BERKS COUNTY
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Elected Officials
PRESIDENT JUDGES |
| Jacob Rush |
1791-1805 |
James N. Ermentrout |
1890-1908 |
| John Spayd |
1806-1809 |
Gustav Endlich |
1908-1924 |
| Robert Porter |
1810-1832 |
Paul N. Schaeffer |
1924-1945 |
| Garrick Mallery |
1833-1835 |
Robert H. Mays |
1946-1957 |
| John Banks |
1836-1846 |
Forrest R. Shanaman |
1958-1959 |
| J.Pringle Jones |
1851-1861 |
Warren K. Hess |
1960-1972 |
| W.J.Woodward |
1861-1874 |
W.R.Eshelman |
1973-1980 |
| Jeremiah Hageman |
1875-1889 |
Frederick Edenharter |
1981-1982 |
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Grant Wessner |
1982-1983 |
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Forrest G. Schaeffer |
1983-1997 |
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Scott D. Keller |
1997-2000 |
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Albert Stallone |
2000 |
ADDITIONAL LAW JUDGES |
| Henry VanReed |
1869-1875 |
Elizabeth Ehrlich |
1984-2000 |
| Jeremiah Hageman |
1869-1874 |
Forrest G. Schaeffer |
1976-1983 |
| Augustus S. Sassaman |
1876-1886 |
Grant E. Wessner |
1976-1983 |
| James N. Ermentrout |
1887-1889 |
Thomas J. Eshelman |
1978 |
| Gustav A. Endlich |
1890-1908 |
Arthur Ed Saylor |
1980-1990 |
| William Kerper Stevens |
1908-1909 |
Scott D. Keller |
1989-1997 |
| George W. Wagner |
1909-1924 |
Linda K.M. Ludgate |
1990 |
| S.E. Bertolet |
-1924 |
Clavin Lieberman |
1984-1994 |
| Edgar S. Richardson |
-1924 |
Calvin E. Smith |
1986-1996 |
| John B. Stevens |
1926-1928 |
Albert E. Stallone |
1998-2000 |
| H.Robert Mays |
1928-1945 |
Arthur E. Grim |
1998 |
| John B. Stevens |
1926-1928 |
Albert A. Stallone |
1998 |
| H. Robert Mays |
1928-1945 |
Arthur E. Grim |
1998 |
| Forrest R. Shanaman |
1928-1957 |
Jeffrey K. Sprecher |
1992 |
| Warren K. Hess |
1946-1959 |
Peter W. Schmehl |
1992 |
| Albert S. Readinger |
1958-1968 |
Steven B. Lieberman |
1996 |
| Ralph C. Body |
1960-1962 |
Jeffrey Schmehl |
1998 |
| C. Wilson Austin |
1962-1963 |
Scott E. Lash |
2000 |
| James W. Bertolet |
1964-1984 |
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| W. Richard Eshelman |
1968-1990 |
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| Frederick Edenharter |
1968-1980 |
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS |
| Evan Price |
1752-1753 |
Michael Gery |
1845-1848 |
| Edward Drury |
1752-1756 |
David Yoder |
1846-1849 |
| John Godfrey |
1752-1761 |
Charles Fichtorn |
1847-1850-1908 |
| Jacob Lightfoot |
1753-1756 |
Conrad Claus |
1847-1848-1851 |
| Thomas Rutter |
1756-1759 |
Thomas Shaner |
1849-1852 |
| Jacob Lightfoot |
1759-1762 |
Joseph J. Schneider |
1850-1853 |
| William Reeser |
1756-1760 |
John McGowan |
1851-11854 |
| Samuel High |
1760-1763 |
Benjamin Kutz |
1852-1855 |
| Christian Witman |
1761-1764 |
Jacob Young |
1853-1856 |
| John hUGHES> |
1762-1765 |
Gabriel Filbert |
1854-1857 |
| Frederick Weiser |
1763-1766 |
William Knabb |
1855-1858 |
| Richard Lewis |
1765-1767 |
Samuel Summons |
1856-1859 |
| Issac Levan |
1765-1768 |
D.L. Wenrich |
1857-1860 |
| Nicholas Harmony |
1766-1769 |
William Miller |
1858-1861 |
