County Officers 1889 – 1984 & Updated 2017
Sherman County: For The Record, 1984, volume 2, number 1:
by Patricia French Moore & updated by Sherman County Clerk Jenine McDermid 2017
C.C. Myers 1889
William Henrichs 1890
C.C. Kuney 1895
B.F. Pike 1897
R.L. Campbell 1903
Otto Peetz 1905
Margaret Peetz 1924
C.A. Ruggles 1943
Bill E. Todd 1947
Marie Hoskinson 1949
Clair Balzer 1951
Dick Page 1961
Harold Owens 1973-1986
Dawn Lohrey 1987-1988
Richard Stradley 1989-3/1/2014
Ross A. Turney 3/19/2014-
V.C. Brock 1889-1892 appointed by the Governor
S.S. Hayes 1892-1896
William Henrichs 1896-1900
H.S. McDanel 1900-1910
K.A. McPherson 1911-1918
Mary L. Hoskinson 1918-1926
G.C. Akers 1926-1931
G.C. Vintin 1931-1937
Joe Truitt 1937-1940
Ross Ornduff 1941-1951
Marie Hoskinson 1951-1972
Carrie Belshe 1973-1979
Linda Van Gilder Hasch (now Cornie) 1979-2008
Jenine McDermid 2009-
Owen M. Scott 1889-1891 appointed by the Governor
J.W. Blackburne 1891
John Fulton 1892
George B. Bourhill 1904
William Henrichs 1908
Fred Krusow 1913
E.D. McKee 1919
George A. Potter 1931
J.M. Wilson 1943
C.A. Tom 1949
Vernon I. Miller 1955
George H. Jensen 1973
Robert W. Holmes 1976
Marie Hoskinson 1978
Dewey Thomas 1982-1984
Gordon Hilderbrand 1985-1990
Rodney Rolfe (write-in) 1991-1992
Mike W. McArthur 1993-2004
Gary Thompson 12/1/2004-
Dayton Elliott 1889-1890 appointed by the Governor
John Medler 1889-1890 appointed by the Governor
John Graham 1890
John A. Moore 1890-1894
Robert J. Ginn 1890-1892
D.H. Leach 1892-1896
R.P. Orr 1894-1902
R.H. King 1896-1900
J.A. Morrissey 1900-1900 died in office
Fred Krusow 1901-1904
A.M. Wright 1902-1906
William Walker 1904-1911
Duncan Chisholm 1906-1911
A.J. Holt 1911-1916
W.H. Andrews 1911-1912
E.D. McKee 1912-1918
J.K. Irby 1916-1917
J.M. Wilson 1917-1924
R.J. Ginn 1918-1920
L.L. Peetz 1921-1930
A.A. Dunlap 1924-1938
P.C. Axtell 1930-1937
David Reid 1937-1945
J.M. Wilson 1939-1942
Vernon Miller 1943-1950
Joe Peters 1946-1948
Lester Wilson 1949-1952
Donald Martin 1951-1954
Kenneth Sather 1953-1956
C.F. Kuypers 1955-1958
Lester Wilson 1956-1962
L.P. Haven 1959-1959 died in office
L.E. Kaseberg 1959-1980 died in office
Luther Davis 1962-1972
Robert W. Holmes 1973-1975
Dewey Thomas 1976-1980
John Schadewitz 1980-1994
Gordon Hilderbrand 1981-1984
Robert A. Boynton 1985-1996
Sharon A. Rolfe 1995-3/3/1999
Kenneth R. Hart 1997-2000
Sherry Kaseberg 3/17/1999-2008
Gary Thompson (write-in) 2001-12/1/2004
Steve Burnet 12/1/2004-2014
Mike Smith 2009-2016
Tom McCoy 2014-
Joe Dabulskis 2017-
C.J. Bright 1889 appointed by the Governor
C.F. McCarthy 1890
J.B. Hosford 1891
Hiram Tyree 1893
C.E. Brown 1894
W.J. Peddicord 1896
W.H. Ragsdale 1898
G.M. Frost 1904
W.C. Bryant 1906
F.E. Fagan 1913
E.R. Curfman 1918
Grace M. Zevely 1919
A.M. Zevely 1925
L.W. Rakes 1927
Wily W. Knighten 1932-1957.
