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Thomas M. Armstrong was born in Frostburg, Maryland, March 15, 1846. He was educated in the schools of his native town. On December 2, 1878, he was admitted to the bar of Bedford county. He has served as attorney for the county commissioners.
Nicholas L. MoGirr was born in Bedford township, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1857. He was educated by family tutors, and at private schools in the city of Pittsburgh. After completing a thorough course of law studies in the office of Hon. John Cessna, he
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HON. ROBERT C. MCNAMARA.
Robert C. McNamara was born in Newry, Blair county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1853. He passed his boyhood on a farm, living with his foster-father, Samuel Werking, in South Woodberry, Bedford county.
Attending the common schools, he proved an apt and brilliant scholar, and made such good use of his opportunities that at an early age he was able to assume the position of a teacher in the district schools, and thereby secure means with which to prosecute his studies further. As soon as his circumstances would permit he entered the University of Michigan, from which institution he graduated with honor. After the completion of his college course Mr. McNamara returned to Bedford county and pursued the study of the law in Bedford. In. 1879 he was admitted to practice, and immediately opened an office. He rapidly gained a successful practice, and is today one of the most prominent of the younger members of the Bedford bar. In 1880 Mr. McNamara purchased an interest in the Bed- ford Gazette (an influential democratic journal,
and one of the oldest papers in Western Pennsyl- vania, having been founded in 1805), and has since been one of its editors.
In 1882 Mr. McNamara received the nomina- tion of the democratic party for representative to the legislature of Pennsylvania, and was elected. He was made a member of the judiciary committee and chairman of the committee on legislative apportionment. During the regular session, and the stormy extra session which fol- lowed, Mr. McNamara took a very prominent part in the legislative work, distinguishing him- self for readiness in debate and aptness and skill in parliamentary tactics. He is one to whom the Latin phrase, "Fabæ suæ fortuna," is eminently applicable. His early life was beset with many obstacles, but by valiant self-exertion he has achieved prominence in his vocation, and although but a young man he has given evidence of the possession of those qualities of persevering energy and constant endeavor which, in many notable instances, have resulted in the most triumphant success.
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was admitted to the bar of Bedford county, July 19, 1880. Since August 1, 1880, he has been connected with the Bedford Gazette as associate editor, and has also been a contributor to the columns of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh newspapers.
J. Frank Minnich was born in Bedford, Penn- sylvania, on June 18, 1852. Having completed his studies in the Bedford Classical Institute, he served as deputy prothonotary from May, 1874, to May, 1875, and as deputy register and re- corder from May, 1875, until January 6, 1879. Meanwhile, and subsequent to the date last mentioned, he pursued the study of law in the office of Jonathan B. Cessna, Esq., and July 19, 1880, with Nicholas L. McGirr and Howard F. Mowry, was admitted to practice in the courts of Bedford county.
Howard F. Mowry was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1856. His education was acquired at the Wesleyan University of Ohio. At a subsequent period he entered the law office of Messrs. Russell & Longenecker, and finally, after passing a very satisfactory exami- nation, was admitted to the bar of this county, July 19, 1880. He officiated as deputy register and recorder from January 6, 1879, up to the time of his death, July 16, 1883 ; also attorney to the commissioners of Bedford county, and stenographer of the courts of the sixteenth judi- cial district.
Joseph S. Stayer was born at New Enterprise, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1854. His education was acquired at the Mil- lersville State Normal School, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He studied law under the instructions of Hon. Thomas M. Coo- ley, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and on April 17, 1882, was admitted to the bar of Bedford county.
J. N. Alsip, the last attorney admitted to the bar of Bedford county to date, was born in Mc- Connellsburg, Fulton county, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1850. He read law in the office of Hon. George H. Spang, and was admitted to the bar November 22, 1882.
Beside those mentioned in the foregoing par- agraphs, there have been admitted since 1860, as Bedford county attorneys, a considerable num- ber of others-John E. McGirr, George W. Householder, John Palmer, Epsy M. Alsip, J. W. Dickerson, Hayes Irvine, John Alsip, Will-
iam C. Hollahan, John W. Rouse, W. Scott Lee, John K. McCulloh, Rufus H. Black and Rufus C. Haderman.
