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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
1×47 .. James Smith, Benjamin Benson, Justus Brown.
184%. Benjamin Benson, Justua Brown, Samnel W. Boalt.
1×49 .. Justus Brown, S. W. Boalt, Smith Starr.
1830 .. S. W. Boalt, Smith Starr, D. E. Merrill.
1×51 .. Smith Starr, D. E. Merrill, Dean Clapp. 1852 .. D. E. Merrill, Dean Clapp. James Wilson.
1853. . Dean Clapp, James Wilson, James Hamilton, Jr.
1851 .. James Wilson, James Hamilton, Jr., Barnett Roe.
1855. . James Hamilton, Jr .. Barnett Roe, S. W. Edwards 1856. . Barnett Roe. S. W. Edwards. S. H. Gibson.
1857 .. S. W. Edwards, S. H. Gibson, D. H. Manville.
1458. S. H. Gibson. D. H. Manville, J. H. Niles.
1859, 1860, 1861 .. Same as in 1858.
1×62 .. D. H. Manville. J. H. Niles. George Silliman.
1863 .. J. H. Niles. George Silliman, E. Bogardus.
1964 .. George Silliman, E. Bogardus, C. C. Canfield.
1865. 1866. 1867 .. Same as in 1864.
1968 .. E. Bogardus, C. C. Canfield. J. H. Beelman.
1869 .. C. C. Canfield. J. H. Beelman, James W. Martin.
1870 .. J. H. Beelman, A. Brightman. Halsey Hubbard.
1871, 1972. 1873 .. Same as in 1970.
1874 . A. Brightman, Halsey Hubbard, A. C. Williams.
1975 . Halsey Hubbard, A. C. Williams, A. D. Stotts.
1976 .. A. C. Williams. A. D. Stotts, W. W. Stiles.
1877, 1478. Same as in 1876.
ERIE COUNTY OFFICERS.
(LERKS.
1839 . B. W. Barker.
1839. Rice Harper
1855. . Horace N. Bill
1861. . John J. Penfield.
1862 .. George N. Penfield.
1804 .. George O. Selkirk 1870 .. O. C. McLough. 1876 .. Wm. Affleck, who is the present incumbent .
AUDITORS.
1834 .. H. W. Conklin.
140 .. Wm. Neill.
1856 .. F. M. Follett 1560 .. Geo. W. Smith
1841 .. Orlando Mcknight.
1867. Ebenezer Merry, whose
1×46 .. Geo. W. Smith.
term of office contin- ues till 18-1.
1832. Charles H. Botsford.
TREASURERS.
183 .. . Wm. B. Smith.
1956. . Thos. S. Fernold. 1560 .. W. H. McFall.
1840. . Horace Aplin.
1442 .. Samuel johnson.
1464 .. Jas. D. Chamberlain.
1844. . Earl Bill
1870 .. James S. Chandler
1848. . John B. Wilbor
1842 .. Jas. D. Chamberlain.
1850 .. John W. Sprague.
1×77. R. Turner. the present officer.
1-54. . Holly Skinner.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
1833 .. John F. Campbell.
1856. . O. C. MeClongh.
1840. . Francis D. Parish .
1860 .. F. W. Cogswell.
1442. . Morris Homan.
1872. . Benj. F. Lee
1843 .. S. F. Taylor.
1877 .. W. W. Bowen.
14 .A. W. Hendry
1879 .. Herman Ohly.
1852 .. John Mackey
SHERIFFS.
1838 .. Harvey Long
1858 .. Fred. F. Smith.
1840. Zalmnna Phillips.
1860 .. D. S. Worthington.
1442 .. Ebenezer Warner.
1864 .Jesse S. Davis.
1846 .. Isanc Fowler 1866. . D. S. Worthington
1×44 . Henry D. Ward.
1870. . Charles H. Botsford.
1550 .. Geo. W. Smith. 1872 .. D. S. Worthington
1454 .G. B. Gerrard.
1877 .. M. L. Starr.
RECORDERS.
1838 .. Horace Aplin.
1853 .. Jas. W. Cook
140 .. C. B. Squire
1863 .. John W. Reed.
