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N. W. 14 Robert Parks . Dec. II, 1806
S. E. 14 Benjamin Cox Aug. 2, 1805
S. W. 14 Jacob Browser Dec. 26, 1806
Section 18 ----
N. E. 1/4 Job Westfall Aug. 13, 18II
N. W. 14 Jacob Spitler April 22, 1826
S. E. 14 Henry Caphart April 11, 1806
S. W. 1/4 Andrew Kreitzer Nov. 15, 1805
Section 19 --
N. E. 14 Henry Caphart April II, 1806
N. W. 14 Daniel Bowser . Oct. 15, 1804
S. E. 14 Daniel Miller Oct. 14, 1805
S. W. 14 Daniel Bowser Oct. 15, 1804
Sections 20 to 22-Andrew McCalla April 18, 1804
Section 27 to 29-James Walsh and others Dec. 26, 1805
Section 30 -- Daniel Miller Nov. 2, 1802
Section 31-J. McConnell and brothers May 30, 1803
Sections 32 to 34 -- James Tatman and others July 2, 1802
* The mill streams within the township are Wolf creek and Stillwater river. In addition to the Daniel Miller mills on Wolf creek before referred to, there was a cluster of mills where Charles Sucher's slaughterhouse now is-a saw- mill, a gristmill and a distillery. Judge William George built, during the War of 1812, a gristmill and sawmill on the Stillwater about one mile from its mouth. John Parks and William Wilson erected a gristmill on the Stillwater in section 9, about 1820, and later a sawmill was built at the same place. It would be difficult to name all of the distilleries that were in operation in the early days. Not a few of the most prominent church people of the time were engaged in dis- tilling.
As early as 1810 there was a schoolhouse on the McConnel farm near the site of the Soldiers' Home. About 1816 there was a schoolhouse in section IO, about two miles north of Dayton. At this time there were only three or four schools in the township. The first frame schoolhouse in the township was built in 1832 on land now within Dayton View.
CHURCHES.
The settlers of Harrison township were for the most part members of churches. Some of the settlers in Harrison township attended the Presbyterian church in Dayton. The Old-School Baptists early held meetings in the Neff cabin. The first meetinghouse erected in the township was built by the Methodists, assisted, in part, by the Baptists, on ground deeded by Joseph Meeker. It was a one- story frame building and stood near where Ebenezer church was later erected. It was built about 1820. In 1860 the Ebenezer congregation built a brick church and a few years ago this was replaced by a new building. The Ebenezer con-
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gregation is served in connection with the Woodward Avenue congregation in West Dayton. The recent pastors have been: 1905, Norman O. Sweat; 1907, James M. Bennett; 1909, Charles F. Gowdy. In connection with this church there is a beautiful cemetery.
At Fort McKinley there is a Mission United Brethren church under the care of the First United Brethren church of Dayton.
Beardshear chapel, belonging to the United Brethren church, is located in the eastern part of section 15. It received its name from the prominent part taken by John and Elizabeth Beardshear in its erection and from the number of persons of that name residing in the neighborhood. It was dedicated August 26, 1860. There is a large and beautifully situated cemetery near the church. This congregation is served in connection with Sulphur Grove, by E. J. Arthur, the pastor.
Shiloh church is located on the Dayton and Covington pike, one mile south of the northery boundary of the township. It was built in an early day by the Christian denomination called generally at that time the New Light church. It is a venerable landmark and yet an important religious center. A beautiful cemetery is located in connection with the church. The present church member- ship is one hundred and fifty-nine. William M. Dawson, a professor in Antioch College, serves the congregation as pastor. The citizens of Shiloh are planning to establish a town at that place, probably under the name of Shiloh Springs.
Harrison township history is fast becoming Dayton history. The extension of Dayton toward the Soldiers' Home has already nearly cut off the lower part from the upper part of the township. Dayton View, Riverdale and Fort Mc- Kinley are rapidly penetrating the township from the south. There yet remains, however, sufficient territory to engage and reward the efforts of the agricultur- ist and the grower of fruits.
The schools of Harrison township rank well among the schools of the county. The township high school is located at Fairview.
MADISON TOWNSHIP.
