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which, in brief, were as follows: "The house shall be built eighteen feet long, sixteen feet wide, and two stories high-the lower story shall be eight feet between floors, and the upper seven and one-half feet. The foundation shall be three feet, and of sufficient depth to bear the weight of the house ; the walls of the first story shall be two feet in thickness, and those of the second story eighteen inches in thickness, the whole to be of good stone laid in lime and sand or lime and soil. The first floor shall be of timber hewed twelve inches thick and squared at the sides and joined close together, to extend fifteen inches into the walls and to be made of good oak; the floor of the second story shall be of timber ten inches thick; the lower story shall be lined with hewed or sawed timber nine inches thick; there shall be one door in the lower story and one in the upper-the lower door shall be of two-inch thick plank and lined with the same." It was further specified that the windows should be barred with one inch square iron, and that suitable fastenings should be placed upon the doors, etc. The contract for erecting the jail here described was let to John Banfill in the sum of seven hundred and thirty- nine dollars. For the faithful performance of his work he entered into bond in the sum of one thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars, with Joseph C. Haw- kins and Henry Whitesell as sureties. The jail was fin- ished by the close of the year 1808.
July 29, 1820, the commissioners, in consequence of the jail having been destroyed by fire, ordered that a new jail be built. It was provided that the new building should be constructed of stone; should be thirty feet in length from east to west, twenty feet in width from north to south, and two stories in height. Samuel Ward became the undertaker, and agreed to build a jail according to specifi- cations for the sum of eight hundred and forty dollars, and entered into bond for the faithful discharge of his duty with James Small and William M. Davison as his sureties.
July 30, 1822, the commissioners, after inspecting the jail, decided that Mr. Ward had not discharged his duty according to contract. It being left to referees to decide the merits of the question, the verdict of the commis- sioners was sustained, and they (the referees, Joseph Pagan and Joseph Wysong) reported that "Samuel Ward was entitled to receive the sum of two hundred dollars, which will comprise the whole amount to which he may be entitled for building the jail." This was, after cancelling the accounts, exhibited, for extra work. It was ordered by the commissioners that the jail be re- ceived, and that the foregoing payment be considered settlement in full.
In the summer of 1839, steps were taken towards the erection of a new jail, to be erected on the public square south of the public offices. The building which was of stone, two stories in height, and forty-six by twenty-six feet in dimensions, was built by Merkle S. Morton for the sum of six thousand four hundred and forty dollars. This building has been in constant use for jail purposes since its erection, and will doubtless re- main for many years, as it answers all needs.
August 1, 1874, the board of commissioners who had
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had in contemplation the project of improving the jail, by the substitution of new iron cells, etc., and also of building a sheriff's or jailor's residence, decided upon making the proposed improvement, on condition that the expense should not exceed ten thousand dollars. The county entered into contract with Merkle S. Morton and Earl B. Nourse, of Eaton, in the sum of eight thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Their work was completed in the following year.
INFIRMARY.
The earliest mention of the matter of building a county poor-house or infirmary, appears in the commissioners' records for the March meeting, 1835. The entry states that "the commissioners, after various solicitations and applications from various parts of the county, urging the building of a poor-house, do agree to take some pre- paratory steps thereto, and therefore do order that the auditor publish and give notice to all concerned, that the commissioners have agreed that the public good re- quires the erection of a poor-house, and that the condi- tion of that class of our unfortunate fellow-citizens would be improved if they had an asylum to which they might retreat wherein their misfortunes would be regularly at- tended to." The board further required the auditor to advertise for proposals for the purchase of a small farm for poor-house purposes.
