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Name.
When and where born.
Time located here.
Mrs. Ann E. Seney September 13, 1803, Pennsylvania (dead) November 26, 1831
Mrs. Nancy Ellis
October 14, 1805, Fairfield county, Ohio Eden, October 1820
Mrs. Margaret Campbell
July 12, 1708, Frederick co., Md. (dead) Tiffin September 30, 1830 February 4, 1811, Champaign county, O Fort Seneca, Nov. 19, 1819 March 1, 1813, .. .. :
Mrs. Elizabeth Snook
February 27, 1796, Berkley co., Va. (dead) Titlin. September, 1825
Mrs. Elizabeth Kridler
January 18, 1798, Allegheny county, Pa. Tiffin, February, 1531 October 11, 1x01, Augusta co., Va. (dead) Tiffin, October 3, 1824
William Toll
January 29, 1798, Frederick county, Md. Tiffin, December 5. 1825 November 26, 1799, Lancaster county, l'a Clinton, June 17. 1828 August 30, 1813
Morris P. Skinner
July 1, 1811, Franklin county, l'a. December 31, 1×16, Erie county, N. Y.
James M. Stevens
Daniel Cunningham
March 5, 1804. Baltimore, Md. March 28, 1800. Bedford county, Pa.
Samuel Kridler
May 2, 1809, Frederick county, Md. January 7, 1806, " ..
Tiffin, September 19, 1826 Sciplo, August, 1825
Mrs. Jane Dewalt
October 4, 1×29, Northumberland co., l'a. Tiffin, 1830 April 5, 1815, .. Tiffin, April. 1824 Bloom, October 11, 1821 Titlin, May, 1830
Mrs. S. B. Baker David B. King
July 11, 1806, Center county, Pa. January 2, 1809, Butler county, Pa.
Mrs. Ann Eliz. Clark
Mrs. Polly Stewart George L. Keating James Boyd Lewis Baltzell Abel Rawson
Eden, 1821 Pleasant, January 13, 1825 Bloom, April 11, 1822 Tiffin, July, 1829
William Lang
Lorenzo Abbott James Dornan William Raymond
January 11, 1797, Northumberland co., Pa. Tiffin, October 12, 1830 April 6, 1806, Cayuga county, N. Y. September 8, 1824, Muskingum co., O. January 27, 1805, C'enter co., Pa. (dead) November 29. 1800, Frederick co., Md. May 11, 170S, Warwick county, Mass. December, 14, 1815, Palatinate, Bavaria January 18, 1802, Worcester co., Mass. July 4, 1796, Washington county, Pa. April 27. 1807, Steuben county, N. Y. October 19, 1811, Berkley county, Va.
Titlin, February 15, 1826 Tiffin, August 18, 1833 Pleasant, March, 1822 Tiffin, May 21, 1828 Reed, December 1823 Tiffin, September 10. 1833
R. W. Shawhan Elijah Musgrove James McEwen Henry Ebert E. G. Bowe
March 4, 1804, Monongahela county, Va. Scipio, October, 1824 February 14, 18Is, Northampton co, Pa. Clinton, August 6, 1823 November 29, 1501, Fayette county Pa. April 5, 1818, Delaware, Ohio
Mrs. Maria Rawson Inman Roby Levi Keller 27
Tiffin, November 15, 1830 Tiffin, June 7, 1818 Fort Ball, May 4. 1824 May 16, 18 I, Athens, Ohio December, 1812, Farquhar county, Va. Seneca,, November, 1832 September 26, 1806, Fairfield county, O. Tiffin, September 20, 1820
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Mrs. Sally Frary
Mrs. Sarah Huss
Benjamin Pittenger John Souder L. A. Hall
Tiffin, May 5. 1833 London, June, 1X3 Eden, November 13, 1827 Tiffin, July 19. 1834 Tlffin, November 3, 1823
Jacob Boner Lance 1 .. Todd Christ. C. Park
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Name.
