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A Mother's Dream. 293
The Last Shot in the Civil War 293
CHAPTER IX.
Banks, Bankers, Financial Ventures and Successes 294
A Pioneer Bank. 294
Bank versus Legislature. 295
Trouble Ensues .. 295
State Officers Imprisoned 295
283
A Striking Difference 284
Public Grief for Two Ohioans 280
The State Treasury Robbed.
A Governor Constructively Imprisoned.
267
Central Ohio Med. Society.
The Columbus Disnatch. 271
The Old Guard ... 277
Ohio State University
A Circulating Library.
The Columbus Reading Room
The Hubbard Alcove
PAGE
106
109
HISTORICAL INDEX
PAGE
The Bank Outlawed. 295
City Bank of Columbus .. 296
Columbus Gas Light & Coke Company. 297
1000 Per Cent Increase .. 298
Steps of Railway Progress 298
Impetus given by Railways. 301
A Century Epitomized. . 301
Progress Epigrammatically stated. 304
1858 and 1908 Contrasted. 309
Hocking Valley Ry. given as a type. 310 His Owner Takes a Wife .. 377
Typical increase of earnings 310
A New President ..
311
The Toledo Extension. 311
Ohio and West Virginia Branch 311
A Consolidation .. 312
The Jackson and Wellston Branch. 312
President Monsarrat's Administration. 312
CHAPTER X.
State Buildings: The Capital: Ohio's Governors etc .. 315
The Legislature Balks. 315
A Modern Capital Removal Mooted .. 316
The State Houses, Old and New 317
An Addition that Deforms 318
State Institutions at Columbus 318
List of Ohio's Governors. 321
Facts about their Election. 321
Pioneer Balloon Ascensions 329
Escaped Slave Kidnapped. 330
Typography Legislatively Declared a
Profession
CHAPTER XI.
Rise and Growth of Manufactures,
Mercantile Interest, etc. . 332
The Ridgway Foundry. 332
The Franklin Foundry 332
Columbus Machine & Mfg. Co.
333
Peter Hayden's Big Works.
333
The Ohio Tool Company 333
Ridgway Car Factory. 334
Columbus Woolen Factory 334
Brotherlin & Halm's Chair and Cabinet Factory 334
The Tub and Pail Factory 337
The City Mills ..
Comparative Figures. 337
Mercantile Advancement. 338
The Directory as an Indicator 339
Story of Capt. Samuel Davis 341
A Disastrous Buffalo Hunt 345
After St. Clair's Defeat. 345
How He was Guarded .. 346
Comes to Columbus. . 347
A Historic Squirrel Hunt.
347
An Honored Pioneer, Gen. P. H. Olm- sted
349
CHAPTER XII.
Roster of Columbus Statemen for A
Century 349
James Kilbourne.
353
Jeremiah McLene. 354
Herman A. Moore. 354
Alfred P. Stone. 354
Samuel Galloway 354
Samuel Sullivan Cox
355
Hugh J. Jewett
355
Geo. L. Converse.
356
Joseph H. Outhwaite 356
David K. Watson. 357
John J. Lentz.
357
Emmett Tompkins
358 358
DeWitt C. Badger ..
Edward L. Taylor, Jr. 361
Allen G. Thurman. 361
Henry Stanberry. 363
William Dennison, Jr 364
Joseph R. Swan. 365
Noah H. Swayne. 365
Alfred Kelly 366
CHAPTER XIII.
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Two of the Historical Pioneers of Co- lumbus 371
Autograph Story of John Brickell. 371
Theme for Some Future Homer. 372 Helped to Found a City. 372
Kidnapped by Savages .. 373
A Talk with Simon Girty 373
Met Hunters and Warriors. 374
Approach of the Pale Face Army 377
Indians Took No Prisoners. 378 378
Mrs. Dick's Escape.
A Candle-light Hunting Expedition 379
Gen. Anthony Wayne's Daring Spies. 379
Poverty Stricken Savages 380
Saluting Ft. Defiance. 380
A Sad Parting. 383
Was a Delaware Linguist. 383
Pen Picture by Jeremiah Armstrong .. 384 Carried into Captivity 385
The Wyandot Foray 385
A Father's Despair .. 386 387
Carried to Tarhe's Town. Lancaster ..