December 8, 1835, the commissioners bought of George Lease the present infirmary farm (southwest quarter of section number twenty-seven, Washington township), for which they paid the sum of two thousand dollars. This piece of land was rented the first year to Nathaniel Wingate and Benjamin Lockwood, for the sum of one hundred and seventy-two dollars, and it was one of the provisions of the lease that the commission- ers were to be allowed to begin building on said farm at any time they saw fit. At a special meeting of the board, held February 3, 1837, proposals for the erection of a poor-house previously advertised for, were handed in as follows :
Samuel Roberson, $3.774 00
Nicholas Day
4,760 57
Hier & Morgan, 4,550 77
M. S. Morton, 5. 136 59
Wilson & Stephens,
4,232 25
James L. Street,
4,480 00
Phillip Hamer,
5,300 00 C. Kugler,
5,800 00
Samuel Roberson presenting the lowest bid, the board agreed to enter into contract with him if he could enter into the proper security, but as he failed to do so, the job was set up at public auction on the same day. Jo- seph Wilson and David V. Stephens making the best bid, the job of building the infirmary was struck off to them at the sum of four thousand three hundred and thirty-nine dollars, and the said Wilson and Stephens entered into bond for the faithful performance of their work, in the sum of eight thousand six hundred and seventy-eight dollars. The specifications called for a brick building one story in height, with suitable arrange- ments and furnishings, and it was made a condition of the contract that the building should be finished by Sep-
tember, 1838. On the first of September, according to agreement, the building was completed and officially ac- cepted by the commissioners. This building, with a second story added, is the one now in use as an infirm- ary.
ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIPS.
As has been heretofore stated in this volume, the territory now constituting Preble county was, prior to its independent organization, included in Montgomery and Butler counties. Only a narrow strip belonged to Butler county and all of the remainder to Montgomery. It was organized into a township by the name of Hardin, and this great township gradually reduced in size by the establishment of others, existed for some time after the organization of Preble county. The whole of the first range was called Israel township, for a time after the county was organized, and the whole of the second range was at the same time called Somers township, while all of the the third range north of the present north line of Lanier township was called Twin, and that south of the line Hardin. The first changes in the lines were those which were made when the numerous townships of Washington and Jefferson were established, each of them sixteen miles long by six in width, and therefore containing ninety-six square miles of territory.
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The following entries made in the commissioners' records May 7, 1809, and the first which appear, detail the boundaries:
Ordered, that Somers township, in this county, be divided as follows ; beginning at the northwest corner of the ninth township in the second range, running thence east with the county line to the line dividing the second and third ranges, thence south sixteen miles to the fourth tier of sections in the seventh township of said range, thence west to the line dividing the first and second ranges, thence sixteen miles to the place of beginning, and the township contained within the foregoing bounds shall be called Washington, and the place of holding elections for said township of Washington shall be at the house of Samuel Hawkins, esq., in the town of Eaton.
Upon the same date as the above, and in similar manner the original township of Israel, including the present territory of Israel, Dixon, Jackson and Jefferson, was divided by a line running east and west, eight miles north of the southern county line. The township thus set off in the first range, sixteen miles long from north to south, was called Jefferson. It was ordered that elections should be held in this township at the house of John Marks.
It was ordered that the southern partsof the first and second ranges in Preble county, not included in the townships of Jefferson and Washington, should be called respectively Israel and Somers townships.
At the meeting of the commissioners on March 4, 1811, it was ordered that all of that portion of the third range comprised in the fifth township, as originally sur- veyed, be set off and organized as a new township. This township was named after Alexander C. Lanier.
On the same day, it was ordered that all that part of the third range being within the bounds of the fourth original surveyed township, be declared a new township, by the name of Gratis, and that an election be held therein at the house of Silas Gregg. The origin of the name of this township is thus accounted for. The resi-
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dents of the fourth original township, in the third range, it seems regarded Lanier township, as it stood in 1810, as too large for the convenience of the people. They had to go too far to the polls, and to transact their other business. Their petition was overruled, but resolving to make another attempt, they went personally before the county commissioners and argued in favor of the meas- ure. Samuel Stubbs, the spokesman of the party, con- cluded his appeal by saying : "Now, friends, we think we are right in making this request, and we think we ought to have a township gratis." The clerk of the board, as the speaker finished, exclaimed: "Let him have it, and call it Gratis." The commissioners assent- ing, the township was established under that name.
