History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens and pioneers, Part 18

Author: Everett, Homer, 1813-1887
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : H.Z. Williams
Number of Pages: 1040

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(8) Resolved,

The resolutions were twice read, and referred to a committee of the whole.

Hon. George M. Troup, of Georgia, reported the above resolutions.

[See Annals of Congress, Thirteenth Congress, Volume III.]

No action was taken on the resolutions.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, January 21, 1835. GOLD MEDAL TO COLONEL CROGHAN.

The joint resolution to present a gold medal to Colonel Croghan, for his gallantry in the defence of Fort Stephenson, was taken up and considered as in committee of the whole.

Mr. Bibb observed that the brave and noble de- fence of this fort had been the cause of saving all the Western country from the hostile and destructive incursion of the British and Indians. To Colonel Croghan's valiant defence of Fort Stephenson, this and other advantages equally great and beneficial were owing. As a reward for the gallant and daunt- less spirit exhibited by our brave soldiers in time of imminent danger, he hoped this bill would pass. It should be borne in mind that Colonel Croghan

might, without any dishonor, have preferred a course safer, indeed, to himself, but disastrous to his coun- try, by not persevering in a defence which appeared so difficult, nay, so impossible; that to have aban- doned the fort, to have left the West open to the enemy, would have been deemed a necessary, a prudent, and not a pusilanimous proceeding; yet, in the face of every obstacle, under the weight of every discouragement, he, with a handful of brave men, presented a bold and undaunted front to the enemy, arrested them on the threshold of the West, and saved Ohio and the adjoining States from invasion, from desolation, from plunder, and from bloodshed. For such a noble and deserving exploit, for such an eminent service, this bill provided a just, but a mod- erate compensation. As far as regarded the value given, the bill was not of any great importance; but, sir, said Mr. B. with great animation, as a tribute to deeds of noble daring, as a reward of services per- formed at the peril of life, as an encouragement for soldiers who bared their bosoms in defence of their country, and offered them as a shield to the defence- less homes of their fellow-citizens, in this point of view the provision is of the first importance. He hoped, therefore, that no difficulties would be offered to the bill; it had already undergone the closest ex- amination, and the report of the committee estab- lishing the goodness and propriety of the bill was full and satisfactory.

Mr. Hill wished to know whether all the officers were included in the bill.

Mr. Bibb replied that they were all, with one sin- gle exception, in the case of an individual, whose name he should not mention, but who, he regretted to say, had not performed his duty on that memor- able occasion.

Mr. Preston suggested the insertion of the words, "heirs and representatives," by which the benefit of the bill might be extended! to the children, in case of the decease of the original grantees, which was ac- ceded to; and the bill, as amended, was read a sec- ond time.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. -

Tuesday, January 27th, 1835. GOLD MEDAL, ETC., TO COLONEL CROGHAN.

Mr. Speight, from the Committee on Military Af- fairs, reported a joint resolution, which had been referred to that committee, with an amendment, authorizing the President to present a gold medal to Colonel Croghan, and swords to several officers under his command, for their gallant conduct in the de- fence of Fort Stephenson, during the late war.

Mr. Speight said, as he believed that no opposi- tion would be offered to the resolution, he would move its third reading.

Mr. Parker, of New Jersey, said he had no doubt as to the gallantry of these officers; not the least; but if they conferred these distinctions in the pres- ent case, why not in others, it would be asked,

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which occurred during the last war? It was his im- pression also that some acknowledgment had been already made to these officers.

Mr. Mercer said such was not the case. Mr. Mercer briefly explained the nature and importance of the services rendered by these officers.

The joint resolution, as amended, was read a third time, and passed.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, February 3, 1835. . The amendments of the House to the bill making an appropriation for presenting a gold medal to Colonel George Croghan, and swords to the officers who served under him at the defence of Fort San- dusky, during the late war, were concurred in; and a further verbal amendment having been made, on motion of Mr. Preston, the bill was sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence.

This debate was participated in by Senator George M. Bibb, of Kentucky; Senator Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire, and Senator William C. Preston, of South Carolina, in the Senate; and by Honorable Jesse Speight, of North Carolina; Honorable James Par- ker, of New Jersey, and Honorable Charles F. Mer- cer, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives.

[See Congressional Debates, Vol. XI. Part I.]

RESOLUTIONS, TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.