1×44 . E. Merry
1864. . Wm. A. Zill, still in office.
1450 .. Charles Wilbor.
SURVEYORS.
1-38 S. H Smith
1861. . H. C. Jones, Sr.
1-40 W. H. Smith
1863 .. J. B. Darling.
1441. J. B. Darling
18:5 .. A. W. Judson.
1415 Alvin Brooks
1876 .. George Morton.
1949 A. B. Foster
1-53. J. B. Darling.
COMMISSIONERS.
Samuel B. Carpenter, Nelson Taylor, Zara Patch, Wm. B. Craighill Juo B. Fuller, Wni. Gill, Isaac Fowler, Philo Adams, Harvey Long, B. D. Turner, Ara Sprague, Bourdett Wood, Harvey Fowler, Elihu P Hill. Harry Sprague, Myron Sexton, Joseph Otis, Jno. P. Dego, John Summers, C. Beardsley. Rice Harper, Isaac Mckesson, Robt. Bennett, G. M. Darling, Calvin Caswell, D. G Taylor. Wm H. Crane, E. White. W. S. Webb, Louis Wells, Stark Adams, W. W. Miller, Gustavns Graham.
CHAPTER XV.
POLITICAL HISTORY.
Is a republican stronghold like Huron county the attempts to make Kansas a slave State were viewed with the deepest interest and alarm. In common with those of other communities in the free North, many of her young men emigrated thither, prepared to fight, if necessary, to prevent such attempts from being successful. A Kansas Aid Society was formed with committees for each township, and a central one for the county, the object being to aid the free State cause by sending thither men armed with Sharpe's rifles. As early as April 22. 1856, G. T. Stewart reports that the township committees had paid over to him three hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety- one cents for the cause. Later in the season, about one hundred of the citizens of the county contributed to the fund. in sums of five dollars and upwards, and the published statement shows contributions amount- ing in all to one thousand and forty-six dollars and eighty-nine cents up to October 21, 1856.
The following is the vote of Huron county for president of the United States frem the year 1832, when Andrew Jackson was elected president, up to and including the last presidential election:
1832-Henry Clay. whig .. 1,646
Andrew Jackson, democrat, 1,035
William Wirt, anti-masonic. 11
1836-Wm. H. Harrison, whig. 2,798
Martin Van Buren, democrat 2.143
1840-Wm. H. Harrison, whig
2,291
Martin Van Buren, democrat 1,531
Jas. G. Birney, abolition.
(The reduced vote of 1×40 compared with that of 1836, is explained by the fact of the formation of Erie county in 1838).
1844 -- Henry Clay, whig. 2,564
James K. Polk. democrat. 2.136
James G. Birney, abolition 138
1848-Zachary Taylor. whig, 1,950
Lewis Cass, democrat 1,769
Martin Van Buren, free soil. 876
1852-Winfield Scott whig 2.242
Franklin Pierce. democrat
1.819
John P. Hale. free soil 893
1856-John C. Fremont, republican 8,46×
James Buchanan, democrat, 1,709
Millard Fillmore. American ... 54
Republican plurality 1,759
1860-Abraham Lincoln, republican. 4.107
Stephen A. Douglas, democrat . 2,083
John Bell, union. 32
Lincoln over Douglas 2.027
1864-Abraham Lincoln, republican 4.441
George B. Mcclellan, democrat 2.090
Lincoln's majority 2,851
1868-Ulysses S. Grant, republican. 4,019
Horatio Seymour. democrat. 2.213
Grant's majority 1,576
1872-Ulysses S Grant, republican 3,812
Horace Greeley, democrat and liberal, 2.182
Jeremiah S. Black. 55
Charles O'Connor. 19
Grant over Greeley 1,630
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes, republican, .. 4,504
Samnel J. Tilden, democrat,. .
3,014
Peter Cooper, greenback 1
Green Clay Smith, prohibition. 62
Hayes over Tilden. 1,490
The votes cast for each candidate at the several presidential elections held since the organization of Erie county, have been as follows:
1547 J. B. Darling
1879 .. A. W. Jndson, the present inenmbent.
