HISTORY: Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, PA, Roland D. Swoope, 1911, Chapter 6 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja and Claire White Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other chapters: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm ________________________________________________ TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS BY ROLAND D. SWOOPE, JR. PUBLISHED BY RICHMOND-ARNOLD PUBLISHING CO. F. J. Richmond, President C. R. Arnold, Secretary and Treasurer CHICAGO, ILL. CHAPTER VI. COUNTY AND OTHER OFFICIALS. HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 38 A List of the Principal State and County Officials - United States Senators - Representatives in Congress - U. S. District Attorney - U. S. Marshal - Clerk of House of Representatives - State Officers - Senators, Representatives - Present Judges - Associate Judges - Deputy Attorneys - General and District Attorneys - Sheriffs - Registers and Recorders - Treasurers - Prothonotaries - County Superintendents - County Commissioners and Clerks. UNITED STATES OFFICERS United States Senators: William Bigler-1855-61. William A. Wallace-1875-81. Representatives in Congress: Alexander Irvin-30th Congress 1847-49. John Patton-38th and 50th Congresses- 1861-63, 1887-89. James Kerr-51st Congress 1889-1891. William C. Arnold-54th and 55th Congress 1895-99. United States District Attorney: H. Bucher Swoope-1869-74. United States Marshal: Alexander Irvin. Clerk of House of Representatives: James Kerr-1891-1895. STATE OFFICERS Governor: William Bigler-1852-5. State Treasurer: Frank G. Harris-1902-04. State Senators: William Bigler, 1842. Alexander Irvin, 1847. William A. Wallace, 1863-75. Thomas J. Boyer, 1876. William W. Betts, 1887-94. M. L. McQuown, 1895-1898. William C. Heinle, 1899-1902. Alexander E. Patton, 1903-04. Edward A. Irvin, 1904-06. George M. Dimeling, 1907. Members of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature: Martin Hoover, first (date unknown). Greenwood Bell, second (date unknown). John Irvin, third (date unknown) 1837-38-James Ferguson. 1830-40-James H. Lafferty. 1841-42-G. R. Barrett. 1844-45-Lewis W. Smith. 1846-47-Charles S. Worrell. 1848-49-George Walters. 1850-51-William J. Hemphill. 1853-54-A. Caldwell. 1858-62-3-4-T. J. Boyer. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 39 1867-68-Thomas J. McCullough. 1872-73-John Lawshe. 1874-Johnson W. Potter 1875-76-W. R. Hartshorne. 1877-78-Aaron C. Tate. 1879-80-A. D. Bennett. 1881-82-James Flynn. 1883-84-J. P. Taylor. 1885-86-J. H. Norris. 1887-88-Aaron G. Kramer. 1889-92-John F. Farrell, P. S. Weber. 1893-94-John K. Gorman, Charles S. King. 1895-96-John H. Patchin, C. D. Ames. 1897-1902-Frank G. Harris, Joseph Alexander. 1903-06-Harry Boulton, F. R. Scofield. 1907-08-Jonathan Currier, A. S. Moulthrop, Peter Gearhart. 1909-10-Jonathan Currier, A. S. Moulthrop, S. R. Hamilton. President Judges: 1822-6-Charles Huston. 1826-41-Thomas Burnside. 1841-51-George W. Woodward. 1851-52-R. G. White. 1852-3-John C. Knox. 1853-James T. Hale. 1853-59-James Burnside. 1859-James Gamble. 1859-68-Samuel Linn. 1868-Joseph B. McEnally. 1868-84-Charles A. Mayer. 1875-84-John H. Orvis (addl. law judge). 1884-94-David L. Krebs. 1894- 1904-Cyrus Gordon. 1904-Allison O. Smith. Associate Judges: 1822-6-Francis W. Rawle, Moses Boggs. 1826-40-Moses Boggs, Hugh Jordon. 1840-41-Moses Boggs, James Ferguson. 1841-6-James Ferguson, John Patton. 1846-51-Abram K. Wright, James T. Leonard. 1851-6-Richard Shaw, John P. Hoyt. 1856-61-William L. Moore, Benjamin Bonsall. 1861-6-James Bloom, John D. Thompson. 1866-71-Samuel Cloyd, Jacob Wilhelm. 1871-6-William C. Foley, John J. Read. 1876-81-Vincent Holt, Abram Ogden. 