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District No. 16, called also Gray's District, is near the city limits, south of the National road. The school has two departments and employs two teachers. The district enumerates as follows: White males, 70; females, 50; colored males, 3: females, 7; total, 130. B. D. Long and Mary E. Christ, teachers; wages 855 and $30 respectively.
Elsewhere is found a statement showing the boundary and limit of each school district, when the township was first divided into districts for school pur- poses.
The following statement exhibits the condition of schools of Springfield Township for the year ending August 31, 1880:
Total amount of school moneys received within the year, $14,427.30; amount paid teachers within the year, $7,445.50; paid for sites and buildings, $1,380.45; fuel and contingent expenses, $2,068.17; grand total of expendi- tures, $10,894.12. Balance on hand September 1, 1880, $3,533.1S.
Number of subdistricts, 12: schoolhouses erected within the year, 1; value, $1,180; whole number of schoolhouses, 12; number of school rooms, 16; total value of school property, $15,000: teachers employed, 16; average wages paid teachers, $50; ladies, $45; rate of school tax in mills, 3.8; pupils enrolled dur- ing the year -- girls, 455; boys, 540; total, 995; average daily attendance-boys, 293; girls, 214; total, 507; number enrolled between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years-hovs, 78; girls, 84; total, 162. Number of pupils in cach branch of study: Alphabet, 116; reading, 670; spelling, 319; writing, 648; arithmetic, 456; geography, 174: English grammar, 120; drawing, 54; map drawing, 68; natural philosophy, S; algebra, 51.
SUGAR GROVE.
The village of Sugar Grove is situated 'two miles west of Springfield on the National road. It was laid out March 25, 1874, by the Springfield Brick Manufacturing Company-Peter A. Schindler, President. It is on the north- east quarter of Section 16, Town 4. Range 9.
Sugar Grove comprises sixty lots, twenty-three of which front south on the National road or Main street. The village extends from the National road on the south, to the track of the N. Y .. P. & O. Railroad on the north. This railroad has a station, office and passenger depot, and is generally termed Springfield Station. The Western Union Telegraph Company has an office here, J. Me- Greevy, operator. This station was established in the year 1875, and the agents from the first to the present have been John F. Mumford, Thomas H. Lee, J. N. Moses and J. McGreevy.
The old brick building which stands on the opposite side of the National road from Sugar Grove, was built about the year 1810 by Daniel Leffel, and was used for several years as a hotel -was called Sugar Grove Hotel. It was
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destroyed by fire and was rebuilt by Peter Sintz, Jr., and is now owned by the Leffel family.
EDWARDSVILLE.
The village of Edwardsville was laid out by Elizabeth E. Edwards August. 1870. Its position is on both sides of the Clark Union Pike (Lagonda avenue) southwest of and adjoining the village of Lagonda, being a part of the east half of Section 29, Town 5, Range 9. It consists of 211 lots, many of which are improved by neat, cosy residences erected thereon, and occupied by the families of mechanics, employed in the shops and manufactories of Lagonda and Springfield. The village is barely beyond the city limits. It contains no public business interest.
EAST SPRINGFIELD.
This suburban hamlet was laid out and platted July, 1869, by A. Raffens- berger. It is situated on Section 22, on the south side of High street (Charles- ton Pike). It comprises 120 lots, sixteen of which front north on High street. About thirty lots have improvements begun or completed, and the village gives promise of future prosperity.
RICEVILLE.
This village was laid out on the east side of Clifton Pike by Heury C. Rice March, 1871. It is situated immediately south of the city limits, and is on the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Town 5, and contains twenty- five acres. The streets are named Henry, Clay and Rice; thus perpetuating the name of its founder. The plat contains ninety-five lots, which are nearly all unimproved.
CHAMBERSBURG.
At the junction of the Fairfield and Yellow Springs Pikes, three miles south of the city of Springfield, is a cluster of houses deserving to be classed with the villages of Clark County. A fine brick schoolhouse on the north, and Emery Chapel on the south, a well improved and fertile country surrounding. and an industrious, sober community, make this little hamlet a desirable rural retreat.
SUBURBAN BUSINESS.
Beyond the corporate limits of Springfield, on the numerous thoroughfares that center in that city, are located a number of business enterprises, among which we mention the following:
ST. JOHN SEWING MACHINE COMPANY.
