KANSAS COLLECTION BOOKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ W.A. Johnson's "The History of Anderson County, Kansas, From its First Settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876", chapter 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY, KANSAS, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1876, by William G. Cutler, published 1877. This work in progress is being transcribed and edited by Teresa Lindquist for KanColl (The Kansas Collection), in the Early Kansas Imprint Scanners (EKIS) workshop. A fully indexed, HTML version will be available at the KanColl website (http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/) when it is finished. For more information about KanColl, please visit: http://history.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/. For more information about EKIS, please visit: http://history.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/ekis/. For any other questions, please contact Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER XIV. Successive State Senators--Members of the House of Representatives--Judges of the District Court--County Officers. SENATORS. 1861, William Spriggs; 1865, D.W. Houston; 1869, E.S. Niccolls; 1873, W.A. Johnson. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Under Territorial government--1859, William Spriggs; 1860 Thomas Lindsay; 1861, Rufus Gilpatrick. Under State government--1861, S.J. Crawford and W.F.M. Arny; 1862, J.B. Lowry and W.H. McClure. In 1862 the Legislature made a reapportionment, into representative and senatorial districts, dividing Anderson county into two representative districts, numbers Fifty-six and Fifty-seven. The townships --------------------------- ANDERSON COUNTY. 147 of Walker and Monroe constituted the Fifty-sixth, and the remainder of the county the Fifty-seventh representative district. 1863, Isaac Hiner, Fifty-sixth; Jackson Means, Fifty-seventh; 1864, Henderson Cavender, Fifty-sixth; B.M. Lingo, Fifty-seventh; 1865, Henderson Cavender, Fifty-sixth; A.G. West, Fifty-seventh; 1866, Henderson Cavender, Fifty-sixth; J.W. Stewart, Fifty-seventh; 1867, Thomas Lindsay, Fifty-sixth; Wm. N. Hanby, Fifty-seventh; 1868, Thomas G. Headley, Fifty-sixth; Wm. N. Hanby, Fifty-seventh; 1869, John Buterbaugh, Fifty-sixth; Charles Gregg, Fifty-seventh; 1870, John G. Lindsay, Fifty-sixth; J.H. Whitford, Fifty-seventh; 1871, John G. Lindsay, Fifty-sixth; Thomas Thompson, Fifty-seventh. The Legislature of 1871 made a new apportionment of the State into representative districts, by which Anderson county only formed one district, and had but one representative. 1872, J.H. Whitford; 1873, John T. Lanter; 1874, James E. White; 1875, H.C. Reppert; 1876, L.K. Kirk. JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT The Legislature in 1855 divided the Territory into judicial districts, placing Anderson county in the Second district, and in 1856 Sterling G. Cato was judge. In 1858 the Legislature redistricted the Territory, and Anderson county was made part of the Third district, and Joseph Williams was the judge. Under the Wyandotte constitution Anderson county was part of the Fourth district. 1861, S.O. Thacher; 1864, Thacher resigned, and D.P. Lowe was appointed to fill the vacancy; 1865, D.M. Valentine. --------------------------- 148 HISTORY OF The Legislature in 1867 created the Seventh judicial district, and made Anderson county a part of it. 1867, William Spriggs; 1868, John R. Goodin In 1869 this county was again changed back to the Fourth district. 1869, O.A. Bassett; 1872, O.A. Bassett. CLERKS OF THE DISTRICT COURT. 1858, A. Simons; 1860, A. Simons; 1861, A. Simons; 1863, Charles Hidden; 1865, C.E. Dewey; 1867, G.M. Everline; 1869, Solomon Kauffman; 1871, G.M. Everline; 1873, J.A. Bell; 1875, J.A. Bell. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 1856, Francis Myer and J.S. Waitman; 1857, Darius Frankenberger and John McDaniel. The Legislature in 1858 changed the county board to a board of supervisors of one member from each township. Supervisors--1858, J.E. White, chairman; Solomon Kauffman, Rezin Porter, John McDaniel and Alexander McArthur; 1859, J.F. Wadsworth, chairman; C.W. Fraker, John L. Adington, J.R. Eaton, J.B. Dilday and G. W. Sands. The Legislature in 1860 changed the board from a board of supervisors to a board of county commissioners, consisting of three members. 