History of Champaign County, Ohio, its people, industries and institutions, Volume II, Part 2

Author: Middleton, Evan P., ed
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1338


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662


Columbus, Selected as Capital


48


Common Pleas Court


394


Communities Stripped of Young Men 744


Company D, Third Regiment, Ohio National Guard. 806-811, 826, 827 Comparison With "Good Old Days" 430 Concord Township-


Churches and Cemeteries


208


Confusion In Boundaries


200


Crayon


210


Eris


211


Favorite Ground of Indians 202


First Electors


195


First Schools.


205


First Settlers


196


Heathstown


209


Limits


of


194


Northville


208


1


Origin of Name


194


Schools


539


When Organized.


194


Congress Lands, the


55


Connecticut Reserve, the


54


Conscription Act of 1917


812


Consolidated Schools


532,


547


Constitution, Amendments of 1912.


60


Cooley, James.


1093


Co-operative Efforts Among Farm- ers 353


Corn Dropped by the Wayside.


279


Corwin, Moses B.


385, 389, 408


County Agricultural Society


354


County and State Officials


132


County Auditors, Roster of.


133


County Clerks, Roster of.


132


County Expenditures 97


County Fairs


353


County Farm in 1847 123


County Finances


92


County Hospital, The


124


County Infirmary, The


121-126


County Jail 114-120


County Limits Defined


81


County Medical Society


362


County Officials


132


County Organization (1788-1810) 43


County Organization


81


County Population Statistics 99


County Recorders, Roster of.


134


County Seat Site Selected


90, 948,


County Surveyors, Roster of


136


County Teachers' Institute


534


HISTORICAL INDEX.


County Treasurers, Roster of


133


County's First Settler


151,


177


County's Indebtedness


96


County's Public Buildings.


105


Court House


105-114


Court Library, The.


405


Courts of the Older Day. 391


Cowgill, Dr. Thomas, Reminiscences of 1118


Crayon


210


Creation of Early Counties.


84


Creation of Mad River Township 150


Crimville


276


Creamery and Dairy Statistics.


346


Creamery at Thackery


296, 346


Crop Development Reviewed


336


Curious Topographical Study.


297


Currency In Pioneer Times


836


Curriculum of Early Schools.


530


Curry Institute


576, 926


Curry, Prof. E. W. B.


579, 926


Cushman, Warren S


598, 605


D


Dairy Statistics


346


Dancing Encroaches On Church


317


Darnell, Village of.


896


Daughters of American Revolution_ 612 Daughters of Rebekah __ 643, 645, 648, 650 Daughters of Pocohontas 656


Davis, Rev. Asher A


871


Dedication of Soldiers' Monument. 805


Deeds and Mortgages Filed. 95


Destructive Flood of 1913. 65


Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Rail-


road 867


Deuel, Prof. A. C.


560, 800, 1136


Development of Crops. 336


Development of Highways


271


Devoe, W. M.


604


Diary of James T. Woodward 706


Difficulties Confront Pioneers


157


Difficulties in Immigration


317


Disposition of School Lands


200


Distillery Did Big Business 276


Division of 1800 41


Doctors of the Old Days


358


Dohrman's Grant.


56


Doolittle's Tavern, Site of


614


Dormant Churches In County


434


Dorsey, Charles


289


Drafting Soldiers for World War.


813


Drainage, 63, 151, 176, 213, 250, 261, 270,


278, 288, 297, 311, 320


Dreamed Name for a Church


481


Dredging Increases Land Values.


65


Dredging of King's Creek


65


Dredging of Mad River


64


Dress of the Pioneers.


1112


Dugan Run, or Town Branch


67, 177


Dugan, Pierre


178


E


Early Activities of Militia


667, 679


Early Agricultural Methods


335


Early Counties of Ohio 84


Early Doctors, a List of.


360


Early French Settlements 34


Early Judicial System


390


Early Roads of Champaign County_ 858


Early School Curriculum


530


Early School Statistics


537


Early Social Centers 537


Early Sunday School


447


Editor Waxes Enthusiastic 112


Education


530


"Egged" a Drunken Mob


876


Eichelberger, Robert A.


598, 604


Eighty-Sixth Regiment


705


Electric Railways


867


Elementary Schools


552


Eleven Lost Townships, The


145


. Elliott, a "Dream Town"


306


English Traders


35


Era of Prosperity


94


Eris


211


Episcopal Churches


512-513


Evangelical Lutheran Churches.


496-501


Evidences of Glacial Period.


