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1832 to 1836
James Parker
1836 to 1840
. Daniel Humphrey
1840 to 1850
Charles Follett
1850 to 1853
William B. Clarke
Daniel Gardener
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..
1850 to 1855
Benjamin L. Critchet
1851 to 1854
Lewis Lake
..
1852 to 1855
Willis Robbins
..
.1854 to 1857
Valentine B. Alsdorf
. 1855 10 1856
William Barrick ..
1855 to 1858
James Stone
..
1856 to 1858
Michael Morath
..
1857 to 1863
Digitized by
1827 to 1831
Samuel Parr
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Jordan Hall
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1848 to 1851
1853 to 1856
James E. Laughead
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Jacob Anderson
served from
1858 to 1861
James H. Grant
1858 to 1865
Ira A. Condit
1861 to 1867
James Pittsford
1863 to 1869
James Y. Stewart
1865 to 1871
A. J. Hill
1867 to 1673
Elias Padgett
. 1869 to 1875
Richard Lane
..
. 1871 to 1877
Felix C. Harris
1874 to 1880
Joseph White
1875 to 1878
Stephen Hoskinson
1877 to 1883
A. B. Coffman
1878 to 1881
Robert Leeding
1879 to 1882
From 1808 to 1820 the commissioners appointed their clerks, who discharged the duties now per- formed by county auditors. The office of clerk of commissioners was abolished in 1820, and that of county auditor created.
Elias Gilman- served as commissioners' clerk from. . 1808 to 1809
Archibald Wilson, jr., served from 1809 to 1811
John Cunningham
1811 to 1813
Amos H. Caffee
1813 to 1820
The county auditors have been :
William W. Gault served from 1820 to 1820
Stephen McDougal ..
1820 to 1825
John Cunningham
1825 to 1835
William Spencer .. 1835 to 1841
William P. Morrison ..
1841 to 1844
Abner W. Dennis
1844 to 1853
Thomas J. Davis ..
1853 to 1855
William B. Arven
1855 to 1857
Thomas J. Davis
1857 to 1859
Wm. H. Winegarner
1859 to 1861
Silas B. Woolson
..
1861 to 1865
William Bell, jr., ..
1865 to 1871
William D. Morgan
1871 to 1875
Corrington S. Brady
1875 to 1880
James F. Lingafelter
1881 to 1882
From 1808 to 1825, property was assessed by township assessors. In the latter year a law was passed providing for the election of county asses- sors by the people, which remained in force until 1841 when it was repealed and the old system of township assessors again adopted. The following persons served as county assessors under the law of 1825:
James Holmes served from 1825 to 1827
C. W. Searle and M. M. Caffee served in 1827
William Spencer served from. 1827 to 1829
J. B. W. Haynes 1829 to 1833
John Stewart
..
1833 to 1835
William Moats " 1835 to 1841
Tax collectors were appointed by the commis- sioners. From 1808 to 1827 they collected the taxes and paid them over to the county treasurer
for disbursement. In 1827 the office was abol- ished, and the duty of collecting the taxes was im- posed upon the treasurer.
John Stadden served from 1808 10 1810
John Cunningham 1810 to 1812
James Robinson "
1812 to 1812
John Cunningham
1812 to 1813
Andrew Allison "
1813 to 1816
Jonathan Simpson
1816 to 1817
Jacob Little 1817 to 1818
John Cunningham 1818 to 1820
Nicholas Shaver " 1820 to 1823
Thomas Taylor "
1822 to 1823
Samuel Bancroft "
1823 to 1824
Elias Howell
1824 to 1827
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Elias Gilman served from 1808 to 1810
John J. Brice
1810 10 1813
John Cunningham
1813 to 1817
James Gillespie "
1817 to 1827
Sereno Wright
1827 to 1836
Jesse D. Arven
1838 to 1840
John Stewart
1840 to 1842
William Moats ..
