HISTORY OF


AUGLAIZE COUNTY


OHIO


EDITED BY

WILLIAM J. McMURRAY

Wapakoneta, Ohio


IN TWO VOLUMES

Illustrated


VOLUME I


1923

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"Remember the days of old,

Consider the years of many generations."


DEDICATION

This Work is Respectfully

Dedicated to

THE PIONEERS

Long Since Departed


May the memory of those who laid down their burdens by the wayside ever be fragrant as the breath of summer flowers, for their toils and sacrifices have made Auglaize county a garden of sunshine and delight.


"This shall be written for the generation to come."


PUBLISHER'S PREFACE


History is a systematic record of past events, especially the events in which man has taken part. "The perfect historian," says Macaulay, "is he in whose work the character and spirit of the age is exhibited in miniature." A glance at the Table of Contents of this History of Auglaize County will disclose a design on the part of the publishers of this work to set out here a systematic record of the events which have led up to the present state of development of this favored region, beginning with the time a century and more ago when the first permanent white settlement was made in this territory, and in carrying out this design the compilers have sincerely sought to preserve something of "the character and spirit of the age," so that there shall here be preserved a faithful chronicle of the aspirations and the achievements of the pioneers, at the same time tracing and recording the social, religious, educational, political and industrial progress of the community from its inception. The context will reveal the sincerity of purpose upon which the present publication is based ; a purpose to preserve facts and personal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation for the information of coming generations and which shall serve as links uniting the present to the past. To those who have so faithfully labored to this end, the publishers desire to extend their thanks. An expression of obligation is due to the people of Auglaize county for the uniform kindness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for their many services rendered in behalf of the historiographers. It is believed that it will be found that this unselfish collaboration has secured to Auglaize county a history that will serve as a standard in this field for the next generation and as an authentic guide to future generations.


In passing, it is thought that it will not be regarded as out of place for the publishers conscientiously to claim that in placing this work before the people of Auglaize county they faithfully have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus upon which the work is based.


CONTENTS


CHAPTER I

Geology and Topography

 33

CHAPTER II

The Days of Indian Occupancy

 59

CHAPTER III

Early Settlement: The Pioneer Period

119

CHAPTER IV

County Organization and Government

159

CHAPTER V

The Bench and the Bar—Courts and Lawyers

196

CHAPTER VI

Agricultural

210

CHAPTER VII

Newspapers of Auglaize County

241

CHAPTER VIII

The Medical Profession

273

CHAPTER IX

The Schools of Auglaize County

286

CHAPTER X

The Churches of Auglaize County

314

CHAPTER XI

Townships, Cities and Villages—the County Seat

345

CHAPTER XII

St. Marys Township and the City of St. Marys

380

CHAPTER XIII

Other Townships of the County

408

CHAPTER XIV

Military Annals

485

CHAPTER XV

Sidelights on Auglaize County History

522


INDEX TO VOLUME I.


-A-

Agricultural

Agricultural Extension Service

Agricultural Statistics

American Legion, The

American Red Cross, The

Andrews, George W.


Animals, Reptiles and Birds

Anti-Pest Campaigns

Armistice Day Celebration

Armory of Company K

Armstrong, Judge John

Artesian Wells

Asheries

Atkinson, Evan

Auglaize County Democrat

Auglaize County in Fiction

Auglaize County in War

Auglaize Livestock Company

Auglaize Republican, The

Ayers, Jeremiah


-B-


Ballad of the Pioneers, A

Ballots Mysteriously Missing

Baltimore & Ohio Railway

Banks

Bar Roster (Lawyers)

Battle Ground of Red an White

Battle of Pickawillany

Base Ball 

Bees  

Bench and Bar, The

Benner, Christian

Bi-County Review, The

Biography, Value of

Birds of Auglaize County

Blackhoof Mound


210-240

230

219

520

505

168, 177, 186, 189, 208, 239, 245, 250, 363, 483, 217, 229, 339, 245, 250, 363, 488, 491, 556

52

234

504

519

127, 321, 384

47

215

483

245-255

524

485-521

231

255-263

175, 357, 374




84

169

216

367, 371, 379, 406, 422, 442, 478, 484

208

62

63

563

221

196-209

397

378

372, 574

56

34

Blackhoof, Old Indian Chief.

