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Lewis Cass was Prosecuting Attorney from 1804 to '12; member of the State Legislature in 1806; Colonel of the 38th Ohio in the war of 1812; promoted to Major General in 1813; Governor of the Territory of Michigan, Minister to France, United States Senator from Mich- igan, Secretary of State, United States Secretary of War in 1831. He was a son of Jonathan Cass, who moved to Ohio in 1799, and in 1807 was appointed State Marshal by President Harrison.
William W. Irwin, of Lancaster, was member of Congress from Fairfield in 1829-33 ; incorporator of Zanesville and
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1804. Lancaster Turnpike, December 25, 1816; Ohio Representative from Fairfield in 1806-7 ; Judge of the Supreme Court in 1816; Ohio Representative in the 24th General Assembly ; also, in the 25th and 26th.
Wyllys Silliman, born in Strattford, Ct., October 8, 1777 ; edited a Federal newspa- per in Western Virginia in 1800 ; married Deborah Webster Cass, daughter of Major Cass, at Wakatomika, near Dresden, Ohio, January 14, 1802 ; in 1803 chosen Presi- dent Judge of Common Pleas Court, and sat at the April term, 1804, in Muskingum county ; Register of the General Land Office in 1805 ; Commissioner of the road from Zanesville to the forks of the Mus- kingum February 4, 1807 ; helped move State papers from Chillicothe to Zanes- ville in 1810; Incorporator of Zanesville and Lancaster Turnpike Co. December 25, 1816, and of Zanesville and Cam- bridge Turnpike Co. January 27, 1817 ; Representative in Ohio Legislature 1828; Solicitor for the United States Treasury, appointed by President Jackson. In 1836 removed to Cleveland, but subsequently returned to Zanesville, where he died at the residence of his son-in-law, Charles C. Gilbert, November 13, 1842. Two of his sons came to the bar-George Wyllys practiced here several years, and subsequently died returning from Europe ; and Oscar, who removed to Missouri and afterwards to California.
William Woodbridge, of Washington county, was Ohio Representative from Washington county in 1808, and State Senator to toth and IIth General Assem- bly from Washington county in 1811-12. 1805. Samuel Herrick, born in America, Duch- ess county, New York, April 14, 1779, came to the bar June 4, 1805 ; was Prose- cuting Attorney of Guernsey county in 1810; United States District Attorney the same year and in 1829 ; succeeded General Cass as Prosecuting Attorney of this county in 1812, retaining all these offices ; was Prosecuting Attorney for Licking county in 1814, and during the same year was Brigadier General of the 4th Brigade, 3d Division, Ohio Militia; member of Congress from this District from March, 1817, to March, 1821. He lived at " Hill Top," his farm, about two miles southeast of Zanesville, until his death, about the first of March, 1852. Two of his grand- sons, Edward H. and Charles A., served as officers of volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. Edward came to the bar and located at Kansas City, Mo.
Elijah B. Mervin was Ohio Representa- tive from Fairfield in 1808.
1807. Matthew Backus. Samuel Spregg. 1809. Samuel W. Culbertson, born in Pennsyl-
1809. vania, was an Incorporator of the Zanes- ville and Cambridge Turnpike Co. Jan- uary 17, 1813 ; died of apoplexy in June, 1840.
1810. Ebenezer Granger, elder brother of the father of Hon. M. M. Granger, was born in Suffield, Conn., July 6, 1781 ; studied under Gideon Granger, Postmaster Gen- eral ; July 31, 1815, married Eliza Sea- man, sister of the half-blood to Henry Stanbery ; after an active practice of ten years died September 17, 1822. To him was assigned the duty of composing the epitaph of John McIntire. It was in- scribed on the plain stone that first mark- ed the grave, and reads as follows : "Sa- cred to the memory of John McIntire, who departed this life July 29, 1815, aged fifty- six years. He was born at Alexandria, Virginia ; laid out the town of Zanesville in 1800, of which he was the patron and father. He was a member of the Con- vention which formed the Constitution of Ohio. A kind husband, an obliging neighbor, punctual in his engagements, of liberal mind and benevolent disposi- tion, his death was sincerely lamented." 1812. Alexander Harper: Born in Ireland, February 5, 1786 ; died December 1, 1860 ; was a representative in the Ohio Legis lature in 1820-21, and resigned, when William Blocksom was appointed to fill the vacancy ; was President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1822 to 1836; member of Congress from 1837 to 1839, and from 1843 to '47, and from 1851 to '53.
