History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, school, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio; statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 74

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088

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SCHOOLS.

Prior to 1837 the private school, a desultory institution, was known in this township. In April, 1837, the people elected the first set of school inspectors, whose names are given among the officers, and the same year the common school was established here.

The people of Reed Township met April 4, 1853, to vote on the question of selling school lands (southeast quarter of Section 16, Reed Township). One hundred and seventeen votes were recorded in favor of sale, and two against. This tract of 160 acres was sold in two lots to Eber Higley, June 25, 1853, for $1,992. 75.

The condition of the schools at the close of August, 1884, is shown by the following statistics: Local tax, $1,815.18; total revenue, $5,274.12; expendi- tures, $3,083.65; number of schoolhouses, 10; value of property, $10,000; number of teachers, 19; average salaries, $41 and $26: number of male pupils, 230; number of female pupils, 203; average attendance, 248.

GENERAL STATISTICS.

The assessment of Reed Township in 1841, gives the following figures: 24,840 acres of land, valued at $58,954; town lots. valued at $1,187; 217 horses, valued at $8,680; 664 cattle, valued at $5,312; mercantile capital and moneys at interest, $300; total value, $74.433; total tax. $1,172.31; delin- quencies from 1840, $149.46.

The valuation and taxation for 1884-85, was as follows: 24,239 acres, valued at $734.940, and personal property valued at $219,350, aggregating $954,290, or $624.90 per capita. The total tax for 1885 is $11, 230.88, with $145 dog tax.

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The predial statistics for 1884 give the following figures: 4, 408 acres of wheat; 29 of buckwheat, yielding 244 bushels; 1,948 acres of oats, product, 52,278 bushels; 1,780 acres of corn, product, 34,752 bushels; meadow, 2,662 acres, hay, 2,358 tons; clover, 1,238 acres, 1,165 tons of hay, 1,182 bushels of seed, and 46 acres plowed under; 4 acres of flax, 23 bushels of seed; 104 acres of potatoes, 9,856 bushels; 41,155 pounds of home-made butter; 80 pounds of cheese; 8 acres of sorghum, 480 gallons of syrup; 1,285 pounds of maple sugar; 484 gallons of maple syrup; 207 hives, 3,910 pounds of honey; 13,305 dozens of eggs; orchards, 385 acres, apples, 4,808 bushels, peaches, 35, pears, 41, plums, 2; acres of land owned and cultivated, 14,375; pasture, 3,623, woodland, 4,201, waste land, 28, total acres, 22,227; wool shorn in 1883, 37,223 pounds; milch cows, 554; dogs, 144; sheep killed and injured, 15; animals died of disease: hogs, 35; sheep, 73; cattle, 20; horses, 6.

CONCLUSION.

Comparing Reed Township of to-day with the wilderness it was fifty years ago, one cannot fail to notice what quiet and patient industry has accom- plished. Then the village tavern with its puncheon floor, good-natured owner, merry circle, simple but wholesome meals, and, it is said, unadulterated drinks, welcomed the "tenderfoot" as well as the settler. This institution has disap- peared forever, and in its place has sprung up the modern hostelry, wanting in all that made the old inn romantic.

The village store is in a modern building, and supplied with modern mer- chandise, but it comes nearer to olden times than anything else to be found here. The church buildings are all modern, as are the congregations. It is true that a few of the pioneers still appear at worship, but the dress, the church, the preaching, and, in many instances, the doctrine are all remodeled. The hospitable log-cabin has given place to the frame or brick residence; the venerable old rail fence is fast disappearing, the grand old wilderness itself has dwindled down to a few thousand acres of scrubby woodland, and change marks everything. Above the ruins of all this, rise the evidences of civ- ilization. Broad fields of grain, six or seven large churches, pretentious school buildings, good roads, numerous postoffices, the railroad and telegraph-all have overshadowed the long ago time, and the people, in an effort to keep pace with progress, have almost forgotten the past of their township.

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CHAPTER XXV,

SCIPIO TOWNSHIP.

