Attorneys
John S. Sinclair
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1891–1892
Resigned Aug. 29, 1891; L.C. Whitney and G.W. Frame followed. Sinclair is listed again for 1892.
People of Marysville / Civic administration
Marysville Town and City Attorneys
The attorneys who handled Marysville’s legal affairs from incorporation in 1891 to 1988, including those who served pro tem.
About this list
What this record includes.
Names and titles follow the attorney column of the City Clerk’s typed list of elected officials, taken from the Council meeting books. Marysville advanced from town to third-class city in 1962, and titles first held after that change use “City.” When an attorney resigned during the year, the record gives the date and the successor the list names.
- Collection size
- 18
- Historical span
- 1891–1988
Directory records
18 officeholders
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Attorneys
G.W. Frame
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1891
Listed with L.C. Whitney after John S. Sinclair resigned on Aug. 29, 1891.
Attorneys
L.C. Whitney
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1891, 1893
Listed with G.W. Frame after John S. Sinclair resigned on Aug. 29, 1891.
Attorneys
W.W. Black
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1894–1904
Resigned May 9, 1904; Frances W. Mansfield succeeded him.
Attorneys
Frances W. Mansfield
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1904–1905
Name spelled as written on the list.
Attorneys
B.E. Padgett
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1906–1926
Attorneys
Alex McK. Vierhus
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1927–1934
Resigned May 8, 1934; Phil G. Warnock succeeded him.
Attorneys
Phil G. Warnock
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1934–1941
The list says Warnock resigned “April 31,” 1941, a date that does not exist; A.E. Dailey succeeded him.
Attorneys
A.E. Dailey
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1941–1943
The 1942 entry notes that he was “not on payroll — to be used only when needed.”
Attorneys
William A. Johnson
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1944
- Also listed as
- Wm. A. Johnson
Attorneys
F.C. Knappe
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1945
Attorneys
James P. Hunter
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1946–1949
Attorneys
William A. Gissberg
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1950–1958
The 1951 row says Gissberg resigned June 4 and names L. Vanderford, but Gissberg is listed again from 1952 until he resigned Oct. 1, 1958. Walter Duncan succeeded him.
Attorneys
L. Vanderford
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1951
Named after William A. Gissberg resigned on June 4, 1951.
Attorneys
Walter Duncan
Town Attorney
- Year or term
- 1958–1970
Succeeded William A. Gissberg in October 1958.
Attorneys
Jim Gay
City Attorney (pro tem)
- Year or term
- 1969
Attorneys
Merle E. Wilcox
City Attorney
- Year or term
- 1971–1973
Attorneys
Jim Allendoerfer
City Attorney
- Year or term
- 1973–1988
Named attorney pro tem and assistant on Feb. 12, 1973, and listed as attorney from 1974 through 1988.
Sources & method
Read the list with its evidence attached.
These are the principal records used to assemble this collection. Linked family-history services are research leads and may change independently of the Society’s index.
- City of Marysville Elected Officials, 1891–1988 (PDF)
Primary source. Typed from the Council meeting books by Jacqueline Jacobsen, retired City Clerk, with the town or city attorney for each year, including attorneys pro tem, resignations, and successors.