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The filing cabinets and book racks are all steel and fitted with sliding fronts, dust and light proof, for the preservation of papers. In addition in
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those offices needing them are large fire-proof vaults, as large and light and comfortable to work in as the office rooms proper.
On the first floor is a room set apart for the exclusive use of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which there is everything attractive. In its border of mural decoration are painted the names of nineteen of the import- ant battles of the Civil conflict, including Manassas and the windup at Ap- pomattox.
Another special and modern feature of this court house building is the spacious, elegantly equipped ladies' rest room, on the first floor. easily ac- cessible to the street. Here the ladies from town and country may while away an hour and rest.
On the same floor is an assembly room, which is finely furnished and here farmers and others may hold public meetings. This easily seats two hundred persons.
The clock in the tower is the latest achievement in time-pieces. It is fitted with an automatic attachment so that every day it winds itself and each night it turns on the electric lights which show through its eight-foot dial to the four sides of the public square. One thousand two hundred dol- lars of its cost was made up by private donations of Jasper county citizens.
Aside. perhaps, from the Des Moines (Polk county ) public building, nothing in all Iowa compares with this beautiful, modern court house. The following gentlemen were associated in the production of this, Jasper county's latest public building : Proudfoot & Bird, architects: James Row- son & Son, contractors: Norman A. Price, superintendent : Frank Sellman, auditor; supervisors during its construction. D. S. Fleck, chairman of the board. W. O. Livingston, J. F. Klise and C. F. Sauerman.
At the dedication of this building there were one hundred and twenty names entered in a book provided for the occasion, showing those present at the exercises who had seen the erection of the old court house of 1858. In this "book of fame," as it was appropriately styled, the oldest man to sign his name was C. A. Dotson, of Colfax, aged ninety years and who came to Jasper county in 1848. The youngest man to sign was J. A. Blackwood. aged fifty-five years and who was three years old when the old court house was erected. Then another feature of this record book was the signing of the same by the oldest living settler in Jasper county, the venerable R. F. Mckinney, who is not the oldest person, but the oldest settler now living in the county, he having arrived here in 1846, at the age of seven years, three years after the first white man had invaded the county's domain.
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John B. Owens, of Newton, aged seventy-three, signed with the same pen which was used by him on a like occasion for the 1858 court house, having retained the same during all these long, eventful years.
The chapter on "Reminiscences" in this volume will contain an article from the ready, graphic pen of J. H. Fugard, of Newton, which will round out the history of Jasper county's last two court houses. (See index. )
DETAILED FACTS CONCERNING THE BUILDING.
Authorized at election November 3, 1908
Contract let .
February 18, 1909
Work commenced.
April 1, 1909
Building completed April 6. 1911
Length 120 feet and 8 inches
Width
80 feet
Height to cornice
.56 feet
Height of tower.
140 feet
Number of rooms
60
Number of vaults
4
Diameter of clock faces
7 feet
Contract price $140,825.71
Heating plant
15,500.00
Architect and Superintendent 7.900.00
Furniture, etc.
36,000.00
Total
$200,225.71
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TIIE COUNTY JAIL.
The first permanent and separate jail for Jasper county was erected in 1877, at a cost of a contract price of fourteen thousand six hundred dollars, to John W. Rice. who gave bonds to the amount of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his work. It is a brick building, just to the southwest of the public square. It is a jail and sheriff's house combined and is a neat, modern structure, always kept clean and sanitary. The contract was let in December, 1876, and the building was first opened in 1877. In its rear is the city water works and lighting plant, with the new high steel water tower overlooking it.
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THE COUNTY HOME.
The present county home was built through a contract entered into April 16, 1896, with S. T. Roberts, of Des Moines. The building commit- tee consisted of J. C. Donahey, chairman. Ed. Cook and Alfred Davey. The building was completed in October of the same year the contract was made. A one mill tax levy was made on the property of the county for the erection of this building. The election was had with the general election in Novem- ber. 1895. at which this proposition had 1,613 votes for and 1.545 against the building.
Times change with the administration of different sets of county offi- cials, as will be observed by reading the two resolutions concerning this poor farmı.
