The biographical annals of Ohio, 1902-1903. A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio. Vol. 1, Part 59

Author: Taylor, William Alexander, 1837-1912; Scobey, Frank Edgar, 1866- comp; McElroy, Burgess L., 1858- comp; Doty, Edward William, 1863- comp; Ohio. General Assembly
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: [Springfield, Ohio]
Number of Pages: 934


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WILLIAM WOODBURN SKILES. SHELBY, OHIO.


WILLIAM WOODBURN SKILES, Congressman Fourteenth District, was born at Stoughtstown, Cumberland County, Pa., December 11, 1849. His parents came to Richland County, Ohio, in 1854, since which time he has resided in Shelby and vicinity.


His early education was obtained in the District Schools, and he afterwards took full college course at Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio. He and his brother, George M. Skiles, were graduated from the above institution in 1876 and began the study of law with the firm of Matson, Dirlam & Lehman, of Mansfield. They were admitted to the bar July 24, 1878, and immediately opened office at Shelby, where they have practiced law under the firm name of Skiles & Skiles since that time.


Previous to his election to represent his district in Congress in 1900 Mr. Skiles had never held any political office other than being President of the Shelby School Board for the last eighteen years. He is prominently connected with financial and manufacturing institutions in Shelby, but has devoted his time entirely to his ' law practice. Though not holding any political office he has for years been active in state politics, at one time serving as a member of the Republican State Central Committee.


Mr. Skiles was married October 3, 1878, to Miss E. Dora Matson, of Shelby, and a son and daughter are the issue of this marriage.


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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1823-1824. . .


18th


Mordecai


Bartley


Richland.


1825-1826. . .


19th


1827-1828. .


20th


1829-1830. .


21st


1831-1832. . .


22d


Elentheros Cook


Huron. Richland.


1833-1834. . .


23d


William Patterson


1835-1836. ..


24th


66


1837-1838. . .


25th


William H. Hunter


1839-1840. .


26th


George Sweney


1841-1842. ..


27th


Alexander J. Harper, Jr.


1845-1846. .


29th


1847-1848. . .


30th


Nathan Evans


1849-1850. .


31st


1851-1852. .


32d


Alexander Harper, Jr.,


1853-1854. .


33d


Harvey H. Johnson


1855-1856. .


34th


Philemon Bliss


1857-1858.


35th


1859-1860. .


36th


Harrison G. Blake


Medina.


1861-1862. . .


37th


1863-1864.


38th


George Bliss


Portage.


1865-1866. .


39th


1867-1868. .


40th


Martin


Welker 66


1871-1872. . . 1873-1874. .


43d


John Berry


1875-1876. .


44th


Jacob P. Cowan


1877-1878. .


45th


Ebenezer B. Finley


Crawford.


1879-1880. ..


46th


Gibson Atherton


Licking. Richland. "


1883-1884. . .


48th


1885-1886. .


49th


C. H. Grosvenor


Athens. Huron.


1889-1890. ..


51st


1891-1892. ..


52d


James W. Owens


1893-1894. ..


53d


Michael D. Harter


1895-1896


54th


Winfield S. Kerr "


1897-1898. .


55th


1899-1900. .


56th


1901-1902.


57th


William W. Skiles


Shelby.


yne.


1869-1870. .


41st


42d


James Monroe


Lorain. Wyandot. Ashland.


1881-1882.


47th


George W. Geddes


66


1887-1888. .


50th


Chas. P. Wickham


"


Huron. Crawford.


1843-1844.


28th


Muskingum. ¥ Guernsey.


Muskingum. Ashland. Lorain.


Licking. Richland.


66


FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.


Counties-Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble and Washington.


HENRY C. VAN VOORHIS, ZANESVILLE, OHIO.


HENRY CLAY VAN VOORHIS, Republican, of Zanesville, was born in Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, May 11, 1852; was educated in the Public Schools and at Dennison University; was admitted to the bar in 1874; was chair- man of the Republican County Committee from 1879 to 1884; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1884; was elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.


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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1833-1834. . .


23d


Jonathan Sloan


Portage.


1835-1836. .


