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HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY OHIO
HER PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
FRANK M. ALLEN Editor
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families
ILLUSTRATED
1914 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana
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DEDICATION. This work is respectfully dedicated to THE PIONEERS,
long since departed. May the memory of those who laid down their burdens by the wayside ever be fragrant as the breath of summer flowers, for their toils and sacrifices have made Fayette County a garden of sun- shine and delights.
PREFACE
All life and achievement is evolution; present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exer- tion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privi- lege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the pres- ent conditions of the people of Fayette County, Ohio, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin land, it has come to be a center of prosperity and civilization, with millions of wealth, systems of railways, grand educational institutions, splendid indus- tries and immense agricultural and mineral productions. Can any think- ing person be insensible to the fascination of the study which discloses the aspirations and efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the founda- tion upon which has been reared the magnificent prosperity of later days? To perpetuate the story of these people and to trace and record the social, polit- ical and industrial progress of the community from its first inception is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and per- sonal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation, and which unite the pres- ent to the past, is the motive for the present publication. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to the sketches of representa- tive citizens of these counties whose records deserve preservation because of their worth, effort and accomplishment. The publishers desire to extend their thanks to the gentlemen who have so faithfully labored to this end. Thanks are also due to the citizens of Fayette county for the uniform kind- ness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary information.
In placing the "History of Fayette County, Ohio," before the citizens. the publishers can conscientiously claim that they have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus. Every biographical sketch in the work has been submitted to the party interested, for correction, and therefore any error of fact. if there be any, is solely due to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. Confident that our effort to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are,
Respect fully, THE PUBLISHERS.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I-RELATED STATE HISTORY 25
First White Men in Northwest Territory-English and French Claims- Three Successive Sovereign Flags Over Present Ohio-Passing of the In- dians-Battle of Fallen Timbers-Northwest Territory-Ohio, the First Northwest State-Early Settlements-Activities of the Traders-French and Indian War-Pontiac's Conspiracy-Northwest Territory and Quebec Act- Revolutionary Period-George Rogers Clark and His Campaign-First Sur- veys and Early Settlers-Ordinance of 1787-First Stage of Government Under the Ordinance-Second Stage-Organization of the Northwest Terri- tory-Representative Stage of Government-First Territorial Legislature- Division of 1800-Census of 1800 -- Symmes Purchase and Other Early Settlements-County Organization-Indian Wars-Formation of a New State-Date of Ohio's Admission to the Union-Capitals of Northwest Terri- tory and Ohio-Constitutional History of Ohio-Military Record-Land Grants-Military Lands-Refugee Tract-Road Lands-Canal Grants- Zane Sections-Ministerial Lands-Schools Sections-Ohio Politics-Bound- ary Lines-Organization of. Counties and Early Events.
CHAPTER II-GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY. 73
Boundaries of Fayette County-Geological Formations-Water Courses- Drainage-Land Elevation-Rock Formations-The Drift-Gravel and Sand -The Soil.
CHAPTER III-COUNTY ORGANIZATION 77 County Organizations Leading up to that of Fayette -- Fayette County Created -Original Townships-Present Townships.
CHAPTER IV-EARLY SETTLEMENT 82
Indian Inhabitants-First Surveys-Land Entries-Early Settlers-Interest- ing Incidents-Pioneer Life-Narrative of an Old Pioneer-Early Habits and Customs-Pioneer Wedding-Mills and Milling-Taverns-Corn Huskings- Hunting-Early Mails-Pigeon Roosts-Sickness-Destruction of Milliken Dam-Incidents-A Hermit-Distilleries.
CHAPTER V-COUNTY GOVERNMENT 106
Scarcity of Early Records-County Treasury Robbed-Early County Bills- First Court House-Second Court House-Present Court House-County Jails-Public Drinking Fountain-First County "Safe"-County Infirmary- County Children's Home-Carder Infirmary-County Roads and Pike System -County Finances.
