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Spicer Creek flows through Sections 33 and 28, entering the river near the center of the last named section. Sugar Creek flows from Section 25 through Sections 26, 27 and 22. where it enters the Sandusky. Two or three spring creeks also flow into this river from the west in the township; while the eastern fork of Wolf Creek runs in a tortuous course north from a point west of the village of Fort Seneca to the northwestern corner of Section 6, where it leaves the county. Beaver Creek, which has its source in Thompson Town- ship, flows into the lake on the northeast quarter of Section 12, thence north-
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west and north through Section 1. This is also called Green Creek, and the stream, rising in Sections 12 and 11, flowing north, is a fork of this creek. *
Owing to the river passing through the township the surface is much broken. A large area of bottom land is found here, while on the plateau some of the rich- est farm lands and most beautiful farms in the county are found.
Railroads .- Two lines traverse Pleasant Township: the "Nickel Plate" and the Indiana, Bloomington & Western. The former enters the township at Sec- tion 7, and, taking a northeasterly and easterly course, leaves at Section 1. The latter penetrates the township at Section 34, and running almost due northeast, leaves in the extreme southeast corner of Section 12.
Organic and Official History .- A petition signed by many inhabitants of Seneca Township, of which Pleasant Township formed a part, was presented to the commissioners by Caleb Rice, June 6, 1831. This petition prayed for the establishment of a new township out of fractional Township 3 north, Range 15 east, and all that part of the Seneca Indian Reservation within the county. James Gordon, then a member of the board, proposed the name of "Pleasant," and under this name the township was organized. In March, 1833, it was established within its present boundaries.
The early records of Seneca Township, noticed in the chapter on that township, give the members of the local government board down to 1832. From this date forward to 1849, the records of Pleasant Township are defec- tive or wanting: so that the possibility of making an authentic list of township officials for those years is too remote to attempt such a list. To the courtesy of A. L. Abbott. the present township clerk. the writer is indebted for the roll of officials from 1850 to the present time.
The trustees elected for the several years were as under:
1850 .- D. V. Flumerfelt, Calvin Clark. Francis Abbott.
1851 .- M. B. Fry, Francis Abbott, Calvin Clark.
1852. Ephraim Sheets. Francis Abbott, Calvin Clark.
1853. -- Ephraim Sheets, Francis Abbott, Calvin Clark.
1854. - William Holtz. S. V. Humes, Calvin Clark. 1855 .- S. R. Swope, William Bonnell. Nathan Littler. 1856. - S. V. Humes, E. Sheets. William Bonnell.
1857 .- N. E. Fry, S. V. Humes, P. J. Holtz.
1858 .- S. R. Swope, William Smith, E. Sheets. 1859 .- D. N. Brinkerhoof, William Smith, S. R. Swope.
1860 .- D. V. Flumerfelt, William Smith. D. N. Brinkerhoof.
1861 .- William Norton, D. V. Flumerfelt, S. V. Humes.
1862 .- T. Watson, S. V. Humes, D. V. Flumerfelt.
1863. D. L. Pence, T. Watson, S. V. Humes.
1864 .- J. J. Dumond, S. V. Humes, T. W. Watson. 1865 .- A. Cunning, S. V. Humes. T. W. Watson.
1866. - A. Cunning, S. V. Humes, T. W. Watson.
1867 .- George Shannon, Martin Smith, J. R. Drown.
1868. -- William Sneath, Martin Smith, J. R. Drown.
1869 .- P. King. George Shannon, Josiah Jackman. 1870. J. R. Drown, George Shannon, P. King. 1871. James Gangwer, George Joseph, Philip Fry.
1872 .- James Gangwer, George Joseph, Philip Fry. 1873 .- John G. Bonnell, Lyman Abbott, Michael Borrough.
1874 .- John G. Bonnell. Lyman Abbott, George E. Miller. 1875 .-- A. L. Shafer. J. S. White, Lyman Abbott.
*On the Andrew Marcha farm, on Fection 8, is a pond filled with German carp.
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1876 .- James Gangwer, O. P. Laine, A. L. Shafer.
1877 .- George Shannon, P. King, James Gangwer.
1878 .- John Myers, O. P. Laine, James Gangwer.
