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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02395 1392
GENEALOGY 977.101 F95R v. 1
GENEALOGY COLLECTION
track H. Reinhard
A Standard History
OF
Fulton County, Ohio .
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and County.
Under the Editorial Supervision of FRANK H. REIGHARD
Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
VOL. I
. .
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1920
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016
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1131959 CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
FULTON COUNTY ANTIQUITIES. 1
CHAPTER II
EARLY JURISDICTION
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THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE
CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER IV
SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
53
CHAPTER V
FULTON COUNTY'S WAR RECORD
.85
CHAPTER VI
FARM AND FARM INDUSTRIES
136
CHAPTER VII
141
THE SCHOOLS, 1835-1920.
CHAPTER VIII
THE BANKS OF FULTON COUNTY
155
CHAPTER IX
INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY
164
CHAPTER X
THE PRESS OF FULTON COUNTY
177
CHAPTER XI
THE HISTORY OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING THAT OF WAU-
SEON, THE COUNTY SEAT. 190
CHAPTER XII HISTORY OF CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP 262
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CHAPTER XIII
HISTORY OF GERMAN TOWNSHIP. 280
CHAPTER XIV
HISTORY OF AMBOY TOWNSHIP .312
CHAPTER XV
HISTORY OF ROYALTON TOWNSHIP. 325
CHAPTER XVI
HISTORY OF DOVER TOWNSHIP .337
CHAPTER XVII
HISTORY OF PIKE TOWNSHIP .362
CHAPTER XVIII
HISTORY OF YORK TOWNSHIP 380
CHAPTER XIX
HISTORY OF GORHAM TOWNSHIP 406
CHAPTER XX
HISTORY OF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
433
CHAPTER XXI
HISTORY OF FULTON TOWNSHIP
446
CHAPTER XXII
HISTORY OF SWAN CREEK TOWNSHIP.
464
CHAPTER XXIII
THE BENCH AND BAR OF FULTON COUNTY.
495
CHAPTER XXIV
MEDICAL HISTORY
.500
CHAPTER XXV
CHURCH HISTORY
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INDEX
Ackley, Calvin, I, 410. Adler, (Jonathan) Manuscript, I, 31. Aeschliman, Theophilus, II, 206. Agsten-Elton-Eckhart Post, No. 373, Delta, I, 135. Ai (village), I, 458. "Air Line," I, 81.
Air Line Railroad, I, 211.
Aldrich, Anson M., I, 416.
Aldrich, Benjamin F., II, 329.
Aldrich, Joseph D., II, 327.
Aldrich, Julia C., II, 327.
Allegwi Indians, I, 6.
Allen, Arthur, I, 156; II, 325.
Allen, Charles L., I, 419; II, 249.
Allen Family, I, 416.
Altstetter, M. L., I, 237.
Amboy-Fulton Special District, I, 462. Amboy Township, I, 53; I, 312; organ- ization of, I, 56; cheese factory, I, 319; schools, I, 320; churches, I, 321; societies, I, 323; population, 1, 324. American Legion Posts, I, 135.
Amsbaugh, Relmon D., II, 150. Anderson, John, I, 44. Andre, Peter, I, 439. Angola and Maumee Road, I, 65. Angola Road, I, 61. Antiquities, I, 1.
Apostolic Christian Church, Archbold, I, 309.
Arcade, Wauseon (illustration) I, 241. Archbold, I, 296; banks, I, 159; first election, I, 297; mayoral succession, I, 298; banks, I, 299; jail, I, 300; water system, I, 300; cemetery, I, 301; fire department, I, 302; public library, I, 302; schools, I, 303; popu- lation, I, 303; churches, I, 305. "Archbold Buckeye," I, 188. Archbold Farmers and Merchants Bank, (illustration) I, 296. "Archbold Herald," I, 187. Armistice, signing of, I, 135. Arnold, George E., II, 338.
Aton, David M., II, 245. Aton, Lewis G., II, 285.
Attack upon official surveying party, I, 51. Auditors, I, 82. Aungst, Artie G., II, 160. Aurora Chapter, No. 75, Delta O. E. S., I, 397. Ayers, Moses, I, 342.
