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, Part 2

Author: Rusler, William, 1851-; American Historical Society (New York)
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago ; New York : The American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 598


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Disastrous Fires, I, 397 District Health Commissioners, I, 260 District Tubercular Hospital, I, 501 Dixie Highway, I, 327


Dixon, Francis L., II, 175 Domestic Science Club, I, 524 Donovan, Benjamin R., II, 239 Dorsey, Earl C., II, 183 Dotson, S. Otis, II, 253 Downing, Frank H., II, 146 Drainage laws, I, 228


Drake, F. W., II, 347 Driver, Perry M., II, 224


Dudgeon, James H., II, 293 Dudley massacre, I, 112 Duffy, Frank E., II, 218 Durocs (illustration), I, 233


Eagy, Chauncey O., II, 109


Eagy, Harry C., II, 109 Early, Elmer, II, 173


Early, Samuel B., II, 296


Early doctors, I, 370


Early judges, I, 86 Early Lima, I, 199 Early roads, I, 89


Early schools, I, 298


Early settlers, I, 181


Early social life, I, 371


Early traveling reminiscence, I, 536


Eastern Star, I, 409


Eckert, Charles E., II, 37


Eilerman, Henry J., II, 104 Eisteddfod, I, 402, 414


Electric lines, I, 337


Eley, Isam, II, 334 Elida, I, 191, 212


Elida Pioneer Association, I, 274


Elida Town Hall (illustration), I, 190


Elks, I, 411 Elks Hussar Band, I, 420


Emans, John F., II, 24


Emig, Richard F., II, 30


Enslen, John H., II, 141


Episcopalians, I, 286


Erie and Miami Canal, I, 332


Erie Canal, I, 194, 209


Erie Railroad, I, 337


Erie Shops at Lima (illustration), I, 334 Evans, Evan A., II, 104


Evans, Minor, II, 179


Everett, Emmit E., II, 167


Eversole, John E., II, 307


Eversole, William H., II, 303


Excelsior Club, I, 526


Eysenbach, Wendell, I, 419


Fallen Timbers, I, 57, 70


Falls of the Ohio, I, 29


Farm agents, I, 244


Farm Bureau, I, 426 Farmers' Institute, I, 426


Farm lands, valuation of, I, 495


Farm survey, I, 495 Faurot, B. C., I, 337, 341, 345 Faurot Opera House, I, 428; (illustra- tion), I, 429 Faurot or City Park, I, 268, 400


Federal Reserve Bank figuregram, I, 487 Feightner, Lewis E., II, 67 Feltz, George, I, 419 Fess, Charles L., II, 140


Fetter, Jacob L., II, 171 Finance, I, 482 Finley, Edward C., II, 343


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Fire Department, I, 395; motorized, I, 398 Fire Fighters' Bucket Brigade, I, 391 First Allen County courthouse bell, I, 395 First centralized school in Ohio, I, 302 First Courthouse, Erected 1832 (illus- tration), I, 248


First Fort Miami, I, 3


First official maps, I, 6


First sewer, I, 534


First steam locomotive, I, 335


First white child born in Allen county, I, 194


First white child born in Shawnee, I, 533


Fishel, Simon S., II, 71


Fisher, Harold, II, 107


Flax-Brake (illustration), I, 238


Fletcher, Howard T., II, 106


Floral Guild, I, 524


Folsom, Clarence H., II, 330


Foltz, George W., II, 320


Forbes Road, I, 323


Ford, Edward J., II, 266


Fort Adams, I, 88


Fort Amanda, I, 175, 437; industries at, I, 176; shipyard industry, I, 176; a place of safety, I, 177


