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13 Wilmington.
Jeremiah Morrow
Warren
Dec. 28, 1822
Dec.
19, 1826
Columbiana,
Mar. 25, 1803
750
402
336,602
21
17 New Lisbon.
Allen Trimble
Highland
Dec. 19, 1826
Dec.
18,1830
Coshocton,
April 1, 1811
562
526
352,249
21
22
Coshocton.
Duncan McArthur.
Ross
Dec. 18, 1830
Dec.
7,1832
Crawford,
April 1, 1820
594
550
250,491
16
Bucyrus.
Robert Lucas
Pike .
Dec. 7,1832
Dec.
13, 1836
Cuyahoga,
June
7,1807
475
407
260,633
19
19
Cleveland.
Joseph Vance
Champaign
Dec. 13, 1836
Dec.
13, 1838
Darke,
Jan.
3,1809
660
590
376,785
20
Greenville.
Wilson Shannon
Belmont
Dec.
13, 1838
Dec. 16, 1840
Defiance,
March 4, 1845
406
406
259,783
283,053
270
158,726
10
10 Sandusky City.
Thomas W. Bartley
Richland
April 13, 1844
Dec.
3, 1844
Fairfield,
Dec. 9,1800
540
490
314,567
14
Lancaster.
Mordecai Bartley
Richland
Dec. 3, 1844
Dec.
12, 1846
Fayette,
March, 1810
415
400
250,711 327,662
18
18
12
12
15
15 Gallipolis.
William Medilla
Fairfield.
July 15, 1853
Jan. 14, 1856
Geauga,
Dec. 31, 1805
600
400
255,879
23
16 Chardon
Salmon P. Chase
Hamilton
Jan. 14, 1856
Jan. 9,1860
Greene,
May 1, 1803
400
405
8
12
Xenia.
William Dennison
Franklin
Jan.
9,1860
Jan. 13, 1862
David Tod
Mahoning
Jan. 13, 1862
Jan.
12, 1864
Jan. 2, 1790
400
371 237,496
14
12
Cincinnati.
John Brough®
Cuyahoga
Jan. 12, 1864
Aug.
Jan.
9,1866
Hardin,
April 1, 1820
570
460
486
400
256,553
13
15
Cadiz.
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Hamilton
Jan. 13, 1868
Jan.
8,1872
Highland,
1805 555
540
345,496
11
17
Hillsboro'.
William Allen.
Ross
Jan. 12, 1874
Jan.
14, 1876
Hocking,
March 1, 1818 432
420
269,235
9
11
Holmes,
Jan. 20, 1824 422
415
265,614
14
Huron,
Feb. 7, 1809 800 477
305,344
13
14 Norwalk.
Jackson, Jefferson,
July 29, 1797 400
400
257,722
13
14
Steubenville.
Charles Foster
Seneca
Jan. 9,1882
1 Resigned March 3, 1807, to accept the office of United States Senator.
: Thomas Kirker was the acting Governor, but Return Jonathan Meigs was elected Governor the second Tuesday of October, 1807, over Nathaniel Massie, who contested the election of Meigs on the ground "that he had not been a resident of Ohio for four years next preceding the election as required by the constitution, and the General Assembly, in joint convention, declared that he was ineligible. The office was not given to Massie, but Kirker, the acting Governor, continued in office until December 12, 1808, when Samuel Huntington was inaugurated, he having been elected on the second Tuesday of October in that year.
· Resigned March 25, 1814, to accept the office of Postmaster-General of the United States.
" Resigned January 4, 1822, to accept the office of United States Senator.
" Resigned April 13, 1844, to accept the office of Minister to Mexico.
" The result of the election in 1848, was not finally determined in joint convention of the two houses of the General Assembly until January 19, 1849, and the inaugura- tion did not take place until the 22d of that month.
7 Resigned July 15, 1853, to accept the office of Consul to Valparaiso.
8 Acting Governor, vice Reuben Wood, resigned. Elected in October, 1853, for the regular term to commence on second Monday of January, 1854. " Died August 29, 1865.
" Resigned March 2, 1877, to accept the office of President of the United States. Il Vice Rutherford B. Hayes, resigned.
ELECTION STATISTICS OF OHIO.
