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GENEALOGY 977.101 AL5RU, v.1
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Room Rusler
A STANDARD HISTORY
OF
ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational Civic and Social Development
Prepared under the Editorial Supervision of WM. RUSLER
ASSISTED BY A BOARD OF ADVISORY EDITORS
VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1921
FOREWORD
When in the course of human events it becomes the privilege and duty of a community to tabulate its centennial record, the matter of co-operation is a prime necessity.
Just as Allen County is passing its first centenary the spirit of co-op- eration and reconstruction is claiming the attention of the whole word. Never before in the history of the world has it been in such unsettled, chaotic condition.
While the Ft. Amanda episode connected with the War of 1812 was in advance of the organization of Allen County, and while some would say there is no local history aside from the traditions clustering about it, their attention is hereby called to some of the phenomenal advances in local civilization.
There have been rapid strides in agriculture, manufacturing and com- mercial developments within the 100 years since Allen County has had its name and outline; it passed its centenary February 12, 1920, and the record of the last fifty years is an easier matter than tabulating the events of the first half century. The pioneers were not addicted to the habit of writing down the news of the community.
In his editorial announcement concerning "A Standard History of Allen County," the Hon. William Rusler as supervising editor, says : "As editor, my task will be to direct the collection of all historical mate- rial that should find a permanent place in the records of Allen County and to insure as far as possible an impartial and accurate treatment of this material, according to the outline herein proposed," the foregoing statement appearing in the prospectus shown subscribers to the Allen County History.
In order that the local editorship might be of the most representative character, the following named persons were invited to act in the capac- ity of advisory editors : Senator Stephen D. Crites, Elida ; Mayor Frank A. Burkhardt, Harold Cunningham and Mrs. James Pillars, Lima ; N. W. Cunningham, Bluffton; Judge John F. Lindemann, Delphos; Paul W. Cochrun, Spencerville, and B. F. Cotner, Lafayette.
The introductory chapters dealing with general conditions in the early history of Northwestern Ohio are written by Nevin O. Winter, Allen County proper beginning with the chapter: In the Lap of a Cen- tury. The preliminary chapters are the foundation for it.
Mr. Rusler is frequently designated as "The Sage of Shawnee" because of his familiarity with Allen County development ; the board of advisory editors have all responded with information relative to inquiries and the publisher's representative, in assembling historical data, also begs to acknowledge unfailing courtesies shown him by Lehr E. Miller, E. C. Ackerman, D. H. Tolan, Elmer McClain, Ezekiel Owen, H. E. Simonton, John C. Mack, F. E. Harmon and Dr. George Hall. When they have not had definite knowledge about a matter they have all put into operation processes that speedily developed the desired information.
Mr. Rusler has been "instant in season and out of season" in his response to telephone inquiry and, since Suburban 3213 is a party line, other patrons sometimes demanded the wire in the midst of an inter- view ; when some new question presented itself, Mr. Rusler was always asked for his version and usually he knew the whole story.
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The gleaner in the fields of Allen County history-the waysides flanked with much firsthand information-had access to all previous publications elsewhere listed; to the D. D. Nicholas Welsh Settlement manuscript ; to the many papers written for and read before the Allen County Historical and Archaelogical Society, and to scrap books, year books and newspapers. They are all reliable sources of information.
For a dozen years the Allen County Historical Society has been taking note of passing events from which the gleaner has profited, the data thus gained having been filed by men and women having a life-long acquaintance, many of the observations coming under their personal knowledge. However, facts have been obtained from so many sources that to pin-tag all of them, to credit every whit of tabulated information would be an utter impossibility.
Like the statistician, an historian does not need to possess an imagi- nation since he must deal with facts as he finds them; however, papers prepared and read before the Historical Society have furnished most of the information. While folklore may not be accepted as history, one who knows local conditions always has an inner knowledge of things.