Fort Amanda blockhouse, I, 173


Fort Amanda Hospital, I, 496


Fort Amanda Monument, dedication of, I, 177; (illustration), I, 178


Fort Barbee (St. Marys), I, 97


Fort Defiance, I, 65, 77, 88, 97, 99


Fort Defiance, as it Appears Today (il- lustration), I, 66 Fort Deposit, I, 70


Fort Head of the Auglaize, I, 88


Fort Industry, I, 89


Fort Laurens, I, 38


Fort Loramie, I, 88


Fort McIntosh Council, I, 45


Fort Meigs, I, 106; (illustration), I, 109


Fort Meigs, capture of, I, 115


Fort Miami, as It Is Today (illustra- tion), I, 74 Fort Miami, first, I, 3


Fort Pontchartrain, I, 9


Fort Recovery, I, 88


Fort Stephenson, I, 117


Fort Winchester, I, 101; abandoned, I, 121


Forts in the Maumee Valley, I, 88 Foust, William F., II, 250


Frances E. Willard Women's Christian Temperance Union, I, 525 Fraternal Order of Eagles, I, 411 Fraunfelter, Clarence J., II, 214 Fraunfelter, James, II, 54 Frederick, William A., II, 190 Free and Accepted Masons, I, 409 French, Sinus O., II, 117 French Hotel, I, 422 French traders, I, 324 Fridley, William C., II, 210 Frontier warfare, I, 106 Frueh, Adolph, II, 235 Fulton, John, I, 125 Fulton Line, I, 124


Gage, Arthur M., II, 95 Gallant, William H., II, 37 Gallaspie, Henry, II, 321


Gamble, A. L., II, 25


Gamble, Charles D., II, 134


Garford Truck and Manufacturing Com- pany, I, 209


Garling, H. E., II, 152


Garrigus, Claude M., II, 97


Gas, artificial and natural, I, 398


Geddes, James, I, 331


General Wayne's Route Maumee (illustration), I, 62


Along the


German newspapers, I, 316


Gethsemane Cemetery, I, 555


Girls' Welfare Club, I, 525


Girls' Welfare League, I, 524


Girty, Simon, I, 35


Girty Brothers, I, 35


Gist, Christopher, I, 13


Glaciers, Influence of, I, 163


Gomer, I, 211


Good, Christian, II, 301


Good, Henry, II, 271


Good roads, I, 321


Goodbye to the Old Hunting Grounds (illustration), I, 137


Good Templars Lodge, I. 380


Goode, Patrick G., I, 200, 285, 293


Gottfried, Lewis E., II, 57


Gottfried, Mary L., II, 57


Gottshall, William S., II, 11


Gongh, John B., I, 380


Governors Ferris of Michigan and Willis of Ohio, with a Boundary Stone Between Them (illustration), I, 439


Graham, Charles A., II, 22


Graham farmstead, I, 492


Gramm, Benjamin A., II, 7


Gramm-Bernstein Company, I, 453


Grand Army of the Republic posts, I, 446


G. A. R. Monument, Lafayette (illustra- tion), I, 446


Grange, The, I, 241, 426


Greater Lima, I, 268


Green, Ora M., II, 60


Greenland, Thomas W., II, 150


Green Mountain Boys, I, 169


Greenville Treaty, I, 70


Gregg, Robert T., II, 114


Grindie, Harvey D., II, 281


Grosjean, James E., II, 131 Grubb, Thomas, II, 312


Haas, George L., II, 333 Habits and customs of the people, I, 232


Haines, John B., II, 76


Halfhill, James W., II, 24


Hall, Ashford D., II, 290


Hall, Burdetta F., II, 346


Hall, Eugene T., II, 340 Hall, George, II, 5


Hall, Isaac J., II, 199


Hall, William W., II, 346


Hamilton, Harry H., II, 89


Hamilton, Jesse H., II, 9 Hamilton, Thomas R., II, 156


Hanes, Charles E., II, 197 Hardesty, William A., II, 171


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Harley, John A., II, 84 Harman, Francis E., II, 143 Harmar, Joshua, I, 47 Harmar campaign, I, 44 Harmar expedition, I, 49 Harpster, Amos, II, 198 Harpster, Frank, II, 198 Harris, Roscoe B., II, 190 Harris, William, I, 124 Harris Line, I, 124 Harrison, William Henry, I, 85, 92, 96, 106, 436; (illustration), I, 98 Harrison Boulder, I, 162 Harrod, I, 191, 212