CHAPTER XIX.
CIVIL LISTS.
A Member of the Continental Congress - Members of Congress Since 1789 - Deputy to Provincial Convention - Members of the Committee of Safety - Delegates to a meeting of Patriots - Members of State and Constitutional Conventions - Vuri- ous State Officials - State Senators - Members of House of Representatives (State) - County Lieutenants - Collectors of Excise - A Major-General of Militia - Lists of County Officials, 1771 to 1883 - Justices of the Peace.
THE following lists embrace the names of residents of Bedford county who have held important civil offices in the national and state governments, and also the chief officers of the county since its organization in 1771 :
MEMBERS OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
Thomas Smith, elected by Assembly November 24, 1780.
Thomas Smith, elected by Assembly November 22, 1781. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SINCE 1789.
Henry Woods, 6th and 7th Congresses, 1799 to 1803.
William Piper, 12th, 13th and 14th Congresses, 1811 to 1817.
John Tod, 17th and 18th Congresses, 1821 to 1825. Alexander Thomson, 18th and 19th Congresses, 1823 to 1827.
George Burd, 22d and 23d Congresses, 1831 to 1835.
Job Mann, 24th Congress, 1835 to 1837. James M. Russell, 27th Congress, 1841 to 1843.
Job Mann, 30th and 31st Congresses, 1847 to 1851. Samuel L. Russell, 33d Congress, 1853 to 1855. John Cessna, 41st Congress, 1869 to 1871. Benjamin F. Meyers, 42d Congress, 1871 to 1873. John Cessna, 43d Congress, 1873 to 1875.
CONVENTIONS, ETC.
DEPUTY TO A CONVENTION HELD AT PHILADELPHIA
JULY 15, 1774. George Woods.
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY WHICH FIRST MET AT PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 30, 1775.
Bernard Dougherty.
DELEGATES TO A MEETING OF PATRIOTS WHICH CON- VENED AT PHILADELPHIA JUNE 18, 1776.
Col David Espy, Samuel Davidson, Col. John Piper.
MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION WHICH FORMED THE STATE CONSTITUTION OF SEPTEMBER 28, 1776.
Benjamin Elliott, Thomas Coulter, John Burd John Wilkins, John Cessna, Thomas Smith and Joseph Powell.
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MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1789-90. Joseph Powell and John Piper.
MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1837-8. James M. Russell, Andrew J. Cline, Jacob Barn- dollar.
. MEMBER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF Samuel L. Russell. 1872-3.
SECRETARIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Alexander L. Russell, appointed January 25, 1850. Francis Jordan, appointed January 16, 1867. (He served six years, during the two terms of Gov. Geary, and again occupied the same position for the last three months of Gov. Hoyt's term).
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Alexander L. Russell, appointed August 7, 1848.
AUDITORS-GENERAL OF STATE.
David Mann, appointed by the Governor May 3, 1824. William P. Schell, elected May 6, 1878.
STATE TREASURER. John Mann, elected 1842.
ADJUTANTS-GENERAL OF STATE.
William Piper, appointed 1836. George W. Bowman, appointed July 15, 1845. George W. Bowman, appointed October 18, 1852. Alexander L. Russell, appointed January 9, 1862. Alexander L. Russell, appointed January 8, 1870.
SPEAKERS OF STATE SENATE.
John Woods, 1800. John Tod, 1815.
SPEAKERS (STATE) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. John Tod, 1812. John Cessna, 1851. William P. Schell, 1853. John Cessna, 1863.
STATE SENATORS.
John Morrison, of Huntingdon and Bedford counties, elected 1844.
Alexander King, of Huntingdon, Bedford and Blair counties, elected 1847.
Alexander King, of Huntingdon, Bedford and Blair counties, elected 1850.
Hamilton B. Barnes, of Somerset, Bedford and Ful- ton counties, elected 1851.
Francis Jordan, of Bedford and Somerset counties, elected 1855.
William P. Schell, of Bedford, Somerset and Hunt- ingdon counties, elected 1857.