1860, Preston Bowen, chairman; Richard Robinson and Mathew Porter; 1861, Mathew Porter, chairman; Richard Robinson and T.G. Headley; 1862, T.G. Headley, chairman; John Moler and A. Cassel; 1863, T.G. Headley, chairman; D.L. Duff and Anderson Cassel; 1864, Dr. William Smith, chairman; H.R. Hall and George Holt; --------------------------- ANDERSON COUNTY. 149 Hall resigned, and S.W. Arrant appointed to fill vacancy; 1866, William Smith, chairman; Mathew Porter and Richard Robinson; 1868, H. Cavender, chairman; J.B. Lowry and Reuben Lowry; 1870, G.W. Iler, chairman; J.B. Lowry and J.W. Vaughn; J.B. Lowry died in 1871, and C.H. Lowry appointed to fill vacancy; 1872, John Macklin, chairman; H. Cavender and B.M. Lingo; 1874, C.H. Lowry, chairman; G.W. Smith and H. Cavender; G.W. Smith resigned and M.E. Osborn was appointed to fill vacancy; November, 1875, M.J. Turrell elected to fill unexpired term of Smith; H. Cavender resigned, and W.S. Vreeland was appointed to fill vacancy; 1876, C.H. Lowry, chairman; W.S. Vreeland and M.J. Turrell. COUNTY CLERKS. 1856, Thomas Totton, appointed; 1857, A. Simons; resigned, and C.T. Williams appointed; 1858, B.L. Adington; 1860, A. Simons; 1862, A. McArthur; 1864, J.F. Walker; 1866, J.H. Williams; 1868, J.H. Williams; 1870, E.A. Edwards; 1872, E.A. Edwards; 1874, E.A. Edwards; 1876, J.W. Goltra. PROBATE JUDGES. 1855, George Wilson, elected by Legislature; 1858, Samuel Anderson, from January 1 to June 1, and was succeeded by J.Y. Campbell, who served until the 7th day of October, 1861, when he was ousted from the office by proceedings had before S.O. Thacher, judge, on application of Chas. Hidden, who served until January, 1862; 1862, Samuel Anderson; 1863, Samuel Anderson; 1865, J.Y. Campbell; 1871, M.A. Page; 1875, J.M. Craig. COUNTY TREASURERS. 1856, C.H. Price, appointed; 1858, Isaac Hiner; 1859, W.L. Webster; 1860, Henderson Cavender; 1862, Henderson Cavender; 1864, T.G. Headley; 1866, T.G. Headley; 1868, A.G. West, appointed to fill short term from January 1 to July 1; 1868, A. Simons; 1870, A. Simons; 1872, E.S. Hunt; 1874, E.S. Hunt. --------------------------- 150 HISTORY OF REGISTERS OF DEEDS. 1857, A. Simons, appointed; 1858, Madison Puett; 1860, C.J. Farley, who died in 1861, and M. Puett elected to fill vacancy; 1864, J.F. Walker; 1866, J.H. Williams; 1868, J.H. Williams; 1870, Samuel Crum; 1872, Samuel Crum; 1874, W.H. Mellen; 1876, W.I. Sutton. SHERIFFS. 1856, David McCammon; 1857, Thos. Hill; resigned, and G.A. Cook, appointed; 1858, G.A. Cook; 1860, G.A. Cook; 1862, John Anderson, who resigned in 1865, and A. Simons appointed; 1866, Elias Norris; 1868, Elias Norris; 1870, G.A. Cook; 1872, Edward Rayn; 1874, Edward Rayn; 1876, J.H. Shields. COUNTY ATTORNEYS. 1858, J.B. Stitt; 1860, W.A. Johnson. The Legislature in 1861 abolished the office of county attorney, and provided for a district attorney for each judicial district, and in June, 1861, S.A. Riggs was elected attorney for this district. In 1864 the Legislature abolished the office of district attorney, and provided for county attorneys. 1864, M.A. Page; 1865, W.A. Johnson was elected, but refused to qualify, and M.A. Page appointed; 1866, M.A. Page; 1867, John G. Lindsay; 1871, John S. Wilson; 1873, John J. Hoffman; 1875, Abram Bergen. COUNTY SURVEYORS. 1857, B.F. Ridgeway, appointed; 1858, B.F. Ridgeway; 1862, Jackson Means; 1864, Hugh Smith; 1866, James N. Smith; 1870, R.W. Gailey; 1872, R.W. Gailey; 1874, R.W. Gailey; 1876, R.W. Gailey. SUPERINTENDENTS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 1858, J.R. Slentz, appointed; 1861, Rufus Gilpatrick; 1863, C.B. Smith; 1865, C.T. Chapin; 1867, C.T. Chapin; --------------------------- ANDERSON COUNTY. 151 1869, W.A. Walker, who died in 1869, and P.W. Bahl was appointed; 1871, Thomas Bowles; 1873, Amos Rice; 1875, L.H. Osborn. COUNTY ASSESSORS. In 1857, William Puett was appointed by the board of county commissioners. In the winter of 1858 the Legislature made a change in the law, by which the office of county assessor was abolished, and in 1860 the Legislature again provided for the office of county assessor. John T. Lanter was elected in March, 1860. John T. Hall was elected in November, 1860, and resigned in May, 1861. July 8, 1861, B.P. Brown was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John T. Hall. 1861, John Horn; 1863, George W. Arrell; 1864, A.W. Phillips; 1865; George W. Arrell; 1866, W.B. Edwards; 1867, C.B. Smith. In 1868 the Legislature, by a change in the tax laws, abolished the office of county assessor and provided that the assessments should be made by the township trustees.