Vote on Governor from 1803 to 1850 inclusive.
Year.
Name.
Vote.
Total vote.
1803
Edward Tiffin
4,564
4,564
1805
Edward Tiffin.
4,783
4,783
1807
Return J. Meigs
6,050
Washington,
July 27, 1788
713
620
540
344,591
10
16 Wooster.
Williams,
April 1, 1820
600
417
265,017
10
12 Bryan.
Wood.
Feb. 12, 1820
750
610
390,896
7
19 Bowling Green.
Wyandot,
Feb. .
3,1845
400
400
254,905
13
13 Upper Sandusky.
LIST OF TERRITORIAL AND STATE GOVERNORS.
From the organization of the first Civil Government in the Northwest Territory (1788 to 1802) of which the State of Ohio was a part, until the year 1882.
Name.
County.
Term commenced.
Term ended.
Arthur St. Clair.
State of Pennsylvania
July 15, 1788
1802
Charles Willing Byrd
Hamilton.
1802
March 3, 1803
Edward Tiffin !.
Ross
March 3, 1803
March 4, 1807
Brown,
March 1, 1817
477
482
308,640
14
16 13 Georgetown. Hamilton.
Carroll,
1833
400
400
249,649
14
14
Carrolton.
Champaign,
March 1, 1805
417
415
264,473
12
12 Urbana.
Clarke,
March 1, 1817
412
400
249,187
10
10 12
12 18 Defiance. Delaware.
Wilson Shannon5
Belmont
Dec. 14, 1842
April 13, 1844
William Bebb.
Butler
Dec. 12, 1846
Jan.
22, 1849
Seabury Ford6
Geauga
Jan. 22, 1849
Dec.
12, 1850
Gallia,
April 30, 1803
500
448
286,407
19
19
Cambridge.
Hamilton, Hancock,
April 1, 1820
576
526
336,441
5
18
15
15
Kenton.
Jacob D. Cox
Trumbull
Jan.
9,1866
Jan.
13, 1868
Henry,
April 1, 1820 720
404
259,026
2
13
Napoleon.
Edward F. Noyes
Hamilton.
Jan. 8, 1872
Jan.
12, 1874
Rutherford B. Hayes10
Sandusky
Jan. 14, 1876
March 2, 1877
Thomas L. Young !!
Hamilton
March 2, 1877
Jan. 14, 1878
Richard M. Bishop
Hamilton
Jan. 14, 1878
Jan. 14, 1880
Charles Foster
Seneca
Jan. 14, 1880
Jan. 9,1882
Knox,
March 1, 1808
618
514
328,838
24
22 Mount Vernon.
Lake,
March 6, 1840
220
220
137,175
8
8
Painsville.
Lawrence,
March 1, 1815 439
439
281,040
13
14
Ironton.
Licking,
March 1, 1808 March 1, 1817
673
673
430,147
9
17 Bellefontaine.
Lorain,
Dec. 26, 1822
580
483
309,555
19
21
Elyria.
Lucas,
June, 1836
315
201,653
17
12
Toledo.
Madison,
March 1, 1810
480
458
293,578
10
14 London.
Mahoning,
March 1, 1846
March 1, 1824
527
425
15
15
Marion.
Medina,
Feb. 18, 1812 475
409
14
17
Medina.
Meigs,
April 1, 1819
420
420
443
410
400
446
18
18 Woodsfield.
Morgan,
March 1, 1818
500
407
400
665
654
400
250
250
406
402
490
416
266,775
9
14
Waverly.
Portage,
June 7, 1807
750
494
316,181
14
15
Ravenna.
Preble,
March 1, 1808 432
418
267,986
12
12
Eaton.
Putnam,
April 1, 1820
576
472
302,102
16
17
Ottawa.
Richland, Ross,
March 1, 1813 900 Aug. 20, 1798 670
670
421,855
16
17
Chillicothe.
Sandusky,
April 20, 1820 600
May 1, 1803
700
580
600
526
418 400
650
561
400
260,099 390,470 34
16
16
Akron.
' Trumbull,
July 10, 1800 Feb. 15, 1808 April 1, 1820
655
556
355,929
19
New Philadelphia.
