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1812, January 11 .- Jonah Baldwin was elected Justice of the Peace, com- missioned by Return Jonathan Meigs, Governor. Number of electors, twenty- two.
1812, April 6 .- Elected, Trustees, John Reid, John Ambler and John Dougherty; Justice of the Peace, John Snodgrass; Appraiser, John Dudley: Clerk. John Dougherty; Lister, Daniel Goble; Constables, Thomas Armstrong and Daniel Goble: Overseers of the Poor, Griffith Foos and James Rea. Num- ber of electors, fifty-five.
THE EARLY OFFICIALS OF SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
The first election for township officers of Springfield Township, after the erection of Clark County, was held on the 6th day of April, 1818. Thomas Pat- ton and John Reid were then serving as Trustees of the township under a pre- vious election. Nathaniel Pinchard was Clerk of this election, and Alexander McBeth, James Stewart and Stephen Cammel, Judges There is no record to be found showing the township officers immediately prior to this date.
At this election, John Reid, Thomas Patton and Jonah Baldwin were elected Trustees; Hiram Goble and Israel Balis, Constables; John Ambler, Nathan Reddish. John Smith, Newman Scarlet and Nicholas Prickett, Road Supervisors; Griffith Foos and Jacob Lingle, Overseers of the Poor; John Lin- gle, Appraiser and Lister; Thomas West, Jr., Township Clerk; John Ambler. Treasurer; Pierson Spinning and Joseph Perrin, Fence Viewers. John Dough- erty and Samme! Smith were then serving as Justices of the Peace.
April 5, 1819 .-- Township officers were elected as follows: Thomas Patton. Maddox Fisher and David Hannah, Trustees: James Johnston, John Dough- erty, John Ambler, Matthew Wood, Peter Sintz, John Snodgrass, Merrifield
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Vicory and Andrew Benson, Supervisors; Cooper Ludlow and William Hall, Listers; John Reid and Griffith Foos, Overseers of the Poor; Saul Henkle, Township Clerk; Louis Bancroft and Joseph Cowen, Constables; John Ambler, Treastuer; Jaties Rea and Cliath Foss, Fence Viewers. John Dougherty re- signed his magisterial office on the 19th of October, 1819, and on the 8th day of November following. David Higgins was elected his successor.
The following-named electors were selected to serve as Jurors for the year 1820:
Grand Jurors-Thomas Patton, John Buckles, Andrew Benson, John Leffel, Daniel McMillen, Benjamin Edwards, Maddox Fisher, Pierson Spinning, Robert Rennick, John Reid, William Kirkpatrick, David Hannah, Jacob Lingle, - Robert Christie. Petit Jurors-Joseph Perrin, John Ambler, Thomas Arm- strong, James Steele, Nicholas Prickett, James Buckles, George Benson, Rich- ard Hopkins, Peter Siutz, John Perrin, William Meenick, Griffith Foos.
April 3, 1820 .- Officers elected for the present year were: Thomas Patton, Maddox Fisher and Peter Sintz, Trustees; John Ambler, Treasurer; John Boyce and Nathan Adams, Constables; John Driscol, George Benson and John Ambler, Supervisors; John Lingle and Jacob Lingle, Overseers of the Poor; ** Robert Rennick, Appraiser; Jeremiah A. Minter, Fence Viewer; Saul Henkle, Cienh.
June 24, 1820 .- Ira Paige was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, to succeed the expired term of Samuel Smith. On the 25th of September fol- lowing, Paige resigned his commission and was succeeded by Joseph Perrin, whose commission dates October 20, 1820.
April 5, 1821 .- Officers were elected this day as follows: Thomas Patton, Peter Siniz and George W. Jewett, Trustees; John Ambler, Treasurer; Robert Rennick and Abner West, Constables; Saul Henkle, Clerk; Jacob Lingle and Jeremiah A. Minter, Overseers of the Poor; Robert Rennick and Sampson Hub- bell, Appraisers; Robert Rennick, Lister; James Hall and John Reid, Fence Viewers.
On the first Monday in April, 1821, and in accordance with an act of the General Assembly, the electors of the township voted to divide the township into districts, for school purposes, and on the 21st day of the same month, the Trustees districted the territory as follows:
(1.) All that territory west of Mad River constituted the First District.
