A. D. Horton
Merchants
- Year or term
- 1891
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A town is the people who built it.
Search the names behind Marysville’s government, festivals, postal service, first elections, incorporation, and continuing work of local history.
People of Marysville
Many lists. One searchable community record.
Historical names rarely live in one neat source. This index brings seven curated lists together while preserving the role, year, spelling, notes, and research links attached to each original record.
It is a working research resource, not a claim that every list is complete. Source notes and known limitations remain visible so future discoveries can improve the record.
- Index entries
- 480
- Curated people lists
- 7
- Earliest appointment
- 1879
Names, roles, and historical notes
Each with a dedicated page
Marysville’s first postmaster record
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Each collection page narrows the directory and explains the scope, source material, and uncertainties behind its list.
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Civic leadership
Mayors
32 mayoral termsA chronological index of Marysville mayoral terms, with biographical and genealogy links where research has identified them.Explore this collection 02Civic leadership
City Council Members
205 people indexedAn alphabetical directory of the people named on the City of Marysville’s historical Elected Officials wall display.Explore this collection 03Festival royalty
Festival Queens
68 named queensA year-by-year record of Marysville Strawberry Festival queens, including the World War II years when no festival was held.Explore this collection 04Postal record
Postmasters
22 postal appointmentsOfficial postal appointments paired with a local-history timeline of the places where Marysville received its mail.Explore this collection 05First elections
Original Voters
75 registered votersThe 1891 voter register, organized and searchable by the occupations preserved in the historical transcription.Explore this collection 06Founding record
Petitioners
65 names retainedThe people named in the petition record used to research Marysville’s incorporation, with genealogy links where matches are available.Explore this collection 07Cityhood
First City Officers
7 first officersThe mayor, treasurer, and council members identified from Marysville’s first city election following incorporation.Explore this collectionSearch all people records
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Showing 36 of 480 records
A. Hughart
Incorporation petitioner
A. R. Somerville
Incorporation petitioner
A. R. Sommerville
Merchants
- Year or term
- 1891
A.H. James
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1918
- Successor service
- 1918
A.H. March
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1933–1934
A.J. McDonald
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1919–1920
A.S. Turner
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1906
Accie Johnston
Postmaster
- Appointed
- June 16, 1897
Adolph Stohr
Mayor
- Year or term
- 1900–1902
- Born
- November 5, 1866
- Died
- May 10, 1912
- Age when elected
- 33
- Birthplace
- Germany
- Burial
- Evergreen Cemetery, Everett
- Also listed as
- Adolph Stohrs
The annual elected-officials plaques use Adolph Stohr. The Historical Society worksheet and the City’s online historical list spell the surname Stohrs.
Adolph Stohr
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1898–1900
Albert Leroy Weiser
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1962–1964
Alexander Lark
Mayor
- Year or term
- 1927–1928
- Born
- June 1, 1892
- Died
- May 22, 1934
- Age when elected
- 34
- Birthplace
- Washington
- Burial
- Marysville
Alexander Lark
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1923–1926
Alexander Spithill
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1891
Alexander Spithill
Ranchers
- Year or term
- 1891
Alexander Spithill
Incorporation petitioner
Alexander Spithill
Council member
- Year or term
- 1891
Alfred March
Mayor
- Year or term
- 1936–1937
- Born
- March 13, 1874
- Died
- January 17, 1943
- Age when elected
- 62
- Birthplace
- Washington
- Burial
- Lakewood Cemetery (south)
- Also listed as
- A.H. March
Resigned.
Alfred Millikan
Mayor
- Year or term
- 1928–1929
- Born
- January 12, 1876
- Died
- October 12, 1965
- Age when elected
- 52
- Birthplace
- Oregon
- Burial
- Marysville
- Also listed as
- A.C. Millican
The Historical Society worksheet identifies A.C. Millican as Alfred Millikan, with a different surname spelling. The 1929 plaque says Millican resigned Mar. 11, 1929, and Fred McCann succeeded him during that year.
Allen Fagan
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1969–1973
Andrew J. Bungard
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1922–1923, 1934–1935
- Plaque variants
- Andrew Bungard
Angie Phillips Crawley
Strawberry Festival queen
- Year or term
- 1936
Arthur Brown
Mayor
- Year or term
- 1937–1944
- Born
- March 9, 1890
- Died
- August 27, 1974
- Age when elected
- 47
- Birthplace
- Nebraska
- Burial
- Marysville
- Party
- Democrat
Arthur Brown
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1935–1937
- Plaque variants
- Art Brown
Arthur Duborko
Mayor
- Year or term
- 1967–1972
- Born
- August 3, 1914
- Died
- February 20, 2008
- Age when elected
- 53
- Birthplace
- Washington
- Burial
- Marysville
The Historical Society worksheet and the City’s online list begin Duborko’s term in 1967. The annual elected-officials display and a separate City history article identify him as mayor from 1968 to 1972.
Arthur Duborko
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1953–1955, 1957–1965, 1967
- Successor service
- 1953
Arthur H. Bailey
Freighter / Farmers
- Year or term
- 1891
Arthur Quinn
Postmaster
- Appointed
- January 14, 1884
Arthur Quinn, age 69
Leisure
- Year or term
- 1891
- Age
- 69
B. D. Curtiss
Dentist
- Year or term
- 1891
B.A. Terry
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1926–1927
Barbara Keck Scofield
Strawberry Festival queen
- Year or term
- 1973
Barney McGuire
Laborers
- Year or term
- 1891
Benjamin Wicks
City Council member
- Year or term
- 1933–1934
Bernard G. Pelsma Jr.
Postmaster
- Appointed
- December 1, 1979
The local ledger transcription gives December 29, 1979 and says Pelsma was still serving in 1985. The USPS record gives December 1, 1979 and lists later 1984 appointments for Margaret Davis and Michael S. Ferri.
444 more matching records remain
Keepers of the story
Research continues because people keep asking questions.
These local historians helped connect names in the record to biographies, family histories, photographs, and source material.
Community historian
Peter Condyles
President of the Marysville Historical Society; Marysville City Council member; local history writerPeter Condyles is president of the Marysville Historical Society and one of Marysville's go-to history guides. He has been involved with the society since 2014 and serves on the Marysville City Council, having been appointed in 2022 and elected by voters in 2023.
Community historian
Dennis Burman
Marysville Historical Society board member; genealogy researcherMarysville Historical Society board member Dennis Burman researches Marysville pioneer families and shares genealogy work through WikiTree, including Marysville incorporation petitioner research.
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