298


Evidences of Mound Builders, 71, 186, 255


Exhibits of Farm Products


353


Expenditures of County


97


F


Fair Grounds


354


Fallen Timbers, the Battle of.


34


Fame Courted by Many


591


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Farming in the Old Days 335


Farming Methods, Changes In __ 296, 335


Father of Thirty-two Children. 198


Files of Early Papers Missing 408


Finances of County


92


Fire of 1901 at Urbana


1037


First Bank in County


837


First Blacksmith Shop in County.


273


First Court House.


105


First Court in the County


391


First Jail


114


First Lawyer in County 385


First Newspaper in County 408


First Orchard in County 292


First Regiment


691


First School House in County.


205


First Settler in County


151, 177


First Surveys


37


Fithian, George


81, 89,


140, 391, 593, 950, 631, 1116


Flood of 1913, the


65


Foley-Wilkinson Fracas, the 203


Food of the Pioneers. 1110


Forage Crops


340


Forests of Champaign County


70


Formation of New State


45


Forty-fifth Regiment


697


Forty-Second Regiment


696


Founder of Christiansburg


292


Founder of Westville


161


Fraternal Order of Eagles


661


Fraternal Organizations


626-664


Free and Accepted Masons


629-642


Free Public Schools, Organization of 556


Freed Slaves Become Settlers.


185


French and Indian War 35


French Grant, The. 53


French Traders


33


Friends Church


521-524


"Frog Pond," Old Mechanicsburg_ 915


Ft. Robinson


283


Ft. Sumter, Fall of 688


"Fuson" Corn, Origin of.


279


Fyffe, Rear Admiral Joseph


1098


G


Garden Fruits and Orchards


342


General Harmar's Expedition


665


Geology of Champaign County 62


German Baptist Church 479


German Lutheran Church. 501


Girty, Simon


1083


Gist, Christopher 35


Glacial Period, Evidences of.


298


Good Indian Story 303


Goshen Township-


Drainage and Topography 270


Development of Highways


271


Early Industries


275


Local Settlements 276


Mills on Treacle Creek 275


Original Proprietors 267


Part of Military Survey. 267


Platting of Mechanicsburg 274


Schools 539


Some Early Settlers


272


When Organized


272


Gourdville


210


Governors of Ohio


58


Gowey, John Franklin.


1106


Graduates of Urbana High School.


._ 562


Grand Army of the Republic. 618-623


Grange, The


351


Granite Boulders Pay Well 299


Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers 617


Great World War


812-835


Green, David M


965, 1149


"Greenville Line," The


82


Greenville Treaty, The 80


Growth of School Curriculum 531


Guthridge, Jules


107


Guthridge, Mrs. Mary 223


H


Hallar, Rev. William 1103


Hamilton, John


1091


Harmonic Quartette


601


Harrison Township-


Apprehension Regarding Indians. 283


Boundaries of 278


Drainage 278


Early Industries 284


Early Settlers


279


Ft. Robinson


283


· Pioneer Incidents 283


Schools 540 1


Spring Hills


285


When Organized


278


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Harrison, William Henry


39


Hazelton, a "Paper" Town


193


Inter-County Highways


861


Heathtown


209


Hidden Treasure


1122


Hides Money in Stump


321


"High Cost of Living"


93


- Highest Point in State


297


High School Work


558, 559


Highway Act, Cass, The


860


Highways and Railroads


855-868


Highways Gradually Developed


271


Hill, Joseph


196


History of Churches in County __ 430-529


Hite, Harrison


603


Hog Drive, Description of.


347


Hoisington, Fred B


1161


Holmes Literary Club.


587


Holt, Mrs. Sophia Sumner


870


Home of One-Time Governor


181


Honest Surveyor's Graceful Act


175


Honesty of Pioneers


283


"Honor Roll of Champaign County


753


Horses, Improved Strains of


344


Hospital Statistics


124


Howard Weaver Mission, The


524


Howell, Joshua


292, 891, 894


Hubbell, Raymond


593, 597


Hull's Army Camps at Urbana


671


Hull's Trace


187


Hupp, Mrs. O. C., Reminiscence of.


920


I


"I Am the Newspaper"


407


Immigration Difficulties


317


Improved Order of Red Men


655


Improved Strains of Horses


344


Improvements in School System


550


Indebtedness of County


96


Indenture System, The.


