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Junius V. Jones, born in Gallia County. Ohio, in 1823, settled in Fostoria in 1846. ... Thomas Johnson. a pioneer of Loudon Township, was found dead in a corn-field near Fostoria, July 14, 1884. He was seventy-four years old.
Edward Kenny settled in London Township and died in 1883. ... Edmund Kenney settled here in 1841. .. . Martin Kingseed, who came from Germany in 1834 to this county, has been for years an important factor in the commercial life of Fostoria .... Jacob and Charlotte Kinnaman have resided here for years .
.. Jacob and Elizabeth (Grove) Kiser, parents of Daniel and Samuel Kiser. natives of Stark County, Ohio (the former born in 1823, and the latter in 1828), came to Loudon Township in 1834. Mrs. Kiser died in 1857, aged seventy-one years, and Mr. Kiser in 1859. .. . Thomas Kelley, born in April. 1800. has a Scotch granite monument erected in Fostoria Cemetery. but is yet living.
Joseph Lease, uncle of Lloyd Lease, died November 14. 1884. at the age of seventy-eight years. He resided at Bowling Green for twenty years .... Benjamin and Elizabeth (Crum) Leonard are old residents ... . Owen Leahy, of Loudon Township, and one of its pioneers. died about a year ago .... David Leahy, also deceased, was a pioneer .... James Lewis, a native of New York. settled here in 1847, since which time he has taken a full part in the social, religious and official life of the city *.... Nicholas Lauer, the blacksmith, came from Germany in 1836 .... Dr. Alonzo Lockwood died September 25. 1878.
*About the time the Anderson Church was brought into existence, James Lewis organized the first church choir in western Seneca, and led the choir for years. It is related by Mr. Lewis himself that during the time he led this choir, one Miss Sabina Root and the Widow Cory were conversing on the subject of church music, and the latter placed before the leader some new sheet music just purchased. While he was looking through it the widow repeatedly leaned over his shoulder to point out some peculiarity in the scale, aud he good-naturedly kissed her. Miss Root was shocked, horror stricken, and informed Rev. Mr. Collier of the fact. This gentle- man brought the culprit (?) to trial, and prevailed upon the court to expel Lewis. The latter, who took the matter as a huge joke so far, now defended himself, and wrung from Rev. Mr. Collier an explanation of the manner in which the trial was conducted by him, and the evidence procured, also a full apology and a request that the injured church member should be restored to all his rights. This is not the only story related of this old settler in connection with the choir. On one occasion, while acting as leader, he called out : "Stop! stop! ! have lost my beat." Next morning a number of posters appeared around the village, bearing the words :
LOST! One Beat. ONE LARGE BEET. ONE LARGE RED BEET.
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Gottfried Mergenthaler, a native of Germany, father of Melcher Mergen- thaler, of Fostoria, latter born in Loudon Township in 1841, settled here in 1834. Melcher moved into Fostoria in 1859 .... J. L. Mickey, a name prominent in the history of Fostoria, came to Fostoria in 1834 ... Nicholas and Theresa (Kehl) Marks, natives of Germany, parents of Edward Marks, of Fostoria (who was born in Big Spring Township, this county, in 1851), settled in this township in 1849. ... William Malony, who died about five years ago. settled in Loudon at an early date near the line of Big Spring. Another family of the same name were among the pioneers of Bloom Township, moving to London about 1843. ... Henry and Anna Maraches, parents of Mrs. George E. Yarger. of Fostoria, came to Big Spring Township in 1832. ... Michael Martin settled west of John Whalen's house at an early date, and is still living. ... Patrick and John McCarty were among the old settlers of London. Patrick died three years ago, and John McCarty died May 12, 1875. aged sixty-nine years. He came to Loudon from Pennsylvania in 1841: was in California from 1852 to 1857. ... Matthew McCarty also went to California in 1849, but returned and died in 1883. ... James McIntire and Johnny Myers are said to have ridden to the county in 1831, and settled in Adams Township .... James McCauley, now living in Loudon, is one of the old residents of that division of the county. .. D. W. McMeen, a native of Ohio, and for years engaged in the harness business. came in 1847 .... Henry Miller settled in the township in 1832 .... The MeDougal family settled on Wolf Creek at an early date, and there, in 1841, Ebenezer Church was founded .... Jeremiah and Sarah (Loman) Mickey, former a native of Pennsylvania, latter of Maryland, parents of James L. Mickey, of Fostoria (born in what is now Ashland County, Ohio, in 1831), settled in what is now Fostoria in 1832, and Jeremiah Mickey kept the first hotel in what was then known as Risdon, conducting it till 1841, when he was killed in a ditch by a bank caving in on him .... Jacob J. Myers, a native of Pennsylvania, father of Dr. Park L. Myers, of Fostoria. settled in Fostoria about 1848, and died in 1875."
