HISTORY OF


FAYETTE COUNTY


OHIO


HER PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS


FRANK M. ALLEN

Editor


With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and

Genealogical Records of Old Families


ILLUSTRATED.


1914

B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.

Indianapolis, Indiana


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

Fayette County a garden of sun

shine and delights.










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PREFACE


All life and achievement is evolution; present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privilege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Fayette County, Ohio, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin land, it has come to be a center of prosperity and civilization, with millions of wealth, systems of railways, grand educational institutions, splendid industries and immense agricultural and mineral productions. Can any thinking person be insensible to the fascination of the study which discloses the aspirations and efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the foundation upon which has been reared the magnificent prosperity of later days? To perpetuate the story of these people and to trace and record the social, political and industrial progress of the community from its first inception is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and personal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation, and which unite the present to the past, is the motive for the present publication. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to the sketches of representative citizens of these counties whose records deserve preservation because of their worth, effort and accomplishment. The publishers desire to extend their thanks to the gentlemen Who have so faithfully labored to this end. Thanks are also due to the citizens of Fayette county for the uniform kindness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary information.


In placing the "History of Fayette County, Ohio," before the citizens, the publishers can conscientiously claim that they have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus. Every biographical sketch in the work has been submitted to the party interested, for correction, and therefore any error of fact, if there be any, is solely due to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. Confident that our effort to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we. are,

Respectfully,

THE PUBLISHERS.


CONTENTS.



CHAPTER I—RELATED STATE HISTORY

25

 First White Men in Northwest Territory—English and French Claims—Three Successive Sovereign Flags Over Present Ohio—Passing of the Indians—Battle of Fallen Timbers— Northwest Territory—Ohio, the First Northwest State—Early Settlements—Activities of the Traders—French and Indian War—Pontiac's Conspiracy— Northwest Territory and Quebec Act—Revolutionary Period—George Rogers Clark and His Campaign—First Surveys and Early Settlers—Ordinance of 1787—First Stage of Government Under the Ordinance—Second Stage—Organization of the Northwest Territory—Representative Stage of Government— First Territorial Legislature—Division of 1800—Census of 1800--Symmes Purchase and Other Early Settlements—County Organization—Indian Wars—Formation of a New State—Date of Ohio's Admission to the Union—Capitals of Northwest Territory and Ohio—Constitutional History, of Ohio—Military Record—Land Grants—Military Lands— Refugee Tract—Road Lands—Canal Grants—Zane Sections—Ministerial Lands— Schools Sections—Ohio Politics—Boundary Lines—Organization of Counties and Early Events.

CHAPTER II—GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY

73

Boundaries of Fayette County—Geological Formations—Water Courses- Drainage—Land Elevation—Rock Formations—The Drift—Gravel and Sand —The Soil.

CHAPTER III—COUNTY ORGANIZATION

77

County Organizations Leading up to that of Fayette--Fayette County Created —Original Townships—Present Townships.

CHAPTER IV—EARLY SETTLEMENT

82

Indian Inhabitants—First Surveys—Land Entries—Early Settlers—Interesting Incidents— Pioneer Life— Narrative of an Old Pioneer—Early Habits and Customs—Pioneer Wedding— Mills and Milling— Taverns— Corn HuskingsHunting—Early Mails—Pigeon Roosts— Sickness—Destruction of Milliken Dam—Incidents—A Hermit—Distilleries.

CHAPTER V—COUNTY GOVERNMENT 

106

Scarcity of Early Records—County Treasury Robbed—Early County Bills—First Court House—Second Court House—Present Court House—County Jails—Public Drinking Fountain—First County "Safe"—County Infirmary—County Children's Home—Carder Infirmary—County Roads and Pike System —County Finances.

CHAPTER VI—OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION

117

Presidential Vote in the County—Political Parties—State Senators—State

CONTENTS.

Representatives—Presiding Judges—Associate Judges—Common Pleas Judges—County Auditors—County Recorders—County Treasurers—Clerks of Court — Sheriffs — Probate Judges — Prosecuting Attorneys — Coroners—County Surveyors—County Superintendents of Schools—District Assessors—County Commissioners— Justices of the Peace.