- 1842 to 1844
Thomas Holmes 1844 to 1852
Thomas Ewing
1852 to 1856
I. C. Ball 1856 to 1858
Thomas B. Pease " 1858 to 1862
Lewis Evans 1862 to 1866
D. E. Stevens . ..
1866 to 1870
L. A. Stevens
1870 to 1874
E. H. Ewan ..
1874 to 1878
William M. Fulton
1878 to 1882
MARSHALS OR CENSUS-TAKERS.
Amos H. Caffee enumerated the inhabitants in. 1820 Benjamin Briggs and Samuel English took the census in .. 1830 Isaac Smucker, Henry S. Manon, J. A. W. McCaddon and H. W. R. Bruner performed that duty in .. 1840
Enoch Wilson, E. B. Pratt, Hiram Wright and David Wilson were the deputy marshals in. 1890
Levi J. Haughey, Henry S. Manon, B. Sutton, James Pitzer and J. M. McClelland took the census in. 1860 C. B. Griffin, J. E. Rankin, Stewart Barnes, Aurelius Ballou and others enumerated the inhabitants in .. ... 1870
The enumerators for 1880 were as follows:
Bennington township J. R. Sanger.
Bowling Green townsnip. .A. R. Brown.
Burlington township W. H. Brownscombe.
Eden township . Thomas L. King.
Etna township. .G. A. Clifton.
Fallsbury township. George McQueen.
Franklin township. W. M. Lacy.
Granville township. S. L. Gardner.
Hanover township.
A. A. Bounds.
Hartford township . C. O. Coleman.
Harrison township. .A. R. Miller.
Hopewell township .James D. Gard.
Jersey township. .J. W. Robb.
Liberty township. Asbury Moran.
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Licking township.
Thomas Roley.
G. S. Spring
served from
1865 to 1867
Lima township ..
G. W. Tharp.
Mary Ann township.
Benjamin B. Moats.
McKean township.
Edward T. Glynn.
Monroe township.
Jackson Hanover.
Madison township.
J. W. Halliday.
Newark township.
D. D. Taylor.
Newark, First ward
S. B. Woolson.
Newark, Second ward
Thomas J. White.
Newark, Third ward.
.Joseph Rusler.
Newark, Fourth ward Richard Garner.
Newton township.
Josiah Dillon.
Perry township. . James M. Wagstaff.
St. Albans township
S. G. Goddard.
Union township
E. F. Beverly.
Washington township J. W. McKelvy.
Elnathan Schofield, Samuel H. Smith and James Dunlap performed the duties of surveyor while this was a portion of Fairfield county.
Elnathan Schofield served from.
1801 to 1804
Samuel H. Smith
1804 to 1807
James Dunlap
1807 to 1812
Alexander Holmes
1812 to 1820
James Holmes
1820 to 1828
Thomas H. Bushnell ..
1828 ta 1836
In 1840-35,096.
2,705.
Timothy S. Leach ..
1836 to 1847
In 1850-38,846.
3.654.
Julius C. Knowles
1847 to 1850
In 1860-37,011.
4.675.
David Wyrick
..
1850 to 1859
In 1870-36, 196.
..
6,698.
Z. H. Denman
1859 to 1865
In 1880-40,277.
9,602.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
LITERARY PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY, AUTHORS AND COMPILERS.
A NUMBER of persons, natives or residents of Licking county, have acquired a reputation as authors and compilers. Their names, and the titles of the volumes they wrote or compiled will be given, as far as they are known and remem- bered.
Honorable Herbert Howe Bancroft is the author of an elaborate work of five volumes, octavo, en- titled "The Native Races of the Pacific.States of North America." He is a native of Granville, but is now, and has been for twenty years or more, a resident of San Francisco. His work was publish- ed in 1876.
Dr. J. R. Black, of Newark, gave to the public a small volume of three hundred and twenty-
two pages in 1873; its title being "The Ten Laws of Health."
Mr. Benjamin F. Ells, formerly of Newark, pre- pared and published, many years ago, in Dayton, Ohio, where he then lived, "A Grammar of the English Language."
Mrs. Helen King Spangler, a native of Newark, but now a resident of Coshocton, is the author of a book of about four hundred pages, entitled "The Physician's Wife," which has run through quite a number or editions.