No. 2-A RESOLUTION PRESENTING A GOLD MEDAL TO GEORGE CROGHAN, AND A SWORD TO EACH OF THE OFFICERS UNDER HIS COM- MAND, FOR THEIR GALLANTRY AND GOOD CON- DUCT IN THE DEFENCE OF FORT STEPHENSON, IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN.

Resolved, etc., That the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and presented to Colonel Croghan, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the defence of Fort Stephenson, and that he present a sword to each of the following officers engaged in that affair: to Captain James Hunter, to the eldest male representative of Lieuten- ant Benjamin Johnson, and to Lieutenant Cyrus A. Baylor, John Meek, Ensign Joseph Duncan, and the nearest male representative of Ensign Edmund Shipp, deceased.

Approved, February 13, 1835.

INDIAN MURDERS IN THE VICINITY OF FORT STEPHENSON PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE, WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE DAN- GERS TO THE EARLY SETTLERS ALONG THE SANDUSKY RIVER, AT THE TIME.

Albert Cavalier, esq., who is noticed in the history of Rice township, and who

came to Lower Sandusky from the Mau- mee, in January, 1812, in an interview with Homer Everett on the 6th of Sep- tember, 1878, amongst other things nar- rated some events connected with Fort Stephenson, which seem proper in the his- tory of the fort. Mr. Cavalier said: "After arriving here, the families who came lived in the government barracks during the remainder of the winter. In the spring the whole country about the fort was infested with Indians in small bands, who were giving information to the British of the condition of the in- habitants, and also of military preparations, and plundering, murdering, and scalping such inhabitants as they found in a de- fenceless condition. And it soon became evident that no family or person was safe from the scalping-knife and tomahawk of the savages, except those who were under cover of military protection. When the planting season came, we lived in a log house near the fort, and planted some corn and potatoes on the bottom-land, within a short distance from the fort, ready to flee into it on the first alarm. A few other settlers or pioneers were in like manner attempting to raise a living from the soil. 'Although but a boy at the time" said Mr. Cavalier : "I recollect vividly one or two incidents which occurred that summer."

" Mr. George Shannon, a son-in-law of Mrs. Elizabeth Whittaker, with a man named Pomroy, were at work on the flats below the fort, and near where the shops of the Lake Erie & Louisville Railroad now stand. I think they were working in a field, or gathering some veget- ables. While they were engaged, a third man, named Isaac Futy, with rifle in hand, was on the lookout for Indians. They were startled by the crack of a rifle in an adjoining cornfield, or of two rifles fired at the same instant. Both Shannon and

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Pomroy were hit and wounded, but not mortally. Futy instantly fired in the di- rection of the smoke, and then the three men made a hasty run for the river bank, to conceal themselves in the thick bushes which then margined the river. The Ind- ians, losing sight of these men, then pro- ceeded to a log cabin near the place, where a family resided consisting of two elderly people, a son and a daughter. On hear- ing the firing on Shannon and Pomroy, and the return fire of Futy not far off, the son and daughter left the old people and fled to a corn-field near by to hide, but here they were met and tomahawked and scalped by the savages, who then followed the father and mother, who had fled to the river bank, and murdered and scalped them there as they were in the act of get- ting into a small boat or canoe to cross the river.

" On hearing the crack of the rifles one Francis Navarre, a Frenchman, and a hunter as well as an Indian fighter, also a dead shot with his rifle, scaled the pickets of the fort, rifle in hand, and ran down the river toward the scene of trouble. Navarre discovered two Indians chasing a soldier, who had ventured from the fort and was now running toward it. Navarre quickly shot the foremost Indian, con- cealed himself by squatting in the high grass, reloaded his rifle while thus con- cealed, and then shot the remaining sav- age.

"Navarre was familiar with the habits of the Indians, and though he knew he had killed them both, on returning to the fort with the rescued soldier told the men that if they would go where he shot they would not find any dead Indians, but they each had a pack on their back, and they would find the packs there with the bullets in them or a bullet-hole through each pack, for he had shot them in front through the breast right opposite

the packs, and the bullets went through or lodged in the packs. He also said they would find that the family had been murdered and scalped.

"A detachment was at once sent from the fort, and found Navarre's words true. There were the Indians' two packs and the bullets in them, but the bodies of their dead owners had been carried away by other Indians lurking near. The detach- ment also found the bodies of the family of four, and also the bodies of two sol- diers, all of whom had been murdered and scalped.

