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Joseph McMullen, Robert Cooper, Isaac Shaeffer, and a few others, reached the valley, erected cabins, and put in crops.
"In 1799, Levi Moore, Abraham Bright, Major Bright, Ishmael Due and Jesse Spur- geon, emigrated with their families from Al- legheny County, Maryland, and settled near where Lancaster now stands. Part of the Company came through by land from Pitts- burg, with their horses, and part of their horses and goods descended the Ohio in boats to the mouth of the Hockhocking, and thence ascended the latter in canoes to the mouth of Rush creek. The trace from Wheeling to the Hockhocking at that time was, in almost its entire length, a wilderness, and did not admit the passage of wagons. The land party of men, on reaching the valley, went down to the mouth of the Hockhocking and assisted the water party up. They were ten days in ascend- ing the river, having upset their canoes several times, and damaged their goods.
"Levi Moore settled with Jesse Spurgeon three miles below Lancaster. These pioneers are all dead except Mr. Moore. He resides near Winchester, in Fairfield County, blessed with all this world can give to make him happy. *
"James Converse, in 1799, brought from Marietta, by way of the Ohio and Hocking rivers, nearly a canoe load of merchandise, and opened a very large and general assortment of dry goods and groceries, in a cabin at Hunter's Settlement. He displayed his specimen goods on the corners of the cabin, and upon the stumps and limbs of trees before his door, dis- pensing with the use of flags altogether. He of course was a modest man.
"The General Government directed the public domain to be surveyed. The lands were laid off in sections of one hundred and forty acres, and then subdivided into half and quarter sec-
tions. Elenathan Schofield, our late fellow- citizen, was engaged in the service.
"In 1800, 1801 and 1802, emigrants con- tinued to arrive, and settlements were formed in the most distant part of the county. Cabin- raisings, clearings and log-rollings, were in progress in almost every direction. The set- tlers lent each other aid in their raisings and other heavy operations requiring many hands. By thus mutually assisting one another, they were all enabled in due season to provide themselves cabins to live in. The log-cabin was of paramount consideration. After the spot was selected, logs cut and hauled, and clap-boards made, the erection was but the work of a day. They were of rude construc- tion, but not always uncomfortable."
THE LOG CABIN [From Kendall's Life of Jackson. ]
"The log-cabin is the primitive abode of the agricultural population throughout Western America. Almost the only tools possessed by the first settlers were axes, hatchets, knives, and a few augers. They had neither saw-mills nor carpenters, bricks nor masons, nails nor glass. Logs notched and laid across each other at the ends, making a pen in the form of a square or parallelogram, answered the purpose of timber and weatherboarding, and constituted the body of the structure. The gable-ends were constructed of the same ma- terials, kept in place by large poles, extending lengthwise the entire length of the building. Up and down upon these poles, lapping over like shingles, were laid clap boards, split out of oak logs, and resembling staves, which were kept in their place by other poles laid upon them, and confined at the gable-ends. Roofs of this sort, well constructed, were a sufficient protection from ordinary storms. The crevices between the logs, if large, were filled with small
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stones, chips, or bits of wood, called chink- ing, and plastered over with mud inside and out; if small, the plastering alone was suffi- cient. The earth was often the only floor; but in general, floors were made of puncheons, or slabs split from logs hewed smooth, and rest- ing on poles. The lofts, or attics, sometimes had puncheon floors, and rough ladders were the stairways. Chimneys were built of logs rudely dovetailed from the outside into those constituting one end of the structure, which were cut to make room for a fire-place, termin- ating at the top with split sticks, notched into each other, the whole thickly plastered with mud inside. Stones laid in mud formed the jambs and back walls of the fire-places. The doors, made of clap boards, or thin puncheons pinned to cross-pieces, were hung on wooden hinges, and had wooden latches. Generally they had no windows ; the open door and broad chimney admitted the light by day, and a rous- ing fire or grease lamp was the resource by night. In the whole cabin there was neither metal nor glass. Sometimes a part of a log was cut out for a window, with a piece of sliding puncheon to close it. As soon as the mechanic and merchant appeared, sashes of two or four lights might be seen set into gaps cut through the logs. Contemporaneously old barrels began to constitute the tops of chim- neys, and joist and plank sawed by hand took the place of puncheons.
