Hyde County, SD History - Books .....Chapter 4 County Officers 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 7, 2010, 7:01 am Book Title: History Of Hyde County CHAPTER IV COUNTY OFFICERS We will now give the names of all the county officers from the time of its legal organization up to the present, omitting the names of those in the double organization as these are given in Chapter I so that our list commences Sept, 2, 1884, and were by appointment, -1884- Register of Deeds E. O. Parker Probate Judge Charles H. Price Treasurer John F Goudy Sheriff Charles P. Jones Sup't of Schools Cora M Shober Surveyor D. L. Cadwalader Coroner B. D. Foster Assessor Charles S. McGill Supervisors L. E. Whitcher, A. E. Van Camp -1885-1886- The first election in Hyde county, for county officers was in November, 1884, at which time the following persons were elected, Register of Deeds M. G. Sinon Probate Judge John P. Goudy Treasurer Homer James Sheriff James H. Lynce Sup't of Schools John F. O'Donnell County Attorney Charles H. Price Surveyor D. L. Cadwalader Assessor E. J. Quinn Coroner B. D. Foster Supervisors A. E. VanCamp, David Moore and J. W. Beardsly In the summer of 1885 the commissioner districts were changed which added two more districts. The election was held May 12, 1885, for the purpose of electing two additional commissioners. In District No. 4, Robert E. Murphy was elected, and George Crose in No. 5. With these officers added to the list the next election was held Nov. 2, 1886. Officers in -1887-1888- Register of Deeds M. G. Sinon Probate Judge O. W. Beebe Treasurer Homer James Sheriff S. R. Meigs County Attorney A. N. Van Camp Sup't of Schools T. E. Price Surveyor D. L. Cadwalader Coroner H. H. Stoner Commissioners A. E. Van Camp, Wells F. Pidge, Wm. H. Triplett, R. E. Murpyv and L. W. Harvey. -1889-1890- Auditor F. M. Barnes Register of Deeds John H. McCord County Judge John C. Stoner Treasurer J. A. Sedgwick Sheriff S. R. Meigs County Attorney D. A. W. Perkins Sup't of Schools T. E. Price Surveyor L. C. Hadley Coroner H. H. Stoner Clerk of Courts L. Q. Jeffries Assessor Stephen Swift Commissioners H. B. Young, G. W. Comstock, James H. Pettys, Simon Fritzen, and W. W. Kingsbury In 1890 Mr. Kingsbury and Mr. Fritzen had retired and in their places were appointed B. A. Foote and John D. Gray. - 1891-1892 - Auditor F. M. Barnes Register of Deeds E. O. Parker Sheriff S. R. Meigs County Judge A. N. Van Camp Treasurer John A. Sedgwick State's Attorney. T. E. Price Sup't of Schools John F. Gowdy Surveyor L. C. Hadley Coroner H. C. Harris Clerk of Courts John C. Stoner, Sr. Assessor John M. Zemlicka Commissioners B. A. Foote, Geo. A. Tosh, G. W. Comstock, J. W. Jones and John D. Gray. In 1892 W. D. McDonald was elected to succeed Mr. Foote. In January. 1892, John F. Goudy resigned as Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. Dora Stewart was elected by the Board to succeed him. - 1893-1894 Auditor S. C. Traver Register of Deeds E. O. Parker Probate Juc'ge A. N. Van Camp Treasurer Denton B. Thayer Sheriff Hiram B. Young Sup't of Schools Etta Bell Morton State's Attorney G. L. F. Robinson Surveyor H. C. Harris Coroner A. P. Stoner Clerk of Courts John C. Stoner Assessor Wm. C. Wooley Commissioners Henry A. Parker, Soren K. Christianson, Henry A. Parker, Wm. Bottcher, Martin Bouzek. -1895-1896- Auditor S. C. Traver Register of Deeds Charles P. Sawson County Judge Eli Johnson Treasurer D. B. Thayer Sheriff A. N. Gerhart Sup't of School Dora