Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties
History of Shelby County, Iowa
CHAPTER III (CONT'D).
COUNTY OFFICERS.
The first set of county officials served under an appointment of the Governor, the first regular election in the county being held April 3, 1853. No record seems to have been kept of the votes cast, but the county election book shows the following to have been elected: William Vanansdall was elected County Judge at the April election of 1854; W. H. Jordan, County Judge; Milton M. Beebe, Sheriff; Alexander McCord, Treasurer and Recorder; Adam Cuppy, Drainage Commissioner; James Ward, Prosecuting Attorney; James Perry, Surveyor.
The following is a complete list of the various county officials having served in Shelby County, as shown by the county official election returns, of which the subjoined is a true transcript:
COUNTY JUDGE.
ELECTION HELD.
| August 7, 1854-- | Mansel Wicks. (No vote given.) |
| August 6, 1855-- | David Baughman. | 41 |
| | L. G. Tubbs. | 31 |
| August 1857-- | H. A. Tarkington. | 47 |
| August, 1857-- | David Baughman. | 56 |
| April, 1859-- | William Wyland. | 94 |
| | Stephen King. | 74 |
| October, 1861-- | Samuel Dewell. | 183 |
| | Mansel Wicks. | 54 |
| October, 1863-- | Samuel Dewell. | |
| October, 1865-- | Nelson Ward. | |
| October, 1866-- | L. Woods. | |
| October, 1867-- | Nathan Lindsey. | 108 |
| | P. C. Truman. | 107 |
| November, 1868-- | H. C. Holcomb (Vacancy). | 156 |
| | J. B. Swain. | 25 |
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At this date the office of county judge was abolished, and that of county auditor created.
COUNTY AUDITOR.
| 1869-- | H. C. Holcomb. | 180 |
| | J. B. Swain. | 79 |
| 1871-- | John H. Louis. | 249 |
| | H. C. Holcomb. | 207 |
| 1873-- | J. H. Louis. | 286 |
| | H. C. Holcomb. | 211 |
| 1875-- | Washington Wyland. | 516 |
| | David Carter. | 428 |
| 1877-- | J. H. Louis. | 809 |
| | J. W. Stevens. | 745 |
| 1879-- | J. H. Louis. | 1,069 |
| | William Asquith. | 856 |
| 1881-- | D. F. Paul. | 933 |
| | J. B. Stutsman. | 836 |
| 1883-- | J. W. Harrod. | 1,627 |
| | E. Y. Greenleaf. | 1,523 |
| 1885-- | J. W. Harrod. | 1,653 |
| | H. C. McCusky. | 1,548 |
| 1887-- | J. W. French. | 1,660 |
| | John R. Davis. | 1,374 |
| | Frank S. Carroll. | 253 |
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DRAINAGE COMMISSIONERS.
The first drainage commissioner of Shelby County was Adam Cuppy, elected at the April election of 1854, and was re-elected by a majority of eighteen over J. M. Long. This office was then held as follows:
| 1859-- | C. C. Culver. | 381 |
| | Nathaniel Lindsly. | 75 |
| 1861-- | Mansel Wicks. | 127 |
| | John Hasty. | 10 |
| 1863-- | W. S. Brown. (No opposition.) |
| 1864-- | George W. Taylor. | 76 |
| | D. H. Randall. | 75 |
| 1867-- | William Howlett, Jr. (No opposition.) | 101 |
This office was abolished at the close of the last-named incumbent's term, the board of supervisors having such matters in charge at present.
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PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
ELECTED IN.
| 1854-- | James Ward. | |
| 1856-- | Nelson Ward. | |
| 1856-- | Warren L. Brown. | 35 |
| | J. H. Adams. | 4 |
| 1857-- | M. P. Bull. | 65 |
| | Nelson Ward. | 55 |
At about this time the State judiciary was reconstructed and this office abolished, and that of district judge and district attorney created. |
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
This office was created in October, 1863.
ELECTED IN.
| 1858-- | David Baughman. | 86 |
| | S. Dewell. | 8 |
| 1859-- | S. Dewell. | 90 |
| | William Gray. | 79 |
| 1860-- | F. G. Clark (No opposition) | 71 |
| 1861-- | F. G. Clark. | 141 |
| | William A. Rabb. | 1 |
| 1863-- | John Young. (No vote given.) |
| 1865-- | James M. Woods. (No vote given.) |
| 1867 | Barney Hindsall. | 106 |
| | Thomas Wood. | 104 |
| 1869 | P. C. Truman (No opposition). | 151 |
| 1869 | P. C. Truman. | 178 |
| | John Young. | 78 |
| 1871 | Caleb Smith. | 224 |
| | B. B. Mastick. | 175 |
| | D. S. Irwin. | 57 |
| 1873 | O. N.Buckman. | 312 |
| | Caleb Smith. | 265 |
| 1875 | Aaron N. Buckman. | 597 |
| | John Beck. | 353 |
| 1877 | M. D. Bridgeman. | 858 |
| | T. J. Mitynger. | 688 |
| 1879 | M. D. Bridgeman. | 1,145 |
| | L. S. Taylor. | 780 |
| 1880 | W. W. Girton (To fill vacancy). | 1,279 |
| | M. E. Downey ( " " ). | 1,227 |
| 1881 | W. W. Girton. | 1,051 |
| | James Canfield. | 688 |
| | James Louis. | 130 |
| 1883 | W. K. Colburn. | 1,764 |
| | W. W. Girton. | 1,373 |
| 1885 | C. F. Swift. | 1,556 |
| | W. J. Wicks. | 1,579 |
| 1887 | C. F. Swift. | 1,566 |
| | A. N. Buckman. | 1,357 |
| | Mrs. M. E. McArthur. | 264 |
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass February, 2016 from "Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties", Chicago: W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889, pg. 241-242.
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