121, 1127


Independence, War for


36


Independent Order of Foresters


662


Independent Order of Odd Fellows


642-651


Indiana Territory


41


Indian "Scare" in Harrison


283


Indian Wars


44


Indians a Constant Menace


155


Indians Kill Father and Son


202


Industries of Urbana


991-1025


Infirmary, or "Poor House"


121


Influence of National Road


233


Iroquois Grant, The


35


J


Jackson Township --


Creamery Industry


296


Drainage and Topography


285


First Settlers


289


Founder of Christiansburg.


292


Original Landowners


289


Origin of Name


288


Pioneer Incidents


293


Railroads and Trolley Lines.


295


Schools


541


Some Township "Firsts"


293


When Organized


288


Jail


114-120


"Johnny Appleseed"


343


Johnson, Silas


300


Johnson Township-


Drainage and Topography.


297


Early Industries


306


First Commercial Center


306


First Settlers


300


Highest Point in State.


297


Millerstown


308


Pioneer Incidents


302


Origin of Name


297


Schools and Churches


307, 542


Smallpox Scourges Pioneers


303


When Organized


297


Journalism


407-429


Judges of Probate Court


403


Judiciary, The


390


Junior Order of United American


Mechanics


658


Justices of the Peace


389


K


Kennard, Village of


192


Kenton, Simon


115, 392, 608, 1080


Kings Creek, Dredging of.


65


Kings Creek, Village of.


191


Kingston, or Kings Creek


191


Kizer, Squire Joseph


304


Knights of Columbus.


659


Knights of the Golden Circle


685


Knights of the Golden Fleece


662


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Knights of Maccabees.


661


Knights of Pythias 651-655


Knights Templar 634


Kosko Elene, the "Hogman'


151


L


Lakes of Another Day


261, 270


Land Grants of Ohio


52


Land Surveys, System of.


37


Land Values Inaccurately "Guessed" 291


Land Values Increased by Dredging


65


Largest Buckeye Tree in State. 299


LaSalle, the Explorer.


33


Law Defining a Blind Person


129


Laws Relating to Schools


533


Lawyers of Champaign County _.


385-406


Lawyers Taxed in Old Days


38


Leedom, John S.


1104


Legal Profession, The.


385-406


Liberty Loan, The


812


Library, Public, at Urbana


1062


Limits of County Defined.


81


Lincoln's Assassination


802


Lincoln's Funeral Train Passes


Through. Champaign County ___ 803


List of Churches in County


433


Literary Clubs of Champaign County 582


Lives Lost in Civil War


753


Live Stock in Champaign County __ 344


Locating Site of County Seat_ _90, 948


Lochardsville


167


Lodge Directory of Champaign


County


627


Logan, Chief of the Mingos


1084


Looking Ahead to 2017 532


Lost Townships of County


145


"Love Apples"


337


Low Tax Rate 98


Loyal Order of Moose 657


Ludlow, Israel


79


"Ludlow Linc," The


76


Lutheran Churches


496-501


Lynchings


1143


M


Machachee Creek


67


Mad River, The


63


Mad River Township-


Boundary Changes 150


Churches


167


Date of Organization


150


Difficulties of Pioneers


157


First Election


151


First Settler of


151


Lochardsville


167


Nettle Creek Settlement.


160


Pioneers of Note.


162


Schools


542


Some of the "Firsts" 164


Terre Haute


169


The Old Stockade


154


168


Westville Neighborhood


161.


Marietta, Old Capital


47


Martin, Erastus


877


Masonic Organizations


629-642


Mathematician of Note


207


Maumee Road Lands, The


56


Mechanicsburg, City of- Bit of Reminiscence 920


City Government


929


Development of


914


Early Industries


916, 928


Early Known as "Frog Pond"


915


Municipal Equipment


921


Organization and Incorporation 916


Pioneer Conditions


913


Schools


540, 923


When Platted


913


Medical Profession, The


357


Medicinal Waters


70


Mennonite Church


528


Methodist Episcopal Churches


435-472


Methodist Protestant Church


473


Mexican Imbroglio of 1916-17


810


Mexican War, The


681


Miami Company, The 53


Middleton, Capt. George S.


388, 401, 811. 826, 829


Middleton, Judge Evan Perry


396


Middletown, Village of


245


Military Annals


665-835


Military Headquarters at Urbana. 678


Military Lands, The, 54, 173, 214, 248, 267


Military Record of State.


50


Militia Companies Since Civil War_ 806


Militia's Early Activities.


667


HISTORICAL INDEX.


"Milk-Sickness"


198


Millerstown, Village of_


.306, 308


Mill Streams. 270, 275, 284, 294, 319, 323


Mingo, Village of.