Black Swamp, The

Blue Jacket

Blume, L. N.

Boesel, Charles 

"Bootleggers" Serve Indians

Botanical Resources of County

Boundary of County Chang(

Bounty for Wolf Scalps

Boys and Girls' Club Work.

Bremen Company, The 

Brighthorn  

"Buckeye," as a Sobriquet_.

Buckland, Village of 


--C--


Canal Lands

Canal Contractor Decamps

Cattle Statistics

Census Statistics

Cereal Crops

Chapman, Jonathan

C. H. & D. Railway

"Chills"

Cholera, Scourge of

Church and Community Survey

Churches of Auglaize County

Church Divided by War

City of St. Marys

Civil War, The

Clark, Gen. George Rogers

Clay Township

Clerks of the Court 

Climatic Changes in Progress

Coal Deposits in County

Cold New Years Day in 1863

Commercial Development

 Commissioners Journal No. 1

Commissioners of County

65, 87, 98, 112, 136, 524

33, 122 466, 525

111, 122, 454

304

419

128

50

167

52

236

416

448

543

443




120, 143

146

221

194, 219

221

534

216

274

274, 422

317

_314-344

328

380

488

64, 77, 81, 143

408

188

572

38

573

367, 388, 405, 421, 441, 478

173

190

Community Centers

Company K, O. N. G.

Company L, O. N. G.

Conradi, E. G.

Construction of the Canal

Contrasts

Co-operative Elevators

Copper and Iron Deposits

Corduroy Roads

Cornstalk, Peter

Corn Statistics

Coroners of County

Corporation Directory

Cost of New Court House

County Agent

County Agricultural Society.

County Auditors

County Clerks

County Club Work

County Commissioners

County Draft Board The

County Fair

County Farm Bureau

County's Financial Status

County Infirmary, The

County Lines Altered

County Medical Society

County Officials

County Organization and Government

County Public Health League

County Recorders

County Seat, The Town

County Seat Clinched

County Seat Rivalry

County Surveyors

County Teachers' Association

County Treasurers

County Treasury Robbed

Court Attacked by Newspaper

Court House Development

Court Officers

Courts and Lawyers 

Credit Given Women Voters

Cridersville  

Crop Projects  

Currency Heavily Discounted

Cyclonic Storms

297

507, 518

499

271

143, 392

211, 286, 522

234

38

212

116, 454

221

189

193

180

234

237

187

188

235

190

506

235, 237

230, 232

183

181

167

279

186

159-195

283

189

345-374

175

160, 169, 381, 400

189

310

187

555

178

175, 177, 179

207

196-209

171

378

234

249

565

—D—

Davis, Charles P.

Dawson, Capt. Enoch

Days of Indian Occupancy

Dayton & Michigan Railway.

Deep Cut

Deer Formerly Numerous

Democrat Printing Co., The

Democratic Times, The

Democrats Lose County

Detroit & Ironton Railway

Development of Schools

Dickman, C. H.

Dickman, Gen. Joseph T.

Dickman, Theodore

Dieker House, The

"Die Post"

Difficulties of Travel

Ditch Laws

Doctors of Auglaize County

Domestic Animals

Drainage Problems

Duchouquet, Francis

Duchouquet Township 

Dwenger, Rt. Rev. Joseph 


—E—


Early Settlement

Editor Assails Court

Editor's Hopeful Outlook

"Egypt"

Election Judges Astonished

Election of 1920

Election of 1922

Elk Antlers

Elks Band, The

Elliott, Capt. John

Elliott, James

Embezzlement of County Fund

Entomology  

Erection of Auglaize County.

