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1853 " 1855
Samuel Galloway
1855 " 1857
Samuel S. Cox
1857 “ 1863
John O'Neil
6.
1863 “ 1865
Columbus Delano
1865 " 181
George W. Morgan "
1867 “ 1872
Milton I. Southard "
1873 " 1876
OUR STATE SENATORS. 1
Robert F. Slaughter served from
1803 to 180
Jacob Burton
66
1805 " 180
Elnathan Schofield
..
1806 “ 181
Jacob Burton
1808 “ 181
William Trimble
..
1810 " 181:
Robert F. Slaughter
66
1810 “ 181:
William Gavitt
1812 “ 1814
LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
25
William Gass
served from
1814 “ 1815
William Gavitt
..
1815 “ 1816
Mordecai Bartley
66
1816 “ 1818
John Spencer
1818 “ 1822
Jacob Catterlin
..
1822 " 1824
William Stanbery
..
1824 “ 1826
William W. Gault
1826 " 1830
Elias Howell
..
1830 “ 1832
Benjamin Briggs ..
1832 “ 1833
Jonathan Taylor
..
1833 “ 1836
William W. Gault
66
1836 “ 1838
Richard Stadden
66
1838 " 1840
Burrill B. Taylor
..
1840 “ 1842
James Parker ...
..
1842 " 1844
Willard Warner
1844 “ 1846
Samuel Winegardner
1846 " 1848
Samuel Patterson
..
..
1848 " 1850
John C. Alward
66
66
1850 " 1854
Charles Follett
..
1854 " 1856
Daniel Gardner
66
1856 “ 1858
William P. Reid
.6
..
1858 “ 1860
Thomas C. Jones
..
1860 " 1862
John A. Sinnett 6.
1862 " 1864
James R. Stanbery 6.
1864 " 1866
Willard Warner, Jr., ..
1866 “ 1868
, wis Evans ..
1868 “ 1870
J, mes R. Hubbel
1870 “ 1871
arly F. Poppleton ..
6.
1871 “ 1872
Ohn B. Jones
..
1872 " 1874
"Tilliam P. Reid
1874 “ 1876
imes W. Owens ، ،
1876 «
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Villiam Trimble served in first Session of. 1803
David Reese 6
1803
Villiam Gass
from second session in 1803 to 1805
Philemon Beecher
1803 to 1804
David Reese
from 1804 to 1805
Philemon Beecher
1805 to 1808
Robert Cloud 1
1805 to 1806
-
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William W. Irwin served from
1806 to 1808
Alexander Holden
66
..
1808 to 1809
William Gass
٠٠
66
1809 to 1810
Jeremiah R. Munson ..
1810 to 1811
William Gass
..
1811 to 1812
Edward Herrick
1812 to 1813
William Hains
..
1813 to 1814
John Spencer 66
.6
1814 to 1817
William W. Gault
1817 to 1818
Anthony Pitzer
1818 to 1820
William W. Gault
1820 to 1822
Augustine Munson
1822 to 1824
Stephen C. Smith
1824 to 1825
Bradley Buckinghamn
1825 to 1826
Stephen C. Smith
1826 to 1827
William Hull
..
1827 to 1828
Jacob Baker
1828 to 1829
Benjamin Briggs
.6
..
1829 to 1830
Bryant Thornhill
..
1830 to 1832
Jonathan Taylor
1832 to 1833
Samuel D. King
1833 to 1834
William Mitchell
6.
1833 to 1835
John Yontz
..
1835 to 1837
John Stewart
..
..
1836 to 1838
Isaac Smucker 66
1837 to 1839
George H. Flood
.
1838 to 1840
Walter B. Morris ..
.6
1839 to 1841
Elisha Warren 6.
1840 to 1841
Jonathan Smith
..
1841 to 1842
Isaac Green
1841 to 1843
Phelps Humphrey
66
1842 to 1843
Samuel White
1843 to 1844
Daniel Duncan ..
1843 to 1844
Presley N. O'Banon
1844 to 1845
Seth S. Wright
1845 to 1846
E. L. Smith
66
1845 to 1846
Jonathan Smith
1846 to 1847
Robert Fristo
1847 to 1848
Robert B. Truman
66
1848 to 1849
Noah Reed
1849 to 1850
Richard H. Yates
..