1814. E. B. Mervin. Luke Walpole was County Commissioner from April to September, 1814.
1817. Appleton Downer: Member of the Ohio Legislature in 1831.
Charles B. Goddard : Born in Plainfield, Conn. ; his father was Calvin Goddard, a Judge of the Supreme Court of that State. Charles B. came to Ohio in 1817, and was admitted to the bar in Gallipolis. Settling in Zanesville, he married Harriet Munro Convers, daughter of Daniel Con- vers, July 6, 1820 : was representative in the Ohio Legislature in 1838-9, and State Senator from 1845 to '48, and Speaker in 1847-8; was Major General of Ohio Mili- tia, Trustee of McIntire School Fund, President of the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company, and one of the first directors of the Zanesville Atheneum. John C. Stockton was Clerk of the Su- preme and Common Pleas Courts of this county in 1812-17, Prosecuting Attorney from 1818 to '20, and representative in the Ohio Legislature in 1827.
1818. Truman Beecher.
Thomas Ewing, ("Old Tom"), of Lan- caster : State Senator in the 29th General Assembly.
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1818. Arius Nye removed to Marietta and was President Judge of Common Pleas Court, Washington county ; representative from Washington county in 1827, '28, '30, 32, and 1840, being Senator in the 30th Gen- eral Assembly.
1819. John Doland, (Harper & Doland), re- moved to Somerset, Perry county, in 1824. 1819. Richard Stillwell was Prosecuting Attor- ney from 1820 to '37 ; one of the first di- rectors of the Atheneum ; President Judge of the Common Pleas Court from 1847 to '51 : Judge February 19, '52, to Septem- ber 16, '54; a member of the Constitu- tional Convention in 1850-51 ; resumed the practice of law in 1854 with John C. Hazlett, his son-in-law. He was born in Bucks county, Penn., September 2, 1797, and died in Zanesville February 2, 1862. 1820. William A. Adams: One of the first directors of Zanesville Atheneum in 1827 ; Master Commissioner October 23, 1834 ; left Zanesville in 1847, and died in Cov- ington, Kentucky, in 1879. He was a skillful taxidermist, and by nature an artist of rare ability, as evidenced by a picture of Sir William Blackstone, painted on ordinary plastering in a frame house in Newark about 45 years ago. Judge Searl preserved this painting and it hangs in Hon. John O'Neill's office.
William Carhart.
Charles C. Gilbert married the daughter of Wyllys Silliman ; died November 18, 1834.
Isaac Parish was representative in the 36th General Assembly, from Guernsey county, in 1837; member of Congress from the same district from 1839 to 1845. William Stanbery, long a resident of Newark, an elder brother of the half blood of Henry Stanbery, was Attorney Gen- eral of the United States ; a member of the Ohio Senate (from Licking county ) in 1824 and 1825.
1821. Peter Odlin removed to Dayton ; was rep- resentative in the General Assembly, from Perry county, in 1830 ; was representative of Montgomery county in 1862-4, and Senator from the same district in 1870. John B. Orton, in 1831-2, was State Sen- ator from Perry and Morgan counties.
1822. David Spangler removed to Coshocton county, and was member of Congress in 1833-5.
1823. James M. Bell, of Guernsey county, was a member of the General Assembly in 1826, '7 '8, '9, and '30, and Speaker dur- ing the last session, and member of Con- gress in 1823.