24th


66


1837-1838. .


25th


John W. Allen


Cuyahoga.


1839-1840. ..


26th


66


1841-1842. . .


27th


Sherlock J. Andrews


1843-1844. ..


28th


Joseph Morris


Monroe.


1845-1846. . .


29th


1847-1848.


30th


William Kennon, Jr.,


Belmont. Monroe.


1851-1852.


32d


William R. Sapp


Knox.


1855-1856. .


34th


1857-1858. .


35th


Joseph Burns


1859-1860. . .


36th


William Helmick


1861-1862.


37th


Robert H. Nugen


1863-1864. .


38th


James R. Morris


1865-1866. .


39th


Tobias A. Plants 66


1869-1870. .


41st


Eliakim H. Moore


1873-1874. .


43d


Nelson H. Van Vorhes


1877-1878.


45th


1879-1880. .


46th


George W. Geddes


1881-1882


47th


Rufus R. Dawes


1883-1884. .


48th


Adoniram J. Warner


1885-1886.


49th


Beriah Wilkins


1887-1888


50th


Chas. H. Grosvenor


1889-1890.


51st


66


1891-1892. .


52d


Michael D. Harter


1893-1894.


53d


H. C. Van Voorhis


1895-1896. .


54th


66


1897-1898. . .


55th


66


1899-1900. .


56th


66


1901-1902.


57th


Coshocton. Tuscarawas. "6


Meigs. Athens. Morgan.


1871-1872.


42d


William P. Sprague


Athens.


1875-1876. . .


44th


Richland. Washington.


Tuscarawas. Athens.


Richland. Muskingum.


1867-1868. .


40th


William F. Hunter


1849-1850. .


31st


1853-1854. .


33d


777


SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.


Counties-Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson and Monroe.


JOSEPH J. GILL, STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.


JOSEPH J. GILL, Republican, of Steubenville, was born September 21, 1846, at Barnesville, Ohio; was the eldest child of Samuel and Deborah Gill; shortly after- ward his parents returned to Mount Pleasant, in Jefferson County, Ohio, where his people were among the earliest of the pioneer Quaker settlers at that place from Vir- ginia, and were engaged very extensively in milling, banking and mercantile pursuits.


llere he received an academic education; later studied law and graduated from the Law School of the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the Jefferson County bar in 1868; organized a private bank in Steubenville in 1873, later converting it into the National Exchange Bank and becoming its cashier; engaged in glass manu- facturing in 1874, beginning the business of the present firm of Gill Brothers & Com- pany, owners of the largest factory of the world, exclusively producing lamp chim- neys; inventor of the Gill glass furnace; one of the proprietors of the Ohio Valley Clay Company at Steubenville, making clay pots and furnace blocks; in 1889 be- came managing director of a large mining corporation in Michigan, associated with and succeeding ex-Secretary of the Treasury William Windom, Senator Dorsey and others; is a strong Republican, having taken an active interest in party affairs since 1872; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896 which nominated William McKinley for President; after the death of Lorenzo Danford, in June, 1899. he was nominated for Congress to fill the unexpired term and was unanimously en- dorsed by all the labor organizations of his county; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving a plurality of 4,066 over his Democratic opponent, and was re- elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, receiving a majority of 4,912; is the owner of the Steubenville Herald, established in June, 1806, being the oldest newspaper in the. state.


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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1833-1834. . .


23d


Elisha Whittlesey


1835-1836. ..


24th


1837-1838 ...


25th


Joshua R. Giddings


1839-1840. ..


26th


1841-1842. . .


27th


1843-1844. . .


28th


James Mathews


1845-1846. . .


29th


John D. Cummins


1847-1848.


30th


66


1849-1850. . .


31st


Moses Hoagland


1851-1852. . .


32d


John Johnson


1853-1854 ..


33d


Edward Ball


1855-1856 ..


34th


1857-1858. .


35th


Cydnor B. Tompkins


Morgan. 66


1861-1862. . .


37th


William P. Cutler


1863-1864. .


38th


Joseph W. White


1865-1866. .


39th


John A. Bingham


1867-1868.