Samuel 8. Wharton, of Bedford, Somerset and Huntingdon counties, elected 1860.
Joseph B. Noble, of Bedford, Somerset and Hunt- ingdon counties, elected 1862.
Alexander Stutzman, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1862.
George W. Householder, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1863.
Alexander Stutzman, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1866.
Hiram Findlay, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1869.
Enoch D. Yutzy, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1874.
Frederick Groff, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1878.
Jacob H. Longenecker, of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, elected 1882.
MEMBERS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Daniel Washabaugh, elected May, 1840. Daniel Washabaugh, elected October, 1840. Michael Holderbaum, elected October, 1841. Abraham Weisel, elected October, 1841.
John Sipes, elected October, 1842. David Loy, elected October, 1842. William Bishop, elected October, 1843. John Metzger, elected October, 1843. William Bishop, elected October, 1844. John Metzger, elected October, 1844. George Chestnut, elected October, 1845. James Burns, Jr., elected October, 1845. John Sipes, elected October, 1846. James Burns, Jr., elected October, 1846. Josiah Miller, elected October, 1847. James J. Kirk, elected October, 1847. Josiah Miller, elected October, 1848. James J. Kirk, elected October, 1848. Samuel Robison, elected October, 1849. John Cessna, elected October, 1849. John Cessna, elected October, 1850. William P. Schell, elected October, 1851. William P. Schell, elected October, 1852. William T. Daugherty, elected October, 1853. William T. Daugherty, elected October, 1854. Joseph Bernhard, elected October, 1855. W. C. Reamer, elected October, 1856. David Hay, elected October, 1857.
George W. Williams, elected October, 1858. George W. Williams, elected October, 1859. Charles W. Ashcom, elected October, 1860. John Cessna, elected October, 1861. John Cessna, elected October, 1862. Benjamin F. Meyers, elected October, 1863. David B. Armstrong, elected October, 1864. David B. Armstrong, elected October, 1865. John T. Richards, elected October, 1866.
John T. Richards, elected October, 1867.
Jacob H. Longenecker, elected October, 1868. Jacob H. Longenecker, elected October, 1869. Samuel P. Wishart, elected October, 1870. John M. Reynolds, elected October, 1872. John M. Reynolds, elected October, 1873. George H. Spang, elected November, 1874. William Keyser, elected November, 1874. William P. Schell, elected November, 1876. George H. Spang, elected November, 1876. D. R. Anderson, elected November, 1878. Joseph E. Noble, elected November, 1878. William Donahoe, elected November, 1880.
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David M. Stoler, elected November, 1880. Robert C. McNamara, elected November, 1882. James W. Hughes, elected November, 1882. COUNTY LIEUTENANTS.
Col. John Piper, appointed in 1778. Col. George Ashman, appointed in 1781. Col. George Woods, appointed in 1784. Col. Hugh Barclay, appointed in 1787. Col. Benjamin Burd, appointed in 1792.
COLLECTORS OF EXCISE.
Samuel Crossan, appointed June 2, 1787 ; Benjamin Martin, appointed June 1, 1790; same reappointed September 1, 1791.
MAJOR-GENERAL OF MILITIA.
John Piper, of the division composed of Bedford, Somerset and Fayette counties, sworn into office in June, 1800.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
George Woods,* 1791t ; James Martin,* 1791; Hugh Barclay,* 1791 ; Peter Hopkins,* 1791; James Wells, 1793; John Piper, 1796; John Dickey, 1798; John Scott, 1799; John Moore, 1802; David Fields, 1814; Abraham Martin, 1817; Peter Schell, 1831 ; Joseph S. Morrison, 1838; Charles McDowell, 1840 ; Peter Schell, 1842; William T. Dougherty, 1843; David Fore, 1847 ; William T. Daugherty, 1851; Joseph B. Noble, 1851 ; John G. Hartley, 1853, 1854; Andrew J. Snively, 1856; John Taylor, 1859; James Burns, 1861; William Gep- hart, 1863; Adam Weaverling, 1865; William G. Eicholtz, 1865; George W. Gump, 1866; B. R. Hen- derson, 1870; John S. Stuckey, 1871; George Magraw, 1872; Thomas Donahoe, 1873; David B. Hockendarfer, 1875 ; John Nelson, 1878; Robert M. Taylor, 1880.
