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Harmon Dildine, Joseph Decker, Thos. Deacon, Elias Decker, Andrew Decker, James Daugherty, Isaac Decker, Mary Decker, Andrew Dildine, Henry Dildine, Elisha Decker, Ephraim Davidson, Jane Delong, James. Decker, Geo. Dowing, Isaac Davis.
Thos. Elder, Wm. Elder, John Enslin, John En- glish.
Thos. Featheringale, Nicholas Foor, Joseph Foor, Henry Fouse, Jacob Feasel, Frederick Frutchey.
Zebulon Gibeson, Wm. Groom, John Groom, Thos. Groom, Ezekiel Groom, Wm. Goodman, Jacob Gander, John Gander, Daniel Gybby, Thos. Gray, John Guffy.
Adam Havely, Ann Hopkins, Jonathan Hertly, Mary Hughs, Walter Hughes, Philip Hooper, Samuel Hooper, Daniel Hetzell, John Hetzell, Philip Hetzell, John Huiston, Wm. D. Hendren.
John Kooper, John Kile, Wm. Kile, Daniel Kramer, Geo. Kramer, John Kramer, Wm. King, Philip King, David King, Truman King, Sarah King, Jacob Kesler, Geo. Kalb, Thos. Kilpatrick, Geo. Kalb, Jr., John Kalb.
Thos. Long. Peter Line, Zebulon Lee, Sarah Lee, Solomon Lee, Peter Long, Geo. Long, Peter Lirk (or Link), Zebulon Lee, Jr.
Chas. Medford, Daniel Miller, David McCracken, Robt. Mossman, Ebenezer Mitchell, Jacob McClain, Benj. Mullin.
John Needels, Thos. D. Needels, Philoman Needels, Uzzi Neckerson.
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Fred Osstott.
Thos. Pattrick, James Peter, Wm. Patterson, John Patterson, Sylvanus Parker, James Pearcy, Philip Pon- tius.
Jacob Ruse, Owen Roberts, Wm. Ramsey, Jacob Rind, Jr., Wm. Richardson, Fred Rower, Adam Rarey, Parker Rarey, Chas. Rarey, Jr., James Ramsey, James Ramsey, Jr., Samuel Ramsey, Jete Roads, Thos. Rath- mell, Geo. Rohr, Benj. Rarey, Jacob Rind, Geo. Rarey, John Roads, Jacob Rush, John Rager, Wm. Ross, Chas. Rarey.
Jesse Seymour, Geo. Seymour, Abraham Shoema- ker, Samuel Stroud, John B. Solomon, John L. Solo- mon, John Sharp, Adam Sarber, Mary Smith, Archi- bald Smith, David Smith, Ebenezer Smith, Wm. Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Christian Sarber, Richard Stephen- son, John Swisher, John Stephenson, Zachariah Steph- enson, Geo. Stephenson, John Schoonover, Henry Schoonover, Abraham Schoonover, Richard Suddick.
Isaac Tilburg (or berry), A. C. Taber, Geo. Titler, Peter Titler, Wm. Toll, Deake Taylor, David Taylor, John Trump, Nicholas Tussing, John Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Benj. Todd, Katherine Todd.
Robt. Woolcoat, John Wright, Geo. Wood, John Wood, Geo. Wheeler, Thos. Wood, Robt. Wilson, Henry Whitzel, Joseph Whitzel, Samuel Whitman, Chas. Wood, Daniel Whitman, John Welton, Wm. Watson, Jacob Wender, John Winterstein, John A. White.
Abraham Vorhis, John Vanoay.
John Young.