(2.) All that part of Springfield lying west of the street which runs north and south between the houses of William Werden and Sampson Hubbell, in- eluding a strip of Mill Run between the first and second plats of the village, constituted the Second District.
(3.) All that part of Springfield lying east of said street and the land lying north to Buck Creek constituted the Third District.
(4.) All that territory embraced by the following description constituted the Fourth District: Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 4 and Range 9 (original surveyed township), and running west to Mad River; thence down Mad River to Section 16; thence south with the township line to Sec- tion 7 in said township: thence east on line between Sections 1 and 2 and 7 and S, to the east boundary of Township 4; thence to the beginning.
(5.) The south half of Sections 26, 20 and 14, and the whole of Sections 25, 19 and 13, Township 5, Range 5, constituted the Fifth District.
(6.) Sections 1, 2, 7 and S constituted the Sixth District.
1822, April 2 .-- Elected township officers as follows: Thomas Patton, Mad- dox Fisher and Peter Sintz, Trustees; Abner West, Lewis Bancroft, Constables; John Ambler, Treasurer; Jacob Lingle and Richard W. Hunt, Overseers of the Poor; Joseph Perrin, Township Clerk.
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For the year 1823, the Trustees selected Grand and Petit Jurors as fol. lows:
Grand Jurors -- John Humphreys, Ira Paige, Nicholas Prickett, Peter Sintz, David Cowan, Jacob Lingle, Jonathan Milhollin and John Reid. Petit Jurors - - Maddox Fisher, Jonah Baldwin, William Patton, Thomas Patton and Andrew Benson.
1823, March 10 .- Elected township officers as follows: John Humphreys, Thomas Patton and Oliver Armstrong, Trustees; John Ambler and Sampson Hubbell, Appraisers; Joseph Perrin, Clerk; John Ambler, Treasurer; David Dunkin and William Werden, Fence Viewers.
On the 23d day of August, 1823, the Trustees contracted with A. D. Merri- ness to build a bridge on the road from Springfield to Peter Sintz's, over the branch of Buck Creek and between the bridges on Buck Creek and Mad River. The job was taken at $71.50. Of this amount, $58.083 was paid in subscrip- tion, and the remainder, $12.41}, was paid in cash by the township.
1823, October 14 .- Joseph Perrin was re-elected Justice of the Peace; commission dated October 27, 1823.
1824, March 1 .- John Humphreys, William Kirkpatrick, Benjamin Moore, John Perrin, Peter Sintz, Nicholas Prickett, Pierson Spinning, were selected as Grand Jurors for the ensuing year; and George Benson, George Reid, William Miner, Sampson Hubbell, John Dougherty and John Kirkpatrick, were chosen Petit Jurors.
1824, April 5 .- Elected, John Snodgrass, Justice of the Peace; John Humphreys, Thomas Patton and Oliver Armstrong, Trustees; John Ambler, Treasurer; Joseph Perrin, Clerk; John Vicory and Samuel Brakney, Constables; John Heiskill and Jacob Lingle, Overseers of the Poor; Sampson Hubbell and Lewis Bancroft, Appraisers; Reuben Donald and David Duncan, Fence. Viewers.
1825, April 4 .- Elected, John Humphreys, Oliver Armstrong and Thomas Patton, Trustees: John Ambler, Treasurer; Joseph Perrin, Clerk; John Vicory and Joseph Cowan, Constables; John Ambler, Appraiser and Lister; Charles Cavalier and Pierson Spinning, Overseers of the Poor; John Berry and David Dunkin, Fence Viewers.
1825, June 4 .- John Smith and Jacob Shaffer, for refusing to be qualified as Supervisors of Roads, were each fined $2 for said refusal. Joseph Cowan was fined 82 for refusing to qualify as Constable, and Charles Cavalier was fined a like amount for failing to qualify as Overseer of the Poor.
1825, October 10 .- The keeping of Otis Gilmore (pauper) was sold for one year to Humphrey Nichols for $48.50.
1826, February 4 .- John Dougherty appointed to the Board of Trustees, vice Thomas Patton, deceased.
1826, February 11 .- The township was re-districted for school purposes; number of districts increased from six to nine.
