Commemorative historical and biographical record of Wood County, Ohio : its past and present : early settlement and development biographies and portraits of early settlers and representative citizens, etc. V. 1, Part 68

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) cn; J.H. Beers & Co. cn
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1060

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1869 -R. H. Ralston, Josiah Smith, John McMaster. 1870-R. H. Ralston, S. Starr,

1571 R. H. Ralston, James F. Dubbs, E. Baldwin. 1872-73- R. H. Ralston, W. O. Keeler, T. Burson.

1874 -R. H. Ralston, Orlando Ferrell, Sam. Starr.

1875 --- R. H. Ralston, H. A. Hunter, Daniel Barton.

1-76 - R. H. Raiston, H. A. Hunter, Henry Baldwin. 1877-78-R. H. Ralston, Anton Long, Enoch Campbell. 1879 -William Kirk, W. F. Mercer, Samuel Bear.

1880 -Enoch Campbell, W. F. Mercer, Joseph Kieffer, A. J. Rickard, rice Kieffer.

1881-Enoch Campbell, Fred. Wismer, A. J. Rickard.

182-John Berry, Fred. Wismer, A. J. Rickard.

[>83-Enoch Campbell, Matthias Schneider, John Lance.

1884- A. J. Rickard. William Kirk, Matthias Schneider.

1885 Enoch Campbell, J. C. Lance, William Kirk.

1886 -- William Bacome, William Kirk, John Wirtz.

1887 - William Bacome, William Kirk, John Wirtz; Henry C. Strow, rice Kirk, deceased.

1888 --- Daniel Barton, William Buck, W. O. Keeler. 1889 Lorenz Weihl, William Buck, D. Barton.

1800-Joseph Johann, Daniel Barton, Lorenz Weihl.

In 1891, A. J. K.ckard, Jr., was elected, in 1892, G. W. Brad- shaw; in 1893, Orlando Ferrell; in 1894, W. W. Sock- man; in 1895, G. W. Bradshaw, W. W. Sockman and O. Ferrel; in 1896, Orlando Ferrell was elected.

Clerks .-- The clerks have been: Morris Brown, 1839-44; Rudolph McMillan, 1851; H. C. Strow, 1855; N. F. Campbell, 1856; G. W. Hill, 1857; H. C. Strow, 1858; G. W. Hill, 1859; J. M. Waggoner, 1861; N. L. Besanson, 1863; F. Lewis, 1864; H. C. Strow, 1865; Jo- seph B. Hill, 1866; R. W. Pool, 1867; L. L. Delano, 1868; J. M. Waggoner, 1870; C. M. Hathaway, 1872; J. B. Hill, 1873; George W. Downs, 1874; L. S. Baker, 1881; George W. Downs, 1882; C. M. Walling, 1884; A. C. Aubrey, 1886, and E. A. Ballmer, 1888, while William M. Leaming, elected in 1894, was re- elected in 1896.

Treasurers .- This office has been filled by the following named citizens: Samuel Barton, 1841; William Hill, 1842; Thomas Taylor, 1845; George Rethinger, 1879: John Kistner, 1883; E. W. Schooley, 1884; W. O. Keeler, 1886; T. L. Bult. 1889; L. F. Hull, 1893-96.

Assessors .- The incumbents of the assessor's office have been: David Hill, 1842; William Alberti, 1844: Thomas Taylor, 1847 -- 51; Jacob Flickinger, 1851; A. L. Hutchinson, 1852 to 1859; (no records or documents 1859 to 1879): L. S. Baker, 1880; C. M. Hathaway, 1881; William Buck, 1882: Jacob R. Huff, 1883; C. M. Hathaway, 1884: Daniel Barton, 1885; John Gribben, 1888; L. A. Lathrop, 1889; G. W. Downs, 1891; Emory Burson, 1892; and G. W. Richmond, 1894, with Joseph Metzger, elected in 1895.

