St. Clair County
Remnants Of The Past

Elected Officials 1879

Osceola Sun
17 July 1879

Town Officials:

Board of Trustees – Robert Latz, Franz Daniel, F.P. Hostetter
Clerk – D.C. McNeil
Attorney – W.W. Shaffner
Marshal – John R. Cole
Assessor and Collector – Jno. E. Cole
Board of Education – Z. Lilley, Joseph P. Landes, Franz Daniel, Thos. Henley, Scott Nesbit, L. Lewis

County Officials:

Representative – T.J. Younger
Sheriff – John P. Gordon
Treasurer – R.B. Wannacott
Collector – W.M. Lewellen
Assessor – Daniel Williams
Recorder of Deeds – W.U. Townsend
Surveyor – Ralph C. Bowles
Attorney – J.B. Jennings
Coroner – A.C. Marquis
Com’r Public Schools – W.W. Warren

Circuit court holds its regular session the first Monday in March and September.

Judge – John D. Parkinson
Clerk – James M. Pugh

County Court meets first Monday in February, May, August and November.

Judges – Jno. F. Tandy, J.W. Robinson & R.R. Moore
Presiding Judge – Jno. F. Tandy
Clerk – Wm. M. Cox

Probate Court meets on the second Monday in February, May, August and November.

Judge – John P. Love
Clerk – W.W. Shaffner
Public Administrator – John T. Harper
 

State Officials:

Governor – John S. Phelps
Lieut. Governor – Henry C. Brockmeyer
Secretary of State – Michael K. McGrath
Attorney General – Jackson L. Smith
Auditor – Thomas A. Holin
Treasurer – Elijah Gates
Supt. Public Instruction – R.D. Shannon
Land Commissioner – J.E. McHenry
Railroad Commissioner – A.M. Sevier
Supreme Court – Thos. A. Sherman, Chief Justice; Warrick Hough, Elijah H. Norton, J.W. Henry, Wm. B. Napton