1826, April 3 .- Elected John Humphreys, John Ambler and Oliver Arm- strong, Trustees; John Bacon, Treasurer: Joseph Perrin, Clerk; A. D. Merridess and Joseph Cowan, Constables; John Perrin and Jacob Lingle, Overseers of the Poor; James Wallace and Jacob Clark, Fence. Viewers.
1826, June 7 .- James Reddish was elected Justice of the Peace, vice John Snodgrass, deceased. This election was contested and set aside, and on the 15th day of June, 1826, Joseph Cowan was elected. His commission bears date July 22, 1826.
1826, October .-- A special election was held to fill a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Peace, occasioned by the death of William Wilson.
1826. November 11 .- Joseph Perrin re-elected Justice of the Peace; com- missioned November 27, 1826.
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Ambrose Blount elected to succeed William Wilson, Justice of the Peace; commissioned October 28, 1826.
1827. April 2 .- Township officers elected as follows: John Humphreys, John Andder and Oliver Armstrong, Trustees; Joseph Perrin, Clerk; John Bacon, Treasurer; William Berry and John Dugau, Constables; Sampson Hubbell and Maddox Fisher, Overseers of the Poor.
1828, April 7 .- Elected Oliver Armstrong, Sampson Hubbell and Joseph Perrin, Trustees; J. L. Torbert, Clerk; John Bacon, Treasurer; John Cook and Anthony Bird, Constables; Jacob H. Howell and Gabriel Icenberger, Fence Viewers; Sampson Hubbell and Griffith Foos. Overseers of the Poor.
1828, October 14,-The Trustees selected Jurors for the ensuing year as follows: John Ambler, John Dougherty, John Perrin, Grffith Foos and James Taylor as Grand Jurors; and David Cowan, John Humphreys, Peter Sintz, Charles Cavalier and Andrew Edgar, Petit Jurors, to serve at the November term of the Court of Common Pleas.
1829, April 6 .- Elected Joseph Perrin, Sampson Hubbell and David Cowan, Trustees; J. L. Torbert, Clerk; A. D. Merriness and John Berry, Con- stables; John Ambler and Griffith Foos, Sr., Overseers of the Poor; D. Whit- ridge and Jacob Icenberger, Fence Viewers.
1020, Weil 19 .. John Hojekell and John Cook were appointed Overseers of the Poor, in place of Griffith Foos and John Ambler, who were elected and refused to serve. Trustees rented of Jacob S. Woodward a brick office, for which they agree to pay $9 per year.
1829, July 25 .- Matthew Woods was elected Justice of the Peace, to suc- ceed the expired term of Joseph Cowan.
.1829, October 31 .- Ambrose Blount and Reuben Miller were elected Jus- tices of the Peace, to succeed Joseph Perrin and A. Blount.
1830, April 6 .- Elected Sampson Hubbell, David Cowan and Oliver Arm- strong, Trustees; A. D. Merriness and John Fluke, Constables; John Bacon, Treasurer; J. L. Torbert, Clerk; Griffith Foos and John Heiskell, Overseers of the Poor; John Williamson and Jacob R. Crane, Fence Viewers.
1830, July 17 .-- At a special election held for the election of a Justice of the Peace, vice Isaac Woods, deceased, Joseph Cowan was duly elected.
1831, March. 7 .- John Derry was allowed $3 for making a coffin for Isaac, a black man and pauper.
1831, March 8 .- Ordered that J. L. Torbert be allowed $B for eight days' services as Clerk.
1831, April 4 .- Elected David Cowan, John Perrin and David Pettigrew, Trustees; J. L. Torbert, Clerk; John Bacon, Treasurer; A. D. Merriness, John Fluke' and Jacob L. Harrison, Constables; John C. Fletcher and Jacob R. Crain, Overseers of the Poor; John Tonkinson and G. Claiborn, Fence Viewers.
1831, October 11 .- Andrew Edgar, Oliver Armstrong, John Perrin, John Keifer, John Humphreys, George Benson, Solomon Scott, James S. Christie, Jonathan Lehman, John Reid, Joseph Snodgrass. Obediali Harkney, John Tut- tle. Andrew Gowdy, William Patton, Isaac Richardson, Anthony Leffel, David Berry and Charles Stewart were chosen to serve as Jurors in the Court of Com- mon Pleas. It was ordered that the Township Trustees be paid 75 cents per day for their official services.
