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Business Directory
1069
Churches
980
City Officials
1068
County Seat, Location of.
949
.
Directory of 1858
983
Financial Statement
969
First Settler
948
In 1819
1117
Incorporation of
961
Industrial Development 991
Municipal History
961. 1026
Name, Origin of.
948
Public Utilities
1026
Review of Early Days
975
Schools
554-566
When Platted
949
U'rbana Choral Society.
599
Urbana Guards, The ..
806
Urbana in 1812
676
Urbana Masonic Club.
637
Urbana Musical Union
600
Urbana Public Schools.
554-566
Urbana Township-
City of Urbana.
265
Drainage and Topography.
261
Early Settlement
264
First Election
262
Powhattan, Village of.
266
Schools
546
Separate from City
263
Some Early Settlers.
264
When Organized
261
Urbana University
527. 566
Y
Valley of the Mad River
. 63
Valuable Mineral Waters
70
Vance. Joseph
_132, 138, 181, 345,
354, 631, 679, 957, 1075
Vanished Lakes
261, 270
Vicissitudes of Early Farmer
334
Victims of Smallpox Scourge.
301
"Victory!" (April 9, 1865)
800
Village of Carysville.
328
Village of Christiansburg.
891-896
Village of Darnell
896
Village of Kennard-
192
Village of Kings Creek
191
Village of Millerstown.
306, 308
Village of Mutual.
258
Village of North Lewisburg.
898-912
Village of Rosewood.
331
Village of Spring Hills
*- 285
Village of Thackery.
897
Village of Woodstock
869-890
Virginia Military District, The.
54
Virginians Come in Numbers ___ 304, 314
Vital Statistics
102
W
Ward, John Quincy Adams .... 598, 606. 1087
Ward, William, 90, 133, 606, 948, 1077 1088
War Chest Empty in 1812.
674
War Garden Contest.
1067
War of 1812.
668
War of Rebellion
682-798
War Records in Auditor's Office
793
War Records of County
665-835
War Statistics
792
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HISTORICAL INDEX.
War, the Tragedy of
682
War With Germany 812-835
Way, Andrew 604
Wayne Township-
Area and Topography. 212
Cable
239
Decline in Population.
235
Early Religious Services.
227
Early Settlers
219
First Electors 216
237
Middletown
245
Mingo
242
Old Military Survey
214
Original Landowners
214
Pioneer Experiences
221
Population
219
Schools and Churches
236, 546
When Organized
212
Weaver, Henry
1097
Westville
168
Wells Affected by Dredging
65
Wheat, the Story of.
338
"White Dove," the Tale of_ 1115
"White Pilgrim," The. 506
"Wildcat" Money
836
Wilkinson, Ashabel
324
Williams, Dr. James.
1102
Willow Bark Institute 382
Woman Doctor's Good Work 227
Woman's Auxiliary, Sons of Vet-
erans 625
Woman's Literary Club.
584
Woman's Part During Civil War .. 789
Woman's Relief Corps. 623
Woman's Tourist Club 585
Woodstock, Village of-
Beginnings of
873
Business Directory 889
Churches and Cemeteries. 882
Coming of Railroad. 880
Early Business Enterprises 876
Industries
First School House.
872
Incorporation of
885
Industrial Interests 878
Location of
8:00
Officers of
800
Physicians of
881
Schools
536. 543, 882
Secret Societies
8.84
Service During Civil War.
877
Some of Its "Firsts"
870
When Platted
869
Wright, Francis Martin.
1102
Y
Young, John H.
.1103
Z
Zane Sections, The
57
Zanesville, Old Capital
47
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Abbott, Chester P.
652
Abbott, John H.
586
Abbott, William
J
818
Alcott, John M.
819
Allgyer, Bishop S. E
38
Allison, E. E.
583
Allison, Melvin
101
Ambrose, Frederick
150
Anderson, Isaac N.
1025
Anderson, John J.
23.5
Andrews, Joel C.
898
Apple, Francis M.
627
Apple, Frank
542
Apple, Naaman 1 ..
Apple, Otto F.
Apple, Solomon
82
Armbuster, Peter
231
Arney, Jacob F
450
Arrowsmith, Isaac L
41
Arrowsmith, James L
662
B
Bailar, Cory E.
5.3.3
Bailey, Harrison S. 971
Baker, David McD. 720
Baker, D. M.
921
Baker, Edwin M.
598
Baker, Harry O.