CHAPTER VI-OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION 117
Presidential Vote in the County-Political Parties-State Senators-State
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CONTENTS.
Representatives-Presiding Judges-Associate Judges-Common Pleas Judges-County Auditors-County Recorders-County Treasurers-Clerks of Court - Sheriffs - Probate Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Coroners- County Suveyors-County Superintendents of Schools-District Assessors- County Commissioners-Justices of the Peace.
CHAPTER VII-TRANSPORTATION 127
Early Transportation by Freight Wagons and Boats-The First Railroad- Bond Issues-Subsequent and Present Roads.
CHAPTER VIII-EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING __ 130 Fayette an Agricultural County-The Soil-Live Stock-Agricultural Statis- tics-Drainage-Tiling-County Agricultural Societies-Hog Cholera Epi- demics-Corn Shows and Institutes.
CHAPTER IX-BANKS AND BANKING 135
Early Barter and Exchange-Money Scarce-"Cut Money"-First Banking in Fayette County-First National Bank and Other Banks at Washington C. H. -Jeffersonville Banks-Banks at Good Hope, Milledgeville and Blooming- burg-1912 Financial Showing.
CHAPTER X-NEWSPAPERS OF FAYETTE COUNTY 142
The Press a Great Civilizing Influence -- Fayette County's First Newspaper, Freedom's Advocate-Later Newspapers at Washington C. H .- The Jeffer- sonville Citizen-Newspapers in Ohio-The First Printing Press in Fayette County.
CHAPTER XI-THE MEDICAL PROFESSION .150 Value of the Physician-Progress in Medical Science-First and Early Doctors in Fayette County-Later Doctors-Physicians of the County in 1914-Fayette County Medical Society-City Hospitals.
CHAPTER XII-THE BENCH AND BAR 160
The Judiciary-Legislative Enactments Establishing Judiciary System-The First Session of Court in Fayette County-Fayette County Lawyers-Present Members of the Bar-Judges of Court of Appeals-Judges Court of Common Pleas-Other Court Officers-H. B. Maynard-John J. Harper.
CHAPTER XIII-MILITARY HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY 172
Fayette County's Part in the War of 1812-Transportation of Provisions- Mexican War-Militia Muster Days-Fayette County in the Civil War- Lincoln's Proclamation-Mass Meetings-Enlistments from Fayette County Townships-Revolutionary Soldiers in Fayette County-Memorial Hall- Names of Fayette County Soldiers-Spanish-American War-A Hero in Two Wars.
CHAPTER XIV-EDUCATIONAL HISTORY 201
Great Progress in the Science of Education-The Old and the Modern School House-Schools of Washington C. H .- Township Schools-Wayne Central- ized School-The Thoughtful School Superintendent.
CHAPTER XV-SECRET AND FRATERNAL ORDERS 213
Free and Accepted Masons-Royal Arch Masons-Knights Templar-Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows-The Encampment-Knights of Pythias.
220
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVI-HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES
Presbyterian Churches-Methodism in Fayette County-African M. E. Church-Methodist Protestant Churches-The Christian Church-United Brethren Churches-Baptist Societies-Colored Baptist Church-Friends Society-Free Church Association-Universalist Church-Protestant Episco- pal Church-Church of Christ-Oldest Church Building in the County- Catholic Church-Young Men's Christian Association.
CHAPTER XVII-MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST 245.
The Temperance Crusade-The Appeal-Counterfeiting-The Funk Fight- A Cruel Indian-Early Criminal Cases-Execution of William G. W. Smith- Stock Sales-Horse Trading-Capture of Andrew Ellison-A Hot Race-Big Riot of 1894-Unique Destruction of a Mill Dam-Immense Petrified Maple Log-First Murder Case-First Execution-First Marriages-Centennial Anniversary of County-Intoxicated Hogs-Odd Old Record-Garfield Memorial Services-McKinley Memorial Services-Population Statistics- Great Flood of 1913-Portrait of McKinley by Local Artist-Automobiles in County-Blind Pensioners-Market Quotations.