Corrington W.Searle ; born in Wyoming Valley, Penn. : read law with Wyllys Sil- liman ; was President Judge of Court of Common Pleas from 1836 to 1847, and from 1851 to 1852, inclusive ; Judge from October 19, '55 to October 25, '56; was a
resident of Newark when elected Judge, and then moved hither. He died Decem- ber 1, 1865.
Benjamin Reeve.
1825. Leonidas L. Hamline was also a Bishop of the M. E. Church in 1844.
George James.
Joshua Mathiot ; a member of Congress from 1841-3. He married a daughter of Samuel Culbertson, and moved to Newark in 1835, where he died in 1849.
Henry Stanbery was Attorney General of Ohio from 1846 to '52, and Attorney Gen- eral of the United States from 1866 to 1868; died in Cincinnati, O., in 1881.
Noah H. Swayne, of Coshocton, was rep- resentative in the 28th General Assembly, from Guernsey county, in 1829, and ap- pointed Associate Judge of the United States Supreme Court in 1862.
1827. Alexander S. B. Culbertson : Ohio rep- resentative in 1827.
Hocking H. Hunter, of Lancaster, was elected Judge of the Supreme Court, but resigned before taking his seat.
1828. John H. Keith: Representative in the Ohio Legislature in 1832-3, and Speaker of the House at the 32d session.
George Wyllys Silliman was examined December 19, but was not admitted to the bar until the 22d, on account of his age. William R. Putnam, of Marietta.
1829.
1830. George W. Jackson, William P. Moore- head, John R. Mulvaney, and John T. Arthur.
1831. George H. Flood was Minister to the Texan Republic ; Clerk of the House of Representatives in 1832, '3, '6 ; Ohio rep- resentative for Licking county in 1838-9. Charles Stetson.
1832. Charles C. Convers, son of Daniel Con- vers : Born in Zanesville July 26, 1810; studied under C. B. Goddard (brother-in- law) ; admitted in 1831 or '2; of the firm of Goddard & Convers ; was State Sena- tor in 1849-50, and Speaker in 1850 ; Judge of Common Pleas Court October 20, 1854, to October 19, 1855 ; died September 10, 1860.
1833. George Nelson ; Virtuton Rich.
Washington Van Hamm was Judge of Common Pleas Court, at Cincinnati, from 1857 to 1862.
Wyllys Buell was Prosecuting Attorney from 1837 to 1839.
C. R. Hendee ; Joseph Morehead (the latter was associated with the "Muskingum Messenger" in 1837).
Isaac Parish.
1835. Edmund C. Cusack. John Evans.
J. E. Hanna, of Morgan county, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, Dec. 19, 1805 ; moved to Harrison county 1815 ; read law in '23 ; admitted at New Philadelphia, September 27, 1825 ;
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located at McConnellsville in '26; was President Judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1840, and Judge Sept. 16, '54, to Oct. 20, '54, and Representative in the 37th General Assembly from Morgan county.
C. R. Hendee.
Elijah Hayward was Judge of the Su- preme Court, Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1830 to 1845, and resigned February 16th of that year ; was Representative in Ohio Legislature in 1827-8; in 1851 was State Librarian.
William Kennon was member of Con- gress from Belmont county, and W. K., Jr., filled the same office in 1847. Josiah Lovell ; J. McMahan.
1836. James Boyle.
Matthew Gaston.
Napoleon A. Guille was Prosecuting At- torney from 1839 to 1851, and in 1881 the oldest practitioner at the bar.
Cornelius Moore was Ohio Representa- tive from Guernsey county in 1849.
Cydnor B. Thompkins, was Member of Congress from Morgan county from 1857 to 1861.
1837. John Dillon. Welles Hawes. William T. Mckibben.
James R. Stanbery was State Senator from Licking county in 1864,
W. D. Wilson.
1838. W. W. Backus.
Cautious C. Covey was Prosecuting At- torney from April to November, 1839, and when, in 1851, Edwin Conner received the certificate of election as Senator from Washington and Morgan counties, Covey contested the election and the seat was awarded to him. He was killed by the explosion of the steamer "Buckeye Belle," near Beverly, November 10, 1852. John W. Foster.