"Shannon, Pomroy and Futy were dis- covered in their hiding places under the river bank. They and the dead bodies were all brought to the fort."

Mr. Cavalier says:

"I heard these facts from men and women at the time, and I saw the six dead bodies when they were brought into the fort. The alarm and the sight of these six bloody and mutilated bodies made an impression on me, though young at the time, which I can never forget, nor ex- press in words."

CHILLICOTHE'S TESTIMONIAL.

Eleven days after Croghan's splendid victory, the ladies of Chillicothe, then the State capital, presented to the gallant commandant a sword, accompanied by an address, as a public acknowledgment of his bravery and military skill. The names attached to the address show that the wives of the most prominent men of the time anxiously watched affairs, and were ready to reward and praise gallantry.

CHILLICOTHE, August 13, 1813.

SIR :- In consequence of the gallant defence which, under the influence of Divine Providence, was effected by you and the troops under your command, of Fort Stephenson, at Lower Sandusky, on the evening of the second instant, the ladies of the town of Chillicothe, whose names are undersigned, impressed with a high sense of your merit as a sol- dier and a gentleman, and with great confidence in

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your patriotism and valor, present you with a sword. To Major George Croghan. (Signed by)

MARY FINLEY,

CATHARINE FULLERTON,

MARY STERRET,

REBECCA M. ORR,

ANN CRAIGHTON,

SUSAN WALKE,

ELEANOR LAMB,

ANN M. DUN,

NANCY WADDLE,

MARGARET KEYS,

ELIZA CARLISLE,

CHARLOTTE JAMES,

MARY A. SOUTHARD,

ESTHER DOOLITTLE,

. SUSAN D. WHEATON,

ELEANOR BUCHANNON,

RUHAMMA IRWIN,

MARGARET MCFARLAND,

JUDITH DELANO,

DEBORAH FERREE,

MARG'T MCLANBURGH, JANE M. EVANS,

MARGARET MILLER,

FRANCES BRUSH,

ELIZABETH MARTIN,

MARY CURTES,

NANCY MCARTHUR,

MARY P. BROWN,

JANE MCCOY,

JANE HEYLAN,

LAVINIA FULTON,

NANCY KERR,

MARTHA SCOTT,

CATHARINE HOUGH,

ELEANOR WORTHINGTON, SALLY MCLANE.

To this letter Major Croghan made the following reply, dated at Lower Sandusky, August 25 :

LADIES OF CHILLICOTHE :- I have received the sword which you have been pleased to present to me, as a testimonial of your approbation of my con- duct on the second instant. A mark of distinction so flattering and unexpected has excited feelings which I can not express. Yet while I return you thanks for the unmerited gift you have bestowed, I feel well aware that my good fortune, which was bought by the activity of the brave soldiers under my command, has raised in your expectations in my future efforts, which must, sooner or later, I fear, be disappointed. Still, I pledge myself, even though fortune may not be again propitious, that my exer- tions shall be such as never to cause you in the least to regret the honors you have been pleased to con- fer upon your "youthful soldier:"

CHAPTER IX. CIVIL HISTORY. *

Erection of Townships-Names on Tax Duplicate of 1823-Civil Register-Representatives in Congress- Representatives in the Ohio Senate and House-Common Pleas Judges-Associate Judges-Clerks of Court-Sheriffs-Prosecuting Attorneys-Auditors-Treasurers-Surveyors-Commissioners.

THE erection of Sandusky county out T of the territory to which the United States acquired an undisputed title by the treaty of 1817, has already been noticed. Although Seneca county was erected by the same act (1820), local government was not organized until four years later. Dur- ing the interval, Sandusky county's au- thority extended over Seneca. Sandusky county proper then included all the terri- tory between the Fire-lands and Wood county, as far north as Lake Erie. All this tract was originally divided into two townships - Croghan (or Croghanville), east of the river; and Sandusky, west of the river.

At the first meeting of the county com- missioners, in 1820, Thompson township was set off from Croghan, and soon after Seneca township from Sandusky. Both these divisions, as originally constituted, are now mainly included in Seneca county. Portage township was next set off from Sandusky. The petition placed before the commissioners by residents of the pro- posed town, is characteristic of official papers of the early period of the county's history. It reads :

to the Honorable Commissioners of Sandusky, Gr.

the inhabitants of the under Signed Residance of Sandusky county humbly Shueth that they with the other Residance of saide county Leighbour under

NOTE -* Prepared by direction of the publishers.