Mr. William M. Cunningham wrote the follow- ing works: "The Manual of the Ancient and Accepted Rite," which is a volume of two hundred and seventy-two pages, and bears the imprint of
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William Anderson and his son also served as county surveyors.
Captain Samuel Elliott was elected coroner at the organization of the county in 1808 and served nearly a score of years, when his son, Alexander Elliott, succeeded and continued in the office by many re-elections. Captain James Coulter, Cap- tain Samuel H. Josephs and John Lunceford were the immediate successors of the Elliots.
NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.
The following table gives the population of Licking county at each decennial period, accord- ing to the federal census tables, since the organ- ization of the county, also of Newark :
In 1810- 3,852.
Newark about 200.
In 1820-11,861.
450.
In 1830-20,869.
had
999.
A. R. Pitzer
1867 to 1874
George P. Webb
1874 to 1881
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Philadelphia, 1864; "Cross Masonic Text-Book;" "Cross Masonic Chart;" "Cross Templars' Chart, 1865;" "Craft Masonry, 1874;" "Capitular Mason- ry;" "Cryptic Masonry;" "Templar Masonry." The author of the foregoing volumes is a native of Newark and has never lived elsewhere.
Mr. George W. Ingraham, city solicitor of New- ark, compiled a volume of one hundred and eighty- four pages, bearing the title of "Revised Ordi- nances of the City of Newark, Ohio, of a general nature, in force June 1, 1876."
Miss Minnie Sprague, a native of Newark, and always a resident, is the author of a popular work of fiction that has run through half a score or more editions, entitled "An Earnest Trifler." Although "An Earnest Trifler" is the production of our most youthful author, and has been most recently issued, has, nevertheless, been in more extensive demand, and has obtained a wider circulation than the . works of any of our authors, unless the Masonic volumes of Mr. Cunningham, and the volumes of the "Reports of the Secretary of State of Ohio," for 1877, '78, '79, which he compiled, should form the exceptions.
Honorable W. D. Morgan, who has been long a citizen of Licking county, while auditor of State, gave to the people of Ohio, annually, a "Report of the Auditor of State" for the years 1852, '53, '54,' 55.
Mrs. Browne is the author of a volume of fic- tion, which was not long since given to the public.
Mr. - Pratt is the author of the history of Licking county that appears in the "Historical Atlas of Licking County, Ohio," published in 1875.
Mr. J. H. Newton wrote and compiled an exten- sive volume entitled, "History of the Pan Handle; being historical collections of the counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Vir- ginia." He is also understood to be the author of histories of a number of counties in Ohio, includ- ing those of Belmont and Jefferson. 'From the title page of his history of the Pan Handle coun- ties of West Virginia, it appears that he had asso- ciated with him Messrs. G. G. Nichols and A. G. Sprankle. The work is very large, consisting of nearly five hundred large pages, is well got up, and its production involved a large amount of labor.
PAMPHLETEERS. - Near the close of Rev. Thomas D. Baird's ministry in the First Presbyte- rian church, of Newark, which terminated in 1820, he wrote a pamphlet of a somewhat controversial nature on the subject of church music, maintain- ing the right and the propriety of the members of the congregation, but who were not in communion with the church, but were of good moral character. to not only participate therein, but to lead in it if they had inclination and capacities fitting them for the positions.
Hon. Jacob Winter wrote a pamphlet of seven pages, double columns, entitled "A History of the Disciple Churches in Licking County, Ohio." It appeared as No. 4, in the series of pioneer pam- phlets issued by the Licking County Pioneer His- torical and Antiquarian society, and was published in 1870.
Rev. H. M. Hervey wrote a pamphlet of twenty pages, double columns, in 1869, bearing the fol- lowing title: "Historical Sketches of the Presby- terian Churches (O. S.,) in Licking County, Ohio, being the substance of papers read before the Licking County Pioneer Association." It formed No. 1, in the series of pioneer pamphlets.
