James  T.  Lewis  Insists  on  "Columbia"

To  James  T.  Lewis  is  generally  accorded  the  credit  of  fixing  the
name  of  Columbia  on  the  county.  But  it  had  a  narrow  escape  from
"York."  Mr.  Lewis,  of  Columbus,  presented  a  strong  petition  for
"Columbia;"  but  Wayne  15.  Dyer,  at  Otsego,  and  some  of  the  settlers
at  Portage,  forwarded  a  somewhat  larger  petition  for  "York."  The  bill,
thus  christening  the  county,  was  about  to  pass,  when  Mr.  Lewis,  with
characteristic  pertinacity,  induced  the  members  to  vote  for  an  amend-
ment striking  out  "York"  in  favor  of  "Columbia."

The  County  Officers

The  territory  thus  named  and  legally  organized  has  been  well  gov-
erned, judicially  and  civilly,  with  the  following  as  its  principal  officials:


HISTORY  OF  COLUMBIA  COUNTY


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1847-4S— T.  Clark  Smith
1849-50— Jacob  Low
1851-52 — Alexander  McDonald
1853-54 — Perry  Lee
1855-56— S.  C.  Higbie*
1857-58— Edward  P.  Lewis
1859-60— Benjamin  Williams
1861-62— William  W.  Drake
1863-64— Nathan  Hazen
1865-66— P.  Pool
1867-6S— S.  K.  Vaughan
1869-70— 0.  H.  Sorrenson
1ST  1-72— P.    Pool
1873-74— William  W.  Drake
1875-76— J.  O.  Prescott
1877-7S— A.   H.  Russell
1879-80— Jonas  Conklin


1881-82 — T.  II.  Jurgerson
1883-84— D.  G.  Williams
1885-86 — I.  W.  Leffingwell
1887-88 — R.  ('.  Falconer
1889-90— J.  R,  Nashold
1891-92— P.  C.  Irvine
1893-94— William  H.  Parry
1895-96— Hugh  Hall
1897-98— Ole  M.  Bendixen
1899-00— Lewis  Leith
1901-02— J.  C.  MaeKenzie
1903-04— E.  P.  Ashley
1905-07— Don  C.  French
1908-09— H.   II.  Hawkos
1910-11— J.  W.  Dalton
1911-12— Ferdinand  Voth
1913      -Win.  K.  McKenzie


Clerks  of  Circuit  Court


1847

1848-
1851
1854
1855
1857
1859
1861
1863
1866


'-48 — Henry  Merrell  (clerk  of

1872-78— S.  M.  Smith

District  Court)

1879-82— S.  S.  Lockhart

!-50 — Josiah  Arnold

1882-86— J.  H.  Wells

--53 — James  Delaney,  Jr

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1887-88— L.  E.  Greenleaf

[       —A.  W.  Delaney

1889-90— Peter  Williams

i-56— S.  K.  Vaughan  t

1891-92— Frank  M.  Shaughnessy

-58— S.  K.  Vaughan

1893-96— A.  S.  Crouch

)-60— A.    Morehouse

1897-00— Evan  O.  Jones

-62— A.  J.  Turner

1901-06— Clifford  H.  Crothers

!-65— H.  M.  Haskell  X

1907-08— Louis  B.  Morse

>      — J.  Chancellor  (to  fill  va-

1909-10—A.  H.  Proctor

cancy)

1911       —David  D.  Owen

■-71— C.  A.  Dibble  ||

*  Election  contested  and  office  awarded  to  George  Robinson.