Babcock, Joseph, I, 453.
Babylon, Elvan R., II, 292. Bachman, James L., II, 412.
Bad Creek, I, 80. Badgley, Adelia A., II, 436. Badgley, Arthur L., II, 436.
Bailey, William, I, 500.
Baker (A. D.) plant, I, 485.
Baker, Abner D., II, 198.
Baker, James, I, 409.
Baker Machine shops, Swanton, torna- do results, (illustration) I, 484.
Baldwin, Earl N., II, 125.
Baldwin, William, II, 513.
Banks, I, 155; Archbold, I, 299; Fay- ette, I, 422. Bank of Fayette, I, 155, 156.
Bank of Wauseon, I, 155.
Barber, Allen M., I, 498; II, 6.
Barber, Epaphras L., I, 76; I, 156; I, 209; I, 228. Barber, Fred A., II, 464.
Barber's Bank, Wauseon, I, 155.
Barnard, William V., II, 335.
Barnes, Ashabel A., II, 78.
Barnes, Jonathan, I, 288.
Barnes, Oliver P., II, 74.
Barnes, Robert H., II, 525.
Barnum, Orrin O., II, 25.
Bartlett, Hiram, I, 314. Bartlett, Justin, II, 95.
Bartlett, William, II, 360.
Bartlett's Corners, I, 320.
Batdorf, John, I, 384.
Batdorf, Merlin A., II, 356.
Batdorff, Quimby, II, 351.
Bates, Charles R., II, 172.
Bates, Joseph, I, 53; I, 434; I, 465.
Battles of the Maumee, I, 26.
Baxer Post No. 238 (Lyons), G. A. R.,
I, 109. Bayes, H. B., I, 183.
Bayes, Thomas, I, 191. Bayes, Thomas, Sr., I, 195. Bayes, William W., I, 198.
Bean Creek, I, 80; I, 433.
Bears, I, 313; I, 365. Bear trap, (illustration) I, 316. Beatty, Elizer, B., II, 451. Beaver, (illustration) I, 378. Bechstein, Henry, II, 325.
Bechstein, Jacob, II, 557. Bechstein, John M., II., 519. Beebe, Lyman L., I, 270.
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Council Oak, I, 376; (illustration) I, 377.
Council records, Wauseon, I, 217.
County Fair, I, 164; first, I, 164.
County Fair Grounds, Race Track, (il- lustration) I, 165. County jail, I, 78. County officials, first, I. 68.
County Seat, Maumee City, I, 66; com- missioners appointed to locate, I, 68; locating of, I, 71; first Ottokee, I, 71; changed to Wauseon, I, 76.
County superintendent of schools, re- port of, I, 154.
County's first detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 115.
County's second detachment for Na- tional Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 123.
County's third detachment for Na- tional Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 125.
Court, first held in county, I, 69.
Court House, first, I, 71; building of I, 71; destruction of, I, 75; building
of, I, 76; Wauseon, (illustration) I, 77; destroyed by fire, I, 496.
Court House in Pike Township, I, 366. Court of Common Pleas, I, 497.
Coureur de Bois, (illustration) I, 8. Cowan, William P., I, 374. Cows, (illustration) I, 139. Cox, Charles W., II, 71.
Coy, Cyrus, I, 200.
Coy, Isaac L., II, 458.
Craig, James A., II, 346.
Crane, George H., II, 332.
Crawford, (Colonel) I, 469.
Crawford, (Colonel) being tortured by the Indians, (illustration ) I, 469. Crawford, William, I. 18. Crockett, Willard, II, 81. Crop yield, I, 137.
Crout, George W., II, 154.
Culver, Hezekiah, I, 316.
Culver's Hotel, I, 482. Cupp, George W., II, 261. Curtis, George, I, 466.
Dailey, Edward G., II, 178. Dairy farm, (illustration) I, 139.
Dairy herd, (illustration) I, 330.
Dairy interests, I, 139. Dalrymple, Charles M., II, 551.
Darby, F. L. S., II, 272.