The St. John Sewing Machine Company occupy a building on the left bank of Buck Creek, north of the National road, and near the bridge spanning that stream. This building was used previous to 1876 by Foos & Mulligan as a fur- niture factory. The "Old Hydraulic Race " which furnishes the water supply for this business, was built by the Snyders about 1855.
The present company have occupied the factory since 1876, employ forty hands, and use annually about four hundred and fifty thousand feet of lumber in the manufacture of the St. John Sewing Machine.
DUGAN'S LIME WORKS.
The extensive limekilos of Matthew Dugan are located on the right bank of Mad River, a few rods above Rock Point Mill, two miles west of the city of Springfield. Mr. Dugan began the lime business here in 1873, and has exten-
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sive sale for his lime in Cincinnati. He employs a large force of hands and produces 280 car loads of lime per year. Matthew Dugan, proprietor, Cincin- nati, Ohio.
HOLCOMB'S LIME WORKS.
The lime business was established on Mad River, below Rock Point Mill, in the year 1864. These works furnish lime for the markets of Springfield, Dayton, Urbana and other cities. They produce nearly three hundred car loads per year, run three kilns, and employ a strong force of workmen. A. Holcomb, proprietor, Springfield, Ohio; John Lowrie, foreman.
JUNCTION MILLS.
Judson Redmond, proprietor, Springfield, Ohio. This flouring mill is sit- uated on Beaver Creek, about four miles east of Springfield, on Section 5, and a half mile north of the National road. The first mill built on this site was erected about the year 1SOS, by John Foster, who operated it for a number of years before, during and after the war of 1812.
John Buckles was the next owner. He attached a distillery to it and oper- ated both the mill and still for several years, but the date of his purchase and the number of years he owned it cannot be accurately stated. Buckles sold to John Rea, and Rea, in 1835, sold to Robert Rodgers, wbo, in 1837, built a saw- mill in connection.
In 1839, the whole premises were destroyed by fire. Mr. Rodgers rebuilt the grist-mill in 1840. In 1847, Thomas M. McCormick bought a half interest, and Rodgers and McCormick conducted the business together. After the death of Rodgers, McCormick ran the business for a time, but becoming embarrassed. assigned. About the year 1S58, Lewis C. Huffman bought the mill of Hugh Wilson, assignee of McCormick, and, in 1866, Mr. Huffman sold it to the pres- ent owner, Judson Redmond, for $8,000. Mr. Redmond expended several hun- dred dollars in improvements in 1870, since which time it has been in success- ful working order, running night and day much of the time. It has three runs of buhrs, eighteen-feet overshot wheel, has a daily capacity of forty barrels of flour. The name "Junction Mills" is given on account of its location at the confluence of Beaver Creek and Sinking Creek.
BENSON'S MILL.
This mill is situated on Beaver Creek, Section 12, three and a half miles northeast of Springfield. It was built by Oliver Armstrong and Pierson Spin- ning in the year 1832. These parties operated the mill until the death of Arm- strong, following which Cyrus Armstrong and Henry Shugh carried on for the greater part of the time till the year 1852, when it was bought by J. M. Benson, the present proprietor. Mr. Benson made some improvements in the machinery and remodeled the building at a total expense of about $8.000. The mill is in active operation and is regarded as one of the best on these waters. It is a frame. four stories high, thirty-nine by sixty-five feet iu dimensions, four run of buhrs, uses the Leffel turbine wheel and does general milling business. J. M. Benson, proprietor, P. O. Springfield.
LEFFEL'S SAW-MILL.
This mill is on the left bank of Mill Creek, on the Fairfield and Mud Run Pike, three and a half miles from Springfield, and nearly a mile east of Mad River Township line. It was built by William Harris before the year 1840, and was afterward owned and run by Reed Wright. It was bought by James
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P. Leffel, since which time it has been called "Leffel's Saw-Mill." The water- power of Mill Creek proving insufficient, steam has been added of late, but the mill is now in a state of idleness, and has, in all probability, seen its quota of usefulness and its best days. It is the property of James P. Leffel.
SNYDER'S MILLS.