| Christian Merkel |
1767-1770 |
John F. Moers |
1859-1862 |
| Jacob Snyder |
1769-1771 |
Paul Wenrich, Sr. |
1860-1863 |
| John Jones |
1769-1772 |
J. Donahower |
1861-1861 |
| Henry Rightmeyer |
1770-1773 |
George K. Lorah |
1861-1864 |
| Davis Brecht |
1771-1774 |
H.R. Hawman |
1862-1865 |
| Abraham Lincoln |
1772-1778 |
D.L. Wenrich |
1863-1866 |
| Samuel High |
1773-1776 |
Adam Stein |
1864-1867 |
| Michael Brecht |
1774-1777 |
WIlliam S. Young |
1865-1871 |
| Christian Lower |
1776-1779 |
Jacob Schartel |
1866-1870 |
| John Kerlin |
1777-1780 |
Benjamin Levan |
1867-1870 |
| Adam Witman |
1778-1787 |
John L. Moyer |
1869-1872 |
| Thomas Jones |
1779-1786 |
William Rahn |
1870-1873 |
| Thomas Parry |
1780-1783 |
Joseph Muthart |
1871-1874 |
| Daniel Messersmith |
1780-1784 |
David Lord |
1872-1875 |
| Michael Forry |
1782-1785 |
Henry Seidel |
1873-1874 |
| Conrad Eckert |
1785-1791 |
William Fry |
1873-1875 |
| Daniel Leinbach |
1786-1789 |
William Umbenhauer |
1875-1875 |
| John Keim |
1787-1790 |
Henry W. SMith |
1876-1878 |
| Jacob Boyer |
1789-1792 |
William Davidheiser |
1876-1878 |
| Jacob Bower |
1790-1793 |
William G. Moore |
1876-1878 |
| John Riegel |
1791-1794 |
William S. Young |
1879-1881 |
| George Lorah |
1792-1795 |
John Walborn |
1879-1881 |
| Philip Miller |
1793-1796 |
Jeremiah R. Guldin |
1879-1881 |
| Peter Kerschner |
1794-1797 |
Samuel G. Hatfield |
1882-1884 |
| William Witman |
1795-1798 |
Peter Spang |
1882-1884 |
| Nicholas Dick |
1796-1799 |
David C. Keller |
1882-1884 |
| Isaac Adams |
1797-1800 |
John L. Wagner |
| Jacob Rhoads |
1798-1801 |
Samuel K. Fisher |
1885-1887 |
| Peter Feather |
1799-1802 |
Cyrus Levan |
1888-1890 |
| Jacob Epler |
1800-1803 |
Samuel R. Deppen |
1891-1893 |
| Casper Merkel |
1801-1804 |
Cyrus W. Kauffman |
1891-1893 |
| John Cunnius |
1802-1805 |
Jacob H. Reeser |
1891-1893 |
| Daniel Yoder |
1803-1806 |
Franklin Seidel |
1894-1896 |
| Adam Ruth |
1804-1807 |
Jeremiah Hartman |
1894-1896 |
| Henry Hahn |
1805-1808 |
Henry Stoyer |
1894-1896 |
| Henry Hottenstein |
1806-1809 |
John Wunch |
1896-1899 |
| Nicholas Leib |
1807-1810 |
George K. Kinderman |
1897-1899 |
| Jacob Miller |
1808-1811 |
Wesley K. Loose |
1897-1899 |
| Valentine Boyer |
1809-1812 |
Charles Stangier |
1900-1902 |
| Daniel Ruth |
1810-1813 |
Alfred Gunkel |
1900-1902 |
| George Boyer |
1811-1814 |
Frank H. Moyer |
1900-1902 |
| Jacob Gehr |
1812-1815 |
John W. Slipp |
1903-1905 |
| William S. Addams |
1813-1816 |
Harry L. Johnson |
1903-1905 |
| George Shreffler |
1814-1817 |
Oliver H. Sanders |
1903-1905 |
| Daniel Levan |
1815-1818 |
Jacob Miller |
1903-1905 |
| William High |
1816-1819 |
James Yeager |
1906-1908 |
| Peter Stichter |
1817-1820 |
Chester B. Cleaver |
1906-1908 |
| George N. Lechner |
1818-1821 |
Jacob M. Bordner |
1909-1911
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| Peter Knabb |
1819-1822 |
Augustus R. Anderson |
1909-1911 |
| David Bright |
1820-1823 |
Eugene I. Sandt |
1909-1916 |
| George Kemp |
1821-1824 |
Nicholas J. Kutz |
1912-1916 |
| Frederick Stamm |
1822-1825 |
Nicholas Rapp, Jr. |
1912-1916 |
| Henry Reeser |
1823-1826 |
J. Calvin Herbein |
