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February 3-Explosion of 700 quarts of nitroglycerine near Alex- andria, killed one man and doing great damage.
February 26-George Mckeown, former publisher of the Anderson Herald, died.
April 13-Benjamin F. Aiman, ex-county commissioner, died at Pendleton.
April 30-Death of Captain Frank M. Hunter, of Elwood.
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May 16-Fire in the Elks home at Anderson, slight damage.
May 24-Diamond robbery at George Greyer's jewelry store in Anderson.
June 13-Bertha Stewart, of Moss Island, killed in a runaway.
June 16-E. B. Goodykoontz, ex-judge of the Madison circuit court, died at Anderson.
June 26-David W. Wood, ex-prosecuting attorney, killed by a Big Four train at Anderson.
July 6-Jacob Jacobson, the last toll-gate keeper in Madison county, died near Anderson, aged ninety-seven years.
August 29-Martin L. Bundy, who carried the mails through Ander- son from Noblesville to Centerville, on horseback, in 1833, addressed an old settlers' meeting at Chesterfield.
October 24-Golden jubilee of the Anderson Presbyterian church.
November 2-Bert Case, a popular railroad conductor on the Pan Handle, killed in a wreck near Anderson.
November 12-George Petty, master mechanic of the Big Four rail- road, killed by a switch engine at Anderson.
December 6-James W. Sansberry, the oldest member of the Madi- son county bar, died at Anderson.
December 18-Lincoln public school building at Anderson destroyed by fire.
December 20-Deputy Marshal William Ray, of Summitville, shot and killed an unknown burglar.
December 26-Fire at the Penn American Glass Works at Alex- andria, loss $10,000.
1902
January 20-Harry McCandless, street commissioner of Anderson, killed by a street car.
March 8-John Julions' saw-mill at Dundee burned.
April 9-First stone of the Union building, the finest office building in Anderson, placed in position by Tim Striker.
April 22-Plant of the Indiana Box Company at Anderson destroyed by fire.
June 5-Louis J. Weichmann died at Anderson. He was one of the chief witnesses in the trial of the conspirators for the assassination of President Lincoln.
June 17-Indiana Druggists' Association begin their state convention in Anderson.
June 25-A great storm sweeps over the southern part of the county.
July 24-Formal opening of the Anderson Country Club, north of White river, on the grounds occupied by Camp Stilwell at the time of the Civil war.
September 29-Charles Merryweather, one of the contractors engaged in erecting the Union building, killed by falling from the top of that structure. This was the only casualty that occurred while the building was under construction.
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November 12-Hiram J. Daniels, banker and former postmaster of Anderson, died.
1903
January 7-John R. Boston, a pioneer post-rider, died near Pendle- ton, aged eighty-two years.
January 12-Site selected for the Anderson postoffice at the corner of Jackson and Eleventh streets.
January 18-Charles Harrison and Myrtle East killed by a Pan Handle train near Frankton.
January 28-Destructive fire at the Anderson Tin Plate Works.
May 12-14-State encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held in Anderson.
May 24-Maplewood cemetery at Anderson dedicated-address by Rev. J. C. Bickford, of the Methodist Episcopal church.
June 12-Thomas Costello, Philippine soldier, , buried at Anderson with military honors.
July 24-Levi Conner, ex-county commissioner, killed by cars at Daleville, Delaware county.
July 29-William Elliott killed by lightning near Moss Island.
August 8-First Chinese restaurant in the county opened at Ander- son by Chong Long.
September 11-Berryman Shafer, former prominent Madison county politician, died at Manhattan, Kansas.
1904
January 17-William Stanley, a farmer of Green township, found dead in his room at the Sherman House, Indianapolis. Mr. Stanley acquired considerable notoriety some years before his death by bring- ing suit against Congressman W. D. Bynum, because Mr. Bynum prom- ised the farmers one dollar a bushel for their wheat in case his party was successful. Wheat went down below that price and Mr. Stanley sued to recover the difference.
February 2-Indiana Brick Company's plant at Anderson destroyed by fire, loss $50,000.
February 9-First Lieutentant John Collins of Company L, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana Infantry, died and was buried with mili- tary honors.
March 24-Highest flood in thirty years.
March 29-Calumet Mills, an old landmark at Pendleton, destroyed by fire.