1850 to 1854
66
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LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
John Bell
served from
1852 to 1854
Alban Warthen
٤٠
1854 to 1856
A. E. Rogers
6.
1854 to 1856
John A Sinnett
6.
1856 to 1858
Charles B. Giffin
1856 to 1858
William B. Woods
..
1858 to 1862
William Parr ٦٦
1858 to 1862
George B. Smythe
1862 to 1864
John H. Putnam
1864 to 1868
John F. Follett
1866 to 1870
William Parr
1868 to 1872
William Bell, Jr.
1872 to 1874
William D. Smith . .
1874 to 187
MEMBERS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Henry Abrams and Emanuel Carpenter in 1802
Lucius Case and Henry S. Manon in 1851-1852
William P. Kerr in Convention of. 1873-1874
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS OF LICKING COUNTY.
Daniel Humphrey served in 1856
Isaac Smucker served in. 1872
Edward M. Downer served in 1876
PRESIDENT JUDGES OF COMMON PLEA COURT.
William Wilson served from 1808 to 1822
Alexander Harper "
1822 to 1836
Corrington W. Searle
1836 to 1843
Richard Stillwell ..
1843 to 1852
Rollin C Hurd 6.
1852 to 1857
Sherman Finch
1857 to 1862
Thomas C. Jones יר
1862 to 1867
Jefferson Brumback " 1867 to 1869
Jerome Buckingham“ 66
1869 to 1870
Charles Follett
1870 to 1876
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
James Taylor served from 1808 to 1809
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF
Alexander Holmes served from
1808 to 1812
Timothy Rose
1808 to 1813
Henry Smith
1809 to 1823
Noah Fidler
66
1813 to 1823
William Hains
66
1814 to 1816
Anthony Pitzer 66
66
66
1818 to 1825
Alexander Holmes 1823 to 1828 66
Samuel Bancroft 66
66
1824 to 1845
William O'Banon
66
1825 to 1839
John J. Brice 66
66
1828 to 1829
William Taylor
1829 to 1842
Levi J. Haughey
66
1839 to 1843
Daniel Martin ור
1842 to 1849
Benjamin F. Myers 1843 to 1850
1845 to 1847
William Hunter
6.
1847 to 1852
John Van Fossen
1849 to 1852
Elizur Abbott
1850 to 1852
Associate Judges were abolished by the Constitution of 1852, and Probate Judges substituted.
PROBATE JUDGES.
Daniel Humphrey who served from 1852 to 1858
Henry Kennon
1858 to 1864
William H. Shircliff' "
1864 to 1873
Waldo Taylor
1873 to 1876
George M. Grasser
66
1876 to -
SHERIFFS.
John Stadden served from 1808 to 1810
Andrew Baird
1810 to 1814
Andrew Allison "
1814 to 1818
John Cunningham " 66
1818 to 1822
William W. Gault «
1822 to 1826
Elias Howell 1826 to 1830
William Spencer 66
1830 to 1834
Richard Stadden 66
1834 to 1838
Benjamin W. Brice
66
1816 to 1818
Zachariah Davis
LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
29
William P. Morrison served from
1838 to 1840
Caleb Boring
1840 to 1844
William Veach
1844 to 1848
William Parr
66
1848 to 1852
William Bell
.6
1852 to 1854
Hiram Tenney 66
1854 to 1859
William Bell ..
1859 to 1863
Jonathan E. Rankin 6.
1863 to 1867
Jeremiah Siler
1867 to 1871
Elisha Williams
1871 to 1875
S. H. Schofield
1875 to 1876
CLERKS OF COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Samuel Bancroft served from
1808 to 1809
Stephen McDougal 66
66
1809 to 1816
Amos H. Caffee
1816 to 1837
Franklin Fullerton 66 ،،
1837 to 1844
Gilbert Brady
66
1844 to 1852
William Spencer
66
1852 to 1855
Rees Darlinton
1855 to 1858
Thomas J. Anderson 66
1858 to 1864
Samuel A. Parr
1864 to 1870
Isaac WV. Bigelow
1870 to 1876
Sylvester S. Wells
1876 to
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
From ISOS to 1832, Prosecuting Attorneys were appointed by the Judges. Among those who in early times served in this office for a longer or shorter period, were Major Jeremiah R. Munson, General Samuel Herrick, Hons. Thomas Ewing, William Stanbery, Hosmer Curtis, Charles B. Goddard and Corrington W. Searle, whose term ended in 1832.
