A STANDARD HISTORY


OF


Springfield and Clark County,


Ohio


An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention

to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,

Educational, Civic and Social Development


Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of

DR. BENJAMIN F. PRINCE

President Clark County Historical Society


ASSISTED BY A BOARD OF ADVISORY EDITORS


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FOREWORD


In the prospectus announcing the proposed publication: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Dr. Benjamin F. Prince, "The Grand Old Man of Wittenberg," and for many years president of the Clark County Historical Society, says : "As editor, my task will be to direct the collection of all historical material that should have a permanent place in the records of the city and country," and in order that the local editorship may be of the most representative character, Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Judge Francis M. Hagan, and W. H. Rayner of Springfield ; Edward W. Williams, New Carlisle ; Edward P. Flynn, South Charleston, and T. A. Busby of South Vienna, were invited to act as advisory editors.


When the publisher's representative, Rolland Lewis Whitson, came into the community, he found excellent response from them all, and Doctor Prince alert to every inquiry. When in the course of human events, it becomes the privilege of a community to tabulate its record, the matter of co-operation is a prime necessity. At the beginning a caddy en route to the country club said : "Springfield is the best town of 60,000 population in the United States of America," and that spirit characterized all from whom inquiry was made while tarrying in the community. In the bibliography of the county is much stored-up information, and something has been absorbed from all of it. Where data has been taken bodily, credit is given for it, and clippings preserved at the rooms of the Clark County Historical Society have been available, as well as the files of local newspapers.


Some excellent reminiscent articles have been found in newspapers, written by men and women who have passed from earth, and it is due them that credit should be given them for their contributions to the future of their community ; such names appear in connection with the information gleaned from the articles. Some one says : "It is through art, music and literature that the past lives again ; the artist, the musician and the writer make the great tapestry in the loom of history," and the scheme has been to draw something from all of them.


It has been fittingly said : "The state that is not proud of its history will soon have no history to be proud of," but Clark County has an unusual background in local history. "For ye have not passed this way heretofore," says Joshua, in sacred history and it is true of the settlers who came into the Mad River wilderness 120 years ago. Those Kentuckians cast their nets on the other side of the ship, and their "catch" is a goodly heritage ; the fascination of exploration fastened its grip on them, and because of their activities Clark County is now able to review its past history.

Springfield and Clark County have registered progress at almost every turn of the wheel of fortune, and after the lapse of 120 years-1801 to 1921, the community is taking stock again ; it has been as long in preparation for this summary as Noah was in building the Ark, which weathered the worst storm ever recorded on the pages of history. While the gleaner


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has had access to all publications assembled by the Clark County Historical Society and the Warder Free Library, he has found the waysides flanked with much first hand information, and feels indebted to Miss Alice Burrowes of the library ; W. E. Lucas of the City Hall ; E. W. Hawkins of the Farm Bureau, and Howard Johnson of the Sunday School Association for special assistance rendered, beside many who are mentioned in connection with data secured from them.


While the Bible injunction: "Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow," looks into the future one who links today with yesterday must live in retrospect, and facts have been obtained from so many sources that to credit every whit of tabulated information would be an utter impossibility. Mr. Lucas, Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Johnson offered favors in the way of personally conducted excursions, and since "Seeing is believing," they rendered most helpful service.


Like the statistician, an historian does not need to possess an imagination; while a great deal of fiction may be written around one single fact, he must deal with the facts as he finds them. While folklore may not be accepted as history, those who know local conditions unconsciously reflect local history. While some who have aided are not yet old, they have had a comprehensive understanding of things, and in most instances facts have been verified with little difficulty.


A forecast of the future depends upon a knowledge of the past, and it is said that when an aged man with an unimpaired memory dies, it is like burning a book from the library :


"Yes, it is a trait of Aged Men

To talk about Away Back When,"


and while many unwritten chapters in Clark County history are already consigned to oblivion—buried with the pioneers who developed the country, one is often surprised by the fund of stored-up information possessed by succeeding generations ; folklore—word of mouth from father to son, mother to daughter ; traditions of the family are a reliable source of information.


There is always some one who knows or who has laid aside a newspaper, and the gleaner in quest of information seems unerringly guided. "In the multitude of counsellors there is safety," and one need not dwell in the long ago in order to write about the past in any community. While stopping in Springfield, the publisher's representative mailed local post cards inscribed : "Bryan, Lima and Springfield, these three abide, but the greatest of these is Springfield," and this zigzag journey across Ohio has been pleasant pastime ; it has meant personal contact with some wideawake citizens.


Thomas Bailey Aldrich says :


"My mind lets go a thousand things

Like dates of wars and deaths of kings,

And yet recalls the very hour—"


and that is true of aged persons interviewed in Springfield and Clark County ; the difficulty is to marshal one's mental battalions in such preci-


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sion that they may bear at once on all quarters of the field, but since "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," there are venturesome spirits who undertake such tasks.


While fiction may be a rivulet of text leading from the noisy haunts of the world, winding along through pleasant old literary gardens redolent with the choicest of intellectual blossoms, history may at least be the log across the stream that catches some of the drift of the ages ; it has been the province of all concerned, to dislodge some of the accumulated debris, and send it adrift again down the river—the River of Time.—


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


CHAPTER I


"IN THE BEGINNING." THE HIGH WAY TO SPRINGFIELD, CLARK COUNTY - 1


CHAPTER II


THE ADAM OF CLARK COUNTY : JOHN PAUL - 6


CHAPTER III


SIMON KENTON A CITIZEN - 13


CHAPTER IV


WHEN CLARK BECAME AN ORGANIZED COUNTY - 18


CHAPTER V


IN THE WAKE OF THE MOUNDBUILDERS - 29


CHAPTER VI


EXIT SHAWNEE-ADVANCE CIVILIZATION - 36


CHAPTER VII


SPRINGFIELD : ITS PAST AND PRESENT - 47


CHAPTER VIII


GEOLOGY-ITS RELATION TO CLARK COUNTY - 64


CHAPTER IX


THE STREAMS OF CLARK COUNTY - 75


CHAPTER X


AGRICULTURE : THE WORLD'S OLDEST OCCUPATION - 79


CHAPTER XI


THE PROGRESS OF CLARK COUNTY AGRICULTURE - 87


CHAPTER XII


DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS OF AGRICULTURE - 95


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CHAPTER XIII


CLARK COUNTY VITAL RURAL PROBLEMS - 100


CHAPTER XIV


FORWARD MOVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE - 107


CHAPTER XV


THE HOUSE OF THE LORD IN CLARK COUNTY - 126


CHAPTER XVI


IN 1921-STATUS OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT - 135


CHAPTER XVII


CATHOLICS IN CLARK COUNTY - 147


CHAPTER XVIII


THE SUNDAY SCHOOL IN CLARK COUNTY - 152


CHAPTER XIX


YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS - 157


CHAPTER XX


SALVATION ARMY IN SPRINGFIELD - 164


CHAPTER XXI


CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-J. M. COLLINS, SUPERINTENDENT - 165


CHAPTER XXII


THE SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS : HIGH SCHOOLS - 175


CHAPTER XXIII


WITTENBERG-THE COLLEGE AND SEMINARY - 189



CHAPTER XXIV


THE NEWSPAPER IN CLARK COUNTY - 204


CHAPTER XXV


CLARK COUNTY HIGHWAYS : THE NATIONAL ROAD - 212


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CHAPTER XXVI


CLARK COUNTY GOOD ROADS COUNCIL - 223


CHAPTER XXVII


TRANSPORTATION-ITS RELATION TO INDUSTRY - 228


CHAPTER XXVIII


SPRINGFIELD : ITS VARIED INDUSTRIES - 239


CHAPTER XXIX


THE OPEN DOOR-THE TAVERN, THE HOTEL - 253


CHAPTER XXX


CLARK COUNTY OFFICIAL ROSTER-ITS COURT - 260


CHAPTER XXXI


POSTAL SERVICE-CLARK COUNTY POSTOFFICES - 278


CHAPTER XXXII


FINANCE-THE WEALTH OF CLARK COUNTY - 287


CHAPTER XXXIII


CLARK COUNTY IN THE WARS - 297


CHAPTER XXXIV


THE SECOND WAR WITH ENGLAND-LATER WARS - 313


CHAPTER XXXV


CIVIL WAR : WAR OF THE STATES - 324


CHAPTER XXXVI


THE CLARK COUNTY BENCH AND BAR - 342


CHAPTER XXXVII


MATERIA MEDICA IN CLARK COUNTY - 351


CHAPTER XXXVIII


SPRINGFIELD-ITS FORM OF GOVERNMENT - 362


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CHAPTER XXXIX


PUBLIC UTILITIES IN CLARK COUNTY - 377


CHAPTER XL


THE WATER SUPPLY OF SPRINGFIELD - 383


CHAPTER XLI


THE ORGANIZED FIRE DEPARTMENT - 387


CHAPTER XLII


LIGHTING SYSTEMS IN SPRINGFIELD - 395


CHAPTER XLIII


OUT-OF-DOOR PLEASURE IN SPRINGFIELD PARKS - 399


CHAPTER XLIV


REAL ESTATE-SOME HOMES IN CLARK COUNTY - 406


CHAPTER XLV



MAD RIVER-CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES - 416


CHAPTER XLVI


FOREIGN BORN CITIZENS IN CLARK COUNTY - 421


CHAPTER XLVII


THE HOSPITALS IN CLARK COUNTY - 425


CHAPTER XLVIII


THE STAGE-MOVING PICTURES - 432


CHAPTER XLIX


TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION IN CLARK COUNTY - 437


CHAPTER L


MUSIC IN SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 448


CHAPTER LI


SECRET ORDERS IN CLARK COUNTY - 458


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CHAPTER LII


ORGANIZED LABOR IN CLARK COUNTY - 461


CHAPTER LIII


WELFARE WORK IN CLARK COUNTY - 466


CHAPTER LIV


SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - 484


CHAPTER LV


LIBRARIES IN CLARK COUNTY - 486



CHAPTER LVI


CLARK COUNTY BOOKS AND WRITERS - 495


CHAPTER LVII


INTELLECTUAL AND CIVIC LIFE-SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 507