CHAPTER XVIII -- REMINISCENCES AND MEMOIRS .274 "Old Uncle Billy Snider"-"Kelly" Dixon, the Aged Pedestrian-Aged Na- tive-born Citizen-Fayette Pioneer at Fort Meigs-Hon. Mills Gardner- Judge Richard A. Harrison-Hon. Marshall J. Williams.
CHAPTER XIX-UNION TOWNSHIP 282 Topography-Early Settlement-Drainage-Pioneers Who First Located Here.
CHAPTER XX-JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 283 Topography-Natural Features-Early Settlement-()fficial Annals-First Election-Counterfeiters-Mills-Towns and Hamlets -- Jeffersonville.
CHAPTER XXI --- JASPER TOWNSHIP 293 Boundaries-First Settlement-"Uncle Johnny" Coons-Towns and Villages- Plymouth-Jasper Mills-Allentown ( Octa )-Milledgeville.
CHAPTER XXII-CONCORD TOWNSHIP 299
Location-Pioneer Settlers-Sundry Incidents of Early Life-Mills-Village of Staunton.
CHAPTER XXIII-GREEN TOWNSHIP 304 Boundaries and Surveys-Early Settlement-Jesse Rowe-Pioneer Sketches -Moons-Mills and Distilleries-Interesting Incidents.
CHAPTER XXIV-PERRY TOWNSHIP 310
Location-Organization and First Officers-Settlement-An Indian Scare- Milling Interests of Long Ago-New Martinsburg.
CHAPTER XXV-WAYNE TOWNSHIP 317
Place of First White Settlement -- The Pioneers-Early Taverns-Indian Hor- rors-Village of Good Hope-Other Villages.
CHAPTER XXVI-MARION TOWNSHIP 324
Boundaries-First Settlement-Milling-Tanneries-First Election-Villages.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXVII-PAINT TOWNSHIP 328
Location-Natural Features-Early Settlement-Minor Incidents-Village of Bloomingburg-Some Early Events-Milling Industries-Anti-Slavery Days in Bloomingburg-The Temperance Question.
CHAPTER XXVIII-MADISON TOWNSHIP 337 Location and Boundaries-Settlement-Early Stores and Shops-Mills- Waterloo.
CHAPTER XXIX-CITY OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE 344
Location-Name-First Business Events-The City in 1815-First and Early Events-Municipal Government-City Finances-Fire Department-Early- day Council Proceedings-Old Times-Manufacturing Industries-Industries of 1901-Great Sales Stables-Proposed Car Lines-Natural Gas Prospects -Present Business Interests-Washington Cemetery-Postoffice History- Cyclone of 1885-Great Fire of 1911-Public Library.
HISTORICAL INDEX.
A
Adams County 53
African M. E. Church 230
Agricultural Societies 133
Agricultural
Statistics
131
Agriculture
130
Allen County
53
Allentown 299
Amendments to Constitution 42,51
Ashland County
53
Ashtabula County
53
Associate Judges
120
1
Athens County 53 I 1
Attorneys 161
Auditors, County 121
Auglaize County 53
Automobiles in County
272
B
Bank of Fayette 137
Banks and Banking 135
Baptist Churches 234
Battle of Fallen Timbers 26, 37
Battle of Fort Meigs 278
Belmont County 54
Bench and Bar 160
Bills, Early County 107 1
Blind Pensioners
272
Bloomingburg
332
Anti-Slavery Days
334
Business Interests
337
Churches 220, 228
Early Events 333
Election, First 333
First Things 333
Lodges 214, 219
Mayors F
337
Milling Industries 333
Municipal History
337
Bloomingburg-Con.
Peoples Bank 141
Platting of 332
Population 269
Postoffice History 336
Schools
210
Temperance Issue 335
Bogus Road 325
Boundaries of Fayette County 73
Boundaries of Ohio, Original. 37
Boundaries of State
51
Brown County
54
Butler County
54
C
Cabin, Pioneer 90
Canal Grants 48
Capital Permanently Located. 40
Capitals of Northwest Territory. 39
Carder Infirmary
113
Carroll County
5 -.