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tion of a town hall and the contract awarded to B. B. Richardson for brick and stone work for $934, and the contract for carpenter work to P. W. Rickard. The town hall stands in the Park at Milton Center, south of the council or village building.

Pioneers. - The pioneer land buyers and pio- neers of T. 4, R. 9, include all the families cred- ited to the. township in 1839. The first pur- chasers of United States lands were:

Thomas Taylor, E. N. W. and N. W. N. E. S. 2, April 16. 34. John Clark, S. of N. E. S. of S. E. and N. E. of N. E. S. 2, Nov. 4, 1834. Keeler & Hollister. S. W. K. S. 2, Sept. 28, 1835. Alvin Clark, N. S. E. 4 S. 2. July 19 1836. Moses Moore, N. pt. N. E. S. 3, Nov. 4. 1885. Andrew Morehouse, S. W. S. E. S. 3, Dec. 19, 1835. T. R. Culver, W. N. W. S. 12, Oct, 12. 1835. John Thompson, E. N. W. S. 12, Oct. 30, 1835.

Henry Dubbs, S. E. S. W. S. 13, Oct. 21. 1833. Samuel Barton, S. S. E. S. 14. June 20. 1834. Regben Van Tassel, S. S. W. S. 15 Oct. 27. 1836.

Horace Potter, S. W. and S. E. 5. 1. Feb 1, 1856. William Hill, W. N. W. S. 21, Dec. 30, 1835. James Hutchinson, S. N. W. S. 22. March 24, 1836. Isaac Van Tassel, 2nd E. S. E. S. 22, Oct. 27, 1836. Morris Brown, N. S. W. Y S. 23, March 24. 1826. Joseph Badger. S. E. S. E. S. 24, Oct. 27, 1×96. Samuel Birdsall, N. E. S. W. S. 25, June 9, 1-31. William Williamson, S. E. S. 25, Sept. 23, 1866. Andrew Hutchinson, S. N. E. and E. N. W. S. 26. Nov. 27. 33. James Hutchison Sr., S. F. S. E. S. 26. Nov. 27. 1833. David W. Pugh, N. W. N. W. S. 26. May 2. 1836. Morrison McMillan, N. E. and S. W. of N. W. S. 35, Feb. 19. 1834. And Jonathan Crom, E. N. W. S. 36, Jan. 30, 1836.

A Reminiscence .- A son of Henry Dubbs. named above, writing in 1895. says:

About the middle of April. 1834, Henry Dabbs settied in Section 19, Liberty township, near the west line. At that time there was but one family, james Birdsali's, in Wood county, west of Portage, until we came. They lived about a mile from us through the woods. A few weeks after, Wm. Lathrop built a cabin between us and the Birdsalls. During the summer and fall of 1834, a number of families - the Hutchinsons, James and Andrew, Morrison MeMilian, San- uel Barton, and possibly one or two others, moved in. In the spring of 1835, Milton township was organized. On court- ing noses it was found that a few votes were lacking, so a few were borrowed from neighboring townships. People in those days of sparse settlements were very obliging in the matter of borrowing and lending, or else Milton would not - have been organized that spring. The Indians at ther :... had not yet been removed to the Far West, and were almost daily visitors in our little settlement. On one occasion. several of them came to our cabin; the spokesman drew las hunting knife and pointed to the hog pen where we had our fattening hog for our winter's meat. We thought sure thes were going to butcher our hog, for we were unable to und: r- stand a word they said. Directty the Indian ran to the pon by which stood our grindstone, and soon made us understand that they wished to sharpen their knives, which quieted our fears concerning our fat hog. One fall our neighbor, Mr. Lathrop, had to go to Perrysburg to pay taxes. His wife had but recently died, and his children were too smah in be left alone at the house, so my brother and sister and I vent to stay over night with them, making a family of seven en. dren at the cabin. We had a good time, but in our through .. lessness we neglected to provide wood for the night; the wood-pile was ont next to the corn-erib, and when About "