Horses were taxed at $3.00 each, and cattle at $1.00 each. Houses were counted as chattel property and were taxed at the rate of $5.00 on the one hundred dol-
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lars valuation. The largest taxpayers were: Wm. Smith, $39.50; Wm. Elder, $36.50; Thos. Gray, $33.00; Wm. Richardson, $32.25; Emmer Cox, $30.75 ; John Kile, $30.00; Jacob Ruse, $28.00; Philo- mer Needels, $27.00; Chas. Rarey, Jr., $25.75. The following houses with their value appear on the Frank- lin county auditor's books : Wm. Elder, $550; Wm. Smith, $450; Jacob Ruse, $220; Thos. Gray, $220; Henry Bunn, $175; Emmer Cox, $175; Katherine Bull, $150; R. Blakely, $150; Philip Pontius, $150; Henry Schoonover, $150; John Kile, $140; Philomen Needels, $140; Geo. Bishop, $125; Henry Dildine, $125; John Gander, $125; Wm. Richardson, $125; Daniel Carns, $112.50; Chas. Rarey, Jr., $115; Jesse Blair, $110; Harmon Dildine, $110; John and Geo. Wood, $110; and the following were lot owners in Oregon : John Blair, lots Nos. 28, 29, 30, 14 and east half of 13, valued at $112; Wm. Crossley, lots Nos. 47, 67, valued at $140; Isaac Decker, lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, 26, 33, 46, 56, 60, 68, 71, valued at $650; Mary Decker lot No. 52, valued at $25; Joseph Foor, lot Nos. 51 and 65, valued at $150; A. C. Titler, lot Nos. 25, 54, 72, 81, valued at $275; Geo. Titler, lot Nos. 27, 31, 32, west { of 13, valued at $150; Peter Titler, lot No. 33, valued at $25; Wm. Foll, lot Nos. 53 and 63, valued at $100; Deake Decker, lot No. 55, valued at $25. The following eight persons owned ten or more horses and cattle: Wm. Richardson, 5 horses and II cattle; John Kile, 5 horses and 8 cattle; Emmer Cox, 5 horses and 7 cattle ; Philomen Needels, 4 horses and 8 cattle; Geo. Kalb, 3 horses and 9 cat- tle; Fred Rower, 4 horses and 7 cattle; Chas. Rarey, 4 horses and 7 cattle; Chas. Rarey, Jr., 5 horses and 5 cattle.
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The following tax-payers lived in Fairfield county in territory now in Franklin county : John Algire, Jacob Algire, Greenburg Ashley, Chas. Bowen, Thos. Bowen, Robt. Bowen, John Bannister, Ammon Butler, Francis Byerly, John Cramer, Philip Cramer, Adam Cramer, Michael Cramer, Jacob Coffield, James Can- non, John Coleman, Jr., Amos Davis, Henry Dove, Geo. Dove, Reuben Dove, Elisha Decker, Henry Fry, Stephen Glanville, Elizabeth Hathaway, Nancy Hath- away, Simon Helpman, Simon Hittman, Abraham Harris, John Hoff, Evan Hughes, Edward Hathaway, Bannibas Johnson, Ludwig Kramer, Andrew Love, Gersham Lee, Elisha McCracken, James Needels, Wm. \ Perrin, David Painter, Abraham Plummer, Peter Rob- inold, Wm. Stevenson, Geo. K. Stevenson, Moses Starr, Jacob Shoemaker, Henry Slife, John Slife, Ul- rick Slife, Daniel Slife, John Swayzy, Sr., John Swayzy, Jr., John Tallman, Philip Zimmer and John Wolf.
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NATHANIEL TALLMAN, Dec. 10, 1810 - Aug. 18, 1888.
G. W. BLAKE, M. D. Jan. 1, 1828 - Nov. 19, 1877.
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LAND OWNERS-1855.