At the annual meeting on the third of March, 1812, Jefferson township was divided by a line running east and west through the center of said township. The south end of the territory, thus divided, it was ordered should be known as Dixon township. The name was given in honor of Eli Dixon, one of the commissioners. It was further ordered that all that part of Israel town- ship lying north of the southern line of the seventh township (original survey) be thrown into Dixon town- ship.
It was ordered, June 5, 1815, that Somers township be curtailed within the bounds of the sixth surveyed township of the second range, and the balance of said township shall be added to Washington.
The same year as the above, it was ordered that Twin township be divided through the center with the line dividing the sixth and seventh townships, the south township to be called Twin and the north Harrison.
December 18, 1816, it was ordered that the eighth township in the first range be incorporated into one en- tire township for county and other purposes, and that the same be known as Jackson township. The first election was held at the house of Adam Starr.
September 29, 1817, it was ordered that the ninth township in range second should be established as an entire election township, and known as Monroe. The first election was ordered to be held the second Tuesday in October following, at the house of Richard Shourd.
Washington township, at first sixteen miles in length, and afterwards increased to eighteen, was finally cut down to twelve by the organization, in 1817, of Monroe. Some time later than this (the records do not show just when), the inhabitants of the southern end of Washing- ton township, thinking they had too far to go to the voting place (Eaton) petitioned the commissioners to create a new township. Their desires were not immedi- ately gratified, but finally a pertinacious old German, named Gasper Potterf, succeeded in obtaining the nec- essary order from the commissioners. Twenty-four sections were dissevered from the south of Washington, and created into a separate township, with the name of Gasper, after the gratified German.
It is obvious that the townships of Jefferson, Jackson, Monroe, Washington, and Harrison were named after the Presidents. Lanier, Dixon and Gasper were named after citizens of the county, as has already been ex-
plained; and the incident which gave Gratis its name has been related. It only remains to be said that Twin was so named from the creek which flows through it, and that Israel and Somers received their names in honor of two commodores of the United States navy.
CHAPTER XI. THE CIVIL ROSTER OF PREBLE.
THIS chapter includes the names of those men whom Preble county, from 1808 to 1880, has contributed to the civil service of the State, or elected to county offices. The list comprises the successions of State senators and representatives in the legislature, together with those from other counties in the same district with Preble, one judge of the supreme court of Ohio, common pleas, president, and associate judges, clerks, sheriffs, prosecut- ing attorneys, probate judges, auditors, treasurers, re- corders, county commissioners and coroners.
In a few instances the records are incomplete, and the bonds which would supply needed dates and names are missing. For a small number of names the historian has relied upon the memory of old residents who have been familiar with public affairs, but the greater part of the roster has been compiled through hard labor and dil- igent search of county records, and therefore the roster which we here present is, it is thought, almost exactly correct. If errors occur they are to be discovered only in the lists of minor officials.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. W. J. Gilmore, February 9, 1875, to February 9, 1880.
MEMBER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESS ..
Francis A. Cunningham, 1845 to 1847.
STATE SENATORS.
In this list we have seen fit to insert not only the names of men elected to the State senate from Preble county, but those of other counties which have been associated with Preble in district affairs. The dates are those of the years when the elections were made.
1808, Daniel C. Cooper, of Montgomery; 1810, David Purviance, of Preble; 1816, Thomas W. Furnas, of Miaml; 1820, William L. Hen- derson; 1821, Walter Buell (in place of Henderson, resigned); 1822, Thomas W. Furnas, of Miami; 1824, David F. Heaton, of Preble; 1826, John G. Jamison; 1828, David F. Heaton; 1832, John M. U. McNutt; 1834, James Steele, of Montgomery; 1836, Elijah Vance, of Butler; 1838, John Saylor, of Preble; 1840, Robert Hazletine, of Preble; 1844, James B. King, of Butler; 1848, George D. Hendricks of Preble; 1850, Moses B. Walker, of Montgomery; 1852, David A. Cox, of Preble; 1854, Henry Shidler, of Montgomery; 1856, Felix Marsh, of Preble; 1858, Henry Shidler, of Montgomery; 1860, Fletcher F. Cuppy. of Montgomery; 1862, Lewis B. Gunckle, of Montgomery; 1866, A. S. Harris, of Preble; 1868, Jonathan Kenncy, of Montgomery; 1870, Peter Odlin, of Montgomery; 1872, John D. Kemp, of Montgomery (seat contested by, and given to, James Sayler, of Preble); 1874, David B. Corwin, of Montgomery; 1876, Abner Haines, of I'reble; 1878, George A. Grove, of Montgomery.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
In this list are included some members of the legis- lature from other_ counties than Preble, counties which were in the same legislative district during early years. Montgomery and Preble formed a legislative district for quite a period, and afterwards Preble was connected with other counties. Where not otherwise indicated, the representative is from Preble county.