Darby, Samuel B., I, 288; I, 439. Daughters of American Revolution, I, 132; I, 174.
Davis, Samuel K., II, 238. Davoll, Edward S., II, 143. Davoll, George R., II, 142. Davoll School. Amboy Township, I, 320. Day, Isaac, I, 449. Dean, James S., I, 270.
Deer, I, 197; I, 313; I, 341; I, 365; 1, 372.
de Joncaire, Charles F. C., I, 35. de La Mare, Alfred, II, 348.
Delta, I, 390; bank, I, 159; council records, I, 391; fire department, I, 392; town hall, I, 392; lighting, I, 393; remuneration to officials, I, 393; in 1867, I, 394; great fire, I, 395; hotels, I, 396; fraternal organi- zations, I, 396; churches, I, 397; early residents, I, 404; industries, I, 404.
"Delta Atlas," I, 186.
"Delta Avalanche," I, 185.
"Delta Independent Press," I, 182.
Delta, Milk condensing plant, (illus- tration) I, 138. Delta Natural Gas Company, I, 393.
Delta public school, (illustration) I, 151; I, 403.
Delta street scene, (illustration) I, 400.
DeMerrit, Addie, I, 236.
"Democrat," I, 181.
"Democratic Expositor," I, 185.
Dennis family, I, 451.
Dennis, Ira W., II, 494.
Dennis, John W., II., 398.
Denson, I, 262.
"Der Deutsche Gazette," I, 188. Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, I, 254.
Detwiler, Oliver W., II, 269.
Detwiler, Orren N., II, 241.
Devenport, R. A., II, 550.
DeVries, Thomas S., II, 506.
Dewey, Charles F., II, 309.
Dewey, Laurin, I, 68.
Deyo, Albert, I, 260; I, 271.
Dickson, James, II, 409.
Dimke, Herbert F., II, 534.
Dinius, Laura, II, 500.
Dinius, Theodore, II, 500.
Disbrow, James H., II, 365.
Disbrow, Walter E., II, 275.
Disciples, I, 508; Dover Township, I, 357.
Ditch draining, I, 80. Ditching, I, 363.
Ditto, George, I, 296.
Doane, Myron F., TT. 62.
Dodge, Luther, I, 455.
Dolf, Henry, I, 259.
Dominique, Henry, IT, 375.
Domitio, Christ, I, 259.
Domitio, William C., II, 478.
Donaldson, James, I, 384.
Dover Township, I, 53; I, 337; orga- nization of, I, 56; pioneer settlers, I, 339; first election, I, 347; schools, I, 355; cemeteries, I, 357; churches, I, 357: fraternal societies, T. 361; pot- tery, I, 361; population, I, 361. Dowling, Henry J., II, 397. Dowling, Samuel, I, 456.
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Downer, Cyrus, II, 68. Drainage, I, 78. Dredging, I, 78. Drennan, Robert, II, 18.
Driskell, Willard M., II, 70.
Dudley, George C., II, 144.
Dunbar, James, I, 205.
Durbin, John E., II, 499. Durgin, Samuel, I, 454.
Duvall, Job, I, 315.
Dyer, John, I, 310.
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Eager House, Wauseon, I, 256. Early jurisdiction, I, 6.
Early ordinances of Wauseon, I, 223.
Early politics, I, 81.
Early residents of Delta, I, 404.
Early school teachers, I, 151.
Early schools, I, 232.
Early settlers, I, 34.
Early taverns, Pike Township, I, 368.
East Church in Christ, Chesterfield Township, I, 276.
Eastern Star, Wauseon, I, 247.
Eckert, Gottlieb, II, 284.
Eckert, Margaret, II, 284.
Edgar, Elmer, II, 69.
Eicher, Peter, II, 112.
Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.
Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infan- try, I, 102.
Eighty-sixth Infantry, I, 88.
Elections, first, I, 69; I, 194; in Ches- terfield Township, I, 272; in Dover Townshin. I, 347.
Elliott, Matthew, I, 16.
Ellsworth, Martin E., II, 320.
Elton, Thomas, I, 471.
Ely family, I, 438.
Ely, Joseph, I, 414.