Ethnological History of Ohio

Ewing, "Bob"


253

140

59-118

216

465

55

254

255

171

218

292

437

500, 549

151, 187, 188, 558

269, 393

263

122, 211

222

273

221

222

63, 101, 106, 124, 130, 350

345-379

323, 334




119-158

178

242

334

442

171

190

55

343

141, 168, 175, 188, 356, 533

174, 238, 300, 325, 359, 374

555

68

162

59

564

-F-

Fallen Timbers, Battle of

Farm Bureau (County)

Farm Statistics

''Father of Auglaize County”

"Feast of the Warriors"

Fever and Ague

Finley, Rev. J. B.

Fire Destroys Infirmary

First Act of Commissioner

First County Election

First County Fair

First County Officials

First County Tax Levy

First Court at St. Marys

First Newspaper in County

First Permanent Settler

First Public Offices

First School at St. Marys

First School at Wapakoneta

First School in County

First Steam Transportation

First Tax Duplicate

First White Births in County

"Firsts" at St. Marys

Fishes of Auglaize County

Flatboating in the Old Day!

Flogging Wrongdoers

Flora and Fauna

Flowering Plants

Ford Railway, The

Forests a Source of Wealth.

Forest Trees

Fort Amanda Fort

Amanda Memorial

Fort Auglaize

Fort Barbee

Fort Recovery

Fort St. Marys

Fossils

Fox Hunting

Fraternal Societies

Free, J. N.

French and Indian War French

Forts and Posts

Freyburg, Village of

Friends' Mill at Wapakoneta


78

230, 232

219

160

98

274

322

181

168

168

237

168

176

206

241

124

174

306

300

292

216

183

126

394

57

154, 347

486

50

51

218

213, 382

50

83, 123, 131, 140, 449

133

130, 360

83, 126, 140

78

83, 119, 123, 140, 380

39, 58

52

342

540

63, 142

63

462

92, 157, 210, 354

Frisbie, Rev. A. J.

Fruits and Nuts


-G-


Game Preserve in County

Gardner, James B.

Gas and Petroleum

Genealogical Research

Geology and Topography

German Language, Teaching of

German Township

Geyer, Village of

Girty, Simon

Girty's Town

Glacial Deposits

Glynwood

"Gold Star" Roster of County

Good Roads Organization

Goode, Judge Patrick G.

Gordon, Robert B.

Goshen Township

Government of County

Grand Reservoir, The

Gravel Deposits

Gravel Roads

Greenville Treaty, The

Gutman, Village of


-H-


Hammel, Peter

Harrison, Gen. W. H.

Harrod, James

Harvey, Henry

Haverbeck, John

Hay and Forage Crops

Herzing, Albert

Herzing, Philip V.

Highway Development

"Historical Collections"- Howe

"Historical Jingle"

Historical Markers

Historic Ground, Indeed!

History of the Shawnees

Hogs Barred from Street

338

221




56

100, 346, 533

39

574

33-58

554

415

411

86, 111, 395 524, 528

124, 395, 524

35

456

503

230

168, 186, 196

174, 186, 187, 398

428

159

33, 56, 145, 151, 381

 34

225

78, 83

 412




115, 355, 374

78, 82, 122, 131, 141, 361, 383 445, 544

468

84, 91, 101, 108, 110 113, 461

272

221

230, 283

174, 309, 404

225

109, 144, 270, 288, 448, 546

116

136

63

65

 269

Holbrook, Dr. George W.


Hollis, Robert J. S.

Holterman, Henry

Home Economics

Home Life of the Red Man.

Home-Made Farm Implements

Home Printing Company, The

Hoop Poles

Horrors of Indian Warfare

Horstman, Rev. Fr.

Hospitality of the Indians

Houston, William A.

Howell, Dr. J. Morton

Hunter, Charles L.

Hunter, Dr. Franklin C.


-I-


"Immortal J. N., The"

Incorporation of Wapakone

Indian Agriculture

Indian Burial Grounds

Indian Census

Indian Hospitality

Indian Huts Serve Pioneers.