CHAPTER VII—TRANSPORTATION

127

Early Transportation by Freight Wagons and Boats—The First Railroad—Bond Issues—Subsequent and Present Roads.

CHAPTER VIII--EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING 

130

Fayette an Agricultural County—The Soil—Live Stock—Agricultural Statistics—Drainage—Tiling—County Agricultural Societies—Hog Cholera Epidemics—Corn Shows and Institutes.

CHAPTER IX—BANKS AND BANKING

135

Early Barter and Exchange—Money Scarce—"Cut Money"—First Banking in Fayette County—First National Bank and Other Banks at Washington C. H. —Jeffersonville Banks—Banks at Good Hope, Milledgeville and Bloomingburg-1912 Financial Showing.

CHAPTER X—NEWSPAPERS OF FAYETTE COUNTY

142

The Press a Great Civilizing Influence--Fayette County's First Newspaper, Freedom's Advocate—Later Newspapers at Washington C. H.—The Jeffersonville Citizen—Newspapers in Ohio—The First Printing Press in Fayette County.

CHAPTER XI—THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

150

Value of the Physician—Progress in Medical Science—First and Early Doctors in Fayette County—Later Doctors—Physicians of the County in 1914—Fayette County Medical Society—City Hospitals.

CHAPTER XII—THE BENCH AND BAR

160

The Judiciary—Legislative Enactments Establishing Judiciary System—The First Session of Court in Fayette County—Fayette County Lawyers—Present Members of the Bar—Judges of Court of Appeals—Judges Court of Common Pleas—Other Court Officers—H. B. Maynard—John J. Harper.

CHAPTER XIII—MILITARY HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY

172

Fayette County's Part in the War of 1812—Transportation of Provisions—Mexican War—Militia Muster Days— Fayette County in the Civil War—Lincoln's Proclamation—Mass Meetings—Enlistments from Fayette County Townships—Revolutionary Soldiers in Fayette County—Memorial Hall—Names of Fayette County Soldiers— Spanish-American War—A Hero in Two Wars.

CHAPTER XIV—EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

201

Great Progress in the Science of Education—The Old and the Modern School House—Schools of Washington C. H.—Township Schools—Wayne Centralized School—The Thoughtful School Superintendent.

CHAPTER XV—SECRET AND FRATERNAL ORDERS

213

Free and Accepted Masons—Royal Arch. Masons—Knights Templar—Independent Order of Odd Fellows—The Encampment—Knights of Pythias.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XVI—HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES

221

Presbyterian Churches—Methodism in Fayette County—African M. E. Church—Methodist Protestant Churches— The Christian Church—United Brethren Churches—Baptist Societies—Colored Baptist Church— Friends Society—Free Church Association—Universalist Church—Protestant Episcopal Church—Church of Christ-Oldest Church Building in the County—Catholic Church—Young Men's Christian Association.

CHAPTER XVII—MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST

245

The Temperance. Crusade—The Appeal—Counterfeiting—The Funk Fight—A Cruel Indian—Early Criminal Cases—Execution of William G. W. Smith—Stock Sales--Horse Trading—Capture of Andrew, Ellison—A Hot-Race—Big Riot of 1894-Unique Destruction of a Mill Dam—Immense Petrified Maple Log—First Murder Case—First Execution—First Marriages—Centennial Anniversary of County—Intoxicated Hogs—Odd Old Record—Garfield Memorial Services—McKinley Memorial Services—Population Statistics—Great Flood of 1913—Portrait of McKinley by Local Artist—Automobiles in County—Blind Pensioners—Market Quotations.

CHAPTER XVIII---REMINISCENCES AND MEMOIRS

274

"Old Uncle Billy Snider"—"Kelly" Dixon, the Aged Pedestrian—Aged Native-born Citizen—Fayette Pioneer at Fort Meigs—Hon. Mills Gardner—Judge Richard A. Harrison—Hon. Marshall J. Williams

CHAPTER XIX—UNION TOWNSHIP

282

Topography—Early Settlement—Drainage—Pioneers Who First Located Here.