Emerick Family, I, 412.
Emerling, Valentine, I, 387.
Fewless, William, I, 466.
Fields, Nettie Myers, II, 180.
Finney, Samuel B., II, 425.
Fire, Delta, I, 395.
Fire company, first, Wauseon, I, 224.
Fire departments, Archbold, I, 302; Delta, I, 392; Swanton, I, 486.
Fire Lands. T 27. Fireplace, (illustration) I, 196.
Establishment of County of Wayne, I, 35.
Estel, John F., II, 185.
Estelle Hotel, I, 213; I, 254; site of, (illustration ) I, 213.
Estep, Timothy F., II, 169.
Evangelical Lutheran St. Martin's Church, Archbold, I, 308.
Evers, George F., II, 75.
Evers, Warren S., II, 487.
Exception clause in first constitution, I, 48.
Fagley, Henry J., II, 217. Falor, Harvey B., II, 522.
Falor, Nelson, II, 299.
Fankhauser, Frederick, II, 545. Farm and farm industries, I, 136.
Farm Bureau, I, 171.
Farm home, (illustration) I, 137. Farmers & Merchants Bank, Archbold, (illustration) I, 296.
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Meta- mora, I, 160.
Farmers and Merchants Deposit Com- pany, Swanton, I, 159.
Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Archbold, I, 159.
Farmers' Hotel, Wauseon, I, 256.
Farmers' Institute, I, 171.
Farmers State Bank, Fayette, I, 163; I, 422.
Farmers State Savings Bank, Delta, I, 159.
Farwell, Hiram, I, 406.
Fauble, Edward, II, 182.
Fauble, Isaac, I, 455.
Fauver, Heiro A., II, 167.
Fayette, I, 419; Bank, I, 155; in 1866, I, 420; T. & W. Depot, (illustra- tion ) I, 422.
Fayette Chapter, No. 77, O. E. S., I, 426.
Favette High School, (illustration) I, 146.
Fayette Lodge, No. 431, I. O. O. F., I, 426.
Fayette Normal University Building, (illustration) I, 146.
Fayette public school, (illustration) I, 428.
"Fayette Record," I, 186,
Fayette "Review," I, 186; I, 426.
Fayette State Savings Bank, I, 162; I, 422.
Fayette street scene, (illustration) I, 409: I, 416; I, 425.
Emigrant wagon. (illustration) I, 263. Emmons, Van, II, 67.
English preachers, first in German Township, I, 290.
Epidemic, first, Wauseon, I, 226.
Erehart, John W., II, 326.
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Com- pany, I, 63. Essex, I, 369.
First Baptist Church, Wauseon, I, 242.
First brick house, I, 201.
First Christian Church, Wauseon, I, 242.
First Church, Clinton Township, I, 206.
First Congregational Church, Wau- seon, I, 240.
First constitution, exception clause in, I, 48.
First County Fair, I, 164. First county officials, I, 68.
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First county seat, Ottokee, I, 71. First court held in county, I, 69. First Court House, I, 71.
First detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 115. First election, I, 69; I, 194.
First epidemic, Wauseon, I, 226. First family of Wauseon, I, 209.
First fire, Wauseon, I, 225.
First fire company, Wauseon, I, 224. First grist mill in Wauseon, I, 201. First hotel in Wauseon, I, 213. First mail carrier, I, 480.
First mill, German Township, I, 288. First National Bank, Wauseon, I, 160; (illustration) I, 161.
First passenger train to enter Wall- seon, (illustration) I, 212.
First physician, Clinton Township, I, 206.
First road in Clinton Township, I, 208.
First school established in Fulton county, I, 149.
First school house in Chesterfield Township, I, 273.
First school, Wauseon, I, 232.
First steam engine, I, 64; (illustra- tion ) I, 64.
First Territorial Legislature of Ohio, I, 35.
First trading post, I, 364.
First transfer of land, I, 199.
Fisher, A. W., I, 54.
Five Nation tribes, I, 7.
Flax brake, (illustration) I, 198.
Fleming, Fred L., II, 17.
Flickinger Family, I, 415.