Madison township was formed from Jefferson and Randolph townships, March 7, 1809, though it did not assume its present dimensions until 1820. The surface of the township is generally level. The principle stream within its borders is Wolf creek, which drains nearly the whole area of the township. A branch of Bear creek drains the remaining portion. The soil is fertile and well adapted to the crops grown in other parts of the county. A belt of limestone extends across the township from northwest to southwest averaging in width nearly two miles, affording stone, valuable for building and paving purposes.
Tradition has it that John Williams and David Ward were among the first settlers of the township, the latter having come within its limits prior to 1801. The names of neither of these persons, however, appear in the list of original purchasers. The first one to purchase lands in the township was Leonard Wolfe, who entered section 24, November 2, 1802. A sawmill was erected in this section and carried on by one of his sons. Johnt H. Williams settled in this. township in 1803. He later moved to Harrison town hip
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A large family, the name of whom is variously given as Ullery, Ulrick and Ulrich came into the township in 1803.
In 1807, Joseph and Emanuel Flory were the pioneers for a large colony of Germans, coming from Somerset and Franklin counties in Pennsylvania. A very large proportion of the early settlers of Madison township were German.
As an authority, deciding all questions as to the original settlement of the township, the government record of land may well be given. The political town- ship of Madison exactly agrees with the originally surveyed sub-division known as township 4, range 5. As one notices the simplicity of the rectangular system of land surveys, he can hardly refrain from saying "and blessed be Thomas Hutchins," for it was he who invented the rectangular system of land surveys. The record of purchasers with time of purchase is as follows :
Section I-
N. E. 14 Jonathan Cox April 26, 1805
N. W. 14 Ephraem Owen . June 3, 1805
S. E. 14 Benjamin Owen June 3, 1805
S. W. 14 Ephraem Owen . June 4, 1805
Section 2-Robert Wilson
Aug. 9, 1809 Section 3-
E. 12 and N. W. 14 Andrew Hood Sept. 24, 1804
S. W. 14 M. and G. Green May 29, 1810
Section 4-
N. E. 14 Gerrard Rittenhouse Sept. 1, 1810
N. W. 14 Jacob Kinse Dec. 12, 1810
S. E. 14 Samuel Williamson Dec. 11, 1810 S. W. 14 Jacob Kinse Dec. 12, 1810
Section 5-
N. E. 14 Samuel Martin Oct. 19, 1805
N. W. 14 Samuel Hager Oct. 9, 1811
S. E. 14 Daniel Martin April 14, 1808
S. W. 14 Nicholas Small .April 3, 1813 Section 6-
N. E. 14 Daniel Martin Aug. 24, 1814
N. W. 14 Jacob Stover June 8, 1814
S. E. 14 Nicholas Small Oct. 13, 1812
S. W. 14 Abraham Richard Aug. 17, 1809
Section 7-
N. E. 14 Jacob Stover Oct. 20, 1808
N. W. 14 Abraham Richardson Nov. 18, 1806
S. E. 14 John Titman . July 5, 1806
S. W. 14 Henry Hess July 15, 1806 Section 8-
N. E. 14 Nicholas Small Oct. 9, 18II
N. W. 14 Hugh Moore Mar. 20, 1817
S. 12 Martin Weighbricht June 28, 1805
Section 9-George Kinse
April 27, 1804
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Section 10-
N. E. 14 David Williamson Dec. 12, 1809
N. W. 14 Aaron Vanscoyck . Jan. 4, 1810
S. E. 14 William Bowser . Oct. 16, 1805 S. W. 14 Peter Kreitzer Nov. 5, 1805
V Section II-Daniel Miller
Aug. 15, 1804
Section 12-Adam Rudebaugh
Jan. 4, 1805
Section 13-
v N. E. 14 John Miller . Jan. 25, 1806
