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COUNTY ASSESSOR.
Under an act of the General Assembly, entitled "an act concerning taxation," approved March 6, 1891, the office of county assessor was created. The duty of this officer is to act in an advisory capacity to the township assessors, look after omitted and sequestered property and report the same to the connty auditor to be placed on the duplicate for taxation. He has the power to issue citations to all persons, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and officers of corporations whom he desires to ex- amine in regard to omitted or sequestered property to appear before him, and in case of failure to so appear to compel their attendance by process issued through the sheriff.
Nathan H. Ballenger informs the author that in the earlier days of the county this office existed and that he was once elected and discharged the duties of the office, serving from January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850. He assessed the whole county at a compensation of $1.50 per day, and made a formal report in May, 1850. The present term of the office is four years.
ASSESSORS.
Adolph Rogers, appointed June 2, 1891, serving to November, 1892. Daniel W. Saint, commissioned from November, 1892, to November, 1896. William N. Clift, commissioned from November, 1896, to November, 1900. , Thomas J. Burchett, commissioned November 16, 1900, to November 16, 1904.
By an act of the General Assembly of 1903, the terms of all county assessors were extended to January 1, 1907, to which time Mr. Burchett's term of office extends, when the term will again he for four years.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
ADOLPHI ROGERS. the first county assessor appointed under the act creating the office was for several years editor of the New Castle Courier, when that newspaper was owned principally hy George Hazzard, author of this History. Mr. Rogers was county clerk from October 29, 1884, to October 29, 1888. and additional reference is made to him in that list.
DANIEL W. SAINT was a well known citizen of the county residing at Greensboro, where he died and is buried.
WILLIAM N. CLIFT has a large acquaintance as an auctioneer and a man of affairs in New Castle.
THOMAS J. BURCHETT was a soldier in the Civil War, whose service will be found appropriately set out elsewhere in this History.
COUNTY COLLECTOR.
From the organization of Henry County until the approval hy the Governor, Feh- ruary 12, 1841, of an act entitled "an act prescrihing the duties of the county treasurer," which law made the county treasurer the collector of the taxes as well as the disburser thereof, and also abolished the office of county collector, there was a collector appointed by the board of county commissioners whose duty it was to receive annually from the county clerk, acting as clerk to the board of county commissioners, the tax duplicate. Whereupon the collector would travel over the county from village to village, from house to house, with his tax duplicate, collecting the taxes due from the respective property owners and turning the same over to the county treasurer, whose only duty it was to disburse the same according to law.
The sheriff of the county in the absence of a collector otherwise appointed was ex officio tax collector, but it appears that Jesse H. Healey was the only sheriff who actually performed the duties of tax collector.
COLLECTORS.
Jesse H. Healey, 1822-3; Joseph Craft, 1824: John Anderson, 1825; Joseph Craft, 1826; Jesse Forkner, 1827; John Harris, 1828-9; Moses Robertson, 1830-3: Wesley Good- win, 1834-5; Moses Robertson, 1836-8; Andrew G. Small, 1839; Joshua Holland, 1840-1.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
JESSE FORKNER AND MOSES ROBERTSON graduated from the office of tax collector into that of sheriff, and further reference is made to them and to Jesse H. Healey. also in that list.
JOSHUA HOLLAND was the last county collector and the first county treasurer elected by the people.
WESLEY GOODWIN. a well known Democrat in his day, was county collector in 1834-5. This was about the time political lines began to be finally drawn in the politics of the county. Goodwin hecame the owner of the school section, one mile west of New Castle, where the rolling mill now stands, and was the father of George W. Goodwin, a full biographical sketch of whom will be found in Volume 1, Chapter 1X, of this History, appended to that of his father-in-law. Colonel Miles Murphey.
When Jesse H. Healey was sheriff and was ex officio tax collector as above stated, the capital of the State was at Corydon. After he had collected the taxes in 1823, he walked to Corydon, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles, paid over the amount due the State, and then walked back to New Castle. The total amount collected from the citizens of Henry County in that year was $112.00, for all purposes.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
When Henry County was organized, in 1822, the "board doing the county husi- ness" was the board of county commissioners. Later, in July, 1824, the General As- sembly changed the law, abolished the board of county commissioners, and constituted the justices of the peace in the respective counties as a "board doing the county business." This plan was found not to be satisfactory; therefore, in 1827, the board of county commissioners was restored and has since continued until the present time as the "hoard doing the county business."
During the time that the justices of the peace were ex officio the board of county commissioners. James Johnston was president of the board in 1825, James Gilmore in 1826, and Abraham Elliott in 1827.