Harrod, Albert M., II, 327


Harrod, Cliff, II, 162


Harrod, John R., II, 150


Hartline, Joseph C., II, 202


Hartzler, Wallace H., II, 118 Haverstick, Thomas J., II, 247 Hawk, Jacob, I, 194


Hawthorne Club, I, 524


Hay, Clyde K., II, 322


Hay, Virgil H., II, 80


Heatwole, William I., II, 241


Hefner, Henry, II, 171


Heidlebaugh, Perry F., II, 299 Heiniger, Homer K., II, 223


Helms, David F., II, 28 HeIser, James G., II, 309


Helser, Thomas L., II, 306 Henne, George, II, 90


Hensler, Gotlieb W., II, 225


Hereford Cattle (illustration), I, 229 Herold, Harmon, II, 47 Herr, Peter C., II, 298


Herrett, Arthur M., II, 216


Herrmann, John C., II, 193


Higgins, Emanuel H., II, 230 Highest point in Allen County, I, 225 High Schools, I, 305


Highways, I, 321 Hill, Alice M., II, 4 Hilty, Homer J., II, 279


Hirn, Adam, II, 40


Hirn, Frederick, II, 71


Histories, Allen County, I, 517


Hoch, Charles H., II, 335


Hochstettler, John C., II, 21 Hofer, James H., II, 102


Hoffman, W. S., II, 301 Holland, Fred 'A., II, 162


Holland, Rolla B., II, 17 Holland, William J., II, 342 Holmes, Clarence O., II, 211 Holtzapple, Oscar W., II, 58


Home Guards, Civil War, I, 411, 443 Home Nursing Department American Red Cross, I, 524 Home Protective League, I, 243


Hooker, Herbert T., II, 234 Hooker, John R., II, 234 Hoover, Hiram, II, 111 Horn, Raymond R., II, 123 Horner, Harry C., II, 163 Hospitals, I, 496 Hotel Cambridge, I, 423 Hotel Norval, I, 421 Hotel Uhlen, I, 423 Hotels, I, 421


Hotz, William, II, 326 House of the Lord, I, 281 Hover, Alfred C., II, 267 Hover, Charles A., II, 73 Hover, David E., II, 100 Hover, Ezekiel, II, 129 Hover, Frank H., II, 270


Hover, James A., I, 341


Hover, Joseph O., II, 348


Hover, Roy H., II, 50


Hover Park, I, 268, 400 Howard, Franklin B., 1I, 51


Howard, Guy, II, 215 Howe, Henry, I, 517


Howe, J. Smith, II, 32


Hoyt, Anna S., II, 193 Hoyt, James W., II, 193


Huber, Dorsey B., II, 86


Huffer, William, II, 277 Hughes, Charles M., I, 358


Hughes, D. Wilson, II, 115


Hughes, Homer H., II, 217


Hughes, Mrs. Kent W., I, 311


Hughes, Perry, II, 324


Hull, William, I, 94 Hullibarger, Charles B., II, 59


Hulsken, Peter M., II, 83 Hume, Kempton and Snyder, I, 209 Humphreys, Evan C., II, 276 Hunters' licenses, I, 227 Huntley, Joseph H., II, 130 Hurley, Edna D., II, 248


Illustrations : Coureur de Bois, I, 5; Indians in canoes, I, 12; Pontiac, I, 16; Map of United States in 1783, I, 31; Torture and Death of Colonel Craw- ford, I, 33; Territory of U. S. north- west of Ohio River, 1787, I, 46; Mau- mee Towns Destroyed by General Harmar, I, 48; Gen. Arthur St. Clair, I, 52; "Mad Anthony" Wayne, I, 60; General Wayne's Route Along the Maumee, I, 62; Fort Defiance as It Appears Today, I, 66; Plan Illustrat- ing the Battles of the Maumee, I, 72; Fort Miami as It Is Today, I, 74; Signatures to the Greenville Treaty, I, 80; Little Turtle, I, 82; Map of Wayne County, Organized 1796, 1, 85; Ohio Counties, 1799, I, 86 ; Ohio Coun- ties, 1802, I, 87; Tecumseh, I, 91 ; Gen. William Henry Harrison, I, 98; Fort Meigs, I, 109; Goodbye to the Old Hunting Grounds, I, 137; Indians and Pioneers, I, 139; Indian Arrow Heads, I, 142; Indian Portage, I, 145; Wig- wams, I, 154; Map of Northwest Ter- . ritory, I, 167; Blockhouse at Fort Amanda, I, 173; Last Indian Apple- tree, Shawnee, I, 175; Fort Amanda Monument, I, 178; Pht's Cabin in Shawnee, I, 182; Council House of Shawnees, Hog Creek Tribe, I, 184; In the Lima Public Square, 1917, Now in Lincoln Park, I, 187; Town Hall, Elida, I, 190; an Old House in Allen County, I, 192; Quaint Homestead and Board Walk in Lafayette, I, 193 ; High School, Delphos, I, 195; Waterworks,