"List of the land owners in 1855" by sections, beginning at the northeast corner of the township:
Section No. 6, B. F. Mumach, Joseph Vande- mark, John Wright, E. McCracken ; No. 1, S. Hempy, M. Brown, J. N. Peters, Jonathan Ruse, Emanuel Ruse, George Needels, school house; No. 2, John Wright (occupied by H. Geese), George Needels (occupied by J. Swanger), John Wright (occupied by J. Docterman ), H. Miller, J. A. Kile's heirs ; No. 3, Jared Forsman, Truro Presbyterian church, Dr. A. A. Shortt, Abraham Swisher's heirs, Mrs. M. Patter- son, P. Shoemaker ; No. 4, James Carson heirs, Alfred Gray (occupied by J. D. Goss, Matthew Brown, John McGuffey ; No. 5, Thos. Gray, W. D. Needels (Cedar Grove Tavern), Philip Swartz (Cross Keys Tavern), M. Stack (shoeshop), J. Burkey; No. 6, J. A. Sud- dick, John Heil (school house), A. Magles, J. Click- enger's heirs, J. and W. E. Carson, J. Spangler (saw mill), Wm. Stout heirs, W. H. Chain, Geo. Moore; No. 7, Philip Helsel, Daniel Helsel heirs, Jacob Rohr, John Behm, Wm. Helsel heirs; No. 8, Wm. D. Needels, James Needels, John A. Needels, John Helsel, Wm. H. Helsel, Jacob Rohr, Joseph Burkey's heirs ; No. 9, Thos. Needels (White Chapel church), J. A. Kiles heirs, Widow Winterstein, Wm. D. Needles, John M. McGuffey, Joseph Needels; No. 10, Rev. Jacob Bowman, John McGuffey, Wm. Whims, J. L. Stevenson, Thos. Needels ; No. 11, Wm. Leidey, Jacob Bowman, Isaac Kalb, Jerry Kalb, J. A. Kiles heirs,
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Wm. Whims, N. A. Stevenson; No. 12, Wm. Wilder- muth, N. Algire, John Wright (Res.), Samuel Det- wiler, Isaac Kalb; No. 7, W. K. Algire, M. J. Stev- enson, S. Algire, J. Algire, Wm. Perrin, A. B. Stev- enson ; No. 18, A. B. Stevenson, J. E. Stevenson (grave yard, removed to Union Grove), Daniel Bush, M. G. Stevenson, John Good, G. Harpst ; No. 13, John Wright, Joshua Stevenson, Peter Bott, Andrew Whims, John Alspach, Pitts Brown heirs; No. 14, Geo. W. Kalb, Huffman and Ferguson (school house), N. A. Stevenson, J. S. Stevenson, Jeremiah Kissel, John Kelchner, James Needels; No. 15, J. L. Steven- son, A. Whims, W. S. Hopkins, T. Needels, John Cable, Thos. Patterson, Oliver Codner, J. A. Kile's heirs, Fred Swisher; No. 16, owned by township school board (occupied, northeast quarter by -; southeast quarter by S. Jobs, northeast quarter by J. Arnold, southwest quarter by Augustus Sallee) ; No. 17, Frederick Rerey, T. J. Bennett, A. and J. Swisher, J. W. Kile's heirs; David Sarber, J. G. Ed- wards; No. 18, Geo. Fisher, John G. Edwards, J. Spangler, Dr. J. P. Bywaters, John Swisher; No. 19, Geo. H. Earhart, R. A. Kile's heirs. John Sharp heirs, S. E. H. Kile, Henry Whetzel heirs; No. 20, T. C. Hendren (school house), Robert Hendren, Ka- lita Sallee, D. Wagner, W. Wildermuth, H. Whetzel. Jr. (school house) ; No. 21, Fred Swisher (saw mill), David Whetzel, C. W. Rarey, W. H. Rarey, Wm. McCormick, Jacob H. Rees; No. 22, Henry Kramer, Jesse Dildine, O. Codner, Jr., Thos. C. Hendren, Joseph Dildine; No. 23, Pitts Brown heirs, P. Tus- sing, James T. Peircy's heirs, James Needels, L. C. Henderson, Jacob Hornung, Moses Seymour; No. 24. John R. Wright, Nathaniel Tallman, Abraham