"The furniture of the primitive log-cabin contained little beyond puncheon benches, and stools or blocks of wood for tables and chairs ; a small kettle or two answering the manifold purposes of buckets, boilers and ovens, and a scanty supply of plates, knives, forks and spoons, all of which had been packed on horse back through the wilderness. Bedsteads they
had none; and their bedding was a blanket or two, with bear and deerskins in abundance."
General Sanderson resumed :
"The early settlers were a hardy and indus- trious people, and for frankness and hospital- ity have not been surpassed by any community. The men labored on their farms, and the women in their cabins. Their clothing was of' a simple and comfortable kind. The women clothed their families with their own hands, spinning and weaving for all their inmates the necessary linen and woolen clothing. At that day no cabins were found without their spin- ning-wheels, and it is the proud boast of the women that they could use them. As an evidence of their industry and saving of time, it was not an unfrequent occurrence to see a good wife sitting spinning in her cabin upon an earthen floor, turning her wheel with one foot and rocking her babe in a sugar-trough with the other.
"The people of that day, when opportunity offered (and that was not often), attended public worship; and it was nothing new nor strange to see a man at church with his rifle- his object was to kill a buck either going or coming."
FIRST FUNERAL
was but little superior to the structure. They , bank of Fetters' Run, a few rods north of the
"William Green, an emigrant, soon after his arrival sickened and died, in May 1798, and was buried in a hickory-bark coffin on the west old Zanesville road, east of Lancaster. This was the first death and burial of a settler on the Hockhocking. Col. Robert Wilson, of Hocking Township, was present and assisted at the funeral. The deceased had left his family near Wheeling, and came on to build a cabin and raise a crop."
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FOURTH OF JULY
"In 1800, for the first time in the Hockhock- ing settlement, the settlers-men, women and children-assembled on the knoll in the prairie in front of the present toll-house (the toll- house has since been removed farther west .- Ed.) on the pike west of Lancaster, and cele- brated the Anniversary of American Independ- ence. They appointed no President, or other officers of the day-no orations delivered or toasts drank. They manifested their joy by shooting at targets, and discussing a public dinner. It may not be improper to say, that their repast was served up in magnificent style. Although they had neither tables, benches, dishes, plates or forks, every substantial in the way of a feast was amply provided, such as baked pone, johnny-cake, roasted bear's meat, jerked turkey, etc. The assemblage dispersed at a timely hour in the afternoon, and returned to their cabins, full of patriotism and love of country. It was my fortune to be present on that interesting occasion."
JOIIN CHAPMAN OR "JOHNNY APPLESEED"
Early in 1801 a strange and striking in- dividual, by many thought to be a myth, but the reality of whose work is proven to this day by the gnarled old apple trees standing all over Ohio, came to Marietta with his half brother. His was a work unheard of up to this time, but it has been a blessing and an encourage- ment to thousands of people in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
This strange man's real name was John Chapman, and Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, the famous Brooklyn minister, has made him the hero of his novel, "The Quest of John Chap- man." Where hundreds knew of John Chap- man, thousands knew of Johnny Appleseed, the name by which he was lovingly called by the early settlers. From early life this man had
a passion for planting apple seed and cultivat- ing the trees.
John Chapman was born in Springfield, Mass., in 1775. In 1801 he with his half brother came to Marietta, and a year later his father's family followed them. There was a large family and many of their descendants are scattered over Ohio and Indiana.
For more than thirty years this eccentric man was a familiar figure in Central Ohio. He, in 1806, was seen going down the Ohio with his canoes lashed together, laden with apple seeds, which he had obtained from cider presses in western Pennsylvania. Sometimes he carried a bag or two on an old horse, but oftener carried them on his back. If the dis- tance he had to travel was great, he had to provide himself with a leather sack, for the underbrush, brambles and thorny thickets would make it unsafe for a coffee sack.
He preceded the settlers, purposely keeping ahead of them. He would find rich loamy land on the banks of streams, clear a small space, plant his seeds, enclose the ground and leave it till the trees were partly grown. This done he would move on to another favorable place and here make another planting. When the settlers arrived they were rejoiced to find that their friend Johnny Appleseed had pre- ceded them. It was his custom to travel on for a few years, making new plantings and then to return to the spots he had previously visited. If settlers were found he would sell his trees for a mere trifle, often an old coat. All through the river valleys of Ohio were these orchards planted-in Jefferson, Licking, Fairfield, Richland, and in many other counties were found the monuments to this eccentric man.