Catholic Church
240
Census of Northwest Territory 33
Centennial Anniversary of County
Champaign County 54
Children's Home 113
Christian Church 232
Church History
220
Church of Christ
240
Citizens Bank, Jeffersonville. 140
City Hospitals
159
Civil War 175
Claims to Ohio Territory 26
Claims to Territory 25
Clark County 54
Clerks of the Court 122 1
Clermont County I
1
54
1 Clinton County 54
Colored Baptist Church 237
Columbiana County
54
I
1
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Commercial Bank 138
Commissioners, County 124
Common Pleas Judges 120, 169
Crusade, The Temperance 245
Cunningham Station 300
Cut Money
135
Cuyahoga County
54
Cyclone of 1885 362 1 1 1
D
Darke County 56
Defiance County
56
Delaware County 56
Destruction of Milliken's Dam __ 102, 262
Distilleries
105
District Assessor 124
Division of 1800 33
Dixon. "Kelly" 275
Doctors, Early 150
Dohrman's Grant 47
Drainage
73, 131
Drinking Fountain
111
E
Early Criminal Cases 250
Early Doctors 150
Early Habits and Customs 96
Early Mails 102
Early Settlement 82
Educational History 201
Ellison, Andrew, Capture of 259
Enlistments in Civil War 177
Episcopal Church 239
Erie County
56
County Military History
172
County Organization
35
County Politics 117
County Recorders 122
County Roads 114
County Surveyors 124
County Treasurers 122
County Treasury Robbed 106
Court House, First 107
Court House, Present 109
Court House, Second
108
Court of Appeals 168
Court Officers 169
Courts, The 160
Crawford County
56
Creamer, Wallace 276
F
Fairfield County 57
Fallen Timbers, Battle of. 26, 37
Farmers' Bank, Good Hope 140
Farmers Bank, Jeffersonville 139
Farmers' Institutes 134
Fayette County 57, 78
Fayette County Bank 137
Fayette County Bar 168
Fayette County Boundaries 73
Fayette County Medical Society 159
Fayette County Organized. 77
Fayette County Soldiers 180
1
301
Incidents
1 1 303
Pioneers
1
Schools 205
Congress Lands 47
Connecticut Reserve 35, 45
Conspiracy of Pontiac 28
Constitutional Amendments
42, 51
Constitutional Conventions
40
Constitutional History
40, 51
Convenience 325
Conventions, Constitutional 40
Corn-Cracker 97
Corn Huskings 99
134
Coroners
124
Coshocton County
54
Counterfeiting
Counties, Organization of
53
249
County Auditors
121
County Bills, Early
107
County Children's Home 113
County Commissioners
124
County Finances
115
County Government 106
County Infirmary
112
County Jails
110
Explorations, First
25
Concord Township 301
Boundary
301
Churches
225
First Settlers
302
Mills
302
Corn Shows
Criminal Cases, Early 250
Cruel Indian 254
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Finances of County 115
First Court House. 107
First Court in Washington 160
First Explorations
25
First Land Entries
83
First Murder Case.
264
First National Bank
136
First Printing Press in County
149
First Railroad
127
First Surveys
29, 83
First Territorial Legislature.
32
Flood of 1913
270
Formation of Ohio
37
Fort Meigs, Battle of 278
Fountain, Public Drinking
111
Franklin County
57
Fraternal Societies 213
Free and Accepted Masons 213
Free Church Association 238
French and Indian War
27
French Grant
44
French Settlements 26
Friends Society 1
237
I 1 Fulton County 57 I 1
Funk Fight 251 1
G
Gallia County 58
Gardner, Mills 278
Garfield Memorial Services 267
Geauga County 58
Geology
73
Ghormley
325
Glenden
298
Good Hope
1 323
1
Business Interests
324
Churches
235
Farmers Bank
140
Location
323
Population
270
Postoffice 324
Schools
209
1 Survey 323
Government, Territorial 1
30
1 Governors of Ohio 5€
1 Green Township 306 I
Churches
225
Distilleries
310
Mills
310
Green Township-Con.