Van Wert,
Feb. 12, 1820
432
404
270,970 258,491 257,916
12
12 McArthur.
Vinton, Warren,
April 1, 1820 700
400
250,513 393,792
19
22 Marietta.
Wayne,
1808
Samuel Huntington
7,293
Thomas Worthington
Thomas Kirker
3,397
16,291
-
Digitized by
·
Harrison,
Jan. 1, 1814
May,
March, 1816
490
403
258,059
13
11
Jackson.
26 25 Newark.
Logan,
447
447
286,442
262,208 262,528 283,999 251,759 285,458 284,668 260,638
254,663 16
16 Mount Gilead.
Muskingum,
24 Zanesville.
15
Caldwell.
Ottawa,
11 Port Clinton.
Paulding,
12 Paulding.
Perry
March 1, 1817 402
12
14
New Lexington.
Pickaway.
Jan. 12, 1810
490
260,399 256,909 314,593
14
15
Circleville.
Pike,
Feb. 15, 1815
416
400
10
12
Fremont.
Portsmouth.
Seneca,
April 1, 1824
Jan. 7, 1819
Feb. 13, 1808
19
17 Canton.
Summit,
March 3, 1840
875
610
25
Warren.
Tuscarawas, Union,
22 14 Marysville.
3
4
12 Van Wert.
Mar. 23, 1850 400
400
253,547 369,024 343,144 254,221 359,426
14 10
15 12
‘Tiffin.
10
14 Sidney.
Stark,
Jan. 29, 1813 563
May 1, 1803 480
445
12
14
Dayton.
15
14 McConnelsville.
Morrow,
Feb. 24, 1848 March 1, 1804
400
419,091 253,033 162,644
17 11
Celina.
Miami,
Jan. 16, 1807
12
12
'T'roy.
Monroe,
Montgomery,
15 Youngstown.
12 Pomeroy.
Mercer,
April 1, 1820 576
4
14
Findlay.
Charles Anderson.
Montgomery
Aug. 30, 1865
Dec. 14, 1842
Delaware,
Feb. 10, 1808
610 442
23
13 10
7
Washington, C. H.
Franklin,
April 30, 1803 530
512
400
256,845
Columbus. Wauseon.
Reuben Wood7
Cuyahoga
Dec. 12, 1850
July 15, 1853
Guernsey,
Mar. 31, 1810
621
513
328,486
Erie,
1838
270
291,914
13
Butler,
Mar. 24, 1803
480
456
450
423
9
11 Lebanon.
Nathaniel Massie
4,757
10,807
Aug. 15, 1796
660
490
306,011
25
18
Mansfield.
Noble,
400 March, 1851 March 6, 1840 Feb. 12, 1820 432
412
264,104 251,900
15
Marion,
14 Millersburg.
Thomas Corwin
Warren
Dec. 16, 1840
Fulton,
Feb. 28, 1850 400
259,500
20, 1865
294,633
Logan.
12
23
3
Scioto,
Shelby,
400
5,601
sq miles.
Townships.
10 Springfield.
12
125
HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO.
Vote on Governor from 1803 to 1850 inclusive .- Continued.
Votes cast at State and Presidential Elections from 1852 to 1881 inclusive.
Yesr.
Name.
Vote.
Total vote.
Year.
Officers to be elected.
Names of candidates.
Votes each received.
Total vote cast.
1810
Return J. Meigs Thomas Worthington
9,924 7,731
17,655
1812.
Return J. Meigs Thomas Scott.
11,859 7,903
19,752
1814.
Thomas Worthington Othniel Looker
15,879 6,171
22,050
1854.
Supreme Judge. . .
Joseph R. Swan. S. F. Norris
186,498 109,075
295,573
1818.
Ethan A. Brown James Dunlap
30,194 8,075
38,269
1856. .
President.
John C. Fremont. James Buchanan. M. Fillmore
187,497 170,874 28,126
386,497
1822
Jeremiah Morrow Allen Trimble
26,059 22,889 11,050 .
60,008
1858
Supreme Judge.
William V. Peck. Thomes W. Bartley.
182,942 162,610
1824.
Jeremiah Morrow Allen Trimble
39,526 37,108
76,634
1859
Governor
W. Dennison, Jr. R. P. Ranney
184,557 171,226
355,783
Benjamin Tappan Scattering.