He was quick and restless in his move- ments : his beard and hair were long and dark ; his eyes black. He lived a rough, hard, life.
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He was a blameless man, a Swedenborgian by profession, leading a life like the early Christians, literally taking no thought for the morrow. His clothes were scant, his panta- loons old and short; he wore no coat, except in severe weather. He wore no shoes so much of the time that his feet were hard and horny He was well liked by the Indians and was never molested by them. He would endure pain like an Indian warrior-could thrust pins into his flesh without a tremor. Indeed, so insensible was he to acute pain, that his treat- ment of a wound or sore was to sear it with a hot iron and then treat it as a burn.
In 1838 Johnny Appleseed resolved to go farther west. Civilization was making the wilderness blossom as the rose; villages were springing up and schools were being organized, and this dear old man seemed to think that he was not a part of this changed condition, and so he would seek a new country. He went about and bade his friends goodbye. This must have been a sad task for the old man, who was then getting feeble and one would think that he would have preferred to die among his friends. He came back two or three times in the remaining seven years he lived. March 11, 1845, this benefactor of man died near Ft. Wayne and was buried two and a half miles north of that city. When he died he had on, for clothing next to his body a coarse coffee sack slipped over his head, around his waist parts of four pairs of pantaloons, over this a white pair complete. For his good deeds he is remembered, and not for his eccen- tricities.
Twelve miles south of Ashland is a monu- ment known as the Copus monument. In 1812 Mr. James Copus and a number of his neighbors were killed in a massacre by the Indians. In 1882 the monument .commemor- ating this event was erected. Under the names
of Copus and the slain soldiers was carved, at the suggestion of Miss Rosella Rice, of Perrysville, the name of Johnny Appleseed, whom she knew well, and those good deeds she has commemorated with her pen.
ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICIALS County Auditors
Samuel Carpenter, 1820 to 1828.
Henry C. Widler, 1833 to 1837.
Jolın C. Cassel, 1838.
John C. Cassel, 1840.
John C. Cassel, 1842.
Alfred Mc Veigh, 1844. Alfred McVeigh, 1846.
William L. Jeffries, 1848.
William L. Jeffries, 1850.
William L. Jeffries, 1852.
Jas. W. Fowson, 1854.
A. J. Dildine, 1856.
A. J. Dildine, 1858.
William Robinson, 1860.
William Robinson, 1862.
William Shopp, 1864.
William Shopp, 1866.
Louis Blaire, 1868.
Louis Blaire, 1870.
John C. Hite, 1873. John C. Hite, 1875.
Mr. Hite served to November, 1877, and was followed by Ephraim Ackers, who died in office in November, 1881. Benj. F. Dum was appointed to the vacancy and continued to serve until Sept., 1889.
R. F. Brown served from September, 1889, to October, 1895.
Ad H. Ginder served from October, 1895, to October, 1901.
Fred L. Mauger served from October. 1901, to October 21, 1907, when he was succeeded by Palmer Howard, who retired October 16,
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19II, and has been succeeded by George J. Gearhart.
COMMISSIONERS
The first county commissioners, appointed by the Court of Quarter Sessions, evidently in 1801, were Nathaniel Wilson, Jr., James Denny and Jacob Van Metre.
The oldest commissioners' journal among the old Court House records shows that the incumbents of the office March 6, 1843, were Thomas Carlisle, David Brown and Thos. T. McCausland.
The following dates show respectively the first meetings after changes in the personnel of the board :
Dec. 18, 1844-David Brown, Michael Ebright, Abraham Decker.
Dec. 1, 1845-David Brown, Michael Ebright, William Smith.
Dec. 7, 1846-Michael Ebright, William Smith, William Pannabecker.
Dec. 6, 1847-William Pannabecker, Wil- liam Smith, Samuel Shaeffer.
William Smith died in office and Thomas Rees was appointed to fill the vacancy on March 6, 1848.
Oct. 27, 1852-Samuel Shaeffer, Thomas Rees, Daniel Tshoop.
Nov. 2, 1853-Thomas Rees, Daniel Tshopp, Daniel Collins.
Oct. 28, 1854-Daniel Tshopp, Daniel Col- lins, Andrew Peters.