Joshua Mathiot served from. 1832 to 1836
James Parker
66
1836 to 1840
Daniel Humphrey 1840 to 1850
Charles Follett 66 66
1850 to 1853
Harvey C. Blackman 66
1853 to 1856
William B. Clarke “
1856 to 1858
Gibson Atherton
1858 to 1863
Lucius Case 66
66
1863 to 1863
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF
Morgan N. Odell served from
1863 to 1867
James W. Owens
1867 to 1871
Samuel M. Hunter 66
1871 to 1875
Asbury Barrick 6.
1875 to 1876
COUNTY RECORDERS.
Thomas Taylor served from 1808 to 1814
Amos H. Caffce
1814 to 1820
Stephen McDougal "
1820 to 1842
Gilbert Brady
1842 to 1844
James Parker 66
1844 to 1845
James White
1845 to 1851
Thomas J. Anderson
1851 to 1857
Jesse S. Green יו
66
1857 to 1863
Isaac W. Bigelow
66
1863 to 1869
W. E. Atkinson 66
1869 to 1875
J. F. Lingafelter 66
1875 to 1876
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Archibald Wilson, Sr., served from 1808 to 1814
Elisha Wells
1808 to 1810
Israel Wells
1808 to 1811
Timothy Spellman
1810 to 1822
William Hains 66
1811 to 1813
Samuel Stewart 66
1814 to 1815
Bradley Buckingham 66 60
1814 to 1814
Augustine Munson 66
1814 to 1816
William Stanbery 66
1815 to 1817
William W. Gault
1816 to 1816
Alexander Holden
1817 to 1820
William Robertson
1817 to 1820
Thomas McKean Thompson
1822 to 1825
Jacob Baker 66
66
1823 to 1828
Alexander Holden
66
.1824 to 1827
Richard Lamson
1825 to 1827
Chester Wells 66
1827 to 1833
John Crow
66
1827 to 1831
Samuel Parr
66
66
1828 to 1832
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LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
James Bramble served from 1831 to 1834
John Crow
IS32 to 1835
Samuel Hand
I833 to I839
Benjamin Woodbury IS34 to IS37
Jacob Baker 1835 to 1837
Israel Dille ..
1837 to 1837
Levi J. Haughey 1837 to 1837
Bryant Thornhill IS37 to 1843
Archibald Cornell
IS37 to 1843
Thomas H. Fidler
IS39 to 1841
Isaac Green
IS41 to 1841
Carey McClelland " ٠٠
IS41 to 1845
Henry Burner, Jr., "
IS41 to IS44
Crandal Rosencrantz
1843 to 1843
Thomas Blanchard “
..
IS43 to 1852
John Brumback
1844 to 1850
Leroy Lemert ..
I845 to 1848
Jordan Hall ..
IS48 to IS51
Daniel Gardner ..
1850 to 1855
Benj. L. Critchet
IS51 to 1854
Lewis Lake 1852 to 1855
Willis Robbins ٠٩
1854 to 1857
Valentine B. Alsdorf 1855 to IS56
William Barrick
IS55 to IS58
James Stone
IS56 to 1858
Michael Morath
..
I857 to 1863
Jacob Anderson ..
IS58 to 1861
James H. Grant 6. ٠٠
IS58 to 1865
Ira A. Condit IS61 to 1867
James Pittsford IS63 to 1869
James Y. Stewart
.6
1865 to 1871
A. J. Hill ..
66
1867 to 1873
Elias Padgett ..
1869 to 1875
Richard Lane
I871 to 1876
Felix C. Harris
1874 to 1876
Joseph White
IS75 to 1876
CLERK OF COMMISSIONERS.