James M. Chamberlain A. B. MeClelland Thomas R. Elils Fred. Kishler Mrs. Elizabeth Kishier Joseph Hermu Samuel Herrin John Free Mrs. Elizabeth Ebert Mrs. Maria Shawhan Lyman White Dr. Henry Kuhn Upton R. Flenner Joseph Richards Henry Davidson Jacob M. Zahm Hugh Welsh Miron Sexton Sylvester B. Clark
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY.
When and where born.
August 26, 1806, Columbiana county, Pa. Seneca, December, 18.2 June 7, 1818, Center county, Pa. Bloom, November, 1800
August x, 1795, Burlington county, N. J. Clinton. June, 1828 October 22, 1805, Mifflen county, Pa. March 26, 1833, Franklin county, Pa. July 20, 1810, Columbia county, Pa. August 21, 1812, **
Tiffiu, April 20, 1830
Clinton, August, 18.8 .. ..
Venice, October 21, 1823 Tiffin, November 15, 1831 Hopewell, June 28, 1844
September 1, 1819, Berkley county, Va. January 22, 1802, Bucks county, Pa. November 13, 1810, Frederick co., Md. November 4. 1814, Queida county, N. Y. Reed, spring of 188 Oct. 28, 1802, Frederick co., Md. (dead) March 12, 1811, ..
April 7, 1792, Fayette county Pa. October 18, 1818, Pickaway county, O. November 14, 1808, Palatinate, Bavaria February 18, 1801, Beaver county, Pa. June 1, 180", Tollard county, Conn. February 2, 1802, Monroe county, Va.
Tiffin, August, 1828 Tiffin, May, 1835 Clinton, December 10, 18:3 Seneca, March, 1832 Thompson, Sept 21, 1832 Eden, spring of 1819 Huron co., Sept. 2), 1824 Tiffin, Angust 1, 1833 Hopewell, fall of 1830
Mrs. Catharine F. Sonder May 22, 1825, Jefferson county, Va. March 2, 1815, Washington county, Md. Pleasant, April 20, 18:30 April 21, 1818, Fairfield county. 1). Clinton, 1821
Nath. N. Spleiman John Williams Enos Cramer Dewit C. Pittenger Alma 11. Plttenger
February 24, 1801, Frederick county, Md. Clinton, 1831 January 24, 1836, Tillin October 31, 1814, Steuben county, N. Y. Eden, -
June 2 , 1823, Center county, P'a. November 16, 1799, Fayette county, Pa. December 9, 1813, Maryland
July 10. 1518, Columbia county, Pa. September 15, 1831, l'alatinate, Bavaria November 19, 182, Adams county, l'a. December 2, 1827, Berkley county, Va. August 8, 1817, Jefferson county, O. November 23, 1806, Coinmbla co., Pa. April 16, 1796, Berkley county, Va. December 4, 1:30, Perry county, O. December 4, 1810, Fairfield county, O. July 14, 1817, Northampton county, l'a. Clinton, :8.5
Bloom, 1830 Tiffin. 1856 Clinton, 1833 Clinton, spring of 1829 Tiffin, August 18 1833 Tillin. April 21, 18 31 Eden. November, 18 H Clinton, March 21, 18'8 Canton, May 10. 1829 Eden, fall of 18;1 Seneca, September, 1835
Eden, May. 1830 Eden township
Mrs. Margaret Schock Mrs. Elizabeth Jaqua John Wax Mrs. Sarah Wax Jacob llossler
September 14, 1831. Northampton co. Pa. Veu .ce, September, 18.30 November 2, 18 0, York co., Pa.'(dead) Eden, 1813 .. Eden, 18 2 Eden, 1833 Eden, 13.2 Bloom, 1844 .. .. December 10, 1824, Frederick co , Md. October 2, 1798, Schenectady co., N. Y. September 19, 1813, Perry county, O. March 17, 1811, Franklin county, O. January : 8 1800, Adams county, Pa. June 9, 1811, Stark conuty, t).