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Lehman, Geo. Hoffman (Menonite church), Geo. T. Wheeler, Samuel Wheeler; No. 19, David Kramer, Emanuel Sparr, Chas. Brown, N. Tallman; No. 30, John Kramer, town of Winchester, A. Lehman, Sam- uel Bartlitt, Samuel Deitz (graveyard), C. Dellinger, Abe Hunsicker ; No. 25, A. Lehman, Peter Bott, John Chaney and son (Empire mills), E. B. Decker, Jacob Sarber, John Chaney (school house, woolen mill and lock house), Rev. H. Hendren, W. Mason heirs, Abe Harris, Wm. Smith heirs, Jane Smith; No. 26, John Rager (saw mill), John Seymour, Moses Seymour, Jesse Seymour (school house) ; No. 27, Jesse Dildine, T. D. Dildine, Babcock & Co., Wm. Seymour, Jacob Dildine, Frederick Heffinger, H. Dildine, Wm. T. Decker; No. 28, town of Groveport, W. H. Rarey, W. T. Decker (graveyard), Abraham Sharp (Baptist church, toll gate), Samuel Sharp, Lewis Shirey; No. 29, James Needles, Thos. Blakely, A. Sharp, Samuel Sharp, Joseph Sharp heirs; No. 30, Jacob Arnold, Wesley Toy, John Cox (surveyor), Henry Whetzel heirs; No. 31, Wesley Toy, L. Rarey, Wm. Neil & Co., John Cox (occupied by H. J. Cox), M. Groom, Frederick Bunn (occupied by Cook), McBride, Shel- don & Co., Wm. Rohr; No. 32, Samuel Sharp, Parker Rarey, Moses Seymour, A. Sharp; No. 33, Wm. T. Decker, Joseph Sharp heirs, L. Rarey, Parker Rarey ; No. 34, Wm. Seymour, Wm. T. Decker, Solomon Woodring, Samuel Leigh (school house) ; No. 35, John Seymour, Samuel O. Hendren, Wm. Seymour, Solomon Woodring, H. Dildine; No. 36, John Deitz, H. Dellinger heirs, Abraham Harris, G. Ordell heirs, J. Seymour, S. O. Hendren (graveyard) ; No. 31, John Colman, John Schrock, Philip Zimmer, Lewis Kramer (graveyard), Samuel Deitz, John Deitz, Geo.
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Fisher (grist and saw mill), Geo. Kramer; No. 1, Daniel Crouse, A. Johns, Wm. Peer, J. Bishop, town of Oregon, (school house), C. P. Dildine, H. Strode heirs, Solomon and Geo. S. Dildine; No. 2, Henry Dildine, C. P. Dildine, M. Welton (graveyard) ; No. 3, Daniel Leigh, Morgan Sorrel, Jesse Welton heirs, Cornelius Black, Thomas Black, Adam Havely; No. 4, V. E. Vogle, A. Rarey, Parker Rarey, Edward Gares (graveyard), Charles Pontius, Adam Havely; No. 5, W. H. Bishop (wagon shop), Ed. Gares, Cas- per Limpert, Dr. G. L. Smith, Charles Pontius, W. H. Pyle (school house), Frederick Bunns (black- smith shop) ; No. 6, Chas. Rohr, Geo. Rohr, Milton Finks heirs ; No. 7, E. E. Groom, Fred Bunn, W. H. Harrison, Elias Shook, Joseph Wright; No. 8, Fred Bunn, Charles Pontius, Henry Long, Moses Groom, J. Miller, Samuel Murphy, A. L. Perrill ; No. 9, Thos. Groom (Hopewell church and graveyard), J. Sawyer, Chas. Pontius, Mrs. Grooms heirs; No. 10, S. M. C. Gibby, John Seymour, Harmon Dildine,. L. Ramsey heirs; No. 11, S. M. C. Gibby, Rev. Samuel Wilson, Joseph Decker, J. Welton; No. 12, John Bacher, John Blackwood, George Long (school house).