1916-1920 |
| John Wanner |
1824-1827 |
Harry D. Matthew |
1916-1920 |
| John Potteiger |
1825-1828 |
Daniel G. Gabel |
1916-1920 |
| John Hahn |
1826-1829 |
Calvin A. Miller |
1920-1923 |
| Stanley Kirby |
1827-1830 |
Marcus B. Eaches |
1920-1923 |
| George Gernant |
1828-1831 |
Walter A. Ringler |
1920-1931 |
| Anthony Bickel |
1829-1832 |
Francis K. Savage |
1924-1931 |
| Daniel K. Hottenstein |
1830-1833 |
John H. Blimline |
1924-1931 |
| John Filbert |
1831-1834 |
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1932-1932 |
| Jacob Goodman |
1832-1835 |
Charles B. Ebling |
1932-1935 |
| Daniel Snyder |
1833-1836 |
Ernest B. Posey |
1832-1835 |
| John Deysher |
1834-1837 |
**Nathaniel Gring |
1932-1935 |
| John Y. Cunnius |
1835-1838 |
Reuben Bell |
1936-1939 |
| John Seibert |
1836-1839 |
Amos Lesher |
1936-1939 |
| David Kutz |
1837-1840 |
James Lesher |
1936-1947 |
| Michale Reifsnyder |
1838-1841 |
Ralph G. Matthews |
1940-1947 |
| George Weiler |
1839-1842 |
*Edwin Kershner |
1940-1947 |
| John Long |
1840-1843 |
**Ralph Lord |
1847-1847 |
| William Arnold |
1841-1844 |
*James M. Wagner |
1948-1950 |
| John Sherman |
1842-1845 |
**Theodore G. Confer |
1851-1951 |
| Adam Leize |
1843-1846 |
***Howard Murray |
1948-1949 |
| Frederick Printz |
1844-1847 |
**Ralph W. Lord |
1949-1951 |
| Peter Yonavic |
1956-1976 |
*John G. Keller |
1948-1951 |
| William R. Werley |
1960-1963 |
*Charles B. Ebling |
1956-1959 |
| Paul E. Reeser |
1960-1972 |
**Herbert C. Rehrig |
1959-1959 |
| Vernon K. Shaffer |
1964-1984 |
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| Paul E. Reeser |
1968-1972 |
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| Donald W. Bagenstose |
1972-1988 |
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| Anthony J. Carabello |
1976-1996 |
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| Vernon K. Shaffer |
1980-1988 |
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| Glenn B. Reber |
1988-2000 |
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| Michael F. Feeney |
1988-1992 |
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| Ernie Miller |
1992-1996 |
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| Randy L. Pyle |
1996-2000 |
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| Mark C. Scott |
1996- |
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*Died in Office |
| Timothy A. Reiver |
2000- |
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**Appointed |
| Judth L. Schwank |
2000- |
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***Resigned |
CORONER |
| William Booner |
1752-1754 |
John Fox |
1868-1876 |
| Benjamin Parvin |
1755-1758 |
George S. Goodhart |
1877-1879 |
| John Warren |
1759-1759 |
William H. Kelly |
1880-1882 |
| Jacob Kern |
1761-1761 |
Henry D. Schoedler |
1883-1885 |
| Adam Witman |
1762-1762 |
Frank H. Denhard |
1886-1888 |
| Samuel Weiser |
1763-1765 |
John G. Hoffman |
1889-1891 |
| Christopher Witman |
1766-1766 |
Frank Kantner |
1892-1894 |
| Henry Haller |
1767-1767 |
John C. Griesemer |
1895-1897 |
| James Whitehead, Jr. |
1768-1769 |
Wilson H. Rothermel |
1898-1900 |
| Samuel Jackson |