1832, April 2 .- Elected John Humphreys, David Cowan and David Petti- grew, Trustees: J. L. Torbert. Clerk; Cyrus Armstrong, Treasurer; A. D. Mer- riness, John Fluke and John L. Berry, Constables; A. Blount and Richard Spencer, Overseers of the Poor.
1832, November 19 .- Ambrose Blount and Reuben Miller were re-elected Justices of the Peace for Springfield Township.
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1833, March 4 .- An allowance of 75 cents per day was ordered in favor of Trustees for thirteen days' services during the year, and a like per diem com- pensation to Clerk Torbert for twelve days' services.
1839, April 1. - David Cowan, David Pettigrew and Oliver Armstrong were elected Trustees; J. L. Torbert, Clerk; Cyrus Armstrong, Treasurer; Griffith Foos and Jeremiah Warder, Overseers of the Poor; A. D. Merriness, John Fluke and Anthony Bird, Constables.
1833, May 27 .- John Fluke, Constable, was instructed to warn "old Mr. Butts" to leave the township.
1833, August 10 .- Joseph Cowan was re-elected Justice of the Peace.
1833, November 23 .- Edward H. Cumming was elected Justice of the Peace, to succeed Ambrose Blount, deceased.
1834, April 7 .- David Cowan, David Pettigrew and Armstrong were elected Trustees; John Fluke, Baker W. Peck and William Hedges, Constables; Cyrus Armstrong, Treasurer; J. L. Torbert, Clerk; E. C. Ross and John Will- iamson, Overseers of the Poor.
1834, April 19 .- Sampson Hubbell and Reuben Miller were appointed Overseers of the Poor, in place of E. C. Ross and John Williamson, who neg- lected to qualify.
1531, October 11. - Charles Cavalier, Jeremiah Warder, Griffith Foos, Sol- omon Scott, James Reid, Sr., George Benson, Anthony Bird, Andrew Edgar, Maxwell Patton, Robert Gowdy, Henry Bechtle, William Enoch, Andrew Gowdy, Peter Sintz, John Keifer, Obadiah Harkney, John Householder, Isaac Ward, John Spence and A. D. Merriness, were selected as Jurors for the year.
1835, April 6 .- David Cowan, Ira Paige and Sampson Hubbell were elected Trustees; John Fluke, Samuel McCracken, James Reid, Constables; Cyrus Armstrong, Treasurer; Jacob Lingle, Clerk; Griffith Foos and Isaac Hender- shott, Overseers of the Poor.
1835, April IS .- John Tate was appointed Trustee of Springfield Township in place of David Cowan, excused. Adam Stewart and Pierson Spinning were appointed Overseers of the Poor in place of Isaac Hendershott and Griffith Foos, who failed to qualify according to law. John Householder was appointed Fence Viewer in place of Peter A. Sprigman, who failed to qualify according to law. Griffith Foos was fined $2 for refusing to serve as Overseer of the Poor, and Peter A. Sprigman was fined $2 for refusing to serve as Fence Viewer ...
The ear-mark of James Stout, recorded June 20, 1835, " a crop off each ear and an underbit in the left." J. R. Tonge was appointed Clerk of Springfield Township November 14, 1835, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the absence of Jacob Lingle. Reuben Miller was re-elected Justice of the Peace November 9, 1835.
PIONEERS OF SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
James Rea was a Pennsylvanian, who settled, about the year 1802, where Harvey Tuttle now lives. His sons were James, John and Andrew. John suc- ceeded John Buckles as owner of a flouring-mill on Beaver Creek, on the site of "Junction Mills." Mr. Rea improved the race, and in 1835 was succeeded by Robert Rodgers.
Peter Sintz, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania in April, 1776, and was the son of Nicholas and Margaret (Metzger) Sintz, he a native of Germany and she of Pennsylvania. In boyhood, Peter moved to Virginia with his parents, and in 1802 he came to Springfield. In 1804, he married Elizabeth Critz, a native of Maryland, to whom was born seven children, viz., Margaret, Nicholas, Mary, George, Susan, Peter and Elizabeth. He built his cabin in Section 23, on the farm where his daughter Susan now lives, accumulated a large estate, and died,
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September 30, 1858, and his wife November 15, 1863. His parents also settled here, his mother dying in 1822, and his father in 1823.