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many seorious defficults and disadvantages in con- ciquence of the distance they have to go to the place of holding their elections, in fact the Great Bounds of said township and the distance we reside one from another tends greatly to retard publick business in our quarter of the township. under these con- ciderations your pratitioners therefore pray that you may direct a new town to be Laid off to be Cald portage.

The township of Portage, as erected in 1820, included portions of the present townships of Sandusky, Washington, and Woodville, all of Ottawa county, and a corner of Lucas, and all of Rice town- ship.

Townsend was established in 1820; Green Creek, York, and Ballville in 1822, and Riley in 1824. Other townships were organized from time to time in that part of the county now included in Ottawa. The Black Swamp region was organized into townships as follow: Jackson, 1829; Washington, 1830; Scott, 1833; Madison, 1833; and Woodville, 1840. Bay town- ship was divided by the erection of Ottawa county, in 1840, and that part remaining in Sandusky county, together with several sections of Sandusky township, was con- stituted a new township named Rice, in 1840. Fremont was set apart as a sepa- rate township, in 1878.

The following names appear on the tax duplicate for 1822: *

Sandusky: Jacob Bowlus, jr .; Jacob Bowlus, sr .; George Boyles, Louis Couts, James McCollister, William Christie, Jacob Ciine, William Dew, E. P. Disbro, Cyrus Hulbard, Peter Holbrook, Robert Harvey, Thomas L. Hawkins, Israel Harrington, Nathaniel Holbrook, George Kemp, James Kirk, Calvin Leezen, Joseph Loveland, Alexander McIl- roy, Sanford Marn, J. & G. G. Olmstead, Reuben Patterson, George Shannon, John W. Tylor, Mor- ris Tylor, Nicholas Whittinger, Elizabeth Whittaker, Benjamin Wheat, Isaac Whittaker, Isaac Ward.

Total tax of Sandusky township, $19.20.

Croghan : Jacob Ash, John Ash, Eldridge Bris- tol, Seth Cochran, Peleg Cooley, Andrew Courtright, Richard Guinall, G. Davis, Josiah Gate, James

Hopkins, L. Hulbard, Anny Ierey, Rural Loomis, Israel Markham, Moses Nicholas, Joseph Parish, Joel Risdon, S. Sutton, Aley Harris, Isaac Knapp, Boswell Lomice, M. A. Newman, W. & R. Ross, Philip Sutton, William Stull, Samuel P. Newman.

Total tax of Croghan township, $18.70.

Portage; Pascal Bisnette, J. Ballard, Samuel Cochran, G. Cuture, Lewis Cuture, Benjamin Drake, B. Dishetter, Lewis Deoo, Archibald Easter, George McFarland, Thomas & H. Forguson, A. Fuller, Joseph Phelps, Stephen Grissell, John Holmes, Thomas Herold, Thomas Demas, A. Jerman, Ga- briel Lepoint, S. M. Lockwood, A. Mominna, Jas- per Mitchell, Francis Mominna, William Manor, Wilford Norris, G. S. Brinald, B. Rossman, Valen- tine State, Almond Sands, Samuel Scribner.

Total tax of Portage, $19.40.

Ballville : Samuel Bond, David Chambers, John Custard, David Cochran, James Chard, Jeremiah Everett, Phineas Frary, Charles B. Fitch, William Chard, Asa B. Gavitt, Lord P. Hastwell, Thatcher Lovejoy, Joseph Moore, Moses Nicholas, Adam Nuff, George G. Olmstead, Isaac Prior, John Prior, John Preslet, Theodore A. Rexford, John Thomp- son, Giles Thompson, Elizabeth Tindall, Sarah Woolcutt, William Wirt, Peter Wirt, David Chard. Total tax of Ballville, $17.20.

York : Allison Abby, Augustus Beebe, John Da- venport, Benjamin George, Zeby George, Joseph George, H. Knox, Martin Knott, Abram Marks, Thesion Moore, Rufus Nichols, Andrew Sluson, Simon Root, Joseph Will, Peter Wallace, Lans- ford Wood, Martin Powell, Benjamin Follett.

