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McLean County Board of Supervisors
McLean County, Illinois

[McLean County, Illinois, in the World War, 1917-1918; by Edward E. Pierson & Jacob Louis Hasbrouck c 1921]
(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

The McLean County Board of Supervisors during the years 1917-18 was notable for the patriotism of its members and the constant desire to do everything possible to help win the war. Both individually and as a body, the board fitly represented the great county of McLean, garden spot of the corn belt, the richest agricultural district of the world. The board arranged for the great service flag which contained many thousand stars each typifying a soldier that this county had contributed to the great armies of Uncle Sam. In every way possible, the board did its full duty and it earned the grateful appreciation of the entire public. The war-time board, was composed of the following members (Chas. F. Boss, Mount Hope, Chairman): E. E. Ewing, Allin; C. E. Ewins, Danvers; Parke Enlow, Dale; F. L. Bramwell, Dry Grove; S. L. Stutzman, White Oak; C. Allen, Randolph; F. J. Blum, C. C. Wagner, Louie Forman, Dwight D. Moore, Wm. Schmidt, Wm. E. Rayburn, Charles Lathrop, Thos. P. Kane, George Zinn, John F. Welch, W. H. Flesher, Bloomington; E. P. Mohr, E. F. Coolidge, Normal; H. H. Wagner, Downs; M. E. Ramseyer, Hudson; George Meiner, Old Town, B. G. Falkingham, Towanda; A. A. Stewart, Money Creek; C. W. Kinsella, Gridley; Wm. Vance, Empire; Al. Jackson, Dawson; Thomas Arnold, Blue Mound; Clayton Ballinger, Lexington; Jacob Moschel, Chenoa; C. Imstead, West; John H. Jacobs, Arrowsmith; A. L. Hutson, Martin; Chas. Atkinson, Lawndale; James Hanes, Yates; J. E. Smith, Bellflower; E. M. Merritt, Cheney's Grove; Jacob Martens, Anchor; William Blair, Cropsey; S. C. Van Horn, Funks Grove. The officers of the county during the war were the following: Circuit Court Judge, Sain Welty; County Judge, James C. Riley; County Clerk, P. A. Guthrie; County Treasurer, Jos. Rice; Circuit Clerk, John C. Allen; Recorder, N. B. Carson; Sheriff, Geo. E. Flesher; State's Attorney, Miles K. Young; Assistant State's Attorney, W. B. Leach; Superintendent Schools, B. C. Moore; Coroner, James Hare; Surveyor, A. H. Bell; Master in Chancery, Homer W. Hall; Public Administrator, Fred W. Wollrab; Public Guardian, Richard F. Dunn; Superintendent County Farm, Arthur Jones; County Physician, Dr. Guy A. Sloan; Poor Master, Mabel Seymour; Probation Officer County Court, Nannie M. Dunkin; Court Reporter Circuit Court, C. C. Herr; Court Reporter County Court, A. A. Hoffmann; Probation Officer Circuit Court, William Irvin; County Superintendent Highways, Ralph O. Edwards.

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