CHAPTER XX—JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP

283.

Topography—Natural Features—Early Settlement—Official Annals—First Election—Counterfeiters —Mills—Towns and Hamlets--Jeffersonville.

CHAPTER XXI--JASPER TOWNSHIP

293

Boundaries—First Settlement—"Uncle Johnny" Coons—Towns and Villages Plymouth—Jasper Mills—Allentown (Octa)—Milledgeville.

CHAPTER XXII—CONCORD TOWNSHIP

299

Location—Pioneer Settlers—Sundry Incidents of Early Life—Mills—Village of Staunton.

CHAPTER XXIII—GREEN TOWNSHIP

304

Boundaries and Surveys—Early Settlement—Jesse Rowe—Pioneer Sketches —Moons—Mills and Distilleries— Interesting Incidents.

CHAPTER XXIV—PERRY TOWNSHIP  

310

Location—Organization and First Officers—Settlement—An Indian Scare—Milling Interests of Long Ago—New Martinsburg.

CHAPTER XXV—WAYNE TOWNSHIP

317

Place of First White Settlement—The Pioneers—Early Taverns—Indian Horrors—Village of Good Hope—Other Villages.

CHAPTER XXVI—MARION TOWNSHIP

324

Boundaries—First Settlement—Milling—Tanneries—First Election—Villages.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXVII—PAINT TOWNSHIP

328

Location—Natural Features—Early Settlement—Minor Incidents—Village of Bloomingburg—Some Early Events— Milling Industries—Anti-Slavery Days in Bloomingburg—The Temperance Question.

CHAPTER XXVIII—MADISON TOWNSHIP

337

Location and Boundaries—Settlement—Early Stores and Shops—Mills Waterloo.

CHAPTER XXIX—CITY OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE

344

Location—Name—First Business Events—The City in 1815—First and Early Events—Municipal Government— City Finances—Fire Department—Earlyday Council Proceedings—Old Times—Manufacturing Industries— Industries of 1901—Great Sales Stables—Proposed Car Lines—Natural Gas Prospects —Present Business Interests—Washington Cemetery—Postoffice History—Cyclone of 1885—Great Fire of 1911—Public Library


HISTORICAL INDEX.

A


Adams. County

African M. E. Church

Agricultural Societies

Agricultural Statistics

Agriculture

Allen County

Allentown

Amendments to Constitution

Ashland County

Ashtabula County

Associate Judges

Athens County

Attorneys

Auditors, County

Auglaize County

Automobiles in County


B


Bank of Fayette

Banks and Banking

Baptist Churches

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Battle of Fort Meigs

Belmont County

Bench and Bar

Bills, Early County

Blind Pensioners

Bloomingburg

 Anti-Slavery Days

 Business Interests

 Churches

 Early Events

 Election, First

 First Things

 Lodges

 Mayors

 Milling Industries

 Municipal History



53

230

133

131

130

53

299

42, 51

53

53

120

53

161

121

53

272




137

135

234

26, 37

278

54

160

107

272

332

334

337

220, 228

33

333

333

214, 219

337

333

337

Bloomingburg—Con.