At the April session in 1896, the board resolved : "We will not here- after allow payment for any but substantials, such as supplies and clothing. and positively refuse to allow payment for green apples, plums, cranberries, peaches, high grade flour in no case save sickness and then on an order from the attending physician."
Way back in Commissioner Burton's administration, a quarter of a century ago, he states to the writer that he had one man-an inmate of the place-to raise poultry to the amount of over four hundred chickens and two hundred turkeys. When fully grown, he saw fit to dole these chickens and turkeys out to the old men and women who had poor appetites. He was called up on the carpet and the board found much fault with him. think- ing that he should sell such provisions and feed the inmates, regardless of age and health, on the plain foods such as the more hearty could live upon. Mr. Burton let his holy indignation (he came from old Virginia) rise and arose in his seat and exclaimed : "So long as I have charge of the poor farm I will do just as I have done and when you don't like my style you simply say so and I will resign my position to another." This ended it-he went ahead and heard no further murmuring from the stingy board.
The last report of the county auditor gives the following concerning the report of the superintendent of the county home of Jasper county : Num- ber of inmates January 1, 1910, thirty-nine : admitted in 1910. eight : total. forty-seven. Number of deaths during 1910, seven: number discharged in 1910, six : total enrolled January 1, 1911, thirty-four.
Total expenditures for 1910, including groceries, clothing. coal. to- bacco, furniture, feed and stock. improvements, doctor's bills, steward and stewardess, with payment on lighting plant. $8.614. Total sales from the
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county farm for 1910, $3.981 : net gain in invoice during 1910, $988.75. Outside the county home, the expenses were $5.020. For the three preced- ing years the figures were: In 1906, $5,969; 1907, $6,119; 1908, $5.813.
THE JASPER COUNTY SEAL.
As has been previously noticed, the first seal of this county was im- provised by using the imprint of a ten-cent coin piece. Then later the county commissioners were allowed to purchase a real seal, which was in the lat- ter part of the forties or early in the fifties. This seal is the same in use today. It is quite emblematic. It is composed of the figure of an American eagle sitting on the edge of "union." or a striped shield, which shield is resting on the beam of a huge plow turning a heavy furrow of virgin sod. In the rotunda of the new court house in Newton this design has been en- larged to cover a space described by a circle not less than eight feet in diameter. It is in colors made by the different tints of the marble flooring. The only lettering on the seal is, "Seal of Jasper County, Iowa."
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY-19II.
Auditor, II. S. Rayburn; deputy auditor. C. O. Edge; clerk, Frank Wilson : deputy clerk, Harvey Gribben ; treasurer. O. B. Kipp: deputy treas- urer, Blanche Kipp: recorder, R. H. Bailey; deputy recorder. Fay Horn; sheriff. W. S. Gove: deputy sheriff. Harry Gove; county superintendent, Olive Shriner: deputy county superintendent. Edith Parvin : county attorney, Ross R. Mowry: county surveyor. W. F. Byers; coroner, James C. Hill; members of board of supervisors, D. S. Fleck, C. F. Sauerman, W. O. Liv- ingston.
NEW ROAD DRAG LAW.
In the winter of 1910-11. the lowa Legislature passed a new road drag law. of which the following is one of the sections :
"Section 2. The township trustees shall from time to time designate what districts shall be dragged, which must include all the mail routes and all the main traveled roads within the township; they shall at their regular meeting in April, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, appoint a superintendent of dragging, who shall be a resident of the township, or any city or town within said township, who shall serve for one year unless sooner removed by the board; they shall fix the amount of his compensa- tion, which shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents per day and actual
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expenses for each day of eight hours while engaged in necessary work for the township, and for giving notice to contractors who shall be required to drag he shall receive such additional compensation as the board may di- rect; they shall furnish suitable road drags for the township and pay for same out of the township road funds; they shall adopt a suitable form of notice to be given by the superintendent of dragging when ordering the roads dragged, stipulating the manner of serving same."
It is believed that this new law will serve to greatly facilitate the making of improved roads, and Jasper county has already put the law into force. There are several excellent "road-drags" manufactured within this county, one of which is made entirely of steel and is adjustable in its operation.
