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The plans and specifications for the court house were drawn by Thomas Drake, who received $75 for the job. On the 21st of July, the commission- ers having examined the bids for the erection and finishing of the building. awarded the contract to William J. Young and Dennis S. Gibbs, the low- est responsible bidders, who entered into bonds to complete the building by the 20th of September, 1858, for the sum of $13,000, to be paid in four installments. The building erected under this contract was accepted by the commissioners January +, 1859, and is the present court house of Noble County. It is a well-built, two-story brick structure, situated on the beautiful, well shaded, neatly fenced public square of Caldwell; and though not of a pretentious style of architecture, its external appear- ance will compare favorably with that of most court houses in the agri- cultural counties of Ohio, while its size and arrangement make it ample for the wants of the county.
While the court house was build- ing, the frame building in Caldwell now standing across the alley from the county jail was used as a tempo- rary court house. January 21, 1858, the commissioners " having provided a suitable court house and other neces- sary public buildings" in the town of Caldwell, ordered the officers of the county to remove their respective offices, books, papers and business to the places provided within twenty days; also that the next term of the court of common pleas be held at the court house provided by the com- missioners in the town of Caldwell. Although this order was appealed from, it was obeyed, and the transfer of everything except the prisoners in the county jail at Sarahsville fol- lowed immediately.
October 13, 1858, the board of commissioners awarded to James Dudley, the lowest bidder, the build- ing of a jail and jailer's residence, to be finished by the first of Decem- ber, 1859. The contract price was $3,800. The jail was a small brick structure on the site of the present jail.
The present county jail and jailer's residence is a good looking two-story brick building of modern style, well arranged and well finished. It was built in 1881-2, at a cost of about $10,000. The architect was J. W. Yost of Bellaire; the contractors, Mills & Summers of Caldwell. The latter agreed to do all the work and furnish material for $9,477.55, at the same time purchasing the old jail for $425. In May, 1882, Kelly & Co. of Pittsburgh, contracted to
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construct steam heating apparatus, plumbing and a cistern for the sum of $985. The jail was finished in the latter part of the year 1882. The committee having it in charge was composed of the county commission- ers, Adam Hamilton, John N. Shafer and John Smithson; the clerk of courts, H. E. Peters; the probate judge, J. H. Brown ; the sheriff, David Miller ; and William Glidden, appointed a member of the committee by the court of common pleas. The jail'is a credit to Noble County, and speaks well of the executive ability of the contractors and superintend- ents who erected it.
COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.
As soon as practicable after the crection of the county and the build- ing of a suitable court house and jail, the commissioners turned their at- tention toward providing a home for those unfortunates whom dire neces- sity had brought to the low estate of pauperism. Accordingly in the year 1861, the commissioners, John Lem- max, James Ball and William Crum, bought of Aaron Vorhies a farm of two hundred acres situated in the northern part of Center Township, on which to establish a county in- firmary. The price was $6,000, to be paid in three annual installments without interest. On the farm was a substantial brick farm house and other good buildings which were made to serve until 1865, when the present main building was erected. An addition has since been made to the building. The whole making a
large and imposing structure ample for the present wants of the county. Two additions to the farm were made prior to 1883, and in that year one hundred and forty acres were bought at a cost of $8,000. This purchase included a large two-story brick dwelling which has been fitted up as a temporary children's home. The infirmary farm and the children's home lands now embrace 470 acres of excellent farming land, well im- proved and under a good state of cultivation. A large part of the lands are among the very best bot- tom lands in the county. The num- ber of inmates of the infirmary is usu- ally from fifty to sixty, though it was greater before the establishment of the home. The institution is not yet self-supporting. but has to be aided by county funds. The first board of infirmary directors were Ezra Mc- Kee, John Miley and Morris Dan- ford. The superintendents have been Eastern Daniels, Benjamin Kain, Reed Johnson, John Lamley, Arm- strong Johnston, Abner Davis, William Buckley and Clark E. Gray.
The children's home was estab- lished in 1884. The first board of directors were James Ball, William S. Spriggs and William Musser. This board was abolished and the home placed under the management of the infirmary directors. Emmor Davis and wife have had charge of the home from the first, and Miss Lizzie Martin has charge of the school connected therewith. The number of the youth at the home is usually from forty to sixty.