The following is a list of persons owning two hundred or more acres of land in Madison township in 1855. The figures give the number of acres: Samuel Sharp, 700: John Wright, 680; Wm. T. Decker, 602; Joseph Burkey, 552; Frederick Bunn, 548: Chas. Pontius, 536; John Seymour, 496; Henry Dildine, 420; Thos. Groom, 375; Samuel O. Hendren, 356; Jared Forsman, 350; Harmon Dildine, 340; Nathaniel Tallman, 337; John M. McGuffey, 334; George Long, 320; Milton Fink heirs, 316; Wm. Sey-
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mour, 312; Parker Rarey, 312; Moses Seymour, 296: C. P. Dildine, 289; Joseph Sharp heirs, 278; W. D. Needels, 2762 ; Geo. Needels, 273; Wm. Whims, 269; John G. Edwards, 262; Abraham Swisher heirs, 260; Adam Havely, 254; Philip Helsel, 243; Thos. Needels, 240; Abraham Lehman, 238; S. M. C. Gibby, 226; John Sharp heirs, 225; John Bacher, 220; Samuel Leigh, 220; L. Rarey, 220; Thos. Gray, 217; J. A. Kile heirs, 216; Solomon Woodring, 210; Jesse Dil- dine, 208; Joseph Dildine, 207; Samuel Detwiler, 200; Elihu McCracken, 194; Abraham Sharp, 191.
Land owners in 1872, beginning at the north- east corner of the township:
Section No. 6, S. Hempy, G. French, J. Dovel, A. French, A. M. Selby, J. W. Wingert, John Wright, J. R. Vandemark, H. Algire, Mrs. R. Holbert and E. McCracken ; section No. 1, S. Hempy, J. O'Roark, D. Motts, Geo. King, G. W. Groves, J. W. Peters, E. Ruse, G. W. Ruse, and Geo. Needels ; section No. 2, John Wright, J. M. Montgomery, H. Miller, and Geo. Needels ; section No. 3, Zadok Vesey, Truro Presbyterian church, S. A. Needels and Wm. Purdy ; section No. 4, R. E. & S. Brown, J. S. Carson, Mrs. M. E. Whetzel, M. Brown, Alfred Gray, John Mc- Guffey, L. Spencer and Wm. Baird; section No. 5, C. H. Gray, R. S. Gray, M. A. Gray, S. H. Whims, Philip Swartz, Lewis Schleppi, M. Barrett, V. Zimmer, F. Spangler, J. R. Leasure, Wm. Baird and Peter E. Swartz; section No. 6, Lewis Schleppi, Philip Swartz, John Heil, C. Maley, Alex. Chickenger, Robert Scott, J. Burkey, Peter E. Swartz, H. J. Schleppi, D. Span- gler, J. Spangler and Geo. Moore; section No. 7, Joseph Behm, G. W. Helsel, John Behm, Adam Helsel,
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M. V. Weber, I. Worthington, T. Helsel, A. Rohr, and Elias Johnson ; section No. 8, A. J. Taylor, Behm heirs, M. A. Needels, S. R. Helsel, Jacob Rohr, guar- dian, J. A. Needels, Jacob Rohr, and M. Rohr heirs; section No. 9, Geo. W. Needels, R. J. Needels, Asbury Church, John McGuffey, Mrs. S. A. Kile, J. W. Kile, Mrs. S. A. Needels, A. T. Brown, and L. J. Needels ; section No. 10, Jacob Bowman, Wm. Whims, Almira Needels, Sarah Ann Needels, and Mrs. M. B. Steven- son ; section No. 11, Wm. Leidy, Jacob L. Bowman, J. Leidy, Geo. Needels, H. Miller, Jacob Bowman, I. Kalb's heirs, Jerry Kalb, Wm. Whims and N. A. Stev- enson ; section No. 12, A. K. Whims, Samuel Detwiler, John Wright and I. Kalb's heirs; section No. 7, W. K. Alkire, S. H. Whims, James Pickering, James Lawrence, and A. Bowman; section No. 18, James Lawrence, I. E. Stevenson, Jacob Bowman, Chas. and Amos Bush and Noah Lehman; section No. 13, John Wright, S. Kramer, A. Alspaugh, John Alspaugh, A. B. Stevenson, Sam and Joe Lehman, John S. Lehman, and Samuel Shoemaker; section No. 14, Geo. W. Kalb, N. A. Stevenson, J. S. Stevenson, John Court- right, Chaney & Decker, Jacob Bachman, and Chas. Weber; section No. 15, Wm. Kramer, Mrs. M. B. Stevenson, Thomas Patterson, O. Codner heirs, Jacob Coble, Mrs. A. Codner, Israel Swisher and Fred Swisher ; section No. 16, school section, occupied by Sylvester Carruthers, H. C. Swisher, Albert Young and J. W. Cromwell; section No. 17, F. Rarey, R. Hendren, G. H. Kalies, John G. Edwards, Mrs. M. Kile, Wm. Wildermuth and B. Hendren; section No. 18, John G. Edwards, C. L. Emde, L. Emde, Edwards Station, L. Merle, and Geo. L. Converse; section No. 19, W. K. Cox, S. E. H. Kile, W. P. Sharp, John
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Nau, Mrs. T. S. Doherty, John F. Kile, Robt. A. Kile, and Henry Obetz; section No. 20, T. C. Hendren heirs, A. T. Hendren, R. A. Kile, Wm. Wildermuth, Kalita Sallee and Jacob Stoutzenbarger ; section No. 21, Frederick Swisher, H. C. Swisher, W. H. Rarey, Frederick Rarey, D. Whetzel and Wm. Vance ; section No. 22, Eliza McGuffey, B. C. Sims, J. T. Simms, Oliver Codner heirs, A. T. Hendren, S. E. Hendren, Thos. Fagan, J. W. Simms, P. W. Simms, Robt. F. Dildine, Frederick Swisher, Belinda Simms, W. H. Rager, and Mrs. C. Zinn; section No. 23, David Mar- tin. Jacob Bachman, Jeff Mosier, John Wright, Philip C. Tussing, and Wm. M. Simms; section No. 24, Isaac Lehman, Menenite Church, L. Shoemaker, David Martin, P. Bond, toll gate, Geo. T. Wheeler, John Rohr, Jr., and Samuel Wheeler ; section No. 19, Henry W. Shaffer, Mrs. T. Sparr, Mrs. C. Warner, Adam Warner, Lovina Brown, Mrs. Mary Brown, John Brown, Wm. Brown and Nathaniel Tallman; section No. 30, Jacob Moore, John Kramer, Abraham Lehman, Canal Winchester, E. B. Decker, Samuel Bartlitt and Samuel Deitz; section No. 25, Samuel Wheeler, Simon Alspach, O. P. Chaney, Joseph Bur- goon, J. and J. Rodenfels Empire Mills, C. Doss, John Chaney Woolen Factory, John Rager, Robert Thrush, Peter Brown and Chaney, Decker & Co .; section No. . 26, John Rager, Mrs. F. L. Wilson, Moses Seymour and Wm. and M. Seymour ; section No. 27, R. F. Dil- dine, A. McCoy, Madison township fair grounds, M. Corbett, M. Zinn, G. L. Smith, W. P. Seymour, Mrs. R. Seymour, Mrs. M. Jones and Wm. T. Decker; section No. 28, M. Corbett, Groveport, A. S. and N. S. McCormick, A. Sharp, S. Alspach, Z. C. Payne, Mrs. M. Jones, Wm. T. Decker, Joseph Smith and Wm.