CHAPTER VII.
COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION.
The chief object of this chapter is to give the reader a complete list of all county officers ; also to inform him as to who have represented the people of Jasper county in state and national official positions. It may serve as a fair political index of the county since the early days to the present, as in cases the vote is given on certain officers, showing the party strength.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
1848- Zachary Taylor ( D) Elected.
1852- Franklin Pierce (D) Winfield Scott (Whig). 1856- James Buchanan (D) Elected.
Jolin C. Fremont (R).
1860-
Abraham Lincoln (R) Elected Stephen A. Douglas (Northern D)
John C. Breckenridge (South. D). 1864 -- Abraham Lincoln (R) Elected.
George B. McClellan (D) 1868-
U. S. Grant (R) 2.999
Horatio Seymour (D) 1,282 1872- U. S. Grant (R) 2.848
2.747
Horace Greeley (Lib. D) . . 942 1876- Rutherford B. Hayes (R) ..
Samuel J. Tilden (D)
1880-
James A. Garfield (R) ... . 3.162 Winfield Scott Hancock ( D) James B. Weaver (Gr'enb'k) 1884- Grover Cleveland (D) .... 2.734 James G. Blaine (R) .. . . . . 2,997 John P. St. John ( Prohi.) 1888- Benjamin Harrison (R) ... 3,138 Grover Cleveland (D) .. 2,340 1 892 --
Benjamin Harrison (R) .. . 3,176 Grover Cleveland (D) .. .. 2,556 James B. Weaver ( Peo.) .. 1896-
William McKinley (R) .... 3,713 William J. Bryan (D) .. . John M. Palmer (Nat. D) . . John Levering (Prohi.) .... 1900-
William McKinley (R.) ....
3.887
William J. Bryan (D.).
3,161
John G. Wooley ( Prohi.) ..
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1904 --- 1908 ---
Theodore Roosevelt (R) .. 3.962 William H. Taft (R) ... 3,543 Alton B. Parker (D) ...... 1,942 William J. Bryan (D) .. 2,889
Silas C. Swallow (Prohi.)
Eugene V. Debs (Soc.) ....
E. W. Chafin (Prohi.) .... Eugene V. Debs (Soc.) . . ..
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
The following is a list of the United States Senators from Iowa. The first General Assembly failed to elect a U. S. Senator. 1848-58-George WV. Jones (D). 1877-81-Samuel J. Kirkwood (R). 1881-83-James McDill (R). 1882-1894-James F. Wilson (R).
1848-55-Augustus C. Dodge (D). 1855-65-James Harlan (Whig). 1858-70-James W. Grimes (R). 1866-72-James Harlan (R). 1865-67-Samuel J. Kirkwood (R). 1870-72-James B. Howell (R). 1871-77-George G. Wright (R). 1872-1908-William B. Allison (R). 1877-1894-J. H. Gear (R).
1895-1900-John H. Gear (R). 1900-10-Jonathan P. Dolliver (R). 1910-few months-Hon. Lafayette Young (appointed).
1908-Albert B. Cummins (R). 1911-W. S. Kenyon (R).
CONGRESSMEN. i
Since 1875 the congressmen from the sixth district have been as follows : 1875-78-Ezekial Sampson. 1889-90-James B. Weaver. 1879-80-James B. Weaver. 1891-92-John F. Lacy.
1881-83-John C. Cook. 1893-94-Fred E. White.
1883-84-M. E. Cutts. 1895-06-John F. Lacy.
1885-86-M. E. Cutts. 1907-08-D. W. Hamilton.
1887-88-James B. Weaver. 1909-11-N. E. Kendall.
GOVERNORS OF IOWA.
1846-50-Ansel Briggs (D). 1850-54-Stephen Hemstead (D). 1854-58-James W. Grimes (Whig). 1858-60-Ralph P. Lowe (R). 1860-64-Samuel J. Kirkwood (R). 1864-68-William M. Stone (R).