1850 .. F. M. Follett.
1852. . Thos. S. Fnller.
HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
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1840-William Henry Harrison, whig
1,324
1820-W. H. Harrison, whig.
Martin Van Buren, democrat.
1,042
E. A. Brown, democrat.
419
James G. Birney, abolition
1822-Jeremiah Morrow, whig 96
1844 -- Henry Clay, whig.
1,458
Allen Trimble, democrat. Irvin.
312
James G. Birney, abolition.
65
1824-Jeremiah Morrow, whig. 165
Allen Trimble, democrat.
629
Lewis Cass, democrat.
999
1826-Alexander Campbell, whig 432
Martin Van Buren, free soil.
681
Allen Trimble, democrat
652
1852-Winfield Scott, whig
1,589
1828-John W. Campbell, whig. Allen Trimble, democrat
46
Franklin Pierce, democrat
1,404
Jobn P. Hale free soil. 1,012
1856-John C. Fremont, republican
2 258
James Buchanan, democrat
1.377
Millard Fillmore, American
75
Robert Lucas, democrat
Fremont over Buchanan.
481
1834-James Findlay, whig
1.5×2
1860-Abraham Lincoln, republican
2,886
Robert Lucas, democrat
1,117
Stephen A. Douglas, democrat
1,538
John Bell, unionist.
28
Lincoln over Douglas. 1,348
2,566
1864-Abraham Lincoln, repub ican
.. 3,032
George B. McClellan, democrat.
1,829
1840-Thomas Corwin, whig
2.205
Lincoln's majority
1,203
Wilson Shannon. democrat
1,650
1842-Thomas Corwin, whig
1,975
Wilson Shannon, democrat
1,796
1844-Mordecai Bartley, whig
2 415
David Tod. democrat
2. 149
L. King, abolition
181
1846-William Bebb, whig . 1,960
David Tod, democrat. 1,517
862
Samuel J. Tilden, democrat ..
3,112
2,135
John B. Weller, democrat
1,6-2
1850-Wm. Johnston, whig
2,120
Reuben Wood, democrat.
1,718
Edward Smith, abolition
349
1851-S. F. Vinton, whig
1,704
Reuben Wood, democrat
1.003
Lewis, abolition
170
1853-Nelson Barrere, whig
1.103
William Medill, democrat
1,705
Lewis, abolition
1,277
1855-Salmon P. Chase, republican
1,295
William Medill, democrat.
1,277
Know nothing
134
1857-Salmon P. Chase, republican
2,953
H. B Payne, democrat
1,568
1859-Wm. Dennison, republican ...
2.924
Florence. . ..
194
127
L & COOPER.
SMITH.
TOWNSHIPS
HAYES.
TILDEN.
COOPER.
SMITH.
Groton.
First Ward.
285
294
1
Huron. .
217
167
15
2)
Second Ward
303
259
1
1
Kelley's Island
99
89
Third Ward
217
316
Milan.
359
166
Fourth Ward
193
329
Margaretta
274
143
Fifth Ward .
87
353
. .
Oxford
Perkins
169
172
Totals ..
3158
3112
115
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HURON COUNTY.
TOWNSHIPS.
HAYES,
TILDEN.
COOPER.
TOWNSHIPS ..
HAYES,
TILDEN.
COOPER.
Bronson.
173
90
Norwich
155
136
Clarksfield
2:21
51
Peru ..
93
176
Fairfield
26-
89
Plymouth
83
53
Fitchville
180
34
Richmond
128
97
Greenfield.
142
92
1
Ridgefield .
270
296
332
Isaac Collins. liberal.
28
1875-R. B. Hayes. republican
. 3.873
William Allen, democrat
2,687
Jay Odell. prohibition
123
1827-Wm. H. West, republican
. 3.724
Richard M. Bishop, democrat.
2.454
H. A. Thompson, prohibition. . 138
Stephen Jobns, greenback. .
239
ERIE COUNTY-VOTE FOR GOVERNOR SINCE 1840.
