DELAWARE COUNTY OFFICIALS

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ASSOCIATE JUDGES

 
John Rees 1827-1830
Lewis Rees  1827-1830
Samuel McCulloch 1831-1834
John Tomlinson 1831-1834
William Van Matre 1835-1836
William McCormick 1835-1836
Eleazer Coffeen 1837-1838
William McCormick 1837-1838
John Richey 1839-1840
William McCormick 1839-1840
John Richey 1841-1848
John Brady 1841-1848
John A. Gilbert 1849-1852
John Brady 1849-1852

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               This system of judges was discontinued as of 1852.

 

John Rees 1830-1831
Lewis Rees  1830-1831
S. McCulloch 1831-1833
John Tomlinson 1831-1833
John Tomlinson 1834-1843
Enoch Nation 1844-1851
Samuel Harlan 1852

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This judicial section was discontinued.

Walter March 1852-1855
Henry S. Kelly 1856-1859
Jacob M. Haynes 1860-1871
John L. Cheney 1872

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This judicial section was discontinued.

Miles C. Eggleston 1827-1829
Charles H. Test 1830-1835
Samuel Bigger 1836-1838
David Kilgore 1839-1845
Jeremiah Smith 1846-1852
Joseph Anthony 1853-1858
Joseph S. Buckles 1859-1869
Joshua H. Mellett 1870-1872
John L. Cheney 1873
Silas Colgrove 1873-1878
L. J. Monks 1879-1885
O. L. Lotz 1885-1892
George H. Koons (R) 1893-1898
Joseph G. Leffler (R) 1899-1910
Frank Ellis (R) 1910-1916
William A. Thompson (R) 1916-1922
Clarence W. Dearth (R) 1922-1928
 L. A. Guthrie (R) 1929-1941
Clarence G. Higi (D) 1941-1946
Joseph H. Davis (R) 1947-1953
Paul E. Leffler (R) 1954-1958
Alva Cox (D) 1959-1982
 
Patrick H. Elliot 1909-1910
Robert A. Van Atta (R) 1910-1918
Robert F. Murray (R) 1918-1934
Claude C. Ball (D) 1935-1943
Paul A. Lennington (R) 1943-1958
Corbett McClellan (D)(Ct.#1) 1959-1966
Ralph E. Rector (R) (Ct. #2) 1961-1976
George S. Koons (R) 1967-1970
Mario Pieroni (D) 1971-1978
 
William Brotherton 1852-1853
Henry S. Kelly 1854-1855
R. T. St. John 1856-1857
J. D. Chipman 1858-1859 
Thomas J. Hosford 1860-1861   
Enos L. Watson 1862-1863
John J. Hawkins 1864-1865
Arthur C. Mellett  1866-1867
P. A. B. Kennedy  1868-1871
W. H. Lewis 1872
Cyrus Fitch 1827-1828
Martin M. Ray 1829
James Perry 1830-1831
William J. Brown  1832-1836
Samuel W. Parker 1837-1838
Jehu T. Elliott 1839
John Brownlee 1839
Jeremiah Smith 1840-1841
John M. Wallace (W) 1842-1843
John Davis 1844-1845
Joseph S. Buckles 1846-1847
James H. Swaar 1848-1849
William Garver 1850-1852
Silas Colgrove 1853-1854
Andrew J. Neff 1855
William Brotherton 1856-1857
David Nation 1858-1859
David Moss 1860-1861
John H. Harrison 1862-1865
L. W. Gooding 1866-1867
D. W, Chambers 1868-1872
John W. Ryan 1873-1874
Alexander Gullett 1875-1876
Albert 0. Marsh 1877-1878
Josiah E. Mellett 1879-1882
T. A. Spence 1883-1884
C. L. Medsker 1885-1886

No names found 1887-1888

George W. Cromer (R)  1889-1890
Joseph G. Leffler (R) 1891-1894
Henry L. Hopping (R) 1895-1898
Edward M. White (R) 1899-1900
C. W. Dearth (R)  1901-1904
Albert E. Needham  1905-1906
Albert W. Monroe (R) 1907-1908
Harry Long (R) 1909-1912
J. Frank Mann (D) 1913-1916
Horace G. Murphy (R)  1917-1920
Clarence E. Benadum (R) 1921-1922
Van L. Ogle (R) 1923-1926
Joseph H. Davis (R)

1927-1930

Paul E. Leffler (R) 1931-1934
Clarence G. Higi (D) 1935-1938
Fred Davis (R) 1939-1940
Thos A. Cannon (D) 1941-1942
Ralph E. Rector (R) 1943-1944
Guy M. Ogle (D) 1945-1946
Ray Rector (R) 1947-1948
Guy M. Ogle (D) 1949-1950
Bernell Mitchell (R) 1951-1958
Gene Williams (D)

1959-1962

 Hugh T. Schuloff (R) 1963-1966
Robert E. Robinson (R)  1967-1970
David Casterline (D)

1971-1974

James B. Jordan (D) 1975-1978

 

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SHERIFFS
 
(Note:  From 1959 forward, Sheriff terms begin in odd year.)
 