On account of the uncertainty as to precise dates when the respective county commissioners assumed the duties of their office the author is forced to content himself with giving the years only in which the respective commissioners served until the law became effective making all county officers assume their duties on the uniform date of January 1. which applies only to the three last named commissioners.
In the earlier days of the county the term of commissioner was for only one year. Later it was extended to two years and is now three years.
COMMISSIONERS 1822-4.
Allen Shepherd, 1822-3; Samuel Goble, 1822-4: Elisha Shortridge, 1822-4; William Shannon, 1823-4.
BOARD OF JUSTICES, 1824-7.
James Johnston, 1824-5: William Shannon, 1824-7; James Gilmore, 1824-6; Samuel Batson, 1824-7: Robert Thompson, 1824-7; Thomas Wadkins, 1824-7; Abraham Heaton, 1824-7; Sampson Smitb, 1825-6: John Harris, 1825-7: Lewis Tacket, 1825-7; Abraham Elliott, 1825-7; Moses Robertson, 1825-7; Abraham Louthain, 1826-7; John Freeland, 1826-7: Jesse Daily. 1826-7: Joseph Craft. 1827: Levi Cropper, 1827: Thomas Ellison. 1827.
COMMISSIONERS FROM 1827 To 1909.
James Fort, 1827-8: Elisha Shortridge. 1827-9; Abraham Heaton, 1827-8: John Whitacre, 1828-31: John S. Cooper, 1828-9; Solomon Brown, 1829-34: Robert Murphey. 1829-36: Joseph Robbins. 1931-4: J. R. Leonard, 1831-4: Tabor W. McKee, 1834-6; John
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Whitacre, 1835-6: Jesse Forkner, 1836-7; Jesse W. Baldwin, 1836-8; David C. Shawhan, 1837-40; George Corwine, 1938-41; Jesse H. Healey, 1840-3; James Ball, 1838-9; Mathew McKimmey, 1839-42; Nathan Hunt, 1841-4; Nelson Sharp, 1842-8; Aquilla Barrett, 1843-5: Jacob Elliott, 1844-7; William S. Yost. 1844-5; Preserved L. W. McKee, 1845-6; Elisha Clift, 1846-53: Jason Williams. 1847-50; James T. Snodgrass, 1848-51; David Palmer, 1850-3; Jesse Paul, 1851-4: John Cooper, 1853-6; Samuel B. Binford, 1854-60; Thomas R. Stanford, 1854-60; William L. Boyd, 1856-62; Morris F. Edwards, 1860-6; John Minesinger. 1861-7: Elias Pbelps, 1862-8: Andrew Harrold, 1867-70; Andrew Pierce, 1867-70; Williams Nicholson, 1868-71; Thomas N. White, 1870-6; Jabish Luellen, 1870-6, died in office January 19, 1876, Newton B. Davis appointed to the vacancy; Robert H. Cooper, 1871-4; Elias Phelps, 1874-7; Ithamer W. Stuart, 1877-83; William D. Cooper, 1877-80; Cyrus Van Matre, 1877-83: Peter Shaffer, 1881-4; Joshua Holland, 1883-6; Cheniah Covalt, 1883-6: Thomas N. Wilhoit. 1884-90; Thomas C. Phelps, 1886-9; Andrew J. Fletcher, 1887-90: Eli Brookshire, 1889-95; Nathan Nicholson, 1890-6; John W. Whit- worth, 1891-4; Newton B. Davis, 1894-7; Harvey B. Chew, 1895-8; White Heaton, 1896-9; John W. Whitworth, 1897-1904; William D. Pierce, 1898-1905; Edwin Hall, 1899-1903; Robert M. Russell, January 1, 1903, to January 1, 1909, two terms; Charles D. Mohler, January 1, 1904, to January 1, 1907; John M. Huff, January 1, 1905, to January 1, 1908. The three last named are present incumbents.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
But one commissioner, Jahish Luellen, died in office. A perusal of the list of those who have filled the office will show the high character of the citizens who have been called upon to discharge the duties of this responsible public trust. It will be seen that many of the commissioners filled other important positions in the county, notably Tabor W. McKee, Jesse Forkner and Jesse H. Healey, who filled the office of sheriff, either before or after being county commissioner. Thomas N. White was a member of the lower house of the General Assembly after serving as commissioner. Thomas R. Stanford filled the office of associate justice and represented the county for several years in both branches of the General Assembly. He was also county surveyor. Joshua Hol- land was a commissioner forty years after he had been county collector and county treasurer. Morris F. Edwards and Elias Phelps were commissioners during the Civil War period, as was also John Minesinger. They hegan the construction of the original part of the present court house and their names are chiseled in stone over the Goddess of Justice on the east front of the tower.