CHAPTER LVIII


INTELLECTUAL AND CIVIC LIFE-CONTINUED - 515


CHAPTER LIX


SUPERVISED SPORTS IN CLARK COUNTY - 523


CHAPTER LX


YARNFEST IN SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - 527


CHAPTER LXI


LEFTOVER STORIES-THE OMNIBUS CHAPTER - 537


CHAPTER LXII


YESTERDAY AND TODAY IN CLARK COUNTY - 542


CHAPTER LXIII


GOD'S ACRE-CLARK COUNTY CEMETERIES - 552


INDEX


Adams, Charles F. II, 127

Adams, George W., II, 313

Adams, James, I, 426

Adams, S. E., I, 427

Ade, George, I, 99

African Young Men's Christian Association, I, 160

Agle, George C., II, 175

Agricultural education, I, 93

Agricultural machinery (1920), I, 103

Agriculture, I, 79-86; progress in Clark County, 87-94, 100-125; diversified products of, 95-99

Akron school law, I, 176

Alexander, Warren D., II, 44

Allen, E. L., I, 103

Along the National Road in the Long Ago (illustration), I, 217

Alsheimer, Charles J., II, 97

Altick, Arthur R. I, 29; II, 22

Altick collection of antiquities, I, 29

Ambrose, James R., I, 369

American Red Cross, Clark County; Chapter, I, 337, 338

American Seeding Machine Company (illustration), I, 246

American Trust and Savings Bank, Springfield, I, 290

Anderson, Harry, I, 91

Anderson, Harry R., II, 379

Anderson, J. Fred, II, 400

Anlo, I, 21

Anthony, Charles, I, 332, 347

Anti-Tuberculosis campaign, I, 429

Appleseed, Johnny, I, 121, 122

Arbogast Family, II, 179

Architecture in Clark County, I, 407-415

Armstrong, Cyrus, I, 554

Arnett, Harry, II, 155

Ashburner, Charles A., I, 365

Associated Charity, Springfield, I, 513

Athe-ne-sepe (see Mad River)


Bacon, Charles H., II, 35

Bacon, Jane D., II, 36

Baker, Arthur H., II, 309

Baker, Benson A., II, 80

Baker, G. W., I, 237

Baker, Harvey A., II, 94

Baker, Jessie F., II, 250

Baker, Jonathan, I, 130

Baker, Jonathan D., I, 535

Baker, Moses, I, 130

Baker, Scipio E., II, 249

Baldwin, Henry, I, 429

Baldwin, John W., II, 339

Baldwin, Jonah, I, 56

Ballard, Charles E. II, 408

Ballinger, Homer W., II, 295

Bancroft, Phraortes E., I, 59 ; II, 236

Bancroft, Robert C., II, 237

Banks (see Finance)

Banks in Springfield, I, 289-293

Baptists in Springfield, I, 141

Bartholomew, Ella R., II, 402

Bartholomew, Oscar N., II, 402

Barton, Clara, I, 425

Baseball, I, 523

Basketball, I, 525

Bassett, A. H., I, 416

Bateman, Henry E., IL 369

Bauer, Charles, II, 237

Bauer, Charles L., I, 223, 448, 452

Bauer, Vinnie, II, 239

Bauer, Walter B., II, 343

Baumgardner, Clifford H., II, 374

Bauslin, D. H., I, 53, 126, 197

Baxter, Edward W., II, 230

Bayley, William, II, 103

Baylor, Alvin L., II, 258

Bean, Mrs. H. H., I, 337

Beattytown, I, 27

Beaupain, August L., I, 365

Bechtle Mound, I, 31

Bell, Read L., II, 196

Bell, Virgil A., II, 375

Bell Telephone Company, I, 380

Bench and Bar (see also County Judiciary), I, 342-350

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in Springfield, I, 460

Berding, C. M., I, 149

Berry, James B., I, 367

Bethel Township, I, 20, 22

Bevitt, Bessie F., I, 456

Bibliography (see Books of Clark

     County)

Billow, George W., I, 404

Billy Sunday tabernacle (1911), I, 127

Binnig, Fred W., II, 89

Birch, T. B., I, 53

Bird, Wallace G., II, 161

Birthplace of Gen. Frederick Funston, New Carlisle (illustration) I, 332

Bishop, Spalding W., II, 406

Bitner, William H., II, 410

Black, Andrew C., I, 433

Black, Robert S., I, 369

Black's Opera House, I, 433

Boehme, Raymond G., II, 357

Boggs, William K., I, 318

Boggess, Carey, I, 177

Books of Clark County, I, 494

Bookwalter, Francis M., II, 140

Bookwalter, John W., I, 433, 500

Booth, Evangeline, I, 164

Bowlus, Charles J., I, 363

Bowlusville, I, 22

Bowman, Samuel A., I, 343, 346, 515


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Boy Scouts of America, Springfield, I, 160

Bradley, Horatio S., II, 172

Brain, Belle M., I, 501

Brain, Robert D., I, 501

Brain, Robert, Jr., I, 456

Braun, Frank J., II, 234

Braun, Leo, II, 235

Breckenridge, Mrs. S. F., I, 155

Bretney, Charles V. H., II, 269

Bretney, Harry V., II, 270

Bretney, Henry, II, 269

Brewster, Rebecca, I, 162

Bricklaying Class, Night High School (illustration), I, 183

Brighton, I, 25

Buchwalter, Edward L., II, 9

Buchwalter, Luther L., II, 10

Buchwalter, Mrs. E. L., I, 512

Brosey, Harry M., II, 148

Brosey, Minnie H., II, 149

Buck Creek (Lagonda), I, 76

Buckeye Incubator Company, II, 302

Buckley, Daniel A., I, 148

Buena Vista, I, 25

Buena Vista Tavern (illustration), I, 254

Buffenbarger, Warren K., II, 74

Burbank, Prof., I, 45Z

Burleigh, Brown, II, 283

Burk, John W., II, 194

Burnett, Jacob R., I, 45

Burnett, William R., I, 363; II, 94

Burnette, A. G., I, 363

Burnham, Martin T., II, 231

Burrowes, Alice, I, 491, 499

Burt, Nathaniel C., I, 500

Busbey, Hamilton, I, 53

Busbey, T. Addison, II, 18

Bushnell, Asa S., I, 236, 251, 267, 290, 397, 419, 479; II, 12

Bushnell (A. S.) home, I, 411

Bushnell, Mrs. Asa S., I, 141, 420; II, 14

Bushnell, John L., I, 290; II, 14

Bushnell (J. L.) home, I, 411

Bushnell Building (illustration), I, 292

Butler, Simon (See Simon Kenton)

Byrer, Charles E., I, 298


Cad Band, Springfield, I, 455

Calvert, Thomas L., I, 267, 268; II, 16

Campbell, Alexander, I, 144

Campbell, David H., II, 218

Campus scene, Wittenberg College (illustration), I, 190

Carlisle, Mrs. E. A., I, 517

Carmony, Elmus J., II, 319

Carnegie Science Hall, I, 199

Carr, A. E., I, 365

Carr, John L., II, 333

Cartmell, Joseph B., I, 337, 338; II, 316

Cartmell, P. M., I, 458

Cary, Waitstel, Springfield hatter, I, 539

Caspar, T. J., I, 417

Cassilly, Michael P., I, 147

Catholic Cemeteries, I, 560



Catholic priest, first to visit Springfield, I, 147

Catholic welfare work, I, 478

Catholics in Clark County, I, 147-156

Cemeteries outside of Springfield, I, 561

Central Engine House, Fire Department (illustration), I, 388

Centralized schools, I, 168-170

Century of women's activities in Springfield, I, 514

Champion City (Springfield), I, 50

Chapman, John, I, 121

Charleston, I, 25

Chase, Clarence A., II, 404

Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Springfield, I, 512

Cheney, Milton, II, 69

Chicken thieves, I, 540

Chief of Police, Springfield, I, 368-371

Children's Pageant at Ridgewood (illustration), I, 185

Chills and fevers, I, 359

Chinese residents in Springfield, I, 423

Cholera at New Carlisle (1832-33), I, 360

Christ Church, Episcopalian, Springfield, I, 141

Christadelphian Society, Springfield, I, 144

Christian, L. H., I, 177

Christian Science practitioners, I, 361

Churches (see Religion)