1868-72-Samuel Merrill (R). 1872-76-Cyrus C. Carpenter (R). 1876-77-Samuel G. Kirkwood (R). 1878 (part)-Sam'l G. Newbold (R) 1878-82-John H. Gear (R).
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1882-1886-
1895-97-
Buren R. Sherman (R) 2,073
F. M. Drake (R) 2,875
L. G. Kinnie (D) . 695 W. J. Babb (D). 1,414
D. M. Clark (P) . 687 1897-1900 -- Leslie M. Shaw (R) 3,116
1885-1889-
William Larrabee (R) . 2.756
C. E. Whiting (D) 2.462
1889-1891-
- Ihutchison (R) . 2.791
Horace Boies (D) . 2.276
1901-1908-
1891-1893-
Albert B. Cummins (R) .. 3,434
Hiram C. Wheeler ( R) 3.077 T. J. Phillips (D) 2,190
Horace Boies (D). 2,695
1893-1895-
Frank D. Jackson (R) . 3.075
Horace Boies (D) 2,365
1908-1912- B. F. Carroll (R) . 3,307 Fred E. White (D). 2,825
STATE SENATORS.
The state senators who have lived in Jasper county and represented this district have been as follows :
Elisha Flaugh, tenth General Assembly. M. D. Doud, twenty-first and twenty-second General Assemblies.
Perry Engle, twenty-third and twenty-fourth Assemblies.
Dr. J. R. Gorrell. twenty-eighth Assemblies. F. L. Maytag, twenty-ninth to thirty-third Assemblies.
REPRESENTATIVES.
First General Assembly, John Kinsman. Sixth General Assembly, David Edmundson.
Seventh General Assembly, S. B. Shelledy. Eighth General Assembly, C. M. Davis. Tenth General Assembly. Salem Jeffries. Eleventh General Assembly, David Ryan. Twelfth General Assembly, M. W. Atwood. Thirteenth General Assembly. Caleb Bundy. Fourteenth General Assembly, John P. Beatty.
F. E. White (D). 3.240
1900-1902- Leslie M. Shaw (R) 3.330
F. E. White (D) . 3,009
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Fifteenth General Assembly, George M. Wilson. Sixteenth General Assembly, George M. Wilson. Seventeenth General Assembly, Joel W. Deweese. Eighteenth and Nineteenth General Assemblies, Eli E. Dotson. Twentieth General Assembly, William H. McColloch, H. B. C. Ward. Twenty-first and twenty-second General Assemblies, Aaron Custer. Twenty-third, twenty-seventh General Assemblies, Samuel B. Powers. Twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth General Assemblies, C. N. Doane. Twenty-sixth General Assembly, N. A. Wells. Twenty-eighth General Assembly, W. W. Hawk.
Twenty-ninth General Assembly, W. W. Hawk. Thirtieth to thirty-third General Assemblies, John F. Offill. Thirty-third General Assembly, William R. Cooper.
EARLY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
1846-John R. Sparks, Joab Bennett, Manly Gifford. 1847-Manly Gifford, Nathan Williams, John R. Sparks. 1848-Same as 1847.
1849-John R. Sparks, Nathan Williams, John B. Hammack. 1850-Nathan Williams, John R. Sparks. James A. Tool. 1851-James A. Tool, Willis Green, Levi Plummer.
COMMISSIONERS' CLERKS.
1846-John H. Franklin. 1847-Jesse Rickman (to fill va- 1847-Washington Fleener. cancy). 1848-Jesse Rickman.
COUNTY JUDGES.
This office was abolished by law in 1868. 1852-Jesse Rickman. 1862-Riley Ashley.
1856-William P. Norris. 1864-J. A. Harris. 1858-David Edmundson. 1866-O. C. Howe.
SHERIFFS.
1846-7-David Edmundson. 1848-Silas Dooley.
1850-Ballinger Aydelotte. 1852-Riley Ashley.
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1854-J. A. Shellady. 1856-William Kromer.
1857-D. E. Longfellow.
1858-J. T. Hull.
1860-R. Ashley.
1864-Chancy Howard.
1897-D. R. Tripp.
1866-James M. Rodgers.
1872-W. C. Hawk.
1899-C. H. Hook. 1901-C. H. Hook.
