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Baltimore Tent. No. 84, K. O. T. M., was organized June 10, 1890, with the following named officers in tent rank: H. J. Everitt, A. A. Thomas, H. Jacobson, William Wilson, J. Albans. C. W. Mann, V. Gray, A. G. Henry, J. W. Cushing, F. W. Flint, G. L. Monroe, S. Swartz and B. Netzorg. E. M. Pardee was commander in 1895.
North Baltimore Hive, No. 51, L. O. T. J ... was instituted November 22, 1894, with Caroline B. Young, Lou W. Fowler, Eliza Christie. Lil- lian A. Cove, Mary A. McGregor, Susan Eliza Whitzel, Sarah Womer, Ada A. Dittman, Mar- garet Anderson and Eliza J. Ferguson officers in order of Hive rank. Mrs. Adelle Trautman presided in 1895, with Sarah Womer record- keeper.
The Knights of Pythias, a strong organiza- tion, though young in years, was presided crer in 1895 by J. S. Platte, with Dr. M. B. Reasoner keeper of records and seals.
Sill Post. G. A. R., No. 57 was organized April IS, 1881, and named in honor of Joshua W. Sill. who commanded a brigade in Sheridan's division at Stone River, where he was killed December 31, 1862. The original members were E. W. Poe, Reuben Shoemaker, Harrison Downs, j. H. Monasmith, T. J. Campbell, John Heminger. Ira Grimes, George Chase, L. J. Bloom, George Colwell, Martin Lauck, J. S. Lauck, Washington Young, and Samuel Dissinger. E. W. Poe was the first commander, followed in 1882. by T. J Campbell; 1883, J. A. Heminger; 1884 and 1892, Washington Young; 1885. J. B. Zarbaugh: 1886-87, W. S. Decker; 1888-89, J. W. Bender: 1890, Harrison Downs; 1893, John Baldwin: 1894, W. S. Decker; 1895, J. W. Bender and 1896, P. P. Shuler. The adjutants have been. Rueben Shoemaker, 1881; J. B. Zarbaugh, 1ss to 1884; Washington Young, 1885: J. B. Zar- bangh, 1886-87; D. A. Wilson. 1888; J. F .. Hesse, 1889; W. S. Decker, 1891; j. W. Ben- der, 1892; W S. Decker, 1895: and J. W. Ben- der, 1896. The number of members is twenty- five, of forty on the muster roll.
The Woman's Relief Corps, Sill Corps, No.
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264, was instituted March 19, 1889. The first president was Mary E. Morgan; the first senior vice, Hannah Decker; and the first junior vice. Mary N. Heminger. The charter members were: Mary E. Morgan, Hannah Decker, Mary Ann Heminger, Nellie Simons, Mary Weaver, Carrie Weaver, Effie Decker, Elmira Bender, Julia Gibson, Sarah Downs, Phoebe Heminger, Wilda. Arnold, Sarah Acker, Anna Dildine, Erwilda Taylor, Rachael A. Young, Mary Coleman, Mary G. Shade and Opal Baldwin. Mrs. Rebecca Somers presided in 1895, with Carrie Simon. secretary, while, in 1896, Sola Huber presided, with Phila Parker, secretary.
The Sons of Veterans, John Reed Porter Camp, No. 281, was organized June 21, 1888. In 1895, John B. Wilson was captain, and P. M. Bender, orderly sergeant.
The Union Veterans' Union, General Day Command, No. 54, was instituted in Novem- ber, 1892. Thomas Mckay was the first colonel, and John A. Smith the first lieutenant- colonel. The charter members are J. A. Smith, Sidney Lynn, John Dow, J. D. Burrell, John E. Mock, Charles Lano, W. N. Johnson, R. Shoe- maker, J. H. Black, W. H. Harter, F. S. Probst, Ezekiel Steele, James E. Hess, Thomas Mckay, John Hagen, William M. Maxwell and Jesse O'Hare. Col. J. D. Burrell was commander in 1895, with J. E. Mock, quartermaster.
The Woman's Veteran Relief Union, Mrs. Emma L. Mckinney Post, No. 26, was instituted May 7, 1894, with the following charter mem- bers: Nora Mckay, Julia Harter, Mary Lano, S. A. Smith, Fannie Smith, Sarah Fouts, Nellie Adams, Lorinda McNamara, Amanda Steele, Kate Harter, Mary A. Shoemaker, Jennie Pow- ·ers, Jennie Riser, Lelia Freece, - Higgins, Emma McFall, Mattie McFall. Mary Chase, Nancy Steele and Eliza E. Wilson. In 1895. Mrs. Nora Mckay was president. Mrs. Saloam Smith, secretary, and Mrs. Fannie Smith, treas- urer.