N. W. 14 William Willson Dec. 12, 1810
S. E. 14 Jacob Bowman Oct. 14, 1805
S. W. 14 Philip Bowser Oct. 25, 1804
Section 14-Stephen Woolery Nov. 2, 1802
Section 15-
N. E. 14 Jacob Humbert Dec. 15, 1808
N. W. 14 Jacob Stoutsman Aug. 1, 1810
S. E. 14 Jacob Stoutsman Aug. 1, 1810
S. W. 14 Benjamin Lehman Feb. 17, 1809
Section 17-John Kuns July 2, 1804
Section 18-
N. E. 14 Martin Weighbricht Oct. 13, 1804
N. W. 14 Martin Weighbricht .Oct. 13, 1804
S. E. 14 George Kuns . Sept. 7, 1804
S. W. 14 William Bruce Sept. 13, 1804
Section 19-
N. E. 14 George Gripe Mar. 23, 1805
N. W. 14 Adam Replogle . July 3, 1805
S. E. 14 George Kuns Sept. 7, 1804
VS. W. 14 Daniel Miller
. Aug. 20, 1805
Section 20-
N. E. 14 Emanuel Flory Oct. 21, 1805
N. W. 14 George Kuns Sept. 7, 1804
S. E. 1/4 John Nausaugh . July 31, 1806
S. W. 14 George Kuns Sept. 25, 1804
Section 21-
N. E. 14 David Benjamin Oct. 5, 18II
N. W. 14 Henry Flory . June 6, 1810
S. E. 14 Joseph Bowen Nov. 28, 18II
S. W. 14 Emanuel Flory . June 8, 1824
Section 22-
N. E. 14 David John Aug. 16, 1810
N. W. 14 David John . July 6, 1810
S. E. 14 Henry Metzar July 13, 18II
S. W. 14 John Olinger . May 24, 1810
Section 23-Robert Wilson Mar. 3, 1802
Section 24-Leonard Wolfe Nov. 2, 1802
Section 25-J. H. Williams and G. Gordon Aug. 11, 1803
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Section 26-William Bruce Aug. 27, 1804 Section 27-
N. 12 Martin Weighbricht Oct. 13, 1804
S. E. 14 Christian Shively Mar. 9, 1805
S. W. 14 Daniel Shively Oct. 12, 1805
Section 28 -- George Kinse .April 27, 1804
Section 29, David Bowen
Sept. 12, 1810
Section 30-
N. E. 14 Jacob Stutzman
Dec. 13, 1805
N. W. 14 William Brumbaugh . Oct. 24, 1805
S. E. 14 George W. Davis
. June 29, 1812
S. W. 14 Jacob Diehl
June 10, 1806
Section 31-
N. E. 14 Enoch Bowen Aug.
1, 1817
N. W. 14 John Musselman . June 8, 1807
S. E. 14 Adam Sinkenhoker Oct. 23, 181I
S. W. 14 John Chribe Oct. 7, 1805
Section 32-
N. E. 14 John Varniman Sept. 24, 1804
N. W. 14 Nathaniel Wilson Aug. 1, 1817
S. E. 14 Jacob Shively . Oct. 3, 1805
S. W. 14 John Wertz Aug. 13, 18II
Section 33-John Varniman . Oct.
6, 1803
Section 34-David Ulrick . Oct. 6, 1803
Section 35-John and Samuel Chribe . June 19, 1804
Section 36-John and Philip Waggoner
Aug. 13, 1804
A number of gristmills more properly called "corn crackers" were in opera- tion in an early day in different parts of the township. An old gristmill, saw- mill and stillhouse, grouped together according to a common custom of the times, began to be operated about 1824 on section 15. The mills were commenced by Daniel Waymire, but before being completed were sold at sheriff's sale to Jerry John, who carried the mills further toward completion. Then they went into the hands of Amos Higgins, who completed them and put them in full opera- tion. The gristmill, under the name of the Trotwood mill, continued to be operated by different persons until 1908. A carding and fulling mill was oper- ated in section 14 by Joseph Ullery.
About 1888, extensive cotton mills known as the calico works were estab- lished on Wolf creek, about four miles above Dayton. After about two years, the mills ceased to be operated and were used for a time as a slaughterhouse and later for the manufacture of poultry food. In a small way they are now used for florist purposes.
One of the first schools in the township was located in section 35. Both the English and German languages were used. The Shively schoolhouse was built prior to 1818.