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H. Rarey ; section No. 29, J. Watson, G. Kentz, Thos. Blakely, C. F. Needels, J. Nau, Adaline Woods, D. C. Weaver, Joseph Smith, Wm. Hanstine, W. Salz- gaber, C. Salzgaber, and A. Sharp; section No. 30, T. P. Arnold, John Cox, Wesley Toy's heirs, J. E. Swisher and Wm. McClish; section No. 31, Wesley Toy's heirs, Stephen Smith, Sarah E. Harris, Thos. Fagan, Absalom Rohr and Lewis Bunn; section No. 32, A. Sharp, Joe Smith, J. G. Sharp, Thos. Fagan, G. Rarey, H. Rarey, Smith & Gould, Mrs. S. Rarey, J. Cheeseman, and Wm. H. McCarty ; section No. 33, Wm. T. Decker, Joseph Smith, Rarey heirs, G. Rarey and Hunter Rarey; section No. 34, W. Seymour, J. Anderix, Wm. T. Decker, Fred Klamforth, and Samuel Leigh; section No. 35, Andrew Wilson, ' Samuel O. Hendren, Mrs. E. Seymour, Thos. Sey- mous, R. Seymour, W. Seymour, Jas. D. and P. Decker and Samuel S. Christ; section No. 36, Elisha B. Decker, Chaney, Decker & Co., Phil. C. Harris, L. Alspach, M. Beglin, P. J. Dill and Elias Decker ; sec- tion No. 31, John R. Wright, M. E. Schrock, Samuel Deitz, E. J. Davidson, Jacob Sarber, Henry Arnold, Daniel Bergstresser, B. F. Ashbrook and A. Bruns; section No. I, David Crouse, P. J. Dill, Aug. Sallee, Oregon, Elias Decker, P. & E. McCarty, Milton Cum- mins, Jacob Bishop, Geo. W. Lisle and E. Smith ; section No. 2, Elias Decker, F. Dildine, C. P. Dildine, . G. W. Lisle, M. F. Sites and Josiah Flattery ; section No. 3, Daniel Leigh, A. B. Rarey, C. Black, Thomas Black, Adam Havely, G. S. Dildine, J. A. Bigelow and Wm. Peer ; section No. 4, S. Sharp, M. A. Kelley, Hunter Rarey, C. L. Pontius, Chas. Pontius, and H. R. Rarey ; section No. 5, W. H. Bishop, G. L. Smith, R. Rarey, F. G. Pontius, and Phil. Pontius; section
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No. 6, Chas. Rohr, John Rohr, John Lincoln, I. Hud- dle, Hannah Wolf, Wm. H. McCarty, and A. Sawyers; section No. 7, J. L. Bunn, E. Groome, Samuel Stewart, T. M. Murphy, W. H. Harrison, and J. Wright's heirs ; section No. 8, Chas. Pontius, J. L. Bunn, N. H. Bunn, Phil. Pontius, M. H. Kelly, H. Long, S. Mur- phy, F. Miller and A. L. Perrell; section No. 9, Thomas Groom, Chas. Pontius, Mrs. C. Sawyer, Hope- well M. E. Church and Philip Pontius ; section No. 10, Geo. Seymour, Chaney Decker & Co., Daniel Leigh and A. B. Rarey ; section No. 11, Wm. Whaley, Miss J. Welton, Geo. Long, P. S. Long, Nathan Whaley, and Chaney, Decker & Co .; section No. 12, Jeremiah Runkle, Samuel Runkle, Geo. Long, and John Black- wood.
The following owned a quarter section or more in 1872: John Wright, 819 acres ; Chaney, Decker & Co., 640; E. B. Decker, 160; Madison township school section, 640; Zadok Vessy, 572; Wm. T. Decker, 530; John G. Edwards, 522; Wm. Whims, 448; A. B. Rarey, 411; Thomas Groome, 374; George Needels, 367; Joseph Smith, 353; Abram Sharp, 332; Geo. L. Converse, 334; N. Tallman, 328; Elias Decker, 323; George Long, 320; James Lawrence, 300; Jacob Bow- man, 297; Samuel O. Hendren, 280: John McGuffey, 261 ; Mrs. M. B. Stevenson, 256; Wm. Wildermuth, 251 ; Peter E. Swartz, 246; Chas. Rohr, 245; David Martin, 231 ; G. L. Smith, 219; Samuel Leigh, 220; John Rager, 210; Samuel Deitz, 209; Jacob Rohr, 209; Wesley Toy heirs, 205; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wilson, 201; Frederick Swisher, 200; Moses Sey- mour, 200, William Peer, 200; S. R. Helsel, 200; Jacob Coble, 200; Chas. Pontius, 193 ; Wm. H. Rarey, 192 ; Samuel Detwiler, 190; F. G. Pontius, 190; Philip
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Pontius, 192; Elihu McCracken, 189; S. H. Whims, 187; John Behm, 182; Jacob Bishop, 182; J. P. Ar- nold, 180; Geo. W. Lisle, 176; A. K. Whims, 171; Abraham Lehman heirs, 170; Thos. Fagan, 168; W. K. Algire, 165; W. H. McCarty, 164; J. L. Bunn, 167; Samuel Wheeler, 160; John Courtright, 160; and Mrs. M. Jones, 160.