I. B. B. Hale.
Andrew R. Jackson. G. B. Smythe.
Royal T. Sprague, afterwards Chief Jus- tice of Supreme Court of California.
Philadelphus Van Trump was member of Congress from Fairfield county in 1867 to 1873.
Samuel Chapman, one of the editors of "Citizens Press," in 1860.
1839. Camp.
C. A. Harper.
James M. Love ; became U. S. District Judge in Iowa. Charles Matthews. Chauncey A. Pardey.
1840. W. B. Bascom.
Nathan Evans was Member of Congress from 1847 to '51. S. D. King. James Parker. Charles Whittlesey.
1841. W. B. Abbott.
Franklin Gale was Master Commissioner, appointed November 18, 1846, vice T. M. Drake.
James Henderson, State Senator in 1839- 42. J. B. Humrickhouse.
P. S. Slevin.
William Spencer.
Hugh J. Jewett was State Senator in 1854-5 ; member of the House of Repre- sentatives in 1868-9 ; member of Congress from Franklin County District in 1868-9 and 1873-5 ; President and Receiver of the Erie Railway Company in 1870.
1842. Henry Beard : Deputy Clerk Court Com- mon Pleas Nov. 2, 1842 ; 1845 to '48 editor of Zanesville Aurora.
Thomas Drake: Master Commissioner Nov. 30, 1842, for three years ; reappoint- ed Nov. 18, 1845, and resigned November 18, 1846.
John Ferguson.
J. B. Longley.
George W. Manypenny was Clerk of Common Pleas 1841-1846; member of Board of Public Works (Democratic) 1850 ; resigned in 1853 ; appointed Com- missioner of Indian Affairs in 1880.
Cooper K. Watson : member of Congress, Seneca District, 1855 ; Judge of Common Pleas, Sandusky County District, 1876; member of Constitutional Convention 1873-4.
1843. Joseph White.
Howard Copland.
David H. Lyman was editor of the "Ohio Republican," November: 11, 1845, and changed the name to the "Courier" ; March 31, 1846, issued a tri-weekly, and June 21, '46 a daily "Courier."
Thomas W. Peacock, April 13, 1860, became editor of the "Aurora."
John Percy ; Charles R. Rhodes. John R. Taylor.
Augustus P. Blocksom.
1844. Ezra B. Eastman : October 30, '50, ap- pointed Master Commissioner for three years.
John O'Neill was Prosecuting Attorney 1853 to 1856, and Member of Congress from 1863 to 1865.
Frederick A. Seborn: Taught Public School from 1841-44: County School Examiner from 1847 to 1857 : Justice of the Peace from 1849 to '52 : re-elected ; served till '53, when he moved out of the township, and thus vacated his commis- sion : was licensed local preacher in 1847 ; ordained Elder in the M. E. Church in 1856; Secretary of Muskingum Agricul- tural Society from 1859 to 1869.
1845. Theodore Convers : Edmund Brush.
Daniel Convers Goddard : Appointed Master Commissioner for three years, No- vember 28, 1845.
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1845. James R. Harper ; R. Hickman. T. J. Maginnis : State Senator in 1864-5 ; died 1881. Rowland D. Noble.
1846. T. Cleveland. Samuel Cochran.
1847.
Eli A. Spencer : State Senator in 1856-7. William H. Ball was editor of the Zanes- ville Courier in 1850 ; Prosecuting Attor- ney in 1851-3, and resigned ; was Colonel of the 122d Ohio ; resigned February 3, 1865 ; commission as Brigadier by Brevet dates Oct. 19, 1864 ; member of the Legis- lature in 1872 ; Judge of Court of Common Pleas August 3, 1879.
1848. E. A. Bratton.
Alfred Brown.