1840-Thomas Corwin, whig, 1,302
Wilson Shannon, democrat 1,109
1842-Thomas Corwin, whig 1,090
Wilson Sbannon, democrat. 1,223
L. King, alolition 33
1844-Mordecai Bartley, whig
1.3-R
David Tod, democrat
1,318
L. King, abolition. . 72
1846-William Bebb, whig .. 1,154
David Tod, democrat. 1,035
E. A. Brown, democrat.
40
E. A. Brown, democrat
12
1818-James Dunlap, whig 71
332
Lewis, abolition 10
3.158
Hugh J. Jewett, democrat
1,217
1863-John Brough, republican.
4.453
C. L. Vallandigham, democrat
1,775
1865-Jacob D. Cox. republican. .
3,203
George W. Morgan, democrat.
1,944
1867-R. B. Hayes, republican
3,683
Allen G. Thurman, democrat
2.273
1869-R. B. Hayes, republican. 3,393
George H. Pendleton, democrat.
2,112
1871-Edward F. Noyes, republican 3.629
.
George W. MeCook, democrat 2.070
Gideon T. Stewart, prohibitionist. 140
2.633
William Allen, democrat
1,829
Greenwich .
203
82
8
Ripley.
201
6
Hartland. .
202
Sherman.
31
£16
Lyme.
119
134
Townsend.
262
89
New London.
350
104
5
Wakeman.
210
126
6
New Haven.
156
213
Norwalk.
910
645
1 20
Totals.
4504
3014
1
67
Berlin
316
151
Vermillion Sandusky-
170
245
11
R. P. Ranney, democrat
1.568
Horace Greeley, democrat and liberal
2,287
Scattering
19
Grant over Greeley
618
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes, republ can
3,158
Peter Cooper, greenback.
115
Green Clay Smith, prohibition Hayes over Tilden
x
4G
The following shows the strength of each party in each township of the two counties at the last presi- dential election:
ERIE COUNTY.
TOWNSHIPS.
HAYES
TILDEN.
1838-Joseph Vance, whig Wilson Shannon, democrat.
2,366
1868-Ulysses S. Grant, republican .. .
3.130
Horatio Seymour, democrat. Grant's majority
1,884
1,246
1872-Ulysses S. Grant, repub ican
2.905
1836-Joseph Vance, whig Eli Baldwin, democrat
490
James K. Polk, democrat
1,261
ININ-Zachary Taylor whig.
1,409
275
1830 -- Duncan McArthur, whig Robert Lucas, democrat 431
1832-Darin: Lyman. whig
HURON COUNTY-VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
In the following table of votes cast for governor, the names of the whig or republican candidate is given first, and the democratic candidate second. From 1844 to 1853, the third party is the abolition or free-soil. In 1855, one hundred and thirty-four votes were cast for the ticket of the native American, anti- Catholic, or know-nothing party, as it was called:
1816-Thomas Worthington, whig.
7 +2 & SMITH. 3
5 1 1 1 UTH: MAGI SMITH.
1873-Edward F. Noyes, republican.
Gideon T. Stewart, prohibition
1861-David Tod, republican
131
141
Samuel Lewis, abolition
1848-Seabury Ford, whig
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
1448-Seabury Ford, whig.
1,392
John B. Weller, democrat
1,112
1850-William Johnston, whig
1,192
Reuben Wood, democrat
1,196
Edward Smith, abolition ...
107
1851-S. F. Vinton, whig. 1,149
Reuben Wood, democrat
1,304
Lewis, abolition ..
17
1853-Nelson Barrere, whig.
873
William Medill, democrat
1,197
. Lewis, abolitiou ... 408
1×55-Salmon P. Chase. republican William Medill, democrat.
1,123
American.
68
1857-Salmon P. Chase, republican
1,916
H. B. Payne, democrat
1,429
1859-William Dennison, republican
1,983
. R. P. Ranney, democrat.
1,535
1861-David Tod. republican 2,164
Hugh J. Jewett, democrat
836
1863-John Brough, republican
3,412
C L Vallandigham. democrat
1 403
1865-J. D Cox, republican.
2,143
George W. Morgan, democrat.
1,651
1867-R. B Hayes, republican
A. G. Thurman, democrat.
1,989
1869-R. B. Hayes, republican
2,341
George H Pendleton, democrat.
