County Surveyors and Engineers of Marion County
1819-2011
John McDonald...............GLO 1819 Laid out Township Boundaries
William B. Laughlin........GLO 1820-1821 Subdivided Townships
John Hendricks...............GLO 1820 Subdivided Townships
Alexander Ralston County
Christopher Harrison Surveyors
Elias P. Fordham Active 1819-1827
Isaac Kinder....................................1827-1831
B.F. Morris...................................... 1831
George Kinnard..............................1831-1835
Isaac Kinder....................................1835
Robert B. Hanna.............................1835-1836
William Sullivan..............................1836-1839
Lazarus B. Wilson..........................1847-1848
Percy Hosbrook...............................1848-1850
Daniel B. Hosbrook.........................1850-1854
William A. Curren............................1854-1856
William P. Case...............................1856-1858
Royal Mayhew..................................1858-1860
Oliver W. Voorhis.............................1860-1874
William H. Morrison........................1874-1875
Hervey B. Fatout...............................1875-1884
Daniel B. Hosbrook.........................1884-1886
William C. Smith..............................1886-1890
Paul Julian........................................1890-1894
John V. Coyner.................................1894-1900
James B. Nelson.............................1900-1902
Henry Klausmann(R)......................1902-1909
Paul Julian (D)..................................1910-1914
Charles E. Cheney(R).....................1915-1918
John Griffith(R) PE...........................1919-1924
George Schmidt (R) PE................. 1925
Wallace Southard(R) PE................ 1926
Henry Campbell (R) PE...................1927-1928
Paul R. Brown (R) PE........................1929-1930
Bruce Short (D) PE.............................1931-1934
Herbert Bloemker (D) PE..... ............1935-1938
John M. Ryan (D) LS...........................1939-1940
Paul R. Brown (R) PE.........................1941-1948
Darrell C. Walton (D) PE....................1949-1950
Paul R. Brown (R) PE..........................1951-1952
Frank Unversaw (R) PE......................1952-1960
Stephen W. Burres (R) LS................. 1960
James Gullion (R)............................... 1961
Stephen W. Burres,(R) LS..................1961-1964
James H. Bookedis(D)PE,LS............1965-1968
Joseph E. Prout (R) LS.......................1969-1978
Jack A. Irwin, (R) LS.............................1978-2004
Mary Catherine Barton (D)………...…2005-2008
Debra S. Jenkins (D)…………..……..2009-
The first surveys in the Marion County area occurred in 1819.
The position of County Surveyor is an elected office.