1874-J. R. Zollinger.
1903-MI. B. Moberly.
1879-James S. Hunter.
1905-M. B. Moberly.
1881-James S. Hunter. 1883-H. L. Weston. 1885-H. 1 .. Weston
1908-F. H. Russell. 1910-W. S. Gove.
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
1846-Silas Sawyer. 1848-Samuel M. Coleman. 1872-Aaron S. Stuver.
1849-Elisha Hammer. 1876-William 1. LeFever.
1852-John Q. Deakin.
1856-WV. P. Cole.
1858-S. W. Foreman.
1860-F. T. Preston.
1866-John Collier.
1868- Charles C. Turner.
1879-William L .. LeFever. 1881-Willard F. Byers, serving un- til 1906. 1906-P. R. Rice. 1908-W. F. Byers, still serving. 1
CLERKS OF THE DISTRICT COURT.
1847-Thomas J. Adamson. 1848-Peter Miller. 1888-N. Townsend. 1890-N. Townsend.
1850-William M. Springer. 1852-W. P. Norris. 1854-C. C. Turner. 1857-Joseph B. Hough. 1861-Owen Davis. 1865-John A. Seaton.
1892-John L. Mathews.
1894-John S. Mathews.
1806-John \. Mathews. 1898-C. 11. Kapple.
1869-W. R. McCully.
1877-Leroy B. Westbrook.
1878-L. B. Westbrook. 1880-M. P. Doud. 1882-M. P. Doud. 1884-G. W. Harlan.
1887-M. A. McCord. 1889-I. L. Patton. 1891 --- M. A. McCord. 1893-M. A. McCord. 1895-D. R. Tripp.
1900-J. A. Mathews. 1902-Earnest Early. 1904-Earnest Early. 1906-P. H. Healy. 1908-P. H. Healy. 1910-Frank Wilson.
1886-George W. Harlan.
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COUNTY ATTORNEYS.
1886-J. A. Kerr. 1888 --- W. G. Clements.
1904-P. H. Creagen.
1902-P. H. Creagen.
1892-E. J. Salmon. 1906-E. P. Malmberg.
1896-O. C. Meredith.
1908-E. P. Malmberg.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Up to 1864 the office of treasurer and recorder was one and the same. The records show, however, that the following served in their respective po- sitions in Jasper county :
1846-J. W. Swann. 1885-S. H. Galusha. 1848-John E. Copp. 1887-A. K. Brown. 1889-A. K. Brown.
1850-Henry Rodgers.
1891-Frank R. Witmer.
1854-A. T. Ault. 1858-Elisha Hammer. 1862-J. W. Wilson.
1893-Frank R. Witmer. 1895-Willard Howard.
1864-Thomas Arthur.
1866-Josiah B. Everly.
1897-Willard Howard. 1899-Henry Galusha. 1901-Frank E. Robins.
1903-Frank E. Robins.
1906-Phillip Scharf.
1908-O. B. Klipp.
1910-O. B. Kipp.
1872-F. H. Bartow. 1876-George Z. Anderson. 1878-S. E. Zinn. 1879-D. G. Winchell. 1881-D .. G. Winchell. 1883-S. H. Galusha.
COUNTY RECORDER.
1846-Seth Hammer. 1848-John E. Copp. 1850-Henry Rogers. 1858-Elisha Hammer. 1862-J. W. Wilson. 1864-Thomas Arthur. 1865-John C. Wilson. 1869-G. W. Chinn.
1873-W. H. Hough.
1877-Williamson N. Carrothers. 1878-W. B. Russell. 1879-S. S. Wilson. 1880-Thomas M. Rodgers.
1882 -- Thomas M. Rodgers.
1884 -- Ezra Adkins. 1886-Ezra Adkins.
1900-Henry Silwold.
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1888-Jo Cunningham. 1890-Jo Cunningham.
1892-J. W. Jeffries.
1894-J. W. Jeffries. 1896-A. G. West.
1898-Fred A. Eaton.
1900 -. A. J. Streeter.
1902-A. J. Streeter.
1904-James Campbell.
1906-F. E. Erwin.