Flory, Frank S., II, 375.
Fluhart, Henry, I, 384.
Ford, Ansel L., I, 410; II, 386.
Ford, Daniel, II, 65.
Ford, William O .. II, 152.
Fort Adams, I, 22.
Fort Defiance, I, 25; as restored, (il- lustration ) I, 28.
Fort Greenville, I, 20.
Fort Industry, I, 37.
Fort Meigs, I, 44; attack on, I, 42; 1812, (illustration) I, 41.
Fort Meigs Monument, (illustration ) I, 59.
Fort Miami, I, 10; I, 13; I, 15; I, 22; evacuation of, I, 37; rear of, (illus-
tration) I, 39; present view, (illus- tration ) I, 40.
Fort Recovery, I, 22.
Fort Sandoski, I, 12: I, 13.
Fort Winchester, I, 39.
Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry, I, 95. Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, I, 98.
Fountain City Hotel, Wauseon, I, 256. Fourteenth Volunteer Infantry, I, 94. Fourth of July celebration; Ottokee, I, 74; first in Pike Township, I, 369.
Fouty, Dora O. R., II, 407. Fouty, Norval D., II, 406.
Fowler, Frederick B., II, 29.
Fox, I, 365; (illustration) I, 365.
Fraas, August, II, 110.
Fraker, Charles I., II, 353.
Fraker, William, I, 202.
Franklin Township, I, 53; I, 433; or- ganization of, I. 56; records. I, 440; early settlers, I, 434; schools, I, 441; churches, I, 442; industries, I, 443; population, I, 445; whisky still, I, 443.
Frantz, Edwin S., II, 73.
Fraternal organizations, Wauseon, I, 245; Amboy Township, I, 323; Roy- alton Township, I, 335; Dover Town- ship, 1, 361; Fayette, I, 423.
Frogley, Harry C., II, 315.
Fulton Centralized School district, I, 462.
Fulton County; territory, I, 45; shown in map of 1834 as partly in Lenawee County, Michigan, I, 49; organized, I, 53; township organization of, I, 53; boundaries, I, 67; named in honor of Robert Fulton, I, 67; topo- graphy of, I, 80; geological condi- tions of, I, 80; banks, I, 155; granges, I, 169; bench and bar, I, 495; courthouse destroyed by fire, I, 496; civil list, I, 497.
Fulton County Agricultural Society, I, 164; I, 169.
Fulton County Court House, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 77.
"Fulton County Democrat," I, 181, 182. Fulton County Fair, I, 164.
Fulton County Farm Bureau, I, 171.
Fulton County Holstein-Friesian Asso- ciation, I, 140.
Fulton County Home, (illustration) I, 172.
Fulton County Humane Society, I, 171. Fulton County Infirmary, I, 172.
Fulton County Medical Society, I, 503.
Fulton County Pioneer and Historical Association, I, 171.
Fulton County Pomona Grange, I, 169. Fulton County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial and Monument Associa- tion, I, 175.
"Fulton County Tribune," I, 184; I, 187.
"Fulton County Union," I, 183 ..
Fulton County War Chest Association, I, 134.
Fulton Grange No. 217, I, 169.
Fulton, John A., I, 49. Fulton Line, I, 49.
Fulton Lodge, No. 248, F. & A. M., I, 396.
Fulton (Robert), County named in honor of, I, 67.
Fulton Street, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 239.
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Fulton Street, Wauseon, looking south, (illustration ) I, 247.
Fulton Township, I, 53; I, 446; or- ganization of, I, 56; first mill, I, 288; 447; early industries, I, 457; saw mill, I, 458; first school house in, I, 459; schools, I, 462; churches, I, 462; population I, 463. Funk, Elza D., II, 489. Funk, Jacob, I, 203. Funkhouser, Otto E., II, 528. Furs, I, 365.
Gamber Family, I, 415. Gamble, Edward, I, 414.
Gamble, Frances A. P., II, 173.
Gamble, Richard, Sr., II, 174. Gamble, William, II, 173.
Gearig, Joel, II, 334. Geer, Oscar S., II, 363.
Geesey, Frank A., II, 490.
