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May 11, 1837 -- Corn rotted in ground.
January 2. 1838-Very warm weather.
January 6 and 7, 1838- John Morrison plowed two days.
This reminder of early days is not the least valuable of the Crocker papers in possession of Mr. Foster, for it is certainly a history of the weather of pioneer days-a sketch of atmos- pheric conditions not often obtainable.
Organisation .- This extreme southeastern division of the county, as set off from the older township of Portage, March 4, 1833, included Townships 3 and 4, in Range 12, and Township 3. in Range 11, or, in municipal language, the
townships of Perry, Montgomery and Bloom.
Early Officers .-- The first election was held at Isaac Kelly's house on April 1, 1833, when the following-named officers were elected: Trus- tees, William Shawhan, Samuel P. Cory and Isaac Kelly; clerk, Uzal M. Cory; overseers of the poor, James K. Atkinson and A. Weaver; fence viewers, James K. Atkinson, A. Weaver and Israel Nestlerode; treasurer, Samuel P. Cory: constable, Gideon Jones; supervisor, William Shawhan. On March 3, the trustees divided the township into three road districts, and in Decem- ber, 1835, into four school districts.
At the first general election, held October 8, 1833, twenty votes were cast. The names of the persons voting, as appear by the poll-book, were: Frederick Shawhan, John A. Kelly, Charles Smith, Isaac Kelly, John Cameron, Samuel S. Palmer, Uzal M. Cory, Moses Kelly, Samuel P. Cory, James McCormick, James Jones, Gideon Jones, William Shawhan, William Moore. Abraham Weaver, Henry Sapp, John Johnston, Laban Radway, M. J. Wilkinson, Israel Nestle- rode. The judges of election were Samuel P. Cory, James McCormick and Isaac Kelly; and clerks, Uzal M. Cory and Samuel S. Palmer. In 1834, Isaac Kelly, James Jones and Asa Eng- land were elected trustees; Uzal M. Cory, clerk; John Y. Fish, William Shaw and John Clark, Jr., supervisors; Samuel S. Palmer, George Wil- son and Charles Kelly, Jr., fence viewers; Moses Kelly and Israel Nestlerode, overseers of the poor, and Moses Warner. treasurer. The amount of the treasurer's bond was $200, with Samuel P. Cory as surety.
On April 6, 1835. the township election was held at the house of Samuel M. Chilcote. The offi- cers elected were: Trustees, Asa England, Sam- uel S. Palmer and Rufus D. Keeney; treasurer. Israel Nestlerode; constables, John Y. Fish and John F. Kiser; overseers of the poor. James Jones and Harvey McCormick; fence viewers, Samuel P. Cory, Samuel Solomon and Jacob Baker; supervisors, William Shawhan, James K. Atkinson and George Swain. No clerk seems to have been elected at that time: but a few days after the trustees appointed Uzal M. Cory. As there were not so many aspirants for office then, probably the clerkship was forgotten at the elec- tion. In 1836 and 1837 the elections were held at the house of George Wilson.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
Trustees .- The trustees' journals, except these of modern times, are things of shreds and patches. Township Clerk Smith made a thorough
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effort to learn the whereabouts of the old books, and did succeed in a few instances. The follow- ing list of trustees and clerks, down to the close of the war, is, however, based on documents in Auditor Gahan's office. The names and dates were compared with the township records, as found at West Millgrove:
1833 -William Shawhan, Samuel P. Cory, Isaac Kelly.
1834-Asa England, James Jones, Isaac Kelly.
1835-Asa England, Rufus D. Keeney, Samuel S. Palmer.
1836-Asa England, Rufus D. Keeney, James Jones. 1837-John Bradner, Samuel S. Palmer, James Jones.
1838-William Shawhan, Samuel E. Burns, John Best. 1839-Joseph Chilcote, John Chilcote, George Boyer. 1840-Samuel M. Chilcote, Samuel P. Cory, Norman Russell.