1879 .- John Myers, O. P. Laine, James Gangwer. 1880 .- John Myers, O. P. Laine, James Gangwer.
1881. - C. Flumerfelt, O. P. Laine, James Gangwer.
1882 .- John Hoover, Jacob Zimmerman, John H. Loose.
1883 .- John Shannon, John Young, J. H. Loose.
1884 .- Lyman Abbott, J. H. Loose, James Gangwer.
1885 .- Lyman Abbott, George Lehman, Charles Flumerfelt.
In the following list the names of clerks, treasurers and justices of the peace, from 1850 to 1885, are given:
1850 .- C. Snook, clerk; Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; Lorenzo Abbott, jus- tice of the peace.
1851-53 .- C. Snook, clerk; Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; Calvin Clark, jus- tice of the peace.
1854 .- C. Snook, clerk; Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; C. Snook, justice of the peace.
1855 .- C. Pool, clerk; Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; C. Snook, justice of the peace.
1856-57 .- C. Snook. clerk; Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; William Holtz, justice of the peace.
1858 .- C. Snook, clerk: Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; William Holtz, C. Snook, justices of the peace.
1859-61. C. Snook, clerk: Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; William Bonnell, C. Snook, justices of the peace.
1862 .- C. Snook, clerk: Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; S. V. Humes, C. Snook, justices of the peace.
1863-66. - William Montgomery, clerk: C. Snook, treasurer; S. V. Humes, C. Snook, justices of the peace.
1867. - William Montgomery, clerk; D. V. Flumerfelt, treasurer; S. V. Humes, C. Snook, justices of the peace.
1868 .- Moses Abbott, clerk; Lorenzo Abbott, treasurer; J. B. Wagner, A. L. Shafer. justices of the peace.
1869 .- M. R. Fry. clerk; William Montgomery, treasurer; J. B. Wagner, A. L. Shafer, justices of the peace.
1870 .- M. R. Fry, clerk; George Snyder, treasurer; D. Durfee, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1871 .- William Shuman, clerk; George Snyder, treasurer; D. Durfee, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1872. - William Shuman, clerk: F. J. Fry, treasurer; J. H. Davidson, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1873-74 .- A. L. Abbott, clerk; J. R. McDonald, treasurer; G. W. Du- mond, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1875 .- Moses Abbott, clerk; J. R. McDonald, treasurer; G. W. Dumond, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1876 .- William Shuman, clerk; J. R. McDonald, treasurer; J. H. David- son, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1877-78 .- Moses Abbott, clerk; J. R. McDonald, treasurer; J. H. David- son, A. L. Shafer, justices of the peace.
1879 .- Moses Abbott. clerk; M. R. Fry, treasurer; J. H. Davidson, A. L. Shafer, justices of the peace.
1880 .- Moses Abbott, clerk; M. R. Fry, treasurer; J. H. Davidson, O. S. Watson. justices of the peace.
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1881 .- John F. Blue, clerk: W. F. Shuman, treasurer; J. H. Davidson, O. S. Watson, justices of the peace.
1882. - John F. Blue, clerk; W. F. Shuman, treasurer; A. L. Abbott, O. S. Watson. justices of the peace.
1883-84 .- Moses Abbott, clerk; W. F. Shuman, treasurer; A. L. Abbott. E. Parker, justices of the peace.
The elections of April. 1885, resulted in the choice of the following named officers: Trustees, C. Flumerfelt (Dem.), George Seckman (Dem.), Lyman Abbott (Rep.); treasurer, W. F. Shuman (Dem.); clerk, Moses Abbott (Rep. ) *; assessor, Lewis Shannon (Dem. ); constables, P. S. Sheets (Rep.), J. Novinger (Rep. ); justice, W. W. Jones (Rep.).