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CHAPTER VIII.
BRIGHTER DAYS.
OHIO AND ERIE CANAL.
" Life on the Erie canal A home on the tow path side, Where the boats go up and down Sailing against the tide,
Our boat's an hundred feet long,
With the rudder hitched on behind,
Our crew consists of a man And a mule that's almost blind. And when we want to stop I'll tell you how we do - We all catch hold of the hinder rope
And call out Whoa! ho! ho!
And call out Whoa! ho! ho!"
- From an old song.
The legislation regarding the Ohio and Erie Canal is entirely too voluminous to find a place in this vol- ume; we could not, however, resist giving space to some extracts which in a measure reveal some of the advantages sought and some of the difficulties to be overcome.
Governor Ethan A. Brown said in his inaugural address, December 14, 1818: "If we would raise the character of our state by increasing industry and our resources it seems necessary to improve the internal communications, and to open a cheaper way to market for the surplus produce of a large portion of our fertile country." (59)
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On January 7, 1819, the following resolution was introduced in the Ohio legislature: "That a com- mittee be appointed to take into consider- ation the construction of a canal connect- ing the waters that flow into Lake Erie with those that flow into the Ohio river; that said committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authoriz- ing the governor to procure one or more skillful engi- neers for the purpose of exploring and ascertaining the most eligible route for the foundation of said canal." In his message January 8, 1819, Governor Brown said: "You will bear in mind that our pro- ductions which form our only great resources are gen- erally of that bulky and ponderous description, as to need every easement in conveyance that we can afford. * * I have already evinced an anxiety on this subject, excited by a strong sense of its vital im- portance. Roads and canals are veins and arteries to the body politic, that diffuse supplies, health, vigor and animation to the whole system. * * Na- * the aspect of the
ture strongly invites us : * face of this state announces capabilities for the grand object in question, exceeded, I presume, by few re- gions of the same extent." Again, in his message of December 7, 1819, he says: "I hope for your indul- gence, in pressing upon you a subject of so great and general interest to the state. Your observation must have perceived that our principal obstruction to the removal of the commercial distress consists in the cost and difficulty of transporting to market those pro- ductions which constitute our great and almost only resource, for regaining and preserving the balance of trade. * * My conviction of the usefulness of obtaining the information and estimates, which skill
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and experience can impart induces me to. request that the measure recommended last season,. of appointing a civil engineer, may again be consid- ered." Under date of January 20, 1820, according to- a resolution of the House passed on January 14, Gov- ornor Brown submitted a very comprehensive docu- ment to the legislature, embodying a description of the general features of the territory lying between Lake Erie and the Ohio river, an estimate of the cost of construction and maintenance, and a plan by which the expense could be met; this later proposition pro- vided that either the State of Ohio should purchase. from Congress four million acres of land at $1.50 per acre adjoining the route of the proposed canal which it was thought could be readily sold for $3.00 or more per acre after the canal was once in operation, or, second, that Congress should be asked to cede two sections to the state, retaining every third section, with the understanding that the state complete the. canals, when Congress would be reimbursed by the advanced price which would be obtained for the sec- tions retained." January 31, 1822, "an act" was passed, authorizing the governor to appoint an engi- neer to make surveys of the county between Lake Erie and the Ohio River, and a canal commission was appointed.
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