Peter Nolin 1827-1831
William S. Thornburg 1832-1833
William Gilbert 1834-1838
Joseph Thomas   (resigned) 1839
James Howell 1839-1842
Joseph M. Davis 1843-1846
H. E. Bowen 1847-1850
Clark McColly 1851-1854
William Walling 1855-1858
John W. Dungan 1859-1862
D. D. Daugherty 1863-1866
Wilson R. Smith 1867-1868
Orlando H. Swain 1869-1872
C. H. Maitlen 1873-1874
Andrew J. Slinger 1875-1876
John W. Dungan 1877-1880
J. R. McKimmey 1881-1884
C. H. Maitlen

1885-1888

0. H. Swain (R) 1889-1892
William P. Sherry (R) 1893-1896
Thomas Starr (R) 1897-1900
William N. Swain (R) 1901-1904
Stafford Perdieu (R) 1905-1909
W. Albert 0'Harra (R) 1910-1911
Jesse White (D) 1912-1915
W. Albert 0'Harra (R) 1916-1917
Thomas Hiatt (R) 1918-1921
Harry E. Hoffman (R) 1922-1925
Harry McAuley (R) 1926-1929
Fred W. Puckett (D) 1930-1933
0. P. Snodgrass (R) 1934-1935
Fred W. Puckett (D) 1936-1939
Otis P. Snodgrass (R) 1940-1941
Samuel L. Gray (D) 1942-1943
Charles P. Snodgass (R) 1944-1945
Samuel L. Gray (D) 1946-1947
Wilbur "Pete" Anthony (R) 1948-1958
Jack Young 1959-1962
Harry Howard (R) 1963-1970
James Patrick Carey (D) 1971-1978
Gary Carmichael 1979-1986
Daniel Elliott
 
1987-June 1993 2nd term completed by Stephen Aul
Stephen Aul June 1993-2002
George Sheridan, Jr. 2003--Re-elected 2006

                     

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COUNTY ASSESSORS

 
Dates through1843 are from Muncie Public Library boxed County papers - bonds filed in Circuit Court.  Other sources are as noted.  From 1827 to 1841, county assessors were appointed by the county commissioners.  The county assessor's office was abolished in 1852, briefly reinstated in 1872 and re-established by the Act of 1891.  It then became an elected office with a 4-year term.

 

Peter Nolin - appointed January, 1831
Henry Tomlinson - appointed January, 1832
Samuel W. Harlan - appointed January, 1833
Jacob Powers - appointed January, 1834
Abraham Buckles - appointed March, 1836
Joseph Walling - appointed May 1841
Abraham Buckles - appointed September 1843
Joseph T Broyles (City Dir.) 1891-1892
John W. Dragoo (R) (City Dir.) 1893-1894
Oliver Storer (R) (City Dir.) 1895-1896
William S. Stewart (R) (City Dir.)

1897-1898

Charles Gough (R) (City Dir.) 1899-1906
Thomas J. Cheesman (R) (City Dir.) 1907-1914
William (?) O’Neill (D) (City Dir.) 1915-1919
Elmer Ferguson (R) (City Dir.) 1919-1926
Pearl C. Hopkins (R) (City Dir.) 1927-1934
Wilbur G. VanArsdol (R) 1935-1942
Theodore Brown (R) 1943-1954
B. Kniffin Wilson  (R) 1955-1958
Robert Stewart (D) 1959-1966
John Lotz (R) 1967-1974
Dick Fisher (D) 1975-1978
John Lotz (R) 1979-1982
Cordell H. Campbell 1983-1986
Gary Carmichael 1987-1998
James Carmichael (R) 1999- Re-elected 2002

  

 
William Van Matre 1827-1833
Samuel W. Harlan 1834-1847
Joseph Anthony 1849-1851
Samuel W. Harlan 1852-1855
(Helm leaves 1856 blank)
George W. Seitz 1857-1864
J. S. McClintock 1865-1869
A. J. Buckles 1870-1873
William Dragoo 1874-1877
William H. Murray 1878-1882
William Dragoo 1883-1886
Jacob Stiffler 1887-1890
W. S. Richey (R) 1891-1894
Robert W. Monroe (R) 1895-1902
J. E. Davis (R) 1903-1910
Francis M. Williams (D) 1911-1918
James P. Dragoo (R) 1919-1926
W. Max Shafer (R) 1927-1934
August Meyers (R) 1935-1942
Samuel L. Cunnington (R) 1943-1946
Carl J. Fisher (R) 1947-1954
Morton A. Lambert (R) 1955-1958
Norbert W. Hart (D) 1959-1966
George H. Nixon (R)