May 24-Michael Ryan, an old citizen and former roadmaster of the Pan Handle Railroad, died at Anderson.
May 25-John W. Pence, former city councilman and cashier of the Citizens' Bank, died.
June 16-Death of Dr. Walter Hunt, city health officer of Ander- son.
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July 12-Death of Silas Williams, whose father planted the first orchard in Madison county, near Pendleton.
December 22-First filtered water turned into the mains of the Anderson water-works.
1905
January 1-James T. Knowland, former secretary of the water- works, prominent Mason and member of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at Anderson.
January 8-Explosion at the Penn American Glass Works, at Alex- andria.
January 16-Mrs. Ollie Huntzinger killed by the closing of a fold- ing bed at Anderson.
February 24-Captain Joseph T. Smith, of the Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry in the Civil war, died at Manhattan, Kansas.
March 30-A gypsy child born in a camp near Elwood-the first gypsy born in the county.
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May 11-Severe tornado in the western part of the county.
May 15-Opening of the Crystal theater, the first moving picture show, at Anderson, by John Ammon.
May 15-First public market at Anderson opened on Tenth street, from Main to Jackson.
June 14-First general observance of "Flag Day" in Madison county.
July 2-State German Saengerfest opened at Anderson.
July 4-John Keicher, lineman for the Bell Telephone Company and former member of Company L, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regi- ment, was killed by a live wire.
July 20-Death of William Cronin, street commissioner of Anderson.
July 27-First interurban car runs from Anderson to Middletown. August 11-Great cloud-burst at Anderson-cellars flooded and much damage done.
November 14-Frank Lee, the first man to run a milk wagon in An- derson, died.
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1906
January 12-Augustus M. Williams, son of Robert N. Williams and the first white male child born in Anderson, died.
January 24-State Dairy Association began its state convention in Anderson.
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March 14-The old Cook homestead near Huntsville, one of the old- est residences in the county, destroyed by fire.
April 1-Presbyterian church, at the corner of Ninth and Lin- coln streets, Anderson, dedicated.
April 22-Meeting at the Grand Opera House in Anderson, for the relief of the San Francisco earthquake sufferers, about $800 raised.
June 22-Weems Heagy, ex-county treasurer, died.
August 15-Anderson postoffice, at the corner of Eleventh and Jackson streets, opened to the public.
August 21-Disastrous wreck at the crossing of the Big Four and the Anderson Belt railroads. Engineer Rugby and Fireman Guy killed.
August 26-Senator Benjamin Tillman, of South Carolina, delivers an address on the "race problem" at Chesterfield.
December 26-William C. Fleming, ex-county clerk and member of the legislature, died at Anderson.
1907
January 7-Chauncey Towell, Spanish-American war veteran, died. January 20-Death of William Hedrick, once the largest land owner in the county, and author of "Hedrick's Bible."
January 21-Tilghman A. Howard, a native of Madison county and oldest newsboy, died at Los Angeles, California-body brought to Ander- son for burial.
February 11-Bridge of the Union Traction Company over the White river on the Isanogle farm, between Anderson and Chesterfield, broke down while a car was passing over it and several people were injured.
April 18-Captain W. R. Myers, ex-congressman and three times secretary of state of Indiana, died at Anderson.
June 12-Masonic hall at Elwood dedicated.
July 25-James Mohan, ex-county recorder, died.
September 12-Destructive fire at Pendleton.
1908
January 1-Street car strike on electric lines at Anderson, but no disorder or unlawful acts.
January 4-Governor Hanley sends militia to Muncie to quell dis- turbances growing out of the street car strike. Troops pass through Anderson.
January 15-Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Harden, widow of Samuel Harden, the Madison county historian.
February 1-Great snow storm and blizzard.
March 27-Severe storm in the northern part of the county.
April 8-Hene-Lederer building at Elwood destroyed by fire, loss $50,000.
July 4-Grand celebration at Mounds Park for the benefit of the associated charities and industrial school.
October 23-William H. Taft, Republican candidate for president, in Anderson for about twenty minutes.
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1909
March 28 John H. Terhune, mayor of Anderson and prominent capitalist, died.
May 15-David C. East, prominent hardware merchant and former city councilman, killed by a street car at the corner of Lincoln and Eleventh streets, Anderson.