Indian Relics

Indian Wrestler's Prowess.

Indians, History of

Indians Slay Army Officer.

Industrial Development

Industrial Effects of Canal.

Infirmary Administration

Invasions of Squirrels


-J-


Jackson Township 

Jail Burned by Prisoner_.

Jail Rebuilt 

"Johnny Appleseed" 

Johnston, George 0. 

Johnston, Col. John

Joint County Ditches 

Judges, Roster of 

Justices of the Peace 

Juvenile Court

160, 168, 175, 176, 186, 196, 217, 238, 244, 252, 258, 273, 377

245, 264

263

231

89

157

271

214, 382

86

324

158

120, 124

285

266

284




540

362

88, 93, 210

359

90, 94

158

156

349

128

59-118

140

367, 388, 405, 421, 441, 478

 153

181

55




434

204

181

534

95

63, 90, 94, 110, 524

224

186

207

 198

-K-


Kampf, Fred B. 

Kelly, Henry B. 

Kenton, Simon 

Kishler, Dr. Washington C.

Kiwanis Club, The 

Kolitsah, the Great_

Kossuth, Village of  

Kuckherman, Rev. F. B. W.


-L-


Lake Erie & Western Railway

Land and Farm Value

Land Area of County

"Land of the Miamis" - Barce

Last Dance of the Shawnees

Law Library

Lawyers of Auglaize County

Layton, Judge F. C.

Leader Printing Co., The

Lewistown Reserve, The

Liberty Loan Activities

Limestone

Linzee, Andrew Jackson

Linzee, Benjamin

Linzee, Judge Robert

Live Stock Statistics

Local Game Protector

Lock 2 (New Paris)

Logan, Indian Chief

Logansport, How Named

Logan Township

"Log Cabin Campaign, The”

Log Cabins

"Lo-o-ow Bridge!"

Loramie, Pierre

Lynx, Last Killed in County


-M-


Making of a New County

Manchester Farm, The.

Mann, Dr. Henry L.

Maple Sirup

Markers for Old Chiefs' Graves



254

251, 364

528

274

343, 369

128

464

341




217

220

33, 220

61, 82

155

208

208

133, 171, 186, 199

267

79

504

39

146, 149, 209, 397, 535

148, 187, 204, 252

147, 204, 290, 399

220

56

421

95, 100, 111, 113, 443

447

443

544

291

153

64, 142

53




159

431

285

222

136

Markets of Other Days

Marriage License Record

Mastodon Remains

Mayors of Wapakoneta

McMurray, Robert

McMurray, William J.

Medical Profession, The

Memorial at Fort Amanda

Memorial Park

Mercer County, Organization

Metcalf, Judge Benjamin F.

Meteorological Changes.

Mexican War, The

Meyer, J. H.

Miami & Erie Canal

Miamis Original Tenants

Milk

Military Annals

Minster Post, The

Minster (Stallo Town)

Montgomery, Shadrach

Monument to Civil War Soldier

Moorehead, Prof. Warren K.

Morey, William B.

Mortgages on Farms

Moulton Township

Moulton, Village of

Mueller, Dr. Carl L.

Murray, Charles


-N-


Natural Gas and Oil,

Naturalization Record

Natural Resources

Negroes Barred by Settlers

New Bremen

New Bremen Sun, The

New Hampshire, Village

New Knoxville

New Paris (Lock 2)

Newspaper Criticises Court

Newspapers

Noble, Elisha

Noble Township

"Not Many Generations Ago”

244, 253, 270

198

58

363

189, 208. 251, 365, 496

245, 247, 260, 372

273-285

133

389

398

197

572

487

224, 379, 478, 484

120, 143

64

221

485-521

272

436

120, 168, 173, 177, 190, 374, 475

306

90

261

222

452

456

279, 283

120, 124, 391




39

199

213

423

415

271

428, 432

473, 477

421

178

241-272

458

457

60

-O-


Oats Statistics

Ober Bremen

Officers of the Court

Official Directory

Officials of County

Ohio Electric Railway

Ohio's Historical Literature

Oil and Natural Gas

Orchard Fruits

Ordinance of 1787, The

Organization of County

Origin of Indians

Origin of Shawnees

Original Plat of Minster Original

Plat of New Bremen Original

Plat of St. Marys Original

Plat of Wapakoneta


-P-


Passing of the Red

Paved Highways

Phelps, Judge Edwin M.