Thaddeus Newcomb, an old settler, who died June 1, 1875, wrote for his epitaph:
"Earls and monarchs of the dead, That so many worms have fed, I am coming to your chilly bed; Edge close and give me room."
. .. Myron and Sarah (Lantz) Newcomb, natives of Ohio, parents of V. D. Newcomb, of Jackson Township (who was born in Loudon Township, this county, in 1849), were pioneers of Seneca County .... Levi and Elizabeth (Ritter) Niebel, parents of Elijah Niebel. of London Township (who was born in Berwick, this county, in 1839), were pioneers. He settled in Loudon in 1854. .... William and Rebecca (Lytle) Noble, parents of Mrs. William T. Histe, of Fostoria, were early settlers of Jackson. William Noble died April 1, 1863. aged eighty-one years .... P. T. Norris, a native of Ohio. settled in the county in 1832. ... Elijah Niebel came in 1855.
Patrick O'Brien, who left Waterford County, Ireland, for the United States in 1849, resided in Pennsylvania for some time: was joined by his family in the fall of 1849, and in May, 1852, purchased lands in Loudon Township; moved to Tiffin in 1876, and died there March 19, 1885. James O' Brien, lum- berman at Tiffin. is a son of this old settler .... Thomas and Margaret (McCar- ty) O'Brien, natives of Ireland, parents of John F. O'Brien (who was born in Loudon Township in 1855), settled here in 1851, and in 1870 moved to Fos- toria .... John G. Ostein, born in Prussia in 1801, came to America in 1833,
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and resided in Wayne County, Ohio, till 1840, when he removed to Tiffin and the following year to Loudon Township. where he had entered land in 1834. On this land he lived till 1867. when he again made Tiffin his home until 1877, and then moved to Hopewell Township.
E. J. Padgham, a native of England, came to Fostoria in 1854 .... Edward Preble, a Pennsylvanian. came in 1844. ... John Peter, a German, in 1840 .... John and Magdalena (Bohna) Portz, natives of Prussia, parents of Nicholas Portz (who was born in Jackson Township in 1839), came to that township in 1838, and in 1840 moved to Fostoria, where Mr. Portz, who was a wagon- maker, died in 1873. ... John J. and Elizabeth (Hahn) Peter. natives of Ger- many, parents of David Peter, of Loudon Township, who was born in Loudon Township in 1542), came to this county in 1833, settling in this township. John J. died in 1878. aged sixty-eight: his widow is now aged seventy-six years. ... . Abraham and Barbara (Shobach) Peter, natives of Bavaria. parents of John and Abraham Peter. also natives of Bavaria (former born in 1821, latter in 1830). came to America in 1840 and settled in Loudon Township on eighty acres of land now owned by E. Kinney. Mrs. Peter died eleven weeks after coming to America, and Mr. Peter died in Big Spring Township in 1871, in his eighty-first year.