187
84,733
1828.
Allen Trimble John Campbell Scattering
53,970 51,951 112
1861
Governor
David Tod H. J. Jewett.
206,997 151,794
1830.
Duncan McArthur Robert Lucas Scattering
49,668 49,186 226
99,080
1863
Governor
John Brough C. L. Vallandingham. .
288,374 187,492
475,866
1834.
Robert Lucas. James Findlay Scattering.
70,738 67,414 38
1864
President
A. Lincoln. George B. McClelland.
265,654 205,599
1836
Joseph Vance Eli Baldwin Scattering.
92,204 86,158 200
1865.
Governor
J. D. Cox. George W. Morgan
233,633 193,797
417,430
1838.
Wilson Shannon Joseph Vance Scattering.
107,884 102,146 7
1867.
Governor
R. B. Hayes A. G. Thurman
243,605 240,622
1840.
Thomas Corwin Wilson Shannon Scattering.
145,442 129,321 8
1868.
Secretary of State.
I. R. Sherwood. Thomas Hubbard.
267,065 249,682
1842.
Wilson Shannon Thomas Corwin Leicester King. Scattering.
119,774 117,902 5,134 40
1868.
President
U. S. Grant H. Seymour
280,167 238,621
518,788
1844.
Mordecai Bartley David 'Tod Leicester King Scattering ,
146,333 145,062 8,898 11
1870.
Secretary of State.
Isaac R. Sherwood William Heisley Jay Odell.
221,709 205,014 2,862
1846
William Bebb David Tod Samuel Lewis Scattering
118,869 116,484 10,797 46
1871
Governor
Edward F. Noyes. George W. Cook. Gideon T. Stewart
238,273 218,105 4,084
1848.
Seabury Ford. John B. Weller Scattering .
148,250 147,886 939
1872
Secretary of State. A. T. Wikoff.
Aquila Wiley. F. Schumacher
265,830 251,780 2,045
1850.
Reuben Wood William Johnson Edward Smith Scattering
133,093 121,105 .13,747 93
1872.
President
U. S. Grant Horace Greeley James Black.
281,852 244,321 2,000 1,163 162
529,498
1873.
Governor
William Allen. Edward F. Noyes Gideon T. Stewart Isaac C. Collins
214,654 213,837 10,278 10,109
448,878
1852
President
Winfield Scott. Franklin Pierce John P. Hale.
152,523 168,933 31,732
353,188
1853 ..
Governor
Nelson Barrere William Medill Samuel Lewis.
85,857 147,663 50,346
283,866
1816
Thomas Worthington James Dunlap Ethan A. Brown
22,931 6,295 1,607
30,833
1855.
Governor
S. P. Chase William Medill Allen Trimble.
146,770 131,019
24,276
302,065
1820.
Ethan A. Brown Jeremiah Morrow William H. Harrison Scattering
4,348 240
48,850
1857.
Governor
S. P. Chase. H. B. Payne. . P. Van Trump.
160,568 159,065 10,272
329,905
1826.
Allen Trimble John Bigger. Alex. Campbell
71,475 4,114
4,765
1860
President.
Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas. John Bell
221,809 187,421 12,193 11,303 136
442,962
106,033
1862
Secretary of State. Wilson S. Kennon.
W. W. Armstrong
178,755 184,315
363,070
1832.
Robert Lucas Darius Lyman Scattering
71,251 63,185 33
134,469
1864.
Secretary. of State.
William Henry Smith. W. W. Armstrong.
237,210 182,439
419,649
138,190
178,562
1866.
Secretary of State.
William Henry Smith. Benjamin Lefever
256,302 213,606
469,908
210,037
274,762
516,747
242,850
1869
Governor
R. B. Hayes G. H. Pendleton Samuel Scott.
235,081 227,580 679
463,340
300,304
429,585
246,196
460,462
297,075
519,655
Charles O'Connor Scattering.
269,038
Digitized by
345,552
4,192
John C. Breckinridge. Gerrett Smith
358,791
471,253
484,227
William W. Irwin
34,836 9,426
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HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO.
Vote cast at State and Presidential Elections .- Continued.