106
Baker, Jacob P.
444
Baker, John Q.
6.29
Baker, William D. 601
Bane, John F.
5.24
Barger, Charles T.
1052
Barger, Jacob W.
854
Barger, John L.
232
Barger, Samuel J.
672
Barnett, Samuel
10.45
Barnett, J. Newton 676
Batdorf, Claude C. 25
Batdorf, F. C.
633
Batdorf, John LL
816
Bates, G. S. F. 693
Bates, Samuel J. C. 365
Baughman, Anson
912
Beatley, Alden
965
Beaty, Elza R.
610
Beaty, Simon F.
625
Beck, James A.
5.87
Beck, John W.
6.89
Benedict. Martin L. 637
Berry, Lou B.
88
Berry, Albert M. 436
Biddle, J. H.
493
Birkhold, J. M. Z43
Black, Elias P. 864
Black, Henry M. 680
Black, James S. 498
Black, James W. 371
Black, Jasper F.
9.49
Black, John R.
373
Black, Samuel F.
245
Blazer, Wesley
839
Blose, James L
145
Blose, . Erestes O. 461
Blue, David
345
Bodey, E. L.
416
Bodey, Carl
-
Bodey, Emmet A. 1057
Boisen, Peter A.
874
Botkin, Granville M.
288
Botkin, Jesse G.
221
Bowers, Frank C.
500
Bowers, Mrs. Sarah
72
Bowers & Slagle.
115
Bowers, W. J. 115
Bragunier, J. C.
90
Brand, John F.
56
Brand, Major Joseph 820
Brand, Thomas T.
550
Brand, William A.
843
BIOGRAPHICAL -INDEX.
Brecount, Hon. H. H. 432
Breedlove, Thomas E. 176
Collins, Wilbur T. 927
Brelsford, David O. 762
Connolly, Edward 581
Bright, Alvin J. 74
Conover, Charles D. 37
Briney, Frank H.
366
Conrad, Prof. Ray D. 1059
Brown, Albert 667
Cooper, Charles J. 952
Brown, John T. 973
Corbet, Amasa T. 851
Brown, L. E.
58
Corbet, Marion 885
Brown, William E. 341
Couchman, Amos N. 656
Couchman, Guy C.
486
Brunk, Joseph W.
435
Buck, George F. 503
Cowgill, John 1060
Buckwalter, Joseph C. 295
Cowles, George 904
Bumgardner, Charles W. 511
C'radler, Lawrence 895
Bumgardner, Foster 966
Crane, Edgar M. 886
Burnham, Daniel
-189
Crawford, : William 759
Crim, Thomas W. 778
Crim, William B.
837
Burns, Charles V.
925
Crockett, Will B.
1058
Buroker, Asa B.
546
Crow, Horace M.
217
Burris, Moses
704
Crowl, Denton 810
Butcher, Harry G., D. D. S. 506
Culbertson, William 665
Byers, George L.
806
Curl, Charles H. 276
Cushman, Charles A.
1033
C
Calland, Joseph 1014
Calland, Miles N. 978
Carey, Charles L. 593
Carey. Samuel W. 388
Carlo, Logan
714
Carr, Herman H. .910
Carson, William J. 364
Cartmell, Minor 397
Chance, Samuel, M. D. 247
Cheetham, James K. 513
Cheney, Albert
853
Cheney, W. H. 932
657
Church, Henry A.
389
Clark, Gwynn H. 287
Clark, Jacob I.
375
Clark, Joshua H.
1061
Clark, Ora M 192
Clem, Iva .595
Clem, Samuel 69
Clifford, Billy "Single" 962
Downs, William W. 568
Coates, Fred 164
Coffey, William S. 832
D
Dallas, William B. 128
Darling, Henry H. 940
Davis, Jasper N. 645
Davis, Joseph H. 487
Davis, Samuel S.
87
Deaton, Andrew B. C. 489
Deaton, S. H. 731
Deaton, Sherman S.
33
Detweiler, David 914
Detweiler, John F. 907
Detweiler, Oran E.
900
Detweiler, Rufus
564
Diltz, John M. 847
Dimond, John H. F .. 310
Dingledine, A. E. 920
Dobbins, George W. 620
Dodge, George L.
443
. Dorsey," Michacl .871
Downs, Sherman 188
Dunn, Hiram G. 166
Dye, T. F.