Church of the Brethren Sunday School, Donnels Creek, I, 156

Church of the Heavenly Rest, Springfield, I, 141

Churchill, B. P., I, 318

Cincinnati bank failure, I, 244

Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad, I, 233

City Building (illustration), I, 364

City Federation of Women's Clubs, Springfield, I, 511, 512

City of Roses (Springfield), I, 50

Civil War, I, 324-341; officers from Clark County, 329

Clark, Alexander, I, 501

Clark, Charlotte S., I, 473

Clark, George Rogers, I, 3; (sketch of), (illustration), 4; on Knob Prairie

his battle at Piqua Shawnee village, 299

Clark County, Ludlow line across, I, 4 ; John Paul, its pioneer, 6, 7; organization of, 18 ; townships, 20-28 ; travel-

     ers in, 133 ; in the wars, 297-312; contributions to World's War, 336; his-

     tories of, 495-504; cemeteries, 553-562

Clark County Bar Association, I, 342

Clark County Boys' Corn Club, I, 114; (1921) (illustration), I, 104

Clark County Centennial (1880), I, 308, 310

Clark County Children's Home, I, 469-471 ; (illustration), 470


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Clark County church budget (1921), I, 127

Clark County Court of Appeals, I, 269

Clark County Detention Home, I, 474, 475

Clark County Dry Federation, I, 442

Clark County Fair (1921), I, 109

Clark County Fair Association, I, 107

Clark County Fair Grounds, I, 402

Clark County Historical Society, I, 44,417, 421

Clark County Home, I, 439, 466-468

Clark County Horticultural Society, I, 121, 122

Clark County Infirmary (illustration), I, 467

Clark County Interchurch World Survey, I, 135

Clark County Juvenile Court, I, 474

Clark County Medical Society, I, 351-352

Clark County Memorial Hall, I, 276

Clark County Memorial Home (illustration), I, 472

Clark County Public Health League, I, 477

Clark County Sunday School Association, I, 152

Clark County Temperance Society, I, 441

Clark County Veteran Memorial Association, I, 416

Clark-Tecumseh monument, I, 418, 437

Clarke, Ada, II, 102

Clarke, Oliver, I, 289; (illustration), 290

Clarke, Oliver C., II, 119

Clarke, Oliver T., II, 399

Clarke, Willis B., II, 102

Clary, Osman C., II, 229

Class scene, Wittenberg (illustration), I, 193

Clerks of the County Court, I, 271

Cliff Park, I, 402, 404

Clifton, I, 24

Coberly, Mrs. Elizabeth, veteran Sunday School teacher, I, 154

Coffin, E. G., I, 363

Cogswell, George 0., II, 49

Cold Springs, I, 23

Cole, Arthur E., II, 349

Cole, John M., II, 191

Cole, Milton, I, 363 ; II, 190

Collins, Joseph M., I, 167; II, 271

Columbia Street Cemetery, I, 554

Commonwealth Power, Railway and Light Company, I, 398

Concord, I, 24

Congregationalism in Springfield, I, 143

Congressional districts, I, 268

Constantine, Barbara, II, 84

Constantine, Charles W., I, 363; II, 84

Cooper, Edna, II, 240

Cooper, Josiah E., II, 239

Cooperative Reaper Factory, I, 245

Corcoran, William J., II, 216

Corn crop in Clark County, I, 95

Cornwell, Mary, II, 278

Cornwell, Owen L., II, 277

Corry, Homer C., I, 102, 484; II, 398

Corry, Lee B., II, 241

Cortsville, I, 24

Cotter, George S., I, 383, 385

Country Life Commission, I, 105

County Auditors, I, 272

County Building (illustration), I, 366

County-City normal school, I, 173

County Commissioners, I, 274

County Coroners, I, 273

County fairs, I, 107

County Health Commissioner, I, 276

County jails, I, 262-264

County judiciary, I, 269-271, 342

County official roster, I, 269-275

County organization (1818), I, 261

County Probate Court (Constitution 1851), I, 349

County Recorders, I, 273

County School Superintendents, I, 274

County seat fixed, I, 261

County Surveyors, I, 273

County Treasurers, I, 272

Courlas, Jerome P., II, 296

Courthouse, Springfield (illustration), I, 260

Courthouses, I, 260-265

Crabill, John, II, 160

Cradlebaugh, Henry S., II, 382

Croft farm, I, 439

Cromwell, John C., II, 81

Crossland. Albert K., II, 146

Crossland, Emma M., II, 147

Cross roads rural school (illustration), I, 169

Crowell, J. S., I, 502

Crowell (J. S.) home, I, 411

Crowell, Mrs. J. S. I, 492

Crowell, Silas, I, 417

Crowell Publishing Company, I, 252, 464, 502, 504; (illustration), 503

Cumming, E. H., I, 347, 507

Cushman, James, I, 369

Cutler, Menassah, I, 2


Dairy industry, I, 91

Daugherty, John, I, 441

Davies, Mrs. F. L., I, 162

Davis, Cary S., II, 324

Davis, Emory F., II, 397

Davis, Golden C., II, 44

Davis, Harry L., I, 251

Davis, John H., II, 87

Davy, Clare S., II, 79

Davy, Jesse 0., II, 78

Day Nursery, Once the City Prison (illustration), I, 476

Dayton and Bellefontaine military road, I, 314, 315

Deam, John W., II, 61

Deaton, Edwin P., I, 469 ; II, 219

Deaton, Nathan E., II, 387

Debienville, Celoron, ascends Big Miami River (1749), I, 494


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Decline of markets, I, 296

Deitrick, Joseph E., II, 72

Delinquent tax sales, I, 409

Demint, James, I, 9, 10, 54, 55, 362, 383, 438, 441, 553

Demint, Mrs. James, I, 12, 15

Demint family, I, 9-12

Devitt, William F., I, 344

Dial, E. G., I, 177

Dial, George S., II, 185

Dialton, I, 27

Dick, John, I, 559

Dickey, John L., II, 384

Diehl, Warren W., I, 339; II, 38

Dillahunt, Peter A., II, 251

Dinkelacker, E. D., I, 164

Disciples of Christ, Springfield, I, 144

Distilleries, along Mad River, I, 439

District Common Pleas Court (Constitution 1851), I, 349

Dolly Varden, I, 26

Domer, A. J., II, 257

Donnel, Jonathan, I, 21, 561

Donnelsville, I, 21, 22

Doom, Lemuel N., II, 221

Dorst, John L., I, 159 ; II, 309

Doty, E. M., I, 157

Doyle, John A., II, 143

Drake, Daniel, I, 356

Drake, J. Elmer, I, 95

Drake, Sarah A., II, 144

Drake, Theodore T., II, 390

Drake, William M., II, 144

Drayer, A. H., I, 469

Dresher. E. E., H, 254

Drum, Simon H., I, 316

Duffey, A. L., II, 254

Dunlap, Albert, sketch of, I, 355

Durbin, I, 27

Durst, J. R., I, 107

Dyer, Albert W., II, 168


Eagle City, I, 22

Eakins, Irvin, II, 321

Eakins, Mary E., II, 321

Eddy, Mary Baker, I, 361

Education ; recognized by Ordinance of 1787, I, 2 ; Catholic high and grade schools of Springfield, 149; public, in