The flouring-mill and distillery of J. & D. L. Snyder are on Mad River, a short distance north of Sugar Grove. The mill was first erected by Elijah Har- nett, and by him sold to Henry Snyder, the father of the present proprietors. The Snyders built a distillery and operated that up to 1862, since which time the distillery business has not been carried on, and the building, much of the time has been used for storage and other legitimate purposes. The mills were destroyed by fire in JS54, and promptly rebuilt. It uses three Leffel wheels, three run of buhrs, and is four-story frame.
TAYLOR'S MILL
is situated on Section 11, northwest quarter, and on Beaver Creek, five miles east of Springfield. It was first erected by James Taylor in 1830, and Mal in connection with it a carding and fulling mill. The carding and fulling attachments were operated up to the year 1845, when it was abandoned. Mr. Taylor died in 1819, and the mill was remodeled by Charles Morgan, who puur- chased it of Taylor's administrator. Mr. Morgan owned and run the mill until his death in 1869. It was then purchased by Samuel Taylor, the present owner of Taylor's Mill. It was a frame, three stories high, thirty-six by ninety feet in dimensions. This mill, with its contents, was destroyed by lightning on the 9th of May, 1875, at a loss of $12,000. The next year, 1876, Samuel Taylor rebuilt on the same site the present mill. It is of brick, Mansard or curb roof, thirty-six by fifty-eight feet, costing $8,000. It has an excellent power and uses the " Iron overshot wheel," made by Stout, Mills & Temple, of Dayton, Ohio. The mill has a basement and three stories and is valued at $12,000. The flour of this mill has a large and increasing trade in the city of Springfield, besides shipping some flour and other products to New York City. Samuel Taylor, proprietor; P. O. Springfield.
RUBSAM'S MILL.
This mill is situated on the right bank of Mad River, and below the mouth of Buck Creek. It is on Section 10, two miles west of Springfield, and one- fourth of a mile south of the National road. This mill was originally built by Daniel Hertzler in the year 1865; it was completed and ready to run at the time of the murder of Hertzler. Samuel Huffinan, Hertzler's son-in-law, became the owner following Hertzler's death, and operated the mill till 1869, when he traded it to John W. Rubsam, the present owner. Rubsam leased it to Crain, Hotsenpiller & Wilson, who operated it for three and a half years. Following the expiration of this time, Mr. Rubsam ran the mill himself till early in 1SS0. It has been standing idle since then. The mill is a four-story frame, forty by sixty feet in size, uses two Leffel wheels and one Burns' wheel; it has a good water power and does a general milling busniess.
LEFFEL'S MILL.
One of the extinct mills of Mad River was the one built by Andrew Leffel in 1833, and which stood a few rods above Rubsam's Mill, and between that and the railroad bridge. It was a three-story frame, and was operated by Mr. Leffel about ten years. He then sold it to James Robinson, who attached a dis-
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tillery to it and continued milling and distilling until both establishments were destroyed by fire about the year 1850. They were never rebuilt.
GRISSO'S MILL-OK ROCK POINT.
This excellent flouring-mill is on the line of the N. Y., P. & O. Railroad, three and a half miles west of Springfield, and on the right bank of Mad River. It was erected in 1831-32, by Peter Sintz, Sr., and was improved in 1880 by J. & S. Arthur, the present owners. Mr. Sintz managed the milling business here nearly twenty years, and then leased it to George Grisso for five years. The Atlantic & Great Western Railway Company (N. Y., P. & O.) then pur- chased it of Sintz about the year 1864. It was subsequently sold at Sheriff's sale, and was purchased by George Grisso for $6,500. Grisso ran the business till 1879, when Joseph Arthur became the owner, and in a short time was suc- ceeded by his two sons, J. & S. Arthur. The building is six stories high, forty by sixty feet in size, uses two American turbine wheels, and is valued at $8,000. Does all kinds of custom work. J. & S. Arthur, proprietors, Spring- field, Ohio.
REBERTS' MILL.
Roberts' Mill was created in 1838 by Samuel Todd. It is situated on Mill Creek, two miles southwest of Springfield, on Section 9. Todd carried on a general milling business for three years after the erection of the mill, and was then succeeded by Ed Swope for about two years; then John Rench, and after- ward Henry Baker carried on the business.