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Delphos, I, 196; Public Hall at Del- phos, I, 198; Public Square, Lima, I, 200; When the Lima Public Square Was a Hay Market, I, 202; Street Scenes, Bluffton, I, 204; Old Mill, Bluffton, I, 205; Jackson Street School, Bluffton, I, 206; Pioneer Home of Griffith Breese, 1832, I, 207; Out-of- Door Oven in Shawnee Common 50 Years Ago, I, 208; Schoolhouse, Spen- cerville, I, 210; Picturesque Old Lock on the Miami and Erie Canal, I, 211; Sugar Camp in Shawnee, I, 212; Woman of the Past in Allen County, I, 214; An Old-Time Industry, Weav- ing, I, 215; The Bible the Settler's Daily Portion, I, 217; Mr. and Mrs. Bowsher, I, 218; Old-Time Household Utensils, I, 219; The Wolf a Terror to Settlers, I, 220; Spinning Wheels, I, 221; Ox-Yoke and Tin Lantern, I, 222; Modern Threshing Machine, I, 225; Reclamation of Black Swamp, I. 226; An Unbroken Allen County Forest, I, 227; Hereford Cattle, I, 229; Old-Time Rail Fence, I, 230; Cows in Pasture. I, 231; Bunch of Durocs, I, 233; Sheep, I, 234; Flax- Brake, I, 238; Pioneer Fireplace, I, 240; First Courthouse, Erected 1832, I, 248; Second Courthouse, I, 249; Sheriff's Residence and Allen County Courthouse (1882), I, 252; Isaiah Pillars, I, 256; Main Street North from Square, I, 266; An Um- brella Drill in Lima, I, 276; Old Church, I, 283; St. Matthews Church Subscription, October 1, 1844, I, 289; Central High School, Lima, I, 304; Auditorium, Central High School, I, 306; Cafeteria, Central High School, I, 306; Night School, Central High School, I, 307 ; Newspaper Work, Cen- tral High School, I, 308; Gymnasium, Rest Room and Machine Shop, South High School, I, 310; Home Makers Center, Whittier School, I, 312; When There Were no Automobiles in Lima, I, 322; Conestoga Mode of Travel, I, 324; Travel in the Sixties, I, 327; Be- fore the Days of Rapid Transit, Canal Packet, I, 332; Beginning of Steam Railway Service in America, I, 333; Erie Shops at Lima, I, 334; An Over- head Ohio Electric Car Crossing the Pennsylvania Tracks at Delphos, I, 336; Car Line on North Main Street, I, 338; Calvin S. Brice, I, 339; a Tank Field Near Lima, I, 344; Oil Derricks at Lima, I, 346; Lima Fire Depart- ment, No. 1 Station, I, 394; Lima Lodge No. 54, B. P. O. E., I, 410; Faurot Opera House, I, 429; Capture of Major Andre, I, 433; Governors Ferris of Michigan and Willis of Ohio, with a Boundary Stone Between Them, I, 439; Boundary Stone, I, 440; Camp Lima, Civil War, I, 442; Ar- mory, Spencerville, I, 445; G. A. R. Monument, Lafayette, I, 446; One


Memorial Day in Lima, I, 450; Lib- erty Truck Built in Lima, First Truck Used in the World War, I, 452; Lib- erty Trucks, I, 454; Convoy of Lib- erty Trucks, in Public Square, in Lima, Before Leaving for Washing- ton, I, 456; Operating Room, City Hospital, I, 497; Community Fund Campaign Poster, I, 506; Allen County Children's Home, I, 508; Carnegie Li- brary in Lima, I, 513; One Circus Day in Lima, I, 530; Entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery, I, 555.