     Clark County, 165-188 ; typical pioneer school, 166 ; public supervision of rural

     schools (1914), 167; centralized and rural schools, 168-173 ; remedy for il-

     literacy, 172; Springfield public schools, 175-188

Edwards, Jonathan, I, 177

Egg stories, I, 537

Eglinger, Albert, II, 244

Eichelberger, James T., II, 211

Eighteenth Amendment, becomes effective, I, 442

Elder, Robert, II, 334

Electric lighting company, first in Springfield (1883), I, 397

Elliott, John C., I. 318

Elliott, John S., II, 392

Elliott, Nora W., II. 392

Ellsworth, W. J., I, 177

Elwell, Wilbur E., II, 154

Elwood Meyers Factory (illustration), I, 243

Enon, I, 23

Epizootic (1872), I, 359

Ervin, L. M., II, 222

Esplanade, Springfield (illustration), I, 57, 230

Evans, C. H., I, 182

Evans, Charles W., II, 375

Exchange Club, Springfield, I, 519

Fagan, Sibyl S., I, 456

Fahien, Herman J., II, 48

Fairbanks, Charles W., I, 245 Fairbanks Theater, I, 434

Fall, Chancey, I, 316

Famous guests at Springfield hotels, I, 2.59

Farm Bureau of Clark County, I, 112, 113, 114

Farmer, The, I, 204, 205

Farmers, income of (1920), I, 91 Farmers Institute, I, 103

Farmers National Bank, I, 295

Farming vs. citying, I, 98

Farrar, William M., I, 86

Fassler, Jerome, I, 243

Fay, Edgar A., I, 143; II, 281

Ferncliff Avenue (illustration), I, 400

Ferncliff Cemetery, I, 557-560; (illustration), 557

Ferncliff Cemetery Entrance (illustration), I, 558

Ferncliff Hall, Dormitory for Young Women (illustration), I, 195

Fidler, Harry B., II, 209

Finances of county, I, 287-296 ; expenses of Springfield city government, 367

Finley, James B., I, 132

Finfrock, Arthur W., II, 288

Fire departments, State laws regulating, I, 393

Fire Prevention Society, Springfield, I, 393

Firey, M. J., I, 442

First bank in Ohio, I, 289

First Catholic school in Springfield, I, 148

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Springfield, I, 145

First circuses, I, 538

First county school act passed (1821), I, 166

First disastrous fire in Springfield (1840), I, 387

First electric lighting company, Springfield (1883), I, 397

First labor union in Springfield, I, 463

First National Bank, Springfield, I, 290

First silo in Clark County, I, 92

First Springfield directory (1852), I, 491

First Sunday School in Springfield, I, 153


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First Women's Christian Temperance Unions in Ohio (Springfield), I, 446

Fisher Maddux, I, 12, 56, 58, 262, 264, 266

Fisk, M., I, 141

Fleming, James, I, 363

Flint, A. E., I, 159

Foley, James, I, 109

Foos, Griffith, I, 10, 12, 14, 51, 80, 406

Foos, William, I, 242

Foos Engine Company (illustration), I, 250

Football, I, 523

Foreign born citizens of Clark County, I, 421-424

Forgy, I, 21

Fort Tecumseh, I, 291; site of Piqua (Pawnee) Village, 307, 400

Fortnightly Club, Springfield, I, 512

Foster, Clarence J., II, 301

Foster, Fred, II, 350

Foster, Joseph W., II, 302

Foster, William, II, 301

Fountain Square, I, 62

Fox drives (1921-22), I, 120

Francis, William, II. 205

Frankenberg, Mrs. George, I, 438

Frankenstein, Godfrey N., I, 522

Frankenstein's Niagara Falls, I, 432

Fraser, Fannie, II, 383

Fraser, George W., II, 383

Fraternal homes of Ohio, I, 479-484

Fraternal homes, Springfield, I, 458, 459

Free and Accepted Masons in Clark County, I, 458

Freeman, Henry E., II, 304

Frey, George H., I, 247, 405; II, 33

Frey, George H., Sr., I, 378

Frey, I. Ward, I, 236, 404; II, 32

Frock, J. D., I, 365

Fry, Clara A., I, 179

Fry, E. F., I, 472

Full dress costumes, I, 542, 543

Funderburg, Frank E., II, 150

Funk, Isaac H., I, 502

Funston, Frederick, native of New Carlisle, I, 330; death of, 333

Furry, John E., I, 363 ; II, 226


Gallagher, Katherine E., II, 368

Gallagher, Michael, II, 368

Galloway, James, I, 121

Galloway, Rebecca, I, 40

Garver, Helen B., I, 179

Garver, John N., II, 120

Gaynor, Thomas L., II, 326

Geddes, James L., II, 307

Geology in Clark County, I, 64-74

Gerhardt, Paul T., II, 123

German, John, II, 176

German Lutherans in Springfield, I, 143

German musical societies, I, 453-457

German township, I, 23

Gilbert, Charles F., II, 223

Gleason, John, I, 95

Golden Arch, I, 224

Golden bridal couples, at Springfield Yarnfest (1921), I, 531

Golf, I, 523

Good, Frank E., II, 179

Good, John M., II, 418

Good Family, II, 178

Good Roads Council, I, 223

Goode, James S., I, 363

Goode, John M., I, 363

Goodfellow, Milton B., II, 243

Goodfellow, Moore, II, 243

Goodfellow, Roy A., II, 242

Goodfellow, Samuel, II, 243

Goodfellow, W. E., dancing master, I, 541

Goodrich Rubber Company, I, 224

Goodwin, J. P., I, 363

Gordon, William, II, 224

Gotwald, Luther A., II, 358

Gotwald, Robert C., II, 359

Gowdy, John H., II, 65

Gram, Ed, II, 346

Grand Army of the Republic Art Loan and Midwinter Fair, I, 417

Grand Army of the Republic Burial Plot, Ferncliff Cemetery (illustration), I, 552, 559

Grand Army of the Republic, Mitchell Post, I, 460

Grand Opera House, Springfield, I, 433 Grant, A. W., I, 247

Grant, George D., II, 364

Great Miami, ancient river bed of, I, 67 Great Miami Valley, first crop of corn in, I, 96

Greeks in Springfield, I, 424 Greenawalt, Samuel E., I, 472 ; II, 25 Greene township, I, 24

Greeneville Treaty, I, 8, 20, 45 Greenmount Cemetery, I, 554, 555 Griggs, Edward H., I, 514