May 26-First local option election in Madison county.
June 3-Eighth Congressional District Bankers' Association began meeting in Anderson, closed with banquet at the Anderson Country Club.
July 18-Old fiddlers of Madison county meet in contest at Mounds Park, large number of people in attendance.
July 25-"Jerry" Mahoney, Big Four yardmaster, killed by falling between two cars.
August 3-Part of the Tenth United States Infantry, while on a. 200-mile "hike," camped on the Myers farm, near Anderson.
August 15-Twenty thousand people attend the old settlers' meet- ing at Mounds Park to witness a sham battle between the Indians and whites. The "Indians" were commanded by Gabriel Godfroy, the last of the Miami chiefs, and the whites by Captain E. J. Finnell.
November 2-Frank P. Foster elected mayor of Anderson.
1910
February 17-Death of Martin L. Bundy, at Newcastle. Mr. Bundy carried the mail on horseback between Noblesville and Centerville, pass- ing through Anderson, in 1833.
March 14-Sudden death of Wesley Dunham, former mayor of Anderson.
June 23-Fire in the office of the Anderson Daily Bulletin.
July 24-Sham battle at Mounds Park under the auspices of the Improved Order of Red Men.
August 5-Death of Solomon Smelser, ex-sheriff.
August 17-Reunion of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana Infantry at Anderson.
September 28-Reunion of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry at Anderson. This was one of the last regiments recruited for the Civil war.
October 13-Theodore Roosevelt spoke in Anderson.
December 28-Ernest Phillips, a druggist of Frankton, accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting.
1911
January 6-Mrs. Sarah J. Richards, an inmate of the county in- firmary, near Chesterfield, set fire to her clothes while lighting her pipe and was burned to death.
January 11-Morey M. Dunlap, former mayor of Anderson, died at Denver, Colorado.
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January 22-Mrs. Iticia Wolf celebrated her one hundredth birth- day anniversary. She died about a month later.
February 12-Death of William E. Smith, ex-chief of police of Anderson.
March 4-John Ellis, chief of police, and Virgil Kirkham, patrol- man, of Alexandria, were both killed by James Walker, whom they tried to arrest while caught in the act of robbing a store. Walker received a life sentence on April 4th following.
March 9-Champ Clark, speaker of the United States house of repre- sentatives, lectured at the Anderson high school building.
April 30-Randall Brothers store and the Big Four depot at Ingalls destroyed by fire.
May 24-Order of Orioles hold a state convention in Anderson.
September 20-Reunion of the Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry at Anderson.
November 16-Masonic banquet at Anderson, 400 persons in attend- ance.
November 23-Fraternal Order of Eagles give a big banquet in Anderson, about 500 present.
December 9-Harry P. Hardie appointed postmaster of Anderson- appointment confirmed January 12, 1912.
December 25-Elks gave a Christmas dinner to the children of Anderson at the Elks' hall.
1912
January 26-Two fires in Anderson-the works of the Anderson Tool Company destroyed and the Masonic Temple damaged.
February 9-Gas explosion and fire in the Lapel Bottle Works cause a loss of $4,000.
February 12-First Polish dance in Madison county given at the armory in Anderson.
March 19-New Odd Fellows' hall at the corner of Ninth and Jack- son streets, Anderson, dedicated.
April 2-Joseph Franklin, minister of the Christian church and former county superintendent of schools, died aged seventy-eight years. May 2-Plant of the Indiana Brick Company destroyed by fire a sec- ond time.
May 22-Annual state convention of Elks began in Anderson.
July 9-Anderson postoffice building struck by lightning and slightly damaged.
July 31-First electric lights in Lapel.
August 31-Town of Markleville incorporated.
POPULATION
At the time Madison county was organized in 1823, the population was less than 1,000. Since that time the growth, as shown by the United States census, has been as follows :
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1830
2,238
1840
8,874
1850
12,375
1860
16,518
1870
22,770
1880
27,527
1890
36,487
1900
.70,470
1910
65,224
The almost phenomenal growth during the decade between 1890 and 1900 was due to the discovery of natural gas, which brought many thousands of dollars of capital and a large number of workmen to the county. Vice versa, the decline in population between 1900 and 1910 was mainly due to the failure of the gas supply, many of the factories that located in the county during the boom period removed elsewhere their employees following. While this had a depressing effect upon the industries of the county for a time, the manufacturing establish- ments that remained in the county are now prosperous as a rule, and the present decade is likely to show an increase in population when the census of 1920 is taken.