Charles L. and Mary (Dillon) Reynolds, parents of Gen. E. Reynolds, of Fostoria, who was born in Loudon Township in 1852, were among the early settlers of this township; in 1878 Charles L. Reynolds removed to Michigan; in 1880 G. E. Reynolds moved into Fostoria .... John and Catherine (Winin- ger) Rinebold, former (deceased) a native of Pennsylvania. latter (still living) a native of Germany, parents of Jacob, John and Abraham Rinebold, of Lou- don Township, came to this county from Richland County, Ohio. in 1834, set- tling in Loudon Township. John Rinebold died in 1854. His widow is now eighty-four years old .... John Richards, a native of Ohio. settled here in 1837 .... David Risdon, after whom the old town of Risdon was named, came to the county in 1820, resided for a while in one of the log-houses at Fort Ball. and aided the United States surveyors in the survey of the townships. . Abraham and Ann Elizabeth (Fruth) Rinebold, parents of John Rinebold. who was born in Jackson Township in 1850, were early settlers .... David and Mary (Johnson) Ritchart. parents of John F. and William H. Ritchart. natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1820, the latter in 1827, settled in Loudon Township in 1847, and here died.
James and Agnes (Bunting) Scott are old residents .... Zebina Sellen, who died in 1836, left a widow and large family in this county, although his prop- erty was near Wapakonetta .... D. Shea, who died about fifteen years ago, was one of the first settlers, entering his land when there was only a bridle path from Tiffin westward .... Henry Sheller, a native of Pennsylvania, paternal grandfather of Amos Sheller, of Loudon Township. settled in 1832 on the farm now owned by H. Stuckey, in Loudon Township, and here died. His son Samuel. father of Amos. came to Loudon Township from Hancock County in 186S. then in 1876 moved to Michigan ..... Christian Siegchrist, born in Germany in 1816, came to Tiffin in 1841. where he was a carpenter and after- ward brewer. About 1860 he took up farming in this township .... William and Mary Simons, parents of Mrs. John Noble, were early settlers of the county .... John and Elizabeth (Ecker) Signs, natives of Wayne County, Ohio, were born in 1818, came to this county in the spring of 1843 and settled in Loudon Township. Mrs. Signs died June 19, 1884, aged sixty-six years, four months and nineteen days .... John Seever, a native of Ohio, came here in 1853. . . . . Mrs. Jane M. Skinner, daughter of John and Jane (Duncan) Searles.
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who settled in Eden Township in 1821, is the widow of the late Morris P. Skinner, and is said to have been the first white child to see the light of day in Eden Township. where she was born in 1821. . . . Morris P. Skinner, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1811, came to Seneca County in 1832. settling in what is now Fostoria. He died in 1876. His son, Orlo D. Skinner died January 1. 1883. The Morris P. Skinner monument of Scotch granite was put up by W. D. Robbins .... Benjamin Stevens. a native of Pennsylva- nia. maternal grandfather of Frederick M. Fruth, of Loudon Township, settled in Loudon Township in 1832: he was one of the first trust- ees elected in the township. and was altogether a prominent man ... The Stoner family, after one of whom a postoffice was named, were old settlers . ... Thomas D. and Fanny (Riddell) Stewart. parents of Francis R. Stewart (who was born in Pennsylvania in 1935). settled in Clinton Township in 1838. then in 1854 moved to Wood County, Ohio, where Thomas D. died in his seventy first year. Francis R. moved to Fostoria in 1858 .... Isaac and Martha (Daley) Stultz. the former born in Maryland in 1806. came to Ohio in 1834 and located at Tiffin, then in 1845 moved into this township. .. . John C. Springer, of Fostoria, served in the Mexican war . ... Jerry Sullivan, an early settler of Tiffin, who opened a quarry on North Washington Street, is said to be now living at Fremont.
The Thomas family settled here some years prior to the consolidation of Rome and Risdon. E. W. Thomas wrote the first history of Fostoria.
John and Elizabeth (Smilsmer) Vesper, parents of Mrs. Abraham Peter, settled in Loudon Township in 1843. ... . John F. Veon, an old settler of Tiffin, who removed to Fostoria years ago. died in November. 1894. .... John W. Vrooman, a native of New York State, born in 1799, father of Mrs. Coridon R. Sackett, of Fostoria. came to this county in 1832 and located in Liberty Township. He was the first merchant at Bettsville, and after some years moved to Fostoria. He died in 1873.