Timolcon Temple, Rathbone Sisters, was pre- sided over. in 1895. by Mrs. Elizabeth Reasoner. with Mrs. Phila Platte, recorder.
The Equitable Aid Union, of which G. B. Sawdy was chancellor. and Mrs. L. L. Burton, secretary, in 1895. is a beneficial organization with a fair membership.
The Patriotic Order Sons of America, Wash- ington Camp, No. 76, was instituted June 22, 1893. The charter members were George B. Smith, L. Mosely, J. Durham, John Justice, A. C. Tussing, F. M. Justice, Curtis Baker, E. A.
Wolfe, Charles Himler, Edward Watterick, O. P. Kimball, John M. Durham, Ed. Harter, John Baker. Frank Smila, George Dissinger, E. Misa- more, C. F. Wiley, H. G. Craun, Edward Nigh,- Reuben Nigh, William Campbell, O. J. Corry, Jerry Kniseley, S. Chaney and George Riser. The president, in 1895, was L. Mosely, with A. A. Edwards, secretary.
The Jr. O. U. A. M., North Baltimore Coun- cil, No. 301. was organized August 6. 1892. It has about fifty members now. The charter members were Frank Rudy, Jesse Baker, C. W. Buffington, G. W. Connell, William Credicott, C. A. Suttles, C. F. Wiley, J. H. Tilton. Clois Spitler, Frank S. Jones, J. E. Connell, George H. Males, William Lyon, G. W. Shadle and J. H. Jones. W. H. Sheller was councillor in 1895, with Isaac Moorhead, secretary.
The Painters and Decorators' Union, No. 188, was organized in September, ISgo, with A. W. Orians, A. C. Tussing, W. M. Henning, T. D. Grant and C. M. Rumer, officials.
The Bryant Guards, or Company K, O. N. G., was mustered into the Second Regiment. August 5, 1895. to take the place of the Celina Company, just then disbanded. The officers are W. J. White, captain; Robert Jones, first lieuten- ant; E. B. Drake, second lieutenant; S. Wilson, first sergeant; Frank Wilson, second sergeant: Alex. Sloan, third sergeant, and Rudolph Lam- from, fourth sergeant. Frederick Yeager and Ezra Wolf were appointed corporals. The com- pany went into camp, with the Second Regiment, at Tiffin, in August, 1895, and at once made a favorable impression.
CONCLUSION.
The beginnings of the village are described in the history of Henry township, where men- tion is made of its pioneers and their institu- tions. The building of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, in 1874, introduced a new era in the southern townships of Wood county, and this town is a child of that era.
North Baltimore has no poetic features. Great stores and great industries take the place of Fancy's castles. It is a creation of commercial enterprise. Business and residence streets: busi- ness blocks in stone and brick; modern residences in brick and wood: commercial institutions; churches and schools-have all grown up within a quarter of a century. exemplifying what cour- age. linked with bold business policy, may accom- plish. The modern town is scarcely a decade
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old, but it is as precocious as it is young. Like other ambitious towns, it had its ups and downs, its fires, its periods of trade and financial depres-
sion and common disappointments, but it rose above all obstacles, and is to-day a progressive place.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
POPULATION, GROWTH, ETC. - PIONEERS -- THE LOST CHILD --- A TRAGEDY -- EARLY LAND BUYERS -NAMING THE TOWNSHIP -- ORGANIZATION -- TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS -- SCHOOLS -- HOYTVILLE- HAMLETS -- CHURCHES -- SOCIETIES, ETC.
T HE exterior lines of this division of the county were surveyed in 1819, and the section lines in 1821. The progress of Jackson township was very slow but very sure, down to 1870, when the population did not exceed 347. In 1840, the Census credits it with 26; in 1850, with 74; and in 1860, with 144. When the United States enumerators traversed the township in 1870, the agriculturist and lumberman had scarcely left an impression on the forest. Everything was primitive in the ex- treme. Within the ensuing decade, the popula- tion increased to 1, 028 or nearly, but, even with the increase of workmen, the coming of a rail- road and the establishment of a village, material improvement was still slow. In 1890 the num- ber of inhabitants was found to be 1, 587. The oilman and lumberman were among them. the former, like Ponce de Leon, searching for hidden wealth, the latter cutting down the great trees, and forming them into commercial shapes. Within the last half decade, the township has made very marked advances. Well cultivated farmis and comfortable homes are now seen, where the forest stood a few years ago; log cabins are disappearing, and Jackson is preparing to take a place among the first townships of Wood county.