1841 -- Samuel M. Chilcote; Samuel P. Cory, Samuel T. Palmer.
1842-George Wilson, Ozra Baldwin, Ezekiel Kelly.
1843-George Wilson, Norman Russell, Ezekiel Kelly.
1844- Jacob Kinnaman, Fred Febbe, Hosea Hudson.
1845-Jacob Kinnaman, James Jones, John Clark.
1846 -- A. G. McClellan, James Jones, Alfred Brown.
1847-A. G. McClellan, James Jones, James Cuthbertson.
1848-A. G. McClellan, S. M. Chilcote. John Norris.
1849-51-John Norris, Samuel E. Burns, W. B. Ketcham. 1852-D. E. Coe, Samuel E. Burns, I. H Bucher.
1853-A. Keefer, William Rees, D. E. Coe.
1854-A. Keefer, A. G. McClellan, D. E. Coe.
1855-A. Keefer, W. B. Ketcham, D. E. Coe.
1856-Isaac Brandeberry, Josiah Richardson, Jr., W. B. Ketcham.
1857-Isaac Brandeberry, Josiah Richardson, Jr., A. G. Mc- Clellan.
1858 --- Isaac Brandeberry, George McCormick, J. S. Hatfield.
1859-J. W. Nestlerode, George McCormick, A. J. Baird.
1860-T. W. Nestlerode, R. Swinehart, A. I. Baird.
1861-A. Keefer, S. A. Bishop, Israel Everett.
1862-A. Keefer, S. A. Bishop, Tobias Bossler.
1863-64-S. A. Bishop, Josiah Kiger, John Richard.
1865-Henry Padgham, Josiah Kiger, John Richard. 1866-D. J. Daly, Josiah Kiger, H. Padgham.
1867-W. B. Ketcham, Thomas Johnston, H. S. Williams. 1868-W. B. Ketcham, David E. Coe, W. McCormick.
1869-Wm. McCormick. D. E. Coe, Sam Hyter.
1870-Wm. McCormick, John Norris, J. S. Hatfield. 1871 -- R. Swinehart, Jolin Norris, A. Keefer.
1872-R. Swinehart, Justus Stearns, A. Keefer.
1873-R. Swinehart, Justus Stearns, H. Lambright.
1874-75-C. F. Munger, G. L. Ketcham, Thomas Johnston. 1876-Edward Risser, Samson Switzer, Taylor Hale.
1877-David Baird. W. McEwen, Edward Risser.
1878-David Baird, Daniel Yates, D. E. Coe. 1879-John Foreman, Daniel Yates, D. E. Coe. 1880-Levi Wirt, W. E. Smith, D. E. Coe. 1881-Levi Wirt, W. E. Smith, Orrin Stearns.
1882-83-T. J. Henry, C. Keeter, A. P. Cory.
1884-T. J. Henry, David Baird, F. Culbertson.
1886-E. R. Risser, David Baird, J. W. Brandeberry.
The trustees, elected since 1887, are named as follows: W. Johnston, 1887; C. Keefer, 1888; James Daum and T. J. Henry, 1889; J. D. Stearns, 1890; Messrs. Stearns, Daum and Henry, in 1891; James Dindore, 1892; Alex- ander S. Brown, 1893: Luther Stewart, 1894; James Dindore and A. P. Cory, 1895; and Moses W. Simons, 1896.
In 1837, J. Chapman was elected trustee, but John Bradner took his place. In 1838, John Best was appointed, vice Bradner, and in 1840
James Hays took the place of Samuel M. Chil- cote. In April, 1843, the people voted a school tax of two mills, the majority, however, being very small, and the minority very determined.