242


"Mingo vs. Kennard"


1138


Ministerial Lands, the


57


Modernization of Schools


550


Modern Woodmen of America


660


Molly Kiser, Captivity of


183


Moore's Business College


566


Moravian Grant, The


56


Morecraft, Mrs. Hester


228


Mortgages and Deeds Filed


95


Mosgrove, Dr. Adam


359, 512


Mosquitoes, Abundance of.


298


Mound Builders


71, 186


Mounds of Champaign County


71. 186, 255


Moved Goods on Sled.


232


Moving-Picture Houses 595


Mulberry, Old Mingo


242


Multiplicity of Officials


146


Musical Organizations


1


597


Music and Art


597


Mutual, Village of


258


Mc


McCrea, William


293, 891, 896


McDargh, Charles


1151


McFarland, Robert


195, 201


McFarland, Thomas Sims


1105


McGown, William


594. 1151


N


Nashville


276


National Army 813


Natural Gas


70


Nature Indulges Champaign County 334


Negroes Barred by Pioneers


166


Nettle Creek Settlement


160


New Church Society


525


New State, Formation of.


45


Newspaper "Obituary"


Extraordi-


nary 415


Newspapers of Champaign County


407-429


Niles Sanitarium


383


Ninety-fifth Regiment


731


Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 636


Normal School 534


North Lewisburg, Village of-


Business Directory 911


Conditions in 1836.


904


Incorporation of


898


Municipal Equipment


899, 902


Notable "Revival" Meeting. 907


Officially Not "North"


898


Postoffice


902


Schools


544, 900


Situation in 1850


906


When Platted


898


Northville


208


Northwest Territory


33, 39, 42


Notable Fight of Other Days


203


Notable "Revival" of 1882


907


O


Oakdale Cemetery


1019


Oats, Rye and Buckwheat


339


Odd Fellowship


642-651


Officers' Training Camp.


825


Officials of Champaign County


132


Officials of Townships


146


Ohio Admitted to the Union


46


Ohio Company, The


35


Ohio Conference, Organization of_


439


Ohio Governors


58


Ohio Land Company Purchase


52


Ohio Politics


58


Ohio State History. 33


Ohio's Constitution


48


Ohio's Part in Civil War


688, 750


Oil Wells


70


"O. K." Origin of.


1130


"Old Simon," Faithful Equine


305


Old-Time "Revival" Meetings.


460, 907


Old Union Hall.


589


Olla Podrida Club


586


One Hundred and Thirteenth Regi-


ment


738


One


Hundred


and Thirty-Fourth


Regiment


743


Orchard and Garden Fruits


342


Orchard, First in County


292


Order of the Eastern Star


641


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Order of Haymakers 657


Ordinance of 1787, The 37


Organization of Adams Township _.


320


Organization of Champaign County 81


Organization of Churches


430


Organization of Concord Township 194 Organization of Goshen Township __ 266 Organization of Harrison Township 278 Organization of Jackson Township_ 288 Organization of Johnson Township_ 297


Organization of Rush Township. 310


Organization of Salem Township,


172, 181


Organization of Union Township_


248


Organization of Urbana Township __


261


Organization of Wayne Township __ 212


Original Proprietors, Lists of, 173, 214,


248, 268, 289, 310


Origin of Urbana's Name.


948


Owens, William


151, 177


Oxen, Their Use in Old Days


344


P


Painting and Sculpture


598


Panic Among Settlers.


283


Passing of the Rural School


531


Past and Present Compared


430


Patrick, Judge William


262, 264,


671, 686, 951, 993, 1087, 1096


Patriarchs Militant


646, 647, 649


Patriotic Organizations


611-625


Patrons of Husbandry


351


Paupers, List of in 1847.


124


Pennsylvania Railroad


866


Pensions for County's Blind


130


Physicians of Champaign County


357, 382


Pythian Sisters


_652, 653, 654


Pigs, the Story of


346


Pioneer Church Burned. 486


Pioneer Church Service


431


Pioneer Conditions at


Mechanics-


burg 913


Pioneer Farmer's Difficulties


334


Pioneer Outwits Redskin


303


Pioneers Bar Negro Settlers


166


Pioneers Menaced by Indians


155


Platting of Christiansburg


891


Platting of Spring Hills.