 Peoples Bank

 Platting of

 Population

 Postoffice History

 Schools

 Temperance Issue

Bogus Road

Boundaries of Fayette County

Boundaries of Ohio, Original

Boundaries of State

Brown County

Butler County


C


Cabin, Pioneer

Canal Grants

Capital Permanently Located

Capitals of Northwest Territory

Carder Infirmary

Carroll County

Catholic Church

Census of Northwest Territory

Centennial Anniversary of County

Champaign County

Children's Home

Christian Church

Church History

Church of Christ

Citizens Bank, Jeffersonville

City Hospitals

Civil War

Claims to Ohio Territory

Claims to Territory

Clark County

Clerks of the Court

Clermont County

Clinton County

Colored Baptist Church

Columbiana County 

141

332

269

336

210

335

325

73

37

51

54

54




90

48

40

39

113

5

240

33


54

113

232

220

240

140

159

175

26

25

54

122

54

54

237

54

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Commercial Bank

Commissioners, County

Common Pleas Judges

Concord Township

 Boundary

 Churches

 First Settlers

 Incidents

 Mills

 Pioneers

 Schools

Congress Lands

Connecticut Reserve

Conspiracy of Pontiac

Constitutional Amendments

Constitutional Conventions

Constitutional History

Convenience

Conventions, Constitutional

Corn-Cracker

Corn Huskings

Corn Shows

Coroners

Coshocton County

Counterfeiting

Counties, Organization of

County Auditors

County Bills, Early

County Children's Home

County Commissioners

County Finances

County Government

County Infirmary

County Jails

County Military History

County Organization

County Politics

County Recorders

County Roads

County Surveyors

County Treasurers

County Treasury Robbed

Court House, First

Court House, Present

Court House, Second

Court of Appeals

Court Officers

Courts, The

Crawford County

Creamer, Wallace

138

124

120,169

301

301

225

301

302

303

302

205

47

35 45

28

42 51

40

40 51

325

40

97

99

134

124

54

249

53

121

107

113

160;124

115

106

112

160;110

172

35

117

122

114

124

122

106

107

109

108

168

169

160

56

276

Criminal Cases, Early

Cruel Indian

Crusade, The Temperance

Cunningham Station

Cut Money

Cuyahoga County

Cyclone of 1885


D


Darke County

Defiance County

Delaware County

Destruction of Milliken's Dam

Distilleries

District Assessor

Division of 1800

Dixon, "Kelly"

Doctors, Early

Dohrman's Grant

Drainage

Drinking Fountain


E


Early Criminal Cases

Early Doctors

Early Habits and Customs

Early Mails

Early Settlement

Educational History

Ellison, Andrew, Capture of

Enlistments in Civil War

Episcopal. Church

Erie County

Explorations, First


F


Fairfield County

Fallen Timbers, Battle of

Farmers' Bank, Good Hope

Farmers Bank, Jeffersonville

Farmers' Institutes

Fayette County

Fayette County Bank

Fayette County Bar

Fayette County Boundaries

Fayette County Medical Society

Fayette County Organized

Fayette County Soldiers

250

254

245

300

135

54

362




56

56

56

102,262

105

124

33

275

150

47

73, 131

111




250

150

96

102

82

201

259

177

239

56

25




57

26, 37

140

139

134

57, 78

137

168

73

159

77

180

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Finances of County

First Court House

First Court in Washington

First Explorations

First Land Entries

First Murder Case

First National Bank

First Printing Press in County

First Railroad

First Surveys

First Territorial Legislature

Flood of 1913

Formation of Ohio

Fort Meigs, Battle of

Fountain, Public Drinking

Franklin County

Fraternal Societies

Free and Accepted Masons

Free Church Association

French and Indian War

French Grant

French Settlements

Friends Society

Fulton County

Funk Fight


G


Gallia County

Gardner, Mills

Garfield Memorial Services

Geauga County

Geology

Ghormley

Glenden

Good Hope

 Business Interests

 Churches

 Farmers Bank

 Location

 Population

 Postoffice

 Schools

 Survey

Government, Territorial

Governors of Ohio

Green Township

 Churches

 Distilleries

 Mills

115

107

160

25

83

264

136

149

127

29, 83

32

270

37

278

111

57

213

213

238

27

44

26

237

57

251




58

278

267

58

73

325

298

323

324

235

140

323

270

324

209

323

30

50

306

225

310

310

Green, Township—Con.

Organization of

Pioneer Sketches

Population

Schools

Settlement

Greene County

Greenville Treaty

Guernsey County


H


Hamilton County

Hancock County

Hanging of W. G. W. Smith

Hardin County

Harper, John James

Harrison, Batteal

Harrison County

Harrison, Richard A.

Harrison, William Henry

Henry County

Hermit, A.

Hero in Two Wars

Highland County

Hocking County

Hog Cholera

Hogs Intoxicated

Holmes County

Horse Trading

Hospitals

Hunting

Huron County


I


Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Indian, A Cruel

Indian Tribes

Indian Wars

Infirmary, County

Intoxicated Hogs


J


Jackson County

Jails

Jasper Mills

Jasper Station

Jasper Township—

 Churches


79

306

269

206

306

58

37

57




58, 77

59

250

59

170

86, 276

59

278

31, 33

58

105

200

59, 78

60

134

266

60

259

159

100

60




216

254

26, 82

36

112

266




60

110

298

298


224

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Jasper Township—Con.