1881-6-John L. Cuttle, John Hockenberry. Deputy Attorneys-General and District Attorneys: Samuel M. Green. Josiah W. Smith. Samuel H. Tyson. George R. Barrett. Lewis W. Smith. John F. Weaver. D. Rush Petrikin. George W. Hecker. J. B. McEnally. Joseph S. Frantz. Thomas J. McCullough. Robert J. Wallace. Israel Test. William M. McCullough. A. W. Walters. Frank Fielding. William McCullough. Joseph F. McKenrick. Smith V. Wilson. Singleton Bell. Americus H. Woodward. William I. Swoope. James H. Kelley. Sheriffs: 1822-Greenwood Bell. 40 HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY 1823-6-Greenwood Bell. 1826-9-William Bloom. 1829-32-Lebbus Luther. 1832-5-Robert Ross. 1835-8-James Ferguson. 1838-41-Abram K. Wright. 1841-4-George Leech. 1844-7-Ellis Irwin. 1847-50-John Stites. 1850-3-Alexander Caldwell. 1853-6-William Powell. 1856-9-Josiah R. Read. 1859-62-Frederick G. Miller. 1862-5-Edwin Perks. 1865-8-Jacob A. Faust. 1868-71-Cyrenius Howe. 1871-4-Justin J. Pie. 1874-7-William R. McPherson. 1877-80-Andrew Pentz, Jr. 1883-James Mahaffey. 1883-6-R. Newton Shaw. 1886-89-Jesse E. Dale. 1889-92-Edgar L. McCloskey. 1892-95-Fred M. Cardon. 1895-98-Frank Smith. 1898-1901-David D. Gingery. 1901-04-Hugh McCullough. 1904-07-James P. Stayer. 1907-10-Cornelius Allen. 1910-E. H. Woolridge. Registers and Recorders: 1856-62-James Wrigley. 1862-68-I. G. Barger. 1868-75-Asbury W. Lee. 1875-81-L. J. Morgan. 1881-87-George Ferguson. 1887-93-D. R. Fullerton. 1893-99-Bine Koozer. 1899-1905-E. E. Jimeson. 1905-W. T. DeHaas. Treasurers: Arthur Bell. Samuel Coleman. Samuel Fulton. Alexander B. Reed. James Ferguson. Alexander Irvin. G. Philip Geulich. Martin Hoover. James T. Leonard. Christopher Kratzer. D. W. Moore. Robert Wallace. J. W. Wright. Isaac Bloom. Arthur Bell. John McPherson. Eli Bloom. John McPherson. George B. Goodlander. Joseph Shaw. Christopher Kratzer. D. W. Moore. William K. Wrigley. Lever Flegal. Samuel P. Wilson. David W. Wise. David McGaughey. Philip Botts. John W. Wrigley. John M. Troxell. James Mitchell. James McLaughlin. W. C. Goss. Leslie Stewart. William Boyce. Prothonotaries: 1822-Samuel Fulton. 1825-Reuben Winslow. 1827-Joseph Boone. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 41 1836-Ellis Irwin. 1839-James T. Leonard. 1842-Alexander Irvin. 1846-William C. Welch, Ellis Irwin (by appointment). 1851-William Porter. 1857-George Walters, James T. Leonard (by appointment). 1860-John L. Cuttle. 1863-D. F. Etzweiler. 1869-Aaron C. Tate. 1875-Eli Bloom. 1881-James Kerr. 1887-Alfred M. Bloom. 1893-Dorsey J. Gingery. 1899-Grant H. Thompson. 1905-Roll B. Thompson. County Superintendents: 1854-7-A. T. Schryver. 1857-60-L. L. Still. 1860-3-J. Broomall. 1863-6-C. B. Stanford. 1866-72-G. W. Snyder. 1872-8-J. A. Gregory. 1878-84-M. L. McQuown. 1884-90-Matthew Savage. 1890-95-G. W. Weaver. 1895-1902-E. C. Shields. 1902-Wm. E. Tobias. County Commissioners and Clerks: 1812-13-Hugh Jordon, Samuel Fulton, Robert Maxwell; Clerk, Joseph Boone. 1814-15-Hugh Jordon, William Tate, Robert Maxwell; Clerk, Joseph Boone. 1817-18-Thomas McClure, David Ferguson. Robert Ross; Clerk, Joseph Boone. 1819-David Ferguson, Robert Ross, William Ogden; Clerk, Joseph Boone. 1820-William Ogden, Greenwood Bell, Alexander Read, Jr.; Clerk, Joseph Boone. 1821-Alexander Read, Jr., Matthew Ogden, Greenwood Bell; Clerk, David Ferguson. 1822-Alexander Read, George Welch, Abraham Leonard; Clerk, David Ferguson. 1823-George Welch, Elisha Schofield, Martin Nichols; Clerk, James Reed. 1824-Martin Nichols, Elisha Schofield, George Welch; Clerk, James Reed. 1825-Schofield, Nichols, Job England; Clerk, James Reed. 1826-England, Nichols, George Wilson; Clerk, James Reed. 1827-England, Wilson, Joseph Hoover; Clerk, James Reed. 1828-Joseph Hoover, George Ross, Robert Wilson; Clerk, James Reed. 1829-Hoover, Ross, A. Caldwell; Clerk, Lewis W. Smith. 1830-Ross, Caldwell, J. Schnarrs; Clerk, Jas. T. Leonard. 