Groeber, John, II, 131

Groeber, John, Jr., II, 132

Grube, Adam, II, 186

Grube, George P., II, 187

Grube, Perry A., II, 201


Hagan, Francis M., I, 345, 348, 362, 419; II, 431

Hagan, Mrs. F. M., I, 514

Halsey, James S., I, 486

Hamma, Charles B., II, 248

Hamma, M. W., I, 197

Hamma Divinity School (illustration), I, 196, 197

Hanna, J. J., I, 363

"Hard cider" campaign (1840), I, 266 Hard surface roads, I, 213-215

Hardick, Prof., I, 452

Harford, Edward, II, 280

Harmony, I, 25

Harmony township, I, 25

Harper, E. L., I, 244

Harris, James H., II, 52

Harrison, Charles F., II, 197

Harshman, Jonathan, Jr., II, 264


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Harshman, Laura H., II, 264

Hartley, Frank A., II, 402

Hartzler, Daniel, I, 291

Hartzler (Daniel) farm (now Fort Tecumseh), I, 308

Hatfield, Charles S., II, 209

Hawk, O. E., I, 408

Hawke, O. T., I, 168

Hawken, Henry C., I, 456

Hawkins, Emin W., II, 34

Haynes, R. A., I, 444

Hays, Charles 0., II, 227

Hayward, Harry B., II, 61

Hayward, James A., II, 60

Hayward, R. F., I, 267

Heaume, John S., II, 46

Hebrank, Harry E., II, 317

Heckert, Charles G., I., 53, 199

Heindel, Albert D., II, 86

Heisey, Paul H., I, 202

Hellenic Union Club, I, 424

Helwig, John B., I, 194

Hendershott, Isaac. I, 352

Henkle, Saul, I, 139, 153, 441, 468, 486, 507, 554

Hennessey, I, 23

Henry Family, II, 179

Henry-Arbogast Families, II, 179

Henry L. Schaefer Jr. High School (illustration), I, 181

Henthorn, Ellis, II, 101

Herald of Gospel Liberty, I, 133

Herron, J. W., I, 177

Hertzinger, J. K., I, 168

High School, Springfield (illustration), I, 178

High Street M. E. Church, I, 414

Highways of Clark County, I, 212

Hildreth, S. P., I, 86

Hill, Arthur R., II, 304

Hill, H. M., I, 365

Hill, W. D., I, 363

Hinkle John R., II, 156

Hinkle, Margaret, II, 225

Hinkle, Michael Way, II, 225

Hiser, Charles H. II, 25

Hiser, Daniel B., II, 24

Historical and biographical volumes, I, 497, 498

Historical Atlas of Clark County (1875), I, 497

Historical societies of Clark County, I, 416

Hockdoerfer, Richard, I, 53

Hodge, Asa W., II, 193

Hodge, Bertha, II, 193

Hodge, Thomas D., II, 370

Holden, L. E., I, 53

Holman, Edward P., II, 79

Home Telephone Company, I, 381

Homes in Springfield, I, 407

Honey Creek, I, 77

Hoppes, John J., II, 136

Horr, Calvin A., II, 263

Horse thieves, I, 538

Horses, I, 110

Hospitals in Clark County, I, 425-431

Hosterman Publishing Company, I, 464 504

Hotels and taverns, I, 253-259

Houck, Edwin L., II, 286

Houck, Edwin S.. I, 365; II, 287

Houck, George, II, 286

Household matters of the olden times, I, 544

Houston Bank of South Charleston, failure of, I, 291

Howard, Maurice, I, 150

Howard, Solomon, I, 177

Howe, Henry, I, 299, 300, 496

Howe, H. H., I, 495, 496

Humberger, Gaylord R., II, 310

Humphreys, John, I, 9, 14, 51, 406

Hunt, John, I, 173 oldest college graduate in the United States, 530

Hunt, J. M., I, 363

Hunt, Richard A., first Springfield physician, I, 355

Hunter, Charles N. II, 381

Hunter, Laura E., II, 382

Hunter, Samuel F., I, 52, 249; II, 125 Hurt, F. W., I, 176

Husted, I, 23

Hutchings, Stanley R., II, 40

Hutchins. Thomas, I, 39

Hyslop, W. W., I, 107, 109


Igou, Lureatha, II, 203

Igou, Peter F., II, 203

Inauguration of President Dr. Rees E. Tulloss (illustrations), I, 200

Income taxes, I, 293

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Home (illustration), I, 480

Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Clark County, I, 458

Indian trails, I, 212

Industries, early, I, 55, 56, 82, 239, 525, 535

Innesfallen Greenhouse, I, 124, 125

Intellectual and civic life, I, 507-522

Interchurch Survey, I, 421

International Fat Stock Show, I, 111

International Harvester Company (illustration), I, 241

Interurban electric service, I, 236-238

Ireland, George E., II, 262

Iron Moulders' Union No. 72, I, 463

Italians in Springfield, I, 423


Jackson, Charles F., II, 294

Jackson, J. A.. I, 177

Jackson, May H., II, 181

Jarboe, Elizabeth J., I, 15, 17

Jewish Congregations in Springfield, I, 144

Jews in Springfield, I, 421

Johnson, Anna B., I, 511

Johnson, Floyd A., I, 223, 227

Johnson, Frank C., II, 139

Johnson, Howard, I, 152, 155

Johnson, James C., I, 343, 349


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Johnson, James G., I, 267

Johnson, James, Jr., I, 363

Johnson, Richard M., I, 315

Johnson, Robert, II, 138

Johnston, Floyd A., II, 27

Jones, Clement L., II, 422

Jones, Elmer, I, 107

Judd, Delbert S., II, 166

Juergens, Arthur R., I, 452, 453, 455

Juergens, Charles A., I, 454

Junker, Henry D., I, 147

Jurists, distinguished, I, 343

Jurors, women as, I, 344

Juvenile Court, I, 270


Kain, George I., I, 135

Kauffman, Benjamin F., II, 264

Kauffman, Michael, I, 421

Kay, Charles S., I, 507 ; II, 414

Kay, Clarence H., II, 117

Kay, Isaac, I, 139, 182, 504; II, 413

Kearney, James, I, 147, 148

Keifer, Benjamin W., II, 409

Keifer, Horace C., I, 332

Keifer, J. Warren, I, 11, 53, 81, 247, 268, 300, 325, 331, 332, 343, 494, 500; II, 3

Keifer, W. W., I, 36, 44, 307, 477

Keifer Camp No. 3, Spanish War Veterans, I, 332

Keller, Augusta E., II, 201

Keller, Charles M. F., II, 200

Keller, Ezra, I, 142, 189, 191, 192; (death of), 193, 557

Keller, Katherine M., II, 201

Kelley, Oliver H., I, 112

Kelly, Edwin S., II, 8

Kelly (E. S.) home, I, 411

Kelly, Oliver S., I, 243, 363, 432 ; II, 6

Kelly, Oliver W., II, 7

Kelly Family, II, 5

Kelly Fountain, I, 58

Kelly Lake, in Ferncliff (illustration), I, 560

Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Company, II, 307

Kelly-Springfield Tire Company (illustration), I, 248

Kent, A. Richard, I, 352 ; II, 314

Kenton, Elizabeth J., I, 15, 17

Kenton, Simon, I, 9, 13-17, 132

Keyser, Leander S., I, 53, 502

Kindle, Louis, I, 559

King, David, II, 300

King, Robert L., II, 194

King, Robert Q., II, 192

Kinney, Mrs. M. E., I, 446

Kirkpatrick, Donald, I. 152 ; II, 305

Kirkpatrick, T. J., I, 363

Kissell, Harry S., II, 31

Kitchen, Stephen, II, 361

Kiwanis Club, Springfield, I, 518

Kizer, Thomas, I, 88

Knight, George H., I, 234

Knights of Columbus, Springfield, I, 150

Knights of Labor (Mad River) Assembly, I, 464

Knob Prairie Christian Church, I, 128130

Knob Prairie Mound, I, 29

Knob Prairie Mound at Enon (illustration), I, 30

Knott, Peter, II, 51

Kobelanz, John H., II, 88

Kohl, Jacob L., II, 131

Kramer, John F., I, 444

Krapp, George P., I, 500

Kunkle, Albert H., I, 343 ; II, 16

Kyle, Agnes, I, 170


Labor Temple, I, 461

Lagonda, I, 27

Lagonda Avenue Congregational Church. Springfield, I, 143

Lagonda Chapter D. A. R., Springfield, I, 313, 515, 517

Lagonda Club (illustration), I, 516

Lagonda Club Building, I, 517

Lagonda Creek (see Buck Creek)

