Clerks
M.F. Shea
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1891
People of Marysville / Civic administration
Marysville Town and City Clerks
The town and city clerks who kept Marysville’s official records from incorporation in 1891 into the 1990s, including deputies and clerks pro tem.
About this list
What this record includes.
Names and titles through 1988 follow 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.” Phillip E. Dexter, clerk from 1977, also served as finance director. A compiled 1996 list of mayors and their clerks carries the record past 1988 but gives no start date for Mary P. Swenson.
- Collection size
- 21
- Historical span
- 1891–1990s
Directory records
21 officeholders
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Clerks
H.A. Plate
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1892
Resigned Oct. 22, 1892; A.H. Grover succeeded him. A Henry A. Plate served on the first council in 1891.
Clerks
A.H. Grover
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1892–1896
Clerks
Charles A. Doan
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1897–1901
- Also listed as
- C.A. Doan
Resigned Feb. 12, 1898. After Steve Saunders resigned on July 25, 1898, Doan was re-elected and served through 1901.
Clerks
Steve Saunders
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1898
Served part of 1898, between Charles A. Doan’s resignation on Feb. 12 and his own on July 25.
Clerks
Richard Bushell Jr.
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1902–1904
- Also listed as
- Richard Bushell, Jr.
Resigned June 6, 1904; Mark Swinnerton succeeded him.
Clerks
Mark Swinnerton
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1904–1906
Succeeded Richard Bushell Jr. in 1904. The 1906 list names C.E. Olney clerk pro tem from April 23 and E.E. Colvin from June 18.
Clerks
C.E. Olney
Town Clerk (pro tem)
- Year or term
- 1906
Named clerk pro tem on April 23, 1906.
Clerks
E.E. Colvin
Town Clerk (pro tem)
- Year or term
- 1906
Named clerk pro tem on June 18, 1906.
Clerks
Otto Henderson
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1907
Clerks
Burt D. Curtis
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1908–1912
- Also listed as
- B.D. Curtiss
Clerks
C.M. Schumacher
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1913
Clerks
W.S. Myers
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1914–1917, 1921–1933
Resigned Dec. 10, 1917; William E. Sauntry succeeded him. Myers returned as clerk in 1921 and served through 1933.
Clerks
William E. Sauntry
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1917–1920
- Also listed as
- Wm. E. Sauntry; William Sauntry
Succeeded W.S. Myers in December 1917.
Clerks
A.F. Baumgartner
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1934
Resigned June 18, 1934; H.F. Pfromm succeeded him.
Clerks
H.F. Pfromm
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1934–1956
- Also listed as
- H.F. Fromm
Succeeded A.F. Baumgartner in June 1934 and resigned June 18, 1956. During Pfromm’s illness in 1949, Amelie Dockendorf was appointed acting town clerk and the two split the salary; the list names both as clerk from 1950 through 1955. The 1936 row of the list leaves the clerk, treasurer, and attorney columns blank.
Clerks
Amelie Dockendorf
Town Clerk
- Year or term
- 1949–1967
Appointed acting town clerk in 1949 during H.F. Pfromm’s illness. She is listed jointly with Pfromm from 1950 through 1955 and alone from his resignation on June 18, 1956, through 1967.
Clerks
Shirley Wiester
City Clerk
- Year or term
- 1968–1977
Resigned June 30, 1977.
Clerks
Nacelle Green
Deputy City Clerk
- Year or term
- 1975–1976
- Also listed as
- Nacelle Greene
Named deputy clerk on July 14, 1975.
Clerks
Phillip E. Dexter
Finance Director and City Clerk
- Year or term
- 1977–1992 or later
- Also listed as
- Phillip Dexter
Became finance director and city clerk after Shirley Wiester resigned in 1977. The 1996 compiled list of mayors names him as city clerk under Mayors Rita Matheny (1988–1992) and David Weiser (from 1992), followed by Mary P. Swenson.
Clerks
Mary P. Swenson
City Clerk
- Year or term
- 1992 or later
The 1996 compiled list of mayors names her after Phillip Dexter as city clerk during Mayor David Weiser’s administration, which began in 1992. It does not give her start date.
Sources & method
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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 through 1988. Typed from the Council meeting books by Jacqueline Jacobsen, retired City Clerk, with the town or city clerk for each year, including deputies, clerks pro tem, resignations, and successors.
- Marysville City Mayors and Council Members, 1891–1996 (PDF)
Source for city clerks after 1988, including Phillip Dexter and Mary P. Swenson.