1967-1970

Jerry R. Thornburg (D) 1971-1978
Jack Donati (D) 1979-1986
Jerry Thornburg 1987-1990
Jack Stonebraker, Jr. (D) 1991-1998
Jane Lasiter 1999-2006
Judith L. Rust

2007-

                    

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COUNTY CLERKS
 

(Clerks of the Circuit Court)
 

William Van Matre 1827-1833
Samuel W. Harlan 1834-1847
Thomas J. Mathews 1848-1858
George W. Spilker 1859-1866
George W. Greene 1867-1874
A. L. Kerwood 1875-1882
G. F. McCulloch (took office Aug 23, 1883) 1883-1890
C. M. Kimbrough 1891-1894
John E. Reed (R) 1895-1898
George R. Mansfield (R) 1899-1902
Robert Patterson (R) 1903-1906
J. H. Leffler (R) 1907-1910
John W. Mansfield (R) 1911-1914
Charles F. Bowden (D) 1915-1918
Frank E. Barber (R) 1919-1922
Perry W. Mansfield (R) 1923-1930
Mabel B. Ringo (R) 1931-1934
Arthur J. Beckner (D) 1935-1938
Jesse Greene (R) 1939-1946
Robert A. Milhollin (R) 1947-1954
Ralph E. Milhollin (R) 1955-1958
Lawrence R. Walsh (D)

1959-1966

Jack K.Carmichael (R) 1967-1970
Garland Miller (R)

1971-1978

Scott Hole (D)

1979-1986

Jack Donati (D) 1987-1994
Richard Amburn (R) 1995-1998
Karen Wenger (R) 1999-2006
Steve Craycraft 2007-

           

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COUNTY COLLECTORS
 

Kemper notes that ‘prior to 1841, the duties of Treasurer were discharged by Collector and Treasurer jointly, the two offices being first merged into that of Treasurer in 1841.
 

William Mansfield Bond date May 1830  Do. Bond date  May 1832
Jeremiah Dempsey Bond date May 1833
Enoch Nation Bond date May 1834
Jeremiah Dempsey Bond date May 1836
William T. Scott Bond date June 1839  Do. Bond date July 1840

Deputy Collectors:

James O. Leas Bond date Jan 1843
Edmond Gilbert Bond date Jan 1843

 

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
 

According to Haimbaugh’s History of Delaware County some of the early records were lost, probably by fire.  Thus, the blanks in the table below, which is primarily from Helm and Haimbaugh, with the more recent information from the Muncie newspapers.  Modern terms end on the first day of the year after the election in the even year.

 

District 1

Enoch Nation 1827
John Collins 1837
Michael Thompson 1841-1846
David Shoemaker 1847-1852
Abraham Shank 1853-1858
William Miller 1859-1861
Samuel White 1862-1864
John Parker 1865-1870
Alexander Darter 1871-1873
James Stewart  1874-1875
W. A.. Shoemaker 1875-1876
Samuel Davis 1876-1882
Charles E. Jones Elec.1882
R. M. Snodgrass Elec.1884

(None found in 1886 election—off year? 
Jones in 1885-86 Vinton Directory)

Thompson Sharp (R) Elec.1888, 92
Henry C. Schlegel (R) Elec.1894
Henry C. Schlegel (R) 1898
John Huffer (R) Elec.1900
John Huffer Elec1904, to1-1-1907
Enoch Drumm (R) Elec.1906
William Sunderland (D) Elec.1910,12
Jonas F. Shoemaker (R) Elec.1916
Jonas F. Shoemaker (R) Elec.1918
John W. McCreery, Jr. (R) Elec.1922,24,-12/1928
William K. Gilbert (R) Elec. 1928 -12/31/1931
Dorsie C. Rector (R) Elec. 1930,32-12/31/1934
John Peckinpaugh (D) Elec.1934 -1/1/1938
Marion Hofherr Elec.1936
James G. Landess (D) Elec.1940
Thad Witt (R) Elec.1942 -1/2/1943
Thad Witt (R) Elec.1946 -1/2/1947
Woodrow Parkinson (D) Elec.1948
Otis Ray Lambert (R) Elec.1952
Otis Ray Lambert (R) Elec.1954
Mrs. Otis (Inah) Lambert (R) Elec. 56,(1957-58)
Warren Sollars (D) Elec.1958 -1/1/1962
Harry Bowman (R) Elec.1960 -1/1/1965
Warren Sollars (D) Elec.1964 -1/1/1969
Allen D. Abrams (R) Elec.1968,72-1/1/1973, 1/1/1977
Don Bonnet  Elec.1976 -1/81
Ronald Quakenbush (R) Elec. 1980, Exp.1/85
Ronald Quakenbush (R) Re-elec,1984
Jack Peckinpaugh Elec. 1988
Robert Hartley (D) Elec. 1992
Jack H. Demaree (R) Elec. 1996
Jack L. Stonebraker (D) Elec. 2000
John Brooke Elec. 2004

