This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barber, St. John, Barker, Burnham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZB.2ACI/680.6 Message Board Post: Craig, I found an article that mentions Sanford Barber and my gr-gr-grandfather, Sultan St. John. You may recall that Sultan was the grandson of Sanford M. St. John and Lora Burnham. Lori From The Painesville Telegraph Lake County, Ohio Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1897, p. 3 SHERIFF'S OFFICE. Change in Administration at the Jail- Sheriff Barber Will become a Famer -The Office of Surveyor. There was a change in the office of Sheriff Monday and the jail has a new master. Sheriff Barber, after eight years of official life, first as marshall of Painesville and afterwards as sheriff of the county, retires from the public service and will devote his attention to agriculture. The sheriff owns the farm on the South Ridge in Madison, known as the Cullen Palmer place, about one mile west of Madison village, and this will be the scene of his efforts to become a first class farmer which, judging from his official career, he is sure to become. Sultan St. John, the successor of Sheriff Barber and a distant relative of his, was installed into office Monday morning. He filed his bond for $10,000 about a month ago and on Saturday the oath of office was administered to him. If he fills the office as acceptably as his immediate predecessor, there will be no cause for Republicans to regret that they chose him out of a rather large growth of tall timber that came up as candidates. Madison gains another ex-sheriff by the removal of Mr. Barber. There is a vacancy in the office of surveyor by reason of the change in the law which makes the term of office expire the first Monday in September instead of the first Monday in January. It is fortunate for the present incumbent, F. M. Barker, that he is his own sucessor and the only candidate against him who is clamoring for the office is himself. The vacancy was filled Monday.