Organization of

Population

Schools

Settlement

Jefferson County

Jefferson Township—

 Annals

 Churches

 Mills

 Organization of

 Population

 Schools

 Settlement

 Surveys

 Topography

Jeffersonville

 Business Interests

 Churches

 Citizens Bank

 Farmers Bank

 Incorporation of

 Lodge

 Mayors

 Population

 Postoffice

 Schools

Johnson's Crossing

Judges

Judiciary, the

Justices of the Peace


K


Knights of Pythias

Knights Templar

Knox County


L


Lake County

Land Elevation

Land Entries, First

Land Grants of Ohio

Land. Surveys

Lawrence County

Lawyers  

Legislature, Territorial, First

Licking County

Lincoln's Proclamation

Lodges


80

269

205

295

60


288

224, 234

290

78

269

204

285

285

285

291

292

228 232, 238

140

139

290

215, 218

293

269

293

210

329

120

160

126




218

214

61




63

74

83

44

29

63

161

32

62

176

213

Logan, Chief

Logan County

Lorain County

Losantiville

Lucas County


Mc


McKinley Memorial Services


M


Madison County

Madison Township

 Boundaries

 Churches

 Early Stores

 Mills

 Organization of

 Population

 Schools

 Settlement

 Stores, Early

Mahoning County

Mails, Early

Manara

Marion County

Marion Township

 Boundaries

 Churches

 Milling Interests

 Organization of

 Population

 Schools

 Settlement

Market Quotations

Marriages, First

Masonic Order

Maumee Road Lands

Maynard, H. B.

Medical Profession

Medical Society

Medina County

Meigs County

Memorial Hall

Memorial Services

Mercer County

Merchants and Farmers Bank.

Methodist Episcopal Churches

Methodist Protestant Churches

Mexican War

60

62

62

35

61




267




63

339

339

227, 231, 234

342

343

79

269

208

339

342

63

102

329

63

326

326

227

326

81

269

208

326

272

264

213

47

169

150

159

63

64

178

267

64

137

222

230

173

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Miami County

Midland National Bank

Military History of County

Military Lands

Military Record of Ohio

Militia Muster Days

Milliken's Dam Destroyed

Mills and Milling

Ministerial Lands

Miscellaneous Items

Milledgeville

 Bank

 Beginnings

 Business Interests

 Population

 Postmasters

Milledgeville Bank

Monroe County

Montgomery County

Moons

Moravian Grant

Morgan County

Morrow County

Murder Case, the First

Muskington County 

Muster Days


N


New Holland

New Lexington

New Martinsburg

Newspapers

Noble County

Northwest Territory


O


Octa

Odd Fellows

Ohio Admitted to the Union

Ohio Created

Ohio-Erie Canal

Ohio Land Company

Ohio, Original Boundaries

Ohio Politics

Ohio's Military Record

Ohio's Natal Day

Oldest Church in County

Ordinance of 1787

64

139

172

46

42

173

103, 262

97

48

245

299

141

299

300

269

300

141

65

65

309

47

65

65

264

65

173




329

332, 337

314

142

66

25, 31, 33




299

216

38

37

35

34, 44

37

49

42

38

240

29

Organization of Counties

Organization of Fayette County

Organization of Northwest Territory  

Original Townships

Ottawa County


P


Paint Township

 Boundaries

 Churches

 Incidents

 Organization of

 Population

 Schools

 Settlement

Pancoastburg

Paulding County

Pensioners, Blind

Peoples and Drovers Bank

Peoples Bank, Bloomingburg.