THIS Township. as originally established, December 6, 1824, comprised T Town 2 in Range 16, Town 2 in Range 17, together with fractional Town 2, in Range 18, east, (vide pp. 239-240). Town 2 in Range 16, and Township 1 in the same range, formerly belonging to Eden Township, were set off as Bloom Township June 7, 1824, and continued a part of that town- ship until the organization of Scipio December 25, 1824. At this election seventeen voters were present-all the freeholders in Scipio at that time-of whom fourteen were chosen to fill the offices of the new township. Decem- ber 5. 1826, Townzhip 2, in Range 17, and fractional Township 2, in Range 18, were detached from Scipio and set off under the name of Reed Township. The name of the township was suggested by William Anway, who presented the petition for establishment, in honor of his old home Scipio, in New York State.

The population in 1824 was estimated at about 50, increasing in 1840 to 1,556, in 1850 to 2,321; decreasing in 1860 to 1.835; in 1870 to 1,642; in- creasing in 1880 to 1,836. The population of Republic, included in foregoing figures. was 161 in 1840, 917 in 1850, 636 in 1860, 481 in 1870 and 715 in 1880. Within the last year or two the village entered on its business revival, and the estimate of population gives about 800 as the number of inhabitants. In 1847 there were fourteen school districts, in which 953 pupils were enrolled.

The township was surveyed in 1820 by Sylvanus Bourne, and the portion of the Indian Reservation therein was surveyed, in 1832, by C. W. Christmas. William Laughrey purchased the first tract of land here in 1820 or 1821, and came to reside in 1824.

Rock Creek enters the township in the southeast quarter of Section 13, flows west through the southern portion of Republic, thence southwest, and leaves the township in the southwestern quarter of Section 31. Morrison Creek, in the center of the north half of the township, and a tributary of Honey Creek, in the southwest quarter of the township, are the leading streams. Sugar Creek waters a small portion of the northern sections and flows north- west into Adams Township. Several spring creeks are also found here. At a depth of sixty-five feet pure spring water is found. While these creeks afford a fair supply of good water for ordinary purposes, the wells of the township supply water of the finest quality for drinking and cooking.

The surface is gently rolling, the soil fertile, farms well cultivated and laid off in large fields, with many Osage hedge-rows already in existence, and oth- ers fast rising to usurp the place of the old rail fence; farm houses are all comfortable, and many elegant farm buildings are pretentious.

The roads are good, while two lines of railway, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Northwestern Ohio afford all the advantages which railroads alone offer for the use of the farmer as well as the traveler. The Baltimore & Ohio enters the township from the east at Section 25, runs about northwest, and, after passing through the southwest corner of Republic, takes an almost due westerly course, leaving the township at Section 19. The Northwestern Ohio cuts

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across the extreme southwest corner of the township, entering at Section 32, and leaving at Section 31.

Organization and Officers .- December 6, 1824, Scipio Township was set off and the first election held December 25, 1824. At this date there were only seventeen qualified electors, of whom the following named were chosen officers: Seth F. Foster, John Wright and Jonathan Nichols, trustees: William B. Matthewson, clerk; Adam Hance and Joseph Osborne, overseers of the poor; Ezekiel Sampson and William Stephens, fence viewers; William Anway, treas- urer; William Anway, Jr., lister; M. McMillan and C. T. Westbrook, consta- bles; John Anway and E. H. Brown, supervisors. From this date forward to 1865 there are no township records which would justify the writer in at- tempting to give the names of officers elected annually .* From 1866 to the present time the township books are in fair condition, and from them the fol- lowing list of trustees and clerks is compiled, the clerk's name appearing last in each year up to 1885.

1866 .- W. Baker, D. M. Neikirk, J. W. Clay; H. Bromley. +

1867 .- D. M. Neikirk, Philo Bugbee. J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole.