Pioneers and Pioneer Events .- The first settlers in what now constitutes Pleasant Township were William Spicer, to whom the Spicer Section in Pleas- ant Township was granted by the treaty of Miami of Lake Erie (patented January 18, 1822), and he may be termed the first white settler here. For forty years previous to 1819 he resided among the Indians of the Sandusky, and grew in wealth among them Benjamin and West Barney came to the county in 1818, and settled here in 1819. Benjamin B. Barney, who, in 1824, became a pio- neer of Pike County, Ill., with his son. Joseph W. Barney, settled here in 1818 or 1819. When ninety-one years old, Benjamin B. Barney crossed the plains to California, but died on board ship while returning in 1854. He was a native of Savoy, Berkshire Co .. Mass., and on coming here settled with his brother, West Barney, in a cabin which Spicer built in 1818. Benjamin Cul- ver came about this time. Anson Gray. also a pioneer, moved to Illinois in 1824. In 1819 a son of Benjamin B. Barney, named Benjamin, his daughter, Annar, and Friend Orr arrived. Daniel Rice and Caleb Rice, natives of Clar- endon County, Vt., came about the same time, so also did the McNutts.
The first Indian sub-agent of the Senecas, James Montgomery, settled at Camp Seneca, November 20, 1819. at a time when only five families resided be- tween the camp and Oakley Village.
In the summer of 1820, William Harris, his wife (nee Mary Mead) and children, Samuel, John. Marshall, Minerva, Tabitha and Jane Harris, moved from Harrisburgh. Penn., and settled in this township; Samuel Harris and John Eaton, being the prospectors here late in 1819. Samuel died in Sandusky County in 1826; Augustus Harris and his family came in 1821, and in that year his wife died. This William Harris was a Revolutionary soldier, and a pensioner from 1825 until 1834, when he died. This pension was founded on representations made to the Government by Abel Rawson. Eli Downing named in the history of Clinton Township and elsewhere, was one of the first set- tlers, having his cabin in the valley south of what was known as Baker's Mill. Annar Barney was married to David Rice in the fall of 1820, and, in December of that year, Minerva Harris married Benjamin Barney; David Smith, the pioneer justice of the peace of Fort Ball, officiating, with Erastus Bowe, wit- ness. The first recorded marriage is that of West Barney and Sophronia Wil- son by Justice David Rice, October 24, 1820. The Dumonds came in 1821, and built a cabin on the west bank of the Sandusky. which was in a good state of preservation a few years ago. The first permanent settlers on the Fort lands were Jacques Hulburt. who came from New York State in 1823, and Shep- herd Patrick, who also came in 1823. They purchased the old Fort lands and farmed there for some years. Patrick sold his lands to Hulburt and returned East, while the latter moved to Fremont, and opened a store there. The Rum-
*Capt. Moses Abbott, noticed in Chapter IX, died in 1885, when A. L. Abbott was appointed clerk, and elected his successor.
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leys built a mill on Green Creek, in 1823, and shortly after, Moore erected one on the Sandusky. The Hedges Mill, on Beaver Creek, did not come into existence until 1838. The beginnings of settlement made by those pioneers attracted to the township a number of equally industrious men; all joined in the arduous work of olden days, and within the succeeding decade gave to the county one of its principal divisions, well worthy of the name it bears. In the following pages many if not all of the old residents are noticed.
Lorenzo Abbott, a native of Massachusetts, came with his parents to Seneca County, in 1821; was married here, in 1825, to Miss Jennette Sherwood, who came with her parents from New Jersey in 1821; the former died in 1876, the latter in 1877 .... William H. Anders, an early settler, came from Virginia. His wife (nee Sarah A. King), a native of Maryland, was also one of the first settlers .... William Astor, a native of Ohio, settled here in 1858.
Felix Beck came to this township in 1847, from Maryland .... William Bonnell, who died in 1885, settled here in 1838; his widow, Mrs. Anna M. (Buyter) Bonnell, is still a resident .... Marshall Barney came with his brothers and sisters in 1819, settled in the vicinity of Fort Seneca, and died there shortly after .... Annar Barney (who married David Rice), and other members of this family, were pioneers of 1819 .... West Barney, who settled here in 1818, moved to Missouri and died there in 1878 .... Gahart and Sarah (Remby) Beck, parents of Mrs. Moses Abbott, came from Pennsylvania to this county at an early date .... Vincent Bell, one of the founders of Fort Seneca, in 1836, was a pioneer of this township. He was one of the early justices of the peace, serving in 1836 .... Dr. F. M. Bell was a resident physician at Fort Seneca in 1847 .... Abraham and Sarah (Betts) Borough, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Michael Borough (who was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1836), came in an early day with their parents to this county from Wayne; Mrs. Borough died in 1883; Mr. Borough now resides at Fostoria .... Michael Borough set- tled here in 1868 .... Jacob and Susan (Gittinger) Bowersox, natives of Indi - ana, parents of Mrs. Joseph R. Drown, came here in 1838, and died in 1877. . John and Hannah (Onan) Blue, parents of Mrs. Bartholomew Shaull (mother of Mrs. John Puffenberger, of Liberty Township), were early settlers of Pleasant Township .... Jacob E. and Anson (Ulrich) Brenneman, parents of Mrs. Reuben Sellers, a native of Ashland County, Ohio, came to this county in an early day, where they still reside.