Lagonda United Brethren Church, I, 143

Lambert, LeRoy, II, 377

Large Skull Penetrated by Tree Root (illustration), I, 34

Law Library, Springfield, I, 493

Lawrenceville, I, 24

Laybourn, Lewis J., II, 378

Laybourne, Clarence E., II, 218

Learn, Herbert A., II, 164

LeBolt, Gus, II, 347

Leffel, George M., II, 129

Leffel, James, first Springfield inventor, I, 242-243

LeFeyre, R. M., I, 483

Lehman, John, I, 141

Leonard, A. B., I, 442

Liberty Loans, I, 288

Libraries of Clark County, I, 486-493

Limestone, I, 69

Limestone City, I, 23

Limestone Cliffs, I, 67

Lincoln, Abraham, I, 324-326-331

Lind, Jenny, I, 448

Link, A. J., I, 356

Link, Constantine, II, 308

Link, Joseph, II, 308

Lions Club, Springfield, I, 519

Lisbon, I, 25

Little Miami Railroad (1846), I, 231-232

Littleton, John C., II, 55

Littleton, J. Howard, I, 155; II, 259 Live Stock (1921), I, 109

Lloyd, John U., I, 353, 354, 355, 494 Local Rain Fall, I, 384

Locke, Mrs. D. R., I, 479

Logan, Olive, I, 508

Lohnes, Edwin, Mad River Township (illustration), I, 115

Loney, J. M., I, 149

Long, Edgar H., II, 214

Long, T. T., I, 159

Lorenz, Adolph, visit of, to Springfield, I, 356

Lowry, David, I, 51, 87, 228, 406


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Lowry, J. Edwin, II, 14-4

Lucas, Richard S., II, 417

Lucas, William E., II, 246

Ludlow, Abraham R., I, 442 ; II, 108

Ludlow, Cooper, II, 107

Ludlow, Jason S., II, 109

Ludlow, John, I, 239; (illustration) 240; 290, 416, 497; II, 108

Ludlow Family, II, 107

Ludlow Papers of 1871, I, 497

Lupfer, Edgar N., II, 72

Lutheran Church in Springfield, I, 141

Lutherans Outside of Springfield, I, 142


M. & M. Building (illustration), I, 413

Mad River, I, 75, 76

Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad (1832), I, 231, 232, 233

Mad River Baptist Church, I, 131

Mad River City (Springfield), I, 50

Mad River Township, I, 23

Mad River Township Sunday School Convention, I, 156

Mad River Valley Bank, I, 289

Mad River Valley Dental Society, I, 361

Mad River Valley Pioneer and Historical Association, I, 416

Madison Township, I, 25

Mann, Horace, I, 130, 133

Maps (early) of Springfield and Clark County, I, 496, 497

Market house, Springfield, I, 62

Markets and labor for farmers, I, 114-117

Marshall, T. R., I, 49

Martin, John H., II, 54

Martin, Oscar T., I, 346; II, 171

Martin, Paul C., I, 537; II, 171

Mason, Samson, I, 12, 268, 347

Masonic Home, I, 479

Mast, P. P., I, 363, 504

Mast (P. P.) home, I, 410

Materia Medica in Clark County, I, 351-361

Mattinson, Thomas, II, 336

Mattinson, Thomas E., II, 379

Mayor, duties of, I, 365

McBride, Richard, first Springfield postmaster, I, 281

McConnell, John B., II, 96

McCord, George E., I, 177 ; II, 318

McCoy, W. E., I, 113

McCulloch, Hugh R., II, 355

McCulloch, William, II, 354

McCulloch, William P., II, 355

McCullough, E. J., II, 159

McDonald, Frank L., I, 481; II, 268

McGarry, J. R., I, 363

McGilvray, Charles F., I, 363 ; II, 415

McGraw, Thomas F., I, 416

McGregor, Margaret H., I, 456

McGregor, Thomas R., II, 98

McGrew, Elizabeth E., II, 341

McGrew, John B.. II, 342

McGrew, Samuel F., II, 340

McIntire, A. K., I, 402

McIntire, Benjamin B., II, 198

McIntire, William D., II, 293

McIntosh, W. H., I, 497

McKee, Elza F., I, 342, 484, 493; II, 401

McKenna, John, I, 369

McKinley, W. B., I, 236

McKinnon, Daniel, I, 19

Medway, I, 21

Meenach, Joseph J., II, 386

Mellen (George H.) Company, I, 124

Mellinger, Harry, II, 207

Mellinger, Harry S., I, 225

Memorial Arch, entrance to Snyder Park (illustration), I, 302

Memorial Hall (illustration), I, 275, 276, 435

Men's Literary Club, Springfield, I, 515

Merritt, Alice, II, 228

Metal industries, I, 243

Meteoric shower, I, 72

Methodism in Springfield, I, 137

Methodists, organize in Springfield, I, 130

Mexican war, I, 316

Miami Indians, I, 37, 38

Military square, I, 262

Mill Run, I, 77, 78

Millegan, M. L., I, 53

Miller, Earl N., II, 115

Miller, Elwood, I, 429

Miller, H. T., I, 157

Miller, John, II, 287

Miller, John C., I, 363, 505

Miller, John E., II, 114

Miller, Joseph, II, 329

Miller, Joseph J., I, 363

Miller, Mary, II, 287

Miller, Orion P., II, 132

Miller, Reuben, I, 561

Miller, S. S., I, 72, 73, 80, 122, 142, 239

Miller, Samuel, I, 504

Miller, Mrs. Willis H., I, 501

Milligan, Melvin L., I, 363 ; II, 135

Milling in Springfield district, I, 249

Mills, William, II, 29

Mills, William, Sr., II, 29

Mills, William C., II, 30

Mitch, Lemuel, II, 208

Mitchell, Ross, I, 154, 317, 407, 425

Mitchell and Thomas Hospital, I, 425

Mitchell Post G. A. R., I, 328

Modern newspaper, I, 209-211

Montanus, Philip E., II, 106

Moorefield, I, 23

Moorefield Township, I, 22

Moores, William H., II, 147

Moores Lime Company, The, II, 147

Morean, Gilman J., II, 240

Morgan, Ion A. P., II, 348

Morgan, John, I, 256

Moses, Marion C., II, 152

"Moss-Covered Bucket," I, 441

Mother Stewart (see Eliza D. Stewart)

Mother Thompson (see Mrs. E. J. Thompson)

Moundbuilders in Clark County, I, 29-35


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Movies (see Stage)

Moyer, Aaron J., II, 122

Moyer, Rebecca, II, 122

Mulliken, E. W., I, 157

Munchel, John, II, 253

Municipal golf links, I, 525

Municipal swimming pools, I, 525

Murphy, Mrs. J. W., I, 512

Music in Clark County, I, 448

Muster day in Springfield, I, 313, 314

Myers, Harvey E., II, 71

Myers, James A., II, 20

Myers, John E., II, 389

Myers, Wilbur J., I, 107; II, 21

Myers, William, II, 396

Myers Hall, Wittenberg (illustration), I, 198


Nagley, Vernie, II, 75

National Hotel, I, 258

National Road, I, 216-223, 253, 255, 258

Natural gas, I, 395, 396

Nave, Jacob P., II, 50

Nave, Mrs. John G., II, 91

Nave, J. T., II, 91

Nave, Margaret E., II, 91

Needle Work Build, Springfield, I, 513

Neer, Dorothy, I, 426, 427

Neer, Luther, II, 67

Negro as a citizen, I, 375

Negro riots in Springfield, I, 371-376

Netts, George W., II, 41

Neve, Juergens, I, 53

New Carlisle, I, 21; postoffice, 282; cholera at (1832-33), 360; its public water system, 386; fire department of, 394

New Carlisle Progress Club, I, 520 New Carlisle Sun, I, 205

New Champion factories, I, 245

New Light Christians, I, 130; in Springfield, 139, 140

New Moorefield, I, 22

Newlove, Henry O., II, 366

Newspapers in Clark County, I, 204-211

Nichols, Clifton M., I, 500

Nicklin, John S., II, 82

Nightingale, Florence, her natal centenary, I, 351, 425

Ninety-nine year leases, I, 409

Nolte, Augustus B., II, 278

North Hampton, I, 27

Northern Heights School, Springfield, I, 468

Northwest Territory, I, 3


O'Brien, John, II, 299

O'Brien, Patrick E., II, 299

O'Brien, Richard E., I, 369, 370; II, 245

Octogenarians at Yarnfest (1921), I, 530

Odd Fellows Home of Ohio, Springfield, I, 481

Oesterlin, Amelia, I, 471

Oesterlin Orphans' Home, I, 471-473

Oglevee, John F., I, 267

O'Harra, Stanford L., II, 351

Ohev Zedukah congregation, I, 422

Ohio, population of, 1910, 1920, I, 28

Ohio Building Association League, I, 407

Ohio Fuel Supply Company, I, 396

Ohio Gazetteer, I, 494

Ohio Knights of Pythias Home (illustration), I, 482

Ohio Masonic Home (illustration), I, 459, 479

Ohio Pythian Children's Home, Springfield, I, 483

O. K., origin of word, I, 256

Old Courthouse, erected 1819-22 (illustration), I, 263

Old folks in Chamber of Commerce (illustration), I, 528

Old homestead (illustration), I, 543

Old Mill, New Carlisle (illustration), I, 22

Old Orpheum Theater, I, 436

Old-time rural homes, I, 408

Oldest silver service in Clark County, I, 538

Olinger, Jasper W., II, 213

Olive Branch, I, 21

O'Mealy, J. J., I, 148

O'Mealy, Patrick, I, 148

Ordinance of 1787, I, 1, 2

O'Reilly and Morse telegraph offices consolidated (1849), I, 378

Organized labor in Clark County, I, 461465

Ort, Granville L., II, 90

Ort, Samuel A., I, 194

Otstot, Sarah, II, 157

Owen, E. D., I, 141


Packham, Frank R., II, 265

Packham, Maxmilla, II, 266

Paist, Charles, I, 25, 26

Paist, Isaac, I, 432

Parker, Adam B., II, 363

Parrott, Joseph, farm, I, 468

Parsons, Edgar E., I, 175, 365, 366; II, 279

Parsons, George W., II, 279

Parsons, Israel, II, 279

Parsons, John C., I, 474; II, 280

Parsons, Robert S., II, 221

Paschall, Alma, I, 500

Patrick, William I, 438

Patton, Richard D., II, 195

Paul, John, pioneer of Clark County, I, 6-8, 20, 36

Paul, John, Jr., I, 8, 96

Paul Family, I, 7, 8

Peat, Joseph S., I, 26

Pennsylvania House, I, 255, 427

Peoples Light and Power Company, I, 397

Perrott, Stanford J., II, 276

Peters, Nathaniel F., II, 421

Peters, Theodore, II, 422

Petticrew, Charles E., II, 232

Petticrew, Charles L., II, 42

Pfeifer, John, II, 412


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Pierce, Charles H., II, 305

Pierce, Jonathan, I, 407

Pierce, Roscoe, II, 306

Pigeon Express, I, 378

Pike Township, I, 27

Pinkered, Nathaniel, I, 165

Pinkered School, pioneer of county's public system, I, 166

Pioneer doctor, I, 357, 358

Pioneer mothers as physicians, I, 357

Pioneer suggestions (illustration), I, 55

Pioneer times in Clark County, I, 54

Piqua, I, 8, 39; destruction of, 45; Clark-Shawnee battlefield, 299-306 ; second Shawnee town, 301

Pitchin, I, 24

Plattsburg, I, 25

Pleasant Township, I, 24

Plummer, John L., II, 30

Polite surgical operations, I, 356

Pomona Grange, I, 111

Pork packing industry, I, 229

Poss, Joseph A., II, 342

Post, J. D. I, 268

Postal employes retired, I, 286

Postal savings, I, 284

Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, I, 379

Postoffices, in Clark County, I, 279-286

Presbyterianism in Springfield, I, 139

Presbyterians (1808), I, 131

Presidential campaign (1920), I, 266, 267

Press (see Newspapers)

Price, Evan C., II, 166

Prince, Benjamin F., I, 31, 154, 189, 417, 316, 419, 498, 499, 500 ; II, 433

Prince, Grace, I, 197

Printz, Daniel, I, 73

Probate judges, I, 270

Prohibition (see Temperance)

Prout, George R., II, 292

Prophet, The, I, 300

Prosecuting Attorneys, I, Z70

Public Square, Springfield, I, 54

Public utilities in Clark County, I, 377382


Quaker communities, I, 26

Quinn, Edward J., I, 148

Quinn, William B., II, 362

Race Track, Clark County Fairgrounds (illustration), I, 108

Raikes, Robert, I, 153

Railroad stations (illustrations), I, 233

Railway mail service (1846), I, 280

Raup, Fannie M., II, 329

Raup, George S., II, 256

Raup, Gustavus P., II, 327

Raup, Mitchell W., II, 267

Rawlins, Albert M., II, 48

Rawlins, Isaac B., II, 47

Ray, W. C., II, 214

Rayner, William H., I, 29, 31, 42, 418, 499, 505 ; II, 429

Rea, John R., I, 369

Real Estate in Clark County, I, 406-415

Realtors' Convention (1921), I, 408

Recitation Hall, Wittenberg College (illustration), I, 192

Reeder, Albert, I, 26, 2Z6

Reeser, Charles A., I, 124

Reeves, William H., I, 144

Regent Theater, I, 434

Rehe, Joseph M., II, 47

Reichard, Cora A., II, 381

Reichard, George W., II, 380

Reid School, I, 173

Religion in Clark County, I, 126-164

Rescue Case of 1857, I, 316-323

Revolutionary soldiers buried in county, I, 313 ; memorial to, in Ferncliff Cemetery, 517

