History of Seneca County, Ohio; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests, Vo. I, Part 2

Author: Baughman, A. J. (Abraham J.), 1838-1913
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, New York, Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1046


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Goodin, John, 359 Gooding, George E., 778 Gooding, Herbert A., 662


Goodnow, E., 281 Goodwin, John, 331 Goodwin, John, 292


Gordon, James, 291


Gorsuch, John, 417 Graeper, F. H., 405


Granges( See Patrons of Husbandry) Grapes, W. H., 949 Graves, Selden, 291, 306, 314 Gray, Anson, 97, 137 Gray, W. C., 397 Green, Frederick W., 139


Green Springs, 440, 447 Green Springs Academy (old), 442 "Green Springs Echo, "' 441


Greer, John, 177 Gregory, N., 271 Griest, John W., 765 Grine, Adam, 935 Grosh, A. B., 174


Gross, John G., 372


Guilford, Nathan, 284 Gurley, L. B., 278, 279, 346 Guthrie, A. S., 165 Guthrie, Thomas, 165


Hard Hickory, 22 Hadley, N., 452 Hafley, Albert J., 352, 906 Hale, R. W., 420 Hall, Carrie A., 174 Hall, Horace, 295 Hall, John A., 389 Hall, Lawrence W., 293, 302 Hall, Luther A., 303, 330, 396


Hamilton


County


Agricultural


Society, 170 ,


Hamilton, D. S .. 695 Hand Mills (Pioneer), 80, 132 Harmon, Harvey J., 291 Harmon, Mrs. William, 337 Harpster, G. F., 811 Harrington, Jaenice P., 663 Harris, Albert D., 367 Harris, George R., 92 Harris Line, 42


Harris, Mark A., 138 Harris, William, 96, 138 Harrison, William Henry, 55, 218 Hartley, Thomas B., 177 Hauri. Adolph, 846 Hawxhurst, M. B., 379 Hayes. Webb C., 218 Hays, Orrin B., 195


Heater, John, 280. 882


Heath, Edward E., 659 Heath, Helen M .. 657 Heckerman, J. N., 314 Heckerinan, J. U .. 390 Heckerman, W. H., 315 Heckert, William D., 751 Hedges, James, 130, 353 Hedges, Josiah, 93, 130, 291, 353, 390 Heffner, M., 438 Heidelberg Theological Seminary, 394 Heidelberg University, 384


Heilman, Albert E., 709 Heiner, Josiah, 390


Heis, George, 422 Heller, William, 173


,


Henderson, William P., 297, 298 Henney, Arthur M., 894 Henninger, W. F., 404


Henry, C. A., 315


Henry, Charles A., 965


Henry, George W., 931 Hensinger, Rollie J., 890


Henzy, Albert J., 608 Herchiser, Jessie, 371 Herrington, W .. 282


Herschberger, E. E., 371, 372, 373


Hershiser, Henry Kegg, 317


Hertzer, William L., 375, 531


Higby, E. E., 392 Higgins, Charles, 56 Higgins, J. R., 177 Higgins, Ransom J., 906 Highland, 60 Hildreth, Samuel P .. 165


Hill. Leonard, 279 Hilshman, H. H. W., 403 Hilsinger, David D., 574 Hilsinger, Joseph, 773


Hippler, Hiram, 827 Hoadly, George, 162 Hodge, John H., 694 Hoeltzel, Jacob, 95 Hoffman. John, 127 Hoffman, J. W .. 376 Ifoffman Tavern, 359 Hogg, Thomas, 55


Holderman. Fred K., 389


Holtz, Charles D., 644 Holtz, John, 796 Holtz, Marcus, 177


Homan, William H., 891 Honey Creek, 4, 33, 455 Hopewell, 465 Hopewell Township, 463 Hopley, John, 297 Hoppes, Augustus P., 766 Hopple, Conrad, 790 Hopple, Warren H., 790 Hopple's Handle Factory, Tiffin, 379


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INDEX


Hord, J. K., 294 Horn, P. L., 277 Hornung, G., 392 Horticulture, 160 Hossler, Isaac N., 735 Hossler, Jacob, 440 Hossler, J. Schuyler, 664 Howard, Horton, 139 Howard, JJoseph, 291, 304, 396 Hottal, Jacob K., 306