Trotwood may be said to be the only town in the township. Other places are community centers rather than towns. Such are Amity in the western part
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of the township, platted in 1840, and Air Hill, a small station on the railroad near the western boundary of the township. We see named on the map, Post Town, which had a few buildings including a store and some prospects of growing into a town until Trotwood sprang up.
Stillwater Junction where the Delphos division of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad crosses the Dayton and Western railroad is deserving of mention. Crown Point, Drexel Park and Kingsville, on the Dayton and Eaton pike are making their encroachments on the rural area of the township.
TROTWOOD.
Trotwood was indebted for its existence to L. R. Pfoutz, who in 1854, built a business house and supplied the beginning for the village. He become the first postmaster. The first blacksmith was J. B. Piatt. A carriage manufactory was established in 1879.
About 1898, Robert F. Pleasant made a regular plat of a part of the village. About 1902, the town was incorporated. The first officers were: Mayor, T. M. Wagner; clerk, Walter L. Basher; members of council, D. W. Deevers, Gran- ville Minnich and Robert F. Pleasant. The town has its own waterworks sys- tem and a local telephone company. The population is about four hundred. The township high school is on a lot adjoining the town.
The present mayor is George F. Kem.
Doctors R. R. Shank and W. C. Mendenhall are the practicing physicians in Trotwood.
The first churches in the township were those of the Dunkers or German Baptists and the Old School Baptists. The first meeting house in the township was built by the former in 1832.
The Christian church was organized in 1848. The following year a small brick church was erected in section 9. Here the congregation worshipped until the new church in Trotwood was built in 1872. The present church membership numbers one hundred and eight. The church is served in connection with Shiloh by Rev. W. M. Dawson.
At Kingsville a United Brethren church has been maintained for a number of years.
In view of the fact that there are so many Dunkers or German Baptists in this township, it may be well to repeat that in another chapter all of the churches of that denomination in the county are described together.
The officers of Madison township elected in 1909, are the following: Trus- tees, John Miller, Daniel Basore and Jacob Berringer; clerk, Frank List; mem- bers of the board of education, Walter Bashor, Richard Haber and James Weeks.
PERRY TOWNSHIP.
This township was formed from Jackson and Madison townships, March 7, 1820. The most of the territory of the township is level and at an early time was very wet, water standing in some places all the year. The larger part of the township was therefore not settled until a comparatively late date. The