Pioneers. - The first settler in Jackson town- ship was John Dubbs. He moved to Section I in the month of April, 1835. When he entered his land the previous year, it was occupied by several families of Ottawa Indians. They had several shanties which they occupied until Mr. Dubbs came. He moved into one of them with his family and occupied another for a stable, and he so lived until the following autumn, when he built a log house and moved into it. In the fall of 1835 three more families moved into the town-
ship-Samuel Bowman, Nicholas Crist and widow Crist and family. They settled in the vicinity of what is now known as Hoytville. In the spring of 1836, Peter Hockenberry, the great hunter, settled here. He has been known to take on an ox-cart as high as four hundred dol- lars worth of bear, deer, wolf, fox, wild-cat, coon, mink and other skins at one time, all of his own killing. He was a very eccentric man. He had a wife, but never had any children. He died in the " seventies " at McComb, Hancock county, aged eighty-five years. A short time be- fore his death he told some of his attendants that he had buried, in the roots of a large oak tree on his farm in Jackson township, over $1, 000 in gold and silver, but he could not describe the place accurately enough for them to find it. There was considerable search made but of no avail. From 1836 to 1839 some four or five more families set- tled in the township, among whom were the Dunns. the Apgers, Kagys, the Simmons, and E. Rowan. Rowan came from Maumee, and was the contractor of what was later known as the Dun- can and Gibson big ditch, which was the first ditch that was built in the southwest part of the county. The intention was to drain what is now known as the Jackson Prairie, but the ditch was only sixteen feet in width, and, on an average, three feet in depth. It proved to be of no ben- efit for two reasons: it had no outlet, and its ex- tent was so short that it overflowed its banks and did no perceptible good. Rowan built about three miles of said ditch at a great cost of money to his employers, and no profit to himself. He did all the excavation with men and spades. Plowing and scraping ditches was not then in fashion in Wood county. The price he got for digging was sixteen cents a yard, and the price of good ditchers a day was fifty cents.
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The Lost Child .- The finding of the Frank- father girl, who wandered away from Bloom township into the Jackson wilderness, was one of the stirring incidents of pioncer days. She came into Dubbs' field one morning about eight o'clock where his children were digging potatoes. They brought her to the house and gave her some food, which was the first she had eaten for eleven days, except what nuts and berries she had found. It was with difficulty that they could restrain her from eating too much. They immediately sent a messenger to Frankfather's house in Bloom township to inform him. He arrived at Dubbs' that same evening. When he saw his little girl he burst out crying, took her in his arms and started on the run on a straight line for his home, which was about ten miles through a pathless wilderness all the way. The story is told in de- tail in the history of Bloom township.
A Tragedy .- The death of Simmons, one of the pioneers, took place on the Dubbs farm, in April, 1837. Simmons had leased a tract of land from John Dubbs, built his cabin thereon, and was occupying it when the tragedy occurred. The inquest was held by Morrison McMillen and Daniel Barton, justices, the jurors being James and Andrew Hutchinson, Samuel Barton, Henry Dubbs, James Birdsall, and another pioneer, whose name has not been ascertained. The ver- dict of the jury was that he came to his death by the hand of his wife, who had done the deed in a deranged state of mind. She was placed under arrest, and an examination had before Squires Barton and McMillen, and was commit- ted to jail. A short time after she was tried in the court of common pleas, and was adjudged by the jury to be insane, and was sent to the State Asylum where she only lived about one year after she did the deed.
Early Land Buyers. -- The early land buyers, with location and date of purchase, are given as follows: John Dubbs, S. W. }. 1, and other tracts, Dec. 4, 1834: John W. Allen, S. E. }, I. Oct. 16, 1836; James Mackull, S. E. of S. W. 1. 6, Nov. 28, 1836; Ruel Smith, S. E. 4, 7, Nov. 8, 1836; David Updegraff, S. J. 13, Aug. 26. 1839; Andrew Hite, S. of S. W. and S. of N. E., 19, Oct. 21, 1836; Martin Pagery, N. S. W. 1. and N. S. E. 1. 19, Oct. 21, 1836; Casper B. Wyckoff, S. E. 1. 24, Nov. 14, 1840; Samuel Bowman, W. S. . W. 4, 25. Nov. 28, 1836; Samuel Bowman, S. W. 1, 26, Dec. 18. 1835; Peter Hockenbery, E. N. E. 1, 31, July 30, 1836; Isaac Dubbs, N. of N. E. 1, 34, Jan. 5, 1835; Nicholas Crist, E. of N. W. 1. 34. April 30, 1839; and Hugh Newell, S. W. 1, 36, Oct.