Hovey, Ariel B., 314 Hubach, H., 126


Hubbard, E. B., 297, 316


Hubble, John, 123


Huestis, W. C., 279


Huffey, John, 271 Hulburt, Jacques, 32, 292, 301, 306


Hull, A. W., 177


Hultgen, Francis L., 409, 726


Hunter, Harvey B., 686 Hunter, William, 126


Hunting, 143 Huss, George R., 26, 363


Huss, John T., 373 Hutchins, Buckley, 443 Hutlımacher, A., 281


Iler, 467


Indiana, Bloomington & Western R. R., 56


Indian Reservations and Treaties, Indians, 97


Ingraham, Agreen, 31, 52, 142, 172, 291, 301, 306 Ink, Morgan E., 173


Ireland, William M., 174


Jacobs, T. B., 423 Jackson, A. M., 295


Jackson Township, 465


Jackson, W. L., 425 Jenner, A. E., 295


Jenney, George C., 708 Jennings, Jacob S., 173 Jewett, J. R., 279 John Walker Reservation, 22


"Johnny Appleseed," 161, 177


Johnson, Artemas B., 297 Johnson, Crates S., 402


Johnson, L. S., 279 Johnson, Rella, 126 Johnson, W. M., 295 Johnston, Thomas P., 697 Jones, James A., 197 Jones, John C., 443 Jones, John H., 952 Jones, Louis, 921


Jones, Paul, 55 Jopp, Orson, 793 Junior Order of United American


Mechanics National Orphans'


Home, 59, 410 Juergens, A. A., 404


Kagey, Isaac, 295 Kalbfleisch. George C., 673 Kansas Village, 469 Kaup, Daniel D., 647


Keller, Amos, 195 Keller, Rudolph, 299 Keller, W. W., 372 Kelley, Mrs. O. H., 175 Kelley, O. H., 174


Kelley, T. M., 474


Kelly, Charles, 333 Keppell, Guilford B., 306 Keppel, W. H., 398


Kernan, Charles H., 862


Kessler, W. H., 292


Kieffer, Augustus R., 393


Kieffer, John B., 393 Kieffer, Moses, 393 Kilbourn, James, 51 King, A. W., 277


. King, George P., 512 King, James Brown, 268 Kintz, Thomas J., 352. 372


Kirby, Moses H., 296 Kirkwood, Richard A., 198 Kirtland, Jared, 162 Kirtland, J. P., 162


Kishler, George W., 263


Kisler, W. R., 279 Kisinger, William, 367


Kistler, Aaron, 360 Kistler, John, 280 Kistler, Lafayette, 779 Kistler, Samuel, 608


Kisskadden, A., 297


Knapp, James H., 756


Knapp, Joan S., 759


Knepper, Russell M., 876


Knisely, Jacob (Crow), 32


Knowlton, Frank Y., 946


Knupp, George L., 55


Kreiger, J. M., 201 Krout, Charles A., 684


Kuhn, George A., 824


Kuhn, Henry, 93, 149, 314


Kuhn, Jacob, 283


Kuntz, Joseph W., 560


Lackens, Fred, 428 Laird, Samuel, 419


Lamareaux, John L., 303, 435


Lamberjack, John W .. 937


Lane, Ebenezer, 52, 301


Lane, S. T., 282


Lang, Lafayette L., 305


Lang, William, 149, 293, 295, 303, 310, 323 Langworthy, A., 195


Latter Day Saints, 148 Laurens Hull Lumber Company,


Tiffin, 376


Lawyers-First in county, 302; "'cir- cuit " members, 308, 312; the


Tiffin bar in poetry, 310 Leahy, Maurice, 315


Lease. C. D., 377 Lebold, Conrad, 282


Lee, John C., 197, 200, 425 Lemert, Charles C .. 297, 298 Lennartz, John H., 754 Lenner, Alvin D., 942 Lepper, Edward, 338, 605


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Medicine and Surgery (See Physi- cians) Melber, Henri, 299


Melhorn, Charles M., 297, 298


Melmore. 442, 460


Mench, Maurice R., 920


Merriman, Nathan, 435


Merry, Eben, 290


Meteoric Shower (1833), 146


Metzger, Burton, 620


Metzger, Henry V., 627


Metzger, Jacob A., 378


Metzger, Samuel H .. 614.