J. M. Buel : The latter was associated with W. H. Ball et al. editing the Courier in 1850.
1849. W. H. Bascom ; Solomon A. Lewis. Lucius P. Marsh was Judge of Common Pleas Oct. 25, 1856, to Feb. 9, 1862, and from August 3. '74, to August 2, '79. Frederick W. Wood, of McConnellsville, was Judge of Common Pleas August 3, '69, to August 3, '74.
Samuel S. Cox, born in Zanesville Oct. I, 1824 ; appointed Deputy Clerk of Common Pleas at the age of fourteen ; graduated at Brown University in 1846 ; appeared at the bar in 1849; member of Congress from Columbus District 1857 to 1865 ; member of Congress from New York 1871 ; re-elected in 1880.
1850. A. O. Wagstaff, partner in the Zanesville "Aurora" . Nov. 12, '39, one year.
1851. Jerome Buckingham ; Thomas J. Taylor.
1852. William W. Johnson, Judge of Common Pleas, Lawrence County District, 1858 to 1867 ; Judge on Supreme Court Commis- sion 1872, Judge of Supreme Court Oct. 1879.
1853. Moses M. Granger : 14th, May 1861, Cap- tain 18th U. S. Infantry, resigned June 21, 1862 ; 10th September, 1862, Major 122d O. V. I. ; Ist May, 1863, Lieutenant Colonel O. V. I. ; 19th Oct., 1864, Brevet Col. U. S. Infantry ; 16th Dec., 1864, re- signed as Lieutenant Colonel ; April 15th, 1865, City Solicitor Zanesville ; August 15th, 1866, resigned ; January 1. 1866, Prosecuting Attorney of Muskingum county ; Dec. 10th, 1866, resigned ; Dec. Ioth, 1866, Judge of Common Pleas Court to fill vacancy ; Feb. 9th, 1867, Judge Common Pleas Court, full term ; Oct. 9th, 1871, resigned ; Oct. 22d, 1872, Reporter Supreme Court ; resigned Feb. 17th, 1874. John C. Hazlett was Prosecuting Attorney from 1856 to 1861 ; Captain in the war of the Rebellion, 1861.
Robert W. P. Muse was editor of the Zanesville "Aurora" in 1853 ; Captain in Union army 1861 ; Probate Judge from 1864 to 1870.
1854. John P. Ross, Hiram Skinner, Abner Starkey and Charles K. Wright.
1855. R. D. Chalfant.
John Haynes was Prosecuting Attorney from 1861 to 1864.
John Q. Lane, appointed Colonel of the 97th Ohio, Sept. 2, 1862; mustered out with his regiment June 12, 1865 ; his Brevet Brigadier General's commission dates March 13, 1865. Homer Thrall.
1856. John H. Ash ; J. Belford.
Alexander S. Cox was Deputy Clerk Oct. 31, 1848.
Robert H. Gilmore, John D. Martin, James A. Parker and Seth Weldy.
1857. Mordecai Bartley, Henry C. Brown, Daniel D. T. Convers, J. Delafield Du- Bois, W. C. Gaston.
Charles C. Goddard, born March 26, 1836 ; admitted to the bar April 15, 1857 ; graduated Havard Law School, Cam- bridge, Mass., July 1861 ; appointed Capt. 17th U. S. Infantry Sept. 20, 1861 ; re- signed May 26, 1864 ; appointed Colonel and aid-de-camp on staff of Gov. T. L. Young, January, 1871 ; (has the finest law library in the city ;) U. S. Commissioner. Ezra E. Evans, Judge of Common Pleas Court in '62-66.
Thomas Potts, not in practice.
1858. John A. Blair, Colonel of the 13th Ohio in 1848; in 1852 was one of the Zanes- ville incorporators of C. W. & Z. R. R. and one of its Directors, and a Director of the Central Ohio R. R., and in 1856-8 a member of the Legislature.
W. W. Badger.
Daniel B. Gary was Prosecuting Attorney from 1872 to 1874. Josiah Given.
Wm. D. Hamilton, Capt. 32d Ohio in 1861 ; Col. 9th Ohio, and made Brevet Brigadier "for gallant and meritorious services rendered during the campaign ending in the surrender of the insurgent armies of Johnston and Lee.
