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State Officials .- John Gilmore, treasurer in 1841; Moses Sullivan, president of Canal Commission in 1835; John N. Purviance, auditor general, 1845 to 1851; John M. Sul- livan, deputy secretary of state, 1855 to 1858, and assistant clerk of the State Sen- ate from 1847 to 1850, chief clerk from 1852 to 1853, and deputy superintendent of common schools from 1858 to 1860; John Gilmore, speaker of the House in 1841; James Thompson, speaker of the House in 1835, associate justice of the Supreme Court, 1857 to 1867, and chief justice, 1867 to 1872; Walter H. Lowrie, associate jus- tice of the Supreme Court, 1851 to 1857, and chief justice from 1857 to 1863; Sam- uel A. Purviance, attorney general, 1861;
Jacob Zeigler, transcribing clerk of the Senate, 1843, assistant clerk of the House in 1858, and chief clerk of the senate in 1871; James M. Carson, reading clerk of the Senate, 1896 to 1897; Porter W. Low- ry, reading clerk of the senate, 1903; James N. Moore, journal clerk of the House, 1904 and 1906, and assistant clerk of the House in 1907; Carl Shanor, of Prospect, jour- nal clerk of the House, 1903; O. G. Mech- ling, Butler, pastor and folder in the House, 1907; Frank Stauffer, Butler, as- sistant door keeper in the House of Rep- resentatives, 1900; Jefferson Burtner, chief clerk in the auditor general's office, 1890 to 1908.
County medical inspector for the State Board of Health, Dr. H. D. Hockenberry, of West Sunbury; deputy factory inspect- or, J. C. McClymond, of Portersville; mem- ber of the State Board of Agriculture, W. H. H. Riddle.
Delegates to the Constitutional Conven- tion .- William Ayres and Samuel A. Pur- viance to the convention of 1838; Louis Z. Mitchell and John N. Purviance to the con- vention of 1873 (James H. Walker and Samuel A. Purviance were delegates-at- large to the same convention) ; Porter W. Lowry, Levingston McQuistion and M. F. Leason to the convention of 1891.
State Senators .- Walter Lowrie, 1811 to 1819; Moses Sullivan elected in 1824 and served three terms; William Purviance in 1836; Charles C. Sullivan, 1841 and 1844; William Hazlett, 1849; John R. Harris, 1856; Charles McCandless, 1862; James Kerr, 1868; John M. Greer, 1876 and 1880; Joseph B. Showalter, 1888; Andrew G. Williams, 1894; Capt. Thomas Hayes, 1908.
Representatives .- On account of the va- rious changes in the apportionment of the county, it is difficult to obtain absolutely reliable data about the representatives to the legislature elected from the county pre- vious to the Constitution of 1873. The fig- ures used in the list following indicate the year in which the election was held and
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the member elected served in the session of the year following. The representatives elected since 1804 are as follows: John McBride, 1804; Jacob Mechling, 1805, 1806, 1807 and 1808; John Nagley, 1809 and 1820; Walter Lowrie, 1810; James Potts, 1814; Andrew Christie, 1815; John Gil- more, 1816-17-18-19-21 (Mr. Gilmore was elected speaker of the House in 1821); Moses Sullivan, 1822 and 1823; William Beatty, 1825-6-7; James McKee, 1828; William Purviance, 1830-31; Joseph Bry- son, 1832; Samuel Kerr, 1833-34; George W. Smith, 1835; Samuel A. Gilmore, 1836- 37; Samuel A. Purviance, 1838; George Potts, 1839; Isaac S. Pearson, 1840; Sam- uel M. Lane, 1841; Joseph Cummings, 1842-43; Joseph Cross, 1844; William Haz- lett, 1844; Joseph Cross, 1845; D. H. B. Brower, 1845; John R. Harris, 1846; Jacob Zeigler, 1847; Robert Hansen, 1848; D. H. B. Brower, 1850; William Stewart and R. B. McCombs, 1853-54; Alexander W. Craw- ford, 1855-56-57; W. W. Dodds, 1857; John M. Thompson, 1858-59; William M. Gra- ham, 1859-60; Thomas Robinson. 1860; Hiram C. McCoy, 1861-62; H. W. Grant, 1861-62; William Haslett, 1863-64; John H. Negley, 1863-64-65; Henry Pillow, 1865; James T. McJunkin, 1867; Alexander Les- lie, 1868-69; George W. Fleeger, 1870-71; Dr. Jos. S. Lusk, 1871-74-76; David Mc- Kee, 1872-73; William S. Waldron, 1872; A. L. Campbell, 1873.