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o'clock, our wood was gone, we were afraid to venture forth in the dark for more The woods at that time were infested by various kinds of wild animals. Finally my brother, John O., who afterward fell, in the war of the Rebellion, said he was not afraid to go out; but just as he was lifting up some wood he saw a large bear in front of him at the crib, eating corn, at the same time snarling as if offended at the boy's presence. John rushed in badly scared, and we threw out fire-brands to drive the beast off, but it paid no attention to us. We went to bed, after first covering up the fire. Bruin's tracks next morning, in the snow, showed plain enough that there had been no mistake as to the kind of caller we had the night before. How vastly different it is in Milton town- ship now; children and women do not fasten their doors against prowling wild animals, but, unfortunately, they have to provide against prowlers of their own species ! In 1836, the old Revolutionary soldier and missionary, Rev. Joseph Badger, built a cabin and settled on a ridge at the west end of the Wadsworth prairie, overlooking the great marsh.

Pioneer Architecture .- The early cabins were primitive indeed. The first one built by the Hills, in 1835, was an eight-cornered shanty. made by splitting logs into slabs, about three or four inches thick and about ten or twelve feet long, and set up- on the edges and notched at the ends, forming a building, having eight corners, and about tin or twelve feet high, and covered with clapboards or shakes, as the Yankees call them. no floor except the ground; in one corner the fireplace was made, by what we called clay janis, on either wall, and the chimney was a simple opening in the roof at the corner; in this they lived about one year. Others were built of round logs and clapboard roof, round poles for joists and sleepers, and puncheon floors. The cracks daubed with mud and moss, and the fire place in one side long enough to take in a log four or five feet long, and from one and a half to two feet in diameter, called the back log, and then the forestick, and when a fire was completed it looked like a log heap. Sometimes the houses were made with two doors, one on either side, and large logs were drawn in on sleds to build fires. No wind- ows; light was let in by cutting a log out at one side, and some greased white paper pasted over to keep out the cold.

Men of 1839 .-- The male residents of Milton, aged twenty-one years or over, in 1839, were: Samuel Barton, Daniel Barton, Samuel Bowman, Morris Brown, Alvin Clark, Samuel Cark, John Dubbs, Henry C. Dawson, John Green, Will- iam Hill, David Hill, James Hutchinson, Eli Hockenbury, Andrew Hutchinson. Moses More. Morrison McMillan, Andrew Morehouse, Daniel Mc Millan, George McAbberty, Alanson More, Alexander Morehead, James Russ, Thomas Sim- mons, Thomas Taylor and Matthew Walling. All were not here when the township was organ- ized. Thirteen of the number were present at the fall election of 1836; the others came in be- tween that time and the spring of 1839.

Names and Incidents .-- From a sketch pul ;- lished in the Sentinel of April 21, 1881, signed "H.," the following is taken:

Among the first settlers of 1834-35 along the creek, we. might vame the Rowlands, Robert and James; John Stur- geon, David Murdock, Sowers and Mackhin, in Henry county; and coming to Milton township, we find the names of James Hutchison, father of A. I .. Hutchinson; Samuel Barton, father of Daniel Barton; Morrison McMillan. Morris Brown, Wilham Hill, Alvin and Samuel S. Clark, Thomas Taylor, Jacob Gift (killed by a falling tree), the Morehouse's and Moreheads and a few others; and just over the line mn Liberty, we find Henry Dubbs, and -- Lathrop, and following these, only a few years, came the Bucks and Lewises; few of the younger members of the families still survive; Andrew L. Hutchinson, Daniel Barton, Lewis F., James F., and Frank M. Dubbs, and some of the Hill boys, and a few others. We had no roads: we just went zig-zag through the woods. around trees, over and around fallen timber, through the water, fighting the mosquitoes, to a neighbor's with a sack of corn on our backs, to grind it on a handmill, to get corn meal to make johnny-cake for the family. We had no water- mills nearer than Perrysburg, and not much to get ground when we got there. And it took us from four to five days to go and come: the only conveyance was ox teams and a cart. Old Billy Hill had a hand-mill, which was kept going from morning until midnight, people coming from miles an .! mites around. Dozens of men and women have been there at one time, waiting to turn the mill, and sometimes, when so thronged, some would leave their corn and go home to their hungry families, and come again to take their places at the mill. Of course this mill was a rude structure: four up- right posts framed together, and the stones set in them, and the propelling power was applied by an upright shaft, with an iron spout placed in a thimble in the upper buhr, and the top held by passing through a hole in a board, and then two men taking hold of this upright shaft and turning the buhr. It was a slow process, but it was the only alternative we had. This was afterward changed, so as to make it mitre convenient: it was arranged so four men could take hold of cranks like a grindstone, and made to grind much faster. Then we all thought that we had found a paradise.