Improved Order of Red Men, I, 411 Income Tax, I, 492


Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 223, I, 409


Indian Ambuscades, I, 101


Indian Arrow Heads (illustration), I, 142 Indian captives, I, 144


Indian chiefs, I, 15


Indian confederacy, I, 25, 57


Indian conspiracies, I, 12, 90


Indian councils, I, 45, 47, 59, 155


Indian customs, I, 138


Indian Portage (illustration), I, 145


Indian religious ceremonies, I, 157


Indian reservations, I, 184


Indian sports, I, 138


Indian superstition, I, 148


Indian trails, I, 323


Indian treaties, I, 79, 89, 156, 174


Indian treaty of 1807, 1, 89


Indian tribes, I, 11


Indian wars, I, 25, 30


Indians, I, 136; after the War of 1812, I, 153; removal of, I, 157, 181.


Indians and Pioneers (illustration), I, 139


Indians in Canoes (illustration), I, 12


Institution Visitors, report of County Board of, I, 508


Intellectual life of Allen County, I, 511


Interchurch World Movement, I, 284


Italians in Allen County, I, 280


Jackman, James B, II, 251


Jackman, Wilbert J., II, 252


Jackson, Emmett J., II, 224


Jackson Street School, Bluffton (illus- tration), I, 206


Jackson township, I, 194


Jacobs, James A., II 157


Jacobs, John W., II, 328


Jamestown, founded, I, 2


Jauman, Bernard L., II, 88


Jefferson, Thomas, I, 45


Jenkins, John H., II, 89 Jennings, Benjamin F., II, 284


Jennings, Gail, II, 196


Jennings, Lavina, II, 116


Jewish Ladies Club, I, 524


Jews in Allen County, I, 279


John, Charles E., II, 148 John, Elida, I, 191


John, Isaac W., II, 38


John, Jehu E., II, 243


John, Jehu M., II, 142


John, Jesse C., II, 60


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John, Jesse R., II, 142 Johnny Appleseed, I, 187, 532 Johnson, John R., II, 126 Johnston, Milton L., II, 322 Jolley, James L., II, 75 Jones, Ellis, II, 326 Jones, Everett B., II, 251


Jones, James R., II, 215


Jones, Joseph A., II, 108 Jones, Robert P., II, 41 Judges, I, 86, 251, 353 Judkins, Isaac F., II, 86 June, Orrin S., II, 212


Kahle, Philip A., II, 163 Kay, Howard L., II, 344 Keeth, Johnzy, I, 210, 358


Keeth Hotel, I, 423


Kelley, Frank E., II, 108


Kelley, James C., II, 97


Kelley, Oliver H., I, 241


Kemmer, Robert D., II, 230 Kemp, Ruth D., II, 110


Kemp, Samuel W., II, 109


Kemp, William D., II, 110


Kenton, Simon, I, 27, 39


Kephart, Ross C., II, 158


Kern, Herman F., II, 182 Kern, Peter E., II, 183


Kerr, Rufus A., II, 152


Kettler, August C., II, 92


Kettler, William T., II, 217


Kidder, Henry W. L., II, 106


Kies, Oliver, II, 151 Kill, Joseph J., II, 336 Killing frost, I, 237 Kimes, William T., II, 69


King, George W., II, 83


King, Wallace H., II, 233


Kinn, Thomas N, II, 251


Kipp, Rudolph F., II, 88


Kirk, Edwin L., II, 138 Kitchen, Oliver S., II, 38


Kitts, Charles C., II, 52 Klatte, John H., II, 43 Kleck, Samuel C., II, 56


Klefeker, Samuel B., II, 126


Klinger, William, II, 6


Knapp, Horace S., I, 518, 536 Knights of Columbus, I, 292


Knights of Columbus Recreation Center, I, 408


Knights of Golden Eagle, I, 411


Knights of Pythias, I, 409


Knights of the Maccabees, I, 411


Kocher, D. C. R., II, 176


Komminsk, Frank H., II, 23


Kruse, Charles, II, 221 Kruse, Henry, II, 228


Lackey, Don, II, 301 Lackey, Waldo F., II, 172 Ladies of the Maccabees, I, 411 Lafayette, I, 194, 212