Dec. 3. 1855-Daniel Collins, Andrew Pet- ers. Joseph Sharp.
Dec. 7, 1857-Joseph Sharp, Daniel Collins, John W. Cunningham.
Oct. 3. 1859-John W. Cunningham, Joseph Sharp, Henry F. Blair.
May 3. 1860-John W. Cunningham, Joseph Sharp, Jonas H. Baker.
Nov. 8, 1860-John W. Cunningham, Joseph Sharp, Henry Alspach.
Oct. 26, 1861-Henry Alspach, John W. Cunningham, Joel Shaeffer.
Nov. 21, 1863-Joel Shaeffer, Henry Als- pach, Christopher Trovinger.
Nov. 11, 1865-Christopher Trovinger, Joel Shaeffer, Ervin Moore.
Nov. 1, 1867-Ervin Moore, Christopher Trovinger, A. B. Gillett.
The records of the commissioners' proceed- ings are missing from May 29, 1868, to Nov. 16, 1871. On the latter date the commission- ers were Henry Borchers, A. B. Gillett and Caleb E. Moore.
Dec. 1. 1873-Caleb E. Moore. Henry Borches. Thomas Barr.
Dec. 6, 1875-Caleb E. Moore, Thomas Barr, William Fink.
Dec. 3. 1877-William Fink, Thomas Barr, William McClenaghan.
Dec. 1, 1879-William McClenaghan, Wil- liam Fink, Henry Langel.
Dec. 5, 1881-Henry Langel, William Mc- Clenaghan, Enos S. Miller.
Dec. 3. 1883-Enos S. Miller, Henry Lan- gel, Isaac Kerns.
Dec. 7, 1885-Enos S. Miller, Isaac Kerns, Allen D. Friesner.
Isaac Kerns died in office in May, 1887, and S. Theodore Shaeffer was appointed to fill the vacancy June 4, 1887.
Jan. 3, 1888-Allen D. Frisner, John Hizey, Henry W. Gehrett.
Jan. 4. 1892-Henry W. Gelirett. John Hizey, Isaiah Vorys.
Jan. 1. 1894-Isaiah Vorys, Henry W: Gehrett. A. J. Arnold.
Sept. 21, 1896-A. J. Arnold, Isaiah Vorys, Theodore Shallenberger.
Sept. 19, 1898-Theodore Shallenberger, A. J. Arnold, Nicholas Stuckey.
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Sept. 17, 1900-Nicholas Stuckey, Theodore Shallenberger, Jacob Simon.
Sept. 15, 1902-Jacob Simon, Nicholas Stuckey, Mike King.
Sept. 19, 1904-Mike King, Jacob Simon, Jacob Schopp.
Sept. 17, 1906-Jacob Schopp, Mike King, R. S. Hine.
Sept. 20, 1909-R. S. Hine, James Duncan, Alonzo Parrish.
R. S. Hine has been succeeded by W. H. Creager.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS, 1812-1909
Lancaster, Ohio, Dec. 21st, 1910. Hon. C. C. Miller, Lima, Ohio.
My Dear Sir :-
In reply to your letter of a few days ago, asking me to furnish you with a list of the prosecuting attorneys of Fairfield County, I am sending you herewith the list with date of holding office, as near as I can gather it from the records. The records in past years are not very lucid, and I have had no little trouble in collecting this data. There is no record of a prosecutor prior to the year 1812, but from that date until the present, I think the record I am giving you to be very authentic. There seems to have been no less than three prosecutors from 1882 to 1886, John Mc- Cormich dying in office and David T. Clover having been succeeded by Levi Hite.
Very truly yours, THURMAN T. COURTRIGHT, Pros. Atty. Fairfield Co., O.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS, 1812 TO 1909
Robert Slaughter, 1812 to 1815.
Robert Douglass, 1815 to 1816. J. B. Orton, 1816.
Robert Douglass, 1816 to 1818. Thomas Ewing, 1818 to 1830. P. Beecher, 1830. H. H. Hunter, 1830 to 1838. . William H. Irvin, 1838 to 1844.
Washington V. Ham, 1844 to 1846.
Emanuel Giesy, 1846 to 1848.
Wm. R. Rankin, 1848 to 1852.
Virgil E. Shaw, 1852 to 1854.
Alfred Williams, 1854 to 1856.