Abner Wade. paternal grandfather of Mrs. John A. Peters, of Loudon Township. settled in this township in 1832, was one of its organizers and one of its first officials. Patrick Walsh settled with his family in Loudon, and died there July 1. 1847. It appears that on this day he went down to clean the well on his farm, but was overcome with foul air and died before help arrived. His daughter. a girl of eighteen summers, went down to aid her father, but was, like him. killed by the foul current. John Walsh. a son of this pioneer. is in the jewelry business at Delphos. Ohio, while Thomas is engaged as salesman at Tiffin. The family owned land on the southwestern section of the township. .... John Walding. a native of England and a tailor. came here in 1854. .... Nicholas and Margaret Walters are old residents. . ... Eli and Mary (Dillon) Weaver, parents of Alpheus Weaver, of Fostoria (who was born in London Township in 1843), settled in the township in 1838. where Eli Weaver died. His widow subsequently mar- ried C. L. Reynolds, of Fostoria, and is now residing in Michigan. About 1866-67 Alphens Weaver settled in Fostoria ..... Benjamin Wells, born in 1825 in Carroll County. Ohio, came to Fostoria in 1842. Levi Wells. another old settler, has an elaborate monument erected over the grave, which he has prepared for himself in the Fostoria Cemetery. .... On Henry Wetzel's monu- ment in Fostoria Cemetery are the words. "Died October 6. 1863." and the verse:
"Behold. my friends, as you pass by, As you are now so once was I: As I am so you must be; Prepare for death and follow me."
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.. John and Mary B. (Swalley) Whealan, the former a native of Ireland, the latter of Pennsylvania, parents of John Whealan (who was born in Loudon Township in 1840) and of Sheriff Thomas Whealan, settled here in 1833, and cleared the farm where Mr. Whealan still resides at the age of eighty-four, one of the oldest resident pioneers of the township .... John and Eliza (Bucher) Wilson, the former a native of New York, the latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Andrew J. Wilson, of Fostoria (who was born in Fostoria in 1851), came to Seneca County in 1843 and operated a saw-mill until 1882. Both now live at Fostoria .... James R. and Rachel Williams, of Fostoria, are among the pio- neers.
David and Hannah (Kiser) Young. parents of Mrs. Elijah Niebel, were pioneers of this township.
Schools of Loudon .- In April. 1833, school districts were set off. Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 forming the first district; 3, 4, 9 and 10 the second; 5, 6, 7 and 8 the third; 17, 18, 19 and 20 the fourth; 15, 16. 21 and 22 the fifth; 13, 14, 23 and 24 the sixth; 25, 26, 35 and 36 the seventh: 27, 28, 33 and 34 the eighth, and 23, 30, 31 and 32 the ninth. In June, 1834, the town was redis- tricted for school purposes. In March, 1834. Wade. Hartley and Ferrier were elected school trustees, and James Anderson, treasurer of school section. In October, 1834, Charles W. Foster was elected justice of the peace.
The sale of Section 16, Loudon Township, was decided on by vote, October 10, 1848, when 128 votes were given for and fifty-four against the sale of school lands. Joel Hales, Abner Wade and Philip Hennessy were judges. The lands were sold by Auditor F. W. Greene, February 23. 1849, for $7,886 to the persons named as follows: George Adams, east half of the northeast quarter; Philip Slure, west half of the northeast quarter; William Beems, east half of the northwest quarter; Samuel Deveese and G. A. Hudson, west half of the northwest quarter: Peter Helfer. east half of the southeast quar- ter; David Young, west half of the southeast quarter; Andrew Lugenbeel, east half of the southwest quarter; George Englert, west half of the southwest quar- ter. A few parcels of land were not entirely paid for by original purchasers, and were resold by the county. The schools of Loudon Township in August, 1884, presented the following statistics: Number of male pupils, 188; of fe- male, 113; number of schoolhouses, 10; value of property, $8,000; number of teachers, 17; average pay, $40 and $30; local tax, $2,177.14; total revenue, $4,360; expenditures, $2,768.54.