Previous to 1873, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer Counties formed the Representa- tive District. Under the new Constitution of 1873 Butler County became a separate district and entitled to two members. The constitution also provided for biennial ses- sions and election of representatives every two years. Representatives elected from the county since that time are as follows : 1876 R. A. Mifflin and Dr. William Irvine; 1878 James Humphrey and George H. Gra- ham; 1880 Dr. S. D. Bell and William P. Braham; 1882 Joseph Donley and Jacob Zeigler; 1884 Joseph Hartman and J. M.
Leighner; 1886 Josiah M. Thompson and J. B. Showalter; 1888 Joseph Thomas, Jr., and R. I. Boggs; 1890 Andrew G. Williams and Josiah M. Thompson; 1892 James B. Mates and David B. Douthett; 1894 David B. Douthett and James N. Moore; 1896 John Dindinger and James N. Moore; 1898 John Dindinger and James N. Moore; 1900 James B. Mates and Nelson Thomp- son; 1902 A. M. Douthett and Thomas Hays; 1904 Dr. W. R. Hockenberry and Thomas Hays; 1906 Ira McJunkin and Rev. J. M. Dight; 1908 Dr. E. G. Wasson and Ira McJunkin.
President Judges .- Under the old sys- tem the president judges of the state were commissioned during good behavior. The Constitution of 1838 fixed the term at ten years, and in 1851 the office became elect- ive instead of appointive. The judges un- der the old and new systems are as fol- lows, being named in the order of their commission : Jesse Moore, February, 1804; Jonathan Roberts, 1818; William Wilkins, 1821; Charles Shaler, 1824; John Bredin, 1831; Daniel Agnew, 1851 and 1863; Lawrence L. McGuffen, 1863; Charles MeCandless (appointed) 1874; Ebenezer McJunkin, 1874; James Bredin, 1874; Aaron L. Hazen, 1884; John M. Greer, additional law judge in 1892, and president judge of the Seventeenth Dis- trict, September 1, 1893, Lawrence County being created the Fifty-first District with Aaron L. Hazen president judge; James M. Galbreath, present incumbent, was elected in 1902.
John McMichael of New Castle was elected additional law judge in the district in 1884 and served until his death in 1902. Norman L. Martin, a member of the New Castle Bar, was appointed to fill the va- cancy until the succeeding election, at which Hon. John M. Greer of Butler County was elected an additional law judge.
Associate Judges .- The associate judges of the state were at first commissioned by
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the governor to serve during life, but in 1838 the constitutional term of service was fixed at five years, and the officers de- clared to be elective. The first associate judges of Butler County were Samuel Findley, John Parker and James Bovard, who were commissioned in 1803. John Duffy was commissioned in 1840 and Chris- tian Buhl in 1845. Under the new law the first elections were held in 1851 and Sam- uel Marshall and John McCandless were chosen. Jacob Mechling, Jr., and Thomas Stephenson were elected in 1856; James Kerr and James Mitchell in 1861; Joseph Cummings and Thomas Garvey in 1866. The death of Judge Cummings and the ap- pointment of Hiram C. McCoy as his suc- cessor in 1870 disturbed somewhat the or- der of judges. Samuel Marshall defeated McCoy for the office in the fall of 1870, and when the latter's term expired in 1871, Daniel Fiedler was elected. In 1875 Sam- uel Marshall was reelected and in 1876 Robert Storey was chosen to succeed Judge Fiedler. Abraham McCandless was elected in 1880, A. D. Weir in 1881, and Jacob Keck in 1885. The Supreme Court in 1885 decided that the new legislation abolished the office of associate judge in the different judicial districts, and Mr. Keck did not qualify in Butler County.