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CIVIL LIST.
Common Pleas Judges .- Noble County has been, since its formation, in the eighth judicial district. The names of the judges who have pre- sided in the common pleas courts of the county are as follows:
Archibald G. Brown, 1851; Rich-
ard Stillwell, 1852-4; John E. Hanna, 1854; Charles C. Convers, 1855; Corrington W. Searle, 1855-6; Lucius P. Marsh, 1857-8; Nathan Evans, 1859-63; Ezra E. Evans, 1863-7; Moses M. Granger, 1867-71; Frederick W. Wood, 1870-4; William H. Frazier, 1872- 84; Lucius P. Marsh, 1874-6; E. W. Mathews, 1884; J. W. Campbell, 1885-6.
Clerks of Courts. - Isaac Q. Mor- ris, 1851-2; Theodore Parrish, 1852-5, resigned March 3, 1855; William C. Okey, 1855-60; Isaac Q. Morris, 1860-2; James Stevens, 1862-6; Wilbert B. Teters, 1866-72; Irvin Belford, 1872-8; Henly E. Peters, 1878-84; Lawrence II. Barry, 1884-7; Isaac W. Danford (elected 1886).
Probate Judges .- Gilman Dudley, 1852, qualified February 9; Gilman Dudley, 1853-5; D. F. Sanford, 1855-7, died in office; Samuel Mc- Garry, 1857-64, appointed first, af- terwards elected ; Dennis S. Gibbs, 1864-70; Jonathan Dilley, 1870-6; A. P. Jennings, 1876-9; John II. Brown, 1879-85; D. M. Morrison, 1885-8.
Sheriffs .- Joseph C. Schofield, 1851-3; F. M. Mason, 1853-5, re- signed June 13, 1855; Samuel Dan- ford, 1855-9; William McKitrick,
1859-63; Eliab Matheny, 1863-7; William H. Summers, 1867-71; An- derson C. Lawrence, 1871-5; Free- man C. Thompson, 1875-9; David Miller, 1879-83; Isaac E. McKee, 1883-5; Henry J. Cleveland 1885-7.
Prosecuting Attorneys .- Jabez Bel- ford, 1851 (April to October); S. W. P. Cochran, 1851-3 (resigned 1853) ; E. A. Bratton, 1853; Jabez Belford, 1854-6; William H. Frazier, 1856-66; James S. Foreman, 1866-70; James M. Dalzell, 1870-2; David S. Spriggs, 1872-6; William Chambers, 1876-8; J. M. McGinnis, 1878-82; Nathan B. Wharton, 1882-4; Capell L. Weems, 1885-8.
Auditors .- Robt. Barkley, 1851-4: Henry Taylor, 1854-8; John W. Tipton, 1858-60; Geo. Bell, 1860-2 ; John W. Tipton, 1862-66; Norvel W. Taylor, 1866-70; Richard L. All- britain, 1870-2 ; Jonathan F. Knouff, 1872-8; Dan'l Neuhart, Jr .. 1878-81; Walter D. Guilbert, 1881-87.
Recorders .- R. Hellyer, 1851-4; James K. Casey, 1854 (appointed April 12, vice Hellyer, resigned) ; John Stevens, October, 1854, died in 1859 ; Thomas W. Morris, appointed to vacancy November 12, 1859; elect- ed and served until 1862; balance of term filled by Jabez Belford, deputy, 1862-3; Benjamin B. Waller, 1864-70; Thomas Lloyd, 1870-6; Enoch W. Wickham, 1876-88.
Treasurers. -- Samuel McGarry, 1851-2; Philip McWilliams, 1852-4; James F. Capell, 1854-8; William Van Meter, 1858-62; Abraham Sim- mons, 1862-6; Chrysostom Foster, 1866-70; William L. Moseley, 1870-4; George A. Smith, 1874-8; George
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W. Wyscarver, 1878-80; Thomas M. Mc Vay, 1880-4; Azariah C. Cooper, 1884-8.