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eastern and northeastern parts of the township being higher and more rolling, were first settled. Underneath the surface of a part of the township there is a layer of rock valuable for building purposes. The streams draining the land of Perry township are Wolf creek, Beer creek, Little Twin, Tom's run and Leslie's run. The people settling in the township were prevailingly of German descent.
Some of the settlers whose families became prominent in the history of the township, were Henry Shank, Sr., George Brumbaugh, Andrew Clemmer, Daniel Mundhenk and Peter Swank.
The number of original settlers became more numerous as by a change in the land laws, the government began to sell land in smaller lots. Perry township corresponds to township 5, range 4, of the originally surveyed townships. The following table gives the names of original purchasers with date of purchase :
Section I-
N. E. 14 John Arnold . July 4, 1805
N. W. 14 Frederick Tilman . June 11, 1814
S. E. 14 Frederick Halsapple .Nov. 18, 1809 S. W. 14 Charles Wellbaum Aug. 24, 1814
Section 2-
N. E. 14 James B. Oliver . Jan. 14, 1814
N. W. 14 Nathan Stulzman . Oct. 20, 1814
S. E. 14 Joseph Ulrick Nov. 13, 1805
S. W. 14 J. Grip and C. Jordan Aug. 24, 1813 Section 3-
N. E. 1/4 Daniel Chribe Nov. 16, 1805
N. W. 14 Jacob Chribe Sept. - , 1814
S. E. 14 Daniel Chribe . April 7, 1806
S. W. 14 Daniel Chribe
Sept. 5, 1814 - Section 4-
N. E. 14 John Waggoner Sept. 12, 1817
E. 12 of N. W. 14 John Waggoner Sept. 12, 1817
W. 1/2 of N. W. 14 John Pippinger . Oct. 30, 1829
S. E. 14 John Swank May 31, 1814
S. W. 14 John Niswonger Jan. 9, 1818 Section 5-
N. E. 14 John Waggoner Dec. 30, 1815
N. W. 14 Daniel Mundhenk Mar. 19, 1818
S. E. 14 Samuel Gribe June 5, 1809
S. W. 14 James B. Rose Dec. 20, 1819 Section 6-
N. E. 14 Lewis Mundhenk Dec. 10, 1817
E. 12 of N. W. 14 George Horner Dec. 29, 1814
W. 12 of N. W. 14 Daniel Mundhenke Feb. 20, 1830
E. 1/2 of S. E. 14 Lewis Mundenke Sept. 16, 1829
W. 1/2 of S. E. 14 George Stump May 25, 1825
S. W. 1/4 John Herling
Dec. 6, 1814
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Section 7-
N. W. 14 John Reichard . Jan. 11, 1815
N. E. 14 Phillip Long . Dec. 10, 1817
S. E. 14 Samuel Havens Aug. 14, 1821
S. W. 14 William Hathway Nov. 16, 1814
Section 8-
N. E. 14 John Waggoner Sept. 12, 1814
E. 1/2 of N. W. 14 Charles Hooker Dec. 11, 1829
W. 12 of N. W. 14 Daniel Mundhenke . Dec. 24, 1829
S. E. 14 John Waggoner Sept. 12, 1814
S. W. 14 Joshua Mills .Feb. 3, 1820
Section 9-
N. E. 14 George Niswonger . June 17, 1816
N. W. 14 Jacob Knife Sept. 2, 1814
S. E. 14 Denis Covenhoven Oct. 15, 1821
S. W. 14 John Waggoner . Feb. 13, 1815
Section 10-
N. E. 14 Daniel Shively April 30, 1814
N. W. 14 Daniel Shively Sept. 5, 1814
S. E. 14 John Huffman Sept. 10, 1814