Organization of 79
Pioneer Sketches 306
Population
269
1
1
E
Schools
206
1
1 Settlement 306 1
Greene County 58 1 1 1 1
Greenville Treaty
37
Guernsey County
1
1
1
57
H
Hamilton County
58,
77
Hancock County 59
Hanging of W. G. W. Smith 250
Hardin County
59
Harper, John James
170
Harrison, Batteal
86,
276
Harrison County
59
Harrison, Richard A.
278
33
Henry County
58
Hermit, A.
105
Hero in Two Wars
200
Highland County
59,
78
Hocking County
60
Hog Cholera
134
1 Hogs Intoxicated 266 1 1
Holmes County
60
Horse Trading
I 259
Hospitals
159
Hunting
100
Huron County
60
I
Independent Order of Odd Fellows_ 216 Indian, A Cruel 254
Indian Tribes 26, 82
Indian Wars
36
Infirmary, County 112
1 Intoxicated Hogs 266
J
Jackson County 60
Jails 110
1
Jasper Mills 298
1 Jasper Station 298 1
F
1
1
1
1
Jasper Township-
Churches 224
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1 1
1
1 1
1
1
I 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Harrison, William Henry
31,
1
1
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Jasper Township-Con.
Organization of 80
Population 269
Schools 205
Settlement
295
Jefferson County 60
Jefferson Township-
Annals 288 I
Churches 224, 234
Mills 290
Organization of 78
Population 269
Schools
204
Settlement
285
Surveys
285
Topography
291
Jeffersonville Business Interests
292
Churches 228, 232, 238
Citizens Bank 140
Farmers Bank
139
Incorporation of
290
Lodge 215, 218 1
Mayors
293
1 Population 269
Postoffice
293
Schools 210 1
Johnson's Crossing 329
Judges 120
Judiciary, the
160
Justices of the Peace 126
K
Knights of Pythias 218
Knights Templar 214
Knox County
61
L
Lake County 63
1 Land Elevation 74
1 Land Entries, First 83 1
Land Grants of Ohio 44 1
Land Surveys
29
Lawrence County 53
Lawyers 161
Legislature. Territorial, First 32
Licking County 62
Lincoln's Proclamation 176
Lodges 213
Logan, Chief 60
Logan County 62 I
Lorain County 62 1 1
Losantiville
35
Lucas County
61
Mc
McKinley Memorial Services
267
M
Madison County 63
Madison Township
339
Boundaries
339
Churches
227, 231, 234
Early Stores
342
Mills
343
1 Organization of 79
Population 269
Schools
208
1
1
Settlement
339
1 Stores, Early 342
Mahoning County 63
Mails, Early
102
Manara
329
Marion County
63
Marion Township
1
326
Boundaries
326
Churches
227
Milling Interests 1
326
Organization of 1
81
Population
269
Schools
208
Settlement 326
272
Marriages, First
264
Masonic Order 213
Maumee Road Lands 47
Maynard, H. B. 169
Medical Profession 150
Medical Society 159
Medina County 63
Meigs County
64
Memorial Hall 178
Memorial Services
267
Mercer County 64
Merchants and Farmers Bank 137
Methodist Episcopal Churches
222
Methodist Protestant Churches.
230
Mexican War
173
1
F
6
Market Quotations 1 1
1
1
I
1
I
285
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Miami County 64
Midland National Bank. 139
Military History of County 172
Military Lands
46
Military Record of Ohio
42
Militia Muster Days
173
Milliken's Dam Destroyed. 103, 262
Mills and Milling
97
P
Paint Township 330
Boundaries
330
1
Churches
235
Incidents
332
Organization of 79 1 1
Population 269 1 1 1
208
1 1 Postmasters 1 1
141
Settlement 330
Pancoastburg 344
66
Paulding County
272
Peoples and Drovers Bank.