PROTHONOTARIES AND CLERKS OF COURTS.
Arthur St. Clair, 1771 ; Thomas Smith, 1773 ; Robert Galbraith, 1777; David Espy, 1778, 1790, 1791 ; George Woods, Jr., 1795; John Anderson, 1795; Jacob Bon- nett, 1800, 1804 ; David Mann, 1809, 1818; Josiah M. Espy, 1821, 1823; Job Mann, 1824, 1826, 1830, 1833; Solomon Mason, 1835; John G. Martin, 1836; Joseph B. Noble, 1839, 1842, 1845; John P. Reed, 1848 ; Daniel Washabaugh, 1851, 1854; Samuel H. Tate, 1857, 1860; Abraham B. Burns, 1862; O. E. Shannon, 1866; John P. Reed, 1869; Espy M. Alsip, 1872; Humphrey D. Tate, 1875, 1878, 1881.
REGISTERS AND RECORDERS.
Arthur St. Clair, 1771; Thomas Smith, 1773; Rob- ert Galbraith, 1777; David Espy, 1778, 1790, 1791; George Woods, Jr., 1795; John Anderson, 1795; Jacob Bonnett, 1800, 1804; David Mann, 1809, 1818; Benja- min Burd, 1821, 1823; Job Mann, 1824, 1826, 1830, 1833; Solomon Mason, 1835; John G. Martin, 1836; Joseph B. Noble, 1839, 1842, 1845 ; John P. Reed; 1848; Daniel Washabaugh, 1851, 1854; Samuel H. Tate, 1857,
.These were the first associate judges elected under the constitution which went into effect in 1791, and they were termed first, second, third and fourth associates, respectively.
t The date indicates the year they qualified or were com- missioned.
1860; Abraham B. Burns, 1862; O. E. Shannon, 1866; John P. Reed, 1869; James Cleaver, 1872, 1875 ; E. D. Shoemaker, 1878, 1881.
SHERIFFS.
William Proctor, 1771; John Proctor, 1772; James Piper, 1773, 1774; Thomas Urie, 1777; John Cessna, 1778, 1781 ; Abraham Miley, 1782, 1783, 1784 ; Benja- min Elliott, 1785, 1786; Arthur McGaughey, 1787, 1788, 1789; Thomas McGaughey, 1790; Jacob Bon- nett, 1793; Isaac Bonnett, 1796; Henry Wertz, Jr., 1798; David Reily, 1801, 1804 ; Jacob Fletcher, 1807; Joseph S. Morrison, 1810; Thomas Moore, 1813; Philip Compher, 1816; George W. Barker, 1819; George Mullin, 1822; George R. H. Davies, 1825; Andrew Metzger, 1828; John Metzger, 1830; George Mullin, 1833 ; William Compher, 1836; William Keller, 1839; John McVicker, 1842; Samuel Carn, 1845; Andrew J. Snively, 1848; John Alsip, 1851 ; Hugh Moore, 1854 William S. Fluke, 1857; John J. Cessna, 1860; John Alstadt, 1863; Robert Steckman, 1866; William Key- ser, 1869 ; Henry C. Lashley, 1872; James A. Hender- son, 1875; William G. Eicholtz, 1878; Americus En- field, 1881.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Elected under the act of May 3, 1850, to serve for the term of three years, from the first Monday of No- vember after election :
Francis Jordan, elected 1850; Thomas A. Boyd, 1853; George H. Spang, 1856, 1859; John Palmer, 1862, 1865; Edward F. Kerr, 1867, 1870; Humphrey D. Tate, 1873; John M. Reynolds, 1875; Frank Fletcher, 1878, 1881.