District 2

Valentine Gibson 1827
Isaiah Beck 1832

Others unknown

Stephen Long 1837
William Harvey 1840-1841
Thomas S. Neely 1842-1847
Charles Mansfield 1848-1853
John B. Babb 1854
George A. Helvie Sep 1855-Nov 1855
Volney Wilson Nov 1855-1856
George A. Helvie 1857-1859
Jesse Nixon 1860-1862
Miles Harrold 1863-1865
T. J. Matthews 1866-1869
Liberty Ginn 1870-1875 (resigned 12/5/1875, repl. by W. Shoemaker)
William F. Watson 1876-1885
W. F. Watson Elec.1882

(None found in 1886 election—off year? 
Watson in 1885-86 Vinton Directory)

Matthew McCormick (R) Elec.1888, 92
Lewis G. Cowing (R) Elec.1896
William Janney (R) Elec.1908,10
David Hays (D) Elec.1914
John R. Retherford (R) Elec.1916
John R. Retherford (R) Elec.1920 (Dist.2) (Died in office, son apptd. 2-1-1921)
Clarence L. Retherford apptd. 2-1-1921
Andrew Jackson (R) Elec.1922, 24-12/1926
Joseph Mann (D) Elec. 1926 -12/31/1929
Walter A. Shirey (R) Elec.1928 (for 30), 32 (for 34), end 12/31/1935
James Osenbaugh (D) Elec.1934 -12/31/39
Walter Hudgel (D) Elec.1936
George W. Brinson (R) Elec.1938
Orvel J. Ebrite (D) Elec.1940
Webb Pence (D) Elec.1944-1/1/1948
Otis Pitser (R) Elec.1946
Roy McBride (R) Elec.1950, 52
Roy McBride (R) Elec.1952-1/1958
Chalmers A. King (D) Elec.1958-1/1/1963
Herbert Bishop (D) Elec.1962,64-1/1/66
John P. Isenbarger (R) Elec.1968
John P. Isenbarger (R) Elec.1972,1/1/1973-1/1/1977
Robert Pence (D) Elec.1976,-Exp 1/81
Bill O’Rourke Elec.1980
Lawrence Walsh Elec. 1984
Cordell H. Campbell (D) Elec. 1988
Robert Donati (D) Elec. 1992
James E. Conatser (R) Elec. 1996
James A. St. Myer (D) Elec. 2000
Tom Bennington Elec. 2004

District 3

Aaron Stout 1827
Mathew Conner 1831

Others unknown

John Richey 1834
Samuel Hutchings 1837
John Rees 1840-1841
Eli Boots 1842
Thomas Hughes 1843
James Orr 1844-1848
Joseph Thomas 1849-1851
Henry Hill 1852-1856
Joseph Orr 1857
Samuel Weidner 1858-1860
John Truitt 1861-1866
Benjamin Smith 1867-1869
William Miller 1870-1872
Eli Smith 1873-1875
Benjamin F.Smith 1876-1881
James Barret Elec.1882

(None found in 1886 election—off year? 
Barret in 1885-86 Vinton Directory)

Lewis S. Sparks (R) Elec.1888
Marion A. Cunningham (R) Elec.1894
Nathan J. Shroyer (R) Elec.1896
Nathan J. Shroyer (R) Elec. 1900
John B. Jackson (R) Elec.1908
Samuel A. Clark (D) Elec.1912
Samuel A. Clark (D) Elec.1914
Sherman Shroyer (R) Elec.1918, 20
Webb Jordan (R) Elec.1924 short term (1 mo.) (Star 11/5/1924)
John W. Truitt (R) Elec.1924 long term, -1/2/27 (Muncie Star- reports he was re-elected)
Lewis Acker (D) Elec. 1926,-12/31/1930
Chas. N. Davis (R) Elec. 1930,32,-12/31/33
Frank Thornburg (R) Elec.1938
Hugh W. Botkin Elec.1942,-1/43--1946
Paul Aubrey (D) Elec.1944
Hugh W. Botkin Elec 1946
Leonard Thomas (D) Elec.1948
Walter Rees (R) Elec.1950
Harry Haney (R) Elec.1954,56-1/1/58
Harry Haney (R) Elec. 1960-1/1/61
Max McKinley (D) Elec.1962-1/1/1967
Charles Huffman (R) Elec.1966-1/1/1971
Leonard Thomas (D) Elec.1970,74-1/1/79
Richard W. Thornburg Elec.1978
Doyle D. Bell (D) Elec.1982
Doyle D. Bell (D) Elec. 1986
Ron Bonham (D) Elec. 1990
Ron Bonham (D) Elec. 1994
Ron Bonham (D) Elec. 1998
Larry Crouch (R) Elec. 2002
Larry Bledsoe Elec. 2006