8, 1836. In 1844, the Dunns located on Sec- tion 19, while many others ventured in to reclaim the wilderness.
Naming the Township .- The story of the first town meeting was often told by the pioneer voters, the last of them-Rev. J. B. Dunn-veri- fying it in all particulars. After their town offi- cers were elected, the people held a celebration, raised a hickory pole, had the Declaration of In- dependence read, and a speech made by Morrison McMillen, of Milton. After the reading and speech they partook of a dinner furnished by Mr. Dubbs, and all the pure old " Monongahela " they wished to drink, furnished by Rowan. After dinner the votes were counted, and the officers sworn in by 'Squire McMillen, and they agreed to recommend that the township be called Jackson, for the reason that every voter had voted for Jackson.
Organisation. - The township was established June 1, 1840, by order of the commissioners, and the resident tax-payers of T. 3, N. R. 9 E., were ordered to meet at John Dubbs' house, on July 4, following, to elect officers.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
Justices .- The justices of the peace, who qualified from that period to 1895, are named as follows: James Bowman, 1841; Samuel Bow- man, Sr., 1844; Jacob B. Dunn, 1847: Samuel Knowland, 1850; George France. : 856: John R. Apger, 1859; Samuel Dunn, 1862 to 1893: Hugh Boiles, 1865-66; Wellington G. Jewell, 1869 to 1875; Lafayette M. Zigler, 1874; A. Bergman, 1876; Stephen Byrns, 1877; William Gibson. ISSO, resigned in 1882; H. M. Jones, 1882; Zephaniah Wells, 1883-86; E. H. Westenhaver, 1886-89, resigned in IS9 !: Allen S. Ferguson, 1887-91; Levi Burgoon, 1889, resigned in 1889; J. W. Yates, 1894; and Daniel Cooper, 1896. -
Trustees .- The office of trustee, for the first three years, was filled by the Dubbs, Mays, Wyck- offs, Rowan, Crist and others. The documents in the auditor's office, and the records in possession of Township Clerk Dunn, give the following names, from 18.44 to 1895:
1844 Caspar B. Wyckoff, John Mays, William Crist.
1×45- Caspar B. Wyckoff, James Dunn, Nicholas Crist.
1846-Caspar B. Wyckoff, John Dubbs, Henry Kagy.
1847 .48 -- Thomas C. Larkin, John Dunn, Henry Kagy.
1849 Thomas C. Larkin, John Dunn. Peter W. Apger.
1850 -David Tyner, John Dunn, Peter W. Apger.
1851- F. D. Doty, Demas Leatherman, George France.
1852- David Tyner, John Dunn, George France.
1853 - F. D. Doty. J. R. pger, Demas Leatherman. James Dunn, John Ferguson. Demas Leatherman. David Toner, John C. Mars, Jantes F. Dublis.
1856 John Ferguson, James Dunn, James F. Dubbs.
FST Jonathan Dean, Lunes Dunn, James F. Dabbs.
1858-39 Peter W. Apger, John Ferguson, James F. Dubbs. 1860- Jonathan Dean, John Dubbs, Jacob T. Wyckoff.
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1861-Robert Mitchell, Ambrose Shively, Jacob T. Wyckoff. 1862-63. Robert Mitchell, Allen Pontius, John Edgar.
1864-David Tyner, Allen Pontius, John Edgar.
1865 -- Robert Mitchell, David Tyner, Allen Pontius.
1866- John Edgar, N. Atchley, Robert Mitchell.
1867-John Ferguson, W. C. Hackett, George F. Leonard. 1868- Theodore Inman, W. H. Hoyt, W. C. Hackett.
1869-70 -- Demas Leatherman, R. W. C. Buchanan, Zina Hoyt.
1871-Theodore Inman, Levi Burgoon, Martin Scheil. 1872-Zephaniah Wells, Levi Burgoon, Martin Scheil.
1873-Zephaniah Wells, W. C. Hackett, Levi Burgoon.
1874-76 -Stephen Leonard, Leonard Rush, Levi Burgoon. 1877-R. W. C. Buchanan, Jacob Mundwiler, Levi Burgoon. 1878-Joseph Durliat, C. Powell, Allen S. Ferguson.