40th


1869-1870. . .


41st


Eliakin H. Moore


1871-1872. . .


42d


John A. Bingham


1873-1874. . .


43d


Lorenzo Danford 66


Belmont ..


1875-1876


44th


1877-1878. . .


45th


1879-1880. . .


46th


1881-1882.


47th


-


Jonathan T. Updegraff


Joseph D. Taylor


1883-1884. . .


48th


Beriah Wilkins


1885-1886.


49th


George W. Geddes


1887-1888.


50th


Beriah Wilkins


1889-1890.


51st


James W. Owens


1891-1892. .


52d


Lewis P. Ohliger


1893-1894. ..


53d


John G. Warwick


Albert J. Pearson


1895-1896. . .


54th


Lorenzo Danford


1897-1898. . .


55th


1899-1900. .


56th


Joseph J. Gill


Jefferson.


1901-1902.


57th


Trumbull.


Coshocton. Columbiana.


Holmes. Coshocton. Muskingum.


1859-1860. ..


36th


"


Washington. Guernsey. Harrison.


Athens. Harrison.


William Mckinley, Jr.


Stark. Jefferson. 66 Guernsey. Tuscarawas. Richland. Tuscarawas. Licking. Stark.


SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.


Counties-Coshocton, Holmes, Licking, Tuscarawas and Wayne.


JOHN W. CASSINGHAM, COSHOCTON, OHIO.


JOHN W. CASSINGHAM, Democrat, of Coshocton, born June 22, 1840, and re- ceived his education in the Public Schools of that place; was married November 5, 1863, to Caroline Lamberson ; was Deputy Treasurer of his county from 1857-1868, and served as County Auditor from 1880-1887, besides filling several minor local offices; was engaged in mercantile and coal mining operating prior to 1880, and since then in operating coal mines and in the manufacture of paper, the latter business ceasing in 1893. His interest in the public affairs of the town has always been great, having been Trustee of the Public Library, since its organization, and also a member of the Board of Education from 1886 to the present time; he is Presi- dent of the Coshocton Board of Trade and Director and President of the Commercial Banking Company, and a Trustee of West Lafayette College; his means are now largely invested in farm property, although he is somewhat interested in coal min- ing and manufacturing; was delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Chi- cago in 1896 and was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, receiving 26,275 votes against 21,283 votes cast for George Adams, Republican, and 217 votes for Thomas N. Madden, Union Reform.


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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1833-1834.


23d


John Thompson


Columbiana.


1835-1836.


24th


1837-1838.


25th


Andrew W. Loomis


66


1839-1840.


26th


1841-1842.


27th


William McCauslin


66


1843-1844. .


28th


1845-1846.


29th


George Fries


1847-1848.


30th


1849-1850. .


31st


Joseph Cable


66 Carroll. 66


1855-1856. .


34th


Chas. J. Albright


1857-1858.


35th


William Lawrence


1859-1860.


36th


Thomas C. Theaker


Belmont.


1861-1862.


37th


James R. Morris :


1863-1864. . .


38th


Ephraim R. Eckley


Carroll.


1865-1866. .


39th


1867-1868.


40th


1869-1870.


41st


Jacob A. Ambler


Columbiana.


1871-1872. .


42d


Laurin D. Woodworth


Mahoning.


1875-1876. . 1


44th


William Mckinley, Jr.


Stark. Lorain.


1879-1880. .


46th


William McKinley, Jr.


Stark.


Jonathan H. Wallace


Columbiana.


1883-1884. .


48th


Joseph D. Taylor


1885-1886.


49th


A. J. Warner


1887-1888.


50th


Joseph D. Taylor


1889-1890. . . 1 51st


1891-1892.


52d


Andrew J. Pearson


Belmont. 66


1893-1894. . . .


53d.


J. A. D. Richards


1895-1896.


54th


Addison S. McClure


1897-1898. . .


1


55th


John A. McDowell 66


1899-1900.


56th


1901-1902.


57th


John W. Cassingham


Coshocton.


1851-1852.


32d


1853-1854.


33d


Wilson Shannon


Belmont. Guernsey.


1873-1874. . .