Geesey, John C., II, 283. Geological conditions of county, I, 80. George, Oliver R., II, 390.
German Township. I, 53; I, 280; or- ganization of, I, 56; first mill, I, 288; natural gas, I, 289; first marriage, I, 290; first stores, I, 290; first English preachers, I, 290; first township elec- tion, I, 291; schools, I, 303; first school in, I, 303.
Geyser, William, I, 472.
Gill, Arthur, II, 301.
Gillett, John, I, 409. Gillis, Samuel, I, 498. Girty, Simon, I, 16; I, 18.
Gist, Christopher, I, 14.
Glacial period, I, 1.
Gorham Lodge, No. 381, F. & A. M., I, 426.
Gorham Township, I, 53; I, 406; or- ganization of, I, 56; records, I, 418; great fire at Fayette, I, 418; first justice of the peace, I, 418; first store, I, 418; pioneer physician, I, 418; mills, I, 421; schools, I, 421; railway, I, 421; banks, I, 422; frater- nal organizations, I, 423; Civil War record, I, 424; newspaper, I, 426; lodges, 426;
schools, I, 426; churches, I, 429; cemeteries, I, 431; population, I, 432. Gorsuch, David, I, 205. Gorsuch, David W., II, 359.
Gorsuch, George E., II, 164. Gorsuch, Nathaniel, I, 205.
Gottschalk, Ezra J., II, 501.
Graedel, Frederick, II, 399. Grand Army of the Republic, I, 107; Camp Skeels, No. 106, I, 107; Losure Post, No. 35, I, 107; Post No. 106, I, 107; Stout Post, I, 108; Quiggle Post, No. 289, (Swanton) I, 108; Baxer Post No. 238, (Lyons) I, 109; Mc- Quillan Post, (Delta) I, 109; Fayette, I. 423.
Granges, I, 169. Gray, Charles, I, 383. Green, Albert V., II, 243. Green, George D., II, 43. Greenleaf, Charles C., I, 157.
Greenough, E. F., I, 228.
Greenville treaty, I, 32; signatures to, (illustration) I, 33. Grey, John, I, 45; I, 53; I, 362. Grey (John) cabin, Pike Township,. built in 1824, (illustration ) I, 53.
Griesinger, John, II, 489. Griffin, Carver S., II, 313.
Griffin, Frank A., II, 312.
Griffin, George W., II, 125.
Griffin, Horace R., II, 105.
Griffin, William, I, 410. Grimm, Mathilda, II, 67.
Grisier, Charles P., II, 548.
Grisier, James, I, 141; II, 39.
Grist mills; first in Wauseon, I, 201; Franklin Township, I, 443; Fulton Township, I, 457; Swanton, I, 483.
Grover, Bradley E., II, 522.
Guild, Francis E., II, 290.
Guilford C. E., I, 260. Guilford, Frank R., II, 22.
Haas, Jacob F., II, 163.
Habel, Adam, II, 195.
Hable, Jacob W., II, 252.
Hable, John S., II, 315.
Hackett, Lewis S., I, 320.
Hahn, Edward Daniel, II, 132.
Hall, Lawrence, I, 497.
Hall, William, I, 209.
Hallauer, George J., II, 283.
Halsey, Lewis C., II, 468. Halsey, Thomas J., II, 253.
Ham, E. J., II, 453.
Ham, Frank S., II, 44.
Hamilton County, 1792, (map) I, 22. Hamilton, Henry, I, 16.
Hamp, Jacob, I, 452.
Hamtramck, I, 35. Hancock, Robert F., II, 135.
Handy, Michael, I, 257.
Handy. Wm. H., I, 1; I, 73; I, 339; I, 372. Hanson, Ernest F., II, 94.
Hanson, Katherine, II, 95.
Hardenburg Hotel, Fayette, I, 419.
Harmar, (General) I, 19.
Harmon, Amos, II, 256.
Harmon, Lucelia T., II, 256.
Harms, Michael W., II, 205.
Harper, Frank R., II, 525.
Harper, William J., II, 147.
Harriman, Henry, I, 343. Harris, William, I, 48.