The folklorist is able to associate events and deduct further facts, but these words from one of the Historical Society writers: "So let us here in this beautiful memorial hall-so lasting a tribute to soldier and pioneer on the very heart of the old life-set down what we can of the story ; let us pile up our array of facts and relics for reference when that man comes who shall have skill and soul to properly gather it all up; for one who adds to the lessons of life is like one who plants a tree that will be blooming when he is sleeping," and the suggestion is like a fragrant wayside blossom for the gleaner in the Allen County fields of general information.
While some who have aided materially in assembling historic data are not Methuselahs by a few hundred years, they have been men and women with a comprehensive understanding of things; in most instances facts have been verified with little difficulty.
The present day event-something that has just happened-is much easier tabulated than hazy facts already shrouded in uncertainty ; where definite conclusions have not been reached-where facts have not been substantiated beyond the shadow of a doubt, corroborated statements have been used; where two or three have been agreed as to major ques- tions, minor differences have been allowed to adjust themselves.
Some one has remarked that when an aged man with an unimpaired memory dies, it is like burning a book from the library, and while many unwritten chapters in Allen County history already have been consigned to oblivion-buried with the pioneers who developed the country-one is often surprised at the stored-up fund of information possessed by the succeeding generations. Folklore-word of mouth from father to son, mother to daughter-traditions of the family, are a reliable source of information.
While it is not a life of entire self-abnegation-this habit of chron- icling the events of the past, sometimes in the waking hours of darkness one asks himself the question "Is it worth the candle?" One whose whole life has been spent in any given community cannot be cosmo- politan in his conception of things-is always somewhat circumscribed by his "two by twice" experiences, but not every missionary goes abroad to serve his day and generation. "In the multitude of counsellors there is safety" and one need not dwell in the long ago in order to write about the past in any community.
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There is always someone who knows, or who has laid away a news- paper, and the gleaner in quest of information seems unerringly guided ; while sometimes middle-aged persons have forgotten half of the things they once knew, they defer to those older than themselves who seem- ingly have forgotten all-no, many times no, their minds are clear about the things of yesterday, although some of them take little note of the happenings of today; frequently they have such floods of memories that one hears things about which he had not sought information.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich says: "My mind lets go a thousand things Like dates of wars and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour --- "
and the difficulty in this summary of the affairs of Allen County is to marshal one's mental battalions in such precision that they may bear at once on all quarters of the field, but since "fools rush in where angels fear to tread" there are always venturesome spirits who undertake such tasks. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe says:
"He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat ; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat,"
and in these stirring twentieth century days the second century citizen of Allen County understands all about it.
Lord Byron once said: "'Tis strange but true; truth is always strange; stranger than fiction," and while a great deal of fiction may be written about one single fact, where there is a local historical society interested in assembling them, facts are not such elusive characters after all. History is an array of facts-not sentiment; and the conscientious historian handles conditions as he finds them.
A forecast of the future depends upon a knowledge of the past. The reason aged people talk of the grand characters of the long ago is because good men and women lived in the past ; they were not acquainted with the lures and pitfalls of modern society :
"Yes, it is a trait of Aged Men To talk about 'Away Back When,'"
and the gleaner in the fields of local information appreciates them.
While fiction may be a rivulet of text leading from the noisy haunts of the world, "far from the madding crowd," winding along through pleasant old literary gardens redolent with the choicest of intellectual blossoms, history may at least be the log across the stream that catches some of the drift of the ages; it has been the province of all concerned to dislodge some of the accumulated debris, and send it adrift again down the river-the River of Time.
-THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I UNDER FRENCH AND BRITISH RULE 1
CHAPTER II
THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC.
11
CHAPTER III
THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
24
CHAPTER IV
SIMON GIRTY AND HIS BROTHERS
35
CHAPTER V
THE HARMAR AND ST. CLAIR CAMPAIGNS.
44
CHAPTER VI
THE CAMPAIGN OF "MAD ANTHONY" WAYNE.