1908-R. H. Bailey. 1910-R. H. Bailey.
COUNTY CORONERS.
1852-Thomas J. Adamson.
1889-T. J. Robins.
1854-David S. Fuller.
1891-1Ingh Newell.
1856-Joseph Hickman.
1893-Hugh Newell.
1858-Hugh Rodgers.
1895-Hayden Reynolds.
1864-W. M. Carrothers. 1897-Hayden Reynolds.
1866-Hugh Newell. 1868-David S. Stiver. 1871-Hugh Rodgers.
1901-T. H. Jacobs.
1903-S. M. Robinson.
1876 -- E. W. Mitchell.
1906-C. E. Boyd.
1878-Hugh Newell. 1879-Hugh Newell, until 1887.
1908-James C. Hill.
1910-James C. Hill.
1887-T. J. Robins.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
This office was created and that of county judge abolished in 1868, the auditor, since that date, being ex-officio clerk of the board of county super- visors.
1868-9-O. C. Howe.
1880-J. T. Hunt. 1892-J. M. Rayburn.
1869-G. R. Ledyard.
1871-G. R. Ledyard. 1894-J. M. Rayburn.
1873-G. R. Ledyard. 1896-Frank Fisk.
1875-G. R. Ledyard. 1877-G. R. Ledyard. 1900 -- Joseph Horn. 1902-Eugene Bean.
1879-Moses Greenleaf. 1881-Moses Greenleaf.
1904-Eugene Bean.
1906-Frank Sellman.
1908-Frank Sellman. 1910-H. S. Rayburn.
1898-Joseph Horn.
1883-B. W. Brown. 1885-B. W. Brown. 1887-J. T. Hunt.
1899-H. C. Gill.
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PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
1851-H. J. Skiff. 1856-William B. Sloan.
1853-J. N. Edgar. 1857-D. L. Clark.
Following this came the office of district attorney, which did away with the office of prosecuting attorney.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
1858-Albert Lufkin.
1887-J. W. Iliff.
1862-James Porter.
1889-C. O. McClain.
1864-D. Thomas. 1891-C. O. McClain.
1866-David Craig. 1893-M. A. Walsh.
1868-Sanford J. Moyer.
1895-Minnie A. Walsh.
1872-C. D. Hipsley. 1876-W. G. Work.
1897-E. C. Meredith.
1899-Libbie Dean.
1878-M. A. Mayfield.
1901-Libbie Dean.
1879-R. A. Mathews.
1903-J. E. Roberts.
1881-R. A. Mathews.
1906-Laura W. Killduff.
1883-Daniel Miller.
1909-Olive Shriner.
1885-Daniel Miller.
SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONERS.
This was an office that was abolished when that of superintendent of schools was created in 1858. The commissioners were: 1851. Jesse Rick- man : 1853, Harvey J. Skiff : 1857, James G. Meek.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
The governing power of all Iowa counties since 1861. when the one- man-power county-judge system was shorn of its authority, has been vested in the board of supervisors. Up to about 1871 there was one su- pervisor from each township within the county, but at that time it was changed to three and sometimes five (according to population) for the en- tire county, the same representing districts, in which they must reside. Under the former supervisor system the list in Jasper county was :
1861-David McCord, chairman; William N. Harrah, C. M. Davis, Morris Cating, Salem Jeffries, Reuben Johnson, John McCracken, G. W.
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Chinn, Caleb Jordan, James E. Butler. A. G. Groves, William G. Romans, Perry Matteson, Elisha Flaugh, George Ryan.
1862-David McCord, chairman; Reuben Johnson, James Shaw, Joseph Dodd, Salem Jeffries, E. Flaugh, A. McDonald, William N. Harrah, Caleb Jordan. R. L. McCroy, W. G. Romans, John McCracken, James E. Butler, A. G. Groves. Morris Cating, C. M. Davis.
1863-E. Flaugh, chairman; J. E. Butler, D. McCord, Reuben John- son, Isaac Porter, Nicholas Graffis, Wm. N. Harrah, Caleb Jordan, James Shaw, Salem Jeffries, Manly Gifford. F. Cary. A. W. McDonald. Joseph Dodd, Levi Plummer.