Wm. R. Henderson, Post Master at Dres- den in 1880 ; not in practice.
1859. Peleg Bunker.
Daniel B. Linn was editor of the Zanes- ville"Signal" in 1864-5 ; State Senator from 1866-70 ; member of the State Board of Equalization in 1871.
Gilbert D. Munson, Wm. Hall, W. L. Bane.
1860. Edward Ball was Sheriff from 1839 to '43 ; Representative in Ohio Legislature in 1845-9, '68 and '70 ; editor of Zanesville "Courier" Oct. '49 ; member of Congress from 1853 to 1857.
Stephen A. Guthrie, Registrar in Bank- ruptcy ; incumbent. Albert W. Train, Prosecuting Attorney from 1866 to 1868.
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1861. John W. Beall. John G. Chandler. Wm. Ewing, editor of the "Aurora" from July 9, '63 to Feb. 4, '64. George Randall.
1862. Solon Fisk ; John G. Madden. Benjamin Power, of Morgan county, here in '72, now in. Dresden.
1863. Wm. A. E. Rhodes, here in 1873. James T. Irvine, editor of "Signal" ; mem- ber of City Council in 1881.
Milton I. Southard, Prosecuting Attorney from 1868 to '72; member of Congress from 1873 to 1879.
1864. Alfred E. Fillmore.
Lyman J. Jackson was Prosecuting Attor- ney from 1864 to 1866; member of the Commission on the Constitution from Perry county in 1873, and Senator from this District in 1879-80. William Okey.
I865. Fenton Bagley, Prosecuting Attorney in 1880-I. Chas. W. Chandler. John W. King.
James E. Palmer.
1866. Edgar W. Allen was Clerk of Common Pleas Court in 1870-3.
Andrew L. Pierce, not in practice.
Geo. L. Phillips.
W. W. Pyle, editor of the "Times." Frank H. Southard, appointed Commis- sioner of the Muskingum County R'y Co. in 1881.
1867. Charles A. Beard. Albion J. Andrews.
1868. John B. Sheppard, member of the Legis- lature in 1874-5 ; Allen Miller.
1869.
Alexander Van Hamm ; C. R. Barclay. B. M. Dilley, Charles Durban, John Ma- son, Chas. E. Randall.
1870. Wm. C. Blocksom, (son of Augustus P.) City Solicitor in 1875-9 ; Mayor of Zanes- ville in 1879-80.
Reuben Morgan was Probate Judge in 1873-5 ; resigned March 24, 1875.
1871. John R. Stonesipher was Prosecuting Attorney in 1878-80.
1872. Orlando C. Marsh, (son of Lucius P.) appointed Deputy Auditor Nov., 1880. George E. Porter.
Lileston F. Spangler, Secretary Mus- kingum Agricultural Society. A. H. Stillwell.
Charles M. Vandenbark.
1873. Herman F. Achauer, member of the Leg- islature in 1877-8.
Henry A. Axline, Assistant Adjutant General in 1880-1.
Charles H. Blair ; Eugene J. Brown. Henry L. Korte, Probate Judge in 1870-3 ; appointed March 24, 1875 to fill vacancy vice Morgan ; elected in 1876; re-elected in 1878.
William A. Taylor, not in practice. 1874. Joseph W. Garside.
1874. Henry Clay Van Voorhis. 1875. Henry S. Crozier. John Hollingsworth. Robert N. C. Wilson.
Frank B. Williamson, the only colored member of the bar.
1876. Joshua T. Crew.
Robert H. McFarland. Frederick S. Gates.
Charles F. Waller ; died soon after being admitted.
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1877. William V. Cox.
John W. Martin. Henry S. Moody.
Henry R. Stanbery, City Solicitor in 1879-80.
John M. Stout, Ohio Representative from Monroe county in 1858-60, not in prac- tice.
1878. "Alf" H. Evans.
James B. Cox. John A. Green, City Clerk in 1880-1. Frank M. Ford.
