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HISTORY
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Hancock County, Ohio.
phiral and Statistical.
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- BY - JACOB A. SPAYTHE. 1
TRADES HUECO SINNIOR COUNCIL
THE B F WADE PRINTING CO TOLEDO
1903
HISTORY
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Hancock County, Ohio.
Geographical and Statistical.
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- BY - JACOB A. SPAYTHE.
TRADES PLLABEL COUNCIL
THE B F WADE PRINTING CO TOLEDO
1903
THE LICHANY OF DONCHENG, Two CON WICKIM IFC 21 103 GROVDIAST ENTRY Dec. 31-1903 CLASS a XXo No. 75941 COPY R.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Abstract of Personal Property
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Abstract of Duplicates - -
180
Auditors of Hancock County
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Bar of Hancock County
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Banks
125
Births and Deaths-Statistics
190 99
Churches
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Commissioners
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Clerks
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Decennial Census of Hancock County - -
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Enumeration of School Youths - 188
First Entry of Land in Each Township - - I53
First School House and Church in Each Township
193
First Settler in Each Township
194
Gas and Oil Industry -
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Hancock County in the War of 1812
41
Hancock County Pioneers
47
Hancock County in the Mexican War
55
Hancock County in the Civil War
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Hancock County Agricultural Society
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Hancock County in the War with Spain -
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Indians in Hancock County
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Infirmary of Hancock County
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109 165
Jails of Hancock County
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Labor Organizations 129
Location and Incorporation of Villages -
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Legislators for Hancock County -
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Mound Builders in Hancock County -
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Marriages and Divorces -
191
Miscellaneous Officials
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Newspapers of Hancock County
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Physicians -
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Probate Judges -
166
Prosecuting Attorneys
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Railroads
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Recorders -
167
Roster of Hancock County Soldiers in the Civil War 201
Roll of Honor 286
Roster of Hancock County Soldiers in Spanish American War 307 Relics from " Indian Green " 311
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Court Houses
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Coroners
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Infirmary Directors
Organization and Formation of County
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Surface, Soil and Drainage
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Schools
I33
Sheriffs
168 168
Surveyors
School Examiners
169 61
The Underground Railroad
151
The Grand Army
170
Treasurers
" The First "
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Tax Laws
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Brehm, George
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Burket, Jacob F. Hon.
City Hall, Findlay
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Court House-First -
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Court House-Second
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Court House-Present
Court House-Present
County Jail-First
County Jail-Present
109
Central School Building
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Central Avenue Maple Grove Cemetery
144
English Lutheran Church, Findlay
Fort Findlay
Fountain, Maple Grove Cemetery
First Frame Residence in Hancock County
First Brick Residence in Hancock County
Findlay College
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Members of Hancock County Bar Association
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Main Entrance, Maple Grove Cemetery
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Michnewitsch, Joseph
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Methodist Church, Findlay
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Orphan's Home
56 147
Presbyterian Church, Findlay
Residence of Superintendent of Maple Grove Cemetery
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Relics from " Indian Green "
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South Avenue, Maple Grove Cemetery
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View of Central Part of Findlay, 1846
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View of Main Street, Findlay, by Gaslight
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Woods, John A. 63
148 42 92 98 98 140
High School Building, Findlay
Mungen, William, Hon.
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Mortuary Chapel, Maple Grove Cemetery
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View of Main Street, Findlay
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IO2 106 107 IO8
County Infirmary
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
Historians write history gathered from actual facts; novelists and poets write imaginative stories based upon some actual fact or some presumed occur- rence mingled with flowery language, created for pleasure to the reader. But here is a book which is placed before a somewhat limited number of liberty-loving people, which is intended neither for pleasure nor flowery language. The highest aim of this work is to place before the people of Hancock county a few facts and figures showing the gradual increase of all branches of industry, coupled with the increase of population, wealth, and (last but not least) taxes. Another object of this work is to give a brief and accurate geographical history of the county, wnich ought to be of interest to every person within the limits of our county. Too much is taught in our public schools regarding Europe, Asia, Africa, and all foreign countries, when at the same time these same teachers, as well as those in whose minds these facts are being instilled, do not know the geography or princi- pal historical facts regarding our little local political division at home.