Commissioners .- The first board, holding office from April to Novem- ber, 1851, was composed of Jacob Lyons, Timothy Smith and John Noble. Since then the office has been filled by the following, new commissioners taking their seats in December of the year in which they are elected : Jacob Lyons, 1851-2; Alfred Ogle, 1851-5; George Baker, 1851-7; Elijah Hatheway, 1852-6; J. Archer, 1855-8; Jonathan Echel- berry, 1856-9; Robert McKee, 1857-60; William McWilliams, 1859, appointed March 28, vice Echelberry, removed : Win. Crum, Jr., 1858-61; James Ball, 1859-62 ; John Lemmax, 1860-3; E. P. Sullivan, 1861-7; George Wilson, 1862-5; William W. Stringer, 1863-9; William J. Gregg, 1865-71; James Eakin, 1867-73; William Long, 1869-75; Robert Cal- land, 1871-7; John Moore, 1873-6; William Ross, 1875-8; John Con- ner, 1876-9; Samuel Hatheway, 1877-80; Adam Hamilton, 1878-81; John N. Shafer, 1879-82; John Smithson, 1880-3; Isaac Crow, 1881-84; W. W. Collins, 1882-5; Julius R. Groves, 1883-6-9; J. R. Gorby, 1884-7; N. B. Barnes, 1885-8 ..
Surveyors .-- George Bell, 1851; John HI. Jeffries, 1853; Charles Bur- lingame, 1853; Henry Miller, 1866; David Miller, 1872; William Lowe, 1878 ; Levi D. Merry, 1881.
Infirmary Directors. - Term three years. - Ezra Mckee, 1861: John Miley, 1861; Morris Danford, 1861;
Samuel Laughlin, 1861-8, 1876-9; James Ball,* 1867 ; W. W. Rhodes, 1867; Jonathan Miller, 1868, 1871; James N. Hedge, 1870; Robert Barry, 1872; Anderson Briggs, 1873; Stephenson Trimmer, 1874; William Musser, 1875, 1878; Joab W. R. Newton 1879; Joseph B. Clark, 1880, 1883; John N. Graham, 1881, 1884; George Weekley, 1885; Peter Vorhies, elected 1886.
Coroners. - The following list con- tains the names of those who have held the office of coroner, so far as obtainable, from the incom- plete data to be found regard- ing the same :- David McGarry, 1851 - May to October; John Bai- num, 1851-5; Martin Beatty 1855; Lewis Groves, 1856-8; Allen Floyd, 1858; F. M. Brown, 1861 ; Richard S. Deal, 1863-7; Robert C. Downey, 1867-73; Michael II. Neveille, 1873-5; HIiram J. Downey, 1875 ; Joseph H. Hilton, 1879; W. S. Bebout 1882-4; Felix O. Neptune, 1884-6; John D. Aldridge, 1886-8.
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
From 1852 to 1862 Noble County was without representatives or sena- tors of its own, the different parts of the county voting for those officers with those counties from which they were taken. Since 1862 Noble has been allowed a representative, and a part of the county has been in the fourteenth senatorial district, and the remainder in the nineteenth. The fourteenth district is composed of the Counties of Washington and
(*No record can be found of those who held the office from 1862 to 1867.)
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Morgan, and the Townships of Brook. field, Sharon, Jackson, Noble and Olive, and part of Elk, Jefferson and Center Townships. The nineteenth senatorial district comprises Guern- sey and Monroe Counties; also Stock, Enoch, Marion, Beaver, Buffalo, Sen- eca and Wayne Townships, and part of Elk, Jefferson and Center Town- ships in Noble County.
Senators, Fourteenth District .- William P. Sprague, 1862-4; Wil- liam F. Curtis, 1864-6; S. Knowles, 1866-8; Abraham Simmons, 1868-70; Rodney M. Stimson, 1870-2 and 1872-4; Peres B. Buell, 1874-6 ; Rich- ard Stanton, 1876-8; John Irvine, 1878-80; Francis B. Pond, 1880-2 and 1882-4; Gilbert Smith, 1884-6; Abel W. Glazier, 1886-8.
Senators, Nineteenth District .- John D. O'Connor, 1862-4; and 1864-6; R. Savage, 1866-8; Will- iam Lawrence, 1868-70; James O. Amos, 1870-2, and 1872-4; John W. Laughlin, 1874-6; Joseph B. Williams, 1876-8, and 1878-80; Frank M. Atkinson, 1880-2; Albert J. Pearson, 1882-4; William S. Crowell, 1884-6.