1879-Andrew Bergman, Stephen Leonard, Allen S. Fer- guson.
1880 -- A. Bergman, John Ferguson, Samuel Leonard.
1881-Robert Turnbell, John Ferguson, Willam Waltman.
1882-R.W. C. Buchanan, Geo. W. Needles, Levi W. Burgoon. 1883 -- Andrew Bergman, Joseph Herringshaw, Levi Burgoon. 1884-G. W. Mundwiler. Joseph Herringshaw, Andrew Burgman.
1885-R. W. C. Buchanan, Sidney Greeley, W. T. Borough. 1886-R. W. C. Buchanan, Sidney Greeley, Lorenzo Thomas.
In 1887, Ellis W. Sperow was elected; 1888, James T. Baker; 1889, Elias H. Westenhaver; 1890, John Farquharson; 1891, Garrett Harris; 1892, Martin Reigle; 1893, John C. Wansitler; Jacob Trantman was appointed in December, vice Reigle; 1894, Jesse Hager app. Jan. 17, vice Garrett Harris, resigned; 1894, John H. Hanna and Em- met Lyle elected; in 1895 John Miller received 195 Democratic votes against a Republican vote of 149 cast for W. S. Armstrong; in 1896, Will- iam Milliron was elected.
Clerks .-- The clerks of the township have been as follows: John Bowman, who, as clerk, made the school census in 1842; John R. Apger down to 1852, when C. B. Wyckoff was elected; James Ferguson was chosen clerk in 1854; C. B. Wyck- off, 1855; George France, 1856; James Ferguson, 1857; Allen Pontius, 1864; James Ferguson, 1865; Peter W. Apger, 1866; Samuel Dunn, 1868; James Ferguson, 1870; Samuel Dunn, 1871; P. H. Robertson, 1874; James A. Tinney, 1879; H. R. Donaldson, 1880; James A. Tinney, 1881; James Weimer, 1882; James A. Tinney, 1883; E. H. Westenhaver, 1884; John Eaken, 1885; James Fox, 1888; James A. Tinney, 1889; Jesse Hager, 1890; A. P. Kiger, 1892 (but Jesse Hager held office until September); George F. Dunn, 1894; George Dermer, 1896.
Treasurers. - The office of treasurer has been filled by John Dubbs, 1840 to 1845; Isaac Dubbs, 1845; John Dubbs. 1851; S. J. Knowland, 1854; Nathan Atchley, 1855-59; [no records]; Wayne Mapes, 18 -; George Fish, 1874; Stephen Leon- ard, ---; Levi Burgoon, 1880; H. R. Donald- son, 1881; Henry F. Scherer, 1882; George | Wagonlander, 1885; G. W. Mundwiler, 1886;
Uriah Dishong, 1889; James E. Weimer, 1891; and Jesse Hager, 1895.
Assessors .-- In 1896, John Ray was elected, but died soon after, and J. W. Yates was ap- pointed May 9, same year, to succeed him.
The certificate of the election of Samuel Bow- man, Sr., in May, 1844, gives the names of the ten voters present, including Casper B. Wyckoff, James Dunn, Robert R. Crist, John Runyan, Henry Kagy, Nicholas Crist, Samuel Bowman, Sr., Samuel Bowman, Jr., William Crist and Thomas C. Larkins. Samuel Bowman cast a vote for himself, thus receiving the ten votes cast at that election for justice of the peace
Taxpayers, 1840 .- The assessment of Jack- son township, for 1840, gives the names of John Dubbs, Daniel McMillen and Jacob Smith as being taxed for real estate, and Samuel Bowman, John Dubbs, Peter Hockenberry, Edward Rowan and Edward Rowan, Jr., for personal property.
Taxpayers, 1853 .- The resident taxpayers in June, 1853, were Peter W. and John R. Apger; Edward Coyn; Fred D. Doty; George ( Sr. ) Will- iam, Peter, James, Elizabeth and George ( Jr.) Dunn; John and William Dubbs; George France: James and John Ferguson: Ezra and James G. Hathaway; Peter F. Millsberry; Demas Leather- man; John and William Mays; Michael Nickel- son; Sam. J. Knowland; John Runyan; David Tyner; Adam Waltinan; and Caspar R. and John Wyckoff.
SCHOOLS.