Harris, William H., I, 453.
Harris, W. B., II, 460. Harrison, Eugene H., I, 258. Harrison, John, I, 385.
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Harrison, William H., I, 36; (illustra- tion) I, 38.
Hart, Andrew J., II, 298.
Hartell, John F., II, 96.
Harter, John W., I, 447; I, 457.
Hartman, George B., II, 100.
Hartman, John C., I 202.
Hartmann, George W., II, 28. Haumesser, George, I, 259. Hay, 1, 137.
Hayes, E. L., 1, 209; I, 229. Haynes, George H., II, 248.
Heffron, Charles H. N., II, 549.
Heise, George B., I, 259.
Heist, Ervin F., II, 130.
Helvetia Milk Condensing Company, I, 137; receiving station, (illustration ) 1, 138.
Henry County, I, 45. Herman Tappan farm, I, 45.
Herr, Joseph M., II, 84.
1 Hettinger, Christian, I, 417. Hettinger, John F., II, 300. Hibard, Mary R., I, 71.
Hibbard, (Carrie) poem by, I, 106.
Hibbard, Elisha, 1, 66; I, 341; I, 354.
Hibbard Family, I, 340; II, 480.
Hibbard, Marie A., II, 481.
Hibbard, Mortimer D., I, 58; I, 341.
Hicker, Frank, II, 156.
High School, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 153.
Hill, Earl H., II, 164.
Hill, Harley S., II, 132.
Hill, Michael R., II, 161.
Hill, William E., II, 508.
Hinderer, Adolph W., II, 273.
Hinderer, Emil C., II, 274.
Hinkle, Herbert H., II, 517.
Hinkle, Melvin E., II, 88.
Hinkle, Stephen E., II, 262.
Historical Association, I, 171.
Hite, Rosetta, II, 493.
Hoadly, Jared, I, 313.
Hobart, David, I, 365.
Hoffman, Charles F., II, 8.
Hoffman Family, I, 412.
Hoffmire, Colenzo H., II, 12. Hoffmire, John R., II, 11.
Hogeboom, James, I, 212; I, 234.
Hogs, (illustration ) I, 136.
Holland, Ezekiel U., II, 286.
Holland, William, I, 501.
Hollister, D. W., I, 206.
Holmes, (Ensign) I, 15. Holt, Charles C., II, 76. Homan, John H., II, 477.
Home Savings Bank, Metamora, I, 160. Hospital, Wauseon, I, 503.
Hotel Blair, Wauseon, I, 254.
Hotel Lincoln, Delta, (illustration) I, 396.
Hotels, first in Wauseon, I, 213; Wau- seon, I, 254; first in Royalton Town- ship, I, 331; first in Ottokee, I, 349.
Houge, William A., II, 318.
Hough, Alfred C., I, 68; I, 269; I, 495.
Hough, Harry H., II, 16.
Howard, Dresden W. H., I, 2; I, 56.
Howard, Edward, I, 56.
Residence,
Howard Family Colonial (illustration) I, 57. Howard, Mary B., I, 59.
Howard, Robert A., I, 365.
Hoyt, Francis J., II, 344.
Huffman, Clayton H., II, 533.
Humane Society, I, 171.
Humphrey, Rensselaer S., I, 419.
Humphrey, Vernie E., II, 123.
Humphreys, Charles A., II, 104.
Hunter, John J., I, 183.
Huntington, Anson, I, 228.
Huntington, Elisha, I, 191; I, 195; I, 199.
Huth, Jacob, II, 416.