57
CHAPTER VII
FALLEN TIMBERS AND THE GREENVILLE TREATY
70
CHAPTER VIII
OHIO BECOMES A STATE
84
CHAPTER IX
A YEAR OF DISASTERS
93
CHAPTER X
A YEAR OF VICTORIES
.106
CHAPTER XI
OHIO-MICHIGAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
122
CHAPTER XII
THE PASSING OF THE RED MAN
.136
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CONTENTS CHAPTER XIII
THE PREHISTORIC AGE 161
CHAPTER XIV 1
IN THE LAP OF A CENTURY
166
CHAPTER XV
FROM SAVAGERY TO CIVILIZATION
173
CHAPTER XVI
EXIT SHAWNEE-ENTER SETTLER.
181
CHAPTER XVII
WHEN ALLEN BECAME AN ORGANIZED COUNTY.
.189
CHAPTER XVIII
THE WHOLE WORLD KIN
213
CHAPTER XIX
AGRICULTURE IN ALLEN COUNTY
224
CHAPTER XX
SOME ADJUNCTS OF AGRICULTURE.
..
.236
CHAPTER XXI
THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE-ALLEN COUNTY OFFICIAL ROSTER. 247
CHAPTER XXII
THE URBAN SIDE OF ALLEN COUNTY
261
CHAPTER XXIII
A RESUME-TOWN AND COUNTRY.
270
CHAPTER XXIV
MARKING THE TRAIL-THE MILESTONES.
.275
CHAPTER XXV
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD IN ALLEN COUNTY 281
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CHAPTER XXVI
CATHOLICITY IN ALLEN COUNTY. .291
CHAPTER XXVII
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL IN ALLEN COUNTY
.293
CHAPTER XXVIII
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES-THE SCHOOLS OF ALLEN COUNTY ..... 298
CHAPTER XXIX
THE NEWSPAPER IN ALLEN COUNTY.
314
CHAPTER XXX
THE ALLEN COUNTY HIGHWAYS-GOOD ROADS.
.321
CHAPTER XXXI
TRANSPORTATION-ITS RELATION TO COMMERCE AND
MANUFACTURING
331
CHAPTER XXXII
THE DISCOVERY OF OIL IN ALLEN COUNTY
341
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE POSTAL SYSTEM-ALLEN COUNTY POSTOFFICES
349
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE BENCH AND BAR IN ALLEN COUNTY
353
CHAPTER XXXV
MATERIA MEDICA IN ALLEN COUNTY
362
CHAPTER XXXVI
EARLY SOCIAL LIFE IN ALLEN COUNTY
371
CHAPTER XXXVII
TEMPERANCE-ITS RELATION TO ALLEN COUNTY.
.376
CHAPTER XXXVIII
PUBLIC UTILITIES
.386
CONTENTS ix CHAPTER XXXIX CIVIC CLUBS, CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS AND SECRET ORDERS 402
CHAPTER XL
MUSIC AND THE COMMUNITY. .412
CHAPTER XLI
THE OPEN DOOR OF THE COMMUNITY-THE HOTEL
421
CHAPTER XLII
ORGANIZED LABOR IN ALLEN COUNTY
424
CHAPTER XLIII
THEATERS-MOVING PICTURES
428
CHAPTER XLIV
ALLEN COUNTY IN THE WARS
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.432
CHAPTER XLV
FINANCE-WEALTH OF ALLEN COUNTY
.482
CHAPTER XLVI
HOSPITALS IN ALLEN COUNTY.
. 496
CHAPTER XLVII
WELFARE WORK IN ALLEN COUNTY.
504
CHAPTER XLVIII
LIBRARIES, CLUBS-INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF ALLEN COUNTY.
.511
CHAPTER XLIX
LEFTOVER STORIES-THE OMNIBUS CHAPTER
528
CHAPTER L
YESTERDAY AND TODAY IN ALLEN COUNTY.