First White Child. --- The first white child born in Milton township was Maria Hutchinson, daugh- ter of Andrew L. Hutchinson; and the first couple married in Milton township were Daniel Barton and Martha Hutchinson. They were married on the 8th day of October. 1840, by Morrison Mc- Millan. Barton and his wife have long since been gathered home. Dr. Burritt, of Gilead, a rough- spoken but thorough physician, cautioned married people against locating in Milton, giving many reasons why he did so: but with all this the pioneers ventured in there, braved the old Doctor's anger, and carved beautiful farms ont of the wilderness.

Schools .- The history of the common schools of this township may be said to date back to 1837. when a log cabin. 18 x 20 feet in area, was built on the Otsego pike ; on the farm owned in 1876 by Nelson Campbell ). William Woodward presided over the first regular school in thal building during the winter of 1839 to his stu- dents being John. Orlando, Morrison, Nancy and Charlotta MeMilan, Mary, Maria and Nancy Hutchinson, George and William Alberti, Ra.

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dolph and Levi McMillan, Augustus Bowerman, Sophia and John Lewis, William Hill, Richard Day, Charles Walling. John Amos, David Mi- chael and Clark Barton.

David Hill taught a school in his own house, that or the next winter. A year after, a log cabin was erected in the center of Sec. 20, known as the Morehead school, in which Alex. Bennett and Rudolph McMillan were Hill's successors.

A third cabin was erected on the Samuel Clark clearing, where Daniel Barton lived in Centennial year, now the White farm.

In 1849 or 1850, the second school was changed, and a new cabin, hewed on the inside, was erected by Matthew Hill for $40. on the southwest corner of William Hill's farm. Among the teachers who presided therein were H. C. Strow, Isaac Van Tassel, G. W. Hill, E. Hub- bard, Sarah Kunder, Louisa Fox. Carrie Wood, Evaline Elliott and Mary Jane Powers. It was known as . Hill's School House."

The Buck's school house, built by James Martin, appeared in 1852 or 1853. Among the old teachers of that district were Marion Forest, Elisha Martindale, Maria Martindale, Heury Crane, Mary Avery, Eunice Foote, Mary M. Bullis ( who married Reason Whitacre in 1863 or 1864), Lydia Perrin, Isaac Van Tassel, Mary Jane and Helen Powers, and Sarah Kuder. About the beginning of the Civil war, a new building was erected at the Corners, by Wm. Dallahan, and in it the following teachers presided: So- phironia Harbaugh, H. C. Strow, Sarah Crom, Kate Osborn, L. L. Delano, Polly Kerr, John Justice, Cora Hood, Dell Newell. W. P. Catlin, Helen Van Tassel, I. N. Van Tassel, Lucy Cass, Mina Beach, Mollie Guyer, Hattie Hurtz, Frank Huff, Dela Mead and Olivia Steinshour.

There were two established school districts November 20, 1837, when Daniel McMillan, then township clerk, reported that the school section, value for $1.25 an acre, was not producing any revenue; that no school examiners were yet ap- pointed; no directors elected, and no tax for school purposes levied. He could not state the number of children in District No. 1, but did ages of four and twenty years, in District No. 2.