From ISOS to 1820 the Commissioners appointed their Clerks, who discharged the duties now performed by County Auditors. The
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF
office of Clerk of Commissioners was abolished in 1820 and that of
County Auditor created.
Elias Gilman served as Commissioner's Clerk from ISOS to ISog
Archibald Wilson, Jr., served from ISog to ISII
John Cunningham ISHI to ISI3
Amos H. Caffee
1813 to 1820
COUNTY AUDITORS.
William W. Gault served from 1820 to IS20
Stephen McDougal . . 1820 to 1825
John Cunningham ،، 1825 to 1835
William Spencer ٠٠ 1835 to 1841
William P. Morrison IS41 to 1844
Abner W. Dennis
1844 to 1853
Thomas J. Davis 1853 to 1855
William B. Arven
1855 to 1857
Thomas J. Davis 1857 to 1859
Wm. H. Winegardner ..
1859 to 1861
Silas B. Woolson
IS61 to 1865
William Bell, Jr., 1865 to 1871
William D. Morgan ..
..
1871 to 1875
Corrington S. Brady
. IS75 to 1876
COUNTY ASSESSORS.
From the year ISOS to IS25, property was assessed by Township Assessors. In the latter year a law was passed providing for the elec- tion of County Assessors by the people, which remained in force un- til 1841 when it was repealed and the old system of Township Assessors again adopted. The following persons served as County Assessors under the law of 1825:
James Holmes served from IS25 to 1827
C. W. Searle and M. M. Caffee served in IS27
William Spencer served from IS27 to 1829
J. B. W. Haynes ٠٠
1829 to 1833
John Stewart
1833 to 1835
William Moats
I835 to IS41
COUNTY TAX COLLECTORS.
Tax Collectors were appointed by the Commissioners. From ISOS to 1827 they collected the taxes and paid them over to the
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County Treasurer for disbursement. In 1827 the office was abolish- ed and the duty of collecting the taxes was imposed upon the Treasurer.
John Stadden served from ISOS to ISIO
John Cunningham " ISIO to ISI2
James Robinson 66 66
1812 to ISI2
John Cunningham " 1812 to 1813
Andrew Allison 66
1813 to 1816
Jonathan Simpson
IS16 to ISI7
Jacob Little 66
1817 to ISI8
John Cunningham " ISIS to IS20
Nicholas Shaver 1820 to IS22
Thomas Taylor IS22 to 1823
Samuel Bancroft 66 1823 to 1824
Elias Howell 66
IS24 to IS27
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Elias Gilman served from ISO8 to ISIO
John J. Brice ..
1810 to 1813
John Cunningham 1813 to 1817
James Gillespie
IS17 to 1827
Sereno Wright ..
IS27 to 1838
Jesse D. Arven
1838 to 1840
John Stewart 1840 to 1842
William Moats 1842 to 1844
Thomas Holmes ..
1844 to 1852
Thomas Ewing
1852 to 1856
I. C. Ball 1856 to 1858
Thomas B. Pease " 1858 to 1862
Lewis Evans ..
1862 to 1866
D. E. Stevens ..
1866 to 1870
L. A. Stevens
IS70 to 1874
E. H. Ewan .. 1874 to 1877
MARSHALS OR CENSUS-TAKERS.
Amos H. Caffee enumerated the inhabitants in . IS20 Benjamin Briggs and Samuel English took the Census in 1830 Isaac Smucker, Henry S. Manon, J. A. W. McCadden and H. W. R. Bruner performed that duty in. 1840
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF
Enoch Wilson, E. B. Pratt, Hiram Wright and David Wilson
were the Deputy Marshals in . .IS50 Levi J. Haughey, Henry S. Manon, B. Sutton, James Pitzer and
J. M. McClelland took the Census in 1860 C. B. Giffin, J. E. Rankin, Stewart Barnes, Aurelius Ballou and others enumerated the inhabitants in IS70
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
Elnathan Schofield, Samuel H. Smith and James Dunlap per- formed the duties of Surveyor, while we were a portion of Fairfield
County; the first named serving from ISOI to ISO4
Samuel H. Smith served from IS04 to ISO7
James Dunlap I So7 to ISI2
Alexander Holmes IS12 to IS20
James Holmes ..
