HISTORY OF THE SHERIFFS OF CULBERSON COUNTY

By Glenn Humphries


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I could never find a definitive list of sheriffs of Culberson County. I knew the 7th and 8th sheriffs personally, and knew the 6th sheriff's widow. I was able to find people who remembered the 5th sheriff, but very little seemed to be known about the first 4. In 1996 I was able to get the following information by researching the elections registers in the Culberson County Clerk's office, thanks to our County Clerk, Linda McDonald. Thanks to Mr. Gary Mosely, a descendant our first sheriff, for correcting the spelling of sheriff Feeley's surname and supplying the names for the initials which were all I could find from county records.



NUMBERFROM - TOSHERIFF
1st1911 - 1914John Henry Feeley
2nd1915 - 1916J.A. Morrin
3rd1917 - 1920D.M. Daugherty
4th1921 - 1930C.N. Cummings
5th1931 - 1946Albert A. Anderson
6th1947 - 1972Orvel Capehart
7th1973 - 1991Richard E. Upchurch
8th1991 - 1996Plácido J. Nuñez
9th1997 - 2000Glenn A. Humphries
10th2000 - ?Óscar E. Carrillo

Note: The various records sources show the first two sheriffs' surnames with various spellings. An effort is being made to determine which spellings are correct.



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