Reynard, J. F., I, 384

Reynolds, Rosetta, I, 163

Richison, Rush R., I, 429, 477 ; II, 234

Ricker Memorial Hospital, I, 429

Ridgely, Charles T., II, 167

Ridgely Trimmer Company, The, II, 166

Ridgewood School, Winter Scene (illustration), I, 187

Ridgewood Select School, I, 188

Rinehart, Joseph H., II, 422

Rinehart, Levi, I, 289

Robbins, Rev. Chandler, I, 176; II, 117

Robbins, Chandler, II, 118

Robbins, Douglas, II, 119

Robbins, William H., II, 119

Robbins Family, II, 117

Roberts, Charles A., II, 57

Roberts, J. William, II, 77

Roberts, James W., II, 69

Robinson, Chandler, I, 177

Rockel, W. M., I, 502

Rockway, I, 27

Rockway School, rural (illustration), I, 167

Rockwell, William M., I, 498

Rodgers, Charles K, II, 105

Rodgers, James L., I, 177

Rodgers, John H., I, 159

Rodgers, Richard H., II, 104

Rodgers, Robert, I, 355 ; II, 104

Rodgers, Robert S., II, 104

Rodgers, William, II, 104

Rogers, William A., I, 500

Root, Harley G., II, 282

Rose City Radio Association, I, 520

Roses, Springfield center of production, I, 122

Ross, Elmore P., II, 298

Ross, Elmore W., II, 298

Ross, Mrs. E. P., I, 338

Royal, I, 25

Runyan, Mrs. George, I, 501

Runyan, William M., II, 407

Rural Free Delivery, I, 284

Russell, Glenn, II, 276

Ruthrauff, J. Mosheim, I, 197

Ryan, F. S., I, 168


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Salt famine (1825), I, 229

Salvation Army in Springfield, I, 164

Sanderson, Edwin J., II, 360

Sanitation in Springfield public schools, I, 186

Saunders, Frank D., II, 63

Savings Deposits, I, 293

Saylor, H. M., II, 343

Scarff, W. N., I, 97, 112, 121

Scarf (W. N.), home, I, 411

Schaefer, Carl A., II, 395

Schaefer, Henry L., II, 394

Schaefer, Leonard, II, 393

Schindler, Peter A., I, 154, 155

Schools (see Education)

Schuckman, Fred, I, 369

Schumacher, Christopher, I, 438

Searlott, George, I, 25

Second District Tubercular Hospital, I, 429

Second Lutheran Church, Springfield, I, 142

Seever, Isaac N., I, 88

Sellers, Maurice M., II, 196

Selma, I, 26

Sentinel, The, I, 205

Seth, I, 27

Seventh Day Adventists in Springfield, I, 144

Shaffer, Elmina, I, 473

Shatzer, C. G., I, 196

Shaw, Cyrus, II, 56

Shaw, Findley W., II, 170

Shawnee Indians, I, 36-46

Sheaff, James M., II, 391

Shellabarger, Samuel, I, 268, 345, 490

Shepard, Anna, I, 429

Shepherd, Caroline, I, 446

Sheridan, George V. N., II, 356

Sheriffs, I, 271

Sherlo, Garrett, II, 165

Sherrin, Paul, I, 96

Shipman, James, I, 315

Shouvlin, Patrick J., II, 139

Showers, H. S., I, 363

Shuey, Edwin L., Jr., II, 174

Shuirr, Walter A., II, 255

Shuirr, Warren R., II, 93

Shumaker, John T., II, 59

Sieverling, William H., II, 260

Silos in Clark County, I, 92

Simpson, Edward W., II, 110

Singer, Reinhold, I, 455

Skibo Castle, I, 419

Slager, Albert L., I, 442

Slager, Arthur L., I, 137

Slough, William H., II, 288

Smallwood, Mrs. Walter, I, 137

Smith, Edward H., II, 229

Smith, Henry E., I, 143

Smith, James, I, 9

Smith, James G., II, 256

Smith, John A., I, 177

Smith, Peter, I, 131, 133, 353, 354; first Clark County author (1816), I, 494

Smith, Riley, II, 36

Smith, Samuel, I, 175

Snyder, David F., I, 91

Snyder, David L., I, 400

Snyder, John, I, 400, 426

Snyder, J. J., I, 363

Snyder distillery, I, 116, 440

Snyder farm property, I, 88

Snyder Park, I, 400; (illustration) I, 401; 404

Snyderville, I, 23

Soap making, I, 85, 86

Social Service Bureau, Springfield, I, 475-478

Social standards in Springfield, I, 509

Society of Friends, Springfield, I, 144

Soils, I, 68, 69

Soldiers' Aid Society, Springfield, I, 513

Soldiers Monument and some Springfield homes (illustration), I, 140

Sorghum industry, I, 84, 85

South Charleston, I, 26; postoffice, 282; fire department of, 394 ; history of, 498; clubs, 521

South Vienna, I, 25

Southern Apartment Building, Springfield, I, 412

Sowers, John W., II, 322

Spanish-American war, I, 331-333

Spanish influenza (1918), I, 358

Spencer, Malcolm E., II, 403

Spining, Arthur M., II, 376

Spinning, Mary, I, 457

Spinning, Pierson T., II, 21

Spinning Wheel (illustration), I, 52

Sports in Clark County, I, 523-526

Sprecher, Samuel, I, 193

Springfield, James Demint founder of, I, 10-12; original plat of, 12; population of, 27; Shawnees in, 41 ; chart of, 48; past and present, 47-63 ; first published account of (1816), 50; incorporated, 53 ; early streets, 58 ; the market, 59-62; in 1870 (illustration), 60; city of roses, 124; first school in, 165; private and public schools, 175-188 ; city charter granted (1850), 176; high schools, 177-184 ; industries (1919), 251; hotels, 256-259 ; postoffice in, 279-280; postmasters, 281-282; mail delivery in, 282 ; banks, 289-293 ; its centennial, 362 ; city charter adopted (1850), and mayors, 363 ; city manager system, 365, 366, 367; expenses of city government, 367; police department, 368-370; its water supply, 383-386; full paid fire department established (1904), 387; the "volunteers," 387-391 ; full organization, 391, 392; lighting systems in, 395-398; parks, 399-405; cemeteries, 402; fraternities, 458,460; historical works, 498; clubs, 512-514 ; artists, 522


Springfield and Clark County War Service (War Chest), I, 336, 337

Springfield Bar and Library Association, I, 342


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Springfield Building and Loan Association, I, 409

Springfield Buildings (illustrations), I, 508

Springfield Centennial, I, 362, 418, 420

Springfield Chamber of Commerce, 1, 484

Springfield City Hall, I, 414

Springfield City Hospital, I, 426, 427

Springfield Coke Company, I, 395

Springfield Country Club, I, 520; (illustration), 524

Springfield Day Nursery, I, 475

Springfield Free City Hospital (illustration), I, 428

Springfield Gas Company, I, 397

Springfield Gas, Light and Coke Company, I, 396

Springfield High School, I, 415

Springfield Kiwanis Club, I, 518

Springfield Library Association, I, 488-489

Springfield Light, Heat and Power Company (1909), I, 398

Springfield Lions Club, I, 519

Springfield Lyceum, I, 486

Springfield Maennerchor, T, 454

Springfield Manufacturers' Association, I, 251

Springfield News, I, 206

Springfield Orpheum, I, 454

Springfield Osteopathic Society, I, 361

Springfield Planing Mill and Lumber Company, The, II, 253

Springfield Postoffice (illustration), I, 278; volume of business in (18991921), 283