Thomas Buck, Thomas Hill, Alvin Clark and John Buntly, with Isaac Van Tassel, clerk.

The record of the board of education begins April 17, 1854. when H. C. Strow, as township clerk, made the minutes of a meeting. Alvin Clark. Daniel Barton, Thomas B. Hill, John Bentley and Isaac Van Tassel, clerks of the five districts, were present. The area comprised in the south half of Sections 30, 29, 28 and 27. with Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34. was established as a new district. In 1855 a three-hundred-do !- lar school house was erected in Sub-District No. 1, Francis Muzzy was appointed librarian-in-charge of the eighty State books. an office afterward held by Joseph Ward, W. C. Lathrop, Nathaniel F. Badger and Isaac Van Tassel. In 1859 there were 113 male and 104 female pupils enrolled, together with seven males and six females in joint Sub-District No. 8. District No. ; was sub- sequently established, and Elijah Main elected director or clerk in 1860. In October, !861. there were 146 male and 137 feinale children ot school age enrolled, while in 1865 the respective numbers were 198 and 205. or a total of 403. and, in 1871, 241 males and 235 females. In 1867 a sum of $700 was appropriated toward building a school house in Sub-District No. 9: in 1871 moneys were granted for houses in Dis- tricts No. 3 and No. 10. In 1874 there were thirteen school districts, in the last one of which a temporary house was built in the fall of 1874. There were fourteen districts in Centennial year. L. S. Baker being the clerk of the Fourteenth (or new) District. Among the members of the board in the "seventies " were Charles Heally, M. L. Groff. J. W. Swartz, Thomas Burson, W. Bacome. S. W. Hunter, H. Mannhardt. W. W. Ellsworth, Adam Neiffer, E. H. Van Tassel. Samuel Bretz and C. M. Guild. In 1881 there was a new school house erected; in April. 1882. District No. 9 was set off as the special district of Custar.

MILTON CENTER.

state that there were fifty children, between the . for Andrew Hutchinson and Lewis Dubbs, Febru-

Milton Center was surveyed by Hiram Davis ary 2 -6. 1857. The village was surrounded by mosquitoes, but when the era of drainage dawned. Milton township farmers were among the first to inaugurate a system of artificial ditches. The Jackson cut-off, which is said to be the largest artificial waterway for purely drainage purposes in the State, passes south, giving the town excel- lent sewerage facilities.

The resident tax payers of School District No. swamp land, which was famous for masme and 2, in April, 1853, were Daniel Barton, Andrew L. Hutchinson. James H. Hutchinson, Matthew Walling, Morris Brown, Clark and Amos Barton, John Ringleka, Daniel McMillan, George Beyers, Nathaniel L. Badger, Charles Sheward, Joseph F. Wade and Thomas Snell. The board of edu- cation, in April. 1853, comprised Daniel Barton,

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The petition for incorporation was presented to the commissioners, March 25, 1869. The territory, for which municipal privileges were de- manded, is described thus: The N. , of N. E. } of Sec. 21; the N. E. } of the N. W. { of Sec. 21, and the S. E. { and the E. J of the S. W. } of Sec. 16, T. 4, R. 9. On June 8, 1869, the order incorporating the village was made aud re- corded. The petitioners were James M. Marks, Charles M. Walling, Daniel H. Hill. D S. Hind- ley, Charles Greeley, John Zimmerman, J. M. Dancer, William Robinson, E. W. Schooley, A. C. Robinson and twenty-four others.

Councilmen .- The councilmen, elected since 1870, have been named as follows:

1870 -- J. R. Huff, W. Robinson, E. W. Schooley, C. Greeley, H. Hathaway, A. Hostler.

1871-J. M. Dancer. W. Robinson, E. W. Schooley, C. Gree- ley, H. Hathaway, J. R. Huff.

1872-J. R. Huff, Daniel Hill, F. R. Whitney.

1873-Charles Greeley, C. M. Hathaway. John Zimmerman.

1874-F. C. Taft, J. R. Huff, P. Hutchinson, F. R. Whitney.