Lodi Village, 474


Logan, 26


Log Cabin (Pioneer), 72, 82, 86 Long, M., 282


Longworth, Nicholas, 162


Loomis, Mrs. John D., 371


Loose, N. E., 177


Lord, Frederick, 303


Lott, Grant, 899'


Loudenslager Mill, Tiffin, 379


Loudon Township, 469


Louis, Sister Mary, 408


Love, N. B. C., 339


Lovejoy, George E., 195


Lower Sandusky, Tithin & Fort Ball


Luce, Freeman, 286


Lugenbeel, Andrew, 127, 307, 332


Mabery, F. A., 264 Mad River & Lake Erie R. R., 56, 94


Malarial Diseases, 83, 132


Manecke, Fred, 425


Mann, F. R., 372


Manufactories (early), 126


Maple Grove, 469


Marcha, Helen V., 513


Martin, Daniel, 438


Martin, R. M., 177


Martin, William F., 883


Matz, William, 821 Maule, John B., 442, 616


May, Edward C., 352, 679


McCartau, Alexander, 535


McCauley, John, 304, 509 McCleary, Thomas J., 125 McCormack, Jolm E., 367 McCulloch Reservation, 22


Mungen, William, 196


Munsel, Joshua D., 443


Munsel, Roswell, 453


Myers Brothers, 325


Myers, Edmund S., 325, 397, 692


Myers, Edward B., 62, 397


McGaffey, Neal, 52, 301


McGuffey, William H., 284


McKelley, Robert, 294


Mckibben, Brantley B., 784 McMahon, James, 401


McMaken, William D., 201 MeMartin, R., 176


McMeens, Robert R., 315


McNeal, Milton, 142 MeNutt, Alexander, 142


MeNutt, Daniel, 142 Meadow Brook Park, 437


INDEX


Lerch, J., 402 Lewis, James, 294 Lewis, Samuel, 284 Lewisville, 482 Liberty Township, 468


Littler, Austin C., 884 Lloyd, Thomas, 293, 307 Locke, Charles N., 397


Locke, Jolm P., 397 Locke, Mrs. Amelia HI., 397


Locke, Otis T., 55, 324, 397, 517


Lockwood, Alonzo, 420


Lockwood, Dr., 286


Lockwood, Samuel M., 291


Mexican War, (Seneca County in), 191 Michaels, H. W., 298


Middleburg, 469


Might, George W., 910


Miles, Albert, 271


Miller, Abram, 437


Miller, Adam, 281


Miller, Charles E., 385, 394


Miller, Daniel L., 782


Miller, D. R., 425


Miller, Ernest J., 631


Viler, J. J., 783


Miller, James A., 910


Miller, Samuel, 433


Miller, Wellington, 392


Miller, Wesley W., 884


Miller, William, 177, 433


Miller, W. M., 435


Miller, William M., 263, 267


Mills (Pioneer), 99


Mim, John, 130 Mittower, Andrew J., 828


Mohawks, 97, 98


Molon, Rev. Father L., 384, 406


Money Scarcity, 83, 135


Monnett, T. J., 279


Montgomery, James, 98, 137, 279, 334, 401, 472


Montgomery, William, 142, 359


Moore, Andrew, 173


Mott. Chester R., 295


Mound Builders, 15


Mourer, James P., 710


Mueller, Christian, 126, 333


Mueller, M., 283


McCulloch, William, 32, 130 MeCutchen, John, 444 Mccutchenville, 479 McDowell, F. M., 174 McFarland, J. A., 314, 319, 372


Myers, John M., 396, 397 Myers, Oscar, 801 Myers. Park L., 201


National Exchange Bank of Tiffin, 372 National Machinery Company, Tiffin, 375


Naylor, Cornelia P., 821


Naylor, Earl B., 821 Naylor, Edward T., 263, 264, 266, 922 Naylor, John M., 814 Near, Frank E., 700


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INDEX


Negele, William, 263 Neikirk, Elmer E., 807 Neikirk, Irving B., 739 Nestlerode, C. C., 287, 465 New Fort Ball, 128, 130 Newhouse, J. Edward, 545 Newman, J., 282 New Riegel, 443, 448, 449 Newspapers, 596


New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. (Nickel Plate), 57


Nickel Plate( See New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R.) Nickerson, H. L., 282 Nicolai, Frederick, 263 Niswender, F. L., 376