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CHAPTER LI
GOD'S ACRE-ALLEN COUNTY CEMETERIES
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INDEX
Ackerman, C. L., II, 175
Adgate, Charles B., II, 18
Adgate, Gouverneur H., II, 18
Adgate, Henry C., II, 18 Adgate, Seth B., 1I, 192
Agerter, William T., II, 181
Agriculture, I, 224; adjuncts of, I, 236; unusual season in, I, 237
Akerman, Edwin C., II, 34 Akins, A. D., II, 326
Alexander, James M., II, 116
Allemeier, George H., II, 168
Allen, Ethan, I, 169, 432
Allen County ; under French and British
rule, I, 1; organized, I, 170, 189, 213, 270; boundaries, I, 171; townships, I, 171; distinguishing physical charac- teristic, I, 192; population, I, 203; in- corporated places, I, 212; climate, I, 216; highest point in, I, 225; first fair, I. 238; official roster, I, 247; prior to 1850, I, 271; in the Wars, I, 432; wealth of, I, 482; banks, I, 485; wealth, I, 492; authors, I, 516; direc- tories, I, 519
Allen County Agricultural Society, 1, 238
Allen County bar, personnel of, I, 358 Allen County Chapter American Red Cross, I, 458
Allen County Child Welfare Associa- tion, I, 509 Allen County Children's Home, I, 209, 507; (ilustration) I, 508 Allen County Chiropractic Association, I, 368
Allen County Council of Defense, I, 244 Allen County Courthouse, 1882; (illus- tration) I, 252 Allen County Fair Grounds, I, 238
Allen County Farm Bureau, I, 243, 244 Allen County Firefighters, I, 395 Allen County Historical and Archae- ological Society, I, 275, 402, 521 Allen County Histories, I, 517 Allen County Home, I, 507
Allen County Institute, I, 311 Allen County Juvenile Court, I, 254
Allen County Law Library, I, 511 Allen County Medical Society, I, 362, 498
Allen County Memorial Building, I, 402 Allen County Memorial Hall, I, 277 Allen County Reorganized Sunday School Association, I, 296
Allen County Sunday School Associa- tion, I, 294 Allen County Welfare Society, I, 303 Allen County Women's Christian Tem- perance Union, I, 381 Allen Grange, I, 242 Allentown, I, 191, 261 Allgire, John H, II, 67
Altrurian Club, I, 523 Altstaetter, Philip J., II, 302 Amanda township, I, 189 Amanda trail, I, 327 American College of Surgeons, I, 500 American House, I, 422
American Legion, I, 455
American Red Cross, Lima Chapter, I, 500 American (German) township, I, 190 Amstutz, Peter B., II, 305
An Old House in Allen County (illus- tration), I, 192
Ancient Order United Workmen, I, 411 Anderson, J. A., I, 360
Anderson, William P., II, 152
Appleseed, Johnny, I, 187, 532
Arbor Day, I, 236
Arbutus Club, I, 523
Argonne Hotel, I, 421
Argus, The, I, 314
Armory, Spencerville (illustration),
I, 455
Armstrong, Herbert L., II, 93
Armstrong, Ralph F., II, 169
Arnold, Cary C., II, 339
Arters, George L., II, 16
Ashery, I, 528
Askins, Harold W., II, 227
Atkinson, John C., II, 182
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, I, 387 Atmur, Marshall, II, 133
Attorneys, present, I, 360 Anglaize Township, I, 191 Authors, Allen county, I, 516
Automanual system, I, 389
Baber, Albert J., II, 338 Baber, Clarence F., II, 199
Baber, Henry F., II, 262 Baber, Ira E., II, 331
Baber, Mary A., II, 331
Baechler, Albert L., II, 64