S. W. 14 Philip Shank Nov. 5, 1814
Section II-
N. E. 14 Charles Wellbaum Aug. 24, 1814
N. W. 14 Nicholas Reise Dec. 11, 1809
S. E. 14 Adam Replogle May 29, 1806
S. W. 14 Henry Royer . Jan. 25, 1813
Section 12-
N. E. 14 Andrew Bailey Aug. 24, 1814
N. W. 14 Peter Swank . June 19, 1811
S. E. 14 Fred Halsapple .June 18, 1807
S. W. 14 Peter Swank Feb. 27, 1807
Section 13-
N. E. 14 Adam Zellar Nov. 4, 1805
N. W. 14 Peter Grumsine ( ?). Oct. 15, 1805
S. E. 1/4 Michael Caderman Oct. 25, 1805
S. W. 14 Michael Shank June 9, 1814
Section 14-
N. E. 14 George Heeter Sept. 9, 1816
N. W. 14 Isaac Thompson June 18, 1817
S. E. 14 Randle McClure June 26, 1819
S. W. 14 John Robertson June 21, 1819
Section 15-
E. 1/2 of N. E. 14 Michael Priser Nov. 14, 1827
W. 12 of N. E. 14 Samuel Waggoner Jan. 5, 1825
E. 12 of N. W. 14 Samuel Waggoner . Jan. 5, 1825
W. 12 of N. W. 14 William Frazee Mar. 29, 1825
E. 1/2 of S. E. 14 Henry Burt April 9, 1828
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W. 12 of S. E. 14 John Clayton Aug. 26, 1826
E. 12 of S. W. 14 John Clayton Aug. 12, 1824 W. 1/2 of S. W. 14 John Butt Oct. 15, 1828 Section 17-
N. E. 14 Conrad Knife Sept. 2, 1814
E. 1/2 of N. W. 14 John Buck Mar. 27, 1821
W. 1/2 of N. W. 14 Peter Thorn . June 20, 1822
S. E. 14 William Divert Nov. 25, 1815
S. W. 14 John Stephenson Dec. 14, 1819
Section 18-
N. E. 1/4 Richard Parcell Dec. 8, 1819
N. W. 14 Tobias Hueat Aug. 2, 1819
S. E. 14 Jeremiah Burns Dec. 14, 1819
S. W. 14 John Williamson Aug. 17, 1819
Section 19-
E 1/2 of N. E. 14 George Trains Dec. 14, 1819
W. 12 of N. E. 14 George Irains . June 29, 1824
N. W. 14 A. Meyers and George Irains Mar. 3, 1820
E. 12 of S. E. 14 Amesy Ayers .Dec. 8, 1819
W. 12 of S. E. 14 Stephen Cloud Dec. 15, 1828
E. 12 of S. W. 14 John Ward and Henry Small . Sept. 1, 1828
W. 12 of S. W. 14 George Stump May 25, 1825
Section 20-
N. E. 14 John Hershberger Dec. 19, 1814
N. W. 14 David Russel Sept. 4, 1822
S. E. 14 John King Dec. 9, 1814
S. W. 14 Henry Butt
Oct. 21, 1813
Section 21-
E. 12 of N. E. 14 George Bowser Dec. 3, 1828
E. 1/2 of N. W. 14 Joel Waggaman Oct. 9, 1828
W. 12 of N. E. 14 Joel Waggaman Oct. 9, 1828
E. 12 of S. E. 1/4 Peter Fouts Dec. 6, 1827
W. 12 of S. E. 1/4 William Toman Dec. 9, 1828
E. 1% of S. W. 14 Michael Priser Mar. 28, 1828
W. 1/2 of S. W. 14 John Hull Oct. 24, 1826
Section 22- E. 12 of N. E. 14 Peter Fouts Dec. 6, 1827
W. 12 of N. E. 14 Lawrence Fouts . Oct. 22, 1824
E. 1/2 of N. W. 14 Richard Cleyton Dec. 6, 1822
W. 12 of N. W. 1/4
Richard Cleyton Aug. 5. 1828
E. 12 of S. E. 14 Daniel Hartsough Nov. 5, 1818
W. 12 of S. E. 1/4 Peter Boomershine Aug. 17, 1826
E. 1/. of S. W. 14 Jacob Rhodes Dec. 15, 1824
W. 12 of S. W. 14 Abraham Hoover Feb. 14, 1828 Section 23- N. E. 14 John Altick Nov. 5, 1818
N. W. 14 David Funderbarg
Nov. 5. 1818
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S. E. 14 Abraham Hostetter . July 13, 1811