Finds a Friend Among Savages. 387
Sees the Scalp Pole .. 387
Taught to Say Indian Grace. 387
Adopted by the Chief .. 388
Another Sad Parting. 388
Fncamped at Columbus. 388
Forgot His Mother Tongue. 388
Witnesses the Whr Dance. 391
Rescued and Restored to Friends 391
Loth to Return to Civilization 392
CHAPTER XIV.
Franklin County in Relation to Colum- bus 392
List of County Treasurers 393
List of County Auditors. 393
List of County Recorders 393
List of County Coroners 394
List of County Surveyors 394
List of County Commissioners. 394
List of County Infirmary Directors .. 395
The Townships. .
395
Who were the Pioneers. 396
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
People Fond of Sports 396
Present Population 399
Franklin Township Pioneers. 399
Franklinton P. O. 399
The Old Union Church 399
A New Union Church. 400
Raising Church Building Funds. 400
A Famous Church Fdifice. 400
Franklin County Indians. . 401
.Joseph Foos First Settler 401
Scalred at Stony Point; S. White. 401
The Union Camp Grounds 402
The Union Preachers 402
The Union Cemetery 402
Memorial Sermons. 402
SHARON TOWNSHIP.
A Famous Dwarf. 403
The Pioneer Postmasters .. 403
Manufacturing Company Incorporated. 403 Worthington Incorporated .. 404
The Pioneer Mayors, Pioneer Postmas-
ters 404
Other Pioneer Citizens ...
404
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
First Settlers 407
Some of the Later Pioneers 407
Pleasant Post Office .. 407
Georgesville Post Office
407
331
338
HISTORICAL INDEX
PAGE
The Town of Harrisburg. 408
The Pioneer Mayors. 408
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP.
The Early Settlers. 408
Milling Interests. 409
Lockbourne & Shadesville. 409
Population Stationary ..
409
Among the Later Pioneers
409
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
The Sells Family 410
Borough of Dublin. 410
Dublin's Pioneer P. M. 's. 410
Early and Later Pioneers.
410
MADISON TOWNSHIP.
Early Settlers. 411
More Recruits Came. 411
Providing Daily Bread 411
A Solitary Grist Mill. 412
A Forgotten Town.
412
Rival Port and Grove 412
The Pioneer Mayors 412
The Pioneer Post Masters 417
Canal Winchester ..
417
Some Later Pioneers 417
TRURO TOWNSHIP.
The Early Settlers 417
Town of Reynoldsburg. 418
Town of Reynoldsburg Incorporated .. 418
Pioneer Mayors and Post Masters .. 419
Later Pioneers
419
PLAIN TOWNSHIP.
Revolutionary Soldier Lands 419
The Woodbridge Patent .. 420
One Gallon of Whiskey Per Acre.
420
The First Settlers.
421
Plenty of Saw Mills.
421
Early Town Building Attempts. 421
New Albany Founded. 422
Was Duly Incorporated. 422
Pioneer Post Masters .. 422
Other Pioneer Settlers 422
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP.
An Early Drawback 425
Gahanna-Bridgeport 425
A Steady Growth. 425
Some Later Pioneers 426
The Champion Office Holder 426
Later Pioneers .. 426
CLINTON TOWNSHIP.
Some First Settlers. 426
Olentangy and Other Mills 426
The Rise of Clintonville. 426
A Post Office Established. 427
Churches and Cemeteries
427
Among the Later Pioneers 427
BLENDON TOWNSHIP.
First Names Harrison 428
The Two First Settlers. 428
Some Later Comers. 428
Connecticut. Emigrants. 428
Two Towns Founded. . 428
Three Post Offices Established 429
The Pioneer Post Masters 429
Religious Denominations. 429
A Number of Later Pioneers. 429
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
Gen. Jonathan Davton's Patent, 430
Divided the Lots by Lot .. 430
Pioneers from New Jersey. 430
Mills. Villages. Post Offices 430
PAGE
Some Pioneer Post Masters. 433
The First Grist Mill.
433
Midway and Later Pioneers ..