C. Stewart State's Attorney G. L. F. Robinson Surveyor H. C. Harris Coroner A. P. Stoner Clerk of Courts John C. Stoner, Sr Assessor Wm. C. Wooley Commissioners for 1895 were Albert Wells, Martin Bouzek, Reuben Ellerton, W. D. McDonald and S. K. Christensen. In 1895 Coroner Stoner, having resigned, Orin L. Whitcher was elected coroner by the Board. Commissioners for 1896 were the same as 1895 except H. C. Shober and Christ Odegard were on the Board in place of W. D. McDonald and S. K. Christenson. - 1897-1898 - Auditor H. C. Shober Register of Deeds B. A. Foote County Judge J. S. Harris Treasurer Chas. P. Swanson Sheriff A. N. Gerhart Sup't of Schools Dora C. Stewart State's Attorney Fred M. Barnes Surveyor H. C. Harris Coroner A. P. Stoner Clerk of Courts E. R. Sheppard Assessor. John Wooley Commissioners for 1897: R. Ellerton, E. L. Sarvis, J. M. Jensen, S. S. Meigs, C. Odegard; for 1898, the same except Arthur Lee in place of C. Odegard. -1899-1900- Auditor H. C. Shober Register of Deeds B. A. Foote County Judge J. S. Harris Treasurer Charles P. Swanson Sheriff Alphonso Winans Sup't of Schools Clara Morford State's Attorney Fred M. Barnes Surveyor H. C. Harris Coroner C. E. Lighthead Clerk of Courts E. R. Sheppard Assessor Geo. H. Bottcher Commissioners for 1899; the same as 1898 except D. O. Welch in place of Reuben Ellerton. In 1900, H. T. Johnson, J. M. Jensen, J. A. McDonald, Arthur Lee and D. O. Welch. -1901-1902 - Auditor John C. Stoner Register of Deeds O. C. Kippenbrock County Judge Eli Johnson Treasurer B. A. Foote Sheriff Alphonso Winans Sup't of Schools Ira L. Angle State's Attorney A. N. Van Camp Surveyor John Amaldy Coroner Chas. E. Lighthead Clerk of Courts E. R. Sheppard Assessor Wm. J. Bottcher Commissioners in 1901 the same as in 1900 except that Samuel Mason was on the Board in place of D. O. Welch. -1903-1904- Auditor Frank L. Latta Register of Deeds O. C. Kippenbrock County Judge Eli Johnson Treasurer B. A. Foote Sheriff Thomas W. Tibbs Sup't of Schools Ira L. Angle State's Attorney M. C. Cunningham Surveyor J. P. Gilman Coroner I. M. Burnside Clerk of Courts Oran O. Hart Assessor.. Even O. Evenson Commissioners John M. Jensen, Arthur Lee, H. T. Johnson Samuel Mason and J. S. Mesick. -1905-1906- Auditor Frank L. Latta Register of Deeds J. H. Pilkington County Judge G. L. F. Robinson Treasurer L. M. Hanson Sheriff Thomas W. Tibbs Sup't of Schools W. N. Van Camp State's Attorney Eli Johnson Surveyor J. P. Gilman Coroner H. H. Stoner Clerk of Courts Oran O. Hart Assessor. J. H. Myers Commissioners Reuben Ellerton, John Zemlicka, W. J. Hannah, Jos. Mesick and Arthur Lee. In July, 1905, Judge G. L. F. Robinson died and F. M. Barnes was appointed to succeed him. -1907-1908 - Auditor James Buchan Register of Deeds J. H. Pilkington County Judge D. A. W. Perkins Treasurer L. M. Hanson Sheriff S. R. Meigs Sup't of Schools W. N. Van Camp State's Attorney Eli Johnson Surveyor C. R. Buller Coroner H. H. Stoner Clerk of Courts R. B. Rockwell Assessor Even O. Evenson Commissioners Reuben Ellerton, H. C. Harris, W. J. Hannah, Charles Olson, John Zemlicka. Sheriff S. R. Meigs died in February, 1908, and Arthur Lee was appointed to fill out his term. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF HYDE COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIME BY JOHN B. PERKINS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/hyde/history/1908/historyo/chapter418nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/sdfiles/ File size: 9.1 Kb