1864-C. M. Davis. M. Griffis, Thomas Haskett, Manly Gifford, R. B. Dawson. J. A. Killin. A. W. MeDonald, L. Plummer, E. H. Bartow, C. Jordan, D. McCord, J. McCracken. J. E. Butler. J. Dodd, George Ryan, WV. N. Harrah, chairman.
1865-Joseph Dodd, George Ryan, John Taylor, R. S. Williams, Thomas Haskett. R. B. Dawson, John Sumpter, John A. Fillin, A. W. Mc- Donald, E. H. Bartow, P. H. Doud, Caleb Jordan, John Breeden, C. M. Davis, W. R. Skiff. James E. Butler, John Taylor, W. N. Harrah, chair- man.
1866-E. H. Bartow, chairman: W. R. Skiff, Joseph Dodd, C. M. Davis, John Taylor, Joel Osgood, James Shaw, M. W. Atwood, P. H. Doud, William R. McCully, James E. Butler, John Breeden, James Rhine- hart. R. B. Dawson, Henry Hammer, Wesley Davis, R. S. Williams.
1867-C. M. Davis, chairman; M. W. Atwood, Henry Hammer, Jacob Kipp, W. Davis, G. W. Shafer. J. F. Lamb, G. W. Chinn, Addison White, James Shaw, H. C. Peer, E. H. Bartow, J. G. Mudgett, Joseph Dodd, Salen Jeffries, J. F. Beatty, D. Edmundson.
1868-C. M. Davis, chairman : Wesley Davis, J. J. Mudgett, Henry Ham- mer, J. F. Lamb, J. P. Beaty, H. C. Pcer, J. Kipp. Joseph Dodd, Addison White. A. W. McDonald, D. Edmundson, William J. Rippey, G. W. Chinn, E. H. Bartow, Thomas Peer. Riley Ashley.
1869-Riley Ashley, Jacob Kipp. J. L. Smith, J. L. Laughlin, H. C. Peer, Addison White, C. M. Davis, chairman.
1870-J. P. Beatty, Reuben Johnson, J. L. Smith, C. M. Davis, J. C. Hiatt, E. Ross. George Harst, J. I .. Laughlin, A. W. McDonald, A. J. Hamilton, W. Carrothers, J. Kipp, C. D. Conwell, Wesley Davis, H. C. Peer. F. E. Phelps, D. P. Craven. A. White, D. Edmundson, chairman.
1871-Elisha Flaugh, chairman: A. W. McDonald, George Harst. (7)
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JASPER COUNTY, IOWA.
Under the later system of the 1871 code. this county has had but three supervisors, the county being divided into supervisor districts. Those serving as such have been:
1872-George Harst, chairman; Daniel Arnold, John C. Hiatt. 1873-George Harst, chairman; Daniel Arnold, John Burton. 1874-Daniel Arnold, chairman; John Burton, W. G. Romans. 1875-WV. G. Romans, chairman; John Burton. Jesse Slavins. 1876-WV. G. Romans, chairman : Jesse Slavins, C. N. Doane. 1877-S. G. Butters, chairman, Jesse Slavin. C. N. Doane. 1878-S. G. Butters, chairman; C. N. Doane, Daniel Arnold. 1879-B. W. Brown, long term. 1881-Henry S. Effnor, long term.
From this time on one supervisor was elected each year as follows : 1882-A. R Smith. 1895-W. J. Miller. 1896-John T. Winters. 1883-William Byall. 1884-John Roberts. 1897-Ed Cook. 1885-James Stark. 1898-W. J. Miller. 1899-C. T. Shill. 1900 -- G. C. Hart. 1886-William Byall. 1887-E. H. Burton. 1888-James Stark. 1901-William Dentsch. 1889-W. H. Daft. 1902-C. T. Shill. 1903-Geo. C. Hart. 1890-J. C. Donahey. 1891-Alfred Davey. 1904-J. H. Hise. 1892-W. H. Daft. 1906-F. J. Klise. 1893-J. C. Donahey. 1894-Alfred Davey.
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