1914	Jan 1 1917
Zefl? Feinhold	"	"	"
John Holst Jr.	"	"	"
Clarence Bryan	Clerk	"	"
N. J. Stilson	Jus. of Peace	"	"
H.C. Petersen	Constable	"	"
S.H. Miller	Assessor	"	"

Dist. No.
1	High'y Sup.
2
3
4
Official Register of Paradise Township for the Year 1916
Wm. Vogt	Trustee	Nov 7 1916	Jan 1 1919
John F. Holst	"	"	"
John Birkhofer	"	"	"	did not qualify
Clarence Bryan	Clerk	"	"
	Jus. of Peace
	Constable
S.H. Miller	Assessor	"	"

Dist. No.
1	High'y Sup.
2
3
4

Submitted by Brian Allen

Back to Crawford Co. Homepage