Eden, '815
Mrs. Ann Hossler Mrs. E. J. Watson Mrs. Eva Kirshner Henry Geiger Thomas West Nancy West
Geo. MeLanghiin Joseph Midler Archibald Stewart Willtam Davis
Seneca co., Sept. 2 !. 182). Seneca co., Sept. 18. 1834. Scipio. 18.5 Seneca co., Nov. 12, 1825
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Mrs. Margaret Watson Mrs. Elizabeth Dorsey Mrs. Ilannah Herin Mrs. Mary P. Lang Louis Seewald James A. Sohn Robert Nichols Arthur Morrison Mrs. Jane Dildine James Gritlin S. A. Myers Hezekiah Searles Mrs. Eliza A. Searles R. M. C. Martin Mrs. Barbara Martin Jacob Price Mrs. Nancy Price Henry H. Schock
September 18, 18:2, l'erry county. O. February 19, 1831, Seneca county, O. December 18. 1:96, Rockingham co, Va. Eden, 182!
March 9, 1815, Washington county, O. September, 1812, Franklin county, Pa. Eden, 1827 Eden, 1XE March 18, 1812, Baden, Germany September 1, 1811. Brown county, N. Y. Bloom, 1822 May 15th, 286, Center county, l'a. October 15, 698. Junlata county, Pa. March 26, 1817, Cumber and co., I'a. June 3, 1797, Lycoming county, l'a. January 18, 1819, Perry county, O.
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DER BRUDERBUND.
It was Thursday evening, November 24, 1853, and eighteen young German citizens of Tiffin met at the hall of Mr. Adams, on East Market street, in Tiffin, and organized a singing society under the direction of Christian Kunold, an old German music teacher:
First tenors-Christian Mueller, Michael Miller, Christian Siegchrist, Louis Zimmer. John Laux.
First bass-Louis Miller, Christian Schneider, John Keirchner, John Merkelbach.
Second tenor-Wilhelm Berger. F. W. Berger, Will Seewald, Simon Stricker, Carl Stadtmiller.
Second bass-Ph. Emich, Francis Ries, Adam Huth, Joseph Yaeger. .
After practicing three months, a committee was appointed to draft a constitution which was adopted February 24, 1854, and the society called " Der Bruderbund."
Christian Mueller was elected president, Ph. Emich secretary and William Berger treasurer.
The following persons then also became members, viz: Andrew Waesner, William Speier, Carl Mueller, John Haase, Carl Schindler, W. Wolf, John Schmilt, Michael Welter, William Herold. Francis Adams, John Ries, John Blum, Bernhart Striker.
The number of members soon rose to eighty, but before long it be- came reduced to about ten active members. A dissolution seemed inevitable, but the perseverance and tenacity peculiar to German life preserved the organization, and the Bruderbund for a long time there- after was the only German association in Tiffin.
" Die Deutsche Theatergesellskaft " preceded it several years. This was perhaps the first German society organized in Tiffin. It had con- siderable talent and produced several pieces upon the stage in the old Methodist church on Market street, that were very ably put over the boards
Let us remember " Feld Hummel's Hochzeitstag." But first of all, the " Deutsche Leseverein," that used to meet at Adam Schickel's, on East Market street, was the pioneer German association in Tiffin, and continued for several years until religious discussions broke it up.
The Sunday evening exercises of the Bruderbund were open to all, and no distinction was made by the association as to a man's politics or his religion.
In 1856 the Bruderbund joined the " North American Saengerbund" and met with its festivals in Cincinnati in 1856, in Detroit in i857. in Pittsburgh in 1858, in Cleveland in 1859 and in Buffalo in 1860. From this time, and during the war, the "saengerfests " were suspended.
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The society lost one member on the battlefield of Gettysburg when Jacob Bise fell.
The first saengerfest after the war, met in Columbus, Ohio, in 1865, the next in Louisville, Kentucky in 1866. It met in Indianapolis in 1867 and in Chicago in 1868. In the two last mentioned the Bruder- bund participated by delegates only. At Chicago a resolution was adopted to have bi-annual festivals. The first saengerfest thereafter met in Cincinnati in 1870, when the whole Bruderbund participated. They were with the North Western at St. Louis in 1872 and at Cleve- land in 1876.
The Bruderbund then attached itself to the Ohio district and sang at its festival in Columbus in 1878. In 1879 an invitation to meet with the Peninsular Singing Association at Toledo was accepted.
The next Ohio saengerfest will meet at Akron, which the Bruderbund will support.
