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STERLING
COUNTY
SHERIFFS
Sterling
County was created in 1891 from Tom Green County and was named for Captain
W. S. Sterling, early
Texas
Indian fighter and buffalo hunter.
The county was organized in 1891 with
Sterling
City
as the county seat. There have been fifteen men who have served as
sheriff during the history of the county.
W. N.
HILER was elected the first sheriff on
May 20, 1891
; re-elected
November 8, 1892
and served until
November 6, 1894
.
J. L.
LATHAM was elected on
November 6, 1894
; re-elected
November 3, 1896
,
November 8, 1898
and served until
November 6, 1900
.
S.T.
WOOD was elected on
November 6, 1900
; re-elected
November 4, 1902
,
November 8, 1904
,
November 6, 1906
and served until
November 3, 1908
.
HARRY
TWEEDLE was elected on
November 3, 1908
and served until April 1909 when he resigned.
J. G.
AYERS was appointed on
April 12, 1909
; elected
November 8, 1910
and served until
November 5, 1912
.
DEE
DAVIS was elected on
November 5, 1912
; re-elected
November 3, 1914
and served until
November 7, 1916
.
B. F.
ROBERTS was elected on
November 7, 1916
; re-elected
November 5, 1918
,
November 2, 1920
,
November 7, 1922
and served until
January 1, 1925
.
VERN
E. DAVIS was elected on November 4,
1924; re-elected November 2, 1926, November 6, 1928, November 4, 1930,
November 8, 1932, November 6, 1934, November 3, 1936, November 8,1938,
November 5, 1940, November 3, 1942, November 7, 1944, and served until
January 1, 1947. Sheriff Davis served a total of twenty-two years which is
the longest in the history of
Sterling
County
.
R. H.
EMERY was elected on
November 5,, 1946
; re-elected
November 2, 1948
,
November 7, 1950
and served until August 1951 when he resigned.
W. O.
"BILL" GREEN was appointed on
august 13, 1951; elected
November 4, 1952
; re-elected
November 2, 1954
, November6, 1956 and served until July 1960 when he resigned.
F. J.
"JIM" CANTRELL was appointed on
July 11, 1960
; re-elected
November 3, 1964
,
November 5, 1968
,
November 7, 1972
,
November 2, 1976
and served until
January 1, 1981
.
David
Daniels was elected on
November 4, 1980
and served until July 1982.
TOMMY
WRIGHT was appointed on
July 1, 1982
and served until
January 1, 1985
.
LLOYD
"POKE" BROWN was elected on
November 6, 1984
and served until
January 1, 1989
.
CHARLIE
DON HOWARD was elected on
November 8, 1988
and served until
January 1, 1993
.
LLOYD
"POKE" BROWN was elected again on
November 8, 1992
and served until
September 30, 1995
.
CHARLIE
DON HOWARD was appointed
October 1, 1995
, elected November 1996, re-elected 2000.
TIM
A. SANDERS currently serves as the Sheriff of Sterling County.
Submitted by Beverly
Dunn Howard December 2002.
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