Springfield Rotary Club, I, 518

Springfield Street Railway, I, 236

Springfield Sun, I, 204; illustration, 207

Springfield Telephone Exchange, I, 380

Springfield Township, I, 27

Springfield Trades and Labor Assembly, I, 461

Springfield Traffic Association, I, 237

Springfield Tribune, I, 461

Springfield Y. M. C. A. Building (illustration), I, 158

Springs, I, 70

Sproat, Ebenezer, I, 86

St. Charles Borromeo Church, South Charleston, I, 150

St. Raphael Catholic Parish, I, 148, 149

Stackhouse, W. H., I, 102 ; II, 172 Stage, The, I, 432

Staley, P. H., I, 474

Staley, Paul A., II, 419

Stallsmith, Emma, II, 364

Stallsmith, Isaac, II, 364

Stanage, C. W., I, 452

Starrett, Henry F., II, 320

Starrett, Levenia R., II, 321

State banks, I, 289

State Fair in Springfield, I, 110

State recognition, I, 267

State Representatives, I, 268

State Senators, I, 268

Steele, Archibald, I, 132

Steele, John, I, 140

Sterrett, W. H., I, 214

Stewart, Charles F., II, 273

Stewart, David W., II, 53

Stewart, Eliza D. (Mother), I, 437, 445, 501

Stewart, E. W., II, 188

Stewart, Fred G., II, 189

Stewart, Perry M., II, 416

Stewart, W. A., first chief of police, Springfield, I, 368, 369

Stiles, Clara C., II, 366

Stiles, Solomon B., II, 365

Stokes Township, I, 25

Stoll, Omar W., II, 226

Stoner Adam, II, 82

Storms, Henry, I, 25

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, I, 327

Streams of Clark County, I, 75-78

Stuart, Dora F., II, 428

Stuart, William J., II, 428

Sturdevant, Charles, I, 177

Suabian Saengerchor, I, 455

Sugar Grove Hill, I, 27

Sugar Grove Hotel, I, 256

Sugar making, I, 82-84

Sullivan, Dennis, II, 204

Summers, Augustus N., I, 267, 343 ; II, 270

Summers, John W., II, 323

Sun, Gus, I, 434, 435, 436

Sun Publishing Company, II, 356

Sun Theater, I, 434

Sunday School in Clark County, I, 152-156

Sunset Civic League, I, 520


Taft, Eleanor, I, 163

Tax payers, I, 287, 288

Taxable property, I, 287, 288

Taylor, A. E., I, 177

Tecumseh, the Shawnee warrior (illustration), I, 37, 39, 42, 300, 314, 315

Tecumseh Hill, I, 307

Tehan, Edward A., II, 39

Tehan, George W., I, 147 ; II, 372

Tehan, John, II, 372

Tehan, Maurice F., II, 373

Telegraph service in Clark County, I, 377-379

Telephone system, I, 379-382

Temperance and Prohibition in Clark County, I, 437-447

Temperance developments, I, 441-444

Temple Chessel Shad Ames, I, 422

Thacker, James, I, 26

Thomas, Abraham, I, 305, 306

Thomas, Edgar S., I, 469-471

Thomas, John H., I, 425; II, 352

Thomas, William S., II, 353

Thompson, Mrs. E. J. (Mother), I, 445

Thompson, John. I, 137

Thompson, W. O., I, 103

Thorne, Isaac H., II, 338


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Thornton, E. P., I, 12

Thorpe, I, 25

Thorpe, William R., II, 215

Tiffany, Earl W., II, 58

Tillable land (1900, 1910, 1920), I, 90

Tindall Robert A., II, 76

Tittle, Harvey M., I, 280; II, 24

Tittle, Walter, I, 53, 522

Titus, Morton S., II, 158

Todd, Arthur J., II, 134

Todd, James, II, 133

Todd, James, II, II, 134

Todd, James M., I, 363

Todd, John H., II, 134

Todd Family, II, 133

Toledo war (1835), I, 315

Torbert, James L., I, 363

Toronto Reaper and Mower Company, I, 244

Townships, organization of, I, 20-28

Trade and Labor Assembly, Springfield, I, 464, 465

Transportation, I, 228-238

Transportation for the farmer, I, 102

Travelers' Club, Springfield, I, 512

Tremont City, I, 24

Tressler, Victor G. A., I, 53, 427; II, 312

Trimmer, David W., II, 66

Trostel, George W., II, 153

Trout, Albert, II, 337

Trout, John, II, 336

Troxell, Paul E., II, 369

Troxell, William, II, 362

Trumbo, Joseph B., II, 112

Trumbo, Silas, II, 112

Trumbo, William C., II, 111

Trust, Harry, I, 135, 143, 162; II, 177

Tuberculosis Hospital (illustration), I, 430

Tullis, Van C., I, 107

Tulloss, Rees E., inauguration of (illustration), I, 200, 201; II, 11

Turner, F. B., I, 481

Tuttle, Albert, II, 255

Twentieth Century Literary Club, Catawba, I, 520

Twine Binder, I, 244

Typesetting and typecasting machines introduced, I, 464

Typical Springfield greenhouse (illustration), I, 123

Typographical Union No. 117, I, 464


United Presbyterians in Springfield, I, 140

United States Military Reservation (Fort Tecumseh), I, 307

Universalist Church in Springfield, I, 141

Urquhart, Hector, II, 252

Ustler, Clarence A., II, 330


Van Tassel, W. H., I, 369

Villa, I, 22

Village marshals, I, 367, 368

Virginia Military Land Grants, I, 20

Vorhees, John H., I, 490


Waddle, William T., II, 212

Walker, Arthur H., II, 215

Walker, James C., I, 329, 369; II, 274

Wallace, Edward S., I, 363

Wallace, W. C., II, 149

Walsh, Leo M., I, 148

Walters, Isaac N., I, 133

War of 1812, I, 314, 315

Ward, Isaac, I, 404

Warder, Benjamin F., sketch of, I, 491

Warder, Benjamin H., I, 249, 290, 407, 486; (illustration), I, 487

Warder (B. H.) home, I, 410

Warder, William, I, 555

Warder Free Public Library, I, 426; illustration, 490; 491

Watkins, Fannie P., I, 162

Watson, Pauline, I, 456

Watts, Elmer A., II, 315

Weaver, Chauncey I., II, 128

Weaver, John S., I, 177

Weaver, W. L., I, 268

Webb, Grace C., I, 196

Webb, James S., II, 28

Webb, Joseph, II, 424

Weekly, John W., I, 177

Welfare Work in Clark County, I, 466-472

Welsh, James L., I, 444; H, 113

Werden, William, Springfield's best known landlord, I, 258

West, Eli, II, 355

West County Office Building, I, 414

Westcott, Burton J., I, 363, 365; II, 15

Western Union Telegraph Service, I, 378

Wetherbee, Ralph H., II, 247

Wetmore, Ralph, I, 456

Wheat, Benjamin B., I, 143

White, Addison, I, 317, 318, 321, 323

White, W. J., I, 177

White, William, I, 343, 345

White, William N., I, 267

Whitely, Amos, I, 243

Whitely, William N., I, 242, 245, 247, 395

Whitely Reaper Company, I, 245

Whiting, Junius F., II, 331

Whittridge, Worthington, I, 522

Wier, W. H., I, 177

Wiggins, Lida K., I, 501, 505, 511

Wiggins, Robert, II, 99

Wigwam, Springfield, I, 433

Wild game in Clark County, I, 117-121

Wild lands, I, 80

Wild pigeons, migration of, I, 118

Wildcat banking, I, 289

Wildman, Alvin E., II, 332

Wildman, G. W., I, 110

Wildy, Thomas, I, 458

Willard, Frances E., I, 438

Williams, Clarence S., I, 53

Williams, Edward W., II, 345

Williams, Hiram W., I, 233

Williams, J. C., I, 6, 7


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Williams, Jerry K., II, 167

Williams, Milo G., I, 177

Williams, Victor, I, 452

Willis, Fred W., II, 64

Wilson, Gilbert L., I, 500

Wilson, Lavinia, II, 426

Wilson, Timothy, II, 217

Winger, Amaziah, I, 513

Winger, George W., I, 456; II, 290

Winwood, Mrs. George, I, 513

Wireless telegraphy, I, 379

Wise, Charles F., II, 92

Witmeyer, Webb W., I, 518; II, 337

Wittenberg College, I, 134, 142, 189; sports at, 525

Wittenberg College, Entrance and Campus (illustrations), I, 403

Wittenberg Football Team (illustration), I, 193

Wittenberg, one Commencement Day (illustration), I, 202

Wolff, Jacob, I, 421

Wolfson, Israel, I, 421

Women's Benevolent Society, Springfield, I, 513

Woman's Crusade, I, 444

Women as jurors, I, 344

Women's Christian Temperance Union, first in Ohio (Springfield), I, 438, 446

Women's Relief Corps, I, 508

Woodward, Robert C., I, 51, 88, 491, 496

World's war, I, 333-341

Wormwood, Albert, I, 483

Worthington, Ruth A., I, 512

Worthington Chautauqua, Springfield, I, 512

Wright, Leonard S., II, 75

Writers of Clark County, I, 494


Yake, Milton, II, 405

Yarnfest in Springfield Chamber of Commerce (1921), I, 527-536

Young, Charles A., II, 244

Young, Edson K., II, 324

Young Men's Christian Association, Springfield, I, 157-160

Young Men's Literary Association, I, 487

Young Men's Literary Club, I, 518

Y. W. C. A. Building (illustration), I, 161

Young Women's Christian Association, Springfield, I, 162, 513


Zimmerman, Carrie M., II, 286

Zimmerman, Isaac, II, 284

Zimmerman, John L., I, 155, 197, 491, 492; II, 424

Zimmerman, Joseph C., I, 197

Zimmerman, Samuel, II, 372

Zimmerman Library, Wittenberg College, I, 197; illustration, I, 492

Zirkle, Ralph, I, 456