1875-Charles Greeley, J. M. Dancer, E. W. Schooley.

1876-F. R. Whitney, J. M. Beach, W. C. Mullally. 1877-E. W. Schooley, D. H. Hill, F. C. Taft.

1878-W. C. Mullally, C. M. Hathaway, F. R. Whitney.

1879 -- E. W. Schooley, D. H. Hill, John Kieffer.

1880-W. C. Mullally, A. A. Sheats, Carson C. Fails.

1881-D. H. Hill, E. W. Schooley, B. F. Waggoner.

1882-W. C. Mullally, W. O. Keeler, F. R. Whitney, J. M. Beach.

1883-C. M. Walling, F. R. Whitney, F. M. Dubbs.

1884 -- William C. Mullally, F. R. Whitney, D. H. Hill, T. M. Dubbs and C. M. Walling.

1885-E. W. Schooley, S. E. Higgins, J. B. Kieffer.

1886-Milo H. Wade, Peter Woodruff, William York, F. Grip- pen, Thomas Hill.

1887 -- C. M. Walling, A. C. Aubrey, J. R. Huff, E. A. Ballmer.

1888-A. C. Aubrey, W. H. Sutter, C. L. Rosenberger, W. L. Yerk.

1889-E. A. Ballmer, N. D. Rickard, W. C. Marks, C. Greeley. 1890-Thomas Hill, Ed. Beeman, Charles Mallotte.

1891 --- F. R. Whitney, C. M. Walling, N. D. Rickard.

1892-Charles Hudson, David Harris. John Schmyr.

1893-C. M. Walling, Ed. Beeman, F. R. Whitney.

1894-E. H. Spoors, A. Rosenberger, F. Drummer, Thomas Hill.

1895-M. Espen, J. H. Ward, Charles D. Hill, Eli Flemming, rice Spoors, resigned. In May, 1895, I .. Ralston was elected, rice Spoors.

1896-A. L. Dicus, L. F. Hultz, and F. R. Whitney were elected.

The mayors of the village have been: F. C. Taft, April, 1870; C. M. Hathaway, 1874; J. B. Hill, 1878; H. D. Baker, 1880; J. S. Baker, 1884: Daniel H. Hill, 1885, chosen by lot in 1888; A. J. Rickard, 1890; E. A. Ballmer, 1892; G. E. Hill, 1893; J. R. Huff, 1894: A. J. Rick- ard, 1894; G. E. Hill, elected 1896.

Clerks .- J. B. Hill, 1870; H. D. Baker, 1878; J. B. Hill, 1880; S. E. Burson, 188t; A. H. Beach, August, 1883; E. W. Schooley, March, 1884, vice Beach; S. E. Higgins, March 24, 1884; Bert Buck, 1884; W. H. White, 1886; J. B. Hill, 1887; B. F. Waggoner, 1888; Elmer C. |

Greeley, 1889; L. F. Hull, 1892; W. C. Marks, 1894; and R. W. Buck, vice Marks, resigned in May, 1895.

Treasurers. - William Buck was elected treas- urer in 1870. In 1878 the name of Charles Greeley appears upon the record. The incum- bents, from 1886 to the present time, are named as follows: Benjamin Waggoner, IS86; Thomas Hill, 1888; O. C. Mitchell, 1889; W. O. Keeler, 1891; William Buck, 1893; R. H. Ralston, 1894; and William Buck, 1896.

Marshal .- L. Cretsinger, 1896.

School Trustees .-- L. F. Hull and J. W. Cole were elected in 1896.

Fires. - The fire of February 11, 1885, de- stroyed William Mullally's drug store, John Bev- erstock's hardware store, and Joseph Goodfriend's saloon. During the succeeding five years, the village was fortunate in escaping with a few smail blazes. The fire of 1890 resulted in the destruc- tion of A. J. Rickard's saw and planing mill, and entailed a loss of $6,000.