Perry County

Perry Township

 Churches

 Indian Scare

 Milling Interests

 Officers, First

 Organization of

 Population

 Schools

 Settlement

Petrified Log

Physicians of the County

Pickaway County

Pigeon Roosts

Pike County

Pike System

Pioneer Incidents

Pioneer Life

Pioneer Wedding

Plymouth

Politics in the State

Politics of County

Pontiac's Conspiracy

Population Statistics

Population, Territorial

Portage County

Preble County

Presbyterian Churches

53

77


31

78

66




330

330

227, 235

332

79

269

208

330

344

66

272

138

141

66

312

225, 237

313

315

312

81

269

207

312

264

151

66

102

67

114

104

90

96

298

49

117

28

268

33

66

67

220

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Present Court House

Present Physicians

Present Railroads

Present Townships

Presidential Vote

Presiding Judges

Press, First Printing

Probate Judges  

Prosecuting Attorneys

Public Drinking Fountain.

Putnam County 


Q


Quebec Act 


R


Railroad, the First

Railroads, Present

Recorders, County

Refugee Tract

Related State History

Religious History

Reminiscences

Representative Government

Representatives

Revolutionary Period

Revolutionary Soldiers

Richland County

Riot of 1894

Roads, County

Robberies

Rock Formations

Rockville

Ross County

Royal Arch Masons


S


St. Clair, Arthur

Salt Sections

Sandusky County

School Houses

School Sections

Scioto County

Second Court House

Secret Societies

Seldon Station

Senators, State

Seneca County

109

158

129

80

117

120

149

123

123

111

67




28




127

129

122

46

25

220

274

31

119

28

178

68

261

114

106

74

325

67, 77

214




31, 33, 36

48

68

202

49

69

108

213

300

118

69

Settlement, Early

Settlers, Early

Shelby County

Sheriffs

Sickness in Early Days

Snider, "Uncle Billy"

Soldiers from Fayette County

Spanish-American War

Stark County

State Boundary Lines

State Capital Permanently Located

State History

State Military Record

State Politics

State Senators

Statistics, Agricultural

Staunton

Stock Raising

Stock Sales

Streams

Summit County

Superintendent of Schools

Surveyors, County

Surveys, First

Symmes Purchase


T


Taverns

Temperance Crusade

Territorial Capitals

Territorial County Organization

Territorial Government

Territorial Legislature, First

The Press

Topography

Township Schools

Townships, Original

Townships, Present

Transportation

Treasurers, County

Treaty of Greenville

Trumbull County

Turnpike Lands

Tuscarawas County


U


Union County

Union Township—

Boundary

82

84

68

123

102

274

180

43, 199

68

51

40

25

42

49

118

131

303

130

258

73

68

124

124

29, 83

34, 45




99, 321

245

39

35

30

32

142

73

204

78

80

127

122

37

69

48

70




70


282

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Union Township—Con.

 Drainage

 Organization of

 Population

 Settlement

 Topography

United Brethren Churches

Universalist Church


V


Van Wert County

Vinton County

Virginia Military District

Votes on Constitution


W


War Enrollments

War for Independence

War, French and Indian

War Mass Meetings

Warren County

Wars, Indian

Washington County

Washington C. H.

 Banks

 Cemetery

 Churches

 

City Finances

 Council Proceedings

 Cyclone of 1885

 Description, Early

 Early Events

 Fire Department

 Fire of 1911

 First Business Interests

 Library

 Lodges

 Manufacturing Industries

 Mayors

 Municipal Affairs


282

79

269

282

282

234

238




70

70

35, 46

40




177

28

27

177

71

36

70, 77

346

136

359

222, 230, 232, 236, 239

351

352

362

348

349

351

363

347

364

213

352

350

350

Washington C. H.—Con.

 Name

 Natural Gas

 Officers, City

 Old Times

 Population

 Postoffice History

 Present Industries

 Proposed Car Lines

 Sales Stables

 Schools

 Survey

 Y. M. C. A.

Washington Say. Bk. and Tr. Co.

Water Courses

Waterloo

Wayne, Gen. Anthony

Wayne Centralized School

Wayne County

Wayne Township

 Churches

 Indian Horrors

 Oldest White Settlement

 Organization of

 Pioneers

 Population

 Schools

 Taverns, Early

Wedding, Pioneer

White Men, First

Williams County

Williams, Marshall J.

Wood County

Wyandot County


Y


Young Men's Christian Asso.