1770-1770 |
Reuben E. Moyer |
1901-1903 |
| Isaac Levan, Jr. |
1770-1772 |
Albert N. Seidel |
1904-1906 |
| Peter Brecht |
1773-1775 |
Robert E. Strasser |
1907-1909 |
| Philip Kraemer |
1776-1778 |
LeRoy Wagner |
1910-1913 |
| James Whitehead, Jr. |
1779-1780 |
L.G. Hain |
1914-191 |
| Peter Nagle |
1781-1787 |
Seymour T, Schmehl |
1918-1922 |
| Peter Feather |
1788-1793 |
Winfield H. Ammarell |
1928-1932 |
| Thomas Wildbahn |
1794-1799 |
Simon B. Glick |
1932-1936 |
| Peter Aurand |
1800-1802 |
Paul D. GOod |
1936-1940 |
| Daniel Kerper |
1803-1805 |
George J. Stark |
1940-1944 |
| Henry Rieser |
1806-1811 |
Paul D. Good |
1936-1940 |
| J. Christian |
1812-1814 |
*John A. Focht |
1966-1980 |
| Samuel Feather |
1815-1817 |
**W.E. Glosser |
1980-1982 |
| Samuel Ritter |
1818-1820 |
Michael Feeney |
1982-1988 |
| Samuel Feather |
1821-1829 |
***William R. Fatora |
1988 |
| Adam Reitmyer |
1830-1832 |
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| John Hahn |
1833-1834 |
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| John Fox |
1835-1837 |
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| William Stahl |
1838-1849 |
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| John H. Seltzer |
1850-1852 |
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| William Keen |
1853-1858 |
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*Died in Office |
| John Fox |
1859-1864 |
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**Appointed |
| Henry Palm |
1865-1867 |
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***Appointed. Elected in 1990 |
TREASURER |
| Jonas Seely |
1752-1779 |
John S. Holtzman |
1885-1887 |
| Christopher Witman |
1768-1779 |
David W. Mogel |
1888-1890 |
| Daniel Levan |
1779-1789 |
Isaac March |
1891-1893 |
| Daniel Messersmith |
1789-1807 |
Amendon Bright |
1894-1896 |
| John K. Messersmith |
1807-1809 |
Cosmos D. Kutz |
1897-1899 |
| Daniel Messersmith |
1809-1811 |
Alfred K. Rentschler |
1900-1902 |
| John K. Messersmith |
1811-1814 |
Edwin G. Ruth |
1903-1905 |
| Daniel Messersmith |
1814-1817 |
Henry H. Fry |
1905-1908 |
| John K. Messersmith |
1817-1820 |
William C. Croll |
1909-1911 |
| Daniel Rhoads |
1820-1823 |
William D. Reeser |
1912-1916 |
| David Bright |
1823-1835 |
Edwin C. Gery |
1916-1920 |
| Peter Nagle |
1835-1843 |
William S. Bachman |
1920-1924 |
| Henry Nagle |
1843-1845 |
William Brunner |
1924-1928 |
| William Arnold |
1845-1847 |
Jacob C. Kessler |
1928-1931 |
| Henry Hahs |
1847-1849 |
Robert R. Gerhart |
1932-1935 |
| Adam Leize |
1849-1851 |
Percival C. Frey |
1936-1939 |
| William Ermentrout |
1851-1853 |
David E. Houck, Jr. |
1940-1943 |
| Charles VanReed |
1853-1855 |
John G. Keller |
1944-1947 |
| George Feather |
1855-1859 |
Samuel N. Moyer |
1948-1951 |
| David Plank |
1859-1861 |
Peter Yonavick |
1952-1955 |
| William Herbst |
1861-1863 |
*Robert W. Wahl, Jr. |
1956-1956 |
| John Kurtz |
1863-1865 |
**Ira P. Leh |
1956-1961 |
| Isaac R. Fisher |
1865-1867 |
Warren L. Miller |
1962-1966 |
| Charles H. Fritz |
1867-1869 |
Earl H. Reichert |
1966-1978 |
| Samuel Merkel |
1869-1871 |
Stella Kompa |
1978-1994 |
| Abraham Loder |