285


Platting of Woodstock


869, 874


Plumbers' Union at Urbana


662


"Plumed Knight" Glee Club


600


Politics in Ohio


58


Poll Books of Old Days


151, 182, 216,


250, 262, 315


Pollock Town


257


Pontiac's Conspiracy


36


Poor Relief, System of


122


Population Statistics


99


Porter's Band


601


Postoffice Statistics


1147


Potatoes and Minor Crops


339


Poultry Culture


349


Powhattan, Village of.


266


Prehistoric Evidences


71, 186


Presbyterian Churches


489-496


Present School System


533


Present County Officials.


143


Pretty Prairie


261


"Prison Bounds"


116


Probate Court, The


402


Prosecuting Attorneys


404


Prosperity, Era of.


94


Public Building of County


105


Public Utilities of Urbana


1020


Q


Quebec Act, The


36


Queer Way to "Save" Sinners


90%


R


Race Suicide Not Encouraged


202


Railroads and Transportation


855-868


Rally Ends in Tragedy


330


Recollections of a Pioneer


223


Recorder's Transactions


95


Red Cross Work in 1917


828, 831


Refugee Tract, The.


55


Reformed Church


502


Regiments from This County in Civil


War


684, 751


Registrants for Selective Draft __ 813, 824


Related State History


33-61


Relation to Neighboring Counties


85


Religious Life in County


430


Reminiscence of 1836


904


Reminiscence of 1850


906


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Reminiscence of Doctor Cowgill. 1118 "Revival" Meetings in Old Days_460, 907 Revolutionary Soldiers' Graves 617


Revolutionary War Period. 36


Reynolds, Judge John.


67, 132,


177, 391, 394, 675, 838, 950, 1058, 1090


Rival Republican Newspapers


413


Roads and Roadmaking. 856


Roberts Mound, The.


72


Roll of Honor, The


753


Room for Religious Improvement.


431


Rosewood, Village of


331


Roster of Lawyers.


386


Roster of Physicians.


376


Roster of School Teachers


534


Royal Arch Masons


633


Rural Education, History of.


530


Rural Mail Delivery


1148


Rural Population Declining


235


Rural Schools, Development of. 531


Rush Township-


Boundaries of


310


Coming of Railroads 318


Coming of Virginians 314


Drainage and Topography


311


Early Election


315


Early Industries 319


Early Settlement


312


First Grist-mill


313


Group of Early Settlers


317


Original Proprietors


310


Schools 543


"The Crossing" 313


Two Social Centers 316


When Organized


310


Russell. John


1099


S


Salaries of County Officials


143


Salaries of Teachers 534


Saloon, the Passing of. 1056


"Saint of the Diocese"


519


· Salem Township- Changes of Boundary 172


Drainage


176


Early Religious Activities. 186


Farming Conditions 190


First Election


182


First School House


187


First Settler 177


Hazleton 193


Kennard


192


Kingston


191


Military Land Survey 173


Organization of


181


Original Landowners 173


Pierre Dugan


178


Home of Governor 181


Railroads


190


Schools


544


Some Early Settlers 184


Some "Firsts"


189


"Squatters"


180


Story of Dugan Run


177


When Organized


172


Salt Sections


57


Sanitariums


382


Saxton, Joshua


408, 411, 618, 686


School Attendance Declining. 537


School Examiners Sadly Deficient. 530


School Sections, The 57


Schools of Champaign County 530


School Population of County 103


School Statistics


552


School System of Today


533


Scottish Rite Masonry 635


Second County Jail.


116


Second Court House


105


Second Regiment


691


Second Town Founded in County.


271


Secret of Longevity 199


Secret Societies 626-664


Selective Draft of 1917


813


Settlers During the '30s


327


Settlers in a Panic.


283


Settlers Poor Judges of Land


291


Settlers' Precarious "Bank" 321


Sewage-Disposal Plant at Urbana_1039


Shakers, The


528


Sheep, Variable History of.


349, 1139


Sheriffs of Champaign County


135


Shipwreck Alters Doctor's Career.


359


Shockey, Abram


158


Sidelights On Life in Other Days


1109-1161


Sibley, Warren D


872


Sixty-sixth Regiment


700


Skeletons Provide a Mystery


255


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Smallpox Scourges Pioneers


301


Smith, Joseph P. 1101


Social Centers in Rush 316


Society of Friends, or Quakers __ 521-524


Society's Best Investment.


550


Sodom Campmeeting Ground


472


Soil of Champaign County


69


Soldier Relief During Civil War


789


Soldier Relief in 1917


798


Soldier's Diary


706


.