J. W. Stinchomb, 1856 to 1860. Wm. T. Wise, 1860 to 1862.
Tollman Slough, 1862 to 1866.
Wm. A. Shultz, 1866 to 1870.
John G. Reeves, 1870 to 1876.
Thomas H. Dolson, 1876 to 1882.
John McCormick, David T. Clover, Levi Hite, 1882 to 1886.
M. A. Daugherty, 1886 to 1892.
J. M. Wright, 1892 to 1898.
W. T. McClenaghan, 1898 to 1903.
F. M. Acton, 1903 to 1909.
Thurman T. Courtright, 1909 to
PROBATE JUDGES
A complete list of the Probate Judges who have held the office since it was created in 1852. Joel Radebaugh, served from Feb. 9, 1852, to October, 1853, when he resigned and was succeeded by Jesse Loehner, who was appointed by the Governor for the unexpired term, about Nov. 7, 1853. The records do not state at what time Radebaugh resigned or Leohner commenced his term, but the last entry on the journal signed by Radebaugh is Oct. 29, 1853, and the first entry signed by Leohner is Nov. 7, 1853, so the resignation of Radebaugh and the commencement of Leohner's term are on or between these dates.
Virgil E. Shaw, 1855 to 1858. Jesse Leohner, 1858 to 1867.
Abraham Seifert, 1867 to 1873.
William L. Rigby, 1873 to 1879.
S. Theodore Shaeffer, 1879 to 1885.
J. T. Busby, 1885 to 1891.
Edward C. Rutter, 1891 to 1897.
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William A. Schultz served from Feb. 9, 1897, to Jan. 2, 1899, on which day he died.
H. C. Drinkle was appointed by the Gov- ernor as his successor and assumed his duties as Judge, Jan. 7, 1899, and served to Nov. II, 1899, when he was succeeded by George Cun- ningham, who was elected to fill the vacancy and who served to Feb. 8, 1900.
A. B. Kiefaber served from 1900 to 1906.
E. F. Holland from 1906 and whose term will expire Feb. 9, 1913. The terms of all the above commenced on Feb. 9 with the excep- tions above noted.
CLERKS OF COURTS
Lancaster, O., June 19, 191I.
I have searched the Court records of Fair- field county, Ohio, back to the year 1803 and I find that the following named men have served as clerk of courts :
Hugh Boyd, 1810 or 12 to 1830.
M. Z. Kreider, 1830 to 1840.
Joel Radebaugh, 1840 to 1858 as clerk and clerk pro tem.
Jno. C. Rainey, 1858 to 1870.
J. F. Vandermark, 1870 to 1876.
Chas. Rainey, 1876 to 1882.
WVm. H. Wolf, 1882 to 1888.
W. B. Henry, 1888 to 1894. Edson L. Shaw, 1894 to 1898.
Clay Shaw, unexpired term 1898 to 1900.
W. J. Fritz, 1900 to 1906.
Geo. M. Morris, 1906 to 1911.
Daniel Fauble, 1911, Ang. Ist, Monday, to GEO. M. MORRIS.
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SCHOOL EXAMINERS
Lancaster, Ohio, July 24th, 191I. Hon. C. C. Miller, My Dear Sir :-
I enclose you a list of the School Examiners of Fairfield County as disclosed by the rec- ords. I have submitted the list to several of
the older teachers of the county, as well as carefully examining the records in the office, and believe it is practically correct.
Respectfully, E. F. HOLLAND.
April 20th, 1853, Newton Schleich, Dr. John M. Bigelow and Virgil E. Shaw were ap- pointed.
June 2nd, 1853, Dr. Bigelow resigned and Rev. John M. Lowrie was appointed.
Oct. 20th, 1854, Virgil E. Shaw resigned and Martin Kagay was appointed.
Oct. 18th, 1856, Rev. Lowrie resigned and Rev. John B. Sackett was appointed.
May Ist, 1858, Rev. J. F. Reinmund was ap- pointed for 2 years. Mr. Reinmund was again appointed Sept. 9th, 1865, for 2 years.
Aug. 6th, 1859, Rev. Sackett resigned and William Whitney was appointed for 2 years.
May 21st, 1860, Uriah C. Rutter was ap- pointed and served until Nov. 20, 1865, when he resigned.