The contents of this volume is not in any of its parts original with the author, or more properly, the compiler, except as to arrangement, which fact alone is not above reproach. Every source available was searched to its very depths, and after these means were exhausted, the knowing brain and willing hand of friends were brought into action, and the fruits of their efforts embodied in this work. The sectional map near the close of the first chapter is the artistic work of John W. S. Riegle, ex-county surveyor, and present city civil engineer, and to him I am greatly indebted for his kindness and liberality in furnishing this one lesson in local history, for such it is, if the reader will carefully study the same.
Whoever expects to find this volume entirely free from defects, has but little acquaintance with the difficulties ever attendant upon procuring such material. Although we have taken the best available means to insure accuracy, yet from a variety of causes, unnecessary here to specify, some errors may have occurred. If anything materially wrong is discovered, it is unintentional on the part of the writer, and is probably due to lack of time in ascertaining the facts, and also due to the hurried manner in which the writer was, through necessity, compelled to complete his work. To all who have aided me, some of whom have spent much time and research, we feel under lasting obligations, and are enabled by their assistance to present to the researching public of our somewhat limited domain a far better work than could otherwise have been produced.
JACOB A. SPAYTHE.
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JOHN HANCOCK.
JOHN HANCOCK.
John Hancock, in whose honor Hancock county was named, was one of the leading spirits of 1776 who sent forth the immortal Declaration of Independence, an instrument whose clarion notes rang throughout every nation, causing the spark of freedom to burn with renewed hope in the hearts of oppressed humanity. Bearing the relation to this distinguished patriot that the people of Hancock county do, and associated as his memory is with their homes, it is not inappropriate here to give a short biographical sketch of one who contributed so much to the establishment of our free government and whose heroic statue so proudly sur- inounts our magnificent court house.
John Hancock was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, January 23, 1737. He graduated at Harvard college in 1754, and then entered his uncle's counting house in Boston. When in his twenty-seventh year his uncle died, and he inherited his business and much of his property. The position of an enterprising and successful merchant, in those days, was one of considerable importance, and gave him a prominent place in society. He was "easy and engaging in his manners, liberal in the employment of his wealth, turning his influence to good account, apt and ready to serve the public." In the commencement of the difficulties with England he was among the foremost of the band of patriots who announced their determination to consecrate both their wealth and lives to the cause of liberty, and in the discussion of the best method of expelling the British troops from Boston, he exclaimed : "Burn Boston and make John Hancock a beggar, if the public good requires it." In 1774 he was elected to the first provincial congress, at Concord, and was chosen its president. Ill health prevented his being sent to the continental congress at Philadelphia that year, but the following season he was added to the Massachusetts delegation. At this time Governor Gage, the British commandant at Boston, issued a proclamation, offering pardon to all rebels, save and except John Hancock and Samuel Adams, the offenses of whom, in the language of the proclamation, were "of too flagitous a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment." This denunciation, which was regarded as a mark of distinction by the patriots, gave Hancock a capital introduction to the continental congress, which body, on the resignation of Peyton Randolph, chose him as its president, and in this capacity he affixed his bold signature to the Declaration of Independence. In 1779, Hancock, im- pelled by ill health, resigned his seat in congress and the same year served as a member of the Massachusetts convention at Cambridge, for the formation of a state constitution. Upon the adoption of the instrument, he was chosen gov- ernor, and was annually thereafter elected to that office, with the exception of the term of George Bowdain, in 1786, during the remainder of his life. He retained his popularity to the last, and died in office as governor of Massachusetts, October 8, 1793. in his fifty-seventh year. Such was the man for whom Hancock county has the proud honor of having been named.
COLONEL JAMES FINDLAY.
COLONEL JAMES FINDLAY.
Colonel James Findlay was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1770. His parents were Samuel and Jane (Smith) Findlay, who reared a family of six sons : John, William, James, Jonathan, Thomas and Nathan, all of whom became prominent and distinguished men. In politics they were Democrats, and held office cí distinction under that party, but in after years James became a Whig. He mar- ried Miss Jane Irwin, and about 1795 moved to Ohio, traveling on horseback by way of Virginia and Kentucky, and settling in Cincinnati, then a small village. Here for a number of years he filled the position of receiver of public moneys in the land office. In 1805-6 he served as mayor of Cincinnati, and again 1810-II. When the war of 1812 broke out he was commissioned as colonel of a regiment, which was the advance guard of General William Hull's army on its march from the Scioto river to the Maumee. On'this march he began the erection of Fort Findlay, named in his honor, and from which the city of Findlay derives its name. For meritorious conduct in the war of 1812, Colonel Findlay was after- ward promoted to the rank of brigadier-general of the state militia, in which ca- pacity he served for a considerable period. Colonel Findlay was the member of congress from Hamilton county from 1825 to 1833. In 1834 he was the Whig and Anti-Masonic candidate for governor of Ohio, but was defeated by Robert Lucas. and died the following year. Naturally reserved in his manner, he presented to strangers an air of austerity; but to those who knew him he was the soul of kindness and geniality. Colonel Findlay possessed great decision of character. was just in all his dealings, and maintained through life an unsullied reputation.