               

William Gilbert 1827-1833
Charles Redpath 1834-1836
George Cummerford 1837-1842
Martin Galliher 1841-1842
James Nottingham 1843-1848
Charles Rickart 1849-1858
James Mason 1859-1866
Milton James 1867-1869
G. W. H. Kemper 1870-1874 (resigned)
W. J. Boyden 1875-1879
D. V. Buchanan 1880-1884
Charles W. Smith 1885-1886

 (no names found 1887-1888)

William E. Driscoll (R) 1889-1892
Joseph F. Bowers (R) 1893-1898
Ulysses G Poland (R) 1899-1904
A. A. Cecil (R) 1905-1910
John S. Coffman (R) 1911-1912
Fred L. Bunch (D) 1913-1914
J. Frank Downing (R) 1915-1918
Dr. John H. Williams (R) 1919-1920
J. Frank Downing (R) 1921-1924
Frank T. Kilgore (R) 1925-1928
Clarence G. Piepho (R) 1929-1934
John H. Bowles (R) 1935-1936
Oliver Deardorff (D) 1937-1938
Earl K. Parson (R) 1939-1940
Gailon L.Stephens (D) 1941-1942
John W. Thornburg (R) 1943-1944
Gailon L.Stephens (D) 1945-1946
Eugene Eissman (R) 1947-1948
Samuel Drake (D) 1949-1950
Eugene Eissman (R) 1951-1956
Warren L. Bergwall (R) 1957-1960
Gailon Stephens (D) 1961-1966
Marshall Foust (R) 1967-1969
Rodney Qualkinbush (D) 1970-1978
Larry Cole (R) Elec. 1978 exp 1/1983
Glen E. Scroggins (D) Elec. 1982, exp 1/1987
Jack Stonebraker (D) Elec. 1986 & 1990
James A. St. Myer (D) Elec. 1994 & 1998
James Clevenger (D) Elec. 2002 & 2006

                            

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COUNTY COUNCIL
  

(Modern Terms expire January 1, odd year)
 