43d


1877-1878 . . .


45th


James Monroe


1881-1882. . . |


47th


Guernsey. Washington.


Chas. D. Coffin


John Hastings


66


EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.


Counties-Columbiana, Mahoning and Stark.


ROBERT W. TAYLER, LISBON, OHIO.


ROBERT WALKER TAYLER, Republican, of Lisbon, was born at Youngstown, Ohio, November 26, 1852; graduated at Western Reserve College, June, 1872; in Septem- ber of that year commenced teaching in the High School at New Lisbon, and was elected Superintendent of Schools in 1873 and re-elected in 1874; from January, 1875, to November, 1876, he was editor of the Buckeye State newspaper at New Lisbon; in April, 1877, he was admitted to the bar and was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Columbiana County in 1880; re-elected in 1882, and served until January, 1886; since his admission to the bar has been actively engaged in the practice of his pro- fession; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 22,635 votes to 19,575 for Charles C. Weybrecht, Democrat, 614 for George C. Harvey, Prohibitionist, and 212 for L. B. Logan, Union Reform.


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1


MEMBERS FROM THE EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1833-1834. . .


23d


Benjamin Jones


Wayne.


1835-1836. ..


24th


1837-1838. .


25th


Matthias Shepler


Stark.


1839-1840.


26th


David A. Starkweather


66


1841-1842.


27th


Ezra Dean


1843-1844.


28th


66


1845-1846. .


29th


David A. Starkweather


66


1847-1848. .


30th


Samuel Lahm


1849-1850. .


31st


David K. Carter


66


1851-1852.


32d


1853-1854. .


33d


George Bliss


Portage. Stark.


1857-1858.


35th


66


1859-1860.


36th


Sidney Edgerton


Summit.


1861-1862.


37th


1863-1864. . .


38th


Rufus P. Spalding:


Cuyahoga. "66


1865-1866. . .


39th


1867-1868. ..


40th


66


1869-1870. . .


41st


William H. Upson


Summit.


1871-1872. .


42d


43d


James Monroe


Lorain. 66


1875-1876. .


44th


1877-1878. . .


45th


1879-1880. . .


46th


Jonathan T. Updegraff


1881-1882.


47th


Addison S. McClure


1883-1884. .


48th


William McKinley


1885-1886. . .


49th


Isaac H. Taylor


Carroll.


1887-1888. .


50th


William Mckinley, Jr.


Stark.


1889-1890. .


51st


1891-1892 ..


52d


Joseph D. Taylor


Guernsey.


1893-1894. ..


53d


George P. Ikirt


1895-1896. . .


54th


Robert W. Tayler


Columbiana.


1897-1898. .


55th


1899-1900. . .


56th


1901-1902.


57th


..


.


Jefferson. Wayne. Stark.


1873-1874. . .


34th


Benjamin F. Leiter


1855-1856. ..


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


NINETEENTH DISTRICT.


Counties-Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Summit and Trumbull.


CHARLES DICK. AKRON, OHIO.


CHARLES DICK, Republican, of Akron, was born at Akron, November 3, 1858, educated in Public Schools; was store clerk, bank bookkeeper and teller; later, grain commission merchant; in 1894 was admitted to Ohio bar; served two terms as Auditor Summit County ; was long Major and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Eighth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, being subsequently elected Brigadier-General and now serving as Major-General; was several years member and three times chairman Republican County Committee, Summit County, Ohio; Secretary Republican Nation- al Committee from March, 1897-July, 1900; served as Chairman of the Ohio State Executive Committee in campaigns of 1892, '93, '94, '99 and 1900; in campaign of 1896 served as Secretary at Chicago headquarters of Republican National Commit. tee; was closely associated with Senator Hanna in preliminary canvass for Mc- Kinley's nomination and subsequent general campaign. He was engaged in active service with his regiment during the Spanish-American War, and returning from Cuba, upon the death of Hon. S. A. Northway in 1898, he was elected to Congress from the Nineteenth Ohio District, for the short and long terms; in 1900 was re- elected for the term 1901-1903. Address, Akron, Ohio.