Noble, Harrison, 297, 304


Noble, Montgomery, 177, 198


Noble, Mys. W. P., 371


Noble, Warren F., 305 Noble, Warren P., 194, 293, 294, 303, 372 Norris, Lloyd, 173 Norton, Charles A., 195


Norton, James A., 62, 295, 290, 304, 314, 324, 333, 398, 493


Norton, Jesse S., 193


Norton, Henry, 275


Norton, Rufus, 314, 333


Northwest Territory, 36 Northwestern Ohio R. R., 37


Nubergall, Philip, 283


Nurbaugh, Edwin, 393


Nusbaum, S. C., 177 Nye, George A., 640


Oakley, 51, 54 Oak Ridge Spring, 440


Obermiller, Minard, 315 O'Connor, Jeremiah, 530 O'Conner, John D., 315 O'Connell, Lewis, 674 Ogle, Joseph, 464


Ohio Central R. R., 57


Ohio Horticultural and Pomological Society, 172


Ohio Lantern Company, Tiffin, 378 Ohio-Michigan Line Dispute, 39 Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 171 Ohio State Teachers' Association, 235 Ohil, Cyrus, 830 Oil and Gas, 13 Omar, 475 Omsted, George, 99 Omsted, Jesse, 99 Oneidas, 97, 93 Opt, Gertrude, 404 Oregon, 449 Orr, Thomas J., 294 Orwig, Amanda M., 881 Orwig, Hazel D., 883 Orwig, William F., 878 O'Sullivan, M., 406 Owen, David, 291, 331


Paine, John D., 293 Paine, John W., 294


Palmer, Charles E., 721 Palmer, Mary D., 722 Pancoast, Carl V., 773 Pancoast, William, 771 Papineau, Louis, 301


Park, C. C., 92, 176, 263


Park, Charles L., 911 Park, George, 359


Park, Mary J., 386


Parker, Elmer E., 556


Parker, Ledru R., 630


Parmenter, Byron A., 596


Parson, Usher, 316


Patterson, James M., 195


Patterson, John W., 40


Patterson, William, 291


Pease, B., 271


Pendleton, George F., 296, 297


Pennington, Robert (1., 172, 303, 331


Perin, Perry T., 743


Persons, Cynthia, 95


Persons, Elvero, 263


Persons, V. H., 403


Peters. John A., 385, 391


Phenceie, James M., 271


Philippi, Battle of, 223


Physicians, 314-320


Pickett, Albert, 284


Pike, Abner, 96


Pillars, Jamies, 286, 295


Pioneer Bov, 75


Pioneer Defined, 87


Pioneer Fare, 87


Pioneer Preachers, 91


Pioneer Times, 72, 89, 92, 96, 103,


112, (Gibson's Addresses), 136, 138 Pioneer Women, 90, 105


Pitcher, C. C., 859


Pitcher, W. H., 859


Pittenger, Benjamin, 94, 127, 291, 307, 333


Pittenger, John, 94, 127, 303, 333


Plane, Jacob, 55. 128, 291


Plank Road Co., 58


Plants, Josiah S., 302


Plantz, John, 283


Pleasant Township, 471


Plow (history of), 167


Porter, Benjamin S., 195


Potato Cultivated, 166


Press (see Newspapers)


Property Valuation, 65 Puetz, Martin, 409


Puffenberger, Henry B., 564


Purdy, James, 308


Putnam, Aaron W., 160


Putnam, Israel, 160


Quinn, Edmund, 405


Raiser, D. R., 403


Rasles, Pere, 134 Rawson, Abel, 173, 291, 302, 313 Ray, Joseph, 284 Raymond, Abram B., 839 Reed Township, 473 Reedtown, 475


INDEX


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Reese, Charles W., 912 Reeves, David, 447


Rehauser, , 281 Reidel, E. D .. 733 Reif, Philip H., 610 Reiff, Joseph W., 638 Reiss, Margaret, 940


Remer, H., 282


"Remember the Alamo," 189


Renick, George, 158


Renninger, William H., 679 Republic, 443


"Republic Reporter,"' 445 Rex, Jeremiah. 177


Reynolds, H. N., 375


Rhoads, George, 842


Rice, Caleb, 301


Rice, Daniel, 139


Rice, Harvey, 285.