First Lawsuit-The election of justices of the peace did not take place until 1834. Im- mediately after the election, two of the pioneers determined to supply work to one or both justices. A writer in the Sentinel of April 26, 1877, whose nom-de-guerre was "Eph," gives the following description of the cause and effect: "It ap- pears that John Miller and Asa England, who came in the settlement about that time, traded horses. As a natural result, some one in a horse trade will get the better bargain. Horses were horses in those days, and as Miller rather beat England in the trade, the latter must needs have a lawsuit. Miller employed Kinney, a pettifogger, to see him through, while England stated his own case. The trial came off in due time, and Miller was beaten because his witnesses, before giving their evidence, became disgusted with the affair, and went out in the woods to bring in a lot of deer that had been shot that morning. Beef was a scarce commodity, hogs unknown, and the prospects of a juicy steak of venison proved Miller's defeat."
Justices. -- The justices elected were: Samuel P. Cory and Jacob Rine, 1834; John G. Wil- lard and James Jones, 1837; Benjamin Brown, IS40; John G. Willard, 1840; James Jones, 1842; Norman Russell, 1847, 185Q and 1852; S. M. Chilcote, 1846, 1849 and 1855: Reason W. Kelly, 1855; A. G. McClellan, 1857 and 1860; W. H. Jones, 1858; John Norris, 1863; Daniel Hall, 1861 to IS70; Alfred Everett, 1867; j. R. Phillips, 1870 to 1877; Orrin Henry, 1873, 1876; John McMahan, 1876; David Burns, 1879; Lewis Whitman, 1880; O. P. Norris, 1882-85; C. C. Kelly, 1888, resigned in 1890: S. F. Lam- bright, 1891 to 1892, and 1894, and T. J. Henry, 1895.
Clerks. -- The office of clerk has been filled by the following named citizens: Uzal M. Cory, 1833; George Wilson, 1836; Benjamin Brown. 1838; U. M. Cory, 1841; John Norris, 1845: Ezra Brown, 1848; S. M. Chilcote, 1850; S. Jones, 1851; W. H. Jones, 1855; S. D. Stearns, 1858; James F. Chilcote, 1860; O. J. Cory, 1862; Henry S. Williams, 1864: Simpson Jones, appoint- ed 1865; A. D. Stewart, 1865; Simpson Jones, 1866; R. J. Jackson, 1868; Orrin Henry, 1871; W. Werner, 1873; Moses Legron, 1875: J. S. Enos, 1879; J. W. Smith, 1882; W. T. Kelly, 1883; S. L. Shanks, 1884 and 1890; J. S. Har- man, 1887; M. Legron, 1888; William Werner
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and J. W. Smith, 1893-96; J. W. Smith, re- elected in 1896.
Treasurers .-- The list of treasurers embraces the names of Samuel P. Cory, 1833; Moses War- ner, 1834; Rufus D. Kennedy, apptd. January 17, 1834; Israel Nestlerode, 1835; Uzal M. Cory, 1838; Gideon Jones, 1840; Israel Nestlerode, 1841; S. P. Cory, 1842; Joseph Chilcote, 1845; James Cuthbertson, 1848; John Norris, 1854; Simpson Jones, 1856; Ambrose Cory, 1858; I. Bernard, 1859; James Brandeberry, 1861; Simp- son Yant, 1863; Dr. C. R. Rosendale, 1867; G. 1 .. Ketcham, 1870; A. Keefer, John Foreman, Daniel Hall, O. P. Norris, I. Phillips, 1887, died, when J. R. Phillips ,was appointed, and served a short time; J. H. Stearns, IS92; L. Whitman, who would not qualify, J. H. Stearns appointed, and W. L. Ketcham (elected),
1894-95.
Assessors .- The office of assessor has been filled by many of the officials named. Charles D). Stearnes and F. C. Burdick were elected asses- sors in 1895; F. D. Burdick and Howard Cory, in 1896.
School Board .- In 1896 Moses W. Simons, Charles H. Stearns and George Brandeberry were elected members of the school board.