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785


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE NINETEENTH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1833-1834. . .


23d


Humphrey H. Leavitt


Daniel Kilgore


1835-1836. . .


24th


-


Henry Swearengen


18 37-1838. . .


25th


Daniel Kilgore


1839-1840 ..


26th


Henry Swearengen


1841-1842.


27th


Samuel Stokeley


1843-1844.


28th


Daniel R. Tilden


Portage.


1845-1846.


29th


66


1847-1848. .


30th


John Crowell


Trumbull.


1849-1850.


31st


66


1851-1852 ..


32d


Eben Newton


1853-1854.


33d


Edward Wade


1855-1856.


34th


66


1857-1858. ..


35th


1859-1860.


36th


Albert G. Riddle


1863-1864. . .


38th


James A. Garfield


1865-1866. . .


39th


1867-1868 .. .


40th


66


1871-1872. .


42d


1873-1874. . .


43d


1875-1876. .


44th


1877-1878. . .


45th


1879-1880. .


46th


1881-1882. . .


47th 1


Trumbull.


1883-1884. . .


48th


66


1885-1886. .


49th


1887-1888. . .


50th


1889-1890. . .


| 51st


1891-1892. . .


52d


1893-1894. .. .1


53d


Stephen


. A. Northway ,


1895-1896. . .


54th


1897-1898. . .


55th


1899-1900. . .


56th


Chas.


Dick


Summit.


1901-1902.


57th


Portage.


1869-1870. .


41st


66


66


66


66


66


Ezra B. Taylor


Mahoning. Cuyahoga.


1861-1862. .


37th


Jefferson. Harrison. Jefferson.


66


50 B. A.


TWENTIETH DISTRICT.


Counties-Lake, Medina, and the townships of Bedford, Breckville, Brooklyn, Chagrin Falls, Dover, East Cleveland, Euclid, Independence, Mayfield, Newburg, Olmstead, Orange, Parma, Rockport, Royalton, Solon, Strongsville, and Warrens- ville, of Cuyahoga County, and the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thir- tieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty- sixth, Thirty-seventh, 'Thirty-eighth, 'Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Wards of the city of Cleveland.


JACOB A. BEIDLER, WILLOUGHBY, OHIO.


JACOB A. BEIDLER, Republican, of Willoughby, born in Chester County, Pa., November 2, 1852; was the son of Israel Beidler, a Mennonite minister; was edu- cated in the country schools of that vicinity, and attended Lockes Seminary at Nor- ristown, Pa., for four years, after which time he moved to Ohio and started in the coal business and is still engaged as coal operator; was married to Hannah M. Rhoades, of Phoenixville, Pa., September 14, 1876; nominated for Congressman on the Republican ticket of the Twentieth District of Ohio on May 10, 1900. The vote received by each nominee was as follows: Jacob A. Beidler, Republican, 22,776; H. B. Harrington, Democrat, 22,087; John C. Hardenbergh, Union Reform, 164; John Kircher, Socialistic Labor, 344; Thomas H. Madden, Socialistic Democrat, 405; Wil- liam B. Gould, Independent Republican, 38; Fremont O. Phillips, Independent Republican, 3,973; giving a plurality of 689.


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THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE TWENTIETH DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1843-1844. .


28th


Joshua R. Giddings


66


1845-1846. .


29th


1847-1848. . .


30th


66


1849-1850. . .


31st


66


66


1851-1852. . .


32d


66


66


1855-1856. ..


34th


66


Trumbull. 66


1861-1862.


37th


1873-1874.


43d


66


66


1875-1876. . .


/ 44th


Henry B. Payne


Cuyahoga. "66


1877-1878. . .


45th


Amos Townsend 66


1881-1882. .


47th


1883-1884. . .


48th


David R. Paige


Summit. Stark.


1887-1888.


50th


George W. Crouse


Summit.


1889-1890. ..


51st


Martin L. Smyser


1891-1892. ..


52d


Vincent A. Taylor


1893-1894.


53d


William J. White


1895-1896. .


54th


Clifton B. Beach


66


1897-1898.


55th


1899-1900. . .


