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 Delaware County, Iowa  

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County Officials

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Manchester, Iowa

 

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County Commissioners

1841 - 1851

 

 
Official Year in Office  Official Year in Office
William H. Whiteside 1841-1842 Henry A. Carter 1846-1847
William Eads 1841-1842 Henry Baker 1846-1847
Daniel Brown 1841-1842 Samuel Mulliken 1846-1847
       
William H. Whiteside 1842-1843 Henry A. Carter 1847-1848
Simeon Phillips 1842-1843 Henry Baker 1847-1848
Missouri Dickson 1842-1843 Samuel Mulliken 1847-1848
       
William H. Whiteside 1843-1844 Henry A. Carter 1848-1849
Simeon Phillips 1843-1844 Samuel Mulliken 1848-1849
Missouri Dickson 1843-1844 Daniel H. Thornburg 1848-1849
       
Henry A. Carter 1844-1845 Lawrence McNamee 1849-1850
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
 

 

Judges

1841 - 1869

 

 
Official  Office Year in Office
Roland Aubrey Judge of Probate Court 1841-1844
Clement Coffin Judge of Probate Court 1844-1847
A. K. Eaton Judge of Probate Court 1847-1850
Z. A. Wellman Judge of Probate Court 1850-1851
     
John Benson County Judge 1851-1855
Frederick B. Doolittle County Judge 1855-1857
A. E. House County Judge 1857-1860
Joel Bailey County Judge 1860-1861*
Z. A. Wellman County Judge 1861-1865
Jeremish B. Boggs County Judge 1866-1869
 

* Confined to probate powers when court board of supervisors were created in 1860.

 

Recorders

1841 - 1913

 

 
Official Year  Offical Year
John Paddleford 1841 W. H. H. Blanchard 1866-1867
Charles W. Hobbs 1842-1847 Henry Harger 1868-1874
William Phillips 1847-1853 Henry C. Jackson 1875-1878
       
Zina A. Wellman 1854-1855 George H. Morisey 1879-1882
George Wattson 1856-1857 Jacob H. Morisey 1883-1884
Joel Bailey 1858-1859 George H. Morisey 1885-1894
       
Ray B. Griffin 1861 Abner Dunham 1895-1902
Z. D. Scobey 1862-1863 John Latimer 1903-1912
O. E. Taylor 1864-1865 A. E. Dunlap 1913-
 

 

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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