Illustrations: Old Indian Mission, I, 6; Indian canoes, I, 7; Coureur de Bois, I, 8; Buffalo, I, 11; Portage from Fort Miami to the Wabash, I, 13; Pontiac, I, 14; Major-General An- thony Wayne, I, 23; Little Turtle, I, 27; Fort Defiance, as restored, I, 28; Elm at Maumee, under which the Council of Indian Chiefs was held prior to the Battle of Fallen Tim- bers, 1794, I, 29; Turkey Foot Rock, I, 32; Signatures to the Greenville Treaty, I, 33; Edward Tiffin, first Governor of Ohio, I, 36; William H. Harrison, I, 38; Rear of Fort Miami, I, 39; As it appears to- day, I, 40; Fort Meigs, 1812, I, 41; Tecumseh, I, 43; Old Lock the Miami and Erie Canal, I, 50; John Grey's cabin, I, 53; Rat- tlesnakes, I, 55; Howard Family colonial residence, I, 57; Fort Meigs
59; "Walk-in-the- Monument, I,
Water," I, 63; First steam engine, I, 64; Open fireplace, I, 70; Cannon, I, 74; Fulton County court house, Wauseon, I, 77; Reclamation of Black Swamp, I, 78; Destruction at Swanton by tornado, I, 79; U. S. Prison Quarters, Johnson's Island, I, 100; Wauseon in 1867, I, 108; County's first detachment for Na- tional Army, I, 115; County's second detachment for National Army, I, 123; County's third detachment for National Army, I, 125; Hogs, I, 136; Typical farm home, I, 137; Receiv- ing Station at Helvetia Milk Con- densing Company's Plant at Delta, I, 138; Dairy farm, I, 139; Pioneer school house, I, 142; Swanton school house, I, 143; Fayette High School, I, 146; Wauseon graded school, I,
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149; Public school, Delta, I, 151; Wauseon High School, I, 153; Peoples State Bank, Wauseon, I, 157; First National Bank, Wauseon, I, 161; Race Track, County Fair Grounds, I,
165; Fulton County Home, I, 172; Wolf, I, 179; Black snakes, I, 191; Spinning wheel, I, 192; Fireplace, I, 196; Flax brake, I, 198; Maumee river, below Water- ville, I, 199; Departure of Indians, I, 201; Cooking on a spit, I, 204; Wau- seon in 1857, I, 211; First passenger train to enter Wauseon, I, 212; Site of Estelle Hotel, I, 213; Centre Mound, Wauseon Cemetery, I, 230; Old Normal School building, Wau- seon, I, 235; Little White School House, I, 236; Fulton Street, Wau- seon, looking north, I, 239; The Ar- cade, Wauseon, I, 241; Fulton Street, Wauseon, looking south, I, 247; Wauseon Plant of Van Camp Pack- ing Co., I, 251; Superior Iron Works, Wauseon, I, 252; Wauseon (N. Y. Central) Station, I, 254; Birdseye view of Wauseon, 1881, I, 255; A shady spot, I, 258; Emigrant wagon, 263;
I, Chesterfield Centralized School, I, 274; Bear, I, 278; Maumee river, I, 283; Clearing land, I, 286; Corn in the shock, I, 295; Farmers & Merchants Bank, Archbold, I, 296; Peoples Bank, Archbold, I, 299; Town Hall, Archbold, I, 301; Wild cat, I, 313; Spinning wheel, warming oven, etc., I, 315; Bear trap, I, 316; Wide thoroughfare, Metamora, I, 319; Metamora High School, I, 321; Pioneer log cabin, I, 327; Corn, I, 328; Dairy herd, I, 330; Spinning wheel, I, 341; Indian relics. I, 347; Stage coach, I, 349; Indian village, I, 354; Pike Township sheep country, I, 364; Fox, I, 365; Snakes, I, 372; Historic Council Oak at Winameg, I, 377; Beaver, I, 378; Rail fence, I, 382; Ox yoke, I, 385; Postoffice, Delta, I, 389; Town Hall, Delta, I, 393; Hotel Lincoln, Delta, I, 396: Street scene, Delta, I, 400; Public school, Delta, I, 403; Street scene, Fayette, I, 409; Street scene, Fay- ette, I, 416; T. & W. Depot, Fayette, I, 422; Fayette public school, I, 428; West Main street, Fayette, I, 425; Colonel Crawford tortured by the In- dians, I, 469; Threshing machinery, I, 474; Street scene, Swanton, I, 478; Tornado destruction of Baker Machine shops at Swanton, I, 484; Oddfellows Hall, Swanton, damaged by tornado, 1920, I, 487; Public school, Swanton, I, 492.
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