Past Sheriffs
Lyon County SheriffPast Sheriffs
The first known Sheriff in Breckinridge County, later to be renamed Lyon County, was Elijah Kirkendall.
Known sheriffs in 1800s were:
- Elijah Kirkendall
- J. B. Moon
- E. H. Coats
- John Bay
- Thomas Ryan
- Samuel Mantor
- Jeff Wilhite
Known sheriffs in 1900s:
- Tom O’Connor
- Walter Davis (Davis was killed in the line of duty August 16, 1916.)
- Tom Owens
- Charles Gibson
- Samuel T. Crumley
- Tom Owens
- Joe Dailey
- Roy Davis (Son of Walter Davis)
(Actual commision card, badge and baton from Sheriff Davis)
- Daniel Rowlands
- Ernest Owens
- Eugene Hastings
- Al Locke
- Clarence Carle
- Bert Johnson
- Percy Harder
- Robert Duncan
- Frank Coburn
- Daniel Andrews
- Clifford Hacker
- Gary A. Eichorn
- Jeffrey A. Cope beginning December 1, 2010
(Initial information provided by the Kansas Historical Society Research Center)