Total tax of York, $8.20.

Green Creek : Samuel Baker, Ephraim Bennett, Silas Bennett, Clark Cleveland, Thomas Emerson, Thomas J. Emerson, Silas Dewey, Joshua Fairchild, Hugh Graham, Joseph George, Coonrad Hawks, Elisha Johns, William Jinks, Jared H. Miner, Samuel McMillin, Andrew Mc.Nutt, James Merrill, Daniel Mills, Sumuel Price, James Guinall, Jona- than Reterbrook, Josiah Rumery, Jacob Right, T. F. Shep, Abraham Russell, Samuel Utley, David Underill, Eli Whitney, Thomas Will, A. Widener, William Whitney.

Total tax of Green Creek, $18.70.

Townsend : William Caspell, Wilford Hall, Sam- uel Markham, Abner Perkham, Jesse H. Putnam, Solomon Right, Ebenezer Ransom, A. B. Thomas, William Yew, William Wilson, Moses Wilson, Abram Townsend.

Total tax of Townsend, $8.80.

CIVIL REGISTER.

Under this head is included the names of those men who have represented San- dusky county in the House of Representa- tives of the United States, in the Senate

NOTE .- For boundaries see township histories.

* Townships properly belonging to Seneca county are omitted.

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of Ohio, and in the House of Representa- tives of Ohio; also the Judicial Staff of Sandusky county, under the old Constitu- tion, and the Common Pleas Judges elected from the Sandusky county bar, under the present Constitution. The regis- ter concludes with a complete list of county officials since 1820, except for the offices `of coroner and infirmary director.

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.

The congressional districts of Ohio, prior to the apportionment 'of 1840, were very large, especially those including the counties of the northwestern part of the State. The northwestern Indian reserva- tion, acquired by the treaty of 1817, was a small factor in politics prior to the cen- sus of 1840. The date of election is given.

CONGRESSMEN.

1820, John Sloane, Wayne county; 1822, Mordecai Bartley, Richmond; 1830, Eleutheros Cook, Huron; 1832, William Patterson, Richland; 1836, William Hunter, Erie; 1838, George Sweeney, Crawford; 1842, Henry St. John, Seneca; 1846, Rodolphus Dickinson, Sandusky; 1848, Rodolphus Dickinson, * Sandusky; 1849, Amos E. Wood,* Sandusky; 1850, John Bell,* Sandusky; 1850, Fred W. Green, + Seneca; 1854, Cooper K. Watson, Seneca; 1856, L. B. Hall, Crawford; 1858, John Carey, Wyandot; 1860, Warren P. Noble, Seneca; 1864, Ralph Pume- roy Buckland, Sandusky; 1868, Edward F. Dickin- son, Sandusky; 1870, Charles Foster, Seneca; 1878, Frank Hurd, Toledo; 1880, John B. Rice, Seneca.

REPRESENTATIVES IN STATE SENATE.

1821, Alfred Kelley, Frankland; 1823, Jabez Wright; 1824, David H. Beardsley, Cuyahoga; 1826, James Kooken; 1827, David Campbell, Huron; 1830, Samuel M. Lockwood, Huron; 1832, Daniel Tilden; 1834, Joseph Howard, Delaware; 1837, David E. Owen, Seneca; 1838, William B. Craighill, Sandusky; 1840, John Goodin; 1842, Moses Mc- Auelly; 1844, Amos E. Wood, Sandusky; 1846, Henry Crouise, Seneca; 1848, James Myers; 1852, Elisha P. Hill; 1854, Albert G. Sutton, Huron; 1856, Ralph P. Buckland, Sandusky; 1860, F. D.

Parish, Erie; 1862, John Kelley, Ottawa; 1864, Frederick Wickham, Huron; 1866, E. B. Sadler, Erie; 1868, Homer Everett, Sandusky; 1872, Wel- come O. Parker, Huron; 1874, James H. Hudson, Erie; 1878, James H. Hudson, Erie; 1880, H. E. O'Hagan, Erie.

REPRESENTATIVES IN STATE LEGISLATURE.

