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Sheriffs 1795-1881

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Sep 14, 2015

Thomas Kennedy, elected October, 1795.
Peter Kimmel, elected October, 1798.
Thomas Kennedy, elected October, 1801.
Abraham Miller, elected October, 1804.
Thomas Kennedy, elected October, 1807.
Frederick Neff, elected October, 1810.
Jacob Ankeny, elected October, 1813.
George Pile, elected October, 1816.
William Philson, elected October, 1819.
Isaac Ankeny, elected October, 1822.
George Meese, elected October, 1825.
Joseph Imhoff, elected October, 1828.
John Witt, elected October, 1831.
John Bell, elected October, 1834.
Jonathan Knepper, elected October, 1837.
George Mowry, elected October, 1840.
Jacob Phillipi, elected October, 1843.
Samuel Griffith, elected October, 1846.
John Weller, elected October, 1849.
Robert R. Marshall, elected October, 1852.
Henry J. Swope, elected October, 1855.
Perry Walker, elected October, 1858.
Robert P. Cummins, elected October, 1861. (While in command of the 142nd Regt. Penn. Vols., Col. Cummins was wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and died the following day. On July 27, Jacob Countryman was appointed Sheriff to fill vacancy, and served until December 1, 1863.)
Josiah Shaffer, elected October, 1863.
John A. Walter, elected October, 1866.
Josiah Shaffer, elected October, 1869.
Oliver Knepper, elected October, 1872.
George W. Pile, elected November, 1875.
Edgar Kyle, elected November, 1878.
John J. Spangler, elected November, 1881.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)

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