In the year 1852, Andrew Rebert bought the mill of John Rench, and for the next twenty years thereafter did a general milling business. At the end of this time, he rented it to Aaron Reasor for three years, then to Frederick Cramer for two years, and lastly to Samuel Louk. The building is forty feet square, three stories, high, uses Leffel's wheel, has two runs of buhrs and is valued at $5,000. Capacity, thirty barrels of flour per day. Andrew Rebert, proprietor, Springfield, Ohio.
The original mill on this site was one of the oldest in the country. We do not know its history, but it was patronized long before the county was organized by the pioneers who came a long distance, from all directions, for flour, and to get their grinding done.
PADEN'S WOOLEN FACTORY.
In the year 1844, James Paden built a factory on Mill Creek for the manu- facture of rolls, yarns and woolen fabrics generally. Ho carried on carding, spinning; weaving and fulling up to the year of his death, in 186S. After Mr. Paden's death, the business was conducted by his son David until the year 1880. It has not done much business of late. The factory is a two-story frame, uses the Leffel wheel, and is located on Section 9, two and a half miles south- west of Springfield.
Adam Grube, proprietor of Grube's Brick Works. Kiins on North Market street, beyond the city limits.
. P. H. Murphy, florist and ornamental gardener, North Market street, beyond · the city limits.
THE BYRD CEMETERY.
This burial-place was laid out by John Snodgrass about 1820, and is located on Section 11, nearly four miles east of Springfield, and 200 yards north of the National road, on a bluff near the left of Beaver Creek. It is well inclosed but somewhat neglected in other respects, and the following list tells of pioneers who have found here their "six feet of earth."
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Herbert W. Huffman, died October, 1820, aged thirty-three; Sarah Huff- man, died March, 1842, aged fifty-two; Silvanus Tuttle, died January, 1813, aged eighty-two; Mary Tuttle, died May, 1848, aged eighty-five; Luke Byrd, died August 81, 1825, aged fifty five; Catharine Byrd, September, 1835; John D. Jenkins, died March, 1848, aged eighty-two; William Beesley, died January, 1825, aged fifty-one; Mary Tuttle, died May, 1856, aged seventy-two. Quite a number of graves of those buried in the early years of the history of this ceme- tery are unmarked by any memorial.
SINKING CREEK CEMETERY.
This place of public interment was laid out by the Sinking Creek Baptist society in 1817, and is located on Section 5, near the right bank of Siuking Creek, one-half mile north of Junction Mills, is twelve rods wide and twenty rods long, and is inclosed by a substantial board fence. The marble slabs erected to perpetuate the memory of the dead tell of the names, ages and date of death of a number who were pioneers of the neighborhood as follows:
George Reid, died January, 1860, aged sixty-six; James Reid, died May, 1857, aged seventy-two; Reuben Kesler, died April, 1878, aged eigbty-nine, John Deson died July. 1868. aged eighty-one: Mary Dugan, died 1867, aged seventy five; James Rea, died May, 1824, aged fifty-seven; John Snodgrass, died May, 1826, aged sixty-three; Jane Snodgrass, died May, 1859, aged eighty- seven; Jonathan H. Wallace, died April, 1850, aged sixty-nine; Rev. William Jones, died December, 1847, aged eighty-two; James Price, died July, 1846, aged sixty-six; Mary Price, died December, 1856, aged eighty-two.
THE FERRIN CEMETERY.
At an early day a few persons were interred upon the farm of John Perrin .- Sr., in Section 3, and Mr. Perrin buried his wife and children in this ground, and there he himself was buried in 1848. This graveyard was regularly platted and laid off' in lots, but little now remains to mark the graves of those outside the Perrin family. Their plat is inclosed by a neat iron fence, and headstones tell of the silent sleeper beneath the grassy mound. This ground is now used as a private family cemetery.
The Roller Cemetery, in Section 23, west of Springfield, was begun about 1820, and is yet used as a burial-place; a number of the early settlers are bur- ied in this ground, and nice monuments mark the graves.