239
Brubaker, Frank D. 644
Couffer, Christian N. 161
Burnham, Grant 1016
Burnham, P. J. 794
Byler, Christian H.
591
Colbert, Gerald 475
Chidester, Jacob
BIOGRAPHICAL , INDEX. .
E
Earle, E. R., M. D. 152
Eason, Robert J. 263
Eichholtz, John M. 223
Ellis, Griffith
45
Ellsworth, Henry
197
Ellsworth, Walter 220
Erwin, John B. 541
Espy, Charles H.
368
Evans, James S.
780
Everhart, Edgar S.
118
Everhart, Herbert C.
1054
Evilsizor, John T.
789
Evilsizor, John W.
1018
Faulkner, Charles E. 653
Fett, Amos J. 1046
Fielder, Mrs. Hannah M. 495
Finsterwald, Charles F .. M. D. 103
Fithian, Judge George.
696
Fitzgivens, James
606
Frank, Mcclellan 5.21
Frawley, John
894
Freeman, Floyd
290
Freyhof, Charles
229
Fowhl, John A
399
Fox, Lawrence
404
Fudger, Edward 801
Fudger, Horace M. 1044
Fudger, Leland C. 1024
Fulwider, David
Funk, Jame's I ..
339
G
Gannon, Fred E. 530
Gannon, Michael 800
Ganson, Charles H. 67
Garard, Irwin F.
393
Garrette, Floyd C.
454
Gaumer, Charles E.
251
Gaumer, Frank C.
960
Gaumer, Thomas M.
993
Gaver, Henry P.
133
·· Gehman, "William M.
153
Gest, Truman B. 212
Gifford, George H.
282
Glendening, Allen M.
191
Glendenning, Abraham L. 304
Glendenning, James M. 141
Glendenning, William P. 123
Good, John P. 348
Good, Levi J.
1031
Gordin, W. H. 899
Gordon, Gwyn T. 60
Goul, George F.
937
Gowey, Marcus C.
968
Grimes, Robert Lee, M. D. 325
Griswold, Obadiah E.
826
Grove, John H.
950
Grubb, Eugene H. 102
Grubbs, Benjamin
292
Grube, Oliver
1039
Chfthridge,"Marion
'168
Guyton, Edwin M.
211
H
Hall, Harden
935
Hall, Sheppard 942
Halterman, Joseph T. 509
Hamilton, Samuel P.
723
Hammon, John H.
600
Hanagan, Thomas M.
875
Hanger, Arthur G.
733
Hann, George W.
114
Hanna, Cyle B.
126
Hanna, Edgar V. 744
Hanna, Elijah J. 214
Hanna, Pearl S. 842
Hanna, William
1064
Hart, William
607
Hartzler, Jonathan T. 528
Hawley, Byron F.
808
Hawk, Kendall S.
140
Henderson, Robert, M. D. 328
Hess, Jasper
142
Hess, Will T. 165
Hesselgesser, John 488
Hickey, Rev. George.
792
Hines, Lewis
1048
Hinton, Maurice E. 1015
Hill, Charles A. 651
Hill, Jacob S.
597
Hill, William B. 575
Hill, William H., D. V. S. 822
Hoak, Noble O.
473
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Grandstaff, William A.
605
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Hodge, Edgar W. 1011
Hodge, Henry D. 1007
Hodge, James R. 1027
Hodge, Willis H.
280
Johnson, Peter 616
Johnson, R. G. 1063
Hollis, John B. 83
Hooley, Clyde H. 872
Hooley, Joseph A.
54
Hopkins, Asa G.
296
Houser, Daniel C., M. D.
559
429
Houston, Harold W. 158
Houx, George W.
552
Hovey, Louis C. 515
Howard, Lucius S.
160
Howard, Otto N. 198
Hubbard, Wheeler
410
Huling, John 970
Huling, Mary J. 948
Hull, Harry B. 424
Humphreys, George H. 413
Humphreys, Robert E. 206
Hunt, Grant S.
579
Hunt, William H. 812
Hunt, W. L.
71
Hunter, Albert L. 380
Hunter, Clinton A.
531
Hunter, Nathaniel C. 332
Hupp, Alonzo R.
758
Hupp, Otway C.
796
Hyde. Willard B., M. D.
734
I
Idle, Mrs. Louisa J. 688
Inskeep, Edward 409
Instine, William 856
freland, Anson
471
Ireland, James H.