July 22nd, 1861, John Williams was ap- pointed for 2 years.
Aug. 15th, 1861, Joseph Feeman was appointed for 2 years.
Oct. 14th, 1863, J. C. Harper was appointed for 2 years.
Oct. 22nd, 1863, J. C. Hartzler was ap- pointed and served until Sept. 3, 1866, when he resigned.
Sept. 3rd, 1866, Isaac Roose was appointed and served until Sept. 5. 1869.
Dec. 27th, 1866, Levi Hartzler was ap- pointed for 2 years. Mr. Hartzler was again appointed to succeed Isaac Roose.
Nov. 20th. 1865, Rev. John I. Swander was appointed for 2 years.
Sept. 9th, 1867, C. Wilkinson was appointed for 2 years.
Oct. 26th, 1867, David Cole was appointed for 2 years.
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Nov. 16th, 1868, D. J. Snyder was appointed for 2 years, but resigned Aug. 10, 1869.
August 10th, 1869, J. J. Wagner was ap- pointed and served until July 23, 1879.
July 14th, 1874, A. Freed was appointed for 3 years and on the same day Geo. W. Welsh was appointed for 1 year. Freed resigned Aug. 26th, 1875. Mr. Welsh served until July 23rd, 1879, when he resigned.
Aug. 26th, 1875, S. S. Knabenshue was ap- pointed to fill the unexpired term of A. Freed, resigned.
July 14th, 1877, William H. Wolfe was ap- pointed and served until Feb. 4th, 1882, when he resigned.
July 23rd, 1879, James M. Stewart was ap- pointed and served 9 years.
July 15th, 1881, William G. Henry was ap- pointed and served 6 years.
Feb. 4th, 1882, James C. Barr was appointed and served until Aug. 31, 1886.
July 21st, 1886, Frank P. Schisler was appointed and served 6 years.
Aug. 15th. 1887, A. B. Kiefaber was appointed and served 6 years.
Aug. 31st, 1888, D. B. Kumler was ap- pointed and served 3 years.
Aug. 27th, 1891, D. C. Arnold was ap- pointed and served until his death, March 3rd. 1896.
Aug. 25th, 1892, L. L. Wagner was appointed and served until March 2, 1895.
Aug. 25th, 1893, Geo. M. Morris was appointed and served 6 years.
March 2nd, 1895, William J. Dum was appointed and served until Aug. 31, 1901.
March 3rd, 1896, Samuel J. Wolfe was appointed and served until Aug. 31, 1903.
Aug. 5th, 1899, H. C. Bailey was appointed and served 3 years.
Aug., 1901, William Walter was appointed and served 6 years.
Aug., 1902, J. H. Horton was appointed and served 6 years.
Aug., 1903, Isaac R. Hewetson was ap- pointed and served until Nov. 30, 1907, when he resigned.
Aug., 1907, Perry W. Fattig was appointed and served 3 years.
Nov. 30tl1, 1907, Nelson W. Frasure was appointed and served until Aug. 31, 1909.
Aug., 1908, M. E. Osbourne was appointed.
Aug., 1909, Ed. S. Ruffner was appointed.
Aug., 1910, Allen D. Groves was appointed.
THE BOARD TODAY, 1912
M. E. Osbourne, clerk, Thurston, Aug. 31, 1912.
A. D. Groves, Lancaster, Aug. 31, 1913.
E. C. Dilger, Carroll, Aug. 31, 1914.
NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESSES OF CLERKS
OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN FAIRFIELD
COUNTY, OHIO, FOR 1912
(All Township Clerks are, by law, the Clerks of the Township Boards of Education. )
City Districts
Lancaster-Robert M. Miller, Lancaster.
Village Districts
Amanda-Chas. R. Lewis, Amanda.
Baltimore-Jos. L. Montgomery, Balti- miore.
Basil-J. W. Buchanan, Basil.
Bremen-J. H. Leonard, Bremen.
Carroll-Chas. E. Kistler, Carroll.
Lithopolis-A. I. Crumley, Lithopolis.
Pleasantville-D. E. Sites, Pleasantville.
Rushville-Chas. R. Turner, Rushville.
Sugar Grove-Henry Cooney, Sugar Grove.
West Rushville-C. A. Johnston, West Rushville.
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Township Districts.
Amanda-Bert Borchers, Amanda.
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