H. Clark came from New York State in 1839. ... George Clark, an Ohioan, in 1842 .... James B. Clark in 1844 .... Pinckney and Edatha (Hubbard) Clark (former born in 1807, latter in 1802 in New York State), parents of Mrs. David B. Anders, came to this township in 1834. where they now reside with David B. Hume .... Town and Philothe (Case) Clark, natives of New York State, parents of Mrs. Rasselus R. Titus, came here in 1835. Mr. Clark died in 1840, his widow in 1880. ... Calvin Clark is named among the old residents. He served as commissioner .... John Collister, a Manxman, was an early settler .... Andrew Culright, who died in 1836, owned the south part of the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 6; settled, however, south of Tiffin at an early date, and had the only cabin on the river between Fort Ball and Mccutcheonville in 1820 .... Benjamin Culver died in 1840 .... James and Mary P. (Haskell) Crockett, former born in Maine in 1798, came to the county in 1828 and settled in Pleasant Township.
Solomon and Fanny (Dennis) Drown, natives of New Hampshire and Maine, respectively, parents of Joseph R. Drown (who was born in Pennsylvania), came to Adams Township in 1837. Mr. Drown died in 1857, Mrs. Drown in 1880. ... Andrew and John Dukes and Michael Durand were among the early
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settlers .... Isaac I. and Sophia (Dukes) Dumond, natives of New York State and Delaware, respectively, parents of Lorenzo A. Dumond (who was born here in 1834), came with their parents to this county in 1820, and were mar- ried here in 1823. Mr. Dumond died in 1880, his widow in 1SS1.
John Eaton settled in the township in 1819; married Mrs. Polly Orr .... Uriah Egbert settled on the North Greenfield road in 1822; moved in 1823 to Pleasant Township and died there October 1, 1876; he was a native of New Jersey, while his wife (nee Susannah Williams) was a native of Maryland; she died in 1875. ... John D. Egbert, born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1819, came with his parents to Seneca County in 1822; here he married Miss Ary A. Griffin. ... Jeremiah W. and Lucy A. Egbert, natives of Ohio, parents of Nor- man D. Egbert, of Clinton Township (who was born in 1843), came to Pleasant Township after marriage and have since remained here.
James M. Figgins was drowned near the Pleasant Township bridge in April, 1848; Joshua Stackhouse was drowned with him ... . Cornelius Flumer- felt settled here in May, 1826; died in August, 1871 .... D. V. Flumerfelt came with his parents to Pleasant Township in 1826. ... Phineas Frary was among the pioneers. . . . Milton Frary, who married Miss Sally Montgomery March 25, 1832, died in 1852. ... Philip H. Fry, a native of Prussia, born in 1805, came in 1833 to America and in 1834 to Tiffin, where he helped to hew out the timbers for the first court house in Seneca County; also built houses. churches and bridges in the county; he and his wife settled in Pleasant in 1838.
James T. Gangwer, one of the pioneers of Pleasant Township, died Janu- ary 4, 1885, in his eighty-first year; he resided for years three and a half miles north of Tiffin .... Tilgman Gangwer came from Pennsylvania in 1851 .... Daniel and Jane (Dudrow) Gittinger (both deceased), parents of Mrs. John G. Bonnell, came from Maryland, to this county in an early day .... Edward D. Griffin, a native of Virginia, came with his daughter, Ary Ann (now wife of John D. Egbert), to Adams Township in 1831, and here married his second wife, Mrs. Colena (Titus) Church: Mr. Griffin died in 1876; his widow died since that time .... Stephen and Christiana (Sheels) Grove, natives of Mary- land, parents of William H. Grove (who was born in Maryland in 1832), came to this township in 1835. Mr. Grove died in 1876; his widow in 1877.