1868. Henry Troxell, Philo Bugbee, J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole. 1869 .- Henry Troxell, Philo Bugbee, J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole. 1870 .- Hiram Chaffee, J. L. Anway, Philo Bugbee; J. L. Cole. 1871. - B. F. Moore, J. K. Miller, J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole. 1872. - J. L. Anway, J. K. Miller, J. H. Knapp; J. L. Cole. 1873. - J. B. Stearns, J. H. Knapp, J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole. 1874. J. B. Stearns, J. H. Knapp, J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole. 1875. - J. B. Stearns, J. H. Knapp. J. L. Anway; J. L. Cole. 1876. - D. D. Neikirk, John Albright, J. B. Stearns; J. L. Cole. 1877 .- Henry Hoppler, J. B. Stearns, John Albright; X. F. Charles. 1878. -- W. Bogart, John Albright, D. N. Neikirk; C. H. Turner. 1879. - J. B. Stearns, John Albright, D. D. Neikirk: J. L. Cole. 1880. Israel Lease. John Albright, D. D. Neikirk; Henry Milber. 1881 .- E. Grant, Israel Lease, D. D. Neikirk; Henry Milber.

1882. - E. Grant, Israel Lease, D. D. Neikirk; Henry Milber. 1883. - J. L. Anway, Israel Lease. B. F. Hensinger; Henry Milber.

1884. - E. F. Gray, Israel Lease, J. L. Anway; Henry Milber.

1885 .- D. B. Crissell (Republican), J. Hilsinger (Democrat), J. L. Anway (Republican), trustees; Henry Miller (Democrat), clerk; Henry Mansfield (Democrat). treasurer; Alva T. Jones (Republican), assessor; J. E. Scott (Republican). Thomas Shaw (Democrat), constables; Stephen Lapham, D. B. Crissell, H. R. Pettys, justices of the peace.

Pioneers and Pioneer Incidents .- Among the pioneers and old residents of Scipio Township were many of those men of enterprise who shared fully in raising this prond county out of the wilderness. There are only a few of them left to relate incidents of olden times, and, with one or two exceptions, the memories of the few survivors are photographed, so to speak, in this division of the chapter; for from such memories, only, could many of the following names and incidents be obtained:

Charles Ames, a native of Connecticut, settled here in 1847 .... It is of record that one H. Anway, a native of New York State, came to the county in 1820, but the fact of his becoming an actual resident at that time is not sub-

*E. T. Stickney was justice of the peace from April, 1839, to August, 1851. John P. Smith and N. P. Colwell were justices in 1865, and prior to that date.

¡N. P. Colwell was elected clerk in 1850 and, it is said, held the office until 1861, and was a justice of the peace for sixteen years.

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stantiated. William Anway is said to have settled in Scipio Township in 1821, but beyond the fact that his son John patented a piece of land in Clinton Town- ship about that time, there is nothing to define such date for his settlement. It is stated by his children that he settled here with his family in 1823. He died forty-five or forty-six years ago, and was the first to be interred in the cemetery at Republic, though not the first to be buried in the township. John Anway, his son, patented the first lands in the county, being the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 23, Clinton Township. He was born in New York State in 1799 and died here in 1883. His marriage in 1825 with Mary Foster, who was born in 1805, was the first solemnized in Scipio Township. Mrs. Anway moved to California in October, 1884, and died there February 13, 1885. Her remains were interred at Republic, February 26, 1885. ... Charles and Molly (Smith) Albright, former born in Pennsylvania in 1810, latter born in 1808, died in 1877. ... John Albright (who was born in Pennsylvania in 1835), came to Adams Township in 1836, and moved to his present home in Scipio Township in 1862 .... J. S. Armstrong. a native of Ohio, was here in 1835.