District Attorneys .- The office of dis- trict attorney in Butler County was not created until 1851. Previous to that time the prosecuting attorney for the common- wealth was known as deputy attorney gen- eral, and the incumbents were appointed by the governor. Under the old law the office was first held by John Gilmore and he was succeeded in the order named by Charles Wilkins, Robert Moore, John Bre- din, W. W. Fetterman, Samuel A. Gil- more, John N. Purviance, Dunlap Mc- Laughlin, Parker C. Purviance, John Gra- ham, John Negley, and E. McJunkin. Un- der the law of 1850 the following named persons have filled the office: John H. Negley, 1850; Archibald Blakely, 1853;
Eugene Ferero, 1856; James W. Kirker, 1859; Robert M. McClure, 1862; W. H. H. Riddle, 1865; John M. Greer, 1868; Ferdi- nand Reiber, 1871; Levingston McQuis- tion, 1874; W. A. Forquer, 1877; A. M. Cunningham, 1880; S. B. Snyder, 1883; Charles A. McPherrin, 1886; Aaron L. Reiber, 1889; Ira McJunkin, 1882; A. M. Christley, 1895; Jacob M. Painter, 1898; John R. Henninger, 1901; Samuel Walker, 1904; Albert C. Troutman, 1907.
Sheriffs .- The Constitution of 1790 pro- vided that the office of sheriff was an elect- ive one, and the first incumbent of the office elected in Butler County was John McCandless, in 1803. His successors in the order named have been: Eliakim An- derson, 1806; William Campbell, 1809; Samuel Williamson, 1812; James McKee, 1815; Henry Evans, 1818; William Beatty, 1821; Abraham n Maxwell, 1824; John Welsh, 1827; Jacob Brinker, 1830; Fran- cis McBride, 1833; John Pollock, 1836; John B. Mclaughlin, 1839; James G. Campbell, 1842; George W. Reed, 1845; Andrew Kearns, 1848; Arthur McGill, 1841; John McKee, 1854; Abraham Mc- Candless, 1857; John Scott, 1860; William O. Breckenridge, 1863; James B. Storey, 1866; Harvey D. Thompson, 1869; John T. Kelley, 1872; George Walter, 1875; John Mitchell (appointed to fill vacancy), 1877; William H. Hoffman, 1878; Thomas Don- aghy, 1881; Peter Kramer, 1884; Oliver C. Redic, 1887; William M. Brown, 1890; A. G. Campbell, 1893; W. B. Dodds, 1896; Thomas R. Hoon, 1899; Martin L. Gibson, 1902; A. M. Campbell, 1905; John B. Cald- well, 1909.
The Deputy Sheriffs appointed since 1893 were as follows: A. M. Campbell, 1893; T. James Dodds, 1896; J. Rainey Hoon, 1899; A. O. Hepler, 1902; Curt Vor- ous, 1904 and 1905; T. James Dodds and Curt Vorous, 1909.
Prothonotaries .- Prior to 1839 the pro- thonotaries were appointed by the gov- ernor for terms of three years. Since that
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time the office has been elective. Down to 1850 the incumbents of the prothonotary's office discharged the duties of the clerk of courts, but in that year the office of clerk of courts became a separate one, its in- cumbent being elected every three years. The first prothonotary of Butler County was William Ayres, who was commis- sioned by the governor July 4, 1803. His successors have been Jacob Mechling in 1809; John Negley in 1818; William Camp- bell, 1821; John Neyman, 1824; William Stewart, 1827; Peter Duffy, 1833; John Sullivan, 1836; Jacob Zeigler, 1839; Jacob Mechling, Jr., 1842; James McGlaughlin, 1845; C. E. Purviance, 1848; John T. Bard, 1851; Matthew F. White, 1854; Nathan Brown, 1857; Allen Wilson, 1860; William Stoops, 1863; James B. Clark, 1866; Cyrus E. Anderson, 1869; Eli Conn, 1872; James H. Tebay, 1875; Alexander Russell, 1878; Matthew N. Greer, 1881; William M. Shira, 1884; J. W. Brown, 1887; reelected in 1890; S. M. Seaton, 1893; R. B. Thompson, 1896; J. N. McCollough, 1899; John B. Clark, 1902; William A. Lowry, 1905; J. M. Cruikshank, 1909.