Cyrus Van Matre, Eli Brookshire, Nathan Nicholson, John W. Whitworth. Harvey B. Chew and White Heaton were soldiers in the Civil War, whose respective services will be found appropriately set out in Volume one of this History.
THOMAS C. PHELPS, who was commissioner in 1886-9, is a son of Elias Phelps, who filled the office during the Civil War period and afterward. Nathan Nicholson was also cne of the successors of his father, Williams Nicholson.
ABRAHAM ELLIOTT, who was president of the board of justices when it was the "board doing the county business," was afterward county clerk and then associate justice.
ABRAMIAMI HEATON, who was one of the board of justices governing the county in 1824-7. was afterward a commissioner. William Shannon, who was a commissioner in 1823-4, was one of the board of justices in 1824-7. Joseph Craft, who was county col- lector in 1824, was one of the board of justices in 1827. John Harris, who was one of the board of justices in 1825-7. was county collector in 1828-9. Moses Robertson, who was one of the board of justices in 1825-7, was county collector in 1828-9, and county sheriff in 1833-7.
Since political lines were drawn in the county about 1835-7, no Democrat has filled the office.
COUNTY CORONER.
The record of "Commissions Issued" in the office of the Secretary of State relating to the office of coroner in Henry County, from Ezekiel Leavell, September 8, 1824, to
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Josiah Needham, August 18; 1845, gives the date only on which the commission was issued, failing to specify the time the person commissioned was to serve. Therefore, the term which the incumbent named served in the office of coroner until August 8, 1845, is made up by having the preceding term end on the day when the succeeding officer's commission is dated, which is approximately correct.
CORONERS.
Ezekiel Leavell, commission dated September 8, 1824; resigned January 24, 1825.
William Dixon, commission dated August 16, 1825, served to September 24, 1827; re-elected and commission dated September 24. 1827; served to August 14, 1829.
John Rozell, commission dated August 14, 1829, served to August 19, 1831. John Baldwin, commission dated August 19, 1831, served to August 5, 1833. James Conley, commission dated August 5, 1833, served to August 20, 1835. Andrew Smith, commission dated August 20, 1835, served to August 21. 1837. James Pierson, commission dated August 21. 1837, served to August 13, 1839. Nathan Swafford, commission dated August 13, 1839, served to August 2, 1841.
William McDowell, commission dated August 2, 1841, served to August 7, 1843; re- elected and commission dated August 7, 1843, served to August 18, 1845.
Josiah Needham, commissioned from August 18, 1845, to August 18, 1847.
William McDowell, commissioned from August 18, 1847, to August 23, 1849; re- elected and commissioned from August 23, 1849, to August 23. 1851.
Thomas Henderson, commissioned from August 23, 1851. to August 23, 1853.
William McDowell, commissioned from August 23, 1853, to Angust 23, 1855; re- elected and commissioned eleven consecutive terms, serving from August 23, 1855, to August 7, 1876.
Thomas C. Hiatt, commissioned from August 7, 1876, to August 7, 1878. Harrison Hoover, commissioned from August 7, 1878, to August 7, 1880.
Henry C. Baer, commissioned to serve from August 7, 1880, to August 7, 1882. Mr. Baer, whoever he was, failed to qualify, and on December 15, 1880, the Secretary of State issued a commission to Lewis Fouts. This shows that Fouts had been appointed by the Board of County Commissioners soon after the beginning of the term to which Baer had been elected.
Lewis Fouts, appointed to serve vice Baer, failed to qualify, from December 15. 1880, to November 13, 1882: elected and commissioned from November 13, 1882, to No- vember 13, 1884.
Robert Smith, commissioned from November 13, 1884, to November 13, 1886.
Lewis Fouts, commissioned from November 13, 1886, to November 13, 1888; re- elected and commissioned for four full terms, from November 13, 1888, to November 13, 1896.
Charles P. Seward, commissioned to serve from November 13, 1896, to November 13, 1898; resigned, exact date not stated.
Ora O. Graff, appointed vice Seward, resigned, serving from January 13, 1898, to November 17, 1898.
George H. Smith, commissioned from November 17, 1898, to November 17, 1900. Osa R. Summers, commissioned from November 17, 1900, to November 17, 1902.
Here the law was changed by an act of the General Assembly to make the term of county offices begin on the uniform date of January 1. and accordingly Summers served until January 1. 1903.
James E. Pierce, commissioned to serve from January 1. 1903, to January 1, 1905: died in office, January 9. 1904.