David Wingate (R) 1900-1906 (Ds.1 )
Enoch Drumm (R) 1900-1906 (Ds.2)
Wiiiam N. Murray (R) 1900-1906 (Ds.3)
Ila T. Lake (R) 1900-1906 (Ds.4)
William Janney (R) 1900-1906 (At-Large)
John W. Long (R) 1900-1906 "
Jeremiah Holsinger (R) 1900-1906 "
Taylor A. Gibson (R) 1907- (Ds.1)
Jeremiah Holsinger (R) 1907- (Ds.2)
William H. Murray (R) 1907- (Ds.3)
Ila T. Lake (R) 1907- (Ds.4)
George W. Hoover (R) 1907-(At Large)
John M. Hancock (R) 1907
Charles A. Willard (R) 1907
-- Carmin (D) 1911- (Ds. 1 )
-- Compton (D) 1911- (Ds.2)
-- Stafford (R) 1911- (Ds.3)
-- Gibson (R) 1911- (Ds.4)
-- Hancock (R) 1911- (At Large)
-- Lindsey (D) 1911- "
-- Willard (R) 1911- "
-- Edgington (D) 1915- (Ds. 1)
-- Mann (D) 1915- (Ds.2)
-- Thornburg (D) 1915- (Ds.3)
-- Graham 1915- (Ds.4)
-- Sunderland (D) 1915- (At Large)
-- Allen (D) 1915- "
-- Bartlett (D) 1915- "
Water[sic] P. Mitchell (R) 1919- (Ds.1)
Burton Williams (R) 1919- (Ds.2)
George H. Thornburg (R) 1919- (Ds. 3)
William T. Greenwalt (R) 1919- (Ds.4)
Lee 0. Baird (R) 1919- (At Large)
Thomas G. Clevenger (R) 1919- "
Charles A. Van Matre (R) 1919- "
Charles F. Koontz (R) 1923- (At Large)
Charles Van Matre (R) 1923- "
Henry J. Keller (R) 1923- "
John W. Kirklin (R) 1923- (Ds. 1)
George Watson (R) 1923- (Ds. 2)
William J. Clark (R) 1923- (Ds. 3)
Moses E. Black (R) 1923- (Ds. 4)
Moses E. Black (R) 1927- (At Large)
Charles F. Koontz (R) 1927- "
Carey Gaultney (D) 1927- "
John Hall (R) 1927- (Ds. 1)
Bert Williams (R) 1927- (Ds. 2)
Burt Russell (R) 1927- (Ds. 3)
Clarence Retherford (R) 1927- (Ds. 4)
Moses E. Black (R) 1931- (At Large)
Charles F. Koontz (R) 1931- "
Charles Van Matre (R) 1931- "
John A. Hall (R) 1931- (Ds. 1)
1931- Ds. 2 not listed
Bert A. Russell 1931- (Ds. 3)
Ralph Heckenhaur (R) 1931-(Ds. 4)
Moses E. Black (R) 1935- (At Large)
Chester C. Wingate (R) 1935- "
John H. Maxon (R) 1935- "
John A. Hall (R) 1935- (Ds. 1)
Herschel. Jeffrey (R) 1935- (Ds. 2)
Bert 0. Russell (R) 1935- (Ds. 3)
James F. 0'Day (R) 1935- (Ds. 4)
Moses E. Black (R) 1939- (At Large)
Charles C. Wingate (R) 1939- "
Frank E. Wright (R) 1939- "
-- Russell (D) 1939- (Ds. 1)
-- Kern (R) 1939- (Ds. 2)
-- McCormick (R) 1939- (Ds. 3)
-- Madill (R) 1939- (Ds. 4)
-- Black (R) 1943- (At Large)
-- Wingate (R) 1943- "
-- Wright (R) 1943- "
-- Long (R) 1943- (Ds. 1)
-- McCormick (R) 1943- (Ds. 3)
Districts 2 and 4 not listed
-- Wingate (R) 1947- (At Large)
-- Wright (R) 1947- "
-- Madill (R) 1947- "
-- Long (R) 1947- (Ds. 1)
-- Fuson (R) 1947- (Ds. 2)
-- Barclay (R) 1947- (Ds. 4)
Chester C. Wingate (R) 1951- (At Large)
Ralph Hiatt (R) 1951- "
Burl A. Madill (R) 1951 (At Large)
Robert W. Long (R) 1951- (Ds. 1)
Carl Fuson (R) 1951- (Ds. 2)
Ralph Simmons (R) 1951- (Ds. 3)
Joseph Barclay (R) 1951- (Ds. 4)
Austin B. Claypool (R) 1955- (At Large)
Harry V. Bowman (R) 1955- "
Chester C. Wingate (R) 1955- "
Robert W. Long (R) 1955- (Ds. 1)
Carl Fuson (R) 1955- (Ds. 2)
Ralph Simmons (R) 1955- (Ds. 3)
Chalmers A. King (R) 1955- (Ds. 4)
Fred Hinshaw (D) 1959- (At Large)
Maurice Shroyer (R) 1959- "
Ernest Freeman (D) 1959- "
Charles 0. Russell (R) 1959- (Ds. 1)
Neal M. Parkinson (D) 1959- (Ds. 2)
Ralph Simmons (R) 1959- (Ds. 3)
Charles F. Price (D) 1959- (Ds. 4)
Mary Benbow (D) 1963- (At Large)
Mornay Jones (D) 1963- "
Neal Parkinson (D) 1963- "
Newton Cox (R) 1963- (Ds. 1 )
Gilbert Fuller (D) 1963- (Ds. 2)
Vincent Pittenger (R) 1963- (Ds. 3)
Joseph Douglas (D) 1963- (Ds. 4)
Allen Abrams (R) 1967- (At Large)
L. Wayne Hoover (R) 1967- "
Frederick Jordan (R) 1967- "
Newton Cox (R) 1967- (Ds. 1)
David Somers (R) 1967- (Ds. 2)
Perry Thornburg (R) 1967- (Ds. 3)
J. Carl 0'Harra (R) 1967- (Ds. 4)
Dick Fisher (D) 1971- (At Large)
Ralph L. Smith (D) 1971- "
John Wayne Shepherd (D) 1971- "
Gerald W. Reese (R) 1971 (Dist. 1)
Gilbert A. Fuller (D) 1971 (Dist.2)
Perry E. Thornburg (R) 1971 (Dist.3)
Virgil E. Mansfield (D) 1971 (Dist.4)
Chalmers King (D) 1975 (At Large)
Mettie Ann Leitch (D) 1975- “
Virgil E. Mansfield (D) 1975- “
Gilbert Fuller (D) 1975 (Dist.1)
Walter C. Burt (R) 1975 (Dist.2)
John Shepherd (D) 1975 (Dist.3)
Herbert Bishop (D) 1975 (Dist.4)
Chalmers King (D) El 1976 exp 1/1981 (At Large)
Gilbert Fuller (D) Re-Elec 1978, 1979-1/1983 (Dist. 1)
Mary K. Stanley (R)  El. 1978, exp. 1/1983 (Dist 2)
Carl Gresh (D) Re-Elec 1978, exp 1/1983 (Dist 3)
Robert Donati (D) El. 1978  exp 1/1983 (Dist 4)
Clyde Edwards (R) El.1976 (1978)-1/1981 (At Large)
Mettie Leitch served 1977-78 to break tie (At Large)
Ruth Dorer Term exp 1982 (Dist #3)
Ted Bowman Term exp 1982 (Dist #4)
Otis Ray Lambert (R) Elec.1952, 54 (Dist.1)
Clyde Edwards (R) Term exp 1/1985 (At Large)
Raymond Parsons (R) El.1982 (Ds #1)
Mary K. Stanley (R) Re-el 1982, exp.1/1987 (Ds 2)
Brad Razor (R) El 1984 (At Large)
Jack Peckinpaugh (D) Re-el 1984 (At Large)
Raymond Parsons (R) Re-el 1986 (Dist.1)
Nancy E. Lawson (R)  El. 1986 (Dist.2)
Ruth Dorer (D) El 1986 (Dist 3)
Ted Bowman (D) El 1986 (Dist 4)
Robert Donati (D) Re-el. 1988 (At Large)
Richard W. Thornburg (R)