The deputies appointed since 1893 are: Alexander Russell in 1894; Angie Thomp- son, 1897; Kenneth McCollough, 1900; H. E. Stewart, 1903; S. M. Seaton, 1903; John B. Clark, 1906; John Clark and Miss Lulu Cruikshank, 1909.
Clerk of Courts .- Previous to 1850 the duties of the clerk of courts were dis- charged by the prothonotary. In that year · the office of the clerk of court became a separate one, the incumbent being elected every three years. Louis Z. Mitchell was elected in 1851; J. Graham in 1854; Mr. Graham died while in office and W. K. Potts was elected to fill the vacancy; Emil Maurhoff, 1857; Robert A. Mifflin, 1860; Watson J. Young, 1863; Frank M. East- man, 1866; Jefferson Burtner, 1869; John H. Sutton, 1872; Louis N. Cochran, 1875; W. A. Wright, 1878; W. B. Dodds, 1881; Reuben McElvain, 1884, reelected in 1887;
Joseph Criswell, 1890; reëlected in 1893; Isaac Meals, 1896; William P. Turner, 1899; W. H. Campbell (appointed to fill vacancy), in 1901; George M. Graham, 1901; L. E. Christley, 1904; R. M. McFar- land, 1907; R. M. McFarland, 1909.
Treasurers .- John Negley, 1804; John Potts, 1807; Samuel Williamson, 1810; William Campbell, 1813; Hugh McKee, 1816; John Gilkey, 1819; William Gibson, 1822; John Sullivan, 1823; Isaiah Niblock, 1826; James Thompson, 1828; Francis Mc- Bride, 1829; Andrew Sproul, 1832; George Miller, 1833; John B. McGlaughlin, 1835; James Frazier and Jacob Mechling, Jr., 1839; William Campbell, 1840; Andrew Kearns, 1841, was the first treasurer elected under the new law; Daniel Coll, 1843; Isaac Colbert, 1846; Michael Zim- merman, 1848; Samuel C. Stewart, 1850; John Martin, 1851; William B. Lemmon, 1853; James Kearns, 1856; Samuel Marks, 1857; James Deer, 1859; George W. Reed, 1861; Nathaniel Walker, 1863; William E. Moore, 1865; J. Christey Moore (to fill vacancy), November, 1866; Hugh Mor- rison, 1867; John Haney, 1869; Francis Anderson, 1871; Joseph F. Campbell, 1873; David Cupps, 1875; J. H. Miller, 1878; A. L. Craig, 1881; J. A. McMarlin, 1884; Amos Seaton, 1887; James S. Wil- son, 1890; John T. Martin, 1893; Cyrus Harper, 1896; Daniel Rankin, 1899; W. S. Dixon, 1902; Thomas Alexander, 1905; S. C. Trimble, 1909.
The deputy treasurers appointed since 1900 are John Rankin, 1900; C. W. Dixon, 1903; J. A. Kiskaddon, 1906; Homer Dixon, 1909.
