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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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