Elect 1988 (At Large)

Robert Hartley (D) Elect 1988 (At Large)
Robert Donati (D) Re-elec 1988 (Dist 4)
Tommy Crawford (D) Elect 1990 (Dist 1)
John K Wright (R) El. 1990 (Dist 2)
Daniel Harty (D) El.1990 (Dist 3)
Ted Bowman (D) El. 1990 (Dist 4)
Sue Errington (D) El. 1992 (At Large)
Jack Demaree (R) El.1992 (At Large)
Todd Donati (D) El.1992 (At Large)
Tracy Barton  El.1994 (Ds. #1)
John K. Wright El. 1994 (Ds. #2)
Deborah Kirklin El.1994 (Ds #3)
Ted Bowman El. 1994 (Ds #4)
Todd R. Donati (D) El 1996 (At Large)
Warren E. Beebe (D) El 1996 (At Large)
Alan D. Brammer (D) El 1996 (At Large)
Ronald Quakenbush (R) Elect 1998 (Dist 1)
John K. Wright (R) Elect 1998 (Dist 2)
Brent A Perry (D) Elect 1998 (Dist 3)
Terry J. Reynard (R) Elect 1998 (Dist 4)
Todd R. Donati (D) El 2000 (At Large)
Alan D. Brammer (D) El 2000 (At Large)
Bobby Watters (R) El 2002 (Dist 1)
Ronald Quakenbush (R) Elect 2002 (Dist 2)
Mary Chamers (D) El 2002 (Dist 3)
Terry Reynard (R) El 2002 (Dist 4)
Mel Botkin (R) El 2004 (At Large)
Joe Russell (R) El 2004 (At Large)
Bradley Bookout (D) El 2004 (At Large)
Chris Matchett El 2006 (Dist 1)
Ronald Quakenbush El 2006 (Dist 2)
Mary Chambers El 2006 (Dist 3)
Ted Bowman El 2006 (Dist 4)

    

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COUNTY RECORDERS

William Van Matre 1827-1833
Samuel R. Collier 1834-1837
John Marshall 1838
Patrick Justice 1838-1844
James A. Maddy 1845-1855
George B. Norris 1856 (died in office)
T. E. Burt 1857-1864
W. H. M. Cooper 1865-1869
Samuel Gayman 1870-1877
James L. Streeter 1878-1886
0. M. Wilson 1887-1890
Thomas E. Harrington (R) 1891-1894
Reuben Thompson (R) 1895-1898
George F. Dungan (R) 1899-1906
William Hufford (R) 1907-1910
Charles W. Fletcher (D) 1911-1914
Ross Dowden (D) 1915-1918
James L. Davis (R) 1919-1926
Merritt Heath (R) 1927-1934
Robt. W. Neiswanger (R) 1935-1942
Bertha Lundberg (R)
[Bertha L. Sollars]
1943-1950
Betty Pittenger (R) 1951-1958
Aleen Sullivan (D) 1959-1967
Ruby E. Snodgrass (R) 1968-1970
Aleen Sulivan (D) 1971-1978
Virginia Johnson (R) Elected 1978, exp 1/1983
Donna J Ashby (D) Elected1982
Donna J. Ashby (D) Elected 1986, exp 1/1991
Ruth Dorer Elected 1990, exp 1/1995
Phyllis Marlowe (R) Elected 1994 & 1998
Regina Williamson (R) Elected 2002
Claudette King Elected 2006

                   

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COUNTY SURVEYORS

 
Modern terms expire January 1 of odd year after election in even year.
 