Representatives. - Oliver Keyser, 1862-4, and 1864-6; Charles Hare, 1866-8, and 1868-70 ; Bethel Bates, 1870-2; Benjamin F. Spriggs, 1872-4; Wm. Van Meter, 1874-6; James M. Dalzell, 1876-8, and 1878-80; Henry R. Smith, 1880-2, and 1882-4; Levi W. Finley, 1884-6; T. C. Williams, 1886-8.
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
The total value of land and build- ings in Noble County, as equalized by the State board of equalization,
was as follows in the years men- tioned : In 1853, $2,524,000; in 1859, $2,960,229; in 1870, $4,461,311; in 1880, $4,431,360.
In 1880 there were 22,497 acres of wheat sown in the county. which produced 296,015 bushels, or an aver- age of 13.2 bushels per acre. The same year the county produced 1,356 bushels of rye, 1,310 bushels of buck- wheat, 1,176 bushels of barley. The acreage of corn was 20,421; number of bushels, 757,486. Number of acres of oats, 4,006; bushels, 79,139. Num- ber of tons of hay other than clover, 18,797; clover hay, 565. Number of acres of potatoes (Irish), 671; bush- els produced, 44,984; sweet potatoes, 92 acres, 532 bushels. Tobacco, 2,251 acres, which yielded 2,183,704 pounds. Only five counties in the State pro- duced more tobacco than Noble. For some years Noble stood second in tobacco culture.
In the same year the county pro- duced 47,287 gallons of syrup from 450 acres of sorghum. There was also manufactured 1,358 pounds of maple sugar, and 473 gallons of maple syrup. There were 1,115 hives of bees, which produced 6,484 pounds of honey. The number of pounds of butter manufactured was 552,130; cheese, 7,920. Number of dozens of eggs produced, 375,039. The yield of fruits was as follows: Apples, 313,430 bushels from 4,596 acres; pears, 584 bushels ; cherries 2,688 bushels ; plums, 1,570 bushels. The acreage of grapes was 13, from which were gathered 28,400 pounds of grapes, and 3,445 gallons of wine were manufactured.
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The county had, in 1881, 90,007 sheep, which produced 374,081 pounds of wool, and were valued at $203,930; 15,984 cattle, worth $182,- 660; 5,604 horses, $229,681; 168 mules, $7,500; 12,581 hogs, $39,665. Total value of horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs, $663,436. Later statistics prove that the county is constantly increasing in the value and extent of its agricultural, horti- cultural and live-stock products.
For five years, 1878-83, the aver- age total number of bushels of wheat produced in Noble County was 230,890 bushels annually. The high- est yield during the five years was 296,015, for the year 1880; the low- est, 161,603, in 1881.
In the year ending May, 1881, Noble County produced 266,475 bushels of coal, worth $9,024, and 513,600 gallons of petroleum, valued at $16,060. Only Washington County, which produced 864,000 gal- lons, exceeded Noble in the petro- leum product.
According to the census of 1880, Noble County contained 105 manu- facturing establishments in which $149,185 was invested. Employ- ment was given to 141 hands above
sixteen years of age, and to eleven children and youth. The total amount of wages for the preced- ing year was $20,921 ; value of mater- ials used, $281,357; value of pro- ducts, $371, 884. Since that cen- sus was taken the manufacturers of the county have greatly increased in importance.
POPULATION.
In 1860, Noble County had 20,751 inhabitants ; in 1870, 19,949; in 1880, 21,138. The population by town- ships in 1880 is given below :
Beaver Township, including Wil- liamsburg village, 1,829; Brookfield Township, 1,000 ; Buffalo Township, 804; Center Township, including Sarahsville village, 1,850; Sarahs- ville village, 249; Elk Town- ship, 1,539 ; Enoch Township, 1,480 ; Jackson Township, 1,267; Jefferson Township, including Middleburg vil- lage, 1,506 ; Middleburg village, 102; Marion Township, including Sum- merfield village, 1,582; Summerfield village, 435 ; Noble Township, 1,420 ; Olive Township, including Caldwell village, 2,332; Caldwell village 602; Seneca Township, 1,004; Sharon Township, 1,221; Stock Township, 1,543 ; Wayne Township, 761.