Physicians of County

Pickawillany, Battle of

Pioneer Ballad, A.

Pioneer Hero, A.

Pioneer Period,, The

Pioneer Physicians

Pioneer Schools

Pioneer Settlers


Pioneer Ship Yard

Pioneer Spelling School

Pioneers "Home Livers"

"Pioneers ! 0, Pioneers !"

Pioneers Use Indian Huts

Pioneers Who Lacked Fores

Piqua, Origin of Name

Plank Roads

Poague, Col. Thomas

Poems to Physicians

Political Alignment

Politicians of the Old Days

Polly Butler, The Story of

Population Statistics



221

420

207

191;

186

219

83

39

222

286

159

59

65

437

417

395

355




59, 99, 108

226, 229

125, 172, 186, 202

273

63

84

536

119-158

273

286

120, 375, 384, 413, 423, 433, 450, 456, 459, 462, 467, 471, 476, 481

132

298

157

158

156

401

65

212, 214, 228, 382

131

280-282

171

172

113

194

Post Printing Company

Potatoes

Poultry

Powell, Otho J.

Preservation of Game

President's Tribute to Pioneers

Prisoner Burns Jail

Probate Judges

Prosecuting Attorneys

Public Roads

Pusheta Township


-Q-


Quaker Mission, The


-R-


Railroads, The Coming of

Railway Subsidy Carried

Recollections of Olden Days

Records of the Courts

Red Cross Society, The

Registered Physicians

Relics of Indian Days

Religion of the Indians

"Remember the Days of Old

Reptiles of Auglaize County

Republicans' First Victory

Republican Printing Co.

Review of Indian Wars

Review of Pioneer Conditions

Revolutionary War Soldiers

Revolution of 1848, The

Richardson, Prof. G. H.

Richardson, William

Rinehart, Hugh T.

River Navigation

Road Building

Roads of Auglaize County

Road "Viewers" Appointed

Robbery of County Treasury

Roster of "the Fathers"


Roster of the Local Bar

272

221

221

256

56

522

204

187

189

225

459




91, 157, 210, 354




215

269

154 ,307, 321, 347, 363, 390,470,479, 536

196

505

275

349

97

578

57

171

262

63

121, 211, 286, 390, 418

485

16, 552

302

485

168, 172, 190, 238, 469

62, 123, 133, 154

213, 382

225

176

555

121, 375, 384, 413, 423, 433, 450, 456, 459, 462, 467, 471, 476, 481

208

Roster of Physicians

Roster of School Teachers

Roster of Soldiers


-S-


Salaries of Preachers

Salem Township

Sante Fe, Village of

Sawyer, William

Schaffer, Adam E.

School Books in Pioneer Days

School Teachers of County

Schools of Auglaize County.

Scott, Thomas

Seed Treatment

Sentinel and Democrat, The

Service Record of Soldiers.

Settlement of the County.

Settlers Drain Reservoir

Shawnee Council House

Shawnee Indians, History of

Sheriffs of County 

Ship Timber

Ship Yard in the Wilderness

Sidelights on County History

Simkins, Prof. J. D.

Skinner, James H.

Skinner, Robert J.

Smith, Marmaduke W.

