List of County Officers "The first election for county officers was held at the Preemption House, in Naperville, on the first Monday in May, 1839. S. M. Skinner, Stephen J. Scott, and L. G. Butler were, by law, appointed judges of election. The officers elected at this time served until the general election, Aug. 5th, same year. As the names of supervisors are inserted in the lists of town officers appended to the histories of the several towns, they do not appear in this list. Names of Sheriffs Elected, May, 1839- Daniel M. Green..................................... Du Page Aug. 1839- Daniel M. Green..................................... " Aug. 1842- Harry B. Fowler...................................... " Aug. 1844- Robert N. Murray................................. Naperville Aug. 1846- George Roush......................................... " Nov. 1850- C. R. Parmalee....................................... Lisle Nov. 1852- T. W. Smith............................................. Winfield Nov. 1854- A. C. Graves.......................................... " Nov. 1856- James J. Hunt........................................ Naperville ________________________________________________________________ Recorders May, 1839- S. M. Skinner.......................................... " Aug. 1843- A. S. Jones............................................... " Aug. 1847- J. J. Riddler............................................ " ________________________________________________________________ "In 1849 the clerk of the circuit court was made ex-officio recorder, the county court and the office of probate justice were succeeded by the county court, composed of a county judge and two county justices of the peace. The office of county commissioner's clerk was succeeded by county clerk, the county judge and the two county justices sitting together for the transaction of county business, and the county judge, with the clerk, constituting a court for the transaction of probate business. Under this provision, Nathan Allen was elected county judge in 1849, and Charles Gary and Peter Northrup were elected county justices. In 1850 the township organization law was adopted, and the first board of supervisors elected. The following persons have held the office of clerk of the circuit court: Appointed, 1839- P. Ballingall........................................ Naperville 1842- E. B. Bill............................................. " Elected, 1849- John J. Riddler.................................. " 1852- Peter Northrop.................................. Addison 1856- John Glos........................................... Wayne _________________________________________________________________ Clerks of County Commissioner's Court, and County Clerks. Elected, July 14, 1839- Clark A. Lewis* .................................. Warrenville Aug. 5, 1839- Allen McIntosh ................................... Naperville Aug. 1843- Allen McIntosh ................................... " Aug. 1847- H. H. Cody .......................................... Bloomingdale Re-elected, Aug. 1849- H. H. Cody .......................................... Bloomingdale Elected, 1853- M. C. Dudley ..................................... Bloomingdale *Died same month, 1839, and vacancy filled by appointment of P. Ballingail __________________________________________________________________ Probate Justices and County Judges Elected, May 1839- J. W. Walker ............................................ Downer's Grove Aug. 1839- Lewis Ellsworth ........................................ Naperville Aug. 1843- Nathan Allen ............................................ " Aug. 1847- J. J. Kimball ............................................. " Aug. 1849- Nathan Allen*........................................... " Nov. 1852- Jeduthan Hatch ....................................... Lisle Nov. 1853- Walter Blanchard ..................................... Downer's Grove *Resigned, 1852 __________________________________________________________________ County Treasurers Elected, May, 1839- M. Sleight .................................................... Naperville Aug. 1839- Stephen J. Scott ............................................ " Aug. 1843- R. K. Potter ................................................... " Aug. 1845- J. J. Kimball .................................................. " Aug. 1847- N. A. Thomas ................................................ " Nov. 1849- H. F. Vallette ................................................ " Nov. 1851- H. F. Vallette ................................................ " Nov. 1853- H. F. Vallette ................................................ " Nov. 1855- W. J. Johnson ............................................... " __________________________________________________________________ School Commissioners Elected, 1841- Lewis Ellsworth ...................................................... Naperville 1843- R. N. Murray ......................................................... " 1844- Horace Brooks ...................................................... Milton 1847- W. L. Wheaton ...................................................... " 1849- Hope Brown ........................................................... Naperville 1851- " " 1853- " " 1855- " * " Appointed, 1856- Lorin Barnes ......................................................... Bloomingdale *Resigned, September, 1856 ___________________________________________________________________ County Commissioners Elected, Elected, May, 1839- Josiah Strong, Aug. 1842- Warren Smith, " - H. L. Cobb, Aug. 1843- T. Hubbard, " - T. P. Whipple, Aug. 1844- John Thompson, Aug. 1839 - Hart S. Cobb, Aug. 1845- T. Andrus, " - John W. Walker, " - John Thompson, " - Hiram Fowler, Aug. 1846- Asa Knapp, Aug. 1840 - N. Stevens, Aug. 1847- S. D. Pierce, Aug. 1841- J. A. Smith, Aug. 1848- David Crane. _________________________________________________________________ County Surveyors. Elected, May, 1839 - L. Meacham ................................. Bloomingdale Aug. 1839 - J. B. Kimball ................................. Naperville Aug. 1847 - Horace Brooks .............................. Milton Nov. 1849 - " " Nov. 1851 - " " Nov. 1853 - " " Nov. 1855 - " " __________________________________________________________________ Coroners Elected, May, 1839 - H. L. Peaslee ................................ Naperville Aug. 1839 - " " Aug. 1840 - E. G. Wight .................................... " Aug. 1842 - N. Loring ....................................... " Aug. 1844 - J. Keefer ........................................ " Aug. 1846 - D. C. Gould .................................... " Aug. 1848 - L. Avery ......................................... Milton Nov. 1849 - C. C. Barnes .................................. Naperville Nov. 1852 - F. C. Hagemann ............................. Winfield Nov. 1854 - W. B. Stewart ................................. Naperville Nov. 1856 - Alfred Waterman ........................... Wheaton |