Pioneers .- * The first land entered in Perry township was the east half of the S. E. } of Sec. 36. Henry C. Brish, of Seneca county, an In- dian agent, received a patent for it March 7, 1831, and on September 30, 1831, sold it to John Gorsuch. This tract is now owned by the heirs of M. P. Skinner, and a part is in the town of Fostoria.
The first actual settlers were Oliver Day and his brother-in-law, John Johnson, who, with their families, moved into the township in Nov- ember, 1831. They cut a road from the Gorsuch settlement (now Fostoria) wide enough to pass with their oxen and wagons, down along the east branch of the Portage river to a point opposite a tract of land which Day had previously entered In Sec. 25, what is now known as the Alvah Thomas farm. They lived in their wagons and cooked beside a log until a cabin was built. The women and girls slept in the wagon, and the men and boys on the ground. The cabin was built, and ready for occupancy in about a week after their arrival. This was the first house in the Ownship. In that cabin the first sermon was preached, the first prayer-meeting was held, and the first marriage performed in the township. Day remained until the following spring or sum-
mer, when he left the county. Johnson stayed a while longer.
In September, 1831, Israel Nestlerode bought the E. 3 of S. E. +, Sec. 24, from Gorsuch, whom he met at the land office in Tiffin, where Gorsuch had probably entered the land that day or the day before. Gorsuch was a land speculator, and acted as a pilot in showing land hunters the best tracts of land in the country which were subject to entry. Nestlerode built a cabin on his land, which was completed, except as to doors and windows, on the 31st day of December, 1831, and on the 27th day of February, 1832, the owner arrived with his family. Both Day and Nestlerode used sheets for doors, and table-cloths for sash and glass until the wolves and porcu- pines became so bold that they were compelled to make doors, which Day made out of clap- boards, and Nestlerode out of his wagon-box. Porcupines were very plentiful and troublesome. Their quills were in every dog's mouth, and in every cabin loft where the chinking didn't shut them out.
The Wyandotte Indians made the settlement a stopping place on their trail to Tiffin and back, where they went to trade. The Indians were in the habit of taking in a plentiful supply of " fire- water " at Tiffin. and taking well-filled flasks with them on their journey home. At times Mrs. Nestlerode could hear them coming for a distance of two miles, whooping and yelling. Some of the Indians got so drunk that they would fall from their ponies to the ground, and, being unable to rise and remount, the less drunken ones would build a fire near them and leave them in the forest to sober.
One night shortly after dark, a party of In- dians rode up to Nestlerode's cabin (the remain- der of the party being scattered along the route to Tiffin, drunk and lying by their little fires). Some of the braves were too drunk to get off their ponies, and Mrs. Nestlerode had to go out and help them. After getting into the house they began to brandish their tomahawks and knives, and kick the tables and chairs over, whooping and yelling, when Nestlerode and an Indian went and disarmed them. They finally settled down on the floor and slept till nearly daylight, when they silently stole away, leaving their parcels and packages, which they had purchased at Tiffin, in the house. Within the next few days they re- turned, one at a time, each selecting his own pack- age and taking it away. Nestlerode and his wife lived on their farm about twenty-five years, when they removed to Fostoria. Mr. Nestlerode died in the "seventies, ' and Mrs. Nestlerode
. T'rom paper by Mr. Robert Dunn.
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died early in the " eighties," at the advanced age of eighty-three.
In November, 1831. Williani Shawhan en- tered the S. W. I. Sec. 25, and in April following moved with his family to this new land.
In September, 1831, Isaac Kelly entered the S. W. ¿ of Sec. 14, and moved into the town- ship at the same time as Shawhan. Shortly afterward Rev. Elam Day and Abraham Weaver became residents, and from that time Perry set- tled up very rapidly. In June, 1832, John A. Kelly cnt a road along the east side of the east branch of Portage river, through the land on which the town of West Millgrove now stands, and settled on land just across the township line, in what is now Montgomery. This was the first road cut through Perry township, and soon after what is known as the Mccutchenville road was located on or very near that cut by Kelly.