Common Schools .- The first official notice of school matters is contained in a report, made in October, 1842, on the number of children, be- tween the ages of four and twenty years, in Jack- son township. John Bowman, then clerk, signed the document, which was found among the files in the auditor's office, with many other valuable records dealing with Henry, Jackson and other southern townships. The names of the children and their parents are given as follows: District No. 1 -- Andrew, John, George, William, Mar- garet, Oliver and Ann, children of John Mays; Sarah, John, Jacob, Hannah, Henry and Peter, children of Casper B. Wyckoff; Andrew, Mary Ann, John and Isaac, children of Elizabeth Crist; Elizabeth, Isaac, Catherine and Emily, children of Samuel Bowman; Elizabeth and John Sim- mons, adopted children of John Dubbs; and John, son of Nicholas Crist. Down to that date, October 20, 1842, there was no school house erected within the limits of Jackson, nor a dis- trict school taught therein.
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The school records of Jackson, in possession of the clerk, date back to July 22, 1876, when a record of a new school house in District No. 6, was made. Among the directors of the township were R. W. C. Buchanan, A. S. Ferguson, Z. F. Willison, Wm. Burgoon, Stephen Leonard, William Blackburn, George Mundwiler, James Keer, L. Meyers. P. R. Randolph, Garret Teatsworth, J. B. Dunn, and Demas Leather- man. In 1878, a schoolhouse was erected in District No. 3, and the old buildings of Districts 3 and 7 were ordered to be sold. Jesse Ruff, Thomas Davis and O. O. Butterfield were new members of the board in 1878, when a new building was authorized in District No. I. In 1881, Z. F. Willison and R. H. Donaldson were elected members of the board. On petition of Joseph Durliat and others, a joint sub-district was established in 1882, when Andrew Bergman. C. M. Hunt, John Ferguson, James T. Dean and F. M. Hudson were new members. In Septen- ber, 1882, a brick school house was authorized for District No. 9; District No. 8 was discon- tinued, but re-established, and a school house erected in 1884. There are brick: buildings in Districts No. 8, 9. 4 and 3, the last erected in 1895. The school interests are advancing like the agricultural interests of this township; so that all the conditions which militated against com- mon schools in 1842 are changed now.
HOYTVILLE.
The village was surveyed by W. H. Wood, in 1873, for G. B. Mills and William Hoyt. Several lots were sold in view of the completion of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad; but the buyers appear to have preferred building in other new towns suggested by the coming railroad, and, for a decade, little progress was made in the con- struction of business and dwelling houses. In 1882, Hoytville shared in the general prosperity of the country, a church building was erected in 1883, and by the fall of 1886 the hamlet attained village proportions.
The petition for the incorporation of Hoyt- ville was presented September 6, 1886, signed by fifty-six residents. Some days later a renion- strance, signed by forty-seven residents, was filed, followed by a second remonstrance and a second petition. On December 6, that year, the com- missioners granted the prayer of the second peti- tion, and the people were ordered to elect officers in April of 1887. The first meeting of the coun- cilmen was held April 21, 1887, at the office of E H. Westenhaver. Miner Wadsworth, the
first mayor, presided; Sylvester Fox was clerk; James E. Weimer, treasurer; John Merritt, mar- shal; Christian Powell, sealer; and Hugh H. Price. Lyman Colvin, George W. Mundwiler. Uriah Dishong, Thomas M. Moorehead and William Swaney, councilnen. Rules for the government of the village were adopted the same day, and the little municipality took its place among the incorporated villages of the county. E. H. Westenhaver was elected mayor in 1888; Jesse Hager, in 1889; Allen Ferguson, in 1893; and Nathan H. Mills, in 1895; while A. P. Kiger succeeded Sylvester Fox as clerk in 1891. The election in 1896 resulted as follows: Mayor. James . A. Tinney (elected in July, sworn in August 4 to fill unexpired term caused by the resignation of N. H. Mills); clerk. A. Kiger; councilmen, G. N. Mundwiler, Peter Hunlock and J. D. W. Hoot; members of school board -- Special School, comprising old Township District No. 2 (including corporation)-Jacob Trautman and H. F. Scherer.
Post Office .- It is said that the first post of- fice in the neighborhood of Hoytville was called Egypt, and that John R. Apger was the incum- bent thereof as early as 1859. It is certain that he had charge of the office in 1862. About that time, the office was discontinued, and not estab- lished until 1869, when Zina Hoyt is remembered as postmaster, and David Barton, inail-carrier. Chauncey Maltby succeeded Hoyt, then came H. F. Scherer, R. H. Donaldson, U. Dishong. A. F. Ferguson (who held the office in 1889'. and Martin Reigle, in 1890. Jesse Hager is the present incumbent.
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