Aikens, F. R. - Territorial legislator in 1887.
Anderson, Harold - County Commissioner 1963-1975.
Arneson, A. S. - County Commissioner in 1873.
Ball, Stephen F. - County Commissioner in 1870
Bergstrom, Magnus O. - Came to U.S. from Norway in 1865 and staked a claim in Beloit, Iowa a few years later.
Brandhagen, Ole T. - County Commissioner 1880-1885.
Brown, A. R. - County Attorney in 1887
Brynjulson, Tollef - came by Oxen to Lincoln County in 1868.
Carlson, C.A. - County Commissioner 1895-1901.
Carpenter, John M. - in 1875 offered to build Lincoln County a courthouse in Lower Canton.
Carter, J. W. - Judge in 1887
Cooper, H. N. - County Auditor in 1887.
Cornelius, Henry - County Commissioner
Craig, William - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Cuppett, Will M. - County Commissioner 1900-1911.
Hokenstad, Ole - County Commissioner in 1887.
Hokenstad, Ole - County Commissioner in 1887.
Dean, Edgar - Treasurer in 1887
Fitzgerald, J. Q. - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri. He carried petition to territorial legislature to have county organized.
Folken, W. E. - County Commissioner 1915-1923.
Fowles, J. A. - County Commissioner in 1887.
Gerber, Fred - County Commissioner 1885-1903.
Hanson, Helmer - County Commissioner 1949-1959.
Hawn, D. H. - County Judge in 1887.
Helgeson, Earl - County Commissioner 1979-1981.
Hill, Benjamin - In May of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Hill, William - In May of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Hogoboom, M. T. - County Commissioner 1879-1881.
Hokenstad, Ole - County Commissioner in 1885-1889.
Holter, Jacob E. - Came to Lincoln County in 1868 and settled in the Sioux Valley.
Hyde, Henry - son of L.P. Hyde.
Hyde, L.P. - came to Lincoln County in 1866 from Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Isham, C. B. - Supt. of Schools in 1887
Jacobson, Nels - Register of Deeds in 1887.
Jacobs, Henry - County Commissioner 1923-1935.
Jensen, Gerhard - County Commissioner 1957-1969.
Jepson, Darrel E. - County Commissioner 1979.
Jerauld, H. A. - County Commissioner in 1872.
Johnson, Axel - County Commissioner 1935-1939.
Juel, John E. - County Commissioner 1959-1963.
Juel, Perry - County Commissioner 1911-1915.
Kinsley, Elizabeth Shaver - wife of John C. Kinsley
Kinsley, John C. - came to Canton from Indianola, Iowa in 1872 and lived in a sod house.
Koopsma, Richard - County Commissioner 1975.
Kundert, Henry - County Commissioner 1889-1892.
Larson, Oscar - County Commissioner 1943-1949.
Lein, Richard - County Commissioner 1969-1973.
Lewis, J. M. - Physician for Board of Insanity in 1887
Lewis, James - County Commissioner in 1887.
Linderman, August J. - first permanent resident of Lincoln County who was a German immigrant and came from Wisconsin. Filed a claim in 1866.
Millage, Martha Buchanan - wife of Warren Millage
Millage, Warren - came to Canton from Waterloo, Iowa in 1874 and lived in a sod house.
Miller, W. H. - County Commissioner 1891-1894.
Nelson, Adolph - County Commissioner 1949-1957.
Nelson, Halvor - came by Oxen to Lincoln County in 1868.
Nelson, Iver - County Commissioner in 1895-1901.
Noble, Nathan - County Commissioner in 1881-1883.
Noid, A.G. - Coroner in 1887.
Oliver, Ralph - County Commissioner 1933-1937.
Ovre, John - Came to Lincoln County in 1868 and settled in the Sioux Valley.
Palmer, W.W. - County Commissioner 1877-1881.
Parke, P.C. - County Commissioner 1881-1885.
Peterson, Omar - County Commissioner 1973.
Plucker, John E. - County Commissioner 1935-1943.
Rikansrud, Clifford - County Commissioner 1981.
Rikansrud, T. A. - County Commissioner 1943-1949.
Roe, N.O. Nelson - County Commissioner 1915-1933.
Rolfe, C.P. - County Commissioner 1877-1879.
Rommereim, John - County Commissioner 1939-1963.
Sargent, Thomas M. - County Commissioner in 1869.
Schiager, Gunder P. - County Commissioner 1901-1909.
Shebal, Joseph - County Commissioner 1911-1915.
Slack, Daniel - County Commissioner in 1874.
Smith, F.P. - County Physician in 1887.
Smith, Nanon - County Commissioner 1903-1911.
Smith, Werter S. - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Soderstrom, C.G. - County Commissioner 1923-1935.
Sorter, Jacob - In May of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Stabeck, K. C. - Attorney for Board of Insanity in 1887
Strand, Hellic - Gave speech in Norwegian at 4th of July celebration in 1868.
Swift, C. H. - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Thompson, Thomas P. - County Commissioner 1894-1900.
Thorpe, David - County Commissioner in 1869.
Tuntland, A.O. - County Commissioner 1909-1923.
VanMeter, A. C. - first person to claim land in Lincoln County. Land claimed in 1864 and is on the present site of town of Fairview.
Wahl, James M. - Came to Lincoln County in 1868 and settled in the Sioux Valley.
Wait, Walter B. - County Commissioner 1889-1896.
Warner, Jacob A. - County Commissioner in 1873.
Weakley, Abraham - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Weakley, James - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Weakley, Josiah - In June of 1867 came to Lincoln County from Missouri.
Wheelock, A. B.. - County Commissioner in 1870.
Wright, B. B. - Sheriff in 1887.
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