Other cemeteries in this township is the Newcomer Cemetery, in Section 24. north of Lagonda, where there is quite a large burial ground, and on which lot the United Brethren Society built their chapel in 1845; and the Huffman Cem- etery, in Section 21, on the Valley Pike, close to the line of Bethel Township, on the hill overlooking the Mad River Valley. This is a small lot, thirty by fifty feet, and has been used mostly by Jacob Huffman and his descendants.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The following is a list of names of Justices of the Peace of Springfield Township, with the date of their several commissions, from 1834 to 1880:
Anthony Byrd, November 17, 1834; Reuben Miller, November 19, 1335; J. 'S. Halsey, August 10. 1836: Anthony Byrd, December 5, 1837; A. D. Merri- ness. December 20. 1537; John R. Leman, March 26, 1838; Samuel Mott, November 21, 1535: Reuben Miller, December 24, 1840: John Whiteley, April 10, 1843; Reuben Miller, December 19, 1S43; Samuel Parsons, November 27, 1844: William Whiteley, April 10, 1846: Pierson Spinning, December 19. 1846; William Whiteley, April 10, 1849; Pierson Spinning, October 19, 1849;
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. John Coffield, March 25, 1850; Samuel Parsons, October 26, 1850; Anthony Byrd. April 21, 1852; Pierson Spinning, November 1, 1854; Alfred D. Coombs, October 18, 1853; Anthony Byrd, May 4, 1855; Pierson Spinning, October -, 1855: Reuben Miller, October 27, 1856; James S. Christie, February 21, 1837: Anthony Byrd, April, 1858; Reuben Miller, October -- , 1859; James S. Chris- tie, February, 1860; Joseph D. Wood, April, 1861; Reuben Miller, October 30, 1862: D. A. Harrison, February 24, 1863; George C. Richardson, December 11, 1863; J. D. Wood, April 23, 1864; J. D. Wood, September, 1865; Charles Evans, February, 27, 1867; J. D. Wood, November 17, 1868; Reuben Miller, November 17, 1868; Reuben Miller, November 21, 1871: J. J. Smith, February 27, 1873: Alden H. Gillett, April 13, 1874; J. J. Smith, February 23, 1876; Henry Hollenback, April 4, 1877; J. J. Smith, February 15, 1879; William H. Burnet, November 5, 1879; Henry Hollenback, April 16, 1880.
POLL-BOOK
of the election held in Springfield Township May 30, 1818, for the elec- tion of two Justices of the Peace, to succeed the official terms of John Dough- orty and John Snodgrass:
NAMES OF ELECTORS.
NAMES OF ELECTORS.
NAMES OF ELECTORS.
1 Maddox Fisher.
44 James Wallace.
86 Derick Vanpelt.
2 Samuel Smith.
45 James Shipman. ~
87 Samuel Davis.
3 Hiran Goble.
4 Timothy Stickley.
5 Richard W. Hunt.
48 Joseph Reid.
90 James Akin.
6 John Hunt.
49 Humphrey Nichols.
7 Oliver Simpson.
8 James Lowry.
9 Zebulon Lewis.
10 Jamo- Steel.
11 James Craig.
12 Ambrose Blount.
13 James Perry. .
14 Sampson Hubbell.
15 Hatfield Martin.
16 Merrineid Vicory.
17 Orrin Atkins. 18 Joseph Perrin.
19 Zephania Platt.
20 John Lingle.
21 Abner West.
22 John Killon.
23 James Grube.
24 Richard Burnett.
25 William Wilson.
68 Matthew Woods.
110 Thomas Armstrong.
26 Jacob Clark.
69 Ira Paige.
111 JJohn Dudley.
50 William A. Needham.
112 Solomon Scott.
113 Thomas West, Jr.
30 Anson Vicory.
73 Allen Mead.
115 Israel Baylis.
31 James Norton.
74 Robert Gamble.
116 Maxwell Patton.
32 Thoma, Kelly.
75 Stephen Cammel.
117 Richard Hopkins.
76 Boswell Kitridge.
77 Hezekiah Stout.
78 David Lard.
120 Isaac Wood. Jr.
37 Joseph Greer.
80 John Smith.
122 Richard Polleston.
123 William Cowen.
124 John B. Croney.
40 Uriah Craig.
83 Walter Smallwood.
125 James Rudy.
84 John Kirkpatrick.
126 James Reid.
85 William Moody.
127 Robert Reid.
43 Jacob Lingle.
50 Christian Snideger.
51 Andrew McBeth.
93 William Nichols.
94 Charles Cavalier:
95 Henry Rogers. -
96 Nathan Dudley.
55 William Patton.
97 John E. Delrymple.
9S Elizander Elliott.