William Harris. a soldier of the Revolution and a gunsmith, was pensioned in 1825, and died in 1834; he settled in the township in 1820 .... Augustus Harris, son of William Harris, came in 1821. and the same year his wife died. . Samuel Harris and John Eaton came in 1819, as the pioneers of the fam- ily ; Samuel died in 1826. ... Tabitha Harris (who married Benjamin Culver, in 1828), now Mrs. Stanley, is a resident of Tiffin, and one of the four survivors of first settlement. There are other members of this family referred to else- where .... Emmanuel Hall, a native of Ohio, settled here in 1824. ... Lewis and Caroline Hemminger, are named among the old settlers .... John and Mar- garet (Byers) Hoke, parents of Mrs. William Montgomery, came to this county about 1848; Mrs. Hoke died in 1857, Mr. Hoke in 1874. .. . William and Cath- arine Holtz, parents of Mrs. Norman D. Egbert. of Clinton Township (who was born in Pleasant Township in 1845), were early settlers here, where former died in 1862, and latter now resides. ... Jacob P. and Susannah (Huss) Holtz, came here in 1834, and still reside in this township .... Joseph and Catherine (Gulmire) Hoover, parents of John A. Hoover, who was born in this township in 1839, were early settlers here .... Jacques Hulburt came in 1823, and, with Shepard Patrick. purchased the Fort Seneca Reservation. He conducted the first grammar school in the county until his removal to Lower San-
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dusky; died December 25, 1836. ... Sylvia Ann Hunt and Maria Hunt, came as visitors at an early day, and married Samuel Wright and John Wright re- spectively. Sylvia Ann was divorced from her husband, and soon after married Rufus W. Reid, a Tiffin merchant. Mr. Reid died years ago, but his widow is still a resident of Ohio ... . Samuel V. Humes, born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1821, settled in Pleasant Township in 1834.
Mrs. Sally (Frary nee Montgomery) Ingham, born in Champaign County, Ohio, February 4, 1811, settled at Fort Seneca with her father, Rev. James Montgomery, in November, 1819. She married Milton Frary, March 25, 1832. He died in 1852. The same Mrs. Frary moved to Tiffin and resided in that city until 1869, when she married Alexander Ingham, and moved with him to Cleve- land, Ohio. Mr. Ingham died in April, 1870. and two years later Mrs. Ingham returned to Tiffin, where she erected her present residence on Minerva Street, about thirteen years ago. To this lady the writer is indebted for solving some historical conundrums relating to church affairs at Tiffin, and early settlers and events connected with Pleasant Township. She is one of a quartette of old residents who settled here between 1818 and 1822, and still resides in the county.
David H. and Mary (Dumond) Jopp, former born in Conn., in 1791. latter in New York State in 1793, grandparents of Orson Jopp, came in 1831 to Pleasant Township. Mr. Jopp died in 1849, his widow in 1876. ... Luther S. and Emeline (Madison) Jopp (both deceased), parents of Orson Jopp, were also early settlers in the township. ... . M. D. Jopp came from New York State in 1838.
David B. King, a Pennsylvanian, came to this county in 1814, and died in 1877. He was married to Sarah Robertson, now of Pleasant Township. .. . The Keeler family were among the old settlers, but, residing on the river bank in the bottom lands, they were afflicted with ague until they left the county.
Martin Lane, Indian interpreter, was an early settler here, but had no part in the industrial life of the township. Reference to him is made in the chap- ter on Seneca's Red Pioneers .... The horrible death of Newton J. Lamkins, at Virginia City, occurred April 5, 1861 .... John Loose, a Pennsylvanian, set- tled here in 1841, and died in 1875; his widow, Sarah (Mise) Loose, resides here with her son, John H.