1871-1873 |
**Oscar Mogel |
1994-2000 |
| Hiester Nagle |
1873-1875 |
***Nelson Long |
2000 |
| Abraham Shaeffer |
1876-1878 |
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**Died during term |
| Adam M. Dundore |
1879-1881 |
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*Died before taking Office |
| John Kershner |
1882-1884 |
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***Appointed 2000 |
CONTROLLER |
| Joseph N. Shomo |
1901-1901 |
Samuel H. Rothermel |
1928-1935 |
| John F. Ancona |
1902-1904 |
Ralph E. Schoener |
1936-1951 |
| Horace F. Livingood |
1905-1907 |
W. John Blatt |
1952-1935 |
| Ambrose L. Rhoads |
1908-1911 |
James A. Hunter |
1952-1955 |
| Daniel K. Hoch |
1912-1916 |
W. John Blatt |
1964-1976 |
| Cyrus J. Rhode |
1916-1920 |
James A. Hunter |
1956-1963 |
| John P. Wanner |
1920-1924 |
W. John Blatt |
1964-1976 |
| Thomas R. Houck |
1924-1927 |
*John C. Moyer |
1976-1976 |
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**Wm. J. Campbell |
1976-1996 |
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Judith Kraines |
1996 |
RECORDER OF DEEDS |
| James Read |
1752-1756 |
William Zimmerman |
1879-1881 |
| Henry Christ |
1777-1789 |
Isaac Bechtel |
1882-1884 |
| John Christ |
1790-1791 |
W. Benton Stolz |
1885-1887 |
| Jacob Bower |
1792-1799 |
James F. Dumn |
1888-1890 |
| Peter Frailey |
1800-1808 |
Isaac Weiser Kein |
1894-1894 |
| Jacob Schneider |
1809-1817 |
James W. Sponagle |
1895-1897 |
| John Adams |
1818-1818 |
Daniel H. Reiser |
1898-1900 |
| Daniel Rhoads |
1818-1820 |
Frank F. Bressler |
1901-1903 |
| John Miller |
1821-1823 |
Henry Holzman |
1904-1906 |
| John Frederick Smith |
1824-1829 |
Jeremiah Bausher |
1907-1909 |
| John Miller |
1830-1835 |
Wilson B. Zeller |
1910-1914 |
| Joseph Allgaier |
1836-1838 |
Thomas C. Darrah |
1914-1918 |
| John Green |
1839-1839 |
Jacob R. Meck |
1818-1922 |
| William Wunder |
1839-1842 |
Charles W. Swoyer |
1922-1926 |
| Henry H. Maurer |
1842-1845 |
Henry F. Kemp |
1926-1930 |
| John W. Tyson |
1845-1848 |
Harry O. Thornburg |
1930-1934 |
| Israel R. Laucks |
1848-1851 |
Warren B. Angstadt |
1934-1937 |
| John Bush |
1851-1854 |
James H. Guldin |
1938-1938 |
| Hiram S. Getz |
1854-1857 |
William H. Lutz |
1938-1939 |
| Nicholas Heckman |
1857-1860 |
Russell O. Anderson |
1940-1943 |
| Charles N. Keller |
1860-1863 |
William H. Lutz |
1944-1951 |
| Isaac Laucks |
1863-1866 |
Harry F. Kauffman |
1953-1955 |
| Henry Reider |
1866-1869 |
Leroy Fronheiser |
1956-1959 |
| Daniel Hummer |
1869-1872 |
Minnie P. Hurley |
1960-1963 |
| Charles Hill |
1872-1875 |
J. Edgaar Hilgendorf |
1964-1980 |
| Jefferson M. Keller |
1876-1878 |
Linda Hilgendorf-Frey |
1980-1996 |
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Ellie Antoine |
1996 |
SHERIFF |
| Benjamin Lightfoot |
1752-1754 |
Henry Manderbach |
1856-1859 |
| William Boone |
1755-1756 |
Jeremiah D. Bitting |
1859-1862 |
| Thomas Lincoln |
1757-1758 |
John Manderbach |
1856-1856 |
| Jacob Weaver |
1759-1760 |
Abraham R. Koenig |
1862-1865 |
| Henry Christ |
1761-1762 |
Tobias Barto |
1865-1868 |
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