Charles W. Wright, appointed vice Pierce, deceased, from January 16, 1904. to January 1, 1905; elected and commissioned from January 1, 1905, to January 1, 1907: present incumbent.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
WILLIAM MCDOWELL, who was commonly known as "Uncle Billy Mack." served longer as coroner than any of his predecessors or successors-in fact so long that he came to be regarded as The Coroner.
The office of coroner is a position of more dignity and importance and of less pay than is generally known. The incumbent may be called on to fill the sheriff's office when that officer is a party to a suit. He is also a peace officer with the same powers as the sheriff, and in case of a vacancy in the office or disqualification of the sheriff, he hecomes sheriff de facto.
EZEKIEL LEAVELL is the man who, on the authority of Judge Martin L. Bundy, named New Castle after New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky. He was the agent of the county to sell the town lots, and was once, by appointment and twice by election, sheriff of Henry County, to whom additional reference is made in the brief history of New Castle, printed elsewhere in this History.
HARRISON HOOVER Was a soldier in the Civil War, whose service will be found appropriately set out elsewhere in this History.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
As stated under the head of county sheriff, the law was approved December 31, 1821, organizing Henry County, the same to be effective June 1, 1822, and that on Janu- ary 1. 1822, Governor Jonathan Jennings appointed Jesse H. Healey, sheriff. After- wards, on May 9, 1822, he appointed William McKimmey, surveyor for the proposed new county, which shows that he had authority to appoint officers other than the sheriff. At that time the office of county surveyor was a highly important one when it is consid- ered that every acre of land in Henry County belonged to the public domain. The land was taken up rapidly by settlers and the metes and bounds not only of every section but in many cases every subdivision thereof had to he officially determined.
The record of "Commissions Issued" in the office of the Secretary of State from December 28, 1825, the date of Henry Lewelling's commission, to November 8, 1852, the date of Isaac Kinley's commission and the beginning of his term of office, fails to show a commission issued to any one for the office of county surveyor in Henry County. Yet the county records relating to this office now in possession of Omar E. Minesinger, Sur- veyor of Henry County, show that Thomas R. Stanford acted as county surveyor from 1832 to 1846; George H. Ballengall from 1846 to 1849: Stephen G. Mendenhall from 1849 to 1851. The probabilities are that there was no one elected surveyor in Henry County for the time above mentioned, thus leaving a vacancy which the Board of County Com- missioners filled by naming Stanford, Ballengall and Mendenhall respectively to per- form the duties of the office.
SURVEYORS.
William McKimmey, commissioned from May 9, 1822, to December 28, 1825.
Henry Lewelling, commissioned from December 28, 1825, served presumably to 1832.
Thomas R. Stanford, appointed in 1832, serving to 1846.
George H. Ballengall. appointed in 1846, serving to 1849.
Stephen G. Mendenhall. appointed in 1849, serving to 1851.
Isaac Kinley, commissioned from November 6, 1852, to November 6, 1854: re-elected and commissioned from November 6. 1854, to November 6, 1856.
John F. Polk. commissioned from November 6, 1856, to November 6, 1858: re-elected and commissioned from November 6, 1858, to November 6, 1860.
James M. Clements, commissioned from November 6, 1860, to November 6, 1862; re-elected, commissioned and served four full terms from November 6, 1862, to Novem- ber 6. 1870.
Noah Hayes, commissioned to serve from November 6, 1870, to November 6, 1872; resigned in May, 1871. to join Professor Hall's Polaris expedition in search of the North Pole.
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William R. Harrold, appointed to fill the vacancy vice Hayes, resigned, serving to November 6, 1872: elected and commissioned from November 6, 1872, to November 6, 1874.
Joseph Unthank, commissioned to serve from November 6, 1874, to November 6. 1876; resigned in June, 1875.
John H. Hewit, appointed vice Unthank, resigned, serving to November 6, 1876.
Daniel K. Cook, commissioned from November 6, 1876, to November 6, 1878; re- elected and commissioned from November 6, 1878, to November 6, 1880.
Robert I. Morrison, commissioned from November 13. 1880, to November 13, 1882; re-elected and commissioned from November 13, 1882, to November 13, 1884.
Daniel K. Cook, commissioned from November 13, 1884, to November 13. 1886; re- elected, commissioned and served two full terms, from November 13, 1886, to November 13, 1890.
Omar E. Minesinger, commissioned from November 13, 1890, to November 13. 1892; re-elected, commissioned and served two full terms, from November 13, 1892, to November 13, 1896.
Ulysses S. Cook, commissioned from November 13 ,1896, to November 13, 1898.
