History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

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1893 to January I, I895; John K. Judd, 1895 to January I, 1899; Richard
D. Belt, 1899 to January I, 1901; William A. Brewster, 1901 to January I, 1905; George Greer, 1905 to January I, I909; Chauncey A. Harris, I909 to January I, I9II; Arthur J. Tripp, present incumbent (I912.)
Coroners-This office was filled by appointment until October, 1825,
when it became elective. The records show the following incumbents: S.
V. R. Trowbridge and Joseph Morrison, 1829; S. V. R. Trowbridge, 1832;
Pierre Patrick, 1835; Leonard Weed and Orange Foote, I836; William
Terry and Nathan Herrick, 1838; Nathaniel A. Baldwin and Benjamin
Marcer, I840; Daniel V. Bissell and John Vincent, 1842; Jonathan T.
Allen, 1844; Jonathan T. Allen and Jacob Loop, I846; Bela Coggeshall
and William R. Marsh, 1848; Elias S. Woodman and Bela Coggeshall,
I850; Archibald Waterbury and Everett Wendell, 1852; Ziba Swan and
Harrison Smith, I854; Charles V. Babcock and Benjamin V. Redfield,
I856; Francis B. Owen and Hosea B. Richardson, 1858; Hosea B. Richardson and Zuriel Curtis, I86o; Stephen Reeves and Corydon E. Fay,
1862; Orrin E. Bell and Abram Miller, I864; Archibald H. Green and
Orange Culver, I866; Curtis Babcock and John Campbell, i868; David A.
Wright and Carlo Glazier, 1870; Ira Goodrich and John Highfield, 1872;
George P. Hungerford and George E. Proper, 1874; George P. Hungerford and David A. Wright, 1876; John Lacy and Alexander I. Culver,
1878; George D. Cowdin and John Highfield, I880; George Niles and
Carnot N. Northrop, 1882; Andrew J. Culver and Allen P. Wright, 1884;
Andrew J. Culver and George Niles, 1886; Andrew J. Culver and Joseph
W. Seeley, I888; John Lessiter and Nathan J. Smith, I890; Elbert J.
Kelly and John Lessiter, 1892; Chauncey Brace and Charles D. Howard,
1894; Chauncey Brace and Elbert J. Kellogg, i896; Chauncey Brace and
Mason N. Leonard, 1898; Chauncey Brace and Clark J. Sutherland, I9oo;
Ora C. Farmer and John W. Fox, 1902; Ora C. Farmer and Chauncey
Brace, I9o8, present incumbents (I912).
County surveyors-Previous to the organization of the county, the territorial surveyors had run it into townships. Colonel Wampler, Hervey
Parke and Horatio Ball had been the most prominent who worked in Oakland county, and their labors have already been noted. Mr. Ball surveyed
the road from Detroit to Pontiac and marked the "royal oak" with the
letter "H." The bulk of Captain Parke's work was accomplished in I82I9, as is evident from his interesting personal narrative, published elsewhere.
John Mullet was the first district surveyor and appointed Captain
Parke his deputy in 1822. The surveying was in charge of district surveyors until I833, when a county surveyor was elected. Calvin C. Parks
held the office in 1833-4, and Captain Parke was elected in the following
year; then came John Southard, in I837-8; Captain Parke again in I839 -40, and Mr. Southard in 1841-2. Since 1842 the county surveyors regularly elected have been as follows: Hiram Barritt, 1843; Algernon Merriweather, 1845 and 1847; Sloane Cooley, 1849; John Southard, 1851;
Carlos Harmon, 1853; Henry Nicholson, I855; Hervey Parke, I857;
Reuben Russell, 1859; Hervey Parke, I86I; Sloane Cooley, 1863; Elias
C. Martin, I865; Reuben Russell, 1867; Horatio Merryweather, 1869;
Julian Bishop, 1875 and 1877; Hiram Terry, 1878; Quincy A. Thomas,