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Robert Hanna, 1771 ; Dorsey Pentecost, 1771; John Stephenson, 1771; James Piper, 1772 ; Joseph Bealor, 1772; Charles Cessna, Jan. and Oct., 1773; Edward Coombs, 1774; James Martin, 1776; Samuel David- son, 1777; Allen Rose, 1778; Cornelius McAuley, 1779; Robert Galbraith, 1781 ; Benjamin Elliott, 1782 ; William Proctor, 1783; Hugh Barclay, 1784; Thomas Crossam, 1785; William Ward, 1786; Herman Hus- band, 1786; David Stewart, 1786; William Ward, 1787 ; Anthony Nawgel, 1788; John Dickey, 1789; Matthew Taylor, 1790; John Anderson, 1791; George Burcker, 1792 ; Anthony Nawgel,* 1793; William Ward, 1794; Jacob Nagle, 1795; Martin Reily, 1795 ; Amos Evans, 1796; William Griffith, 1797; Thomas Nesbit, 1798; Thomas Blackburn, 1798; William Reynolds, 1799; David Reily, 1800; Henry Wertz, Jr., 1801; Joseph Powell, Jr., 1801 ; Peter Morgrett, 1802; George Henry, 1802; Jacob Blocher, 1803; David Mann, 1804 ; Joshua Pierson, 1805; Anthony Nawgel, 1806 ; Elijah Adams,
* In December, 1795, Mr. Nawgel was appointed county trees- urer, and in tendering his resignation as county commissioner, he used the following words :
"GENTLEMEN,-Having performed the duties of a commissioner for the county of Bedford for a Considerable time, as well as my abilities Enable me, I think it not Expedient to Continue longer in that Laborious office. I therefore Request to Resign my ap- pointment as a Commissioner for said County and beg leave of you to accept this as Such.
I am Gentlemen your very Obedient Humble Servant
ANTHONY NAWGEL."
This communication was addressed to his associates in office, -Jacob Nagle and William Ward.
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HISTORY OF BEDFORD COUNTY.
1807; James Graham, 1808; Samuel Moore, 1809; James Williams, 1810; Jacob Puderbaugh, 1811 ; Chas. J. Smith, 1812; David Fore, 1813; John Schell, Jr., 1813; Henry Snider, 1814 ; John Keeffe, 1815 ; Christian Snider, 1816; George Hardinger, 1817; William K. Alexander, 1818; George James, 1819; Joseph Sparks, 1820; William Crawford, 1821; Jacob Adams, Jr., 1822; Richard Silver, 1823; Abraham Folck, 1824; John Bowser, 1825; Aaron Daniels, 1826; Daniel Shuck, 1827; Elijah Adams, 1828; John Bennett, 1829; Will- iam Clark, Jr., 1830; George Fore, 1831; Campbell Hendrickson, 1832; Robert Gibson, 1833; John Sipe, 1834 ; George James, 1835; Michael Holderbaum, 1836; Joseph Miller, 1837; John Young, 1838; Joseph Bernhard, 1839; Charles McLaughlin, 1840; John Bowser, 1841; George McCoy, 1842; John Ake, Jr., 1843; John Nicodemus, 1844; Valentine Lingenfelter, 1845; William S. Nelson,* 1846; Jacob Long,* 1846; Patrick Donahoe, 1846; John Sill, 1846; Benjamin Daniels, 1848; George F. Steel, 1849; John G. Hart- ley, 1850; William Wertz, 1851; Frederick Turner, 1852; John Conrad, 1853; David C. Long, 1854; William Whetstone, 1855; Henry J. Brunner,t appointed June, 1856; Cadwallader Evans, 1856, 1857; Jacob Beckley, 1858; William M. Pearson, 1859; Jonathan Feichtner, 1860; P. J. Shoemaker, 1861 ; Andrew Crisman, 1862; George Rhodes, 1863; Michael Wertz, 1864; Michael S. Ritchey, 1865; David Howsare, 1866; Peter M. Barton, 1867 ; D. P. Beegle, 1868; George Elder, 1869; J. S. Brumbaugh, 1870; William S. Beegle, 1871 ; Joseph S. Riddle, 1872; Michael Hillegass, 1873; No record, 1874; Michael Hillegass, 1875 ; Lewis Browning, 1875; Samuel Ben- der, 1875; Lewis Browning, 1878; William Rogers, 1878; Jacob L. Albright, 1878; Samuel S. Diehl,; ap- pointed January, 1880; J. B. Butts, 1881; G. W. Shearer, 1881; Frank Miller, 1881.