John Tomlinson 1827-1837
Samuel R. Collier 1838-1841
Stephen C. Collins 1842-1845
David B. Dowden 1846-1851
James S. Slack 1852-1856
Joshua Truitt 1857-1861
William G. Ethel 1862-1865 (Resigned)
William Truitt 1866-1871
Stanton J. Hussey 1872-1875 (Resigned, replaced by Truitt)
William Truitt 1875-1882
E. H. Stradling (R) 1883-1886

No names found  1887-1888

Jonathan D. Fenwick (R) 1889-1894
0. W. Storer (R) 1895-1898
Charles Gough (R) 1899-1900

(City Directory) ca.1901-1906

Harry V. Moore (City Directory) ca.1907-1910
Charles M. Armintrout (City Directory) ca.1911-1912
Horace Webber (City Directory) ca. 1913-1916
H. Lester Janney (City Directory) ca. 1917-1924
Charles M. Armintrout (City Directory) ca. 1925-28
John Watson (City Directory)  ca. 1929-1930
H. Lester Janney (City Directoy) ca. 1931-1938
John Watson (R) 1939-1940
Elmer R. Gard (D) 1941-1942
H. Lester Janney (R) 1943-1944
Albert Ellison (D) 1945-1946
H. Lester Janney (R) 1947-1948
Albert Ellison (D) 1949-1950
H. Lester Janney (R) 1951-1960
Harold Morrison (R) 1961-1964
Ward M. Harlan (D) 1965-1968
Stanley E. Hiatt (R) 1969-1982
Samuel Morrison (R) Elected 1982
James Petry (D) Elected 1984, 1988 & 1994
Richard W. Thornburg (R) Elected 1996 & 2000
John Kelley (D) Elected 2002

  

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COUNTY TREASURERS

Before 1954 elected terms are 2 years: after 1954. terms are for 4 years
 

Dickinson Burt Bond date, Sep 1829  Do. Bond date, Jan 1830
James Hodge Bond date, May 1831
James Trimble Bond date, Mar 1832
Samuel W. Harlan Bond date, Mar 1833
Hayden Makepeace Bond date, Mar 1834
Warren Stuart Bond date, Mar 1836  Do. Bond date Mar 1837
James Nottingham Bond date Feb 1839
John Jack Bond date Feb 1840  Do. Bond date Mar 1841
Stephen Long Bond date Aug 1841 (as Treasurer & Collector) Deputy Treasurer & Collector
C. P . Streeter Bond date, Jan 1843

The list below is from Helm up to 1883

Stephen Long 1841-1844
Volney Wilson 1845-1852
Fred E. Putnam 1853-1856
John C. Mathews 1857-1860
Samuel F. Brady 1861-1864
Frank Ellis 1865-1868
Amos L. Wilson 1869-1872
John Holbert 1873-1876
Samuel Gibson 1877-1880
Amos L. Wilson 1881-1882
J. W. Taylor (took office Aug. 1883) 1883-1886

No names found; as above?  1887-1888

George Kirby (R) 1889-1890
Mark Powers (R) 1891-1894
David A. Lambert (R) 1895-1898
Charles F. Koontz (R) 1899-1902
James M. Motsenbocker (R) 1903-1906
Ralph H. Clark (R) 1907-1910
George L. Haymond (R) 1911-1912
Gola Williamson (D) 1913-1916
Earle H. Swain (R) 1917-1920
Fred F. Reasoner (R) 1921-1924
Ira J. Wilson (R) 1925-1928
Jos. T. Meredith (R) 1929-1932
Ray W. Pittenger (R) 1933-1936 (Died in office)
Edna B. Pittenger (R) 1936 end 11/8/36 (Finished husband’s term)
Lester Holloway (D) 1936-1938
J. Kenneth Foster (R) 1939-1940
Lester Holloway (D) 1941-1944
Hubert L. Parkinson (D) 1945-1946
Samuel Cunnington (R) 1947-1948
Hubert L. Parkinson (D)  
Samuel Cunnington (R) 1951-1956
Samuel Cunnington (R) 1951-1956
John B. Lotz (R) 1957-1964
Hal B. Warren (D) 1965-1968
Lawrence R. Walsh (D) 1969-1972
Bill 0'Rourke (R) 1973-1976
Lawrence Walsh 1977-1980  Re-elected 1980
Garland Miller Elected 1984
Scott A. Hole (D) Elected 1988
(Martha) Jane Lasater (R) Elected 1992
Jane Lasater (R) Elected 1996
Warren Beebe (R) Elected 2000   Re-elected 2004

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Sources:          

Bonds from Circuit Court papers in boxes at Local History & Genealogical Branch, Muncie Public Library.

Election Returns, 1892-1910 (Ledger, County Clerk, Delaware County).

Guthrie, Leonidas A.  History of the Members of the Bar of Delaware County, Indiana.  (Manuscipt) 1960.

Helm, Thomas B.  History of Delaware County, Indiana….  Kingman Bros, 1881 (orig).

History of Delaware County, Indiana, edited by Frank Haimbaugh, Historical Pubg. Co., 1924.

Kemper, G. W. H.  A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana.  Lewis Pubg., 1908.

Muncie City Directory.  Various publishers, various dates.

Muncie Morning Star and Muncie Evening Press, various dates, (especially September, 1927 Centennial Ed.)

Roster of State, County, Township and City Officers….  State Board of Accounts, various dates.

Records in County Clerk Office consulted for elections of 1928-1934.
 

Many thanks to Norma Lasley for compiling this list!

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