IS20 to IS28
Thomas H. Bushnell ., IS28 to 1836
Timothy S. Leach
IS36 to IS47
Julius C. Knowles ..
IS47 to 1850
1850 to 1859 David Wyrick . .
Z. H. Denman ..
1859 to 1865
G. S. Spring 1865 to 1867 ..
A. R. Pitzer ..
I867 to 1874
George P. Webb ..
1874 to 1876
COUNTY CORONERS.
Captain Samuel Elliott was elected Coroner at the organization of the County in ISOS and served nearly a score of years, when his son, Alexander Elliott, succeeded and continued in the office by many re-elections. Captain James Coulter, Captain Samuel H. Josephs and John Lunceford were the immediate successors of the Elliotts.
NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.
The following table gives the population of Licking County at each decennial period, according to the federal Census tables, since the organization of the County, also of Newark:
In ISIO- 3.852. Newark about 200. I11 1820-11.86I. "
450.
In IS30-20.869. had 999. 4
In I840-35.096. 2.705.
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In IS50-38.846. 3.654.
In 1860-37.011.
In 1870-36.196. . .
4.675. 6.698.
LANDS AND FARMS.
The lands in Licking County amount to 429,464 acres, of which 315.454 aeres are cultivated, and I11.861 acres are uncultivated. Of the cultivated portion 124.134 acres are devoted to pasturage, and of the uncultivated portion 94.195 acres are woodland. The whole number of farms in the County is 2,692. The taxable value of the lands is $15.729.783.
TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF LICKING COUNTY PROPERTY.
The taxable value of the property of Lieking County, last year, amounted to $27.OSS.271. The true value, including all the property exempt from taxation, and estimating the remainder at its full value, would probably exceed $40.000.000. The total amount of taxes col- lected in Lieking County last year was $320.397.89 cents.
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
The following table gives a list of the domestic animals in Lick- ing County, and their assessed value, for the year 1875.
Horses .. 12.550-valued at $838.514
Cattle . . 23.489- 66 507.954
Swine. . 26.854- 135.144
Sheep . . 240.771- 771.927 Mules . . 186- 12.793
The Wool produced aggregated 1.091.677 pounds, a quantity surpassing that of any County in Ohio, and perhaps any County in the United States. It is a matter of pride and exultation with our agriculturalists that Licking County stands first in rank among the Counties of Ohio, in the number and value of Sheep, and in the quantity and value of wool produced.
PRODUCTS OF LICKING COUNTY IN IS74.
Wheat. 27.039 acres, producing
353,054 bushels.
Corn .46,866
2,000,009
152.873
Oats 10,43
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Rye. . .
1,140
66
9,595
66
Buckwheat.
552
5,839
66
Barley
36
66
66
1,625
66
Timothy
29,931
23,177 Tons of hay.
Clover
4,597
66
3,866
66
Flax.
144
985 bushels seed.
Clover Seed
Potatoes. .
1,591
Sweet Potatoes
II
66
I 10,420 bushels. 850
Maple Sugar. 4,521 pounds of sugar and 7, 103 gallons of molasses. Meadow ..... 34,528 acres, producing 27,043 tons of hay, and 1,722 bushels of clover seed.
VINEYARDS.
Grapes-II acres producing 44,875 pounds of grapes, and 206 gallons of wine.
ORCHARDS.
In 1874 there were 6,475 acres devoted to fruit culture, produc- - ing 193,836 bushels of apples; 20,361 bushels of peaches; and 1,887 bushels of pears, besides quinces, plums, cherries, and other fruits.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Our dairy products in 1874, amounted to 9,500 pounds of cheese, and 881,888 pounds of butter.
MANUFACTURES.
The manufacturing establishments in Licking County, number 124, in which are employed 696 workmen-the capital invested there- in is $705,085, and the products last year amounted to $1,236,198.
TURNPIKE AND CANAL.
Twenty-five miles of turnpike, being the National Road, running through our County, near its southern borders, and the same num- ber of miles of the Ohio Canal, both constructed between the years
9,500 gallons syrup.