1821, David Abbott, Huron. - Seat contested by and given to Lyman Farwell, Huron; 1822, Eleu- theros Cook, Huron county; 1824, Jeremiah Everett, Sandusky; 1825, Josiah Hedges, Seneca; 1826, Eber Baker, Huron; 1827, Samuel M. Lockwood, Huron; 1830, Josiah Hedges, Seneca; 1831, Harvey J. Har- man, Sandusky; 1832, Jeremiah Everett, Sandusky; 1834, Jaques Hulburd, Sandusky; 1835, William B. Craighill, Sandusky; 1837, Samuel Treat, Sandusky; 1838, John Welch, Sandusky; 1840, Amos E. Wood, Sandusky; Moses McAuelly, Crawford; 1841, Amos E. Wood, Sandusky; George W. Baird, Seneca; 1842, George W. Baird, Seneca; Henry C. Brish, Seneca; 1843, William B. Craighill, Ottawa; Samuel Waggoner, Sandusky; 1844, John Bell, Sandusky; 1846, Mathew M. Coe, Sandusky; 1848, Isaac Van- Doren, Sandusky; 1849, Elber Wilson; 1852, Isaac Knapp, Sandusky; 1854, Abner J. Dickinson, San- dusky; 1856, John L. Greene, sr., Sandusky; 1858, Thomas P. Finefrock, Sandusky; 1860, Charles Powers, Sandusky; 1862, Alonzo Thrope, Sandusky; 1864, Oliver McIntyre, Sandusky; 1866, James Parks, Sandusky; 1870, Hiram W. Winslow, San- dusky; 1872, Andrew Smith, Sandusky; 1874, Ben- jamin Inman, Sandusky; 1878, Almon Dunham, Sandusky; 1880, Almon Dunham, Sandusky.

JUDGES.

The following served as judges under the old Constitution :

1820, George Todd, Trumbull county; 1824, Eben- ezer Lane, Huron county; 1831, David Higgins, Huron county; 1838, Ozias Bowen, Marion county; 1845, Myron H. Tilden, Lucas county; 1847, Eben- ezer B. Sadler, Erie county.

The following Common Pleas judges, under the present Constitution, have been elected from the Sandusky County Bar:

1852, Lucius B. Otis, term expired in 1857; 1861, John L. Greene, sr., term expired; 1874, T. P. Fine- frock, term expired 1879.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

Under the old Constitution of Ohio, the following served as associate judges:

1820, Israel Harington, David Harold, Alexander Morrison; 1821, Israel Harington, Charles B. Fitch, Jeremiah Everett; 1822, Israel Harington, Jeremiah Everett, Jaques Hulburd; 1824, Israel Harington,

- Died March 20, 1849. Amos E. Wood elected to fill vacancy, died August, 1850. John Bell elected at a special election held December, 1850, to fill vacancy caused by the death of A. E. Wood.

t Elected at the regular election, October, 1850. Sworn in as Bell's successor. December, 1851.

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Jeremiah Everett, Morris A. Newman; 1825, Israel Harington, Joel Strawn, James Justice; 1827, Joel Strawn, James Justice, Elisha W. Howland; 1832, James Justice, Elisha W. Howland, Luther Porter; 1834, James Justice, Luther Porter, Jacob Nyce; 1839, Jacob Nyce, Isaac Knapp, George Overmyer, sr .; 1841, Isaac Knapp, George Overmyer, Alpheus McIntyre; 1846, Alpheus McIntyre, Jesse S. Olm- stead, Frederick Chapman; 1850, Jesse S. Olmstead, Frederick Chapman, Samuel Hafford.

CLERKS OF COURT.

J. Hubbard, 1821-25; J. O. Scranton, 1825-37; L. Q. Rawson, 1837-51; Daniel Copper, 1851-54; Charles H. Green, 1854-57; James N. Smith, 1857-65; W. W. St. Clair, 1865-67; E. W. Cook, 1867-68; J. R. Gephart, 1868-73; B. W. Winter, 1873-79; Basil Meek, .1879.

PROBATE JUDGES.

John Bell, 1852-55; Lyman Gilpin, 1855-58; John Bell, 1858-63; W. S. Russel, 1863-66; E. F. Dickin- son, 1866-69; * John L. Green, 1869-72; F. Wilmer, 1872; + Edward E. Dickinson, 1877-79;+ C. Doncy- son, 1879.

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History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens and pioneers, Part 18

Author: Everett, Homer, 1813-1887 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : H.Z. Williams Number of Pages: 1040

Author: Everett, Homer, 1813-1887
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : H.Z. Williams
Number of Pages: 1040