THE OFFICIAL REGISTER
Following is a list of the legislative and administrative officers of Madison county from the time of its organization to 1912, so far as the names could be gathered from the records. After the name of each official is the year of election or that in which he took office. It should be remembered that under the first constitution of the state repre- sentatives to the state legislature were elected annually. Under the present constitution, which became effective in 1851, they are elected biennially. Prior to 1829 the business of the county was transacted by the "Board of Justices," composed of all the justices of the peace in the county. The first board of county commissioners assumed the duties of office in 1829.
Representatives-James Paxton, 1823; James Conner, 1824; John Conner, 1825; Elisha Long, 1826; William Conner, 1829; Thomas Bell, 1830; John Foster, 1833; Thomas Bell, 1834; Leonard Bardwell, 1835; John H. Cook, 1836; Henry Wyman, 1837; Willis G. Atherton, 1839; Thomas McCallister, 1841; John Davis and Robert N. Williams, 1842; Thomas McCallister, 1843; Thomas Bell, 1844; Evan Ellis, 1845; William Young, 1846; Robert N. Williams, 1847; Townsend Ryan, 1848; Evan Ellis, 1849; William Crim, 1850; Thomas McCallister and Andrew Shanklin, 1851; . William C. Fleming, 1852; Thomas King, 1854; Thomas G. Clark and Thomas N. Stilwell, 1856; William A. Thompson, 1858; John Hayes, 1860; Richard Lake, 1862; B. E. Croan, 1864; Fred Black, 1866; J. F. Mock and G. F. Chittenden, 1868; J. W. Sansberry and Thomas S. Lines, 1870; Thomas N. Jones and John O. Hardesty, 1872; George W. Harris and A. R. A. Thompson, 1874; Edgar Hender- son and Joseph T. Smith, 1876; Stanley W. Edwins and Exum Saint,
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1878; Stanley W. Edwins, 1880; H. P. Shaffer, 1882; C. N. Branch, 1884; Frank P. Foster, 1886 (re-elected in 1888) ; A. J. Behymer, 1888; J. M. Farlow, 1890; J. M. Hundley, 1892; J. H. Terhune, 1894; E. E. Fornshell and W. W. Manifold, 1896; E. H. Matthew, 1898, (re- elected in 1900) ; Archer J. Jackley, 1902; George Nichol and Erastus Robinson, 1904; C. K. Mccullough, 1906; A. J. Behymer, William Cohran and L. A. Stephens, 1908; Charles E. Smith, Charles Biddle and Edward Osborn, 1910 (all three re-elected in 1912).
State Senators-James Gregory, 1823; Calvin Fletcher, 1826; Elisha Long, 1831; Thomas Bell, 1835; Thomas D. Walpole, 1841; Andrew Jackson, 1844; Thomas D. Walpole, 1847; John Hunt, 1850; Andrew Jackson, 1852; David S. Gooding, 1856; Hervey Craven, 1858; John D. Marshall, 1862; Milton S. Robinson, 1866; John W. Burson, 1870; James Orr, 1872; R. H. Cree, 1874; Charles T. Doxey, 1876; Marcus C. Smith, 1878; Charles L. Henry, 1880; James T. Shively, 1884; A. E. Harlan, 1888; O. A. Baker, 1892; Lafe Johnson, 1896; F. W. Cregor, 1898; W. A. Kittinger, 1900 (re-elected in 1904) ; C. K. Mccullough, 1908 (died in office and J. M. Farlow elected in 1910 for the remainder of the term) ; J. J. Netterville, 1910; F. K. Van Nuys, 1912.
While state senators are elected for four years it will be noticed that one was elected every two years at times, particularly during the decade from 1870 to 1880. This is due to the fact that Madison county was entitled to one senator and a joint senator with some other county, the joint senator being elected half-way between the elections of county senators.