Lafayette ; Quaint Homestead and Board Walk in (illustration), I, 193 Laman, Abram J., 11, 265 Lamison, Charles N., I, 355, 359 Land transportation, difficulties of, I, 90 Landeck, I, 194


Last Indian Appletree, Shawnee (illus- tration), I, 175


Lawrence, Captain, I, 119


Lawyers, I, 353


Leech, Frank M., II, 248 LeFevre, C. Lloyd, II, 208


Lehman, Christian B., II, 74


Leilich, Henry L., II, 269


Leonard, Joseph D., II, 48


Lewis, Dio, I, 382


Lewis, William, I, 104


Liberty truck, I, 453 Liberty Truck, built in Lima, first truck used in World War (illustration), I, 452 Liberty trucks (illustrations), I, 454 Libraries, I, 511


Library, Lima (illustration), I, 513


Lima, early, I, 199; naming of, I, 200; first merchant, I, 201; first mayor, I, 201; population, I, 212; government of, I, 265 ; park system, I, 268; area of, I, 269 ; slogan, I, 269; churches, I, 285; oil, I, 343; mail delivery service, I, 350 ; first mayor, I, 354 ; first surgeon, I, 364


Lima Boosters, I, 523


Lima Business College, I, 313


Lima Chapter of the American Red Cross, I, 500


Lima Choral Society, I, 419


Lima City Band, I, 420


Lima City Hospital, I, 499


Lima City Hospital Society, I, 498


Lima Club, I, 403


Lima College, I, 311


Lima Council Boy Scouts of America, I, 505, 535


Lima Council Community Welfare, I, 505, 509


Lima Day Nursery, I, 509


Lima Driving Park Company, I, 239


Lima Federated clubs, I, 523


Lima Federation of Women's clubs, I, 522 Lima Gazette, I, 315


Lima Fire Department, No. 1 Station (illustration), I, 394


Lima Gas Light Company, I, 399 Lima House, I, 421


Lima Inn, I, 421


Lima Kiwanis Club, I, 405 Lima Lake, I, 393


Lima Light and Power Company, I, 400 Lima Locomotive Club, I, 406


Lima Lodge No. 54, B. P. O. E. (illus- tration), I, 410


Lima Lutheran Educational Association, I, 311


Lima Merchants Association, I, 404 Lima Ministerial Association, I, 281, 498 Lima Naval Recruiting Station, 1, 456 Lima News, I, 316


Lima postoffice, I, 351


Lima Progress Club, I, 392


Lima Public Square, I, 265 Lima Public Square (illustration), I, 200 Lima Public Square, as a Hay Market (illustration), I, 202


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Lima Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Asso- ciation, I, 529


Lima Reading Club, I, 511 'Lima Real Estate Board, I, 494


Lima Rotary Club, I, 404


Lima Slogan, I, 269


Lima State Hospital, I, 502


Lima Street Scene Before the Days of Automobiles (illustration), I, 322


Lima Telephone & Telegraph Company, I, 388


Lima Thespian Club, I, 428


Lima Volunteer Company, Civil War, I, 440


Lima Woman's Musical Club, I, 418


Lincoln, Abraham, I, 440


Lincoln Highway, I, 323, 328


Lincoln Park, I, 400


Lind, Jenny, I, 412


Lindemann, John F., II, 321


Lindesmith, Ellwood R., II, 138


Lions Club, I, 405


Lippincott, Eugene T., II, 15


Lippincott, John A., 11, 200


Little Turtle, I, 50, 68, 70, 79, 142 ; (illus- tration) 82.