Mrs. Mary Baker (a member of the well-known pioneer Baker family of four brothers and four sisters, children of Judge Samuel Baker) settled with her husband, Joseph Baker, in Scipio Township in 1822 .... Nathan and Matilda Baldwin, natives of New York State, parents of Isaac S. Baldwin, of Bloom Township (who was born at Republic in 1838), settled here in 1835, and in 1838 moved into Republic, where Nathan Baldwin carried on a wagon shop until his death, September 3, 1849 .... J. C. Barton, a native of Ohio, settled . here in 1850, and in 1865 purchased the hotel property called the "Barton House" .... In the village of Republic there lives one of the most eminent in good works and faithful ministers in the Methodist Protestant Church. Rev. A. H. Bassett, D. D., who is the recognized historian of his denomination. Mr Bassett is one of the best of men, loyal to the cause he espoused in youth, and he is beloved by all as a father in Israel. While superannuated as an acting pastor, he is still doing good work as a writer .... John F. Baxter, who died December 21, 1854, was one of the old residents. .. . Matthew and Hanna (Lap- ham) Beard, parents of Charles F. Beard, of Tiffin (who was born in Massachu- setts in 1829), came from the Eastern States with their family in 1833, to Scipio Township, where they are buried. .. . Samuel Beigh, who died October 20, 1875, was an early settler .... Dr. George W. Beigh died at Plymouth, Ind., April 14,1882 .... Irsael Bentley was an early settler .... Daniel and Clarissa (Chitten- den) Benham, parents of Norman Benham (who was born in Connecticut in 1818). came to the farm in Scipio Township in 1834, where they died, Mr. Benham in his eighty-fourth, and Mrs. Benham in her eighty-fifth year .... Rufus Bishop, who died September 19, 1851, was among the early settlers. ... Daniel Billman, a native of Ohio, came in 1847 .... Mrs. Polly Bliss (widow of Parley Bliss), mother of Edward P. Bliss, came to Scipio Township in 1835, and here Edward P. resided until 1859, when he located at Bloomville .... Emmett Bogart died August 10, 1845. ... William Bogart, a native of Ohio, was here in 1841 .... M. V. Bogart was one of the old settlers of Republic and the first mayor of the village. ... John Bowerman and family settled here in 1830. . John Bowser purchased the land on which the village of Republic stands in 1829, sold it in 1835, and in 1836 settled in Bloom. ... Mrs. James Boyd (nee Mercy Smith), second wife of James Boyd (deceased), late of Bloom Township, was born in New York State and came to Scipio Township with her widowed mother and brothers in 1835; she died in 1865 .... George Briney, a native of Ohio, settled here in 1843 .... Jacob Brong, father of the late Mrs. Samuel

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Mittower (latter born in Pennsylvania in 1822. died in 1873). settled in Scipio Township in 1835. where he died .... Aaron T. Brong came in 1835. . . . Paul Brong, born in Seneca County, New York. in 1824, came to this township in 1835. ... Daniel Brown. born in 1799, in New York State, came to Scipio Township about 1836. locating on a farm now owned by William Baker; he died in 1872. ... Elijah Brown, who died January 9. 1885. in his seventy-ninth year, resided in Scipio after 1841; his widow, Catherine (Shirrick) Brown, to whom he was married in 1833. survives him .... E. H. Brown was elected one of the first supervisors of the township in 1824. . . . Philo and Celia (True) Bug- bee, natives of New York. former born in 1815. died in 1870, latter born in 1818, still living, parents of Morgan Bugbee (who was born in Scipio Township in 1840, died in 1884), were early settlers here .... Aaron Bugbee, a pioneer. died May 12. 1861. ... Consul W. Butterfield, the writer of historical sketches of Seneca County, published in 1848, and of Crawford's campaign, published recently, was among the old residents of Scipio Township .... Hosea Wilson Burrows, whose father was an early settler. and himself one of the founders of Republic Lodge No. 40, I. O. O. F., died August 19, 1846.

The Carter family came to Scipio Township in pioneer times .... Hiram Chaffee, a native of New York State, settled here before the war .... Daniel Church, who died November 11, 1858, was one of the early settlers .. . . The grandparents of James D. Clark settled a farm in Scipio Township in an early day, now occupied by Mr. Clark .... J. W. Clay came from Pennsylvania in 1831. ... Nathan Cole, a native of Massachusetts, father of John L. Cole of Republic (latter born in Clinton Township in 1840), came to Seneca County in 1836, and died in 1875, aged eighty-nine years .... N. P. Colwell. who came to Thompson Township in 1831 from Madison County, N. Y., settled here in 1838; from 1850 to 1870 he filled town offices .... Alvin and Elizabeth (Fra- zier) Cooley, natives of Massachusetts, married in 1796, parents of Orange Cooley (who was born in Massachusetts in 1811), came to Seneca County in 1828; Mr. Cooley and his wife died years ago .... Franklin Cramer, a native of Ohio, was here in 1847. .. . Mathias and Phœbe (Booth) Cummings, natives of New England, parents of Obediah Cummings (who was born in this town- ship in 1837), came to this county about 1830.