CHAPTER X. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
EARLY ROADS-THE FIRST ROUTE OF TRAVEL IN NOBLE COUNTY - PRESENT CONDITION OF THE ROADS -THE SUMMERFIELD AND BATESVILLE TURNPIKE - POSTOFFICES AND MAILS - RAILROADS - THE SHARON RAILROAD PROJECTED IN 1849 - THE " CALICO " RAILROAD - UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CONSTRUCT A THROUGH LINE -THE CINCIN- NATI, WHEELING & NEW YORK - THE CLEVELAND & MARIETTA RAILROAD -ITS INCEPTION AND PROGRESS - COMPLETION OF THE ROAD IN 1871-2- WHAT NOBLE COUNTY DID TOWARD BUILDING IT-THE BELLAIRE, ZANESVILLE & CINCINNATI NARROW-GAUGE -ITS PROJECTION -CHANGE OF ROUTES - COMPANIES FORMED AND CONSOLIDATED - COMPLETION OF THE ROAD IN 1883.
R OAD building in a hilly coun- try is laborious and expensive, and after the roads are made there must be a constant outlay for repairs or the roads become worthless. The making of roads has been from the earliest times one of the most im- portant subjects which has occupied the attention of the county commis- sioners and taxpayers of the region now embraced in the County of Noble. However, all the most im- portant thoroughfares were built under the jurisdiction of Guernsey, Monroe and Morgan Counties, prior to the erection of Noble County, in 1851. As nearly all of these roads are described in the township histor- ies which follow, they need be only briefly mentioned here. The most important of the early roads in Noble County were those leading from Marietta to Cambridge, the State road from Barnesville to McConnelsville, the State road from Belmont County to Marietta running via Calais, Summerfield and Carlisle, and the "Center road" to McCon-
nelsville, through the western part of the county. The so-called Federal road, marked out in 1791, began at Grave Creek on the Ohio River, and running westward crossed Dye's Fork of Meigs Creek near Renrock. This was the earliest route of travel through the county.
Since 1851 constant efforts have been made to improve existing roads and build new ones, and especially of late years there has been great im- provements. Several roads have been well graded and the main thoroughfares can now be kept in reasonably good condition during all except the winter months. The county contains but one turnpike, a costly though valuable improvement, built under a special law. This is the Summerfield, Batesville and Quaker City toll-road, built in 1869- 72, from Summerfield to the south- ern line of Guernsey County. This road cost over $100,000 and was built by levying a tax on the real estate lying within a distance of two miles of the road through Beaver
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Township, and one mile on the east and two miles on the west through Marion Township. The receipts of toll are not sufficient to keep the road in first class condition; yet the turn- pike is of great utility and conveni- ence to the farmers living near it. -
OLD TIME STAR ROUTES.
In these days when every town- ship of the county contains from one to four postoffices, supplied with a daily, or at the farth est a tri-weekly mail, either brought by mail trains direct to the post- town, or to some convenient point but a few miles distant ; when every- body, young and old, rich and poor, receives letters and papers, and looks eagerly for the arrival of the mail ; when weekly newspapers cost but a dollar per year, and the postage on a letter is but two cents; when all can read and write and take pleasure in the exercise of those accomplish- ments; in these days of railroads, telegraphs and fast mails, it is diffi- cult to conceive how utterly isolated in the wilderness, how almost com- pletely shut off from communication with the world were the pioneer set- tlers. Fancy the inconvenience to a citizen of Noble County in being obliged to go or send to Marietta, to Cambridge, or Woodsfield, for mail ? And remember also that those places were then mere pioneer settle- ments, reached only by roads which would now be considered impassable, or by mere bridle-paths through the forests, marked here and there by blazed trees, and that walking or riding on horseback was the only
method of reaching them ; recall the fact that the mails from the Eastern and Middle States were transported only by post-coaches; that a letter posted in one of those States would be from two to four weeks in reaching the person to whom it was addressed in Ohio, and that he must pay twen- ty-five cents postage before taking it from the office, unless the sender had had the kindness to prepay it. Consider these things, reader, and you can form some idea of the situation of the pioneer as regarded mail facilities.