Baechler, Christian, II, 140 Bailey, J. N., I, 360
Baker, Frank E., II, 242 Baldwin, Arthur T., II, 158 Baldwin, Harry D., II, 107 Banks, I, 485 Bank robbery, I, 489 Bannister, John K., II, 173 Baptists, I, 281, 286 Bar, personnel of, I, 358
Barnt, Henry O., II, 275 Barr, Samuel, I, 360 Barr Hotel, I, 421 Barron, James E., II, 319 Barron, Joseph S., II, 319 Barron Brothers, II, 319 Barton, Clara, I, 496 Baseball club, I, 533
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Basinger, David P., II, 285 Basinger, Enoch P., II, 292 Basinger, Ira W., II, 231 Basinger, Noah, II, 191 Bath Township, I, 193
Battle of Fallen Timbers, I, 76 Battle of Lake Erie, I, 119 Battles of the Maumee (plan illustra- tion), I, 72 Baughn, Evelyn B., I, 509
Baxter, Carl W., II, 272
Baxter, Charles W., II, 31
Baxter Clyde M., II, 272
Baxter, Frank E., II, 174
Baxter, James, II, 246
Baxter, Lester C., II, 61
Baxter, Richard R., II, 158
Baxter, Samuel, I, 189
Baxter, Samuel A., I, 337, 365, 398, 516; II, 16 Baxter, Mrs. Samuel A., I, 375
Baxter, William E., II, 316
Bayly, George E., II, 39
Bayview Club, I, 523
Beach, Bernard J., II, 229
Beade, Fred S., II, 151
Beaver Dam, I, 207, 212
Becker, Fred C., I, 359; II, 244
Becker, M. L., I, 359
Beckman, Leo V., II, 254
Bedford, Zela L., II, 230
Beeler, Amanda M., II, 96
Beeler, Ferdinand, II, 96
Beeler, William H., II, 27
Beerman, John A., II, 15
Beery, William H., II, 82
Bench and Bar, I, 353
Benedum, Alva E., II, 227
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lima, I, 411
Bentley, Harry O., II, 136
Bernhard, Arthur B., II, 209
Berryhill, William C., II, 40
Berryman, David E., II, 70
Bible the Settler's Daily Portion (illus- tration), I, 217 Big Buckeye, I, 544
Biner, John M., II, 332
Binkley, John H., II, 318
Bixel, Samuel S., 11, 298 Black, Curtis C., II, 119
"Black Swamp" country, I, 90
Black Swamp, Reclamation of (illustra- tion), I, 226
Blackburn, Thomas W., II, 238
Blackburn, William, I, 191, 261, 438 Blank, Edwin, II, 212 Blattenberg, John H., II, 282 Bliss, Lester, I, 359
Blockhouse at Fort Amanda (illustra- tion), I, 173 Bloom, Walter P., II, 325 Bluffton, I, 205, 212 Bluffton ; street scenes (illustrations), I, 204 Bluffton College, I, 312; II, 192 Bluffton College Conservatory, I, 420 Bluffton News, I, 317 Bluffton Travel Club, I, 525 Board of Commissioners, I, 254
Bogardus, Chauncey, I, 516 Boone, Daniel, I, 28 Boop, James N., II, 309 Boose, Charles R., II, 203
Boose, John M., II, 104
Border warfare, I, 67
Botkin, Ernest M., II, 154
Botkin, Lewis M., II, 317
Botkins, Harry E., II, 229
Boulders, I, 162 Boundary Stone (illustration), I, 440
Bowdle, Carl A., II, 137
Bowdle, Thomas H., II, 169
Bowers, Harvey S., II, 289
Bowersock, Alta, II, 277
Bowersock, Ora M., II, 277
Bowersock, Timothy B., II, 45
Bowsher, Daniel A., II, 272
Bowsher, Elias, II, 274
Bowsher, Jasper W., II, 205
Bowsher, Mr. and Mrs. (illustration), I, 218 Boyd, Andrew J., II, 91
Branson, William G., II, 123
Bredeick, John O., I, 194, 291, 331,. 515
Breese, Clarence N., II, 139
Breese, George L., II, 63
Breese, Griffith A., II, 206
Breese, Iva J., II, 206
Breese, John O., II, 198 Breese, William H., II, 128
Brennan, Edward, II, 122