TREASURERS .¿
Samuel Davidson, 1771; John Fraser, 1773; Bar- nard Dougherty, 1775, 1776, 1781 ; David Espy, 1782, 1783 ; Samuel Davidson, 1783, 1784 ; Barnard Dough- erty, 1785; Samuel Davidson, 1786, continuing until 1795; Anthony Nawgel, 1795, continuing until 1804; John Wertz, Jr., 1804, 1805; George Henry, 1806, 1807, 1808; Josiah Espy, 1809; Jacob Bonnett, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813; George Henry, 1814; Thomas R. Gettys, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818; James Williams, 1819, 1820, 1821 ; Dr. John H. Hofius, 1822, 1823, 1824; Josiah E. Barclay, 1825 ; Henry Williams, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828; Thomas R. Gettys, 1829, 1830, 1831; Solomon Filler, 1832, 1833, 1834 ; John A. Blodgett, 1835, 1836, 1837; George W. Bowman, 1838, 1839, 1840; Solomon Filler, 1841; Joseph W. Duncan, 1841 ; John Mower, 1843; Samuel M. Taylor, 1845; Lawrence Taliafero,
1847 ; William Schafer, 1849; John Arnold, 1851 ; John Taylor, 1853; David Over, 1855; Samuel Davis, 1857 ; William Schafer, 1859; A. J. Sansom, 1861 ; James B. Faulker, 1863; George Mardorf, 1865; Isaac Mengle, 1867; Hugh Moore, 1869; John Otto, 1873; Louis Saupp, 1875; James E. Shires, 1878; James A. Sill, 1881.
COUNTY ASSESSORS.
James Pollock, 1771 ; Samuel Miller, 1771 ; Solomon Sheppard, 1771 ; Joseph Bealor, 1771; James Cavet, 1771; Richard Wells, Jr., 1771; Joseph Bealor, 1772; William Parker, 1772 ; Richard Wells, Jr., 1772; James Smith, 1772; James Pollock, 1772 ; James Cavet, 1772; Evan Shelby, 1773; William Parker, 1773; Tuskin Death, 1773 ; Richard Long, 1773; Robert Moore, 1773; Jacob Hendershot, 1773.
AUDITORS. (PARTIAL LIST.)
John Amos, 1839 ; John Bennett, 1840 ; Jacob Claar, 1841; Edward Pearson, 1842; Joseph W. Tomlinson, 1843; Thomas Speer, 1844; George Rhodes, 1845; Christian Souder, 1846; Jacob Claar, 1847 ; Archibald Perdew, 1848; James Cessna, 1849; James White, 1850; Samuel Burket, 1851; John H. Barton, 1852; John C. Vickroy, 1852; John Alstadt, 1853; Daniel Bailey, 1854; George Smith, 1855; Henry B. Mock, 1856; Thomas W. Horton, 1856; John W. Crisman, 1857; James C. Devore, 1858; Daniel Fletcher, 1859 ; George Baughman, 1860; Daniel F. Defibaugh, 1861; John H. Barton, 1862; Daniel Bailey, 1863; David Evans, 1864; James Mattingly, 1865 ; John D. Lucas, 1866; Samuel Whip, 1867; M. A. Hunter, 1868; Owen McGirr, 1869 ; J. H. Sparks, 1870; William H. Avey, 1871; Martin S. Bortz, 1872; John McKernan, 1873; Jacob Walter, 1875; Samuel B. Lehman, 1875; Jesse Conner, 1878; A. S. Burket, 1878; Jesse Conner, 1881 ; James Jamison, 1881 ; Adam Snyder, 1881.
CORONERS.