Arthur J. Sheppard.
Edward C. Wortman.
1879. Andrew F. Armstrong, now in Iowa. Levi Edward Dodd. Norwood S. Chandler. Wm. H. Cunningham, Jr., City Solicitor in 1881. Wm. J. Finley. George C. Thompson.
1880. Frank A. Durban. Thomas J. McDermott. Arthur C. Israel.
I881. Wm. H. Johnson. A. A. Frazier.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CON- VENTIONS.
Ohio has had three Constitutional Conventions. Muskingum county was, in 1802, a part of Wash- ington county. John McIntire was one of the delegates who sat in the convention that year, representing Washington county, while his resi- dence was here.
Those who represented Muskingum county in the other two conventions were :
1850-1. David Chambers and Richard Still- well.
1873-4. Charles C. Russell and Daniel Van Voorhes.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
[The districts have been changed each ten years ].
1803-1813-Jeremiah Morrow.
1813-1817-James Caldwell.
1817-1821-Samuel Herrick.
1821-1823-David Chambers.
1823-1829-Philemon Beecher.
1829-1833-William W. Irvin.
1833-1835-Robert Mitchell.
1837-1839-Alex. Harper. 1839-1841-Jonathan Taylor. 1841-1843-Joshua Mathoit.
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1843-1847-Alex. Harper. 1847-1851-Nathan Evans. 1851-1853-Alex. Harper. 1853-1857-Edward Ball. 1857-1861-C. B. Thompkins. 1861-1863-Wm. P. Cutler. 1863-1865-John O'Neill.
1865-1869-Columbus Delano.
1869-1873-George W. Morgan. 1873-1879-Milton I. Southard. 1879-1883-Gibson Atherton.
STATE SENATORS.
We have been represented in the Senate of the Ohio Legislature by the following gentle- men ;
Joseph Buell and Hallem Hempsted in 1805 ; district composed of Athens, Gallia, Washington and Muskingum counties.
Hallem Hempsted and Leonard Jewett in 1806 ; district same.
Leonard Jewett and John Sharp in 1807, dis- trict same
Robert McConnell in 1808-9, Muskingum and Tuscarawas counties.
Robert McConnel in 1810-II, Muskingum and Tuscarawas counties.
Robert McConnell in 1812-14, Muskingum county.
Ebenezer Buckingham in 1815-16, Musking- um county.
George Jackson in 1817-18, Muskingum county.
Samuel Sullivan in 1819, Muskingum county, resigned.
John Matthews in 1820, Muskingum county. Thomas Ijams in 1821-2, Muskingum county. Ebenezer Buckingham in 1823-4, Muskingum county.
Wyllys Silliman in 1825-6, Muskingum county.
John Hamm in 1827-9, Muskingum county, resigned.
James Ragnet in 1830, Muskingum county.
Ezekiel S. Cox in 1831-2, Muskingum county. Thomas Anderson in 1833-4, Muskingum county
Samuel J. Cox in 1835-8, Muskingum county. James Henderson in 1839-42, Muskingum county.
David Chambers in 1843-4, Muskingum county.
Chas. B. Goddard in 1845-8, Muskingum county.
Chas. C. Convers in 1849-50, Muskingum county.
William E. Finck in 1862-3, Muskingum and Perry counties.
Hugh J. Jewett, 1854-5.
Eli A. Spencer in 1856-7, Muskingum county. Ezekiel Vanata in 1858-9, Muskingum county.{ Chas. W. Potwin in 1860-1, Muskingum county.
William E. Finck in 1852-3, Muskingum county.
Thos J. Maginnis, 1864-5, Muskingum county.
Daniel B. Linn in 1866-9, Muskingum county. William H. Holden in 1870-3, Muskingum county.
Elias Ellis in 1874-7, Muskingum county.
Lyman J. Jackson in 1878, Muskingum county.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
1805. Elijah Hatch, James Clark, James E. Phelps, district composed of Athens, Gallia, Muskingum and Washington counties.
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