138
Peoples Bank, Bloomingburg
141
66
Perry County
312
Churches 225, 237
313
Milling Interests 1
315
Officers, First
Organization of
81
Population
207
Schools
1
1
1
312
Settlement
264
Petrified Log
151
Physicians of the County
66
Pickaway County
102
Pigeon Roosts
67
Pike System
114
Pioneer Incidents
I 104
Pioneer Life
Pioneer Wedding 1
96
1 1 Plymouth 298
49
Ohio-Erie Canal
35
44
Ohio, Original Boundaries
37
1 1 Pontiac's Conspiracy 28 1
1 1 1 Population Statistics 268
Population, Territorial
33
Ohio's Military Record
42
Ohio's Natal Day 38
Portage County
66
Oldest Church in County. 240
Ordinance of 1787 29
Organization of Counties
53
Organization of Fayette County.
77
Organization of Northwest Terri-
tory
31
Original Townships
78
Ottawa County
66
Ministerial Lands
48
Miscellaneous Items
299
Milledgeville
Bank
141
Beginnings 1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
269
Population
300
Milledgeville Bank
65
Montgomery County
55
1 Moons 309
1 1 Moravian Grant 47
Morgan County 65
65
Morrow County
1
Murder Case, the First 1
264
1 1 1 1 Muskington County 65
Muster Days
173
N
New Holland 329
New Lexington 332, 337
New Martinsburg 314
Newspapers
142
Noble County
66
Northwest Territory
25, 31,
33
Octa 299
Odd Fellows 216
Ohio Admitted to the Union. 38
Ohio Created 37
Politics in the State
1
1
117
Politics of County. 1 I
1
1
I
1
1
1
L
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
220
1
1
I
1
I
1
Ť 1
1
1
1
1
299
Business Interests
300
Schools
1
1
J
1
1
1
269
I
1
1
1
1
Ohio Politics 49
Preble County
67
Presbyterian Churches
1
1
Perry Township
Indian Scare
1
312
Pike County
90
Ohio Land Company 34.
1
245
Monroe County
Pensioners, Blind
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Present Court House 109
Present Physicians 158
Present Railroads 1
129
Shelby County 68
Sheriffs 123
Sickness in Early Days 102
Snider, "Uncle Billy" 274
Soldiers from Fayette County 180
Spanish-American War
43, 199
Stark County
68
State Boundary Lines. 51
State Capital Permanently Located. 40
State History 25
State Military Record 42
State Politics
49
State Senators
118
Statistics, Agricultural I
1 131 1
Staunton
303
Stock Raising
130
Stock Sales
258
Streams
73
Summit County 68
Superintendent of Schools 124
Surveyors, County
124
Surveys, First
29,
83
Symmes Purchase
34,
45
T
Taverns
99, 321
Temperance Crusade 245
Territorial Capitals 39
Territorial County Organization. 35
Territorial Government
30
Territorial Legislature, First. 32
The Press
142
Topography 73
Township Schools 20-4
Townships, Original 78
Townships, Present 1 80
1 Transportation 127
Treasurers, County 122
Treaty of Greenville 37 1
Trumbull County 69
Turnpike Lands
48
Tuscarawas County
70
Scioto County 1
69
Second Court House 108 1 1 1 1
Secret Societies I
1 213
Seldon Station 1
1 300
Senators, State 118
Seneca County 69
Settlement, Early 82
Settlers, Early 84
Present Townships
80
Presidential Vote
117
Presiding Judges 120
Press, First Printing 149
Probate Judges
123
Prosecuting Attorneys
123
Public Drinking Fountain 111
Putnam County
67
Q
Quebec Act
28
R
Railroad, the First 127
Railroads, Present 129
Recorders, County 122
Refugee Tract
46
Related State History
25
Religious History
220
Reminiscences
274
Representative Government 31
Representatives
119
Revolutionary Period 28
Revolutionary Soldiers
178
Richland County
68
Riot of 1894 1 1 1
261
Roads, County
114
Robberies 106
Rock Formations 1
74
Rockville 325
Ross County
67.
