The county treasurer's office was at first filled by appointment.  In January, 1827, the Legislature enacted a law making the office elective by the people, the term being two years.  The following named persons have filled the office since 1827:

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     CHARLES K. SMITH was born Feb. 15, 1799, in Cincinnati.  In 1812 he was sent to a Grammar school in Oxford, conducted by Rev. James Hughes.  Here for three years he was taught in all the common branches and Latin.  At the conclusion of his school days Charles K. Smith came to Hamilton to live, and entered the employment of John Reily, then Postmaster and Clerk of the courts.  For two years he was Deputy Postmaster and Clerk.  In 1821 he was elected recorder of this county, serving in this official capacity until 1835.  In 1827 he was chosen Treasurer of the county. Subsequently he became cashier of the Bank of Hamilton, which suspended Feb. 9, 1842.  After his retirement from the bank, he entered upon legal practice.  He was admitted to the bar in 1840, having previously studied law under John Woods.  In 1848, he was elected associate judge by the General Assembly of Ohio.  At this time he was heart and soul a Whig.  When the act creating the territory of Minnesota was passed by congress, Charles K. Smith was made secretary of the territory.  He assumed the duties of this office in May, 1849.
     The early territorial history of Minnesota, is closely connected with the name of C. K. Smith, and we may well say that he had the honor of being one of the most prominent founders of a new empire of the north-west, from which has sprung the vigorous State of Minnesota.

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     *Died before taking his seat.

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     Mr. Smith was a regular attendant at the United Presbyterian church.  He donated the lot on which the First Presbyterian church now stands.  Upon his return from Minnesota he returned to Hamilton, and bought his father's farm in St. Clair township, at the confluence of the Talawanda and the Miami river where he remained until his death, Sept. 28, 1866.
     C. K. Smith was married Nov. 21, 1827, to Eleanor A. McMechan, the daughter of a pioneer Presbyterian minister of this region.

     WILLIAM HUNTER

     RICHARD EASTON

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     ROBERT B. MILLIKIN.   [See Rossville Postmasters]

     HENRY TRABER

     FRANKLIN STOKES was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1818.  He learned the printing trade in the Lebanon Star office whice which was established in 1803.  He came to Hamilton in the early forties, and for several years was employed on the Telegraph, then the official organ of the Democratic party.  On Nov. 18, 1836, Mr. Stokes resumed the publication of the Telegraph-which had been suspended.  A marked improvement was made in the typographical appearance of the paper.  John B. Miller's name appeared as editor.  Again, Nov. 7, 1839, the paper suspended for a brief period, for the purpose of settling up, the printing office being sold.  Publication of the Telegraph was resumed Nov. 30, 1839, and it was

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removed from Rossville to Hamilton.  He was Treasurer of Butler county from 1853 to 1854.

     JOHN W. SNYDER -

     ELIAS H. GASTON

     N. G. OGLESBY,

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     DAVID W. BRANT

     JOHN C. LINDLEY

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     SELDON A. CAMPBELL. [See Auditors of Butler County.]

     WILLIAM RUSSELL was born in Madison township, this county.  He received a thorough common school education.  After arriving at the age of manhood he filled numerous township offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.  He was Recorder of Butler county from 1863 to 1869.  In 1870 he became Treasurer, retiring in 1872.  Mr. Russell was a man of energy, sound judgment and enterprise, as well of strict integrity, and he enjoyed a deservedly high reputation in the community.  He was greatly esteemed for his pronounced talents, and a more capable and accomplished official could not be found in this section of the country.

     DAVID YEAKLE

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     H. H. JONES

     WILLIAM B. OGLESBY

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     HARRY ENGLE

F. W. WHITAKER.

     F. W. WHITAKER

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     W. M. BOYD

     THOMAS BOYD

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JOSEPH W. SLONEKER

     JOSEPH W. SLONEKER