56th


Fremont O. Phillips


Medina.


1901-1902. .


57th


Jacob A. Beidler


Cuyahoga.


1879-1880 .. .


46th


66


66


1885-1886.


49th


William McKinley, Jr.


Wayne. Cuyahoga. 66


1857-1858. .


35th


1859-1860. . .


36th


John Hutchins


Ashtabula.


1853-1854. ..


33d


787


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TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.


County of Cuyahoga-First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six- teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-sec- ond, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-seventh Wards of the city of Cleveland.


THEODORE E. BURTON, CLEVELAND, OHIO.


THEODORE E. BURTON, Republican, of Cleveland, was born at Jefferson, Ashta- bula County, Ohio, December 20, 1851; studied at Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio, at Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, and at Oberlin College, from which last in- stitution he graduated in 1872; began the practice of law at Cleveland in 1875; was a member of the Fifty-first Congress, but was defeated for re-election in 1890; was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty- sixth Congress, receiving 17,599 votes to 10,823 for L. A. Russell, Democrat, and 1,324, for J. J. Koler, Socialist Labor; also re-elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress.


(788)


THE BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF OHIO.


Representatives in Congress from Ohio.


MEMBERS FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.


Years.


Congress.


Name.


County.


1843-1844.


28th


Henry R. Brinkerhoff


Edward S. Hamlin


1845-1846.


29th


1847-1848. .


30th


1849-1850. .


31st


1851-1852.


32d


Norton S. Townsend


Lorain.


1853-1854. .


33d


Andrew Stuart


Jefferson.


1855-1856.


34th


John A. Bingham


Harrison.


1857-1858.


35th


1859-1860.


36th


66


1861-1862.


37th


Martin A. Foran


Cuyahoga.


1887-1888.


50th


1889-1890.


51st


Theodore E. Burton


66


1891-1892. . .


52d


Tom L. Johnson


1893-1894. . .


53d


1895-1896.


54th


Theodore E. Burton


1897-1898. .


55th


66


1899-1900. .


56th


1901-1902.


57th


Huron. Lorain. Huron.


1883-1.884. .


48th


1885-1886.


49th


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789


Joseph M. Root


PART SIX.


COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF OHIO.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS- PART SIX.


Counties of Ohio, giving Date of Erection, Organization, Etc. PAGE 793 Population of Ohio by Counties During and at the Close of the First Century of State History (1802-1901) 797


Population of Ohio by Counties (1880-1900) . 799


Population of the Incorporated Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets of Ohio (1890-1900) 802


Population of the Principal Cities of Ohio (1810-1900) 819


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A TABLE OF THE COUNTIES OF OHIO


GIVING DATE OF ERECTION, ORGANIZATION, WHOM NAMED AFTER, AND COUNTY SEAT.


Counties.


Erected.


Named After.


Organized.


County Seat.


A


Adams


Proc., July 10, 1797 ..


John Adams


Date erected


Allen


Act February 12, 1820


Colonel Allen


Act February 9, 1831


Ashland


Act February 24, 1846


Ashland, Kentucky


Date erected


Ashtabula


Act February 10, 1807


An Indian name


Act January 22, 1811


Jefferson. Athens.


Athens .


Act February 20, 1805


Capital of Greece


Date erected


Act February 14, 1848


An Indian name


Date erected


Wapakoneta.


Auglaize Belmont


Proc. September 1, 1801.


Capt. Joseph Belmont.


Date erected


St. Clairsville.


Gen. Jacob Brown.


Date erected


Georgetown. Hamilton.


Butler Carroll


Act December 25, 1832.


Charles Carroll


Date erected


Carrollton. Urbana.


Champaign Clark


Act February 20, 1805. Act December 26, 1817.


George Rogers Clarke


Date erected


Springfield.


Clermont


Proc. December 6, 1800.


Descriptive


Date erected


Clinton


Act February 19, 1810. Act March 25, 1803. .


Christopher Columbus


Date erected


Lisbon.


Coshocton


Act January 31, 1810.


An Indian name


Act January 22, 1811


Coshocton.