Superintendents were paid by the County until July 1, 1948.
E.M. Leslie 1889-1894 appointed by the Governor
William Holder 1894-1900
Thomas R. McGinnis 1900-1904
William Benj. McCoy 1904-1908
J.C. Freeman 1908-1912
J.C. McKean 1913-1919
P.H. Buxton 1919-1920
Hugh Chrisman 1920-1936
C.C. Wilson 1937-1946
Norman E. Fields 1946-1957
George Geiser 1957-1960
Leo Roberts 1960-1969
Gerald Lohrey 1969-1995
Steve Orendorff 1995-1995
(recalled after 6 months)
Gerry Massey 1995-2000
Brad Lohrey 2000-current.
Archibald McIntosh 1889
J.H. Fraser 1889
Alexander McIntosh 1890
Archibald McIntosh 1893
J. Harvey Smith 1894
J.V. O’Leary 1896
Ed Hannifan 1898
Emmitt Olds 1899
William Merrill 1901
Emmitt Olds 1902
James Stewart 1905-1936
Levi Armsworthy 1889
H.A. Thompson 1892
George N. Bolton 1896
Walter Stanley 1898
W.D. Wallan 1911
George B. Bourhill 1918
C.V. Belknap 1924
A.M. Young 1925
Naomi Van Gilder 1934
Carrie Belshe 1970
Velma R. Belshee 1973-1984
Doris L. Hilderbrand 1985-1986
Nancy McCoy 1987-1998
Marnene Benson-Wood 1999-
Grass Valley Journal
20 January 1922:
The County Court last week appointed the following to act as judges and clerks of election for the present year (spelled as found):
Precinct 1, Rufus: G.E. Wilkerson, C.M. Kuypers, judges; C.A. Tom, J.S. Fowler, L.B. Payne, clerks.
Precinct 2, Locust [Grove]: Emil Anderson, Fred Hennagin, judges; Mrs. W.S. Fields, Mrs. George Kaseberg, George Kaseberg, clerks.
Precinct 3, Klondike: J.T. Johnson, A.B. Potter, judges; Frank Scott, C.H. Barnett, V.H. Smith, clerks.
Precinct 4, Monkland: P.C. Axtell, Niel McDonald, judges; T.S. Reese, C.J. Thompson, D.J. McLachlan, clerks.
Precinct 5, Erskin(e): O.G. Sayrs, Chris Anderson, judges; J.N. Landry, Theodore Johnson, Fred Peetz, clerks.
Precinct 6, Michigan: W.C. Todd, R.E. Tiller, judges; C.H. Coon, Harry Key, J.S. Newcomb, clerks.
Precinct 7, Rutledge: Clyde Smith, Jas. Blagg, judges; L.D. Eakin, Mrs. Clyde Smith, Arthur Smith, clerks.
Precinct 8, Kent: J.C. Wilson, Guy Hoskinson, judges; G.C. Young, Fred Haynes, Arthur Justesen, clerks.
Precinct 9, Grass Valley: G.C. Vintin, John Hayes, judges; G.A. Wilcox, Geo. Hansen, Bert Baker, clerks.
Precinct 10, Moro: W.S. Powell, J.M. Axtell, judges; Rena Norton, A.M. young, W.R. Blake, clerks.
Precinct 11, Wasco: J.A. Smith, W.B. Curry, judges; W.P. Thomas, Ira Barnett, Ray Crowder, clerks.
The word “sheriff” is a contraction of the term “shire reeve”. The term, from the Old English scīrgerefa, designated a royal official responsible for keeping the peace (a “reeve”) throughout a shire or county on behalf of the king. The term was preserved in England notwithstanding the Norman Conquest. From the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms the term spread to several other regions, at an early point to Scotland, latterly to Ireland, and to the United States.