1831-Caldwell, Schnarrs, George Leech; Clerk, Jas. T. Leonard. 1832-Schnarrs, Leech, Ignatius Thompson; Clerk, Jas. T. Leonard. 1833-Leech, Thompson, I. H. Warwick; Clerk, Jas. T. Leonard. 1834-Warwick, Thompson, Matthew Ogden; Clerk, L. W. Smith. 1835-Warwick, Ogden, Smith Mead; Clerk, L. W. Smith. 1836-Ogden, Mead, William Dunlap; Clerk, L. W. Smith. 1837-Mead, Dunlap, James B. Graham; Clerk, L. W. Smith. 1838-Dunlap, Graham, Isaac Goodfellow; Clerk, James Reed. 1839-Graham, Goodfellow, John Stites; Clerk, James Reed. 1840-Goodfellow, Stites, John McMurray; Clerk, G. R. Barrett. 42 HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY 1841-McMurray, Stites, James B. Caldwell; Clerk, H. B. Beissel. 1842-McMurray, Caldwell, George C. Passmore; Clerk, H. B. Beissel. 1843-Caldwell, Passmore, John Carlisle; Clerk, H. B. Beissel. 1844-Passmore, Carlisle, Grier Bell; Clerk, H. B. Beissel. 1845-Carlisle, Bell, Samuel Johnson; Clerk, H. B. Beissel. 1846-Johnson, Bell, Abram Kyler; Clerk, H. P. Thompson. 1847-Johnson, Kyler, James A. Reed; Clerk, H. P. Thompson. 1848-Kyler, Reed, James Elder; Clerk, H. P. Thompson. 1849-Reed, Elder, Benjamin Bonsall; Clerk, W. A. Wallace. 1850-Elder, Bonsall, S. Way; Clerk, H. B. Beissel. 1851-Bonsall, Way, William Alexander; Clerk, Jno. F. Irwin. 1852-Way, Alexander, Philip Hevener; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1853-Alexander, Hevener, Samuel Shoff; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1854-Hevener, Shoff, R. Mahaffey; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1855-Shoff, Mahaffey, David Ross; Clerk, R. J. Wallace. 1856-Mahaffey, Ross, J. Wilhelm; Clerk. R. J. Wallace. 1857-Ross, Wilhelm, John Irvin; Clerk, R. J. Wallace. 1858-Wilhelm, Irvin, George Erhard; Clerk, R. J. Wallace. 1859-Irvin, Erhard, William McCracken; Clerk, William Bradley. 1860-Erhard, McCracken, William Merrill; Clerk, William Bradley. 1861-McCracken, Merrill, S. C. Thompson; Clerk, William Bradley. 1862-Merrill, Thompson. Jacob Kuntz; Clerk, William Bradley. 1863-Thompson, Kuntz, Thomas Dougherty; Clerk, William Bradley. 1864-Kuntz, Dougherty, Amos Read; Clerk, William Bradley. 1865-Dougherty, Read, Conrad Baker; Clerk, William Bradley. 1866-Read, Baker, Charles S. Worrel; Clerk, William Bradley. 1867-Baker, Worrel, Henry Stone; Clerk, William Bradley. 1868-Worrel, Stone, Othello Smead; Clerk, William Bradley. 1869-Stone, Smead, S. H. Shaffner; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1870-Smead, Shaffner, Samuel H. Hindman; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1871-Shaffner, Hindman, David Buck; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1872-Hindman, F. F. Conteret, Gilbert Tozer; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1873-Conteret, John D. Thompson, Gilbert Tozer; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1874-Same. 1875-Conrad W. Kyler, Thompson, Clark Brown; Clerk, G. B. Goodlander. 1876-7-8-Brown, Thomas A. McGee, Harris Hoover; Clerk, John W. Howe. 1879-80-1-Conrad W. Kyler, Elah Johnson, John Norris; Clerk, Jacob A. Foss. 1882-3-4-C. K. McDonald, John T. Straw, John Picard; Clerk, R. A. Campbell. 1885-6-7-James Savage, C. K. McDonald, Clark Brown; Clerk, R. A. Campbell. 1888-James Savage, George I. Thompson, Jacob Mock; Clerk, W. V. Wright. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 43 1891-George I. Thompson, E. G. Gearhart, John McGaughey; Clerk, Geo. E. Owens. 1894-W. T. Ross, James S. Read, A. E. Woolridge; Clerk, Harry E. Rowles. 1897-A. E. Woolridge, W. C. Davis, D. H. Waring; Clerk, P. T. Davis. 1900-W. C. Davis, C. H. Cole, H. J. Diem; Clerk, P. T. Davis. 1903-C. P. Rowles, S. R. Hamilton, B. F. Wilhelm; Clerk, A. K. Stayer. 1906-Same. 1909-J. S. Richards, W. C. Langsford, D. J. Gingery; Clerk, L. C. Norris.