Mr. Kunold served as director up to 1855, when Charley Boos was elected to succeed him and served until 1857, when George Spies was elected, and who was again succeeded by Mr. Boos, and for the last ten years Mr. Spies has been the director.
Of the first members only three survive, the two Bergers and Mr. Merkelbach. Fourteen honorary members have also died. Since its first organization the society has sung at over one hundred funerals and church and other dedications. During the prevalence of the cholera in Tiffin, when many families had moved away from town and things looked gloomy, the Bruderbund met two or three times a week at the court house ayard in the evening and enlivened the stillness of the night with many a beautiful refrain from their choicest pieces. They have now sixty honorary members. The present organization is as follows, viz:
Director-George Spies.
President-George A. Lantermilch.
Secretary-Fred. W. Berger.
Treasurer-William Berger.
First tenors-William Herold, George A. Lautermilch, Charles Weinich, George Lantermilch.
Second tenors-William Berger. F. W. Berger, Pillip Grummel, Nicholas Hoefling.
First bass-John Merkelbach, Jos. Miller, Martin Albrecht, Fritz Eckert. Second bass -- Ph. Pfeiffer, John Dutt, George Homan, Julius Keisling.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
On the evening of the 19th of May, 1876, there met at the house of Mr. Henry Gross, on Sandusky street, a few young men and young
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ladies to consider the propriety of forming a musical association. The meeting was called to order. Mr. C. H. Miller presided; Miss Jennie Ford was appointed secretary. A committee was appointed to prepare a suitable constitution and report at the next meeting. Professor J. M. Bach, of Sandusky, Miss Mary Ebert (now deceased), Dr. Willard, Mrs. Barnes and Miss Jennie Ford were appointed such committee.
At the adjourned meeting of May 25, 1876, the committee reported and a constitution was adopted. Louis Ulrich was elected president; Mr. Lohr, vice-president; C. H. Miller, secretary; Harry Buskirk, treasurer; Miss Cora Pugh, librarian; Professor J. M. Bach, musical director. Among the active members were L Ulrich, Francis Wagner, Molly, Pauline and Isabella Wagner, Peter Pfeiffer, Harry Gross, Robert Fisher, Homer Bricker, Mary Ebert, Dr. Willard and Michael Scannel.
The first public presentation of the society was a concert at the National Hall, which was followed by many others since. The first opera the society presented was " The Haymakers," by Root; the next was " The Bohemian Girl," by Balfe; then " Martha," by Flotow; then "Lily of Killarney," by Benedicks.
The society have now under rehearsal the "Chimes of Normandy," by Plauquette, which they intend to produce in the coming fall.
The Philharmonic has become one of the institutions of Tiffin, and their productions give strong evidence of their high appreciation of music as an art and of the rapid improvements and achievements they have made under so distinguished a directorship. Every produc- tion is a vast improvement upon the preceding one, in both behavior and refinement in execution. Tiffin has every reason to be proud of the Philharmonic. The society would be a credit to any city.
The crowded houses that attend all their productions should also be sufficient proof to the society that they are highly appreciated by our citizens here. Professor Bach is a leader of no ordinary grade!
The present officers are:
President-L. Ulrich.
Vice-President-Otto Reutlinger.
Secretary-Miss Mabel Allen.
Librarian- Peter Pfeiffer.
Treasurer-Francis Wagner.
Director -- Professor J. M. Bach.
THE SENECA COUNTY INFIRMARY.
This institution is located in section five, in' Eden township, upon a tract of two hundred and forty acres of land on the Melmore road,
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about two and one-half miles south of Tiffin. The land was bought in 1855, and in 1856 the first buildings were erected. N. N. Speilman had the contract for the brick work, and Myers and Toner the carpen- ter and joiner work. The work was let in conformity with a notice the county commissioners caused to be published in the Tiffin Tribune and Seneca Advertiser, on the 30th of January, 1856. David Burns, Isaac Stillwell and James Boyd were the commissioners. The work was accepted September 19, 1856, and orders were drawn for the payment of the same. The first directors of the Infirmary were Andrew Lugen- beel, John Kerr and Daniel Brown, who appointed Harrison McClel- land the first superintendent of the Infirmary and farm Many changes have been made on the farm since, and the farm, as well as the build - ings, is in good order under the present superintendent, Mr. Daniel G. Heck, who has had charge of the same six years. The institution has some fifty inmates at this time.