General Statistics .- The assessment roll of Loudon Township, in 1841, gives 18,970 acres valued at $37,508; value of town lots, $2,737; horses, 123, valued at $4,920; cattle. 290, valued at $2,320; mercantile capital and moneys at interest, $2,400; total value. $49,885; total tax, $735.80; delinquencies from 1840, $116.68.
The valuation and taxation of Loudon Township, in 1884, are as follows: 21,518 acres valued at $790,490, and personal property valued at $329,980, aggregating, $1,120,470, or $878.80 per capita (population 1,275. exclusive of Fostoria in 1880). The total tax is $12,225.03 with $174 dog tax. A true estimate of the worth of this township is $2,900,000. The population in 1850 was 1,781; in 1860, 2, 465; in 1870, 3,133, and, in 1880, including Fostoria, 7,355.
Predial Statistics. - The agricultural statistics for 1884, are 4.137 acres of wheat, product, 45,916 bushels; 31 acres of rye; 17 of buckwheat; 1,088 of oats, product about 35,000 bushels; barley, 230 acres, 4,529 bushels; corn, 2,504 acres, product 50,000 bushels; acres of meadow, 1,580. tons of hay, 2,075; acres of clover, 524, tons of hay, 597, bushels of seed, 644, acres
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plowed under, 30; potatoes, 82 acres. product, 10.962 bushels: milk sold for family use, 1.100 gallons; home-made butter. 58,595: sorghum, 5 acres, 90 pounds sugar and 286 gallons of syrup: maple syrup, 40 gallons; 136 hives. product. 620 pounds of honey: eggs. 22.230 dozens; 1 acre vineyard. 1,750 pounds of grapes (1883), 36 gallons of wine: orchards, 353 acres, 7.010 bush- els of apples, 4 of peaches. 11 of pears and 4 of plums; cultivated lands, 12.882: pasture. 1,173: woodland. 4,213; wasteland, 56; total acreage, 18,324; wool shorn in 1883. 3,653 pounds; milch cows, 585; dogs, 174; killed and in- jured sheep, 64: animals died of disease, 217 hogs, 26 sheep. 32 cattle and S horses.
REVIEW.
The names of the greater number of pioneers given in the foregoing pages must necessarily recall many. if not all. of the incidents of early settlement. and bring to mind the varied processes by which the township has been raised to its present proud position. Looking back about fifty-four years to that day in April, 1832. when the pioneers assembled to elect officers for their township, no one can fail to be interested in the story of their settlement. At that time a few freeholders came from out the wilderness by different bridle paths to meet as hardworking, hopeful, earnest, honest men may meet. They left their cabins at early morning to cast an unpurchasable vote, and under one ex- cuse or another remained at the polls until late in the evening, and returned far into the night. They urged their political lessons in a homely way; spoke freely of the several candidates; cast their votes, and returned to their clear- ings in the wilderness, to battle with pioneer obstacles, until the fall election called them from their homes again. Going to mill, of course, and marketing at Rome or Tiffin were delightful holidays to them until David Ferriers' old horse-mill on Wolf Creek came to dissipate the fond dream of a long milling visit. and the store of Foster & Crocker, at Rome, destroyed their hopes of a visit to the county seat. The statistics of the township for 1884, as well as the general statistics embraced in Chapter XIII, convey at once what the pioneers and the enterprising spirits who followed them have accomplished.
FOSTORIA CITY.
In the histories of London and Jackson Townships, a large number of names and a few incidents connected with the founding of the villages once known as Rome and Risdon, are presented to the reader. In this part of the chapter other names and incidents connected with the actual settlement of the old villages, up to the period of their consolidation under the name "Fostoria," and the story of the city's progress are related-the information being almost solely based on public and private records.