1,848
1871-Edward F. Noyes, republican.
2,231
George W McCook, democrat
1,555
G. T Stewart, prohibition.
38
1873-E. F. Noyes, republican
1,988
William Allen, democrat
1,588
G. T. Stewart, prohibiton
75
Isaac Collins, liberal.
2,891
William Allen, democrat. 2,657
Jay Odell, prohibition. 15
1877-William H West, republican 2,421
R M. Bishop, democrat.
2,486
Greenback.
377
Prohibition
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CHAPTER XVI. STATISTICS.
IN the year 1803 an enumeration was taken of the white males in Ohio, the number reported being twelve thousand and eighty-eight, of which one thou- sand one hundred and eleven, representing about four thousand inhabitants, were returned from Trumbull county. The census of 1820 shows the population of Huron county to be six thousand six hundred and seventy-five, and a census taken in 1827, presumably the work of the township assessors, and published in the Norwalk Reporter of June 9, 182", gives the population of each township,-the total for the county being nine thousand one hundred and sixteen. The census of 1830 gives a population of thirteen thousand three hundred and forty-one.
The maximum population of the county seems to have been reached in 1860, and is an illustration of a fact often dwelt upon by statisticians,-that the popular belief that the older a country is the more thickly populated it becomes, is not always well founded. For the past thirty years the increase of population has been almost wholly in the towns and villages. Indeed, most of the townships have lost, many of them actually having less inhabitants than in 1840.
It is not the purpose of a work like this to point out the causes of this depopulation of the farming
districts, but it is worth while to remark that the work of clearing the woods, in a heavily timbered country, requires many strong hands. Every farm had to be literally chopped out of the woods: houses, barns, fences, and roads had to be built; hence there was employment for a large surplus population, who, when their services were no longer required, were forced to seek new locations. Another explana- tion may be found in the fact that some people when they get the "western fever" are never satisfied. First they remove to Ohio, and try their fortune here awhile, but not finding any easy way to get rich, pull up stakes and go to Indiana; there they find the chills and the water to be very bad, and they go to Illinois or Iowa, where something else is not to their liking, and they move on to Kansas and perhaps are soon en route for some other locality; and so they journey on, in their nomadic wanderings, until starvation and death overtake them. A third reason is the extensive use of labor-saving machinery. A fourth is the substitution of cattle and sheep raising and dairying in place of raising corn, grain and potatoes; while the diminution of population by reason of the war is still another reason.
HURON COUNTY-POPULATION BY TOWNSHIPS.
1827
1840
1850
1860
1870
Bronson.
304
1.291
1 220
1.181
980
Clarksfield
287
1,473
1,454
1,397
1,062
Fairfield
243
1.067
1.585
1.698
1,332
Fitchville
270
1 292
1.177
1.096
795
Greenfield
383
1 460
1 331
1.223
954
Gr enwich
230
1.116
1,050
1 117
881
Hartland
85
925
1.024
1.111
953
Lyme
455
1,320
1 854
1.419
2 380
Bellevue Village, that part situated ated in Lyme
New Haven
600
1 270
1 398
1 367
1 221
New London .
271
1.218
1,329
1,482
1 475
Norwalk
55
2 613
3,147
4,577
5,752
Norwalk Village
Norwich
70
1.021
1,250
1,172
Peru
406
2 000
1,632
1 356
1 297
Ridgefield
592
1 599
1,938
1,128
2,533
Monroeville Village
1 257
1,344
Ripley.
90
805
1 230
1,216
1,089
Sherman
113 .
692
1,134
1 240
1,260
Townsend.
169
863
1 327
1.534
1,300
Wakeman.
115
702
704
1 107
1.216
Totals
9 116
23 933
26 203
29 616
28.532
The population of Erie county was, in
1840
12 599
1860
24 474
1850
18.568
1870
28 188
Of the Huron county population. census 18;0, there were born in
Ohio
17,291
Ireland.
758
Pennsylvania
988
British Ame:ica
New York
3,993
France.
135
Germany.
1,891
Scotland ..