Sorghum .
122
66
66
1,722 60
66
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1825-1835, are the sum total of those kinds of internal improvements within the limits of Licking County.
RAIL ROADS.
There are in Licking County 67 miles of Rail Road, as follows: Straitsville Division of the Baltimore and Ohio road 10 miles. Central Ohio ..
.32 Northern 6.
13 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Rail Road
12
Total. 67 miles; to which will be added, at an early day, some 30 miles of the Atlantic and Lake Erie Rail Road, now in rapid process of comple- tion through our County, then making the whole number of miles of Rail Road in Licking County but little less than 100.
EDUCATIONAL.
Thirteen thousand two hundred and seventy-one ( 13,271 ) pupils were enumerated, and 10,411 were enrolled during the last year, in the Common Schools of Licking County. The number of School Houses within the County is 210, having an estimated value of $148,575. The list of School Houses includes the Union or High School edifices of Newark, Granville, Utica, and other places of minor importance. They range in value from a very few hundred dollars, to $20,000, several in Newark exceeding in value the latter sum. The number of teachers employed during the last year was 418, (167 males, and 251 females,) who received for their services $58,801. The total school tax raised during the year was $77,300.
We have also, two Female Seminaries and one College, (Denison University, ) in all of which many hundreds of our youth of both sexes, have been educated during the last forty years. Many of the graduates of these very respectable institutions of learning attained to a high degree of Scholarship, and distinction in Literature, the Arts and Sciences. Not a few of those who obtained their parch- ments from the last named institution reached eminent positions at the Bar, in the Pulpit, in Legislative Halls, in Senate Chambers, on the Judicial Bench, in Learning, in Science, Belles-Lettres and in various learned professions and pursuits. And perhaps no less learned were the numerous Seminary graduates, and certainly not less successful
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were they in the profession of Teaching, and in other pursuits in which they employed their talents and education.
Those Seminaries and College are located in Granville, and have had a long and successful career. The latter has a history that ex- tends through forty-five years-the former not so long.
OUR SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS.
We have also not been tardy in establishing organizations other than Colleges, Seminaries, and Schools, to promote Social, Literary and Benevolent interests. Of this class are the Masonic, and Odd Fellows Lodges, found in every section of our County, and the less numerous lodges of Good Templars, Divisions of Sons of Tem- perance, of lodges of Red Men, of Knights of Pythias, of the Order of United American Mechanics, of Druids, of Literary Societies, of Debating and Library Associations, of Reading and Social Clubs, of Musical Coteries, of Teachers Institutes and of other institutions of kindred character. Mention may appropriately be made, in this connection, of the Licking County Pioneer, Historical and Anti- quarian Society, whose opportunities tend to mental and moral im- provement. The officers are as follows:
PRESIDENT-Presley N. O'Banon.
VICE PRESIDENTS-Thomas J. Anderson, M. M. Munson, and Daniel Forry.
RECORDING SECRETARY-Isaac Smucker.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY-C. B. Giffin.
TREASURER-Enoch Wilson.
CHIAPLAIN-Rev. George Sinsabaugh.
It was organized in 1867, and has been eminently successful in collecting and recording the facts of our early-time history, and pre- serving them from being utterly lost; and it has been no less success- ful in its literary achievements and its historical contributions, than in its devotion to Archaeological or Prehistoric interests.
GRANGES-FARMER'S CLUBS-AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
And then too, we have organizations whose chief purposes are the cultivation of the social qualities and the promotion of the material interests of the people. Of this class is that known as the Patrons of Husbandry, (whose members are designated as Grangers, ) which has its subordinate institutions throughout the County generally.