Crawford


Act February 12, 1820


Col. William Crawford


Act January 31, 1826


Bucyrus.


Cuyahoga


An Indian name ...


Date erected


Darke


Gen. William Darke


Act December 14, 1816.


Defiance


Act March 4, 1845.


Fort Defiance


Date erected


Delaware


Act February 10, 1808.


Date erected


Delaware.


Erie


Act March 15, 1838


Indian Tribe Indian Tribe


Act March 16, 1838


Fairfield


Proc. December 9, 1800.


Descriptive


Date erected


Sandusky. Lancaster.


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·


...


·


Brown . . ...


Act December 27, 1817 Act March 24, 1803.


Gen. Richard Butler.


Date erected


.


.


·


Character of surface


Date erected


.


.


George Clinton


Date erected


Batavia. Wilmington.


Columbiana


Act January 16, 1810 · · Act January 3, 1809.


Cleveland. Greenville. Defiance.


.


:


West Union. Lima. Ashland.


A TABLE OF THE COUNTIES OF OHIO, GIVING DATE OF ERECTION, ORGANIZATION, ETC .- Continued.


Counties.


Erected.


Named After:


Organized.


County Seat.


Fayette


Act February 19, 1810


Marquis de Lafayette.


Date erected


Franklin


Act March 30, 1803


Dr. Benjamin Franklin.


Date erected


Fulton


Act February 20, 1850


Robert Fulton


Date erected


Gallia


Act March 25, 1803


Gaul (France)


Date erected


Gallipolis.


Geauga ·


Act December 31, 1805


Indian name


Date erected


Greene


Act March 24, 1803.


Gen. Nathaniel Greene.


Date erected


Guernsey


Act January 31, 1810.


Isle of Guernsey (Eng.)


Date erected Date erected


Cincinnati.


Hancock


Act February 12, 1820


John Hancock .


Act January 21, 1828.


Findlay.


Hardin


Act February 12, 1820. .


Gen. John Hardin


Act January 19, 1833


Kenton.


Harrison


Act January 2, 1813


Wm. Henry Harrison


Date erected


Cadiz.


Henry


Act February 12, 1820


Patrick Henry


Act February 2, 1824. .


Napoleon.


Highland


Act February 18, 1805.


Descriptive


Same date as erected.


Hillsboro.


Hocking


Act January 3, 1818.


The River Hock-hocking.


Holmes


Act January 20, 1824.


Major Holmes


Act January 4, 1825


.


Huron .


Act February 7, 1809 ·


Huron Indians


Act January 31, 1815


Norwalk.


Jackson


Act January 12, 1816. · Gen. Andrew Jackson.


Same date as erected.


Jefferson


Proc. July 29, 1797


Thomas Jefferson


Same date as erected.


Knox


Act January 30, 1808.


Gen. Henry Knox


Same date as erected.


Lake


Act March 6, 1840


Lake Erie


Act March 20, 1840


Lawrence


Act December 21, 1815.


Capt. James Lawrence.


Licking


Act January 30, 1808


Salt Licks


Same date as erected ..


Newark.


Logan Act December 30, 1817.


Gen. Benjamin Logan ..


Same date as erected ..


Lorain


Act December 26, 1882.


Province Loraine


Act January 21, 1824.


Bellefontaine. Elyria.


794


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·


·?


Xenia. Cambridge.


Hamilton


Proc. January 2, 1790.


Alexander Hamilton


.


Same date as erected ..


Logan.


Millersburg.


Jackson. Steubenville.


Mt. Vernon. Painesville. Ironton.


Act December 20, 1816.


Washington C. H. Columbus.


Wauseon.


Chardon.


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A TABLE OF THE COUNTIES OF OHIO, GIVING DATE OF ERECTION, ORGANIZATION, ETC. - Continued.


Counties.


Erected.


Named After.


Organized.


County Seat.


Lucas


Act June 20, 1835


Gen. Robert Lucas.


Same date as' erected.


.


Madison


Act February 16, 1810


Mahoning


Act February 16, 1846 ..


Marion


Act February 12, 1820. .


Medina


Act February 12, 1812


Meigs


Act January 21, 1819.




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