1808, Philip Guckle and Edmund Munger, both of Montgomery; 1809, Joseph H. Crane and David Purviance, Preble; 1810, George Newcomb and David Hoover, both of Montgomery; 1811, Abraham Edwards and George Newcomb, both of Montgomery; 1812, John Meroney; 1815. Joseph C. Hawkins; 1818, John Pinkerton; 1819, Cor- nelius Vanausdel; 1820, Daniel Saylor; 1822, John Pinkerton; 1823, Jesse Paramore; 1824, John M. Gray; 1826. David Purviance; 1827, David F. Heaton; 1828, John M. U. Mc.Nutt; 1830, Lazarus Miller; 1832, George D. Hendricks and Samuel Nixon; 1833, George D. Hen- dricks; 1834, John Taylor and Richard B. Payne; 1835 (extra session). same representatives; 1835 (regular session), John Saylor; 1836, John M. U. McNutt and John G. Jameson; 1837, John Quinn; 1838, George D. Hendricks; 1839, Lurton Dunham; 1840, Joseph S. Hawkins; 1842, Newton Larsh; 1843, Joseph S. Hawkins; 1844, David Barnett; 1845, William Curry; 1846, L. W. Whitridge; 1847, Joseph S. Hawkins; 1848, Felix Marsh; 1849, Joseph S. Hawkins; 1850, Beniah H. Alex- ander; 1854, Benjamin W. Hubbard; 1856, Hayden W. Dooley; 1858, Martin F. Stephens; 1860, Jesse Stubbs; 1862, Absalom Stiver; 1864, Robert Miller; 1866, Philip Lybrook; 1868, James Sayler; 1872, Joseph Miller; 1874, Griffin H. Eidson; 1876, Albert J. Hawley; 1878, D. C. Stubbs.
COMMON PLEAS COURT-PRESIDENT JUDGES. (Preble and other Counties of District.)
1808, Francis Dunlavy, of Warren county; 1817, Joseph H. Crane, of Montgomery county; 1820, Joshua Collett, of Warren county; 1824, Joseph H. Crane, of Montgomery county; 1829, George B. Holt, of Montgomery county; 1836, William L. Halfenstein, of Montgomery county; 1843, George B. Holt, of Montgomery county; 1850, John Beers, of Darke county; 185t, Abner Haines, of Preble county; 1852, William A. Rogers, of Darke county; 1855, Robert B. Harlan, of Preble county; 1857, James Clark, of Butler county; 1857, William M. Wilson, of Darke county (appointed to fill the unexpired term of Ab- ner Haines); 1858, William J. Gilmore, of Preble county; 1860, Alex- ander F. Hume, of Butler county; 1860, William White, of Butler county; 1864, David M. Mecker, of Darke county; 1866, William J. Gilmore, of Preble county; 1866, William Allen, of Drake county ; 1867, John C. Mckenny, of Darke county (to fill the unexpired term of Judge McKenny); 1873, David M. Meeker, of Darke county; 1875, Alexander F. Hume, of Butler county; - , II. Elliott, of Butler county; 1879, James A. Gilmore, of Preble county.