Commissioners .- The county was gov- erned by the commissioners of Allegheny County from 1800 to 1803. Those who have held the office in this county since the latter year are as follows:
Matthew White and James Bovard, No- vember 9, 1803, and Jacob Mechling, No- vember 16, 1803, formed the first board; James Scott, 1804 and 1810; Abner Coats,
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November 9, 1805; Jacob Smith, Decem- ber 2, 1806; Abraham Brinker, March 7, 1807; John Negley and Francis Anderson, 1808 and 1809; Thomas Dodds and Joseph Williamson, October 27, 1809; Walter Lowrie, October, 1810; William Balph, Oc- tober, 1811; Robert Martin, October, 1812 and 1815; Ephraim Harris, October, 1812, vice Lowrie, resigned; James McKee, Jan- uary, 1813; William Campbell, November, 1815; Thomas MeCleary, October, 1816; F. Fryer, October, 1817; Abraham Brin- ker, November, 1818; Robert Lemmon, Oc- tober, 1818; J. Dodds, November, 1820; John Brandon, October, 1821; John Cov- ert, November, 1822; Hugh McKee, No- vember, 1824; Robert Scott, November, 1825; John MeQuistion, November, 1825; David Dougal, October, 1826; John Mc- Nees, October, 1827; Alexander Graham, October, 1828; Joseph McQuistion, 1829; John McCandless, 1830; William Pillow, 1831; Robert Graham, 1832; Joseph Gra- ham, 1835; Hugh Stephenson, 1835; Na- than Skeer, 1836; William Criswell, 1837; Jacob Shannon, October, 1838; Thomas R. McMillen, October, 1839; George Miller, 1840; John Ray, November, 1841; John Ray, October, 1842; Abraham Moyer, Oc- tober, 1842; Maurice Bredin, 1843; W. W. Dodds, 1844; T. H. Bracken, October, 1845; David Douthett, appointed in April, 1846, to succeed Bredin; John Anderson, Octo- ber, 1846; Joseph Douthett, October, 1847 ; Andrew Simpson, 1848; Thomas Kelly, 1849; Thomas Welsh, October, 1850; James Mitchell, October, 1851; John Mil- ler, November, 1852; William C. Campbell, 1853; John Kennedy, 1854; Andrew Boggs, 1855; P. Hilliard, 1856; Isaac Robb, 1857; William Harbison, 1858; Charles MeClung, 1859; Thomas McNees, 1860; Matthew Greer, 1861; Abner Bartley, 1862; Samuel Leason, 1863; A. C. Christie, 1864; Will- iam Dick, 1865; John W. Brandon, 1866; Charles Hoffman, 1867; James M. Lowe, 1868; John S. Campbell, 1869; William L. Bartley, 1870; Benjamin F. Garvin, 1871;
Robert Barron, 1872; James P. Christley, 1873; John C. Riddle, 1874; James C. Don- aldson, 1875.
Under the article of the Constitution of 1873, providing for the election of three commissioners, to serve three years, and for the minority representation on the board, the following named were chosen in November, 1875: Robert Barron, J. C. Donaldson and William A. Christie, to serve until January, 1879, when James Gribben, Jonathan Maybury and J. C. Don- aldson qualified. In the fall of 1881, Charles Cochrane, George W. Hays and T. I. Wilson were elected, but the last named died prior to January, and James Collins, appointed to fill the vacancy, took the oath of office as the third member; J. C. Bread- en, John C. Kelley and J. M. Turner were elected in 1884; A. J. Hutchison, John C. Kelly and B. M. Duncan, in 1887; John Humphrey was appointed to succeed Kelly, resigned, January 10, 1890; and he with S. F. Marshall and J. C. Kiskaddon, were elected in November, 1890. In 1893, S. W. McCollough, Richard Kelly and George W. Wilson were elected; in 1896, John Mit- chell, Harmon G. Seaton and D. H. Sut- ton; in 1899, John W. Gillespie, J. J. Mc- Garvey and John A. Eichert; on June 20, 1902, Solomon Dunbar was appointed to fill the vacancy on the board caused by the death of John W. Gillespie; in 1902, James L. Patterson, Robert McClung and Greer McCandless were elected; on January 14, 1905, John T. Kelly was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rob- ert McClung; in 1905, N. S. Grossman, William Seibert and G. F. Easley were elected. In 1909 the Board is composed of J. C. Kiskaddon, president; Charles Kei- ger, secretary ; W. H. Grabe; clerk, W. B. Scott, with three transcribing clerks-Miss Mabel S. Graham, Miss Catherine Reiger and Miss Jennie Martin.