484
Ivins. Alvin
406
J
Jamison, John M. 385
Jenkins, Forest E. 347
Jenkins, Stephen N. 678
Jenkins, Judson
596
Jenkins, Thomas J.
718
Johnson, Alfred 908
Johnson Family, The
979
Johnson, Fred N. 702
Johnson, Ivan T. 171
Johnson, Otho G. 755
Hoisington, Warren B.
768
Johnson, Ralph W. 647
Johnson, Wesley 613
Johnson, Thomas L. 814
Johnson, William A. 257
Jones. Caleb, M. D. 608
Jones, Pearl V. 753
Jordan, George 314
Journell, David C. 664
Journell, James T.
91
Journell: John T.
472
K
Kauffman, Chauncey D. 694
Kauffman, Isaac J. 888
Keesecker, Edward N. 757
Kennedy, John W. 233
Kimball, David R.
352
Kimball, W. C. 199
Kingsbury, William E. 167
Kingsley, James L. 917
Kirkwood, William W. 699
Kiser, John W. 784
Kiser, William M. 237
Kite, Darius E. 624
Kite, Jason P.
457
Kite, Lemuel 628
Kite, Romanus M. 452
Kite, Scott
392
Kizer, Jason 692
Kizer, William F. 640
Knight, John P. 259
Knight, Wilford O. 736
Knull, Hiram
499
Kohlmeier, Lawrence
590
L
Lane, William
185
Lee ... Richard 639
Jerdom, Edward H. 539
I.cedom, John S. 53
Leffel, Calvin S. 617
I.effel, Morris
504
I.conard, Henry
712
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Houston, Frank
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Leonard, John 342
Manning, E. Walter Z38
Leonard, Joseph P.
476
Marvin, C. LL 320
Leonard, Walter A. 6.12
Mast, Bishop Jacob 355
Lewis, Albert F.
415
Mast, Joseph K.
35.8
Licklider, Mrs. Emma A.
Z39
Mast, Christian 3.5.5
Licklider, William F.
5.45
Mast, Daniel
3,55
Lincoln, Charles P.
181
Mast, Ephraim M.
359
Lincoln, George W.
274
Mast Family, The.
35.5
Lincoln, Ira
122
Linville, John F. 300
Mast, Jacob
3.5.5
Littlejohn, Orva D.
93
Loffer, Oliver
99
Mast. John F. 370
Mast, Joseph F. 562
Mast, Miriam B. 357
Mast, P. P. 35.5
Maurice, Clinton
Maurice, Herman C. 505
Maurice, Samuel J. 621
Maurice. Wesley A.
693
Mays, Andrew 611
Mays, Fred
614
Metz, Harry 520
Metz, Samuel
803
McCarty, John S. 203
McCarty, Thomas 860
McColly, Amaziah J.
815
McConnell, George
316
McCrea, Hon. William B. 201
McDaniel, William A. 570
McDaniels, Charles A.
McDargh, Charles
McDonald, Duncan 407
McDonald, Duncan B.
12
McDonald, Henry D.
Mcinturff, Charles F. 605
Mckinney, Tulley
681
McLaughlin, Clarence M., M. D.
440
McMorran, David
10
McMorran, Don
92
McMorran, John P.
Z10
McMorran, Simeon
125
Mc Williams, Marshall G.
146
M
Madden, T. C. 279
Maddex, John M.
Maddex, Joseph HL
Maggert. James W.
Magrew, Lemuel W.
1049
Magruder. Versalins S.
221
Morris, Thomas
463
Moulton, Rowland C. 202
Mundel. John P. 211
Murphy. Joseph 976
Murphey, Roger LL 2011
Muzzy, John LL
516
Mc
McBeth, Alex T.
216
McBeth, James 500
Middleton, A. H., M. D. Middleton, J. T. 65
Miley, Samuel
924
Millard, William T. 3.10
Miller, Clement V. 588
Miller, Rees LL
829
Miller, Utah S. 318
Miller, William LL
114
Millice, William W.
922
Mitchell, Claudius N.
1040
Mohr, William LL
677
Moody, Albert K.
Moody, C. Edwin 877
Moore, David H. M. D. 5.36
Moore, John L.
255
Moore, S. C., M. D. 445
Morris, Elmer
526
N
Nagel, C. F.
Nagle, George D.
Lowboy Google
Loudenback, C. D. 395
Loudenback, Hylas D).
Loudenbeck, David
3.27
Lovett, William W. 63
Lowry, W. A. 456
Lucas, Kirby O.