Rice, Rosella, 177


Richard, J. Fraize, 424


Richards, Uri, 279


Richter, L., 283


Rickel, Alpha M., 403


Rickly, S. S., 382, 384. 386, 389


Ridenour, Lewis M., 947


Ridgely, John H., 297


Ridley, John, 961


Rife, S. E., 283


Rinebold, Ephraim, 940 Ring, George J., 533


Risdon, David, 52, 54, 129, 222, 291, 417, 421, 433, 447 Risden, Hiram, 218 Riverview Park. 59


Roads (first), 124


Roberts, Timothy P., 201 Robinson, Harry W., 716


Robinson, James, 444


Robinson, John, 279


Robinson, Lowell, 307


Robinson, Horace, 197


Rock Creek Sawmills, 127


Rocky Creek. 4, 53, 473, 475


Rodgers, E. Tappan, 397


Roehring. Valentine, 282


Rogers, Amos C., S25


Rohn, John K., 306


Rohr, Jacob, 271


Rohrer, S. W., 173


Rollins, William, 139, 140


Rome, 417 Rosen, Frederick, 938


Rosenberger, Frederick, 469 Roundhead, 26


Royer, John C., 297, 299, 755


Ruetenik, H. J., 392


Rule, Cletus B., 589


Rule, Daniel. 95


Rule, Isaac P., 664


Rule, Marcus D., 762


Rule, Wade H., 541


Rumery, Josiah, 290 Rumley, General, 99


Rumsey, Julia, 314


Runkle. Oliver O., 372


Runnels, William, 279


Rust, Eugene G., 393


Rust, Herman. 392. 393, 523 Rust, Herman S., 913 Rust, John B., 386, 527 Ryan, P. H., 384


St. Francis Orphan Asylum and Home for the Aged, 409 St. Stephens Village, 451


Sampson, G. W., 316 Sams, Edith, 305


"Sandusky" (first locomotive), 56 Sandusky River, 1. 3. 53 Saunders, Arthur W., 640


Saunders, William, 174 Sawyer, James, 263


Scannell, Michael L., 371, 548


Schaaf, R. T., 546


Schaufelberger, F. J., 315


Schaufelberger, J. W., 297. 298, 306


Scheiber, Herman, 376, 629


Scheiber, Jacob. 376


Schindler, Anthony, 443. 448 Schmidt, Valentine, 126, 333 Schools, (pioneer), 95, 109: early laws, 284: first school in Ohio. 286; in Seneca county, 286: school population, 288: Tiffin institutions. 381; Heidelberg University, 384; Ursuline College, 395 Schriener, N., 376


Schroth, George E., 297. 298, 372, 373. 376


Schroth, Mrs. George, 353


Scipio Center. 443


Scipio Township. 475


Scott, John W., 864


Scott, Josiah, 302


Sea, Sidney. 325


Searles, John. 92. 94. 222


Searles, William D., 127


Second Regiment. O. N. G. Spanish- American war), 202


Secret and benevolent societies (see chapters on Tiffin and Villages)


Seebon, Henry L., 709 Seewald, Philip, 149


Seitz, Aaron. 723


Seitz, John, 295, 296


Seitz. Lewis, 451


Sellers, Jesse N., 311


"Seneca Advertiser,"' 396 Seneca Company, Tiffin. 379


Seneca County-General geology, 1: soil, 5, 70: clay products. 12: bog , ore deposits, 12; oil and gas, 13; mound builders, 15; Indian reser. vations and treaties, 20: promin- ent Indian characters, 22: survey of New Purchase, 47: details of the survey, 49: Sandusky river not included, 30; first postoffice established, 51; organized as


county, 51; first roads. 32; homes and farms, 54, 70: railroads, 35; Tiffin, county seat, 58; property valuation. 65: progress since 1830 (Gibson address), 116; settlers of 1819, 131; first elections, 290;


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elections and officials from 1832 to 1911, 291, 299 Seneca County Agricultural Society, 172 Seneca County Bank, 94


