Wood County, Ohio Home Page

Wood County, Ohio was established in 1820. Roll Call of Clerks of Common Pleas Courts Wood County, Ohio Thomas R McKnight    1820-1834 John Webb    1834-1842 Joseph Utley    1842-1849 James W Ross    1849-1850 L O Simmons    1850-1857 John Webb    1857-1860 William H Jones    1860-1863 John W Knaggs    1863- Thomas J Webb            - 1866 George Wedell    1866-1872 Andrew P Steward    1872-1878 W S Eberly    1878-1884 R M Donnelly    1884- A W Rudolph    --Appointed in 1887 A L Muir    1888-1894 Joe E Baird    1894-1900 Thomas J Lake    1900-1906 Edward L Blue    1906-1911 George W Histe    1911-1915 George B Fulton    1915-1919 Harry T Sheffer    1919-1923 Alta DeRiar    1923-1930 Fred L Adams    1930-1933 Harold Wollam    1933-1938 Harry Bavis    1938-1945 Mary R Mercer    1945-1957 Helen Hunter    1957-1965 Floyd LeGalley    1965-1977 Earl L Rife    1977-1981 Betty J Haas    1981-1987 Rebecca E Bhaer    1987-Present References Commemorative History and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Chiicago, J. H. Beers & Co, 1897, pp50+ VanTassel, Charles Sumner, Story of the Maumee Valley, Toledo, and the Sandusky Region, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1929, vol II, pp1132-3. Various undated Newspaper Articles, Wood County Sentinal Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio

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