433
NORWICH TOWNSHIP.
First Village in Norwich. 434
Hilliards Post Office. 434
Grist Mills and Saw Mills 434
Old Families ...
434
Some Additional Pioneers
434
How He Lived and Died. 435
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
Some of the Original Settlers 435
Grove City Laid Out ... 435
Grove City Fifty Years Ago. 136
Growth of Population.
436
Some Pioneer People ..
436
PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.
The Three Original Families 436
Clover Blossoms and Buds 437
Hunter to the Last. 437
Two Pioneer Nimrods.
437
Postmaster and Pioneers 438
PERRY TOWNSHIP.
Without a Postoffice 438
Farly Mills.
428
Gen. Kosciuszko's Lands. 439
Leading Perry Township Pioneers.
439
BROWN TOWNSHIP.
Darby Creek Settlement. 440
Post Office Establishment.
440
Pioneer Families.
440
Present Population . 440
MARION TOWNSHIP.
The First Settlement and Settlers ... 441
Present Population .
441
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP.
Original Settlers 441
Absorbed by City 441
Early Business Enterprise. 441
Three Offices Abolished. 442
The County Collectorship 442
List of Collectors. 442
County Assessorship 445
List of Assessors. 445
Superior Court 445
Names of Judges 445
Franklin County in the Legislature .. 445 State Senators .. 446
Representatives 446
The P. O. Index of Progress .. 447
Complete List of Post Masters of Co- lumbus 448
The County's Progress in Population .. 448
An Almost Uniform Growth. 448
The County's Progress in Wealth 44.9 Nearest the Correct Values. . 449
City and Village Values Increase. 449
The Half Century. 419
The Actual Present Value .. 450
Bad Results of Undervaluation 450
Results of the System 450
Not Exceptional Cases. 453
Discredits the County 453
The Remedy in Sight. 453
CHAPTER XV.
Some of Those Who Came Over. 453
Business Men Who Count Years as De- grees 453
Ranging from 35 to 60 Degrees. 453
A Striking Monograph ... 454
Last Surviving Lincoln Elector 458
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Aldrich, O. W. 757
Ferson, J. J.
706
Alkire, E. W.
831
Field, F. F. 749
Allen, C. N. . 819
Field, John 751
Alspach, R. F.
696
Fieser, L. F. 737
Andrus, George 795
Fisher, E. E. 687
Ashbaugh, H. C.
556
Fisher, W. M. 620
Bachman, J. F. 518
Flautt, E. J.
793
Bartels, W. Y. 544
Francis, W. H. 617
Barthman, F. T. 555
Galloway, T. B. 534
Bassett, G. R. 768
Gantz, W. M. 574
Batterson, C. W. 528
Gayman, Christian 743
Batterson, J. S. 575
Geren, I. A. 736
Bauman, C. P.
721
Gilbert, J. W. 750
Belcher, C. E.
652
Gladden, Washington 794
Born, Conrad
568
Gleichauf, F. S. 733
Bott, J. F. 525
Glick, Zeno 807
780
Brock, J. H.
760
Haines, C. O. 728
Brooks, D. W.
482
Hamilton, E. A. 753
Brooks, Herbert 801
Hanly, M. J. 662
Brown, J. C. 672
Harrison, R. A. 465
Budd, D. H. 497
Hawkins, G. E. 597
Byrne, L. G.
619
Hayward, M. A. 490
Byrne, W. J. 557
Heer, F. J. 769
Carlton, E. L. 808
Helmbold, C. D. 547
678
Cherry, Noah 650 Clark, H. M. 581
Hibbs, E. K.
646
Cochran, S. J. 549
Hoover, T. C.
565
Connors, M. S. 702
Horton. E. G.
524
Cooper, Albert 477
Hoster, C. J. 608
Cooperrider, C. A. 726
Hoste+, C. L. 746
Copeland, Foster 660
Hoster, E. W. 697
Hoster, L. P. 703
Courtright, T. E. 481
Creith, H. C. 637
Croney, J. T. 626
Innis, A. R.
610
Innis, Gustavus S. 520
Innis, H. M. 812
Irvine, E. C. 480
Johnson, C. F. 679
Johnson, Edward 530
Johnson, A. L. 704
Johnston, R. R. 489
Jones, F. T. 618
Dun, John 580
Jones, G. D.