Railroad Accident .- The collision on the C., H. & D. railroad of December 16, 1895, was the most serious since that of 1863 on this road. Thirty-seven passengers and trainmen were in- jured.

Old Traders .- William Buck, who estab- lished the first dry-goods store in 1861, and R H. Ralston, the undertaker, who conducted many funerals here from 1862 to March, 1895, are un- questionably the pioneer business men, who are yet engaged in trade. W. O. Keeler. an old merchant, died in October. 1892, or a year after he built the elevator; Mrs. Mary Cretsinger has carried on a general store for almost twenty-three years, while the modern business men, such as A. J. Rickard, Michael Epson. Charles Korta, James T. Dean, Eli Fleming, Singer & Hender- son, L. A. Dicus, Chester Rosenberg ( who suc- ceeded Daniel Hill as postmaster ), and O. H. P. Wright ( present proprietor of the " Enterprise Hotel " ), established their houses here within the last decade. In the summer of 1895, D. M. Marshall established a small opera house, the drop curtain and scenery of which were painted by Karl B. Steers. .

The First Presbyterian Church was organized June 21, 1868, with Isaac Van Tassel, Silas Rowland, J. M. Dancer, John Zimmerman, F. C. Taft and Perry C. Baldwin, trustees. The .present house of worship was erected in 1868, at a cost of $1, 500. The membership in the sum- mer of 1895 was fifty-four, and the average Sunday-school attendance fifty. Rev. T. J Dague, of Deshler, is the pastor of this society.

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and E. E. Dancer, superintendent of the school. The first members were Isaac, Louisa and Helen Van Tassel, John L. and Flavia L. Barton, Sarah Ann Marks, Susan Hill, Jane Huff, Louisa Zimmerman and Mary Ann Dague. Mr. Bald- win, the first pastor, was followed by Revs. W. Trimble, C. H. Hadley, Mr. Taylor, C. L. Beavington, H. C. Denison, H. W. Cross and T. J. Dague. The clerks were F. C. Taft, E. H. Van Tassel, P. Hutchinson and W. M. Leaming, while the present clerk is E. A. Ballmer.

The Christian Church was organized in 1850, with George Lewis, Catherine Lewis, James E. and Sarah Greene, G. W. Hill and D. E. Hill. The pastors are named in the order of their coming-Michael Hill, Z. F. Greene, G. W. Hill, William Dowling, Josiah Wright, Q. A. Randall, G. W. Cline, G. M. Kemp, D. C. Call, W. F. Morrison and O. L. Thompson. The number of members in June, 1895, was 120, and the average Sunday-school attendance seventy. The house of worship was erected in 1868.

The Farmers' Anti-Hunter Association was organized in November, 1890, with William Bacome, president; J. R. Huff, vice-president; H. B. Dubbs, secretary; Antoine Louy, treas- urer; H. C. Strow, game warden; J. C. Lance, Dickison Bowles, Daniel Guyer, Silas L. Swartz and P. C. Bowman, members of executive com- mittee. The object of the association was to prosecute violators of the game laws, and prove also to visiting hunters that farmers had some rights which must be respected.

Live Oak Grange has been one of the instru- ments which kept alive the work of the Patrons of Husbandry in Wood county. The officers chosen in December, 1895, are: M., T. W. Lewis; O .. Jacob Seitz; L., Mrs. Julia Dubbs; S., John Lyons; A. S., Sam Walling; Chap., Myrtie McMaster; Treas., S. L. Swartz; Sec., Jay McMaster; G. K., Lewis Dubbs; Pom., Sarah Smith; T. L., Aura Walling; Cer., Lizzie Seitz; L. A., Leona Dubbs; Trustees, Josiali Smith, B. F. Rumler and William Walling.

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Commemorative historical and biographical record of Wood County, Ohio : its past and present : early settlement and development biographies and portraits of early settlers and representative citizens, etc. V. 1, Part 68

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) cn; J.H. Beers & Co. cn Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1060

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) cn; J.H. Beers & Co. cn
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1060