CHAPTER I.
ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION OF COUNTY.
Hancock county, named in honor of John Hancock of colonial fame, has a history which dates back as far as the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, May 13, 1607. Through the enterprising efforts of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, the scheme of establishing a colony in Virginia took form, although previous efforts had failed, and James I became interested to the extent that on April 10, 1606, he completed the royal charter, which afterwards remained as a solid foothold on the soil of the Northwest Territory until ceded to the United States. In 1609 the boundaries of the land granted by the original charter were extended and enlarged, and was made to embrace the territory two hundred miles north and two hundred miles south of Old Point Comfort, the mouth of James river, and to reach "up into the land from sea to sea." This was the original charter under which Virginia held at the time of the formation of the federal constitution in 1788. But that portion of the territory which lies northwest of the Ohio was ceded by Virginia four years prior, thus reducing the radius of her domain. On March I, 1784. Thomas Jefferson and others, who were appointed as delegates by Virginia, made the cession of all her rights, title and interest in the northwest territory to the United States, and on the same day the deed of cession was accepted by con- gress. Thus it can readily be seen that the western claims of Virginia were the most sweeping and were founded upon the oldest historical documents, and that the territory now embraced within the limits of Hancock county was a part of old Virginia and also part of the original thirteen colonies, as shown in the fol- lowing map.
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When the Northwest Territory was ceded to the United States by Virginia, in 1784, it embraced only the territory lying between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and north to the northern limits of the United States. It coincided with the area now embraced in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon- sin, and that portion of Minnesota lying on the east side of the Mississippi river. The United States itself at that period extended no farther west than the Missis- sippi river, but by the purchase of Louisiana in 1803, the western boundary of the United States was extended to the Rocky mountains and the Northern Pacific ocean. This territory was, as early as 1673, claimed by France, and was in- cluded in that vast region generally known as Louisiana. That portion afterward know as "The Northwest Territory" was held and claimed by France until the conquest of the French possessions by Great Britain. when it was finally ceded to Great Britain, by the treaty of Paris, in 1763. This territory was held and governed by Great Britain in the form of colonies, but subject to the treacherous dictations of King George, until 1776, when the colonies renounced their allegiance to the British crown, and sustained their renunciation with powder and ball, com- pelling old Mother England to sue for peace, which was granted by the treaty of peace signed at Paris, September 3, 1783.
By means of this treaty, the claims of Great Britain, France and Spain to the territory northwest of the Ohio were virtually withdrawn. Nevertheless there was a question of ownership among the states. Virginia, New York, Massa- chusetts and Connecticut claimed it in whole or in part. Already the articles of confederation had been drawn and it was these conflicting claims that caused the delay in ratifving the articles of confederation. Congress, unwilling to decide between them, urged all the claimants to yield their claims. New York led the way in the matter of cessions. On the first day of March, 1781, her delegates made an absolute surrender of her claims. On the same day the delegates of Maryland signed the articles of confederation, thus making the Union formally complete. The other cessions followed, though not as rapidly as was hoped.
In March, 1784. Virginia ceded all her claims, reserving the region between the Scioto and Little Miami rivers. The next year came the cession of Massa- chusetts ; and in September, 1786, Connecticut also ceded her claims, excepting the region called "The Western Reserve," which was not ceded until May 30, 1800.
But these were not the only claims which had to be satisfied prior to the commencement of settlement within the limits of Ohio. Numerous tribes of Indians, by priority of possession, asserted their respective claims which also had to be extinguished. This was done by the treaty of Fort Stanwix, October 27, 1784, and Fort McIntosh, January 21, 1785.
