officers

Mayors
Benjamin Davis, 1861 ;
Duane Hicks, 1862 to January 13, 1863;
James Ritchey, January 27, 1863, to 1864;
Jacob Seibert, 1864;
William H. Henderson, 1864-1866;
Isaac Rogers, 1866 - died December 28, 1869;
William G. Allison, January 14, 1870-1870;
William H. Jennings, 1870 -died January 30, 1873;
Charles W. Poston, February 25, 1873-1876;
G. M. Overstreet, 1876-1878;
Silas W. Blizzard, 1878-1882;
William C. Thompson, 1882-1884;
H. H. Luyster, 1884-1888;
G. M. Overstreet, Jr., 1888-1890;
Samuel Harris, 1890-1892;
Samuel P. Oyler, 1892-1895;
James D. McDonald,1895-1902;
John W. Dixon, 1902-1906;
William A. Bridges, 1906-1910;
William G. Oliver, 1910-1914;
George W. Wyrick, mayor-elect.

Clerks
John O. Martin, 1861-1868;
Richard T. Taylor, 1868-1872;
James F. Jelleff, 1872-1874;
William M. Conner, 1874-1876;
George C. Whitlock, 1876-1878;
Charles Byfield, 1878-1880;
W. C. Thompson, 1880-1882;
Edward Bany, 1882-1886;
E. G. Barnhizer, 1886-1888;
A. W. House, 1888-1890;
W. D. Green, 1890-1895;
John R. Owens, 1895-1899;
C. L. McNaughton, 1899-1902;
Arthur R. Owens, 1902-1906;
Thomas House, 1906-1910;
Thomas R. Moore, 1910-1914;
Thomas R. Moore, clerk-elect.

Treasurer
William H. Henderson, 1861 ;
William M. Davis, resigned
February 10, 1863;
W. C. Bramwell, 1863-1865;
Sarrtuel C. Dunn, Sr., 1865- 1866;
William S. Young, 1866-1869;
S. C. Brown, 1869-1874;
Duke Hamilton, 1874-1878;
Samuel H. Clem, 1878-1882;
Elijah Sexson, 1882-1886; A. W.
McLaughlin, 1886-1890;
Frank McCollough, 1890-1895;
W. F. Seibert,1895-1902;
E. V. Bergen, 1902-1910.
Office of city treasurer in cities of the fifth class which are county seats abolished by act approved March 2, 1909.

Marshal
William H. Myers, resigned January 26, 1862:
Solomon Gerow, 1862;
William Gillespie, resigned August 16, 1862,
succeeded by B. J. Dickerson, who was shot and killed, and
Solomon Gerow appointed his successor January 27, 1863;
Gerow resigned February 10, 1863,
succeeded by Duke Hamilton, who resigned April 21, 1863,
succeeded by T. F. McEy, who resigned January 26, 1864,
succeeded by Hiram Drake;
William Carson, elected May, 1864, resigned October 14, 1864,
succeeded by Samuel Brown, who resigned February 14, 1865,
succeeded by Thomas F. McEy, who resigned April in, 1865,
succeeded by C. C. Hamilton, who was
succeeded by John VV. Peters, November 18, 1865;
James C. Dunlap, 1866, resigned May 28, 1867,
succeeded by appointment of G. S. Cockran, who resigned August 13, 1867,
succeeded by John W. Peters, who served until May election, 1870;
James S. Roberts, 1870, resigned December 27, 1870,
succeeded by William Snyder; Snycler resigned November 1, 1871,
succeeded by S. C. Dunn, Jr., who resigned June 10, 1873,
succeeded by Frank M. Hay, who resigned December, 1874,
succeeded by John F. Bullock until May election, 1876;
S. C. Dunn, Jr., 1876-1878;
Thomas H. Nopris, 1878, resigned August 12, 1879,
succeeded by Leon Ritchey;
Peter Ransdell, 1880-1882;
J. O. Rairdon, 1882-1884;
H. G. Hopper, 1884-1886;
W. B. Leiper, 1886-1888;
H. E. Vandegriff, 1888-1890;
John Adams, 1890-1892;
H. H. Luyster, 1892-1899;
James W. Baldwin, 1899-1902;
Thomas Flinn, 1902- 1906;
Ora Forsyth, 1906;
Joseph Simpson, 1906-1910;
Smith Kelley, 1910, resigned April 1, 1913;
Thomas Bottome, 1913.

D. W. Plowe, 1861 ;
C. B. Byfield, 1862-1864;
A. B. Hunter, 1864;
D. W. Howe, resigned November 28, 1865,
succeeded by C. B. Byfield to May election, 1872;
Robert M. Miller, 1872 - resigned December 28. 1875,
succeeded by G. M. Overstreet, Jr.;
William C. Sandefur, 1876-1878;
G. M. Overstreet, 1878-1880;
S. L. Overstreet, 1880-1882:
G. M. Overstreet, Jr., 1882-1887:
Jesse Overstreet. 1887-1888:
W. C. Thompson, 1888-1890:
W. J. Buckingham. 1890:
W. T. Pritchard, . 1891-1897;
John V. Oliver, 1897- died April 27. 1900;
William Featherngill.1900-1904;
Ivory J. Drybread, 1904, resigned June i, 1906;
Elba L. Branigin, 1906-1910;
Fred R. Owens, 1910-1914.