Z


Zane Sections


346

358

350

353

269

360

359

358

357

203, 210

346

242

138

73

344

37

209

71, 77

319

226

321

319

79

319

269

209

321

96

25

71

280

71

71




242




48

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

A


Adams, Jared F.

Allen, David

Allen, Ephraim L.

Allen, Frank M.

Allen, George

Allen, Joel A.

Allen, Ralph

Allen, William Wagner

Anderson, John Wesley

Andrews, Robert G.

Arnott, Joseph M.


B


Baer, Clarence N.

Baker, John Morgan

Barnes, John L.

Baughn, Leondis

Beatty, Scott

Binegar, Hugh W.

Black, Dr. Francis Marion

Bostwick, William Clay

Brock, Glenn Hire

Brock, Orville C.

Brown, Harrison F.

Brown, Roy E., M. D.

Brown, Tolen E.

Browne, Charles St. Clair

Brownell, Charles Herbert

Brownell, Henry Barnett

Bryant, Abner J.

Bush, Edward L.


C


Campbell, James W.

Campbell, William M.

Cannon, Urban W.

Carr, Salathiel H.

Casey, Henry

Clemans, Rev. F. M



386

486

654

656

726

576

650

622

412

459

747




646

727

659

591

715

652

718

490

608

510

380

464

406

617

748

750

586

455




753

722

562

597

451

664

Clover, Thomas H.

Cockerill, Edward E.

Cockerill, Luther G.

Coffey, Charles F.

Coffman, Lewis Clark

Coil, Jacob H.

Cole, James

Cook, Benjamin Franklin

Cook, Clyde

Corbitt, Samuel Morgan

Couch, John G.

Craig, David S.

Craig, Eli

Craig, John

Creamer, Charles Crum

Creamer, Michael C.

Creamer, Nathan

Creamer, Wallace

Creath, O. Wade

Culhan, John H.


D


Dahl, Harris B.

Davies, William W.

Davis, Jesse B.

Dawson, Alexander

Deer, John M.

DeWitt, Frank

DeWitt, Grant

DeWitt, Jesse

DeWitt, John E.

Dial, William H.

Dickey Martin Luther

Dill, Frank

Dill, William B.

Dixon, Kelley

Douglas, Edward W.

Draper, William S.

Duff, Henry Walker

Duffee, James W.

475

704

638

384

426

594

600

466

636

560

487

370

370

414

472

488

429

496

571

373




698

383

521

712

428

745

741

677

635

410

640

436

517

453

614

538

531

569

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

E


Eckle, Maynard W.

Eggleston, Lafayette

Elliott, Hugh E.

Elliott, Milton S.

England, Thomas J.

Ervin, Craton

Ervin, Ford


F


Fitchthorn, James W.

Foster, Howard

Frayn, William

Free, John E.


G


Gardner, Mills

Garrett, Homer A.

Gilmerr, Matthew

Glaze, Charles C.

Glickner, George N.

Gossard, Jeptha H.

Green, Felix Welton

Greenlee, Robert B.


H


Hadley, Hon. Horace Langdon

Hagler, Jesse

Hagler, Roy

Haigler, Albert

Haigler, J. W.

Haines, Frank E.

Hains, Albert

Hardway, Capt. O. E.

Harper, Joseph H.

Harper, Thomas

Hartman, James M.

Hays, Delbert C.

Hays, Capt. John C.

Hegler, Almer

Henkle, Anda E.

Henkle, Jason F.

Henkle, William L.

Hire, Henry L.

Holdren, G. W., M. D.

Holdren, William A.

Hopkins, John E.



441

539

695

678

457

514

739




737

505

676

682




720

607

731

626

734

557

596

728




448

732

729

483

716

629

463

628

393

740

590

420

522

655

421

578

584

447

546

661

733

Hopkins, Josiah

Hoppes, Henry

Howard, Jared W.

Howat, Robert

Howell, Luther Peterson, M. D.

Huchison, John R.

Huchison, William S.

Hutson, Frank

Hutson, James Homer


I


Irwin, Luther M.


J


Jamison, Benjamin Franklin

Janes, Abel H.