516
Durflinger, William 546
Ecker, L. P. 592
Euans, E. W. 712
Kecier, Alexis 711
Kelly, Dennis 492
Felber, Jacob 820
527
Dickey, A. F. 742
Dodd, V. A. 829
Dowler, J. W. 766
Duffy, John 730
Huston, A. H. 583
Inglis, W. D. 779
Culver, E. S. 573
Dawson, L. O. 562
Dean, James A. 813
Detwiler, Daniel
Cordner, J. W. 830
Herrick, C. R. 788
Chariton, C. H. 627
Helmick, A. G.
Braun, Walter 636
Griswold, Isaac
Jones, J. S. 745
Jones, S. C. 822
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Kelsey, B. C.
478
Ranck, F. M.
698
Keys, R. E.
645
Rarey, F. S. 720
King, J. D. 741
Richards, C. E.
632
Kinsman, D. N.
690
Ridgway, H. G.
722
Klippart, J. H. 804
Riebel, J. A.
790
Knauss, W. H. 680
Rinehart, W. H. 688
Lampman, L. D. 824
Romer, H. E. 796
Lanman, E. B. 772
Rubrecht, Franklin 508
Latham, E. H. 509
Ruse, Jonathan 496
Lawrence, F. F. 770
Sadler, John 815
Lehman, B. S. 563
Sayre, F. M. 761
Lehman, S. S.
738
Schacht, C. C. 553
Lilley, J. W. . 566
Schenck, C. G., Jr. 667
Livingston, Lucian 694
Schille, Peter
571
Long, W. M. 734
Schrock, A. T. 828
Lovejoy, N. E.
540
Schrock, G. S.
670
Luckhart, C. F. 529
Schwartz, L. H. 713
Lum, H. W. 591
Scott, E. W. 499
McCleary, C. A. 585
Seeds, E. W. 717
McComb, W. J.
624
Sells, Lewis
558
McCord, J. W. 518
Shaw, H. J. 777
643
Mclaughlin, C. G.
752
·Shepard, C. J.
548
Madden, E. C.
583
Smith, M. A.
616
Maetzel, Henry 653
Smith, W. A.
635
Magly, R. A. 714
Snively, H. H.
539
Markley, J. W. 727
Sowers, D. H.
719
Marzetti, John 550
Steinfeld, A. M.
663
Mayhugh, G. H. 545
Stephens, L. P. 668
Maynard, H. J.
676
Stitt, Alexander 823
Means, W. J. 802
Stockton, George 498
Strode, A. W.
767
Miller, F. A.
615
Sturm, L. E.
754
Miller, F. H. 628
Taylor, S. B. 695
Mills, W. T. 599
Taylor, W. A.
658
Mithoff, H. A. 594
Thompson, H. C. 806
Monypeny, William 576
Timberman, Andrew 762
Moore, Ervin 606
Timms, James 654
Morgan, Eugene 590
Toothaker, F. B. 775
Neil, H. M. 602
Tresselt, W. J.
675
Neil, M. H. 474
Tussing, E. S.
778
Neil, William 510
Upham, J. H. J.
710
Nelson, F. E. 766
Valentine, H. S.
689
Nelson, James 685
Varley, T. M. 589
Niswonger, J. O. 633
Wagner, August 564
O'Connor, J. F. 609
Whitaker, H. W. 649
Palsgrove, Tillman 515
Wildermuth, F. E. 669
Parker, F. J. 537
Wildermuth, I. E. 659
Will, G. W. 488
Poe, E. W. 644
Powell, T. E.
638
Williams, Zephaniah 664
Pretzman, C. J. 671
Prior, Edward 538
Wing, C. M. 784
Wolcott, W. L. 729
Rager, J. P. 533
Wright, J. E. 500
Zinn, J. H.
614
Ralston, J. S. 586
Williams, W. K. 735
Winders, Frank 701
Putnam, H. W. 798
Pletcher, H. A. 600
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Medbery, Roston 554
Sheldon, R. E., Jr.
McGrath, D. W. 816
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