Snakes

Social Activities

Soldiers of Auglaize County

Spanish-American War

Speculation in Gas and Oil

Spelling Schools

Springs

Squaw Man's Troubles

"Squaw Town"

Squirrel "Invasions"

Stage Line Days

Stallo, Francis Joseph

Stallo Town (Minster)

State Farm Bureau

State Historical Society

State Representatives

Statistics Relating to Churches

275

311

491, 508




320

464

412

172, 264, 269

133, 187, 240, 254

287

311

286-313

120, 154

234

245, 264

491, 508

119-158

147

62, 87, 99, 358

64

188

215

132

522

84, 87, 111, 116, 124, 154, 387, 535

367

121, 175, 300, 358

168, 187 490

 57

 343

 485

 499

 44

 298

 34

 125

 126

 55

357, 393

 436

 436

 230

 136

 186

318

Statistics Relating to Land

St. Clair's Defeat

St. Johns, Village of

St. Marys Argus

St. Marys, City of

St. Marys Courant, The

St. Marys Daily Leader

St, Marys Free Press

St. Marys Newspapers

St. Marys Township

Steam Boat on Reservoir 

"Stern des Westlichen Ohio"

Stone Roads

Storms in Auglaize County

Streams of Auglaize County

Struggle for Racial Supremacy

Study of Biography, The

Sullivan, John L.

Summit of Watershed

Survey of the Canal  


-T-


Tan Bark

Tax Duplicate for 1848

Teachers of Auglaize County

Tecumseh

"Tell Ye Your Children"

"The Porcupine"

The Prophet

Tile Ditches

Toledo & Ohio Central Railway

Toll-pike Roads  

Topography of County 

Tornadoes in Auglaize Count

Touvelle, Mrs. T. G./span>

Township Delimitation 

Township Official Directory

Townships, Cities and Villages

Trade with the Indians 

Traffic on the Canal  

Tragic Fate of Army Officer

Travel in the Old Days

Treaty of St. Marys

Trees and Plant Life

Tribute to C. W. Williamson

Tribute to Pioneers

Tri-County Fair

Two-mile Assessment Law

220

78, 83, 84, 113

410

270

380

265

265

270

264-270

380

216

270

226

565

34, 63

62

574

267

34, 62, 151

144

 



215

 183

 311

78, 95, 111, 444 524

 578

 247111

78, 111, 113, 444

 225

ay 218

 227

 33

565

307, 321, 390

 174

 191

345-484

 96

 153

 140

122, 211

62, 99, 119, 126

 50

 137

158, 210, 286, 522

 240

 228

--U-


Union Township  

Uniopolis, Village of 


-V-


Value of Farm Property 

Villages of the Indians 


-W-


Walkup, Edmund B.

Walkup, John

"Wapak" as a Diminutive

Wapakoneta Bee, The

Wapakoneta Clinches County Se

Wapakoneta Courant, The

Wapakoneta Daily News

Wapakoneta Indian Reservation

Wapakoneta, Origin of Name

Wapakoneta, the City of

Wapakoneta -Union, The

"Ward of Tecumseh, The"

War Divides Church

War of 1812

War of 1917, The

War Record of County

Wars with the Indians

Washington Township

Watershed, Division of

Waterways of County

Waynesfield

Waynesfield Chronicle, The

Wayne, Gen. Anthony

Wayne Township

Weekly Newspapers

"Welcome"

Western Ohio Electric Railway

Wheat Statistics

Whipping Post for Offenders

Whisky Supplements Wages

Wild Animals of County

"Wild-Cat" Currency

Williamson, Prof. Charles W.

Willich, Gen. August 

Willipie, Indian Orator 



467

471




220

87




256, 265

173, 186, 208, 244, 252

269

258, 559

175

257

254

79, 99

110, 347

345-374

256

524

328

485, 487

501

485-521

63, 90

473

34, 62, 151

34, 63

483

272

78, 83, 88, 112, 140, 143, 383, 480

479

270

370

218

221

486

151

52

249

33, 39, 50, 84, 134, 136, 229, 293, 304, 555, 572

546

104, 113, 360, 409

Wolf Scalps Bring Bounty

Women Voters Receive Credit

Woodworking Industries

Wool

World War, The


-Y-


Yale, E. Benjamin


—Z—


Zoology

52

171

367

221

501




272




52