Now that the Northwest Territory belonged to the United States, an ordi- nance for the government of the territory was drawn and adopted by the congress of the United States, July 13, 1787. By authority from the provisions of the above mentioned ordinance, Governor St. Clair began to make divisions of "The North West Territory" into counties. among which was Wayne County, estab-
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lished by proclamation issued August 13, 1796. "It began at the mouth of Cuya- hoga river, and extended south along the western boundary of Washington to Fort Lawrence; then west to the eastern boundary of Hamilton ; thence west-north to site of Fort Wayne; thence west-north to southern part of Lake Michigan : thence along its shores to northwest part thereof, including the lands upon the streams falling into the lake ; thence due north to the territorial boundary of Lake Superior, and with said boundary through Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie, to the place of beginning.
This vast region, then known as Wayne county, included the northwestern portion of what is now the state of Ohio; the eastern portion of Indiana, and the whole of Michigan ; and it remained as such until the admission of Ohio into the Union as a state in 1803; then that portion of the so-called Wayne county in- cluded in the limits of Ohio was divided into various counties under the state government.
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ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION OF COUNTY.
The northwest portion of Ohio remained unorganized until February 12. 1820. Prior to this time it had remained part of the old unorganized counties and under the jurisdiction of the same. On the 12th day of February, 1820, the gen- eral assembly of Ohio passed an "Act for the erection of certain counties named therein." In that act we find the following reference to Hancock county : fifth to include townships one and two south, and one and two north in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth ranges, and to be known by the name of Hancock county." Section 2 of the same act provided, "That the counties of Hancock, Henry, Putnam, Paulding and Williams shall be attached to the county of Wood."
March 4, 1822, the following order was made by the commissioners of Wood county : "Ordered by the board that the township of Waynesfield, within the jurisdiction of the county of Wood. be co-extensive with the boundaries of Wood and Hancock, and to include the same."
May 28, 1823, the commissioners of Wood county ordered that "So much of the township of Waynesfield as is included in the unorganized county of Han- cock be set off and organized, and the same is hereby organized into a township by the name of Findlay, and that the election for township officers be held on the first day of July, A. D. 1823, at the house of Wilson Vance, in the said township."
The first record of the township is that of the election of April 5, 1824, at which time there were 18 votes cast, and that Job Chamberlin, Wilson Vance and Jacob Poe were elected trustees : Matthew Reighly, clerk; Wilson Vance, as- sessor ; Philip McKinnis, constable; John Hunter and John Gardner, fence view- ers ; Robert McKinnis and William Moreland, overseers of the poor; and Job Chamberlin, Sr., treasurer. Not much necessity for county treasurer in those days, nor much salary for collecting taxes, when the total amount of tax duplicate for 1826 was $56.12.
But during these years of dependency on Wood county and the inconvenience of transacting business so far from home, the difficult way of traveling and the dangers that the settlers were at any moment likely to encounter, settlements were being formed in all parts of the township; the dense forests were being broken here and there by clearings; neighbors were getting closer, and in fact the population of the county had increased so rapidly that the people felt that they had become strong enough to maintain an independent organization ; and not only had the people become awakened to this fact, but the general assembly of the state of Ohio. On the 21st day of January, 1828, the general assembly of Ohio passed an act entitled "An act to organize the county of Hancock," of which the following are some of its provisions :
"Sec. I. That the county of Hancock as heretofore laid off, and the same shall be and is hereby organized into a separate and distinct county, and suits and prosecutions which shall be pending, and all crimes which shall have been com- mitted within said county of Hancock previous to its organization, shall be prose- cuted to final judgment and execution within the county of Wood, in the same
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manner they would have been had the county of Hancock not been organ- ized ; and the sheriff, coroner and constables of Wood county shall execute within the county of Hancock such process as shall be necessary to carry into effect such suits, prosecutions and judgments ; and the treasurer of Wood county shall col- lect all such taxes as shall have been levied and imposed within the county of Hancock previous to the taking effect of this act.
"Sec. 2. That all justices of the peace and constables within the said county of Hancock shall continue to execute the duties of their respective offices in the same manner as if the county of Hancock had remained attached to the county of Wood.
"Sec. 3. That on the first Monday of April next the legal voters within the county of Hancock shall assemble within their respective townships at the place of holding elections, and shall elect their several county officers, who shall hold their offices until the next annual election.
"This act shall take effect from and after the first day of March next."
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