George and Christine (Briney) Dallman, maternal grandparents of Mrs. Daniel Shawberry. came from Alsace, France, to America, in 1826, and to this county in 1833 .... Evan Dorsey, who first settled in Bloom Township, was in Scipio Township about 1827; afterward moved West and died. ... Robert Dut- ton, who settled in Scipio Township about 1822, died in 1823. the first white person to die in the township .... George Duesler came from New York State in 1847.

John W. Eastman, born in New York State in 1797, father of W. S. East- man (who was born on the farm, where he now resides, in 1835), came to Sen- eca County in 1831, and following year purchased land entered by Nathan Dix (in Scipio Township), removing his family to same in 1833; he died in 1872; his widow (nee Cynthia Spooner), was born in New York State in 1807, and died in 1855 .... P. O. Eastman came from New York State in 1837.

James Finch, a native of New York, paternal grandfather of Burtis W. Finch, of Loudon Township (latter born in Scipio Township in 1846), settled here in 1834, afterward removing to Hancock County, where he died. .. . Bellana Finch, a native of New York, father of Burtis W. Finch of Loudon Township, resided here from the time he was nineteen years of age till 1858; then moved to Han- cock County where he died in 1873; his widow (nee Frances Bolte) died in 1879. ... Nathan Foster, one of the first town officers, came from New York

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State in 1824. ... Seth W. Foster was elected in 1824 one of the first trustees .... Enoch Fry came from Maryland ten years after the township was estab- lished .... Joseph Fisher a native of Maryland, settled here in 1841. ... Louis F. Fisher, a native of Ohio, came in 1851.

John C. and Abigail J. (Seeley) Green, parents of M. V. and John G. Green, natives of this township. former born in 1834, latter in 1837. were among the pioneers of Scipio Township, where they died. John G. Green moved to Fostoria in 1852. ... Samuel B. and Jane (Striker) Gray, natives of New York State, parents of E. F. Gray (who was born in this township in 1845), settled here in 1834, where they died, Mr. Gray, in 1880, aged sixty- nine and Mrs. Gray in 1850, aged thirty-five. ... Jacob and Margaret (Dallman) Guver, parents of Mrs. Daniel Shawberry (who was born in 1847 in Pleasant Township), were early settlers of Seneca County. Mrs. Guver was born in Alsace, France, in 1815, and died in 1876.

Zephaniah Hathaway, born in Massachusetts in 1802, father of Henry Hathaway of Reed Township (who was born in 1828, the second child born in Scipio Township), came to this county from New York State in 1825 and entered land here. His first wife, Lucina, daughter of Josiah Smith, was born in New York State in 1802: died in 1856. Mr. Hathaway subsequently entered land in Reed Township and settled there in 1855. ... Henry and Hannah (Swander) Hall, natives of Pennsylvania, former of whom died in 1881, aged eighty-two. latter in 1868 aged sixty-three, parents of Joel Hall (who was born on the farm where he now resides in Scipio Township in 1827), came to this county in 1827 and entered the land whereon he died. ... William S. Hall, who died December 7. 1850. was among the old settlers .... Rev. Horace Hall died June 4. 1876. ... Morgan H. Hall died February 13, 1837 .... Mrs. C. M. Hamilton came from Virginia in 1842, and is still a resident of Republic .... Adam Hance, a justice of the peace, settled on the site of Republic in 1822, and subsequently moved West with his family .... Anthony Harpster, a Penn- sylvanian. settled here in 1828 .... H. L. Harris was connected with the early history, but little can be learned regarding him. . . . Philip A. Harrison, who died in July 30, 1852, was among the first settlers ... . George Harshner. a Pennsylvanian, came in 1843. ... The Hennessy family settled in Scipio Town- ship prior to their removal to Loudon Township .... Joseph Hilsinger, a native of Germany, born in 1802, father of Joseph Hilsinger (who was born on the farm where he now resides in 1841), came to this township in 1835 with his wife, Mary (Rary), a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1800; she died in 1875, Mr. Hilsinger in 1878. ... John R. Hill, a native of New York, settled here in 1845 .... Sabert and Mariette (Baker) Hoxter, parents of Mrs. Lewis Ransburg (who was born in New York State in 1831, died in 1884), came to this county in 1844; Mr. Hoxter died in 1865 and Mrs. Hoxter in 1858. ... Henry Hoppler came from Germany in 1832 .... Benjamin Huntley settled in Scipio Town- ship in 1823, coming with the Anways and assisting in building the Anway log house.