Brenneman, Daniel L., II, 66
Brenneman, Samuel S., II, 260
Brice, Calvin S., I, 337, 355, 398, 491; (illustration) I, 339 Brice, Mrs. Calvin S., I, 375 Brooks, Robert H., II, 263 Brotherton, Theodore, I, 360 Brown, Ellis C., II, 252
Brown, Elmer A., II, 184
Brown, Gladys I., II, 184
Brown, Herbert H., I, 516
Brower, Lon S., II, 66
Brunk, Perry E., II, 316
Brush, Henry, I, 96 Buchanan, Robert A., II, 82
Buchholtz, Emma C., II, 54
Buckeye Island, I, 264
Bundy, Frank A., II, 148
Burget, John A., II, 262
Burkhardt, Franklin A., I, 517; II, 238
Burnett, Judge, I, 86 Burnett Hotel, I, 422 Burtchin, William, II, 264
Business Woman's Club, I, 408
Bussert, Harmon T., II, 261
Butler, Luah M., II, 220
Butturff, Clarence F., II, 94
Bybee, C. A., II, 31
Cable, Davis J., I, 390; II, 43 Callahan, Julius H., II, 161 Camp Lima, Civil War (illustration), I, 442
Canal Packet, Before the Days of Rapid Transit (illustration), I, 332 Canal surveys, I, 331 Cantwell, Aldous W., II, 85 Capture of Fort Meigs, I, 115
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Capture of Major Andre (illustration), I, 433
Car Line on North Main Street (illus- tration), I, 338 Cardosi, Victor, II, 99
Carnegie Library in Lima (illustration), I, 513
Carnes, John R., II, 62
Carpenter, G. H., II, 338
Carpenter, J. A., II, 254
Carter, Lawrence E., II, 182
Cass, Lewis, I, 93, 95, 122
Catholics, I, 286, 291
Cemeteries, I, 552; first in Allen county, I, 553
Census, first, I, 270; 1920, I, 270
Centennial Log Cabin, Lima Public Square, I, 186; (illustration) I, 187
Central High School, Lima (illustra- tion), I, 304
Central High School, Auditorium and Cafeteria (illustrations), I, 306
Central High School, Night School (il- lustration), I, 307; Newspaper work (illustration), I, 308
Century Circle, I, 525
Chamber of Commerce, 1, 403; state- ment, I, 487
Chapman, John, I, 187, 532
Chapman, John H., II, 297
Chautauqua Club, I, 523
Chautauqua movement, I, 512
Chenoweth, A. Stanley, II, 218
Chenowith, William, I, 434
Chief Nicholas, I, 12
Child Welfare Club, I, 524
Christian Associations, I, 402
Christian Church, I, 282
Christian Science, I, 368
Churches, I, 281
Circus Day in Lima (illustration), I, 530
City Hospital Operating Room (illus- tration), I, 497
City mail service, Delphos, I, 350
Civic Clubs, I, 402
Civil Government, I, 251
Civil war, I, 440
Clapper, Elliott E., II, 85
Clark, George R., I, 28
Clark, Walton E., II, 130
Clay, Green, I, 111 Clerks of the Court, I, 254
Clevenger, Roy J., II, 315
Climate of Allen County, I, 216 Clio Club, I, 526 Clionian Club, I, 524 Clubs, I, 511
Clum, Charles N., II, 308
Cochran, Jesse E., II, 93
Cochran, Ulysses M., II, 315
Cochrun, Jasper L., II, 42 Cochrun, Paul W., II, 42 Coffinberry, Count, I, 317 Coldest year, 1843, I, 213
Cole, Edward C., II, 72
Coleman, Samuel F., II, 185
College Women's Club, I, 524 Colucci, Frank, II, 31 Commission form of government, I, 267
Common Pleas Court, I, 253 Community Fund Campaign poster (il- lustration) I, 506
Conestoga Mode of Travel (illustra- tion), I, 324
Congregationalists, I, 286
Conner, George P., II, 185
Conspiracy of Pontiac, I, 11
Contris, Charles M., II, 307
Contris, William W., II, 342 .