Lloyd, Watkin R., II, 65


Local oil industry, I, 341


Local temperance organizations, I, 379


Locher, Hiram S., II, 294


Logan, John, I, 99


Long, Charles C., II, 287


Long, Don C., II, 267


Long, Emanuel A., II, 300


Long, Jackson M., II, 68


Long, John B., II, 105


Long, Michael, II, 306


Long, Thomas C., II, 68


Longsworth, Harry B., II, 214


Lora, Elias, II, 303


Lost Creek Lake, I, 393


Lotter, Louis P., II, 181


Lotus Club, I, 524


Loyal Order of Moose, I, 411


Ludwig, Charles C., II, 276 Ludwig, Lucien E., II, 217


Ludwig, Isaac, II, 257


Lugabill, Arthur W., II, 52


Lugibill, Albert E., II, 289


Lugibill, Christian, II, 320


Lugibill, Jacob, II, 285


Luke, Levi, II, 196


Lutherans, I, 286


Lutz, George A., II, 91


Lutz, Samuel, II, 332


Lutz, William M., II, 275


Mack, John C., I, 397 Mack, William, II, 279


Mackenzie, Eugene C., II, 195


Mackenzie, James, I, 355, 358, 512; II, 194


Mackenzie, James G., II, 195


Mackenzie, William L., II, 163


"Mad River" Railroad, I, 335 Maginn, J. J., 11, 59


Mail service, Delphos and Lima, I, 350


Main Street North from Square (illus- tration), I, 266


Maire, Frank L., II, 345


Mallers, George, II, 291


Malzen, Charles F., II, 14


Manhattan Hotel, I, 421


Map of Hamilton County, 1792, I, 57


Map of Northwest Territory, I, 167


Map of United States in 1783, I, 31 Map Showing Military Posts, Forts, Battlefields and Indian Trails in Ohio, I, 50


Maps, first official, I, 6


Marion Star, I, 314


Marion Township, I, 194


Marking the trail, I, 275


Marsh, John C., II, 308


Marshall, Herbert B., II, 292


Marshall, Ralph S., II, 113


Marshall, Samuel, I, 349


Marshall, Susannah R., I, 201


Mason, Irvin H., II, 196


Mason, Stevens T., I, 125


Masons, I, 409


Massman, Richard C., II, 49


Matter, Noah, II, 290


Matter, Peter, II, 294


Matthiae, Carl, II, 41


Mattingly, William H., II, 329


Maumee River, I, 9


Maumee Towns Destroyed by General Harmar (illustration), I, 48


Maxson, William, II, 53


May, Charles W., II, 111


Mayer, Paul S., II, 174


Mayo, Theodore, I, 398


McArthur, Duncan, I, 84


McBeth, Dwight C., II, 143


McBeth, William A., II, 273


McBeth Park, I, 400


McBride, Alexander J., II, 313


McBride, Nelson, II, 12


McClain, Elmer, I, 460; II, 336


McClain, Isaac, II, 178


McClure, Moses, I, 194 ; grave of, I, 557


McClure, Samuel, I, 194


McCormack, J. S. F., II, 265


Mccullough Lake Park, I, 400


McCullongh Park, I, 269


McDowell, Byron L., II, 304


McElroy, Elza J., II, 187


McElwain, Ernest E., II, 65


McGriff, DeWitt T., II, 345


McGough, John M., II, 322


McHenry, William, I, 364, 497 Mckenzie, Isaac, II, 111 McLaughlin, Warren J., II, 146


McPheron, John E., II, 92


Mechling, Clyde L., II, 187


Mechling, Milton A., II, 188


Medaugh, John G., II, 21 Meeks, Samuel B., II, 232 Mehaffey, Robert, II, 3 Meier, H. W., II, 208


Meily, George H., II, 259


Meily, John, I, 528


Meily, Julia E., II, 9


Meily, Julia O., I, 371


Meily, Ringgold W., 1I, 8


Meily, Warren P., II, 259


Meily coverlets, I, 528


Memorial Day in Lima (illustration), 1, 450


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INDEX


Memorial Hall, I, 402 Mennonites, I, 282, 312 Mennonite Deaconess Home, I, 501 Mercy Circle of King's Daughters, I, 524 Mericle, James D., II, 47