The location of the city on the northwest quarter of Loudon Township, parts of Sections 31 and 32, Jackson Township, and part of Section 1, Washing- ton Township. Hancock County, extending into the southeastern corner of Wood County gives to the city an influence guarded by the principles of localization, i. e. it claims a large portion of each of three counties as tributary territory, without creating local jealousies. The eastern fork of Black Swamp Portage flows through the northwestern corner of the city, while one of the feeders of Wolf Creek approaches it from the south. The land upon which the city stands is slightly rolling north and south of the ridge on which Tiffin Street runs. and broken along Portage Creek.
The early settlers of Fostoria were not backwoodsmen previous to their coming here. They were from a region cleared by their fathers, and were
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little accustomed to the use of the ax. To them a heavy growth of timber and the great fallen trees were formidable. A tree was not then, as now. a little mine of wealth-it was a nuisance to be rid of and to the task of destroying the forest and subjugating the wilderness, the pioneers applied themselves assiduously. However, the original forest has not entirely disappeared; even where the woodman began his work of destruction, a new race of trees, planted in regular lines, has sprung up to relieve the face of the country and to offer to it that shelter and beauty of which the old time mania for improvement robbed it. There are many well-kept gardens, lawns and terraced grounds throughout the city, which, with the trees ranged regularly along the park- ways, lend a peculiar beauty to the city.
The geology of the district is referred to in the first chapter of the history of the county .* The lime manufactured at Fostoria from Niagara rock claims the following constituents: carbonate of lime, 55.40: carbonate of magnesia, 43.28; silica, .20; alumina and iron, .60. This analysis made about thirteen years ago, points out the lime produced from the Niagara, in Seneca County, to be equal to that manufactured at Springfield and Carey.
The climate does not vary from that of any other part of the county. What it was when the pioneers first settled in the townships west of the San- dusky, may be gleaned from the following record, made by the pioneer John Crocker:
January 26, 1826, 21° below. May 8, 1832, apple-trees in bloom; some had to plant corn two or three times.
April 10, 1826, snow five inches deep.
April 23, 1826. maple buds green.
January 20, 1827, 31° below.
Squirrels destroyed wheat and corn in 1827. October 30, 1827, snow fell six inches.
March 29, 1828, great flood.
April 25, 1829, two inches of snow.
February 2, 1830, snow thirteen inches deep.
December 22, 1830, 41º below.
February 7, 1831, 42º below.
April 8, 1831, two inches of snow fell.
May 3, 1831, apple-trees in bloom.
July 25, 1831, river very high; wet summer. October 10, 1831, high flood.
November 21, 1831, winter commenced. January -, 1832, great thaw.
February 14, 1832, high water; corn, 3 shil- lings; wheat, 6 shillings; rye, 4 shillings.
June 1, 1832, very cold summer, corn hardly got ripe.
January 5, 1833, wild geese went toward lake; very forward spring.
April 11, to 26, 1834, heavy frosts.
February -, 1835, hay $10 at Tiffin; coldest weather ever known here.
February 24, 1836, snow eleven inches deep.
March 13, 1836, snow fell twelve inches.
May -, 1836, high water.
February -, 1837, snow fell fifteen inches, great sugar year.
May 11, 1837. corn rotted in ground.
January 2, 1838, weather very warm.
January 6 and 7, 1838, John Morrison plowed two days.
The valuation and taxation of Fostoria for 1884 are shown as follows: 838 acres valued at $891,090, and personal property valued at $526, 180 (a very low valuation), aggregating $1,417,270, or $443.10 per capita (population in 1880 within the county being 3,198). The total tax for 1884-85 was $32,687.82, together with $190 dog tax. The great increase in population since 1880 would point out a marked decrease in individual worth. The amount of actual moneys expended for year ending March 22. 1884, was $36, 736.34. The ex- penditures for year ending April 1, 1885, amount to about $23,000.
In the last chapter of the general history the statistics of population are given.
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