Coroners .- William McDonald, commis- sioned October 4, 1803; Robert Stewart, 1806; Isaac Evans, 1809; James McKee,
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1812; Connell Rogers, 1815; William Gib- son, 1818; David Shannon, 1821; Jacob Brinker, 1824; George Miller, 1827; Robert St. Clair, 1830; James Spencer, 1833; Thomas McKee, 1836; James Hoon, 1839; Matthias Cypher, 1842; George W. Crozier, 1845; James White, 1848; Archibald Critchlow, 1851; Jacob Bentle, 1845; Neal Duffy, 1857; John Lefever, 1860; W. Brewer, 1863; James Kearns, 1866; George Burkhart, 1869; David Kirk- patrick, 1872; W. R. Conn, 1875; J. J. Campbell, 1878; William Kennedy, 1881; William Campbell, 1884; Alexander Stor- ey, 1887; John Kennedy, 1890; G. M. Gra- ham, 1893; John L. Jones, 1896; reelected in 1899; Dr. J. C. Atwell was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John L. Jones, April 22, 1902, and was elected at the November election of 1902; Dr. W. S. Patterson, 1905; Dr. R. L. Stackpole, 1909 (deputy, Fred Poessing).
Register and Recorder .- Prior to 1839 this office was an appointive one, and dur- ing the first fifteen years of the county's existence was administered by the pro- thonotary. On July 4, 1803, William Ayres was commissioned prothonotary, clerk of the court of oyer and terminer, clerk of quarter sessions, clerk of the orphans' court, recorder, register of wills, adminis- trator of oaths of office, etc. Jacob Mech- ling succeeded Ayres in January, 1810, in all these capacities; but in 1818, Robert Scott became register and recorder. The incumbents, appointed or elected since that time, are named as follows: Maurice Bredin, 1832; John Welsh, 1836; William W. Brandon, 1838; Joseph McQuistion (first election), 1839; William Balph, 1842, reëlected in 1844; James T. McJunkin, 1848, reelected in 1851; Isaac S. P. De Wolf, 1854; Adam Ekas, 1857; Cyrus E. Ander- son, 1860; James S. Kennedy, 1863; Sim- eon Nixon, 1866; George W. Kneiss, 1869; Matthew N. Greer, 1872; James D. Ander- son, 1875; H. H. Gallagher, 1878; H. W. Christie, 1881; M, H. Byerly, 1884; H. A.
Ayres, 1887; David E. Dale, 1890; J. S. Wick, 1893; W. J. Adams, 1896, reelected, 1899; J. P. David, 1902; Porter Wilson, 1905; Julian Clark, 1909 (deputy, E. I. Brugh).
Jury Commissioners .- William A. Chris- tie and Charles McClung, 1867; John A. Brown and Peter Emery, 1870; T. W. Ken- nedy and John M. McCandless, 1873; Sam- uel Balfour and Thomas Jameson, 1876; Hugh McCrea and J. W. Monks, 1879; Dan- iel Wallett and Robert McClung, 1882; Z. McMichael and Frederick Henninger, 1885; W. F. Campbell and Charles Rielly, 1888; William R. Patterson and John McCaffer- ty; 1891. George H. Graham was appoint- ed commissioner, vice John McCafferty, deceased, in November, 1892, to serve until January 1, 1895. James Griffen, H. W. Nicholas, 1894; Nicholas died in March, 1896, and A. O. Everhart was appointed to fill the vacancy. A. O. Everhart and Charles Redick were elected in 1897; A. D. Nicholas and John D. Christie in 1900; A. O. Everhart and A. L. Cooper in 1903; Dale Thorne and John Leise, in 1906; Dale Thorn and John Leise, 1909.
Surveyors .- Prior to 1850 this office was an appointive one. David Dougal, James Scott and James Bovard were the first sur- veyors who performed work under the or- der of the commissioners. Their success- ors have been James Irvine, Thomas Gra- ham, 1809 to 1814; William Purviance, 1823; Hugh Conway, 1827; James Hoge, James Dunlap, appointed in 1839; Thomas H. Lyon and Peter Murrin, served prior to 1850; William Purviance, 1853; David Scott, 1859; W. D. McCandless, 1862; Na- than M. Slater, 1865, 1868, 1871, appointed to fill vacancy in 1875, and elected in 1880; F. Wilt, 1874 (died in office) ; James M. Denny, 1877 and 1880; B. F. Hilliard, 1883 and 1886; C. F. L. McQuistion, 1889 and 1892; F. E. McQuistion, 1895; Isaiah Meals, 1898; B. F. Hilliard, 1901; C. F. B. Awtey, 1904; reëlected in 1907; C. F. B. Awtey, 1909.