Seneca County Infirmary. 63


Seneca County Medical Society. 319


Seneca John, 23; execution, 29


"Seneca Patriot." 94, 396


Sonecas. 20. 33, 97, 99. 135


Seneca Township, 476


Seney, George E .. 294, 305. 338


Seney, Joshua, 305


Speaker, Henry, 435


Speaker, Henry, Sr., 485


Shafer, Morgan D., 296


Shaffer, J. A., 271


Shaffer, William M., 565


Spencer, JJesse, 125


. Shank, Frank B .. 867 Shannon, Russell G .. 635 Sharp, E., 271


Shaull, Hiram, 387


Shawhan, Frederick K., 198, 331


Shawhan, Lorenzo. 94


Spooner, Harriet, 835


Spooner, Henry K., 319, 358


Spooner, Louise P., 559


Sponseller, Ola J., 741


Sheidler, Abraham. 263


Sherck, David € .. 602


Sherck, John E., 439


Sheridan, Phil, 269


Sherman, Charles R., 313


Sherwood, William D., 142


Shoemaker, E., 176


Shoemaker, R. M., 127


Shoemaker, Joseph, 388


Shrift, R. W., 195


Shriver, Jesse, 198


Steigmeyer, Frederick, 281


Steigmeyer, John, 281


Steinerville, 465


Stem, Jesse, 303


Stem, Leander. 197


Sterling Emery Wheel Company,


Tiffin, 376


Sterling Lumber & Supply Company, Tiffin, 376 Stevens, Guy, 126


Stevens, James M., 197


Stewart. Francis R., 713


Stewart, F. R., 201


Stewart, Frank R., 191


Stewart, F. R., 424. 425, 426


Stickney, E. T., 295


Stigamire. George F., 803


Stinebaugh, Edward, 445


Smith, Louis A., 606


Smith, Louis C. A., 360


Smith, R. T., 177


Smith, Sidney, 327, 444


Smith, Truman, 272


Sneath, A. C., 372


Sneath, R. D., 372


Sneath, Richard, 359


Sneath, Mrs. Samuel B .. 352, 335. 371


Sneatlı, Samuel B .. 333, 372 Sneath & Cunningham Company, Tiffin, 377 Snyder, Christopher, 331


Snyder, H. G., 403 Soldiers Monuments. 259 (old Fort Ball), 262 (Gibson)


Solomon, Rolland W., 953


Somers, Archie F., 887


Sonner, Frank C., 798


Soo-de-nooks. 25


Sonder, John. 455


Spafford, W. M., 279 Spanish -American county in), 201 Spayth, II. A .. 195


war (Seneca


Senn, Sebastian, 281


Speck, Henry B., 379


Spencer, Ezra, 276


Spencer. John, 857 Spicer's Creek, 53


Spracklin, Alfred, 437


Springville, 448, 449


Squire, E. J., 271 Srodes, Solomon E., 914


Staib, Harman, 915 Staib, Jacob, 479


Staley, Ellsworth G., 621


Stanley, Mrs. Tabitha, 136


Statler, David J., 296


Steel, James, 450


Shriver, Oscar H., 528


Shrodes, John A., 718


Shumaker, Howard K .. 537


Shuman, Albert C., 403. 685


Shuman, William. 173, 263, 267


Sixth Ohio Infantry (Spanish-


American war), 202


Skeggs, Charles W .. 963


Slaymaker. R. H .. 177


Smalley, Allen, 297


Smith. Albertus B .. 622


Smith, Carl. 960


Smith, Daniel F., 854


Smith, David, 52, 136, 142, 222, 290, 291 Smith Elisha. 134, 359


Smith, Fred M., 863


Stinebaugh, Neile, 874


Stoltzenbaugh, W. S .. 263


Stone, Christopher, 32


Stoner, 419, 423


Stoner, George, 173


Stoner, John S., 393


Storer, Neal S., 593


Stover, W. H., 609


Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 269


Strassner, F., 283 Streelv. Clarence S., 898


Streng. Eli. 930 Strong, Enther M., 195 Stucky, Lucas, 598


Spicer, William (Big Kettles). 31, 136, 138, 139, 301, 471 Spiegel Grove, 218


Shawhan, R. W., 94, 371, 372


She-a-wah (John Solomon), 24


Sheep and Wool, 158


INDEX


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Stultz, James, 932 Sugar Creek, 54 Sugar Making. 145 Sulpher Springs, 466, 472 "Sultana" Disaster, 271 Sutton, Lester, 306 Sutton, Leonard L., 847 Swan, Gustavus, 330 Swander, 459 Swander, Thomas, 95