54
England and Wales
833
Colored .
200
Of the Erie county population, same census, there were born in
Ohio
16 753
Ireland
1,367
Pennsylvania
495
England and Wales
373
New York
1,841
British America
Virginia aud West Vaginia
France
95
Kentucky
Scorlaud
89
Maryland
Colored
342
Germany.
1,624
1 434
2 825
4 498
Richmond
306
609
992
678
New London Village.
759
1 219
1875-R B Hayes, republican.
2,480
1,564
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
PROPERTY VALUES-HURON COUNTY.
At the meeting of the State Board of Equali. zation in 1826, the fourteenth district, including Cuyahoga, Medina, Richland, Huron, Sandusky and Lorain counties, were represented by James Hedges. The average value of land per acre was fixed at two dollars and eight cents. Total value of lands, one million forty-seven thousand five hundred and sixty- one dollars; value of town lots, etc., seventy-five thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars. At the meeting in 1835, the value of honses, mills, etc., was returned at sixty-five thousand three hundred and eighty-one dollars; average value of land per acre fixed at three dollars and twenty-five cents; value of town lots, buildings, etc., as returned, two hundred and twenty-six thousand eight hundred and three dollars. Total value of real property fixed at one mil- lion nine hundred and eighty-two thousand and fifty- four dollars; personal property, two hundred and seventy-one thousand seven hundred and nine dollars.
In 1841, Huron county was represented by Ebrenger Warren. Value of town lots, etc., as returned, ninety- one thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars; average value of land per acre fixed at three dollars and twenty-four cents; total value of real property, one million one hundred and seventy-six thousand and three dollars.
In 1846, Huron county was represented by Charles Standart, of Erie county. Average value of land per acre fixed at twelve dollars and twenty-four cents; value of towns, three hundred and one thousand six hund- red and fifty-two dollars; total value of real property, four million one hundred and thirty-two thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars.
In 1853, the thirtieth senatorial district, composed of Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Ottawa counties, was represented in the State Board, by John B. Wilbor, of Huron, Erie county. The following are the equalized valuations: Land per acre, twenty-one dollars and twenty-two cents; value of towns, six hundred and eight thousand six hundred and eight dollars; total value, seven million two hundred and sixty thousand six hundred and forty dollars. The highest valuation per acre was for Ridgefield town- ship, thirty-one dollars and three cents; valuation of Bellevue, buildings and lots, one hundred and one thousand six hundred and seventy dollars; Monroe- ville, ninety-three thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars; New London, twenty-two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; Norwalk, three hundred and forty-two thousand and ninety dollars.
PROPERTY VALUES-ERIE COUNTY,
The first State Board of Equalization, after the organization of Erie county, was held at Columbus in 1841. Valuation of town lots, etc., as returned, one hundred and twenty-six thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars; value of land per acre fixed at three dollars and ninety-nine cents; total valnation
of real property, seven hundred and eighty-one ·thousand nine hundred and thirty eight dollars.
In 1846, Erie county was represented by Charles Standart. Value of land per acre fixed at thirteen dollars and thirty-six cents, being more than three times the amount at which it was fixed only five years before; value of towns, nine hundred and thirty- six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars; total value of real property, three million forty-eight thou- sand one hundred and two dollars.
In 1853, the thirtieth senatorial district, composed of Huron, Erie, Sandusky and Ottawa counties, was represented in the State Board, by John B. Wilbor, of Huron, Erie county. The following are among the equalized valuations: Average value of land per acre, twenty-four dollars and eighty-nine cents; total value of land, three million eight hundred and eighty- nine thousand five hundred and thirty-six dollars; Sandusky City, one million seven hundred and thirty- two thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars; other towns, three hundred and seventy-two thousand six hundred and ninety-four dollars.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
Among the noteworthy crops raised in Huron county, the following are taken from the State Agri- cultural Report of a few years since, and illustrate the fact that the soil of this portion of Ohio is rarely surpassed in fertility and productiveness. The crops given were those upon which premiums were awarded by cither the State or county agricultural societies, and were, it is understood, based on sworn and veri- fied statements and measurements. In the year 1850, Lemuel Morse raised four acres of wheat; average yield fifty-two bushels per acre. . In 1852, William Bacon raised four acres of wheat; average yield per acre forty-five bushels. The yield of other crops has, on several occasions, been equally remarkable accord- ing to the same authority. In 1850, D. A. Baker raised on seven and a half acres-one hundred and thirty-five bushels of oats per acre. In 1852, B. B. Jackson comes to the front for that year, and reports one hundred and three bushels of oats raised on one acre; two years previously the same gentleman raised one-half acre of potatoes which yielded at the rate of four hundred and thirty-three bushels per acre.