Year.
Oficers to be elected.
Names of candidates.
Votes each received.
Total vote cast.
1874.
Secretary of State.
William Bell, Jr. Allen T. Wikoff.
238,406 221,204 7,815
467,455
1875.
Governor
Rutherford B. Hayes. William Allen.
297.817 292,273 2,593
17
1876.
Secretary of State.
Milton Barnes William Bell, Jr
317,856 311,220 1,863
630,939
Year.
Candidates.
By what party.
Popular vote.
Electo- ral vote.
Total vote.
1876
President
Rutherford B. Hayes. Samuel J. Tilden.
330,698 323,182
1788
George Washington.
Unanimously ..
60
1792
George Washington .. John Adams.
Federalist ..
71
Thomas Jefferson
Republican
68
1800.
Thomas Jefferson . . . John Adams.
Federalist.
64
1804.
Thomas Jefferson
Democrat
Federalist
14
1808
James Madison
Republican
152
Henry A. Thompson
4,836
554,967
1812.
James Madison .
Republican
127
1878.
Secretary of State.
Milton Barnes
274,120
83
1816
James Monroe.
Republican
183
Andrew Roy
38,332
Jeremiah N. Robinson.
5,682
589,100
1879.
Governor
Charles Foster.
336,261
John Q. Adams. W. H. Crawford Henry Clay.
Cau. Democrat Republican
47,265 47,037
37
352,062
1828
Andrew Jackson John Q. Adams.
Democrat Federalist.
650,028 512,158
178
1880.
Secretary of State.
Charles Townsend William Lang
343,016
1832
Andrew Jackson Henry Clay.
Democrat Whig
687,502 550,189
49
John Floyd
Whig
11
William Wirt.
Whig
7
1880
President
James A. Garfield
375,048 340,821
Martin Van Buren W. H. Harrison.
Democrat
771,968
170
73
Hugh L. White.
Whig
26
Daniel Webster
Whig
769,350
44 11
1,498,205
1840
Martin Van Buren W. H. Harrison. James G. Birney
Democrat Whig
1.128,303 1,274,203 7,609
60
234
1844
James K. Polk Henry Clay.
Whig
1,329,013 1,231,643
105
James G. Birney
Liberty.
66,304
2,698,608
1848
Zachary Taylor. Lewis Cass. Martin Van Buren.
Whig Democrat Free Soil.
1,223,795 291,378
127
Edward Tiffin, Ross, from 1807 to 1800.
Return Jonathan Meigs, Washington, from 1808 to 1810.
1852
Winfield Scott.
Whig
1,383,537
42
Alexander Campbell, Adams, from 1809 to 1813.
1856
John C. Fremont James Buchanan Millard Fillmore
Republican Democrat American
1,341,812 1,834,337 873,055
114 174 8
Benjamin Ruggles, Belmont, from 1815 to 1833. William Allen Trimble, Highland, from 1819 to 1821.
1860.
Abraham Lincoln. S. A. Douglas. .
Republican Democrat.
1,857,610 1,365,976
12
Ethan Allen Brown, Hamilton, from 1822 to 1825. William Henry Harrison, Hamilton, from 1825 to 1828.
J. C. Breckenridge. John Bell.
Union.
847.953 590,631
39
Jacob Burnet, Hamilton, from 1828 to 1831.
1864
Abraham Lincoln. G. B. McClellan
Republican Democrat
2,223,035 1,811,754
216 21
1868.
U. S. Grant.
Republican
3,016,353 2,706,631
80
5,724,624
1872.
U.S. Grant. H. Greeley
Republican Liberal.
3,597,070 2,834,770
300 66
6,431,149
1876
Rutherford B. Hayes. Samuel J. Tilden.
Republican Democrat
4,033,768 4,285,992
184
8,426,073
1880
James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock .. James B. Weaver.
Republican Democrat. Greenback
4,450,922 4,447,888 307,740
214 155
9,206,550
Benjamin Franklin Wade, Ashtabula, from 1851 to 1869. Salmon P. Chase, Hamilton, from 1849 to 1855. 1861. George Ellis Pugh, Hamilton, from 1855 to 1861. John Sherman, Richland, from 1861 to 1877. Allen G. Thurman, Franklin, from 1869 to 1881. Stanley Matthews, Hamilton, from 1877 to 1879. George Hunt Pendleton, Hamilton, from 1879 to 1885.