Merritt, Leon B., II, 113


Metcalf, Benjamin T., I, 358


Meteoric shower, I, 237


Metheany, George H., I, 388


Metheany, Richard, I, 337


Methodists, I, 282, 285


Meyer, Charles G., II, 81


Miami Confederacy, I, 436


Military Cemetery, I, 554


Military history, I, 432


Military List, World War. I, 459


Miller, Alexander, II, 53


Miller, Azariah D., II, 35


Miller, Brice C., II, 330


Miller, Charles B., II, 137


Miller, Elmer A., II, 112


Miller, Fred F., II, 247


Miller, Gail E., II, 317 Miller, Grant, II, 256


Miller, Jacob, I, 199 Miller, J. A., II, 90


Miller, Lehr E., II, 236


Miller, Lewis A., II, 262


Miller, Nelson H., II, 280


Miller, Otto W., II, 58


Miller, W. I., tract, I, 493


Mills, I, 534


Minute Men, I, 397


Missionaries to the Indians, I, 146


Mitchell, Elmer B., II, 226 Mitchell, Ernest T., II, 195


Mitchell, Robert I., II., 72


Modern Threshing Machine (illustra- tion), I, 225


Modern Woodmen of America, I, 411


Moenter, Fred J., II, 264


Monfort, Gilbert, II, 28


Monfort, Martin E., II, 166


Monroe Township, I, 199


Montague, James O., II, 32


Mooney, Michael J., II, 222


Moore, Editha M., II, 8 Moore, Henry A., II, 8 Moraines, I, 163 Morey, Cyrus Z., II, 119 Morey, Otis R., II, 118


Morey, Sarah E., II, 119


Morgan, John M., II, 73 Morris, Oscar B., II, 324


Mosier, Jacob, I, 205


Mosiman, Samuel K., I, 312, 525; II. 192 Motter, Samuel S., II, 27


Mounds and earthworks, I, 164 Moving Pictures, I, 428 Mowery, Lewis W., II. 69


Mowery, William A., II, 170


Moyer, Arlow V., II, 122 Moyer, Frank C., II, 255 Mumaugh, Hobart M., II, 261


Mumaugh, Wilbur R., II, 79 Murphy, Francis, I, 380 Murray, Robert, I, 366 Music, I, 412 Musser, John D., II, 304


Muster days in Lima, I, 438 Myers, Clarence W., II, 208 Myers, Clyde W., II, 135 Myers, Elmer C., II, 207 Myers, William E., II, 124


NaPier, Hilrey C., II, 132


National Election, 1920, I, 250


Naval List, World War, I, 459


N. B. B. O. O., I, 524


Neely, Guy Y., II, 241


Neff, Samuel, II, 258


Neff, William, II, 19 Negroes of Allen County, I, 278


Neidhardt, R. E., I, 531


Neidhardt, Ralph E., II, 165


Neuman, Albert D., II, 33


Neville, Wesley L., II, 177


Newspapers, I, 314


Nicholas, James, I, 354


Nichols, Mathias H., I, 314


Nichols, M. N., I, 359


Nightingale, Florence, I, 362, 496


Nixon, Walter W., II, 226


Noble, Walter A., II, 80


Northwest Territory, I, 58, 85; Map of, I, 167 ; states carved out of, I, 168


Northwestern Dental Society, I, 367 Northwestern Ohio; geology of, I, 161; in 1700, I, 9


Northwestern Osteopathic Association, I, 368


O'Brien, Timothy C., II, 297


O'Connell, Charles D., II, 85 O'Connor, Francis P., II, 144 O'Connor, John H., II, 75


Odd Fellows, I, 409


Official maps, first, I, 6


Official roster of county, I, 247


Ohio becomes a State, I, 84, 88; popu- lation in 1810, I, 88


Ohio personal property, I, 484


Ohio Assembly, I, 260 Ohio Company, I, 24, 46


Ohio Council of Child Welfare, I, 254


Ohio Counties, 1799, map, I, 86


Ohio Counties, 1802, map, I, 87


Ohio Electric Company, I. 400


Ohio Electric Railroad, I, 337


Ohio House. I, 423


Ohio-Michigan Boundary Dispute, I, 122


Ohio-Michigan difficulty, I, 439 Ohio Steel Foundry Company, I, 209 Ohio Telephone News, I, 388


Ohio Territorial legislature, I, 84


Ohio University, I, 298


Ohio Workman's Compensation Law, I, 425 Oil, discovery of in Allen County, I, 341 Oil Derricks at Lima (illustration), I, 346


Oil Tanks near Lima (illustration), I, 344


Oil well, shooting of, I, 347 Old church (illustration), I, 283 Old Mill, Bluffton (illustration), I, 205 Old-Time Household Utensils (illustra- tion), I, 219




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