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County Auditors .- 1896, W. S. Moore, O. R. Thorne, F. P. McBride; 1899, J. W. Patterson, P. H. Sechler, J. A. McGowen; 1902, Howard C. Hazlett, W. D. Deitrich, George S. Huselton; 1905, W. B. Scott, George N. Wilson, David Cupps; 1909, H. E. Heberlin, E. W. Thompson and Robert A. White.
Superintendent of County Home, 1909, O. W. Stoughton.
Early Justices of the Peace .- The jus- tices of the First Election District of But- ler County, from 1804 to 1838 were as fol- low: Melzer Tannehill, Jacob Smith and Ephraim Harris, 1804; William Adams, 1805; Thomas Elder, 1806; Hugh Lee, 1808; Hugh Henderson, 1809; James Mc- Kee, 1812; Robert Reed, 1820; W. Mc- Michael and Andrew Donaldson, 1824; John Reynolds, 1826; Samuel E. Harris, 1828; Samuel Kerr, 1830; John Murrin, 1834; John Neal and Thomas Stephenson, 1835; Joseph Justice, W. H. McGill and Alexander McBride, 1836; William Jack, 1837 ; Henry C. Linn and John Black, 1838. In 1820 this district comprised Mercer and Slippery Rock Townships.
The justices of the peace for the same period in the Second District were: Jacob Mechling, 1804; Washington Parker and John Stewart, 1805; A. Young, 1808; Matthew B. Lowrie, 1812 and 1813; John . Christy, 1815; Joseph Kerr, 1817; John Murrin, 1823; Andrew Donaldson and Ben- jamin Fletcher, 1827; William Turner, 1828; David Kelly, 1834; Levi Duchess and John Anderson, 1835; Jacob Hilliard, 1836; and Josiah Fletcher, 1838.
In District Number 3 the justices of the peace were : William Johnston, James Bovard and James Scott, 1804; Thomas Gil- christ and Samuel Kinkaid, 1805; Reuben Ayres and Patrick Hagerty, 1808; Walter Lowrie, 1809; Joseph Williamson, 1812; William Hutchison and William Campbell, 1813; Robert Scott, 1815; Samuel Kin- kaid, John Neyman and John Duffy, 1816;
Abraham Brinker, 1817; William Robb, 1818; Maurice Bredin, 1821; Thomas Mc- Cleary and Francis McBride, 1825; James McCurdy and John Sweeney, 1826; Daniel Mclaughlin, 1827; Moses Hanlen, 1828; James Cunningham, 1829; Hugh McKee, 1830; David McCandless, 1832; John Mc- Clelland, 1834; Robert Carnahan, 1835; Bennet Dobbs, 1836; P. C. Purviance, 1837. In 1815, the townships of Butler, Centre, Clearfield and Donegal, were included in this district as well as some other territory.
The justices of the peace in District Number 4 were: Robert Galbreath and Francis Anderson, 1804; John David, 1806. Owing to changes in 1807 it does not appear that justices were elected or appointed for this district. William Campbell, 1822; Isaac Lefever, 1825; James Potts, William Walker, John Dodds and James Brown, 1829; W. R. Elliott, 1830; William Dixon and Johnston White, 1835; Emil Maurhoff, 1838. This district comprised Buffalo, Clearfield, Butler and Middlesex, in 1822, Clearfield and Butler Townships being detached from the Third District.
The justices of the peace in District Number 5 were: Robert Hays, 1804; Stephen Stone, 1806; Joshua Stoolfire, 1810; Christian Buhl, 1813; Robert Boggs, 1820; John Oakley, 1822; Daniel Belts- hoover and Robert Brown, 1823; William McLean (resigned in 1836), and Jacob Grossenor, 1824; William Simpson and B. G. Goll, 1825; Andrew .White, 1827; Sam- uel Kirk, 1832; James Frazier, 1823; Dan- iel Graham and John Henry, 1836; David Spear, 1837; W. Cunningham and Henry Umstead, 1838; Thomas Fletcher, 1839. In 1810, Cranberry Township constituted the Fifth District; in 1813, Connoquenessing Township, then organized, was added, and, in 1820, these two townships with Middle- sex and Butler formed the district.
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