Swedenborgian Church


525


Soldiers from This County in Civil


War


683


Soldiers' Monuments


614, 803, 930


Sons of Veterans


624


Spanish-American War


807


Spanish-American War Veterans


625


Spectacular Campaign of 1840


330


Spinning Wheels, Manufacture of


295


Spring Hills, Village of


285


"Squatters" Early On the Ground


180


Squirrels in Hordes.


183


St. Cecelia Reading Circle


587


St. Clair, Gen. Arthur


39


St. Paris, City of --


Additions to


936


Business Directory


944


Industries


945, 947


Municipal Improvements


940)


Name, Alteration of.


936


Old Business Directory.


943


Postoffice


937


Schools


542, 937


When Platted


936


Stage Coach Company


1153


Stanhope, Richard


1141, 206


State Boundary Lines


60


State Constitution, Growth , of.


48


State History


33-61


State Representatives, Roster of.


136


State Roads


856


State Senators, Roster of.


140


State's Military Record


50


Statistics Relating to Highways


862


Statistics Relating to Teachers


552


"Strangers In a Strange Land"


516


Streams of Champaign County.


67


Streams Provide Mill Power __ 270, 275,


284, 294, 319, 323


Strenuous Mayoralty Campaigns.


963


Stockade in Westville Neighborhood 155


Student Officers of 1917


825


Subscription Schools


554


Suicide of Unhappy Boy


284


Sunday Schools of the Older Day. 447


Surrender of Hull's Army


669, 673


Surveyors of the Old Days


79


Surveys, First in Ohio


37


Swamps Retard Settlement


322


Sweet, Simeon


604


Swine, Statistics Relating to


348


Symmes Purchase, The


53


T


Tax Rate


98 .


Teachers' Contract in Early Days.


Teachers in Champaign County


534


Teachers in Urbana Schools.


561


Tecumseh


33


Telephone Service


1048


Temperance Crusade


933


Tempestuous City Administration


965, 1149


Terre Haute


169


Territorial Capitals


47


Territorial Legislature


40


Thackery, Village of


897


"Things Thespian"


582, 587


Third County Jail


117


Third Court House


107


Third Ohio Cavalry


748


Thirteenth Regiment


692


Thirty-Second Regiment


694


Three-Months' Regiment


690


Three Rs, The


530


Tippecanoc, The Battle of


33


Tobacco and Forage Crops


340


Topography of Champaign County.


Tornado of 1830.


976


62


Township Officials


146


Township Schools


537


Townships of Champaign County, 86, 115


Tragedy Marks Campaign Rally


330


Transplanted Virginia Community,


304, 314


Transportation


855-868


"Turn Back the Pages of History".


335


Turnpike Lands, The


56


HISTORICAL INDEX.


Twelfth Ohio Cavalry


749


Twenty-sixth Regiment 693


Typical Pioneer Experience 221


Typical Pioneer Journey


318


U


"Underground Railroad"


1132


Uniforms of Early Militiamen


679


Union Township-


Catawba


260


Confusion in Boundaries


254


Drainage and Topography.


250


Early Industries


251


Early Settlers


251


First Election


249


Indian Occupancy


254


Military Land Surveys


248


Mutual, Village of.


258


Pollock Town


257


Schools


545


When Organized 249


United Brethren Churches


507-509


United Presbyterian Church


494


Universalist Churches


509-512


Urbana, City of-


Administration, Present


966


As Seen in 1811


951


Business Directory


1069


Churches


980


City Officials


1068


County Seat, Location of


9.49


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


Urbana 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


V


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


HISTORICAL INDEX.


War, the Tragedy of 682


War With Germany 812-835


Way, Andrew 604


Woman's Relief Corps 623


Woman's Tourist Club 585


· Area and Topography 212


Cable 239


Decline in Population 235


Early Religious Services. 227


Early Settlers


219


Coming of Railroad.


880


Early Business Enterprises 876


Industries


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


Business Directory 889


Churches and Cemeteries 882


First Electors


216


First School House. 872


Incorporation of 885


Industrial Interests 878


Location of 869


Officers of 890


Physicians of 881


Schools


536, 543, 882


Secret Societies 884


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


Wayne Township-


Woodstock, Village of-


Beginnings of 873


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX


A


Abbott, Chester P. 652


Abbott, John H 586


Abbott, William


J


848


Alcott, John M.


819


Allgyer, Bishop S. E


38


Allison, E. E.


583


Allison, Melvin 101


Ambrose, Frederick


W


150


Anderson, Isaac N.


1025


Anderson, John J.


235


Andrews, Joel C.


1


898


Apple, Francis M.


627




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