John Cessna, 1723; George Ashman, 1780; John Wilt, 1782 ; Cornelius McAuley, 1784; Samuel David- son, 1785; Samuel Davidson, 1787 ; Anthony Nawgel, 1787; Thomas McGauhey, 1788; Thomas Vickroy, 1789; James Heydon, 1793; William Hartley, 1796 ; Jacob Fletcher, 1805; George Dansdill, 1814; George Brown, 1817; William T. Chapman, 1818; Richard Silver, 1822; William T. Chapman, 1825; Henry P. Shoemaker, 1830 ; William T. Chapman, 1834; Abra- ham Schell, 1839; George Whetstone, 1845; John Chestnut, 1848; John Dasher, 1851 ; Philip Moss, 1854; A. P. Fields, 1855; John Hershberger, 1856; John Long, 1858; Jacob Walter, 1860; James Mattingly, 1863; John Filler, 1865; P. H. Pensyl, 1868; J. B. Butts, 1869; John A. Cessna, 1872; Isaac S. Elder, 1875 ; George Fluck, 1878 ; C. F. Doyle, 1881.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR."
William Davis, George Bortz and Phillip Morgart elected in 1842; David Patterson, 1843; John Nycum, 1844; Mason Lodge, 1845; Samuel Brown, 1846; John F. Mckinney, 1848; Daniel Lake, 1849; Daniel Rickel,
* In 1841, by a vote of 2,212 in favor as against 1,731 thrown to oppose the project, it was decided to purchase a farm and erect a county poor-house.
* Appointed to fill vacancies occasioned by the removal from office of John Nicodemus and Volentine Lingenfelter, who re- sided within the territory set off from Bedford, in 1846, to form part of the new county of Blair.
t Vice Long, resigned.
¿ To fill vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Browning.
¿ County treasurers were appointed by the county commis- sioners, until the act of May 27, 1841, provided for their election in October, to hold office for two years, from the first Monday in January following their election.
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1850; Ephraim Mentz, 1851; Samuel Whetstone, 1852; John Conley, 1-53; Gideon D. Trout, 1854; George D. Shuck, 1855; George Smouse, 1857; John Amos, 1858; John Kenny, 1859; John S. Brumbaugh, 1860 ; Adolphus Ake, 1861 ; Solomon Reighart, 1862; Henry Moses, 1863; Hiram Davis, 1864; Samuel Beckley, Daniel R. Anderson, 1865; Michael Diehl, 1866; John J. Noble, 1867; Henry Egolf, 1868; Adam K. Pensyl, 1869; Andrew Mortimore, 1870; Daniel Hershberger, 1871 ; Gabriel Hull, 1872; S. M. Boor, 1873; Samuel Steel, 1875; William Foster, 1877; J. Semler, 1878; R. L. Replogle, 1879; Henry S. Fluck, 1881; John W. Hershberger, 1882.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Arthur St. Clair, 1771 ;* Barnard Dougherty, 1771 ; John Fraser, 1771; William Proctor, Jr., 1771; Robert Hanna, 1771; George Wilson, 1771; George Woods, 1771; William Lochrey, 1771; William Crawford, 1771; William McConnell, 1771; Dorsey Pentecost, 1771; Robert Cluggage, 1771; Alexander McKee, 1771 ; Thomas Gist, 1771; Abraham Miley, 1773; John Fraser, 1773; Abraham Cable, 1773; George Woods, 1773; Thomas Coulter, 1773; Thomas Smith, 1773; Elias Stillwell, 1773; Barnard Dougherty, 1773 ; Will- iam Proctor, 1773; Robert Cluggage, 1773; William McConnell, 1773; John Piper, 1773; Richard Houg- land, 1773; George Woods, 1774; William Proctor, 1774; Thomas Coulter, 1774; Samuel Davidson, 1774 ; Barnard Dougherty, 1774; Arthur St. Clair, 1774; Thomas Smith, 1774; William Latta, 1774; Robert Cluggage, 1774; . Elias Stillwell, 1774; Henry Lloyd, 1774; John Piper, 1774; Richard Hoagland, 1774.
The foregoing justices, as subjects of Great Britain, all swore allegiance to King George the Third, but after the beginning of the war for na- tional independence, and until September, 1790, all county officers were commissioned by the president of the supreme executive council of the commonwealth ; the justices as follows :
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