Hon. Samuel Park prepared two pamphlets. being numbered respectively five and six, in the pioneer series. The title of No. 5 was, "Notes of the Early History of Union Township, Licking County, Ohio," read before a joint meeting of the pioneer associations of the counties of Franklin, Muskingum and Licking, at their celebration of the National anniversary, at Pataskala, Ohio, July 4, 1870. The title of No. 6 is, "American An- tiquities, Read Before a Joint Meeting of the Pio- neer Associations of the Counties of Franklin, Muskingum and Licking, at their Celebration of the National Anniversary at Pataskala, Ohio, July 4, 1870." No. 5 makes a pamphlet of thirty-four pages, and No. 6, of twenty-two pages. Mr. Park is a native of Union township, and spent forty y. . s of his life within its limits, but at the time of writing the foregoing pamphlets, was a resi- dent of Marshall, Illinois. The pamphlets were printed in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Captain Joseph M. Scott wrote a pamphlet of eleven double column pages, with the title "Our Early Times-Historical sketch of St. Albans
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Township." It was published in Newark (Clark & King, printers), in 1873, and is No. 8 of the pio- neer series. It was first read at a pioneer meeting held in Alexandria, and its publication requested.
Rev William Bower is the author of a pamphlet with the following title: "Sermon preached in the First Presbyterian church, Newark, Ohio, Sunday, September 19, 1875, in memory of the Rev. Henry Martyn Hervey, late pastor of said church, by Rev. William Bower." It is a pamphlet of twenty- five pages, and was printed in Granville. The au- thor, for years rector of Trinity (Episcopal) church Newark, and the subject of the memorial sketch, had been college mates and intimate friends, not only during their college days at Kenyon, but also in Newark.
"Forty years' history of the Second Presbyterian church, Newark, Ohio, by the pastor, Rev. How- ard Kingsbury, July 16, 1876," is the title of a pamphlet of forty-four pages. It was a historical sermon, delivered during the centennial year, as the date implies, and was published by the congrega- tion of the Second Presbyterian church of Newark.
Mr. Isaac Smucker is the author of a number of historical pamphlets, principally of the pioneer series-though some are not. One of his earliest in point of time, was published anonymously in Columbus, Ohio, its title being "An appeal to Liquor Makers-Liquor Venders-and Liquor Drinkers." It was a pamphlet of sixteen pages.
Another of his pamphlets was entitled "History of the Welsh Settlements in Licking County, Ohio- the Characteristics of our Welsh Pioneers-their Church History, with Biographical Sketches of our Leading Welshmen; Read at the Licking County Pioneer Meeting, April 7, 1869." It was a twenty- two page, double column pamphlet, and is No. 2 of the pioneer series.
Still another of Mr. Smucker's pamphlets gives "An account of the celebration of American In- dependence, at Clay Lick, by the Licking County Pioneers, together with an address by Dr. - Coulter, on early times in the Clay Lick Settlemer,"", Also Historical Sketches of the Townships of Licking, Bowling Green, Franklin, and Hopewell." This is a pamphlet of thirty-six double column pages, bear- ing the imprint of Clark & King, Newark, Ohio, and is No. 3 in the pioneer series.
Mr. Smucker is also the author of pioneer pamphlet No. 7, entitled, "Our Pioneers; Being Biographical Sketches of Captain Elias Hughes, John Ratliff, Benjamin Green, Richard Pitzer, John VanBuskirk, Isaac and John Stadden, and Captain Samuel Elliott, with Brief Notices of the Pioneers of 1801 and 1802; Also a Paper on the Pioneer Women of the West, by Rev. Mrs. C. Springer; Concluding with a Poem, entitled, The Pioneers of Licking, by A. B. Clark, Esq." This is a pamphlet of thirty-three pages, double col- umns, printed in 1872 by Clark and King, New- ark, Ohio.
This prolific pamphleteer is likewise the author of "Licking County's Gallant Soldiers, who died in Defence of our Glorious Union and of Hu- man Freedom." It is a pamphlet of twenty- eight pages, and was prepared for and published by the Licking County Soldiers' Monumental association; Clark & Underwood, printers.
Isaac Smucker was also the author of the "Cen- tennial History of Licking County, Ohio," which is a pamphlet of eighty pages.