99 David Day.
100 Henry Gates.
53 Merrifield Vicory.
101 Richard Dillon.
60 William Carpenter.
102 William Hall.
103 Waitstill M. Cary.
1º4 Robert McBeth.
105 James Denham.
106 Samuel Cary.
107 dolin Dugan.
108 Thomas Patton.
109 Griffith Foos.
27 Isaac Mason. 28 James Gates. 99 Andrew Edgar.
71 John Buckels
22 Abraham D. Merriness.
114 Edward Armstrong.
118 James Steel.
33 Joel Walker. 34 William Ross. 35 John Mc Beth. 36 Cornelius Morris.
79 John Snodgrass.
191 George Reid.
38 George Rankin.
81 John Lyon.
39 James Johnston.
82 William Thornton.
11 Joel M. F. Butier. 42 John B. McDonald.
52 William Scott.
53 Alexander MeBeth, Jr. 54 James Buckels.
56 William Irwin.
57 Jobn Dougherty.
58 John Lewis.
61 Thomas Buekels.
62 Nathan Geer.
63 Isaac Ong.
64 Thomas HI. Moore.
65 .Joseph S. Cowen.
66 William Wilson.
67 John Rea.
91 Saul Henkle.
92 Joshua Glover.
46 William Hath.
88 Lemuel Clark.
47 James D. Clements.
89 John Akin.
119 James Rea.
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NAMES OF CANDIDATES.
John Dougherty received. 100 vates.
James Poigo 35 votes.
James Buckels. 1 vote.
THOMAS WEST, JR.,
THOMAS ARMSTRONG, Clerks.
NAMES OF CANDIDATES.
David Hannah received. 36 votes.
John Snodgrass. 71 votes. John Buckels ... 4 votes.
Humphrey Nichols 2 votes.
THOMAS PATTON,
SOLOMON SCOTT, GRIFFITH FOOS, Judges of Election.
VOTES.
The following shows the vote of Springfield Township, including Spring- field, by semi-decennial periods, from 1805 to 1880:
1805, 54: 1810, 64: 1815, 125; 1820, 189; 1825, 258; 1830, 375; 1835, 663; 1840, 827: 1845, 716; 1850,* 1.126; 1855, 332; city, 896; 1860, 442; city, 1,236; 1865, 473; city, 1,442; 1870, 521; city, 2,421; 1875, 655; city, 3,731; 1880, 948; city, 5,433.
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS.
18S0 .- Trustees, George Zimmerman, William Davidson, ---- Harrison; Clerk, Jehin Kingony: Treasurer. J. W. Parsons; Constable, G. W. Daily; Jus- tices of the Peace, J. J. Smith, Henry Hollenbeck, W. W. Burnett.
1SSO .- Road Supervisors: (1) David Tonkinson; (2) Henry Coblentz; (3) Luke Byrd; (4) Thomas Shaw; (5) T. E. Lott; (6) A. I. Paige; (7) Abram Slough: (8) George Tuttle; (9) S. P. Houlton; (10) John Henkle; (11) W. T. Haley; (12) Silas Byrd; (13) J. L. Mcclellan; (14) Henry Cline; (15) James Paden: (16) Thomas Crabill.
1SSO .- Board of Education: (1) W. H. Craig; (2) Adam Kesler; (3) Jud- son Redmund; (4) George S. Knaub: (5) E. O. Kershner: (6) W. H. Tuttle; (7) Ed Jacobs; (9) A. Holcomb; (13) Simon Fox; (14) W. R. Duke; (15) Samuel Hyer; (16) Daniel Hill.
(NOTE .-- Districts 8, 10, 11 and 12 have no existence.) .
HARMONY TOWNSHIP.
BY F. M. M'ADAMS.
Harmony Township is situated in the center of the eastern tier of town- ships, and is bounded north by Moorefield and Pleasant, east by the county of Madison, south by Madison Township, and west by Springfield Township. It was erected by the Commissioners of Clark County on the 2d day of June, 1818, and described as follows:
"Beginning at the north boundary of the 9th Range, at the northwest cor- ner of Section 36. of Township 6: thence east on said range line, and same course contintied to the east boundary of Clark County; thence southwardly on the line dividing Madison and Clark Counties to the north boundary of the 8th Range; thence west on said range line to the east boundary of Township 5: thence north on the line between Townships 5 and 6, to the beginning. And the same to be called Harmony Township."
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