The present board of directors consists of George Haebler, Lewis . Spitter and Joseph E. Magers.
The property is worth, at least, $75,000.
MRS. HARRIET CRAWFORD.
The subject of this sketch is certainly one of the most remarkable women that ever lived in Tiffin, or elsewhere.
She was born in Attercliff, England, and when sixteen years of age was married. Her health failing, her physician recommended a sea voyage as the only remedy to restore her health. Her husband, who was a civil engineer, succeeded in finding employment in the East India Company. The young couple sailed for Calcutta, where, after a voyage of six months and seventeen days, they arrived, having land- ed but once during that time. Shortly after their arrival. the young husband died of cholera, that dreaded monster of the East in those days, and the young widow was left alone in a strange land among strangers.
She became acquainted. some time after, with Dr. William 1 .. Craw- ford, a young physician in Calcutta, belonging to the British army, and became his wife. They lived at various places in the East Indies some fourteen years, when they moved to the Cape of Good Hope, where they resided some two years. From there they moved to the island of St. Helena, while the great Napoleon was a prisoner there, and then moved back to England. From there they emigrated to Canada, where Dr. Crawford died in 1845.
Mrs. Crawford was the mother of eleven children, eight boys and
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three girls, who were born on four continents of the globe-some in Asia, some in Africa, some in Europe and some in America.
In 1853 she came to Tiffin from Canada with the family of her son, the present Dr. Crawford, of Tiffin, with whom she lived the rest of her days, spending the evening of her long and eventful life in ease and comfort, and enjoying the respect and veneration of all who knew her.
Her death occurred on the 12th day of September, 1876, from con- gestion of the lungs.
She reached the high age of eighty-nine years and thirty days. She was the mother of Asiatics, Africans, Europeans and Americans.
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CHAPTER XXV. THE TOLEDO WAR.
A FTER the terrible scourge of Asiatic cholera in 1834, the next subject that aroused public attention in Seneca county, was the question of the northern boundary of Ohio, which became very serious in all its aspects, and threatened to lead to bloodshed between the bor- derers of Ohio and the territory of Michigan. The subject is nearly lost sight of, and would not be mentioned here because the question in itself had no effect upon Seneca county directly, but when soldiers were called out to protect the citizens of Ohio along the disputed border, it was found that the disputed line was in the 17th division, in which Major-General John Bell, of Lower Sandusky, was the commanding general, and Seneca county was in one of the brigades in that division, and under obligations to furnish her quota of the troops called out by Governor Lucas. It therefore became a matter of interest to Seneca county after all, and especially when about 300 men, "armed and equipped as the law directs," left Tiffin with their baggage and tents in wagons, and provisions for an indefinite time. Colonel Henry C. Brish led these citizen soldiers as their commander, to report to General Bell. John W. Patterson was captain of one company, and John Walker was quartermaster. I remember also that John Adelsberger refused to come to time, and he was arrested and put under guard, but they took him along. Some of the officers were only but partly uniformed; the rest marched into line in citizens clothes.
Henry Gross was " fife major," and here is a copy of his commision: By the confidence I repose in you, Henry Gross, I appoint you fife major of the 30 regiment, Ist batallion, 17th division of the Ohio militia.
TIFFIN. 22d April, A. D., 1535.
Personally appeared before me the above named II. Gross, taken the necessary oath of the above office. JAMES BOYD.
Colonel 3d regiment. Ist batallion, 17th division. TIFFIN, 22d April, 1835.
Henry was a good fifer, and so was Jacob M. Ebert (Bro. Ebert) a very good drummer on the Case drum, and he was likewise appointed
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drum major. The army left our border, and nothing of any serious nature occurred except one night the Ohio army was aroused from their sleep in the woods and drawn up in line of battle ready to receive the ·foe " with bloody hands to hospitable graves," (Corwin). Everything was to be conducted quietly; no fire to be made and no loud word of com- mand to be given The music was ordered in front to be ready to march at the signal. Now the drum major's memory as to the rules of war became very vitally refreshed, and he insisted that in time of action the position of the music was in the rear. General Brish knew better, and while the drum major had some wags from the rank and file on his side, the General and the staff officers wanted the music in front. So they had it until the rising sun lit up the woods and proved that there was no enemy in sight. It was a false alarm.