625
Mast, Isaac Wesley
35Z
Mast, John
355
Long, Clement A.
247
216
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Neal, Edwin J.
5.01
Powell, Elmer E. 840
Nceld, Thomas
227
Powell, James A. 3.30
Neer, J. F. 1035
Ncer, John P.
18
Powers, Roy L.
470
Poysell, James M. 269
Preston, lienry S., M. D.
1008
Neese, Clinton A. 363
Prince, Frank M.
954
Prince, Solomon 492
Prince, William E.
5.3.5
Ncese, William N.
351
Neff, Albert C.
218
Nichols, Frank
253
Nincchelser, Grant
107
Nixon, William A.
082
Norman, Joseph
537
Northcutt, Judge Joseph P 80
Notestine, George W. 020
Nutt. William A.
267
O
Outram, James
Outram, John B. 557
Overfield, Joab
278
Overfield, Samuel M. 263
Owen, Thomas B
134
Owen. Thomas N.
992
r
l'earce, Henry M., M. I).
Pearce, Richard S. 402
l'ence, Benjamin F.
Pence, Eli
572
Pence, B. F. A.
61
Pence, George W.
003
l'ence, George W.
636
Robison, Samuel 1 .. ZOZ
Rock, John W.
136
Rogers, Henry C. 828
Ropp, George E. 195
Ross, John R. 728
Ross. Marine R. 46Z
Ross, William R. 312
Runkle. Darius T.
248
Runyan, Lemuel 420
Russell, A. W. 26
Russell, James F. 490
Pettigrew, Elijah L
253
Poling, Thomas J. 271
Polk, Elmer G. 928
Pool, David A. 243
R
Raff, Levi S.
249
Randall, George R. 702
Rawlings, James D. 1009
Rawlings, Thomas 3.82
Rawlings, William J. W. 323
Reck. Harvey S. 997
Reid, Joseph
896
Reid, Rollie
174
Rhodes, John
418
Rhodes, Jacob E.
338
Rhynard, Peter 705
Rhynard, George W. 724
Riddle. Versailious G.
951
Riley, Samuel
11Z
Ritchie, William M.
344
Roberts, John D.
79
Roberts, Samuel LL
878
Robinson, James
3.03
Robinson, Samuel J.
850
Pence, Isaac S.
Pence, Jacob N.
235
Pence, John. E.
527
Pence, Orlando
558
Pence, William L
632
Pennock, Lee G.
226
Perkeypile, Freeman
6.31
Perry, Evan
175
Perry, James
111
Russell, John C. ZIZ
Russell, Martin L. 897
Russell, Simcon L.
857
Rutan, Glenn
477
Neese, D. Irvin. 661
Neese, Sarah E.
Printz, George LL
Printz, Jean P.
1028
Purk, Lewis F.
218
Putnam, James B.
544
Pyle. Thomas
6.69
5,34
Pence, Joseph O.
Powell, John
584
Neer, Jonathan S.
130
Neer, Joseph C.
209
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
S
Sanders, Robert
288
Sarver, John T.
765
Sarver, William J.
Z83
Sayler, John M., M. D.
622
Sceva, George A.
272
Sceva. John C.
555
Schumm, Jonathan
726
Scoby, Charles W.
709
Sessions, Minard L.
94
Shafer, George W.
379
Shaffer, Joseph H.
479
Shambaugh, Jacob M.
200
Sharp, William H. M. 1). 120
Shaul, William R.
869
Shrigley, Winfield T.
265
Sidders, John W.
934
Siegenthaler, Gottlieb
687
Siegenthaler, Samuel
Z06
Siegle, John LL
159
Slagle, William LL
115
Smith, Elmer
612
Smith, Fred B.
129
Smith, George W.
246
Smith, Henry
422
Smith, Joseph B.
350
Smith, M. L., M. D.
523
Smith, Raymond LL 98.8
Snapp, Frank
686
Snarr, Jacob H.
592
South, Henry C.
184
Spain, Abram M.
881
Spain, Paul C.
3,26
Speece, David S.
1056
Speece, Thomas
824
Stabler, G. Frank
258
Stabler, John E.
939
Stabler, W. L.
5.00
Stadler,. Lewis A.
460
Standish, George W.
224
Stansbury, Chas. EL
1ZZ
Steinbarger, Joseph
911
Stembel, John V.
804
Stephan, George W.
3-46
Stephenson, Alex (',
930
Stephenson, George E.