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Farmers' Clubs, local or sectional Agricultural Societies, such as those of Hartford and Pataskala, and last but not least, the Licking County Agricultural Society, under whose auspices we are now holding this Centennial meeting, and which is soon to hold its twenty-ninth Annual Meeting, are preeminently of this class of insti- tutions. And no less so was the predecessor of the latter, and which as the Licking County Agricultural Society, held its first Fair or Annual meeting in 1833. The writer takes some pride in mention- ing this, our original Agricultural Society, as he was a member of it and an exhibiter also, for many years, perhaps during the entire period of its existence. Of. many certificates of good workmanship received from it, he has one bearing date November first and second, 1838, being its sixth Annual Fair, and signed by Thomas W. Wilson, President, and Israel Dille, Secretary. This certificate serves as a relic of the time when all of us that are now old were young, and as a reminder of the early efforts made to promote Manufacturing, Mechanical and Agricultural interests in Licking County.
The Licking County Agricultural Society is one of the fixed institutions of Licking County, having had an existence of a fair measure of prosperity of forty-four years, (including an interregnum of a few years, ) and having still the promise of a prosperous Future. Its officers for the Centennial year are as follows:
PRESIDENT-James Pittsford.
VICE PRESIDENT-James M. Kirkpatrick.
SECRETARY-Edward Thomas.
TREASURER-David Smith.
DIRECTORS-S. F. Van Vorhis, Francis Burkam, A. T. How- land, A. Weiant, J. N. Lawyer, S. Hoskinson, John M. Montgomery, H. L. Reed, M. D. Hartshorn.
REVIEW.
I have thus taken a cursory glance at the evidences of material prosperity which Licking County presents; also at the Educational efforts made by the people; and no less, at the numerous, and more or less efficient organizations established all over the County, to pro- mote the practice of the social and moral virtues. It therefore only remains, that I present, in this connection to you, a list of the various church edifices now existing in Licking county, (of which there are one hundred and thirty-eight, ) the Townships in which they are located, and the various religious denominations to which they be-
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF
long, the number of Christian Societies, represented in Licking County, by one or more church buildings, being twenty-six, eleven of them having each only one edifice, the others being divided among the remaining fifteen denominations, forty being the highest number owned by any one, that being the Episcopal Methodist.
NUMBER, DENOMINATION AND LOCATION OF CHURCH EDIFICES IN LICKING COUNTY, OIIIO.
Rank in Numbers,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Fing County, Ohio.
Leation of Church edifices in Lick-
Number, denomination and lo-
-Episcopal Methodist.
a Baptist.
Presbyterian.
+United Brethren
Christian.
Disciples.
Protestant Methodist.
Christian Union
Lutherans. (English)
Congregationalist.
-Calvinistic Methodist. (Welsh.)
~Universalist
@Catholic.
Wesleyan Methodist Welsh Congregationalist. Protestant Episcopal ..
AGerman Presbyterian.
"United Presbyterian.
African E. Methodist ..
Swedenborgian.
~ German Lutheran.
ciReformed. (German)
"Free-will Baptist
Reformed Presbyterian.
German Methodist.
No of Churches in sach Township.
TOWNSHIPS.
No. 1. Bennington
3
1
...
...
2. Bowling Green
2
1
1
1
1
..
3. Burlington.
1
1
1
1
1
]
1
1
1
1
1
1
7. Franklin
1
..
1
1
1
1
1
9, Hanover
1
1
1
1
1
11. Harrison
1
1
12. Hopewell
1
2
1
1
1
1
14, Liberty
1
1
1
1
1
1
17, Mary Ann
1
18. Mc Kean.
2
1
19. Monroe ...
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
23. Perry ..
1
1
3
5
25, Union
2
?
1
1
1
1
1
5
40 19|13 10
9 7!
5
5
4
3
3
L'.
9
2
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
4. Eden.
5, Etna ...
1
6. Fallsbury
8. Granville
..
10. Hartford
15. Lieking ..
16, Lima.
1
1
20. Madison
21, Newark ...
1
22, Newton ..
2
1
2
1
24. St. Albans
1
1
1
1
1
...
26. Washington
Total number of Church edifices in Licking County, Ohio, is 138; their total valuation being $300,000, and supposed to furnish sittings for 20,000 persons.
og Total ......
The Methodists were the first denomination to organize, being in 18044; the Congregationalists were the second, being in 1805; the Baptists and Presbyterians the next, being in 1808; the Covenanters organized in 1813; the Lutherans in 1817. The others afterwards.
l& Albright
1
1
13. Jersey
1
...
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LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
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