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Abraham Weaver located on the farm later owned by Orrin Stearns, in April. 1835, and on April 1, 1833, the first white child born in the township saw the light of day in his cabin. Her name was Nancy Weaver, who married Nathaniel Hiestand. of Fostoria.
In June, 1832, William Moore settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. Girton, in Section 10, but having committed a flagrant crime against the laws of the land, fled to Canada, leaving his wife, who had been stricken with paralysis, and his children, a township charge. Under the law at that time they were yearly sold at public auction by the overseers of the poor to the party who would keep them for the least money.
Some time during the year 1832. John Fletcher, who had been educated for a doctor, and lost his fortune in England, found his way into the wilds of Wood county and entered eighty acres in Section 36, the farm now owned and occupied by Myron Fletcher. Being unac- customed to clearing land, he hired hands and had about forty acres deadened the same year. Going back to Licking county, Ohio, he married Emeline Newcomb. In the spring of 1833, he returned with his wife, and built a small log cabin of one room, on his land, within a few feet of where the brick residence of Mrs. Fletcher now stands.
Uzal M. and Samuel P. Cory, whose names appear among the first township officers, were brothers. Uzal M. emigrated from Greene county, N. Y., bought a tract of land from Wm. Shaw- han, in Section 23, and soon after entered an- other piece adjoining it. In August, 1832, he built his cabin on the tract purchased from Shawhan, and the following month, with his wife,
located here. Mrs. Cory says at that time she thought their new home in the woods was one of the most beautiful places she had ever seen. No windows, door or chimney were in the cabin when first occupied, and for some time the young wife was afraid of bears and wolves becoming inmates of the cabin with herself and husband. Samuel P. Cory joined his brother. and bought and entered land adjoining that of Uzal M. He became a permanent resident of the township in October, 1832. Abel M. Cory, son of Uzal M. and Eliza Cory, was born July 23, 1833. and was the first white male child born in the township.
-James Jones made entry of the E. J. N. E. +, Sec. 25, where the late Isaac Brandeberry lived. The entry was made in November, 1831, but Jones did not become a resident until 1833. He was the wolf hunter of that part of the country. He bought all the old worn-out horses in the country for wolf bait. The number killed by him within a small territory is stated upon good authority to be seventy-two.
John Y. Fish settled in the township on the Mccutchenville road near what is known as Stearns' Corners, in 1833. His sons, John, Daniel, James, Henry and William, are all now living in Freedom township; while the daughter, Mrs. Brandeberry, died a few years ago.
Samuel E. Burns moved from Ashland county. Ohio, and settled in the township in February, 1833. He lived to see the wilderness " biossom as the rose." and October 4. 1874, died on the land which he had entered.
The first settlers in the west part of the township were Asa England, Richard Loman, Sr., John F. Keyser, Geo. A. Swain, George Clark, Jacob Rine, Francis Rummel and Henry Hays. England, Loman, Keyser, Swain. Rine, Rummel and Clark, all came in the spring and summer of 1833; Hays on what is now the Eagleville ridge road.
In the central portion of the township, George Wilson and Samuel M. Chilcote were among the pioneers. George Wilson located on what is known as the T. D. Stewart farm, in Section 22, later owned by Drs. Edwin and Allen Chilcote. In their cabins town meetings were held for many years.
Levi England, a son of Asa England, died a few years ago. During his fifty-years' residence in the township, he was never compelled by sickness or any other cause to stay in the house all of any day.
Swain, who entered the land where Asa Baird now lives, remained on it three or four years, sold it to John Slaughterback, and moved into
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Bloom township, on the Weaver farm. While engaged in clearing land, a tree fell on him breaking his leg, which had to be amputated. This accident discouraged him from any more attempts at clearing land, so he moved to Illinois, out of the reach of falling timber. John F. Keyser went with him.
Richard Loman, Sr:, died more than forty years ago. His son, Richard, Jr., lived on the old homestead ever since the entry, until about 1882, when he moved to Iowa, where he died. George Clark died in February, 1837, this being the first death among the pioneers in the western part of the township.