264
Stevens, Maxwell G.
Zł
Stevenson, Mrs. Elizabeth J.
418
Stickley, Smith F.
155
Stipp, H. M.
510
Stockwell, E. R., D. V. S.
Stokes, William L.
88.0
Stone, John LL P.
162
Stone, Samuel L. P., Jr.
485
Stowe, Isaiah
Z52
Stradling, Silas M.
85
Stuart, Frank L.
512
Sweeney, Dennis J.
64
Swisher, James L.
861
Swisher, James
576
Sunday, William
391
I
Talbott, George A.
440
Tarbutton, William F.
5,25
Taylor, A. F.
3.29
Taylor, Burton A.
88.3
Taylor, Charles O.
Z51
Taylor, David E.
438
Taylor, John, Family
1065
Taylor, Thomas L
170
Taylor, Thomas L., D. V. S.
291
Thackery, Joseph C.
1050
Thomas,. Edward B.
574
Thompson, Edward M.
8.34
Thompson, Thomas
8.66
Thornburg, William W.
708
Todd, David W.
3.30
Todd, James R.
3.00
Townsend, Howard
182
Tritt, John M.
308
Turner, Edward
775
Tway, John W.
799
V
Vance, Gov. Joseph
360
Vance, Major Alexander F.
376
Van Meter Brothers
194
Van Meter, Edwin R.
194
Van Meter, J. L.
194
Vermillion, William LL
256
Waite, George
386
Walborn, George W.
6.84
Walborn. Thomas F ..
250
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Walborn, Solomon 730
Wilson, Forry 104
Walters, Earl L. 427
Wilson, Frank E. 532
Ward, Fernando 322
Wilson, Harrison A. 548
Ward, Lorenzo D. 343
Wilson, Henry P. 936
Ward, Noah 442
Wilson, J. T. R. 97
Ward, William E.
795
Wilson, W. W. 384
Ware Family, The
781
Ware, Jacob 781
Ware, Jacob 781
Ware, Joseph 781
Warnock, William K.
51
Wayre, Samuel 571
Weidman, James A. 112
Weikert, Glenn
89
Weller, John W.
707
Werdell. R. M.
841
Wertz. Charles E.
553
West Family, The
1020
West, Seth M. 298
Westfall, Henry 110
Whitaker, William M.
137
Whitmore, Samuel B. 359
Wiant, Charles A. 959
Wiant, James B. 458
Wiant, Ralph W.
451
Wilkins, Fred L.
818
Wilkins, Jacob H. 240
Wilkison, Gersham C. 1036
Wilkinson, W. C. 663
Z.crian, Isaac N. 825
Zerkel, Waldo E. 635
Willis, L. E.
1053
Zimmerman, John W. 654
Wilson. Benoni R.
148
Y
Yinger, William A., M. D. 700
Yinger, William H. 701
Yocom, William R. 890
Yoder, Alfred L. 302
Yoder, Isaac P. 790
Yoder, Levi 285
Young, Chase
831
Woodward, James T. 480
Woolenhan, John H. 204
Wren. Joseph L.
776
Wilson, Walter S. 582
Winder, Seth S. 264
Wing, Charles B. 482
Wing. Joseph E. 944
Wing, Willis O. 690
Wolcott, John G. 915
Woodburn, James D. 400
Z
Williams, Charles W. 943
Zimmerman, Joseph M.
1038
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HISTORICAL
CHAPTER I.
RELATED STATE HISTORY.
The first white men to set foot upon the Northwest Territory were French traders and missionaries under the leadership of La Salle. This was about the year 1670 and subsequent discoveries and explorations in this region by the French gave that nation practically undisputed possession of all the territory organized in 1787 as the Northwest Territory. It is true that the English colonies of Virginia, Connecticut and Massachusetts claimed that their charters extended their grants westward to the Mississippi river. However, France claimed this territory and successfully maintained posses- sion of it until the close of the French and Indian War in 1763. At that time the treaty of Paris transferred all of the French claims east of the Mississippi river to England, as well as all claims of France to territory on the mainland of North America. For the next twenty years the Northwest Territory was under the undisputed control of England, but became a part of the United States by the treaty which terminated the Revolutionary War in 1783. Thus the flags of three nations have floated over the territory now comprehended within the present state of Ohio-the tri-color of France, the union jack of England and the stars and stripes of the United States.