77
Royal Arch Masons
214
S
St. Clair, Arthur 31, 33, 36
Salt Sections
48
Sandusky County 68
School Houses 202 1 1
School Sections 49 1
U
Union County
70
Union Township-
Boundary
282
1
1
1
1
1
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Union Township-Con.
Drainage 282
Organization of 79
Population
269
Settlement
282
Topography
282
United Brethren Churches 234
Universalist Church
238
V
Van Wert County 70
Vinton County 70
Virginia Military District.
35,
46
Votes on Constitution 40
W
War Enrollments 177
War for Independence 28
War, French and Indian 27
War Mass Meetings 177
Warren County
71
Wars, Indian
36
Washington County
70,
77
Washington C. H.
346
136
Cemetery
359
Churches. 220, 222, 230, 232, 236, 239
City Finances
351
Council Proceedings
352
Cyclone of 1885
362
Description, Early 348
Early Events
349
Fire Department
351
Fire of 1911
363
First Business Interests 347
Library 364
Lodges
213
Manufacturing Industries 352
Mayors
350
Municipal Affairs 350
Washington C. H .- Con.
Name 346
Natural Gas 358
Officers, City 350
Old Times
353
Population 269
Postoffice History 360
Present Industries
359
Proposed Car Lines 358
357
Schools 203, 210
Survey Y. M. C. A. 242
Washington Sav. Bk. and Tr. Co.
138
Water Courses
73
Waterloo
344
Wayne, Gen. Anthony. 37
Wayne Centralized School 209
77
Wayne Township
319
Churches 226
Indian Horrors 321
Oldest White Settlement. 319
Organization of 79
Pioneers 319
Population
269
1
Schools
209
Taverns, Early 321 I I
Wedding, Pioneer 96 1
White Men, First 25 I 1
Williams County
71
1
Williams, Marshall J. J
280
Wood County
71
Wyandot County
71
Y
Young Men's Christian Association __ 242
Z
Zane Sections
48
Sales Stables
346
Wayne County 71,
Banks
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Adams, Jared F. 386
Allen, David 486
Allen, Ephraim L. 654
Allen, Frank M
656
Allen, George 726 1
Allen, Joel A. 576 1
I
Allen, Ralph
650
Allen, William Wagner.
622
Anderson, John Wesley 412
Andrews, Robert G.
459
Arnott, Joseph M.
747
B
Baer, Clarence N. 646
Baker, John Morgan 727
Barnes, John L.
659
Baughn, Leondis
591
Beatty, Scott
715
Binegar, Hugh W. 652
Black, Dr. Francis Marion 718
Bostwick, William Clay 490
Brock, Glenn Hire
608
Brock, Orville C.
510
Brown, Harrison F.
380
Brown, Roy E., M. D
464
Brown, Tolen E. 406
Browne, Charles St. Clair
617
Brownell, Charles Herbert 748
Brownell, Henry Barnett
750
Bryant, Abner J.
586
Bush, Edward L.
455
C
Campbell, James W. 753
Campbell, William M. 722
Cannon, Urban W.
562
Carr, Salathiel H.
597
Casey, Henry
451
Clemans, Rev. F. M 664
Clover, Thomas H.
475
Cockerill, Edward E. 704
Cockerill, Luther G. 638
Coffey, Charles F.
384
Coffman, Lewis Clark
426
Coil, Jacob H. 594
Cole, James 600
Cook, Benjamin Franklin 466
Cook, Clyde
636
Corbitt, Samuel Morgan 560
Couch, John G.
487
Craig, David S.
370
Craig, Eli 370 1
Craig, John 1 414
Creamer, Charles Crum 472 1
1
Creamer, Michael C.
488
1
Creamer, Nathan
I
1
429
Creamer, Wallace
496
1
Creath, O. Wade
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