Taber, William H., 548 Taggart, Harry, 562 Taggert, Captain, 271 Tanner, Augustus, 841 Tanner, H. M., 177 Taverns, (pioneer), 90 Tax Rates, 65 Taylor, Frank. 297, 298 Telephone Valuation, 69 Telford, Henry C., 873 Tequania, Joseph, 27 Terry, John, 173 . Thomas, C. J., 438 Thomas, Mahlon A., 896 Thomas, Newton C., 916


Thompson, J. R., 174 Thompson, Thomas, 279 Thompson Township, 480 Thompsontown, 482 Thornton, Albert, 724 Thorp, J. S., 431 , Thrapp, J. A., 261 Tiffin -- General description, 350;


original surveys and additions, 353; biography of Governor Ed- ward Tiffin, 355: early buildings, 359; new theater and "German In,"' 359; bridges, 363; public services, 365; Tiffin's largest fire, 368; public library, 371; banks, 372; industries, 373; county seat located at, 130; first plat. 132: postmasters of, 35; railroads, 35; present city, 58; secret and benevo- lent orders, 411 Tiffin Boiler Works, 379 Tiffin City Mill, 133 Tiffin, Edward, 355 Tiffin Electric Company. 377 Tiffin, Fostoria & Eastern Electric R. R., 428 Tiffin Gas Light Company, 128 "Tiffin Gazette, " 396


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"Tiffin Gazette and Seneca Adver- tiser, "' 396 Tiffin Lime & Stone Company. 377


Tiffin Malleable Iron & Chain Com- pany, 377


Tiffin Manufacturing Company, 376 Tiffin Natural Gas Company. 128 "Tiffin News, " 398


Tiffin & Osceola Plank Road Co., 38 Tiffin Savings Bank, 372


Tiffin Telephone Company, 128 "Tiffin Weekly News," 398 Tilden, Daniel, 291 Tillotson, George S., 376


Titus, R. R., 294. 295


Toledo, Fostoria & Findlay R. R., 427 Toll. W .. 173, 291, 307


Tomb, Benjamin F .. 373, 669


Tomb, Harry W., 919


Tomb. Leonard B., 927


Townships-School population, 288


Treat, Thomas T .. 440


Tri-County Pioneer Association, 149


Trimble. John, 174


Troxel, H. L., 372


Trumbo, 467 Tschenhens. F. X .. 280


Turner, Hannah L., 687


Turner, William C., 424, 432


Tyler Creek, 53 Tyler, Joseph, 304


Uberroth, Adams S .. 386


Uberroth, George W .. 316


Uberroth, Marion W., 585


Uhlmann, J. B., 406


Uhlhorn, William, 403


Ullrich, Edmund J., 519 Ultramarine Manufacturing , Com -


pany, Tiffin, 379


Ursuline College, 395


Ursuline Convent and Academy, 408


"Van Burenite Journal, "' 398 Vance, Joseph, 31, 129 Van Meter, John I., 21, 32, 157, 460 Van Nest, Joseph, 263


Van Nest, Peter, 127


Van Voorhees, Esther F .. 356


Van Voorhees, Milton, 550


Van Voorhees, Leon M., 556


Venice Township, 483


Viona, 459


Voorhies, Fred O., 926


Waggoner, Samuel, 172. 293, 312


Wagner, W. S., 297, 298


Wahl, Frederick, 403 Wall, V. R., 281


Walker, Catherine, 477


Walker, Joseph. 55


Walter, Frank S .. 886 Wannamaker, Samuel T., 918


Wannement. John P., 917


War of 1812, 214 Ware, Freeman, 393


Wareham, Philip, 279


Warner, Edmund A., 951


Warner. Henry, 279


Washington Band,, 133


Waterbury, H. L., 377 Watson, C. K., 294 Watson, D. K., 264 Watson, Oliver S., 577 Watson, Paul T., 776


Watson, Robert H., 504


Watson Station, 473 Watson, Mrs., 337


Waugaman, A. L., 319


Way, Asa, 196 Weber, Walton, 263.