Clerks-Moses Cox, 1823: William Curtis, 1825; Ansel Richmond, 1826; Robert N. Williams, 1831; Andrew Jackson, 1838; James Hazlett, 1844; Peter H. Lemon, 1855; Joseph Peden, 1859; William C. Fleming, 1865; Thomas J. Fleming, 1870; Robert H. Hannah, 1874; Jesse L. Henry, 1878; Charles A. Henderson, 1882; James J. Netterville, 1886; Edmund Johnson, 1894; Isaac E. May, 1898; George S. Parker, 1902; Arthur E. Harlan, 1906; Daniel L. Boland, 1910.
Auditors-Moses Cox, 1823; William Curtis, 1825; Ansel Richmond, 1826; Robert N. Williams, 1831; Andrew Jackson, 1838; Joseph Howard, 1842; Robert N. . Williams, 1844 (appointed in place of Howard, who resigned ) ; John W. Westerfield, 1845; William H. Mershon, 1851; Joseph Sigler, 1855; James M. Dickson, 1862; George Nichol, 1870; John L. Forkner, 1874; John E. Canaday, 1882; Calvin H. Allen, 1890; William N. Heath, 1894; Otis P. Crim, 1898; Joseph D. Kinnard, 1902; William T. Richards, 1906; Joel B. Benefiel, 1910.
Recorders-Moses Cox, 1823; William Curtis, 1825; Robert N. Wil- liams, 1833; Isaac T. Sharp, 1839; Nineveh Berry, 1842; A. Taylor, 1850; Samuel B. Mattox, 1852; Burkett Eads, 1860; Joseph Howard, 1865 (appointed to fill the unexpired time of Mr. Eads, who died in office) ; James Mohan, 1866; Jacob Hubbard, 1870; Albert C. Davis, 1878; Amos T. Davis, 1882; Daniel W. Black, 1890; Moses D. Harmon, 1894; Augustus T. Dye, 1898; James J. Davis, 1902; H. C. Daugherty, 1906; David R. Carlton, 1910.
Sheriffs-Samuel Cory, 1823; William Young, 1828; John C. Berry, 1831; Andrew Jackson, 1833; Joseph Howard, 1837; W. B. Allen,
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1841; John H. Davis, 1845; William Roach, 1849; Benham Nelson, 1853; Burkett Eads, 1855; Lanty Roach 1857 (appointed vice Eads, resigned) ; David H. Watson, 1858; Benjamin H. Sebrell, 1860; Wil- liam A. Nelson, 1864; James H. Snell, 1866; David K. Carver, 1870; Albert J. Ross, 1872; John W. McCallister, 1874; Andrew J. Griffith, 1875 (appointed to fill the unexpired term of McCallister, deceased) ; Thomas J. McMahan, 1876; Randle Biddle, 1880; Thomas R. Moore, 1882; A. I. Makepeace, 1886; James Etchison, 1888; W. W. Vandyke, 1892; John Starr, 1894; Manville D. Moore, 1898; Truman M. Hous, ton, 1902; Solomon Smelser, 1904; John W. Mountain, 1908; William J. Black, 1912.
Treasurers-Thomas Pendleton, 1823; Bicknel Cole, 1829; Allen Hiatt, 1830; Alfred Makepeace, 1831; Jesse Wise, 1832; James A. Kindle, 1842; James Hazlett, 1843 (appointed vice Kindle, resigned) ; Brazelton Noland, 1844; Seth Smith, 1846; Isaac P. Snelson, 1850; Joseph Howard, 1852; Armstrong Taylor, 1854; Nineveh Berry, 1856; John Hunt, 1860; William W. Noland, 1863 (appointed vice Hunt, resigned, and elected for a full term in 1864) ; Joseph Pugh, 1866; James W. Thomas, 1870; Weems Heagy, 1872; Daniel F. Mustard, 1876; George Ross, 1882; Nathan T. Call, 1886; John R. Page, 1888; H. C. Callaway, 1892; William Boland, 1894; C. F. Heritage, 1896; C. C. Dehority, 1900; Thomas L. Dehority, 1902; George F. Quick, 1904; Otis P. Crim, 1908; George T. Beebe, 1912.