Asa England and Henry Hays were neighbors and intimate friends. In April, 1837, England went to the Maumee river for fish, and learning on his return that his friend Hays was sick, has- tened to visit him. The only greeting Hays was able to give him was, ""you are too late," and died about half an hour afterward. Henry Hays came from Beaver county, Penn., with his wife and six boys, a wagon containing all his earthly goods. On April 1, 1834, he started to- ward the setting sun to look for a new home, and to give the boys a chance to grow up with the country. Leaving his family a week in Richland county, the father went to the land office at Bucyrus, and entered three eighty-acre tracts; one where his son Andrew now lives; one where Edon Wells lives, and the other lying south of them.
Samuel S. Palmer came into the township about a month before the McCormicks did, and entered the land on which R. W. Kelly now lives.
James McCormick settled in the township in April, 1833. He was anxious to enter a piece of land with a mill site on it, and the S. W. }, Sec. 4, was duly entered by him. In the sping of 1832, he sent two of his sons and a mulatto, named James Brock, to clear up a patch and build a cabin. This they did on a spot where the Indians previously had a camp known as "Snobbletown."
John Gorsuchi, one of the early land-buyers here, and one of the founders of Fostoria ( Ris- dion ), shot and killed himself, three miles north of Longley Station. Rev. Wesley Brock preached the funeral serinon of that enterprising pioneer and land speculator.
Early Land Buyers .-- The early land pur- chasers, such as Oliver Day and a few others, have already been named. In the following list of entries the names of many of the pioneers will be found:
Jacob Baker, S. of S. W. S. 1, Nov. 18, 1833. John Bradner, S. W. of N. W. S. 3, Dec. 14, 1836. James McCormick, S. W. Y S. 4, Nov. 3, 1831.
Robert McCormick, N. W. of N. E. S. 4, Aug. 19, 1835. James Connelly, pt. of N. E. , S. 5, June 22, 1832. Archibald Wollam, N. W. of N. W. S. 5. Nov. 24, 1835. John Vosburg, W. N. E. S. 5, April 5, 1836. Andrew Donaldson, S. S. E. S. 5, March 24, 1835. Osman Diver, S. W. Y S. 5, Dec. 5, 1835. William Kiger, S. W. S. 6, Dec. 13, 1833. Jacob Kinnaman, N. N. E. S. 6, July 3. 1834. John Swinehart, N. S. W. S. S, May 7, 1834.
Norman Russell, S. W. S. E. S. 8, Jan. 11, 1835.
William Moore, E. S. W. S. 10, Nov. 4, 1831. James Atkinson, N. E. N. W. S. 10, Oct. 29, 1832. Israel Nestlerode, S. W. S. W. S. 12. Oct. 22, 1834. Isaac Kelley, S. W. S. 14, Sept. 13, 1831. Joshua Kelley, W. S. E. 4 S. 14, Oct. 29, 1831. Justus Stearns. E. N. E. L/ S. 14 (no date). Fred Zepernick, pt. of N. W. Y S. 15, Oct. 17, 1831.
Moses Kelley, E. S. E. K S. 15, Oct. 29, 1831. George Free, W. S. W. Y S. 15, June 13. 1832. Alexander Weaver, N. E. Y S. 20, April 22, 1886.
Thomas Shawhan, N. of N. E. K S. 21, Dec. 13, 1833.
Mordecai Chicote, N. W. of S. E. S. 21, Dec. 8. 1836. Samuel M. Chilcote, S. E. S. W. S. 22. July 19, 1836.
Samuel P: Cory, W. S. W. Y S. 24, Aug. 18, 1835. Daniel Zepernick, E. N. W. S. 27 and W. N. E. S. 28, Oct. 7, 1831. Sam. E. Burns, W. S. W. S. 27, Jan. 11, 1833. Samuel Sheets, N. S. W. S. 29, Oct. 26. 1836. John Carr, S. E. S. E. S. 33, Jan. 80, 1835.