History will record the fact that there was another nation, however, which claimed possession of this territory and, while the Indians can hardly be called a nation, yet they made a gallant fight to retain their hunting grounds. The real owners of this territory struggled against heavy odds to maintain their supremacy and it was not until the battle of Tippecanoe, in the fall of 1811, that the Indians gave up the unequal struggle. Tecumseh, the Washington of his race, fought fiercely to save this territory for his people, but the white man finally overwhelmed him, and "Lo, the poor Indian" was pushed westward across the Mississippi. The history of the Northwest
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Territory is full of the bitter fights which the Indian waged in trying to drive the white man out, and the defeat which the Indians inflicted on General St. Clair on November 4, 1792, will go down in the annals of American history as the worst defeat which an American army ever suffered at the hands of the Indians. The greatest battle which has ever been fought in the United States against the Indians occurred in the state of Ohio. This was the battle of Fallen Timbers and occurred August 20, 1794, the scene of the battle being within the present county of Defiance. After the close of the Revolutionary War the Indians, urged on by the British, caused the settlers in the Northwest Territory continual trouble and defeated every detachment sent against them previous to their defeat by Gen. Anthony Wayne at the battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Although there was some trouble with the Indians after this time, they never offered serious resistance after this memorable defeat until the fall of 1811, when Gen. William Henry Harrison completely routed them at the battle of Tippecanoe.
TERRITORY NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO ( 1670-1754).
Ohio was the first state created out of the old Northwest Territory, although Indiana had been previously organized as a territory. When the land comprehended within the Northwest Territory was discovered by the French under La Salle about 1670, it was a battle ground of various Indian tribes, although the Eries, who were located along the shores of Lake Erie, were the only ones with a more or less definite territory. From 1670 to 1763, the close of the French and Indian War, the French were in possession of this territory and established their claims in a positive manner by exten- sive exploration and scattered settlements. The chief centers of French settlement were at Detroit, Vincennes, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Fort Crevecour and at several missionary stations around the shores of the great lakes. The French did not succeed in doing this without incurring the hostility of the Iroquois Indians, a bitter enmity which was brought about chiefly because the French helped the Shawnees, Wyandots and Miamis to drive the Iroquois out of the territory west of the Muskingum river in Ohio.
It must not be forgotten that the English also laid claim to the North- west Territory, basing their claim on the discoveries of the Cabots and the subsequent charters of Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecticut. These charters extended the limits of these three colonies westward to the Pacific ocean, although, as a matter of fact, none of the three colonies made a settle- ment west of the Alleghanies until after the Revolutionary War. New York
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sought to strengthen her claim to territory west of the Alleghanies in 1701, by getting from the Iroquois, the bitter enemies of the French, a grant to the territory from which the French and their Indian allies had previously expelled them. 'Although this grant was renewed in 1726 and again confirmed in 1744, it gave New York only a nominal claim and one which was never recognized by the French in any way.
English traders from Pennsylvania and Virginia began in 1730 to pay more attention to the claims of their country west of the Alleghanies and north of the Ohio river. When their activities reached the ears of the French the governor of French Canada sent Celeron de Bienville up and down the Ohio and the rivers and streams running into it from the north and took formal possession of the territory by planting lead plates at the mouth of every river and stream of any importance. This peculiar method of the French in seeking to establish their claims occurred in the year 1749 and opened the eyes of England to the necessity of taking some immediate action. George II, the king of England at the time, at once granted a charter for the first Ohio Company ( there were two others by the same name later organized), composed of London merchants and enterprising Virginians, and the com- pany at once proceded to formulate plans to secure possession of the territory north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi. Christopher Gist was sent down the Ohio river in 1750 to explore the country as far west as the mouth of the Scioto river, and made several treaties with the Indians. Things were now rapidly approaching a crisis and it was soon evident that there would be a struggle of arms between England and France for the disputed region. In 1754 the English started to build a fort at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, on the site of the present city of Pitts- burgh, but before the fort was completed the French appeared on the scene, drove the English away and finished the fort which had been begun.
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1754-63).
The crisis had finally come. The struggle which followed between the two nations ultimately resulted in the expulsion of the French from the mainland of America as well as from the immediate territory in dispute. The war is known in America as the French and Indian War and in the history of the world as the Seven Years' War, the latter designation being due to the fact that it lasted that length of time. The struggle developed into a world-wide conflict and the two nations fought over three continents, America, Europe and Asia. It is not within the province of this resume of
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