THE WHEAT CROP-HURON COUNTY.
Year.
Acres,
Bushels.
Year.
Acres.
Bushels.
1850
21,892
441,604
1965
15,993
177,366
1852
17.981
232,581
1866
14,566.
133,233
1854
11,155
18.086
1967
14,299
150,701
1855
6,077
66,817
1868
17,963
247,372
1856
6,593
80,150
1969. .
24,740
524,520
1859
20,478
219,059
1870.
20.455
221,790
1860
19,690
265,865
1871.
17,043
313,264
1861
21,095
248,286
18.3 ..
20,575
298,071
1862 ..
25,533
413,030
1874 ..
23,952
421,062
1863.
21,800
300.577
1875 ..
24.072.
332,158
1864.
17.847 ..
152,503
1876
21,197 ..
324.291
THE CORN CROP-HURON COUNTY.
Year.
Acres.
Bushels.
Year.
Acres.
Bushels,
1850
22,806. . .
878,143
1865.
21,524
762.342
1855 ..
3:,312. ..
.. 1,074,443
1870
27.419.
1.131.591
1860.
28,075 .. .
. 963,876
1875.
28,004. .
1,002,220
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
In 1853, the yield of corn was only three hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty- nine bushels. The average yield for fifteen years- 1850 to 1864-was seven hundred and eighty-one thousand one hundred and ninety bushels. The amount raised in 1863 was five hundred and thirty- five thousand bushels, and in 1865, seven hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred and forty-two.
THE WHEAT CROP-ERIE COUNTY.
Year.
Acres.
Bushels.
Year.
Acres
Bushels.
1850.
12 578.
297.587
1865
8,9342
85,653
1852
9,789
162 814
1866
7,244
75 567
1854.
6,698
31,149
1867
7 795.
113,185
1855.
3,740.
50,599
1868.
9,814.
136,371
1856.
3 990
50.025
1869.
9,844.
203,436
1859.
10 512
175,212
1850.
9 655
160, 459
1860.
13 105
250.711
1871
9,784
170 033
1861.
14 478
236 842
1873
13, 765
234 478
1862
16 966
292,960
1874
16 628
329 661
1863.
15 899
250,041
1875 ..
16 035
295 611
1864
11,961
62,020
1876 ..
14 184.
246,846
THE CORN CROP-ERIE COUNTY.
Year.
Acres.
Bushels.
Year.
Acres.
Bushels.
1850
14,569
615,122
1865
14.748
501 322
1855.
21,396
737.427
1870 ..
19,185.
712.529
1869
22,236
919.983
1875 ...
19 288.
780,121
The crop of 1853 amounted to only four hundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and seventy- nine bushels. The average for fifteen years, 1850- 1864, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-four aeres, with a product of five hundred and fifty-six thousand three hundred and fifty bushels.
TAXES-HURON COUNTY.
The total amount of taxes in Huron county in 1821, on personal and village property, was as follows:
Huron township.
$ 25 00
New Jerusalem, (town plat). 7716
Milan
54 00
Beatty (town plat)
41 92
Huron (town plat)
3 10
Vermillion .
38 60
Pe kins.
38 90
City of Sandusky
221 19
Margaretta
18 00
Venice.
27 2016
Oxford
70 10%
Ridgefield .
29 40
Monroe
9 39
Sherman
11 50
Peru.
19 85
Macksville
1 90
Greenfield.
32 80
Florence .
33 90
Clarksfield
11 70
Townsend
9 90
Fitchville.
13 60
Black River.
32 50
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