Convoy of Liberty Trucks, in Public Square, Lima, Before Leaving for Washington (illustration), I, 456
Cook, Robert E., II, 110
Coon, Albert O., II, 26
Coon, Ira E., II, 149
Coon, Joshua B., II, 121
Coon, Nathan I., II, 77
Cooper, Harvey M., II, 211
Corderman, Joseph B., II, 145
Corduroy road, I, 326
Corwin, Bert M., II, 194
Cory, Charles H., II, 147
Cotner, Frank B., II, 348
Cotner, John W., II, 243
Council House of Shawnees, Hog Creek Tribe (illustration), I, 184
Counseller, Duane H., II, 142
County Auditors, I, 257
County Board of Institution Visitors, Report of, I, 508
County Commissioners, I, 258
County Coroners, I, 259
County Fairs, I, 238
County of Illinois, I, 28
County Recorders, I, 257
County School Superintendents, I, 259
County Sheriffs, I, 255
County Surveyors, I, 259
County Treasurers, I, 258
Coureurs des bois, I, 4, (illustration),
1, 5
Courtad, Sidney R., II, 240
Courtad, Waldo E., II, 206
Courthouses, I, 247; first, I, 247
Courts, I, 247, 251
Court of Appeals, I, 253
Cows in Pasture (illustration), I, 231
Crane, The (Tarhe), I, 21, 137
Crawford, Harry M., II, 232
Crawford, William, Burning of, I, 30
Crawford, William, Torture and Death of (illustration), I, 33 Crawford Expedition, I, 30
Cremean, G. Dale, II, 100
Crepp's Tavern, I, 423
Creps, Alexander, II, 188
Creps, Frank H., II, 146
Creps, Rebecca, II, 188
Creps, William H., II, 318
Crider, Orvin M., II, 197
Crites, Ora B., II, 261
Crites (S. D.) curio collection, I, 532
Crites, S. D., II, 329 Croft, William, II, 55
Croghan, George, I, 13, 117
Croushorn, Samuel E., II, 95
Crumrine, John, II, 219
Crumrine, Leonard, II, 223
Culp, Jacob J., II, 55
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Cunningham, Harold, II, 169
Cunningham, N. W., I, 516; II, 291 Cunningham, Theodore E., I, 359 Cunningham, William, I, 364 Cunningham, William H., I, 358 Cupp, Henry, II, 295 Cupp, John O., II, 288 Curio collection of S. D. Crites, I, 532 Custer, Guy, II, 213
Dabold, Harry J., II, 48 Dailey, Earl C., II, 233
Daily Herald, I, 317
Dalzell, Carson L., II, 118
Daniels, James, Sr., I, 200
Danner, George, II, 188
Dauch, William, II, 300
Daughter of Allen County, I, 186, 201, 217
Daughters of the Crusade, I, 381
Davis, Albert L., II, 282
Davis, John C., II, 60
Davis, Otis E., II, 142
Davis, Robert B., II, 128
Davis, Robert E., II, 161
Davison, John, II, 10
Day Nursery Association, I, 524
Dean, Edward A., II, 120
de Celeron, Bienville, I, 13
de Champlain, Samuel, I, 3 Decker, John M., II, 296
Decoration Day, I, 449 Defiance,Moraine, I, 163 DeKalb, Walt M., II, 134 de la Salle, 1, 3
DeLong, Elmer E., II, 274
Delphian Club, I, 524
Delphos, I, 194; misfortunes, I, 198; population, I, 212; government of, I, 265; city mail service, I, 350
Delphos High School (illustration), I, 195 Delphos Home Telephone Company, I, 388 Delphos Library, I, 515
Delphos Public Hall (illustration), I, 198 Delphos Public Library, I, 269
Delphos Tourists' Club, I, 525 Delphos Waterworks Park (illustra- tion), I, 196 Deming, Cliffe, II, 153
Deming, Okla R., II, 153 Democratic Times, I, 316 Deuchoquette, Francis, I, 184 Devil's Backbone, I, 192, 327
De Weese, Oliver L., II, 205 De Weese, Walter G., II, 219 DeWitt, Harry L., II, 220 Dexter, James E., II, 61 Dickason, Oren, II, 237 Dickson, Harry L., II, 62 Diller, William, II, 311 Dillon, Frank E., II, 184 Diltz, Peter, I, 185 Directories, Allen County, I, 519
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