Small editions of four pamphlets by the same author sere circulated, the matter appearing orig- inally in the report of the Ohio secretary of state for the years 1876-'77-'78 and '79. Their titles were as follows: "A Brief History of the Terri- tory Northwest of the River Ohio;" "Ohio's Pre- historic Races and Pre-territorial History ;" "His- tory of our Moravian Missions, and Memorial Sketches of our Missionaries;" "Ohio Pioneer History-Cresap and Logan, Crawford's Cam- paign, and a Brief Biographical Sketch of Captain Cresap, Logan and Colonel Crawford." The first named was a pamphlet of twenty-five pages, the second of thirty-four pages, the next of thirty-two pages, and the fourth of twenty-four pages.
It may be observed also that Mr. Smucker was the writer of the historical matter, to the extent of twen- pages, contained in the neat and well-gotten up pamphlet outitled, "Premium List and Regulations for the Thirty-third Annual Fair of the Licking County Agricultural Society, held on the Fair Grounds in 1880," and which is transferred to this volume.
Professor John Pratt, of the 'Granville college, now called Dennison university, is the auth ~- of a
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pamphlet entitled, "An Address delivered before the Licking County Agricultural Society, during the Fair held in October, 1850."
ยท Colonel B. B. Taylor published a pamphlet of a political nature, being an "Address read to the Keystone Association, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
Rev. D. R. Colmery is the author of a pamphlet entitled "Historical Discourse, July 30, 1876, in the Presbyterian Church, Jersey, Ohio, on its Fifty- sixth Anniversary."
Dr. Z. C. McElroy is an extensive pamphleteer, the subjects very generally bearing on and relating to medical science. He wrote a pamphlet bearing the title "Organic Life;" another on "Fever Pro- cesses;" still another bears the title of "Hydroa- dipsia;" and yet others with following titles: "Common Drunkenness ;" "Speculative Belief in Medicine ;" and numerous others, with titles not now recollected.
Rev. Dwight B. Hervey is author of "A Dis- course Commemorative of the Life and Character of the Rev. Henry Hervey, D. D., delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Martinsburgh, Ohio, Sabbath, March 31, 1872." He is also chief contributor to a pamphlet entitled "Proceedings of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Presbyterian Church, of Mount Gilead, Ohio," published in 1871.
Rev. Jacob Little, D. D., wrote and published, by order of his congregation, a considerable number of pamphlets, being his annual historical sermons, de- livered to the members of his church and congre- gation (Congregational, now Presbyterian), in Gran- ville, Ohio.
MAGAZINE WRITERS .- Hon. Israel Dille was
an extensive magazine writer, principally on science, agriculture and literature.
Colonel B. B. Taylor was a large contributor to the magazines, mainly on political economy and the science of government.
Dr. Z. C. McElroy is the author of very many articles that appeared in the medical periodicals of Europe and America. Medical science and kin- dred topics were the themes upon which he wrote.
Dr. J. R. Black prepared many excellent papers for the medical periodicals and scientific magazines of this country, both in the east and west.
Dr. Charles P. King has written quite a number of papers on medical topics for the magazines and journals published in the interest of his profession.
Dr. A. T. Speer has also written several papers for medical journals.
Hon. S. G. Arnold is a magazine writer on mis- cellaneous subjects, principally politics, history and morals, and is also a pamphleteer as well as a mag- aziner.
Rev. A. W. Stevens' writings have appeared in pamphlet form as well as in magazines of a relig- ious character.
Professor John Pratt has been a contributor to the magazines and reviews.
Hon. Isaac Smucker is the author of many pa- pers that have appeared in the literary, historical and scientific magazines of the east and west.
There are doubtless some omissions under each of the different heads in this chapter, but it was impossible to procure the information necessary to perfect the list of authors, compilers, pamphleteers and magazine writers.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR.
BY MAJOR CHARLES D. MILLER.
LICKING COUNTY AS AN ANCIENT BATTLE GROUND-MILITARY WORKS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS-SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION WHO SETTLED IN THE COUNTY-TROUBLES WITH THE INDIANS-THE WAR OF 1812 AND ITS SUR- VIVING VETERANS-THE MEXICAN WAR AND A LIST OF THE SURVIVORS.