John Norris, S. E. of S. E. S. 35, Oct. 28, 1833.
Samuel Younker, W. N. W. S. 36, Oct. 25, 1233.
The John Norris, named above, is not the old trustee of Perry now residing at Fostoria, but a settler of 1833.
Early Mills .- James McCormick had been engaged in milling near Gallipolis, Ohio. He brought his raccoon buhr with him, and imme- diately went to work to build a gristmill, in the fall of 1834. It was a hewn-log structure, and Robert, who was a blacksmith by trade, under the instruction of Benjamin Brown, a mill-wright, made the iron work. In the year 1835, the mill was completed, being the first gristmill erected in the south part of the county. It is said that every able-bodied man in the township, besides a good many from other townships, was present at the raising. John A. Kelly bossed the job at the raising, and Isaac brought the first grist (corn) to the mill. Previous to that time, the settlers had to go either to Lower Sandusky or Fort Ball to mill. The time occupied in the trip was any- where from two days to a week, according to the condition of the roads and character of the team. Even after the building of this mitl, when the water was low, the settlers had frequently to go to Tiffin or Fremont. He built a sawmill shortly after, using logs in the construction. William Reis built a frame mill on the site, which, later, was converted into a steam sawmill, and, later still, into the woolen factory.
Robert McCormick, a hale, hearty man of seventy-two years, in 1884 was a resident of
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West Millgrove. From the time he came into the township until 1854, he worked at his trade, and was justly entitled to the distinction of being the pioneer blacksmith of Perry township. It fell to his lot to make the hoes for the early set- tlers, and he was very handy at repairing guns for hunters. James McCormick died August 28, 1839. The raccoon buhr, previously mentioned. is still doing service as a door step to a house in the village.
Men of 1839 .- The names of the ninety-nine male inhabitants in 1839, who were then twenty- one years of age or older, are given as follows: James Atkinson, Amanda Baldwin, Luther Eng- land, Samuel M. Chilcote, John Chilcote, James Conley, John Conley, JamesCon ley, Jr., John G. Fish, George Wilson, Nathan Hatfield, James Worley, Jeremiah Smith, Samuel E. Burns, Samuel Solomon, John Shrader, James Solomon, Daniel Heaton, James Wilson, James Jones, Gideon Jones, Beryamire Brown, Moses Kelly, Jacob Atbert. John Fletcher, William B. Welch, John Becker, John Donaldson, George Walter, John McCrory, Bela Evitts, Robert Watson, John G. Willard, Jacob Foreman, Thomas Hof- stater, John Best, Obit Harvey, Isaac Kelly, Samuel P. Cory, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Chil- cote, David Wells, John Welch, James Welch, John W. Welch, Onissimus Lawrence, Israel Nestlerode, Josiah B. Wells, Abraham Weaver, Z. M. Cory, Peter Losa, Samuel Palmer, Hosea Henry, Abraham Cross, Norman Russell, Thomas Dysinger, Daniel Dysinger, Chrystopher Dysinger, Samuel Bear, Joseph Rickard, Joseph Tyler, James McCormick, Robert McCormick, George Swinehart, George McCormick, John Bradner, Nicholas Rumbaugh, Jacob Kinnaman, Robert Leavitt, Thomas Beach, Moses Freese, William McCuen, Peter Weaver, John M. Hoover, Enoch Henry, George Henry, John Collar, Jeptha Brown, Richard Loman, Richard Loman, Jr., James Loman, Adam Clark, Richard Clark, James Hays, John Wade, Alexander Weaver, John Clark, Joseph Drake, Jacob Rine, John Slaughterback, George Boyer, John T. Kiser, John Swinehart, Thomas Armstrong, Thomas Wisner, Joseph Davis, Nicholas Hiles, Abraham Hiles and William Shawhan.
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