In the spring of 1802, James and John Reid came from Virginia and selected land in Section 10, then went back to their native State, and the same fall returned to Springfield with the whole family, viz., John, Joseph, Nancy. Thomas, Betsey, James, William, Robert and George. They first built a cabin in the village on the present site of Meyers' livery stable, and began to clear the land in Section 10, where in a year or two they erected a cabin and removed to it, and there Margaret, the widow of James, now resides with her family, in a fine brick residence, which has displaced the rude log structure of the pio- neer days.
Cooper Ludlow was born in New Jersey in 1783; was married, in 1803, to Elizabeth Reeder, and in 1804 settled three miles west of Springfield, where he opened a tannery. To Elizabeth Ludlow were born Ellen, Mary, Stephen, John and Jacob; and, she dying in 1818, her husband was married in 1815 to Elizabeth Layton, who had born to her Joseph, Jason, Silas, Abram, George, Cornelius, James, Catherine and William. Cooper Ludlow died in 1832.
John Perrin was born in Washington County, Maryland, in 1778, and there married to Amelia Ingram, a native of that county, born in 1778. In 1500, he and family come to Springfield. and ho purchased the whole of Sec- tion 3. His family consisted of five children, viz., Edward, Joseph, John, William, Minerva E. and Emery, the two formuer of whom were born before coming to this county. He died in 184S, and his wife in 1847, and his sons John and William are among the leading citizens of the township, and his daughter resides in Springfield.
About the year 1806, Edward Armstrong settled on Section 5, now owned by Dr. Hazzard. He built and operated a distillery for a time, and his wife was an excellent woman, and a Baptist.
In 1806, John Dugan settled in the eastern part of the township. He was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1787; was married to Polly Hall, a native of Kentucky, born in 1792, of which union the following chil dren were the issue: Sarah, William, Margaret, James and John. Mr. Dugan died July 2, 1868, and his wife July 21, 1867.
Francis and Isabel Best, natives of Virginia, settled on the site of P. P. Mast's residence in 1506, where they died. They had ten children-six sons and four daughters.
John and Jane Snodgrass came from Kentucky in 1806, settling in Sec- tion 11. He died in May, 1826, aged sixty-three, and his wife in May, 1859, aged eighty-seven.
John Hatfield was born in Virginia in 1798, and in 1799 his father, Nathaniel, came with the family to Kentucky. thence to Greene County, Ohio, in 1805, and in 1806 to Section 7, in the south part of this township, where he died in 1812. In 1821, John married Eva Garlough, daughter of John Gar- lough, twelve children being born of this union, five living. In 1853, he re- moved to his -present farm in Green Township, where he is yet living, in his eighty-fourth year.
Andrew Benson was born in Bath County, Virginia, in 17S1; came to this township in 1806; was married to Sarah Rennick, also a Virginian, born 1796, daughter of Robert and Mary Reunick, March 26, 1812. They had six children: four lived to be grown, and two yet survive -- R. H. and J. M. Benson. Andrew died November 28, 1526, and his wife February 28, ISIS.
George H. Benson, a brother of Andrew's, was born in the same county and State in 1757; came to this township in 1507, and married, in ISIS, Isabel Rennick, also a daughter of Robert and Mary Reunick. She was born in this
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township in 1801, and had ten children; eight grew to maturity. She died March 28, 1866. and her husband February 27, 1877.
Nathan Reddish was born in Maryland in 1783; came to Greene Count:, Ohio, previous to 1908; was married to Matilda Miller, and in 1810 settled on Section 14, Springfield Township, where he engaged in a tannery, which be car- ried on until 1834. He was married three times; had five children by first, none by his second wife, and three by his last wife, who was Harriet Oxtoby. the sister of Henry Oxtoby. She was born in England in 1792, and died in 1874. Dr. John Reddish is now the only surviving child of Nathan Reddish.
Lewis Skillings came to this county in 1810, settling in the northeast part of Green Township, and in a few years moving across the line into this township, where he died in 1869. His wife, Anna (Craig) Skillings, came to this county in 1808, and died in 1866. Both were members of the "Fletcher Chapel," and have left worthy descendants, who honor their name.