" Another ludicrous incident is told of a remarkable chap in Perrysburg who drummed up recruits, marching up and down street while the court was in session. He was a remarkably tall man, and wore a two-story white felt hat, with a narrow brim; but by long use and exposure it had become softened and the crown bulged up so that it was really two- story and an attic. An ordinary tenor drum by his side looked like a boy's drum. He had a strip of paper with the words, " Recruiting for the war," tied around his tall hat. They called him " Big Odle." Another man carried a flag before him, and thus they marched up and down this street, passing the court house every few minutes. Judge Higgins was naturally a little sensative, and bore up with this annoy- ance as long as he could. Now it got to the boiling point, and the Judge could stand it no longer. . He ordered the sheriff to go out and stop that drumming. Odle told the sheriff that he was under orders from Captain Scott to drum for recruits for the war; that in war the military was above the civil authority, and that he would drum until ordered to stop by Captain Scott. The sheriff returned to court and reported accordingly. The Judge's eyes flashed lightning. The sheriff was ordered to arrest Odle and bring him into court forthwith, and also summon Captain Scott. The order was executed in a few minutes, and " Big Ogle " marched up to the bench with his drum and trimmings. He had on an old rifleman's uniform, of green color, and trimmed with black lace. His pants were of domestic cloth, colored with oak bark, and also trimmed with black lace down the legs. Captain Scott ex- plained the drumming, and informed the Judge that Odle was under orders from him, as instructed by Colonel Van Fleet. He said Gov- ernor Lucas was at Spafford's Exchange, and had sanctioned this drumming before the court commenced, and that the drumming would
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be continued until ordered stopped by Colonel Van Fleet or his Excellency.
This was too much for the Judge, and he roared out in stentorian tones: " Mr. Sheriff, take Captain Scott and his music organ to jail, and lock them up. Mr. Prosecuting Attorney, draw up an information against these men for contempt of court, and have the case ready for hearing to-morrow morning."
Jonas Pratt, the sheriff, started with the men to execute the order. Scott and Odle followed willingly until they came to the corner of the building where a path led to the log jail, on the rear of the lot. Here Scott and Odle squared themselves before the sheriff and refused to go further. Scott told the sheriff that in the emergency of war the military was above the civil power, and that if Judge Higgins would undertake to press this thing any further, he would declare martial law, and do with Judge Higgins as General Jackson did with Judge Hall at New Orleans, and have them both arrested.
" That is right; that is right, Captain," said Odle, at the same time doubling up his two hands to about the size of elephant's feet. "That's the way to talk Bully for you, Cap .; stand off, Sheriff." The crowd of bystanders were on the side of war, and the sheriff was strongly im- pressed with the idea that Judge Higgins' orders could not be executed just then. He retreated up stairs to the court room and reported accordingly.
The Judge never said a word in reply, and continued in the trial of the case on hand as if nothing had happened. Odle stung the drum strap over his neck and continued his march as before, hitting his drum with great force on both ends. After some little time the Judge directed the sheriff to find Captain Scott and ask him to be so good as to take his music to some back street, where it would not disturb the court so much.
The trouble of this northern boundary of Ohio originated with the admission of Ohio into the Union, and was caused by an error in the map that placed the southern bend of Lake Michigan too far south. It vexed the convention that formed the constitution, and Congress in admitting Ohio into the Union. As early as the adoption ofthe ordin- . ance of July 13th, 1787, providing for a government of the northwestern territory, a provision is made for the northern boundary of states that should thereafter be formed, lying south of a line drawn dne east and west from and through the southern bend of Lake Michigan, which east and west line should also be the southern boundary of two states lying north of that line, so that this east and west line finally formed the
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north line of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and the south line of Michigan and Wisconsin. .
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