When settlements began in Duck Creek and Meigs Creek, Marietta was the nearest postoffice. Later a postoffice was established at Macks- burg, and about 1820, Robert McKee, the saltmaker, became postmaster at Olive, which was doubtless the earli- est office within the limits of the present County of Noble. At first the mail for the Olive office was brought weekly from Macksburg, and the route extended to Washington, Guernsey County. Prior to 1830 a mail route was established from Barnesville to McConnelsville, and a. weekly mail was carried through by a post-boy on horseback. The offi- ces and postmasters within the terri- tory now comprised in Noble County were as follows in 1830: Batesville, Timothy Bates, postmaster; Sum- merfield, James W. Shankland, post- master; Olive, Robert McKee, post- master; Sharon, Rev. Robert Ruth- erford. postmaster; Hoskinsville, Colonel Erastus Hoskins, postmaster. The next office on the route was at Gregg's, near where Reinersville now is, and the next McConnelsville.
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Mr. C. H. Laws, now a merchant in Middleburg in this county, was the post-boy in 1830, and can relate many interesting incidents that occurred during his service in that capacity. He says he honestly believes he has car- ried the sack from Barnesville to Mc- connelsville many times when there was not a letter inside of it any part of the entire distance. Timothy Bates's report to the postoffice de- partment for the first quarter was made in these words: "No letters, no papers ; hope for better luck next quarter." The old State road from Barnesville led via Batesville, Timo- thy Bates's mill, Sarahsville, Belle Valley, Hoskinsville, the Dye settle- ment and Big Meigs Creek to Mc- Connelsville. The mail carrier fol- lowed this road a part of the way, and a part of the way he took a . shorter route, following a path marked by blazed trees. His life was not an easy one; often he was obliged to make his horse leap over fallen trees, wade through deep mud, or swim a heavily swollen creek. There were no bridges, and the water sometimes raised to such an extent as to make the crossing of a creek difficult and even dangerous. But the mail carrier was regarded as a grand personage; and as he ap- proached a postoffice, blowing shrill blasts upon a tin horn to announce his coming, boys and men looked upon him with admiration and envy.
About 1828, a postoffice called Wharton's was established at An- drew Wharton's store in Brookfield Township. This office was on a mail
route from McConnelsville to Cam- bridge.
As the years went by and the coun- try became more thickly settled, and postage became less burdensome, the mail service on the old-time routes was gradually increased; the offices were supplied two and three times per week instead of once; new offi- ces and new routes were established, and some of the old ones discon- tinued, slow but continual progress being made until Noble County began to build railroads, and since that time postal facilities have rapidly multiplied, until now there is scarcely any part of the county where the in- habitants are without a convenient postoffice.
The following is a list of the post- offices in Noble County in 1886, with the townships in which they are lo- cated :
Ashton, Enoch ; Ava, Noble; Bates- ville, Beaver ; Belle Valley, Noble; Berne, Stock; Caldwell, Olive; Chaseville, Seneca : Claytona, Jack- son ; Crooked Tree, Jackson; Dexter City, Jefferson ; Dudley, Olive; Elk, Elk; Enoch, Enoch ; Flag, Elk ; Fredericksdale, Center; Fulda, Enoch ; Glenwood, Buffalo; Haga, Olive; Harrietsville, Elk; Hirams- burg, Noble; IIaskinsville, Noble ; Keith's, Jackson ; Kennonsburg, Wayne; McCleary, Stock; Middle Creek, Jefferson ; Mount Ephraim, Seneca ; Mount Zion, Buffalo; Nobleville, Noble; Olive Green, Sharon; Rado, Enoch; Renrock, Brookfield ; Rich Valley, Sharon ; Ridge, Jackson ; Sarahsville, Center; Sharon, Sharon ; South Olive, Olive ;
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Summerfield, Marion ; Whigville, . was begun at Sharon, and several Marion.
EARLY RAILROAD PROJECTS.
With the exception of a piece of the Central Ohio Railroad* (now the Baltimore & Ohio) about half a mile long, in the northeast corner of Beaver Township, Noble County was without a railroad from the time of its organization until the building of the C. & M., or Duck Creek Railroad in 1871-2. But rail- roads were projected through this region prior to the organization of the county, and one was partially built.
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