City Assessors

Chambers C. Hamilton, 1861 :
J. S. Able, 1862-1864;
William H. Henderson, 1864. resigned
and succeeded by C. C. Hamilton;
Jacob Seibert, 1865-1869;
Samuel C. Dunn, Sr., 1869-1872;
R. L. Bone, Sr, 1872-1874;
A. D. Whitesides, 1874-1876;
James McGill, 1876-1878:
JohnS. Martin, 1878-1882.
(Office abolished 1881)
Mathes, 1870-1874;
R. T. Taylor, 1873-1877;
R. S. Sturgeon, 1874-1876;
William I. Peters, 1876-1880;
I. H. McLaughlin, 1877-1879;
Charles Riker, 1879-1881;
B. M. Stansifer, 1880-1882;
W. T. Pritchard, 1881-1883;
R. C. Wood, 1882-1886;
F. H. Hieronymus, 1883-1887;
James B. Payne, 1886-1888;
J. D. George, 1887;
Frank McCollough and George Griffith, 1888-1890;
Bennett Jacobs, 1890-1892;
H. E. Vandegriff, 1890;
D. M. Crowell,1891-1894;
William T. Stott, 1892-1896;
A. B. Lagrange, 1894;
O. I. Jones, 1895-1900;
Lloyd Adams, 1896-1902;
Strother Herod, 1900-1902;
J. M. Brown and Riley Riggs, 1902-1906;
Dudley Hunter, 1906-1910;
H. M.Fisher, 1910-1914;
W. M. Burgett, elect.
Note: The municipal code of 1905 provides for election of one
councilman from each ward, and two councilmen at large.

Councilmen, Second Ward

B. W. Clark, 1861-1865;
Samuel C. Dunn,1861 ; A. J. Tucker, 1862-1864:
Leland Payne, 1864-1877;
William C. Crowell, 1865-1868;
T. W. Woollen, 1868
(seat declared vacant March 23, 1869) ;
A. B. Colton, 1869-1872;
W. H. McLaughlin, 1872-1876;
I. I. Covert, 1876-1878;
M. Walker, 1877-1881;
William A. Davis, 1878-1880;
James Jacobs,1880-1882;
W. H. McLaughlin, 1881-1883;
I. M. Thompson, 1882-1886;
S. W. -Blizzard, 1883-1885;
William Jackson, 1885-1889;
I. M. Crowell,1886-1888:
John Scholler, 1888-1892;
Otis Bice, 1889;
J. A. Schmith, 1890;
D. W. Mullendore, 1891-1894;
William Jackson, 1892-1894,
(Jackson's seat declared vacant July 4, 1893,
succeeded by R. A. Kelley to 1896) ;
W. H. McClanahan, 1894-1898;
I. M. Thompson, 1896-1902;
Andrew Ferguson,1899-1902;
Taylor Ballard and John Jackson, 1902-1906;
Elijah Sexton, 1906-1910;
H. N. Dunlap, 1910-1914;
Irwin S. Valentine, elect.

Councilmen, Third Ward

Anderson B. Hunter and George King, 1861 ;
James Wilson, 1862-1870;
Charlton, 1862, resigned August 26.
succeeded by N. M. Scholfidd January 27, 1863, to 1864;
Robert Hamilton.1864, resigned December 12, 1865,
succeeded by William S. McCaslin, January 23, 1866, to 1867;
A. B. Hunter, 1867-1869;
George F. Herriott, 1869-1874;
John R. Fesler, 1870-1874;
L. P. Ritchey, 1874;
Robert A. Alexander,1874-1876;
William B. Ellis, 1875-1881;
L. P. Ritchey, 1879;
R. M. Miller,1880-1882:
Charles Day, 1881-1885:
John Pettiford, 1882-1886;
R. M. Lee 1885-1888;
George W. Voris, 1886-1888;
A. G. Vance and Richard M. Cunningham,1888;
H. E. Vandegriff, 1889:
J. N. Dooley. 1889-1891;
John Ryker, 1890-1892;
W. C. Thompson, 1891-1894;
N. M. Pittman, 1892-1896;
A. Dtinlap, 1894-1898;
F. C. Crowell, 1896-1906;
R. M. Lee, 1898-1896;
C. E. Hemphill, 1906-1910;
J. W. Judah, 1910-1914;
William G. Vandivier, elect.

Councilman at Large

John C. Scholler and John H. Woolley, 1906-1910;
A. A. Blizzard and R. S. Williams, 1910-1914.

Civil Engineers

Peterson K. Parr, 1862;
John S. Hougham, 1862-1868;
G. M. Overstreet, Sr., 1868
resigned June 22, 1875;
S. C. Brown, 1875;
R. M. Miller, 1876;
David A. Leach, 1878-1884;
Thomas Hardin, 1884;
Jesse Overstreet 1885-1887;
R. A. Brown, 1887;
William Featherngill, 1888-1890;
B. R. Ransdell, 1890;
W. B. Johnson, 1891-1894;
R. A. Brown, 1894-1897;
W. B. Johnson, 1897;
E. F. Middleton, 1898-1904;
Otis B. Sellers, 1904-1906;
John E. Jolliffe, 1906-1910;
Thomas House, 1910-1911 ;
C. C. Newsome, 1911-1913;
W. A. Miles, 1913.

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