In 1810, Matthew and Jane Wood came from Kentucky and settled where George Alt now lives. He died in 1830, and his wife in 1856.
Isaac Wood was born in New York in 1771; was married to Jane Corey, of New Jersey, in 1797, who was born in 1779, coming to this county in March, 1812, settling in .Section 15, Springfield Township, removing the following to Sedien & where his son, Thomas S. Wood, now resides. They hall thirteen children. Five sons yet reside in this county, and a daughter in Allen County, who are the survivors of the family. Isaac Wood died in 1825, and his widow in 1871.
John Foster was an early settler on Beaver Creek, and built the original mill on that stream, at the site of "Junction Mills," about 1808, and, during and after the war of 1812, operated this rude mill successfully.
William Hall was a staid Baptist, and an early settler of the eastern part of the township.
Peter Printz was born in Maryland in 1811, and came with his parents, in 1815, to this township, settling in Section 1, in the southwestern part of the township. He there grew up, and married Catherine Kelly in 1841, who had born to her eleven children. She was a native of this county, and yet resides on her husband's estate. Both Peter and his parents died on this farm.
In 1815, Adam and Maria Alt, of Maryland, settled in this township. where he died in 1876. His widow is yet living.
Herbert Huffman settled in the northeastern part of the township as early as 1815, and possibly earlier. He died in 1820, and his wife, Sarah, in 1842.
Luke Byrd was a Baptist preacher of excellent repute, who settled in the eastern part of the township in 1316. He died August 31, 1823, aged fifty five, and his wife, Catherine, in September, 1835, aged seventy-two. They reared a numerous family, who, with their descendants, occupy prominent places in business and social circles of the township.
Benjamin Foos lived on Section 4, Township 5; was an active business man, and died in the prime of life.
Moses Bishop was born in Pennsylvania in 1804: came to Ohio with his parents in 1506, and, in 1816, from Warren County to the eastern part of this township, where he is yet living. His parents were from New Jersey, and had five children, only two now surviving, viz., Moses and Margaret. The deceased are David. Delila and Edward.
One of the most eccentric pioneers of the township was Andrew Pinaco, who was born in Vermont in 1770: came to Green Township, Clark County, Ohio, in 1816; thence to Section 8, Springfield Township, settling on the farm now owned by George Zimmerman. He married Esther Waters, of Vermont, who had seven children: two now survive, viz., Mrs. Jane Hawkins, of Harmony
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Township, and George, who lives in Illinois. Mr. Pinneo was in the war of 1812, and died about 1859, his wife having died about 1843.
.John Stickney. an Englishman, born in 1780, came to the township in 1819, where he carried on the blacksmith's trade, which he had learned in his native land, where he was also married to Sarah Cook. He and wife were ear- nest Methodists, he dying in 1S50, and she in 1867. His son Henry now re- sides on the old homestead in the southeastern part of the township, on Section 3, and is one of the leading farmers of the county.
In 1820, Henry Wolf and his wife, Elizabeth (Haller) Wolf, with their family, settled in Section 6, in the northeastern corner of the township. They were from Virginia, and he built and conducted a distillery for a number of years. They had nine children, and Samuel, the seventh child, now resides upon the old homestead.
Caleb Tuttle was the fourth son of Silvanus and Mary (Brown) Tuttle, who settled in Moorefield Township in 180S. He was born in Virginia May 14, 1799, and, March 21, 1822, married Mary Prickett, daughter of Nicholas Prickett, one of the pioneers of the country. By this union, he became the father of Silvanus, Isaiah, David, William H., Thomas, Catherine, Eliza. Mar- rost Mary E. Rachel and Laura. Mr. Tuttle, now in his eighty-third year, is residing on Section 6, in the northeastern part of the township, and is one of the best-known pioneers of the county.
John Buckles came to the township from the southern part of the State, and operated a flouring-mill and stillhouse on Beaver Creek, near the present site of "Junction Mills." He was the father of a large family. James, David, Robert, Thomas, William, John and Abraham were his sons. The father was a Baptist, and his sons James and Abraham were ministers of that denoming- tion.
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