David Martin came from Pennsylvania and settled in Liberty Town- ship at an early date. His death occurred in 1872; Mrs. Rachel Pope Martin, his widow, is now a resident of old Fort Seneca .... Lester and Emily (Shattuck) McIntire, and Smith and Catherine (Larkins) McIntyre, settled here at an early date .... John McGee was an early settler, but of him little else can be learned .... William S. and Sophia (Stewart) McMeen, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Mrs. Alfred L. Shafer (who was born in 1842), came to this county in 1835 .... A. McNutt, who settled here in 1819, was married to Miss Dumond, about 1828. His brother, Daniel McNutt, also came in 1819, bringing with him his family .... George E. Miller, an Ohioan, came here in 1826. Tobias Miller, of old Fort Seneca, kept a hotel there for years, and was known as one of the most genial hosts; he settled here in 1825, and four years later, his first wife, Mary Young, died here; Tobias died in 1879, aged ninety-seven years .... John and Elizabeth (Abbott) Michaels were here at an early date .... John Moore, born in Pennsylvania, in 1803, settled in this town- ship in 1836; he was married in Pennsylvania, to Eliza Kopp. and both reside here .... Rev. James Montgomery, first Indian agent for the Senecas, settled at Old Fort Seneca in 1819, residing in one of the block-houses: this house, with a second log house moved near it in 1820, he fixed up, and made of it
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the best house then in Seneca County. During this year his son died here. and his remains were placed in a box made by Daniel Rice and J. Chapin, for interment. With him were Mrs. Kezia (Rouse) Montgomery, and nine chil- dren. About 1827 the family moved to the Montgomery farm near the fort. where James Montgomery died June 1. 1830. He was justice of the peace from 1827 to his death. Of the entire family, Mrs. Sally Ingham is the only one living ..... William and Christianna (Plank) Montgomery (former a native of Ireland), parents of William Montgomery, who was born in Clinton Township in 1826, were early settlers of the county; former died in 1830, latter in 1873. John and Eunice (Walker) Myers are classed among the old settlers.
The Olmstead family settled in Pleasant Township, down the river from Tiffin .... David E. Owen settled on. the Huber farm in 1829. He was the first Democrat ever elected to an office in Seneca County (1832); was connected with the land office, and from 1832 to the period of his death, September. 1857, held a prominent place among politicians .... Mrs. Polly Orr, who mar- ried John Eaton in 1818, after the death of her husband and child, in 1819 or 1820, came with her brothers-the Barneys .... Friend Orr, a friend of the Barneys, settled in Pleasant in 1819, and died here a few years later; one of his children died here shortly after settlement; his widow married John Eaton.
Sedate Paddleford was a temporary resident in Pleasant Township, in 1819 .... Benjamin and Lovina (Walsh) Palmer, parents of Mrs. John A. Hoover, came from Maryland to Pleasant Township, in an early day .... Bena- jah Park, saloon keeper at Swope's Corners came with his brothers in June, 1826, was stabbed during a drunken orgie in 1829, and died early in 1830 .... Henry and Charlotte (Ros) Parker, parents of Ephraim Parker (a native of New Jersey, born in 1826), settled in Pleasant Township in 1826, and here Mr. Parker died in 1847: his widow still resides here .... Shepherd Patrick came in 1823, purchased Fort Seneca Reservation, in company with Jacques Hulburt, but sold his interest to Hulburt and returned to the Atlantic States. ... Jacob Pultz, a native of Virginia, born in 1811, came to Seneca County in 1836, finally settling here.
Caleb Rice was a settler of 1819; he moved to Illinois in 1840 and died there nine years later; his daughter, Uretta, was the first white child born in the county .... Daniel Rice, who settled in Pleasant Township in 1819, was a soldier of 1812; he died in 1872; he was one of the first justices of the peace. and solemnized the first marriage of record in Sandusky County, viz. : "Octo- ber 24, 1820, West Barney to Sophronia Wilson, by Daniel Rice." John G. Bruennert died September 11, 1885, aged seventy-eight years; when forty-five years old, he left Thuringia, Germany, for the United States, and for many years resided on his farm a few miles west of Fort Seneca .... Eliphalet Rogers settled on the Wolf Creek farm (subsequently known as the Snook farm), and married Hannah Jackson, who settled at Tiffin as early as 1818 and worked in the Rowe Tavern.
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