James A. Garfield, Lake, from 1880.
Jolin Sherman, Richland, from 1881 to 1887.
Thomas Corwin resigned to go into President Taylor's Cabinet. Sal- mon P. Chase, elected for six years, from March 4, 1861, served till March 12, and resigned to go into President Lincoln's Cabinet. John Sherman resigned to go into President Hayes' Cabinet. James A. Gar- field resigned to accept the office of President of the United States.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
The following Table gives the popular and electoral vote, so far as we have been able to procure them, since the first election of George Washington.
E. S. Chapman
G. Clay Smith
1,636
Peter Cooper
3,057
James B. Walker Scattering, etc.
1,122
659,771
1877
Governor
William H. West Richard M. Bishop
271,625
Lewis H. Bond
12.489
Stephen Johnston
16,912
Charles C. Pinckney .
Federalist.
45
David R. Paige
270,966
34
1820.
James Monroe.
Opp. 1 vote. Democrat.
152,899 105,321
84
Thomas Ewing
319,132
Gideon T. Stewart.
4,145
A. Sanders Piatt. John Hood
547
669,157
362,021
1,156,328
Charles A. Lloyd Wm. H. Doan.
2,815
714,738
James B. Weaver Neal Dow ...
2,616
724,941
1881.
Governor
Charles Foster. John W. Bookwalter ..
312,735 288,330
Abraham R. Ludlow John Seitz.
16,597
6,330
623,992
United States Senators from Ohio since its admission into the Union in 1802, with residence and time of service.
John Smith, Hamilton, from 1803 to 1808.
Thomas Worthington, Ross, from 1803 to 1807, and 1810 to 1814.
Franklin Pierce
Democrat
1,585,545 157,296
254
Stanley Griswold, Cuyahoga, 1809.
John P. Hale
Free Soil
3,142,877
Jeremiah Morrow, Warren, from 1813 to 1819. Joseph Kerr, Ross, from 1814 to 1815.
4,053,967
180
72
Thomas Ewing, Fairfield, from 1831 to 1837, and 1850 to 1851.
4,024,792
Thomas Morris, Clermont, from 1833 to 1839. William Allen, Ross, from 1837 to 1849. Benjamin Tappan, Jefferson, from 1839 to 1845.
Horatio Seymour
Democrat
214
2,410,772
Democrat
170
1,217,691
W. S. Hancock
6,456
1836
W. P. Mangum
Whig
218
1824
Andrew Jackson.
99
Federalist. .
41
9,072
83
219
6,786
De Witt Clinton
Republican
73
249,105
162
Charles C. Pinckney.
Unanimously . .
132
1796
Jay Odell.
Scattering.
592,700
Digitized by
Whig
Liberty.
1,362,242
163
2,872,806
Democrat
4,676,853
Thomas Corwin, Warren, from 1845 to 1851.
185
Rufus King.
76
John R. Buchtel.
127
HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO.
Population of Ohio by Counties, from 1800 to 1880.
COUNTIES.
1880
1870
1860
1850
1840
1830
1820
1810
1800
Adams
24,004
20.750
20,309
18,883
13,183
12,281
10,406
9,343
3,432
Allen
31.323
23,623
19,185
12,109
9,079
578
Ashland
23,883
21.933
22,951
23,813
23.724
14,584
7,375
Athens
28,451
23,768
21,364
18,215
19,109
9,787
6,338
2,791
Auglaize
25.443
20.041
17,187
11,338
30,901
28,627
20,329
11,097
Brown ..
32,726
30,802
29,958
27,332
22,715
17,867
13,356
Butler ..
42,580
39,912
35,840
30,789
28,173
27,142
21,746
11,150
Carroll
16,416
14,491
15,738
17,685
18,108
12,131
8,479
6,303
Clarke .. .
41,947
32,070
25,300
22,178
16,882
13,114
9,533
Clermont
36,713
34,268
33,034
30,455
23,106
20,466
15,820
9,965
Clinton.