The last four are the present incumbents.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
1808, James I. Nesbit, John Maroney, John C. Irwin; 1813, Abner Dooley, Alexander Mitchell, James I. Nesbit; 1816, Jacob Romaine, Abner Dooley, James I. Nesbit; 1819, Peter Van Ausdel, James I. Nesbit, Jacob Romaine; 1822, Walter Buell, Henry Monfort, Peter Van Ausdel; 1829, Samuel Tizzard, James McClurg, Peter Van Ausdel; 1830, John Denney, James McClurg. Peter Van Ausdel; 1832, Henry Monfort, John Denney, Peter Van Ausdel; 1833, John Acton, John Denney, Henry Monfort; 1834, George Taylor, John Acton, Henry Monfort; 1835, Robert Martin, John Acton, Henry Monfort; 1838, William Curry, Robert Martin, John Acton; 1840, Peter Shindle, Robert Martin, William Curry; 1844, Samuel Robertson, Robert Mar- tin, Peter Shidler; 1845, William Hall, Robert Martin, Peter Shidler; 1846. James Gardner, William Hall, Peter Shidler; 1847, Benjamin Neal, James Gardner, William Hall.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
1808, Joshua Collett; 1818, David F. Heaton; 1828, John M. U. McNutt; 1833, Solomon Banta; 1834, John C. McManus; 1837, Felix Marsh; 1838, Solomon Banta; 1843, Felix Marsh; 1846, George W. Thompson; 1850, Marcus B. Chadwick; 1852, William J. Gilmore; 1854, Marcus B. Chadwick; 1856, Robert Miller; 1862, L. C. Abbott; 1866, John W. King; 1870, I. E. Freeman; 1872, John V. Campbell;
1874, I. E. Freeman; 1876, Winfield Freeman (W. Freeman resigned and I. E. Freeman filled the unexpired term); 1878, I. E. Freeman (elected), present incumbent.
SHERIFFS.
1808, Jacob Fudge (commission issued by Governor Samuel Hunt- ington in October, 1808); 1810, Jacob Fudge; 1812, Paul Larsh; 1814, Samuel Ward; 1818, Paul Larsh; 1822, John J. Hawkins; 1826, John L. Dickey; 1830, John P. Wilson; 1832, John Quinn; 1836, John L. Dickey; 1840, George D. Hendricks; 1844, Lot Lee; 1848, James Samson; 1852, John DeGroot; 1856, William Boner; 1860, John R. McCleaf; 1864, Moses Nelson; 1868, John H. Bostwick; 1872, John Townsend; 1876, William H. Snyder.
COUNTY CLERKS.
1808, Alexander C. Lanier; 1816, Walter Buell; 1819, Joseph C. Hawkins; 1833, F. A. Cunningham; 1846, R. S. Cunningham; 1852, Lewis B. Ogden; 1858, C. W. Larsh; 1864, Hiram Shank; 1870, D. B. Morrow; 1873, W. D. Quinn; 1879, John Townsend.
PROBATE JUDGES.
1852, John V. Campbell; 1858, Ceorge W. Gans; 1864, George W. Thompson; 1870, Jehu W. King; 1876, A. L. Harris.
AUDITORS.
1820, John N. Gray; 1822, John G. Jamison; 1826, Lazarus Miller; 1830, George D. Hendricks; 1832, Lazarus Miller; 1840, Hiram Jones; 1842, John R. Stephen; 1850, James Gilmore; 1852, James Albert; 1860, Thomas J. Larsh; 1865, Jarvis N. Lake; 1871, William I. Barn- hiser; 1875, Samuel Oldfather.
RECORDERS.
1808, Alexander C. Lanier; 1818, Isaac Stephens, Hiram Jones; 1841, Isaac Stephens; 1844, Hiram Jones, William G. Banfill; 1850; George Washington Sloan; 1853, Isaac Stephens; 1856, William G. Banfill; 1862, William H. Lough; 1871, Isaac Sliver; 1877, Hiram L. Robins.
TREASURERS.