S. W. 4 Peter Replogle Sept. 12, 1814
Section 24- N. E. 14 David Kimmel May 31, 1806
N. W. 14 Deval Kraual .Nov. 18, 1815
S. E. 1/4 David Kimmel May 30, 1806
S. W. 14 Stephen Ulrich April 18, 1814
Section 25-
N. E. 14 Joseph Stowder. . Jan. 30, 1807
E. 1/2 of N. W. 14 John Parish Jan. 25, 1821
WV. 12 of N. W. 14 George Anderson Oct. 15, 1821
S. E. 14 Christian Wagaman Oct. 21, 1825
S. W. 14 Joseph Gripe. . Oct. 21, 1819
Section 26-
N. E. 14 John Muselman April 18, 1814
N. W. 14 Peter Fouts Dec. 28, 1817
S. E. 14 Martin Cable
March 5, 18IO
S. W. 14 Solomon Hailman April 3, 1807
Section 27-
N. E. 14 David Hailman April
3, 1817
N. W. 14 Peter Fouts Dec. 23, 1817
S. 12 Peter Fouts May 27, 1817
Section 28-Peter Fouts . Dec. 23, 1817
Section 29-
N. E. 14 John Clammer Nov. 16, 1814
N. W. 14 Peter Fouts Sept. 6, 1817
S. E. 14 David Clammer.
May 4, 1814
S. W. 14 Samuel Deardorf Feb. 6, 1818
Section 30-
E. 12 of N. E. 14 Unreie ? Jan. 29, 1824
W. 1/2 of N. E. 14 George Stump May 25, 1825
E. 12 of N. W. 14 Joseph Wysong 7. Jan. 3, 1818
W. 12 of N. W. 14 Jacob Noggle. . June 29, 1818
E. 12 of S. E. 1/4 Jacob Butt. .Jan. 24, 1824
W. 12 of S. E. 14 George Stump May 25, 1825
S. W. 14 Jacob Wysong. Dec. 24, 1816
Section 31-
E. 12 of N. E. 14 John Wirick. Dec. II, 1827
W. 1/2 of N. E. 14 Peter Sowders April 8, 1828
N. W. 14 Nathan Harris Jan. 7, 1815
S. E. 14 William Klingen Nov. 23, 1814
S. W. 14 Thomas Tharp Oct. 14, 1813
Section 32-
N. E. 14 Andrew Clammer May 4, 1814
N. W. 14 John Michael Feb. 6, 1818
S. E. 1/4 Andrew Clammer May 29, 1815
S. W. 14 Andrew Clammer May 29, 1814
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Section 33-
N. E. 14 John Collins Jan. 10, 1818
N. W. 14 John Staver . Dec. 9, 1817
S. E. 14 Jacob Haller Nov. 9, 18II
E. 1/2 of S. W. 1/4 William Chadwick. Jan. 8, 1818
W. 12 of S. W. 1/4 William Chadwick. Aug. 20, 1828
Section 34-
N. E. 14 Frederick Stiver . .July 30, 1819
N. W. 14 Nancy Overhalsen Oct. 15, 1818
S. E. 14 Jacob Diehl. . April 30, 1814
S. W. 14 Joseph Gripe April 30, 1814
Section 35-
N. E. 14 Samuel Hiestand Oct. 26, 1805
N. W. 14 George Haller May 30, 181I
S. E. 14 David Bowman. Oct. 26, 1805
S. W. 14 Abraham Miller April 30, 1810
Section 36-
N. E. 14 William Wagaman Oct. 21, 1805
N. W. 14 Peter Weaver Nov. 7, 1805
S. E. 14 George Kunes. Oct. 7, 1805
S. W. 14 Abraham Miller Nov. 7, 1805
The first gristmill in Perry township was built in 1816 by Andrew Clemmer on Tom's run in section 32. In 1834 Daniel Mundhenk built the first steam sawmill in the township. It was run by his son Frederick. In 1846-47 the Mundhenks erected a steam gristmill.
The first schoolhouse was a small log cabin in the northern part of section 29. The next schoolhouse was built in 1814. A schoolhouse was built in section 36 about a quarter of a mile east of New Lebanon as early as 1823. The subscription schools in the township did not disappear until long after the state had made provision for common schools.
PYRMONT is the only town wholly within the township. It was laid out in 1835 by Daniel Mundhenk. The first store was opened in 1835 by Joseph Mixwell. The postoffice was established about 1840. At one time the town was incor- porated, but the people losing interest in a town administration allowed the charter to lapse. The population is placed at about three hundred.
The smaller part of the town of New Lebanon is in Perry township. The town was incorporated in 1878.
A part of the town of Johnsville is also in Perry township.
CHURCHES.
The first church in Perry township was organized about 1824. It was called the Presbyterian and Lutheran congregation. In 1825 two acres of ground in section II were donated to the church for a burying ground and churchyard, and shortly afterward a church was built thereon.
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Antioch church belonging to the United Brethren is the successor to the work of several cooperating congregations. These were the Lutheran, Reformed and United Brethren, which united in building a frame church in 1850 on section 13. There was a society of United Brethren much earlier which had held meetings in private houses. Later the Lutherans withdrew and built a church of their own. The Reformed and Methodist organizations became extinct and the United Brethren society became inactive for a time but was later revived and reorganized. A new church building was then built on a new location at a cost of three thousand dollars. It was dedicated in 1872. It was remodeled in 1907 at a cost of four thousand, eight hundred and fifty dollars. At present it is served in connection with the Brookville church by Rev. Ivory Zimmerman. The member- ship numbers one hundred and forty-six.
In 1860 the Lutherans bought a lot a short distance from the location of the Union church and erected a building at a cost of two thousand dollars. They also purchased land for a cemetery near by.
The first religious society organized in Pyrmont was a Methodist society. In 1836 they built a church which was rebuilt in 1872.
The United Brethren society of Pyrmont was formed in 1847, and two years later a small house of worship was erected by them. In 1866 the old church was removed and a more commodious and suitable building erected. This church is served in connection with the Lewisburg church with E. P. Huddle as its pastor. The membership numbers ninety-six,
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