24,757
21,914
21,461
18,838
15,719
11,436
8,085
2,674
Columbiana
48,603
38,299
32,836
33,621
40,373
35,592
22,033
10,878
Coshocton
26,640
23,600
25,032
25,674
21,590
11,161
7,086
Crawford
30,583
25,566
23,881
18.177
13.152
4,791
10,373
6,328
1,459
Darke.
40,498
32,278
26.009
20,276
13,282
6,204
3,717
Defiance.
22,518
15,719
11,886
6,966
22.060
11,504
7,639
2,000
Erie.
32,640
28,188
24,474
30,264
31,924
24,786
16,633
11,361
Fayette.
20,364
17,170
15,935
12,726
10,984
8,182
6,316
1,854
Franklin.
86.816
63,019
50,361
42,909
25,049
14,741
10,172
3,486
Fulton ..
21.062
17,789
14,043
7.781
13,444
9,733
7,098
4,181
Geauga.
31,348
28.038
26,197
21,946
17,528
14,801
10,521
5,870
Guernsey
27,197
23,838
24,474
30,438
27,148
18.036
9,292
3,051
Hamilton
313,345
260.370
216.410
156,844
80.145
52,317
31,764
15,258
14,692
Hancock
27.788
23,847
22.886
16,751
9.986
813
Hardin ..
27,028
18,714
13,570
8,251
4,598
210
Harrison.
20,455
18,682
19,110
20,157
20.099
20,916
14,345
Henry.
20,587
14.028
8,901
3,434
2,503
262
Highland
30,277
29,133
27.773
25.781
22,269
16.345
12.308
5,756
Hocking.
21,126
17,925
17,057
14,119
9.741
4,008
2,130
Holmes ..
20,775
18,177
20,589
20,452
18,088
9,135
Huron.
31,609
28.532
29.616
26,203
23,933
13,341
6,675
Jackson .
23,679
21,759
17.941
12,719
9,744
5,941
3.746
Jefferson
33,018
29,188
26,115
29,133
25,030
22.489
18.531
17,260
8,766
Knox
27.450
26,333
27,735
28,872
29,579
17,089
8,326
Lake.
39,068
31.380
23,249
15,246
9,738
5,367
3,499
40,451
35,756
37,011
38,846
35,096
28,869
11.861
3,852
Logan.
26,208
23,028
20,996
19,162
14,015
6,440
3,181
Lorain
35,525
30,308
29,744
26,086
18,467
5,696
Lucas.
67,388
46,722
25,831
12,363
9,382
Madison .
20,129
15,633
13,015
10,015
9,025
6,190
4,799
Mahoning.
42,867
31.001
25,894
23,735
Marion :
20,564
16,184
15,490
12,618
14,765
6,551
Medina
21,454
20,092
22,517
24,441
18.352
7,560
3,082
Meigs.
32.325
31,465
26,534
17,971
11,452
6,158
4,480
Mercer
21.808
17,254
14,104
7,712
8,277
1,110
Miami ..
36,178
32,740
29,959
24,999
19,688
12,807
8.815
3,941
Monroe.
26,497
25,779
25,741
28,351
18,521
8,768
4.645
Montgomery
78,545
64,006
52,230
38.218
31,938
24,362
15,999
7,722
Morgan
20,074
20.363
22,119
28,585
20,852
11,800
5,297
Morrow ..
49,612
44,886
44,416
45,049
38,749
29,334
17,824
10,636
Noble.
19,763
13,364
7,016
3,308
2,248
161
28.218
18,453
19,678
20,775
19.344
13,970
8,429
27,353
24,875
23,469
21,206
19,725
16,001
13,149
7,124
Pike.
17,927
15,447
13,643
10,953
7.626
6,024
4.253
27,500
24,584
24,208
24,419
22.965
18.820
10,095
2,995
Preble
24,534
21,809
21,820
21,736
19,482
16,291
10,237
3,304
Putnam
23,718
17,081
12,808
7,221
5,189
230
Richland
36.305
32.516
31,158
30.879
44,532
24,006
9.169
Ross
40.307
37,097
35,071
32,074
27,460
24,068
20.619
15,514
Sandusky.
32,093
25,503
21,429
14,305
10,182
2,851
852
Scioto ..