Solomon A. Robe, commissioned from November 13, 1898, to November 13, 1900; re- elected and commissioned from November 13, 1900, to November 13, 1902. Here the law was changed by an act of the General Assembly to make the terms of all county officers begin on the uniform date of January 1, thus extending Mr. Robe's second term to Janu- ary 1, 1903. He died in office December 31, 1902, the day prior to the expiration of his second term, he having been elected and commissioned for another full term from Janu- ary 1, 1903, to January 1. 1905.
Omar E. Minesinger, appointed vice Solomon A. Robe, deceased, serving from Jan- uary 5, 1903, to January 1, 1905; elected and commissioned from January 1, 1905, to Jan- uary 1, 1907; present incumbent.
BIOGRAPHIICAL.
Many of the men who have served as surveyors of Henry County have cut a very im- portant figure in the history of the county. Thomas R. Stanford was one of the first two associate justices, afterward a member of the lower house of the General Assembly for three terms and then a State Senator. His precise term as a legislator will be found set out under the title of The General Assembly elsewhere in this History.
DR. GEORGE H. BALLENGALL was one of the three delegates from Henry County to the convention which framed the present constitution of this State, and is referred to in the introduction to this chapter.
ISAAC KINLEY was a disinguished soldier of the Civil War: first as Captain of Com- pany D, 36th Indiana Infantry, then Major of the regiment. Afterward he was Provost Marshal of the Fifth Indiana district.
JOHN F. POLK. a brother of Judge Robert L. Polk, was one of Henry County's lead- ing educators, a native of Greensboro, now residing in Nebraska.
JAMES M. CLEMENTS, who served five consecutive terms in the office, was for many years civil engineer of the town of New Castle. Elsewhere in this History will be found farther reference to him.
NOAH HAYES was a gallant soldier in the Civil War-first in Company E, 36th In- diana Infantry, and then in Company A, 30th Indiana Infantry, reorganized, serving four years, all the time at the front. After returning from the North Pole expedition he had an appointment in the treasury department at Washington during which time he read medicine and graduated. He then located in Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, where he is now engaged in the practise of his profession.
DANIEL K. Cook filled the office for five full terms of two years each, but not consecutively. His son, Ulysses S. Cook, was one of his successors. The Cooks, both father and son, were for years civil engineers of the town of New Castle-the father for sixteen years and the son for two years. Daniel K. Cook drew the plans and specifications for the present sanitary sewer system of New Castle, costing about $100,000, and superintended its construction. He, assisted by his son, made the surveys
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through the counties of Marion, Hancock, Henry and Randolph, and made the plans, profiles and estimates for the proposed Indianapolis, New Castle and Toledo Electric railway.
OMAR E. MINESINGER is the grandson of John Minesinger, who was county com- missioner during the Civil War and who was the civil engineer in charge of the con- struction of the first railroad built through New Castle, the present Panhandle railway. Mr. Minesinger, when he completes his present term, will have filled the office five full terms, but not consecutively. As civil engineer he made the surveys, plans and specifi- cations for the Dunreith and New Castle branch of the Indianapolis and Eastern Rail- way, the first electric line constructed in Henry County.
SOLOMON A. ROBE was the only surveyor to die in office. He was a descendant of the family of that name who for so many years have lived in and around Luray and in the northern part of Prairie Township. The family is one of the oldest in that part of Henry County.
SUPERINTENDENT OF COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Beginning about the time the present constitution of the State became effective, November 1. 1851, the law provided that there should be in each county a school or county examiner whose duties consisted in examining applicants who desired to become teachers. Whenever the applicant was found possessed of the requisite knowledge the examiner issued a certificate to him or her to teach for a determinate period, not ex- ceeding two years, regulated by the proficiency which the applicant might display. The county examiner was also authorized to visit the various schools, but no compensation was provided therefor. Before 1852 there was in each county a board of school exam- iners, consisting of three members, who performed the same duties as subsequently de- volved upon the school examiners.
From 1852 to 1873 the following named persons acted as county examiner and from the fact that no official record of their terms can be found it is not possible to state the exact time that any of them served. viz: James S. Ferris, Simon T. Powell, Russell B. Abbott. Isaac Kinley, Thomas Rogers, William M. Watkins, Henry M. Shockley, Daniel Newby and Clarkson Davis.
In 1873 the General Assembly provided for the election of a county superintendent with enlarged powers and fixed compensation. From time to time since 1873 the General Assembly has increased the power and compensation of this officer to keep pace with the growing school demands until now the office is an important one and is regarded as a very desirable position, the superintendent having an office in the court house the same as any other county official. The present term of office is four years and he is elected by the township trustees.
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