TF a battle has ever been fought within the limits of Licking county, the fact is unknown to modern chroniclers; hence its military history will not embrace a picture of armed hosts in deadly conflict upon its soil, but must tell of her sons who went forth at the call of their country when im- periled, first, by an Indian foe; second, by the arrogance of Britain; third, by the aggressions of the Spanish race in the land of the Aztecs; and, lastly, by the power of a slave oligarchy, in an attempt to sever the union of the States.
Notwithstanding the absence of written records to sustain the belief of battles and sieges in Lick- ing county, the silent monuments that are every- where spread before our wondering eyes throughout the county-like the everlasting rocks that point the geologist to the past history of the globe-here present analogous marks, and a base for reasoning into the objects and designs of a great labyrinth of earthworks left by pre-historic man.
That a people more advanced in civilization, and more numerous than the Indian aborigines found here by our pioneers, once inhabited Licking county, hardly admits of a doubt. Whence they came and whither they went remains a mystery, but their monuments are left to tell us, not only of religious ceremonies and athletic sports, but of the art of war and the strategy of defence. The well preserved mounds in the Cherry valley mark plainly the fact of religious and defensive works combined-one to defend the other, and the nu- merous mounds found upon high hills warrant the assumption of a line of signal stations to warn the inhabitants of the valleys of an approaching foe.
Can it be that these people, becoming very numerous, living in affluence upon the golden riches of the soil, vain in their superiority of know- ledge, bigoted in their religious superstitions, effeminate and weakened in long security, have met the same fate as declining Rome, when bar- barians of athletic proportions and warlike prowess swept down from the north, laying vandal hands upon accumulations of art gathered in past cen- turies? The people were almost annihilated, per- haps a remnant driven off far to the south; their works, all that could be destroyed, were destroyed, and the country allowed to grow up again in its primitive wildness, furnishing hunting grounds for the American Indian, who delights in savage life and the excitement of the chase.
They in turn are now driven out, and the power- ful Anglo-Saxon lays claim to the domain, giving to us Licking county of 1880, with her well-tilled farms, her cities and towns, her railroads and tele- graphs, her schools and churches.
We can imagine, notwithstanding the absence of written records, that Licking county in the past has been truly a great battle-ground, wherein a numerous people struggled for the defence of their firesides, and at last yielded to a race superior in warlike prowess.
But it is with the written record we have to deal in these pages, which will cover the Indian wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican war, and the war of the great Rebellion, wherein Licking county contributed her full share in the glory and success which followed the American arms.
The Revolution had ended before the first per-
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manent settlement was made in Ohio, hence there were no contributions from this territory to the ranks of the patriots of those days. Many Re- volutionary soldiers, however, emigrated to Lick- ing county, and went earnestly at work to conquer the wilderness as they had conquered a political independence for the enjoyment of future genera- tions.
Can one imagine a grander work for the good of mankind than was accomplished by the sacrifices of these men? After a struggle of seven years with a powerful nation, impoverished and poor, ex- cepting in the glad consciousness of having given to America independence and liberty, they turned their faces westward to build up an empire that is now a marvel in the eyes of the whole world. A wilderness of savage Indians and wild animals were conquered to make way for grain fields, gardens, cities and towns all now connected in adabyrinth of steel rails for transportation and electric wires for the communication of intelligence.
Would that these pages could present in letters of gold the names of the Revolutionary patriots who contributed so much to make Licking county what it is, but it has been impossible to procure a full list! Among the number may be mentioned:
Thomas Seymour, who was born in Virginia in 1756. He came to Licking county in 1803, and settled in Madison township. . He died in 1831, aged seventy-five years.
John Larabee settled in Madison township about the year 1801, and died February 6, 1846, aged eighty-six years.
John Edwards came from Brooke county, Vir- ginia, and settled in the South Fork valley in Sept- ember, 1801. He. was engaged as a spy for some years, on the frontiers of Virginia.
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