Coroners-Charles Tharp, 1824; Saul Shaul, 1825; James M. Irish, 1829; John M. Allen, 1833; James L. Bell, 1837; John Kindle, 1844; Lewis Brunt, 1851; William Vandevender, 1852; Hibbert D. Miner, 1855; J. J. Longenecker, 1856; Edmond W. Shaul, 1858; James Hol- lingsworth, 1862; Anderson Moore, 1864; James A. Shawhan, 1866; James McGraw, 1869; John J. Sims, 1870; G. W. Maynard, 1872; David B. Sims, 1874; A. K. Rockenfield, 1876; George Armstrong, 1880; William A. Hunt, 1884; C. L. Armington, 1889; S. C. Sells, 1894; E. M. Conrad, 1898; Charles Trueblood, 1902; A. V. Frankboner, 1906; Charles R. Smethers, 1908; Elmer S. Allbright, 1910.
Surveyors-Elijah Ellis, 1825; James Campbell, 1827; James M. Irish, 1829 ; Nineveh Berry, 1831; L. S. Loveland, 1838; W. R. O'Neal, 1844; Thomas G. Clark, 1847; Tilghman Armfield, 1850; James W. Thomas, 1856; William R. Myers, 1858; James W. Thomas, 1860; Mar- tin F. Ryan, 1870; Charlton Reed, 1875; M. F. Ryan, 1877; Thomas P. Harris, 1878; A. D. Williams, 1884; Alexander Ross, 1888; Morton H. Downey, 1894; Edwin J. Wilcox, 1904; Adolph I. Smith, 1908; Will- iam F. McVaugh, 1912.
County Assessors-This office was established by the legislature of 1891. The assessors of Madison county have been as follows: B. B. Campbell, 1891; Austin McCallister, 1892; John G. Haas, 1896; Thad. M. Moore, 1900; Douglas M. Montgomery, 1910.
County Commissioners-The first board of commissioners met in September, 1829, and was composed of Henry Seybert, John Berry and Thomas McCartney. Berry resigned and Jacob Shaul was appointed to the vacancy. Since then the election of commissioners has been as fol- lows: 1831, Brazelton Noland and Daniel Harpold; 1832, Saul Shaul;
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1833, William Curtis; 1835, Enos Adamson; 1836, John Renshaw ; 1837, Joseph Ingalls; 1838, Micajah Jackson; 1839, Isaac T. Sharp; 1840, William Curtis, John Renshaw and Enos Adamson; 1841, Henry Plum- mer; 1842, William Sparks and Archibald Cooney; 1843, James L. Bell; 1844, Jesse Forkner (died in office and William Wilson appointed to the vacancy) ; 1845, Bazaliel Thomas; 1848, William Shaw; 1849, Samuel Meyers and William Busby; 1850, F. Bronnenberg, Sr., and Hezekiah Kidwell; 1851, Thomas L. Beckwith and John McCallister; 1853, J. M. Zedeker; 1854, Berryman Shafer; 1856, Isaac V. Cox; 1858, George R. Boran (appointed to fill the unexpired term of McCallister, deceased) ; 1858, Eli Hodson ; 1859, Thomas Brunt; 1860, William Crim; 1861, George R, Boran; 1863, W. A. Thompson, Sr .; 1864, Peter Fesler; 1866, John Coburn (resigned and Levi Conner appointed in 1869) ; 1867, Isaac W. Jones; 1870, James Hazlett and John McCallister; 1871, Elmore Wright; 1872, Joseph Funk; 1873, George W. Hoel; 1874, Henry Plummer; 1876, Benjamin F. Aiman; 1878, Jacob Bronnenberg; 1883, John F. Thurston ; 1884, W. F. Pence; 1886, William Cox and E. H. Peters; 1888; G. L. Jones and John Costello; 1890, H. Bronnenberg and A. J. Cunningham ; 1892, R. C. Howard; 1894, Allen Boram; 1896, Timothy Metcalf and Lafe J. Burr; 1898, J. M. Walker; 1900, C. E. Swain; 1902, E. P. McMahan; 1904, no change in the personnel of the board; 1906, M. J. Brown and J. F. Mauzy ; 1908, Arthur S. Hughel; 1910, Allen Peters and James I. Anderson ; 1912, no change.
In this list of county commissioners no effort has been made to record the re-elections of members of the board. The list contains the name of every man who has ever served as county commissioner, with the year in which such service began. Thomas Brunt, who was elected in 1860, served continuously for twelve years, and Benjamin F. Aiman, elected in 1876, was a member of the board for ten years.
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