Janes, Evan Lewis

Janes, William Wallace

Jenkins, Thomas A.

Jones, Humphrey


K


Kellough, Jesse P.

Kennell, Jacob V.

Kirk, Traine C.

Knecht, Martin


L


Ladd, William Glenn

LaFollette, Climpson L.

Lininger, Charles

Lininger, Jesse B.

Lininger, John

Logan, John

Long, David

Long, Lenna

Looker, Howard W.

Lough, Washington

Lucas, Alcester

Lynch, Charles T.


Mc


McClure, Roy T.

McCoy, Charles C.

McCoy, Elmer

McCoy, Frank

574

688

482

423

397

668

444

642

556




616




431

518

632

438

736

416




503

707

536

528




525

484

697

633

637

432

744

513

545

612

630

592




388

509

495

461

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

McCoy, George W.

McCoy, Martin L.

McCoy, Russell B.

McCoy, Thomas Glenn

McCoy, Thomas R.

McCune, David C.

McLean, Charles R.


M


Maddox, Robert A.

Maddox, Thomas S.

Mahan, Joshua

Mark, Henry

Miller, James L.

Millikan, Col. Baldwin

Mock, David

Mock, Eli

Mowery, Perry C.


O


Ortman, Philip F.


P


Palmer, Thomas M.

Parker, Charles B.

Parker, William S.

Parrett, Carey George

Parrett, Charles H.

Parrett, Edward Ankney

arrett, Frank C.

Parrett, Frank L.

Parrett, George B.

Parrett, John A.

Parrett, Lawson A.

Parrett, L. Ervin

Parrett, Lewis Hamilton

Parrett, Russell

Parrett, Capt. Thomas F.

Patterson, William John

Perrill, C. H.

Perrill, James

Perrill, James T.

Perrill, John

Perrill, Louis

Peters, Alvin N.

Peters, John H.

Pine, Bruce

Plymire, Martin

Post, Edward

Post, Hon. James D.

543

604

613

467

694

671

610




378

377

458

621

520

532

474

544

499




492




527

404

553

502

549

471

724

573

672

516

683

568

565

506

674

424

706

477

754

756

708

609

551

606

643

663

710

Priddy, Elias

Pummell, Robert M.


R


Reid, Hon. Charles A.

Rook, John H.

Rowe, William Henry


S


Saum, William A.

Selsor, William Johnson

Sharp, Morris

Sheley, William H.

Shelley, Luther L.

Sheridan, Charles E.

Shultz, Samuel E.

Siemon, George F.

Smidley, Floyd R.

Smidley, George

Smith, Jacob C.

Snider, Hugh

Sorrell, Robert W.

Steers, William Thomas

Stevens, Ennis

Stitt, Howard Leigh, M. D.

Stitt, Joseph Young

Sturgeon, William E.

Swope, Abner R.


T


Taylor, Daniel

Taylor, Jerome

Tharp, William A.

Thompson, Harlan T.

Thornton, Amos

Thornton, Noah

Turner, Thaddeus T.

Tway, David W.


V


Vannorsdall, Frank C.

Vannorsdall, James Riley

Van Pelt, Samuel

Van Pelt, Simon P.


W


Waples, Isaac

696

469




400

670

581




662

480

367

713

702

615

512

625

580

743

752

645

691

692

561

402

434

651

648




395

701

439

476

407

583

735

624




526

738

559

687




508

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Welton, Jesse

West, Cyrus Patterson

Weyer, Jacob A.

Whiteside, Frank E.

Wilcox, Nathan C.

Wilkin, Harley T.

Willis, James M.

Willis, James William

Wilson, Elba

Wilson, Horace W.

Wilson, Ray

Wilson, William Wesley

Wissler, Charles

Wissler, Clarence

719

680

564

566

442

446

375

390

603

599

602

540

550

530

Wissler, David H.

Wissler, Jacob A.

Wissler, Ulysses Grant

Wolfe, Silas

Worthington, William

Wright, Jacob  


Y


Yeoman, Osco

Yore, Charles


Z


Zimmerman, George Elba

494

479

500

690

587

555




685

554




497