1809, William Bruce; 1818, Alexander Mitchell; 1820, Sameul Ward; 1821, Alexander Mitchell; 1845, James Lamson; 1847, John Marsh; 1853, John R. Stephens; 1858, Joseph Brower; 1861, M. F. Stevens; 1865, Robert Williams, jr .; 1869, A. E. Hubbard (appointed): 1870, E. B. Ebersole; 1872, Franklin W. Whitesides; 1876, S. S. Dix; 1880, D. W. Cooper.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
1808, George Shidler, William R. Irwin, Samuel Hawkins ; 1808, (regular election) Alexander Pugh, John Halderman. William R. Irwin; 1809, Eli Dixon, Alexander Pugh, John Halderman; 1811. James Ireland, Eli Dixon, John Halderman; 1812, same; 1813, John Spacht, Eli Dixon, James Ireland; 1814, James Crawford, John Spacht, Andrew McQuiston; 1816, Frederick Miller, James Crawford, Andrew McQuiston; 1817, Henry Monfort, Frederick Miller, James Crawford; 1818, Jesse Swisher, Henry Monfort, Frederick Miller; 1819, James Crawford, Isaac Stephens, Henry Monfort; 1820, Walter Buell, James Crawford, Isaac Stephens; 1821, William Campbell, Peter Banta, Isaac Stephens; 1822, James Crawford, William Camp- bell, Peter Banta; 1823, same board; 1824, John Acton, William Campbell, James Crawford; 1825, same board; 1826, same board; 1827, same board; 1828, Stephen Long, William Campbell, Richard B. Paine; 1829, William Kendrick, Richard B. Paine, Stephen Long; 1830, Peter Banta, William Kendrick, Stephen Long; 1831, same board; 1832, Thomas Morgan, Stephen Long, Peter Binta; 1833, William Hall, Thomas Miller, Stephen Long; 1834, Matthew Mc- Whinney, elected in place of Stephen Long, at special election. Board consisted of Whinney, William Hall, and Thomas Morgan; 1834 (regu- lar election), Peter Banta elected and served with Thomas Morgan and William Hall; 1835, J. F. Ireland, Peter Banta, William Hall; 1836, James Wilson, D. Barnett, J. F. Ireland; 1837, Peter Stridler, James Wilson, J. F: Ireland; 1838, same board; 1839, same board for part of term, James Gardner, appointed in place of Peter Stridler; 1840, Jacob F. Miller, J. F. Ireland, Jafnes Wilson; 1841, same board; 1842, same board; 1843, same board; 1844, same board; 1845, same board; 1846, John Patterson, James Wilson, J. F. Ireland; 1847, Ebenezer Pinkerton, John Patterson, James Wilson; 1848, John Mumma, John Patterson, Ebenezer Pinkerton; 1849, Isaac C. Raitsbach, James Elliott, John Mumma; 1850, same board; 1851, Henry Harter, Isaac C. Raitsbach, James Elliott; 1852, same board; 1853, Moses D. Har- ris, Isaac C. Raitsbach, Henry Harter; 1854, Absalom Stiver, Moses
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D. Harris, Isaac C. Raitsbach; 1855, Jonathan Davidson, Absalom Stiver, Moses D. Harris; 1856, William Berry, Absalom Stiver, Jona- than Davidson; 1857, Nathaniel Benjamin, William Berry, Jonathan Davidson; 1858, same board; 1859, Patrick McGraw, Nathaniel Benja- min, Jonathan Davidson; 1860, William H. Smith, Patrick McGraw, Jonathan Davidson; 1861, William Risinger, Patrick McGraw, William H. Smith; 1862, Philip Sybrook, William Risinger, William H. Smith; 1863. Benjamin Deardorff, Philip Sybrook, William Risviger; 1864, same board; . 1865, William C. Mills, Benjamin Deardorff, William Risinger; 1866, George Brower, William C. Mills, William Risinger; 1867, same board; 1868, same board; 1869, David G. Prugh, William C. Mills, William Risinger; 1870, Samuel Coovert, Daniel G. Prugh, William C. Mills; 1871, Eli Conger, Samuel Coovert, Daniel G. Prugh, 1872, same board; 1873, Jehu B. Campbell, Daniel G. Prugh, Eli Conger; 1874, same board; 1875, Joseph Mills, John B. Campbell, Eli Conger; 1876, same board; 1877, D. W. Harshman, Joseph Mills, Jehu B. Campbell; 1878, same board; 1879, Howard Young, D. W. Harshman, Joseph Mills.
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