Theses  page is dedicated to all the Sheriffs that has served in the office of the

 Schuyler County Sheriff's Department 

from

 1825    2004

Orris McCartney............... [No Photo]

August 30, 1825 .... September 1, 1826

Joel Penington ....... [No Photo]

[Vice for McCartney] February 22, 1828

holding this office until August 6, 1832

Thomas Hayden ..... [No Photo]

August 22, 1834 ...... August 26, 1836

John McHatton ..... [No Photo]

April 21,1838 ..... March 18, 1839

Joseph G. Campbell .....  [No Photo]

April 3, 1840 ...... April 13, 1842

Enoch Edmondson

 Held office from 1844 ..... 1846

Asa Goodwin .....  [No Photo]

August 23. 1848 

He also held another term November 23, 1852

Lewis Erwin ..... [No Photo]

November 20, 1850

Charles Neill ..... [No Photo]

November 14, 1854

John Hugh Lawler ..... [No Photo]

November 13, 1856

Enoch Edmonston

November 9. 1858

Edward Bertholf ...... [No Photo]

November 14, 1860

Joseph Dyson ...... [No Photo]

November 19, 1862

John G. Brown ..... [No Photo]

November 23, 1864

Joseph Dyson ..... [No Photo]   

November 19, 1866

Henry Sapp .... [No Photo]   

November 17, 1868

Joseph Dyson ..... [No Photo]   

November 26, 1870

George P. Winston

November 15, 1872

George W. Campbell ..... [No Photo]

December 3, 1874

John A. Harvey

November 24, 1876

John G. Brown ..... [No Photo]

December 2, 1878

John Neill ..... [No Photo]

December 1, 1880

Jacob S. Pruitt ..... [No Photo]

December 1, 1882

John Neill ..... [No Photo]

December 6, 1886

George S. Greer ..... [No Photo]

November 26, 1890

Felix Jackson ..... [No Photo]

November 22, 1894

John Neill ..... [No Photo]

November 30, 1898

H. W. Neill ..... [No Photo]

[Vice for John Neill]

October 28, 1902

Felix Jackson ..... [No Photo]

November 20, 1902

L. Ross Moore

November 19, 1906

Harry Pratt .....[No Photo]

November 21,1910

Milton J. Campbell ..... [No Photo]

November 16, 1914

Edward Lashbrook

November 28, 1918

[Killed April 28, 1922]

Whittney Ingles [No Photo]

 [Vice for Lashbrook]

May 6, 1922

James S. Kelly

November 22, 1922

Claude Thompson

November 17, 1926

Dwight Bartlow

November 24, 1930

Fred Reed

November 21,1934

James S. Kelly

November 25, 1938

Roy Schieferdecker

December 7, 1942

While serving in the service his wife Erma took his place as Sheriff  until he returned in 1945

Erma Schieferdecker

1943

Held office until husband

Roy Schieferdecker

 returned to his office in 1945

Ernest Andrea

December 2, 1946

James S. Kelly

December 4, 1950

Grace Kelly

February 15, 1951

[Grace finished the term of her husband John S. Kelly]

Albert Thompson

December 6, 1954

Robert Lashbrook

December 1, 1958

[Son of the late Sheriff Edward Lashbrook]

Wayne Young

December 3, 1962

Richard Ashcraft

December 5, 1966

Robert Lashbrook

December 7, 1970

Billy J. Miller

December 5, 1974

Robert Lashbrook

December 4, 1978

Resigned June 1, 1982

William Redshaw

June 1, 1982

Appointed after Robert Lashbrook Resigned

DeWayne  Bond

December 6, 1982

Resigned March 15, 1996

Don L Schieferdecker

Appointed on March 15 after DeWayne Bond resign from office. 

Sheriff Schieferdecker was  appointed Schuyler County Sheriff  on March 15, 1996.  Then was elected in his first election 6 months later.  

He was first elected in November of 1996.  

Then  was re-elected in November of 1998 then re-elected in November of 2002.  

The election in 1996 was my first election for a 2 year term, then each term after that was for a four year term.

Those who served three terms as Schuyler County Sheriff were:

Joel Pennington

Enoch Edmonston

Joseph Dyson

James S. Kelly

and

Robert Lashbrook

Those who served four terms was

DeWayne Bond

AN UNKNOWN SHERIFF

This picture was one that cannot be identified.  If anyone know who this is please contact the Schuyler County Sheriff's office as we would like to give this person his credit

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