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INDEX


Webster Electric Company, Tiffin,


Wilson, M. E., 886


379


Wilson, N. B., 279


Webster Manufacturing Company,


Wilson. William T., 198


Tiffin, 378


Wingart. Lawrence J., 850


Webster, T. K., Jr .. 377, 378, 379


Wiseman, James, 419


Witherspoon, Walter M., 962


Wolf Creek, 53


Weisenauer, John W., 734


Welch, Alfred H., 324


Welch, Henry, 130


Wolves, 144


Wood, Amos E .. 292. 293


Welch, Martin, 279


Womer, C. R., 445


Weller, Henry J., 535


Worman, J. J., 201


Wentworth, Richard, 119


Wortman, George B., 544


Werner, Frederick, 193


Wright. John. 140, 291. 444


West, Ezra, 95


Wright, Samuel, 140


West, Thomas J., 194, 263


Western Exchange Hotel. 359


Yale, Edward L., 299, 725


Westerhouse, Lewis S., 871


Yant, James T., 707


Wetzel, Ernest A., 925


Yambert, Aaron. 283


Wharton, George L., 397


Yeager, Hiram W., 259, 678


Wheat Introduced. 164


Yingling. Hallie C., 520


Whipple, John, 280


Yingling. Louis W., 519


White, Lyman, 474


Young, Albert R .. 680


White, William, 149


Young. Bernard A .. 699


Whitehead, Jonathan, 125


Young, Charles J .. 809


Whitmore, Benjamin, 52


Young, Erwin D., 850


Whyler, S. E., 271


Young, George Douglas, 402


Wicks, R., 282


Wilcox, Ralph, 279


Wiley, Mrs. E. F., 388


Williams, Amos S., 315


Williams, Jeremiah, 95


Williams, Milo G., 284


Williams, Reuben, 127


Williard, Mrs. G. P., 337


Williard, George W., 386, 387, 388, 391, 394


Williard Hall, Heidelberg University, 385, 391


Williard, Henry, 387


Williston, J. W., 296


Wilsey, John D., 749


Wilson, James, 279, 306


Wilson, J. W., 173, 293


Zagonyi, Colonel, 190


Zechman, Arthur W., 903


Zechman. George D., 902


Zechman. William I., 900


Zeis, H. D., 173


Zeller. John H., 945


Zellner, George M., 728


Ziegler, George, 869


Ziegler, Henry, 677


Zimmerman, Hiram, 802


"Weekly Tribune," 397 Weidaw, Harry A., 829


Weiker, Levi, 780


Wolfe, Elbridge B., 767


Wolfe, Howard E., 907


Wolfe, Jesse, 126


Welch, Hugh, 335


Young, George N .. 359


Young. Howard R., 504


Young, Isaac, 317


Young, James H., 404


Young, Josiah H., 791


CHAPTER I


NATURAL FEATURES


GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY-THE SOIL-NATURAL DRAINAGE-GEOLOGY IN DETAIL-THE DRIFT-BUILDING STONE- LIME-CLAY-BOG ORE-OIL AND GAS-CLIMATE AND EARLY TIMES.


Seneca county lies in the northwestern part of Ohio, im- mediately south of Sandusky county, and contains fifteen town- ships in the form of a rectangular parallelogram. It is bounded east by Huron county, south by Crawford and Wyandot, and west by Hancock and Wood counties. It is thirty miles long, east and west, and eighteen wide.


The Sandusky river, which intersects the county about mid- way, is the principal stream. Tributaries join it from the east and west and complete the drainage system of the county. These which enter the Sandusky from the west have a general course northeast till they unite with the stream; but those from the west flow first southwesterly, changing when within about five miles of the river, almost at a right angle from that direction, and flow northwest until they join the Sandusky. This is a peculiarity not confined to this county, and may be due to the halting retreat of the glacier, when throwing down the unmodified drift with which that portion of the county is covered. The divides between these creeks, along their upper waters, would in that case, be the moraine accumulations, which. further west and at lower levels, were not sufficient to divert the drainage from the general course of the main valley.


The county presents a diversity of surface. The northwestern part, including the townships of Jackson, Liberty and Pleasant. the northern half of Hopewell, and a small part of Loudon. pre- sents the peculiar features of the lacustrine region, as already defined. The Niagara limestone rises in wide undulations above the surface of the drift. and is as frequently supplied with sandy accumulations and boulders as in counties further north. The surface of these townships otherwise is very flat. The remainder of Vol. 1-1


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