Jacob S. Jennings, a native of New Jersey, father of Mrs. Henry Miley (who was born in Hopewell Township, in 1836), came to this county at an early date and entered land. He died in 1857. His widow, nee Osee Black- ford, born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1799, died in 1876. . . . Henry Johnson, who died July 31, 1849, was among the first settlers .... Erastus and Grace (Perry) Jones, natives of New York, parents of Charles Jones (who was born in New York State in 1827), came in 1828 to Scipio Township. . Charles Jones died in 1878, aged fifty-one years. .... Thomas Jones was born here in 1835.

Elder Kating (or Keating) is classed among the old settlers. . .. Eleazar O.

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Kelley died August 6, 1849. ... Obediah and Phoebe (Booth) King, natives of Connecticut, parents of Mrs. George Stearns (who was born in this county in 1831), were early settlers .... Patrick Kinney, a native of Ireland, came to this county in 1829, and owned a farm in Scipio Township. His son, Edward, who resides in Venice Township, was born here in 1833 .. . Henry Koch, a native of Germany, settled here in 1854.

Joseph and Lovina (Howland) Lapham, natives of Massachusetts, parents of Noah, Henry and W. W. Lapham (born in 1813, 1818, and 1828, respectively), moved to New York State in 1800, and later to this county, arriving here in 1826, there being at that time but one house between their farm and Tiffin. Joseph Lapham's land patents were signed by J. Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson. He died in 1871, aged eighty-five. His widow died in 1878 aged eighty-four .... Humphrey and Eliza (Allen) Lapham, both de- ceased (former a native of Massachusetts, died in 1868), parents of Squire Stephen Lapham, of Republic (who was born in New York State in 1821), came to this county in 1835. ... William and Jane (Postage) Laughery, natives of Pennsylvania (former born in 1782, died in 1847; latter died in 1857, aged seventy-eight), parents of James Laughrey, late of this township (who was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1813), purchased land in Scipio Town- ship in 1820, and settled here in 1824. James Laughrey came with his parents to the township in 1824, and died in 1885. ... S. H. Lamkin died July 27, 1849. ... David Lawton was here at an early day. In January, 1846, a letter addressed as follows, passed through the Rochester postoffice:

" Pray, Mr. Postmaster, I want to go To David Lawton, in Ohio, In Seneca County, in Sippiotown. And village of Republic, please let me down. If you'll do me this favour, in double-quick time, You shall have my best wishes and a Yankee dime."

. Moses Lee, who died September 5, 1848, settled here early in the "thirties." Henry Mansfield came in 1852, and established a dry goods store at Republic.

Dr. Maynard built the house where Nathan Colwell now resides. The cel- lar of his house was a station on the "underground railroad," and the next station was Jackson's cellar near Clyde. At one time there were thirteen negroes stowed away in Dr. Maynard's cellar, who, when night came on, would husk and shell the Doctor's corn, and return to the cellar on the approach of day .... William B. Matthewson, who settled here in 1824, was elected first clerk of the township that year. .. . Thomas, Maurice, Charles and Rev. McNamee were very early settlers of Tiffin; of these brothers Maurice, who settled afterward in Scipio Township, is here still. ... Morrison McMillen was here in 1824, and was the first constable of the township, being elected that year. ... John and Mag- dalene (Beever) Miley, natives of Virginia, parents of Henry Miley, who was born in Eden Township in 1831, came to this county in an early day; Henry Miley moved to Scipio Township in 1858, and died in 1883 .... W. A. Mills came from New York in 1856, and J. M. Mills in 1857. ... Hiram Millman died February 2, 1851 .... Philip Miller came from Germany in 1852. ... Rob- ert Montgomery settled here prior to 1830. ... Elijah Musgrave settled in 1824; he served as captain in the Toledo war.

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1088

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088