33,504
29,302
24,297
18,428
11,192
8,740
5,705
3,399
Seneca
36,955
30,827
30,868 17,493
13,958
12.154
3.671
2.106
Stark
64,027
52,508
42,978
39,878
34,603
26,588
12,406
2,734
Summit
43,788
34,674
27,344
27,485
22,560
26,153
15,542
8,671
Tuscarawas
40,197
33,840
32,463
31,761
25,631
14,298
8.328
3,045
Union ..
22,374
18,730
16,507
12,204
8.422
3,192
1,996
Van Wert.
23.030
15,823
10,238
4,793
1,577
41
Vinton
17.226
15,027
13,631
9,353
23,141
21,460
17.837
9,925
Washington.
43,264
40,609
36,268
29.540
20,823
11,731
10,425
5,991
5,427
Wayne.
40,075
35,116
32,438
32,981
35,808
23,333
11,933
3,206
Williams
23,821
20,091
16,633
8,018
4.465
387
Wood.
34,026
24,596
17,886
9,157
5,357
1,102
733
Wyandot.
22,401
18,553
15,596
11,194
Total for the State
3,197,786
2,665,260
2,339,260
1,980,329
1,519,467
937,903
581,295
230,760
45,365
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Fairfield
Gallia.
14.255
14,199
15,817
17,827
16.297
15,813
7,791
2,917
Greene .
196,937
132,010
78,033
48,099
26,506
Cuyahoga.
Delaware.
27,380
25,175
23,902
18,568
12,599
Ashtabula
37,139
32,517
31,814
28,767
Belmont
49,638
39,714
36,398
34,600
16,721
Champaign
27,817
24,188
22,698
19,782
25,560
Warren
28.392
26,689
26,902
27,104
18,128
5,159
Shelby
19,073
18,583
20,445
20,280
Muskingum
21,137
19,949
20,751
Ottawa.
Paulding
13,489
8,544
4,945
1,766
1.034
Perry .
16,326
15,935
15,576
14,654
13,719
Lawrence.
Licking
28.124
25,545
22,043
17,063
21,817
34,283
31,138
30,538
Digitized by
1,302
Trumbull
44,882
38,659
30,656
30,490
38,107
24,436
20.748
Pickaway.
Portage
8,540
2,149
1,603
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DStrany hlin EX TREASURER.
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Hudson Gartley. COUNTY RECORDER.
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HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY.
INTRODUCTION.
So centuries passed by, and still the woods Blossomed in spring, and reddened when the year Grew chill, and glistened in the frozen rains Of winter, till the white man swung the axe Within them,-signal of a mighty change.
BRYANT.
IT must be premised that in any treatment of the history of Shelby County, it will be borne in mind that whatever is seen to-day to be ad- mired, and whatever is experienced to be enjoyed, are the outgrowths of a wild and savage state, under the temporizing influences of the hand of toil, guided by the spirit of civilization.
At the advent of the pioneer, along the years from 1805 to 1812, the territory now comprised within the county limits was an unbroken and unpromising wilderness, inhabited by wild and savage beasts, and a wilder, perhaps more savage, man. Groaning beneath a weight of heavy timber and surplus water, which well might have wearied a continent, the soil was rich and fruitful if the sunshine could only reach and warm it. But first the timber must be cleared away, and even after that was done a waste of drowning water must be coaxed and courted to leave the old possessions, and seek an outlet to the sea. It was a herculean task, and called forth untried energies on the part of the pioneer. The courage, which amounted almost to desperation, of those original settlers may well awaken wonder, for it is almost impossible to conceive any inducement for their removal here from civilization, its comforts, luxu- ries, beauties, enjoyments, and associations, for the majority of the hard- handed, brave-hearted volunteers, who came to this wilderness to rear new homes and plant new institutions, were men who knew the sweets and delights of civilization and its fruits. They were almost uniformly of a superior type, men who had been men, men who were comfortably situated, and not the victims of penury and crime. They did not come to escape penury, for they never were its victims ; they did not come to escape the penalty of crimes, for they abhorred crime; they did not come to seek hallowed associations, for these they left behind ; nor did they come to seek a life of ease, for their arrival here only marked the sunrise of their toil.
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